the presence of this Book 


the J.m. kelly liprary 
has BEEN maóe POSSIBLE 
through the Generosity 


Stephen B. Roman 


From the Library of Daniel Binchy 


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annala RIoshachta eiReaNn. 


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ANNALS 


OF 


THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND 
BY THE FOUR MASTERS, 


FROM 


9 


THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1616. 


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


BY JOHN O'DONOVAN, LL.D., M.R.IA., 


BARRISTER AT LAW. 


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


SECOND EDITION. 


VOL E. 


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


BOOKSELLERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. 


1856. 


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TO 
THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS OF KILDARE, M.P., M.R.I.A, 
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN, MRI A, 
THE REV. JAMES HENTHORN TODD, D.D., & F.T. C.D., M. RA, 


GEORGE PETRIE, ESQ, LL.D., V.P. R.T. A., & RHA. 


AND 


JAMES HARDIMAN, ESQ., M.R. I. A. 


My LoR»ps AND Sirs, 

When Brother Michael O'Clery, the chief of the Four 
Masters, had finished the Annals of Ireland, he dedicated the work to 
Farrell O'Gara, chief of Coolavin, there being no O'Donnell in the 
country to patronize his labours; and he adds, that his having done 
so should not excite jealousy or envy in the mind of any one, con- 
sidering the nobleness ofthe race from which O'Gara was sprung, 
and that it was he that rewarded the Chroniclers who assisted in the 
compilation. 

From the first moment that I undertook the present work, I had - 
it in contemplation to dedicate it to some persons who had eminently 
distinguished themselves by their exertions in promoting the study 
of Irish History and Antiquities; and I feel confident that, although 

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vi DEDICATION. 


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

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


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


JOHN O'DONOVAN. 


8, Newcomen PLACE, NORTH STRAND, DUBLIN, 
June 2ND, 1851. 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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

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


* This manuscript, which is in a large, strong, tarp Mhiċel O’Clémmg a gConuenc Ohinn na 
and good hand, is entitled thus: “Cnnala na — ngall oo Fheangal O’§adna, q ap na aepgnío- 
cCeicpe Magipeip o'n bliaoam vao vo- bad ap an leabap céaona vo Shean O'Pepgura 
mam dá mile dá Ceo ceacpacac a oo, gup an. a mbaile Cléa cliae, 1734-5,"—41. e. “ Annals 
mbliaóam oaoip Cmiopt mile céo peacéemogac of the Four Masters, from the year of the age of 
-a haon ap na pgpiobad ap cúr lap an mbpá- the world two thousand two hundred and forty- 


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from the autograph of the Four Masters, then in the possession of 


-. Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, by Hugh O'Molloy, who was an excel- 


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

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


" *'TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 


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


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


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. is 


eth regard, in the first place, to our acquisition being the undoubted 


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

* In the front of these evidences we find the dedication of the whole work 
to Fergal O’Gara, Lord of Moy O’Gara and Coolavin, in the county of Sligo, 
the chieftain under whose patronage, and for whose use, the Annals were com- 
piled ; and this dedication, not a copy in the hand of an ordinary scribe, but 
committed to the peculiar durability of parchment, and wholly in the hand- 
writing and signed with the proper signature of Michael O'Clery, the chief of 
the Four Masters who were employed in its compilation. As this dedication 
throws much light on the history of the work, and has not been hitherto pub- 


lished entire, I shall take leave to introduce it here, as literally translated by _ 


the venerable Charles O’Conor : 

“‘I invoke the Almighty God, that he may pour down every blessing, 
corporal and spiritual, on Ferall O'Gara, Tiern (Lord) of Moy O'Gara and 
Culavinne, one of the two knights elected to represent the county of Sligo in 
the Parliament held in Dublin, this present year of our Lord, 1634. 

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

“<I, Michael O'Clery, brother of the Order of St. Francis (through ten 
years employed under obedience to my several provincials in collecting mate- 
rials for our Irish Hagiology), have waited on you, noble Ferall O’Gara, as I 
was well acquainted with your zeal for the glory of God, and the credit of 

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x INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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


- Ireland, viz.: the race of Cormac Galeng, in Leyny of Conaght, from whom 


you are descended, as well as the O'Haras of the same Leyny, and the O'Haras 

of the Rout ; the O'Carrolls also of Ely, and the O'Conors of Kianachta Glen- 

gevin,in Ulster. In proof of your noble extraction, here follows your genealogy. 
* * Ferall O'Gara, thou art the son of Teig, &c. &c. 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xi 


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


“<I am thine most affectionately, 
“* BROTHER MICHAEL O’Ciery’ 


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

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

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

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


^ Prince of Tirconnell.—In consequence of the 
time-stained condition of this piece of parchment 
when Dr. Petrie’s paper was written, it was not 
easy to decipher these words, and it was, there- 
fore, very natural that he should rely on the 
authority of the venerable Charles O'Conor of 
Belanagare, and that of his grandson, Dr. Charles 


O'Conor. When Dr. Petrie bought the manu- 
script, it was a mere unbound roll; its margins 
worn away by damp. It has been since restored, 
under Dr. Petrie's direction ; and the manuscript, 
bound in whole Russia, is now in a state of per- 
fect beauty, as well as in a condition to bid defi- 
ance to the hand of time for centuries.—Ep. 


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

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

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

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


Signed, “+ BERNARDINUS O'Creny, Guardianus, Dungallensis. 
“*Brorner Maurice Duntevy, de. de 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xiii 


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

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

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

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


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


Riv. 


to the year 1608; and by a reference to our manuscript we shall find, not only 
that the writing of those three scribes is strongly marked by their individual 
characteristics, but also be able, by a comparison with any of our own manu- 
scripts, in the handwriting of Cucogry O'Clery, to ascertain what portions of 
the Annals were so written by that admirable scribe. 

« I have to add to these evidences another of yet greater importance, namely, 
that a great number of loose leaves accompany the volume, which, on exami- 
nation, prove to be the first extracts from the original ancient documents, copied 
out without much regard to order or chronological arrangement, previously to 
their being regularly transferred to the work. There are also additions in the 
handwriting of Michael O’Clery’, the chief of the Four Masters, bringing the 
Annals down as late as the year 1616, which appears to have been the last 
entry ever made in the volume. 

« These evidences will, I trust, be deemed amply sufficient to establish the 
fact of this manuscript being the veritable original autograph of this important 
work, written, as the title now prefixed to the Trinity College copy properly 
states, ad usum Fergalli O' Gara. The circumstances relative to its history, 
which I shall now have the honour to submit, will enable us, I think, to trace. 
its possession with tolerable certainty to the last direct representative of the 
family of its illustrious patron. 

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


> © Michad OQ Clery.—This should be, “in the 
handwriting of Conary, the brother of Michael 
O’Clery.” The last part of the work in which 
the handwriting of Michael O’Clery appears, is 
the last nine lines of the year 1605. The last line 
in the same year is an interpolation, in the hand 


of Charles O’Conor of Belanagare, intimating 
that Mary de Burgo, daughter of the Earlof Clan- 
rickard, was the mother of Teige O'Rourke. The 
remaining years to the end (the last being 1616), 
are in the hand of Conary O’Clery, as indeed is 
the greater part of the second volume.—Ep. 


as 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xy 


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

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


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

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

“ * CaTHALDUS O'CONOR.’ 

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

“ Lastly,——In his account of the manuscripts in the Stowe Library, Doctor 
O'Conor says : * This volume was carried into Spain by Colonel O'Gara, who 
commanded the Irish regiment of Hibernia, in the Spanish service, in 1734. He 

‘sent it to his relative, the late Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, as the person 
best qualified to make use of it. 

& In these various accounts there is evidently some mystification" or error, 


? Mystification.—1t is quite clear that there 
were several copies of these Annals made by the 
„Four Masters, for, besides the copy of the first 
volume preserved at Stowe, there is another, 
equally authentic and original, in the College of 
St. Isidore, at Rome, with the proper attesta- 
tions, as appears from Dr. Lyons’ letters from 
Rome, addressed to the Editor and to Dr. Todd, 


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


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

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

* Moreover, we find that in seven years after, that is, in 1731, those manu- 
scripts of Conry's were on sale, and that Charles O'Conor appears to have been 
the purchaser. In that year he writes thus to his friend, Doctor Fergus, relative 
to their purchase for him : * Dear Sir, I beg you will take the trouble of pur- 
chasing for me Conry's manuscripts, now in the hands of Charles O'Neill, &c.; 
and, further on, he says : ‘I again request that you will be active in procuring 
for me Conry's manuscripts; my collection is very imperfect, and I wish to save 
as many as I can of the ancient manuscripts of Ireland from the wreck that has 
almost overwhelmed everything that once belonged to us.— Memoir of Charles 
O'Conor, p. 173. That he did succeed in possessing himself of these manu- 
scripts can hardly admit of a doubt, as most of them can be traced as belonging 
to him subsequently. It was the same Doctor Fergus, to whom this letter was 
addressed, that, as Mr. O'Conor states, put the first volume of the Annals into 
better condition for him in 1734 (the very year in which he got the work from 
Bishop O'Rourke), giving it, as he said, * vigour enough to outlive another cen- 


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

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

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

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


* By the same hand.—At the first inspection most part in the hand of Conary O'Clery; but 
this would appear to be the case; but the that the hands of Brother Michael O’Olery and 
Editor had occasion to examine this copy mi- Cucogry or Peregrine O'Clery, appear also in in- 
nutely and carefully, and found thatitisforthe numerable places throughout the volume.—E». 


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property of Colonel Burton Conyngham, at the recent sale of whose books I 
had the good fortune to purchase it. 

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


“ March 5, 1831.” * GEORGE PETRIE. 


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

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

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

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

The O'Clerys were descended from Guaire Aidhne, surnamed the 
Hospitable, King of Connaught in the seventh century, and were 
originally seated in the territory of Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, now the 
diocese of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway, to which territory 
they had supplied several distinguished chieftains; but they were 
driven from thence by the De Burgos, shortly after the English inva- 
sion. Some of them settled in the neighbourhood of Kilkenny, where 
their descendants were literary men and antiquaries in 1453, for in 
that year one of them, John Boy O'Clery, transcribed the Psalter of 
Cashel for Edmond Mac Richard Butler, at Pottlesrath, in the county 
of Kilkenny; a manuscript now preserved in the Bodleian Library. 
Others of them migrated to Breifny-O'Reilly, now the county of 
Cavan; and a third party settled under O'Dowda, in Tirawley and 
Tireragh, where, in 1458, John O'Clery of Lackan was agent to 
O'Dowda.—See Hy-Fiachrach, p. 125. 

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


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

They also possessed the lands of Carrownacughtragh, Carrowan- 
ticlogh, the glebe of Kildoney, free from any tithes to the Bishop of 
Raphoe, the quarter of Coolremuir, and the quarter of Drumancrinn, 
in the plain of Moy-Ene, on the south side of the River Erne, near 
Ballyshannon.— See Inquisition taken at Lifford on the 12th of Sep- 
tember, 1609; and Genealogies, &c., of Hy-F vachrach, pp. 19-83. 

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


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— 


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


2 Teige Cam, chief, 
d. 1492. 


DON vmm | 
Dermot. 3. Tuathal O'Clery, 
chief, d. 1512. 


9? 


4. Cucogry O'Clery, 4. Teige Cam, chief, 4. William O'Clery. 
l 
fl. 1546. d.s.p.m.1565. x Donough O'Clery. 


5. Masdan O’Clery, 


chief, d. 1595. 6. Conary O'Clery, 6. Teige of the Mountain, i.e. 
6 Lughai dh, or Lewy one of the Four Brother Michael, Chief of 

O'Clery of the Con: Masters. the Four Masters. 

tention, chief, fl. 

1609. 


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


Teige-an-tsleibhe (i.e. Teige of the Mountain) O'Clery, the chief 
compiler of the following Annals, was born about the year 1575, in 
the parish of Kilbarron, near Ballyshannon, in the county of Donegal, 
and was the fourth son of Donough O'Clery, who was the grandson of 
Tuathal O'Clery, head of the Tirconnell branch of the family, who 
died in 1512. On his admission to the religious order of St. Francis, . 
he dropped his original baptismal name, according to the usual prac- 
tice on such occasions, and assumed the name of Michael. He did 
not, however, enter into holy orders, but remained a lay brother of 
the order, continuing to pursue the hereditary profession of an anti- 
quary or historian, which he had followed in secular life. And his 
pursuits received the full sanction and approbation of his superiors, 
for, soon after joining his order at Louvain, he was sent to Ireland 
by the Guardian of the Irish convent there, Hugh Ward (who was 
then himself employed in writing the lives of Irish saints), to collect 
Irish manuscripts, and other helps towards this grand undertaking. 
Brother Michael O'Clery, who was eminently qualified for this task, 
pursued his inquiry for about fifteen years, during which period he 
visited the most distinguished scholars and antiquaries then living, 


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and transcribed from ancient manuscripts many lives of saints, several 
genealogies, martyrologies, and other monuments ; all which he trans- 
mitted to Ward, who, however, did not live to avail himself of them 
to any great extent, for he died soon after the receipt of them, viz. 
on the 8th of November, 1635; but they proved of great use to the 
Rev. John Colgan, Jubilate Lecturer of Theology at Louvain, who 
took up the same subject after the death of Ward. During O'Clery's 
stay in Ireland he compiled the following works :. 

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

2. The Leabhar-Gabhala, or Book of Conquests. This was com- 
piled in the convent of Lisgool, near Enniskillen, in the county of 
Fermanagh, under the patronage of Brian Roe Maguire, first Baron 
of Enniskillen. In this work the O'Clerys had the assistance of Gil- 
lapatrick O'Luinin, of Ard O'Luinin, in the county of Fermanagh, 
Maguire's chief chronicler. The Testimonia and Approbations to this 
work were signed by Francis Magrath, Guardian of Lisgool, on the 
22nd of December, 1631, and by Flann, the son of Carbry Mac Egan, 
of Bally-mac-Egan, in Lower Ormond, on the 31st of August, 1631. 
There is a beautiful copy of this work, in the handwriting of Cucogry 
or Peregrine O’Clery, now in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. 
It had been sold, or given away for some consideration in money, or 


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other value, to the late Edward O’Reilly of Harold’s-cross, author of 
the Irish- English Dictionary, by the late Mr. John O'Clery of Dublin, 
a descendant of Cucogry, the annalist. This fact appears from a 
memorandum in Irish, in the handwriting of Edward O'Reilly, now 
in the possession of the Editor, and to be presently adduced. It is 
probable that there exists another autograph copy of this work, 
which was transmitted to Louvain for the use of Ward and Colgan. 

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

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

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


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


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

* Cum eodem etiam Collegio, cui subinde ad tempus vnum, & aliquando duos 
alios adiecit ex vetustioribus & probatioribus Patri; Chronicis & Annalibus, 
& preecipué ex Cluanensibus, Insulensibus, & Senatensibus ; collegit sacros & 
prophanos Hibernie Annales, opus plané nobile, & Patris vtile & Honorificum, 
suamque molem alioquin satis iustam, antiquissimarum rerum foecunda varietate, 
& succinctá relatione longé superans. Proponit enim anté oculos non solüm 
rei ciuilis statum, variasque vicissitudines per annos ter mille & ampliüs, quibus 
stetit illud antiquissimum regnum, referendo Regum, Principum & heroum 


gesta, dissidia, conflictus, prelia, obitus & annum, in quem singula inciderant ; 


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


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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

The remains of this monastery are still to be seen, in tolerable 
preservation, at a short distance from the town of Donegal. The 
cloister consists of small arches, supported by couplets of pillars on a 
basement. In one part are two narrow passages, one over the other, 
about four feet wide, ten long, and seven high, which seem to have 
been places for depositing valuable effects in times of danger. The 


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upper one is covered with stones laid along on the beams of stone 
that cross it, and the lower one with stones laid across on the walls. 
Ware says that this convent was famous for a well-stored library, but 
it is impossible to ascertain what became of it. 

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

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

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


* Anno 1600 eramus ibi, scilicet [in] conventu Dunangallensi 40 fratres de 
familiá, et officia divina nocturna et diurna fiebant cum cantu et solemnitatibus 
magnis. Habebam ipse curam sacristie in quá habui 40 indumenta sacerdota- 
lia cum suis omnibus pertinentiis, et multa erant ex telá aurea et argenteá, 


XXX d INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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


f Red Hugh. 


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


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

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


xxxi INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


moreover, the first to attempt the preservation of our ancient anna- 
lists ; but it is necessary to say that the text in his edition is in many 
places corrupt, arising generally from his having mistaken the mean- 
ing of the contractions which he found in the original, and some- 
times also from his having indulged in conjectural emendations. 
These latter are commonly unfounded, and as they are often of a 
nature to give birth to historical mistakes they have been fully pointed . 
out in the notes; for example : at the year A. M. 2530, he splits the 
word mataip, mother, into math-oir, which he translates “ Duces orten- 
tales,” to induce the reader to believe that a certain Cical Grigencho- 
sach came to Ireland this year with eastern leaders or chieftains, whereas 
the undoubted meaning of the passage is, that Cical came into Ireland 
this year with his mother.—See p. 5, note ™. At the year A. D. 743, 
he turns Reguil, the name of an Irish saint, into the words pe, dy, and 
gml, foreigners, by which he attempts to prove that the Galls, Danes, 
or Norwegians, had come into Ireland many years earlier than mo- 
dern Irish historians had stated; but this discovery happens to be a 
mere blunder of his own, as the passage has no reference whatever 
to Danes or Norwegians, being a simple notice of a simple fact, that 
Arasgach, Abbot of Muicinis-Reguil, an island in Lough Derg, in the 
Shannon, was drowned.—See p. a, 345, note ^. At the year 898, he 
turns the word tagan, i. e. cnuagan, which means a meagre or mise- 
rable person, into T'uraghan, which he translates furris; whereas the 
passage is a simple ob: of Cosgrach, Anchorite of Inis-Cealtra, who 
was usually called the Truaghan, i. e. the Meagre or Miserable. 
Besides the manuscripts of these Annals accessible to the Editor 
in Dublin, which have already been described, he availed himself, with 


‘the greatest diligence of which he was capable, of the assistance of 


several other authorities. These he must now briefly speak of. 
1. Keating's History of Ireland.—This work, though much abused 
by modern writers, on account of some fables which the author has 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxiii 


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

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

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

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xxxiv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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

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


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. XXXV 


5. The occasional Translations from the Annals of the Four Masters 
into Latin, which occur in the Acta Sanctorum of Colgan.—In the 
works of this learned, laborious, and honest writer, the Editor has 
found numerous passages faithfully translated from the Annals of the 
Four Masters. His more lengthened and continuous translations from 
those Annals, which the Editor arranged, for his own use, into alpha- 
betical order, at the suggestion of the late Dr. Murphy, R. C. Bishop 
of Cork, are contained in his Annals, as follows, published in the Trias 
Thaum.: Armagh, pp. 292 to 311; Iona, pp. 498 to 501; Derry, pp. 503 
to 507; Durrow, pp. 507, 508; Kells, p. 508; Raphoe, p. 509 ; Swords, 
p.509; Rechrainn, p. 509; Fahan, p. 510; Drumcliffe, p. 910; Kik, 
dare, pp. 628, 629, 630. 

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

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

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xxxvi INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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

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

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

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


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxvii 


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


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


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


Again, July 23, 1783 : 


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


Again, September 14, 1783: 


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


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


R^ m 


xxxviii : INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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


Again, November 14, 1783: 


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


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

A few words must here be added to explain the plan adopted for 
printing the original text and the translation of these Annals, and on 
the nature and style of the original. The second part of these Annals 
was the first printed and published, and as the Editor had the use of 

two autograph copies, and did not wish to take upon himself the 
responsibility of deciding upon the mode of printing this very heavy 
work, he requested the Publishers to submit the question to those 
scholars and antiquaries on whose judgment they had most reliance ; 
and, accordingly, it was submitted, on the 7th of February, 1845, to 


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the following persons: the Rev. Dr. Todd, F. T. C. D., Vice-Pres. R.I.A.; 
George Petrie, Esq., LL. D., Vice-Pres. R. I. A.; Aquilla Smith, Esq., 
M. D., M. R- I. A.; and Joseph Huband Smith, Esq., Barrister at Law, 
M.R.I.A.. 

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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


xl INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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

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


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

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


“ Stowe, 10th March, 1825. 

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

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xlii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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

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

* I have the honour to be, dear Sir, 
“ With sincere esteem and regard, 
* Your much obliged and humble Servant, 
* Cartes O'Conor.” 


With respeét to the chronology of these Annals, from A. M. 2249 
down to the period of Cimbaeth, no competent scholar can doubt 
that it is arbitrary and uncertain. But we are not to suppose that 
the Four Masters are altogether responsible for it. This early portion 
of the Annals, it must be borne in mind, was compiled by them from 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, and from different other authorities, 
such as the Synchronisms of Flann, the Poems of Maelmura on the 
Origin of the Gaeidhil, the Poems of Gillacaemhain, Eochaidh 
O'Floinn, and various other sources; and, as compilers, their duty 
was to place such accounts as were accessible of direct computation 
‘in as natural and reasonable an order as possible. Unfortunately, 
however, among all the events narrated, no eclipse of the sun or moon, 
or appearance of a comet, or any other astronomical phenomenon, 
is recorded, by which their authenticity could be tested or a certain 


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date fixed. O’Flaherty expresses his surprise, indeed, at the minute 


chronological accuracy with which the earliest historical facts (as he : 


considers them) are noticed by lrish historians; such as the arrival 
in Ireland of Ceasair, the granddaughter of Noah, with a band of 
antediluvians, forty days before the flood, on the fifteenth day of the 
moon, being the Sabbath; and the landing of Partholan at Inbher- 
Sgeine, in Kerry, in the month of May, the fourteenth day of the 
moon, on a Wednesday. From the minuteness of these dates the 
author of Ogygva, instead of having his suspicions aroused, does not 
hesitate to conclude that the Pagan lrish had, from the earliest 
period, a most accurate system of chronology. But it never seems 
to have oceurred to him to ask the simple question, how were the 
age of the moon and the day of the week at the landing of Ceasair 
and Partholan handed down to the Irish writers, seeing that, accord- 


ing to those writers themselves, Ceasair and her followers perished . 


in the flood, and that Partholan and his colony were all carried off 
by the plague? The bardic historians reply by getting still deeper 
into fiction, and relating that Fintan, the son of Bochra, who accom- 
panied Ceasair into Ireland, after having passed through various 
transmigrations, at length assumed the human form in the time of 
St. Patrick, and lived down to the time of St. Finian of Magh-bile, 
to whom he narrated all the events that had taken place in Ireland 
up to that period. O’Flaherty rejects this as a clumsy fable, but 
finds himself constrained, in order to support his chronological 
theory, to insist that the Pagan lrish had the use of letters, and an 
accurate System of chronology, from the earliest period of the colo- 
nization of Ireland. 

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

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xliv 


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

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


» The age of the moon.—Dr. O'Conor has the marbles, which were composed sixty years after 


following observations on this subject, in his 
account of the Annals of the Four Masters, in 
the Stowe Catalogue, p. 114, n. 2: 

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


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

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


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

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

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


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


Alexander. Every discovery, and every vestige —** Praeterea si nulla fuit genitalis origo, 

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


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xlvi INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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


* A. D. 439. Chronicon magnum scriptum est." 
“ A. D. 467. Quies Benigni Episcopi, successoris Patricii. Cena Tempa la 
. hOhlill Mole. Sic in libro Cuanach inveni.” 

* A, D. 468. Bellum Ouma Achin pop Oll Mole. Sic inveni in Libro 
Cuanach.” 

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

“A.D. 475. Bellum 6peg h€ile pe nlll Mole. Sie in Libro Cuanach 
. inveni." 

* A. D. 482. Bellum Oche la Cugaib mac Caegaipe agup la Muipceap- 
cach mac Eanca, in quo cecidit Coll Molt. A Concobaro filio Nesse usque 
ad Copmac filium Olpe anni cecviii.; a Copmac usque ad hoc bellum cavi. ut 
Cuana scripsit." 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xlvii 


^ A. D. 489. Bellum Cmn Copnavo, ubi cecidit Oengup filius Nacppaich 
pgs Muman, ut Cuana seripsit.” fa 
“A.D. 527. Vel hie dormitatio Brigide secundum librum Mochod [Mochte]. 


“A. D. 534. Dormitatio Mocta discipuli Patricii xiii. Kal. Septemb. Sic ipse 


scripsit in Epistola sua * Macutenus peccator. presbiter S. Patricii discipulus in 
Dno. salutem. "— Ann. Ult. : 

* A. D. 544. Oiapmaro regnare incipit, secundum Librum Cuanach.” 

“ A. D. 552. Mors Cmmtamn mic Opium. Sic in Libro Cuanach inveni” 

“ A. D. 598. Quies Camng m Acard bo, ut Cuana docet? 

“A.D. 600. Terre motus in baimpchi. Mors bpenvamn mic Coippm mic 
Feichine. Sie inveni in Libro Cuanach.” 

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

* A. D. 610. Quies Colmain Elo. Sie est in Libro Cuanach.” 

“ A. D. 628. Mors Echdac bude, regis Pictorum, filii Cleóam. Sie in 
Libro Cuanach inveni. Vel, sicut in Libro Owboalete narratur." . 

“ A. D. 642. Cellach et Conall Cael regnare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Hic 
dubitatur quis regnavit post Oorinall. Dicunt alii historiographi regnasse qua- 
tuor reges .Y. Cellach et Conall Cael, et duo filii Qleoa Slame a. Oiapmoic et 
blatmac per commixta regna." 

“ A. D. 972. Longa la Domnall hUa Neill oe Oabull oap Shab nUaic 
co Loch nCinvenne, quod non factum est ab antiquis temporibus. Sic.in Libro 
Ouwbhoaleichi.” 

“ A. D. 1021. Cpech la mac Ceda hUi Neill oap hUib Oopcamn, &c. 
Sic in libro Owboaleichi.” 


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

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


xlviii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


a contemporaneous record.—See note *, under A. D. 664, p. 277. 


Venerable Bede, who is followed by the Four Masters, mentions this 


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


* A. D. 495 [496]. Solis defectio." 

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

* A. D. 590 [591]- Defectio solis 4. mane tenebrosum." 

“A. D. 613 [614]. Stella [comata] visa est hora octava. die.’ 

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

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

* A. D. 676 [677]. Stella comata visa in mense Septembris et Octobri is.” 

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

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

* A, D. 752 [753]. Sol tenebrosus.” 

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

* A. D. 762 [763]. Sol tenebrosus in hora tertia." 

* A. D. 772 [773]. Luna tenebrosa ii. Nonas Decembris." 

* A. D. 787 [788]. Luna rubra in similitudinem sanguinis zii. Kal. Martii” 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xia 

“ A. D. 806 [807]. Luna in sanguinem versa est.” 

* A. D. 864 [865]. Eclipsis solis in Kal. Januarii, et Eclipsis Lune in wd 
anno." 

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

* A. D. 884 [885]. Eclipsis Solis et vise sunt stella in Carlo.” 

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

* A. D. 1018. The Comet Pera this year for 14 days in harvest." — 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

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

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

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


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

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


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


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1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


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


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

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


“ Nuper indoctus calumniator erupit, qui Commentarios meos in epistolam 
` Pauli ad Ephesios reprehendendos putat. Nec intelligit, nimiâ stertens vecor- 


i Kai yap ai Bpetavixal vijoou ai tijs Oaħarrys 
. ÈKTÒS keuuevat Tav7ys, Kal ÈV abrió ovoat TH wKEavY) 
Tys uvapews 700 pýuatos 1)o00vTo* kal yap káxet 
EkkMgjotat kai Ovoiaoripia rernyacw.—S. Chry- 
sost. Opp., tom. i. 575. B. Ed. Bened. 

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


where accompanied Christianity, had been known 
in Ireland at that date. The accurate Innes 
thinks it “not unreasonable to believe that pri- 
vate individuals at least, among the Irish, had 
the use of letters before the coming of St. Pa- 
trick, considering that it may have happened 
that some of the Irish before that time, passing 


— M 


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. li 


dia, leges Commentariorum, &c. ..... nec recordatur stolidissimus, et Scotorum 
pultibus preegravatus, nos in ipso dixisse opere: non damno digamos imo nec 
trigamos, et si fieri potest octogamos: plus aliquid inferam etiam scortatorem 
recipio peenitentem”*. 


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


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


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


“ Celestius antequam Pelagianum dogma incurreret, imd adhuc adolescens, 
scripsit ad parentes de monasterio Epistolas in modum libellorum tres, omnibus 
Deum desiderantibus necessarias. Moralis siquidem in eis dictio nil vitii post- 
modum proditi, sed totum ad virtutis incitamentum tenuit”™. 


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


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


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


! Prolog. i. lib. iii. in Hieremiam. Some have ? Gennadius de Script. Eccl. c. 44. 
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lii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 


the close of the fourth century ; and it may be added, that a country 
that produced such able men as Celestius and Albinus could hardly 
have been an utter stranger to civilization at the time they flourished. 
On the whole, it may be conjectured, with probability, that letters 
were known to the Irish about the reign of Cormac, son of Art ; and 
this throws the boundary between what must have been traditional, 
and what may have been original written records, so far back as to 
remove all objection on that ground to the authenticity of the fol- 
lowing Annals, from at least the second century of the Christian era. 
-The reader will find these conclusions supported by the opinions 
of a historian of the highest character, on the general authenticity 
and historical value of that portion of the Irish Annals made accessible 
to him by the labours of Dr. O'Conor : 


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


^ Sir James Mackintosh, History of England, 
vol. i. chap. 2. On this passage Mr. Moore re- 
marks: “ With the exception of the mistake into 
which Sir James Mackintosh has here, rather 
unaccountably, been led, in supposing that, 
among the written Irish chronicles which: have 
» come down to us, there are any so early as the 
second century, the tribute paid by him to the 
authenticity and historical importance of these 
documents appears to me in the highest degree 
deserved ; and comes with the more authority 
from a writer whose command over the wide 


domain of history enabled him fully to appre- 
ciate any genuine addition to it.” —History of 
Ireland, vol. i. p. 168. 

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


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

The Editor has also been assisted by various others, but more 
especially by his friend, Captain Larcom, R. E., who has been the 
active promoter of Irish literature, antiquities, and statistics, ever since 
the summer of 1825, and who, during his connexion with the Ord- 
nance Survey, exerted himself most laudably to illustrate and preserve 
the monuments of ancient Irish history and topography. And he is 
much indebted to Captain Cameron, R. E. who, since he was ap- 
pointed to superintend the Irish Ordnance Survey Office, has kindly 


ying jio positis of duc: of antiquarian or historical interest on 
Ordnance Maps, as had been afforded by his predecessor. | 
He has also to express his acknowledgments to Charles P. O'H. 
Donnell, Esq., M. R.I. A.; Charles J. O'Donel, Esq.; and Herbert 
Hore, Esq., each of whom has furnished him with much important 
and original information. | i 


J. O'D. 


EPISTLE DEDICATORY, 


FROM 


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


—À— 


utohtm Ora m cabare gacha 
haoibn(p vo nachao 1 lf» oa chupp,3 
va anman oP fpsal o gaohpa cicch- 
fnna Mhange uf saopa,7 ċúile o ppino, 
aon oon nap Rromfoh Daplemence 
po coghaoh ap conoaé Sliccigh co 
hat chat an bliadan pi oaorp Cpiopc, 
1634. 


Gp ni covcfno pollen pon wile 
voman m Zach ronaoh 1 mbí uaiple no 
onon m gach armpip oa ccamicc mam 
vial} 1 noad nach ppuil ni ap slop- 
maine, ap ammicenge onoparshe(an 
adbanaib 1omda) ma prop. pfnoacca 
na p(nugoap, 3 eolap na naipeac, 3 
na nuapal po báoap ann 1pm ampıp 


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

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


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


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


lvi EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


nfmpo vo tabanpt vo cum polaip ap 
dagh co mbeit aic(ncap, 7 eolap ag 
gach opuing 1 noeaohad apoile cion- 
nap oo Caitpiot a pinnpip a pé ] a 
naimypip, 3 cia hamlet po baccap 1 
cciccípnap. a nouichce, 1 noignic, no 
1 nonoip diad 1 noah, 7 cpeo 1 an 
o1vhead puaippriocc. 


Tanaccra an bnataip bocht oupo 
.S. Fponpeip Michel o clepicch (ap 
mbfit ofich mbliadna oam acc Sccpio- 
bao gach p(noachca va bpuapap ap 
naomaib na hepeann a malle le hum- 
lacc gach Dpnoumpia va pabe m 
eninn a nomd a cele oo bhit accam) 
oa bap lacarnpi a uapait CC Phipsail 
ui ġaòpa. Oo bpaie(p ap bap nono 
sup baobap cpuarge, 4 nemele, oog- 
eilpi, 7 vebpom libh (oo chum sloine 
dé 7 onopa na hepneann) a meo oo 
oeacaccap pliocc Gaowil meic Nuil 
po cag 7 vopcavap, pan prop ecca 
na owa Naoim, na bannaome 
Chpoeppcorp, €ppcorp, na abbad, na 
uapal sparoh eccalpı ole, Rig, na 
Rug, cigeanna na coipicch, comam- 
rip na compinfoh neich oibhpiohe pm 
. apoile. Oo pollmslra oaobr gup 
bó dorg Lím go ppurgimn curorucéaó na 
ccpomicige ap ap mó. mo mfp oo chum 
leabaip Annalad oo pccpníobao 1 ccui- 
plde 1 ccuimne na nice pempaice, 3 


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

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


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EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


va Lficct: ap caipve gan a Sccniobad 
vo latam nach ppurghei iad oomo 
le a ppopaiem(íc,1 le a ccummnuccao 
50 cqich,3 go poincéin an b(cha. Oo 
cpuinniccheao Lim na leabar CÍnná- 
lao ap pnp 7 ap líonmaipe ap mó vo 
bhoin lfm opágai 1 nepinn ule (bioo 
sup ölfcam vam a ccícclamao go 
haom 10nao) oo chum an leabeapy 
vo pcepiobao m bap nammpı, 4 in ban 
nonóin óm ap pib cucc luach paotaip 
do na cpoinicidib Lay po pecpiobaù é, 
q bpatpe conuence oum na ngall 
oo caich copcap bioh, 7 pprocoilme 
mú map an cceona. Gach mat oa 
cciocpa von leabopn pm da tabat 
polaipp oo cach 1 ccoiccchinne ap 
FMbm ap büpche a buroche, mp con 
mactnad, no 1ongnadó év no 1omtnut 
vo bit pa mait oa nomgenao pb, dip 
ap oo prol Emp merc Milead sfinpioc 
30 mgh oo mogaib eneann, 7 a haén 
ap tpi piccib vo naomaib; on Tadg pin 
macCein mic oilella olum óp piolpac 
a hocc oécc oo na naomaib pin ap 
ep oo Bnhit 6 slan go glún gur an 
caog céona. Ro gablamhpioc 7 po 
aiccpeabrac clann an Taig pin 1 
monavaib examla ap puo €peann i. 


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


h 


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


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

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


lvii 
Sliochc Copbmaic ailéng ilurghnib 
connaéc op ġemeabhainpyı mumcipn 
5aópna, an od lla €agpa hi cconnac- 
coibh,3 o h($pna an Riza, O Ceapboill 
1 n€le, 4 o Micha 1 nub Carnin, 
o concobaip 1 cciannaéca glinne gCmm. 


Oo o(pbaó ap bap ccechcpa on 
pul uapail pm a oubpamap acc po 
bap ngemealach, 


CQ Phípgail uí gaopa, 
Q meic carocc, 

meic oilealla, 

meic orapmacca, 
meic eoghan, 

meic Dlanmanva, 

meic eoghaun, 

meic comalcaig ótcc, 
meic comalcaig moin, 
meic orapimacca, 
meic Rarghne, 

meic congalaigh, 
meic ouinnplebe, 


EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


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

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


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

Oilioll, son of 
Diarmaid, son of 
Eoghan, son of 
Diarmaid, son of 
Eoghan, son of 
Tomaltach Og, son of 
Tomaltach More, son of 
Djarmaid, son of 
Raighne, son of 
Conghalach, son of 
Donnsleibhe, son of 


who felt no qualm of conscience at reducing the 


' simple style of O'Clery to his own imitation of 


Dr. Johnson, translates this passage in the fol- 
lowing loose manner, without regard to the 
construction of the original. 

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


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


EPISTLE DEDICATORY. lix 


meic Ruaom, 
meic oumnplebe, 
meic concobhaip, 
meic Ruane, 


meic gaópa, o plomnteap muincip 


zapa, 
meic glecneacam, 
meic Saonsara, 
meic bece, 
meic plairciopa, 
meic caichligh, 
meic cinopaolaro, 
mele vapmava, 
meic pronnbarpp, 
meic bnénamn, | 
meic naccppaoic, 
meic ploeonn, 
meic ploocuipe, 
meic aipc cuipb, 
meic niad cuipb, 
meic luí o nammnigtean lurghne, 


MEIC Talog, 

meic cen, 

meic oilella olum, 
meic moda nudodc, 
meic. moda n(icc, 
meic ofincce, 

meic ofincctfinead, 
meic enda moncaoin, 
meic loich morn, 
meic mopebip, 

meic muinfoarg mucna, 
meic eacdac ganpb, 


Ruaidhri, son of 

Donsleibhe, son of 

Conchobhar, son of 

Ruarc, son of 

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

Glethnechan, son of 

Saerghas, son of 

Bec, son of 

Flaithius, son of 

Taichleach, son of 

Cinnfaeladh, son of E 

Diarmaid, son of 

Finnbharr, son of 

Brenann, son of 

Nadfraech, son of 

Fiden, son of 

Fidhchuir, son of 

Art Corb, son of 

Niadh Corb, son of 

Lui, from whom the Luighne are 
named, son of 

Tadhg, son of 

Cian, son of 

Oilioll Olum, son of 

Modh Nuadhat, son of 

Modh Neid, son of 

Derg, son of 

Deirgtheineadh, son of 

Enda Monchaoin, son of 

Loich Mor, son of 

Mofebis, son of 

Muiredhach Muchna, son of 

Eochaidh Garv, son of 


h 2 


ix EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


merc ouat oalca oeaohaoh, 
meic caippne luipcc, 
meic 1onnaccmái, 

meic nia pedamain, 
meic avamaip polccain, 
merc pipcuipb, 

meic mova cuipb, 

meic cobtais caom, 
meic n(ccaóa piSoipcc, 
meic luigole lárgio, 
mec eachoach, 

meic oilealla, 

meic aic, 

meic luigofc lamoeipcc, 
meic eacoac uaincep, 
meic lurgoec 1apóumo, 
meic enda venco, 

meic buarch pin, 

meic Sedna 1onnapparg, 
meic bpnüppnish, 

meic at 1mlig, 

meic phòlimiò, 

meic Roceccaig, j 
meic Roan pigs, 
meic pailbe 10lcopaiġ, 
meic caip céocommgng, 
meic pailofpceooi, 
merc mumeamomn, 

meic caip clotarg, 
¡meic pip apoa, 

meic Roteccans, 

meic Ropra, 

meic glapp, 

meic nuavac ofslam, 


Duach Dalta Deadhadh, son of 
Cairbre Losec, son of 
Innadmhar, son of 

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

Modh Corb, son of 
Cobhthach Caemh, son of 
Rechtadh Righdhearg, son of . 
Lughaidh Lagha, son of 
Eochaidh, son of 

Oilioll, son of 

Art, son of 

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

Duach Finn, son of 

Sedna Innarrach, son of 
Bresrigh, son of 

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

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

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

Ross, son of 

Glass, son of 

Nuadhat Deaghlamh, son of 


EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 


meic eacoac paobapglaip, 
meic conmaoll, 

mei¢ ermhin Finn, 

meic mileaó eppamne, 
meic bile, 

meic bneogam, 

meic bnacha, 

meic oeaacha, 

meic eancada, 

meic aloóro, 

meic nudodaicc, 

meic mnuail, 

meic emp slap, 

meic agnom pmo, 

meic eimip sluinpino, 
meic Laimpinn, 

meic agnamatin, ec cecepa. 


Cn dapa la pich(c vo mí lanuapp 
anno domm 1632, 00 cionnpgnaoh an 
leabop po 1 cconuemc Ohun na ngall, 
q vo cmochnarghfoh pim. cconueinc 
€eona an oeachmaoh la voaugupc, 
1636. Cn taonmad bliadain decc oo 
nghe an Righ Cappolup op Sayan, 
Fpnamc, Albain, 7 op Eipinn. 


bhan ccapa ronmam, 


srachair michez o ccenrgh. 


lxi 


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

Bile, son of 

Breogan, son of 

Bratha, son of 

Deatha, son of 

Earchadh, son of 

Aldod, son of 

Nuadhat, son of 

Ninual, son of 

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


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

Your affectionate friend, 


BROTHER MICHAEL O'Crznr. 


SIDS 

stair 

pi SPR 

2 tug iem 1 "n 04 aha 
loj jua obl A spi 

Ad nos dádosur 


ys dos mi t». EL tt aot 


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Li E T UT TI 
XX CIO BET. DST: maus 
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Gatq. reor onim 
(qtia Jigi 
metal onm 


d ADOTE AONT 


di! Y th? 
Or TOO: Offre 
v mage doo ifi Inga per irn D garanda sy t oF Nogo 


Jj -- nio M du j tavr 


APPROBATIONS 


OF THE WORK. 


———————— 


(Icácc na hachpe vo Upo $. 
Pnonpeip chuippfp a lamha an po 
aga piaohnughaoh gun ab é P(pshal 
ó Gaohpa cucc ap an mbpachain 
Michel o Clepicch. na Cpomicioe 4 
an caop ealaohna oo chnumoiugao 
co haoin ionavh lap po pecmobhavh 
leabhaip orp 7 Annala na hEmono 
(an mücc pob eip opashail le a 
pecpiobaoh d10b) 4 gop ab e an Pf- 
shal céona cuce loighdeacht dob 
ap a peemobhaoh. 

Aca an leabhap panoca ap 96, 
Cp é ionadh m po pspiobaoh é 6 chup 
co ofinfoh 1 cconuenc bnachap Om 


Tur fathers of the Franciscan order 
who shall put their hands on this 
do bear witness that it was Fearghal 
O'Gadhra that prevailed on Brother 


Michael O'Clerigh to bring together — 


the chroniclers and learned men, by 
whom were transcribed the books of 
history and Annals of Ireland (as much 
of them as it was possible to find to be 
transcribed), and that it was the same 
Fearghal that gave them a reward* for 
their writing. 

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


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

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


them liberally for their labour.” 

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


D 
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2 


lxiv 
na ngall, ap a mbiaó,1 ap a bppioch- 
ailfmh. Oo cionnpcenab 1 vo pecpio- 
baoh an cé leabhap de 19m Conuenc 
chfccna an bliadan pı 1632, an can 
po bad gainoran an cacha bepnap- 
om 6 Clépicch. 

Ap iacc na Cpomicióe, ] an caop 
ealadhna vo báccan ace pecmobaoh 
an leabar pim, 1 aga ch(glamaoh a 
leabnaib éccpamla an bnachaip Mí- 
chél 6 Clemech, Mump mac Tonna 
ui Mhaoilconampe pm pé aom miopa ; 
Pp(pa mac Cochlamo uf Maoil- 
chonaipe, raiccpiohe ina nofp a concaé 
Roppa comman, Cácorgepiche 6 clé- 
picch a concaé Ohím na ngall, cuco- 
scpiche 6 Ouibg(noám a concae liach 
opoma,7 Conampe 6 clénicch a concae 
Om na nga. 

Q ciao. na plinleabain po bhacon 
aca, leabhap cluana mic néip in po 
b(nnarg Naomchianan mac an cpaofp. 
Ceabap oilém na nafm pop Loch Ribh, 
Ceabhap Sh(naroh. mec Maghnuppa 
pop Coch €pne Leaban clomme uí 


^ The book of Cluain-mic-Nois.—The original 

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


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


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

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

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


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

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

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


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


Maoflconaipe, Lebap muincene Ouib- 
sfnodin chille Ronain,j leabap omp 
Leacain meic Pipbipicch ppich chuca 
1ap pemobhavh upmoip an leaba, 7 
ap po pemobhpacc gach lonmaip- 
eacht oa bpuaippícc (Rangacon a 
Up) nac paibe ip na céir leabpaib 
bacon aca, an ni baoí 1 leaban cluana, 
ma pop 1 leabhap an olém achc gup 
an mbliadain pı vao ap ceigh(nna 
1227. 


lxv 


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


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

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

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


€ The historical book of Lecan Mic Firbisigh.— 
This bobk is now unknown; but there is a good 
abstract of some annals, which belonged to the 
Mac Firbises, made by the celebrated Duald 
Mae Firbis, now preserved in the Library of 
Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 18. This abstract 
is styled Chronicum Scotorum by the transcriber, 
who states that he shortened or abstracted it 
from a larger work of the Mac Firbises, omitting 
every thing, except what relates to the Scoti or 
Milesians. The same Duald, or Dudley, also 
translated, in the year 1666, a portion of the 
Annals of Ireland, extending from 1443 to 1468, 
for the use of Sir James Ware. This translation 
has been recently printed for the Irish Archæo- 
logical Society.—See the Miscellany, p. 198, and 
the Editor's notes, pp. 263-302. From this 
translation the Editor has supplied, in the 
notes, many passages omitted by the Four Mas- 
ters. 

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


the Editor has printed in the notes. 


" 


lxvi APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


Oo cionnpcenaoh an vapa leabhap 
vapab copach an bliaoam pı 1208, an 
bliadan pı vao Cpiopc m po ba gaip- 
oan an cachain Cpopcom Ulcach 
1635, 00 pecpiobavh an churo orle 
de go 1608 an cheb bliadam m po 
baoh gaporan an cachaip bepnapom 
O Clepcch oon. On bnachain 
Micel O Clémgh a oubpamon, Cú- 
coicceniche ó Clémgh 7 Conaipe. ó 
Clepicch oo pemobh an leabap oeiroh- 
fnach óchá 1332 go 1608. Qp ac 
na leaba ap po pepfobpac an cman 
pemnaice unmon anleabaip, an leabap 
;c(cna pin clomne uf Maoilconaipe 50 
mile cucc ceo a cig, 1 ap í pm an 
bhaoam ofiofnach baoi ano, leaban 
na muincine ouibhg(noán cap a ccan- 
Zaman o chá naoí ccéo go mile cáicc 
céo Seapccacc a tpi, Leaban Seanaio 
mec Maghnupa ma paie co Mile 
cucc céo cpiochac avó, blað do 
teaban Choncoicccpiche meic Oiap- 
macca mic Tawhg comm uí clepigh 
on mbliadain pı Míle oa chéo, ochc- 
moghacc a haon, co mile cuicc céo 
ctmochatc a Seachc, Ceabap Mec 
bnuarofoha Mhaolin óicc on mbliad- 
am pı Mile, cú céo, ochcmoghac a 


. hochc, go mile Sé céd a cm, Ceabhap 


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


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


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

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


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


Cughach uí cleprgh, ó Mhíle, cucc 
céo, ochcmoghac, a Sé, go Mile, Sé 
chéd a dó. 


Oo ċhonncamop na leabaip pm wle 
ag an alp ealadna cap a ccangamop 
Romain 1 leaba oimpén. ole nach 
acc po bad emelt oammmniugao. Oo 
ofpbad sac net oap pemobavh annpm 
Romainn Acaimne na p(ppanna. po 
rior ag cop ap lam ap po hi cconuenc 
Ohíáimn na ngall an veachmad lá oo 
CIugupc, aoip Chpiopc Mile, Se chéo, 
cpiochac a Sé. : 

Fr. BERNARDINUS CLERY, 

Guardianus Dungalensis. 
opaca Irluip Ullcach. 
opaca Mupip Ullcac. 

bpataip bonauancupa o Oommll, 

Leacoip lubilac. 


lxvii 


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


BROTHER BERNARDINE O'CLERY, 
Guardian of Donegal. 
BrotHer MAURICE ULLTACH, 
BROTHER MAURICE ULLTACH, 
BROTHER BONAVENTURA O'DONNELL", 
Jubilate Lector. 


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


12 


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


lxviii 


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


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


handwriting of the scribe. 


The autograph originals of the same are 


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


Oo bitin go craime an bata 
bocce Micel O Cléims (malle le 
hámlacc a uaécapám, an catain 
lopeph €uepapo, ppoumpial Umo 
S. Pnompeip 1 n€pimo), oom 10m- 
raicchid vo taipben an leaba pi 
oam,—acüpa Plann, mac Cainppe 
Mic CQedaccam, ó bhaile Mhic Cfeo- 
accain, 1 cconcae Thobnac-Cpann, 
ag á pladnuccad, gén bo hiomoa lea- 
bap aimip vo Connanc do pemleabpnaib 
€peann, 4 gén ó líonmap an nurmin 
éccínce oo leabpaib aopoa 7 nem- 
aopoa, pppiobta, 7 acca pspiobad vo 
connapc 1 pcoil Seaam mic Tonna Ui 
' Mhaoilconaine, owe pean n€peann 
hi ccoicémne, hi pencup 7 hi ccpoinic, 
1 aga mbáoap a paib ı nEpmn ag pos- 
lam na healaóna pm ga ceaccapc 
aicce, nac peacaodp ecoppa pin ule 
aon leabap ap peapp opo, ap cort- 
cinne, ap líonmarpe,] ap mo ap m- 
molca map leaban aipip 7 annal, má 
an leabap pa. Meayaim pop nac 


Whereas the poor friar, Michael 
O'Clery (in obedience to his superior, 
Father Joseph Everard, Provincial of 
the Order of St. Francis in Ireland) 
came to me to shew me this book, — I, 
Flann, son of Cairbre Mac Aedhagain, 
of Baile-Mhic-Aedhagain, in the county 
of Tibrat-Arann, DO TESTIFY THAT,— 
though many were the books of history 
of the old books of Ireland which I 
saw, and though numerous the uncer- 
tain number of ancient and modern 
books which I saw written and being 
transcribed in the school of John, son 
of Torna Ua Maelchonaire, the tutor 
of the men of Ireland in general in his- 
tory and chronology, and who had all 
that were in Ireland learning that sci- 
ence under his tuition——I HAVE NOT 
seen among them all any book of better 
order, more general, more copious, or 
more to be approved of, as a book of 
history and annals, than this book. I 
think also that no intelligent person 


17 
I am, translates this te—testante. 


, do testify.—Dr. O’Conor, mistaking the meaning of acú-pa, the old form of ac&imrpe, 


—-———————  —— 


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. lxix 


é101p le dume ap bit cuiccpronac vo 
tuait nó veslarp, no le healadarn, vá 
léigpe é a lochcuccad. Oo denbao 
an neite pempáice acám acc pecpibad 
mo láme am po ipm mbaile Mhic 
Qedaaccámn a oubapc, 2. Nouemb. 
1636. 
Plann Mac QAodagán. 


Támc an bpatarp bocc Mhiċel 
O Clémġ, amaille le humplacc a 
uacoapam, an caca lopeph Gue- 
napo, Ppouimpial Urpo S. Phpomperr, 
vom laċa vo lécchao ^ oo caipbé- 
nad an leabaip app 7 annalad oo 
r'5níobao lap 3 lap an aoip ealaóna 
oile, ipa lama acá am, 7 1ap na pevu- 
cam 4 1ap na bpeacnugao oam, acupa 
Mac ópuaroeaóa, Concobap, mac 
Maolin Org 6 Chill Chaowe 7 ó 
Leitip Maolain 1 cconcae an Chlánp, 
aga Pladnugad go bpul an leaban 
mmolca,1 na cumann linn leabap apip 
no annal opaicpin ap mó ap pean 3 
ap líonmarpe coicchinne ap Epnn uile 
ma an leabap po,7 gup ab oorlig To- 
béim, locougao ná incneacad opagatl 
ap. Dodeanbad ap a noubapc acáim 
ag cup mo láme ap 1 cCill Chaoroe, 
11 Nou. 1636. 


Conner Mac Bropy, oá ngointen 
Mac ópuaoan. 


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


FLANN Mac AopHAGAIN. 


The poor friar, Michael O'Clery, in 
obedience to his superior, Father Jo- 


seph Everard, Provincial of the Order 


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


Conner Mac Bropy, called 
Mac BRUODIN. 


Ixx APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


“ Visis testimoniis et approbationibus eorum qui pregcipui sunt Antiquarii 
Rerum nostrarum, et linguæ ac historiz peritissime ac expertissime, de fide 
et integritate fratris Michaelis O'Cleri, Ordinis Seraphici S. Francisci, in opere 
quod intitulatur, Annales Regni Hibernie in duas partes diviso, quarum prima 
continet a diluvio ad annum Christi Millesimum ducentesimum vigesimum septi- 
mum, secunda vero continet ad milesimum sexcentesimum octavum, colligendo, 
castigando, et illustrando, —Nos Malachias, Dei et Apostolicze Sedis gratia, Ar- 
chiepiscopus Tuamensis, et Connacie Primas, prefatum opus approbamus et 
dignissimum ut in lucem reddatur, ad Dei gloriam, Patria honorem, et com- 
munem utilitatem censemus. 

* Datum Galviæ 14 Cal. Decembris, 1636. 

“ MALACHIAS, ARCHIEPISCOPUS TUAMENSIS™.” 


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


* Datum Ros-rield, 27 Novemb. 1636. 
“Fr. Bortius” Ern, Eps.” 


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

* Actum Dublinii, 8 Febr. 1636. 

* Fn. Tuomas FLEMING, Arch. Dublin, Hibernie Primas" 


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


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


APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. 


Ordinis S. Francisci, ad communem patrie utilitatem collegit, non aliter cen- 
semus quam censores a Rev. admodum Patre Provinciali ejus Fratris D. Flo- 
rentius Kegan et D. Cornelius Bruodin, pro eodem opere inspiciendo, exami- 
nando, et approbando vel reprobando assignati, judicaverunt, et decreverunt. 
Nos enim eosdem tanquam peritissimos linguæ Hibernicz, et in omnibus His- 
toris et Patriee Chronologiis versatissimos existimamus. Quapropter illorum - 
censure, et judicio de prefato opere fratris M. Clery, in omnibus confirmamus. 
In quorum fidem, his manu propria subscripsimus. . Datum in loco nostre 
mansionis die 8 Jan. A. D. 1637. au | 
“Fr. Rocuus Kmparens.” 


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Orbach biot 1 Sleb Ofta, co po hadnacc 1 cCapn Slebe bíta, conad uad 


* The age of the world.—This is according to 
the computation of the Septuagint, as given by 
St. Jerome in his edition of the Chronicon of 
Eusebius, from whom, no doubt, the Four Mas- 


. ters took this date. His words are: “Ab Adam 


usque ad Diluvium anni sunt MMCCXLII. 
Secundum Hebreorum numerum MDCLV I." 

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

> Ceasair.— This story of the coming of 
Ceasair, the grand-daughter of Noah, to Ire- 
land, is given in the Book of Leinster, fol. 2, 5 ; 
in all the copies of the Book of Invasions ; 
in the Book of Fenagh ; and in Giraldus Cam- 
brensis’s Topographia Hibernica, dist. ii. c. l. It 
is also given in Mageoghegan’s translation of 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise; but the translator 
remarks: “ my author, Eochy O'Flannagan, 


' giveth no credit to that fabulous tale.” Hanmer 


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

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

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


/ 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


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


Bith, Ladhra, and Fintain, their names. 


Ladhra died at Ard-Ladhrann‘, and 


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


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

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

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


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

* The first that died, §c.—Literally, “the first 
dead [man] of Ireland.” Dr. O'Conor renders 
this : ** Occisus est Ladra apud Ard-Ladron, et 
ab eo nominatur. Erat ista prima occisio in 
Hibernia." But this is very incorrect, and shews 
that this translator had no critical knowledge 
of the language of these Annals. Connell Ma- 
geoghegan, who translated the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise in 1627, rendersitthus: **He was the 
first that ever dyed in Ireland, of whom Ard- 
Leyrenn (where he died, and was interred) took 
the name.” 

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

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


B2 


ime 


4 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [2527. 


paicion m pliab. OAcbach Cearpoip 1 cCuil C(ppa hı cConoachcaib, go po 
haonachc hi cCapn Clppa. Ip ó Proncom cpa Peapc Proncom op Loch 


O (ipgoerc. 


O Oilind go po gab Pantalon Ene 278,7 aoip vomam an can vo pachet 


mce, 2520. 


Coir oomam an can camig Pantalon 1 nEpinn, oa mile cuirce céd 4 pice 
bliadom. Clero na coipig baoap lap, Slamge, Uanglinne 7 Rudpwde, a cpí 
mfic, Oealccnac, Nepba, Ciocba, 4 C(pbnao a cc(ceopa mna. 

CIorp vomain, oa mile cug céo pice a p(chc. Pea mac Topcon, mc Spá 
vo ég an bliabompi hi Mug Pea, q po haónachc 1 nOolpoib Moge Pea, 


condo uada emmnmni$ceap an mag. 


Coi domain, oa mile cuicce céd cpmocha. Ip an mblhiadamre po cumio 
m cho cach 1 n€pinn .1. Croceal Gprg(ncopach, mac Gwll, mc Gaipb ofo- 
monchuib, 1 a mača cangacop 1 nEpinn, occ cc(o a lion, go po curp(ó cat 


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

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


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

i Feart-Fintan : i.e. Fintain’s Grave. This 
place, which was otherwise called Tultuine, is 
described as in the territory of Aradh, over 
Loch Deirgdheire, now Lough Derg, an expan- 
sion of the Shannon, between Killaloe and Por- 
tumna, According to a wild legend, preserved 
in Leabhar-na-h-Uidhri, in the Library of the 
Royal Irish Academy, this Fintan survived the 
Deluge, and lived till the reign of Dermot, son 
of Fergus Ceirbheoil, having during this period 
undergone various transmigrations ; from which 
O?Flaherty infers that the Irish Druids held the 
doctrine of the Metempsychosis: ‘ Ex hac 
autem fabula colligere est Pythagoriez ac Pla- 
tonice schole de animarum migratione, seu in 
quevis corpora reditu deliramenta apud Ethni- 
cos nostros viguisse.”—Ogygia, p. 4. 

This Fintan is still remembered in the tradi- 


+ [ 


2521.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 5 


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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


Forth, and county of Carlow. Keating states 
in his History of Ireland (reign of Olioll Molt) 
that the church of Cill-Osnadha (now Kellis- 
town), four (large Irish) miles to the east of 
Leighlin, was situated in this plain. The barony 
of Forth, or O’Nolan’s country, comprised all 
this plain, and was from it called Fotharta-Fea, 
to distinguish it from the barony of Forth 
in the county of Wexford, which was called 
Fotharta-an-Chairn, from Carnsore Point. 

m His mother: a maéaip. Dr: O'Conor prints 
this math oir, and translates it ** Duces Orien- 
tales," which shews that he did not take the 
trouble to comparé the older accounts of this 
story. It is stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of 
the O’Clerys, and in Keating's History of Ireland, 
that this Cieal and his mother, Lot Luaimneach, 
had been in Ireland before Partholan.— See 
Haliday's edition, p. 167. ; 

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


e 
6 ANNAZA Rioshachta EIREANN. 


(coppa hi Sl(noib Muiğe hlee go po meboró pop na Pomopmbh pia bPap- 


talon, go po mapbaro uile, conad e cach Muighe hiche mnpm. 


Cloip domon, oa mile cácc cfo cpoċa ado. 


Locha Cecheac ipm mbliaoainpi. 


Comaióm Locha Con, 1 


Cloip oornom, oa mile cuicc céad cpiocha acpi. Slamge mac Pantolam 
decc 1pm mbliaóamp, 7] po haónachc hı ccapn Slebe Slanga. Tomam 


Coca Mere beop ipm bliadain c(ona. 


Coip vomom, oa mile curg céd cpicha acing, Carglinve mac Pantalom 
ofg pan mbliadamyp1. On can po clap a | p(pc ap ann po mebaró Loch Lağ- 
linne 1 nUi mac Uap, conad uada aimmnigc(n. Comaióm Locha h€achcpa 


bfop. 


Cloip oomom, oá mile cug céo c(tpaca a cug. Ruópuioe mac Panta- 
lom vo bachad 1 Loc Ruópuibe, ap ccomarom in locha camp, conad vada 


paicfp Loch Rudpuige. 


Cloip domom, oá mile cing clo c(tpacha apé. Mupcola óp(na po cíp 
im mbliaódmpi, conad é an p(chemao loch comaibm po mebonó 1 narmpip 
Pantalan, 7 ap oopioe ap amm Loch Cuan. 

Qop domain, va mile cuig céo caoga. Paptalon oécc pop S(nmoig elca 


Eavaip ım mblaaóompi. 


Q nampip gabala Dapéaloin Ro pleco na 


muigepr: acc na ma m pfp came bhadna apie m po pl(chcomo. Mag 


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

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

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

3 Sliabh Slangha.— This was the ancient name 
of Sliabh Domhanghairt, or Slieve Donard, in the 
south-east of the county of Down. Giraldus 
Cambrensis says that it was called Mons Domi- 
nici in his own time, from a St. Dominieus who 
built a noble monastery at the foot of it.— Top. 
Hib., dist. iii. c. 2. This was St. Domhanghart, 
and the monastery is Maghera.—See Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., p. 114 n, 131 ; and Acta Sancto- 


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


‘Slainge is still to be seen on the summit of 


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

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

$ Loch- Laighlinne. —'This lake is mentioned 


n— 


ee 


2532.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 7 


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


This is called the battle of Magh-Ithe. 


X 


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


Techeat" in this year. 


The Age of the World, 2533. Slainge, son of Partholan, died in this 
year, and was interred in the carn of Sliabh Slangha*. Also the eruption of 


Loch Mesc’ in the same year. 


The Age of the World, 2535. Laighlinne, son of Parthalon, died in this 
year. When his grave was dug, Loch Laighlinne* sprang forth in Ui Mac Uais, 
and from him it is named. The eruption of Loch Eachtra' also. 

The Age of the World, 2545. Rudhruidhe,son of Parthalon, was drowned 
in Loch Rudhruidhe", the lake having flowed over him; and from him the lake 


is called. 


The Age of the World, 2546. An inundation of the sea over the land at 
Brena" in this year, which was the seventh lake-eruption that occurred i in the 
time of Parthalon; and this is named Loch Cuan. 

The Age of the World, 2550.  Parthalondied on Sean Magh-Ealta-Eadair* 
in this year. In the time of Parthalon's invasion these plains were cleared 
[of wood]; but it is not known in what particular years they were cleared : 


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

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

t Loch Rudhruidhe : i.e. Rury's Lake. This 
was the name of the mouth of the River Erne, 


in the south-west of the county of Donegal. 

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

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


x s an 


8 annaza niosghachca EIREANN. [2890. 


n€icm$e, la Connocca, Maz nize, la Largmu ; Mag Cif, la hUib mac — 


ons ; Mag Catupna, la Oal nCpuide. 

Coi domon, oa mile ocht cc(o pice bliadan. Naoi Mile vo ecc pm 
haomp(chcmam oo muincen Pantalom pop plnmaish ealca Eavom .1. cing 
Mile opfpoib, 7 ceitpe mile vo mnáibh. Conad ve pin aca Tamleacht 
mumcepe Paptalam. Thi clo bliadam po caiepioc 1 nEpmn. 

Epe pap cpiochac bliadan go ccamicc Nernioh. 

Cloip oomor, oa mile ochc cclo caocca. Nermio oo ceche m nEpinn. Ip 
an dapa la décc rap ccechc vo Neimid co na mumcip acbac Macha bin 
Nem. Cciao annpo na.c(épa hang bacap lap, Soapn, lapbamel Paw, 
Peapgup Ceicoepg, 1 Cinomo. Ceicpe meic Nemo iaopioe.. Mevu, Macha, 


Pba, q Cina, c(t(opa mná na nameachym. 

Cloip vomoin, oá mile occ cc(o caoga anao. Ipm mbliabomp po mebaio 
Loé nOainbplé 7 Loch nCimmno hi Mhoe. 

Aciace annpo na Racha po coccbaoh, na morge po pl(chcao, 7 na locha 
plo comaiómpac mo ampin Neri, gen go bpostop bliaóna pampfoacha poppa. 
Rach Cino ech ı nUibh Niallam ; Rach Ciombaoit hi Seimne, Mash C(pa, 


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

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

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

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

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


by the Rev. William Reeves, M. B., M. R. I. A., 
pp. 55, 87, 264, 324, 338. For the extent of 
Dal Araidhe, see the same work, pp. 334 to 348; 
and the second part of these Annals, note °, 
under the year 1174, p.13. Giraldus Cambrensis 
also mentions the cutting down of four forests 
in the time of Bartholanus, and adds that in his 
own time there were more woods than plains in 
Ireland: **Sed etiam adhuc hodie, respectu 
sylvarum, pauca sunt hie campestria.” Sir 
Robert Kane, in the nineteenth century, had to 
complain of the very contrary.— See his Indus- 
trial Resources of Ireland, 2nd edition, p. 3. See 
Boate's Natural History of Ireland, 8vo. London, 
1652, chap. xv., which accounts for the diminu- 
tion of timber in Ireland **by the incredible 
quantity consumed in the iron works, and by the 
exportation of pipe staves in whole ship loads." 
— See Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar- 
Connaught, p. 8, note 4. 
*Taimhleacht- Muintire- Parthaloin.-O' Flaherty 


— 


2820.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. EI 


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

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

Ireland was thirty years waste till Neimhidh’s arrival. 

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


chieftains. 


The Age of the World, 2859. In this year Loch vepres) and Loch 


Ainninn' in Meath sprang forth. 


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


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

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

* Loch Dairbhreach.—Now LoughDerryvaragh, 


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

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

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

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

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


10 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(3066. 


Mag n€aba, Magh Chuile colad, 4 Mash Cups hi cConoachcoib ; Mag 
cochan 1 cCip Cogan; Ceagmag 1 Muman ; Magh móptnpa 1 Cargmbh ; 
Magh Cugao 1 nUib Cuipcpe; Magh Seped hi cTetba; Magh Semne 1 nOal 
Qpnuide; Maz Muiptemne 1 cConarlle ; 7 Mag Macha la hObpgiallaib. 
Loch Cal 1 nU Nialléan, 7 Coch Mumpfmom hi Curgmb hi Sleb Guape. 
Cach Mupbulg 1 nOál Riava. Cach bogna, 1 cach Cnampopra, pop 


Fomoimb. Ro bmp Nemo jaopioe. , 


Ccbach Nermó 1apor oo tamh 1 cepich Liaééin 1 Muman cpf mile man 


aon pp mo oilen Apoa Nemo. 


Cloip ooma, cpi mile p(pcoc apé. Cogail cuim Conán iin mblabampı 


la píol Neimö pon Conamn mac Paobarp, 4 


1 ron Pomopib ap ċfna a noiogail 


Bac oocparoe Da ccapopac poppa, amail ap pollupipm cpoinic da ngoiméfn 


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

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

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

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

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

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

P Leagmhagh, in Munster.—Not identified. 

* Magh m-Brensa.—Unknown. 

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


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

t Magh-Seimhne.—See Rath-Cimbaoith, note‘, 
suprà. 

u Magh-Muirtheimhne.—A level country, in 
the present county of Louth, extending from 
the River Boyne to the mountains of Cuailgne 
or Carlingford. Dundalk, Louth, Drumiskin, 
Faughard, and Monasterboice, are mentioned 
as in this plain.—See the Annals of Tighernach, 
A. D. 1002 ; Ussher's Primordia, pp. 627, 705, 


827, 902. This territory was otherwise called _ 


Machaire-Oirghiall, and Conaille-Muirtheimhne. 
— See A. D. 1434, 1452, 1466, and 1486. 

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

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

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


l—€——— 


TT PEERS 


3066.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1 


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

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

The Age of the World, 3066. The demolition of the tower of Conainn' in 
this year, by the race of Neimhidh, against Conainn, son of Faebhar, and the 
_ Fomorians in general, in revenge for all the oppression they had inflicted upon 

them [the race of Neimhidh], as is evident from the chronicle which is called 


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

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

* Murbholg : i.e. Sea-inlet. Now Murlough 
Bay, on the north-east coast of the barony of 
Cary, and county of Antrim. Dalriada was the 


ancient name of that part of the county of An- | 


trim lying north of Sliabh Mis, or Slemmish. 

^ Baghna.—This is still the name of a moun- 
tainous district in the east of the county of 
Roscommon, nearly coextensive with the ba- 
Trony of Ballintober, North.—See Sliabh Baghna, 
A. D. 1572, and Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, 
p. 90, note 5. 

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

4The island ofArd- Neimhidh.—Now Barrymore 
Island, otherwise the Great Island, near Cork. 
—See Keating’s Mey of Ireland, Haliday's 
edition, p. 178. 


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

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


c2 


12 ANNQGZa RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


*3 


[3206. 


Leaban Gabala, 1 ap puaill nac copépacop coméuicim ofblimbh zen mo cáo 
na tpi ofichneaborn céapnacop vo clamo Nerii po aoib m oomam go pan- 
sacon Epmn ian ccpoll ma bPenab bolcce. Sé bladna oecc va clo po 
cait Nerio co na jíol md Epmn. Epe pap rappin pe va ċfo bliadam. 
o Cop voran, cpí mile va é(o rerecat ape. Pip bolce vo gabail Eimionn 
a bpoiné(no na bliaóna yo. Slamge, Gano, Genann, Seangann, 7 Ruópuige 
a ccórg cops. Cug meic Deala mic Coich iavpom. Ro pfogpac an cfépon 
oile 7 Pip óolcc ap é(na Slamge uaipcib. 


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

^ Mutually fell by each other : i.e. they mutu- 
ally slaughtered each other almost to annihila- 
tion. Dr. O’Conor renders this: “Et mirum 
est non occisos fuisse simul interfectos ex utra- 
que parte plures quam triginta.” But he is 
clearly wrong, for in the ancient Irish ap puaill 
nac is the same as the modern ip beag nac. The 
mistakes of this kind throughout Dr. O'Conor's 
translation are countless, and the Editor shall, 
therefore, only notice the most remarkable of 
them. j 

! Two hundred and sixteen years, 4c.— Giraldus 
Cambrensis, in his Topog. Hib., dist. iii. c. 3, 
agrees with this, which shews that this account 
of Neimhidh was then written: **Ducentis igitur 
& 16 annis Nemedi generatio Hiberniam tenuit: 
& ducentis postmodum annis vacua fuit.” 

K The other four, 4c.—Dr. O'Conor translates 
this: * Regnaverunt quatuor alii et Firbolgi 
similiter, Slangio supra ipsos regnante.” But 
he totally mistakes the construction. It should 
be: ‘Ordinaverunt quatuor alii et Firbolgi 
similiter Slangium [regem] supra ipsos.” Con- 
nell Mageoghegan renders it in his translation 


of the Annals of Clonmacnoise as follows : 

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

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

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

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

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

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


T 


3266.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 13 


Leabhar-Gabhala*; and they nearly all mutually fell by each other"; thirty 
persons alone of the race of Neimhidh escaped to different quarters of the 


world, and they came to Ireland some time afterwards as Firbolgs. Two 


hundred and sixteen years Neimhidh and his race remained in Ireland. After 


this Ireland was a wilderness for a period of two hundred years. 

The Age of the World, 3266. ‘The Firbolgs took possession of Ireland at 
the end of this year. Slainghe, Gann, Genann, Seangann, and Rudhraighe, were 
their five chieftains. These were the five sons of Deala, son of Loich. The 
other four* and the Firbolgs in general elected Slainge as king over them. 


that place to Bealagh-Conglaissy. 

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


“4, Geanann, the fourth brother, had the 


province of Connaught, containeing from Lim- 
bricke to Easroe. 

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

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

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


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

* Hi quini Dinastee Comitesque Firbolgi, Fir- 
domnani, et Galeoni dieti sunt: Firbolgi ab 
utribus ferendis, Fir enim hibernicé viros, et 
Bolg utres significat, alluditque vox ad vtres 
illos supra memoratos, quibus egestam ab ipsis 
humo mergam ad scabra saxceta, et ferendis 


frugibus inepta, quo feracia invaderent novalia, : 


comportarunt. Firdomnani vero propterea nun- 
cupabantur, quod fodientes in terram alte de- 
scenderant, Etenim Hibernica vox oomam 
perinde est ac altum, sive profundum. Galeoni 
autem nominati sunt ab hastarum genere, quibus 
intentos operi socios ab hostium injurijs prote- 
gebant. In Hiberniam licet eádem Hebdomada, 
non tamen eodem die Firbolgi omnes appule- 
runt. Slanius ad Slanij Fluvii ostia, die Saba- 
thi; Die uero Martis Gannus & Senganus in 


Trisdomnam, Gannanus et Ruarius die Veneris 


Trachruris naves applicuerunt. Qui omnes 
quanquam communi nomine Firbolgorum voce 
innotescerent, peculiari tamen. nomine Slani 
Comites Galeones, Ganni et Sengani Firbolgorij, 
Ruairci et Genani Socij Firdomnani vocabantur: 
Gannanum quidem et Ruarium, nonnulli tra- 
dunt, ad fluvij Damnani, qui, quà fluit ad Cona- 
ciam Caurus in oceanum se exonerat, Ostia 
primum appulisse ac flumini nomen fecisse.”— 
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Clip voran, cm mile va céd peapecac a peacht. Slamge mac Deala 
vo berth 1 pige € onn ppi pe aombliaóna, 7 a écc 1 porpc(nn na bliaóna pm 
1 nOrionn Rig pop bpu bfpba. 

Glorp domon, cpi mile oa céo peapccac a hocc. Rudpmde mac Deala 
vo gabal níge nEpeano. Qn céo badam ora prge mnpm. 

Cloip oomam, cpi mile vá céo peapcac anaor. Cn vapa bliadom oo prige 
Ruópuróe, 7 a écc 1 bporpcionn na bliadna po. 

Clip vomam, tm mile va céo p(chemogac. Cn céo badam vo mse 
Oan 4 Geanainn op Epinn mnpm. 

Coip vomain, cpi mile va céd pechemogac a cpi. Cn cltpamad bliadam 
00 Hann 7 do Heanann, 7 a nécc oo cam a bpoincfnd na bliadna po hi cepíc 
Liatam co ppiċic céd ap aon pú. 

Cloip vomon, cpi mile va céd p(chemogac a cltaip. An céo bhadan vo 
me Shengaino innpin. 

Cloip vomain, cpi mile va ceo pfccmogac a hocc. CE bpoincend an ciice- 
ead bliadam oo mge S(ngamn concoin la Piachaió Cennpionnán mac Scaipn. 

Cloip oomonn, cpi mle va ceo plécmogac anaor. Cn ceo bliadain do 
mae Pracach Cennpionnán. 

Gop vomam, tm mile va ced oócmogac acpi. Cn cáicceaó bliadan vo 
mse Piaca, 4 a chuicim la Rionnal mac Geanomn an bliadamp. 

Cloip oomam, cpi mile oa ced occmogac a cltaip. Cn ceo badam vo 
pise Rionnail mic Geanomn pon Epinn. 

Cloip vomain, cpi mile Da ced occmogac anao. lap bpopbao an peipead 
bliabam oo Rionnal 1p an mse, conchoin la Powdbsen mac Senghainn. 

Cloip oomam, cpi mile oa ced nochac. Cn ceo badan vo mge Porobgen. 

Cloi oomarm, cpi mile oa ced nochac acpi. Q bpoipcfnn an c(tpamao 
bliabam do pige Poiobgen oo pocha la h€ocaio mac Ene. 

Qoi voham, cpi mile oa ceo nochac a ctam. On ceo bliadain vo 
pishe Echdac mic Epc mop. 


! Dinn-Righ : i.e. the Hill of the Kings, other- well known. It is situated in the townland of 


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


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


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3267.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. _ 15 


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

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

The Age of the World, 3269. The second year of the reign of Rudhraighe ; 
and he died" at the end of this year. 

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

The Age of the World, 3273. The fourth year of Gann and Geanann; 
and they died at the end of this year, with twenty hundred along with them, in 
Crich-Liathain". 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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


16 ANNAZA goghachca EIREANN. [3303. 


Olop domam, cm mile cm ceo acpi. Cn vechmad bliadam vo pige 
€achoac mic Enc, 1 ap be bliaóam ofd(nach a pleiciupa, uap cangacan 
Cuacha Oe Oanonn vo gabal Epeann pop Foi 6olec co ccapopac cat 
dia porle pop Mong culo hi Conmaicne Chuile Tolad 1 cConoachcaib, gup 
po manbad an pı Eochaid mac Epc lá cmb macoib Nemmió mic badpa oo 
Cuachaib ve Oanonn, Ceapapb, Luam, 4; Cuacpa a nanmanna. Ro ofoc- 
loiepigh(ó Pip bolce ipin éa€ pin, 7 po lad a nap. Ro b(naó bfop a lám vo 
Nuaóacc mac €chóac, me €ccaplaim, (von mg po bao: pon Cuachaib Oe 
Oannann) ipm cat cona. pé an c€ochaió permpace Rí voma PH 
mbolcc. Naonbap po gab mse vob, 4 peace mbliadna décc ap picic poo a 
bplantiupa pop €pimn. 

Qoi ooma, cm mile cm ceo a c(&oip..— An clo bliadain vo me opepr 
mic Ealatom pop Epmn, uam vo pacpac Tuata Oe Danann ge vo 1ap 
mbmy10d cata Muge cupead Conga, an ccem po baoi lam Nuadac accá 
leigiup. 

Qoip vomam, cm mile cpi ceo a vfich. Cn p(écmao bhadan vo bpep 
ór €pimn mnp, go po pagoib an pige oo Nuabac ian nioc a lame la Dian- 
cecht, 7 Cpfione cepo ag congnam lap. Uam oo pacpao lam nappet 
pan. 

Cloip domain, cpi mile cpi ceo a haom véce. Cn clo bhadan vo pighe 
Nuadac oung(clarm cap erp a laime vo caiceam pe píopa angare anclerge lo. 

Cloi oomam, cm mile cpi ceo tmocac. (E bpoincfnd pice bhadan vo 


^ Magh-Tuireadh.—Otherwise called Magh- 
Tuireadh-Conga, from its proximity to Cong. The 
site of this battle is still pointed out in the parish 
of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, and county of 
Mayo, to the right of the road as you go from 
Cong to the village of the Neal. There is a 
detailed but legendary account of this battle in a 
manuscript, in the handwriting of Gilla-riabhach 
O’Clery, preserved in the Library of the British 
Museum, Harl. 432, Plut. xlviii. E, beginning 
fol. 62 a, line 6. 

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


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


3303.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 17 


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

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

The Age of the World, 8310. This was the seventh year of Breas over 
Ireland, when he resigned the kingdom to Nuadhat, after the cure of his hand by 
Diancecht, assisted by Creidne, the artificer, for they put a silver hand upon him, 

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

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


3 Slaughtered.—According to the Annals of  Tuatha-De-Dananns, that Credne Cerd made a 
Clonmacnoise, as translated by Connell Mageogh- silver hand for this Nuadhat, and that Dian- 
egan, the Firbolgs were “overthrown” in this cecht, the ZEsculapius of the Irish, fitted it upon 
battle, and “one hundred thousand of them him, from which he was ever after known by 
slaine, with their king, Eochy Mac Eircke, which the name of Nuadhat-Airgetlamh, i. e. Nuadhat 
was the greatest slaughter that was ever heard of the Silver Hand. It is stated in the Leabhar- 


of in Ireland at one meeting.” From the monu- 
ments ofthis battle still remaining, it is quite 
evident that great numbers were slain; but cer- 
tainly not so many as mentioned in the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, which was probably taken from 
some romantic account of this battle, like that 
above referred to. 

T The hand.— t is stated in the Battle of Magh- 
Tuireadh, and various other accounts of the 


Gabhala of the O'Clerys that Diancecht and 
Credne formed the hand with motion in every fin- 
ger and joint, and that Miach, the son of Diancecht, 
to excel his father, took off this hand, and infused 
feeling and motion into every joint and vein of 
it, as if it were a natural hand.—See O’Fla- 
herty's Ogygia, part iii. c.10. In Cormac’s Glos- 
sary the name of Diancecht is explained “ Deus 
salutis,” .. oa na h-fce, “the God of curing.” 


BOTHE aed 
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18 ANNAA Rioshachta EIREANN. (3330. 


mse Nuadac Apgaclarh copcaip 1 ccat Muge culo na bPomopaé la 


balop mbailcbemmoch oF homoi. 


* Magh-Tuireadh na bh-Fomorach.—This name 
is still remembered in the country, and is now 
applied to a townland in the parish of Kilmac- 
tranny, barony of Tirerrill, and county of Sligo. 
There are very curious sepulchral monuments 
still to be seen on this battle-field, of which a mi- 
nute description has been given by Dr. Petrie in 
a paper read before the Royal Irish Academy in 
1836.—See note *, under A. D.1398. There 


was also a long account of this battle of the nor- - 


thern Magh-Tuireadh, as well.as of that of the 
southern Magh-Tuireadh, or Magh-Tuireadh- 
Conga, already mentioned, but the Editor never 
saw a copy of it. O’Flaherty, who appears to 
have read it, states (Ogygia, part iii. c. 12) that 
Balor Bemen or Bailebemnech, general of the 
Fomorians, was slain in this battle by a stone 
thrown at him by the son of his daughter, from 
a machine called tabhall, which is believed to 
have been a sling; and that Kethlenn, the wife 
of Balor, fought with desperation, and wounded 
the Dagda, afterwards king of the Tuatha-De- 
Dananns, with some missile weapon. This Ba- 
lor, the general of the Fomorians, is still vividly 
remembered by tradition throughout Ireland, 
as Salon Óémmeann, and in some places they 
frighten children by his name; but he is more 
vividly remembered on Tory Island, —where he 
is believed to have chiefly resided,—and on the 
opposite coast of Donegal, than anywhere else, 
except, perhaps, at Cong, in Mayo. The tra- 
dition connected with Balor, on Tory Island, 
was written by the Editor in 1835, from the 
dictation of Shane O’Dugan, whose ancestor is 
said to have been living on Tory Island in St. 
Columbkille’s time. It is a curious specimen 
of the manner in which tradition accounts for 
the names of places, and remembers the names 
of historical characters. ‘This story is evidently 


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

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

* In days of yore (a period beyond the reach 
of chronology,—far back in the night of time) 
flourished three brothers, Gavida, Mac Samh- 
thiann, and Mac Kineely (Mac Cimnpaelaiw) 
the first of whom was a distinguished smith, 
who held his forge at Drumnatinné, a place in 
the parish of Rath-Finan, which derived its 
name from that circumstance, for Opuim ^na 


ceine in Irish sounds ridge of the fire in English, : 


alluding to Gavida’s furnace. Mac Kineely was 
lord of that district, comprising the parishes of 
Rath-Finan and Tullaghobegly, and was pos- 
sessed of a cow called Glas Gaivlen [recté Glas 
Gaibhnenn], which was so lactiferous as to be 


coveted by all his neighbours, and so many at- . 


tempts had been made at stealing her, that he 
found it necessary to watch her constantly. 

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


3330.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 19 


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


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

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


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

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


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Coip domain cp mile cpi ceo, cpiocac a haon. Cn céo thadain oo mise 


Logha Lampaova uap Epimn. 


Qoi oomam, cp mile cp ceo S(écmogac. lapp an ecltpacacmad 
bliadamn oo Lugh Lampava hi mse nEn vo pocarp lá Mac Cull hi cCaon- 


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

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


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

“ Thus did matters remain until the daughter 
of Balor brought forth three sons at a birth, 
which, when Balor discovered, he immediately 
secured the offspring, and sent them, rolled up 
in a sheet (which was fastened with a delg or 
pin), to be cast into a certain whirlpool; but as 
they were carried across a small harbour, on the 
way to it, the delg fell out of the sheet, and one of 


_ thechildren dropped into the water, but the other 


two were secured and drowned in the intended 
whirlpool. The child that had fallen into the 
harbour, though he apparently sunk to the bot- 


' tom, was invisibly carried away by the Banshee 


who had cleared the way to his procreation, and 
the harbour is to this day called Port-a-deilg, or 
the Harbour of the Pin. The Banshee wafted the 
child (the first, it appears, of the three, who had 
seen the light of this world) across the Sound in 
safety to his father, who sent him to be fostered 
by his brother Gavida, who brought him up 
to his own trade, which then ranked among 
the learned professions, and was deemed of so 
much importance that Brighi, the goddess of. 


3331.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 21 


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

The Age of the World, 3370. After the fortieth year of the reign of Lugh 
Lamhfhada over Ireland, he fell by Mac Cuill at Caendruim'. It was in the 


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

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

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


and, being an excellent smith, Balor, who knew 
nothing of his birth, became greatly attached to 
him. The heir of Mac Kineely, who was well 
aware of his father’s fate, and acquainted with 
the history of his own birth and escape from 
destruction, was observed to indulge in gloomy 
fits of despondency, and frequently to visit 
the blood-stained stone, and to return from 
it with a sullen brow which nothing could 
smooth, One day Balor came to the forge to 
get some spears made, and it happened that 
Gavida was from home upon some private bu- 
siness, so that all the work of that day was to 
be executed by his young foster-son. In the 
course of the day Balor happened to mention, 
with pride, his conquest of Mac Kineely, but 
to his own great misfortune, for the young 
smith watched his opportunity, and, taking a 
glowing rod from the furnace, thrust it through 
the basilisk eye of Balor and out through the 


other side of his head, thus avenging the death ` 
of his father, slaying his grandfather, and exe- - 


cuting the decree of Fate, which nothing can 
avert. * Fatum regit homines. ? ý 

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

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


PU TIAS 2 a 


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22 


ANNALA RIoghachta EIREANN. 


[3371. 


opum. Cp : pimp an Cogapa. vo pónað aonach Tallem a bponarem(c 4 
1 ccume écca a buime, Caillce ing(n Magmdin pide, mgm ms €appáme, 
btn €achoaé mic Eine, pí oeótnac Pin mbolc an cEochaw pm. 


Clip domam, cm mile cp ceo p(cécmogac a haon. 


Cin cfo bliadan oo 


. píge Cachoac Ollataip oáp bamm an Oaghoa 6p € mnn mopm. 
Coir voman, tpi mile cléne cfo caoga. lap bpopbad na bliadna ved- 
(nargep1 oon oécmogac bliaóan po cat Eochaw Ollatap 1 naxpopige. na 
hE€ptho, po écc 1p an mbpug do gaib cnó na gona vo pac Cechleno pap hi 


ccéo cat Mage cup. 


Coip boram, cm mile clepe clo caoga a haon. Cn cfo badan vo mge 


Oealbaoic mic Ogma óp €mnn mnpm. 


Cloip ooann, cm mile cfepe cfo Sfpcac. 1p an veacmad badam do mge 
Ocalbaert ctoncaip oo lari a mic püpm, Praca mac Oealbaeic. 


Corp oomam, cpi mile cfcpa clo p(pcac a haon. 


Piaca mac Ocalbaeit 1 pige. 


Clip vomain, ep mile clepe cfd Seaccmogac. 


Cn co bliadain vo 


C1 bpornéeano an oeac- 


mao bliadan oo pige Piacaió mic Oealbaeit óp Enin oo ču la h€ógon 


nlnbip. 


Cloi vomam, cp mile cltpe clo peaccmogac ahaon. 


Ballymore- Lough - Sewdy.— See O'Flaherty's 
Ogygia, part iii. c. xiii. 

u Tailtean.—Now Teltown, near the River 
Boyne, in the county of Meath, and nearly mid- 
way between Kells.and Navan. This fair, at 
which various games and sports were celebrated, 
continued down to the time of Roderic O'Conor, 
the last monarch of Ireland. It was cele- 
brated annually on the first of August, which 
is still called Lugh-Nasadh, i.e. Lugh's fair, 
games or sports, by the native Irish.—See Cor- 
mac's Glossary, in voce Cugnapab, See~also 
O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. cc. xiiislvi. The 
remains ofa large earthen rath, and traces of 
three artificial lakes, and other remains, are still 
to be seen there. To the left of the road, as 
you go from Kells to Donaghpatrick, there is a 
hollow, called Gag an aonaig, i.e. the hollow 


Cin co bliaoain 


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

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


3371.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 23 


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


Firbolgs. 
The Age of the World, 3371. 


` 


The first year of the reign of Eochaidh 


Ollathair, who was named the Daghda, over Ireland. 

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


The Age of the World, 3451. 


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


The Age of the World, 3460. In the tihi year of the reign of Dealbh- 
aeth, he fell by the hand of his own son, Fiacha mac Dealbhaeith. 


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


The first Year of the reign of Fiacha, the 


The Age of the World, 3410. At the end of the tenth year of the reign 
of Fiacha, son of Dealbhaeth, over Ireland, he fell by Eogon of Inbher”. 


The Age of the World, 3471. 


Aengus-an-Bhrogha was considered the presid- 
ing fairy of the Boyne till recently, and that 
his name is still familiar to the old inhabitants 
of Meath, who are fast forgetting their traditions 
with the Irish language. For some account of 


‘the monuments which anciently existed at 


Brugh-na-Boinne, see Petrie’s Inquiry into the 
Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, 
pp. 100,101. The monuments ascribed by the 
ancient Irish writers to the Tuatha-De-Danann 
colony still remain, and are principally situated 
in Meath, near the Boyne, as at Drogheda, 
Dowth, Knowth, and Newgrange. There are 
other monuments of them at Cnoc-Ainé and 
Cnoc-Gréiné, in the county of Limerick, and on 
the Pap Mountains, Oa ¢1é Oanamne, in the 
S. E. of the county of Kerry.—See the year 861. 
These monuments are of the most remote an- 


The first year of the ins last kings of the 


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

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

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


24 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [3500 


Do mse na ccpí nfog nvedfhach vo Cuachaib Oe Oanann po bavap hi ccom- 
plamy ór € pmn, Mac Cull, Mac Cééc, 7 Mac Spéime mnpm. 

Qoi boram, cpi mile cúicc cfo. Capzup [.1. coblac] mac Milfch oo ceche 
1 n£pimo a bpoiné(no na bliadna po via gabail ap Tuachaib Oe Oanann, 7 po 
penrac cat Slébe Mip ppd ipm cplp late 1ap na ccecc hi ccíp : ba ipm cat 
ym vo pocaip $coca ing(n Phanao btn Míleadh, 7 aca pipe Scéca (ven Stab 
THp q mup. Oo pocam ano b(op Pap, bean Um, mic Uicce, oia cca Olio 
Part. Ro plppac meic Milih rap pm cat 1 cTallein pp cpi pógonb 
Tuote Oe Oanann, Mac Cull, Mac Ceche, 7 Mac Spline. Ro bap go 
cian ag cup m cacha go cconcoin Mac Ceche la hEmeamon, Mac Cull la 
h€meap, q| Mac Spline la hQimipgin. 


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


_as magicians, 


derstand. Among these was Danann, the mother 
of the gods, from whom Oa éi€ Oanainne, a 
mountain in Kerry; was called; Buanann, the 
goddess that instructed the heroes in military 
exercises, the Minerva of the ancient lrish ; 
Badhbh, the Bellona of the ancient Irish ; 
Abhortach, god of music; Ned, the god of war; ' 
Nemon, his wife; Manannan, the god of the 
sea; Diancecht, the god of physic; Brighit, the 
goddess of poets and smiths, &c. It appears 
from a very curious and ancient Irish tract, 
written in the shape of a dialogue between 
St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, that there 
were very many places in Ireland where the 
Tuatha-De-Dananns were then supposed to live 
as sprites or fairies, with corporeal and material 
forms, but indued with immortality. The in- 
ference naturally to be drawn from these stories 
is, that the Tuatha-De-Dananns lingered in the 
country for many centuries after their subjuga- 
tion by the Gaedhil, and that they lived in re- 
tired situations, where they practised abstruse 
arts, which induced the others to regard them 
So late as the third century, 
Aine, the daughter of Eogabhal, a lady of this 
race, was believed to be resident at Cnoc-Aine, 


in the county of Limerick, where she was ra- 


vished by Oilioll Olum, king of Munster. It 


3500.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 25 


Tuatha-De-Dananns, who were in joint sovereignty over Ireland. "These were 
Mac Cuill’, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. — 
The Age of the World, 3500. The fleet of the sons of Milidh* came to 
Ireland at the end of this year, to take it from the Tuatha-De-Dananns ; and 
they fought the battle of Sliabh Mis with them on the third day after landing. 
In this battle fell Scota, the daughter of Pharaoh, wife of Milidh ; and the grave 
of Scota” is [to be seen] between Sliabh Mis and the sea. Therein also fell 
Fas, the wife of Un, son of Uige, from whom is [named] Gleann-Faisi. After 
this the sons of Milidh fought a battle at Tailtinn", against the three kings of 
the Tuatha-De-Dananns, Mac Cuill, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. The battle 
lasted for a long time, until Mac Ceacht fell by Eiremhon, Mac Cuill by 
Eimhear, and Mac Greine by Amhergin. 


looks very strange that our genealogists trace sons of Miletus (Milesius) arrived in Ireland 
thé pedigree of no family living for the last on the l7th of May, 1029 years before the 
thousand years to any of the kingsor chieftains birth of Christ. As authority for this he re- 
of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, while several fami- fers to a work on Irish history, by ** Calogh 
lies of Firbolgic descent are mentioned as in  O'More, who was a very worthy gentleman, and 
Hy-Many, and other parts of Connaught.—See a great searcher of antiquity ;” but he adds, that 
Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 85-90, and “Philip O'Soullevane, in his printed work, de- 
O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 11. The tract dicated to Philip the Fourth, King of Spain, 
above alluded to as in the shape ofa dialogue  sayeth that they came in the year before the 
between St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, birth of our Saviour, 1342, which is from this 
preserves the ancient names of many monu- time present (1627), the number of 2969 years, 
ments of both these colonies, as well as of their ^ Laesthenes being then the thirty-third Monarch 
conquerors, the Gaedhil or Scoti, now lost to of the Assyrians."— See O'Sullivan's Hist. Ca- 
tradition, and is, therefore, well worthy of pub- thol. Iber. Compendium, tom. i. lib. iii. c. i. p. 32. 
lieation. There are two imperfect vellum copies ^ The grave of Scota.—This is still pointed out 
of it extant, but from the two a perfect copy in the valley of Gleann-Scoithin, townland of 
could probably be obtained ; one in the Bod- — Clahane, parish of Annagh, barony of Trougha- 
leian Library, Laud. 610, fol. 123 to 146, and nacmy, and county of Kerry.—See Ordnance 
the other in the Book of Lismore, the original Map of Kerry, sheet 38. Sliabh Mis, anglicé 
of which is in the possession of the Duke of De- — Slieve Mish, is a mountain in the same barony. 
vonshire, and a fac-simile copy in the Library of © Gleann-Faisi.—Keating states that this val- 
the Royal Irish Academy. ley was so called in his own time. It is now 

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

E 


26 ANNAA ngroshachca: EIREANN. [3501. 


Copépacup cpa a cc(ona Riogna, Ene lá Surge, Pocla la h€aoan, 1 
banba la Carchfp. Ro pnaomead an cach pa o(óib pop Cuachaib Oe Oa- 
nann, 7 po machcaic m Zac margin 1 ccappupcap rao. Topépacap o macoib 


‘Mhlead von leith ele vá caorpoe ain(soa ag plarge an maóma, Fua 1 Sléibh 


Fuaiw, 7 Cualgne 1 Sleib Cuailgne. 

Gop vomam cm Mile cúng clo a haon. Qp í po bliadan m po gab Epea- 
mon q] €meap complartiup op Epind, 7 po panopacc Epe ap v6 (coppa. Ap 
mnte bfop oo ponad na gmoma po píop la hEipeamén 4 lá h€mep co na 
ccaoipiochaib. Rach bfochag op Eon 1 nCÍpgacc Rop,7 Rae Omn 1 ecpich 
Cualann, la h€ipeamon, cocap Inbip méip,1 ccpich Ua n€neachglap Cualann, 
lá hOimepgm, cumoach One Nónp 1 Sleib Modan, la Goipcen, Dún Del- 
&innpi 1 ccpíć Cualann la Seoga, Oun Sobarpce 1 Mupbols Dal Riava lá 
Sobaince, 7 On Eavaip la Suipge. La hEpearhon co na taoipiochaib vo 
ponad mnpm. Rach Uamam 1 Laigmb la h€meap. Rach Onova Supo la 
h€acan mac nice, Cappacc Pecharge la hUn mac nUicce, Cappacc bla- 


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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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3501.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 291 


Their three queens were also slain; Eire by Suirghe, Fodhla by Edan, and 
Banba by Caicher. The battle was at length gained-against the Tuatha-De-Da- 
nanhs, and they were slaughtered wherever they were overtaken. There fell 
from the sons of Milidh, on the other hand, two illustrious chieftains, in fol- 
lowing up the rout, [namely] Fuad at Sliabh Fuaid’, and Cuailgne at Sliabh 
Cuailgne“. t 

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


some fragments of the ruins of a castle, near the - 


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

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


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

* Rath-arda-Suird.—ln Kinfaela’s poem the 
erection of this fort is ascribed to Fulman, and 
that of Rath-Righbaird is attributed to Edan, 
which is more correct, as it appears that, in the 
distribution of territory, the province of Con- 
naught, in which Rath-Righbaird is situated, fell 
to the lot of Un and Edan. Fulman was seated 


jn Munster, which was Emher's or Heber's par- 


ticular portion of the island, and not the nor- 
thern portion, as Giraldus erroneously states. 
The fort called Rath-arda-Suird was situated 
on the hill of Rath-tSiuird, about half a mile 
to the north-west of the old church of Donagh- 
more, near the city of Limerick. The site of the 
rath is now occupied by the ruins of a castle. 

s Carraig-Fethaigh.—As Un was one of the 


He 


28 | @NNaza RIOShachca EIREANN. [3509. 


parge la Mantan, Dun Cfpomne la Carchfp, Rach Riogbaipo 1 Mumpee la 
Pulman. Ca h€mip co na éaorpiochaib mnpm. 

Ro pap mmurpain 1 porpceann na bliadna po ecip €p(mon 7 € meap m na 
cpi opumnib oippófpca, Opumm Clapar 1 cCqpich Maine, Opurm ó(choig 
1 Maonmang,7 Opurm Ping ı Mumam. Plpcap cach (coppa ap allop ap 
bná bpí oam ag Cochap ecep oa mag. Ap pipe apb(pap cat Geipille. 
Meaband an cat pop €meap,4 vo é(p ano. Copépacap ona cm caoiis 
eipfgoa do mumcip €pearnóm ın cat cona. Goipten, Secga, 7 Suge a 
nanmanna. Gabay €pn(mon an mge rap pin. 

Corp oorharin, cpi mili cúicc cho avó. Cn civ bliadam vo mse Epeamom 
op Epinn, 7 an vapa bliadan 1ap cceche vo macoib Milead, oo pann €p(món 
Ene. Oo pao coiccead Ulad o€meap mac Ip, an Muma do c(icpe macoib 
Emin Pino; coigeaó Connace oUn 4 v€avan, 7 coicceaó Caig(n oo Cmom- 


cann Sciachbél oo Oomnanocoib. 


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

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


“u Dun- Airdinne.— Called Dun-Inn by Keating- 


(ubi suprà), who states that it is situated in the 
west of Ireland. It is now unknown. 

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

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


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

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

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

* Bri-Damh : i.e. the hill of the Oxen. This 
is referred to in the Tripartite Life of St. Pa- 
trick, published by Colgan (Trias Thaum., p.160), 
as Mons Bri-damh ; but there is no mountain 
near Geshill, nor any hill higher than 355 
feet. In a description of the site of this battle, 
preserved in the Dinnsenchus (as given in the 


3502] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Carraig-Blaraighe' by Mantan ; Dun-Ardinne® by Caicher ; Rath-Righbaird, in 
Muiresg", by Fulman. By Emher and his chieftains these [were erected]. 

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

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


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


Book of Ballymote, fol. 193), it is stated that 
there were many mounds at this place, in which 
Emhear, Ever, or Heber, and the other chieftains 
slain in the battle, were interred. The name 
Tochar-eter-da-mhagh, denotes the togher or 
causeway between the two plains, and the name 
is partly still preserved in that of the townland 
of 6aile an cocap, anglicé Ballintogher, i. e. 
the Town of the Causeway, in the parish and 
barony of Geshill, and near the village of the 
same name. The territory of the two plains, 
in Irish, Cuaé oa maig, and anglicised Teth- 
moy, was the name of a considerable territory 
in the ancient Offally, comprising the baronies 
of Warrenstown and Coolestown, in the east of 
the King's County, as appears from an old map 
of Leix and Ophaly, preserved in the British 
Museum. 

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

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


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

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


30 ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[3503. 


Tea, mp(n Luigdeac, mic Iche, cug €pnCmón ipm Eppain cap cho Oóba, 
apí an Tea po conmcclpcoin go h€p(mon culoig coġaide ma cionpccpa 
cecip maigean inaegban, 5omad mnre no hadnaict, 1 no coccaibce a mún 7 
a lige, 1 50 mad ano no biad Fac mogopoan no günpioó via piol go bpac. 
Ap iad na pata convogaib ape m a comall oi Gimpsin Slumngeal 7 
Emean Fionn. lpeaó 1anom òo paegi Opumm Caom .i. Ceamuip. Ap uate 


péiceap, 7 ap mnte po hadnache. 


Odba ona mačai Muirhne, 7 Cuigne, 7 Laigne oécc 5o po havnache 1 


nOoba. 


Cach Cirle Cachin, 1 copcaip Caiceap la hClimipgm ng lúmgeal an 
bladomp!, 7 pocplp a p(pc yn magm pin conad uada oo gapap Cúl 


‘Caichip. 


Cloip vomain, cpi mile cúicc cfd a cpi. 


mom ór Epmn. 
cin(ó an bladamp: la hEpeamon. 


female rather than the male line.—See also 
Bede's- Hist. Eccl. lib. i. c. 1. 

* In preference to Odhbha.—1t is stated in the 
Book of Lecan, and in the Leabhar-Gabhala of 
the O'Clerys, that Heremon, who was otherwise 
called Geide Ollgothach, had put away his lawful 
wife, Odhbha, the mother of his elder children, 
Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, and married 
Tea, the daughter of Lughaidh mac Itha, from 
whom Tara was named Tea-mur, i.e. the mound 
of Tea; that Odhbha followed her children to 
Ireland, and died of grief from being repudiated 
by her husband, and was interred at Odhbha, 
in Meath, where her children raised a mound to 
her memory.—See note ', infra. 

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

* Druim-Caoin: i. e. the Hill of Caen, a man's 


Qn vapa bliadain vo mge Ept- 


Cimipgn Sluingeal mac Milead vo tuicim hi ccat bile 
Comaibm nao mbpopnac .1. abne nEle, 


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

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

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


3503.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 31 


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


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


interred at Odhbha'. 


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


him Cuil Caichir was named. 


The Age of the World, 3503. The second year of the reign of Eremhon 
over Ireland. Amhergin Gluingeal, son of Milidh, fell in the battle of Bile- 
tineadh* this year by Eremhon. The eruption of the nine Brosnachs’, i. e. rivers 


This derivation is, however, evidently legen- 
dary, for Cearhamp was very common in Treland 
as a woman's name, and it was applied to more 
hills than Teamhair, in Meath: as Teamhair 
Luachra, in Kerry, and TeamhairBhrogha-Niadh, 
in Leinster. In Cormac’s Glossary it is stated, 
that the ceamaip of a house means a grianan, 
i.e. a bower, boudoir, or balcony, and that ceam- 
aip of the country means a hill commanding a 
pleasant prospect. That this is evidently the 
true meaning of the term is further manifest 
from the use of it in old Irish writings, as in 
the following passage in an Irish tract describ- 
ing the Siege of Troy, in H. 2, 15, “ Oo ponad 
ona cpe Cain cumoaéca q popaó léip pop 
Teama 1 vingna na caepaé vo oalluc 7 
o'porpoecyin q vo ormubpacaó." “Then was 
erected a fine, protecting house, and a look-out 
tower upon the teamhair and digna of the city, 
to reconnoitre, view, and discharge [weapons ]." 

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


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

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

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

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


eee 


32 ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. 


[3504. 


naoi Rige 3. aibne Caig(n, 7 ceopa nUmpionn Ua nOibiolla. ipm bliadain 
cona. — — | : i i 

Qoi voham, cp mile cuce cfo a pé. On curgeaó badam vo pige 
€p(móm. Pulman 7 Manncan oo éucim lap an pġ 1 cach Opeogain à 
Pemean,] comam na loch po m bliadan clona. Loc Cimbe, Loc buabor, 
Loch baad, Loc Ren, Loc Pionnmage, Loc Bpéme, Loc Riach, Loch va 
Caoch 1 Caigmb, 7 Lot Caog ino Ulcoib. 

Coir oomam, cpi míle các cfo a ofich. An naomad bladain vo mge 
€p(iom vo é(p Un, En, 7 Eavan laip 1 ccat Cormmpaipe 1 Mide. Tomam 
€ichne 1 nUib Néll, na c(ona Soce 1 Connachcaib, 7 Ppegabail ecip Oal 


nApawe 7 Dal Riava an bhadamyn. 


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

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

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

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

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

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


ibne 1aopioe. 


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

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


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


Itis situated on the northern boundary of the 
townland of Fenaghbeg. 

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

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

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

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

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


3506.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 33 


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

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

The Age of the World, 3510. The ninth year ofthe reign of Eremon, 
Un, En, and Edan, fell by him in the battle of Comhraire*, in Meath. The 
eruption of Eithne, in Ui-Neill*; of the three Socs", in Connaught ; and of the 


Fregabhail, between Dal-Araidhe and Dal-Riada, this year. These are rivers. 


now Kilroot, on its brink. It is now called 
Belfast Lough, close upon the margin of which 
some remains of this church are still to be 
seen. 

* Comhraire.—There was a church erected at 
this place by St. Colman mac Fintain (the bro- 
ther of St. Fursa of Peronne), whose festival 
was celebrated here on the 25th of September. 
The place is now called in Irish Cii Compaipe, 
which is anglicised Kileomreragh. It is situated 
near the hill of Uisneach, in the barony of Moy- 
cashel, and county of Westmeath.—See the Fei- 
lire Aenguis, at 16th November; the Irish Calen- 
dar of O’Clery, at 25th September; and Colgan’s 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 95, col. 2. 

è Kithne, in Ui-Neill—Now the River Inny, 
which discharges itself into Lough Ree, to the 
south-west of Ballymahon, in the county of West- 
meath. By the name Ui-Neill is meant terra 
Nepotum Neill, the ancient Meath having been 
so called in later ages, because it was divided 
among the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 
and possessed by their descendants till the Eng- 
lish Invasion. It would bave been more cor- 
rect to call this territory ** Midhe,” at this early 
period. The River Eithne was originally called 


- Glaisi-Bearamain, and is said to have derived 


its present name from Eithne, daughter of King 


Eochaidh Feidhleach, and wife of Conchobhar 
Mac Nessa, King of Ulster in the first century. 
— See the Book of Lecan, fol. 175, a. b. This 
river formed the boundary between North and 
South Teffia in St. Patrick's time.—See Ogygia, 
part iii. c. 85. 

> The three Socs.—Michael Brennan, in his Irish 
poem on the River Shannon, states that the three 
Sucks of Connaught are the rivers still called the 
Suck and its tributaries, theSheffin and the River 
of Clonbrock, in the county of Galway.—See 
note !, under A. D. 1263, where the course of the 
main branch of the Ceopa Suca is described. 

* Freghabhail.—Now the Ravel Water, which 


rises in a small lake called Aganamunican, on 


the mountain of Slieveanee, in the parish of Du- 
naghy, in the county of Antrim, and, flowing 
through the valley of Glenravel, to which it 
gives name, joins the Dungonnell River near 
the old burial ground of Deschart, whence 
their united waters flow in a south-east course 
until they fall into the Maine Water, near Glary 
ford.— See Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, 
Connor, and Dromore, by the Rev. William 
Reeves, M. B.,, M. R. I. A., pp. 334, 335. The 
territory of Dal-Araidhe extended from Newry 
to this river; and that of Dal-Riada comprised 
the remainder of the county of Antrim. 


34 ANNAA RIOshachcta EIREANN. 


[3517. 


Cloi Doman, tpi míle cácc cho a pe décc. Oin cuicceaó bliadain oécc 
vEpeamon 1 mge, 7 a écc a poipceann na pee pint Réie beotarg op E6ip 1 
nGpgac Ropr. 

Qoi Doron, cpi mile einee cfo a plicht becc. On cfo bliadan do 
Mumre, oo Lurgne, 7 oo Laigne, clann Eplmon 1 ccommpige op Epinn. 

Cop domam, cpí mile cmcc c(o a naoi décc. l ppornéCnn na ccpí 
mbliaóan po acbach Muine 1 cCpuacham, Luighne 7 Carne copnépacop hi 
ccach Cfpoa Ladpann la macaib Emin. 

Ep, Onba, Peapon, 4 Pepsen chtpe meic €mep lücbliaóam ooib. Ap 
hi a lerébliaóampi 7 leicbliaóom Nuaoaicc lNeachc oo m badan comlán, 3 
ap ag an ms Nuada Neachc aime í 1 naoi voham. Conépacop an cland 
pin Emin la hlpal Pad, mac n€p(mom, : ccat Cule Mapca 1ap bpopbad na 
láebliaóna pempáice. 

Corp vorham, cp mile cince cfo pice anao. CE bporné(no an o(érhao 
bliadan po Imal Pad mic Epfhom hi mae, puaip bap 1 Marý Muarwde. Ap 
lap an Imal pPad po po cue na cata po. Cat Cuile Manta, Cat Opoa 
. |nmaoich hi Ceachba 1 ctopéaip Stipne mac Owb mic Pomoip, cat Th- 
marge 1 cconcap Eocha €achéeann pi Pomorie, 7 Cat Locmarge 1 cconcain 
Lug Roch, mac Moremi, oF fpo bolg. Ap 1 nampip an Inet cfona 
yl(écaó na mag, cogbail na pach, 7 cobpuccad na naibnead po. Arciad na 
marge, Magh Sele 1 nUib Nell, Magh nEle la Lagniu, Magh Rech(c, Magh 
Sanary 1 Connachcaib, Magh Teche la hUib mac Ump, Magh Pantene la 


d Argat-Ross.—See note under A. M. 3501, sup. 

e Ard-Ladhrann.—See note °, A. M. 2242, sup., 

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

£ Irial Faidh.— Called **Irialus Vates? by 
Dr. Lynch and O'Flaherty, and “TIriell the Pro- 
phet," by Connell Mageoghegan. 

». Cuil-Marta.—Not identified. 
Cuilmartra by O'Flaherty. 

Magh Muaidhe.—This may be the plain of 

the River Moy, flowing between the counties of 
Mayo and Sligo, in Connaught; but the name 
was also applied to a plain near the hill of Cnoc 


It is called 


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

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

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

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

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


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3516.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 35 


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

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

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

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

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


gave name to this place, is now called the Black- having been the residence of Finn Mac Cumhail 
water. It rises in Lough Ramor, near Virginia, in the third century, and of Colonel Grace in 
in the county of Cavan, and, flowing through the seventeenth—See note ™, under A. D. 1475, 
the barony of Upper Kells, by Tailten, in Meath, and note ™, under A. D. 1418. 
pays its tribute to the Boyne at Dubh-chomar, » Magh-Reicheat.—Keating adds that this plain 
now the town of Navan. This river is dis- is in Laoighis, i. e. Leix, in the present Quéen's 
tinctly mentioned as near Taltenia, in the Tri- County; but in the Preface to the Feilire-Aenguis 
partite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 4, apud it is mentioned as a plain in Ui-Failghe (Offaly), 
Colgan, Trias Thaum, p. 129; and Colgan ob- containing the church of Cuil- Beannchair, now 
serves, in a note, p. 173, that it was, in his own Coolbanagher, alias Whitechurch. It is now 
time, called Abha-dhubh. called, in English, Morett, and is a manor in 

o Magh-n-Ele in Leinster.—Now Moyelly, a the barony of Portnahinch, adjoining the Great 
townland in the parish of Kilmanaghan, barony Heath of Maryborough, in the Queen’s county. 
of Kileoursey, and King’s County, famous as * Magh-Sanais.—Not identified. 

r2. i 


5 ell 


= 


[3530. 
hAinefpa, Magh nOaipbp(é 1 Pocapcaib Oaipbpeac, Magh Cugna 1 cCian- 
naéca, Mag nimp la hUlcoib, Mag Chúile p(6a 1 P(pnmaig, Mas coman, 
Mag Mie, Mag Coba, Mag Cuma la hUi Néll, mag Pniage la 
hO:ngiallaib, 7 Mağ Riacca. Acad na pacha, Rach Cporch 1 Moigimp, 
Rat Cumcfoha 1 Semne, Rach bacan 1 Cacapna, Rach Cochaio 1 nglar- 
capn, Rach Glare cuilg, oa ngoipceap Rat Crombaoit mo Caman, Rae 
Mochaigh 7 Rat bug 1 Slechemoig. Na haibne, Siún, Pén, Encpe lá 


36 annaza RIOShachca EIREANN. 


Muman, na cpí Fionna, 4 na tpi Cormoe. 
Qop vomain, cpi mile cúicc clo cpioċac. An clo bliadam vo mse €epel, 


mac lpeoil Pad, op Epmn mopn. 


Cloip oomarn, cpi mile cuice clo c(cépacac anao. 


Cin piéfcrhad badam 


o€cpel, mac lpeol Paw, mc €p(móm, 1 se go cconcain la Conmaol mac 


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

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

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

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

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

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


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


barony. 
* Magh-Comair: i.e. the Plain of the Con- 
fluence. Keating places this in Ui-Neill, i. e. 


in Meath. It is was probably the plain around 
Cummer, near Clonard, in Meath. There is 
another Magh-Comair, now anglicó Muckamore, 
near the town of Antrim, in the county of An- 
trim. 

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

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

^ Magh-Cuma, in Ui- Neill. —Unknown. 

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

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


3530.] 


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


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 37 


Finns’; and the three Coimdes’. 


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

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


trick in Trias Thaum., p. 155. 

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

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

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


^ Rath-Lochaid, at Glascharn.—Both names 


unknown. 

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

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

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


Buirech by Keating. Not identified. 

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

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

° Ercre.—Now unknown. 

? The three F'inns.— The River Finn, flowing 
through the barony of Raphoe, in the county of 
Donegal, was the principal one ofthese. The 
other two were probably tributary streams 


toit. 
3 The three Coimdes.—Not identified. 


f m * 


38 ANNALA nioghachca EIREANN. 


[3550. 


Emip ı ccat Ræpfno. Ip 1 pemfp an Eepeorl pi po plechcaice na moighe pr, 
Ceanmagh lá Connachcoib, Magh Lugad lá Lurġne, Magh mbealang lá 
hUib cCupcpe, Mas Géiplle lá hUib bPanlge, Magh Ochcaip la Cangmu, 
Locmagh lá Conaille, 4 Mağ Rot lá hU Eachdach. 

GLoip oomam, tpi míle cárg clo caoga. Cn ced bliadan vo mge Conmaoll, 
mac €imip, op €nnn mnpm. Céd Ri €peann a Mumom eoe. 

Qoip oomamn, cpf mile cing céd peacemogac anao lap mbeit vech 
mbliadna pié(c vo Conmaol, mac Emip, 1 mse n€peann copta 1 ceat Qonağ 
Macha lá Ciz(mnmup mac Pollaish. Conmaol cpa ap lap vo cuipéó na 
cata po, cat Geille, 1 ccopcaip Palap mac €peamom, cat beppe, cat 
Slébe b6(ca la hUib Cnemtaimn, cat Ucha, cat Cnucha, cat Slebe Modan 
1 cconcain Sempoch mac Inboith, cach Clene, cat Capn móin 1 cconcain 
Ollac, cat Locha C(in pon €apna, Maincine, 1 pon Mod Rut, mac Mopebip, 


oPfpob bolg, cat Ele. 


Clip domain, epi mile cárg clo occmogac. 


Cig(mmairp mic Polleag 6p € mnn. 


Cloip vomann, tpi mile cfo occmogac a haon. 


Cin céd bliadain vo prge 


Qn vana bliadam vo mge 


Timmar, comaibm na naor loch po. Loch nUaip 1 The, Loch nlan, 


* Raeire.—Genit. Raeireann. O'Flaherty says 
that this is the name of a hill in Hyfalgia, but 
does not tell us its exact situation. It is the 
place now called Raeipe mop, in the territory 
of Iregan, or barony of Tinnahinch, in the 
Queen’s County, which was a part of the ancient 
Ui-Failghe, or Offaly. There is another place 
of the name in the territory of Ui-Muireadhaigh, 
near Athy, in the county of Kildare, 

$ Teanmhagh.—Unknown. 

* Magh- Lughadh.—Unknown. 

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

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

* Magh-Ochtair, in ILeinster.—Unknown. 


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

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

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

v Geisill.—Now Geshil, in the King’s County. 

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

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

e Ucha,—Not identified, 


3550.] 


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

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

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


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 39 


Ruith, son of Mofebis of the Firbolgs ; 


the battle of Ele’. 


The Age of the World, 3580. The first year of the reign of Tighernmas, 


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


The second year of the reign of Tighern- 


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


f Cnucha.—This place is described as over the 
River Liffey, in Leinster.— See Keating in the 
reign of Lughaidh Mac Con, and the Battle of 
Cnucha. It was probably the ancient name of 
Castleknock. 

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

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

i Carn-mor.—'This was probably Carn-mor 
Sleibhe Beatha, for the situation of which see 
note €, A. M. 2242, p. 3, suprà. 


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

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

m Martinei.—4A. sept of the Firbolgs anciently 
seated in the baronies of Coshlea and Small 
County, in the county of Limerick, and in that 
of Clanwilliam, in the county of Tipperary.— 
See Book of Lismore, fol. 176, a. a. where Emly 
is referred to as in the very centre of this terri- 
tory- 

n Ele—A epis: in the south of the King's 
County. 

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


4 


40 ANNAA RIOSshacntTa EIREANN. 


[3656. 


Loch Cé 1 Connacheaib, Loch Saileano, Loch nOulltno 1 cConnaécaib, Loch 
Peabail, Loch Gabai, Oubloch 7 Loch Oaball 1 nOipgiallanb. 

Cloip vorhain, epi mile pe clo caoccac a pé. Gp f an bliadain pı an 
peaccmad bliadam oécc ap cmb picheib vo Cig(pnmap na må op €pinn. 
Qp laip po bmypead na cata po pop piol n€mhip 7 pop apoaill o€n(nnéoib 4 
veaécaincenelaib oile cén mo cácpom. Cciad po na cata hipin, cach €lle 
1 conéain Rocopb, mac Gollan, cach Loómurge 1 cconchaip Oagaipne mac 
Guill, mic Gollam, cach Cula apo ı Mugmp, cach Chuile Ppaocham, cach 
Marge Teche, cach Commarp, cach Cula Achguipc 1 Semne, cach Opo 
Niaoh hi cConnachcarb, cat Cain Fadog 1 copchoip P(paoac mac Ro- 
chub, mic Gollan, 6 parc Capn Fhadag, cach Cnamcéoille hi Connach- 
caib, cach Cuile peada, cach Reabh, cach Congnaie 1 Tuait €aba, cach 
Cluana Cuap, 1 Ceachba, cach Cluana lüuppcce, 1 mopepne, oa cach 
Chuile 1 nOpsac Ror, cach Ele, cat beppe, Seacht ccata ag Loch Cug- 


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

? Loch n-Iairn.—Now Lough Iron, situated on 
the western boundary of the barony of Corkaree, 
' jn the county of Westmeath. 

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

* Loch Saileann.—Now Loch Sheelin, on the 


borders of the counties of Cavan, Longford, and 


Meath. 

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

^ Cuil-Fraechain: i. e. the Corner or Angle of ^ 
the Bilberries; not identified. 

© Magh-Teacht.—See A. M. 35?" . 


3656. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 41 


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

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


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


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


s Carn-Feradhaigh: i.e. Fearadhach's Carn or ` ™ Cluan-cuas: i.e. the Plain of the Caves, now 
Sepulehral Heap. This is referred to in the Cloncoose, in the barony of Granard, county of 
Book of Lecan, fol. 204, as on the southern Longford.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Longford, 
‘boundary of the territory of Cliu-Mail It was i. Jac. I. 
probably the ancient name of Seefin, in the ba- a Cluain- Muirsge.—Not identified. 
rony of Coshlea, in the south of the county of °Cuil, in Argat- Ross.—Now Coole, in the pa- 
Limerick. rish of Rathbeagh, on the Nore, county Kilkenny. 

^ Cnamh-choill: i.e. Wood of the Bones. This ? Eile.—Not identified. There are several 
was probably the ancient name of a wood in the places of the name in Ireland. 
district of Cuil-Cnamha, in the east of the barony * Berre.—Probably Beare, in the county of 
of Tireragh, and county of Sligo. There were Cork. 
two other places of this name in Munster. * Loch Lughdach.—Now Loch Luigheach, or 

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

G 


Y 


42 ANNAA RIOSshachcta EIREANN. 


| (3657. 
bach, va caé oili 1 nC[ngao Rop, cpi cacha pon Popa bolg, cac Cuile Pobaip 
rop €pna. i 

Or la Cig(pnmup beop po b(pbao op ap cáp 1 nEpmn, 1 porċm Chpchin 
Lippe. Uchaoan c(po of mob Cualann pooup bhb Ap lap po cumoargic 
cun 1 bpfénappa vop q oapgac im n€pmn ap cáp. Ap lap cugad puamnad 
pop evoighib, concain, gopm,  uame. Cp na pürmup cobpuchcao c(opa 
noub eibnCoh Epeann, Pubna, Copnann, q Callann, a nanmanna. Cl bpoiné(no 
na bliaóna po acbailpiom, go clonat c(cépamnaib pip n€peann ime, 1 mopdail 
Marge Sleche, ipi mOpfipne, ag adpad voCpom Cpoach, aipoiobal adaptha 


€p£nn epide, oroche hSamna vo hponpao mnpin. 


(Up vo na pleaccanaib vo 


ponpac prp Epronn im Tigfinmar hipuróe po hainmmgeaó an magh. 


Qop vomam, cp mile pé clo caogacc a peachc. 
o€pmo gan mg 1ap c Cig(pnmap mnpm. 

Gloip vomain, cpi mile pé Cfo pfpccac a thi. 
bao Ene gan pis ppí pé na p(chc mbliadan pin. 

Qoi vomain, cpi mile pé clo peapccac a citan. 
ov€ochad €uogabach na mg óp Epinn mopm. 


opm. 


Qn cfo bhadain 
Cin peachcmao badam 


Cn ceao bliadain 
Ar ape acbfpan €ochaio 


Euodgadach ppp ap ap laip cuccao ilbn(chepaó gaċa vata 1 neoigib an cap 


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

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

u Feara- Cualann.—See A. M. 3501. 

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


make gold and silver pinns to put in men's and 
women's garments about their necks; and also 
he was the first that ever found” [i. e. invented] 
“the dyeing of? [parti-] ** coloured clothes: in 
Treland.” Keating says that Tighearnmas was 
the first Irish king who established the custom 
of distinguishing the rank of his subjects by 
different colours in their dress, as one colour 
in the garment of a slave, two colours in thé 
garment of a peasant, three in that of a soldier, 
four in that ofa brughaidh or public victual- 
ler, five in that of the chieftain of a territory, 
and six in that of the 'ollav (chief professor) 
and in those of kings and Queens. Nearly the 
same account is given in the Book of Lecan, fol. 
290, a, a; and in H., 2. 18, Trin. Coll. Dub.; 
which. latter manuscript adds that all these 
eolours weré then used in the bishop's dress. 
The Four Masters ascribe the establishment of 


3651.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. " 


Argat-Ross ; three battles against the Firbolgs ; 
against the Ernai. í | 

It was by Tighearnmas also that gold was first, smelted in. Ireland, in 
Foithre-Airthir-Liffe’. [It was] Uchadan, an artificer of the Feara-Cualann", 
that smelted it. It was by him that goblets and brooches” were first, covered 
with gold and silver in Ireland. 1t was by him that clothes were dyed 
purple, blue, and green. It was in his reign the three black rivers of Ireland 
burst forth, Fubhna*, Torann’, and Callann’, their names. At the end of this 
year he died, with the three-fourths ofthe men of Ireland about him, at the 
meeting of Magh-Slecht*, in Breifne, at the worshipping of Crom Cruach, which 
was the chief idol of adoration in Ireland. This happened on the night of 
Samhain? precisely. It was from the genuflections® which the men of Ireland 


the battle of Cuil-Fobhair', 


made about Tighearnmas here that the plain was named. 


The Age of the World, 3657. 


This was the first year of Ireland without 


a king, after [the death of] Tighearnmas. 

The Age of the World, 3663. This was the seventh year. Ireland was 
without a king during the period of these seven years. 

The Age of the World, 3664. This was the first year of Eochaidh Ead- 
ghadhach, as king over Ireland. He was called Eochaidh Eadghadhach because 
it was by him the variety of colour was first put on clothes in Ireland, to dis- 


these colours to Eochaidh Eadghadhach. 

* Fubhna, now most probably the Una River, 
in Tyrone.—See A. D. 1516. 

Y Torann.—Unknown. There is a Touro River 
near Youghal. 

z Callann.— Now the River Callan, in the 
county of Armagh. 

* Magh-Sleacht.— This is translated campus 
excidii by Dr. O'Conor, but more correctly, 
campus adorationis, by Colgan.— Trias Thaum., 
p.133. This was the name of a plain in the 
barony of Tullyhaw and county of Cavan. The 


village of Baile Meg-Shamhradhain, now Bally- ' 


magauran, and the island of Port, are men- 
tioned as situated in this plain.—See note on 
Baile-Mheg-Shamhradhain, under A. D.-1431. 
Crom Cruach, the chief idol of the Pagan Irish, 


stood near a river called Gathard, and St. Pa- 
trick erected a church called Domhnachmor, 
in the immediate vicinity of the place.—See 
Vita Tripart., lib. ii. e. 31. According to the 
Dinnsenchus, this was the principal idol of all 
the colonies that settled in Ireland from the 
earliest period to the time of St. Patrick, and 
they were wont to offer to it the firstlings of 
animals, and other offerings.—See Rerum Hiber- 
nicarum Scriptores, Prolegomena, part i. p. 22. 

> Night of Samhain.—The eve of All-Hallows 
is so called by the Irish at the present day. It 
is compounded of pam, summer, and pum, 
end. | 

© Genuftections.—Dr. O'Conor translates this 
“ propter excidium quod passi sunt viri Hiber- 
nig;" but this is evidently erroneous. - 


G2 


44 ANNAZA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[3667. 


1 n€pinn, deroipoeliugad onópa sac aom ap a foach, óca fpeal go huaral. 
Ap amla om po velig (ccoppa, aenvat 1 nfooigib mogao, avó 1 nfoorgib 
amorr, a cp! 1 néoorghib vaglaoch 4 orgeigCpnao, a ceaconp 1 nlooigib bnugao, 
a cuig 1 nCoorgib cr&eapnaó cuach, a pe 1 neoo1gib ollaman, a p(chc 1 neoorgib 
níog 1 pfoshan. | 

Coir vomain, cp mile pe clo p(pccac a peacht. On c(epamao bliadam 
v€ochaio. hi bpoimnc(no an cCépamao bhadain oia mge oo pocarp la C (pmna 
mac Ebnic 1 ccach Ceampa. 

Gloip vomain, cpi mile pé clo peapecac a hochc. Qn cfo bhadan vo 
Sobaince 7 do C(pmna Piono, oá mac €bpic, mic Emp, mic Ip, mic Milead, 
ór Emm, 4 po pannpac eacoppa í an 06, Sobaince cuaich 1 nDún Sobaipce, 
3 € qimna ceap 1 nOun C(pmna. Oa céopíg €peann vo Sliocc Ip iaopioe. 

Qop domain, cpi. mile peachc ccfo a peachc. Ap mbüe c(cpachac 
bliadain oo na poghaib pi a ccomploieiup op Epinn, oo cheap Sobaipce la 
h€ocharo Meand oPomoipnb, 7 vo n Cfpmna la h€ochaio bPaobap- — 
slap mac Conmaoil. 

Cloi domain, cpi mile peachc ccéo a hocher. An ceo bliadan o€ochaw 
Paobapgslap, mac Conmail, mic Emip, op Epmn. 

(toi. oomam, cm mile reacht cced piche a peaéc. lap mbfic mmoppo 
o€ochaib piche bliadam 1 mse Epeann copchaip. lá Fiacha Cabpamne 1 
ccach Capmam 1 noiogoil a achap. QCciad anopo na cata po cupo 7 na 
mage po pleaécaro lá hEochad pRacbapglap. Cach Cuacpa Deadad, 
cach Popa va gopr, cach Comar cpi nuipece, cach Tuama Opeacon 1 
nUib ópiám Speippne, cach Opoma Liatan. Cfciacc na mage, Magh Smi 


4 Dun-Sobhairce.—Now Dunseverick, near the 
Giants’ Causeway, in the north of the county of 
Antrim. See A. M. 3501. 

© Dun-Cearmna: i. e. Cearmna’s Dun, or Fort. 
Keating (Haliday's edition, p. 125) says that 
this was called Dun-Mhic-Padruig, in his own 
time. It was the name of an old fort situated 
on the Old Head of Kinsale, a famous promon- 
tory in the south of the county of Cork.—See 
O’Brien’s Irish Dictionary, in voce Dun-Cearmna; 
and Carbri# Notitia, a manuscript, written in 
1686, which formed. No. 591 of the late Lord 


Kingsborough’s Sale Catalogue, where the fol- 
lowing notice of this place occurs : 

* Places of note in this barony” [i.e. Courcie’s] 
“are, l. Ringrone; 2. Castle-ni-park and Rin- 
corran, &c.; 3. The Old Head of Kinsale, a 
noted promontory anciently called Dun-Cermna, 
or Down-Cermna, from Cearmna, King of half 
Ireland, who, upon the division of the kingdome 
between him and. Sovarcy, came hither and 
built his royal seat, and called it after his own 
name. Of later years it was called Down m* 
Patrick." 


3661.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 45 


tinguish the honour of each by his raiment, from the lowest to the highest. 'Thus 
was the distinction made between them : one colour in the clothes of slaves: 
two in the clothes of soldiers ; three in the clothes of goodly heroes, or i 
lords of territories ; six in the clothes of ollavs ; seven in the clothes of kings 
and queens. 

The Age of the World, 3667. The fourth year of Eochaidh. At the end 
of the fourth year of his reign, he fell by Cearmna, son of Ebric, in the battle 
of Teamhair [Tara]. 

The Age of the World, 3668. "The first year of [the joint reign of] So- 
bhairce and Cearmna Finn, the two sons of Ebric, son of Emher, son of Ir, son 
of Milidh, over Ireland; and they divided it between them into two parts: 
Sobhairce [resided] in the north, at Dun-Sobhairce*; and Cearmna in the south, 
at Dun-Cearmna*. These were the first kings of Ireland of the race of Ir. 

The Age of the World, 3707. After these kings had been forty years in 
the joint sovereignty of Ireland, Sobhairce was slain by Eochaidh Meann, of 
the Fomorians ; and Cearmna fell by Eochaidh Faebharghlas, son of Conmael. 

The Age of the World, 3708. The first year of Eochaidh Faebhar-ghlas, 
son of Conmael, son of Emhear, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3727. After Eochaidh had been twenty years in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fiacha Labhrainne, in the battle of Carman 
[Wexford],in revenge of his father. These were the battles that were fought, and 
the plains that were cleared, by Eochaidh Faebharghlas : the battle of Luachair- 
Deadhadh'; the battle of Fosadh-da-ghort*; the battle of Comar-tri-nUisge"; the 
battle of 'Tuaim-Drecon!, in Ui-Briuin-Breifne; the battle of Druim-Liathain*. ~ 
These are the plains: Magh-Smeathrach', in Ui-Failghe ; Magh-n-Aidhne”, 


£ Luachair- Deadhadh.—Now Sliabh-Luachra, 
anglicà Slieve Loughra, near Castleisland, in the 
county of Kerry. 

* Fosadh-da-ghort.—The Habitation of the 
two Fields. Not identified. 

^ Comar-tri-n Uisge: i.e. the Meeting of the 
Three Waters, i.e. of the rivers Suir, Nore, and 
Barrow, near Waterford. 

i Tuaim-Drecon: i. e. the mount or tumulus 
of Drecon, now Toomregan, near Ballyconnell, 


on the borders of the counties of Cavan and 
Fermanagh. 

k Druim-Liathain —This is probably intended 
for Druim-leathan, now Drumlahan, or Drum- 
lane, in the county of Cavan. i : 

! Magh-Smeathrach.—Not identified. 

m Magh-n-Aidhne.—A. level district im the 
present county of Galway, all comprised in the 
diocese of Kilmaeduagh. Keating reads Magh- 
Laighne. 


46  annaca nioghachca EIREANN. 


[3728. 


cpach la hUib pPailge, Mag nChone, Mag Cups 1 Connachcaib, Magh 
Leamna, Magh nlmp, Magh Pubna,4 Magh oa gabon lá hAingiallaub. 

Corp bonam, tm mile p(che ccfo piche a hochc. On céo bliadan vo 
mse Piachac Cabpainne op Epinn mopm. 

Qoi vomain, cm mile peacht ccéo caoccac a haon. Un cltpamad 
bliabam picic po porné(no. mie Piachac Cabpainne, 1 oo é(p la h&ochaio 
Mumo von Mumom 1 ccat 6ealgaoamn. Cp lap an bPiacha Labpamne pı 
po bmpead na cata po. Cach Saclaige 1 ccopcaip Mopebip mac Gac- 
vach Paobansglaip, cach Paippge pop clomn Emip, cach Slebe Prin, cach 
prí h€pnoib oP Mob bolg an bail 1 purl Loch Epne. lap meabponn an cata 
Poppa ap ann po meabaid an loch caippib, conad uata ammmstep an loch 
4. loch cap Cpa. Ap a pmup an Piacha clona cobpuchtad na cceópa 


naibnead, Pleapc, Mano, 7 Cabpano, via po lil an ponamm poirppium. 
Clorp vomann, cpi mile p(cc ccéo caogac a oó. Cn céo bliadain vo pize 
€achoaé Mumó, mac Mopebip, op € pin mopm. 


Cloip oomam, cp mile peachc ccéo peachtmogac a vo. 


Ollada ap 


pichic o€ochaió 1 me nEpeann, co cconcaip la hClongup Olmucada 1 ccat 


Chach. 


? Magh-Luirg.—Now the plains of Boyle, in 
the county of Roscommon. 

° Magh- Leamhna.— This plain was well known, 
and otherwise called Closach, in the time of 
Colgan, who describes it as ** Regio campestris 
Tironi: Diocesis Clocharensis vulgo Mag-Lemna 
aliis Clossach dicta.” It is shewn on an old 
Map of Ulster, preserved in the State Papers' 
Office, London, as “the Countrie of Cormac 
Mac Barone” [O'Neill] The fort of Augher 
and the village of Ballygawley are represented 
as in this district, the town of Clogher being 
on its western, and the church of Errigal-Kee- 
roge on its northern boundary, and the River 
Blackwater flowing through it. 

* Magh-n-Inir.—Called by Keating Magh- 
Nionair. Now unknown. 

* Magh-Fubhna: i.e. the plain of the River 
Fubhna. This was probably the ancient name 
-of the district through which the River Oona 


in Tyrone flows: 

* Magh-da-ghabhar: i. e. the Plain of the Two 
Goats, Keating calls it Magh-da-ghabhal, i.e. 
* the Plain of the Two Forks," which is pro- 
bably the correct form.—See Magh-da-ghabhal 
under the year 1011. 

* Bealgadan.—Now Bulgadan, a townland in 
the parish of Kilbreedy Major, near Kilmallock, 
in the county of Limerick. 

t Gathlach.—Now probably Gayly, in the ba- 
rony of Iraghticonor, county of Kerry. 

u Fairrge.—Not identified. 

* Sliabh Feimhin: i.e. the mountain of Feim- 
hin, à territory comprised in the barony of Iffa 


. and Offa East, in the county of Tipperary. This 


mountain is now locally called Sliab na m-ban 
pionn, i.e. the Mountain of the Fair Women, 
which is evidently a corruption of Sab na m- 
ban Feimecnn, i. e. the Mountain of the Women 
of Feimhin.—See Leabhar na g- Ceart, p. 18. Ac- 


3728.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 47 


Magh-Luirg’, in Connaught; Magh-Leamhna’, Magh-n-Inir?, Magh-Fubhna?, 
and Magh-da-ghabhar', in Oirghialla. 

The Age of the World, 3728. This was the first year of the reign of 
Fiacha Labhrainne over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3751. This was the twenty-fourth year, the ter- 
mination of the reign of Fiacha Labhrainne ; and he fell by Eochaidh Mumho, 
of Munster, in the battle. of Bealgadan*. / It was by this Fiacha Labhrainne the 
following battles were gained : the battle of Gathlach', in which fell Mofebis, 
‘son of Eochaidh Faebharghlas; the battle of Fairrge" against the race of Emhear; 
the battle of Sliabh Feimhin"; a battle against the Ernai, [a sept] of the Firbolgs, 
[on the plain] where Loch Erne* [now] is. After the battle was gained from 
them, the lake flowed over them, so that it was from them the lake is named, 
that is, “a lake over the Ernai.” It was in the reign of the same Fiacha that 
the springing of these three rivers first took place, [namely], the Fleasc’, the 
Mand’, and the Labhrann*, from which [last] the surname [Labhrainne] clung 
to him. 

The Age of the World, 3752. This was the first year of the reign of 
Eochaidh Mumho, son of Mofebis, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3772. Twenty-one years was Eochaidh in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Aengus Olmucadha, son of Fiacha Labh- 
rainne, in the battle of Cliach’. 


cording to a local legend, the women of this 
mountain were enchanted beauties, who were 
contemporary with Finn Mac Cumhaill, the 
chief of the Irish militia in the third century. 

* Loch- Erne: i.e. Lough Erne, in the county 
Fermanagh. The same account of the eruption 
of this lake is given in the Leabhar- Gabhala, and 
by Duald Mac Firbis (Marquis of Drogheda's 
copy, p- 9.) |... | 

* The Fleasc.—Now the Flesk, a river flowing 
through the barony of Magunihy, in the south- 
. east of the county of Kerry. 

* The Mand, recte Mang.—Now the Maine, a 
river flowing through the barony of Troughan- 
acmy, in the west of the same county. Keating 
calls it Inbeap Mainge. 


* The Labhrann.—The genitive form is Ça- 
bpamne or Cabpuinne. Keating, in his History 
of Ireland, calls this Inbean Cubpumne, which 
Haliday (p. 325) anglicises ** the Larne;” but 
this is incorrect, because the Larne (in the 
county of Antrim) is called, in Irish, Latharna. 
We have no direct evidence to prove the situa- 
tion or modern name of the Labhrann. The 
River Lee, in the county of Cork, was originally 
called Sabhrann. But the River Labhrann was 
evidently in the same region with the Flesk and 
the Mang, and it may not be rash to conjecture 
thatit was the old name of the Casan-Ciarraighe, 
or Cashen River. in the county of Kerry. 

^ Oliach.—A. territory lying around Knock- 

* any, in the county of Limerick. 


^ 


48 ANNAA gmioghachca EIREANN. | (3773. 


Cloi voma, cpi mile plchc ccéo p(éócmogac a cpi. On céo bhadain 
oo pige Clongupa Olmucada, mac Praca Labpamne, ór € inn inpinn. 

Qoip oomen, cp mile peacht céo nocac. lap mbit oAengup Olmu- 
cada ocht mbliaóna decc mn aipopige €peann vo é(p 1 ccach Capman la 
h€nna nChpgéeach. Cpe Cengup po bmp na cata po, cach Clépe, cach 
Cuipce, cae Slébe Cuilge. pop Mhaincine 1 cepich Conca 6aipeemn, cach 
Ruip Pnaocam 1 Muimpec 1 conchar Ppaochan Paid, cach Caipn Ricfoa, 
cath Cúile Rata 1 nOeapmumam, cach Slébe Cua pop Enna, cach Opoa- 
chaw 1 concain Smiongoll mac Smeachpa, pi Pomorie, caoga cat pop Cpuic- 
(ncuait 7 pop Fiona bolg, dá cach oéc pon Congbapoaib, 4 chitpe cata pon 
Colaps. CAciac na locha po comaiompeac ma pé, Loch Clonbfich la hUib 
Cpemeumn, Loch Saileac, Loch na ngapan ı Marg Cups la Connachcaib, 4 
Tüupbpuchc emip €aba 4 Rop Cecce. Cip la hOlongup ona po pleachcaó 
na maige po, Mas Glnne Decon lá Cenél Conall, Mash Mucpuime la 


© Aengus Olmucadha: i.e. Aengus of the large x Cuil-Ratha: i.e. Corner, or Angle of the 
Swine.—See Ogygia, part iii. c. 27. In Mageo- Fort. 
ghegan's translation of the Annals of Clonmac- ! Sliabh Cua. —Now SliabhGua, anglicé Slieve 
noise, the name of this king is anglicised ** Enos Gua, in the parish of Sheskinan, barony of 
Olmoye,” and in Irish, in the margin, Qongup — Decies-without-Drum, and county of Waterford. 


Ollmugarb, i. e. Aengus the great Destroyer. The more elevated part of this mountain is now 
4 Carmann.—Now Wexford. See A. M. 3727. called Cnoc Maeldomhnaigh; but the whole 
e Clere.—See A. M. 3579. range was originally called Sliabh Cua. 
f Cuirce.—Not identified. See it again men- m Ard-Achadh.—There are many places of 
tioned under A. M. 4981. this name in. Ireland, now anglicised Ardagh, 


8 Sliabh- Cailge.—There is no mountain in the but that here referred to is probably Ardagh, 
territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn now bearing this in the county of Longford. 
name. It appears from the Life of St. Senanus, a Cruithean- Tuath : i. e. the nation or country 
the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn originally com- of the Picts. 
prised the barony of Ibrickan, as well as those ° Longobardai: i.e. the Longobardi, or Lom- 
of Moyarta and Clonderalaw, and it may, there- bards, This name was scarcely known to the 
fore, be well conjectured that Sliabh Cailge was Irish at the period we are treating of. They 
the ancient name of Sliabh-Callain, in the ba- are mentioned by Tacitus and by Suetonius in 
rony of Ibrickan. The only other elevation that the first century, and by Prosper in the fourth, 
could with propriety be called a mountain is and from these, no doubt, the Irish writers first 


Moveen, in the barony of Moyarta. - became acquainted with the name. It would 
^ Ros-Fraechan.—Rosreaghan, in the barony appear from the lives of St. Patrick, that one of 
of Murresk, and county of Mayo. his nephews was of this tribe. 


* Carn-Riceadha.—Not identified. ~ P Colaisti—Not identified. ‘These foreign 


 ————ÉQ! 


3773.) 


The Age of the World, 3773. This was the first year of the reign of 
Aengus Olmucadha* over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3790. After Aengus Olmucadha had been eigh- 
teen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Carmann’, by 
Enna Airgtheach. It was Aengus that gained the following battles. The 
battle of Clere*; the battle of Cuirce'; the battle of Sliabh-Cailge*, against the 
Martini, in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn ; the battle of Ros-Fraechan", in 
Muirisc, in which fell Fraechan, the prophet ; the battle of Carn-Riceadha!; the 
battle of Cuil-ratha*, in South Munster; the battle of Sliabh Cua!, against the 
Ernai ; the battle of Ard-achadh", in which fell Smiorgall, son of Smeathra, 
king of the Fomorians ; fifty battles against the Cruithean-Tuath^ and the Fir- 
bolgs ; twelve battles against the Longbardai’; and four battles against the 
Colaisti’. These are the lakes which burst forth in his time: Loch Aenbheithe*, 
in Ui-Cremhthainn ; Loch Saileach'; Loch-na-ngasan*, in Magh-Luirg, in Con- 
naught ; and the eruption of the sea between Eabha' and Ros-Cette". It was 
by Aengus also that these plains were cleared : Magh-Glinne-Decon", in Cinel- 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 49 


tribes are not mentioned by name in Mageoghe- 
gan's translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
in which it is merely stated that “strangers 
made many invasions in his time, but he cou- 
ragiously withstood and drove them out to the 
cost of their bloods and lives, by giving them 
many bloody overthrows, and covering divers 
fields with heaps of their dead bodies.” 

* Loch-Aenbheitle: i.e. the Lake of the one 
Birch Tree. The territory of Ui-Creamhthainn 
was known in the time of Colgan, who describes 
it as a regiuncula included in the barony of Slane, 
in Meath.—See Trias Thaum., p. 184, and O’Fla- 
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 76. The most con- 
siderable lake now in this territory is Bellahoe 
Lough, on the confines of the counties of Meath 
and Monaghan, and about four miles and a quar- 
ter to the south of the town of Carrickmacross ; 
and this is probably the Loch Aenbheithe re- 
ferred to in the text; 


t Loch Saileach: Lake of the Sallows. Called 


by Keating Loch Sailcheadain, i. e. lacus saliceti. 
Not identified. 

$ Loch-na-nGasan: i.e. Lake of the Sprigs or 
Sprays. The Editor made strict inquiry in the 
territory of Moylurg, or barony of Boyle, in the 
county of Roscommon, for the name of this lake, 
but found that it is obsolete. Nothing has been 
yet discovered to identify it. 

* Eabha.—This is otherwise called Magh Eabha, 
and now always Machaire-Eabha, anglicé Maghe- 
row.—See Magh-nEabha, under A. M. 2859. 

u Ros-Cette.—This was the ancient name of a 
point of land now called “ the Rosses,” lying 
between the river of Sligo and that of Drum- 
cliff, in the barony of Carbury, and county of 
Sligo. It is separated from Machaire-Eabha by 
the creek and river of Drumcliffe. 

* Magh-Glinne-Decon.— Called Magh-Glinne- 
Dearcon by Keating, i. e. the plain of the valley 
of acorns ; but there is no place now bearing 
either name in Tirconnell. 


50 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[3791. 


Connaéca, Mag Cúile caol lá Cenél mbogaine, Mag nOfnpciat la Langne, 
CQolmagh la Calpargib, Mag Apncarll la Ciapparge Cuachpa,1 Magh Cuacpa 
Oceavhand. 

Corp oorham, cm mile piche ccéo nocac a haon. Cn céo bliadan o€nna 
Qipgtech na mg óp €pmn mpn. 

Coi oomam, cpi mile ocht ccéo a plèc oécc. lap ccaich(m plèc 
mbliadon ppic(c o€nna Chpge(c 1 pige Epean vo cf la Roiceachcairg, mac 
Maom, mic Congupa Olthucada, 1 cach Rargne. Ap lap an Enna Chpgefé 
ro vo ponta pcéch angie 1 ngle Rop, go ccapao op(poib €peann amaille 


pe heachaib 7 coippchib, 


Cloip vomain, cpi mile ocho ccéo a hocht oecc. 


Cin céd badam do 


Roié(écaig mac Maon op €pmn mop. 


Cloip oomam, cm mile ocht ccéo cltpacat a bó. 


1 pporné(no cuce 


mbliadan ppicíc vo Roiteaccais 1 pige Epeann copchaip. la Seona mac 


Qipcp 1 cCpuachamn. 


Qor domain, cpi mile ocht ccéo ceacpacac a cm, 


Cin ceo bliabam do 


níge Sheona, me Cinem, mc €bpic, mc Emip, mic Ip. 


Cloi doman, cm mile ocht ccéo c(cpacac apeachc. 


lap mbfit cúicc 


bliadna vo Séona ipm píge, concha la Praca Píonpcochac 7 là Mumeamon, 


mac Caip Clochaig, 1 cCpuacham. 


CQloip oomain, cpi mile ocht ccéo ceacpacac a hocc. 


Cn céd bliadam 


do pige Piachac Pionpcochaig op Epmn. . 
Corp domain, cpi mile oche ccéo peapecac a plec. lap mbeit opiachaio 
Pionpcochaé piche bliadan 1 se Epronn vo cfp la Mumeamon mac Cop. 


x Magh-Mueruimhe : i. e. the Plain of the Rec- 
koning of the Swine. This name is now obsolete. 
It was anciently applied to a plain in the county 
of Galway, lying immediately to the west of the 
town of Athenry.— See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, 
part iii. c. 67. 

Y Magh- Cuile-Cael: i.e. the Narrow Plain of 
the Corner or Angle. This was the name of a 
narrow plain in the barony of Banagh, in the 
west of the county of Donegal. 

z Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster.—Not identi- 
fied. 


* Admhagh: i.e. the Plain of the Lime. We 
are not told in which of the many districts in 
Treland called Calraighe, this plain was situated. 
According to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, there was 
in this plain a church called Domhnach-mor, in 
which seven bishops were interred. 

^ Magh- Arcaill, in Ciarraighe- Luachra.— This 
name is not now applied to any plain in Kerry. 

© Magh- Luachra- Deadhaidh.—'This was a level 
tract of Sliabh Luachra, near Castleisland, in the 
county of Kerry. 

3 Enna Airgtheach: i. e. Enna the Plunderer. 


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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 5l 


Conaill ; Magh-Mucruimhe', in Connaught ; Magh-Cuile-Cael, in Cinel-Bogh- 
aine”; Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster*; Aelmhagh*, in Calraighe ; Mag-Arcaill, 
in Ciarraighe-Luachra’; and Magh-Luachra-Deadhaidh*. 

The Age of the World, 3791. This was the first year of Enna Airg- 


theach?, as king over Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 3817. After Enna Airgtheach had spent twenty- 
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Raitheachtaigh, son of Maen, 


son of Aengus Olmucadha, in the battle of Raighne*. 


It was by this Enna 


Airgtheach that silver shields‘ were made at Airget-Ros®; so that he gave them 
to the men of Ireland, together with horses and chariots. 
The Age of the World, 3818. This was the first year of Roitheachtaigh, 


son of Maen, over Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 3842. After Roitheachtaigh had been twenty-five 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Sedna, son of Airtri, at Cruachain”. 

The Age of the World, 3843. The first year of the reign of Sedna, son of 
Airtri, son of Eibhric, son of Emher, son of Ir. . 

The Age of the World, 3847. After Sedna had been five years in the 
sovereignty, he fell by Fiacha Finscothach and Muineamhon, son of Cas Clothach, 


at Cruachain. 


The Age of the World, 3848. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Fins- 


cothach over Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 3867. After Fiacha Finscothach had been twenty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Muineamhon, son of Cas. Every 


Dr. O’Conor renders it ** Enna Argenteus.” 

* Raighne.—This place, from which the King 
of Ossory was sometimes called R: Ragne, was 
also called Magh-Raighne, which was a plain in 
the ancient Ossory, in which plain was situated 
the church of Cill-Finche, near the ford of Ath- 
Duirnbuidhe, at the foot of a great hill called 
Dornbuidhe.—See the Feilire Aenguis, at 5th 
February, 17th September, and 5th November. 

f Silver shields.—In Mageoghegan’s translation 
of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, it is stated that 
Enna Airgtheach was of the sept of Heber, and 
that he * was the first king that caused silver 


targets to be made in this land, and bestowed 
abundance of them on his friends and nobility 
in general.” 

8 Airget-Ross: i.e. the Silver Wood, This is 
said to have derived its name from the silver 
shields there made by Enna Airgtheach. It is 
situated on the River Nore, in the parish of Rath- 
beagh, barony of Galmoy, and county of Kil- 
kenny.—See the Ordnance Map of that county, 
sheets 9 and 10. See it already referred to at 
A. M. 3501, 3516, and 3656. 

h Cruachain.—Now Rathcroghan, near Bela- 
nagare, in the county of Roscommon, 


H2 


52 i ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. [3868. 


ba peachpimpach sac magh 1 nEpmn 1 naimpıp Phiachac. Oo gebéf b(óp a 
lan píona ip na pgochaib ípm, go bpaipecip ı Upcparb’ glamwıbh an píon. 
Conaó ane pm po ln an ponamm Piacha Pionpcochaé vo garpm ve. 

Qoip voran, cpi mile oche ccéo p(pcac a hocc. Cn céo badan vo mge 
Mumeamoin, mic Carp Clochang, op Epmn mnpin. 

Coir vomain, cm mile ocht ccéo p(chemogac a 06. 1 ppoiicénn an 
coiccead bliadan vo Mumeamón, acbach vo tar 1 Marg Clone. Cp lap 
an Mum(mon po cuccaó. munca óm pa bnaighoib Ríogh 7 Ruiplé ap cop 
1 n€pmn.- 

Qoi vomain, cpi mile ocht ccéo p(écmogac acpi. Cn clo bliadam vo 
Pailofpngóro. 

Clip domam, cp mile ochc ccéo oécmogac a vo. lap mbeié vech 
mbliaona oPoilofpoóro 1pin mge do pochaip lá hOllara pPocla, mac Prachaé 
Fíonpcocheis, 1 ccach Tipa. Ap lap an mgh Pailoeapgoóro po cup 
palge op ım Lámoib aml 1 nEpmn ap cáp. / 

Qip vomain, cpi mile ocht ccéo ochemogac a tpi. On céo bliadam 
do mge Ollaman Pocla, mac Prachac Prionpcochang. 

Qoi vomain, cpí mle naoi ccéao piche a 06. lap mbeit vá pichec 
bliabam 1 mfe Epeann oOllam pPocla, acbail na mop buó(n 1 C(mpoig. 
Gp é céona pi lap a nofpnad Pep Ceampach, 1 ap lip do cogbao Main 
nOllaman i cC(mparg. Ap é om po opoag caoipioch ap gach cmochaic 


i Fin-scothach: i.e. of the Wine-flowers. Keat- 
ing gives this cognomen the same interpretation, 
- but in Connell Mageoghegan's translation of the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise it is stated that this 
King “ was surnamed Ffinnsgohagh of the abun- 
bance of white flowers that were in his time,” 
which seems more probable, as wine was then 
unknown in Ireland. 

x Magh-Aidhne.—See A. M. 3727, supra. 

Chains of gold.—Keating has the same, and 
in Mageoghegan's Annals of Clonmacnoise it 
is expressed as follows: * Mownemon was the 
first king that devised gould to be wrought in 
chains fit to be wore about men's necks, and 
rings to be put.on their fingers, which was” 


[were] * then in great use.” 

™ Faildeargdoid.— He is called Alldeargoid by 
Keating, and Aldergoid in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. This name is derived from parl, a 
ring, deans, red, and od10, the hand. ‘In his 
time gold rings were much used on men and 
women's fingers in this Realm," —Annals of 
Clonmacnoise. | 

? His own mur at Teamhair: i, e. Mur-Ol- 
lamhan, i. e. Ollamh Fodhla’s house at Tara. 
In Mageoghegan's translation of the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise, it is stated “that he builded a 
fair palace at Taragh only for the learned sort of. 
this realm, to dwell in at his own charges.” But 
this is probably one of Mageoghegan's interpo- 


3868.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 53 
" x 2 e 


plain in Ireland abounded with flowers and shamrocks in the time of Fiacha. 
These flowers, moreover, were found full of wine, so that the wine was squeezed 
into bright vessels. Wherefore, the cognomen, Fiacha Fin-scothach', continued 
to be applied to him. 

The Age of the World, 3868 This was the first 
Muinemhon, son of Cas Clothach, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3872. At the end of the fifth year of Muineamhon, 
he died of the plague in Magh-Aidhne*. It was Muineamhon that first caused 
chains of gold’ [to be worn] on the necks of kings and chieftains in Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3873. The first year of Faildeargdoid. 

The Age of the World, 3882. After Faildeargdoid had been ten years in 
the sovereignty, he fell by Ollamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach, in the 
battle of Teamhair. It was by the King Faildeargdoid™ that gold rings were 
first worn upon the hands of chieftains in Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3883. The first year of the reign of Ollamh 
Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach. 

The Age of the World, 3922. Ollamh Fodhla, after having been forty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at his own mur [house] at Teamhair”. 
He was the first king by whom the Feis-Teamhrach? was established ; and it 
was by him Mur-Ollamhan was erected at Teamhair. It was he also that 
appointed a chieftain over every cantred?, and a Brughaidh over every town- 


year of the reign of 


lations. A similar explanation of Mur-Ollamhan 
is given by O’Flaherty in his Ogygia, p. 214; 
but Keating, who quotes an ancient poem as 
authority for the triennial feast or meeting at 
Tara, has not a word about the palace built for 
the Ollamhs.—See Petrie’s Antiquities of Tara 
Hill, p. 6. 

° Feis- Teamhrach.—'This term is translated 
* Temorensia Comitia? by Dr. Lynch, in Cam- 
brensis Eversus, pp. 59, 60, 301, and by O’Fla- 
herty, in Ogygia, part iii. c. 29; but it is called 
“Cena” [coena] ** Teamra," in the Annals of 
Tighernach, at the year 461, and translated 
Feast of Taragh by Mageoghegan, in his version 
of the Annals of Clonmaenoise, in which the 


following notice of it occurs : 

* Ollow Fodla, of the house of Ulster, was 
king of Ireland, and of him Ulster took the 
name. He was the first king of this land that 
ever kept the great Feast at Taragh, which feast 
was kept once a year, whereunto all the king's 
friends and dutiful subjects came yearly; and 
such as came not were taken for the king's ene- 
mies, and to be prosecuted by the law and 
sword, as undutiful to the state." 

? Cantred: cpioca ceo: i.e. a hundred or bà- 
rony containing one hundred and twenty quar- 
ters of land. It is translated **cantaredus or 
centivillaria regio” by Colgan.—Trias Thaum., 
p: 19, n. 51. : ; 


54 ANNATA gioghachca EIREANN. [3923. 
céo,1 bpugamó ap gach b«ile,4 a bpognam uile oo Rig Epeann. Cochao 
cévainm Ollaman Potla, 4 ap «pe avpubpad Ollah [Poola] pmp ap a 
bert na ollam epgna céouyp, 4 [na] Rig [Podla 4.] €peann rapomh. 

Cloip vomam, cpi mile naoi ccéo piche a tpi. Cn céo bhadan vo prise 
Pronnaéca, mic Ollamon Pocla, óp Epmn inopin. 

Clip ooram, cpi mile naoi ecéo cfepachac a 06. An picfemad badam 
oPionnachca óp Epmn mnpm. Acbach rapom vo tam 1 Musmip la hUlcu. 
Ap a pümiup an piog Pronnaéca po plpad pn(éca go mblap fiona convem(lt 
an pép. Up ve po lean an popamm ap Pronnacca paippiom. Elim a amm 
ap cáp. 

Coir vomain, cp mile naor ccéo cfépacac a thi. 
ge Slanull, mic Ollaman Pocla, op Epinn. 

Clip voran, cm mile naoi ccéo caogac a naoi. Oin pfehcmad bhadain 
décc vo Slanoll ipin ge, co nepbanle 1 bpoipé(no na péé pm 1 Ceampang, 7 
ní plf cia galop pop pucc ache a pagal mapb, peac nf po pod vach v6. Ro 
hadnaicld e apa hoicle, 7 1ap mbert c(épachac bliadam pan adnacal oia 
chupp po cogbad 1apom la a mac a. la hOll mac Slanuill, 7 po main a 
éonp gan lobad gan leagaó an amíc pm. ba machtnad mop 7 ba hiongnao 


Cn c bliabam do 


la propa. Epionn an ni pin. 


Cop oomam, cp mile naoi cced peapcca. Cn ċéo bliadam vo pige 


Ghede Ollgocharg op Epo. 


Cloip vomar, cpi mile naoi ccéo peaccmogac a haon. Cn vapa bliadain 


? A brughaidh over every townland.—Dr. Lynch 
renders this passage “ singulis agrorum tricen- 
ariis Dynastam, singulis Burgis prefectum con- 
stituit A brughaidh, among the ancient 
Irish, meant a farmer; and his baile or townland 
comprised four quarters, or four hundred and 
eighty large Irish acres of land.—See note ", 
under the year 1186. 

* Ollamh Fodhla, pronounced Olláy Fola: i.e. 
the Ollamh or chief Poet of Fodhla or Ireland. 

s Magh-inis in Uladh.—Now the barony of 
Lecale, in the county of Down. See A. M. 3529 
and 3656. 

t Finnachta.—Keating gives a similar inter- 


pretation; but it is evidently legendary, because 
Finnachta, or Finnshneachta, was very common 
as the name of a man among the ancient Irish, 
denoting Niveus, or snow-white. The name is 
still preserved in the surname O’Finneachta, 
anglicé Finaghty. 

u Slanolll-Keating derives this name from 
plan, health, and oll, great, and adds that he 
was so called because all his subjects enjoyed 
great health in his time. The Annals of Clon- 
macnoise contain the same remark : 

* During whose reign the kingdom was free 
from all manner of sickness.” And add: “It is 
unknown to any of what he died, but died 


3923.] 


land*, who were all to serve the King of Ireland. Eochaidh was the first name 
of Ollamh Fodhla'; and he was called Ollamh [Fodhla] because he had been 
first a learned Ollamh, and afterwards king of [Fodhla, i. e. of] Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3923. This was the first year of the reign of 
Finnachta, son of Ollamh Fodhla, over Ireland. 

- The Age of the World, 3942. This was the twentieth year of the reign 
of Finnachta over Ireland. | He afterwards died of the plague in Magh-inis, in 
Uladh’. It was in the reign of Finnachta that snow fell with the taste of wine, 
which blackened the grass. From this the cognomen, Finnachta', adhered to 
him. Elim was his name at first. 

The Age of the World, 3943. The first year of the reign of Slanoll, son 
of Ollamh Fodhla, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 3959. The seventeenth year of Slanoll in the 
sovereignty ; and he died, at the end of that time, at Teamhair [Tara], and it 
is not known what disease carried him off ; he was found dead, but his colour 
did not change. He was afterwards buried; and after his body had been forty 
years in the grave, it was taken up by his son, i. e. Oilioll mac Slanuill ; and 
the body had remained without rotting or decomposing during this. period. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 55 


This thing was a great wonder and surprise to the men of Ireland. 
The Age of the World, 3960. The first year of the reign of Gedhe Oll- 


ghothach" over Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 3971. The twelfth year of Gedhe Ollghothach in 


quietly on his bed; and after that his body re- 
mained Jive years buried, and did not rott, con- 
sume, or change collour. He reigned 26 years.” 

" Gedhe Ollghothach.—'Translated ** Gedius 
Grandivocus” by O'Flaherty, Ogygia, part iii. 
c. 31. It is explained as follows in Dr. Lynch’s 
translation of Keating’s History of Ireland: 

" Fratri Geidius cognomento Ollghothach 
successit, sic ideo nominatus quód eo regnante 
voces hominum maximé sonore fuerint, o// enim 
perinde ac magnum, et guth ac vox est.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise is the follow- 
ing passage to the same purport : 

“Observers of antiquity affirm of him that 


the conversation of his subjects in general in 
his time, was as sweet a harmony to one another 
as any musick, because they lived together in 
such concord, amity, and attonement among 
themselves that there was no discord or strife 
heard to grow between them for any cause 
whatsoever.” 

In the Dinnseanchus, as preserved in the Book 
of Lecan, it is stated that Heremon, the son of 
Milesius, was also called Geidhe Ollghothach, 
and for a similar reason here ascribed for its 
application to the present monarch; but these 
accounts are clearly legendary, because the cog- 
nomen Olighothach was evidently applied to these 


56 annaza gRiIoghachca EIREANN. ` (3972. 


. décc do Ghede Ollgochac 1 mghe Epeann, 4 vo fp 1 vaar na péé pm la 


Fracha mac Pionnachca. 

Clip vomain, cm mile naor ccéo. p(ccmogac a 06. Qn cò badam 
oPiacha Pionnailcfp, mac Fionnachta, 1 she Epeann. Nach agh po ghan 
ma pemm(p no ba cemopriono. 

Coip voran, cpi mile ndoi ccéo nocac a haon. lap mbeit piche bhadan 
vPiachaw Pronnoilé(p 1 pge € mon, concharp 1 ccach óp(gha la ó(pngal, 
mac Gede Oligochars. Ap lá Fiacha Pionnarle(p corpooache Oan Chuile 
Sibpinne 1. C(nanoup. Gat of ma mbiooh a apup pom ba Ceananoup a 
amm. Ap lap an pigpi c(cup po cocailce calom 1 n€pmn oo éum uipece 
vo beich hi cunpaib. 6a oeacmaic oon connall a 1och orompulang ma plant. 

Cop vomain, tpi mile naoi ccéo nocac a 06. Cn céo bliadan oo bfpn- 
zal, mac eoe Ollgochaiz, op € imn. 

Cloip vomam, c(épe mile a cpi. lap mbeith va bliadain décc 1 mge 


n€peann vo 6(pngal mac eoe Ollgochaig oo é(p lá hOll mac Slanuill, 


1 la Siopna mac Dén. 

Cloip oomarmn, cltpe mile a clean. Cn céd bliadam vo mge Oiliolla, 
mic Slanuill, op € pino mnypin. 

Cloip voma, c(&pe mile anaor vecc. lap mbeit pé bliadna oécc DOI, 
mac Slanuill, hi pie nEpeam, concharp lá Sionna mac Dén. 

Cloi vomain, ceatpe mile pice. On céo bliadain oo Siopna mac Dén, 
mic Demann, hi pi$e n€peann mnpm. Ay é an Sionna pa, mac Dén, po pean 
plaiciup Ceampa pp hUllcorb 2. pm pliocc Ip. Ap é ona po ofogail poppa 
Rotfchcaig mac Maon po mapb pac 1 cCnuachain, go ccopcaip b(pngal mac 
Gede Ollgocharg, 7 Oilioll mac Slanoill leip. 


monarchs themselves from the loudness of their Kells, a town in East Meath. The former 


own voices, and not from the sweetness or mel- 
lifluousness of the voices of their subjects. 

x Calf: literally cow: ag a. bó.—O"' Clery. 

Y White-headed.—The term cemopiono, now 
pronounced ceannann, is still in common use, 
and applied to what is commonly called a white- 
faced cow or horse, i.e. having a star or white 
spot on the forehead. 

z Dun- Chuile-Sibrinne: i.e. Ceanannus, now 


name denotes arx anguli adulterii; and Ma- 
geoghegan, in his translation of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, says of it : 

“ He founded Dun-Cowle Sevrille (or rather 
Dun-Chuile Sibhrinne), now called (for avoiding 
of bawdiness) Kells.” The latter name, Cean- 
annus, was first anglicised Kenlis, which is now 


translated Headfort, in the name of the seat of 


the present proprietor. There is no other place 


^ 


3972.] 


the sovereignty of Ireland ; and he fell at the end of that time by Fiacha, son 
of Finnachta. 

The Age of the World, 3972. The first year of Fiacha Finnailches, son 
of Finnachta, in the sovereignty of Ireland. Every calf* that was brought 
forth in his reign was white-headed’. 

The Age of the World, 3991. After Fiacha Finnailches had been twenty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Breagh, by Bearn- 
ghal, son of Gedhe Ollghothach. It was by Fiacha Finnailches that Dun-chuile- 
Sibrinne’, i.e. Ceanannus, was erected. Wherever his habitation was [placed], 
Ceanannus was its name. It was by this king that the earth was first dug in 
Ireland, that water might be in wells. It was difficult for the stalk* to sustain 
its corn in his reign. 

The Age of the World, 3992. The first year [of the reign] of Bearnghal, 
son of Gedhe Ollghothach, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4003.  Bearnghal, the son of Gedhe Ollghothach, 
after having been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Oiholl, son 
of Slanoll, and Sirna, son of Dian. 

The Age of the World, 4004. This was the first year of the reign of 
Oilioll, son of Slanoll, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4019. Oilioll, son of Slanoll, after having been 
sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Sirna, son of Dian. | 

The Age of the World, 4020. "This was the first year of the reign of 
Sirna, son of Dian, son of Deman, in the sovereignty of Ireland. It was this 
Sirna, son of Dian, that wrested the government of Teamhair [Tara] from the 
Ulta®, i.e. the race of Ir. It was he, too, that revenged upon them [the death 
of] Roitheachtaigh mac Main, whom they had slain at Cruachain ; so that 
Bearnghal, son of Gedhe Ollghothach, and Oilioll, son of Slanoll, fell by him. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ; 57 


talitas in ejus regimine,” in which he mistakes 


now bearing this name in Ireland, except Cean- 
the meaning of every word except ma flare. 


annus, or Kells, in the county of Kilkenny. 


^ The stalk.— This word, connall, is still used 
to denote stalk, and coinnleaé or connlae, stalks 
orstubbles. Dr. O'Conor, who is more apt to miss 
the meanings of Irish words that are in common 
use than of ancient words, translates this sentence 
as follows: **Portentosa erat pestilentie mor- 


> The Ulta: i. e. the people of Ulster, descended 
from Ir, son of Milesius. **Oilell was king 15 
years, and then was slain by Siorna Mac Deyn 
(of the sept of Heremon), who was he that vio- 
lently took the government of the sceptre of 
this land from the sept of Ulster."—— Ann. Clon. 


58 ' ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[4169. 


. Gloip vorham, ceċpe mile céo p(pcac a nao. lap mbeitt céd go lüch vo 
bliadnaib 1 she nEneann vo Sionna Saoglac, mac Déin, vo ceap lá Roteach- 
cag mac I2oám 1 nChlunn. Ap é an Siopna po po bmp cat Cincealcpa 
pon Ulcaib, oá cat Slébe Chipbpeach, cat Cmn ouín 1 nCAppal, cach Mona 
Poichmg lá hUib Paige pop Maipcime 7 €pna, cach Luacna, cach Cláme, 
cach Samna, cach Cnuicc Ochor. Song 06 pop Pomorpib hi ceqpich Mode. 
Ap lap beop po cumpead cae Móna Cpogaioe hí cCiannaccarb an can cug 
Lugaip mac Lungoig 4. 00 piol Emp, poplion oPomoimb 1 nEpmn ima pígh, 
Ceapapn a amm. Cccaipsid $íopna pip Epeann vo chachugad pmú go 
Mom Tpdgaide. Re mbeié ag plaióe an caca oóib oo purpml cám poppa, 
conapad Lugaip, 1 Ceapapn oe co na muncip, 7 opong ofpim op(pnoib €neann 


amailli pid. 


Ap a nampip Siopna ona cobpuchtad Sciopcarge 1 Cargmb, Ooalce hi 
Cmt Rory, Niche 1 Magh Muiptemne, Leanna 1 Mumain 7 Slame la 


hUib Cpemtamn. 


Cloip oomam, ceitpe mle cév peachtmogac. 
Roteachcaig, mic Roam, 6p €pmn mnpm. 


* Aillinn.—This was the ancient name of a 
large fort on the hill of Cnoc Chlinne, anglicé 
Knockaulin, near Kileullen, in the county of 
Kildare.—See Dinnsenchus, in the Book of Bal- 
lymote, fol. 193. 

4 Aircealtair.—O?Flaherty calls it Aras-Kel- 
tair, which was one of the names of the large 
rath at Downpatrick, in the county of Down. 

* Sliabh-Airbhreach.—N ot identified. 

f Ceann-duin in Assal.— Assal was the ancient 
name of the district lying round Cnoc-Droma- 
Assail, anglicó Tory-Hill, near Croom, in the 
county of Limerick; but no name like Ceann- 
duin is now to be found in that neighbourhood. 

8 Moin-Foichnigh in Ui-Failghe.—There is no 
bog now bearing this name in the territory of 
Offaly. j 

^ Luachair: i.e. Sliabh Luachra, near Castle- 
island, in the county of Kerry. 

i Claire.—A hill near Duntrileague, in the 
county of Limerick.—See note under A. D. 1600. 


Cin céd bliadan do pige 


k Samhain.—Now Cnoc-Samhna, i.e. the hill 
of Samhain, not far from Bruree, in the parish 
of Tankardstown, barony of Coshma, and county 
of Limerick.—See Life of St. Fionnchu in the 
Book of Lismore, fol. 70, b. 

! Cnoc- Ochair.—Not identified. 

m Moin- Trogaidhe: i.e. the Bog of Trogaidhe. 
— This was probably situated in Ciannachta- 
Breagh, in the east of the ancient Meath, 
and not in the northern Ciannachta, in the 
present county of Londonderry. The great 
length of this monarch's reign is evidently 
legendary, or rather a blunder of transcribers. 
O'Flaherty, Ogygia, part iii. c. 32, refers to the 
Book of Lecan, fol. 291, to shew that he lived 
150 years, for which reason he was called the 
Long-lived, The Annals of Clonmacnoise, as 
translated by Mageoghegan, in which the fol- 
lowing notice of him occurs, give him a reign 
of only twenty years: 

« Oilell was king 15 years, and then was slain 


4169.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 59 


-~ The Age of the World, 4169. Sirna Saeghlach, son of Dian, after having 
been a century and a half in the sovereignty of Ireland fell by Roitheach- 
taigh, son of Roan, at Ailinn*. This was the Sirna who gained the battle of 
Aircealtair* over the Ultonians; the two battles of Sliabh Airbhreach'; the 
battle of Ceann-duin, in Assal'; the battle of Moin-Foichnigh, in Ui Failghe*, 
over the Martini and Ernai; the battle of Luachair"; the battle of Claire’; the 
battle of Samhain*; the battle of Cnoc-Ochair. An attack was made by him 
on the Fomorians, in the territory of Meath. It was by him, moreover, was 
fought the battle of Moin-Troghaidhe", in Ciannachta, when Lughair, son of 
Lughaidh, of the race of Emhear, had brought in a force of Fomorians into 
Ireland, with their king, Ceasarn by name. Sirna drew the men of Ireland 
to make battle against them to Moin-Trogaidhe. As they were fighting the 
battle a plague was sent upon them, of which Lughair and Ceasarn perished, 
with their people, and a countless number of the men of Ireland along with 


them. 


It was in the time of Sirna, also, happened the eruption of the Scirtach", in 
Leinster ; of the Doailt', in Crich Rois ; of the Nith”, in Magh-Muirtheimhne ; 
of the Leamhain?, in Munster; and of the Slaine, in Ui Creamhthainn". 

The Age of the World, 4170. This was the first year of the reign of Roi- 


theachtaigh, son of Roan, over Ireland. 


by Siorna mac Deyn of the sept of Heremon, 
who was he that violently took the govern- 
ment of the sceptre of this land from the sept 
of Ulster. Siorna, after slaying this King, 
was King himself, in whose time Lowgire mac 
Lowagh brought in Fomoraghs into Ireland. 
King Siorna went to meet them at the Bog of 
Trogye in Kyannaghta, with all the forces of 
the kingdom, where a cruel battel was fought 
between them with such vehemency that almost 
both sides perished therein with overlabouring 
themselves, and especially the Irish nation with 
their King. Also Lowgyre and Kisarne, King 
of the Fomoraghs, were slain. Others write 
that King Siorna was slain by Rohaghty mac 
Roayn, when he had reigned 21 years. Itis also 
reported of him that he lived an outlaw 100 


years together before he was King, and that” 
[he fought] “ only against the Ulstermen.” 

" The Scirtach: i.e. the River Skirt. 

© The Doailt, in Feara-Rois.—A stream in the 
south of Monaghan. 

P Nith—This was the ancient name of the 
river of Ardee, flowing through the plain of 
Conaille Muirtheimhne, in the county of Louth. 
—See Combat of Cuchulainn and Ferdia mac 
Damain. 

4 The Leamhain.—Now the Laune, near Kil- 
larney, in the county of Kerry.—See note un- 
der A. D. 1570. 

t The Slaine, in Ui- Creamhthainn.—This was . 
the name of a small stream flowing into the 
Boyne from the north side, near the village of 
Baile-Slaine, now Slane, in Meath. — 


1:2 


60 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. - [4176. 


Clo domam, ceitpe mile céo peachtmogac a pé. lap mbet peachc 
mbliaóna hi pighe n€peann vo Roceachcaig, po loipce tem $ealám é hı 
nOun Sobaince. Cp lap an Roteachtarg po appiche cappaic. ceitpe nfch 
ap cap 1 n€pmn. 

Clip oomam, ceicpe mile céd peachemogac apfchc. En badam o€lim 
Oullpinpneachca, mac Roceachcars, hi pige nEpeann, go conchaip 1 ppoincfno 
- na bliadna pin la Giallchaió, mac Oiliolla Oléaom. Ro peanad pneachca 
mop go mblap fiona 1pm mbliadainp. Op ape po gatí Oillpinpneachca 
veplum. 

Cloip voran, ceitpe mile ceo p(chemogac a hochr. Qn ceo bliadan 
vo Giallchaió, mac Oiliolla Oléaom, mic Síopna, 1 mse n€peann. 

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile ceo ochcemogac a pé. lap mbech nao 
mbliadria vo G1allchaió 1 prghe n€peann vo pochaip la hpc Imleach 1 Morg 
Muawe. ‘ 

Cloip voma, ceitpe mile céd ochemogac a plèc. On céo badam oAne 
Imleach, mac Elim Oillpinpneachca, 1 pige nEpeann mnpm. 

Qoi domann, ceitpe mile céo nochac a hocht. lap mbeié oa bliadain 
décc oCÍpc Imleaé 1 mie nEpeann vo é(p la Nuaóac Pronnpanl. 

CLoip doman, ceicpe mile ceo nocac a nao. Un cero bliadan do pige 
Nuada Pmnpáil op Epmn mnpm. 

Cloip vornamn, ceitpe mile 0a céo cpiocac a hocht. lap mbert oa pich(c 
bliaóam hi pige nEpeann vo Nuada Pionnpail vo ¢fp la ópeap, mac Aine 
Imlig. 

Cloip vommain, ceitpe mile vá céd ctmocact a nao. Cn céo bliadam vo 
mse Speip me Cope Img ór Epmn mnp. 

Cloip domann, ceitpe mile va céd c(tpaéac a peachc. lap mbeit naoi 
mbliaóna vo bpeap 1 se nEpeann vo pocha la h€ochawd nApcach hi 
Cann Conluaim. 

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile oa céo cltpacat a hochr. En hadam 


s Chariots.—‘ Roheaghty was the first” [Irish] t Elim Oillfinshneachta: literally, Elim of the 
* king that ever used coaches with four horses great Wine-snow! “ He was so called because 
in Ireland. He reigned seven years, and, at it rained snow continually that year.”—Annals 
last, was burned by wilde fire at Dunsovarkie. of Clonmacnoise. Both derivations are mere 
He was a very good king.”—Anmnals of Clon. guesses of late writers. 


4 


4176.) 


The Age of the World, 4176. After Roitheachtaigh had been seven years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, lightning burned him at Dun-Sobhairce [Dunse- 


. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 61. 


verick]. It was by this Roitheachtaigh that chariots? of four horses were first 


used in Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 4177. Elim Oillfinshneachta, son of Roitheach- 
taigh, after having been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell, at the end 


of that year, by Giallchaidh, son of Oilioll Ollchain. 


Snow, with the taste of 


wine, fell in this year, whence he was called Oillfinshneachta'. 

The Age of the World, 4178. The first year of Giallchaidh, son of Olioll 
Olchain, son of Sirna, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4186. Giallchaidh, after having been nine years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Art Imleach, in Magh Muaidhe". | 

The Age of the World, 4187. This was the first year of Art Imleach, son 
of Elim Oillfinshneachta, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4198. Art Imleach, after having been twelve 
years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Nuadhat Finnfail. 


The Age of the World, 4199. 
Nuadhat Finnfail over Ireland. 


This was the first year of the reign of 


The Age of the World, 4238. Nuadhat Finnfail, after having been forty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Breas*, son of Art Imleach. 
The Age of the World, 4239. "This was the first year of the reign of 


Breas, son of Art Imleach, over Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 4247.  Breas, after having been nine years in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Eochaidh Apthach, at Carn-Conluain’. 


The Age of the World, 4248. 


* Magh-Muaidhe, —This was either the plain 
of the River Moy, in North Connaught, or a 
plain situated at.the foot of Cnoc-Muaidhe, or 
Knockmoy, in the county of Galway.—— See 
A. M. 3529, suprà. 

v Twelve years.—' The Annals of Clonmaenoise 
give him but a reign of six years, and add: “he 
builded seven Downes or Pallaces for himself, to 
dwell in them to recreate himself.” ‘ Septem 
munimenta fossis vallavit."— Ogygia, part ii. 
c. 32. 


Eochaidh Apthach* was one year in the 


x Breas.—He is called Breasrigh by Keating, 
and Breasry in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
which add: “In whose time Fomorie came 
again into Ireland; but he overthrew them in 
many battles, and did quite expel them out of 
the kingdom.” 

Y Carn- Conluain.—Not identified. 

* Eochaidh Apthach. —'* Eochye Ophagh, Cap- 
tain of the former king's guards. He was of Cor- 
kelaye" [Race of Lughaidh, son of Ith] * usurped 
the kingdom and name of king thereof, after the 


62 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [4949. 


o€ocharó Aptach, mac Pn, hi mie n€peann, 7 oo pocharp 1 bpoipceann na 
bhana pin la Pionn, mac bnacha. | 

Cloip voan, ceicpe mile va céd c(épocac a naoi. Cn céd bliadam vo 
mse Fim, mic ópacha, ór € mnn mnpm. ; 

Cloi oomam, ceicpe mile va céo p(écmogac. lap mbeit oa bliadan 
ap pichic hi mshe n€peann oPionn mac ópacha vo é(p lá Séona mac 6püp 
a Muman. 

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile va 6éo p(écmogac a haon. Cn cero Badam 
oo Sedna lonnappas, mac bperp, mc Cine Imlis, hi mse n€peann. 

Cloip Doman, ceicpe mile oa ééo nochac. lap mbeit piche bliadain hi 
mse n€peann vo Sédna lonnapparó vo pochaip lá S10món mOpte. 

Qop vomain, ceitpe mle va céd nochac a haon. On ceo bliadam vo 
Siomón bpeac, mac Clodain lap, 1 pghe n€peann mnyin. 

Cloip domam, certpe mile va ced nochac a pé. lap mbert pé badna 
‘comlana 1 pe n€peann vo $iomón 6p(c, mac Clobam glar, oo eap LáOuach 
Fionn. 

Clip voran, certpe mile oa ċéd nocac a peacc. On céo bliadam oo 
Ouach Pionn, mac Sedna lonnapparg, hi m&e n€peann mnyin. 

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mite E céd ape. lap mbet oüch mbliaóna hi 
mse nEpeann oo Ouach Pronn, mac Sedna lonnappars, oo pocharp 1 ceat 
Monge la Mupeadac bolgpach. 

Clip vorhain, certpe mle cm ceo a plèc. Ro cat Mumploac oolgpnac 
mi pop bhadain 1 prghe nEpeann go ccopcaip 1 cionn na péé hip la h€noa 
nOfpec, mac Duaich. 

Corp boann, ceitpe mle cp ceo a hocc. An céro bliadam o€noa Offs, 
mac Ouach Pino, hi mge n€peann mnpm. 

Cloip vomam, ceitpe mile cpí ċéd a naor décc. lap mbeit oa bladain 
décc o€nna Ofpg, mac Duach, hi mse nEpeann, acbach vo cam 1 Sléb Mapp 
50 pochuibe mom ume. i 


former king’s death, and obtained the same one 
year. There was great faintness, generally, over 
all the whole kingdom, once every month, during 
that year. He was slain by Finn mac Braha.” 
Keating says that he was called Apeaé, destruc- 
tive, from plagues which visited his subjects 


every month.” 

a Sedna Innarraighe.—Keating says that he 
was called 1onnappuid, because he was the first 
that paid stipends to soldiers; or, as Dr. Lynch 
and Mageoghegan understand it, to people in 
general. “ Cognomentum Znnarradh, quod mer- 


4249. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. à 63 


sovereignty of Ireland, and he fell, at the end of that year, by Finn, son of 
Bratha. 

The Age of the World, 4249. ‘This was the first year of the reign of Finn, 
son of Bratha, over Ireland. 

- The Age of the World, 4270. Finn, son of Bratha, after having been 
twenty-two years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Sedna, son of Breas, in 
Munster. 

The Age of the World, 4271. The first year of the reign of Sedna Innar- 
raigh*, son of Breas, son of Art Imleach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4290. Sedna Innarraigh, after having been twenty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Simon Breac. 

The Age of the World, 4291. © This was the first year of Simon Breac, 
son of Aedhan Glas, in the sovereignty of Ireland. j 

The Agé of the World, 4296. Simon Breac, the son of Aedhan Glas, 
after having been six full years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Duach , 
Einmann 

The Age of the World, 4297. "This was the first year of Duach Finn, son 
of Sedna Innarraigh, in the sovereignty of Irelaud. 

The Age of the World, 4306.. Duach Finn, son of Sedna Innaraigh, after 
having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle of Magh’, 
by Muireadhach Bolgrach. 

The Age of the World, 4307. Muireadhach Bolgrach spent a month and 
a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, and he fell, at the end of that time, by Enda 
Dearg, son of Duach. 

The Age ot the World, 4308. This was the first year of Enda Dearg in 
the sovereignty of Ireland. à 

The Age of the World, 4319. Enda Dearg, son of Duach, after having 
been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died of a plague at Sliabh Mis‘, 
with a great number about him. 


cedem significat, idcircò sortitus, quód eo reg- © Sliabh-Mis.—There are two mountains of 
nante opere mercedare locari cæpte fuerint.” — this name in Ireland, one in the county of An- 
Lynch.“ This Sedna was a worthy noble king, trim, anglicé Slemmish, and the other near Tra- 
and the first that rewarded men with chattle in lee, in the county of Kerry, which is the one 
Treland.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise. referred to in the text.—See Ogygia, part iii. 

^ Magh: i.e. the Plain. Not identified. c. 33. Keating says that silver was struck for 


re rh ee a. S 


64 . ANNAA RIOghachca EIREANN. [4320. 


Qop boma, ceiċpe mle cp ceo piche. Cin céo badam vo Lughad 
lapoonn, mac Enna Oing, m pe nEpeann mnpm. 

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile cp ced piche a hocht. naoi vo Cugharo 
lapoonn hi piġe n€peann go ccopéaip la Sioplam hi Rait Cloċarp. 

Cloip vorham, ceitpe mile cm ced piche a naor. Oin ced bliadain vo 
Sioplam, mac Pino, mic bpata, hi mse nEpeann mnpm. 

Qoi borhan, ceiépe mile cpi ced c(tépacac a cheap. lap mbeit pé 
bliaóna décc do Sioplam hi ge nEpeann vo pocaip lá nEochaw nUamely. 

Cloip boram, certpe mle cm ced cltpacac a cing. An céd Bhadan 
o€ochaió Uainchear 1 mse n€peann. 

~ Corp voma, ceitpe mile cpi ced caogac apé. lap mbeit oa badam 
décc vEochaw Uaipelp hi she n€peann vo pocha la macoib Conga a. 
Eochaid 7 Conamg. 

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile cpi ced caogac a pér. On céd badam vo 
va mac Congail Copecapag 4. Duach Teampac, mic Muipfohag 6olgpaig 
3. €ochaió Piadmuime 7 Conamg beagislach, na mogaib op €pimn, o(pcapc 
€peann la h€ochaib, a cumpere la Conaing. 

Cloip vomain, cerépe mle cm ced peapcac a haon. lap mbeit cug bli- 
adna 1 ccomprghe óp Epinn o€ochario Piadmume 7 po Conaing OfFeaglach vo 
pocaip €ochaió la Lugad Camófps, mac Eachach Umpcfp, 7 vo peanad an 
she pm Conaing. 

Cop domann, ceiépe mle cm ced plpccac a 06. An céo bliadain vo 
Lugad Larmofng mac Eachach Uainclp 1 mse n€peann. 

Clip vomain, ceitpe mile cpi ceo pearecat a hocc. CE S(cc vo Lugar 
1 ge nEpeann go ccopcap la Conamg, mac Congatl. 


the first time in Treland in his time, which it 
was at a place called Airgiod-Ross, on the River 
‘Feoir, in Ossory. “ Quo Rege argentum in Hi- 


terram, vel tum cum erectus staret, pertingen- 
tibus, sir enim perinde est ac longa ac lamh ac 
manus.” Lynch. 


bernia primüm Airgiod-Rossis signari ceptum." 
—Lynch. The same is asserted by O'Flaherty, 
Ogygia (ubi suprà); but no mention is made 
of the latter circumstance in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise. 

3 Rath-Clochair: i.e. the Rath or Fort of the 
Rocks. Not identified. 

© Sirlamh.—** Nomine parto a longis manibus, 


** Sirelawe was so called because he had such 
long hands, that when he would stand or be on 
horseback, he could, without stooping, reach to 
the ground." — Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

f Eochaidh Uaircheas.—Keating understands 
this as Eochaidh of the Wicker Boats. ** Agno- 
mine tracto a scaphis rudi viminum contextione 
compactis, et pecorum obductis corio. Fuarchis 


pnm ns 


i4 


4390.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 65 


The Age of the World, 4320. This was the first year. of Lughaidh Iar- 
donn, son of Enda Dearg, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4328. The ninth year of Lughaidh Iardonn in 
the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell, by Sirlamh, at Rath-Clochair*. 

The Age of the World, 4329. This was the first year of Sirlamh’, son of 
Finn, son of Bratha, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4344. Sirlamh, after having been sixteen years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Eochaidh Uairches. 

The Age of the World, 4345. The first year of Eochaidh Uaircheas‘ in 


the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 4356. Eochaidh Uaircheas, after having been 
twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by the sons of Congall: i. e. 
Eochaidh and Conaing. 

The Age of the World, 4357.. The first year of the two sons of Congal 
Cosgarach* [son] of Duach Teamrach, son of Muireadhach Bolgrach, namely, 
Eochaidh Fiadhmuine" and Conaing Begeaglach, over Ireland; the south of 
Ireland belonging to Eochaidh, and the north to Conaing. 

The Age of the World, 4361. After Eochaidh Fiadhmuine and Conaing 
Begeaglach had been five years in the joint sovereignty of Ireland, Eochaidh 
fell by Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, and the sovereignty 


was wrested from Conaing. 
The Age of the World, 4362. 


The first year of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg’, 


son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
The Age of the World, 4368. The seventh of Lughaidh in the sovereignty 
of Ireland, when he fell by Conaing, son of Congal. 


enim est corbis seu crates minis arte contextus. 
Eochus biennium Hibernis accedere prohibitus, 
piratum egit e lentribus, eâ, qua dixi ratione, 
confectus epibatas suos in litore expositos jubens 
predas a litorum accolis abductas in paronem 
importare." — Lynch. 

8 Congal Cosgarach.— Keating makes Eochaidh 
Fiadhmuine and Conaing Begeaglach the sons 
of Duach Teamhrach. From this it would ap- 
pear that Congal Cosgarach was an alias name 
for Duach Teamhrach. 


ù Eochaidh Fiadhmuine, pronounced Eochy 
Feamoney : i. e. Eochaidh the Huntsman. “ As- 
suetus erat Eochus cervorum venatione multum 
indulgere: quod illi cognomen Fiadhmuine fecit, 
fiadh nimirum cervum interpretamur, et muin, 
silvam.” 

i Lughaidh Laimhdhearg : i.e. Lughaidh the 
Red-handed. ** Regno deinde potitus est Luga- 
chus Eochi Uarchesi filius, cognomento Rubri- 
manus, a rubrá macula que manum inficiebat.” 
—Lynch. ' 


66 annata gioghachca EIREANN. [4369. 


Clip voran, ceicpe. mile cpi céd p(pccac a nao. Cn céo bliadan vo 
Conaing bfseaglach, mac Congail, 1 mse nEpeann mnpm ooproipr. 

Clip oomann, ceritpe mile cpi ééo ochcmogac a hochr. lap mbeit piche 
bliabam hi pige nEpeann vo Conamg becceaglach vo ¢fp la hpr mac 
Luigoeach. Cp ape vo beipt: Conamg b(geaglach pmp ap ni po gab oman 
pmr nach aon é cén po map. 

Cn. céo badan 
onc, mac Lurgdeach, mic Eataé Uarpelp, hi mse nEpeann mnpm. 

Coir voran, ceitpe mile cpi ced nocac actarp. lap mbeit pé babna 
1 mse nNEpeann opr, mac Cuigóeach, po pocha la Praca Tolgpac q la a 
mac Duach Cadpac. 

QLoip voham, certpe mile cpi 6éo nochac a cing. Qn cero badam 
oPiachaió Tolecpach hi mse n€peann. 

Cloi oomam, ceiépe mile cfitpe ééo a cftonp. lap mbeich veich mblaaóna 
hi mge nEpeann oPiachaió Colgnach, mac Muiploharg bolecparg, vo (p la 
hOiblioll mac Cine 1 mdomo. 

Cory: voran, ceitpe mile ceicpe céo a cing. An céo bliadain oOilioll 
Piom, mac Aine, mc Curgóeach Cammoepce, op Epinn mnpin. 

(Loi oomain, cèpe mile cèpe ceo a cing décc. lap mbeit én badam 
oég hi pmge nEpeann oOrlioll Fionn, mac Aint, mic Cuigoeach Carmolins, 
vo po chaip la hObpg(cmoip 7 lá Duach Ladgain hi ccach Oba. 

Cloip vorham, chtpé mile chtpe ceo apé vecc. On céo bliadam o€och- 
arb mac Oiliolla Finn hi pise n€peann mnpm. | 

Coi Oomam, cèpe mile cfitpe ceo piche avo. lap mbeit peachc 
mbliaona hi pighe nEpeann, o€ocharo, mac Oiliolla Pinn, do pochaip lá nOhp- 
5(cmaip 4 lá Duach Caógap hi nine. 

Cloip oomen, ceitpe mile ceitpe céd piche a cpi. 
oCinsfcmap, mac Sioplam, hi mse nEpeann mnpm. 

Glow boma, cèpe mile cfitpe céo caoccac a dO. 


Qop voran, certpe mile cpi ced ochtmogac a nao. 


Cn céo bhadan 


Qn oeachmao 


x Begeaglach : i.e. Little-fearing. “He was perterriti peperit.”—Lynch. 


so ealled because he was never known to be 
afraid in his life." —Ann. Clon. 

** Coningus Imperterritus viginti annis regna- 
vit ne minimo interim pavore in quamvis atroci 
pugnà perstrictus; que res illi cognomen Im- 


According to the Book of Fenagh, he held 
his royal residence at Fenagh, in Magh-Rein, in 
the present county of Leitrim, where he built a 
beautiful stone fort, within which the monastery 
of Fenagh was afterwards erected. 


4360.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 67 


The Age of the World, 4369. This was the first year of Conaing Begeag- 
lach, son of Congal, a second time in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4388. After Conaing Begeaglach had been twenty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Art, son of Lughaidh. He was 
called Conaing Begeaglach", because he was never seized with fear of any one 
while he lived. 

The Age of the World, 4389. This was the first year of Art, son of Lugh- 
aidh, son of Eochaidh Uaircheas, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4394. Art, son of Lughaidh, after having been 
six years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Fiacha Tolgrach and his son, 
Duach Ladhrach.  — 

The Age of the World, 4395. The first year of Fiacha Tolgrach in the 
sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4404. ` Fiacha Tolgrach, son of Muireadhach, after 
having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Oilioll, son of Art, 
in Boirinn'. 

The Age of the World, 4405. This was the first year of Oilioll Finn, son 
of Art, son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4415. Oilioll Finn, son of Art, son of Lughaidh 
Laimhdhearg, after having been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell 
by Airgeatmhar and Duach Ladhghair, in the battle of Odhbha”. 

The Age of the World, 4416. This was the first year of Eochaidh, son of 
Oilioll Finn, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4422. Eochaidh, son of Oilioll Finn, after having 
been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Airgeatmhar, at Aine". 

The Age of the World, 4423. This was the first year of Airgeatmhar, son 
of Sirlamh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4452. The thirtieth year of Airgeatmhar in the 


. + Boirinn.—Now Burrin, a celebrated rocky m Odhbha.—See A. M. 302, suprà. 
territory, now a barony, in the north of the 2 Aine: i.e. Knockany, near Bruff, in the 
county of Clare. The name, which enters county of Limerick. It is stated in the Annals 
largely into the topographical names through- of Clonmacnoise, that * King Eochy was then at 
out Ireland, is derived, in a manuscriptin Trin. the Faire of Cnockayne, where Argedwar and 
Coll. Dublin, H. 2. 15, p. 180, col. 2, line 23, Dwagh came unawares upon him, and slew him 
. from bopp, great, and onn, a stone or rock. and many of the nobility of Munster.” 


x2 


68 aNNaza RIoshachta EINEANN. [4453. 


bliadan pich(c oChing(emap hi pighe n€peann go ccopchoip lá Duach Cao- 
pac 7 la Lucca Larghoe mac Eachach. 

Corp vomain, chtpe mile cepe ċéd caogac a cpi. On céd bliadan vo 
Ouach Cabgnach, mac Prachac Tolsparg, hi pighe nEpeann. 

Cloi vomam, chtpe mile chtpe céo peapcecat a 06. CM veich oo Duach 
Ladspach hı pighe n€peann go econcaip lá Cugaio Caigoe. 

Cloip oomann, chitpe mle c(cpe céo peapccac a tpi. An céd bliadan oo 
Lughaio Car5oe hi pmge n€pneann mnpm. 

Cloip voham, chtpe mile chtpe ceo peapccac anao. lap mbeit peachc 
mbliadna hi piae n€peann vo Lushai Caghóe vo ceap la hCIoo Ruaoh, 
mac mboodainn, mic OhipgComaip. 

Cloip vomain, ceitpe mile ceitpe ced peaccmogac. 
vQod Ruad, mac badainn, hi pighe n€peann. 

Clip oomain, chtpe mile chitpe cév peachemogac apé. lap mbeit peachc 
mbliaóna hi mge nEpeann ood Ruad, mac badaipn, po pagoib an mge ag 
Oichonba, mac Demann, rap ccaié(r an cho pealoro dó budein, ap po bacup 
pata pain ima cealgao uad 1 ccionn peacht mbliadna oo Orotonba, 7 ap 
Onotonba bop mma Légad uad oo Ciombaoch rap peach mbliadna oile, 4 
amlaid pm rap nupo go popbad a pplaca. Cip ape vo ponpac an chopa ipin 
1mmon me ap pobran meic tpi no(nbpactan. 

Qoi vomam, chtcpe mile cüépe ceo peachemogac, apléc. On ceo 
bliabam vo Oiotonba, mac Demann, hi pie n€peann. 

Qoip voham, cèpe mile chtpe ceo ochtmogac acm. lap mbeit peachc 
mbliabna hi mge nEpeann vo Orotonba, mac Demann, po Pagaib an mge ag 
Ciombaoc, mac Pionncam, vain ba 06 pamic an peal 1ap nO 0topba. 

Qoi voran, cücne mile chtpe ceo ochemogac a c(éap. Qn ceo 
bliadan do Ciombaoc mac Pionntain hi pige n€peann mnp. 


Cn céd bliadam 


° Duach Ladhgrach: i.e. Duach the Vindic- 
tive, or quick avenger of wrongs. “ Appellatus 
est Ladhrach quasi luathagra, id est præpropera 
pene repetitio, quod quem in flagranti delicto 
reprehendisset non eum loco excedere ante datas 
admissi sceleris poenas passus est.”—Lynch. 

P Lughaidh Laighdhe.—Anglicised Lowaye 
Laye by Mageoghegan in the Ann. Clon. Keating 


tells a strange legend to account for this name. 

* Injunctions.—'* These were three kings of 
Ireland at once. All were kinsmen, Hugh, 
Dehorba, and Kimboye; and because they lived 
together in some contention for the kingdom, 
for their better peace and security there was 
order taken, for their agreement in their govern- 
ment, that each of them should rule seven 


4453.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 69 


sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Duach Ladhgrach and Lughaidh Laigh- 
dhe, son of Eochaidh. 

The Age of the World, 4453. The first year of Duach Ladhgrach’, son 
of Fiacha Tolgrach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4462. The tenth year of Duach Ladhgrach in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Lughaidh Laighdhe. 

The Age of the World, 4463. This was the first year of Lughaidh Laigh- 

dhe”. in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4469. Lughaidh Laighdhe, after having been 
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Aedh Ruadh, son of Bodharn, 
son of Airgeatmhar. 

The Age of the World, 4470. The first yes of Aedh Ruadh, son of 
Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4476. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having 
been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, left the sovereignty to Dithorba, 
son of Deman, after having spent the first period himself, for there were injunc- 
tions* upon him to resign it to Dithorba at the end of seven years; and on 
Dithorba, also, to resign it to Cimbaeth at the end of seven years more ; and 
so in succession to the end of their reigns [lives]. The reason that they made 
this agreement respecting the sovereignty was, ; because they were the sons of 
three brothers. 

The Age of the World, 4477. 
in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4483. Dithorba, son of Deman, after having been 
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Cimbaeth, 
son of Fintan, for his was the turn after Dithorba. 

The Age of the World, 4484. This was the first year of Cimbaeth, son 
of Fintan, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The first year of Dithorba, son of Deman, 


years orderly, one after another, without impe- 
diment of any of the rest; and for making good 
the same there were seven Magitians, seven 
poets, and ‘seven principal Lords of the Ulster 


nobility, chosen out to see that agreement firmly | 


kept. The Magitians by their art to work 
against him that would the said agreement 


break what they could; the poets to chide and 
scould at them in their Rhymes and writtings, 
with as great a disgrace as they might invent, 
which was a thing in these days much feared 
by the Irish nation; and the seven principal 
Lords to follow and prosecute the violator with | 
fire and sword. But all this was not necessary 


70 ANNAZA RIoshachta eiReann. [4490. 


Clip vomain, c(iéne mile chtpe ced nochac. lap mbfit peache mbliadna 
hi mige n€peann oo Ciombaoch, mac Pionncain, po pagoib an pighe ag Coo 
Ruad, mac badainn. 

Coip voman, chtpe mile chtpe ċéd nochac a peache. lap mbeit peachc 
mbliaona hi pge nEpeann an vapa peachc oCfoó Ruavh, mac badan, po 
fagaib an mise ag Orotonba do pidin. 

Clip vomain, cepe mile chtpe ced nochac a hocht. On ceo bliadam 
do Orochopba, mac Oemam, an vapa peace po gab prge n€peann. 

Corp vomain, chépe mile cing cec a cléaip. lap mbit peache mbliadna 
oo Onotonba von éup pin hi pighe n€peann po pagoib a peal ag Ciombaot, 
mac Pionncum. 

Cloi vomain, chtpe mle cing 6éo a cig. An céo bladain vo Ciom- 
baot an bapa peachc po gab mge n€aneann. 

Cloi oomam, cfitpe mile cing ċéd a haon noécc. lap mbit peachc 
mbliaóna oo Ciombaot hi pighe n€peann, an vapa peachc, po pagoi an pighe 
ag God Ruad, mac badan. 

Cloip vomam, ceiċpe mile cug ċéd a 06 décc. Cn céo bliadam oob 
Rua, mac badan, hi pighe nEpeann(ancply peacht po gab an mge) mnpm. 

Qloip vomain, chċpe mile cing 6éo a hocht oécc. lap mbeit p(chc 
mbliaóna hi mise nEpeann ood Ruad, mac badan, (an cpl peache po 
sab prghe) po baiofo 1 n€app Ruaioh, co po hadnachz ipm pich óp up m (pa, 
conad uada oo gapan Sich Aoda, 4 €app Aoda Ruaroh. 

Cloip vomam, cèpe mile cing ceo a nao! décc. Cn ceo bliabam vo 
Orochopba, an cpn(p peachc po gab mse nEpeann. 

Cloip oomam, ceicpe mile cing ceo piche a cig. lap mbfit peachc 
mbliaóna oo Orochopba hi pghe n€peann (an cp(p peachc) po pagoi an. 
pse ag Crombaoch. 

Cloip oorham, ceitpe mile cing céc piche apé. On céo bliadan oo Ciom- 
baech 1 pige n€peann an cp(p peachc po gab an mse mnpm. 

Cloi vomain, ceitpe mile cug céo cpiocac avd. lap mbfit peachc 


for preservation of their agreement, for they did name), leaving no issue behind him but one only 
agree without any square at all, till at last Daughter, Macha Mongroe; in English, Macha 
Hugh Roe was drowned in Easroe (of whom of the red hair.” —Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

that Easse, or falling of the water, took the * Sith- Aedha: i.e. hill or tumulus of Aedh, 


4490.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. l 71 


The Age of the World, 4490, Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, after having been 
seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh, 
son of Badharn. 

The Age of the World, 4497. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having 
been, for the second time, seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned 
the kingdom to Dithorba again. 

The Age of the World, 4498. -The first year of Dithorba, son of Deman, 
the second time that he assumed the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4504.  Dithorba,afterhaving been onthat [second] : 
occasion seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, gave his turn to Cimbaeth, 
son of Fintan. 

The Age of the World, 4505. The first year of Cimbaeth, the second 
time that he assumed the monarchy of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4511. Cimbaeth, after having been for the second 
time in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh, son 
of Badharn. 

The Age of the World, 4512. This was the first year of Aedh Ruadh, 
son of Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, the third time that he assumed 
the government. 

The Age of the World, 4518. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after he had 
been (the third time that he assumed the government) seven years in the sove- 
reignty of Ireland, was drowned in Eas Ruaidh, and buried in the mound over 
the margin of the cataract; so that from him Sith-Aedha' and Eas-Aedhs 
are called. i 

The Age of the World, 4519. The third year of Dithorba, the third time ` 
that he took the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4525. After Dithorba had been in the sove- 
reignty of Ireland (the third time), he resigned the kingdom to Cimbaeth. 

The Age of the World, 4526. This was the first year of Cimbaeth in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, the third time that he took the sovereignty. 

The Age of the World, 4532. After Cimbaeth had been seven years in 


now Mullaghshee at Ballyshannon.—See notes  taract or waterfall, now Assaroe, or the Salmon 
under A. D. 1597 and 1599. Leap, on the River Erne, at Ballyshannon.—See 
* Eas-Aedha Ruaidh: i.e. Aedh Ruadh’s ca- notes at A. D. 1184 and 1194. 


+ 


72 | annava gioghachca EIREANN. [4533. 


mbliaóna hi pige n€ peann oo Cimbaoé an cp(p peache, po paio Maca mg 
Coda Rua, mic badainn, ba lé peal a hatap oon pighe. CAcbfpc Orochopba 
5 Ciombaoch ná tiobpavaip pighe oo mnaoi. Peachaip cach (coppa, bmyip 
Macha poppa go pop 10nnapb. Orochopba co na élomn hi cConnachcaib.co 
conéain 1 cCopann. Oo bfe sappin Crombaoch cuicce dò céili 01,7 00 bein 
m prghe 06. Oo chopi 1apom na haonap hi cConnachcaib, 7 cug clann 
Orochopba lé 1 noaopc(ngal co hUlcoib a lop a nfipc,7 vo blet 140 po cpom 
odore go po claiop(c Rat Camna di, go mad pı bud ppiomóéaconp Ulad vo 


$nér- 


Coiy: vomam, ceitpe mile cig ceo cpiocac acpi. On céo bliabam vo 
Ciombaot hi pighe n€peann ian na cabaipc cuicce oo Macha map cele. 


Cloip domain, ceitpe mile cing ċéo cmoċat anao. 


lan mbit peachc 


mbliaóna hi pige n€peann vo Ciombaot mac Piontam, 1ap na cabat cuice 


oo Macha, acbail 1 nEamom Maca. 


hípm. 


Cloip vomar, chtpe mile cug ceo c(cpacac. 


Gp é céd pf Camna an Ciombaoch 


Cn céd badan oo Macha 


hi pige n€peann rap neg vo Crombaot mic Pioncamn. 


t To a woman.— She, soon after her father's 
death, challenged her father's part of the king- 
dom, due unto her as her proper right, which 
was denied her by Dihorba and King Kimboye, 
saying that it was unfit that a woman should 
govern the kingdom where the issue male had 
not failed, and that it was never seen before. 
Whereupon she challenged them both to yeald 
her battle, which they were ready to do, and 
did accordingly, where King Kimboye was 
overthrown, and King Dihorba slain. Then she 
took upon herself the government as Queen," 
&c.— Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

The same chronicle gives a long legend about 
the manner in which Queen Macha took, fet- 
tered, and led captive into Ulster the five sons 
of King Dithorba, who afterwards erected the 
rath of Eamhain Macha. The same story is 
also given by Keating; but O’Flaherty (Ogygia, 
part iii. c. 36) rejects as fabulous the captivity 
of the sons of Dithorba, and their having built 


` 


Eamhain-Macha, or Emania, in atonement for 
their crimes and for the recovery of their liberty. 
He says that Cimbaeth was the first founder of 
Emania, and the first who resided there. Tigher- 
nach, who died in the year 1088, and who is the 
most accurate of the Irish annalists, states that 
all the monuments of the Scoti, to the time of 
Cimbaeth, are uncertain. ** Omnia monumenta 
Scotorum usque Cimbaeth incerta erant." With 
this O?Flaherty agrees, and he has shewn in the 
second part of his Ogygia that the periods of the 
Ulster kings, from Cimbaeth to the destruction 
of Emania, are supported by accurate records; 
but he confesses that the period preceding the 
reign of Cimbaeth is not so supported.—See 
O'Conor's Prolegom. ad Annales, pp. xxxviii. 
xlvii. Ixv. xeviii. and cii. 

u Eamhain.—Usually latinized Emania, now 
corrupted in English to the Navan Fort (from 
the Irish an Gaman), a very large rath, situated 
about two miles to the west of Armagh.—See 


4533. ] =- ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 73 


the sovereignty of Ireland for the third time, Macha, daughter of Aedh Ruadh, 
son of Badharn, said that her father’s turn to the sovereignty was her's. 
Dithorba and Cimbaeth said that they would not give the sovereignty to a 
woman‘. A battle was fought between them ; Macha defeated them, and ex- 
pelled Dithorba, with his sons, into Connaught, so that he was slain in Corann. 
She afterwards took to her Cimbaeth as husband, and gave him the sovertignty. 
She afterwards proceeded alone into Connaught, and brought the sons of 
Dithorba with her in fetters to Ulster, by virtue of her strength, and placed 
them in great servitude, until they should erect the fort of Eamhain“, that it 


might always be the chief city of Uladh [Ulster]. 


The Age of the World, 4533. 


The first year of Cimbaeth in the sove- 


reignty of Ireland, after Macha had taken him to her as husband”. 
The Age of the World, 4539. Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, having been seven 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, after he had been taken to her [as husband] 


by Macha, died at Eamhain-Macha. 
Eamhain. 


This Cimbaeth was the first king of 


The Age of the World, 4540. The first year of Macha in the sovereignty 
of Ireland, after the death of Cimbaeth, son of Fintan. 


note , under the year 1387. It is stated in 
Cormac’s Glossary, and in various other au- 
thorities, that Eamhain was so called because 
Macha described the outline of the rath by the 
€0, or pin, which fastened her cloak. Keating's 
derivation of it is translated by Dr. Lynch as 
follows : 

“Illa” [Macha] **aureá fibula que tegmen 
extimum circa collum astringebat, extracta, 
Palatii aream dimensa est et descripsit. Illi? 
[Dithorbi filii] “opus aggressi Palatium ex- 
truxerunt Eomhuin-Machain appellatum quasi 
subulam colli Mache: eo enim subula, et muin, 
collum significat.” 

The following remark on the date of the erec- 
tion and period of the destruction of this fort is 
given in Mageoghegan's translation of the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise; but the Editor cannot 
say whether it is an interpolation of the trans- 


lator's, or a remark by the original compiler of 
the Chronicle: 

* In the same (Rath), she (Macha) and the 
Kings of Ulster, her successors, kept their pal- 
lace and place of residence for the space of 855 
years after. It was built 450 years before the 
birth of Jesus Christ, and was rased and broken 
down again for spight to Clanna-Rowrie by the 
three brothers, Three Collas, sons of Eochie 
Dowlen, who was son of King Carbry Liffe- 
char.” : 

w As husband.—Dr. O’Conor has the following 
short entry, which he says is inserted in a more 
modern hand in the Stowe copy: 

“ Qfoip domain, ceitpi mile cúig ceo epio- 
chat a hoéc. Cf pé oo Crmbaoe. Remüp 
agup oégpollamnaée Chimbaot pop Ene 
uile.” 


“ The Age of the World, 4538. The sixth of 


74 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[4546. 


Clorp vomain, cèpe mle cug ced cltpacac apé. lap mb(é peachc 
mbliadna hi mge nEpeann vo Macha mongpuaib, mén Coda Ruaid, mic 
badan, oo éf la Reachcaió Rigofpec, mac Cuigóeach. Ap hi Macha po 
popal pop macoib Orotopba (ian na ccabeupt po oaoipe) Raich €amna vo 
clade, gomaó pı pmromcatamp Ulad vo $n(p, amail po pnémpoióp(m, 4 ba he 


Ciombaoc 7 Macha po ol Ugame Món. 


Cloi vomain, chitpe mile cing céo c(cpacac a peachc. 


Cn céd bliadan 


vo Reachcaio Rigofpce, mac Luigòeach, hi pige nEpeann. . 

Coir oomam, chtpe mile cug céd peapccac apé. lap mbfit piche 
bliadan 1 mse n€peann vo Reachcaio Rigo(ncc, mac Cuigoeac, oo pocham 
la hUgame Mop a norogail a buime «1. Maca Mongpuav. 


Coir oomain, cèpe mile cug ceo peapccac a peachc. 


Cn céd badam 


oUshamne Mop, mac €achach 6uadaigh, hi pe nEpeann mnp. 

Qoi vomam, cpe mile pé ceo apé. 1 ppopcéno na bliadna po, 1ap 
mbfic cltpacac bliadain comlan oUgame mop na pig €peann 4 raptom 
Coppa go hiomlán go mum Coippian, vo pochain la bavbchad, 1 cCealac 


Cimbaeth. The rule and good government of 
Cimbaeth over all Ireland.” 

* That fostered Ugaine Mor.—‘* Owgany More, 
son of Eochie Bwaye, who in and from his 
childhood was nourished and fostered by King 
Kimboye and Queen Macha, as well as if he had 
been their own natural child.” —Anrals of Clon- 
macnoise. To this the translator adds the fol- 
lowing note : 

** The manner in those days was to bring up 
noblemen's children, especially their friends, in 
princes and great men's houses, and for ever after 
would call them fosterers, and love them as well 
` as their own natural father.” 

* Reachtaidh Righdhearg : i. e. Reachtaidh of 
the Red Wrist. ** Righ enim carpum, et dearg 
rubrum significat.” —— Lynch. “ Rig signifies 


the ulna. lp uíme goiptean Reaċcaiġ Rig- 
deang ve «1. bun mig oeapg vo bi aige.”— 
Keating. 1 


* Ugaine Mor.—Flann synchronizes Ugaine 
Mor with Ptolomeus Lagides.—See Doctor 


O'Conor's Prolegom. ad Annales, p. xlviii. The 
Annals of Clonmacnoise state: ** About this 
time the monarchy of the Assyrians was de- 
stroyed by Arbatus, and translated over to the 
Medes.” The same annals, as well as the 
O’Clerys, in the Leabhar Gabhala, and also 
Keating and O'Flaherty, state that this mo- 
narch had twenty-two sons and three daughters, 
among whom he divided Ireland into twenty-five 
parts, a division which continued for three hun- 
dred years afterwards, ** when the kings of the 
provinces almost quenched the renown thereof.” 
The names of these territories, and of the chil- 
dren of Ugaine to whom they were allotted, are 
given. with some variations in our ancient ma- 
nuscripts, but the following seems the most 
correct: 1. Breagh, or Bregia, to Cobhthach 
Cael; 2. Muirtheimhne, in the now county of. 
Louth, to Cobhthach Minn; 3. to Laeghaire 
Lore, the lands about the River Liffey, in Lein- 
ster; 4. Magh-Fea, in the now county of Carlow, 
to Fuilne; 5. Magh-Nair, to Nar; 6. Magh- 


4546.] 

The Age of the World, 4546. Macha Mongruadh, daughter of Aedh 
Ruadh, son of Badharn, after she had been seven years in the sovereignty of- 
Ireland, was slain by Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh. It was Macha 
that commanded the sons of Dithorba (after bringing them into servitude ) 


to erect the fort of Eamhain, that it might be the chief city of Ulster for 
ever, as we have said before; and it was Cimbaeth and Macha that fostered 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 15 


Ugaine Mor". 
The Age of the World, 4547. 


The first year of Reachtaidh Righdhearg", 


son of Lughaidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4566. Reachtaidh Righdhearg, son of Lughaidh, 
after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Ugaine 
Mor, in revenge of his foster-mother, i. e. Macha Mongruadh. 

The Age of the World, 4567. This was the first year of Ugaine Mor*, son 
of Eochaidh Buadhach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4606. At the end of this year Ugaine Mor, after he 
had been full forty years king of Ireland, and ofthe whole of the west of Europe, 
as far as Muir-Toirrian*, was slain by Badhbhchadh, at Tealach-an-chosgair’, in 


Raighne, in Ossory, to Raighne; 7. Magh-Nairbh, 
to Narbh; 8. Aigeatross, on the River Nore, to 
Cinga; 9. Magh-Tarra, to Tair; 10. Treitherne, 
to Triath; 11. Luachair-Deaghaidh, in Kerry, to 
Sen; 12. Cluain- Corca-Oiche, in Ui-Fidhgheinte, 
toBard; 13. The southern Deisi, to Fergus Gnoi; 
14. Aidhne, in the diocese of Kilmacduagh, to 
Orb; 15. Moenmhagh, in Clanrickard, in the now 
county of Galway, to Moen; 16. Magh-Aei, in 
` the now county of Roscommon, to Sanbh ; 17. 
Cliu-Mail, to Muireadhach Mal; 18. Seolmhagh, 
now the barony of Clare, county of Galway, to 
Eochaidh ; 19. Latharna, in the county of An- 
trim, to Latharn; 20. Midhe, to Mare; 21. Line, 
or Magh-Line, county of Antrim, to Laegh; 
22. Corann, in the now county of Sligo, to 
Cairbre; 23. Magh- Ailbhe, in the present county 
of Kildare, to his daughter Ailbhe ; 24. Magh- 
Aeife, otherwise called Magh-Feimheann, now 
Iffa and Offa East, in the county of Tipperary, to 


his daughter Aeife or Eva; and Magh-Muirisce, 
in the now county of Mayo, to his daughter Mui- 
risc. Of all these sons of Ugaine Mor only two 
left issue, namely, Cobhthach Cael and Laegh- 
aire Lorc, from whom all that survive of the 
race of Heremon are descended.—See Keating’s 
History of Ireland, Haliday's edition, p. 348. 

2 Muir-Toirrian. — O'Flaherty understands 
this to mean the Mediterranean sea.— See 
Ogygia, part iii. c. 39; but Mageoghegan, in. 
Annales of Clonmacnoise, renders it Tyrrhian, 
by which he means that part of the former wash- 
ing Tuscany. Keating uses the term, through- 
out his History of Ireland, to denote the Medi- 
terranean sea.—See Haliday’s edition, pp. 256, 
258. 

^ Tealach-an-chosgair: i. e. the Hill of the Vic- 
tory. O'Flaherty (ubi suprà) states that he was 
slain on the banks of the Boyne, at a place which 
he calls Kill-Droicheat. 


L2 


[4607. 


an copgain 1 Mong Mupeada 1 mbpfSoib. Ap é an cUgaine pm po gab 
pacha na nuile o6l aicpide 7 n(moicpióe pop propa €peann go coiccíno, gan 


76 ANNaZa gioshachca EIREANN. 


* 


1omċopnam im mise n€peann ppa a clomn go bnách na ppa jíol b(óp. 

baobchab, mac Eachdach buadarg, rap nUghame Mop lá zo lae ipm 
mse, 50 por manb Laogaine Lonc, mac Ugame, a noioganl a atap. 

Coir vomamn, cfitpe mile pe 6éo apeachc. Cn céo Bhadan vo Caogape 
Conc, mac Usame Mhorp, hi pge nEpeann mnpin. 

Qoi voma, c(iépe mile pé céo a hochr. lap mbhit vá bliadan hi ge 
n€peann oo Laogaipe Lonc, mac Ughame, vo pochain la Cobchac Caol 


monfsh hı cCapman. 


Cloip oomanmn, cepe mile pe 6éo anao. Cn céo bliadam oo Cobéach 


Caol bhpn(5 hi prise nEpeam mop. 


Qoip vomain, chċpe mile pé ééo caogac a hocht. lap mbüe caogacc 
bliadam 1 ge n€peann vo Cobtach Caol bp($, mac Ugame Mhóin, oo 
pocaip la Lapad Lomppeac, Maen mac Orliolla Cline, co ccpiochaio pog 


ime hi nOionn ms pon ba Ofpba. 


* Oaths.—See Battle of Magh Rath, p. 3, and 
Petrie’s Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 10, for a 
fuller account of this pagan oath exacted by 
Ugaine from the Irish chieftains. 

* Was killed.— Keating tells a horrible story of 
the treacherous manner in which Cobhthach con- 
trived the murder of Laeghaire Lore or Laegh- 
aire the Murderer, and of the manner in which 
Maen, afterwards called Labhraidh Loingseach, 
was treated by him; but the Irish Annals are 
silent about these details, and, therefore, we 
must regard Keating’s story as a poetical in- 
vention. 

* Dinn-righ.—See note under A. M. 3267. 
In a fragment of the Annals of Tighernach, 
preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, 
Rawlinson, 502, fol. 1, b. col. 1, this fact is also 
mentioned, and the place is called Dinn-Righ in 
Magh-Ailbhe, and the house or palace Bruidhin 
Tuama-Teanbath. The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
also mention this burning of * Cobhthach, toge- 
ther with thirty Irish princes, on the Barrowe 


side, at a place called Dinrye." 

Keating tells a romantic story ofthe flight of 
Moen, or Labhraidh, to France, and of the man- 
ner in which he was induced to return to Ire- 
land by the lady Moriat, daughter of Scoriat, 
prince of Corcaguiny, in Kerry (now the name 
of a river in that territory). According to this. 
story, Labhraidh returned to Ireland with a 
force of 2200 men, who brought with them a 
kind of broad-headed lanée or javelin, called 
laigne, from which the province of Leinster, 
which had been previously called Gailian, re- 
ceived the appellation of Laighin. With these 
he landed in the harbour of Wexford, whence 
he marched to Dinn-righ, on the River Barrow, 
near Leighlin, where he rushed into the palace, 
put the king and thirty of his nobility to the 
sword, and set the palace on fire, &c. 

This story, which savours very strongly of 
romance, is differently told in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise, as translated by Mageoghegan, 
as follows: i 


f 
v 
y 
f 


4607.) 


Magh-Muireadha, in Bregia. This Ugaine was he who exacted oaths‘, by all 
the elements visible and invisible, from the men of Ireland in general, that they 
would never contend for the sovereignty of Ireland with his children or his 
race. à 

Badhbhchadh, son of Eochaidh Buadhach, was for a day and a half after 
Ugaine in the sovereignty of Ireland, when Laeghaire Lorc, son of Ugaine, 
slew him, in revenge of his father. 

The Age of the World, 4607. This was the first year of Laeghaire Lore, 
son of Ugaine Mor, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4608. Laeghaire Lore, son of Ugaine, after having 
been two years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was killed? by Cobhthach Cael 
Breagh, at Carman (Wexford). ; 

The Age of the World, 4609. This was the first year of Cobhthach Cael 
Breagh in the monarchy of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4658. Cobhthach Cael Breagh, son of Ugaine, 
after having been fifty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Labhraidh 
Loingseach, [i.e.] Maen, son of Oilioll Aine, with thirty kings about him, at 
Dinn-righ', on the brink of the Bearbha. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 17 


“ Also the said Covhagh slew Oilill Anye, son 
of the said King Logery, after which foul fact 
done, Lawry Longseach,” [great] “ grandchild 
‘of king Owgany, and” [grand] * son of Logery 
Lork, was banished by him, who remained many 
years beyond seas, seeking to bring into this 
land foreigners to invade it; and, in the end, 
after long banishment, his great uncle, the king 
of Ireland, made friendship with him, and be- 
stowed upon him and his heirs, for ever, the 
province of Lynster, since which time there 
hath been mortal hatred, strife, and debate, be- 
tween those of the province of Connaught, 
Ulster, and Lynster, the one descending of 
King Covhagh, and the other of his brother, 
King Logery Lork. King Covhagh was invited 
- to a feast by his said nephew, Lawrey, and there 
was treacherously burnt, together with thirty 
Irish princes, in his own house, after he had 


reigned 17 years. King Covhagh had little care 
of the Irish proverb, which is, that ‘one should 
never trust a reconciled adversary.’ This murther 
was committed on the Barrowe side, at a place 
called Dinrye or Deannrye, and divers of the 
nobility were there murthered as aforesaid. 

“Some say that the city of Roome was 
founded about the beginning of this precedent 
king’s reign. 

* Finncha mac Baiceadha reigned then in 
Eawyn-Macha, as king of Ulster. 

“ Lawry Loyngseagh, after thus murthering 
his uncle, succeeded as king of the kingdom. 
The province of Lynster took the name of him” 
[recte, in his time], “for in the time of his ba- 
nishment he brought divers foreigners into this. 
land that were armed with a kind of weapons 
which they brought with them, like pykes or 
spears, which, in Irish, were called Layny, and 


78 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. (4659. 


Cloip oomanm, cüene mile pé ééo caogac anaor. Cn céd badam vo Lab: 
paid Comgpeac hi nige n€peann. | 

Corp vomann, chtpe mile pé céo p(chemogac apeaéc. lap mbüe naoi 
mbliaona décc do Lapai Lomgpeac, Maen mac Orliolla Cline, mic Laogaipe 
Lune, mic Ugaine Mop, 1 pe nEpeann vo poca la Melge Molbeac, mac 
Cobeargh Caoil bplsh. 

Cop oomam, cüéne mile pé céo peachcmogac a hocht. Cn céo 
bliadain oo Mele Molbeac, mac Cobéaé Chaoil 6p(5, hı pge n€peann 
mnpm. 

Coip oomam, chtpe mile pé 6éo nochac a c(émp. lap mbit peachc 
mbliaóna vég hi prise n€peann vo Melge Molbeacé, mac Cobéaigh Caoil 
op(5h, oo é(n 1 ccac Claipe la Modconb. Cn can po clap a peant ap ann 
po meabaid Loch Melge po cíp hi cCoipbpe, comd vada ammmgzetp. 

Qoi vomain, chtpe mile pé ċéd nochac a cis. An céo bliadam vo 
Modconb mac Cobéargh Caom, hi pige nEpeann. 

Qoi- vorham, c(üépe mile peachc ccéo a haon. lap mbfit peachc 
mbliadna hi ise n€peann oo Modconb mac Cobéaigh Caorm vo pocaip la 
hCengap Ollam. 

Cloip voran, chtpe mile peacht ccéo, avó. Qn céo bliadam oClengup 
Ollam, mac Oiliolla, mie Cabpada, hi mge nEpeann. 

Cloip oomam, ceiċpe mile peche ccéo anaor vég. Cl hoée oécc oCengur 
Ollam mac Oiliolla, mc Cabpaóa, go cconéap la hipegeo, mac Melsge, 1 
bpoincfno na pee hipin. 

Qop vomain, chtpe mile p(chc ceo piche. 
mac Melge Molbearsh, hi ge n€peann. 

Clip vomain, chtpe mile p(chc ceo piche apé. 


Cin céro bliadam vlieieo; 
lap mbeit p(cc mbliadna 


were never before used in Ireland, of whom the ^ Loch Melghe.—Now Lough Melvin, a beau- 


Leynstermen and Leynster itself took the name, 
He reigned 14 years, and was slain by Melge, 
son of King Couhagh. 

“ Connor Moyle Mac Fuhie reigned then king 
of Ulster twelve years.” 

F Seventeen years.—** Meylge was king twelve 
years." — Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

* Claire.—See A. M. 4169. 


tiful lake situated on the confines of the counties 
of Fermanagh, Leitrim, and Donegal.—See notes 
under A. D. 1421, 1455. 

i Cairbre—Now the barony of Carbury, in 
the county of Sligo. No part of Lough Melvin 
now belongs to this barony. 

* Seven years.—‘* Mocorb was king six years, 
and was slain by Enos Ollowe. About this 


4659.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 79 


The Age of the World, 4659. The first year of the reign of Labhraidh 
Loingseach in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4677. Labhraidh Loingseach, [i. e.] Maen, son of 
Oilioll Aine, son of Laeghaire Lore, son of Ugaine Mor, after having been nine- 
teen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Melghe Molbhthach, son 
of Cobhthach Cael Breagh. 

The Age of the World, 4678. This was the first year of Melghe Molbh- . 
thach, [the Praiseworthy] son of Cobhthach Cael Breagh, in the sovereignty 
of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4694. Melghe Molbhthach, son of Cobhthach 
Cael Breagh, after having been seventeen years' in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
fell in the battle of Claire, by Modhcorb. When his grave was digging, 
Loch Melghe" burst forth over the land in Cairbre’, so that it was named from 
him. : 
The Age of the World, 4695. The first year of Modhcorb, son of Cobh- 
thach Caemh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4701. Modhcorb, son of Cobhthach Caemh [the 
Comely], after having been seven years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland, was 
slain by Aengus Ollamh. 

The Age of the World, 4702. The first year of Aenghus Ollamh, son of 
Labhraidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4719. The eighteenth' [year] of Aenghus Ollamh, 
son of Oilioll, son of Labhraidh ; and he was slain by Irereo, son of Melghe, at 
the end of that time. 

The Age of the World, 4720. The first year of Irereo, son of Melghe 
Molbhthach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4726.  Irereo", son of Melghe, after having been 


time was born that famous poet of the Romans m Trereo.—Mac Curtin and most manuscript 
called Virgil, in a village called Andes, not far copies of Keating's History of Ireland, call this 
from Mantua.” monarch laranngleo Fathach, i. e. Iron-fight 
1 Eighteenth.—* Enos was king seven years, the Cautious (i. e. suspicez—Lynch); but the 
and at last was slain by Irero, son of Meylge, best copies of Keating and of the Leabhar- 
near about the time Pompeius was overcome of Gabhala have Irereo. O'Flaherty has both 
Julius Cesar, and driven to take his flight into forms. Flann synchronizes Modhcorb, Aenghus 
Egypt.”—Annals of Clonmacnoise. Ollamh, and Irereo, with Ptolemy Evergetes. 


(4727. 
hi mise n€peann olpepeo, mac Melge, oo pochaip la Pfpcopb mac Moda 


80 ANNAZA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


cuipb. 


Gloip vomar, chtpe mle plèc cced piche apeache. 


Cn céio bliadam 


oPiopconb, mac Moda Cupb, hi mge nEpionn. 


Coip vomain, ceitpe mile plèc ccéo cpiocac a p(éc. 


lap mbet én - 


bliadan oég hi mse n€pionn oPion Conb do pochaip la Connla Caom mac 


lpepeo. 


Cloip vomam, ceitpe mile plc cced cpiocac ahoche. Cn céw badan 


vo Connla Caom hi pige n€peann. 


Coir vomain, cèpe mile plèc ccéo caogac a p(cc. lap mbüe piche 
bliadain hi mge nEpeann oo Conla Caom acbail 1 cC(mpaig. 

Clip oomann, cèpe plèc ccéo caogac a hochr. Cn céo bliadain oOilioll 
Caippiaclach, mac Connla Caoim, hi mse n€peann. 

Clip vomain, c(éne mile p(éc ccéo ochemogac avó. lap mbit cing 
bhaodna pich(c hi mse n€peann oOibill Caippiaclach, mac Connla Caorm, 
mic Ipeneo, oo pochaip la hOloamap mic Pincuinb. 


Coip voma, chtpe mile pec ccéo ochtmogat a cp. 


oQoaman mac Pineuipb, op €pimn. 


Cloip oomam, chtpe mile plèc ceo ochcmogac ap(cc. 


Cn ceo bliadam 


Cn cingead bliad- 


am oCGoamap, mac Fineunb, hi pighe n€peann, 50 ccopcaip la hEochaw 


nClilcl(can. 


< Qoi vomain, cücpe mile rlt ccéo ochcmogac a hochr. Qn cé 
bliadam o€ocharo Ailelfchan hi pighe op Epmn. 


Cloip vomain, chtpe mile ochr ceo a c(&aip. 


lan mbt peachc mbliaona 


décc hi mge uap Epmn oE€ochaiò Cilcl(chan, mac Oiliolla Ceippiaclaich, oo 


nochan lá Fínur Poncamanl. 


Coip vomain, cpe mile ocht ceo a cing. On céo badam offur 
Popcamail, mac Opfpail dpc, h më nEpeann. 


The Annals of Clonmacnoise give Irereo a reign 
of only six years. 

? Eleven years.—'* Fearcorb was king seven 
years.” —Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

° Connla Caemh: i. e. Connla the Comely. 
“ Conley Keywe, alias the Fine, succeeded in 
the government of the kingdom four years, and 


then quietly died in the pallace of Taragh.” 
—Annals of Clonmacnoise. Keating calls this 
monarch Connla Cruaidhchealgach, i. e. Connla, 
the Hardy-treacherous. Flann synchronizes the 
Irish monarchs, Fearcorb and Connla, with 
Ptolemy Philopater. 

? Oilioll Caisfhiaclach : i. e. Oilioll of the bent 


4121.] 


. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 8l 


seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Fearcorb, son of Modh- 


corb. 
The Age of the World, 4727. 
corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 
The Age of the World, 4737. 


The first year of Fearcorb, son of Modh- 


After Fearcorb had been eleven years" in 


the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Connla Caemh, son of Irereo. 
The Age of the World, 4738. The first year of Connla Caemh in the 


sovereignty of Ireland. 
The Age of the World, 4757. 


Connla Caemh’, after having been twenty 


years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at Teamhair [Tara].- 


The Age of the World, 4758. 


The first year of Oilioll Caisfhiaclach?, son 


of Connla Caemh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 4782. 


After Oilioll Caisfhiaclach, son of Connla 


Caemh, son of Irereo, had been twenty-five years? in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
he was slain by Adamair, son of Fearcorb. 
The Age of the World, 4783. The first year of Adamair, son of Fearcorb, 


over Ireland. 
The Age of the World, 4787. 


The fifth year' of Adamair, son of Fear- 


corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he was slain by Eochaidh Ailtleathan. 


The Age of the World, 4788. 
the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The first year of Eochaidh Ailtleathan in 


The Age of the World, 4804. After Eochaidh Ailtleathan’, son of Oilioll 
Caisfhiaclach, had been seventeen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was 


slain by Fearghus Fortamhail. 


The Age of the World, 4805. The first year of Fearghus Fortamhail, son 
of Breasal Breac, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


or crooked Teeth. **Olillus Casfhiaclach, id est, 
rugorum dentium." — Lynch. 

3 Twenty-five years.—** Oilell reigned twenty- 
five years, and was at last slain by Adamar.”— 
Annals of Clonmacnoise. 

* The fifth year.—'* Adamar was king five 
years, and was slain by Eochy Altleahan."— 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, He is called Adhamar 
Foltchaoin by Keating, and ** Adamarus Foltchyn, 


id est tenuis cincinni,” by Lynch. ` Flann syn- ` 
chronizes Adamair and Eochaidh Foltleathan 
with Ptolemy Epiphanes. 

* Eochaidh Ailtleathan: i.e. Eochaidh of the 
Broad Joints, or of the Broad House. Keating 
writes his cognomen Foltleathan, which is trans- 
lated ** promissi crinis? by Dr. Lynch. The 
Annals of Clonmacnoise give him a reign of only 
seven years. 


s2 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


Clip vomain, chċpe mle ochc ceo a cig oécc. 


[4815. 


lap mbfit én baban 


décc 1 pfe n€peann oPeangup Popcamail, mac onfpait bpc, vo pochaip lá 
hQongup Cupmífch hi ccat Teampach. 


Clip oomarn, chtpe mile ochr ccéo ape oécc. An céd bliadan oCfengup 


Tupmeach Ceampach hı mge n€peann. 
Cloi vomam, chtpe mile ocht cced peachtmogac acts. 


lap mbit 


r(pecac bliadain hi ge nEpeann oClengup Turpmeach C(rinach acbail hi 
tCeampmg. Congup Cupmeach do ğam 9e, ap ap cuicce empmrocheap 


paop clanna Sil n€ipea mom. 


Qoi oomars, cèpe mile ocht cced plécmogac apé. 


Cn céd bliadam 


vo Conall Collampach, mac €ceppceoil, na mg 6p €pmn. 


Cloip oomam, cèpe mile ocht ccéo ochemogac. 


lap mbit cing bliadna 


hi mse nEpeann vo Conall Collampac, mac Ecenpceoil C(ripach, mic Eat- 


ach Oulcl(éan, oo pochaip lá Nia Sedamain. 
Qoip oomam, chtpe mile ocht ccéo ochemogac ahaon. 


Cn cé10 bliadam 


vo Nia Sedamain, mac Cloamanin, hi pige n€peann. 


Qoi domain, ceitpe mile ocht cced ochcmogac apfche. 


lap mbüc 


riche mbliaóna hi pije n€peann vo Nia Sebamam, mac Clóamap,oo pochaip 
la h€nna Cigneach. Ap a nammpip an pig Niad Sfòaman vo blighcea ba 


7 ellce po aencoma. 


Qoi domain, chitpe mile ocht cceo ochtmogac ahochc. 


badam o€nna Cligneach op Epinn. 


Qoip vomain, citpe mile nao cced a p(che. 


* Fearghus Fortamhail: i.e. Fergus the Pow- 
erful or Brave. ‘‘ Qui, quód eximiá fortitudine 
pro illâ tempestate precelleret, Fortamhail, id 
est, Strenuus, cognominatus est.” —Lynch. The 
Annals of Clonmacnoise give Enos Fortawyle a 
reign of twelve years. Flann synchronizes him 
with Ptolemy Philometer. 

* Aenghus Tuirmheach.— Keating, and from 
him Dr. Lynch, explains Tuirmheach, the cog- 
nomen of this monarch, by ndineas, i.e. ** Pudi- 
bundus, quia pudore suffundereter, quód prolem 
ex filià ebrius susceperit; filius ex hoc incesto 
coitu genitus Fiachus Fermara, id est, marinus 


Cin ceio 


lap mbüe piche bliadam 


dictus est."— Lynch. The Four Masters, O?Fla- 
herty, and Dr. O'Conor, derive the name differ- 
ently, namely, from cuipmeaó6, prolific, because 
he is the common ancestor of the great families 
of Leath-Chuinn, Alba or Scotland, Dal-Riada, 
and Dal-Fiatach.—See Ogygia, iii. c. 40. The 
Annals of Clonmacnoise make no allusion to 
Fiacha Fearmara being an incestuous offspring, 
but speak of Enos Twyrmeach and his two sons 
as follows: 

“ Enos succeeded, and was a very good king. 
He left issue two goodly and noble sons, Enna 
Ayneagh and Fiagha Ferwara. The most part 


4815.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 83 


The Age of the World, 4815. Fearghus Fortamhail', son of Breasal Breac, 
after having been eleven years in the monarchy of Ireland, was slain by Aenghus 
Tuirmheach in the battle of Teamhair [Tara]. 

The Age of the World, 4816. The first year of the reign of Aenghus 
Tuirmheach Teamhrach in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4875. Aengus Tuirmheach Teamhrach, after 


having been sixty years in the monarchy of Ireland, died at Teamhair. 


He 


was called Aenghus Tuirmheach" because the nobility of the race of Eireamhon 


are traced to him. 
The Age of the World, 4876. 
of Ederscel, as king over Ireland. 


The first year of Conall Collamhrach, son 


The Age of the World, 4880. Conall Collamhrach, son of Ederscel 
Teamhrah, son of Eochaidh Ailtleathan, after having been five years" in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Nia Sedhamain. 


The Age of the World, 4881. 


The first year of Nia Sedhamain, son of 


Adhamair, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4887. Nia Sedhamain, son of Adhamair, after 
having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Enna Aigh- 
neach. It was in the time of the King Nia Sedhamain that the cows and the 


does* were alike milked. 
The Age of the World, 4888. 
Ireland. 


The first year of Enna Aighneach over 


The Age of the World, 4907. Enna Aighneach’, son of Aenghus Tuir- 


of the kings of Ireland descended of his son 
Enna, and the kings of Scotland, for the most 
part, descended of Fiagha, so as the great 
houses of both kingdoms derive their pedigrees 
from them. He was of the sept of Heremon, 
and reigned 32 years, and then died quietly at 
Taragh, in his bed.” 

w Five years.—'The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
agree with the Four Masters in the regnal years 
of this and the next reign. Flann synchronises 
Aengus Tuirmeach, Conall Collamhrach, Nia 
Sedhamain, and Enna Aighneach, with Ptolemy 
Evergetes-Physcon. O’Flaherty translates Col- 


lamrach by the Latin Columnaris. 

* The does.—The cognomen of this monarch 
has reference to the milking of the peada, peaga 
or hinds, said to have been effected through the 
incantations of his mother. ** Mater ejus, Flidh- 
isa, sic fascinandi arte fuit instructa, ut filio regi 
feras damas effecerit non secus ac cicures vaccas, . 
se mulgendas lactariis ultró prebere.”—Lynch. 

* Enna Aighneach. — Anglicised Enna Ayneagh 
by Mageoghegan in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
in which he is given a reign of only ten years. 
The cognomen Aighneach is explained og- 
oineac, i.e. perfect hospitality, by Keating. 


M2 


84 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[4908. 


hi pige nEpeann o€nna Chgn(ch, mac Clongapa Cupmig C(mpaec, oo pocaip 
lá Cpomchann Copecpach hi ccat ipo Cpemeéamn. 

Qoi oomam, chtpe mile nao! cced a hocht. Qn céw bhadan vo 
Cmomhtann Copccpach, mac Pelimd, me Fura Popcamat, h mse 
-n€peamn. 

Qoi vomain, chitpe mile naoi ceo a haon noécc. lap mbüc cücpe 
bliaóna hi pige n€pneann oo Cmomtann Copccepaé oo pochaip la Rudpuige, 
mac Sitpighe. 

Cloip oram, chipe mle naoi ccéo a 06 vécc. 
Ruopurge, mac Sicpighe, hi mghe n€peann. 

Cloip oomam, ceitpe mile nao cced ochtmogac a haon. lap mbit plèc- 
mogac bliadam hi pige nEpeann vo Rudpwuge, mac Siépighe, mc Ouib. mic 
Pemoip, mic Cingfemanp, aobail 1 nOipgsfcsliono. Ap lap an Rudpuige pı 
po meabpac na cacha po po Emmo. Cach Cuipce, cach Cuachpa, peachc 
ceata hi cCliá, cach Sleanvamnach, cach Sleibe Mhp, cach boipne, cach 
Ren, cach Qh, cat Cúile Silinve, oa cach Popcpaipcc. i 

Cloip oomai, cfitpe mile naoi cced ochtmogat a oó. CIn ceio bliadam 
olonoao map, mac Nia Seaman, hi mge ór Epmn. 

Cloip vomaim, ceicpe mile naoi cced nochac. lap mbfit nao mbliadna 
hi mse nEpeann olonnacmap, mac Nia Seóamam, vo pochaip la bpeapal 
boioiobao, mac Ruopurge. 

Cloip oomam, cücpne mile naor ceo nocha a haon. 
on(pal 6oroi0bavh 1 nighe nEpeann. 

Coip domain, cárg mile a haon. lap mbt en badam décc na pgh op 
Epmn oobpeapal 6órorobaoh, mac Rudpuise, do pochaip la Cugharó Cuaighne. 
bóáp mop 1 n€pmn hi nümiup óp(pail. 


Cn céro badam oo 


Cin cé10 bliadam oo 


* Crimhthann Cosgrach: i.e. Crimhthann the 


Rudhraighe so long a reign as seventy years. 
Triumphant or Victorious. ** Cosgrach, id est, 


b Airgeat-gleann: i. e. the silver glen or valley. 


victor, ideo cognominatus, quód in quam pluri- 
mis preliis victoriam reportaverit." — Lynch. 

* Seventy years. —The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
and most Irish authorities agree in this. Flann 
synchronizes Crimhthann Cosgrach, Rudhraighe, 
Innatmar, Breasal, and Lughaidh Luaighne, 
with Ptolemy Lathirus, and Ptolemy Alexander, 
from which it appears that he did not give 


This was the name of a glen in the barony of 
Farney, in the county of Monaghan. 

° Cuirce.—A place in the territory of Ciaraighe- 
Chuirche, now anglicé the barony of Kerrycur- 
rihy, in the county of Cork. . 

à Luachair: i. e. Sliabh Luachra in Kerry. 

e Cliu: i.e. Cliu-Mail, a district in the ba- 
rony of Coshlea, and county of Limerick.— See 


4908. | ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 85 


meach Teamhrach, after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
"was slain by Crimhthann Cosgrach, in the battle of Ard-Crimhthainn. 

The Age of the World, 4908. The first year of Crimhthann Cosgrach, 
son of Feidhlimidh, son of Fearghus Fortamhail, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4911. Crimhthann Cosgrach’, after having been 
four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Rudhraighe, son of 
Sithrighe. i 

The Age of the World, 4912. The first year of Rudhraighe, son of Sith- 
righe, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4981. Rudhraighe, son of Sithrighe, son of Dubh, 
son of Fomhor, son of Airgeatmar, after having been seventy years* in the sove- 
reignty of Ireland, died at Airgeat-gleann*. It was by this Rudghraighe that 
these battles were won throughout Ireland: the battle of Cuirce'; the battle 
of Luachair*; seven battles in Cliu*; the battle of Gleannamhnach'; the battle 
of Sliabh Mis*; the battle of Boirinn^; the battle of Ren'; the battle of Ai‘; 
the battle of Cuil-Silinne'; the two battles of Fortrasc". 

The Age of the World, 4982. The first year of Innatmar, son of Nia 
Sedhamain, in sovereignty over Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 4990. Innatmar, son of Nia Sedhamain, after 
having been nine years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Breasal 
Boidhiobadh, son of Rudraighe. 

The Age of the World, 4991. The first year of Breasal Boidhiobhadh in 
the sovereignty of Ireland. : 

The Age of the World, 5001. Breasal Boidhiobhadh, son of Rudhraighe, 
after having been eleven years king over lreland, was slaim by Lughaidh 
Luaighne. There was a great mortality of kine’ in Ireland in Breasal’s reign. 


A. M. 4981, and A. D. 1570. common.—See note under A. D. 1189. 
£ Gleannamhnach. —Now Glanworth, in the 1 Chuil-Silinne.—This was the ancient name of 


barony of Fermoy, and county of Cork. the place where the church of Cill-Cuile-Silinne, 
s Sliabh Mis.—Now Slieve Mish, a mountain now Kilcooley, in the barony and county of 


near Tralee in Kerry.—See A. M. 3500. Roscommon, was afterwards erected.—See A. D. 
^ Boirinn: i.e. Burren, in the north of the 1411, and Appendix, p. 2495. 
county of Clare.—See A. M. 4981. m Fortrasc.—Not identified. 


i Ren.— This is probably intended for Magh- n Nine years.— The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
Rein, a plain in county of Leitrim. give this monarch a reign of only three years. 
k Ai: i.e. of Magh Ai, in the county of Ros- o Mortality of kine.—From this mortality he 


a. | ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[5002. 


Cloip oomarn, cúicc mile a 06. Cn céro bliadan vo Cughaioó Cuaghne, 


mac lonoacmanp, hi me n€peann. 


Clip voran, cúicc mle a pé oécc. Cin cingead bliadan oécc do Udilhció 
Luaigne, mac lonoacmaip, hi pige. n€peann, go ccopéaip la Congal Clap- 


om(ch, mac Ruopuige. 


Cloip oomam, cing mile a p(chc oécc. 


Clanomeach hi pi$e n€peann. 


Cloip vomam, cárg mile cmocha a haon. 


Cin céo bliadam vo Congal 


lap mbfit cing bliadna oécc 


hi wee n€peann do Congal Clapom(é, mac Rudpurge, oo pocha la Ouach 


Oallca Oeaoaoh. 


Clorp voham, cug mile cpiocha a 06. Cn céro bliaoain oo Ouach Oallca 
Oeaohaó, mac Cambpe Luce, hi prise nEpeann. 


Coi voran, cag mile clépacha a haon. 


lap ccaic(m veich mbliadon 


hi mge nEpeann do Ouach Oallca Oeadad, mac Coaipbpe, Cuipcc, oo pocap 


lá Pachcna Pachach. 


Cloip vomam, cmg mile clépacha a dó. 


Pachach hn mge n€peann. 


Qoi oomam, cug mile caoga a plèc. 


Qn cé badam ophachcna 


lap mbfit pé bliadna décc 


. oPachena Patac, mac Ropa, mc Rudpuige, hi mge n€peann vo ceap la 


h€ochaio pPeolech. 


Cloip domain, cing mile caoga a hochr. 


Pewleach hi pighe op Epmn. 


received his cognomen of Bodhiobhadh. “ Breas- 
sall Bodivo was king ten years. 
there was such a morren” [murrain] “of cowes 
in this land as there were no more then left 
alive but one Bull and one Heiffer in the whole 
kingdom, which Bull and Heiffer lived in a 
place called Gleann Sawasge.”—Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. Gleann Samhaisg, or Glen of the Heifer, 
is the name of a remarkable valley in the county 
of Kerry, where this tradition is still vividly 
remembered. 

P Lughaidh Luaighne.—'* Loway mac Ionamar 
reigned 25” [recte 15] “ years, and was slain by 
Congal Clareingneach."— Annals of Clonmac- 
noise. 


In his time 


Cn céro bliabam o€ochaio 


* Congal Claroineach: i.e. Congal of the Flat 
Face. He is more usually called Clair-ingneach, 
i. e. of the Broad Nails. * He did many notable 
acts of chivalry, as there are great volumes of 
history written of his hardiness and manhood. 
He was slain by Duach Dalta Dea when he had 
reigned fifteen years." — Annals of Clonmacnoise. 
Flann synchronizes Congal Coapa with 
Ptolemy Dionysius. 

* Duach Dalta Deaghaidh. — Keating states 
that he was so called because he blinded his 
younger brother, Deaghaidh, lest he might as- 
pire to the sovereignty; but O’Flaherty shews, 
from the Book of Lecan, fol. 203, a, and from 
O’Duvegan’s Book, fol. 81, a, and from Gilla- 


5002. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 87 


The Age of the World, 5002. The first year of the reign of Lughaidh 
Luaighne, son of Innatmar, in the monarchy of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 5016. The fifteenth year of Lughaidh Luaighne’, 
son of Innatmar, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Congal Cla- 


roineach, son of Rudhraighe. 


The Age of the World, 5017. The first year of Congal Claroineach in 


the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 5031. Congal Claroineach?*, son of Rudhraighe, 
after having been fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Duach 


Dallta Deadhadh. 
The Age of the World, 5032. 


4 


The first year of Duach Dallta Deadhadh', 


son of Cairbre Lusg, in the monarchy of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 5041. 


Duach Dallta Deadhadh, son of Cairbre 


Lusg, after having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by 


Fachtna Fathach. 
The Age of the World, 5042. 
sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 5057. Fachtna Fathach', son of Rossa, son of 


The first year of Fachtna Fathach in the 


Rudhraighe, after having been sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was 


slain by Eochaidh Feidhleach. 


"The Age of the World, 5058. The first year of Eochaidh Feidhleach' in 


the sovereignty over Ireland. 


Caemhain’s poem, written in the twelfth cen- 
tury, that he had no brother of that name, but 
that he was called Dalta Deaghaidh, i.e. the 
Alumnus or Foster-son of Deaghaidh, son of Sen, 
of the Ernaans of Munster.—See Ogygia, part iii. 
c. 42 ; and also Dr. O'Conor's Prolegomena ad 
Annales, p. xxiii. The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
give this monarch a reign of only seven years, 
and state that he “ was slain by Faghtna Fagh- 
agh about the time that Julius Cesar was mur- 
dered in the senate by Brutus and Cassius." 
O'Flaherty adds (ubi suprà) that he was slain 
in the battle of Ardbrestine. 

$ Fachtna Fathach: i.e. Fachtna the Cautious 


or Wise. The Annals of Clonmacnoise give him 
a reign of twenty-four years, and Flann synchro- 
nises him with Cleopatra. 

*. Eochaidh Feidhleach. — Keating explains 
Feidhleach as ** constant sighing.” This mo- 
narch rescinded the division of Ireland into 
twenty-five parts, which had been made three 
centuries before his time by the monarch 
Ugaine Mor, and divided the kingdom into five 
provinces, over each of which he appointed a 
pentarch or provincial king, who was obedient 
and tributary to himself. These were: Fearghus, 
son of Leide, King of Uladh or Ulster; Deagh- 
aidh, son of Sen, and his relative Tighernach, 


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88 annaza RIOoghachca EIREANN. [5069. 


Corp voran, cúng mle peapcca a naor. lap mbfit oa badam oécc hi 
pighe n€peann o€ochaió Pübleach, mac Pino, me Pronologha, acboa 1 
cc(mparg. 

Clip oornam, cúicc mle peachemogac. Cn cém bhadain o€ochar 
nhn (ofpbpachaip Eachach Püohg) hi mse nEpeann. 

Cloip oornam, cúicc mile ochtmogac a c(éap. lap ccaié(m córg mbliadna 
noécc hi pige nEpeann oGochand Cipin po loipccead lá Siogmall hı pPp6n- 
amo. 

QLoip oomann, cucc mile ochemogac a cig. An céo bliadain oCoeprpcél, 
mac €ogam, mic Orliolla, na pig óp € mnn. 

Coi voran, cing mile ochtmogac anao. lap ccocaié(m cóicc mbliadan 
hn pishe n€peann v€veppcel, mac €ogam, mic Oiliolla, vo pochain la 
Nuada Neache, 1 nOillino. 

Qoip oma, cucc mile nochac. lap ccax(m Licbhaona hi mghe 
n€peann oo Nuada N(che, mac Seona Sitbarcc, copèn hi ccat Chach 1 
nUib Opdna la Conape Mbp. Lerebliadain complantip clomne €imhip Pind 
hi ccénn na leit bliadan po Nuadac N(éc comlánarg(p nochac ap cing mile 


bliadan 1 naoip Domain. 


Cloip domann, cuce mile nocha a haon. Cn cero bliadain vo Conaipe 
Mop, mac €ceppceóil, 1 mje n€peann. 


Tedbhannach, Kings of the two Munsters; Rossa 
Ruadh, son of Fearghus, King of Leinster; Oi- 
lioll, who was married to Meadhbh, the mo- 
narch’s daughter, King of Connaught, Flann 
synchronises Fearghus, son of Leide, with Oc- 
iavianus Augustus.—See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, 
part iii. c. 43. This monarch had three sons, 
Breas, Nar, and Lothar, commonly called the 
three Finns of Eamhain; and six daughters, 
Mumhain, Eile, Meadhbh, Deirdre, Clothra, and 
Eithne, of whom strange stories are told in an- 
cient Irish manuscripts; but of all his children 
by far the most celebrated was Meadhbh or Mab, 
who is still remembered as the queen of the 
fairies of the Irish, and the Queen Mab of Spen- 
ser's Faery Queen, in which this powerful virago, 
queen and quean of Connaught, is diminished to 


a ludicrous size in her fairy state. 

u Eochaidh Aireamh.— Keating says that he 
received the cognomen of Aireamh; ** the Grave- 
digger," because he was the first who had a 
grave dug in Ireland. “ Aireamh ideò dictus, 
quód tumulos effodi primus in Hibernia cura- 
verit." — Lynch. 

Contemporary with Eochaidh was Fearghus 
Mae Roich, King of Ulster, who being de- 
throned by Conchobhar Mac Nessa, fled to Con- 
naught, and placed himself under the protection 
of Oilioll and Meadhbh, king and queen of that 
province, and, having procured their aid, he 
commenced hostilities with Ulster, which were 
vigorously carried on for seven years. This war 
between Ulster and Connaught is described in 
the Irish work called Tain Bo Cuailgne, and 


5069.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


89 


The Age of the World, 5069. Eochaidh Feidhleach, son of Finn, son of 
Finnlogha, after having been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died 


at Teamhair [Tara]. 


The Age of the World, 5070. The first year of Eochaidh Aireamh (bro- 
ther of Eochaidh Feidhleach) in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 5084. Eochaidh Aireamh", after having been 
fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was burned by Sighmall, at Freamh- 


ainn". 
The Age of the World, 5085. 


as king over Ireland. 


The first year of Ederscel, son of Oilioll, 


The Age of the World, 5089. Ederscel, son of Eoghan, son of Oilioll, after 
having been five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Nuadha Neacht, 


at Aillinn*. 


The Age of the World, 5090. Nuadha Neacht’, son of Sedna Sithbhaic, 
after having spent half a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle 


of Cliach, in Ui Drona’, by Conaire Mor. 


The half year of the joint reign of 


Clann-Eimhir-Finn, being added to this half year of Nuadha Neacht, completes 
ninety and five thousand years of the age of the world. 


The Age of the World, 5091. 


Ederscel, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


other romantic tales, in which the extraordinary 
valour of the heroes of the Craebh Ruadh, or 
Red Branch, in Ulster, and of the Firbolgic sept 
of Connaught called the Gamanradians of Irras, 
are blazoned with poetical exaggerations. Among 
the former was Conall Cearnach, the ancestor of 
O’More, and Cuchullainn, called by the annalist 
Tigernach, “fortissimus heros Scotorum;” and 
among the latter was Ceat Mac Magach, the bro- 
ther of Oilioll, King of Connaught, and Ferdia 
Mac Damain, the bravest of the Firbolgic cham- 
pions of Irras, who was slain by Cuchullainn in 
_ single combat.—See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part 
ii. ec. 46, 47, 48; and Dr. O’Conor’s Prolegom. 
ad Annales, pp. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. 
* Freamhainn. — Keating places this in Teab- 
tha. It is now called, anglicé, Frewin, and is 


The first year of Conaire Mor, son of 


applied to a lofty hill rising over the western 
shore of Goé Up, anglicé Lough Owel, in the 
townland of Wattstown, parish of Portlemon, 
and county of Westmeath.—See the Ordnance 
Map of that county, sheet 11. The Annals of 
Clonmacnoise give this monarch a reign of 
twenty-five years. The Leabhar-Gabhala of the 
O’Clerys, p. 130, states that Sighmall dwelt at 
Sidh-Neannta, which was the ancient name of 
Mullaghshee, near Lanesborough, in the county 
of Roscommon. 

* Aillinn.—See A. M. 4169. 

* Nuadha Neacht: i.e. Nuadha the Snow- 
white. ‘Is inde sortitus agnomen Neacht quód 
nivi (quam neacht significatione refert) cutis 
candore non cesserit." — Lynch. 

* Cliach, in Ui-Drona : i. e. in the barony of 


90 ANNALA niosghachca EIREANN. [5160. 


Qoip vomain, cuicc mile ced peapeca. lap mbüe p(chemogac bliaóam 
hi mse n€peann vo Conaipe M óp, mac Ecippceorl, vo poċap hi mbpuigin va 
Ofpg lá oíbsangaib. Ap a pplat Conaipe vo cuipead an muin concap pac 
bliadna pa tip 1 nInb(i Colpa oo ponnpaó. Oo gebéi bedp cna 10moip pon 
bhómo 1 6huc ppa linn. No biovh na c(épa. san corva a n€pinn ma 
plat, ap méo an cpioda 7 an éaencompaic. Nip bo cormneac ambcionach a 
plat, ap ni bumgeaó gaot cance a hmdl 6 moon poshmain go m(óon 


Eannaz. Sull na peacoaorp na peavha oaibble a meara pma linn. 
rrug F [ F ra rn 


Clip vomam, cuicce mile ceo peapcca a haon. 


gan nígh 1ap cConaipe. 


Cloip oomam cuig mile ceo peapcca apé. 


Smab no(pncc hi mge n€peann. 


Cn céo bliadain o€pinn 


Cn céro bliadain oo Lushai 


Qoip vomam, cing mile ced nochac a haon. lap mbfit pé badna pich(c 
hi mghe n€peann oo Cughaio Smab noce ac bach vo cumad. 


Cloip oomamn, cáirg mile ced nochac avó. 


Idrone, and county of Carlow. After the fall of 
Nuadha and the defeat of his people, Conaire 
levied a fine on the people of Leinster for the 
killing of his father, and they resigned by a 
solemn treaty to the kings of Munster that 
tract of Ossory extending from Gowran to 
Grian.— Ogygia, part iii. c. 44. 

^ Bruighean-da- Dhearg. — Otherwise called 
Bruighean-da-Bhearga. This place is described 
in Leabhar-na-h- Uidhri, as situated on the River 
Dothair, now the Dodder, near Dublin. A part 
of the name is still preserved in Bothar-na- 
Bruighne, i.e. the road of the Bruighean, or 
fort, a well-known place on that river. Flann 
synchronizes Eochaidh Feidhleach, Eochaidh 
Aireamh, Ederscel, Nuadha Neacht, and Conaire, 
with Julius Cesar and Octavianus Augustus. He 
extends the reign of Conaire over those of the 
Roman emperors Tiberius, Caligula, and Clau- 
dius. The fort or palace of King Canaire was 
burnt by Aingcel Caech, and other desperadoes, 
whom he had expelled Ireland on account of their 
riotsand depre lations. — See Ogygia, part iii. c. 45. 


Con bliadam vo Concuban 


* Reign of Conaire.—The Annals of Clonmac- 
noise give this monarch a reign of sixty years, 
and add, “ Jesus Christ was crucified in his 
time.” The Irish writers usually ascribe the 
peace and plenty of the reigns of their monarchs 
to the righteousness of these monarchs; but the 
peace, plenty, and happiness of this particular 
reign, O’Flaherty and others attribute to the 
presence of the Redeemer on earth, when he 
breathed the same air with man, and walked in 
human form among them.—See Ogygia, part iii. 
c. 45. We have, however, no evidence of the 
prosperity of the reign of Conaire older than 
the twelfth century, and it is to be suspected 
that the account of the happiness of Ireland 
during his reign is a mere invention of Christian 
writers, for the Irish writers do not at all agree 
as to the reign in which the Redeemer was born. 
In the Annals of Clonmaenoise it is stated that 
some “affirm that Jesus Christ, the only be- 


gotten Son of God Almighty, was born ofthe . 


spotless Virgin Mary, about the twenty-sixth 
year of the reign of Faghtna Fahagh; Connor, 


5160.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


91 


The Age of the World, 5160. Conaire, son of Ederscel, after having been: 
seventy years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain at Bruighean-da-Dhearg*, 
by insurgents. It was in the reign of Conaire? that the sea annually cast its 
produce ashore, at Inbhear-Colptha’. Great abundance of nuts were [annually] 
found upon the Boinn [Boyne] and the Buais‘ during his time. The cattle 
were without keepers in Ireland in his reign, on account of the greatness of the 
peace and concord. His reign was not thunder-producing or stormy, for the 
wind did not take a hair off the cattle from the middle of Autumn to the mid- 
dle of Spring. Little but the trees bent from the greatness of their fruit during 


his time. 


The Age of the World, 5161. The first year of Ireland without a king, 


after Conaire. 


The Age of the World, 5166. The first year of Lughaidh Sriabh-ndearg 


in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of the World, 5191. Lughaidh Sriabh-ndearg*, afterhaving been 
twenty-six years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died of grief. 
The Age of the World, 5192. Conchobhar Abhradhruadh', son of Finn 


the son of the said Faghtna, being King of 
Ulster, and Oilell mae Rosse King of Con- 
naught.” Keating, however, says that Christ 
was born in the twelfth year of the reign of 
Crimhthann Niadhnair, an incestuous offspring, 
of whom such disgusting stories are told that 
we are very willing to regard him as not having 
breathed the same air with the Redeemer. The 
heroes of the Red Branch who flourished during 
this and the preceding reignsare much celebrated 
by the Irish writers. 

© Inbhear-Colptha.—This was and is still the 
name of the mouth of the River Boyne. 

4 Buais.—Now the River Bush, in the north 
of the county of Antrim. 

© Lughaidh Sriabh-nDearg: i.e. Lughaidh of 
the Red Circles. Keating says he was so called 
because he was marked with red circles round 
his body, a fact which he accounts for by a very 
repulsive legend which O’Flaherty (Ogygia, 


N 


part iii.c. 49) has proved to be an idle fiction. 
According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ** he 
reigned 25 years, and died of a conceipt he took” 
[grief] “of the death of his wife Dervorgil.” 
Flann says that this monarch died in the fifth 
year of the Emperor Vespasian. (s 

f Conchobhar Abhradhruadh: i. e. Conchobhar, 
or Conor, of the Reddish Eyelashes, or Eye- 
brows. 

* Supercilia Conchauri rufa cognomentum 
Abhraruadh illi fecerunt, abhra enim supercilia, 
et ruadh rufus significat." — Lynch. 

The Annals of Tighernach agree with the 
Four Masters in giving this monarch a reign of 
only one year, namely, the 5th of Vespasian, 
ie. A.D. 74. From this Dr. O'Conor con- 
cludes that those Irish writers err who place 
the birth of Christ in the reign of Crimhthann 
Niadhnair.— See his Prolegom. ad Annales, p. li. 
and from p. lxxvii. to p. Ixxx. 

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92 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [5193. 


Abnadpuad, mac Pinn Piléo, mc Roppa Ruaw, mc P(pgupa Paippge, hi 
pghe nEpeann go ccopchaip la Cmormtann, mac Cugoeach Spiab nofpcc. 
Clip vomar, curg mile ceo nochac a cpi. On céro bliadam oo Cmom- 
tann Niadnaip, mac Curgóeach, hi mge n€peann. 
Qoip domam, cucc mle céd nocha a cftarp. An oapa badam vo 
Cpiomeann. 


OMOIS CRIOST. 


Cn céd bliadain oaoip Criopo, 7 an coccmao bliadain vo pighe Cpiom- 
camn Niaonám. l 

GLoip Cpiopc, a nao. C pe vécc oo Cmomtann hi pighe nEpeann, go nep- 
bailc 1 nOGn Cpomčamn, 1 nEvap, 1ap ccoibeache von eachcpa oippdfipe 
popr a noeachaio. Op von eachcpa pin cug laip na pedro adampa mon 
ccappat nópóa, 7 1mon ppiccill nóin, go ccpib ccéooib geam slomide mnce, 7 
mon cCéoaiá cCpioricaimn,léne paineamail pibe co mbpeachtpad 6pda. Oo - 
b(nc cloth catbuadach co molan naiépeach oo maipr óm aichleagcha ap 
na ponnaò ann, pciach co mbocóroib. agic aengil, pleagh oa na6 cépnooh 
ofn no gonta ù, caball ap nach ceillcct: uncon mompaill, 7 oa com go 


* Niadhnair.— Dr. O'Conor translates this 
cognomen miles verecundus ; and O’Flaherty un- 
derstands it to mean “ husband of Nair;" but 
Keating gives it a far different interpretation : 
**''racto cognomine ab originis pudore, nam Via 
perinde est ac pugil, et nair ac pudibundus: 
etenim ille maximo profundebatur pudore, quid 
de matris ac filii coitu genitus fuerit." — Lynch. 

* Dun- Crimhthainn :.i. e. Crimhthann's Fort. 
This fort was situated on the hill of Howth, and 
its site is occupied by the Bailie’s lighthouse, 

i Wonderful jewels.—' The account of this ex- 
pedition is given by Keating nearly in the same 
words as by the Four Masters, and the passage is 
translated into Latin by Dr. Lynch, as follows: 

** Cremthonus ille pauló ante mortem ab ex- 
peditione reversus insignia quedam cimelia in 


patriam retulit, nempe currum aureum; alveo- 
lum lusorium ex auro, trecentas splendentes 
gemmas pro scrupis habentem; Phrigium in- 
dusium auro intextum; ensem capulo deaurato 
sculpturarum varietate decoratum cui ea vis 
inerat, ut semper victoriam retulerit ; scutum 
baccis argenteis celatum; lanceam vulnus im- 
medicabile semper infligentem ; fundum a scopo 
nunquam aberrantém ; duos canes venaticos 
ligamine argentes astrictos quod centum cum- 
hala” [ancillis] **estimatum est; cum multis 
aliis,’—p. 126. 

The Leabhar- Gabhala of the O’Clerys contains 
a poem of seventy-two verses, ascribed to King 
Crimhthann himself, in which he describes the 
precious articles he brought into Ireland on this 
occasion. It begins, Má oo cobh an eachtpa 


5193.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 93 


File, son of Rossa Ruadh, son of Fearghus Fairrghe, was one year in the sove- 


reignty of Ireland, when he was slain by Crimhthann, son of Lughaidh Sriabh- 
ndearg. . i 
The Age of the World, 5193. The first year of Crimhthann Niadhnair, 
son of Lughaidh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of the World, 5194. -The second year of Crimhthann. 


OF THE AGE OF CHRIST. 


The first year of the. age of Christ, and the eighth year of the reign of 
Crimhthann Niadhnair*. 

The Age of Christ, 9. The sixteenth year of Crimhthann in the sove- 
reignty of Ireland, when he died at Dun-Crimhthainn’, at Edair, after returning 
from the famous expedition upon which he had gone. It was from this expe- 
dition he brought with him the wonderful jewels’, among which were a golden 
chariot, and a golden chess-board, [inlaid] with a hundred transparent gems, 
and the Cedach-Crimhthainn*, which was a beautiful cloak, embroidered with 
gold. He brought a conquering sword, with many serpents of refined massy 
gold inlaid in.it ; a shield, with bosses of bright silver; a spear, from the wound 


inflicted by which no one recovered ; a sling, from which no erring shot was 
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n-án: i. e. “fortunate” [it was] “that I went on 
the delightful adventure.” But no mention is 
made of the countries into which he went. It 
is fabled that he was accompanied on this expe- 
dition by his Bainleannán, or female sprite, 
named Nair, from whom he was called Niadh 
Nairi, i.e. Nair’s hero, which is a far more ro- 
mantic explanation of the name than that dis- 
gusting one given by Keating, óbviously from 
some Munster calumniator of the race of Here- 
mon. The following notice of this expedition 
of King Crimhthann is given in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise ; but it would appear to have 
been interpolated by Mageoghegan, who evi- 
dently had a copy of a romantic tale of Crimh- 


* 


thann's adventure : 

“It is reported that he was brought by a 
fairy lady into her palace, where, after great 
entertainment bestowed upon him, and after 
they took their pleasure of one another by 
carnal knowledge, she bestowed a gilt coach 
with a sum of money on him as love-token ; 
and soon after he died.” 

- O'Flaherty says that this Nair was King 
Crimhthann’s queen.—See Ogygia, p. 294. — 

k Cedach- Crimhthainn.—Michael O'Clery ex- 
plains the word ceoac by bpnac (a cloak) in his 
Glossary, and adduces the Ceoaé Cpromeainn 
as an example. From this it is evident that this 
cloak was celebrated in Irish romantic stories. 


94 


plabpaó ngeal apccaw (coppa. Ro bprá céo cumal an plabpaó hip maille 
le mépan do pevord orle. i 

Qop Cpiope, a veich. Cfn céo bliadain vo pige Caipppe Cinncaic, rap 
mapbad na paonclann 06 cen motha uacao cépna ap an opcom m po hopcao 
na huaple lap na hCh¢eachtuachorb. CAciad na cpi paon acpullacup 
uacha an ronbaro pin. Pepavhac Pronnp(chenach, occa piol cCuinn Céo- 
cachag, Tiobpaoe Tipeach, occáo Val nApawe, 7 Copb Olum, OCCÓO 
pogpawd Eoganachca hi Mumam. Agup coh rape bá hi mbponnaib a 
maiépeaé lubpioc camp. bame mén mgs Alban ba mača oPeanadach 
Pionnpfécnach, Cpuipe ing(n pigh bnCcan matai Cuipo Olum, 7 Chine mg(n 
nígh Saran matain Ciobparoe Tipigh. 


annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [10. 


ı Cairbre Cinncait: i. e. Cairbre the Cat- 
headed. Keating states that he was so called 
because he had ears like those of a cat. In the 
Leabhar- Gabhala of the O'Clerys a more de- 
tailed account of the murder of the Milesian 
nobility by the Firbolgic plebeians is given, of 
which the following is a literal translation : 

“ The Attacotti of Ireland obtained great sway 
over the nobility, so that the latter were all cut 
off, except those who escaped the slaughter in 
which the nobles were exterminated by the At- 
tacots. The Attacotti afterwards set up Cairbre 
Caitcheann, one of their own race, as their king. 
'These are the three nobles that escaped from this 
massacre, namely: Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, 
from whom are descended the race of Conn of the 
Hundred Battles; Tibraide Tireach, from whom 
. arethe Dal-Araidhe; and Corb Olum, from whom 
are the nobles of the race of Eimhear Finn. These 
sons were in their mother's wombs when they 
escaped from the massacre of Magh-Cro, in Con- 
naught; and each of the three queens went re- 
spectively over sea. Bainé, the daughter of 
the king of Alba, was the mother of Fearadhach ; 
Cruife, the daughter of the king of Britain, was 
the mother of Corb Olum, who was otherwise 
called Deirgtheine ; and Aine, the daughter of 


the king of Saxony, was the mother of Tipraidé - 


Tireach. Evil, indeed, was the condition of 
Ireland in the time of this Cairbre, for the 
earth did not yield its fruits to the Attacotti 
after the great massacre which they had made 
of the nobility of Ireland, so that the corn, 
fruits, and produce of Ireland were barren; for 
there used to be but one grain upon the stalk, 
one acorn upon the oak, and one nut upon the 
hazel. Fruitless were her harbours; milkless 
her cattle; so that a general famine prevailed 
over Ireland during the five years that Cairbre 
was in the sovereignty. Cairbre afterwards 
died, and the Attacotti offered the sovereignty of 
Ireland to Morann, son of Cairbre. He was a 
truly intelligent and learned man, and said that 
he would not accept of it, as it was not his he- 
reditary right; and, moreover, he said that the 
scarcity and famine would not cease until they 
should send for the three legitimate heirs, to the 
foreign countries” [where they were], “namely, 
Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, Corb Olum, and Ti- 
braide Tireach, and elect Fearadhach as king, for 
to him it was due, because his father” [the last 
monarch] “ had been killed in the massacre we 
have mentioned, whence his mother, Bainé, had 
escaped. This was done at Morann’s suggestion, 
and it was to invite Fearadhach to be elected 
king that Morann sent the celebrated Udhacht 


10.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 95 


discharged ; and two greyhounds, with a silver chain between them, which chain 
was worth three hundred cumhals ; with many other precious articles. 

The Age of Christ, 10. The first year of the reign of Cairbre Cinncait!, after 
he had killed the nobility, except a few who escaped from the massacre in which 
the nobles were murdered by the Aitheach Tuatha™. These are the three nobles 
who escaped from them at that time : Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach’, from whom 
are [sprung] all race of Conn of the Hundred Battles ; Tibraide Tireach’, from 
whom are the Dal-Araidhe ; and Corb Olum”, from whom are the kings of the 
Eoghanachts, in Munster’. And as to these, it was in their mothers’ wombs 
they escaped. Baine, daughter of the king of Alba, was the mother of Fear- 
adhach Finnfeachtnach ; Cruife, daughter of the king of Britain, was the mother 
of Corb Olum ; and Aine, daughter of the king of Saxony, was the mother of 


Tibraide Tireach. 


or Testament. The nobles were afterwards sent 
for, and the Attacotti swore by Heaven and 
Earth, the Sun, Moon, and all the elements, 
that they would be obedient to them and their 
descendants, as long as the sea should surround 
Ireland. They then came to Ireland and settled, 
each in his hereditary region, namely, Tipraide 
Tireach, in the east of Ulster; Corb Olum in 
the south, over Munster; and Fearadhach Finn- 
feachtnach, at Teamhair of the Kings.”—Page 
134. 

After this follows, in this work, an anonymous 
poem of forty-eight verses on the massacre of the 
Milesian nobility at. Magh-Cro, where they were 
entertained at a feast by the Aitheach-Tuatha 
or plebeians, and on the restoration of the lawful 
heir. It begins **Soepclanna €peann uile,” 
** the nobles of Ireland all.” 


A detailed account of this massacre of the 


Milesian nobility at Magh-Cro, near Knockmaa, 
in the county of Galway, is preserved in a ma- 
nuseript in the Library of Trin. Coll. Dublin, 
H. 3, 18. . It is entitled Opuigean na n-CLizeac 
Cuaca, i.e. the Palace of the Attacotti. 

m Aitheach- Tuatha.—'This name, usually latin- 
ized Attacotti, is interpreted Giganteam-Gentem 


by Dr. O'Conor (Proleg. i. 74), but ** Plebei- 
orum hominum genus,” by Dr. Lynch and — 
others. They were the descendants of the’ 
Firbolgs and other colonies, who were treated 
as a servile and helot class by the dominant 
Scoti.—See reign of Niall Naeighiallach. 

? Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach: i. e. Fearadhach 
Finn, the Righteous. | ** Feaéenceé .i. pínénca.? 
—QO'Clery. Conn of the Hundred Battles, the 
ancestor of the most distinguished families of 
Ulster and Connaught, was the fourth in descent 
from him; but the royal family of Leinster is 
not descended from him, so that their ancestor 
also escaped this massacre. 

° Tibraide Tireach.—He was king of Ulster 
for thirty years and ancestor of Magennis, Mac 
Artan, and other families of the east of Ulster ; 
but there are other chieftain families of the 
race of Rudhraighe, not descended from him, as 
O’More of Leix, O’Conor Kerry, and O’Conor 
Corcomroe. 

» Corb Olum.— He was otherwise called 
Deirgtheine, and from him Oilioll Olum, King 
of Munster, and ancestor of the most powerful 
families of Munster, was the fourth in descent. 

* Eoghanachts, in Munster.—He is also the 


96 annaza RiIoshachta EIREANN. [14. 


Cop Cmort, a cféap décc. lap mbüc cing blaóna hi pishe n€peann 
vo Chapbpe Carco acbat. Olc tna po bof Epe ppa pemuppiom, 
aimbpich a hioch, ap ni bod aéc en gnóáme ap an cconall, ecconchach a 
hmbip, diopee a cfépa, ncimlionmap a m(p, ap ni bioù acc aen ofpe ap an 


pales. 


Mac von Caipbpe hipm an Mopann momeolach ppp a parce Mopann 


mac Maon. 


Coir Core, a cig vecc. On céo hadam of mabach Pronnpfchenach 
na pigh ór €pmn.. Marh cpa po po bor Eine pma innpiom. Robvap c{pta 
puaimntch na piona. Tipmip an calar a conad. ' lapccmap na hmbiopa, 
bl(chemapa na buain, ceanncpom na coillce. 


^ 


“Qop Cpiope, cpioca a pé. lap ccaié(r oa bhadan ap pichicc hi pighe 
n€peann of fpaòdach Pronop(chenach, mac Cpromeainn Niadnaip, po écc hi 


cC(mpairg. 


Cory Cqpiope, cpiocha a peche. Cn céd badam oPiacach Piono, mac 
Oaipe, me Olucharg, m prghe n€peann. 
Cloip Cpiopc, cpoċa anaor. lap mbit cm bliadna hi pighe nEpeann oon 


ancestor of the equally powerful and numerous 
tribe of Dal-gCais; but he is not the ancestor 
of the O’Driscolls, so that we must infer that 
their ancestor escaped this massacereat Magh- 
Cro. 

r Morann Mac Maein.—The Leabhar- Gabhala 
states that, after the inauguration of Fearadhach 
as monarch of Ireland, he appointed Morann, son 
of Cairbre Cinnchait, as his chief brehon or judge. 
That this Morann had a sin or chain called dh 
Morainn, which, when put around the neck ofa 
guilty person, would squeeze him to suffocation, 
and, when put about the neck of an innocent per- 
son, would expand so as to reach the earth: 

« Moranus ille Carbri filius, judiciis ferendis 
a Rege adhibitus, observantissimus æquitatis 
cultor, anulum habuit ea virtute preditum, ut 
eujus vis judicii sententiam pronuntiaturi, vel 
testis testimonium prolaturi collo circumdatus 
arcté fauces stringeret; si latum unguem ab 


eequo ille, vel hic a veritate discederet. Unde 
vulgari diverbio testium colla Morani anulo 
cingi exoptamus." —Zynch, p. 128. 

'This chain is mentioned in several commen- 
taries on the Brehon Laws, among the ordeals of 
the ancient Irish. Mr. Moore states, in his His- 
tory of Ireland, vol. i. p. 123, that “ the admi- 
nistration of this honest counsellor succeeded in 
earning for his king the honourable title of the 
Just;” and that, “under their joint sway the 
whole country enjoyed a lull of tranquillity as 
precious as it was rare.” But the O’Clerys (ubi 
supra) assert “that Fearadhach proceeded to 
extirpate the Aitheach-Tuatha, or to put them 
under great rent and servitude, to revenge upon 
them the evil deed they had committed in mur- 
dering the nobility of Ireland.”—p. 135. 

Flann synchronizes the Irish monarchs Cairbre 
Niadhnair, Cairbre Caitcheann, and Fearadhach 
Finnfeachtnach, with the Roman emperors Titus 


14.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 97 


The Age of Christ, 14. Cairbre Caitcheann, after having been five years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, died. Evil was the state of Ireland during his 
reign; fruitless her corn, for there used to be but one grain on the stalk ; 
fruitless her rivers ; milkless her cattle; plentiless her fruit, for there used to 


be but one acorn on the oak. 


Son to this Cairbre was the very intelligent Morann, who was usually called 


Morann mac Maein'. 


The Age of Christ, 15. The first year of Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach as 
king over Ireland ; good was Ireland during his time. The seasons were right 
tranquil The earth brought forth its fruit; fishful its river-mouths; milkful 


the kine ; heavy-headed the woods. 


The Age of Christ, 36. Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, son of Crimhthann 
Niadhnair, after having spent twenty-two years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 


died at Teamhair. 


The Age of Christ, 37. The first year of Fiatach Finn, son of Daire, son 
of Dluthach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 
The Age of Christ, 39. This Fiatach Finn’ (from whom are the Dal- 


and Domitian, and adds, that Domitian died in 
the reign of Fearadhach, Tigernach totally omits 
Cairbre Cinnchait, as being an usurper. Keat- 
ing makes Cairbre Cinnchait succeed Fiacha 
Finolaidh ; but he is clearly wrong, as shewn 
by Dr. Lynch in his translation of Keating’s 
work, in which he writes the following remark 
on the misplaciüg of this plebeian usurper in 
the regal catalogue: 

* Ad primum Cremthono successorem assig- 
nandum Ketingus ad semitam flectit ab Antiquis 
Historicis minimé tritam: nam ille Cremthono 
filium ejus FeradachumFinnfachtnaum: illi Car- 
brium Caticipitem in serie Regum Hibernis 
ponunt: et hanc sententiam, quos vidi Annales 
Hibernici, omnia metrica Monarcharum Hiber- 
nie alba, et Synchronorum Liber, Psalterio Cas- 
selensi, et Odugenani miscellaneis insertus, et à 
me in illius apographo, et in hujus autographo 
lectus (in quo illorum Principatum, in singulis 


orbis terrarum Monarchiis, qui a Nino ad Ho- 
norium et Arcadium tenuerunt, series texitur, 
Regibus Hibernis, qui synchroni singulis erant 
allextis) sua comprobatione confirmant; ut pro- 
inde mirer quid Ketingo mentem immisit, ut 
Carbrium, suo motum ordine, non modo post 
memoratum Feradachum, sed etiam post duos 
ejus successores, in regum nomenclaturá collo- 
caret. Liceat igitur eum, inter Hibernie Reges 
eo loco figere, quem illi veterum omnium His- 
toricorum adstipulatio adstruit."——p. 127. 

$ Fiatach Finn: i.e. Fiatach the Fair. Flann 
synchronizes Fiatach Finn and Fiacha Finno- 
laidh with Trajan, the Roman emperor. Tigher- 
nach, who makes Fiacha Finnolaidh succeed his 
father, Fearadhach Finnfeachtnach, does not 
mention this Fiatach Finn as monarch of Ire- 
land. He only makes him reign king of Emania, 
or Ulster, for sixteen years, and this seems 
correct, though it may have happened that he 


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98 ANNALA griosghachca EIREANN. [40. 


Piacach Pion po (o ccáo Dal pPiacach 1 nUlcaib) oo pocaip la Piacha 
Fionnpolaò. 

Cop Cpiopc, clépaca bhadam. On céo badam vo pmghe Piachach 
Piompoland óp Epmn. ; 

Gop Cpiopc, caoga a pé. lap mbüé p(chc mblaóna oécc hi píghe 
‘n€peann vPiachad Prionnpolaid po mapbad é lap na coiccfochaib cpe 
comaiple na nQhe(chcuach 1 nopecain Moighe bolg. Aciav na corccevhargh 
lap a cconchaip. Elim mac Connpaé pí Ulad, Sanb mac Clic, me Magach, 
mgh Connaéc, Poinbpe mac Pine pí Muman, q Eochaw Cinc(no. pi Largh. 
Ni parpgoibpiom vo clomn achcmad aen mac boí hi mbpomn Etne mgfn pí 
Alban, Tuatal avacomnaic. 

Qoip Cort, caocca peachc. On céo bliadam vo pighe €um mic 
Conpac. 

Clip Core, p(chemogac a pé. lap mbfic piche bliabam hn pige op 
€pmn o€lim mac Conpach vo pocha hi ccach Cichle la Cuachal C(chc- 
map. Oo pao Oia diogla hi ccionad a migníom pop Olic(cheuacoib. pm 
parmup Elim ipin pige 1 Epe oo bt gan ioch, gan bliochc, gan mfp, gan 
lapec,7] gan nac mopmant ale, o po mapbpac Chich(cheuacha Piacha bus 
olad md opgoin Moige bolg 50 pé Thuatail C(chemanp. 

Cloip Chmpe, céo a pé. Tap mbüch cpiocha bhadan hi pighe Osee 
oo Cuachal C(chemap copam lá Mal mac Rocpawde m Ulad hi Mogh 


was a more powerful man than the legitimate the south-east of the county of Cavan, and ex- 
sovereign, tending into Meath.—See A. M. 3859. 

t Dal-Fiatach: i.e. the tribe or race of Fia- * Aichill.—Also written Achaill. According 
tach Finn. ‘This was a warlike tribe seated in to all the copies of the Dinnsenchus, this was 
the present county of Down. In the twelfth the ancient name of the hill of Skreen, near 
century Mac Donlevy, who offered such brave Tara, in the county of Meath.—See O*Flaherty's 
opposition to Sir John De Courcy, was the head Ogygia, partiii.c.45. Flann synchronizes Elim 
of this family. and his successor Tuathal with the Roman Em- 

" FiachaFinnfholaidh: i.e. Fiacha of the white peror Adrian. The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
Cattle. “A candore quo Hibernie boves, illo agree with the Four Masters, giving him a reign 
Rege, insignabantur, cognomen illud adeptus: of twenty years. 

Finn enim candorem, et olaidh bovem, signifi- Y Tuathal Teachtmhar: i.e. Tuathal the Legi- 
cat.” Lynch, p.199. The Annals of Clonmac- timate. Flann synchronizes this monarch with 
noise give this Fiacha a reign of only seven years. the Roman Emperor, Adrian; and Tighernach, 

w Magh-bolg.—Now Moybolgue, a parish in who gives him a reign of thirty years, says that 


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40.) - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 99 


Fiatach' in Uladh), after having been three years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
was slain by Fiacha Finnfolaidh. 

The Age of Christ, 40. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Finnfolaidh 
over Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 56. Fiacha Finnfolaidh", after having been seventeen 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was killed by the provincial kings, at the 
instigation of the Aitheach-Tuatha, in the slaughter of Magh-bolg". These 
were the provincial kings by whom he was killed : Elim, son of Conra, King 
of Ulster ; Sanbh, son of Ceat Mac Magach, King of Connaught ; Foirbre, son 
of Fin, King of Munster ; and Eochaidh Aincheann, King of Leinster. He left 
of children but one son only, who was in the womb of Eithne, daughter of the 
King of Alba [Scotland]. Tuathal was his [the son's] name. 

The Age of Christ, 57. The first year of the reign of Elim, son of Conra. 

.The Age of Christ, 76. Elim, son of Conra, after having been twenty years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain in the battle of Aichill*, by Tuathal 
Teachtmhar. God took vengeance on the Aitheach-Tuatha for their evil deed, 
during the time that Elim was in the sovereignty, namely, Ireland was without 
corn, without milk, without fruit, without fish, and without every other great 
advantage, since the Aitheach-Tuatha had killed Fiacha Finnolaidh in the 
slaughter of Magh-Bolg, till the time of Tuathal Teachtmhar. 

The Age of Christ, 106. Tuathal Teachtmhar’, after having been thirty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Mal, son of Rochraidhe, King 


or Attacotti, of Ireland, whom he reduced to 
obedience in the various provinces; of his for- 
mation of Meath as mensal lands for the mo- 
narchy; and of his having celebrated the Feis- 
Teamhrach, at which the princes and chieftains 
of the kingdom assembled, who all swore by the 
sun, moon, and all the elements, visible and in- 


he was slain in the last year of Antoninus Pius 
by Mal. Now Adrian reigned from the death 
of Trajan, A. D. 117 to A. D. 138, when he was 
succeeded by Antoninus Pius, who reigned till 
161. Therefore Tuathal’s death occurred in 
160, which shews that the chronology of the 
Four Masters is antedated by many years. 


The Annals of Clonmacnoise, the Leabhar- 
Gabhala of the O’Clerys, Keating’s History of 
Ireland, the Book of Lecan, and various other 
ancient and modern authorities, too numerous 
to be here particularized, contain detailed ac- 
counts of 133 battles fought by him in the dif- 
ferent provinces, against the Aitheach-Tuatha, 


visible, that they would never contest the sove- 
reignty of Ireland with him or his race ; of his 
having established solemn conventions at Tlacht- 
gha, Uisneach, and Tailltinn, &c.; imposed a fine 
on the King of Leinster called the Borumha- 
Laighean, which was paid by the Leinstermen 
during the reigns of forty monarchs of Ireland. 


02 


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100 ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. — (107. 


Line, hi Mom m 6éaza,1 nOal Qpawe an bail ap a mbpáche Ollap 1 Ollapba 
an oa abumn. Ceanngubha amm an énuic m po mapbad pom peb oeapbup 


am pan :; ; 
Ollap 7 Ollapba, 


Ceann guba cpiachach cuatach, 
mboap anmonoa gan adban, 
an lá oo mapbao Cuachal. 


Cgup amal ay pubpad bfop, 


Tuatal oap ppme p(ponn, 
plat Mide mlb galann, 
saocca plait Ppfmann pinne 
in pe enc Hlinve an Gabann. 


Cop Chpipe, céo a peace. An ċéo bliaóbam oo Mal, mac Rocparóe, 


mic Catbada, hi pige n€peann. 


— Gop Che, céo a vere. lap mbeié ceitpe bliadna na ms ór Epmd vo 
Mal, mac Roénarde, oo éeap la Perolimio Reccmap. 


There is a very curious Irish tract on the ori- 
ginal imposition and final remittance of this 
Borumha, or Cow-tribute, preserved in the Book 
of Lecan, and another copy of it in a vellum 
manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, 
Dublin, H. 2. 18, which has been prepared for 
publication by the Irish Archeological Society. 
The yearly amount of this tribute is stated as 
follows, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise : 

« One hundred and fifty cows; one hundred 
and fifty hoggs; one hundred and fifty cover- 
letts, or pieces of cloth to cover beds withal ; 
one hundred and fifty caldrons, with two passing 
great caldrons consisting in breadth and deep- 
ness five fists, for the king’s own brewing; one 
hundred and fifty couples of men and women in 
servitude, to draw water on their backs for the 
said brewing; together with one hundred and 
fifty maids, with the king of Leinster’s own 
daughter, in like bondage and servitude.” 

The most ancient authority for the battles 


of Tuathal is in a poem by Maelmura Othna, 
beginning “ Cac op cmataib Cuacal Teaée- 
map, i. e. Lord over lords was Tuathal Teacht- 
mhar,” of which there are various ancient copies 
still preserved. The O’Clerys have inserted into : 
their Leabhar- Gabhala this poem and two other 
ancient ones on the marriages and deaths of Tua- 
thal’s daughters, but without giving the names 
of the authors. 

* The two rivers, Ollar and Ollarbha.— The 
names of these rivers are now obsolete, but 
there can be no doubt as to their modern names. 
The Ollar is the Six-mile Water, and the 
Ollarbha is the Larne Water. The Larne river 
rises by two heads in the parish of Bally- 
nure; the Six-mile Water, in the parish of 
Ballycor, a little south-west of Shane’s Hill: 
after a course of about 100 perches it becomes 
the boundary between the parish of Kilwaugh- 
ter, as well as between the baronies of Upper 
Glenarm and Upper Antrim. Following the 


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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


101 


of Ulster, in Magh-Line, at Moin-an-chatha, in Dal-Araidhe, where the ls 
rivers, Ollar and Ollarbha*, spring. Ceanngubha is the name of the hill on 
which he was killed, as this quatrain proves : 


Ollar and Ollarbha, 


i Ceann-gubha’, lordly, noble, 
Are not names [given] without a cause, 
The day that Tuathal was killed. 


And as was also said : 


Tuathal, for whom the land was fair, 

Chief of Meath of a thousand heroes, 

Was wounded,—that chief of fair Freamhainn’,— 
On the side of the hill of Gleann-an-Ghabhann*. 


The Age of Christ, 107. The first year of Mal, son of Rochraidhe, in the 


sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 110. After Mal, son of Rochraidhe?, had been four 
years king over Ireland, he was slain by Feidhlimidh Rechtmhar. 


direction of a ravine, which runs down the face 
of the hill, it arrives at the townland of Head- 
wood, in Kilwaughter parish, near the place 
where the three baronies of Upper Glenarm, 
Upper Antrim, and Lower Belfast. In this 
townland there is a spot where a branch of the 
Six-mile Water can be turned into the Larne 
river; and here is a large bog, probably the 
Moin-an-chatha, or Battle-bog, mentioned in the 
text, lying between the two rivers. On the 
face of Ballyboley Hill, about a quarter of a 
mile to the west, is a place called Carndoo, and 
here, under the brow of the hill, is a pile con- 
sisting of several huge stones, ranged in an 
irregular circle, the space within being chiefly 
occupied by six upright stones, disposed in 
pairs, and supporting two blocks above five feet 
long, and from two to three feet square, laid 
horizontally upon them.—See Reeves’s Ecclesi- 
astical Antiquities of the Dioceses of Down, Connor, 
and Dromore, p. 268. 


* Ceann-gubha: i.e. Head, or Hill of Grief. 
This is doubtlessly Ballyboley hill, and Tua- 
thal’s monument is the pile at Carndoo above 
described. 

> Freamhainn.—A famous hill, rising over 
Loch Uair, or Lough Owel, near the town of 
Mullingar, in Westmeath. 

* Gleann-an-Ghabhann: i. e. the Valley of the 
Smith. This was probably the name of that 
part of the valley of the Six-mile Water nearest 
to Ballyboley hill. 

3 Mal, son of Rochraidhe.—Tighernach does 
not give this Mal as monarch of Ireland, but 
makes Feidhlimidh Rechtmhar immediately suc- 
ceed his father, Tuathal, for nine years; but 
Mal is given as monarch by Flann, who syn- 
chronizes him with Antoninus Pius, and in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which he is said to 
have been contemporaneous with the celebrated 
physician Galen, who flourished from A. D. 143 
to 187. j 


102 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[1i 


Qoi Cpiopc, ceo a haon nvéce. Cn cero bliadam op olim Reécrhop, 
mac Cuachail Cechemoip, na mgh op Epmn. bame mé Scáil mata an 


Peolimo yu. 
ann po havnaicherpi. 
1 nUllcoib. 


Ap uache anmmsgten Cnoc mbaine la hOipgiallenb, ap ip 
Qr lé bop po clapad Reach Mop Mhaighe Ufmhna 


Cloip Cpiopc, ceo anaor décc. lap mbfic naoi mbliadna hi pighe n€peann 


oPGolimio Reachcman acbanl. 
Qoi Chpiopc, ceo piche. 

limi Pipupslaip, hi prghe n€peann. 
Qor Chpiopc, ceo piche avó. 


Cn céd bliadain vo Cataoin Mop, mac Peio- 


lap mblith cm blaòna na mg op Epinn 


do Cataoin Mop oo cean la Conn, 7 la Cuarghnibh Ceampa, hi geat Moighe 


h Ggha. 


Qoi Chpiopc, céd piche a tpi. On ceio Bliabam oo Conn Ceocachach 
na mg op Epmn. CLnoróce geine Cum poppich cóicc pníompóro go C (mpaig 


na no cadbpfoh piam go pm. 


* Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar.—The author of the 
fourth Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan, 
in his Trias Thaum., c. i., says that this monarch 
was called Reachtmor, because he instituted great 
laws, “ Reacht enim Scoticé Legem sonet." 
Keating says that he was called Reachtmhar, be- 
cause he was the first that established Lex 
talionis in lreland ; but O'Flaherty says that 
he changed the law of retaliation into a more 
lenient penalty, according to the nature of the 
crime, which penalty is called eruic.— Ogygia, 
iii. 57. 

The Book of Lecan, fol. 300, 6, places the 
commencement of this monarch's reign in the 
time of M. Aurelius, which agrees with Tigher- 
nach's Annals. Aurelius reigned from A. D. 161 
to 180. 

f Scal.—O'Flaherty (Ogygia, part iii. c. 56) 
calls him Scal Balbh, and says that he was 
King of Finland, the inhabitants of which, as 
well as those of Denmark and Norway, were 
called Fomorians by the Irish. 


8 Cnoc-Baine: i.e. Baine’s hill This was 


CAciacc a nanmanna, Slighe Apal, Slighe 


the name of a hill situated in the plain of Magh- 
Leamhna, otherwise called Clossach, in Tyrone; 
but it is now obsolete. 

» Rath-mor, of Magh- Leamhna: i. e. the Great 
Rath of Magh Leamhna. This was also in Clos- 
sach.—See A. M. 3727. 

i Luaighni of Teamhair.—A people in Meath, 
the position of whom is determined by a passage 
in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. 
c. 10, which places the church of Domhnach- 
mor-Muighe Echenach in their territory. 

x Magh h-Agha.—According to the Will of 
Cathaeir Mor, as preserved in the Books of Lecan 
and Ballymote, Cathaeir was slain by the Fian 
or militia of Luaighne in the battle of Tailltin. 
According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise, “King 
Cahier's armie was overthrown and himself 
slaine, and buried near the River of Boyne." 
Dr. O'Conor does not seem to believe that Ca- 
thaeir Mor was monarch of Ireland.— See his 
edition of these Annals, p. 76, note. It is 
curious to remark that in about 1000 years 
after this period the descendants of Conn and 


111.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


103 


The Age of Christ, 111. The first year of the reign of Feidhlimidh 
Reachtmhar*, son of Tuathal Teachtmhar, as king over Ireland. Baine, daughter 
of Scal', was the mother of this Feidhlimidh. It was from her Cnoc-Baine?, in 
Oirghialla, for it was there she was interred. It was by her also Rath-mor, of 


Magh-Leamhna’, in Ulster, was erected. 


The Age of Christ, 119. Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, after having been nine 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died. 

The Age of Christ, 120. The first year of Cathaeir Mor, son of Feidh- 
limidh Firurghlais, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 122. Cathaeir Mor, after having been three years king 
over Ireland, was slain by Conn, and the Luaighni of Teamhair!, in the battle 


of Magh h-Agha*. 


The Age of Christ, 123. The first year of Conn of the Hundred Battles 
as king over Ireland. The night of Conn’s birth were discovered! five principal 
roads [leading] to Teamhair, which were never observed till then. These are 


Cathaeir contended for power as fiercely as their 
ancestors, namely, Roderic O'Conor, King of 
Connaught and Monarch go brpeapabpa, i. e. 
cum renitentid, and Dermot Mac Murrough, King 
of Leinster; for although they could not boast 
of more than one monarch of Ireland in either 
family for a period of at least 1000 years, still 
did each regard himself as fit for the monarchy 
(the one as already crowned, the other as fit 
to be crowned); while O'Neill of Ulster, and 
O'Melaghlin of Meath, looked upon both as 
usurpers. In the speech said, by Giraldus Cam- 
brensis, to have been delivered by Dermot Mac 
Murrough to his army, he is represented as 
having spoken as follows : 

“Sed si Lageniam querit: quoniam alicui 
Connactensium aliquando subjecta fuit: Ea ra- 
tione et nos Connactiam petimus, quia nostris 
aliquoties cum totius Hibernie subdite fuerat 
monarchia." — Hibernia Eapugnata, lib. i. c. 8. 

Dermot here alludes to Dermot, son of Do- 
nough, surnamed Maelnambo, who was his great 


great grandfather, and who, according to the. 


Annals of Clonmaenoise, was King of Ireland, 
of the Danes of Dublin, and of Wales, in 1069; 
and to Cathaeir More, from whom he was the 
twenty-fourth in descent, for he could boast of 
no other monarch of all Ireland in his family. 
Roderic O'Conor could reckon his own father 
only among the monarchs of his line up to the 
time of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin in the fourth 
century ; for though his ancestor, Brian, was 
the eldest son of this King Eochaidh, yet the 
claims of him and his race were set aside by 
the more warlike race of Niall of the Nine Hos- 
tages, the ancestor of the illustrious family of | 
O’Neill, for nearly 1000 years. 

! Were discovered.—This looks as if it was 
believed that these roads sprang into existence 
of their own accord, as if for joy at the birth of 
Conn; and they are spoken of in this sense by 
Lughaidh O'Clery, in his poetical controversy 
with Teige Mac Dary (see Ogygia, iii. c. 60); 
but the probability is that they were finished 
by King Feidhlimidh the Lawgiver on the birth- 
day of his son, Conn. 


104, ANNALA RIOFhAchea EIREANN. — (157. 


Mhodluaépa, Slíghe Cualann, Shghe Mop, Slighe Oála. Suge Mép cpa 


'apipióe Erce Riava 2. pabponna €peann a 06 ecip Chonn 4 €oghan Mop. 


Gop Chpiope, ceo caocca a peache. lap mbfich cing bliadna tmocha 
hi prghe n€peann vo Conn Cevcachaé concaip la Ciobparoe Tineach, mac 
Manr, mic Rochparde, pı Ulad hi cCuoich Amporp. 


™ Slighe- Asail.—This was a western road ex- 
tending from the hill of Tara, in the direction 
of Loch-Usir (Lough Owel), near Mullingar, in 
Westmeath. A part of this road is distinctly 
referred to in Leabhar-na-h Uidhri (fol. 7, b, a), 
as extending from Dun-na-nAirbhedh to the 
Cross at Tigh-Lomain. 

a Slighe-Midhluachra.—This is often men- 
tioned as a road leading into the north of Ire- 
land, but its exact position has not been deter- 
mined. 

» Slighe-Cualann.—This extended from Tara 
in the direction of Dublin and Bray ; and its 
position was, perhaps, not very different from 
the present mail-coach road. 

? Slighe-Mor: i e. the great way or road. 
This was a western line, the position of which 
is determined by the Eiscir-Riada.—See note ". 

* Slighe-Dala.—This was the great south- 
western road of ancient Ireland, extending 
from the southern side of Tara Hill in the di- 
rection of Ossory. The castle of Bealach-mor, 
in Ossory, marks its position in that territory. 
— See Bealach-mor Muighe-Dala, A. D. 1580. 

* The Eiscir-Riada.— This is a continuous line 
of gravel hills, extending from Dublin to Cla- 
rinbridge, in the county of Galway. It is men- 
tioned in ancient Irish manuscripts as extending 
from Dublin to Clonard, thence to Clonmaenoise 
and Clonburren, and thence to Meadhraighe, a 
peninsula extending into the bay of Galway.— 
Lib. Lecan, fol. 167, a, a, and Circuit of Muir- 
cheartach Mac Neill, pp. 44, 45, note 128. 

This division of Ireland into two nearly equal 
parts, between Conn of the Hundred Battles and 
Eoghan Mor, otherwise called Mogh Nuadhat, 


is mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach, 
A.D. 166 ; but no particulars of the battles or 
cause of dispute between these rivals are given 
by that grave annalist. The writer of Cath 
Maighe-Léana, however, gives a minute account 
of the cause of the dispute, and of the battle, 
which savours much of modern times; and the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by Ma-: 
geoghegan, contain the following notice of Conn, 
and of the dissension between him and the head 
of the race of Heber, who was king of the 
southern Irish, which also savours strongly of 
modern times. 

* Conn Kedcahagh having thus slain King Ca- 
hire, succeeded himself, and was more famous 
than any of his ancestors for his many victories 
and good government. He was called Conn 
Kedcahagh, of? [i. e. from] **a hundred battles 
given” [i. e. fought] “ by him in his time. He 
is the common ancestor, for the most part, of the 
north of Ireland, except the Clanna-Rowries, 
and the sept of Luthus, son of Ithus. He had 
three goodly sons, Conly, Criona, and Art Enear; 
and three daughters, Moyne” [the mother of 
Fearghus Duibhdeadach, King of Ulster, and 
monarch of Ireland], * Sawe” [Sadhbh or Sab- 
bina], “and Sarad” [the queen of Conaire II]. 
Sawe was married to” [Maicniadh, for whom 
she had Lughaidh Maccon, monarch of Ireland, 
and after his death to Oilioll Olum] “ the King 
of Monster, by whom she had many sons, as 
the ancestors of the Macarties, O’Briens, O'Ker- 
vells, O’Mahonies, and divers others of the west” 
[south ?] “ part of Ireland, by which means they 
have gotten themselves that selected and choice 
name much used by the Irish poets at the time 


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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


105 


their names: Slighe-Asail", Slighe-Midhluachra’, Slighe-Cualann’, Slighe-Mor’, 


Slighe-Dala*. 


Slighe-Mor is [that called] Eiscir-Riada’, i. e. the division-line 


of Ireland into two parts, between Conn and Eoghan Mor. 

The Age of Christ, 157. Conn of the Hundred Battles, after having been 
thirty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Tibraite Tireach, 
son of Mal, son of Rochraidhe, King of Ulster, at Tuath-Amrois’. 


of their commendations and praises, called Sile 
Sawa, which is as much in English as the Issue 
of Sawe. 

* Owen More, alias Moynod” [Mogh Nuadhat] 
* warred upon him a long time. He was King 
of Monster, and was so strong that he brought 
the king to divide with him, and allow him, 
as his share, from Esker-Riada” [southwards] 
* beginning at” [that part of] ** Dublin where- 
upon the High-street is set” [i. e. situated], 
“and extending to Ath-Cleyth Mearie, in Tho- 
mond” [recte in Connaught]. ‘‘ Owen’s share 
was of the south, and of him took the name 
Lehmoye or Moye’s half in deale. King Conn’s 
share stood of the north part of the said Esker, 
which of him was likewise called Leagh-Conn, 
or Conn’s halfe in deale, and they do retain 
these names since. 

“ This division of Ireland stood for one year 
after, until Owen More, alias Moynodd, being 
well aided by his brother-in-law, the King of 
Spaine's son, and a great army of Spaniards, 
picked occasion to quarrell and fall out with 
the King for the customs of the Shippings of 
Dublin, alleging that there came more shipps 
of King Conn’s side, then” [than] “of his 
side, and that he would needs have the customs 
in common between them, which King Conn 
refused.; whereupon they were encensed migh- 
tily against each other, and met, with their two 
great armies, at the plains and Heath of Moy- 
lena, in the territory of Fercall, where the ar- 
. mies of Owen More were overthrown, himself 
and Fregus, the King of Spaine's son, slain, and 


afterwards burried in two little Hillocks, now 
to be seen at the said plains, which, as some 
say, are the tombs of the said Owen and Fregus. 

“ The King having thus slain and vanquished 
his enemies, he reigned peaceably and quietly 
twenty years, with great encrease and plenty 
of all good things among his subjects through- 
out the whole kingdom, so as all, in general, 
had no want, until the King's brothers, Eochie 
Finn and Fiagha Swye, seeing the King had 
three goodly sons, Art, Conly, and Criona, 
which were like to inherit the Crown after 
their father's death, sent privy message to Ti- 
prady Tyreagh, son of King Mall Mac Rochrye, 
who was slain by Felym Reaghtwar, the said 
King Conn's father; whereupon the said Ti- 
bradie, with a very willing heart, came up to 
Taragh, accompanied with certain other male- 
factors, assaulted the King at unawares, and 
wilfully killed him, on Tuesday, the 20th of 
October, in Anno 172 [recte 173], in the 100th 
year of the King's age, as he was making great 
preparations towards the great Feast of Taragh, 
called Ffeis- Taragh, which yearly, on Hollantide, 
and for certain days after, was held.” 

5 Tuath-Amrois. — Not identified. It must 
have been the name of a district very near the 
hill of Tara, as King Conn was murdered while 
making preparations for the Feis Teamrach, ac- 
cording to the older authorities. ' 

Flann synchronizes Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, 
Cathaeir Mor, and Conn of the Hundred Battles, 
with M. Aurelius; and says that Conn Cedcha- 
thach gained the battle of Maghlena in the reign 


NE EAT re SINN ee 


106 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. (158. 


Qoip Chpire, céd caocca a hocc. 
Movha Cama, hi pighe uap Epmn. 

Qoip Chpiope, ceo peapeca a cmg. lap mbfich ocht mbliadna hi pighe 
n€peann vo Chonaime, mac Moda Lama, copca la NGirmd mac Spuibgmn. 
Tm merc ‘lap an cConarpe hipm, Coipbpe Mupce, ó parc(p Mupecpaige, 
Caipppe bapcam, o ccáó baipemg hi eCopca baipecinn, 7 Cappe Riaca, 
o bpulic Dál Riaca. Saparo mgion Cumn Ceocachaig machaip na mac 
pa Conaipe, mic Mooha Lamha. 

Qop Chpipe, ceo peareca apé. On ceo badam vo prshe Cine, me 
Cumn Ceocacharg. | 

Clorp Cops, ceo ochemogac apé. CE haon pic(c oGQIpe, mac Cumn Cev- 
cachong, hinge nGpeann. Cach Cmo Peabpac pa macaib Oiliolla Qulum, 
4 map na cm Combpib (clann Conarpe, mic Moòa Lama a. Cambpe Maree, 
Camppe Riava q Caipppe bapcam) pop Oavepa opa, pop Nemió mac 


Cn cero bliadain oo Conaipe, mac 


of Commodus. —See Dr. O'Conor's Prolegomena, 
pp. xi xii. xvii. 

* Cairbre Musc.—He was the ancestor of all 
the tribes called Muscraighe, in Munster, as 
Muscraighe-Breogain, now the barony of Clan- 


william, in the south-west of the county of. 


Tipperary; Muscraighe-Mitine, now the barony 
of Muskerry, in the county of Cork; and Mus- 
eraighe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper and 
Lower Ormond, in the north of the county of 


‘Tipperary. — Ogygia, iii. c. 63. Dr. O'Brien 


doubts, in his Zrish Dictionary, voce MuscrivH, 
that the existence of these Carbrys rests on any 
certain historical foundation; but there is as 
much authority from Irish history for the ex- 
istence of these Carbrys, as for any other fact 
belonging to the same period.—See Leabhar na 
gCeart, p. 42, note Y. 

u Baiscnigh.— This tribe inhabited the district 
now comprised in the baronies of Moyarta and 
Clonderalaw, in the south-west of the county of 
Clare, where, after the establishment of sur- 
names, the two chief families of the race were 
the O'Baiscinns and O'Donnells. 


w Dal-Riada.—The descendants of Cairbre 
Rioghfhoda, i. e. of the long ulna, were the 
Dalriads, a tribe in the north of the present 
county of Antrim, long since extinct or un- 
known there, and the more illustrious tribe of 
the Dalriads of Scotland, of whom O'Flaherty, 
in his Ogygia (ubi suprà), treats, and. also Pin- 
kerton and other modern writers. "The earliest 
writer who mentions the settlement of the Dal- 
Riada in Scotland is Bede, who, in his Keel. 
Hist. lib. i. c. i. says: ** Scoti, Duce Reuda de 
Hibernia egressi, amicitia vel ferro sibimet in- 
ter Pictos, sedes quas hactenus habent, vindi- 
caverunt. In about three hundred years after 
the settlement of Cairbre Riada in Scotland, 
the Dal-Riada of Ulster, who were of the same 
race, headed by the sons of Erc, son of Eo- 
chaidh Muinreamhar, invaded Scotland, and 
founded another Dal-Riada in that kingdom. 
The territory first acquired by the Gaeidhil or 
Scoti, among the Picts, received the name of 
Airer-Gaeidheal, i.e. the region or distriet of 
the Gaeidhil, now shortened to Argyle (and 
not Ard na nGaidheal, as O’Flaherty has guess- 


158.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 107 


The Age of Christ, 158. The first year of Conaire, son of Modh-Lamha, 
in sovereignty over Ireland. 1 NT 

The Age of Christ, 165. Conaire, son of Mogh-Lamha, after having been 
eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Neimhidh, son of Sruibhgheann. 
This Conaire had three sons, Cairbre Musc', from whom the Muscraighe are 
called ; Cairbre Baschaein, from whom are the Baiscnigh", in Corca-Baiscinn j 
and Cairbre Riadal, from whom are the Dal-Riada". Saraid, daughter of Conn 
of the Hundred Battles, was the mother of these sons of Conaire, son of Modh- 
Lamha. 

The Age of Christ, 166. The first year of the reign of Art, son of Conn 
of the Hundred Battles. 

The Age of Christ, 186. The twenty-first year of Art, son of Conn of the 
Hundred Battles, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The battle of Ceannfeabhrat* 
by the sons of Oilioll Olum” and the three Cairbres, i. e. Cairbre Muse, Cairbre 
Riada, and Cairbre Bascainn, against Dadera, the Druid; Neimhidh, son of 


ingly assumed.— Ogygia, iii. c. 63, p. 323). The 
settlement of the latter colony in Scotland is 
mentioned by an ancient writer quoted by 
Camden (Britania, tit. Scotia) in the following 
words: “ Fergus filius Eric fuit primus qui de 
semine Chonaire suscepit regnum Albanie a 
Brunalban ad mare Hibernis, et Inse gall, et 
inde reges de semine Fergus regnaverunt in 
Brunalban, sive Brunehere usque ad Alpinum 
filium Eochaidh,” 

The settlement of the Scoti in North Britian 
is mentioned, in the following words, by the 
author of the Life of Cadroe, written about the 
year 1040 : 3 

“ Fluxerunt quotanni, et mare sibi proximum 
transfretantes Eveam Insulam, que nune Jona 
dicitur, repleverunt, Nec satis, post pelagus 
Britannie contiguum, perlegentes, per Rosim 
amnem, Rossiam regionem manserunt: Rigmo- 
nath” [Dun Monaidh?] * quoque Bellethor ur- 
bes, a se procul positas, petentes, possessuri 
vicerunt.”—Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 495. 

x Ceannfeabhrat.—This was the ancient name 


of a part of the mountain of Sliabh Riach to 
the south of Kilmallock, on the confines of the 
counties of Limerick and Cork.—See A. D. 1579 
and 1599. After the defeat of Maccon in the 
battle of Ceannfeabhrat, by his step-father, 
Oilioll Olum, he fled to Wales to solicit assist- 
ance, and in some time after put into the Bay 
of Galway, accompanied by Bene, a Briton, 
and a great number of foreign auxiliaries ; and 
seven days after his arrival (as Tighernach notes) 


Obtained a signal victory over King Art and 


his forces. 

Y Oilioll Olum.—Dr. O'Conor translates this 
name Olillus Archi- Poeta, but the ancient Irish 
writers never understood it in that sense, for 
they never write the word ollam, a chief poet, 
as Dr. O'Conor wishes to make it, but olum, 
which they explain “of the bare ear,” because his 
ear was bit off by Aine, the daughter of a Tuatha- 
De-Danann, named Eogabhal, as he was ravish- 
ing her: “ Inde factum est, ut Olillus Olumus 
quod perinde est ac tempora spoliata auribus, 
appellaretur.” —Lynch. This lady, Aine, whose 


P2 


108 ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. 


Spoibcino, 7 pop ofipcenc nEpeann, ou hi ccopcain Nemid, mac Spoibeinn, 
ní €pna Murman, 7 Oaofna Opuch Darre, vo ceap ona Oaofpa la hEogan, 
mac Orliolla, oo ceap Nemo, mac Spoibginn, la Cambpe Rrgpooa, mac 
Conarpe, a noiogail a achap a. Conaipe buofin. Ro gon Caipbpe Mure 
Lushai 1. Mac Con ma colpca, gup bo bacach 1apom. Ip é pat an pop- 
anma pm map do bi Cugaió. caitnemac vo chom vo bi acc biatad a coilen 
a cci$ a oroeb, 7 do ead ap ballan na con pempaice, gup lean Mac 
con ve. 

Qoi Core, ceo nochat acuice. lap mbüch cpocha bliadam hi ge 
n€peann oCÍpc, mac CumnCéocachaig, concaip hi ccach Moighe Mucnamme 
la Mac Con go na allmapéorb. Topcpacap beop ipm cach ceona mapaon pe 
h€pc, meic a S(tap. Sarobe mgine Cumo a. peache maca Oiliolla Olum, 
vangacup laip 1 nasa Mic Con a nofpbpacap, Eoghan Mop Oubm(pchon, 
Mugconb, Lugha, €ochoró, Oichopb, 7 Tavcc a nanmanna, 1 6émne Opor, 
m Optcan po imp lama poppa. Tonchaip 66mnoe la Lugar Lagha a ecionend 
a bpnáiépec. Liogaipne Ceacanpooa, mac Clengupa 6alb, mc Eachach Pinn- 


father had been killed by Oilioll, resided at and 
gave name to Cnoc-Aine, anglicó Knockany, 
near Bruff, in the county of Limerick, and is 
now traditionally remembered as one of the 
Banshees of the south of Ireland. 

* Mac Con: i.e. Son of the Greyhound. Keat- 
ing gives the same derivation: “Is in Olilli 
domo ut ejus provignus, ut cujus matrem 
Sabham Coni Centiprzlii filiam Olillus uxorem 
habebat, pusillus pusio versatus, et nondum 
vestigia figere peritus ad Olilli eanem venaticum, 
Aquilam Rubram" [Elam Oeapg] ** nomine 
manibus repens accessit, et canis infantulum 
ore sepius arripuit? [recte, ad ubera sorbenda 
accepit] ** nec tamen ab assiduo ad eum accessu 
coerceri potuit, que res illi nomen Maccon pe- 
rerit, quod perinde est ac canis venatici filius." 
— Lynch. : 

This, however, is clearly the guess derivation 
and elucidation of a posterior age. The word 
mac con would certainly denote filius canis, 
but it might also be figuratively used to denote 


son of a hero; and as his father’s name was 
mac nia, son of a hero, it might not, perhaps, 
be considered over presumptuous in an etymo- 
logist of the present day to reject the story, 
about the greyhound bitch, and substitute a 
modern conjecture in its place. 

This Lughaidh Maccon was the head of the 
Ithian race, and chief of the Munster sept called 
Deirgthine. He is the ancestor of the family 
of O’Driscoll, and from him the pedigree of Sir 
Florence O'Driscoll, who flourished in the reign 
of Queen Elizabeth, is deduced by Duald Mac 
Firbis in thirty.generations. O’Driscoll is not 
accounted of the Milesian race by the Irish ge- 
nealogists, because he descended from Ith, the 
uncle of Milidh, or Milesius. ` 

* Magh-Mucruimhe.—This was the name of a 
plain near Athenry, in the county of Galway. 
O'Flaherty states (Ogygia, iii. c. 67) that the 
place where King Art was killed, was called 
Turlach-Airt in his (O'Flaherty's) time, and 
situated between Moyvaela and Kileornan in 


195.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 109 


Sroibhcinn ; and the south of Ireland; where fell Neimhidh, son of Sroibheinn, 
King of the Ernai of Munster; and Dadera, the Druid ofthe Dairinni. Dadera 
was slain by Eoghain, son of Oilioll ; Neimhidh, son of Sroibheinn, by Cairbre 
Rioghfhoda, son of Conaire, in revenge of his own father, i. e. Conaire. Cairbre 
Muse wounded Lughaidh, i. e. Mac Con, in the thigh, so that he was [ever] 
afterwards lame. The cause of this cognomen was: Lughaidh was agreeable 
to a greyhound that was suckling her whelps in the house of his foster-father, 
and he was used to suckle the teat of the aforesaid greyhound, so that Mae Con* 
[son of the greyhound] adhered to him [as a soubriquet]. 

The Age of Christ, 195. After Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred 
Battles, had been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle 
of Magh-Mucruimhe*, by Maccon and his foreigners. In the same battle, along 
with Art, fell also the sons of his sister, Sadhbh, daughter of Conn, namely, the 
seven sons of Oilioll Olum, who had come with him against Maccon, their 
brother. Eoghan Mor’, Dubhmerchon, Mughcorb, Lughaidh, Eochaidh, Dio- 
chorb, and Tadhg, were their names ; and Beinne Brit, King of Britain, was he 
who laid [violent] hands upon them. Beinne was slain by Lughaidh Lagha, in 


revenge ‘of his relatives. 


Aidhne.—See the Map to Tribes and Customs 
of Hy-Many; and Hardiman's edition of O'Fla- 
herty’s Zar- Connaught, p. 43, note *. 

^ Eoghan Mor.—He is the ancestor of all the 
great families of Munster and elsewhere, called 
Eoghanachts by the Irish genealogists. All his 
brothers died without issue except Cormac Cas, 
the ancestor of the O’Briens of Thomond, and 
all the Dal g-Cais, and Cian, the ancestor of 
O’Carroll, O’Meagher, and other families called 
Cianachta, seated in various parts of Ireland. 

€ Lioghairne.—O’ Flaherty calls him Ligurnus, 
When Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred 
Battles, succeeded Conaire II. as Monarch of 
Treland, he banished his uncle, Eochaidh Finn- 
fothart, and his sons, from Meath, because they 
had assassinated his brothers, Conla and Crina, 
and betrayed his father to the Ulstermen. 
Eochaidh, being married to Uchdelbha, the 


Lioghairne® of the Long Cheeks, son of Aenghus 


granddaughter of Cathaeir Mor, proceeded into 
Leinster, and the king of that province bestowed 
upon him and his sons certain districts called 
by posterity Fotharta, from Eochaidh’s surname. 
Of these the two principal were Fotharta-an- 
Chairn, now the barony of Forth, in the county 
of Wexford, and Fotharta-Fea, now the barony 
of Forth, in the county of Carlow. There were 
also Fothart-Airbhreach, near the hill of Bri- 
Eile, now the hill of Croghan, in the King’s 
County; Fotharta Airthir Liffe, in the present 
county of Kildare, and others ; but his race 
became extinct or obscure at an early period in 
all the districts called Fotharta, except Fotharta- 
Fea, where his descendant, O'Nolan, retained 
considerable possessions till the seventeenth cen- 
tury. | 

Incensed at this expulsion of his family, 
Boghairne joined the foreign forces of Maccon 


110 


ANNAZA giosghachca EIREANN. 


[196. 


puachnarnc, po 1mbin lama pop Ape rpm cach pin Morghe Muccpomne, vam 


ccochc do hi pochpaiwe Mic Con. 


Qop Core, céd nochat apé. Cn céo bliabam vo Cugoro, (.. Mac Con) 


. mac Maiemad, hi prghe n€peann. 


Qoi Cpiope, oa ceo piche acmg. lap mbfit cmocha bhadan 1 pighe 
n€peann vo Lughard (.1. Mac Con), mac Marcmaò, concaip vo lai Püpoip, 
mic Comam €oip, 1ap na 10nnapbaó a C(mparg oo Copmac ua Chumn. 

Qoi Cpiopc, oa chéd piche apé. P(pgup Owbdevach, mac lomchaoha, 
na [i$ ór €pmn pyr pé mbliadna, co ccopchaip, hi ccaé Cpionna, la Copbmac 


ua Cumo, oo laih Cogha Lagha. 


Toncpacan laip beóp a va pachan, 


P(pm$ap Porlcleabap, 7 Pepsup boc, cap óp(gaib, oa ngoài P(gup Cay- 


paclach. Ip do po náioheao : , 


Pon an aomlice ag Rat cpó 
` porpcbe na com pP(psupó, 
acb(nc Conbmac ap gle 
m chel a oae pon Laighe. 


1 pochparoe Copbmaic camc Tadg mac Cém 7 Cugaio oon chach him, 
7 ba 1 cinpocpaic an chacha vo paca o Chonbmac vo Chaog an ponn poppa 
cca Ciannachta, 1 Mung Opls, amal ap epoeipe 1 leabponb orle. 


Cloip Cpiopc, oa chéd piche a peache. 


Cn ceo bliadain oo Copbmac, 


mac Cline, mic Cumn Cheochachaig, na pig ór Epino. 


against his relative Art, and had the killing of 
him with his own hand, at Turlach Airt, as 
stated in note 4, suprà. 

4 Thirty years.—' The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
give Maccon a reign of only eighteen years ; 
O'Flaherty shortens it to three years ; but Dr. 
O'Conor does not regard him as one of the 
monarchs of Ireland. x si 

* He fell. — Keating states that Fercheas, a 
poet who resided at Cnocach, killed Maccon, at 
the instance of King Cormae, with a kind of 
lance called ríncne, at Gort-an-oir, near Dear- 
` grath, in Magh-Feimhean, while he (Maccon) 
was bestowing gold and silver on the literati of 


Ireland. This place is still pointed out near the 
fort of Dearg-rath, in the parish of Derrygrath, 
about four miles to the north-east of Cahir, in 
the county of Tipperary. Cnocach, called, in the 
Leabhar- Gabhala, Axd-Feirchis, is now anglicé 
Knockagh, and is situated about three miles 


north-east of Cahir. 


f Crinna.—Keating calls this place Crionna- 
Chinn Chumair, and says that it is situated at 
Brugh-mic-an-Oig, which is the name of a place 
on the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge. 

€ Rathero.—'This place is near Slane, in the 
county of Meath. 

b Ciannachta, in Magh-Breagh.—The territory 


196.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. lll 


Balbh, son of Eochaidh Finn Fuathairt, was he who laid [violent] hands upon 
Art in this battle of Magh-Mucruimhe, after he had joined the forces of Maccon. 

The Age of Christ, 196. The first year of Lughaidh, i. e. Maccon, son of 
Maicniadh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 225. After Lughaidh, i. e. Maccon, son of Macniadh, 
had been thirty years* in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell* by the hand of 
Feircis, son of Coman Eces, after he had Más expelled from Teamhair [Tara] 
by Cormac, the grandson of Conn. 

The Age of Christ, 226. Fearghus Duibhdeadach, son of Imchadh, was 
king over Ireland for the space of a year, when he fell in the battle of Crinna', 
by Cormac, grandson of Conn, by the hand of Lughaidh Lagha. There fell by 
him also, [in the rout] across Breagh, his two brothers, Fearghus the Long- 
haired and Fearghus the Fiery, who was called Fearghus Caisfhiaclach [of the 
Crooked Teeth]. Of them was said: 


Upon the one stone at Rathcro® 
Were slain the three Fearghus’s ; 
Cormac said this is fine, 

His hand did not fail Laighe. 


In the army of Cormac came Tadhg, son of Cian, and Lughaidh, to that 
battle; and it was as a territorial reward for the battle that Cormac gave to 
Tadhg the land on which are the Ciannachta, in Magh-Breagh", as is celebrated 
in other books. 

The Age of Christ, 227. The first year of Cormac, son of Art, son of 
Conn of the Hundred Battles, as king over Ireland. 


of this tribe extended from the River Liffey to 
near Drumiskin, in the county of Louth. Duleek, 
in the county of Meath, is mentioned as in it. 
Keating gives a curious story about Tadhg mac 
Cein, from the historical tale called Cath Crinna, 
but some of its details are rather legendary. It 
is, however, true as to the main facts; for it is 
stated in the Annals of Tighernach that Tadhg 
obtained as a reward for defeating the Ulster- 
men on this occasion, the whole region extending 
from Glais-Neara, near Druim-Ineascluinn (now 


Drumiskin, in the present county of Louth), to 
the Cnoca Maeildoid, at the River Liffey.— 
See Ann. Tigher. p. 45; Keating's History of 
Ireland, in the reign of Fearghus Duibhdea- 
dach; and O'Flaherty's Ogygia, iii. c. 68. This 
Tadhg is the ancestor of O'Carroll of Ely, in 
the south of the King's County; of O’Meagher 
of Ui-Cairin, or Ikerrin, in the county of Tip- 
perary; of O'Cathasaigh (O'Casey) of Saithne, 
in Magh Breagh; and of O'Conor, Chief of 
Cianachta-Gleanna-Geimhin, now the barony 


voy ts See a ee Ee ie 


112 


“ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


Qoip Cmore, va chéo cpochac a cfcham. O hocht oo Chopbmac. 
Ailill Olom; mac Mogha Nuavhac, p Muman, DÉS. 

Qop Cpiope, oa chéo cmochac a pé. A vech vo Chopbmac. Cath 
Spanaipo ma cCopbmac ua cCumn pop Ulcorb an bliadamy. Caé m h€u 
hi Mogh Cer pop Aled, mac Gachoach, mic Conall, pi Connacht. Cath 
1 n€ch, cach Cin Danne, cat Spucha pop Ulcoib, cach Slicche Cuailnge. 

Qoi Cort, va chéd cpiochac a p(che. C haon vécc vo Chopbmac. 
Cach Acha beachaig. Cach Racha Ouma an bliadamp: pra cCopbmac. 

Coip Cpiopc, va chéd tmochac a hochc.. C vo déce oo Conbmac. Cach 
Chuile coéaip po cpí, 4 cpi cacha hi nOubad pia cCopbmac. 

Coip Cmore, oa chéo cmochaz anao. CE cpi oécc vo Chopbmac. Cach 
Qlllamaug, 1 réche ccacha Elne pı cCopbmac. 

Cop Core, va chéo c(chpacac. A c(chaip oecc oo Chopbmac. Cach 


Moighe Teche, 7 long(p Chopbmaic cap mong Ren (1. cap an ppaunge) an 


bliadam pm, cono oon chup pm po $abapcarppiorn she nCllban. 

Cop Cope, va chéo cfcpachac a haon. Q cug véce vo Chopbmac. 
QÍcciao anopo cacha Chopbmare pop Muman an badamı. Cach beppe, 
cach Locha Lén, cach Cummg, cach Gpene, cach Clapars, cach Muppe, 


of Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry. 
He is also the ancestor of the families of O'Gara 
and O'Hara in Connaught, and of O'Hara of 
the Route, in the county of Antrim. 

i Granard.—Now a small town in the county 
of Longford, near which is a large moat.—See 
Ogygia, iii. 69, p. 335. See note *, under A. D. 
1262. These battles, fought by Cormac, are 
also mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach. 

k Eu, in Magh-Aci.—In the Annals of Tigher- 
nach the reading is Cat Meoa, i. e. the Battle 
of Knockmaa, which is a hill in the barony of 
Clare, county Galway. 

! Eth.—Not identified. 

m Qeann-Daire: i.e. Head of the Oak Wood. 
Not identified. 

n Sruth.—This should be Cae Spuépa, i. e. 
the battle of Shrule, a place on the River 
Suithair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the 
county of Louth.—See Ogygia, iii. 69, p. 335. 


© Slighe-Cuailgne: i.e. the road or pass of 
Cuailgne, which is a mountainous district still 
so called, in the north of the county of Louth. 

^ Ath-Beatha: i.e. Ford of the Birch. This 
was probably the ancient name of Ballybay 
(barle áca beaca), in the county of Monaghan. 

a Dumha: i.e. tumulus. There are countless 
places of this name in Ireland. 

* Cuil-tochair: i.e. Corner or Angle of the 
Causeway. Not identified. 

s Dubhadh.—Now Dowth, on the Boyne, in 
the county of Meath, where there is a remark- 
able mound, 286 feet high, which is one of the 
monuments of the Tuatha-De-Dananns. In the 
Annals of Tighernach the reading is, 1 nOvibri6. 

* Allamagh.— Probably intended for Eala- 
mhagh, i.e. the plain of the River Allo, in the 
county of Cork. 

u Elve.—Now Sliabh Eilbhe, anglicé Slieve- 
Ilva, a mountain in the parish of Killonaghan, 


* 


234.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 113 


The Age of Christ, 234. The eighth year of Cormac. Oilioll Olum, son 
of Mogh Nuadhat, King of Munster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 236. The tenth year of Cormac. The battle of Gra- 
nard' by Cormac, the grandson of Conn, against the Ulstermen this year. A 
battle at Eu, in Magh-Aei*, against Aedh, son of Eochaidh, son of Conall, King 
of Connaught. A battle at Eth'; the battle of Ceann-Daire"; the battle of Sruth? - 
against the Ulstermen ; the battle of Slighe-Cuailgne". 

The Age of Christ, 237. The eleventh year of Cormac. The battle of 
Ath-Beatha’; the battle of Dumha’ this year by Cormac. 

The Age of Christ, 238. The twelfth year of Cormac. A battle at Cuil- 
tochair' thrice, and three battles at Dubhadh* by Cormac. 

The Age of Christ, 239. The thirteenth year of Cormac. The siii of 
Allamagh', and the seven battles of Elve", by Cormac. 

The Age of Christ, 240. The fourteenth year of Cormac. The battle of 
Magh-Techt", and the fleet of Cormac [sailed] across Magh-Rein* (i. e. across 
the sea), this year, so that it was on that occasion he obtained the sovereignty 
of Alba [Scotland]. 

The Age of Christ, 241. The fifteenth year of Cormac. These are the 
battles of Cormac [fought] against Munster this year: the battle of Berre’; the 
battle of Loch Lein’; the battle of Luimneach*; the battle of Grian*; the battle 
of Classach"; the battle of Muiresc*; the battle of Fearta*, in which fell Eochaidh 


barony of Burren, and county of Clare. Y Berre.—See A. M. 3575, 3579, 3656, supra. 
w Magh-Techt.—See A. M. 3529, 3656. * Loch Lein.—See A. M. 3579, supra. 
* Magh-Rein: i. e. the Plain of the Sea. Rian, * Luimneach.—Now Limerick. This was ori- 


gen. péin, is an old word for sea, and is glossed — ginally the name of the Lower Shannon.—See 
“mum” by O'Clery. This passage is taken Acta Sanctorum, by the Bolandists, 3rd May, 
from the Annals of Tighernach.  O'Flaherty. p. 380, and Life of St. Senanus by Colgan. 
understands this passage as follows : “ Magnam ^ Grian.— There are several places of this name 
classem trans mare in septentrionalem Britan- in Ireland, but the place here alluded to is pro- 
niam misit, qua triennii spacio eas oras infes-  bably the hill of Cnoc-Greine, i.e. the Hill of 
tante imperium in Albania exegit.” But the Grian, over the village of Pallasgrean, in the 
word lomgeap, in ancient Irish, means expul- barony of Coonagh, and county of Limerick. 
sion or banishment (loingeap .1. Longap .ı. 10n- © Classach.—Not identified. There are many 
napbaó— O'Clery) and the passage might be places ofthe name in Ireland. 

translated thus: “ The expulsion of Cormac .4 Muiresc.—See A. M. 3501, 3790. 

across the sea this year, and it was on this occa- e Fearta.—Not identified. There are several 
sion that he obtained the sovereignty of Alba." places so called. 


Q 


‘sec. T TATTA 
SAFS 


114 ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. ` [248. 


cach Pfpca hi copchoip Eochaid Taobpova, mac Oiliolla Olum, cat Samna 
hi concain Cian, mac Chleallo Olum, 7 cat Opoa camm. 

Onpgain na hingfnpaige, ipin Claomp(nca hi c C(mpaiz, la Ounlang, mac 
Ema Niad, pí Larg. |Cmocha mgingfn a líon, 1 céo mgin la gach nmgm 
oífob. Oa pis décc vo Largmb pop bí Conbmac ap galaib aompip, 1 noioganl 
na hoinsne hipm, amalı pe popnarm na bopama co na copmach ian 
c Cuachal. 

Qoi Cpiope, va chéo 4 c(cpachac a hocht. A oó pichfe oo Chopbmac. 
Cach hi Pochaipo Tllupéerine pia cCopbmac an badamy. 

Cop Cpiope, va céo p(pcca a 06. CE pé cpiocha vo Chonbmac. Cach 
Cpíonna Ppegabail ma cCopbmac pop Ullcoib, ou hi ccopcarp Congup Fionn, 
mac Pigura Ouboéavang, pi Ulad, go nap Ulad mme. 

Corp Cpiopc, oa. chéo peapca a cug. CE naor cmòcha vo Chopbmac. 
Hun Ceallarg, mc Chopbmarc,7 Réchcarpe Chonbmane, 7 pint Chopbmaic 
bub(in vo bpipfoh daen ponccom la hAengur Garbuaibeeach, mac Prachach 
$umgoe, mic Püolmio Reachcaoa. Ro bnip rapa Copbmac peace. ccata 


2 


popr na Oéipib a ccionaw an snioma prn, go pop capan 6 a ccíp, conup 


pio hi Muman. 
Cloi Cmorc, oa céo peapce a pé. 


Cfcpacha bliadain oo Conbmac, mac 


Cine, mic Cumo, hi pige n€peann go bpua bap 1 Cleceé ap lenmam cnáim 


f Samhain.—Now Cnoc-Samhna, near Bru- 
ree, in the county of Limerick.— See A. M. 4169, 
suprà. 

8 Ard-cam: i.e. Crooked Height or Hill. Not 
identified. 

^ Claenfearta.—This was a place at Tara, on 
the western slope of the hill.—See Petrie's An- 
tiquities of Tara Hill, p. 128, and map, plate 7. 
O'Flaherty understands this passage as follows, 
in his Ogygia, iii. c. 69. 

* Dunlongius Ennii Niadh filius Cathirii R 
gis Hibernie abnepos rex Lagenie Temorense 
apud Cloenfertam gyneceum immani feritate 
adortus, triginta regias puellas cum trecentis 
ancillis famulantibus ad unum internecione de- 
levit. Quocirea Cormacus rex duodecim La- 
genie dynastas parthenicidii conscios morte 


plexit, et Boariam Tuathalii regis mulctam La- 
geniis cum accessione imperavit." 

i Borumha.— See an account of this impost 
under the reign of Tuathal Teachtmhar, suprà, 
A. D. 106. 

k Fochard Muirtheimhne.—Now Faughard, in 
the county of Louth, about two miles to the 
north of Dundalk.— See A. D. 1595, 1596. 

! Crionna-F'regabhail. — Dr. O'Conor renders 
this Crinna partum, taking ppegabai to be a 
verb, from gabail; but it was certainly the an- 
cient name of a place on the River Fregabhail, 
now the Ravel Water, in the county Antrim.— 
See A. M. 3510, supra. Tighernach places this 
battle in the year 251. 

m Aenghus Gaibhuaibhtheach: i.e. Aenghus of - 
the terrible Spear. 


248.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


115 


Taebhfada [of the Long Side], son of Oilioll Olum ; the battle of Samhain‘, in 
which fell Cian, son of Oilioll Olum ; and the battle of Ard-cam*. 

The massacre of the girls at Cleanfearta", at Teamhair, by Dunlang, son of 
Enna Niadh, King of Leinster. "Thirty royal girls was the number, and a 
hundred maids with each of them. Twelve princes of the Leinstermen did 
Cormac put to death together, in revenge of that massacre, together with the 
exaction of the Borumha' with an increase after Tuathal. 

The Age of Christ, 248. The twenty-second year of Cormac. A battle at 
Fochard Muirtheimhne* by Cormac this year. The battle of Crionna-Frega- 
bhail' [was fought] by Cormac against the Ulstermen, where fell Aenghus Finn, 
son of Fearghus Duibhdeadach [i.e. the Black-toothed], King of Ulster, with 
the slaughter of the Ulstermen about him. 

The Age of Christ, 265. The thirty-ninth year of Cormac. Ceallach, son 
of Cormae, and Cormac's lawgiver, were mortally wounded, and the eye of 
Cormac himself was destroyed with one thrust [of a lance] by Aenghus Gaibh- 
uaibhtheach", son of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of Feidhlimidh the Lawgiver. 
Cormac afterwards [fought and] gained seven battles over the Deisi, in revenge 
of that deed, and he expelled them from their territory, so that they are [now] 


in Munster". 


The Age of Christ, 266. Forty years was Cormac, son of Art, son of 
Conn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he died at Cleiteach’, the bone of a 


n In Munster.—The Deisi, who were the de- 
scendants of Fiacha Suighdhe, the brother of 
Conn of the Hundred Battles, were first seated 
in the territory of Deisi-Teamhrach, now the 
barony of Deece, in the county of Meath, and 
when they were driven from thence by King 
Cormac, they proceeded into Leinster, where 
they remained for one year, and afterwards re- 
moved into Ossory, but effected no permanent 
settlement anywhere until they went to Mun- 
ster, where Oilioll Olum, king of that province, 
who was married to Sadhbh (Sabina), daughter 
of Conn of the Hundred Battles, gave them a 
territory comprised in the present county of 
Waterford, and extending from the River Suir 
to the sea, and from Lismore to Credan Head, 


to which territory they gave the name of that 
which they had in Meath. Aenghus Mac Nad- 
fraeich, King of Munster, afterwards gave them 
the plain of Magh-Feimheann, now the barony 
of Iffa and Offa, East, which they retained till 
the period of the English Invasion. For the 
names of the families info which this tribe 
branched after the establishment of surnames, 
see note *, under A. D. 1205. 

o Cleiteach—The situation of this house is 
described in the historical tale entitled Oighidh 
Mhuircheartaigh Mhoir mhic Earca, as fol- 
lows : 

* 6a mat puldrugad m ergi pm epa, óp up na 
Oóimne bpavánaiğġı bizaille, 3 ór Gp an Shpoga 
bapp-uame.” 


Q2 


"hup ecc ee Ne 
: as ao 


116 ANNATA Rioshachta EIREANN. —— [266. 


bpaváin ina bnagaic, cpep an prabpad po 1mp Malzenn dpa parn, 1ap mom- 
pod vo Copbmac ap na opaoitib po bitin adapta Dé 06 camppib. Conad 
are pm po campig diabal eium cpe pupailearh na nopuaó go ccuc bay 
vochnad 06. Ql pé Copbmac vo tpache cegupcc na pigh oo comda moo, 
bep, q pollamnargée na mae. Ugoap oipdenc epide 1 nolizeib, hi ccormmgmb, 


4 hi p(néup, ap apé po pfol p(che, pagal, q oippiacad gacha ham, q c(cha 


camgne 1ap ccóip, conad hé an oligeaó po pmachc pon chách baor pop cong- 
bail leo sur an aimpıp ppeacnaipc. 

Q pé an Conbmac po, mac Aint, beop po tiondil cpomicióe €peann co 
haon magin go Címparg, gup po popconsaip poppo cpomic Epeann vo 
repiobad in nen liubaji oap bo hamm ppalcaip Tempach. ba hipm liubap 
pin bacap comgneaóa q comammpepa progpaioe €peann pp píogonb 3 1mpi- 
peada an oornamn, 1 níog na ccoicceao ppí píogaib Epeann. Cp ann ona po 
pemobad ma nohigpeao pi Epeann oo na coiccebachaib 7 crop 7 ough na 
ccoicceaó oa pomamaghtib o ta uapal cohfpeal. ba han cpa baoi cmoch 
] copann Epeann op mo op, o chá cuiccead co cuaic, ó tuait co baile, 7 


“Good, indeed, was the situation of that 
house (sc. of Cleiteach) over the margin of the 
salmonful, ever-beautiful Boyne, and over the 
verge of the green-topped Brugh.” 

It was situated near Stackallan Bridge, on the 
south side of the Boyne. 

P Teagusc-na- Righ.—** Cormack wasabsolutely 
the best king that ever reigned in Ireland before 
himself. He wrote a book entitled Princely 
Institutions, which, in Irish, is called Teasgasg 
Ri, which book contains as goodly precepts and 
moral documents as Cato or Aristotle did ever 
write."— Ann. Clon. 

Copies of this work, ascribed to King Cormac, 
are preserved in the Book of Leinster (in Lib. 
T. C. D., H. 2. 18), and in the Book of Bally- 
mote; and translated extracts from it are given 
in the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. pp. 213, 214, 
215, and 231, 232. 

3 Laws.—For an account of the laws insti- 
tuted by King Cormac, see the Stowe Catalogue, 
and Petrie's History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, 


^ 


pp. 16-20. 

t Psalter of Teamhair.—This Psalter is re- 
ferred to in a poem by Cuan O?Lochain, who 
flourished in the eleventh century, but no frag- 
ment of it has been identified as now remaining. 
A copy, indeed, of the Book of Ballymote, with 
some additions made by Teige O’Naghten, now 
preserved in the Library of Trinity College, 
Dublin, H. 1. 15, bears the title of Salzaip 
na Teampac; but this name was given it by 
O’Naghten himself, for no reason except that it 
contains articles relating to Irish laws, genea- 
logy, history, topography, &c. ' 

O'Flaherty quotes a poem beginning Team- 
am na plogh pach Copmaic, i. e. Teamhair of 
the Kings, fort of Cormac, which, among other 
things, he says, describes three schools insti- 
tuted by King Cormac at Tara, namely, one for 
teaching military dicipline, another for history, 
and the third for jurisprudence. This was 
preserved in O'Duvegan's Book of Hy-Many, 
fol. 175; but no copy of it has been discovered 


266.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


salmon sticking in his throat, on account of the siabhradh [genii] which Mael- 
genn, the Druid, incited at him, after Cormac had turned against the Druids, 
on account of his adoration of God in preference to them. Wherefore a devil 
attacked him, at the instigation of the Druids, and gave him a painful death. 
It was Cormac who composed Teagusc-na-Righ”, to preserve manners, morals, 
and government in the kingdom. He was a famous author in laws*, synchro- 
nisms, and history, for it was he that established law, rule, and direction for 
each science, and for each covenant according to propriety ; and it is his laws 
that governed all that adhered to them to the present time. 

It was this Cormac, son of Art, also, that collected the Chroniclers of Ire- 
land to Teamhair, and ordered them to write the chronicles of Ireland in one 
book, which was named the Psalter of Teamhair". In that book were [entered] 
the coeval exploits and synchronisms of the kings of Ireland with the kings 
and emperors ofthe world, and of the kings of the provinces with the mo- 
narchs of Ireland. In it was also written what the monarchs of.Ireland were 
entitled to [receive] from the provincial kings, and the rents and dues of the 
provincial kings from their subjects, from the noble to the subaltern. In it 
also were [described] the boundaries and meares of Ireland, from shore to 
shore, from the province to the cantred, from the cantred to the townland, and 


117 


this neighbourhood also believe that he caused 
the sun to stand still for a whole hour, to enable 
the forces of Leath-Chuinn to dislodge Cormac 
from his entrenchment at Knocklong. Cormac 
was completely routed and pursued into Ossory, 


in Dublin, Oxford, or the British Museum. 

It looks very strange that neither the Four 
Masters nor Tighernach make any special men- 
tion of Cormac’s expedition into Munster, against 
Fiacha Muilleathan, king of that province, of 


which expedition the historical tale called For- 
bais-Droma-Damhghaire (i. e. the encampment 
of Druim-Damhghaire, now Knocklong, in the 
county of Limerick), preserved in the Book of 
Lismore, fol. 169; and Keating, in his History 
of Ireland; and the Book of Lecan, fol. 133, a, 
give such minute particulars. On this occasion 
the Druid, Mogh Ruith, the ancestor of the 
O'Dugans of Fermoy, displayed wondrous ma- 
gical powers in supplying the Munster forces 
with water, and a spring well which he caused 
‘to issue from the earth by discharging a magical 
javelin is still pointed out. The inhabitants of 


where he was obliged to deliver up pledges or 
hostages to Fiacha, as security for making re- 
paration for the injuries done to Munster by 
this expedition. 

“Tum Fiachus valido impetu Cormaci exer- 
citum aggressus, eum fudit et fugavit. Imo 
adeo acriter fugientium tergis ad Ossiriam usque 
institit, ut Cormacum adegerit pacisci obsides 
se Teamoriá missurum ad Fiachum tamdiu 
apud eum mansuros, donec illatum Momoniz 
damnum cumulaté resarciret.? — Lynch. 

The truth is that the annalists of Leath- 
Chuinn pass over the affairs of Munster very 


118 


ANNAZA RIOshachtTa EIREANN. 


(267. 


o baile go cpaigió vo chip Lorpdenc na neichip 1 Ceabap na h-Unop. Op 


pollup 1acc 1 Leabap Omnpenchupa]. 


- 


Coip Cpiope, va céd peapeca a peachc. En badan o€ocharo Gondar 
hi ge n€peamn go ccopchoip la Lugar Tri (no, mac Clongupa, oUllcoib. | 

Corp Core, va céo peapcca. a hochc. Qn ceo bliadam oo Caipppe 
Lippecharp, mac Copmaic, me Cine, hi mge n€peann. 

Cop Cmore, va ceo p(chemogac a haon. Q c(émp oo Carpbpe. Tm 
cata ma cCoipppe pop piopu Muman ag copnam opt Laigh. 

Qoi Core, oa ced peactmogac a 00. QE cucc oo Comppe. Ceitpe 
cata la Combpe pop propa Muman ag copnam cipt Lang n. 

Cop Cpiopc, va céo peaccmogac a pé. Q naoi oo Coppe 1 mhe 
nEpeann. Oengurp Habuabeeach vo mapbao an bliadainy) La clomnCarpbpe 
Gppechaip a. Pracha Spaibcine 7 C€ochaio Oormlen. 

Coir Cquope, va céo ochemogac a cpí. A pé véce vo Carpbpe. Fionn 
Ua barpeene vo éurcim la hAichlich mac Ouibop(nn, 7 la macoib Uipgn(no, | 
vo Lumgmb Tempat, occ Ach pea pop bómn, via novebnad. 


slightly, and seem unwilling to acknowledge 
any triumph of their’s over the race of Conn of 
the Hundred Battles; and this feeling was mu- 
tual on the part of the race of Oilioll Olum. 

s Traighidh of land.—O"Flaherty translates 
this passage as follows : 

« Ex hac Schola prodiit liber, quod Psalterium 
Tomorense dicimüs, in quo congestis in unum 
patrie archivis, supremorum, et provincialium 
regum series, ac tempora cum exteris Synchronis 
principibus collata, tributa quoque, et vectigalia 
provincialium monarchis debita, nec non mete, 
ac limites cujusque regionis a provincia ad ter- 
. ritoria, a territorio ad pagos, a pago ad pagi 
particulas? [epargid oo cíp] “continebantur.” 
—Ogygia, iii. c. 69. à 

t Leabhar na-h Uidhri.—The passage inserted 
in the text in brackets is notin either of the 
Dublin copies, but it has been added from Dr. 
O?Conor's edition, p. 87. A considerable frag- 
ment of Leabhar na-h- Uidhri is now preserved 
in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. 


* 


u Leabhar Dinnsenchusa.—Of this work, which 
gives derivations of the names of remarkable 
hills, forts, and plains in Ireland, there are 
copies in the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, and 
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2. 
15, and H. 3. 3. 

v Eochaidh Gonnat.—He is enumerated among 
the monarchs of Ireland in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, and by all the modern writers. Tigher- 
nach, however, does not mention him, but makes 
Cairbre Liffechair succeed his father. 

x Cairbre Liffeachair.—Keating says that he 
was so called because he was fostered near the 
River Liffey. 

Y Eochaidh Doimhlen.—He is the ancestor of 
all the Oirghialla, in Ulster, and of the O'Kellys 
of Connaught and their correlative families. 

* Finn, grandson of Baisgne.—This passage is 
also given by Tighernach. The Finn here men- 
tioned is the celebrated champion called Fingal 
by Mac Pherson, and Finn Mac Cumhail by the ` 
Irish, of whom Mr. Moore has the following 


267.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


from the townland to the traighidh of land*. [These things are celebrated in 
Leabhar na-n-Uidhri. They are evident in the Leabhar Dinnsenchusa".] 

The Age of Christ, 267. Eochaidh Gonnat" in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
when he fell by Lughaidh Meann, son of Aenghus, [one] of the Ulstermen. 

The Age of Christ, 268. The first year of Cairbre Liffeachair*, son of 
Cormac, son of Art, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 271. The fourth year of Cairbre. Three battles [were 
fought] by Cairbre against the men of Munster, in defence of the rights of 
Leinster. 

The Age of Christ, 272. Four battles by Cairbre against the men of 
Munster, in defence of the rights of Leinster. 

The Age of Christ, 276. "The ninth year of Cairbre in the sovereignty of 
Ireland. Aenghus Gaibuaibhtheach was killed this year by the sons of Cairbre 
Liffechair, namely, Fiacha Sraibhtine and Eochaidh Doimhlen’. 

The Age of Christ, 283. The sixteenth year of Cairbre. Finn, grandson 
of Baisgne’, fell by Aichleach, son of Duibhdreann, and the sons of Uirgreann 
of the Luaighni Teamhrach, at Ath-Brea, upon the Boinn [Boyne], of which 


119 


was said : 


remarks in his History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 133: 

‘It has been the fate of this popular Irish 
hero, after a long course of traditional renown 
in his country, where his name still lives, not 
only in legends and songs, but in the yet more 
indelible record of scenery connected with his 
memory, to have been all at once transferred 
by adoption to another country” [Scotland], 
“and start, under a new but false shape, in a 
fresh career of fame.” 

This celebrated warrior, who had two grand 
residences in Leinster, one at Almhuin, now the 
hill of Allen, in the county of Kildare, and the 
other at Magh-Elle, now Moyelly, in the King’s 
County, was the son-in-law of King Cormac, and 
general of his standing army, which, as Pinker- 
ton remarks, seems to have been in imitation of 
the Roman legions. The words of this critical 
writer are worth quoting here : j 

* He seems,” says he, * to have been a man 


í 


of great talents for the age, and of celebrity in 
arms. His formation of a regular standing 
army, trained to war, in which all the Irish 
accounts agree, seems to have been a rude imi- 
tation of the Roman legions in Britain. The 
idea, though simple enough, shews prudence, 
for such a force alone could have coped with 
the Romans had they invaded Ireland. But 
this machine, which surprised a rude age, and 
seems the basis of all Finn’s fame, like some 
other great schemes, only lived in its author, 
and expired soon after him.” —Inguiry into the 
History of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 77. 

The bands of kernes and galloglaghs or gal- 
lowglasses, supported by the Irish chieftains of 
later ages, may have been imitations of these 
more primitive Fians, who are still so vividly 
remembered in the traditions of the people, 
while the kernes and gallowglasses are nearly 
forgotten. 


120 


annaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


Ro bich Pino, ba vo sab, 


go noiach gum, 


vo all Cichleach mac Oubopeno 
; a c(nn oo mac Mochcamuin. 


Minbad Carles copccaip, 
vo bu buaid ap cech pípa, 
Ro bavh copccpach lap m cman 
lach 1m chín mo pg mavh. 


Cop Cpiopc, va céo ochemogac a c(émp. lap mbfic peace mbliaona 
décc hi pige n€peann vo Carpbpe Lippechaip vo chh à ccat abpa Aicle, vo 
laih Sémeom, mic Cinb, vo Pocopcaib, rap cabair na pene vPionconb, mac 
Copmaic Cap, lap mo aghad an pigh oo copnam Leite Moga prr. 


Cop Cpiopc, 04 céd ochemogac a cúicc. 


En bliadan oon va Pochao 


ór Epimn, go ccopcaip Potad Canptec la Pochaó nOingceach. Oo cean 
Potad Chipceceach rap pin hi ccaé Ollapba hi Cine la Caorlce. 


* With darts.—The following words are inter- 
lined in the text: ‘1.00 na gaib rapccaich po 
gonad é;" i.e “by the fishing gaffs he was 
wounded." It is stated in the Dublin copy of 
the Annals of Innisfallen that Finn Mac Cum- 
hail, the celebrated general of the Irish militia, 
fell by the hands of Athlach, son of Duibhdrenn, 
a treacherous fisherman, who [fired with the love 
of everlasting notoriety] slew him with his gaff 
at Rath-Breagha, near the Boyne, whither he 
had retired in his old age to pass the remainder 
of his life in tranquillity. That Athlach was 
soon after beheaded by Caeilte Mac Ronain, the 
relative and faithful follower of Finn. 

^ Gabhra-Aichle: i.e. Gabhra of Aichill, so 
called from its contiguity to Aichill, now the 
hill of Skreen, near Tara, inthe county of Meath. 
Gabhra, anglicó Gowra, is now the name of a 
stream which rises in a bog in the townland of 
Prantstown, in the parish of Skreen, receives a 
tribute from the well of Neamhnach on Tara 
Hill, joins the River Skene atDowthstown, and 
unites with the Boyne at Ardsallagh. "There is 


a Curious poem, ascribed to Oisin, on the sub- 
ject of this battle, preserved in the Book of 
Leinster, fol. 95, b, in which it is stated that 
Osgar, the son of Oisin, slew King Cairbre, with 
a thrust of ‘a lance. This is partly true, but 
Osgar himself was also slain in the combat; and, 
according to other accounts, Semeon, one of the 
Fotharta of Leinster, was the person who de- 
spatched Cairbre. 

© Mogheorb, son of Cormac Cas.—This prince 
was the principal opponent of the monarch, and 
not the Clanna-Baisgne, or Irish militia, as 
stated by modern popular writers. Since Eoghan 
Taidhleach, or Mogh Nuadhat, the grandfather 
of Cormac Cas, had been murdered in his tent 
by Goll, the son of Morna, at the battle of Magh- 
Leana, the kings of Munster cherished the most 
rancorous hatred against the Clanna-Morna, who 
were a military tribe of the Firbolgs of Con- 
naught; and in order to be revenged of them 
they formed an alliance with the Clanna-Baisgne, 
another military tribe of the Scotic or Milesian 
race, the most distinguished chief of whom was 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


121 


Finn was killed, it was with darts’, 
With a lamentable wound ; 
Aichleach, son of Duibhdreann, cut off 
The head of the son of Mochtamuin. 


Were it not that Caeilti took revenge, 

It would have been a victory after all his true battles ; 
The three were cut off by him, 

Exulting over the head of the royal champion. 


The Age of Christ, 284. After Cairbre Liffeachair had been seventeen 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Gabhra-Aichle*, by 
the hand of Semeon, son of Cearb, [one] of the Fotharta; Fearcorb, the son 
of Cormac Cas, having brought the Fiana with him, against the king, to defend 


Leath-Mhogha against him. 


The Age of Christ, 285. Fothadh was one year over Ireland, when Fo- 
thadh Cairptheach was slain by Fothadh Airgtheach. Fothadh Airgtheach 
was afterwards slain in the battle of Ollarba, in Magh-Line*, by Caeilte*. 


Finn Mac Cumhail. ` Cormac Cas, King of Mun- 
ster, married Samhair, the daughter of this war- 
rior, and had by her three sons: Tine and Connla, 
of whose issue no account is preserved, and Mogh- 
corb, the ancestor of the celebrated Brian Bo- 
rumha, who inherited all the valour and heroism 
of Finn, his ancestor. After the death of Finn, 
Cairbre disbanded and outlawed the forces of the 
Clanna-Baisgne, and retained in his service the 
Clanna-Morna only. The Clanna-Baisgne then 
repaired to Munster, to their relative Moghcorb, 
who retained them in his service contrary to the 
orders of the monarch. This led to the bloody 
battle of Gabhra, in which the two rival military 
tribes slaughtered each other almost to extermi- 
nation. In this battle Osgar, the son of Oisin, 
met the monarch in single combat, but he fell ; 
and Cairbre, retiring from the combat, was met 
by his own relative, Semeon, one of the Fotharta 
(who had been expelled into Leinster), who fell 
upon him severely wounded after the dreadful 


R 


combat with Osgar, and despatched him at ablow. 

3 Ollarbha, in Magh-Line.—Now the River 
Larne, in the county of Antrim.—See note 
under A. D. 106, suprà. For a very curious 
account of the identification of the tomb of 
Fothadh Airgtheach, near this river, see Pe- 
tries Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the 
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 105, 106. Tigher- 
nach does not mention either of these Fothadhs 
as monarchs of Ireland, evidently because he 
regarded them as usurpers, but makes Fiacha 
Roibtine [Sraibhtine] succeed Cairbre Liffea- 
chair, at Tara. They are, however, mentioned as 
joint monarchs in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
but it is added that “ these Fothies were none 
of the Blood Royall.” They were the sons of 
Maccon, who defeated Art, the son of Conn of the 
Hundred Battles, at Magh-Mucruimhe, and from 
their brother, Aenghus Gaifuileach, or Aenghus 
of the Bloody Dart, O'Driscoll is descended. 

e Caeilte : i.e. Caeilte mac Ronain, the fos- 


122 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


Corp Cort, va céo ochemogac apé. Cin céo badam oo pige Piachaio 
Spaibcine óp Epinn. 

Qoip Cpiopc, va céo nochat a haon. Qn peipead bliadam opiachaio 
ipe. . Cach Owblinve ma pPiachaió. pop Cargmb. Tm cacha hi Sléb 
Coaoh, cach Smecipe, 1 cat Ciapmaige pa pPiachaió Spoibeine beóp. 

Qoi Cpiopc, tpi céd piche a 06. lap mbfith peace mbliaóna ap cpio- 
char na pigh óp Epinn oPrachaw Spaibeme vo ceap lap na Collaib hi ccach 
Oubéomaip hi cCpich Roip 1 mopeagaib. 

Qop Cort, tpi céd piche a cpi. On ceo bliadan oo Colla Uaip mac 
Eachach Oornlén na pgh óp Epmn. 

Cop Cpiopc, cpi céo piche apé. An clt¢namad bliadam vo Colla Uap 
hi pise n€peann go pop ronan’ Muiploach Cipeach eipiom co na bpaircpibh 
1 nC[lbam go ccpíb céoaib mapaon piu. 

Coir Cpiopc, cpi céd piche a peachc. Qn céd bliadam vo Tflurpeoach 
Cipec hi pighe nEnpeann. CE bpoinc(no na bliadna po cangacap na tm Colla 
50 hEpinn,7 ní po map oia pochpaive achc tpi naonbain nama. Oo oeocha- 
cap om go Muipeavhach rap na cceagapce vo oparoh. Ro bargple pmyp,4 
po poropeac opoichbmatpa copup mapbao,4 copbad paip cuaippead mo 


prongal. 


ter-son and favourite of the celebrated Irish 
general, Finn Mac Cumhail. 

f Fiacha-Sraibhtine.— Keating says he was 
called Sraibhtine from his having been fostered 
at Dun-Sraibhtine, in Connaught; but others 
assert that he received this cognomen from the 
showers of fire, i.e. the thunder-storms, which 
occurred during his reign. 

8 Duibhlinn: i.e. the black pool This was 
the name of that part of the River Liffey on 
which the city of Duibhlinn or Dublin stands. 

^ Sliabh Toadh.—There is a mountain of this 
name near the village of Ardara, in the barony 
of Banagh, and county of Donegal.—See it again 
referred to at A. D. 610. 

i Smear: i. e. a place abounding in black- 
berries or blackberry briars. There are several 
places of the name in Ireland. 


Onar ecaipfc carmp(fc oca, 1 pobcap gopa dó. 


x Ciarmhagh: i. e. the Brown Plain. Not iden- 
tified. 

! Dubhchomar : i.e. the Conflux of the River 
Dubh.  Tighernach says that this battle was 
named from Dubh-Chomar, the king’s druid, 
who was therein slain; but this looks legendary, 
as the name signifies * black confluence.” Keat- 
ing says it is near Tailten, to the south, and it 
is quite evident that it was the ancient name of 
the confluence of the Blackwater and the Boyne. 
The territory of Crioch Rois embraced a portion 
of the barony of Farney, in the county of Mo- 
naghan, and some of the adjoining districts of 
the counties of Meath and Louth. i 

™ Colla Uais: i.e. Colla the Noble. All the 
authorities agree in giving him a reign of four 
years, but Dr. O'Conor shews that his expulsion 
should be placed in the year 329. 


286.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 123 


The Age of Christ, 286. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Sraibhtine‘ 
over Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 291. The sixth year of Fiacha in the sovereignty. 
The battle of Duibhlinn* [was fought] by Fiacha against the Leinstermen ; 
three battles at Sliabh Toadh"; the battle of Smear'; and also the battle of 

Ciarmhagh*, by Fiacha Sraibhtine. 
The Age of Christ, 322. Fiacha Sraibhtine, after having been thirty-seven 
years as king over Ireland, was slain by the Collas, in the battle of Dubhcho- 
mar!, in Crioch-Rois, in Breagh. 

The Age of Christ, 323.. The first year of Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh 
Doimhlen, as king over Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 326. The fourth year of Colla Uais”, in the sovereignty 
of Ireland, when Muireadhach Tireach expelled him and his brothers into Alba 
[Scotland] with three hundred along with them. 

The Age of Christ, 327. The first year of Muireadhach Tireach in the 
sovereignty of Ireland. At the end of this year the three Collas came to Ire- 
land ; and there lived not of their forces but thrice nine persons only. They 
then went to Muireadhach, having been instructed by a druid. [And] they 
scolded at him, and expressed evil words, that he might kill them", and that it 
might be on him [the curse of] the finghal should alight. As he did not oppose 


them, they tarried with him, and were faithful to him”. 


a Might kill them.—The word pionġal signifies 
the murder ofa relative or clansman, and was 
considered to be so great a crime among the an- 
cient Irish, that a curse was believed to alight 
on the murderer and his race. A druid had 
informed the Collas that if they could exaspe- 
rate the king so as that he would kill them, or 
any of them, the sovereignty would be wrested 
from him and his line, and transferred to their 
descendants. The king, perceiving that this was 
their wish, bore patiently with all their taunt- 
ing words. Keating says that when the Collas 

eame into the presence of the king at Tara, he 
asked them what news, and that they replied, 
` * We have no news more mournful than that thy 


father was killed by us.” ‘“ That is news which 
we have already known,” said the king, “ but it 
is of no consequence to you now, for no revenge 
shall follow you, except that the misfortune, 
which has already attended you will follow 
you.” * This is the reply of a coward,” said the 
Collas. ** Be not sorry for it,” replied the king, 
** Ye are welcome.” d 

© Faithful to him.—The language of this pas- 
sage is very ancient, and seems to have been 
copied from Tighernach. According to Keating 
and the Leabhar-Gabhala of the O'Clerys, the 
Collas then entered into a treaty of friendship 
with the king, and were his generals, till about 
the year 332, when they destroyed the Ulster 


RL 


124 


aNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


[331. 


Cop Core, tpi céd cpiocha a haon. On cáicceaó bhadan vo Muipead- 
ach. Cat Achad lichofince hi Pipnmoig lap na cpb Collab’ pon Ulleuib, 
ou 1 cconcarn P(pgur Poga, mac Pnaechaip. Poncmum, ciugplené Ulad 1 
n€aman m Fingur bpm. Ro loipep(c: 1aporh Eaha, 4 nip eccpneabpac 
Ulaib mnre opén. Tallpac pop Ulcoib beop von cinccead ó Righe 7 Loch 
nEachach map. Oo c Colla Meann ipm cat pm. 


Corp Cmorc, cpí céo caocca a pé. 


lap mbüch cpmocha bhadan hi pighe 


n€peann oo Muineavhach Tineac vo ceap la Caolbad, mac Cpumn, pim Ulao, 


oc Donc pigh uap Oaball. 


Clip Cmore, tpi céd caocca a peacht. lap mbht aon bliadan 1 pise 
n€peann vo Caolbaó, mac Cjiumn badpa, vo-cean la hEochawd Muğ- 


meaoon. 


Qoi Cpiorc, tpi céo caocca a hocht. Cn cér bliadain o€ochaio Muğ- 


meaoon hi pighe óp €pimn. 


Cop Cpiopc, tpi céo peapeca a cúicc. An cochcmad bliadan oGochad 
Muigmloom, mic Muploag, Tims ór Emm go nepbanle 1 c Cearpang. 

Cop Cpiopc, tpi céo peapeca a pe. Cn ceo. bliadam vo Cmiomtann, 
mac Piovhaid, mc Daie Cepb, op €pinn. 


Coir Cpiopc, tpi céo peaccmogac a hochr. 


palace of Eamhain-Macha or Emania, and con- 
quered vast territories for themselves in Ulster. 
Dr. O'Conor thinks that the overturning of 
Emania should be ascribed to A. D. 331. 

? Achadh-leithdheirg.—This place, situated in 
the territory of Fearnmhagh, now the barony 
of Farney, in the county of Monaghan, has not 
yet been identified. 

3 The Righe.—Now the Newry river, which 
is called ** Owen Glenree fluvius? on an old map 
of a part of Ulster preserved in the State Papers’ 
Office, London.—See note», under A. D. 1178. 

* Loch n-Eathach : i. e. the Lake of Eochaidh, 
now Lough Neagh, a large and celebrated lake 
between the counties of Antrim, Londonderry, 
Down, Armagh, and Tyrone. 

* Colla Meann.—He was the ancestor of the 
ancient inhabitants of Crioch-Mughdhorn, now 


lap mbüch tm bliadna 


Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan. Colla 
Uais, the eldest of the brothers, is the ancestor 
of the Mac Donnells, Mac Allisters, and Mac 
Dugalds of Scotland; and Colla Dachrich, of 
the Mac Mahons of the county of Monaghan, of 
the Maguires of Fermanagh, of the O'Hanlons 
and Mac Canns of the county of Armagh, and 
of various other families. 

* King of Uladh. —Henceforward Uladh is 
applied to the circumscribed territory of the 
ancient Ulstermen. 

u Portrigh, over -Dabhall.—D&bhall was the 
ancient name of the River Abhainn-mhor, or 
Blackwater, in the counties of Tyrone and Ar- 
magh; and Portrigh, the King's Fort, was pro- 
bably the ancient name of Benburb. The An- 
nals of Clonmaenoise give Muireadhach Tireach 
but a reign of thirteen years, but Dr. O'Conor 


` 


331.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 125 


The Age of Christ, 331. The fifth year of Muireadhach. The battle of 
Achadh-leithdheirg?, in Fearnmhagh, [was fought] by the three Collas against 
the Ulstermen, in which fell Fearghus Fogha, son of Fraechar Foirtriun, the last 
king of Ulster, [who resided] at Eamhain. They afterwards burned Eamhain, 
and the Ulstermen did not dwell therein since. They also took from the 
Ulstermen that part of the province [extending] from the Righe? and Loch 
n-Eathach' westwards. Colla Meann‘ fell in this battle. 

The Age of Christ, 356. After Muireadhach Tireach had been thirty 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Caelbhadh, son of Crunn, 


King of Uladh', at Portrigh, over Dabhall". 
The Age of Christ, 357. After Caelbhadh", son of Crunn Badhrai, had 


been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Eochaidh Muigh- 


mheadhoin. 


The Age of Christ, 358. The first year of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin in 


sovereignty over Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 365. The eighth year of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin*, 
son of Muireadhach Tireach, over Ireland, when he died at Teamhair. 
The Age of Christ, 366. The first year of Crimhthann, son of Fidhach, 


son of Daire Cearb, over Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 378. After Crimhthann, son of Fidhach’, had been 


thinks that thirty is the number borne out by 
the more ancient authorities. 

V Caelbhadh.—He was of the Rudrician race 
of Ulster. Tighernach does not mention him 
among the monarchs of Ireland ; but in all the 
other authorities he is set down as monarch of 
Ireland for one year. 

* Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin. — Dr. O’Conor 
translates the cognomen Muighmheadhoin by 
** Camporum cultor?" and Keating asserts that 
he was so called because his meadhon, or middle, 
was like that of a slave; but the one explana- 
tion is a mere guess, the other a silly legend. 
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is explained 
as follows : i 

* Eochy reigned eight years and was called 
Moymeoyn; in English, moyst-middle (.i. mea- 


don maoz bao: age), because he was much 
troubled with the flux of the belly.” 


This monarch had two wives: Mongfinn, 


daughter of Fidhach, of the royal family of 
Munster, by whom he had four sons: 1. Brian, 
the ancestor of the O'Conors of Connaught and 
their correlatives ; 2. Fiachra, the ancestor of 
the O’Dowdas, O'Heynes, and O’Shaughnessys ; 
3. Fearghus; and 4. Oilioll, whose race were 
anciently seated in Tir-Oiliolla, now the barony 
of Tirerrill, in the county of Sligo. He had 
also a second wife, Carinna, who was the mother 
of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the most illus- 
trious of his sons, from whom the Ui-Neill, or 
Nepotes Neill, north and south, are descended. 
* Crimhthann, son of Fidhach.—He was the 
senior and head of the race of Heber, but died 


[ 


- 


126 


Momgpionn a hpiup peipin dó. 


aNNaza grioghachca EIREANN. 


Clip Cpiope, cpi céo pechemogac anan. Cn céd bhadam vo Miall 
Naoigiallac, mac Eachach Moigmfoom, hi mge n€peann. 

Cop Cpfopc, cfitpe céd a cince. lap mbüch peace mbliadna pichíc na 
mgh 6p Epmn-vo Niall Naorgiallach, mac €achach ITlorgm(óom, oo pochaip 
la h€ochad, mac Enna Cenopealarg, occ Mum nlocht 1. an mum eoim 


Franc 4 Saran. 


without issue at Sliabh-Oighidh-an-righ, i. e. 
the Mountain of the Death of the King, now 
the Cratloe mountains, situated to the north of 
the city of Limerick. It is remarked ‘in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise, and in the Book of Bally- 
mote, fol. 145, b, a, that Mongfinn poisoned her 
brother in the hope that her eldest son, Brian, 
might be immediately elevated to the throne of 
Ireland; but that this was of no avail to her, 
for that Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son of 
King Eochaidh by his second wife, succeeded 
as monarch immediately after the poisoning of 
Crimhthann ; and that none of her descendants 
ever attained to the monarchy except Turlough 
More O’Conor, and his son Roderic, who were 
luckless monarchs to Ireland. Keating, who 
had access to Munster documents now un- 
known or inaccessible, gives a curious account 
of the reign of this monarch, the most powerful 
that the Munster race of Heber can boast of. 
It runs as follows in Dr. Lynch’s translation: 

* Capessivit postea imperium Crimthonus 
Fidogi filius, Dairi Cearbi nepos, Olilli Flann- 
beggi pronepos, Fiachi Muilehani abnepos, 
Eogani Magni adnepos, Olilli Olumi trinepos, 
qui matrimonio Fidamge Connactici regis filiæ 
copulatus septemdecem annos regnavit, et Al- 
banià, Britannia, et Gallia victorias retulisse 
illarumque regionum incolas perdomuisse ve- 
tusta documenta produnt. Hic in alumnum 
suum Conalum Echluachum, Lugachi Manu- 


rubri filium Momonise regnum contulit. Pro- 


pago vero Fiachi Mullehani honorem sibi debi- 
tum alii deferri iniquo animo ferentes de illatá 
sibi injurid gravissimas spargunt usquequaque 
querelas in ingratitudinis scopulum non leviter 
impegisse Conallum dictitantes quód nulla cog- 
natorum habitá ratione que illos ob statis pri- 
oritatem potiori jure, spectabat prudens et sciens 
involaret; prsesertim cum ex ipsorum genere 
vir eA dignitate dignissimus Corcus Lugdachi 


‘filius tum in vivis esset, Conallus ne ipse ma- 


culà ejusmodi notaretur, rem integram ad eos 
qui in ipsá Momoniá eruditionis nomine cla- 
riores habebantur decidendam, ultro detulit 
sancte pollicitus quidquid illi decreverint se ad 
amussim expleturum. Arbitri, re accuraté dis- 


cussá, Corco Lugdachi filio; ut qui a Fiachi 


Mullehani stirpe oriundus erat, que stirpem 
Cormaci Caissii etate precelleret, regni habenas 
primó committendas: Huic autem mortuo Co- 
nallum si superstes esset sin minus ejus filium 
substituendum esse censuerunt. Ubi hujus 
decreti capita, datis vadibus, se observaturum 
Corcus recepit, eum dignitatem regiam inire Co- 
nallus facile patitur; cum presertim Olillus 
Olumus constituerit, ut Fiachi Muillehani, et 
Cormaci Caissi prosapie regnandi vicissitudine 
semper in Momonia uterentur. 


* Demum Corcus fato fungitur, et Conallus . 


Echluachus regimen capessit: cujus in custo- 
diam omnes quos in Hibernia, Albaniá, Britan- 
nid, et Gallia epit, tradidisse his Cormaci Cul- 
lenani carminibus perhibetur : 


(379. 


décc na mig ór Epinn oo Cmorncann, mac Piovharg, acbail vo vig neime cuce — 


S Lg AR Ee rites DII Mec ae it de idit a ye 


379.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 127 


thirteen years as king over Ireland, he died of a poisonous drink which his own 


sister gave him. 


The Age of Christ, 379. The first year of Niall of the Nine Hostages, son 
of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 405. After Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eoch- 
aidh Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
he was slain by Eochaidh, son of Enna Ceinnseallach, at Muir n-Icht’, i. e. the 


sea between France and England. 


* Echluachus Mulctam totius cepit lernz, 

Postquam Crimthonus mulctas trans squora 
duxit, pi . 

Nunquam Juverne fuerat Rex clarior alter, 

Manne tranavit quamvis freta livida nun- 
quam j 

Crimthonus Magnus soboles Fidogia, preedas. 

Quotuscumque tulit, vasti trans equoris undas, 

Conallo Echluacho dederat, preestantior alter 

Quo pugil haud fuerat, rubei gestamine teli 

Pectoris excelsi, preclare et nomine mentis 

Conallus predives equis velocibus omnem 

Lustravit patriam, Crimthonum rité secutus, 

Dunlemnamque adiit miles robustus, ibique 

* Magnum hominum numerum miserandá czde 

peremit. 

Femeniz Fertconellum, latifundia Aini, 

Dungarium, Drumcormacum, validumque 
Rathlemnum. 

Duncarmnum egregium Focharmaighumque 
decorum. 

Cassilieque urbis celebris pomeria lata 

— Bub ditione suá strenuus Conallus habebat. 


* Munfinna Crimthoni soror, filii sui Briani, 
quem ex Eocho Muighmheano suscepit, et pre 
esteris liberis in deliciis habuit, amore nimio, 
et regie dignitatis ad eum deveniende vehe- 
menti desiderio accensá, venenum Crimthono 
fratri hauriendum porrexit in Dornglassie in- 
sulá, poculo antea ab ipsa propinato, ut lectius 
fratri fucum facerit, et in maleficii suspicionem 


minüs ei veniret; sed malo viscera paulatim 
rodente, illa in Dornglassie insula, ille vero ad 
montem Oighenrighum, Lymbrico ab aquilone 
adjacentem interiit, Anno Domini 378." 

From Fiacha Fidhgheinte, the uncle of Crimh- 
thann Mor, descended the tribe of Ui-Fidh- 
gheinte, formerly seated in the plains of the 
county of Limerick, and who, after the establish- 
ment of surnames, branched into the families of 
O’Donovan, O’Coileain (now Collins) Mac Eniry, 
O’Kinealy, and others. 

* Muir n-Icht.—This sea is supposed to have 
taken its name from the Portus Iccius of Cæsar, 
situated not far from the site of the present 
Boulogne. Nothing seems clearer than that 
this Irish monarch made incursions into Britain 
against Stilicho, whose success in repelling him 
and his Scots is described by Claudian. “ By 
him,” says this poet, speaking in the person of 
Britannia, * was I protected when the Scot 
moved all Ierne against me, and the sea foamed 
with his hostile oars: 

** Totam cum Scotus Iernen 
Movit et infesto spumavit remige Tethys." 


From another of this poet's eulogies it ap- 
pears that the fame of that Roman legion, 
which had guarded the frontier of Britain 
against the invading Scots, procured for it the 
distinction of being one of those summoned to 
the banner of Stilicho, when the Goths threat-. 
ened Rome: 


sii a) ur 


ies hie oe (ei 


- 


198 ANNALA grosnachca EIREANN. [428. 

Corp Core, cèpe céo piche a hochr. lap mibüc cp blhaòna pich(c 1 
pghe nEpeann vo Oachí, mac Piachpach, mic €achac Morgmeadom, copch- 
ap do pagic gealam ag Sleib €alpa. 

Qop Cpiopc, chċpe céo cprocha. Cn bapa bliadam vo Laogaipe. Ip 
im mbliadamp: po Fao an céo Celepcinup Papa Dalaomp eppcop docum 
n€peann do píolaó cnerome o€in(nnéoib,] camc 1 ccíp 1 cepic Larg, oa rim 
oécc alon. Ro owle Nachi mac Gappton pore, ap a ai po barpc uatad 
daome 1 ccip NEpeann, 7 po poturgedó ceopa heccailpı cpamn lap, Cell 
Phini, Ceaé na Roman, Oornnaé Apra. CE cCill Phine po paccaib a Lubpa, 
* an compa go cca” pói;3 Pap, maptipech momda nole. Ro páccaib 
an c(tpap po 1p na heccailpib ipn Dia ep, Qlugupeimnup, deneviccup, Siluep- 


cep, Solomup. Gs cronncuó vo Dhallaomp pop ccul vo Rom (o na puan 

armicem 1 nEpmn) vop papd salon 1 ccímb Cpmenec co nepbalt ve. 
Qoriy Cmorz, ceichpe céd cmocha a haon. On cpfp bliadain oo Laogaipe. 

Ro horponead naom Daccparc 1 neppuccoroe lapa naomh Papa, an ceo 


« Venit et extremis Legio pretenta Britannia, 
Que Scoto dat frena truci, ferroque notatas 
Perlegit exanimes Picto moriente figuras."— 

De Bello Getico. 

|. 3t would appear from certain passages in the 

Notitia Imperii that Niall on these occasions 

had many tribes of the Aitheach-Tuatha, or 

Attacotti, in his army, who, being the natural 

enemies of his family, deserted to the enemy, 

and were incorporated with the Roman legions: 

« The Attacotti make a distinguished figure 
in the Notitia Imperii, where numerous bodies 
of them appear in the list of the Roman army. 

One body was in Illyricum, their ensign a kind 

of mullet; another at Rome, their badge a 

circle; the Attacotti Honoriani were in Italy." 

—Pinkerton’s Inquiry into the History of Scotland, 

part iv. c. 2; see also O’Conor’s Prolegom.,1.1xxi. 
This great Monarch Niall had fourteen sons, 

of whom eight left issue, who are set down in 

the following order by O'Flaherty (0gygia, ii. 

85): 1. Laeghaire, from whom are descended 

the O’Coindhealbhains or Kendellans of Ui- 


Laeghaire ; 2. Conall Crimhthainne, ancestor 
of the O’Melaghlins; 3. Fiacha, a quo the Ma- 
geoghegans and O’Molloys; 4. Maine, a quo 
O'Caharny, now Fox, O'Breen and Magawley, 
and their correlatives in Teffia. All these re- 
mained in Meath. The other four settled in 
Ulster, where they acquired extensive territo- 
ries: l. Eoghan, the ancestor of O'Neill, and 
various correlative families; 2. Conall Gulban, 
the ancestor of O'Donnell, &.; 3. Cairbre, 
whose posterity settled in the barony of Car- 
bury, in the now county of Sligo, and in the 
barony of Granard, in the county of Longford; 
4. Enda Finn, whose race settled in Tir-Enda,- 
in Tirconnell, and in Kinel-Enda, near the hill 
of Uisneach, in Westmeath. 

It was on the occasion of one of the descents 
of this monarch on the coast of Armoric Gaul 
that the soldiers carried off with them, among 
other captives, a youth then in his sixteenth 
year, who was afterwards the chief apostle of 
Treland, namely, Patrick, the son of Calphurnius ; 
but it is very clear from St. Jerome’s notices of 


o aa E ooooororerererererereoeree 


428.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 129 


The Age of Christ, 428. After Dathi, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh 
Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-three years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
he was killed by a flash of lightning, at Sliabh Ealpa*. 

The Age of Christ, 430. The second year of Laeghaire. In this year Pope 
Celestinus the First sent Palladius^ to Ireland, to propagate the faith among the 
Irish, and he landed in the country of Leinster with a company of twelve men. 
Nathi, son of Garchu, refused to admit him ; but, however, he baptized a few 
persons in Ireland, and three wooden churches‘ were erected by him, [namely], 
Cell-Fhine, Teach-na-Romhan, and Domhnach-Arta. At Cell-Fhine he left his 
books, and a shrine with the relics of Paul and Peter, and many martyrs besides. 
He left these four in these churches: Augustinus, Benedictus, Silvester, and 
Solinus. Palladius, on his returning back to Rome (as he did not receive 
respect in Ireland), contracted a disease in the country of the Cruithnigh, and 


died thereof. 


The Age of Christ, 431. The third year of Laeghaire. Saint Patrick was 
ordained bishop by the holy Pope, Celestine the First, who ordered him to go 


Celestius, and from several old Lives of St. Pa- 
trick, that there were Christians in Ireland for 
some time previously to this reign.— See the 
Editor's Zrish Grammar, Introd., pp. 1. li. 

è Sliabh-Ealpa: i.e. the Alps. For curious 


notices of King Dathi, see Tribes and Customs of 


Ui-Fiachrach, pp. 17 to 27. Duald Mac Firbis 
states from the records of his ancestors that the 
body of Dathi was carried home to Ireland, and 
interred at Rathcroghan, where his grave was 
marked by a red pillar-stone. 

" Palladius.—From the notice of this mis- 
Sionary in Prosper’s Chronicle, it is evident 
that there were some communities of Christians 
among the Scoti in Ireland. His words are: 
** Ad Scotos in Christum credentes ordinatus a 
Papa Celestino Palladius primus Episcopus mit- 
titur? The same writer boasts that this new 
missionary to the British isles, while endeavour- 
ing to keep the Roman island of Britain Catholic, 
had made the barbarous [i e. not Romanized] 
island Christian, ** Et ordinato Scotis Episcopo 


dum Romanam insulam studet servare Catho- 
licam, fecit etiam Barbaram Christianam." This 
sanguine announcement was issued by Prosper, 
in a work directed against the Semi-Pelagians, 
before the true result of Palladius's mission had 
reached him. This unsuccessful missionary did 
not live to report a; Rome his failure in the 
barbarous island; but, being driven by a storm 
on the coast of North Britain, there died at 
Fordun, in the district of Magh-Geirgin, or 
Mearns.—See Book of Armagh, fol. 2, p. a; and 
Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 248, col. 2. 

* Three wooden churches.— These churches 
were situated in the territory of Ui-Garchon, 
which was washed by the River Inbher-Dea, in 
the east of the present county of Wieklow. 
Cellfine is unknown; Teach-na-Romhan, House 
of the Romans, is probably the place called Ti- 
groni; and Domhnach-Arta is probably the pre- 
sent Dunard, near Redcross. For the various 


` authorities which mention the erection of these 


churches see Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 249. 


i 


130 — ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. ` [432. 


Celepemup, po pupal pain coée oocum nEpeann, oo pfhméip7 vo ppoicepc 
cpeomi 7 cpabaró oo Baowealab, 7 oa mbarcpeavh 1o. 

Qop Cmorc, cüchpe ceo cmocha avó. On ceatpamad bliaóam vo 
Laogame. Paccparce oo cheacht 1 n€pmn an bliadamyp, g0 po gab pon 
barcpeab 4 beannacharg Epeann, propa, mna, maca,7 mg(na, cén mó cá 
uachaó na po paor barcpioo na cpemeam uad, ahul apnedeap a beata. 

Ach Tpum vo pochéghaoh la Pacparce rap na fohparpc vo Pheolim, 
mac Uaeshaine, mic Nell, vo Ohia, oopom, oo Comman, 1 vo Foptchfpn. 


Plann Mamipctpec cecimc. 


Déopurg, ab €ipeann uile, mac Calppaimn, mic Pocaroe, 
mic Oeippe, nap dóig oo Lud, me Copmuic Mhorp, mic Lerbprut, 
mic Oca, mic Oppic mart, mic Tome, mic Leo m lanpane, 
mic Marim, mang na plomn, mic €ncpecca apo alamo, 
mic Pflipc 1p penpan arg cac, me Pepem gan anyag, 
mic Opiccam, oobpa m mapa, o cac Specam bpuémapa, 
Cochnap a macéaip malla, Nemchop a baile baa, 
oon Muran m cael a curd, po paop ap pucaip. páopaug. 


4 Came to Ireland.—The place where St. Pa- 
trick landed is the subject of much dispute 
among the Irish writers. Mageoghegan, in his 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, states that he landed 
at Wicklow, where he was opposed by the 
Leinstermen, one of whom struck one of his 
companions on the mouth with a stone, and 
knocked out four of his teeth, for which reason 
he was afterwards called Mantanus, or the tooth- 
less, and the church of Cill-Mantain, now Wick- 
low, is said to have taken its name from him.— 
See also Ussher's Primordia, pp. 845,846. Mr. 
Moore thinks that Inbhear-Des was the harbour 
of Dublin, but this opinion is founded on a mis- 
reading of Evolenorum for Cuolenorum by Ussher, 
in Probus’s Life of St, Patrick, which the Book 
of Armagh enables us to correct. From the si- 
tuation of Cualann and Ui-Garchon, in which 
Inbher Dex was, it is more than probable that 
it was at Bray Patrick landed. 


e His Life.—Seven Lives of St. Patrick have 
been published by Colgan in his Trias T'haum., 
of which the seventh, which is called Vita Tri- 
partita, and is ascribed to St. Evin, is the most 
copious. Ussher had another life, divided into 
three parts, which, from the several quotations 
he gives from it, appears to be very different 
from the Tripartite Life published by Colgan. It 
appears, from the various Lives of this saint, 
that several tribes of the Irish not only refused 
to be converted, but.attempted to murder St. 
Patrick. Giraldus Cambrensis says that Ire- 
land never produced a single martyr, and all 
the modern Irish historians have asserted that, 
* by a singular blessing of Providence, not a 
single drop of blood was shed, on account of re- 
ligion, through the entire course of the conver- 
sion of the Pagan Irish to Christianity.” But 
whoever will read the Tripartite Life of St. Pa- 
trick, as published by Colgan, will find that the 


432.] 1 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 131 


to Ireland, to preach and teach faith and piety to the Gaeidhil, and also to bap- 


tize them. 


- The Age of Christ, 432. The fourth year of Laeghaire. Patrick came to 
Ireland* this year, and proceeded to baptize and bless the Irish, men, women, 
sons, and daughters, except a few who did not consent to receive faith or bap- 


tism from him, as his Life® relates. 


Ath-Truim was founded by Patrick, it having been granted by Fedhlim, son- 


of Laeghaire, son of Niall, to God and to him, Loman, and Fortchern. Flann 


Mainistrechf cecinit : 


^ 


Patrick, Abbot of all Ireland, son of Calphrann®, son of Fotaide, 

Son of Deisse,—not fit to be dispraised, son of Cormac Mor, son of Lebriuth, 
Son of Ota, son of Orric the Good, son of Moric, son of Leo of full success, 
Son of Maximus, 'tis not unfit to name him, son of Encretti, the tall and comely, 
Son of Philisti, the best of men, son of Fereni without a tempest, 

Son of Britan", otter of the sea, from whom the vigorous Britons came ; 
Cochnias was his modest mother ; Nemthor his native town ; 

Of Munster not small his share, which Patrick redeemed from sorrow. 


Pagan Irish made several attempts at murdering 
Patrick, and that he had frequently but a nar- 
row escape. He will be also convinced that our 
modern. popular writers have been guilty of 
great dishonesty in representing the labours of 
Patrick as not attended with much difficulty. 
Nothing is clearer than that Patrick engrafted 
Christianity on the Pagan superstitions with so 
much skill, that he won the people over to the 
Christian religion before they understood the 
exact difference between the two systems of 
belief; and much of this half Pagan half Chris- 
tian religion will be found, not only in the Irish 
stories of the middle ages, but in the supersti- 
tions of the peasantry of the present day. 

f Flann Mainistrech : i.e. Flann of the Mo- 
nastery. He was abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, 
now Monssterboice, in the county of Louth, 
and died in December, 1056.— See O’Reilly’s 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. xxv. 


€ Son of Calphrann.— St.Patrick himself gives 
us two generations of his pedigree, in his Con- 
Sessio, as follows: “Patrem habui Calpornium 
diaconum, filium quondam Potiti presbyteri, 
qui fuit in vico Bonavem Tabernie : villulam 
Enon prope habuit ubi capturam d 

^ Britan.— This pedigree is clearly legendary, 
because Britan, from whom the Britons are said 
to have derived their name and origin, is said, by 
all the Irish writers, to have flourished before 
the arrival of the Tuatha-De-Dananns in Ire- 
land; and, therefore, to deduce the Irish apostle's 
pedigree from him in fifteen generations, cannot 
now, for a moment, stand the test of criticism. 
See this pedigree given from various authorities 
in Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 4, 224. 

After this quotation from Flann, the Stowe 
copy has the following observation: “ San vapa 
duille um dia1g aca an Cuid ele don ouahpi 
4. map a bpuil * Ilumeip Paopuig na Paz- 


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132 


ANNALA RIOsHaAchHtTA EIREANN. 


[434. 


Qop Cpiope, chchpe céo tmochact a cicha. On perpead badam 
vo Laogaipe. Loapn mac Eachach Mumplmaip vo senfo. 

Qoi Cpropc, cfichpe céo cpocha a cing. On peaccmad bliadain vo 
Laogaine. Opeapal belach, mac Piacha Cicfoha, mc Cachaoin Móin, (m 


Larghean) dég. 


Qor Cpiopc, certpe ceo cpiocha a pé. An coccmao bhadain oo plaiciop 


Laogaipe. 


Cloip Cpropc, ceichpe chéo cpiochac a peace. 


Cn naomao bhadan do 


Laogaine. .Pronobapp mac ua bainvene oécc. 


Cop Cpiopc, chtpe céo cmocha a hochr. 


Cn ofchmaó bliadam oo 


Laogmpe. Seancup 7 Peneachup na h€peann vo lanad] vo pcmobav, ap 
cc(clamaó pcepeapcpao 7 pünleabap n€peann co haon margin, ap rmmproe 


Naom pacpaicc. 


Q[ciao anopo naoi pailge pochairgceacha lap a nofpnad 


mopm. CLaogarpe (.1. m Epeann), Copec 7 Oaipe an cpun píogh, Paopuice, 
benen, 7 Canech an cpup naomh, Rop, Oubchach, 1 P(pgup an cpiup 


peanchab, amal óeapbap an pann. 


cep, ? i.e. “On the second leaf following the 
rest of this poem is [given], i.e. where occurs 
* Muintir Padruig na Patter;?? which Dr. 
O'Conor translates, ridiculously, as follows : 
* In Scholarum libris de rebus divinis extat 
pars reliqua hujus carminis, i. e. de mirabilibus 
familie Patricii orationum.”—See the poem so 
beginning. p. 134, line 13, infrà. The object of 
the note by the Four Masters is simply to in- 
form the reader that the lines beginning ** Muin- 
ter Padruig” are a continuation of the poem of 
Flann Mainistreach. ; 

i Loarn.—He was one of the Dal-Riada of 
Ulster who settled in Alba or Scotland. 

3 Breasal Bealach.—He is called Rex Lagenie 
fn the Annals of Ulster.—He is the common 
ancestor of the Kavanaghs, O’Byrnes, O"Tooles, 
and other families of Leinster.—See Leabhar na 
g Ceart, p. 203. 

x Mac Ua Bairdene.— This Finnbharr is to be 
distinguished from the first Bishop of Cork and 
others of a similar name. His name does not 


oceur in the Feilire-Aenguis, or in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar. It would appear from various autho- 
rities, which Ussher and Colgan have regarded 
as trustworthy, but which Dr. Lanigan rejects 
as fabulous, that by Uabard the Irish writers 
meant Longobardus, or a Lombard. Thus Res- 
titutus, the husband of Liemania, St. Patrick's 
sister, is called one time Hua-Baird, and at ano- 
ther time Longobardus.— See Petrie’s Inquiry 
into the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of 
Ireland, p. 164; Ussher's Primordia, p. 825 ; Col- 
gan’s Trias Thaum., p. 226, col. 2; Dr. O'Conor's 
Prolegomena ad Annales, pp. l. lxiv. 

' The Seanchus and Feinechus: i.e. the His- 
tory and Laws. The work said to have been 
compiled on this occasion is usually called the 
Seanchus Mor, and in the Annals of Ulster 
Chronicon Magnum. There are fragments of a 


work so called in the manuscript Library of 


Trin. Coll. Dub., H. 3. 17, and H. 3, 18. and a 
more perfect one in the British Museum. Jo- 
celyn also refers to it (as if he had seen it) under 


dem o oM eme 


434.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 133 


The Age of Christ, 434. The sixth year of Laeghaire.  Loarni, son of 
Eochaidh Muinreamhar, was born. ; 

The Age of Christ, 435. The seventh year of Laeghaire. Breasal Bea- 
lach), son of Fiacha Aiceadh, son of Cathaeir Mor (King of Leinster), died. 

The Age of Christ, 436. The eighth year of the reign of Laeghaire. 

The Age of Christ, 437. The ninth year of Laeghaire. Finnbharr Mac 
Ua Bairdene*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 438. The tenth year of Laeghaire. The Seanchus and 
Feinechus' of Ireland were purified and written, the writings and old books 
of Ireland having been collected [and brought] to one place, at the request of 
Saint Patrick. These were the nine supporting props by whom this was done: » 
Laeghaire, i.e. King of Ireland, Core, and Daire, the three kings; Patrick, 
Benen, and Cairneach, the three saints; Ross, Dubhthach, and Fearghus, the 


three antiquaries, as this quatrain testifies : 


the name of Canoin-Phadruig, incorrectly for 
Cain-Phadruig, i.e. Patrick's Law, as follows: 
“Magnum etiam volumen quod dicitur Canoin 
Phadruig, id est, Canones Patricii scripsit; quod 
cuilibet persone, seu seculari, seu etiam Eccle- 
siastice, ad justiciam exercendam, et salutem 
anime obtinendam, satis congrue convenit." — 


Trias Thaum., pp. 214, col.1. See Petrie’s An- 


tiquities of Tara Hill, in which (pp. 47-54) long 
extracts are given from the prefatory account of 
this work in the manuscript above referred to ; 
and p. 56, where the author draws the following 
conclusion respecting its origin and nature: 

* On the whole, then, it may be safely con- 
cluded from the preceding evidences, that the 
Seanchus Mor was not, as Colgan and the sub- 
sequent writers supposed, a mixed compilation 
of history and law, but a body of laws solely ; 
and though, perhaps, there is not sufficient evi- 
dence to satisfy an unprejudiced person that 
the Apostle of Ireland had any share-in its 
composition, or even that its origin can be 
traced to his time, little doubt can be enter- 
tained that such a work was compiled within a 
short period after the full establishment of 


Christianity in the country. It is even highly 
probable that St. Patrick, assisted by one of the 
Bards converted to Christianity, may have laid 
the foundation of a revision of such of the Pagan 
laws and usages of the country as were incon- 
sistent with the doctrines of the Gospel; and 
that such a work, when compiled by the labour 
of his successors, was ascribed to him, to give it 
greater authority with the people. And this 
conjecture is supported by the Annals of Ulster, 
so remarkable for their accuracy, which record, 
at the year 438, the composition of the Chronicon 
Magnum, or, as it is called in the original Irish, 
in the fine manuscript of these Annals in Trinity 
College, Seanchus Mor, a statement most proba- 
bly derived from the older Annals of Tighernach, 
which are now defective at that period.” 

It is distinctly stated in H. 3. 18, that the 
Seanchus Mor was otherwise called Cain Pha- 
druig, i.e. Patrick’s Law, and that no indivi- 
dual Brehon of the Gaeidhil (Irish Scoti) has 
dared to abrogate any thing found init. Hence 
it is clear that Jocelyn has misnamed the “ mag- 
num volumen,” containing civil and ecclesiastical 
laws, by the name of Canoin Phadruig, for that 


134 


ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. 


- 


[440. 


Laogaine, Conc, Oaipe oáp, Daopaice, benen, Caipn(ch cón, 
Ror, Oubchach, Peapgup 5o peb, naor pailge pen pincarp mérp. 


Cloip Cpiopc, cèpe céo chitpacha. On vapa bhadan décc do Laogaine. 


Maine, mac Néll Naorgiallaig, oécc. 


Gloip Cqpiope, cèpe ééo c(épacha a clea. Cn perpead bliadam bécc 


oo Laogaipe mac Néill ipin Righe. 


Cloip Cort, cfitpe céo, c(cpacha apeachc. 


‘naor bécc vo Laogaine. 


Secunomup .1. Seachnall, mac ua bao, mac pean Pacparce à. Oarpepca, 
eppcop Apoa Macha, cáicc buadna p(ccmogac a aoip an can po paor a 


ppipac .1. 27 Nouembep. 


Cloip Cpiopc, ceitpe ceo efenacha a hochc. 


Laogaipe. 


Qn piéf(cmao bliadan oo 


Mumncen Dhaopug na paccep, accá parte po Caiccen, 
Meabpa lim, m cut cpanna, a nupt 1p a nanmanna. 
. Sechnall a eppog gan acc, Mocca ap pem a pagapc, 


was the name by which the Irish designated 
St. Patrick's copy of the Gospels, now known 
as the Book of Armagh. 

™ Corc.—This quotation is evidently apochry- 
phal. He was not contemporary with King 
Laeghaire or St. Patrick’s mission, for he was 
the grandfather of Aenghus Mac Nadfraich, the 
first Christian King of Munster.— Ogygia, iii.786. 

n Cairneach He could have scarcely been 
alive in 438, and he Could not possibly have been 
then an ecclesiastic, for he died in 530, near a 
century afterwards, and Benignus or Benen was 
but a boy in 438.—See Leabhar na-g Ceart, In- 
troduction, p. iii. et sequent. 

° Maine, son of Niall—He was the ancestor 
of the O’Caharnys, O'Breens, Magawleys, and 
other families of Teffia, which was sometimes 
called Tir-Maine from him. 

P Seachnall Mac Ua Baird.— According to all 
the ancient Irish authorities, he was the son of 
Liamhain or Liemania, otherwise called Darerca, 
. one of the sisters of St. Patrick, by Restitutus 


the Lombard, and the author of a hymn in 
praise of St. Patrick, published by Colgan in 
Trias Thaum., p. 211.—See Ussher's Primordia, 
p. 824, and Lanigan’s Eccl. Hist. Irel., vol. i. 
pp. 259, 271, where it is shewn from various 
authorities that he was a suffragan bishop to St. 
Patrick, and that his principal church was Domh- 
nach Sechnail, i. e. the Church of Sechnall, now 
Dunshaughlin, in Meath, where he was placed 
by St. Patrick about the year 443, and died in 
448. Dr. Lanigan scoffs at the idea of Darerca, 
the sister of St. Patrick, being married to Res- 
titutus, a Lombard. In the Annals of Ulster, ad 
ann. 439, it is stated that Seachnall, or Secun- 
dinus, was sent to Ireland, along with two other 
bishops, Auxilius and Isernius, to assist St. Pa- 


trick. The only authority for making Secun- 


dinus Archbishop of Armagh is a passage in the 
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (lib. iii. c. 81), 
which states, that before St. Patrick set out for 
Rome in search of relies, he had intrusted ' 
Secundinus with the care of the archbishopric 


440] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


135 


Laeghaire, Corc™, Daire the stern, Patrick, Benen, Cairneach* the just, 
Ross, Dubhthach, Fearghus with goodness, the nine props these of the 


Seanchus Mor. 


The Age of Christ, 440. The twelfth year of Laeghaire. Maine, son of 


Niall? of the Nine Hostages, died. 


The Age of Christ, 444. The sixteenth year of Laeghaire, son of Niall, 


in the sovereignty. 


The Age of Christ, 447. The nineteenth year of Laeghaire. Secundinus, 
i.e. Seachnall Mac Ua Baird’, the son of Patrick's sister, Darerca, Bishop of 
Ard-Macha [Armagh], yielded his spirit on the twenty-seventh of November, 


in the seventy-fifth year of his age. 


The Age of Christ, 448. The twentieth year of Laeghaire. 


The family of Patrick* of the prayers, who had good Latin, 
I remember ; no feeble court [were they], their order, and their names. 
Sechnall', his bishop without fault ; Mochta’ after him his priest ; 


of Armagh and the primacy of Ireland ; but it 
is very clear, from the whole tenor of Patrick’s 
proceedings, that he did not go to Rome on this 
occasion; and it is equally clear that Secundinus 
was never Archbishop of Armagh, though he 
might have resided there while Patrick was 
preaching in other parts of Ireland. 

* The family of Patrick.—This poem is very 
incorrectly deciphered and translated by Dr. 
O’Conor. His errors are corrected in this edi- 
tion of it, from a fuller and better copy pre- 
served in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b, and 
from a prose list of the twenty-four persons 
constituting the household of St. Patrick pre- 
fixed to it. A list of the principal persons men- 
tioned in this poem is also given by Evinus, in 
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii. c. 98; 
Trias Thaum., p. 167, col. i. 

* Sechnall.—* Sanctus enim Secundinus Epis- 
copus, fuit ipsius Vicarius in spiritualibus et 
suffraganeus.? — Evinus, Trias Thaum., p. 167, 
col. i. 


* Mochta.—* Sanctus Mocteus fuit ejus Archi- 
presbyter."— Evinus. This is Mocteus of Louth, 
whose acts are given by Colgan at 24th March. 
In the Calendar of Cashel and Martyrology of 
Donegal, as quoted by Colgan, he is called bi- 
shop, and Ware also gives him this title; yet 
Adamnan, in his second preface to the Life of 
St. Columba, does not style him bishop; but, 
merely calls him **Proselytus Brito, homo 
sanctus, Sancti Patricii episcopi discipulus, Moc- 
theus nomine." An epistle, referred to by most 
of the Irish annalists, as written by Mocteus him- 
self, was headed with these words: * Mauchteus 
peccator presbyter, sancti Patricii discipulus, in 
Domino salutem.” In the Irish Calendar of 
O’Clery it is stated that he lived to the age of 
300 years; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
give him an age of 300 years and three days; 
but Colgan and Lanigan, after a careful exami- 


' nation of the errors of transcribers, and a com- 


parison of collateral facts, have reduced his years 
to 100, or 130. 


136 


€ppog Epc a bpeiteam bmn, a tpempeap Eppos Maccaermpemn. 
benen a pailméeacland paep, aguy Coeman a macdem. 

Smell a põ bem m Clune, agup Checfn a pip cor. 

Cpumtep Meapcan gan bme, a capa pa cipppipe- 

Cpurréep bepcnaic, binne a pain, pagape meipe mic Alppaino. 
C cm sabaino, gapca a noealb, ITlacecc, Caeban, 1p Popcceapno. 
CQ ċm cepoa, pa mop pac, Clepbuice, Tam, 7 Capach. 


t Bishop Erc.— Sanctus Ercus Episcopus, 
Cancellarius, et supremus judex in spirituali- 
bus.’—Evinus. He was the first Bishop of 
Slane, which is described in the Trish Calendar 
of O'Clery at 2nd November, and in a note in 
the Feilire Aenguis, at 16th N: ovember, as Fertai 
Fer Feic, by the side of Sidh-Truim, on the west. 
The annals of Ulster refer his death to the year 
514. See Ussher’s Primord., p. 1047. His fes- 
tival was held at Slane on the 2nd of November. 

u Maccaeirthinn.—Although he is not given 
in Evinus’s list of St. Patrick’s household, 
he is mentioned by him, in part iii. c. 3, as 
«baculus senectutis ipsius, qui eum in hu- 
meris gestabat." In the Book of Lecan he is 
called “a épénpeap,? i. e. “his mighty man, or 
champion." He was the first Bishop of Clogher, 
and died in the year 506.— See Ussher's Pri- 
,mord., pp.856,1123. It is stated in the Irish 

Calendar of O?Clery, at 15th August, that his 
real name was Aedh, and that he was called 
Feardachriqch when he was abbot of Dairinis. 
His acts are given by Colgan, in his Acta Sanc- 
torum, at 24th March, pp. 737-742. 

v. Benen, his psalmist.—Dr. O’Conor translates 
this, * Benignus ejus Horarius (sive temporis 
monitor); but he is beneath criticism in this 
and a thousand other instances. Colgan pub- 
lished several chapters from the Life of this 
saint in his Trias Thaum., p. 205. It is stated 
that he became a bishop, and succeeded Patrick 
at Armagh, in 455, and died in 468. He is said 
. to have been the original compiler of the Psalter 


annaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


-Book of Lecan he is called “Smell Chili amp 


of Cashel, and of Leabhar na-g Ceart.—See the 
edition of that work printed for the Celtic So- 
ciety, Introduction, pp. ii. to xi. 

y Coemhan. — ** Sanctus Coemanus de Kill- 
Choemain, Cubicularius.”—Evinus. See also 
Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 177, n. 88; and Acta 
Sanctorum, pp. 312, 313. In the list of St. 
Patrick’s disciples given in the Book of Lecan, 
he is called “ Caernan Chille Riava, Caemhan 
of Kilready.” Dr. O'Conor thinks that he was 
the same as Coemhan of Enach-Truim, in Leix; 
but this is impossible, for the latter was the 
brother of St. Kevin of Glendalough, who died 
in the year 618. 

z Sinell, his bell-ringer.—This is incorrectly 
printed ** Sribhall feair bunadaig,” by Dr. 
O’Conor. In the list of St. Patrick’s household, 
preserved in the Book of Lecan, this line reads, 
“ Smell a pep bem m clurc, i. e. Sinell was his 
Bell-ringer.” Evinus calls him “ Senellus de Kill- 
dareis, Campanarius,” on which Colgan writes the 
following note in his Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 120: 
“Cum Cill-dareis idem sit ac cella duarum pal- 
marum, sive duabus palmis lata; forte hee cella, 
est, que aliter Carcuir Sinchill, i. e. reclusorium 
Sinelli, nuncupatur, jacetque in insula lacüs, 
Loch Melge appellati, in finibus septentrionalis 
Connacie.” In the prose list preserved in the 


a aipeipe, i. e. Sinell of Killairis, his Ostiarius." 

* Aithcen.—This is printed Aithreoir by Dr. 
O'Conor. Evinus calls him ** Athgenius de 
Both-domnaich, coquus," which perfectly agrees 


448.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Bishop Erc" his sweet-spoken Judge ; his champion, Bishop Maccaeirthinn" ; 
Benen, his psalmist"; and Coemhan', his chamberlain ; 

Sinell” his bellringer, and Aithcen* his true cook ; 

The priest Mescan*, without evil, his friend and his brewer ; 

The priest Bescna‘, sweet his verses, the chaplain of the son of Alprann. 
His three smiths*, expert at shaping, Macecht, Laebhan*, and Fortchern*. 
His three artificers*, of great endowment, Aesbuite, Tairill, and Tasach. 


with the proselist in the Book of Lecan. He is 
the patron saint of the church of Badoney, in 
the valley of Gleann-Aichle, near Strabane, in 
Tyrone.—See Trias Thaum. p. 188, n. 121. His 
pedigree is thus given by O'Clery: “ Aithgen, 
of Both-Domhnaigh, son of Dael, son of Maisin, 
son of Fearghus, son of Duach, son of Breasal, 
son of Colla Meann, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen.” 

^ Mescan.—Evinus calls him “ Sanctus Mes- 
chanus de Domnach” [Mescain] “juxta Foch- 
muine fluvium, Cerviciarius.” The word in 
brackets, which was erroneously omitted by Col- 
gan, has been supplied from the prose list in 
the Book of Lecan. His church was situated 
near the River Fochmhuine, now the F aughan, 
in the county of Londonderry, but it has not 
been yet identified. 

* Besena.—‘ Sanctus Beschna presbyter de 
Domnach - dala, Sacellanus.” — Evinus. This 
church, which is called Domhnach-Dula in the 
prose list in the Book of Lecan, was in the plain 
of Magh-dula, through which the River Moyola, 
in the south of the county of Londonderry, flows, 
—See Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 123. 

è His three smiths.— Evinus, as edited by Col- 
gan, mentions but two smiths of St. Patrick, 
thus: ** Sanctus Maccectus de Domnach-loebain, 
qui reliquiarium illud famosum Finn-faidheach 
nuncupatum fabricavit, et Sanctus Fortchernus 
de Rath-aidme duo fabri ferrari? But this is 
obviously a blunder of Colgan's, as Loebhan was 
unquestionably the saintof Domhnach-Loebhain. 
In the prose list in the Book of Lecan the former 


is called Macceée ó Oornnaé Cfpnom, i. e. Mac- 
cecht of Domhnach Arnoin. The text of Evinus 
should stand corrected thus: “ Sanctus Mac- 
cectus” [de Domnach-Arnoin, et Sanctus Loeba- 
nus] “de Domnach-loebain, qui reliquiarium 
illud famosum Finn-faidheach nuncupatum fabri- 
cavit ; et Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath-Semni, 
tres fabri ferrari.” The words in brackets shew 
what has been evidently omitted in Colgan’s 
edition of the Tripartite Life. 

* Laebhan.—There are two saints of this name 
mentioned in the Irish Calendar of the O'Clerys, 
one on the 1st of June, called Loebhan of Ath- 
Eguis, and the other on the 9th of August. 
Colgan states that Domhnach-Loebhain was 
called Cill-Loebhain in his own time, and that 
it was a parish church in the diocese of Clon- 
fert.—Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 129. It is evi- 
dently the church now called Killian. 

* Fortchern.—* Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath- 
aidme, faber ferrarius."—— Evinus. In the prose 
list in the Book of Lecan he is called * Pop- 
chepn 1 Rait Semmi,” i, e, Fortchern of Rath- 
Semhni. He was the son of the Monarch Laegh- 
aire mac Neill and had a church at Ath- 
Truim, now Trim, in Meath, and another at 
Cill-Fortchern, in Idrone, in the present county 


of Carlow. His festival was celebrated at both. 


places on the 11th of October. i 

* His three artificers.—Evinus names them 
as follows: “ Sanctus Essa, Sanctus Biteus, ac 
Sanctus Tassa, tres fabri erarii, vasorumque 
sacrorum fabricatores.” In the prose list in the 


137 


138 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


` 


[448. 


C èp opumecha naé oip, Luparo, Enca, Cpumeimip. 
Odpan a apagan oil, Rovan, mac bpasa a buacanl, 

Ippir, Tismy, 1p Enca, agur Liamain la €ibeaéca, 
Paopurs pop poppan an oecpa, oóib po ba ceapb peapca, 
Camut pagapc pon barre, Gepman a oroe can aps, 
Cpurmeep Manac pa mop pat, a pep com pa connavac. 
Mac va pian banban co mblaio, Manca bnácarp amácap. 
Rapa po gor an oglac, Moconnoc a comgapmac. 


' Book of Lecan, they are called €priu 4 Site 1 
Taran, and nevertheless in Flann’s poem, which 
is given as the authority for that list, they are 
called Qippmize, Caill, Capat. The last only 
has been identified. He was the patron saint of 
Rath-Cholptha, now Raholp village, near Saul, 
in the county of Down. The other two names 
have been so corrupted by transcribers that 
they are difficult to determine. Colgan thinks 
that Hssa should be Ossa, or Ossan, as Patrick 
had a disciple of that name, whose memory was 
venerated at Trim, in Meath. He makes no 
attempt at identifying Bite, or Biteus. The Irish 
Calendar of O’Clery gives a saint of that name 
at 22nd July, as Biteus, abbot of Inis-Cumh- 
scraidhe, now Inishcourey, near Downpatrick. 
Tairill is found in Flann’s poem only. 

^ His three embroiderers.—“ Sancta Lupita, 
Tigrida, et Crumtheris textrices et sacrorum 
linteorum erant confectrices."— Evinus. 

In the prose list in the Book of Lecan they 
are named thus: ** Of epi opuinecha .1. Cupano, 
1 Enc, ingen Daim, 7 Cpurmeheprr, i.e. Lupaid, 
and Ere, daughter of Dairi, and Crumtheris.” 
The Lupaid here mentioned was Lupita, Pa- 
trick’s own sister. Erc, the daughter of Dairi, 
was no other than Ergnata, the daughter of 
Dairi, King’of Oirther, who granted Armagh to 
Saint Patrick.— See a very strange story about 
her in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii. 
c. 72. Crumtheris was a lady of royal birth, 
who lived in solitude on the hill of Kenngobha, 


to the east of Armagh. —See Vit. Trip., lib. iii. 
c. 74; Trias Thaum., p. 163. 

i Odhran.—Evinus calls him ** Sanctus Odra- 
nus de Disert-Odhrain in Hifalgia, auriga," 
which perfectly agrees with the prose list in 
the Book of Lecan : ** Oopan ó Oipepe Oopain 
a $illa anad.” He is mentioned in all the Lives 
of St. Patrick published by Colgan.—See Vita 
Tripart., part iii. c. 56, where there is a curious 
story told about an attempt made by an Irish 
chieftain to murder St, Patrick. 

i Rodan.—Dr. O'Conor prints this Rochan. 
Evinus calls him ** Sanctus Rodanus, Armenta- 
rius." In the prose list in the Book of Lecan, 
he is called ** Rovan a buaéail.? 

k Ippis, &c.—'These are said to have been the 
five sisters of St. Patrick ; but Dr. Lanigan has 
attempted to shew that St. Patrick had no real 
sisters in Ireland, and thinks that these were 
religious women who were called his sisters in 
a spiritual, not carnal sense. —See his Ecclesias- 
tical History of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 125, 126, where 
this acute historian writes: “Still more un- 
founded are the stories concerning St. Patrick's 
sisters, who are said to have been with him in 
Ireland, and their numberless children. Part 
of this stuff is given by Ussher (Primordia, 
p. 824, segq.) ; but Colgan has collected the whole 
of it in a large dissertation. —(TTias T'haum., ` 
p. 224, segq.)" 

! Cairniuch.—It is so printed by Dr. O’Conor, 
who says in a note: “ Omnes vite vetustiores 


* 


448.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 139 


His three embroiderers", not despicable, Lupaid, Erca, and Cruimthiris. 
Odhrani, his charioteer, without blemish, Rodani, son of Braga, his shepherd. 
Ippis*, Tigris, and Erca, and Liamhain, with Eibeachta : 

For them Patrick excelled i in wonders, for them he was truly miraculous. 
Carniuch' was the priest that baptized him ; German" his tutor, Memes ble- 


mish. 


The priest Manach”, of great endowment, was his man for supplying wood. 
His sister's son? was Banban, of fame ; Martin? his mother’s brother. 
Most sapient was the youth Mochonnoc?, his hospitaller. 


eum appellant Gorniam.” 

In the copy of Flann's poem, preserved in the 
Book of Lecan, the reading is: *:opmap m 
pacane po Baire, i.e. Gornias the pa who 
baptized him.” 

m German.—All the Lives of Patrick agree 
that St. Germanus was his tutor. Colgan at- 
tempts to shew that Patrick had been under his 
tuition as early as the year 396; but the acute 
Dr. Lanigan clearly proves (vol. i. p. 161), that 
Patrick could not have been under the direction 
of St. German before the year 418. 

a Manach.— Evinus calls him: ‘ Sanctus 
Monachus presbyter focarius lignorumque pro- 
visor.” In the prose list in the Book of Lecan 
he is called ** Cpumefp Manaé a pean oénrna 
connaig, i.e. Cruimhther Manach his provider 
of wood.” 

° His sister’s son. — In the copy of Flann's 
poem, in the Book of Lecan, the reading is, 
* $8(nnan a bpacaip co mblao, i. e. Seannan 
was his brother” [or cousin] * of fame? Nei- 


. ther name has been identified with true history, 


and it is more than probable that both owe their 
existence to the errors of the transcribers. 

? Martin.— In the Tripartite Life, apud 
Colgan (Trias Thaum., p. 117), it is stated that 
Conchessa, St. Patrick?s mother, was the sister 
or relative of St. Martin: ** Conchessa Ecbatii 
filia ex Francis oriunda, et S. Martini soror, seu 


cognata, ejus mater fuit. But Dr. Lanigan 
thinks that there is not sufficient authority to 
prove this fact: “ There is a sort of tradition 
that she” [Conchessa] “ was a near relative of 
the great St. Martin of Tours, either his sister, 
or, what is less improbable, a niece of his. I 
have not been able to find any sufficient autho- 
rity for it; and it seems to be founded on a mis- 
take, in consequence of its having been said that 
St. Patrick, after his release from captivity, 
spent some time with St. Martin at Tours.”— 
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 124. 

* Mochonnoc.— Sanctus Catanus presbyter, 
et Ocanotus presbyter duo hospitalarii, sive hos- 
pitum ministri." Evinus. 

In the prose list in the Book of Lecan the 
reading is: “ Cnuiméen Cáoán 6 Camlaccam 
GIpooa, 1 Cpurméep mópogán a oa popmépi; 
ie. Priest Cadan of Tamlaghtard, and Priest 
Brogan, his two waiters.” t 

The memory of St. Cadan, or Catanus, is still 
held in great veneration in the parish of Tam- 
laghtard, or Ardmagilligan, in the barony of 
Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. Colgan 
gives the acts of Mochonnoc at 11th February, 
and states that he flourished about A. D. 492; 
but Dr. Lanigan shews that he lived at a much 
later period.—$See his Ecclesiastical History of 
Ireland, vol. i. p. 425. The Brogan of the prose 
list in the Book of Lecan is evidently intended 


T2 


140 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[449. 


Cmbm ip Cappa na lean, mgeana glana Glesnano, 

Macpad cap pa abin ap Enc, pa tapngaip pe na cpr uroeacc 
opogan psprbnid a pcoile, Cnuimten Loga a luamaipe. 

Noca ne nf naċ canca, agup Macu a pipoalca 

Mat pean vampac mumncep móp oa oapo Ora Bacall cen bnon, 
Plot ca clumncep na cluic, mumncep mait mumcen Dhaopurg. 
In Tpmów 1pcpean ap cuc valea oumo mait mopspact 

Rig pan poem cpe acm mbuc, pa poep oo paccip Paopurs. 


Coir Cmorz, cfitpe céd clepachat anaon. 


am. 
Cip nAmalgard. 


op Cpiopc, chtpe céo caocca a tpi. 


vo Caogaine. 


Qirnalgaoro, mac Piaénac, mic Eachaé MuwdmfSom, o10bai6. 


bliadan ap pichic vo Caog- 
Uae 


Cn cmcceaò bliaóam picheac 


Cachppaeimead mop ma Laogaipe mac Nell pop Largmb. 


Qop Cmore, chtpe céd caocca a c(tam. A pé pichle vo Laogaine. 


Feir Teampa la Caogape, mac Néll. 


for Brocan, or Brocanus, one of the nephews of 
St. Patrick, mentioned in the Tripartite Life.— 
Trias Thaum., pp. 129, 136. 

* Cribri and Lasra.—These are called Crebrea 
and Lassera in the Tripartite (Trias Thaum., 
p. 141), where it is stated that they were the 
daughters of Glerannus, son of Cumineus, and 
lived at the church of Kill-Forclann, near Kil- 
lala. Dr. O’Conor, with this evidence before 
him, translates Gleaghrann by candide as if it 
were an epithet of the virgins, and not their 
father's name. 

s Macraidh, &c., and Erc.—The text is clearly 
corrupt here, and the copy in the Book of Lecan 
affords no clue to the correction of it. 

t Brogan.—He was the Brocanus, nephew of 
St. Patrick, mentioned by Jocelin in c. 50, and 
by Evinus (ubi suprà). 

u Logha.—In the copy of Flann’s poem in the 
Book of Lecan he is called Cpuimeep Cugna, 
which is more correct. His tombstone is still 
preserved near. Templepatrick, or Patrick's 


church, on the island of Insi Goill, in Lough 
Corrib, with the following inscription: “Čie 
lugnaevon mace lmenueh, i. e. the stone of 
Lugna Don, son of Lemenueh.” This inscrip- 
tion, which.was discovered by Dr. Petrie, who 
published a fac-simile of it, in his Inquiry into 
the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ire- 
land, p. 162, is the oldest literal monument yet 
discovered in Ireland. It establishes the exis- 
tence of Lughna and Lemenueh beyond dis- 
pute, but nothing of a similar antiquity has 
been discovered to prove their relationship to 
the Irish Apostle. 

" Machui.—He was St. Mochai, of Endrom, 


` in Loch Cuan, one of St. Patrick's earliest con- 


verts, to whom he gave a copy of the Gospels 
and what was called a Ministeir, or portable re- 
liquary: “ Baptizavit eum ac totondit, et dedit 
ei Evangelium et Ministeir.”— Vita Sec., c. 32. 

* May the Trinity.—ln the book of Lecan, the 
poem of Flann on St. Patriok's household con- 
cludes thus : 


449.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 141 

Cribri and Lasra', of mantles, beautiful daughters of Gleaghrann. 

Macraith the wise, and Erc*,—he prophesied in his three wills. 

Brogan‘, the scribe of his school ; the priest Logha", his helmsman,— 

At is not a thing unsung, —and Machui" his true fosterson. 

Good the man whose great family they were, to whom God gàve a crozier 
without sorrow ; j 

Chiefs with whom the bells are heard, a good family was the family of Patrick. 


May the Trinity*, which is powerful over all, distribute to us the boon of great 


love ; 


The king who, moved by soft Latin, redeemed by Patrick's prayer. 


The Age of Christ, 449. The twenty-first year of Laeghaire. Amhal- 
ghaidh', son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, died. From him 


Tir-Amhalghaidh [is named]. 


The Age of Christ, 453. The twenty-fifth year of Laeghaire. A great 
defeat [was given] by Laeghaire to the Leinstermen. 

The Age of Christ, 454. The twenty-sixth year of Laeghaire. The feast 
of Teamhair [was celebrated] by Laeghaire, son of Niall. 


“Q mmp pin le Plano, co pia pochpaic can 
imnall, 
Co mme izep plaicib nime, ac maizhib na 
mumcine.? 


“ These” [saints] “are implored by Flann, that 
he may obtain reward without doubt, 
With meekness amongst the nobles of heaven, 
through the chiefs of this family.” 


Dr. O’Conor says that he does not know 
whence the Four Masters copied this poem. It 
is not contained in either of the Dublin copies, 
and Dr. O'Conor's printed copy of it is corrupted 
to agree with his own idea of the meaning. The 

_ copy of Flann's poem preserved in the Book of 
Lecan, fol. 44, b., is much better and more co- 
pious, and contains the names of several officers 
of Patrick's household not mentioned in Evin’s 
list, or even in the prose list prefixed to the poem 
itselfin the Book of Lecan, such as Cromdumhan, 


his mucaióe, or swineherd ; his three builders, 
Caemhan, Cruithnech, and Luchraidh; his three 
physicians, Sechnan, Ogma, Aithemail; his libra- 
rian, Setna, the Pious, son of Corcran, &c., &c. 
Ussher quotes this poem (Primordia, p. 895), as 
written in very ancient Irish verses, giving a 
catalogue of St. Patrick's domestics, as authority 
for the existence of a Senex Patricius, ceano a 
fpuicht penopach, who died, according to the 
Annals of Connaught, in the year 454. 

” Amhalghaidh.—He was King of Connaught 
about the year 434, when he was converted 
to Christianity by St. Patrick, together with 
12,000 men.—See Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiach- 
rach, pp. 310, 462. See also, for the oldest ac- 
count of this conversion, the Book of Armagh, 
fol. 10, 11; Ussher’s Primordia, p. 864. The 
territory of Tir-Amhalghaidh, now the barony 
of Tirawley, on the west of the River Moy, in 
the county of Mayo, derived its name from him. 


142 


ANNAZA gioshachca EIREANN. 


[456. 


S. Upaille Eppuce a Chill Upaille hi lipe [0écc] yrun. Clugure. 


Coi Cpiopc, chipe céo caocca "pe 


Enda, mac Catbada, oécc. 


Coir Cort, cfitpe céo caoga a peache. 


Q hochc pich(c vo Laogame. 


C nao pichfc vo Caogarpe. 


Cach Ortha oapa pia Laigmb pop Caogaipe, mac Nell. Ro gabaó ona 
Laogaipe ipm cach pmn,7 oo pao Laogaipe pacha gpéne 7 gaoiche, ] na 
ndul oo Laigmb nac ciocpaó poppa cma bichu, ap a legad vada. 

Apo Macha opochuccao lá Naon Pacparce yap na fohbarpc oo 6 Ohaipe 


mac Pionnéada mic Eoghain mic Niallám. 
Ro chionchoipcc óó1b c(cup, cacham arpoeppcorp do 


pm cumoac an baile. 


Ro horponfoh oa fip oécc lap 


(nam pube, 7 ecclup oo manchaib, 4 oo challeacha, 4 oupoaib oie 
apch(na oorgh po pmopiom combaó pı bud chn, 7 bud clüche oeccailpib 


€Entnn a coicchinne. 


Sean Pacpaicc oo paowfoh a pprioparoc. 


* Cùl- Usaille: i.e. the Church of Auxilius, 
now Killossy, near Naas, in the county of Kil- 
dare. No part of the old church of Killossy 
now remains, but there is a part of an ancient 
round tower, with a square base, attached to 
the modern church, which bespeaks the anti- 
quity of the place.— See Ussher's Primordia, 
pp. 826, 827; and Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 658. The Annals of Ulster place the death 
of Auxilius in the year 460, which is the cor- 
rect date. 

* Ath-dara: i.e. the Ford of the Oak. In the 
Irish historical tract called Borumha- Laighean, 
this ford is described as on the River Bearbha, 
[Barrow] in the plain of Magh-Ailbhe. There 
was & carn erected on the brink of the river, in 
which the heads of the slaughtered forces of 
Leath-Chuinn were interred. The notice of this 
battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster, under 
the year 458, as follows: 

“ An. 458. Cat Cita vapa pop Caogaine pe 
Cargmb, in quo et ipse captus est, sed tunc dimis- 
sus est, jurans per Solem et Ventum se boves eis 
dimissurum," i.e. ‘The battle of Ath-dara” 


[was gained] ** over Laeghaire by the Leinster- 
men, in which he himself was taken prisoner ; 
but he was then set at liberty, swearing by the 
Sun and the Wind that he would remit them 
the Borumha.” Mageoghegan gives it as fol- 
lows, in English, in his Annals of Clonmacnoise : 

* The Lynstermen fought the battle of Ath- 
dara against King Lagerie, wherein King La- 
gerie himself was taken captive, and his army 
altogether overthrown; but the King was en- 
larged upon his oath by the Sun and Moon 
(which was solemnly sworn by him) to restore 
them their cows.” 

Here it is quite evident that Mageoghegan 
translated this last clause, “to restore them 
their cows," from a Latin original: **se boves 
eis dimissurum." But this is clearly not the 
meaning intended by the original annalist. In 
the account of this battle preserved in Leabhar na 
h- Uidhri, fol. 76, b. 2, it is stated that Laeghaire 
swore by the Sun and Moon, the Water and the 
Air, Day and Night, Sea and Land, that he 
would never again, during life, demand the Bo- 
rumean tribute of the Leinstermen. * Conná 


eater VR DE PET EET 


EE OL CES 


456.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 143 


Saint Usaille, Bishop of Cill Usaille*, in Liffe, [died] on the twenty-seventh 
of August. 

The Age of Christ, 456. The twenty-eighth year of Laeghaire. Enda, 
son of Cathbhadh, died. - 

The Age of Christ, 457. "The twenty-ninth year of Laeghaire. The battle 
of Ath-dara* [was fought] against the Leinstermen by Laeghaire, son of Niall. 
Laeghaire was taken in that battle ; and Laeghaire took oaths by the Sun and 
. the Wind, and [all] the elements, to the Leinstermen, that he would never come 
against them, after setting him at liberty. 

Ard-Macha^ was founded by Saint Patrick, it having been granted to him 
by Daire, son of Finnchadh*, son of Eoghan, son of Niallan. Twelve men were 
appointed by him for building the town. He ordered them, in the first place, 
to erect an archbishop's city? there, and a church for monks, for nuns, and for 
the other orders in general, for he perceived that it would be the head and chief 


of the churches of Ireland in general. 
Old Patrick* yielded his spirit. 


1appab in mõÕopomı céin bao beo? And this 
is the true meaning even of the Latin, * se boves 
eis dimissurum." ” 
^ Ard-Macha: i.e. the Height of Macha, a 
woman's name. Some say that she was Macha, 
the wife of Nemhidh.—See Magh-Macha, p. 10, 
note ", suprà; but others will have it that she 
was the more celebrated Macha Mongruadh, the 
foundress of the royal fort Emania, near Armagh. 
Ussher (Primordia, p. 854) thought that the 
name was compounded of ard, high, and macha, 
a field; but no Irish scholar ever gave it that 
interpretation. The Annals of Ulster refer the 
foundation of Armagh to the year 444: à 
** A. D. 444. Ardmacha fundata est. Ab urbe 

condita usque ad hunc urbem fundatum moxciv.” 
—See also Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 854, 855, et 
seg.; and Colgan's Trias Thanm., p. 293. 

© Daire, son of Finnchadh.—This Daire, who 
was chief of Regio Orientalium, now the Oriors, 
in the county of Armagh, was a descendant of 
Colla Dachrich. From his uncle, Muireadhach, 


^ 


son of Eoghan, son of Niallan, the O'Hanlons of 
Crioch-na-nOirther, now the baronies of Orior, 
in the county of Armagh, are descended. 

4 An archbishop’s citj.—For a curious account 
of the erection of Armagh the reader is referred 
to the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, as published 
by Colgan, part iii. c. 78, Trias Thaum., p. 164. 

* Old Patrick.—In the poem of Flann on the 
household of St. Patrick, as preserved in the 
Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b, and as quoted by 
Ussher (Primord. p. 895), he is made the head 
of St. Patrick's seniors: “ Caput sapientum 
seniorum ejus." 

The Annals of Connaught, as quoted by 
Ussher, refer his death to the year 453, and the 
Annals of Ulster to 457. According to the 
Feilire-Aenguis, this Sean Phadruig, or older 
Patrick, was the tutor of the great Apostle of 
Ireland; and the glossographer adds that he 
was the Patrick of Glastonbury.—See Petrie’s 
Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 73. Dr. Lanigan 
scoffs at the idea of the existence of any other 


Fo Lee ee, a eT E 


E annaza gioghachca EIMEANN. 


[458. 


Coir Core, cficpe ced, caocca a hoche. lap mbfie ofic mbliaóna pichíc 
hi pishe n€peamn oo Laogaipe mac Nell Naorgiallarg acbac 1 ccaob Coppi 
edm Epimn 4. Alban 2. oa. cnoc iaopide piléc m Urb Paolám,1 span 7 gaoch 


pop mapbpom ap pa paparg 140. 


Comd vo pm acbfpe an pili 


Acbacth LCaogaipe mac Nell 
pon caob coppi slap a cin 
duile Dé aopnaegaro paich ` 
cucpac vail mbap poppan pgh. 


Qoip Cort, cèpe ceo caocca anaoi. Cn ceio badam oOill Mole, 
mac Oachi, mic Piachpach, hi mge n€penn. 


Cloip Cpiort, c(icpe céd peapeca a dó. 


Oomhangopc mac Nıppı oécc. 


Cloi Cpiorc, chtpe ċéd peapca acpi. 


Cn clépamad bliadam oOilil. 


Cin cticcead bliabam oO ltl. 


Peip Tearpa la hOibll Mole an bliadam. 


St. Patrick except the great Apostle of Ireland, 
but he is evidently over-sceptical. 

f Thirty years. —O’Flaherty says that the 
thirty years allowed to his reign must be un- 
derstood as subsequent to the conversion of the 
Irish to Christianity: * Ut in Codice Lecano 
(fol. 306, a) ita Latinà explicatur : Triginta annis 
regnum. Hibernie post adventum Patricii tenuit." 
—Ogygia, p. 249. With this account the cu- 
rious computation of Tirechan, in the Book of 
Armagh, very nearly accords, as follows : 

* A passione autem Christi colleguntur anni 
436, usque ad mortem Patricii. Duobus autem 
vel v. annis regnavit Loiguire post mortem Patricii. 
Omnis autem regni illius tempus axravi. ut putamus.” 
—fol. 9, a. 2. 

* He died.— According to the historical tract 
called the Borumha Leaghan, Laeghaire, in two 
years and a half after swearing by the elements 
that he would never again demand the Borumha, 
made an incursion into Leinster and seized a prey 
of cows at Sidh-Neachtain, where the Boyne has 
its source ; but as he advanced to the side of 


Caissi, the elements wreaked their vengeance 
upon him, that is, the Air forsook him, the Sun 
burned him, and the Earth swallowed him. His 
death is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
as follows : 

* King Lagerie died an ill death. Some say 
he sunk down in the Earth between the two 
hills, neer the River of Liffie, called Ireland and 
Scotland, but the most part agree that he was 
stroken dead at a place called Taev Caisy, neere 
the Liffie, by the Wynde and Sun, for forswear- 
ing himself to the Lynstermen, for the restitu- 
tion of the Cowes, which he was sworne to per- 
forme at the time of his captivity. He died 
about the year 458.” 

The Annals of Tighernach and the Annals of 
Ulster state that Laeghaire met his death at 
Greallach Gaifill [or Daphill] in Campo-Life, 
between the hills Ere and Alba, and that the 


Leinstermen asserted that the Sun and the - 1 


Wind killed him. 
In the very curious account of the death of 


Laeghaire, preserved in the Leabhar-na h Uidhri, 


Í 


E PER T 


an: 
ny 


458.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 145 


The Age of Christ, 458. After Laeghaire, the son of Niall of the Nine 
Hostages, had been thirty years‘ in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died* by the 
side of Caissi, between Eire and. Alba, i. e. two hills which are in Ui-Faelain ; 
and [it was] the Sun and the Wind that killed him, because he had violated 
them. Concerning which the poet said : 


-Laeghaire, son of Niall", died 

On the side of Caissi, green its land ; 

The elements of God, whose guarantee he had violated, 
Inflicted the doom of death upon the king. 


The Age of Christ, 459. The first year of Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi, son 
of Fiachra, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 462. 
of Nissi, died. 


The fourth year of Oilioll. Domhangort', son 


The Age of Christ, 463. The fifth year of Oilioll. The feast of Teamhair* 
[was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt this year. 


it is stated that it had been prophesied to him 
that he would come by his death between Ere 
and Alba [Ireland and Scotland], for which 
reason he [unlike his father, Niall] never went 
on any naval expedition, that he went a second 
time, without regard to his oaths, with a great 
army, against the Leinstermen, to demand the 
_Borumean tribute; but that, when he reached 
Greallach-Daphill, by the side of Cassi, in Magh 
Liphi, between the two hills, Ere and Alba, he 
was killed by the Sun and the Wind, and the 
other elements by which he had sworn. It is 
further stated that the body of Laeghaire was 
_ afterwards carried to Tara, and interred with 
his weapons upon him in the south-east of the 
external rampart of Rath-Laeghaire, at Tara, 
with his face turned towards the Lagenians, as 
if in the attitude of fighting with them. The 
fact of his body being so interred is also men- 
tioned in the Annotations of Tireachan, in the 
Book of Armagh, and it is added that Laeghaire 
could not believe in the Christian religion, 


V 


because he had made a promise to his father, 
Niall, that he would not swerve from the Pagan 
customs: 

** Sed non potuit credere dicens: Nam Neel 
pater meus non sinivit mihi credere, sed ut 
sepeliar in cacuminibus Temro, quasi viris con- 
sistentibus in bello: quia utuntur Gentiles in 
sepulchris armati prumptis armis facie ad faciem 
usque ad diem Erdathe apud Magos, id est, 
judicii diem Domini."—fol.10,a,2. See Petrie’s 
Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 145, 146. 

^ Laeghaire, son of Niall. —This quatrain is 
also quoted in Leabhar-na-h Uidhri, but the 
author's name is nowhere mentioned. 

i Domhangort.—He was King of Alba, or 
Scotland, according to the Ann. of Clon. 

The feast of Teamhair.—Thus noticed in the 
Annals of Ulster: ** Cena Temra la hAilill Molt, 
Sic in Libro Cuanach inveni" And in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows: ‘ King 


Oilill Molt made the Great Feast of Taraghe, 


called Feis-Taragh.” 


146 


ANNata RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


(464. 


Corp Cpiopc, cetpe chéd p(pcca a c(coip..— An perpead badam oO. 
Cat Ouma Cichip ma Cargmb pop Chull Mole. 

Conall Gulban, mac Neill. Naoigiallarg, (o ccácc Cenel cConaill) vo 
mapbao la p(n cuachaib Marge plechc 1ap na pogbail 1 mbaogal, 7 a adna- 
cal 1 pPiobnaé Mhange Rém, la Naom Cantlin, amail aipnéió(p beata an 


naoim pémpanice. 


Qop Cpiopc, ceitpe céd peapecat a ciice. 
Per Teampa la hOll Mote. 


oOi1hlll Moler. 


Qn peaccmad bhadan 


€ogan, mac Neill Naorgiallang, (6 ccacc Cenel n€ogain), oécc vo chumaid 
Chonaill Ghulban, mc Neil Naoigiallarg,7 a aónacal : nUipge ċaoín 1 nImp 


€ogam, via nebnav. 


Acbat €ogan, mac Néll, 
pe oeopaib, bá mait a maon, 
cpé écc Chonall na ccleap ccpuaro, 
50 pull a uag 1 nUipcce caom. 


Ciomtann, mac Enda Cenpelang, pi Largfn, oo mapbad lá mac a ingme 
buoém, 1. € ochaió Guintch vo Uib Sainpce. 
Coip Cqiopc, ceichpe €éo peapeca a pé. CE hoche Oilill. Fei Ceampa 


la hOll Mole. 


Qop Cmort, chitpe chéo peapcca a peace. Anaoi oOilill Mole. benen, 
mac Seipecnein, eppcop Opoa Maca, oo pando a ppionaicce. 


1 Dumha-Aichir: i.e. Aicher's or Heber's 
mound. Not identified. 

m The Cinel-Conaill: i.e. the Race of Conall, 
i. e. the O’Donnells, and their correlative fami- 
lies in Tirconnell, or the county of Donegal. 

a Magh-Slecht.—According to the Book of 
Fenagh, Conall Gulban was killed by the Mas- 
raidhe, an ancient tribe of the Firbolgs, who 
were seated in the plain of Magh Slecht (around 
Ballymagauran, in the north-west of the county 
of Cavan). He had gone upon a predatory ex- 
cursion into their territory, and seized upon a 
great prey of horses; but he was pursued and 
overtaken at Loch Saloch, near Fenagh, in the 
county of Leitrim, where he was slain and 


buried.—See note *, at A. M. 3656, p. 43, 
suprà. 

? Saint Caillin.—This is clearly an anachro- 
nism, and is a fabrication of the writer of the 
Life of St. Caillin, preserved, in the Book of 
Fenagh. St. Caillin was contemporary with St. 
Columbkille, and could not have been born in 
the year 464, much less abbot of Fenagh in 
Magh-Rein. 

? Cinel-Eoghain: i.e. the Race of Eoghan. 
These were the O'Neills, Mac Loughlins, and 
their correlatives in Tyrone. 

< Uisce- Chain.—Now anglicé Eskaheen. This 
is the name of an old chapel near a beautiful 
well from which the name is derived, in a town-, 


464.) 147 


The Age of Christ, 464. The sixth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha- 
Aichir' [was fought] by the Leinstermen, against Oilioll Molt. 
_ Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended 
i the Cinel-Conaill?), was slain by the old tribes of Magh-Slecht", he having been 
found unprotected, and was buried at Fidhnach-Maighe-Rein, by Saint Caillin’, 
as the Life of the aforesaid saint relates. | 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


The Age of Christ, 465. The seventh year of Oilioll Molt. The feast of 
Teamhair [was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt. 

Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended the 
Cinel-Eoghain"), died of grief for Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hos- 
tages, and was buried at Uisce-Chain?, in Inis-Eoghain ; concerning which was 


said : 


Eoghan, son of Niall, died 


Of tears,—good his nature,— 
In consequence of the death of Conall, of hard feats, 
So that his grave is at Uisce-Chain. 


Crimhthann', son of Enda Censelach, King of Leinster, was killed by the 
son of his own daughter, i. e. Eochaidh Guineach, [one] of the Ui-Bairrche*. 

The Age of Christ, 466. The eighth year of Oilioll Molt. 

The Age of Christ, 467. "The ninth year of Oilioll Molt. Benen', son of 
Sescnen, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], resigned his spirit. 


land of the same name, in the barony of Inis- 
Eoghan [Inishowen], in the county of Donegal. 
The grave of Eoghan is not known there at 
present. Colgan says that Uske-chaoin was, in 
his own time, a chapel, but that it was anciently 
a monastery.—See Trias Thaum., p. 495, col. 1. 
It is the birth-place of the celebrated Janus 
Janius Eoganesius, or John Toland, whose real 
name was O’Tuathalain, and of whom there are 
still very vivid traditions preserved in the 
neighbourhood.— See Harris’s edition of Ware's 
Writers of Ireland, p. 218 and p. 281, line 3. 

* Crimhthann.— According to the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise he was killed in the battle of 
Ardeorran; but this is clearly a mistake, for, 


it will be shewn from authorities of great anti- 
quity, he fought at the battle of Ocha in 482 or 
483, q. v. 

$ Ui-Bairrche: i.e. the descendants of Daire 
Barrach, the second son of Cathaeir Mor, Mo- 
narch of Ireland in the second century. They 
were seated in the barony of Slewmargy, in the 
Queen's County, and possessed also some of 
the adjoining districts.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
p. 212, note *. 

“Benen: i.e. Benignus. The death of Be- 
nignus is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the 
same year: * Quies Benigni Episcopi, successoris 
Patricii?— See note ", under the year 432, 
p. 136, suprà. alte: 


02 


148 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[468. 


Qoi Core, ceiċpe chéo peapcca a hoche. Q haon noécc VOLU. 
Oopngal bpí Ele pon Largmb pa nOlll Mole. 

Qoi Corr, ceiépe chéo peaécmogacc. An vapa badam véce oOrull. 
Cach Oura Chem pop Chull Mole pra Cargnib. 


Coy Cort, ceitpe chéd peachtmogate avó. 


Qn cltpamad bhadain 


décc oOilll. Toca, mac Coda, mic Saig, caoipeac Cqiche Cualann hi 


Cagmb oécc. 


Cop Cmorr, cèpe ééo peaécmogac a cltaip. CE pé oécc DOL. Eine, 


mac Eachach Mumpeamaip, oécc. 


Corp Cort, cüépe céo peacemogac a cicc. Q peace oécc oO. 
Conall Cpeméomn, mac Nell Naorgiallaig, op émp(c clanna Colmann 7 Síol 


Coda Slaime oécc. 


Clip Cpiopc, chtpe céd peaécmogac apé. CE hocht oécc vO. Cae | 
Gnanoipo ma n€ochaio, mac Comppe, me Orla, me Ounlamg, mic Enda 
Niad, pop pgh Cog, Ppaoċ, mac Pronncada, mic Gappcon, mic Pocharw, 

. mic €achoach Cámoóio, mc Mepm Curpb, 7 vo éfp Ppaoch ipuroe. 
Cop Cpiopc, cütpe céd peaccmogac a hochr. lap mbeith piche bhadan 


u The boxing battle—This battle, which ap- 
pears to have been nothing more than a boxing 
match between the pugilistic champions of 
Leinster and Meath, is noticed in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 473, as * Dopngal bm Ele ;” 
but it is again entered under the year 475, as, 
* Bellum Bri-Ele, sic in Libro Cuanach inveni ;” 
and again under 478. There can scarcely, how- 
ever, be a doubt that the three entries refer 
to the one battle only, and that the difference 
of date is owing to their having been transcribed 
from different authorities. In the old English 
translation of the Annals of Ulster, preserved in 
the British Museum, Claren. tom. 49, Ayscough, 
4795, the term Dopngal is translated ‘ the 
handie skirmish.” It may be here observed 
that the wrestling matches, which continued to 
be carried on in the Phenix Park, between the 
men of Meath and Kildare, and which sometimes 
terminated in boxing matches, would seem to 


have been a continuation of this Dornghal. 

* Bri-Ele.—This place is now called the hill 
of Croghan, and is situated in the north-east of 
the King's County, close to the boundary of 
Westmeath.—See note !, under A. D. 1385. It _ 
is stated in the Book of Lecan, fol. 175, p. a, 
col. b, that this hill received its name from Eile, 
daughter of Eochaidh Feidhleach, Monarch of 
Ireland, and wife, first of Ferghal, son of Ma- 
gach, and afterwards of Sraibhgenn, son of 
Niul, one of the Ernaans of Munster. 

x Dumha-Aichir.—This is a repetition. See 
A. D. 464. In the Annals of Ulster it is entered 
under the year468, thus: “Belum Dumai-Aichir, 
rop Oil Molz, sicut inveni in Libro Cuanach”? — 
And again under the years 474 and 476. 

Y Crioch-Cualann.—A territory included, for 
the most part, in the present county of Wicklow. 
The territory of Feara-Cualann, or Fercoulen, - 
the limits of which are defined in an Inquisition 


468. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 149 


The Age of Christ, 468. The eleventh year of Oilioll. The boxing-battle" 
of Bri-Ele* against the Leinstermen, by Oilioll Molt. 

The Age of Christ, 470. The twelfth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha- 
Aichir* against Oilioll Molt, by the Leinstermen. 

. The Age of Christ, 472. The fourteenth year of Oilioll. 
Aedh, son of Senach, chief of Crioch-Cualann’, in Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 474. The sixteenth year of Oilioll  Eirc", son of 
Eochaidh Muinreamhar, died. 

The Age of Christ, 475. The seventeenth year of Oilioll. Conall Cremh- 
thoinn*, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, from whom are sprung the Clann 
Colmain, and race of Aedh Slaine’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 476. The eighteenth year of Oilioll The battle of 
Granard* by Eochaidh, son of Cairbre, son of Oilioll, son of Dunlaing, son of 
Enda Niadh, against the King of Leinster, Fraech, son of Finnchadh, son of 
Garchu, son of Fothadh, son of Eochaidh Lamhdoidh, son of Mesincorb ; and 


Toca, son of 


Fraech fell therein. 


The Age of Christ,478. After Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi,.son of F LES 


4 


taken at Wicklow on the 26th of April, 1636, 
appears to have been coextensive with the ma- 
nor of Powerscourt, in the barony of Half Rath- 
down, in the north of the county of Wicklow; 
but anciently the territory of Cualann was more 
extensive. It appears from the Feilire-Aenguis 
that the churches of Tigh-Conaill (Stagonnell), 
Tigh-mic-Dimmai, and Dunmor, and from the 
Leabhar- Laighneach, preserved in the Book of 
Lecan, fol. 93-109, that Senchill, now Shank- 
hill, near Bray, were situated in this territory. 

* Eirc.—He is the ancestor of the Dalriadic 
kings of Scotland.—See Ussher's Primord., Ind. 
Chron., and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 465. 

* Conall Cremhthainn.—He is the ancestor of 
the O’Melaghlins, who bore the tribe-name of 
Clann-Colmain, and of other families formerly 
powerful in Meath. From this Conall seventeen 
Irish monarchs descended. The Annals of Ulster 
record his death at the year 470, under which 
. Dr. O'Conor observes in a note that the terri- 


tory of Tirconall derived its name from him; 
but this is contrary to all the Irish genealogists 
and historians, who are unanimous in stating 
that Tir-Conaill derived its name from his bro- 
ther, Conall Gulban.—Ogygia, iii. c. 85. 

^ Race of Aedh Slaine.— There were nine 
Monarchs of Ireland of the race of this Aedh 
Slaine, who was himself Monarch of Ireland 
from A. D. 599 to 605. After the establish- 
ment of surnames, the chief family of his race 
took the surname of O’Kelly Breagh, and were 
seated in the great plain of Bregia, in the east 
of ancient Meath.— See Ogygia, iii. c. 93, p. 430. 

© Granard.—This is the Granard in the 
county of Longford; but the Four Masters have 
evidently given Cairbre a wrong genealogy. . 
In the Annals of Ulster, ** Bellum primum Gra- 
nearad" is entered under the year 485, and it is 
stated that “Cairbre mac Neill Naigiallaig victor 
erat. In the Clarendon copy the reading is : 
* Bellum primum circa Granearad. Cairbre mac 


150 ANNAA RIOShachTa EIREANN. 


(479. 
hi pighe nEpeann vO Mole, mac Oat, mc Prachpac, vo cheap 1ccach 
Ocha la Lushai, mac Laoganpe, la Mumefpeach mac €apcca 7 la Pepgur 


Ceppbel, mac Conaill Cp(camoe, 7 la. Praépa, mac Laogaipe, m Dal . 


nCpawe, 1 la Crfihtann, mac €noa CennpelarS m Largfn. Ap oon chup 
ym oo paca opiachpa na Ceé 4 Carploegh iccioppocpaicc m cata. Op 


von cach pin acb(pe blec mac Oé. 


Mop chach Ocha peappoicin 
monpalca cacha ile 
pop Oilll Molec, mac Nachf, 
meabaid ma nOál pawe. 


Coip Core, cepe céo p(chemogac anao. 


mac Laogaine, ór Epmn ı mge. 


Qoip Cpiopc, chtpe ċéo ochcmogac. 


Cn céo bliadain oo Cugaro, 


Cn vapa badam vo Cugharo. 


Cach nanao a ccin Largh ercip largmb ppm, oá m s mapbao Prionnchao, 


cii(qna Ua Cennpealais, la Coppe. 
Coip Cpiopc, ceitpe céo ochemogac ahaon. 


Lushai. 
T propaice. 


Neill Naigiallaig victor erat; in quo cedidit Fin- 
guine filius Erce; et victor erat, ut alii dicunt, 
Crimthan mac Enna Cinselaig." 

4 The battle of Ocha.—Animosus, author of 
the fourth Life of St. Bridget, published by 
Colgan, states (lib. ii. c. 12), that Iolland, son 
of Dunluing, King of Leinster, slew Oilioll Molt, 
King of Ireland, near Themoria or Tara. The 
notice of this battle is entered under the year 
482, and again under 483, in the Annals of 
Ulster, as follows, in the old translation in the 
Clarendon manuscript, tom. 49: 

* 482. Bellum Oche, in quo cecidit Ailill Molt 


manu Lugh mic Laogaire, et Murierti mic Erca. 


A Concobaro filio Nessa usque ad Cormac filium 
Art anni 308. A Cormac usque ad hoc bellum 
206, ut Cuana scripsit." 

“483, Jugulatio Crimthain, mac Enna Cen- 


Qn cpeap bliadam vo 


.S. laplaiche, mac Cp(na, eppcop Apoa Macha, oo paorofoh a 


selaich, Regis Lagente, mic Bressail Bealaich, mic 
Cathair Moir. Æt hoc anno the battle [called] 
Cath Ocha, secundum alios, by Lugad and by 
Murtagh mac Erca, and by Fergus Cervail, mae 
Connell Crimthain, and by Fiachra Lon, the 
King of Dal-Araide.” 

The accounts of the death of this monarch are 
various and conflicting, for which see Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., p. 565, col. 1, not. 8, 9. The Life 


of St. Kieran states, that Oilioll Molt was slain ` 


in the battle of Ocha, in Meath, by Crimhthann, 
King of Leinster: “ Ex his obiter advertendum 
eos graviter errare, qui scribunt hunc Crim- 
thannum occubuisse anno 465, cum multis 
postea revolutis annis predicto prelio inter- 
fuit."— Colgan. To this it may be added that, 


according to the ancient historical tract called 


Borumha-Laighean, Crimhthann, son of Enna, 


E 


479.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


had been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain in the battle 
of Ocha*, by Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, Muircheartach Mac Earca, Fearghus 
Cerrbhel, son of Conall Cremththainne, Fiachra, son of Laeghaire, King of 
Dal-Araidhe, and Cremhthann, son of Enna Cennsealach, King of Leinster. It 
was on this occasion that the Lee and Cairloegh* were given to Fiachra us a 
territorial reward for the battle. It was of this battle Beg Mac De said : 


151 


The great battle of Ocha was fought, 
In which many battalions were cut off, 
Against Oilioll Molt, son of Nathi, 
Who was defeated by the Dal-Araidhe. 


The Age of Christ, 479. The first year of Lughaidh®, son of Laeghaire, in 


sovereignty over Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 480. The second year of Lughaidh. The battle of 
Granard", in the land of Leinster, between the Leinstermen themselves, wherein 
Finnchadh, Lord of Ui-Cennsealaigh, was slain by Cairbre. 


The Age of Christ, 481. 


The third year of Lughaidh. Saint Jarlaithe!, 


son of Treana, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], resigned his spirit. 


slew Oilioll Molt in the battle of Ocha. 

* Lee and Cairloegh.—This is probably a mis- 
take for Lee and Ard-Eolairg. The territory of 
Lee was on the west side of the River Bann, and 
included in the present barony of Coleraine, in 
the county of Londonderry ; but that called 
Cairloegh, or Ard-Eolairg, is unknown to the 
Editor.—See note under the year 557. 

f Beg Mac De: i. e. Beccus, the son of Dea or 
Dagæus, a celebrated Irish prophet, who died 
in the year 557, q. v. 

. § The first year of Lughaidh.—'* A. D. 484. 
Inicium regni Lugaid mic Laegaire, hoc anno.” 
—Annals of Ulster. 

h The battle of Granard.—Granard is here a 
mistake of transcribers for Graine, as appears 
from the ancient historical tract called Borumha- 
Laighean, and from the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
in which the two battles fought there are en- 


tered thus : 

* A, D. 497. The battle of Graine, where 
Moriertagh mac Ercka had the victory. There 
was another battle of Graine, between Lynster- 
men themselves, fought, where Finncha, King 
of O’Keansely, was slain, and Carbrey had the 
victory.” 

In the Annals of Ulster ** Bellum primum 
Granearad” is entered first under the year 485, 
and again under 486, “Vel hic, primum bellum 
Graine;" and under A. D. 492, ** Bellum secun- 
dum Granairet.” The place is now called Grane, 
and is situated in the north of Kildare. 

i Jarlaithe.—He was the third bishop of Ar- 
magh, and died, according to the Annals of 
Ulster, in 481.—See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
p.307. He is to be distinguished from St. Jar- 
lath of Tuam.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s 


Bishops, pp. 35, 36. i 


152 annaa RIoghachca « EIREANN. ` 


Qoi Cpiopc, chitpe céo ochemogac apeacc. On naomad bliabam vo 
Lush. Nel, Gappoc Apoachaw 1 cceatba, veiperpul Pacparcc, oécc.. 

Ao Core, cfitpe céo ochemogac a hochr. On veachmad bhadan 
vo Lushaw. | Cianán, eppoc Ooimliace, vécc. 

Aoip Core, chitpe céo ochemogac andor. Cn caonmad bliadam oég 
vo Lughad. Maccaille eppoc décc. Clongup, mac Nacppaorch, pi Muman, 
vo éurcim hi ccach Chellopnad la Mumpefpcach Mac €apca, la hlollann 
mac Dunlaing, la hOUUU, mac Ounlamg, 7 lahEochaw nGuinfch oia nebpavh, 


Acbacth cpaob, oopbile nói, 
Conguy molbchach, mac Nacppaoich, 


Paccbad la hlllano a pach 
hi ccat Cell Opnaoha claom. 


x Mel, Bishop of Ard-achadh.—He was the 
first bishop of Ardagh, in the county of Long- 
ford, and a disciple of St. Patrick. 

! Cianan, Bishop of Doimhliag: i. e. of Duleek, 
in Meath. It is stated in the Annals of Tigher- 
nach, and in those of Ulster, that St. Patrick 
presented him with a copy of the Gospels: 
« A. D. 488. — Quies Sancti Cianani, cui Sanctus 
Patricius Evangelium largitus est.” The name 
doimhliag or daimliag signifies a stone building; 
and the first stone church ever erected in Ire- 
land is believed to have given name to this 
place; and it looks very curious that, although 
Daimhliag was a common name for a stone 
church, still it has not entered into the topo- 
graphical names like Cill or teampull, this of 
Duleek, in Meath, being the only instance now 
to be found.—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin 
and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 138 
to 141. 

. * Bishop Maccaille—He is said to have been 
one of the nephews of St. Patrick, by his sister 
Darerca. "Tirechan states that St. Bridget of 
Kildare received the veil from his hands at 
Uisneach, in Meath; and the Calendar of 
Cashel, as quoted by Colgan (Trias Thaum., 


p. 525), that his festival was kept on the 25th 
of April, at ** Cruach-an-Bri-Eile, in Ifalgia.” 
This place is still well known, and the ruins of 
the church of St. Maccaille are to be seen on the 
eastern side of the conspicuous hill of Croghan, 
near Tyrrell’s Pass, on the confines of the King’s 
County and the county of Westmeath. 

` n Battle of Cill-Osnadha.—The notice of this 
battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster thus: 
* A. D. 489. Bellum Cinn Losnado, ubi cecidit 
Aengus, filius Natfraich, righ Mumhan, ut 
Cuana scripsit.” The place called Cell-Osnada, 
or Ceann-losnada, is described by Keating (in 
regimine Oiliolli Molt) as situated in the plain 
of Magh-Fea, four miles east of Leighlin, in the 
county of Carlow. This place is now called 
Kelliston, and is situated in the barony of 
Forth, in the county of Carlow; and there ex- 
ists among the old natives of the place a most 
curious and remarkably vivid tradition of this 
battle, which explains the Irish name of the 
place as denoting “church of the groans ;” and 
which it received, according to this tradition, 
from the lamentations of the Munster-women 
after the loss of their husbands and brothers in 
the battle. This, however, though a very na- 


ee 


4] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 153 


The Age of Christ, 487. The ninth year of Lughaidh. Mel, Bishop of 
Ard-achadh*, in Teathbha, disciple of Patrick, died. 

The Age of Christ, 488. The tenth year of Lughaidh. Cianan, Bishop 
of Doimhliag!, died. 

The Age of Christ, 489. "The eleventh year of Lughaidh. Bishop Mac- 
caille™, died. Aenghus, son of Nadfraech, King of Munster, fell in the battle 
of Cell-Osnadha" [fought against him] by Muircheartach Mac Earca, by Illann, 
son of Dunlaing, by Ailill, son of Dunlaing, and by Eochaidh Guineach, of 
which was said : 


Died the branch, the spreading tree? of gold, 


Aenghus the laudable, son of Nadfraech, 
His prosperity was cut off by Illann, 
In the battle of Cell-Osnadha the foul. 


tural turn for tradition to have given it, is not 
the true form of the name, for it appears, from 
an ancient historical tale preserved in Leabhar 
na-h Uidhri, that it was first written Ceann- Los- 
nada, which is also the form of the name given 
in the Annals of Ulster. "This was once a place 
of considerable importance, and contained, till 
about fifty years ago, considerable remains of 
an ancient church and Cloigtheach, or round 
tower, but which are now all effaced.—See the 
Anthologia Hibernica, vol. iv. p. 105. i 

St. Kieran, the patron of the men of Ossory, 
is said to have predicted to Eithne, the queen 
of Aenghus Mac Nadfraich, that she and her 
lord would fall in this battle in consequence of 
& crime of a disgraceful nature which she at- 
tempted to commit. The prophecy of St. Kieran 
was delivered in general terms, thus: ** Tu enim, 
filia, et Dominus noster Rex, uno die, occidemini 
ab inimicis vestris: sed det Dominus vobis mi- 
sericordiam.” But the writer of the Saint’s 
Life (apud Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 460) goes 
to shew that it was fulfilled in the battle of 
Ceall-Osnaidh, as follows : i 

“ Quod vaticinatus est sanctus Pontifex Kie- 


ranus, ita contigit: Ipse enim Rex Aenghus in 
bello quod commissum est in campo Fea, in 
provincia Lageniensium juxta grandem villam 
Ceall-Osnaidh, cum sua uxore Regina, occisus 
est a Rege Aquilonalium Lageniensium, Illando 
filio Dunlaingh, 8 Idus Octobris. Et hee cedes 
maxima abusio erat: et ipsa Regina Eithnea 
Huathach vocabatur, que erat filia Crymthani 
filii Endai Kinsealaigh; qui Crymthan multum 

subjugavit Aquilonales Lagenienses, accepto 

Rege magno Hibernis, postquam ille in gravi 

bello Ocha, in regione Jedi, occidit Alildum . 
Molt, Regem Hibernis." 

° Spreading tree.—This Aenghus, who was the 
first Christian King of Munster, is the common 
ancestor of the families of Mac Carthy, O’Keefe, 
O’Callaghan, and O'Sullivan, now so widely 
spread in Ireland, England, and America, and 
even on the Continent of Europe, where some 
of them bear coronets. If the saplings of this 
“spreading tree of gold,” Aenghus Mac Nad- 
fraich, could now be reckoned in the different 
countries in which they have pullulated, it would 
appear that they are vastly numerous, and that, 
as the multiplication of a raceis a blessing, King 


es i ie ae 


154 


annaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


$ 


[492. . 


. Cach Caillc(n pop Largmb pa cComppe, mac Néll. 
Cloip Cmore, chtpe céd nochot avó. On c(chpamao bliadam vécc vo 
Lugam. Cach Sl£rana, m Mhòe, ma cCombne, mac NEU, pop Cargmb. | 
Cloip Cpiopc, ceitpe céo nochac acm. Gn curccead bliadain oécc oo 
Lugha.  Dacpoicc, mac Calpuipn, mic Docaroe, erpoeappuc, ceicc ppom- 
aid 4 apoappcol €peann, oo cum an céd Celepemup Papa vo ppocfpc 


poipeela, 4 oo píolaó impr q cpabaro 


Aenghus has reaped the full benefit of that “alma 
benedictio” imparted by St. Patrick when he 
baptized him at Cashel, and, by a singular mis- 
take, put his faith “to the trial by piercing his 
foot with the top of his crozier. 

» Tailtin—Now Teltown, on the River Sele 
or Abha-dhubh, nearly midway between the 
towns of Kells and Navan, in Meath. In the 
Annals of Ulster the battle of Tailtin, fought 
against the Leinstermen by Cairbre, son of 
Niall, is entered under the year 493. This 
Cairbre, the son of King Niall, was an obstinate 
Pagan, and an inveterate enemy to St. Patrick, 
as we learn from the Tripartite Life, part ii. 
e. 4: 

*Prima autem feria venit Patricius ad Tal- 
teniam: vbi regis nundine et publici regni ludi 
et certamina quotannis servari solebant. Ibi- 
que convenit Carbreum Nielli filium, et Lao- 
garii Regis fratrem, fratrique animi ferocia et 
incredulitate similem. Huic cum Sanctus Pa- 
tricius verbum vite praedicaret, viamque salutis 
ostenderet, vir adamantini cordis, non solum 
recusavit predicate veritati, sed viam vits pro- 
ponenti machinabatur mortem: et in vicino flu- 
vio nomine Sele sancti viri socios flagellis ex- 
cepit, quia Patricius eum appellavit inimicum 
Dei Tune vir Dei videns hominem esse inve- 
terat» malitie, et a Deo reprobatum, ait ad 
ipsum, Quia Regis colestis doctrine restitisti, 
ejusque suave jugum portare recusasti, de tuà 
stirpe nec regni exurgent pignora; sed semen 


tuum semini fratrum tuorum serviet in perpe- - 


vo Shaowealaib,—apé po (cappccap 


tuum : nec vicinus fluvius, in quo socios meos 
ciecidisti, licet nunc abundet piscibus, vllos un- 
quam proferet pisces."—7'rias Thaum., p. 129. 
'The descendants of this Cairbre settled in 
various parts of Ireland, but the most distin- 
guished of his race were seated in Cairbre- 
Gabhra, a territory now comprised in the ba- 
rony of Granard, in the county of Longford, 
where, according to the Tripartite Life, part ii. 
c. 30, the sons of this wicked Cairbre received 
Patrick with honour, and granted him a beau- 
tiful place, called Granard, for erecting a church. 
But, according to local tradition, when St. Pa- 
trick arrived in the mountainous portion of this 
territory, a certain wicked woman presented 
him with a hound, served up in a dish, for his 
dinner ; which when he examined, he suspected _ 
that he had been maliciously presented with an 
unclean animal, and, kneeling on a certain stone, 
prayed that God might restore the animal to life; 
and, to the astonishment of the assembled multi- 
tude, a greyhound sprang into life. Patrick or- 
dered it to be killed on the spot, and then pro- 
nounced a solemn malediction on themountainous 
region, in which this insult was offered to religion, 
and on the race of Cairbre, its chief. It is still be- 
lieved by the neighbours that this curse remains 
over these mountains, which causes them to 
remain more barren than other Irish mountains, 
and over the people, which keeps them in a more 
rude and intractable state than those of any other 
territory in Ireland. ; 
Notwithstanding this awful curse of the Irish 


492.] |». ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 155 


The battle of Tailtin? against the Leinstermen, by Cairbre, son of Niall. 

The Age of Christ, 492. The fourteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle 
of Sleamhain, in Meath* [was fought] by Cairbre, son of Niall, against the 
Leinstermen. | 

The Age of Christ, 493. The fifteenth year of Lughaidh. Patrick, son 
of Calphurn,'son of Potaide, archbishop, first primate, and chief apostle of 
Ireland, whom Pope Celestine the First had sent to preach the Gospel and 
disseminate religion and piety among the Irish, [was the person] who sepa- 
rated them from the worship of idols and spectres', who conquered and de- 


Apostle upon Cairbre, he had a grandson, 
Tuathal Maelgarbh, who became monarch of 
Ireland in 533, and reigned till 544; and his 
descendants, who, after the establishment of 
surnames, took that of O’Ronain, remained 
chiefs of Cairbre-Gabhra till the English In- 
vasion.— See the Miscellany of the Irish Ar- 
cheological Society, p. 144, note °. 

4 Sleamhain, in Meath.—This is not Slane [a 
village on the River Boyne], as assumed by Dr. 
O’Conor (Annals of Ulster, p. 9); for Slane, on 
the Boyne, is called, in Irish, baile Slane; but 
is situated in Westmeath, as appears from the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise at the year 417. The 
word pleamain bears two meanings, at present, 
in Meath and Ulster, namely, “ slimy or slip- 
pery,” and “land bearing elms”; for the elm 
tree, which, in the south half of Ireland, is called 
learnán, is called pleamán in the North. 

* Idols and spectres.—St. Patrick destroyed 
Crom-Cruach, the chief idol of all Ireland, after 
a great struggle with the Demon; for some 
account of which see note *, p. 43, suprà; 
but we are not told that he had any particular 
struggle in destroying any other. It would 
appear, from a quotation given by O'Flaherty, 
(Ogygia, iii. c. 22.) from the Scholia of Cathal- 
dus Maguire on the Feilire- Aenguis, that there 
was an idol preserved at Clogher called Kermand 
Kelstach, but the Editor never saw the original 
passage. The Lia Fail was also at Tara in Pa- 


trick's time, but we are not told that he made 
any effort to destroy it. Keating says that the 
Lia Fail had been struck silent in the reign of 
Conchobhar, King of Ulster, when Christ was 
born, and when all the false idols in the world 
were struck dumb. The only other notice of 
idols to be found in Patrick's Lives is given by 
Evinus, who states that when he approached the 
royal city of Cashel all the idols fell prostrate. 
* Dum vir apostolieus Regie appropinquaret, 
omnia urbis idola in faciem prostrata simul in 
terram corruere."— Vit. Tripart., part iii. c. 29. 
According to a tradition in the county of Wa- 
terford, a certain rock near Kilmacthomas, called 
Cloch-Lobhrais, was wont to give responses in 
Pagan times, and to decide causes with more 
than human powers of discrimination, and with 
the strictest adherence to truth and justice; but 
this good stone, which appears to have been a 
remnant of the golden age, was finally so horri- 
fied at the ingenuity of a wicked woman in de- 
fending her character, that it trembled with 
horror, and splitin twain! From this and other 
legends about certain speaking stones in some 
parts of Ireland, it would appear that the Pagan 
Druids had recourse to a similar delusion to 
that practised at Delphi, the famous oracle of 
which is also said to have been struck dumb at 
the birth of Christ. 

The arrachta or spectres worshipped by the 
Pagan Irish are now little known. In Tire- 


pes 


+ 


2 i al ae anal oo. 


156 ANNAA RIoshachta EIREANN. [493. 


iaopwde pp hadpad iodal 4 appaéc, po ċopccaip 7 po combpip na hioola 
bacap aga nadpad aca. Ro moapb veamna 7 opoc ppinava uaib, 7 cucc 
1aD ó óopéa peacaid 7 voalche co poilpı cperoim q caomghníom, po tpeo- 
pong 4 po péoarg a nanmanna o óómpibh ippimn (gup a mbacap ag oul) 5o 
oómpib placa mme. Cpe ona po bare 7 po B(noaig pip, mna, maca, 1 
mg(na €peann, co na ccípib 7 co na ccpeabaib, ecip wipece 7 mö muipio. 
Cp le do pdnad cealla, mampcpeóéa, 7 ecclapa 10móa. p(énón €peann. 
Seacc ccéo ceall a lion. Qp leip céccup po hoiponeao eppcorp, pacang, 7 
aop gach spas ap é(na, p(éc gceo epppoc  cpí mile pagapc a líon. Oo 
pome pinta 7 mipbaile 10móa, co ná cumamg aiccn(ó oaonna a cummághao 
na a popaichm(c an oo píshene oo maie 1p na calmannaib. O po comporcc- 
pi ampin eicpechca. naoh Pacpaice hi Savall, po chochait copp Chpíopc 
a lamanb an naoin eppcoip Cappach, ipin 122 a aoip, 1 po paio a ppipac oo 


cum nime. 


Ro ba: coméóccbáil cata 1 aóbap eapaonca ip cuiccead ag mmp(paim 
im copp Pacpaic rap na eccuibh. Ui Néll 4 Chpgialla acc cpall a tabane 


chan’s Annotations the Sidhe or Dei terreni are 
referred to, which were clearly our present 
fairies; but we have no materials left us to de- 
termine what the Pagan Irish exactly believed 
about them. From stories written in Christian 
times, it would appear that the Sidhe were be- 
lieved tobe the spirits of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, 
who haunted the different forts and hills where 
they had held their residences while living. 

$ Expelled demons, §c.—For an account of 
St. Patrick’s expulsion of the demons from 
Cruachan-Aichle, or Croaghpatrick, see the Tri- 
partite Life of St. Patrick, apud Colgan, part ii. 
cc. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66; Trias Thaum., p. 138. 
Some of the evil spirits expelled by St. Patrick 
on this occasion flew across the bay of Donegal, 
and settled in the Pagan region of Senghleann, 
in Tirconnell, where they remained secure from 
all the attacks of Christians till St. Columbkille 
finally dislodged them. 

* Baptized and blessed. —See ledio. na-g Ceart, 
p. 235. 


u Seven hundred churches.—The same number 
is given in a quotation from St. Eleranus, in the 
Leabhar- Breac, fol. 99, b, 1, and the same num- 
ber is attributed to him by Jocelyn and the 
Tripartite Life, apud Colgan ; Trias Thaum., 
p. 167. See also Ussher's Primordia, p. 913. 

w Seven hundred bishops and three thousand 
priests.—'* Episcopos enim trecentos et septua- 
ginta; sacerdotum quinque millia, et clericorum 
inferioris ordinis numerum sine numero, propria 
manu ordinasse legitur. Numerum autem Mo- 
nachorum atque Monialium, quos divino conse- 
cravit obsequio, solus Deus novit. Sacras etiam 
ædes, sedes Episcopales, Monasteria, Ecclesias, 
sacela, promiscué connumerantur, fundavit 
septingenta.”— Vit. Tripartit. S. Patricii, part. ii. 
c.97; Trias Thaum., p.167. ` 

X The human mind.—Dr. O'Conor renders this: 
** Fecit miracula et mirabilia plurima, simulque 
informavit intellectum populorum ad commu- 
nionem, vel ad memoriam ejus. Fecit regulas 


valde bonas" But he is totally beneath criti- 


493.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 157 


stroyed the idols which they had for worshipping ; who had expelled demons: 
and evil spirits from among them, and brought them from the darkness of sin 
and vice to the light of faith and good works, and who guided and conducted 
their souls from the gates of hell (to which they were going), to the gates of 
the kingdom of heaven. It was he that baptized and blessed‘ the men, women, 
sons and daughters of Ireland, with their territories and tribes, both [fresh] 
waters and sea-inlets. It was by him that many cells, monasteries, and churches 
were erected throughout Ireland; seven hundred churches" was their number. 
It was by him that bishops, priests, and persons of every dignity were ordained ; 
seven hundred bishops, and three thousand priests” [was] their number. He 
worked so many miracles and wonders, that the human mind” is incapable of 
remembering or recording the amount of good which he did upon earth. When 
the time of St. Patrick’s death approached, he received the Body of Christ from 
the hands of the holy Bishop Tassach’, in the 122nd [year] of his age", and 
resigned his spirit to heaven. 

There was a rising of battle’, and a cause of dissension in the province 
contending for the body of Patrick after his death. The Ui-Neil? and the 


cism in blunders of this description. tite Life, apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 168, 
The absurdity of the miracles attributed to he is also given this age of 122 years: 

St. Patrick by all his biographers, on every ** Curavit advocari S. Tassachum Episcopum ; 
frivolous occasion, without number, measure, et e manu ejus salutare sumpsit viaticum, an- 
or use, have created a doubt, in modern times,  noque sui inter Hibernos Apostolatus lxii. 
of the truth of everything they relate; and setatis cxxii. xvi. Kalendas Aprilis purissimum 
if it happened that God suspended the laws of — coelo reddidit spiritum." 

nature at the request of this great preacher, his According to a summary of dates and facts 
biographers have described them, and the motives relating to St. Patrick, preserved in the Leabhar 


of them, so injudiciously, that modern readers 
can only laugh at them, unless they will be at 
great trouble to separate the fictitious and 
useless from the real and necessary wonders 
wrought by this apostle. 

Y Tassach.—He is the patron saint of Rath- 
Cholptha, now the village of Raholp, near Saul, 
in the barony of Lecale, and county of Down.— 
See note £, at A. D. 448, suprà ; Trias Thaum., 
p. 6, col. 1. 

* In the 122nd [year] of his age.—See Ussher’s 
Primordia, pp. 881, 883, 887. In the Tripar- 


Breac (fol. 99, b, 1), he died “in the one hun- 
dred and twentieth year of his age, that is, the 
27th” [recte 26th] “of the solar Cycle, the 
Calends of January being on Friday, the first 
year after the bisextile, on the 16th of the 
Calends of April, which, in that year, fell on 
Wednesday, the 13th of the Moon.” 

a A rising of battle.—This story is also given 
in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, apud 
Colgan, Trias Thaum., pp. 168, 169. 

^ The Ui-Neill: i.e. the descendants of Niall 


of the Nine Hostages. 


Lair af doi 


158 


ANNALA RIOshachca EIREANN. 494. 


50 hQpomacha, Ula acca popcaó aca paofin, go nofcaccap Ui Néll 4 
Chpgialla go alaile uipece,go ccuapgaib an abann ppiá, co ná po éumamgpec 
ceéc capp lá méo a cuile. O oo coroh an cule pop ccula oo óeacacapn 
na plorg po combang .. Ui Néll 7 Ula oo bpüé chump Pacpaice leó. 
Cpt cappap lá gaé nopumg víob co mbaí an copp leo buóém vocum a 
ccipe, 50 po foanpecap Ora 1&0 gan cporo gan cachap pon ionnup pin. Ro 
hadnache :apam copp Pacpaic go nonoip 50 naipmiccin morp, 1 nOan va 
leatslap,7 na of oce décc po bacap na ppuite ag pape an cup, co 
pralmat 7 hpmnaib, m baí orce 1 Musimip, ma ip na p(pannaib comporcepib 
(an oapleó) aċc amal biò poilpi an laor lanpolaip po lonopchaid ann oo 


&nép. Ap vo bladneab barp naom Pacparce acpubpao. 


O gnap Cort, api aic, 
.cccc. pop caom nocaic, 
ceona bliadna pap 1appon, 
50 bár Pacpaice pmiomaprcoll. 


Clip Cmort, cèpe céd nochac a cleaip. A pé oécc vo Lushai. Cach 
Cinvailbe pra cCompbpe, mac Nell, pon Cargmb. 
Clip Cpiopc, cüépe céd nochac apé. Mochaor, abb nClonopoma, décc 


* The Oirghialla: i.e. the descendants of the 
Collas, who, at this time, possessed a vast terri- 
tory in Ulster, lying west of the River Bann 
and Gleann-Righe. 

3 Ulta.—Called by Colgan, in his translation 
of the Tripartite Life, Ulidii. At this time 
they possessed only that portion of the province 
of Ulster lying east of the River Bann and 
Gleann-Righe. R 

© Dun-da-leathghlas: i.e. the dun or fort of 
the two broken locks or fetters, now Down- 
patrick. 

f Tt was not night.— This is also stated by the 
author of the Tripartite Life: 

“ Et ita non visa est nox in tota illa regione 
in tempore luctus Patricii." 

It is stated in Fiech's Hymn that the light 
continued for a whole year after Patrick's death, 


on which Colgan has the following note: 

* Quod in morte Patricii dierum duodecim 
naturalium spatium transierit sine noctis in- 
terpolatione tradunt Jocelinus c. 193, Author 
operis Tripartiti, p. 3, c. 106, Probus, 1. 2, c. 34, 
et alii communiter actorum Patricii Scriptores, 
et quod toto sequenti anno tempus nocturnum - 
in illa qua obiit Regione fuerit extraordinario 
quodam et coitus misso respersum lumine, alia 
indicant testimonia et argumenta. Ita enim 
indicat Probus loco citato, dicens: * Plebs etiam 
illius loci in quo sepultus est certissima, confirmat. 
attestatione, quód usque ad finem totius anni, in quo 
obierat, nunquam nocturnales tenebre quales. exti- 
tissent, tales anteà fuerant, quod nimirum ad tanti 
viri meritum non dubium est. Item Author operis - 
Tripart. p. 3, c. 106 : Et ferunt alii quod anno 
integro post Patricii mortem fuerit continua luz in 


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494.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 159 


Oirghialla* attempting to bring it to Armagh ; the Ulta* to keep it with them- 
selves. And the Ui-Neill and the Oirghialla came to a certain water, and the 
river swelled against them so that they were not able to cross it in consequence 
of the greatness of the flood. When the flood had subsided these hosts united 
on terms of peace, i.e. the Ui-Neill and the Ulta, to bring the body of Patrick 
with them. It appeared to each of them that each had the body conveying it 
to their respective territories, so that God separated them in this manner, with- 
out a fight or battle. The body of Patrick was afterwards interred at Dun-da- 
lethglas* with great honour and veneration ; and during the twelve nights that 
the religious seniors were watching the body with psalms and hymns, it was 
not night' in Magh-inis or the neighbouring lands, as they thought, but as if it 
were the full undarkened light of day. Of the year of Patrick's death was 
. said : | 
Since Christ was born, a correct enumeration, . 


Four hundred and fair ninety, 
Three years add to these, su 
Till the death of Patrick, chief Apostle. 


The Age of Christ, 494. The sixteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle of 
Ceann-Ailbhe* by Cairbre, son of Niall, against the Leinstermen. 
The Age of Christ, 496. Mochaoi”, Abbot of Aendruim, died on the twenty- 


Regione de Mag-inis | Adde quod nomen illius 
Regionis exindé postea ortum, hoc ipsum indi- 
cet. Vulgo enim vocatur T'riuchached na soillse, 
i cantaredus seu centivillaria Regio luminis, ut 
vulgi usurpatio, et patri: historia contestantur. 
Unde propter hos ccelestes radios tempus illud 
nocturnum raro prodigio illustrantes, videtur 
S. Fiecus hic tempus illud vocasse continuam 
lucem et diem prolongatam." — Trias Thaum., 
pP- 6, col. 2, not. 20. 

€ Ceann-Aiübhe.—In the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise the “ battle of Kinailbe" is entered under 
the year 501. In the Ulster Annals it is called 
the battle of Cnoc-Ailbhe. It was probably the 
name of a hill in Magh-Ailbhe, in the south of 
the county of Kildare. 


^ Mochaoi, Abbot of Aendruim.—He was a 
disciple of St. Patrick, and abbot of the island of 
Aendruim, now Mahee Island, in Loch Cuan, or 
Strangford Lough, in the county of Down. The 
situation of Aendruim appears from a gloss on 
the Feilire-Aenguis, at 23rd June: FIR ir: A. 
oen culach an imp uile, 4 pop Coch Cuan aca. 

* Oendruim, i.e. all the island is [i.e. uu 
one hill, and in Loch Cuan it is [situated ]."— 
See Description of Nendrum, by the Rev. Wil- 
liam Reeves, pp. 30 to 34. The death of this 


'saint is entered in the Annals of Tighernach at 
the year 497 ; in the Annals of Ulster at 493, * 


and again from a different authority at 498; and 
in the old Annals of Innisfallen at 490.— See note 
on Mochaoi under the year 432. 


T. UwIT Me STO MICE NOR 


E a 
NN - o e 


160 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[497. 


an cpeap la picheat vo mí lun. Cach Opoma Lochmarshe pra Cargmbh 


pop Uib Nell. 


Copbmac a Cmé in epnaioe eppcop Apoa Maca, comapba Dacpatcc, vo 


paoroh(oh a ppriopaicce. 


Qoi Core, chtpe céo nochat a peacht. Q naoi oécc ve Cughaib. 
Cath Inve Mome hi cCpich ua nGabla pop. Cargnib, 7 pop lollann, mac 
Ounlamg, la Tfupé(pcach mac €apca. 


Qoi Cpiope, chitpe céo nochac a hochc. 


Cn pich(emad bliadam vo 


Lugaw. Fingur Mop, mac Eine, mic Eachach Muimpeamanp, co na bnaiépib 


vo oul ino Alban. 


Qoip Cpiopc, cfitpe céo nochat a nao. 


C haon pichfe vo Cughaio. 


Ceapban eappoc, 6 Pionc C(pbam oc Teampang, oécc. 

Cat Seagpa ma Mumpelpeach mac €pca pop Duach C(ngumna, m Con- 
nacc. lpead pochann an éacha .. Mumecfpcach po bai hi pachaigiup ecip 
m pí agur Eochaw Ciopméapna, a bpachaip, go po gabad €ochaio pop 
comaince Muipc(pcag. Ceannpaolad apbepc oa oóeapbao. 


i Druim-Lochmaighe—See A. M. 3549, where 
it is stated that Lochmhagh is in the territory 
of Conaille, i. e. in the level portion of the county 
of Louth. 

* Cormac of Crioch-an-Earnaidhe: i.e. the 
Territory of the Oratory or little Church, thus 
- translated by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 293 : 
** S. Corbmacus de Crich-indernaidhe, successor 
S. Patricii, Ep. Ardmach, quievit in domino." 
He gives his acts at l7th of February, from 
which it would appear that he was the nephew 
of the monarch Laeghaire, by his brother Enda; 
that his body or reliques were preserved at Trim, 
in Meath, and that his festival was celebrated at 
Armagh, on the 17th of February. In the copy 
of the Feilire-Aenguis preserved in the Leabhar 
Breac, he is set down as ** Copnmac comopba 
Daepa:c 1 nAch cpuim £oegaipe,? and the Edi- 
tor is of opinion that Cpioch an-eapnaióe may 
be a corruption of Cmoé Coegaipe. 


! Inde-mor, in Chrioch- Ua-n Gabhla.—Crioch- . 


Ua-nGabhla, called, in the old translation of the 


Annals of Ulster, ** O'Gawla's country," was 
the name of a territory situated in the south 
of the present county of Kildare, extending, 
according to the Book of Lecan, fol. 93-109, 
from Ath-Cuilehinge to Dubh-áth, near the 
hill of Mullaghmast ; and from Ath-glas-crichi, 
at Cluanies, to Uada, in Leix ; and from the 
ford of Ath-leathnacht to Gleann-Uissen, in 
Ui-Bairrche. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
“the battle of Inne” is entered under the year 
504. 

v Fearghus Mor.— The Annals of the Four 
Masters are here antedated by at least five 
years, as Dr. O'Conor shews (Proleg. ad Ann., 
p.lxxxvi). The Annals of Tighernach place 
the migration of the sons of Erc to Alba (Scot- 
land) during the pontificate of Symmachus, the 
Calends of January being on feria prima. Now 
Symmachus succeeded Anastasius the Second on 
the 10th of the Calends of December, A. D. 498, 
and died on the 14th of the Calends of August, 
A. D. 514, and during this whole period the 


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497.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. * 61 


third day of the month of June. The battle of Druim-Lochmaighe' [was gained] 
by the Leinstermen over the Ui-Neill. 

Cormac, of Chrioch-in-Ernaidhe*, successor of Patrick, resigned his spirit. 

The Age of Christ, 497. The nineteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle 
of Inde-Mor, in Crioch-Ua-nGabhla', [was gained] over the Leinstermen and 
Illann, son of Dunlaing, by Muircheartach mac Earca. ; 

The Age of Christ, 498 [recté 503]. The twentieth year of Lughaidh. 
Fearghus Mor", son of Erc, son of Eochaidh Muinreamhair, with his brothers, 
went to Alba [Scotland]. 

. The Age of Christ, 499 [recte 504]. The twenty-first year of Lughaidh. 
Cerban, a bishop of Feart-Cearbain", at Teamhair, died. 

The battle of Seaghais" [was fought] by Muircheartach mac Earca against 
Duach Teangumha’, King of Connaught. The cause of the battle was this, 
viz. : Muircheartach was a guarantee between the King and Eochaidh Tirm- 
charna, his brother, and Eochaidh was taken prisoner against the protection of 


yr 


Muircheartach. In proof of which Ceannfaeladh? said : 


Calends of January did not fall on feria prima, 
except twice, viz. A. D. 506, and 516 ; and, as 
Flann refers this emigration of the sons of Erc 
to the fifteenth year after the battle of Ocha, it 
follows from this singular coincidence, which 
could not happen otherwise than from historical 
verity, that this migration is to be referred to 
the year 506 of the common era. The Annals 
of Clonmacnoise refer this migration to the year 
501, which is much nearer to the true date than 
that given by the Four Masters. 

? Feart-Cearbain : i.e. the Grave of Bishop 
Cerban, who was one of St. Patrick’s converts. 
His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 
the year 503, and in the Annals of Tighernach 
at 503, and again at 504, which is the true 
year, and that under which it is entered in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise. Feart-Chearbain 
was the name of a church situated to the north- 
east of Tara hill, but it is now totally effaced. 
—See Petrie’s History and Antiquities of Tara 


Hill, p. 200, and plate 7 (facing p. 128), on 
which the position of this church is marked. 

° Seaghais.— This was the ancient name of the 
Curlieu hills, near Boyle, on the confines of the 
counties of Roscommon and Sligo. This battle 
is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 
501. 

? Duach Teangumha: i. e. Duach of the Brazen 
Tongue. He was otherwise called Duach Galach, 
ie. the Valorous. He was the son of Brian, 
son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, Monarch of 
Ireland, and is the ancestor of the O’Conors of 
Connaught, as well as of the O'Rourkes and 
O’Reillys, and various other correlative fami- 
lies. 

3 Ceannfaeladh : i. e. Ceannfaeladh-na-fogh- 
lama, or the Learned, of Derryloran, in Tyrone, 
who died, according to the Annals of Tigher- 
nach, in the year 679. He wrote a work on the 
synchronism of the Irish monarchs with the 
Roman Emperors. 


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`Y 


ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[500. 


Cach Seghpa bfn oo mnaib poopuarp, po boi cpú ofpg oap cpuiprgh, 


la Ourpich, ign Duach. 


cach Oealcca, cach Mucpama acup cach Tuama Opuba, 
la cach Spa, hi ccopcaip Ouach C(ngumha. 


Pop Connaécaib po pnaomeaó na caca hipin. 


Cloip Cpiope, cuice céd. 


Cn vapa bhadan pich(c oo Cughoio....S. Iban 


eppuc, oécc an cpep la pich(c vo mí Appl. Ceitpe bliaóna ap cp céd poo 


a paogatl. 


Cach Lochmarghe pa. Cargmb pop Uibh Nell. 


Cop Cpiopc, cucc céd a haon. 


Qf cpi pich(c oo Lughad. Cach Fpem- 


amne hi Mwe pop Piachaió, mac Nell, ma pPailge beppawe, oia nebpao 


an pann, 


In pí aile apmb(paió Piacha, mac Nell, nf cela, 
Cp pap, cap cpfmla cile, cat Ppearnna Mide meabaro. 


Cop Core, chce céo acpi. 


lap mbfich cing bliaóna pichle 1 pighe 


€peann vo Lushai, mac Caogaipe, copcharp 1 nQchad poncha, 1ap na bém 


' A certain woman: i. e. Duiseach. She was 
the wife of Muircheartach mac Earca, whom she 
incited to fight this battle against her father, 
Duach Teangumha, because he had made a pri- 
soner of her foster-father, Eochaidh Tirmcharna, 
in violation of her husband’s guarantee.—See 
Book of Lecan, fol. 195, b. 

* Against the Connaughtmen: i. e. these battles 
were gained by the race of Niall over the Con- 
naughtmen. The Editor has never seen a full 
copy of the poem of Cennfaeladh, from which 
the above verses are quoted. They are also 
quoted in O’Conor’s printed Annals of Tigher- 
nach, in which the battle of Seaghais is twice 
mentioned as in the text of the Four Masters. 

t St. Ibhar.—The death of Bishop Iver, in the 
303rd year of his age, is recorded in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, at the year 504. It is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster at the years 499, 500, 
and 503. ‘This Ibhar is the patron saint of the 


island of Beg-Erin or Parva Hibernia, near 
Wexford, where there are still to be seen some 
ruins of his church.— See Ussher’s Primordia, 
pp. 794, 901, 1062 ; Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, 
pp. 50, 450, 610; and Archdall’s Monasticon, 
p. 733. In the Feilire-Aenguis, at 23rd April, 
Bishop Ibhar is noticed : 


* Loichec eppcop Ibaip, apopc ceno cec epp, 

Qn bpeo uap cumo ı epilip, 1 n€pino. bic 

bebaip.?” 
“ A lamp was Bishop Ibhar, who attained to the 
head of every piety; 

The flame over the wave in brightness, in Erin 

Beg he died.” 

Dr. O’Conor says that the great age ascribed 
to this and other saints is owing to the error of 
transcribers, in mistaking cpi .l. thrice fifty, for 
cm .c. three hundred. 

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The battle of Seaghais ; a certain woman’ caused it; red blood was over lances, 


By Dujseach, daughter of Duach. 


The battle of Dealga, the battle of Mucramha, and the battle of Tuaim- 


Drubha, 


With the battle of Seaghais, Vibe fell Duach Teangumha. 


Against the Connaughtmen* these battles were gained. 

The Age of Christ, 500. The twenty-second year of Lughaidh. Saint 
Ibhar', the bishop, died on the twenty-third day of the month of April. Three 
hundred and four years was the length of his life. 

The battle of Lochmagh" by the Leinstermen, against the Ui-Neill. 


The Age of Christ, 501. 


The twenty-third year.of Lughaidh. The battle 


of Freamhain’, in Meath, against Fiacha, son of Niall, by Failge Berraidhe, con- 
cerning which this quatrain was composed : 


The other king whom I shall mention was Fiacha, son of Niall, I shall not 


conceal him ; 


It was against him, contrary to a false oe ia the battle of Freamhain, in 


Meath, was gained. 


The Age of Christ, 503. After Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, had been 
twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was killed at Achadh-farcha", 


Y Freamhainn.—8See A. M. 5084, p. 89, note ", 
suprà. 

v Achadh-farcha: i.e. the Field of the Light- 
ning. Colgan says that the place retained this 
name in his own time, but does not define its 
exact situation. The words of the author of 
the Tripartite Life, in describing this event, are 
as follows: 

* Venit? [Lugadius] “ad locum quendam 
Achadh-farcha appellatum ; ubi conspiciens 
quandam Ecclesiam in colle positam, ait; nun- 
quid illa est Ecclesia istius clerici, qui iniquo 
prophetiz spiritu, predixit nullum de Leogarii 
patris mei semine Regem vel principem prodi- 
turum? Et statim ac hec protulit, fulminis e 
celo missi, et in verticem ejus cadentis, ictu 


extinctus illicó interiit. Unde et locus nomen 
abinde sortitus, Achadh-farcha, .i collis ful- 
minis appellatur.” —Part ii. c. 77. Colgan adds 
in a note, Trias Thaum., p. 172, n. 44 : 

« Et loci illius Achadh-farcha, id est collis 
fulminis, appellati, nomen quod usque in hune 
diem retinet conformat. Est autem in finibus 
Dicecesis et Comitatus Orientalis Mediz.” 

It is stated in the Life of St. Patrick pre- 
served in the Leabhar Breac, fol. 14, a, 2, that 
Achadh-farcha is situated in the territory of 
Ui-Cremhthainne. This territory is now in- 
cluded in the baronies of Slane, in East Meath. 
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of 
Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, is entered under 
the year 509. 


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164 J . ANNATA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[504. 


opopcha cenncighe, cpe miopbanlibh Oe, cnep an oímiaoh cuccupcorn oo 


Paccpaice, amal a vep an pann po : 


, 


A nAchad panca ugpach, bap mic Laogaine Cugach, 
Gan molbéa call na ponn; oe oo popcha cpom cemncige. 


Eochaid, mac MumpCoharg Muinveince, m Ulad, decc. 
Cop Cmore, cúicc céd a c(éap. On céro badam vo Muipc (peach, mac 
Mumpevhars, mic €ogain, mic Nell, na mgh op €pmn. 


Qop Cpiopc, cúicc céo apé. 


On cpeap badam oo Mhuipcfpcach. 


lollann, mac Oánlamg, m Carg(n, oécc. Cat Luaċpa ma Comcopb pop 


Uib Néll. Qp oo po paofo. 


Cat lonn Luacpa, uapa cuap, acc(p bpġic, m ppt páp, 
planncat Pionnabpac ba huap ım copp nlollamn 1ap na bar. 


Qoi Cpiopc, cuig céd apeacc. 


Cn cfépamad bliadain 00 Murptfrach. 


Cach Opoma ofpsaige pon Folge mbeppade, ma pPiachaió mac Néll. 


* King of Uladh: i. e. of Ulidia; bounded on 
the west by Gleann-Righe, Lough Neagh, and 
the Lower Bann. 

Y Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach.—He is 
otherwise called Muircheartach Mor Mac Earca. 
After the death of the monarch Lughaidh, 
O'Flaherty introduces, in his Catalogue of the 
Christian Kings of Ireland (0gygia, iii. 93), an 
interregnum of five years, that is, from the year 
508 till 513, which he makes the year of Muir- 
cheartach’s accession. The Annals of Ulster 
place the death of Lughaidh in 507, and again, 
according to another authority, in 511, and the 
accession of Muircheartach in the year 512. 
The probability is that there was no interreg- 
num, for Muircheartach, who was the Hector of 
the Ui-Neill, was too powerful in Ireland to 
be kept from the throne after the death of 
Lughaidh. 

* Luachair: i.e. a Rushy Place. "There are 
countless places of this name in Leinster, but 


the Editor has never been able to discover the 
exact situation of the site of this battle. 

. * Fionnabhair. — Now Fennor, near Kildare. 
— See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kildare, 8, 40 
Jac. i. | 

> About the body of Illann.—1t is stated in the 
second Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan 
(Trias Thaum., pp. 546 to 563), that after the 
death of Illann, King of Leinster, the Nepotes 
Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, led 
an army into Leinster, and proceeded to devas- 
tate the province; but that the Lagenians, 
placing the dead body of the king in a chariot, 
marched against them, and defeated them with 
great slaughter : 

“ Factum est autem post mortem Illand, qui 
vixit annis exx. congregantes nepotes Neill ex- 
ercitum fines devastare Lageniensium ; inierunt 
Lagenienses consilium, dicentes ponamus corpus 
mortuum Regis nostri conditum ante nos in 
curru contra hostes, et pugnemus contra circa 


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165 


being struck by a flash of lightning, by the miracles of God, on account of the 
insult which he had offered to Patrick, as this quatrain states : 


At Achadh-farcha warlike, the death of Laeghaire’s son, Lughaidh [occurred], 
Without praise in heaven or here, a heavy flash of lightning smote him. 


Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, King of Uladh*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 504. The first year of Muircheartach, son of Muireadh- 
ach’, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, as king over Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 506. The third year of Muircheartach. Illann, son 
of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, died. The battle of Luachair” [was fought] by 
Cucorb against the Ui-Neill, of which was said : 


The fierce battle of Luachair, over head, Brighit saw, no vain vision ; 
The bloody battle of Fionnabhair* was noble, about the body of Mann? after 


his death. 
The Age of Christ, 507. 


The fourth year of Muircheartach. The battle 


of Druini-Deargaighe* [was gained] against Foilghe Berraidhe, by Fiacha, son 


t 


cadaver ejus. Et illis sic facientibus illico ne- 
potes Neill in fugam versi sunt, et cades facta 
estin eis. Donum enim victoriz per S. Brigidam 
adhuc in corpore Regis mansit.”_ Trias Thaum., 
pp. 551, 552. 

The following battles are mentioned in the 
ancient historical tale called Borumha Laighean, 
as having been fought by the race of Neill 
against the Leinstermen, who opposed the pay- 
ment of the Borumean tribute, from the period 
of the death of Oilioll Molt to that of the pre- 
sent monarch : 

** The battle of Granni; the battle of Tortan; 
the battle of Druim Ladhgainn ; the battle of 
Bri-Eile; the battle of Freamhainn, in Meath, 
by Failghe Rot, son of Cathaeir (non illus 
Magni Regis); twenty-eight battles by the son 
of Dunlaing, in consideration of the word” 
- [curse] “of St. Bridget; the battle of Magh- 
Ochtair, against Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire; 


the battle of Druim-da-mhaighe; the battle of 
Dun-Masc” [Dunamase]; * the second battle of 
Ocha; the battle of Slabhri; the battle of Cinn- 
srathi; the battle of Finnabhair, by Ailill, son 


of Dunlaing; the battle around the body of 


Ilann.” 

* Druim-Deargaighe.—This battle is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster twice ; first at the year 
515, and again at 516, as follows : . 

“ A. D. 515. Belum Droma derge for Failgi. 
Fiacha victor erat. Deinde Campus Midi a Lai- 
geneis sublatus est. 


* A. D. 516. Bellum Droma derge la Fiacha 


mac Neill for Failge m-Bearaighe, inde Magh 
Midhe a Lageneis sublatus est, ut Ceannfaeladh 
cecinit, &c.? It is also given in the Annals of 
Tighernach, in which the part of Meath re- 
covered from Leinster is thus mentioned: “ap 


anop a cat pin po peapad a cuio oon Mide pp | 


Gagin co h-Uipneac,? i.e “It was by this 


ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


166 


[511 


Cp la cmel Piachaò an pfponn o Cluam in biban co hUipn(ch opm ille, 
amail apbepc C(nopaolaoh $ 


Orghal Oia reacht mbliaoan, 
ba pl oigoe a cpiòe 
cach 1 nOpnomm ofpgarge 
ba de vo chn mag Mie. 


Gop Cprope, cug céo a haom noéce. Q hocht vo Mhuipé(pcach. 
S. bpon eppcop o Cal loppae, 1 cConoachcuib, décc, an cochcmao la oo 
mí lun. 

Coip Core, cug céd a 06 oég. A naoi vo Mumnc(pcach. S. €apc 
Slame eppuce Gilcaig, 1 6 Pinca p pfeg 1 caob Sfohe Cpuim anap, oo 
écc, an bapa lá vo mí Nouembpp. Veich mbliadna ap cheichépe pichcib a 


battle that its part of Meath was separated from 
Leinster, as far as Uisneath.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is noticed 
as follows : 

* A. D. 515. The battle of Dromdargie was 
fought by Fiagh mac Neale, in which he re- 
covered Usneagh to be of the land of Kynaleagh, 
where Foilge Merrye was overcome.” 

à Cluain-in-dibhair.—This is otherwise called 
Cluain-an-dobhair, ‘and is situated somewhere 
in the present King’s County, but it has not 
been identified.—See it again referred to at the 
years 843, 938, 942. 

© Uisneach.—Now Usnagh hill, in the parish 
of Killare, barony of Rathconrath, and county 
of Westmeath.—See note £, under A. D. 1414, 
p. 818, infra. The territory of Cinel-Fiachrach, 
which originally comprised the countries of 
O’Molloy, now in the King’s County, and of 
Mageoghegan, now the barony of Moycashel, 
in Westmeath, originally extended from Birr 
to the hill of Uisneach; This hill is also re- 
markable in Irish history a8 being the point at 
which the five provinces met, and a stone si- 
tuated on its summit, now called Cat-Uisnigh, 
and by Keating Ail-na-mireann, i. e. “ the Rock 


of the Divisions,” is called Umbilicus Hibernie 
by Giraldus Cambrensis. “In quinque por- 
tiones equales inter se diviserunt, quarum ca- 
pita in lapide quodam conveniunt apud Mediam 
juxta castrum de Kyllari, qui lapis et umbili- 
cus Hibernie dicitur: quasi in medio et medi- 
tullio terre positus.” —Topographia Hibernia, 
Dist. iii. c. 4. 

* The vengeance of God.—The Editor has never 
met a full copy of the poem from which this qua- 
train is quoted. It would appear to be on the sub- 
ject of the formation of the territory of the tribe 
of Cinel-Fiachacli, who recovered from Failghe 
Bearraidhe, chief of Offally, a tract of country 
extending from Cluain-an-dobhair to the hill of 
Uisneach, after the battle of Druim-Deargaighe. 
The Failghe Berraidhe here referred to is men- 
tioned in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick 
(part iii. c. 56), as an obdurate Pagan, who at- 
tempted to murder St. Patrick, but perished in 


the attempt himself, and drew down the ven- — 


geance of heaven upon his race. He hada . 
brother, Failghe Ros, or, more correctly, Failghe | 1 
Rot, who received St. Patrick with honour, and, 
therefore, prospered in the land. T 

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167 


of Niall. From that time forward the land [extending] from Cluain-in-dibhair* 
to Uisneach* belongs to the Cinel-Fiachach, as Ceannfaeladh said : 


The vengeance of God* lasted for seven years; 
But the joy of his heart was 

The battle of Druim-Deargaighe, 

By which the plain of Meath was detached. 


The Age of Christ, 511. 


The eighth year of Muircheartach. Saint Bron, 


Bishop of Cuil-Irra*, in Connaught, died on the eighth day of the month of 


June. 
The Age of Christ, 512. 


The ninth year of Muircheartach, 


Saint Erc”, 


Bishop of Lilcach' and of Fearta-fear-Feig*, by the side of Sidhe-Truim, to the 
west, died on the second day of the month of November. His age was four- 


the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo, 
comprising the parishes of Killaspugbrone and 
Kilmacnowen. It is stated in the Annotations 
of Tirechan, in the Book of Armagh, that St. 
Patrick passed from Forrach-mac-nAmhalgaidh 
to Ros Filiorum Caitni, where he built a church, 
and, crossing the Muaidh [Moy] at Bertriga 
[Bartragh], he raised a cross there, and pro- 
ceeded thence to the mound of Riabart, near 
which he built a church for his disciple, Bishop 
Bronus, the son of Ienus. This is called the 
church-of Cassel-irra in the Tripartite Life of 
St. Patrick (part ii. c. 97),and now Cil eapbuig 
Spdin, anglicé Killaspugbrone from this Bishop. 
—See Genealogies, Tribes, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, 
p.470, and the map to the same work. In 
Michael O'Clery's Irish Calendar the festival of 


. this bishop is entered at 8th of June. 


^ St. Erc.—See note t, under the year 448, 
p. 136, supra. 

i Lilcach.— Not identified. Dr. 
takes this to mean “ deditus religioni." 

k "Fearta-fear-Feig.— Dr. O'Conor translates 
this: “S. Ercus Slanensis Episcopus deditus 
religioni et loci dieti Sepulchra Virorum Feig 


O’Conor 


in regione locus iste est Trimmie ad Occiden- 
tem, obiit die 2do Mensis Novembris" But he 
certainly mistakes the meaning. Colgan renders 
it: *Ercus Episcopus Lilcaciensis et Ferta- 
feggiensis .i Slanensis 2 Novembris mortuus 
est anno setatis 90."— Acta SS., p. 190. 

Fearta-fear-Feig, i. e. the Graves of the Men 
of Feig, is the ancient name of Slane on the 
Boyne, and Sidh-Truim is not the present town 
of Trim, as assumed by Dr. O’Conor, but the 
name of a hill, situated to the east of Slane. 
The situation of Fearta-fear-Feig is described 
by Colgan as follows : 

* Est locus ad septentrionalem marginem 
fluminis Boandi, hodie Slaine dietus. Dicitur 
Ferta-fer-Feic .i. fosse, sive sepulchra virorum 
Feic, ex eo quod servi cujusdam dynaste nomine 
Feic, ibi altas fecerint fossas pro occisorum cor- 
poribus humandis." — Trias Thaum., p. 20, n. 60. 

In the fourth Life of St. Patrick a similar ' 
derivation of this name is given; and it is stated 


that the paschal fire, lighted there by St. Patrick, 


was visible from Tara, which clearly shews that 
it is not situated to the west of Trim, as Dr. 
O'Conor has so hastily assumed. 


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anmaca giognachca EIREANN. 


[513. 


aoip an can ch(pca, Ap e an c(ppucc Eine pm po ba bnüe(m vo Dhaccpaicc. 


Gp 06 pome Pacpaice an pano po. 
€ppucc Enc, — — 


gach ní conceapcaoh ba cfpc, 
gach aon beipeap coiceapc cfc 
poncpaib (noache beappuic Epo. 


Dubtach 3. a Opum ofpb eppucc Apomacha vo paowfoh a Sproparcce. 

Corp Core, cuig céo acpi vécc. Cn vechmad bliaóam Mhuipefpeans. 
.S. Macnıpı 2. Ctongap, eppucc Connepe, oécc ancpeap la oo Nouembep. 

Cach Oeona, 1 nOpomoib. Opeag, ma Tlapé(pcach mac €apca, 7 pa 
cColgu, mac Lorri, mc Cpumn, me Pholimi, caoipeaé Chpgiall, oú m po 
mapbad Cípogal, mac Conaill Cpemeainne, mc Néll. 


Qoi Cpiopc, cing céd a peacc vég. 


C clean décc oo Mumpceancach. 


.$. Danfrca Cille Slébe Cuilinn, oap. bamm Monmve oécc 6 luln. Naor 
pichic bhavham poo a paogoil via nebpao. 


Naor pichic bliadan mole, 
do pein plagla gan cime, 
gan baer, gan béo, gan baogal, 
ba he paogal Monmve. 


| Bishop Erc.—'This quatrain is also quoted 
by Tighernach, who ascribes it to St. Patrick, 
in the Book of Lecan, fol. 306, a, 1; and in the 
Leabhar-Breaé, fol. 11, a. ; 

™ Druim-Dearbh.—This is probably the place 
called Derver, in the county of Louth, Dubh- 
thach succeeded in 497.— See Harriss edition 
of Ware's Bishops, p. 36. 

a Macnisi.—He was a disciple of St. Patrick, 
and the founder of the episcopal church of 
Connor, in the county of Antrim.—See Ecele- 
siastical Antiquities of Down and Connor and 
Dromore, by the Rev. William Reeves, A. B., 
pp. 237-239. Cnes, the daughter of Conchaidh, 
of the tribe of Dal-Ceithirn, was his mother, 
from whom he was called Mac Cneise. His fes- 
tival was kept on the 3rd of September, accotd- 


ing to the Feilire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Trish 
Calendar, in which it is stated that his first 
name was Aenghus, and that he was also called 
Caemhan Breac. 

° Dedna, in Droma-Breagh.—This was the 
name of a place in the north of the county of 
Meath, adjoining that of Cavan. The fort of 
Rath-Ochtair-Cuillinn is also referred to as 
1 n-Opummnib Ópeag.— See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
p. 12. 

» Cill-Sleibhe- Cuilinn : i.e. the Church of Slieve 
Gullion, now Killeavy, an old church in a pa- 
rish of the same name, situated at the foot of 
Slieve Gullion, in the barony of Upper Orior, 
and eounty of Armagh. This mountain took 
its name from Cuileann, an artificer, who lived 
here in the reign of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, 


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score and ten years when he departed. This Bishop Erc was judge to Patrick. 
It was for him Patrick composed this quatrain : 


Bishop Erc',— 

Every thing he adjudged was just ; 
Every one that passes a just judgment 
Shall receive the blessing of Bishop Erc. 


Dubhthach, i.e. of Druim-Dearbh", Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], re- 
signed his spirit. 

The Age of Christ, 513. The tenth year of Muircheartach. Saint Mac- 
nisi", i.e. Aenghus, Bishop of Coinnere [Connor], died on the third day of 
November. | 

The battle of Dedna, in Droma-Breagh', by Muircheartach mac Earca, and 
by Colga, son of Loite, son of Crunn, son of Feidhlimidh, [son of Colla Dach- 
rich], chief of Airghialla, where Ardghal, son of Conall Creamhthainne, son of 
Niall, was slain. : 

The Age of Christ, 517. The fourteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint 
Darerca, of Cill-Sleibhe-Cuilinn?, whose [first] name was Moninne, died on the 
6th of July. Nine-score years was the length of her life; of whom was said: 


Nine-score years together, according to rule without error, 
Without folly, without evil, without danger, was the age of Moninne. 


King of Ulster, and by whom the celebrated 
hero, Cuchullainn, was fostered. Ussher (Pri- 
mordia, p. 105), who had an ancient Life of 
Moninne, written by Conchubhranus, and Mi- 
chael O'Clery, in his Irish Calendar, have con- 
founded this Darerca with Darerca, the sister of 
St. Patrick; but they were clearly different per- 
sons, for the festival of Darerca, the sister [or 
supposed sister] of Patrick, was held on the 22nd 
of March, whereas that of Moninne, of Cill- 
Sleibhe-Cuilinn, was held on the 6th of July. 
On this mistake of Ussher Colgan has the fol- 
lowing note in his Life of Darerca, at 22nd 
March, which shews the high esteem he had for 
Ussher’s veracity as a historian : 


* Usserus, de Primordiis Ecclesiar. Britann. 
pag. 705 et 706, confundit hanc Darercam so- 
rorem Sancti Patricii, cum alia Darerca, dicta 
Moninna, Abbatissa de Killslebhe in Ultonia. 
Sed si vir, alias Antiquitatis peritissimus, ea, 
quz de Sancta Moninna producturi sumus ad 6 
Julii, perspecta habuisset aliter sentiisse non 
ambigimus."—Acta Sanctorum, p. 719, not. 7. 

St. Moninne, of Cill-Sleibhe-Cuillin, founded 
seven churches in Scotland, as Ussher shews 
from Conchubhranus: one called Chilnacase, in 
Galloway; another on the summit of the moun- 
tain of Dundevenal, in Laudonia; the third on 
the mountain of Dunbreten ; the fourth at the 
castle of Strivelin ; the fifth at Dun-Eden, now 


170 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[519. 


Qoip Cmort, cmg ced anaor oécc. A pé vécc vo Mhuipé(pcach. 
S. Conolaevh, eppcop Cille vapa, chno bpi$oe, oécc 3. man. 

Coip Crore, cig céd piche a haon. CE hoche décc vo mhupéfpcach. 
S. buice, mac bponarg, eppucc Maimpepe, oécc 7. Oecembep. 


burce bnacha bpí co mblaib, cí cec cpacha vom cobharp, 

Heal slac go nglopaib nglumn nglom, of mac Sponarg, mic bola. 

op Core, cínce céd piche a cp. Cn pichfernad badam vo Mun- 
é(pcach. eoa, eppucc Coa capna, décc, an coécmao la vo Mapca. 
Eochaid, mac Clongupa, mà Muman, oécc. 

Cop Crore, cug céd piche a cléamp. A haon pıchfc vo Muipceancach. 
Cach Acha Sige ma Muipé(pcach pop Largmib, oá in po mapbao Sige, mac 


Dân, conad uada a o(pap Alt Sige. 


Qop Cmort, cug céd pice a cucce. A dó piċíc oo Muipceancach. 


S.bpghic ogh, banabChille vapa [oécc]. Ap oipibe cecup po hioóbpaoh Cll 


Edinburgh; the sixth on the mountain of Dun- 
pelder ; and the seventh at Lanfortin, near 
Dundee, where she died. Some ruins of her 
church, near which stood a round tower, are 
still to be seen at Killeavy. 

a Connlaedh.—* A. D. 520. Conlaedh Eps. 
Cille-dara dormivit.?— Tighernach. He was the 
first Bishop of Kildare, and his festival was 
there celebrated on the 3rd of May, according 
to all the Irish martyrologies. In a note on 
the Feilire- Aenguis, at this day, it is stated that 
'Ronnchenn was his first name, and that he was 
also called Mochonna Daire; that he was Bishop 
of Kildare, and St. Bridget's chief artificer. 
'This note adds that he was finally eaten by 
wolves. Cogitosus, the author of the second 
Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan, has the 
following notice of Conlaedh’s episcopal dresses : 

* Secundum enim beatissimi Iob exemplum 
nunquam inopes a se recedere sinu vacuo passa 
est; nam vestimenta transmarina et peregrina 
Episcopi Conlaith decorati luminis, quibus in 
solemnitatibus Domini et vigiliis Apostolorum 
sacra in altaribus offerens mysteria utebatur, 


pauperibus largita est."— Trias Thaum., c. 39, 
p. 522. 
* Buite mac Bronaigh.—He is the patron saint 
of Mainister Buithe, now Monasterboice, in the 
barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth, where 
his festival was celebrated on the 7th of De- 
cember, according to the Feilire-Aenguis.—See 
O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, lib. i. c. 65; 
see also the Annals of Ulster at the year 518, 
where it is stated that St. Columbkille was born 
on the same day on which this Buite died. 
“A. D. 518. Nativitas Coluim Cille eodem die 
quo Bute (Boetius) mac Bronaig dormivit.” 
His death is also entered in the same Annals, 
under the year 522. À 
$ Beoaidh, Bishop of Ard-carna: i. e. Beo- Aedh, 
Aidus Vivens, or Vitalis, of Ardcarne, a church 
in the barony of Boyle, and county of Roscom- 
mon, and about four miles due east of the town of 
Boyle.—See note”, under the year1224. Colgan, 
who puts together, at the 8th of March, all 
the scattered notices of this saint that he could ` 
find, states (Acta SS., p. 563) that his bell 
was preserved at Baile-na-gCleireach, in Breifny 


A iria E) a ilm pl SL A e e — 


519.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. MÉ.. 


The Age of Christ, 519. The sixteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint 
Connlaedh?, Bishop of Kildare, Bridget's brazier, died on the 3rd of May. 


The Age of Christ, 521. 


The eighteenth year of Muircheartach. Saint 


Buite mac Bronaigh', bishop of Mainister, died on the 7th of December. 


Let Buite, the virtuous judge of fame, come each day to my aid, 
The fair hand with the glories of clean deeds, the good son of Bronach, son of 


Bolar. 


The Age of Christ, 523. The twentieth year of Muircheartach. Beoaidh’, 
Bishop of Ard-carna, died the eighth day of March. Eochaidh, son of Aenghus, 


King of Munster, died. 


The Age of Christ, 524. The twenty-first year of Muircheartach. The 
battle of Ath-Sighe' [was gained] by Muircheartach against the Leinstermen, 
where Sighe, the son of Dian, was slain, from whom Ath-Sighe is called. 

The Age of Christ, 525. Saint Brighit", virgin, Abbess of Cill-dara", [died]. 
It was to her Cill-dara was first granted, and by her it was founded. Brighit 


(now Ballynaglearagh, on the confines of the 
counties of Leitrim and Cavan): 

* Ejus nola Ceolan Beoaidh .i. nola Beoadi, 
appellata, ad instar pretiosarum reliquiarum 
gemmis et argenteo tegumento celata in ecclesia 
de Baile-na-cclereach, in regione Breffinie as- 
servatur in magna veneratione, ob multa, que 
in dies per illum fiunt miracula." 
` t Ath-Sighe: i.e. the Ford of Sighe, now 
Assey, a parish in the barony of Deece, and 
county of Meath. It was originally the name 
of a ford on the River Boyne, but afterwards 
the name extended to a church and castle erected 
near it. This battle is entered in the Annals 
of Ulster under the year 527: 

“ A. D. 527. Bellum Ath-Sighe pop Laigniu. 
Muirceartach mac Erce victor fuit.” 

" Brighit.—This name is explained bpeo- 
faigic, i. e. fiery Dart, in Cormac’s Glossary and 
by Keating. The death of St. Bridget is entered 
from various authorities in the Annals of Ulster, 
as follows : 

“ A. D. 523. Quies S. Brigide an. lax etatis sue.” 


* A. D. 525. Dormitatio Sancte Brigide an. 
lex etatis sue.” 

“A. D. 527. Vel hic Dormitatio Brigide secun- 
dum librum Mochod.” 

Dr. O’Conor thinks that the true year is 523. 
—See his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 13, 
note 3, where he writes : 

“ Omnes, uno ore, referunt obitum S. Brigide 
ad ann. xxx. post excessum S. Patricii, etsi in 
anno sre communis dissentiant. Marianus 
Scotus obitum S. Patricii referens ad annum 
491, post annos xxx. excessum S. Brigide me- 
morat. Vide Mariani Excerpta ex Cod. pre- 
stantissimo, Nero, c. v. in Appendice, No. 1. 
Atqui Patricius obiit anno 493, ergo Brigida 


anno 523." 


w Cill-dara.—Now Kildare. This is called 
Cella Roboris by Ultanus, in the third Life of 
St. Bridget published by Colgan, Trias Thaum., 
p. 531, c. 47; and in the fourth Life, which is 
attributed to Animosus, the name is explained 


as follows: E 
“Tila jam cella Scotice dicitur Killdara, la- 


Ze 


n hte Sosa S Se "TET 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


172 


[526. 


dapa, ba lé conpooache. Api bse cpa ná cucc a meanmain ná a hinn- 
tüpmh ap m combeaó eadh naonuaipe pah ace a propluaoh,3 a proppmuoa- 
nead vo gnép ma cpde 7 mman, amal ap eppoene ma b(chaib pûn, 4 1 
mb(cha naomh Ópenamn, eppucc Cluana pira. Ro tochait mmoppo a 
hammpip acc ponam? go oroópa oon commbe, ag oenomh pic 7 mopbal, ag 
plánucéao gach gala 7 gach cfohma apétna, amal arpnéo(p a bfta, o po 
Pao a ppipac oo Cum nime, an céo lá oo mí Pebpu, 7 po haónacc a copp ! 


nDún 1 naon cumba la Dacpaicc, co nonoi 7 co namon. 

Chul, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo Uib bpeapail vopide, oo écc. 

Qop Cmore, cucc ceo piche ape. On cpeap bliadan pich(c oo Mhuip- 
éfpcach. Cp oo caippngine bap Mhuipéeapcag aobeapc Cainneach. 


Cp am uation ap m mbem, mma luaiópe 1lop Sin, 
Cp pup loipcepibep 1 cem, pop caoib Clecig báibpip pm. 


a. la Sin mgm Sige oopocaip Muipclpcach, 1 ccionaó a hacap po mapbpom. 


tine vero sonat cella quercís. Quercus enim 
altissima ibi erat quam multum S. Brigida dili- 
gebat et benedixit eam: cujus stipes adhuc 
manet.” —See also Ussher's Primordia, p. 627. 


x Her own Life——Colgan has published six ` 


Lives of St. Bridget in his Zrias Thaum. The 
first, a metrical Irish one, attributed to St. 
Brogan Cloen, who flourished in the time of 
Lughaidh, the son of Laeghaire ; the second, a 
Latin Life, ascribed to Cogitosus, who is sup- 
posed by Colgan to have flourished in the sixth 
century, but who is now believed to have writ- 
ten in the eighth or ninth century; the third, 
which is said to have been written by Ultanus, 
a bishop; the fourth, attributed to Anmchadh, 
or Animosus, Bishop of Kildare, who flourished 
in the tenth century; the fifth by Laurentius 
Dunelinensis; and the sixth, which is in Latin 
metre, by Coelanus of Inis-Cealltra. 

Y The first day of the month of February.—This 
day is still called lá péile Oprgoe throughout the 
Irish-speaking parts of Ireland, and the month 
of February is called Mí na péile Sprgoe. 


z At Dun: i. e. Downpatrick. . This is not 
true, for we learn from Cogitosus that the 
bodies of Bishop Conlaeth and St. Bridget were 
placed on the right and left side of the deco- 
rated altar of the church of Kildare, being de- 
posited in monuments adorned with various 
embellishments of gold and silver, and gems and 
precious stones, with crowns of gold and silver 
depending from above." — Trias Thaum., pp. 523, 
524. It is very clear from this testimony of 
Cogitosus, that in his time the story of St. 
Bridget being buried at Down was unknown, 
and that the finding of the reliques of the Trias 
Thaumaturga at Down in 1185, was an invention 
by Sir John De Courcy and his adherents, for the 
purpose of exalting the character of Down, then 
recently acquired by the English. — See note f, 
under the year 1293, pp. 456, 457. The author 
of the fourth Life says that St. Bridget was bu- 
ried along with Patrick immediately after her 
death, but this is evidently an interpolation 
since De Courcy’s time. 

* Ui- Breasail : i. e. the Race of Breasal. These 


A 


526.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 173. 


was she who never turned her mind or attention from the Lord for the space of 
one hour, but was constantly meditating and thinking of him in her heart and 
mind, as is evident in her own Life”, and in the Life of St. Brenainn, Bishop 
of Cluain-fearta; She spent her time diligently serving the Lord, performing 
wonders and miracles, healing every disease and every malady, as her Life 


relates, until she resigned her spirit to heaven, the first day of the month of 


February’; and her body was interred at Dun’, in the same tomb with Patrick, 


with honour and veneration. 


Ailill, Bishop of Armagh, who was of the Ui-Breasail*, died. 


The Age of Christ, 526. The twenty-third year of Muircheartach. It was ` 


to predict the death of Muircheartach that Cairneach said : 


I am fearful? of the woman around whom many storms shall move, 
For the man who shall be burned in fire, on the side of Cleiteach wine shall 


drown. 


That is, by Sin, daughter of Sighe^, Muircheartach was killed, in revenge of 


her father, whom he had slain. 


were otherwise called Ui-Breasail-Macha and 
Clann-Breasail, and derived their name and 
lineage from Breasal, son of Feidhlim, son of 
Fiachra Casan, son of Colla Dachrich.—See 
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 76. On an old map 
of a part of Ulster, preserved in the State Pa- 
per’s Office, London, the territory of Clanbrazil 
is shewn as on the south side of Lough Neagh, 
where the Upper Bann enters that lake, from 
which, and from the space given it, we may 
infer that it was co-extensive with the present 
barony of Oneilland East. This Ailill was con- 
verted to Christianity by St. Patrick, together 
with his five brothers, and succeeded Dubhthach 
in the year 513.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s 
Bishops, p. 37. 

> I am fearful.—'These verses are also quoted 
by Tighernach. They are taken from a very old 
tragical tale entitled ** Oighidh Mhuircheartaigh 
Mhoir mic Earca,” i. e. the Death of Muirchear- 
tach Mor Mac Earca, of which there is a copy 


on vellum, preserved in the Library of Trinity 
College, Dublin, H. 2. 16, p. 316. According 
to this story Muircheartach fell a victim to the 
revenge of a concubine named Sin (Sheen), for 
whom he had abandoned his lawful queen, but 
whom he afterwards consented to put away at 
the command of St. Cairneach. This concubine 
having lost her father mother, sister, and others 
of her family, who were of the old tribe of Tara, 
by the hand of Muircheartach, in the battle of 
Cirb or Ath-Sighe, on the Boyne, threw herself 
in his way, and became his mistress for the ex- 
press purpose of wreaking her vengeance upon 
him with the greater facility. And the story 
states that she burned the house of Cletty over 
the head of the monarch, who, when scorched by 
the flames, plunged into a puncheon of wine, 
in which he was suffocated. Hence, it was said, 
that he was drowned and burned. 

* Daughter of Sighe.—See note *, under A. D. 
524, p. 171, suprà. 


a T 


174 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[527. 


Cat Eiblimne pa Mumpe(prach mac Eapca, cat Morghe hAilbe, cach 
Alrame, cach Cimneich,7 opccam na cCliach, cach Chone, pop Connaċtcaib, 


conad vo na cacaib pm acbenc Ceanopaolao. 


+ 


Cach Cmn eich, cat QAlmane, 
ba haimyip armoepc ampe, 
opccam Cliach, cach Ohòne, 
acup cach Maghe hCfilbe. 


Carpell, mac Mumpeavhaig Tilumoerpcc, m Ula, oécc. 

Oilill, mac Ounlaing, pr Corn, Do écc. 

Corp Cprope, cúicc céo piche apeachc. lap mbeich c(icpe bliadna pichíc 
ı mghe n€peann vo Muipéfpcach, mac Murpfoog, mic €ogam, me Néll 
Naogiallarg, po loipecead é 1 cciġ Clecig uay 66mn, oroce Shamna 1ap na 


bacad hı ppín. Sin acbepc an pann. 


Qp mer: Caecen m ġfn oo c(p arpeach Néll, 
Qr Gannaóarg mo amm, m gach amm ap pen. 


Cf{nopaolad po pah : 


Pulp an pí Mac €apca allüch Ua Neil, 
Pipe. puil p(pna m gach moig, bpogaup cpoċa hi ccén. 


à Magh Ailbhe.—A plain in the south of the 
county of Kildare. 

* Almhain.—Now the hill of Allen, about five 
miles north of the town of Kildare. 

f Ceann-eich : i.e. Hill of the Horse, now 
Kinneigh, in the county of Kildare, adjoining 
Wicklow. 

* Cliachs.—'These were in Idrone, in the pre- 
sent county of Carlow. 

^ Aidhne.—A territory in the south-west of 
the county of Galway, comprising the barony of 
Kiltartan.—See Magh Aidhne. 

i Burned in the house of Cleiteach.—The death 
of Muircheartach, who was the first monarch of 
Ireland of the Cinel-Eoghain or race of Eoghan, 
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, is entered in 


the Annals of Tighernach as follows : 


** A.D. 533. Sadug Muipceanzarg mic Epea 
a celéuma pina, aíóce Sarina, a mullaé Clererg 
uap Soins.” 

* A.D. 533. The drowning of Muircheartach 
mac Erca in a puncheon of wine, on the night 
of Samhain, on the summit of Cletty, over the 
Boyne.” 

And thus in the Annals of Ulster: 


* A. D. 533. Dimersio Muircertaig filii Erce — 


in dolio pleno vino, in arce Cletig, supra Boin.” 


« A. D. 535. Vel hic badhadh Murchertaig mic | 


Erca, secundum alios.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated 
by Mageoghegan, it is noticed as follows: 

* A, D. 533. King Moriertagh having had - 


Seka: 


2 sia erm 


piece! 


jaa itt 


ua omen xe 
ee —— 


E 


FRE hos nda Qa emere 


507 
The battle of Eibhlinne by Muircheartach mac Earca ; the battle of Magh- 
Ailbhe‘; the battle of Almhain*; the battle of Ceann-eich; the plundering of 


the Cliachs*; and the battle of Aidhne? against the Connaughtmen ; of which 
battles Ceannfaeladh said : 


The battle of Ceann-eich, the battle of Almhain,— 
It was an illustrious famous period, 

The devastation of the Cliachs, the battle of Aidhne, 
And the battle of Magh-Ailbhe. 


Cairell, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, King of Ulidia, died. 

Oilill, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 527. After Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son 
of Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, had been twenty-four years in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, he was burned in the house of Cleiteach!, over the 
Boyne, on the night of Samhain [the first of November], after being drowned 
in wine. Sin composed this quatrain : 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 115 


Iam Taetan, the woman who killed the chief of Niall ; 


Gannadhaigh! is my name, in every place and road. 


Ceanfaeladh said : 


The king Mac Earca returns to the side of the Ui-Neill ; 
Blood reached the girdles* in each plain ; the exterior territories were enriched ; 


prosperous success, as well before he came to 
the crown as after, against these that rebelled 
against him, he was at last drowned in a kyve 
of wine, in one of his own manour houses called 
Cleytagh, neer the river of Boyne, by a fairie 
woman that burned the house over the king's 
head, on Hollandtide. The king, thinking to 
save his life from burning, entered the kyve of 
wine, and was so high that the wine could not 
keep him for depth, for he was fifteen foot high! 
as it is laid down in a certain book of his life 
. and death. This is the end of the King Mo- 
riertagh, who was both killed, drowned, and 
burned together, through his own folly, that 
trusted this woman, contrary to the advice of 


St. Carneagh.” 

! Gannadaigh. — In the Leabhar-Gabhala of 
the O'Clerys, the reading is Gamadaigh. In the 
historical tale on the death of Muircheartach, 
the concubine who burned the house of Cletty 
over his head is called by various names, as Sin, 
Taetan, Gaeth, Garbh, Gemadaig, Ochsad, and 
Tachtadh, all which have certain meanings which 
the writer of the story turns to account in 
making this lady give equivocal answers to the 
king. The name Sin, means storm; Taetan, fire; 
Gaedh, wind; Garbh, rough; Gemadaigh, wintry ; 
Ochsad, a groan; Tactadh, lamentation. 

* Blood reached the girdles.—This is a hyper- 
bolical mode of expressing great slaughter: ** Ut 


176 


Po peace p(paip no caippei, acup bid cian bup curan, 
Oo bic gialla Ua Néill, la gialla moige Muman. 


GNNALA gloghachca EIREANN. 


[598. 


Cloi Cpiopc, cing céd pice a hocc. On céo bliadan oo Cuacal ITlaol- 
gapb, mac Copnbmaic Caoich, mc Coipppe, mic Neill, 1 prge n€peann. 

Cach Luachpa méipe ecip oa mb(p, pmr a paic(p cach Albe 1 mop(ghaib, - 
pa c Cuacal Maolsanb, pon Crannachcaibh Mive. 


Clip Cpiopc, cuicc céd tmocha a haon. 
Tuatal. Cach Claonlocha hı cCenel Cloda ma ngoröneann, caoipioc 
Ua Piaċpach Chone, apm m po mapbao Mame, mac C(pbaill, ag copnamh 


seillpine Ua Mame Connacc. 


Qoi Cpiopc, cug céd cpiocha a cféaip. An peachcmad bliadam vo 
S. Mochca, eppucc Cugmaig, oepcipul Dacpais, an naomad la 
décc vo mí gurt po paoid a ppipat oo cum nime, ap pap tuccad an cua- 


Tuacal. 


pupccbáil pi. 


Priacal Mochca ba mait bép, tpi chéo badan, buan an cíp, 


Qn ceatpamad bliaoham vo 


ARAR TA 


Gan gut mompail rece puap gan mip monmap pece prop. 


hostes ad genua eorundem fuso cruore nata- 
rent.” In the Leabhar- Gabhala of the O'Clerys 
the reading is as follows: 


** Pillip an pf, Mac €pca, Were Ua Néill, 
pieéc puil pepna in ceé nit, bpoghaip Cpichi 
Céin, 
Fo reaée beipip noi ccaippchi, acup ba cian 
bup cuman, 
Do bepac gialla Ua NEU, la gialla marghe 
Muman.” 


“ The king, Mac Erca, returns to the side of the 
Ui-Neill, 
Blood reached the girdles in each battle, an 
encrease to Crich-Cein! 
Seven times he brought nine chariots, and, 
long shall it be remembered, 
He bore away the hostages of the Ui-Neill, 
with the hostages of the plain of Munster.” 
i Tuathal Maelgarbh.—O’Flaherty places the 
accession of Tuthalius Calvoasper in the year 


533, which agrees with the Annals of Ulster. 
Animosus, in the fourth Life of St. Bridget, - 
published by Colgan, c. 99, has the following 
notice of the accession of King Tuathal : 

“ Anno xxx. post obitum S. Patricii, regnante 
in Themoria Regum Hibernie Murchiarta mac 
Erc, cui successit in regno Tuathal Moelgarbh 
obiit S. Brigida."— Trias Thaum., p. 562. 

m Ailbhe, in Breagh.—This is the place now 
called Cluan-Ailbhe situated in the barony of 
Upper Duleek, and county of Meath. Luachair- . 
mor iter da Inbher denotes “large rushy land 
between two streams or estuaries.” The terri- 
tory of Cianachta-Breagh comprised the baronies 
of Upper and Lower Duleek.—See note under 
Battle of Crinna, A. D. 226, suprà. 

? Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedha.—The name Claen- 
loch is now obsolete. Cinel-Aedha, anglicé Kine- 
lea, was the name of O'Shaughnessy's country, 
lying around the town of Gort, in the barony 
of Kiltartan, and county of Galway. 


Pe Se ee — 


528.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. C 


Seven times he brought nine chariots, and long shall it be remembered 
He bore away the hostages of the Ui-Neill, with the hostages of the phin of 
„Munster. 


The Age of Christ, 528. The first year of Tuathal Maelgarbh!', son of 
Cormac Caech, son of Cairbre, son of Niall, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The battle of Luachair-mor between the two Invers, which is called the 
battle of Ailbhe, in Breagh", by Tuathal Maelgarbh, against the Cianachta of 
Meath. 

The Age of Christ, 531. The fourth year of Tuathal The battle of 
Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedh', by Goibhneann', chief of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, 
where Maine, son of Cearbhall, was killed, in defending the hostages of Ui-Maine 
of Connaught”. 

The Age of Christ,,534. The seventh year of Tuathal. Saint Mochta, 
Bishop of Lughmhagh*, disciple of St. Patrick, resigned his spirit to heayen on 
the nineteenth day of August. It was of him the following testimony was 
given : 


The teeth of Mochta” of good morals, for three hundred years, lasting the rigour ! 
Were without [emitting] an erring word out from them, without [admitting] 


a morsel of obsonium inside them. 


° Goibhneann.— This Goibhneann was the great 
grandfather of the celebrated Guaire Aidhne, 
King of Connaught, who died in the year 662. 
He was the son of Conall, son of Eoghan Aidhne, 
son of Eochaidh Breac, who was the third son 
of Dathi, the last Pagan monarch of Ireland. 
He is the ancestor of the Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, 
whose country was coextensive with the diocese 
of Kilmacduagh.—See Genealogies, Tribes, and 
Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 313, 374, and the 
large genealogical table in the same work. 

P Ui- Maine, of Connaught.—The people of Hy- 


- Many, seated in the present counties of Galway 


and Roscommon. These were an offset of the 
Oirghialla or Clann-Colla, and are here called 
* of Connaught," to distinguish them from the 


 Ui-Maine of Teffia, in Westmeath, who were 


descended from Mainé, son of Niall of the Nine 
Hostages. After the establishment of surnames 
O’Kelly was chief of Ui-Maine, in Connaught, 
and O’Catharnaigh, now Fox, chief of Tir-Many, 
or Teffia. 

3 Mochta, Bishop of Lughmhagh: i. e. Mocteus, 
Bishop of Louth.—See note*, under A. D. 448; 
and note “, under A. D. 1176. 

* The teeth of Mochta.—These verses are also 
quoted, with some slight variations of reading, 
in the gloss on the Feilire-Aengius, preserved in 
the Leabhar-Breac, after 15th April and in 
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 19th August, which 
is one of the festivals of St. Mochta. They are 
also given (excepting the last quatrain), with a 
Latin translation, by Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, 
24 Mart., as follows: 


2.4 


178 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(535. 


Cm pichit peanéip ppalmach, a &glach piogda pemeann, 
‘Han ap, gan buam, gan cíonaó, gan gmompad, accmad lérgionn. 
Fean cpí pichic ph cpi céo, apcapum ap pean an véz, 

Ni mo cm ógan po saul, ıp catprde an pfinpracanl. 


Coif Cort, cúicc céo tmiocha a cug. An cochemad bhadan vo Tuatal. 
Eaclaip Dorpe Calgag oo pochughad la Colom Cille, 1ap nedbaint an baile 
vo dia Depbpine pén a. Cenel cConaill Gulban mc Né. 

Copbmac, mac Oililla, m Largh, oécc. 

Oilill, eppcop Apoa Macha, oo écc. Oo Uib óp(pat ipee beop. 


Qoi Cpiopc, cúicc céo tmocha a peachc. 
S. Cughaio, eppucc Connepe, oécc. 


Cuacal. 


Qn veachmad bhadan vo 


Cach Slugighe ma bF ngur 7 ma nDomnall, oa mac Muméfpeags, mic 
Eapeca, ma nCinmipe, mac Séona, 7 pia nClinow, mac Duach, pon €ogan 
bel, m Connachc. Ro meabaid an cach pimpa, vo pochain €ogan bél, oa 


nebnad mopo. 


^N 


Fichcep cach Ua Piachpach, la püpcc paobaip, cap mbel, 


Gerir buap namac pm plfsha, pnecha m cat 1 Cpnoep. 


** Fiacuil Mocza, ba mane bép ! epi ċéo blia- 
dan (buan an cip) 
Han gshue mompuill peice puap! gan mip 
nionmaup peice pip. 
Nip 56 oocca muinnzep Mocea! Cugmaig lip: 
. Tpit ceo pagape, um ceo neppoc! maille 
FT, 
Tm piċio peandip palmac! a &eaglaé moz- 
da pemen : 
San ap, gan buann, gan ciopnaó, gan gniom- 
nad, aco mad Légenod.” 


* Dentes Moctei, qui fuit moribus integer, spa- 
tio trecentorum annorum (quantus rigor!) 
Nec verbum otiosum extra emisere, nec quid- 
quam obsonii intra admisere. 
Non fuit angusta familia Moctei, Lugmagensis 
Monasterii : 
Trecenti prasbyteri, et centum Episcopi, erant 


cum ipso 


Sexaginta seniores psalmicani, choristo ejus 
familia augusta et magnifica, 

Qui nec arabant, nec metebant, nec tritura- 
bant, nec aliud faciebant, quam studiis in- 
cumbere.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 734. 


Colgan then goes on to shew that ep! éé 
bliadan is an error for epi pé céo baban, or 
pm pé céo bliadain, i.e. for a period of one 
hundred years; and he quotes four lines from a 
poem by Cumineus of Connor, to shew that 
Mochta lived only one hundred years in this 
state of austerity. 

* Doire- Chalgaigh.—Now Derry or London- 
derry. The name Doire-Chalgaigh is translated 
Roboretum Calgachi by Adamnan, in his Life 
of Columba, lib. i, c. 20. According to the 
Annals of Ulster this monastery was founded 
in 545, which is evidently the true year. 

* A. D. 545. Daire Coluim Cille fundata est.” 


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Three-score psalm-singing seniors, his household of regal course, 
Without tilling, reaping, or threshing, without any work but reading. 
A man of three-score, a man of three hundred, blessed be God, how old the 


teeth ! 


Not more has the youth under valour ! 


The Age of Christ, 535. 


The eighth year of Tuathal. 


How lasting the ancient teeth ! 
The church of 


Doire-Calgaigh* was founded by Colum Cille, the place having been granted 
to him by his own tribe‘, i. e. the race of Conall Gulban, son of Niall. 
Cormac, son of Ailill, King of Leinster, died, 
Oilill, Bishop of Armagh", died. He was also of the Ui-Breasail. 
The Age of Christ, 537. The tenth year of Tuathal. St. Lughaidh, Bishop 


of Connor, died. 


The battle of Sligeach” by Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons of Muir- 
cheartach mae Earca ; by Ainmire, son of Sedna; and Ainnidh, son of Duach, 
against Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught. They routed the forces before them, 
‘and Eoghan Bel was slain, of which was said : : 


The battle of the Ui-Fiachrach was fought with fury of edged weapons against 


Bel, 


The kine of the enemy roared with the javelins, the battle was spread out at 


Crinder*, 


Colgan, who does not appear to have observed 
this date in the Ulster Annals, has come to the 
conclusion that it could not have been erected 
before the year 540, as St, Columbkille was 
born in the year 516 [recte 518].—See Trias 
Thaum., p. 502. 

t His own tribe. —St. Columbkille was the son 
of Feidhlim, son of Fearghus Ceannfada, who 
was son of Conall Gulban, the ancestor of Kinel- 
Connell the most distinguished families of 
whom were the O'Canannans, O'Muldorrys, 
O’Donnells, O’Dohertys, O’Boyles, and O'Gal- 
laghers, who always regarded St. Columbkille 
as their relative and patron, 

u Oilill, Bishop of Armagh.—He is otherwise 
called Ailill. He succeeded his relative Ailill I., 


who died in 526.—8See note under that year, 
and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 37. 

W Sligeach: i.e. the River Sligo, which rises 
in Lough Gill, and washes the town of Sligo. 

* At Crinder. — This might be read “ at 
Rinder," but neither form of the name is now 
extant. There is a very curious account of this 
battle of Sligeach in the Life of St. Ceallach, 
Bishop of Kilmore-Moy, who was the son of 
Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught who was slain 
in this battle. It states that Eoghan lived three 
days, or, according to other accounts, a week, 
after being mortally wounded in this battle. 
That when he felt his own strength giving way, 
and saw that death was inevitable, he advised 
his own people, the Ui-Fiachrach, to send for 


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180. 


ANNAA nioghachca EIREANN. 


[538. 


Cp celc Slicech vo mup map puile phn bha pedil 
bentar laig cap Eba, 1m ¿Mmo nEogham beil. 


Qop Cpopr, cúicc céo cpiocha a hochc. lap mbfit aon Babon décc 
hi píghe n€peann vo Cuacal Maolganb, mac Copbmaic Caoich, mic Compre, 
mic Néll, conchaip 1 nGpeallarg eillce la Maolmóp, mac Chpg(oann, owe 


O1apmooa mic Cbaill epioe, 7 
nebnaoh, 


oo pochain Maolmép mo po chéoop, oia 


€chc Maoile méip nao mall, ni gníom comp po cmo, 
Mapbad Tuacorl cpém, adpochaip pem mn. 


his son Ceallach, who was at Clonmacnoise, 
under the tuition of St. Kieran, to be prepared 
for holy orders, and entreat of him to accept of 
the kingdom of Connaught, as his second son, 
Muireadhach, was not of fit age to succeed him. 
His people did so, and Ceallach, fired with am- 
bition at the news of his being the next heir to 
the kingdom of Connaught, forgot his promises 
to St. Kieran, and eloped from him, despite of 
all his remonstrances and threats. The result 
was that St. Kieran denounced and cursed him 


solemnly, which finally wrought his destruction. - 


According to this authority, Eoghan Bel or- 
dered his people to bury his body on the south 
side of Sligeach, in a standing position, with his 
red javelin in his hand, and with his face turned 
towards Ulster, as if fighting with his enemies. 
This was accordingly done, and the result is said 
to have been that, as long as the body was left 
in that position, the Connaughtmen routed the 
Ulstermen, who fled, panic-stricken, whenever 
they came in collision with them. But the 
Ulstermen, learning the cause of such a talis- 
manic result, disinterred the body of Eoghan 

. Bel, and, carrying it northwards over the River 
Sligeach, buried it, with the face under, at the 
cemetery of Aenach-Locha-Gile, on the north 
side of the river, and thus restored their natural 
courage to the Ulstermen.—See note *, under 
the year 458, pp. 144, 145, supra, where the 


body of the monarch Laeghaire is said to have 
been interred at Tara, accoutred in his battle 
dress, and with his face turned against his ene- 
mies, the Leinstérmen, as if defying them to 
battle.— See also Genealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy- 
Fiachrach, pp. 472, 473. 

Y Eabha.—Now Machaire-Eabha, a plain at 
the foot of the mountain of Binbulbin, to the 
north of the River Sligo, through which the 
Ulster army generally marched on their incur- 
sions into Connaught. 

* Greallach-eillte : i. e. the Miry Place of the 
Does. According to the Book of Lecan, this 
place is situated at the foot of Sliabh Gamh. 
In the Annals of Ulster the death of Tuathal 
Maelgarbh is entered under the year 543, as 
follows : 

* A. D. 543. Tuathal Maelgarb jugulatus est 
a nGreallach- Alta la Maelmorda, , cut successit 
Diarmait mac Cearbhail, Rex Hibernie." 

*- A, D. 548. Vel hoc anno Tuathal Maelgarb 
interiit in Grellach Elte, Rex Temorie jugulatus 
per Maelmore, qui et ipse statim occisus est; unde 
dicitur, thé Greate act of Maelmore."— Cod. Clar. 

In the Annals of Clonmaenoise, however, it is 
stated that he was killed at Greallach-Daphill 
[which is situated on the River Liffey, in the 
present county of Kildare], in the year 547, 
but the true year is 544, as appears from Tigh- 
ernach. The Annals of Clonmaenoise give the 


538. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 181 


The Sligeach bore to the great sea the blood of men with their flesh, 
They carried many trophies across Eabha’, together with the head of Eoghan Bel. 


The Age of Christ, 538. After Tuathal Maelgarbh, son of Cormac Caech, 
son of Cairbre, son of Niall, had been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, 
he was slain, at Greallach-eillte*, by Maelmor, son of Airgeadan, who was the 
tutor of Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill; and Maelmor fell in revenge of it thereof 


immediately, of which was said : 


The fate of Maelmor was not slow; it was not a just deed he accomplished, 


The killing of the mighty Tuathal ; 


following account of the manner in which this 
monarch came by his death : 

* A. D. 535. Twahal Moylegarve began his 
reign, and reigned eleven years. He was son of 
Cormack Keigh, who was son of Carbrey, who 
was son of Neal of the Nine Hostages. He 
caused Dermot Mac Kervel to live in exile, and 
in desert places, because he claimed to have a 
right to the crown.” 

“ A. D. 547 [recté 544]. King Twahal having 
proclaimed throughout the whole kingdom the 
banishment of Dermot Mac Kervel, with a great 
reward to him that would bring him his heart, 
the said Dermot, for fear of his life, lived in 
the deserts of Clonvicknose(then calledArtibra) ; 
and meeting with the abbot St. Keyran, in the 
place where the church of Clonvicknose now 
stands, who was but newly come hither to 
dwell from Inis-Angin” [now Inip Qirgin, alias 
Hares’ Island, in the Shannon], *and having no 
house or place to reside and dwell in, the said 
Dermot gave him his assistance to make a house 
there; and in thrusting down in the earth one 
of the peers of the tymber or wattles of the 
house, Dermot took St. Keyran’s hand, and did 
put it over his own hand in sign of reverence to 
the saint. Whereupon St. Keyran humbly be- 
sought God, of his great goodness, that by that 
time to-morrow ensuing that the hands of 
Dermot might have superiority over all Ireland, 


he himself fell for it. 


which fell out as the saint requested; for Mul- 
morrie O'Hargedie, foster-brother of the said 
Dermot, seeing in what perplexity the noble- 
man was in, besought him that he would be 
pleased to lend him his black horse, and that he 
would make his repair to Greallie-da-Phill, 
where he heard King Twahal to have a meeting 
with some of his nobles, and there would pre- 
sent him a whealp’s heart on a spear’s head, in- 
stead of Dermot’s heart, and by that means get 
access to the King, whom he would kill out of 
hand, and by the help and swiftness of his horse 
save his own life, whether they would or no. 
Dermot, lystening to the words of his foster- 
brother, was among" [between] “two extre- 
mities, loath to refuse him, and far more loath 
to lend it him, fearing he should miscarry, and 
be killed; but between both he granted him his 
request; whereupon he prepared himself, and 
went as he resolved, mounted on the black horse, 
a heart besprinkled with blood on his spear, to 
the place where he heard the King to be. The 
King and people, seeing him come in that man- 
ner, supposed that it was Dermot’s heart that 
was to be presented by the man that rode in 
poste haste; the whole multitude gave him way 
to the King; and when he came within reach 
to the King, as though to tender him the heart, 
he gave the King such a deadly blow of his 
spear that he (the King) instantly fell down 


182 . ANNQZA RIOshachta ereann. | — [539 


` Cop Core, cúicc céd cpocha a naoi. An céro bliadan oo Oiapmaiee, 
mac Pgupa Ceippbeoil, ı pe n€peann. Oic(noaoh Cfbacác 1 naonach 
Carle(n cpe mopbalb Oe q Crapéám a. luge néiéig oo paopom po lám 
Ciapam, co po gab allre pop a mumél (.1. ap pop a mumel po puipirrà Ciapan 


a lam) co conéaip a ceano oe. 


Qoip Cpiopc, cing céo c(enacha a haon. An cepeap bliadain oo Orapmaic. 
S. Cilbe, eimoeppoc Imlich luban, oécc an vapa la oécc oo Sepremben. 

QLorp Core, cucc céd ceatpacha a cpi. On curgeaó bliadan oo Vrap- 
mair. Plas espamarl corcé(nn an p(ó na cpuinne, Ui ranor an cman ba 


aipmionte oon cinf% oaonna. 


Gop Cpiopc, chce céo cftpacha, a ceai. Cn peipead bliadam vo 


Oiapmaic. S. Mobs Clapameach 


1. 6fichan 6 lap Naioen, pon bpá 


abano Lippe, oon Lit 1 ccuaib, décc, an vapa la oécc oo mí Occobep. 
Cach Cuile Conaipe 1 cC(pa pa bPhtpgup q pra nOomnall oá mac 


dead in the midst of his people; whereupon the 
man was upon all sides besett, arid at last taken 
and killed; so as speedy news came to Dermot, 
whoimmediately went to Taragh, and there was 
crowned King, as St. Keyran” [had] * prayed 
and prophesied before.” — See also Ussher’s 
Primordia, pp. 947, 954, 957, 1064, 1065, 
1139. 

* The first year of Diarmaid.—The accession 
of Diarmaid is entered in the Clarendon copy of 
the translation of the Annals of Ulster, tom. 49, 
under the year 544, as follows : 

* A. D. 544. Mortalitas prima que dicitur 
Blefed, in qua Mobi Claireineach obiit. Mors 
Comgail mac Domangairt, ut alii dicunt. Diarmot, 
mac Fergussa, Ceirbeoil, mie Conaill Cremthain, 
mie Neill Naigiallaig, regnare incipit, secundum 
Librum Cuanach.” 

It should be here remarked that in Doctor 
O’Conor’s edition of the Annals of Ulster the 
pedigree of Diarmaid is made that of Congal 
mac Domangairt, King of Scotland, by a mistake 
of his own, or of his original. This error, he ob- 
serves, is in the Clarendon and Bodleian copies; 


but this is not true, for the passage is correct, 
and as above printed, in the Clarendon manu- 
script, tom. 49. 

^ Abacuc.—'This extraordinary story is also - 
given in the Annals of Tighernach. It would 
appear from the Dublin copy of the Annals of 
Innisfallen, that he was brought to Clonmac- 


noise to be cured, and that he lived six years 


afterwards !—See the Irish version of Nennius, 
where different versions of this story are given. 

© Imleach-Iubhair: i. e. the Holm or Strath of 
the Yew, now Emly, in the county of Tippe- 
rary. See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, 
pp. 489, 491. In the Annals of Ulster, and 
the Bodleian copy of the Annals of Inisfallen, 
the death of Ailbhe is entered under the year 
526, which seems the true year; but it is re- 
peated in the Annals of Ulster at 541. Ware 
quotes the Life of St. Declan, and the Life of 
St. Ailbhe, to shew that Emly was made the 
seat of the archbishopric of Munster, in the 
lifetime of St. Patrick, and that St. Ailbhe was 
constituted archbishop; and Ussher (Primordia, 
p. 866) quotes an old Irish distich from Declan’s 


539.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. "o ME 


The Age of Christ, 539. The first year of Diarmaid*, son of Fearghus 
Ceirrbheoil, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The decapitation of Abacuc^ at the 
fair of Tailltin, through the miraeles of God and Ciaran; that is, a false oath he 
took upon the hand of Ciaran, so that a gangrene took him in his neck (i. e. 


St. Ciaran put his hand upon his neck), so that it cut off his head. `~ 
The Age of Christ, 541. ‘The third year of Diarmaid. St. Ailbhe, Arch- 
bishop of Imleach-Iubhair*, died on the twelfth day of September. 
The Age of Christ, 543. The fifth year of Diarmaid. There was an ex- 
traordinary universal plague* through the world, which swept away the noblest 


third part of the human race. 


The Age of Christ, 544. The sixth year of Diarmaid. St. Mobhi Cla- 
raineach’, i. e. Berchan of Glais-Naidhen', on the brink of the Liffey, on the 
north side, died on the second day of the month of October. 

The battle of Cuil-Conaire, in Ceara*, [was fought] by Fearghus and Domh- 


Life; to shew that St. Ailbhe was called the 
* Patrick? of Munster. It is said that St. 
Ailbhe was converted to Christianity so early 
as the year 360 (Ussher, Index Chron. ad an. 
360); but this is incredible, if he lived either 
till ‘526 or 541. Tirechan says that he was 
ordained a priest by St. Patrick, and this is evi- 
dently the truth. His festival was celebrated at 
Emly on the 12th of September. 

4 Universal plague.—'This plague, which was 
called by the Irish Blefed, is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 544, and in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 546. In 
most chronological tables it is noticed under 
the year 543, as having passed from Africa into 
Europe. It is thus entered in Tighernach’s 
Annals: 

“ Kal. Jan. fer. 1, anno postquam Papa Vigi- 
lius obiit, Mortalitas magna que Blefed dicitur, in 
qua Mobi Clarinach, cui momen est Berchan, 
obiit. ` 

e St. Mobhi Claraineach : i. e. Mobhi of the 
flat Face (tabulatá facie).—See O’Donnell’s Vita 
Columbæ, lib. i. c. 43; Trias Thaum., 396. 


f Glais-Naidhen.—Now Glasnevin, near Dub- 
lin. Dr. Lanigan asserts, in his Ecclesiastical 


History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 78, that Glais- _ 


Naidhen must have been on the south side of 
the River Liffey, because it was in the territory 
of Galengæ; but this generally acute and honest 
writer was imposed on in this instance by the 
fabrications of Beauford and Rawson. The Four 
Masters should have described it as “near the 
Liffey to the north,” or “ Pon bpd Fionnglaipe 
pm Cipe a ocuarió, on the brink of the Finglass, 
to the north of the Liffey,” and not “on the 
margin of the Liffey.” — See Colgan's Trias 
Thaum., p. 613, where Glais-Naoidhen is de- 
scribed as “in regione Galenge, et juxta Lif- 
feum fluvium in Lagenia.” 

Mageoghegan states, in his Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, that he ** is supposed to be” [the same 
as the prophet] ** called in English Merlin." * 

s Cuil-Conaire, in Ceara.—There is no place 


` now bearing this name in the barony of Ceara, 


or Carra, in the county of Mayo. This battle 
is entered in the Annals of Ulster under the 
year 549, as follows : 


cme Sle Rd ch la aa a Ob fn ae TEE ENTS ee 
M C . anNaza Rioghachca EIREANN. — [545. 


Mumpéfpcarch mic €apcca, pop lll Inbanoa, pí Conoache, 1 pop Gooh 
pPopcaranl, 1 copcham Ailill 7 Gtooh ann. 
|». Cop Cqiorc, cing céd clépacha a cing. On peaccmao bliadain vo Orap- 
mec. S. Cilbe Sfrchuae Ua nOiliolla oécc. 
Qoi Cqiopc, cing céd cfcpacha apé. Cn cochernao bliadam vo Diap- 
marc. Cach Culne m po mapbad poċaide vo Chopc Oiċe cma epnawe 
noe Cluana cpeaóml. Pothad mac Conaill vécc. Cappe, mac Copp- 


maic, pı Caigfn, oo écc. 


Qop Cqpiopc, cug céo c(épacha a peachc. On naomad bliabam vo 
Oiapmaic. m Ulaoh, €ochaio, mac Conolaio, mic Caolbaid, mic Cpumn 


badpai, oécc. 


Topea Teachta, Cqioméann, mac ópium, vécc. 

S. Oubeach, abb Apoa Maéa, vo écc. Oo píol Colla Uaip dope. 

Coy Cmort, cing céo c(tpacha a hocht. € veich oo Oiapmaicc. 
S. Ciapan mac an cpaorp, ab Cluana mic Nóip, oécc an naomad la oo Sep- 
cembep. Tm bliadna cpiocha poc a jaoga. . 


« A. D. 549. Bellum Cuile Conaire i gCera, 
ubi cecidit Ailill Inbanna, ri Connacht acus Aed 
Fortobal, a brathair. Fergus et Domnall, da 
mac Muircheartaig mic Earca, victores erant. 

« A. D. 549. The battle of Cuil-Conaire in 
Ceara” [was fought] “where fell Ailill Inbanna, 
King of Connaught, and his brother, Aedh the 
Brave. Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons 
of Muircheartach mac Earca, were the victors.” 
— See Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy- 
Fiachrach, p. 313. 

n Seanchua- Ua-nOiliolla. — Now Shancoe, a 
parish in the barony of Tir-Oiliolla, or Tirerrill, 
in the county of Sligo. This church is men- 
tioned in the Annotations of Tirechan, in the 
Book of Armagh, fol. 15, a, a; and in the Tri- 
partite Life of St. Patrick, part ii. c. 35; Trias 
Thaum., p. 134. 

i Cuilne-—Not identified. This passage is 
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 651, 
thus: 

« A. D. 551. Bellum Cuilne, in quo ceciderunt 


Corcu Oche Muman, orationibus Ite Cluana.” 

k Corcoiche.— These were a sept of the Ui- 
Fidhgeinte, seated in the present county of 
Limerick, in the barony of Lower Connellg, of 
whom, after the establishment of surnames, 
O'Macassy was the chieftain. The celebrated 
St. Molua, of Cluain-fearta Molua, in the Queen’s 
County, was of this sept, but St. Ida was their 
patron.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, iii. c. 81. 

| Cluain- Creadhail. —Now Killeedy, an ancient 
church in a parish of the same name, in the 
barony of Upper Connello and county of Lime- 
rick, and about five miles to the south of New- 
castle. This monastery is described in the Life r 
of St. Ita, as well as in that of St. Brendan, as 
situated at the foot of Sliabh-Luachra, in the 
west of the territory of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; and 
the writer of the Life of St. Brendan states that — | 
it was Kill-Ite in his own time.—See Life of — 
St. Ita apud Colgan, 15th Jan. 4 1 

m Fothadh, son of Conall.—Some of these events — 
are misplaced in the Annals of the Four Masters, i 


Xie + a M 
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545] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 185 


nall, two sons of Muircheartach mac Earca, against Ailill Inbhanda, King of 
Connaught, and Aedh Fortamhail ; and Ailill and Aedh were slain. 
The Age of Christ, 545. The seventh year of Diarmaid. St. Ailbhe, of 


Seanchu-Ua-nOliliolla^, died. 


The Age of Christ, 546. The battle of Cuilne', in which many of the 
Corcoiche* were slain through the prayers of [St.] Ida, of Cluain-Creadhail. 
Fothadh, son of Conall", died. Cairbre, son of Cormac, King of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 547. The ninth year of Diarmaid. The King of Ulidia, 
Eochaidh, son of Connla*, son of Caelbhadh, son of Crunn Badhrai, died. 

The chief of Teathbha, Crimhthann, son of Brian’, died. 

St. Dubhthach?, Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. He was of the race 


of Colla Uais. 


The Age of Christ, 548. The tenth year of Diarmaid. St. Ciaran‘, son of 
the artificer, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois', died on the ninth day of September. 
Thirty-three years was the length of his life. 


as wil appear from the Annals of Ulster and 
Clonmacnoise : 

* A. D. 551. Mors rot filii Conaill.”— 
Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 550. Fohagh mac Conell died.”—An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise. 

2 Eochaidh, son of Connla.—** A. D. 552. Mors 
Eachach mic Conleid, ri Ulad a quo omnes I- 
Eachach-Ulad."— Ann. Ult., Clarendon, tom. 49. 

* A. D. 550. Ahagh mac Conlay, King of Ul- 
ster, of whom Ivehagh is called."— Ann. Clon. 

° Crimhthann, son of Brian.—'* A. D. 552. Mors 
Crimthain mie Briuin. Sic ín Libro Cuanach 
inveni."—.Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 550. Criowhan mac Briwyn, King of 
Teaffa, died.” 

This Crimhthann (Criffan) was the brother of 
= Brendan, chief of Teffia, who granted the site 
of Dearmhagh, now Durrow, to St. Columbkille. 
He was son of Brian, son of Maine (the ancestor 
of the Ui-Maine of Meath, otherwise called the 
men of Teffia) who was son of the monarch 
Niall of the Nine Hostages. 


» Dubhthach.—In the Annals of Ulster he is 


called Duach: 


* A. D. 547. Duach, abbas Arda Macha, do 
siol Colla Uais, quievit.” 

But he is called Dubhthach in the list of the 
archbishops of Armagh preserved in the Psalter 
of Cashel, and this is the true form of the name. 
—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 38; 
also at the year 513. 

a St. Ciaran.—* A.D. 548. Dormitatio Ciarain 
mic an tsaoir anno xxxiv etatis sue." —. Ann. Ult. 

* A, D. 547. King Dermot was not above 
seven months king, when St. Keyran died in 
Clonvicknose, when he dwelt therein but seven 
months before, in the thirty-third year of his 
age, the 9th of September. His father's name 
was Beoy, a Connaughtman, and a carpenter. 
His mother, Darerca, of the issue of Corck mac 
Fergus Mac Roye, of the Clanna-Rowries, &c., 
&c. His body was buried in the little oiureh 
of Clonvicknose.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Cluain-mic-Nois.—Now Clonmacnoise, other- 
wise called the “seven churches," situated on 


2B 


186 


ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. 


[548. 


S. Cig(qnach, eappoc Cluana heoap, 00 dol oécc an c(epamao oCÍpml. 
S. Mac Tail Cille Curlin (.1. €o5an mac Copcpam) véce, an caonmao 


lá décc oo mí lün. 


S. Colum mac Cmomchainn décc. 


S. Sinéeall p(n, mac C(nanoám, abb Cille achard Opoma poda, do dol 
oécc an perpeao la pichfc vo Mapca, cpocha ap cp céo bliadam poo a 


paogaal. 


S. Ovhpan, o Cercmocheib. Oopan, 


décc an vapa lá oo mí Occobep. 


S. Pimoén, abb Cluana hEpaipo, oroe naom €peann, oécc, 12 Oecembep. 
S. Colaim Innp: Cealcpa oécc. Oon mopclaó oap bo homm an Chpon 


the east side of the Shannon, in the barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County. This was’ 
founded by St. Ciaran in the year 547, accord- 
ing to the Annals of Ulster. 

* Oluain-eois.—Now Clones, in the barony of 
Dartry, and county of Monaghan. The Annals 
of Ulster agree in placing his death in this year. 

t Cill-Cuilinn. — Now old Kilcullen, in the 
county of Kildare. The Annals of Ulster agree 
with this date, but the Annals of Clonmaenoise 
place the death of Mac Tail in the year 550. 

* Colum, son of Crimhthann. — According to 
the Feilire-Aenguis and the Calendar and Ge- 
nealogies of the lrish Saints, compiled by Mi- 
chael O'Clery, he was abbot of Tir-da-ghlais 
(now Terryglass, near the Shannon, in the ba- 
rony of Lower Ormond, and county of Tippe- 
rary), where his festival was celebrated on the 
13th of December. O’Clery remarks that, al- 
though he was called Mac Crimhthann, he was 
really the son of Ninnidh, who was the fifth in 
descent from Crimhthann. He should, there- 
fore, be called Colam Ua-Crimhthainn, and in 
the Annals of Ulster he is called ** Colum nepos 
Crumthainn.” Thus: 

“ A. D. 548. Mortalitas magna in qua isti pau- 
sant Colum nepos Crumthainn, et Mac Tail Cille 
Cuilinn," &c. 

* Qill-achaidh Droma-foda.—Now Killeigh, in 
the barony of Geshill, King's County.—See notes 


under A. D. 1393 and 1447. -St. Sincheall, the 
elder, was the son of Cennfhionnan, who was 
the ninth in descent from Cathaeir Mor, mo- 
narch of Ireland. His festival was celebrated 
at Killeigh, on the 26th of March. St. Sin- 
cheall, junior, was his relative, and his festival 
was celebrated on the 25th of June.—See Col- 
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 747, 148. 

* Thirty and three hundred years. —Colgan 
thinks that this number should be 130. His 
words are as follows: 

* Tta Quatuor Mag. in Annalibus ad eundem 
annum dicentes: * S. Senchellus senior, filius Cen- 
nannani, Abbas de Kill-achwidh-Drumfhoda, obiit 
26 Martii vixit annis 330 Et idem quoad an- 
nos vite ejus tradit Maguir ad 26 Martii, et 
Scholiastes Festilogii Aingussianni, ex cujus 
depravato (ut reor) textu hie error videtur 
originem duxisse. In eo enim legitur, triched 
bliadhan & tridhich, 3. trecenti anni, et triginta, 
ubi legendum potius videtur ré chéd bliadhan § 
tridheich à. spatio centum annorum, & triginta. 
Nam qui anno 548 obiit, si tricentis triginta 
annis vixisset, debuit natus fuisse anno 219, 
quod plané est incredibile; cum nullus author 
indicet ipsum floruisse ante tempora S. Patricii, 
qui anno 432 in Hiberniam venit.” —Acta Sanc- 
torum, p. 748, not. 10. 

y Leitrioch-Odhrain.—Now Latteragh, in the 
barony of Upper Ormond, and county of Tippe- 


TEN EEEE ee Carla aa s E RM S EE Er MAE E 


548.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | 187 


St. Tighearnach, Bishop of Cluain-eois*, died on the 4th of April. 
St. Mac Tail of Cill-Cuilinn' (i.e. Eoghan, son of.Corcran), died on the 
eleventh day of the month of June. St. Colum, son of Crimhthann, died. 
St. Sincheall the elder, son of Ceanannan, Abbot of Cill-achaidh Droma- 
foda", died on the twenty-sixth day of March. Thirty and three hundred years* 


was the length of his life. 


St. Odhran, of Leitrioch-Odhrain’, died on the second day of the month of 


October. 


St. Finnen, Abbot of Cluain-Eraird’, tutor of the saints of Ireland, died. 
St. Colam, of Inis-Cealtra*, died. Of the mortality which was called the Cron- 


rary.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 191. 
His festival is set down in O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar at 2nd October, and again at 26th Oc- 
tober. His church of Letracha is referred to, 


in the Feilire-Aenguis, at 27th October, as in 


the territory of Muscraighe-Thire. 

* Cluain- Eraird : i.e. Erard's Lawn or Mea- 
dow. Erard or Irard was a man's proper name, 
very common amongst the ancient Irish, signi- 
fying lofty or noble : 

* Erard idem quod nobilis altus vel eximius. 
Erat autem hoc nomen inter Hibernos olim non 
infrequens, ut patet ex illo a quo Cluain Eraird 
nomen accepit." — Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
p- 28, not. 4. 

Colgan has published all that is known of 
this tutor of the Irish saints in his Acta Sancto- 
rum, at 23rd February, where he shews that he 
lived till the year 563. His festival is set down 
at 12th of December in the Feilire-Aenguis, in 
which he is called Finnia; and in O’Clery’s Irish 
Calendar, in which the following notice of him 
is given : 

* St. Finnen, abbot of Clonard, son of Finn- 
logh, son of Fintan, of the Clanna-Rudhraighe. 
Sir James Ware calls him Finian or Finan, son 
of Fintan (placing the grandfather in place of 
the father) He was a philosopher and an emi- 
nent divine, who first founded the College of 


Clonard, in Meath, near the Boyne, where there 
were one hundred Bishops, and where, with 
great care and labour, he instructed many cele- 
brated saints, among whom were the two Kie- 
rans, the two Brendans, the two Columbs, viz., 
Columbkille and Columb Mae Crimhthainn, 
Lasserian, son of Nadfraech, Canice, Mobheus, 
Rodanus, and many others not here enumerated. 
His school was, in quality, a holy city, full of 
wisdom and virtue, according to the writer of 
his life, and he himself obtained the mame of 
Finnen the Wise. He died on the 12th of De- 
cember, in the year of our Lord 552, or, ac- 
cording to others, 563, and was buried in his 
own church at Clonard.” 

è Tnis- Cealtra.— An island in the north-west 
of Loch Deirgdheire, now Lough Derg, near 
the village of Scariff, in the county of Clare. It 
formerly belonged to Kinel-Donnghaile, the ter- 
ritory of the O'Gradys, in Thomond, or the 
county of Clare, but is now considered a part 
of the county of Galway. 

“ Colum of Inis-Cealtra” is also mentioned in 
the Annals of Ulster as dying of the Mortalitas 
magna in 548, and in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, at 550, as dying of the great pestilence 
called ** The Boye Conneall;" but the Editor has 
not been able to discover any further account 
of him. 


2-959 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


188 


[550. 


Chonaill, ba hipióe an chéd bude Chonaill, acbatpac na naoim pm, acc 
Ciapan 7 Tigtpnach. 
bap Eatach, mc Connlo, pig Ulad, a quo Ui Catat Ulad. —Tigfpinac. 
Cop Cort, cug céo caocca. C 06 oécc oo Oiapmaicc. Oamo mac 
Huarpe Uf Popanném, eppcop Apoa Macha, 7 Legace na hEpeann ule, 00 
écc. ` 
Qop Cort, cing céo caocca a haon. O cm vécc vo O1apmancc. 
S. Neapan Lobap vécc. Peangna, mac Clongura, pi Ulad, oo mapbad hi . 
ccach Opoma cleice la Oéman, mac Coapill, 7 la hUib Eachach nCípoa. 
` Qo Cmore, cng céd caocca a dó. A cítap vécc vo Viapmae. 
€acclup bfnocamp vo pochugaó la Comgall b(nocap. em C(mpa vo 
ófnam la må Epeann, Orapmaicc, mac P(pgura Ceppbeol. Mapbad Col- 
main Méip, mic Orapmaca, ma cappac la Oubploic hUa Cn(na vo Chpurt- 


neacoib. 


^ Crron-Chonaill, — This is translated Flava 
Ictericia, the yellow jaundice, by Colgan.—Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 831, col. 2: ** Mortalitate Cron- 
chonnuill (id est flava ictericia) appellata, hi 
omnes sancti, preter S. Kieranum et S. Tiger- 
nachum extincti sunt.” 

* Ulidia.—The Editor shall henceforward use 
Ulidia for Uladh, when it denotes the portion of 
the province of Uladh, or Ulster, lying east of 
the River Bann, and Gleann-Righe, to distin- 
guish it from the whole province. 

à Di-Eathach- Uladh : i.e. nepotes Eochodii 
Ulidie. These were the inhabitants of the ba- 
ronies of Iveagh, in the county of Down.—See 
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor and 
Dromore, by the Rev. Wm. Reeves, M. B., pp. 348 
to 352. 

* Guaire.—In the old translation of the An- 
nals of Ulster, this passage is given as follows: 

* A. D. 550. Quies Davidis filii Guaire I-Fo- 
rannain Episcopi Ardmache et Legati totius Hi- 
berniæ.” 

But Dr. O'Conor says that “ Legati totius Hi- 
berniæ” is not to be found in any of the Irish 
copies of the Ulster Annals.—See Colgan’s Trias 


Thaum., p.293; and Harris Ware's Bishops, p. 38. 
f Neasan, the leper.— This is Nessan, the patron 
saint of Mungret, near Limerick, whose festival 


. was celebrated on the 25th of July.—See Vita 


Tripartita, S. Patricii, part iii. c. 62; Trias 
Thaum., p 157, 185. The death of Nesan, the 
Leper, is given, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
under the year 561. 

€ Druim-Cleithe.—This was probably the name 
of the place on which the church of Cill-cleithe, 
or Kilclief, in the barony of Lecale, and county 
of Down, was afterwards built. This entry is 
given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the 
year 561. 

^ Ui-Eathach-Arda: i.e. nepotes Eochodii of 
Ardes, in the county of Down. 


i Bennchair.—Now Bangor, in the north of JN 


the barony of Ards, in the county of Down. 
The erection of this church is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the years 554and 558 : 
“ Ecclesia Bennchuir fundata est.” Ussher ap- 
proves of the latter date in his Chronological 
Index; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise men- 
tion the erection of the Abbey of Beanchoir | 
under the year 561. 


550.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Chonaill’,—and that was the first Buidhe-Chonaill,—these saints died, except 


Ciaran and Tighearnach. 


The death of Eochaidh, son of Connlo, King of Ulidia‘, from whom are the 


Ui-Eathach-Uladh*.— T'ghernach. 


The Age of Christ, 550. The twelfth year of Diarmaid. David, son of 
Guaire* Ua Forannain, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh] and Legate of all Ire- 


land, died. 


The Age of Christ, 551. The thirteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Neasan, the 
leper’, died. Feargna, son of Aenghus, King of Ulidia, was slain in the battle 
of Druim-cleithe*, by Deman, son of Caireall, and by the Ui-Eathach- Arda". 


The Age of Christ, 552. 


The church of Bennchar! was founded by Comh- 


gall of Beannchar. The feast of Teamhair was made by the King of Ireland, 


Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Ceirbheoil. 


The killing of Colman Mor*, son of 


Diarmaid, in his chariot, by Dubhshlat Ua Treana, [one] of the Cruithni'. 


Under this year (552) the Annals of Ulster 
contain a curious notice of the discovery of St. 
Patrick's relics by St. Columbkille. It is given 
as follows in the old English translation : 

* A. D. 552. The reliques of St. Patrick 
brought by Columbkille to” [a] “shrine 60 
yeares after his death. Three precious swearing 
reliques” [epi minna uaiple] “were found in 
the tombe, viz., the relique Coach, the Angell’s 
Gospell, and the bell called Clog uidhechta. 
The angell thus shewed to Columbkille how to 
divide these, viz., the Coach to Down, the bell 
to Armagh, and the Gospell to Columbkille 
himself; and it is called the Gospell of the 
Angell, because Columbkille received it at the 
Angell’s hand.” 

i The feast of Teamhair.—** A. D. 567. Cena 
Temra la Diarmait mac Cearbhail.”—Ann. Ult. 
edit. O'Conor. 

“ A. D. 567. The Feast of Tarach by Dermott 
mac Cerbail."— Cod. Claren., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 569. Feis Temhra la Diarmait."— 
O'Conor's Edit. 

* Colman Mor.—He was the second son of 


. King Diarmaid, and the ancestor of the Clann- 


Colmain of Meath. His death is entered twice 
in the Annals of Ulster, first under the year 
554, and again under 557: 

** A, D. 554. Colman Mor mac Diarmata Derg, 
mic Fergusa Cerbeoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine, 
mic Neill Naigiallaig, quem Dubsloit jugulavit." 

* A. D. 557. Jugulatio Colmain Mor, mic 
Diarmata, quem Dubsloit jugulavit.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise his death is 
entered under the year 561: 

* A, D. 561. Colman More, sone of King 
Dermott, was killed in his Coache” [in curru 
suo.— T'ighernach], “ by Duffslat O’Treana.” 

1 Qruithni: i e. the inhabitants of Dal- 
Araidhe, who were called Cruithni, i.e. Picts, 
as being descended from Loncada, the daughter 
of Eochaidh Eichbheoil of the Cruithni, or Picts 
of North Britain. —See Adamnan’s Vita Columbae, 
lib. i c. 36; O'Flaherty's Ogygia, iii. c. 18; 


Lib. Lec. fol.194, a; Clinm ele vo Dal CIpaióe - 


.. Cpuiéne. Duald Mac Firbis.— See also 
Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and 
Connor, §¢., p. 337. 


189 


Lie 


190 ANNAZA RIogshachca EIREANN. 


[553. 


Qoi Cope, cug céo caocca a cpi. A cing oécc oo Orapmaicc.. Acclp 
bpeanamn Sioppa ag ool ı poch ipm aep an bliaóam pr. Cluam pfpca oo 


pochugao la naom Openainn. 


Qoip Core, cuig céo caoga a cftam. n Vibe bliadan vecc vo 
Oiapmaicc. $.Cachub, mac P(pgupa, abb Achad cmn, oécc 6. Appl. 
Caocca an céo bhadan poo a paogail. 

Feir oéóeanach Ceampa oo ó(nam la Orapmaicc, pigh €peamn. 

Cupnan, mac Clooha, mic Eachach Criopméapna, 4. mac pg Connacht vo 


bápughao la Orapmaicc, mac C (pbanll, 


™ Brenainn of Birra: i. e. St. Brendan of Birr, 
now Parsonstown. The ascension of St. Bren- 
dan is entered under the year 562, in the An- 
nals of Clonmaenoise, as follows : 

** A, D. 562. The ascension of St. Brandon of 
Birr to the skies, in his chariot or coache.” 

" Cluain-fearta : i.e. the Lawn, Meadow, or 
Bog-Island of the Grave, now Clonfert, in the 
barony of Longford, and county of Longford. 
The Annals of Ulster record the erection of the 
church of Cluainferta, under the years 557 and 
564; the Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the 
year 562, as follows : 

* A. D. 557 vel 564. Brendinus Ecclesiam in 
Cluainferta fundavit.” —Ann. Ult. 

. * A.D. 562. St. Brandon, Abbot, founded 
the church of Clonfert."—— Ann. Clon. 

These saints should not be confounded. Bren- 
din of Birr was the son of Neman, of the race of 
Corb olum, son of Fergus, and his festival was 
celebrated on the 29th of November. — See 
Adamnan’s Vita Columba, lib. ii. c. 3. St. 
Brendan, first Bishop of Clonfert, was the son 

of Finnlogha, of the race of Ciar, son of Fergus, 
and his festival was celebrated on the 16th of 
.May. These two saints were contemporaries 
and companions. It is said that Brendan of 
Clonfert sailed for seven years in the western 
ocean, *de cujus septennali navigatione prodi- 
giose feruntur fabulæ.” — Ussher, Primord., 


1 


p.955. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar is given à 


s 


cap plána 7 comaipse Coluim Cille, 


curious little fable of him, from which, if it be 
not pure fiction, it might be inferred that he 
had a most exquisite ear for music. Fourteen 
years before his death, according to this fable, 
he was visited, one day after mass and sermon, 
by St. Michael the Archangel, who continued 
to sing heavenly music for him for twenty-four 
hours: after which Brendan could never enjoy, 
and never condescended to listen to any earthly 
music, except one Easter Sunday, when he per- 
mitted a student of his people to play for him 
on hisharp. He endured him with difficulty ; 
but, giving him his blessing, he procured two 
balls of wax, which he put into his ears when- 
ever he came within hearing of earthly music, 
and in this manner he shut out all human.me- 
lody, (which to him was discord) for nearly 


fourteen years, and admitted the harmonies of | 


the angels only. 

Under this year (553) the Annals of Ulster, 
Tighernach, and Clonmacnoise, record the ex- 
istence of a plague called Samhtrusc, which is 
translated ** Lepra.” j 

** A. D. 553. Pestis que vocata est in Samthrosc, 
ie. Lepra.”—Ann,. Ult. edit. O’ Conor. 

** A. D. 553. Pestis que vocata est Samthruse 
À. the Leprosy."— Cod. Claren., tom. 49 


* A. D. 551. This year there grew a sickness 


called a Sawthruse.”—Ann. Clon. 
° Achadh-cinn.—Colgan thinks that this may 
be Achadh-na-cille, in Dalriada (Trias Thawm., 


553] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


191 


The Age of Christ, 553. The fifteenth year of Diarmaid. Brenainn of 


Birra™ was seen ascending in a chariot into the sky this year. 


was founded by St. Brenainn. 


Cluain-fearta^ 


The Age of Christ, 554. The sixteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Cathub, 
son of Fearghus, Abbot of Achadh-cinn®, died on the 6th of April. One hun- 
dred and fifty years was the length of his life. 

The last feast of Teamhair” was made by Diarmaid, King of Ireland. 

Curnan*, son of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, i. e. the son of the King 
of Connaught, was put to death by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, in violation of 


p. 182), now Aughnakilly, a part of the town- 
land of Craigs, in the barony of Kilconway, and 
county of Antrim, and on the road from Aho- 
ghill to Rasharkin. See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical 
Antiquities of Down and Connor, &c., p. 89, note 
?, and p. 322. In the Irish Calendar of O’Clery 
the festival of St. Cathub, son of Fearghus, bi- 
shop of Achadh-cinn, is set down at 6th April. 
In the Annals of Ulster, ad. ann. 554, he is 
called ** Cathal mac Fergusa Zpiscopus Achid- 
cinn.” 

P The last feast of Teamhair. — Tighernach 
states that three years after the killing of Colman 
Mor, son of Diarmaid, A. D. 560, the “ Cena 
postrema? of Temhair was celebrated by Diar- 
maid mac Cearbaill. 

The feast of Teamhair, by Diarmaid, and the 
death of Gabhran, son of Domhangart, is entered 
twice in the Annals of Ulster, first under the 
year 567, and again under the year 569. 

The royal palace of Teamhair or Tara was 
soon after deserted in consequence of its having 
been cursed by St. Rodanus, of Lothra or Lorha, 
in Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, as stated 
at some length in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
translated by Mageoghegan; also in an Irish 
manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, 

‘Dublin, H. 1. 15; and in the Life of St. Roda- 
nus, preserved in the Codex Kilkenniensis, in 
Marsh’s Library, Class V. 3, Tab. 1, No. 4, F. ; 
and in the Life of this saint published by the 


« 


Bollandists, at XXV. April.—See Petrie’s His- 
tory and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 101-103. 
This malediction of Rodanus, with the conse- 
quent desertion of the place as a royal residence, 
is referred to by the ancient scholiast on Fiach’s 
Hymn in the Life of St. Patrick, preserved in 
the Liber Hymnorum ; and an ancient Icelandic 
work called. the Konungs-Skuggsio, or Royal 
Mirror, states that it had been abandoned and 
utterly. destroyed, in revenge of an unjust 


judgment pronounced by a king who had once ' 


ruled over it.— See Johnstone's Antig. Celto- 
Scand., p. 287, et seqq. 

After this desertion of Tara, each monarch 
chose for himself a residence most convenient 
or agreeable, which was usually within their 
own hereditary principalities. Thus the kings 
of the northern Ui-Neill resided chiefly at their 
ancient fortress of Aileach, in the barony of 
Inishowen, near Derry; and those of the south- 
ern Ui-Neill, first at Dun-Torgeis, near Castle- 
pollard, in Westmeath, and afterwards at Dun- 
na-Sgiath, at the north-western margin of Loch- 
Ainnin or Lough Ennell, near Mullingar. 

© Curnan.—This is entered in the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise at the year 562. ** Cornan mac 
Eahagh Tyrmcarna was killed by King Der- 


-mot.”——See O’Donnell’s Vita Columbo, lib. ii.” 


c. 2, in Trias Thaum., p. 400, for some curious 
particulars about Curnan's death and the battle 
of Cul- Dreimhne. [etti tay api 1 


IN ER a a Te ee. are m n T "BEC ki worn AE KA ul ws 


192 © ANNALA RIOSshachca EIREANN. [555. 
lap na tappaing go hamoeonach ap a lamoib, conad é pochann cacha Cúla 
Opere. l 


Coip Cort, curg céo caogact a cing. Cn peaécrhad oécc oo Orapmaic. 

Cach Cúla Onfimne oo bpip(ó pop Orapmaicc, mac C(pbanll, la Peansurp 1- 

» la Oomnall, wá mac TIlupé(pceaig, mic €apcca, la hOimmine, mac Slona, 4 
la nCimoroh, mac Duach, 3 la hod, mac €achac Ciopméapna, pi Connache. 

hi ccionaió mapbcha Cupnáim, mic Cloda, mic €acaé Tionméapna, pop pao- 

ram Coloim Cille, oo pacpac Clanna Nell an cuaipceimc 7 Connachca an 

cach pin Cula Op(mne von mg, oo Orapmaic,7 beop mon cclaombpert puce 


* Cul- Dreimhne.—This place is in the barony 
of Carbury, to the north of the town of Sligo. 
Colgan has the following note upon this place, 
Trias Thaum., p. 452: 

“ Quldremhni. Est locus hic in regione Car- 
brie in Connacia, non procul a Sligoensi oppido 
versus Aquilonem situs. Historiam hujus pre- 
lii fuse enarrat Ketennus libro 2 de Regibus Hi- 
berniz,in gestis Diermitii Regis. Prelium hoc 
. non anno 551, ut scribunt Quatuor Magistri in 
Annalibus, sed anno 561, commissum fuit, ut 
tradunt Annales Ultonienses, et Usserus de 
Primordiis Ecclesiar. Britann., p. 694.” 

* The sentence.—A circumstantial account is 
given of this literary larceny of St. Columb- 
kille, in O’Donnell’s Life of that Saint, lib. ii. 
c.i. King Diarmaid, after hearing the learned 
arguments of plaintiff and defendant, pro- 
nounced his decision that the copy made by 
Columbkille should belong to Finnen's original, 
in the same way as, among tame and domestic 
animals, the brood belongs to the owner of the 
dam or mother, ** partus sequitur ventrem.” 

* Causa utrinque audita Rex, seu partium 
rationes male pensans, seu in alteram privato 
affectu magis propendens, pro Finneno senten- 
tiam pronuntiat, et sententiam ipse Hibernico 
versu abinde in hüne usque diem inter Hibernos 


famoso in hunc modum expressit : Le gach boin 


a boinin, acus le gach leabhar a leabhran, id est, 
Buculus est matris libri suus esto libellus."— 


Trias Thaum., p. 409. 

Columbkille, who seems to have been more 
liberal and industrious in circulating the writ- 
ten Scriptures than Finnen, had pleaded before 
the King, that he had not in the slightest de- 
gree injured St. Finnen’s manuscript by tran- 
scribing it; and that Finnen should not for any 
reason oppose the multiplying of the Scriptures 
for the instruction of the people. His words 
are as follows, as translated by Colgan : 

“ Fateor," inquit, “ librum de quo controver- 
titur, ex Finneni codice exscriptum; sed per 
me meaque industria, labore, vigiliis exscriptus 
est; et eà cautelá exscriptus, ut proprius Fin- 
neni liber in nullo factus sit eà exscriptione 
deterior; eo fine, ut que preclara in alieno 
codice repereram, securius ad meum usum re- 
conderem, et commodius in alios ad Dei gloriam 
derivarem: proinde nec me Finneno injurium, 
nec restitutioni obnoxium, nec culpæ cujus- 
quam in hac parte reum agnosco; ut qui sine 
cujuspiam damno, multorum consului spiritali 
commodo, quod nemo debuit, aut justé potuit 
impedire." 

Shortly after this King Diarmaid forced Cur- 
nan, the son of the King of Connaught, from 
the arms of Columbkille, to whom he had fled 
for protection, and put him instantly to death. 
Columbkille, exasperated at these insults, said — 
to the King: “I will go unto my brethren, the — | 
Races of Connell and of Eoghan, and I will give 


555.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


193 


the guarantee and protection of Colum Cille, having been forcibly torn from 
his hands, which was the cause of the battle of Cul-Dreimhne. 

The Age of Christ, 555. The seventeenth year of Diarmaid. The battle 
of Cul-Dreimhne' was gained against Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, by Fearghus 
and Domhnall, the two sons of Muircheartach, son of Earca ; by Ainmire, son 
of Sedna; and by Ainnidh, son of Duach ; and by Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirm- 
charna, King of Connaught. [It was] in revenge of the killing of Curnan, son 
of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, [while] under the protection of Colum 
Cille, the Clanna-Neill of the North and the Connaughtmen gave this battle of 
Cul-Dreimhne to King Diarmaid ; and also on account of the false sentence! 


thee battle in revenge for this unjust judgment 
thou hast given against me respecting the book, 
and in revenge for the killing of the son of the 
King of Connaught, while under, my protec- 
tion.” Then the King commanded that not one 
of the men of Ireland should convey Columb- 


kille out of the palace, or join him. Columb 


then proceeded to Monasterboice, and remained 
there for one night. In the morning he was 
informed that the King had sent a force to in- 
tercept his passage into Ulster, and take him 
prisoner. Columbkille, therefore, went over a 
solitary part of Sliabh Breagh, and as he passed 
along, he composed the poem beginning ** mai- 
nupan oam ip in pliab,” which has been printed 
in the Miscellany of the Irish Archeological 
Society, pp. 3 to 15. When he arrived in Ulster 
he applied to his relatives, the northern Ui- 
Neill, who entered into his feelings of revenge 
against the Monarch who threatened to overrun 
their territories with fire and sword. They 
mustered their forces, to the number of 3000 
men, and being joined by the Connaughtmen, 
came to a pitched battle with the Monarch at 
Cul-Dreimhne, in the barony of Carbury, in the 
county of Sligo, where the Monarch, who had 
a force of 2300 charioteers, cavalry, and pedes- 
trians, was defeated with terrible slaughter.— 
See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 902-904, where he 


2c 


gives an account of this battle from an unpub- 
lished manuscript of Adamnan’s Vita Columbe. 

After this battle the Monarch and Saint 
Columb made peace, and the copy of the book 
made from St. Finnen’s manuscript was left to 
him. This manuscript, which is a copy of the 
Psalter, was ever after known by the name of 
Cathach. Yt was preserved for ages in the family 
of O'Donnell, and has been deposited in the Mu- 
seum of the Royal Irish Academy, by Sir Richard 
O'Donnell, its present owner.—See note ", under 
A. D. 1497, pp. 1232, 1233. 

Mr. Moore states, in his History of Ireland, 
vol. i. p. 243, that **it has been shewn satisfac- 
torily that there are no grounds for this story ; 
and that though, for some venial and unimpor- 
tant proceedings, an attempt had been made to 
excommunicate him [St. Columbkille] before 
his departure from Ireland, the account of his 
quarrel with the Monarch is but an ill con- 
structed fable, which, from the internal evidence 
of its inconsistencies, falls to pieces of itself." 

The Editor cannot acquiesce in this opinion, 
for, whatever may be the defect of construction 
in the fabulous narrative, it is very clear that 
this special pleading is not sufficient to acquit 
St. Columbkille of the crime of having roused 
his relatives to fight this battle. Adamnan 
refers to it in the seventh chapter of the first 


194 
Oiapmaic ap Colom Cille im luba 


'pachugaó oPmoén, oia noeaépac 1 péi nOiapmaca, go po corcc(picaro Orap- 
mac an mbpeich noinpderpe, la gach bom a bomín, ja. Colam Cille po pad, 
QE Dia, cia nach oimgbar an cia, oup mmap mip a lín, 

Cn cpluag vo boing beacha ofn, 
Sluag oo ching hi cimcel capn, 
Cp mac cinpthe no oap maipn, 


ANNALA grioghacnca EIREANN. 


[555. 
Finvén po pepíob Colom Cille gan 


P t 
Ciré mo opu, nim épa, mac Dé ap ppm congena. b 


Qr álamn pur alluad gobap baooam pér an cpluag, 
Fo la 6aocan pult buibe, bena a h€pen puppe. 
Pnaochan, mac Cenupam, ap é vo mgne nd epbhe nopuaoh oo Oiapmaic. 
Tuachan, mac Oimmain, mic Sapam, mic Copbmaic, mic Eogamn, a pé po la 


di ce 


mo epbe nopuad oap a cmo. Thi mile cpa eadh copchamp oo muma —— 
O1apmaoa. Clompeap nama prea copcoip oon Wie nall, Maglam a amm, 3 


ap ip é po ching cap am ebe nopuad. 


book of his Life of St. Columba; but as this 
biographer's object was to write a panegyric, 
not an impartial character, of his relative and 
patron, it is very evident that he did not wish 
to dwell upon any particulars respecting the 
causes of this battle. Adamnan, however, ac- 
knowledges (lib. iii. c. 3), that Columba was 
excommunicated by an lrish synod ; and other 
writers of great antiquity, cited by Tighernach, 
and in the Liber Hymnorum, have, with great 
simplicity, handed down to us the real cause of 
Columbkille’s departure from Ireland. These 
accounts, it is true, may possibly be fabulous; 
but it is not fair to assume this on account of 
Adamnan’s silence; and that they are ancient, 
and the written traditions of the country of Tir- 
connell, in which Columbkille was born, is evi- 
dent from the Life compiled by O'Donnellin 1520, 
from manuscripts then so old that (as appears 
from his original manuscript in the Bodleian 
Library) he deemed it necessary to modernize 
the language in which they were written, 

St. Cumian, the oldest writer of Columbkille’s 
Life, makes no allusion to the battle of Cuil- 


biography, he could not, unless by inadver- 


Dreimhne; but his work is a panegyric, not a 
biography, of this saint; and the same may be 
said of Adamnan's production, which is an enu- | 
meration of his miracles and visions, and not a a 
regular biography; and it is fair to remark, 
that, even if Adamnan had written a regular 


tence, have mentioned one fact which would, 
in the slightest degree stain the character of 
his hero with any sort of crime. The bards 
and lay writers, on the other hand, who did 
not understand the nature of panegyric, as 
well as Cumian and Adamnan, have represented | 
Columbkille as warlike, which they regarded j 
as praiseworthy, for it implied that he possessed | 
the characteristics of his great ancestors, Niall —— 
Naighiallach and Conall Gulban ; and these, in E s 
their rude simplicity, have left us more mate- A 
rials for forming a true estimate of his charac- 

ter than are supplied by the more artful de- 

scriptions of his miracles and visions by Cu- 

mian and Adamnan. The latter, in his second —— 
preface, has the following account of Columb’s 
going to Scotland: 


555.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 195 


which Diarmaid passed against Colum Cille about a book of Finnen, which 
Colum had transcribed without the knowledge of Finnen, when they left it to 
award of Diarmaid, who pronounced the celebrated decision, “ To every cow 
belongs its calf,” &c. Colum Cille said : 


O God, wilt thou not drive off the fog, which envelopes our number, 

The host which has deprived us of our livelihood, 

The host which proceeds around the carns' ! 

He is a son of storm who betrays us. 

My Druid,—he will not refuse me,—is the Son of God, and may he side with me; 
How grandly he bears his course, the steed of Baedan* before the host ; 
Power by Baedan of the yellow hair will be borne from Ireland on him [the steed]. 


Fraechan", son of Teniusan, was he who made the Erbhe-Druadh for Diar- 
maid. Tuathan, son of Dimman, son of Saran, son of Cormac, son of Eoghan, 
was he who placed the Erbhe Druadh over his head. Three thousand was the 
number that fell of Diarmaid’s people. One man only fell on the other side, 
Mag Laim was his name, for it was he that passed beyond the Erbhe Druadh-. 


“Sanctus igitur Columba nobilibus fuerat 
oriundus genitalibus" [i.e. genitoribus]: “ pa- 
trem habens Fedilmitium, filium Ferguso ; 
Matrem vero Ethneam nomine, cujus pater 
latiné Filius Navis dici potest, Scotica verò 
lingua Mac Nave. Hic anno secundo post 
Cul-Drebtine bellum, statis veró sus xlii de 
Scotia ad Britanniam, pro Christo peregrinari 
volens, enavigavit; qui et a puero, Christiano 
deditus tyrocinio, et sapientie studiis inte- 
gritatem corporis et anime puritatem, Deo 
donante, custodiens, quamvis in terrá positus, 
colestibus se aptum moribus ostendebat. Erat 


` enim aspectu Angelicus, sermone nitidus, opere 


sanetus, ingenio optimus, consilio magnus, per 
annos xxxiv. insulanus miles conversatus. 
Nullum etiam unius hore intervallum tran- 
sire poterat, quo non aut orationi, aut lectioni, 


. vel scriptioni, vel etiam alicui operationi jeju- 


nationum quoque et vigiliarum indefessis labo- 
ribus sine ulla intermissione die noctuque ita 


occupatus, ut supra humanam possibilitatem 
uniuscujusque pondus specialis videretur operis. 
Et inter hec omnibus charus, hilarem semper 
faciem ostendens sanctam Spiritus sancti gaudio 
intimis letificabatur precordiis.”— Trias Thaum., 
p. 337. , 

"Around the carns.—This seems to suggest 
that the monarch's people were pagans. 

* Baedan.—He was the third son of the Mo- 
narch, Muircheartach Mor Mac Earca, and 
became Monarch of Ireland jointly with his 
nephew, Eochaidh, in the year 566. 

* Fraechan.—In the account of this battle, 
preserved in the Leabhar-Buidhe of the Mac 
Firbises of Lecan, in the Library of Trinity 
College, Dublin, H. 2. 16, p. 873, Fraechan, 
son of Tenisan, is called the Druid of King 
Diarmaid, and the person who made the AirbAi 
Druadh, or druidical charm [ampbe «1. amm 
aipoe.— O’ Clery] between the two armies. 

* That passed beyond the Erbhe Druadh.—In 


202 


"d 


i 
Bi! 


Se eg Oe ee ENET, TU OY Ot eed 
bet 2 1 i NES 


ANNALA gogshachca EIREANN. [556. 


196 


GLoip Cpiopc, cing céo caogac a pé. CE hochr oécc oo Oiapmaicc. Cat 
Chuile humnpenn 1 cCeacba, pop Orapmaicc, pa nClovh, mac mbpeanainn, 
caopioé Ceacba, 7 po meabaro pop Orapmaic a hionad an romarpecc. 

Cop Cort, cárg céo caogac a peachc. Q naor oécc vo Orapmaic. 
S. becc mac, Dé, paioh oippóepc, oécc. Colom Cille oo ool mo Alban go 
po pochonó apum ecclup,3 ap uaoh ammmgcep. S. Glooh O Piachpach 


O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, as trans- 
lated by Colgan, it is stated that only one man 
of Columbkille's people fell in this battle, who 
had passed beyond the prescribed limits, “ qui 
prefixos pugnz limites temerè transiliit.” But 
this is intentionally suppressing the reference to 
the Airbhe Druadh, because Colgan did not wish 
to acknowledge the existence of Druidism in 
Ireland, so long after the arrival of St. Patrick. 
Dr. O'Conor, on the other hand, mistranslates 
this passage, obviously with a view to shew that 
Diarmaid had many Druids at the time; but 
O’Conor’s knowledge of the language of these 
Annals was so imperfect that he is scarcely 
worthy of serious criticism. His translation 
of the above passage is as follows : 

“ Fraochanus filius Tenussani fuit qui per- 
suasit expulsionem Druidum Regi Diarmitio. 
'Tuathanus filius Dimmani, filii Sarani, filii Cor- 
maci, filii Eogani, fuit qui admonuit expulsio- 
nem Druidum postea. Tria millia circiter fuere 
qui occisi sunt de gente Diarmitii. Unus solus 
occisus est ex altera parte, Maglamuis ejus 
nomen. Nam is fuit qui impedivit quin expel- 
lerentur Druide.”—pp. 161, 162. 

The absolute incorrectness of this translation 
will be seen at a glance by any one who is 
acquainted with the meaning of the Irish noun, 
eme, or ambe, carmen, and of the verb, po 
ching, transiit. It wil be observed that the 

Christian writer gives the Airbhe Druadh its 
own magical power (i. e. a power derived from 
the Devil); for though Columbkille's prayers 
were able to preserve his forces while they 


remained within their own limits, the indivi- 
dual who passed beyond the consecrated limits 
described by the saint, into the vortex of the 
magical circle of the Druid, immediately lost 
his life. RIR? 

y Cuil- Uinnsenn : i. e. the Corner or Angle of 
the Ash Trees. The Editor has not been able 
to find any name like this in Teffia. Aedh, chief 
of Teffia, is mentioned in the Life of St. Berach, 
published by Colgan, Acta SS., p. 342, c. 14, . 
and in note 20, p. 347, in which Colgan is 
wrong in making Teffia the same as the county 
Longford. According to Mageoghegan’s Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, this Aedh or * Hugh mac Bre- 
nan, king of Teaffa, gave St. Columbkille the 
place where the church of Dorowe? [Durrow] 
“ stands.” j 

* Bec, son of De: i.e. Bec, son of Deaghaidh 
or Dagæus. Colgan translates this entry : 
* A. D. 557. S. Beccus cognomento Mac De 
celebris propheta, obiit.” — Acta SS., p. 192. 
The death of this saint is entered twice in the 
Annals of Ulster; first under the year 552, and 
again under 557. The followiug notice of him 
is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the 
year 550: 

** A. D. 550. The prophet, Beg mac De, began 
his prophesies. He prophesied that Lords would 
lose their chiefries and seigniories, and that men 
of little estates and lands would lose their lands, 
because they should be thought little; and lastly, 
that there should come great mortality of men, 
which would begin in Ffanaid, in Ulster, called 
the Swippe of Fanaid (Scuab Fóánaw).” 


Sama a DEA SI Rin; si er ruat 


el er hn e ARES eri NE D de RR 


Leber: Gaa ne op PERENNE 


556.] | ` ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 197 


"WT 8. T4 2 ee eee INPS 
. YA t 


The Age of Christ, 556. The eighteenth year of Diarmaid. The battle 
of Cuil-Uinnsenn’, in Teathbha, [was fought] against Diarmaid, by Aedh, son 
of Breanainn, chief of Teathbha ; and Diarmaid was routed from the field of 


battle. 


The Age of Christ, 557. The nineteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Bec, son 
of De’, a celebrated prophet, died. Colum Cille went to Scotland, where he 


afterwards founded a church, which 


* Named from him.—'This was I-Columbkille 
or Iona. St. Columbkille, after he had excited 
his relatives to fight the king at Cul-Dreimhne, 
in 560, was excommunicated by a synod of 
the Irish clergy (as Adamnan inadvertently 
acknowledges, to introduce an angelic vision, 
in lib. iii. c. 3); after which he appears to have 
been in bad odour with the Irish clergy till 562, 
when the Annals record the ** Navigatio S. Co- 
lumbe de Hibernia ad insulam Iæ, anno etatis 
sue clit.” His success in converting the Picts, 
however, shed round him a lustre and a glory 
which dispelled the dark clouds which had 
previously obscured his fame as a saint; and 
his own relatives, Cumian and Adamnan, bla- 
zoned his virtues so ably, after the fashion of 
their age, that they established his sanctity in 
despite of all the aspersions of his rivals and 
enemies. From all the accounts handed down 
to us of this remarkable man, it would appear 
that he was a most zealous and efficient preacher 
of Christian morality, and an industrious tran- 
scriber of the Four Gospels, and of portions of 
the Old Testament. Venerable Bede gives a 
brief sketch of his history, in his Ecclesias- 
tical History, lib. iii. c. 4 (Giles’s translation, 
p. 112), and observes that “some writings of 
his life and discourses are said to be preserved 
by his disciples.” - “ But," adds this most cau- 
tious writer, who evidently had heard some 
stories about Columba’s conduct in Ireland, 
“ whatsoever he was himself, this we know for 
certain, that he left successors renowned for 


was named from him* St. Aedhan 


their continency, their love of God, and ob- 
servance of monastic rules. It is true they 
followed uncertain rules in their observance 
of the great festival, as having none to bring 
them the synodal decrees for the observance of 
Easter, by reason of their being so far away 
from the rest of the world; wherefore, they 
only practised such works of piety and chastity 
as they could learn from the prophetical, evan- 
gelical, and apostolical writings. This manner 
of keeping Easter continued among them for 
the space of 150 years, till the year of our 
Lord’s incarnation, 715.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the translator, 
Connell Mageoghegan, has inserted the following 
curious observation on the belief then in Ireland 
respecting the peculiar property of St. Columb- 
kille’s manuscripts, in resisting the influence of 
water: 

* He wrote 300 books with his own hand. 
They were all new Testaments; left a book. to 
each of his churches in the kingdom, which 
books have a strange property, which is, that if 
they, or any of them, had sunk to the bottom 
of the deepest waters, they would not lose one 
letter, or sign, or character of them, which I 
have seen tried, partly, myself of [on] that 
book of them which is at Dorowe, in the King's 
county; for I saw the ignorant man that had the 
same in his custodie, when sickness came on cat- 
tle, for their remedy, put wateron the book and 
suffer it to rest therein; and saw also cattle re- 
turn thereby to their former state, and the book 


198 annaca RIoghachca EIREANN. (557. 


dég. Cach mona Dorpe lochain pop Cpuichmu pia nUib Nell an cuapceime, 
4. ma cCenél cConaill q Eoghann, ou 1 ccopcpaoap peache ccaoipig Cpure- 
nfch im Qlooh mop(cc,1 ap von cup pom do pocain oopibipi na Lee ; 7 Cápn 


Eolaing oo clanooib Néll an cuapceipc. Ceannpaolad po paroh moro 


Smpic. paebpa, ppc pin, m Moin móp Dorme lochanp, 

Clobaip componna nac chnr, peace mgh Cpuichne 1m Cod móp(cc. 
Ficcip cath Cpuicne nuile, acup poploipccep Elne, 

Pieheip cach Gabna Lippe, acup cach Cule Opeimne. 


to receive no loss.” Superstitions of this kind 
have probably been the destruction of many of 
our ancient books. 

^ St. Aedhan O' Fiachrach. —** A. D. 569 al. 
562. Aedan Ua Fiachrach obiit." — Ann. Uit. 

* Moin-Doire-lothair.Adamnan calls this the 
battle of Moin-mor, as does Ceannfaeladh in the 
verses here quoted by the Four Masters. Dr. 
O’Conor places the field of this battlein Scotland, 
in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 23, 
n. 2, but by a mere oversight, for he seems to 
have been well aware that, by Scotia, Adamnan 
always meant Ireland. Colgan places it ‘ in 
finibus Aquilonaris Hibernie.”—TZrias Thaum., 
p.374. The Rev. Mr. Reeves thinks that both 
names are still preserved in Moneymore, a town 
in the county of Londonderry, and Derryloran, 
the parish in which it is situated. — See his 
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., 
p. 339. This, however, may admit of doubt, 
as the former is called in Irish Muine-mor, i. e. 
the Great Hill or Shrubbery, and the latter Doire- 
Lorain, i. e: Loran's Oak Wood. 

Adamnan's reference to this battle is as fol- 
lows: **Post bellum Cul Drebene, sicuti nobis 
traditum est, duobus transactis annis (quo tem- 
pore vir beatus de Scotia peregrinaturus primi- 
tus enavigavit) quadam die, hoc est, eadem hora, 
quá in Scotia commissum est bellum quod Scoticé 
dieitur Mona-moire, idem homo Dei coram Co- 
nallo Rege, filio Comgill in Britannia conver- 


satus, per omnia enarravit, tam de bello, quo- 
rum propria vocabula Ainmerius filius Setni, 
et duo filii Maic Erce, Donallus et Fergus. Sed . 
et de Rege Cruithniorum, qui Echodius Laib 
vocabatur quemadmodum vietus currui inse- 
dens, evaserit; similiter sanctus prophetizavit." 
— Vit. Columba, lib. i. c.7; Trias Thaum., p. 340. 

à Cruithnigh.—'These were the inhabitants of 
Dalaradia, who were called Cruithnigh or Picts, 
as being descended from a Pictish mother. Col- 
gan translates this passage as follows in his Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 314, not. 39, on the first book of 
Adamnan's Vita Columba : 

** A. D. 557. Sanctus Columba Kille profectus 
est in Albaniam (id est Scotiam Albiensem) ubi 
postea extruxit Ecclesiam Hiensem. Sanctus 
Aidanus Hua Fiachrach obiit. Prelium de 
Moin-mor juxta Doire-Lothair contra Cruthe- 
nos (id est Pietos) commissum est per Nepotes 
Neill Septentrionales, id est, per Kinel-Conaill 
(hoe est, stirpem Conalli), Duce Anmirio filio 
Sedne, et Kinel-Eoguin (id est, stirpem Eugenii) 
Ducibus Domnaldo, et Fergussio, et filiis Mur- 
chertachi, filii Erce. In eo prelio oceubuerunt — 
septem principes Crutheniorum (id est Picto- 
rum) cum Aido Breco eorum Rege." 

He remarks on this passage: “ Habemus ergo 
ex his Annalibus prelium illud commissum esse 
eodem anno, quo sanctus Columba in Albaniam, | 
seu Britanniam venit, ut refert Sanctus Adam- 
nanus in hoc capite, licet male annum 557 pro - 


itas 


ANNE ERN Y iliud: aad 
MCCC ac i 


——————————— 


557.] 


O'Fiachrach? died. The battle of Moin-Doire-lothair* 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


199 
[was gained] over 


the Cruithnigh", by the Ui-Neill of the North, i.e. by the Cinel-Conaill and ` 
Cinel-Eoghain, wherein fell seven chieftains of the Cruithnigh, together with 


Aedh Breac ; 


and it was on this occasion that the Lee* 


and Carn-Eolairg‘ 


were forfeited to the Clanna-Neill of the North. Ceannfaeladh composed the 


following : 


Sharp weapons were strewn, men were strewn, in Moin-mor-Doire-lothair, 
Because of a partition’ not just; the seven kings of the Cruithni, with Aedh 


Breac, [were in the slaughter]. 


The battle of all the Cruithne^ was fought, and Elne’ was burned. 
The battle of Gabhra-Liffe was fought, and the battle of Cul-Dreimhne. 


563 posuerint.” This battle is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the years 561 and 
562, thus in the old translation, Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49 : 

* A. D. 561. The battle of Moin-Doire.” 

“ A. D. 562. The battle of Moin-Doire-Lo- 
thair upon the Cruhens by the Nells of the 
North. Baedan mac Cin, with two of the Cru- 
hens, fought it against the rest of the Cruhens. 
The cattle and booty of the Eolargs” [recte the 
Lee and Ard Eolairg] “ were given to them of 
‘Tirconnell and Tirowen, conductors, for their 
leading, as wages.” 

* The Lee: i.e. the territory of Fir-Lii or 
Magh-Lii, in the barony of Coleraine, county of 
Londonderry. 

+f Carn- Eolairg. — See note *, under the year 
478, battle of Ocha, suprà, p. 151. This place 
is mentioned by Tirechan, as near Lee Bendrigi. 
Colgan, in his notes on O’Donnell’s Life of Co- 
lumbkille, mentions Carraig Eolairg, as a place 
in the diocese of Derry, *ad marginem Eurypi 
Fevolii."— Trias Thaum., p- 450, n. 49. 

*A partition—This seems to indicate that 
the battle was fought in consequence of a dis- 
pute about the partition of lands; but the 
Editor has never met any detailed account of 


this battle, or its causes. According to the 


Annals of Ulster it was fought between the 
Cruitheni themselves, the race of Niall assist- 
ing one party of them for hire. 

* The battle of all the Cruithni : i. e. the battle 
in which all the Irish Cruitheni or Dalaradians 
fought. 

i Elne. —Dr. O’Conor translates this “ pro- 
fani" but nothing is more certain than that it 
was the name of a plain situated between the 
River Bann and the River Bush, in the north- 
west of the present county of Antrim. The Bann, 
i e. the Lower Bann, is described in a very an- 
cient poem, quoted by Dr. O’Conor, in his Prole- 
gomena ad Annales, ii. p. 57, as flowing between 
the plains of Lee and Eile or Eilne; and Tire- 
chan, in describing St. Patrick’s journey east- 
wards from Ard-Eolairg and Aileach, near 
Derry, writes as follows: 

* Et exiit in Ard-Eolairg, et Ailgi, et Lee 
Bendrigi, et perrexit trans flumen Bande, et 
benedixit locum in quo est cellola Cuile Raithin 
in Eilniu, in quo fuit Episcopus, et fecit alias 
cellas multas in Hilniu. Et per Buas fluvium? 
[the Bush] **foramem pertulit, et in Duin 
Sebuirgi? [Dunseverick] “ sedit super petram, 
quam Petra Patricii usque nune, &c.” 

Adamnan, speaking, in the fiftieth chapter of 
the first book of his Vita Columba, of that saint's 


tA NE a ee WA IU or ae) ane” uci. AS d "T D. xe aad Vou ene eet 
=" 


aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. 


benpac gialla 1ap ccongal, ap piap 1m cnuap nuach 
Fingur, Domnall, Cimmipe, acup nCinoiw, mac Ouach. 
PEillpic va mac mic €apcca, ap cmo an cacha ceona, 
Acup an pí Cimmipe pillip 1 pealboib Seacna. 


Qoip C opc, cúig céd caoccacc a hochc. 


lap mbfich piche bliadain op 


Epnnı mghe vo Orapmoicc, mac Pfpgupa Ceppbeoil, vo ceap la hod nOub, 


mac Suibne, pi Dál nApawe, ag Raich bicc, hi Moig Line. 


Tuccad a c(no 


5o Cluam mic Nor, go po haónache mnre, 1 po hadnacc a ċolam hi 


cComoepe. 


Ip m mbliaóainpi po sabad an murpgelc .1. Liban ingean Eachach, mic 


reception at Coleraine, also mentions this plain 
in the following words: “ Eodem in tempore 
Conallus Episcopus Culerathin, collectis a populo 
campi Eilni pené innumerabilibus xeniis, &c.” 
—Trias Thaum., p. 350. It should be here re- 
marked that Colgan ‘errs in placing this terri- 
tory on the west side of the River Bann, which 
he does in his note on this passage in Adamnan, 
as follows: ‘ Campus Elne priscis Magh Elne 
videtur regio ameena et campestris, ex adversa 
Bannei fluminis ripa, Culrathenie Civitati ad- 
jacens versus Occidentem, que hodie vulgo Ma- 
chaire, id est, planities vocatur." — Trias Thaum., 
p. 381, n. 106. 

That this opinion of Colgan is erroneous is 
clear from the passage above quoted from Tire- 
chan, which places Eilniu on the east side of 
the River Bann, and between it and the Bush. 
It must, however, be confessed that the people 
called Fir-Lii, or Lee, who were seated on the 
west side of the River Bann in St. Patrick's time, 
were driven from thence before the twelfth 
century by the Kinel-Owen, and that this is 
what led Colgan astray. But he should have 
known that the church of Achadh Dubhthaigh, 
now called Aghadowey, which all the martyro- 
logies place in the plain of Magh-Lii, and which 
retained its name in his own time, is on the west 
side of the Bann. 


x Aedh Dubh.— Adamnan mentions this fact, 
and calls the slayer of the King: ** Aidum cog- 
nomento Nigrum, regio genere ortum, Cruthi- 
nium gente, &c. qui et Diermitium filium Cer- 
buill totius Scoti: Regnatorem Deo auctore 
ordinatum, interfecerat." Lib. i. c. 36; Trias 
Thaum., p. 346. See note on this Aedh Dubh, 
under the year 592. 

The death of King Diarmaid is entered under 
the year 564, in the Annals of Ulster, as fol- 
lows: 

“ A. D. 564. Occisio Diarmato mic Cearbhuill 
mac h-Aed Dubh la Suibhne.” 

But by Tighernach under 565, which is die 
true year: 

“A.D. 565. Oiapmaio mac Cepbaill oc- 
cipup ept hi pRaie Sic a Mung Cine ta h-Cfeo 
nOub mac Suibne pawe, pr Ulad. 

* A. D. 565. Diarmaid mac Cerbhaill was ` 
slain at Rath-bec in Magh-Line, by Aedh Dubh, ~ 
son of Suibhne Araidhe, King of Ulidia.” 

| Rath-bec, in Magh-Line : i.e. the Small Fort — 
in Moylinny, now Rathbeg, a townland in the © 
parish of Donegore, adjoining the parish of 
Antrim, in the county of Antrim.—See Reeves’s — 
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, 
&c. p. 278. It adjoins another townland of 
great celebrity in Irish history, now called - 
Rathmore, i.e. the Great Fort, anciently Rath- — 


558.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 201 


They bore away hostages after conflict, thence westwards towards Cnuas-Nuach, 
Fearghus, Domhnall, Ainmire, and Nainnidh, son of Duach. 

The two sons of Mac Earca returned to the same battle, - 

And the king, Ainmire, returned into the possessions of [his father] Seadna. 


The Age of Christ, 558. After Diarmaid, the son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, 


had been twenty years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain by Aedh Dubb*, . 


son of Suibhne, King of Dal-Araidhe, at Rath-beag, in Magh-Line!. His head 
was brought to Cluain-mic-Nois", and interred there, and his body was interred 


at Connor. 


In this year was taken the Mermaid, i. e. Liban, the daughter of Eochaidh”, 


mor-Maighe-Line. 

m Cluain-mic- Nois.——1t is stated in the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, in which this battle is recorded 
under the year 569, that the King had requested 
before he expired that his head should be in- 
terred at Clonmacnoise, the monastery of his 
friend, St. Kieran. - His body was buried at 
Connor, near the place where he was killed. 
He left three distinguished sons: 1. Aedh- 
Slaine, ancestor of nine monarchs of Ireland; 2. 
Colman Mor, the ancestor of the Clann-Colman, 
of whom there were seven monarchs; and 3. Col- 
man Beag. 

" Liban, the daughter of Eochaidh.—This Liban 
is set down in the Irish Calendar of O’Clery, at 
18th December, as a saint. Her capture as a 
mermaid is set down in the Annals of Ulster 
under the year 571: * Hie anno capta est in 
Muirgheilt.” 
~ According to a Wild legend in Leabhar-na- 
hUidhri, this Liban was the daughter of Eoch- 
aidh, from whom Loch Eathach, or Lough 
Neagh, was named, and who was drowned in 
its eruption [A. D. 90], together with all his 
children, except his daughter, Liban, and his 
sons, Conaing and Curnan. The lady, Liban, 
was preserved from the waters of Lough Neagh 
for a full year, in her grianan, or boudoir, 
under the lake. After this, at her own desire, 


she was changed into a salmon, and continued - 


to traverse the seas till the time of St. Comh- 
gall of Bangor. It happened that St. Comhgall 
despatched Beoan, son of Innli, of Teach-Debeog, 
to Rome, on a message to Pope Gregory 
[Pope, A. D. 599-604] to receive order and 


rule. When the crew of Beoan's currach were 


at sea, they heard the celebration of angels be- 
neath the boat. Liban, thereupon, addressed 
them, and stated that she had been 300 years 
under the sea, adding that she would proceed 
westward and meet Beoan, that day twelve 
months, at Inbher-Ollarbha [Larne], whither the 
saints of Dalaradia, with Comhgall, were to re- 
sort. Beoan, on his return, related what had 
occurred, and, at the stated time, the nets were 
set, and Liban was caught in the net of Fergus 
of Miliuc, upon which she was brought to land, 


sand crowds came to witness the sight, among 


whom was the chief of Ui-Conaing. The right 
to her being disputed by Comhgall, in whose ter- 
ritory,—and Fergus, in whose net, —and Beoan, 
in promise to whom,—she was taken, they 
prayed for a heavenly decision ; and next day two 
wild oxen came down from Carn-Airend; and, on 
their being yoked to the chariot, on which she 
was placed, they bore her to Zeach-Dabeoc, 
where she was baptized by Comhgall, with the 
name Muirgen, i. e. born of the sea, or Muirgeilt, 


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202. annaca gioshachca EIREANN. (559. 


MuipCoha, pop cpachc Ollapba, hi lin Geoam, mic Inl, 1apcaipe Cornganll 
o nocha. : 

Cloip Cort, ciice céo. caoccat anao. On céd bliadam vo vá mac 
Muméfpeaich, mic Mumpeavhars, 1 mghe nEpeann 1. Oomnall q Peangur. 
Cach Sabpa Lippe, 1 cach Oumha Chichip, ma nOormnall 7 ma bP(pgur, pop 
Laigmb, oia nebpao. 


Cat Gabpa, 1 cach Ouma Aca, 

Acbach ampa 1 cc(cheaip, Colgu acup a ataip. 
Cach abpa, m cach dume na oí céc 

Azbach piche ó Faolan, 6 Chlell piche picec. 


Qoi Cort, chg céo peapccac. On oapa bliadam vo Domnall 1 


oPeapgup. 
ialla. 


Coip Cpiopc, cuig céd peayccat a haon. 
nEpeann vo Domnall 1 oPeapgup, oa. mac Witipéiponsn mic Muipeadors 
mic €ogam, mic Nell, no éccpac apaon. 

Coirp Cpropc, cing céd peapccac a vó. 
Domnall, mc Muincfpcans, 7 oo baovan, mac Mhupceapcaich, mic Murp- 


eadaish, 1 pighe n€peann. 


Qoi Cmiopc, cmg céo peapcac acpi. 


an dapa la décc oo Sepcembep. 


i.e. traverser of the sea. Another name for her 
was Fuinchi.—See Reeves's Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, §¢., pp. 311, 378. 

^ Ollarbha.—Now called the Larne, or Inver 
River, which rises about four miles south-west 
of the town of Larne, in the county of Antrim. 
See note 4, under A. D. 285, p. 121, supra. 

» Gabhra-Liffe-—This was situated somewhere 
on the River Liffey, but nothing has been yet 
discovered to determine its exact position. In 
the Annals of Ulster this battle is entered under 
the year 565, and again under 572, and in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 569 : 


“A. D. 565. Bellum Gabhre-Liphi. Fergus 


Oam Oamharpgrc, 3. Coppe, décc. Ap uabapióe na hOp- 


lap mbeith vá bliadan 1 prghe n€peann 


lap mbeit cpi bliaóna 1 mge 
Cn céim badan o€ochaib, mac 
S. Mola, abb Oarminnpi, oécc 


et Domhnall Victores.?——Ann. Uit. 

“A. D. 572. Vel hoc Bellum Gabhra Liphi 
for Laighnin."— Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 569. The battle of Gawra-Liffe was 
given by the Lynstermen, where Fergus and 
King Donall were victors.” —Ann. Clon. 

? Dumha-Aichir.—See note ', under the year 
464, p. 146, suprà. 

' Daimhin Damhairgit : i.e. the Little Silver 
Ox. In the Life of St. Maidoc he is called 
** Latine Bos et Hibernice Dam seu Daimhin.” 
He is the ancestor of the Mac Mahons of Oirghi- 
alla, but not of all the septs of the Oirghialla. 
See Shirley’s Account of the Territory or Domi- 


559.] ANNALS on THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 2038 


son of Muireadh, on: the ied of Ollarbha*, in the net of Beoan, son of Inli, 
the fisherman of Comhgall of Beannchair. 

The Age of Christ, 559. The first year of the two sons of Muircheartach, 
son of Muireadhach, in the kingdom of Ireland, i. e. Domhnall and Fearghus. 
The battle of Gabhra-Liffe", and the battle of Dumha-Aichir by Domhnall 
and Fearghus, against the Leinstermen, of which was said : 


The battle of Gabhra and the battle of Dumha-Achair, 

Illustrious men fell in both, Colgu and his father. 

The battle of Gabhra was not a battle [with the loss] of a man or two hundred ; 
There fell twenty from Faelan, from Ailill twenty times twenty. 


The Age of Christ, 560. The second year of Domhnall and Fearghus. 
Daimhin Damhairgit’, i.e. Cairbre, died. From him are the Airghialla. 

The Age of Christ, 561. After Domhnall and Fearghus', the two sons of 
Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, had been three 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, they both died. 

The Age of Christ, 562. "The first year of Eochaidh, son of Domhnall, son 


of Muircheartach, and of Baedan, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, in 


the sovereignty of Ireland. 


The Age of Christ, 563. St. Molaisi, Abbot of Daimhinis', died on the 
twelfth of September. After Eochaidh and Baedan had been two years in 


nion of Farney, p. 148; and. — Trias 
Thaum., p. 381, n. 6. 

* Domhnall and Meifkia-ditn death of 
Domhnall is entéred twice in the Annals of 
Ulster, first at the year 565, and again at 572, 
but they contain no notice of the death of 
Fearghus : 

* A. D. 565. Mors Domhnaill fili Muirchéar- 
taig ic Erca, cui successit Ainmire mac Sedna.” 

** A. D. 572. Vel hic Bas Domhnaill ic Muir- 
cheartaig, ic Erca, cui successit Ainmire mac 
Setnai.” 

* Daimhinis: i. e. Ox-island, now Devenish, 
an island in Lough Erne, near the town of 
Enniskillen, in the county of Fermanagh. In a 


Life of St. Aedan, quoted by Ussher (Primord., 
p. 962), the name of this island is translated 
Bovis insula, and Bovium insula in a Life of St. 
Aedus. St. Molaise, or Laissren, the patron of 
this island, was the son of Nadfraech, and is to 
be distinguished from Molaise, or Laisren, of 
Leighlin, who was son of Cairell. The Life of 
St. Aedan has the following notice of the 
former: 

* Beatissimus Lasreanus ad aquilonalem par- 
tem Hibernis exivit, et construxit clarissimum 
monasterium in Stagno Herne nomine Daimá- 
inis, quod sonat Latine Bovis insula." 

And the Life of St. Aedus: ** Regebat plures 
monachos in insula posità in Stagno Erne, 


ID? o 


204 


ANNALA RIoghachta EIREANN. 


[564. 


oCochaib 7 vo baovan, conépaoap la Cponán, coipeac Ciannachca Glnne 


Semin. 


Cloip Cpiopc, cing céo plpecac a cféaip. On céo bliadam vo Ainmipe, 
mac Seona, mic P(pgupa C inopooa, hi mghe n€peann. 

Qoip Cpiope, cfg céo peapccac a cing. On vapa babam omme. 
Oeman, mac Capll, picch Ulaoh, mic Muipeadoigh Mumveince, oo mapbao 


la bachlachaib borpne. 


Mupcoblach la Colman mbecc, mac Orapmaza, 


mic P(psupa Ceppbeoil, 7 la Conall, mac Compsaill, corpeac Dal Riava hi 
Soil, 4 1 nlle, co ccapopac evala i0moóa eipcib. 


Cloip Cpropc, cárg céd peapecac a pé. 


lap mbeich epi bliadna hi me 


n€neann oCinmine, mac Seona, cocan la Fingur, mac Nellme, via nebpav. 


Péimin an can pom bor pi, mp bo m(nnac nach verla, 
Inoim ap porpoepgs a Li, la hClinmipe, mac Séacnan. 


Qop Core, cing céo peapccac a peachc. 


lap mbeith aon bliadam hi 


she n€peann vo baooan, mac Nmoeaoha, mic P(pgupa C (nopooa, vo ceap 
oc Lém mn ech, » noebard, lap an oa Comaome a. Comaome, mac Col mam 


quam Scoti nominant Daimhinis, i.e. Bovium 
insulam." 

The death of this saint is entered twice in 
the Annals of Ulster, first under the year 563 
(er. com. 664), and again under 570. 

" Cianachta- Glinne- Geimhin : i. e. the Race of 
Cian of Gleann-Geimhin, which was the name 
of the vale of the River Roe, near Dungiven, in 
the county of Londonderry. The territory of 
this tribe is now called the barony of Keenaght. 
See note ?, under A. D. 1197, p. 107. The 
death of these joint monarchs is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 571, thus: 

* A. D. 571. Occisio da Ua Muirethaig .i. 
Baetan mac Muircheartaigh ef Eochaidh mac 
Domhnaill mie Muircheartaig mic Erca, tertio 
anno regni sui. Cronan mac Tighernaig, ri Cian- 
nachtz Glenna Gevin occisisor eorum erat. 

“A. D. 571. The killing of the two de- 
scendants of Muireadhach, i.e. Baedan, son of 
Muircheartach, and Eochaidh, son of Domhnall, 


son of Muircheartach Mac Erca, in the third 
year of their” [joint] “reign. Cronan, son of. 
Tighearnach, King of Cianachta of Gleann- 
Geimhin, was their slayer.” 

* Ainmire.—O Flaherty says that he succeeded 
in the year 568. 

* Deman, son of Cairell. —* A. D. 571. Mors 
Demain mie Cairill.”—Ann. Ult. 

* Boirenn: i.e. a rocky District. ‘ 6oipeano 
4. bopp-onn «1. cloé mép.”—MS. T. C. D., H. 2. 
15, p. 180. There are two townlands of this 
name in the county of Down, one in the parish 
of Dromara, and the other in that of Cluain- 
Dallain, or Clonallon. The latter is probably 
the place here alluded to. 

z Sol. — This island, which is now called Col, is 
styled Colossa by Adamnan in his Vit. Columb., 
lib. i. c. 41, and lib. ii. c. 22. 

* Jle.—Now Ila, or Islay. It is called Zlea 
by Adamnan, lib. ii. c. 23, Trias Thaum., p. 355. 
This expedition is noticed in the Annals of 


Na 


564.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 205 


the sovereignty of Ireland, they were slain by Cronan, chief of Cianachta- 
Glinne-Gemhin". 

The Age of Christ, 564. The first year of Ainmire", son of Sedna, son of 
Fearghus Ceannfhoda, in the sovereienty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 565. The second year of Ainmire. Deman,.son of 
Cairell*, King of Ulidia, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, was killed by the 


shepherds of Boirenn*. A sea fleet [was brought] by Colman Beg, son of 


Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, and by Conall, son of Comhgall, chief 


of Dal-Riada, to Sol’ and Ile*, and they carried off many spoils from them. 
The Age of Christ, 566. After Ainmire, son of Sedna”, was three years in 
the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fearghus, son of Nellin, of which 


was said: 


Feimhin, while he was king*, was not a place without bravery, i 
To-day dark-red its aspect, [being set on fire] by Ainmire, son of Seadna. 


The Age of Christ, 567. After Baedan, son of Ninnidh, son of Fearghus 
Ceannfhoda, had been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at 
Leim-an-eich’, in a battle, by the two Comains; i. e. Comain, son of Colman Beg, 


Ulster under the year 567, thus: 

* Feacht i nlardomhain la Colman mBece, 
mac Diarmato, agus Conall mac Comgaill, i. e. 
an expedition into Iardomhan” [the Western 
Isles] **by Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid, and 
by Conall, son of Comgall.” 

» Ainmire, son of Sedna.—The death of this 
monarch is entered twice in the Annals of 
Ulster, first under 568, which is the true year, 
and again under 575, which is clearly a mistake. 
In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is entered 
under 569, as follows : 

* A. D. 569. Ainmire mac Setna, joynt King, 
was slain by Fergus mac Nellyne, which Fergus 
was soon after slain by Hugh mac Ainmireagh.” 
Adamnan calls him ** Ainmerius filius Setni" 
in lib.i c.7 ; and in lib. iii. c. 5, he writes the 
name very correctly Ainmirech, in the genitive 
form. In the Life of Gildas, published by the 
Bollandists, p. 954, he is called Ainmericus : 


* Eo tempore regnabat Ainmericus Rex per 
totam Hiberniam, qui et ipse misit ad B. Gildam, 
rogans ut ad se veniret." 

* While he was king.—This is evidently quoted 
from a poem on one of the kings of Munster 
(probably Crimhthann Srebh), after whose death 
Magh-Feimhean was laid waste with fire and 
sword by the monarch Ainmire, son of Sedna. 

* Leim-an-eich: i. e. the Horse-leap. There are 
several places of this name in Ireland. That 
here referred to may be the place now called 
Leim-an-eich-ruaidh, anglicé Lemnaroy, near 
Maghera, in the county of Londonderry. O'Fla- 
herty places the accession of “ Boetanus filius 
Ninnedii” in 571, and that of ** Aidus Anmirei 
filius? in 572.— Ogygia, iii. c. 93. In the Annals 
of Ulster his death is entered under the year 
585, as follows : 

“A.D. 585. Occisio Baetain mac Ninnedha, 
filii Duach, filii Conaill, mie Fergusa Ceannfada, 


206 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. (568. ^? 


bice, mic C(pbaill, 7 Comaome, mac Gibpene, mic lolladain, mc Chall. 
Cné comaiple Colman bice do ponpac an gníom hipin. | 

Clip Cqiiopc, cing céo peapccac a hocht. Cn ceo bliadain oooh, mac 
Qinmmech, óp Epmn. Peapgap, mac Nelline, oo mapbad la hod, mac 
Qinmipech, 1 noiogail a achap. 

Cop Cprope, cárg céd peapcca a naoi. Cin oapa badam oCfoo. S. Oenna, 
mac ua Lari, abb Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. S. Ite, ógh ó Cluain Cpl, 
décc an 15 lanuapn. Cip o1 ba hamm Trlioe. 

Qoi Cpopc, cú céo peachcmogac. On cpeap bliabam oooh. 
S. Moeinfno, eppuce Cluana peapca bpfnamn, oécc an céo lá oo Illapca. 

Cop Cmopt, cing céd peachemogac a haon. S. ópenomn, ab bioppa, 
oécc an naomao lá pic(c oo Nouembep. Cath Cola pa Piachna, mac bao- 
vam, mic Camill, pop Oppagib q pon Elb, 7 po meabaid poppa. Tola 
amm maghe ecip Cluain phca Molua q Sagip. Cach Femin pa Coppe 
mac Cpemċamn, m Muman, pop Colman decc, mac Oiapmava,] po meabaid 
an Colman. 

Coir Cpiopc, cug céo peachcmogac avó. On ciiccead bhadam ooo. 
Cath Ooece, dian hamm bealach Peaoha, pia nClod, mac Cimmipech, pop 


a e T NR TN RR NERA 


regis Temro, qui uno .anno regnavit. Cumaeine Kilmeedy, in Munster, are named after this 
mac Colmain, Big mic Diarmata, & Cumaeine mac virgin. 

Libhren, filii Illannon, mic Cerbaill occiderunt ^ Brenainn, Abbot of Birra.—His death is en- i 
eum consilio Colmain à. oc Leim ind eich.” tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 564, | 

* Mac Ua Laighisi.—Dr. O'Conor says that this and again at 571, which is the true year. It is ] 
family name is now O'Lacy, which involves a entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 570. s 
double error, for Mac Ua Laighsi is not a family i Tola.—Now Tulla, in the parish of Kinnitty, 
name (for hereditary surnames were not esta- barony of Ballybritt, and King’s County. In 
blished so early as this period), and there isno the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 569, 
such name as O’Lacy in Ireland. There isLacy this battle is noticed as follows: _ k 
or De Lacy, but this name is not of Irish origin. “A.D. 569. The battle of Talo and Fortalo, 
This writer is also wrong in saying that the the names of two fields between Elie and Ossorie, 
family of O'Laigisiorum is mentioned by Adam- which is between Clonfert-Molwa and Sayer, 
nan, lib. iii. c. 12. 7 where Fiachra mac Boydan was victor.” 

* Cluain- Creadhait. —Now Killeedy, in the But in the Annals of Ulster it is entered first 
south of the county of Limerick. — See note!, under the year 572, and again under 573, and 
under the year 546. said to have been fought “in regionibus Cruithne,” — — 

€ Mide : i.e. Mo Ide: i. e. Mea Ida.—See Col- which seems correct, as the victor was King of 
gan’s Acta SS., p. 71, n. 2. The churches called — Ulidia: 


568.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


207 


son of Cearbhall, and Comain, son of Libren, son of Illadhan, son of Cearbhall. 
[It was] at the instance of Colman Beg they perpetrated this deed. 

The Age of Christ, 568. The first year of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over 
Ireland. Fearghus, son of Nellin, was slain by Aedh, son of Ainmire, in revenge 


of his father. 
The Age of Christ, 569. 


The second year of Aedh. St. Oenna Mac Ua 


Laighisi*, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. St. Ite, virgin, of Cluain-Creadhail', 
died on the 15th of January. She was also called Mide*. 

The Age of Christ, 570. The third year of Aedh. St. Maeineann, Bishop 
of Cluain-fearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], died on the first of March. 


The Age of Christ, 571. 
twenty-ninth day of November. 


St. Breanainn, Abbot of Birra", died on the 
The battle of Tola', by Fiachna, son of Baedan, 


_ son of Cairell, against the [people of] Osraighe and Eile; and they were defeated. 
Tola is the name ofa plain [situated] between Cluain-fearta-Molua* and Saighir’. 


The battle of Feimhin", 


by Cairbre, son of Creamhthann, King of Munster, 


against Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid ; and Colman was defeated. 


The Age of Christ, 572. 


The fifth year of Aedh. The battle of Doete, 


which is called Bealach-feadha", by Aedh, son of “Ainmire, against the men of 


“ A. D. 572. Bellum Tola & Fortola i.e. no- 
mina camporum etir Ele ocus Osraige, ocus etir 
Cluain-ferta ocus Saiger.” 

* A. D. 573. Bellum Tola & Fortola in regioni- 
bus Cruithne.” 

* Cluain-ferta- Molua.—** Et in ipso loco clara 
civitas que vocatur Cluain-ferta-Molua, id est, 
Latibulum mirabile S. Moluæ (eo quód ipse in 
sua vitá multa miracula in ea fecit, et adhue 
gratia Dei per eum patrantur) in honore S. Mo- 
lug crevit: et ipsa est in confinio Laginensium 
'et Mumeniensium, inter regiones Osraigi et Hele 
et Laiges."— Vita Molur, quoted in Ussher’s 
Primord., p. 943. This place is now called Clon- 
fertmulloe, alias Kyle, and is situated at the foot 
of Slieve Bloom, in the barony of Upper Ossory, 
in the Queen's County.—See Ogygia, iii. c. 81. 

} Saighir.— Now Serkieran, an old church 
giving name to a parish in the barony of Bally- 


britt, and King's County, and about four miles 
east of Birr.—See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 191, 
192, where this church is referred to as in the 
territory of Eile (i. e. Ely O'Carroll), which an- 
ciently belonged to Munster, but which was a 
part of Leinster in Ussher's time. 

m Feimhin.—A plain comprised in the barony 
of Iffa and Offa East, in the county of Tippe- 
rary.—See note under A. M. 3506, p. 32. This 
passage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 572: “ A. D. 672. Bellum Feimin, in quo 
victus est Colman Modicus” [Beg] filivs Diar- 
mata, et ipse evasit.” Itis also given at the year 
592, in Doctor O’Conor’s edition, p. 32, but not 
in the Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. j 

» Bealach-feadha : i. e. the Woody Road. This 
place is called Bealach an Fheadha, in the pedi- 
gree of O'Reilly, preserved in the Library of 
Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 15, and now cor- 


+ 


208 


p(paib Mide, ou m po tuc Colman bfcc, mac Orapmava. 
Qr eipioe po (óbaip hl vo Cholum Cille. 


Comgaill, ní Dal Riacca, vo écc. 


Clip Core, cuig céd peachemogac a cpí. 
Opnamn, mac Opium, plach Ceacba, oécc. 
Clip Cpiopc, cuig céo peachemogac a cléaip. 


ANNALA goshachca EIREANN. 


[573. 


Conall mac 
Cn peipead bliadam vCfoo. 


XQ peachc oCtooh. Map- 


bad Clooha, mc €achach Tiopmchapna, la hUib opium. 


Coir Cpiopc, cing céo peachemogac apé. 


Cn naomao bliaoam oCÍooh. 


S. 6pChainn, abb Cluana p(pca óp(namn, an 16 Man, oo pua bap a 
n€anach dún, 1 oo hadlacad a Copp a cCluain pepca bpenamn. Colman, 


mac Coipppe, p Caig(n, oécc ace Shab Manncce. 
Cop Core, cúicc céo peachtmogac apeacht. On veachmad babam 


dod. S. eppucc Echcfn Cluana poca bacan aba décc an 11 Pebpuam. 


S. Caineach Ofpgain ogh, o Cluam boipeann, vece 9 Pebpuam. 


Finn, abb Opoa Maca, vo écc. 


rectly: anglicised Ballaghanea, and is the name 
of a townland in the parish of Lurgan, barony 
of Castlerahin, and county of Cavan. In the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, ad ann. 587, Ma- 
geoghegan conjectures that Colman Beg was 
slain at Belanaha, near Mullingar, but he is 
evidently wrong. In the Annals of Ulster this 
battle is noticed at the year 586: 

** Bellum Droma-Ethe, in quo cecidit Colman 
Beg mac Diarmata. Aed mac Aimirech victor 
erat, in quo bello etiam cecidit Libren mac Illan- 
don mic Cearbaill."-— Cod. Claren., tom. 49. 

^ Of Dal-Riada : i.e. of Dal-Riada, in North 
Britain. This entry is given in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 573, and in the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise at 569, as follows : 

“ A. D. 573. Mors Conaill mic Comgaill anno 

` regni sui avi. qui obtulit insulam le Columbo 
Cille.”—Ann, Ul. 

** A. D. 569. Conell, son of Cowgal, that gave 

the island of Hugh" [i .e. Iona] “to St. Co- 


lumbkille, died in the 16th year of his reign, of 


Dalriatye."— Ann. Clon. See also Colgan’s Trias 
Thaum., pp- 495, 496. 


Peiolmio 


P Brenainn, son of Brian.— According to Colgan 
(Trias Thaum., p. 507), this Brenainn, or **Bren- 
danus princeps Teflie,” granted Durrow to St. 
Columbkille; but see note ?, under the year 
556, suprà, and note £, under 585, infra. 

3 Eochaidh Tirmcharna.— He was King of 
Connaught. The Ui-Briuin were the descen- 
dants of Brian, son of the Monarch, Eochaidh 
Muighmheadhoin, and were Aedh's own tribe. 
The killing of Aedh is entered in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 576. Under the year 573 
the Annals of Ulster record : ** Magna mópóáil, 
i. e. Conventio Dromma Cheta” [now Daisy Hill, 
near the River Roe, not far from Newtown 

Limavaddy, in the county of Londonderry], 
** in. qua erant Colum Cille et Mac Ainmirech.” 


And the same Convention is noticed in the An- 


nals of Clonmacnoise under the year 587, which 
is nearer to the true date, which was 590. It 
looks very strange that the Four Masters should 
make no reference to this convention, which is 
so celebrated in Irish history, and particularly 
by Keating, in the reign of Aedh Mac Ainmi- 


reach, and in the Lives of St. Columbkille, with — 


CET RR SA Nin rn M m ee en 


eo 


n Ce S N 


573.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


209 


Meath, where fell Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid. Conall, son of Comhgall, 
King of Dal-Riada®, died. It was he that granted Hy [Iona] to Colum Cille. 

The Age of Christ, 573. The sixth year of Aedh. MON son of 
Brian?, chief of Teathbha [Teffia], died. 


The Age of Christ, 574. The seventh year of Aedh. The killing of Aedh, 
son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna?, by the Ui-Briuin. 
The Age of Christ, 576. The ninth year of Aedh. St. Brenainn', Abbot 


of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn [Clonfert), died on the 16th of May. 
Eanach-duin*, and his body was interred at Cluain-ferta-Brenainn. 


He died at 
Colman, 


son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died at Sliabh-Mairge*. 


The Age of Christ, 577. 


The tenth year of Aedh. St. Ethchen, Bishop 


of Cluain-foda Baetain-abha", died on the 11th of February. St. Caireach Dear- 
gain, virgin, of Cluain-Boireann", died on the 9th of February. Feidhlimidh 


Finn*, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 


which they were so well acquainted. —— See 
O’Donnell’s Vite Columbae, lib.i. c. 93; ii. 10, 
110; iii 1, 2, 4, 5. It is also mentioned by 
Adamnan, in his Vita Columbo, under the name 
of Dorsum Cette, lib. i. cc. 10, 49; lib. ii. c. 6; 
Trias Thaum., pp. 341, 349, 352. 

Under the year 575, which is totally omitted 
by the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster 
record: “ Scintilla Lepre, et abundantia. nucum 
inaudita. Bellum Teloco in quo cecidit Duncath 
mac Conaill mie Comgaill et alii multi de sociis 
filiorum Gaurain.” 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise also record: 
* Diseases of the Leporsie and knobbes,” but 
under the year 569, which i$ incorrect. 

t St. Brenainn.—St. Brenainn, or Brendan, of 
Clonfert, in the county of Galway, died at 
Annadown, in the year 577, according to Ussher 
(Index Chron. in Primord., p. 1145).—See also 
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 193. 

* Eanach-duin : i. e. the Moor or Marsh of the 
Dun, or earthen Fort; now Annadown, on the 
east margin of Lough Corrib, in the barony of 
Clare and county of Galway. 


t Sliabh-Mairge.—Now Slievemargy, or Slew- 
marague, a barony in the south-east of the 
Queen’s County.—See A. D. 1398. 

© Cluain-fota Baetain-Abha: i. e. the Long 
Lawn or Meadow of Baetain Abha, now Clonfad, 
in the barony of Farbil, and county of West- 
meath.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 304— 
306 ; Archdall’s Monasticon Hib., p. 708; and 
Obits and Martyrology of Christ Church, Dublin, 
Introduction, p. liii. 

* Cluain- Boireann.—Now Cloonburren, on the 


west side of the Shannon, in the parish of ` 


Moore, barony of Moycarnan, and county of 
Roscommon, and nearly opposite Clonmacnoise. 
That part of the River Shannon lying between 
this church and Clonmacnoise was anciently 
called Snamh-da-én.—See Buile Shwbhne, MS., 
R. I. A., p. 141; and Colgan’s Trias Thaum., 
p. 134, c. 33; Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, 
p. 82, note *, and the map to the same work. 
St. Cairech of this place was the sister of St. 
Eany, or Endeus, of Aran. 

* Feidhlimidh Finn.—He is set down as Pri- 


mate in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh 


2r 


210 


Qop C piopc, cuig céo peachtmogac anao. 


ANNAA goghachca EIREANN. 


[579. 


dA dó décc oCÍooh. Cath 


Opoma mic €apcca pa nClooh, mac Clinmipech, pop Cenel n€ogam, oú in 
po mapbad Colcca, mac Ocrinaill, mic Muipceapcong, mic Mumpeadorgh. 


GLoip Cqpiopc, cing céo ochcmogac. 
pi Muman, oo mapbao. 


A cp décc oooh. P(pgup Scannal, 


Qoi Cope, cúig céo ochemogac a haon. CE cléaip oécc oob. Cleoh, 
mac Suibne, coipeac Maonmuighe, oécc. 

Qoi Cope, curg céo ochemogac adó. A cing décc oCÍooh. P(paohach, 
mac Duaich, ciġlpna Oppaige, oo mapbad la a mumcip ppm. 


Qop Cope, cug céo ochemogac acpi. 
eppcop Opoma Ufchslaipe, oo écc an 30 vo Mhapea, 1 


po pochad Cill mbian. 


A pé oécc oCfooh. S. P(psup, 
aré an P(pgup pin 


Gop Cpiopc, cing céo ochemogac a cltap. O peache oécc ooo. 
S. Naccaorme, abb Tipe oa slap, bpacaip Caormgin, oo écc an céo lá vo Man. 
Cop Cpiopc, cing céo ochemogac a cárg. On cochtmad bhadain oécc 
oooh. 6n(namn cigh(pna Ceacba, oécc. Ap erwe po edbarp (pap an can 


given in the Psalter of Cashel, published by 
Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 293; and in the 
Bodleian MS., Laud. 610.—See Harris’s edition 
of Ware’s Bishops, p. 38. 

Under this year the Annals of Ulster record, 
“ Reversio Ulot de Eamania;? and the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise notice the **departing of Ul- 
stermen from Eawyn,” under the year 580. -It 
would appear from a notice in the Annals of 
Ulster, at the year 576, that the Ulta, or ancient 
Ultonians of the race of Rury, made an effort 
to recover their ancient fort of Emania in that 
year, but that they were = by Clann- 
Colla, or Oirghialla : 

* A, D. 576. Primum periculum Ulot in Eu- 
Sania.” 

! Druim Mic Earca: i.e. the Ridge or Long Hill 
of Mac Earca.—Not identified. "This battle is 
recorded in the Annals of Ulster at the years 
579 and 580, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 580, as follows: 


** A. D. 579. Bellum Droma Mic Erce ubi Colgu, 
filius Domhnaill, filii Muirchertaig, mic Muire- 
daig, mic Eogain cecidit. > Aed mac Ainmirech 
victor fuit.” 

** A. D. 580. Vel hic Bellum Droma Mic Erce.” 
—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 580. The battle of Drom mac Eircke 
was given, where Colga mac Donell mic Mur- 
tough was slain, and Hugh mac Ainmireagh 
was victor.” —Ann. Clon. 

* Fearghus Scannal.— According to the Dub- 


lin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, “ Feargus 


Sganuil sueceeded his brother Cairbre Crom as 
King of Desmond, in 577, and died in 584. But 
the testimony of these Annals, which were 


largely interpolated in 1760, should be received ` ; 


with great caution. 

* Maenmagh.—A level territory lying around 
the town of Loughrea, in the county of Galway. 
— See A. M. 3501, and note *, under A. D. 1235, 
p. 276. 


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Boxen umts 


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579.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 211 


The Age of Christ, 579. The twelfth year of Aedh. The battle of Druim 
Mic Earca’, [was gained] by Aedh, son of Ainmire, over the Cinel-Eogain, where 
was slain Colga, son of Domhnall, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach. 

The Age of Christ, 580. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Fearghus Scan- 


nal’, King of Munster, was slain. 


The Age of Christ, 581. The fourteenth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of 


Suibhne, chief of Maenmagh*, died. 
The Age of Christ, 582. 


The fifteenth year of Aedh. Fearadhach, son 


of Duach, Lord of Osraighe^, was slain by his own people. 


The Age of Christ, 583. The sixteenth year of Aedh. 


St. Fearghus, 


Bishop of Druim-Leathglaise*, died on the 30th of March; and this was the 


Fearghus who founded Cill mBian*. 


The Age of Christ; 584. The seventeenth year of Aedh. St. Natheheimhe, 
Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas*, the brother of Caeimhghin', died on the first day of 


May. 


The Age of Christ, 585. The eighteenth year of Aedh. Breanainn*, Lord 
of Teathbha [Teffia], died. It was he that had, some time before, granted 


> Osraighe.—Now anglicé Ossory. This ter- 
ritory anciently comprised the whole of the 
present diocese so called. See note?, under the 
year 1175. 

* Druim- Leathglaise.—More generally called 
Dun-da-leath-ghlas: i.e. “arx duarum media- 
rum catenarum,” now Downpatrick.—See Col- 
gan’s Trias Thaum., p. 110, n39; also Acta SS., 
p. 193, where this passage is translated thus : 

“ 583. S. Fergussius, Episcopus Drom Leth- 
glassensis i. Dunensis, obiit 30 Marti. Et ipse 
extruxit [Ecclesiam] de Kill-mbian.”—Quat. Mag. 

à Cill mBian.—This name, which might be 
anglicised Kilbean or Kilmean, is now obsolete. 
—See Reeves’s Antiquities of Down and Connor, 
$c. p.144. This bishop would appear to have 
been a distinguished person, for his death, and 
the fact of his having foünded Cill-mBian, are 
mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach at 584, 
and in those of Ulster at 583 and 589. 


° Tir-da-ghlas.—Now Terryglass, a small vil- 
lage in the barony of Lower Ormond, in the 
county of Tipperary, and about four miles to 
the north-west of Burrisokeane. In the Life of 


St. Fintan of Clonenagh, the situation of this : 


place is described as follows: **Jacet" [Colum 
Mac Crimthainn] “in sua civitate que dicitur 
Tir-daglas in terrà Mumonie juxta fluvium 
Sinna."—— See Ussher’s Primord., p. 962, and 
Lanigan's Eccl. Hist, vol. ii. p. 76. No part of 
the ancient church of Terryglass now remains. 


f Caeimhghin : i. e. St. Kevin of Glendalough, | 


in the county of Wicklow. 

€ Breanainn.—See his death already mentioned 
under the year 573. It is entered in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, under 588, as follows: 

* A. D. 588. Hugh mac Brenayn, King of the 
country of Teffa, that granted Dorowe to St. 
Columbkille died. The same year there was 
much frost and wind.” 


TRJ 


. 


212 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[586. 


ram) Ofpmagh vo Dia, q oo Colom Cille. baeccan, mac Capit, pi Ulan, 


vécc. 


Cop Cort, cig céo ochemogac apé. O naoi oécc ood. S. Omgh, 
eppcop, mac Call, décc an 18 Clugupe. Perdlimd, mac Tiğfpmağ, pí 
Muman, oécc. Cat Mohe Ochcam ma mbpan Dub, mac Eachach, pop 
Unb Néll ipm cealang op Cluam Conaipe a nof. 

Coir Cpiope, cig céo ochemogac apeachc. On pich(cmad bliabam 
doù. S. Caoplan, eppcop Apoa Macha, décc, an cltpamad lá pié(c vo 


Mhanca. 


S. Seanach, eppcop 6 Cluain lopoipo, décc. 


Cop Cpiorc, cuig céo ochtmogat a hochc. Ol haon picheac oooh. 
S. Govh, mac byce, eppcop 6 Cill Cp, 1 Mie, vecc 10 vo Nouembep. 


Lushai Lip moin oécc. 


Coip Core, cug céo ochemogac anaor. 


Cl v6 picheac oCfooh. S. Mac- 


mpe, abb Cluana mic. Noip, ppí pe pé mbliadan, décc, 7 a écc an 13 oo 


mí lun. 


^ Dearmhagh : i.e. Campus roborum (Bede, Hist. 
lib. iii. c. 4), now Durrow, in the north of the 
King's County.—See note *, under A, D. 1186, 
p. 71. 

i Baetan, son of Cairell—His death is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 580, and 
again under 586, thus: 

* A. D. 580. Mors Baetain mic Cairill.” 

« A. D. 586. Vel hic Mors Baetain mic Carill, 
regis Ulad.” 

x Daigh, son of Cairell.—In the Irish Calen- 
dar of O'Clery, at 18th August, he is called 
Bishop of Inis-caein-Deagha, in Conaille Muir- 
theimhne, now Inishkeen, in the county of 
Louth, adjoining the county of Monaghan.— 
See Colgan’s Acta SS., pp. 348, 374. He was 
the fourth in descent from Eoghan, or Owen, 
the ancestor of the Kinel-Owen, and the person 
from whose hands Mochta, of Louth, received 
the viaticum, The Calendar of Cashel calls 
him “ faber tam in ferro quam in ere, et scriba 
insignis." 


! Feidhlimidh, son of Tighernach.—His death 


is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 
589, as follows: : 

* A. D. 589. Mors Feidhlimthe, mic Tiger- 
naigh, Regis Mumhan.” . 

In the interpolated Dublin copy of the Annals 
of Innisfallen he is made only King of Desmond, 
[from 584 to 590], but this is one of Dr.O'Brien's 
intentional falsifications, to detract from the an- 
cient importance of the Eoganachts. 


™ Magh-Ochtair.—A plain in the barony of | 


Ikeathy and Uachtar-fhine or Oughteranny, in 
the north of the county of Kildare. 

^ Cluain- Conaire: i. e. Conaire's Lawn or Mea- 
dow ; now Cloncurry, in the same barony. In 
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed, under 
the year 589, as follows : 

* A. D. 589. Bellum Maighe Ochtair re mBran 
Dubh, mae Eachach pop Uibh Neill.” 

° Caerlan.—He was Archbishop of Armagh, 
** ex regione de O’Niallan oriundus," succeeded 
Feidhlimidh in 578, and died in 588.— See Har- 
ris's edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 38, 39; and 
Colgan's Acta SS., p. 193. In the Annals of. 


iT 


— 


i) egal eas n 


586.] 


Dearmhagh" to God and to Colum ¢ Cille. 


Ulidia, died. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


213 
Baetan, son of Cairelli, King of 


The Age of Christ, 586. The nineteenth year of Aedh. St. Daigh, bishop, 


son of Cairell*, died on the 18th of August. 


Feidhlimidh, son of Tighernach!, 


King of Munster, died. The battle of Magh-Ochtair" [was gained] by Bran 
Dubh, son of Eochaidh, over the Ui-Neill, at the hill over Cluain-Conaire", 


tothe south. 
The Age of Christ, 587. 


The twentieth year of Aedh. St. Caerlan®, Bi- 


shop of Ard-Macha, died on the twenty-fourth day of March. St. Seanach, 


Bishop of Cluain-Iraird?, died. 
The Age of Christ, 588. 

Meath, on the 10th of November. 
The Age of Christ, 589. 


St. Aedh, son of Breac, Bishop of Cill-Air‘, in 
Lughaidh, of Lis-mor’, died. 
The twenty-second year of Aedh. St. Macnise', 


Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois for a period of sixteen years, died on the thirteenth 


of the month of June. 


Clonmacnoise his death is entered under the 
year 587. 

-P Cluain-Iraird, now Clonard, in the south- 
west of the county of Meath. 

3 Cill-Air.—Now Killare, an old church giving 
name to a parish near the hill of Uisneach, in 
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of West- 
meath... Seenote^, under A. D.1184. In O'Clery's 
Trish Calendar the festival of Aedh Mac Bric is 
marked at 10th November, thus : 

“Mod mac ómic Epp. ó Chill Qip 1 Mide, 
1 6 Shliab Diag 1 oTip 6ogame, 1 gCinel Co- 
nall, Qoi Cpíopc an can po paoró a ppronao 
do cum nime, 588.” 

** Aedh Mac Bric, Bishop of Killare, in Meath, 
and of Sliabh Liag, in Tir-Boghaine, in Kinel- 
Connell The Age of Christ when he resigned 

‘his spirit to heaven, 588.” 

The ruins of this saint's chapel are still to be 
seen on the mountain of Slieveleague, ih the ba- 
rony of Banagh, and county of Donegal. The 
death of Aedh filius Bric is also entered in the 
Annals of Ulster, at the year 588. Colgan has 


published an ancient Life of him at 28th Fe- 
bruary. He was also the founder and patron 
of Rathhugh, near Kilbeggan, in Westmeath. 

* Lis-mor : i.e. Atrium magnum. Now Lis- 
more, in the county of Waterford, where St. 
Carthach, or Mochuda, of Rathain, formed a 
great religious establishment about the year 
633; but there seems to have been a church 
there at an earlier period. Tighernach records 
the death of this Lughaidh, to whom he gives 
the alias name of Moluoc, at the year 691.—See 
Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 539. 

s Macnise.—His death is entered in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 587, thus: 

* A. D. 587. Mac Nissi, an Ulsterman, third 
abbot of Clonvicknose, died in the 16th year of 
his place.” 

His festival is entered in O’Clery’s Irish Ca- 
lendar at 13th June, in which it is remarked 
that he was abbot of Clonmacnoise for sixteen 
years, and that he died in 590, under which 
year it is also recorded in the Annals of Ulster; 
but it appears, from certain criteria afforded by 


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214 annaza RIoshachta EIREANN. [590. 


Cop Cpiope, cuig céonochac. On cpeap badam pich(c oob. Cach 
€uoumo mop ma bPiacna, mac baecam, mic Caml, me Mumeadors 
Muinofince, pop Geptide, mac Ronan, cisfpna Ciannachta. Up vo pin vo 
paroheaoh, | 
Qn peache noile vo pega pian mic 6aocam 1 mop(5a, 
biao Ciannachca 1 ppouc ni bac poicpi 0o pout. 


Seanchan, mac Colman méip, oo mapbao. S. Gmo Geloip oo orponeao 
a gcaéaoip | a gcomapbup Proa appoal oia. armoeorn. 

Gop Cpiorc, emg céd nochac a haon. Q clean pich(c oOovh. Cod 
Cnn, mac Colmam, mic Coipppe, m Cargfn, oécc. 

Clorp Core, emg.céo nochac avó. CE cing pichle oooh. Colum Cille, 
mac Peadlimid, appeal Alban, ceann cnabard epmoin €peann,4 Alban ian 
bPaccpauce, oécc ma ecclaip pûn in hl mo Alban, app an ccticcead badam 
cmochad a oilitpe, oce vomnaigh oo pundpad an 9 lá lum. Seacht 
mbliaóna peachtmogace a aoip wle an can po paoroh a ppropaic oocum 


nme, amal apb(pap ipm pann, 


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Teona bliadna bai gan lér, Colum ina Ouibpeglér, 
Luroh go hang apa chache, 1ap peache mbliaona peacemogac. 


these Annals, that the true year was 591, namely, 
** Defectio solis, d.e. mane tenebrosum.”—See Art 
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 63. 
* Eadan-mor: i.e. the Great Brow or Face of 
a Hill. This was the name of a hill in East 
Meath, but the name is now obsolete. It may 
have been the ancient name of Edenrath, near 
Navan.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Meath 6, 
. Jac. I. This entry is given in the Annals of 
Ulster under the year 593, thus: 


* A. D. 593. Bellum Gerrtide, ri Ciannachte | 


oc Eudonn mor ro meabhaidh. Fiachna mac 
Baetain, mie Cairill, mie Muiredaig Muinderg, 
victor erat.” 
*. Cianachta : 
east of Meath. 
* Seanchan.— This agrees with the Annals of 
‘Clonmacnoise. 


i e. Cianachta-Breagh, in the 


* Gregory of the Golden Mouth.—Dr. O*Conor 
translates this, “ S. Gregorius valde sapiens ;" 
but this is one of his innumerable childish mis- 
takes, which are beneath criticism. The me- 
mory of this Pope was anciently much revered 
in Ireland, and he was honoured with the title 
of Beloir, i.e. of the Golden Mouth, as we learn 


from Cummianus, in his letter to Segienus, . 


abbot of Iona, on the Paschal controversy : 


“Quid plura? Ad Gregorii Pape, urbis 


Rome Episcopi (a nobis in commune suscepti, 


et oris aurei appellatione donati) verba me con- - 
verti.” Ussher's Sylloge, first edition, p. 31 ; d 


Second edition, p. 21, line 20. 


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such veneration that their genealogists, finding _ 


that there were some doubts as to his genealogy, 
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590.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 215 

The Age of Christ, 590. The twenty-third year of Aedh. The battle of 
Eadan-mor‘ [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Baedan, son of Cairell, son of 
Muireadhach Muindearg, over Gerthidhe, son of Ronan, Lord of Cianachta', 
of which was said : 


On the other occasion, when the soldiers of Baedan shall go into Breagh, 
The Cianachta shall be on the alert, they shall not be the next to the shot. 


Seanchan", son of Colman Mor, was slain. St. Gregory of the Golden Mouth* 
was appointed to the chair and successorship of Peter the Apostle, against his 
will. j 

The Age of Christ, 591. The twenty-fourth year of Aedh. Aedh Cerr, 
son of Colman, son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 592. The twenty-fifth year of Aedh. Colum Cille’, 
son of Feidhlimidh, apostle of Alba [Scotland], head of the piety of the most 
part of Ireland and Alba, [next] after Patrick, died in his own church in Hy, 
in Alba, after the thirty-fifth year of his pilgrimage, on Sunday night precisely, 
the 9th day of June. Seventy-seven years was his whóle age when he resigned 


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his spirit to heaven, as is said in this quatrain : 


Three years without light was Colum in his Duibh-regles’; 
He went to the angels from his body, after seven years and seventy. 


of Conaire IL, the ancestor of the O’Falvys, 
O'Connells, and other families. His pedigree is 
given as follows by the O'Clerys in their Ge- 
nealogies of the Irish Saints : 

* Gregory of Rome, son of Gormalta, son of 


. Connla, son of Arda, son of Dathi, son of Core, 


son of Conn, son of Cormac, son of Core 
Duibhne" [the ancestor of the Corca Duibhne, in 
Kerry], ‘ son of Cairbre Musc, son of Conaire.” 

The Four Masters have given the accession 
of this Pope under the true year. Gregory was 
made Pope on the 13th of September, which 
was Sunday, in the year 590, and died on the 
12th of March, 604, having sat thirteen years, 
six months, and ten days.—See Art de Ver. les 


Dates, tom. i. p. 245. 


* Colum Cille.—His death is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster, under the year 594, as follows: 

* A. D. 594. Quies Coluim Cille v. Idus Junii, 
anno etatis sue lxzvi.? ; 

It is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
under 590, thus: 

* A. D. 590. St. Columbkill died at” [on] 

** Whitsuntide eave, the 5th of the Ides of June, 
in the island. of Hugh” [Hy or Iona], “in the 
35th year of his pilgrimmage and banishment 
into Scotland, and in the 77th year of his age, 
as he was saying his prayers in the church of 
that isle, with all his moncks about him.” 

* Duibh-regles.—This was the name of a church 
erected by St. Columbkille at Derry. — See 
note ^, under A. D. 1173. 


216 


Dallán Pongal orgic hoc vo bay Cholum Cille : 


Tp leigep lega gan lep, ip vedarl pmepa pe pmuarp, 9 
Ip abpan pe cpurc gan céip, pinde oéip ap napsain ua. 


Cod Dub, mac Suibne, pf Ulad, oo mapbao la Praca, mac baeccam. 
Cp lap an Gooh nOub pin copchap Orapmaice mac Ceapbaill. 

Qop Cpiore, cuig céd nochat acpi. A pé pich(c oooh. Cumapcach, 
mac Clovha, mic Cinmipech, oo rhapbad la bpan Dut, mac Eachach, 1 nOun 
bucac, amal ap bepc naom Cledan eppcop : 7 


Hwdim m common comachcach, 1 pail Cille panoaipech 
Robpı orogail Comupecang, gum Gooha mic Q:nmipech. 


* Dallan Forgaill.—He was a disciple of St. 
Columbkille, and wrote the poem called Amhra 
Choluim Cille in praise of that saint.—Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 2034 and O’Reilly’s Trish Writers, 
p- 39. 

^ The Ceis.—lrish glossographers are not 
agreed on the meaning of this word. The most 
rational of all the conjectures they have left us 
is, that it was the name of the tpom céo, or 
bass string of the harp. Another writer states 
that it was the name of a small Harp which ac- 
companied a large harp. ** Céip amm bo épuic 
bic bíp 1 comoicece ópuice mope.” —See Amhra 
Choluim Cille, in Leabhar-na-h Uidhri. 

* Aedh Dubh : i.e. Hugh the Black. His death 


is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 


587, as follows : 

“A.D. 587. Nix magna, et jugulatio Aedha 
Nigri mic Suibne in nave.” 

This event is recorded by Adamnan in his 
Vita Columbe, lib. i. c. 36, where he gives the 
following character of this slayer of King Diar- 
maid : 

* Findehanus Aidum cognomento Nigrum, 
Regio genere ortum Cruthinium gente,de Scotia” 
[i.e. Hibernia] «ad Britanniam sub clericatus 
habitu secum adduxit, qui Aidus, valde sangui- 
narius homo, et multorum fuerat trucidator, et 


ANNAZA goghachca EIREANN. — 


- Ultonig, qui Diermitium, filium Kervalli, inte- 


Diermitium filium Cerbuill totius Scotiae Reg- 
natorem, Deo auctore ordinatum interfecerat, 
&c. Ordinatus vero indebité, dolo lancea trans- 
fixus, de prora ratis in aquam lapsus stagneam 
disperiit.”” ; 

Colgan, in a note on this passage, in his edi- 
tion of Adamnan’s Vit. Columb., says, Trias 
Thaum., p. 379, that three anonymous authors 
who wrote on the Kings of Ulster, and whose 
works he had in his possession, state that this 
Aedh Dubh (** Aidus Niger, filius Suibnei, Rex 


remit") was slain by the Crutheni in a ship. 
_ 3 Dun-Bucat. —Now Dunboyke, a townland 
containing the remains of a dun, or earthen fort, 
and a grave-yard, in the parish of Hollywood, - i 


barony of Lower Talbotstown, and county of — 


Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster the death 
of this Cumasgach is entered under the year 
596, thus: E 
“A, D. 596. Occisio Cumasgaidh, mic Aeda, — 
la Bran Dubh mac nEchach i nDun-Buchat.” 


According to the ancient historical tract - q 


called the Borumha-Laighean, this Cumascach 
set out on his royal, free-quarter, juvenile visi- 
tation of Ireland, on which he was resolved to F. 

have the wife of every king or chieftain in Ire- 
land for a night! He first set out for Leinster, — 


——— Tee 


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— Paw es a e 


593.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


217 


Dallan Forgaill* composed this on the death of Colum Cille : 


Like the cure of a physician without light, like the separation of marrow from 


the bone, 


Like a song to a harp without the Ceis’, are we after being deprived of our 


noble. 


Aedh Dubh’, son of Suibhne, King of Ulidia, was slain by Fiachna, son of 


Baedan. 


It was by this Aedh Dubh Diarmaid Mac Cearbhaill had been slain. 


The Age of Christ, 593. The twenty-sixth year of Aedh. Cumuscach, 
son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, was slain by Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, at 
Dun-Bucat*, as the Bishop St. Aedhan* said : . 


I implore the powerful Lord, near Cill-Rannairech’, 
It was he that took revenge of Comuscach, that slew Aedh mac Ainmirech. 


with four battalions, and crossed the River Righ 
(the Rye Water) which was the boundary be- 
tween that province and Meath. He advanced 
to Bealach-Chonglais, now Baltinglas, where 
Bran Dubh, King of Leinster, resided (at Rath- 


i bran, near Bantinglas) He sent for the wife 


of Bran Dubh, who came to him, and requested 
that he would not detain her until she had 
exhibited her hospitality in distributing food 
among his attendants. This request was granted ; 
but the Queen of Leinster, instead of remaining 
to wait on his hosts, fled, like an honest woman, 
from her palace, and betook herself to the fast- 
nesses of the lonely forest of Dun-Buichet. 
After this the King of Leinster, attired in the 
garb of a menial, set fire to the house in which 
was the young libertine, Cumascach, who, dress- 
ing himself in the clothes of one of his satirical 
poets, climbed to the ridge-pole of the hole, and, 
making his way out, escaped the flames, and fled 
to Monaidh-Cumascaigh, at the end of the Green 


.of Cill-Rannairech [now Kilranelagh], where 


Loichine Lonn, Erenagh of that church, and 
ancestor of the family of O’Lonain, who disco- 
vered who he was, cut off his head, and carried 


it to Rath-Bran Duibh, where he presented it to 
the King of Leinster, who, for this signal ser- 
vice, granted perpetual freedom (or exemption 
from custom or tribute) to the church of Cill- 
Rannairech. 

The Monarch Aedh Mac Ainmirech, hearing 
of the fate of his son, marched an army into 
Leinster, and fought the battle of Dunbolg. 

* Aedhan: i.e. Maedhog, or Mogue, Bishop 
of Ferns, who died in the year 624. 

f Cill- Rannairech. — Now Kilranelagh, near 
Baltinglass, in the county of Wicklow. Dr. 
O’Conor translates Cill-Rannairech, ** ecclesia ad 
manifestandum supra omnes," but this is ab- 
surd, for it is the name of a church even at the 
present day, signifying cell or church of Ran- 
naire, a man's name. In the ancient historical 
tract called Borumha-Laighean two lines of this 
quatrain are given thus: **Guiórm comoió cu- 
maécaé, compro cille Rannaipec.^ “I pray 
the [al]mighty Lord, the principal incumbent 
of Cill-Rannairech ;” and it is added that the 
whole poem was written in another part of the 
book: “ Alibi in hoc libro scripsimus ;" but it 
is not now to be found in any of the copies. 


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218 A aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. (594. 


Cach Slebe Cuae, hi Mumam, pop Muimnfchanb, bPiachna ma mac 
mbaoodm. Tiobnaive, mac Calgarg, oécc. 

Corp Cpopv, cing céd nochac a cléarp. lap mbfit peace mbliaóna piéfc 
1 prghe n€peann oooh, mac Cinmipech, mic Seacna, copcaip la bpan Oub, 
mac Eachach, 1 ccach Oum bolce 1 LLargmb, ap nool ood vo tabach na 


* Sliabh-Cua.—Now Slieve Gua, in the north- of Ireland had pitched his camp near Dun- 
west of the county of Waterford.—See note',  Buaice. Bran-Dubh despatched him thither 
under A. M. 3790, p. 48, supra. to request an armistice from the monarch until 

^ Dun-bolg: i. e. Fort of the Sacks. This place he should muster his forces, when he would 
-is described in the historical tract called the either come upon terms of peace or give him 
Borumha-Laighean, as situated to the south of battle. The bishop went on this embassy, but 
Dun-Buchat [now Dunboyke, near Hollywood, the monarch refused to comply with this re- 
in the county of Wicklow], not far from achurch quest, and addressed his half-brother, Bishop 
called Cill-Belat, now Kilbaylet, near Donard, Aidan, in insulting language, and the latter 
in the same county. The following is a brief resented it by predicting his doom. The mo- 
outline of the account of the battle of the road narch then marched with his forces to Bealach 
or pass of Dun-bolg, as given, with varieties of ^ Dun-bolg, which evidently extended along Hol- 
most curious fabulous details, in this ancient lywood Glen, and over the great, flat, rocky 
historical story. surface called Lec Comaigh-cnamh [Flag of the 

When the monarch Aedh, son of Ainmire, broken Bones], and onward through Bearna- 
heard, at his palace of Aileach, in Ulster, that his — na-seiath, i.e. the Gap of the Shields, at Kil- 
son Comuscach had been killed at Dun-Buchat, belat [Kilbaylet] where he pitched a fortified 
he assembled the forces of Leath-Chuinn, and camp in a strong position. 

marched at their head to the River Righe, on the The Bishop Aidan returned to Bran-Dubh, 
confines of Meath and Leinster; and proceeded and informed him that the monarch of Ireland 
thence directly for the place where his son had was encamped at Kilbelat, and that he had 
been killed, and pitched his camp at Baeth- treated him with indignity. The King of Lein- 
Eabha, close to Dun-Buaice.. When Bran Dubh, ster then asked the bishop what was best to be 

King of Leinster, who was staying at a place done, as he had not time to muster his forces, 

called Scadhaire [Skerk], in the south of Ui- and the bishop advised him to have recourse to 

Ceinnsealaigh, heard of the monarch's arrival a stratagem which he planned for him, and 

with his army at the Righe, he moved north- which ultimately proved successful. Bran-Dubh 

wards for his principal fort of Rath-Brain Duibh and the bishop then set out to reconnoitre the 

[now Rathbran], near Bealach Conghlais, or royal camp, and they arrived, accompanied by 

Baltinglass, and passed over Mointeach, Muin- 120 young heroes, on the side of Sliabh Neach- 

chin, Daimhne [the Deeps], Etar, Ard-Choillidh, tain, a mountain which then received its pre- 

and Ard-mBresta, and, crossing theRiver Slaine sent name of Sliabh Cadaigh, and they per- | 


[Slaney], proceeded over the land of Fe to Bea- ceived what appeared to them to be numerous 
lach-Dubhthaire, now Bealach-Chonghlais. Here flocks of birds, of various colours, hovering | 
he was met by Bishop Aidan, the monarch’s half over the camp. These they soon recognised to 
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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


219 


The battle of Sliabh-Cua®, in Munster, [was gained] over the Munstermen 
by Fiachna, son of Baedan. Tibraide, son of Calgach, died. inr 

The Age of Christ, 594. After Aedh, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna, had 
been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Bran 
Dubh, son of Eochaidh, in the battle of Dun-bolg", in Leinster, after Aedh had 


floating from poles and spears over their tents 
and pavilions ; and the bishop, after encouraging 
the King of Leinster and his attendants by 
recounting the mighty deeds achieved by their 
ancestors, departed for his church. 

After this Bran-Dubh saw a great multitude 
of people on the mountain of Sliabh Neachtain, 
near him; and, being reinforced by his house- 
hold and some of the men of Leinster, who were 
now flocking to his assistance from every quar- 
ter, he surrounded this multitude, and took 
them prisoners. These were the men of Ulidia, 
with their king, Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin, 
who, being the hereditary enemies of the Race 
of Conn Ceadchathach, were glad to desert to 
the enemy; and they formed a solemn treaty of 
friendship with the Leinstermen ; in commemo- 
ration of which they erected a carn on the 
mountain, and changed its name of Sliabh 
Neachtain, i.e. Nechtan’s Mountain, to Sliabh 
Cadaigh, i.e. the Mountain of the Covenant 
(which name it retains to this day, though 
somewhat disguised under the anglicised form 
of Slieve Gadoe). Then Bran Dubh told the 
Ulidians to separate from the monarch, and 
they retired to the insulated piece of land ever 
since called Inis-Uladh, i.e. the Island of the 
Ulidians. After this the King of Leinster 
asked who would go to spy the camp of the 
monarch of Ireland for a rich reward, and Ron 
Kerr, son of the chief Imail, undertook the dif- 


ficult task, in the garb of a leper. He rubbed 


his body and face all over with rye dough, 
moistened with the blood of a calf; fixed his 


— knee into the socket of a wooden leg, which he 


borrowed from a cripple, and put on an ample 


cloak, under which he concealed his sword; and, : 
to complete the deception, he carried with him 
a begging wallet. In this plight he repaired to 
the royal camp, and presented himself at the 
door of the monarch’s pavilion. He was asked 
for tidings, and he replied : “ I came from Kil- 
belat; this morning I went to the camp of the 
Leinstermen, and, in my absence, some persons 
[certainly not Leinstermen] came and destroyed 
my cottage and my church, and broke my quern 
and my spade.” The king made answer, that 
should he himself survive that expedition, he 
would give him twenty milch cows as eric, or 
reparation for this injury; and, inviting the 
leper into his’ pavilion, asked him what the 
Leinstermen were doing. The leper, disguising 
his manly voice and martial expression of eye 
and features as much as he could, said that 
they were preparing victuals for the monarch 
and his army. The monarch, however, suspect- 
ing, from the expression of the eye of Ron Kerr, 
that he was not a real leper, but a warrior sent 
in disguise to spy the camp, despatched Dubh- 
duin, chief of Oirghialla, with the forces of his 
territory, to Bun-Aife [Buniff] and Cruaidh- 
abhall, to prevent the Leinstermen from sur- 
prising the camp. 

Now Bran Dubh had all things arranged for 
the stratagem which Bishop Aidan bad planned. 
He had 3600 oxen carrying hampers, in which 
armed soldiers were concealed, though they 
seemed to be filled with provisions; he had also 
150 untamed horses, for a purpose which will 
presently appear, and a huge candle ; the light 
of which was concealed under the regal cauldron, 
With these he set out, in the depth of the night, 


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aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


(595. 


bopoma, oo doğal a mic Chomurecorg poppa. Copcpacap anole paop 
clanna im cach pm bealoig Oum bolg, ım becc, mac Cuanach, ciġfpna 
Obpgiall. Op oo bap Aoda vo pardead : 


QE mbuac, pup an conn ppí bpuach, 
Ccper pcela, cia pa pert, Oooh, mac Cinmipeach po bith. 


ben Cleda cecmic. 


bacon 1onmuime cp taob, epp nach ppeirge aicfppach, 
Taoban caillc(n, caob Timpa pcaob Coda, mc Clinmipeach. 


Cloip Crore, cúig céd nochac a cing. - An céo bliadam vod Slame, mac 
mic Oiapmaca, mic Pfpgupa C(ppbeoil,1 vo Colman Rimid, 1 mse n€peann. 
S. baotin, mac 6peanamn, abb lae Cholomm Cille, décc an 9 lume. © Oil- 


chip, abb Cluana mic Noip, oécc. 


for the monarch's camp. When the Oirghialla, 
who were posted at Bun-Aife, heard the din and 
the tumult of this host, —the snorting of the 
horses and the lowing of the loaded oxen,—they 
started to arms, and asked who were the party 
advancing. The others made answer that they 
were the calones of Leinster who were conveying 
victualsfor the entertainment of the people of the 
King of Ireland. The Oirghialla, on examining 
the tops of the hampers, felt the dressed provi- 
sions, and their king, Dubhduin or Beg mac 
Cuanach, said, * they are telling the truth ; let 
them pass." The Leinstermen advanced to the 
centre of the monarch’s camp, and there, on a 
hill called ever since Candle-hill, they removed 
the king's cauldron off the great candle, and its 
light was seen far and wide. They were fol- 
lowed by the Oirghialla, who wished to partake 
of the King of Leinster's hospitality. ‘ What 
great light is this we see," said the monarch to 
the leper. The leper replied : “ the Leinstermen 
have arrived with their provisions, and this is 
their light.” The stratagem was now effected. 
Small bags, filled with stones, were fastened to 
the tails of the wild horses, which were let 
loose among the tents of the men of Ireland ; 


the oxen were disencumbered of their bur- 
dens, and the Leinster soldiers issued from the 
hampers, grasped their swords, raised their 
shields, and prepared for fighting. The leper 
also cast off his wooden leg, and handled his 
sword. The Kinel-Connell and Kinel-Owen, 
perceiving that the camp was surprised, sprang 
up, and, forming a rampart of spears and shields 
around the monarch ef Ireland, conveyed him 
on his steed to Bearna-na-sciath. The leper, 
Ron Kerr, pursued the monarch with a select 
party of Leinstermen, and after much desperate 
fighting unhorsed him, and cut off his head 
on a flat rock called Lec-Comaigh-enamh. He 
emptied his wallet of the crumbs which he had 
got in the royal pavilion, and put into it the head 
ofthe monarch. He then passed unobserved in 
the darkness of the night, from the confused 
fight which ensued, into the wild recesses of 
the mountain, where he remained till morning. 
The Leinstermen routed the Ui-Neill and Oir- 
ghialla with great carnage, and slew, among 
others, Beg, the son of Cuanach, chief of Oir- 
ghialla. 


On the following day Ron Kerr, son of Dubh- | 


anach, chief of Imaile, presented Bran Dubh with — 


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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


221 


gone to exact the Borumha, and to avenge his son Comusgach upon them. 
Some nobles fell in this battle of Bealach Duin-bolg, together with Beg, son of 


Cuanach, Lord of Oirghialla. 


Of the death of Aedh was said : 


At Buac, the wave buffets the brink, 
News were heard, who, in weariness, slew Aedh, son of Ainmire. 


The wife of Aedhi cecinit : 


Three sides were dear, from which to change is [affords] no hope, 
The side of Tailltin, the side of Teamhair, and the side of Aedh, son of Ainmire. 


The Age of Christ, 595. The first year of Aedh Slaine*, son of the son 
of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, and of Colman Rimidh, in the so- 
vereignty of Ireland. St. Baeithin!, son of Brenainn, Abbot of Ia-Choluim Cille 
[Iona], died on the 9th of June.  Ailithir", Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. 


the head of the monarch, Aedh, son of Ainmire ; 
and he obtained from the king the privilege of 
dining at the royal table, and his paternal in- 
heritance free of tribute to him and his repre- 
sentatives for ever. In the very ancient Life of 
St. Aidan, or Maidocus, published by Colgan, 
at 3lst January, we find the following passage, 
which very curiously agrees with this historical 
tale : 

“Iste [Brandub] vir astutissimus et valdé 
probus in militia erat, e agens astuté, intravit 
audaciter in castra inimicorum, et occidit ipsum 
regem Hibernis, /Edum filium Ainmirech ; et 
maximam cedem nobilium virorum totius Hi- 
bernie cum eo fecit.” —Trias Thaum., p. 211. 

The Annals of Ulster record this battle of 
Dun-bolg under the year 597, and the Annals 
of Tighernach under 598, which last is the true 
year. Ussher states that after the fall of Aedh I, 
son of Ainmire, King of Ireland, in the battle 
of Dunbolg, Brandubh, King of Leinster, is said 
to have bestowed his seat at Ferns upon Aedan, 
but also that he made it the metropolis of all 
Leinster.— Primordia, p. 965. 

i The wife of Aedh. —Written bean Oeoha 


by Cucogry O'Clery in his copy of the Leabhar 


Gabhala, p.184. Dr. O'Conor translates this 
“ Beatus Aodha,” in his edition of these Annals, 
p.178. 

x Aedh Slaine, &c.—' The commencement of 
the reign of these joint monarchs is recorded in 
the Annals of Ulster at the year 597. 

! Baeithin.—'* A. D. 597. Quies Baetini Abb 
Ie."— Ann. Uit. 

He was a distinguished scribe, and the near 
relative and intimate companion of St. Columb- 
kille. He was the son of Brenainn, who was son 
of Muireadhach, who wasSt. Columbkille's uncle. 
His principal church was Teach Baithaein, now 
Taughboyne, in the barony of Raphoe, and 
county of Donegal, where his festival was kept 
on the 9th of June, which was also St. Columb- 
kille’s day. Ussher places his death in the year 
598, but Colgan places it in 600, because he 
finds that he lived four years after the death of 
St. Columbkille, who died in 596. Adamnan 
makes special mention of him in his Vita Co- 
lumbe, lib. i. cc. 2, 23, and lib. iii. c. 4. It is 
stated in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, A. D. 596, 
that he died in the sixty-sixth year of his age. 

m Ailithir—< A. D. 598. Ailitir, Abbas Cluana 
mac Nois pausat.”—Ann. Ult. 


Tee Te qv reru we dir 
T dau UL 


/ 


299 


[6 — 
Qoi Cpopr, cing céd nochac apé. Cin vapa bliaóam oClod Slame, 7 vo 
Colman. S. Smche, ógh ó Cluam lech c(ngao, oécc, an naomao lá oo No- 
uemben. Sune, mac Colmam bice, cig(pna. Mide, vo mapbad la hoo 
Slane 1 mbpioam. | 

Clip Crore, cing céo nochac apeachc. Cn cpeap badam ood 7 vo 
Colman. bemenna bpan Oub m óp(ghaibh. Spenamn, mac Corpppe mic 
Peéme, cigtpna Ua Mame, oécc. 

Cach Sltrana Mwe pra Colman Rimw pop Conall Cu, mac Cfooha, mic 
Cinmipeac, 7 po meabaid pop Conall. Cach Cle caol ma bPiaéna mac 
baocam, pop Piachna, mac Demam, agup po meabaid an cach pon Fiachna 
macOemain, Uaca, mac Movha, me Eachach Criopméapna, pig Connachta, 


ANNATA gioghachca  €medann. 


oécc. €ocham, mac Orapmacca, eppcop 7 abb Apoa Maca, oécc. 


2 Sinche.— This name is more usually written 


Sineach, in the nominative form. The memory 7 


of this virgin is still venerated at Cill-Sinche, 
now Kilshine, near Navan, in East Meath, and 
at Teach-Sinche, now Taughshinny, near Bal- 
lymahon, in the county of Longford. The lat- 
ter is probably the place called Cluain leththen- 
gadh in the text. 

o Bri-damh: i.e. the Hill of the Oxen, which 
was the name of a hill over a stream called 
Suainiu, in the parish and barony of Geshill, 
King’s County.—See note *, under A. M. 3501, 
p. 28, suprà. Dr. O'Conor translates this as 
follows : 

« Suibneus filius Colmanni Parvi Princeps 
Midie occisus per Aodhum Slanensem tyran- 
nice.” 

But tyrannicé is incorrect, as Dr. O'Conor 
might have learned from Colgan, who trans- 
lates it thus : 

«“ Anno Christi 596. Subneus filius Colmani 
seu Columbani cognomento parvi" (Magni ut 
reor rectius) * Princeps Mediz, interfectus est 
per Aidum Slané in loco qui Brig-dham appel- 
latur."— Trias Thaum., p. 316, n. 54. 

This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster 
at the year 599, and in the Annals of Clonmac- 


noise at 597, as follows: 

“A.D. 599. Jugulatio Suibne, mic Colmain 
Moir, mic Diarmata Derg, mic Fergusa Cer- 
bheoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine, mic Neill Nai- 
giallaig, la hAed Slaine, ic Bridam for Suainiu 
i. e. rivulus.” 

* A, D. 599. The killing of Suibhne, son of 
Colman Mor, son of Diarmaid Derg, son of 
Fearghus Cerbheoil, son of Conall Cremhthaine; 
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages by Aedh 
Slaine, at Bri-damh, over the Suainiu, a stream." 
—Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 597. Swyne mac Colman was killed 
by King Hugh Slane, at the river called Swa- 
niou.”—Ann. Clon. ; 

Adamnan has a distinct notice of the killing 
of this Suibhne by the King Aedh Slaine, in 
his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 14, where he says 
that St. Columbkille had forewarned him not to 
be guilty of fratricide, for that if he should his — 
reign would be brief. His words are as fol- 
lows: ; 

* Prophetia beati viri de filio Dermitii Regis, — 
qui Aidus Slane lingua nominatus est Scotica. 


* Alio in tempore, cum vir béatus in Scotia - | 


per aliquot demoraretur dies, ad supradictum - 
Aidum ad se venientem, sic propheticé locutus, - 
^ LU 


~~ dx ni* 


596.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 223 


The Age of Christ, 596. The second year of Aedh Slaine and of Colman. 
St. Sinche’, virgin, of Cluain-leththeangadh, died on the ninth day of November. 
Suibhne, son of Colman Beg, Lord of Meath, was slain by Aedh Slaine, at Bri- 
damh”. 55 d: 

The Age of Christ, 597. The third year of Aedh and Colman. The sword- 
blows? of Bran Dubh in Breagh. Brenainn, son of Cairbre, son of Fechine, 
Lord of Ui-Maine, died. 

The battle of Sleamhain’, in Meath, [was fought] by Colman Rimidh against 
Conall Cu’, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire; and Conall was defeated. The battle 
of Cuil-Cael*, by Fiachna, son of Badan, against Fiachna, son of Deman ; and 
the battle was gained against Fiachna, son of Deman. Uata", son of Aedh, son 
of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, King of Connaught, died. Eochaidh, son of Diar- 


maid", Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. 


ait; Precavere debes, fili ne tibi à Deo totius 
Ibernie Regni prerogatiuam Monarchie pre- 
destinatam parricidali faciente peccato amittas : 
nam si quandóque illud commiseris, non toto 
Patris Regno, sed eius aliqua parte in gente 
tua, breui frueris tempore. Que verba Sancti 
sic sunt expleta secundüm eius vaticinationem: 
nam post Suibneum filium Columbani dolo ab 
eo interfectum, non plus (vt fertur) quàm qua- 
fuor annis et tribus mensibus regni concessa 
potitus est parte.” See death of Aedh Slaine, 
- A. D. 600. 

? Sword-blows.—This means that Bran Dubh, 
King of Leinster, overran Bregia in East Meath 
with the sword. 

? Brenainn, son of Cairbre.—'* A. D. 600. 
Terre motus in Bairrchi. Mors Brendain mic 
Coirpri mic Feichine. „Sic inveni in libro Cua- 
nach.” —Ann. Uit. 

* Sleamhain.—Now Slewen, a townland near 
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath, now 
divided into two parts, of which the larger is 
called Slewenmore, and the smaller Slewenbeg. 
Seenote %, under the year 492. See also the pub- 
lished Inquisitions, Lagenia, Westmeath, No. 68, 
Car. L . This battle is noticed in the Annals of 


Ulster twice; first at the year 600, and again 
at 601; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 
601, as follows : i 

* A. D. 600. Bellum Sleune, et Bellum Cuile 
coil.” i 

* A. D. 601. Bellum in. quo Colman Rimed, 
rer Generis Euguin victor erat 4 Conall Cuun 
mac Aeda mic Ainmirech, fugitivus evasit." 

* A. D. 601. The Battle of Sleawyn in Meath 
was given, where King Colman Rivea was victor, 
and Conall Cowe, son of King Hugh Ainmi- 
reagh, put to flight.”—-Ann. Clon. 

* Conall Cu.—Colgan thinks that he was the 
same as Conall Clogach, who insulted St. Co- 
]umbkille at the Convention of Druim-Ceat.— 
See Trias Thaum., pp. 431, 452. 

t Cuil- Cael : i. e. the Narrow Corner or Angle. 
This place, which was situated either in the 
county of Down or Antrim, is unknown to the 
Editor. 

= Uata, son of Aedh.—'* A. D. 601. Mors 
Huatach mac Aedo."— Ann. Ult. 

* Eochaidh, son of Diarmaid.— According to 
Ware, this prelate succeeded in 588, and died’ 
in 598.—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, - 


p. 39. 


224 


Corp Cmorc, cárg céo nochac a hochr. On cftpamad bliadain oCÍoo 4 i 


annaca gioghachcd EIREANN. 


(508. 


oo Colman. S. Camnech, abb Cchard bó, vég an 11 vOccobep (ap mbit 
ceiépe bliana ochtmogac ma beachaw. Cach Eachporp 1 Mumrupe pia 
Colman copech Cenel Commppe pop Maolcochargh, corpeac Ceneoil Piach- 
pach Mupipce, 3 po meabaroh an cach pm pop Taolcochaig. 

Qoi Core, pé ċéo. S. Comgall bfnoċa abb b(nocap Ulad, oécc, 
an veachmad lá oo mí Man, 1ap mb caoga bliaóam cp mí 7 veich lá 1 
naboame O(nvéaip. Nochat badam a aoi. S. Colman, mac Lemne, vécc. 


S. Laippen, «1. ab Mna opoichic, oécc. 


x Achadh-bo.—Translated ** campulus bovis” 
by Adamnan, in his Vita Columb., lib. ii. c. 31; 
apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 345; and “ ager 
boum? in a Life of St. Canice, quoted by Ussher, 
Primord., p.957. It is now anglicised Aghaboe, 
and is a townland and parish in the barony of 


Upper Ossory, in the Queen's County. In the. 


Annals of Ulster the death of St. Cainnech is 
entered under the years 598 and 599; and in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 597, as fol- 
lows : 

* A. D. 598. Quies Cainig in Achaid bo, ut 
Cuana docet.” 

“A.D. 599. Quies Cainig Sancti, et Bellum 
Saxonum in quo victus est Aed.” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 597. Canneagh of Acha Boe, named 
Saint Kenny, in the 84th year of his age, died.” 
—Anmn. Clon, 

This saint is mentioned by Adamnan in his 
Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 4; and lib. iii. c. 21.— 
See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 907, 957. In 
O’Clery’s Zrish Calendar his festival is set down 
under the llth of October, and it is stated 
that his principal church was Achadh-bo, and 
that he had another church at Cill-Righmonaidh 
(now St. Andrews) in Alba. From this saint, 
according to Archbishop Ussher, Primordia, 
p. 957, the town of Kilkenny, which is at this 
day pronounced in Irish Cil Chains, i. e. cella 
sive fanum Canicii, Canice's cell or church, takes 


show, without any authority, that Kilkenny is 
compounded of K yle-ken-ui, which he interprets 
wooded head near the river; but his Irish and 
translation are equally groundless ; and the 
error is the more inexcusable in this writer, as 
he had the grave authority of Ussher and others 
to guide him.—See Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical His- 
tory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 202. 


* Eachros: i.e. the Headland or Promontory ` : 


of the Horses, now Aughris, a townland in 
which formerly stood a priory, situated in the 
north of the parish of Templeboy, barony of 
Tireragh, and county of Sligo.—See Genealogies, 
Tribes, 4c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 138. 

* Muirisc: i.e. the Sea-plain, a district in 
the barony of Tireragh, and county of Sligo, 
extending from the River lascaigh [Easkey] 
eastwards to the stream which flows into the 
sea between the townlands of Ballyeskeen and 
Dunnacoy.—See Ordnance Map of the county 
of Sligo, sheet 12. See also Genealogies, T'ribes, 
dc, of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 257, note ", and the 
map to the same work. 


a Qinel-Cairbre.— These were the race of T 


Cairbre, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 
Monarch of Ireland, who were at this period 
seated in the barony of Carbury, and county of 
Sligo, to which barony they gave name.—See 
Genealogies, Tribes, Sc. of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 279, 


line 1. | 


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CI a OR e tm 


Sq 


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gym 


its name. But Dr. Ledwich has attempted to — " Cinel-Fiachrach of Muirisc.— These werethe —— 


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Bares 


598.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


The Age of Christ, 598. The fourth year of Aedh and Colman. St. Cain- 
nech, Abbot of Achadh-bo*, died on the 11th of October, after having been 


eighty-four years in [this] life. 


The battle of Eachros’, in Muirisc’, by Colman, 


chief of Cinel-Cairbre*, against Maelcothaigh, chief of Cinel-Fiachrach, of Mui- 
risc’; and the battle was gained over Maelcothaigh. 

The Age of Christ, 600. St. Comhgall, of Beannchair, abbot of Beannchair- 
Uladh', died on the tenth day of the. month of May, after having been thirty 


. years, three months, and ten days, in the abbacy of Bangor. 
St. Colman, son of Leinin?*, died. St. Laisren, abbot of Mena- 


ninety years. 
droichit*, died. 


inhabitants of the barony of Tir-Fhiachrach, 
now Tireragh, in the county of Sligo. 

* Beannchair- Uladh : i. e. Beannchair of Ulidia, 
now Bangor, in the north-east of the county of 
Down. The word Beannchair, which frequently 
enters into the topographical names throughout 
Ireland, signifies horns, peaks, or pointed hills 
or rocks. The present place is said to have 
derived its name from a vast number of cows' 
horns, which were scattered about the plain 
on one occasion that Breasal Bealach, King of 
Leinster, encamped there, after having plun- 
dered Scotland.— See Reeves's Ecclesiastical An- 
tiquities of Down and Connor, §c., p. 200. 

For some account of St. Comhgall, who was 
a disciple of St. Fintan of Clonenagh, and the 
tutor of the celebrated Columbanus of Bobbio, 
and the founder of the great monastery of 
Beannchair, or Bangor, in Ard-Uladh (Ards, in 
the county of Down), the reader is referred to 
Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 911, 956; Colgan’s 
Acta Sanctorum, pp. 73, 541; Archdall’s Monas- 
ticon Hiber., pp. 106-110; and Lanigan’s Eccle- 
siastical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 60, 66, 
& seq. Ware says that this place received its 
name from ** White Choir,” which he thinks is 
Banchor in Irish, but it is never so written by 
the Irish Annalists (See Tighernach, ad ann.558) ; 
and, though Colgan and De Burgo seem to ap- 
prove of this interpretation, it is quite certain 


His age was 


that it is nothing more than an ingenious con- 
jecture. 

` The Annals of Ulster record, ** Quies Comguil 
Beanchuir," at the year 601; and the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise at 600, as follows : 

** A. D. 600. Cowgal, Abbot of Beanchor, in 
the 90th year of his age, and in the 50th year 
of his abbotship and three months, died.” 

3 St. Colman, son of Laisren.—He was the first 
founder of the church of Cluain-Umha, now 
Cloyne, in Ui-Leithain, in the now county of 
Cork.— See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 309; 
and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 573. 
Colgan says that he wrote a Life of St. Senanus 
of Inis-Cathaigh, of which he (Colgan) had a 
fragment, “stylo vetusto et pereleganti patrio ser- 
mone conscriptum.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 339, 
n.ló. Ware says that this saint died on the 
4th of November, A. D. 608: and hence Harris 
doubts whether ‘one Colman, the son of Lenin, 
whose festival was kept at Cloyne on the 24th 
of November, was the same as this bishop;” 
but he should have learned that the Feilire 
Aenguis, O'Clery's Irish Calendar, and all the 
Martyrologies, place the festival of the founder 
of the church of Cloyne under the 24th of 
November, and that the 4th is a mere inadver- 
tent mistake of Ware. 

* Menadroichit : i.e. Mena Bridge. “ Men no- 
men amnis, ? hi Gargip acá, i. e. Men, is the name 


26 


225 


1 


aNNaza nioghachca EIREANN. 


226 


[600. 


lap mbet pé bliaóna hi prghe n€peann oCÍooh Sláme, mac Orapmacca, 
4 Do Colman Rim, mac baecain, mic Muipceancars, mic Mumpeadog, mic 
Eogain, mic Néll, oo cfp ona Colman Rimw la Lochan Ofolmana, copca 
Cod Slane la Conall nSuebinn, mac Suibne, mc Colmam Moin, no bicc, 
mic Oriapmacca, mic Ceapbmll ag Loch Semowe. Coo Gurcan, comalca 
Conall, 7 baochgal bile pon gump(cop, conad via noweaohaib ap pubpao. 


CU tence ei aaa E a 


Ceou pighe cedu peach, cedu n(pc pop plogpada, 

Eno Colman Rimid pí, nombi Lochan Orolmana. 

Ni ba hammine ind aple, do na hócaibh Tuaid Tuipbe, 
Conall pombi Mod Sláme, ooh Sláme pombn Surbne. 


Conall, mac Suibne, om oo mapbao Clooha Romn, coipioch Ua Panlge, hi 
Paicce mic Mencnam, 7 Clooh bude, coirpeach Ua Manne, ipm ló ceacna ın 
po mapbaó CÍooh Slame lap. Ap opoparcm(c na neche pm po pardead. 


ba po móp an puad cuma, pop mogpa Epeann uile, 
. Qooh Slame pa jluag glonnac, Clooh Rón agup Gooh burohe. 


of a river which is in Laighis [Leix]”—Feilire- 
Aenguis in the Leabhar Breac, at 16th September. 
* Meana amm abann pil 1 Cargip, no Fo mad 6 
ópoic(o pil pop an abamn pin po hammnigead 
an baile," i.e. “Meana is the, name of a river 
which is in Laighis, or it is from a bridge which 
is on that river the place is called." —O'Clery's 
Calendar, 16th September. 

The place is now called Monadrehid, and is 
a townland in the south-west end of the plain 
of Magh-Tuathat, or parish of Offerrilan, about 
one mile north-east of Borris-in-Ossory, in 
the Queen's County. There are stil some 
ruins of St. Laisren's church to be seen at this 
place. 

! Loch-Semhdidhe, now Lough Sewdy, adjoin- 
ing theruined village of Ballymore-Loughsewdy, 
situated nearly midway between Athlone and 
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See 
note ?, under A. D. 1450, p. 970. The slaying 
of these joint monarchs is recorded in the Annals 
of Ulster at the year 603, and in the Annals of 


Clonmacnoise at 604, as follows : 

* A. D. 602. Omnia que scripta sunt in anno 
sequente, inveni in libro Cuanach in isto esse per- 
fecta, A.D. 603. Jugulatio Colmain Rimedo, mic 
Baedain Brigi, mic Muircheartaich, mic Erca, 
mic Diarmada, mic Fergusa Cerrbeoil, mic Co- 
naill Cremthaine, mic Neill Naigiallaig, a viro de 
genere suo qui dictus est Lochan Dealmana. Ju- 
gulatio Aeda Slaine o Conall mac Suibne ; qui 
regnaverunt Temoria equali potestate simul. Ju- 
gulatio Aedo Roin, rex Nepotum Failgi, i Faetgi 


Maenaen, for bru Locha Seimdide. Aed Gustan, | | 


Comalta Conaill, ocus Baetan Bile ro gonsadar. 
Eodem die quo jugulatus est Aed Slaine, Aed 
Buidhi, ri Ciniuil Maine occisus est.”—Ann. Ut. 

« A, D. 604. King Colman Rivea was killed 
by one of his own near kinsmen named Lochan 
Delmanna; and also King Hugh Slane was 
likewise killed by one Conell Guthvyn mae 
Swyne. Hugh Ron, prince of Offalley, and | 
Hugh, prince of Imaine, were killed the same - 
day by the self-same man,” —Ann. Clon. 


due 
Cup net 


yer ore 


» 
t 


———————— 


600. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 227 


After Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, and Colman Rimidh, son of Baedan, son 
of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, had been six 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, Colman Rimidh was slain by Lochan Dil- 
mana, [and] Aedh Slaine was slain by Conall Guithbhinn, son of Suibhne, son 
of Colman Mor, or Beg, son of Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, at Loch Semhdidhe’. 
Aedh Gustan, the foster-brother of Conall, and Baethghal Bile, wounded him. 


Of their deaths was said: 


What is reign, what is law, what is power over chieftains ? 
Behold, Colman Rimhidh the King! Lochan Dilmana slew him ! 
It was not a wise counsel for the youths of Tuath-Tuirbhe*! 
Conall slew Aedh Slaine, Aedh Slaine slew Suibhne. 


Conall, son of Suibhne, slew Aedh Roin, chief of Ui-Failghe, at Faithche- 
mic-Menenain*, and Aedh Buidhe, chief of Ui-Maine, on the same day on which 
Aedh Slaine was slain by him. To commemorate these events was said : 


Great was the bloody condition of all the Irish kings,— 
Aedh Slaine of the valorous host, Aedh Roin, and Aedh Buidhe. 


The doom of Aedh Slaine is referred to by 
Adamnan in his Vita Columbe, lib. i. c. 14, where 
it is said to have been predicted by St. Columb- 
kille.—See note under A. D. 596, supra: 

* Nam post Suibneum filium Columbani dolo 
ab eo interfectum, non plus (ut fertur) quam 
quatuor annis et tribus mensibus regni con- 
cessa potitus est parte.” On this Colgan writes 
the following note in Trias Thaum., p. 316, note 
54: 

** Mirá consentione veritatem hujus prophetis 
indicant et confirmant Quatuor Magistri in An- 
nalibus: in quibus ista leguntur. * Anno Christi 
596. Subneus filius Colmani, seu Columbani cog- 
nomento parvi (Magni ut reor rectius) Princeps 
Media, interfectus est per Aidum Slané (Hibernis 
Regem) in loco: qui Bri-dham appellatur? Et 
posteà ; Anno Christi sexcentesimo, Aidus Slané 
filius Diermitii, et Colmanus Rimiedus, filius Bai- 
tani, filii Murchertachi, filii Muredachi, filii Eu- 
genii; postquam sex annis regnassent occubuerunt ; 


Colmanus interfectus per Lochanum Diolmhain: 
Aidus vero, cognomento Slané, per Conallum Guth- 
bhinn filium Subnei juxta lacum semdidhe? Sic 
ergo fædo parricidio a sancto Columba hic præ- 
dicto; Subneum cognatum suum (erant enim 
duorum fratrum filli) anno 596, interfecit; sic 
et ipse non amplíus posteà quam quatuor annis, 
et aliquot mensibus parte regni intereà potitus 
(ut sanctus Columba praedixit) supervixit; jus- 
téque a Conallo predicti Subnei filio, paterne 
cedis ultore, interemptus est.” 

* Tuath-Tuirbhe : i.e. Turvey's Territory. 
This is a bardic name for Bregia, from Tuirbhe 
or Turvey, near Swords, in the county of Dub- 
lin .—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and 
Uses of the Round Towers of Irdand, pp. 380, 
381. 

^ Faithche mic Mencnain: i.e. the Green of 
the Son of Mencnan. This is called Faetgi Mae- 
naen in the Annals of Ulster (ubi suprà), where 
itis stated that it is on the brink of Loch-Sem- 


262 


228 


Cui gan macharp, pí Murman, oécc. Conall Cu, mac Cooa, 


vécc. e 

Aoip Cpropc, pé céro a 
Domnaill léealgorgh, mic 
mse n€peann. 


ach, m Laigh, 3 
boiche Sine, 7 la a deipbpine budém, 


didhe, or Lough Sewdy. The name is now ob- 
solete, but it is clear that the green so called 
occupied the site of the present village of Bally- 
more-Loughsewdy. 

! Cui-gan-mathair §¢., died.—This is a mistake 
of the Four Masters, for this King of Munster 
lived till the year 664, g. v. They probably 
intended to have written that Cui-gan-mathair 
was born in this year. In the Annals of Ulster, 
at the year 603, the reading is Cui cen macain 
m. e. an evident error of transcribers for Cui 
cen maéaip n. e. i. natus est. 

x Conall Cu.—Colgan thinks that this Conall 
Cu, i. e. Conallus Canis vel Caninus, was Co- 
nall Clogach, who insulted St. Columbkille and 
his attendant at the National Convention at 
Druim-Ceat.—See more of him in O’Donnell’s 
Life of Columbkille, lib. iii. 0.5; Trias Thaum., 
p. 431 ; and in Keating’s History of Ireland, in 
the reign of Aedh mac Ainmirech. 

| Aedh Uairidhnach : i.e. Hugh of the Shi- 
vering Disease (the ague?) The name is ex- 
plained in Dr. Lynch's translation of Keating's 
History of Ireland, as follows : 


« Uaridnachi cognomine ideo est affectus, 


quód adeo vehementi maligni frigoris impetu, 
per intervalla, correptus fuerit, ut si orbis uni- 
versi dominio frueretur, eo non gravaté cederet, 
eà lege, ut morbi vis se, vel modicé, remitteret. 
Vox enim Uairiodhnaigh perinde est ac readhgha 
fuara, quod reciprocum frigoris paroxysmum 
significat." 


aNNaza nioghachca EIREANN. 


haon. Cn céio Badan oCLoo Uaimodnach, mac 
Muimpéfpearch, me Murpeadoigh, mc €ogam, hi 
S. Lappen, a. mac P(paoharg, 
16 vo Sepcembep. Cach Slaibpe pia nU Néll pop Span Dub, mac Each- 
ópanoub, .ı. mac Eachoac, 
amail apbfpap, 


(601. 


mic Clinminec, 


ab lae Colum Cille, oég an 


vo rhapbao la harpcmoech Sen- 


m Laisren.—He was the third abbot of Iona, 
and is mentioned by Adamnan lib. i. c. 12, as 
son of Feradachus, and one of the companions 
of St. Columbkille; on this Colgan has the fol- 
lowing note in Trias Thaum., p. 375, n. 51: 

« Fuit hic Abbas Hiensis, et colitur 16 Sep- 
tembris juxta Sanctum ZEngussium in Festilogio 
metrico, Martyrologium Tamlactense, Marianum 
Gormanum, Cathaldum Maguir, et Martyrolo- 
gium Dungallense. Feradachus vero ejus pater 
fuit Sancti Columbe compatruelis, ut constat 
ex Sanctilogio Genealogico capite i ubi ejus 
genealogia talis legitur. Sanctus Laisrenus, filius 
Feradachi, filii Ninnedii, filii Fergussii, filii Co- 
nalli Gulbannii, jc. Ninnedius enim ejus avus, 
fuit frater Fethlemidii, patris Sancti Columba, 
juxta dicenda infra in Appendice quarta. De 
morte Sancti Laisrani, seu (at alii loquuntur) 
Laisreni, sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in An- 
nalibus; Anno Christi, 601, et primo Aedi cogno- 
mento Huairiodhnach, filii Domnaldi (Regis Hi- 
berniæ) S. Laisrenus, Feradachi filius, Abbas 
Hiensis obiit die 16 Septemb.” 

Ussher, in his list of the abbots of Iona, from 


its foundation till the year 710 (Primordia, pp. . 


701, 702), omits this Laisren, and makes Ferg- 
naus the third abbot. 


a Slaibhre.—The situation of this place is not. 


defined in any of the Trish Annals, or in the his- 


torical tract called Borumha-Laighean. Thenotice 1 
of Bran Dubh’s death is given in the Annals of | 


Tighernach (Cod. Bodl. fol. 10, col. 2), and in 


E 


VE 


UU Te NES ne a 


601.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


229 
Cui-gan-mathair, King of Munster, died‘, Conall Cu*, son of Aedh, son of 
Ainmire, died. 

The Age of Christ, 601. The first year of Aedh Uairidhnach' son of 
l Domhnall Ilchealgach, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, 
l in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Laisren™, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on 
the 16th of September. The battle of Slaibhre” [was gained] by the Ui-Neill 
over Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, King of Leinster; and Bran Dubh, i. e. son 
_ + of Eochaidh, was killed by the Airchinneach? of Senboithe-Sine?, and his own 


Meme 


tribe, as is said : 


the Annals of Ulster, under the year 604, evi- 
dently from two different authorities, as fol- 


. lows: 


“A. D. 604. Bellum Sleibre, in quo victus est 
Brandub mac Ethach. Nepotes Neill victores 
erant. Jugulatio Branduib (mic Eathach, mic 
Muireadaig, mic Aeda, mic Feidhlimid, mic 
Enna Ceinnsealaig, mic Labrada, mic Breasail 
Belaig, mic Fiacha Baicedha, mic Cathair Moir) 
Regis Laigin, a genere suo per dolum. xxx annis 
regnavit in Lagenia; ocus a cath na Damcluanna 
ro marbhadh; no go madh é Saran Saebderg .i. 
Oircinnech Seanboite Sine ros mairfedh" [and 
in the battle of Damhcluain he was slain; or it 
was Saran Saebhderg, i. e. Oirchinneach of 
Seanboith Sine, that killed him] * ut poeta dizit: 


“ Saran Saebderg Seol co se, Oircinneach Sean- 
boite Sine 
E, ni dalb gan brandal breth, ro marbh Bran- 
dub mac Eachach.” 


In the Life of St. Maidoc of Ferns, published 
by Colgan at 31st January, the slayer of Bran 
Dubh is called ** Quidam Comes Laginiensis.? 
The passage run as follows: 

* Quidam Comes Laginiensis evertit fidem 
suam contra dominum suum, et jugulavit regem 
Laginensium, imó totus Hibernie Brandubum 
filium Ethach, et illico inde rex obiit sine con- 
fessione, et divino viatico." 

On this passage Colgan has the following 


note, Acta Sanctorum, p. 20, note 43: 

* Quoad jugulationem Brandubii per Sara- 
num Archenacum de Seanbhoth consentiunt 
Nehemias O'Duinn in Catalogo Regum Lageniz, 
et tres alii Anonymi, qui ne eisdem Regibus 
scripserunt. Brandubium-autem esse prius in 
pugna devictum ab O’Neillis, et mox a Sarano 
interfectum tradunt Quatuor. Magistri in Anna- 
libus ad annum 601, quo ita loquuntur; 0’ Nelli 
devicerunt Brandubium filium Eochodii, Lagenie 
Regem, in prelio Slabrensi, qui et mox occisus est 
per Saranum Soebdherc Arcennacum deSeanbhoth- 
Sena, et per proprios suos cognatos.” 

° Airchinneach : i. e. the hereditary warden of 
the church, usually anglicised Erenagh or He- 
renagh. 

P Senboth-Sine.— Now Teampull-Seanbotha, 
anglicé 'Templeshanbo, at the foot of Suidhe- 
Laighean, now Stuadh-Laighean, or Mount 
Leinster, in the barony, of Scarawalsh, and 
county of Wexford. Its situation is described 
in the Life of St. Maidoc, c. xxvi., as follows: 

“ Monasterium quod dicitur Seanbotha juxta 
radices montis qui dicitur Scoticé Suighe Lagen, 
id est, Sessio Laginensium." 

On this passage Colgan writes the following 
note (Acta Sanctorum, p. 217, note 26): 

* Est hee Ecclesia in regione de Hy-Kinse- 
lach in diccesi Fernensi: in ea que 27 Octobris 
colitur S. Colmanus Hua-Fiachrach, ut patronus 
juxta ZEngussium, Marianum et alios." 


» 


230 


ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


(602. 


Sapan Soebienc, peol go re, aipémneach S(nboré Sine, 
€ nf valb, gan bpanoul bpach, po mapb bpanoub, mac Eachach. 


Laigneach painpedac po paid mn po, 


Mad 1 mb(chaw mic Eachach, oom hipaó an cuaipcepcach, 

In cach ima nuapachap, ap cian o vo puaipc(pepaoh. 
Diambavh hi cpeb eumpeaboig mac Eatach mic Murpeavorg 
Nocha b(pomn mo bolg lán vo cill ap «i Clooha Clan. 


Colman, mac Peanadorg, coio Opparge, oécc. 
Qoip Cpiope, pe céo a vó. On vapa bliadan oC[ooh. S. Smell, eppcop 
Marghe bile, oécc an céo lá oOccobep. 


Qor Cope, pé ced a clean. On c(épamao bliadam oCÍoo. Piachpa 


Caoch, mac 6aooam, vo mapbad la Cpuremu. 

Coip Cope, pé ċéo a cing. An cáicceao bliadam oCfooh. S. beoghna, 
abb b(noéa 1ap cComgall, oég 22 oCluguye. Molua, .1. Lughad, mac 
hU: Oiche, céo abb Cluana pinca Molua, bég. Seachnapach, mac oor 
ban, coireach Ceneorl mbogaine, vo mapbad la Oomnall, mac Clovha, mic 
Qinmipech. Conall an gae ófincc, mac Damene, oo mapbao la hUi Mere 


Maca. 

a Saran Saebhdheare: i.e. Saran of the crooked, 
foul, or evil Eye. 

* Full sack, 4c.—Dr. O’Conor translates this 
« Haberem nunc ventrem plenum usque ad os!” 
But this is evidently incorrect. The poem 
from which this extract is taken is ascribed by 
Tighernach to Cailleach Laighneach. It alludes 
to tribute unwillingly paid by the Leinstermen 
to the Monarch, Aedh Allan; for the author 
regrets that Bran Dubh was not alive to resist 
the incursion of that northern potentate. 

* Colman, son of Feradhach.—He was the 
father of Scannlan, who is mentioned by Adam- 
nan, lib. i. c. 11, as a prisoner in the hands of 
Aidus, son of Ainmire, Monarch of Ireland, 
but liberated at the period of the Convention of 
Druim-Ceat, after which he reigned, according 
to his contemporary, Adamnan, for thirty years 
and three months. From Cinnfaela, the brother 


of this Colman, the family of Mac Gillaphadruig, 
anglicé Fitzpatrick, are descended. 

* Magh-bile: i.e. the Field or Plain of the 
ancient Tree, now Movilla, a village near New- 
town-Ards, in the county of Down, where St. 
Finnian, son of Ultach, founded a great mo- 
nastery in the sixth century. There is another 
Magh-bile near the western shore of Lough- 


Foyle, in the barony of Inishowen, and county : 


of Donegal — See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, 


pp. 637, 639, 641, 650. Dr. Lanigan, in bis - 4 


Ecclesiastical History of Ireland (vol i. p. 265), 
says: 


å In our Calendars, Martyrologies, and An- — 
nals, Magh-bile is often mentioned, and ina . 1 
general and absolute manner, without any allu- — 


sion to a second monastery of that name. Ware 


was, therefore, right in making but one Magh- —. 
bile, or Movill, viz that of Down, and ought 


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602.) 


Saran Soebhdhearc’, a guide indeed ; Airchinneach of Seanboith Sine, 

Was he, it is no falsehood without bright judgment, who killed Bran Dubh, son 
of Eochaidh. 

A certain Leinsterman said the following: 


Were it in the time of the son of Eochaidh that the northern had come, 
From the battle which they gained, they would have been long panic-driven ; 
If in a pillared house were the son of Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach, 

I would not bring my full sack" to a church for the sake of Aedh Allan. 


Colman, son of Fearadhach’, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died. 

The Age of Christ, 602. The second year of Aedh. St. Sinell, Bishop of 
Magh-bile‘, died on the first day of October. 

The Age of Christ, 604. The fourth year of Aedh. Fiachra Caech", son 
of Baedan, was slain by the Cruithni. 

The Age of Christ, 605. The fifth year of Aedh. St. Béoglna, Abbot of 
Beannchair" [next] after Comhgall, died on the 12th of August. Molua, i. e. 
Lughaidh Mac hUi-Oiche, first abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua*, died. Seachna- 
sach, son of Garbhan, chief of Cinel-Boghaine’, was slain by Domhnall, son of 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 231 


Aedh, son of Ainmire. 
the Ui-Meith-Macha’. 


to have been adhered to by Harris.” 

In this observation Dr. Lanigan places too 
great a reliance on the authority of Ware ; for 
Colgan states that Magh-bile, in Inis Eoghain, 
which is the Domnach-bile of the Tripartite 
Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 122, “ Fuit olim 

_monasterium haud ignobile.” — Trias Thaum., 
p. 181. 

In Colgan's time the latter was a parish 
church in the diocese of Derry. There are con- 
siderable ruins of this church still to be seen, 
and near it a high plain stone cross traditionally 
said to have been erected by St. Patrick, the 
original founder and patron of this church. The 
name of St. Finnian is not now remembered in 
connexion with this church, and it is highly 
probable that Magh-bile, in the county of 
Down only belonged to this saint. 


‘Conall of the Red Dart, son of Daimhin, was killed by 


* Fiachra Caech.—He was evidently the son 
of Baedan, King of Ulidia, who died in 585. 
The death of Fiachra is entered in the Annals 
of Ulster at the year 607. 

* Beannchair: i. e. Bangor, in the county of 
Down. : 

* Cluain-fearta- Molua.—See note *, under the 
year 571. The death of Lughaidh macc-U-Ochae 
is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 608. 

* Cinel-Boghaine: i. e. the Race of Enna Bogh- 
aine, second son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall 
of the Nine Hostages, who were seated in the 
present barony of Banagh, in the west of the 
county of Donegal.—See Battle of Magh-Rath, 
p. 156, note ?. The death of this Seachnasach is 
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 608. 

2 Ui-Meith-Macha.—These, who were other- 
wise called the Ui-Meith-Tire, were the descen- 


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ANNAA Rioghachta EIREANN. 


[606. 


Corp Ginófo, re céo a pé. An peipead badam oCtooh Uaimodnach. © 
S. Sıollan, macCaimmm, abb 6nnéaip, comapbaComganll, és 28 Pebpuapn. 


Clevh anchop:. 


Covh, mac Colgan, coipech Chipgiall 4 na nChipéfp apcfna, 


décc, ma olitpe hi cCluam mic Noip. Cp 06 vo pardead. 


Ro ba: can, ba lind opoan Coch oa vam, 

_ Ní bm an loch ace ba hopoan, hi plat Qlooha, mic Colgan. 
Cuma oamnao mup capa pooam cup , i 
Cebé po cep cplip cpeab, cpé my Locha va oam. 


Maolumha, mac baecam, oég. Colcca Oorlene, mac Piachna, oég. 
Maoloún, mac Chlene, corpeac Moghdopn Maigh, oécc. 


Coir Cpiope, pé ċéd a peachc. 


dants of Muireadhach Meith, son of Imchadh, 
son of Colla Dachrich, and were seated in the 
present barony of Monaghan, in the county of 
Mohaghan.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 184, 
n. 16 ; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, pp. 148, 149, 
note *. The death of Conall mac Daimein is 
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 548. 

* Sillan.—His death is entered in the Annals 
of Ulster, in which he is called Sillan mac Cum- 
minn, and the Annals of Clonmaenoise, in which 
he is called Sillan ma Comyn, at the year 609. 
Colgan has collected all he could find of the 
history of this saint at 28th February, and cites 
his authorities in n. 8, as follows : 

** Anno 606, die 28 Febr. Ita citati Annales" 
[Quatuor Magistrorum] * ad hunc annum dicen- 
tes Sillanus, filius Commini, Abbas Bennchorensis, 
et Comorbanus S. Comgalli 28 die Februarii obiit. 

“Et quoad diem, consentiunt Sanctus Aingus- 
sius in suo Festilogio ad eundem diem, dicens ; 
Festum S. Sillani Bennchorensis: Marian Gorman 
ejusve Scholiastes. Sillanus, Magister, filius Cu- 
meni, Abbas Benchori Ultoniensis, et Comorba- 
nus Comgalli. Mart. Taml. Sillanus Abbas, et 
Comorbanus Comgalli. Item Maguir, et Mart. 
Dungallen. ad eundem diem.”—Acta SS., p. 424. 

> Aedh the anchorite—‘ A. D. 609. è Aidan, 


lap mbfit peachc mbliaóna 1 ge 


Anchorite, died, and Moyleowa mac Boydan, and 
Colgan Dolene mac Fieghna, all died."— Anz. 
Clon. 

* Airtheara: i. e. Orientales or the inhabitants 
of the eastern part of Oirghialla. The name is 
still preserved in that of the baronies of Orior 
in the east of the county of Armagh. The 
chieftain Aedh, son of Colgan, is referred to in 
c. 16 of the Life of St. Mochteus, published by 
Colgan, at 24 Mart. on which Colgan has the 
following note in his Acta SS., p. 732: 

“De morte hujus Aidi Oirgiellie Principis 
sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus, ad 
ann. 606. Aidus filius Colgan Princeps Oirgiellie 


et Artheriorum (id est Orientalium Ultoniorum)” — 


[recté Orgielliorum] “ in sua peregrinatione Clu- 


ainmucnosie decessit. Subduntur ibidem qui- | 


dam versus patrio metro a quodam sinchrono 


scripti, quibus indicatur hunc Aidum abdicato — 


regimine monasticum institutum amplexum 
esse, et virum eximism sanctitatis fuisse. Hujus 


pii Principis nomen posteritati celebratius reli- 
quit, ejusque familiam haud mediocriter nobili- - 
tavit, et fratrum et filiorum ipsius eximia fas- - 
tisque celebrata sanctitas. Habuit enim ger- 
manos fratres duos Baitanum, alias Boetanum, — 
et Furadhranum ; filiosque quatuor, Magnen- — 


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606.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 233 


The Age of Christ, 606. The sixth year of Aedh Uairidhnach. St. Sillan*, 
son of Caimin, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and successor of Comhgall, died 
on the 28th of February. Aedh the Anchorite* [died]. Aedh, son of Colgan, 
chief of Oirghialla and of all the Airtheara’, died on his pilgrimage, at Cluain- 
mic-Nois. Of him was said : 


There was a time when Loch-da-damh? was a pool of splendour, 

The lake was [nothing else] but splendour in the reign of Aedh, son of Colgan. 
“Indifferent to me who destroyed it; my friend has abandoned it; 

Though it was he that placed a brilliant house upon the island of Loch-da-damh. 


Maelumha, son of Baedan, died. 


Colga Doilene, son of Fachág died. 


 Maelduin, son of Ailen, chief of Mughdorn Maighean’, died. — 
The Age of Christ, 607. After Aedh Uairidhnach had been seven years 


dum, scilicet, Tuanum, Cobhthachum, et Li- 

— brenum ; sanctorum syllabo insertos, ut tes- 
tantur Sanctilogium Genealogicum, c. 13, et 
Selvacius de sanctorum Hibernie Genealogia, 
B1." 

3 Loch-da-damh : i.e. Lake of the Two Oxen. 
This was evidently the name of a lake in Oirghi- 
alla, on an island in which the habitation of the 
chieftain, Aedh mac Colgain, was situated. It 
has not been yet identified. These verses, which 
Colgan understood to allude to the abdication of 
Aedh, are very obscure, as we do not know to 
what the writer exactly alludes. 

* Mughdorn Maighean.—Now the barony of 
Crioch-Mughdhorna, anglicé Cremorne, in the 
county of Monaghan. It is supposed to have 
derived the addition of Maighen from the 
church of Domhnach-Maighen, now Donagh- 
moyne church. In the Annals of Ulster the 
death of this chieftain is entered at the year 
610, thus: 

* A. D. 610. Mors Maeileduin regis Mog- 
dornae.” 

Colman Canis, the brother of this Maelduin, 
is mentioned by Adamnan (Vita Columba, lib. i. 
c. 43), as slain by Ronan, son of Aidus, son of 


Colgan of the tribe Arterii, i.e. the inhabitants 
of the present baronies of Orior, in the east of 
the ancient Oirghialla, who also fell in the same 
combat.—See note 198, suprà. On this passage 
in Adamnan, Colgan has written the following 
note : 

“In parte Maugdornorum duo nobiles viri se 
mutuo vulneribus mortui sunt hoc est Colman Canis 
filius Aileni, et Ronanus filius Aidi, filii Colgan de 
Arteriorum genere, c. 43. De morte horum no- 
bilium nihilin nostris Annalibus reperio. De 
patre tamen unius et fratre alterius sequentia 
accipe ex Quatuor Magistris anno Christi 606, 
et sexto Aidi (Regis Hibernie) cognomento 
Huairiodhnach ; Aidus filius Colgan, Argiellie et 
Artheriorum Princeps piè obiit in sua peregrina- 
tione Cluainmucnosie : et Maelduinus filius Aileni 
Princeps Mugdornorum Maginensium | decessit. 
Ronanus ergo filius Aidi filii Colgan de Arthe- 
riorum genere (de quo loquitur S. Adamnanus) 
fuit filius hujus Aidi filii Colgan Artheriorum 
Principis, et Colmanus ille cognomento Canis, 
vel potiüs Canus, filius Aileni, fuit frater hujus 
Maelduini, filii Aileni Mugdornorum principis. 
Genus enim et tempus in utrumque conspirant; 
cum unus paulo ante patrem, et alius ante fra- 


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234 ANNAZA RIOSshachta erm eaa. 


n€peann oowh Uaimodnach acbach ag Ach va pipra. Cach Ovba ma 
nQengup, mac Colmain, dú m po manbad Conall Laog br, mac CÍooha, 50 


pochaide móip me, oia nebriqg 


Cn rcé 1mmullach Obba, cea a ġa oogpa m laep 
Oeichbip d1, cio olc a oen, po baí món cd ma cpaor. 


Clip Cpiopc, pé céd a hochr. 


Cn céi0 bliadam oo ITlaolcoba, mac 


Qovha, mic Clinmipeach, hi níghe n€peann. 


Cloip Cpiorc, pé Céd anao. 


t 
Cn dapa bhadan vo ITlaolcoba. S. Tolua 


Poca, abb Cluana mic Nóip, oéóg.  Seannach, abb Apoa Macha, ó Cluain 


Ua ngpo ooipibe, 7 a écc. 


Qoi Cqpiopc, pé céd a deich. S. 


trem suum fuerit extinctus.” — Trias Thaum., 
p. 379, n. 91. 

! Ath-da-fearta : i. e. Ford of the two Graves, 
or of the two Miracles. This place is unknown 
to the Editor. In the Annals of Ulster and 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of this 
Monarch is given thus: 

* A. D. 611. Mors Aedo filii Domhnaill regis 
Temro,”—Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 609” [recte 611]. * Hugh Orinagh 
reigned seven years and then died.” 

s Odhbha.—See note `, under A. M. 3502, 
p. 3l, suprà. 

^ Aenghus, son of Colman.—This is the person 
called Oengusius filius Aido Comain, in the 
printed editions of Adamnan’s Vita Columb., 
lib. i. c. 13.— See note *, under the year 616. 

i Great head. — This quatrain- is evidently 
quoted from a poem on this battle by a poet 
= who saw the head of Conall Laegh Breagh 
thrown upon the whitethorn bush on the sum- 
‘mit of the mound of Odhbha, and who viewed 
the bush with horror, as it held the head ofa 
prince in its mouth! The first part of the 
figure is correct, but the latter part is wild in 
the extreme, as giving a mouth to a whitethorn 
bush. The whole quatrain may be easily im- 


Colman €ala, abb oéc, 26 vo Sep- 


proved thus : 
** QE Sce a mullat Ooba, gió oo Far vogpna ni 
láip 
Oeti ome gup ole vo denn, po baí mop 
cenn ap vo Zab.” 


** Thou lonely thorn on Odhbha’s top, although 
thy javelins thou dost not throw, 


Still is thy aspect truly hideous, thou piercedst : 


once a lordly head with thy spears.” 


The battle of Odhbha is noticed in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise at the year 609, and in the 
Annals of Ulster at 611. 


* Maelcobha.—ln the Annals of Ulster his 4 : 
accession is mentioned under the year 611, and — 


in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 609, thus: — 
“A.D. 611. Bellum Odbe re nOengus mac E : 
Colmain, in quo cecidit Conall Laegbreag filius — — 


Aedo Slaine. Maelcoba regnare incipit hoc anno? 


—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. LE 
“A. D. 609. Moyle Cova succeeded next and — - 


reigned five years. The battle of Ova was given, - E 


where Conell Loybrey mac Hugh Slane was 
killed by Enos mac Colman.”—Ann. Clon. g 
©’Flaherty places the accession of Malcovus — — 
Clericus in 612, which is the true year.—See | 
Ogygia, p. 431. iq 


——— 


«————— 


—————————————————— 


Sv. 


608.] 


in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ath-da-fearta’. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


235 


The battle of Odhbhas, 


by Aenghus, son of Colman", wherein was slain Conall Laegh-Breagh, son of 
Aedh [Slaine], with a great number about him, of which was said : 


The whitethorn on top of Odhbha, though its sharp darts it throws not, 
Lawful for it that its aspect should be evil: there was a great head! in its mouth. 


The Age of Christ, 608. The first year of Maelcobha*, son of Aedh, son 
of Ainmire, in the sovereignty of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 609. The second year of Maelcobha. St. Tolua Fota!, 
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Seanach", Abbot of Ard-Macha, died ; he was 


of Cluain-Ua-nGrici". 


"The Age of Christ, 610. St. Colman Eala’, i. e. Mac-Ui-Selli, abbot, died 


! Tolua Fota : i.e. Tolua the Tall. * A. D. 
613. Tolfa Fota, Abbas Cluanez mac Cunois 
pausat. Stella" [comata] * visa est hora octava 
diei." —Ann. Ult. 

This Tolu or Tolfa succeeded Aelithir, third 
abbot of Clonmacnoise, who was living in the 
year that Columbkille attended the Synod of 
Druim- Ceat.— See Adamnan’s Vita Columb., 
lib. i. c. 3. 

™ Seanach.—He succeeded in 598 and died in 
610. He is set down among the Archbishops 
of Armagh, in the catalogue of those prelates 
preserved in the Psalter of Cashel. Ussher 
(Primord., p. 966) makes him the last of the 
third order of holy bishops, or bishops dignified 
by the name of saints. Colgan omits him alto- 
gether in his Annals of Armagh (Trias Thaum., 
p- 293), and makes Mac Lasrius succeed Eucho- 
dius, who died in 597 [598].—See Harris's 
edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 39. 

a Cluain- Ua-nGrici : i. e. the Lawn, Meadow, 
or insulated Pasturage of the [tribe of] Ui- 
Grici. This place, which would be called in 
the anglicised form (n is unknown 
to the Editor. 

° Colman Eala.—His death is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 10; but in the 


Annals of Clonmacnoise under 609, as follows: 

* A. D. 610. Quies Colmani Elo. Sic est in 
libro Cuanach?” — Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 609. Saint Colman Ealla mac Wihealla, 
in the 56th year of his age, died." Ann. Clon. 

The festival of this saint is set down in the 
Feilire-Aenguis, and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, 
at 26th September; in the latter as follows: 

* Colmán Eala, abb ó Čamn Eala. $é 
bliaóna agup caogao a aoip an zan po paoró 
a ppropao oo Cum nme anno oomini 610.” 

“Colman Eala, abbot of Lann-Eala" [Ly- 
nally]. **Fifty-six years was his age when he 
resigned his spirit to heaven, in the year of our 
Lord 610." 

Adamnan mentions this saint in his Vita Co- 
lumb., lib. i. c. 5, where he calls him ** Colma- 
nus Episcopus Mac-U-Sailne,” from his tribe 
name; and lib. ii. cc. 13, 15, where he calls 
him “Columbanus filius Beognai" from his 
father Beogna. Colgan, who intended giving a 
life of him at 26th September, has the following 
note on the lib. i. c. 5, of Adamnan, Trias 
Thaum., not. 32 : 

* S. Colmani Episcopi Mac- U-Sailne, c. 5. 
Eundem mox vocat Columbanum filium Beogna. 
Est hie Colmanus a loco Lann-Ela dicto (in 


2-n 2 


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n 


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ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


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236 


(611. 


cembep ipm peipfó bliadam ap caogac a ao. Neman, abb ru móm, | 


véce. 

lap mbeich ceopa mbliadan 1 ise nEpeann vo Maolcoba, mac Cloda, 
mic Clinmineé, oo ċeap la Suibne Meann, hi ccach Slébe Toad. Ronan, 
mac Colmann, pi Larg(n vég. Gopman vo Musdopnarb, 6 ccáo Merc Cun, 
apé po bor bliadain pop wpce Ciobpaic. Fingin, 7 ma calicpe 1 cCluam mic 
Noip, acbach.. 

Coip Cmort, pé céo a haon noécc. 
mac Piachna, mic P(paoharg, hi pighe uap Ejnn. €cclap 6fmncarp Ula 
vo Copccao. 

Clip Core, pé céo a 06 décc. On vapa bhadan vo Suibne. Pioncam 
Oencpeib, abb b(nocaip, vécc. Convene oolopccaoh. Papughao Copaighe 


Cn céim bliadam vo Sune Meann, 


la mupcoblach muwe. 


quo monasterium extruxit) vulgó Colman-Ela ; 
et hinc latiné a multis Colmanellus appellatus. 
Vide ejus vitam ad 26 Semptemb. in qua c. 1, 
vocatur-filius Beogna, ut hic. Vide ejus genea- 
logiam in Notis ad eandem vitam, in qua et 
filius Beagna, et de stirpe Salii seu Salnii, filii 
Clithradii, oriundus fertur; ut hinc intelligas 
quare hic in titulo cap. 5. Mocu-Sailne, id est, 
de progenie Salnii vocetur. In vita S. Ite, ad 
15 Januar. c. 21, memoratur quomodo hic 
Sanctus Colmanus, sive (quod idem est) Colum- 
banus, navigaverit ad S. Columbam in Hiensi 
insula commorantem ; et quod ibidem factus 
fuerit Episcopus. De ejus morte, state, festo, 
et genere Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus hec 
habent: Anno Christi sexcentessimo decimo et 
Molcoba Regis tertio, Sanctus Colmanellus Abbas, 
obiit, 26 Septemb. «tatis sue quinquagessimo sexto : 
De Dal Sellii (id est de stirpe) Sallii fuit oriun- 
dus.” 

Ussher gives a curious extract from the Life of 
Colmanus Elo (Primord., p. 960), and describes 
the situation of his church as follows: 

_ “ Hodie Lin-alli locus ille vocatur in comitatu 


Regio, quatuor milliarium spatio a Dearmachano 


Columbe cænobio” [Durrow] “ dissitus: ubi 


inter. chorum sanctorum. virorum (ut in fine vite 
illius additur) sanctissimus senex Sexto Kalen- 
das Novembris" [Octobris?] “ feliciter ad Chris- 
tum emisit spiritum ; anno salutis, ut ex Cua- 
nacho Chronographo Hibernico Ultonienses 
Annales referunt, DCX°.” 

For the situation of Lann-Ealla or Lynally, 
in the King’s County, see note ", under A. D. 
1533, p. 1414. 

» Lis-mor.—Now Lismore, on the River Black- 
water, in the west of the county Waterford. This 
is the second Abbot of Lismore mentioned in 
these Annals before St. Carthach or Mochuda. 
— See note under the year 588, and Archdall's 
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 691. 

a Sliabh Toadh.—See note ^, under A. D. 291, 


p. 122, suprà. In the Annals of Ulster the death — 


of this monarch is entered under the year 614, 


and in the Annals of Clonmaenoise at 613, as — 3 


follows: 


* A. D. 614. Jugulatio Maeleobo mac Aedo — 
in bello montis Belgadain, alias i cat Sléibe — 
cpuim cuoz" [in the battle of Sliabh Truim 3 
Tuoth], “ Suibne Menn victor erat.” EI 

* A. D. 613. King Moycova vas din in Shew 1 


Twa by Swyne Meann.”—Ann. Clon. 


in ie abd vem opem peer a Me ee 


Ne 


- 2 ae s Mita ALAS cd doc d us dide ern Tu dm 7 
J " AR T TT T es 
- 


611.) J ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 237 


on the 26th of September, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. Neman, Abbot of 
Lis-mor?, died. 

After Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been three years in the 
sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Suibhne Meann, in the battle of Sliabh 
Toadh* Ronan, son of Colman, King of Leinster, died. Gorman’, [one] of the 
Mughdhorna, from whom are the Mac Cuinns, and who was a year [living] on 


the water of Tibraid-Fingin*, on his pilgrimage at Cluain-mic-Nois, died. 
The Age of Christ, 611. The first year of Suibhne Meann, son of Fiachna, 
son of Fearadhach, in sovereignty over Ireland. The church of Beannchair- 


Uladh: was burned. 


The Age of Christ, 612. The second year of Suibhne. Fintan of Oentrebh", 
Abbot of Beannchair, died. Connere" [Connor] was burned. The devastation 


of Torach* by a marine fleet. 


For the situation of Sliabh Truim see note *, 
under A. D. 1275, p. 424. 

* Gorman.—He was of the sept of Mugh- 
dhorna, who were seated in the present barony 
of Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan, and 
was the ancestor of the family of Mac Gorman, 
otherwise called Mac Cuinn ua mBocht, Ere- 
naghs of Clonmaenoise, in the King's County. 
In the Annals of Tighernach, the death of this 
Gorman is entered under the year 758. 

` Tibraid-Finghin: i. e. St. Finghin's Well. 
This well still bears this name, and is situated 
near Teampull Finghin, at Clonmacnoise, and 
near the brink of the Shannon, by whose waters 
it is sometimes concealed in winter and spring. 
— See Petrie's Inquiry into the Origin, &c., of the 
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 265. In Mageoghe- 
gan’s Annals of Clonmacnoise, this passage 
about Gorman is given as follows: 

* A. D. 613. This year came in pilgrimage 
to Clonvicknose one Gorman, and remained 
there a year, and fasted that space on bread and 
the water of Fynin's well. He is ancestor to 
Mic. Connemboght and Moynter-Gorman, and 
died in Clone aforesaid.” 

Under this year (610) the Annals of Ulster 


contain the following passage, omitted by the 
Four Masters: 

* A. D. 610. Fulminatus est exercitus Uloth 
i. mBairche fulmine terribili." 

* A. D. 610. The army.of Uladh was smote 
in Bairche? [the Mourne Mountains] “with 
terrific thunder.” 

t Beannchair- Uladh. —Now Bangor, in the 
county of Down. “ Combustio Benchoir" is en- 
tered in the Annals of Ulster under tlie year 614 ; 
but in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 613. 

a Oentrebh.—This is the ancient form of the 
name of the town of Antrim, from which the 
county was named. It is to be distinguished 
from Oendruim, which was the ancient name of 
Mahee Island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford 
Lough, in the county of Down.—See Reeves's 
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., 
pp. 63, 277, 278. In the Annals of Ulster, 
*« Quies Fintain Oentraib, Abbatis Benchair," is 
entered under the year 612; and in the Annals’ 
of Clonmacnoise the death of Fyntan of Intreive 
is entered under 613. 

* Connere.—* A. D. 616. Corca Conoipi, 
i.e. the burning of Connor." —Ann. Ult. 

* Torach : i.e. towery, or consisting of towers 


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238 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[613. 


oiy Cmore, pé céd a cp décc. On cpeap bliadan vo Sune. Colccu, 
mac Suibne, oo manbad,7 bap Prachach, me Conall, m badan pin. Fingur, 
mac Colmám Móin, plach Mibe, vo mapbao la hCOInpapcach Ua Mfpean vo 


Muimncip blaicine. 


Cp vo pm ap pubpad mnpo : 


Ma oom ipavhpa com ceach, hUa Mlpcam Anpapcach, 
‘Uipce oopbach vo bép 06, po bith gona Peapgopa. 

Cep can vo copac buidne ceneoil Colmán pech Cáilne, 
lap mí poplc oi puroe, Sil Tl (pcam ım Glare. 


Cop Core, pé céd a c(&ap décc. An c(énamaó bliadam vo Suibne. 
S. Caeman bpfcc, ó Rop each, oécc, an c(épamao la vécc oo Sepcembep. 
Clovh 6 (noan, pi lapmuman, oécc. Ap vo poparém(c a bap ap pubpad : 


CQovh bfhoan, von €oganacc lapluachaip,— 
Ap maps peoda vianad pí, cenmanp cip dianat buachatl. 
C poach an can po cpocha, a biodbada pucbocha, 
` Cepa beccan [beé acc] pop a mum, ap dwu oon lapmumam. 


Ping, mac Piacnach, vég. 
Coip Cmore, pé céd a cúig oécc. 


Cn cárgeaó bliadan oo Sune. hlt, 


mac baecain, Maoloam, mac P(pgupa, me 6aocám, 7 Orucolla vo mapbad 
hi Muigh Sleche, hı cepch Connache. Oo cenel mbaocain, me Tllué(pcorg 
doib. Prachpa, mac Crapain, mic Cinmipe, mic Seona, vég. Cach Chno- 


gaba. 


or tower-like rocks, now Tory Island, off the 
north-west coast of Donegal.—See note’, A. M. 
3066, and note $, under A. M. 3330. 

* Colgu, §c.—These entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 617, as follows : 

* A. D. 617. Jugulatio Colggen mic Suibne, 
et mors Fiachrach mic Conaill, et jugulatio Fer- 
gusa filii Colmain Magni, 4. Va Anfartuch hU- 
Mescain do Muintir-Blatine.” 

* Ros-each : i.e. Wood of the Horses, now 
Russagh, near the village of Street, in the ba- 
rony of Moygoish, in the north of the county of 
Westmeath. In the Annals of Ulster the death 


of * Coeman Breac" is given under the year 
614. In the Feilire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Irish 
Calendar the festival of Colman Breac is given 
at 14th September; and it is stated that his 
church is situated in Caille-Follamhain, in 
Meath. There are some ruins of this church 
still extant. 


* Aedh Beannan.—He is the ancestor of the a 
family of O’Muircheartaigh, now anglicà Mori- ' 
arty, who, previously to the English invasion, - 


were seated to the west of Sliabh Luachra, in 


the present county of Kerry.—See note *, under. 
A. D. 1583, p.1793. His death is entered in 


— dan "TA 


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613.] - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 239 


The Age of Christ, 613. The third year of Suibhne. Colgu’, son of 
Suibhne, was killed ; and the death of Fiacha, son of Con, all [occurred] in 
this year. Fearghus, son of Colman Mor, Prince of Meath, was slain by Anfar- 
tach Ua Meascain, of Muintir-Blaitine, of which these lines were composed : 


If he should come to my house, Ua Meascain Anfartach, 

Poisoned water I will give to him, for the slaying of Fearghus. 

Whatever time the forces of the race of Colman shall march by Cuilne, 

After a month they will put from their seat the Sil-Meascain, with the Blaitini. 


The Age of Christ, 614. The fourth year of Suibhne. St. Caemhan Breac, 
of Ros-each’, died on the fourteenth day of September. Aedh Beannan', King 
of West Munster, died. To commemorate his death was said : ; 


Aedh Beannan, of Eoghanacht-Iar-Luachair,— 

Woe to the wealth of which he was king! Happy the land of which he was 
guardian. l 

His shield when he would shake, his foes would be subdued . 

Though it were but on his back, it was shelter to West Munster.. 


Finghin, son of Fiachra’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 615. The fifth year of Suibhne. Ailill, son of Baedan; 
Maelduin, son of Fearghus, son of Baedan ; and Diucolla, were slain in Magh- 
Slecht’, in the province of Connaught. They were of the race of Baedan, son 
of Muircheartach. Fiachra, son of Ciaran, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna, died. 
The battle of Ceann-gabha*. 


the Annals of Ulster under the year 618, and ** A. D. 619. Occisio generis Baetain .i. Aililla 
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619, mic Baetain, oc Magh-Sleucht hi Connacht, ocus 
which is the true year. ee Maelduin mic Fergusa mic Baetain, ocus-mors 


^ Finghin, son of Fiachra.—In the Annals of Fiachrach, mic Ciarain, filii Ainmirech, mic 
Ulster the death of Aedh Beannain and of Fin- Setni.” 
ghin mae Fiachrach are entered under the year * A. D. 619. The killing of the Race of 
618. Baetan, i.e. of Ailill, son of Baetain, at Magh- 
* Magh-Slecht.— A plain in the barony of Sleacht, in Connaught, and of Mailduin, son of 
Tullyhaw, and county of Cavan.—See note *, Fearghus, son of Baetan; and the death of 
under A. M. 3656, p. 43, suprà. In the An-  Fiachra, son of Ciaran, son of Ainmire, son of 


nals of Ulster this passage is given as follows at Sedna.” j 
the year 619: * Ceann-gabha.—This is probably a mistake 


ANNALA RICghachca EIREANN. 


240 


[616. 


Gop Cpiope, pé céo a pé oécc. An perpead bliadan vo Suibne. Clengur, 
mac Colmam Map, plaich Ua Nell an vepceipc, oég. ] 

Cumoach ecclarpe Copaighe la Cenel gConaill, 1ap na oiothlaitpugad 
peéc pram. Ounchad mac €oganám, Neachcain mac Canainn, leoh [oécc]. 

Cloip Cort, pé céo a peache oécc. Cn peachcmao bliadam vo Suibne. 
S. Caoimhgm, abb Glinve va locha, oécc an 3 lum, 1ap ccaizeam pichfe ap 
ééo bliadan oaoip go pm. Comgall eppcop, Eoghan, eppcop Racha Sithe, 
véce. Cach Cmo velgetn pa cConall, mac Smbne,7 pia nOomnall mbpeac, 
dú in po mapbad oa mac Libpen, mic Tollainn, mic C(pbaill. Maolbpacha, 


mac Rma, mic Colman, me Cobtarg, 7 Chill, mac Cellang, oég. 
Cach Cmoguba (no Cmn bugba) ma Ragallac, mac Uaccach, pop Col- 
man mac Cobra (acham Guarpe Chohne) apm in po mapbao Colman 


buóepm. Colga, mac Ceallang, vég. 


Chilill, mac Ceallaig, vég. 


Qoi Cops, pé céd a hocht véce. Qn cochcmad badam vo Sune. 
S. Siollán, eppcop 7 abb Maighe bile, oécc an 25 vo Clugupc, Libep, abb 


for Ceann-gubha.—See note a under A. D. 
106, p. 101. 

© Aenghus, son of Colman Mor.—This prince 
is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., 
lib. i. c. 13, but in the printed copies of Adam- 
nan’s work his name is incorrectly given, “ De 
Oengussio filio Aido Commani."— See Colgan’s 
note on this passage ( Trias Thaum., p. 316, n. 52), 
where he thinks that Commani should be Col- 
mani. — See the year 607. In the Annals of 
Ulster his death is entered under the year 620; 
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619: 

* Jugulatio Aengusa mie Colmain Magni, 
Regis Nepotum Neill.?—Ann. Ult. 

« A. D. 619. Enos, son of Colman More, was 
killed. He was called King of the O'Neals."— 
Ann. Clon. 

f Torach: i.e. Tory Island.—See note under 
the year 612. 

z Dunchadh, §c.— The obits of these three 
persons, which are left imperfect in the two 
Dublin copies, and in O'Conor's edition, are 
given in the Annals of Ulster under the year 


620, as follows: 

« A, D. 620. Duncath mac Eugain, Nechtan 
mac Canonn, et Aed obierunt." 

^ Caemhghin.—': Nomen illud latinà pulchrum 
genitum sonare vite scriptor annotat." —Ussher, 
Primord., p. 956. This name is now usually 
anglicised Kevin. His death is entered in the 
Annals of Tighernach at the year 618: “ews? 
anno ætatis sue ;" and in the Annals of Ulster 
at 617. The Life of this saint has been pub- 
lished by the Bollandists at 3rd June. 

i Gleann-da-locha: i.e. the Valley of the Two 
Lakes, now Glendalough, in the barony of North 
Ballinacor, and county of Wicklow. For a 
description of the churches and other remains 
at Glendalough, the reader is referred to Petrie’s — 
Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round — 
Towers of Ireland, pp. 168-183, and p. 445. 

x Rath-Sithe: i.e. Fort of the Fairy Hill, now — 
Rathshee, a parish in the barony and county of - 
Antrim.—See the Ordnance Map of that county, — 
sheet 45. In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, — 
part ii. c. 133, the foundation of this church is - 


616.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 241 


The Age of Christ, 616. The sixth year of Suibhne. Aenghus, son of 
Colman Mor”, chief of the Southern Ui-Neill, died. 

The [re-]erection of the church of Torach' by the Cinel-Conaill, it having 
been destroyed some time before. Dunchadh*, son of Eoghanain ; Neachtan, 
son of Canann; Aedh..... [died]. 

The Age of Christ, 617. "The seventh year of Suibhne. St. Caemhghin", 
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha’, died on the 3rd of June, after having spent one hun- 
dred and twenty years of his age till then. Comhgall, a bishop, and Eoghan, 
Bishop of Rath-Sithe®, died. The battle of Ceann-Delgtean! by Conall, son of 
Suibhne, and Domhnall Breac, wherein were slain the two sons of Libren, son 


. of Illann, son of Cearbhall. t Maelbracha", son of Rimeadh, son of Colman, son 
of Cobhthach, and Ailill, son of Ceallach, died. 
The battle of Ceann-Gubha® (or Ceann-Bughbha) [was gained] by Ragh- 
allach, son of Uadach, over Colman, son of Cobhthach (the father of Guaire 
Aidhne), where Colman himself was slain. Colga’, son of Ceallach, died. 


Ailill’, son of Ceallach, died. 


The Age of Christ, 618. The eighth year of Suibhne. St. Sillan, Bishop 
and Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 25th of August. Liber, Abbot 


attributed to the Irish Apostle. In the Annals 
of Tighernach the deaths of Bishop Comhgall 
and of Eoghan, Bishop of Rath-Sithe, are en- 
tered under the year 618; in the Annals of 
Ulster at 617. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
Eoghan is called ** Owen, Bishop of Ardsrathy” 
(Ardsratha, now Ardstraw, in the county of 
Tyrone). 

* Ceann- Delgtean.— This place is unknown to 
the Editor. This battle is mentioned in the 
Annals of Ulster, at the year 621, as follows : 

** A. D. 621. Bellum Cinn-Delggden. Conall 
mac Suibhne victor erat. Duo filii Libreni mac 
Illandonn, mic Cerbaill ceciderunt. Conaing mac 
Aedain demersus est.” - 

* A. D. 621. The battle of Cinn-Delgden. 
Conall, son of Suibhne, was the conqueror. 
Conaing, son of Aedhan, was drowned.” 


™ Maelbracha.—* A.D. 621. Mors Maelbracha, 
mic Rimedho, mic Colmain filii Cobtaig.”—Ann. 
Uit. 

2 Ceann-Gubha, or Ceann-Bughbha. — This 
place is now called Ceann-Bogha, anglicé Cambo, 
and is situated a short distance to the north of 
the town of Roscommon, in the county of Ros- - 
common.—See Genealogies, Tribes, &c., of Hy- 
Fiachrach, p. 313, note *. .In the Annals of 
Ulster, ** Bellum Cenn Buigi, in quo cecidit 
Colman mac Cobtaig," is entered under the year 
621. ^ 

° Colga.—'** A. D. 621. Mors Colggen mic 
Ceallaig.” [The death of Colgan, son of Ceal- 
lach.]—4nz. Utt. 

? Ailill._ A. D. 621. Jugulatio Ailillo mic 
Ceallaig.” [The slaying of Ailill, son of Ceal- 
lach.]—4nn. Ult. A 


21 


* 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


242 


(619. 


Achaw bó Caimmgh. Rach nuala vo lopccad la Fiachna, mac baocam; 
conad ann apbepc Fiachna : 


Ro gab cene Rach nguala, capca biucca can huaoha, 
Suaichnió mneopc ap aba, ni bum via congabao. 

Ro gab cene Rach n&uala capca biucca can huave, 
Cp dian adannac ind uile ceni 1 pRaich Coa buile. 


Cop Cporc, pé ċéd anaor décc. C naor vo Subne. Ooip mac Clooha 
Clann do rhapbad la Pailbe Plann Fbad, amail apbepc püpm, 


Ce chana vampa gum Op, ap ni puba Oarpene, a 
Cp ann po oipc cach a doel, ó po once a ouilene. 4 


Ro mapbad por 1apam a noíogant Dam. Acbepe a máta accá éccaíne: 


ba gun paíp, ní ba cogail Inpe Caf, 
Dia comac gái na mbróbao, 1m é(no Pailbe Flamo Eobao. 


Rónán, mac Colmann, décc. 

Qop Core, pé céo a piche. Cn veachmhad bliadain vo Suibne. Sean- 
ach Gapb, abb Cluana pca Spenainn, oécc. Colman mac Comgellam 
oécc. Ronan, mac Cuachail, ciġfpna na nOlipcep, vég. Copbmac Caom, 3 
lollamn, mac Piachpach, oécc. Mongan, mac Piachna Cupgan, oo map- 


3 Achadh-bo- Cainnigh.—Pronounced Aghabo- 
Kenny, i.e. Aghabo of St. Canice, or Kenny, 
now Aghabo, in theQueen's County.— See note *, 
under the year 598. In the Annals of Ulster the 
deaths of these abbots are entered under this year, 
but in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619. 

* Rath- Guala.—Fiachna, son of Baedan, who 
burned this fort, was King of Ulidia for thirty 
years, and was slain in 622. Rath-Guala is 
probably the place now called Rathgaile, near 
the town of Donaghadee, in the county of Down. 
In the Annals of Ulster this event is entered 
under the year 622 : ** Ezpugnatio Ratha Guali 
la [per] Fiachna mac Baetain.". 

* Aedh Bole.—He was probably the owner of 
Rath-Guala. 

t Doir.—* A. D. 623. Jugulatio Dair mic Aeda 


Aldain."—4Amnn. Ult. 

This Doir was the son of Aedh Allann, or 
Aedh Uairidhnach, as he is more generally 
called, Monarch of Ireland from 605 to 612, and 
the person after whom Gaeth-Doir, now Gwee- . 
dore Bay, in the barony of Boylagh, and county 
of Donegal, was called. This is clear from the $ 
contiguity of Inis-Caeil, where Failbhe Flann - 
Fidhbhadh was killed in revenge of Doir. 

u Inis- Cail : i. e. the Island of Conall Cael, now 
Iniskeel, an island near the mouth of Gweebarra — 
Bay, in the barony of Boylagh, and county of : 
Donegal.— See note ", under A. D.1611, p. 2372. — 

* Ronan, son of Colman.—* A. D. 623. Mors — 
Ronain mic Colmain; et Colman Stellain obit.” — 
—Ann. Utt. , k 

“ A.D. 619. Ronan mac Colman and Colman — 


619.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 243 


of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh’, [died]. Rath-Guala' was burned by Fiachna, son of 


Baedan, of which Fiachna said: 


Fire caught Rath-Guala, little treasure will escape from it, 

The force which caused it is manifest; it was not from one spark it caught it; 
Fire caught Rath-Guala, little treasure will escape from it $ 

Vehemently their evils kindle fire in the fort of Aedh Boles. 


The Age of Christ, 619. The ninth year of Suibhne. Doir*, son of Aedh 
Allainn, was slain by Failbhe Flann Fidhbhadh, as he [Failbhe] himself said : 


What advantage to me is the slaying of Dair, as I did not slay Dairene ? 
. ltis then one kills the chaffer, when he destroys his young ones. 


He was afterwards killed in revenge of Doir. His [Failbhe’s] mother said, 


lamenting him : 


It was the mortal wounding of a noble, not the demolition of Inis-cail", —— 
For which the shouts of the enemies were exultingly raised around the head of 


Failbhe Flann Fidhbhadh. 


Ronan, son of Colman", died. 


The Age of Christ, 620. The tenth year of Suibhne. Seanach Garbh, 
Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], died. Colman, son of Coimgellan*, 
died. Ronan, son of Tuathal, Lord of the Airtheara’, died. Cormac Caemh 
and Illann, son of Fiachra, died. Mongan, son of Fiachra Lurgan’, was killed 


Stellan died.?— Ann. Clon. 

* Colman, son of Coimgellan.—He is mentioned 
in O’Donnell’s Life of St. Columbkille, lib. ii. 
€. 10, as an infant at the time that Columbkille 
visited his father's house in Dal-Riada, when 
the saint took him up in his arms, kissed him, 
and said, in a spirit of prophecy: * Erit puer 
iste magnus coram Domino, et in divinis literis 
sublimiter eruditus, Hibernorum Albanorum- 


que dissidia de jure Dalreudine ditionis olim . 


in Comitiis de Druimchett sapienti consilio 
componet.”—Trias Thaum., p. 411. 

* The Airtheara: i.e. the Orientales or inhabi- 
tants of the eastern part of the territory of Oir- 
ghialla.—See note under A. D. 606. 


* Mongan, son of Fiachna Lurgan.—This and 
the foregoing obits are entered in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 624 (era com. 625), as fol- 
lows: 

* Annus tenebrosus. Aedan mac Cumascaig, 
et Colman mac Congellain, ad Dominum migrave- 
runt. Ronan mac Tuathail, rev na nAirther, 
et Mongan mac Fiachna Lurgan moriuntur.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the déath of 
Mongan, son of Fiaghna Lurgan, is also entered 
under the year 624, thus: 

* A. D. 624. Mongan mac Fiaghna, a very 
well spoken man, and much given to the woo- 
ing of women, was killed by one? [ Arthur Ap] 
“ Bicor, a Welshman, with a stone.” 


2 12 


e HR SURE else paso ie 


244 awHacda RIOghachta EIREANN. (622. 


bad do cloich la hCfpcup, mac bicanp, o Op(cnaib, como vo po pars becc 


boipce : 


Qr huan an gaech oap lli, oo pail occa 1 cCrunn cipe ; s 
Oo sfnpac gnm namnup dé, mapic Mongan, mac Piachnae. 
Lann Cluana haiptip mow, ampa cltpan popp madad, 
Copbmac caem pm mmpochd, agup lollann mac Prachpach, 
Ogur an vap aile dia pognao mop vo tuachaib, 

Mongan, mac Prachna Cupgan, 7 Ronan mac Tuacharl. 


Cachal, mac Clooha, pi Muman, oécc. 


Cop Cmorc, pé céd piche avd. 


S. P(pgna bic, abb lae 7 eppcop, oég an vapa lá oo Mapa. S. Cachenam, . | 


Cn oapa bliadain décc oo Subne., 


mac Copbén, abb Achad wip, oécc 10 vo Manta. Cach Can P(paoharg 
pa pPailbe Plann pop Conoachcaib, oú m po mapbad Conall, coipeach 
Ua Mame, Maeloubs, Maoloiin, Maolpuain, Ilaolcalggargh,3 Maolbpfpart, 
1 aporle paonclanna, 7 podaoime cen mo cacprióe, 7 po meabaid pon Guarne 
Clone, a hionad an cachargche, conad vopide appubpad : 


Oo pochaip vo Conoachcaib, hic ach cuma in cpeipip, 
~Maoloum, Maolpuam, Maolcalssaugh, Conall, Maoloub, Maolbpeipl. 


* Beg Boirche.—He was King of Uladh or 
Ulidia for thirteen years, and died in the year 
116. Boirche was the ancient name of the ba- 
rony of Mourne in the south of the county of 
Down. 

^ Tle—Now Islay, near Cantire, in Scotland. 

* Ceann-tire: i.e. Head of the Land, now Can- 
tire in Scotland. 

à Cluain-Airthir : i.e. the Eastern Lawn or 
Meadow. Not identified. 

* Cathal, son of Aedh.—** A. D. 624. Cathal, son 
of Hugh, King of Mounster, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

f St. Feargna Brit. —* S. Fergna cognomento 
Britannieus Episcopus et Abbas Hiensis obiit 
2 Martii.—Quat. Mag.” Colgan, Trias Thaum., 
p. 498. See also Ussher, Primord., p. 702. 

s Achadh-Ur: i.e. the Fresh Field, now cor- 


ruptly called in English Freshford, a small town 
near Kilkenny, in the county of Kilkenny.— 
See Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 
vol. iii. p. 26. The name is explained as follows 
in the Life of St. Mochoemoc or Pulcherius, pub- 
lished by Colgan at 11th of March : ** Achadh- 
ur .i, ager viridis seu mollis propter humidita- 
lem rivulorum qui transeunt ibi? There is a 
holy well called Tobar-Lachtin, and there are — 
some curious remains of an old churth at the — 
place. In the Feilire- Aenguis his festival is | 
marked at 19th of March; and, at the same day, -. 
the following notice of him is given in O'Clery's - 
Calendar : 4 

* Gaécain, mac Toipbém, abb Achar tp, 1 3 
n-Orpaigib, agup ó bhealach Peabpae Cnno — 
Oomm, 622.” | 


622.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 245 


with a stone by Arthur, son of Bicar, [one] of the Britons, of which Beg 

Boirche? said : 

Cold is the wind across Ile", which they have at Ceann-tire'; 

They shall commit a cruel deed in consequence, they shall kill Mongan, son of 
Fiachna. ; 

Where the church of Cluain-Airthir^ is at this day, renowned were the four 
there executed, 

Cormac Caemh with shouting, and Illann, son of Fiachra ; 

And the other two,—to whom many territories paid tribute,— 

Mongan, son of Fiachna Lurgan, and Ronan, son of Tuathal. 


Cathal, son of Aedh*, King of Munster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 622. The twelfth year of Suibhne. St. Feargna Brit, 
Abbot of Ia, and a bishop, died on the second day of March. . St. Lachtnain, 
son of Torben, Abbot of Achadh-Ur*, died on the 10th [recte 19th] of March. 
The battle of Carn-Fearadhaigh" [was gained] by Failbhe Flann over the Con- 
naughtmen, wherein were slain Conall, chief of Ui-Maine, Maeldubh, Maelduin, 
Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, and Maelbreasail and other nobles and plebeians 
besides them ; and Guaire-Aidhne was routed from the battle-field ; of which 


was said : 


There fell of the Connaughtmen, at Ath-cuma-an-tseisir/, 
Maelduin, Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, Conall, Maeldubh, Maelbreisil. 


« Lachtain, son of Torben, abbot of Achadh- 
Ur, in Ossory, and of Bealach Feabhrath, A. D. 
622." 

Colgan gives a short Life of this saint at 19 
Martii He was a native of Muscraighe [Mus- 
kerry], in the present county of Cork, and 
erected a church at Bealach-Feabhradh, which 
is probably the place now called Ballagharay, 
or.Ballaghawry, a townland situated in the 
west of the parish of Kilbolane, barony of 
Orbhraighe, or Orrery, and county of Cork. 

^ Carn-Fearadhaigh.— A mountain in the ter- 
ritory of Cliu-Mail, in the south of the county 
of Limerick.—See note 2, under A. M. 3656, 
p. 41, suprà. In the Annals of Ulster this 


* 


battle is entered under the year 626, and in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 624, as follows: 

** A. D. 626. Bellum Cairn-Fearadaig i Cliu” 
[i.e. in Cliu-Mail-mic-Ugaine] “ubi Failbi Flann 
Feimin victor erat. Guaire Aidhne fugit."— 
Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 624. The battle of Carnferaye, where 
Falvy Flynn had the victory, and Gawrie Aynie 
took his flight, — Conell mac Moyleduffe, prince 
of Imain, Moyledoyne, Moylecalgie, and Moyle- 
bressal with many other nobles, were slain, — 
was fought this year."— Ann. Clon. 

i Ath-cuma-an-tseisir : i. e. the Ford of the 
Slaughtering of the Six. This name is now 
obsolete. ` 


(623. 


246 


aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


Cach Cecheo Miomo, 1 nOpumg, ma bPiachna, mac Demam, cigepna 
Dal bPiacach, pop Prachna, mac moaooam, pi Ulad. Ro meabonó an cach 
pon Piachna mac baovam, 7 cfp ann. Mac Laippe, eppcop q abb Cpoa 
Maca, oécc. 

Coir Core, pé ċéo piche acpf. Colman mac Ua dapovam (.1. 00 Oal 
bappoamne a cenel) abb Cluana mic Nóip décc. Jap mberch cpí bladna — 
décc vo Suibne Meann hi pplaicheap € peann vo cfp la Congal cClaon, mac 
Scanolam, 1 Cpargh bpéna. Conad ora orohió acpubpao : 


Suibne co ploshaib ora poi, 0o cappargh bponag bpenai, 
Ro mapbad an gaech go ngail, la Congal caech mac Scanoail. 


Cop Cort, pé ċéo piche a cléaip. Cn ceo bliadam vo Oomnall, mac 
CQ[ooha, mic Ciimmipech, hi pighe n€peann. S. Colman Scellan ó Tin va 
slap vég, 26 Man. 


S$. Maodocc, eppucc P(pna, oécc 31 lanuapı. Ronan, 


* Lethed- Midinn, at Drung.—This is probably 
the place now called Cnoc-Lethed, or Knock- 
layd, and situated in the barony of Cathraighe, 
or Carey, and county of Antrim. In the Annals 
of Ulster this battle is noticed under the year 
625; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 624, 
as follows : j 

* A. D. 625. Bellum Lethed Midind, in quo 
cecidit Fiachna Lurgan. Fiachna mac Deamain 
victor erat.” —Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 624. The battle of Lehed-mynd was 
fought, where Fiaghna mac Demayne killed 
Fiaghna mac Boydan, King of Dalnary, and in 
revenge thereof those of Dalriada challenged 
Fiaghna mac Demain, and killed him in the 
battle of Corran by the hands of Conad Kearr.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

! Mac Laisre: i.e. the son of Laisir. Ware 
and Colgan think that he is the person called 
“ Terenannus Archipontifex Hibernie" in the 
Life of St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury. 
See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 293, col. 2; and 
Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 39. 

m Colman Mac Ua Bardani. —“ A. D. 627. 


Pausa Columbani, filii Barddaeni Abbatis Clono.” 
—Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 624. Columban mae Bardan, Abbot 
of Clonvieknose, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

 Traigh-Brena.— This is not the Brena in 
the county of Down, mentioned under A. M. 
2546, p. 7, supra, but Brentracht-Maighe-Itha, 
that part of the shore of Lough Swilly nearest 
to Aileach, in the barony of Inishowen, and 
county of Donegal.—See Battle of Magh- Rath, 
p. 37, where it is stated that Suibhne Meann 
was near Aileach, when he was slain by Congal 
Claen. Suibneus, Monarch of Ireland, is men- 
tioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., lib. i. 
c. 9, and lib. iii. c. 5. His death is mentioned 
in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 627: 
** Qecisio Suibne Menn, mic Fiachna, mic Fera- 
daid, mic Murethaig, mic Eogain, Ri Erenn, la 
Congal Caech, mac Sganlain i Traig Breni.” 

^ Domhnall, son of Aedh: — He succeeded 
Suibhne in 628, and died in 642.— 0gygia, 
p. 431. Adamnan says, in his Vita Columb., lib.i. 
c. 10, that this Domhnall was a boy when the 
Convention of Druim-Ceat was held (A. D. 590), 


ee 


623.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 247 


The battle of Lethed-Midinn, at Drung*, [was fought] by Fiachna, son of 
Deman, Lord of Dal-Fiatach, against Fiachna, son of Baedan, King of Ulidia. 
The battle was gained over Fiachna, son of Baedan, and he fell therein. Mac 
Laisre!, Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 623. Colman Mac Ua Bardani", of the tribe of Dal- 
Barrdainne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. After Suibhne Meann had been 
thirteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at Traigh-Brena", by 


Congal Claen ; of which was said : 


Suibhne, with hosts attending him, the destructive people of Brena overtook 


him ; 


The valorous sage was slain by Congal Caech, son of Scannal. 


The Age of Christ, 624. The first year of Domhnall, son of Aedh’, son of 
Ainmire,in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Colman Stellan, of Tir-da-ghlas 


[Terryglas], died on the 26th of May. 


and that St. Columbkille there gave him his 
blessing: *Quem cum Sanctus benedixisset, 
continuo ait; hic post super omnes suos fratres 
superstes erit, et Rex valdé famosus: nec un- 
quam in manus inimicorum tradetur, sed morte 
placida in senectute, et intra domum suam 
coram amicorum familiarium turba super suum 
morietur lectum. Que omnia secundum beati 


vaticinium viri de eo vere adimpleta sunt."— 


Trias Thaum., p. 341. 

? Fearna.—A place abounding in alder trees, 
now Ferns, an ancient’ episcopal seat on the 
River Bann, about five miles to the north of 
Enniscorthy, in the county of Wexford.—See 
note on the battle of Dunbolg, A. D. 594; see 
also Ussher’s Primordia, p. 864; and Colgan’s 
edition of the Life of St. Maidocus at 31st Janu- 
ary, Acta Sanctorum, p. 208, et seqq. This saint is 
now usually called Mogue throughout the dio- 
cese of Ferns, and in the parishes of Drumlane 
and Templeport, in the county of Cavan, and 
in that of Rossinver, in the county of Leitrim, 
where his memory is still held in the highest 


St. Maedhog, Bishop of Fearna’, died 


veneration. "The children who are called after 
him at baptism are now usually, though incor- 
rectly, called Moses by the Roman Catholics, 
but more correctly Aidan by the Protestants, . 
throughout the diocese of Ferns. His first 
naine was Aedh, of which Aedhan, Aidan, and 
Aedhoc, are diminutive forms; and the pronoun 
mo, my, is usually prefixed to form an amm 
bad, or name of affection. This custom among 
the ancient Irish is explained by Colgan as fol- 
lows, in a note on this name: 

* Scribitur quidem in Hibernico vetustiori 
Moedoc, Maedoc, Aodan, Oedan, Oedoe, Aedoc, 
in recentiori Maodog, Aedan, Aodh, Aodhog : et 
hine latinis Codicibus varié Azdus, Aidanus, 
Moedoc: apud Capgravium Maedocius: in Co- 
dice Insule sanctorum Aedanus, Moedocus, in 
hac vita; in aliis Codicibus et presertim mar- 
tyrologiis Oedus, Aedus, et Moedocus. Causam 
tam varie lectionis in notis ad vitam S. Ite 15 
Januarii assignavimus triplicem. Prima est 
quod ubi Hiberni nunc passim scribunt Ao 
prisci scribebant Oe vel Ae: et ubi illi litteram 


a NEUTER RR ee 


P. AM . @NNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. (626. 


` mac Colman, décc. Cach Oum Ceichepn pia nOomnall, mac CLooha, mic 
Cinminech, pon Congal Caoch, no Claon, mac Scanolam, oú m po mapbao 
Huaine Gallreach, mac Popannain, 1 apoile pochaide, 7 po meabaid 1apum 
pop Congal, oia nebpao : 


Cach Oum Ceitipn va parbe cpu puad oap puile glara, 
bacap pop pocht Congail cpurm colla mump(mpa mappa. 


Cach Apoa Copamn la Conoad Cepp, ei5epna Dail Riava, aipm m po 
mapbad Piachna, mac Oéman, pi Ula. 

Qor Cpiope, pé ċéo piche a cing. An vapa bhadan oo Oomnall. Pronn- 
cam Maoloub oo écc. Mobai, mac Ui Aloa. Cach C(caipbe ecin Maol- 
pics, corpeach cenel mic eapeca, | Epname mac Piacpac, corpeach Cenel _ 
P(aohais, ou in po mapbao ITlaolpicpi$, mac Clooha Uaimodnagh. Opan- 


dub, mac Marlcoba, vég. 


Coir Cpiopc, pé céd piche apeachc. Cn c(épamao badam vo Domnall. 
Cach Acha Abla, oú ın po mapbao Orcul, mac P(pgupa Tuli la Muman. 
Imp Meocoic opocucchao la heppcop Cleohain. 


g, hic c scribere consueverint. Secunda est, 
quod solebant diminutiva, loco nominum pro- 
priorum ponere, ut loco Paulus Paulinus, et 
quod diminutiva ordinarie apud eos desinant in 
an, en, in, vel oc, seu og: et hinc loco Aodh, 
sepe Aodhan, Aodhoc, seu Aodog. Tertia quod 
venerationis et amoris causa, solebant nomini- 
bus propriis prefigere syllabam mo quod meum 
sonat; vel ubi incipiebant nomina a vocali so- 


lum prefigebant litteram m, et hine Aodhog, 


Oedhoc, appellabant Maodhog et Maedhog. Qui 
ad hec attendet, non solum predicts variationis, 
sed et multorum similium originem et causas 
facile sciet."— Acta Sanctorum, p. 216, n. 5. 

? Dun-Ceithern.— Translated ** munitio Cei- 
thirni” by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., lib. i. 
c. 49. This fort is still known, but called in 
English “the Giant's Sconce.” It is a stone 
fort; built in the Cyclopean style, on the sum- 
mit of a conspicuous hill in the parish of Dun- 


` boe, in the north of the county of Londonderry. 


The earliest writer who mentions this battle is 
Adamnan, who states that it had been predicted 
by St. Columbkille that it would be fought be- 
tween ‘ Nelli nepotes et Cruthini populi," i. e. 
between the northern Ui-Neill and the Irish 
Cruithnigh or people of. Dalaradia, and that a 
neighbouring well would be polluted with hu- 
man slaughter. Adamnan, who was born in 
the year in which this battle was fought, has 
the following notice of this battle as foreseen by 
St. Columbkille: 

** In quo bello (ut multi norunt populi) Dom- 
nallus Aidi filius victor sublimatus est, et in 
eodem, secundum Sancti vaticinium viri, fonti- 
culo, quidam de parentelá ejus interfectus est 
homo. Alius mihi, Adamnano, Christi miles, 
Finananus, nomine, qui vitam multis anachore- 
ticam annis juxta Roboreti monasterium campi 
irreprehensibiliter ducebat, de eodem bello se 
presente commisso aliqua enarrans protestatus 
est in supradicto fonte truncum cadaverinum se 


ne 


- 


626. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 249 


on the 31st of January. Ronan, son of Colman, died. The battle of Dun- 
Ceithern? (was gained] by Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Congal 
Caech, or Claen', son of Scannlan, where Guaire Gaillseach, son of Forannan, 
and many others, were slain; and Congal was afterwards defeated ; of which 
was said : 
The battle of Dun-Ceithirn, in which there was red blood over grey eyes ; 
There were in the track of Congal Crom bodies thick-necked, comely. 


The battle of Ard-Corainn* [was gained] by Connadh Cerr, Lord of Dal- 
Riada, where Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 626. The second year of Domhnall Finntan Mael- 
dubh died. .Mobhai mac Ui Aldai [died]. The battle of Leathairbhe' between 
Maelfithrigh, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, and Ernaine, son of Fiachra, chief of 
Cinel-Fearadhaigh, where Maelfithrigh, son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain. 
Brandubh”, son of Maelcobha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 627. The fourth year of Domhnall The battle of 
Ath-Abla", where Dicul, son of Fearghus, was'slain by the Munstermen. (The 


monastery of] Inis-Medcoit* was founded by Bishop Aedhan. 


vidisse, &c.— Trias Thaum., p. 349. 

In the Annals of Ulster this battle is men- 
tioned under the year 628, as follows: 

** A. D. 628.— Bellum Dun Ceithirinn in quo 
Congal Caech fugit, et Domhnall mac Aedo vic- 
tor erat, in quo cecidit Guaire mac Forindan.” 

* Congal Caech, or Claen.—He was known by 
both surnames or sobriquets, Caech meaning 
blind, or one-eyed, and Claen, squint-eyed or 
perverse.—See Battle of Magh- Rath, p. 37, note *. 

* Ard-Corainn.—Not identified. There is a 
piece of land near Larne, in the county of An- 
trim, called Corran. ** A. D. 626. Bellum Arda- 
Corain. Dalriati victores erant ; in quo cecidit 
Fiachna mac Deamain.”—Ann. Uit. 

t Leathairbhe.— Not identified. “ A. D. 628. 
Mors Echdach Buidhe, regis Pictorum, filii Ae- 
dain. Sic in libro Cuanach inveni. Vel sicut in 
Libro Dubhdalethe narratur. Belum Letirbe 
inter Cenel-Mic-Erca et Cenel Feradaig, in quo 


Maelfitric cecidit. Ernaine mac Fiachna victor 
erat? — Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 629.. Belum Lethirbe inter Genus 
Eugain invicem, in quo Maelfitric cecidit."— 
Ibid. 

^ Bran Dubh.—'* A.D. 629. Jugulatio Bran- 
duib mic Maelcobo."— An». Ult. 

* Ath-Abla.—Not identified. **A. D. 631. Bel- 
lum Atho Aubla, in quo cecidit Diciull mac Fer- 
gusa Tuile la Mumain."— Ann. Ult. 

* Inis- Medcoit. —This island is described in the 
Feilire-Aenguis, at 31st August, as **1 n-Yanéap 
cuaipeipe Saran m-bic,” “in the north-west 
of Little Saxon-land, where Aedan, son of Lu- 
gain, son of Ernin, was interred.” The festival 
of this Aedan is also entered in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar at 31st August, and it is added that 
he went on a pilgrimage to Inis-Meadcoit, in 
the north-west of Saxan-Beg. It was probably 
the British name of the Island of Lindisfarne, 


2x 


250 


ANNAZA RIoshachta EIREANN. (628. 


Coip Cmorz, pé ċéo piche a hocht. On cinccead bliadan vo Oornnall. 
Cach Gcha Goan, ı mantap Lippe, pa pPaolan, mac Colmam,7 pia Conall, 
mac Suibne, coipech Mide, 7 ma. bRailse (no bFalbe) Plann, pi Muman, 
amm m po mapbaó Cmomcann, mac Clooha, mic Seanaig, pi Larg, co 
pochaie oile maille pip. Mon Muman oécc. 

Coip Core, pé céo cpiocha. On pechernaó bliadam vo Domnall. Da 
mac Cloda Slaine vo manbad la Conall, mac Suibne, oc Loch Cpecm, oc 
Ppemomn, 1.Congal, corpech Oph, r machan Ua cConamg,7 Chill Cnmeipe, 
pfhachaip Shit nOluchaigh. Cach Segaipi, oú map mapbaoh Cocene, mac 
Nechcam C(nopooa, 7 Comapccach, mac Qongapa. Cach Cuile Caolain 
pe nOr:apmaro, mac Cloda Slame, ainm m po mapbad oa mac Clongura, mic 
Colmám Mór .:. Maoluma 4 Colcca,;3 anarll ole amaille pmá, via nebpavh: 


Cach Cúile Caolán came, po bo vaonbaig co noile, 


Meabaw ma nOiapmaic Oeala, pop propa mfoa MWhove, 
hi puba Colgan c(nobam, agup Maoluma mo ollgnaid, 
Oa mac Clongara apmslom, mic cputslan calméin Colmán. 


Segene, abb lae Coluim Cille, oo potuccad ecclaipe Recpainne. Conall, 


or Holy Island, in Northumberland, concerning 
which see Bede, Heel. Hist., lib. iii, c. 3. 

Y Ath- Goan : i. e. Goan’s Ford; not identified. 

* Jarthar-Liffe.—' That part of the present 
county of Kildare, embraced by the River Liffey 
in its horse-shoe winding, was anciently called 
Oirthear-Liffe, i.e. East of Liffey; and that 
part lying west of the same winding was called 
larthar-Liffe, i.e. west of Liffey. Both districts 
belonged to the Ui-Faelain, or O'Byrnes, pre- 
viously to the English invasion. 

* Mor-Mumhan.—She was Queen of Munster, 
and wife of Finghin, King of Munster, ancestor 
of the O'Sullivans. Dr. O'Conor mistranslates 
this entry, mistaking Mor, a woman's name, for 
Maor, or Moer, a steward, ** GEconomus Mo- 
monis decessit;" but this is childish in the 
extreme, because Mor is a woman's name, and 
never means economus. In Mageoghegan's trans- 


lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the death 
of this Queen is entered under 632, as follows : 

* A, D. 632. More, Queen of Mounster, and 
surnamed More of Mounster, died.” 

Tt is added in the margin that she was the 
wife of Finghin, King of Munster: “ Móp 
Murman, bean Pingin, wg Murhan.”—See note 
on Failbhe Flann, infra. 

è Loch Trethin.—Now Loch Drethin, anglicé 
Lough Drin, a small lough in the parish of 
Mullingar, about one mile and a half to the east 
of the hill of Freamhain, or Frewin, in the 
county of Westmeath. This event is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster at 633, and in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise at 632, as follows : 

“ A. D. 633. Jugulatio duorum filiorum Aedo 
Slaine la Conall mac Suibhne occ Loch Treithin 
ap Fremuin, .i. Congal ri Breag, ocus Ailill 
Cruidire, senathair Sil Dluthaig."— Ann. Ult, 


628.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 251 


The Age of Christ, 628. The fifth year of Domhnall. The battle of Ath- 
Goan’, in Iarthar-Liffe", by Faelan, son of Colman ; by Conall, son of Suibhne, 
chief of Meath; and by Failge, or Failbhe Flann, King of Munster, wherein was 
slain Crimhthann, son of Aedh, son of Seanach, King of Leinster, with many 
others along with him. Mor-Mumhan* died. 

The Age of Christ, 630. The seventh year of Domhnall. The two sons 
of Aedh Slaine were slain by Conall, son of Suibhne, at Loch Trethin’, at 
Freamhain, namely, Congal, chief of Breagh, ancestor of the Ui-Conaing, and 
Ailill Cruitire [i. e. the Harper], ancestor of the Sil-Dluthaigh. The battle of 
Seaghais’, wherein were slain Loichen, son of Neachtain Ceannfoda, and Comas- 
gach, son of Aenghus. The battle of Cuil-Caelain®, by Diarmaid, son of Aedh 
Slaine, where the two sons of Aenghus, son of Colman Mor, namely, Maelumha 
and Colga, and some others along with them, were slain ; of which was said : 


The battle of the fair Cuil-Caelain, it was [fought] on one side with devotedness, 
Was gained by Diarmaid, of Deala, over the mead-drinking men of Meath, 
In which the white-headed Colgan was pierced, and Maelumha of great dignity, 
Two sons of Aenghus of glorious arms, the son of fine-shaped, great-voiced 
Colman. ; j 
Segene, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, founded the church of Rechrainn*. Conall, 


« A. D. 632. The killing of the two sons of 
Hugh Slane, Congal, Prince of Brey, of whom 
the O'Connyngs descended, and Ailill the 
Harper, ancestor of Sile-Dluhie, by the hands 
of Conell mac Swyne, at Loghtrehan, neer 
Frewyn, in Westmeath.” 

* Seaghais.—See note °, under A. D. 499, 
p.161, suprà. This battle is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 634. 

3 Cuil- Caelain : i.e. Caelan’s Corner, or Angle. 
Not identified. This battle is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 634, and in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 632, thus: 

«* A. D. 634. Bellum Cuile Coelain pe nDiar- 
mait mac Aeda Slaine in quo cecidit Maelumai 
mac Oengusa.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 632. The battle of Cowle-Keallan 


was fought, where Dermot mac Hugh Slane 
killed Moyleowa mac Enos, and his brother, 
Colga."— Ann. Clon. 

e Rechrainn. —Now Ragharee, or Rathlin Island, 
situated off the north coast of the county of 
Antrim.—See note £, under A. D. 1551, p. 1521. 
The erection of the church of Rechrainn is en- 
tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 634, 
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 632. Dr. 
O'Conor says that Segienus should be considered 
rather the restorer than the original founder of 
the church of Rechrainn, inasmuch as it appears 
from Adamnan's Vita Columb., lib. ii. c. 41, that 
this church was erected by St. Columbkille. 
But it appears from O’Donnell’s Life of St. 
Columbkille (lib. i. c. 65), and various other 
authorities, that the island of Rachrainn, on 


2*9 


252 


ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. 


[631. 


mac Sune, corpech Mide, 7 Maoluma, mac Ponannain, oo manbad la Orap: 


maicc, mac Clooa Slane. 


Cop Cort, pé 6éo cpocha a haon. 
Epnaine, mac Piachna, coipech Chenél Fhhavhag, oo mapbad. Qp 


nall. 


- 


Cin cochcmaò bliadam oo Oom- 


laip proe conchain Tlaolpichpis, mac Aovha Uaipioónoi, hi ccach Cechepbe. 
Cantach, .i. Mochuoa, mac Pionoaill vo 1onnapbavh a Racham. - 
Cop Cpiope, pé 6éo cpiocha a tpi. Cn ofchmad badam oo Oomnall. 


Failbe Plann, pi Muman, oécc. 


Coir Cpropc, pé céo tmocha acta. On caonmad bliadam oécc vo 
Oomnall. S. €ochaió, abb Lip méip, oécc an 17 VAippil. S. Pionncain, mac 
Telchan, oécc an 21 oOccobep. Cach Maighe Rat pra nOomnall, mac ` 


which St. Columbkille erected a church, be- 
longed to the east of Bregia, in Meath. It was 
the ancient name of the present island of Lam- 
bay, near Dublin. Segienus, Abbot of Iona, is 
mentioned by Bede in Hist. Ecel., lib. iii. c. 5 ; 
and by Adamnan in Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 3.— 
See Colgan's Zrias Thaum., p. 374, n. 30. 

f Conall, son of Suibhne.—'* A. D. 634. Occisio 
Conaill mic Suibhne, i tig Mic Nafraig, la Diar- 
mait mac Aeda Slaine.” —Ann. Uit. 

“ A. D. 632. Conall mac Sweyne, King of 
Meath, was slain by Dermot mac Hugh Slane, 
or rather by Moyleowa mac Forannaine.”— 
Ann. Clon. 

8 Cinel-Fearadhaigh.—A tribe of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, seated in the present barony of Clogher, 
in the county of Tyrone. In the Annals of 
Ulster this entry is given under.the year 635 : 
** Jugulatio Ernain mic Fiachae, quí visit Mael- 
fitric filium Aedo Alddain, Zn bello Letirbe.” 

^ Rathain: otherwise spelled Raithin, i. e. 
Filicetum, or Ferny Land, now Rahen, a town- 
land containing the remains of two ancient 
churches situated in the barony of Ballycowan, 
in the King's County.— See Petrie’s Round 
Towers, where these remains are described. 
Archdall, and from him Lanigan (Eccl, Hist., 
vol. ii, p. 353) erroneously state that the place 


whence Carthach was expulsed is Rathyne in 
the barony of Fertullagh, and county of West- 
meath.— See Ussher’s Primord., p.910. In the 
Annals of Tighernach, the “ Effugatio” of St. 
Carthach from Raithin “in diebus pasche,” is 
entered at A. D. 636, in the Annals of Ulster 
at 635, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 
632.” 

! Failbhe Flann.—He was the younger brother 
of Finghin, the husband of Mor Mumhan, from 
whom the O'Sullivans are descended. This 
Failbhe, who is the ancestor of the Mac Carthys, 
seems to have been very unpopular at his acces- 
sion to the throne of Munster, as appears from 
the following quatrain, quoted by Keating, and 
in the Book of Munster: 


« bheie gan Fingin, beit gan Mó, 
Oo Chaireal ip varna bpóin, 
Ip 10nann ip Bere gan ni, 
Már é Falbe Flann bup pt? 
“ To be without Finghin, to be without Mor, 
To Cashel is cause of sorrow, 
It is the same as to be without anything 
If Failbhe Flann be the King.” 
From these lines, which are well known to 
the shanachies of Munster, it is contended that 
the O’Sullivans are of a senior branch of the 


631.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM am IRELAND. 


253 


son of Suibhne‘, chief of Meath, and Maple, son of Forannan, were slain by 


Diarmaid, son of Aedh-Slaine. 
The Age of Christ, 631. 


Fiachna, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh®, was slain. 
son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain in the battle of Letherbhe. 


The eighth year of Domhnall. 


Ernaine, son of 
It was by him Maelfithrigh, 
Carthach, 


i. e. Mochuda, son of Finnall, was banished from Rathain*. 


` The Age of Christ, 633. The tenth year of Domhnall. 


King of Munster, died. 


The Age of Christ, 634. The eleventh year of Domhnall. 


Failbhe Flann!, 


St. Eochaidh, 


Abbot of Lis-mor*, died on the 17th of April. St. Finntan, son of Telchan!, 


died on the 21st of October. 


royal family of Munster than the Mac Carthys; 
and indeed there can be little doubt of the fact, 
as their ancestor, Finghin, son of Aedh Duff, 
died in 619, when he was succeeded by his bro- 
ther, Failbhe Flann. In the Annals of Ulster the 
death of ** Failbhe Flann Feimin, rer Mumhan,” 
is entered under the year 636. 

* Lis-mor: i.e. Lismore, in the county of 
Waterford. The festival of this Eochaidh is 
entered in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at l7th 
April. 

! Finntan, son of Telchan.— This saint was 
otherwise called Munna, and was the founder of 
the monastery of Teach-Munna, now Taghmon, 
in the county of Wexford. He attended the 
Synod of Leighlin in 630, where he attempted 
to defend the old Irish mode of computing Eas- 
ter against the new Roman method.—See Cum- 
mianus's Epistle to Segienus, Abhot of Iona, on 
the Paschal controversy, in Ussher’s Sylloga, 
No. xi.; algo Primordia, p. 936. In the Annals 
of Ulster his death is entered under the year 
634, but in the Annals of Tighernach at 636, 
which is the true year. His contemporary, 
Adamnan, gives a very curious account of this 
Fintanus filius Taileani in his Vita Columb., 
lib. i. c. 2, where he calls-him * Sanctus Finte- 
nus per universas Scotorum Ecclesias valde nos- 


The battle of Magh-Rath™ [was gained] by 


cibilis, &c. &c. studiis dialis sophie deditus, 
&c." In the Feilire-Aenguis, at his festival 
(21st October), it is stated that his father, 
Taulchan, was a Druid. 

™ Magh Rath. —Now Moira, a village in a pa- 
rish of the same name, in the barony of Lower 
Iveagh, and county of Down. The earliest 
writer who notices this battle is Adamnan, 
who, in his Vita Columb., lib. iii. c. 5, says that 
St. Columbkille had warned Aidan and his de- 
scendants, the Kings of Alba, not to attack his 
relatives in Ireland, for so surely as they should, 
the power of their enemies would prevail over 
them. Adamnan, who was about thirteen years: 
old when this battle was fought, says that a pro- 
phecy of St. Columbkille's was fulfilled in the 
consequences ofit. His words are: 

* Hoc autem vaticinium temporibus nostris 
completum est in bello Rath, Domnalle Brecco, 
nepote Aidani sine causa vastante provinciam 
Domnill nepotis Ainmirech: et a die illa, us- 
que hodie adhuc in proclivo sunt ab. extraneis, 
quod suspiria doloris pectora incutit."— rias 
Thaum., p. 365. 

- This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster 
and the Chronicon Scotorum at the year 636, 
and in the Annals of Tighernach at 637, which 
is the true year.—See the romantic story on 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


254 [635. 


Qevha, 4 pa macai Clevha Slame pop Congal Claon, mac Scanolam, pí 
Ulad, ou iccopchaip Congal, Ulad, 7 Almappaig ap aon pip. Cach Sael- 
cine ma cConall cCaol, mac Maoilcoba, pop Cenel n€ogham. 

Coir Core, pé ċéo epocha a cing. Cin vapa bhadan oécc oo Domnall. 
lll, mac Cfooa Róm, Congal, mac Ounchavha, oécc. Ouinpeach, bin 
Domnall, mc Coda, pi Epeann, oécc. 

Cop Cpiopc, pé céd cpmocha a pé. An cpeap badam décc oo Domnall. 
S. Mochuoa, eppcop Lip móip 7 abb Ratne, oecc 14 Man. Cach Catpac 
Chmocon la Muman pia nCfongup Liat, pop Maolotin, mac Cloda 6fnocnn. 
Maolodan Macha, plat Oipngiall, oécc. Maoloiin, mac Cloda, vo lopcaó 
1 nlnip caom. Maoloúm, mac Peapgupa, 7 Maoloúm, mac Colmám, véce. 


Cop Cpiopc, ré ċéo tmocha a plche. 
S. Cnonán mac Ua Loesve, abb Cluana mc Nop, oécc 18 tuli. 


Oomnall. 


Cn cetpamad bliadan oécc vo 


S. Mochua, abb balla, oécc 30 Manca. 


the subject of this battle, printed for the Irish 
Archeological Society in 1842. 

^ Saetire—This place is unknown to the 
Editor. It is stated in the Annals of Ulster, 
that this battle and the battle of Roth (Magh 
Rath), were fought on the same day. 

* A. D. 636. Bellum Roth, et Bellum Sailtire 
in una die facta sunt. Conall Cael, mac Mael- 
cobo, socius Domhnaill, victor erat, de Genere 
Eugain, én bello Saeltire.” 

° Ailill, son of Aedh Roin.—His death is en- 
tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 638. 

? Congal, son of Dunchadh.—“ A. D. 638. 
Jugulatio Congaile mac Duncha.”—Ann. Ult. 

? Duinseach. —* A. D. 638. Obitus Duinsice 
uxoris Domhnaill.” —Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 637, The death of Downesie, wife of 
King Donell, and Queen of Ireland.” Ann. Clon. 

* Mochuda.—The death of this bishop is en- 
tered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 
637, and in the Annals of Tighernach and those 
of Clonmacnoise under 637 (2 Id. Maii) which 
is the true date.—$See Lanigan's Ecclesiastical 
History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 353, 355. 


* Lis-mor: i.e. the Great Lis or earthen fort, 
translated Atrium magnum by the wxiter of 
the Life of St. Carthach ; now Lismore, on the 
River Neimh, now the Blackwater, in the west 
of the county of Waterford, anciently called 
Crich-na-nDeise. It is evident from entries in 
these Annals at the years 588 and 610, that 
there was an ecclesiastical establishment here 
before the expulsion of St. Carthach from Rai- 
thin, in Fircall, in 636; but it was remodelled 
and erected into a bishopric by him a short 
time before his death. Moelochtride, prince of 
Nandesi (i. e. the Desies), made him a grant of 
a considerable tract of land lying round the 
atrium called Lismore, which was originally a 
mere earthen enclosure, but in a short time the 
place acquired an extraordinary celebrity, and 
was visited by scholars and holy men from all 
parts of Ireland, as well as from England and 
Wales, as we learn from the following passage 
in his Life: 

“ Egregia et Sancta civitas Less-mor: cujus 
dimidium est asylum, in qua nulla mulier audet 
intrare, sed plenum est cellis et monasteriis 


635.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 255 


Domhnall, son of Aedh, and the sons of Aedh Slaine, over Congal Claen, son 
of Scannlan, King of Ulidia, where fell Congal, and the Ulidians and foreigners 
along with him. The battle of Saeltire" [was gained] by Conall Cael, son of 


Maelcobha, over the Cinel-Eoghain. 


The Age of Christ, 635. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Ailill, son of 
Aedh Roin”; Congal, son of Dunchadh», died.  Duinseach?*, wife of Domhnall, 


son of Aedh, King of Ireland, died. 


The Age of Christ, 636. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. St. Mochuda', 
Bishop of Lis-mor* and Abbot of Raithin [Rahen], died on the 14th of May. 
The battle of Cathair-Chinncon', in Munster, [was gained] by Aenghus Liath, 


over Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannan. 


Maelodhar Macha’, chief of Oirghialla, 
died. Maelduin, son of Aedh“, was burned at Inis-caein*. 


Maelduin, son of 


Fearghus, and Maelduin, son of Colman, died. . 
The Age of Christ, 637. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. St. Cronan 
Mac-Ua-Loegde’, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 18th of July. St.Mochua, 


Abbot of Balla’, died. 


sanctis, et multitudo virorum sanctorum semper 
illic manet. Viri enim religiosi ex omni parte 
Hibernig, et non solüm, sed ex Anglia et Bri- 
tanniá confluunt ad eam, volentes ibi migrare 
ad Christum. Et est ipsa civitas posita super 
ripam fluminis quandam dicti Nem, modó autem 
Aban-mor, id est, amnis magnus, in plaga re- 
gionis Nandesi.”—Ussher’s Primord., p. 943 ; 


see also the same work, pp. 910, 919. St. Car- 


‘thach or Mochuda’s festival is entered in the 
Feilire-Aenguis and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 
14th May. 

t Cathair-Chinncon. This was the name of a 
stone fort near Rockbarton, the seat of Lord 
Guillamore, in the barony of Small County, and 
county of Limerick. In the Annals of Ulster 
this battle is noticed under the year 639, as 
follows : 

* A. D. 639. Bellum Cathrach-Cinncon. Oen- 
gus Liathdana victor erat. Maelduin mac Aeda 
Benain fugit.” 

* Maelodhar Macha.—In the Annals of Tigh- 


ernach and the Annals of Ulster he is called 
“rex Orientalium," which is intended for mg 
na n-Oipeeap, i. e. King of the Oriors, two ba- 
ronies in the east of the present county of Ar- 
magh ; but in the Battle of Magh-Rath (p. 28), 
he is called pi noi ccpiċa ceo Oipgiall, i. e. 
King of the Nine Cantreds of Oriel, a territory 
which comprised, at this period, the present 
counties of Louth, Armagh, Monaghan, and 
parts of Tyrone. 

* Maelduin, son of Aedh.—** A. D. 640. Com- 
bustio Maelduin in insula Caini. Jugulatio Mael- 
duin mic Fergusa, ¢ Maelduin mic Colmain.” — 
Ann. Ult. 

* Inis- Caein.—Now Inishkeen, in the county 
of Louth, on the borders of Monaghan. 

? Cronan-mac- Ua- Loeghde.—** A. D. 637. Cro- 
nan macc-U-Loeghdea, abbas Cluana-mic-Nois, 
obiit."— Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 637. Cronan mac Oloye, abbot of 
Clonvienose, died."— 4nn. Clon. 

* Balla.—Now Balla or Bal, a village in the 


(638. 


256 . ANNALA RIOShachca eiREGNN. 


Coip Cmort, pé cé0 tmocha a hocht. S. Cpican m Clonopuim oécc an 
peactmad oécc oo Man. Cooh Dub, abb 4 eppcop Cille oapa, vég, 4 ba 
pi Cagth ap cop epiòe. Oalaipe, mac hU Imoae, abb Leichslimne, oécc. 

Cop Cmorz, pé céo cpiocha anao. S. Oagan Inbip Daole vo écc 13 
` Sepcembep. lap mbeich pe badna dég 1 prghe n€peann vo Oomnall, mac 
Qovha, mic Cinmipech, puaip bap mo Apo Pochaoh, 1 cCín*Cfooha, vo 
Punnpaoh ap mbuaid natmse, uaip baoi bliadam 1 ngalap a écca, ] no 
caiceao conp Cmope gaca oomnaig. Orlill, mac Colmán, coipeach Cenel 


Laogaine [oécc]. 


Coir Cort, pé ċéo ceepaca. On céo bliaóam do Chonall Caol 4 do 
Cheallach, oá mac Maoilcoba, mic Cloda, mic Cinmipech, op Epinn 1 pighe. 


barony of Clanmorris, but anciently in the ter- 
ritory of Ceara, in the now county of Mayo.— 
See note *, under the year 1179. The death of 
this Mochua is also given in the Annals of Clon- 
Colgan gives the 
Life of this saint as translated from an Irish 
manuscript by Philip O’Sullivan Beare, at 30th 
March, which is his festival day, as marked in 
all the Calendars. He was a disciple of the ce- 
lebrated St. Comhgall of Bangor. 

* Aendruim.—This is not Antrim, but an 
island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, in 
the county of Down.—See notes under the years 
496 and 642. "The death of Cridan is entered 
under 638 in the Annals of Ulster and the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise. 

^ Aedh Dubh.—The death of this royal abbot 
and bishop is entered in the Annals of Ulster 
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 
638. i 

* Leithghlinn : i.e. the Half Glen, now old 
Leighlin, in the county of Carlow: “ A. D. 638. 
Ercra re” [an eclipse of the moon ] ** Dolaissi mac 
Cuinidea, abbas Lethglinne pausat.” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 639. Dolasse mac Winge, Abbot of 
Leighlin, died."— Ann. Clon. j 

St. Dolaise, of Leighlin, was otherwise called 
Molaise and Laisren. He was present at the 


macnoise at the same year. 


Synod held at Leighlin in 630, to debate on 
the proper time for celebrating Easter.— See 
Cummianus's epistle to Segienus, Abbot of 
Iona, in Ussher's Sylloge, No. xi. His festival 
was celebrated on the 18th April, according to- 
the Feilire Aenguis and the Irish Calendar of 
O’Clery. 

è Inbher- Daeile : i. e. the Mouth of the River 
Dael, now Ennereilly, a townland containing 
the ruins of an old church situated close to 
Mizen Head, in the south of a parish of the 
same name, in the barony of Arklow, and 
county of Wicklow, and about four miles and 
a quarter north-north-east of the town of Ark- 
low. The river Dael or Deel is now called the 
Pennycomequick River. In the Feilire-Aenguis, 
at 13th September, Inbher-Doeli is described 
as in the territory of Dal-Mescorb, in Leinster, 
and Doel, as “nomen amnis," in the east of 
Leinster. 

* Ard-Fothadh, in Tir-Aedha.—'This was the 
name of a fort on a hill near Ballymagrorty, in 
the barony of Tir-Aedha, now Tirhugh, and 
county of Donegal.—See the Tripartite Life of 
St. Patrick, part ii. c. iii; and Adamnan's Vita 
Columb., lib. i. c. 10; and Colgan's note (Trias 
Thaum., p. 375), where he translates this pas- 
sage from the Irish of the Four Masters, thus: 


638.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 257 


The Age of Christ, 638. St. Critan, of Aendruim*, died on the seventeenth 
of May. Aedh Dubh’, Abbot and Bishop of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. He had 
been at first King of Leinster. Dalaise Mac hU-Imdae, Abbot of Leithglinn', 
died. 

The Age of Christ, 639. St. Dagan, of Inbher-Daeile*, died on the 13th 
of September. After Domhnall; son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been sixteen 
years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ard-Fothadh, in Tir-Aedhs', 
after the victory of penance, for he was a year in his mortal sickness ; and he 
used to receive the body of Christ every Sunday. Oilill, son of Colman, chief 
of Cinel-Laeghairef, [died]. 

The Age of Christ, 640. The first year of Conall Cael and Ceallach’, two 
sons of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Ireland, in [joint] sove- 
reignty. Scannlan Mor”, son of Ceannfaeladh, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died. 


* Anno Christi sexcentessimo trigessimo nono 
postquam Hibernie monarchiam. sexdecim annis 
administrasset, Domnallus, filius Aidi filii Ain- 
mirii, decessit in Ard-fothad regione de Tir- Aodha, 
post penitentie palmam: Integro enim anno in 
sui lethali infirmitate, singulis diebus Dominicis 
communione Corporis Christi refectus, interiit.” 
He then remarks on the Chronology: ** Verum 
non anno 639 (ut Quatuor Magistri referunt); 
sed anno 642, ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus refert 
Jacobus Usserus de Ecclesiarum Britannicarum 
Primordiis pagina 712 ipsum obiisse; et posteà 
in Indice Chronologico, dicens Anno 642. Dom- 
naldus filius Aidi Rex Hibernie, in fine mensis 
Januarii moritur; succedentibus sibi in regno Con- 
allo et Kellacho, filiis Maelcobi, annis xvi.” 

The death of King Domhnall is entered in 
the Annals of Ulster, and also in the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, at 641; but the true year is 642, 


| as Ussher has it: 


* A. D. 641. Mors Domhnaill, mic Aedo, regis 
Hibernia in fine Januarii.” —Ann. Ult. 

“A. D. 641. Donell mac Hugh, King of 
Ireland, died in Ardfohie, in the latter end of 
January.” —Ann. Clon. 


* Cinel-Laeghaire : i. e. Race of Laeghaire 
(Monarch of Ireland). These were seated in 
the baronies of Upper and Lower Navan, in the 
county of Meath, The hill of Tlachtgha, the 
ford of Ath-Truim, and the church of Telachard, 
were in their territory. The death of Ailill, 
son of Colman, is entered in the Annals of 
Ulster at 641, and in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise at 642. 

€ Conall Cael and Ceallach—The Annals of 
Ulster contain the following curious remarks 
under the year 642: “ Cellach et Conall Cael 
regnare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Hic dubitatur 
quis regnavit post Domhnall. Dicunt alii histo- 
riographi regnasse quatuor reges, i. Cellach et 
Conall Cael, et duo filii Aedo Slaine .i. Diarmait 
et Blathmac, per commixta regna." 

^ Scannlan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh.—He was 
not the Scannlan, King of Ossory, mentioned 
by Adamnan as a hostage in the hands of Aedh 
mac Ainmirech, but his cousin-german, Scann- 
lan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Rumann, 
whose brother, Feradhach, was the grandfather 
of the other Scannlan. This Scannlan Mor, son 
of Ceannfaeladh, is the ancestor of all the septs 


Ti 


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bal £41. a Pe Tlie a 


258 annata RiIoghachta EIREANN. (641. 


Scannlan mop, mac Cinnpaolars, correc Opparge, oécc. Cuana, mac Clilcene, 
coipech Pf£pmaige, vécc. bu hé pm Laot Ciatmume. 

' Qtoip Cpiopc, pé ċéo ceatpacha a haon. An vapa bliadan vo Chonall 4 
oo Cheallac. Maolbpfpail 7 Maolanpaioh oécc, 7 Plann Enagh vo gum. 
Oo Chenél cConaill Gulban 1a0pen. | 

Cop Cpiopc, pé céd clépaca a 06, An cpeap badain oo Chonall 7 vo 
Cheallach. S. Cponan 6 (cc, eppuce nClonopoma, décc an 7 lanuapn. Pupaó- 
pan, mac beicce, mic Cuanach, correc Ua Mec Uap, véce. huaiple imgén 
Sumbne, mic Colmán, b(n Paolám, mgh Cangtn, véce. Cath Gabpa evp 


Laighnibh pén. 


Cloi Core, pé céd clépacha acpí. 


Cn clépamad bliadain oo Chonall, 


7 do Cheallach. Ounchad, mac Fiachna, mc Oemain, pi Ulad, oécc. 
Cop Cmorz, pé cé0 c(épacha a cfeaip. An cáicceaó badan oo Chonall 


1 d0 Cheallach. 


bolccluaca, ecigh(pna Ua cCemnp(laig, oécc. 


Qoip C propc, pé ċéo ceatpacha a cce. An perpead bliadam oo Chonall 
q vo Cheallach. S. Mac Laipe, abb bfmcaip, oécc an 16 Man. Rag- 


of the Mac Gillapatricks, or Fitzpatricks, of 
Ossory. In the Annals of Clonmaenoise the 
death of Scanlan More mac Keanfoyle is entered 
under A. D. 642. 

i Laech Liathmhuine : i. e. the Hero of Liath- 
mhuin. There are several places in the county 
of Cork called Liathmhuine; but the place here 
referred to is Cloch-Liathmhuine, in the parish 
of Kilgullane, in the barony of Fermoy. This 
Cuana is called Mac Cailchine by Keating, and 
in the Life of St. Molagga, published by Colgan 
at 20th January, who describes him as a chief- 
tain of unbounded hospitality, and the rival in 
that quality of his half brother, Guaire Aidhne, 
King of Connaught: + 

** Regni deinde" [i.e. post Donaldum] “socie- 
tatem iniverant Conallus Tenuis, et Cellachus, 
Moelcobii filii, nepotes Hugonis seu Aidi, An- 
meri pronepotes: quibus pari regnandi postes- 
tate gaudentibus, fatis concessit Cuanus Cail- 
cheni filius, Caoc Ciacmuine, Fearmuise Rex, 


qui Guario Colmani filio coctaneus, parem 


cum eo liberalitatem, et in egenos erogationem 
exercuit."— Lynch. See a curious reference to 
this contest of generosity between Cuanna and 
Guaire, in the Life of St. Molagga.—Acta SS., 
pp. 146, 148. 

This Cuana was the descendant of the cele- 
brated Druid and hero, Mogh Roth, who re- 
ceived a grant of the territory of Feara-Muigh- 
feine, now Fermoy, from Fiacha Muilleathan, 
King of Munster, for the extraordinary services 
which he had rendered to the Munster forces in 
driving the monarch, Cormac Mac Art, from 
Munster.—See Colgan's Acta SS., p. 148, n. 2, 
and note ', under A. D. 266, p. 117, suprà. 
Colgan refers to various authorities for this 
contest of generosity between Cuana and his 
half-brother, Guaire Aidhne, and, among others, 
to an ancient manuscript of Clonmacnoise called 
Leabhar-na h Uidhre (a fragment of which is now 
preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- 
demy). His words are: “ Celebris est hzc com- 
petentia in nostris historiis, de qua Ketinus in 


CO a es E ee, Deu 


641.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


259 


Cuana, son of Ailcen, chief of Feara-Maighe [Fermoy], died. - - was [the 
person who was called] Laech Liathmhuine’ 


The Age of Christ, 641. 


The second year of Conalland Ceallach. Mael- 


breasail and Maelanfaidh* died; and Flann Enaigh was mortally wounded. 
These were of the Cinel-Conaill-Gulban. 

The Age of Christ, 642. The third year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Cronan 
Beg’, Bishop of Aendruim, died on the 7th of January. Furadhràn, son of e 
son of Cuanach, chief of Ui-Mic-Uais", died. Uaisle”, daughter of Suibhne, s 
of Colman, wife of Faelan, King of Leinster,died. The Dafolo of Gabhra’ a 
fought] between the Leinstermen themselves. 

The Age of Christ, 643. The fourth year of Conall and Ceallach. Dun- 
chadh’, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, died. 

The Age of Christ, 644. The fifth year of Conall and Ceallach. Bolglua- 


tha*, Lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. 
The Age of Christ, 645. 


historia Regum Hibernie. Item in actis Com- 
gani et Conalli, et in actis etiam ipsius Cuane a 
Fiacho” [filio Lyriij * synchrono eleganter con- 
scriptis que etiamnüm in magno pretio extant 
hodié in celebri illo et vetusto codice Cluanensi, 
quem Leabhar-na-h Uidhre vocant.” — Acta SS., 
p. 149, n. 14. 

x Maelbreasail and Maelanfaidh.—** A. D. 643. 
Jugulatio duorum nepotum Bogaine, i. e. Maelbrea- 
sail et Maelanfait. Guin Flainn Aenaig. Mors 
Breasail mic seachnasaich.”—Ann. Ult. 

Cronan Beg. — ** A. D. 642. Quies Cronain 
Episcopi nOindromo.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 642. Cronan, Bishop of Indroyme, 
died."— Ann. Clon. 

7 Ui-Mic- Uais.—This name is still preserved 
in the barony of Moygoish, in the county of 
Westmeath. ; 

* A. D. 644. Mors Furudrain mic Bece, mic 
Cuanach ri Ua mice Uais."— Ann. Ult. 

“ A, D. 642. Furadrayn, the son of Beag, mic 
Briwyn, or Cwanagh, prince of Mack waiss, died.” 


The sixth year of Conall and Ceallach. Mac 
Laisre', Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 16th of May. 


Raghallach', 


—Ann. Clon. 

2 Üaisle.—'* A. D. 642. Mors hUaisle, filie 
Suibne.—Ann. Clon. 

** A. D. 642. Uaisle, in English, Gentle, daugh- 
ter of Swyne mac Colman, King of Meath, Queen 
of Lynster (she was wife to Foylan, King of 


Lynster), died.” 

^ Gabhra: i. e. Gabhra-Liffe, not Gabhra, near 
the Boyne. 

» Dunchadh.—** A. D. 646. Rex Uloth Duncat 


Ua Ronain jugulatus.”—Ann. Ult. 

3 Bolgluatha.—** A. D. 646. Bellum Colgan mac 
Crunnmael Builggluatha ri hUae Cennselaig." 
—Ann. Uit. 

* Mac Laisre.—'* A.D. 645. Mac lue Abbas 
Bennchair quievit.?— Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 642. Maclaisre, abbot of Beanchor, 
died.” —Ann. Clon. Y i 

* Raghallach. —His death is entered in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 648, which is more 
correct. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is 
incorrectly entered under the year 642, and the 


2612 


260 


ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[645. 


allach, mac Uarach, pí Connacht, oo mapbad la Maolbpighoe, mac Mot- 


laċain, oia oorinarg oo punnpavh, dia nebpaoh : 


Ragallach, mac Uacach, goeca vo mum geileich, 
Mummo oechmon po cic, Catal oechmon oemch. 

hi gneip anu vo Catal, cia concola piaó progaibh, 

Ciapa Cachal cen achap, nf a achaip cen oíoganl. 
Mol p(ch aopoé offal, acap wpo a proneac, 

Gonavo pe pipu coigac, ogl pé oimgne oéac. 

Mo éuiepi 1 ccuma caich, o1oganl Ragallarg po pant, 

Pil a ulcha léich 1m lam, Maolbp1gZ01, me Moclacham. 


Cach Caipn Conaill ma nOiapmaio, mac Qovha Slam, pon Guaine, oú m 
po mapbad an va Cuán, .1. Cuán, mac €noa, pí Muman, q Cuán, mac Conall, 
caoipech Ua Pigfnce, 7 Colamnach, coipech Ua Liaċan, 7 po meabaió pop 
Huaipe a hionad an cacha. lpead c(cup vo luid Oiapmaic oo tabane m 
cata po cpa Cluain mic Nop. Oo pníg(npac 1apom pamaò Ciapa eacla 
pp Oia pap, co cipaó plan oioncoib a ccopar&fchca pom. lap poaoh 1apam 
1n mgh po eavhbain Tuaim n€ipc co na poolaib p(ponn (.1. Liat Manchan) 


translator adds that the O’Reillys are descended 
from this Raghallach. 

“ A. D. 642 [recte 649]. Ragally mae Fwa- 
dagh, King of Connaught, was deadly wounded 
and killed by one Moyle-Bride O'Mothlan. Of 
this King Ragally issued the O’Rellyes.” 

This interpolation is, however, incorrect, for 
the O'Reillys (of East Breifny or Cavan) are 
descended from Raghallach, son of Cathalan, son 
of Dubheron, son of Maelmordha, the eleventh 
in descent from Fearghus, the common ancestor 
of the O’Reillys, O’Rourkes, and O'Conors of 
Connaught. But this Raghallach, son of Uatach, 
is the ancestor of the O’Conors, kings of Con- 
naught. He had three sons: 1. Fearghus, the 
father of Muireadhach Muilleathan, the ances- 
tor of the O'Conors; 2. Cathal, who is men- 
tioned in the text as the avenger of his father ; 
and 3. Ceallach.—See Hardiman’s edition of 
O?Flaherty's Zar- Connaught, p. 130. 


* Muireann.—It is stated in an interlined gloss 
that she was the wife of Raghallach. 

* Lamented.—The verb po cic is glossed, inter 
lineas, **.1. po cain.” 

* Avenged, oemch.—This is glossed po oic, 
which, in the Brehon laws, signifies to punish, 
fine, revenge. * Nocha n-oincche neach ina 
cinaio coip o Concoban; no one was fined for 
his real crime by Conchobhar."—MS. T. C. D., 
H. 4. 22, p. 67. 

* Carn-Conaill.—It appears from an account 
of this battle, preserved in Leabhar na-h Uidhri, 
in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, that 
Carn-Chonaill is situated in the territory of 
Aidhne, which was coextensive with the diocese 
of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway. This 
place is probably that now called Ballyconnell, 
in the parish of Kilbecanty, near Gort. The 
battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, under 
the year 648 ; and in the Annals of Clonmac- 


er eS 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 261 


645.) 


son of Uatach, King of Connaught, was killed by Maelbrighde, son of Moth- 
lachan, on Sunday precisely, of which was said : 


Raghallach, son of Uatach, was pierced on the back of a white steed ; 
Muireannt hath well lamented" him, Cathal hath well avenged” him. 

Cathal is this day in battle, though he is bound [to peace] in the presence of kings ; 
Though Cathal is without a father, his father is not without being revenged. 
Estimate his terrible revenge from the account of it related ; 

He slew six men and fifty, he committed sixteen devastations. 

I had my share like another, in the revenge of Raghallach, 

I have the grey beard in my hand of Maelbrighde, son of Mothlachán. 


The battle of Carn Conaill* [was gained] by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, 
against Guaire, wherein were slain the two Cuans, namely, Cuan, son of Enda, 
King of Munster, and Cuan, son of Conall, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte’; and Tolamh- 
nach, chief of Ui-Liathain'; and Guaire was routed from the battle field. Diar- 
maid, on his way to this battle, went first through Cluain-mic-Nois. The 
congregation of St. Ciaran made supplication to God that he might return safe, 
through the merits of their guarantee. After the king's return, he granted 
Tuaim nEirc? (i. e. Liath-Manchain), with its sub-divisions of land, as altar-sod", 


noise under 642, as follows : 

* A. D. 648. Bellum Cairn Conaill, ubi Guaire 
fugit, et Diarmait mac Aedo Slaine victor erat.” — 
Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 642 [recte 649]. The battle of Carn 
Conell, in the Feast of Pentecost, was given by 
Dermot mac Hugh Slane; and going to meet 
his enemies went to Clonvicknose to make his 
devotion to St. Keyran, was met by the abbot, 
prelates, and clergy of Clonvicknose in proces- 
sion, where they prayed God and St. Keyran to 
give him the victory over his enemies, which 
God granted at.their requests; for they had the 
victory, and slew Cwan, King of Mounster, and 
Cwan mac Conell, King of I-Feiginty, and so 
giving the foyle to his enemies returned to 
Clonvicknose again, to congratulate the clergy 
by whose intercession he gained that victory, 
and bestowed on them for ever Toymenercke, 


with the appurtenances, now called Lyavanchan, 
in honor of God and St. Keyran, to be held free 
without any charge in the world, insomuch 
that the King of Meath might not thencefoorth 
challenge a draught of water thereout by way 
of any charge.”—Ann. Clon, 

* Ui-Fidhgeinte.—A. large territory in the - 
present county of Limerick. —See note ™, under 
A. D. 1178, p. 44. 

* Ui- Liathain.— A territory in the county of 
Cork.—See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11, 
and note *, under A. D. 1579, p. 1722. 

a Tuaim nEire: i.e. Erc’s Mound, or tumulus. 
This was the original name of the place where 
the old church of Lemanaghan, in the barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County, now stands in 
ruins.— See note *, under A. D. 1531, p. 1402. 

^ Altar-sod.—Literally land on the altar, i. e. 
land belonging to the altar, i. e. church-land. 


Arat atrag ives? uf pot A 


[646. 


262 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 


amail poo pop alcóip, oo Ota o0 Chiapan, 7 vo bpe ceopa cpipce (.1. mal- 
lacc) pop mgh Hohe via mb(oh neach dia mumcip ciò ogh nuipce ann. 
Conad oepm oo peogapc Oiapmaice a adnacal hi cCluam mic Nói. 

Cop Cpiopc, pé ċéo, clépacha ape. Cn peaccmao bliadain vo Chonall 
7 v0Chellach. Cath Oum Cpiomtainn ma Conall 7 pa cCeallach, oa mac 
Maoilcoba, pon Clongup, mac Domnaill, 7 po mapbao Clongup pan chat pm, 
1 no mapbao cicé Cachapach, mac Oomnaill bpc, pan cach pm beop.. Maol- 
coba mac Piachna, mic Oemam pi Ulad, oo mapbao la Congal cC (nnpooa, 
mic Ounchaoha. 

Clip Cmorc, pé céo c(cpacha a peachc. Un cochcmao bliadam vo 
Chonall 4 oo Chellach. Ounchao 4 Conall, oá mac blaitmeic, mic Clooha 
Slame, oo manbad la Caigmb 1 ccuppaeé muilinn Maolodpam, mc Díoma 
Cpóm. Mapcan 7 Maoclodpan po gon 1av anofp, ap do po péároh Maolodpan, 


Q muilino, po mele anba vo cuipimn, 

Ní bo cormmmelc pop peinbuno, an pormeile pop Unb [Sil] C(pbarlt. 
Qn span nieilep an Muileann, nf coince acc ap ofpg tuipeann, 
ba do gepccaib an épomn mái, pocha murlinn Maoilodpcn. 


Cloip Cpiope, pé céo c(épacha a hoche. Cn naomad bliadam vo Chonall 
q oo Cheallach. Maimchem, abb Meanaoporchic, vo écc. lomamecc Cuile 


* Dun-Crimhthainn.—This was the name of a 
fort situated on the Hill of Howth, to the north 
of the city of Dublin.— See note ^, under A. D. 
9, p. 92, suprà. In the Annals of Ulster this 
battle is mentioned under the year 649, as fol- 
lows: 

“A. D. 649. Bellum Duin Cremthainn, in 
quo cecidit Oengus mac Domhnaill, filii Maelcobo 
i. Cellach et Conall Cael, victores erant: Mors 


The place where this mill stood is still well 
known, and is called Muilleann-Odhrain, anglicé 
Mullenoran. It is situated near Lough Owel, 
in the parish of Portnashangan, in the county 
of Westmeath, where there was a mill till about 
the middle of the last century. 

The killing of these sons of Blathmac is men- 
tioned in the Annals of Ulster at 650, and in 
the Annals of Tighernach at 651, which is the 


pip. mic Domhnaill Bric.” 

è Mill of Maelodhran.—Connell Mahecubnaacs, 
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
states that this mill is near Mullingar : 

* A. D. 648. The two sons of Hugh Slane, 
Donogh and Conell, were killed by the Lynster- 
men, near Mollingare, in the mill of Oran, called 
Mollen-Oran."' 


true year.—See a short article on the Antiquity 
of Corn in Ireland in the Dublin P. Journal, 
vol i. p. 108-110, where the Editor published 
this passage. 

* Wheat.—In the Annals of Tighernach the 
reading is : **a muilino cia po mele, mop vo 
cuipmo. Ah mill ! what hast thou ground? 
Great thy wheat.” 


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to God and to St. Ciaran ; and he gave three maledictions (i. e. curses) to that 
king whose people should take even a drink of water there. Wherefore Diar- 
maid ordered his burial-place at Cluain-mic-Nois. f 

The Age of Christ, 646. The seventh year of Conall and Ceallach. The 
battle of Dun-Crimhthainn® [was gained] by Conall and Ceallach, the two sons 
of Maelcobha, over Aenghus, son of Domhnall ; and Aenghus was slain in this 
battle ; and there was also slain in this same battle Cathasach, son of Domhnall 
Breac. Maelcobha, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, was slain by 
Congal Ceannfoda, son of Dunchadha. 

The Age of Christ, 647. The eighth year of Conall and Ceallach. Dun- 
chadh and Conall, two sons of Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, were slain by the 
Leinstermen, in the mill-race of the mill of Maelodhran’, son of Dima Cron. 
Marcan and Maelodhran mortally wounded the two ; of which Maelodhran said: 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


O mill! which grindedst much of wheat^; _ 
It was not grinding oats‘ thou wert, when thou didst grind the seed of Cear- 


bhall. 


The grain which the mill has ground is not oats, but red wheat, 
With the scions of the great trees Maelodhran’s mill was fed. 


The Age of Christ, 648. 
cheni, Abbot of Meanadrochit*, died. 


f Grinding oats.—In the Annals of Tighernach 
the reading is: “m po cormele pon peppumo, 
apo mele pop Unb Ceapbuill,” which is the 
true reading, 

* The great tree.—This great tree was Cearbhall. 
In the Annals of Tighernach the reading is: **lp 
oipogla in cpumn main poca oo muilind a 
Martoodpain.” 

For a historical dissertation on the antiquity 
of mills in Ireland, see the Ordnance Memoir of 
the Parish of Templemore, County of London- 


derry, p. 215; and Petrie’s History and Anti- ` 


quities of Tara Hill, pp. 138-141. The first mill 
ever erected in Ireland was placed on the stream 
of Nith, now the River Gabhra, near Tara, by 
King Cormme Mac Art, in the third century. 


The ninth year of Conall and Ceallach. 


Main- 
The battle of Cuil-corra, by Aeldeith 


Its site is still pointed out, and near its sites 
stands the modern mill of Lisnamullen. 

^ Meanadroichit. — For the situation of this 
place see note *, under the year 600, p. 226, 
supra. In the Annals of Ulster these entries 
are given under the year 651, as follows : 
“A.D. 651. Dormitatio Maencha in abbatis 
Menodrochit. Imaric Cuile coire, in qua cecidit 
Culene mac Forindain. Maeldeich & Onchu 
victores erant.” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of 
“ Manchynus, Abbot of Menadrochat," is entered 
under the year 649, which is certainly antedated. 

i Quil-corra : i.e. the Corner or Angle of the 
Weir or Dam, now Coolarn, near Galtrim, in 
the county of Meath. 


264. annaza gioghachca EIREANN. (649. 


coppa pa nCloloert 7 ma nOnéom, dú m po mapbaoh Cillne, mac Popannám, 
coipech Ua bpPailge. Cugamna, mac Suibne, oécc. 

Cop Cpiorz, pé ċéo c(épacha anao... Cn veachmad bliadam oo Chonall 
j oo Cheallach. S. Cponán Maghe bile décc, an peachtmad lá oo mí 
Qusupc. Cach antip Sheola, 1 Connachcaib, ma cCennpaolaó, mac Colgan, 
7 ma Maonach, mac baoitm, corpech Ua móqpiám, m po mapbao Manpcan, 
mac Toimeme, coipec Ua Mame. P(pgup mac Oomnaill, q P(pgup, mac 
Ragallang, 1 Clooh bfepa, mac Cummine, oo mapbao la hU Piachnach 
Chone. Cooh Rom, mac Maoilcoba, oécc. Maelo, mac Suibne, plait 
Mibe, oécc. i 

Coir Cpiope, pé €éo caogac. On caonmad bliadain oécc oo Chonall 4 
vo Chellach. Ciccen, abb Tine oa glar, oécc. Cailcén ó Lochna oécc. Cach 
PUpeong ma cCpummaol, mac Suibne, coipech Cenél €ogam, am m po 
mapbad Cumapcach, mac Oiliolla, corpech Ua Cpemtainn. Cpumomaol 
€pbuilgs, mac Ronan, coipech. Caig n. Olpgabain, vécc. S. bpa, abb 
Ouiblinne, do écc. 

oip Cpiope, pé ééo caoga a haon. Cn vapa baban vécc oo Chonall 
J 00 Cheallach. S. Aeohlus, mac Cummain, abb Cluana mic Nóip, [oécc] 
an 26 Febpuapn. 

Clip C iore, pé ċéo caoccat a vó. An cpeap bliadan oécc do na mogaib 
pempaice. S. Colman, eppcop, mac Clicelourb, abb Cluana hlopaipo, oécc 
8 Pebpuapn. S. Oippene Poca, ab Cluana hlonaipo, oécc Man 1°. S. Oa- 
chua Luachpa, abb Ffpna, oécc. 


x Magh-bile—Now Movilla, in the county of 
Down. ** A.D. 547. Cronan of Moville, died.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

! Airther-Seola : i.e. the eastern side or part 
of Magh-Seola, a plain included in the present 
barony of Clare, in the county of Galway. In 
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed under 
the year 652, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 649, thus: 

* A. D. 652. Bellum Connacht, in quo cecidit 
Marcan, filius Tomaini.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 649. The battle of Connaught, wherein 
Marcan mac Tomayn, Prince of Imain, in the 


provinee of Connaught, was slain, and Cean- 
foyle mac Colgan, and Moynagh, son of Bwy- 
hyn, had the upper hand.?—.4nn. Clon. 

m Fearghus, son of Domhnall_ A. D. 653. 
Jugulatio Fergusi mic Domhnaill, Ferguso mic 
Rogaillnig, et Aedo Bedri et Cumineni.”—Ann. 
Uit. 

^ Maeldoid. — ** A. D. 650. Moyledoy mac 
Swyne, King of Meath, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

o Atthchen—* A. D. 655. Mors Maelaichlein 
Tire-da-glass.”—dann. Ult. 

** A, D. 652. Aihgionn, Abbot of Tierdaglass, 
and Cailkine of Lohra, died."— 247». Clon. 


“eon M 


649.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 265 


and Onchu, where Cillene, son of Forannan, chief of Ui-Failghe [Offaly], was 
slain. Cugamhna, son of Suibhne, died. 

The Age of Christ, 649. The tenth year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Cro- 
nan of Magh-bile* died on the seventh day of the month of August. The battle 
of Airther-Seola!, in Connaught, by Ceannfaeladh, son of Colgan and Maenach, 
son of Baeithin, chief of Ui-Briuin, in which was slain Marcan, son of Toimen, 
chief of Ui-Maine. Fearghus, son of Domhnall”, and Fearghus, son of Ragh- - 
allach, and Aedh Beathra, son of Cuimin, were killed by the Ui-Fiachrach- 
Aidhne. Aedh Roin, son of Maelcobha, died. .Maeldoid", son of Suibhne, 
chief of Meath, died. 

The Age of Christ, 650. The eleventh year of Conall and Ceallach. Aith- 
chen*, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas [Terryglass], died. Cailcen, of Lothra, died. 
The battle of Fleascach?, by Crunnmael, son of Suibhne, chief of Cinel-Eoghain, 
in which was slain Cumascach, son of Oilioll, chief of Ui-Cremhthainn. Crunn- 
mael Erbuilg, son of Ronan, chief of South Leinster’, died. St. Bearaidh, 
Abbot of Duibhlinn’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 651. The twelfth year of Conall and Ceallach. St. 
Aedhlug', son of Cummain, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died] on the 26th of 
February. 

The Age of Christ, 652. The thirteenth year of the kings aforesaid. St. 
Colman’, the bishop, son of Aiteldubh, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died 
on the 8th of February. St. Oissene Fota, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died on the 
lst of May. St. Dachu Luachra, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. 


P Fleascach.—Not identified. In the Annals . 


of Ulster this battle is called ** Bellum Cumas- 
caig," thus: 

“A.D. 655. Bellum Cumascaig mic Ailello, 
in quo” ille, i. e. Cumascach] “ cecidit ; Cruinn- 
mael mac Suibne victor erat.” 

3 Crunnmae.— A. D. 655. Mors Crunnmail 
Erbuile, mic Ronain, regis Lageniensium." —. 4d nn. 
Uk. H i 

* South Leinster.—Laighin Deasgabhair. This 
was the name of the country of the Ui-Ceinn- 
sealaigh, for the extent of which see note under 
A. D. 1183. 


* Duibhlinn—Now Dublin, but it was origi- 
nally the name of the estuary of the River Liffey. 
— See note £, under. A. D. 291, p. 122, supra. 

t Aedhlug.— A. D. 651. Quies Aidlogo mic 
Comain Abbas Cluana mic Nois.”—-Ann. Ult. 

u Colman, the bishop, §c.—** A. D. 653. Colman 
Episcopus mac Cudelduib, et Ossene Fota, duo 
Abbates Cluana Iraird, obierunt. Ducuæ Locre 
abbas Fernann, quievit.?——Ann. Ult. > 

** A. D. 651. Colman, Bishop, mac Vihelly, 
and Ossynie Foda, two abbots of Clonarde, died 
in one year. Dachwa Lwachra, abbot of Fernes, 
died."— Ann. Clon. 


"EN 


weet ye eee 


266 aNNaza RIOSshachTa EIREANN. (654. 


Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo caoccat a cltap. CO cing vécc oo Chonall 7 vo 
Cheallach. S. Nem Mac Ua bipn, .1. comanba Enne Chpne, vo écc 14 lum. 


Suibne, mac Cuipcpe, abb lae, oécc. 


Comcenn Cille Slébe oécc. Cach 


Oelenn, amm map mapbao Tllaoloóro mac Conaing. 


Coip Cpiopc, pé 6éo caoccac a cúicc. 


Cn peipead bliadam vécc vo 


Chonall 7 vo Chellach. S. Moċaomócc, abb Lech méip, oécc an cpeap lá 


décc oo Mhanpca. 
oeapbup m pann : 


Thi bliadna décc ap ceicpe céo poo a paogoil, amal 


Saogal Moċaomócc Léit, nocha cealac tneom na cpeich, 
Thi bliaóna oécc ceicpe céo, ni baogal ní hiomaip bpég. 


~ St. Nem. — “ A. D. 654. Nem Macu-Brin 
pausat."— Ann. Ult. 

* Enne, of Ara: i.e. St. Endeus or Eany of 
Aranmore, an island in the Bay of Galway. The 
church of this saint was situated at the small 
village of Killeany, on this island.— See Col- 
gan's Acta SS., p. 714, and Hardiman's edition 
of O'Flaherty's Zar- Connaught, p. 74, et seq. 

* Suibhne.—** A. D. 656. Obitus Suibnii mic 
Cuirtri, abbatis Ie." — Ann. Ult. 

* A, D. 553. Swyne mac Cwirtre, Abbot of 
Hugh” [Iona], “ died.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Cill-Sleibhe : i. e. Cill-Sleibhe-Cuillinn, now 
Killeavy, situated at the foot of Slieve Gullion, 
near Newry, in the county of Armagh.— See 
note ?, under the year 517, p.168, supra. In 
the Annals of Clonmaenoise the death of .this 
Coinnchenn is entered under the year 634. 

* Delenn.— This is probably Telenn, in the 
west of the county of Donegal. In the Annals 
of Ulster this battle is entered. under the year 
656 : 

“ A. D. 656. Bellum Delend, in quo interfectus 
est Maeldeut mac Conaill,” 

^ Mochaemhog.—Called in Latin Pulcherius. 
His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster 
under A. D. 655. Colgan has published a Life 
of this saint at 13th March, from the Codex 
Kilkenniensis, from which it appears that his 


father, Beoan, who was of the Conmaicne of 
Connaught, fled to Munster, and settled in 
Ui-Conail Gabhra in Munster, where he mar- 
ried Nessa (the sister of the celebrated St. Ita, 
of Killeedy, in the present county of Limerick), 
who became the mother of this saint: His first 
name was Coemghin, but St. Ita afterwards 
changed this to Mochaemhog, which the writer 
of his life interpreted ** Meus pulcher juvenis." 

* Unde meruit Beoanus ut haberet talem 
filium, qui coram Deo et hominibus magnus 
erit, cujus memoria erit in eternum. Et ad- 
didit, dicens; ipse erit pulcher et senex. Inde 
dederunt ei nomen primum .i. CoemAghin : sed 
hoe nomen evertit ipsa Sancta Dei” [Ita] “ vo- 
cans eum per dilectionem nomine, quo vulgo 
nominatur .i. Mochoemog: quod latiné dicitur 
meus pulcher juvenis." —4A cta Sanctorum, p. 590 

The principal church of this saint, called 
Liath-mor, or Liath-Mochaembog, is described 
in the gloss to the Feire-Aenguis, as in the 
southern Ely, in Munster. It is now called 
Liath Mochaemhog (auglicó Leamokevoge), and 
is situated in the parish of Two-Mile-Burris, in 
the barony of Elyogarty, and county of Tippe- 
rary. This barony was anciently called the 
territory of South Ely (€ile oéipcipe) to dis- 
tinguish it from Ely-O'Carroll which is in- 


„cluded in the present King’s County.. The 


654. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 267 


The Age of Christ, 654. The. fifteenth year of Conall and Ceallach. 
St. Nem“ Mac Ua-Birn, successor of Enne, of Ara*, died on the 14th of June. 
Suibhne’, son of Cuirtre, Abbot of Ia, died. Coincenn, of Cill-Sleibhe’, died. 
The battle of Delenn*, in which Maeldoid, son of Conaing, was slain. 


The Age of Christ, 655. 


The sixteenth year of Conall and Ceallach. 


St. Mochaemhog’, Abbot of Liath-mor, died on the third day of March. Thir- 
teen years and four hundred was the length of his life, as this quatrain proves: 


The age of Mochaemhog of Liath, which the great or poor deny not, 
Thirteen years four hundred*, without danger, without exaggeration. 


ruins of two churches, one of which is of great 
antiquity, are now to be seen at Liath-Mocho- 
emhog, but the saint’s festival is no longer kept 
or scarcely known in the parish. There is ano- 
ther church called Cill Moċaemóg, from this 
saint, in the barony of Ida, and county of Kil- 
kenny;. but the peasantry are beginning to 
corrupt it to Kill-Ivory, from a false notion 
that Caemhog denotes ivory! Colgan’s valuable 
note on the signification of the name of this 
saint is well worth the attention of the reader, 
and the Editor is tempted to lay the whole of it 
before him in this place: 

* Meus pulcher juvenis, $c. Pro his et aliis 
similibus intelligendis adverte tria; Primum 
quod dictio Hibernica coemh. prout veteres scri- 
bunt, seu, ut hodiè scribitur caomh, idem sit 
quod pulcher, speciosus, vel delectans, et gein 
idem quod genitus vel natus, ita ut CoemAghein, 
idem sit quod pulcher genitus, seu natus. 2, Quod 
mo, idem sit quod mi vel meus; estque particula 
indicans affectum possessionem vel observantiam 
rei cui prefigitur. Unde apud Priscos Hibernos 
prefigebatur et conjungebatur nominibus pro- 
pris, maximé sanctorum, ita quod ex utraque 
coalesceret una dietio, que postea in nomen 
proprium cedebat. Quando autem nomen istud 
incipiebat a vocali tunc littera o elisà, litera m 
jungebatur vocali sequenti. Tertium quód quod 
oc velog, an, en, et in in fine dictionum apud 


Hibernos maximé priscos indicent quandam 
diminutionem, seu nomina desinentia, saltem 


propria esse diminutiva. Ex his contingit 


eandem numero personam in nostris Hagiolo- 
giis aliisque historiis variis secundum apparen- 
tiam nominibus appellari, v. g. idem Lua, Luanus, 
Molua, Moluanus scribitur. Item Cuanus, Mo- 
chuanus, Erninus, Ernenus, Ernanus, Mernanus, 
et Mernocus; Eltinus, Meltinus, et Melteocus Di- 
manus, Modhimocus; Lochinus, Lochenus, Loch- 
anus. Et ad propositum nostrum idem Mochoe- 
mocus, Mochoemogus, Coemanus, et respiciendo 
ad vocis significationem Pulcherius, quam ap- 
pellationem quia facilior et latinis gratior dux- ^ 
imus plerumque in hac vita retinendam, licet - 
in vetusto Codice cujus autigraphum habemus 
sanctus hic passim vocetur Jochoemhoc."— 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 596, n. 9. 

* Four hundred, cevcpe céo.— This is clearly 
a mistake for an coem €éo, above one hundred; . 
but with whom it originated it would be now 
difficult to determine. Colgan has the following . 
remarks upon it: 

* Bed hie obviandum duxi insulso lapsui 
cujusdam anonimi, qui ad Marianum in margine 
addit quendam versum Hibernicum, qui alios 
traxit in errorem : quo nempe indicat S. Mo- 
choemocum vixisse annis 14 supra quadrin- 
gintos, ubi meo judicio debuit scribere supra 
centum, &e.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 509. 


2x2 


268 ANNAA RIOSshachTa EIREANN. [656. 


Coir Cmore, pé ċéo caoccaz apé. S. Ullcan Mac Ui Concobanp, 6 Apo 
Oplocam, oécc an c(épamao lá oo Sepcembep, rapp an ochcmoccat bliadam 
an c a aop. 

lap mb(ié peache mbliaóna décc ór Epinn oo Chonall 7 oo Cheallach, oa 
mac Maoilcoba, mic Clooha, mic Cünmipech, oo. éfp Conall la O1apmarc, 
mac Clooha Slame, 7 acbail Ceallach 1 mbpug Mic an Os. ólaémac, mac 
Maoilcoba, pi Ulad, a écc. 

Cop Core, pé ċéo caoccac a peacht. Cn céo babam vo Orapmaic 
4 do blachmac, o& mac Clovha Slame, mc Orapmaoa, mic P(psupa Cepp- 
beoil, 1 pighe n€peann. Ceallach, mac Sapain, abb Ochna móipe, oécc. 
Mochua, mac Lonáin, vécc. Ounchad, mac CÍooha Slaine, oécc. 

Qoi Cort, pé ċéo caoccac a hoche. On vapa bliadam vo Orapmaic 
4 oo blatmac. Dioma Oub, eppcop Conoepe, vég an 6 lanuapn. Cummme, 
eppcop nClononoma, décc. S. Sillan, eppcop Dampi, oécc. an 17 Man. 
Eochaid, mac 6laiémic, mic Coda Slane, oécc.. Chilill, mac Ounchaoa, mic 
oda Slaine, oécc. Conall Cnannoamna oécc. €ogan, mac Tuatalam, oécc. 


Faolan, corpech Oppaigi oo mapbao la Cargmb. 
Cop Cpiopc, pé ċéo caoccac anao. On cpeap bliadam vo Onapmaic 
7 vo blacmac. Damel, eppcop Cmngapad, oécc an 18 Pebpuapn. Pronán 


3 St. Ulltan.—In the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
the death of Ultan, son of O’Connor, is entered 
under 653, but in the Annals of Ulster, **Obitus 
Ultain mic U-Concubair,” is entered twice, first 
under the year 656, and again under 662, 
** secundum alium librum.” The Annotations of 
Tirechan on the Life of St. Patrick, are stated 
in the Book of Armagh (fol. 16), to have been 
taken from the mouth of Ultanus, first Bishop 
of the Conchubrenses, i.e. of the Dal Conchu- 
bhair of Ardbraccan. The festival of this saint 
is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis, and in 
O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 4th September. It 
is remarked in the latter that he educated and 
fed with his own hands all the children who 
were without education in Ireland, and that he 
was one hundred and eighty-nine years old 
when he resigned his spirit to heaven in the 


year 656. 

* Ard- Breacain: i. e. Breacan's Height, or hill, 
now Ardbraccan, the diocesan seat of the 
Bishop of Meath, about three miles from the 
town of Navan, in the county of Meath. This 
place derived its name from St. Breacan, who 
erected a church here, before the time of St. 
Ulltan, but afterwards fixed his principal es- 
tablishment at Templebraccan, on the Great 
Island of Aran, in the Bay of Galway, where his 
festival was celebrated on the 1st of May. 

f Brugh-Mic-an-Og : i.e. the Brugh, or Fort 
of Aenghus Og, commonly called Aenghus an 
Bhrogha, son of Daghda, King of the 'Tuatha 
De Dananns. This place is situated near Stack- 
allan Bridge, near the village of Slane, in the 
county of Meath.—See Book of Lecan, fol. 279, 
p. b. In the Annals of Ulster, ** Mors Ceallaigh 


y iii 


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656.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 269 


The Age of Christ, 656. St. Ulltan? Mac-Ui-Conchobhair, of Ard-Breacain*, 
died on the fourth day of September, after [completing] the one hundred and 
eightieth year of his reign. 

After Conall and Ceallach, the two sons of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of 
Ainmire, had been seventeen years over Ireland, Conall was slain by Diarmaid, 
son of Aedh Slaine ; and Ceallach died at Brugh-Mic-an-Og. Blathmac, son 
of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died. 

The Age of Christ, 657. The first year of Diarmaid and Blathmac, two 
sons of Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, in the sove- 
reienty of Ireland. Ceallach, son of Saran, Abbot of Othan-mor*, died. Mochua, 
son of Lonan, died. Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine^, died. 

The Age of Christ, 658. The second year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. 
Dima Dubh', Bishop of Conner, died on the 6th of January. Cummine, Bishop 
of Aendruim [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. St. Sillan, Bishop of Daimhinis“, 
died on the 17th of May. Eochaidh, son of Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, 
died. Ailill”, son of Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine, died. Conall Cranndamhna", 


died. Faelan’, chief of Osraighe, was slain by the Leinstermen. 
The Age of Christ, 659. The third year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Da- 
niel, Bishop of Ceann-garadh?, died on the 18th of February. Finan’, son of 


mic Maelcobo? is noticed under the year 657, 
but no mention is made of the killing of Conall. 

z Othan-mor.—Now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, 
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Do- 
negal. 

^ Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine.—'* A. D. 658. 
Duncat, mae Aedo Slaine, mortuus est." —4Ann. 
Uit. 

i Dima Dubh—* A. D. 558. Dimmaingert, 
Episcopus Condire, et Cummine, Episcopus 
n-Aendroma, mortui sunt." —Ann. Ult. 

* Daimhinis: i.e. Devenish, in Lough Erne, 
near the town of Enniskillen, in the county of 
Fermanagh. 

! Eochaidh, son of Blathmac.—‘ A. D. 659. 
Mors Echdach mic Blaithmice.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 656. Eaghagh mac Blathmae; son of 
King Hugh Slane, died." — Aun. Clon. 


m Ailill, yc.—'* A. D. 656. Aillill, mac Donogh, 
mac Hugh Slane, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

n Conall Cranndamhna.—** A. D. 659. Conall 
Crannamna moritur” ” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 656. Conell Cranndawna died.” — 
Ann. Clon. 

° Faelan, chief of Osraighe—“ A. D. 656. 
Foylan, King of Ossorie, was killed by the 
Lynstermen.”—Ann. Clon. 

» Ceann-garadh. —'This church is described : 
in the Feilire-Aenguis, at 10th August, as in 
Gallgaedhela, in Alba or Scotland.. Three saints 
of this place are set down in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar; 1. Daniel, Bishop, at 18th February ; 
2. Colum, at 1st March ; and 3. Blaan, at JOth 
August.— See also Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 234. 

a Finan, jc.—* A. D. 659. Obitus Finnani, 


annaca goshachca EIREANN. (660. 


Colman Glmne oa locha décc an vapa la vo 


210 — 


mac Rimfoa, eppcop, décc. 
Oecembep. 

Qop Cpiopc, pé €éo peapecac. On c(épamao bhadain oo Orapmaic 4 
oo blatmac. S. Caibg(no, mac baoh, ó Cluain Fca Molua, oég an 12 
lanuapn. Conamg Ua Oainc, abb Imlecha lobaip, oécc. lomaipecc 1 nOgam- 
am, oc Cmn Conbavam, la mumceip Orapmaca, mic Clooha Sláine, 3. Oncá, 
mac Sandin, 7 Maolmiolchon,7 Cacupach, mac Emine, pop blachmac, mac 
Clooha Slame, maizén m po mapbao Conaing, mac Congaile, mic Coda Slame, 
7 Ullcan, mac €pname, coipech Ciannachta, 7 Cennpaolad, mac Ó peri, 


coipech Cianoaéca Opova, 7 Paolchu mac. ITlaeleumha. 
Maolotin, mac Cooha 6ennám, vécc. Maonach, mac Pingm, p Muman, 


vécc. 


eppcop Opoa Macha, oécc. 


Qoi Cqiopc, pé ċéo pepccac a haon. 
S. Cummine Pooa, mac Fiachna, eppcop Cluana Fica 


maT 7 6lacmac. 


Episcopi, filii Rimedo ; et Colman Glinne da 


locha quievit; et Daniel Episcopus Cinngarad.” 
—Ann. Uit. 

** A. D. 656. Fynian mac Rivea Bushop, died. 
Colman of Glendalogha died; and Daniel, Bu- 
shop of Kingarie, died."— An». Clon. 

© Laidhgeann.—'* A. D. 660. Conainn, nepos 
Daint, abbas Imlecho Ibair, £t Laidggenn sapiens, 
mac Baith Bannaig, defuncti sunt." —. Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 657. Conyng O'Dynt, abbot of Im- 
leagh-Iver, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

The festival of this Laidhgenn is set down in 
the Feilire- Aenguis and all the Irish Martyrolo- 
gies, at 12th January.—See Colgan’s Acta SS., 
p. 57, and p. 58, n. 9. It is stated in O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar, that he died in 660, and was 
buried at Cluain-fearta-Molua [now Clonfert- 
mulloe or Kyle, at the foot of Slieve Bloom, in 
Upper Ossory ]. 

` Ogamhain at Ceann- Corbadain.—N ot identified. 

* A. D. 661. Bellum Ogomain, ubi ceciderunt 
Conaing mac Congaile, et Ultan mac Ernaine, 


Maelotin, mac Pupadpain, corpech Ouplaip, oécc. 
mac €pname, coipech Cianoacta, oo manbad. 


Maolpuacos, 
S. Comene, mac Ronan, 


Cn cáicceaó badam vo Diap- 


et Cennfaelad mac Gertride. 
Blamac mac Aedo victus est.” —Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 658. The battle of Ogawyn at Kin- 
corbadan, where Conaing mac Kenoyle, mac 
Hugh Slane, was killed, and Ultan mac Ernany, 
King of Kynnaghty; in which battle King 
Blathmack was quite overthrown by the army 
of Dermot mac Hugh Slane; Onchowe mac 
Saran” [Moylmilchon and Cahasagh mac Evin] 
“were the principal actors.” 

t Maelduin.—'* A. D. 658. Moyldwyne, son 
of Hugh Beannan, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

This Maelduin fought in the battle of Magh- 
Rath on the side of the Monarch Domhnall, 
son of Aedh.— See Battle of Magh Rath, pp. 22, 
23, 278. 

u Maenach.—“ A. D. 661. Maenach mac 
Fingin, mic Aedh Duib, mic Crimthainn, mic 
Feidlimid, mic Aengusa, mic Nadfraich, rez 
Muman, mortuus est.”—Ann. Ult. 

** A.D. 658. Moynagh. mac Fynin, King of 
Mounster, died." —— An. Clon. 


rex Cianachte, 


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O a 


660.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. m 


Rimeadh, a bishop, died. Colman, of Gleann-da-locha, died on the second day - 
of December. 

The Age of Christ, 660. The fourth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. 
St. Laidhgeann', son of Baeth, of Cluain-fearta-Molua, died on the 12th of 
January. Conaing Ua Daint, Abbot of Imleach Ibhair [Emly], died. A battle 
[was gained] at Ogamhain, at Ceann-Corbadain*, by the people of Diarmaid, son 
of Aedh Slaine, namely, Onchu, son of Saran, Maelmilchon, and Cathasach, 
son of Eimhin, over Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, in which were slain Conaing, 
son of Conall, son of Aedh Slaine; Ulltan, son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta ; 
Ceannfaeladh, son of Geirtidi, chief of Cianachta-Arda ; and Faelchu, son of 


Maelumha. 


Maelduint, son of Aedh Beannan, died. “Maenach", son of Finghin, King of 
Munster, died. Maelduin, son of Furadhran", chief of Durlas*, died. Mael- 
fuataigh’, son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta, was slain. St. Tomene’, son of 
Ronan, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. | 


The Age of Christ, 661. 


The fifth year ie Diarmaid and Blathmac. 


St. Cummine Foda?, son of Fiachna, Bishop of Cluainfearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], 


v Maelduin, son of Furadhran.—“ A. D. 661. 
Socius Biarmodo Maelduin mac Furudrain, mic 
Becce, mortuus est.?—Ann. Ult. 

* Durlas.—This, which is otherwise written 
Derlas or Dearlas, was the name of a fort and 
district in the county of Antrim.—See note *, 
under A. D. 1215, p. 187. 

y Maelfuataigh.-—* A. D. 661. Jugulatio Mael- 
fuathaig, filii Ernani.”—Ann. Uit. 

* St. Tomené.—** A. D. 660. Tommene, Epis- 
copus Ardmache, defunctus est." —Ann. Ult. 

** A, D. 657. Tomyn, Abbot and Bushop of 
Ardmach, died."— An. Clon. 

Colgan has collected all that is known of this 
prelate in his Acta Sanctorum, at 10th January, 
pp- 53, 54. It is said that he was the most 


` Jearned of his countrymen, in an age most fruit- 


ful of learned men.—See Bede, lib. ii. e. 19 ; 
Ussher's Primord., p. 936; and Harris’s edition 
of Ware’s Bishops, pp. 39, 40. 

2 Cummine Foda : i. e. Cummine the Long or 


Tall. “A. D. 661. Anno lxait. etatis Cummeni 
Foda, æ Saran nepos Certain Sapientis, dormie- 
runt.^—Ann. Ult. 

* A, D. 658. Comyn Foda, in the 72nd year 
of his age, died. St. Saran mac Cridan (Sapan 
ó chig Sapain), died." —Ann. Clon. 

The festival of Cummine Foda, who was bern 
in the year 592 (Ussher, Primord., p. 972), is 
marked in the Feilire-Aenguis, and the O’Clerys’ 
Irish Calendar at 12th November. He was of 
the tribe of Eoghanacht Locha Lein in Kerry. 
Colgan has the following note upon him in his 
Annotations on the Life of St. Molagga, at 20th 
January, Acta Sanctorum, p. 149, n. Pi 

*« S. Cominus Fada seu Longus, c. 3. Fuit vir 
celebrate sanctitatis et genere illustrissimo: 
fuit enim filius Fiachna, filii Fiachrii Occiden- 
talis Momonie Principis, discipulus S. Ite ab 
infantiá, postea.a Guario filio Colmani Connaciæ 
Rege, et ex parte matris fratre, juxta dicta, n. 4, 
accersitus in Connaciam, factus ibi est Episcopus 


272 


ANNALA nioghachca €mednn. 


[662. 


' bp(nomn, oécc m bapa la oég oo Nouembep. Colman Ua Cluapais, owe 


Cummine, po paid na pomnpi : 


4 


Ni bein Curmnech pop a opum, oepil Mumnech 1llech Cumn, 
Mapban 1n noi ba pú 00, oo Cummine mac Piachno. 

Ma do cergfoh neach oap mui, perpead hi pude npiganp, 
Mad a hE ní buí 06, inge Cumine Fovo. 

Mo cumapa 1ap cCumme, on lo po poilged a ane, 

Coi mocuil mp mngaipn(o, dopo gaill sap nofpach a bane. 


S. Colman Ua Cluaparg oécc. 


Clair Cpiopc, pé céo pepecac a dó. 


S. Sapan Ua Cmocain décc. 


Cin peipeao bhadain vo Orapmaic 


jo blatmac. Segan Mac hUí Cuin, abb b{mocarp. Tuendcc, mac Pion- 


cain, abb Fna. 
mac Colman, pi Connact oécc. 
mme lnr Celcpa, amal apbfpap : 


Inoepcarg eppcop, Ormma eprcop. Guarpe (.1. Chine) 
Rob ionann macaip vo Guame 7 vo Cam- 


Cumman, ingfn Oallbponans, macte Cormmin ip Guarne, 
Momper ap peachcmogac, ap ped po snap uate. 


Cluainfertensis, quo munere preclaré functus 
hac vita piissimé defunctus est an. Christi 661, 
2 Decembris" [recte, 12 Novembris] “juxta 
Annales Dungallenses. Verum S. Ængussius 
in suo festilogio, Marianus, et /Engussius auctus 
dicunt ejus Natalem celebrari 22 Novembris" 
[recte, 12 Novembris]. “Ejus acta, seu potius 
panegyricum de eo scripsit S. Colmanus O-Clua- 
saig ejus magister. Vide ejus genealogiam apud 
Menologium Genealogicum, c. 34, et plura de 
ipso in actis Comdhani et Conalli Idiotarum ; in 
quibus in apographo, quod vidi, inter plura vera, 
quedam apochrypha et fabulosa, maximó de 
S. Declano et Molagga referuntur, &.” 

^ The Luimneach.—This was the old name of 
the Lower Shannon. "These verses, which are 
very obscure, seem to allude to the fact of St. 
Cummine Foda having died in Munster, and his 
body having been conveyed in a boat up the 
Shannon to his episcopal church of Clonfert, in 
the county of Galway, to be there interred. Dr. 


O'Conor says that his Acts, written in Irish 
metre by his tutor, O'Seasnain, who died in 661 
[665], are extant in an old vellum manuscript 
in the Stowe Library. 

* Colman Ua Cluasaigh.—He was the tutor 
of St. Cummine Foda, and the author of the 
panegyric just referred to.—See O’Reilly’s Ca- 
talogue of Irish Writers, p. 45. 

è Saran.—He is the patron saint of Tisaran, 
in the barony of Garrycastle in the King's 
County.—See note 5, under the year 1541, 
p. 1461. 

* Segan.—'* A. D. 662. Quies Segain mice 
U Chuind, Abbatis Bennchair. Mors Guaire 
Aidhne. Tuenog, filius Fintain, Abbas Fernann ; 
Indercach Episcopus, Dima Episcopus quiescunt." 
—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 659. Segan Mac Ikwind, Abbot of 
Beanchor, died. Tuenoc, Abbot of Fernes, 
Dearky, and Dima, two Bishops, died.”—Ann. 
Clon. 


^ 


662.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ' 2738 


^ 


died on the twelfth day of November. Colman-Ua-Clasaigh, the tutor of Cum- 
mine, composed these verses : 


The Luimneach? did not bear on its bosom, of the race of Munster, into Leath- 

Chuinn, , ; 

A corpse in a boat so precious as he, as Cummine, son of Fiachna. 

If any one went across the sea, to sojourn at the seat of Gregory [Rome], 

If from Ireland, he requires no more than the mention of Cumine Foda. 

I sorrow after Cumine, from the day that his shrine was covered ; i 

My eyelids have been dropping tears; I have not laughed, but mourned since 
the lamentation at his barque. 

St. Colman Ua Cluasaigh*, died. St. Saran? Ua Critain died. 

The Age of Christ, 662. -The sixth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. 
Segan* Mac hUi-Chuinn, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Tuenog, son of Fintan, 
Abbot of Fearna; Indearcaigh, a bishop; Dimma, a bishop ; Guaire (i.e. ` 
Aidhne), son of Colman, King of Connaught, died. Guaire and Caimin, of 
Inis-Cealtra’, had the same mother, as is said : 


Cumman, daughter of Dallbronach*, was the mother of Caimin and Guaire ; 


Seven and seventy was the number born of her. 


f Guaire.—This King of Connaught, who is so 
celebrated by the Irish poets for his unbounded 
hospitality and munificence, is the common an- 
cestor of the families of O' Heyne, O'Clery, Mac 
Gillakelly, and other families of Aidhne, in the 
county of Galway ; but not of O'Shaughnessy, 
as is usually asserted.—See Genealogies, Tribes, 
&c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 54; and the Genealo- 
gical Table in the same work. 

s [nis- Cealtra. —See note *, under 548, p. 187, 


suprà. Colgan says that the name of the mother , 


of Guaire Aidhne was Mugania; but he quotes 
the tract on the Mothers of the Irish Saints, 
written by Aengus Ceile De, in which she is 
called Rima filia Fiacha, and in which it is 
stated that she was the mother of Cumine 
Foda, of Comdan mac Chearda, of Brecan, of 
Dairinis, of Guaire, son of Colman, King of 


Connaught, of Crimhthann, son of Aedh, King of 
Leinster, and of Cuanna, son of Cailchine, chief of 
Fermoy.—See Acta Sanctorum, p.148, n. 4. In 
the Life of St. Caimin, at 24th March, Colgan 
states that Caimin and Guaire were half bro- 
thers, and quotes the above passage from the 
Four Masters, as follows : 

** Fratrem habuit germanum Guarium, jc. Ita 
Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad annum 662, 
dicentes : Guarius Adhnensis, filius Colmani, Rex 
Connacie obiit. Cumania filia Dalbronii fuit 
mater ipsius et S. Camini de Inis-Keltra: de qua 
vetus author scribit Cumania filia Dalbronii, 
mater Camini et Guarii: et ex ejus semine 
prodiisse feruntur septuaginta septem utique 
sancti ut colligitur ex Vita S. Forannani data 
15 Februarii.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 747. 

^ Daughter of Dallbronach.—There was a 


2N 


4 


a 


274 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


ii at 


[663. 


Conall 4 Colccu, oá mac Domnaill, mic Clooha, mic Omminech, oo map- 


bao la Cencho. 


Coip Cort, pé céd peapccac acpi. 
baocan, Mac Ua Conbmanc, abb Cluana mic Nó, 


mait 7 oo blatmac. 


Qn peaccmad bliadan oo Orap- 


décc. Oo Conmaicnib mana a cenel. Comdan mac Cucheanne, b{pach, ab 
bthocap, C(pnach Socal, mac O:apmacca, mic Coda Slane, vécc (1malle 
mr an nopumg pemndice) oo monclao cuapgaib 1 n€pimn hı Kallamn Ctugupc 
na bhadnara hi Muigh locha, hi Potancanb. 

Qor Cmorc, pé céd peapccac acléaip. Mopclad aóbal oo beich in 
n€pinn m bliaóamnpi oa ngoinéí an bude Connaill, 1 po écpac 1 opong po vo 


mound on or near the Hill of Tara called Fossa 
Dallbronig.—Betham's Antig. Researches, App. 
p. xxxiv. This quatrain is quoted from Marian 
Gorman by Colgan, in a note to the Life of St. 
Faraman at lóth February (Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 339, n. 17), where he translates it : 

** Ex solo semine Cuimine, 4c. Aliis Cumaine, 
fuit filia Dalbronii, et Soror Brothseche, matris 
S. Brigidz, femine ob progeniem numerosam et 
sanctam, nostris hystoriis, valdé celebratam : in 
quibus lego septuaginta septem Sanctorum albo 
adseriptos, ex semine prodiisse feeming, juxta 


,vulgatum carmen a Mariano Gormano, ejusve 


Scholiaste compositum: 


** Cumain inghean Dallbronuigh, mathair Chaimin 
is Guaire à 
Moirsheiser ar sheachtmogad, aseadh genuir 
uaidhe. 
Cumania filia Dalbronii mater Camini et Guarit, 
Septem et Septuaginta ex ea prodierunt. Ex 
ejus nempe semine." 


i Conall and Colgu.— A. D. 662. Jugulatio 
duorum. filiorum Domhnaill filii Aedo .i. Conall, 
et Colga.”—Ann. Ult. p 

* Baetan. —“ A. D. 663. Baetan maccu Cor- 
maice, abbas Cluano, obiit.” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 660. Boyhan Mac Cowcormick died, 
&e.”— Ann. Clon. 


! Conmaicne-mara : i.e. the inhabitants of 
Connamara, or the barony of Ballynahinch, in 
the north-west of the county of Galway.— See 
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part ii. c. 46; and Har- 
diman's edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar- Connaught, 
pp. 31, 92, &c. 

m Comdhan Maccutheanne.—“ A. D. 663. Com- 
gan Maccuitemne obit.” Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 660.—Cowgan Maccuthenne died, &c." 
—Ann. Clon. 

He was probably the brother of Muirchu 
Maccuthennius, who wrote a Life of St. Patrick 
from the dictation of Aidus, Bishop’ of Sletty, 
as stated in the Book of Armagh, fol. 20, b. 1. 

» Bearach. —'* A. D.663. Berach, abb Benchair, 
obiit."— Ann. Ult. 

° Cearnach Sotal: i.e. Cearnach, the Arrogant 
or Haughty. The Annals of Ulster agree in 
the date of his death with the Four Masters, 
but the Annals of Clonmacnoise enter it under 
660. 

» Magh-Itha, in Fotharta.—This was a plain in 
the barony of Forth, in the south-east of the 
county of Wexford.—See note *, under A. M. 
2550, p. 8, suprà. The first appearance of this 
plague is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under 
the year 663, but incorrectly, under 660, in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows: 


“ A. D. 663. Tenebre in Kalendis Maii in ix. 


m Ro URN Oe eee 


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663.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 275 


Conall and Colgu’, two sons of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, 
were slain by Ceirrceann. 

The Age of Christ, 663. The seventh year of Diarmaid and. Blathmac. 
Baetan* Mac-Ua-Cormaic, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the sept 
of Conmaicnezmara. Comdhan Maccutheanne"; Bearach”, Abbot of Beann- 
cbair; Cearnach Sotal’, son of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, died, together 
with the aforesaid persons, of a mortality which arose in Ireland, on the Calends 
of the August of this year, in Magh-Itha, in Fotharta”. ! 

The Age of Christ, 664. A great mortality prevailed in Ireland this year, 
which was called the Buidhe Connail*, and the following number of the. saints 


hora, et in eadem estate celum ardescere visum, est. 
Mortalitas in. Hibernia pervenit in Kalendis Au- 
gusti, &c. &e, In campo Ito in Fothart exarsit 
mortalitas primo in Hibernia. A morte Patricii 
ccii. Prima mortalitas cxit.”—Ann. Ult. 

« A. D. 660. There was great darkness in the 
ninth hour of the day, in the month of May, in 
the Calends, and the firmament seemed. to burn, 
the same summer, with extream heat. There 
was great mortality through the whole king- 
dom, which began in Moynith” [in Leinster], 
“the first of August this year, &e., &c. From 
the death of St. Patrick to this mortality, there 
was two hundred and three years.”—Ann. Clon. 

3 Buidhe-Connail.— This term is explained 
*ieteritia vel aurigo, id est abundantia flave 
bilis per corpus effuse, hominemque pallidum 
reddentis,” by Philip O'Sullivan Beare, in his 
translation of the Life of St. Mochua, of Balla, 
published by Colgan (Acta SS., 30th March, 
p. 790, c. 18). This plague is also mentioned 
by Bede in his Ecclesiastical History, who 
writes that, “in the year 664, a sudden pesti- 
lence” [called the yellow plague] ** depopulated 


‘the southern coasts of Britain, and afterwards, 


extending into the province of the Northum- 
brians, ravaged the country far and near, and 
destroyed a great multitude of men. He also 
states that it did no less harm in the island of 


Ireland, where many of the nobility and of the 
lower ranks of the English nation were, at the 
time, either studying theology or leading monas- 
tic lives, the Scoti supplying them with food, and 
furnishing them with books and their teaching 
gratis. In an ancient Life of St. Gerald of Mayo, 
published by Colgan at 13th March, this pesti- 
lence is called in Irish Budhe Connaill, which is 
translated Flava Icteritia : ** Hee enim infirmi- 
tas in hibernico dicitur Budhe Connaill. Hac 
enim pestilentia mortui sunt tot homines, quod 
non remansit tertia pars populi.”—Acta Sanc- 
torum, p. 601, c. 13. To this Colgan writes the 
following note : 

* De viris sanctis, Regibus, multisque aliis 
hac mortalite extinctis ita scribunt Quatuor 
Magistri in Annalibus ad annum 664: Ingens 
hoc anno fuit in Hibernia mortalitas que Buidhe 
Chonnuill (.i. flava Ieteritia, sive Ictericiades) 
vulgo appellatur, qua plurimi ex clero et populo, 
et inter alios sequentes sancto extincti sunt: St. 
Fechinus, Abbas Foveriensis; S. Ronanus filius 
Berachi ; S. Aileranus cognomento sapiens; S. 
Cronanus, filius Silnei ; S. Manchanus de Lieth ; 
S. Ultanus filius Hua Conge, abbas de Cluain- 
eraird ; S. Colmanus Cassius, Abbas de Cluain- 
muc-nois ; et S. Cumineus, Abbas de Cluain-muc- 
nois. Item Dermitius et Blathmacus, duo filii Aidi 
Slane, postquam annis octo in Hibernia corregna- 


2n2 


276 


ANNALA RIOshachtTa eiReaNn. 


(665. 


naomaib. Epeann oi, S. Peichin, abb Poba, 14 Pebpuapn, S. Ronan, mac 
bfpoig, S. Ailenan ino (gna, S. Cponan mac Silne, S. Manchan Leche, S. Ul- 
can Mac hUi Cunga, abb Cluana hlopaipo, S. Colman Cap, abb Cluana mic 
Noip, 7 Cummme abb Cluana mic Noip. lap mbit ocht mbliadna 1 ge | 
n€peann vo Oianpmaic 7 blatmac, oá mac Clooha Slame, acbacacap oon 
monclad cécna. Ro cacamp(c beop Trlaolbn(pail, mac Maeilioún, q Cu- 
cenmacharp, pí Muman. Qongup Ulad. Acbaiple thomac vecclaip 7 v0 
cuait 1 nEpinn oon mopnclaio hip cenmocacpde. Orichsnéin an cpeap la 


oo ITlan. 


Coir C prope, pé céo p(pccac acáicc. 


An céro bliadan vo Seachnupach, 


mac b6latmaic, hi pighe n€neann. baeichin, abb bfnocain, décc. Chhll 
Plano €appa, mac Oomnanll, mic Coda, mic Aimminech, vécc. Maolcaorch, 


mac Scanoail, coipech Cpuichne do pliocc Ip, oécc. 


runt, eadem extincti sunt ; Item Maelbressail, 
filius Moelduini ; Caius, cognomento Ganmathair, 
Rex Momonie ; Aengussius Ultoniæ, et prater hos 
alii innumeri de clero et populo Hibernie interie- 
run.” — Trias Thaum., p. 603, n. 14. Concerning 
this mortality, * qus nostris temporibus terra- 
rum orbem, bis ex parte vastaverat majore," 
see Vit. Columb., lib. ii. c. 46, where Adamnan 
remarks that the Picts and Scoti of Britain 
were not visited by it. 

These obits are entered in the Annals of Ul- 
ster under the year 664, but in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise under 661, which is incorrect. 

* Fobhar.—Now Fore, in the county of West- 
meath.—See note $, under the year 1176, p. 22. 

* On the 14th of February.—Dr. O’Conor says 
that these words are in a more modern hand 
in the Stowe copy. St. Fechin of Fore died on 
the 20th of January, at which day Colgan gives 
his Life. 

* St. Aileran the Wise.—He is supposed by 
Colgan to be the author of the fourth Life of 
St. Patrick, published in Trias Thaum., pp. 35 
to 47. 

> St. Manchan of Liath: i.e. of Liath-Man- 


€ochaió laplaice, m 


chain, now Lemanaghan, in the barony of Gar- 
rycastle, King's County.— See note on Tuaim 
nEire, A. D. 645, and note on Liath-Manchain, 
under 1531. The death of St. Manchan is en- 
tered in the Annals of Clonmaenoise under the 
year 661, where the translator interpolates the 
following remark : 

* And because the Coworbes of Saint Man- 
chan say that he was a Welshman, and came to 
this kingdome at once with? [i.e. along with] 
* Saint Patrick, I thought good here to sett 
downe his pedigree to disprove their allegations. 
Manchan was son of Failve, who was son of 
Angine, who was son of Bogany, who was son 
of Conell Golban, the ancestor of O?Donnell, as 
is confidently laid down among the Genealogies 
of the Saints of Ireland." 

In the Genealogies of the Irish Saints, com- 
piled by the O’Clerys, there is given the pedigree 
of a St. Manchan of the race of Conall Gulban, 
the ancestor of O'Donnell; but he was not Man- 
chan of Leath-Manchain, for the pedigree of the 
latter is traced to Maelcroich, son of Rudhraighe 
Mor of Ulster. 

* Cu-gan-mathair.—See the year 600, where 


665.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 277 
of Ireland died of it: St. Feichin, Abbot of Fobhar', on the 14th of February*; 
St. Ronan, son of Bearach ; St. Aileran the Wise‘; St. Cronan, son of Silne ; 
St. Manchan, of Liath"; St. Ultan Mac hUi-Cunga, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird 
[Clonard]; Colman Cas, Abbot of Cluain-mic Nois ; and Cummine, Abbot of 
Cluain-mic-Nois. After Diarmaid and Blathmac, the two sons of Aedh Slaine, 
had been eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, they died of the same plague. 
There died also Maelbreasail, son of Maelduin, and Cu-gan-mathair", King of 
Munster; Aenghus Uladh. There died very many ecclesiastics and laics in 
Ireland of this mortality besides these. An eclipse of the sun* on the third day 
of May. 

The Age of Christ, 665. The first year of Seachnasach’, son of Blathmac, 
in the sovereignty of Ireland. | Baeithin, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. 
Ailill Flann Easa, son of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, died. Mael- 
caeich, son of Scannal, chief of the Cruithne [of Dal-Araidhe] of the race of Ir, 


ea 


the Four Masters have incorrectly noticed the 
death instead of the birth of this king. In the 
Life of St. Molagga, published by Colgan at the 
20th of March, the name of this king is written 
Cai gan mathair, which Colgan translates vagitus 
seu fletus sine matre; and the writer of the Life 
states that he was so called because his mother 
died at his birth. In the Annals of Ulster, ad 
ann. 664, he is called Cu-cen-mathair, as above 
in the text, which may be translated Canis sine 
matre. ' 

* An eclipse of the sun.—This eclipse of the 
sun, which really happened on the 1st of May, 
664, is mentioned by Bede in his Ecclesiastical 
History, lib. iii. c. 27, where he says that it 
happened in the year 664, on the 3rd of May, 
about ten o'clock in the morning. In the 
Saxon Chronicle it is noticed under 664, as 
having happened on the fifth, before the Nones 
of May. In the Annals of Ulster and the An- 
nals of Tighernach it is noticed under the year 
663, on which Dr. O'Conor writes the following 
remark in the Annals of Ulster, p. 55: 

* Annales Anglo-Sazonici, Beda, Flor. Wigorn. 


et alii antiqui ac recentiores, in hac Eclipsi en- . 
arranda, duobus vel tribus diebus a veritate 
Astronomica aberrarunt. Tigernach, et Annales 
Ultonienses non solum diem, sed etiam horam ad 
unguem designant. V. Dissert. Prelim. IV. 
Magistri ad ann. 664, inquiunt Dithgrein an 
treas la do Mai” [Eclipsis solis die tertia Maii }. 
* At quamvis magni estimandi sint propter 
puritatem linguæ Hibernies, et propter vete- 
rum Hibernorum fragmenta metrica que ex 
codicibus antiquis excerpta servaverunt, tamen 
in rebus Chronologicis valde deficere dolendum 
est; neque erit aliquis earum rerum estimator 
tam injustus, qui a nostra sententia dissentiat, 
si modo, a partium studiis alienus, notas quas his 
annalibus apposuimus, quasque fusius in Dissert., 
Prelim, explicavimus diligenter perpendat.” 

Y Seachnasach.—The accession of this king is 
noticed in the Annals of Clonmaenoise at A. D. 
661, but the true year is 665, as marked by 
O’Flaherty in Ogygia, p. 431. 

** A. D. 661” [recte, 665] ** Seachnassach, son 
of King Blathmack, began his reign, and was 
king five years." — Ann. Clon. 


278 ANNATA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [666. 


Cpuiene beop oécc. Maolotin, mac Scanoail, corpech Ceneoil Coipbpe, oécc. 
Ouibimopechc, mac Ounchaoha, coipec hUa mópium, vécc. Ceallach, mac 
Ouaine, oécc. Cach Peinepi ecin Ulca 7 Cpurchne, ou m po mapbaó Cach- 
upach, mac Uaincine. . Faolan, mac Colmann, pi Cargfn, oécc. 

Clip Cpiopc, pé cé0 peapcecac a pé. On vapa bliadain oo Seachnupach. 
Mopclad móp ipm mbliacampri, oia po eccepac clépap abbaoh hi mbfnochonp 
Ulad, blach, Cummine, Colum, 4 Godan a nanmanoa. Cach Cline ecip 
O[paoha q Ui Pióg(nce 04 m po mapbaoh Cogan mac Cpunomail. Span 
Fionn, mac Maoleoccpaicch, corpeac na nOéipi Muman, vo mapbad. blat- 
mac, mac Maoilcoba, pı Ulad, oég. 

Coip Cpiopc, pé ced peapcecac apeachc. On cpeap bliadam do Seach- 
nupach. Colman eppcop, go naomaib oile imalle ppip, vo oul go hImp bo 
pinne, 50 po pochaio ecclap mnre, conad uaiche ainmmphtean pom. Peapgup 
mac Muccedo [vécc ]. 

Coir Cpiopc, pé céd peapccac a hochc. On cltpamad bliadain do 
Seachnapach. S. Cummine Fionn, abb lae Colum Cille, oécc an 24 Feb- 


* Ui- Briuin.—In the Annals of Ulster at this 
year, Dubhinrecht is called ** Rex hUa Briuin- 
Ai" ]t was the name of a tribe descended 
from Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, 
seated in the plain of Magh-Ai, now Machaire- 
Chonnacht, in the county of Roscommon. 

* Fearsat: i. e. a Ford. The word fearsat 
literally signifies a spindle, and is applied topo- 
graphically to a bank of sand formed in the 
estuary of a river, where the tide checks the 
current of the fresh water. The fearsat here 
alluded to was evidently at Bel-Feirste, now 
Belfast, on the River Lagan, in the county of 
Antrim. This battle is entered in the Annals 
of Tighernach under 666, and in the Annals of 
Ulster at 667. 

^ Ceallach, son of Guaire : i. e. Guaire Aidhne, 
King of Connaught. This entry is given in 
the Annals of Ulster under 665. 

* Faelan, son of Colman.—‘ A. D. 663. Foylan 
mac Colman, King of Lynster, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

* Great plague.—** A. D. 666. Mortalitas in 


Hibernia. A. D. 667. Magna mortalitas Buidhe 
Conaill.” —Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 663. There was a great mortality, 
whereof four abbotts” [of Benchor] “died one 
after another this year, namely, Bearagh, Com- 
ynye, Columb, and Aidan.”Ann. Clon. 

* Aine: i.e. Cnoc Aine, now Knockany, in 
the county of Limerick. This entry is given in 
the Annals of Ulster at the year 666, and in 
the Annals of Tighernach at 667, which is the 
true year. The Ui-Fidhgeinte and the Aradha 
were seated in the present county of Limerick, 
and their territories were divided from each 
other by the River Maigue and the stream now 
called the Morning Star River. 

f Innis- Bo-finne : i. e. the Island of the White 
Cow, now Bophin Island, situated off the west 
coast of the barony of Murrisk, in the county 
of Mayo. The earliest writer who mentions 
this church is Venerable Bede, who gives a 
curious account of it in his Ecclesiastical His- 
tory, lib iv. c. 4.—See Ussher’s Primordia, 


666.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 219 


died ; Eochaidh Iarlaidh, King of the Cruithne, also died. Maelduin, son of 
Scannal, chief of Cinel-Coirbre, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Dunchadh, chief 
of Ui-Briuin’, died. Ceallach, son of Guaire*, died. The battle of Fearsat’, 
between the Ulidians and the Cruithni, where Cathasach, son of Laircine, was 
slain. Faelan, son of Colman', King of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 666.. The second year of Seachnasach. A great plague* 
[raged] in this year, of which died four abbots at Beannchair-Uladh [Bangor], 
namely, Bearach, Cummine, Colum, and Aedhan, their names. The battle of 
Aine’, between the Aradha and Ui-Fidhgeinte, where Eoghan, son of Crunn- 
mael, was slain. Bran Finn, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of the Deisi of Mun- 
ster, was slain. Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died. 

The Age of Christ, 667. The third year of Seachnasach. Colman, the 
bishop, with other saints accompanying him, went to Inis-Bo-finne’, and he 


founded a church thereon, from which he is called*. 


cedh* [died]. 


Fearghus, son of Muc- 


The Age of Christ, 668. "The fourth year of Seachnasach. St. Cummine! 


pp. 825, 964, 1164 ; and Hardiman's edition of 
O'Flaherty's Jar- Connaught, p. 115, et seg., also 
p.294. In the Annals of Ulster the sailing of 
St. Colman to this island is noticed under the 
year 667, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 664, which is incorrect, though it agrees 
with the Saxon Chronicle and with Ussher's 
Chronological Index : 

“A, D. 667. Navigatio Columbani Episcopi, 
eum reliquis Scotorum, ad insulam Vacce Albe, in 
qua fundavit ecclesiam.” —Amn. Ult. 

** A. D. 664. The sailing of Bishop Colman, 
with the relicks of the saints" [recte, with the 
rest of the Scoti] “to the island of Innis Bof- 
fynne, where he founded a church.” —Ann. Clon. 

s From which he is called: i.e. the church 
was called from the island, and St. Colman was 
named from the church, namely, Colman of 
Inis-Bo-finne. The ruins of St. Colman's church 
are still to be seen on this island, in the town- 
land of Knock; and near it there is a holy well 
ealled Tobar-Flannain. Between the townlands 


of Westquarter and Fawnmore on this island is 
situated Loch Bo-finne, i.e. the Lake of the 
White Cow; and it is still believed that the in- 
chanted white cow, or Bo-finn, which gave name 
to the island, is periodically seen emerging from 
its waters. 

^ Fearghus, son of Muccedh.—** A. D. 667. 
Fergus mac Murcado mortuus est.” —Ann. Ult. 

i Cummine Finn.—“ A. D. 668. Obitus Cum- 
ment Albi Abbatis Iae.—Ann. Ult. 

“A. D. 605. Comyn the White Abbot of 
Hugh” [Jona], “ died.”—Ann. Clon. 

This was the celebrated Cummeneus Albus, 
who is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Co- 
lumbe, lib. iii. c. 5, as the author of a book on 
the virtues of St. Columbkille.—See Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., pp. 325 to 331, He was also the 
author of a very curious letter to Segienus, 
Abbot of Iona, on the Paschal Controversy, 
published by Ussher in his Sylloge, No. xi.— 
See his Life in Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, at 24th 
February, p. 408-411. 


ee at ee ey, 


280 J GNNQaZa RIOShachta EIREANN. ` [669. 


puapn. Tfüaolpochapcorg, mac Suibne, coipec Cenel Tuiptm, véce. Cenn- 


paolaó po pad: 


Ni oile, nach pi liompa alaile , 
O vo bpecha ITflaolpochapcorg, ma ghamhnen vo Oorpe. 


Maolotin, mac Maonaigh, oo mapbad. Cioran, abb 6(nocaip, oécc. 


Mochue mac Uic. 


CLorp Cpiope, pé ċéo peapccac anao. lap mbfit cáicc bliaóna óy Epinn 
hi pighe vo Seachnupach, mac blanémic, oo ceap la Ouboum, plaich Ceneoil 
Coipbpe. Op pop Sechnupach vo paccaó an ceipcimenpi, 


ba pmanach, ba heachlapcach, mceach hi mbió Seachnupach, 
ba himóa purgeall pon plaice hipcaigh 1 mbioh mac blacmaic. 


bpan Pion, mac ITlaoileochcpaich, coipec na nOéip1 Muman. Maoloúin 
Ua Ronan vo mapbao. blatmac, mac Maoilcoba, vécc. Cuana, mac Cel- 
long, oo mapbaó. pan Pmo, mac Maelepochantaig, vécc. Ounchad 


Ua Ronán bég. 


Cloip Cpiope, pé céo peachemogac. On céo bliadam vo C(nnpaolao, 
mac blachmaic, hi pghe nEpeann. Oungal, mac Maoilecuile, coipec Ceneoil 


* Cinel- Tuirtre.— Otherwise called Ui-Tuirtre, 
a tribe descended from Fiachra Tort, son of 
Colla Uais, Monarch of Ireland in the fourth 
century. In the time of St. Patrick these were 
seated in the present baronies of Dungannon, in 
the county of Tyrone, and Loughinsholin, in 
the county of Londonderry.— See Tripartite 
Life of St. Patrick, part ii. cc. 138-140, Trias 
Thaum., p. 148. It would appear, however, 
that they were soon after driven from their 
original territory by the race of Niall of the 
Nine Hostages, and that they settled on the east 
side of the River Bann, in the present baronies 
of Upper and Lower Toome, in the county of 
Antrim, forming the principal part of the rural 
deanery, which, in 1291, bore the name of 
Turtrye.—See Reeves! Ecclesiastical Antiquities 
of Down and Connor, jc., pp. 82, 83, and 292 
to 297. See also note *, under A. D. 1176, 


p. 25, where the Editor of these Annals, misled 
by Colgan, erroneously places the parishes of 
Ramoane, Donnagorr, and Killead, in this terri- 
tory. The parish of Ramoane was in the territory 
of Tuaisceart, and the others in Magh-Line. 

In the Annals of Ulster the death of this 
chieftain is entered under the same year, thus: 

“A. D. 668. Mors Moilefothartaig, mic Suibne, 
regis Nepotum Tuirtre apud Tarnan."— Cod. 
Claren., tom. 49. 

! To Doire: i. e. to Derry, now Londonderry, 
i.e. since he was borne on his bier to Derry to 
be interred there. It is probable that the 
Nepotes T'uirtre had a burial-place at Derry, and 
that they continued to inter their chieftains 
there for some time after their settlement in 
the present county of Antrim. 

m Critan.—'* A. D. 668. Obitus Critani ab- 
batis Benchair et Mochuo Maccuist."— 4n. Ult. 


669. } ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 281 


Finn, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 24th of February. Maelfothar- 
taigh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cinel-Tuirtre*, died. Ceannfaeladh said : 


Not dearer is one king to me than another, 
Since Maelfothartaigh was borne in his couch to Doire’. 


Maelduin, son of Maenach, was slain. 
gor], died. Mochua, son of Ust, [died]. 
After Seachnasach, son of Blathmac, had been 


The Age of Christ, 669. 


Critan", Abbot of Beannchair [ Ban- 


five years in sovereignty over lreland, he was slain" by Dubhduin, chief of 


Cinel-Cairbre*. 


It was of Seachnasach this testimony was given: 


Full of bridles and horsewhips was the house in which dwelt Seachnasach, 
Many were the leavings of plunder in the house in which dwelt the son of 


Blathmac. 


Bran Finn?, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of Deisi-Mumhan [died]. Mael- 


duin O'Ronain* was slain. 


Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, died. Cuanna’, son 


of Ceallach, died. Bran Finn, son of Maelfothartaigh, died. Dunchadh Ua 


Ronain died. 


The Age of Christ, 670. The first year of Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac’, 
in the sovereignty of Ireland. Dungal, son of Maeltuile, chief of Cinel-Boghaine’, 


* A.D. 565. Critan, Abbott of Beanchor, and 
Mochwa, Abbot of Beanchor, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

^ Was slain.—'* A. D. 670. Jugulatio Seach- 
nusaig filii Blaithmic regis Temoirie in initio 
hiemis. Dubduin rez Generis Coirpri jugulavit 
illum” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 667. King Seachnassach, in the be- 
ginning of Winter, was killed by Duffedoyne, 
prince of the race of Carbrey, in the King's 
pallace of Taragh."— Ann. Clon. 

? Cinel- Cairbre: i.e. the race of Cairbre, son 
of Niall of the Nine Hostages, who were at this 
period seated in the barony of Granard, in the 
county of Longford, but. whose descendants af- 
terwards settled in and gave their name to the 


"present barony of Carbury, in the county of 


Kildare, and the barony of Carbury, in the 


county of Sligo.—See note P, under A. D. 492, 
p. 154, suprà. 

» Bran Finn.—* A. D. 670. Brian Finn mac 
Maeleochtraich moritur."—— Ann. Ult. 

3 Maelduin O' Ronain.—*'* A. D. 668. Jugulatio 
Maelduin.?— Ann. Ult. 

* Cuanach, §c.— A. D. 668. Jugulatio Cuana 
mic Cellaid, Jugulatio Briani Finn, mic Maile- 
fotharti; Mors Dunchadha I-Ronain."— Anm. 
Utt. f 

* Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac.—The Annals 
of Clonmacnoise place his accession in 668, but 
O'Flaherty and the Annals of Ulster in 671.— 
See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 93. ** A. D. 
671. Ceannfaelad mac Blathmaicregnare incipit.” 
—Anan. Clon. 

* Cinel- Boghaine.—See note under A. D. 605. 


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282 ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. (671. 


mbogaine, oo mapbaoh la Comgproch, mac Clongupa, toipec Cinel gConaill. 


Apo Macha 4. C(gh Celle vo lopccaó. bMmoċa vo lopccaó. Cumapccach 


mac Rondn, oécc. 


, 


Qoi Cort, pé ċéo peachcmogac a haon. On vapa bliaðam vo Chenn- 
paolao. Maolpuba, abb 6fnocaip, oo dul ı nAlbarn, go po pochaig ecclap 
Cpopcpopan.  Copccao Maghe Lunge. Falbe, abb lae Colaim Cille, vo 


coche 1n€pinn a hlae. 


Qoip Cpiopc, pé 6éo peachemogac a vó. Cn cpeap bliadam vo Cheann- 
paolad. Sgannlan, mac Ping, coipech Ua Méich, oécc. 

Qoip Core, pé céo peachtmogac acpi. Tap mberch ceiċpe bliaóna hi 
pighe n€peann vo C(nopaolaó, mac blaiémic, mc Orapmaca, oo cíp la 
Pionnacca Plfach, hi ceach Oincealcpa, oc Tig Ua Maine. Noe, mac 
Oamel, oécc. Congal C(nopooa, mac Ounchaoha, pi Ulad, oo mapbao la 


bec boipche. 


Cop Cpiopc, pé ċéo peachemogac, a cftaip. Cn céo bliadan vo Pron- 


“A. D. 671. Bellum Dungaile mie Maeletuile, 
et Combustio Ardmache et Domts Tailli filii 
Segeni” [et multi] “deleti sunt ibi." — Ann. Uit. 

* Teach-Telle: i.e. the House of Teilli, son 
of Segienus, who was contemporary with St. 
Fintan of Taghmun, in the county of Wexford. 
In O'Clery's Irish Calendar the festival of St. 
Teille is marked at 25th June, and it is stated 
that his church, called Teagh-Teille, is situated 
in Westmeath ; and in the Gloss to the Feilire- 
Aenguis it is described in the vicinity of Daur- 
magh, now Durrow. Archdall says it is Teltown, 
but this is very incorrect, because Teltown is 
notin Westmeath, but is the celebrated place in 
East Meath called Tailtin by the Irish writers. 
Lanigan (Eccles. Hist., vol. iii. p. 130) states 
that Tech Teille is in the now King’s County, 
but he does not tell us where. It is the place 
now called Tehelly, situated in the parish of 
Durrow, in the north of the King's County. 

~ Beannchair.—This was not Bangor, in the 
county of Down, in Ireland, but Bangor in 
Carnarvonshire, in north Wales, as appears from 


the Annals of Ulster and Clonmaenoise : 

“ A. D. 671. Combustio Bennchair Britonum.” 
—Ann. Uit. 

* A. D. 668. Bangor in England was burnt.” 
—Anmn. Clon. 

* Cumascach.—'* A. D. 671. Mors Cumascaich 
mie Ronain.”—Ann. Ult. 

* Aporcrosan.— This would be anglicised Aber- 
crossan, but the modern form of the name is 
unknown to the Editor. The word Aber, which 
frequently enters into the topographical names 
in Wales and Scotland, is synonymous with the 
Irish Znbher, the mouth of a river, a place where 
a stream falls into a river, or a river into the 
sea. In the Annals of Ulster this event is en- 
tered under the year 672, and in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise incorrectly at 669, thus: 

“ A. D. 672. Maelrubai fundavit Ecclesiam 
Aporcrossan.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 669. Moyle Rovaie founded the 
church of Aporcorrossan."— An. Clon. 

* Magh Lunge.—** A. D. 672. Combustio Maigi- 
Lunge.”—Ann. Ult. 


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671.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 283 


was slain by Loingseach, son of Aenghus, chief of Cinel-Conaill. Ard-Macha 
[Armagh] and Teagh-Telle* were burned. Beannchair* was burned. Cumas- 


cach*, son of Ronan, died. 
The Age of Christ, 671. 
A porcrosan?. 
Cille [Iona], came to Ireland from Ia. 
The Age of Christ, 672. 
of Fingin, chief of Ui-Meith’, died: 


The second year of Ceannfaeladh. Maelrubha, 
Abbot of Beannchair, went to Alba [Scotland], and founded the church of 
The burning of Magh Lunge”. 


Failbhe*, Abbot of Ia-Coluim 


The third year of Ceannfaeladh. Scannlan, son 


\ 


The Age of Christ, 673. After Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmiao, son of 
Diarmaid, had been four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by 


Finnachta Fleadhach, in the battle of Aircealtair, at Tigh-Ua-Maine*. 


Congal* 


Ceannfoda, son of Dunchadh, King of Ulidia, was slain by Beag Boirrche. 
The Age of Christ, 674. The first year of Finnachta Fleadhach, son of 


* A, D. 669. Moyelonge was burnt.”—Ann. 
Clon. 

There is a place of this name near the village 
of Ballaghaderreen, in the county of Mayo, ad- 
joining that of Roscommon, and deriving its 
name from the River Lung, which discharges 
itself into Lough Gara; but the place referred 
to in the text is in Scotland, and is the Monas- 
terium Campi Longe referred to by Adamnan 
in his Vita Columbo, lib. ii. c. 39; and in 
O’Donnell’s Life of the same saint, lib. ii. c. 88, 
(apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 426), as situated 
on the island of Ethica, and under the govern- 
ment of St. Baithenus. 

* Failbhe.—** A. D. 672. Navigatio Faelbei 
Abbatis in Hiberniam." —Anmn. Ult. 

* A, D. 669. The sailing of Failve, abbot of 
Hugh, into Ireland." — 4n. Clon. 

^ Ui-Meith—There were two tribes of this 
name in the ancient Oirghialla, one called Ui- 
Meith Macha, alias Ui-Meith Tire, who were 
seated in the present barony of Monaghan, in 
the county of Monaghan; and the other Ui- 
Meith-mara, seated in Cuailgne, in the north of 
the county of Louth.— See Leabhar na gCeart, 


p. 148, note *. 

* Mors Scannlain, mic Fingin, Regis hUa (ne- 
potum) Meith,” is entered in the Annals of 
Ulster under the year 673, and immediately 
after it the following passage occurs: **Vubes 
tenuis et tremula ad speciem celestis arcus iv. vigilia 
noctis, vi. feria ante pasca, ab oriente in occidentem, 
per serenum celum apparuit. Luna in sanguinem 
versa est.” The death of Scannlan is also en- 
tered in the same Annals under 674. 

* Aircealtair at Tigh- Ua- Maine.— There are no 
places now bearing these names in the country 
of the southern Ui-Neill There is a place in 
the country of the Ui-Maine in Connaught 
called Ait-tighe Ua Maine, now anglicé Atty- 


` many, situated in the parish of Cloonkeen-Ker- 


rill, barony of Tiaquin, and county of Galway. 
The killing of this monarch is noticed in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 674: **Bellum 
Cinnfaclad filii Blathmic, filii Aedo Slaine, in 
quo Cinnfaelad interfectus est. Finnsneachta mac 
Duncha victor erat.” 

à Congal. —** A. D. 673. Jugulatio Congaile 
Cennfoti, mie Duncho Regis, Ulot. Bece Bairche 
interfecit eum.” —Ann. Ult. 


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ANNAA RIoghachta EIREANN. [675. 


vacca Pl(óach, mac Ounchada, hı prghe var Epmn. 8. Colman, eppcop 
ó Imp bó pmoe, oécc an 8 lá oQlugupc. Pionan, mac Chipennam, vécc. 
Corecpaoh Chugh Prignemn la Pínpneachca, mac Ounchaoha. Parlbe, abb 
lae, oo poad ma ppicimg a h€ipimn. i 

Qoip Cnropt, pé ċéo peachemogac a cing. On vapa badam op hionn- 
acta. becan Rummo oég 1 mbnfcam 17 Mapci. Cach eoip Pinpneachca 
3 Langin la caob Locha Saban, q po meabaid an cach pop Largmb. Oun- 
chad, mac Ulcain, coipec Chipgiall, oo mapbao 1 nOun Popga la Maoloún, 


284 


mac Maolepitms. X 

Cop Cmorz, pé ċéo peachemogac a pé. On cn(p bliadan oPhionnacca. 
Oaincell, mac Cupecai, eppcop Glimne oa Locha [oécc], 3 Man. Comman 
eppcop, Maoloogan, eppcop Pinna, Cuarmmpnama, coipeé Oppaige, oo man- 
bad la Paolan Seancopcol. Colggu, mac Pailbi Plamn, pí Muman, oécc. 

Qor Cpropc, pé ċéo peachemogac a peachc. On cltpamad bliadam 
oPionnacca. S. Falbe, abb lae Coluim Cille, oécc an 22 00 Manta. Neach- 


“ A. D. 670. Congall Keanfoda, King of Ul- 
ster, was killed by one Beag Boyrche."—— An. 
Clon. 

* St. Colman.— A. D. 675. Columbanus Epis- 
copus Insole Vacce Alba, et Finan, filius Aérenani, 
pausant.” — Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 672. Colman, abbott of Inis-Bofyn, 
and Finan mac Arenan, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

See note on Inis-Bofinne, under the year 367, 
supra. 

‘ Finan, son of Airennan.—The festival of “ Fi- 
nan mac Earanain" is entered in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar at 12th February, and it is added that 
he died in 577, but this is obviously an error 
for 677. Dr. O'Conor suggests that this may 
be the person referred to by Adamnan, lib. i. 
c. 49, as “ Christi miles Finanus, qui vitam 
multis anachoreticam annis, juxta Roboreti 
Monasterium campi? [hodie Durrow] **irrepre- 
hensibiliter ducebat.” Rer. Hib. Scrip., tom. iv. 
p. 60. 

* Aileach Frigreinn.—** A. D. 675. Destructio 


` Ailche Frigreni Za [per] Finsneachta."— Ann. Ult. 


Dr. O'Conor translates Frigreinn by funditus, 
in the Annals of the Four Masters (p. 227), and 
** a fundamentis," in the Annals of Ulster; but, 
according to the Dinnsenchus, the royal fort of 
Aileach was sometimes called Aileach Frigreinn, 
from Frigreann, the architect who built it. 
—See the Ordnance Memoir of the parish of 
Templemore. 

^ Returned.—** A. D. 675. Failbhe de Hibernia 
revertitur? — Ann. U it. 

i Becan Ruiminni.— A. D. 676. Beccan Ru- 
min quievit.”—Ann. Ult.; Cod. Clarend. tom. 49. 

** A.D. 673. Beagan Rumyn died in the island 
of Wales [recté Britain ].?— Az». Clon. 

* Loch- Gabhair.—NowLoughgower,or Logore, 
near Dunshaughlin, in the county of Meath. 
“Jacet autem hic lacus in regione Bregensi in 
finibus Medis juxta nostros hystoricos."— Col- 
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 412, n. 14. This lake 
is now dried up, and many curious antiquities 
have been found at the place.— See Proceedings 
of the Royal Irish Academy., vol. i. p. 424. 

In the Annals of Ulster this entry is given 


BER nl 


615.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 285 


Dunchadh, in sovereignty over Ireland. St. Colman’, Bishop of Inis-bo-finne, 
died on the 8th day of August. Finan, son of Airennan', died. The destruc- 
tion of Aileach Frigreinn?, by Finnshneachta, son of Dunchadh. Failbhe, Abbot 
of Ia, returned^ back from Ireland. 1 

The Age of Christ, 675. The second year of Finnachta. Becan Ruiminni 
died in Britain on the 17th of March. A battle [was fought] between Finns- 
neachta and the Leinstermen, by the side of Loch-Gabhair*; and the battle was 
gained over the Leinstermen. Dunchadh, son of Ultan, chief of Oirghialla, was 
slain at Dun-Forgo', by Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh. 

The Age of Christ, 676. The third year of Finnachta. Dairchell", son of 
Curetai, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, [died] on the 3rd of March. Coman, 
bishop; Maeldoghar, Bishop of Fearna [Ferns]; Tuaimsnamha", chief of Os- 
raighe [Ossory], was slain by Faelan Seanchostol. Colgu®, son of Failbhe Flann, 
King of Munster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 677. The fourth year of Finnachta. St. Failbhe”, 
Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 22nd of March. Neachtain Neir® died. 


under the year 676, but in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at 673, thus : 

* A. D. 676. Bellum inter Finsneachta et La- 
genios, in loco proximo Loch Gabar, in quo Fins- 
neachta victor erat.” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 673. The Lynstermen gave a battle 
to King Fynnaghty in a place hard by Loghga- 
war, where King Fynnaghty was victor.” —Ann. 
Clon. 

! Dun-Forgo.— Situation unknown. ** A. D. 
676. Stella cometa visa luminosa in mense Sep- 
tembris et Octobris. Duncha mac Ultain occisus 
est in Dun-Fergo."— Ann. Ult. j 

m Dairchell.—The death of this bishop, and of 
Coman, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under 
the year 677, and in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise at 674: 

“ A. D. 677. Daircill mac Curetai Episcopus 
Glinne-da-locha, et Coman Episcopus Fernan 
pausant” —Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 674. Darchill mac Cuyletty, Bushop 
of Glendalogha, died. Coman, Bishop, and Moy- 


ledoyer, Bushop, died."— Ann. Clon. 

? Tuaimsnamha,— A. D. 677. Toimsnamha 
Rex Osraigi quievit." —Ann. Ult. 

* A, D. 674. Twaymsnawa, king of Ossorie, 
died." —Ann. Clon. 

° Colgu. —'* A. D. 677. Mors Colggen mic 
Failbei Flainn, Regis Muman."—4Ann. U lt. 

* A. D. 674. Colgan mac Falvé Flyn, King 
of Munster, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

P. Failbhe.—“ A. D. 678. Quies Failbhe, Abba- 
tis Iae.” —Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 674. Failve, abbot of Hugh, died.” — 
Ann. Clon. 

He was succeeded by the celebrated Adamnan, 
who wrote the Life of St. Columbkille.— See 
Vita Columba in Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 340— 
498, where Adamnan makes the following refer- 
ence to this Failbhe: ** Meo decessore Falbeo 
intentiüs audiente, qui et ipse cum Segineo 
presens inerat."— Lib. i. c. 3. 

a Neachtain Neir.—‘* A. D. 678. Doriitatio 
Neachtain Neir."——Ann. Ult. 


tuse Sigel jen si lla ibe ay Pon 


286 ANNAZA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[678. 
cain Nein oécc. Ceannpaolaó, mac Oiliolla, pa m eccna, décc. Cath 
Taillen pa pfFmpneachca pfFlfòach pop becc boince. 

Cloip Cpopr, pé ééo peachemogac a hochr. Qn cuiccead bliadam 
oPmacca. Colman, abb 6(nocap, vécc. Maolpocthancars, eppcop Clpoa 
rpacha, oécc. Pianamail, mac ITlaollecuile, m Corg(n, vo gum la Foc- 
peachan, oia muintip pém, 1ap na popcongpa pam oPinpneacca Pledach. 
Catal, mac Ragallaig, oécc. Cach boóbgna, oú ın po manbad Conall Oriz- 
gnech, corpech Ceneoil Coipppe. 

Coip Cpiopc, pé ċéo peachemogac a nao. Qn peipead bliadam ofin- 
pneachca. S. Cian ógh, mg(n Ombpea, oécc an 5 lanuapı. Oungal, mac 
Sccanoail, corpech. Cpuiene, 7 Ceanopaolad, mac Suibne, coipech Ciann- 
achca Glinne Garmin, 00 lopccao la Maolotin, mac Maolepichmsh, 1 nDun 
Ceichipn. Conall, mac Ounchada, vo manbaoh hi cCiunn cine. Seach- 


napach, mac Cinmedaig,  Conamg, mac Congaile, oo mapbaoh. 
Clip Cort, pé ċéo ochemogac. Cin peachtmad badam oP híonachca. 


Suibne, mac Maoluma, comanba bainpe Concarshe, oécc. 


Cennpaolao, 


mac Colcan, pi Connachc, oo manbad :ap ngabái cige pam. Ulchaofpg 


* Ceannfaeladh. — * A. D. 678. Cennfaeladh 
mac Aililla mie Baetain sapiens pausat.?— Ann. 
Ult. 

* A. D. 675. Keanfoyle the Wise, died.” — 
Ann. Clon. 

The true year is 679, as marked by Tigher- 
This Ceannfaeladh is called of Daire 
Lurain (now Derryloran, in Tyrone), in the 
preface to Uracepht na n-Eigeas, a work which 
he is said to have amended. — See O’Reilly’s 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, pp. 46-48. 

* The battle of Tailltin.—* A. D. 678. Bellum 
Finsneachta contra Becc mBairche.”—Ann. Ult. 

t Colman, §c.—These entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster at 679, and in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise at 675, as follows: 

* A. D. 679. Colman, Abbas Benchair, pausat. 
Jugulatio Finamla, mac Maeletuile, Regis Lagenio- 
rum. Cathal mac Ragallaig moritur. Mors Moilefo- 
thartaig Episcopi Ardsratha. Bellum i mBodgna, 
ubi cecidit Conall Oirggneach. Lepra gravissima 


nach. 


in Hibernia, que vocatur Bolgach."? — Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 675. Colman, abbott of Beanchor, died. 
Finawla, King of Lynster, was killed. Cathal 
There reigned a kind of 
a great leprosie in Ireland this year, called the 
Poxe, in Irish, Bolgagh.” i 

* Bodhbhghna, otherwise written Badhbhghna, 
and in the Annals of Ulster (Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49), Bogna. It was the name of a moun- 
tainous territory extending from Lanesborough 
to Rooskey, on the west side of the Shannon, in 
the county of Roscommon; and this name is 
still preserved in Sliabh Badhbhghna, anglicé 
Slieve Bawne, a well known mountain in this 
The country of the Cinel-Cairbre or 
race of Cairbre, son of the monarch Niall, was 
on the other side of the Shannon, opposite Sliabh 
Badhbhghna, in the present county of Longford. 

Y St. Ciar — The festival of this virgin is set 
down in the Feilire Aenguis, and in O'Clery's 
Irish Calendar, at 5th January, and her church 


mac Ragally died. 


district. 


, 


678.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 287 


Ceannfaeladh’, son of Oilioll, a paragon in wisdom, died. The battle of Tailltin‘ 
[was gained] by Finshneachta Fleadhach over Becc Boirche. | 

The Age of Christ, 678. The fifth year of Finachta. Colman‘, Abbot of 
Beannchair, died. Maelfothartaigh, Bishop of Ard-sratha, died. Fianamhail, 
son of Maeltuile, King of Leinster, was mortally wounded by Foicseachan, [one] 
of his own people, at the instigation of Finshneachta Fleadhach. Cathal, son 
of Ragallach, died. The battle of Bodhbhghna*, where Conall Oirgneach, chief 


of Cinel-Cairbre, was slain. 


The Age of Christ, 679. The sixth year of Finshneachta. St. Ciar", virgin, 


daughter of Duibhrea, died on the 5th of January. 


Dunghal, son of Scannal, 


chief of the Cruithni, and Ceannfaeladh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cianachta- 
Glinne-Geimhin, were burned by Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh,at Dun-Ceithirn*. 


Conall, son of Dunchadh, was slain at Ceann-tire’. 


Seachnasach?, son of Air- 


meadhach, and Conaing, son of Conghal, were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 680. The seventh year of Finachta. Suibhne, son of 
Maelumha, successor of Bairre of Corcach? [St. Barry, of Cork], died. Ceann- 
faeladh*, son of Colgan, King of Connaught, was slain after the house in which 


is described as Cill-Ceire in Muscraighe-Thire. 
It is now called Kilkeary, and is situated in 
the barony of Upper Ormond, in the county of 
Tipperary, about three miles south-east of the 
town of Nenagh. Colgan gives all that he could 
collect of the Life of this virgin in his Acta SS., 
at 5th January, pp. 14-16. 

x Dun-Ceithirn.—Now the Giant’s Sconce, in 
the parish of Dunboe, in the north of the 
county of Londonderry.—See note under the 
year 624. 

“ A. D. 680. Combustio Regum in Dun Cei- 
thirn .i. Dungal mac Scannaill Rex Cruithne, 
et Cennfaela Rex Cianachte .i. mac Suibne in 
initio estatis Va [i. e. per] Maelduin mac Maeli- 
fithric.’—Ann. Uit. 

* Ceann-tire: i.e. Head of the Land, now Can- 
tire, in Scotland. | 

“ A. D. 680. Jugulatio Conaill Coil, filii Dun- 
cho i gCiunn-tire.”—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 676. Conell mae Donnough was killed 


in Kyntyre."—— Ann. Clon. 

* Seachnasach.—** A. D. 680. Jugulatio Seach- 
nasaig, mic Airmetaig, et Conaing, mic Congaile.” 
—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 676. Seachnassach mac Arveay and 
Conaing mac Conoyle were killed." Ann. Clon. 

* Corcach. —Now Cork, the chief city of Mun- 
ster. "This name signifies moor, marsh, or low, 
swampy ground; and Barry’s or Finnbharr's 
original church at Cork was erected in or on 
the margin of a marsh.—See Lanigan's Ecclesi- 
astical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 208, 316. 
In the Annals of Ulster the death of Suibhne is 
entered at the year 681, and in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise at 677, as follows : y 

* A. D 681. Obitus Suibne, filii Maeleduin, 
Principis Corcoige."— Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D.677. Swynie mae Moyle-uwaie, Bishop- 
prince of Corke, died."— Anz. Clon: The true 
year is 682, as marked by Tighernach. 

> Ceannfaeladh, §c.—These entries are given 


288 


Ua Catllioe, oo Chonmaicmb Cirle, po manb eipioe. 


annacda RIoshachta EIREANN. 


(681. 
Cach Racha móe 


Maghe line pop OSplcnuib, bail m po mapbaó Catapach, mac Maoilevún, 
coipec Cnuitne, 1 Ullcan, mac Oicollae. - j 
Coir Cpiope, pé ċéo ochcmoġar a haon. Cn cochcmaò bliadan o Píon- 


acta. 
Colman ab Cluana mic Nop, oecc. 


S. Enmbfohach, abb Cpaoibe Lappe, oécc an céo lá oo lanuam. 
O Cincech vó. 


Ounchad Muinipece, 


mac Maolouib, pí Connacht, oo mapbaoh. Cach Conan, oú nap manbad 
Colcca, mac blaiémic, 7 P(pgup, mac ITlaoileoám, coipec Cenel Coipbne. 
Cop Cpiopc, pé ċéo ochtmogat a 06. On naomad badam op hionn- 


achca. Maine, abb nClonopoma, oécc. 


Cach Copil Pionnbaipp. 


Qoi Cpiopc, pé ċéo ochcmogac a cpí. 
Pápugao Muhe Oph la Sayrob, ecip eccloup 4 cuaich, hi mi lun 


acca. 


in the Annals of Ulster at the year 681, and in 
the Annals of Clonmaenoise at 677, thus: 

* A. D. 681. Jugulatio Cinnfaela, mic Colgen, 
Regis Connacie. Bellum Ratha-moire-Maigi-Line 
contra Britones, ubi cecidit Cathusach, mac Maele- 
duin, ri Cruithne, & Ultan filius Dicolla."— 
Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 677. Kinfoyle mae Colgan, King of 
The battle of Rathmore 
was given against the Britons, where Cahasagh 


Connaught, died. 


mac Moyledoyn, King of the Picts, and Ultan 
mac Dicholla, were slaine.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Conmaicne- Cuile.—A. sept of the race of 
Fergus mac Roich (ex-king of Ulster in the 
first century), seated in the present barony of 
Kilmaine, in the county of Mayo.—See O'Fla- 
herty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 46. 

è Rath-mor- Maighe- Line.— Now Rathmore, a 
townland containing the remains of an ancient 
rath, or earthen fort, in the parish of Donnegore, 
in the plain of Moylinny, in the county of An- 
trim.—See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of 
the Dioceses of Down and Connor, $c., pp. 69, 70. 
See also note on Rath-bec in Magh-Line, under 
the year 558, p. 200, supra. 

* Craebh- Laisre : i.e. Laisre's Bush or Branch, 


Loch nEachach vo poab hi pull. 


An ofchmao bliadam oPhionn- 


i.e. of the Old Tree; the name of a place near 
Clonmacnoise. The festival of Airmeadhach, 
Abbot of Craebh-Laisre, is set down in the 
Martyrology of Tamlacht and O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar at 1st January; and it is stated in the 
latter that he died in 681.—See Colgan's Trias 
Thaum., p.172, n. 49. See this place again 
referred to at the year 882. In the Annals of 
Ulster ** Dormitatio Airmedaig na Craibhe,” 
i.e. the decease of Airmedhach of Craebh, is 
entered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 
682; but Dr. O'Conor translates it, ** Dormi- 
tatio Airmedagii Ducis Criveorum,? which is 
totally incorrect, and the less to be excused 
because the old translation in the Clarendon 
Manuscript, which he had before him, gives the 
entry very correctly as follows: 

“ A. D. 682. Dormitatio Airmedha na Craive 
A. of the Bush or Branch." 

f Airteach : i.e. of Ciaraighe-Airtich, a sept 
seated between the Rivers Lung and Brideog, 
in the old barony of Boyle, and county of Ros- 
common.—See note under the year 1297. The 
death of the Abbot Colman is entered in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 678, which 
is incorrect. 


he was taken. Ulcha-dearg [Redbeard] Ua-Caillidhe, [one] of the Conmaicne- 
Cuile’, [was the person that] killed him. + The battle of Rath-mor-Maighe-Line* 


681.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 
suai ! a 


[was gained] over the Britons, wherein were slain Cathasach, son of Maelduin, 
chief of the Cruithni [Dal-Araidhe], añd Ultan, son of Dicolla. 
The Age of Christ, 681. The eighth year of Finachta. St. Eirmbeadhach, 


Abbot of Craebh-Laisre®, died on the first day of J: anuary. Colman, Abbot of 


Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of Airteach* Dunchadh Muirisce*, son of Mael- 
dubh, King of Connaught, was slain. The battle of Corann, wherein were slain 
-Colga, son of Blathmac, and Fearghus, son of Maelduin, chief of Cinel-Cairbre. 


The Age of Christ, 682. The ninth year of Finachta. Maine, Abbot of 


Aendruim^ [Nendrum], died. Loch nEathach' was turned into blood. The 


battle of Caiseal-Finnbhairr’. 


The Age of Christ, 683. The tenth year of Finachta. The devastation of 
Magh-Breagh*, both churches and territories, by the Saxons, in the month of 


s Dunchadh Muirisce.—Dr. O'Conor incor- 
rectly translates this, * Duncha Dux mariti- 
mus," in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, 
in which these entries are given under the year 
682, thus: * Duncha Muirsee, filius Maelduib 
jugulatus. Bellum Corainn, in quo cecidit Colgu, 
filius Blaimic, et Fergus, mae Maeleduin, rex 
Generis Coirpri.” Dunchadh Muirsci, who was 
of the Ui-Fiachrach Muaidhe, was called Muirsce 
from his having lived, or been fostered, in the 
territory of Muirisc (i.e. the marshes or fens), 
in the north of the barony of Tireragh, in the 
now county of Sligo.—See Genealogies, Tribes, 
§c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 314. 

^ Aendruim.— A. D. 683. Mors Maine Ab- 
batis Noindromo, et Mors Derforgail.”—Ann. Ult. 

i Loch nEathach—Now Lough Neagh.—See 
note ', under A. D. 331, p. 124, supra. 

* A. D. 683. Loch Eathach do soud hi fuil." 
—Ann. Ult. Edit. O'Conor. ` 

* The lake called Logheagh tourned into 
bloud this yeare.”— Ann. Ult. Cod. Claren. 
tom. 49. 

* A. D. 680. Logh Neaagh was turned into 


blood this year." —Ann. Clon. 

i Caiseal-Finnbhair : i.e. Finnbharr’s Stone 

Fort. Situation unknown. 
`“ A. D. 683. Bellum Caissil-Finbair.”—Ann. 
Uit. 

Under the year 682 the Annals of Ulster re- 
cord “ Initium mortalitatis puerorum in mense 
Octobris ;" and under 683, *Mortalitas parvu- 
lorum." "The Annals of Clonmaenoise mention 
the beginning of the mortality of children under 
the year 678. 

x Magh- Breagh.—A territory in East Meath, 
comprising five cantreds, and lying principally 
between Dublin and Drogheda, i. e. between the 
Rivers Boyne and Liffey.—See note °, under 
A. D. 1292, pp. 455, 456. Colgan translates 


‘this passage as follows, in Trias Thaum., p. 385: 


« Anno Christi 683, et Fiennacte decimo. De- 
vastatur regio Magbregensis in mense Junio, per 
Saxones, qui nec populo nec clero pepercerunt : sed 
et multos captivos et multas praedas ad suas naves 
retulerunt.” 

The devastation of Magh-Breagh by the Sax- 
ons, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the 


2P 


289 


290 7 anNaza Rioshachta EIREANN. [684. 
vo hponnpad, 7 pugpac bpargor 10móa leo ap gach ionaoh hi papcaibp(c ap 
fuo Maighe 6p(gh, mall pe heavaloib 1omdanb oile, Fo nofcpac 1apom oo 
cum a long. Congal mac Guaipe oécc. Opeapal, mac P(pgupa, coipec 
Coba [oécc]. 

oir Cpiope, pé ééo ochemogac a cftarp. On caonmao bliadam oécc 
op1onacca. Ponpcpon, abb Cluana mic Noip, vécc. Op ap na huilibh c(c- 
por’ a ccorcémne, ipin uile ooman, co viò Teona mbliadan co ná cfpna cid 
aon ap an mile va gac cenel anmann apé(na. — $icc món 1pm mbliadain pm. 
co po perop(c locha 4 aine €peann, 1 om po peod an mup ewp €pmn 4 
Clbam, co mbió rmaichigió eaccoppa popp an lice easha. Cloarmnan vo dul 
50 Sarai do ċumogiò na bpaice vo b(pcpac Sayam cuaipc(pc leo a Mush 


year 684, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 680, thus: 

* A. D. 684. Ventus magnus. Terremotus in 
insula. Saxones campum Breg vastant, et Eccle- 
sias plurimas in mense Junii." —Anmn. Ult. 

* A, D. 680. There was an extream great 
winde and Earthquake in Ireland. The Saxons, 
the plains of Moyebrey, with divers churches, 
wasted and destroyed in the month of June, 
for the allyance of the Irish with the Brittons.” 
—Anmn. Clon. * 

This descent of the Saxons upon Ireland is 
mentioned by Venerable Bede, in his Ecclesias- 
tical History, lib. iv. c. 26, where he writes that, 
“in the year of our Lord's incarnation 684, 
Egfrid, King of the Northumbrians, sending 
Berctus, his general, with an army, into Ireland 
[Hiberniam], miserably wasted that inoffensive 
nation, which had always been most friendly 
to the English [nationi Anglorum semper ami- 
cissimam] ; insomuch that in their hostile rage 
they spared not even the churches or monaste- 
ries, The islanders, to the utmost of their power, 
repelled force with force, and, imploring the 
assistance of the divine mercy, prayed long and 
fervently for vengeance; and, though such as 
curse cannot possess the kingdom of God, it is 
believed that those who were justly cursed on 


account of their impiety did soon after suffer 
the penalty of their guilt from the avenging 
hand of God; for the very next year that same 
king, rashly leading his army to ravage the 
province of the Picts, much against the advice 
of his friends, and particularly of Cuthbert, of 
blessed memory, who had been lately ordained 
bishop, the enemy made show as if they fled, 
and the king was drawn in the straits of inac- 
cessible mountains” [at Dun Nechtain.—Ann. 
Uit. 685], **and'slain, with the greater part of 
his forces, on the 20th of May, in the fortieth 
year of his age, and the fifteenth of his reign. 
His friends, as has been said, advised him not 
to engage in this war; but he having the year 
before refused to listen to the most reverend 
father, Egbert, advising him not to attack the 
Scots, who did him no harm, it was laid upon 
him, as a punishment for his sin, that he should 
not now regard those who would have prevented 


— his death. 


* From that time the hopes and strength of 
the English crown began to waver and retro- 
grade; for the Picts recovered their own lands, 
which had been held by the English and the 
Scoti that were in Britain, and some of the 
Britons their liberty, which they have now 
enjoyed for about forty-six years."——See also 


` 


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684.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 291 


June precisely ; and they carried off with them many hostages from every place 
which they left, throughout Magh-Breagh, together with many other spoils, 
and afterwards.went to their ships. Congal, son of Guaire, died. Breasal, son 
of Fearghus, chief of Cobha”, died. 

The Age of Christ, 684. The eleventh year of Finachta. Forcron", Abbot 
of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. A mortality? upon all animals in general, throughout 
the whole world, for the space of three years, so that there escaped not one out 
of the thousand of any kind of animals. "There was great frost? in this year, so 
that the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen ; and the sea between Ireland 
and Scotland was frozen, so that there was a communication between them on 


the ice. 


Adamnan’s Vita Columb., lib. ii. c. 46 ; Trias 
Thaum., p. 363. 

1 Breasal, §c.— A. D. 684. Mors Congaile 
mic Guaire, et mors Bresail mic Fergusa, morbo." 
Ann. Ult. 

= Of Cobha : i.e. of Ui-Eathach-Cobha, the 
present baronies of Iveagh, in the county of 
Down. 

2 Forcron.—“ A. D. 681. Forcron, Abbot of 
Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

° Mortality —Adamnan refets to a great mor- 
tality, which, for two years after the war with 
Egfrid, swept the whole world except the Picts 
and Scots of Britain, who, he says, were pro- 
tected against it by the intercession of their 
patron, St. Columba : 

“ De Mortalitate. Et hoc etiam, ut existimo, 
non inter minora virtutum miracula connume- 
randum videtur de mortalitate, que nostris 
temporibus terrarum orbem, bis ex parte vas- 
tavit majore. Nam ut de ceteris taceam latio- 
ribus Europe regionibus, hoc est Italia, et ipsa 
Romana Civitate, et Cisalpinis Galliarum" [i. e. 
Gallorum] “provinciis, Hispanis quoque Pirinzi 
montis interjectu disterminatis, oceani Insule 
per totum videlicet Scotia et Britannia binis 
vicibus vastate sunt dira pestilentia, exceptis 
duobus populis, hoc est, Pictorum plebe et Sco- 


Adamnan! went to Saxon-land, to request [a restoration] of the pri- 


torum Britannie, inter quos utrosque Dorsi 
montes Britannici distermini, &e. &c. Nos 
verd Deo agimus crebras grates, qui nos, et in 
his nostris Insulis, orante pro nobis nostro ve- 
nerabili Patrono a mortalitatum invasionibus 
defendit: et in Saxonia Regem Aldfridum visi- 
tantes amicum adhuc non cessante pestilentia et 
multos hinc inde vicos devastante, ita tamen nos 
Dominus, et in prima post bellum Ecfridi visi- 
tatione, et in secunda interjectis duobus annis, 
in tali mortalitatis medio deambulantes, peri- 
culo liberavit, ut ne unus etiam de nostris 
comitibus moreretur, nec aliquis ex eis aliquo 
molestaretur morbo."— Trias Thaum., p. 363. 

Florence of Winchester notices this plague in 
his Annales at the year 685: ** Magna pestilen- 
tie procella Britanniam corripiens lata nece 
vastavit." 

Great frost.—'There is no reference to this 
frost in the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. 

«A damnan.—Colgan, in a note on this passage, 


translates the above passage from the Four . 


Masters, as follows: 


Anno Christi, 684. Finnachte Regis undecimo. ` 
. S. Adamnanus Legatus missus venit ad Saxones, 


ad predas et captivos quos Septentrionales Saxones 
(hoc est Northumbri) ex supra memorata regione 
Bregurum diripaerunt, repetendos. Et ab eis 


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292 (685. 


ANNAA RIOghachca EIREANN. 


op(gh an bliadam pémpaice. Fuam a haipec uacha iap nofnam p(pc 4 
mionbal piad na ploghaib, 7 oo b(pcpac ondip 7 aipmidin móin 00 1apam 
1mailli pe hogaipeacc gach neich po cumnigh cucca. 

Cloip Core, pé ċéo ochemogac a cing. On vapa bliadain oécc opon- 
acca. Oocummaiconóg, ab Glinve oa locha, décc. Roippem, abb Concange 
móipe, décc. Oppen eppcop Mamipcpeach, Pioncam, mac Tulchan, oécc. 
Bepnaoach, mac Congaile, oo mapbaoh. Finpneachca, an pi, oo dul oia 
oiicpe. 

Cloip Cpiopc, pé €éo ochemogac apé. On cpeap bliadan oécc oPhion- 
acca. Cach Imbleacha Phich ma Niall mac Cfpnaich Socoil, pop Congalac, 
mac Conaing, apm in po mapbao Ouboamb(p, copet Anoa Ciannachca, 7 
hUaipcpide hUa Opene, coes Conaille Muipcerne, q po ppaomeaó an 
cach pon Congalac rapa. Op ora nodeadarb po pawead : © 


Sponac Conaill mow, o(icbip oóib iap NUarpenioi6, 


Ni ba heallma biep gin, 1 npo 1ap nOuboamnb(m. 


S. Seghene, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo écc. O Qchaò Claób voploe. 
S. Cucbepc, eppcop Finna, a Saxoib, vece. 


honorificé exceptus, et coram nonnullis signis et 
miraculis perpetratis omnia qua petiit impetravit." 
— Trias Thaum., p. 385, n. 40. 

“ A. D. 686. Adamnanus captivos reduxit ad 
Hiberniam lx.” — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend. tom. 49. 

** A. D. 682. Adamnanus brought 60 captives 
to Ireland."— Ann. Clon. 
tical History, lib. v. c. 15, where it is stated that 
Adamnan made some stay in England on this 
occasion with King Alfred, the successor of 
Egfrid, and that he conformed to the Catholic 
or Roman mode of keeping Easter, and incul- 
cated the same on his arrival in Ireland. It is 
added that his own monks of Hii would not 
conform to what they considered an innovation, 
and that St. Columbkille's monasteries in Ireland 
also refused to conform. 

* Docummaichonnog.—These entries are given 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 686, as 
follows : 


See Bede's Ecclesias: 


** A. D. 686. Jugulatio Feradaig mic Congaile. 
Quies Documai Conoc, Abbatis Vallis da locha” 
[Glendalough]. '** Dormitatio Rosseni Abbatis 
Corcaide Moire. Mors Osseni Episcopi Monas- 
terii. Fintain mac Fingaine" [quievit]. 

* Corcach-mor : i. e. the great Corcach or 
Marsh, now Cork, the chief city of Munster. It 
is also frequently called Corcach-mor-Mumhan, 
i e. the great Cork of Munster. 

t Imleach Phich.— This, which is otherwise 
called Imleach-Fia and Imleach-Fio, is the pre- 
sent Emlagh, a townland in a parish of the 
same name, about four miles north-east of the 
town of Kells, in the county of Meath: 

* A. D. 687. Bellum Imlecho-Pic, ubi cecidit 
Dubdainber, rex Arda-Cianachte, et Huarcride 
nepos Osseni, et Congalach, mac Conaing, fugiti- 
vus evasit. Niall mac Cernaig victor erat." — Ann. 
Uit. : 

* Ard-Cianachta. — Now the barony of Fer- 


685.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 293) 


soners which the North Saxons had carried off from Magh-Breagh the year 
before mentioned. He obtained a restoration of them, after having performed 
wonders and miracles before the hosts ; and they afterwards gave him great 
honour and respect, together with a full restoration of everything he asked of 


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The Age of Christ, 685. The twelfth year of Finachta. Docummaich- 
onnog", Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Roisseni, Abbot of Corcach-mor, died. 
Osseni, Bishop of Mainistir; Fintan, son of Tulchan [recté of Fingaine], died. 
Fearadhach, son of Conghal, was slain. Finshneachta, the king, went on his 
pilgrimage. 

The Age of Christ, 686. The thirteenth year of Finachta. The battle of 
Imleach Phich* [was fought] by Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, against Congalach, 
son of Conaing, wherein were slain Dubhdainbher, chief of Ard-Cianachta", and 
Uaircridhe Ua Oisene, chief of Conaille-Muirtheimhne"; and the battle was 
afterwards gained over Congalach. Of their deaths was said : 


Sorrowful are the Conailli this day ; they have cause after Uaircridhe", 
Not in readiness shall be the sword, in Ard’, after Dubhdainbher. 


St. Seghene, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. He was from Achadh-claidhibh’. 
St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Fearna*, in England, died. 


* Achadh-claidhibh. — Situation unknown to 
the Editor. The festival of this holy bishop is 
marked in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 24th of 
May, and it is added that he died in the year 
687, which agrees with the Annals of Ulster. 
Ware places his death in 688, which is the true 
year.—See Colgan's Trias Thawm., p. 294, and 


4 rard, in the county of Louth.—See note under 
F the year 660. 

* Conaille-Muirtheimhne. — This tribe gave 
name to a territory comprising, at this period, 
the baronies of Ardee, Louth, and Upper Dun- 
dalk. Magh-Muirtheimhne was originally more 
extensive than the country of the Conaille since 


SS onu nu Bag e 


ED 


the settlement of the Cianachta in Meath.— See 
note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 10, and note ^, 
under A. D. 226, p. 110, suprà. 

* Uaircridhe.—Dr. O'Conor translates this 
** Nimia festinatio illis causa doloris;" but this 
is childishly incorrect, as Uaircridhiu is a man's 
name. 

y Ard: i.e. in Ard-Cianachta. Dr. O’Conor 
translates this “inter Nobiles," which is incor- 
rect. » 


Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 40. 

* Of Fearna: i.e. of Farne, a small island in 
the parish of Holy Island, Durham, about two 
miles eastward of Bambrough Castle, and about 
nine from Lindisfarn.—See Bede’s Eccl. Hist., 
lib. iii. cc. 3, 16, 27. This bishop was the ille- 
gitimate son of an Irish king, as appears from 
a Life of him given by John of Tinmouth, and 
from him by Capgrave at 20th March.—See 
Ussher's Primordia, pp. 944, 945. 


aNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


294 [687. 


Coir Cmore, pé ééo, ocherhogac a peache. Cn cléparhad bliadan oécc 
oPíonacca. beccan Cluana hlonaipo vécc. Gnachnac, banabb Cille oapa, 
dég. Congal, mac Maoleotm, mac Coda bfnoan, pí lanmuman, oo mapbao. 
Anomacha oo lopccaó. ópan, mac Conall, pi Largtn véce. Pingume Pocca 
oécc. Pípaohach Méih, mac Nechclicc, oécc. 

Cop Cmorc, pé ċéo ochcmogac a hochc. On cinccead badam vécc 
oP inpneacca. Cponan Macu Caulne, abb 6(nocaip, oécc an 6 oo Nouembep. 
Piogellach, mac Plamn, coipec Ua Mane, lolan, eppcop Cmngapao, oécc. 
Oochinne Oane ópuchoipi, oécc. 

= Qop Cpiope, pé ċéo ochtmogac a nao. Un peipeaó. bliadam oécc 
vPhinpneachca. Oabecog Cluana hChpo oécc. P(pgap, mac Lovan, pi 
Ulad, oo mapbad la hUib Cachoach. 

Qoip Cprope, pé céo nochac. Cn peachtmad bliadam oécc ofm- 
jneachca. Oiopaich, eppcop P(pna, véce an 27 lul. Opan Ua Faolan, pi 
Laig(n, oécc. Cach ecip Opparghib q Lagnu, bal m po mapbaoh Paolcopn 
Ua Maolddpa. Ro plpad pleachaó pola 1 Largmb ipm bliadampı. Ro poad 


^ Beccan of Cluain-Iraird.—This is a mistake 
for Beccan of Cluain-ard.—See note on Dabhe- 
cog, 689. These entries are given in the Annals 
of Ulster, under the year 689, except that relating 
to thedeath of Bran, King of Leinster, and Gnoth- 
nat, abbess, which they omit altogether. 

“ A. D. 689. Congal mac Maeleduin, mic Aeda 
Bennain, Rex larmuman, et Dunnecaid, mac 
Oiredoit, et Ailill mac Dungaile, et Eilne mac 
Scandail, jugulati sunt. Combustio Ardmacha. 
Mors Finguine Longi:et Feredaig Meith (ffatt, 
Cod. Clarend., 49) mie Neichtlice, et Coblaith, 
filia Canonn moritur. Debecog [Beccan] Cluana 
airdo pausat.” 

In the Annals of Clonmaenoise the deaths of 
Bran mae Connell, King of Leinster, and of 
* Gnahnat, abbesse of Killdare,” are noticed 
under the year 685. 

* Cronan Macu Caulne.—** A. D. 690. Cronan 
Maccuchuailne, Abbas Benchuir, obit. Fitchillach 
mac Flainn, rez hUa Maine, moritur.? — Ann. Ult. 


** A. D. 686. Cronan Maccowcaylne, abbott of 
Beanchor, died. Fihellagh mac Flyn, prince of 
Imaine, died."— 47. Clon. 

à Ceanngaradh.— See note under the year 659. 
** A. D. 688. Iolan, Episcopus Cinngarat, obiit.” 
—Ann. Uli. 

* Doire- Bruchaisi. —Now Derrybrughis, alias 
Killyman, in the county of Armagh. According 
to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the memory of St. 
Aedhan was venerated at this church on the 
29th of March. 

f Cluain-ard: i.e. the High Lawn or Meadow. 
This was the ancient name of the place on which 
stands Kilpeacan old church, at the foot of Sliabh 
gCrot, in the barony of Clanwilliam, and county 
of Tipperary. Dabhecog, in this entry, is the 
same person as Beccan, incorrectly called of 
Cluain-Iraird, whose death is entered by the 
Four Masters under the year 688. In the Fei- 
lire Aenguis, and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at - 
26th May, itis stated that Beccan of Cluain-ard 


687.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


The Age of Christ, 687. The fourteenth year of Finachta. Beccan", of 
Cluain-Iraird, died. Gnathnat, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Congal, son of Mael- 
duin, son of Aedh Beannan, King of West Munster, was slain. Ard-Macha was 
burned. Bran, son of Conall, King of Leinster, died. Finguine Foda died. 
Feradhach Meith, son of Nechtlig, died. 

The Age of Christ, 688. The fifteenth year of Finshneachta. Cronan 
Macu Caulne', Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 6th of November. 
Fidhgellach, son of Flann, chief of Ui-Maine, [died]. Iolan, Bishop of Ceann- 
garadh‘, died. Dochinne, of Doire-Bruchaisr, died. 

The Age of Christ, 689. The sixteenth year of Finshneachta. Dabhecog, 
of Cluain-ard', died. Fearghus, son of Lodan*, King of Ulidia, was slain by 
the Ui-Eachdhach [people of Iveagh]. 

The Age of Christ, 690. The seventeenth year of Finshneachta. Diraith", 
Bishop of Fearna, died on the 27th of July. Bran Ua Faelain, King of Leinster, 
died. A battle between the Osraighi' and the Leinstermen, wherein Faelchar 
Ua Maelodhra was slain. It rained a shower of blood* in Leinster this year. 


205 


was otherwise called Mobecoc (synonymous with 
Dabecoc), and that his church is situated in 
Muscraighe-Breogain, in Munster, or at Tigh 
Ui Conaill, in Ui-Briuin-Cualann. Keating, 
speaking of the same saint (regimine Diarmada 
mie Fearghusa Ceirbheoil), states that he con- 
secrated the church of Cill-Bheacain, in Mus- 
 craighe-Chuire, on the north side of Sliabh 

gCrot. For the varieties of form of the names 
of the Irish saints, by prefixing mo, va, or do, 
and postfixing an, en, in, og, oc, see note on 
Mochaemhog, under the year 655. 

€ Fearghus, son of Lodan.—'* A. D. 691. Fer- 
gus mac Aedain rex in Coicid [ provincie] obiit. 
Luna in sanguineum colorem in Natali S. Martini 
versa est.”—Ann. Ult. : 

^ Diraith—“ A. D. 492. Dirath, Episcopus 
Fernan & Bran nepos Faelain rex Lageniensium 
et Cellach, mac Ronain, mortui sunt.”—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 688. Dyrath, Bushop of Fernes, and 
Bran, nephew” [rectè grandson] “to Foylan, 
king of Lynster, died."— Ann. Clon. 


The festival of Diraith, Bishop of Ferns, is 
marked in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 27th 
August, and it is added that he died in the 
year 690. 

i Osraighi: i.e. the People of Ossory, some- 
times considered a part of Munster, because | 
they were generally tributary to the king of 
that province. This battle is noticed in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 692. 

* A shower of blood.—'This is not given in the 
Annals of Ulster, but it is entered in the Annals 
of Tighernach at the year 693, which add that 
the blood flowed in streams for three days and 
three nights. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
the battle between Leinster and Ossory, these 
prodigies are given under the year 688, thus: 

* A.D. 688. There was a battle between 
Lynstermen and those of Ossorie, wherein Foyl- 
chor O'Moyloyer was slain. It reigned [rained] 
Blood in Lynster this year; butter was turned 
into the colour of Blood; and a wolf was seen 
and heard speak with human voice." 


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Les NATU eS ler ea RUP S "^ alt i — 


296 annaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


, 1mm ann beóp hi paineib cpo 7 pola, comba poppell vo cach 1 coiceimne é. 
CAcélop an paol ag labanc vo glop oaonna, gomba haduat la cac. 

Qoi Cpiope, pé ċéo nochac a haon. On cochcmaó bliadain oécc 
ophínpneachza. becpola eppcop vécc. hUibpeimi Mhaighe bile oécc. 

Cop Cmorz, pé 6éo nochat a vo. On naomao badam décc ophion- 
acca. Chonan becc, abb Cluana mic Nop, oécc 6 Apml. Cponan 6alnae 
[vecc]. 

Cop Core, pé ċéo nochat acpi. 
boinne, abb Ocha bó, oécc. 


[691. 


Oaimive Lugha décc. Meann 
lap mbeith pice bhadan hı prghe Epeann 


oPhionachca Pleadac, mac Ounchaoha, vo cfp la hod, mac nOlucaig, mic. 


ililla, mic Coda Slame, coipec F Cul, 1 la Congalach, mac Conaing, mic 
Congaile, mic Coda Slam, hi cach, hic Gpeallaig Oollaich. Oo pocap beop 


ópeapal, mac Pionnacca, 1pin cach ípin apaon pa a achap. Cabg, mac 
Failbe, oo mapbaoh hi nglinn ngam. } 
Grp Cpiopc, pé céo nochac a cltaip. Cn céro bliabam vo Comgpeac, 


mac Clongupa, hi, mghe n€peann. 
odpa, oécc. 


At the year 685 the Saxon Chronicle records 
that a shower of blood fell that year in Britain, 
and that the milk and butter were moreover 
turned into blood. Caradoc says, that in the 
fifth year of Ivor, King of the Britons, who 
began his reign A. D. 689, showers of blood fell 
in Britain and Ireland, which caused the milk 
and the butter to be turned into a sanguine co- 
lour. — See Caradoci Hist. Brit. Lond., 1702, 
p. 15, and also the Philosophical Transactions, 
vol. xix. p. 2249 Giraldus, in his Topographia 
Hibernia, dist. ii. c. 19, tells a long story about 
a wolf which spoke to a certain priest in Meath, 
and predicted that the English would conquer 
Ireland on account of the sins of the Irish; but 
it would appear from the story, that this was not 
a real wolt, but one of the human inhabitants of 
Ossory, two of whom were turned into wolves 


every seventh year, in consequence of a curse pro- 


nounced against that territory by St. Natalis. 
! Becfhola.—'* A. D. 693. Beccfhola, Episco- 


Loicheme Meann, eagna, abb Cille 
Cummem Mugovopne oég. Finnguine mac Cof gén mataip, m 


pus, quievit. 
Ann. Ult. 

™ Cronan Beg: ** A. D. 693. Cron Beg, Abbas 
Cluana mic Nois, obiit. Obitus Cronain Balni."— 
Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 689. Cronan Beag, Abbott of Clon- 
vienose, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

? Gaimide—* A. D. 694. Gaimide Lugmaid 
dormivit. | Quies Min-Bairen, Abbatis Acha-bo.” 
—Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 690. Myn Baireann, Abbott of Achabo, 
died.” —Ann. Clon. 

° He was slain.—The Annals of Tighernach 
agree with the Four Masters. In the Annals 


Huidren Campi Bile quievit.”— 


of Ulster the death of Finsnechta is entered 


under the year 694, and in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at 690, thus : 

** A. D. 694. Finsnechta rex Temro, et Bresal, 
filius suus, jugulati sunt a nGreallaig Dollaith ab 
Aed mac Dluthaigh, et a Congalach, mac Conaing, 
mic Aeda Slaine."— Ann. Ult. 


a ^ 
691.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 297 


Butter was there also turned into lumps of gore and blood, so that it was 
manifest to all in general. The wolf was heard speaking with human voice, 
which was horrific to all. 

The Age of Christ, 691. The eighteenth year of Finshneachta. Becfhola, 
bishop, died. Huidhreini of Magh-bile [Movilla], died. 

The Age of Christ, 692. The nineteenth year of Finachta. Cronan Beg", 
abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 6th of — Cronan Balnae [i. e. of 
Balla], died. 

The Age of Christ, 693. Gaimide" of Lughmhaidh, died. Meann Boirne, 
abbot of Achadh-bo, died. After Finachta Fleadhach, son of Dunchadh, had 
been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain? by Aedh, son of 
Dluthach, son of Ailill, son of Aedh Slaine, chief of Feara-Cul?, and Congalach, 
son of Conaing, son of Congal, son of Aedh Slaine, in a battle at Greallach- 


Dollaith’. 
father. 


Breasal, son of Finachta, also fell in this battle along with his 
Tadhg, son of Failbhe, was killed in Gleann-Gaimhin". 


The Age of Christ, 694. The first year of Loingseach', son of Aenghus, in 
the sovereignty of Ireland. Loichene Meann', the Wise, Abbot of Kildare, 
died. Cummeni of Mughdhorna [Cremorne] died.- Finnguine, son of Cu-gan- 


* A. D. 690. King Finaghty was killed by 
Hugh mac Dluhie, son of Hugh Slane, at a 
place called Greallagh Tollye, and Prince Breas- 
sal, the king’s son."— Ann. Clon. 

P Feara- Cul.—'This, which is otherwise called 
Feara-Cul-Breagh, is a territory in Bregia, com- 
prising the barony of Kells, in the county of 
Meath. The parishes of Moybolgue and Emlagh 
arementionedasin thisterrritory.—See O’Clery’s 
Trish Calendar, at 5th April and 26th No- 
vember. 

a Greallach- Dollaith. —This is pita the 
place called, in Irish, Greallach, and anglicé 
Girley, situated about two miles to the south 
of the town of Kells, in Meath. 

* Gleann-Gaimhin: otherwise Gleann-Geimhin. 
'This was the old name of the vale of the River 
Roe, near Dungiven, in the county of London- 
derry. Inthe Annals vf Ulster this is called "- 


pellium, which is the true translation of Gleann- 
Gaimhean, but it has no connexion with Pelli- 
par Manor, in this territory, which is not older 
than the plantation of Ulster. 

* Loingseach.—** A. D. 695. Loingsech mac 
Aengusa regnare incipit.?— Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 689. Longseagh mac Enos began his 
reign, and was king 8 years." —Ann. Clon. 

O’Flaherty follows the Annals of Ulster in 
placing the accession of this monarch in 695. 

t Loichene Meann, &c.—** A. D. 695. Jugulatio 
Domhnaill, filii Conaill Crandamhnai. Finguine 
mac Cucenmathair” [Canis sine matre, Cod. Cla- 
rend. 49], “rex Mumhan, moritur. Fergal 
Aidne, et Fianamail, mac Maennaic, moriuntur. 
Locheni Sapiens, Abbas Cille-daro jugulatus est. 
Cummene Mugdorne pausat. Congalach, mac 
Conaing, filii Congaile filii Aedo Slaine moritur.” 
—Ann. Ult. 


^ 2q 


298 


anNaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


[695. 


Muran, dég. Etpsal Chone, pi Connacht, dég, mac pve GHuaipe hone. 
ianamarl, mac Maenarch, oég. Congalach, mac Conamg, mic Congaile, 


mic CÍooa Slane, oécc. 


Gop Cmorz, pé céd nochat a cing. An vapa bliadain vo Comgpeac. 
Capin, pepbmd 6 Cupcca, vég. Irlaolpochapcais, mac Maolowmb, cig fna 
na nCingiall, oécc. Magh Muiptemne vo papusad la 6p(cnoib 4 la hUlcoib. 
lomapecc Cpanocha, oú map mapbad Fabat, mac Illaieoorch. 


Qop Cpiopc, pé céo nochat apé. 
S. Moling Cuacpa eppcop, oécc an 17 Man. 


Qn cplp badam vo Comgpeac. 
Cach 1 cCuloi$ Happaipce, 1 


bEhfinmag, baal in po mapbaó Concobap Macha, mac Maoilevim, coipec 


na nint, ] Cod Chpéo, copec Dal Aparohe. 


ci&fmna Cfneorl Coipppe, oécc. 


Cop Cpiopc, pé ċéo nochac a peachc. 
Ponanoan, abb Cille vapa, oécc. 
Cop Cpiope, pé ċéd nochac a hochr. 


peac. 


" Lusca.—Now Lusk, in the barony of Bal- 
ruddery, about twelve miles north of the city 
of Dublin. 
crypt, or subterranean habitation, and is ex- 


The word lupca signifies a cave, 


plained ceaé zalman [a house in the earth] by 
O’Clery. Theseevents, and others totally omitted 
by the Four Masters, are given in the Annals of 
Ulster as follows, under the year 696 : 

* A. D. 696. Taracin de regno expulsus est. 
Ferchar Foda moritur. Adomnanus ad Hiber- 
niam pergit, et dedit legem innocentium populis. 
Euchu nepos Domhnaill jugulatus est. Maelfo- 
thartaig, mac Maelduib, rez na n Airgiall mortuus 
est. Imarece Cranchae, ubi cecidit Feradach mac 
Maeledoith. Moling Luachra dormivit. Britones 
et Ulaid vastaverunt campum Murtheimne. Cas- 
san, scriba Luscan, quievit. 

* Crannach: i.e. Arborous Place or Woodland. 
There are many places of this name in Ireland, 
but nothing has been discovered to prove the 
situation of the one here referred to. 

* St. Moling Luachra.—He erected a church 
at a place originally called Ros-broc, now Tigh- 


Muipgiup, mac Maileourn, 
Cn cltpamad bliadain vo Comg- 


Cn cuicceao bliadam vo Comg- 


Moling, anglicé St. Mullin's, on the River Bar- 
row, in the Kavanaghs’ country, in the county 
of Carlow, where his festival was celebrated on 
the 17th of June. In the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise the death of St. Moling i$ entered under 
the year 692, as follows : \ 

* A. D. 692. Moling Lwachra, a man for 
whose holyness and sainctity King Finaghty 
remitted the great taxation of the Borowe of 
the Lynstermen, died." 

According to the ancient historical tale called 
Borumha-Laighean, St. Moling obtained a re- 
mission of this taxation while the celebrated 
Adamnan was in Ireland (for some account of 
which see Bede, lib. v. c. 15), and contrary to 
the latter’s will, who wished that the Leinster- 
men should pay it to the race of Tuathal 
Teachtmhar for ever. It appears, however, that 
Moling’s sanctity prevailed against the repre- 
sentative of Tuathal and his aristocratic rela- 
tive, Adamnan, Abbot of Iona; for by a singular 
use of the ambiguity of the Irish word luan 


(which means Monday, and also the day of 


695.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 299 


mathair, King of Munster, died. Fearghal Aidhne, King of Connaught, died ; 
he was the son of Guaire Aidhne. Fianmhail, son of Maenach, died. Corga 
lach, son of Conaing, son of Conghal, son of Aedh Slaine, died. 

The Age of Christ, 695. "The second year of Loingseach. Caisin, scribe 
of Lusca, died. Maelfothartaigh, Lord of the Oirghialla, died. The devasta- 
tion of Magh-Muirtheimhne by the Britons and Ulidians. _ The battle of Cran- 
nach*, wherein Fearadhach, son of Maeldoith, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 696. The third year of Loingseach. St. Moling Lu- - 
achra*, bishop, died on the 13th of May. A’ battle [was fought] at Tulach- 
Garraisg, in Fearnmhagh’, wherein were slain Conchobhar Macha, son of Mael- . 
duin, chief of the Airtheara [Oriors], and Aedh Aired, chief of Dal-Araidhe. 


Muirghius’, son of Maelduin, Lord of Cinel-Cairbre, died. 
The Age of Christ, 697. The fourth year of iinis Forannan*, Abbot 


of Kildare, died. 


The Age of Christ, 698. The fifth year of Loingseach. Aedh, Anchorite" 


judgment), in his covenant with the monarch, 
he abolished this exorbitant tribute, not till 
Monday, as the monarch understood, but till 
the day of judgment, as the saint intended. A 
writer in the Dublin University Magazine for 
February, 1848, p. 225, says that **it would 
have been better for the people of Leinster to 
have continued to pay the Borumean tribute to 
this day, than that their Saint Moling should 
have set an example of clerical special pleading 
and mental reservation, in the equivocation by 
which he is represented to have procured their 
release from that impost.” On this it may be 
observed that if St. Moling was really guilty of 
this equivocation, his notions of morality were 
not of'a very lofty pagan character, and not at 
all in accordance with the doctrine of the 
Gospel and the practice of the primitive Chris- 
tians; but it is to be suspected that the equi- 
vocation had its origin in the fanciful brain of 
the author of the historical romance called 
Borumha-Laighean, who displays his own, not 
St. Moling’s, morality, in the many strange in- 


cidents with which he embellishes the simple 
events of history. We may very easily believe 
that Adamnan wished that the race of Tuathal 
Teachtmhar should for ever remain the domi- 
nant family in Ireland; but were we to believe 
that he was such a person as this story repre- 
sents him to have been, we should at once reject 
as fictitious the character of him given by Ve- 
nerable Bede, who describes him as ** Vir bonus 
et sapiens, et scientiá scripturarum nobilissimé 
instructus.” Eccl. Hist., lib. v. c. 15. 

* Tulach-Garraisg, in Fearnmhagh. — This 
name would be anglicised Tullygarrisk, but 
there is no place now bearing the name in 
Fearnmhagh, or the barony of Farney, in the 
county of Monaghan. 

z Muirghius, $c.—** A. D. 697. Mors Muir- 
gisa, mic Maelduin, regis Generis Coirpri.”— 
Ann. Ult. 

a Forannan, §c.— A. D. 697. Mors Forannain 
Abbatis Cille-dara, et Maelduin mic Mongain.” 
Ann. Ult. 

^ Aedh, Anchorite.—This was the. Aidus of 


2Q2 


300 anHaca RIOshachta EIREANN. | (699. 


yeac. Cod CÍncoipe, ó Slebhtiu, oécc. lapnlaic, abb Cipmoin, décc. Pian- 
amal Ua Ounchaoha, coipeé Dal Riava, 1 Plann, mac Cmnpaolaio, mic 
Suibne, coipeé Cenéil €ogam, oo mapbad. GAupchule Ua Cpunnmaotl, copet 
Ceml €ogain, oronnapbaó ap in prghe, : mOpfcam. Plano Pino, mac Maol- 


cule hUi Cpunomaoil, coipec Ceml €ogam, oécc. Conall, mac Suibne, 


coipeé na nOeipi, oécc. 


* 


Coir Cpiopc, pé €éo nochat anaoi. Cn peipead vo Comgpeac. Colman, 


~ Linne Uachaille, oécc an 30 Manca. Chill, mac Cuí gan maéap, pí Muman, 


vécc. Conall, mac Oom(nnois, corpeac Ua Progeince. Niall Ua Cnag 
oo mapbao 1 nOpoman Ua Caran, la hlopgalac, mac Conamg. 
Qoi Cmorc, peacht ccéo. An peachtmad bliadam vo Comgpeac. Col- 


man Ua h€inc, abb Cluana lonaino, 


oég. Muipfoach Muige hCao, må, 


Connacht, mac Pfpsura, ó ccác Síol Muipeadans, vég.  lopgalac Ua Con- 


Sleibte mentioned in Tirechan's Annotations on 
the Life of St. Patrick, preserved in the Book 
of Armagh. 

* Sleibhte.—Now Sleaty, or Sletty, on the 
western margin of the River Barrow, a short 
distance to the north of the town of Carlow. 
In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, quoted by 
Ussher (Primordia, p. 864), the situation of Ci- 
vitas Sleibhti is described as “juxta flumen Ber- 
bha in Campo Albo. This church was called 
from its situation near Sliabh Mairge. These 
obits are entered in the Annals of Ulster under 
the year 699: “ Quies Aedo Anachorite o [de] 
Sleibtiu. Dormitatio Iarnlaig Abbatis Lismoir. 


` Fiannainn nepos Duncho, rex Dalriati, et Flann, 


mac Cinnfaelad, mic Suibne, jugulati sunt. Aur- 
thuile, nepos Cruinmail, de regno expulsus, in 
Britanniam pergit. Flann Albus mac Maeltuile, 
nepos Crunmail, de Genere Eugain moritur." 
The same annals contain the following im- 
portant notices, totally omitted by the Four 
Masters : 

“A. D. 699. Accensa est bovina mortalitas in 
Hibernia in Kalendis Februarii in Campo Trego 
i Tethbai” [ Moytra, in the county of Longford]. 
** Fames et. pestilentia. tribus annis in Hibernia 


facta est, ut homo hominem comederet." 

In the Annals of Clonmaenoise, which are 
very meagre about this period, the notices of 
the murrain and famine, &c., are entered under 
the years 694 and 695, thus: 

“ A. D. 694. A great morren of cows through- 
out all England.” j 

** A. D. 695. The same morren of cowes came 


.into Ireland next year, and began in Moyhrea 


in Teaffa. Hugh of Sleiwtyve, Anchorite, died. 
There was such famyne and scarsitie in Ireland 
for three years together, that men and women 
did eat one another for want.” 

* Conall, son of Suibhne.—** A. D. 700. Jugu- 
latio Conaill, mie Suibhne, regís na nDesi."— 
Ann. Ult. 

* Linn- Uachaille : otherwise called Linn-Dua- 
chaille, now Magheralin, on the River Lagan, 
(which was anciently called Casan-Linne as well 
as Abhainn-Locha, the River of the Lough), 
about five miles north-west of Dromore, in the 
county of Down. Colgan has put together, at 
30th March, all the scattered notices that he 
could find of St. Colman of this place, who was 
son of Luachan, of the royal house of Niall of 
the Nine Hostages. He quotes the Annotations 


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699.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 301 


of Sleibhte’, died. Iarnla, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Fianamhail Ua Dunchadha, 
chief of Dal-Riada, and Flann, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Suibhne, chief of 
Cinel-Eoghain, were slain. Aurthuile Ua Crunnmaeil, chief of Cinel-Eoghain, 
was driven from his chieftainry into Britain. Flann Finn, son of Maeltuile 
Ua Crunnmaeil, chief of Cinel-Eoghain, died. Conall, son of Suibhne’, chief 
of the Deisi, died. : 

The Age of Christ, 699. The sixth year of Loingseach. Colman, of Linn- 
Ua-chaille’, died on the 30th of March. — Ailill', son of Cuganmathair, King of 
Munster, died. Conall, son of Doineannaigh, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte, [died]. 
Niall Ua Cearnaigh was killed at Droman-Ua-Casan*, by Irgalach-Ua-Conaing". 

The Age of Christ, 700. The seventh year of Loingseach. Colman-Ua- 
hEire, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Muireadhach of Magh-Aei’, 
King of Connaught, son of Fearghus, from whom are the Sil-Muireadhaigh, 


of Cathaldus Maguire on the Feilire-Aenguis, 
to show that Uachuill, or Duachaill, was the 
name of a demon who infested this place before 
St. Colman’s time: “ Quod erat nomen damonis 
in Cassan-Linne, qui nocebat multis ante Colma- 
num.”—Acta Sanctorum, p.793, n. 10. 

* Ailill, §c.—‘ A. D. 700. Bovina adhuc mor- 
talitas. Ailill, mac Con-sine-matre, rez Muman, 
moritur. Conall mac Doinennaig, rex Nepotum 
Figeinti, moritur. Occisio Neill, mic Cearnaig. 
Irgalach, nepos Conaing, occidit illum.” — Ann. 
Uit. 

z Droman- Ua-Cassan.—The Ridge or Long 
Hill of the Ui-Casain. Not identified. 

^ [rgalach- Ua-Conaing.—It is stated in a poem 
describing the remains at Tara, that Adamnan 
cursed this chieftain at a synod held in the 
Rath of the Synods on Tara Hill.—See Petrie’s 
History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 122, 
148, Adamnan came to Ireland in the year 697, 
according to the Annals of Tighernach. It 
appears from Bede, lib. v. c. 15, that his prin- 
cipal object in visiting Ireland on this occasion 
was to preach to the people about the proper 
time of keeping Easter.—See note under the 
year 104. 


i Magh-Aei. —Now Machaire-Chonnacht, a 
large plain in the county of Roscommon, lying 
between the towns of Roscommon and Elphin 
and Castlerea and Strokestown.—See note P, 
under A. D. 1189, p. 87. The people called 
the Sil-Muireadhaigh were the O’Conors of 
this plain, and their correlatives, who, after the 
establishment of surnames, branched into va- 
rious families and spread themselves over the j 
neighbouring territories, as the Mac Dermots, 
Mac Donoughs, O'Beirnes, O’Flanagans, Mage- 
raghtys, O'Finaghtys.—See note ™, under the 
year 1174, pp. 12, 13. Some of these entries, 
and others omitted by the Four Masters, are 
given in the Annals of Ulster under the year 
100, and some under 701, as follows : 

* A, D. 700. Colman Aue Oirc, Ceallach mac 
Maeleracha Episcopus Dichuill, Abbas Cluana 
Auis mortui sunt. 

* A, D. 701. Muredach Campi Ai moritur. 
Irgalach, nepos Conaing, a Britonibus jugulatus in 
Insi mic Nechta. Maicnia rex Nepotum Echdach 
Ulat” [Iveagh, &£] “ Ailill mac Cinnfaelad, rex 
Cianachta, mortui sunt. Garba Mide, et Colgga 
mac Moenaig, Abbas Lusca, et Luathfoigde, et 
Cracherpais, sapientes mortui sunt.” 


en eee OMe er ete Fir 


302 ANNAA groghachca EIREANN. 


(701. 


amg oo manbad la Splenuibh. Cleo, mac Olucais, vé5. Conall, mac Surtne, 
ciġlpna na nOéipi, vécc. Ceallach, mac Maelenoca eppcop, Orwcuill, abb 
Cluana h€oip, oécc. 
Qoip Cpiope, peachc ccéo a haon. Paoloobarp Clocaipn véce 29 lan. 
lap mbüch ochc mbliadna hi prghe Epeann vo Longreach, mac Clongura, 
mic Oomnanll, oo pochaip, hi ccach Conainn, la Ceallach Locha Cime, mac 


Ragallaig, amoil oeapbup Cellach ipm pann, 


ba uilcc &uilcc, macan pombi oc lap cuilcc, 
beopa Comgpeac ano vo chailg (aop Epeann ima cupo) a. ma cuaipe, 


Concpacap cpa a tpi meic mallı pip, Cfpcgal, Conachcach, 4 Plano Oss. 
Ro mapbaic oin oa mac Colc(n ann, 7 Ouboib(ps, mac Oungale, 7 P(pgur 


Popcpach, 7 Conall Gabpa,7 anole paenclanna cenmocacpie. 


Conall 


Meann, mac Caipbpe, po pod na poinnpi, 7 ba heipioen pochann an cacha, 


Oa ci Lomgpeach oon bannan, co na cpiocha céo 1mme, 
Hiallpaid, cio leabar a Lach, Cellach Liach Locha Cimme. 
Cecparoh Ceallach cepele cpuinne, cpo cpa pmne bodb mop linge 


, La mg Camdfpce Locha Cimme. 


Qoi Cmorc, peacht ccéo a o6. 


* Clochar.—Now Clogher, the head of an an- 


cient episcopal see in the county of Tyrone. 
The name is said to have been derived from a 
stone called Cloeh-oir, i. e. golden-stone, at 
which the pagan Irish worshipped a false god 
called Kerman Kelstach. — See O’Flaherty’s 
Ogygia, part ii. c. 22. The Annals of Ulster 
also place the death of Faeldobor Clochair in 
this year. ' 

! Loingseach.—** A. D. 702. Bellum Corainn, 
in quo cecidit Loingseach mac Oengusa, rex Hi- 
bernie, i.e. mac Domhnaill, mie Aed, mic Ain- 
mirech, la [per] Ceallach Locha Cime mac Ra- 
dallaig, cum tribus filiis suis, et duo filii Colgen, et 
Dubdibergg, mac Dungaile, Fergus Forcraith, 
et Congal Gabhra, et ceteri multi duces: iv. Id. 
Julit, sexta hora die Sabbathi hoc bellum confectum 
est."— Ann. Ult. 


Qn cémo bliabam vo Congal Cimn 


* A. D. 699. King Loyngseagh, with his 
three sons, named Artghall, Connaghtagh, and 


. Flann Gearg, were slain in the battle of Corann, 


the 4th of the Ides of July, the 6th hour of 
Saturday.” —Ann. Clon. 

? Corann—A famous ancient territory, now 
a barony in the county of Sligo.—See O'Fla- 
herty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 69. 

^ Loch Cime.—This was the ancient name of 
Lough Hackett, in the parish of Donaghpatrick, 
barony of Clare, and county of Galway.—See 
note P, under A. M. 3506, p. 32, suprà. : 

^ Testifies. —It is stated in the Leabhar-Gabhala 
of the O'Clerys, p. 194, that Ceallach composed 
these lines to boast of his triumph over Loing- 
seach. From Fearghus, the brother of this 
Ceallach, all the O’Conors of Connaught, and 
other septs, are descended. 


BR TRE ERE ES Duy RC eade S eee 


[uv Cm" Io de e 


701.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Ya 303 


died. Irgalach Ua Conaing was killed by the Britons. Aedh, son of Dluthach, 
died. Conall, son of Suibhne, Lord of the Deisi, died. Ceallach, son of Mael- 
roca, bishop, [and] Diucuill, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died. 

The Age of Christ, 701. Faeldobhair of Clochar* died on the 29th of June. 
After Loingseach’, son of Aenghus, son of Domhnall, had been eight years in 
the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain in the battle of Corann", by Ceallach 
of Loch Cime”, the son of Raghallach, as Ceallach himself testifies? in this 
quatrain : t 
For his deeds of ambition, on the morning he was slain at Glais-Chuilg ; 

I wounded Loingseach there with a sword, the monarch of [all] Ireland round. 


There were slain also his three sons along with him, Artghal, Connachtach, and 


"Flann Gearg. There were also slain there the two sons of Colcen, and Dubh- 


dibhearg, son of Dunghal, and Fearghus Forcraith, and Conall Gabhra, and 
other noblemen besides them. Conall Meann, son of Cairbre, composed these 
quatrains, and that was the cause of the battle : 


If Loingseach? should come to the Banna, with his thirty hundred about him, 

To him would submit, though large his measure, Ceallach the Grey, of Loch 
Cime. 

Ceallach of the round stones was well trained; a paling of spears was leaped over 

By the Redhanded King of Loch Cime. 


The Age of Christ, 702. The first year of Congal of Ceann Maghair*, son 


» If Loingseach.—This quatrain is quoted by 
Michael O'Clery, in his Glossary, under the 
word biaċ ; but the reading he gives there is 
different from that in the Annals, and is as 
follows : 


“Oa ocí Ceallac von banna, gona cpiocaio 
céo ime 
Hiallpaio cioh leabaip a bhiac, Ceallac 
liae loca Cime.” 


“Mf Ceallach should come to the Bann, with 
his thirty hundred about him, 
He should submit, though long his penis, Ceal- 
lach the Grey of Loch Cime.” 


3 Ceann- Maghair.— This place is still so called 


j in Irish, and anglicised Kinnaweer, and is si- 
tuated at the head of Mulroy Lough, in the 


barony of Kilmacrenan, and county of Donegal. 
—See note *, under A.D. 1392, p. 725. In 
the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, 
preserved in Cod. Claren. tom. 49, the accession 
of Congal is thus noticed under 704, which is 
the true year: “Congal mac Fergusa regnare 
incipit in Cenn-Magair .i. Fanad.” In the An- 
nals of Clonmaenoise it is noticed under 701: 
* Congall Ceanmayor reigned King of Ireland 
19 years, and died of a sudden sickness.”—See 
O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii c. 93, p. 43. 


as ees es aa SS 
EUR V T. 


304 ANNAZA goghachca EIREANN. [703. 


Magaip, me Plpgupa Panao, var €pmn hi prghe. Colman mac Fionnbarr, 
abb Lip món, décc. Cach pop Clom ach, pa Ceallach Cualonn, pop Pogap- 
cach (1apom na pi Enn) Ua C (pnorgh, apm in po mapbao 6obbchao Mhive, 
mac Diapmava, 1 po meabaro pop Pogancach. 

Qop Core, reacht ccéo a cpi. An vapa bliadam oo Congal. Adamnan, 
mac Ronán, abb lae Colum Cille, oécc an 23 vo Sepcembep, 1ap mbeit 
pé bliadna pichfc 1 naboamne, 7 1ap peace mbliadna peachemogac a aope. 
ba maith cpa an ci naom Cloarinan, vo péin praónaipi naoim éoa, óp ba 
venach, ba hatmgech, ba hupnuigéech, ba hinneiċmech, ba haomcech, 7 
ba m(papoóa, vai ní lomg(oh oo píp acc oia DoMNaIs 7 oia oapodomn nama. 


* Colman, son of Finnbhar.—*'* A. D. 702. Col- 
man mac Finbair, Abbas Lismoir, moritur."— 
Ann. Ult. 

s Claen-ath.—Now Claenadh, or Clane, in the 
county of Kildare : 

“ A, D. 703. Bellum pon Cloenath" [at Cloe- 
nath, Cod. Clarend. 49], ** ubi victor fuit Ceallach 
Cualann, in quo cecidit Bodbcath Mide mac 
Diarmato. Focartach nepos Cernaig fugit.”— 
Ann. Ult. 

* Adamnan, son of Ronan.—The pedigree of 


` this illustrious man is given in the Genealogies 


of the Saints compiled by the O’Clerys, up to 
Heremon, son of Milesius. He was the seventh 
in descent from Conall Gulban, the common 
ancestor of the tribes of Tirconnell. 
was the son of Ronan, who was son of Tinne, 


Adamnan 


who was son of Aedh, son of Colman, son of 
Sedna, son of Fearghus Ceannfada, son of Conall 
Gulban.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 480. 

" St. Beda.—Venerable Bede calls Adamnan, 
“ Vir bonus et sapiens et scientia scripturarum 
nobilissimé instructus,” in his Keel. Hist., lib. v. 
c.15. He says, in the same chapter, that after 
his return from England, whither he had been 
sent by his nation, as an ambassador to King 
Alfred, he endeavoured to bring his people of 
Hii to the true observation of Easter, which he 
had learned and warmly embraced in England, 


but that in this he could not prevail. That he, 
then sailed over into Ireland to preach to the 
Trish, and that by modestly declaring the legal 
time of Easter he reduced many of them, and 
almost all that were not under the dominion of 
Hii, to the Roman or Catholic mode, and taught 
them to keep the legal time of Easter. During 
his stay in Ireland, he is said to have censured 
the monarch for having remitted the Borumean 
tribute to the Leinstermen, in proof of which 
the O’Clerys have inserted in their Leabhar- 
Gabhala an Irish poem condemnatory of Fi- 
nachta Fleadhach, by whom it was remitted. 
In this poem Adamnan is made to say, that, were 
he Finachta, and King of Tara, he would not do 
what Finachta had done ; and adds, ** maipg pi 
po, maiz a ciora,” “wo to the king who for- 
gave his rents," ** ap mag leanap vo liacu,? 
* wo to those who follow grey-headed -men;” 
and that if he were a king, he would erect for- 
tifications, fight battles, and subjugate his ene- 
mies. He is also said to have promulgated a law 
among the Irish called Cain Adhamhnain, and 
lex innocentium in the Annals of Ulster, at the 
year 696. 
going on expeditions or into battles.—See the 
Leabhar Breac, fol. 38, b.; and the Book of Le- 
can, fol. 166, p. a. col. 4. After having estab- 


This law exempted women from 


lished this law at a synod held at Tara, and 


wR et A r a ip Eram 


Repel 


: 


RAS ara 7 


Rees M page. 


des 


703.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 305 


of Fearghus of Fanaid, in sovereignty over Ireland. Colman, son of Finnbhar', 
abbot of Lis-mor, died. A battle [was fought] at Claen-ath* by Ceallach Cua- 
lann, against Fogartach Ua-Cearnaigh, who was afterwards King of Ireland, 
wherein Bodhbhchadh of Meath, son. of Diarmaid, was slain, and Fogartach 


was defeated. 


The Age of Christ, 703. The second year of Congal. . Adamnan, son of 
Ronan, abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 23rd of September, after having 
been twenty-six years in the abbacy, and after the seventy-seventh year of his 
age, Adamnan was a good man, according to the testimony of St. Beda", for he 
was tearful, penitent, given to prayer, diligent, ascetic, and temperate ; for he 
never used to eat excepting on Sunday and Thursday only ; he made a slave 


after having celebrated the canonical Easter in 
Ireland, he returned to Hii or Iona, where he 
most earnestly inculcated the observance of the 
Catholic or Roman time of Easter in his monas- 
tery, but without being able to prevail; and Bede 
remarks that it so happened that he departed 
this life before the next year came round, the 
divine goodness so ordaining it, that, as he was 
a great lover of peace and unity, he should be 
taken away to everlasting life before he should 
be obliged, on the return of the time of Easter, 
to quarrel still more seriously with those that 
would not follow him in the truth. 

Of Adamnan’s works we have still remaining, 
1. his Vita Columba, which is a remarkable piece 
of biography, in the purest style of Latin then 
in use. Mr. Pinkerton says that, “among the 
Irish writers, Adamnan has given in the Life of 
Columba the most complete piece of biography 
that all Europe can boast of, not only at so 
early a period, but through the whole middle 
ages." 2. His account of the holy places in Judea, 
from the relation of Arculph, a French bishop, 
and which he presented to King Alfred. An 
abridgment. of ‘this was given by Bede, but 
Mabillon has published it at fulllength. There 
are other prose tracts and poems in Irish, which 
are ascribed to him, but these have not been 


yet published or translated. The death of 
Adamnan is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 
the year 103, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 700, but the true year is 704. 

* A. D. 703. Adomnanus lrxvit anno etatis sue 
Abbas Je, pausat” — Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 700. Adawnanus, Abbott of Hugh, 
in the 78th year of his age, died; of whom 
Syonan, in Kynealeagh, is named in Irish 
[Suwe Qòamnáim], which is as much in Eng- 
lish as the seat of Adawnan ; but no church 
land, as I take it.” —Ann. Clon. 

The Syonan, here referred to, is the name of a 
townland containing the ruins of a castle, in 
the parish of Ardnurcher, barony of Moycashel, 
and county of Westmeath.—See the Ordnance 
Map of that county, sheet 31, and also the Mis- 
cellany of the Irish Archeological Society, vol. i. 
p. 197, note ". According to the tradition in 
the country, St. Adamnan, on his visit to Ire- 
land, preached to his relatives, the race of Fia- 
cha, son of Niall on a hill in this townland, 
which has ever since been dignified -by his 
name. The churches at which the memory of 
St. Adamnan was particularly venerated are 
those of Raphoe and Drumhome, in Tircon- 
nell, Dunbo, in Kienachta, and Skreen, in Tire- 
ragh, in Connaught. According to O'Clery's 


FB 


Pd i tnn ee iut P i ee a 


306 aNNawa RIOghachca EIREANN. (704. 


Oo pome mogh oe pén do na pubáilcibpi, 3 beor ba heagnaio, eolach illerine ^ 
'cuicpiona an naommpcpropcupa orabat. 


Ceallach mac Ragallaigh, m Con- 
vache, iap noul 06 pa cung cléncecca décc. lomaipecc Copcmodpuad, bail 
m po manbaoh Celechan, mac Comma. 

Coi Cpiopc, peacht ccéo a cltaip. On cpeap bliadam vo Congal. 
Cfnnpaolad Ua Coda bpicc, abb 6(nocaip, oécc an 8 Appl. Oaconna Oaim, 
q Ceallan, mac Seachnaparg, eccnaió, vécc. Oipprene Fpemann, mac Gall- 
wip, abb Cluana mic Noérp, ecc. Oo Calpaige Cechba a cenel. Concubap, 
mac Maeilioiin, coipeé Cen Coipppe. becc boche, pf Ulad, oo gabáil 
bachlae, 4 a écc ina oilicpe, 1 pormé(nn. oa bliadan oécc rap pm. Plann 
Feabla, mac Sgannlam, abb Opoa Macha, vo écc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peacht ccéo a cing. On clépamad bliadain vo Conzal. 
Coibofnach, eppcob Apoa pnacha, vécc 26 Nouembep. Conodap, abb Pobaip, 
décc 3 Nouembep. Innechtach, mac Ounchaoha Muimipcce, pi na cceopa 
Connachc, vo mapbao la P(pgal, mac Maorlevain, 1 la Fingal mac Long- 


rich, me Cfongupa, 1 la Conall ITl(no, coipec Ceniuil Coipppe. 


Sloicchfoh 


la Congal Cmo Magaip, mac P(pgupa Fanar, pop Laigmb, co ccapac a 
ném uadoib. Og cochc oo von cploig(o hipm acbepc Congal imnpo : 


Irish Calendar, his body was buried at Iona, 
but his reliques were afterwards removed to 
Treland. 

" Ceallach.—** A. D. 704. Ceallach mac Ro- 
gallaigh, Rex Connacht, post clericatum obiit." 

* Coremodhruadh.—Now Corcomroe, a barony 
in the west of the county of Clare. 

* A. D. 704. Bellum Corcomodhruadh, ubi 
cecidit Celachar, mac Comain."— Ann. Ult. 

* Ceannfaeladh.—** A. D. 704. Ceanfaela, nepos 
Aedo Bric, Abbas Bennchair, dormivit" —— Ann. 
Uit. 

* Dachonna of Dairi: i. e. of Doire-Mochonna: 

** A. D. 705. Duchanna, et Oissene filius Gal- 
luist, Abbas Cluana-mac-Nois, pausant. Bruide, 
mac Derili moritur. Conchobar mac Maeleduin, 
Rex Generis Coirpre jugulatur. Ceallan, mac 
Seachnusaig, sapiens, obiit." — Ann. Ult. 

* Calraighe-Teathbha. — A territory in the 
county of Longford, the position of which is 


determined by Sliabh gCalraighe, now Slieve 
Golry, near the village of Ardagh.— See note 
on Sliabh Callraighe Bri-Leith under A. D. 
1444, p. 937. 

^ Beg Boirche.—** A. D. 106. The Crostaff 
[ Cross-staff] of Bec Bairrche."— Ann. Ult.; Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49.—See Dr. O'Conor's note on 
this passage in his edition of the Annals of 
Ulster, pp. 70, 71, where he quotes various au- 
thorities to shew that persons were enjoined 
various penances for crimes, before the seventh 
century: “Clericus si genuerit filium vii annis 
peniteat, vel exul portet cilicium et virgam. 
Cumean De Mensura penitentiarum, c. 3. Si 
quis Laicus per cupiditatem perjurat, totas 
res suas vendat, et donet Deo in pauperibus, 
et conversus in Monasterio usque ad mortem 
serviat Deo. Si autem non per cupiditatem, 
sed quia mortis periculum incurrit, tribus annis 
inermis exul poeniteat in pane et aquà."—/D., c.6. 


[ND 
104.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 307 


of himself to these virtues; and, moreover, he was wise and learned in the clear 
understanding of the holy Scriptures of God. Ceallach*, son of Raghallach, 
King of Connaught, died, after having gone under the yoke of priesthood. The 
battle of Coremodhruadh?, in which Celechar, son of Comman, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 704. The third year of Congal. Ceannfaeladh’, grand- 
son of Aedh Breac; Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 8th of April. 
Dachonna of Dairi’, and Ceallan, son of Seachnasach, a wise man, died. Oissene 
of Freamhainn [Frewin], son of Gallust, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He 
was of the tribe of Calraighe-Teathbha*. Conchubhar, son of Maelduin, chief of 
Cinel Cairbre [died]. Beg Boirche”, King of Ulidia, took a [pilgrim’s] staff, and 
died on his pilgrimage at the end of twelve years afterwards. Flann Feabhle', 
son of Scanlan, Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. 

The Age of Christ, 705. The fourth year of Congal. Coibhdeanach’, 
bishop of Ard-sratha, died on the 26th of November. Conodhar, abbot of 
Fobhar, died on the third of November. Inreachtach, son of Dunchadh Mui- 
risce, King of the tripartite Connaught, was slain by F earghal, son of Maelduin, 
and Fearghal, son of Loingseach, son of Aenghus, and Conall Meann, chief of 
Cinel-Cairbre. A hosting? was made by Congal of Ceann-Maghair, son of 
Fearghus of Fanaid, against the Leinstermen, and he obtained his demand‘ 
from them. . On returning from this expedition Congal composed these lines: 


c Flann Feabhla.—He is set down as arch- 
bishop of Armagh for twenty-seven years in the 
list of the prelates of Armagh preserved in the 
fragment of the Psalter of Cashel already often 
referred to. He held a synod in Ireland, in the 


year 697, at which Adamnan was present.—See ` 


Colgan's Acta SS., p. 473, and Trias Thaum., 
p. 294, and also Harris's edition of Ware's Bi- 
shops, p. 40. In the Annals of Ulster his death 
is entered under the year 714, and ix the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise at 712. 

à Coibhdeanach, 4c.—** A. D. 706. Conodhar 
Fabuir obiit. Occisio, Indrechtaig, mic Duncha, 
Muirsece, Fergal mac Maeleduin, & Fergal mac 
Loingsig, æ Conall Menn, res Generis Coirpri, 
occiderunt eum. Becc nepos Dunchado jugulatur. 
Coibdenach, Episcopus Ardsratha quievit. Duo 


terremotus septimana in eadem, in mense Decem- 
bris in Aquilonari parte Hibernie. Bachall Beicce 
Bairche. Mors Colmain Aui Suibhne. Slogad 
Congaile, filii Fergusa pop Laigniu. Duncha 
principatum Iæ tenuit.”—Ann. Ult. 

e A hosting, plorcċlò.—This is the first occur- 
rence of the word yloicéfo, henceforward so 
frequently used in the Irish Annals. It means 
the making of an expedition, excursion, or in- 
cursion, with an army mustered for the pur- 
pose, like ‘the old English word ** hosting,” by 
which the Editor shall henceforward translate 
it. It is rendered * exercitus ductus,” by Dr. 
O'Conor, and “ an army led,” by the old trans- 
lator of the Annals of Ulster, in Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. : t 

* His own demand.—This would seem to mean 


2R2 


ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN.  [106. 


Celeabain oam, a Lippe, ap lop povo bo hic gnáip, 
Qlamn bepptan pil popr, ba plan co cpolc a Oún Nónp. 
ba Mas Lippe mad co pé, moi ap mag ponaiche, 
Ticubpa oia achpume, cic(ppach co naitmu. 


Cach C(chaipbe ma cCongal, mac F infora Pánacc, pon Chenél n€océam, 


Dú m no manbaoh Maolotin, mac Maolipiċpicch, cis(pna Cheneoit n€ogham. | | 


Qoip Cmorc, peacht ccéo apé. On cúicceaò bliadan oo Congal. Cu- 
cuapám, pi Cpuchne-7 Ulad, oo mapbaoh la Pionncom hUa Ronán. 
Piachna, mac Oungaile, oo sun la Cpurtniu. 

Qoip Cpiopc, peacht ccéo a peache. Qn peipead bliadain do Congal. 
Maoloobancon, eppeop Cille dapa, oécc 19 Pebpuam. Cach Oola1 Maig 
Ele, «inm m po manbad Leachloban, mac Eatac, Cualaid, 7 Cadionaipcc. 
Cach Selgge hi Popchuachaib Laigfn, m po mapbad vá mac Ceallang Cua- 
lamn, Prachpa, 4 Pianaman, 7 apall oo Splénmb cangacap hi pocparoe 
Ceallaig. 

Qoip Cmiopc, peacht ccéo, a hochc. Conamhail mac Pailbe, abb lae, 
[oécc]. Colman, mac Seachnupaig, abb Lochpa, oécc. lap mbfich p(chc 
mbliadna hi mie n€peann oo Congal Cimmmagain, mac P(pgupa Panac, po 
cataim vo blòg aonuaipe. Cill vapa do lopccao. 

Qoip Cmorc, peacht ccéo anaoi. An céro buaoam of (mgal mac Maole- 
dún, mac Maolepemsh, hi mghe uap Epmn. C(nopaolao, abb Pobaip, oécc. 
Oriccolan egnaide [oécc]. Tetgal, eppcop ó Lamn Ela, oécc 16 Appl. 


that he renewed the Borumean tribute. It is 
stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of the O’Clerys, 
that Congal made this excursion to wreak his 
vengeance on the Leinstermen for the death of 
his great grandfather, Aedh mac Ainmirech, 
whom the Leinstermen had slain in the battle of 
Dun-bolg ; but that he obtained his oighreir, or 
full demand, from them without any opposition. 

* Bid me farewell. —'These lines are also quoted 
by the O’Clerys, in their Leabhar Gabhala, p. 194. 

^ Leathairbhe.—Not identified. This entry is 
not in the Annals of Ulster. 

i Cucuaran.—* A. D. 507. Canis Cuaran, rez 
Cruithne, jugulatur. Bovina strages iterum in- 


cendit.”—Ann. Ult. 

x Fiachra— A. D. 709. Fiachra mac Dun- 
gaile apud Cruithne jugulatus." —Ann. Ult. 

! Maeldobharchon.—** A. D. 708. Maeldobor- 
con, Episcopus Cille-daro, pausavit."— Ann. Ult. 

™ Dola, in Magh-Ele.— Magh Ele, which 
should be Magh Elle, or Magh Eilne, is a plain 
on the east side of the River Bann, near the town 
of Coleraine.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Anti- 
quities of the Diocese of Down and Connor, $c., 
p. 330. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is 
noticed under the year 708 : 

“A.D. 708. Bellum Dolo in Campo Eilni, 
ubi jugulati sunt Lethlabhar mac Echdach, Cual- 


ichs p Son 


Aag de Sica ne tees 


» 
1 


| 106.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 309 


Bid me farewells, O Liffe! Long enough have I been in thy lap ; 

Beautiful the fleece that is [was] on thee; thou wert safe, except thy roof, - 
O fort of Nas! 

The plain of Liffe was so till now, to-day it is a scorched plain ; 

I will come to rescorch it, that it may know a change. 

The battle of Leathairbhe* [was gained] by Congal, son of Fearghus Fanad, 
over the Cinel-Eoghain, where Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh, Lord of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 706. The fifth year of Congal. Cucuaran’, King of 
the Cruithni and of Ulidia, was killed by Finnchu hUa Ronain. Fiachra*, son 
of Dunghal, was mortally wounded by the Cruithni. 

The Age of Christ, 707. The sixth year of Congal. Maeldobharchon, 
Bishop of Kildare, died on the 19th of February. The battle of Dola", in Magh- 
Ele, where Leathlobhar, son of Eochaidh, Cu-allaidh, and Cu-dinaisc, were 
slain. The battle of Selgge", in Fortuatha-Laighean, wherein were slain the 
two sons of Ceallach Cualann, Fiachra and Fianamhail, and some of the Britons, 
who had joined the army of Ceallach. 

The Age of Christ, 708. Conamhail’, son of Failbhe, Abbot of Ia, [died]. 
Colman, son of Seachnasach, Abbot of Lothra [Lorha], died. After Congal” 
of Ceann-Maghair, son of Fearghus-Fanad, had been seven years in the sove- 
reignty of Ireland, he died of one hour's sickness. Cill-dara was burned. 

The Age of Christ, 709. The first year of Fearghal*, son of Maelduin, son 
of Maelfithrigh, in sovereignty over Ireland. Ceannfaeladh’, Abbot of Fobhar 
[Fore], died. Diccolan the Wise [died]. Tethghal, Bishop of Lann-Ela [Ly- 
Failbe, Abbas Im, pausat. Colman, mac Sech- 


nusaig, abbas Lothra, moritur.”—Ann. Ult. 
? Congal.—** A. D. 709. Congal mae Fergusa 


laidh et Cudinaiscce."— Ann. Ult. See note !, on 
Tola, at A. D. 571, p. 208,- supra. 
a Sdgge: i.e. a Place of Hunting. This was 


the name of a place near Glendalough, in the 


county of Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster | 


this battle is noticed under the year 708, thus: 
“ A. D. 708. Bellum Selgge hi Forthuathaibh- 
Laighin, contra nepotes Cennselaigh, in quo ceci- 
derunt duo filii Cellaich Cualann, Fiachra et 
Fiannamhail; et Luirgg cum Britonibus Ceal- 
Jachi."— Ann. Ult. 
° Conamhail.— A. D. 709. Conainn, mac 


Fanad” [mic Domhnail mic Aedha, mic Ain- 
mire mic Sedna’ mic Fergusa Cinnfoda] ** mic 
Conaill Gulban, rex Temorie, subita morte periit. 
Combustio Cille-dara.”—Ann. Ult. — 

a Fearghal.—* A. D. 709. Fergal mac Maele- 
duin regnare incipit.”—Ann. Ult. O'Flaherty 
places his accession in the year 711. 

* Ceannfaeladh.—'* A. D. 710. Ceannfaela, 
abbas Fobair, moritur. Diccolan sapiens, et 


Pee a ee Se, ee Ree aye ee 


o 


310 aNNaZa gioghachca EIREANN. [710. 


Ulcan, mac Cummine, décc.  €ppcop Celéa Olamo [oécc]. Cach Slebe 
Fuair pa pPeapgal pop Uib Mét, m po mapbaoó Cnuchach, mac Moch- 
lomgi, coipec Ua Mét, 7 Cupoi, mac Clooa, mic Oluchaiz. 

Coir Cprope, peache ccéo a veié. On oapa bliadain oP(pgal.. Coevo, 
eppcop lae, vécc. Oubgualai, abb G5lnne va Locha, oécc. Ro p(paó 10m- 
aipecc ecip plioche Cloda Slane, n po mapbad Niall, mac Cfpnang, la Plann, 
mac Qloda, mic Olucais. Cucfpca, correc Oppaige, vécc. Imaipeacc la 
Cagsmb Oeapgabaip, ou m po manbad dpan Ua Maorlotin 4 a mac. Oluch- 
ach, mac Picceallaig, oo lopecad. Cach Chen Pfhadag lap an Dep 


cuaips(mcors, m po mapbaoh Conmac, mac Ping, pi Muman. 


Goip Cpiope, peacht ccéo a haon noécc. 
baocan, eppcop Inpi bo Finne, oécc. 


vécc. 


Oo Sal(ngarb Copamn vó. 


cis(mna Opnarge, oécc. 


Cloip Cope, peacc ccéo avo oécc. 


Cn cpeap bliabamn of žal. 
Failbe becc, abb Cluana mic Nó, 


Copmac, mac Oiliolla, pí Muman, oo 
mapbaoh hir ccach. Seachnupach, coipec Ua Marre, [oécc]. 


Cuceanca, 


Cn ceatpamad bliadain oPepgal. 


lomaipecc eccip oá mac beice boche 3 clannópeapail, corpecha Ua nEchat 
Ulad, 7 no meabaid pop clomn ópeapail.. Pogapcach Ua Cennoig oionnap- 
bao 1 mbneatnaib la Pepgal pı €peann. 


Ultan mac Cummieni, Episcopus Telca-Olain, 
moriuntur." — Ann. Ult. 

* Teach Olainn.—This place is mentioned in 
the Irish Calendar of O'Clery, at 23rd January 
and at 7th August, as the church of St. Molaga, 
but its situation is not pointed out.— See Col- 
gan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 151, note 32. It is 
sometimes written Tulach-Ualann. 

t Sliabh-Fuaid.A mountain near Newtown- 
Hamilton, in the county of Armagh.—See note®, 
under A. M. 3500; and note”, under A. D. 
1607. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is 
noticed under the year 710, as follows : 

* A. D. 710. Bellum nopotum Meith, ubi 
Tnudach, mac Mochloingse, Rex Nepotum Meith, 
et Curoi, filius Aedo, filii Diuthaigh, ceciderunt.” 

* Coeddi. —“ A. D.711. Coeddi, Episcopus Iæ, 
pausat.”—Ann. Ult. This and many other en- 


tries shew that the Presbyterian writers are 
wrong in supposing that there were no bishops 
at Iona. 

» Dubhgualai.— ‘A. D. 711. Dubgualai, Abbas 
Glinne da locha, periit." — Ann. Ult. 

x A battle.—'* A. D. 711. Bellum inter duos 
nepotes Aedo Slane in quo Maine, mac Neill, ju- 
gulatus est. Flann, mac Aedo, mic Dluthaig, 
victor erat. Ulait prostrati, ubi Dubtach, filius 
Becce Bairche, occubuit. Duo filii Feradaig mic 
Maeleduin in cede Generis Laegaire perierunt. 
Bellum apud Lagenienses Deteriores? [Laighnibh 
Desgabhair] ** ubi Bran nepos Maeleduin, et filii 
ejus ceciderunt. Dluthach, mac Fitcellaig, igne 
uritur? —Ann. Ult. 

y Cucerca.—His death is again entered under 
the year 711. 

* The northern Des: i.e. Deis-Beg, a territory 


710.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 311 


nally], died’on the 16th of April. Ultan, son of Cummine, Bishop of Telach 
Olainn’. The battle of Sliabh Fuaid‘ [was gained] by Fearghal over the Ui- 
Meith, wherein were slain Tnuthach, son of Mochloingi, chief of Ui-Meith, and 
Curoi, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach. 

The Age of Christ, 710. The second year of Fearghal. Coeddi", Bishop 
of Ia, died. Dubhgualai", Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. A battle* was fought 


between [two parties of] the race of Slaine, wherein Niall, son of Cearnach, was 


slain by Flann, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach. Cucerca’, chief of Osraighe, died. 
A battle by the south Leinstermen, wherein Bran Ua Maelduin and his son 
were slain. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, was burned. The battle of Carn- 
Fearadhaigh by the northern Des’, wherein Cormac, son of Finghin, King of 
Munster, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 711. The third year of Fearghal. Baetan, Bishop of 
Inis-Bo-finne*, died. Failbhe Beg, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of 
the Gailenga" of Corann. ,Cormáce, son of Oilioll, King of Munster, was killed 
in a battle. Seachnasach, chief of Ui-Maine, [died]. Cucearca'*, Lord of Ossory, 
died. 

. The Age of Christ, 712. The fourth year of Fearghal. A battle? [was 
fought] between the two sons of Beg Boirche and the sons of Breasal, chiefs 
of Ui-Eathach Uladh [Iveagh]; and the victory was gained over the sons of 
Breasal Fogartach* Ua Cearnaigh was banished into Britain by Fearghal, King 
of Ireland. 


in the county of Limerick, containing the town of Oilioll Olum, King of Munster, seated in the 
of Bruff and the hill of Knockany. For the diocese of Achonry, in the province of Con- 
situation of Carn-Feradhaigh see note £, under naught. Corann is now the name of a barony 
A. M. 3656, p. 41, suprà. In Dr. O'Conor's in the county of Sligo. | 

edition of these Annals some lines are here left © Cucearca.—See his death before entered 


out by mistake. 

* Inis-bo-finne.—N ow Boffin, or Bophin Island, 
off the south-west coast of the county of Mayo. 

* A. D. 712. Baetan, Episcopus Insole Vacce 
Albe obiit. Faelbus Modicus, Abbas Cluana-mac- 
Nois, pausat. Cormac, mac Ailello, rer Muman, 
in bello jugulatus est. Cuchercca, rex Osraigi, 
moritur., Sechnusach rez, hUa Maine, moritur." 
—Ann. Ult. 

> Gaileanga.— These were a sept of the race 


under the year 710, which is the wrong year. 

à A battle —“ A. D. 711. Ulait prostrati, ubi 
Dubthach filius Becce Bairche occubuit.” f 

“A.D. 713. Bellum inter duos filios Becce 
Bairche, et filium Bresail regem Nepotum Echdach, 
in quo victores filii Becce. Fogartach hUa Cer- 
naig de regno expulsus est, [et] im Britanniam 
ivit.” —Ann. Ult. í 

* Fogartach.—Dr. O'Conor says that it is in- 
terpolated in a more modern hand in the copy 


312 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [713. 


Qoi Cpiope, peacht ccéo a tpi oécc. CE cúicc vPeangal. S. Oopbame 
Fova, abb lae, oécc 28 oOccobep. Mochonna Cluana «pone décc 30 vo 
Sepcembep. Cillene, eppcop abb Pfpna, oécc. Plaitma eccnaro, mac Col- 
ccan, vécc. Ceallac Cualann, mac eppcióe, pi Larg, oécc. Mupchaò, 
mac Oiapmaca, mic Cipmfohaig Caoich, plat Ua Nell Chlomne Colman, 
vo mapbao la Conall Grant Ua C(pnoich.. Clooh Oub, coipech Ua Piogemcei, 
vécc. 

Qoi Cmort, peache ccéo a cltaip vécc. Cn peipeaó bliadam oP žal. 
Celeci&(mnaig, abb Cluana heoup, vécc. Tepnoce, mac Ciapam, vécc. 
Plano Poinbee, mac Pogaptang, vécc. Pogapcac Ua C(pnarg oo toweache 
dia 1onnanbad a Splcain. Paolchu, mac Oonbbene, vo oiponeao 1 naboaine 
lae an cltpamad alamo oo Sepcemben, oia Satuipn do ponnnad, 1pm ceat- 
pamad bliadam peaccmogac a aor. 

Qloip Cpiopc, peache ccéo a cúicc décc. On peachcrhnao bhadain oF- 
sal. Qonach Tallen vo òfnam la Fingal, mac. Maolevin, 7 Pogapcach 
Ua C(pnoi$ oo meapccbuarbneaó an aonaigh, uam po mapb Maolpuba, 3 


mac Ouibplébe. 


at Stowe, and that this Fogartach was after- 
wards King of Ireland: “ Oin Pogapeach pin 
anam na mg n€ipeann.” The Annals of 
Ulster have some curious entries immediately 
after the notice of the expulsion of Fogartach, 
which have been totally omitted by the Four 
Masters, viz. : 

** Coscrad .i. Garbsalcha in Midiu” [the mas- 
sacre of Garbhsalach] ** in quo cecidit Forbasach, 
nepos Comgaile, rex hUa Failgi, apud viros Mide, 
uno die et bellum predictum. | Siccitas magna. In 
hoc anno interfecti sunt Peregrini apud Mumnenses 
À. in clairineach cum tota familia sua. Nox 
lucida in Autumno.” 

The slaying of the pilgrims in Munster is 
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 
the year 710, as follows: $ 

“ There were certain pilgrims killed by the 
Mounstermen, viz., Clarinach, with all his fa- 
mily. There was a shining and extream clear 
light in harvest.” 


f Dorbaine.—This entry is not in the Annals 
of Ulster, which contain most of these entries 
under the year 714, as follows: 

* A. D. 714. Ceallach Cualann rex Lagenie, 
Flann Febla, mac Sganlain, Abbas Ardmache, 
Cilleni, Episcopus Fernann, mortui sunt. Jugu- 
latio Murchado, mac Dermato, filii? [Armedi] 
“ Ceci, Regis Nepotum Neill. Aed Dub, Rex Ne- 
potum Fidgenti, Flaithnia, mac Colggen sapiens 
et Mochonna Cuerne” [recté Cluana-airne] 
** dormierunt. Sloghadh la [per] Murcha, mac 
Brain, du Caisil.” 

Four of these entries are given in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise under the year 712, thus: 

* A. D. 712. Ceallagh Cwallann, King of 
Lynster, died. Flann Feavla, Abbott of Ard- 
magh, died. Killin, Bushop and Abbott of 
Fearnes, died. Murragh mac Brayn with a 
great army went to Cashell.” 

e Cluain-airdne.— The festival of Mochonna of 
Cluain-airne is set down in O'Clery's Irish 


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113.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 313 


The Age of Christ, 7 13. St. Dorbainef Foda, Abbot of Ia, died on the 
28th of October. Mochonna, of Cluain Airdne*, died on the 30th of September. 
Bishop Cillene, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Flaithnia the Wise, son of 
Colgan, died. Ceallach Cualann?, son of Gerrtide, King of Leinster, died. Mur- 
chadh, son of Diarmaid, son of Airmeadhach Caech, chief of Ui-Neill of Clann- 
Colmain, was slain by Coriall Grant! Ua Cearnaigh. Aedh Dubh, chief of 
Ui-Fidhgeinte*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 714. The sixth year of Fearghal. Cele-Tighearnaigh, 
Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died. Ternog™, son of Ciaran, died. Flann 


.Foirbhthe, son of Fogartach, died. Fogartach Ua Cearnaigh returned from his 


exile in Britain. Faelchu, son of Dorbene, was appointed to the abbacy of Ia, 
on the fourth of the Calends of September, on Saturday precisely, in the seventy- 


fourth year of his age. 


The Age of Christ, 715. The seventh year of Fearghal. The fair of Taill- 
tin? was celebrated by Fearghal, son of Maelduin ; and Fogartach Ua Cearrnaigh 
disturbed the fair, for he killed Maelrubha, and the son of Dubhsleibhe. 


Calendar at 30th September. Colgan conjec- 
tures that Cluain-airdne may be the church of 
Cluain-aird, in the territory of Airteach, in the 
diocese of Elphin._See Trias Thaum., p. 178, 
n. 115. There are countless places of the name 
in Ireland, but the Editor has discovered 
nothing to prove which of them is the one re- 
ferred to in the text. 

^ Ceallach Cualann.—He was the ancestor of 
a tribe called Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann, seated in 
the north of the present county of Wicklow. 
Duald Mac Firbis gives the names of twelve 
generations of his lineal descendants as follows: 
* Cathal” [chief of Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann] “son 
of Amhalgaidh, son of Tuathal, son of Cu- 
lochair, son of Madudan, son of Raghallach, son 
of Flann, son of Dubhdaithreach, son of Madu- 
dan, son of Cathal, son of Ceallach, son of 
Edersgel, son of Ceallach Cualann." 

i Conall Grant : i.e. Conall the Grey. “pane 
a. liat.?—O Clery. : 

x Ui-Fidhgeinte.—A tribe giving name to a 


great territory in the present county of Limerick. 
—See note under A. D. 645, suprà, and also 
note ™, under the year 1178, p. 46. 

1 Cele- Tighearnaigh : i.e. Servant of St. Ti- 
ghearnach. In the Annals of Ulster these, and 
other entries omitted by the Four Masters, are 
given under the year 716, as follows : 

* A. D. 715. Jugulatio regis Saxonum Osrith, 
filii Aldfrith nepotis Ossu. Garnat, filius Deile- 
roit, moritur. Fogartach, nepos Cernaig iterum 
regnat. Pasca commutatur in Ia Civitate. Faelchu, 
mac Dorbeni, kathedram Columbe lxxiv., etatis 
sue anno iv Kal. Septembris, die Sabbathi suscepit 
Obitus Celi-Tigernaich, Abbatis Cluana-Eois. 
Flann Foirbthe, mac Fogartaich, moritwr. Mors 
Ardbrani, mac Maelduin.” 

m Ternog.— This Ternog was interred at Kil- 
nasagart, near Jonesborough, in the county of 
Armagh, where his grave is still marked by a 
pillar stone exhibiting his name, Cepnoc mace 
Cianam. 

^ Tailltin.—Now Teltown, on the River Sele 


258 


314 ANNAA Rioshachta EIREANN. (716. 


Coir Cmorc, peacht ccéo apé véce. An cochemao bliadain oPeapgat. 
S. Ounchaoh, mac Cmnpaolaio, abb lae Colaim Cille, décc an 2 5 Man. 
Chonan Ua Coan, abb Lip méip Moċuva, oécc 1 lin. Ouboám Ua Paolám, 
eppcop 7 abb Cluana h€paino, vécc. becc boipce oécc. puonamail 
Ua bogame, mac Pinn, [oécc]. Cach Cfhhannyo ma cConall nS panc Ua C (p- 
nag, m po manbaoh Cuacal Ua Paolcon, 4 Gopmsal, mac Coda, mc Oluch- 
aig, Amalga Ua Conang,7 Pipgal a bnatap. Ro mapbaoh ona Conall 
Opanc peipm iap noib míopaib lap m pġ, la Peangal. Thi ppopa mggnat- 
acha ipm bliaóampi, ppop accio pop Ochain móin, ppop mealae pon Ocham 
móicc, 7 pnopp pola hi Lagni. 

Coip Cmorc, peacht ccéo a peacht véce. An naomad badam oPeap- 
sal. S.Cuanna ó Rop eo décc an 10 Appl. Opopcan Oaineige oéce 1 
nOpo Óp(ccam. lomapeacc Pionnabpach la Lorgmb, m po mapbao Cod, 
mac Ceallamg. Cinmfdac, mac Taidg, 7 Cpiochan, coipech Ua Mic Uar, 
do manbad. Papugad Carg(n po cúicc 1 naom bliaoham la hUib Nét. Cach 
etip Chonnaċcai 7 Conca baipeinn, map mapbaó mac Calamnarg. Far- 


or Abha-dhubh, near Navan, in the county of 
Meath.—See note *, under A.M. 3370, p. 22, 
supra. “A.D. 716. Commiatio Agonis Talten 
la Fogartach, ubi cecidit filius Rubai et filius 
Duibslebe.” 

° St. Dunchadh.—* A. D. 716. Duncha mac 
Cinnfaelad, Abbas Tae, obiit.?— Ann. Ult. 

P Cronan, j'c.—'These entries, and others omit- 
ted by the Four Masters, are given in the Annals 
of Ulster, under the year 717, as follows : 

“A.D. 717. Filius Cuidine, rex Saxonum, 
moritur. Becc Bairche obiit. Bellum Ceninnso, ubi 
cecidit Tuathal, nepos Faelcon, et Cellach Diath- 
raibh, et Gormgal, mac Aedo, mic Dluthaig, et 
Amalngai hUa Conaing, et Fergal, frater ejus, 
occiderunt. Conall Grant. victor erat; et Conall 
Grant, nepos Cernaig, in fine duorum mensium 
post bellum interfectus est Va? [per] “ Fergal mac 
Maeleduin. Cronan hUa Ecain, Abbas Lis- 
moir, moritur. Fianamail, nepos Bogaine mie 
Finn Znsule princeps Maigi Sam” [Inismacsaint], 
“e Dubduin, nepos Faelain, Episcopus Abbas 


Cluana-Irardo. Conri mac Congaile Cennfotai, e 
Ailill mae Finsnechta, jugulati sunt. Pluit fros 
melo pop Othain Big ; pluit fros sanguinis supra 
fossam Lageniorum, et inde vocatur Niall Frosach 
mac Fergaile, qui tunc natus est. Eclipsis lune in 
plenilunio suo.” i 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very 
meagre at this period, notice the falling of three 
showers under the year 715, such as the Four 
Masters describe, thus : 

* A. D. 715. It reigned [rained] a shower of 
honie on Ohinbeg, a shower of money on Ohin- 
more, and a shower of Blood upon the ffosses of 
Lynster, for which cause Neal Frossagh, who 
then was born, was called Neal Frossagh."— See 
the Philosophical Transactions, t. xviii. No. 139, 
April, May, June, 1677, 1678, p. 976, &c. 

4 Othain-mor.—This was another form of 
the name of Fathan, now anglice Fahan, near 
Lough Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen, and 
county of Donegal.—See note under the year 
657. Othain-beg was probably in the same 


716.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. “315 


^ The Age of Christ, 716. The eighth year of Fearghal. St. Dunchadh’, 
son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, died on the 25th of May. 
Cronan? Ua Eoan, Abbot of Lis-mor, died on the 1st of June. Dubhduin Ua 
Faelain, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died. Becc Boirche died. Fian- 
amhail Ua Boghaine, son of Einn, [died]. The battle of Ceanannus [Kells, in 
Meath] by Conall Grant (i.e. the Grey) Ua Cearnaigh, wherein were slain 
Tuathal Ua Faelchon, and Gormghal, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach, and Amhal- 
gaidh Ua Conaing, and Fearghal, his brother. Conall Grant himself was also 
slain, in two months afterwards, by King Fearghal Three wonderful showers 
[fell] in this year: a shower of silver on Othain-mor*, a shower of honey on 
Othain-Beag, and a shower of blood in Leinster. 

The Age of Christ, 717. The ninth year of Fearghal. St. Cuanna, of 
Ros-eo", died on the 10th of April. Drostan* Dairthighe died at Ard-Breacain. 
The battle of Finnabhair‘ by the Leinstermen, in which Aedh, son of Ceallach, 
was slain. Airmeadhach, son of Tadhg, and Crichan, chief of Ui-Mac-Uais, 
were slain. Leinster" was five times devastated in one year by the Ui-Neill. 
A battle [was fought] between the Connaughtmen and the Corca-Baiscinn", 


wherein the son of Talamhnaigh was slain. 


neighbourhood. 

* Ros-eo: i.e. the Wood of the Yews, now 
Rush, a village to the north of Lusk, in the 
county of Dublin. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, 
Ros-eo, where the festival of St. Cuanna was 
celebrated on the 10th of April, is described as 
in Magh Lacha, in the east of Magh Breagh. 
In the Annals of Ulster ** Mors Cuannac Rois-eu? 
is entered at the year 720. 

* Drostan.—'* A. D. 718. Airmedach mac 
Taidg, e£ Crichan, Rex nepotum Maccuais, jugu- 
lati; et Ertuile, mac Fergusa Guill, jugulatus. 
Drostan Deartaighe quievit in Ardbreccain. Con- 
gressio apud Lagenienses, ubi Aed mac Ceallaig 
cecidit 3. bellum Finnabhrach.”—Ann. Ult. 

t Finnabhair.—There are several places of 
this name in Leinster, anglicised Finner, or 
Fennor. The place here referred to is, in all 
probability, Fennor, in the parish of Duneany, 


Magh-Breagh was devastated by 


barony of Offaly, and county of Kildare, and 
about a mile and a half from the Curragh. 

* Leinster.—This devastation of Leinster is 
noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the year 
720, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 716; 
thus in the latter: “ A. D. 716. All Lynster 
was five times wasted and prey'd in one year 
by the O’Neals.” 

~ Corca-Baiscinn.—A territory forming the 
south-west part of the county of Clare, and 
comprising, àt the period of which we are treat- 
ing, thepresent baronies of Clonderalaw, Moy- 
arta, and Ibrickan: * A. D. 720. Bellum inter 
Connachta ef Corco-Baiscinn, ubi cecidit Mac 
Talamnaigh. Vastatio Maigi Breagh ou” [per] 
* Cathal mac Finguine & ou Murcha, mac 
Brain. Inred Laighen fri Fergal & maidm” 
[naidm] “inna Boraime & maidm” [naidm] 
“na ggiallne Laigen fri Fergal mac Maelduin.” 


2839 


316 ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. [718. 


uccad Marge bnl la Catal, mac Pronngume, 7 la Mupchad, mac bnan. 
Inon(ó Cain, 7 nadm na bopoma voopíoipi, 7 na giallna la P(pgal. 

Cloip Cort, peachc ccéd a hochr oécc. lap mbeirt oeic mbliadna hi 
mse vap Epmn of ipsal, mac Maolevim, mic Maolepiems, oo poċa hi 
ccach Clmame la Ounchad, mac Mupchada,7 la hOlod mac Colgan, oamna 
ws. Aciad lion cangacap píol cCumn oon cat pm ut. mle an picle. Cfeiao 
líon cangacap Longin, oon leit ele, naoi mile. Ap oo bap P(pgail vo pawead, 


Ounchad mac Mupcada mua, Cloó mac Colgan clari pua, 
Mapbpac Fingal peiom ngaile, hi ccat eplam Almaine. 


Acad annpo na has] na tops copcpacap ipin cach ifin, mapaen la 
Ffpgal, oo Ufch Cumn, Conall Menn, coipeé Ceneoil Coippne, Popbapach, 
coipeach Cheneoil mbogame, Fjal Ua Aichfcoae, Fal, mac €achoac 
Ufmhna, copet Tamnag, Conoalac, mac Conaing 7 Eccneé mac Colgan, 
coipec na nint, Coibofnach, mac Piachpach, Mumsiup, mac Conall, 
Leataiteach, mac Concapac, Cinméaió, mac Concapac, Cleogen hUa Mat- 
samnae, Nuada mac Eine, coipech Guill q Ipshuill, 7 oechnebap vo hSíol 
Malepichng. Oaccap 1aopróe eapbada alch q ciop(ch an cuaipceipc. 
CTlpbada Ua Néll an veipceipc, Plann, mac Rashallang, Chleall, mac 
Fhadag, Sune mac Congalaig, od Carghean Ua Ceapnaiz, Nia mac 
Copbmaic, Ouboacmoch, mac Owboambean, Gaull mac Conall pane, 
Plateamanl, mac Olucaig, P(ngup Ua h€ogam. Toncpacan om cpí préie 
ap céo oampaibh Fjal amaille mp na paopclanomb pin, cenmo cáo 


* Battle of Almhain : i. e; of Allen, a celebrated in the year of our Lord, 720. King Ferall had 


hill in the county of Kildare, about five miles 
north of the town of Kildare. This battle is 
noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 721, 
and in the Annals of Tighernach at 722, which 
is the true year, as indicated by the criteria 
which he furnishes, iii. Jd. Dec. fer. 6, Cyclo 
Solis iii. Luna i. The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
notice it under the year 720, as follows: 

“ A. D. 717. Before King Fohartagh began 
his reign, the battle of Allone was fought, 
wherein King Ferall was slain by the Lynster- 
men, on Friday the 3rd of the Ides of December, 


in his army twenty-one thousand men well 
armed, and the Lynstermen nine thousand: 
These are they that were slain on the King's 
side in that battle: first, King Ferall himself 
with one hundred and sixty of his guard ; Conell 
Meann, prince of the race of Carbrey; Forba- 
sagh, prince of the race of Bowyne; Ferall 
O'Hagheaghty; Ferall mac Eahagh Leawna, 
prince of Tawnye; Conallagh mac Conyng; 
Eigneach mac Colgan, prince of the Narhirs” 
[rex Orientalium.—Ann. Ult.]; ** Cowdenagh 
mac Fiaghragh ; Morgies mac Conell; Leaha- 


Weis, ur. 


118:] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 317 


Cathal, son of Finnguine, and Murchadh, son of Bran. Leinster was plundered, 
and the Borumha again enjoined, and the hostages, by Fearghal. l 

The Age of Christ, 718. After Fearghal, son of Maelduin, son of Mael- 
fithrigh, had been ten years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain in the 
battle of Almhain*, by Dunchadh, son of Murchadh, and Aedh, son of Colgan, 
an heir presumptive to the sovereignty. The number which the race of Conn 
brought to this battle was twenty-one thousand, and the number brought by 
the Leinstermen was nine thousand. Of the death of Fearghal was said : 


Dunchadh, son of Murchadh the Noble, Aedh, son of Colgan of the Red Swords, 
Slew Fearghal of valiant fight, in the vigorous battle of Almhuin. 


The following were the chieftains and leaders of Leath-Chuinn who fell in this 
battle together with Fearghal : Conall Menn, chief of Cinel-Cairbre ; Forbasach, 
chief of Cinel-Boghaine ; Fearghal Ua Aitheachdae ; Fearghal, son of Eochaidh 
Leamhna, chief of Tamhnach ; Connalach, son of Conaing ; and Egnech, son 
of Colgan, chief of the Airthera [the Oriors]; Coibhdeanach, son of Fiachra ; 
Muirghius, son of Conall; Leathaitheach, son of Concarat ; Anmchaidh, son 
of Concharat; Aedhgen Ua Mathghamhnae; Nuada, son of Eire, chief of Gull 
and Irgull’; and ten of the race of Maelfithrigh. These were the losses of the. 
chieftains and leaders of the North. The losses of the South were: Flann, son 
of Raghallach; Aileall, son of Fearadhach; Suibhne, son of Congalach; Aedh 
Laighean Ua Cearnaigh ; Nia, son of Cormac; Dubhdachrich, son of Dubh- 
dainbher; Aileall, son of Conall Grant; Flaitheamhail, son of Dluthach ; Fear- 


: ghus Ua Eoghain. One hundred and sixty of Fearghal’s satellites, and numbers 


yegh mac Concharad; Edgen O’Mathgawna; all which number were slain. There were nine 


Anmchad mac Concharad; Nwa mac Oirck, 
prince of the Orcades” [recté of Gull and Irgull]; 
“the ten nephews” [rectó, ten of the descen- 
dants] ** of Moylefithry. These were of the 
O’Neales of the North; the O’Neales of the 
west and south were those that were slain in 
the said battle. Flann mac Rogally; Ailill mac 
Feraye ; Hugh Lynster O’Kearnie; Swyne mac 
Konoloye; Nia mac Cormack; Duffdakrich 
mac Duffdainver; Ailell mac Conell Graint; 
Flayheawil mac Dluhye, and Fergus O’Heoaine; 


that flyed in the ayre, as if they were winged 
fowle, and so saved their lives. Of both armies 
there were slaine but seven thousand, both 
kings guarde and all.” : 

* Gull and Irgull.—Mageoghegan renders this 
by “the Orcades,” but he is decidedly in error, 
as Gull is the district now called Ros-Guill, and 


‘situated in the parish of Mevagh, in the north 


of the county of Donegal; and Irgull was the 
old name of Hornhead, opposite Rossguill, on . 
the west side of Sheephaven. 


318 


ANNAA RIOSshachtca EIREANN. fg. 


rochawe ole. Naonban cpa pp locap hi painveal 7 1 ngealeacc ap in 
cach pm. Secc mile 1ppeaó copcoip 11u 7 anall fccoppae. [Inpaccac, mac 
Oonnchada Muimpce, pé Connaét oo mapbad pan gcomblioce pin Almume 
mao pion. ] 

Coip Cpiopc, peacht ccéo anaor vécc. Pogapcach, mac Néill, mc C- 
narg Socail, hi ge n€peann an bliabompi, co ccopéamp hi ccat Oelgean la 
Cionaech, mac lopgalewg. S. Sionach 1Innpi Clotpann oécc an piéfemao lá 
oo mí Appl. | Clelchu Mampcpech 6uicci [vécc]. Inopechcach, mac Mui- 
peaohars, ni Connacc, oécc. Cluam mic Noip do lopccad. Sealbach, cigfpna 
Oal-Riava, vo dol 1 cclepcecc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, peache ccév piche. Qn céo bliadam vo Chionaot, mac 
longalaigh, mic Conamg Cupp, hi prghe Epeann. S. Paolchu, mac Oopbbe, 
abb lae, S. Cumolfp, abb Cluana mic Norp, 4 S. Sionach Cailc(n, vécc. Cath 
Cmn Oelgen ma cCionaot, mac nlopgalargh, m po mapbaó Pogapcach 
UaCfhnagh. S. Caochpeuile, pepibneón Ooipe Chalggaig, vég. S. Cillene 
Ua Colla, abb Ohtne, oécc 3 lanuapı. S. Colman Uamach, pembnesip Aroa 
Maca, 7 8. Colman banban, pcpmibneoip Cille oapa, décc. S. Rmbin, mac 
mic Connaro, pecmbneoin Muman, mac pide bpocam 6 Tish Celle. Cecheo 
(4. pealbutad) Ulad ma cCionaeó mac Congalaig. 

Qoip Cpiope, peachc ccéo piche a haon. Cn vapa bliadain oo Chionaot. 


* Panic and lunacy.—Mageoghegan translates 
this: * There were nine persons that flyed in ` 


* Innis-Clothrann. —Now Inishcloghran, an 
island in Lough Ree in the Shannon. This entry 


the ayre as if they were winged fowle;" but 
this is not exactly correct.—See Battle of Magh 
Rath, p. 231, and p. 234, note °. 

* Inrachtach.—This entry is inserted in a 
more modern hand in the Stowe copy. Accord- 
ing to Duald Mac Firbis, Dunchadh Muirsge, 
son of Tibraide, King of Connaught, was slain 
by Fearghal, son of Loingseach; Lord of the 
Kinel-Connell, and Fearghal, son óf Maelduin, 
Lord of the Kinel-Owen.— See Genealogies, &c., 
of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 315. 

> Fogartach.—'* A. D. 723. Bellum Cinn- 
delggden, in quo cecidit Fogartach hUa Cernaig, 
mac Neill, mic Cearnaig Sotail, mic Diarmata, mic 
` Aedo Slaine. Cinaeth mac Irgalaig victor erat.” 


is not in the Annals of Ulster. 

* Mainistir- Buite.—Now Monasterboice, in the 
county of Louth. “A. D. 722.  Combustio 
Cluana-mic-Nois. Mors Ailchon Mainistrech- 
Buiti. Indrechtach, mac Muireadaig, rex Con- 
nacht, moritur in clericatu. Selbach Sinach 
Tailten moritur.’—Ann. Ult. 

e Faelchu.—'* A. D. 723. Faelchu mac Dor- 
beni, Abbas Ic, dormit. Cillenius Longus ei in 
principatu le successit. Bellum Cinndelggden, 
in quo cecidit Fogartach hUa Cernaig mac Neill 
mic Cernaich Sotail mic Diarmato, mic Aedo 
Slaine. Cinaeth, mac Irgalaig, victor erat. Cu- 
innles Abbas Cluana mic Nois, obiit. Jugulatio 
Letaithig mic Concarath Caechscuile, Scriba 


319 


719.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


of others, were slain besides these nobles. Nine was the number of persons 
that fled with panic and lunacy’ from this battle. Seven thousand was the 
number that fell on both sides between them.  [Inrachtach*, son of Dunchadh 
Muirisce, King of Connaught, died in that battle of Almhain, if true]. 

The Age of Christ, 719. Fogartach’, son of Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, 
[was] in the sovereignty of Ireland this year, until he fell in the battle of Del- 
gean, by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach. St. Sinach, of Innis-Clothrann*, died on the 
20th day of the month of April. Aelchu, of Mainistir Buite*, [died]. Indreach- 
tach, son of Muireadhach, King of Connaught, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was 
burned. Sealbhach, Lord of Dal-Riada, went into holy orders. 

The Age of Christ, 720. The first year of Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, son of 
Conaing Cuirri, in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Faelchu’, son of Dorbhe, 
Abbot of Ia; St. Cuindles, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Sinach, of Tailtin, 
died. The battle of Ceann-Delgen', by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, in which 
Foghartach Ua Cearnaigh was slain. St. Caechscuile, scribe of Doire-Chalgaigh, 
died. St. Cillene Ua Colla, Abbot of Athain*, died on the 3rd of January. 
St. Colman Uamhach, scribe of Ard-Macha, and St. Colman Banban, scribe of 
Cill-dara [Kildare], died. St. Ruibin, son of the son of Connad, [chief] scribe 
of Munster, [died]; he was son of Brocan, of Tigh-Telle". Ulidia was taken 
possession of by Cinaeth, son of Congalach. 

The Age of Christ, 721. The second year of Cinaeth. St. Maelrubha, 


Doire Calggaed, quiecit."—Ann. Ult. 

£ Ceann-Delgen.— Otherwise written Ceann- 
Delgthen.—See note under A. D. 617. 

s Athain.—Also written Othain and Fathain, 
now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony 
of Inishowen, and county of Donegal. 

* A. D. 724. Cilleni nepos Collae, Abbas 
Othnae, et Aldchu. Doimliagg moriuntur. Ailen 
mic Craith construitur. Simul, filius Druis con- 
stringitur. Colman humach, scriba Ardmachae, 
Rubin, mac Conad, scriba Muman, filiusque Broc- 
cain o [de] Thaigh Theílle, qui magister bonus 
Evangelii Christi erat, et Colman Banban, scriba 
Cille-daro omnes dormierunt.? — Ann. Ult. 

^ Tigh- Telle.—In a gloss on the Feilire Aenguis 


in the Leabhar-Breac, at 25th June, it is stated 
that “cig Telly” is * 1 pal Oaupmurgy? i.e. 
“in the vicinity of Durrow.” Mageoghegan, 
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, | 
anglicises this name Tehill : 

* A, D. 723. Rubyn, chief scribe of Moun- 
ster, died, and the son” [rectó, he was the son] 
* of Brogaine of Tehill, who” [recté, and] ** was 
a good preacher and divine.” 

This place, which lies close to Durrow, in the 
north of the King’s County, is still called ag 
Theille in Irish, and anglicised Tyhilly, or 
Tihelly.—See the published Inquisitions, La- 
genia, Com. Regis. No. 16, Car. I.—See also note 
under the year 670. ; 


oe een Y 


320 ANNAZA gmioghachca EIREANN. — (722. 


$.Maolpuba, abbbfnncarp, 1ap noul mo Alban, véce ma éill pépin, 1 nC pup- 
cpopan, an 21 Appil. Occmogac bliadam ap tpi mfoparb pop naoib lab, 
poo a paogal. S. Celecpiopc oécc. S. Conall, mac Mouoam, vo slacad 
copome maincine. Poaépmoch, mac Congalarg,oécc. Cuanan o Chill Oelcce, 
Oep Damp, vU Colla dope, Cuana Opoma Cuilinn, 7 Cillene Locha 
Bence, oécc. Cat Opoma ponnoche pa pPlaicb(pcac, mac Comgpris,7 ma 
cCenel cConaill, pop Cooh nAllán, mac P(pgaile,1 pop Cenel n€ogam.. Ro 
pnaoinf pon Coo nCfllán. Aciad na maite po mapbao ó Coo, —Plann mac 
Entaile,7 Sneogup Ofpcc Ua bpachawe. Mupchad, mac bam, pí Cargfn, 
décc. Cpromtann, mac Ceallarg Cualann, oo mapbao 1 ceat belag Cicce. 
Chull, mac bodbcada Mwe, oécc. Cat ma cCionaoc, mac lopgalarg, pon 
Langmb, 7 do b(pc a péi. Cac Inpi óp(gamm pa pPaolan, bail m po mapbao 
€iceippgeól, mac Ceallarg Cualann, 7 Congal, mac bpam. Catal C(pp, 
coipec vepcent bpfgh, oécc. 

Cop Cpiope, peace ccéo piche a o6. S. Plano ó Clomcpeb, abb bfno- 
éwp, décc. lap mbeich tpi bliaóna oo Cionaed, mac lopgalaig, uap Epmn 
hi pighe, copchaip hi ccat Opoma Copcám, la Plaichb(ncach mac Comgpic. 


i Apurcrosan. — See note ?, under the year 
671. It is stated in the gloss to the Feilire 
Aenguis, at 21st April, that Maelrubha was of 
the Cinel-Eoghain, and that his mother was 
Subtaire, daughter of Setna, and the sister [or 
kinswoman] of St. Comhgall of Beanchair; and 
that his church is at Abur-Chresen, in Alba 
[Scotland]. 

k St. Celechrist : i.e. the Servant or Vassal of 
Christ. Most of these entries, and others totally 
omitted by the Four Masters, are given in the 
Annals of Ulster, under the years 725 and 726, 
as follows : 

* A. D. 725. Nechtain mac Deirile constrin- 
gitur apud Druist Regem. Duchonna Craibdech, 
Episcopus Condere moritur. Jugulatio Cram- 
thainn filii Cellachi, in bello Belaig-licce immatura 
etate. Quies Mancheine Lethglinne. Jugulatio, 
Bodbchodha Mide.” 

* A. D. 726. Mors Ailchon, Abbatis Cluana 
Iraird. Bellum Droma-fornocht, inter Genus Co- 


nail et Eugain, ubi Flann mac Aurthile, et 
Snedgus Dergg, nepos Inrachdi, jugulati sunt 
Congressio Irrois foichne, ubi quidam ceciderunt 
den dibh Airgiallaibh, inter Selbacum e fami- 
liam Echdach, nepotis Domhnaill. Conall mac 
Moudan martyrio coronatus. Adomnani reliquie 
transferuntur in Hiberniam, et lex renovatur. Bel- 
lum Moin inter dina Bullaigniu, in quo cecidit 
Laidgnen mac Conmealde; Duncha victor fuit. 
Murchadh, mac Brain, Rex Lageniensium moritur. 
Dubdainber, mac Comgail, Rew Cruithne jugula- 
tus est. Bellum Bairne vel Inse Bregainn, in quo 
ceciderunt Ederscel, mac Cellaig Cualann, et Con- 
gal mac Brain. Faelan victor fuit. Dormitatio 
Celi- Christi.” 

1 Cill-Delge.—N ow called, in Irish, Cill-Dealga, 
and anglicised Kildalkey. This was the name 
of an old church, now totally destroyed, giving 
name to a parish situated between the parish 
of Trim, in East Meath, and the boundary of 
Westmeath. It was dedicated to St. Damhnat, 


722.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 321 


Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], after having gone to Alba [Scotland], died in his 
own church at Apurcrosan’, on the 21st of April; eighty years, three months, 
and nine days, was the length of his life. St. Celechrist died* St. Conall, son 
of Moudan, received the crown of martyrdom. Feardachrich, son of Congha- 
lach, died. Cuanan, of Cill-Delge’; Deirir, of Daimhinis [Devenish], of the 
Ui-Colla ; Cuana, of Druim Cuilinn™; and Cillene, of Loch Gerg", died. The 
battle of Druim-fornocht? [was fought] by Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, 
and the Cinel-Conaill, against Aedh Allan, son of Fearghal, and the Cinel- 
Eoghain. Aedh Allan was defeated. These chieftains were slain on the side 
of Aedh, [namely] Flann, son of Erthaile, and Snedgus Dearg Ua Brachaidhe. 
Murchadh, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died. Crimhthann, son of Ceallach 
Cualann, was slain in the battle of Bealach-lice’. Ailill, son of Bodhbhcha, of 
Meath, died. A battle [was fought] by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, against the 
Leinstermen ; and he obtained his demand. The battle of Inis-Breagain‘, 
wherein were slain Edersgeoil, son of Ceallach Cualann, and Congal, son of 
Bran. Cathal Cerr, chief of the south of Breagh, died. 

The Age of Christ, 722. St. Flann, of Aentrebh', Abbot of Beannchair 
[Bangor], died. After Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, had been three years in sove- 
reignty over Ireland, he fell in the battle of Druim-Corcrain', by Flaithbhear- 


or Dymphna, whose festival was celebrated there 
on the fifteenth of May. Near the site of the 
church was a holy well called Tobar-Damhnata, 
nearly dried up when the Editor examined the 
locality. 

? Druim-Cuilinn : i.e. Ridge or long Hill of 
the Holly, now Drumcullen, an old church in 
ruins, situated in the south of the barony of 
Eglish, in the King’s County. This church 
stands on the boundary between the ancient 
Meath and Munster. 

^ Lock Gerg.—Now Lough Derg, so famous 
for containing the island of St. Patrick's Purga- 
tory, in the parish of Templecarn, barony of 
Tirhugh, and county of Donegal. 

° Druim-fornocht : i.e. the Naked or Exposed 
Ridge or Long Hill. There are several places 
of this name, but there can be little doubt that 


this is the Druim-fornacht mentioned in the 
foundation charter of the abbey of Newry, and 
which comprises the present townlands of Cro- 
bane and Croreagh, in the lordship of Newry. 

P Bealach-lice: i.e. the Road of the Flag or 
Flat Rocky Surface. Not identified. $ 

a Inis- Breagain.—Now obsolete. 

* Aentrebh.— Also written Oentrebh, Asti 
trebh, Oentribh, and Oentrabh. This was the 
ancient name of the town of Antrim, and is to 
be distinguished from Aendruim, or Oendruim, 
which is the old name of Nendrum Island, now 
Inishmahee in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, 
in the county of Down.— See Ecclesiastical Anti- 
quities of the Dioceses of Down and Conor, &c., 
p. 63, note », and pp. 277, 278. 

* Druim-Corerain : i.e. Corcran’s Ridge, or 
Long Hill Not identified : 


27 


322 


ANNALA RIoshachca EIREANN. 


 [723. 


Topchain €uoop, mac Cíilella,;4 Tflaoloum, mac F nadaig, ipm cach pm la 
Ounchab,mac Copbmaic. Cach Allinne ecip oa mac Mupchada, mic Opan, 
m po mapbad Ounchad prho. Oomnall, mac Ceallars pı Connachc, [béz]. 

Coir Cpiopc, peachc ccéo piche acpi. Cin céo bradan vo Ploicb(pcac, 
mac Lomgpich, mic Clongupa, uap €pmn hi pighe.. S. Gall Lilcangh oécc. 
S. Pachtna, mac Polachcain, abb Cluana p(pca 6pnénamn, oécc. 

Qloip Cpiorc, peacht ccéo piche a cltap. On vapa bliadam oo Plant- 
b(ncac. Mac Onchon, pecmbneoin Cille vapa. Mac Concumba, pecpib- 
neoin Cluana muc Nop, Cochall obap, pembmo Gfnnchuip, oég. 

Cop Cort, peacht ccéo piche a cing. On cpeap bliadam vo Plait- 
b(pcach. S. Oochonna Cpaiboeach, eppcop Convene, décc an 15 Man. 
S. Cillene Pooa, ab la, oécc. S. Aoamnan, eppcop Rata Marge hClonanrs. 
S. Mamchin Uleslinne oécc. S. Paeloobap becc, eccnaio Pobaip, vécc. Cal 
pacain vo lopccad. Cach eroi Cpuichniu 7 Dal Riava, 1 Mupbuls, in po 
mapbad opong mop oo Chpuieniu.. S. Colman Ua Lioccam, voccinn cogawe, 
décc. S. Cochamo, mac Colgan, anco Apoamacha, S. Colman Tealcha 
Ualano, 7 bpeac beanba, vécc.  Coblaic, ing(n Ceallorg Cualann, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, peache, ccéo piche apé. On cltparmad bhadan vo Plat- 
bepcac. Cfolchá, abb Cluana hlopaipo, Plann Sionna Ua Colla, abb Cluana 
mic Noip [vécc], oo Uib Cpemtaind 06. Gapnale Marge heo oécc an 13 vo 
Mapa. Seboann, mgCn Cuc, banab Cille vapa, vécc. TimnenCille Gapao, 


* A. D. 727. Bellum Droma Corcain inter 
Flaithbertach, mac Loingsig, et Cinaed, fium 
Irgalaig, im quo Cinaed et Endus, mac Ailello, 
Maelduin, mac Feradaig, et Duncha, mac Cormaic, 
ceciderunt. Bellum Ailenne, inter duos Germanos 
filios Murchada, mic Brain, et Duncha Senior 
jugulatur, junior Faelanus regnat. Flann Oen- 
trib, Abbas Benchuir, obiit. Bellum Monidcroib 
inter Pictores invicem, ubi Oengus victor fuit, et 
multi ex parte Eilpini Regis perempti sunt. Bellum 
lacrimabile inter eosdem gestum juxta Castellum 
Credi, ubi Elpinius effugit. Domhnall mac Ceal- 


* St. Gall Lilcaigh.—See notes i, *, under 
the year 512, p. 167, suprà. The death of 
** Gall of Lilcach” is entered in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 729. 

"St. Fachtna.—' A. D. 726. Faghtna mac 
Folaghtaine, Abbot of Clonfert of St. Brandon, 
died."— Ann. Ult. 

* Mac Onchon.—'* A. D. 729. Mac Onchon, 
scriba Cille-daro, filius Concumbu, scriba Cluana 
mic Nois, dormierunt. Coculodor, scriba familie 
Benchuir, dormivit.”—Ann. Ult. 

¥ St. Dachonna.—The festival of this bishop 


laig, rex Connacht, moritur. Quies filii Bethach, 
viri sapientis Momonie.”—Ann. Ult. 

t Flaithbheartach, —O*Flaherty places the ac- 
cession of this monarch in the year 727.— See 
Ogygia, p. 433. 


r 


is marked in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 15th 
May. Some of these entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 730, thus : 

** A. D. 730. Combustio Cuile-raithin. Bellum 
inter Cruithni et Dalriati, in Murbuilgg, wbi 


723.) ANNALS. OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 323 


tach, son of Loingseach. Eudus, son of Ailell, and Maelduin, son of Fearadhach, 
- fell in that battle by Dunchadh, son of Cormac. The battle of Aillinn [was 
fought] between the two sons of Murchadh, son of Bran, in which Dunchadh, 
the senior, was slain. Domhnall, son of Ceallach, King of Connaught, died. 

The Age of Christ, 723. The first year of Flaithbheartach', son of Loing- 
seach, son of Aenghus, in sovereignty over Ireland. St. Gall Lilcaigh* died. 
St. Fachtna“, son of Folachtan, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert], died. 

The Age of Christ, 724. The second year ‘of Flaithbheartach. Mac On- 
chon*, scribe of Cill-dara [Kildare]; Mac Concumba, scribe of Sanip 
Cochall-odhar, scribe of Beannchair, died. ; 

The Age of Christ, 725. The third year of Flaithbheartach. St. Dachonna” 
the Pious, Bishop of Condere [Connor], died on the 15th of May. St. Cillene 
Foda, Abbot of Ia [Iona], died. St. Adamnan, Abbot of Rath-Maighe hAen- 
aigh’, [and] St. Mainchin, of Leithghlinn, died. St. Faeldobhar Beg the Wise, 
of Fobhar, died. Cul-rathain was burned. A battle [was fought] between the 
Cruithni at Murbholg, wherein a great number of the Cruithni was slain. 
St. Colman O’Liadain, a select doctor, died. St. Eochaidh, son of Colgan, ancho- 
rite of Ard-Macha; St. Colman, of Tealach Ualann ; and Breac-Bearbha, died. 
Cobhlaith, daughter of Ceallach Cualann, died. 

The Age of Christ, 726. The fourth year of Flaithbheartach.  Aelchu, 
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Flann Sinna? Ua-Colla, Abbot of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, [one] of the Ui-Creamhthainn, [died]. Gerald, of Magh-eo, died on 
the 13th of March. Sebhdann, daughter of Corc, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. 


Cruithni devicti fuerunt. Faeldobur Becc sapi- Dubhdalethe mac Dunchon, et Flanncurrigh, 


ens Fobair. Adomnanus Episcopus sapiens Ratho 
Maighi Oinaigh ; Colman, nepos Littain, religiosus 
doctor, pausant. Jugulatio Moenaig, mic Sechnu- 
saig. Mors Echdach, mic Colggen, anacorete 
Ardmache. Colman Telcha-Ualann, et Brecc 
Berba dormierunt. Coblaith, filia Cellaig Cua- 
land, moritur.” 

* Rath-Maighe hAenaigh—A church situated 
in Tir-Enna, in Tirconnell.—See note under 779. 

2 Flann Sinna.—** A. D. 731. Mors Flainn 
Sinna Aui Collae, Abbatis Cluana maccunois. 
Jugulatio Daitgusa, mic Baith, regis na nDeisse; 


mac Aithechdai, moriuntur. Bellum Connacht in 
quo cecidit Muredach, mac Inrechtaig. Pontifex 
Maigi heu Saxonum, Garalt, obiit. Magnus phi- 
losophus Hibernie, nepos Mitrebhtha eatinctus est. 
Ceallach, ingen Duncha, do Uib Liathain, Regina 
optima, et benigna dormivit. Teimnen Cille-Garad, 
religiosus clericus quievit. Cellach mae Tuathail, 
rez Nepotum Cremthainn jugulatus est. Bellum 
inter Laigniu Desgabair e£ Muimnechu, quo Aed, 
mac Colggen, victor erat. Fergus Sebdan, filia 
Cuirc, dominatrix Cill-daro, obiit. Fergus, mac 
Conaill Oircnigh, e Ferdomnach Scriba Ard- 


9 p. a 


anNaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


324 [727. 


Neachcan, mac Oepili [décc], Gum Ooeohgapa, mac bat, coret na nDé. 
Muiploach, mac Inopeachcaig, oo mapbao, eppcop Mange eú epide. lom- 
einecc etip Cargmu Ofpsabarp 7 Muimneca, 7 po meabaió ma nCfoó, mac 
Colgan. Pfpoomnac, pgmibneoin Apoa Macha, Fingur, mac Conall Oinems, 
décc. Congalac Cnücha oécc. Ceallach, mg(n Ounchaoha, oo Uib 
Liachám, oécc. i 

Qoi Cpiopc, peacht cced piche a peachc. Oin cáicceaó bliadam vo 
Platbencac. lomaipecc ecip Mod, mac P(pgaile,1 Cenel cConall, 1 Mang 
locha, bail m po mapbaó Conaing, mac Congaile, mic P(pgupa, 7 pocande ele 
vo Cenel €ogam. Eochaid, mac €achaé, coipeé Darl Riaca, vécc. Conall, 
mac Concubaip, vécc. S. Oochumma bolggan, ancoine Anoa Macha, oécc. 
Mod, mac Conaing, copet lopluacna, oo mapbao. — C[ccf(p bó 1 nOeilgmp 
Cualann, aoméfno 7 aon éopp le 50 a plinofnaib, vá chopp ó a plinofnoib 


mache, -obierunt Congalach Cnucho moritur." — 
Ann. Uit. 

^ Bishop of Magh-eo.— This is clearly a mistake 
of the Four Masters. Doctor O'Conor, in his 
Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores, denies that the 
Annals of Ulster and Tighernach record the 
death of St. Gerald at 732. He says that at 
this year they record the death of Muireadhach, 
one of his successors, and that St. Gerald him- 
self died long before. See his notes on the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 731, of Tighernach 
at 732, and of the Four Masters at 726. It is 
true that Dr. O'Conor is borne out in his opi- 
nion by the Annals of the Four Masters, in 
which it is expressly stated that Muireadhach 
was Bishop of Mayo; but the Editor is of 
opinion that the Four Masters have mistaken 
the original Annals of Tighernach, in which 
the passage stands as follows, without any 
punctuation : 

“A. D. 732. Cach Connache in quo cecioic 
Wiuipeoach Mac Inopachearg poneipex Muge 
h-€o Saxonum apale obic.? 

Now it is quite clear from the two verbs 
cecidit and obit, that two distinct persons are 
referred to in the entry, and that the passage 


should be thus punctuated: “A. D. 732. Cach 
Connache, m quo cecioie Muineoach Mac 
Inopachearg. Doneipex Muige h-Go Saxonum, 
Oanailé, obiz;” i.e. ** * A. D. 732. The battle 
of Connaught, in which fell Muiredach, son of 
Indrachtach. The Pontiff of Mayo of the Saxons, 
Gerald, dies," i.e. * Gerald, Pontiff of Mayo of 
the Saxons, dies.” It is quite clear that Mui- 
readhach was a chieftain, not a bishop, and it 
is more than probable that he was the son of 
the Indrachtach, King of Connaught, who is 
said to have been slain in the year 718.— Vide 
suprà, p. 315, note ^. 

Colgan also, at Mart. xiii. seems to think 
that St. Gerald of Mayo died earlier than 732 ; 
and Ussher thinks that he must have died 
before the year 697; but Dr. Lanigan clearly 
proves that both these opinions are groundless. 
The Four Masters enter the death of St. Gerald 
under the year 726; and in Mageoghegan's 
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is 
entered under the year 729; but as these 
Annals are antedated by a few years, it is ob- 
vious that the same date is intended as in 
Tighernach. But it should be confessed here 
that Mageoghegan has mistaken the construc- 


121.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 325 


Timnen, of Cill-Garadh [in Scotland]; Neachtan, son of Derili, [died]. The 
mortal wounding of Doedhghus, son of Baeth, chief of the Deisi. Muireadhach, 
son of Indreachtach, was slain; he was Bishop of Magh-eo* A battle [was 
fought] between the South Leinstermen and the Munstermen; and the victory 
was gained by Aedh, son of Colgan. Feardomhnach, scribe of Ard-Macha, 
[died]. Fearghus, son of Conall Oircneach, died. Congalach, of Cnucha”, died. 
Ceallach, daughter of Dunchadh, of the Ui-Liathain, died. 

The Age of Christ, 727. The fifth year of Flaithbheartach. A battle’ was 
fought between Aedh, son of Fearghal, and the Cinel-Conaill, at Magh-Itha, 
where Conaing, son of Congal, son of Fearghus, and many others of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, were slain. — Eochaidh, son of Eochaidh, chief of Dal-Riada, died. 
Conall, son of Conchubhar, died. St. Dachonna Bolgan, Anchorite of Ard- 
Macha, died. Aedh, son of Conaing, chief of Irluachair*, was slain. There was 
a cow seen' at Deilginis-Cualann*, having one head and one body as far as her 


tion of his original, which he renders thus : 

** A. D. 729. The battle of Connaught was 
fought, wherein Moriegh MacInreaghty, Bushop 
of Moyoe of the English, was slain. Geralt 
died.” It should be: * The battle of Con- 
naught was fought, wherein Moriegh Mac In- 


.reaghty was slain. The Bushop of Moyoe of 


the English, Garalt, died.”—See Genealogies, 
Tribes, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 452, 453. 

© Cnucha.—Now Caislean-Cnucha, or Castle- 
knock, near Dublin.—See note f, under A. M. 


3579, p- 39, supra ; and, in line 4, col. 1, for 


“probably” read “certainly.” “ A. D. 729. 
Konolagh of Castle-Cnock, died.”— Ann. Clon. 

* A battle—These entries are given in a dif- 
ferent order in the Annals of Ulster as follows, 
under the year 732: 

** A. D. 132. Congressio iterum inter Aed, mac 
Fergaile, et Genus Conaill in Campo Itho, ubi 
cecidit Conaing mac Congaile, mic Ferguso, et 
ceteri multi, Nativitas Duncha, mac Domhnaill. 
Occisio Aedo, mic Conaing, Aegis Irlochrae. 
Occisio Echdach Cobo, filii Breasail. Coscrait 
Cathail do Domhnall a Tailltae acus coscraid 
Fallomain do Cathal a Tlachtgha” [the onsett 


of Cahall to Daniell at Taillten, and the onsett 
of Fallomain to Cahal at Tlachtga.— Cod. Clarend. 
tom. 49]. *Jugulatio Dunlaing, filii Dunchon. 
Flann Finn, Abbas Cluana-mic-Nois, obiit do 
cumhaid” [of grief]. * Bolggan, ancorea Ard- 
mache, pausat. Vacca visa est in Delggenis 
Cualann, se cossa lea 3. da corp iar niarthar, 
oen cheann sair do omlacht fo thri olnais caich 
mbleguin."— Ann. Ult. 

* Irluachair.—The position of this territory 
is marked by Da Chich Danainne, or the Pap. 
Mountains, in the south-east of the county of 
Kerry.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, pp. 14, 75. 

f A cow seen; ac cep bó.—This phrase is 
translated “Vacca visa est” in the Annals of 
Ulster. Mageoghegan gives the passage as fol- 
lows, in his translation of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise : ; 

“A, D. 730. There was a cow seen in Deilg- 
inis this year (mine author reporteth to have 
had conference with divers that did eat part of 
her milk and butter) which was formed with 
one body, one neck, and two hynder parts, with 
two tails and six feet.” 

€ Deilginis-Cualann. — Now Dalkey Island, 


ana he eC) ee Mr mS EA 
VW H 


326 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN., [728. 


pap, 7] oá epball. bacap pé copa puppe, no blige! po tpi hí gach lao, 7 ba 
moa ap gaċ nuan a happ. Ro coimlead la oaomib 1omda a hap, 7 ní oon 
1m 00 ponad de. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peacht ccéo piche a hochr. Qn peipead bliadam vo 
FPlactbepcac. lomaipfec hi Mağ locha ecip clomn Lomgpiċ, mic Clongura, 
1 clomo Ffal, mc Maoileviin, ou m po manbad pochaide do Cenel 
Eoġam. Platbencac vo tochuined mupcoblaisy vo Oal Riaca oo cum 
n€peann, 7 1ap na ccopachcam, ni po armpfeap co pangacap Imp hOmae, 3 
po p(pao cach emip Plaicb(pcach co na ampaib, 7 Ciannachta, 7 anall 
oUlcoib 4 ooChenel€ogam,3 po máóargeaó opong oipime oUlcoib,oo Chenel 
€ogain, 1 oo Chiannachcaib ann, 1m Conéubap, mac Coichene, 1 1m bpancom, 
mac Spain, 1 po badead líon oíníme oib ipm mbanoa, rap ppaomead poppa. 

QLorp Cort, pect ccéo pice anao... lap mbit pecht mbliadna oo Pla- 
bfpcach, mac Comgpicch, mic Clongupa, 1 pighe. n€peann, acboil mo Apo- 
macha ianam, 1ap ccnéccaó a pige ap cléipceacc. Suibne, mac Cponnmaoil, 
mic Ronan, eppcop Apoa Maca, oo écc, 21 lum. Oo Uib Niallain 06. 

Cop Cpiopc, pect ccéo cpoċa. On céro bliadain oClooh Allan, mac 
Parle, mc Maolevinn, op Epmn. S. Mobmoccu 6ealoig Pele, vécc. 
S. Plann, mac Conaing, abb Cille méipe Orotpaib, oo mapbaoh. S. Oeg(c- 


near Dublin.—See note ?, under A. M. 3501, 
p. 26, supra. 

^ Her milk was greater: that is, she yielded 
more milk at noon than in the morning, and in 
the evening than at noon. Dr. O'Conor renders 
this: “et magna erat ferocitas ejus dum mul- 
geretur," which is incorrect. 

i Magh-Itha. — ** A. D. 733. Congressio in 
Campo Itho inter Flaithbertach filium Loing- 
sigh, et Aed Allan mac Fergaile, ubi Nepotes 
Echdach cesi sunt.” 

x Inis hOinae. —In the Annals of Clonmaenoise 
this is called Inis-Owen, which is probably cor- 
rect. n 

“A.D. 730. Fergus brought an army out of 
Dalriady, into Inis-Owen, in Ulster, upon whom 


there was great slaughter made, among whom: 


Connor, son of Locheny, and Branchowe, the 


son of Bran, were slain, and many others drowned 
in the River Banne." 

! Cianachta: i. e. the Cianachta Glinne-Geim- 
hin, who were seated in the present barony of 
Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry. 

™ The Banna: i.e. the River Bann, rising in 
Beanna Boirche, in the county of Down, flowing 
by a circuitous course through the county of 
Down, falls into Lough Neagh, from which it 
escapes at Toom Bridge, after which it expands 
itself into Lough Beg, and then, contracting its 
dimensions, it flows between the counties of 
Down and Antrim, and between the plains an- 
ciently called Magh-Li and Magh-Eilne, and 
falls into the sea below the town of Coleraine. 

a A monastic life. —Cléipcece or clericatus 
does not appear to mean always the state of 
being in priest’s orders. This passage is not in 


728.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


327 


shoulders, two bodies from her shoulders hindwards, and two tails; she had 
six legs, was milked three times each-day, and her milk was greater^ each time. 
Her milk, and some of the butter made of it, were tasted by many persons. 
The Age of Christ, 728. The sixth year of Flaithbheartach. A battle 
[was fought] in Magh-Itha between the sons of Loingseach, son of Aenghus, 
and the sons of Fearghal, son of Maelduin, where numbers of the Cinel-Eoghain 
were slain. Flaithbheartach sent for a marine fleet of Dal-Riada to Ireland, 
and on their arrival they made no delay till they arrived in Inis hOinae*; and 
there was a battle fought between Flaithbheartach with his guards and the 
Cianachta, and others of the Ulidians and the Cinel-Eoghain ; and a countless 
number of the Ulidians, Cinel-Eoghain, and Cianachta’, were cut off, together 
with Conchubhar, son of Loichene, and Branchu, son of Bran ; and a countless 
number of them was drowned in the Banna", after their having been defeated. 
The Age of Christ, 729. After Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, son of 
Aenghus, had been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ard- 
. Macha [Armagh], having resigned his kingdom for a monastic life". Suibhne, 
son of Cronnmael, son of Ronan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died on the 21st of 


June; he was of the Ui-Niallain*. 


The Age of Christ, 730. The first year of Aedh Allan”, son of Fearghal, 
son of Maelduin, over Ireland. St. Mobrigu, of Bealach-Fele*, died. St. Flann’, 


son of Conaing, Abbot of Cill-mor-Dithraibh*, was slain. 


the Annals of Ulster, or in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. O'Flaherty writes: ** Flahertius Long- 
sechi regis filius R. H. septem annos: inde 
[734] factus monachus.”—Ogygia, p. 433. 

° Ui-Niallain.—This tribe, who furnished so 
many archbishops to the see of Armagh, were 
seated in the present baronies of Oneilland, in 
the county of Armagh.—See Colgan’s Trias 
Thaum., p. 294, and Harris’s edition of Ware’s 
Bishops, p. 40. 

? Aedh Allan.—* A. D. 733. Aedh Ollan reg- 
nare incipit." — Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 732. Hugh Allon reigned nine years." 
—Ann. Clon. 

a Bealach- Fele.—Not identified. The obit of 
this Mobrigiu is not given in the Annals of Uls- 


* 


St. Oegheatchair, 


ter or Clonmacnoise. 

* St. Flann.—* A. D. 734. Oedgedcar, Epis- 
copus Aendromo pausat. Bellum inter Mumain 
e&t Laigniu, «bi multi de Laigniu, pene innumera- 
biles de Momonia perierunt ; in quo Ceallach mac 
Faelcair, rez Osraigi, cecidit. Sed Cathal, filius 
Finguine, rex Mumhan evasit. Airechtach nepos 
Dunchado Muirsce, rer Nepotum Fiachrach, et 
Cathal, filius Muredaig, rer Connacht moriuntur. 
Jugulatio Flainn, mic Conaing, Abbatis Cille 
moire Dithribh. Draco ingens in fine Autumni, 
cum tonitru magno post se, visus est. Beda sapiens 
Saxonum quievit.” —Ann. Ult. 

* Cill-mor-Dithraibh. — Colgan, in note 108 
on the fifteenth chapter of Adamnan’s Vita Co- 
lumbæ, asserts that this was the old name of 


MUS TI ee ee TERR 


328 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [731. 


chain, eppcop nClonopoma, oécc. Cat bealaig Ele ecip Catal, mac Pimn- 
gume, pí Muman, 7 Cargniu, apm m po mapbad pochaióe vo Laigmb. Oo 
pocain oo Muimneachab ann, Ceallach, mac Paelcaip, coipec Opparge, 3 
o& mac Copbmaic, mic Ropa, coipich na nOéipi, co cub miub amaille ppiá. 
Catal, mac Muipeavhaigh, pi Connachc, oécc. Cipeccach Ua Ounéavha 
Muippce, correc Ua Piachpac, oécc. 

Clip Cpiopt, peacht ccéo cpiocha a haon. Cn vapa bliadain oCtooh 
Allan. Pianamal, mac Gepcióe, abb Cluana lonaipo, vécc. Cpunnmaol, 
mac Colgan, abb Cupca, 7 Damel, mac Colman, abb Opo bpecám, oécc. 
Colman, mac Mupcon, abb Marge bile, vécc. Maolpothapcag, mac Mao- 
lecuile, vo Laigmb,7 bobad, mac Conall Gabpa, corie Cappe, oécc. 

Clip Cpiopc, pect ccéo cpioca a 06. On cpeap bliadam oClooh Allan. 
Ronan, abb Cmn Ganavh, Conamal Ua Coichene, abb Cluana muc Nó, 
vo Ciannaccaib ópeag, 1 Gpaiphnid, abb Imleacha Pia, oécc. | Pailbe, mac 
Huaipe, comapba Tflaoilepuba, oo batad go bpopinn a lumge amaille ppr. 
Diap ap piéic allíon. Piangalach, mac Mupchada, corpeé Ua Man, [oécc]. . 
Scainn(p ecip Shiol Coda Sláme, m po mapbaó Catal, mac Cloda, oon caob 


coin 00 Lice Chlbe, la Conaing, mac CÍmalgaoa. Muipnslp, mac P(pgupa 


Kilmore: “ Sedes Episcopalis in regione Breffi- 
nig, seu comitatu de Cavan."— Z'ias Thaum., 
p. 381. But the Editor thinks that it is Kilmore, 
near the Shannon, in the territory of Tir-Briuin, 
in the county of Roscommon. 

* Bealach-Ele. — “ Locus in Elia [Carolina] 
Regione Momonie.”— Colgan, Acta SS., Ind. 
Topogr., p. 873. 

* Fianamhail, $c.—** A. D. 735. Mors Fian- 
amhla, mic Gertnide, Abbatis Cluana-Iraird ; et 
Mors Crunnmail, filii Colggen, Abbatis Luscain. 
Daniel, mac Colmain Indmin, Abbas Ardbreccain, 
@ Colman mac Murchon, Abbas Maigi-bile quie- 
verunt. Jugluatio Maelefothartaig, filii Maele- 
tuile di Laignib, eir sapiens et ancorita Insole 
Vacce Albe? [Insi-Bo-Finne] * Dublitter et 
Samson nepos Corcrain, dormierunt. Bodbtach 
mac Conaill Gabri, rex Coirpri moritur." —Ann. 
Uit. 


* Cairbre : i.e. of Cairbre-Gabhra, a sept de- 
scended from Cairbre, son of Niall Naighiallach, 
and seated in the present barony of Granard, 
in the north of the county of Longford, the 
mountainous portion of which is still called 
Sliabh Chairbre. 

* Ronan.—“ A. D. 736. Mors Ronain, Abbatis 
Cinngaraid. Failbe, mac Guaire, Maelrubi heres 
[Apor] crosain, in profundo pelagi dimersus est 
cum, suis nautis numero xxii. Conmal, nepos 
Lochene, Abbas Clonomaccunois, pausat. Con- 
gressio invicem, inter nepotes Aedo Slaine, ubi 
Conaing, mac Amalgaid, moritur; Cernach vicit; 
et Cathal mac Aedo cecidit juxta Lapidem Aube, 
ab orientali parte, gesta est. Muirgis, mac Ferguso 
Forcrid, jugulatur. Breasal, mac Concobair Aird, 
occisus est. Oengus, mac Aillello, ri Airddae 
Ciannachta, moritur. ` Mors Graifni, Abbatis 
Imleco Fia. Dal (‘a parlee’ Cod. Clarend. 49) 


131.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 329 


Bishop of Aendruim [Nendrum], died. The battle of Bealach-Ele' [was fought] 
between Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, and the Leinstermen, where 
many of the Leinstermen were slain. There fell of the Munstermen here 
Ceallach, son of Faelchair, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], and the two sons of 
Cormac, son of Rossa, chief of the Deisi, with three thousand along with them. 
Cathal, son of Muireadhach, King of Connaught, died. — Airechtach, grandson 
of Dunchadh Muirsce, chief of Ui-Fiachrach, died. | 

The Age of Christ, 731. The second year of Aedh Allan. Fianamhail’, 
son of Gertide, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Crunnmael, son of 
Colgan, Abbot of Lusca, and Daniel, son of Colman, Abbot of Ard-Brecain 
[Ardbraccan], died. Colman, son of Murchu, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], 
died. Maelfothartaigh, son of Maeltuile, [one] of the Leinstermen, and Bodhbh- 
chadh, son of Conall Gabhra, chief of Cairbre”, died. 

The Age of Christ, 732. The third year of Aedh Allan. Ronan", Abbot 
of Ceann-Garadh [in Scotland]; Conamhail Ua-Loichene, Abbot of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, of [the sept of] Cianachta-Breagh ; and Graiphnidh, Abbot of Imleach- 
Fia", died. Failbhe, son of Guaire, successor of Maelrubha’, was drowned, and 
the crew of his ship along with him ; they were twenty-two in number. Fian- 
galach, son of Murchadh, chief of Ui-Mail, [died]. A battle [was fought] 
between [two parties of] the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein Cathal, son of Aedh - 
was slain, on the east side of Lic-Ailbhe*, by Conaing, son of Amhalgaidh. 


. inter Aed nAldan ocus Cathal oc [at] Tir- Coarb of] *Opercroosann was sunck in the dept 


daglas. Lex Patricii tenuit Hiberniam. Fianga- of the sea, and certain seafareing men to the 

lach, mac Murchado, rex Ua-Mail moritur.— number of 22.” 

Ann. Ult. + Ui-Mail.—The position of this territory is 
y Imleach-Fia.—Now Emlagh, an old church determined by the Glen of Imaile, near Glenda- 


giving name to a parish lying to the north- 
east of the town of Kells, in the county of 
Meath. 

* Of Madrubha: i. e. Abbot of the Monastery 


erected by Maelrubha, Abbot of Bangor, at. 


Aporcrossan, in Scotland. Mageoghegan mis- 
takes the meaning of this passage in his trans- 
lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, where he 
has: “ A. D. 734. The work done at” [recté the 


lough, in the barony of Upper Talbotstown, and 
county of Wicklow.—See note *, under A. D. 
1316, p. 664. ^ 

^ Lic-Ailbhe.—This was the name of a large 
stone which stood at Moynalvy in the barony 
of Deece, and county of Meath, till the year 
992, when, according to these Annals, it fell, 
and was formed into four mill-stones by Mael- 
seachlainn, or Malachy IL, Monarch of Ireland. 


2v 


330 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [733. 


Fopncpaiw, oo manbad. Cengup, mac Cilealla, mgfpna Chipoe Ciannaéca, 
oécc. 

Cach Pochapca 1 Marg Muipterne pra nClooh Allan, 7 pra cclanoab 
Néll an cuaipceipe pop Ulcaib, m po manbad Cod Rom, pi Ulad,7 po bfnad 
a cfnd ve pop Cloié an Commang 1 noonap ceampanll Pochainve,7 po manbad 


‘Conéad, mac Cuanach, coipec Coba, go pochuidib ole amaille mú. ba he 


pochann an chacha Cill Cunoa vo papuccad la Ua Segámm, oo mumcip Cloda 
Róm, via nebaipc Clod Ron peip, ni pcappam a conn ppp an Tapp, uan 
Taob pe caob aca ceall Cunna 7 Ceall Taipe. Congar, comapba Dacpoicc, 
vo pishne an pann po vo 5néapacc Cloda Atlan a noioganl panargte na olle, 
ap pob éipium anmċapa Clooha, co nepbaipc, 

Abain pe hClod Allan nuap, oom mache popnpán la pluag put, 

Rom nelacc Qed Rom appaíp, ım Chonna Cill an éafn cii. 


Cionóilió Cooh Allan a ploga go Pochampo, conad ann acbepc Cod Allán 


occ imtpiall in cacha : 


Im Chunna im cill manamcapacc, cmgiu amú céim ap conaip, 
Páicpio oò Rom a c(no lim, no puicp(ccpa lapodain. 


Cr oon cach ceona ac pubpaoh : 


Mp nUlad im Clod Róme la hQlod Allan pí Epe, 
Ap commm vo Chill Chonna cuippiom bonna pm méve. 


Qoip Cope, peacht ccéo cpoċa acpi. On c(éparnaó bliadam oCfooh. 
S. Cola, mac Ounchada, eppcop Cluana Iparpo, mld oiongmala oo Core, 
dég. Op(pal, mac Coda Róm, m Ulad, oo mapbao acc Oun Celcchanp. 


* Ard-Cianachta.—Now the barony of Fer- 
rard, in the county of Louth. 

* Fochart.—Now Faughard, in the county of 
Louth.—See note *, under A.D. 248, p.114, sup. 

*Cloch-an-chommaigh: i.e. the Stone of Break- 
ing or Decapitation. This is still pointed out 
at the doorway of the church of Faughard. Dr. 
O’Conor translates this * Saxum circuli con- 
ventionis Seniorum," which is incorrect.—See 
Lec-comaigh-cnamh, note ^, under the year 594. 

f Cobha. — Otherwise called Magh-Cobha, a 
plain in Iveagh, in the county of Down. 


s Cill-Cunna.—Now Kilcoony, in the parish 
of Ballyclog, barony of Dungannon, and county 
of Tyrone.—See the Ordnance Map, sheet 39. 

^ Its Conn.—This is a pun on the names of the 
churches, but in what sense the witty king in- 
tended conn and tarr to be taken, it is not easy 
to determine. Conn means sense or reason, and 
Tairr is probably the name of the patron saint 
of Ceall-Tairre ; or he might have intended by 
“ní pcappam a conn ppi an zaimp,” to mean 
“ni peappam a ceann pnipm ccolamn,” i. e. 
“ I will not separate the head from the body,” 


gs decret 


133.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 331. 


Muirgheas, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, was slain. Aenghus, son of Ailell, 
Lord of Ard-Cianachta’, died. 

The battle of Fochart?, in Magh-Muirtheimhne [was fought] by Aedh Allan 
and the Clanna-Neill of the North, against the Ulidians, where Aedh Roin, King 
of Ulidia, was slain ; and his head was cut off on Cloch-an-chommaigh*, in the 
doorway of the church of Fochard ; and Conchadh, son of Cuanach, chief of 
Cobha‘, was also slain, and many others along with him. The cause of this 
battle was the profanation of Cill-Cunna* by Ua Seghain, one of the people of 
Aedh Roin, of which Aedh Roin himself said : “I will not take its Conn" from 
Tairr,” for Ceall-Cunna and Ceall-Tairre! are side by side. Congus, successor 
of Patrick, composed this quatrain, to incite Aedh Allan to revenge the profa- 
nation of the church, for he was the spiritual adviser of Aedh,.so that he said: 


Say unto the cold Aedh Allan, that I have been oppressed by a feeble pata 

Aedh Roin insulted me last night at Cill-Cunna of the sweet music. 

Aedh Allan collected his forces to Fochard, and Aedh Allan composed [these 

verses] on his march to the battle : 

For Cill-Cunna, the church of my confessor, I take this day a journey on the road; 

Aedh Roin shall leave his head with me, or I shall leave mine with him. 

Of the same battle was said : 

The slaughter of the Ulidians with Aedh Roin [was made] by Aedh Allan, King 
of Ireland ; 

For their coigny* at Cill-Cunna he placed soles to necks’. 


The Age of Christ, 733. The fourth year of Aedh. St. Tola", son of Dun- 
chadh, bishop, a worthy soldier of Christ, died. Breasal, son of Aedh Roin, 
King of Ulidia, was slain at Dun-Celtchair". 


which would not be a far-fetched pun, when he 
intended to give Conn and Tarr a similar pro- 
fane treatment. 

i Ceall Tairre.— Now Cill-Thairre, anglicé 
Kilharry, a glebe in the parish of Donaghmore, 
in the same barony.—Ord. Map, sheet 46. 

x Coigny: i.e. Refection. It would appear 
that the King of Ulidia had forcibly obtained 
refection in these churches, contrary to their 


privilege, being free from all customs and visi- 
tations of temporal lords. 

1 Soles to necks.— This is an idiom expressing 
indiscriminate carnage, in which the sole of the 
foot of one body was placed over against or 
across the neck or headless trunk of another. 

m Tola.—** A.D. 737. Tole, Episcopus Cluana- 
Iraird, dignus Dei miles, pausat.”—Ann. Ult. 

a Dun-Celtchair : i. e. the Fort of Celtchar, son 


2 19 


332 . aunaca RIoshachta EIREANN. ` [733. 


Mod Ollan, pí Eneann, oo tiondl Leite Chuinn, do dul 1 Cargmb go panic 
Ae Smat. Ro éapcclaimmp(c Lougm m lion conpangacap oo Copnam a cipt 
pmr. Ro ppaó cat ammin (ccoppa pm maigin pm. Oo veachad m pı 
od Allan peipin ipn ceat go noipecaib an cuaipceipc a mallı pmp. Tan- 
gacap coii Laighh mmo progaib ipin ccat, conba puilec poipmaca pa p(paó 


an gleo pin (ccoppa oiblimb. Ro maccaic laoié, 1 po tamnaic colla led. 


Imo compainc oCfoo Ollan 7 oOlovh mac Colgan, vo mg Larg, 4 copan 
Mod, mac Colgan la hOod Ollan. Ro mapbaó 7 po mudaiccead, po ofoc- 
aiccead, 1 po ofotlaiccead Langin co hanbpoill ipin éaicgleo pin, coná c(pna 
app db accmaó cipuarppi mbicc, 7 peceolanga cca. bacap 1aopo na 
coipi$, 1 na hainig concpacap 6 Loaugmb 3. Clooh mac Colgan, pi Ua cCemn- 
relais, Opan 6(cc mac Mupchada, an vapa mg boi pop Corgmb, P(pgup mac 
Maenaig 7 Ouboacpoc va cig&(pna Potapc, mac hUi Cellar, mac Them, 
Piangalach Ua Manlecncgen, Conall Ua Cicechoai, ceitpe meic Ploinn 
Uí Congaile, Eladach Ua Maolwwdip, 7 pocade oile po bud emile oaipneip. 


of Duach, one of the heroes of the Red Branch in 
Ulster, who had his residence here in the first 
century of the Christian era. This was one of 
the old names of the large fort near Downpa- 
trick, in the county of Down.—See Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., p. 566, n. 52, and Battle of Magh- 
Rath, pp. 206, 206, note ". 

° Ath-Seanaith.—Called Ath-Senaich in the 
Annals of Ulster, now Ballyshannon, in the 
county of Kildare, four miles south-west of Kil- 
cullen Bridge. Ballyshannon, in Ulster, is also 
called Ath-Senaith, or Ath-Senaich, in Irish. 
The Bally prefixed in both instances is a cor- 
ruption of Bel-atha, i.e. os vadi, ford-mouth. 
This place was otherwise called Uchbhadh. In 
the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed at 
the year 737, and in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise at 735, as follows : 

“ A. D. 737. Bellum Atho-Senaich inter Ne- 
potes Neill et Lagenienses, à. Cath Uchba, ziti. 
Septembris, die vi. ferie, crudeliter gestum, est in 
quo binales Reges celsi vigoris pectoris, armis alter- 
natim congressi sunt, i. Aed Alddan, rez Temorie, 


et Aed mac Colggen, ri Laigin ; e quibus unus 
superstes vulneratus, i. Aed Alddan vixit, alius 
vero militari mucrone capite truncatus est. Tune 
nepotes Cuinn immensa victoria ditati sunt, cum 
Lagenos, suos emulos, insolito more in fugam mit- 
tunt, calcant, sternunt, subvertunt, consumunt, ita 
ut usque ad internecionem. universus hostilis pene 
deletus exercitus, paucis nunciis renunciantibus, et 
in tali bello tantos ceditlisse ferunt, quantos per 
transacta, retro secula, in uno succubuisse impetu, et 
feroci cecidisse conflictu non comperimus. | Cecide- 
runt in hoc autem bello optimi duces 3. Aed mac 
Colggen, et Bran Becc, mac Murcado, .i. da ri 
Laigin, Fergus, mac Moinaig, et Dubdacrich, 
mac Aincellaig, mic Triein” [duo magnates re- 
gionis Fotharta], ** et Fingalach hUa Maeleaitcen, 
Conall hUa Aitechdai; cethre mic Flainn, Aui 
Congaile; Eladhach Aui Maeluidhir, et ceteri 
multi quos compendii causa omisimus.? — Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 735. The battle of Athseanye, on the 
14th day of the Kallends of September, was 
cruelly and bloodyly fought between the 
O'Neales and Lynstermen, where the two 


— 


133] -ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. |. 8383 


Aedh Allan, King of Ireland, assembled [the forces of] Leath-Chuinn, to 
proceed into Leinster; and he arrived at Ath-Seanaith*. The Leinstermen 
collected the [greatest] number they were able, to defend his right against 
him. A fierce battle was fought between them. The king, Aedh Allan himself, 
went into the battle, and the chieftains of the North along with him. The 
chieftains of Leinster came with their kings into the battle ; and bloodily and 
heroically was the battle fought between them both. Heroes were slaughtered, 
and bodies were mutilated. Aedh Allan, and Aedh, son of Colgan, King of 
Leinster, met each other [in single combat]; and Aedh, son of Colgan, was slain 
by Aedh Allan. The Leinstermen were killed, slaughtered, cut off, and dread- 
fully exterminated, in this battle, so that there escaped of them but a small 
remnant, and a few fugitives. The following were the leaders and chieftains 
of the Leinstermen who fell, namely : Aedh, son of Colgan, King of Ui-Ceinn- 
sealaigh; Bran Beg, son of Murchadh, the second king who was over the Lein- 
stermen; Fearghus, son of Maenach, and Dublidacrich, two lords of Fotharta”; 
the son of Ua Ceallaigh ; the son of Trian; Fiangalach Ua Maeleaithgin ; 
Conall Ua Aithechdai; the four sons of Flann Ua Conghaile; Eladhach Ua- 
Maeluidhir*; and many others, whom it would be tedious to enumerate. The 
[people of] Leath-Chuinn were joyous after this victory, for they had wreaked 


Kings, heads of the two Armies, did so roughly 
approach one another, as King Hugh Allan, 
King of Ireland, and Hugh Mac Colgan, King 
of Lynster, whereof the one was sore hurt, and 
lived after; the other, by a deadly blow, lost 
his head from the shoulders. The O’Neales, 
with their King, behaved themselves so val- 
liantly in the pursuit of their enemies, and 
killed them so fast in such manner, as they 
made great heapes in the fields of their car- 
cassess, so as none or very few of the Lynster- 
men escaped to bring tyding to their friends 
home. In this battle the two joynt Kings of 
Lynster, Hugh Mac Colgan, and Bran Beag 
Mac Murchowe ; Fergus Mae Moynay, and 
Dowdachrich, the two Lords of Foharte; Mac 


- OKelly; Mae Treyn; Fiangalagh O’Moyleaigh- 


ten; the four sons of Flann O'Conoyly; Eala- 


gach O’Moyleoyer, and many others which my 
Author omitteth to relate, for brevity's sake, 
were slain, and sayeth that this was the greatest 
slaughter for a long time seen in Ireland.”— 
Ann. Clon. 

P Two Lords, of Fotharta.—The Fortharta at 
this period appear to have constituted two 
lordships, namely, Fotharta- Fea, afterwards 
Fotharta-Ui Nuallain, now the barony of Forth, 
in the county of Carlow, and Fotharta-an- 
Chairn, now the barony of Fortli, in the county 
of Wexford. There were many other tribes of - 
the Fotharta at an earlier period. 

? Ua Maeluidhir.—O"Moyleer, or, as the name 
is now generally anglicised, Myler. He was 
probably the chief of Sil-Maeluidhir, now the 
barony of Shelmalier, in the county of Wex- 
ford. 


334 . ANNaZa RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


(734. 


bacap pag C66 Chumn 1app an ccopecap pm, vamp po ofogarlpioc a nam- 
ninne, a naincmde pop Largmb. Naoi mile ap(ó conċan oib, amal apbfpan: 


O cat Uchbad co name, 1mbió cpuclam Fn Péme, 

Ni oóig po gném gil gammıġ riol nach Cangnig m hEpe. 
Naoi mile oo pocpacap, 1 ccat Uchbad co noéne, 

Do plog G«ilian gén sume, mop oo máimb Pp Péne. 


Cod Allan cecmic, 


An cod ipm úp, an pi ipm puarm, 


QIn cenán von oelao [m cénán oil oém, Zib. Lec. fol. 311], la Crapan 1 cCluain. 


Samchann cecmic map an cach, 


Ma conmpac na oá Cod, biò monpaet ti nengaine, 
Mad co oul oampa ap paet Clod la hod mac Pqgae. 


Faolan, mac bpam, pi Cargén, oécc 1ap nohigbfchaw. Ceapnach, mac 
Pogapcargh, me Néll, mic C(pnorgh. Shocail, mic Oiapmacca, mic Clooa 


Slame, oo mapbaoh.  P(pgur mac Cpemtainn oo mapbao. 


Slóigheaoh la 


Catal, mac Pinngume, co Largniu, co pug gialla ó bnan Spice mac Mupcada, 


co pug maine mona. 


Cop Cpiopc, peachc ccéo cmocha acfémp. An cáicceaó bliadam ooo. 
S. Samchann ogh, ó Cluam bpdénarsh 1 c'Cebcha, oécc an 19 vo Oecembep. 


Cip pupp cug Cod Allan-an cüpc p, 


* Fir-Feini: i. e. populi Feniorum. ‘ A. Fenisio 
Farsaidh Hiberni nominantur Fenii. Unde apud 
nos Oic-Fheni posteri Fenii, in plurali numero 
dicuntur ab illo.2—Fiach’s Scholiast, in Trias 
Thaum., p. 5, not. 23. Feine is also explained 
bpugand, a farmer, or yeoman. 

s The posterity of.—1In this and the battle of 
Almhuin, fought in 718, the Leinstermen were 
nearly extirpated by the race of Conn of the 
Hundred Battles, so that the remission of the 


Borumean tribute, through the intercession of . 


St. Moling, was but of little advantage to the 
Leinstermen. 
t Cluain: i.e. Cluain-mic-Nois, now anglicé 


Clonmaenoise, of which St. Ciaran is the patron 
saint. 

* Samhthann.—According to the Leabhar- 
Gabhala of the O’Clerys, the Samthann who 
composed this quatrain was the virgin saint of 
Cluain-Bronaigh.—See her death noticed under 
the year 734, infra. 

w Faelan, §c.—“ A.D. 737. Faelan, nepos 
Brain, Lageniensium rex, immatura, etate, et inopi- 
nata morte periit. Cernach, filius Fogartaig, a 
suis sceleratis sociis dolosà jugulatur, quem vacca- 
rum vituli, et infime orbis mulieres tediosé fleverunt. 
Jugulatio Fergusa, mic Cremthainn, &c. Slogh- 
adh Cathail, mic Finguine, co Laigniu, co rucc 


"T EX 


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134] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 335 


their vengeance and their animosity upon the Leinstermen. Nine thousand was 
the number of them that was slain, as is said in these verses : 


From the battle of Uchbhadh the great, in which a havoc of the Fir-Feini" 
[i. e. the farmers] was made, 

There is not known on the fair sandy soil the posterity of* any Leinsterman in 
Ireland. 

Nine thousand there fell in the battle of Uchbhadh with vehemence, 

Of the army of Leinster, sharp-wounding, great the carnage of the Fir Feini. 


Aedh Allan cecinit : 


The Aedh in the clay, the king in the churchyard, 
The beloved pure dove, with Ciaran at Cluain'! 


Samhthann" cecinit before the battle: 


If the two Aedhs meet, it will be very difficult to separate them, 
To me it will be grevious if Aedh [son of Colgan] fall by Aedh, son of Fearghal. 


Faelan", son of Bran, King of Leinster, died, after a well-spent life. Cear- 
nach, son of Foghartach, son of Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, son of Diarmaid, 
son of Aedh Slaine, was slain. Fearghus, son of Creamhthann, was slain. A 
hosting was made by Cathal, son of Finguine, into Leinster ; and he obtained 
hostages from Bran Breac, son of Murchadh, and carried off much property. 

The Age of Christ, 734. "The fifth year of Aedh. St. Samhthann*, virgin, 
of Cluain-Bronaigh, in Teabhtha, died on the 19th of December. It was of her 
Aedh Allan’ gave this testimony : 


giallu O Faelain, ocus co ruce maine mara." 
[An armie by Cathal mae Finguine into Lein- 
ster, and he brought pledges, with great booties, 
from I-Faelain.— Cod. Clarend., 49.|—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 735. Cahall mac Finguyne prepared, 
a great army and went to Lynster, and there- 
out brought hostages from Bran Brick mac 
Murchowe, with many rich bootys."—Ann. Clan. 

* Si. Samhthann, virgin, of Cluain- Bronaigh.— 

^ A. D. 738. Dormitatio Samthainne Cluano- 
Bronaig.”—Ann. Ult. 


- She was abbess of Clonbroney, in the barony of 


‘Granard, and county of Longford.— See Colgan's 


Acta SS., p. 347, n. 26, and Archdall’s Monast. 
Hiber., p. 438. In the Feilire Aenguis, and 
O’Clery’s Zrish Calendar, the festival of Sam- 
thann Cluana-Bronaigh is marked at 19th De- 
cember, and it is added in the latter that she 
died in 739, which is the true year. — 

* Aedh Allan.—That some Irish verses were 
believed to have been composed by this mo- 
narch appears from the Leabhar-Gabhala of the 


ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[735. 


Samchann pp! polpi pammand, moo pogab geanpa slunbapp, 


Cuaó maig mide miad nimglann, mop paech po pine Samcann. 
Ro gab an nf nao apa, aim ppí mse plfpa; 


Oa map ppí cepca cuapai, bacap cnuada a cpeprpa. 


(pad pm mme nichu, glan a cprohiu pp baecha, 
` Inuchc piadac ppí slanbapp, an po la Samtann paecha. 


Plann, mac Ceallaig, mic Cpunomaotl, eppcop Reacnaime, vécc. Cuana 
Ua berran, pepibneoin Cpeoic [vécc]. Fingur Gluce coipec Coba [vécc]. 
Accfp ooproe aep ulc 7 mdmille: ag cealgao spaincpelig m po larcip 1opada 
ma aġió paip, conad é pochann a bay. OU, mac Cuachail, cigfmna Ua 


cCpiomtainn, oécc. 


Clip Cpiopc, peacht ccéo cpioca a cúicc. 


S. 6 pan, Camoe hEala, oécc. 


Maincheine Tuama Opéine, oécc. 


Cn peipead bliadam oCÍoo. 
Plano 


Peabla, abb orc. conang, 1 Mugdopnaibh Muighth, décc. Ceallac, mac + 


Secho, oo Chonmaicnib, abb Cluana muc Noip, oécc. 
Popbapach, mac Chlealla, cr$(pna Oppuige, oo mapbaoh. 


Pobaip, oécc. 


Coir Cpiopc, peachc ccéo cpioca apé. 


Ouboabornn(no, abb 


Cn peachcmao bliadain Coo. 


Conola, cig(pna Ceabea, vécc. Amalgaid, mac Cacapaig, corpec Conatlle, 
décc. Munpchad, mac Peapgaile, mic Mailevún, oo mapbaoh. Cach Carpn 


O'Clerys, p. 198, and in these Annals at the 
year 738, where the last quatrain composed by 
him is quoted. 

* Reachrainn.—The Editor is not able to de- 
cide whether this is the Reachrainn in the east 
of Bregia, where St. Columbkille erected a 
church, or Reachrainn, now Rathlin, or Ragh- 
aree Island, off the north coast of Antrim. 

* Treoit. — Otherwise written Trefoid, now 
Trevet, in the barony of Skreen, and county of 
Meath. In the Feilire Aenguis the festival of 
St. Lonan mac Talmaigh, of Treoit, is marked at 
13th November, but in O'Clery's Irish Calendar 
it is marked at 1st November, thus, ** Conán ó 
. Cpepóie 1 mÓpeagaib;? i. e. “ Lonan of Trefoit, 
in Bregia.” It is stated in the ancient Irish 
tract called Senchus na Relec, i.e. the History 
of the Cemeteries, preserved in Leabhar-na- 


Ah Uidhri, fol. 41, b., that Art, son of Conn Ced- 
chathach, monarch of Ireland, was interred 
here; and it is added, in the historical story 
called Cath Maighe Mucraimhe, that the place 
was called Tri-foid, i.e. Three Sods, because 
* three sods were dug there in honour of the 
Trinity, when the grave of Art was being dug 
there.” It is stated in this story that Art, who 
believed in Christianity, predicted that a Chris- 
tian chureh would be afterwards erected over 
his grave. These passages are given in the An- 
nals of Ulster, under the year 738, as follows : 
“A.D. 738. Fergus Glutt, rev Cobo, sputis 
venenatis maleficorum hominum, obiit. Cuana, ne- 
pos Bessain, scriba Treoit, pausat. Dormitatio 
Samthainne Cluano Bronaig, et dormitatio nepo- 
tis Maeledathnein Episcopi. Combusti Muintire 
Domhnaill i mBodbraith, wbi cecidit Bregleith 


735.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 337 


Samhthann for enlightening various sinners, a servant who observed stern 
chastity, 

In the northern plain of fertile Meath, great suffering did Samhthann endure ; 

She undertook a thing [that was] not easy, fasting for the kingdom above ; 

She lived on scanty food ; hard were her girdles ; 

She struggled in venomous conflicts; pure was her heart amid the wicked ; 

To the bosom of the Lord, with a pure death, Samhthann passed from her suf- 
ferings. 


‘Flann, son of Ceallach, son of Crunnmael, Bishop of Reachrainn’, died. 
Cuanna Ua Bessain, scribe of Treoit*, [died]. Fearghus Glut, chief of Cobha, 
[died]. It appeared to him that wicked and destructive people used to cast 
spits, in which they put charms, in his face, which was the cause of his death. 
Ailill, son of Tuathal, Lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died. 

= The Age of Christ, 735. The sixth year of Aedh. St. Bran, of Lann-Eala 
[Lynally], died. Maincheine, of Tuaim-Greine*, died. Flann Feabhla, Abbot 
of Gort-conaigh*, in Mughdhorn-Maighen [Cremorne], died. Ceallach, son of 
Sechdi, one of the Conmaicne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. _Dubhdabhoi- 
reann, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Forbasach, son of Ailell, Lord of 
Osraighe [Ossory], was slain. 
The Age of Christ, 736. The seventh year of Aedh. Connla, Lord of 
Teabhtha, died. Amhalgaidh, son of Cathasach, chief of Conaille, died. Mur- 
chadh, son of Fearghal, son of Maelduin, was slain. The battle of Carn-Fear- 


in domo cene. Mors Ailella, mic Tuathail, regis of Cremorne, and county of Monaghan. These 


nepotum Cremthainn.  Flann mac Ceallaich, 
filius Crunmhail, Episcopus Rechrainne, mori- 
tur.” In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which 
are very meagre at this period, the notice of 
Fergus Glut is given under the year 736, thus: 

** A.D. 736. Fergus Gluth, prince of the Race 
of Cova [i. e. of Eochie Cova], with the spittle 
of men and witchcraft, died.” 

è Tuaim-Greine : i.e. the mound or tumulus of 
Grian, a woman’s name, now Tomgraney, in the 
barony of Upper Tullagh, and county of Clare. 

* Gort-conaigh : i. e. Field of the Fire- Wood. 
This was the name of a monastery in the barony 


entries, and some others omitted by the Four 
Masters, are given in the Annals of Ulster at 
the year 739, as follows : 

* A. D. 739. In clericatu Domhnall exiit. 
Jugulatio nepotis Ailello tigherna Ceniuil Fiach- 
ach” [Lord of Kynaleagh.—Ann. Clon., 737]: 
** Terremotus in lle secundo Id. Aprilis. Flann 
nepos Congaile moritur. Cubretan, mac Congusa, 
moritur; et mors Cellaig, filii Sechnadi, Abbatis 
Cluana mic Nois. Dubdabairenn, Abbas Fo- 
bair” [moritur]. **Dormitatio Maincheine Tomae 
Greine. Dormitatio Sancti Brain Lainne Ela. 
Flann Febla Abbas Goirt Connaigh, moritur.” 


gx 


338 ANNAA grosghachca EIREANN. [737. 


Pnaoharg, 1n po mapbaoh Topcan Tmepéiw. Furpeachcach, amcmoeach 
Inpi Caol, [3] Plann Cigle, eppcop Echopoma, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, peacht ccéo cpocha a peachc. On cochemao bliadam 
dlob. Cipeccach, mac Cuanach, abb Fína, oécc. Maolochcnaicch, abb 
Cille Poipbmg, oécc.. P(poacpoch ab Imlfcha 7 Leréglinne, oécc. Oachua, 
. mac Inoaighe, angcoipe, oécc, 1 Curogeal, ab 4 pepibmó Cugmano, oécc. 
Pomcbe Ceneoil Fiachach, 7 Oealbna la hOppagibh. Cachal mac Pino- 
guine, pf Muman, oécc.. Plano Feonna, cig (pna Copco Modpuad, oécc. Cod 
balb, mac Inopeachcaro, pf Connache, vécc.  CÍpcpach, mac Chteachoa, 
cig(mna Ua Méith, dég. : 

Cop Cpiopc, reacht ccéo cpocha a hoche. Ofppiat, abb Marge bile, 
oécc. Apppica, banabb Cille vapa, oécc. : Curmmen Ua Ciapam, abb Rech- 
namne, becc. ooh Allan, mac Finale, mic ITlaoileoám, oo &uicim 1 ccat 
Mange Seis, 3. C(nanoup, eioip of Ceabcha, la Oomnall, mac Trlupchaoa, 
ian mbeich naoi mbliadna 1 pi$e Eneann. Tiugpann Aoda Allén, 


Dia nom ampioò mo Dia oil, pon bpu Locha Sailċeván, 
lapam ora mbemnpr pp col, po bad maom vo mog manacol. 


Copchaip. beop ipn cat céona Cumapccac, mac Concubaip, ciġfpna na 
niniin, ] Maonach macConoalars, cis lpna Ua gCp(meéamn,3 Muineavhac, 
mac Fgura Popepaio, cig(mna Ua Tuincpe. Cach Oarmoeipec 1 móp(gaib 
pia nInopeachcach hUa Conaing, m po mapbao Dungal, mac Plomn, cigfpna, 
Fin cCól,4 Fingur mac Oipei$ 5o pocaidib ole. Ceallac, mac Ragallang, 


4 Inis Caeil. —Now Inishkeel, an island off the 
west coast of the barony of Boylagh, and county 
of Donegal.—See note under the year 619. 

* Eachdhruim: i.e. Equi Mons vel Collis [ Col- 
gal, Acta Sanctorum, p. 632], now Aughrim, a 
vilage in the county of Galway, about four 
miles west of Ballinasloe. 

* Cille- Foirbrigh. — Archdall (Monast. Hib., 
p. 52) identifies this with Kilfarboy, in the ba- 
rony of Ibrickan, and county of Clare; but it is 
more probably Kilbrew in Meath.— See note 
under the year 768; and see it again referred 
to at the years 782, 809, 837. 


8 Corc Modhruadh.—A territory in the county 
of Clare, the name of which is still preserved in 
that of the barony of Corcomroe.—See note °, 
under A. D. 1175. The most of these entries are 
given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 741 : 

* A. D. 741. Mors Airechtaig filii Cuanach, 
principis Fernan.  Foirtbe Ceiniuil Fiachach 
acus Delvna la Osraighi Mors Cathail mic 
Finguine, regis Caisil. Mors Maeleochtraigh, 
Abbatis Cill Fobrigh. Mors Cuidghile, scribe et 
Abbatis Lughmaidh. Mors Aido Bailb, regis 
Cianachte. Jugulatio Artrach, filii Aitechdai, 
righ nepotum Craumthainn. Lepra in Hibernia.” 


Bc 


737.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 339 


adhaigh, in which Torean Tinereidh, was slain. Fuireachtach, Airchinneach 
of Inis-Caeil*, [and] Flann Aighle, Bishop of Eachdhruim*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 737. The eighth year of Aedh.  Aireachtach, son of 
Cuana, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Cille-Foir- 
brigh* died. Feardachrich, Abbot of Imleach and of Leithghlinn, died. Dachua, 
son of Indaighe, an anchorite, died ; and Cuidgheal, Abbot and Scribe of Lugh- 
mhadh [Louth], died. The oiii of Cinel-Fiachach and of Dealbhna 
by the Osraighe. Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, died. Flann Feorna, 
Lord of Core Modhruadh*, died. Aedh Balbh, son of Innreachtach, King of 
Connaught, died. Artrach, son of Aitheachda, Lord of Ui-Meith, died. 

The Age of Christ, 738. Affiath, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died. 
Affrica, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Cuimmen Ua Ciarain, Abbot of 
Rechrainn, died. Aedh Allan, son of Maelduin, fell in the battle of Magh- 
Seirigh^ (i. e. Ceanannus), between the two Teabhthas, by Domhnall, son of 
Murchadh, after having been nine years in the sovereignty of Ireland. The 
last quatrain of Aedh Allan : 

If my beloved God would look upon me on the brink of Loch Sailchedain’, © 
Afterwards if I should be found at guilt, it would be wealth to a servant to 

save me. | 

There were also slain in the same battle Cumascach, son of Conchubhar, Lord 
of the Airtheara [the Oriors]; Maenach, son of Connalach, Lord of Ui-Creamh-* 
thainn; and Muireadhach, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, Lord of Ui-Tuirtre. 
The battle of Damh-dearg*, in Breagh, by Indreachtach Ua Conaing, in which 
were slain Dungal, son of Flann, Lord of Feara-Cul; and Fearghus, son of 
Oisteach, with many others. Ceallach, son of Raghallach, King of Connaught, 


^ Magh-Seirigh.—This was the name of the 
plain lying round Dun-Chuile Sibrinne now 
Ceanandus, or Kells, in the county of Meath.— 
See note *, under A. M. 3991, p. 56, suprà. 

i Loch Saüchedain.— This is called Loch 
Saileach in these Annals at A. M. 3790, but 
Loch Sailchedain by Keating at the same period, 
when it is said to have first burst from the 
„earth; and it is again referred to at the year 
1122, where it is described as in Meath. Nothing 


is clearer than that this is the place in Meath 
now called Loughsallagh, and situated in the 
parish and barony of Dunboyne, near Dun- 
shaughlin, in the county of Meath.—See Ord- 
nance Map of the County of Meath, sheets 50, 51. 

* Damh-dearg: i.e. the Red Ox. .Not iden- 
tified. 

1 Feara- Cul.—See note under A. D. 693. The - 
entries given by the Four Masters under this 
year (738), are given, with a few others totally 


212 


340 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. [739. 


ní Connachz, vécc. Oluchach, mac Piċċeallaiġż, ciġnna Ua Mare, vécc. 
Oubhooépae, ciġfpna Ua mbpúm Cualann, oo gum. Comcheann, mgfn 
Ceallorg Cualann, oécc. ‘ 

Qoip Cort, peache ccéo cpocha anaor. Cn céd bliadan oo Domnall, 
mac Mupchada, mic Orapmaca op €pmn ; [céona ps Clamne Colmáin runn]. 
Colmán, eppcop Caeppain, vécc. Cardgnen, mac Oomeannaig, abb Sargne, 
Fingur, mac Colmam Cuclang, eccnaió oinpdenc, vécc. Reachcabpac, mac 
Efpgaile vo Connachcaib, oécc. lomenpeacc Chlium vá bepnach, ın po 
mapbad Ouboaoop, mac Mupgaile [1] vá Ua Ceallarg Cualano, Catal 4 
Oi. Ro chup m mup míol mop 1 ccíp 1 ccoicceaó Ulad, 1 mbote vo 
funnpad. Oo veachaid gac aon baoi na pocpaib oia oecpam ap a mggnaite. 
Qn can po bap acca copccpaó po ppc cpi piacla óip ina é(no, caocca unga 
m gach pracoil oÍbpme. Ro chup Piacna, mac Cfooha Rom, pí Ulao, 4 
Eochaid mac óp(pail, plat Ua n€acaé, piacail ofb go bfnnéamp, go paibe 


pn! pé cian pon alcdip mbfnncorp, gup bo poippéil vo cach hi ccoiccinne hí. 


omitted by them, in the Annals of Ulster, under 
742, as follows: 

* A. D. 742. Mors Affrice dominatricis Cille- 
dara. Bellum Daimderg, in quo ceciderunt Dungal 
mac Flainn ri Cul" [i.e. King of Feara-Cul] 
* et Fergus, mac Oistic. Innreachtach, nepos 

, Conaing, victor erat. Mors Cumene, nepotis Cia- 
rain, Abbatis Rechrainne. Bellum Serethmaighe” 
[at Kells, Cod. Clarend. 49], “in quo cecidit 
Aed Alddain, mac Fergaile, et Cumascach mac 
Concobair, ri na nAirther” [rex Orientalium] 
** et Moenach mac Conlaich, rez nepotum Crem- 
thainn, et Muredach, mac Fergusa Forcraid, rez 
JNepotum 'Tuirtre. Bellum inter Ui-Maine et 
Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne. -Bellum Luirg inter Ui- 
nAilello et Gailengo. Hec quatuor bella pene in 
una estate perfecta sunt. Lex nepotis Suanaig. 
Concenn, ingen Ceallaich Cualann, moritur. 
Jugulatio Duibdoithre, regis Nepotum Briuin. 
Affiath, ‘Abbas Maighi-bile” [moritur] ** Com- 
mutatio Martirum. Treno Cille Delgge, et in 
Bolgach.” 


^ Dubhdothra: i.e. the Black Man of the 


Dothair, now the River Dodder, in the county 


of Dublin. 

^ Ui-Briuin-Cuatann.—A sept giving name 
to a territory comprising the greater part of the 
barony of Rathdown, in the present county of 
Dublin, and some of the north of the county 
of Wicklow. The churches of Cill-Inghine- 
Leinin, now Killiney, Tigh-Chonaill, now Sta- 
gonnell, and Dun-mor, are set down in O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar as in this territory. 

° Domhnall, son of Murchadh.—* A. D. 742. 
Domhnall, mac Murcha, regnare incipit.”—Ann. 
Uit. 

? Clann-Colmain. — This observation in 
brackets is, according to Dr. O’Conor, an in- 
terpolation in a more modern hand in the 
Stowe copy. 

3 Laessan.—Written Lessan in the Annals of 
Ulster, which is more correct. It is the name 
of a parish situated at the foot of Slieve-Gallion, 
in the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone. 
The most of these entries are given in the An- 
nals of Ulster, under the year 743, as follows: 


739.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 341 


‘died. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, Lord of Ui-Maine, died. Dubhdothra™, 


Lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann", was mortally wounded. Coincheann, daughter of 
Ceallach Cualann, died. i 

The Age of Christ, 739. The first year of Domhnall, son of Murchadh’, 
son of Diarmaid, over Ireland ; [he was the first king of the Clann-Colmain’]. 
Colman, Bishop of Laessan‘, died. Laidhgnen, son of Doineannach, Abbot of 
Saighir, [died]. Fergus, son of Colman Cutlach, a celebrated philosopher, died. 
Reachtabhrat, son of Fearghal, one of the Connaughtmen, died. The battle of 
Ailiun-da-bernach', in which were slain Dubhdados, son of Murghal, [and] the 
two grandsons of Ceallach Cualann, [namely], Cathal and Oilioll. The sea 
cast ashore a whale in Boirche’, in the province of Ulster. Every one in the 
neighbourhood went to see it for its wondrousness. When it was slaughtered, 
three golden teeth were found in its head, each of which teeth contained fifty 
ounces. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, and Eochaidh, son of 
Breasal, chief of Ui-Eathach [Iveagh], sent a tooth of them to Beannchair, where 


it remained for a long time‘ on the altar, to be seen by all in general. 


* A. D. 743. Jugulatio Laidggnein, filii Doi- 
nennaig, Episcopi et Abbatis Saighre. Domhnall 
in clericatu iterum. Jugulatio Colmain, Episcopi 
Lessain, la Uibh Tuirtri. Bellum Cliach, in quo 
cecidit Concobar dia Uib Fidgeinte. Bellum 
Ailiuin-dabrach, in quo cecidit Dubdados, mac 
Murghaile, da Uae Ceallaig Cualann .i. Cathal 
et. Ailill, interfecti sunt. J'ugulatio Murgusa, filii 
Anluain, i Tuilain. Foirddbe Corcumdruaid 
don Deis" [the spoyle of Corcumdrua by the 
Desies.— Cod. Clarend., 49]. Lex Ciarain, filii 
Artificis, et lex Brendain simul, la Fergus, mac 
Cellaig. Mors Fergusa, mic Colmain Cutlaig, 
sapientis." — Ann. Ult. 

* Ailiun-da-bernach : i.e. Island of the Two 
Gaps. Situation unknown. 

* Boirche.—This was the ancient name of the 
Mourne mountains, in the south of the county 
of Down. Giraldus Cambrensis, referring to 
this wonderful fish, says that it was cast ashore 
at Carlenfordia, now Carlingford, which is op- 
posite the Mourne mountains; but Giraldus, 


who only knew the whereabouts, marks the 
place by the nearest English castle.— T'opographia 
Hiber., dist. ii. c. 10 : 

“In Ultonia apud Carlenfordiam inventus 
est piscis tam quantitatis immense, quam qua- 
litatis inusitate.. Inter alia sui prodigia, tres 
dentes, ut fertur, aureos habens, quinquaginta 
unciarum pondus continentes. Quos aureos 
quidem exteriore quadam similitudine, aurique 
nitore, potius quam natura crediderim, &c. Nos- 
tris quoque diebus in Britannia majori, foresta 
scilicet Dunolmensi, inventa et capta est cerva, 
omnes in ore dentes aurei coloris habens." 

The notice of the casting of this whale with 
the three golden teeth, ashore, in Boirche, is 
given in Irish in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 752, in nearly the same words as used by 
the Four Masters; and in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at 140. 

t For a long time; pp pé cian—An alias 
reading is inserted in a more modern hand: 
“no ppi pé 1méém.? 


342 aNNaza gioshachca EIREANN. 


[740. 


Cop Cpiopc, peachc ccéo c(tépachac. On vapa bliabam vo Oomnall. 
Popanoan, abb Cluana h€paipo, vécc. Cummene hUa ITlaonarg, abb Lamoe 
Léine, oég. Congup, ancoipe Cluana Tibpinne, vécc. Ceanopaolad, com- 
` apba Opoma Curilinn, oécc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peache ccéo c(épachac a haon. Cn cpeap bliaóam vo 
Oonnall. Conbmac, eppcop Acha Thum, oécc. Ouboaborn(no Ua beccám, 
abb Cluana h€omp, Clongur, mac Ciobpaicce, abb Cluana Pocca baorcain 
Aba, Cialepocc, abb lapi Naowe, 6eocanll Apoachand, Prongal Lip món, 
Maolanpaid Cille achaid Opompocca, Seachnapac, mac Colgám, cigfpna 
Ua cCenpealai$, vécc. lomamece Racha cóile ma nCInméaro, 1 ccopcaip 
hUapgup, mac Paccna. 

Qoip Cprope, peacht ccéo ceachpachac a oó. On c(épamao bhadan 
vo Oomnall. S: Cuanan GUnoe, abb Marge bile, décc 3 Appil. Cel, abb 
Imleacha Pia, décc. Sápán, abb b(nncap, vég. Comman mo Roip, 7 ba 
habb Cluana mic Noip epióe, ba pi lan vo pach Dé é beop,4 a écc. Pf- 
vacpioch, abb Oaimmy, vécc. Cucummne, ecenard cogaibe: eipibe, do écc. 
Ap 06 vo pome Cloarnnan an pann, oia $neapache ppí leigionn. 


à Cucurmne, po leg puiche co opumne, 
CAllfch eile appacha po lecc ap a chaillecha. 


* Forannan, §c.—These entries, and a few 
others omitted by the Four Masters, are given 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 744 : 

** In nocte signum. horribile et mirabile visum est 
in stellis. Forannan, Abbas Cluana Iraird, obiit, 
et Congus anchorita Cluana-Tibrinne; Cum- 
mane Aua Maenaig, Abbas Lainne-leire, mortuus 
est. Belum inter Nepotes Tuirtre & na hAir- 
thern. Congal mac Eignich victor fuit, et Cu- 
congalt, filius nepotis Cathasaig, fugitivus evasit, 
et cecidit Bocaill, mac Concobair, et Ailill, nepos 
Cathasaig; in-innis itir da Dabul gestum est” 
[at Inis betweene the two Davuls it was fought. 
—Cod. Clarend., 49]. “ Mors Conaill Foltchain, 
scribe. Mors Cinnfaela, principis Droma-cuilinn. 
Mors filii Indfertaigse, Abbatis Tighe Taille.” 

" Lann-Leire.—Now the old church of Lyn, 
on the east side of Lough Ennell, in the barony 


of Fartullagh, and county of Westmeath. Cum- 
mine hUa Maenaig is anglicised ** Comynge 
O'Mooney" by Connell Mageoghegan, in his 
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 
the year 741. 

* Cluain-Tibhrinne.—Now Clontivrin, a town- 
land in the barony of Clankelly, on the confines 
ofthe counties of Monaghan and Fermanagh, 
and about one lrish mile west of the town of 
Clones. The ruins of an old church were to be 
seen in this townland til about forty-three 
years ago, when they were destroyed by a 
farmer of the name of Stephenson, who tilled 


.the spot, and removed every trace of its sanctity. _ 


In O'Olery's Irish Calendar, at 24th October, 
the church of ** Cluam Tibpinne” is placed in 
the territory of * Clann Ceallang.” 

* Druim-Chuilinn.—Now Drumcullen, in the 


e. 


740.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 343 


The Age of Christ, 740. The second year of Domhnall. Forannan", Abbot 

. of Cluain-Eraird [Clonard], died. Cuimmene hUa Maenaigh, Abbot of Lann- 

Leire”, died. Congus, anchorite of Cluain-Tibhrinne*, died. Ceannfaeladh, 
Comharba of Druim-Chuilinn’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 741. Cormac’, Bishop of Ath-Truim à Fri], died. 
Dubhdabhoireann Ua Beccain, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones]; Aenghus, son 
of Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda Baedain-abha [Clonfad]; Cialtrog, Abbot of 
Glais-Naeidhe [Glasnevin]; Beochaill, of Ard-achadh [Ardagh]; Finghal, of 
Lis-mor; Maelanfaidh, of Cill-achaidh-Droma-foda [Killeigh]; and Seachnasach, 
son of Colgan, Lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The battle of Rath-cuile*, by 
Anmchadh, in which Uargus, son of Fachtna, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 742. The fourth year of Domhnall. St. Cuanan? Glinne, 
Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 3rd of April. Abel, Abbot of 
Imleach-Fia, died. Saran, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Comman of 
Ross’, who was Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and eke a man full of the grace of 
God was he, died. Feardacrich, Abbot of Dairinis?, died. Cucummne, a select 
philosopher, died. It was for him Adamnan composed a quatrain, to stimulate 


him to learning : 


Cucuimne read the authors half through, 
The other half of his career he abandoned for his hags. 


south of the barony of Fircal, or Eglish, in the 
King's County.— See note under the year 721. 

+ Cormac, 4c.— These entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 745, with a 
few others omitted by the Four Masters, as: 
** Dracones in celo visi sunt. Sarughadh Domh- 
naigh Phadraig ; vii Cimmidi crucifixi.” [The 
forcible entry of Donaghpatrick, and six pri- 
soners crucified or tortured.|—Ann. Ult. Ed. 
O^ Conor, et Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* Rath-cuile.— This is probably the Rath-cuile, 

anglicé Rathcoole, a townland in the parish and 

barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath.—See 
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, published by 
Colgan, part iii. c. 14, Tr. Thaum., p. 151. 

» St. Cuanan, $c.— These entries are given in 
the Annals of Ulster under the year 746. 


* Comman of Ross— According to Colgan 
(Acta Sanctorum, p. 191, n. 12) this was the. 
patron saint of Roscommon.— See note under 
the year 746. 

3 Dairinis : 
monasteries of this name in Ireland, one on an 
island in the bay of Wexford, and the other, 
which is probably the one here referred to, on 
the Abhainn-mhor, or Blackwater River, and 
about two miles and a half north-west of 
Youghal, in the county of Waterford. The 
place is now called Molana, from St. Maelanfaidh, 
its patron saint. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar 
at 31st.January, the Dairinis, of which St. Mae- 
lanfaidh was patron, is described as near Lis- 
mor-Mochuda, now Lismore, in the county of 
Waterford; and in the Gloss to the Feilire- 


i.e. Oak-Island. There were two 


Maii ama.: irta — at, PNA e ee DOCERE D 
z mM F , i P 


344 anNaza gIoshachca EIREANN. [743. 


Fmpecan Cucuimmne : 


Cucurmne, po léig purche co opurmne, 
Allích aile aparo cui, leggaro huile copop pur. 


Cuachalan, abb Cinn Rígmonaió, vég. Choneach baipligge, vécc. lacob 
Ua Popannám, ppoictpcaig (pgna. ma aimpip, vé5. Ruman, mac Colman, 
raor m eccna, 1 ccpomic, 7 1 pilióeche, décc. Ilhup(óach M Mo, copet 
Ua Méh, oo mapbao 1 cCáil Cummanps, la hUlcarb. Cfeo Mumofg, mac 
Plactb(pcaig, cig lpna an Cuaipeceipe, vég. Seachnupach, mac Colgan, pf 
Larg Ofpsabaip, vécc. lomaipecc Cann Cilche la Muman, m po mapbao 
Coipppe, mac Condionaips. lomaipecc pia nOnmchand, 1 ccopcaip Coinppe, 
Fingur, agur Carcfp meic Cumpcpms, co pé coipechoib oécc maille ppu. 
Piachna, mac Gapbpam Iflioe, oo badad 1 Loch Rib.  Ounlamg, mac Oun- 


con, ciġfnna Ceneoil Apoganl, oécc. 


Qoy Cpiopc, peacht ccéo c(epachac a tpi. 


Qn cuiccead bliadam vo 


Oomnall. Apapccaé abb Muicinp: Reguil, do baoaoh. Oovimméc, ancor, 


Aenguis, at the same day, it is described near 
the mouth of the River Abhann-mor. 

* Cucuimne.— These lines are given in the Liber 
Hymnorum, fol. 10, a, in a preface to a hymn by 
Cucuimne in praise of the Virgin Mary, from 
which it appears that he was leading a bad life : 
“quia conjugem habuit, et in mala vita cum illa fuit : 
no comao do pnécizao pem: a neich nao poachc 
lei dia léguno oo gnech m molad pa do 
Maine.” [Or it was to facilitate his progress in 
what he had not compassed of his studies that 
he composed thís praise of the Virgin Mary.] 

f Ceann- Righmonaidh.—In the Feilire-Aenguis 
and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, this monastery is 
called Cill-Righmonaidh, and described as in 
Alba, or Scotland. It was the ancient name of 
St. Andrews. 

* Baisleac : i.e. Basilica, now Baslick, in the 
barony of Ballintober, and county of Roscom- 
mon. This church is called Baisleac-mor, Ba- 
silica magna, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, 
lib. ii. c. 52.— See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 177, 


note 104, where it is described as ** Ecclesia 
parrochialis Diocesis Alfinnensis in regiuncula 
et decanatu de Siol-Muireadhuigh.” 

^ Ua-Forannain.—** A. D. 746. Quies Jacobi 
O'Farannain pradicatoris maximi tempore suo.” 
—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49. 

i Rumann, son of Colman.—The death of this 
poet, Rumann (who is called the Virgil of Ire- 
land in his genealogy in the Book of Ballymote) 
is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 
746, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 747, 
which is the true year: ** Rumann mac Colman, 
poeta optimus, quievit.””—Ann. Tig. For a curious 
notice of this poet see Petrie’s Round Towers, 
pp. 348, 349. 

3 Cuil- Cummaisg : i. e. the Corner or Angle of 
the Conflict. Not identified. 

* Tuaisceart: i. e. the North. The word 
Tuaisceart is used here and generally in the 
Irish annals to denote the country of the north- 
ern Ui-Neill. It was also sometimes applied to 
a territory in the now county of Antrim, ex- 


ie 


143.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 345 


Cucuimne replied : è 

Cucuimne* read the authors half through, 

During the other half of his career he will read till he will baon an 
adept. 


Tuathalan, Abbot of Ceann-Righmonaidh died. Aidhneach, of Baisleac*, 
died. Jacob Ua Forannain?, a learned preacher in his time, died. Rumann, son 
of Colman‘, an adept in wisdom, chronology, and poetry, died. Muireadhach 
Meann, chief of Ui-Meith, was slain at Cuil-Cummaisg! by the Ulidians. Aedh 
Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Tuaisceart*, died.  Seachnasach, 
son of Colgan, King of South Leinster, died. The battle of Carn-Ailche' [was 
fought] by the Munstermen, in which Cairbre, son of Cudinaisg, was slain. A 
battle [was fought] by Anmchadh, in which Cairbre, Fearghus, and Caicher, 
sons of Cumascrach, were slain, and sixteen chieftains along with them. Fiachra, 


son of Gaphran, of Meath, was drowned in Loch Ribh". 
Dunchu, lord of Cinel-Ardghail", died. 
The Age of Christ, 743. The fifth year of Domhnall. 


Dunlaing, son of 


Arasgach, Abbot 


of Muicinis-Riagail', was drowned. Dodimog, the anchorite, Abbot of Cluain- 


tending from Rathlin Island, on the north, to 
the River Ravel on the south, and comprising 
the modern baronies of Cary and Dunluce, the 
greater part of Kileonway, and the north-east 
Liberties of Coleraine.—See Reeves’s Ecclesi- 
astical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., 
pp. 71, 324. 

! Carn-Ailche: i.e. the Carn of Ailche, a 
man's name. This is most probably the place 
now called Carnelly, near the town of Clare, in 
the county of Clare. 

m Loch Ribh.— Also called Loch Righe, an ex- 
pansion of the River Shannon, between Athlone 
and Lanesborough. 

? Cinel- Ardghail.—Situation of this tribe not 
determined. . 

° Muicinis-Riagail: i.e. Hog-Island of St. Ria- 
gail or Regulus, now Muckinish, in Loch Deirg- 
dheire, now Lough Derg, an expansion of the 
Shannon between Killaloe and Portumna, Dr. 


O’Conor translates this passage in the Annals of 
the Four Masters, p. 268, ** Arasgachus Abbas 
Mucinisensis ab Alienigenis dimersus ;” and in 
the Annals of Ulster, where a parallel passage 
occurs under the year 747, p. 92, he renders it, 
* Dimersio Arascachi Abbatis insule porcorum 
ab alienigenis;” to which he appends the fol- 
lowing note: ‘ Hic Dani vel Norwegi, nomine 
Alienigenarum subintelligi videntur. In his 
enim Annalibus semper Hibernice appellantur 
gall, goll, et guill.”” On this Mr. Moore improves 
in his History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 2, n., as fol- 
lows: * The Annals of Ulster refer to A.D. 
747 the date of this attack upon Rechrain by 
the Danes, and record, as the first achievement 
of these marauders, the drowning of the Abbot 
of Rechran's pigs. Badudh Arascaich ab Muic- 
cinnse re guil.” Thus has Irish history been 
manufactured! Dr. O'Conor mistranslates the 
Irish of the Annals, and Mr. Moore mistranslates 


PAS 


a a Mm«ETS » oe NT Wen i M É "MUS ve "mM oC CUPS, 


346 annaca gioghachca EIREANN. 


[144. 
abb Cluana hlpapo, 1 Cille vapa, vécc. Cobéach, abb Reachpamne, dég. 
Cuan Camm egnaió, vég. Cuan angcoipe 6 Liolcaiċ, oég. Mummo, mgfn 
Ceallarg Cualann, bén lopgalarg, vécc. Congal, mac €rgmch, ciġlpna na 
nQipnetp, oo mapbao : Rach €pcloip la Donn boo, mac Conbp(can. 

Cloip Cpiopc, peache ecéo cfépachac a cfeap. On perpead badam vo 
Oorinall. bpearal, mac Colgan, abb P(pna, vécc. Liben, abb Marge bile, 
décc. Conall, abb Tuama Spee, vég. Sergeme Clapaich décc. Mac 
Cuanach, eccnaió vo Cenel Coippne, vecc. Cluain p(pca ópn(namn oo lop- 
ccad. Cnpad móp oo éeachc ipm mbliabamp, co po baitead opong món oo 
muincin lae Colam Cille. Conomach, mac nOenoenoig, vécc. lomaipecc 
Cipve Cianachca la Oungal, mac Amalgavha, m po mapbao llill, mac 
Ouiboacproch hl Chmopaolend, 7 m po mapbao Oomnall, mac Cionaovo, hi 


ppmochgum 1ap mbuabugao 06 an céro p(chc. 
Muohig, oécc, 7 becc baele, mac Eachach. 


Dr. O'Conor's Latin! That Muicinis-Riagail is 
the name of an island in Lough Derg, and that 
it received that name from St. Riagail or Regu- 
lus, its patron saint, will appear from the Feilire- 
Aenguis, and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 16th 
October, in which he is called, ** R»agai] Muic- 
mnre pop Coe Oeipgoeipe,” i.e. Riagail of 
Muckinish or Hog-Island, in Loch-Deirgdheire.” 
Had Dr. O’Conor, and his humble follower, 
Mr. Moore, studied Colgan’s Acta SS., they 
would have learned that Riagail or Regulus 
was the name of a saint whose festival was cele- 
brated on Muic-inis, i.e. Hog-Island, in Loch 
Deirgdheare, in Dal Cais, and that it has no 
reference to Danes or foreigners. Colgan has 
the following note on Regulus in the Life of St. 
Farannan, at 15th January: “ Regulus de Muc- 
inis in regione de Dal Cais, c. 7. Ejus natalis 
celebratur 16 Octobris in insula lacus Deirg- 
dhearc, que Muc-inis appellatur, ut docent 
Martyrolog. Tamhl et ZEngussius auctus ad 
eundem diem."— Acta SS., p. 339, n. 24. This 
mistake is the less excusable in Dr. O'Conor, 
because the old translator of the Annals of UI- 


Coppe, mac Mupchavha 


ster (Cod. Clarend. 49) renders the passage cor- 
rectly: “The drowning of Arascagh Abbas 
Muicinse-Regail,” and because he might have 
learned, even from Archdall, who refers to the 
proper authority, that “ Regulus, who was living 
in the time of the great St. Columb, was abbot 
of Mucinis, in Lough-Derg, bordering the county 
of Galway, where his festival is held on the 16th 
of October.” Monast. Hiber., p. 294. 

By what process of reasoning Mr. Moore came 
tothe conclusion that the abbot referred to in this 
passage, at A. D. 747, was abbot of Rechrainn 
(a place which was not attacked by the Danes 
till the year 795), the Editor cannot even ima- 
gine, and whence he inferred that it was the 
abbot’s pigs that were drowned, and not the 
abbot himself, looks still stranger, for O’Conor’s 
Latin, literally translated, means ** The drown- 
ing of Arascach, abbot of Pig-island, by the 
foreigners.” The name of St. Reguil or Regu- 
lus has been, by O'Conor, split in two, and, by 
a false analysis, converted into the preposition 
pe, “by,” and gallaib, “foreigners.” The 
passages given by the Four Masters under the 


744.) 347 


Iraird [Clonard], and Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Cobhthach, Abbot of Reach- 
rainn, died. Cuan Cam the Wise, died. Cuan, Anchorite of Lilcach?, died. 
Muireann, daughter of Cealach Cualann, [and] wife of Irgalach, died. Con- 
gal, son of Eigneach, lord of the Airtheara [the Oriors], was slain at Rath- 
Esclairt, by Donnboo, son of Cubreatan. Ships’, with their crews, were > plainly 
seen in the sky this year. 

The Age of Christ, 744. The sixth year of Domhnall. Breasal*, son of 
Colgan, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Liber, Abbot of Magh-bile, died. 
Conall, Abbot of Tuaim-Greine, died. Seigeine of Clarach died. Mac Cua- 
nach the Wise [one] of the Cinel-Cairbre', died. Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clon- 
fert] was burned. A great storm" occurred in this year, so that a great number 
of the family of Ia-Coluim Cille [Iona], were drowned. Connmach, son of 
Oendenog, died... The battle of Ard-Cianachta by Dungal, son of Amhalgaidh, 
in which was slain Ailill, son of Dubhdachrich Ua Cinnfaelaidh, and in which 
was slain Domhnall, son of Cinaedh, in the heat of the conflict, after he had, at 
the first, gained the victory. Cairbre, son of Murchadh Midheach, died, and 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Beccbaile, son of Eochaidh. 


year 743, are entered in the Annals of Ulster 
under 747, together with a few others totally 
omitted by the Four Masters, as follows : 

* A. D. 747. Badubh Arascaich, Ab. Muiec- 


innse Reguil” [the Drowning of Arascach, Abbot . 


of Muicinnis-Regail.— Cod. Clarend. 49.] ** Quies 
Cuaind Caimb Sapientis. Nix insolite magnitudinis, 
ita ut pene pecora deleta sunt tocius Hibernie, et postea, 
insolita siccitate mundus exarsit. Mors Indrechtaig, 
Regis Cianachte. Dormitatio Dodimoc, Anchorite 
Abbatis Cluano-Iraird et Kildaro do chumhaidh” 
[of grief].  ** Sapiens Murenn, filia Ceallaig 
Cualann, Regina lrgalaig? [principis] ‘ mori- 
tur. Occisio Congaile, mic Eicnig, regis na n Air- 
ther i rRaith Esclaith. Zex Au Suanaich for 
Leith Cuinn. Flann Foirbthe, mac Fogartaig, 
et Cuan Ancorita 6 Lileach moriuntur,” 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very 
meagre at this period, notice the great show, 
and the drought which ensued it, and the es- 
tablishment of the Rules of O’Suanaigh, under 


the year 744. 

P Lilcach.—See notes ‘,*, under A. D. 512, 
p.167, supra. . 

4 Rath-Esclair: i.e. Esclar's Fort. This is 
probably the place now called Rathesker, situated 
about two miles and a half west of Dunleer, in 
the county of Louth. 

* Ships.—'* A. D. 648. Naves in aere vise sunt, 
cum suis viris os cinn Cluana maccunois" [over 
Clonmaenoise]. — Ann. Ult See Hardiman's 
edition of O'Flaherty's Jar-Connaught, p. 33, 
note ^, 

* Breasal, 4c.— These entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster, at the year 748. 

t Cinel-Cairbre: i. e. the Race of Cairbre, son 
of the monarch Niall of the Nine Hostages, 
seated in the present barony of Granard, in the 
county of Longford. i 

* 4 great storm.—** Dimersio familie Ie propter 
ventum magnum."—.Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 
49. 


(Quy 


348 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. (745. 


Coir Cort, plche ccéo c(chnachac a cing. On p(chemao bliaóam vo 
Oormnall. S. Suampleach, eppcop Pobaip, oécc 21 Manu. Ouboáleiche 
na Gpaippne, abb Cille Scípe, vécc. Mac Neamnaill, abb bionpae, vécc. 
Comopbach, mac Cellam, ab Cille méip Imp, dég. Pobon 4 Domnach 
Paonence vo lopecad. Cathal Maenmaigshe, cigna Ua Manne, oécc. 
blachmac, mac Coibothag, cr5(pna Mupccpaide, vécc.  Ouboaboin(no, 
tiġlpna Ua Piogemce, vécc. CInmchaió, coipfch Ua Ciacham, vég. loma- 
peace Inpe Snaice pa nOnmcard, mac Concfhea. Cudionarpe Ua P(pgupa 
oUib Prachnach, véce. Piachpa, mac Olene, cigfina Tlugoopn, vo mapbao. 
[Gogon mac Cpipoic, abb, oéce] «i 

Qoi Cpropc, pecht ccéo c(tpachac apé. Mn cochemaó vo Domnall. 
Maoliomanchaip, eppcop Cachdpoma, oécc. Cuangup, abb Léich móip, 
décc. Colman na móp(can, mac Faolán, abb Slaine, oécc. Nuada, mac 
Ouibplebe, abb Cluana hEoip, oég. Punpa, abb Leacnae Mie, décc. Lops- 
largoe eaccnam oég. Eocha Cilli Toma, Cele Duloarpı 6 Ocarnmp oécc. 
Mac hUige Lip móin [décc], Lopccad lech aple Cluanah lopaino. Opan, 
mac bacbeitpe, oécc. [S. Comán .ı. naom Roppa Coman, agup ip uad amm- 
ng tean Rop Chomáin oeeppe pan bliadan pin, no pan bliadain man nomg 


~ Suairleach, &c.—These entries are given in 
the Annals of Ulster under the year 749. 

* Cill-Scire : i. e. the Church of the Virgin, St. 
Scire, who flourished about the year 580, now 
Kilskeery, in the county of Meath, about five 
miles north-west of the town of Kells. The 
festival of St. Scire of this church is set down 
in the Feilire-Aenguis, and in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar, at the 24th ot March.— See Colgan’s 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 331. This Dubdathelethe 
seems to have been the author of Irish annals 
referred to in the Annals of Ulster. 

* Ciüll-mor-Inir.— Called in the Annals of 
Ulster Cill-mor-Einir. This is the church of 
Kilmore, situated about three Irish miles east 
of the city of Armagh.— See Magh-Enir at A. D. 
825, and Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir at A. D. 872. 

* Domhnach- Padraig: i.e. Patrick's Church, 
now Donaghpatrick, a townland giving name 


to a small parish situated near Tailltin, midway 
between the towns of Kells and Navan, in the 


. county of Meath.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., 


p. 129. 

* Muscraighe. —There were many territories 
of this name in Munster, but the one here re- 
ferred to is probably Muscraighe Mitine, now 
the barony of Muskerry, in the county of Cork. 
This would appear from its contiguity to Ui- 
Fidhgeinte, the plains of the now county of 
Limerick, and Ui-Liathain, in the county of 
Cork.—See notes under the years A. M. 2859, 
3273, and A. D. 1579 and 1583. 

^ Anmchaidh.— He was the ancestor of 
O’*hAnmchadha, chief of Ui-Liathain, before 
the English Invasion. 

* Inis-Snaig.—Now Inishnag, a townland giv- 
ing name to a parish situated at the confluence 
of the River Abhainn Righ, or Callan River, 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 349 
The Age of Christ, 745. The seventh year of Domhnall. St. Suairleach", 
Bishop of Fobhar [Fore], died on the 21st of March. Dubhdaleithe of the 
Writing, Abbot of Cill-Scire*, died. Mac Neamhnaill, Abbot of Birra [Birr], 
died. Comorbach, son of Ceallan, Abbot of Cill-mor-Inir’, died. Fobhar and 
Domhnach-Padraig* were burned. Cathal Maenmaighe, Lord of Ui-Maine, died. 
Blathmhac, son of Coibhdeanach, Lord of Muscraighe*, died. Dubhdabhoi- 
reann, Lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Anmchaidh", chief of Ui-Liathain, died. 
The battle of Inis-Snaig" by Anmchaidh, son of Cucearca. Cudinaise Ua- 
Fearghusa [one] of the Ui-Fiachrach, died. Fiachra, son of Ailene, lord of 
Mughdhorna?, was killed.  [Eogon*, son of Tripot, an abbot, died]. 

The Age of Christ. 746. The eighth year of Domhnall. Maelimarchair, 
Bishop of Eachdruim! [Aughrim], died. Cuangus, Abbot of Liath-mor, died. 
Colman of the Britons, son of Faelan, Abbot of Slaine, died. Nuada, son of 
Dubhsleibhe, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones], died. Fursa, Abbot of Leacain- 
Midhe*, died. Losglaigde the Wise died. Eochaidh, of Cill-Toma", [and] Ceile- 
Dulaisi, of Daimhinis [Devenish], died. Mac hUige, of Lis-mor, died. The 
burning of half the Granary of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]. Bran, son of Baitbeitre, 
died. [St. Comani the Saint, of Ros-Chomain, and from whom Ros-Chomain 


145.) 


with the Nore, near Thomastown, in the county 
of Kilkenny. 

à Mughdhorna : i.e. of Crich- Mughdhorna, 
now the barony of Cremorne, in the county of 
Monaghan. 

* Eogon.— This is inserted in a modern hand in 
the Stowe copy.—See Dr. O'Conor's Ed., p. 270. 

* Of Eachdruim.—* A. D. 747. Moyle-Imor- 
chor, Bushop of Achroym O'Mayne" [Aughrim 
Omany ], “ died."—4Ann. Clon. 

s Leacain- Midhe : i. e. Leacain of Meath, now 
Leckin, an old church, near Bunbrusna, in the 
barony of Corkaree, and county of Westmeath. 
This church was built by St. Cruimin, who was 
contemporary with St. Fechin of Fore, and 
whose festival was celebrated here on the 28th 
of June.—See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 
141, 231. In the Annotations to the Feilire- 
Aenguis, preserved in the Leabhar-Breac, this 


church is called Lecain-mor Midhe, and placed 
in the territory of Ui-Mic-Uais Midhe. It is 
not in the modern barony of Ui-Mic-Uais, or 
Moygoish, but lies a short distance from its 
eastern boundary, in the adjoining barony of 
Corkaree, which shows that in forming the 
baronies the exact boundaries of the territories 
were not preserved. 

^ Cill-Toma.—Now Kiltoom, near Castlepol- 
lard, in the county of Westmeath. These en- 
tries are given in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 749. 

i St. Coman.—This is inserted in a hand more 
modern than the autograph in the Stowe copy. 
According to Colgan (Acta Sanctorum, p. 191, 
not. 12), the Coman, whose death, as abbot of 
Clonmacnoise, is mentioned by the Four Masters 
at the year 742, was the saint after whom Ros- - 
Chomain, now Roscommon, was named. His 


350 ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. (747. 


agur rgmöċčan ain go pai pé vá ċéo bhadan oao. Mca impearan edip 
na hannaloib cia acu bliadam man ég pé, 1ca.] 

Coir Cort, peache ccéo c(cpachac a peache. >» On nomad bliadam do 
Oomnall. S. Cilem Onoigtech, abb lae, 7 angcoipe, oécc 3 luln. Cachal, 
mac Ponannam, abb Cille vapa, vég. Orcolla, mac Meine, abb Inpi Mw- 
nfoharg, vécc. Piachna Ua Marcmad, abb Cluana p(pca 6n(namn, Opbpan, 
angcomne, 3 eppcop Cluana cpfha, Reachcabpac Ua Guaine, abb Tuara 
Hpéne, Maolcwle, abb Tipe vá slap, vécc. Plarchbeptach, mac Conall 
Min, corpec Cenel Caipbpe, vécc. Innpeachzach, mac Muipeavhoig Minn, 
vég. Porom(no, mac Palleng, coipec Conaille Mupctemnne, Conaing Ua Ouib- 
vim, cilpa Cappe Teata, oég. Plann, mac Ceallais, cigna Mur- 
cpaige, oécc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo cftpachat a hocce. Cn veacmad bliadan vo 
Domnall. S. Maccoiccet, abb Lip móip, vég 3 Oecembep. S. Cuicpio, abb 
Cluana mic Noip, oég 29 Appl. S. Cellan, abb Cluana phca ópCnamn, 
vécc. Scannlán Oum C(&glaii, oécc.. Moba vécc. Pfpbla, mac Mapgupa, 
eaccnaid, oég. Scannlan Cluana boipfno décc. Puppa €apa mic n€ipc 
oég. [€ap mic n€inc pop Oll Cap Ui Plomn amú]. Tomalcac, mac 


Maolecmle oo mapbao. 


Cloip Crore, peache cced c(épachac anao. On caonmaó bliadan vécc 
do Domnall. Cípban Oaimbliag vécc. Abel Acha Oipne dég. ULomgpioċ 


death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 746. According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, 
at 26th December, the Coman, who was the 
founder and first Abbot of Roscommon, was a 
disciple of St. Finian of Clonard, and was a 
young man in the year 550, and it is added 
that the year of his death is unknown. The 


same is stated in an extract given from an old - 


Life of Coman by Ussher, in Primord., p. 1066; 
so that, if we may rely upon these authorities, 
it is quite evident that the Coman who died in 
742, or 746, was not the Coman who founded 
Roscommon. 

x Cilleni Droigthech: recte, Droichteach, i. e. 
Cillini the Bridge-maker. These entries are 
given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 651. 


Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, was 
called Fiachna Dubh Droichtech, i. e. Black 
Fiachna of the Bridges, because he built Droi- 
ched-na-Feirse and Droiched-Mona-Damh. — 
See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, §¢., p. 359. 

1 Inis- Muireadhaigh : `i. e. Muireadhach’s Is- 
land, now Inishmurray, an island off the coast 
of the barony of Carbury, in the county of 
Sligo, on which are the ruins of a primitive 
Irish monastery, consisting of small churches 
and cells, surrounded with a stone wall, built 
of cliff stones, in the Cyclopean style, without 
cement of any kind. 

m Cluain-creamha : i.e. the Lawn or Meadow 
of the Wild Garlic, now Clooncraff, near Elphin, 


~ 


141.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 351 


is named, died this year, or the year after it. 
Annals as to which year he died, &c.] 

The Age of Christ, 747. The ninth year of Domhnall. St. Cilleni Droig- 
thech*, Abbot of Ia, and an anchorite; died on the 3rd of July. Cathal, son of 
Forannan, Abbot of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. : Dicolla, son of Meinide, Abbot 
of Inis-Muireadhaigh, died. Fiachna Ua Maicniadh, Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn [Clonfert]; Osbran, anchorite, and Bishop of Cluain-creamha™; Reach- 
tabhrat Ua Guaire, Abbot of Tuaim Greine [Tomgraney]; Maeltuile, Abbot 
of Tir-da-ghlas[Terryglass], died. Flaithbheartach, son of Conall Meann, chief 
of Cinel-Cairbre, died. Innreachtach, son of Muireadhach Meann, died: Foid- 
meann, son of Fallach, chief of Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; Conaing Ua Duibhduin, 
lord of Cairbre-Teabhtha^, died. Flann, son of Ceallach, lord of Muscraighe 
[Muskerry], died. 

The Age of Christ, 748. The tenth year of Domhnall. St. Maccoigeth*, 
Abbot of Lis-mor, died on the 3rd of December. St. Luicridh, Abbot of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 29th of April. St. Cellan, Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn, died. Scannlan, of Dun-Lethglaise [Downpatrick], died. Mobai 
died. Fearblai, son of Margus, a wise man?, died. Fursa, of Eas-mic-n-Eirc, 
died. [Eas-mic-n-Eire on the Buill, at this day Eas-Ui-Fhloinn*]. Tomaltach; 
son of Maeltuile, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 749. The eleventh year of Domhnall. Cearban’, of 
Daimhliag [Duleek], died. Abel, of Ath-Oirne’,-died. Loingseach, son of 


There is a discrepancy in the 


in the county of Roscommon.—See note *, under 
A. D. 1451, p. 975; and A. D. 1405, p. 783. 

a Cairbre- Teabhtha : i. e. Carbury of Teffia, 
now the barony of Granard, in the county of 
Longford. 

° St. Maccoigeth, 4c. — These entries are given 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 752, but 
the true year is 753, as appears from an eclipse 
of the sun mentioned in the Ulster Annals as 
having occurred in 752, for that eclipse really 
happened on the 9th of J anuary, at 11 o'clock 


A. M.—See Art de Ver. les Dates, tom. 1, p.66. 


PA wise man.—'* A. D. 752. Mors Ferblai, 
filii Nargusso, sapientis." — Ann. Ult. 


3 Eas- Ui-Fhloinn.—Now Assylin, near the 
town of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon.— 
See note $, under A. D. 1209, p. 161. The 
words enclosed in brackets are in a modern 
hand in the Stowe copy.—See Dr. O'Conor's 
edition of these Annals, p. 272. 

* Cearban, §:c.—These entries are given in the 
Annals of Ulster, at the year 753. 

* Ath- Oirne.—In the Annals of Ulster, at the 
year 753, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
at 750, this place is called Ath-Omna, i. e. Ford 
of the Oak, which is the true form of the name. 
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, St. Sei- 
sein was venerated at Ath-Omna, on the 31st 


ee eee ee ewe ME EMEN 
. DEKA È 


35:2. ^ ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [750. 


mac Plaiébencoig, eig(pna Ceneoil Conall, oég. Plann, mac Concubarp, 
ci&(mna Mange hOh, vécc. Cuaichlaiche, ngfn Cacail, bin mg Lash oécc. 
lomaipece Chpo Naepcan eicip Ua mbpiun 7 Cenel Coppe, ou m po map- 
bad pochawe. Pomcbe Potanc Pea vOppagib. Cachapach 2. pi Ulad, 
mac Cilealla, oo mapbao i Rat becthech. Congup pepibnio, eppcop Apoa 
Maca, oo écc. Oo Chenel nCOlmmipe oopioe. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peache ccéo caoga. On vapa bliadam décc oo Oomnall. 
Oaolgup, abb Cille Scipe, vécc. Prangalach, mac CÍnméaóq, mic Maole- 
cupaic, abb Inpi bo pmne pon Loc Rb. Sneichcepc, abb nClonopoma, oécc. 
Piómame Ua Suanaig, angcoipe Ratne, vécc. Cluam muc Noip do lopccao 
21 oo Manta. Cachal mac O«apmacca, eccnad, vécc. Plaicmao, mac 
Cnuchaig, cig(pna. Ua Mew, oég. Inplchcach, mac Oluchans, agfpna 

' Ua Mame, décc. Flartma, mac Plain, mic Congaile, coipec Ua False, 
décc. lomaipecc Cinoebpae, 1 ccopchain bavbsal, mac Pipgail. Piangalac 
mac CÍnmcaoa, oécc. 

Cop Cpiopc, peacht ccéo caoga a haon. On cpeap Badam oécc vo 
Oomnall. Clolgal, angcoime, 6 Imlioch Popoeopac, 4 o Cluam mic Nop, oécc. 
baechallac, mac Colmáin hU: Sune, abb; Acha Tpu, oég.  Copbmac, 
mac Paolam hU: Silne, vécc. Popannan, eppcop Ifi(chaip Cpurm, oécc.. 


of August. This may have been the ancient lan, its chieftain, after the establishment of 


name of Port-Omna, now Portumna, on the 
Shannon, in the barony of Longford, and county 
of Galway. 
t Ard-Naescan.—Now Ardnyskine, near Ar- 
dagh, and county of Longford. 
* Fotharta-Fea,—More anciently called Magh- 
Fea, now the barony of Forth, in the county 
of Carlow.—See mote !, on Magh-Fea, under 
A. M. 2527, p. 5, and note ", on Cill-Osnadha, 
under A. D. 489, p.152, supra. According to the 
Book of Ballymote, fol. 77, a remarkable hole- 
stone (now called Cloch a? phoill, situated two 
miles to the south of the town of Tullow) is in 
‘the territory of Fotharta-Fea, near the ford of 
Ath-fadhat, on the bank of the River Slaney. 
In.Grace's Annals and Anglo-Irish records this 
territory is called Fohart O’Nolan, from O'No- 


surnames. — See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. 
c. 64. 

* Rath- Bethech.—Now Rathbeagh, a townland 
on the Nore, in the barony of Galway, and 
county of Kilkenny.—See note £, under A. M. 
3501, p. 26, suprà. 

* Congus.—He succeeded in 730. See Colgan's 
Trias Thaum., p. 294, and Harris's Ware’s Bi- 
shops, p. 41. 

Y Inis- Bo-finne : i.e. the Island of the White 
Cow, now Inishbofin, an island in that part of 
Loch Ribh or Lough Ree, which belongs to the 
county of Longford, where St. Rioch erected a 
monastery in the sixth century.—See Colgan’s 


Acta SS., pp. 266 and 268, nn. 6, 7, and the Map . 


to Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many. The most of 
these passages are given in the Annals of Ulster 


750.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 353 


Flaithbheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. Flann, son of Conchubhar, lord 
of Magh-Ai, died. Tuathlaithe, daughter of Cathal, wife of the King of Lein- 
ster, died. The battle of Ard-Naescan', between the Ui-Briuin and Cinel- 
Cairbre, wherein many were slain. The devastation of Fotharta-Fea" by the 
men of Osraighe [Ossory]. Cathasach, son of Ailell, King of Ulidia, was slain 
at Rath-Bethech". Congus*, the scribe, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died ; 
he was of the race of Ainmire. 

The Age of Christ, 750. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Daelgus, Abbot 
of Cill-Scire [Kilskeery], died. Fiangalach, son of Anmchadh, son of Maelcu- 
raich, Abbot of Inis-Bo-finne, in Loch Ribh’, [died]. Sneithcheist, Abbot of 
Aendruim [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. Fidhmuine Ua Suanaigh, ancho- 
rite of Raithin?, died. - Cluain-mic-Nois was burned on the 21st of March. 
Cathal,son of Diarmaid, a wise man’, died. Flaithniadh, son of Tnuthach, 
lord of Ui-Meith, died. Inreachtach, son of Dluthach, lord of Ui-Maine, died. 
Flaithnia, son of Flann, son of Congal, chief of Ui-Failghe, died. The battle 
of Ceann-Fheabhrat’, in which Badhbhghal, son of Fearghal, was slain. Fian- 
galach, son of Anmchadh, died. 

The Age of Christ, 751. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. Aelgal, ancho- 
rite of Imleach-Fordeorach', and of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Baethallach, son 
of Colman Ua Suibhne, Abbot of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Cormac, son of 
Faelan Ua Silne, died. Forannan, Bishop of Meathas Truim‘, died. Beannchair- 


at the year 754. 

* Raithin.—Now Rahen, in the King’s County. 
—See Petrie’s Round Towers, pp. 240, 241. In 
the Annals of Ulster the death of Fidhmuine, 
nepos Suanaich, Anchorita Rathin, is entered 
under the year 756. In the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise it is entered under the year 751: 

** A. D. 751. Luanusalias Fimoyne O'Swanaye 
of Rahin, died.” 

^ A wise man. — ** A. D. 754. Cathal, mac 
Diarmato, sapiens, et Doelgus, Abbas Cille-Scire, 
mortui sunt."?— Ann. Ult. 

> Ceann-Fheabhrat.—See note *, under A. D. 
186, p. 107, suprà. 

* Imleach- Fordeorach.—Not identified. In the 
Annals of Ulster, at the year 755, Ailgal is 


called ** Ancorita Cluana-Cormaic.” 

à Meathas-Truim.— Called in the Annals of 
Ulster * Metus-tuirinn." Not identified. 

* A. D. 755. Fergus, filius Fothgaideirg, filii 
Muredaig, rex Connacht, Ailgal, ancorita Cluana- 
Cormaic, Forindan, Episcopus Methuis-tuirinn, 
Baethallach, filius Colmain, nepotis Suibne, mor- 
tui sunt. Sloghadh Laighin la Domhnall fria 
Niall co robhadar i Maigh Muirtheimne” [** The 
armie of Leinster by Daniel upon Niall, untill 
they were at Magh Murhevne."— Cod. Clarend., 
42.] * Naufragium Delbnae .i. xxx etar" [‘thirty 
vessels? — Cod. Clarend., 49] ** preter unam in 
Stagno Ri? [Lough Ree] “ erga ducem .i. Diuma- 
sach.” —Ann. Ult. 

The shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat is 


2-2 


354 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [752. 


blincham móp oo lopccad lá péle Pacpaicc. Ppsup, mac Ceallaiġ, pi 
Connacht, oécc. Sloigead Lagi la Oomnall, mac Mupchada, pp Niall 
co mbacap 1 Mug Mumtemne. Lomsbmpead Oealbna Nuadac pop Loch 
Rib, ma ccig(mna Oiumarpac, con vo po pcdead : 

Tm naor nap 1p a cpi, oon Gamanparge Locha Rib, 

Ni c(pna oib 1 mb(charó amám, ache luce aen(cai. 


Cat bealang cpo pia gCpioméann pon Oealbna Ua Mam, m po mapbad 
Pino mac Clipb, ciz(mna. Oealbna, og Ciopparc. Pinn, 7 áp Oelmna mme, 3 
ap oe pin acá Locan bealaig cpo, 1 Tioppa Pino, uam ag copnam an cpio- 
chaic céd ecip Suca 1 Sionainn bacap hUi Maine ppu, an pob ipióe cpiocha 
céo Oelbna. Op oo[ióe po padead : 

Cath bp(c burónech bealarg cnó, ba cpuag cupup Oealbna vó, 
Cmomtann veabtac vit oo pacc, pon Oealbna nemnec Nuaoac. 


 "ateda.r P. ^ "Rt 2 i PE 


Finn mac Cipt, éimopí Oelbna, po gonad vo scab leabpa, 
Oon cach cpóba po ba cing, co conchaip ic Tippars Pann. 


Cop Cope, peacht ccéo caocca avó. 


CIn clépamad bhadan décc vo 


Oomnall. Sionchu, abb Lip móin décc. Siadeal Linne Ouachail vécc. Cll 


mop Ofotpaib vo lopecad la hOab Cpnumtamn. 


noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise,, under 
the year 752, thus: 

“ A. D. 752. The shipprack was this year of 
Delvyn Nwagat (which is between the River 
of Suck and Syninn), on Loch Rye, against their 
Capitaine, Dimasach.” 

* Beannchair-mor : i,e. the Great Beanchair, 
i e. the Great Monastery of Bangor, in the 
county of Down. 

£ Gamhanraighe of Loch Ribh.—These were a 
sept of the Firbolgs, who were seated in that 
part of the now county of Roscommon lying 
. between the River Suck and that expansion of 
the Shannon called Loch Ribh or Lough Ree. 
These had been subdued, but. not expelled, at 
an early period, by a sept of the Dal-Cais of 
Thomond, called Dealbhna, and both were sub- 
dued by the Ui-Maine, in the ninth century.— 


Cumapccaé, cigípna 


See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.83, note’, 
and the map to that work. 

£ Bealach-cro: i. e. the Pass of Blood, or Bloody 
Pass. This name, which would be anglicised 
Ballaghero, is now obsolete. 

^ Finn, son of Arbh.—He was chief of Dealbhna- 
Nuadhat and of the race of Lughaidh Dealbh- 
Aedh, third son of Cas, the ancestor of the Dal- 
Cais of Thomond. The Gamhanraidhe were his 
serfs. x 

i Lochan-Bealaigh-cro: i.e. the Pool or small 
Lough of the Bloody Pass. This may be the 
lough now called Lougherone, situated near 
Turrock, in the barony of Athlone, which is a 
part of Dealbhna-Nuadhat, lying between the 
Suck and the Shannon. 

* Tibra-Finn: i.e. Finn’s Well. There are 
various wells of this name, but the one here re- 


752.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 355 


mor* was burned on Patrick's day. Fearghus, son of Ceallach, King of Con- 
naught, died. The army of Leinster was led by Domhnall, son of Murchadh, 
against Niall [i. e. the Ui-Neill], until they arrived in Magh-Muirtheimhne. The 
shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat on Loch-Ribh, with their lord, Diumasach, 


of which was said : 


Thrice nine vessels and three, of the Gamhanraighe of Loch Ribh'; 
There escaped of them with life except alone the crew of one vessel. 


The battle of Bealach-cro* [was gained] by Crimhthann over the Dealbhna 
of Ui-Maine, in which was slain Finn, son of Arbh^, Lord of Dealbhna, at Tibra- 
Finn; and the Dealbhna were slaughtered about him. From this are [named] 


Lochan-Bealaigh-cro, and Tibra-Finn*. 


The Ui-Maine were contending’ with 


them for the cantred between the Suca [the River Suck] and the Sinainn [the 


River Shannon], for this was [called] the cantred of Dealbhna. 


said : 


Of this was 


The battle of the speckled hosts of Bealach-cro, pitiable the journey of the 


Dealbhna to it. 


Crimhthann the warlike brought destruction on the fierce Dealbhna-Nuadhat. 
Finn, son of Arbh, chief king of Dealbhna, was wounded with large spears, 
Of the fierce battle was he chief, until he fell at Tibra-Finn. 


The Age of Christ, 752. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. Sinchu, Abbot. 
of Lis-mor, died. Siadhail, Abbot of Linn-Duachail", died. Cill-mor-Dithraibh* 
was burned by the Ui-Crumthainn* Cumasgach, lord of Ui-Failghe [Offaly], 


ferred to was probably in Magh-Finn, in the 
barony of Athlone, and county of Roscommon. 

! Contending.— When the Ui-Maine, who at 
this time were seated at the west side of the 
River Suck, in the now county of Galway; had 
learned that the fleet of the Dealbhna had been 
destroyed by a storm on Lough Ree, they made 
this attack to annihilate them ; and succeeded so 
effectually in doing so, that the Dealbhna dis- 
appear from history early in the next century. 
For some account of the original settlement of 
the Ui-Maine in the province of Connaught, see 
the extract from the Life of St. Grellan, in Tribes 


and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 8 to 14. 

m Linn-Duachail.—Now Magheralin, in the 
county of Down.—See note *, under the year 
699, p. 300, supra. 

2 Qül-mor-Diühraibh.—See notes under the 
year 730, p. 327, supra. 

° Ui-Crumthainn. — A sept descended from 
Crumthann Cael, son of Breasal, son of Maine 
Mor, seated in and giving name to Crumthann, 
now anglicé Cruffon, a district in Hy-Many, 
comprising the barony of Killyan, and part of 
that of Ballymoe, in the county of Galway.— 
See Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, p. 13, note °. 


22 


CETTE hl VT? ae ee! ee. ee eee ee 


[753. 


. 856 


Ua Palge, oo mapbad la Maolotm, mac Coda 6nnám, pi Muman. Oomn, 
mac Cumapccoig, coipech Ua mópium an veipceipt, vég. 6oobgal mac 
Ftpsaile, abb Mungaipve, oo manbad. | Comalcach, cihna Cianachca 
Hlinne Germ, oécc. : 

Qop Cmort, peachc ccéo caoccac acpi. On cingead bliadam décc vo 
Oomnall. Muploach, mac Conbmaic Slaine, abb Lugthaid, vég. Elpm 
Slay Nafn oég. Píobaoac Cille Oelcce décc. Mancha, mgm Oubán, 
banabb Cille vapa [oécc]. Gopman, comapba Mochca Cugmaig, oécc 1 
cCluain mic Noir, ma ailicpe,7 ba heipibe atain Copbaiz, comapba Daoparcc. 
Niallgup, mac boxe, ci&fpna na nOéipe Onl, vécc. Cachal Ua Cionaocha, 
coipeac Ua cCempelaig, vécc. lomaipeac Opoma pobaic, ppp a pac cat 
opecmarge, ecip Ur Piacpach 7 Ui bmum, m po mapbao cpí hUi Ceallans, 
4. cpi meic P(mgupa, mic Rogallaig 3. Cachpannach, Cachmug, 7 Apcbpan, 
a nanmanna. 

Aoi Chore, peache ccéo caogac a cltaip. On peipeaó bliaóam vég 
do Oomnall. Eocha, mac Conaill Minn, abb Paorbpam oécc. Oubopoma, 
abb Tuilen, vécc. Peiblimió, no Failbe, abb lae, oécc, 1ap pecc mbliadna 
occmogac a aeii. Coippecach, abb Cugmaid, vécc. €ocharó, mac Prac- 
flac, eccnaib, vég. Reachcabpac, mac Ouncon, cig(pmna Tflugóopn, oécc. 
lomaip(ce Gabpam pa nAnmcharw pon Cagmb. Cat Camna Macha ma 
bPiachna, mac Cleda Róin, pop Uib Néill, 04 m po mapbad Oungal Ua Con- 
amg 7 Oonnbó. 


ANNALA RIOShachtTa EIREANN. 


Armagh, and died in the year 808. The en- 
tries which the Four Masters have given under 
the year 753, are set down in the Annals of 


»? Mungairid.—Now Mungret, situated about 
three miles south-west of the city of Limerick. 
An abbey was founded here by St. Patrick, who 


placed over it a St. Nessan, who died in 551.— 
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 157, 158, 186, 
and note 5 under the year 551, p. 188, suprà. 
In the Annals of Ulster, in which these entries 
occur, at the year 756, Bodhbhghal is called 
“ princeps Mungairt;” and Dr. O'Conor, who evi- 
dently assumed that Bodhbhghal was a chieftain, 
not an abbot, identifies this place with Mount- 
garret; but he is clearly wrong, as “ princeps? 
is constantly applied to abbots in the Ulster An- 
nals, and Mountgarret is not an ancient name. 
a Torbach. —He was Archbishop and Abbot of 


Ulster under 757. 

* Deisi-Breagh: i.e. the Desies of Bregia, 
otherwise called-Deisi Teamhrach, i. e. the Desies 
of Tara, now the baronies of Deece, in the south 
of the county of Meath. 

* Breachmhagh : i. e. Wolf-field. There are 
several places of this name in Connaught, but 
the one here referred to is probably the place 
now called anglicé Breaghwy or Breaffy, a town- 
land in a parish of the same name, in the barony 
of Carra, and county of Mayo: 

“ A, D. 754. The battle of Dromrovay, fought 


753.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 3m c 


was slain by Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannain, King of Munster. Donn, son 
of Cumasgach, lord of the southern Ui-Briuin, died. Bodhbhghal, son of 
Fearghal, Abbot of Mungairid®, died. Tomaltach, Lord of Cianachta-Glinne- 
Geimhin, died. 

The Age of Christ, 753. The fifteenth year of Domhnall. Muireadhach, 
son of Cormac Slaine, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Louth], died. Elpin, of Glais- 
Naidhean [Glasnevin], died. Fidhbhadhach of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey], died. 


* Martha, daughter of Dubhan, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Gorman, 


successor of Mochta of Lughmhagh, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, on his pilgrimage; 
he was the father of Torbach’, successor of Patrick. Niallgus, son of Boeth, 
lord of Deisi-Breagh', died. Cathal Ua Cinaetha, chief of Ui-Ceinsealaigh, 
died. The battle of Druim-robhaich, which is called the battle of Breach- 
mhagh‘, [was fought] between the Ui-Fiachrach and Ui-Briuin, in which were 
slain the three Ui-Ceallaigh, i. e. the three sons of Fearghus, son of Roghallach, 
i.e. Catharnach, Cathmugh, and Artbran, their names. 

The Age of Christ, 754. The sixteenth year of Domhnall. Eochaidh, 
son of Conall Meann, Abbot of Faebhran', died. ^ Dubhdroma, Abbot of 


 Tuilen*, died. Feidhlimidh or Failbhe, Abbot of Ia [Iona], died, after the 


eighty-seventh year of his age. Coissetach, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Louth], 
died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachra, a wise man, died. Reachtabhrat, son of 
Dunchu, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The battle of Gabhran” 
[was gained] by Anmchaidh, over the Leinstermen. The battle of Eamhain- 
Macha* [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, over the Ui-Neill, wherein 
were slain Dunghal Ua Conaing and Donnbo. 


between the Fiachraches and the O'Briwynes, * Tuilen.—Now Dulane, a parish situated a 
where Teige mac Murdevourand threeO?Kellies short distance to the north of Kells, in the 
were slain, viz, Cathrannagh, Caffry, and Ardo- county of Meath. There was a monastery here 
van. Aileall O’Donchowe had the victory.”— dedicated to St. Cairneach.—See Battle of Magh 
Ann. Clon. & Rath, pp. 20, 147. 

t Faebhran.—At the year 811 this monastery * Gabhran.—Now Gowran, a small town in a 


is placed in Graigrighe, which originally com- 
prised the barony of Coolavin, in the county of 
Sligo, and a great portion of the north of the 
county of Roscommon. In O’Clery’s Irish Ca- 
lendar the festival of Aedh, son of Roigh of 
Foibhren, is set down at the 1st November. 


barony of the same name, county of Kilkenny. 
* Eamhain-Macha.— Now the Navan fort, 
near Armagh.— See note ", under A. M. 4532, 
p. 73, suprà. The events noted by the Four 
Masters at the year 754, are entered in the 
Annals of Ulster at 758, with a few others, as: 


Se FT Te TW WEN ee en 


358 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [755. 


Qo Cpiopc, peachc ccéo caogac acing. Qn peaccmad bliaóam oécc 
oo Oomnall. Conoach, abb Lip méip, oécc. Suamlioch, abb bfnocharp, 
décc. Ailgmo, mac noí, pmdip abbaió Cluana hlpaipo, décc. Gaimoibla, 
abb Cipre, décc. Pulancach, mac Opicc, angcome [vecc]. Muipeadach, 
mac Mupchada, no Ua bpam, p Lagh, vég. Plann, mac Eine, cigfpna 
Ua Pidgeinte, véce. €ucig(mn, eppcop, oo mapbaó la pacapc oc alcóm 
opi$oe, 1 cCill vapa, 4. ecip an cpocamgel 4 an alco. Ap ap yin po par 
co nd oen! pacapc orpnenn 1 pgiaónaipi eppcorp opm alle a Cill vapa. 

Coy Cpiopc, peache ccéo caogac apé. Un cochtmad bliadain oécc 
oo Oomnall. Oorhnall, mac Muipclpcang, ciġfpna hUa Nell, oécc.. Pin- 
pneachca, mac Pogapcag Ui Cnag, vécc. lomaipeacc bealaig Gabpám 
ecip Cargniu 7 Oppaigib, co poems pia mac Concfpca,7 po mapbad Oonngal, 
mac Laognem, cigna Ua cCempealag, 7 anole cops malle ppp. 
lomaupece Otha vuma eip Ulcaib 7 Ui Eachach, m po mapbad hull, mac 
Peiblimió, ag(pna Ua n€atach. 

Qoi Cmiopc, peacht ccéo caogac a peachc. Cnaoi oécc oo Domnall. 
Copbmac, abb Cluana mic Nó, vécc. Oo Cenel Coipbpe Cpuim vo. Ro- 
bapcach, mac Cuanach, abb Qhéne móipe ; Suibne, abb Cluana pca, Oom- 
Bnapach, abb Imleac each; Peappio, mac Paibpe, eccnaio, abb Compaie 


“ Estas pluvialis. Benn Muilt effudit amnem 
cum piscibus." 

* Eutighern.—This event is given in the An- 
nals of Clonmaenoise at the year 756, and in 
the Annals of Ulster at 761, but the true year 
is 762, as marked by Tighernach : 

“A.D. 761. Nix magna et Luna tenebrosa. 
Occisio Echtighern, Episcopi, a sacerdote in der- 
taig” [in Oratorio] ** Cille-daro. Now lucida in 
Autumno, $c? — Ann. Ult. 

“A. D. 756. Eghtigern, Bushop, was killed 
by a priest at Saint Bridgett’s Alter, in Kill- 
dare, as he was celebrating of Mass, which is 
the reason that since that time a Priest is pro- 
hibited to celebrate mass in Killdare in the 
presence of a Bushopp."— Ann. Clon. 

Under the same year the latter Annals con- 
tain the following, omitted, perhaps intention- 


ally, by the Four Masters : 

“ A. D. 756. There was great scarcity of vic- 
tualls this year, and aboundance of all manner 
of the fruites of trees. There was a field fought 
between those of Clonvicknose and the inhabi- 
tants of Byrre, in a place called in Irish Moyne- 
Koysse-Bloy.” 

The parallel entries to these are found in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 759: “ Fames e 
Mess mar. Bellum etar” [inter] “ Muintir 
Clono et Biroir in Moin Coisse Blae.” 

* Orocaingel.— Dr. O’Conor translates this, 
‘tinter Crucem maximam et altare;” but this 
is incorrect, for the Crocaingel is defined in 
Cormac’s Glossary as the latticed partition 
which divided the laity from the clergy, after 
the manner of the veil of Solomon's Temple.— 


See Petrie's Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of 


755.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 359 


The Age of Christ, 755. The seventeenth year of Domhnall. Condath, 
Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Suairleach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. 
Ailgnio, son of Gno, Prior-Abbot of Cluain-Iraird’ [Clonard], died. Gaim- 
dibhla, Abbot of Ara [Aran], died. Fulartach, son of Breac, an anchorite, 
[died]. Muireadhach, son of Murchadh, or grandson of Bran, King of Leinster, 
died. Flann, son of Erc, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eutighern’, a bishop, 
was killed by a priest at the altar of [St.] Brighit, at Kildare, between the Cro- 
caingel’ and the altar; from whence it arose that ever since a priest does not 
celebrate mass in the presence of a bishop at Kildare. 

The Age of Christ, 756. The eighteenth year of Domhnall. Domhnall, 
son of Muirchertach, lord of the Ui-Neill, died. Finsneachta, son of Fogartach 
Ua Cearnaigh, died. The battle of Bealach Gabhrain* [was fought] between 
the men of Leinster and Osraighe [Ossory], in which the son of Cucerca had 
the victory, and Donngal, son of Laidhgnen, lord of Ui-Ceinsealaigh, and other 
chieftains along with him, were slain. The battle of Ath-dumha* [was fought] 
between the Ulidians and Ui-Eathach [people of Iveagh], in which Ailill, son 
of Feidhlimidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 757. The nineteenth year of Domhnall. Cormac, Ab- 
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the race of Cairbre Crom’. Robhartach, 
son of Cuana, Abbot of Athain-mor [Fahan]; Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-fearta 
[Clonfert]; Domhgnasach, Abbot of Imleach-each*; Ferfio, son of Faibhre, a 


the Round Towers of Ireland, p. 202. 
* Bealach Gabhrain : i.e. the Road of Gabhran, 
now Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny. This 


road extended from Gowran in the direction of 


Cashel, as we learn in the Tertia Vita S. Patricii, 
published by Colgan: 

“Tune venit Patricius per Belach-Gabran, 
ad reges Mumuniensium ; et occurrit ei in 
Campo Femin Oengus, filius Natfraich, Rex 
Mumuniensium, et ille gavisus est in adventu 
Patricii, et adduxit eum secum ad habitaculum 
suum, qui dicitur Caissel".— Trias Thaum., 
p. 26, c. 60. 

The battle of Bealach Gabhrain is noticed in 
the Annals of Ulster at the year 760 [rectó, 
161]: ‘The battle of Gavran’s Pace, where 


Dungal mac Laignen, rez Nepotum Cinselai, was 
slain, and other kings.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Ath-dumha : i.e. Ford of the Tumulus, or 
Sepulchral Mound. Not identified. . 

** A. D. 760. Bellum Atho-dumai inter Ulto- _ 
nienses et Nepotes Echach, in quo cecidit Ailill 
mac Feitelmito.”—Ann. Ult. 

© Cairbre Crom.—He was chief of Ui-Maine, 
or Hy-Many, in Connaught, and contemporary 
with St. Ciaran of Clonmaenoise.— See Tribes 
and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 15, 27, 80, 81. 
The death of the Abbot Cormac is entered in 
the Annals of Ulster at the year 761, and in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 757, but the 
true year is 762. 


à Imleach-each : i.e. the Strath or Marsh of 


a ON ge a ee ee er UTI MERC 


360 aNHaca RIOSshachtd EIREANN. `` 


(758. 


Moe, décc. lomarpecc Caille Canóbig, m po meabaid pop Curni pa cCenel 
Comppe. Pogapcach, mac €acach, ciġfpna h€le, Celepfoaip, abb Opoa 
Maca, oo écc. Oo Uib bp(pail o6. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peache ccév caoccat a hocc. beclaicnae, abb Cluana 
lopanpo, oég. Prodample Ua Suanaig, abb Raitne, décc céd lá vOccoben. 
Reovoaide, abb Finna, vécc. Anpavan, abb Linve Ouachail, [oécc]. Paol- 
chu Pionnglau i décc. lap mbeich piche bliadam 1 pige ór € mmn vo Dom- 
‘nall, mac Mupchada, mic Orapmacca, puai bap,7 ba héipióe céw pí €neann 
ó Clomn Colmamn, 7 po haónaiceaó 1 nOfpmarg co nonóm, 4 co namrnom. 
Op dó po padead : 


Coppin uap po nucad ve, Oomnall vocum nOeanmarge, 
Nocha paba oíogol sneip na cpeip pop lap Opfsmarge. 


the Horses, now Emlagh, in the barony of Cos- 
tello, and county of Mayo. In Colgan's Life of 
St. Loman of Trim (Acta Sanctorum, p. 362), 
this place, where a church was erected by St. 
Brocadius, is described as in ** Kierragia Con- 
nacie regione ;” and in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, 
at 9th July, it is called Imleach-Brocadha, and 
described as in Mayo. Archdall (Monast. Hib. 
p. 610) is wrong in placing it in the county of 
Roscommon. 

* Comhraire- Midhe.—Now Kilcomreragh, near 
the hill of Uisneach, in the county of West- 
meath.—See note*, under A. M. 3510, p. 33, 
supra. Dr. O'Conor translates this, ** Abbas 
Coadjutor Midie,” in the Annals of the Four 
Masters (p. 278), and “prædicator Midie" in 
the Annals of Ulster (p. 99); but he is wrong 
in both, and is the less to be excused, because it 
is rendered correctly in the old translation of 
the Annals, which he had before him, and in 
Mageoghegan's Annals of Clonmacnoise, which 
he ought to have consulted, thus: 

* A. D. 761. Ferfio mac Faivre, Sapiens, et 
Abbas Covraire, in Meath, obiit." —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* A. D. 758. Fearfio, the son of a smith, 


abbott of Cowrier" [Compaip], “in Meath, 
died." — Ann. Clon. 

f Caille-Taidbig : i.e. the Wood of Taidhbeg. 
This is probably the place now called Kiltabeg, 
situated near Kiltucker, in the county of Long- 
ford. The septs between whom the battle was 
fought were seated in the ancient Meath; the 
Cinel-Cairbre in Teffia, in the present barony 
of Granard, in the county of Longford; and the 
Luighne, in the present barony of Luighne, or 
Lune, and in the adjoining districts, in the 
county of Meath. The notice of this battle is 
entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 761, 
and is correctly printed by Dr. O'Conor, thus: 
“ A. D. 761. Bellum Caille Taidbig, ubi Luigni 
prostrati sunt. Cenel Coirpre victoriam accepit." 
But the old translator, in Cod. Clarend. 49, has 
mistaken the meaning of it, in the following 
version: * Battle of the wood called Taidbig, 
where Luigni of Connaught were overthrowne, 
and Generatio Cairbre conquerors jam” [victo- 
riam] “accepit” It should be: ‘The battle 
of the wood called Caille-Taidbig, where the 
Luigni” [of Meath] * were overthrown, and 
Generatio Cairbre victoriam accepit.” 

* Cele-Peadair : i e. the Servant of Peter. 


— 


158.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 361 


wise man, Abbot of Comhraire-Midhe', died. The battle of Caille-Taidbig* in 
which the Luighne were defeated by the Cinel-Cairbre. Fogartach, son of 
Eochaidh, lord of Eile [died]. Cele-Peadair*, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. He 
was of the Ui-Breasail. 

The Age of Christ, 758. Beclaitnae, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], 
died. Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh", Abbot of Raithin, died on the first of October. 
Reoddaidhe, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Anfadan, Abbot of Linn-Dua- 
chail, [died]. Faelchu, of Finnghlais, died. After Domhnall, son of Murchadh*, 
son of Diarmaid, had been twenty years in sovereignty over Ireland, he died. 
He was the first king of Ireland of the Clann-Colmain, and he was buried at 
Dearmhagh [Durrow] with honour and veneration. Of him was said: 


Until the hour that Domhnall was brought to Dearmhagh 
There was no avenging conflict or battle on the plain of Breaghmhagh. 


He succeeded Congusa in the year 750.—See 
Harris's Ware’s Bishops, p. 41. He was of the Ui- 
Breasail-Macha, seated on the south side of Lough 
Neagh, in the now county of Armagh, and de- 
scended from Breasal, son of Feidhlim, son of 
Fiachra Casan, son of Colla Dachrich.—See 
Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 147, note *. 

^ Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh.— He became the 
patron saint of Rahen, near Tullamore, in the 
King's County, after the expulsion thence of 
St. Carthach, or Mochuda, who settled at Lis- 
more, in the county of Waterford.— See Petrie's 
Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round 
Towers of Ireland, p. 241. The death of Fidh- 
airle is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 762, 
but the true year is 763, as marked by Tigher- 
nach. .— 

i Finnghlais: i.e. the Bright Stream, now 
Finglas, a small village in the barony of Castle- 
knock, about two miles and a half north of the 
city of Dublin. The festival of St. Cainneach of 
this place is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis 
and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 15th of May. 
In the Gloss to the copy of the Feilire, preserved 


3A 


in the Leabhar-Breac, Findglais is described as 
“i taebh Atha cliath,” i. e. by the side of 
Dublin. 

* Domhnall, son of Murchadh.—'This monarch's 
death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 762; but it appears from an eclipse of the 
sun noticed at the same year, that 763 is the 
true year.—See Art de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. 
p. 66: 

* A. D. 762. Mors Domhnaill, filii Murchadha, 
regis Temorie xii. Kal. Decembris, &c. &e. Sol 
tenebrosus in hora tertia diei.”—Ann. Ult. See 
also O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 433. 

“ Donaldus filius Murchadi, &c. &c., obiit 12 
Calendas Decembris Anno 763, in Iona Insula, 
quo peregrinationem susceperat."— War. 

In the Annals of Clonmaenoise, which are 
about five years antedated about this period, 
the death of King Domhnall is entered under 
the year 759, as follows : 

“ King Donell was the first King of Ireland 
of Clann-Colman, or O’Melaghlyns, and died 
quietly in his bed the 12th of the Kalends of 
December, in the year of our Lord God 759.” 


Ao es ee re ee 


ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


362 


[759. 


Qoip Cpiope, peacht ccéo caogac anao. On céio bliadam vo Niall 
Fpopac, mac Peapgaile, uap Epinn hi pighe. Piacpa, mac Potard, abb ba- 
licce, vécc. Ronan, abb Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. Oo Curghmb vo. Copb- 
mac, mac Chlilla, abb Maimptpeach bute, dég. Oona, mac Tohence, 
abb Concaige, vécc. P(pgup, mac Ceallarg, pi Connacht [oécc]. Scanlan 

 Berrim, mac Cledgaile, vécc. Plann Ganad, cigna Cenél mic €apca, oég. 

lomemeacc Oum bile pra nOonnchad, mac Oormnall, pop Popa culach. 
Ounchad, mac €ogam, ci$(pma na nOéipi, décc. Tflupchaó, mac Munif- 
cas, oo mapbad la Connachcaib. Tp ppopa 00 Feancham hi Cpich Mw- 
peadaig 1 nlmp Eogam a. ppop oo apccac gil, ppop oo épméneachc, 1 ppor 
oo mil. Conad voibpide po pordead : 


_ Cpí ppoppa ipo wllume, ap gnad Dé vo mm 
Frorr apgaicc, peporp curpmne, agup ppopp 00 mil. 


Qor Cpiopc, peache ccéo peapecac. On vapa bliadam vo Niall Ppopac. 


! Niall Frosach : i.e. Niall of the Showers.— 
See the year 716. “ A. D. 762” [recté 763]. 
“ Niall Frosagh regnare incipit.”—Ann. Ult. 

^ Baisleac.—Now Baslick, near Ballintober, 
in the county of Roscommon.— See note under 
the year 742. 

? Dun-bile : i. e. the Fort of the Ancient Tree. 
This was probably the name of a fort in the ba- 
rony of Farbil, in the county of Westmeath, but 
the name is now obsolete. There is a Bile-rath, 
which is nearly synonymous with Dun-bile, in 
the barony of Rathconrath, in the same county. 
The events which the Four Masters give under 
the year 759 are given in the Annals of Ulster 
at 763, with other curious notices totally and 
intentionally omitted by the Four Masters : 

“A. D. 763. Nix magna tribus fere mensibus, 
Ascalt mor et fumes. Belum Arggamain inter 
familiam Cluana-mic-Nois et Dermaigi, ubi cecidit 
Diarmaid Dub, mac Domhnaill, et Diglac, mac 
Duibliss et cc viri de familia Dermaigi. Breasal, 
mac Murcha victor fuit, cum familia Cluana mic 
Nois. Siccitas magna ultra modum. Ruith fola? 


[bloody flux] “in tota Hibernia.” M 

° Three showers.—These showers are noticed 
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 763, in the 
same Irish words used by the Four Masters, 
and thus translated in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49 : 
“The shedding of three showers in Muireach 
his land, at Inis-Owen, viz., a shower of bright 
silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of 
hony.”—See a notice of three ‘similar showers 
at the year 716. The famine, the falling of the 
three showers, and other events, are noticed in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 759, 
as follows : 

* A. D. 759. Nealle Frassagh, son of King 
Ferall began his reign imediately after the 
death of King Donell, and reigned seven years. 

** There was a great famyne throughout the 
whole kingdome in generall in the time of the 
beginning of his reign, in so much that the King 
himself had very little to live upon; and being 
then accompanied with seven goodly Bushops, 
fell upon their knees, where the King very 
pitifully before them all besought God of his 


—e 
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waa Sa | 7 ee Se eee Lad TERE mw. 


159] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. d 361 

The Age of Christ, 759. The first year of Niall Frosach' in sovereignty 
over Ireland. Fiachra, son of Fothadh, Abbot of Baisleac", died. Ronan, Ab- 
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the Luighne. Cormac, son of Ailill, 
Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice], died. Donait, son of Tohence, Ab- 
bot of Corcach [Cork], died. Fearghus, son of Ceallach, King of Connaught, 
[died]. Scanlan Feimhin, son of Aedhgal, died. Flann Garadh, lord of Cinel- 
Mic-Earca, died. The battle of Dun-bile^ [was gained] by Donnchadh, son of 
Domhnall, over the Feara-Tulach [Fartullagh]. Dunchadh, son of Eoghan, 
lord of the Deisi, died. Murchadh, son of Muircheartach, was slain by the 
Connaughtmen. Three showers? fell in Crich-Muireadhaigh?, in Inis-Eoghain 
[Inishowen], namely, a shower of pure silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower 
of honey, of which was said: 


Three showers at Ard-Uillinne, fell, through God's love, from heaven: 
A shower of silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of honey. 


s 


The Age of Christ, 760. The second year of Niall Frosach. Folachtach?, 


Infinite Grace and Mercy, if his wrath other- 
wise could not be appeas’d, before he saw the 
destruction of so many thousands of his subjects 


and Friends, that then were helpless of reliefe, 


and ready to perish, to take him to himself, 
otherwise to send him and them some releive 
for maintenance of his service; which request 
was no sooner made, than a great Shower of 
Silver fell from heaven, whereat the King greatly 
rejoyced; and yet (said he) this is not the thing 


‘that can deliver us from this famyne and imi- 


nent danger; with that he fell to his prayers 
again, then a second Shower of heavenly Hony 
fell, and then the King said with great thanks- 
giving as before; with that the third Shower 
fell of pure Wheat, which covered all the fields 
over, that like was never seen before, so that 
there was such plenty and aboundance that it 
was thought that it was able to maintain a great 
many Kingdomes. Then the King and the seven 
Bushops gave great thanks to our Lord. 

* There was a battle fought between the 


families of Dorowe and Clonvicknose, at Arga- 
moyn, where Dermott Duff mac Donell was 
killed. 

* There was exceeding great drowth this 
year. 
* Allell O Donchowe, King of Conaught, 
died. 

* Donnough, son of King Donell, gave a battle 
to the families of the O'Dowlies in Fertulagh. . 

* Moll, King of England, entered into Reli- 
gion. 

*'Flaithvertagh mac Longsy, King of Taragh, 
died in the habit of a religious man. 

** Follawyn mc Conchongailt, King of Meath, 
was wilfully murthered.” 


? Crich-Muireadhaigh: i. e. Muireadhach’s , 


Territory. This district comprised that portion 
of the present barony of Inishowen, in the 
county of Donegal, comprising Aileach and 
Fahan.—See the year 716. 

a Folachtach, §c.—This and most of the other 
entries given by the Four Masters under the 


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TANTEN 


364 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [761. 


Folachcach, mac Sappaelada, abb bioppa, oécc. Coapn, abb Cluana 
lopapo, décc. Cellbil Cluana bponag oécc. Tola ipo Speacam oécc. 
Oil, mac Cpaoibechám, abb Mungapac, [oécc]. Plarcb(pcac, mac Comg- 
pT1c6, pf €peann, oécc 1 nApo Maca, 1ap mbeit peal pova 1 cclépcecc. 
Sune, mac Mupchada co na dip mac oo mapa. lomammecc Caipn Piachac 
eltip vá mac Oormnaill 1. Oonnchad 7 Mupchad, 4 Cfelgal cig(pna Ceacba, 
in po mapbao Pallomon, mac Concongale, la Oonnchao, 7 po mapbao Mup- 
chad ann, po meabaid pon Clelgal. Oungalaé, correc Ua Ciacáin, oécc. 
Uangal, coipeaé Conaille, vécc. Coppéa, mac Cfpnaré, vg fpna na nDé, 
ves. : 

Qoip Cmorc, peacht ccéo peapecac a haon. On cpeap bliadan oo Niall. 
Cmomtann, mac Reachcegoile, abb Cluana plnra [oécc]. Clodan Cip moin 
[oécc]. lTomaip(cc Sputpa ecip Ui mbmum, 4 Conmaicne, m po mapbao 
pocaide vo Conmaicniu, 7 Cod Oub, mac Coichüg. Ro meabaid an Tio- 
maipeg pin ma nOurbmopeachtac, mac Catal. Jomamecc ecip ppa Mode 
1 dpfsa, m po mapbaoh Maoluma, mac Tori, 7 Oongal, mac Dopet. 

Cop Cort, peacht ccéo peapccac avó. An cltpamad bliadam vo Niall. 
Cubnan, abb Cille acha [oécc]. Prdbadach, abb 6(nocmp, vécce. Oub- 
vanë, mac Conmaic, abb Mampcpeac Suit, oo badad ipm 6ómn.. Slebene, 
mac Congante, oo Chenel Conaill Gulban, abb lae, oég. Mac an cpap, 
abb Eanag omb, vécc. Hlamoiwbaip, abb Catparg Opium, vécc. Mun- 
chad, mac Plaiéb(mcaig, cigna Cenel Conall, oo mapbaó. Ceallac, mac 


year 760, are given in the Annals of Ulster 
under 764. 

* Cluain-Bronaigh.Now Clonbroney, near 
Granard, in the county of Longford.—See note 
under the year 734. 

* In religion: 1 ccléipceace, in clericatu.— 
“ A. D. 764. In nocte signum horribile et mirabile 
in stellis visum est. Mors Flaithbertaig filii Loing- 
sich, regis Temorie, in clericatu." — Ann. Ult. 

* Carn-Fiachach: i. e. the Carn of Fiacha. 
This place was called from a carn, or sepulchral 
heap of stones, erected in memory of Fiacha, 
son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and ancestor 
of the family of Mageoghegan. The place is 


now called Carn, and is situated in the barony 
of Moycashel, in the county of Westmeath : 

* A. D. 764. Bellum Cairn Fiachach inter. duos 
filios Domhnaill .i. Donnchadh et Murchadh ; 
Falloman la Donnchadh, Ailgal la Murchadh. 
In bello cecidit Murchadh ; Ailgal in fugam 
versus est.” —Ann. Uit. 

"The Deisi: i.e. the Desies, in the now 
county of Waterford. The Annals of Ulster 
add “ defectus panis” at 764, which corresponds 
with 760 of the Four Masters, the true year 
being 765. 

* Sruthair.—Now Shrule, or Abbeyshrule, 
in the barony of Shrule, and county of Long- 


161.] 365 


son of Sarfaeladh, Abbot of Birra, died. Loarn, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clo- 
nard], died. Cellbil, of Cluain-Bronaigh', died. Tola, of Ard-Breacain [ Ard- 
braccan], died. Ailill, son of Craebhachan, Abbot of Mungarait [Mungret], 
died. Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, died at Ard-Macha [ Armagh], after 
having been some time in religion’. Suibhne, son of Murchadh, with his two 
sons, was slain. The battle of Carn-Fiachach' [was fought] between the two 
sons of Domhnall, i. e. Donnchadh and Murchadh, and Aelghal, lord of Teathbha, 
wherein Fallomhan, son of Cucongalt, was slain by Donnchadh, and Murchadh 
was also slain, and Aelghal was defeated. Dungalach, chief of Ui-Liathain, 
died. Uargal, chief of Conaille, died. Torptha, son of Cearnach, lord of the 
Deisi", died. 

The Age of Christ, 761. The third year of Niall Crimhthann, son of 
Reachtghal, Abbot of Cluain-fearta, [died]. Aedhan of Lis-mor [died]. The 
battle of Sruthair" [was fought] between the Ui-Briuin and Conmaicne, in which ~ 
numbers of the Conmaicne were slain, as was Aedh Dubh, son of Toichleach. 
This battle was gained by Duibhinnreachtach, son of Cathal. A battle [was 
fought] between the men of Meath and the men of Breagh, in which were slain 
Maelumha, son of Toithil, and Dongal, son of Doireith. 

The Age of Christ, 762. The fourth year of Niall. Cubran, Abbot of 
Cill-achaidh*, [died]. Fidhbhadhach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. 
Dubhdainbher, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithi [Monasterboice], was 
drowned in the Boinn”. Slebhene, son of Congal, of the race of Conall Gulban, 
Abbot of Ia’, died. Mac an-tsair, Abbot of Eanach-dubh’, died. Glaindiubair, 
Abbot of Lathrach-Briuin*, died. Murchadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


ford.—See note ^, under A. D. 236, p. 112, 
where, for “ county of Louth,” read “county of 
Longford :” 

* A. D. 165. Bellum Sruthre etir hUi-Briuin 
ocus Conmaene, wbi plurimi ceciderunt di Con- 


macnibh, e£ Aed Dubh, filius Toichlich cecidit. 


Dubinrecht, filius Cathail, victor fuit.” — Ann. Ult. 
* Cül-achaidh.—Now Killeigh, near Geshill, 
in the King's County. ** A. D. 766. Conbran, 
Abbas Cille-achaidh, moritur.?— Ann. Ult. 
* The Boinn : i.e. the River Boyne. Mainistir- 
Buithe, now anglicé Monasterboice, is about four 


miles to the north of this river. 

z Abbot of Ia: i.e. of Iona. For the pedigree 
of this abbot see Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 482, 
n. 40. 

* Eanach-dubh: i.e. the Black Marsh, now 
Annaghduff, 
Drumsna, in the county of Leitrim.—See note', 
under A. D. 1253, p. 349. 

è Lathrach-Briuin : otherwise written Laith- 
reach-Briuin, now Laraghbrine, near Maynooth, 
in the barony of Salt, and county of Kildare. 
According to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, and the - 


a townland and parish near 


366 


ANNATA giosghachca EIREANN. 


[763. 


Comppe, mc Pogapcas, oo mapbad la lacponoaib. 
mópecc ma cCuampnáma, mac Plomn. 

Cop Cpiopc, reacht ccéo peapccac acpi, An cárgeao bhadan vo Niall. 
Oonmgal, mac Ailiolla, oécc. Cledan, ab Lip móip, décc. Cemnpealaé, 
mac Conboinne, abb Imig lubaip, oécc. Coibofnach, abb Cille Coma décc. 
Popsla ppuite Cluana mic. Nórp vég. Ombhmpeche, mac Cacail, pí Con- 
nacht, vécc. €iéne, msn Oplparl Opes, bin pi CCmpaé décc, ap naimilleao 
pocpaicce ó Ohia cpa vé1ZSnfomanb,7 cma aicpige nofocna ma caimmmeeach- 
cob. lomaipeace ezip Lagni buddéipin a. ercip Cionaeb, mac Plamo, 3 
ed, 1 Pornepinn, ın po manbad ed. Concubap, mac Cumapccarg, crfna 
Qhone, oécc. Niall mac Orapmaca, cig(pna Mohe décc. Gum Tuama- 
rnama, ~s(pna Opparse. 

Clip Cmorpt, peacc ccéd peapcca a ceata. On peipead bliadan vo 
Niall. Mupgal, mac Ninneada, abb Richpamne, vécc. Encopach hUa Oo- 
vain, abb Glinne va Locha, oécc. Commán Eanargh Oaiche vécc. lomaipecc 
eitin Oppaigib péippin pia Cuammpnama m po meabaid pop cloinn Cheallang, 
mic Paeléap. lomampfec Finna ma cCemnpealachaib, m po mapbaó Oub- 


lomaipéce Cipo na 


calgaig, mac Carognen. 


Oloip Cpiope, peache ccéo p(pcca a cing. On peactmad bliaóam vo 
Niall. Cfpogal, abb Clocarp mic nOaimhine, oécc.. Piachpa Gpanaipo oécc. 


Feilire- Aenguis, the festival of St. Senan was cele- 
brated here on the 2nd of September; this place 
is described as in the territory of Ui-Faelain. 

° By robbers.— “A. D. 766. Cellach, filius 
Coirpri, filii Fogartaig, a latrone jugulatus est.” — 
Ann. Ult. 

3 Ard-na-mBreac : i. e. Height of the Trouts, 
or speckled Persons. Not identified. It was 
in Ossory. 

* Gormghal, §-c.—This, and most of the entries 
given by the Four Masters under the year 763, 
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 767. 

* Cill-Toma.—Now Kiltoom, near Castlepol- 
lard, in the county of Westmeath.—See note 
under the year 746. 

€ Sruithe.— This is translated ** Forglaus sa- 
piens Cluang-mac-nosise, obiit," by Dr. O'Conor, 


but incorrectly, because forgla is not a man’s 
proper name, but a common noun substantive, 
signifying the most, or greater part or number. 
But it is probably a mistake of the Four Mas- 
ters. The parallel passages in the Annals of 
Ulster run as follows in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49: 

* A. D. 767. Duvinrecht mace Cahail, rex 
Connacie, mortuus est a fluxu sanguinis. Gorm- 
gal, mac Ailella, mortuus est. Aedan, Abbas 
Lismoir, & Lyne sapiens Cluana-mic-Nois, mor- 
tui sunt.” 

^ Reward.—The word poċpaic is generally 
used in the best Irish writings to denote ** eter- 
nal reward." This passage is given in Latin, 
in the Annals of Ulster, as follows, under the 
year 767 : 

“A. D. 767. Eithne, ingin Breasail Breg, 


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Cinel-Conaill, was slain. Ceallach, son of Cairbre, son of Fogartach, was slain 
by robbers”. The battle of Ard-na-mBreac? [was fought] by Tuaimsnamha, son 
of Flann. 

The Age of Christ, 763. The fifth year of Niall. Gormghal*, son of Ailioll, 
died. Aedhan, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Ceinnsealach, son of Cuboirne, Abbot 
of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Coibhdeanach, Abbot of Cill-Toma‘, died. 
The most of the Sruithe* [religious seniors] of Cluain-mie-Nois died. Duibh- 
inrecht, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died. Eithne, daughter of Breasal 
Breagh, [and] wife of the King of Teamhair [Tara], died, after having deserved 
reward" from God for her good works, and for her intense penance for her sins. 
A battle was fought between the Leinstermen themselves, namely, between 
Cinaech, son of Flann, and Aedh, at Foirtrinn', where Aedh was slain. Con- 
chubhar, son of Cumasgach, lord of Aidhne, died. Niall, son of Diarmaid, lord 
of Meath, died. The slaying of Tuaimsnamha*, lord of Osraighe [Ossory]. 

‘The Age of Christ, 764. The sixth year of Niall. Murghal, son of Nin- 
nidh, Abbot of Reachrainn, died. Enchorach Ua Dodain, Abbot of Gleann-da- 
locha, died. Comman, of Eanach-Daithe’, died. A battle between the Osraighe” 
themselves, by Tuaimsnamha, in which the sons of Ceallach, son of Faelchar, 
were routed. The battle of Fearna [Ferns] [was fought] by the Ui-Ceinn- 
sealaigh, in which Dubhchalgach, son of Laidhgnen, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 765. -The seventh year of Niall. Ardghal, Abbot of 
Clochar-mac-nDaimhine’, died. Fiachra, of Granard, died. Feirghil, of Cill- 


Regina Regis Temorie, Regnum celeste adipisci Trish Calendar, or in the gloss to the Feilire- ` 


meruit post penitentiam.” 

i Foirtrinn.—Dr. O’Conor translates this, ** in 
regione Pictorum;” but he is decidedly wrong, 
for we must assume that Foirtrinn was the 
name of a place in Leinster in Ireland, unless 
we suppose that the Leinstermen went over to 
Foirtren in Scotland to fight a battle between 
themselves there. 

* Tuaimsnamha.—This entry is a mistake, 
and should have been struck out by the Four 
Masters.—See the notice of the death of this 
chieftain under the year 765. 

! Eanach- Daithe: i.e. Daithe’s Marsh. Not 
identified. This name does not occur in O'Clery's 


Aenguis in the Leabhar-Breac. 

7 The Osraighe: i.e. the People of Ossory. 
* A. D. 768. Coscrad itir Osraigi invicem, ubi 
filii Ceallaig, filii Faelchair in fugam versi sunt. 
Toimsnamha victor evasit." —Ann. Ult. 

The Annals of Ulster contain, under the year 
168, the following notices, totally omitted by 
the Four Masters : 

* Longus Coirpri, mic Foghertaig, re nDonn- 
cha" [the expulsion of Cairbre, son of Foghar- 
tach, by Donnchadh]. ** Terremotus, fames, et 
morbus lepre, multas invasit. Habundantia diar- 
mesa glandium.” 

? Clochar-mac-n Daimhine : i. e. Clogher of the 


, 


eT eT a ee ee ECTS 


368 © ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. 


[766. 


Peng Chille móin Eimipe vécc. Peapgup, mac Catal, eppcop, vécc. 
; ; Polaccach Chige Tuae, abb Cluana mic Nóp, vécc. Cpunomaol, eppcop 
7 abb Cille méine € mipe, oég. Conomac, mac bpenainn, abb Cluana Tochne, 
décc. hUa becce, abb Pobaip, vécc. Tuaimpnama, mac Plomn, ciġfpna 
Ornarge, oo mapbao. Napgal, mac Nacpluarg, oécc. lomaipece ecip Cargmb 
buóoéipin, m po meabaid pa cCeallac, mac nOunchaóa, 7 m po mapbao 
Cionaed, mac lomn, 7 a bnácaip Ceallac, 7 Cai&ma, mac becce, 7 pochade 
.eli cenmocaopide. Spamead erip Uf Cennpealaig, in po meabaid ma 
n€ceppsel, mac CÍoba, mic Colgan, 7 1n po mapbaoh Cennpealac, mac bpam, 
laip. Copcpaó Ocae pia bp(paib o(pcepc Onl pop Laagmu. Copcpaó bhuilg 
bomne pop prona. oepcepc bplg m po mapbao Plaicb(npcach, mac Plomn, 
mic Rogallong, 7 hUaipnépióe, mac baie, 7 Snedgup, mac Ofmpoig, 4 C(pnac, 
mac Plomn Phoinbte. Copcpaoh Ata chat pia Ciannaéccaib Ópneag pop 
hUa Cég, 1 ap món pop Cargnib, ona po bároheaó pocharbe vo Ciannach- 
Taibh Illán mapa oc tionncud. Niall Ppopach, mac P(pgaile, plèc mbliadna 
ór Eipmn na pigh, co nepbait 1 nl Cholaim Chille aga oilicpe ian noche 
mbliadna 1apom. 

Cop Cpiopc, peacht ccéo peapcca a pé. 1n ċéo bliadain oo Ohonnchao, 
mac Domnall, uap Emn, 1 píge. Plano hUa Oacua, abb Inpi Camofga, 
oég. Falbe Enoam dég. Popbapaé Ua C(pnaig, abb Cluana mic Nói, 
décc. Oo hUib ópium 06 pem. Ceogen, eppcop q abb Pobaip, vég: Cob- 


a Cluain-Tochne, —Not identified. 

* Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann.—See his death 
already entered by mistake under the year 763. 
It is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 


' Sons of Daimhin. This was the ancient name 
of the town of Clogher, in the county of Tyrone. 
—See note under the year 701. 

° Cill-mor- Eimhire. — This is probably the 


church of Kilmore-Oneilland, in the county of 
Armagh.—See it again referred to at the year 
872, under the name of Ceall-mor Maighe 
Eimhir, i.e. the great church of the plain of 
Emhir. 

? Teach Tuae : i. e. the House of St. Tua, now 
anglicé Taghadoe, and sometimes Taptoo, situated 
near Maynooth, in thecounty of Kildare. The an- 
cient church of this place has disappeared, but 
a considerable part of a round tower still stands 
in the grave-yard, which indicates the ecclesi- 
astical importance of the place. 


769, as are most of the entries which the Four 
Masters have given under 765. 

* Ocha.—This was the ancient name of a place 
near the hill of Tara, in Meath. See note 7, 
under the year 478, p. 150, supra. 

* Bolg-Boinne: i. e. the Belly of the Boyne. 
This was probably the name of a remarkable 
winding of the River Boyne, near Clonard, in 
the county of Meath. 

“A. D. 769. The Onesett of Bolgboinne” 
[Corepaó Suilg Óomne] “upon the men of 
Descert-Bregh, where Flaithvertach, mac Flainn, 


` 766.) 


UY Ge. WUP Cu eee Mr o y "cun " PERUR se er a ee PORNO NS 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 369 


mor-Eimhire®, died. Fearghus, son of Cathal, a bishop, died. Folachtach, son of 
Teach Tuae’, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Crunnmael, Bishop and Abbot of 
Cill-mor-Eimhire, died. Connmhach, son of Brenainn, Abbot of Cluain-Tochne*, 
died. hUa Becce, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann’, 
lord of Osraighe, was slain. Narghal, son of Natsluaigh, died. A battle between 


the Leinstermen themselves, wherein Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, had the vic- 


tory, and in which Cinaedh, son of Flann, and his brother, Ceallach, and Caith- 
nia, son of Bece, and many others besides them, were slain. A conflict between 
the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, had the 
victory, and in which Ceinnsealach, son of Bran, was slain by him. The battle 
of Ocha“ by the men of South Breagh upon the Leinstermen. The battle of 
Bolg-Boinne' against the men of South Breagh, in which were slain Flaith- 
bheartach, son of Flann, son of Roghallach ; Uairchridhe, son of Baeth ; Snedh- 
gus, son of Ainsteach; and Cearnach, son of Flann Foirbhthe. The battle of 
Ath-cliath*, by the Cianachta-Breagh", against Ui Tegh*; and there was great 
slaughter made of the Leinstermen, and numbers of the Cianachta were drowned 
in the full tide on their returning. Niall Frosach’, son of Fearghal, was seven 
years king over Ireland [when he resigned]; and he died at I-Coluim-Cille, on 
his pilgrimage eight years afterwards. 

-. The Age of Christ, 766. "The first year of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, 
in sovereignty over Ireland. Flann Ua Dachua,* Abbot of Inis-cain-Deagha’, 
died. Failbhe Erdaimh died. Forbasach Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, died ; he was ofthe Ui-Briuin. Aedhgen, Bishop and Abbot of Fobhar 


mic Rogellaig, Uarchroi, mac Baih,Snedgus,mac Meath. 


Ainfitre, and Cernach mac Faelain Foirfe, were 
slaine.”—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Ath-cliath : i.e. Dublin. “ A. D. 769. The 
skirmish of Dublin” [copenas Clea cliae ] “by 
Cianachte upon the Teigs” [rop hUib Cerz]. 
* Great slaughter of Lenster. Great many of 
the Cianachtes were drowned in the sea-tyde at 
theire returne.” — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* Cianachta-Breagh.—A sept of the race of 
Cian, son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster, 
seated at and around Duleek, in the county of 


* Ui-Tegh.—A sept seated in Imail, in the 
now county of Wicklow. 

* Niall Frosach.—This entry is in a modern 
hand in the Stowe copy. Niall Frosach. com- 
menced his reign in the year 763, and after a 
reign of seven years, he became a monk in the 
monastery of Iona in Scotland in 770, and died 
there in 778.—See Annals of Ulster, A. D. 778; 
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. 433. 

* Inis-cain-Deagha.—Now Inishkeen, a church, 
near which are the remains of a round tower, 
giving name to a parish lying partly in thecounty 


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370 . annaza Rioshachta EIREANN. (767. 


lait, ingen Catal, banab Cluana Cucbino, oég. Ro par eapaonca evın 
Ceallaé, mac Oánchaóa, pi Larg, 1 an pf Donnchad, mac Oomnaill.. Oo 
ponad ono lépémol Ua Neill la Oonnchad zo Cargmb. Ro piaccaoap Cargm 
mar an mig co na pocpaive go pangavap Sciaé nEaccam. Chmpió Oonnchad 
co na plóg 1nCillinn. Ro sabpad ona a mumncin pop 060, 7 lopccao, 10nn- 
pad, 7 angam an coigid co cfm peactmaine, co po piaparop(c Corin é pó 
deo. Comppe, mac Pogancong, cigfpna Op($, vég. becc, mac Connla, 
cila Teata, oécc. Clongup, mac Fhadag, cig(pna Ceneoil Laogaipe, 
bég vo bids. Catal, mac Conall Mim, cis (nna Coipppe Mope, vécc. Oun- 
$olaé, mac Taichs, coipeac Luigne dég. Apcgal, mac Conall, ciz(pna 
Coipnppe Cleba, véz. 

Coip Cpiope, peache ccéo peapcca a peacc. Cn oapa bliabam vo 
Oonnchao. Ceplaid Cluana lonaipo vég. . S. Suibne, abb lae Colum Cille, 
oég. Maelarchsen, abb Cluana heómg, Sealbac, mac Conalca, ab Concaige, 
€oóniuc, mac Epc, abb Céch [oecc]. Conach na lamcomanca, uain cuoca- 
cap aino(na argcibe aouacmapa am com pin, po ba pamalea pni haippóib laor 
bpaca 4. coipmneac 7 cemnceac anppoil, sup bó orpulaing oo cac pop cloipeféc 
no paincpi apoile. gabaid ona aduat 7 oman propa. Epeann gup po pupal- 
reac a ppuici poppa oá tpfoan oo denam malle pe hepnaigce noiocpa 7 
aon ppnomn (coppa pide dia pnadad 7 paopad ap c(ómaim im pel Micil 
vo fonnpad, condo oe pin-bor an lamcomaipc via pepbpad an cene oo 


of Monaghan, and partly in the county of Louth. 
—See Shirley’s Account of Farney, pp. 180, 181. 

* Cluainn- Cuithbhin.—The festival of St. Fin- 
tina, virgin, of Cluain-Guithbhinn, is set down 
in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 1st November. 
The place is now called Cluain-Guithbhinn, 
anglicé Clonguffin, and is situated in the parish 
of Ratheore, barony of Lower Moyfenrath, and 
county of Meath. 

^ Sciath-Neachtain : i.e. Neachtain's Shield. 
This was the ancient name of a place near Castle- 
dermot, in the south of the county of Kildare. 
This attack upon Leinster is noticed in the An- 
nals of Ulster, at the year 769, as follows: 

** A. D. 769. Congressio Donnchada mic Domh- 
naill et Cellaich mic nDonnchaid, et exiit Donn- 


chad cum exercitu Nepotum Neill cu Laigniu, et 
effugerunt eum Laigin, et exierunt i Sciath-Nech- 
tain, et manserunt hUi Neill i Raith Ailinne, et 
accenderunt igne omnes terminos Laigin.” 

* Aillinn.—Now Cnoc-Aillinne, a hill on which 
are the remains of a very large fort, near old Kil- 
cullen, in the county of Kildare.—See note °, 
under A. M. 4169, p. 58, suprà. 

à A sudden fit. —** A. D. 770. Oengus, mac 
Fogertaigh, ri Ceniuil Laegaire, subita morte 
periit.’—Ann. Uit. 

e Clairbre-mor.— The addition of mor to Cairbre 
here is probably a mistake by the Four Masters. 
It is thus given in the Annals of Ulster. “ A. D. 
770. Cathal, mac Conall Minn, ri Coirpri, mori- 
tur.” 


—— 


a ee ee oe ae eee re op 
saith, tA? T 


161-] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 311 


[Fore], died. Cobhlaith, daughter of Cathal, Abbess of Cluain-Cuithbhinn’, 
died. There arose a dissention between Ceallach, son of Donnchadh, King of 
Leinster, and the monarch Donnchadh, son of Domhnall. Donnchadh made a 
full muster of the Ui-Neill [and marched] into Leinster. The Leinstermen 
moved before the monarch and his forces until they arrived at Sciath-Neach- 
tain’. Donnchadh, with his forces, remained at Aillinn*; his people continued 
to fire, burn, plunder, and devastate the province for the space of a week, when 
the Leinstermen at length submitted to his will. Cairbre, son of Fogartach, 
lord of Breagh, died. Becc, son of Connla, lord of Teathbha, died. Aenghus, 
son of Fearadhach, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died of a sudden fit. Cathal, son 
of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Mor*, died. Dunghalach, son of Taithleach, chief of 
Luighne’, died. Artghal, son of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Teathbha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 767. The second year of Donnchadh.  Aerlaidh of 
Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. St. Suibhne, Abbot of Ia-Coluim-Cille, died. 
Maelaithgen, Abbot of Cluain-Eidhneach*; Sealbhach, son of Cualta, Abbot of 
Corcach [Cork], [and] Edhniuch, son of Erc, Abbot of Liath, [died]. The 
fair of the clapping of hands, [so called] because terrific and horrible signs 
appeared at the time, which were like unto the signs of the day of judgment, 
namely, great thunder and lightning, so that it was insufferable to all to hear 
the one and see the other. Fear and horror seized the men of Ireland, so that 
their religious seniors ordered them to make two fasts, together with fervent 
prayer, and one meal between them, to protect and save them from a pestilence, 
precisely at Michaelmas. Hence came the Lamhchomart, which was called the 


£ Luighne.—Now the barony of Leyny, in the 
county of Sligo. 

s Cluain-eidhneach.—Now Clonenagh, a town- 
land near Mountrath, in the Queen's County. 
In the Life of Fintan, the patron saint of this 
place, published by Colgan in his Acta Sancto- 
rum, at 17th of February, p. 350, the: name 
Cluain-Eihdnach is translated ** latibulum hede- 
rosum." The foundations of various buildings 
are traceable at Clonenagh, but no ruins of a 
church of an antiquity greater than four cen- 
turies are now visible. 

^ Of Liath.— Colgan takes this to be the 


Liath-mor-Mochaemhog, near Thurles, in the 
county of Tipperary.—See his Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 598. 

! Clapping of hands.— This fair is noticed in 
the Annals of Ulster, under the year 771, as 
follows : 

« A, D. 771. Oenach ina lamcomarthe in quo 
ignis et tonitruum in similitudinem diei judicii. Ind 
lameomairt hi Feil Michil dia nepred in tene dia 


nim." Dr. O'Conor and the old translator take 


Lamcomairt to be the name of the place where . 


the fair was held, but this is clearly a mis- 
take. 


322 


— ee T 


C 


372 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [768. 


nim. Cod Chlgin, cig(pna Ua Mame, oo mapbad. Apec, mac Plačna, 
coipeaé Clidne, oo mapbad. Oungal, mac Ceallais, cigna Oppaige, véz. 
Cennpealaé, cigeapna Ua Pibgence, oécc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, peachc ccéo p(pcca a hoct. In cpeap bliadain vo Ohonn- 
chad uap €pmn 1 pýe. Maenac, mac Colman, abb Slame,3 Cille poibpich, 
dég. Oamel Ua Poilene, pembnesip Cecabar vég. S. Mancan a. eppcop 
Inpi eómg, oeug 1 Nouembep. Gallbpan Ua Lingann, pepibneoip Cluana mic 
Now, Gedan, eppcop Marge eu, Cech(pnach hUa €pmono, abb Cluana 
pica Openainn, Lentan, banabb Cille vapa, Cleo, mac Coppe, abb R(c- 
namne, Oonnchad, pi Connacc, veuz. 

Qoip Core, peace ccéo pfpeca anao. 1n c(chpamao bliadain vo Ohonn- 
chad op Epinn. Albnan, mac Póromig, abb Cneorc mop, oécc ecip or caus. 
Ulcan hUa bepodens, abb Očna mope, vég. Epnadaé, mac €chm, abb 
Lecglinne, oég. Ponanoan, pembneomp, 4 eppcop Cpeóic, oéug. Soaipleac 
Ua Concuanain, abb Lip món, véug. S(néan, abb Imleaca ruban, oéug. 
lompaiceac Ghlmne Cloige, ancoipe, oéug. Comalcaé, mac Munpgarle, 
cisfina Mage hi, veug. badbéad, mac €aécgupa, corpeac Ceneoil Mic 
€apca, oég. Ceallac, mac Ounchada, p Carg(n véce. €ogan, mac Colman, 
dég. Céocongbail Camlachca Mailepuain. ; 

Qoi Cmiopc, peachc ccéo p(ccmogao. In cámgeaó bliadam oo Ohonn- 
chad 1pm ge. Oonogal, mac Nuadad, abb Lugrhad, oéug. Pianca, abb 


* Cill-Foibrigh.—Now probably Kilbrew, near 
Ashbourne, in the county of Meath. 

! Leathabha : i. e. called Letuba, in the Annals 
of Ulster. There is no place of this name in the 
Feilire- Aenguis, or the Irish Calendar of O'Clery, 


of Inis-Eidhnigh is set down in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar, at 1st November, but its situation is 
not pointed out. It is probably the ancient 
name of Inishnee, in the mouth of the Owen- 
more River, in the west of the county of Gal- 


or in Colgan's published works, nor has the 
Editor been able to find any monastery of the 
name in Ireland. In the Feilire-Aenguis, at 
26th March, mention is made of * Leatha, nomen 
sylve magne i nDeisibh Mumhan.” In O'Clery's 
Calendar, at 30th March, is set down the festi- 
val of St. Liber of Leathdumha, which is pro- 
bably the same as the Letubai of the Annals of 
Ulster, but its situation is not known. 

™ Inis-Eidhnigh.—The festival of St. Martin 


way. The entries which the Four Masters have 
transcribed under the year 768, are given in the 
Annals of Ulster under 772; but the true year 
is 773, as appears from a notice of the eclipse of 
the moon noticed in these latter Annals as having 
taken place “ii Non. Decembris.?—See Art de 
Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 66. The Annals of 
Ulster contain the following notices of the wea- 
ther, &c. 

* A. D. 772. Maenach, mac Colmain, Abbas 


168.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 373 


Fire from heaven. Aedh Ailghin, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain. Art, son of 
Flaitnia, chief of Aidhne, was slain. Dunghal, son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, 
died. Ceinnsalach, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. 

The Age of Christ, 768. The third year of Donnchadh in sovereignty over 
Ireland. Maenach, son of Colman, Abbot of Slaine and Cill-Foibrich*, died. 
Daniel Ua Foilene, scribe of Leathabha’, died. St. Martin, Bishop of Inis-Eidh- 
nigh”, died on the 1st of November. Gallbran Ua Lingain, scribe of Cluain- 
mic-Nois ; Aedhan, Bishop of Magh-eo [Mayo]; Cethernach Ua Ermono, Abbot 
of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Lerthan, Abbess of Cilldara [Kildare]; 
Aedh, son of Cairbre, Abbot of Reachrainn ; [and] Donnchadh, King of Con- 
naught, died. 

The Age of Christ, 769. The fourth year of Donnchadh over Ireland. . 
Albran, son of Foidmeach, Abbot of Treoit-mor [Trevet], died between the 
two Easters". Ultan, hUa Berodherg, Abbot of Ohain-mor [Fahan], died. 
Ernadhach, son of Echin, Abbot of Leithghlinn, died. Forannan, scribe and 
bishop of Treoit [Trevet], died. Soairleach Ua Concuarain, Abbot of Lis-mor, 
died. Sefnchan, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Imraiteach of Gleann- 
Cloitighe®, anchorite, died. Tomaltach, son of Murghal, lord of Magh-Aei, died. 
Badhbhchadh, son of Eachtghus, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Ceallach, son 
of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Eoghan, son of Colman”, died. The first 
erection of Tamlacht-Mailruain?*. 

The Age of Christ, 770. Tlie fifth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty. 
Donnghal, son of Nuadhad, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth], died. Fianchu, 


Slaine e Cille-Fobrich, a flusu sanguinis moritur. ° Gleann- Cloitighe : i.e. the Vale of the River 


Insolita siccitas, et ardor solis, ut pene panis omnis 
deperii. Dairmess mor inna deadhaig" [great 
store of acorns after it.— Cod. Clarend., 49], 
*&e. &e. Luna tenebrosa ti Non. Decembris." 

^ Between the two Easters: i.e. between Easter 
Sunday and Minnchaisg, i.e. Little Easter or 
Dominica in Albis; in England called “ Low 
Sunday," and in the Greek Church, ** New Sun- 
day:" Kugiaxà Duaxaiviotpeos ; væ OF xdivn xupiaxhs 

* A. D. 773. Mors Albrain, mie Foidmid, 
Abbatis Treoit, in feria inter duo Pasca."— 
Ann. Uit. 


Clody, probably the vale of the river near New- 
town-Barry, in the county of Wexford. 

? Eoghan, son of Colman.—* A. D. 773. Eu- 
gan, mac Colmain, a fluxu sanguinis moritur, et 
multi alii ex isto dolore mortui sunt."—. Ann. Ult. 

a Tamhlacht- Mailruain.—Now -Tallaght, near . 
the city of Dublin.—See note °; under A. M. 
2820, pp. 8, 9, supra. The festival of St. Mael- 
ruain Tamhlachta, whose first name was Colman, 
is set down in theFeilire-Aenguis and in O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar, at 7th July; and it is added in 


` the latter work that he died in the year 787. 


4 


DAE eS ON oe uati iina a Aa, 


374 i ANNAA groghachca EIREANN. (771. 


Lugmao, deus, 7 Conall, abb Marge Cumge. Cianan Cpaibóeac bealarg 
oum oéug 14 lun. Suaipleac, abb Linne [oécc]. Apomaca, Ceall vana, 
Glo oa Laéa,4 Imp baat vo lopccaoh. Oonnchad, mac Oorhnall, pí 
€peann vo tiondl plórg leap 1 Mumam. An Mhuma opapuccad laip, ] pocaiwe 
móp oo Mhummn(eurb oo mapbad von cupup pm. Oo b(pcpac iapam a pép 
dó. Pípgup, mac Colgan, vécc. Celgal, mac Plamo, mic Conla, corpeaéc 
Ceaéba, oég. lomaipeace Achai lace ecm Ui mópium 3 U Maine, m 
po meabaid pop Uib Maine. Owmbinnplecac, cig(pma Apad, oéug. Cucoin- 
gealca, cisfina Conca Laiġòe, oeug. 

Corp Cpiope, peacht ccéo p(écmogao a haon. In ppeaò bliadain vo 
Donnchad 1pm mse. Colam Pinn, Ancome, veuz. Maccoicelo, abb Cluana 
móip Tlaeóócc, vécc. Cnucgal, abb Sargpe, veug. Gaoideal Cluana lopaipo 
dég. Popbapa, abb Rata Coda, oég. Collbpan, abb Cluana mic Nap, 
oéug. Cogan, mac Romémn, abb Lip moip, oéug.. Maolmaenaig, abb Chinn 
zapad, oeug. Maolpuba Ua Maenarg oéug. Muipeadac, mac CAinbceal- 
lag, oéug. lomaupecc ecip Ohal pawe pépin 1 Sleb Mir, m po mapbao 
Nia, mac Concongalca. lomaipnece ole oo p eom Dal nGfaróe pa 
nGochaió, mac Piaéna, 4 pra cComalcae mac lonnpeaccars, m po mapnbao 
Cionaod Ciaippse, mac Cacapaig, 7 Oángal Ua P(pgupa, go nopuing ele 
cenmocaopom. lomaineace Ota Ouma ecip na hObpz(pa, 7 hUi €achoaé 


* Magh- Luinge.—See note”, under A. D. 671, 
p. 283, supra. 

* Bealach-duin : i.e. the Road or Pass of the 
Fort. 
Chiarain or Castlekieran, near Kells, in Meath. 
—See note under the year 868. In O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar the festival of St. Ciaran of Bea- 
lach-duin is set down at 14th June. 

* Linn.—This is copied from the Annals of 
Ulster, in which this obit is entered, under the 
year 774, but something has been omitted. The 
name intended is probably Linn-Duachaill, now 
Magheralin, in the county of Down. 

a Inis-Baeithin: i.e. St. Baeithin's Island, now 
Inishboheen, or Inishboyne, a townland in the 
parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, and 


This was the ancient name of Disert- 


county of Wicklow. Here are the ruins of an 
old church wherein the rectors of Dunganstown, 
up to the present one, were inducted. The fes- 
tival of St. Baeithin, son of Fianach or Finnach, 
of this place, is set down in the Feilire- Aenguis 
and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 22nd of May. 

w Munster was devastated.—This devastation 
of Munster is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, 
under the year 774, thus : 

* A. D. 774. Congressio inter Mumunenses et 
Nepotes Neill; et fecit Doncha vastationem mag- 
nam in finibus Mumunensium, et ceciderunt multi 
di Muimhneachaibh.” 

* Achadh-liag: i.e. the Field of the Stones. 
Dr. O'Conor says in the Annals of Ulster (A. D. 
774), that this is Athleague in Connaught, 


T— o 


Tj ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 815 


Abbot of Lughmhadh, died ; and Conall, Abbot of Magh-Luinge’, [died]. Cia- 
ran, the Pious, of Bealach-duin‘’, died on the 14th of June. Suairleach, Abbot 
of Linn‘, [died]. Ard-Macha, Cill-dara, Gleann-da-locha, and Inis-Baeithin", were 
burned. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of Ireland, mustered an army and 
marched itinto Munster. Munster was devastated" by him, and great numbers 
of the Munstermen were slain on that expedition. "They afterwards gave him 
his own demand. Fearghus, son of Colgan, died.  Aelghal, son of Flann, son 
of Conla, chief of Teathbha, died. The battle of Achadh-liag* [was fought] 
between the Ui-Briuin and Ui-Maine, wherein the Ui-Maine were defeated. 
Duibhinnreachtach, lord of Aradh’, died. Cuchoingealta, lord of Corca-Laigh- 
dhe’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 771. The sixth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty. 
Colum Finn, anchorite, died. Maccoigeadh, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog, | 
died. Tnuthghal, Abbot of Saigher [Serkieran], died. Gaeidheal of Cluain- 
Iraird [Clonard], died. Forbasa, Abbot of Rath-Aedha*, died. Collbran, Ab- 
bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Eoghan, son of Roinchenn, Abbot of Lis-mor, 
died. Maelmaenaigh, Abbot of Ceann-garadh, died. Maelrubha Ua Maenaigh', 
died. Muireadhach, son of Ainbhcheallach, died. A battle was fought be- 
tween the Dal-Araidhe themselves at Sliabh-Mis'*, in which Nia, son of Cucon- 
galt, was slain. Another battle [was fought] between the Dal-Araidhe, by 
Eochaidh, son of Fiachna, and Tomaltach, son of Innreachtach, where Cinaedh 
Ciarrge, son of Cathasach, and Dun ghal Ua Fearghusa, and others besides them, 


were slain. The battle of Ath-dumha* [was fought] between the Airtheara* and 


but that cannot be true, because Athleague is cese of Ross, forming the south-western portion 
called in Irish, Ath-liag, i.e. Ford of the Stones. of the present county of Cork. 


The Achadh-liag referred to in the text is pro- 
bably the place now called Achadh-leaga, si- 
tuated on the east side of the River Suck, in 
the barony of Athlone, and county of Roscom- 


- mon. — See Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, 


PP- 7, 15, 83. 

y Aradh.—Now the barony of Ara or Duharra, 
in the county of Tipperary. 

* Corca-Laighdhe—This was the tribe name 
of the O’Driscolls and their correlatives, who 
possessed a territory coextensive with the dio- 


* Rath-Aedha: i.e. Aedh's or Hugh’s Rath or 
Earthen Fort, now Rathhugh, in the barony of 
Moycashel, and county of Westmeath. 

* Ua-Maenaigh.—* A. D. 769. Moyle-Rovay 
O’Mooney died."— Ann. Clon. 

© Sliabh Mis.—Now Slemish, a mountain in the 
barony of Lower Antrim, and county of Antrim. 

3 Ath-dumha.—See note under the year 756. 

© Airtheara.—Now the Oriors, two baronies 
forming the eastern portion of the now county 


of Armagh. 


376 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


772.] 


Coba, in po mapbaó Gopmsal, mac Conall Cpa, ci&eapna Coba. lomaip- 
eacc ecip Ohonnchad 7 Congalaé, 1 ccopcain P(p$al, mac Eladang, cig(pna 
Ua mópeapail beim. Ceallac, mac Oanchada, pi Cargen, oécc. Tuatal, 
mac Cmomtainn, Domnall mac Pogancang, coea na hClinoe, véug. Cod 
Finn, ei$eapna Dál Riava, veuz. Fmpáċpoch, abb Apoa Maca, mac pide 
Suibne, mic Rónáin, mic Cpunnmaoil, oo écc. 

Cop Cpiopc, peache cefo peaccmogad avó. Qin plécmad bliadam vo 
Ohonocad op Epmd. ban badbgna, eagnaió, véug. lomaipeace occ Odpab 
c(mpac ecin va Cummarcars, go po mapb an vapa pean aporte. lomaipeacec 
Cala cpomma ecip oa Ua C(pnaig a. Niall 7 Cumapcac, 1 copéaip €accgur, 
mac 6ant,7 pochaiór maille emp... Platpor, mac Oomnaill, m Connaéc, vég. 
Sloigead Cai$(n oo cabaipc lá Donnchad pon bhplsa. Cogad evim Donnchad 
1 Congalac. 

Coip Cmorz, peace ccéo p(cemogao acpi. 
Ohonncad 6p €pmo. 


Qn coccmavoh bliadan vo 
Snévhchept, mac Cuamcon, abb 6fmnchuin, oéug. 
Conall, mac an craon, egnaid, 7 abb bfmncuip, oég. Clinbéeallac, abb Con- 
depe 1 Caine h€ala, veug. Pionan, abb Cluana h€uip, véug. Sitmane, 
bannabb Chluana bointno, oég. Ene, img(n Cianavon, véucc. Cluam mic 
Nói do lopecad. On cogad céona ecip Oonnchao 4 Congalac, 1 copan 
Congalac, mac Conaing, coipeaé 6peag, Cuana mac €ccmz, 1 Ouncaó mac 
Cllene, cig(pna ITlugoopn, 7 Oiapmuro, mac Clotna, co pochardib rmaille 
pmu. Ro ppafnead an cat pia nOonnchao. 


f Ui-Eachdhach-Cobha : i. e. the people of ! Cala-truim.—Now Galtrim, in the county of 
Iveagh, in the now county of Down. 


Meath.—See note *, under the year 1176. The 
* Ard: i.e. Ard-Cianachta, now the barony most of the entries transcribed by the Four 
of Ferrard, in the county of Louth. 


Masters, under the year 772, are given in the 
^ Feardachrich.—MHe is set down as Arch- 


Cip von cach pin po paioeao : 


Annals of Ulster under 776, and the following 
bishop of Armagh in the Catalogue in the 


Psalter of Cashel. He succeeded in 758. See 
Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 41. 

i Badhbhghna.—Now Slieve-Baune, in the 
county of Roscommon. 

* Odhra- Teamhrach.—Now Odder, in the pa- 


rish of Tara, barony of Skreen, and county of . 


Meath. “ A. D. 776. Jugulatio mic Cumascaigh 
oc Odhraibh, alius vixit, alius mortuus est.?— 
Ann. Uit. 


notices of the weather, diseases, &c., totally 
omitted by the Four Masters: 

“ A. D. 776. Ind uile gaimh issin samhradh 
Ind riuth 
fola, galrai imdai olchena. Pene mortalitas, in 


i. fleochodh mor, ocus- gaeth mor. 


boar mar [i. e. all Winter in the Summer, i.e. 
great wet and great wind. The bloody flux, 
and many other diseases ; pene mortalitas; the 
great murrain ].” 

In the Annals of Clonmacnoise these diseases 


T72.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 377 


the Ui-Eachdhach-Cobha*‘, in which Gormghal, son of Conall Crai, lord of Cobha, 
was slain. A battle [was fought] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, in which 
Fearghal, son of Eladhach, lord of Ui-Breasail Beiri, was slain. Ceallach, son 
of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Tuathal, son of Crimhthann, [died]. Domh- 
nall, son of Foghartach, chief of Ards, died. Aedh Finn, lord of Dal-Riada, 
died. Feardachrich*, Abbot of Ard-Macha, the son of Suibhne, son of Ronan, 
son of Crunnmael, died. 

The Age of Christ, 772. The seventh year of Dunchadh over Ireland. 
Ban of Badhbhghna‘, a wise man, died. A battle [was fought] at Odhra- 
Teamhrach* between the two Cummascachs, so that the one killed the other. 
The battle of Cala-truim' [was fought] between the two Ua Cearnaighs, namely, 
Niall and Cumascach, wherein Eachtghus, son of Baeth, and numbers along 
with him, were slain. Flathroi, son of Domhnall, King of Connaught, died. 
The army of Leinster was brought by Connchadh over Breagh. A war be-. 
tween Donnchadh and Congalach. j 

The Age of Christ, 773. The eighth year of Donnchadh over Ireland. 
Snedhchest, son of Tuamchu, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Conall, 
son of the artificer, a wise man and Abbot of Beannchair, died. Ainbhcheal- 
lach, Abbot of Connor and Lann-Eala [Lynally], died. Finan, Abbot of Cluain- 
Eois [Clones], died. Sithmaith, Abbess of Cluain-Boireann™, died. Eithne, 
daughter of Cianadon, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned. The same war” 
[continued] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, during which fell Congalach, 


` son of Conaing, chief of Breagh; Cuana, son of Eigneach ; Dunchadh, son of 


Alene, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne]; and Diarmaid, son of Clothna, and 
many others along with them. The battle was gained by Donnchadh. Of this 
battle was said: 


are noticed under the year 770, thus : 
** A, D. 770. There reigned in Ireland many 


diseases about this time. A great morren of _ 


cowes came over the whole kingdom, called the 
Moylegarb.” . 

m Cluain-Boireann.—Now Cloonburren, near 
the Shannon, in the barony of Mos ross, and 
county of Roscommon,—See note ", under A. D. 
577, p. 209, suprà. 

^ The same war.—This war is noticed in the 


Annals of Ulster under the year 777: “Belum 
Forcalaidh in Ui Forciunn." It is stated in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 771, that 
a battle was fought between Donnogh and 
Conolagh at Cala : 

* A. D. 771. There was a battle in Cala, 
fought between Donnogh and Conolagh, in 
which Conolagh mac Comyn, prince of Moy- 
brey, Cwana mac Eigny, Donnagh mac Elene, 
with many other nobles, were slain,” 


316 


378 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. (774. 


Oo cat Popcalaio ponaenad, oomnach oubac oepac, 
ba 10móa mataip baeid bpónaċ ip md luan ap na bápac. 


I móuile m Scáil acá an pannpa : 


b1a16 co mmbiud accan [accaín] an mavan hi Popncalao, 
Ria nOonnéao Mide m(moip cat ime apail Congalac. 


Ecenpcel, mac Aeda, mic Colgan, ci&(pna Ua Cennpealang, vég. Niall, 
mac Conaill Gpainc, copet oepcepc Opl, véug. Cuacal, mac Cpumtainn, 
coipec Cualann, oéug. Plannabno, cigfpna Umanll, oéug. 

Qop Cpropc, plèc ccéo peaccmogad a cltaip. In nómao bliadam vo 
Oonnchad. Fulancach, eppcop Cluana hlonaipo, véus. Ceapgal, eccnard, 
mac Nemz, abb bionaip, véug. Moenan, mac Copbmaic, abb Catpaé Puppa 
ipm Pnainc, oéug. Popbapac, mac Tflailecola, abb Ropa Comáin, oeucc. 
Sluargeaó la Donnchad, mac Oormnarll, 1pm Pocla, go ccuc gialla o Ohom- 
nall, mac Coda TIlumoeips, ci5Cpna in Tuanpceinc. lomameace Cille Coce, 
1 cconcain Fingal, mac Oungaile, mic Paolcon, ci$(pma Popéuac Caigen, lap 
an pi Oonnchad. Cell vapa vo lopccaó. Cluain mop Maedog, 7 Ceall 
Oels1 oo lopgao. Cengap, mac Clem, ci& (qna Musoomn, décc. Platpae, 


° Caladh, or Forcaladh.—This is probably the 
district in the barony of Clonlonan, and county 
of Westmeath, called the Caladh of Calraighe, 
included in the present parish of Ballyloughloe. 

^ Buile-an-Scail: i.e. the Hero’s Furor, or 
Rhapsody. This was evidently the name of a 


poem, or historical tale, like that called Buile 


Shwibhne.—See Battle of Magh-Rath, pp. 236, 
237, note 4. 

3 Umhall.—A. territory comprising the baro- 
nies of Murrisk and Burrishoole, in the now 
county of Mayo.—See Genealogies, Tribes, &c., of 
Hy-Fiachrach, p. 499 ; and the map prefixed to 
that work. The Four Masters should have 
' transcribed those entries under the year 778. 
The Annals of Ulster, which are antedated by 
one year at this period, give the most of them 
under 777, together with a notice of the preva- 
lence of à bloody flux, and a murrain among 


the cattle: **Ind ruith folo; in bó-ár mar.” 

* Birar.—This sometimes appears as an old 
form of the name Birra, now Birr, in the King's 
County, which is to be distinguished from 
Achadh-Biroir, now Aghaviller, in the county 
of Kilkenny. 

s Cathair-Fursa : i e. the City of Fursa, i.e. 
Peronne, in France, where St. Fursa, an Irish- 
man, erected a monastery in the latter end of 
the sixth century.—See Bede, lib. iii. c. 19; 
and Colgan's edition of the Life of Furseeus in 
his Acta Sanctorum, xvi. Jan. It is curious to 
see that this monastery was supplied with 
abbots from Ireland. 

* The .—“ A. D. 772" [rectó, 779]. 
* King Donnogh brought an army to the North, 
and tooke hostages of Donell mac Hugh, King 
of the North." — Ann. Clon. 

u (fill- Coice : i. e. the Church of St. Coc, now 


774.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 379 


Of the battle of Forcaladh? came slaughter on a melancholy and tearful Sunday ; 
Many a mother was distracted and sorrowful on the Monday following. 


The following quatrain is in Buile-an-Scail*: 


There will be increase of lamentation in the morning at Forcaladh ; 
By Donnchadh of Meath the battle shall be won in which Congalach 
shall perish. 


Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Niall, 
son of Conall Grant, chief of South Breagh, died. Tuathal, son of Crumhthann, 
chief of Cualann, died. Flannabhra, chief of Umhall*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 774. The ninth year of Donnchadh. Fulartach, Bi- 
shop of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Learghal,a wise man, son of Neimhith, 
Abbot of Birar", died. Moenan, son of Cormac, Abbot of Cathair-Fursa*, in 
France, died. Forbhasach, son of Maeltola, Abbot of Ros-Comain [Roscommon], 
died. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, into the North‘, 
so that he brought hostages from Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, lord of 
the North. The battle of Cill-Coice", in which Fearghal, son of Dunghal, son 
of Faelchu, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean", was slain by the king Donnchadh. 
Cill-dara was burned. Cluain-mor-Maedhog* and Cill-Delge [Kildalkey] were 
burned. Aenghus, son of Aileni, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. 


Kilcock, in the barony of Clane, and county of: 
Kildare, where the festival of the Virgin Coc 
was celebrated on the 6th of June. —See Colgan's 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 465, n. 29 ; and Archdall’s 
Monast. Hib., p. 321. 

* Fortuatha- Laighean.—' The Glen of Imail 
and Glendalough were included in this terri- 
tory.—See note under the year 707. 

* Cluain-mor-Maedhog.—There are two places 
of this name, now anglicé Clonmore, in Leinster; 
one near the River Slaney, in the barony of 
Bantry, and county of Wexford, and the other 
in the barony of Rathvilly, and county of 
Carlow. There is at the latter a holy well 
called Tober-Mogue, and the Editor is of opi- 
nion that it is the place referred to in these 


Annals as Cluain-mor-Maedhog. Most of the 
entries transcribed by the Four Masters under 
the year 774 are given in the Annals of Ulster 
under 778, together with the following, totally 
omitted by the Four Masters: 

* A. D. 778. Boum mortalitas, et mortalitas 
hominum de penuria. In Bholgach for Eirinn 
huile? [The pox through all Ireland.— Cod. 
Clar., 49.] “Ventus maximus in fine Autumni.” 

These notices are entered in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise under the year 772, thus: 

* A. D. 772? [779]. “The morren of the 
Cowes in Ireland still continued, and, which 
was worse, great scarcity and penury of victualls 
among the men continued. The Poxe" [the 
small pox] ** came over all the kingdome.” 


9:62 


380 - ANNAA groshachca EIREANN. [775. 


ní Connacc, oéug. Muipfoac, mac Clongupa, corpeac Apoa Ciannacca, vo 
mapbao. 

Gloip Cpiopc, peact ccéo p(ccmoba a cóicc. -On olmad bliadam do 
Ohonnchad. Scanoal abb, comanba Camoiġ, oég.. Macnab, mac Ceallaig, 
abb Ohamllcglai, oécc. CAugupcin Ó(nocuirp oéug. Séopac, mac Sobaip- 
tain, oég. Cloapéu eagnaid dég. PPopbplaie, ngm Chonnlar, banabb Chluana 
opónarg, oég. lomaup(cc hUilne uae, 1 copcaip Flann, mac Ceallang, 3 
Scannlán, mac Piannaccarg. l 

Cloip Cpiopc, plèc ccéo peaċcmoòa a pé. On caonmad bliadain oég vo 
Ohonnchad. Cilgmad, eppcop Apoa Onlecain, S(ncan, abb Imleaċa lubaip, 
Onach, abb Lipméip, 7 abb Inpi Oommle, Saepgal hUa Oungnae, abb Cluana 
pinca Molua, Oubinopecc, mac P(pgupa, abb P.(pna, Maenac Ua Maonans, 
abb Lamne Léime, Peaccnac, abb Pobaip, 7 Saepgal Ua Cachail egnaiò, 
décc. Qelbpan hUa Laguvon, abb Cluana Oolcam, Nuaoha Ua bolcam, 
abb Tomma Oaolann, Plaiċnad, mac Congaile, abb Cluana peapca bpen- 
amn, no éccpac pm uile an bliaóam pı. Colcca, mac Ceallans, cig Mna 
Ua cCpemċamn. Oungal, mac Plaitniad, ciġfnna Umaill, oéug. Conoalac, 
mac Chlella, oo mapbao 1 npo Maca. Cach Righe ma pab 6peag pon 


y Successor of Cainneach : i. e. Abbot of Agha- 
boe, in the now Queen's County. Mageoghegan 
renders it, '*Scannall Abbot of Kilkenny, 
died," in his translation of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at the year 773; but this is a mere 
conjecture. : 

z Cluain- Bronaigh.—Now Clonbroney, near 
Granard, in the county of Longford. This pas- 
sage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 779, together with the following passages 
omitted by the Four Masters : 

“A. D. 779. Combustio Alocluade in Kal. Jan. 
Fuga Ruadhrai o Ochtar Ochae; et Coirpri, mac 
Laidgnein, cum duobus generibus Lagin. Donchad 
persecutus est eos cum. suis sociis, vastavitque, et 
combussit fines eorum et ecclesias. Nix magna in 
April. Fergus Maighi dumai moritur. Congressio 
Sinodorum Nepotum Neill et Laginensium in 
oppido Temro, ubi fuerunt scribe, et Anchorite 


multi, quibus dux erat Dublitter. Lex tercia Com- 
main et Aidain incipit.” 

The flight, of Ruadhrach and the Synod at 
Tara is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
under the year 773, but the true year is 780. 

* Uilleann-Guaire: i. e. Guaire’s angle, or 
elbow. Not identified. This battle is not no- 
ticed in the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. 

> Inis-Doimhle.—In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, 
at 4th July, Inis-Doimhle is described as in 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh.—See also Colgan’s Acta Sanc- 
torum, p. 597, n: 14. It would appear to be the 
place now called Inch, situated in the barony of 
Shelmaliere, and county of Wexford. 

* Lann- Leire.—See note under the year 740, 
* A. D. 778. Moynagh O'Mooney, Abbot of 
Loynlere, died."— Ann. Clon. 

4 Cluain-Dolcain: i. e. Dolcan’s Lawn or 
Meadow, now Clondalkin, in the barony of 


TEN 


7751 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Flathrae, King of Connaught, died. Muireadhach, son of Aenghus, chief of 
Ard-Cianachta [Ferrard], was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 775. The tenth year of Donnchadh. Scannal, abbot, 
successor of Cainneach’, died. Maicniadh, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Dunleath- 
ghlaisi [Downpatrick], died. Augustin, of Beannchair[Bangor], died. Sedrach, 
son of Sobharthan, died. Adharchu, a wise man, died. Forbflaith, daughter 
of Connla, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh’, died. The battle of Uilleann-Guaire*, 
wherein fell Flann, son of Ceallach, and Scannlan, son of Fianachtach. 

The Age of Christ, 776 [recte 781]. The eleventh year of Donnchadh. 
Aileniadh, Bishop of Ard-Breacain [ Ardbraccan]; Seanchan, Abbot of Imleach, 
Iubhair [Emly]; Orach, Abbot of Lis-mor, and the Abbot of Inis-Doimhle*; 
Saerghal Ua Dungnae, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua [Clonfertmalloe]; Duibh- 
innreacht, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns]; Maenach Ua Maenaigh, Abbot of Lann- 
` Leire’; Feachtnach, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore]; and Saerghal Ua Cathail, a wise 
man, died. Aelbran Ua Lagudon, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain?; Nuada Ua Bolcain, 
Abbot of Tuaim Daolann’; Flaithniadh, son of Congal, Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn [Clonfert]: all these died this year. Conga, son of Ceallach, lord of 
Ui-Cremhthainn ; Dunghal, son of Flaithniadh, lord of Umhall; died. Conda- 
lach, son of Ailell, was slain at Ard-Macha. The battle of Righ* [was gained] 


381 


Newcastle, and county of Dublin, where there 
is an ancient Round Tower in good preserva- 
tion. St. Cronan, otherwise called Mochua, was 
venerated here on the 6th of August.—See 
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 577; and Arch- 
dall’s Monasticon, p. 131. 

* Tuaim-Daolann.—This is another form of 
Tuaim-da-ghualann, which was the ancient 
name of Tuam, in the county of Galway. 

* A. D. 780. Nuad O-Bolgain, Abbas Tuama 
Daolan (Dagualan), defunctus est.— Ann. Ult. 
Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* Condalach.—** A. D. 180. Magna commixtio 
in Ardmacha in quinquagesima, in qua cecidit 
Condalach mac Ailello.”—Ann. Ult. 

«A. D. 778. There was a great fraye in 
Ardmagh on Shrovetide, where Conolagh mac 
Conoylye died." — Anz. Clon. 


s Righ.—Now the River Rye, which divides 
the counties of Meath and Kildare for several 
miles, and unites with the Liffey at Leixlip. 

* A. D. 780. Bellum Rige re feraib Breg for 
Laigniu die Samnae, in quo cecidit Cucongalt ri 
Ratho-Inbhir, Diarmait, mac Conaing, e£ Cona- 
ing, mac Dungaile, da ua Conaing, et Maelduin 
mac Fergusa, et Fogartach, mac Cumasgaid. 
Duo nepotes Cernaig victores erant, belli Rigi.” — 
Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 718. There was a battle given at the 
River Rie, by the inhabitants of Moybrey, to 
Lynstermen, where the Lynstermen had the vic- 
tory" [recté, were overthrown]. “ This was the 
first of November, in the year of the margent 
quoted; which overthrow was prophesied long 
before by the words Ar fiet rigi iugi."— Ann. 
Clon. 


382 . amHaca nroghachca EIREANN. (777. 
Lorgmb, la Sarna oo ponnnad, m po manbad Cucongalc, cigfpna Rata mbip, 
q Fingal, mac Ailella, ciseapna Cenuil Uchae. (fpiao. bavan coms 
op(naib 6n(& ag ppamead m cata hip, Orapmuro, mac Conaing, Conaing, 
mac Oungaile, Maoloain, mac Fgura, 1 Pogapcaé, mac Cumapcaig.. Ap 

| 90 PIN po paróeqo : 

Looap Cargin ap Samán, vo tig oagPIP nac cappac, 
Nip nagai luga oige, pop bná Righe po anpac. 


Fur, mac Eacoac, ciġeapna Oal Riava, vécc. 

Cloip Cpiope, peace cceo pfecmoda aplec. Qn oapa bliadain oécc do 
Oonnchaó. Copbmac, mac 6pfpail, abb Cipo bpeacan 4 ceall naile oécc. 
Scanoal Ua Taidg, abb Achand bó, oécc, 1ap mbeit cpí bliaóna ap oa picic 1 
naboaine. hi péil Comgaill acbat pom. banban, ab Claonca, vég. Clodan, 
abb Ropa Comám, décc. Oanel Ua Chemie, abb Oaipiny [vécc]. Ciapán 
Cighe Munoa décc. Efpoomnach Tuama Oagualann vég. MuipCohaé, mac 
Uapsarle, pmoip la Coluim Cille, vécc. Ulcan p(pecighip b6eanochuip, 6ecan 
Lipeacaip, Taleflait, mg(n Mupchada, banabb Cluana Cuiptin, oécc 
lomaipeace Cups la caob Cille oapa an w. Wal. Sepcembep, oia Mape 
ecin Ruadpaich, mac Paolam,3 Opan, mac Muipeavharg, m po mapbaoh 
Mucchpon, mac Plomn, cina Ua Pailge, 7 Ouboácpíoch, mac Carognem 
hi ppap. Ria Ruaiópi po meabaid. Apcgal, mac Cacoil, pí Connacc, oo 
gabónl bacla, 7 a dol co hl oia oilecpe an bliadain ap ccmo.. 

Coip Cpiope, peace ccéo peaccmoda a hecc. On cpeap bhadan oécc 


^ Path-inbhir: i.e. the Rath or earthen Fort 
at the Inver or Mouth of the River, so called 
because it was situated at Inbher-Dea, or the 


name to à barony in the north of the county of 
Kildare. In the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, 
preserved in the Leabhar-Breac, it is stated 


mouth of the River Dea. Ussher thinks that 
this was the ancient name of Oldcourt, near 


Bray, in the county of Wicklow.—See Ussher's . 


Primordia, p. 846; and Colgan's Trias Thaum., 
p. 31, n. 29. 

i Dal-Riada.—This entry is given in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise under 778; but the true 
year is 781. ** A. D. 778. Fergus mac Cahall, 
King of Dalriada or Reade Shanckes, died.” ` 

* The festival of St. Comhgall : i.e. 10th of May. 


1 Claenadh.— Now Clane, a village giving. 


that Claenadh is situated in Ui-Faelain, in Magh- 
Laighen. 

m Dairinis.—See note under the year 742. 

^. Cluain- Cuifthin, — Now Clonguffin, near 
Rathcore, in Meath.—See note under 766. 

° Cuirreach, by the side of Cill-dara.—-Otherwise 
called Cuirrech-Liffe, now the Curragh of Kil- 
dare.—See note ^, under the year 1234, p. 272. 


' This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, 


thus : 
* A. D. 781. Bellum Cuirrich, in confinio 


if 


rris ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 383 


by the men of Breagh over the Leinstermen, on the day of Allhallows precisely, 
wherein were slain Cucongalt, lord of Rath-inbhir^, and Fearghal, son of Ailell, 
lord of Cinel-Ucha. These were the chieftains of the men of Breagh who were 
routing in that battle : Diarmaid, son of Conaing ; Conaing, son of Dunghal ; 
Maelduin, son of Fearghus ; and Fogartach, son of Cumascach. Of this was 
said : 


The Leinstermen went on Samhain to the house of a good man, whom 
they loved not; 
They left not the least of drink; on the brink of the Righ they remained. 


Fearghus, son of Eochaidh, lord of Dal-Riada! died. 

The Age of Christ, 777 [recté 782]. The twelfth year of Donnchadh. 
Cormac, son of Bresal Abbot of Ard-Breacain [Ardbraccan], and other 
churches, died. Scannal Ua Taidhg, Abbot of Achadh-bo [Aghaboe], died, 
after having been forty-three years in the abbacy. He died on the festival of 
St. Comhgall. Banbhan, Abbot of Claenadh’, died. Aedhan, Abbot of Ros- 
Comain [Roscommon], died. Daniel Ua Aithmit, Abbot of Dairinis" [died]. 


“Ciaran of Teach-Munna [Taghmon], died. Feardomhnach of Tuaim-da-ghua- 


lann [Tuam], died. Muireadhach, son of Uarghal, Prior of Ia-Coluim-Cille 
[Iona], died. Ultan, CEconomus of Beannchair [Bangor]; Becan Lifeachair; 
[and] Tailefhlaith, daughter of Murchadh, Abbess of Cluain-Cuifthin"; died. 
The battle of Cuirreach, by the side of Cill-dara? [was fought] on the sixth of 
the Calends of September, on Tuesday?, between Ruadhriach, son of Faelan, 
and Bran, son of Mureadhach, wherein Mughron, son of Flann, Lord of Ui- 
Failghe, and Dubhdachrich, son of Laidhgnen, were slain in a combat. The 
victory was gained by Ruaidhri. Artghal, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, 
took the [pilgrim's] staff*, and went to Hi on his pilgrimage. 

The Age of Christ, 778 [rect&^ 783]. The thirteenth year of Donnchadh. 


Cille-daro, in vi. Kal. Septembris iii. feria inter 
Ruadraich, mac Faelain, et Bran, mac Muire- 
daig, ubi ceciderunt Mughron, mac Flainn, rex 
Hua Foilgi, & Dubdacrich, mac Laidgnein, hi 
frecur. Ruaidhri victor fuit; Bran captivus 
ductus est." — Ann. Ult. 

? On the 6th of the Calends of September, on 


Tuesday.—'These criteria indicate the year 782. 
3? The staff.—'* A. D. 781. Bachall Airtgaile, 
mic Cathail, ri Connacht, et peregrinatio ejus in 
sequenti anno ad insolam Yae."—Anmn. Ult. 
* The Crosstaff taken by Ardgall King of 
Connaght, and his pilgrimage the year after to 
Iland Iae."— Cod. Clarend., 49. 


384 . ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[719. 
vo Ohonnchaó. Peapgup, eppcop ovoimliacc, Oengup, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb 
Oorhliacc, Suaipleach, angcoipe Lip mop, Mac Plaiémad, abb Cluana 
pica, Reéclaic(n Poba eccnaid, Cfapon eagnad, Paelgup, mac Cnue- 
sale, eaccnaió Cluana h€paipo, Aill Ua Cioppaicce, 7 becc, mac Cu- 
mapcaich, vécc. [Ciapán o bhelaig oám, oo pgp beata Dhaonpaic, oécc.] 
Gpomacha 7 Magh eo oo lopccad do cene pargnem aioci Satan vo 
ponnnad, iym. é(épamao nom Clugurc. ba coipneac, cemceac, gaocac, am- 
ampfnac, an oiòċe hipm, 7 1p 1906 aohaió po oífoclóárémg(ó mapo Cluana 
bpdnag. Oomnall, mac Plaitmad coipeac Ua ppPange, 00 mapbao hı 
cCluam Conaipe. lomaimeacc Ouma ach eicip Dal nCfpaioe, hi cconcain 
Pocanca hUa Conalca. Popup cana Dácpoicc 1 cCpuacamn la Ouboaleice, 
1 lá Cioppaicci, mac Caiocc. 

Coir Cpiope, peacc cced pléctmoda anao. On cltpamad bliadain oécc 
oo Ohonnchad. Plann, eppcop, eagnad, 7 abb Inpı Cammo(gha, Reccnia, 
abb Cluana mic Nop, 0o Síol Choippm Cpum, Cianan, abb Rata Mage 
Cona 4 Cige Tllopionoa, Ceannac, mac Suibne, pmo Anoa Maca, 4 
Conall, mac Cpunnmaorl, abb Cupcan, décc. Rioghoal eccip Ohonnchad, 
mac Oomnanll, 7 Piacna, mac Cloda Rom, ag Inpi na m$ 1 naiptean Ons. 


Cp d1 po pnéáibeao. 


* Bealach-duin.—Now Castlekieran, near the 
town of Kells, in the county of Meath. Dr. 
O'Conor says that this passage is inserted in a 
modern hand in the autograph copy at Stowe. 

* Thunder and lightning. —* A. D. 782. Com- 
bustio Airdmache, et Maighi heu Saxonum. 
Ignis horribilis tota nocte Sabbati, et tonitruum in 
iv. Non. Augusti, et ventus magnus, et validissimus, 
destruxit, monasterium Cluana-Bronaig."— Ann. 
Ult. 

Most of the entries transcribed by the Four 
Masters under 778 are given in the Annals of 
Ulster under 782, with a notice of an affray 
which took place at Ferns between the CEco- 
nomus and the Abbot, intentionally left out by 
the Four Masters. 

* Dumha-achidh. — This is called “ Bellum 
Dunai-Achaidh” in the Annals of Ulster. It 
was the name of a fort in the townland of Bal- 


lycreggagh, parish of Dunaghy, in the county 
of Antrim.—See the Ordnance Map of that 
county, sheet 27. 

* Dubdaleithe.—He was Archbishop of Ar- 
magh. Doctor O’Conor renders “ Forus cana 
Phattruig,” by “ Collectio tributi S. Patricii;” 
but he is clearly wrong.—See Petries Anti- 
quities of Tara Hill, pp. 148, 149. 

v Inis-caein-Deagha.—Now Iniskeen, in the 
barony of Farney, and county of Monaghan.— 
See note under the year 766. 

“A. D. 783. Flann, Episcopus, sapiens, Abbas 
Innse Caindegho veneno mortificatus est." —Ann. 
Uit. 

= Rath-maighe-Eonaigh.—In O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar, at 1st November, is set down the 
festival of St. Ciaran, Abbot of Rathmoighe 
and Teach-Mofhinna ; and it is added that he 
resigned his spirit in the year 783. In the same 


d EN 


119.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Fearghus, Bishop of Daimhliag [Duleek] ; Oenghus, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot 
of Daimhliag; Suairleach, anchorite of Lis-mor; Mac Flaithniadh, Abbot of 
Cluain-fearta [Clonfert]; Reachtlaiten of Fobhar [Fore], a wise man; Aaron, 
a wise man; Faelghus, son of Tnuthghal, a wise man of Cluain-Iraird 
[Clonard]; Ailill Ua Tibraide; and Becc, son of Cumasgach, died. [Ciaran 
of Bealach-duin', who wrote the Life of Patrick, died.] Ard-Macha and 
Magh-eo were burned by lightning on Saturday night, precisely on the fourth 
ofthe Nones of August. That night was terrible with thunder, lightning’, 
and wind-storms; and it was on this night the monastery of Cluain-Bronaigh 
[Clonbroney] was destroyed. Domhnall, son of Flaithniadh, chief of Ui- 
Failghe, was slain at Cluain-Conaire [Cloncurry]. The battle of Dumha- 
Achidh'*, between the Dal-Araidh, wherein Focharta Ua Conalta was slain. The 
promulgation of Patrick's law at Cruachain by Dubdaleithe", and Tibraide, son 
of Tadhg. i 

The Age of Christ, 779 [rectè 784]. The fourteenth year of Donnchadh. 
Flann, Bishop, wise man, and Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha"; Reachtnia, Abbot 
of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of Cairbre Crom; Ciaran, Abbot of Rathmaighe- 
Eonaigh*, and Teach-Mofhinna [Taghmon]; Cearnach, son of Suibhne, Prior’ 
of Ard-Macha; Conall, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk], died. A 
royal meeting between Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, and Fiachna, son of 
Aedh Roin at Inis-na-righ’, in the east of Breagh. Of it was said: 


385 


Calendar, at lst September, is set down the sight of the clue afforded by O'Donnell, in his 


festival of Brudhach, Bishop of Rath-moighe 


hAenaigh, who is noticed in the Tripartite Life: 


of St. Patrick, as, * Episcopus Brugacius, qui 
est in Rath Mugeaonaich, a sancto Patricio 
ordinatus Episcopus."— Part ii. c. 136, Trias 
Thaum., p. 147. The Four Masters, as quoted 
by Colgan in Acta Sanctorum, p. 347, note 6, 


and as in the Stowe copy, record the death of ; 


St. Adamnan, Bishop of Rath-Maighe-hAenaigh, 


“at the year 725, which corresponds with the 


year 730 of the Annals of Ulster.—See note ’, 
under the year 725, p. 323, suprà. Colgan is 
of opinion that the Rath-maighe Aenaigh men- 
tioned in this passage is Airther-maighe, now 
Armoy, in the county of Antrim, but he loses 


Life of St. Columbkille, lib. i. c. 32, where he 
states that the church of the Bishop Brugacius 
is in Tir-Enna. It is probably the church of 
Rath, in the district of Tir-Enna, near Manor- 
Cunningham, in the barony of Raphoe, and 
county of Donegal.—See note ", under A. D. 
1566, p. 1606. 

y Prior. —In the Annals of Ulster, A. D. 783, 
he is called “Cernach mac Suibne equonimus 
Ardmache,” i. e. house-steward of Ardmagh. 

* Inis-na-righ : i. e. the Island of the Kings. 
Not identified. This “kingly parlee" between 
the Monarch of Ireland and Fiachna is noticed 
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 783.— See 
Cod. Clarend., 49. 


3D 


386 .. ammnaead RIOshachta €medHH. [780. 


Cipi bms, an val oc Inpi na ms, 
Oonnchad n oichec pop murp, Piachna m oicec hi cíp. 


lomaipece Caipn Conaill, 1 nOQhone, pra c Cioppaicce, mac Taidg, pf Con- 
naéc, po ppaomeao pon Uib Piacnac. Maolotin, mac Clongupa, ci$(pna 
Cenmuil Caogarpe, Invpeccac, mac Ounchada, Cleógal, ci&(pna. Umhaill, 
Coipenmech Ua Dpeoene, cina Ua n€acac Ulad, Maelcaec, mac Cum- 
| renait Mino, Cugamina, mac Naomofnaiz, cig lpna Cenél cCoinppi, oécc. 

CLloip Core, plèc ccéo occmoóa. On cárgeao bhadan décc oo Ohonn- 
chad. Maeloċcpaiġ, mac Conall, abb Chille Cuilinn, 7 pepmbneop Cille 
na manat. Mocctisfn eagnad, Mac Ceallarg, abb Inpi Cealcpa, lopeb 
Ua Paelám, abb bionain, €ocharó mac Pocapca:, abb Poclada, 7 Inpi Clot- 
nann, 7 €llbpis, banabb Cluana bponang, oécc. 
loban, décc xn. Oecembep.  Ruarópi, mac Paolam, m Laigin, Concubap 
mac Colgan, Ounchad Ua Oaiminé, cig(pma. Ua Maine, Maelotim, mac 
Fgura, cis(ina Loca Goba, Plaitma, ciġfpna Comp: Cpurm [oécc]. 
lomainfcc Mucde ma cCioppaicce, mac Tardg, pf Connacc, 1 po meabaw 
pome. Raomfd ole pia cCiopparoe pop Mhuimnfchanb. 

Cop Cort, plèc ccéo ochemoóa a haon. On püpeaó bliadain décc oo 
Ohonnchad. Tioppaicce, mac Fincan, abb Cluana p(pca 6nénamn, Mael- 
combaip, abb Slime va Loca, Sneopiagail, abb Cluana mic Nóip, vo Cal- 
paisib Colmaige 06, Paebapoait, abb Culam, Maeloiin, mac Aeda 6(nnam, 
cis(ina hlpluachpa, Scanolan, mac Plomn, corpeac Ua Piogemce, Tiopnaive, 


Sfnéan, eppcop 7 ab Imlig. 


> Carn-Conaill.—A place in the barony of 
Kiltartan, in the south-west of the county of 
Galway.—See note *, under A. D. 645, p. 260, 
supra. 

^ Cill-na-manach : i. e. Church of the Monks, 
now Kilnàmanagh, in the barony of Crannagh, 
and county of Kilkenny, where St. Natalis 
erected a monastery about the middle of the 
sixth century.—See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
pp. 169-174. The festival of St. Natalis of Cill- 
na-manach is set down in O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar at 31st July, which seems correct, though 
Colgan thinks that he is the same as St. Naile 
of Kilnawley, in Breifny, and of Inver-Naile, in 


. Tirconnell, whose festival is set down in the 


same Calendar at 27th January. St. Natalis of 
Cill-na-manach is the abbot referred to by Cam- 
brensis, Topographia Hibernie, Dist. ii. c. 19, as 
having left a curse on the men of Ossory, which 
caused two of that people, a man and a woman, 
to be transformed into wolves and expelled their 
territory every seventh year. 

* Fochladh, —This was the name of a woody 
district near Killala, in the barony of Tirawley, 
and county of Mayo, wherein were two churches, 
namely, Domhnach-mor and Cros-Phadruig.— 
See Genealogies, Tribes, jc., of Hy-Fiachrach, 
p. 463. i 


tpt ere 


780.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. __ 387 


Of what effect was the conference at Inis-na-righ ? 
Donnchadh would not come upon the sea, Fiachna would not 
come upon the land. 

The battle of Carn-Conaill*, in Aidhne, by Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King 
of Connaught, and the Ui-Fiachrach were defeated. Maelduin, son of Aen- 
ghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire; Iunreachtach, son of Dunchadh; Aedhghal, 
lord of Umhall ; Coisenmhech Ua Predene, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh [Iveagh]; 
Maeleaech, son of Cumscrath Meann; [and] Cugamhna, son of Naeinnea- 
naigh, lord of Cinel-Cairbre, died. 

The Age of Christ, 780 [recte 785]. The fifteenth year of Donnchadh. 
Maeloctraigh, son of Conall, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn [Kilcullen], and Scribe of 
Cill-na-manach*; Mochtighearn, a wise man; Mac Ceallaigh ; Joseph Ua Fae- 
lainn, Abbot of Biror [Birr]; Eochaidh, son of Fogarta, Abbot of Fochladh’, 
and Inis-Clothrann’; and Ellbrigh, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh [Clonbroney], 
died. Seanchan, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair [Emly], died on the 
12th of December. Ruaidhri, son of Faelan, King of Leinster*; Conchubhar, 
son of Colgan; Dunchadh Ua Daimhine, lord of Ui-Maine; Maelduin, son of 
Fearghus, lord of Loch Gobhair'; Flaithnia, lord of [the race of] Cairbre 
Crom [died]. The battle of Muaidh* by Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King of 
Connaught, and he routed [the enemy] before him. Another victory was 
gained by Tibraide over the Munstermen. 

The Age of Christ, 781 [recté 786]. The sixteenth year of Donnchadh. 
Tibraide, son of Fearchair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Mael- 
combair, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha; Snedriaghail, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, 
[one] of the Calraighe of Aelmhagh^ ; Faebhardaith, Abbot of Tulean [Dulane]; 
Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannan, lord of Irluachair'; Scanlann, son of Flann, 


à Inis-Clothrann.—An Island in Lough Ree, 
in the Shannon.—See note under the year 719. 
e King of Leinster— A. D. 784. Ruaidhri, 


mac Faelain, rex cunctorum Laginensium, et Con- ` 


cobar mac Colgenn, perierunt." —Ann. Ult. 
‘Loch Gobhair.—Now Loughgower, or Logore, 
near Dunshaughlin, in the county of Meath.— 
See note under the year 675, p. 284, suprà. 
: Muaidh.—Now the River Moy, which for 


several miles divides the counties of Mayo and 
Sligo.—See note*, under A. D. 1249, p. 333. 

^ Calraighe of Aelmhagh.—8See note *, under 
A. M. 3790, p. 50, suprà. This sept of the Cal- 
raighe was probably that» otherwise called Cal- 
raighe-an-Chala, and seated in the barony of 
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath: 

i Trluachair.—See note °, under A. D. 727, 
p. 325, suprà. 


802 


388 ANNALA RIOSshachTa EIREANN. 


. (782. 


mac Caróg, pi Connacht [oécc]. Cach [Acha] Liacc Pino ercip Oonnchao, 
mac Munpchada, 1 prol Coda Slame, m po mapbad Piaépa, mac Catal, 
coipeac Peap cCal,7 Pogancac, mac Comapecaig, toipeac Loca Saban, 4 
oa Ua Conamg, 1. Conaing 7 Oiapmuro. Ooibil. Ceallaé mac Maenag, 
Ceallac, mac Copbmaic, coipeac Opoa Ciannacca, vécc. Popbapac, mac 
Seachnupaicch, coipec Ceneoil mbdogaine [oécc]. lomaipeacc ecip Ui Catat 
7 Conaille, in po mapbao Catnae, coipeac TIlugoonn,1 Rimio, mac Ceapnaig. 
Paelan, mac Popbapag, oo Oppagib, oo rhanbad leo budveipm. Raomead 
ma Maoloúm, mac Coda Allain, pon Ohomnall, mac Coda ITlumpeipcc. 
Coir Cpiopc, peacc cced octmoda a oó. Un peaccmao bliadain oécc 
do Ohonnchad. Lomtuile, eppucc Chille oapa;1 Oubodboipeann, abb Cluana 
hC€ponpo, vég.  Sneóbpan, eppcop Cille vapa, Colga, mac Cpunnraoil, abb 
Lupccan, Robapcach, mac Maenaig, pepcigip Slame, 7 abb Cille Fóibmġ, 
Mumpfoach, mac Catal, abb Cille oapa, Rechcabpa, mac Oubcommaip, 
abb €acopomma, Leapgup Ua Prdcan, (ccnaro. Cille Margnfnn, Cflaohcu 
anchoipe Racha Oenbo, 7 Cuan Imleaca luban, vece wile. Conall, mac 
'" Piógaile, ciġípna Ua Manne, décc. lomaip(cc (.1. Cach Ipcona) ecip Chenel 
Conall, 7 €ogam pra Maoloum, mac Coda Allain, m po meabaid pop 


* The battle of [Ath] Liacc-Finn.—Dr. O'Conor 
states that the word Ath is interpolated between 
the lines, he knows not on what authority. The 
passage is given as follows in the Annals of Ul- 
ster: 

** A. D. 785. Bellum Liac-fin inter Donnchad 
et Genus Aedo Slaine, in quo ceciderunt Fiachrai, 
mac Cathail, et Foghartach, mac Cumuscaig, 
rex Locha Gabor, et duo nepotes Conaing, i. e. 
Conaing et Diarmait.” 

. Ath-liag Finn is the ancient name of Bally- 
league, the western or Connaught portion of 
Lanesborough, on the Shannon, in the county 
of Roscommon. But the interpolated Ath seems 
incorrect. Liagfinn is more probably the place 
now called Leafin, situated in the parish of 
Nobber, barony of Morgallion, and county of 
Meath.—Ordnance Map, sheet 5. ; 

! Feara- Cul.—See note”, under the year 693, 


p. 297, suprà. 

m Cinel-Boghaine.—A sept of the Cinel-Conaill, 
who were seated in and gave name to the pre- 
sent barony of Banagh, in the west of the county 
of Donegal. 

n Conaille: i.e. The Conaille-Muirtheimhne, 
the ancient inhabitants of the level portion of 
the now county of Louth. 

° Faelan.—* A. D. 785. Bellum inter Osraigi 
invicem, inquo cecidit Faelan mac Forbasaig."— 
Ann. Ult. 

The obits and other entries given by the Four 
Masters under the year 781, are given in the 
Annals of Ulster under 785, together with the 
following, totally omitted by the Four Masters: 

** A. D. 785. Ventus maximus in Januario. Inun- 
datio in Dairinis. Visio terribilis hi Cluain-mic- 
Nois. .Penitentia magna per totam Hiberniam. 
Pestis que dicitur Scamach.? 


782.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 389 


chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte; Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King of Connaught [died]. 
The battle of [Ath] Liacc-Finn* between Donnchadh, son of Murchadh, and 
the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein was slain Fiachra, son of Cathal, chief of 
Feara-Cul'; Fogartach, son of Comasgach, chief of Loch-Gabhair; and the two 
Ua Conaings, namely, Conaing and Diarmaid Doibil. Ceallach, son of Maenach, 
[and] Ceallach, son of Cormac, chief of Ard-Cianachta [Ferrard], died. For- 
bhasach, son of Seachnasach, chief of Cinel-Boghaine", [died]. A battle [was 
fought] between the Ui-Eachach [people of Iveagh] and the Conaille”, in which 


-Cathrae, chief of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], and Rimidh, son of Cearnach, were 


slain. Faelan*, son of Forbhasach, [one] of the Osraighe, was slain by [the 
Osraighe] themselves. A victory was gained by Maelduin, son of Aedh Allan, 
over Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg. 

The Age of Christ, 782 [recte 787]. The seventeenth year of Donnchadh. 
Lomtuile, Bishop of Cill-dara ( Kildare], and Dubhdabhoireann, Abbot of Cluain- 
Iraird [Clonard], died. Snedhbran, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Colga, son of Crunn- 
mhael, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk]; Robhartach, son of Maenach, CEconomus? of 
Slaine, and Abbot of Cill-Foibrigh ; Muireadhach, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cill- 


‘dara; Rechtabhra, son of Dubhchomar, Abbot of Eachdhruim [Aughrim]; 


Learghus Ua Fidhchain, a wise man of Cill-Maighnenn*; Aladhchu, anchorite 
of Rath-Oenbo'; and Cuan of Imleach-Iubhair, all died. Conall, son of Fidh- 
ghal, lord of Ui-Maine, died. A battle (i.e. the battle of Ircoir*) between the 
Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, in which Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, 


- The disease called Scamhach is noticed in the 

Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 783, 
thus: 

** There was a general disease in the kingdom 
this year called the skawaghe.” 

But the Editor has not been able to ascertain 
what kind of disease it was. 

P QEconomus : the Spenser, or House Steward. 
—“ A. D. 784. Lergus O’Fichayn, the sadge of 
Kilmaynum, Rovartagh mac Mooney, Spenser 
of Slane and Abbot of Fobrie, and Moriegh 
mac Cahall, Abbot of Killdare, died."—— A7. 
Clon. 

? Cill-Maighnenn: i.e. the Church of St. 


Maighnenn, now Kilmainham, near the city of 
Dublin. St. Maighnenn (son of Aedh, son of ` 
Colgan, of the race of Colla Dachrich) erected 
a monastery here, towards the close of the sixth 
century, and his festival was observed on the 
18th of December. — See Colgan’s Acta SS., 
pp. 584 and 713, and Obits and Martyrology of 
Christ Church, Introduction, p. xlvi. 

* Rath-Oenbo : i. e. the Rath or Earthen Fort 
of.one Cow. Not identified. l 

* Ircoir. — This is probably the place now 
called Urker, situated between the villages of 
Creggan and Crossmaglen, in the county of 
Antrim. 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


390 [783. 


Ohomnall, mac oda Mumoeing. Ap Ua móprum Umar la hUib Piacpach 
Mupipce,7 concpavan pochade ann ima coipeac, Platgal, mac Plamn- 
abpac. 

Cop Core, plèc céeo occmoba acpi. On coccmad bliadain vécc vo 
Ohonnchao. Colum, mac Paelgupa, (ppcop Lotpa, Ouboatuat, eppcop 3 
abb Rata Cloda, 7 Maccécc, abb Sar5ne vécc. Buaie, mac Oungalarg 
décc. Tisfina Ua mbmum Cualann epide. Maolotm, mac Coda Cíllam, 
pí an Pocla, vécc. Ooie Calgaicch vo lopgavh. Cex Chiapam pop Chon- 
nachcaib. 

Cloiy Cqpiopc, p(éc ccéo ochemoóa acltamp. On naoi oécc oo Ohonnchao, 
Mupgal, abb Cluana mic Norp, vo Chenel Piacpac, mic. n€achach Morg- 
mfoom dó. Peaohach, mac Copbmaic, abb Cusmaid, Slame, 7 Oornliag, 
vég. Hopmsal, mac Eladarg, ci$epna Cnogba, oécc 1 cléipcecc. P(ppugal, 
eppcop Cluana Oolcam, vécc. Sluarg(óac, coipeac Conall, décc. Pengi 
4. an geomecep, abb Achmd bó, oécc pan n&(pmámne pan 30 badam va 
eappcopóm.  lomain(cc Clarorge ecip Cenel Eogam 7 Conall, 7 po meab- 
ad pop Oomnall. Sapucchad bacla lopa 7 mionn Paonaice la Oonnchad 


t Was routed.‘ A. D. 785. Bellum inter Ge- 
nus Conaill et Eogain, in quo victor fuit Maelduin, 
mac Aeda Alddain, et Domhnall, mac Aedo 
Muinderg in fugam versus est.” —Ann. Ult. 

* The Ui-Briuin Umhaill: i.e. descendants of 
Brian, son of the monarch Eochaidh Muigh- 
mheadhoin, who were seated in the territory of 
Umallia, now the Owles, in the county of Mayo. 
After the establishment of surnames the chief 
family of this sept took the surname of O' Maille. 
They descend from Conall Orison, son of Brian, 
who was contemporary with St. Patrick.—See 
O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 79. 

* Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisce.—These were the in- 
habitants of the present barony of Tireragh, in 
the county of Sligo. For the position of the 
district in this barony called Muirise, see Ge- 
nealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 257, 
note ^, and the map to the same work. 

* A. D. 786. Ar [cedes] JVepotum Briuin 


hUmaill per Nepotes Fiachrach Muirsce, ubi 
homines optimi circa Regem Flathgalum, filium. 
Flannabrait ceciderunt." —Ann. Ult. 

* Ui-Briuin- Cualann.—Dr. O’Conor says, in 
his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 113, that 
these were “ the O'Byrnes of the county of 
Wicklow ;” but he is in error. 

¥ The North.—Fochla is used in the Irish An- 
nals to denote the North of Ireland, or province 
of Ulster.—See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac 
Neill, p. 9, note °. 

* Doire-Calgaigh. — Now Derry or London- 
derry.—See note *, under A.D. 535, p. 178. 
These entries are given in the Annals of Ulster 
under the year 787, but the year intended is 
188, as appears by an eclipse of the moon re- 
corded in those Annals to have occurred on the 
12th of the Calends of March. This eclipse 
really took place on the 26th of February, 788. 
— See Art. de Ver. les Dates, t.i. p. 67. 


183.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 391 


was routed. The slaughter of the Ui-Briuin-Umhaill", by the Ui-Fiachrach- 
Muirisce"; and many of them were slain, together with their chief, Flathghal, 
son of Flannabhrath. 

The Age of Christ, 783 [recte 788]. The eighteenth year of Donnchadh. 
Colman, son of Faelghus, Bishop of Lothra [Lorha]; Dubhdathuath, Bishop and 
Abbot of Rath-Aedha [Rathhugh]; and Maccog, Abbot of Saighir [Serkieran], 
died. Guaire, son of Dungalach, died; he was lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann*. 
Maelduin, son of Aedh-Allan, King of the North’, died. Doire-Calgaigh’ was 
burned. The law of Ciaran* was promulgated among the Connaughtmen. 

The Age of Christ, 784 [recté 789]. The nineteenth year of Donnchadh. 
Murghal, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh 
Muighmheadhoin ; Feadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth], 
Slaine, and Daimhliag [Duleek], died. Gormghal, son of Eladhach, lord of 
Cnoghbha’, died in religion. Fearfughaill, Bishop of Cluain-Doleain [Clondal- 
kin], died. Sluaigheadhach, chief of Conaille [Muirtheimhne], died. F erghil, 
i.e. the Geometer", Abbot of Achadh-bo, [and Bishop of Saltsburg], died in 
Germany, in the thirteenth year of his bishopric. The battle of Claideach', 
between the Cinel-Eoghain and Cinel-Conaill, in which Domhnall was routed. 
The profanation of the Bachall-Isa* and the relics of Patrick by Donnchadh, son 


* The law of Ciaran.— A. D. 185. The rules 
of St. Keyran were preached in Connaught."— 
Ann. Clon. ; 

^ Cnoghbha.—Now Knowth, in the parish of 
Monksnewtown, near Slane, in the county of 
Meath. 

* A.D. 788. Gormgal, mac Eladaig, rez Cnod- 
bai in clericatu obit.” —Ann. Ult. 

* Ferghil the Geometer.—His death is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 788, 
but the true year is 789. This is the celebrated 
Virgilius Solivagus, who, after having been for 
some time Abbot of Aghaboe in Ossory, in Ire- 
land, became Bishop of Saltsburg, in Germany, 
about the year 759. He was one of the most 
distinguished mathematicians of his time, and 
the first who asserted that there were Antipodes, 
for which it is said that he was declared a here- 


tie, but never excommunicated or divested of 
the priesthood. A suspicion of heterodoxy 
was, however, associated with his memory till 
the year 1233, when he was canonized by Pope 
Gregory IX.—See Harris’s edition of Ware's 
Writers, p. 49, and Dr. O'Conor's edition of the 
Annals of Ulster, p. 172. 

* Claideach.—Now Clady, a small village on 
the Tyrone side of the River Finn, about four 
miles to the south of Lifford. 

* A. D. 788. Bellum Cloitigi inter Genus Eu- 
gain et Conaill, in quo Genus Conaill prostratum 
est, et Domhnall evasit." — Ann. Ult. 

© Bachall-Isa: i.e. Baculus Jesu. This was 
the name of St. Patrick's Crozier, for an ac- 
count of which see note £, under A.D. 1537, 
pp. 1446, 1447. - ; : 

** A. D. 788. The dishonoring ofthe Crostaffe 


392 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. - [785. 


mac Oomnaill ace Rait Cintip ap an aonac. Cluam €paipo vo lopccad 
arce Chaps oo ponnnad. lomaipfcc Opoma Góipı ecip Connaċcab, 4 po 
meabaio pop Pogancac, mac Catal. 

Qoi Cort, peace ccéo ochtmoda a cúig. On pic(cmao bliadan vo 
Ohonnchad. Noe, abb Cimngapao, Siavhal, abb Ouibhlinoe, vécc. Oungal, 
mac Laegaine, abb Oumlfeglar, 7 Maelconcubarp, abb Slinne va Coca, 
Cinaed, mac Anmcada, wigfpna Ua Ciacám, oég. Piachna, mac 
Cevha Rom, pi Ulad dég. lomaipfec Acha Roi ma nU Chlella pop 
Cwigmu, m po mapbaoh Ouboatuat, mac Platsiupa, cigfpna na con 
Sloinnce. lJomaipeacc Cluana Mhiolam, 1 ccopéap Maeloúm, mac Cu- 
mapecais, la Fingal. 

Cop Cpiopc, peacht ccéo ochtmoda apé. Cn caenmao bhadan pic (c 
oo Ohonnchad. Caencompac, eppcop Pronnglarpe Caimms, Saepëfnec abb 
Cluana mic Noip, oécc. Siopnae, abb bfnocain, 7 Muipeadac, mac Clongura, 


DECC. 


abb Cupccan, oécc. 


cig(mna Ua Maine, oécc. 


Oin(pcac, mac Mogadang, anco, oécc. 
mac Caeaqll, pi Connacc, décc 1 nlae Colum Cille, ina oilitpe. 


Cinogal, 
CImalgono, 


lomaipeace Clipo Abla m po mapbad Orapmuro, 


mac bece, cig(pna Ceacba la P(pgup, mac Ailsille. 


Cloip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo ochtmoda a peace. 


do Ohonnchao. 


Cn vapa bhadan picle 


S. Maelpuain, eppcop Camlacca Maoilpuam, oécc an 7 lá 


lul. Qedan hUaConcumba, eppcop,? milió cocéaioe oo Cpipc,oécc. Cepocc, 


called Bachall-Isa, and the reliques of Patricke, 
by Donogh Mac Daniell, at the faire of Rath- 
airhir."——4A7n. Ult., Cod. Clarend., t. 49. 

f Rath-airthir : i.e. the Eastern Fort. This 
was the name of the most eastern fort in the dis- 
trict where the fair of Tailltin was held. The 
place is still so called in Irish, and anglicised 
Oristown. — See the third Life of St. Patrick 
published by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 25, 
c. 44, and Jocelin's Life of St. Patrick, c. 44, 
ibid., p. 77, and p. 111, not. 62. 

s Druim-Gois.—Not identified. The entries 
which the Four Masters have transcribed under 
the year 784, and which really belong to 789, 
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 788, 


with the following curious passages totally 
omitted by the Four Masters: 

* A. D. 788. Nix magna tertio Kal. Mai. 
Contencio in Ardmacha in qua jugulatur vir in 
hostio oratorii, Combustio Cluana fearta Mon- 
gain la Oengus mac Mugroin, in qua ċecidit Aed 
mac Tomaltaig, et Oratorium combustum. Bel- 
lum inter Pictos, ubi Conall mac Taidg victus est, 
et evasit, et Constantin victor fuit.” 

^ Ceann-garadh.—See note ?, under the year 
659, p. 269, suprà. 

i Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin. 
the years 291 and 650. 

x Maelconchubhair.—He is called ** Maelcom- 
bair" in the Annals of Ulster at the year 790. 


See notes under 


785.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 393. 


of Domnall, at Rath-airthir at the fair. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned 
on Easter night precisely. The battle of Druim-Gois* between the Connaught- 
men, where Fogartach, son of Cathal, was routed. 

The Age of Christ, 785 [rect 790]. The twentieth year of Donnchadh. 
Noe, Abbot of Ceann-garadh’, [and] Siadhal, Abbot of Duibhlin', died. Dun- 
ghal, son of Laeghaire, Abbot of Dunleathglas [Downpatrick], and Maelconchu- 
bhair*, Abbot of Gleann-da-Locha, died. Cinaedh, son of Anmchaidh, lord of 
Ui-Liathain, died. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, died. The battle 
of Ath-Rois' [was gained] by the Ui-Ailella™ over the Luighni", in which Dubh- 
dathuath, son of Flaithghius, lord of the Three Tribes, was slain. The battle 
of Cluain-Milain®, in which Maelduin, son of Cumasgach, was slain by Fearghal. 

` The Age of Christ, 786 [recté 791]. The twenty-first year of Donnchadh. 
Caencomhrac, Bishop of Finnghlais-Caimnigh?, [and] Saerbhearg, Abbot of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Sirna, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and Muireadhach, 
son of Aenghus, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk], died. Dineartach, son of Mogadhach, 
anchorite, died. Ardghal, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died at Ia-Coluim- 
Cille [Iona], on his pilgrimage. Ambhalgaidh, lord of Ui-Maine, died. The 
battle of Ard-abhla*, in which Diarmaid, son of Bec, lord of Teathbha, was slain 
by Fearghus, son of Ailghil. 

The Age of Christ, 787 [recte 792]. St. Maelruain, Bishop of Tamhlacht 
Maelruain', died on the 7th of July. Aedhan Ua Concumba, a bishop, and 
select soldier of Christ, died. Terog, Abbot of Corcach [Cork]; Aedhan of 


! Ath-Rois: i. e. Ford of the Wood. Not 
identified. d 

m Ui-Ailella: i.e. the Inhabitants of the Ter- 
ritory of Tir-Ailella, now the barony of Tirer- 
rill, in the county of Sligo. 

a Luighni : i.e. the Inhabitants of the barony 
of Leyny, in the same county. 

* A. D. 789. Bellum Atho-Rois re nOaib 
Ailello for Luigniu, in quo cecidit Dubdatuath, 
mac Flaithgiusa, dux na Tri Slointe” [Captain of 
the Three Surnames. Cod. Clar. 49].—Ann. Ult. 

° Cluain- Milain : i.e. Milan’s Lawn or Meadow, 
` now Clonmellon, a small town in the barony of 
Delvin, and county of Westmeath. 


~ ? Finnghlais-Cainnigh: i.e. St. Cainneach’s 
Finnglais, or Bright Stream, now Finglas, near 
Dublin.—See note under the year 758. 

3 Ard-abhla: i.e. the Height or Hill of the 
Apple Trees, now Lis-ard-abhla, anglicó Lissar- 
dowlin, a townland in the parish of Temple- 
michael, about three miles to the east of the 
town of Longford, in the county of Longford.— 
See note ?, under the year 1377, p. 669. ' 

* A. D. 690. Bellum Aird-ablae, ubi cecidit 
Diarmait, mac Beice, rez Tethbae. Fergus mac 
Ailgaile victor fuit." — Ann. Ult. 

* Tamhlacht- Maelruain.—Now Tallaght, near 
Dublin.—See note under the year 769. 


9E 


394 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 
abb Copcaiġe, Aeohan Raithne, Cponan Liae Pfpnae,7 Soepmugh €anaiz 
du oég. Tomalcach, mac Innpeécang, m Ulad, oo mapbad la hEocharw, 
mac Fiachna. Opearal, mac Platpa, as(ina Odil Aponde, Maelbpfpal, 
mac Qleda, mic Cmca, cig(pna Ua Piacnac, Fiachan, cigCpna Conaille, 
Oonncoince, mS (pna Oal Riaca, q Catmus, cigfna Calpase, vécc. loman- 
peace ppuite Cluana Ongga, 1 cconcain Cionaed, mac Ancgaile, la Murn- 
&(p mac Comalcaig. lomaipeacc Cipod mic Rime, pia Muipslp, mac 
Tomalcaiġ, beóp pon Uibh nCilella, 1 ccopcaip Concubap 7 Aineaccac 
Ua Catal, Cachmugh, mac Ploicbepcaig, ci5 fina Coinppe,3 Copbmac, mac 
Ouiboácpíoc, ci&(pna Ópeipne. i 

Cloip Cope, peache ccéo oócmoba a hoche. Cn cpeap bliadam pice 
oo Ohonnchad. Cpunnmaol Opoma lnepcclamn, abb Cluana loparpo. 
Cionaed, mac Cumapccaig, abb Oeanrnage, Oomméeac, CAipchnveac Cpe- 
porc móin, Cfupnéaile, abb Ocna, Plaicgeal, mac Caichlic, abb Onoma pacha, 
Maelcola, abb Latpaic opium, Cucatpach Sagne, Reccine €acapgabla, 
Cuan Ata eapccpach, Coppe, mac Ladgnen, cig(mna Carg(n Olpsabaip, 
[oécc]. Lex Comman lá hCeloobaip 1. ab Ropa Comman, 4 la Muipslp 
pop ċeópa Connaccaib. Cex Clilbe Imlig lobaip pop Muman. 

Coir Core, peacht ccéo occmoda anao. Cn clépamad bliadan pice 
vo Ohonnchad. Tomar, abb b(nocup, Catma Ua Guaipe, abb Thuamma 


(788. 


* Lia Fearna: i.e. the Stone of Ferns. This 
may have been the name of a stone church at 
Ferns, in the county of Wexford; or Lia may 
be a corruption of liath, grey, and an epithet of 
Cronan. 

* Eanach-dubh.—See note under the year 762. 

" Ui-Fiachrach : i. e. Ui-Fiachrach Arda- 
Sratha, seated along the River Derg, in Tyrone. 
—See note ^, under A. D. 1193. 

* Sruth-Cluana-arggaid.—Not identified. 

** A. D. 791. Bellum Sraithe Cluana-argain, 
ubi cecidit Cinaed, mac Artgaile. Muirgis, mac 
Tomaltaig, victor fuit, et inicium. regni ejus."— 
Ann. Ult. 

* Ard-mic-Rimidh : i. e. Height or Hill of the 
Son of Rimidh. Not identified. 

> Druim-Ineasglainn.—' This name is still re- 


tained, and is applied to a village near Castle- 

Bellingham, in the county of Louth, where 

there remains a considerable portion of a round 

tower. The place is now called in English 

Drumiskin, but always Druminisklin by the 

natives of the Fews and Cuailgne, who speak - 
the Irish language very fluently. Colgan, Arch- 

dall and Lanigan, are wrong in identifying 

Druim-ineasglainn with Drumshallon, in the 

same county.—See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 

p.141; and Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of 
Ireland, vol. iii. p. 52. 

* Airchinneach: i.e. the hereditary Warden 
of the Church.—See note °, under A. D. 601, 
p. 229; and note ^, under A. D. 1179; and 
correct ** the first mention made of this office in 
these Annals occurs at the year 788," into, **the 


188.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 395 


Raithin [Rahin]; Cronan Lia Fearna; and Saermugh of Eanach-dubh*, died. 
Tomaltach, son of Innreachtach, King of Ulidia, was slain by Eochaidh, son of 
Fiachna. Breasal, son of Flathrai, lord of Dal-Araidhe; Maelbreasail, son of 
Aedh, son of Crichan, lord of Ui-Fiachrach"; Fiachan, lord of Conaille ; Donn- 
coirche, lord of Dal-Riada; and Cathmugh, lord of Calraighe, died. The battle 
of Sruth-Cluana-arggaid", in which Cinaedh, son of Artghal, was slain by Muir- 
gheas, son of Tomaltach. The battle of Ard-mic-Rime* [was fought] also by 
Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, against the Ui-nAilella, wherein were slain Con- 
chubhar and Aireachtach Ua Cathail, [and] Cathmugh, son of Flaithbheartach, 
lord of Cairbre, and Cormac, son of Dubhdachrich, lord of Breifne. 

The Age of Christ, 788 [rect 793]. The twenty-third year of Donnchadh. 
Crunnmhael of Druim-Inesglainn’, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Cinaedh, 
son of Cumasgach, Abbot of Dearmhach [Durrow]; Doimtheach, airchinneach* 
of Trefoit-mor (Trevet]; Aurthaile, Abbot of Othain [Fahan]; Flaithgheal, son 
of Taichleach, Abbot of Druim-ratha*; Maeltola, Abbot of Laithreach-Briuin 
[Laraghbrine]; Cucathrach of Saighir [Serkieran]; Rechtine of Eadargabhal’; 
Cuan of Ath-eascrach'; Cairbre, son of Laidhgnen, lord of South Leinster, 
[died]. The law? of [St.] Comman [was promulgated] by Aeldobhair, i. e. Abbot 
of Ros-Commain [Roscommon], and by Muirgheas, throughout the three divi- 
sions of Connaught. The law of Ailbhe of Imleach [Emly], in Munster. 

The Age of Christ, 789 [recté 794]. The twenty-fourth year of Donnchadh. 
Thomas, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Cathnia Ua Guaire, Abbot of Tuaim- 


first mention made of this office in these Annals 
occurs at the year 601.” In the Annals of Ul- 


ster, at A. D. 792, Doimthech is called ** Prin-. 


ceps Treoit moir.” 

* Druim-ratha: i. e. Church of the Fort. 
Colgan says that this is a church in Leyny, in 
the province of Connaught.—See Acta Sancto- 
rum, Ind. Top., p. 876. 

^ Eadargabhal : i.e. Between the Fork. There 
are several places of this name in Ireland ; but 
the place here referred to is probably Adder- 
gool a townland giving name to a parish in 


Glen-Nephin, in the south of the barony of 


Tirawley, and county of Mayo. 


© Ath-eascrach.—Now Ahascragh, in the east 
of the county of Galway, where the festival of 
St. Cuan is still celebrated on the 15th of Octo- 
ber.—See note ", under A. D. 1307, p. 487. 

à The Law.—'* A. D. 792. Lex Comain by 
Allovar and Muirges, in the three parts of Con- 
naght. Lex Aillve in Mounster, and the ordi- 
nation of Artroi mac Cahail upon the kingdome 
of Mounster.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* A. D. 790. The rules of St. Coman were 
preached and put in execution in the three 
parts of Connaught, and the lawes of Ailve of 
Imleagh, in Mounster. Artry mac Cahall was 
ordained King of Mounster."— Ann. Clon. 


3 hee 


396. ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. [790. 
Onéme,lopeph Ua C (pnaich, abb Cluana mic Nói, vo Chiannaccaib bpeacch, 
Leapbanban, oinómoeach Cluana boipeann, Colgu Ua Oumeachoa, pih- 
lei$mo Cluana mic Noip, apé oo pome an Scuaip Chpabaroh. Sloigead la 
Oonncad ommaipoean Cargfn ap Mhummneachanb. 

Cop Core, plèc cced nocac. On cúicc pié(c 00 Ohonnchad. Tiop- 
parte, mac P{pcaip, abb Cluana phca Spénamn, Guaine: Ua Cioppaicce, 
abb Cluana poca, Maonach, abb Cluana pinca Molua, Ilunchaoh, mac 
Pfpaohorgh, [oécc].  Copecaoh R(chnamoe 6 óibeapccaib, 1 a Sccpine vo 
€opcopao ] oo lompad. Opan Aipochho, pi Laig, 7 €iene, mgn Oomnaill 
Toig, oo manbad la Pinpnecca C (chaipofpcc, mac Ceallang, hi cCill Chinle 
duma an püpeao o1dce vo pampad oix Céoaom vo ponnpad. Cono do vo 


paidead : 


e Colgu.— This is the Colcu, Lector in Scotia, 
to whom Alcuin, or Albin, one of the tutors of 
Charlemagne, wrote the Epistle, published by 
Ussher in his Sylloge, No. xviii, and reprinted 
by Colgan from Ussher, in his Acta Sanctorum, 
at 20th February. At the same day Colgan 
gives a short Life of Colchu, from which it ap- 
pears that he was supreme moderator and pre- 
lector of the school of Clonmacnoise, and that 
he arrived at such eminence in learning and 
sanctity that he was called chief scribe and 
master of the Scots of Ireland. The reader 
may form an idea of Alcuin's high estimation 
of his character from the following extract 
from this letter. 
of Charlemagne's arms in subduing the Sclavi, 
Greeks, Huns, and Saracens, he says: 

* De cætero (Pater sanctissime) sciat rever- 
entia tua, quód ego, filius tuus, et Joseph Ver- 
naculus tuus (Deo miserante) sani sumus: et 
tuiamici toti, qui apud nos sunt, in prosperi- 
tate Deo serviunt. Sed nescio quid de nobis 


After describing the success 


venturum sit. Aliquid enim dissentionis, dia-: 


' bolieo fomento inflamante, nuper inter Regem 
Carolum et Regem Offam exortum est: ita ut 
utrinque navigatio interdicta negotiantibus ces- 
set. -Sunt qui dicunt nos pro pace esse in illas 


partes mittendos: sed obsecro ut vestris sacro- 
sanctis orationibus manentes vel euntes munia- 
mur. Nescio quid peccavi, quia tue Paterni- 
tatis dulcissimas litteras multo tempore non 
merui videre: tamen pernecessarias orationes 
sanctitatis tue me quotidie sentire credo.” 

f Scuaip Chrabhaidh : i. e. the Besom of Devo- 
tion. Colgan states that he had a copy of 
this work transcribed from the Book of Cluain, 
which is probably the manuscript called Leabh- 
ar-na-h Uidhri : 

* Extat apud me ex Codice Cluanensi, et 
aliis vetustis membranis, quoddam hujus sancti 
viri opusculum, titulum n. 8 dedi, et Hibernicé 
Scuap chrabhaigh, id est, Scopa devotionis. 


. Estque fasciculus ardentissimarum precum per 


modum quodammodo Litaniarum : opus ple- 
num ardentissima devotione et elevatione mentis 
in Deum.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 379, n. 9. 

* To protect Leinster.—Dr. O'Conor translates 
this * per limites Lagenis;" but if he had com- 
pared it with the Annals of Ulster and the 
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, he 
would have found that this interpretation was 
incorrect: 

“ A. D. 793. Sloghadh la Donnchadh ad auxi- 
lium Lageniensium contra Mumenenses."— Anz. 


790.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 397 


Greine [Tomgraney]; Joseph Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [one] 
of the Cianachta-Breagh ; Learbanbhan, airchinneach of Cluain-boireann [Cloon- 
burren]; Colgu* Ua Duineachda, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, he who composed 
the Scuaip-Chrabhaidh', [died]. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, to pro- 
tect Leinster* against the Munstermen. 

The Age of Christ, 790 [recte 795]. The twenty-fifth year of Donnchadh. 
Tibraide, son of Fearchair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Guaire 
Ua Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda ; Maenach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua ; 
[and] Murchadh, son of Fearadhach, [died]. The burning of Reachrainn^ by 
plunderers'; and its shrines were broken and plundered. Bran-Airdcheann*, 
King of Leinster, and [his wife] Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, were 
killed by Finsneachta Ceathairdherc, son of Ceallach, at Cill-cuile-dumha', on 


the sixth night of summer precisely. Of this was said : 


Ult., Ed. O’Conor. 

* A. D. 793. An army by Donnogh in assist- 
ance of Leinster against Mounster."—— Cod. Cla- 
rend., t. 49. 

* A. D. 791. King Donnogh sent an army to 
assist the Lynstermen again the Mounstermen.” 


—Ann. Clon. 


) À ) ^. 
^ Reachrainn.—'This was one of the ancient 


names of the Island of Rathlinn, off the north 
coast of the county of Antrim; but it was also 
the ancient name of Lambay, near Dublin, 
which is probably the place here referred to.— 
See the year 793, and the note under A. D. 
747. 

* Plunderers.—This should be ó Sencib, i. e. 
by the Gentiles, or Pagan Danes, as in the An- 
nals of Ulster : 

“A.D. 794. Losgad Rachrainne o Gentib 
ocus a scrine do coscradh ocus do lomrad.” 
[The burning of Rechrainn by Gentiles, who 
spoyled and impoverished the shrines.— Cod. 
Clarend., 49.|—Ann. U it. 

* A. D. 792. Rachryn was burnt by the 
Danes."— Ann. Clon. 

This is the first attack on record made by 
the Danes upon any part of Ireland, for Dr. 


O'Conor's attempt to show that they attacked 
the island of Muic-inis-Riagail in Loch-Deirg- 
dheirc, in Dal-Cais, so early as 747, has been 
already proved to be erroneous. They had 
attacked England a year or two earlier.—See 
the Saxon Chronicle at the years 787 and 793. 
The Annals of Ulster have the first notice of the 
devastation of the British Isles by the Pagans at 
the year 793, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 791 (the true year being 794), as follows : 

“A, D. 793. Vastatio omnium insolarum Bri- 
tannie a Gentibus." — Ann. Ult. 

“A. D. 791. All the Islands of Brittaine 
were wasted and much troubled by the Danes : 
this was their first footing in England.”—Ann. 
Clon. 

* Bran Airdcheann: i. e. Bran the High- 
headed. **A. D. 794. Bran Arddcenn, rex La- 
ginensium, occisus est, et Regina ejus, Eithne, ingin 
Domhnaill Midhe. Finsnechta Cethardere, mac 
Ceallaig, occidit eos hi Cill Chuile-dumai, in vi. 
nocte post Kal. Maii, iv. feria." — Ann. Ult. 

“ A. D. 792. Bran, King of Leinster, and his 
wife, Eihnie, daughter of Donell of Meath, 
Queen of Lynster, died."— Ann. Clon. 

! Cùl- Cuile- Dumha : i. e. Church of the Angle 


SF, ee Nees ee T d. S 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. (791. 


398 


Qhohep pam, ole pm cardi, 1 Cill Chile oumhan, 
€ichne, mgh Oomnanll Mois, ba opan vo purdiu. 


Cono Cecadach, mac Oonnchada, oo mapbao hi ccai$ Cumalcaich hi 
Cpich Ua nOlcan, la Plano, mac Congalaich. Ap do bap Cumo po páróeao: 


Coipm do ponad la hUa Olean ipped voc cac ve linn Spain, 
Tucta oepcaro do ó Flann co puc a ceno o bebaul. 


Catapach, mac Toinptea, vis (ina Ua nEachach bég. — Cáofnarpe, mac 
Conapaigh, abb Opoa Maca, vécc. 

Qoi Cmopz, peace ccéo nocac a haon. On peipead bliadam picet do 
Ohonnchao. Clochchu, eppcop 4 Angcoipe Cluana lopaipo, Suibne, eppcop 
Qéa Cpurm, [oécc]. Owblicip, abb Pinglaipe, oécc an 15 Man. Olcobap, 
mac Plamo, mic Epc, pepibmió, eppcop, anco, oécc. Colcca egnai 
S(ncan, abb Cille Achad Opummoca 4 bioparp, Maenach, mac 
Clongupa, pmo Cupcan, 7 €ochaió, mac C(pnaich, p(pérgp Apoa Macha, 
vééc. Maelcoba, mac Plomn Peopna, cig(pna Ciappaiġe Cuacpa, Pogap- 
cach, mac Catal, cig(pna. Mange Ai,7 Oumeachaio Ua Oaipe, ciz(pna 
Cianparse Oli vécc. 

Cop Cort, pfec ccéo nochaz a 06. Oonnchad .1. mac Oomnaill, mic 
Mupchada, a p(éc picle go nepbale rap mbuaió. aitmgse pan lyu baban 
dia aoip. Conad occa eccaome vo nároh(oh an pano : 


oÉécc. 


Oonnchaoh Fpemann plat puaca cloichpí Epeann cle céce, 
Ni puil bup Lach vo malaipc, uap nap anacht a céce. 


Invpechtach, mac Domnall, ofpbpataip an pig Oonnchaóa, oécc. Oub- 
valete, mac Sronarg, abb Opoa Maca, oo écc. Condal, ingfn Munchada, 


of the Mound, now probably Kilcool, near New- 
town-Mountkennedy, in the barony of New- 
castle, and county of Wicklow. 

m Crich- Ua-nOlcan : i. e. the rari of the 
Ui-Oleain. A small district in Meath, but its 
position has not been yet determined. 

" Cudinaisc.—He is set down as archbishop in 
the list of the Archbishops of Armagh preserved 
in the Psalter of Cashel.—See Harris's Edition 


of Ware's Bishops, p. 42. 

° Colca the Wise.—See this distinguished scho- 
lar already noticed under the year 789 [794]. 

* A, D. 795. Dublitter Finnglaissi, ¢ Colggu 
nepos Dunechdo, Olcobhur, mac Flainn, filii Eirc, 
rez Mumhan, Scribe et Episcopi, et anchorite dor- 
mierunt.”—Ann. Ult. 

P Eochaidh, son of Cearnach.—'* A. D. 795. 
Equonimus Ardmache, Echu mac Cernaig mo- 


791.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 399 


The death of Bran, evil the deed, at Cill-Chuile-dumhai, 
Of Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, was woful to him. 


- Conn Cetadhach, son of Donnchadh, was slain in the house of Cumalcaich, in 
Crich-Ua-nOlean", by Flann, son of Congalach. Of the death of Conn was said : 


A feast was made by Ua Olcain, which was partaken of in odious ale ; 
Dregs were given to him by Flann, so that he bore away his head after 
his death. 


Cathasach, son of Toirpthea, lord of Ui-Eathach Nd died. Cudinaisc", 
son of Conasach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 791 [recté 796]. The twenty-sixth year of Donachad. 
Clothchu, bishop and anchorite of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Suibhne, Bishop 
of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Duibhlitter, Abbot of Finnghlais [Finglas], died 
on the 15th of May. Olcobhar, son of Flann, son of Erc, scribe, bishop, and 
anchorite, died. Colea the Wise? died. Seanchan, Abbot of Cill-achaidh-droma- 
foda [Killeigh], and of Birra; Maenach, son of Aenghus, Prior of Lusca [Lusk]; 
and Eochaidh, son of Cearnach? CEconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Maelcobha, 
son of Flann Feorna, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra [in the county of Kerry]; 
Fogartach, son of Cathal, lord of Magh-Aei; and Duineachaidh Ua Daire, lord 
of Ciarraighe Aei*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 792. Donnchadh’, i.e. the son of Domhnall, son of 
Murchadh, reigned twenty-seven years, when he died, after the victory of 
penance, in the sixty-fourth year of his age; in lamentation of whom this quatrain 
was composed : 


Donnchadh of Freamhainn, dreaded prince, famed King of 
Ireland, of the hundred fair greens ; 
There is no more mournful loss, as he did not quiet his fair. © 


Innreachtach, son of Domhnall, brother of King Donnchadh, died. Dubh- 
daleithe, son of Sinach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Condal, daughter of Mur- 


ritur immatura morte." — Ann. Ult. mic Domhnaill, frater ejus.” — Ann. Ult. 

? Ciarraighe-Aei.—Now Clann-Keherny, a dis- O'Flaherty places the accession of Donn- 
trict near Castlerea, in the county of Roscom-  chadh in the year 770, and his death in 797, 
mon.— See note ^, under A. D. 1225. which is the true chronology. He adds: **Quo 

* Donnchadh.—'* A. D. 796. Mors Donncha, rege, Anno 795, Dani Scotie, et Hibernie oras 
mie Domhnaill, regis Temhro, æ Innrechteig infestare ceperunt.”—Ogygia, p. 433. 


€ 


400 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [793. 


banabb Cille vapa, Conamanl, abb Léith, Olcobap, mac Flamn, apémneach 
Inri Caċaigh, Adelman peineirghip Cluana mic Nor, vo fiol Maolnuanad 
voplde, Cumupcac, mac Pogancang, cigeapna Oéipcepe bpl, oécc 1 celé- 
c(che. Mumeadac, mac Plomn Hanad, cigeapna Cenel Mic n€apca, vég: 
Cupaoi, mac Clongura, cigepná Cenel Laogame, [oécc]. 

Cop Cpiopc, reacht ccéo nochat acpi. On ċéo bliadam ood Orpo- 
mde, mac Néll Phpopas, hi mge uap Epinn. CEuoup hUa Orocolla, abb 
Cille vapa, Connmach, mac buipbotha hua Guaipe Chone, pepibneoin Cluana 
mic Nóip, 1 Eocha Phipc Aeda, vécc. Cath Opoma pig ma nod nOipo- 
mode 1 cconcapaoap oá mac Domnall, Pinpn(éca 7 Orapmuro, Pínpneacca 
mac Pollamain,7 pocaide orle nach aipfmefp maille ppu. Ap via popaich- 


mec do paolo : 


Cia do pochaip Mod la Oomnall copcap cicap, 
Fmpm Goo pmn pip, 1 ccaé Opoma mg po hicad. 


Ceò Orponioe do papuccao Mide sun bo papat dó. 


Imp Paopaice vo 


lopecad la hAllmupechaib, 7 p5nín Ooconna vo bpeit doib, 7 mpfoa vo 


denam sob cha ecip Epinn 7 Alban. 


Cippiat, eppcop Opoa Macha, 4 


Chpeccach Ua Paolam, abb Apoa Macha, vécc 1 naen oche. 


` Cloi Cpiopc, peachc ccéo nochac a cfltaip. 


* Inis- Cathaigh.—Now Scattery Island, in the 
Shannon, opposite the town of Kilrush, in the 
county of Clare.—See note”, under A. D. 1188. 
See also Ussher's Primordia, p. 813, and Arch- 
dall's Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 49. 

t Cumascach.—** A. D. 796. Cumascach, mac 
Fogartaig, rex Deiscirt Bregh in clericatu’ [obit]. 
—Amn. Uit. 

* Feart-Aedha: i.e. Aedh's or Hugh’s s Grave. 
Not identified. 

* Druim-righ: i. e. the King's Ridge or Long 
Hill now Drumry or Dromree, near Ratoath, 
in the county of Meath. 

** A. D. 796. Bellum Droma righ, in quo ceci- 
derunt duo filii Domhnaill .i. Finsnechta, et Diar- 
mait hOdor, frater ejus, et Finsnechta mac Fol- 


lomhainn, & alii multi. Aedh, mac Neill, filii 


Cn vapa bliadam oov 


Fergaile, victor fuit.” —Ann. Ult. 

* Devastated. —'* A. D. 796. Vastacio Mide la 
[per] Aedh mac Neill Frosaig, et inicium regni 
ejus."—Anmn. Ult. 

* A. D. 794. Hugh Ornye succeeded King 
Donnogh, and reigned twenty-seven years. In 
the beginning of his reign he wasted and spoyled 
all Meath, for none other cause but because they 
stuck to the” [ancestors of the] ** O’Melaugh- 
lins, which were his predecessors in the govern- 
ment.”—Ann. Clon. 

y Inis-Padraig: i. e. Patrick's Island, now Pa- 
trick’s Island, near Skerries, in the county of 
Dublin.—See Ussher's Primordia, p. 846, and 
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 218. This 
notice of the burning of Inis-Padraig is entered 
in the Annals of Ulster at the year 797, and in 


193] 401 


chadh, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Conamhail, Abbot of Liath ; Olcobhar, son of Flann, 
Airchinneach of Inis-Cathaigh*; Aelmidhair, CEconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois, 
who was of the Sil-Maelruanaidh, died. | Cumascach', son of Fogartach, lord of 
South Breagh, died in religion. Muireadhach, son of Flann Garadh, lord of 
Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Curoi, son of Aenghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died. 

The Age of Christ, 793 [recté 798]. The first year of Aedh Oirdnidhe, 
son of Niall Frosach, in sovereignty over Ireland. Eudus Ua Dicholla, Abbot 
of Cill-dara ; Connmhach, son of Burbotha, a descendant of Guaire Aidhne, 
scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois; and Eochaidh of Feart-Aedha", died. The battle of 
Druim-righ* by Aedh Oirdnighe, wherein were slain the two sons of Domhnall, 
Finshneachta and Diarmaid ; Finshneachta, son of Follamhan ; and many others 
along with them not enumerated. To commemorate which was said : 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Though Aedh was slain by Domhnall, a greedy triumph ; 
By the true fair Aedh it was avenged, in the battle of Druim-righ. 


Aedh Oirdnidhe devastated* Meath, until it submitted to him.  Inis-Padraig* 
was burned by foreigners, and they bore away the shrine of Dochonna ; and 
they also committed depredations between lreland and Alba [Scotland]. 
Affiath’, Bishop of Ard-Macha, and Aireachtach Ua Faelain, Abbot of Ard- 


Macha, died on the same night. 


The Age of Christ, 794 [recte 799]. 


the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 794, but the true 
year is 798. 


* A. D. 797. Combustio Innse Patricii o Gen- 


tib ocus borime na crich do breith, occus scrin 
Dochonna do briseadh doaibh, ocus indreda 
mara doaibh cene etir Erinn ocus Albain."— 
Ann. Ult. Ed. O' Conor. 

“A. D. 797. The burning of St. Patrick's Iland 
by the Gentiles. The taking of the countries’ 
praies, and the breaking of Dochonna's shryne 
by them, and the spoyles of the sea between 
Ireland and Scotland.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A, D. 794. The Island of Patrick was burnt 
by the Danes; they taxed the lands with great 
taxation; they took the relicks of St. Dochonna, 
made many invasions to this kingdome, and took 


The second year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 


many rich and great booties from Ireland, as from 
Scotland."— Ann. Clon. 

z Affiath.—The list of the Archbishops of Ar- 
magh, in the Psalter of Cashel, omits Affiath and 
gives Aireachtach as archbishop for one year.— 
See Harris's edition of Ware's. Bishops, p. 42. 
In the Annals of Ulster the deaths of these 
ecclesiastics are thus noticed: 

* A. D. 793. Airechtach O'Fleadhaig, abbas 
Airdmache, ¢ Affiath Episcopus, in pace dor- 
mierunt in una nocte." 

From this passage it might appear that the 
abbot and the bishop were different persons ; 
but Ware thinks that the person called Com- 
harba of Patrick, or Abbot of Armagh, was the 
Primate of all Ireland. 


3F 


402 ANNAZA RIOShachca EIREANN. (795. 
Ormonde. P(pabac, mac Seigem, abb Reachpainne, Anarle, abb Cluana mic 
Nói, 3. 00 Unb Opium [oécc]. S. Siadal Ua Comman, abb Cimlaca, oécc an 
8 Manca. blatmac, mac Guaipe, abb Cluana baeváin, Piannachca Pfpna, 
Suibne Cille Oelgge, 1 Operlen beppe, vécc. Cluam lopaipo vo lopccao 1 
ccóp Sampad. Chlell, mac Inopeaccang, ci&eapna Ua Mame Connacr, vécc. 
Domnall, mac Donnchada, vo mapbad la a bpáremb. | O&nploie, mg Plat- 
bipcaig, mic Longpig, décc. lomarmeacc One Gambe ercip Chonnaécaib 
péipin, 1 cconéaip Copcpach, mac Oumn, q GaipeclOac, q pochawe ole 
maille pia. lomaipeace Pinnabpach 1 C(£ba ma Mulach, mac Domnall, 
ccopcpacap maite 1omda 1m F ingar, mac Ohilgile, cig fpnae Chenedil Coppe, 
im Ohuibinopeaée, mac Apzgaile, 7 1m Muiploac, mac Connmang, 7 1m 
Corcenaé [mac] Cere(pnag. Inv laméomaipe 1 péil Theil na bliadna po, oia 
nebhnad an cene oo nimh. : Paomoealach, mac TIlaenargh, abb Apoa Maca, 
décc 1ap mbeirt 06 Ohuboaleice 1 nimp(pam ppp cécup mon abboame, 7 00 
GO hopmgal ma oeaoharo. 

Cop Cpiope, peachc ccéo nochac a'ctice. On cp(p bhadan ood : 
mse. Oipmlohac, abb 6(mchuip, Cleloobarp, abb Ropa Commáin, Mimetn- 
ach, abb Glinne va Locha, Tarpdelbach, abb Cille achaió, Comgpeac, mac 


* Ceann-lacha: i.e. Head of the Lake, anglicé 
Kinlough. There are several places of this name 
in Ireland; the place here referred to may be 
Kinlough, at the north-west extremity of Lough 
Melvin, in the barony of Rosclogher, and county 
of Leitrim. 

^ Oluain-Baedain.—Otherwise called Cluain- 
foda-Baedain, and Cluain- foda-Baedain - abha, 
now Clonfad, in the barony of Farbil, and county 
of Westmeath.— See note ", under the year 577, 
p. 209, suprà. 

* A. D. 798. Jugulatio Blathmie, mic Guaire, 
abbatis Cluana-fota Boetain o [per] Maelruanaig, 
et o [per] Fallomhain filiis Donncha.”—Ann. 

Ut. 

* By his brothers.— This might be translated 
“by his cousins,” or “by his kinsmen,” but itis 
expressed by ** a fratribus suis,” in Latin, in the 
Annals of Ulster, as follows: 


* A. D. 798. Domhnall, mac Donncha, dolosé ~ 
a fratribus suis jugulatus est.” 

à Dun-Gainbhe.—Not identified. ** A. D. 798. 
Bellum Duin-Gamba inter Connachta invicem, ubi 
Coserach, mac Duinn, et Gaiscedhach, et alii multi 
ceciderunt.”—Ann. Ult. 

* Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, in the county of 
Westmeath. It was the seat of Edward Nugent, 
who died on the 10th November, 1601. — See 
Inquisitions, Lagenia. Westmeath, No.62. Jac. I. ; 
and Ordnance Map, sheet 13. 

* A. D. 798. Bellum Finnubhrach hi Tethbui, 
ubi reges multi occisi sunt 3. Fergus, mac Algaile, 
Coscrach mac Cethernaich, reges Generis Coir- 
pri .i. Dubinnrecht, mac Artgaile, et Murcha 
mae Condmaigh. Murcha, mac Domhnaill, vic- 
tor fuit." —Ann. Ult. 

* Lamhchomairt : i.e. Clapping of Hands.— 
See note under the year 767. In the old trans- 


— 


195.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 403 


Fearadhach, son of Seigheni, Abbot of Reachrainn ; Anaile, Abbot of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, who was of the Ui-Briuin, [died]. St. Siadhal Ua Commain, Abbot 
of Ceann-lacha*, died on the 8th of Marti. Blathmac, son of Guaire, Abbot of 
Cluain-Baedain^; Fiannachta, of Fearna; Suibhne, of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey]; 
and Breslen, of Berre, died. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned in the begin- 
ning of summer. Ailell, son of Innreachtach; lord of Ui-Maine-Connacht, died. 
Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, was slain by his brothers". Dunfhlaith, daughter 
of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, died: The battle: of Dun-Gainbhe* 
between the Connaughtmen themselves, wherein fell Coscrach, son of Donn, and 
Gaisgeadhach, and many others along with them. The battle of Finnabhair*, 
in Teathbha, by Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, in which many chiefs were 
slain along with Fearghus, son of Ailghil, lord of Cinel-Cairbre, with Duibhinn- 
reacht, son of Artghal, with Muireadhach, son of Connmhach, and with Cos- 
grach, son of Ceithearnach. The Lamhehomhairt! at the Michaelmas of this 
year, which was called the fire from heaven. Faindealach, son of Maenach, 
Abbot of Ard-Macha, died, after Dubhdaleithe had been in contention with 
him about the abbacy first, and after him Gormghal*. 

The Age of Christ, 795. The third year of Aedh in the sovereignty. Air- 
meadhach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Aeldobhar, Abbot of Ros-Commain 
[Roscommon]; Mimtheanach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha; Tairdhealbhach, Abbot 
of Cill-achaidh [Killeigh]; Loingseach, son of Fiachra, Abbot of Dun-Leath- 


lation of the Annals of Ulster in Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49, this passage is translated, A. D. 798: 
“The pestilence at Michaelmas, whereof sprung 
the tene di nim;” but this is incorrect. The 
Lamhchomairt was evidently a horrific thun- 
der-storm, which struck the people with such 
terror and dismay, that they clapped their 
hands with despair. The Saxon Chronicle men- 
tions, under the year 793, the occurrence of 
excessive whirlwinds and lightnings in Nor- 
thumbria, which miserably terrified the people. 
The year 794 of the Four Masters corresponds 
with 798 of the Annals of Ulster, which con- 
tain, under that year, the two notices following, 
which have been totally omitted by the former: 

* A, D. 798. Nix magna in qua multi homines 


ét pecora perierunt. Lex Patricii for Connachta 
la Gormgal mac Dindataigh.” 

z Gormghal.—He is not mentioned in the list 
of the Archbishops of Armagh given in the 
fragment of the Psalter of Cashel now in the 
Bodleian Library. There are irreconcilable dif- 
ferences among the Irish writers concerning the 
succession of the Archbishops of Armagh at this 
period; and Harris, in his additions to Ware’s 
Bishops, remarks, p. 42, that “ there is no way 
to reconcile these differences, but by supposing 
that the great contests about the succession, at 
this time, created a schism in the see; and that 
the contending parties became reciprocally in 
possession of the archiepiscopal cathedral, as 
their factions prevailed or declined,” 


2 F2 


[796. 
Piacpa, abb Oum Leagslarpi, [oécc]. Maoloccpag, ab Dorme eomg, vo 
manbao, Commach, mac Dona, abb Copcaicée méipe, 7 Pepgil Ua Tands, 
pepibneom Cupeca [oo écc]. Chill, mac F&gupa, cigfpna Oerpeine opt, 
do Tpapccpad oia eoc, 1 pél Mic Cuilinn Cupca,4 a.écc po éeoóip.. lomanptce 
ecip Cenel Caegaipe 1 Cenel Cfpogail, in po mapbao Piangalac, mac Oun- 
lamg, la Conall, mac Néill, q la Congalach, mac Clongupa. 1 

Qoip Cprope, peache ccéo nochac a pé. On clépamad badam oCÍoo. 
opfpal, mac Segen, abb lae, oécc, rap mbeirt badam ap tmochac 1 naboaine. 
Pedlimid Ua Cugaoon, abb Cluana Oolcám, Catapnach, mac Cachai Maen- 
marge, 7 Nimord, angcoine, vécc. Ruamnup, abb Oomnaig Seachnaill, vég. 
Cai naom Ronam, mic bağ, oo Cop 1 nóipc baí ap na himoenam dóp 
7q oapgact. béal, mg Cacail, mogan Oonnchaóa, mic Donall, oécc. 
lomaoip(cc ecip Ulcaib, 7 Ui Cata Coba, 1 cconéain Eochaid, mac Chlella, 
ci&(mna Coba. 

Coir Cort, peach ccéo nochac a peachc. Cn cárgeaó bliadain oCÍfoo. 
Chul, mac Copbmaie, abb Sláme, egnaió 7 bpeié(rh (gna, vécc. Muipoach, 
mac Olcobaip, abb Cluana pica Opénainn, Conoaécaé, pembneomm cocch- 
aide, 1 abb lae, Clemenp Tipe oa slap, Macoige CÍponcpopam, abb bfnn- 


404 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


chum, oég. Copccpach Ua Ppaoich, abb Cugmaio, vécc. 


^ Doire-Edhnigh: i.e. the Derry or Oak-Wood 
of the Ivy. According to the Gloss on the Fei- 
lire Aenguis, and O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 
3rd November, this was another name for Doire- 
na-bhFlann, in Eoganacht-Chaisil, where St. 
Corenutan was venerated on that day.. The 
place is now called Doire-na-bhFlann, anglicé 
Derrynavlan, and is a townland in the parish of 
Graystown, barony of Slievardagh, and county 
of Tipperary. According to the tradition in 
the country, the celebrated Irish architect, Go- 
ban Saer, was interred here. 

i Ailill. —A. D. 799. Ailill, mac Fergusa, rex 
Descert Breg trajectus est de equo suo in circio 
ferie Filii Cuilinn Luscan, et continuo mortuus 
est." — Ann. Uit. 

* The festival of Maccuilinn: i.e. the 6th of 
September. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at this 


Mulat, mac 


day, it is stated that Maccuilinn, otherwise 
called Cainnech, Bishop of Lusca, died in the 
year 497. 

1A battle, $c.—** A. D. 799. Belliolum inter 
Genus Loigaire et Genus Axdggail, in quo cecidit 
Fiangholach, mae Dunlainge. Conall, mac Neill, 
€t Conghalach, mac Aengusa, victores erant, causa 
interfectionis fratris sui i. Failbi.””—Ann. Ult. 

Under the year 799, which corresponds with 
795 of the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster 
have the following notice omitted by the former: 

** A. D. 799. Positio reliquiarum Conlaid hi 
scrin oir ocus airgit (the putting of the relics of 
Conlaoi in a shrine or tomb of gold and silver)". 
— Cod. Clarend, 49. For a curious description 
of this shrine the reader is referred to the Life 
of St. Bridget by Cogitosus, published by Mes- 
singham, Florilegium, p. 199, and by Colgan, 


796] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 
glaisi, [died]. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Doire-Edhnigh^, was slain. Conn- 
mhach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach-Mor [Cork], and Ferghil Ua Taidhg, 
scribe of Lusca, [died]. Ailil, son of Fearghus, lord of South Breagh, was 
thrown from his horse on the festival of Maccuilinn* of Lusca, and he died 
immediately. A battle’ [was fought] between the Cinel-Laeghaire and Cinel- 
Ardghail, in which was slain Fiangalach, son of Dunlaing, by Conall, son of 
Niall, and Conghalach, son of Aenghus. 

The Age of Christ, 796 [recté 801]. The fourth year of Aedh. Breasal™, son 
of Segeni, Abbot of Ia, died, after having been twenty-one years in the abbacy. 
Feidhlimidh Ua Lugadon, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain [Clondalkin]; Catharnach, 
son of Cathal Maenmaighe ; and Ninnidh, anchorite, died. Ruamnus, Abbot 
of Domhnach-Seachnaill, died. The relics of Ronan’, son of Bearach, were 
placed in a shrine formed of gold and silver. Befhail, daughter of Cathal, 
queen of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, died. A battle? between the Ulidians 
and the Ui-Eathach-Cobha, wherein Eochaidh, son of Ailell, lord of Cobha 
[Iveagh], was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 797 [recte 802]. The fifth year of Aedh. Ailill, son of 
Cormac, Abbot of Slaine, a wise man and a learned judge’, died. Muireadhach, 
son of Olcobhar, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Connachtach, a select scribe, 
and Abbot of Ia [Iona]; Clemens, of Tir-da-ghlas ; [and] Macoige, of Apor- 
crosain, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Cosgrach Ua Fraeich, Abbot of 


405 


Trias Thaum., p. 523 ; and also to Petrie's Jn- 
quiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round 
T'owers of Ireland, pp. 194 to 201. 

m Breasal.— A. D. 800. Bresal, mac Segeni, 
abbas Iae, anno principatus sui ooi. dormivit." — 
Ann. Uit. 

^ Domhnach-Seachnaill: i.e. the Church of 
Seachnall, or Secundinus, now Dunshaughlin, 
in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. 
— See note ?, under the year 448, p. 134, supra. 

? Ronan, son of Bearach.—He is the patron 
saint of Druim-Ineasclainn, in Conaille-Muir- 
theimhne, now Drumiskin, where, according to 
the Irish Calendar, his festival was kept on the 
18th of November. 

“ A. D. 800. Positio reliquiarum Ronain, filii 


Beric, in arca auri et argenti." —Ann. Ult. 

? A battle.—'* A. D. 800. Bellum inter Ultu et 
nepotes Echdhach Cobho, in quo cecidit Echu, 
mac Aililla, rez Cobho, et cecidit Cairell, mac 
Cathail ex parte adversa belli, et exercitus. ejus 
victor fuit." — Ann. Ult. 

The year 796 of the Four Masters corre- 
sponds with 800 of the Annals of Ulster, which 
contain the two notices following, omitted by 
the four Masters : 

“ A. D. 800. Bresal, mac Gormgaile, de Genere 
Loegaire, a fratribus suis dolose occisus est. Estas 
pluvialis.” 

3? A learned judge.—“ A. D. 801. Ailill, mac 
Cormaic, abbas Slaine, sapiens et judex optimus, 
obit.” —Ann. Ult. 


L4 


406 ANNALA rioshachta EIREANN. 


[798. 


Oomnaill, &g(mna Mibe, vécc. Cteoh Oriponióe vo dol 1 Míde, co po pann 
Thode ecip 04 mac Oonnchaóa a. Conéubap 4 MULU. Chill vo mapbao lá 
Conchabap an bliabam ap noimd 1 scat. Eugima, mgn Oonnchada, mic 
Oomnaill, mogam ws Timpa [1. pig 6n(gh] décc. hl Cholurmb Chille oo 
lopecad la hallmupacoib 3. la Nopemanoibh. Togail Locha Riaé la Mun- 
sup, mac Tomalcars. Peapgal, mac Anmchada, cina Oppaige, vég. 
Apcm, mac Alla, eigtpna. Mugoopn Mangtn, oécc. 

Cop Cmore, peachc ccéo nochac a hoéc. On peipeaó bliadain o Coo. 
Plann, mac Naepgaile, no pooarmpióe pé bliadna oécc 1 ccpeblaro vicumamns 
ap Dha, co po écc rapamh. Mac lappe, an puí ó Imp Muiploaigh, oécc. 
Chipeimoan, abb Tamlacca Maeilenuam, décc. lomaipece Ruba Conall 
emp oá mac Oonnchada, m po mapbad Ailill la Concubap.  Oengap 
Ua Muğpon, cigfina Ua Paige, oo mapbaó cpe ceilcc la a mumay pén. 
Pinaéca, mac Cellang, oo mapbad. Ounchad mac Congaile, ci5(pna Cocha 
Cal, oo mapbao la a bnataip. : 

Cop Core, peache ccéo nochac a naoi. On peaccmad bliadan o Goo. 
Capabpan, abb Cip méin, Paelán, mac Cellar, abb Cille vapa, 7 Copbmac, 
mac Conaill, peipcigip Cupcan, décc. Owbmopecht, mac Catal, pi Con- 

‘nace, véce. Laegxaim, mac Pepgaile, ciġfpna Ofpmuman, vécc. Oomnall, 
mac Cloda Mumoemg, mic Plaicbepcarg, mic Comgpis, mic Clongapa, mic 
Domnall, mic Coda, mic Cinmipeac, ergeapna an Cuaipcerpe, oécc. Cinaed, 


* Divided Meath.—“ A. D. 801. An armie by 
Hugh in Meath ; and [he] divided Meath be- 
tween Duncha's two sons, viz, Conor and 
Ailill.?——4n. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A, D. 799. Hugh, King of Ireland, came 
with a great army to Meath, and divided it into 
two parts, whereof he gave one part to Connor, 
son of” [the late] * King Donnogh, and the 
other part to his brother, Ailill.?— Amn. Clon. 

* Of Breagh.—The words enclosed in brackets 
are inserted in a modern hand in the Stowe 
copy. King of Teamhair, or Tara, at this pe- 
riod, did not mean Monarch of Ireland, but 
King of Bregia, or East Meath. 

“A. D. 801. Euginia, filia Donncha, Regina 
regis Temorie moritur." —Ann. Ult, 


* A. D. 799. Eugenia, daughter of King Don- 
nogh and Queen of Ireland" [rectè of Meath] 
** died." —Ann. Clon. 

t Hi- Coluim- Cille.—** A. D. 801. Hi Coluimb 
Cille a Gentibus combusta." —Ann. Ult. à 

* Loch-Riach.—Now Lough Reagh, near the 
town of the same name, in the county of Galway. 
See note ", under A. M. 3506, p. 33, suprà. 
'This is the oldest reference to this lake as & 
fortress. Dr. O’Conor translates this passage 
in the Annals of Ulster, p. 193, “ Vastatio 
Lacus Rigie a predonibus maritimis;" but 
this is incorrect, for Muirghius, i.e. Maurice, 
was the name of a chieftain who afterwards be- 
came King of Connaught.—See the year 803. 
In the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, 


798.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 407 


Lughmhadh [Louth], died. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, lord of Meath, 
died. Aedh Oirdnidhe went to Meath, and divided Meath” between the two 
sons of Donnchadh, namely, Conchubhar and Ailill. Ailill was slain the year 
following, by Conchubhar, in a battle. Euginia, daughter of Donnchadh, son 
of Domhnall, queen of the King of Teamhair [i. e. of the King of Breagh'], died. 
Hi-Coluim-Cille* was burned by foreigners, i. e. by the Norsemen. The demo- 
lition of Loch-Riach" by Muirghius, son of Tomaltach. Fearghal, son of Anm- 


chaidh, lord of Osraighe, died. Artri, son of Ailill, lord of Mughdhorna- 


Maighean [Cremorne], died. 

The Age of Christ, 798 [recté 803]. The seventh year of Aedh. Flann“, 
son of Narghal, after having suffered sixteen years under severe sickness for 
God, died. Mac Laisre the Learned*, of Inis-Muireadhaigh [Inishmurry], died. 
Airfhindan, Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain [Tallaght], died. The battle of 
Rubha-Conaill’, between the two sons of Donnchadh, in which Ailill was slain 
by Conchubhar. Oenghus Ua Mughroin’, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain through 
treachery by his own people. Dunchadh, son of Conghal, lord of Loch-Cal’, 
was slain by his brother. 

The Age of Christ, 799 [recte 804]. The seventh year of Aedh. Carabran, 
Abbot of Lis-mor; Faelan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara; and Cormac, 
son of Conall, CEconomus* of Lusca, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Cathal, King 
of Connaught, died.. Laeghaire, son of Fearghal, lord of Desmond, died. 
Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, 
son of Aenghus, son of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, lord of the 


in Cod. Clarend., 49, it is rendered correctly: 

* A. D. 801. The breaking of Lochriach by 
Murges ;” and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at 799: **Loghriagh was destroyed by Morgies.” 

* Flann.—* A. D. 802. Quies Flainn, mic 
Narghaile, qui in temptacione. doloris xvi. annis 
incubuit." — Ann. Ult. 

* The learned. A. D. 800. Mac Laysre, the 
excellent of Inismoyré, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

Y Rubha-Conaill._Now Rowe, a townland in 
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of West- 
meath. 

* A. D. 802. Bellum Rubhai Conaill inter duos 


filios Donncha, ubi Ailill cecidit, e Concobar 
victor fuit." 

* Qenghus Ua Mughroin.—‘ A. D. 802. Oengus 
mac Mugroin, rez Nepotum Failghi, jugulatus est 
dolosé a sociis Finsnechte filii Cellaich, consilio 
Regis sui” —Ann. Ult. 

* Loch-Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the barony 
of West Oneilland, and county of Armagh.— 
See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 10, supra. 

* A. D. 802. Duncha mac Conghaile, rex 
Locha Cal, a fratribus suis jugulatus est?” —A. U lt. 


* (Economus.—** A. D. 803. Cormac, mae Co- . 


naill, eguonimus Luscan moritur.”—Ann. Ult. 


408 annaca RIOSHachta EIREANN. [799. 


mac Oumeachoa, 7 C(jnach, mac Ounchada, cigepna Mugoonn, oég. Fo- 
pugad Corg(n pa 66 1 naom mip la hUib Néll, conad 06 vo pnóibeab : 


lappam poop co LCargniu, Ceò nec nac imcaib og pu, 
Nip an ance cpí caocach, convo papcaib 1 mbpognu. 


CLooh Oipomde vo tionól plog lánmóm oo dol 1 Cargmb, 4 Laigin vo 
Papuccad po of a naon mí. Oo ponad lérnéionól pep n€peann vo móipi leip 
(cenmotac Laiġin), ecin laocaib 7 clérpcrb, 50 maéc Oán Cua, 1 coiccpioch 
Mwe 4 Lağ. | Cámic ann Connmaé, comapba Pacpaice, co celém Leite 
Cumn malle pip. Nip bó mač lap na cléipaib coc pop plogfoh p. 
CIgaomproc a nimnfoh pap an pġ. Apbent om an pí a. lod, no ébad anal 

.acbépao Potad na Canóme, comoh ano puccpróe an mbpeit, via po jaop 


clémg Epeann pon peacc 1 ploi$(ó oo spép, co nepepc : 


€cclap Oé bi, léicc o1, na pnaf, 

b10 a cent pop leat, peb ap veaé po bao. 
Gach prop manat pil, pon a cubaip nglan, 
Oon (cclaip vian dip gnò amail gaé mod. 
Sach oilman ian pin, pil gan peche gan pé 
C (c cia teip ppí bang Aeda map mic. Néll. 
CE pi an pagal éepc, pec ní món m b(cc, 


Pognao cac a mod, gan on gan ecc. 


* Devastation.—** A. D. 803. Vastacio Lagi- 
nensium apud. filium Neill duabus vicibus in uno 
mense." —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 801. King Hugh wasted Lynster 
two times in one month, tooke awaye all their 
preys and bootyes.". Ann. Clon. 

è Dun-Cuair: i.e. Cuar's Dun or Fort. This 
place is now called by the synonymous name of 
Rath-Cuair (idem enim, nempe arcem seu muni- 
tionem, significant dun et rath), anglicé Rathcore, 
whieh is a small village, situated in the barony 
of Lower Moyfenrath, in the county of Meath, 
and not far from the confines of the ancient 
* Leinster with Meath. 

* A. D. 803. Congressio Senatorum Nepotum 


€cclap. 


Neill, cui dux erat Condmach, abbas Ardmache 
i» Duncuair."— Ann. Ult. “ This yeare the 
cleargi of Ireland were freed from rysing out, 
or any such, by Hugh Oirnie, by the judgment 
of Fahadh Canonist."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Fothadh na Canoine.—For some account of 
this writer see Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, at 11th 
March, p. 581, c. 13, and p. 583, n. 13, where 
he translates this passage as follows : 

* Illam autem expeditionem, Clerique exemp- 
tionem in annum 799" [recté 804] “ referunt 
nostri annales. Ita tradunt Quatuor Magistri 
ad eundem: Collegit Rex Aidus Ordnidhe ingen- 
tem exercitum, et suscepit. expeditionem in Lage- 
niam; eamque secundó infra unius mensis spatium 


——————— 


799.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 409 


North, died. Cinaedh, son of Duitiechda; and Cearnach, son of Dunchadh, 
lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The devastation’ of Leinster twice in 
one month by the Ui-Neill, of which was said: 


Afterwards he returns to Leinster, Aedh, a soldier who shunned not battles ; 
The robber king did not cease till he left them in dearth. 


Aedh Oirdnidhe assembled a very great army to proceed into Leinster 
and devastated Leinster twice in one month. A full muster of the men of 
Ireland (except the Leinstermen), both laity and clergy, was again made by 
him [and he marched] until he reached Dun-Cuair?, on the confines of Meath 
and Leinster. Thither came Connmhach, successor of Patrick, having the 
clergy of Leath-Chuinn along with him. It was not pleasing to the clergy to 
go upon any expedition; they complained of their grievance to the king, and 
the king, i e. Aedh, said that he would abide by the award of Fothadh na 
Canoine®; on which occasion Fothadh passed the decision by which he ex- 
empted the clergy of Ireland for ever from expeditions and hostings, when he 
said : 

The Church of the living God, let her alone, waste her not, 

Let her right be apart, as best it ever was. 

Every true monk, who is of a pure conscience, 

For the Church to which it is due let him labour like every servant. 
Every soldier from that out, who is without [religious] rule or obedience, 
Is permitted to aid the great Aedh, son of Niall. 

This is the true rule, neither more nor less: 


Let every one serve in his vocation without murmur or complaint. 
The Church, &c. 


vastavit. Denud collegit alium exercitum ex uni- Canonibus indicaret expedire. Fothadius autem ` 


verse. Hibernie, et populo et Cléro, exceptis tulit sententiam pro clero, que cum a Bellicis 


Lageniis tunc tumultuantibus, et venit usque Dun- 
Cuair, in Lagenie e Midie confinibus: venit 
cum €o tunc Conmachus, Patricii successor (hoc est 
Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus) Aquilonaris Hi- 
bernie Clero comitatus. Clerus autem iniquo animo 
ferebat se ad Bellicas expeditiones vocari: et coram 
Rege tali gravamine conqueritur. Rex promisit se 
in hac re facturum quod Fothadius, cognomento de 


expeditionibus de catero liberavit." 

This decision of Fothadh na Canoine is re- 
ferred to in the preface to the Feilire- Aenguis, 
preserved in the Leabhar Breac, fol. 32. On 
this occasion Fothadh wrote a poem by way of 
precept to the king, in which he advises him 
to exempt the clergy from the obligation of 


fighting his battles. There-is a copy of the 
3G : 


410 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[800. 


Oo €óib Cfob Oipomde rapam co ms Cargén, 7 puan a oignéip ó Longmb, 
7 do bepc Pinpneachca, pr Laigh, geill 4 emme 66. Tanla gaet anbpoill, 
cóipneac, ] cemoceac ipm ló ma pél Dáopaice na bliadna po, 5o po mapbad 
oeicnebap ap mile hi cpi¢ Conca 6aipemo, 3 co po pano an murp oilen Pitae 
1 cmb panoaib. 

Clip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo. On cochemao badam ood Oipombe. Ro- 
. bapcach, abb 6fhocuip, Muipfoac, mac Aiming, abb Ceicglnne, Cuana, 
abb Mamptpech bute, Maonac, mac Colgan, abb Cupcan, Ouboaboipfnn 
Ua Oubain, abb Cluana lopaipo, Piangup, abb Ruip Cpé, Copbmac, mac 
Mumsiupa, abb barplicce, Pine, banabb Cille vapa, [vécc]. Ceall achaio 
vo lopccao co na ofptang nuf. Muincfpcach, mac Oonngarle, cp (nna Speipne, 
Maelbpacha, mac bpeplén, cig (pna Conca Corgóe, 7 Pronnacca, mac Oonn- 
Zale, oécc. Cfnnac, mac P(pgupa, cigna Loca Gaban, oécc. Pinpneacca, 
mac Ceallarg, m Laigh, oo gabáil cléinceacca. Oo deachad Aod Orpo- 
mode co Oán Cuaip, co po pomn Laigniu ecen na oa Mhuipeadac, a. Mw- 
ploac, mac Ruadpach,7 Mupeavhach, mac bpam. 

Cloip Cpiopc, oct ccécc a haon. On naomad badain ood Orponbe. 
Congal, mac Moenaich, abb Slame, puí neccna, 1 occh 1odan e1pde, 7 Lort- 
each, ooccop Ofnocaip, oécc. hl Colum Chille oo 1onnpao la hallmupacoib, 
7 rochaioe mon vo laochoib 7 oo clémeib oo mapbao leo 3. occap ap tpb 


the sea covered the land of Fihe with sand, i. e. 
the extent of twelve cows of land."— Cod. Clar. 49. 
“A.D. 801. There was such horrible and 


entire poem preserved in a vellum manuscript, 
in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, 
H. 2.18. It is also quoted in the Leabhar- 


Gabhala of the O'Clerys, p. 199.—8See O’Reilly’s 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 55. 

f Great wind.—“ A. D. 803., Tonitruum vali- 
dum cum vento, et igne, in nocte feriam precedente 
Patricii dissipantes plurimos hominum, i. e. mille 

` a x. viros i tir Corco-Baiscinn ; e mare divisit 
insolam Fite in tres partes; et illud mare cum 
arena terram Fite abscondit .i. med da boo deac 
do tir." — Ann. Ult. 

* Greate thunder with a greate wynde and 
fyre ?n nocte precedenti Patricii feriam dissipantes 
plurimos hominum, viz. 1010, betweene Corcabas- 
cinn and the rest of the country; and the sea 
divided the Iland of Fihe into three parts; and 


great thunder the next day before St. Patrick's 
day, that it put asunder a thousand and ten 
men between Corck-Bascynn and the land about 
it; the sea divided an island there in three 
parts, the seas and sands thereof did cover the 
earth near it.” Anz. Clon. 

s Island of Fitha.— According to the tradition 
in the country this is the island now called 
Inis-caerach, or Mutton Island, lying opposite 
Kilmurry-Ibrickan, in the west of the county 
of Clare. The whole of the barony of Ibrickan 
anciently belonged to the territory of Corca- 
Bhaiscinn.—See Dr. Todd’s Irish Version of 
Nennius, p. 205. 


800. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 411 


Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards went to the King of Leinster, and obtained his - 
full demand from the Leinstermen ; and Finsneachta, King of Leinster, gave 
him hostages and pledges. There happened great wind‘, thunder, and light- 
ning, on the day before the festival of Patrick of this year, so that one thousand . 
and ten persons were killed in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn, and the sea 
divided the island of Fitha* into three parts. 

The Age of Christ, 800 [recté 805]. The eighth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 
Robhartach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Muireadhach, son of Aimhirgin, 


' Abbot of Leithghlinn; Cuana, Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice]; Mae- 


nach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk]; Dubhdabhoireann Ua Dubhain, 
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Fiangus, Abbot of Ros-Cre'; Cormac, son 
of Muirghius, Abbot of Baisleac [Baslick]; Fine, Abbess of Cill-dara, [died]. 
Cill-achaidh [Killeigh] was burned, with its new oratory*. Muircheartach, son 
of Donnghal, lord of Breifne ; Maelbracha, son of Breslen, lord of Corca- 
Loighdhe'; and Finnachta, son of Donnghal, died. Cearnach, son of Fearghus, 
lord of Loch-Gabhair", died. Finnshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, 
entered into religion. Aedh Oirdnidhe went to Dun-Cuair", and divided Lein- 
ster between the two Muireadhachs, namely, Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach, 
and Muireadhach, son of Bran. - 

The Age of Christ, 801. The ninth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Congal’, son 
of Maenach, Abbot of Slaine, who was a learned sage and a pure virgin; [and] 
Loitheach, doctor of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Hi-Coluim-Cille? was plun- 
dered by foreigners ; and great numbers of the laity and clergy were killed by 


^ Maenach, son of Colgan.—** A. D. 804. Moe- 
nach mae Colgen, Lector bonus, lacrimabiliter 
vitam finivit. Dubhdabhairenn hUa Dubain 
princeps Cluana Iraird patribus suis additus est.? 
—Ann. Uit. 

i Ros-Cre.—Now Roscrea, in the barony of 
Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary, where St. 
Cronan, the son of Odhran, erected a monastery 
in the latter end of the sixth century.—See 
Ussher's Primordia, p. 969; and Archdall's 
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 672. 

x Oratory— A. D. 804. Cell-achaidh cwm 
oratorio novo ardescit." —4Amn. Ult. 


! Corca- Loighdhe.—See note under A. D. 746, 
and note *, under 1418, p. 832. 

m Loch-Gabhair.—Otherwise written Loch- 
Gobhair, now Loughgower, or Logore, near 
Dunshaughlin .—See A. M. 3581, and A. D. 
615, 181. 

? Dun- Cuair.—Now Rathcore in Meath.—See 
note under 799. 

° Congal.—** A. D. 805. Congal, mac Moenaig, 
abbas Slaine, sapiens, in virginitate dormivit." — 
Ann. Uit. 

? Hi- Coluim- Cille.—'** A. D. 805. Familia Tae 
occisa est a gentibus i. lx. octo.?— Ann. Ult. 


362 


412 . GNNAZa RIOShachca erreann. ` [802. 


piécib. Plartiupa, mac Cionaeda, cig(pna Ua Pailge, oo mapbad 1 Rat 
Imgam. Tip va slap oo lopccaó. Pinnaéca, mac Ceallarg, pí Corgfm, oo 
gabáil pige oo pid. Conmhach, bpecheamh Ua mópiám, vég. ; 

Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo a 06. Qn o(émaó bliadain oCÍoo Oiponide. 
Cfnvpaolad, eppcop Cluana p(pca, vécc. Elamup, angcoie, 7 repibnedip 
Loca Cpéa, vécc. Lemnata Cille manaé vécc. Ecclap Choluim Chille hn 
cCfhannup vo óíoctáréniucéao. Imp MumpCoharg volopccad la hallmupachaib, 
qa ndol ipee. pon Rop Commám. | Copbmac mac Oongalang, ci$ínna an 
Phocla, oécc. Mupchad Ua Plomn, cigfpna Ua Piógemce, oécc. 

Gop Core, oche ccéo a tpi. An caenmao bliadan oécc vod. Tomar, 
eppcop pepibneom, 1 abb mne Oóachaill, Paelgup, abb Cille hOchao, 
[oécc]. Pinpneacca, mac Ceallang, pi Carg(n, oécc 1 cCill vapa. Cinaed, 
mac Concobaip, oo manbad 1 Mag Coba la Cpuieémb. Slogfoh la Murn- 


* A. D. 803. There was sixty-eight of the * A. D. 805. Pestilencia magna in Hibernia. 
familie of Hugh of Columbkill slain by the Lex Patricii Va Aedh mac Neill.” 
Danes.”—Ann. Clon. : * Loch- Crea. — This is called “ Stagnum Cree? 

? Rath-Imghain: i. e. Imghan's Fort, now in the Life of St. Cronan, as quoted by Ussher 
Rathangan, a well-known town in the barony (Primord., p. 969) : “In quo est insula modica, 
of Eastern Offaly, and county of Kildare. The in qua est monasterium monachorum semper 
rath, which gave name to this town, is still to religiosissimorum.” According to this life, St. 
be seen in a field near the church-yard, to the. Cronan of Roscrea had erected a cell near this 
right of the road as you go from Rathangan to lough (evidently at the place now called Cor- 
Edenderry. It is about 180 feet in diameter.— bally), before he erected his great church of 
See note ™, under A. D. 1546, p. 1495; and Roscrea; but the church on the insula modica, 
Cox's Hibernia Anglicana, pp. 19, 84. which is the “ Insula viventium" of Giraldus 

“ A. D. 805. Flaithnia, mac Cinaeda, rex Ne- Cambrensis, and the Znis- Locha- Cre of the Irish 
potum Foilgi, jugulatus est i rRaith-Imgain."— writers, was dedicated to this St. Helair, or Hi- 
Ann. Ult. larius, referred to in the text, whose festival 

“ A. D. 803. Flathnia mac Kinoye, King of was there kept on the 7th of September, as ap- 
Offalie, was killed in Rathangan."— Ann. Clon. pears from O?Clery's Irish Calendar. This lough 

* Finnachta.—* A. `D. 805. Finsnechta mac is now dried up, but the church, which is of 
Cellaig regnum suum [rursus] accepit.?— Ann. Ult, considerable antiquity and of remarkably beau- 

` Judge.—** A. D. 805. Connmach, Judex Ne- tiful architecture, is still to be seen in ruins in 
potum Briuin, moritur." — Ann. Ult. the middle of a bog in the townland of Moin-na 

The year 801 of the Four Masters corre-  h-innse, anglicé Monahincha, parish of Corbally, 
sponds with 805 of the Annals of Ulster, which barony of Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary, 
contain under that year the entries following, and about two miles to the south-east of Ros- 
totally omitted by the former : crea. For an account of this wonderful island 


802.1 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 413 


them, namely, sixty-eight. Flaithiusa, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, was 
slain at Rath-Imghain*. Tir-da-ghlas [Terryglass] was burned. Finnachta’, son 
of Ceallach, King of Leinster, took the government again. Connmhach, Judge 
of Ui-Briuin, died. i 
The Age of Christ, 802 [recté 807]. The tenth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 
Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Cluain-fearta [Clonfert], died. Elarius, anchorite and 
scribe of Loch-Crea‘, died. Lemnatha of Cill-manach" died. The church of 
Coluim-Cille at Ceanannus" was destroyed. Inis-Muireadhaigh* was burned 
by foreigners, and they attacked Ros-Commain. Cormac, son of Donghalach, 
lord of the North, died. Murchadh Ua Flainn, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. 
The Age of Christ, 803 [recte 808]. - The eleventh year of Aedh. Thomas, 
Bishop, Scribe, and Abbot of Linn-Duach; [and] Faelghus, Abbot of Cill- 
achaidh, [died]. Finshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, died at Cill- 
dara. Cinaedh, son of Conchobhar, was slain at Magh-Cobha, by the Cruithni 


see Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. Hib., Dist. ii. 
c. 3; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, 
p. 667. In the Annals of Ulster the death of 
Elarius, ancorita et scriba Locha Crea, is entered 
under the year 806, and in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at 804, where he is called Hilarius. 

* Cill-manach.—Now Kilmanagh, in the ba- 
rony of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny.— 
See note under A. D. 780. 

* Ceanannus.—Now Kells, in the co. of Meath. 

“A. D. 806. Constructio nove Civitatis Columbe 
Cille hi Ceninnus."— Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 804. There was a new church founded 
in Kells in honour of St. Colume."— A7. Clon. 

* Inis-Muireadhaigh.—Now Inishmurry, an 
island off the coast of the county of Sligo.—See 
note under the years A. D. 747,798. This entry 
is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 806, 
and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 804, thus: 

“A. D. 806. Gentiles Combusserunt insolam 
Muredaich, e invadunt Roscommain." — Ann. 
* A. D. 804. The Danes burnt Inis-Moriey 
and invaded Roscomman."—. 42. Clon. 


Most of the entries given by the Four Masters 
at the year 802 are to be found in the Annals 
of Ulster at 806, together with the following, 
totally omitted by the former: 

* Condmach mae Duibdaleithi, abbas Ard- 
mache subita morte periit. Occisio Artghaile, 
mac Cathasaig, regis Nepotum Cruinn na nAir- 
ther. Jugulatio Conaill mic Taidg o Conall mac 
Aedain i Ciunn-tire. Luna in sanguinem versa est. 
Bellum inter familiam Corcaighi, & familiam 
Cluana ferta Brendain, inter quas cedes innume- 
rabiles hominum Ecclesiasticorum et sublimium de 
Jamilia Corcaighi ceciderunt." l 

The Four Masters have intentionally omitted 
all the battles recorded in the older annals as 
having been fought between the ancient monas- 
tic establishments, but the Editor has inserted 
them in the notes to this edition. The eclipse 
of the moon recorded in the Annals of Ulster as 
having taken place in this.year, shews that 
these annals are antedated by one year, for a 
total eclipse of the moon occurred in the year 
807, on the 26th of February.—See Art de Ver. 
les Dates, tom. i. p. 67. 


a ea eR ee ee ee ee 


414 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[804. 


seap, mac Comalcaig go cConnaécaib imme, do congnam la Conéobap, mac 
Oonnchada, mic O ormaill, oo rl foh pean Mide, co maécacap cíp an aenarg. 
Támcce an pí, Med, ormó(&ail rfp Mide, 7 po cup Concubap co na pocnaroe 
1 paon maóma epci, amal bacaífp mmoa 7 c(enaca (.1. caomo). Ro lope 
ranam an po ba camp: oo Ohonnchad vo épich Mie. 

Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo a clearp. An vapa bliadan véce oClod Oipombe. 
Cod, abb Glinne va Locha, Maolpotancarg, mac Flamn, abb Pinoabpaé 
abae, 1 Cille monat, vég. 'Pmbil, banabb Cluana Opénag, 7 Ounchu, abb 
Cealcha lep, oo mapbad. Cuciapan, ppo Cluana, Dég, ] baecan Cluana 
cuaipcene. lomeipecc la hUlcoib eccip oá mac Piaéna, 4 no ppafned pia 
cCampell pop Coca. lomap(ce erp Ui cCfinnpelang, 1 cconcaip Cellac, 
mac Oonngaile. lonopad nUlad la hCfoó Oone, lap m ms, 1 noioganl 
pápor$ée Scpine Paoparce pop Ounéom. Tene vo tomó vo nm, lap po 
manbad daome 1 nOentorg Aedan. 

Coip Cmore, ocht ccéo a chce. An cpeap badam véce oCleó Orpo- 
mode. Coena, abb Oormliacc, Tig(pnach, lap po potaigzl> Oaine Mele, abb 
Cille acad, Guaipe, abb Hlinne oá lacha, 4 Tflaoloám, mac Oonnganle, 


* Tir-an-aenaigh : i.e. the Land of the Fair. 
This was the land of Tailtin, where the great 
national Irish fair was annually held, and where 
there is a hollow pointed out still called Lag- 
an-aenaigh, i. e. the hollow of the fair.—See 
note *, under A. M. 3370, where, for *near the 
Boyne,” read “near the Sele or Blackwater 
River,” which unites with the Boyne at Navan. 

* As if they were goats and sheep.—Atnail 
bacaíp mmoa 4 ceċnava. The word cecnaoa 
is glossed by caoimid, i. e. sheep, in the Stowe 
copy. Dr. O'Conor translates this, “quo tem- 
pore fuere onusti rebus pretiosis et pecoribus ;? 
but had he taken the trouble to compare the 
lrish text of the Four Masters with the Annals 
of Ulster he would have found that this was 
not the true meaning. The passage is given in 
the latter annals as follows : 

“ A. D. 607. Sloghadh Muirgissa, mic Tomal- 
taig, co Connachtaib, la Concobur, mae nDonncha 
co rigi tiran aenaig; et fugerunt repente post 


tres noctes, et migravit Aed, mac Neill, in obviam 
eorrum, et combussit terminos Midi; eorumque fuga 
capris et hinulis simulata est,” 

* Finnabhair-abha.—According to the gloss 
on the Feilire-Aenguis, and O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar, this place is on the margin of the River 
Boinn, in Bregia. It is now called Fennor, and 
is,situated on the River Boyne, in the parish of 
the same name, in the barony of Lower Duleek, 
and county of Meath.—See the Ordnance Map 
of Meath, sheet 19. Neachtain, a disciple of St. 
Patrick, and the son of his sister, Liemania, is 
set down in the Irish Calendars as the patron 
saint of this place, where his festival was kept 
on the 2nd of May. 

> Cill-monai: i.e. Church of the Bog, now 


Kilmoone, in the barony of Skreen, and county 
of Meath. 


* Tealach-lias : i.e. Hill of the Huts or Cabins, 
now Tullalease, an old church in the barony of 
Orrery, in the north of the county of Cork. 


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804. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 415 


[of Dal-Araidhe]. A hosting by Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, with the Con- 
naughtmen about him, to assist Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, son of Domh- 
nall, to destroy the men of Meath, and they arrived at Tir-an-aenaigh* The 
king, Aedh, came to protect the men of Meath ; and he drove Conchobhar and 
his forces to flight out of it, as if they were goats and sheep’. He afterwards 
burned that part of the country of Meath which was dearest to Donnchadh. 
The Age of Christ, 804 [recte 809]. The twelfth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 
Aedh, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelfothartaigh, son of Flann, Abbot of 
Finnabhair-abha* and Cill-monai*, died. Finbil, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, and 
Dunchu, Abbot of Tealach-lias’, were slain. Cuciarain, Prior of Cluain[-mic- 
Nois], and Baedan, of Cluain-tuaisceirt?, died. A battle by the Ulidians between 
the two sons of Fiachna, and Cairell defeated Eochaidh. A battle between 
[two parties of] the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Ceallach, son of Donnghall, was 
slain. The plundering of Ulidia by Aedh Oirdnidhe, the king, in revenge of 
the profanation of the shrine of Patrick*, against Dunchu. 
heaven, by which persons were killed in Dearthach-Aedhain‘ 
The Age of Christ, 805 [recté 810]. The thirteenth year of Aedh Oird- 
nidhe. Caithnia, Abbot of Daimhliag; Tighernach, by whom Daire-Melle* was 
founded, Abbot of Cill-achaidh^; Guaire, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; and Mael- 


Fire came from 


* A. D. 808. The killing of Duncho, prince 
of Tulach-less, in Patric’s Shrine's place, in the 
abbot of Tulach-less his house.” — 4n. Ult. Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Cluain-tuaisceirt: i.e. the North Lawn, or 
Meadow, now Clontuskert, near Lanesborough, 
in the barony of South Ballintober, and county 
of Roscommon.—See note *, under A. D. 1244, 
p. 310; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, 
p. 607. 

* The shrine of Patrick.—See A. D. 784. 

** A. D. 808. The spoyle of Ulster by Hugh 
mac Nell, for the dishonoring of the Shrine 
upon Dunchu."— Ann. Uit. Cod. Clarend., 49. 

f Dearthach Aedhain.—Called Oratorium Nodan 
in the Annals of Ulster. This oratory was pro- 
bably at Disert-Nuadhain, now Eastersnow, 
near Elphin, in the county of Roscommon, 


where the memory of St. Nuadhan is still held 
in veneration.—See note ?, under A. D. 1330, 
p- 546, infra. 

** A. D. 508. Ignis celestis percussit virum in 
Oratorio Nodan."— Ann. Ult. 

* Daire- Melle.— Id est quercetum sive roboretum 
Sancte Melle. This place is described as on the 
margin of Loch Melghe, now Lough Melvin, in 
the Lower Breifne. A nunnery was erected 
here by St. Tighernach for his mother Melle, 
who died here before the year 787.— See Col- 
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 796. This name. is 
now unknown. The place is situated in the 
parish of Rossinver, barony of Rossclogher, and 
county of Leitrim. 

^ Cill-achaidh : i.e. Church of the Field. The 
exact situation of this place is nowhere pointed 
out. Archdall places it in the county of Cavan, 


416 ANNATA rioshachea EIREANN. [806. 


pencíiġir Apoa Maca, vécc. Maolpochancars, 3. pcpíbníó, mac Cedgarte, 
abb Olineccenl Oachiapog, vé5. Anluan, mac Conéobaip, eig(pna Chidne, vég. 
Caog 1 Pleiema, oá mac Muipslpa, mc Comalcaig, oo mapbad la Curgnb, 
7 Pápugaó Lune la Mumpsfp ma noiogail.| Laoch vo Curgnib aopubape : 


Ro mapb Muipsfp mo mac pa, ba po móp po oom cép, 
Ap meipi mmpubaipc cailec pon bnagaro Caio oap ép. 


Cachal, mac Piacpach, cig(pna Racha anti 7 Pip ccál, véce. Gopm- 
sal, mac Omoaghaigh, abb Apoa Maca 1 Cluana heoaip, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo a pé. On clépamad badam oécc 0Clod Opo- 
mode. Cuacgal, abb pute Cluana, blatmac hUa Mupdeabarp, abb Deap- 
maize, Oimman Qpad, angcoine [oécc]. Tepbad aigae oenaig Coilc(n oia 
Sataipn, co na paachc each na cappac la heò, mac Neill, i. mumeip 
Camlachcae vo oaponba thé pápágaó ceapmamo Tamlacca Maelpuam vo 


Unb Néll. 
maille né hapcaooib ile. 


but there is no place now bearing the name in 
that county. The festival of St. Tighernach 
was kept here on the 4th of November.—Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 796. 

i Maelduin.—** A. D. 809. Maelduin mac 
Donngaile, eguonimus Ardmachee, moritur? — 
Ann. Ult. 

x Aéregal-Dachiarog : i. e. St. Dachiarog’s 
residence, or habitation, now Errigalkeeroge, in 
the barony of Clogher, and county of Tyrone. 
—See note under A. D. 1380 and 1557. 

! Rath-Airthir and Feara-Cul.—Rath-airthir 
is the ancient name of Oristown, near Teltown, 
and Feara-Cul was the name of a district com- 
prising the baronies of Upper and Lower Kells, 
in the county of Meath.—See note ?, under 
A. D. 693, p. 297 ; and note f, under 784. 

m Religious seniors.— The word sruithe is trans- 
lated seniores by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 298, 
and sapientes by Ussher in Primordia, p. 895. 
In the old English version of the Annals of 
Ulster, in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49, the death of 


Oo pac Cled Oiponibe 1apom a norgmap oo mumcip Camlachca, 
Ip m mbliabampi cámic an Cele oé oon paipncece 


this abbot is noticed thus : 

* A. D. 810. Tuahgall, Abbas sapiens Clona, 
moritur ;” but in Dr. O'Conor's edition, p. 197, 
the reading is: ** Tuathgal, Ab. Sruithe Cluana, 
moritur." 

^ Dearmhach.—Now Durrow, in the King's 
County. “ A. D. 810. Strages Gentilium in 
Ulster. Blathmack, nepos Muirdivar, Abbot 
of Dorowe, died.”—Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49. 

° Aradh.—Now the barony of Arra, or Du- 
harra, in the county of Tipperary. 

P The prevention.—'* Ceapbaó «1. oealugaó.? 
—O'Clery. ** Ceapbaó .ı. 1onnanba no bea- 
lugad.”—D. Mac Firbis. 

? Celebration. — Aga «a. cup, ue epe, boi 
Chlell q Meob ag aga m aonang, i. e. agha, to 
carry on, celebrate, as, ** Ailell and Medhbh were 
celebrating the fair."— MS., T. C. D., H. 3. 18, 
fol. 232. 

* Prevented it. —Oapopbae .. vá &oimeapc. 
** Ropben .1. cornmeoqc, prevent.”— Old Gloss, 
MS., T. C. D., H. 2. 15. 


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806.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND, 417 


duini, son of Donnghal, Œconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Maelfothartaigh, i. e. 
the scribe, son of Aedhghal, Abbot of Airegal-Dachiarog*, died. Anluan, son 
of Conchobhar, lord of Aidhne, died. Tadhg and Flaithnia, two sons of Muir- - 
gheas, son of Tomaltach, were slain by the Luighni ; and Luighne [Leyny] was 
laid waste by Muirgheas, in revenge of them. A hero of the Luighni said : 


Muirgheas slew my son, which very much wounded me ; 
It was I that struck the sword into the throat of Tadhg afterwards. 


Cathal, son of Fiachra, lord of Rath-Airthir and Feara-Cul', died, Gorm- 
ghal, son of Dindaghaigh, Abbot of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eois, died. 

The Age of Christ, 806 [recté 811]. The fourteenth year of Aedh Oird- 
nidhe. Tuathghal, Abbot of the religious seniors" of Cluain ; Blathmac Ua 
Muirdheabhair, Abbot of Dearmhach^; and Dimman of Aradh?, anchorite, died. 
The prevention? of the celebration of the fair of Tailtin, so that neither horse 
nor chariot was run, by Aedh, son of Niall; i. e. the family of Tamhlacht pre- 
vented it’, in consequence of the violation of Termon* of Tamhlacht-Maelruain. 
Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards gave their full demand to the family of Tamhlacht, 


together with many gifts‘. 


* The violation of the Termon : vrápugaó Ceap- 
mambo: ie. the violation of the sanctuary, or 
plundering of the termon lands of the monas- 
tery of Tallaght, near Dublin. The old trans- 
lator of the Annals of Ulster renders it: **after 
dishonoring of the privilege of Taulaght-Mael- 
ruain by the O’Neylls.” 

t With many gifts.—** Postea familie Tamlachte 
multa munera reddita sunt." — Ann. Ult. The old 
translator of the Annals of Ulster and Doctor 
O'Conor have mistaken the grammatical con- 
struction of the language of this passage ; and 
Mr. Moore, who has helped to perpetuate the 
errors of O’Conor, in his own clear and beau- 
tiful style, throughout his History of Ireland, 
notices this event as follows, in vol. ii. p. 24 : 

“In the year 806, say the annalists, a violent 
interruption of the Taltine sports took place, 
owing to the seizure and retention, by the monks of 


In this year the Ceile-Dei" came over the sea, with 


Tallagh, of the monarch’s chariot horses; this step 
having been taken by them in consequence of 
the violation of their free territory by the 
O'Neill. It is added, that ample reparation 
was made to the monastery of Tallagh, as well 
as gifts in addition bestowed upon it by the 
king.” $ 

* The Ceile-Dei: i. e. the Vassal of God. This 
term is usually latinized Celicola or Colideus, 
and anglicised Culdee. This entry is not in the 
Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. It has been 
also copied by the Four Masters into their 
Leabhar-Gabhala, but where they found it the 
Editor has not been able to determine. Dr. 
O’Conor, in a note to this passage in his edition 
of the Annals of the Four Masters, p. 315, con- 
jectures that the Culdees were of Druidic origin, 
and that after the reception of Christianity they 
retained some of their pagan tenets : 


3H 


418 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [807. 


a nofp corpaibh ciopmaib cen (chap 11p,] oo bentea pouag pemobta vo mm 
06 cpap a ndénad ppoic(pt oo Ghaowelaib, 1 oo beincti puap vopfðipı í an 
can caipcclò an pnocfpc. No ceighfo an mac (ccailpi cech laor oapp an 
paimpge poòlp 1ap ccaipecpin an ppoicfpca. Cp innte ona vo mgnl pul oo 
na bamġlnuib, 7 no pl an puil erpcib occa ccfpccab. Cp mnte beop no 
cantaoip na heóm an cancam daonda. Clomoen, mg(n Cleda Langtn, oécc 
ma poata ap noergb(chaio. Connmach, mac Ouiboaleice, abb CÍpoa 
Macha, vo écc go hopann. 

Qoip Cmiopc, ocht ccéo a peachc. Qn cíáicceaó badam oécc oCÍoo 
Oipomde. Plann, mac Ceallarg, abb Pionnglaim, pepibneóip, angcorpe, 3 
eppcop, oég. Cochaio,eppcop 7 angcoine, comanba, Maelpuam Camlachca, 
Cobtac, abb Saigpe, Catapac, mac Cloda, pmoin Cfpoa Maca, 4 abb ceall 
momoa ele,] Plaicb(pcach, mac Coppe, abb Cille méine Emip, vécc. Abel 
bench oég. Eochaid, mac Piachna, mic eda Rom, pf Ulad, 7 Capeall, 
a bnatain, oo tabainc cacha oianorle, sup po meabaid pon Eochaid. Plann, 
mac Congalaiz, agfpna Ciannacca, Cod Róm cig (pna Conca bapena, oécc. 
Cin la propa Umonll pop allmupachaib. Ap la hallmupaċa pon Chon- 
maicmbh. Op Calnage Cups la hUib ópiám. Ap la hUib mic Uap pon 
Concanowe Mide. Ap la Cobtac mac Marleoiin, cigeapna Loca Léin, pon 
allmupachaib. Copgnach, mac Niallgupa, agfpna Sanbpuip, 7 C(pnach, 


“Ordo erat religiosa, antiquitus, ni fallor, mities brought on the Northumbrians by the 


Druidica, que abjecto Ethnicismo, et Christi 
fide amplexa, nonnulla tamen veterum instituta 
servasse videtur. Colideorum austeritate, et 
aliquando etiam fictis miraculis, vulgi simpli- 
citas decepta erat." i 

But this is a mere conjecture, as there exists 
not the shadow of an authority to shew that 
the pagan Irish had any religious order called 
Ceile-De. k 

* Converted into blood.—Literally, ** that blood 
was made of the cakes.” These strange events 
are not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. They 
were evidently regarded as ominous of the cala- 
mities brought upon the Irish by the Scandina- 
vian invaders. The Saxon Chronicle also notices, 
at the year 793, dire forewarnings of the cala- 


heathen men. 

* Admoer.— A. D. 810. Admoer, ingin Aida 
Laigen, in senectute bona mortua est.?—. Ann. Ult. 

* Connmhach.— According to the Catalogue of 
the Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of 
Cashel, Connmacus was Primate for fourteen 
years. Harris makes him succeed in 798, and 
die in 807.—See his edition of Ware's Bishops, 
p. 42. 

* Cill-mor-Emhir.—See notes under the year 
745 and 765. 

* Conmaicni : i. e. the People of Connamara, 
in the west of the county of Galway. 

“ A. D. 810. There was a great slaughter of 
these of Iarhar-Connaught by the Danes.”— 
Ann. Clon. 


807.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 419 


dry feet, without a vessel ; and a written roll was given him from heaven, out 
of which he preached to the Irish, and it was carried up again when the sermon 
was finished. This ecclesiastic used to go every day southwards across the 
sea, after finishing his preaching. It was in it [i. e. this year], moreover, that 
the cakes were converted into blood", and the blood flowed from them when 
being cut. It was in it also the birds used to speak with human voice. Admoer", 
daughter of Aedh Laighen, died at an advanced age, after a well-spent life. 
Connmhach’, son of Dubhdalethe, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died suddenly. 

The Age of Christ, 807 [recté 812]. The fifteenth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 
Flann, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Finnghlais, scribe, anchorite, and bishop, died. 
Eochaidh, bishop and anchorite, successor of Maelruain of Tamhlacht ; Cobh- 
thach, Abbot of Saighir ; Cathasach, son of Aedh, Prior of Ard-Macha, and 
abbot of many other churches; and Flaithbheartach, Abbot of Cill-mor-Emhiz’, 
died. Abel Berchi died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, and 
Caireall, his brother, gave battle to each other, in which Eochaidh was defeated. 
Flann, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta; Aedh Roin, lord of Corca-Bhais- 
cinn, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the men of Umhall. 
A slaughter was made of the Conmaicni* by the foreigners. The slaughter of 
Calraighe-Luirg by the Ui-Briuin. A slaughter was made of the Ui-Mic-Uais 
by the Corca-Roidhe* of Meath. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by 
Cobhthach, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Lein*. Cosgrach, son of Niallghus, 


* A. D. 811. The slaughter of the Gentiles 
by the men of Uvall, and the slaughter of Con- 
vaicne by the Gentiles. The slaughter of the 
Gentiles by the Maunsterians, viz., by Covhach 
mac Maoileduin, kinge of Loch Lein."— Anz. 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., 49. 

Dr. O’Conor, in his edition of the Annals of 
Ulster, p. 198, quotes Eginhart, who, in his 
Annals of the Achievements of Carolus Magnus, 
has the following passage under the year 812: 
** Classis Nordmannorum Hiberniam Scottorum 
Insulam aggressa, commisso prelio cum Scotis, 
parte non modica Nordmannorum interfecta, 
turpiter fugiendo domum reversa est.” He 
also quotes Egolismensis, who also notices the 


defeat of the Danish fleet by the Scoti of Hi- 
bernia. 

> Calraighe-Luirg.—A sept of the Calraighe 
seated in the territory of Magh-Luirg, in the 
county of Roscommon. 

* Corca- Roidhe.—N ow the barony of Corkaree, 
in the county of Westmeath. These were di- 
vided from the Ui-Mic-Uais by the River Eithne 
orInny. The latter were seated in and gave 
name to the adjoining barony of Moygoish. 

3 Loch-Lein : i.e. Lord of Eoghanacht-Locha 
Lein, 2 territory comprised in the present 
county of Kerry. Loch Lein was originally 
applied to the lakes at Killarney.— See note *, 
under A. M. 3579, p. 39, suprà. 


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420 aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. (808. 


mac Platna cig(pna, Tlugoonn mbpeacch, vég. Tonbach, mac Gonmam, 


repibmd, legtdip, 7 abb Apoa Maca epwe [oécc]. Oo Chenel Tonbarg, 
1. O Ceallaig bpeags,7 po ba vibhpide Conn na mbocc. po baí hi cCluam 
mic Noip, 4 ap ape acberpti Conn na mbocht pip, ap a méo do boccaib no 
biacaoh oo $nép. 

Cop Cprope, occ ccéo a hoche.. Cn peip(ó bliadan oécc oCfoo. Conall, 
mac Oarméig, abb Cneorc, Ceallac, mac €achoach, abb Cille Coma, Pf- 
aohach, mac Scandal, pepibneoim 7 abb Achar bo Coinmg, 7 Congalcach, 
mac Ergun, pmóip. Cluana Peapca, décc. Ounlamg, mac Plannchada, 
cigeapna Ua nEachach [oécc]. lomarpeace ecin propa Umaill 7 allmupaig, 
m po lad áp pp nUmall, q 1 ccopċam Copecpach mac Plomnabpac, 7 
Otnadac, ci$ nna Uma. Coicéeach Ua Tisfpnang a. 6 Chip Tomclaip, abb 
Cpoa macha, oo écc. 

Qoip Cpiope, ocht cced a naoi. An peaccmad bliadain vécc ooo. 
Ecippeél, mac Ceallaig, eppcop 7 abb Glinne dá loca, Pedilmid, abb Cille 
Momne, angcorne 7 pepibneói ofppcoirgée, Poinceallac Pobaip, abb Cluana 
mic Nóip, oo Ghaileangoib monaib 06, Optanac, abb Cille Poibms, Cronaos, 
mac Ceallaig, eppcop j epémoeach Cpelecc, P(paohach, abb Sargne, 
Maoloiin, eppcop 1 eanémoeach €achopomma, blatmac, mac Cfolgupa, abb 
Tipe va slap, Ronan Ua Cocoeipc. eppcop, blatmac, valca Colgan, abb 
Innpi bó pine, 7 Suibne, mac Maonang, p(pergip Slame, vé5. Tuachal, mac 


* Garbhros : i.e. the Rough Wood. Situation 
unknown. 


Scriba, Lector, et Abbas Ardmachanus obiit. Fuit 
ea Kinel-Torbaich 4. Hui Kellaich regionis Bre- 


* Mughdhorna-Breagh.—A sept of the Oirghi- 
alla seated in Bregia, in East Meath, but their 
exact position has not been determined. They 
are to be distinguished from the Mughdhorna- 
Maighen, who were seated in and gave name to 
the barony of Cremorne, in the county of 
Monaghan. 

* Torbach.—He is given in the list of the 
Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of Cashel, 
as Primate for one year. This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum., 
p. 294: 

* A. D. 807. S. Torbacus, filius Gormani, 


garum oriundus; ex quibus etiam fuit Constantius 
cognomento Pauperum, qui claruit Cluanmacnosiz, 
et sic cognominatus est quia consuevit multos pau- 
peres quotidie alere.” 

^ Scannal.— A. D. 812. Feradach, mac Scan- 
nail, scriba et sacerdos, Abbas Achaboo, feliciter 
vitam finivit." —4Ann. Ult. 

* Umhall.—Now the Owles, comprising the 
baronies of Murresk and Burrishoole, in the 
county of Mayo. 

“ A. D. 812. The slaughter of them of Uval 
by the Gentiles, where fell Coscrach mac Flan- 
navrad and Dunaach, king of Uvall.?— Ann. Ult., 


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808.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 42] 


lord of Garbhros', and Cearnach, son of Flaithnia, lord of Mughdhorna-Breagh’, 
died. Torbach*, son of Gorman, scribe, lector, and Abbot of Ard-Macha, [died]. 
He was of the Cinel-Torbaigh, i. e. the Ui-Ceallaigh-Breagh ; and of these was 
Conn na mbocht, who was at Cluain-mic-Nois, who was called Conn na mbocht 
from the number of paupers which he always supported. 

The Age of Christ, 808 [recte 813]. The sixteenth year of Aedh. Conall, 
son of Daimhtheach, Abbot of Treoit; Ceallach, son of Eochaidh, Abbot of 
Cill-Toma; Fearadhach, son of Scannal", scribe and Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cain- 
nigh ; and Conghaltach, son of Etguini, Prior of Cluain-fearta, died. Dunlaing, 
son of Flannchaidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, died. A battle between the men of 
Umhall' and the foreigners, in which the men of Umhall were slaughtered, and 
Cosgrach, son of Flannabhrat, and Dunadhach, lord of Umhall, were slain. 
Toictheach Ua Tighearnaigh, of Tir-Imchlair, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 809 [recté 814]. The seventeenth year of Aedh. Edir- 
scel, son of Ceallach, Bishop and Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Feidhlimidh, 
Abbot of Cill-Moinne*, anchorite and celebrated scribe; Foircheallach of 
Fobhar, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Gaileanga-Mora'; Orthanach, 
Abbot of Cill-Foibrigh ; Cinaedh, son of Ceallach, Bishop and Airchinneach 
of Trelecc™; Fearadhach, Abbot of Saighir; Maelduin, Bishop and Airchin- 
neach of Eachdhruim ; Blathmac, son of Aelghus, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas; Ronan 
Ua Lochdeire, bishop ; Blathmac, fosterson of Colgan, Abbot of Innis-bo-finne; 
and Suibhne”, son of Maenach, CEconomus of Slaine, died. Tuathal, son of 


Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Cill-Moinne.—This is called Cill-monai at 
the year 804 ; now Kilmoone, in the barony of 
Skreen, and county of Meath. 

** A. D. 813. Fedilimid, Abbas Cille-moinni, et 
moer Breg o Phatruic, Ancorita precipuus, scriba 
@ doctor Cluana-miccunois, dormivit." — Ann. Ult. 

“Felim, Abbot of Killmoinni and Serjeant of 
Bregh from Patrick, a chief anchorite and an 
excellent scribe, happily ended his life."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. By “moer Bregh o Phatruic” 
in this passage, is meant Collector of Patrick's 
dues in Bregia, i. e. the person appointed by 
the Archbishop of Armagh to collect Patrick's 


tribute in Bregia. 

! Gaileanga- Mora : i.e. the inhabitants of the 
barony of Morgallion, in the county of Meath. 

m Trelecc.—Now Trillick, in the barony of 


Omagh, and county of Tyrone. In the Annals 


of Ulster, at the year 813, this place is called 
Trelic-moer, which Dr. O’Conor explains, **Mo- 
nasterii seu oppidi Magni Tralee;” but he is in 
error, as the town of Tralee in Kerry is never 
called Trelic in Irish, but Traigh Li.—See 
note *, under A. D. 1468, p. 1052. 

» Suibhne.—'** A. D. 813. Suibne, mac Moenaig 
equonimus et, Gormgal, mac Neill, filii Fergaile, 
mortui sunt.” —Ann. Ult. 


a eee TEM ee een) RARE hye 


422 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [810. 


Oubcae, pcpibneóip, egnaio, 4 ooccop Cluana mic Noip, 7 6oelgaile Acaroh 
tip, décc. Onoean, mac Ruaópach, cpéanp(p Laigh, Niall, mac Cleda, 
cis(pna Ua Copbmarc, vécc. ópuaoap, eigeapna Ua Piogemce, vég. 

Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo a oeic.. Qn cochcmao bliadain véce oCÍoo 
Oiponde. Ceallac, mac Congaile, abb lae Cholaim Chille, Concobap, abb 
Saigpe, Cele fora, abb Cille Méinne, Maolcanags, angcoipe Cugmoió, Cat- 
apac, abb Cille Ice, Gopmlait, mán Phlartnat, banabb Cluana 6ponaiz, 
[1] Mupsfp, mac Tomalcans [ata Charog móin, m Connacc], pı Connace, 
décc. Colman, mac Néill, oo mapbad la Cenel cConall. Catch la hCfoo 
1anam pon Cenel Conall, 1 ccopcaip Rogeallac mac Plaitsfpa. Opsain 
Cluana cp(ma, 7 gum oaeme mo! opeapaib Opeipne, 7 vo Síol cCatanl. 
Conall, mac Néill, ci$eapna oepceapc bpeagh, vécc. Pocapca, mac Ceap- 
nag letcoipeac oeipceipc Opeg, oécc. Nuada, abb Apoa Macha vo dol 
50 Connachcaibh. Sluacchad la hOled nOiponioe pon Cenel cConaill oia 


nooncain Rogallac, mac Ploichiupa. 


Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo a haonoécc. 


^ Hero of Leinster. —'* A. D. 813. Broen mac 
Ruadrach satrapa Legenorum moritur.?—Ann. Ult. 

P? Ui-Cormaic.—' There were several tribes of 
this name in Ireland, as Ui-Cormaic-Moen- 
maighe, in Connaught; Ui-Cormaie, in Iveagh, 
in the now county of Down ; and Ui-Cormaic, 
near Sliabh Callain, in Thomond. The year 
809 of the Four Masters corresponds with 813 
of the Annals of Ulster, under which the fol- 
lowing curious entries occur, which have been 
totally omitted by the Four Masters : 

“ A. D. 813. Sloghadh la Muirgius ocus For- 
cellach for Uv Maine Deisceirt, ubi plurimi in- 
terfecti sunt innocentes. Bellum inter Laginenses 
invicem, ubi Nepotes Cennselaig prostrati sunt et 
filii Briuin victoriam acceperunt. Ceallach Abbas 
Iae, finita constructione templi Cenindsa, reliquit 
principatum e Diarmicius alumpnus Daigri pro 
eo ordinatus est. De® Quiarani for Cruachna 
elevata est la Muirgius. Saeth mor ocus trom 
galair.” [Great sadnes and heavie diseases.— 
Cod. Clarend., 49.] 


Cin nomad bliadam oécc oCÍooh. 


On Diarmicius alumpnus Daigri, above men- 
tioned, Dr. O’Conor has the following note in 
his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 199: 

* Hie est ille Diarmitius, de quo Quatuor 
Magistri, ad annum 816, ere communis 821, 
inquiunt: * Diarmitius, Abbas Hiiensis, cum 
scrinio S. Columbe, ex Hiberniarediit Albaniam.’ 
Unde sequitur falsum esse, corpora SS. Patricii, 
Brigide, et Columbz, in eodem tumulo condita 
fuisse, Duni in Ultonia, ante annum 821.” 

3 Cille-Ite: i.e. the Church of St. Ite, or Ide, 
now Killeedy, in the barony of Upper Connello, 
and county of Limerick, where there are some 
remains of a beautiful ancient Irish church. 
The place was otherwise called Cluain Creadhail. 
— See note !, under the year 546, p. 184, supra. 

* Father of.—The words enclosed in brackets 
are interpolated in a modern hand in the Stowe 
copy. 

s Cluain-creamha.—Now Clooncraff, situated 
to the east of Elphin, in the county of Roscom- 
mon.—See note ", under A. D. 747, p. 350, 


hd 


c3 


810.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 423 


Dubhta, scribe, wise man, and doctor of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Boelgaile of Ach- 
adh-ur, died.  Broean, son of Rudhrach, hero of Leinster®; Niall, son of Aedh, 
lord of Ui-Cormaic?, died. Bruadar, lord of Ui Fidhgeinte, died. 

The Age of Christ, 810 [recte 815]. The eighteenth year of Aed Oird- 
nidhe. Ceallach, son of Conghal, Abbot of Ia-Coluim-Chille ; Conchobhar, 
Abbot of Saighir; Ceile-Isa, Abbot of Cill-Moinne ; Maelcanaigh, anchorite 
of Lughmhadh ; Cathasach, Abbot of Cille-Ite*; Gormlaith, daughter of Flaith- 
niath, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh ; and Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach [the 
father of* Tadhg Mor, King of Connaught], King of Connaught, died. Colman, 
son of Niall, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill. A battle was afterwards fought 
by Aedh against the Cinel-Conaill, in which Rogheallach, son of Flaithgheas, 
was slain. The plundering of Cluain-creamha‘, and the slaying within it of 
some of the men of Breifne, and of the Sil-Cathail. Conall, son of Niall, lord 
of South Breagh, died. Focharta, son of Cearnach, half-chieftain of South 
Breagh, died. Nuadha, Abbot of Ard-Macha, went to Connaught. A hosting 
was made by Aedh Oirdnidhe against the Cinel-Conaill, by which Roghallach", 


pom 


son of Flaithghius, was slain. 


The Age of Christ, 811 [recté 816]. 


suprà; and note °, under A. D. 1451, p. 975, 
infra. 

t Sil-Cathail_—_ Otherwise Clann-Cathail, i. e. 
the race or progeny of Cathal. This was the 
name of a sept of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, the 
chief of whom, after the establishment of sur- 
names, took that of O’Flanagan. They were 
seated in the barony and county of Roscommon. 
—See note *, under A. D. 1289, p. 448. 

* Roghallach, §c.—This is a repetition, but 
the Editor thinks it better not to strike it out, 
as it stands so in the autograph copy at Stowe. 

* A. D. 814. Direptio organorum Ecclesi 
Clooncreve, et jugulatio hominis intra Ecclesiam 
ab incolis Brehnai et Sil-Cathail.”—Ann. Ult. 

** The taking away of the organs of Clonkreva, 
and the hurting of a man within the church, by 
the men of Brehni and by Kindred Cahail.”— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


The nineteenth year of Aedh. 


It looks rather remarkable here that what is 
made orgain, plunder, by the Four Masters, is 
made organorum in Latin, by the compiler of 
the Annals of Ulster. The probability seems 
to be that the compiler of the Annals of Ulster 
mistook the Irish word orgain, plunder, for 
orgain, organa, organs ; but Dr. O’Conor, who 
thinks that the passage is genuine, adds, in a 
note to the Annals of Ulster, p. 199: 

“ Sinceritate horum Annalium minime officit. 
Organa in Ecclesiasticis officiis ad Psalmodiam, 
ab antiquissimis temporibus in Ecclesia Orien- 
tali usurpari solita, nec nuperum esse inventum 
in Ecclesia occidentali, jam antea, in Annota- 
tione 2, ad seculum viii. satis dilucide demon- 
stravi, ex S. Augustino in Psal. 56, ex Isidoro, 
l. 2; Orig. c. 20 ; Amalaris, l. 3, c. 3, de Eccl. 
Offic.; et ex Monachi S. Gallensis, 1. i. c. 10, de 
Gestis Caroli Magni suprà," p. 153, &c.? ~ 


Hw see 3. ee 


424 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [812. 


Suibne, mac Cuanach, abb Cluana mic Nóp, vo hUib bpiún Seola dó, 7 
lopep, pembneoin Roppa Commam, décc. Ceallach, mac Mupsiurpa, abb 
Opoma capaó [oécc]. Cluam mic Norp do lopccavh. lap ccmocaice laite 
lanamh po ppaomeaó pra nOiapmaw, mac Comalcarg, pop Uib Piaépach 
Mumpce. Ro lorpcceaó 4 po hoipcceaó Forbpén 1 cpich Sparcnige, 4 po 
mapbarc pochaide ann. Tuatal, mac Oornall, cigna Opin Lippe, Oun- 
sal, mac Cuanach, agfpna Pip Roir, longalac, mac Maolumha, cigfpna 
Conca Sogam, Nuaoha Coca hUama, eppcop, ancoipe, 7 abb Cfpoa Maca, 
Dép. 

Qoi Core, occ ccéo a 06 oécc. On pich(crnaó badam ood. Tio- 
bnarce, mac Cecepnaig, abb Cluana peapca opénamn, Irlaolcule, abb 
benncain, Conomac, mac Oonaic, abb Copcaige, Cumapgaé, mac C (mna, 
PHeisip Apoa Maca [oécc]. Oepteaé Pobain oo lopccad. Catal, mac 


* Ui-Briuin-Seola: i.e. the race of Brian of 
Magh-Seola, a sept seated in the present barony 
of Clare, and county of Galway.— See O’Fla- 
herty's Chorographical Description of West Con- 
naught, edited by Mr. Hardiman for the Irish 
Archeological Society, p. 368. 

* Druim-caradh.—Now Drumcar, a townland 
in a parish of the same name, in the barony of 
Ferrard, and county of Louth.— See the year 
868, where this place is referred to as in Ard 
Cianachta, now the barony of Ferrard. See 
also Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 173. Archdall 
identifies this with Drumcree, in the barony of 
Delvin, and county of Westmeath, but this was 
a mere guess, and is obviously erroneous. 

* Foibhren.—See note t, under the year 754, 
p. 357, supra. 

* Graicrighe.—Otherwise called Greagraighe, 
a territory comprising the present barony of 
Coolavin, in the county of Sligo, and a consi- 
derable portion of the north of the present 
county of Roscommon. The hill of Druim- 
Greagraighe, and the church of Cill-Curcaighe, 
now Kilcorkey, near Belanagare, in the county 
of Roscommon, are*referred to in the Irish an- 


nals and calendars as in this territory: 

* A. D. 815. The breaking of a battle upon 
the O’Fiachrachs of Mursce, by Diarmaid mac 
Tomaltai, who burnt and praied Foivren in 
Gregrai, where many ignobles were killed."— 
Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Airthear- Life. —Otherwise written Oirthear- 
Liffe. That part of the present county of Kil- 
dare, embraced by the River Liffey in its cir- 
cuitous course, was anciently known by this 
name.—See note *, under A. M. 628, p. 250, 
supra. 

> Feara-Rois.—A tribe seated in the south of 
the present county of Monaghan, and in the 
adjoining parts of the counties of Louth and 
Meath.—See note ! on Dubh-chomar, under 
A. D. 322, p. 122, supra. 

* Corca-Soghain : i. e. race of Soghan Sal- 
bhuidhe, son of Fiacha Araidhe, King of Ulster. 
There were three distinct tribes of this race in 
Ireland: one in the barony of Tiaquin, and 
county of Galway; another in the barony of 
Farney, in the county of Monaghan ; and the 
third in Meath.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy- 
Many, pp. 72, 159. 


frenis 
— 


812.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 425 


Suibhne, son of Cuanach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Ui-Briuin-Seola*; 
and Joseph, scribe of Ros-Commain, died. Ceallach, son of Muirghius, Abbot 
of Druim-caradh*, [died]. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned. In thirty days after- 
wards a victory was gained by Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, over the Ui-Fiach- 
rach-Muirisce. Foibhren’, in the territory of Graicrighe* was burned and 
plundered, and numbers were slain there. Tuathal, son of Domhnall, lord of . 
Airthear-Liffe*; Dunghal, son of Cuana, lord of Feara-Rois"; Irghalach, son of 
Maelumha, lord of Corca-Soghain*; Nuadha? of Loch-Uamha*, bishop, anchorite, 
and abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 812 [recté 817]. The twentieth year of Aedh. Ti- 
braide, son of Cethernach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile, Abbot 
of Beannchair ; Connmhach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach ; Cumasgach, son 
of Cearnach, CEconomus' of Ard-Macha, [died]. The oratory* of Fobhar was 


à Nuadha.—Colgan gives a life of this saint 
at 19th January. -The Annals of Ulster agree 
with those of the Four Masters in the date of 
this Nuadha's death. In most other entries at 
this period they differ about four years, the 
Four Masters being five years, and the Annals 
of Ulster one year antedated. 

* Loch- Uamha : i.e. Lake of the Cave. The 
situation of this lake has not yet been identified, 
though it was well known in the time of Colgan, 
who describes it as follows: 

“Est in finibus Breffinie occidentalis sive 
inferioris, que Breffne-Hi Ruairc appellatur, 
hic lacus e vicina quadam specu, unde et Loch- 
uamha .i. lacus specüs appellatur, exoriens, et 
in eandem sepé prodigiosé refluens: quod indi- 
gene observant passim contingere quando illius 
regionis Dynastis, eorumque filiis mortis im- 
minet perieulum."— Acta Sanctorum, p. 313; 
see also Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ire- 
land, vol. iii. p. 254; and Harris’s edition of 
Wares Bishops, p. 43. 

t (Zconomus.—*'* A. D. 816. Cumascach, mac 
Cernaigh, Equonimus Ardmache, dormiit.”— 
Ann. Uit. 


* The oratory.—'* A. D. 815. Ventus Magnus 
in Kal. Novembris. Oratorium Fobair combustum 
est." — Ann. Ult. qx 

The year 812 of the Four Masters corresponds 
with 816 of the Annals of Ulster, which give 
&nder that year the following notice of a battle 
between the monks of Taghmon and Ferns, in 
the present county of Wexford, and of the 
cursing of Tara, which have been intentionally 
omitted by the Four Masters: 

** A. D. 816. Bellum re Cathal, mac Dunlaing, 
ocus re Muinntir Tighe-Mundu, for Muintir 
Fernan, ubi cccc. interfecti sunt. Muintir Coluim 
Cille do dul i Temhair do escuine Aeda.” [The 
men of Colum Cille went to Tarach to curse 
Hugh.— Cod. Clarend., 49.] 

These entries are given in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise under the year 814, as follows: 

* A. D. 814. There was a battle fought be- 
tween Cahall mac Dunluing, and those of Ti- 
monna, of the one side, against the family of 
Farnes, where there were 400 of laye and 
churchmen slain. The familyes of St. Columb 
went to Taragh, and there excommunicated 
King Hugh, with bell, book, and candles.” - 


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426 ANNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (813. 
Ancpac, cig(nna Mugoopn, Maolotm, cisfpna Pi Roir, Gopmsal, eztpna- 
Mage hlocha, Oungal, ciseapna Apoa Ciannacca, 7 Catal, mac Oilella, 
ciseapna Ua pPiacnach, vég. Cat eici propa oepceipe Ops 1 Ciannaéca, 
1 toncnacan ile oo Ciannaccaib. 

Clip Cpopr, ocht ccéo a tpi vécc. An caonmao bliadam pich(c oCooh. 
Maolotimn, mac Cimnpaolad, eppcop Rata boc, Cucpuitne, comapba Colu- 
mam Ela, 7 Siadal, abb 4 eppcop Ropa Comma, vécc. CAinbcéeallac, mac 
Oaelgupa, ci&(pna Ua Potard cípe, vécc. Mumeavdhach, mac bpam, let- 
m Lagin, oécc. 

Qoip Cmiopc, ocht ccéo a cfċa décc. On vapa bhadan pich(c oQAoò 
Oimonòe. Inoplccac, eppcop Cille mic Ouach, P(pgup Rata Cópice, abb 
Pronnglarpi, Cillem, abb Finna, Ourbmp pgpibneóin Cluana mic Noip, Cu- 
mupccach, mac Cfpnaig, pepciġiy Apoa Maca, 7 Ohlöe Cmnmapa, oég. 
Cácomgealca, mac Catal, ciġeapna Laigean Oeapgaboip, oécc. 

Qoip Core, ocht ccéo a cúicc vécc. An cpeap bliadan piclc Coo. 
Reachcabpa Ua hCnvola, abb Oarrinnpi, véce. Mod Oiponiwde, ní Eneann, 
vo dul co pluaicchead lan mop co Oán Cuan vomdim, co po pann Langmiu 
eror oa Ua Spain. CAigpead anargeanca 7 pneachca mop ipin mbliadan 
ro, ó Nocclaic co hImc. 

Qoi Core, ocht ccéo a pé vécc. On clépamad badam piclc oCfoo. 
Chpb(pncac Cille vana,7 Dioma, mac Piangupa, abb Roppa Cpé, oécc. Mac 
Lachtna, ctigepna Ciapparge Cuachpa, vég.  lomaipfec Rata Peapaó ma 


^ Rath-both: i.e. rath or earthen enclosure of ral churches and a round tower in good preser- 


the booths, huts, or tents, now Raphoe, the head 
of an ancient bishopric, in the county of Do- 
negal. 

i Successor of Colman Ela: i.e. Abbot of Ly- 
nally, near Tullamore, in the King's County. 

* Ui-Fothaidh-tire.—The baronies of Iffa and 
Offa, in the county of Tipperary, are called 
** Ui-Fathaidh agus O’Fathaidh” in Irish ; but 
there was more than one tribe of the name in 
Ireland. 

! Cill-Mic-Duach : i.e. Mac Duach's Church, 
now Kilmacduagh, in the barony of Kiltartan, 
and county of Galway, where the ruins of seve- 


vation are still to be seen. 

^ Rath-Luirigh.—This is written Rath-Lu- 
raigh in the Annals of Ulster at the year 815. 
It was the ancient name of Maghera, in the 
county of Londonderry. — See note ! under 
A. D. 1218, p. 193. t 

n Ceannmhara: i.e. Head of the Sea, now 
Kinvara, a small seaport town in a parish of 
the same name, in the west of the barony of 
Kiltartan, and county of Galway. St. Coman is 
the patron of this parish. 

° Dun- Cuar.—Now Rathcore, in Meath. 

“ A. D. 817. Hugh mac Neill went with an 


Li * 


Daian 


813.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. EM 


burned. Cathal, son of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna ; Maelduin, lord of Feara- 
Rois ; Gormghal, lord of. Magh-Itha; Dunghal, lord of Ard-Cianachta ; and 
Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Fiachrach, died. A battle between the men of 
South Breagh and the Cianachta, in which many of the Cianachta were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 813. The twenty-first year of Aedh. Maelduin, son 
of Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Rath-both^; Cucruithne, successor of Colman Ela’; 
and Siadhail, Abbot and Bishop of Ros-Commain, died. Ainbhcheallach, son 
of Daelghus, lord of Ui-Fothaidh-tire*, died. Muireadhach, son of Bran, half- 
king of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 814. The twenty-second year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. 
Innreachtach, Bishop of Cill-Mic-Duach’; Fearghus of Rath-Luirigh", Abbot of 
Finnghlais ; Cilleni, Abbot of Fearna ; Duibhinsi, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois ; 
Cumasgach, son of Cearnach, CEconomus of Ard-Macha ; and Ailbhe of Ceann- 
mhara", died. Cuchoingealta, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 815. The twenty-third year of Aedh. Reachtabhra 
Ua hAndola, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Aedh Oirdnidhe went a second time 
with à very great army to Dun-Cuar*, and divided Leinster between the two 
grandsons of Bran. There were unusual ice and great snow? in this year, from 
Christmas to Shrovetide. 

The Age of Christ, 816. The twenty-fourth year of Aedh. Airbheartach of 
Cill-dara ; and Dima, son of Fianghus, Abbot of Ros-Cre, died. Mac Lachtna, 
lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. The battle of Rath-Fhearadh* by the chief- 


armie into Leinster to Duncuar, and divided the 
countrie between two of the Birnes.”—Ann. Ult. 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

? Great snow.—* A. D. 817. Wonderful frost 
and great snowe from Christmas to Shrovetyde, 
that men might goe drie shod any broad waters 
and most rivers, as if they had been smooth 
loghes" [roads ?]. ** Horsloads and carriages upon 
LoghEagh; Stags and hynds taken without any 
chasing of hounds ; timber for great buildings” 
[sent] *out of the country of Connaght into 
the country of Crywhan, by Logh Erne, upon 
ice, as if it had beene firme dry land. Many 


such other unknown things don this yeare by - 


meanes of the frost and hayle.” [AJaque incog- 
nita per gelu et grandines in hoc anno facta sunt. ] 
—Amnmn. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. j 

4 Rath-Fhearadh: i.e. Fearadh’s Rath, or Fort, 
now Rahara, a townland in a parish of the same 
name, in the barony of Athlone, and county of 
Roscommon. Dealbhna-Nuadhat was the old 
name of the territory lying between the Suca 


_and the Sinainn, i.e. the Suck and the Shannon, 


i.e.the baronies of Moycarnan, Athlone, &c.— 
See notes and !, under A. D. 752. This battle 
is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 
817, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 815, 
as follows : 


E ope 


428 ANNAZA RIOghachca EIREANN. ` [817. 


ccoipeachaib Ua mómiám, Oiapmuw, mac Comalcaig, 1 Maolcotag, mac 
Pogapcare, pon cig(pna Ua Mame, Catal, mac ITlupchaóa, occ Oealbna 
Nuadac, eicip Suca 7 $10namn, apm a tconcaip Catal 4 apaile paenclanna 
imaille pip. lomaipeace eicip Ulcaib péipin, in po mapbao Caipeall, mac 
Fiachna, pi Ulad, la Muipeadac mac Eacdac. Oriapmaro, abb lae Colum 
Cille, oo oul 1 nCAlbain. 

Qoip Cpiope, ocht ccéo a peacht oécc. Reaccabpa Ua Muiceigfpn, 
edagnaio 7 abb Imleaca lubaip, Mupeavhach, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Oífppc 


. Cepnnócc, Cpunnmael, mac lella, comapba Cianám Oormliacc, Caipnén 


Chille vapa, Cnunomael Cige Munoa,7 Conomac Ua Catal, esnaid Cluana 
pipca bpénamn, oég. Papuccad cmce Cualann 4 Laigin 5o Glo vá loca, 
lap m pig, la hClod Oipomde. lomaipeace ecip Cenel Conall 7 Cenel 
n€ogam, m po mapbao Maolbnerail, mac Mupchada, cigeapna Ceneoil 
cConaill, la Mupchad mac Maelotin. Catal, mac Ounlaing, viina 
Ua cCemnpealaig, décc. Congalac, mac Pfpgarle, cig(pna Pip cCal, oég. 
lap mbeirt cing bliadna pié(c 1 naipopige na hEpeann ood Oipomde, mac 
Néll Ppapaig, acbat ag At oa peapca, 1 Mug Conaille, iap mbuaio nt- 
mse. Chpepi, mac Concobaip, co pepin Dacpaice vo dol hi cConnachcaibh. 
Inopeaó Larg la hOed nOinonióe 3. cín Chualano go Gl(no vá laca. 


Qloip Cmopt, ocht ccéo a hocht oécc. Cn €éo bliadain vo Choncobap, - 


mac Donnchada, mc Oomnaill, óp Epmn hi pe. Maelcuile, abb bln- 


* A, D. 817. Bellum gestum est in regione lendar, at 8th February, St. Ternoc’s church 
Delbnae Nodot ic Ath-forath, ubi nepotes Maine was situated on the west side of the Barrow, 
cum rege eorum i. Cathal, mac Murchada, e but the name of the territory is not given. 
multi alii nobiles prostrati sunt. Reges Nepotum * The devastation. — ** A. D. 818. Vastacio 
Briuin .i. Diarmait, mac Tomaltaig, ¢ Mael-  Laigin la Aed mac Neill i tir Cualann usque 
cothaigh, filius Foghertaich victores erant."— Glenn duorum stagnorum.” —Ann. Ult. 


Ann. Ult. : 

* A. D. 815. A battle was fought in Delvin 
N wadatt, where the” [ancestors of the] **O'Kel- 
lys of Omanie, with their prince, were over- 
throwne. This Delvin lyeth between the rivers 
of Synen and Suck." —Ann. Clon 

* Disert- Ternog : i. e. St. Ternog’s or Ternoc’s 
desert or wilderness. According to the gloss 
to the Feilire-Aenguis, and O'Clery's Irish Ca- 


* A. D. 816. All Lynster was destroyed and 
wasted by King Hugh to Gleanndalogha.”— 
Ann. Clon. | 

* Ath-da-fhearta : i. e. Ford of the Two Graves, 
or of the two miracles.— See note f, under A. D. 
607, p. 234. 

“A. D. 818. Mors Aeda, mic Neill, juxta 
Vadum duorum mirabilium, in Campo Conaille.” 
—Ann. Uit. 


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817.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 429 


tains of Ui-Briuin, Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, and Maelcothaigh, son of Fogar- 
tach, against the lord of Ui-Maine, Cathal, son of Murchadh, iii Dealbhna- 
Nuadhat, between the Suca and the Sinnainn, where Cathal and many other 
nobles along with him were slain. A battle between the Ulidians themselves, 


in which Caireall, son of Fiachna, King of Ulidia, was slain by Muireadhach, 


son of Eochaidh. Diarmaid, Abbot of Ia-Coluim Cille, went to Alba [Scotland]. 

The Age of Christ, 817. Reachtabhra Ua Muichtighearn, wise man and 
Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair ; Muireadhach, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Disert- 
Ternog'; Crunnmhael, son of Aileli, successor of Cianan of Daimhliag; Laisren 
of Cill-dara; Crunnmhael of Tigh-Munna; and Connmach Ua Cathail, wise 
man of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. The devastation* of the territory of Cua- 
lann, and of Leinster as far as Gleann-da-locha, _ by Aedh Oirdnidhe. A battle 
between the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel- -Eoghain, in which Maelbreasail, son of 
Murchadh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by Murchadh, son of Maelduin. 
Cathal, son of Dunlaing, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Conghalach, son of 
Fearghal, lord of Feara-Cul, died. After Aedh Oirdnidhe, the son of Niall 
Frasach, had been twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at 
Ath-da-fhearta', in Magh-Conaille, after the victory of penance.  Artri, son of 
Conchobhar, went to Connaught with the shrine of Patrick. The plundering 
of Leinster by Aedh Oirdnidhe, i. e. the territory of Cualann, as far as Gleann- 
da-locha. 

The Age of Christ, 818. The first year of Conchobhar", son of Donn- 
chadh, son of Domhnall, in sovereignty over Ireland. Maeltuile, Abbot of 


* A. D. 816. King Hugh, son of King Neale 
Frassagh, died at the Foorde of the two vertues.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

O?Flaherty places the accession of Aedh Oird- 
nidh in 797, and his death in 819, which is the 
true chronology: 

“ Aidus Ordnidius, Nielli Nimbosi regis filius, 
R. H. viginti duos annos: regnum tenuit per 
annos plus, minus 22, obiit 819, vel ut alii habent 
820, atatis sue sexagesimo. War. 

** Hoe rege, Dani, N orwegi, vel Ostmanni, ut a 
diversis vocantur, Anno 798, iterum Ultoniam, 
et Hebrides piraticà infestarunt.- Anno 807, 


Hiberniam primum incursionibus intrarunt ; 
deinde anno 812, Demum anno 815, Turgesius 
Norwegus in Hiberniam appulit, et exinde 
ibidem fixas sedes habere ceperunt.”—Ogyyia, 
par. iii. c. 93, p. 433. 

* The plundering of Leinster.—'Dhis is an in- 
correct repetition, which the Four Masters 
should have struck out. 

* Conchobhar.—O"Flaherty places the acces- 
sion of Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, in ihe 
year 819, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise in 
816. The first mention of him in the Annals 
of Ulster occurs at the year 820 : 


VID MUTO WA Wu mE ee ee ee 


=) ee ee a TNT Ya Y Ld Ween as oe te oy 9 Wr 


430 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [819. 


chain, Cpunomael, mac Opam, abb Cluana hlonaipo, 7 Dálach, mac Con- 
gupa, comapba Cianáin Oormliacc, oécc. Slog la Munchad, mac Maole- 
dún, oo Opum Inoech go nUib Nell an cuaipceipc immaille ppp. Terme 
Conchobap, mig Epeann, co nUib Néill an oeipceipc a nolp, 7 co Largmb oon 
leit oile, 1 1ap poċcam co haon margin oóib cámc, do miopbailib Dé, go po 
T5appac pmia pole an can pin gan puiliuccad gan poipdeangad ó neach oíb 
Fon apoile. 

Coip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo a naoi véce. On vapa bliadan oo Chonchobap. 
G (nnpaolao, mac Ruamam, pemibnesin, eppcop, angcoipe, 7 abb Aca Tpum, 
7 Plann Oaipimpi décc. Opgam Eva la Gallat, 7 bpo món vo mnáib 
oo bpeit leo. Opgain becc-Eneann, 4 Oaipmp Caomdin leo oom. 
Slómgheao la Concubap, mac Oonnchada, co hOpoachad Sleibe Fuar, 50 
po papas na hChpefpa mle tarp 50 pache €amam Macha. 

Qoip Cort, ocht ccéo a pice. An cpeap badam vo Choncobap. Mac 
Riagail Ua Maglena, pembnedip, eppeop,7 abb biopaip, Caicbeapcach, 
mac Clengapa, eppcop Cluana pica bpenainn, Coca Ua Cuacail, angcoipe, 
eppcop, 7 abb Cughmaio, Olcobap, mac Cummupccaiz, abb Cluana peapca 
bpénoinn, Popbapac, abb Achaw bó Camnmgh, 7 CAiloeabain Cille manac, 
décc. Slórmgh(o la Mupchad, mac ITlaoieoáüm, co beana mo Pocla mme, 
co painic Apo mópeacám. Ro elaibpeac 1apam pip Opls 7 Síol Cova 
Sláine cuge, co po giallpac 06 acc Opurm Ffpgara. Cumapccac, mac 


a small island close to the land in Wexford 
Haven. This name is translated Parva Hibernia 


* A. D. 816. Connor mac Donnogh, third 
monarch of the O’Melaghlyns” [recté Clann- 


Colmain], ** began his reign, and governed this 
land fourteen years." —Ann. Clon. 

* Druim-Indech.—'This is probably the place 
now called Drimnagh, near Dublin: 

* A, D. 819. Slogh la Murcha do Druimin- 
dech co n-Oib Neill in tuasceirt. Concobur co 
n-Oib Neill in deisceirt a ndes ocus co Laignib, 
donec Dominus eos separavit per suam potenciam." 
—Ann. Uit. 

* Edar.—This was the ancient name of the 
peninsula of Howth, near Dublin. The hill of 
Howth is still called Binn-Eadair by the native 
Trish.—See note ^, under A. D. 9, p. 92, supra. 

Uy Beg- Eire : i.e. Little Ireland, now Begery, 


in the Lives of St. Ibar and St. Abban, quoted by 
Ussher (Primord., p. 794, 1061). According to 
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, St. Ibhar, who died in 
the year 500, erected a church on this island, 
where his festival was kept on the 23rd of April. 
Begery is destined to lose its insular character 
in the improvements of Wexford Haven which 
are now in progress. 

^ Dairinis- Caemhain : St. Caemhain's Oak- 
island ; an island in Wexford Haven. 

è Ardachadh of Sliabh-Fuaid.—2A. place near 
Newtown-Hamilton, in the county of Armagh. 
— See note *, under A. M. 3500, p. 26, suprà; 
and note ?, under A. D. 1607. 


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819.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 431 


Beannchair; Crunnmhael, son of Odhran, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; and Dalach, 
son of Conghus, successor of Cianan of Daimhliag,died. An army was led by 
Murchadh, son of Maelduin, to Druim-Indech’, having the Ui-Neill of the North 
along with him. Conchobhar, King of Ireland, with the Ui-Neill of the South 
and the Leinstermen, came from the South, on the other hand ; and when they 
came to one place, it happened, through the miracles of God, that they sepa- 
rated from each other for that time without slaughter, or one of them spilling . 
a drop of the other's blood. 

The Age of Christ, 819. The second year of Conchobhar.  Ceannfaeladh, 
son of Ruaman, scribe, bishop, anchorite, and Abbot of Ath-Truim, and Flann 
of Dairinis, died. The plundering of Edar” by the foreigners, who carried off 
a great prey of women. The plundering of Beg-Eire* and Dairinis-Caemhain* 
by them also. An army was led by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, to Ard- 
achadh of Sliabh-Fuaid^; and all the Airtheara* were devastated by him, as far 
as Eamhain-Macha*. 

The. Age of Christ, 820. The third year of Conchobhar. Mac Riagail* 
Ua Maglena, scribe, Bishop, and Abbot of Birra; Laithbheartach, son of Aen- 
ghus, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn; Eocha Ua Tuathail, anchorite, Bishop, 
and Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Olcobhar, son of Cummuscach, Abbot of Cluain- 
fearta-Brenainn; Forbhasach, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh; and Aildeabhair 
of Cill-manach, died. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Maelduin, having 
the men of the North with him, until he arrived at Ard-Breacain. The men of 
Breagh and the race of Aedh Slaine went over to him, and gave him hostages 
at Druim-Fearghusa’. Cumascach, son of Tuathal, lord of Ard-Cianachta, was 


* Airtheara : i.e. Orientales, the eastern parts 
of the territory of Oirghialla. This name is 
still preserved in that of the baronies of Upper 
and Lower Orior, inthe east of the county of 
Armagh. 

è Eamhain-Macha: i. e. Emania, now the 
Navan Fort, near Armagh.— See note ", under 
A. M. 4532, p. 73; and A. D. 331, p. 125, 
suprà. 

* A. D. 820. Slogh la Concobur, mac Donncha, 
co hArdacha Sleibe Fuait. Vastacio na n Airther 
con rice Emain-Machae."— Ann. Uit. 


* Mac Riagail.—For some account of a manu- 
script copy of the Gospels made by this scribe, 
see Dr. O'Conor's Prolegom. ad Annales, ii. p.142. 

f Druim-Fearghusa : i.e. Fergus’s Ridge, or 
Long Hill. Not identified. 

“ A. D. 819. Murrogh mac Moyledoyne, with 


_ the O?Neales of the North, came to Ardbrackan, 


where they were mett by those of the countryes 
of Moybrey, with the race of King Hugh Slane, 
whose chief was Dermott, and they were joynt 
partakers with him against King Connor."— 
Ann. Clon. 


Uwe ee ee Ve ny oe n ee 


432 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [821. 


Cuacail, cigheapna Cipoe Ciannacca, oo mapbad la Mupchad. Raomfò 
pon piona Clinve Ciannachca, hi cat Cainn Conan, ma cComapecac, mac 
Congalais, m po mapbao €obop, mac Tigeannarg,7 pochaie orle ap aon mp. 
Raomf pa nCloib Gapan 7 Cuincne pop Oelbnae. Opgain Inpi Oomle, 
q Concaige la Gallant. 

Clip Cmiopc, ocht ccéo piche a haon. On cltpamhad badain vo Chon- 
cobap. Oiapmaic, mac Oonnchada, abb Roipp each, Oubodépioé, mac 
Maorlecuile, abb Chille achaió, Muipfohac, mac Ceallaiz, abb Chille dapa, 
Seachnupach Locha Cenom, eppcop 7 ancoim, Cucaech, abb Cluana hUama, 
Ponbapach, comapba bape Copcaiġe, Sealbach Inpı Dích, 7 Congal, mac 
lopgalar, prop Cluana mic Noip, vég. Pimeachca, mac badbchada, ci$- 
eapna na nOéipi, vég. Feapġal, mac Catannaice, cigepna Coca Riaé, vécc.. 
Conaing, mac Congal, cigeapna, Ceacba, oég. Aitmsead Munchada, mic 


Maorlevinn, la Niall Calle, mac Aeda Oiponioe, 7 la Cenel n€ogain. 


s Carn-Conain: i.e. Conan's Carn, or sepul- 
chral heap of stones. Now unknown. 

 Inis-Doimhle.—See note ^, under A. D. 776, 
p.381. Archdall says that this was the ancient 
name of Cape Clear Island, in the county of 
Cork, the most southern land in Ireland; and 
refers to Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.629, where, 
however, there is no authority to support this 
assertion. 

* A. D. 819. The island of Corck and Inis- 
Dowill were spoyled and ransacked by Danes." 
—Ann. Clon. 

The year A. D. 820 of the Four Masters cor- 
responds with 821 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which contain the following notice of a great 
frost in that year, which was 822 of the com- 
mon era: 

* A. D. 821. Wonderfull frost at" [on] 
“seas, loghs, and rivers, that horses, chattle, 
and carriages might be lead over and over."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

This frost is noticed in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise under the year 819, thus: 

“ A. D. 819. There was such frost this year 


that all the loghes, pooles, and rivers of Ireland 
were so dried upp and frozen that steeds and 
all manner of cattle might pass on them without 
danger.” 

The Annals of Ulster also contain the follow- 
ing passages, omitted by the Four Masters : 

“ A. D. 821. Bellum Tarbgi inter Connachta 
invicem : Nepotes Briuin prostrati sunt, plurimi 
nobiles interfecti erga Duces 3. Duncha, mac 
Moinaig, et Gormgal, mac Duncha. Nepotes 
Maine victores erant, et Diarmait mac Tomaltaig. 
Strages virorum Breibne erga Regem suum i. 
Maelduin, mac Echtghaile, la Cenel Fedelmito.” 

i Ross-each.—See note *, under the year 614, 
p. 238, supra. 

* Loch-Cendin.—This is now corrupted to 
Lough Kineel, which is the name of a lake si- 
tuated about a mile east from Abbeylara, in the 
county of Longford. The tendency to change 
final n and r to J, in this part of Ireland, is re- 
markable in this instance as well as in Loch 
Ainninn, which is made Lough Ennell, and 
Loch Uair, which is anglicised Lough Owel. 

! Cluain-uamha : i. e. the Lawn or Meadow of 


821. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 433 


slain by Murchadh. A victory was gained over the men of Ard-Cianachta, in 
the battle. of Carn-Conain*, by Comascach, son of Conghalach, wherein was 
slain Eodhos, son of Tighearnach, and many others along with him. A victory 
was gained by the Ui-Garbhain and the Cuirene over the Dealbhna. The 
plundering of Inis-Doimhle" and Corcach [Cork] by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 821. The fourth year of Conchobhar. Diarmaid, son 
of Donnchadh, Abbot of Ross-each!; Dubhdachrich, son of Maeltuile, Abbot of 
Cill-achaidh ;; Muireadhach, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Seachnasach 
of Loch-Cendin*, Bishop and anchorite ; Cucaech, Abbot of Cluain-uamha!; 
Forbhasach, successor of Bairre of Corcach ; Sealbhach of Inis-Pich™; and Con- 
ghal, son of Irghalach, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died.  Fineachta, son of 
Badhbhchadh, lord of the Deisi, died. Fearghal, son of Catharnach, lord of 
Loch-Riach, died. Conaing, son of Conghal, lord of Teathbha, died. The 
deposing of Murchadh, son of Maelduin, by Niall Caille, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, 


and by the Cinel-Eoghain. 


the Cave, now Cloyne, the head of a bishop's 
see, in the barony of Imokilly, and county of 
Cork. 

™ Inis-Pich.—In O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 
7th April this is called Innis-Picht; and in 
Colgan's Acta Sanctorum it is described as in 
“ regione Momonie Muscragia nuncupata.” The 
name is now obsolete. The year 821 of the 
Four Masters corresponds with 822 of the An- 
nals of Ulster, which have under that year the 
three entries following, omitted by the former: 

* A, D. 822. Ronan, Abbas Cluana-mic-Nois 
reliquit principatum suum. Galinne na mBretann 
exhausta est cum tota habitatione sua et cum ora- 
torio, o Feidlimidh. Tene diuu for Foruth na 
nAbbadh i nArdmacha conid ro loisce."— Anz. 
Uit. 
* Ronan, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, left his prin- 
cipality. Gailinne of the Britons thoroughly 
wasted by Felim, with the whole habitation and 
oratory burnt. The fyre Domini [i. e. lightning] 
upon the Abbot his mansion in Ardmach, that 
it was burnt." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


The burning of “ Galen of the Welshmen” 
is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 
the year 820: 

* A. D. 820. Galen of the Welshmen was 
altogether burnt by Felym mac Criwhan, both 
houses, churches, and sanctuary.” 

Dr. O’Conor states in a note to the Annals of 
Ulster, p. 204, that Galinne na mBretann is 
Gallovigia, i. e. Galloway, in Scotland, and that 
Pinkerton therefore errs in saying that the 
name Gallovigia was unknown till the twelfth - 
century. But this is one of Dr. O’Conor’s own 
unaccountable blunders, for Galinne-na-mBre- 
tann is the old name of Gallen, in the barony of 
Garrycastle, and King’s County, where St: Ca- 
nocus, à Welshman, erected a monastery for Bri- 
tish monks towards the close of the fifth century, 
and the place was called **na mBretann,” i. e. 
of the Britons, in the same way as Mayo was 
called na Sacson, i. e. of the Saxons.— See 
Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 311. Connell Ma- 
geoghegan, in the dedicatory epistle prefixed to 
his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 


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434 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[822. 


Cloi Cpopv, ocht ccéo piche a 06. On cáicceaó badam vo Choncu- 
bap pan mse. Mumeaohach, mac Ceallans, abb Conlaed [oécc]. Ongam 
beanncain la Gallaib, q copecpad a veptarge, 1 pelec: Comgaill oo énochad 
ap an rsnín ma pabpac, amail po capngm Comgall péipin, via nebar : 


61d pip, pip, oo deon Gipoms na pfs, 
benton mo cnáma gan cpón, 6 Óheanocuip baga oo Eantpobh. 


Niall, mac Peapgupa, cigeapna Ua Popannám, vécc. lomarpeacc Pion- 
nabpach eicin piona Cfchba pén, m po mapbao Clooh, mac Pogapcarg, 7 
anoile pochaióe, | &ochaió, mac Opfpail, ci5 pna Oal Anawe an cuaipceipe, 
vo manbad la a mucin péipm. Spealán, mac Sloigloarg, cigfina Conaila 
Muipteimne, véce. Tigeannac, mac Caémoga, cis fpna Chione, 7 Pionnaccán, 
mac Copccpai, ci&(pna Opeagmaine, vég. Lex Pacpaicc pop Mumam 
la Felim, mac Cpomċùmn, 1 la hOupem, mac Conéobaip, 4. eppcop Apoa 
Macha. 

Qoip Cort, ochc ccéo piche a cpi. An perpead bliadain oo Choncubap. 
Cuana Lugmaid, eagnaró 7 eppcop, Orapmuro Ua Cloda Róm, angcome 4 
voctuin o(ppcargce epide, Curmn(c, abb Pionnglai, Godan, abb Tam- 
lachca Maelepuain, Suibne, mac P(pgapa, abb Oam Cleslam, angeo, 7 
eppcop, Plannabpa, abb Mage bile, Colman mac Chlealla, abb Slaine 4 
ecclap ole ap é(na 1pm pFpanc 7 1 nEpinn, Maelpuba, angcoipe, eppcop 7 


remarks that the Irish gave “to the English- 
men a college in the town of Mayo, in Con- 
naught, which to this day is called Mayo of the 
English, and to the Welshmen the town of 
Gallen, in the King’s County, which is likewise 
callen Gallen\of the Welshmen, or Walles.” 

a Conlaedh.—This is probably a corruption of 
Cluain-laedh, now Clonleigh, near Lifford, in 
the county of Donegal. 

^ The plundering of Beannchair : i.e. of Bangor, 
in the county of Down. This is given in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 823, and in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at 821, but the true 
year is 824. 

P Eantrobh. —Now Antrim, in the county of 
Antrim.—See note ', under 722, p. 321, supra. 


* A. D. 823. The spoile of Benchair ag arti” 
[rectó Benchair ag ardu, i. e. in Ard-Uladh], 
“by the Gentiles, and fallinge downe his build- 
inge shaked the reliques of Cougal out of the 
shrine.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* A. D. 821. Beanchor was spoiled and ran- 
sacked by the Danes, together with St. Cow- 
gall’s church yard." — Ann. Clon. 

* Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, in Westmeath. 
—See Ordnance Map, sheet 13. 

* The law of Patrick.—« A. D. 820. Felym 
mac Criowhayn, king of Mounster, caused to be 
put in practice through that province the rule 
and constitutions of St. Patrick.”—Ann. Clon. 

The year 822 of the Four Masters corre- 
sponds with 823 of the Annals of Ulster, which 


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im ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 435 


The Age of Christ, 822. The fifth year of Conchobhar in the sovereignty. 
Muireadhach, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Conlaedh", [died]. The plundering 
of Beannchair? by the foreigners; the oratory was broken, and the relies of 
Comhghall were shaken from the shrine in which they were, as Comhghall 
himself had foretold, when he said : 


_ It will be true, true, by the will of the supreme King of kings, - 
My bones shall be brought, without defect, from the beloved 
Beannchair to Eantrobh?. 


Niall, son of Fearghus, lord of Ui-Forannain, died. The battle of Finnabhair* 
between the men of Teathbha themselves, in which Aedh, son of Fogartach, 
and many others, were slain. Eochaidh, son of Breasal, lord of Dal-Araidhe 
of the North, was slain by his own people. Spealan, son of Sloigheadhach, lord 
of Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; Tighearnach, son of Cathmogha, lord of Aidhne ; 
and Finnagan, son of Cosgrach, lord of Breaghmhaine, died. The law of Pa- 
trick" [was promulgated] over Munster by Felim, son of Crimhthann, and by 
Airtri, son of Conchobhar, i. e. Bishop of Ard-Macha. 

The Age of Christ, 823. "The sixth year of Conchobhar. Cuana of Lugh- 
mhadh, wise man and bishop; Diarmaid*, grandson of Aedh Roin, who was 
an anchorite, and a distinguished doctor; Cuimneach, Abbot of Finnghlais ; 
Aedhan, Abbot of Tamhlacht Maeleruain ; Suibhne, son of Fearghus, Abbot 
of Dun- Leathglaisi, anchorite and Bishop; Flannabhra, Abbot of Magh-bile ; 
Colman*, son of Aileall, Abbot of Slaine, and also of other churches in France 
and Ireland ; Maelrubha, anchorite, Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Flann, 


have under that year the two entries following, Hibernia, periit” —Anmn. Ult. 


PES AE I oe Ree Y INS TA EN EET NEM 
: : dA: 


omitted by the former : 

* A; D. 823. Roscomain exusta est magna ex 
parte. Bellum inter Connachta invicem, in quo 
ceciderunt plurimi. Eitgal Sceiligg a Gentilibus 
raptus est, et citó mortuus est fame et siti.” 

* Diarmaid.—** A. D. 824. Diarmaid Ua 
hAedha Roin, anchorita et religionis doctor totius 
Hibernia, obit." — Ann. Ult, 

t Colman.—* A. D. 824. Colman filius Ailello, 
Abbas Slaine, et aliarum civitatum in Francia e 


The year 823 of the Four Masters corre- 
sponds with 824 of the Annals of Ulster, which 
give under that year the following entries, 
omitted by the former: 

** A, D. 824. Magna pestilencia et fames panis. 
Fallomain, mac Fogartaich, jugulatus est a fratre 
suo, qui nominatur Ceallach.” The defeat of the 
Danes in Maighinis is noticed in the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise at the year 822; but the true 
year is 825. 


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436 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [824. 


abb Oind óneacám, Plann, mac Popceallarg, abb Lip móin, oécc. Peapgat, 
mac Cachnanoarg, ciġeapna Locha Riaé vé5. Cengup mac Maoilevúrn, 
ciġlpma Loca Gabap, vécc. blatmac, mac Plamn, vo gabáil condna map- 
cip, uaip oo mapbad pomh la Galloib ın hl Coluim Cille. Oán va Uchglaip 
vongain la Galloib. Copccao Marge bile co na veaptagib leo beór,] opgan 
Inpi Oole. Romeoh1 Mugmip ma n Ulcoibh pop Shallaib, ou m po map- 
bhaoh pochaibe, Raomeaoh pa nGallaib pon Oppagib. Maelbplral, mac 
Oilella Coba, tigeanna Dail Cfpaióe, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo piche a c(éaip. Qn peachcmad bliaóam vo 
Choncobap. Clemenp eppcop, abb Cluana hlonaipo, Ruchmael, eppcop 3 
abb Cluana p(pca bpénainn, décc. Conomach, mac Saengupa, abb Rup 
atin, baechlocha, abb bropaip, oéce. Maoloúm, mac Gopmgoil, ciz(pna 
Ua Mét, oécc 1 cclépéeache.  Orapmuro, mac Néill, cig(pna. veipceme 
op(h, Niall, mac Orapmaoa, ciz(pna Mide, vécc. Apc, mac Diapmava, 
cisfina Ceacba, oo manbad. | Lopccao [Oealbna] bfepa la Peibumió, mac 
Cymomtainn. Léx Paccpaice pop ceopaib Connaccaib la hChipcp, mac Con- 
cobain, .1. eppcop CÍfpoa Maca. 

Qoip Cqpiopc, ocht ccéo piche a cing. On cochtmad badam oo Chon- 
coban. €écgup, comanba Maerlenuain Camlachca, oécc. Cbnien, abb 
Cille hacha, oécc. Maonac, mac Cpunnmaoil, ppióm Pp Rop, oécc. 
Sápughaó Cogan Maimpzpeac mm ppiomavect Apoa Maċa, via pocup 
Cumupccach, mac Catal, cig(pna. Chipgiall epce cco haimbdeonacé é, 7 po 
chup Cintpi, mac Concobaip (mac matap epióe vo Cumupccach) ma 10nao. 
Eoghan imoppo, piplersinn Mamipcpeach, oo måne an pann po, via po cup a 
pralmefeclaigs oaccaloam Néll Challe, ap ba heipium po banméana vo 


* Ros-ailithir : i.e. the Wood of the Pilgrims, 
now Roscarbery, the head of an episcopal see, 
in the county of Cork. In the Life of Saint 
Fachtna, the patron, Rossailithri is described 
as “in australi Hibernie parte juxta mare." — 
See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 907, 908. 

" In religion; in clericatu. — ** A. D. 825. 
Maelduin mac Gormgaile, rez dien Meith, in 
elericatu obiit.” — Ann. Ult. 

* Beathra.—'** A. D. 826. The burninge of 


Bethre by Felim, the army of Mounster with 
him.” —Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 823. Delvyn Beathra was burnt by 
King Felym."— Ann. Clon. 

Y The law of Patrick.—** A. D. 824. Lex Pa- 
tricii for teora Connacht la Artrigh mac Con- 
chobhair.” —Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 822. Artry mac Connor, King of Con- 
naught” [recté Primate of Ireland], “ caused to 
be established the Lawes of St. Patrick through- 


824.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 437 


son of Foircheallach, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Fearghal, son of Cathasach, lord 
of Loch-Riach, died. Aenghus, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Gabhar, died. 
Blathmac, son of Flann, received the crown of martyrdom, for he was killed by 
the foreigners at I-Coluim-Cille. Dun-da-Leathghlas was plundered by the 
foreigners. The burning by them, moreover, of Magh-bile, with its oratories, 
and the plundering of Inis-Doimhle. A battle was gained in Magh-inis [Lecale] 
by the Ulidians over the foreigners, wherein many were slain. A victory was 
gained by the foreigners over the Osraighi. Maelbreasail, son of Ailell Cobha, 
lord of Dal-Araidhe, died. 

The Age of Christ, 824. The seventh year of Conchobhar. Clemens, 
bishop, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Ruthmael, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn, died. Connmhach, son of Saerghus, Abbot of Rosailithir"; [and] 
Baethlocha, Abbot of Birra, died. Maelduin, son of Gormghal, lord of Ui- 
Meith, died in religion”. 
son of Diarmaid, lord of Meath, died. Art, son of Diarmaid, lord of Teathbha, 
was slain. The burning of [Dealbhna] Beathra* by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimh- 
thann. The law of Patrick’ [was promulgated] throughout the three divisions 
of Connaught by Airtri, son of Conchobhar, i. e. Bishop of Ard-Macha. 

The Age of Christ, 825. The eighth year of Conchobhar. Echtghus, suc- 
cessor of Maelruain of Tamhlacht, died. Abnier, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died. 
Maenach, son of Crunnmhael, Prior of Feara-Rois, died. The violation’ of 
Eoghan Mainistreach, as to the primacy of Ard-Macha; for Cumasgach, son of 
Cathal, lord of Airghialla, forcibly drove him from it, and set up Airtri, son of 
Conchobhar (half-brother of Cumasgach by the mother), in his place. Eoghan, 
[who was] lector of Mainistir*, composed this quatrain, when he sent his 
psalm-singer to converse with Niall Caille—he being Niall’s spiritual adviser— 


Diarmaid, son of Niall, lord of South Breagh; Niall, . 


out the three thirds of Connaught.” —A nn. Clon. 

The Ulster Annals mention also under 825, 
“ Great fright throughout all Ireland, viz., a 
forewarning of a plague geven by Mac Fallan ; 
also the Law of Daire upon Connaght again.” 
— Cod. Clarend., 49. 

* The violation. —** A. D. 826. Sarughadh 
Eugain i nArdmdcha la Cumuscach, mac Cathail, 
ocus la Artrig, mac Conchobair."—— Ann. Ult. 


* The dishonoringe Owen, orsacrilege comitted 
against him, being Bishop of Armach, by Cu- 
muscach, mac Cahail, and by Airtri, mac Connor.” 
— Cod. Clarend. 49. 

“ A. D. 824. Owen Mainisdreagh was over- 
come and put out of Ardmach by Artry mac 
Connor, and Comaskagh mac Cahail.”?— Ann. 
Clon. ! 

* Mainistir: i. e. of Mainistir-Buithe, now 


eee Se ee NN 


E aNNaca RIoshachta EIREANN. c (925. 


Niall, ım comapbup Paonarce oo éopnam 06, óip po ba nfpemap pom a. Niall 
ino Ulcoib : 

Cban pé Niall m mada, gut €ogam, mic Anmcada, 

Ni biod pan pighe 1 paba, munab abb a anméana. 


Ipé cpa a coma, cionóihió Niall a plóga a. Conall 4 Eogam. | Cionóilió 
Cumupccach, as fpna Cingiall,7 Muipeadac, mac Eachach, ciz(pna Ua Cat- 
ach Ulad, Cipgialla 4 Ula, 7 peanta cat cpoóa (coppa, 1. cat Leite 
cam, hi Mag Enp. Ap vo taipngipe m cata pin po tiopcan Oaciapéce a. 
naom a hClipiccul : 


Leti cam, oo paecpac món ngepac ann, 
Cappupcap occ liċ lum cid cian, ciò cum ip ciò mall. 


Cir do taipngipe an cata céona aobepc becc, mac OE: 


Leite cam, conpicpad diay amnup ann, 
61d pı €ogan an €ogan, apo an gleógal biap ano. 


Ro comailleaó pamlaid, ap oo meabaid pop buiómb Chili ma nCingrallanb 
pin oá lá coipi$, an cpeap lá 1moppo, via ccámic. Niall pépin ip m cat oc 
Lit: Cum hi ccompoccup leit: caim po meabaid pop Chipgiallaib, 7 po oíóc- 
agit, 1 po lnca co Cpaib caille, ór Callamn, pp hApo Maca amap, 7 po 
meabaid an cat pon Ullcoib 4 Chpgiallaib, 1 po lad a nap. Ro manbad 
ann Cumupccac 1 Congalac, oá mac Catal, 7 apale paonclanna oo Chp- 
Fiallaib. Ro gab iapom €ogan Maimpecpeac apocomapbup Dáopaicc ppi 
Té naor mbliadan iap pin cpé neapc Neill calle, Fe. Sthoip vo mumem 
CApoa Maca acbenc 1ap nan Aingiall hi ccat Léi cam : 


anglicé Monasterboice, in the county of Louth. 
See note ', under the year 521, p. 171, supra. 

^ Leithi-cam.—This was the name of a place 
in the parish of Kilmore, situated about three 
miles to the east of Armagh, but it is now ob- 
solete.—See note on Cill mor-Maighe-Emhir at 
A. D. 872. 

* Aiigul.— Now Errigal-Keeroge, in the 
county of Tyrone.— See note *, under A. D. 805. 


è Leithi-Luin.—This was the name of a place 
in the same parish, but it is now forgotten, and 
the Editor has not as yet discovered any docu- 
ment to enable him to identify it. 

e Craebh-Caille.—This is probably the pola 
now called Kilereevy, and situated in the parish 
of Derrynoose, in the barony and enis of 
Armagh. 

fCallainn.—Now the River Callan, which 


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825.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 439 


concerning the successorship of Patrick, for he (i.e. Niall) was powerful in 
Ulster : 
Say to Niall that not lucky for him will be the curse of Eoghan, son 
of Anmchadh ; 
He will not be in the kingdom in which he is, unless his spiritual 
adviser be abbot. 


The summary [result] was, that Niall mustered his forces, namely, the races of 
Conall and Eoghan ; [and] Cumusgach, lord of Airghialla, and Muireadhach, 
son of Eochadh, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh, mustered the Airghialla and the 
Ulidians ; and a spirited battle was fought between them, i e. the battle of 
Leithi-cam*, in Magh-Enir. It was to foretell this battle that Dachiarog, i. e. the 
Saint of Airigul*, prophesied : 


Lethi-cam ! great heroes shall perish there, 
They shall be caught at Leth-Luin, though 
far, though late, though slow. 


It was to predict the same battle that Beg mac De said : 


Leithe-cam ! a fierce pair there shall meet ; 
Eoghan shall be king over Eoghan ; noble 
the conflict which will be there. 


This was fulfilled accordingly, for the victory was gained over the troops of 
Aileach, by the Airghialla, on the two first days ; but on the third day, when 
Niall himself came into the battle at Leithi-Luin*, in the vicinity of Leithi-cam, 
the Airghialla were defeated, cut down, and pursued to Craebh-Caille*, over 
the Callainn’, to the west of Ard-Macha ; and the battle was gained over the 
Ulidians and Airghialla, and a slaughter mado ofthem. There were slain here 
Cumusgach and Conghalach, two sons of Cathal, and other nobles of the Air- 
ghialla. Eoghan afterwards assumed the arch-successorship, [which he retained] 
for a period of nine years afterwards, through the power of Niall Caille, &c. 
A. senior of the family of Ard-Macha said, after the slaughter of the Airghialla 
in the battle of Leithi-cam : 


flows through the barony of Armagh, in the water, near Charlemont.— See note *, under 
county of Armagh, and unites with the Black- A. M. 3656, p. 43, supra. 


Sher ee eee eM S 


ANNAZA gioshachca EIREANN. [826. 


Ni ma puccpam ap mbaipe, ní má loomap pech léipe, 
Ni manggabpam €ogan pec cec noeopaio mo Efe. 


Riogdal occ bioppae etip Concubap, mac Donnchada, pí Epeann, 1 Peo- 
timid, «1. mac Cmoméainn, pi Muman. Plachfih, mac Oonngalaig, cig(pna 
an Phochla, oo mapbad. Copbmac, mac Domnall, cigfpna na nDéipi, oécc. 
Cupeca do opgam la Gallaib. Planngap, mac Comgpigh, abb Apoa Macha, 
décc. Copepaó aonarg Tallem pop Garllngaib, la Concobap, mac Donn- 
chada, via po mapbao pochawe. Copcnad aonarg [Colman la Mumedat 
pop Cagmb Oeapgabaip 04 ın po manbad fle. Copcnaó Dunawd Largean] 
1 nOpurm la Geincib, ou m po mapbaó Conaing, mac Concongelc, cizfpna 
na pFoptuat, co pocha ile. 

QLorp Cort, ocht ccéo piche apé. On nomhad bliadam vo Choncobap. 
(Loo, mac Ceallars, abb Cille vapa, Robapcach, mac Catupaig, amémoeaé 
Cluana móin apoa, Conomac Ua Lochéne, abb Saigne, Muipeiu, abb Opoma 
mepclomn, Ciapán, eccnad 6 Rop Cpé, 4 Clemenp, abb Line Ouachaill, 
décc. Maptpa Chemnen angcoipe la Gallai. Catppaomead pon Gallaib 
ma cCompm, mac Cachail, cigeapna Ua cCemnpealaig. Catpaom ma 


UO US ee oe 7 es TUNE 


s Leire—It is remarked in an interlined 
gloss that this means Cano Céipe, i. e. the 
church of austerity, which is the name of a 
monastery near Lough Ennell, in the county of 


` Westmeath.—See note ", under the year 740, 


p- 342, supra. 

^ A royal meeting.—“ A. D. 826. A kingly 
parlee at Byre between Felim and Connor.”— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 824. There was a meeting between 
King Connor and Felym at Byrre.”—Ann. Clon. 

i The foreigners.—'* The spoile of Lusca by 
Gentiles, burninge and prayinge it and Cia- 
nachta untill” [i.e, as far as] ** Ochtar-ungen, 
and" [they] *spoyled the English” [recté the 
Galls] “of the North-east after.” —Ann. Ult. 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Abbot of Ard-Macha.—In the list preserved 
in the Psalter of Cashel he is set down as Mac 
Longsechus, Archbishop of Armagh for thir- 


teen years, —See Dr. O'Conor's Rer. Hib. Script., 
vol. iii. p. 107; and Harris's edition of Ware's 
Bishops, p. 43. 

! Destruction. The Irish word copcpaó is 
rendered skirmish, or onset, in the old transla- 
tion of the Annals of Ulster; but the original 
compiler of these Annals translates it by de- 
structio, Thus, corgpaó Ohlig Fmgpeimn, occur- ` 
ring in the Annals of Tighernach at the year 
675, and in the Annals of the Four Masters at 
674, is given in Latin, “ Destructio Ailche Fri- 
greni,” in the Annals of Ulster at 675.—See 
note £, p. 284, suprà. These passages are given 
more correctly in the Annals of Ulster under 
the year 826, thus : 

** A. D. 826. Coscrad oinaig Taillten for Ga- 
lengaib, la Coneobar, mac nDonncha, in quo 
ceciderunt multi. Coscrad oinaig Colmain la 
Muredhach, for Laignib Desgabair, in quo ceci- 
derunt multi. Coscrad Dunaid Laigen do Gentib, 


faci 


mcum Tm —— 123 MU Te MM. NBC NEXT ee el a S P9 T 


826.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 441 


Not well have we gained our goal, not well have we passed by Leire®, 
Not well have we taken Eoghan in preference to any pilgrim in Ireland. 


A royal meeting" at Birra between Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, King of 
Ireland, and Feidhlimidh, i. e. son of Crimhthann, King of Munster. Flaitheamh, 
son of Donghalach, lord of the North, was killed. Cormac, son of Domhnall, 
lord of Deisi, died. Lusca was plundered by the foreigners. Flannghus, son 
of Loingseach, Abbot of Ard-Macha*, died. The destruction’ of the fair of 
Tailltin, against the Gaileanga", by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, on which 
occasion many were slain. The destruction of the fair [of Colman by Mui- 
readhach, against the South Leinstermen, where many were slain. The de- 
struction of Dun-Laighen], at Druim”, by the Pagans, where Conaing, son of 
Cuchongelt, lord of the Fortuatha, was slain, with many others. 

The Age of Christ, 826. The ninth year of Conchobhar. Aedh, son of 
Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Robhartach, son of Cathasach, airchinneach of 
Cluain-mor-arda^; Connmhach Ua Loichene, Abbot of Saighir; Murchiu, Abbot 
of Druimineasclainn ; Ciaran the Wise, of Ros-cre ; and Clemens, Abbot of 
Linn-Duachaill, died. The martyrdom of Temhnen, anchorite, by the foreigners. 
A battle was gained? over the foreigners by Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of 


Bate? 


= 


ubi ceciderunt Conall, mac Concongalt rex na 
Fortuath e alii innumerabiles” —Ann. Ult. Ed. 
O'Conor. 

** A. D. 826. The skirmish of Aenach Tailten 
upon the Galengs by Connor, mac Duncha, 
where many were slain. The onsett of Aenach- 
Colmain by Muireach upon Leinster Desgavar, 
in quo ceciderunt plurimi. The battle" [recté 
destruction] “ of Dunlaien by Gentiles, ubi ceci- 
derunt Conall mac Congalt, king of the Fortuahs 
in Leinster, et alii innumerabiles.” —Cod. Clar., 49. 

™ Gaileanga: i.e. the inhabitants of the ba- 
rony of Morgallion, and some of the neighbour- 
` ing districts in the county of Meath, in whose 
territory Tailtin was situated. 

? At Druim.—This has been incorrectly copied 
by the Four Masters, who have skipped one line, 
which the Editor has supplied in brackets from 
the Annals of Ulster. The fair of Aenach-Col- 


main, or Circinium Colmain, was held on the 
present Curragh of Kildare, in Campo Liphi, 
where the royal fair and sports of Leinster were 
celebrated._See Appendix, pedigree of O'Dono- 
van, p. 2434. 

o Cluain-mor-Arda.—Now Clonmore, a town- 
land giving name to a parish in the territory of 
Cianachta-Arda, now the barony of Ferrard, in 
the county of Louth. 

? A battle was gained: Catpaom(o.— This 
term is rendered ‘“battle-breach” in the old 
translation of the Annals of Ulster, thus : 

* A. D. 827. Cathroined re Lethlabar, mac 
Loingsig, ri Dal-Araidhe for Gennti. Cathroined 
ele for Genti re Coirpre, mac Cathal, ri hUa 
Ceinnselaig ocus re muintir Tighe Mundu.”— 
Ann. Uit. ` 

* A. D. 827. Battle-breach by Lehlovar mac 
Loingsi, kinge of Dalarai, upon the Gentiles. 


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442 aNNaZa RIOShachta EIREANN. (827. 


Ufelobap, mac Lomgpich, pi Ulad, pon Ghallaib.. Mumlohac, mac Ruaópac, 
pi Cargean, oécc. Cionaed, mac Tllognóm, cig(mma Ua ppPaitze, oécc. huaoa, 
mac Diapmava, ci&(nna Ceabéa, vo mapbao. 

OLorp Cpiopc, occ ccéo piche a peachc. Cn veacmad bliadam oo Chon- 
cobap. Maolvobapéon, abb Cille Uapaille, Copbmac, mac Trlurngfpa, abb 
S(ncpuib, Maoluma, mac Cecepnag, pmo Pionnabpnach, Aedan Ua Con- 
oumhai, pccpmbneorn. Oeprnaigi, C(pball, mac Pionnacca, cig(pna Oelbna 
beatpa, oécc.  Opugan, mac Taig, ci&(pna Ua Méi, décc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo piche a hocher. Qn caonmad bliadam oécc, vo 
Choncobap. Copbmac, mac Suibne, abb Cluano hloppaipo, pembneorp 3 
eprcop, Cippaice mac Reccabnac, abb Cluana Oolcám, lopeph, mac Nech- 
cam, abb Ror Commáin, Siadal, mac P(paohaig, abb Cille vam, Calor, 
mac Eine, abb P(6a vin, Ceallac, mac Condmag, angcope Vipnet Ceal- 
lag, MuimuccanCille vapa, Ctongup,mac Oonnchada, ciġfpna Cealéa Mhide, 
vécc. Pionnpneacca, mac bodbcada, cigeapna Ceneoil mic €apca, vécc. 
Ounchad, mac Conamg, cigfina Ciannacca, vég. Pollumam, mac Oonn- 
chada, oo mapbao la Muimneachanb. 

Qoi Cmore, ocht ccéo piche anan. On vapa bliaóam oécc oo Chon- 
coban. QOimmfohach, comanba Pinoem Mange bile, vo batad. Mummo 


banab Cille oapa, oécc. Ceic(pnaé, mac Ouncon, pembnedip, paccape, 3 


Another upon them by Cairbre, mae Cahail, 
kinge of Cinselai, and by the men of Tymuna."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The defeat of the Gentiles, or Danes, by the 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh is noticed in the Annals of 


Edit. O'Conor, p. 207. 3 

“ A. D. 827. A great slaughter of greate hogs 
in the borders of Ard-Cianachta by the English” 
[recté the Galls, i.e. Norsemen]. ** The wound- 
inge of Cinaeh mac Cumascai, king of Cianacht, 


Clonmaenoise under the year 825, thus: ** There 
was an overthrowe given to the Danes by the 
O’Keannsealeys, and those of Tymonna.” 

. The year 826 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 827 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which contain under that year the three 
entries following, which have been omitted by 
the former: 

* A. D. 827. Muc-ár már di mucaibh mora i 
nairer nArdae-Ciannachta, o Gallaib Guin 
Cinaeda, mic Cumaseaig, ri Arddae-Ciannachta, 
a Gallaib. Ar Dealbhna hi fello."— Anz. Ult., 


by the said foreigners, and the burninge of 
Lain-lere and Cluonmor by them alsoe. The 
slaughter of the Delvinians by murther or in 
guilefull manner." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

4 Cill-Uasaille.—Now Killossy, or Killashee, 
near Naas, inthe county of Kildare.— See note *, 
under the year 454, p. 142, suprà. 

* Seantrabh.—Now Santry, a village in the 
barony of Coolock, and county of Dublin. 

* Finnabhair.—Now Fennor, near Slane, in 
the county of Meath. i 

* A. D. 828. Maelumai, mac Cethernaigh, 


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827.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 443 


Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. A battle was gained by Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach; 
King of Ulidia, over the foreigners. Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach, King of 
Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Moghron, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Uada, son 
of Diarmaid, lord of Teathbha, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 827. The tenth year of Conchobhar. Maeldobhar- 
chon, Abbot of Cill-Uasaille?; Cormac, son of Muirgheas, Abbot of Seantrabh’; 
Maelumha, son of Ceithearnach, Prior of Finnabhair'; Aedhan Ua Condumhai, 
scribe of Dearmhach ; [and] Cearbhall, son of Finnachta, lord of Dealbhna- 
Beathra‘, died. Drugan, son of Tadhg, lord of Ui-Meith, died. 

The Age of Christ, 828. The eleventh year of Conchobhar. Cormac, son 
of Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, scribe and bishop ; Tibraide, son of Rech- 
tabhar, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain ; Joseph, son of Nechtain, Abbot of Ros- 
Commain; Siadhal, son of Fearadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara; Cailti, son of Erc, 
Abbot of Fidh-duin"; [and] Aenghus,son of Donnchadh, lord of Téalach-Midhe", 
died. Finnsneachta*, son of Bodhbhchadh, lord of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died: Dun- 
chadh, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta, died. Follamhain, son of Donnchadh, 
was slain by the Munstermen. 

The Age of Christ, 829. The twelfth year of Conchobhar.. Airmheadhach, 
successor of Finnen of Magh-bile, was drowned. Muirenn, Abbess of Cill-dara, 
died. Ceithearnach’, son of Dunchu, scribe, priest, and wise man of Ard-Macha, 


equonimus Finnabhrach, mortuus est." — Ann. Ult. = Fidh-duin.—Otherwise written Feadh-duin, 


t Dealbhna- Beathra.—Otherwise called Dealbh- 
na-Eathra. This was the ancient name of the 
present barony of Garrycastle, in the King's 
County. The year 827 of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 828 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which contain under that year the following 
entries, Omitted by the former: 

“A.D. 828. Jugulatio Conaing, mic Ceallaich, 
o Eachaidh, mac Cernaig, per dolum. Diarmait, 
abbas Iae, do dul i nAlbain co minnaib Coluim 
Cille” [with Colum Cilles reliques. — Cod. 
Clar., 49]. “ Roined for Chonnachta re feraib 
Midhe, in quo ceciderunt multi.” 

The removal of the relics of St. Columbkille 
to Scotland, and the defeat of the Meathmen, are 
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 825. 


i.e. Wood of the Fort, now Fiddown, in the ba- 
rony of Iverk, and county of Kilkenny, where, 
according to O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, the fes- 
tival of St. Maidoc, or Mo-Maidoc, was kept on 
the 18th of May.—See also Colgan’s Acta Sane- 
torum, p. 727. 

* Tealach-Midhe: i.e. the Hill of Meath. 
This is probably Tealach-ard, now Tullyard, 


near the town of Trim, in Meath, where the . 


chief of Ui-Laeghaire had his residence. 

* Finnsneachta.—“ A. D. 829. Fineachta, mac 
Bodhbcoda, rex Generationis filiorum Erca; obiit.” 
—Ann. Ult. 

y Ceithearnach.—** A. D. 830. Cernach, mac 
Duncon, scriba, et sapiens, et sacerdos Ardmachae 
pausavi." —Ann. Ult. 


352 


A. YU UL eee ee = 


444 annaza rioshachta EIREANN. 


(830. 


eccnaró Opoa Maca, dég. lonnpaó Conaille la Gallaib co pa gabao Maol- 
bmgde an pi,7 Canannan a bnataip,7 puccpac leo 1a0 bochum a long. 
Suibne mac Painms, abb Apoa Macha pm pé oa mip, do écc. Peiólimio, 
mac Cmiomtainn, co plog Muman 7 Laigen, oo &occ co Pionnabain Onls, oo 
lonopad pean mbpeas, 7 ee Lipe la Concobap, mac Oonnchada, lá pí 
€peann. 

Coip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo cpiocha. On cnpeap bliadam oécc oo Choncobap. 
Céona opgam Apoa Macha. Apo Macha vo opgan po epi 1 naom mí la 
Hallenb,7 ni po homg(ó la heachcancenela pam go pn. Ongain Oarmliacc 
Chianáin, 7 pine Chiannaéca, co na cceallaib wile, la Gallai”. Oll, mac 
Colgan, vo engabanl leo ona. Ongain Cugmaid, 7 Mucpnama, q Ua Mere, 
7 Opoma mic hUa blae, 4 apoile cealla apċma leó beop. Tuatal, mac 
P.apharg, oo bneit oo hallaib leo, 7 pepin Cloamnám 6 Oomnac margen. 

Qoi Cqpiopc, ochc. ccéo cpiocha. a haen. Cn c(épamao bliadan oécc 
vo Choncobap. Reaécgal, mac Suibne, paccapc Apoa Macha, oécc. Ongain 
Rata Cái, 7 Conoipe 6 hallar”. Opgsain Lip móin Mochuoa. Copecad 


* The plundering of Conaille: i.e. of Conaille- 
Muirtheimhne, in the present county of Louth. 
This is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 830. The old translator in Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49, takes Conaille to mean Tirconnell, but 
this is a great error. 

2 Suibhne.—'* A. D. 829. Suibne, mae Foran- 
nan, abbas duarum mensium in Ardmacha, obiit.” 
—Amnn. Uit. 

** A. D. 827. Swynye mac Farnye, abbot for 
two months in Armagh, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

The person called Abbot of Armagh, by the 
lrish annalists, is generally the Archbishop or 
Primate of all Ireland; but this Suibhne is not 
given in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh 
preserved in the Psalter of Cashel.—See Harris's 
edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 44, 45. 

^ Finnabhair: i.e. Fennor, near Slane. 

* A. D. 830. Felim mac Crivhain, together 
with the force of Mounster and Leinster, came to 
Finnuirto spoile the men of Bregh. Lyfii spoyled 
by Conor."—4Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


** A. D. 828. Felym mac Criwhan, with the 
forces of Mounster and Lynster, came to Fynore 
to destroy, prey, and spoyle Moybrey. The 
lands about the Liffie were preyed and spoyled 
by king Connor" [ancestor of] “ OMM 
lyn.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Ard-Macha.—This passage is translated by 
Colgan in his Trias Thaum., p. 294, thus : 

** A. D. 830. Ardmacha spatio unius mensis 
fuit tertio occupata et expilata per Normannos 
seu Danos. 
cupata.” 

The first plundering of Armagh by the Norse- 
men is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 831 (the true date being 832), as follows : 

* A. D. 831. Cetna orggain Ardmachae o 
Gentib fo thri i noenmis.”—Ann. Ult. 

The plundering of Armagh and other churches 
in Ulster is noticed in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, under the year 829, as follows : 

** A. D. 829. The first outrages and spoyles 
committed by the Danes in Armagh was this 


Et nunquam ante m exteros oc- 


830] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 445 


died. The plundering of Conaille* by the foreigners, who took Maelbrighde, 
its king, and Canannan, his brother, and carried them with them to their ships. 
Suibhne’, son of Fairneach, Abbot of Ard-Macha for the space of two months, 
died. Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, with the forces of Munster and Lein- 
ster, came to Finnabhair-Breagh*, to plunder the men of Breagh ; and the Liffe 
was plundered by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, King of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 830. The thirteenth year of Conchobhar. The first 
plundering of Ard-Macha. * Ard-Macha* was plundered thrice in one month by 
the foreigners, and it had never been plundered by strangers before. The 
plundering of Daimhliag and the tribe of Cianachta, with all their churches, by 
the foreigners. Oilill, son of Colgan, was also taken prisoner by them. The 
plundering of Lughmhadh and Mucshnamh?, and Ui-Meith*, and Druim-Mic- 
hUa-Blae', and of other churches, by them also. Tuathal, son of Fearadhach, 
was carried off by the foreigners, and the shrine of Adamnan from Domhnach- 
Maighen*. 

The Age of Christ, 831. The fourteenth year of Conchobhar. Reacht- 
ghal, son of Suibhne, priest of Ard-Macha, died. The plundering of Rath- 
Luirigh* and Connor by the foreigners. "The plundering of Lis-mor-Mochuda. 


year, and they ransacked these ensuing churches, 
Louth, Mucksnawe, Oameith, Droym-Mac- 
Awley, and divers other religious houses, were 
by them most paganly ransacked. Also the 
relicks of Adawnan were most outrageously 
taken from Twahall mac Feraye out of Dow- 
naghmoyen by the Danes, and with the like 
outrage they spoyled Rathlowrie and Conrye in 
Ulster.” 

à Mueshnamh.—Now Mucknoe, a parish com- 
prising the little town of Castleblayney, in the 
east of the county of Monaghan.—See Colgan’s 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 713. 

* Ui-Meith.—This should be the churches of 
Ui-Meith-Macha, a tribe and territory in the 
present county of Monaghan. It comprised the 
churches of Tehallan, Tullycorbet, Kilmore, 
and Mucknoe, in this county.— See Leabhar-na 
gCeart, p. 151, and note *, under the year 605, 


p. 231, supra. 

f Druim-Mic- Ua- Blae. — This church, at which 
the memory of St. Sedna was venerated on the 
9th of March, is described as in.the territory of 
Crimhthannn, which comprised the baronies of 
Upper and Lower Slane, in the north of the 
county of Meath; but there is no church of this 
name now to be found in these baronies.—See 
Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 569, 830; and 
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 532. 

* Domhnach-maighen: i. e. the Church of 
Moyne, or the small plain, now Donaghmoyne, 
in the barony of Farney, and county of Mo- 
naghan.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 424; 
also Shirley’s Account of the Territory or Domi- 
nion of Farney, pp. 151, 152, 153. » 

^ Rath- Luirigh.—This should be Rath-Luraigh, 
as it is written in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 831, thus: “ A. D. 831. Orggain Ratha 


TD ee a ee CATAT T TAT ee TEL L É 4 A ee ee ee del uh fas ed: os 
r - T * D 


nort 


446 ANNALA RIOShachca EIREANN. [832. 


c(pmamn Ciapnám lá Pévolimid, mac Cmoméainn. Inopfoh [Oealbna] bfepa 
po cpi lap bedop. Inonfoh Cille vapa la Cellac mac bpam. Cronaed, mac 
Eachach, ag(pna Oal Apawe an Tuaipceipt do manbad. Cronaed, mac 
Aptpach, cina Cualann,7 Orapmuro, mac Ruadpach, ciz(mna pèn Lire, 
décc. lap mbeit ceiépi badna décc 1 naipomise na h€ipeano oo Choncobap, 
mac Oonnchada, mic Oornnaill, aobáé rap mbucaró nartpicce. 

Cloi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo cpioca a oó. Cin céd badan oo Niall Challe, 
mac Cleda Oipomde, hi meċe óp Emımn. Reaécabpa, abb Chille acaió, 4 
longalac, abb Sangpe, vécc.  Raemeaoh pia Niall cCaille 7 pra Mupchad 
pon Shalluib, hi nOoipe Chalgaig, co po lad a náp. Ongain Cluana Dolcan 
vo Shallab. Opong móp oo rmumncip Cluana mic Noip vo mapbad lá Per- 
limi, mac Cpiomtainn, pı Coipil;7 po lorpeceaó a cc(pmonn uile laip 50 oopap 
a cille. Pa éncuma mumcipe Ofpmaige lap ona, pon ccuma cíccna co 


dopar a cille. 


Luraigh ocus Connire o Genntib.” 
raigh, i.e. Lurach’s Fort, was the ancient name 
of Maghera, in the county of Londonderry.— 
See note under A. D. 814. 

! Tearmann-Chiarain: i.e. St. Ciaran’s Termon 
or Sanctuary. This was the Termon of Clon- 
macnoise, in the King’s County. 

-* Beathra: i.e. the barony of Garrycastle, 
containing the monastery and termon lands of 
Clonmacnoise. 

* A. D. 829. Felym mac Criowhan burnt, 
spoyled, and preyed the lands belonging to 
St. Keyran, called Termyn-lands, and Delvyn 
Bethra, three times." — Ann. Clon. 

! The plundering of Cill-dara.—'* A. D. 832. 
Cath-roiniud for Muinntir Cille-daro, ina cill, re 
Cellach mac Brain, ubi jugulati sunt multi in feria 
Johannis in Autumno." —Ann. Ult. 

** A. D. 830. Ceallagh, mac Bran, gave an over- 
throw to the clergy of Killdare, within their 
own house, where there were many and infinite 
number of them slain on St, John’s day in har- 
vest," — Ann. Clon. 


O1apmaic, mac Comalcaiz, pi Connacht, oécc. 
mac Maeleotin, cig(pna lapnmuman, oo mapbao. 


Rath-Lu- : 


Cobtach, 
Ongan Locha bpicpenn 


m Airthear Liffé.— See note under A. D. 
811. 

z Conchobhar.—O’Flaherty places his acces- 
sion in 819, and his death in 833, which is the 
true chronology.—Ogygia, p. 433. The Annals 
of Ulster, which are antedated by one year, 
place it in 832. 

* A. D. 832. Artri, mac Concobhair, Abbas 
Ardmachae, ef Concobhar, mac Donncha, rer 
Temro, uno mense mortui sunt.”—Ann. Ult. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are about 
four years antedated at this period, notice the 
death of King Connor Mac Donogh under the 
year 829, and give a list of the names of Danish 
captains, as follows : 

* A, D. 829. Connor mac Donnogh" [ancestor 
of] “ O’Melaughlyn, king of Taragh and Ire- 
land, died this year. The Danes intending the 
full conquest of Ireland, continued their inva- 
sions from time to time, using all manner of 
cruelties, &c. Divers great fleets and armies of 
them arrived in Ireland, one after another, under 
the leading of sundry great and valiant captains, 


832.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 447 


The burning of Tearmann-Chiarain' by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann. The 
plundering of [Dealbhna] Beathra* thrice by him also. The plundering of Cill- 
dara! by Ceallach, son of Bran.  Cinaedh, son of Eochaidh, lord of Dal-Araidhe 
of the North, was slain. Cinaedh, son of Arthrach, lord of Cualann, and Diar- 
maid, son of Ruadhrach, lord of Airthear-Life", died. After Conchobhar”, son 
of Donnchadh, had been fourteen years in the monarchy of Ireland, he died, 
after the victory of penance. 

The Age of Christ, 832. "The first year of Niall Caille*, son of Aedh Oird- 
nidhe, in sovereignty over Ireland. Reachtabhra, Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; and 
Irghalach, Abbot of Saighir, died. A battle was gained by Niall Caille and 
Murchadh over the foreigners, at Doire-Chalgaigh?, where a slaughter was made 
of them. The plundering of Cluain-Dolcain by the foreigners. A great number 
of the family of Cluain-mic-Nois were slain by Feidhlimidh, son of Crumhthan, 
King of Caiseal; and all their termon? was burned by him, to the door of the 
church. In like manner [did he treat] the family of Dearmhach, also to the 
door of its church. Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, died. 
Cobhthach, son of Maelduin, lord of West Munster, was slain. The plundering 
of Loch-Brierenm', against Conghalach, son of Eochaidh, [by the foreigners]; 


as Awuslir, Fatha, Turgesius, Imer, Dowgean, 
Imer of Limbrick, Swanchean, Griffin, Arlat, 
Fyn Crossagh, Albard Roe, Torbert Duff, Fox 
Wasbagg, Gotma, Algot, Turkill, Trevan, Cossar, 
Crovantyne, Boyvan, Beisson, the Red Daughter, 
Turmyn mac Keile, Baron Robert, Mylan, Wal- 
ter English, Goslyn, Talamore, Brught, Awley, 
King of Deanmark, and king of the land in Ire- 
land called Fingall; Ossill and the sons of Imer; 
Ranell O Himer; Ottar Earle, and Ottarduffe 
Earle.” 

° Niall Caille.—O’Flaherty places the acces- 
sion of this monarch at A. D. 833, which is the 
true year. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is 
placed in 829; but, as already remarked, those 
Annals are antedated by four years at this pe- 
riod : 

** A. D. 829. Neale Caille, son of Hugh Ornie, 
began his reign after the death of King Connor, 
and reigned sixteen years. After whose reign 


the most part of the kings that were in Ireland, 
untill King Bryan Borowe's time, had no great 
profitt by it, but the bare name; yet they" [the 
Irish] “had kings of their own that paid into- 
lerable tribute to the Danes.”—Ann. Clon. 

? Doire- Chalgaigh.—Now Derry, or London- 
derry. The defeat of the Danes at Derry, and 
the plundering of Cluain-Dolcain, now Clon- 
dalkin, near Dublin, are-given in the Annals of 
Ulster, at the same year. 

3 Their Termon.—This is also noticed in the 
Annals of Ulster at the year 832, and in the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise at 830, thus : 

* A. D. 830. Felym mac Criowhyn killed 
and made a great slaughter upon the clergy of 
Clonvicknose; burnt and consumed with fire 
all Clonvicknose to the very door of the church ; 
and did the like with the clergy of Dorowe to 
their very door also."— Ann. Clon. 

* Loch- Bricrenn : i.e. the Lake of Bricrinn, 


ne eae ee Te MPs sib. n wv © oe se ae eee ee) SN 1.9. 2 
^ ve wt j " 


448 ANNATA nioshachca EIREANN. [833. 


pon Congalach, mac Eachoach,7 a engabail,7 a mapbavh occá longaib 
1apam. Chpcpi, mac Concobarp, abb Apoa Macha, oo écc. bnáča vo píg 
Oipgiall epibén. Ruawp, mac Maoilepoċtaptaiġ, Wecanpeac Ua cCpiom- 
tamnn, oécc. 

Cloip Cpiope, occ ccéo cpioca acpi. On oapa bliadam vo Niall Calle. 
Cuaccap, eppucc 7 pembneoin Cille dapa, Cippnaic, banabb Cille vapa, 
Ounlamg, abb Concange, 7 Ceallach, mac Pimnacca, abb Cille Ice, oécc. 
Ceallach, mac bpamn, pí Carg(n, vécc, Cionaed, mac Conaing, cig (pna Op lsh, 
7 O':apmairc, mac Conaing, cigna C(cba, vécc. Cat pon Gallai pia — 
nOunadac, mac Scannlám, cig(pna Ua Prdgeince, ou 1 cconcnaccanp ile. 
Ongain Slinne 0a locha, Slane, 7 Pionnatpach abae la Galla. Ounadac, 
mac Scannlám, ci&(pna Gabna, vécc. Smbne, mac CÍpcpach, cisfpna Muğ- 
oonn, oo mapbao la a cenél péipin. Congalach, mac Aengupa, ci5(pna 
Cheneoil Caoganne, vécc. Cogan ITlamipcpeac, abb Anoa Maca 4 Cluana 
h€naino, do écc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo cpicha a cfċap. On cpeap badam vo Niall. 
bpeapal, mac Copbmaic, apémolé, 1. abb Cille Ouma 7 ceall nale, oécc. 
Clodagan, mac Copbaig, abb Cuccmaid, décc ina ailechpe hi cC luam mic 
Nop.  €ogan, mac Aedagcin, po anpde hi cCluam mic Noip, conad uada 
po cinpfe Meic Cumn na mbocc ince. Cumupgach, mac Clengura, ppióip 
Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. Caoncompac, mac Siadail pCpevgip Cille vapa, vécc. 


who was one of the chiefs of Ulster in the first the county of Meath. — See Colgan’s Trias 


TID V ee ee ae M 


century ; now anglicé Loughbrickland, a small 
town near a lough of the same name in the 
barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down.— 
See note *, under A. D. 1434, p. 862, infra. 
` s Airtri.— According to the list of the Arch- 
bishops of Armagh, preserved in the Psalter of 
Cashel, he sat in the see of Armagh for two years. 
Ware makes him succeed Flanngus in 822, and 
sit for eleven years; but it is quite clear that he 
was disturbed by Eoghan Mainistreach, who was 
Lector of Monasterboice, and who was supported 
by Niall Caille, King of Aileach. 

t Ui-Crimhthainn. — Otherwise Ui-Creamh- 
thainn, a tribe of the Oirghialla seated in the 
present baronies of Upper and Lower Slane, in 


Thaum., p. 184, n. 9; and O'Flaherty's Ogygia, 
part iii. c. 76. See also note on Druim-Mic- 
Ua-Blae, under A. D. 830, suprà ; and note on 
Achadh-farcha under A. D. 503, p. 163. 

* Of Gabhra: i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now 
the baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, in 
the county of Limerick. This Dunadhach was 
the head chieftain of all the Ui-Fidhgeinte.— 
See Appendix, Pedigree of O' Donovan, p. 2436, 
line2. In the Annals of Ulster his death is 
thus noticed at the year 834: ** Mors Dunadh- 
aig, mic Scanlain, regis hUa Fidgenti.” 

Y Eoghan Mainistreach : i.e. Eoghan of Mai- 
nistir-Buithe, now Monasterboice. ** Eugenius 
Monaster" is set down in the list of the Arch- 


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833.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 449 


and he was taken prisoner, and afterwards killed at their ships. Artri*, son of 
Conchobhar, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died ; he was brother of the King of Oir- 
ghialla. Ruaidhri, son of Maelfothartach, half-chieftain of Ui-Crimhthainn', 
died. 

The Age of Christ, 833. The second year of Niall Caille. Tuathchar, 
Bishop and scribe of Cill-dara ; Affric, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Dunlaing, Abbot 
of Corcach ; and Finnachta, Abbot of Cill-Ite, died. Ceallach, son of Bran, 
King of Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh, and Diarmaid, 
son of Conaing, lord of Teathbha, died. A battle [was gained] over the Danes 
by Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, wherein many were 
slain. The plundering of Gleann-da-locha, Slaine, and Finnabhair-abha, by the 
foreigners. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Gabhra”, died. Suibhne, son 
of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna, was killed by his own tribe. Conghalach, 


' son of Aenghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died. Eoghan Mainistreach", Abbot 


of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eraird, died. . 

The Age of Christ, 834. The third year of Niall. Breasal, son of Cormac; 
Airchinneach, Abbot of Cill-dumha* and other churches; Aedhagan, son of 
Torbach, Abbot of Lughmhadh, died on his pilgrimage r Cluain-mic-Nois. 
Eoghan, the son of [this] Aedhagan, remained at Cluain-mic-Nois, and from 
him descended Meic-Cuinn-na-mBocht’ there. Cumasgach’, son of Aenghus, 
Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Caenchomhrac, son of Siadhal, CEconomus of 


bishops of Armagh, given in the Psalter of 
Cashel, as successor of Artrigius, and nen 
of Ireland for eight years. 

* Cill-dumha.—This should be Cill-dumha- 
gloinn, now Kilglinn, in the parish of Balfeaghan, 
barony of Upper Deece, and county of Meath.— 
See the Ordnance Map, sheet 49. 

* A. D. 834. Bresal mac Cormaic princeps 
Cille-dumagloinn, et aliarum civitatum, moritur." 
—Ann. Uit. 

The church of Dumhagloinn is PEY in 
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (apud Colgan, 
Trias Thaum., p. 129, col. 1), as “in regione 
Bregarum ;” and it appears from O’Clery’s Irish 
Calendar that the festival of Bishop St. Mogenog 


was kept there on the 26th of December.—See 
also Lanigan’s Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, 
vol. ii. p. 235. 

y Meic- Cuinn-na-m Bocht. —'* A. D. 832. Aegan 
mac Torbie, abbot of Louth, died in pillgrimadge 
in Clonvicknose aforesaid, whose son, Owen mac 
Torbey, remained in Clonvicknose aforesaid, of 
whome issued the familyes of Connemoght and 
Muintyr-Gorman. They are of the O'Kellys of 


- Brey-"— Ann. Clon. , 


z Cumasgach.—“ A. D. 834. Cumuscach, mac 
Oengusa, Secnas Cluana mic Nois moriur.”— 
Ann. Uit. 1 

** A. D. 832. Comasgagh mac Enos, Abbot of 
Clonvicknose, died.?— Anz. Clon. ^ 


9M 


re a ae ee ee ee eee oh ee er ree T^ m A ane ee eg ee oe ee a ee re 


450 ` annaza Rioshachta EIREANN. (834. 


; SlórghCoh la Niall Calle, la mg Epeann, co Largniu, co po opoorg pí poppo 
a1. Opan mac Paelám,4 oo bepc a pép. Inopld Mwe la Niall Calle, co 
po loipcead laip co cfgh Maelconoc, cigfpna Oealbna 6(&pna 1 mbodammanp. 
Opgain Peapna, 7 Cluana méin Maedécc,7 Opoma hing la Gallaib. Lop- 

' ccaò Mungampoi 4 apale ceallu 1 nUpmumain leo om. Peangup, mac 
badbeada, ci&mna Camnpge Spacawde, oo mapbao la Muimneachab. Oú- 
nadac, mac Scannlám, cig fpna Ua Piógeimce, vécc. Eochaid, mac Concon- 
salca, cigfina Ua Tuncpe, vécc. € pgabóil Cappe, mic Catal, wig fpna 
Larg Ofpgabap. Sapucchad Cluana mic Noip oo Catal, mac Chlella, 
cigepna Ua Maine, pop Fhlann, mac Plaicbepcaig, oUib Popgso, prom a 
Mumam, con vo capo ipin Sionamn, co noopcharp. Oligf un. ceall oo 
Chiapán 7 maincine mop. Maidm pra cCatal, mac Cilealla, pon Peolimo, 
mac Cpiomeamn, m Copil, hi Mağ nf, bal ın po mapa pochawe, conad 
dó po náimbeao : 

Ropcap cpén Connacca, hi Mang ní mpcap panna, 
Abnad n(6 pe Peiblimib, cro oia ccá Loc na calla. 


Caercláó abbad 1 nCÍpo Maca a. Popandan 6 Rait mic Malaip 1 monarh 


Orapmacca Uí Tigfpnaigh. 


* A hosting.—*'* A. D. 834. Slogh la Niall co 
Laigniu con ro digestar ri foraib .i. Bran mac 
Faelain."— Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 832. King Neale prepared an army, 
and went to Lynster, where he ordained Bran 
mac Foylan king of that provence." — Ann. Clon. 

^ The plundering of Meath.—** A. D. 832. King 
Neale preyed and spoyled all Meath to the 
house of Moyleconoge, prince of Delvin Bethra, 
now called Mac Coghlan's countrey."— Ann. Clon. 

* Bodhammair.—Not identified. There was 
another place of this name near Cahir, in the 
county of Tipperary, but the name is lost there 
also. 

à Druim-hIng.—This, which was a monastery 
of St. Finntain, is mentioned in O'Clery's Irish 
Calendar, at 10th October, as in **Ui-Seaghain," 
a tribe and territory situated near Rath-Cuile, 
in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. 
—See note *, under A. D. 741, p. 343, supra. 


It is probably the place now called Dromin, 
situated near Dunshaughlin, in the county of 
Meath. The situation of Ui-Seaghain, in which 
Druim-hIng is placed, will appear from the fol- 
lowing passage in the Tripartite Life of St. 
Patrick (apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 151): 

“Inde” [ex Ath Hi-Liolcaigh juxta Enach- 
Conglais] ** profectus vir sanctus ad fines Midiæ, 
venit ad arcem Zath-cuile, appellatum : ibique 
salutaria ejus consilia colestemque doctrinam 
amplectentes, populos de Fera-cuil, et populos 
de Hy-Segain sus benedictionis hereditate locu- 
plevit. Et mox veniens ad locum JBile-tortan 
vocatum jecit ibi fundamenta Ecclesie. prope 
Ard-brecain que et Domnach-Tortan postea dicta 
est,"—Part iii. c. 14. 

* Carraig Brachaidhe—A territory forming 
the north-west portion of the barony of Inish- 
owen, in the county of Donegal, 

f Ui-Forga.—'This was the name of a tribe 


Cw ee Ub s ee Ne NI C en Sa ae eee ee a re me on ne ee eee 


834.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | 451 


Cill-dara, died.» A hosting? was made by Niall Caille, King of Ireland, into 
Leinster; and he appointed a king over them, namely, Bran, son of Faelan, and 
obtained his demand. ‘The plundering of Meath? by Niall Caille ; and it was 
burned by him as far as the house of Maelconoc, lord of Dealbhna Beathra, at 
Bodhammair. The plundering of Fearna, Cluain-mor-Maedhog, and Druim- 
hIng*, by the foreigners. : The burning of Mungairid and other churches in 
Ormond by them also. Fearghus, son of Badhbhchadh, lord of Carraig-Brach- 
aidhe*, was slain by the Munstermen. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of 
Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eochaidh, son of Cuchongalt, lord of Ui-Tuirtre, died. 
The capture of Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster. Cluain-mic- 
Nois was profaned by Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Maine, against the prior, 
Flann, son of Flaithbheartach, [one] of the Ui-Forga‘ of Munster, whom he cast 
into the Sinainn*, and killed. The rights of seven churches" [were for this] 
given to Ciaran, and a great consideration. A defeat was given by Cathal, son 
of Ailill, to Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Caiseal, in Magh-I', where 
many were slain ; of which was said : 


' The Connaughtmen were mighty ; in Magh-I they were not feeble ; 
Let any one inquire of Feidhlimidh, whence Loch-na-calla* is [named]. 


A change of abbots' at Ard-Macha, i.e. Forannan of Rath-mic-Malais™ in 
place of Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh. 


i Magh-I.—This should be Magh-Ai, or Ma- 
chaire-Chonnacht. 


seated at and around Ardcroney, near Nenagh, 
in the county of Tipperary. 


€ Sinainn : i.e. the Shannon. 

^ The rights of seven churches: i. e. the reve- 
nues of seven churches in Hy-Many were for- 
feited to Clonmacnoise, and other considerations 
given in atonement for the profanation of the 
church and slaying of the prior. The same fact 
is referred to in the pedigree of Ui-Maine, in 
the Book of Lecan, fol. 90. The eric, however, 
did not fully atone for the sacrilege, for it ap- 
pears from the genealogies that the senior line 
of Maine Mor became extinct in Cathal mac 
Ailella, and the chieftainship was transferred 
to the race of his distant relative, Ceallach mac 
Finnachta, i.e. the O’Kellys. 


* Loch-na-calla: i.e. Lake of the Shouting ; 
& name imposed by the Ui-Maine after their 
victory over the King of Munster. The name 
is now obsolete. 

1A change of abbots.— A. D. 834. Fit Mu- 
tatio Abbatis Ardmachae Farennanus de Rath- 
mic-Malus sufficitur loco Diermitii Hua Tiger- 
naich.” —Trias Thaum., p. 295. 

* A. D. 834. The changinge of Abbots in 
Ardmacha, viz, Forannan of Rath-Maluis in 
place of Dermod Ua Tiernaig."—— Ann. Ult. Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

= Rath-mic- Malais : i. e. the Rath of the Son 
of Malus. Not identified. 


3M 2 


Re a a ONE 


ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. 


452 [835. 


Qop Cpiopc, ocht ccéo tpiocha a cúicc. On cftpamad bhaam vo 
Niall. Popbapach, eppcop 4 angcoipe Cupca, Suibne, mac lopep, abb Glinne 
va locha [oécc]. Ceallach, mac Popbapang, arpémneach Roya Comma, oo 
mapbao. Saopgap Ua Cionaeóa, abb Oeapmonse, Pacna, mac Ouboácpíoch, 
abb Cluana pova Liobpam, 3 Robapcac, mac Maeluwdip, abb Achar bó 
Cammg, décc: Ounlang, mac Catupaig, comapba bappa Concaige, oécc. 
Babal vepcarcche Cille vapa pop Popannán, abbas Apoa Macha, co pamao 
Paopaice apéfna, la Peolimió, mac Cmomtamn, co cat 7 10ò0na;, 1 po gabad 
na cléms leip co na numaloic. Cluam mop Maedocc vo lorecad owdce 
Novlace la Gallat, 7 pochawde móp oo manbad leo, amaille lé bnargoib 
10móonb do pet leo. Oentech Glinne oa locha vo lopccaó leó ona. Cmoch 
Connachc uile vo oiocláicpiughao leó man an ccéona. Mear móp ecip enó 
mear 7 dam mfp,7 no 1ad gla co po anpac oo puc... Ceall vapa vo opgam 
vo Shallaib Inbip Oeaa, 4 vo loipecfó Uch na cille leo. Caipbpe, mac 
Maoilevim, cig(pna Locha gabap, oo mapbao la TIlaolc(pnarg. Orapmarce 
vo dol go Connaccaib le lex Paccpaice. Gopparwd, mac P(pgupa, corpeach 
Oipgiall oo 1mé(éc 5o hAlban oo nfpcugad Ohal Riava, cpé popcongpao 
Chionate mic Ciilpin. 


? Cluain-foda-Librain: i.e. St. Libran's long 
Lawn or Meadow ; now Clonfad, a townland con- 
taining the ruins ofan old church in a parish 
of the same name, about two miles to the north 
of Tyrells Pass, in the barony of Fertullagh, 
and county of Westmeath. Colgan has given all 
that he could gather of the history of St. Libra- 
nus of this place, in his Acta Sanctorum, at vi. 
Martii, p. 584; but he states that he does not 
know whether he was of Cluain-foda in Fera- 
Tulach, in Meath, or of Cluain-fota in Fiadh-mor, 
in Leinster. But in a note in the copy of the 
Feilire- Aenguis, preserved in the Leabhar- Breac, 
at 21st August, it is stated that Cluain-foda- 
Fine, in Fera-Tulach, was otherwise called 
Cluain-foda-Librein. The same statement is to 
be found in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 21st of 
August, thus: ** Duodecimo Cal. Sept., Seanac, 
€rpog ó Chluam pova pine 1 bPeapuib Tulac 
a. Cluain pooa Cibpein, agup comanba Fin- 


nem, i. e. Duodecimo Cal. Sept. Seanach, Bishop of 
Cluain-foda-Fine, in Feara-Tulach, i.e. Cluain- 
foda-Librein, and successor of St. Finnen.” It 
is to be distinguished from Cluain-foda-Bae- 
tain-abha, which is situated in the adjoining 
barony of Farbill; for some account of which 
see Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 304, 306; and 
note *, under A. D. 577, p. 209, supra. 

° Dunlang.—*'* A. D. 835. Dunlang mac Ca- 
thusaigh, princeps Corcaige moire, moritur sine 
communione, in Caisil Regum." — Ann. Ult. 

P Forannan.— These are given under the same 
year in the Annals of Ulster, and in the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise under 833, as follows: 

** A, D. 833. Felym mac Criowhayn took the 
church of Killdare on Foranan, abbot of Ard- 
mach, and substitute of St. Patrick, and therein 
committed outrages. The church of Gleanda- 
logha was burnt, and the church of Killdare 
ransacked by the Danes. The Danes, upon the 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


835.] 453 


The Age of Christ, 835. The fourth year of Niall. Forbhasach, Bishop 
and anchorite of Lusca, [and] Suibhne, son of Joseph, Abbot of Gleann-da- 
locha, [died]. Ceallach, son of Forbhasach, airchinneach of Ros-Commain, was 
slain. Saerghus, Abbot of Dearmhach ; Fiachra, son of Dubhdachrich, Abbot 
of Cluain-foda-Librain"; and Robhartach, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot of Achadh- 
bo-Cainnigh, died. Dunlang®, son of Cathasaigh, successor of Bara of Corcach, 
died. The taking of the oratory of Cill-dara upon Forannan?, Abbot of Ard- 
Macha, with all the congregation of Patrick likewise, by Feidhlimidh, by battle 
and arms; and the clergy were taken by him with their submission. Cluain- 
mor-Maedhog was burned on Christmas night by the foreigners; and a great 
number was slain by them, and many prisoners were carried off. The oratory 
of Gleann-da-locha was also burned by them. All the country of Connaught* 
was likewise desolated by them. Great produce both of masts and acorns, which 
so choked up the brooks that they ceased running. Cill-dara was plundered 
by the foreigners of Inbher-Deaa’, and half the church was burned by them. 
Cairbre, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Gabhar*, was slain by Maelcearnaigh. 
Diarmaid* [Archbishop of Ard-Macha] went to Connaught with the law of 
Patrick.. Gofraidh, son of Fearghus, chief of Oirghialla, went to Alba, to 


strengthen the Dal-Riada, at the request of Cinaeth, son of Ailpin. 


Nativity of our Lord, in the night, entered the 
church of Clonmore-Moyeog, and there used 
many cruelties, killed many of the clergy, and 
took many of them captives. There was abun- 
dance of nutts and acorns this year; and they 
were so plenty that, in some places, where shal- 
low brookes runn under the trees, men might 
go dry shod, the waters were so full of them. 
The Danes this year harried and spoyled all the 
province of Connaught, and confines thereof, 
outragiously.” 

3 Connaught.—** Vastatio crudelissima a Gentili- 
bus omnium Connachtorum.”—Ann. Ult. 

* Inbher-Deaa : i. e. Ostium Fluminis Dee por- 
tus regionis Cuolenorum. This was the ancient 
name of the mouth of the little River Vartry, 
which falls into the sea at Wicklow, and has its 
present name from flowing through the territory 


of Fm Cípe.—See Ussher’s Primordia, pp. 845, 
846. See also note ^, under A. D. 430; and 
note ?, under 431, pp. 129, 130. This place was 
in the territory of Ui-Garchon, which contained 
Gleann Fhaidhle, now Glenealy, and Rath-Naoi, 
now Rathnew, near Wicklow. 

* Loch-Gabhar.— Now Lagore, near Dun- 
shaughlin, in Meath. 

“A. D. 835. Coirpre mac Maelduin, res 
Locha-Gabhor jugulatus est o Maelcernaig, ef 
Maelcerna jugulatus est o Coirpriu in eodem hora, 
et mortui sunt ambo in una nocte. Prima preda 
gentilium o Deiscert Breg .i. o Thelcaibh Dro- 
man & o Dermaigh-Briton, e captivos plures 
duxerunt et mortificaverunt multos, et captivos plu- 
rimos abstulerunt." —Ann. Ult. 

t Diarmaid.—** A. D. 835. Dermaid do dul co 
Connachta cum lege et vexillis Patricii” —Ann. Ult. 


454 


ANNALA RIOSHachta EIREANN. 


[836. 


Cloi Cpopr, oche ccéo cpocha apé. On cárgeaó bliadan vo Niall 
Challe. Platm, abb Mampopech bute, eppcop 7 angcoipe, Peoach, abb 
Cille Oelcce, 7 Mancam, eppcop Cluana caom, vécc. Raom(ó pop Mum- 
neachaib pa Catal, mac Muipgiupa. Catal, mac Muinseara, mc Tomal- 
cals, pi Connacht, oécc 1apom. Riagan, mac Finnacca, letní Laistn, oécc. 
Maelotin, mac S(chnupagh, msfpna Pip cCúl, vécc. Owblicip Oóap 
6 Cempais oo epgabail oo Gallanb,7 bay cummpig oo imbine pan ma longaib 
1apom, co noopéaip leó. Coblach cpí pichic long oo Nonpcmanmb pop 6ómn. 
Lucht cpí picic long ole pop abainn Lipte. Ro aingpíc 7 po 10nnpaipr(c 
an oá móp coblac pm Mag Lipte,7 Mag Ons, emm cealla] congbala, 
daome 1 oeigépeba, cnoó 7 cltpa. Raem( pia bpeapaib Ops pon Ghallaib 
1 Mugoonnab Spl, co ccopépaccap pé piéicc vo Shallaib ipm ngleo pin. 
Cachppaoinfé pra nGallaib oc Inbean na mbapc pon Ub Néill 6 Sionaimn 


* Cluain-caein : i. e. secessus amuenus sive delec- 
tabilis, the beautiful lawn or meadow, now 
Clonkeen, in the barony of Ardee, and county 
of Louth. This church is described in the Tri- 
partite Life of St. Patrick as in Fera-Rois.— 
See Trias Thaum., pp. 162 and 186, n. 96. 

" A fleet of sixty ships.— These entries are 
given in the old translation of the Annals of 
Ulster, thus: 

“A. D. 836. A navy of thre score ships of 
the Northmans upon Boinn, another of three 
score upon Lifi, who carried away in those two 
shipings all that they could lay hands on in 
Mabregh and Malifi, and in all their churches, 
townes, and houses. An overthrow by the men 
of Mabregh upon the foreigners at Decinn, in 
that parte called Mughdorna-Bregh, that six 
score of them were slain. A battle given by 
the Gentiles of Invernamark by the Nury, upon 
O"Nells, from Sinan to sea, where such a havock 
was made of the O'Nells that few but their 
chief kings escaped." —Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

In Mageoghegan's translation of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise these events are noticed under 


A. D. 834, as follows : 

** A. D. 834. A fleet of 60 sailes was on the 
river of Boyne by the Danes, and another of 60 
on the river of Liffie, which two fleets spoyled 
and destroyed all the borders of Liffie and Moy- 
brey altogether. Moybrey [men] gave an over- 
throw to the Danes in Mogorn, where there 
were 120 of them killed. The O’Neales gave” 
[recté received] “a great overthrow to” [recté 
from] “the Danes, at Inver-ne-marke, where 
they were pursuing them from Synan to the 
sea, and made such slaughter on them that 
there was not such heard of in a long space 
before ; but the chiefest captaines of the Danes” 
[recté of the Ui-Neill] ** escaped.” 

This last passage is very incorrectly translated 
by Mageoghan. 

* Abhainn- Liphthe.—Anglicó Anna-Liffey, i. e. 
the River Liffey, which washes Dublin. 

y Magh-Liphthe : i. e. the Plain of the Liffey. 
Keating (in the reign of Niall Cailne) states 
that Magh-Liffe was the county of Dublin ; and 
this is taken for granted by old Charles O'Conor 
of Belanagare, who makes it the same as the 
county of Dublin on his map of Scotia Antiqua, 


836.) _ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 455 


The Age of Christ, 836. The fifth year of Niall Caille. Flaithri, Abbot 
of Mainistir-Buithe, bishop and anchorite ; Fedach, Abbot of Cill-Delge ; and 
Martin, Abbot of Cluain-caein", died. A victory was gained over the Munster- 
men by Cathal, son of Muirghius. Cathal, son of Muirghius, son of Tomaltach, 
King of Connaught, died [soon] after. Riagan, son of Finnachta, half king of 
Leinster, died. Maelduin, son of Seachnasach, lord of Feara-Cul, died. Dubh- 
litir Odhar, of Teamhair, was taken prisoner by the foreigners, who afterwards 
put him to death in his gyves, at their ships, and thus he fell by them! A fleet 
of sixty ships" of Norsemen on the Boyne. Another fleet of sixty ships on the 
Abhainn-Liphthe*. These two fleets plundered and spoiled Magh-Liphthe* and 
Magh-Breagh’, both churches and habitations of men, and goodly tribes, flocks, 
and herds. A battle was gained by the men of Breagh over the foreigners in 
Mughdhorna-Breagh*; and six score of the foreigners were slain in that battle. 
A battle was gained by the foreigners, at Inbhear-na-mbarc^, over [all] the 
Ui-Neill’, from the Sinainn to the sea, where such slaughter was made as never 


in his Dissertations on the ancient History of 
Ireland ; but Magh-Liphthe lies principally in 
the present county of Kildare, through which 
the Liffey winds its course; for we learn from 
the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (part iii. 
c. xviii, apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 152), 
that the churches of Killashee and old Kileullen 
are in it. —See Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History 
of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 213, 216. 

* Magh-Breagh.—A great plain in the east of 
ancient Meath, comprising five cantreds or baro- 
nies, and lying principally between Dublin and 
Drogheda. The church of Slane is described in 
an old Life of St. Patrick, quoted by Ussher 
(Primord., p. 850), as “in regione Breg prope 
fluvium pulcherrimum et fertilem Boyn ;? and the 
churches of Magh-bolg, Ros-eo, Trevet, and 
Daimhliag, are mentioned in various authorities 
as in this plain. —See note *, under A. D. 683, 
p. 289, suprà ; and note*, under A. D. 1292, 
pp- 455, 456, infra. 

* Mughdhorna-Breagh.—See note under A, D. 
807. 


^ Inbhear-na-mbare : i.e. the inver or river- 
mouth ofthe barques or ships. According to 
the old translator of the Annals of Ulster, this 
place was **by the Nury ;” but this would ap- 
pear to be an error, as it is not in the original 
Irish, and it is more probable that Inbhear na 
mBare was the ancient name of the mouth of 
the river of Rath-Inbhir, near Bray. 

* Over the Ui-Neill : i. e. over all the southern 
Ui-Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 
who were seated in the ancient Meath, extend- 
ing from the River Shannon to the sea. Ma- 
geoghegan has totally mistaken and reversed the 
meaning of this passage, as if he wished to rob 
the Danes of this victory, and give it to his own 
sept, the Nepotes Neill-Naighiallaigh. But the 
old translator of the Annals of Ulster, and the 
original Irish of the passage, as preserved by the 
Four Masters, and in the Annals of Ulster, en- 
able us to correct him. It is given as follows 
in the Annals of Ulster : i 

“ A. D. 836. Bellum re Genntib oc Inbiur na 
mbarc for hUib Neill ó Sinainn co muir, du 


456 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[837. 


co muin, o6 m po ládh áp nac poimmfoh pam, ace nama cepnaip(c na moga 
q na pupiġ, na cpiaca 7 na coipecha gan aipleach gan atcuma. Cealla 
Loca h€ipne oo dilg(nc la Gallai” ım Cluam Eoarp, 7 1m Daimy, 4c. 
Cealla Laicceine, Imp Cealcpa,] Cill Pinnée, oo lopccad la Gallaib. Ino- 
poh Cenuil Coppe Cpurm la Peiolimió, mac Cmomeamn. |Saxolb, coipeac 
na nall, oo manbad la Ciannaécab. Ap pon Ghallaib occ €ap Rud. 
Gp poppa ag Cann Fhadag. Mam na bPeapca ma nGallab. Céo 
gabáil Aca chat la Hallar. 

Qoi Cpiopc, oche ccév tmocha a peache. Cn peipeaó bliadam vo 
Niall. $. Oocaca, naoh eppcop 7 angcome, oo Popbaó a dergb(cha ipm 
c(nncup cco po paoró a ppropac oo Cum nime. Conbmac, eppcop 7 pembnio 
Cille Poibmé, dég. Tigfpnac, mac eda, ab Pronnabpaé aba 4 ceall nale, 
décc. €pgnech Cille Oelcce, eppcop, abb, 7 pepibneóip, oo mapbaó co na 
mumy la Gailéngaib.. Span Pionnglaips, eppcop 7 pcpibnio, vég. Ceallac, 
mac Comppe, abb Acha Tpum, décc. Rumm, mac Oonnchada, ppioim 
Cluana hlonaino, 7 abb ceall noile apé(na oécc. Oormnall, mac Clevha, 
abb Onoma Upchanlle, oécc. Ceallac, mac Copspaig, abb Chpeccoil Ciapócc. 
Riogóál món hı cCluam Conape Comám, ermm Mall Calle; Pewlimid, mac 


+ 


irrolad ar nad rairimedh. Primi reges evaserunt.” 
i. e. “A. D. 836. A battle by the Gentiles at 
Inver-na-mbare, over the Ui-Neill, from the 
Shannon to the sea, where a slaughter not rec- 
koned was made. The chief kings escaped.” 

è The churches of Loch-Hirne.—This is incor- 
rectly stated by the Four Masters. It should 
be: * The churches of Loch Eirne, as Daimhinis, 
&c., together with Cluain-Eois and other churches 
situated at some distance from that lake, were 
destroyed by the Pagan Danes.” Daimhinis is 
one of the churches of Loch-Erne,—See note t, 
under A. D. 563, p. 203, suprà. Cluain-Eois, 
now Clones, is several miles to the east of that 
lake. 

* The churches of Laichtene.—'The churches of 
St. Lachtin were Achadh-Ur, now Freshford, in 
thecounty of Kilkenny ; Bealach-abhra in Mus- 
craighe, in the county of Cork ; and Lis-Lachtin, 


at Ballylongford, in the north of the county of 
Kerry.—See note *, under A. D. 622, p. 245, 
suprà. 

f Cill-Finnche.—In the gloss to the Feilire- 
Aenguis this church is described as near a great 
hill, ealled Dorn-Buidhe, in Magh-Raighne, in 
Osraighe. It has not been yet identified. 

€ Race of Cairbre-Crom : i.e. the people of 
Ui-Maine, in Connaught. 

^ Cianachta : i.e. the Cianachta-Breagh, seated 
at and around Duleek, in the east of Meath. 

** A. D. 834. Saxolve, chief of the Danes, was 
killed by those of Kynaghta."— Ann. Clon. 

! Eas-ruaidh.—Now Assaroe, at Ballyshannon, 
in the county of Donegal. 

x Carn-Fearadhaigh.—A place in the south 
of the county of Limerick.— See note ^, under 
A. D. 622, p. 245. Í 


! Fearta : i.e. the Graves. There are several 


837.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


before was heard of ; however, the kings and chieftains, the lords and toparchs, 
escaped without slaughter or mutilation. The churches of Loch-Eirne? were 
destroyed by the foreigners, with Cluain-Eois and Daimhinis, &c. The churches 
of Laichtene*, Inis-Cealtra, and Cill-Finnche', were burned by the foreigners. 
The plundering of the race of Cairbre-Crom* by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimh- 
thann. Saxolbh, chief of the foreigners, was slain by the Cianachta^. A slaughter 
was made of the foreigners at Eas-Ruaidh’ A slaughter of them at Carn- 
Fearadhaigh*. The victory of Fearta' was gained by the foreigners. The first 
taking of Ath-cliath" by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 837. The sixth year of Niall St. Dochata’, holy 
bishop and anchorite, finished his virtuous life in this world, and resigned his 
spirit to heaven. Cormac, Bishop and scribe of Cill Foibrich, died. Tighear- 
nach’, son of Aedh, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and other churches, died. Egnech 
of Cill-Delge, bishop, abbot, and scribe, was killed, with [all] his people, by 
the Gaileanga’. Bran of Finnghlais, bishop and scribe, died. Ceallach, son of 
Cairbre, Abbot of Ath-Truim, died. Ruaidhri, son of Donnchadh, Prior of 
Cluain-Irard, and abbot of other churches too, died. Domhnall, son of Aedh, 
Abbot of Druim-Urchaille?, died. Ceallach, son of Cosgrach, Abbot of Airegal- 
Ciarog’, [died]. A great royal meeting at Cluain-Conaire-Tomain’, between 


457 


places of this name in Ireland ; but the place 
here referred to is probably Fearta-fear-Feig, 
which was a place on the Boyne, close to Slane, 
in the county of Meath. 

w Ath-cliath : i. e. Dublin. 
first taking and possession of the Danes in Dub- 
lin was this year."—.Ann. Clon. 

a St. Dochata,— A. D. 837. Docutu, sanctus 
Episcopus, e&t Anchorita Slane, vitam senilem feli- 
citer finivit." —Ann. Ult. 

° Tighearnach.— A. D. 837. Tigernach, mac 
Aedha, Abbas Findubrach Abae, et aliarum civi- 
tatum, dormivit." — Ann. Ult. 

? Gaileanga : i. e. the Gaileanga-mora, seated 
in the present barony of Morgallion, in the 
county of Meath. 

3 Druim- Urchaille : i.e. Ridge or Long Hill 
of the Greenwood. This may be Cnoc-Urchoille, 


* A, D. 834, The 


or Spaniel Hill, in the county of Clare. 

* A. D. 837. Domhnall, mac Aedha, Princeps 
Droma Urchaille, moritur." —Ann. Ult. 

* Airegal- Ciarog.— Otherwise called Airegal- 
Dachiarog ; now Errigal-Keeroge, in Tyrone.— 
See note under A. D. 805. In the Annals of 
Ulster this passage is given as follows : 

** A. D. 837. Ceallach, mac Coscraich, Princeps 
ind Airicuil Dachiarog, mortuus est;? which Dr. 
O'Conor incorrectly translates, p. 213: ** Ceal- 
lach mac Coscraich, Princeps Darcuilensis, morbo 
ulceris inveterati, mortuus est." 

* Cluain- Conaire- Tomain.—In the gloss to the 
Feilire-Aenguis, at 16th September, “‘ Cluain- 
Conaire-Tomain” is described as 1 cuaipeipc 
hUa Faelóm, in the north of Ui-Faelain. It 
is the place now called Cloncurry, situated in 
the barony of Oughteranny, in the north of the 


9N 


458 ANNAA RIoshachta EIREANN. 


[838. 


Cmomtamn. Maelcpón, mac Cobzaiz, ciġfnna Loca Léin, vécc. Spaomls 
pa ngemcib pon Connaccaib, m po mapbad Maoloain, mac Muips(pa, mic 
Tomalcag, co pochadib amaille ppp. Span, mac Faelám, ó páwep 
Uí Faolán, pi LargCn, vécc. Congalac, mac Maonais, cigepna Ua Mic 
Uap bp(5h, oécc. 

` Ctoip Cqiopc, ocht ccéo cpocha a hocht. On peaccmad bliadain vo 
Niall. Tülaolgaimprió, pgnibneóin cogaróe, angcorpe, 1 abb 6fnnchaip, Cfiofn, 
ppioin Cluana mic Noip,7 abb Ropa Cpé, Colman, mac Robancang, abb 
Sláme, Maolpuanaid, mac Cacail, pecnabb Cupcan, Conbmac, mac Conanll, 
abb Cpeorc, 4 Reaccabna, abb Léit Mocaoméce, oécc. Muipfohach, mac 
Eachach, mic Piachach, pi coicció Concobaip, oo mapbao la a bpéiepib, 
Qeoh 4 Cengap, co pochad” ole cenmocapom.  Clooh, mac Eatac, vo 
mapbano la Mavadan, mac Mumpeadhang. Ro abrar mupcoblac oo ghal- 
lab pon Loc €achach. Ro hupea 4 po hapgte cuaca 7 cealla cuaipcerpc 
Eneann leó. Lopccao Peapna 4 Concaige moipe lá Gallaib. Commupgac, 
mac Congaleig, cr&(pna Ciannacca, vécc. Cmnéroio, mac Congalaig, cr$- 
eapna Ua Mic Uaip, 00 mapbao la a bnatanmb. Caemhcláo abbaoh 1 
nOlpo Macha, 1. Orapmaicc Ua Tigfpnargsh 1 monaoh Phopanoóéin 6 Raich 


mic Maluip. 


Coir C propc, ocht ccéo cpiocha anao. On cochemao bliadan vo Niall. 
lopep Roip méip, eppcop 7 pembnedin veappeaigce, abb Cluana heoaip 1 


county of Kildare—See note", under the year 
586, p. 212, suprà. The old translator of the 
Annals of Ulster anglicises this name Cloncurry ; 
and Mageoghegan, Clonconrie- Tomayne, thus : 

* A. D. 837. A great kingly parly at Clon- 
curry, between Felim and Nell."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* A. D. 835. There was a great meeting be- 
tween King Neale and Felym niac Criowhayn, 
at Cloncrie-Tomayne.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Ui-Faelain.—This was the name of a tribe 
seated in the plains of Magh-Laighean and Magh- 
Liffe, in the north of the present county of Kil- 
dare.—See note £, under A. D. 1203. 

* Ui- Mic- Uais-Breagh. — A tribe seated in 
Magh Breagh, in East Meath, to the south-west 


of Tara. They are to be distinguished from the 
Ui-Mic-Uais-Teathbha, who gave name to the 
present barony of Moygoish, in the north of the 
county of Westmeath. 

* Vice-abbot. —Secnap is explained ** secundus 


abbas? in Cormac's Glossary, and prior by the 


Four Masters. 

* Province of Conchobhar : i.e. the province 
of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, who was King of all 
Ulster in the beginning of the first century : 

* A. D. 838. Mureach mac Echtach, king of 
Cuige Conor (Ulster), died by the hands of his 
kinsmen, viz. Hugh and Aengus, assisted with 
many more."— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 836. Moriegh mac Eahagh, king of 
Ulster, was killed. by his own brothers, Hugh 


838. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 459 


Niall Caille and Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann. Maeleron, son of Cobhthach, 
lord of Loch Lein, died. A battle was gained by the Gentiles over the Con- 
naughtmen, wherein was slain Maelduin, son of Murgheas, son of Tomaltach, 
with numbers of others along with him. Bran, son of Faelan, from whom is 
named Ui-Faelain‘, King of Leinster, died. Conghalach, son of anew lord 
of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh". 

The Age of Christ, 838. The seventh year of Niall Maelgaimhridh, a 
select scribe, anchorite and Abbot of Beannchair; Aidean, Prior of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, and Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Colman, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Slaine; 
Maelruanaidh, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot" of Lusca ; Cormac, son of Conall, 
Abbot of Treoit; Reachtabhra, Abbot of Liath-Mochaemhog, died. Muireadh- 
ach, son of Eochaidh, son of Fiacha, King of the province of Conchobhar*, was 
killed by his brothers, Aedh and Aenghus, with many others besides them. 
Aedh, son of Eochaidh, was killed by Madadhan, son of Muireadhach. A 
marine fleet’ of the foreigners took up on Loch Eathach. The territories and 
churches of the North of Ireland were plundered and spoiled by them. The 
burning of Fearna and Corcach-mor by the foreigners. Commasgach, son of - 
Conghalach, lord of Cianachta, died. Cinneididh’, son of Conghalach, lord of 
Ui-Mic-Uais, was killed by his brother. A change of abbots* at Ard-Macha, 
i. e. Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh in the place of Forannan of Rath-mic-Maluis. 

The Age of Christ, 839. The eighth year of Niall. Joseph of Ros-mor?, 
bishop and distinguished scribe, Abbot of Cluain-eois and other churches, died. 


and Enos ; and Hugh mac Eahagh was killed 
by Mathew” [recté Maddan] “mac Moriey."— 
Ann. Clon. 

y A marine fleet. —** A. D. 838. An army of the 
forrainers upon Loch Each, that from thence 
they vexed all Ireland, temporall and church 
land, towards the North." —— Anz. Ult., Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 836. The Danes made a forte, and 
had shipping on Logh Neagh, of purpose and 
intent to waste and spoyle the North from 
thence, and did accordingly.” —Ann. Clon. 

z Cinneididh. —** A. D. 838. Cenneitig, mac 
Congalaig, Rex Nepotum filiorum Cuais Bregh, a 
suo fratre, Cele, dolos jugulatus est.?—Ann. Ult. 


* A change of abbots—‘ The changinge of 
Diarmaid O'Tiernay for Foranan of Rathmaluis 
to be Abbot of Ardmach."—— Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 

> Ros-mor : i.e. the Great Wood. This is the 
place in the county of Monaghan from which 
Lord Rossmore takes his title. The Four Mas- 
ters seem to have adopted the chronology of the 
Annals of Ulster at this period, for this entry is 
given in the latter Annals at 839, as follows : 

* A. D. 839. Joseph Roiss-moir, Episcopus, et 

scriba optimus, et Ancorita, Abbas Cluana Auis, e 
aliarum civitatum, dormivit.” 

The obit of this Joseph is given in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, at the year 837, as follows : 


3 N2 


aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. 


460 (840. 


ceall naile, vécc. Ontanac, eppcop Cille vapa, ChipmCohach, abb Roppa 
haibiip, Cpunnmaol, pmidin Ofpmaige, Maelcuile Leicslinne, Chp(chcach 
Chille manach,] bemccip Tulca lérp oécc 6 Oecembep. Innpfo Pm cceall, 
1 Oealbna €aépa la Niall Canle. Opgam Lugmad la Gallai” Coca 
h€achach, 4 po $abpac bpargoe 10móa. oeppuccoib 7 oo daom eaccnawe 
poslamta, 7 puccpac racc oo com a longpopc rap manbad pochaioe orle leó 
` beóp. Mupchad, mac eda, pi Connachc, oécc. Ouboabane, aigfina Ofr- 
muman, vécc. Crionaed, mac Copccparg, cis (pna op(gmame 1 C(chba [oécc ]. 
Lopccaó Apoa Macha co na ofptaiġib,] co na varmmliacc, lap na Gallaib 
pempáice. Pedlimd, mac Cpioméainn, pí Muman, oo mopeao Mide 4 Opl, 
co noeipió 1 C(mrpaiz, ap. ngabáil giall Connace 1 naon ló, conad vo pim po 
pad Ceallac, mac Cumapgaug : 


Ap é Pedlimid an pi, oram oba aon larch, 
Ecnigi Connaéc gan cat, acup Mibe 0o manopao. 


Coip Cqiope, ocht ccéo c(épaca. On nomhad bladon oo Niall. Maol- 
viotpaib, angcoipe 7 egnaró Tine oa slap, vég. Congpopc acc Linn Ouacaill 
la Gallaib, ap po hupta 7 po hapgte cuata 7 cealla Ceatba. — Congpopc 
ole ag Omblinn, ap po hupta Caigim 7 hUí Néill, ecip cuaca 7 cealla, co 
Shab bladma. Slórg(ó la Pewdlimwd co Capmam. Sloigf la Niall ap a cfnn 
co Mag noccaip. 


bachall Pedlimid prglig poppagbard Ip na opoisms, 
Oup pucc Niall co neapc uata, a ceapc an cata clowns. 


“ A. D. 837. Joseph of Rossemore, bushopp, 
scribe, and a venerable anchorite, died. He was 
abbot of Cloness and other places.” 

* The plundering of Lughmhadh.—“ A. D. 839. 
Orggain Lughmhadh di Loch Echdach o Genn- 
tib, qui et episcopos, et presbiteros, et sapientes, 
captivos duxerunt, et alios mortificaverunt.”— 
Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 838. The Danes continued yet in" 
[recté at, or on] ** Lough Neagh, practizing their 
wonted courses. They had a forte at Lyndwa- 
chill, from whence they destroyed all the tem- 
porall and church land of the contrey of Teaffa. 


They had another forte at Dublin, from whence 
they did also destroy the lands of Lynster, and 
of the O Neals of the South, to the Mount[ain] 
of Sliew-Bloome.”—Ann. Clon. 

à The burning of Ard-Macha.— A. D. 839. 
Loseadh Airddmache co na Derthighib ocus a 
Doimliag.”—Ann. Ult. 

* A. D. 837. Ardmach, the town, church, and 
all, was burnt by the Danes.”—Ann. Clon. 

e Rested at Teamhair.—“ A. D. 839. Felim, 
king of Mounster, spoyled Meath and Bregh, 
until he sojourned at Tarach, et in illa vice the 
spoyle of churchtowns and of Behne by Nell 


840.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 46L 


Orthanach, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Airmeadhach, Abbot of Ros-ailither ; Crunn- 
mhael, Prior of Dearmhach ; Maeltuile of Leithghlinn ; and Aireachtach of 
Cill-Manach, [died]. Berichtir of Tulach-leis died on the 6th of December. 
The plundering of Feara-Ceall and Dealbhna-Eathra by Niall Caille. The 
plundering of Lughmhadh* by the foreigners of Loch-Eathach ; and they made 
prisoners of many bishops and other wise and learned men, and carried them to 
their fortress, after having, moreover, slain many others. Murchadh,son of Aedh, 
King of Connaught, died. Dubhdabharc, lord of South Munster, died. Cin- 
aedh, son of Coscrach, lord of Breaghmhaine, in Teathbha, [died]. The burning 
of Ard-Macha?, with its oratories and cathedral, by the aforesaid foreigners. 
Feidhlimidh, King of Munster, plundered Meath and Breagh ; and he rested 
at Teamhair*, after having in one day taken the hostages of Connaught; of 
which Ceallach, son of Cumasgach, said : 


Feidhlimidh is the king, to whom it was but one day's work 
[To obtain] the hostages of Connaught without a battle, and to devastate Meath. 


The Age of Christ, 840. The ninth year of Niall. Maeldithraibh, ancho- 
rite and wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A fortress [was erected] by the 
foreigners at Linn-Duachaill, out of which the territories and churches of 
Teathbha were plundered and preyed. Another fortress [was erected] by 
them at Duibhlinn', out of which they plundered Leinster and the Ui-Neill, 
both territories and churches, as far as Sliabh-Bladhma*. An army was led by 
Feidhlimidh to Carman”. An army was led by Niall to Magh-ochtair’, to meet. 
him. 
The crozier* of the devout Feidhlimidh was left in the shrubbery, 
Which Niall by force bore away from them, by right of the battle of swords. 


mac Hugh.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
* A. D. 837. Felym mac Criowhan, king of 

Munster, preyed and spoyled all Meath and 

Moybrey, and rested at Taragh."— Ann. Clon. 

£ Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin. The site of this 
fort is now occupied by the castle of Dublin. 

8 Sliabh-Bladhma.—Now Slieve Bloom, in the 
King’s county, to which the country of the 
southern Ui-Neill, or ancient Meath, extended. 

^ Carman.—Now Wexford. ‘A.D. 840. An 


army by Felim as farr as Carmain. An army 
by Nell before them to Magh Ochtair.”—Ann. 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 838. Felym mac Criowhayn came-with 
a great army to Logh Carman, alias Weixford, 
and there was met with" [i.e. by] “kinge Neal 
and another great army.” —Ann. Clon. 

* Magh-ochtair.—See note under A. D. 586. 

* The crozier.—This is inserted in a modern 
hand in the Stowe copy. The reader must bear 


462 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. 


[841. 


Opsam Cluana heión(ch, 7 dolgo Cluana hlopaipo q Cille hachad 
Opumacar, la Gallart. Spaomead pop Maolpuanaid, mac Oonnchaóa, a. 
aco Mhaoil(chlomn an pġ, la Orapmuro, mac Concobaip, 7 Orapmaicc vo 
mapbaoh la Maelpeachlainn ipm ló céona. 

Cloip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo c(cpaca a haen. Qn ofchmad bliadain oo Niall. 
Caomán, abb Linne Ouacaill, oo manbad, 7 [o0] lopccad la Gallaib. Ceal- 
lac, mac Caitgeimn, abb Opoma mó lá hUib €achoach, vécc. Suibne 
Ua Ceimnén, abb Glinne vá locha, oécc. Pmeacca, mac op(pail, abb Chille 
ouma, Compud, mac Ruamlupa, abb Oomnag Seachnail, Mopán, mac 
Inopechcarg, abb Clocain mc nOarmem, q Muiplohac, mac C(pnaig, pen- 
ci$ip Apoa macha, vécc. Ongan Cluana mic Noip la Gallaib Linne Ouac- 
alle. Ongam Ofpipc Orapmaoa la Gallai” Chaoil wipece. Ongam bionpa 


7 Saigpe la Gallaib bómne. 


Longap Nopcmaomopum pop bómn occ Linn 
Row. Longur oile ofob occ Linn Saileach la hUlca. 


Longup oile ofob occ 


Linn Ouacaill.. Oungal, mac Peapgaile, cigeapna Oppaige, décc. Muğ- 


in mind that Felim, son of Crimhthann, was 
Abbot or Bishop of Cashel, in right of his crown 
of Munster. It is stated in the old Annals of 
Innisfallen that Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, 
received homage from Niall, son of Aedh, King 
of Tara in the year 824 [recté 840], and that 
Feidhlimidh then became sole monarch of Ire- 
land, and sat in the seat of the Abbot of Cluain- 
fearta. — See Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, 
p. xvi. note f. 

! Druim-mor in Ui-Eathach.—Now Dromore, 
a market-town on the River Lagan, in the ba- 
rony of Iveagh, and county of Down. Saint 
Colman, or Mocholmoe, who was a disciple of 


Mac Nise, who died in 513, founded an abbey- 


here.—See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 113, note 
106; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, 
p.118. There are no ancient remains there at 
present except a large moat situated at the 
eastern extremity of the town. 

™ Cill-dumha.—This should be Cill-dumha- 
gloin, as in the Annals of Ulster at the same 
year.—See note under the year 834, supra. 


^ Domhnach-Seachnaill. —Now Dunshaughlin, 
in the county of Meath.— See note P, under 
A. D. 448, and note under 796. 
. ° Disert- Diarmada : i. e. St. Diarmaid’s desert, 
wilderness, or hermitage. This was the ancient 
Irish name of Castledermot, in the baronies of 
Kilkea and Moone, near the southern extremity 


- of the county of Kildare, where Diarmaid, son of 


Aedh Roin, whose festival was there kept on 
the 21st of June, erected a monastery about 
A. D. 500.—See Archdall's Monasticon Hiber- 


. nicum, p. 310. In the church-yard here are to 


be seen an ancient Round Tower and several 
curious crosses, which attest the antiquity and 
former importance of the place. 

» Cael- Uisce: i. e. Narrow Water, now Nar- 
rowwater, situated between Warren's Point and 
Newry, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, and 
county of Down.—See note ', under A. D. 1252, 
p. 344. 

3 Linn-Rois: i.e. the Pool of Ros, This was 
the name of that part of the River Boyne 
opposite Rosnaree, in the barony of Lower 


841] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 463 


The plundering of Cluain-eidhneach, and the destruction. of Cluain-Iraird 
and Cillachaidh-Droma-fota, by the foreigners. A battle was gained over 
Maelruanaidh, son of Donnchadh, i.e. the father of King Maelseachlainn, by 
Diarmaid, son of Conchobhar ; and Diarmaid was slain on the same day by 
Maelseachlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 841. The tenth year of Niall. Caemhan, Abbot of 
Linn-Duachaill was killed and burned by the foreigners. Ceallach, son of 
Caithghenn, Abbot of Druim-mor, in Ui-Eathach!, died. Suibhne Ua Teimhnen, 
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Fineachta,son of Breasal, Abbot of Cill-dumha"; 
Comsudh; son of Ruamlus, Abbot of Domhnach-Seachnaill^; Moran, son of 
Innreachtach, Abbot of Clochar-mic-nDaimheni ; and Muireadhach, son of 
Cearnach, CEconomus of Ard-Macha, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic- 
Nois by the foreigners of Linn-Duachaille. The plundering of Disert-Diarmada® 
by the foreigners of Cael-uisce" The plundering of Birra and Saighir by the 
foreigners of the Boinn. A fleet of Norsemen on the Boinn, at Linn-Rois*. 
Another fleet of them at Linn-Saileach, in Ulster. Another fleet of them at 
Linn-Duachail*. Dunghal, son of Fearghal, lord of Osraighe, died. Mughroin, 


Duleek, and county of Meath.—See the Ord- 
nance Map of the county of Meath, sheet 20. 


* Linn-Saileach in Ulster—This is very pro- 


bably, if not certainly, one of the ancient names 
of Loch Suileach, now Lough Swilly, in the 
county of Donegal.— See Leabhar-na-gCeart, 
PP- 7, 23, 248. 

* Linn-Duachaill.—Now Magheralin, in the 
county of Down. These entries relative to the 
Danes are given in the Annals of Ulster at the 
year 841, and the most of them are to be found 
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 839 (the true 
year being 842), as follows: 

* A. D. 841. The Gentiles upon Dublin yet. 
The taking of Maelduin, mac Conaill, king of 
Calatrom, by the Gentiles, captive. The spoil- 
ing of Clonmienois by them from the water 
called Linn Duachail. The spoyling of Biror 
and Saigir by them from the water of Dublin. 
A navy from Manon” [rectó Nortmanorum] 
* upon Boinn at the water called Linn Rois, 


and Ulster brought shipping of them upon 
the water called Linn Suileach. Moran, mac 
Inrechtach, abbot of Cloghar mac Damine, taken 
captive by the forreiners of Linn, and died with 
them after. Coman, abbot of Linnduachail, 
wounded and burnt by the Irish and Gentiles. 
The spoyling of Disert-Diarmada by the Gentiles 
out of Caeluisce."— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 
** A, D. 839. The Danes continued in Dublin . 
this year; and the Danes of Lyndwachill preyed 
and spoyled Clonvicknose. Birre and Sayer 
were also spoyled by them. Moran, mac In- 
reaghty, Bushop of Clochar, was killed by the 
Danes. There was a fleet of Normans at Lyn- 
ross, upon the river of Boyne ; another at Lyn- 
soleagh, in Ulster; and another at Lyndwachill 
aforesaid. Koewan, abbott of Lyndwachill, was 
both killed and burnt by the Danes, and some of 
thelrishmen. Dysert Dermot was destroyed by 
theDanes of Keyll Usge. Kynnety and Clonvick- 
nose were destroy'd and burnt by the Danes.” 


464 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[842. 


pom, mac Cengupa, ciseapna Ua pPailge, oécc. 
cigna: Calacnoma, oo epgabail vo Gallai. 

` Aoip Cpiope, occ ccéo cltpaca a 06. An taonmad Tren véce 00 
Niall. Dovu, eppcop bioppa, vécc. Cumpuó, mac Oepepo, 1 Moenach, mac 
Saocaoarg, o& eppcop 7 vá angcoipe 1a0pom, 1 po éccpac 1 naon o1dce hi 
nOfpipc Orapmaoa. Suibne, mac Popannám, abb Imleca Pio, oéce. Ronán, 
abb Cluana mic Nóip, oo Cuargmb Rup c(mpach a cenél, [agur] Opicine, 
abb Lotpa, oécc.. Oonnacán, mac Maoilcule, pecmbnedip,7 angcóipe, oécc 
ipn €cáil.. Colggu, mac Pevarg, angcoim, vécc. Maolpuanad, mac Oonn- 
chaoa, pi Mwe, achain Maoilpeachlamo eipioe [vécc]. Fingur, mac Foch- 
ad, pi Connachc, dég.  Cionaeó, mac Conpai, cig(mna Chenél Caogaipe, oo 
mapbaoh la Dealbna. Coipppe, mac Catal, nf Las(n Oeapgabaip, oécc. 
Tolong, mac Allailed, plait Pealla, oo mapbao la Gallaib Loca Rib, 4 
Finovacan, mac Allailed, oo tépnad uadaib. | Copccao Olson peapca ópé- 
namn lap na Gallaib céona. 

GLoip Cpiope, ocht ccéo clénaca acpi. An vapa bliadain oécc oo Niall. 
óopmgal, mac Muiplohars, eppcop 4 angcoipe Lanoe Lépe, Pracna, mac 
Maolbpfpal, abb Pinoabnaé abae, Cabpnaio, mac Chlella, abb Sláme, Ro- 
bancach, mac óp(pail, abb Achai bó Cammg, Robapcach, mac Plamn, abb 
Oomnaig mop, óneapal, mac Caingne, abb Cillemanach, Cec(pnach, mac 
Fosapcas, pmoin Tipe va slap, 4 Clodan Slime hUipean, vécc. Slog la 
Gallai Ata chat a cCluanaib an vobaip, 7 apgam leipp Chille hacha, 7 


Maolotin, mac Conall, 


mapcpaoó Nuadat mic Sergeni leo. 


* Calatruim.—Now Galtrim, in the barony of 
Deece, and county of Meath.—See note *, under 
A. D. 1176. 

ù Cumsudh.—** A. D. 842. Comsudh, mac 
Derero, et Moenach mac Sothchadaig, duo Epis- 
copi et ancorite, in una nocte mortui sunt in Disert 
Diarmada. Fergus mac Fothaig, Rew Connacht, 
moritur. Donnacan, mac Maeletuile, scriba et 
ancorita, in Italia quievit.” —Ann. Ult. 

* Luaighni.—For the position of this tribe 
see note Í, under A. D. 122, p. 103, supra. 

* Chief of Fealla.—This entry is not in the 
Annals of Ulster, or in those of Clonmaenoise. 


Ongan Otin Marcc la Gallaib, of ım 


The Editor has not been able to find any other 
reference to this territory, and thinks that it is 
a mistake of the Four Masters. 

y Gleann-Uisean.—This was the name of a 
remarkable glen situated in the territory of 
Ui-Bairche, about two Irish miles to the west 
of the town of Carlow, where there exists a 
considerable portion of the ruins of an ancient 
church, called Cill-Uisin, anglicé Killeshin. 
Archdall, in his Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 398, 
identifies the church. of Gleann-Uissen with 
Gleane, or Glin, on the River Brusna, in the 
barony of Garrycastle, and King’s County ; but 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 465 


son of Aenghus, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Maelduin, son of Conall, lord of 
Calatruim‘, was taken prisoner by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 842. The eleventh year of Niall. Dodiu, Bishop of 
Birra, died.  Cumsudb", son of Derero, and Maenach, son of Sadchadach, who 
were both bishops and anchorites, died in one night, at Disert-Diarmada. 
Suibhne, son of Forannan, Abbot of Imleach-Fio, died. Ronan, Abbot of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, [one] of the tribe of the Luaighni" of Ros-Teamhrach, and Bricine, 
Abbot of Lothra, died. Donnacan, son of Maeltuile, scribe and anchorite, died 
in Italy. Colggu, son of Fedach, anchorite, died. Maelruanaidh, son of Donn- 
chadh, King of Meath, the father of Maelseachlainn, [died]. Fearghus, son of 
Fothadh, King of Connaught, died. Cinaedh, son of Conra, lord of Cinel- 
Laeghaire, was slain by the Dealbhna. Cairbre, son of Cathal, King of South 
Leinster, died. Tolorg, son of Allailedh, chief of Fealla*, was slain by the 
foreigners of Loch Ribh ; and Finnacan, son of Allailedh, made his escape from 
them. The burning of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn by the same foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 843. The twelfth year of Niall. Gormghal, son of 
Muireadhach, Bishop and anchorite of Lann-Leire ; Fiachna, son of Maelbrea- 
sail, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha ; Labhraidh, son of Ailell, Abbot of Slaine ; 
Robhartach, son of Breasal, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Robhartach, son 
of Flann, Abbot of Domhnach-mor ; Breasal, son of Caingne, Abbot of Cill- 
manach ; Cethearnach, son of Foghartach, Prior of Tir-da-ghlas; and Aedhan 
of Gleann-Uisean’, died. An army was led by the foreigners of Ath-cliath to 
Cluana-an-dobhair', and burned the fold of Cill-achaidh ; and Nuadhat, son of 
Seigen, was martyred by them. Dun-Masg* was plundered by the foreigners, 


842.] 


this is a childish guess, because Gleann-Uisean 
is described, in the authorities referred to by 
Archdall himself, as in the territory of Ui- 
Bairche, in which the church of Sletty, close to 
Carlow, is situated. The festival of St. Diar- 
maid, Bishop of Gleann-Uisean, is set down in 
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 8th July. See Lani- 
gan’s Eccl. History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 18. 

* Cluana-an-dobhair.— A district near the 
church of Cill-achaidh, anglicé Killeigh, in the 
King’s County. This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows, Acta SS., p. 373, n. 3 : 


* A. D. 843. Nortmanni Dubliniá egressi expe- 
ditionem suscipiunt versus —Cluana-an-dobhuir, 
Ecclesiamque de Kill-achadh expilant, et Nuadum 
Segeni filium martyrii afficiunt corona.” 

* Dun-Masg : i.e. the Dun or Fort of Masg, 
son of Augen Urgnuidh, the fourth son of Sedna 
Sithbhaic. The name is anglicised in an Inqui- 
sition, Donemaske, anno 20 Richardi II. ; but 
now always Dunamase.—See Harris’s edition of 
Wares Antiquities, c. v. p. 35. It is the name 
of a lofty isolated rock, on which formerly stood 
an earthen fort, or stone-cashel, but which now 


30 


466 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [843. 
po sabad Clod, mac Ouiboaépíoc, abb Tipe vá slap, 7 Cluana heibneac, 3 
puccpac leó é 1 Muman, q po pooarm mapcpa ap Otia, po manbad Ceiéfp- 
naé, mac Conomaips, ppióip Chille vapa, co pochaioib oile amoille ppu, ipm 
oyiccam céona. Popannan, ppa Apoa Maca, vo epgabáil oo hallað 
1 cCluain Chomapoa, co na monna 7 co na mumncip, 1 a mbpec leo oia 
lonsaib 50 Curmneac.  Slórg(ó la Tuipseip, cigna Gall pop Loc Rib, co po 
ainecpeac Connacca 4 Mhode,7 po loipcpeac Cluain mic Nop co na ofp- 
tangib, 7 Cluain peapca bpénamn, Cip va slap, Lotpa, 7 cealla 10móa 
apé(na. Catpaomead pon Ghallaib map an jg, Niall, mac Aeda, hi: Mag 
loċa, 1 opong vipime oo tuicim Lap. Cuipgeip oo Zabarl la Maolpeachlainn, 


mac Maolpuanai, 7 a badad hi Coch Uam 1apam, cpé mopbaile Oé 1 


contains the ruins of a strong castle, situated in 
the territory of Ui-Crimhthannain, in the barony 
of East Maryborough, in the Queen's County.— 
See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 216, note * ; and Mac 
Firbis's genealogical work (Marquis of Droghe- 
da's copy), pp. 185, 186: 

* A. D. 842. Dun-Masse was assaulted and 
destroyed by the Danes, where they killed Hugh 
mac Duffedachrich, abbot of Tyrdaglasse and 
Cloneneagh ; and also there killed Kehernagh 
mac Comosgaye, old abbot” [recte vice-abbot ] 
“of Kildare.” —Ann. Clon. 

^ Cluain- Comharda.—Not identified. ** A. D. 
844. Forannan, Abbot of Ardmach, taken cap- 
tive by the Gentiles at Cluoncovarda, with his 
reliques, or oathes, and his people, and carried 
away by” [recte to] “ the shippinge of Limrik.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 842. Forannan, abbot of Armagh, 
was taken captive by the Danes at Cloncowardy, 
together with all his family, relicks, and books, 
and” [they] ‘were lead from thence to their 
ships in Limbrick.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Luimneach.—This was the ancient name of 
the Lower Shannon; but henceforward it is 
applied in these Annals to the city of Limerick. 

à Tuirgeis.— There is not a vestige to be found 
of this chief, under this name in any of the 


Northern Chroniclers. Led wich has endeavoured 
to identify him with a prince named Thorgils, 
who is said by Snorro to have reigned in 
Dublin; but he has totally failed, for Harold 
Harfager, the father of this Thorgils, was not 
born for many years after the death of Turgeis. 
The only places in Ireland with which his name 
is still associated is Dun- Turgeis, or Dun-Dair- 
bheis, and Lough Leane, near Castlepollard, in 
the county of Westmeath, where some strange 
traditional stories are still told of him and the 
Irish monarch, Maelseachlainn. He had also 
another fortress at Rinn-duin, near St. John's, 
on Loch-Ribh, anglicé Lough Ree, in the county 
of Roscommon, but no local traditions of his 
exploits are there preserved at present. 

* And many others.—' This should be, “ and 
many others on the islands in the Shannon, and 
in the vicinity of that river." Duald Mac 
Firbis states, in his Account of Danish Families 
in Ireland, that Turgeis took possession of and 
held his residence at Clonmacnoise; and that 
his wife was wont to issue her orders to the 
people from the high altar of the cathedral 
church there. 

* Magh-Itha.—See note ^, under A. M. 2530, 
p. 5, supra. 

* A. D. 844. Battle-breach by Nell, mac 


843.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 467 


where Aedh, son of Dubdhachrich, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas and Cluain-eidhneach, 

was taken prisoner; and they carried him into Munster, where he suffered 
martyrdom for the sake of God; and Ceithearnach, son of Cudinaisg, Prior of 
Cill-dara, with many others besides, was killed by them during the same plun- 
dering excursion. Forannan, Primate of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the 
foreigners, at Cluain-Comharda®, with his relics and people, and they were car- 
ried by them to their ships at Luimneach*. An expedition by Tuirgeis", lord of 
the foreigners, upon Loch-Ribh, so that they plundered Connaught and Meath, 
and burned Cluain-mic-Nois, with its oratories, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, Tir-da- 
ghlas, Lothra, and many others® in like manner. A battle was gained over the 
foreigners by the king, Niall, son of Aedh, in Magh-Itha'; and a countless 
number fell Tuirgeis was taken prisoner by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruain- 
aidh ; and he was afterwards drowned in Loch-Uair*, through the miracle of 


Hugh, upon Gentiles at Magh Iha.”—Ann. Ult. 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 842. King Neale gave a great over- 
throw to the Danes in the plains of Moynithe.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

€ Loch- Uair.—Now Lough Owel, near Mul- 
lingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See note *, 
under A. M. 3581, p. 40, suprà; and note ", 
on Port-Lomain, under A. D. 1461, p. 1016, 
infra. The drowning of Turgeis in Loch-Uair 
is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 
844, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 842, 
as follows : 

* A. D. 844. Turges du ergabail la Maelsech- 
naill, ocus bagud Turges i Loch Uair iarom."— 
Ann. Ult., Ed. O'Conor. 

“A. D. 844. Tuirges, chief of the forreiners, 
taken by Maeilsechlainn, and Tuirges, drowned 
in Loch-Uair after."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 842. Turgesius was taken by Moyle- 
seaghlyn mae Moyleronie, and he afterwards 
drownded him in the poole of Loghware ad- 
joyning to Molyngare."— Ann. Clon. 

It would appear from Jocelin and Giraldus 
Cambrensis, who wrote about the year 1183, 
that some strange traditions were then pre- 


served respecting a personage named Gurmun- 
dus, the son of an African prince. Giraldus 
has strangely confused these traditions in his 
T'opographia Hibernia, Dist. iii. cc. 38, 39, 40; 
for he makes Gurmundus contemporary with the 
British king, Careticus, who flourished about 
the year A. D. 586; and yet he makes him act 
under Turgesius, who appointed him his Lord 
Deputy in Ireland! A similar story is gravely 
repeated in some Acts of Parliament, Reg: Eliz.— 
See Ussher's Primord., p. 568, et segg. Jocelin 
speaks of Gurmundus and also of Turgesius as 
Norwegian pagan kings of Ireland, who perse- 
cuted the Christians; but he seems to have 
been aware that Turgesius was not contemporary 
with Gurmundus. His words are: 

“ Tempus autem tenebrarum, Hibernici illud 
autumant, quo priüs Gurmundus, ac posteà Tur- 
gesius Noruagienses Principes Pagani, in Hi- 
bernia debellata regnabant. In illis enim diebus 
sancti in cauernis, et speluncis, quasi carbones 
cineribus cooperti, Jatitabant à facie impiorum, 
qui eos tota die, quasi oues occisionis mortifica- 
bant."— Vita Patricii, c. 115 ; Trias Thaum., p. 104. 

On this passage Colgan has the following 
note (Trias Thaum., n. 164) : 


39:92 


468 


Ciapám, q na naem apéfna. 


ANNALA RIOSshachtTa EIREANN. 


[843. 


Feanġal, mac bpam, mic Maeilecule, mic 


Tuactail, cigeapna Mupcpaiġe, oo mapbaoh, q Coicep, ci$(pna Peap mange. 
Ongan Oonnchada, mic Pollamain, 7 Plamn, mc iac) la Mael- 


réchlainn, mac Maoilpuanaid. 


* Nec Gildas Moduda, nec Ioannes Dubaganus 
in Catalogo regum Hibernis, nec Quatuor Ma- 
gistri in eodem Catalogo vel Annalibus, nec 
alius domesticus Rerum Hibernicarum scriptor, 
nec etiam externus (quod sciam) ante Geraldum 
Cambrensem numerat Gurmundum vel Turge- 
sium inter Hibernie Reges, vel scribit eos in 
Hibernia vnquam regnasse; licet memorent 
Turgesium, aliosque Normannos anno 836. & 
sequentibus, continuis preeliis, predis, et incur- 
sionibus turbasse eius quietem, & pacem: sed 
omnes vnanimi consensu referunt Conchoua- 
rium Dunchado natum, qui anno 818. copit, 
regnasse annis 14. eique immediaté successisse 
Nielum tertium, cognomento Calne, eumque 
regnasse annis 13. vel iuxta alios 15, & post hune, 
Maelsechlannium (qui & Malachias vocatur) 
annis 16. Aidum septimum cognomento Fin- 
liath annis 16. deinde Flannium Malachie filium 
annis 38. ex ordine immediaté successisse & 
regnasse. Turgesius autem fuit in Hibernia 
occisus anno 842: Niello tertio tunc regnante, 
per predictum Maelsechlannium siue Mala- 
chiam, tunc Mediz, & posteà Hibernie Regem, 
vt tradunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad 
eundem annum, & contestatur Giraldus Cam- 
brensis homo Britannus in Topographia Hiber- 
nis dist. 3. cap. 40. qui Giraldus, alias testatis- 
simus hostis gentis nostre, negat ibidem cap. 38. 
& 39. Gurmundum vnquam subiugasse Hiber- 
niam, & licet cap. 37. scribat eum regnum Hiber- 
nicum aliquamdiu pacific rexisse ; tamen posteà 
c. 45. & 46. solum asserit pacem & quietem 
Hibernie per hos tyrannos fuisse turbatam & 
interruptam. Verba eius cap. 45. sunt: Est 
itaque numerus omnium Regum, qui à primo huius 
gentis Rege Herimone vsque ad hunc vltimum Ro- 


thericum, Hiberniam rexerunt, centum octoginta 
vnus. Et c. 46. Gens igitur Hibernica a primo 
aduentus sui tempore et primi ilius Herimonis 
regno vsque ad Gurmundi et Turgesii tempora 
(quibus et turbata quies, et interrupta aliquandiu 
Suit eius tranquilitas) ; iterumque ab eorum obitu 
osque ad hac nostra tempora, ab omni alienarum 
gentium incursu libera permansit, et inconcussa, 
donec per vos Hex inuictissime (Henricum secun- 
dum Anglie Regem intelligit) et vestra animosi- 
tatis audaciam, his denuó nostris diebus est subiu- 
gata anno etatis vestra 41. Regni vestri 17. ab 
Incarnatione veró 1172. Hsc Giraldus alias 
Hibernis in aduersus referendis numquam pro- 
pitius, vel parcus.” —( Topographia Hibernia, 
Dist. iii. cc. 39, 40, 41, 42). 

According to Giraldus, Turgesius was assas- 
sinated by a number of young men concealed in 
women’s clothes, by a stratagem plotted by 
O’Machlachlin, or O’Melaghlin ; and the same 
story has been given as true history by Keating. 
Giraldus’s words are as follows : 


“ Vnde in Hiberniam vel Britanniam Gurmundus 
aduenerit. 
“CAP, XXXIX. 

* In Britannica legitur historia: Gurmun- 
dum ab Africa in Hiberniam aduectum, & inde 
in Britanniam à Saxonibus ascitum, Cireces- 
triam obsidione cinxisse. Qua tandem capta, & 
passerum (vt fertur) maleficio, igne succensa: 
ignobili quoque tunc Britonum Rege Kereditio . 
in Cambriam expulso, totius regni dominium in 
breui obtinuisse. Siue ergo Africanus, seu (vt 
verius esse videtur) Norwagiensis fuerit: vel 
in Hibernia nunquam fuit, vel relicto ibidem 
Turgesio modici temporis in ea moram fecit. 


843.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 469 


God and Ciaran, and the saints in general. Fearghal, son of Bran, son of Mael- 
tuile, son of Tuathal, lord of Muscraighe, was killed, and Caicher, lord of Feara- 


Maighe. 


The plundering of Donnchadh, son of Follamhan, and of Flann, son 


of Maelruanaidh, by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh. 


** Qualiter interfecto in Gallia Gurmundo Turge- 
sius dolo puellarum in Hibernia, delusus occubuit. 
“CAP. XL. 

* Gvrmvndo itaque in Galliarum partibus 
interfecto, & Barbarorum iugo à Britannicis 
collis ea occasione iam depulso : Gens Hibernica 
ad consuetas artis inique decipulas, non ineffi- 
caci molimine statim recurrit. Cum igitur ea 
tempestate filiam Regis Medensis scilicet Omach- 
lachelini Turgesius adamasset: Rex ille virus 
sub pectore versans, filiam suam ipsi concedens, 
ad insulam quandam Medie, in stagno scilicet 
Lochyreno illam cum quindecim puellis egregiis 
ei missurum se spopondit. Quibus & Turgesius 
gauisus cum totidem nobilioribus gentis sue 
statuto die et loco obuiam venit: & inuenit, & 
inueniens in insula quindecim adolescentes im- 
berbes animosos, & ad hoc electos sub habitu 
puellari dolum palliantes, cultellis, quos occulte 
secum attulerant, statim inter amplexus Tur- 
gesius cum suis occubuit. 

** De Norvvagiensibus, qui circiter annos triginta 
regnauerant, ab Hibernia expulsis. i 
** CAP. XLI. 

* Fama igitur pernicibus alis totam statim 
insulam peruolante, & rei euentum, vt assolet, 
diuulgante, Norwagienses vbique truncantur, & 
in breui omnes omnino seu vi, seu dolo, vel 
morti traduntur: vel iterum Norwagiam & 
insulas, vnde venerant, nauigio adire compel- 
luntur. 

“ De Medensis Regis questione dolosa. 
“CAP. XLIL 

* Qvesiverat autem à Turgesio predictus 
Medensium Rex, & in dolo (nequitia iam animo 
concepta) quonam tenore vel arte aues quaedam 


in regnum nuper aduecte terre toti, patriæque 
pestifere destrui possent & deleri, Cumque 
responsum accepisset, nidos eorum vbique de- 
struendos, si iam forte nidificassent (de castellis 
Norwagiensium hoc interpretantes) mortuo 
Turgesio in eorum destructione Hibernenses 
per totam insulam vnanimiter insurrexerunt. 
Annos igitur circiter triginta Norwagiensium 
pompa, & Turgesii tyrannis in Hibernia perdu- 
rauit, & deinde gens Hibernica, seruitute de- 
pulsa, & pristinam libertatem recuperauit, & ad 
regni gubernacula denuo successit.” 

Colgan, who discredits the above story of 
Giraldus, has the following note on Maelseach- 
lainn, son of Maelruanaidh, who drowned Tur- 
gesius in Loch-Uair, in his Life of Corpreus, 
Bishop of Clonmacnoise, at vi. Martii: 

* Malachie filii Moelruanacii c. 2. Obiit 
anno 860 hic Rex, iuxta Quatuor Magistros, in 
Annalibus ad eundem annum, & in Catalogo 
Regum Hibernie, vbi de ipso sic scribunt; 
Malachias primus filius Moelruanacij, filij Dun- 
chadij etc. postquam. regnassét annis sedecim, de- 
cessit anno 860. Hibernis patrio sermone vocatur 
Moeleachluinn, & Giraldus Cambrensis in Topo- 
graphia Hibernie distinct. 2. c. 40. mendosé 
O Machluchelinum Regemque Medensem appellat. 
Fuit enim Rex Medie dum Turgesium, Ducem, 
Norwegiorum, & Hibernice Ecclesia & Reipub- 
lice primum turbatorem, curaret é medio tolli, 
antequàm anno 845. capésseret regnum Hiber- 
nig. Necem enim Turgesij in annum 843 refe- 
runt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus: quem 
non cultellis per quosdam adolescentes cesum, 
vt Giraldus refert, sed captum, & in lacuVarensi 
suffocatum referunt, vt meruit scelestissimus 
tyrannus, pacis publice subuersor, centenarum 


470 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[844. 


Clip Cort, ocht ccéo ceatpaéa a ceata. Mumeavhach, mac Plamo, 
abb Mampcpeach duii, Coppe, mac Colmáin, abb Ata Tpuim,7 Conaing, 
mac P(noomnaig, abb Oormnag Páopacc, oécc. Peapoomnach, eagnaw 7 
rTepibnió coğawe Apoa Maca, oécc, 7 Robapcaé, mac Sune, pmom Chille 
achond, pembnid 7 ecenaió oo mapbad. Oonnchad, mac Amalsada, cigzeanna 
Ua n€atac, Clotnia, ciġeapna Conca Laoigde, Catal, mac Ailella eigeapna 
Ua Maine, Connmaé Mop, mac Copccparg, 7 Niall, mac Cmopaolay, ciz- 
eapna Ua Pidgemce, oécc. Maolotin, mac Conall, ciz(pna Calacpoma, 
oo mapbad la Lagni. Spaomead pop Connaéccaib ma nalla, m po 
manbad "Rragán, mac Peapgupa, 3 Muspon, mac Orapmaoa, 7 Mod mac 
Catapnai$, co pochaide ole. Cúil Caippine vo opgan 3 vo lopccaó la Gal- 
lab. Opgain Cúile mome vo lomgfp na cCaillec, 4 popboipi coretigip1 la 
| Ceapball, mac nOunlamg, poppu, 7 a noeapgáp oo cup rap pm. Opgam 
c(mmamn Ciapám lá Peiólimio, mac Cmomtainn, 4 Ciapán ona vo ceacc ma 
deadhid, andap lai, 7 popgam via bacaill oo tabat mo, go pop gab gum 
m(óor, co nap bo plán go a écc. lap mbeic tpi bliadna décc 1 pige n€peann 
vo Niall Caille, mac Qleda Oriponioe, po béíiófó 1 cCallamn, ipm. ciiccead 
bliaóam caoccac a ao. Ap opopaitmfe a bay po naiofo : 


Mallacc opc, a Challamn cpuaid, a ppuaim amal ceó oo pléb, 
Oo promapc écc dá Fac leit, pon opeich mtarg mamguimm Néll, 
CIcup beor : 
Ni capaim ind wpece nouabaip, mmééic peac taob Maparp, 
Q Challann cé no maoiwe, mac mná bade po bádir. 
Ecclesiarum incensor, aliquot millium Presby- 
terorum, Clericorumque necator, ac Christiani 
sanguinis helluo insatiabilis.” 
^ Domhnach-Padraig.—Now Donaghpatrick, 
near Navan, in the county of Meath.—See note’, 


the year 1156. 

x Cuil-moine.— This was one of the names of 
Colooney, in the county of Sligo. 

! The Cailli—Dr. O'Conor takes this to be 
the name of a river, but it is in the genitive 


under A. D. 745, p. 348, suprà. 

i Cuil- Caissine.—Now Coolcashin, a townland 
giving name to a parish in the barony of Galmoy, 
and county of Kilkenny. It was held under the 
Viscount Mountgarrett in 1635, as of his manor. 
of Ballyne.— See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kil- 
kenny, 76, Car. I. See it again mentioned under 


case plural, and was ‘evidently the name of a 
party of Norsemen. 

™ The Termon of Ciaran.— A. D. 843. All 
the Tyrmyn lands belonging to Saint Keyran 
were preyed and spoyled by Felym mac Criow- 
hayn, without respect of place, saint, or shrine; 
and, after his return to Munster the next year, 


844.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


471 


The Age of Christ, 844. Muireadhach, son of Flann, Abbot of Mainistir- 
Buithe ; Cairbre, son of Colman, Abbot of Ath-Truim ; and Conaing, son of 
Fordomhnach, Abbot of Domhnach-Padraig", died. Fordomhnach, a wise man, 
and a distinguished scribe of Ard-Macha, died; and Robhartach, son of Suibhne, 
Prior of Cill-achaidh, scribe and wise man, was slain. Donnchadh, son of 
Amhalghadh, lord of Ui-Eathach ; Clothnia, lord of Corca-Laeghdhe ; Cathal, 
son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Maine; Connmhach Mor, son of Coscrach; and Niall, 
son of Ceannfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died.’ Maelduin, son of Conall, lord 
of Calatruim, was slain by the Leinstermen. A battle was gained over the 
Connaughtmen by the foreigners, in which Riagan, son of Fearghus ; Mughron, 
son of Diarmaid; and Aedh, son of Catharnach, with many others, were slain. 
Cuil-Caissine' was plundered and burned by the foreigners. The plundering 
of Cuil-moine* by the fleet of the Cailli'; and a fortnight's siege was laid to 
them by Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, and they were afterwards dreadfully 
slaughtered. The plundering of the Termon of Ciaran", by Feidhlimidh, son 
of Crimhthann ; but Ciaran pursued him, as he thought, and gave him a thrust 
of his crozier, and he received an internal wound, so that he was not well until 
his death. After Niall Caille”, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, had been thirteen years 
in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was drowned in the Callainn, in the fifty-fifth 
year of his age. In commemoration of his death was said : 


A curse on thee, O severe Callainn, thou stream-like mist from a 

mountain, 
. Thou hast painted death on every side, on the warlike brunette- 
bright face of Niall. 
And again : 

I love not the sorrowful water, which flows by the side of Maras, 

O Callainn, who shall boast of it? Thou hast drowned the son 
of an illustrious woman ! 


he was overtaken by a great disease of the flux 
of the belly, which happened in this wise: As 
king Felym (soone after his return into Moun- 
ster) was taking his rest in his bed, Saint Keyran 
appeared unto him, with his habitt and Bachall 
or pastorall staffe, and there gave him a push 
of his Bachall, in his belly, whereof he tooke his 


disease, and occasion of his death ; and notwith- 
standing his irregularity and great desire of 
spoyle, he was of some numbered among the 
scribes and anchorites of Ireland. He died of 
the flux aforesaid, Anno 847.”—Ann. Clon. 

? Niall Caille.—** A. D. 845. Niall, mac Aedha, 
rec Temhro, mersione mortuus est? — Ann. Ult. : 


472 


Maongal alicip po paw : 


aNNaza RIOshachTa EIREANN. 


PON, TRS AVN E 


[845. 


ber lac leip 1mcomopc Néll, na bad bmé(m conoal céll, 
Oo ms nime caibn(o pén, conoib peid oo cec naimperd. ; 


Niall oo baa, Niall po bá, 


Niall 1 mmuip, Niall : cem, Niall cen naibib. 


Coip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo c(cpaéa acing. Cn céd bliadam vo MhaolplE- 
lainn, mac Maolpuanas, op Eipinn. Ceallac, mac Maolpaopance, ppióim 


EM Rop, oécc. 


Pedlimid, mac Cpomċamn, m Muman, angcoipe 4 pepib- 


neóip ba oeac o€pennchaib ma aimmpip, oécc 18 C[ugupc, via Sum mlòom, cma 


mionbaile Oé 7 Ciapám. 


ba vo bap Perblimió po námoeao : 


Ounran a Ohe oPeiólimib, connbaip bá nor poo bende, 

Fo veana bnón o€ipionnéaib, nao maip mac Cpmioméamn Claipe. 
Ap puaiénd oo Shaowealarb can vo amc an veol(nband, 

Ro pemeé áp a n€pmo uarg on uaip acbat Pedlimid. 

Ni veachaid ipped mgi manban bao mngp(cap, 

Flat pal po mg nailbine cobpaé nocon gignecharp. 


Cogan 4. angcoine, mac Cleóagám, mic Tonbang, 6 Cluain mic Néip, oécc. 
Cogail mpi Locha Muimpeamain lá Maolpechlainn, mac Maelpuanaw, pon 


“A. D. 843. This year King Nealle Kailly 
died at Kallen in Mounster.”—Ann. Clon. 

There are three rivers named Callainn in Ire- 
land: one in the county of Armagh, the other 
in the county of Kilkenny, now more generally 
called the King’s River, and the third in the 
valley of Gleann-Ua-Ruachtain (Glanarough), 
in the county of Kerry. The Callainn in the 
county of Kilkenny is probably the one in 
which this king was drowned. 

° Niall without death.— The meaning of these 
rhymes, which look very obscure, is evidently 
this: “King Niall was drowned, but his cha- 
racter for goodness is so high, that whether his 
death was caused by fire or water, his fame is 
deathless, his glory immortal.” 

? Maelseachlainn.—O’Flaherty places the ac- 


cession of this monarch in the year 846.—See 
Ogygia, p. 434; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
in 843: 

** Moyleseaghlyn mac Moyleronie, of the race 
of the O'Melaghlyns of Meath, succeeded after 
king Neale in the kingdom, and reigned seven- 
teen years." —Ann. Clon. 

a Feara-Ros.— “ A. D. 846. Ceallach mac 
Maelpatraice secnap Fer Rois desabainn, mori- 
tur.” —Ann. Ult. The Feara Rois were seated 
along the Boyne and at Carrickmacross, in the 
county of Monaghan. 

* Anchorite and scribe.—** A. D. 846. Feidhli- 
midh mac Crimthainn rez Muman, optimus pau- 
savit scriba et ancorita.? —Anmn. Ult. 

According to the old Annals of Innisfallen, 
preserved in the Bodleian Library, this Feidh- 


-— 


845.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 413 


Maenghal, the pilgrim, said : 


Take with thee the total destruction of Niall, who was not a judge 
without judgment ; 

To the King of heaven let him make submission, that he may make 
smooth for him every difficulty. 

Niall was drowned, Niall was good ; 

Niall in the sea, Niall in fire, Niall without death*. 


The Age of Christ, 845. The first year of Maelseachlainn?, son of Mael- 
ruanaidh, over Ireland. Ceallach, son of Maelpadraig, Prior of Feara-Rois?*, died. 
Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Munster, anchorite and scribe", the 
best of the Irish in his time, died on the 18th of August of his internal wound, 
[inflicted] through the miracle of God and Ciaran. Of the death of Feidh- 
limidh was said : 

Alas! O God, for Feidhlimidh ; the wave of death has drowned him! 

It is a cause of grief to the Irish that the son of Crimhthann of Claire* 
lives not. j 

It was portentous to the Gaeidhil, when his last end arrived ; 

Slaughter spread through sacred Ireland from the hour that Feidh- 
limidh died. 

There never went on regal bier a corpse so noble; : 

A prince so generous under the King of Ailbin never shall be born. 


Eoghan, i. e. the anchorite, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, died. The demolition of the island of Loch Muinreamhar' by Mael- 


limidh was full monarch of Ireland, which mities. He was succeeded on the throne of 


agrees with Cambrensis (Top. Hib. Dist. ii 
c. 44) ; but the northern annalists do not num- 
ber him among the sole monarchs of Ireland.— 
See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 186, note 53, 
and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Introduction, p. xvi. It 
looks very strange that the Annals of Ulster 
should describe this Münster potentate as opti- 
mus scriba et ancorita, for his career was that 
of turbulence and depredation, and his death 
was brought about by his sacrilegious enor- 


Munster by Olchobhar, son of Cinaedh, Abbot 
and Bishop of Emly. iy 

s Claire.—This is the name of a remarkable 
hill (near Duntryleague, in the county of Lime- 
rick), on which Oilioll Olum, the great ancestor 
of this king, as well as of the most distinguished 
families of Munster, was slain, and whereon his 
sepulchral monument is still pointed out. 

t Loch-Muinreamhair.—Now Lough Ramor, 


near Virginia, in the county of Cavan, on the _ 


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474 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [846. 


Fiallac mop oo macaib bap Cuicéne 7 Gaillng po báoap occ mnp(ó na 
ccuat a huéc Gall, go po mallancnargic Lap. Maolsoan, mac Eatac, 
cig(pna Ceneoil mbogaine, vécc. Opruim, mac MuipCohang, crgfpna Cpp 
“Lipe, oécc. Catal, mac Copccpaiġ, crg(pna Potanca, oo mapbaò la 
hU: Néll. Conomach, mac Cecepnaig, lfecofpec Ciappaiġe, vécc. Miall, 
mac Cmopaolawd, cigna Ua pPiog(ce, vécc. An pon Gallai Aca chaz, 
oc Cann mbpammie, la Ceapball, mac nOungaile, cig(pna Opnaige, oú in 
po mapbaoh oa chéo décc viob. Céona hopgam Imig lubaip la Gallanb. 
Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo ceacpaca apé. Cfn vapa bliadain oo Mhaol- 
peaclamn. Pinpneachca Cuibmige, mac Comalcaig, pí Connacc, 4 ba hang- 
compe rapa m, oécc. Robapcac, mac ITlaoilepocapcaig, abb Cille momne, oécc. 
Cnluan, abb Sargpe, oécc. Colman, mac Oumncochaig, comapba Colmam 
Cille mc Ouac, vécc. Oiapmaro Cille Caipi vécc. Catppaointd pia Maol- 
pfchlainn, mac ITlaolpuanaio, pon Gallai, 1 Ponag of m po mapbao un. céo 
lap ofob. Cat oile ma nOlcobap, pí Murman, 7 pia Loncan, mac Cealleng, 
pi Cargén co Largmb 7 Mumneacarb 10mpa pop Ghallaib, acc Scéit Nfecam, 
in po manbad Tompa €pla, canaipi pi Coclaimne, J] oa céd décc ume. 


borders of the county of Meath.—See note ’, 
under A. M. 2859, p. 10, supra. 

** A. D. 846. Maelsechnaill, mac Maelruanaig, 
regnare incipit. Togail innsi Locha Muinrea- 
mhair la Maelsechnaill for fianlach mar di ma- 
caib bais Luighne ocus Gaileng, ro batar oc in- 
driud na tuath, more Gentilium." —Ann. Ult., Ed. 


` O’Conor. 


* A. D. 846. The breakinge of the Iland of 
Loch Muinrevar, by Maelsechnaill, upon a great 
company of the sons of bais” [i. e. sons of death, 
i.e. malefactors] “of Luigne and Gaileng, who 
were spoylinge the countries from thence after 
the manner of the Gentiles."— Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

“ Carn-Brammit.—Not identified. 

* Finsneachta Luibnighe: i.e. Finsneachta of 
Luibneach, a place on the borders of ancient 
Meath and Munster, where it is probable he 
was fostered.—See Book of Lecan, fol. 260, b, 
and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 10, note ". 

* A. D. 847. Nix magna in Kal. Februarii. 


Finsnechta Luibnighi, Ancorita, et Rex Connacht 
antea, mortuus est.” — Ann. Ult. 

* Successor of Colman: i.e. Bishop of Kil- 
macduagh, in the now county of Galway.— 
See note under 814. 

y Cill-Caisi.—Now Kilcash, an old church 
situated at the foot of Slieve-na-man, in the 
barony of Iffa and Offa East, in the county of 
Tipperary. The south door of this church in- 
dicates considerable antiquity, but the greater 
part of the walls were rebuilt at a comparatively 
recent period. 

* Forach.—This is the place now called Far- 
ragh, and situated near Skreen, in the county 
of Meath. Dr. O'Conor translates this “in mari? 
in his edition of the Annals of the Four Masters, 
p. 349 ; and in the Annals of Ulster, p. 218; 
but he is clearly mistaken, and he had no reason 
to differ from the old translator of the Annals 
of Ulster, who takes Fora, the name of a place, 
and renders the passage thus : 


eee "EET = gi 7 — ee M ug rre ee ae ee Á "E TS ee Ww Y 


846.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 475 


seachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, against a great crowd of sons of death [i. e. 
malefactors] of the Luighni and Gaileanga, who were plundering the districts at 
the instigation of the foreigners; and they were destroyed by him. Maelgoan, 
son of Eochaidh, lord of Cinel-Boghaine, died. Artuir, son of Muireadhach, 
lord of Airthear-Life, died. Cathal, son of Cosgrach, lord of Fotharta, was slain 
by the Ui-Neill. Connmhach, son of Cethernach, half-chief of Ciarraighe, died. 
Niall, son of Cinnfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. A slaughter made of 
the foreigners of Ath-cliath, at Carn-Brammit", by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, 
lord of Osraighe, where twelve hundred of them were slain. The first plun- 
dering of Imleach-Iubhair by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 846. The second year of Maelseachlainn. Finsneachta 
Luibnighe", son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, and who was afterwards 
an anchorite, died. Robhartach, son of Maelfothartaigh, Abbot of Cill-Moinne, 
died. Anluan, Abbot of Saighir, died. Colman, son of Donncothaigh, suc- 
cessor of Colman®, of Cill-mic-Duach, died. Diarmaid of Cill Cais? died. A 
battle was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, over the Danes, at 
Forach’, where seven hundred of them were slain by him. Another battle was 
gained by Olchobhar, King of Munster, and by Lorcan, son of Ceallach, King 
of Leinster, having the Leinstermen and Munstermen along with them, over 
the foreigners, at Sciath-Neachtain*, wherein Tomhrair Earl", tanist of the King 


“ A. D. 847. A battle by Maelsechnaill, upon 
the Gentyles at Fora, where 700 fell.” 

Connell Mageoghegan also takes Forach to be 
the name of a place, and renders the passage as 
follows : 

** A, D. 848. Olchover, King of Cashell, did 
overthrow the Danes in a battle in Munster, 
where he slew 1200 of their best men, anno 848. 
King Moyleseaghlyn did overthrow them in the 
battle of Farchae."—. Ann. Clon. 

* Sciath- Neachtain.—See note ^, under A. D. 
166, p. 370, suprà. 

* A. D. 847. Bellum by Ollchovar, king of 
Mounster, and Lorgan mac Cellai into" [recte 
with] “Leinster upon” [the] ‘Gentiles, at 
Sciahnechtan, where fell Tomrair Erell, the next 
or second in power to the king of Laihlin, and 


1200 about him.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom.49. . 


^ Tomhrair Earl.— This prince’s ring was 
preserved by the Danes at Dublin in the year 
994, when it was carried off by Maelseach- 
lainn IL, King of Ireland ; and there are 
strong reasons for believing that he was the 
ancestor of the Danish kings of Dublin. The 
pedigree of Imhar, or Ifars, the ancestor of the 
Danish kings of Dublin, is given in none of 
the genealogical Irish works as yet discovered; 
and in the absence of direct evidence it is rea- 
sonable to assume, that, as the Danes of Dublin 
had his ring or chain in 994, this ring or chain 
descended to them as an heir-loom from him. 
In these Annals at the year 942, the Danes 
of Dublin are called Muintir-Tomair, which 
strengthens this argument; for, if we examine 


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476 ANNALA RIOShachca EIREANN. [847, 
Raom ma casfpnac, ciġfpna Locha gabap, pop allmupachab 1 nOape 
Opine Oaconna, mn po mapbad vá piċic oécc díb lap. Raoml pa n€ogan- 
act Cail pon Shallenb, occ Ofn-Maelecule, apm ın po manbad cing céd 
ofob. SlHgl la hOlcobap vo toganl Oám Copncaige pop Bhalla. Tuach- 
can, mac Cobtaug, cigepna Curgne, vécc. Tlaróm pa n€cheigtpn co Cargmb 
pon Orpargib, a hUachcan Gapaoha. Mawdm pa nOunadac, mac Oungaile 
co nOppaigib, popp na Oéipib. 

Cloip Cpiopc, oche ccéo c(&paca a peache. On cpn(p bhadan vo Mhaol- 
p(clomn. Onchu, eppcop 7 angcoine Slame, Robapcac, mac Colgan, abb 
Sláme, Oengap, mac Ciilgile, abb Oorinaig Dhacpaicc, Pinpneachca, mac 
O1apmaoa, abb Ooimliacc, ITlaelpuaoarg, abb Cipo óneacám, Plano, mac 
Cuanach, abb Mamipcpeac, 7 Apannan, abb 6Cnocaip, vécc. Maelmeda, 
msm Cleba, banabb Cluana Cuiptin, vécc. Conaing, mac Plann, cigeanna 
bni, Niall, mac Cionaeda, cigf(pna Ua pPailge, Coipppe, mac Cionaeoa, 
ci$(pna Ua Mál, 7 Ull, mac Cumupecais, cigna Loca Cal, vécc. 
Cuacal, mac Ceallans, cigeapna Ele, oécc. 
ci$(mna Oal Apawe an Tuaipceipt, oo manbad la Cenel Cogan. Inopead 
Oublinne la Maelpeclainn, mac ITlaelpuanaió,1 la Cig(pmnac, ais Cpna Locha 
Gabap. Mupplerc plche piéic long oo mumneip pi Gall vo cocc oo cabainc 
nma pony na Galla no báoap ap a cemn 1 n€pmn, sup m(pgbuamipp(c 
Ene (coppa. Maelbpfpal, mac C(pnaig, cigfpna Musdonn, oo mapbaoh la 


Plannaccán, mac €acach, 


the Irish tribe-names, in which Muintir is pre- 
fixed, we will find that the second part of the 
compound is invariably the name of the proge- 
nitor of the tribe, as Muintir-Maelmordha, 
Muintir-Murchadha, Muintir-Eolais, Muintir- 
Chinaetha, which were the tribes of the O’Reil- 
lys, O’Flahertys, MacRannalls, and Mac Kinaws, 
who, according to their pedigrees, respectively 
descend from Maelmordha, Murchadh, Eolus, 
Cinaeth, the genitive case of whose names form 
the latter part of the tribe-names. In this 
genealogical sense, in which it should be taken 
at this period, Muintir-Tomair would unques- 
tionably denote the race of Tomar, or Tomrar. 
In the modern Irish language, Muintir is more 
extensive in its application, and means people 


or family, whether descendants, correlatives, or 
followers.— See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Introduction, 
p. xxxviii. 

* Daire-Disirt- Dachonna : i. e. the Oak Wood 
of St. Dachonna's desert or wilderness. The 
Editor has not been able to identify this place. 

* Dun-Maeletuile : i.e. Maeltuile’s Fort, now 
unknown. 

* The fort of Corcach : i. e. the Danish Fortress 
of Cork. 

f Uachtar- Garadha : i. e. Upper Garden. This 
is probably the place in the county of Kilkenny 
now called by the synonymous name of Uachtar- 
achaidh, i.e. Upper Field, anglicó Oughteraghy. 

s Cluain- Cuifthin.—See note *, under the year 
166; and note ™, under 777, suprà. - 


_ 8411] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 477 


of Lochlann, and twelve hundred along with him, were slain. A victory was 
gained by Tighearnach, lord of Loch Gabhar, over the foreigners, at Daire- 
Disirt-Dachonna’, where twelve score of them were slain by him. A victory 
was gained by the Eoghanacht-Caisil over the foreigners, at Dun-Maeletuile®, 
where five hundred of them were slain. A hosting was made by Olchobhar, to 
demolish the fort of Corcach* against the foreigners. Tuathchar, son of Cobh- 
thach, lord of Luighne, died. A defeat was given by Echthighern and the 
Leinstermen to the Osraighe, at Uachtar-Garadha' A defeat by Dunadhach, 
son of Dunghaile, and the Osraighe, to the Deisi. 

The Age of Christ, 847. The third year of Maelseachlainn. Onchu, Bishop 
and anchorite of Slaine ; Robhartach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Slaine; Aenghus, 
son of Ailghil, Abbot of Domhnach-Padraig ; Finsneachta, son of Diarmaid, 
Abbot of Daimhliag; Maelfuadaigh, Abbot of Ard-Breacain; Flann, son of 
Cuanach, Abbot of Mainistir [Buithe]; and Arannan, Abbot of Beannchair, 
died. Maelmedha, daughter of Aedh, Abbess of Cluain-Cuifthin*, died. 
Conaing, son of Flann, lord of Breagh; Niall, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui- 
Failghe; Cairbre, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Mail"; and Ailill, son of Cumas- 
gach, lord of Loch-Cal, died. Tuathal, son of Ceallach, lord of Eile, died. 
Flannagan, son of Eochaidh, lord of North Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the 
Cinel-Eoghain. The plundering of Duibhlinn* by Maelseachlainn, son of 
Maelruanaidh, and by Tighearnach, lord of Loch-Gabhar. A fleet' of seven 
score ships of the people of the king of the foreigners came to contend 
with the foreigners that were in Ireland before them, so that they disturbed 


DUMP Se ee ae ee RN TM ee ee S IERI ST 


Ireland between them. Maelbreasail, 


^ Ui-Mail.—The position of this tribe is de- 
termined by the Glen of Imail, a district in the 
barony of Upper Talbotstown, and county of 
Wicklow.— See note *, under the year 1376, 
infra. 

i Loch Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the county 
of Armagh.—See the years A. M. 2859, and 
A. D. 798. 

* Duibhlinn.—Now Dublin. See it already 
referred to at A. D. 291, 650, 785, 840. 

! A fleet, §ce.— A. D. 848. A navy of seaven 
skore ships of the people of the forreners 


son of Cearnach, lord of Mughdhorna, 


king came to assist" [recté, to oppose] “the 
forreners before them, that they grieved” [i. e. 
harassed] “all Ireland after. Inrachtach, abbot 
of Aoi, came into Ireland with Colum Cillye's 
oathes or sanctified. things. Rovartach, mac 
Colgan, abbot of Slane, deceased. Flannagan 
killed mac Echtach, rex of Dalarai in the North, 
by Kindred Owen. Maelbresail, mac Muredai, 
kinge of Mugorn" [jugulatus est a Gentilibus post 
conversionem suam ad clericos], “killed by Gen- 
tiles after his conversion to the clergy.” —Ann. 
Ul., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


i eS en ee ee WATER 


478 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. 


(848. 


Gallaib rap na beit 1 ccléipcece 1ap ccop m cpaoganl vé. Cn épop bor ap 
paiċċe Sláine vo éupccbáil ipm aep. Q combpüó 7 a poodail co cconnacc 
ní via bapp caillce,1 pronnabaip abae. Ponbarp Maolpichlamn 1 Cpiparc, 
amal po náio Maolpechim : 

Michio oul oap bomo mbán, 1 noal marge Mide mín, 

Qr ann bicho pp gait ngluaip, ipm uam 1 Cpupaic épín. 
Niall, mac eda Alain, cigfpna Ua Maal, oécc. | 

Qoi Cprope, ocht ccéo clépaca a hocht. On cfléparnad bliadain vo 

Maoileaclamn. Cevavach, abb Cluana mic Néip, vécc. Oo Urb Conbmarc 
Maenmarge a cenél. Cp occa eccaíne acpubpaoh an pam: 


Qc clum cach, ecm mggnach 4 gnach, 
Abb hi cCluam map Ceoaoach nocan ecpatap co bpach. 


Tuatal, mac Pfpaoharg, abb R(chnamne 7 Ofpmage, Peancaip, mac 
MuipCohargs, abb Lamne Lépe, Ruawm, abb Cupcca, 7 Reccabpa, abb 
Cluana p(pca bpénamn, vécc. Clongup, mac Suibne, ciz(mna Mugdopn, vo 
manbavh la Gaipbech, mac Maolbmgive. Maelan, mac Catmoga, cig(pnna 
Ua mgrum oeipceipe Connache, oo mapbaoh la Gallaibh. | Cobéach, mac 
Maolcoba, ci&(jma Ciapparge Cuachpa, véce. Cionaod, mac Conamg, tiġ- 
(pna. Ciannachca Óp($, oo pmécowece pm Maoilpechnall, mac Maolpuan- 
aio, coche co n(pc gall laip, co po moi Uí Néill 6 Shioncann co mup, ecim 
cealla 4 tuata, po occ mp Locha gabop,1 po locc iapam, gup bo 
comhano ppi lap. Ro loipcceoó om leo ventech cpeoic, 7 cpi pichic ap oa 


It is described in 


^ Reached Tailltin : i.e. a part of its top fell 
at Teltown, and another part at Fennor.—See 
this event among the Wonders of Ireland in Dr. 
Todd’s edition of the Irish version of Nennius's 
Historia Britonum, p. 215. 

? Crufait.—Now probably Croboy in Meath. 

° Ui-Cormaic-Maenmaighe. — A sept of the 
Ui-Maine, seated near Loughrea, in the county 
of Galway.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy- 
Many, pp. 37, 76, 77, 90, 91. 

? Rechrainn.—This was the ancient name of 
the Island of Lambay, near the hill of Howth, 
in the county of Dublin, whereon St. Columb- 


kille erected a monastery. 
O’Donnell’s Vita Columba, lib. i. c. 65, as in the 
east of Bregia.—See Trias Thaum., pp. 400, 450. 
The modern name of Lambay, more correctly 
Lamb-eye, i. e. Lamb-island, was imposed by the 
Danes, or early English settlers. 

- a Cinaedh.— This passage is given in the An- - 
nals of Ulster at the year 849, as follows: 

* A. D. 849. Cinaed, mac Conaing, rex Cian- 
achta do frithtuidhecht Maelsechnaill anneurt 
Gall, con rinnradh Ou Neill o Sinnaind co muir, 
etir cella ocus tuatha, ocus co rort innsi Locha 
Gabur dolose, cor bo com ard fria lar, ocus co ro 


848.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 479 


was slain by the foreigners, after having embraced a religious life and retired 
from the world. The cross which was on the green of Slaine was raised up 
into the air; it was broken and divided, so that a part of its top reached 
Tailltin" and Finnabhair-abha. The encampment of Maelseachlainn at Crufait", 
as Maelfechini said : 


It is time to go across the bright Boinn into the smooth plain of Meath ; 
It is there they are in the pure breeze at this hour at withered Crufait. 


Niall, son of Aedh Alainn, lord of Ui-Mail, died. 

The Age of Christ, 848. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn. Cetadach, 
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the tribe of Ui-Cormaic Maen- 
mhaighe* It was in lamentation of him this quatrain was composed : 


All have heard it, both uncommon and common, 
That an abbot at Cluain like Cedadach will never again be seen. 


Tuathal, son of Fearadhach, Abbot of Reachrainn? and Dearmhach; Fear- 
chair, son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Ruaidhri, Abbot of Lusca ; 
and Rechtabhra, Abbot of Cluain-fearta Brenainn, died. Aenghus, son of 
Suibhne, lord of Mughdhorna, was slain by Gairbheth, son of Maelbrighde. 
Maelan, son of Cathmogha, lord of Ui-Briuin of South Connaught, was slain 
by the foreigners. Cobhthach, son of Maelcobha, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, 
died. Cinaedh*, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta-Breagh, rebelled against 
Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, and went with a [strong] force of foreign- 
ers, and plundered the Ui-Neill from the Sinnainn to the sea, both churches 
and territories ; and he plundered the island of Loch Gabhor', and afterwards 
burned it, so that it was level with the ground. They also burned the oratory 


losead leis derthach Treoit, ocus tri xx. dece di churches as temporal; and brake down the Iland 
doinib ann.” — Az. Ult., Ed. O'Conor. of Loch-Gavar to the very bottom; and burnte 


This passage is also given in the old transla- 
tion in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49 ; but the trans- 
lator or transcriber has mistaken the construc- 
tion of the language, as follows : 

* A. D. 849. Cinaeh mac Conaing, king of 
Cianacht, died" [recté, did oppose] ** Maelsech- 
lainn, with the force of the forreners; spoyled 
the O'Nells from the Sinainn to sea, as well 


the oratorie of Treoit and 260 men therein.” 

* The island of Loch Gabhor: i.e. of Lough 
Gower, or Logore, near Dunshaughlin, in the 
county of Meath. This island was explored 
some years since, and several curious antiques 
were there found. The lake is now entirely dried 
up.—See Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 
vol. i. p. 424. 


480 aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. [849. 


chéo vo ódomibh ann. Loch Laorg hi ccpich nUmanll la Connachcaib vo 
élad. Opaon, mac Ruadpach, cig(ina Ua Cpuméainn, 7 a òá bpacaip, Fo- 
gapcaé 7 Spuacap, vo mapbao la a noepbpme buobém. 

Coy Cpíope, ocht ccéo cfépaca anaoi. Qn ciiecead bliadam oo Maoil- 
p(chlamn. | |Ciopnaroe Ua baoicfnang, ab Lip mom, Colcca, mac Ceallang, 
abb Chille Cóma, Uapgap, abb Cecglmne, 1 Scanoal, mac Tioppaice, abb 
Oomncaig S(chnaill, 7 Connagán Cluana phca bpénamn, vécc. Olcobap, 
mac Cionaeoóa, pi Caipil, vécc. Crionaet, mac Conaing, cig fpna Ciannacca 
dps, oo badad 1 nOlnge ta mumneip an pi, Maoileachlamn,7 cis fpna Locha 
Gabon, ag arte pam ma noepna dulc pm cuaré 3 (cclap Comoh vó 
appubpao, 

Monuap, a daome maite, ba peapp a laice clute, 
Mop liach Cronaed, mac Conamg, hi lomaino do cum cuite“ 
lap na curmpech ipm pan, mop liach po c(cc ap an cpluaig, 


Qcc aicepim a apti ban popp an cpárg óp Cling) uan. 


Guape Vall acbepc po, 


QA Thíman, a celbuide, apoac cer mo curie, 

baí lac, manı ofpbave, oamna pig €peann ule. 

Cf Chailleim, ace menglan, a tip mbuada ma mban, 
ba cam oipimm cianoan immo cperofo m cach can. 


Oubgoill oo cece vo At chat, co po lapac áp món pop Pronngallaib, co 


po moippíc an longpopc ecip oaome 7 maoine. 


* Loch Laeigh, in the territory of Umhall. —' This 
lake was situated in the south-west extremity 
of the parish and barony of Burrishoole, in the 
west of the county of Mayo.—See the migration 


of this lake referred to among the Wonders of * 


Ireland in Dr. Todd's edition of the Irish ver- 
sion of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, p. 207. 

* The Ainge.—Now the River Nanny, flowing 
through the very middle of the territory of 
Cianachta-Breagh, and dividing the barony of 

. Upper Duleek from that of Lower Duleek, in 
the county of Meath. In the Tripartite Life of 
St. Patrick, published by Colgan, part i. c. 54, 


Slacc oile oo Oubgalloib 


the mouth of this river, which is called Inbher- 
Ainge, is described as lying opposite Znis-Pa- 
druic. These entries are given in the Annals 
of Ulster, at the year 850, thus: . 

* A. D. 850. Colgan, mac Cellai, chief of 
Killtuoma ; Scanal, mac Tibraid, chief of Dom- 


nach-Sechlainn; and Ollehovar, mac Cinaeha, | 


kinge of Caissill all died. Cinaeh, mac Con- 
aing, king of Cianacht, drowned in a loch, by a 
cruell death, by Maelsechlainn and Tiernach, 


through contention of” [rectó, to revenge his : 


contention with and his contempt of ] “ the best 
men in Ireland, specially Patrick's Covarbai .i. 


: 
F 


849.] . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 481 


of Treoit, within which were three score and two hundred persons. Loch 
Laeigh*, in the territory of Umhall, in Connaught, migrated. Braen, son of 
Ruadhrach, lord of Ui-Crumhthainn, and his two brothers, Fogartach and Brua- 
dar, were slain by their own tribe. 

The Age of Christ, 849. The fifth year of Maelseachlainn. . Tibraide 
Ua Baeitheanaigh, Abbot of Lis-mor ; Colga, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill- 
Toma; Uarghus, Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Scannal, son of Tibraide, Abbot of 
Domhnach-Seachnaill ; and Olchobhar, son of Cinaedh, King of Caiseal, died. 
Cinaeth, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta-Breagh, was drowned in the Ainge' 
by the people of the king, Maelseachlainn, and Tighearnach, lord of Loch- 
Gabhor, to revenge upon him the evils he had committed against the laity and 
the Church ; of which was said : 


Alas, O good people, his playful days were better ! 

Great grief that Cinaedh, son of Conang, is in a sack approaching the pool! 
After having mangled him in the sea, great grief came over the army, 

On viewing his white ribs on the strand over the cold Aingi. 


Guaire Dall said this: 


O Teamhair, O beloved hill, thou hast rejected my company ; 

Thou hadst, if thou hadst not abandoned him, the materies of a King of 
all Ireland ; i 

O Tailtin, who art illustrious, pure, thou victorious land of women, 

It is pleasant to enumerate thy noble tribes and their virtues at all times. 


The Dubhghoill* arrived in Ath-cliath, and made a great slaughter of the 
Finnghoill, and plundered the fortress, both people and property. Another 


Deputy. Black Gentiles came to Dublin and 
committed great slaughter upon the whyte Fin- 
gallians, and spoyled the cittie, both men and 


‘goods. Great spoyle and slaughter alsoe by 


them at Linduochaille. Congalach, mac Irgalai, 
kinge of Coill-Fallavain, mortuus est. A kingly 
congregation in Ardmacha, between Maelsech- 
lainn, with the Nobility of Leh-Cuinn, half 
Ireland, and Madogan, with the nobilitie of 
Connaght” [recté, of Concovar’s province], “and 


troups and companies of them to Patrick’s 
sanctuary, and Suairlech, with the clergy of 
Meath. Caireall mac Ruarach, king of Loch- 
Uaithne, jugulatus est dolose ante portam oratorii 
Tiernai, at Cluonauis, by the Connells of Fern- 
voy. Echa, mac Cernay, kinge of them of Ross, 
killed by the Gentyles. Tibraid nepos Baeihe- 
nai, Abbot of Lismor, mortuus est." — Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., 49. : 

* Dubhghoill : i.e. Black Foreigners. Aceord- 


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482 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[850. 


pon Pionngallaib occ Linn Ouachaill,4 po éupp(c áp mon poppa. Rigoal 
mo Apomacha ecin Maolpeaċlamn, mac Maolpuanad, co maicib. Leite 
Cuinn,7 Maoudan co matib coigw Conċubaip. Oiapmaio q Petsna, co 
ramai Daccparmg map aen piu, 7 Suaiplec a. Inofonen co cleipcib Mide. 
Caipeall, mac Ruadpach, crg(pna Locha hUaéne, oo mapbao lá Conallib. 
Eocha, mac Ceapnai, ciġeapna Fean Rop, oo mapbao la Gallaib. Plann- 
chad, mac Clongupa, ciġlpna [Ua] Potad cípe, oécc. 

Cloip Cope, ochr ccéo caecca. Cin peipead bliadain oo Mhaoilpeach- 
lonn. Maongal, abb Anoa pnata, Colam, mac CAineccais,abb Concaige, 
Ceallac, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Cino €icis, Conoach, abb Ruip ailiéip, Pio- 
nan, abb Imbleacha loben, Fingin, mac Garogimn, abb Cluana p(pca Molua, 
hUapgup Ua Raicnén, abb CeicgUnne, C(ngal, abb Otna, Popnbapach, mac 
Maoluwip, abb Cille moine Cinoech, C fhopaelad, mac Ulcám, ecenaió boite 


Chonaip,4 Opep, mac Paola, aincmneach Cille vapa, vécc. Catal, mac 


ing to Duald Mac Firbis’s genealogical work 
(Marquis of Drogheda’s copy), p. 364, the Irish 
called the Danes by this name to distinguish 
them from the Norwegians, whom they styled 
Finnghoill, or Finn-Lochlannaigh. His words 
are as follows: 

“Soin pepibne Gaoweal Foill oo Coch- 
lanoduib: opio beop Oublochtannurg vo 
dpuing ofob «1. Ouibgemce, ap na Oanaip ón 
Oana a. Oanmapg. Fionn-Cochlannaig 2. 
Finngeinncze 2. luce na h-lopuarge, .1. luce na 
Hopívegia; i. e. the writings of the Irish call 
the Lochlannaigh by the name Goill: they also 
call some of them Dubhlochlannaigh, i. e. black 
Gentiles, which was applied to the Danes of 
Dania, i.e. Denmark. Finn-Lochlannaigh, i. e. 
fair Gentiles, i.e. the people of Zoruaighe, i. e. 
the people of Norwegia.” 

According to this definition, the Norwegians 
were the first Scandinavian invaders of Ireland, 
and Turgesius was a Norwegian, not a Dane.— 
See O'Brien's Irish Dictionary, eoce Lochlon- 
nach. (ame 

." Province of Conchobhar.—This should mean 


all the province of Ulster, which was governed 
by Conchobhar Mac Nessa in the first century; 
but Madudhan was really only king of circum- 
scribed Uladh, or Ulidia.— See Reeves’s Ecele- 
siastical Antiq. of Down and Connor, §c., p. 354. 

* Of Indednen.—This place is in the territory 
of Bregia, not far from Slane.— See Archdall’s 
Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 540.—See Trias Th., 
p. 295, where Colgan translates this passage as 
follows : 

“ A. D. 849. Publica comitia Ardmachae cele- 
brata per Malachiam filium Malruan? (Hibernie 
Regem) cwm proceribus Leth-cunnim (hoc est, 
Aquilonaris Hibernie) e per Madaganum (Re- 
gem Ultonie) cum. proceribus Ultonie: quibus 
et interfuerunt Diermitius & Fehgna cum clero 
Sancti Patricii (id est, Ardmachayo) ; et Suar- 
lechus Indedhnensis cum clero Media.” 

Y Loch Uaithne: i. e. Uaithne's Lough, now 
Lough Ooney, situated near the village of 
Smithborough, in the barony of Dartry and 
county of Monaghan. The chief of Dartraighe- 
Coininnse had his principal residence at this 
lake, and hence he was sometimes called lord of 


850] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | 483 


depredation by the Dubhghoill upon the Finnghoill at Linn-Duachaill, and 


they made a great slaughter of them. A royal meeting at Ard-Macha, between 
Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, with the chiefs of Leath-Chuinn, and 
Madudhan, with the chiefs of the province of Conchobhar*. Diarmaid and 
Fethghna, accompanied by the congregations of Patrick, and Suairleach, i.e. of 
Indednen*, with the clergy of Meath. Caireall, son of Ruadhrach, lord of 
Loch Uaithne’, was slain by the Conaille. Eochaidh, son of Cearnach, lord of 
Feara-Rois, was slain by the foreigners. Flannchadh, son of Aenghus, lord of 
[ Ui-]Fothadh-tire’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 850. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn. Maenghal, 
Abbot of Ard-srath ; Colann, son of Aireachtach, Abbot of Corcach; Ceallach, 
son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Ceann-Eitigh*; Condath, Abbot of Ros-eilithir*; 
Finan, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Finghin, son of Laidhgin, Abbot of Cluain- 
fearta-Molua; hUarghus Ua Raithnen, Abbot of Leithghlinn; Learghal, Abbot 
of Othain ; Forbhasach, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot of Cill-mor-Cinnech*; Ceann- 


faeladh, son of Ultan, wise man of Both-Chonais?; 


Loch-Usithne.— See it again referred to at 
A. D. 1025. 

* Ui-Fothadh-tire.—'This is probably the ba- 
rony of Iffa and Offa West, in the now county 
of Tipperary, of which, according to O'hUidh- 
rin's Topographical Poem, O'Mearadhaigh, now 
O"Mara, was the ancient chieftain : 


* O’Meanadarg, maiz an mig, epiac O Parad 
pucup móipeíp 
Ui Néll a h-Uib Eogain Fhinn, na leogum 
co lém luaiohim.” 


* O'Mearadhaigh, good the king, lord of Ui 
Fathaidh, who obtained a great territory; 
The O’Neills of fair Ui-Eoghain, all the lions 
I mention.” 


See note *, under A. D. 813, p. 426, supra. 

a Ceann- Eitigh.—Now Kinnity, in the barony 
of Ballybritt, and King's County.—See note ", 
under the year 1213, p. 183, infra. 

^ Ros-ailithir.—N ow Roscarbery, in the barony 
of East Carbery, and county of Cork.—See 


and Airtri, son of Faelan, 


note *, under A. D. 824, p. 436, supra. 

© Cill-mor- Cinnech : i. e. the great Church of 
Ceann-eich. This was probably Ceanneich, 
anglicé Kineigh, near the village of Iniskeen, in 
the barony of Carbery, and county of Cork, 
where are the remains of a Round Tower. There 
is another Ceann-eich near Cast elecck. in 
the county of Kildare. 

X Both- Chonais : i.e. Conas's booth, tent, or 
hut, This is described by Colgan, who knew it 
well, as in the barony of Inishowen, in the dio- 
cese of Derry: ' 

** Fuit olim magnum et celebre monasterium 
Diccesis Derensis, in regione de Iniseoniá. 
Hodie locus prophenatus est, et in vicinia asser- 
vantur apud viros pios multi libri istius loci 
S. Moelise” [Brolchani] “manu conscripti." — 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 108. 

The name is now obsolete; but there can be 
little doubt that it is the place in the parish of 
Culdaff, in the barony of Inishowen, called the 
Templemoyle. 


3-Q:2 


SN a ee ee 


484 ANNALA RIOSHachcta EIREANN. [851. 


 Oubóm, cir&(pna Ua nDuach Cfngaopoi, Pogapncach, mac Maoilbplpat, 
cisfpna Oingiall, [oécc]. Plannagan, cigna Leite Chacail, oo mapbao la 

. Blann, mac Conaing. Lucht occ piéic long oo Pinogallaib oo poccavap vo 
cat pp Oubgallaib co Snam €ióneach, tpi la 7 ceopa hoióce oóib acc catu- 
céad pe poile, co po mebaró pia nOubgallaib, go ppapgaibpioc Pionogoill a 
longa leó. Apo Macha vo pápugao lá Gallaib Lmne Ouachaille an vonat 
ian cCaipec. Op pop Gallaib 1 naintean Ops, ap ole oc Rait Aloan la 
Ciannaécaib m aom mí. 

Qor Cpiopc, ocht ccéo caecca a haon. An peaccrnaó bliadain vo Maoil- 
eaclammn. Plajtmaó, mac Congaie, eppcop 1 abb b10naip, Cantach, abb 
Tipe oá Slap, Chill, mac Robapcaig, abb Cupcca, Plano, mac Reaécabpac, 
abb Leit Mancain, Clnolio, eccnaió Tipe va flap, Cls(man, à. mac Vonn- 
sale, m Cail, vécc. Cachmal, mac Tomalecas, leitp: Ulad, oo mapbao 
la Gallaibh. Eacheig(pn, mac Guarne, cigna Larg Ofpsabaip, oo mapbao 
la 6puavan, mac Meda 4 la C(pball, mac Oungaili, 1 meabail. bpuavap, mac 
CIeóa péipin oo mapbad 1 c(no ochc lá rapam la mumeip €écig(pn a nofogant 
a ccieapna. Maolcaupanoa, mac Ilaoilbpeapoil, cig(pna Ua Mic Uap 
Cingiall, oo écc. Catal, mac Oubam, cisfpna Angace poip vécc. Ceap- 
nach, mac Maelebnfpail, asfpna Coba, véce. Oengup, mac Néill, ci$eapna 
Ua mbepcon, vécc. Oá comopba Pacpaice a. Ponannan pcpibmd, eppucc, 


* Ui-Duach-Argad-Rois.—The territory of 
this tribe is defined in an Inquisition taken on 
the lst of May, 1635, from which it would ap- 
pear that it was then regarded as coextensive 
with the barony of Fassadineen, in the county 
of Kilkenny; but it was originally far more ex- 
tensive, for Rath-Beothaigh, now Rathveagh, on 
the Nore, in the barony of Galmoy, is referred 
to as in this territory (see note £, p. 26, suprà) ; 
and in O'hUidhrin's Topographical Poem, Ui- 


Duach-Osraighe, the country of O’Braenain, is 


called ** Pionnéláp. paipping na Feome,” i. e. 
the extensive fair plain of the Nore.” 

f Snamh- Eidhneach. —Otherwise called Cuan 
Snamha-Aighneach. From various references 
to this bay it appears to have been the ancient 
name of Carlingford Lough, an arm of the sea 


lying between Cuailgne and Boirche in Uladh.— 
See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, dc., p. 252, note *. 
the events given by the Four Masters under 
the year 850, are noticed in the Annals of Ulster 
under 851, as follows : 

** A. D. 851. The spoile of Ardmach by the 
forreiners in Easter-day. The navy of 28 ships 
of White Gentiles came to give battle to Duv- 
gents (i. e. Blacke) to Snavaignech, three dayes 
and three nights £o them” (recte, were passed by ` 
them] “fighting, but the Blacke broake" [i. e. 
gained the victory] “at last, and” [the White] 
“ran away; both tooke their ships. Stain fugi- 
tivus evasit ; Ercre decollatus jacuit. Moengal, 
abbot of Ardsraha ; Cennfaela mac'Ultain, sa- 
piens, Boithe- Conais, et Lergal princeps of Oithne, 


The most of ' 


851.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 485 


airchinnech of Cill-dara, died. Cathal, son of Dubhan, lord of Ui-Duach-Argad- 
rois; Fogartach, son of Maelbreasail, lord of Oirghialla, [died]. Flannagan, 
lord of Leath-Chathail, was slain by Flann, son of Conaing. A fleet of eight 
score ships of Finnghoill arrived at Snamh-Eidhneach', to give battle to the 
Dubhghoill ; and they fought with each other for three days and three nights, 
and the Dubhghoill gained the victory ; the Finnghoill left their ships to them. 
Ard-Macha was devastated by the foreigners of Linn-Duachaille, on the Sunday 
before Easter. A slaughter was made of the foreigners in the east of Breagh ; 
[and] another slaughter was made of them at Rath-Aldain*, by the Cianachta, 
in one month. 

The Age of Christ, 851. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Flaith- 
niadh, son of Conghal, Bishop and Abbot of Birra; Carthach, Abbot of Tir-da- 
ghlas; Ailill, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Lusca; Flann, son of Reachtabhra, 
Abbot of Liath-Manchain®; Andlidh, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas; Ailgheanan, 
i.e. son of Donnghal, King of Caiseal, died. Cathmal, son of Tomaltach, half 
king of Ulidia, was killed by the foreigners. Eachtighern, son of Guaire, lord 
of South Leinster, was treacherously slain by Bruadar, son of Aedh, and Cear- 
bhall, son of Donghal. Bruadar, son of Aedh, was himself slain at the end of 
eight days afterwards, by the people of Echtighern, in revenge of their lord. 
Maelcaurarda, son of Maelbreasail, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Oirghiall, died. Cathal, 
son of Dubhan, lord of Argat-ros*, died. Cearnach, son of Maelbreasail, lord 
of Cobha, died. Oenghus, son of Niall, lord of Ui-Berchon’, died. The two 
successors of Patrick", namely, Forannan, scribe, bishop, and anchorite, and 


poem vr UL a eo ee ee ee a ee a ee le a aaa 


dormierunt. Fogartach, mac Maeilbressail, king 
of Airgiall, moritur. Cahal, mac Duvan, king 
of Oduoch Arcatrois, moritur. Forbasach, mac 
Maeiluir, prince of Killmor of Cinneh, moritur. 
A slaghter of the forreiners at Daivinsies in the 
north” [recte east]. “of Bregh, and another at 
Rathallain by Cianacht in uno mense."—— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Rath- Aldain. —Now Rathallon, in the parish 
of Moorechurch, near Duleek, in the territory 
of Cianachta-Breagh, in the east of the county 
of Meath. 

^ Liath- Manchain.—Now Lemanaghan, in the 


north of the King's County.—See it already 
referred to at the years A. D. 645, 664, suprà, 
and 1531, infrà. 

! The foreigners. —** A. D. 852. Cathmal, mac 
Tomaltaigh, leth-ri Uladh, a Nordmannis inter- 
fectus est." — Ann. Ult. ^ 

* Argat-ros.—See this obit before entered 
under 851. 

! Ui- Berchon. —Now Ibercon, a district on the 
west side of the River Barrow, in the barony of 
Ida,and county of Kilkenny. The village of Ros- 
bercon, anciently Ros-Ua-mBerchon, is within it. 

™ The two successors of Patrick.—“ A. D. 851. 


"T IT 


486 ANNAA gio5Shachca EIREANN. 


[852. 


7 angcoine, 7 Orapmaice an cí ba poipcei 7 ba heccnaioe* ipm Eopaip 5o 
huldi, oécc. Qmlaoib, mac mý Coclamne, oo ċeachc 1 nEpmn, gup po 
jiallpace 1 mbáccap vo eaécarnéenélaib ı n€ mmn 06,1 vo b(pc cfop 6 Ghaow- 
elab. Goppaid, mac Peapgupa, coip(ch.Innpi Gall, oécc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo caoga a 06. On cochtmad badam vo Maol- 
eaclamn. Inopeaccach Ua Pinaccain, comapbba Colaim Cille, eaccnaió 
coccalde po podarim mantpa la Sayat an vapa lá oécc oo Mhapca. Maol- 
. mfchlainn, pi €peann vo dul a Muman, co pámice Inoeom na nOéipi, 7 oo 

benc a ngiadlla 4 a orgpérp uata, ap po tmallpac ppéb(pc ppr a hucht 
eccainéeimnel. Muipgeal, bm mg Lagim, oécc. Cnunnmaol, mac ITlaoieotnn, 
cigeapna Ua pPiógeimce, oo écc. Cuachal, mac Maoilbpiġoe, pi Largtn, 
oo mapcpao. Opuavap, mac Cinopaoland, cilpa Mupspaige, vég. 

Cloi Core, oche ccéo caoga a tpi. On nomad badam vo Mhaol- 
eaclamn. Chilli, abb Achar bó,4 Robapcach, abb Innpi Caimno(ga, pembmo, 
décc. Ruogup, mac Maicmada, abb Maimpzpech bute, oo báchao ipin 
móómn. Cacan, banabb Cille oapa, oécc.  Slóiccheao la hOod, mac Néll 
co hUlcaib, co ppapnccaib Conneccan, mac Colman, 7 Plaicbeapncach, mac 

` Néll, agup pochaióe ele anceana. Mumpfoach, cig(nna. Anoa Ciannacca, 
décc. Opgam Locha Ceno la Gallaib iap ndol pain pop lécc oigped, 1 cop- 
cpacap piche ap chéo vo óaomib leo 1m Hopman. 

CLoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo caoga,a cltaip. An veacmad badain oo Mhaol- 
(clamn. Sodomna, eppcop Slane, oo pulang mapcpa ó Nopcmannaibh.. Copb- 
mac Lartms Oprun, pembneóim, angcome, 4 eppcop, oécc. Suibne Ua Roichs, 


Irish did learn this circumstance of the nature 
of their country, which made them give them 


Duo heredes Patricii, viz. Forinnan Episcopus et 
Anchorita, et Diarmaid sapientissimus omnium 


Doctorum Europe, quieverunt." —Ann. Uit. 

» Lochlann: i: e. Scandinavia. Dr. O’Brien 
in his Irish Dictionary, voce LOCHLONNACR, con- 
jectures that Lochlann means “land of lakes,” 
and remarks as follows: 

** All the countries about the borders of the 
Baltic are full of lakes; hence George Fournier, 
in his Geographical Description of the World, 
says that Dania, literally signifies terra equatilis, 
which is the same thing as a land of lakes. It 
was, doubtless, from the Danes themselves the 


the Irish name of Loch-lannaicc.? 

In the Annals of Ulstér the arrival of Amh- 
laibh (i.e. Amlaff, Aulaf, or Olaf) is noticed at 
the year 852, as follows : 

« A. D. 852. Avlaiv, king of Laihlinn, came 
into Ireland, and all the forreiners of Ireland 
submitted to him, and had rent from the Irish." 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

o Innsi-Gall: i. e. insule Gallorum: i.e. the 
Hebrides, or western islands of Scotland. 

? Innreachtach, —'* A. D. 853. Heres Columbe 


prone 


852.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 487 


Diarmaid, the most learned and most wise in all Europe, died. Amhlaeibh, son 
of the King of Lochlann", came to Ireland, so that all the foreign tribes in Ire- 
land submitted to him ; and they exacted rent from the Gaeidhil [the p 
Gofraidh, son of Weirghus, chief of the Innsi-Gall^, died. 

The Age of Christ, 852. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn. Innreach- 
tach? Ua Finachtain, successor of Colum Cille, a distinguished wise man, suffered 
martyrdom from the Saxons on the twelfth day of March. Maelseachlainn, 
King of Ireland, proceeded into Munster, until he arrived at Indeoin-na-nDeisi*; 
and he enforced hostages and submission from them, for they had given him 
Opposition at the instigation of the foreigners. Muirgheal, wife of the King of 
Leinster, died. Crunnmhael, son of Maelduin, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. 
Tuathal, son of Maelbrighde, King of Leinster, was martyred. Bruadar, son 
of Ceannfaeladh, lord of Musgraighe, died. 

The Age of Christ, 853. The ninth year of Maelseachlainn. Ailill, Abbot 
of Achadh-bo, and Robhartach, Abbot of Iniscaindeagha, a scribe, died. Rudgus, 
son of Maieniadh, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, was drowned in the Boinn. Catan, 
Abbess of Cill-dara, died. A hosting was made by Aedh, son of Niall, into 
Ulidia, where he lost Connegan, son of Colman, and Flaithbheartach, son of 
Niall and many others besides. Muireadhach, lord of Ard-Cianachta, died. 
The plundering of Loch Cend* by the foreigners, after they had entered it on 
the ice; and one hundred and twenty persons were slain by them, together 
with Gorman. 

The Age of Christ, 854. The tenth year of Maelseachlainn. Sodhómna, 
Bishop of Slaine, received martyrdom from the Norsemen. Cormac of Laith- 
reach-Briuin, scribe, anchorite, and bishop, died. Suibhne Ua Roichlich, 


Cille, sapiens optimus, iv. Id. Marcii apud Saxones * A. D. 853. Maelsechlainn, King of Tarach, 
martirizatur.’—Ann. Ult. went into Mounster, even to Inneoin of the 
* Indeoin-na nDeisi.—Now Mullach-Indeona,  Desies, and brought their pledges."— Cod. Ola- 
a townland in the parish of Newchapel, near rend., tom. 49. 
the town of Clonmel, in the territory of the * Tuathal.—** A. D. 853. Tuathal, mac Mael- 
northern Deisi, called Magh-Feimhean, now  brighti, rez nepotum Dunlaingi jugulatus est do- 
the barony of Iffa and Offa East, and county losè a fratribus suis." —Ann. Ult. 
of Tipperary.—See Keating’s History of Ireland * Loch Cend.—This is evidently a mistake for 
(reign of Cormac, son of Art). This entry is Loch Cendin.— See note *, under the year 821. 
given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 853, This entry is not to be found in the Annals of 
thus : Ulster. The others given by the Four Masters 


488 


ANNALA RIoshachtca EIREANN. 


[855. 


repibnedoip, angcoipe, 7 abb Cip moip, Catapach, mac Cig(pnaig, pencigip 


Anoa Macha, 4 (ccnaió. poipcte epide, oécc. 


Laippen Cige Munna vécc. 


Maolpeaclainn, mac Maolpuanaid, vo dul co Caipiol Muman, go ccucc gialla 
pean Muman oopidipt. Coipne mop 7 pecc, comccap pompi pmorm loca, 7 
ppiom aibne Eneann do &paigcechaib 7 mancachaib ón nomad Callamn vo 
Oecembep gup an occmaó lo Enaip. Ouwnpteach Lupcca vo lopcecad la 
Noncmannaib. Romö món ma nod, mac Néill, pon Gallgaoiealla hı 
n&lono Phoicle, co po lao a nap leip. Ounlans, mac Ouiboám, cigeanna 
Potanca cine, oécc. Paolcad, mac Popbapaig, ciġfpna Ua mbainnce marge 
décc. Niall, mac Gillam, rap. mbeit cpioca bliadan gan vig gan biad, déco. 


Cloip Cpiopc, oéc ccéo caoga a cáicc. 


Cn caenmao bliadain décc o0 


TH haoileaclamn. Maengal, abb Pobaip, Siadal, Ope Cianáin, q Maoloena, 
mac Olbpnaino, oo Cuicemb Connacc, pean lerginn Cluana mic Wóip, oécc. 


Macuoan, mac Mupfohais, m Ulao,4 a clépcecc acbác. 


Scannlám, cig(pna Gabpa, oécc. 


bnan, mac 


Tap vo lopccaó 1 cCoaillem la pargnen. 


Coir Cpiropc, ochc ccéo caecca apé. An oapa bhadain oécc oo Mhaol- 
(clamn. Compad eppcoip 1 abb Cluana h€paipo, vécc. Ciopparoe ban- 
ban, abb Tine oa slap, Maelcule, abb Imleacha luban, Ceallac, mac 
Huaipe, cigfpna Ua cCeinnrelarg, vécc. Cfpnach, mac Cionaota, ciz(pna 
Ua mbainpée Tine, véce. Maolpeachlainn, mac Maolpuanaid, co ppf(paib 


under 853, are to be found in the former under 
854. , à 

t The Gall- Gaeidheala : i.e. the Dano-Irish. 

« leann- Fhoichle.-Otherwise written Gleann- 
aichle, and anglicised Glenelly, a remarkable 
valley in the parish of Badoney, barony of Stra- 

- bane, and county of Tyrone.—See note, under 
A. D. 1600, p. 2226, infra. 

* Fotharta-tire.—Now the barony of Forth, 
in the county of Carlow. 

x Ui-Bairrche-Maighe.—This should be ** Ui- 
Bairche and Ui-Maighe." They were the names 
of two territories on the west side of the River 
Barrow, in the present Queen’s County, com- 
prising, the former the barony of Slievemargy, 
and the latter the barony of Ballyadams.—See 
Leabhar-na-gCeart, notes ™ and "^, pp. 212, 213. 


The year 854 of the Four Masters corres- 
ponds with 855 of the Annals of Ulster, which 
notice the events of that year as follows. "The 
true date is 856. 

“ A. D. 855. Great frost and ice soe as the 
loghes and rivers of Ireland were passable for 
foote and horse from the 9th Kal. of December 
until the 7th Id. of January.  Tempestuosus 
annus et asperissimus” [ recte, asperrimus]. “ Mael- 
sechlainn, mac Maelruanai, at Caissill, untill he 
got the pledges of Mounster. Greate warr be- 
tween the Gentiles and Maelsechlainn, and the 
English-Irish” [recte Dano-Irish] ** assisted him. 
The Oratory of Luscan burnt by the Nordmans. 
A conflight by Hugh mac Nell upon theEnglish- 
Irish” [recte Dano-Irish] **at.Glinfocle, that 
great slaghter was had of them. Horm, chief 


TT a ha 


855.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 489 


anchorite, and Abbot of Lis-mor, [and] Cathasach, son of Tighearnach, CEco- 
nomus of Ard-Macha, and who was a learned wise man, died. Laisren of Tigh- 
Munna died. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, went to Caiseal of Munster, 
and again carried off the hostages of the men of Munster. Great ice and frost, 
so that the chief lakes and the chief rivers of Ireland were passable to footmen 
and horsemen, from the ninth of the Calends of December to the eighth of the. 
‘Ides of January. The oratory of Lusca was burned by the Norsemen. A great 
victory was gained by Aedh, son of Niall, over the Gall-Gaeidheala', in Gleann- 
Fhoichle", where he made a slaughter of them. Dunlang, son of Dubhduin, 
lord of Fotharta-tire", died. Faelchadh, son of Forbhasach, lord of Ui-Bairrche- : 
Maighe*, died. Niall, son of Gillan, after being [living] thirty years without 
food or drink’, died. 
The Age of Christ, 855. The eleventh year of Maelseachlainn. Maenghal, 
Abbot of Fobhar; Siadhal of Disert-Chiarain*; and Maeloena, son of Olbrann, 
[one] of the Luighni of Connaught, Lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Matudan, 
son of Muireadhach, King of Ulidia, died in religion. Bran, son of Scannlan, 
lord of Gabhra*, died. Three persons were burned at Tailltin by lightning. 
The Age of Christ, 856. The twelfth year of Maelseachlainn. Comsadh, 
Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died. Tibraide Banbhan, Abbot of Tir-da- 
ghlas ; Maeltuile, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair ; Ceallach, son of Guaire, lord of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Cearnach, son of Cinaeth, lord of Ui-Bairrche-tire, 
died. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, with [all] the men of Ireland, 


of the Black Gentiles, killed by Ruarai, mac 
Merminn, king of Wales. . Suivne nepos Roichli, 
scriba et anchorita, abbot of Lismor; Cormac of 
Lahrach-Briuin, scriba et episcopus, in pace dor- 
mierunt. Sodomma, Episcopus of Slane, martiri- 
. zatur."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Without food or drink.—The death of this 
Niall is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under 
the year 859, but it is only stated that he 
suffered from paralysis.—See it repeated by the 
Four Masters under A. D. 858. 

* Disert- Chiarain.—Now Castlekieran, near 
the town of Kells, in the county of Meath.—See 
note *, under the year 770, p. 374, suprà ; also 


note under A. D. 868, infrd. Some of the en- 


- tries given under 855 by the Four Masters 


are inserted in the Annals of Ulster under the 
year 856, as follows : 

* A. D. 856. Maenghal, abbot of Fovar, and 
Siagal of Disert-Ciarain, mortui sunt. Madugan, 
mac Muireai, King of Ulster, mortuus est. Three 
men burnt at Taillten by the fyre Dinim” [i. e. 
de celo]. ‘Great wynde, that it brake downe 
many trees, and alsoe the Iland of Innselocha” 
[recté, the artificial islands in lakes]. 

* Of Gabhra: i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now 
the baronies of Upper and Lower Conello, in 
the county of Limerick. 


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490 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. Y [857. 


€peann, cen mo cao Turrim, vo ol 1 ccímb Muman co noeipió veit noibce- 
oc n€mlid. Ro loipec 7 po mop Muma co murp mo aen ló, ian maómaim 

pop a mogaib acc Cann Cucéóac, co ppapecbad ann lap Maolcpón, mac 

Muipfohag, canaipi na nOéipi, co pochaide ele. Tucc ranam Maolpfchlamn 

gialla Muman ó Chumap na cpí nupce co hInpi Capbnai ap nEpinn,7 6 Oán 

Ceapmna co hQpamn nOi, oon cupap pm. Maidm pa cCeapball, 
ci$eapna. Opparge, 1 ma nlomap hi ccpich Apad cine, pop Cenel P1acac, co 

n&allgaoibealaib Leite Cunn. Cert éd ap pé mílib'an líon cáimcc Ceap- 

ball q lomap. Innpead Larg la Cf(pball, mac nOunlamg, 4 a ngeill vo 

$ab«il im Coppe, mac nOunlamg, 7 1m Surchenen, mac Clpcánp. 

Qoip Cpiopc, oche ccéo caocca a peache. On cpeap badan oécc do 
Mhaolpeaclamn, Suarpleach, abb Achar bó Camoig, Chilill banban, abb 
bropaip, Maolcoba Ua Faolan, abb Cluana hUama, 4 Paolgap, abb Ruip 
Cpé, oécc. Slorccfoh mop la hArhlaob 4 la hlomap,7 la C(pball, cizeapna 
Opparse hi Mhde. Ro cronóileaó píogoál mate €peann lap m qi Maon- 


- peaclamn, go Rait Qloda mic bpic, 1m Petgna, comapba Pacparce,7 1m Suaip- 


leach comapba Pinma, vo dénam pioda agup caoncompenc pean n€peann, 
comò ann oo pao C(pball, cr&eapna Opponge, or5néip comapba: Pháopac, 1 
Fimma vo mg €peann, rap mbert do Ceanball ceatpacac oioche m €pepop, 
q mac wg Coclano mmaille pip 1 ccopué oc mopead Mie. Conaó lan 


^ Carn- Lughdhach : i. e. Lughaidh’s Carn, or 
monumental heap of stones. This place has not 
been identified. C 

*Cumar-tri-n Uisce.-Otherwise written Comar- 
dtri n-Uisce, i. e. Confluentia Trium Fluviorum, 
i.e. the Meeting of the Three Waters, near 
Waterford.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 164, 
c. 81; and note ^, under A. M. 3727, supra. 

à Inis-Tarbhnai : i. e. Insula Tauri, now the 
Bull, a small islet situated due west of Dursey 
Island, in the barony of Beare, and county of 
Cork. 

* Dun- Cearmna : i. e. Cearmna’s Dun, or Fort. 
This was the ancient name of the'Old Head of 
Kinsale, in the south of the now county of Cork. 


— See note °, under A. M. 3668, p. 44, suprà. 


f Ara-Airthir : i.e. East Ara, now Inis-soir, 
anglicé Inisheer, the most eastern of the three 
Islands of Aran, in the Bay of Galway. This 
island was always considered a part of Munster, 
and is still inhabited by families of Munster 
descent, as O'Briens, O'Sullivans, &c.; while 
the Great Island of Aran is chiefly inhabited by 
families of the Connaught race, as O'Flahertys, 
Mac Conneelys, &c. 

€ Aradh-tire.—Now the barony of Arra, or 
Duharra, in the north-west of the county of 
Tipperary.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 46, note. 

The year 856 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 857 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 


follows : 


851.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 491 © 


except the Munstermen, went into the territories of Munster, and tarried ten 

nights at Emlidh [Emly]; he burned and plundered Munster as far as the sea 
in one day, after having defeated its kings at Carn-Lughdhach’, where he lost 
Maelcron, son of Muireadhach, Tanist of Deisi, with many others. Maelseach- 
lainn carried off the hostages of [all] Munster, from Cumar-tri-nUisce* to Inis- 
Tarbhnai‘ in the [south-] west of Ireland, and from Dun-Cearmna* to Ara-Airthir‘, 
on this expedition. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe, and 
by Imhar, in the territory of Aradh-tire*, over the Cinel-Fiachach, with the Gall- 
gaeidhil [the Dano-Irish] of Leath-Chuinn. Four hundred above six thousand 
was the number which came with Cearbhall and Imhar. The plundering of 
Leinster by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang; and he took their hostages, together 
with Cairbre, son of Dunlang, and Suithenen, son of Arthur. 

The Age of Christ, 857. The thirteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Suair- 
leach, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Ailill Banbhan, Abbot of Birra; Mael- 
cobha Ua Faelain, Abbot of Cluain-Uamha ; and Faelghus, Abbot of Ros-Cre, 
died. A great army was led by Amhlaeibh and Imhar", and by Cearbhall, lord 
of Osraighe, into Meath. A great meeting of the chieftains of Ireland was 
collected by the King Maelseachlainn to Rath-Aedha-mic-Bric’, with Fethghna, 
successor of Patrick, and Suairleach, successor of Finnia* to establish peace 

` and concord between the men of Ireland; and here Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe, 
gave the award of the successors of Patrick and Finnia to the King of Ireland, 
after Cearbhall had been forty nights at Ereros', and the son of the King of 
Lochlann at first along with him plundering Meath. And after they had awarded 


* A. D. 857. Cumsa, Episcopus, Anchorita, € 
princeps of Clonirard im pace dormit. Cinaeh, 
mac Ailpin, king of Pights" [Rer Pictorum], 
**and Adulf, king of Saxons, mortui sunt. Tibraid, 
Abbot of Tirdaglas, mortuus est. Maelsechlainn, 
mac Maelruanai, with all Ireland, came into 
Mounster, and stayed ten nights at Neim” [i. e. 
the Blackwater River], *spoyling them to” 
[the] “sea, after puttinge theire kings to flight 
at Carn-Lugach, and the haulfe king of the 
Desies, Maeleron, mac Muireai, was lost there, 
and Maelsechlainn brought their pledges or 

‘captives, from Belach Gavrain to Iland- Tarvnai 


322 


westerly behind Ireland, and from Dun-Cermnai 
to Arain, northward. Pluvialis Autumnus et 
perniciosus frugibus.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Imhar: i.e. Ivor, or Ifars. He was the an- 
cestor of the Danish kings of Dublin. 

i Rath-Aedha-mic-Bric.—Now Rathhugh, or 
Rahugh, in the barony of Moycashel, and county 
of Westmeath.—See note *, under A. D. 771; . 
and note ", under A. D. 1382, p. 686, infra. 

* Successor of Finnia : i.e. Abbot of Clonard. 

1 Ereros.— This is probably the place now 
called Oris, or Oras, in the county of West- 
meath. 


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po papaiġriot pis Oppaiġe oo beich ı noilpi ppi Let Chuinn pogoió Mael- 
guala, mac Oonngaile, pí Muman, a olp om. Maelguala, pí Muman, vo 
clocad la Nopcmannaıb, co po mapbpac é. scenes mac Conaing, cr&eapna 
Cainpse Spacande, oécc. 

Qhoip Cmopz, ocho ccév caoga a hocht. On cftparnad bliadain oécc 
vo Mhaoleaclainn. Oengup, abb Cluana peapca Molua, q ba heccnaro 
coccarbe é ona, agur Colman, abb Oorliacc, vécc. Niall, mac Gralla, 
oécc, tap noeigbeacaro, 1ap mberch ceitpe bliaóna pichíc 1 cpeablarc oicum- 
amg. Slóiccheao Lars(n, Muman, 7 Connaéc, 4 Ua Néll an oeiPcerpc, 1pm 
Pocla la Maolpíchlamn, mac Maelpuanand, 5o po gab longpopc occ Mang 
ouma, 1 ccompoccup Apoa Macha. Ro poba Cod Pmobat, mac Néll, 5 
Plann, mac Conaing, an oánaió an oióce pm pop an píg, 4 po mapbaio 1 po 
mudaigio oaome 1omda leó pop láp an Longpoinc, 7 po mheabard 1anarh pop 
Clod co panga ile via muimeip, vaip po copa Maolpfcland co na plogh 
an longpone co peapóa ppi luchc an Phocla. Cod Oub, mac Omboabomtnn, 


ciseanna Ua Piogence, oécc, rap na sun. Matdm pra cC (pball pop lomgtp 


Purine Cage oc Achod mic Enclarge. 
Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo caoga anao. On cáicceaó badam oécc vo 
Mhaoileaclamn. Piachpa, abb Tige Munoa, décc. Cach Opoma oa mage 


oo tabaine la Maolplélamn pon Ghala Ata chat, apm a ccopépaoap — 


^ Carraig-Brachaidhe.—A territory in the 
north-west of the barony of Inishowen, in the 
county of Donegal.—See note under A. D. 834. 

The year 857 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 858 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A. D. 858. Suairlech, abbot of Achabo; 
Ailill Banvan, abbot of Biror; Maelcova O?Fae- 
lain, abbot of Cluon-Uova, et Faelgus, abbot of 
Roscre, in pace mortui sunt. A greate army by 
Avlav and Ivar, and Cervall in Meath. A 
kingly assembly of the nobilitie of Ireland at 
Rath Hugh mic Bric, about Maelsechlainn, 
king of Tarach” [about Fethgna, coarb of Pa- 
trick), *and about Suairlech, coarb of Finnio, 
making peace and friendship between Irishmen, 


$ 


and out of that assemblie Cervall gave obedi- 
ence to Patrick's Sama" [i.e. the clergy of Ar- 
magh], ‘and to his Coarb, and that Ossory be- 
came in league with Lethcuinn, .i. the Northern 
haulf" [oflreland], *and Maelguala, king of 
Mounster, became true frend. The said Mael- 
guala, king of Mounster, was killed a Nord- 
mannis. Sechonan, mac Conaing, king of Car- 
raig-Brachy, moritur."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Niall, son of Giallan.—See his death already 
entered under the year 854, where it is stated 
that he lived thirty years without food or drink. 
—See note 4, p. 493, infra. 

° Magh-dumha: i.e. the Plain of the Mound. 
This is the place now called Moy, adjoining 


Charlemont, on the Tyrone side of the Black- 


water. 


A 


858.] 


493 


that the King of Osraighe should be in league with Leath-Chuinn, Maelgualai, 
son of Donnghal, King of Munster, then tendered his allegiance. Maelgualai, 
King of Munster, was stoned by the Norsemen, until they killed him. Seghon-. 
nan, son of Conang, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe", died. 

The Age of Christ, 858. The fourteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Oenghus, 
Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua, and who was a distinguished sage ; and Colman, 
Abbot of Daimhliag, died. Niall, son of Giallan", died, after a good life, after 
having been twenty-four years in oppressive sickness. A hosting of [the men 
of] Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, and of the southern Ui-Neill, into the - 
North, by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh ; and he pitched a camp at 
Magh-dumha’, in the vicinity of Ard-Macha. Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall, and 
Flann, son of Conang, attacked the camp that night against the king, and many 
persons were killed and destroyed by them in the middle of the camp; but 
Aedh was afterwards defeated, and he lost many of his people; for Maelseach- 
lainn and his army manfully defended the camp against the people of the North. 
Aedh Dubh, son of Dubh-dabhoireann, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died, after being 
wounded. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, over the fleet of Port-Lairge’?, 
at Achadh-mic-Erclaighe?. : 

The Age of Christ, 859. The fifteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Fiachra, 
Abbot of Tigh-Munna, died. The battle of Druim-da-mhaighe" was given by 
Maelseachlainn to the foreigners of Ath-cliath, where many of the foreigners 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


? Port- Lairge.— This is the present Irish name 
of the city of Waterford. It would appear to 
be antedated here, for it is quite evident that 
it derived this name from Lairge, Larac, or 
Largo, who is mentioned in these Annals at the 
year 951. The name Waterford was imposed 
by the Danes, or Norsemen, who write it Ve- 
drafjordr, which is supposed to signify “ wea- 
ther bay.” 

3 Achadh-Erclaighe. — Not identified. The 
year 858 of the Annals of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 859 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which notice the events of that year as follows: 

** A. D. 859. An army of Leinster, Mounster, 
and Connaught, with the south O’Nells, into 
the North" [ipin Pocla], “by Maelsechlainn, 


King of Tarach, untill he came to Magdumai, 
near Ardmach. Hugh, mac Nell, and Flann, 
mac Conaing, came upon them by night, and 
killed some men in” [the] **midest of the campe, 
and Hugh was put to flight, after that he lost 
many, stante exercitu Maelsechlainn in statu suo. 
Hugh mac Duvdavoiren, king of Figinties, mo- 
ritur. Flannagan mac Colmain mortuus est. Niall, 
mac Fiallain, qui passus est paralisi 34 annis, et 
qui versatus est visionibus frequentibus, tam falsis 
quam veris, in Christo quievit. — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. à 

* Druim-da-mhaighe: i.e. Ridge of the Two 
Plains. A remarkable hill in the barony of 
Coolestown, in the King's County.—See note ", 
under A. D. 1556, p. 1543, infra. 


494 ANNATA goshachca EIREANN. 


[860. 


pochaide oo Ghallaib lap. Inopeaò 7 ongan Míde la hoo bPinnliat, mac 
Néll Challe. Sonmlae, m&£n Donnchada, bampiogam Epeann, oécc, rap 
ccdo! d cionab ] a cupgabal, 7 (ap bp(ncaic cogere ma cammeeccaib 1 


peactoib. Sluaigead la C(pball: Me co Maolpeaclainn 1 nagaió Cleoha, 
mic Néill 4. Arhlaoi’, 1 concha Ruane, mac bpaom, lá hUib N&ll. Qz- 
nuadad aenaig Roigne la C(pball, mac nOungarle. 


Qoip C morc, oche ccéo p(pga. 


Píonán Cluana caom, eppcop 7 angcoine, 


Odlach, mac Maelenarcce, abb Cluana hlopaipo, Pinoceallach, abb P (mna, 
7 Mupgiop, angcome Apoa Maéa, vécc. Mepcceall, mac Oonngaile, 
Ruane, mac Ópam, pi Largh, oo manbad la hUib Néill, ópuavap, mac Oun- 


lamg, ci&(pna Conca Coegoe, Maeloda 


n Ua Tinomd, pui leizip € neamn, vécc. 


Gooh Prnotae, mac Néill Chaille;3 Flann, mac Conamg, vo dul la cigeapnna 
Hall vo 1onopad Mide co noeapnpac capicene mona popat. Maelpfélamn 
mac Maelpuanaid, mic Donnchada, amopí €neann, décc, an veacmad lá 
ricle vo Nouembep, Oia Maine vo punnnad, ian mbeit pé bliadna oécc hi 


mse. Ap oia écc po canavh, 


Sipechcach po pplenagto a peol noobnom pop Ene, 

O acbac ap pleachc pumpeac, ITlaelpeaclamn Sionna pneóe. 
Cp 10móa mains m zac dú, ap pccél mon lá Gaoibealu, 

Oo popcad pion plam Fo $leann, oo poobad capopi €peann. 
Cé ou oimpm gabup ngeal, agup oromaó each: pm pam, 

En 1o Maelpeacnall and; acéià 1 noeaohaio òa oam. 


* The plundering.—** A. D. 860. Meath spoyled 
by Hugh mac Nell and his forreiners. Gorm- 
laih, daughter to Donogh, amenissima regina 
Scotorum. post penitentiam obiit." — Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Roighne.—Otherwise called Magh-Roighne, 
or Magh-Raighne, a plain in Ossory, containing 
the churches of Mar-thortheach, Cill-Finnche, 
and Gleann-Dealmhaic.—See the Feilire- Aenguis, 
and O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 2nd February, 
l7th September, and 5th October; and the 
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part iii. c. 27, 
apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 153. 

“ Ua-Tindridh. — * A. D. 861. Maelohar 


O’Tinnri, one of the" [best] **phisitians in Ire- 
land moritur.” — Ann. Utt., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

This is the first notice of an Irish physician 
to be found in the Irish annals since the intro- 
duction of Christianity. After the establish- 
ment of surnames there were various heredi- 
tary medical families in Ireland, as O' Hickey in 
Thomond, O'Callannan in South Munster, O'Ley 
and O'Canavan in West Connaught, O’ Cassidy 
in Fermanagh, O’Sheil in Delvin Mac Coghlan, 
and various other districts; O’Fergus in Umh- 
all, in the west of the county of Mayo; Mac 
Donlevy in Tirconnel. For a curious notice 
of old medical Irish manuscripts, used in Ire- 


- 


. 860.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 495 


were slain by him. The plundering? and devastation of Meath by Aedh Finn- 
liath, the son of Niall Caille. Gormlaith, daughter of Donnchadh, Queen of 
` Ireland, died, after having lamented her crimes and iniquities, and after doing 
good penance for her transgressions and'sins. An army was led by Cearbhall 
into Meath, to [assist] Maelseachlainn against Aedh, son of Niall, and Amh- 
.laeibh, where Ruarc, son of Braen, was slain by the Ui-Neill The renewal of 
the fair of Roighne* by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal. 
The Age of Christ, 860. Finan, of Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite ; 
Dalach, son of Maelraitte, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Finncheallach, Abbot of 
Fearna ; and Muirgheas, anchorite of Ard-Macha, died. Mescell, son of Donn- 
ghal; Ruarc, son of Bran, King of Leinster, were slain by the Ui-Neill. Bruadar, 
son of Dunlang, lord of Corca-Loighdhe ; Maelodhar Ua Tindridh", the most 
learned physician of Ireland, died. Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall Caille, and 
Flann, son of Conang, went with the lord of the foreigners to plunder Meath, 
and committed great depredations there. Maelseachlainn",son of Maelruanaidh, 
son of Donnchadh, Monarch of Ireland, died on the thirteenth day of N ovember 
precisely, on Tuesday, after he had been sixteen years in the sovereignty. Of 
his death was sung :- 
Mournfully is spread her veil of grief over Ireland, 
Since the chieftain of our race has perished, Maelseachlainn of the 
flowing Sinainn. 
Many a moan in every place, it is a mournful news among the Gaeidhil ; 
Red wine has been spilled into the valley, Erin's monarch has died. 
Though he was wont to ride the white stallion, and many steeds of 
steady pace, 
The only horse of Maelseachlainn this day [i. e. his fed I see behind 


two oxen. 


land in the sixteenth century, see Stanihurst, 
Hiber. Lugd. Batav. 1584, p. 43. Colgan has 
the following reference to the family of O’Sheil, 
in a note on his Life of Sedulius, Bishop of 
Dublin, at 12th February: 

* Frequens est hodie et numerosa per diversas 
Hibernie provincias Seduliorum familia, natu- 
ralis scientie peritid, et medicine professione 
continue excellens, quasi ‘que nomen a magno 


Sedulio hereditavit, doctrinam etiam quasi hæ- 
reditariam zmularetur et possideret patrimo- 
nium.”—Acta Sanctorum, p. 313, n. 1. 

~ Maelseachlainn.—** A. D. 861. Aedh, mac 
Neill, regnare incipit. Maelsechnaill, mac Mael- 
ruanaigh, ri Erenn uile, ii. Kal. Decembris tertia 
feria anno regni sui xvi. defunctus est.” — Ann. Uit. 
O'Flaherty places the death of Maoilseachluinn 
mac Maolruanaidh, and the accession of Aidus, 


4 


496 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. ~ (861. 


\ 


. Copecpao longspuinc Rochla la Cinoéicció, mac nGaíchín, ci$eapna 
Cairgipi ipin cáiccio lo Sepcembep, 7 manbad Conuill Uleag 4 Cuipgnen, 50 
pyochaióib ole immanlle pmá. j 

Qoi Cpiorc, ocht ccéo peapcca a haon. On céo bliadain oCfoo Phinn- 
hat, mac Néill Challe, ór Epinn hi piece. Maolpaccpaice, mac Fioncon, 
€prcop 7 pepibneóin, ancome, 7 aóbap abbaoh Apoa Maca, vécc. Daniel 
Ua Limtive, abb Copcaize 7 Lip moip, oo ğum. Cledan, abb Ini Cataig, 
décc. Mulgan, mac Oiapmaoa, ciseapna Nip 7 Olinin Lipe, vo mapbao 
la Noncmannaib. Cod, mac Cumurceas, cigeapna Ua Niallóm, oécc. 
Omlaob, lomap, 4 hUipli, cmi corps Gall, 4 Concan, mac Catal, ci&eapna 
Mhoe, oo 10nnpaó peapamn Plomn, mic Conamg. Uam Achaw Aloa hi 
Mugodonnab margen, uaim Cnogsba, vam pent bovan 1. buachall €lc- 
maine, op Oubac,4 uaim mná an Goban ag Onorcheav aca, vo Cnothad, 1 
bongan lap na Galla cfona. lonopaoh Conoaéc lap in mrs Cod Pinnliae, 


or Aedh Finnliath, in the year 863, which is 
the true year. 

* Loughphort- Rothluibh : i.e. the Fortress of 
Rothlabh. This is the place now called Dun- 
Rathlaigh, anglicé Dunrally, situated close to 
the River Barrow, in the townland of Court- 
wood, parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, 
and Queen's County. It lies close to the boun- 
dary between Laighis and Clann-Maelughra. 

* Cinneididh, son of Gaithin.—See this Gaithin 
referred to in an interpolated passage in the 
Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part iii. c. 26 
(apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 155, and p. 186, 
notes 54, 55), as having rebuilt the fort of Rath- 
Bacain, in the plain of Magh-Reda (now the 
manor of Morett), near the church of Domh- 
nach-mor. 

* Nas.—Now Naas, in the county of Kildare, 
about fifteen Irish miles from Dublin. See it 
already mentioned under A. D. 705, and under 
A. D. 1466, 1575, and 1599. The name is ex- 
plained in Cormac’s Glossary as denoting “a 
fair or place of meeting,” and is applied to some 
other places in Leinster, as Naash, a fair-green 
in the parish of Owenduff, barony of Shelburne, 


and county of Wexford; and Bally-Naase, in 
the parish of Rathmacknee, in the barony of 
Forth, in the same county. From a very re- 
mote period till the tenth century, Naas, in 
Kildare, was the chief residence of the kings of 
Leinster, and their palace is supposed to have 
stood at what is now popularly called the north 
moat of Naas.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, pp. 3, 9, 
99, 202, 205, 226, 250, 253. 

* Airther-Life.—See notes under the years 
628, 811, and 834, suprà, The town of Naas 
was the capital of Airther-Lifé, and the resi- 
dence of the local chiefs after its desertion by 
the kings of Leinster. j 

^ Achadh-Aldai: i.e. the Field of Aldai, the 
ancestor of the Tuatha-De-Danann kings of Ire- 
land. This place is described by the Four Mas- 
ters as situated in the territory of Mughdhorna- 
Maighen, now the barony of Cremorne, in the 
county of Monaghan; but it is highly probable, 
if not certain, that Mughdhorna-Maighen is a 
mistake of transcription forMughdhorna-Breagh, 
and that Achadh-Aldai is the ancient name of 
New Grange, in the county of Meath. If this be 
admitted, the caves or crypts plundered by the 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


861.] 497 


The destruction of Longphort-Rothlaibh* by Cinnedidh, son of Gaithin’, lord 
of Laighis, on the fifth of the Ides of September ; ‘and the killing of Conall 
Ultach and Luirgnen, with many others along with them. 

The Age of Christ, 861. The first year of Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall 
Caille, in sovereignty over Ireland. Maelpadraig, son of Finnchu, bishop, scribe, 
and anchorite, and intended abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Daniel Ua Liaithidhe, 
Abbot of Corcach and Lis-mor, was mortally wounded. Aedhan, Abbot of 
Inis-Cathaigh, died. Muiregan, son of Diarmaid, lord of Nas” and Airther-Life*, 
was slain by the Norsemen. Aedh, son of Cumasgach, lord of Ui-Niallan, died. 
Amhlaeibh, Imhar, and Uailsi, three chieftains of the foreigners ; and Lorcan, 
son of Cathal, lord of Meath, plundered the land of Flann, son of Conang. The 
cave of Achadh-Aldai’, in Mughdhorna-Maighen ; the cave of Cnoghbhai'; the 
cave of the grave of Bodan, i. e. the shepherd of Elemar*, over Dubhath*; and 
the cave of the wife of Gobhann, at Drochat-atha‘, were broken and plundered 
by the same foreigners. The plundering of Connaught by the king, Aedh 
Finnliath, with the youths of the North. The killing of the foreigners at 


Danes on this occasion were all in the immediate 
vicinity of the Boyne. It should be here re- 
marked that all the crypts plundered by the 
Danes on this occasion were in one territory, 
namely, in the land of Flann, son of Conang, 
one of the chieftains of Meath ; and that it is 
evident from this that Mughdhorna-Maighen is 
an error of the Four Masters, as that territory 
is in Oriel, many miles north of the land of 
Flann, son of Conang. The Editor deems it his 
duty to record that these mounds were first 
identified with these passages in the Annals by 
Dr. Petrie, in his Essay on the Military Archi- 
tecture of the ancient Irish, read before the 
Royal Irish Academy, January, 1834. 

* Cnoghbhai.—Now Knowth, in the parish of 
Monknewtown, near Slane, in the county of 
Meath. It is separated from Ros-na-righ by 
the River Boyne.— See note *, under A. D. 784, 
p- 391, suprd. 

3 Elemar.—He was son of Dealbhaeth, a Tua- 
tha-De-Danann prince. 


* Dubhath.—Now Dowth, on the River Boyne, 
near Drogheda, in the county of Meath. The 
cave referred to in the text is in a remarkable 
mound, 286 feet high. The interior of this 
mound has been recently examined by the Royal 
Irish Academy, who have found that the cave 
had been, at some remote period, broken into 
and disturbed. The Danes seem to have been 
aware of the traditions of the country, that these 
mounds were burial places, and that they con- 
tained treasures worth digging for. For a de- 
scription of the recent exploration of this cave 
see Wakeman's Handbook of Irish Antiquities. 

f The cave of the wife of Gobhann, at Drochat- 
Atha,—This cave is in the great mound at 
Drogheda, on which now stands a fort which 
commands the town. This mound has not been 
examined in modern times, nor is it worth the 
trouble, as we have every reason to infer, from 
the recent operations at Dowth, that we may 
receive the testimony of the Irish annalists, who 
inform us that Uaimh mna an Ghobhann, at 


: 3.8 


VIP tia a i i i S T 


498 [862. 
co nóccaib an Phocla. Mapbad na nGall,1 P(pca na cCaípech, le Cfpball, 
co papigaibp(c xl. c(nn laip, 7 gup po mnapb ap a cmé 140. Piat Cummmi$ oécc. 
Coip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peapeca a 06. On oapa bliadam oob Fhinn- 
hat. Cleibgimbpic, eppcop Cille vapa, pepibmd 7 angcorpe, vécc. Sé badna 
décc ap 6éo a arp an can acbat. Maonac, mac Conomoig, abb Ruir Cpé, 
Tuin(óach, mac Néill, ab Cugmonó 7 ceall naile,4 6poccán, mac Compuro, 
abb Slébce, oécc. Raomld món map an mý Med Pinnliaé, 3 ma Plann, mac 
Conaing, pon Antié mac eda, pf Ulad co nUlcoib 1 com Conartle Cfpo. 
Crpeach la Chall pon Cargmu,4 cp(ch orle o: peachtmame 1anam la Cargmu 
pop Oppargib. Concan, mac Catal, eigeapna Mie vo dallad la hob 
pPinniiac. Conéobap, mac Oonnchada, an oapa cig{pna boi pon Whoe, vo 
báohao ın huipece oc Cluain hlopaipo, la hAmlaib, cigeapna Gall. Oom- 
nall, mac Dunlaing, pgoormna Laigh, oécc. Clpmav, mac Catannarg, corpeac 
Conca bharpcemo, vo-mapbaoh la Galla”. Inoped €oganacca la Ceapball, 
mac Oungaile, co poachc co Piopu Marge Péne, 4 co ccuc giallu aiteach- 
cuata Muran, 7 moped Ua nClongupa an Oepceipc, 1 naom Bhadain lap. 
Clap Cpopr, ocht ccéo peapcca a zpi. On cpeap hadam ooo. 


ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


Drogheda, was plundered by the Danes. Ac- 
cording to the pedigrees of the Tuatha-De- 
Dananns, Goibhninn, Gobha, or the Smith 


ponds with 862 of the Annals of Ulster, which 
notice the events of that year as follows. ‘The 
old translation in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49, which 


(whose brothers were Creidne, the Brazier ; 


` Diancecht, the Physician ; Luchtain, the Car- 


penter; arti Cairbre, the Poet), was the son of 
Tura mae Tuireill, of the royal line of the 
Tuatha-De-Dananns. 

s Fearta-na-g Caireach : i. e. the Graves of the 
Sheep; so called from the carcasses of a great 
number of sheep, which died of a mortality, 
having been buried there. The place, which is 
now called Fertagh, is situated near Johnstown, 
in the barony of Galmoy, and county of Kil- 
kenny, and is well known to Irish antiquaries 
forits ancient church and Round Tower. 

^ Luimneach.— This was originally the name of 
the Lower Shannon ; but at this period it ceased 
to be the name of the river, and was usually ap- 
plied to the Danish fortress at Limerick. - 

The year 861 of the Four Masters corres- 


is very faulty, is here corrected by the Editor. 

* A, D. 862. Hugh, mac Cumascai, king of 
Oniallans, moritur. Mureach, mac Maeileduin, 
Secnap of Ardmach, and king of East-North” 
[recté, Oriors], “ died by" [the hand of] 
“ Donell, mae Hugh, mic Nell. Muregan, mac 
Diarmada, king of Nas, and North-east of Lifi” 
[rectè, Airther-Lifi, or East-of-Liffey ] ** a Nord- 
mannis, is killed. The den” [rectó, crypt] “or 
cave of Acha-Alda, and of Cnova, and the cave 
called Fert-Boadain, over” [the] ‘place called 
Duma” [rectó, Dubhad] ; ‘‘and the cave of the 
Smith’s wife, broken and spoyled by the forrei- 
ners, which was never done before they did soe 
out of their Navy. Three kings of them, viz., 
Avlaiv, Ivar, and Auisle, entered the lands of: 
Flann, mac Conaing. Lorcan mac Cahail, king 
of Meath, was with them."— Anz. Uit. 


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862.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 499 


Fearta-na-gCaireach*, by Cearbhall, so that forty heads were left to him, and 
that he banished them from the territory. Fiach of Luimneach® died. 

The Age of Christ, 862. "The second year of Aedh Finnliath. Aeidhgin- 
brit, Bishop of Cill-dara, a scribe and anchorite, died ; one hundred and six- 
teen years was his age when he died. Maenach, son of Connmhach, Abbot of 
Ros-Cre; Muireadhach, son of Niall, Abbot of Lughmhadh and other churches; 
and Brocan, son of Comhsudh, Abbot of Slebhte', died. A great victory was 
gained by the king, Aedh Finnliath, and by Flann, son of Conang, over Anbhith, 
son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, with the Ulidians, in the territory of Conaille Cerd. 
A prey by Cearbhall, [lord of Osraighe], from Leinster; and another prey in 
a fortnight afterwards from the Osraighi, by the Leinstermen. Lorcan, son of 
Cathal, lord of Meath, was blinded by Aedh Finnliath. Conchobhar, son of 
Donnehadh, the second lord that was over Meath, was drowned in a water at 
Cluain-Iraird, by Amhlaeibh, lord of the foreigners. Domhnall, son of Dunlang, 
heir presumptive of Leinster, died. Cermad, son of Catharnach, chief of Corca- 
Bhaiscinn, was slain by the foreigners. The plundering of Eochanacht by 
Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, so that he reached Feara-Maighe-Fene*, and bore 
away the hostages of the Aitheach-tuatha of Munster’; and the Ui-Aenghusa™ 
of the South were [also] plundered by him in the one year. 

The Age of Christ, 863. The third year of Aedh. Maincheine, Bishop of 


* Slebhte.— Now Sleaty or Sletty, an old 
church near the town of Carlow, on the west 
bank of the Barrow, in the barony of Slieve- 
margy, and Queen's County.—See note °, under 
A. D. 698, p. 300, supra. 

The year 862 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 863 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

** A. D. 863. Lorcan, mac Cahail, King of 
Meath, blinded by Hugh, mac Nell, king of 
Tarach. Conor, mac Diarmada, halfe king of 
Meath, styfled in water at Cluain-Iraird by 
Avlaiv, king of the forreiners. A great deroot” 
[i.e. derout, or defeat] “by Hugh, mac Nell, 
and Flann, mac Conaing, upon Ainfi and Hugh 


with Ulsterians, in Tirconnell” (rectó, in Tir-. 


Conaille-Cerd, in the now county of Louth]. 
* Mureach, mac Nell, Abbot of Lugai, and of 
many more churches, died. Aegen Britt, bu- 
shop of Kildare, and scribe and anchorite, et 
senex almost of 116 yeares of age, died.” — 

* Feara-Maighe-Fene—Now Fermoy, a ba- 
rony in the north of the county of Cork. 

1 Aitheach-tuatha of Munster: i.e. the Attacotti 
of Munster. These were such tribes of Mun- 
ster as were not of the race of Oilioll Olum. 

™ The Ui-Aenghusa.—These were the descen- 
dants of Aenghus Mac Nadfraeich, King of 
Munster, who was slain in Ceall-Osnadha, in the 
now county of Carlow, in 489. They were the 
ancestors of the families afterwards called Mac 
Carthy, O’Callaghan, O’Keeffe, and O'Sullivan. 
—See note °, under A. D. 489, p. 153, supra. 


382 


500 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[864. 
Mamċeme, eppcop leiċtġlinne, Cuatal, mac Apogura, ppim eppcop Popcpenn, 
j abb Otin Ceallám, Cellach, mac Chililla, abo Chille oapa,3 abb lae oécc 
hi cCmé Cpmtntch. C(é(pnach, mac Paipmg, prop Apoa Macha, Conmal, 
proi Camlaéca, 7 Cucharpén, 2. atain €ceapcairg, mac €ogarmn, mic Cfeó- 
again, mic Copbarg, pcpibnio, 7 angcorpe hi cCluam mic Nóip, véce. Cicé(mp- 
nach, mac Pocaptm, cigeapna Loca Sabap, q an vapa plat bof pop 
bpeagoibh, [oécc]. Tads, mac O1anmava, cigeapna Ua Cennpealarg, oo 
mapbao lá a bpórepib péipin. Colman, mac Ofnlams, cigeapna Potapc 
cíne, oo manbad la a cloinn péipin. 

Clip Core, ocht ccéo peapeca a cèam. Omeapcach, eappcop 1 abb 
Lotpa, Colgga 1 evh, oa abbaoh Maimpepeac buite, oécc 1pm mbliabamp:. 
Ro c(cclomaoh lémnéionól an Cuaipceipnc la hOlod pPinoliac, go. po amec 
longponca Gall gac amm hi pabacap :pim Pocla ecip Cenel Cogan 1 Dál 
n(paioe, 1 oo beapc a cpooh 4 a néceao, a néoala 1 a molmaome. Ran- 
gavan oll an cóicció co haon margin go Loc Peabaul mic Lovan. i lap na 
plop oClooh, 4. p Epeann, an cupcompac eaécainémél pm oo bert 1 nop a 
tipe nip bo heiplfoac po pn(pclaó lap iad, uaip do porch va poigh lion a 
pocparoe, 7 po peanad cat ammin ammapmapcac (coppa c(ccap oa lete. Ro 
Tpaíneao pop na Gallaib, 7 po cuinead a nap. Ro cionóil(oó a ccionna co 
haon magn a bpiaonuipr an pis, conad oa Picic décc chno po comaipmead 
pava, oo pocaip laip oon cacgleó pin cenmoca in po cpéccnaigce oíob, 7 oo 
bpfea 1 nocaipligib écca lap, aobóicic cid 1ap coll oia ngonaib. Spucap, 
-q Slébce, 1 Acho Anglar oopgam oOppargib. Loch Cépino vo poáoh hi 


^ Fortrenn.— A. region of Alba inhabited by 
the Picts. 


“ A. D. 864” [recté, 865]. ** Eclipsis solis in 
Kal. Januarii, et Eclipsis Lune in eodem mense. 


^ Dun- Ceallain.—Now Dunkeld, a town of 
Perthshire, in Scotland, situated on the River 
Tay, about ten miles north of Perth. **Dun- 
kelden, vel rectius Dun-culden, quod tumulum 
corylorum ex etymo interpretaberis, est oppi- 
dum Caledoniorum in Scotia ad Taum annem 
situm,” —Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 690, n. 5. 

The year 863 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 864 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 


Cellach, mac Ailill, abbot of Killdare and of Ia, 
dormivit in regione Pictorum. Tiernach, mac 
Fogartai, Kinge of Loch Gavar, and halfe Kinge 
of Bregh, moritur. The Britones, or Welshmen, 
banished out of their country by Saxons, that 
Eacht, theire cheife, was captive at Moin-Conain” 
[Anglesea]. “Teige mac Diarmada, rex Nepotum 
Cinselai, interfectus est dolosó a fratribus suis, et 
a plebe sua. Convael, Equonimus of Tavlacht, 
and Tuahal mac Artgusa, Archbushop of For- 
tren, and abbot of Dun-Callen, dormierunt."— 


864.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 501 


Leithghlinn ; Tuathal, son of Ardghus, chief Bishop of Fortrenn”, and Abbot 
of Dun-Ceallain*, [died]. Ceallach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the 
Abbot of Ia, died in Pictland.. Ceithearnach, son of Fairneach, Prior of Ard- 
Macha; Conmhal, Prior of Tamhlacht; and Luchairen (i. e. the father of Eger- 
tach), son of Eoghan, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach, scribe and anchorite 
at Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Tighearnach, son of Focarta, lord of Loch Gabhar, 
and the second chief who was over Breagh, [died]. Tadhg, son of Diarmaid, 
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own brethren. Colman, son of Dun- 
lang, lord of Fotharta-tire, was slain by his own children. 

The Age of Christ, 864. Dineartach, Bishop and Abbot of Lothra ; Colgga 
and Aedh, two abbots of Mainistir-Buithe, died. A complete muster of the 
North was made by Aedh Finnliath, so that he plundered the fortresses of the 
foreigners, wherever they were in the North, both in Cinel-Eoghain and Dal- 
Araidhe ; and he carried off their cattle and accoutrements, their goods and 
chattles. The foreigners of the province came together at Loch-Feabhail-mic- 
Lodain*. After Aedh, King of Ireland, had learned that this gathering of 
strangers was on the borders of his country, he was not negligent in attending 
to them, for he marched towards them with all his forces; and a battle was 
fought fiercely and spiritedly on both sides between them. The victory was 
gained over the foreigners, and a slaughter was made of them. Their heads 
were collected to one place, in presence of the king ; and twelve score heads 
were reckoned before him, which was the number slain by him in that battle, 
besides the numbers of them who were wounded and carried off by him in the 
agonies of death, and who died of their wounds? some time afterwards. Sruthar 
Slebhte and Achadh-Arglais were plundered by the Osraighi. Loch Lephinnt 


Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. - eorum vulneribus,” p. 367; but azcbáičiz via 
? Loch- Feabhail-mic- Lodain : i.e. the Lake of ^ ngonaib, or ac báepao oia ngonmb, means 


Feabhal, son of Lodan, a Tuatha-De-Danann 
chieftain. This lough is now called anglicé 
Lough Foyle, situated near the town of Lon- 
donderry.—See note *, under A. M. 3581, p. 40, 
suprà. 

3 Died of their wounds.—Dr. O’Conor incor- 
rectly translates this: ** Et transvecti sunt 
eorum vulnerati in Ecclesias" [recte, in mortis 
angore], “et baptizati sunt postquam sanati de 


“they died of their wounds,” not “baptizati 
sunt.” lap ecpioll means “ after some time.” 

* Loch-Lephinn.—Otherwise written Loch- 
Leibhinn, now Lough Leane, about one mile to 
the south of the village of Fore, in the north of 
the county of Westmeath. According to the Life 
of St. Fechin, published by Colgan, Diarmaid, 
King of Meath, lived on an island in this lake 
in the time of St. Fechin, who died in the year 


502 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. ` .. [B65. 


pull, acap la các com bo péimce cnó amail recura a imeachcaip. Cepnachan, 
mac Cumapcars, cigeapna Racha hini, oo mapbao la ITimpegen, mac 
CLeoagám.. Mam pop lomgfp n€ochaille piap na Oépib, 1 copgnaó a Long- 
punc. Op na n5all la cucipceapc. nOppaige, la Cmneioig mac Barchin 
oc Mimonoichec. 

Corp Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peapeca a cúicc. Mn cáicceaó bliadam ooo. 
Ocgedcain, ab Conoipe,7 Lamve eala, eppcop 7 pepibmio, Robapcach Pionn- 
slap eppcop 7 pepibnio, Conall Cille Scipe eppcop, Oubapcac beii, oécc. 
Copbmac Ua Liatain, eppcop, abb 7 angcoipe, vécc. Maolcule, mac ango- 
bann, abb Chpne antip, oécc. Coddacan, mac Pinnpneachta, canapi abbao 
Cluana, 7 abb ceall niomda, oécc an céo lá oo Nouembep. Meaoloin, mac 
Coda Oipomvde, cina Orig, décc rap nool hi ccléinc(éc 06. Copecnach 
Cicée Celle, pembmd 7 angcoipe, vécc. huppan, mac Cionaoda, pigoarhna 
Connaéc, do lopecad hi crags temead la Sochlacan, mac Oiapmava. Lop- 
ccad Oume Amlaib, occ Cluam Dolcáin, la mac Oatene, 7 lá mac Ciapain 
mic Rondic, 1 céo cn vo toiplchaib Gall vo capealbad vo na paopclan- 
ooib spin apmaig occ Cluam Oolcám. Mumfoach, mac Catal, cigeapna 
Ua cCpeméamn, oég oo palp. Canannan, mac Ceallang, piosdarnna 


664, q. v. suprà ; and according to the tradition 
in the country the tyrant Turgesius had a resi- 
dence on the same island. 

* Rath- Airthir.—Now Oristown, near Teltown, 
in the county of Meath.— See it already referred 
to under the years 784 and 805. 

* Eochaill : «i.e. the Yew Wood, now Youghal, 
a town near the mouth of the River Blackwater, 
in the south-east of the county of Cork, where 
the Danes had entrenched themselves about the 
middle of this century. 

* Mindroichet.—Now Monadrehid, near Borris 
in Ossory, in the Queen's County.—See note *, 
under A. D. 600, p. 225, suprà. 

The year 864 of the Four Masters corre- 
sponds with the year 865 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which notice the events of that year briefly as 
follows : 

“A, D. 865. Amlaiv and his nobilitie went 
to Fortren, together with the forreiners of Ire- 


land and Scotland, and spoyled all the Cruhnes, 
and brought all theire hostages with them. 
Colga and Hugh, two abbots of the Abbey of 
Bute, in uno anno mortui sunt. Cernachan mac 
Cumascai, King of Rathairthir, jugulatus est 


dolose by Muregan, mac Aedgan. Hugh, mac | 


Nell, praied all the mansions of the forreiners 
between Tirconnell and Dalnarai, that is, the 
South East of Ulster, and brought their goods 
and Chattles to his place of abode after battle 
geven them ; an overthrow geven them at Loch 
Fevail from whence he brought 240 heads. 
The tourninge of Loch Levinn into bloud, that 


it was in lumps of bloud as if it were lights of- 


beasts in the bottom of it."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


^ 7 
* Ara-airthir: i.e. the Eastern Ara, now In-' 


isheer, the most easterly of the three islands of 
Aran, in the Bay of Galway.—See the year 856. 
x Dun- Amhlaebh.— Amlaff’s, Auliffe's, or Au- 


ES 


865.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ^ &8 


was turned into blood, so that it appeared to all that it was lumps of blood like 
the lights [of animals] externally. Cearnachan, son of Cumasgach, lord of 
Rath-Airthir*, was slain by Muirigen, son of Aedhagan. A victory was gained 
over the fleet of Eochaill' by the Deisi, and the fortress was destroyed. A 
slaughter was made of the foreigners by the people ofthe north of Osraighe, 
and Cinnedidh, son of Gaithin, at Mindroichet". 

The Age of Christ, 865. The fifth year of Aedh. Oeghedhchair, Abbot 
of Conner and Lann-Eala, bishop and scribe ; Robhartach of Finnghlas, bishop 
and scribe ; Conall of Cill-Scire, bishop; [and] Dubhartach of Beiri, died. 
Cormac Ua Liathain, bishop, abbot, and anchorite, died. Maeltuile Mac an 


Gobhann, Abbot of Ara-airthir", died. Aedhacan, son of Finnsneachta, Tanist- ` 


abbot of Cluain, and abbot of many churches, died on the first day of November. 
Maelduin, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, lord of Oileach, died, after having entered 
into religion. Cosgrach of Teach-Telle, scribe and anchorite, died. Huppan, 
son of Cinaedh, heir presumptive of Connaught, was burned in an ignited house, 
by Sochlachan, son of Diarmaid. The burning of Dun-Amhlaeibh* at Cluain- 
Dolcain, by the son of Gaithen and the son of Ciaran, son of Ronan ; and one 
hundred of the heads of the foreigners were exhibited by the chieftains in that 
slaughter at Cluain-Dolcain. Muireadhach, son of Cathal, lord of Ui-Cremh- 
thainn, died of paralysis. Ceanannan, son of Ceallach, heir presumptive of 


laff's Fort. This was the name of a Danish prayed by Daigio” [recté, destroyed with fire] ‘ by 
fortress at Clondalkin, near Dublin. Sochlachan, mac Diarmada.  Auisle the third 
* The son of Gaithen.—He was chief of Laeighis, Kinge of Gentyles, by guile and by murther 


or Leix, in the present Queen’s County. The 
year 865 of the Annals of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 866 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which notice the events of that year as follows : 

** A. D. 866. Maelduin, mac Hugh, King of 
Ailech, in clericatu dolore extenso mortuus est. 
Rovartach of Finglais, episcopus et scriba; and 
Conall of Kilskere, episcopus; and Coserach of 
Tetaille, seriba et anchorita ; and Ogechar, abbot 
of Connire and Lainela; and Cormacke, nepos 
Liahain, scriba episcopus et anchorita, in Christo 
omnes dormierunt. Maeltuile, abbot of Lower 
Arne, died. Guaire, mac Duvdavoiren, mortuus 
est. Aban, mac Cinaeh, second in Connaught 


killed by his own kinsmen” [Auisle, tercius Rex 
Gentilium, dolo et paricidio, a fratribus suis jugu- 
latus est]. “ Battle upon Saxons of the North 
at the cittie Evroc” [York] “ by the Black for- 
reiners, wherein Ailill” [ Alli] “King of Saxons, 
was killed. Dunavlaiv burnt at Cluondolcain by 
Mac Gaeithin, and by Maelciarain, mac Ronain, 
and the slaghter of a hundred heads of the best 
of the forreiners, the same day, with those said 
captains, in the confines of Clondoleain” [in 
eodem die apud duces predictos in confinio Cluana 
Dolcain]. ** Muireach, mac Cahail, King of Kin- 
dred Crimthainn, died of a long palsy” [ paralisi 
longa extinctus est ].— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


BEES NIS 
" 


504 ANNQZa.RIOshachta EIREANN. [866. 
Ua cCemnpealoig, vécc. Madm ma mac Haichm pop Hallar” Ata chat 
1 concain Ooolb micle. Gnimbeolu, coipeac Hall Concaige, oo mapbad lap 
na Oémb. 

Coip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo pepeca apé. Cn peip(ó badam oob. Ceal- 
laé, mac Cumupecaig, abb Poba, eccna uapal oiponióe epide. Conn- 
mach, abb Cluana mic Nó, a Pme Gall 06 3. vo Chenel Eachach Gall, 1. 
a écc an ééo lá oo mí lanuapu. Oamiel, abb Glinne vá Coca, 4 Camlachca, 
Caomán, mac Oaoloig, abb Ooimliace Cianáin, Congal, mac P(oaicch, abb 
Cille Oealga, 1 pcpibnó cogaioe,3 P(pgup Ruip aahtip, pepmbmó 4 angcorpe, 
décc. Reaccabna, mac ITlupchaóa, abb Concaige móipe, 7 Caichtene, abb 
Cluana h€ióneach, oécc. Plano, mac Conaing, cigeapna Op(g ule, oo 
&onól pean mbps, Laig, 4 Gall, co CU ua nOargpe, cúng mle lion a 
poéparoe, ino aghaió an pígh Aoda Finnleit. Ni parbe Cod acc aon mile 
nama ım Concobap, mac Taidg mop, mý Connacc. Ro peanad an cat co 
ofocpa ovitpaccac (coppa, po meabaid po eoid cpa neapc 10omġona, 7 
lomaineacce pon propa Onls, pon Cargnib,3 pon Gallaib, 7 po cuipead a nap, 
j copépaoap pochade mop vo Gallar 1pm ccat pm. Topcaip ann Plann, 
mac Conaing, cig(pna ópeag, 4 Oiapmaro, mac €ceppceoil, cig fpna Loca 
Haban,7 Caplup, mac Amlonb, mac cigeapna Gall. Topcaip von leit apoill 
Paccna mac Maoleotm, mgoamna an Phocla, hi pmtġýun an cata. Man- 
nacán, cigeapna Ua mba na Sionna, po mapb Plann, via nebnad, 


Mop an buaid oo Mhannachan, oo 5lonn an gaipecid apg, 
Cfo mic Conaing ina láim, oo bang pop 10nchaib mic Tands. 


* Eochaidh Gall.—'This notice of Connmhach's 
descent is not in the Annals of Ulster. The 
Editor has not been able to find any authentic 
document to prove the existence of this Eoch- 
aidh. Jocelin, in his Life of St. Patrick, makes 
him the father of Ailpin, King of Dublin in St, 
Patrick's time ; but this is a silly fable (similar 
to that about Gurmundus and his Irish Lord 
Deputy, Turgesius), which was evidently writ- 
ten since A. D. 930, to flatter the vanity of the 
Christian Danes of Dublin, by asserting that 
their ancestor was converted to Christianity by 
St. Patrick.—See Colgan's notes on this fable 


in Jocelin, Trias Thaum., p. 112, n. 70, 71; and 
Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 226, note * The Fine- 
Gall,who were seated at Dublin, and in the 
east of the plain of Bregia, were evidently the 
descendants of the prince, Tomar, or Tomrar, 
who was slain in the year 847. 

* Cill- Ua-nDaighre: i. e. Church of the Ui- 
Daighre, now probably Killaderry, in the county 
of Dublin. 

> Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Mor: i. e. of Tadhg, 
son of Muirgheas, who was the fourth in descent 
from Muireadhach Muilleathan, a quo Sil-Mui- 
readhaigh. This Conchobhar was the grandfather 


866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 505 


Ui-Ceinnselaigh, died. A victory was gained by the son of Gaithin over the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath, wherein fell Odolbh Micle. Gnimhbeolu, chief of the 
foreigners of Corcach, was slain by the Deisi. 

The Age of Christ, 866. The sixth year of Aedh. Ceallach, son of Cumas- 
gach, Abbot of Fobhar, who was a noble and illustrious wise man ; Connmhach, 
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Fine-Gall, i. e. of the race of Eochaidh 
Gall’, died on the first day ofthe month of January. Daniel, Abbot of Gleann- 
da-locha and Tamhlacht ; Caemhan, son of Daelach, Abbot of Daimhliag- 
Cianain ; Conghal, son " Feadach, Abbot of Cill-Dealga, and a distinguished 
scribe; and Fearghus of Ros- ailithir, scribe and anchorite, died. | Reachtabhra, 
son of Murchadh, Abbot of Corcach-mor; and Laichtene, Abbot of Cluain- 
. eidhneach, died. Flann, son of Conaing, lord of all Breagh, collected the men 
of Breagh [and] Leinster, and the foreigners, to Cill-Ua-nDaighre*,—five thou- 
sand was the number of his forces,—against the king, Aedh Finnliath. Aedh 
had only one thousand, together with Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Mor", King of 
Connaught. The battle was eagerly and earnestly fought between them; and 
the victory was at length gained, by dint of wounding and fighting, over the 
men of Breagh, the Leinstermen, and the foreigners ; and a slaughter was made 
of them, and a great number of the foreigners were slain in that battle. There 


were slain therein Flann, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh; Diarmaid, son of. 


Ederscel, lord of Loch-Gabhar ; and Carlus, son of Amhlaeibh, [i.e.] son of 
the lord of the foreigners. There fell on the other side Fachtna, son of Mael- 
duin, Righdhamhna of the North, in the heat of the battle. Mannachan, lord 
of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna’, slew Flann ; of which was said : 


Great the triumph for Mannachan, for the hero of fierce valour, 
[To have] the head of the son of Conaing in his ions to exhibit 
it before the face of the son of Tadhg’. 


of Tadhg of the Three Towers, King of Con- derive their surname. The territory of the Ui- 
naught, who died in 954, and the great-grand- ^ Briuin-na-Sinna, or Ui-Briuin of the Shannon, 
father of the Conchobhar, from whom the family lies principally between Elphin and Jamestown, 
of the Ui-Conchobhair, or O'Conors of Con- in the county of Roscommon, and comprises the 
naught, derived their hereditary surname. parishes of Kilmore, Aughrim, and Clooncraff — 
* Mannachan, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna.— See note *, under A. D. 1197, p. 107, infra. 
This Mannachan is the ancestor from whom the 4 The son of Tadhg: i.e. Conchobhar, King of 
family of the Ui-Mannachain, or O'Monahans, Connaught. 


3T 


506 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(866. 


Ap vo na coípeachaib oo píol Mupfohags cángaoap oo cach Chille 


Ua nOagpe, po nóió(ó moro, 


Ciac bepa các a ble, ap a Luise lah écaug, 

Crp 1a0 po an caomp(p oécc, looap ipm ccat oá coimméo. 

Locap pan cat oá éabap, Pinnacca 7 Follamain, 

Maonach, mait mem an mapcaig, agur Caóg, mac Comalcarg. 
Plannacean plait pciamoa an peur, ip Mugpom caom Ua Catol, 
Mannachan bá mait a mém, 1p Choice ua Maoilmicéil. 


Opuch Aeda aobepc pray ccat, cecmc, 


Oop pail oap Pinoabaip Find, piallaċ spin vono oap lat Linn luno, 
Cir ap cévaib pimtean goill, oo cat pm pg n€caip null. 


(eo cecinic, 


Mait ap mana, mait ap peacc, neapc ced cupad map ccopnp, 
GOppargíó puar, oénaió ecc, mapbaró an cpéo immon Tope. 


Pile cecinic, 


hi cCill Ua nOaigpe mor, blaippic piai lomamn cpó, 
Meabaip pop pluag piabpa nall, ıp pop Plann mp pippan dó. 


* The Sil- Muireadhaigh : i. e. the O? Conors of 
Connaught and their correlatives.—See note i, 
under A. D. 700, p. 301, supra. 

f To guard him.—Dr. O'Conor says that two 
lines are here wanting, which seems true. 

s Finnachta.—He was the ancestor of the fa- 
mily of O'Finaghty of Dünamon, whose terri- 
tory extended on both sides of the River Suck. 

^ Flannagan.—He was chief of Clann-Cathail, 
a territory near Elphin, in the county of Ros- 
common, and ancestor of the family of O’Flan- 
nagain, now Flanagan. 

! Maelmichil. —He is the ancestor of the family 
of O'Maeilmhichil, now anglicó Mulvihil and 
Mulville, anciently seated in the territory of 
Corcachlann, in the east of the county of Ros- 


common.—See note ! under the year 1256, 
p. 358, infrd. For a curious account of the 
chiefs of Sil-Muireadhaigh, and their offices 
under the King of Connaught, see the Stowe 
Catalogue, p. 168; and Hardiman’s edition of 
O’Flaherty’s West Connaught, pp. 139, 140. 

* The poet of Aedh: Opue Cleda.—In the 
Leabhar-Gabhala of the'O'Clerys, p. 203, the 
reading is pile Cfeóa, i.e. the poet of Aedh- 
Finnliath, Monarch of Ireland. The Druth was 
rather the king’s fool, who was often as wise 
and as witty a man as the king himself. 

1 Brown-haired-host : i.e. the forces of Con- 
chobhar, King of Connaught. 

™ King of Etar: i.e. King of Howth, by which 


is here to be understood Flann, son of Conaing, 


a i ii li Saeed ee a ee S SURE eee TN 


866]  ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. E, 


It was of the chieftains of the Sil-Muireadhaigh* who came to the battle of 
Cill-Ua-nDaighre, the following was composed : 


Though every one should judge adversely, it is on his full false oath : 

These are the eleven men who went into the battle to guard him’ 

There went into the battle to assist therein Finnachta? and Follamhain, 

Maenach,—good was the disposition of the horseman,—and Tadhg, 
son of Tomaltach ; 

Flannagan", beauteous chief of the cavalry, and the comely Mughroin, 
grandson of Cathal ; 

Mannachan, good was bis mind, and Aidit, grandson of Maelmichil.. 


The poet of Aedh* said before the battle : 


There comes over the bright Finnabhair a pleasant, brown-haired host, 
across the noble, rapid stream. 

It is in hundreds the foreigners are counted, to fight with the great 
King of Etar". 


Aedh cecinit: 


Good our cause”, good our expedition, the strength of a hundred 
heroes in our body ; 
Rise ye up, accomplish valour, kill the herd along with the boar’. 


A certain poet cecinit: 


At Cill-Ua-nDaighre this day, the ravens shall taste sups of blood, 
A victory shall be gained over the magic host of the foreigners, and 
over Flann ; it will be no good news to him. 


prince of Bregia. Cppagid puap oénaió écc 
^ Good our cause.— This quatrain is quoted by Foinpgió an epéo mon cone.” 
Michael: (Glany Sy die, Glovers $n vent P ° Along with the boar : 1mmon cope .1. 1m an 
pag, arise, thus: Oppargrd .1. epi, amail copc.— It is stated in an interlined gloss in the 
at andan Stowe copy, and in the Leabhar-Gabhala of the 
* Mat ap mana, peápp áp bpeace, O'Clerys, p. 203, that the copc,.boar, here 
Neanz céo cunad map gcopp. alludes to Flann, son of Conaing. 


372 


508 . ANNATA gioghachca EIREANN. : [866. 


M 


(ed cecmic, 


Oo pil buòne Langtn leip, lap an mbpeip von ohómn bpanp, 
Cups oo bein maom rm Phlann, comapda na nGall pia a ap. 


Qed cecinic, 


Cuipíó neri pop ccfngad pap, pop mac ‘mngop do Oubparg, 


Cpéan ap colba Cpipc pon am, 1 mbealach boóba dop pil. 


Ap oon cac ceona po nárofo, . 


4 


Eol ouíb an vo migne, mac Néll Oils eapgnae, 

An cCÍoó Pino co poobs, c(pp occ Cll Ua nOargpe. 
Oeich cécoip co [a] nuarge, 1an péoaib ind 1 pí$e 
Don oeabaió conpuala, mebaio pop cog mile. 


Loippin oput Plamn acbepc po, 


Dia luam léáice Lota loomap 1 mbelac náca. 
Finopuine pip. po biota, 1onmume gnú gnata. 


Macaip Plamn, mg Néill appubarpc po, 


Sippan, oippan, veagpcél, oporchpeél, mam cata puaid paenaiğ, 
Sínpan pí, dia noeapna paorlio, opan pí popr poemib, 

Oroppan vo pluaicch Leite Cumn, a ccurcim la piabpa Slam, 
Sioppan pfogad Cleda will, agup ouppan oiobaó Plain. 


Máta Plainn beórp, 


Cin coe coe, oo ni mac Conaing oon po, 
Clem pí comcce gac dú oo Fonte an bpá oo vonnoe. 


» Dubhsaigh : i. e. the black slut, or biteh.— 
This reproachful name is bestowed by the mo- 
narch on his own sister, who was the mother of 
Flann.— See note *, infrd. 

a Christ protects. — The monarch Aedh here 
reminds his troops that, as they were fighting 
against pagans and their lrish allies, Christ 
would be on their side to ensure them victory. 

 Bealach-natha.—This was the name of an 
ancient road near Killonerry ; but the name is 
now obsolete. 


s Findruine.—In the Leabhar- Gabhala of the 
O'Clerys, p. 204, this is glossed by Pip Speag, 
i. e. men of Bregia. . 

t The daughter of Niall.—lt is stated in the 
Leabhar-Gabhala of the. O?Clerys (ubi supra), 
that the mother of Flann mae Conaing was the 
daughter of Niall Caille. She was, therefore, the 
sister of the monarch, and Flann was slain fight- 
ing on the side of the Danes against his uncle. 
The joy and grief of Flann's mother expressed 
in these rhymes can then be easily imagined. 


do cde sary * 


MEME Ls 


` 


866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 509 


Aedh cecinit : 


The troops of Leinster are with him, with the additional men of the 
rapid Boinn ; 
What shews the treachery of Flann is the concord of the foreigners 
by his side. 
Aedh cecinit : 
Put ye the venom of your tongues upon him, upon the narrow-hearted 
son of Dubhsagh?; | 
Mighty is our standard, Christ protects? us in the pass of danger in 
which we are. 
Of the same battle was said : 


Know ye what did the intelligent son of Niall of Oileach, 

The fair Aedh, with slaughter, southwards at Cill-Ua-nDaighre ? 

Ten hundred in the grave, by direct computation ; 

In the battle which happened, five thousand were defeated. 
Loisin, the poet of Flann, said this : 


Monday, the day of terror, we went to Bealach-natha’. 
The men of Findruine were slaughtered ; dear were the well-known faces. 


The mother of Flann, the daughter of Niall‘, said this : 


Happiness! wo! good news! bad news! the gaining of a great trium- 
phant battle, 

Happy for the king whom it makes joyous; unhappy for the king who 
was defeated. 

Unhappy for the host of Leath-Chuinn, to have fallen by the sprites of 

. Slaini*. | 
Happy the reign of the great Aedh, and unhappy the loss of Flann ! 
The mother of Flann again : 

The fire, fire which the son of Conang made of the plain ! 

I beseech the king, who protects every place, to strengthen the 
mother who bore him. 


* The sprites of Slaini: i.e. the Danes, who Boyne, near Slane, in the county of Meath.— 
. had taken up their station at Linn-Rois, on the See note *, under the year 841, p. 462, supra. 


510 [867. 

diaa uipcce anaiémó vo meabpam a ccaob Sléibe Cualann ma paibe 
3Japccaé 7 bpic ciopouba, gup bó maccnad mop la cách mopm. Conn, mac 
Cionaeoha, tigeapna Ua mbappéi cípe, oo mapbao oc cogail m dine popp 
na galloib. 

Qoi Cort, ocht ccéo peapceca a peacht. On peachemao bliadam 
dod. Qll Chlocaip poepibnió, eppcop, q abb Clocain, Conbmac, mac 
Eladag, abb Saugpe,epycop,7 pepibnio, Niallan, eppcop Slaine,véce. Covoip, 
mac Oongaile vo dol 1 mapcpa la Gallaib ı nOipips orapmacca.. ITlapcan, 
abb Cluana mic Nóip 7 Oarmimpi, pepbmó eipióe oo Ohapcporgib dooming 
a cenél. Oubzac, mac Mhalcule, pean po deanpgnad ap eccna 4 poglaim 
vo luéóc na h€oppa uile ma pé, oécc. Plano, mac Peancaip, abb Lainve 
Léine, 4 pepeigip Apoa Maca, véce. Copbmac, mac Connmaig, pepergip, 
pepibnio, 1 (ccnaió Cluana peapca bpénamn, vécc. Ounlancc, mac Mun- 
fohang, pi Lagi, oécc.. ITlaelbpigoe, mac Spealám, cigeapna Conaille, oécc 
1ccléinceacc. ‘Cionaed, mac Tflaelpuanaió, an oapa cigeapna boi an can 
pm pop Chamaccoib oo mapbao. Maolciandm, mac Rónám cpémpean 
amın Epeann pémoró pogla pop Ghallaib, oo manbav. Cian, mac €achac, 
cigeapna Cnemtainne,véce. Cian mac cummupecarg,cigeapna Ua mbaippcr, 
dég. Cípnach, mac Eatach, cigeapna Mugdopn móp(z, [o0écc]. Oonnagán, 
mac Ceopacca, ci$eapna Ua cCemnpealairg, oo mapbad. | Conamg, én mac 
Flam, mic Conaing, oo mapbad la hUib cCeimmpelars. Apo Maca vopgain 
5 vo lopecad, co na veantaigib uile la hOmlanb. Oei ccéo ecip bpeoo 3 


ANNAZA RIOShachca emedaHn. 


* Sliabh-Cualatin.—' This was the old name of 
the Sugar-loaf mountain, near Bray, in the 
county of Wicklow. "The year 866 of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 867 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year 
briefly as follows: 

** A. D. 867. Cellach, mac Cumascaich, Abbas 
Fovair, juvenis sapiens et ingeniosissimus, periit. 
Convach, Abbot of Clonmicnois, in nocte Kal. Ja- 
nuarii in Christo dormivit. Daniel, Abbot of 
Glindaloch and Taulachta. Caevan, mac Daly, 
Abbot of Doimliag, mortuus est. A battle by 
Hugh, mac Nell, at Killonairi, wpon the O’Nells 
of Bregh, upon Leinster, and a greate army of 


forreners, wherein fell 900, or more. Flann, 
mac Conaing, King of all Bregh; Diarmaid, 
mac Edirsceoil, and many Gentiles, were killed 
in that battle; Diarmaid being king of Loch- 
gavar. Fachtna, mac Maeilduin, died of a wound 
gotten in the battle, being heir apparent of the 
Fochla, that part of Ulster” [so called]. ** Con- 
gal, mac Feai, Abbot of Killdelga, scriba, quievit. 
Eruptio ignota aque de Monte Cualann cum pis- 
cibus atris. Ventus magnus in Feria Martini. 
Rechtavra, mac Murcha, abbot of Corca-mor, 
dormivit." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Dartraighe- Daimhinsi : i.e. Dartry of Deye- 
nish. This is clearly a mistake for Dartraighe- 


867.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 511 


A stream of strange water burst forth from the side of Sliabh-Cualann", in 
which were fish and coal-black trouts, which were a great wonder to all. Conn, 
son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Bairrchi-tire, was slain while demolishing the for- 
tress of the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 867. The seventh year of Aedh. Ailill of Clochar, 
scribe, bishop, and Abbot of Clochar ; Cormac, son of Eladhach, Abbot of 
Saighir, bishop and scribe; Niallan, Bishop of Slaine, died. Eodois, son of 
Donghal, suffered martyrdom from the foreigners at Disert-Diarmada. Martin, 
Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois and Daimhinis, a scribe of the sept of Dartraighe- 
Daimhinsi*; Dubhthach, son of Maeltuile, a man who excelled all the people 
of Europe in wisdom and learning, died. Flann, son of Fearchar, Abbot of 
Lann-Leire and Giconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Cormac, son of Connmhach, 


ceconomus, scribe, and wise man of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. Dunlang, son. 


of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died. Maelbrighde, son of Spealan, lord of 
Conaille, died in religion. Cinaedh, son of Maelruanaidh, the second lord that 
was at that time over the Cianachta, was slain. Maelciarain, son of Ronan, 
champion of the east of Ireland, a hero-plunderer of the foreigners, was slain. 
Cian, son of Eochaidh, lord of Creamthainn, died. Cian, son of Cumasgach, 
lord of Ui-Bairrchi-tire, died. Cearnach, son of Eochaidh, lord of: Mughdhorn- 
Breagh, [died]. Donnagan, son of Ceadfadh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain. 
Conang, only son of Flann, son of Conang, was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. 
Ard-Macha was plundered and burned, with its oratories, by Amhlaeibh. Ten 
hundred was the number there cut off, both by wounding and suffocation ; 


` 


Coininnsi, which was the ancient name of the 
barony of Dartry, in the west of the county of 
Monaghan. 

The year 867 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 868 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : i : 

* A. D. 868. Martan, Abbot of Clonmienois 
and Daivinis, scriba, and Niallan, bushop of 
Slane, died. Cormac, mac Elaai, Abbot of 
Saigir, et scriba, vitam senilem finivit. Flann, mac 
Ferchair, eguonimus of Ardmach, and prince of 
Lainleire” [heu!] “breviter finivit vitam. Mael- 


ciarain, mac Ronain, the only kingly man of the 
North-east” [recté, of the east] “of Ireland, and 
the bruising champion of forreners, killed. Cer- 
nach, mac Echach, chiefe of Mugorne-Bregh ; 
Ruaachan, mac Neill, cheife of the O’Forinans, 
died. Ardmach spoiled by Aulaiv" [recté, Aulaiv 
spoiled Ardmach], * burninge the towne and 
the oratories, and slaying ten hundreth by fire 
and sword, and caried great booti away. Dòn- 
nagan mac Cedfaa, Rex O’Cinselai, jugulatus est 
dolosé a socio suo. Ailill of Clochar, scriba, Epis- 
copus, and Abbot of Clochar-mac-Damen, mor- 
tuus est. Duvhach, mac Maeltuile, doctissimus 


512 annaca gioghachca EIREANN. [868. 


mhuduccad po mapbao ano lá caob.gac évala 7] Fac vonnmapa oa bpuainpeac 
ann vo bpe leó. Ruadaċán, mac Nell coípeac Ua Ponanoan, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peapcca a hocht. On coccmad bliadan ood. 
Suaiplfch md Eronen eppcop, angcoipe, 7 abb Cluana hlopaipo, ooccur ı 
no1d6aéc 7 nd Cena ppipéacalca mo 11p Cpaband, 7 caom snioma, go po Ue 
a «mm po €ipimn ule. Compud, abb Oipipe Ciapám bhealarg oim pspibmd 
J eprpcop, oécc. Gepán, mac O1copca, abb Sargpe, Oiapmaro, abb P(pna, 
Connla, ancoipe Opoma capaó Chpoe Cianacca, Ouboácuile, abb Let morn 
Mocoemédce, Maolodan, angcorpe, eppcop, 3 abb Oammnpi, [oécc]. Cobtach, 
mac Mumpfohag, abb Cille vapa, (gnaió 7 voccmp (gna epide. Cp do po 
paroeao, 

Cobtach cupms cuipp(chaig, oomna mg Cipche lennaic, 
Oimppan mac mop Mumpeoars, ba hac Ua Coeimpinn Ceallaig. 
Cleici laigean legmvde, pui plan, p(gamn, poclaé, 

Réclu pupeach peómge, comonba Conlaio Cobtach. 

Corngan Pooa, angcorne Carnlacca, valca Maoilepuam, oég.  Odlach, 
mac Muincfprag, cigeapna: Cenedil Conall, oo. mapbao, 7 Maolmonda, 
mac Chlella cizeapna Ceneóil Cugoac, vég. . Maolpeacnall ba cigeapna 
leit veipceinc Opneag oo mapbao la Gallar. Cronaod, mac Peapgaile, 
cigeanna Ua bpúm Cualann, décc.  lonopaó Carg(n la hod pPmntiac o 
Qt chat co Gaöpan. Ceapball mac Oúnğale, cop m Lion bof dia monnnao 
oon leit ole’ go Dún bolec. Popoppacan Cargin ounaió Ceapbaill 7 mac 


Drumear, in the barony of Feara-Arda-Cia- 
nachta, now anglicè Ferrard, in the county of 
Louth.— See note*, under the year 811, p. 424, 
supra. 

è TheCuirreach of races.—Now the Curragh of 
Kildare, which is still celebrated for its horse- 
races. It would appear from Cormac’s Glos- 
sary, in voce Cuippech, that the ancient Irish 


Latinorum totius Europe, in Christo dormivit. 
Maelbrighde, mac Spelain, rez Conaille, in cleri- 
catu. obiit’ — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Disert- Chiarain of Bealach-duin.—Now cor- 
ruptly called, in Irish, Ister-Chiarain, and in 
English, Castlekieran, an old church on the 
Abhainn-Sele, or Blackwater River, in the ba- 
rony of Upper Kells, and county of Meath, and 


about two miles and a half north-west of the 
town of Kells. 
crosses stil to be seen at this church, which 
indicate the antiquity of the place.—See note *, 
under the year 770, p. 374, supra, 

* Druim-caradh of Ard-Cianachta. — Now 


There are some curious ancient 


had chariot races here; for in that work it is 
conjectured that the word cuippech is derived 
“qa curribus) This derivation of the word, 
though not strictly correct, still affords a strong 
presumption that chariot races were held on 
the Curragh in the time of the author of this 


868.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


513 


besides all the property and wealth which they found there was carried off by 
them. Ruadhachan, son of Niall Ua Forannain, died. 

The Age of Christ, 868. The eighth year of Aedh. Suairleach of Eidhnen, 
bishop, anchorite, and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, doctor in divinity, and in spiri- 
tual wisdom, in piety, and in good deeds, so that his name spread over all 
Ireland, [died]. Comsudh, Abbot of Disert-Chiarain of Bealach-duin’, scribe 
and bishop, died. Geran, son of Dichosca, Abbot of Saighir; Diarmaid, Abbot 
of Fearna; Connla, anchorite of Druim-caradh of Ard-Cianachta’; Dubhdathuile, 
Abbot of Liath-mor-Mochaemhog ; Maelodhar, anchorite, bishop, and Abbot 
of Daimhinis, [died]. Cobhthach, son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara, who 
was a wise man and learned doctor, [died], Of him was said : 


Cobhthach of the Cuirreach of races*, intended king of Liphthe of tunics, 

Alas! for the great son of Muireadhach. Ah grief! the descendant of the 
comely fair Ceallach. 

Chief of scholastic Leinster, a perfect, comely, prudent sage, 

A brilliant shining star, was Cobhthach, the successor of Connladh*. 


Comhgan Foda, anchorite of Tamhlacht, the foster-son of Maelruain, died. 
Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain; and Maelmordha, 
son of Ailell, lord of Cinel-Lughdhach', died. Maelseachnaill, who was lord 
of half South Breagh, was slain by the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Fearghal, 
lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, died. The plundering of Leinster by Aedh Finn- 


liath, from Ath-cliath to Gabhran?. 
on the other side, as far as Dun-bolg*. 


Glossary. The chariot is frequently referred to 
in the lives of St. Patrick, as in use among the 
pagan Irish: “Junctis terno novem curribus 
secundum deorum traditionem." —— Lib. Ardmach. 

e Connladh.—He was the first Bishop of Kil- 
dare.—See note *, under the year 519, p. 179, 
supra. 

* Cinel- Lughdhach : i. e. the Race of Lughaidh, 
son of Sedna. The territory of this tribe ex- 
tended from the stream of Dobhar to the River 
Suilighe, now anglicé the Swilly, in the pre- 
sent county of Donegal.—See Book of Fenagh, 


Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, plundered it 


The Leinstermen attacked the fort of 


fol. 47, b, a; and Battle of Magh Rath, note ", 
pp. 157, 158. 

* From Ath-cliath to Gabhran : i.e.from Dublin 
to Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny. 

e Dunbolg.—This was the ancient name of a 
fort near Donard, in the county of Wicklow.— 
See note ^, under A. D. 594, p. 218, suprd. The 
year 868 of the Annals of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 869 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which give the events of that year as fol- 
lows: 

“ A. D. 869. Suairlech of Aignen, Episcopus 


9U 


514 ANNAA gmioghachca EIREANN. ` * 


[869. 


Gatem, 7 oo mapbad vaome 10mba leo. lap na pácucéaó pin vo luchc an 
longpuipe po chachaiop(c co calma ppu, go po pupáilp(c poppa co na plait 
bnan mac Mumeadang, clóo ma ppicemg 1ap mapbad pochaide dia mumncim 
uaibb. lnopea na nOeip la C(pball, mac nOungale, co nOpporgib, 7 
copéarn Copcpan, mac Célecaip, 7 Gopman, mac Cachcnam leó. 

QLoip Cpiope, oche ccéo peapcca anao. On nomad bliabam Coo. 
Quill, eppcop, abb Pobaip, Dubtach, abb Chille achaio, pcpibnió, ancoim, 4 
eppcop, Cupoi, mac Almas, abb 7 eaccnaio Inpi Clotpann,7 Caille Poclada, 
1 Mwe, décc. Colcca, mac Maolecuile, abbaió, 7 angcorpe Cluana Con- 
ane Tomen, Maongal, calicin, abb 6fnocamp, 1 Maolmide, mac Cumupccans, 
pmoin Cluana mic Nó, vécc. Chill, mac Oanlang, pi Corgéfn, oo mapbao 
la Nopcmanmb. Cazal, mac Inopeccarg leit pi Ulad, oo mapbad cpa pop- 
ċongpa an pig eda. Plaic(m, mac Paolcaip, vo báoao. Maolmuaid, mac 
Fimnpnecca, cigeapna Oinin Lipe, vég. Inopead Connaéc la Cfpball, 7 la 


Ouncao, 1 copéaip buachail mic Ounaoaig leó. 


Ceapball cap Cuachaip piap. 


Innpeao Muman ona la 


CQoip Core, ocht ccéo peachemooa. Cn ofchmad badam oo Pinn- 


hac. 
ochtmogac a aeip an can acbác. 


na eppcop abb Oornliacc, angeoipe 7 pepibneóin. Secc mbliadna 
< Qr oia eccaome oo nárbeao, 


Oma gpian ap ccaor clave, cfnn cpabard mpi hEmip, 
Maogað napad naeb Ppamne comopba Cianám céilig. 
Cenmáip pamad ponchaide oramba cenn céim céncia, 

Ompan inno mép molbease ap capa caorm pmo Gna. 


anchorita, et Abbas of Clon-Iraird, doctor religionis 
totius Hibernie pausavit. The spoylinge of Lein- 
_ ster by Hugh, mac N ell, untill” [i.e. as far as] 
* Gavran. Cervall, mac Dungail, with his force, 
came to hinder them to Dunbolg ; but Leinster- 
men spoyled Cervall and MacGaeihine’s mansion 
places, and killed som men, and did flee backe 
with their King, viz., Mureach, mac Brain, and 
some of them were killed. Dalach, mac Mur- 
tach, dux Generis Conell, a gente sua jugulatus 
est. Diarmaid, mac Diarmada, killed a man in 
Ardmacha before the dore" [interfecit virum ante 
januam domás] “of Hugh, King of Tarach his 


house. Duvdatuile, Abbot of Liahmor-Mocae- 
mog; Maelohar, Abbas et Anchorita Daminse ; 
Cumascach, Abbot of Disert-Ciarain of Bealach- 
duin, scriba et Episcopus ; Comgan Foda, An- 
chorite of Tavlachta, Maelruain's disciple; and 
Conla, Anchorite of Druim-cara in Ard-Cia- 
nachta, omnes mortui sunt. Obsessio Aile-cluithe 
a Nordmannis à. Avlaiv and Ivar, duo reges 
Nordmannorum; obsederunt arcem lam, et de- 
strucerunt, in fine quatuor mensium arcem, et pre- 
daverunt. Maeilsechlainn, mac Nell, haulfe king 
of Descert Bregh, is falsely killed” [Zntérfeetus 
dolosé} “by Ulf, a Blacke Gentile. Covhach, 


869.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 515 


Cearbhall, and of the son of Gaithin, and many men were slain by them. When 
the people of the fort had perceived this, they fought bravely against them, so 
that they compelled them, with their chief, Bran, son of Muireadhach, to return 
back, after numbers of their people had been slain. The plundering of Deisi 
by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and the Osraighi, and Coreran, son of Ceileachar, 
and Gorman, son of Lachtnan, were slain by them. 

The Age of Christ, 869. The ninth year of Aedh. Ailill, bishop, Abbot 
of Fobhar; Dubhthach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, scribe, anchorite, and bishop ; 
Curoi, son of Alniadh, Abbot and wise man of Inis-Clothrann', and Caille- 
Fochladha* in Meath, died. Colga, son of Maeltuile, Abbot and anchorite of 
Cluain-Conaire-Tomain ; Maenghal, the pilgrim, Abbot of Beannchair; and 
Maelmidhe, son of Cumasgach, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Ailill, son of 
Dunlang, King of Leinster, was slain by the Norsemen. Cathal, son of Inn- 
reachtach, half king of Ulidia, was killed at the request of the king, Aedh. 
Flaitheamh, son of Faelchar, was drowned. Maelmhuaidh, lord of Airther- 
Life, died. The plundering of Connaught by Cearbhall and Dunchadh ; and 
Buachail, son of Dunadhach, was slain by them. The plundering also of Mun- 
ster, from Luachair westwards", by Cearbhall. 

The Age of Christ, 870. The tenth year of Aedh Finnliath. Gnia, bishop, 
Abbot of Daimhliag, anchorite and scribe, [died]. Eighty-seven years was his 
age when he died. In lamentation of him was said : 


Gnia, the sùn of our fair race, head of the piety of the island of Emhir ; 

Well he celebrated the festival of St. Prainne, the successor of the 
wise Cianan. 

For a long time the bright congregation, of which he was head, had 
dignity without obscurity ; 

Alas ! for the great precious gem, our fair bright friend, Gnia. 


mac Mureai, prince of Kildare, mortuus est.”— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

f Inis-Clothrann : i.e. Clothra’s Island, now 
Inisheloghran in Loughree, opposite Knock- 
croghery, in the county of Roscommon.— See 
note , under A. D. 1193, p. 98, infra. 

€ Caille-Fochladha.—Now Faghly, or Faghil- 
town, in the barony of Fore, county of West- 


meath. There was another Caille-Fochladha, 
near Killala, in the county of Mayo. 

^ From Luachair westwards : i. e. that part of 
Munster, extending from the mountains of 


Sliabh Luachra westwards to the sea, was plun- 


dered by Cearball. 
The year 869 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with the year 870 of the 


302 


516 anNnNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (871. 


Maolcuile eppcop,7 abb Tuléin, Comgpech, mac Paoillém, abb Cille 
hGupoille, P.(poormach, abb. Cluana mic Nap, 7 Robapcach Ofpmaige, 
Tepibmó coccaide, décc. Cínopaolao Ua Murchtigepn, ciġeapna Capi, 
décc 1ap mbeit 1 ccpeblaro cian pooa, 7 ba habb Imliġ lubar eipióe.— Maol- 
puanaid, mac Maolcuapoa, cigeapna Ua Mic Uaip an Phocla, oég. Muğ- 
pon, mac Maelecotaw, letpf Connacht, décc. | Opgam píp na cop: Marge, 
4 na cComann co Shab bladma vo cigeapnaib Gall 1 pneachca péle Omgve 
na bliadna po. 

Cloi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo plchcmovha a haon. On caonmad bliadan 
décc oCÍob. Colman eppcop pepibnedip 7 abb nClonopoma, Oichuill, eppcop 
Cillà móin € mp, Oungal, mac Maonang, abb Inpi Canosa, Maoleuli Cluana 
humnpmn, abb Cugmaono, 7 Platbeapcach, mac Muipc(pcang, abb Oum 
Cailofnn, décc. Scannlán Oomnaig Daccpaice, pepibnió vepppcargce, oécc. 


L(clobap, mac Lomgpiġ, pi Ulad, décc 1ap noeigb(charo. 
bpocan, cigeapna Ua Piachpach hone. 


Uatmanan, mac 
Ounadach, mac Ragallag, 


cigeapna. Cenedil Coipppe móin, 7 ba oia écc Do páioeao, 


Ounadach oindopcaill ám, gap pn nooman conoma giall, 
Caiemil cnaibdeach clamne Cumo po cpoppaib cull 1 nOpuim cliab. 


Annals of Ulster, which note the events of that 
year as follows : 

« A. D. 870. Cahalan, mac Inrechtai, haulfe 
kinge of Ulster, is trecherously killed by” 
[King] * Hugh his advice. Avlaiv and Ivar 
came again to Dublin out of Scotland, and 
brought with them great bootyes from English- 
men, Britons and Pights, in theire two hun- 
dreth ships, with many of theire people captives" 
[et preda maxima hominum. Anglorum, et Brito- 
num, deducta est secum ad Hiberniam in capti- 
vitatem]. ** Expugnatio Duin Sovairche, quod 
antea non perfectum est. Forreiners there with 
Tyrowen. Ailill mac Dunlaing, king of Lein- 
ster, ab Nordmannis interfectus est. Ailill Epis- 
copus, Abbot of Favar, in Christo dormivit. Curoi, 
mac Ailnia, of Iland Clohrann, and of Fochla of 
Meath, Abbas sapiens, et peritissimus Historiarum 
Scoticarum, in Christo dormivit. Colga, mac Mael- 


tuile, sacerdos, Abbot of Clonconaire, quievit. 
Maengal, the Pilgrim, Abbot of Benchuir, 
vitam senilem feliciter finivit. Maelmeath, mac 
Cumascai, Secnap of Cluonmicnois, mortuus est.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

i Ui-Mic- Uais ofthe North.—The exact situa- 
tion of this tribe has not been yet determined. 
The Ui-Mic-Uais of Teffia were seated in and 
gave name to the present barony of Moygoish, 
in the north of the county of Westmeath. 

* The Three Plains: i.e. the Plains of Magh- 
Airbh, Magh-Sedna, and Magh-Tuathat, in the 
baronies of Crannagh and Galmoy, in the county 
of Kilkenny, and in that of Upper Ossory, in 
the Queen's County. Magh-Tuathat is at the 
foot of Sliabh Bladhma, or Slieve Bloom. 

1 The Comanns.—Otherwise called na em Co- 
maim, i.e. the Three Comanns. They were 
three septs seated in the north of the present 


So ere ae ae Oe 13 ka oa W qe ee ee TET a — = t. m Se dc t OL ec GUAE. S c uu. 
x i y ‘ ` Y 1 UN 
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871.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 517 


Maeltuile, Bishop and Abbot of Tuilen ; Loingseach, son of Faeillen, Abbot 
of Cill-Ausaille; Feardomhnach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Robhartach 
of Dearmhach, a distinguished scribe, died. Ceannfaeladh Ua Muichthighern, 
lord of Caiseal, died, after long and protracted illness ; he had been Abbot of 
Imleach-Iubhair. Maelruanaidh, son of Maelcuarda, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais of the 
North, died. Mughron, son of Maelcothaidh, half king of Connaught, died. 
The plundering of the men of the Three Plains‘, and of the Comanns' as far as 
Sliabh Bladhma, by the lords of the foreigners, during the snow of Bridgetmas 
this year. 

The Age of Christ, 871. The eleventh year of Aedh. Colman, bishop, 
scribe, and Abbot of Aendruim ; Dichuill, Bishop of Cill-mor-Inir ; Dunghal, 
son of Maenach, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha ; Maeltuile of Cluain-Uinnseann", 
Abbot of Lughmhadh; and Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, Abbot of 
Dun-Cailldenn*, died. Scannlan of Domhnach-Padraig, a celebrated scribe, 
died. Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach, King of Ulidia, died, after a good life. 
Uathmharan, son of Brocan, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, [died]. Dunadhach, 
son of Raghallach, lord of Cinel-Cairbre-Mor*, died. Of his death was said : 


Dunadhach, a noble protection, a famous man by whom hostages were 
held, 

A pious soldier of the race of Conn [lies interred] under hazel crosses 
at Druim-cliabh’. 


county of Kilkenny.—See them again referred 
to under A. D. 931. This plundering of Ossory 
is not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. Most of 
the other events given under 870 by the Four 
Masters are set down in the Annals of Ulster at 
871, as follows: 

“A. D. 871. Gnia, prince of Doimliag, An- 
chorita, Episcopus, et Seriba optimus” [quievit]. 
Maelruana, mac Maelcurarda, dua Nepotum filio- 
rum Cuais-in-Fochla, mortuus est. Cennfaela, 
nepos Mochtigern, King of Cassil, extenso dolore 
in pace quievit. Ferdovnach, prince of Cluon- 
micnois dormivit. Artga, King of Brittains of 
Srahcluode, consilio Constantini, mic Cinaeh, oc- 
cisus est. Maeltuile, Episcopus, prince of Tula- 


ain, mortuus est. Loingsech, mac Faillen, prince 
of Killausily, mortuus est. Rovartach of Durow, 
scriba optimus, mortuus est. Mugron, mac Maeile- 
cohai, haulf king of Connaght, mortuus est.”— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

m Cluain- Uinnseann: i. e: the Lawn or Meadow 
of the Ash Trees. Not identified. 

^ Dun-Cailldenn. — Otherwise written Dun- 
Ceallain, now Dunkeld, in Scotland.— See note’, 
under A. D. 863, p. 500, supra. y 

° Cinel-Cairbre-Mor.—This tribe was seated 
in the barony of Granard, county of Longford. 

P? Druim-cliabh.—Now Drumcliff, in the ba- 
rony of Carbury, and county of Sligo.—See 
note under the year 1187. 


518 ANNAA giosnachca EIREANN. 


` [872. 

Plaicbeapcach, mac Oubpoip ciġeapna Copco Moòpuad Nmaip, oécc. 
Oonncuan, mac Plannacéám, oo mapbaó la Conams, mac Plamn. Inopead 
Connaéc la Oonncad, mac Ouiboaboin(mn lá pig Ceapil; 7 la Ceanball co 
nOpnargib. Inoped Muman la allaib Ata chat. lornap, pí Nopcmann 
€peann 7 Opfcan, vo écc. 

Qop Cpiorc, ochr ccév peachtmoda a 06.* Cn vapa bliadain oécc 
dod. Clooh, mac Piangupa, abb Roppa Coman, epreop, pepibnió coccaroe, 
Toppa, abb Tamlachza, eppcop,3 pembnd,7 Paelgup, eppuce Apoachans, 
Dég. Cmbceallac, mac Ponapcaig, abb Cluana h€dneach, oécc. Maol- 
mopda, mac Oiapmava, eppcop 7 pepibnioh, véce. Ceall món Mage Emin 
vopgain oo Ghallanb. Copcán, mac Ceallaig, oécc. Inopead na nDé la 
Ceapball go bealach n€ocalle. Pethgna, 1. Neaccam, comanba Pac- 
tpaice, cho cpábarb €peann mle, oécc. Slózeaó la hClod ppmolat go 
Laigmb, co po moin n épíoch go lé. 

Qloip Cpiope, ochz ccéo peachemoba a cpi. Cn cneap bliadam oécc 
ooo. Robapcach, mac Ua Ceapcca, 1. o ca imp Robapcoigh, eppcop 


a Corca- Modhrudh- Ninais.—This was the an- 
cient name of a territory comprising the baro- 
nies of Corcomroe and Burren, in the county of 
Clare, and the three islands of Aran, in the Bay 
of Galway. 

The year 871 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 872 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : ' 

** A.D. 872. Flaihvertach, mac Duvrois, King 
of Corcamrua, Juvenis” [recté, N inais] ; **Uah- 
maran, mac Brogan, rex Nepotum Fiachrach 
Aigne; Dunaach, mac Ragallai, rex Generis 
Cairbre-mor defuncti. Lehlovar, mac Loingsi, 
King of the North, died in his old age. Ivar, 
rex Nordmannorum totius Hibernie et Britannie 
vitam finivit. Dungal, mac Maenai, prince of 
Inis-Kyn-Deai, in pace quievit. Donncuan, mac 
Flanagan, by Conaing, mac Flainn, is treache- 
rously killed. The faire of Tailten cen aige” 
[i. e. without celebration] * sine causa justa et 
digna, quod non audivimus ab antiquis temporibus 


cecidisse? [accidisse ?] “Colman, Episcopus e 
scriba, Abbas Noendroma ; and Flaivertagh, mac 
Murtagh, prince of Dun-Caillin, mortuus est." — 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Cill-mor- Maighe- Emhir.—'This is also writ- 
ten Cill-mor-Maighe-Inir, and Cill-mor-Enir, 
and Cill-mor Maighe Emir. It was the ancient 
name of the church of Kilmore, situated about 
three miles to the east of Armagh.—See note’, 
under A. D. 745, p. 348, suprà. See also the 
years 765 and 807, pp. 368, 418. 

* Bealach- Eochaille : i. e. the Road of Eochaill, 
now Youghal. This was an ancient road ex- 
tending from Lismore to Youghal, close to the 
western boundary of the country of Deisi.See 
it again referred to at the year 1123. 

* Fethgna.— According to the Catalogue of the 
Archbishops of Armagh given in the Psalter of 
Cashel, he was successor of Patrick, or Primate 
of Ireland for twenty-two years. He succeeded 
Diarmaid O’Tighearnaigh in 852, and the true 
year of his death was 874.— See Harris’s edition 


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872.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 519 


Flaithbheartach, son of Duibhroip, lord of Corca-Modhruadh-Ninais', died. 
Donncuan, son of Flannagan, was slain by Conang, son of Flann. The plun- 
dering of Connaught by Donnchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal, 
and by Cearbhall and the Osraighi The plundering of Munster by the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath. Imhar, King of the Norsemen of Ireland and Britain, 
died. 3 

The Age of Christ, 872. The twelfth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of Fian- 
ghus, Abbot of Ros-Comain, bishop and distinguished scribe ; Torpaidh, Abbot 
of Tamhlacht, bishop and scribe ; and Faelghus, Bishop of Ard-achaidh, died. 
Ainbhcheallach, son of Fonascach, Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Mael- 
mordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe, died. Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir’ was 
plundered by the foreigners. Maelmordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe, 


died. Lorcan, son of Ceallach, died. .The plundering of the Deisi by Cear- - 


bhall, as far as Bealach-Eochaille. Fethgna* i.e. the son of Neachtain, successor 
of Patrick, head of the piety of all Ireland, died. .An army was led by Aedh 
Finnliath into Leinster, so that he plundered the entire country. 

The Age of Christ, 873. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Robhartach Mac- 
Ua-Cearta, i.e. he from whom Inis-Robhartaigh" [was named], Bishop of Cill 


of Ware's Bishops, pp. 45, 46. 


The year 872 of the Annals of the Four | 


Masters corresponds with 873 of the Annals of 
Ulster, but the true year is 874. The Annals 
of Ulster notice the events of their 873, as 
follows : 

“ A. D. 873. Hugh, mac Fiangusa, prince of 
Roscomain, Episcopus et scriba optimus; Mael- 
mora, mac Diarmada, Episcopus et scriba; Torba, 
prince of Tavlachta, Episcopus et scriba optimus, 
in Christo dormierunt. Fachtna, Episcopus, heres 
Patricii, capnt religionis totius Hibernie, in Prid. 
Non. Octobris in pace quievit. An army by 
Hugh, mae Neill into Leinster, and" [they] 
“ forcibly dishonoured Killausili, and other 
church-townes, and oratories, which they burnt. 
Killmor of Magh-Inir praied by the forreiners.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Inis-Robhartaigh : i, e. Robhartach’s Island. 


Not identified. The Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters are two years, and the Annals of Ulster 
one year antedated at this period. The events 
transcribed by the Four Masters under the year 
873 are noticed in the Annals of Ulster under 


. 814, as follows: 


* A. D. 874. Maenghal, chief” [recté, Tanist- 
abbot] “of Clonmienois; Rovartach, mac Na- 
cerda, Bushop of Kildare, an excellent writer, 
and prince of Killacha; and Lachtnan, mac 
Mochtiern, bushop of Kildare, and prince of 
Fernan, died all. Muireach, mac Brain, with 
his troups of Leinstermen, wasted untill” [i. e. 
as far as] ** Mount Monduirn, and returned to 
his own country againe before evening. The 
cominge of the Pights upon the Blacke Galls, 
where great slaughter of the Pights was had” 


[Congressio Pictorum for Dubgallu, et strages. 


magna Pictorum facta est]. “ Ostin, mac Aulaiv, 


520 annacd RIOshachta EIREANN. 874. 


Cille oapa, pomömò, 7 abb Cille achaio, Cachenán, mac ITluiceis(pn, eppcop 
Cille vapa, 1 abb Peapna, 6eanoachca, eppcop Cupcan, Pechcnach, abb 
Gume va locha, Macoige, abb Tamlacca, 7 Maongal, prop Cluana mic 
Noip, oécc. Maclenom, mic Tomam oon Mumain, pepibnio 7 (gnaió, 1 Niall 
Opan, abb P(oha dún, oécc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peactmoda a cltap. On cltpamad bliadan 
oécc oCfoo. Oornall, eppcop Concange, pembmd epgna epioe, Maolbnigve, 
eppcop Slame, Oapmaic, mac Coipppe, abb Glnne hUipph, Cionaoo, abb 
Gicharo bó Cainnigh, oécc, ap 06 oo paro(oó, f 


Mon lac Cionaed gnaca mind mac Copgpag co pn(chaib pnau, 
In bneo buaoa, baile bapo, comapbba Apo acha bó. 


Pevach . mac Segm, abb Onpc Orapmaoa, €ogan 7 Maolcuile 
Ua Cuana oá abba Cluana mc Nor, 0€5. Congalach, mac. Pinnachca, 
cigeapna na nOingiall, 7 Catal, mac Ceapnais, ciseapna Pp cCól, oécc. 
Comppe, mac Orapmaoa, cigeapna Ua cCemnpealaig, vo manbad la a 
bpáiépib perppm. Oonnchad, mac Clebaccám, mic Concobaip, oo mapbao lá 
Plann, mac Maolpeacnall. | Socapcach, ciseapna Ua Copbmaic, oécc. 
Reachcabpa, mac 6pam Phino, cigeapna na nOéi vécc. Oungal, mac 
Paolán, cana yi Ua cCemnpelaig, oég. Oonnchad, mac Maoileachtomn, 
vo gum la h€lib. — Plaichpi, mac Maorleviin, cigeapna. Racha Camnaige, 
décc. Rua, mac Mopmino, pi 6pfcan, oo cochc 1 n€pmn, oo teichfo 
ma nOub gallai. Cat pop Loc Cuan, ertip Phinngemceib 7 Ouibgemeib, 
m po mapbao Albano, corpeac na nOuibgemce. 

Cloi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peachemoba a cing. On cárgeaó bliadan oécc 
oCfoo. Maolpaccpaicc, mac Ceallaig, abb Maimpcpeac buite, vécc. 


King of Nordmanns, per Albanos per dolum 
occisus est. Maccoige, prince of Tavlacht, and 
Benacht, Episcopus of Lusca, im pace dormivit. 
Fechtnach, abbot of Glindaloch, obiit." 

* The Eili—This tribe inhabited the present 
baronies of Elyogarty and Ikerrin, in the county 
of Tipperary, and those of Clonlisk and Bally- 
britt, in the King's County. à 

* Rath- Tamhnaigh.—Now Rathdowney, a small 


town in the district of Clandonough, barony of 
Upper Ossory, and Queen's County. The most 
of the events transcribed by the Four Masters, 
under A. D. 874, are given in the Annals of 
Ulster under the years 875, 876, as follows: 

* A, D. 875” [recté, 816]. ** Constantin, mac 
Cinaeh, rez Pictorum ; Cinaeh, abbot of Achabo- 
Cainni; Congalach, mac Finechta, King of Oir- 
gialla, and Feach, prince of Disirt-Dermada, 


374] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 921 


dara, scribe, and Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; Lachtnan, son of Moichtighearn, Bishop 
of Cill-dara and Abbot of Fearna; Beannachta, Bishop of Lusca ; Fechtnach, 
Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Macoige, Abbot of Tamhlacht; and Maenghal, Prior 
of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Maclendai, son of Toman of Munster, scribe and 
wise man; and Niallbran, Abbot of Fidh-duin, died. 

The Age of Christ, 874. The fourteenth year of Aedh. Domhnall, Bishop 
of Corcach, who was a learned scribe ; Maelbrighde, Bishop of Slaine ; Diar- 
maid, Abbot of Gleann-Uissean; Cinaedh, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh, died. 
Of him was said : 

Great grief is Cinaedh the revered chieftain, son of Cosgrach of 
beaming countenance, 

The gifted torch, enraptured Bard, the exalted Abbot of 
Achadh-bo. 

Fedach, i.e. the son of Seghini, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Eoghan and 
Maeltuile Ua Cuana, two abbots of Cluain-mic-Nois, died.  Conghalach, son of 


Finnachta, lord of Oirghialla; and Cathal, son of Cearnach, lord of Feara-Cul, 


died. Cairbre, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own 
brethren. Donnchadh, son of Aedhagan, son of Conchobhar, was slain by 
Flann, son of Sechnall Socartach, lord of Ui-Cormaic, died. Reachtabhra, 
son of Bran Finn, lord of the Deisi, died. Dunghal, son of Faelan, Tanist of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Donnchadh, son of Maelseachlainn, was mortally 
wounded by the Eili". Flaithri, son of Maelduin, lord of Rath-Tamhnaigh", 
died. Ruaidhri, son of Mormind, King of Britain, came to Ireland, to shun the 
Dubhghoill. A battle on Loch Cuan, between the Finngheinte and the Duibh- 
gheinte, in which Alband, chief of the Duibhgheinte, was slain. | 

The Age of Christ, 875. The fifteenth year of Aedh. Maelpadraig, son 
of Ceallach, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, died. Ceallach, wise man of Tir-da- 


mortuus est. Cairbre, mac Diarmada, rer Nepo- 
tum Cinsela, killed by his owne kinsmen. The 
faire of Tailten cen aige” [without celebration], 
“ sine causa justa et digna. Domnall, Bushop of 


Corke, and an excellent scribe, subita morte 


periit.” 
“A. D. 876. Eogan and Maeltuile, nepos 
Cuanach, duo Abbates of Cluonmicnois, mortui 


sunt. Donogh, mac Aeagan, mic Connor, killed 
treacherously by Maeilsechlainn. Roary, mac 
Murmin, King of Britons, came into Ireland 
for refuge from Blacke Gentyles. Maelbride, 
Bushop of Slane, in pace quievit. Battle between 
the White and Blacke Gentiles at Lochcuan, 
where fell Alban, captin of the Blacke Gentiles. 
Socarhach, mac Brain, dua Nepotum- Cormaic, 


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522 ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. | 


[876. 


Ceallac, (snd Tine va glam, [oécc]. Cumapcaċ, mac Muipfoance, ciġ- 
eapna Ua Cpemċamn, oo mapbad la hUlcaib. Gait, mac Maolbmigoe, 
cis(ina Conaille oo oíé(noaó lá hUib Eatac. Gaet mop, cemcích,] Tom- 
nech : n€pinn an bliadampi, 7 po peapao ppora pola 1apam, gup bó poppéil 
pace cpó 7} pola popp na magi cianaċcai oc Ouma m Deapa. Scpín 
Colaim Cille,7 a monna apé(na oo ċioċcain a nEpmn pop cechead pia 
nOallaib. Innpead Ua cCemnpealaig lá Cinvernig, mac Gaeichín, cigeapna 
Laorgipi; 1 po manbad pochaide lap. 

Qoip Cpiopc, ochr ccéo peachemogac apé. Cicé(pnaé, mac Muna, 
eprcop 7 abb Opoma mepclamn, oécc. Feipgil, mac Compuio, abbanó Oom- 
naiġ Sechnaill, oo mapbad 1 noumecaroe.. Oungal, abb Leitslinne,7 Robap- 
cach, abb Ruipp Cpé, vécc. Maolcoba, mac Cpunnmaoil, abb Cfpoa Maca, 
vo ensabail oo Shallaib Coca Cuan, q an pepleigmn a. Mocca. becan, 
mac Gapnbam, ppo Cille hacaw, Clongap, mac Cronaoda, ciz(pna Pt 
nGpoa,1 Maelcaene, cigeapna O cCpemtainn, vég. Ualganec, mac Plot- 
b(ncair$, pr$óamna an cuaipceinc, 7 Pinpneacca, mac Maeliconcpa, cigeapna 
Luigne, oécc. Maim pop Caigmb a nUaccap vapa, 1 cconcaip bolecoohan 
mac Maotcem. Cp Lagtn Ofpgabaip, oc Pulaccaib, pra nOppargib, i 
cconcain Ounócc, mac Anmchada, 7 Oubcoinepig, mac Maoloúm, amaille 
pe oa ceo phh eion gum 7 badad. Mam ma cC(pb5all, mac nOungaile, 4 
pia p na Oemib, pop pipu Muman, ac Inoeom, 1 concoa Planoabpae, ci$eapna 
Gabpa, 1 pocawde ole amaille pip. | Inop(ó Iflióe 6 pait Muman co Loch 


viz, Anmire instead of Maelcova. Cahalan, 
King of the Men of Cul, mortuus est.” 

* Dumha-an- Deasa :. i. e. the Mound of Deasa. 

This was otherwise written Dumha Deasa, and 
was the name of a mound or tumulus near 
Knockgraffon, in the county of Tipperary.— See 
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 88, note i. 
' The year 875 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 877 of the Annals óf 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

“A. D. 877. Roary, son of Murninn, king of 
Britons, killed by Saxons. Hugh mac Cinaeh, 
rez Pictorum, a sociis suis occisus est. Gairfi, mac 


Maelbride, King of Tirconell” [recté, Conaille- 
Muirtheimhne], “ beheaded by the Ivehaches. 
Cumascach, mac Muireach, King of Kindred- 
Crivhain, killed by Ulstermen. Maelpatricke, 
mac Cellaigh, prince of Monaster-Buty, subita 
morte periit. Ventus magnus & fulgor; a shower 
of bloud came downe soe as it was in great 
lumps swyming. The faire of Tailten sine causa 
justa cen aige” [i. e. without celebration], 
“ Eclipsis Lune Idibus Octobris, iv. luna. The 
Shrine of Colum Cille, and his oathes or re- 
liques, brought into Ireland for refuge from 
Gentyles."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


* Murderously: 1 nounataioe. The term 


—— 


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876.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 523 


ghlas, [died]. Cumascach, son of Muireadhach, lord of the Ui-Cremhthainn, 
was slain by the Ulidians. Gairbhith, son of Maeilbrighde, lord of Conaille, 
was beheaded by the Ui-Eathach. Great wind, lightning, and thunder, in Ire- 
land this year; and showers of blood were afterwards shed, so that lumps of 
gore and blood were visible on the extensive plains at Dumha-an-Deasa’. The 
shrine of Colum-Cille, and his relics in general were brought to Ireland, to 
avoid the foreigners. The plundering of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh by Cinneidigh, son 
of Gaeithin, lord of Laeighis ; and numbers were slain by him. 

The Age of Christ, 876. Tighearnach, son of Muireadhach, Bishop and 
Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, died. Feirghil, son of Comhsudh, Abbot of Domh- 
nach-Sechnaill, was murderously*kiled. Dunghal, Abbot of Leithghlinn, and 
Robhartach, Abbot. of Ros-Cre, died. ' Maelcobha, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot 
of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the foreigners of Loch-Cuan, as was also 
the Lector, i.e. Mochta. Becan, son of Garbhan, Prior of Cill-achaidh ; Aen- 
ghus, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Arda*; and Maelcaere, lord of Ui-Crem- 
thainn, died. Ualgharg, son of Flaithbheartaigh, heir-apparent of the North ; 
and Finsneachta, son of Maelcorcra, lord of Luighne, died. A defeat was given to 
the Leinstermen at Uachtar-dara^, where Bolgodhar, son of Maelceir, was killed. 
A slaughter was made of the South Leinstermen at Fulachta*, by the Osraighi, 
wherein Dunog, son of Anmchadh, and Dubhthoirthrigh, son of Maelduin, were 
slain, together with two hundred men, [who were cut off] by slaying and 
drowning. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and by the Deisi, 
over the men of Munster, at Inneoin', where fell Flannabhra, lord of Gabhra* ,and 
many others along with him. The plundering of Meath, as far as-Loch Ainninnf, 


Dunathaide signifies to kill a man by treachery * Fulachta: i.e. the Cooking Places. Not 


and conceal his body.— See note ^, under A. D. 
1349, p. 595, infrà. This entry is given in the 
Annals of Ulster under the year 878; but the 
old translator takes Dunathaide to be the name 
of a place, which is decidedly incorrect. 

* Feara- Arda: i.e. Feara-Arda-Cianachta, now 
the barony of Ferrard, in the county of Louth. 

? Uachtar-dara.—This is probably the same 
place now called Outrath, and situated in the 
barony of Shillelogher, and county of Kilkenny. 
— See note f, under that year, p. 476, supra. 


identified, 

* Inneoin.—Now Mullach-Inneona, near Clon- 
mel, in the south of the county of Tipperary.— 
See note *, under A. D. 852, p. 487, supra. 

* Of Gabhra : i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now 
the baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, in 
the county of Limerick. 

* Loch-Ainninn.—Now Lough Ennell, near 
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath.—See 
note, under A. M. 2859, suprà; and note ", 
under A. D. 1446, p. 949, infrà. 


QOEM 


524 


ANNAA groshachca EIREANN. 


[876. 


nCinomo. lap mbet pé bliadna décc hi prige nEpeann oCfoo Phmnliat, mac 
Néll Caille, puaip bap 1 nOpuim Inepclamn 1 ccpich Conaille, an 20 lá 00 
Nouembep, conaò dia vermmucéad a oubaipc Fochavh, 


Cúicc bliadna ap pecc noécib, vech ccéo ip cúicc mile, 
O Qòam, nic gaela, co hécc nOleda ac pim. 
Seccmoga ap occ ccéoaib, la pé bliadnaib amb, 

O gem Cpíorc gan aepa, co bar Cfeoha nChilíg. 

Cl 06 oég calainn ceolac Oecembep orana corofn 

In epboilc ampa apb Cod Chg aipopig Gaoweal. 


Plannaccán, mac Ceallarg, po paid mo po, 


Ap pova an sam-adang, pp sleppa gaíche gapba, 

Fo bnón bmg oo mumebaoip, nao map pí pls ofps padba. 
Ap adbal pma himmaipe, conna cum co ngpinne, 
Pichiofn biò pamlaici, caé opong mparceé mo). 

Pp pial poppaió popname, oam bu lan Thain cipeac, 
Sciat pm homna 1 nepnaioe orofn ópoga mac Milead. 
Oparpnid Taleh celUslame, pf Ceampaé cplp co c(caib, 
Rupe Poola pebóaibe, ba moo Cod Oilig exanb. 
Gp oalac, n oeapmaccac oeinge an bíca buie, 

Cp clocoa, nf comofpcel, cmbe madat mac oume. 

Ni moo beicíp mincuile, plaici pil adam occa. 

heu cín amme mmpabao pop mo polcleabap poca. 


z Aedh Finnliath—The real year of this mo- 
narch’s death was 879: ‘‘Aidus Finnliathus 
, Nielli Calnei regis filius R. H. annos sexdecim ; 
12 Kalendas Decembris ferià sextà defunctus; 
ut habet Tigernach, seu Chronicon Scotorum, 
quod annum 879 confirmat." This monarch 
had at least two sons, namely, Niall Glundubh, 
Monarch of Ireland, and ancestor of the family 
of O'Neill of Ulster; 2, Domhnall, King of 
Aileach, who, according to Peregrine O'Clery's 
genealogical work, is ancestor of the Ui-Eathach 
Droma-Lighean, who, after the establishment 
of hereditary surnames, took that of O'Donn- 


ghaile, now O'Donnelly, or Donnelly.—See the 
Appendix, p. 2427. 

The year 876 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 878 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year 
(wre. com. 879), as follows : 

“ A, D. 878. Hugh Finnliah, mac Nell Caille, © 
King of Tarach, in wii. Kal. Decembris, at Drum- 
Inisclainn in Crich-Conaille, died." [Flann, 
mac Maelsechnaill, regnare incipit]. ** Tiernach, 
mac Muireai, bushop, cheif of Drum-Inisclainn, 
extenso dolore pausavit. Fergal mac Cumsai, 


Abbot of Dovnach-Sechlainn, killed at Dune- 


876.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 525 


by the Munstermen. After Aedh Finnliath’, the son of Niall Caille, had been 
sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Druim-Inesclainn, in the 
territory of Conaille, on the 20th day of November ; to record which, Fothadh 
said : 

Five years above seven times ten, ten hundred and five thousand, 

From Adam, no falsehood, to the death of Aedh, are counted. 

Seventy above eight hundred, with six years, are reckoned, 

From the birth of Christ without blemish, to the death of Aedh of 


Aileach. 
On the twelfth of the musical Calends of December of fierce 
tempests, 
Died the illustrious chieftain, Aedh of Aileach, monarch of the 
Gaeidhil. 


Flannagan, son of Ceallach, said this : 


Long is the wintry night, with rough gusts of wind, 
Under pressing grief we encounter it, since the red-speared king of 
the noble house liveth not. 
It is awful to watch how the waves heave from the bottom ; 
To them may be compared all those who with us lament him. 
A generous, wise, staid man, of whose renown the populous Teamhair 
was full, ` 
A shielded oak that sheltered the palace of Milidh’s sons. i 
Master of the games of the fair-hilled Tailtin, Hing of Teamhair of 
an hundred conflicts, - 
Chief of Fodhla the noble, Aedh of Oileach who died too soon. 
Popular, not forgotten, the departure from this world ; 
Stony, not merciful, is the heart of the son of man ; 
No greater than small flies are the kings of Adam’s race with him, 
A yew without any charge of blemish upon him was he of the long- 
flowing hair. 
dathi" [recté, by secret murder]. “Aengus, taken by the Gentyles. Great fleaing of cattle” 
mac Cinaeha, Capten of the men of Ardcia-  [recté, great famine among cattle] “in the Lent. 


nacht, mortuus est. Maelcova, mac Crunvaeil, Great flood in harvest. Maelcaire, Capten of 
cheife of Ardmach, and Mochta, the Lector, the O'Crivhains, occisus est. Uolgarg, mac Fla- 


526 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


(877. . 


Cinmipe, abb Apoa Macha ppí pé naoi mior, oo écc, 7 po baí cmoca 
bliadan na pagapnc map an can pm. j 

Cop Cmort, ocht ccéo peachemogac a peacc. Qin céd bliadam vo 
Plann cSionna mac Maoilechlamn, ór Epmn hi pighe. . P(nabach, mac 
Copbmaic, abb lae, Owblicip, abb Cluana heoaip 7 Tige Cipmoan, Mun- 
eanach, mac Copbmaic, abb 6 €ancpaib, Oomnall, mac Muizen, pf Cargean, 
Peng, abb Cluana móin Moedocc, Plannaccán, mac Paola, poshdarnna 
Ua Ceinnpealans, oo écc. Maolcianain, mac Conamg, cigeapna Ceacba, 
bég hi cclénceéc, rap noveigbeachaw. Maolmichvh, mac Ouibinopeéccaiz, 
oo mapbaoh la hipiai. Camoealbán, mac Rragám, níogoamna Lagi, 
Dég. Plann, mac Maoleclainn, vo tect hi cepích Larg, co puce a ngialla. 
Inopeaó Muman ó cá bopaime co Copcaig la Plann, mac Maoilechlamn. 

Qoip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo peachemogac a hochr. Qn oapa bliadam vo 
Flann cSionna. Cpunmaol Cluana caon, eppuce 7 angcoipe, Suibne Ua Fin- 
nacca, eppcop Chille bapa, Ruiogel, eppcop 7 abb Imleca lobain, Clobacán 
an Oilein, Pfpcaip, abb 6£néaip, Mapcan Ua Roichlig, abb Lip main, Neap- 
pan, mac Ceallong, abb Cluana p(pca Molua, Clongup, mac ITlaelcaulapoa, 
comapba eppcorp Cogan Apoa praca, q} Clonacán, mac Ruadpac, abbad 
Cuppeca, oécc. Maolpabarll, mac Comgpris, ei$eapna Chainnse Gpachaige, 
Plaic(mám, mac Ceallaig, ci$eapna Ua móprum Cualann, Maolpmeill, mac 
Mugpon, cigeapna Ua pFalge, oég. Oentec Cianám vapgam 7 oo cpotad 
vo Hallaib,7 pocaibe món vo daomb oo bneth ap a mbporo.. bapich, copa 
anogaro oo Nopcmannaibh, ba corpeaé vo Luce na hingneama pm, oo mapbad 
iapam, 1 oo lopecaó 1 nA chat, cpé miopbüiibh Oé 7 naoimh Chianám. 
Oonogal, mac Mailecain, plait Ua Conanola, 1 C(pball, mac Concoimne, 


vertai, heire apparent of the North, mortuus est. 
Finachta, mac Maelcorcra, king of Luigne- 
Connaght, mortuus est. Ainmire, prince of nyne 
moneths in Ardmacha, mortuus est. Dungal, 
prince of Lehglin, mortuus est."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

^ Tigh- Airindan: i.e. the House of Airindan, 
or Farannan. This place is so called at the pre- 
sent day, and anglicised sometimes Tifarnan, 
but more usually Tyfarnham. It is the name 
of a townland and parish in the barony of 


Corkaree and county of Westmeath, and about 
five miles and a half to the north-east of Mul- 
lingar. 

i Eantrobh: i.e. Antrim, the chief town. of 
the county of Antrim. 

* Airtheara: i.e. the inhabitants of the baro- 
nies of Orior, in the east of the county of 
Armagh. 

! From Boraimhe to Corcach : i. e. from Beal- 
Boroimhe, a large fort close to the west bank of 
the River Shannon, near Killaloe, in the county 


id 


871.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 591 


Ainmire, Abbot of Ard-Macha for the space of nine months, died ; and he 
had been thirty years a priest before that time. 

The Age of Christ, 877. The first year of Flann Sinna, the son of Mael- 
sechlainn, in sovereignty over Ireland. Fearadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of 
Ia; Duibhlitir, Abbot of Cluain-Eois and Tigh-Airindan'; Muireadhach, son of 
Cormac, Abbot of Eantrobh'; Domhnall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster ; 
Ferghil, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog ; Flannagan, son of Faelan, heir appa- 
rent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Menella son of Conang, lord of Teathbha, 
died in religion, after a good life. Maelmithidh, son of Duibhinnrechtach, was 
killed by the Airtheara* Caindealbhan, son of Riogan, heir apparent of Lein- 
ster, died. Flann, son of Maeleachlainn, came into the province of Leinster, 
and took their hostages. Munster was plundered, from Boraimhe to Corcach} 
by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 878. The second year of Flann Sinna. Crunmhael of 
Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite ; Suibhne Ua Finnachta, Bishop of Cill-dara ; 
Ruidhghel Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair; Aedhagan of the Island ; 
Fearchair, Abbot of Beannchair ; Martin Ua Roichligh, Abbot of Lis-mor ; 
Neassan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua; Aenghus, son of Mael- 
caularda, successor of Bishop Eoghan of Ard-srath ; Aenacan, son of Ruadh- 
rach, Abbot of Lusca, died. Maelfabhaill, son of Hothead lord of Carraig- 
Brachaighe ; Flaitheamhain, son of Ceallach, lord of Ui-Briuin- Cualann; Mael- 
sinchill, son of Mughron, lord of Ui-Failghe ; died. The oratory of Cia was 
plundered and destroyed by the foreigners; and a great number of persons 
were carried off from thence into captivity. Barith, a fierce champion of the 
Norsemen, who was the chief of these persecutors, was afterwards slain and 
burned at Ath-cliath, through the miracles of God and St. Cianan.  Donnghal, 
son of Maelacan, chief of Ui-Conannla"; and Cearbhall, son of Cucoirne, heir 


of Clare, to the city of Cork. 

The year 877 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with the year 879 of the 
Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that 
year briefly as follows : 

** A. D. 879. Feraach, mac Cormaic, Abbot 
of Aei, mortuus est. Maelciarain, mac Conaing, 
king of Tehvai, in clericatu mortuus est. Duv- 


liter, prince of Cluon-Auis, and Te-arinain, 
mortuus est. Muregan, mac Cormaic, prince of 
Sentraiv,” [Santry] “mortuus est. Maelmihi, 
mac Duvinrecht, killed.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 
49. , 3 [ 

™ Ui-Conannla.—The situation of the terri- 
tory of this tribe, which is mentioned again 
under the year 915, is unknown to the Editor. 


528 ANNALA RIOShachca EIREANN. 


[89. 


p'ogoamna Caipil, voéz. Clodagan, mac Oelbaoit, oég. Cuacal, mac Prach- 
pach, cig(pna Técharp méip, Piono, mac Ouibpláme, ci$eapna Ua pPiogemce, 
vo écc. 

Cloip Cory, ochc ccéo peachemogac a nao. Cn cpeap bliadan vo 
Phlann. Tüupé(pcach, mac Néill, abb Oaine Chalgaig 4 ceall naile, dég. 
Scannlán, abb Oám C(cslaipi, vo écc. Catal, mac Copbmaic, ab 4 eppcop 
Cluana Oolcéám, Copbmac, mac Ciapáim, abb Tuama va gualann, 7 ppop 
Cluana phca bpénainn, Ouibinpi, ab Inpı Caomofsa, Medan, abb Cluana 
lonaipo, Plann, mac Owboacpioch, egnaió Tipe oa glaip, vécc. Raoinfoh 
ma Conaille Muipctemmne .1. ma cigeanna Gibleacamn, pon Ulcaib,: cconcain 
Cinbit, mac Cleda, pi Ulao, 1 Conallan, mac Maeleoiin, cig(pna Coba, 4 
anole paonclanna mmmarlle pm. Concubap, mac Taidg (7 ap erm Caóg 
mop mac Mumpsfpa) pi ceona Connachc, oécc, rap noersb(chaw. Sluaiccfo 
lap an pig Flann, mac Maoileachlainn, co nGaowdealaib 7 go nGallarb pim 
Focla co noeipioeaoap 1 Mug emip oi slaup, go po hinopeao la opuing oo 
na plógaib Ano Maca, po gab gialla Conall, 4 Eogam von cápup pin. 
Loncan, mac Copgpais, ciġeapna Ua Niallám, 7 Oonnagan, mac Pocancang, 
cigeapnna. P(pnmaige, oo comcuicim ppa poile. Inopeao Muman la Plann, 
mac Maoil(clainn, 7 a mbpaiġoe oo bpeic lary. All, mac Pinoceallang, 
plait Ua Tpena hi ccpic Ua cCemnpealaig, vo écc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo ochtmoda. On c(tpamao bliadain vo Phlann. 
Maolpuam, eppcop. Cupca, Fenġil, abb Finna, Clongap, mac Maoileotn, 


? Tochar-mor: i. e. the Great Causeway. This, 
which was otherwise called Tochar-Inbhir-moir, 
is situated near Arklow, in the south-east of 
the county of Wicklow.—See notes * and !, under 
A. M. 3501, p. 26, suprà. Fiachra, the father 
of the Tuathal whose death is above recorded, 
was the progenitor of the family of O'Fiachra, 
the head of which was chief of the territory of 
Ui-Eineachlais-Cualann, which is included in 
the present barony of Arklow. 

The year 878 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 880 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 


* A. D. 880. Ferchair, Abbot of Benchar, 
mortuus est. Crunnmael of Clonkine, bushop 
and Anchorite, mortuus est. The mansion Ora- 
tory of Kynan spoyled by Gentiles, carieng 
many captives from thence; and afterwards 
Barreth, the great Tyrant of the Nordmans, was | 
killed by Kynan. Maelsinchill, mac Mugroin, 
king of Ofaly, died. Aengus, mac Maelcararda, 
prince of Ardsraha; Aenagan, mac Ruarach, 
prince of Luscan ; and Flaihevan, mac Cellai, 
King of the O'Briuins of Cualann, moriuntur. 
Suivne, Episcopus of Kildare, quievit. Ruigel, a 
bushop, Abbot of Imlech-Ivair, quievit. Mael- 
favaill, mac Loingsi, king of Cairig-Brachai, 


879.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 529 


apparent of Caiseal, died. Aedhagan, son of Dealbhaeth, died. Tuathal, son of 
Fiachra, lord of Tochar-mor"; [and] Finn, son of Dubhslaine, lord of Ui-Fidh- 
geinte, died. 

The Age of Christ, 879. The third year of Flann. Muircheartach, son of 
Niall, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh and other churches, died. Scannlan, Abbot 
of Dun-Leathghlaise, died. Cathal, son of Cormac, Abbot and Bishop of 
Cluain-Dolcain ; Cormac, son of Ciaran, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann and Prior 
of Cluain fearta-Brenainn ; Duibhinsi, Abbot of Inis-Caeindeagha; Aedhan, 
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird; Flann, son of Dubhdachrich, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, 
died. A battle was gained by the Conaille-Muirtheimhne, with their lord 
Gibhleachan, over the Ulidians, wherein fell Ainbhith, son of Aedh, King of 
Ulidia; and Conallan, son of Maelduin, lord of Cobha; and other nobles along 
with them. Conchobhar, son of Tadhg (and this was Tadhg Mor, son of Muir- 
gheas), King of the three divisions of Connaught, died, after a good life A 
hosting was made by the king, Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, with the Irish 
and foreigners, into the North ; and they halted at Magh-eitir-di-glais*, so that 
Ard-Macha was plundered by some of the troops ; and he took the hostages of 
the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain on that expedition. Lorcan, son of Cos- 
crach, lord of the Ui-Niallan, and Donnagan, son of Fogartach, lord of Fearn- 
mhagh, mutually fell by each other. Munster was plundered by Flann, son of 
Maelseachlainn, and their hostages were carried off by him. Ailill, son of Finn- 
cheallach, chief of Ui-Trena?, in the territory of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. 


The Age of Christ, 880. The fourth year of Flann. Maelruain, Bishop of 


Lusca; Ferghil, Abbot of Fearna; Aenghus, son of Maelduin, heir apparent 


mortuus est.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

° Magh-eitir-di-glais : i.e. the Plain between 
the two Streamlets. Not identified, unless it 
be Moy, at Charlemont.—See it again referred 
to at the year 950. : 

? Ui-Trena—tThe situation of this tribe has 
not been yet determined. f 

The year 879 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 881 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give the events of that year as 
follows : d 

“ A, D. 881. An army by Flann, mac Maeil- 


sechlainn, with his English? [recté, Danes] 
“and Irish, into the North” [1p an Pochlaj, 
“until he came to Magh betweene the two 
rivers, from whence he spoyled Ardmach. Mur- 
tagh, mac Nell, Abbot of Daire-Caleai, mortuus 
est. A rising out between Lorcan, mac Coscrai, 
King of the O'Niallains, and Donnagan, mac 
Fogartai, King of Fernmai. Battle between the 
O'Connells of” [Muirtheimne] “and the rest 
of the North? [recté, and the Ultu, or Ulidians], 
* where Anfith, mac Hugh, King of Ulster, 
Conallan, mac Maeileduin, King of Cova, and 


9€ 


530 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(ssl. 


pigdarina an cucnpcerpe, oo dicfhoad la Dal nade. Pocapca, mac Oub- 
vdcheall, abb Cige Moéua, Cumupcach, mac Oomnantt, cigeapna Ceneoil 
Laogaipe, Faolán, mac Ounlainge, ciġeapna Tocha Cachoach, oécc. 
. bpaon, mac Tigeapnang, oo thanbad lá hObnbie, mac Gapit. Cp oia bar 
1 d0 bap Clongara po páibeao, 


bpaon, mac Cizeapnars gan gaol, caola aepclop pon mbit cé, 
Clenguy vo sum amail poen, ca ni cen oo oecpaio Dé. 


Cintit, mac Mugpom, ergeapna Mugodopn móp(g, oo mapbao. Cacupach, 
mac Robapcaish, abb Apoa Macha, oo écc. 

Corp Cpiope, oche ccéo occmoda a haon. Cn cürcceao bliadain vo 
Phlann. Scanoal, eppcop Cille vapa, Cilbpend, abbaió mac Manchcich, com- 
apba Pinnéin Cluana hlopaipo, Suaipleach, abb Cipo bpeacdin, Ragallach, 
abb b(noéup, Ounadach, mac Copbmaic, abb Mamiptpeach bute, Conal- 
lán, mac Maoilcermin, abb Inpi Caino(ga, Copbmac, mac Ceiceapnai£, ppioim 
Tine oa slap 7 Cluana peapca Opénamn, an bapa cigeanna bof an can 
ym pop Coch Riach, Oomnall, mac Mumpeccen, pi Larg, vo mapbao la 
Largmb buboém, Comppe, mac Ounlamg, cigeapna Caper Lipe, 1 Oonncuan, 
mac Congalaig, cr&eapna. Crannacca Gunne Geimin, décc. Qinbich, mac 
Cevha, mic Mavagain, pi Ulad, oo mapnbao oo Chonallib Muipteimne. 
Gatit, mac peup, canary Japcharp Liphe, vég. Cachalán, mac Combpe, 
canaippi Ua pRailge, oo manbad. Conaing, mac Plainn, cánaipi Ciannacta, : 
oo mapbao la Laigmb. Ounagan, mac Cuatcaip, ci$eapna Haltng Col- 
lampach, vo mapbao lá Garl(ngarb mópanb. 


other nobles, were killed. The Conells were 
victors. Scanlan, prince of Dunlehglais by 
Ulster, killed. Cormacke, mac Ciarain, Secnap 
of Clonfert-Brenainn, and prince of Tuomda- 
gualan, mortuus est. Conor mac Teig, King of 
the three Connaghts, died in old age. Aean, 
prince of Clon-Iraird, in pace quievit. Duvinsi, 
prince of Inis-Kyne-dea, mortuus est."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

a Teach- Mochua : i. e. Mochua’s House, now 
Timahoe, in the barony of Cullenagh, Queen's 
County, about four miles south of Stradbally, 


where a beautiful round tower in good preser- 
vation, and some remains of a church, are still 
to be seen.— See Petrie's Znquiry into the Origin 
and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp.229— 
235. 

* Tochar- Eachdhach : i. e. Eochaidh's Cause- 
way. Not identified. 

* Cathasach.—He succeeded in the year 875, 
and the true year of his death is 883.—See 
Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 46. 

The year 880 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 882 of the Annals of 


————— RW 


881.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


531 


of the North, was beheaded by the Dal-Araidhe. Focarta, son of Dubhdacheall, 
Abbot of Teach-Mochua‘; Cumascach, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laegh- 
aire; Faelan, son of Dunlang, lord of Tochar-Eachdhach’, died. Braen, son of 
Tighearnach, was slain by Ainbhith, son of Gairbhith. Of his death, and of 
the death of Aenghus, [son of Maelduin], was said : 


Braen, son of Tighearnach, without falsehood, universal his renown 
throughout the earthly world. 
Aenghus was slain, as well as Braen; what thing is removed from 
God’s decision ? 


. Ainbhith, son of Mughron, lord of Mughdhorn-Breagh, was slain: 
sach", son of Robhartach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. ; 

The Age of Christ, 881. The fifth year of Flann. Scannal, Bishop of 
Cill-dara; Ailbrend, son of Maichteach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird ; 
Suairleach, Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Raghallach, Abbot of Beannchair; Dúnadh- 
ach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe ; Conallan, son of Maelteimhin, 
Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha; Cormac, son of EM Prior of Tir-da-ghlas 
and Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and the second lord who was over Loch-Riacht at 
that time, [died]. Cairbre, son of Dunlang, lord of Airther-Life, and Donn- 
chuan, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta-Glinne-Geimhin, died. Ainbhith, 
son of Aedh, son of Madagan, King of Ulidia, was slain by the Conaille-Muir- 
theimhne. Gairbhith, son of Arthur, Tanist of Tarthar-Liphe", died. Cathalan, 
son of Cairbre, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Conang, son of Flann, Tanist 
of Cianachta, was killed by the Leinstermen. Dunagan, son of Tuathchar, lord 
of Gaileanga-Collamhrach", was slain by the Gaileanga-mora. 


Catha- 


Ulster; but the true year is 883. The latter 
annals record the following events under 882: 
“ A. D. 882. Maelruain, bushop of Luscan, 
in pace dormivit. Cumascach mac Donell, King 
of Kindred Laoire, mortuus est. Bran, mac 
Tiernai, killed by Ainfith, mac Gairvith. Mors 
mie Ausli, by Mac Ergna, and Maeilsechlainn 
his daughter. Mac Mugroin, capten of Mugorn- 
Bregh, killed. Eochagan, mae Hugh, haulf 
King of Ulster, did kill the sonn of Anfith, mac 
Hugh. Cahasach, mac Rovartai, prince of Ard- 


mach, died in peace. Aengus, mac Maelduin, 
heyre apparent of the North, beheaded” [decol_ 
laius est] ** by Dalarai."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Loch Riach.—Now Loughrea, in the county 
of Galway.— See note", under A. D. 797, p. 406, 
supra. 

^ Jarthar- Liphe : i.e. West of the Liffey.— 
See note *, under A. D. 628, p. 250, suprà. 

* Gaileanga- Collamhrach, 4c.—'This was pro- 
bably another name for Gaileanga-Beaga, on the 
north side of the River Liffey, in the present 


ave 


532 ‘ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. ~ [889. 


Coir Core, ocht ccéd oċcmoòa a oó. Qn peipeaó bliadain oo Phlann. 
Conbmac, eppcop Ooimliacc,7 abb Cluana hlopaipo, Eochu, mac Robapncarg, 
abb Pinvabpach abae 7 Cille Momne, Muipfohach, mac bpom, cigeapna 
Cargean, 1 abb Cille vana. Oá 06 po padead, 


Mopliac Mumpedach Marge Lipe, Laot limb cue, 

Ri Caigean collep lebenn, mac Spain, buaio n€peann ule. 
lonmain snip caomib piogaib, caom otip po líogoib Lopnaib, 
Oliten php a pida, no bip pop milib mópoib. Yjtte 


‘Mugpon, mac Cmngaolaio, abb Cluana plnra 6pénamn, Maolcuile, mac 


Pétgnaig, abb laii Noéoen, Cuilelaic, stn Uapgalaig, banabb Chille | 


dapa, dég, an 10 lá lanuapn. Oomnall, mac Cfoba, ci$eapna Ceneóil Laog- 
aine, décc hi ccléinceaée. Maolpaopaice, mac Maolcuanapooa, cigeapna 
Chpgiall, oo mapbao lá hAipsiallanb peirin. Maolotin, mac Congura, 
tiġina Caille Pallamam, vég. Mac ócc oo lapa occ Cpaoib Lappe dia 
dá mór 1ap na $em(mam. | Cochagán, mac Cleoha, mic Mavagain, pi Ulao, 


oo mapbao la maicne nClinbie, mic Aeda. i 
Coir Cpiopc,ochc ccéd oċcmoòa a cpí. An peaccmad bliadain oo Phlann. 
Maolpáopaicc, abb Cluana mic Nóip, oo Uib Mame a cenel, Cuacal, mac 


county of Dublin. The people called Gaileanga 
Mora inhabited tlie present barony of Morgal- 
lion, in the county of Meath, and some of the 
adjoining districts.—See note !, under A. D. 
809, p. 421, supra. 

The year 881 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 883 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A, D. 883. Ailbren, mac Maichtig, prince 
of Clon-Iraird, extenso dolore mortuus est. Suair- 
lech, prince of Ardbrecan, vitam senilem finivit. 
Daniell, mac Muregan, King of Leinster, jugu- 
latus est a suis sociis. Cairbre, mac Dunlaing, 

. King of West-Lifi, mortuus est. Conaing, mac 
Flainn, heyre of Cianacht, killed by Leinster- 
. men" [decollatus est a Laginensibus]. ** Doncuan, 
mac Connalai, Kinge of Cianacht of Glingavin, 


mortuus est. Dunagan, mac Tuochar, Captain of 
Galengs of Collumrach, killed by the great Ga- 
lengs. Cormac, mac Cehernai, secnap of Tir- 
daglas and of Clonfert-Brenainn, mortuus est. 
Ragallach, Abbot of Benchair; Dunagan, mac 
Cormac, Abbot of Manister-Buty; Conallan, 
mac Maelteivin, prince of Inis-Kyne-dea, dor- 
mavit.— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Caille-Fallamhain : i.e. Fallon’s Wood. The 
situation of this territory appears from a note 
in the Feilire-Aenghuis, at 14th September, and 
also from O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at the same 
day, which place in it the church of Ros-each, 
now Russagh, in the barony of Moygoish, and 
county of Westmeath.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
p. 182, note i. 

y Craebh- Laisre.— A place near Clonmacnoise, 
in the King's County. This entry is given in 


to Sk y Ani 
882.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 533 
The Age of Christ, 882 [recte 885]. The sixth year of Flann. Cormac, 


Bishop of Daimhliag, and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Eochu, son of Robhartach, 
Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and Cill-moinne; Muireadhach, son of Bran, lord of 
Leinster, and Abbot of Cill-dara, [died]. Of him was said : 


Great grief is Muireadhach of Magh-Liphe, a hero of whom many 
deeds are told, 

King of all Leinster, even to the sea of ships, son of Bs the most 
gifted of all Ireland. 

Beloved his countenance of regal dignity; comely chieftain under 
heavy flag-stones, 

Whiter his skin than that of the people of the fairy palaces; he over- 
threw great heroes. 


Mughron, son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile, 
son of Fethghnach, Abbot of Glas-Noedhen; Tuilelaith, daughter of Uarghalach, 
Abbess of Cill-dara, died on the 10th of January. Domhnall, son of Aedh, 
lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died in religion. Maelpadraig, son of Maelcuararda, 
lord of Airghialla, was slain by the Airghialla themselves. Maelduin, son of 
Aenghus, lord of Caille-Fallamhain*, died. A male child spoke at Craebh-Laisre* 


two months after his birth. 


Eochagan, son of Aedh, son of Madagan, King of 


Ulidia, was slain by the sons of Ainbhith, son of Aedh. | 
The Age of Christ, 883. The seventh year of Flann. Maelpadraig, Abbot 
of Cluain-mie-Nois, of the race of the Ui-Maine ; Tuathal, son of Ailbhe, Abbot 


the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 870, in 
which it is added that the child said ** Good 
God" in Irish.—See Dr. Todd's edition of the 
Irish version of Nennius, p. 208. 

The year 882 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 884 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

“ A. D. 884. Tuleflaih, Abbatissa of Kildare, 


mortua est. Skanal, Bushop of the same, also. 


died. Daniell, mac Cinaeh, King of Kindred- 
Laoire in clericatu obiit. Maeltuile, mac Fachtna, 
prince of Glaisnoiden, mortuus est. Maelpatricke, 
mac Maelcurarda, King of Airgialla, jugulatus 


est a sociis suis. Eclipsis Solis, et vise sunt stelle 
tn colo. Maelduin, mac Aengusa, King of Coill 
Follavain, mortuus est. Cormac, prince of Clon- 
Iraird, and Bushop of Doimliag, - extenso dolore 
pausat. A man child, at Cryvlashra, did speak 
within two moneths after his birth, quod anti- 
quis temporibus non auditum est antea. Mureach, 
mac Brain, King of Leinster, and prince of Kil- 
dare. Mughron, mac Cinfaela, prince of Clonfert- 
Brenainn, mortuus est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The eclipse of the sun here referred to in the 
Annals ofUlster shews that the real year was 
885, for it happened on the 16th of June that 
year.—See Art de Verefir les Dates, tom. i. p. 68. 


534 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. “` 


(884. 


Cile, abb Chile oapa, Robancach, mac Colgan, abb Chille Thomae, dég. 
Scanval, mac Pepgil, abb Oomnag Secnall, Poncellach, abb Chille mic 
Mioléon, Cloééu, mac Maolecuile, ppidip Cluana hlopaipo, CInaile Secnab 
(3. pmo) Gunne vá locha [oécc]. Gum Tuatanl, mic Doral, Catar, 
mic Pinnagám, oá pgoamna Corgean, la Pinpneachca, mac Muipedang. 
Longbopcán, mac Pinnacca, ciġeapna Tüápcparge, vo mapbad. Opgam 
Chille oapa la Gallaib, co nuccpac ceicpi picit oécc oo daoimb a mbporo 
leó oo cum a long, iman ppiorp 2. Suipne, mac Ouiboaboin(no, la caob gacha 
maic(pa oile oa puccpac leo. 

Cop Cpiopc, ocht ccéo oċcmoòa a cltap. On coccmaoó bliadam vo 
Planc. Eocha, mac Comgam, eppcop Lamve h€ala, oo cpfocnuccad a 
b(cha 1ap p(noacaio. Reachcad, puí eppcop Cluana hUamach, ITlaolcuile, 
3. mac Oungaile, abb. beanncaip, Colcu, mac Connacám, abb Cinn Ecrit, 
ollam auplabparo, 1 p(ncheio ap veach po buf 1 n€£pmn ma pém(p, Orapmoro, 
abb becc Epeann, Maolpuain, abb Orpipc Orapmaoa, Chille hachoio,1 Tige 
Thaille, Cui gan mácaip, abb Imleacha loboip, Cleban, mac Reccada, abb 
Ropa Cpe, Cigeapnach, mac Tolangg, canaprı oeipceipc. Opts, [oécc]. 
Cn(pach, mac becám, plat Ua mbaippée Mange, oo mapbao la hod, mac 
lolgume. Cp v6 po páio Flann mac Lonán, rea 


Thom ċéó pon cóiceaó mbpepal, ó acbach leo 1 Ciphi leppang, 
Cpnomm fppnada Appall, oobpón c(pbaba Tplppars. 

Scit mo meanma, muao mo snap, ólluió Cpeappach 1 ciugbáp 
Opnad oenang Lipi lám, Cargim co mup mac becain. 


Maolmuna an pile poincte proneolac, pcapaioe eapgna an bepla Scoic- 
egod, oécc. Op pap cuccaó an c(pcemam pi, 


* Cill-Toma.—See note ^, under A. D. 746, 
p. 349, suprà. 

* Cill-mic-Milchon: i.e. the Church of the 
Son of Milchu, now Kilmeelchon, in the parish 
of Lusmag, barony of Garrycastle, and King's 
County.— See the Ordnance map of that county, 
sheet 29. 

The year 883 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 885 ofthe Annals of 


Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A. D. 885” [rectó, 886]. ** Erevon mac 
Hugh," [half] * King of Ulster, killed by 
Elar mac Ergine. Clohovar, mac Maeiltuile, 
Secnap of Clon-Iraird, and Rovartach, mac Col- 
gan, prince of Kiltuom, mortuus est. Fiachna, 
mac Ainfith, King of Ulster, a sociis jugulatus 
est. Scannal, mac Ferall, prince of Dovnach- 


884.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 535 


of Cill-dara; Robhartach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Cill-Toma’, died. Scannall, 
son of Ferghil, Abbot of Domhnach-Sechnaill ; Forcellach of Cill-mic-Milchon'; 
Clothchu, son of Maeltuile, Prior of Cluain-Iraird ; Anaile, Vice-abbot (i. e. 
Prior) of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. The mortal wounding of Tuathal, son of 
Domhnall, and of Cathal, son of Finnagan, two royal heirs of Leinster, by Fin- 
nachta, son of Muireadhach. Longbortan, son of Finnachta, lord of Muscraighe, 
was slain. The plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners, who carried off with 
them fourteen score persons into captivity to their ships, with the prior, Suibhne, 
son of Dubhdabhoireann, besides other valuable property which they carried 
away. 
The Age of Christ, 884. The eighth year of Flann. Eochaidh, son of 
Comhgan, Bishop of Lann-Eala, ended his life at an advanced age. Reachtaidh, 
learned Bishop of Cluain-Uamhach ; Maeltuile, son of Dunghal, Abbot of 
Beannchair; Coleu, son of Connacan, Abbot of Ceann-Eitigh, doctor of elo- 
quence, and the best historian that was in Ireland in his time; Diarmaid, Abbot 
of Beg-Eire ; Maelruain, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, Cill-achaidh, and Teach- 
'Theille; Cui-gan-mathair, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Aedhan, son of Rechtadh, 
Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Tighearnach, son of Tolargg, Tanist of South Breagh, [died]; 
Treasach, son of Becan, chief of Ui-Bairche-Maighe, was slain by Aedh, son of 
Ilguine. Of him Flann, son of Lonan”, said : 


A heavy mist upon the province of Breasal, since they slew at the 
fortaliced Liphe, 
Heavy the groans of Assal, for grief at the loss of Treasach. 
Wearied my mind, moist my countenance, since Treasach lies in death. 
The moan of Oenach-Lifi all, and of Leinster to the sea, is the son of 
Becan. 
Maelmura'*, the learned and truly intelligent poet, the erudite historian of 
the Scotic language, died. It is of him this testimony was given : 
Sechnaill, a fratribus suis moritur.?— Cod. Clar., usually called Maelmura Othna, or of Fathan, 


tom. 49. now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony of 
> Flann, son of Lonan.—The death of this Inishowen, county of Donegal.—See some ac- 


poet is noticed in the Annals of the Four count of this writer in O'Reilly's Descriptive , 


Masters twice; first under the year 891, and Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. lvi.; and the 
again under 918. Trish version of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, 
* Maelmura : i. e. Servant of St. Mura. He is edited by Dr. Todd, p. 222. 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. ` K [885. 


Ni poplargh calman cocéa, ní capga 1 cC(mparg cupa, 

Ni camċe all Epu iopmapn pean map Mhaol minglan Muna. 
Ni epib bap gan volman, m poace snap co manba, 

Nip hiaóaó calam cpebtaig pop peancaid bavio ampa. 


CÍnanloen an coilichip cop m epipeil do pavad vo nmm à nlepupalem co 
Cam Oomnaig 7 poinclclaib mate oo daċcam a n€pinn. Culen, mac 
C(mbaill, mic Oungaile, 7 Maelpeabarl, mac Tflupéfpcarg, oo mapbad la 
Nopcmannaib, conab 06 po paidead, 


Cuilen pon comainse Oé ap pén ipppim olc alli, 
Rommfnaip Culen do ċor oég vo pumm(n po bao pi. 


Maelpebaat, mMm Tflaollpeclamn, oég. Ap vo cabapc ap Bhalla” 
Lumng la Connaccaib. 

Cop Cmort, occ ccéo ochtmoda a cing. On nomad bliadan vo Phlann. 
Maolcule, mac Cuilen, abb Cluana peapca Opénomn, Maolpaopance, 
pecqibnio, (gnaro, 7 abb Cpeore, Ronan, mac Cachail, abb Cluana Oolcam, 
Cucongalca, abb Cluana hlopaipo, Maolmaptaim, abb chaid bó Cainnig, 
Slogaóach Ua Raitnen, abb Sairgpe, 3 Maenach, abb Cille acharó Opomaca, 
[1] Capéaé, abb biopap,vé5. Fingal, mac Pionnacca, abb Cluana hUama, 1 
hUamanán, mac Cépén, pniórn Cluana hUama, oo manbad la Nopcmannaib. 
Sneibgiup, egnaró. ó Vipme Orapmava, awi Chopbmaic, mic. Cuilennamn, 
Oungal, mac Catal, peacnabb Tige Munoa, oég. Ounchad, mac Ourb-. 
vabointin, pf Canpil, vég. Cachpaomead pop Phlann, mac Tflaoilpeacnail, 
ma nalla” Cita chat, oú ı ccopcain Qed, mac Concubaip, pí Connache, 4 
Upsap, mac Cpumoen, eppcop Cille vapa, 1 Oonnchad, mac Maelevinn, 
abb Cille Oealga 4 ċeall naile, 4 pochaióe ele nach aipemtep. Oobailen, 


* Cain- Domhnaigh : i. e. the Sunday Law, or 
rules regulating the solemnization of the Sab- 
bath. «M. 

The year 884 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 886 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give the events of that year briefly 
as follows : 

* A. D. 886" [recté, 887]. “ Murcha mac 
Maelduin, heire of the Fochla" [i.e. the North}, 


“killed by Flannagan, mac Fogartai, King of 
Fernmai. Tiernach, mac Tolairg, heyre of De- 
scert-Bregh, jugulatus est a sociis suis. An 
Epistle brought by the pilgrims” [recté, by the 
pilgrim] “into Ireland, with forfeyture for 
breaking of the Saboth day, and many more 
other good instructions. Echai of Lainn mac 
Comgain, viam senilem finivit, and Maelmura, 
the kingly poet of Ireland, mortuus est."— Cod. 


885.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 537 - 


There trod not the charming earth, there never flourished at affluent 
Teamhair, 

The great and fertile Ireland never produced a man like the mild-fine - 
Maelmura. 

There sipped not death without sorrow, there mixed not a nobler face 
with the dead, | 

The habitable earth was not closed over a historian more illustrious. 


Ananloen, the pilerim, came to Ireland with the epistle which had been 
given from heaven at Jerusalem, with the Cain-Domhnaigh* and good instruc- 
tions. Cuilen, son of Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and Maelfebhail, son of 
Muircheartach, were slain by the Norsemen. Of whom was said: 


May Cuilen be under the protection of God from the pains of hell of — 
ill favour, 

We did not think that Cuilen would [thus] have perished, we thought 
he would be king. 


Maelfebhail, daughter of Maelsechlainn, died. A slaughter was made of the 
foreigners of Luimneach by the Connaughtmen. 

The Age of Christ, 885. The ninth year of Flann. Maeltuile, son of 
Cuilen, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maelpadraig, scribe, wise man, and 
Abbot of Treoit; Ronan, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cluain-Doleain; Cucongalta, 
Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Maelmartain, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Slogh- 
adhach Ua Raithnen, Abbot of Saighir; and Maenach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh 
Dromata ; Carthach, Abbot of Birra, died. Fearghal, son of Finnachta, Abbot 
of Cluain-Uamha, and Uamanain, son of Ceren, Prior of Cluain-Uamha, were 
slain by the Norsemen. Sneidhius, wise man of Disert-Diarmada, tutor of Cor- 
mac, son of Cuileanan*; Dunghal, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot of Teach-Munna, 
died. Dunchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal, died. A battle 
was gained over Flann, son of Maelsechnaill, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, in 
which were slain Aedh, son of Conchobhar, King of Connacht, and Lerghus, 
son of Cruinden, Bishop of Cill-dara, and Donnchadh, son of Maelduin, Abbot 
of Cill-Dealga and other churches, and many others not enumerated. Dobhailen, 


Clarend., tom. 49. of Cashel, and King of Munster.—See_ note 
* Cormac, son of Cuileanan.—He was Bishop under the year 903. 
3z 


538 anNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


. [886. 
mac Hopmsupa, cigeapna Luighne Connacht, oécc. Oo Copca Pipcm 
a cenél,7 ap uaw Ui Oobailen. Ceapball, mac Oungaile, ci5eapna 
Oppaige, vé5. Tolang, mac Ceallaig, an vapa cigeapna boí an can pm pop 
oepcenc Ons, oég. €peamon, mac Clevha, pi Ulad, oo mapbao la hEléip, 
mac lapgm oo Noncmannab. Onpochan mac Mupchava, cigeapna Ua 
cCmomtannain, oég. Gum Maoilcepcas, me Piacpac, cigepna Ua 
mbainche. Gum Tphlppas mic lolgum. Maolcoba mac Cponnmaoil, abb 
Apoa Macha, vo écc, 1ap p(noacaió. Oo mume Chille móe vo pohe. 

Cloip Cmiopc, occ ccéo occmooa, a pé. An veachmad bliadan oo Phlano. 
Maolodap,eppcop Cluana mic Nói, Seachnupach, mac Pocapea, abb Cluana 
móin Maedog; ITlaolpacpaice, mac Néill, abb Slame, €ogan, mac Cmnpao- 
laid, abb Imleacha lubaip, Cipm(óach, abb Mange bile,7  Orapmaio, mac 
Ru, abb Cige Munoa, dég. Plann, mén Oáüngaile, btn Meantp(chlonnn, mic 
Maolpuanad, pí Epeann, 7 ba hipide matain Phlomn Sionna, oég 1ap noeiz- 
b(chaio, 1 1ap bpfnnamn hi cCluam mic Nói, 7q a hadnacal hipuòde. Gib- 
lecán, mac Maolbmccove, cizeapna Conalle Muipteimne, vé5.  Inopeach- 
cach, mac Cleda, cigeapna Ciappaiġe Cuachpa, 3 Oopmacan, mac Plann, 
plait Ua mbamppce cípe, vég: Piachna, mac Omit, pi Ulad, vo mapbad 
la hUlcaib buóoém. Inoped Aino óp(cam, 7 Oomnag Pacpaicc, Tuilen, 3 
Olinne oa locha lá Gallaib. Cionaed, mac Cennéoio piosdamna Caorgipi, 
oo mapbao. Cp 06 po náibeao, 


ba lach ua Cachail cain, pob£n puba pil. bfpaich, 
Mac mg Racha bacam buan, Cionald cingeo gm nOabpuain. 


pe d. "Eid fo. oe 


£ Corca-Firthri.—This tribe inhabited the 
barony of Gallen, in the county of Mayo, and 
those of Leyny and Corran, in the county of 
Sligo.—See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 69. 

8 Cill-mor.—Now Kilmore, in the county of 
Cavan. The year 885 of the Annals of the 
Four Masters corresponds with 887 of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of 
that year as follows : 

** A. D. 887. Maelcova, mac Crunnvael, Abbot 
of Ardmach, vitam senilem finivit. Maeltuile mac 
Cilen, prince of Clonfert Brenainn, mortuus 
est. Maelpatrick, scriba et sapiens optimus, prince 


of Treoid, and serjeant of Patrick’s people by 
the mountain southerly, died. Duncha, mac 
Duvdavoiren, King of Cassill, mortuus est. A 
breach of battle upon Flann, mac Maelsech- 
lainn, by the forreners, where Hugh mac Conor, 
King of Connaght ; Lergus mac Cruinnen, bu- 
shopp of Kildare ; and Duncha mac Maeilduin, 
prince of Killdelga, et aliarum Civitatum, were 
all killed. Cervall, mac Dungail King of 
Ossory, subita morte periit. Cuganmahair (mo- 
therless), prince of Imleach-lvar, mortuus est. 
Tolarg mac Cellai, haulf King of Descert- Bregh, 
vitam senilem finivit. Jeffry mac Ivair, rez Nord- 


: aao 
x 


ZB Éxx. 0 CNN adeb inar a ee da 


886.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 539 


son of Gormghus, lord of Luighne-Connacht, died. He was of the tribe of 
Corca-Firthri, and from him the Ui Dobhailen [are descended]. © Cearbhal, 
son of Dunghal, lord of Osraighe, died. ` Tolarg, son of Ceallach, the second 
lord that was at that time over South Breagh, died. Eremhon, son of Aedh, 
King of Ulidia, was slain by Eloir, son of Iargni, [one] of the Norsemen. 
Anrothan, son of Murchadh, lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died. The mortal wound: 
ing of Maelchertaigh, son of Fiachra, lord of Ui-Bairche. The mortal wounding 
of Treasach, son of Ilguini Maelcobha, son of Cronnmhael, Abbot of Ard- 
Macha, died at an advanced age ; he was of the family of Cill-mor*. 

‘The Age of Christ, 886. The tenth year of Flann. Maelodhar, Bishop of 
Cluain-mie-Nois; Seachnasach, son of Focarta, Abbot of Cluain-mor- -Maedhog ; 
Maelpadraig, son of Niall, Abbot of Slaine; Eoghan, son of Ceannfaeladh, 
Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair; Airmedhach, Abbot of Magh-bile; and Diarmaid, 
son of Rui, Abbot of Teach- Munna, died. Flann, daughter of Dunghal, wife 
of Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruain, King of Ireland, and who was the mother 
of Flann Sinna, died after a good life, and after penance at Cluain-mic-Nois ; 
and she was there interred. Gibhleachan, son of Maelbrighde, lord of Conaille- 
Muirtheimhne, died. Indreachtach, son of Aedh, lord of Ciaraighe- Luachra ; 
and Gormacan, son of Flann, chief of Ui-Bairrche-tire, died. Fiachna, son of 
Ainbhith, King of Ulidia, was killed by the Ulidians themselves. The plun- 
dering of Ard-Breacain, Domhnach-Padraig, Tuilen, and Gleann-da-locha, by 
the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Cennedidh, heir apparent of Laeighis, was slain. 
Of him was said : 


Alas for the comely descendant of Cathal", deprived of joy are the race 
of Bearach, 
Son of the king of lasting Rath-Bacain, the hero of the pass of Gabhruan*. 


manorum, a fratre suo per dolum occisus est. 
Aenach Fame et Talten cen aige ecin” [i. e. 
without celebration ].— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
^ Descendant of Cathal.—This Cinaeth, who 
was the ancestor of the family of O'Mordha, or 
O'More, of Laeighis, or Leix, in the present 
Queen's County, was the son of Ceinnedidh, 
who was son of Mordha, a quo O’Mordha, who 
was son of Cinaeth, the son of Cearnach, son of 


9:8 


Ceinneididh, son of Gaeithin, the first chief of 
Laeighis, who took possession of the three ter- 
ritories of Comainn, who was the son of Cinaeth, 
son of Cathal, son of Bearach (from whom the 
O' Mores were called Sil-Bearaigh), son of Meis- 
gill, son of Maelaithghin, son of Bacan, who 
built the fort of Rath-Bacain, in Magh-Reda.— - 
See note *, under the year 860, p. 496, supra. 

i Gabhruan.—Otherwise called Bealach-Gabh- 


540 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [887. 


` Aor Cpiopc, oche ccéo oċcmoòa a peachc. Cin caonmad bliabam oécc 
vo Fhlam. Seachnapach, abb Lupcca, Plano, mac Maoiloún, abb la, 
Copbmac, abb Pobaip,7 cana abba Cluana- mic. Noip, Copbmac, mac 
Fiannamla, abb Onoma Inapclainn, Pocaro abb Marmpopeac Site, Smbne, 
mac Maoiluma, angcoine, 7 pepibnió Cluana mic Nóip,[oécc]. Tflaolmópoa, 
mac Hainbit, ciseapna Conaille Muiptermne, oo ó16(nnaó la Ceallac, mac 
Flannagan. |Opgam Cille vapa 4 Cluana hlopamo la Gallaib. Ap Op- 
page lap na Oéipib, 7 mapbad Spaonain, mic C(nball, 7 Subne, mc Oán- 
supa, ciġeapna Ua Fgura ann ona. Op Gall la hUí nCimalgano, oú 1 
ccopcaip Elain, mac 6ónpio, aen oia ccoip(chaib,  opong orle maille ppp. 
Maolpabanll mac clés, cr$eapna Chone, décc. Clonach Caillc(n oo age 
la Plann, mac Maolplénall. banpcál po lá an mu 1 ccín mo oipép Alban, 
Cing cpoigte nocac ap ééo ma poct, ochc ccparáce décc poo a cqllp, 
peacht ccpaige poo meop a lare, a pect naile poo a ppóna. Gió gép 
wile hi. Concobap, mac Plannaccóm, cigeapna Ua Folge oopgam pm 
vaigi 1 cCluain poca mic Pim, pin. ecclaip, 7 mina Finniain vo pápugao 
la P(paib Tulach, oc ciacheam v6 6 accallaim Plain, mic Maoilechlamn 
pi €peann, 
Coir Cpiope, ocht ccéd ochtmoda a hochr. On vapa badam vécc vo 
Ehlam. Maolbpigoe abb Cluana mic Nóip, 7 Maolcopgap, abb Cotpa, 


ruain, an old road extending across Sliabh 
Mairge, in the now Queen’s County.— See 
Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Introduction, p. 1x. 

Some of the events noticed in the Annals of 
the Four Masters under the year 886 are given 
in the Annals of Ulster under 888, and others 
under 889, as follows: 

“ A, D. 888. An army by Daniell, mac Hugh, 
with the Northmen and forreners, to the South 
O'Nells?  [Maelmartain, coarb of Cainech, 
mortuus est.| **Maenach, prince of Killacha- 
Dromad moritur. Aenach Taillten cen aigi” [i. e. 
without celebration ]. 

“ A. D. 889. Celum ardere visum est in nocte 
Kal. Jun. Maelpatrick, mac Nell, prince of 
Slane, mortuus est feliciter. Owen, mac Cinfaela, 
prince of Imleach-Ivair, jugulatus est, Giblechan, 


mac Maeilbride, Kinge of Conells of Murhevne, 
mortuus est. Flann, daughter to Dungall, Queen 
of Tarach, in penitentia dormivit. Airmeach, prince 
of Mabile, mortuus est."— Cod. Clarend., 49. 

x Suibhne, son of Maelumha.—'The death of 
this celebrated man is noticed in the Saxon 
Chronicle, and by Florence of Worcester, at the 
year 892, which is the true year. A tombstone 
inscribed with his name is still preserved at 
Clonmaenoise. — See Petrie's Hound Towers, 
p. 323. 

1 Cleireach: i. e. Clericus. He is the progenitor 
from whom the family of the O'Clerys have de- 
rived their hereditary surname. j 

m Whiter than the swan: gie. géi.—Dr. 
O'Conor translates this incorrectly, “alba erat 
inter humeros tota,” in his edition of the An- 


eee > Fe ee TN 


887.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


The Age of Christ, 887. The eleventh year of Flann. Seachnasach, Abbot 
of Lusca; Flann, son of Maelduin, Abbot of Ia ; Cormac, Abbot of Fobhar, 
and Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cormac, son of Fianamhail, Abbot of 
Druim-Innasclainn ; Fothadh, Abbot of Mainistir-Duithe ; Suibhne, son of 
Maelumha*, anchorite and scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. Maelmordha, son 
of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, was beheaded by Ceallach, son of 
Flannagan. The plundering of Cill-dara and Cluain-Iraird by the foreigners. 
A slaughter [was made] of the Osraighi by the Deisi, and the killing of Braenan, 
son of Cearbhall, and also of Suibhne, son of Dunghus, lord of Ui-Fearghusa. 
A slaughter [was made] of the foreigners by the Ui-Amhalghaidh, in which 
fell Elair, son of Bairid, one of their chieftains, and others along with him. 
Maelfabhaill, son of Cleireach!, lord of Aidhne, died. The fair of Tailltin was 
celebrated by Flann, son of Maelsechnaill. A mermaid was cast ashore by the 
sea in the country of Alba. One hundred and ninety-five feet was her length, 
eighteen feet was the length of her hair, seven feet was the length of the fingers 
of her hand, seven feet also was the length of her nose; she was whiter than 
the swan™ all over. Conchobhar, son of Flannagan, lord of Ui-Failghe, was 
destroyed by fire at Cluain-foda-Fini", in the church ; and the relies of Finian 
were violated by the Feara-Tulach, on his way from parleying with Flann, son 
of Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 888. The twelfth year of Flann. Maelbrighde, Abbot 
of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Maelcorghais, Abbot of Lothra, died. Tighearnan, son 


541 


nals of the Four Masters, p. 395, but correctly 
enough, ‘‘tota erat candida ut olor,” in the 
Annals of Ulster, p. 239. For various examples 
of the comparative degree ending in zıp or cep, 
see the Editor's Jrish Grammar, part ii. c. iii. 
pp. 119, 120. 

2 Cluain-foda- F'ini.—Otherwise called Cluain- 
foda-Librain, now Clonfad, in the barony of 
Fertullagh, and county of Westmeath.— See 
note ^, under the year 835, p. 452, suprà. 

The year 887 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 890 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A. D. 890. Flann, mac Maeleduin, Abbot 


of Aei, in pace dormivit. Conor, mac Conor, 
mac Flanagan, King of Fali, dyed of a mortall 
flux” [rectó, was destroyed with fire], ** at Clon- 
fad-Mackfini,” [being] “dishonoured in the 
church, and the reliques of Finian dishonored 
and burnt with him. Maelmoira, mac Garvith, 
beheaded by Cellach, mac Flanagan, King of the 
Conells of Murhevne. Cormac, King" [recté, 
Princeps, i.e. Abbot] “ of Favar, and second to 
the Abbot of Clonmicnois, mortuus est. Cormac, 
mac Finavla, prince of Drum-Inisclainn, mor- 
tuus est. Sechnusach, Bushop of Luscan, dor- 
mivit. Foha, prince of Abbai-Buti, mortuus est. 
Suivne, mac Maeluva, Anchorita et Scriba op- 
timus of Clonmicnoys, dormivit. A woman” 


542 ANNAA RIOShachta EIREANN. ` F889. 


oég.  Tiseannan, mac Seallaccin, cigeapna Opepne, oég. Gaot móp lá 
Féle Mancam na bliadna po, co po épapcaip cpanna 10móa, co ccapac píoó 
áp mon pop cailleip €peann, co pucc ofpéaige 7 cige aile ap a lácpongib 
ancfna. Mawm ma Riaccán, mac Oungaile, pon Shallab Pune Lanze, 
Locha Capman, 1 Tige Moling, 1 papccbaó va ééo ceam. Maim pa 
ccuaipcenc Connacc pop Gallaib, 1 copcharp Elom mac bapicha. Maim 
pon elö pa mac Maelsuala,7 pa pp(poib. muhan oc Capul 1 copcain 
yochade oo macaib caomaib. 

Corp Cmiope, ocht ccéo oócmoba anaoi. Cn cpeap bliadam oécc do 
Phlann. Cochlan, abb Tige Munna, Oichuill Tamlachca,7 Peapgup, mac 
Maolmichi, peposip Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. Suadbap 4. mac Coicc(oharg 
Inpi Snancc, vég, 1 ba hanco: epide. Gece, mac €piromon, ní Ulad, vo map- 
bad la hAceid, mac Laigne. Congalach, mac Plannaccám, eigeapna Opts, 
do écc 1ap noeigbeatard. Riacén, mac Echeigeann, ci$eapna Ua cCemn- 
relaig, Selblaic, ngfn Cleoha, 4 Maolecis, ngfn Cachmail, oég. | Oubc(nn, 
mac Ciona, ciġeapna Ff Cualann, [065]. Cumape 4 cfmmaippce 1m cmc- 
cidip oo punnnad f nCfpo Macha eicip Cenel n€ogam 7 Ulca .1. ercip Clocei, 
mac Gar$m, ] Plaicbeapcac, mac Munchada, co pop (ccappcap Iflaelbmgoe 
comapba Pacpaice racc 1anam. Rian Maolbmgve rappm hi ccol emcch 
Paopaice 6 Coiccead €peann .. 6 coiccead Ulad lá gabáil a nacine a 
cocha peace cumal, 4 cltpap hi ccpochaó 6 Ulembh, a commer oile 6 


[mermaid] “ coming from sea in Scotland, 195 their places. Maelcorgus, prince of Lothra, 


foote longe; 17 foote the length of her hayre; mortuus est. Tiernan, mac Sellachan, Kinge of 


7 foote the length of the finger of her hand. 
The length of her nose 7 foote. Whyter then a 
swan her boddy. Maeilfavuill, mac Cleri, Kinge 
of Aigne, mortuus est.””—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

° Left behind : i. e. in which the Irish beheaded 
200 Danes. 

The year 888 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 891 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give the events of that year as 
follows: 

* A. D. 891. Maelbrighde, Abbot of Clon- 
macnoys, in pace dormivit. Ventus magnus in 
feria Martini, that it made great havock of 
woods, and caryed churches and houses out of 


Brefna, mortuus est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

? Inis-Snaig.—Now Inishnag, near Thomas- 
town, in the county of Kilkenny.— See note °, 
under the year 745, p. 348, suprà. 


a A conflict and dissension.— This passage is | 


translated by Colgan in his Trias Thaum., 
p. 296, as follows : 

* A. D. 889. Contigit tumultus et seditio 
Ardmache in ipso festo Pentecostes inter 
Kinel-Eoguin et Ulidios; hoc est, inter Adde- 
dium filium Laigne et Flathbertacium filium 
Murchadi, donec Malbrigidus Sancti Patricii 
Comorbanus, seu successor, interveniens eos 
compescuerat, sive ab invicem separaverat. Mal- 


889.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF-IRELAND. 


of Seallachan, lord of Breifne, died. A great wind [occurred] on the festival 
of St. Martin of this year; and it prostrated many trees, and caused great 
destruction of the woods of Ireland, and swept oratories and other houses from 
their respective sites. A battle was gained by Riagan, son of Dunghal, over 
the foreigners of Port-Lairge, Loch-Carman, and Teach-Moling, in which two 
hundred heads were left behind’. A battle was gained by North Connaught 
over the foreigners, in which Eloir, son of Barith, was slain. A battle was 
gained over the Eili by Maelguala and the men of Munster, at Caiseal, in 
which many noble youths were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 889. The thirteenth year of Flann. Cochlan, Abbot 
of Teach-Munna ; Dichuill of Tamhlacht ; and Fearghus, son of Maelmichill, 
CEconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Suadhbhar, i. e. the son of Coitceadhach, 
of Inis-Snaig?, died ; he was an anchorite. Becc, son of Erimhon, King of 
Ulidia, was slain by Ateidh, son of Laighne. Conghalach, son of Flannagan, 
lord of Breagh, died after a good life. Riagan, son of Echtighearn, lord of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Sealbhlaith, daughter of Aedh; and Maeletigh, daughter of 
Cathmhael, died. Dubhcheann, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Cualann, died. 
There was a conflict and dissension’, about Whitsuntide, at Ard-Macha, between 
the Cinel-Eoghain and the Ulidians, i.e. between Atteidh, son of Laighne, and 
Flaithbheartach, son of Murchadh ; but Maelbrighde, successor of Patrick, sepa- 
rated them afterwards. After this Maelbrighde obtained reparation for the 
violation of Patrick's law, from the fifth part of Ireland, i. e. from the province 

of Ulster, together with the delivery of their hostages, namely, thirty times 
seven cumhals', and four of the Ulidians to be hanged, and as many more from 


brigidus autem, quia ita contra reverentiam 
Ecclesi: Dei, et S. Patricio debitam impegerunt, 
ab Ulidiis obsides et 210 boves: et quatuor ex 
delicti authoribus suspendi curarunt Ulidii. 
Kineleoguin etiam in consimilem ex parte suá 
consenserunt satisfactionem." 

t Cumhals.—A. cumhal originally denoted a 
bondmaid, which was estimated as of the value 
of three cows; but it afterwards was used to 
denote three cows, or anything estimated as of 
that value. 

The year 889 of the Annals of the Four 


Masters corresponds with 892 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : : 

* A. D. 892" [recté, 893]. * Mochta, the 
adopted of Fethgnai, Bushopp, Anchorite, and 
an excellent writer of Ardmach, in pace quievit. 
Contention in Ardmach in Whitsontyde, be- 
tweene Tyreowen and the rest of Ulster, where 
many were slaine. 
Gentiles by the Saxons, where innumerable 
men were slaine. Great confusion among the 
forreners of Dublin, that they divided them- 


A battle upon the Black 


943 : 


- 


544 AaNNata RIOSshachtd EIREANN. [890. 


Chenel Eogain. Maoloohan, mac Popbapparg, ppim bneichem Lethe Cumo, 
dég. Lopecad Racha €cam, 1 copchaip €cc(pcach, mac Coppe. Cachenán, 
mac Maolciandn, ciġeapna C(chba, véce. Faolán, mac Huape, eigeapna 
Ua Ceimnrpealang, Niall, mac Conbmaic, tigeanna na nOéipi, oég.. Mochta, 
valca Pechgna, eppcop, ancor, 7 pepibnio -Apoa Macha, véz. 

Cloip Cpiopc, ocht ccéo nocha. On clépamad bliadam oécc oo Phlann. 
Maolpfoarp, mac Cuám, eppcop Tipe oa slap,7 comapba Opénaimn, Ciapán, 
mac Maolowb, abb Cinone Colum, Colcca, mac Caicmao, abb Cluana 
heioóneach, Loichene, abb Oc«irimpi, 7 Oenacan, mac Mailecuile, peacnabb 
‘Oombace Cianáin, oég.. Mupfoach, mac €ochacam, ní Ulao, oo mapbao la 
hCoit, mac Coegne. Oublachcena, mac Maolguala, pi Cal, oég.. Ceallach, 
mac Plannagain, cigeapna Opfs, oo mapbao la Pogapcach, mac Tolong, 1 
meabail, conad ann apbepc Plannacán péipin ogå egaíne, 

Giolla Ceallaig po amap, gobap Ceallaig laip na láimh, 
Ap mana dép an pcél gapb, ni oalb ap mapb mac Oeapbánl. 
Ni baí mac pi píge cop, po Ceallach ngonmainec nglan, 
Ceaglach po €eaglac an pip ni fil po mm mamoa gat. 
Plann, mac Lonáin, po pao, 
Ompa cné chg, cpi meic Plamn 1mluaiófc Ooba, 
Congalach Cuile, Ceallach C(pna ip Cionaod Cnodba. 
Ma po bié Ceallac cincach opan a vit ba belcac, 
Mopuap ba pom a boegal, nao pumalc paegal peanchao. 


selves into factions: the one parte of them with 
Ivair, and the other with Jeffry the Erle. Con- 
galach mac Flanagan, heyre of Bregh, mortuus 
est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Successor of Brenainn : i. e. Bishop or Abbot 
of Clonfert, of which St. Brenainn, or Brendan, 
was the founder and patron. 

* Airdne-Coluim : i. e. Colum’s Height or Hill, 
now Ardcolum, an old church in ruins on the 
north side of Wexford haven. 

* Dearbhail.—Pronounced Dervil, was the 
name of a woman among the ancient Irish. This 
Dearbhail was the wife of Flannagan, and the 
mother of Ceallach. — 


w Flann is here used for its diminutive, Flan- 
nagan, which is too long for the metre. 
* Odhbha.—This was the ancient name of a 
mound near Navan, in the county of Meath. 
 Colt.—' This was the name of a regal resi- 
dence in Meath; but it has not been yet iden- 
tified. In the elegy on the death of Fearghal 
O'Ruaire, attributed to Mac Coisi, Colt and 
other places in Meath are thus referred to as 
mourning for his death : 
* Uipneac Mide, Cnoóba ip Cole, bpnónaé pa 
pope a mbíoó Niall, 
Claécga m Ceamáp na pog, papiop na 
madineann a pgiam |” 


(xm den or SU ee 


CUTEM oe VEM T TN ee ee a ee E dà 


890.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 545 


the Cinel-Eoghain. Maelodhar, son of Forbasach, chief judge of Leath-Chuinn, 


died. The burning of Rath-Etain, in which Egeartach, son of Cairbre, was killed. 


Lachtnan, son of Maelciarain, lord of Teathbha, died. Faelan, son of Guaire, 
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; Niall, son of Cormac, lord of the Deisi, died. Mochta, 
fosterson of Fethghna, bishop, anchorite, and scribe of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 890. The fourteenth year of Flann. Maelpeadair, 
son of Cuan, Bishop of Tir-da-ghlas, and successor of Brenainn*; Ciaran, son 
of Maeldubh, Abbot of Airdne-Coluim'; Colga, son of Caithniadh, Abbot of 
Cluain-eidhneach ; Loichene, Abbot of Daimhinis; and Oenacan, son of Mael- 
tuile, Vice-abbot of Daimhliag-Cianain, died. Muireadhach, son of Eochagan, 
King of Ulidia, was slain by Adith, son of Loegne. Dubhlachtna, son of Mael- 
guala, King of Caiseal, died. Ceallach, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, was 
treacherously slain by Foghartach, son of Tolarg ; of which Flannagan himself 
[the father of Ceallach] said, lamenting him : 


The page of Ceallach [is coming] from the west, with the steed of 
Ceallach [held] in his hand ! 

Cause of tears is the bitter news! It is no fglsehood ; the son of 
Dearbhail* is dead ! 

There was no son of a king who rules over chiefs as good as Ceallach 
of untarnished fame ; 

A household like the household of the man exists not under heaven 
of brilliant rays. 


Flann, son of Lonan, said : 


Illustrious the careers of the three sons of Flann", who coursed over 
Odhbha*, 
Congalach of Colt’, Ceallach of Cearna’, and Cinaedh of Cnodhbha*. 
Though Ceallach slew an outlaw, pity he should fall in the battle’s 
onset ; 
Alas! his danger was certain; [it was clear] that he would not 
spend the life of a historian [as some had expected]. 
“ Uisneach of Meath, Cnodhbha, and Colt, are z Cearna.—Not identified. It is referred to in 
sorrowful, and the fort wherein dwelt Niall; the Dinnseanchus as in Meath. 
Tlachtgha and Teamhair of the Kings, alas * Cnodhbha.—Now Knowth, near Slane, in 


that their ornament liveth not !” the county of Meath.—See note ^, under A. D. 
4A i 


546 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [891. 


Ruadacan, mac Catalan, ciġeapna Peap cCál, oo mapbad 1 nOppengibh 
3 Inopeachcach, mac Mailevam, cigeapna Colle Pollamam 1 lung Maol- 
puanaid, mac Flamn,7 mic loman. Cindveicigh, mac Cionaooha, cigepna 
Ua mópium, oo mhapbhad ó Popchuchabh Laighen. Maolgopm, cano 
na nDe, oo mapbao. Scolarcche, mac Macán, ergeapna Oealbna Gatna, 
oo manbad la mumcip Cluana mic Nóip, Conad ma dfogal po mapbao 
Maolachawd lapamh. Apo Macha vo opccam la Glamapainn, 7 la Ballav 
Ata chat, co nucpac oeichneabap 7 peacht ccéo 1 mbpow leó, 1ap ndipeaor- 
lead anaill oon eacclarp,7 1ap mbmp(o an veantage. Conad 06 ip pubpad, 


Cpuag, a naem Paoparce, nap anachc tepnage, 
Cin gall co na ccuagaib, ag bualad vo óeapcarge. ; 


Maolaiċtġûn, eppcop Apoa Macha, vo écc. 

Cloip Cort, ocho ccéo nocha a haon. Cn cinccead baban décc do 
Phlann. Soepbn(tach mac Connaid pcmbmo, egnaio, eppcob 7 abb Concarge, 
blatmac, mac Taincealcang, oo ón(gmamib, abb Cluana mic Nop, Mopan 
Ua buwe, abb bionna, vécc, 1ap noveigbfchand cian aopoa. Maolacad peac- 
abb, 3. ppop, Cluana mic Noip,7 abb Oarmmpi do Sul 1 mapcpa la Dealöna 
€atpa, 4 do pad luga pp bap co na boí cion 06 1 mapbad Scolaige. Mun- 
eaohach, mac Maolpuanaid, ppioip Cupcca, vég. Plannaccán, mac Ceallang, 
cigeapna ópn(g wle oo manbad hic Olba la Nopcmannaib.| Cionaeó mac 
Plannagám, canaii ón($ ule, vo oécc 1 nDún bpic. Plarcbeapcach, mac 
Mupchada, ci$eapna Chii, oo manbad la hUa mòplpan. Maolmorchenge, 
mac Inopeécaig, cr&eapna Leite Chaéail, oo mapbaó lá Leit Chacail peippin. 


784, p. 391; and note’, under 861, p. 497, 
supra. i 

» Striking thy oratory.—The ancient Irish ora- 
tories were sometimes constructed of wood, and 
sometimes of stone. The allusion to the axes 
here might suggest that the oratory at Armagh 
was of wood, unless it be understood that the 
axes were used to break open the door, &c. The 
substance of this passage is given by Colgan, as 
follows: “A. D. 890. Ardmacha occupata et 
expilata per Gluniarnum et Nortmannos Dub- 
linienses ; qui ipsa summa Basilica ex parte 
diruta, et diversis sacris sdificiis solo equatis, 


decem supra septingentos abduxerunt captivos." 
— Trias Thaum., p. 296. 

Some of the events which are noticed in the 
Annals of the Four Masters under the year 890, 
are given in the Annals of Ulster under 893, 
and others under 894, as follows: 

** A, D. 893. Maeloar, mac Forbasai, Patrick's 
serjeant from the Mountain Fotherbi" [recté, 
southwards], *died. Lachtnan, mac Maeilcia- 
rain, King of Tehva, mortuus est. Fergus, mac 
Maeilmihill, equonimus of Clon-mic-Nois, dor- 
mivit. lvar's son” [came] * againe into Ireland.” 

* A. D. 894. Duvlachtna, mac Maeilguala, 


891.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 547 


Ruadhachan, son of Cathan, lord of Feara-Cul, and Innreachtach, son of 
Maelduin, lord of Caille-Follamhain, were slain in Ossory, in the army of Mael- 
ruanaidh, son of Flann, and of the son of Imhar. Cinneidigh, son of Cinaedh, 
lord of Ui-Briuin, was slain by the Fortuatha of Leinster. Maelgorm, Tanist 
of the Deisi, was slain. Scolaighe, son of Macan, lord of Dealbhna-Eathra, was 
slain by the people of Cluain-mic-Nois, in revenge of which Maelachaidh was 
afterwards killed. Ard-Macha was plundered by Gluniarainn, and the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath ; and they carried off seven hundred and ten persons into captivity, 
after having destroyed a part of the church, and broken the oratory ; of which 
was said : 

Pity, O Saint Patrick, that thy prayers did not stay 
The foreigners with their axes when striking thy oratory’. 


Maelaithghin, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 891. The fifteenth year of Flann. Soerbhreathach, 
son of Connadh, scribe, wise man, bishop, and Abbot of Corcach ; Blathmhae,. 
son of Taircealtach, one of the [people of ] Breaghmaine, Abbot of Cluain-mhic- 
Nois, [died]; Moran Ua Buidhe, Abbot of Birra, died, after a good life, at an 
advanced age. Maelachaidh, Vice-abbot, i.e. Prior, -of Cluain-mic-Nois, and 
Abbot of Daimhinis, suffered martyrdom from the Dealbhna-Eathra ; and he 
took an oath at his death, that he had no part in the killing of Scolaighe*. 
Muireadhach, son of Maelruanaidh, Prior of Lusca, died. Flannagan, son of 
Ceallach, lord of all Breagh, was slain at Olbha* by the Norsemen. Cinaedh, 
son of Flannagan, Tanist of all Breagh, died at Dun-Bric*. Flaithbheartach, son 
of Murchadh, lord of Aileach, was slain by Ua Breasail. Maelmoicheirghe, son 
of Innreachtach, lord of Leath-Chathail, was slain by [the people of] Leath- . 


viz, by Gluniarann, that they carryed" [off] 
«710 captives."— Cod. Clarend., tom, 49. 

* Of Scolaighe: i.e. of Scolaighe, son of Macan, 
Lord of Dealbhna-Eathra, in the now King’s 


King of Cassill, mortuus est. Maelpedair, Bushop 
and prince of Tirdaglas, mortuus est. Cellach, mac 
Flannagan, kingly heyre of Bregh altogether, 
killed falsely” [dolose jugulatus est] “ by Fogar- 


tach, mac Tolairg. Muireach, mac Eochagain, 
half King of Ulster, killed by ‘Hughded, mac 
Laigne. Great frost and fleaing of cattle” [recté, 
Nix magna et ascolt mor, i. e. great snow and 
great dearth, or scarcity of victuals]. “ Ard- 
mach spoyled by” [the] “Gentiles of Dublin, 


County, who had been slain by the people of 
Clonmaenoise the year before. 

à Olbha.—Not identified. It is probably an 
error for Odhbha. 

© Dun-Bric: i.e. the Dun or Fort of Breac, a 
man’s name denoting speckled or freckled. 


4 A2 


548 ANNALA RIOshachTa EIREANN. 


[892. 


Cumapcach, mac Muipfohang, ciseapna Pean nApoa Ciannachta, oo map- 
bad la hUlcaib. Mupchaò, mac Maenng, cigeapna oeipceapc Connaċz, 3 
Orapmarc cigeapna Cuigne, oég. Plann, mac Lonán, Uipgil pil $coca ppm 
file Gaowdeal ule, pile ap oeach baí 1 n€pmn ina ampıp, oo mapbao la 
mapbad la macai Cuipbuioe, oo U” Pocaie 1acpen, hr noumecame hic 
Loé oácaoé 1 noeipib Muman. An Gall lá Conaille, 7 la hClcoeió, mac 
Laigne, m po manbad Amlaoib Ua oman, Glancpadna, mac  lumapoamn, 
co noche ccécaib maille pra. Cip n€oganachca la hOppargibh 1 nGpém 
inh, 1. la mac Ceapbaill, 1 la Cargmb. = Sicpuc, mac lomain, oo manbad 
la: Nopcmannaib orle. 

Coip Cprope, occ ccéo nochac a 06. Cn peipead bliadain oécc vo 
Flam. Cipgecan, mac Popanvain, abb Concerge, Cachapach, mac P(pgapa, 
canaipi abbaoh Anoa Macha, occán cnaiboech, 4 Compud, mac €chegoie, 
uapal paccanc Apoa Macha, vécc. huatmapan, mac Concobaip, tigeanna 
Ua pPailge, oo manbad a mebail la Copsnac, mac Rfécabnace,7 Corcenac, 
mac Reccabpac, canny Ua Pailge oo mapbaoh ina dfogail. Span, mac 
Mumpfohag, cana: Carg(n, vo mapbaoh. | Caegaipe, mac Maélpuacang, 
cigeanna Pean cCeall, oég. Maeleicis, mac P(paoharg cigeapna pip Roip 
vo mapbad la Gallaib. Catpaomfoh oc Rat Cpó ma Maolpmma, mac 


£ Flann, son of Lonan.—In the Annals of 
Ulster he is called O’Guaire, i.e. descendant of 


seated on the east side of Loch Oirbsen, now 
Lough Corrib, in the barony of Clare, and county 


Guaire Aidhne, King of Connaught.—See Ge- 
nealogies, &c., of the Ui-Fiachrach, Table. His 
death is again entered by mistake under the year 
918. See O’Reilly’s Catalogue of Irish Writers, 
pp. 58, 59. 

s Race of Scota: i. e. the Scoti, or Milesian 
Irish race, who are said to have derived that 
name from Scota, daughter of Pharoah Cinchres, 
the mother of Gaedhal Glas, from whom they 
are said to have derived the name of Gaeidhil. 
—See Dr. Todd’s edition of the Irish version of 
Nennius’s Historia Britonum, pp. 26, 53, 231. 

^ Ui-Fothaith.—This was the name of a tribe 
seated in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, in 
the county of Tipperary. 
of two tribes in Connaught, of which one was 


It was also the name 


of Galway (see Duald Mac Firbis’s genealogical 
work, Marquis of Drogheda’s copy, p. 345 ; and 
Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Jar-Con- 
naught, p. 372); and the other called Cinel- 
Fothaidh in Ui-Maine, in the same province.— 
See Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, p. 35, note *. 

i Loch-Dachaech.— This was the ancient name 
of Waterford harbour. 

* Grian-Airbh.—Now Greane, in the barony 
of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny, and on 
the borders of the county of Tipperary.— See 
Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 39, note87. 

The year 891 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 895 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows: 


892.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 549 


Chathail themselves. Cumascach, son of Muireadhach, lord of Feara-Arda- 
Cianachta, was slain by the Ulidians. Murchadh, son of Maenach, lord of South 
Connaught, and Diarmaid, lord of Luighne, died. Flann, son of Lonan‘, the 
Virgil of the race of Scota*, chief poet of all the Gaeidhil, the best poet that 
was in Ireland in his time, was secretly murdered byt the sons of Corrbuidhe 
(who were of the Ui Fothaith"), at Loch- Dachaech', in Deisi-Mumhan. A 
slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Conailli, and by Athdeidh, son of 
Laighne, in which were slain Amhlaeibh, grandson of Imhar, and Gluntradhna, 
son of Gluniarainn, with eight hundred along with them. A slaughter was 
made of the Eoghanachta at Grian-Airbh*, by the Osraighi, i. e. by the son of 
Cearbhall, and the Leinstermen. Sitriuc, son of Imhar, was slain by other 
Norsemen. 

The Age of Christ, 892. The sixteenth year of Flann. Airgetan, son of 
Forannan, Abbot of Corcach; Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tanist-abbot of 
Ard-Macha, a pious youth ; and Comhsudh, son of Echtgaidhe, a noble priest 
of Ard-Macha, died. Uathmharan, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe, was 
treacherously killed by Cosgrach, son of Reachtabhra; and Cosgrach, son of 
Reachtabhra, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was killed in revenge of him. Bran, son of 
Muireadhach, Tanist of Leinster, was slain. Laeghaire, son of Maelfuataigh, 
lord of Feara-Ceall, died. Maeleitigh, son of Fearadhach, lord of Feara-Rois, 


was slain by the foreigners. A battle 

* A. D. 895. Blamack, prince of Clon-mic- 
Nois; Moran O’Binne, prince of Biror, mortut 
sunt. Cinaeh, mac Flannagain, heyre of Bregh, 
mortuus est. Sitrick mac Ivar, ab aliis Nor- 
mannis est occisus. Maelmochaire, mac Inreachtai, 
half King of Ulster, killed by his owne fellowes” 
[asociis suis occisus est ]. “ Cumascach mac Murea, 
king of the men of Ardcianacht, killed by the 
Ulsterians. The slaughter of the Eoganachts 
by Ossorii The slaughter of the forreners by 
Tyrconnell” [recté, by the Conailli-Muirhevné] 
“and by Mac Laigne, where Ax laiv mac Ivair 
fell. Maelacha, the second at Clon-mic-Nois, 
and prince of Daiminis, martirized by Delvni. 
Flanagan mac Cellai, Kinge of Bregh, killed by 
the Nordmans. Flann mac Lonain O'Guaire 


was gained at Rath-cro' by Maelfinnia, 


wounded by Mounstermen of the Desyes."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

1 Rath-cro.—Not identified. See note *, under 
A. D. 226, p. 110, supra. The year 892 of the 
Annals of the Four Masters corresponds with 
896 of the Annals of Ulster, which give the 
events of that year as follows: 

* A. D. 896. Cahasach, mac Fergusa, heyre 
to the abbacy of Ardmach, religiosus juvenis 
pausat. An overthrow by Maelfinna, mac Flan- 
nagain, upon Ulstermen and Dalarai, where 
many were slaine about the King of Dalarai, 
viz. Muireach mac Maeleti, and about Maelmo- 
choire; mac Inrechtai, King of Leh-Caal. Adeit, 
mac Laigne, vulneratus evasit. Uahmaran, mac 
Conor, King of Faly, falsely killed by his owne 


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550 aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. 


(803. 


Plannaccóm, pop Chootis, mac Largne,7 pop Dal nQfpaioe, m po mapbao 


Muipfohac, mac Ifaolecig cigeapna Oal Anawde, 7 Amorappod mac 


Maoilmoicheipse, mic Inopeachcarg, cicceapna Leite Chatal, co cmb cévaib 
amaille ppu, 1 cepna Cloverd op é cneccnaigte co mép conad do pm po nad 
Maolmicich, mac Plannagam, 


Ulaid rmcpac oo lo po gaoacap oa bit, 
5 pagbáil 0616 ap pach nip bo vob c(noach ppt. 


Inopeao Connacc la Plann, mac Maoilechlainn, 1 a ngeill oo tobach. 

QLoip Cpiopc, ocht nocac acpi. On peachtmad badan oécc oo Plann. 
Coipppe, mac Suibne, abb Camne Lene, €g(pcach, ainchinnech eccailpi bicce, 
accip Clenacain 4 Ounadang, oég. Maolagna, mac Gaipbit, ci&eapna. na 
nO peeap, oo mapbaoh la hOmalsaioh, mac €achoach. Ruapc, mac cigeap- 
náin, ciZeapna ópeipne, Oobónlén, mac Oilella cigeapna Ua Meit Maca, 
dég. Maelmaine, mac Flannagáin, ciġeapna P(p Cn, oég. Clebaccán, mac 
Concobaip, ci$eapna Ceachba, oég. Qn cailicip. oo dol a hEpmn. Apo 
Macha vo opgan 6 Shallanb Locha Pebail, 7 Cumapcach oo fabél oóib, 7 
a mac Cod mac Cumapcecaig oo mapbao. Sluaiccead lap na Deb, la 
Sallat, 7 la Ceallach, mac Ceapbaill, cap Oppagib 50 Gabpan of m po 
manbad Maolmopda, mac Maolmuaid, q opong mop ole amaille ppp. Gum 
tpi mac nO uibgiolla mic ópuaoarp, 7 me €ogam mic Curlenncan, 1 cpíè na 
nOeip. Crot pola vo p(péamn 1 nCÍpo Ciannachca. 


fellowes” [per dolum. occisus est a sociis suis. ]— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

m Eaglais-beag : i. e. ecclesia parva, the little 
church. This was the name of a small church 
at Clonmaenoise.— See it again referred to at the 
years 947 and 977. 

2 Ruarc, son of Tighearnan.—He is the ancestor 
after whom the family of O'Ruairc, or O' Rourke, 
have derived their hereditary surname. Accord- 
ing to the Books of Lecan and.Ballymote, Tigh- 
earnan, the father of this Ruare, was the son of 
Seallachan, who was the son of Cearnach, or 
Cearnachan, who was son of Dubhdothra, son 
of Dunchadh, son of Baeithin, son of Blathmhac, 
son of Feidhlimidh, son of Creamhthann, son of 


Seannlan, son of Aedh Finn, son of Feargna, 
son of Fearghus, son of Muireadhach Mal, son 
of Eoghan Sriabh, son of Duach Galach, son of 
Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, mo- 
narch of Ireland in the fourth century. 

° Feara-Lii.—A tribe and district on the 
west side of the River Bann, extending from 
Bir to Camus, in the barony of Coleraine, and 
county of Londonderry.—See note *, under 
A. D. 1176 ; note *, on Magh-Lii, under A. M. 
2550, p. 8, suprà ; also Reeves’s Ecclesiastical 
Antiquities of the Dioceses of Down and Connor, 
&e., p. 295, note *. The Feara-Lii, or Fir-Lii, 


were seated on the east side of the Bann at the © 


period of the English Invasion. 


TET TES 


ee 


893. | ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 551 


son of Flannagan, over Aiddeidh, son of Laighne, and over the Dal-Araidhe, in 
which were slain Muireadhach, son of Maeleitigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and 
Ainniarraidh, son of Maelmoicheirghe, son of Innreachtach, lord of Leath- 
Chathail, with three hundred along with them ; and Aiddeidh escaped, severely 
wounded ; of which Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, said : 


The Ulidians, at one hour of the day, reaped thy food, 
On their departure in terror they would not feel reluctant to purchase it. 


The plundering of Connaught by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn ; and their 
hostages were taken. 

The Age of Christ, 893. The seventeenth year of Flann. Cairbre, son of 
Suibhne, Abbot of Lann Leire; Egeartach, Airchinnech of Eaglais-beag", the 
father of Aenagan ; and Dunadhach, died. Maelagrai, son of Gairbhith, lord 
of the Airtheara, was slain by Amhalghaidh, son of Eochaidh. Ruarc, son of 
Tighearnan’, lord of Breifne ; Dobhailen, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Meith-Macha, 
died. Maelmaire, son of Flannagan, lord of Feara-Lii’, died. Aedhagan, son 
of Conchobhar, lord of Teathbha, died. The Pilgrim? departed from Ireland. 
Ard-Macha was plundered by the foreigners of Loch-Febhail*; and Cumascach 
was taken by them, and his son, Aedh mac Cumascaigh, was slain. An army 
was led by the Deisi, the foreigners, and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, over 
Osraighe, as far as Gabhran', where Maelmordha, son of Maelmhuaidh, and a 
great number of others along with him, were slain. The mortal wounding of 
the three sons of Duibhghilla, son of Bruadar, and of the son of Eoghan, son of 
Cuilennan, in the territory of the Deisi. A shower of blood was rained in 
Ard-Cianachta. 


» The pilgrim : i.e. Ananloen, who is said to 
have come from Jérusalem.—See the year 884, 
p. 036, suprà. 

a Loch-Febhail : i.e. Lough Foyle, near Lon- 
donderry.— See note *, under A. M. 3581, p. 40, 
and note ?, under A. D. 864, p. 501, suprà. This 
passage is noticed by Colgan in his Annals of 
Armagh, as follows : 

« A, D. 893. Ardmacha occupata, et spoliata 
per Nortmannos ex partibus Laci Febhalensis 
excurrentes."— Trias Thaum., p. 296. 


* Gabhran.—Now Gowran, in the county of 
Kilkenny. The year 893 of the Annals of the 
Four Masters corresponds with 897 of the An- 
nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this 
period, containing only the three short entries 
following under that year : 

* A. D. 897 [898]. Aded, mac Laigne, king 


of Ulster, killed treacherously by his owne peo- , 
ple. A shower of blood shedd at Ardcianach:. . 


Carbre, mac Suibne, Archinnech of Lainn-Lere, 
mortuus est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


A z ere A o | ni^. "TM wo " ^ » vq i» * ve ^N bus b aal" EUSE we TT E ER: 
oT ma i wt V UT xis 
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552 ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. [894. 


Cop Core, ochc ccéo nochac a cléap. On cochcmaò bliadam oécc oo | 
Phlann. Seachnapach, abb Camlachca Maeilepucin, Mepcell abb Imleacha 
lubain, Clpggacán, abb Concange moe, 4 Opeapal, pín lergimn Apoa Macha, 
oég. Gapit, mac TIlumeccám, ecigeapna Ofplaip, vé5. Oonnaccán, mac 
Pogapcaich, canaipı Cochoip Eachach [voéz]. Ap Conaille la hU Each- | 
ach, oú 1 ctopcain oá mac Harpbit, 1. mac €icig, 3 Maolmogna. tnu- | 
uaduccad aenaig Connacc la Tadg, mac Concobain, 1 atnuaduccad aonaigh 
Caillc(n lá Orapmaro, mac Ceapbaill,4 a náirge oiblinmb leó.  Slorgeao lá 
Connachcaib 1 nlantap Míde. | Sápucéaó Inp: Cling, 1 Dume oo gum pop 
a láp, 4 pepin Cianam mnte, 7J peanaó ppuice ım Caipppe Cpom, eppcop 
Cluana mic Nop. Mam pop Chonnaccaib occ Ach luam ma nlapcap 
Tie ipm ló céona co papgaibp(c áp c(nn leó. 

Cloi Cort, ocht ccéo nocha a cúicc. On naomad bhadain décc do 
Phlann. Mumps, eppcop 1 abb Ofíppc Orapmaoa, Maelbpigve, mac 
Phpoliġ, neach naemta ba hapofppucc Muman, Plaitim, mac Neccain, abb 
Leit, Maenach, mac Caemám, abb Oormliacc, Pingin, angcoipe Cluana mic 
Noip, 4 Torctiuch Inpr Cingem, vég. Gall pon Loch €acoach 1 calamn 
lanuaip, co pupac Ecac Paopaic. Cabs, mac Concubaip, pi ceopa Connacc, 


* Breasal, lector.—Colgan has the following 
remark on this passage : ** A. D. 894. Bressalius 
Scholasticus, seu Lector Theologie Ardmachanus 
obiit. Sed Usserus ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus 
anno 898 mortuum refert pag. 861. dicens ; 
Anno pccoxcvrr  Bressalus Lector Ardma- 
chanus mortuus est." —Trias Thaum., p. 296. 

* Dearlas.—Otherwise written Durlas.—See 
note *, under A. D. 660, p. 271, suprà ; and 
note *, under A. D. 1217, infra. 

« Tochar-Eathach—See note *, under A. D. 
880, p. 530, suprà. 1 

* Were celebrated ; a n-avge : literally, their 
celebration, or being celebrated. Dr. O'Conor 
translates this “et habita sunt diversis tempo- 
ribus per eos.” But the verb age certainly 
means “to hold or celebrate.” —See note 4, under 
the year 806, p. 416, suprd. Throughout the 
Annals of Ulster C[enaé Tailleenn oo age 


means “the fair of Tailltin was held or cele- 
brated,” and Cfenac Taillzen cen arge, “the 
fair of Tailltin without celebration.” And, 
strange to say, these phrases are so understood 
by Dr. O'Conor himself, though he loses sight 
altogether of the meaning of aĝe in this pas- 
sage, being misled by the prefixed n. 

* Inis-Aingin.—This island is still so called in 
Trish, and pronounced Imp Olinnin ; but in Eng- 
lish is called “ Hare island." It is situated in 
Lough Ree, and belongs to the parish of Bunown, 
barony of Kilkenny West, and county of West- 
meath. It is stated by Colgan, Ware, and even 
by Lanigan, in his Ecclesiastical History of Ire- 
land, vol. iii. p. 427, that Inis- Aingin, the island 
on which St. Ciaran, son of the artificer, the 
patron of Clonmacnoise, erected his first church, 
is that now called ** The Island of all Saints," 
and situated in Lough Ree; but these writers 


EL. d 


894.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 553 


The Age of Christ, 894. The eighteenth year of Flann. Seachnasach, 
Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain ; Mescell, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Arggatan, 
Abbot of Coreach-mor ; and Breasal, lector? of Ard-Macha, died. Gairbhith, 
son of Muireagan, lord of Dearlas‘, died. Donnagan, son of Fogartach, Tanist 
of Tochar-Eathach", [died]. A slaughter was made of the Conailli by the 
Ui-Eachach, in which fell the two sons of Gairbhith, i. e. the son of Eitigh, and 
Maelmoghna. The renewal of the fair of Connaught by Tadhg, son of Con- 
chobhar; and the renewal of the fair of Tailltin by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall; 
and both were celebrated” by them. An army was led by the Connaughtmen 
into Westmeath. Inis-Aingin* was profaned, and a man was mortally wounded 
in the middle of it, and the shrine of Ciaran there, and a synod of seniors, with 
Cairbre Crom, Bishop of Cluain-mie-Nois. A victory was gained on the same 
day over the Connaughtmen, at Ath-Luain’, by [the men of] Westmeath, and 
a slaughter of heads left behind with them. 

The Age of Christ, 895. The nineteenth year of Flann. Muirgheas, Bi- 
shop and Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Maelbrighde, son of Proligh, a holy 
man, who was Archbishop of Munster ; Flaithim, son of Nechtain, Abbot of 


Liath ; Maenach, son of Caemhan, Abbot of Daimhliag ; Finghin, anchorite of 


Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Toicthiuch of Inis-Aingin’, died. The foreigners were 
on Loch-Eathach on the Calends of January, and they seized on Etach-Padraig*. 
Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, King of the three divisions of Connaught, died 


had no reason for this statement, which is not Athlone, a well-known town on the Shannon, on 
true. In an Inquisition tempore Car. I., this the confines of the counties of Westmeath and 
island is called “Insula vocata Inishingine,"and Roscommon. The year 894 of the Annals of the 
described as “jacens in Loghry, et continens Four Masters corresponds with 898 of the An- 


] cartron terre et 1 Molendinum aquaticum 
vocatum Mollinglassen.” On the Down Survey 
it is called Inchingin, alias Hare Island. The 
ruins of an old church, dedicated to St. Ciaran, 
are still to be seen on this island, and a small 
tombstone near it exhibits a fragment of an an- 
cient Irish inscription, of which the Editor 
deciphered the following words : 


onaio 00 cuachal hua huarain. 
* A Prayer for Tuathal Hua Hurain." 
s Ath-Luain: i.e. the Ford of Luan. Now 


nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this 
period, containing only the three obits following 
under that year : 

« A, D. 898. Miscell, abbot of Imlech-Ivar ; 
Artagan, abbot of Corke; and Bressal, lector of 
Ardmach; mortui sunt.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

z Inis-Aingin—See note under the year 894. 

* Etach- Padraig : i.e. Patrick's raiment. This 
was probably a garment preserved in some old 
church near Lough Neagh. 

The year 895 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 899 of the Annals of 


495 


554 annaza Rioshachta EIREANN. 


[896. 


oég rap mbeich : ngalap pova. Rian, mac 6puavaip, oo mapbavh la Gallanb. 
Mopdal occ Aéluam ecip Phlann, mac Manlechlainn, 7 Catal, mac Concu- 
ba, 7 Catal oo €ochc hi ccaig Plamn pop comaipce pamea Cianam, sup 
-bó mapach oon mg apam. Opgamn Cille vapa la Gallaib. Cpech la Largmb 
pon Oppaigib, co po manbad ann buadach, mac Chilella. 

Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo nochac a pé. On pic(cmao badan oo P hlann. 
Capóc, mac Mailcpom, abb Achaiwd biopoip, oécc. Maolbpeapal, mac 
Maoloonad, cigeapna Ceneoil cConaill, oo mapbaoh hi cat Salem, la 
Munchad mac Maoileotin, cigeapna Cenedil €ogam. Claomclud pgh hi 
cCaipiol 1. Copbmac mac Cuileannám a monad Chinogégain a. Pinnguine. 
Maolpuanawd, mac Flamo, mic Maolpeacnall, oo mapbao (2a. a lopccad 1 
cci$ temead) la Cuigmb 1. la macaib C(pnacám, mic Taidg, 7 lá mac Lop- 
cain, mic Catal, cigeapna Mide. Topcain ona leó Maolcpom 2. atam 
Camoelbéám, mac Domnall, cizeapna. Cheneoil Laogaine, conad 06 po 
paidead, 

hi Cfcam cpuaió peappupa, pp Maolpuanad pan pac, 
Oia Oapoam gabupa céll, pon mgnarp mic macap. 


. Ogur oubculinn, abb Rup each, Cioppaircce, mac Nuadat, abb Conoaipe, 
Lambe €la,4 Catpaig Opium, oo écc. Oublachcna, mac Ceipme, cigeapna 
Ua mbainpche, oég. Ap Gall lá hUlcoib. 
Qoi Cpiopc, ocht ccéo nocha a peace. Q haon pié(c vo Phlann. 
Posapcach, mac Plamn, abb Cacpaig ópium, q e$eapna Potapc Cine 
Lipe, oég. Chow, mac Cuigne, pf Ulad, oo mapbao la a cenel pém a. la 


Ulster, which notice the events of that year as name of Achadh-bhilair, and anglicé Aghaviller, 


follows : situated near the hamlet of Newmarket, in the 


* A. D. 899. Pluvialis annus. Mac-Edi mac 
Lehlavar, King of Dalarai, mortuus est. ` Great 
fleaing of Chattle" [rectó, great want of food for 
cattle]. “ Maenach mac Coevain, Abbot of 
Doimliag, mortuus est. Teige, mac Conor, Kinge 
of? [the] “three Connaghts, extenso dolore, 
mortuus est. Daniell, mac Constantine, King of 
Scotland, mortuus est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Achadh-biroir: i. e. Field of the Water- 
cresses, now called in Irish by the synonymous 


county of Kilkenny. The ruins of a round. 
tower are to be seen af this place, which indi- 
catesits ancient ecclesiastical importance. Tighe, 
in his Statistical Account of the County of 
Kilbegny, conjectures. that Aghaviller is a 
corruption of Achadh Oilither; but this is a 
mere. silly guess by one who had no acquain- 
tance with the Irish annals or Irish literature, 
and who indulged in those wild etymological 
conjectures which characterize the Irish anti- 


^ 


896.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 555 


after a lingering sickness. Rian, son of Bruadair, was slain by the foreigners. 
A meeting at Ath-Luain between Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, and Cathal, son 
of Conchobhar; and Cathal came into the house of Flann under the protection 
of the clergy of Ciaran, so that he was afterwards obedient to the king. The 
plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners. A prey was taken by the Leinster- 
men from the Osraighi, on which occasion Buadhach, son of Ailell, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 896. The twentieth year of Flann. Caroc, son of 
Maelcron, Abbot of Achadh-biroir®, died. Maelbreasail, son of Maeldoraidh, 
lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain in the battle of Sailtin’, by Murchadh, son of 
Maelduin, lord of Cinel-Eoghain. A change of kings at Caiseal, i. e. Cormac, 
son of Cuileannan, in the place of Cennghegan, i. e. Finguine. Maelruanaidh, 
son of Flann, son of Maelseachnaill, was killed (i.e. he was burned in a house 
set on fire), by the Luighne, i. e. by the sons of Cearnachan, son of Tadhg, and 
by the son of Lorcan, son of Cathal, lord of Meath. They also slew Maelcroin 
(the father of Caindelbhan), son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire ; of 
which was said : 


On a hard Wednesday I parted with Maelruanaidh the nobly gifted, 
On Thursday I began to think on being without my father's son. 


And Dubhchuilinn, Abbot of Ros-each ; Tibraide, son of Nuadhat, Abbot of 
Connor, Lann-Eala, and Laithreach-Briuin, died. Dubhlachtna, son of Ceirine, 
lord of Ui-Bairrche, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the 
Ulidians. 

The Age of Christ, 897. The twenty-first year of Flann. Fogartach, son 
of Flann, Abbot of Laithreach-Briuin, and lord of Fotharta- Airthir-Life, died. 
Aididh, son of Luighne, King of Ulidia, was slain by [one of] his own tribe, 


quaries of the last century. 

* Sailtin.—See note £, under A. D. 1256. 

The year 896 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 900 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give the events of that year, thus: 

“ A. D. 900. Maelruannai mac Flainn, mic 
Moilsechlainn, heyre apparent of Ireland, killed 
by Lenster” [recté, by the Luighni, or inhabi- 
tants of the barony of Lune, in Meath], **viz., 
by the sonns of Cernachan, mac Teig, and by the 


sonn of Lorcan, mac Cahail, where many nobles 
were slaine, .i. Maeleron, son of Daniell, Kinge 
of Kindred-Loeaire, and the prince of Rossech, 
viz. Duveuilinn, and many more, and all pe- 
rished through daigi^ [conflagration]. “ Tibradi, 
mac Nuad, Archinech Conuire, and of other 
cities, .i. Lainn-Ela, and Lahrach Briuin. A 
change of Kings in Caissill, .i. Cormae mac Cui- 
lennan, in place of Cingegain, .i, Finguine."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


452 


“vég an cpeap la picfc luli. 


MOT Oa re ee eT aye eo SERERE CMS 


I * ` 


556 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [898. 


Maelbamne. pPionngume 1. Cfnngfsam, pí Muman, oo mapbad la a ċenél ` 
pém. lonoapbaoh Gall a hEpimn, a longpope Cléa chat la Ceapball, mac 
Murpesem, 7 lá Cargmb, la Maolpmnma co phat Ops imme, co panccaib- 
plot opécca mona oia longaibh via neip,7 co nepnlaip(c leacmapb cap mui. 
Oungal, mac C(pnboill, oo gum la Laoigip. Cache pon Gallai” Acha clat 
m Imp mic Neachcam. | Pogapcach, mac Plamo, oég. Cacupach mac Fh- 
jura, canaippi abbaoh Opoa Macha, oo écc. 

Coir Cmort, ochc ccéo nocha a hocc. On vapa badam pichíc. do 
DPhlann. Caencompac Inpi €noorm, eppcop 7 abb Cugmaro, aicci Genacann, 
mic €cc(pcaiz, 7 Oánabarg, me Ecceptarg 6 ccac Uí Chumn na mboche, 
Suaipleach, angcoipe 7 eppcop Cpeórc, Maol- 
cianám, abb Tipe oá glap,7 Cluana heion(ch, Clilill, mac Clongupa, abb 
Cille Cuilinn, Copccpach, ppp a parce cpuagan, angcoine Inpi Cealcna, 
Cuachal, ancoie, oég. Scanoal Cige Celle, lll Rata eppcoip, agup 
BReachcabpa Ropa Cpé, vég. Caencompac na nuam 1 nlmp bó pmne, dég. 
Maolpmma, mac Plannaccám, cig fina Opl, laech peat cpoiboeach epioe. 
Cp oia écc po náiofo, l | 


Mac Oeapbail ag beng ap Op(srhach, bmpió gach odil gan volbach, 


Maol pial Pinna popoll paobnac, eo puad po opm poglach. 


à Were besieged.—This might be translated, 
** were hemmed in, or reduced to great straits.” 

e Inis-mic-Neachtain.—This is a mistake of 
the Four Masters for Imp mac Neram, Island 
of the sons of Nesan, now Ireland’s Eye, near 
the hill of Howth, in the county of Dublin. 
This island was originally called Inis-Ereann, 
i.e, Eria’s Island, which is the name given in 
the Dinnsennchus; afterwards Inis-mac-Nes- 
sain, from Dicholla, Munissa, and Nadsluagh, 
three sons of Nessan, who erected a church 
upon it.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 609. 
The modern name of Ireland’s Eye is incor- 
rectly translated Oculus Hibernie by Ussher in 
his Primordia, p. 961, for Insula Hibernia, This 
name, which is a translation of Inis-Ereann, 
was given it by the Danes, in which language 


ey or ei denotes island. The same people trans- 
lated, remodelled, or altered the names of other 
islands near Dublin, as Dalk-ey, for the Deilg- 
inis of the Irish ; Lamb-ey for Inis-Reachrainn, 
&c. &e. 

The year 897 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 901 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A. D. 901. Finguine, Kinge of Cassill, a 
sociis suis occisus est per dolum. The expulsion 
of Gentyles out of Ireland, viz., those that en- 
camped at Dublin, by Maelfinnia mac Flannagan, 
with the mén of Bregh, and by Carroll O'Muri- 
gan, with Leinstermen, that they left? [behind] 
“a great fleete of their shippes; many escaped 
half dead after they were broken and wounded. . 


898.] ; ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 557 


"e by Maelbairne. Finguine, i. e. Cenngeagain, King of Munster, was slain 
by his own tribe. The expulsion of the foreigners from Ireland, from the for- 
tress of Ath-cliath, by Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, and by the Leinstermen ; 
by Maelfinnia, with the men of Breagh about him; and, leaving great numbers 
of their ships behind them, they escaped half dead across the sea. Dunghal, 
son of Cearbhall, was mortally wounded by [the people of] Laeighis. The 
foreigners of Ath-cliath were besieged? on Inis-mic-Neachtaim*. Foghartach, son 
of Flann, died. Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tanist-abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 

- The Age of Christ, 898. The twenty-second year of Flann. Caenchomrac 
of Inis-Endoimh', Bishop and Abbot of Lughmhadh, the tutor of Aenagan, son 
of Eigeartach, and of Dunadhach, son of Eigeartach, from whom are descended 
the Ui-Cuinn na mBocht, died on the twenty-third day of July. Suairleach, 
anchorite and Bishop of Treoit; Maelciarain, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, and 
Cluain-eidhneach ; Ailell son of Aenghus, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn ; Cosgrach, 
who was called Truaghan*, anchorite of Inis-Cealtra ; [and] Tuathal, anchorite, 
died. Scannall of Teach-Teille ; Ailill of Rath-Epscoip'; and Reachtabhra of 
Ros-Cre, died. Caenchomhrac, of the caves of Inis-bo-fine, died. Maelfinnia, 
son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, who was a religious, devout layman, [died]. 
Of his death was said : : 


The son of Dearbhail, battling over Breaghmhach, disperses each 
meeting without delay, 

The generous Maelfinnia, the great, the fierce, most illustrious most 
valiant hero. 


Fogartach mać Flainn, prince of Lathrach- 
Briuin, mortuus est.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

! Inis-Endoimh.—Now Inisenagh, in Lough 
Ree, near Lanesborough.—See note ', under 
A. D. 1180. 

z Truaghan: i.e. the Meagre. Dr. O'Conor 
translates this passages: **Coscrachus a quo 
dicitur Turris anachoretica Insule Celtre;" 
but this is undoubtedly incorrect. The word 
cpuagán is still used in the south of Ireland 
to denote a poor, miserable person. It is thus 
fised in Mac Coisi’s elegy on the death of Sean 
~ Fearghal O’Ruaire : 


* O naé maipeann pearea an plait ip mé an 
cpuagán vo Cait a lón, f 
QI g-Cluam Chiapáın mic an epaoip, bia 
mipe gaċ laoi po bpon.” 


“ Since no longer lives the prince, I am the 
truaghan who spent his store, i 
At Cluain Chiarain-mic-an-tsaeir, I shall be 
daily under sorrow.” 


—See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses 
of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 49, 50. 

^ Rath-Epscoip: i. e. Rath or Fort of the 
Bishop, now Rathaspick, near the village of 


PANERTYO Ar Np SP RN. 


558 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. [899. 


bat ural pi ném gan jabab, apoclí op Camna oenai, | 

Fean ao peibim cen baogal, bá pru € mmn a aonan. 

Maolpmma, pip cen hualla, cormor bpeag, bneó oap omna, 

Cl oealboha pı nogach pach, gopmpeap copach, cachlonn conna. 
Laoch pí bpoġa burllibain, co cpárgh mapa máchcoip gell, 
Monuap cen Maolpmma pal bappi an gman pm  mcha nell. 


Oubsiolla, mac Eiccippceóil, ciġeapna Ua cCemnrpealars, Cimneiorg, 
mac Gaohme, cigeapna Carghpi, 7 na cComan, Clinoiapparó. mac Maol- 
mupe cizeapna Tuinbe vécc. Ciapán, mac Ounghal, cigeapna Mupcpağe, 
oo mapbaoh la a muincip pém. Conligan, mac Copcpám, oo mapbaoh a 
norogzail Cinogegain. Ceallach, mac Saepgupa, ancoim,7 eppcop Apoa 
Macha, oo écc. ; 

Coip Cpiopc, ochr ccéo nocha anao. On cpeap badam pichfe vo 
Phlann. Oungal, mac baeitine, abb 7 eppcop Glinne vá locha, Coppe 
Chom, eppcop Cluana mic Nop. Cip 06 cuapccaib ppropac Maoilpfclamn, 
mic Maolpuanaid chmo. lopeph Locha Con, abb Cluana mic Noip oo Uib 
P'achpach an cuaipceipc a cenel. Plann, mac Conaill, abb Imlecha lubarp, 
C inpaolaó,mac Copbmanc, ainémneach Achard tip, Pogapcach, mac Maoil- 
ooparo, ciseapna Cenedil Conall, 00 &urcim mo ġar pém, a écc 6€, cona 


06 do paolo, 


Rupe echcach Cappa Ruaio, mmo cceccpaicíp mop pluoig, 
pp 1b 015 mbéáip baeglach pé, 1ap ccpáoh uí lere (3. Cmopc). 


Rathowen, in the barony of Moygoish, and 
county of Westmeath. In O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar, at 16th February, this place is called 
Rat na neappog, i. e. Fort of the Bishops. 

i Battle of Niall. —Dr.. O'Conor adds here two 
quatrains more, from a totally different poem, 
but as these are not found in the Dublin copies, 
and as they relate to a chief of Laeighis, not to 
Maelfinnia, the Editor has thought it proper to 
omit them, as a blunder of Dr. O'Conor's. 

* Tuirbhe.-—Now Turvey, near the village of 
Donabate, in the county of Dublin. 
^ The year 898 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with the year 902 of the 


Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that 
year as follows : 

* A. D. 902. Caeinchorak, Bushop and prince 
of Lugmai; Maelciarain, abbot of Tyrdaglas 
and Cloneigne; and Cellach, mac Saergusa, 
anchorite and Bushopp of Ardmach, in pace 
dormierunt. Maelfinnia, mac Flannagan, Rex 
Breagh, religiosus laicus, mortuus est. Ceinnedi, 
mae Gaeihin, King of Lease; Ainniarai, mac 
Maelmuri, King of Turbi, mortui sunt.  Occisio 
Treoid by Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, and by 
Aengus, Maelsechlainn’s cosen” [nepotem Mael- 
sechnaill], “ by the advice of Maelsechlin.”—* 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


899] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 859 


Fit was he to be a king of cloudless reign, high chief over Eamhain 
of fairs ; : 

A man, I assert it without fear, who was alone worthy of having 
all Ireland. 

Maelfinnia, a man without haughtiness, lord of Breagh, a torch over 
the fortresses ; 

He of royal HARE, most bighi gifted, a famed just man, a 
prudent battle-prop. 

The heroic king of heavy blows, even to the sea-shore he won the wager; 

Alas that the generous Maelfinnia is not a sun over the battle of Niall. 


Duibhghilla, son of Edirsgeal, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Cinneidigh, son of 
Gaeithin, lord of Laighis and of the Comanns; Ainniarraidh, son of Maelmuire, 
lord of Tuirbhe*; Ciaran, son of Dunghal, lord of Muscraighe, was slain by his 
own people. Conligan, son of Corcran, was slain in revenge of Ceanngegan. 
Ceallach, son of Saerghus, anchorite, and Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 899. The twenty-third year of Flann. Dunghal, son 
of Baeithin, Abbot and Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. Cairbre Crom, Bishop 
of Cluain-mie-Nois, [died]; it was to him the spirit of Maelseachlainn shewed 
itself’. Joseph of Loch-Con, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the tribe of the 
northern Ui-Fiachrach ; Flann, son of Conall, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Ceann- 
faeladh, son of Cormac, Airchinneach, of Achadh-ur™ [died]. Fogartach, son of 
Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, fell upon his own javelin, and died of it 


[the wound]; of whom was said : 


The great-deeded chieftain of Eas-Ruaidh, about whom great hosts 
-used to assemble, 

He took a Lethiferous drink dangerous: ein after persecuting the 
descendant of Jesse (1. e. Christ). 


! Shewed itself; cuapgaib ceann: literally p. 599, n. 8. 
* raised its head.” This is still the phrase For a long account of the conversation which 
used in Ulster to denote the apparition or rising is said to have taken place between this bishop 
ofa ghost. This passage is translated by Colgan and the spirit of King Maelsechlainn, or Ma- 
as follows : lachy I., see the gloss to the Feilire- Aenguis, at 
** Anno salutis S. Corpreus Curvus Episcopus 6th March ; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum at the 
de Cluain-mic-nois obit: cui apparuit spiritus same day, p. 508. 
Malachie filii Maelruanacii.? —Acta Sanctorum, ™ Achadh-ur.—Now Freshford, in the county 


Da aT NS NN E E O LT 


. ceallam, oo gu. 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [900. 


560 

Macleigimn, mac 6puaoap, cigeapna Mupcparse Opeogamn, vég. Cion- 
aed, mac Maelpuanaid, 7 od, mac lolguine,-plait Ua mbanppée, oo rnapbao 
na noip lá C(nouban, mac Maelecám. Fubcad, mac Mupchada, eigeagna 
Ua Cpomchannám, oég. Pupbaidi, mac Cuilennamm, cigeapna Ua Pon- 
ópuaic(ó mac Plaicbeapcaich, eigeapna Copcomopuao, 
dég. Sápuccab Cínannpa la Plann mac Maoleaclainn, pop Ohonncad pop 
a mac podéin, 7 pochaide ile vo ó1c(noao ann oon Cup pm. 

Qoip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo. On cltpamad bliaoam pich(c oo phlanc. 
Maolcianan, mac Poipcceipn, eppcob Lanne Céipe, Liocan, abb Tuama oa 
hualann, Plannacan Ua Conám, abb lec Mocaemocc, Ouban, abb Cille 
vam, 7 Caccnan, abb Peapna, vé5. Oiapmaro, mac C(pbaill, oo 10noapbao 
a níài Opparge, 7 Ceallach, mac Ceanbaill, oo pioghao cap a éi. Orleach 
Frspeann oo opgam vo halla. 1mmpi cata ecin vá mac Coda Pinnleic 
3 Domnall 4 Niall cco po compmipccead cpa 1mpióe. Cenedil €ogam. 
Mawm pa cCeallac, mac Ceapbaill, 7 ma nOppoigib pop Gib 7 Mur- 
cpaigib, 1 ccopcain cx. ım Chechcegan, mac Uamnachain im cigeapna n€li 
7 pochande ile. Chlppio, pġ pó oponead p(che, 7 péneachup na Saran, 7 an 
Tij bud mó echec, poipslige saoip 1 cpabao vo pfa Saran, vég. 

Coir Cmorc, naoi ccéo a haon. On cingead bliadain pichle 0o Phlann. 
Inopeachcach, mac Oobailen, abb b Mmoċaip, véce, an perpead lá pich(c Appi, 
dia nebnan, 


— ee ae ee MENS 


of Kilkenny.—See note *, under A. D. 622, 
p. 244, supra. 

» Muscraighe-Breogain.—A territory now com- 
prised in the barony of Clanwilliam, in the south- 
west of the county of Tipperary. 

° Ui- Foircheallain.—Now Offerrilan, a large 
parish near Mountrath, in the Queen's County. 
'This was the name of a tribe, and became that 
of the district, according to the ancient lrish 
usage. The ancient name of the plain in which 
this tribe was seated was Magh- Tuathat. 

The year 899 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 903 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year 
briefly as follows : : 

** A. D. 903. Joseph, Abbot of Clon-mic-Nois, 


mortuus es. Kells forcibly entered by Mael- 
sechlainn, upon Doncha, his owne sonn, and 
many were killed about the oratory” [et multi 
decollati sunt circa Oratorium]. ‘ Dungall, Bu- 
shopp and prince of Glindaloch, vitam senilem in 
Christo finivit. Ivar O’Hivair killed by the men 
of Fortren, with a great slaghter about him. 
Flann mac Conell, Abbot of Imlech-Ivair, mor- 
tuus est.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

» Oileach- Frigreann.— Otherwise written Ai- 
leach-Frigreinn, now Elagh, near Lough Swilly, 
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of 
Donegal.— See note £, under A. D. 674, p. 284, 
supra. t 

a Domhnall.—He was King of Aileach. Ac- 
cording to Peregrine O'Clery's genealogical 


900.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 561 


Macleighinn, son of Bruadair, lord of Muscraighe-Breogain", died. Cinaedh, 
son of Maelruanaidh, and Aedh, son of Ilguine, chief of Ui-Bairrche, were both 
slain by Ceandubhan, son of Maelecan. | Fubhthadh, son of Murchadh, lord of 
Ui-Crimhthainn, died. Furbuidhi, son of Cuileannan, lord of Ui-Foircheallain?, 
was mortally wounded. Bruaideadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corcam- 
druadh, died. The profanation of Ceanannas by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, 
against Donnchadh, his own son; and many others were beheaded on that 
occasion. 

The Age of Christ, 900. The twenty-fourth year of Flann. Maelcianain, 
son of Fortchern, Bishop of Lann-Leire ; Litan, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann ; 
Flannagan Ua Lonain, Abbot of Liath-Mochaemhog ; Dubhan, Abbot of Cill- 
dara; and Lachtnan, Abbot of Fearna, died. Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, was 
driven from the kingdom of Osraighe; and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, was 
made king in his place. —Oileach-Frigreann? was plundered by the foreigners. 
A challenge of battle between the two sons of Aedh Finn-liath, i. e. Domhnall* 
and Niall; but it was prevented by the intercession ofthe Cinel-Eoghain. A 
battle was gained by Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, and by the Osraighi, over the 
Eili and the Muscraighi, in which fell one hundred and ten persons, among 
whom was Techtegan, son of Uamnachan, lord of Eili, and many others [of 
distinction]. Alfred’, the king, who instituted the laws and ordinances of the 
Saxons, and who was the most distinguished for prowess, wisdom, and piety, 
of the Saxon kings, died. 

The Age of Christ, 901. The twenty-fifth year of Flann. Innreachtach, 
son of Dobhailen, Abbot of Beannchair, died on the twenty-sixth day of April; 
of whom was said : 


> 


work, this Domhnall was the ancestor of the 
Feara-Droma, or Ui-Eathach-Droma-Lighean, 
who, after the establishment of hereditary sur- 
names, took that of O'Donghaile, now O'Don- 
nelly.—See note £, under A. D. 876, p. 524. 

* The Muscraighi: i. e. the inhabitants of 
Muscraighe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper 
and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary. 

s Alfred.— According to the Saxon Chronicle, 
King Alfred died in the year 901, six days 
before the Mass of All Saints. 


The year 900 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 904 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice but few of the events of 
that year, as follows : 

* A. D. 904. Maelciarain mac Fortchirn, 
Bushop of Lainn-Lere, in pace quievit. An army 
by Flann, mac Maeilsechlainn, into Ossory. 
Lachtnan, abbot of Ferna, mortuus est. A de- 
termination of battle between the two sons of 
Hugh, viz, Daniell and Nell, untill Kindred 
Owen prevented them.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


4c 


ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. (902. 


Q haon cpí céo caola cup, ó ecpecc Compan beannchuip, 
Co né poenad puapcap ngle Inpeccarg ao oiponide. 


Maolpoil, abb. Sputpa Guarne, Pupaópan, mac Hapbain, pproip Cille 
hOcharó, oég. Cél, mac Upeuili, ppo Achad bó Camoig, €rgneacan, 
mac Oáloig, mic Muipceantcars, ciġeapna Ceneoil Conall, oég. Ap oia 
écc aopubpaoh, 

Ecc ip eici& popaccaib pluaga pag ian pecaib, 

Ma po claoivenn pi percpech, món ach €ccneach 1 négaib. 
€ccneach ba oobamg oóccaib, pi Cemuil Conaill céoarg, 
Oippan gntip cpédbap mfdend po cumn mím 1ap néccaib. 
Inopeachcach 6fnocain buionig, Crapmac Gabpa sainm pobparg. 
Plano Peabanl, pial pp vodaing, Eccneach pil Conall caingmg. 


Plann, mac Oomnall, pidana an cuaipceipc, décc. Crapmacan, mac 
Plamabpac hU: Ounadarg, cigeapna Ua Conall Gabpa, vég. Ciapodap, 
mac Cpunomaoil, cizeapna Ua Pelmeda, Lardgnen, mac O onnagám, cigeanna 
Pninoige, oo mapbaoh. Muipfohach, mac Oomnaill, psoamna Corgean, 
do sun 1 ccípib Muman,7 a écc. Muvan, mac Oonngaile, ci$eapna Conca 
Laigde, dég. Slorg(ó la Plann mac lflaonp(chlamn, 7 la Ctmball, mac 
Mumesain, co prona Muman, go po Monnnad leó ó Ghobpan go Cummneac. 
Slap, mac Uippem, cigeapna Ua Wlaccaille, vég. 

Qop Cort, naoi ccéo a 06. On peipead bladon pichfc vo PUR 
Colmán, pepibmio 4 eppcop Oormliacc, 7 Cupcan, Pepsil, eppcop Pmoabpach, 
abb Inoeionén, 1 Plann, mac Oenacain, abb Lupcan, vég. Plann, mac 
Plaiéb(pcaig, ci5eapna. Conca Moodpuad, vég. Sloighead peap Muman lá 


t From the death of Comhgall—Comhgall died * From Gobhran to Luimneach: i. e. from 


in the year 600.—See p. 225, suprd. 

' u Sruthair-Guaire—Now Shrule, to the east 
of Sleaty, on the River Barrow, near the town 
of Carlow.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.313, 
note 11; and also A. D. 864, p.501, suprà, where 
Sruthair, Slebhte, and Acha-Arglais, now Agha, 
a parish church in the barony of Idrone, county 
of Carlow, are referred to as not far asunder. 


* Ui-Felmedha.—Now the barony of Ballagh- ` 


keen, in the county of Wexford.—See note ™, 
under A. D. 1381. 


Gowran to Limerick. 

y Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly, 
in the county of Cork. 

The year 901 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 905 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice a few of the events of that 
year as follows : 

* A. D. 905. Flann, mac Domnallan, heyre of 
the Northern? [country], ‘‘ mortuus est... Egna- 
chan, mae Daly, King of Kindred-Conell, mor- 
tuus est. An army by Flann, mac Maeilsechlainn, 


* 


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9023 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 563 


One and three hundred fair revolving years from the death of Comh- 
gallt of Beannchair, 
To the period of the happy death of the great illustrious Innreachtach. 


Maelpoil, Abbot of Sruthair-Guaire"; [and] Furadhran, son of Garbhan, 
Prior of Cill-Achaidh, died. Celi, son of Urthuili, Prior of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh; 
[and] Eigneachan, son of Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, 
died. Of his [Eignechan’s] death was said : 


Death has left destitute the hosts who seek after precious gifts, 

If it has changed the colour of a potent king; great grief that 
Eigneach has died. A 

Eigneach, who was the sternest of youths, King of the populous 
Cinel-Conaill ; 2, 

Alas that his shrunken, colourless face is below the surface of the 
clay in death. 

Innreachtach of populous Beannchair, Sinan of Gabhra of great 
renown, 

Flann Feabhail, generous and resolute, Egneach of Sil-Conaill of the 
good councils. 


Flann, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of the North, died. Ciarmhacan, son ^ e 
of Flannabhra Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, died. Ciarodhar, son 
of Crunnmhael, lord of Ui-Felmedha"; [and] Laidhgnen, son of Donnagan, lord 
of Fearmhagh, were slain. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of 
Leinster, was wounded in the country of Munster, and died. Mudan, son of 

Donnghal, lord of Corca-Laighdhe, died. An army was led by Flann, son of 
Maelseachlainn, and by Cearbhall, son of Muireagan; and they plundered from 
Gobhran to Luimneach*. Glaissini, son of Uisseni, lord of Ui-Maccaille’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 902. ‘The twenty-sixth year of Flann. Colman, scribe g 
and Bishop of Daimhliag and Lusca; Ferghil’, Bishop of Finnabhair, and Abbot 
of Indeidhnen ; and Flann, son of Oenacan, Abbot of Lusca, died. Flann, son 
of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, died. An army of the men of 


into Mounster, that he prayed from Gavran to * Ferghil__This name is usually latinized 

Lymrick. Ciarmac, King of Figintes,” [and] Virgilius. The death of Virgilius, an Abbot of ü 

“ Innrechtach, Abbot of Benchar, mortui sunt.” the Scots, is noticed in the Saxon Chronicle : 

Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. under the year 903. T- x ak 
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564. i ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN: (902. 


Copbmac, mac Cuilennam, q la Plartb(pcach go Marg Lena. Cionóilp(c 
Ufch Cumn ina noócom ano pn m Plann, mac Illaoi(clamn, 7 peaptap cach 
ecopna, co po meabar) pon Liè Chum, oo poca ann Maolcpaorbe 
Ua Catalan. Slómgheaó oile lá Copbmac, 7 lá Pleicbeapcach pop Urb Néill 
an oeipceipc, agup pop Connachcoib, co ccuccpac gialla Connachc ma 
ccobleigib moparbh 1ap S10namn, 7 aipece(p mnpeada Locha Rib leo. 


* Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, alias Kilbride, Ulster, which notice a few of the events of that 
‘a parish comprising the town of Tullamore, in year as follows: 
the King’s County.—See p. 105, suprà. “ A. D. 906” [alias 907]. “Colman scriba, 
The year 902 of the Annals of the Four Episcopus Doimliag & Lusca, in pace quievit. 
Masters corresponds with 906 of the Annals of Fergall, Bushopp of Finnurach," [ Episcopus 


902. | ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 565 


Munster was led by Cormac, son of Cuileannan, and Flaithbheartach, to Magh- 
Lena*. The [people of] Leath-Chuinn collected against them thither about 
Flann, son of Maelseachlainn; and a battle was fought between them, in which 
the [people of] Leath-Chuinn were defeated, and Maelcraeibhe Ua Cathalain 
was slain. Another army was led by Cormac and Flaithbheartach against the 
Ui-Neill of the South, and against the Connaughtmen; and they carried away 
the hostages of Connaught in their great fleets on the Shannon, and the islands 
of Loch Ribh were plundered by them. 


Findubrach, i. e. Bishop of Finnabhair.—Ed.] finivit. Annus mortalitatis. Duvsinna, mac Elge, 
“and prince of Einen, vitam senilem in Christo kinge of Magh-Iha, mortuus est.” 


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THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1616. 


EDITED FROM MSS. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY AND OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, WITH 
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(lois Cmorz, naoi ccéo tpi. On peaccmao bliadain pichfe oo Phlano. 
Maolmapcain, abb Cu$maio, O1apmaro, abb Oaine Calgang, Copbmac, abb 
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> Bealach- Mughna : i.e. Mughain’s Road or 
Pass, Via Muganim, now Ballaghmoon, in the 
south of the county of Kildare, and about two 
miles and a half north of the town of Carlow ; 
not Ballymoon, in the county of Carlow, as Dr. 
Lanigan asserts in his Ecclesiastical History of 
Jreland, vol. iii. p. 351.— See Circuit of Muir- 
cheartach Mac Neill, p. 38. The site of this 
battle is still pointed out at the place, and the 
stone on which King Cormac's head was cut 
off by a common soldier is shewn. 

Keating gives a curious account of this battle 
in his History of Ireland, from a historical tract 
called Cath-Bealaigh-Mughna, or Battle of Bal- 
laghmoon, not now accessible. It is translated 
by Dr. John Lynch as follows, p. 231, et sequent.: 

* Septennii illius, quo rerum omnium aflu- 
entià Hiberniam abundasse diximus, jam finis 
appetebat, cum nonnulli Momonis Proceres, et 
Flaibhertachus Immuneni filius, Abbas Insule 
Cahie, Regia stirpe oriundus, crebris suasioni- 
bus Cormacum hortari non destiterunt, ut a 
Lageniensibus Tributum, uel illato bello, ex- 


igeret; utpoté qui cum Leighmoighe adscribe- 
rentur, Leighmoighe Regi vectigal, ex veteri 
pacto inter Moghum Nuadathum et Connum 
Centiprelium seu Centimachum icto, pendere 
obstringerentur : His insusurrationibus aures 
Cormacus, non autem assensum prebuit, quid- 
piam se de tanti ponderis negotio anté staturum 
negans, quam ad Procerum consilium integrum 
deferretur. Regni itaque Patribus in vnum 
locum properé coactis, rem aperuit, insuper 
pollicitus, quidquid illis decernere placuisset, 
id se non grauaté adimpleturum. Negotium 
haud diu agitatum erat, cum suffragiis conspi- 
rantibus decretum emanavit, ut Lagenis bellum 
inferretur, et Tributum, quod pendere dudum 
Lagenienses superbé negligebant, ab ipsis uel 
invitis, extorqueretur. _Cormacus intimis sen- 
sibus angebatur, suos sancivisse bellum Lagenie 
inferendum, quod presagiebat animus, non sine 
indice colitüs misso, eo se periturum bello: 
rescindere tamen concilii decreta noluit; ne 
promissi fidem non prsstitisse argueretur. Ad 
bellum igitur hoc profecturus, non secus ac 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Tue Age of Christ, 903. The twenty-seventh year of Flann. Maelmartin, 
Abbot of Lughmhadh; Diarmaid, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh; Cormac, Abbot 
of Druim-mor ; and Suibhne, son of Dubhdabhoireann, Prior of Cill-dara, died. 
Maeloghrai, son of Conghalach, lord of Loch-Gabhar, was slain by Fogartach, 
son of Tolarg. The battle of Bealach-Mughna’ [was fought] by Flann, son of 


si nunc animam efflaturus esset, anime saluti 
prospiciens omnibus alicujus note per Hiber- 
niam Ecclesiis, aut certam aliquam auri argen- 
tiue summam, aut aliquod donum testamento 
legavit: ac primüm vnam vnciam auri, et alte- 
ram argenti, preter vestimenta, et equum, loco 
dicto Opuim abpaó, alias Ardfinnain legavit. 
Vasculum aureum et aliud argenteum necnon 
bisinam casulam, Lismoris. Tres vncias auri 
et Missale Emblaco Ibari. 
et aliud argenteum cum quatuor vnceis aureis, 
etcentum vneeis argenti, Cassilie. Vnoiam auri 
et alteram argenti Glandaloche. Equum, et 
sericum syparium, Kildaris. Vigenti quatuor 
vncias auri et totidem argenti Armachie. Tres 
auri uncias Insule Cahie : Tres item vncias 
auri; et bisinam Casulam, Mungarede ; hune 
etiam locum fausta precatione prosecutus est, 
Imó multis laudibus extulit, ut in illo poemate 
legere est, cujus initium Ol giolla cfnguil ap 
lom, ubi commemorat in ejus loci Ccenobio 
(locus autem civitas Decani Easani" [recté, 
Diaconi Nessani, —Ep.] **dicebatur) quingentos 
eruditos Monachos commorari solitos, qui con- 


Vasculum aureum 


cionibus ad populum habendis per sex Ecclesias 
in loci ambitu sitas incumbebant ; sexcentos 
alios quorum munus erat recitandis in odeo 
Psalmis assidué insistere ; Quadringentos etiam 
emeritos Monachos, qui colestium rerum con- 
templatione animam exercerent. 

* Cormaci jam ad iter accincti jussu, Lorca- 
nus Lacthnai filius, Dalgasiorum Regulus, Cassi- 
liam accessit, et Regiam subiens, ac in Cormaci 
conspectum adductus, honorificis salutationum 
officiis ab eo exceptus est. Cormacus ueró post 
debitum honorem Lorcano exhibitum, adstan- 
tem Eoganachtorum coronam in hune sensum 
affatus est: Non vos fugit (amantissimi Pro- 
ceres) Olillum illum Olumum, a quo due inclitze 
Eoganachtorum et Dalgasiorum Gentes propa- 
gate sunt, firmiter dudum sanxisse, ut Fiachi 
Milleahoni et Cormaci Cassi soboles in Momoniz 
Regno ineundo, vicissitudinem tenerent ; Eoga- 
nachtorum autem familia vices suas in adminis- 
trandà Momoniá satis superque jam obivit, 
proinde non grauaté feratis, si tandem ali- 
quando equi et recti ratione habità, Dalgasii 
suum jus postliminio vindicentur, et hic Lorca- 


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€peann, 7 ma cCípball, mac Mumpersem, pi Cargfn,7 pra cCachal, mac Con- 
cobain, pf Connacht pon Copbmac mac Cuilennám, pi Carl. Ro meaboio 


nus in meo solio, post me de medio sublatum, 
pro eo ac debet, constituatur : Regnum enim 
hoc ex vicissitudinis lege illi deferendum etiam 
mes sententie calculo confirmo. Proceres Regis 
Orationem silentio exceperunt, pre se quidem 
ferentes ejus voluntati non refragaturos: verum 
eventus documento fuit, eum hzc frustra locu- 
tum, cüm hoe ejus consilium haudquaquam 
adimpletum fuerit. Ceterum ille, copiis ex uni- 
verså Momoniá, tum per se, tum Flathertachi 
opera, contractis, in Lageniam movit. Cum 
enim ea Provincia Leighmoe accensebatur, ejus 
incolas ad pendenda sibi vectigalia coacturus 
erat. Dum ueró in procinctu jam ad iter ex- 
ercitus, lustrandi causa, castra-metatus esset, 
et Rex Cormacus militem, equo vectus, obiret, 
equus quem insedit fortó in altam fossam de- 
lapsus est; equi casu bene magnus militum 
numerus malum captans omen, Nuntio Militis 
remisso, domum delapsus est; ejusmodi enim 
sancti viri infortunium in ipsa belli molitione 
victorim jacturam indubitanter portendere aie- 
bant. Momoniorum copiis in hunc modum in~ 
structis, à Lageniensium Rege Kearballo Muri- 
geni filio missi oratores ad Cormacum veniunt 
postulantes ut Momonienses arma et belli con- 
silia ponant, et inducias in proximum mensem 
Maijum pacisci non detrectent; si tum ex eorum 
animi sententià negotium non transigeretur, eos 
culpa uacare, si Lagenie bellum inferant: Cæ- 
terum retinende pacis obsides, Meinachi Ab- 
batis de Ofpene Diapmava, exploratà pietate 
et eruditione viri, custodis, et fidei sequestro, 
se commissuros, et amplissima dona in impe- 
trate pacis*gratiam, Cormaco Flabhertachoque 
collaturos. Cormacus, auditis his nuntiis, om- 
nibus incessit letitiis, non dubitans quin Fla- 
bhertachus ejusmodi conditionibus acceptandis 
assensum illicó preeberet, cum adiens sic allo- 
quitur: oratores a Rege Lagenie ad me missi 


CA 


enixè flagitant, ut pace cum ipsis adusque men- 
sem Maijum inità, copias dimittam, et milites, 
collectis vasis, domum suam abire permittam, 
nec dubitant sancté polliceri, etiam traditis ob- 
sidibus, tum, nostram voluntatem ad amussim 
expletum iri, nec solum ob impetratam hanc 
pacem gratias se infinitas, sed ingentia etiam 
dona mihi tibique repensuros asseueranter affir- 
mant; hereo ego dubius quodnam potissimüm 
illis responsum feram; tui ergo arbitrii esto illos 
concessà pace, uel denegata, dimittere. Tunc 
Flabhertachus iracundià excandescens Corma- 
cum, vultüs indicio motus animi prodentis, 
acribus insectari objurgationibus, superuacanei 
timoris, et flexe mobilitatis arguere, omnem 
denique pacis mentionem respuere, non veretur, 
Legatis itaque, re infecta, dimissis; Flabhertache, 
(ait Cormacus) et tibi certum est cum Lagenien- 
sibus aleam pugne subire? nec Ego me, aut 
tuo comitatui aut ill prelio subducam ; sed 
æquè certum habeo me animam in hoc certamine 
profusurum, et nisi me mea conjectura fallit, 
ipsi tibi conflictus hic interitum afferet. Fine- 
que hic loquendi facto, se ad suos populares 
recepit, tristitid non mediocri excrutiatus ; et 
a suorum aliquo receptum, munusculi loco, cor- 
bem pomis refertum, inter adstantes partitus, 
nunquam posthac (inquit) quidquam inter vos, 
o charrissimi, distribuam ; quam ejus vocem illi 
gemitu excipientes mox subjungunt: Atque 
hic tuus sermo maximum nobis dolorem incussit, 
quod tu, preter consuetudinem, tibi tamen malé 
ominaris. Ille vocem eam sibi non cogitanti 
excidisse dolens, ne subesse aliquid suspicaren- 
tur adstantes, addit, sibi hactenus non fuisse 
familiare distributionibus ejusmodi inter suos 
vti, nec eam se consuetudinem postea fortassis 
unquam usurpaturum : nec plura affatus, cum 
famulis dedit in mandatis diuersorium suum 
militum praesidio munire, et Minachum Mystam 


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903.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 501 


Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland, and Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Lein- 
ster, and by Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, against Cormac, 


Religiosissimum accersere. Huic omnibus ante 
acte vite criminibus patefactis, conscientise 
sordes per confessionem eluerat, et ab eodem 
continuó sacrosancto synaxeos pabulo refectus 
est, exploratum habens tantum sibi duntaxat 
spatium ad vivendum superesse, quanta foret 
a pugnando mora; cujus tamen rei suos con- 
scios esse noluit. "Testamentum etiam con- 
didit, id eis pie cxteris injungens, ut ipsum 
Cluanuamiam Maclenini sepeliendum ducerent, 
si facultas iis illuc cadauer asportandi suppe- 
teret; sin minus ejusmodi nanciscerentur fa- 
cultatem, in sepulchro Dermicii, Aidi Roni 
filii, (aliàs desertum Diermode) mandari terre 
jussit; in quo nimirum loeo tenerioris statis 
institutione imbutus fuerat. Primum illud Cor- 
macus, postremum hoc Minachus magnopere 
expetiit, utpoté qui ipse sancti Comgelli insti- 
tutum secutus ceenobio inibi constituto, Com- 
gelli successor, praeesset, vir multà sané pietate 
et literatura preditus, quique labores maximos 
in Momoniensibus et Lageniensibus eâ tempes- 
tate conciliandis subiverat. 

** Momonienses è castris signa non moverunt, 
cùm nuntiatum est Filanftum aliàs Flannum 
Malachiz filium, Hibernie Regem, cum maxi- 
mis equitum et peditum copiis, se Lageniensibus 
junxisse, et in eorum castris jam tum versatum 
fuisse. Que res sic milites consternavit, ut 
quam plurimi, ducibus insciis, se castris clam 
subduxerint. Quod Minachus perspiciens, resi- 
duos facile adduci posse ratus, ut pacem lubentes 
amplecterentur, ad eos conversus ; strenuissimi 
milites (inquit) non est cur vosmet et patriam 
in apertissimum interritüs discrimen injiciatis : 
Nonne animadvertitis, quot hinc aufugerint 
milites, tot esse dextras, vestrarum copiarum 
corpori amputatas ? Proinde non esse vos adeó 
rationis expertes censeo, ut manci et trunci inte- 
gra agmina, et ejus partibus usquequaque con- 


stantia, moleque vos longà superantia adoriri 
nitamini? Quidni potius Nobiles illos Ephebos 
Carbhalli Lageniz filium, itemque filium Ossirise 
Reguli in obsides dudüm vobis oblatos accepte- 
tis, et pacem in Maijum usque mensem rité 
constitutà, vosmet, belli laboribus et periculis 
subductos, ad meliora tempora reservetis inco- 
lumes. Orationem hanc multitudinis murmur 
mussitantis excepit, et culpam totius molitionis 
in Flabhertachum  conferentis : Nihilominus 
capescens. iter exercitus exstructis ordinibus 
trans Montem Margum processerat ad pontem 
usque Leighlinie. Interim Tibrudius, Albei 
successor, magna virorum Ecclesiasticorum 
turbà stipatus, Leighliniam subiit, ibique sub- 
stitit ; eodem etiam militum famuli se recepe- 
runt, et jumenta, exercitus impedimenta vehen- 
tia, duxerunt.  Aciei verd moles propé Campi 
Albei nemus in munimentis, noctem operiens, 
consederat; et mox classicum canitur, ac sig- 
num ad instruendas acies datur, extemploque 
agmina omnia Momoniorum in tria expendun- 
tur cornua. Primis Flabhertachus Imuneni, et 
Keallachus Karbulli filius Ossirie Regulus ; 
mediis Cormacus ipse Culenani filius Momonie 
Rex ; et extremis Cormacus Mothlai filius Des- 
siorum Regulus communicato cum aliquot Mo- 
monis Phylarcis imperio, prefuerunt. Tandem 
educuntur in campum, et pugnam Momoniorum 
copie, Que hostes quadruplo numerotiores (qui 
aliquorum authorum calculus est) conspicate 
quanquam, animum despondentes, manus tamen 
et signa conferunt: verum haud diu stetit in 


ancipiti prelium, cum cadentium passim Momo-. 


niensium ejulatibus immistus Lageniensium, 
similis Celuasmati, clamor mutuó ad cedem 
incitantium exauditur. Duabus porró de causis 
tam de repenté, et primo feró assultu Momo- 
nienses prostrati fuerunt: prima erat, quod 
Kelliocharus Kinchengani Momonie quondam 


D 


568 


ANNALA gosShachca EIREANN. 


[903. 


ancat pop conbmac, 7 acpochain pém ann, gén bo acha ċuicim, uar pi, eap- 
puce, angcoipe, pepibnió, 4 enad ofppeasete ipm mbepla Scorceccóa epide. 
Cciad na Saepclanna copcpacap imaille ppp. Pogapcach, .1. eccnaiwe 
mac Suibne, cigeapna Ciappoige Cuipce, Ceallac mac Ceapbanll, ei$eapna 
Ornage, Maolgopm, tigeapna Ciappage Cuacna, Maolmopoda, ciseapna 
Raitlinne, Chlell, mac €ogam, abb Tin Copcairge, Colman, abb Cmoéiceig, 
4 eigeapna Conca ouibne,7 apoile paonclanna cenmocácpioe go pé míbib hi 
maille pprá. Cp ora poparémfc pm po pardead mopo la Dallán mac More, 


Regis propinquus in equum insiliens, intentà 
voce, glomeratum cirea se militum globum 
monuerit pugne campo confestim excedere, so- 
lisque clericis, quorum iras nihil preter bellum 
exsatiat, permittere, ut sitim bellandi, quà 
estuabant, bellando, penitus extinguant, et dicto 
citius, ad cursum excitato equo, é castris euolat, 
aliquot manipulis, ejus exemplo et monitis allec- 
tis, fugam pariter capientibus. Altera funden- 
dorum Momoniensiuin haec causa extitit; Keal- 
lachus Carvalli filius magnam clientum suorum 
stragem edi perspiciens subitaneo ascensu in 
equum latus, suis edixit, propulsatis iis qui ex 
adverso erant equos ascendere ; vocis ambigui- 
tate alios eludens, suos nimirum ad hostem loco 
pollendum visus hortari, reuera tamen fugam 
eos capere admonens. Illi igitur insinuata 
Domini precepta exequentes terga verterunt. 
Atque hinc initium et ansa soluendorum Mo- 
moniensis exercitus ordinum emanavit. Deinde 
singuli milites (prout elabendi facultatem quis- 
que nanciscebatur) saluti sue prospiscientes, 
diuerticula et effugia querere, ad latebras repere, 
denique, remis et velis, e discrimine tam luculento 
emergere, festinabant : siquidem in illo con- 
flictu sacri et profani homines promiscua inter- 
necione mactabantur, nulla ordinis aut dignita- 
tis habitA ratione ; et si alicui sacris ordinibus 
initiato, aut profaná dignitate fulgenti benefi- 
cium incolumitatis hostes praeberent, nequaquam 
amoris aut honoris causà, quo captum proseque- 
rentur, eam faciebant gratiam, sed ut ex lytro, 


quod pro captis persolueretur, non mediocris 
accessio ad eorum fortunas fieret. 

“ Tandem Cormacus ipse Rex Momonie dum 
ad prime aciei frontem tendit, e corruente in 
fossam equo lapsus, ab aliquibus in fugam versis 
visus, e fugá reuersis, in equum attolitur; ille 
paululüm inde progressus adstantem e suis 
vnum, quem in deliciis semper habebat, et indi- 
uiduum periculorum omnium comitem, oculos 
et orationem convertens, etiam atque etiam 
monuit, a suo latere et a tot periculorum cu- 
mulo quantotius discedere, se proculdubio su- 
perstitem huic prelio non futurum. Hujus 
viri nomen Aidus erat, cujus ideo saluti con- 
sultum Cormacus voluit, quod vir fuerit Iuris, 
Historiarum, et latin; lingue scientificus. Pro- 
cesserat ultra Cormacus, et per campum. czso- 
rum hominum et equorum sanguine redundan- 
tem, uectus, et crebris, equi et viarum lubricá, 
lapsibus in terram sepius demissus est; tandem 
equus, postremis calcibus in lubrico labentibus, 
in tergum cessori supersternitur: ille, collo dor- 
soque jumenti pondere illiso, animam, uerba 
illa, in manus tuas Domine commendo spiritum 
meum, geminans, effando, creatori reddidit. Ve- 
rum seclestissimi sicarii quem vivum ullo affi- 
cere damno nequiuerant in mortuum atrociter 
seuiunt: ei enim sarissis prius confosso, caput 
amputarunt. Hanmerus author est, annum a 
partu virginis nongentessimum quintum tunc 
decurisse, cum Cormacus Culenani filius Mo- 


monis, et Kearbullus Murigeni filius Lagenie, 


9033 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 569 


son of Cuileannan, King of Caiseal. The battle was gained over Cormac, and 
_ he himself was slain, though his loss was mournful, for he was a king, a bishop, 


an anchorite, a scribe, and profoundly learned in the Scotic tongue’. These ` 


were the nobles who fell along with him, namely, Fogartach the Wise, son of 
Suibhne, lord of Ciarraighe-Cuirche?; Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, lord of 
Osraighe ; Maelgorm, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra*; Maelmorda, lord of Raith- 
linn’; Ailill, son of Eoghan, Abbot of Trian-Corcaighe8; Colman, Abbot of 
Ceann-Eitigh ; and the lord of Corca-Duibhne"; and many other nobles besides 
them, and six thousand men along with them. It was in commemoration of 


this the following lines were composed by Dallan, son of Mor : 


Reges, devictia Danis, in acie ceciderunt. Sed 
nec a Danis hee pugna commissa est, nec in ea 
Kearballus Murigeni filius Lagenie Rex periit. 
Locupletior multo testis prelii Belachmughne, 
Flannum Synaum Hibernie Regem victoriam 
hanc a Momoniensibus, reportasse narrat. In 
ipso porro pugnz hujus exordio, Morchertachus 
Ossirie Regulus cum filio occubuit, in pro- 
gressu, magna prestantissimorum Ecclesiastico- 
rum, Regulorum, Toparcharum, et inferioris 
ordinis nobilium multitudo desiderata est; 
et nominatim vitam profuderunt Fogartachus 
Subhnii filius Kierie Regulus; Olillus Eogani 
filius vir in etatis flore, et in multis literis ver- 
satus; Colmanus Kinnethigensis Abbas, Iuris 
peritorum in Hibernia Coripheus ; et cum his 
. gregariorum militum ingens numerus. Pre- 
lium ilud insuper exhausit Cormacum De- 
siorum Regulum, Dubhaganum Fearmuighe 
Regulum, Cenfoeladum Ui-gonille Regulum, 
Eidenum Aidnie Regulum in Momonia profu- 
gum, Milemuadum, Madagonum, Dubdabhuri- 
num, Conallum, Feradachum; Aidum Valie- 
hanie, et Domhnalum Duncarmnie Regulos. 
Hi uero in vietrice Exercitu familiam duce- 
bant; Flannus Malachie filius Rex Hibernis, 
Kearballus Murigeni filius Lagenie Rex, Tegus 
Foilani filius Ua-Kinsalochie, Temineanus Ua- 
Deaghoide, [ U a-Deaghaidh, sive Ide orientalis, 


4 Dp 


hodie baronia de Gorey in Agro Wexfordiensi, 
—Ep.] Keallachus et Lorcanus, duo Cinelorum 
Reguli, Inergus Duibhghillei filius, Ui-Drone, 


" Follamunus Olilli filius, Fothartafe, Tuahallus 


Ugeri filius, Ua-Mureadache, Odronus Kinnedi 
filius, Lisie, Muilchallonus Feargalli filius, For- 
tuahæ, et Clerkenus Ui-Bairche, Reguli.” 

© Scotic tongue.—Cormac was the author of an 
ancient Irish Glossary called Sanasan Chormaic, 
and is said to have been the compiler of the 
Psalter of Cashel.—See Colgan's Acta Sancto- 
rum, p. 5, col. 2; O'Reilly's Irish Writers, p. 1x. ; 
and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Introduction, pp. xxii. 


to xxxiii. 


è Ciarraighe- Chuirche.—Now the barony of 
Kerrycurrihy, in the county of Cork. 

© Ciarraighe- Luachra.— This territory is com- 
prised in the present county of Kerry. 

* Raithlinn.—This was the name of the seat 
of O'Mahony, chief of Kinelmeaky, in the 
county of Cork.— See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 59, 
note *, i 

e Trian-Corcaighe : i. e. the third part of Cork. 

^ Corca-Duibhne.—Now the barony of Corca- 
guiny, in the county of Kerry, anciently the ter- 
ritory of the O’Falvys.—See Duald Mac Firbis’s 
Genealogical Work (Marquis of Drogheda’s 
copy), pp. 14, 141, 143, 305 ; and Leabhar-na- 
gCeart, p. 47, note *. 


570 aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. - [904. 


Copnbmac Perm Pogancach, Colman, Ceallac cpuaro nugpa, 
Acbatpac co ml milib, hi ccat bealang muaoh Mushna. 

Plann Ceampa oon Talle mais, Ceanball oon Capmam cm ach, 
hi Sepoecim Sepcembep, cloip(c cat cécaib iolach. 

Cn ceppcop, an canméapa, an puf ba pocla popdanc, 

Ri Copil, m lapmuman a Ohé opan oo Chopbmac. 


Ap vo badam báip Conbmaic po páioeao beóp, 


O sain lopa vo nmh, a tpi, naoi ccéo oo bliaonaib, 
Co bap Copbmaic comal nglan, ba liach a écc pf Muman. 


Fiach Ua Uspadan, 6 Oenlip, apé po óíc(nn Conbmac. | Stóig(ó la Cenel 
n»€ogam .1. la Oomnall, mac Cloda, 7 la Niall, mac Cloda, co po loipecead 
Clachega leó. Cnéatherm, mac Maenagh, cigeanna Ele, véz. 

Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a cftaip. An coccmao badan pichle oo Phlano. 
Ruadan,eppeop Cupcan, 7 Cumapcach, mac Cfilella, pentigip Apoa Macha, 
dég. Musgpom, mac Soclacam, cigeapna Ua Máme, vé5. Amalgaid, mac 
Congalong, canny) bnl, 1 Plann, a bnataip, oo manbad la Conal” Mun- 
teimne. Colman, mac Cionait, eigeapna Ciapparge Cuachpa, vo écc. Oam- 
liace Cluana mic Nóip vo óénam lap m pícch Plann Sionna, 7 la Colman 


Conaillech. bec Ua Ufchlobain, mZeanna Dál nCpaioe, vég. Ap 06 po - 


paolo, 


| Denlis.—Not identified. Dunluce, in the 
county of Antrim, is called Dun-lis by the Four 
Masters at A. D. 1584. 

* Tlachtgha.—Now the Hill of Ward, near 
Athboy, in the county of Meath.— See note i, 
under A. D. 1172. 

The year 903 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 907, alias 908, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that 
year as follows : 


* A. D. 907" [al. 908]. “An army by Kin- . 


dred-Owen, that is, by Daniell mac Hugh, and 
Nell mae Hugh, that they burnt Tlachtga. 
Maelmartan, prince of Lugmai, died. Bellum 
betweene Mounster and Lethchuinn with Lein- 


ster, where Cormac mac Cuilennan, king of 


Cassil, cum aliis regibus preclaris, occisi sunt. Hi 
sunt Fogartach, mac Suivne, king of Ciarrai ; 
Cellach mac Cervall, king of Ossory; Ailill mac 
Owen, prince of the third belonging to Cork ; 
Colman, prince of Cinneti ; and [ Corca-Duivne ]. 
Flann, mac Maelsechnail, king of Tarach; 
Cerval mae Muregan, king of Leinster; and 
Cahal mae Connor, king of Connaght, victores 
erant? [ This was the battle of Bealach Mughna. | 
* Dermaid, prince of Daire Calgai, mortuus est. 
Cormae, Anchorite, and Prince of Drommor, 
mortuus es. Maelogra, mac Congal, King of 
Lochgavar, per dolum occisus est by Fogartach, 
mac Tolairg."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


ifs 


571 


Cormac of Feimhin, Fogartach, Colman, Ceallach of the hard conflicts, 
They perished with many thousands in the great battle of Bealach- 


Mughna. 


Flann of Teamhair, of the plain of Tailltin, Cearbhall of Caii 


without fail, 


On the seventh of [the Calends of] September, gained the battle of 


which hundreds were joyful. 


The bishop, the souls’. director, the renowned, ihatid doctor, 


King of Caiseal, King of Iarmumha ; 


O God ! alas for Cormac ! 


It was of the year of Cormac’s death was also said ! 


Since Jesus was born of heaven, three, nine hundred years, 


Till the death of Cormac, were clearly fulfilled; sorrowful the death 
of the King of Munster. 


Fiach Ua Ugfadan of Denlis' was he who beheaded Cormac. A hosting was 
made by the Cinel-Eoghain, i.e. by Domhnall, son of Aedh, and Niall, son of 
Aedh; and Tlachtgha* was burned by them. Cnaimheini, son of Maenach, lord 
of Eile, died. 

The Age of Christ, 904. The twenty-eighth year of Flann. Ruadhan, 
Bishop of Lusca, and Cumascach, son of Ailell, GEconomus of Ard-Macha, died. 
Mughroin, son of Sochlachan, lord of Ui-Maine, died. Amhalghaidh, son of 
Conghalach, Tanist of Breagh, and Flann, his brother, were slain by the Conailli- 


Muirtheimhne. 


Colman, son of Cinaeth, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. The 
Daimhliag! of Cluain-mie-Nois was erected by the king, 


Flann Sinna, and by 


Colman Conailleach. Bec Ua Léathlobhair, lord of Dal- dedil. died. Of him 


was said : 


Caradoc refers the death of Cormac to the 
year 905. He calls him Carmot, ** Rex Episcopus 
Hibernie filius Cukemani."— See the London 
edition of 1792, p. 44. His death is noticed in 
the Chronicon Pictorum, as follows : 

* VIII. anno Constantini, filii Edii, cecidit 
excelcissimus Rex Hybernensium, et Archiepis- 
copus, apud Laignechos .i. Cormac filius Cu- 
lenan” ; 


! Daimhliag : i.e. the great stone church, or 
Cathedral of Clonmacnois. The erection of this 
church is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
under the year 901, as follows : 

“ A. D. 901” [recté, 908]. ** King Flann and 
Colman Conellagh this year founded the church 
in Clonvicknose, called the Church of the 
Kings" [Ceampoll na pfog].—See Petrie’s 
Round Towers, pp. 266, 267. 


4n2 


Pe Se eee, NM T 


572 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


y [904 


CIpopcél pcailci lang lp, popuanp móp nuile ip mmnió, 
Nao map ongaip opuach oil, clot pume Cuaige Inbip. 


d Ceapball, mac TIhuipergém, pi Lang oo mapbaoh. Qp occa eccaíne po 


padead, 


Món liach Lipe longach, gan Ceanball cubaig ceileach, 
Fean pial popaio popbapach, via bpognad Epu érmech. 
Liach ompa Cnoc CAlmaine, agup Clilleann cen ócca, 
Liach lfm Capman, nocha cel, agup pép oap a pócca. 

Nip bó cian a paogal pom, oacle Conbmaic po cuilleao, 

La co leit, ní maoiljiagail, agup aom bhadan cen puilleao. 
€pmach nse póglaime pi Cargean límb laechpao, 

Omran all napo nAlmame oo ool 1 ple pb paecpach. 
Saec la plcaib popchaióe plane nan Nàip noichiz mappna, 
Ro cpaeca oponga voncaide, ba moo liaéoib an liacpa. ` 


Oo Cipball beor, 


ba congbaio Cepball oo $nép, ba pobnaió a bep co bap, 
In po baí oia cent gan cíop, caipceall apa nent pm nap. 


Hopmlant [aobepc ], 


Olc ponmpa commaoin an oa gall, mapbpac Niall agup Ceapbalt, 
Cenball la hulb comal ngle, Niall Glunoub la hOmlarvde. 


. ™ Tuagh-Inbhir.—This was an ancient name 
of the mouth of the River Bann. According to 
a legend in the Dinnsenchus (as in the Book of 
Lecan, fol. 252, b, b), Tuagh-inbhir derived its 
name from Tuagh, daughter of Conall Collamh- 
rach (Monarch of Ireland A. M. 4876; see 
note ", under that year, p. 83, suprà), who was 
drowned here, after she had been carried off 
from Tara. Previously it had borne the appel- 
lation of Inbher-glas.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiasti- 
cal Antiquities of Down and Connor, $c., p. 341, 
note ^. 

n Almhain and Aillean.—'These are the names 
of two celebrated hills in the present county of 
Kildare ; the former situated about five miles 


to the north of the town of Kildare, and the 
other near old Kilcullen. à 
° Nas.— Cearbhall was the last King of Lein- 
ster, who held his residence at Naas, in the 
county of Kildare, as appears from an Irish 
poem preserved in a manuscript in the Library 
of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 17, fol. 97: 
* H1 poi pig a n-Oileaé ó Mhainéeanzac 
mópgpo:rceac. 
(ca an Nap gan pig anall, ón ló po zop- 
cain Ceapball.” 
** There was no king at Oileach since” [the time 
of ] ** Muircheartach, of great steeds. 
Nas is without a king ever since Cearbhall 
was slain.” 


YS dais s 
EE melle ites ee. E 


- O 


904.1. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 573 


Awful news that now disperses those ships of the sea that have 
braved many dangers and perils, 

That no longer lives the golden scion, the sage, the beloved, the famed 
chieftain of Tuagh-inbhir™. 


Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster, was killed. In lamentation 
.of him was said : l 


Great grief that Liffe of ships is without Cearbhall, its befitting spouse, 

A generous, staid, prolific man, to whom Ireland was obedient. 

Sorrowful to me the hills of Almhain and Ailleann" without soldiers, 

Sorrowful to me is Carman, I do not conceal it, as grass is on its 
roads. 

Not long was his life after Cormac avho was dishonoured, 

A day and a half, no false rule, and one year, without addition. 

Ruler of a noble kingdom, King of Leinster of the troops of heroes ; 

Alas! that the lofty chief of Almhain has died through a bitter 
painful way. i 

Sorrowful for brilliant jewels, to be without the valiant, illustrious 
lord of Nas. . 

Although dense hosts have been slain ; greater than all their sorrows 
is this sorrow. 


Of Cearbhall also : 1 


Cearbball was always a conservator, his rule was vigorous till death ; 
What lay of his tributes unpaid, he brought by his strength to Nas. 


Gormlaith? [said]: 


Evil towards me the compliment of the two foreigners who slew Niall 
and Cearbhall ; : 
Cearbhall [was slain] by Hulb, a great achievement ; Niall Glundubh, 

by Amhlaeibh. 


? Gormlaith.—She was the daughter of Flann Leinster; and to N iall Glundubh, Monarch of Ire- 
Sinna, and had been married to Cormac MacCul- land. Several poems of considerable merit are at- 
lennan, King of Munster; to Cearbhall, King of tributed to this Gormlaith, which are still extant. 


574 ANNATA RIOshAChTa EIREANN. > (905. 
hi Cll Copbbám po haónaiceao Cepball, amal apb(pap, 


Palle noi pg néim nágha, hı ceil nan po neim niamoat, 
Munpeccan, maen gan meapball, Cellach ip C pal cialloa. 
Colman, bpoen, ip bnan beoda, Pino, Faolan, Ounchad vána, 
h: Cill Chopbómn, po chuala, po clarcci a nuagha agha. 


Glorp Cort, naoi ccéo a cing. CE naoi pichfe oo Phlann. Maolmonda, 
einemoech Tipe va slap, oég. Uallacan, mac Catail, cana: Ua Paige, 
oo mapbao. Cat Mage Cumma pa Plann, mac Maoilpeaclamn, 7 pia 
macai pon prona Ópepne, m po mapbad Flann, mac Tigeannain, cigeapna 


bpeipne, a mac, 1 pochaióe oo paonclanomb ole a maille pé cpi mile oo 


cuitim amaille ppu ipm cach pin. Coblach la Domnall Ua Maoileclamn, 
7 la hInopeaccach, mac Concobaip, fon Coé Oeipgoepc, co po paemp(c pop 
coblac Muman, ? po manbad pochaide mop leo. Chpóe mongnao oo tocan 
an bliaóompr a. 01 Fem oparcprn pop a meh 1 maille 1 noen ló. Oepcech 
Marge eo oo lopccad. Cod, mac Maolpactpaice, tigeapna Ua pPiacpach, 
vo mapbao la Niall, mac Aeda. buadach, mac Mozla, cana: na nDé, 
oÉécc. ) 

Cloip Cort, nao ccéo a pé. On oeaémaó bliadan piéec. vo Phlann. 
€cipgén, mac Pingin, abb Thedic, oég. Pogapcach, mac Cele, cigeapna 
Ua mic Uap, vég. Med, mac Ouibgiolla, cr&eapna Ua nOpona na cTpi 
Mage, canaipi Ua cCeinpelarg, oo mapbaoh la hUib baippce. Cp vo po 
n&mheaoh : M 


~ 


2 Cill- Corbain.—Now Kilcorban, in Ely O'Car- 
roll, in the King’s County. 

The year 904 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 908, alias 909, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that 
year as follows: . E 

* A. D. 908" [al. 909]. ** Cervall, mac Mu- 
regan, the noble king of Leinster, dolore mor- 
tuus est, Mugron, mac Sochlachan, rez Nepotum 
Maine, and Bec, nepos Lehlavair, King of Da- 
larai, defunctus est. Bovina mortalitas. Amalga, 
mac Congalai, second chiefe of Bregh, and In- 
nerga mac Maeltevin, religiosus laicus, decollati 


sunt by the Conells of Murhevni. Cumascach, 
mac Ailill, equonimus of Ardmach, mortuus est.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Magh- Cumma.—Not identified. See note ", 
under A. M. 3529, p. 36, suprà. 

* Loch Deirgdherc.—Now Lough. Derg, an ex- 


pansion of the Shannon between Killaloe and 


Portumna. 

t A wonderful sign—The Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, the chronology of which is seven years 
antedated at this period, notice this phenomenon 
and two other events under the year 902, as 
follows : 


905.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


At Cill-Corbain* Cearbhall was interred, as stated [in the following verses]: 


575 


There are nine kings of famous career, in a noble church of shining 
lustre, 

Muiregan, hero without mistake, Cellach, and Cearbhall the prudent, 

Colman, Broen, and Bran the lively, Finn, Faelan, Dunchadh the bold; 

In Cill-Chorbain, I have heard, their warlike graves were made. 


The Age of Christ, 905. The twenty-ninth year of Flann. Maelmordha, 
airchinneach of Tir-da-ghlas, died. Uallachan, son of Cathal, Tanist of Ui- 
Failghe, was slain. The battle of Magh-Cumma’ [was gained] by Flann, son 
of Maelseachlainn, and by his sons, over the men of Breifne, wherein were slain 
Flann, son of Tighearnan, lord of Breifne, and his son, and many others of the 
nobility, together with three thousand men, who fell along with them in that 
battle. A fleet by Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, and by Innreachtach, son of 
Conchobhar, upon Loch Deirgdherc*, so that they defeated the fleet of Munster; 
and great numbers were killed by them. A wonderful sign‘ appeared in this 
year, namely, two suns were seen moving together during one day. The oratory 
of Magh-eo was burned. Aedh, son of Maelpadraig, lord of Ui-Fiachrach, was 
slain by Niall, son of Aedh. Buadhach, son of Mothla, Tanist of the Deisi, 
died. r 

The Age of Christ, 906. The thirtieth year of Flann. Etigen, son of 
Finghin, Abbot of Treoit, died. Fogartach, son of Cele, lord of Ui-mic-Uais, 
died. Aedh, son of Dubhghilla, lord of Ui-Drona of the Three Plains, Tanist 
of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by the Ui-Bairrche. Of him was said : 


- 


“A. D. 902” [recté, 909]. ‘ King Flann, 
accompanied with the princes of Ireland, his 
own sonns, gave a great battle to the Brenie- 
men, wherein were slain Flann, mac Tyrenye, 
prince of Brenie, with many other noblemen of 
his side. Wallaghan, mac Cahall, prince of 
Affalie, was killed. A strange thing fell out this 
year, which was two sunns had their courses 
together throughout the space of one day, which 
was the Pride of the Nones of May.” 

The year 905 of the Annals of the Four 


Masters corresponds with 909 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give a few of the events of that 
year briefly as follows : 

“ A. D. 909" (al. 910]. ** An overthrowe by 
Flann, mac Maelsechlainn, with his sonns, upon 
the men of Brehny, where Flann, mac Tiernan, 
and other nobles, with many more, were killed” 
[ubi cecidit Flann mac Tigernain, e alii multi 
nobiles interfecti sunt]. ** Hugh, mac Maelpatrick, 
Kinge of Fiachrach, killed by Nell, mac Hugh.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


576 ANNAZA RIOShachta EIREANN. [907. 


Q éeca Chibi am, caomid pi Slame paoie, 

Epcba Cod buronec Ofpba, comí pon Fna paeme. ~ 
Beapna mop mlb vagpat, mp pánaic ap mad curineac, 
Manpban bad (pna allad, ó po bit Opan Oub bufóneac. 
Ro part mo dín mo omu, pi na pis pelo pózu, 

Ip pucitmd pop pat Cledain evh 1 néccaib, a occu. 


Ounlamg, mac Coipppe, píoóammna Laig, oég. Oomnall, mac Coda 
Pinntéie, cigeapna. Oiligh, oo gabáil bacla. Gaitine, mac Cuspam, canaii 
Lag, oég. buadach, mac Guram, cana Ua mbainpce cine [béz]. 
. Dianm, mém Ourbsiolla, baincéile Ounlaing, oég, oia nebpao, 


Oian oín áp noem, popcacc gnemm pig na notile, 
- Oippan caeb p(ccu puaitmd, oo beit 1 nuaip Tig úpe. 


Qop Cpiopc, naor ccéo a peachc. Q haon toca vo Phlann. Pion- 
nacca eppcop décc. Copbmac, eppcop Sargpe, oég. lllaolbp$oe, mac 
Maoloomnag, abb Lipp méip, 7 Plann, mac Caoize, abb Concarge, oécc. 
Sápuccao Anoa Macha la C(pnacan, mac Ouilgen, 1. crmbid vo bpeic ap 
m cll, 4 a báða hi Loc Cipp pp. hCApomaca aniap. Cflpnacan vo badad 
la Niall, mac Coda, mg an Cuaipceipc 1pm loch céona hi ccionaó páparsce 


« Ailbhe: i.e. Magh Ailbhe, a great plain on 
the east side of the River Barrow, in the south 
of the county of Kildare.— See Ussher's Pri- 
mordia, pp. 936, 937. 

* Slaine : i.e. the River Slaney, which flows 
through the middle of Leinster to Wexford.— 
See Keating’s History of Ireland, Haliday's edi- 
tion, Preface, p. 42. 
` * The Bearbha: i.e. the River Barrow. 

* Fearna: i. e. Ferns, where the kings of 
Leinster were interred. 

* Bran Dubh.—See note ^, under the year 
601, pp. 228, 229, suprà; also the Life of St. 
Maidocus, published by Colgan at 31st January, 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 213, where the following 
passage occurs : 

* Et sepultus est” [Rex Brandubh]. “ hono- 


rificé in cemeterio S. Moedoc, quod est in Civi- 
tate sua Fearna, ubi genus ejus reges Laginen- 
sium semper sepeliuntur."— c. xlvii.; see also 
c. xxxviii. 

è The Fort of Aedhan : i.e. Ferns, which was 
originally the seat of Bran Dubh, King of Lein- 
ster, who not only bestowed it upon St. Aedhan 
or Maidoc, but also made it the metropolitan see 
of all Leinster.—See note ", under the year 594, 
pp. 218 to 221, suprd. 

^ Domhnal, son of Aedh Finnliath.—He was 
the eldest son of Aedh Finnliath, and the an- 
cestor of the family of O'Donnelly. ** Hunc 
frater ejus Niall glundubh, natu minimus ad reg- 
num pervenit.”—Dr. O'Conor, in Ann. Ult. n. 2, : 
p. 245. 

The year 906 of the Annals of the Four 


— UU 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 577 


O youths of pleasant Ailbhe", mourn ye the king of noble Slaine”, 

Slain is the populous Aedh of the Bearbha*, the just king of the 
land of peaceful Fearna’. 

To great Fearna of the thousand noble graces there came not, if I 
remember rightly, 

A corpse of more illustrious fame, since the populous Bran Dubh? 
was slain. ' ; 

My shelter, my protection has departed, may the King of kings 
make smooth his way, ~ 

"Tis easily known by Aedhan’s* rath that Aedh is dead, O youths. 


Dunlang, son of Cairbre, heir apparent of Leinster, died. Domhnall, son 
of Aedh Finnliath’, Jord of Aileach, took the [pilgrim's] staff. Gaithine, son 
of Aughran, Tanist of Laighis, died. Buadhach, son of Gusan, Tanist of Ui- 
Bairrche-tire, [died]. Dianimh, daughter of Duibhghilla, the wife of Dunlang, 
died ; of whom was said : 


Dianimh, protection of our purity, is fettered by the power of the 
King of the elements ; 
Alas! that the long and beautiful person is in a cold house of clay. 


The Age of Christ, 907. The thirtieth year of Flann. Finnachta, bishop, 
died. Cormac, Bishop of Saighir, died. Maelbrighde, son of Maeldomhnaigh, 
Abbot of Lis-mor, and Flann, son of Laegh, Abbot of Corcach, died. The vio- 
lation* of Ard-Macha by Cearnachan, son of Duilgen, i. e. a captive was taken 
from the church, and drowned in Loch-Cirr?, to the west of Ard-Macha. Cear- 
nachan was [soon afterwards] drowned by Niall, son of Aedh, King of the 
North, in the same lake, in revenge of the violation of Patrick. Ruarc, son of 


Masters corresponds with 910, alias 911, of the Hugh tooke the Crosstaffe].— Cod. Clarend., 
Annals of Ulster, which notice a few of the tom. 49. 
events of that year briefly as follows : * The violation ; papuccad.—See note ", under 


* A. D. 910” [alias 911]. *'Fogartach, mac 
Cele, rez Nepotum filiorum Cuais, moritur. Etigen 
mac Fingin, prince of Treoid, dyed in his old 
age" [senilem vitam finivit]. ** Two sonns" [suns] 
running together in one day" [i.e. for one day], 
“viz, in Pridie Nonas Mai" [Donell mac 


A. D. 1223, and note £, under 1537, infrà. This 
entry is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 
the year 904, but the true year is 912. 

* Loch- Cirr.—There is no lough now bearing 
this name near Armagh. It is probably now 
dried up. 


4E 


578 | annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [908. 


Paoparce. Ruapc, mac Tflaolpabaill, ci$eapna. Carppge Opacarde, véz. 
InumCohac, mac ITlugnóm, cigeapna Clomne Catal, oég. 


Coir Cquope, naoi ccéo a hocc. A 06 cmocha oo Phlann. Cioppaice, | 


mac Maoilpino, eppcop 7 abb Imleacha lubaip, oég. Muipfohach, mac 
Copbmaic, abb Onoma mepclamn, 7 Gabit, mac Maoilmopda, canaii 
Conaille Muiptemne, oonga 1 ppomncig Opoma mepclainn, la Congalac, 
mac Ganit, ciseapna Conaille Muipcermne. Cp 00 eccaine Muipfohms 
oo náioh(oh, 

Muipfoach, cioó na caomh, a Caoma, 

Gp oamna oo óumibách ap nél co nime naoma. 

Mop oeapbaró an corponióe mac Copbmaic mlb maii, 

Cin miom popoll poimglióe, ba cameall gaca claps. 


Soclacan mac Orapmaoa, cigeapna Ua Maine, vég hi ccleípc(cc. Cle- 
cem, mac Mupchada, cigeapna. Ua mópium Seola, oég.  Cuilennan, mac 
Maolbnigoe, oés. Congalach, mac Gaipbich, cigeapna Conaille Muiptemne, 
do mapbao la Conaillib pefpm ipm nomad mip 1ap napgam an cage abboio 
1 nopuim mepcclamn pop Maolmopda q pop Ilun(ohac, mac Copbmaic, abb 
Opoma mfípclamn. Caépaemfó pia nGallaib pop phoipmn no coblach Ull- 
caib 1 nain(p Saran, dú 1 ccopcpacap ile 1m Cumapccach, mac Maolmor- 
cepe, camaipi Leite Chatail. Maolbprshoe, mac Topná, oo dol 1 Muman 
do puaplaccad ailiéip do Shpeatnanb. 


e Clann-Cathail, i. e. O’Flannagan’s country, 
near Elphin, in the County of Roscommon. 

The year 907 of the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters corresponds with 911, alias 912, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that 
year as follows: 

* A. D. 911? [alias 912]. ** Flann, mac Mae- 
loie, prince of Cork, mortuus est. Maelbride, 
mac Maeldovnay, prince of Lismor, dyed. Cer- 
nachan, mac Duilgen, heyre apparent of the 
North-east” [rectó, of the Oriors], “put to 
death, Linacu Crudeli” [Loe Cipp], “by Nell, 
mac Hugh. Mureach, mac Cormac, prince of 
Drum-Inesclainn, and heyre of Tyreconell” 
[recte, Conailli] * by Garvith, mac Maelmoira, 


killed? [recté, destroyed by fire in the refectory 
of Drumiskin]. ‘‘Sochlachan, mac Diarmada, 
rer Nepotum Maine, in clericatu mortuus est. 
Clerchen mac Murcha, king of Ui-Briuin Seola, 
and Muireach, mac Mugron, Captain of Clann- 
Cahill, moriuntur. Many houses burnt in the 
Rath of Ardmacha per incuriam. Pluvialis 
atque tenebrosus annus apparuit." — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

t Maelbrighde, son of Tornan.—He was Arch- 
bishop of Armagh from A. D. 885 to 927.—See 
Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 46, 47. 

Some of the entries given in the Annals of 
the Four Masters, under A. D. 908, are set 


down in the Annals of Ulster under 912, alias : 


— O 


LAM OS = T "Y 3 " yt a oh a.m ed A^ P io ee Ph is 


908. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 519 


Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. Muireadhach, son of Mughron, 
lord of Clann-Cathail*, died. 

The Age of Christ, 908. The thirty-second year of Flann. Tibraide, son 
of Maelfinn, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair, died. ` Muireadhach, son 
of Cormac, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, and Gairbhith, son of Maelmordha, 
Tanist of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, were destroyed in the refectory of Druim- 
Inesclainn, by Conghalach, son of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne. 
It was in lamentation of Muireadhach these verses were composed : 


Muireadhach,—who does not lament him, O. ye learned ! 

It is a cause of human plague, it is a cloud to sacred heaven ! 

Great loss is the illustrious man, son of Cormac of a thousand charms ; 
The great and well-tested relic, who was the lamp of every choir. 


Sochlachan, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ui-Maine, died in religion. Cleirchen, 
son of Murchadh, lord of Ui-Briuin-Seola, died. Cuileannan, son of Mael- 
brighde, died. Conghalach, son of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, 
was slain by the Conailli themselves, the ninth month after destroying the 
abbot’s house at Druim-Inesclainn, against Maelmordha, and Muireadhach, son 
of Cormac, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn. A battle was gained by the foreigners 
over a crew or fleet of Ulidians, in the region of Saxonland [i. e. in England], 
where many were slain with Cumascach, son of Maelmoicheirghe, Tanist of 


Leath-Cathail. 
a pilgrim of the Britons. 


913, as follows: 

* A. D. 912” [al. 913]. “ Tibraid mac Mael- 
finni, prince of Imlech-Ivair; Maelmaire, daugh- 
ter to Cinaeh, mac Ailpin; Etulpp, King of 
North Saxons, mortui sunt. Congalach, mac 
Garvi, King of Tirconell” [recté, Conaille-Muir- 
theimhne], “killed by his owne friends in the 
nynth month after the spoyling of the Abbot’s 
house at Druminisclainn, uppon Maelmoira's 
sonn, and upon Mureach, mac Cormac, prince 
of Droma” [recté, princeps or abbot of Drumi- 
nisclainn, now Drumiskin.Ep.] * Culennan, 
mac Maelbride, dyed in the end of the same 


Maelbrighde, son of Tornan‘, repaired to Munster, to ransom 


yeare” [in fine ejusdem anni moritur] “ An 
overthrow by Donncha O’Maelsechlainn and 
Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, upon Fogartach mac 
Tolairge, Kinge of South Bregh, and upon 
Lorcan mac Donogh, and upon Leinster, that 
many perished, as well taken as killed. A 
shipwrack by Gentiles upon a navy of Ulster, 
in the borders of England” [1 n-aipiup Saran], 
* where many perished, with Cumascach mac 
Maelmohore, son of the Kinge of Leth-Cael. 
Pluvialis atque tenebrosus annus. Maelbride mac 
Dornain came into Mounster to release pil- 
grims out of Walles."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


4E 


580 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [909. 


Qoi Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a naoi. Oncpeap badan cpiocac oo Phlann. 
Tioppaicce, eppcop Cluana heibnech,3 Maolmaedocc, abb Opoma mop, déz. 
Uicheach, abb Cluana heioneach,4 Maolcaipil, abb Munganac, véce. Cat- 
paomead occ Gulbam Guine pa Niall nGlunoub, mac nQooa Eimmleié pop 
Connaccaib 3. pop Maolcluice, mac Concobaip, oá 1 czoncaip ap Connacc, 
im Maolcluice peípm co pocharbib ole oo poicenélarb. lomaipeag pa 
Maolmichw, mac Plannaccám, q ma nOonnchad Ua Maoileachlamn pop 
Loncán, mac Oánchaoa, 4 pon Pogapcach, mac Tolaince, co Largnib leó, in 
po mapbao daome 10mec, m po hepgabao pochaibe móp. Maelpacpaicc, 
mac Platna, cigeapna Rata Camnaige, oég. 

Qoy Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a veich. On c(épamao bliadain déz ap piéic oo 
Phlann. Guill oo €ecc mo Epımn go po gabpac hi Poper Caipge.. Sloigeaó 
an Phocla,7 Ulad ule rm Niall Glanoub mac Qooha 1 Miovhe, 50 5peallaig 
n€illce go naoimi ponpae ann ma Plann Sionna co na macaib amm 1 ccop- 
cpacap opeam ora ccaomaibh m Peangal, mac Clongupa, mic Maoileotin, 
q 1m Maolmopda mac n€pemóm, mic Meda, oUlcaib, 7 ım hepuoan, mac 
Gatit, plait Ua móopepail 7 1m Oiapmaro, mac Sealbaich, cizeapna Oal 
Riacca, 7 1m Maolmuipe, mac Plannaccám, cigeapna. Peapnmaige, 7 1m 
Oomnall, mac Gaipbit, ciseapna Conaille, 7 1m Conmcan, me Aipeccars, 1 
im Copbmac, mac Inopeachcaig, tigeapna Ciapaige, 7 apoile paopclanna 
cen mo tacpohe. Cp oon catp ac pubpao, 


bnón vo Ghpellaig Eller huap, eguapamap cuam ina carb, 
Gpbepc Conbmac pp Niall naé an leccap piap tiagam pap. 
s Gulban- Guirt.—This was the ancient name 


of Beann Gulban, now Binbulbin, a mountain 
in the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo. 


upon the youth of Conaught, viz., upon Oha- 
valgai” [i.e. the Ui-Amhalghaidh, or men of 
Tirawley], “and upon the men of Umall, that 


From this mountain, Conall Gulban, the ances- 
tor of the O’Donnells and other families of Tir- 
connell, took the cognomen of Gulban.—See 
note ^, under A. D. 464, suprà; and Battle of 
Magh Rath, p. 312, note *. This defeat of the 
Connaughtmen by Niall Glundubh is noticed 
in the Annals of Ulster under the year 912, 
alias 913, as follows : 

* A. D. 912” [al. 913]. “Nell, mac Hugh, 
with an army into Conaght, and broke battle 


they lost many by taking and killing, about 
Maelcluiche, mac Conor.?— Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

^ Rath-Tamhnaighe.— Now Rathdowney, in 
the barony of Upper Ossory, in the Queen's 
County. : 

i Port- Lairge.—Now anglicé Waterford. 

i Fochla: i.e. the North, usually applied in 
the Irish annals of this period to that part of 
Ulster belonging to the King of Aileach. 

x Greallach- Eillte.— There were two places of 


909.] " ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 581 


The Age of Christ, 909. The Thirty-third year of Flann. Tibraide, Bishop 
of Cluain-eidhneach ; and Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Druim-mor, died. Litheach, 
Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach ; and Maelcaisil, Abbot of Mungairit, died. A 
battle was gained at Gulban-Guirt* by Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh Finnliath, 
over the Connaughtmen, i. e. Maelcluiche, son of Conchobhar, where a slaughter 
was made of the Connaughtmen, together with Maelcluiche himself, and many 
others of the nobility. A battle [was gained] by Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, 
and Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, over Lorcan, son of Dunchadh, and Fogar- 
tach, son of Tolairg, and the Leinstermen, wherein many persons were slain, 
and great numbers taken prisoners. Maelpatraig, son of Flathrai, lord of Rath- 
Tamhnaighe’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 910. The thirty-fourth year of Flann. Foreigners 
arrived in Ireland, and took up at Port-Lairge. A hosting of the Fochla’, and 
of all Ulidia, with Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh, into Meath, as far as Greallach- 
Eillte*, where they were there defeated by Flann Sinna and his sons, and some 
of their friends slain, together with Fearghal, son of Aenghus, son of Maelduin ; 
: Maelmordha, son of Eremhon, son of Aedh, of the Ulidians ; and Erudan, son 
of Gairbhith, chief of Ui-Breasail'; Diarmaid, son of Sealbhach, lord of Dal- 
Riada ; Maelmuire, son of Flannagan, lord of Fearnmhagh ; Domhnall, son of 
Gairbhith, lord of Conaille; Connican, son of Aireachtach; and Cormac, son 
of Innreachtach, lord of Ciarraighe ; and other nobles besides them. Of this 
battle was said : 

Sorrow to the cold Greallach-Eillte, we found hosts by its side ; 
Cormac said to Niall, we shall not be permitted to go westwards, 
let us move eastwards. 


this name in Ireland ; one at the foot of Sliabh- 
Gamh, in Connaught, and the other, which is 
the one here referred to, is described in the 
Annals of Ulster as situated to the west of 
Crossa-coil, now Crossakeel in the barony of 
Upper Kells, and county of Meath.— See note *, 
under A. D. 538, p. 180, suprà. 

! Ui-Breasail: i.e. of Ui-Breasail-Macha.— 
See note*, under A. D. 525, pp. 172, 173, supra. 

The defeat of Niall Glundubh at Greallach- 
Eillte is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under 


the year 913, alias 914, as follows : 

“ A. D. 913" [al. 914]. “The army of the 
Fochla with Nell mac Hugh into Meath, in the 
moneth of December; he alighted” [pconap, 
i.e. encamped] “at Grelaghelte, beyond Crossa- 
coile, westerly, and sent an army out of the 
camp to bring corne and woodd. Aengus 
O'Maelechlainn and his kinsmen mett them, 
with the companies of Meath, that 45 men were 
killed by them about Coinnegan, mac Murtagh ; 
Ferall mac Aengus; Uahvaran,- mac Ailiv; 


582 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. 


(911. 


OLorp Cort, n&or ccéo a haon noég. Cn cárgeaó bliadan oég ap prcie 
oo Phlanmn. nopeao oeipceapc bnl, 7 oepcepc Ciannaéca lá Plann, mac 
Maoil(chlainn. Tflaolbnigoe, mac Geibleacám, crgeapna Conaille, oo map- 
bad la hUib Eatach rpm cfépamaó mí lap ngabáil co maeéca 06. Oengar, 
mac Plomn, mic Maoil(chlamn, pigóamna €peann, oo gum 1 nNHpellang Ellice 
la C(pn, mac óipnn, 7 a écc a ccionn p(pccac la apam. Conavh ota beap- 


baoh oo néároheaoh, 


beannachc pop láimh Cipnn, mic binn, po mapb engar pind muad Pal, 
Mae ind oppa gaipecio Seip ofogonl eda Ollan ám. 


Oomnall, mac Aeda a. Aed Pmoliat mic Néll, cigeapna. Oiligh, vé5 
hi ccleinc(éc, ian noergb(chaio. Conavh acca éccaome, 1 acc eccaoime 


Clongupa do pmdead, 


O gem Cpfore cpí co nuagaib, co bap Oomnanll, 1ap p(ccaib 
Séo 1p oeac na páccaib, aen bliadain [oég] ap naor ccédanb. 
Cipipne na bliadna pa cpoim éeó oo 6hanba bpaimg, 
Glengap Mide an món glonnac, Oomnall, mac Cleda Chis. 
Nocha po cin o€peannéaib mac amal Congup Codan, 

Ip na peib oéioencaib mgláé po Oomnall vobail. 

Tpom cuma vo Shaowelab, camhacap mo amg pin, 

Diap copash mo eappaig pe, bidal ip na hampnib. 


Qoip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a 06 décc. 


An p(p(ó bliabam oécc ap Phicic 


oo Phlann. Tüaolciapám, mac €ocacám, abb Cluana h€oip 7 Mucnama, 
LI 


Erugan, mac Gairfith, prince of the Bressals of 
Macha; Maelruana, mac Cumascai, prince of 
them of Duvhire; Maelbride, mac Aeagan; 
Mac nEruvain, mac Hugh; and Maelmuire, 
mac Flannagan, Kinge-heyre? [ Rizóamna] “of 
Oirgialla.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ‘ 

™ Breagh.—This entry is given in the Annals 
of Ulster at A. D. 913, alias 914. 

= Fail.—Otherwise Inis-Fail, one of the an- 
cient names of Ireland. 

° Aedh Ollan.—He was slain in the battle of 
Kells, fought A. D. 738 [743], by Domhnall, 
son of Murchadh, who succeeded him in the 


sovereignty. The death of Aenghus is noticed 
in the Annals of Ulster at A. D. 814, alias 815: 

“ A. D. 813" [al. 814]. ** Oengus hUa Mael- 
sechnaill, Righdomna Temhrach, vii. Idus Fe- 

» Banbha.—One of the bardic names for 
Ireland. 

2 Codail.—Otherwise called Beann-Codail, 
or Inis-Erenn, now Ireland’s Eye, near the Hill 
of Howth, in the county of Dublin. 

* Domhnall of Dobhail : i.e. of Dabhall, a river 
in Ulster, now the Blackwater.—See note ", 
under A. D. 356, p. 124, suprà. This Domh- 


911.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 7 NA 


The Age of Christ, 911. The thirty-fifth year of Flann. -The plundering 
of the south of Breagh™, and of the south of Cianachta, by Flann, son of Mael- 
seachlainn. Maelbrighde, son of Geibhleachan, lord of Conaille, was slain by 
the Ui-Eathach, in the fourth month after his having taken the chieftainship. 
Aenghus, son of Flann, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, was mortally 
wounded at Greallach-Eillte, by Cernn, son of Bernn ; and he died at the end 
of sixty days afterwards. In attestation of which was said : 


A blessing on the hand of Cern, son of Bernn, who slew Aenghus 
Finn, the pride of Fail"; 

It was a good achievement of his sharp valour to avenge the noble 
Aedh Ollan’. 


Domhnall, son of Aedh (i. e. of Aedh Finnliath), son of Niall, lord of Aileach, 
died in religion, after a good life. In lamentation of him and of Aenghus was 
said : ; 

From the birth of Christ, body of purity, till the death of Domh- 
nall, according to the chronicles, — . 

A better guide cannot be found, —one year [and ten] above nine hundred, 

The history of this year is heavy mist to fertile Banbha’, 

Aenghus of Meath, the great champion, and Domhnall, son of 
Aedh of Aileach [perished]. : 

There came not of the Irish a youth like s sie of Codail*, 

In the latter ages there was not a royal hero like Domhnall of 
Dobhail. 

Heavy sorrow to the Gaeidhil that these chiefs have perished 

The first two of this spring ; their times will be found in the histories. - 


The Age of Christ, 912. The thirty-sixth year of Flann. Maelciarain, son 
of Eochagan, Abbot of Cluain-Eois and Mucnamh‘, died. He was the foster-son 


nall was the eldest son of King Aedh Finnliath ; 
and, according to Peregrine O’Clery’s genealo- 
gical work, the ancestor of the Feara-Droma, 
or O’Donnellys, who are, therefore, senior to 
the O’Neills. His obit is entered in the Annals 
of Ulster under A. D. 814, alias 815, thus: 
“A. D. 814" [al. 815]. “Domhnall, mac 


Aedho, ri Ailigh, Verno equinoctio in penitencia 
moritur." 

* Muenamh.— Otherwise written Mucshnamh, 
now anglicé Mucknoe, in the east of the county 
of Monaghan.—See note 4, under A. D. 830, 
p- 445, suprà. 

^* A. D. 914” [al. 915]. “Maelciarain, mac 


Wm» UPPER 


584 ANNALA RIOSHachta EIREANN. ` (913. 


oég. Oalca Petgna eiie. — Slóice(ó la Niall, mac Cfeóa Pinnleíz hi nOal 
-Anawe hi mí lun oo punnpab. Comgpfch Ua Cecloba, ci$eapna Dal 
nApawe, oia ccappaccain occ Ppegabail, 4 po ppaomeaò ma Niall parn co 
papccar a bnáécain pm Lopcc 1. Plaépuae Ua C(chlobap. Cod, mac Eocha- 
Ran, pí an coicció, 4. Comgpec Ua Ulelobaip via Lnmam 1apam go Cápn 
€peann, 7 Niall oo bnipead poppa vo pidii, 1 c(ppan mac Colman, coipech 
Chenél Marlce, 7 mac Cfllacám, mic Coichcein, oo mapbad 7 Dubgall mac 
Cleda, mic €ocagám, oo cpéctnuccad co mop, 1 opong mop oUllcoib oo map- 
bad ın rapmóipecc pm cen mo tat na oeag daomeyin. Sid 00 denam 1ap 
yn hi calamn Nouemben ecip Niall, ci$eapna Oihs, 7 Cleoh, pf an corccio, 
occ Tealac Occ. Nocoblach mép vo Ghallaibh vo tocht go Loch Oacaoc, 
50 po gabpac longpopc ano. 
Cop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a tpi oég. On plecmad bliadan oécc ap picic 
oo Phlarn. Scannlán, eppcop 1 abb Camlacca bég. Scannlán, aimémoeach 
Congbala Slinne Sélige, vég. Opgain Copcaige, 7 Lipméip, 4. Achaw bó 


Eochagaifi, prince of Clonauis, and Bushop of 
Ardmach, anno 70 etatis sue in Christo moritur.” 
—Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Ua-Leathlobhair.Now anglicé O'Lalor, or 
Lawler. There was another family of this name, 
and also of this race, seated at Dysart-Enos, in 
the present Queen's County. Major-General 
O'Lalor, of the Spanish service, Honorary Com- 
panion of the Order of the Bath, and Patrick 
Lalor, of Tinnakill, Queen's County, Esq., ex- 
M. P., are of the latter family. 

*. Freghabhail.—Now the Ravel Water, in the 
county of Antrim.—See note *, under A. D. 
3506, p. 33, supra. 

* The province:»i. e. Ulidia, that part of 
Ulster east of Glenn-Righe and the Lower 
Bann, not the entire province of Ulster. 

* Carn-Ereann: i.e. the carn or sepulchral 
heap of Eri, a woman's name, now Carnearny, 
in the parish of Connor, and county of Antrim. 
See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, $c., p. 341, note i — 

y Cinel- Mailche.—A. tribe of the people called 


Monach, seated near Moira, in the now county 
of Down.—See Lib. Lec., fol 138, b, a; and 
Reeves's Eccles. Antiquities, gc., p. 355, note °. 

* Tealach- Og.—Now Tullaghoge, a small vil- 
lage, in the parish of Desertcreaght, barony of 
Dungannon, and county of Tyrone. This was 
the seat of O'Hagan till the confiscation of 
Ulster; and here O'Neill was inaugurated by 
O'Hagan on a stone, which remained at the 
place till 1602, when the Lord Deputy Mount- 
joy remained here for five days, “and brake 
down the Chair wherein the O'Neals were wont 
to be created, being of stone planted in the 
open field." —F. Moryson, Rebellion of Hugh, Earl 
of Tyrone, book iii. c. 1, edition of 1735, vol. ii. 
p. 197.—See Genealogies, T'ribes, and Customs of 
Hy-Fiachrach, p. 431, note *. This defeat of 
the Dal-Araidhe is noticed in the Annals of 
Ulster under the year 913, alias 914, as follows: 

** A, D. 913” [al. 914]. “An army by Nell, 
mac Hugh, into Dalnaraie, in Junii mense. 
Loingsech O'Lehlavar came to prevent them" 
[at Fregaval], * and was overthrowne, that he 


ww" oe See T y" eee VW PIT MET. TORSTEN MEL ATTI. DERSRT 


913.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 585 


of [the archbishop] Fethghnà. An army was led by Niall, son of Aedh Finn- 
liath, into Dal-Araidhe, in the month of June precisely. Loingseach Ua Leath- 
lobhair*, lord of Dal-Araidhe, met them at Freghabhail" where he was defeated 
by Niall; and he lost his brother in the conflict, i. e. Flathrua Ua Leathlobhair. 
Aedh, son of Eochagan, king of the province", and Loingseach Ua Leathlobhair, 
afterwards pursued them to Carn-Ereann*, where Niall again defeated them, 
and where Cearran, son of Colman, chief of Cinel-Mailche’, and the son of 
Allacan, son of Lachten, were slain, and Dubhghall, son of Aedh; son of Eocha- 
gan, was severely wounded ; and great numbers of the Ulidians were slain in 
the pursuit besides these distinguished men. A peace was afterwards, on the 
Calends of November, made at Tealach-Og’, between Niall, lord of Aileach, 
and Aedh, King of the province. A. great new fleet of foreigners came to 
Loch-Dachaech*, and placed a stronghold there. 

The Age of Christ, 913. The thirty-seventh year of Flann. Scannlan, 
Abbot and Bishop of Tamhlacht, died. Scannlan, airchinneach of Congbhail- 
Glinne-Suilighe*, died. The plundering of Corcach, Lis-mor, and Achadh-bo, 


lost his brother, Flahrua O’Lehlavar, by the 
meanes. Hugh mac Eoghagan, kinge of the 
North, and Loingsech, king of Dalaraie, wayt- 
inge for them at Carnerenn, where they were 
also discomfited; Cerran mac Colman and Mac- 
Allagan, mac Laichtechain, and others, were 
lost by the meanes. Hugh, with very few more, 
turninge back from the flight, and sharply re- 
sistinge in the flight, killed some of Neill’s 


souldiers. Dubgall, his sonn, escaped wounded.” : 


[Aedh vero cum paucissimis ex fuga revertens, et 
acerrimé intra fugam resistens quosdam ex mili- 
tibus Neill prostravit. Dubhgall, filius ejus, vul- 
neratus evasit.| ** Peace betweene Nell mac 
Hugh, Kinge of Ailech, and Hugh, Kinge of 
the Cuige, i. the fifth of Ireland, at Tulachoog, 
in the Kalends of November."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49.  . s 

* Loch-Dachaech.—This was the old name of 
Waterford harbour. The Annals of Ulster 
notice the arrival of the Gentiles, or Pagan 


Danes, at Loch Dachaech, at the year 913, alias 


914; and a naval battle fought between two 
Danish chieftains, at the Isle of Mann, in the 
same year, thus :' 

“A. D. 913" [al. 914]. ** Bellum. navale oc 
Manainn ittir Barid, mac nOctir et Ragnall 
hUa Imair, ubi Barid pené cum omni exercitu suo 
deletus est, Nocoblach mor di Genntib oc Loch 
Dacaech.” 

* A, D. 912. There came new supplies of 
Danes this year, and landed at Waterford."— 
Ann. Clon. 

^ Congbhail- Glinne-Suilighe : i.e. the church 
of the vale of the Swilly, now Conwall, an old 
church in ruins in the valley of Glenswilly, 
barony of Kilmacrenan, and county of Donegal. 
—See note}, under A. D. 1204. 

The most of the entries transcribed by the 
Four Masters, under the year 913, are given in 
the Annals of Ulster under 914, alias 915, as 
follows : i 

** A. D. 914” [al.915]. “ The coming secretly 
of Flann, mac Maelsechlainn, from or upon his 


4rF 


= 


E e 


586 annaza giosghachca EIREANN. [914. 


ó eaccpanoaib. Ruanc, mac Maolbnigve, cigeapna Mupcparge cine, véz. 
Epicudecc Plann Sionna 6 a macat a. 6 Ohonnchad 7 Chonéubap 4 mopad 
Mhive leó co Loch Ribh.  Slórgeao an Phochla la Niall, mac Cleda, pi 
nQuligh, co po sab nadm Oonochada, 7 Choncobain ppí nei a natap, 7 co 
pranga oppad ecin Mide, OplSha. Copmach món memc oo Halla” vo 
&iaccamn co Loch Oácaoch beop, 7 mopad cuac 7 ceall Muman leo vo gpép. 
Lenae, mac Cachapnaig, cisgeapna Conca bhaipgmo, vo écc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, nao ccéo a cltain vécc. ooh, mac Ailetla, abb Cluana 
pinta Opénainn, Moenach, mac Oailigem, abb Achar bó Cainoig, Maol- 
bainpnpino, paccapc Cluana mac Noip, 7 Mancain, ab Rup Comma, dég. 
Cobplait, ingen Ouiboám, banabb Cille oapa, oég. Pogapcach, mac To- 
lacc, cigeapna veipeceipce Opls,7 Catlan, mac Pimpn(cca, mgoarmna 
Laigh, oég. Gebennach, mac Cloda cigeapna Ua Prdgeince, oo mapbao la 
Nopcmannaib. bnan, mac €acheigepn, canarpi Ua cCemnealaig, oo manbad 
la Nopcmannaib, 7 la, Orapmaro, mac Cbaill, cigeapna Opparge. Ano 
maca oo lopecad. lap mbeit ocht mbliadna oécc ap picic hi píge €peann 
Do Phlanc Sionna mac Maoleclamn, acbat 1 cCaillc(n. 
Flomo do pad mopo, 


Cip ace eccaome 


Plann pionn Pnemann peapp cec clamo, aom Epeann gagi a glumn, 
ba pe conc(pcaio ap nopong, conpaplaic com calman cpuimm. 

Tola cule coca móin cappmogal coin cpota cam, 

Cup cpuċġlan oo cupad các, plait pean Fáil co popoatarl. 

Qıl mo opoan uap cec cmo, plait pind pongail pégca nann, 

Ruicen spéne 5paca spmo pind na péne pele Plann. F6. 


sonns” [rectè, the rebellion against Flann mac 
Maelsechlainn by his sonns], “ Donncha and 
Conor, and spoyled Meath to Lochry. The 
army of the Fochla” [the North] “by Nell mac 
Hugh, King of Ailech, that he made Conor and 
Donogh obey their father, and made association 
betweene the Midians and Breghs. Scanlan, 
Archinnech of Tavlaght ; Scanlan, Airchinnech 
of Glinn-Suilie, in Christo moritur. Ruarc, mac 
Maelbride, King of Muscryetyre, killed by 
murther, and buried by the O'Dongalaies. A 
great and often” [i.e. frequent] “supply of 


Genties” [Gentiles] ** comminge yett to Loch- 
dachaech, spoyling temporall and churchland in 
Mounster.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Flann.— According to the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, King Flann died at Kyneigh of the 
family of Cloone, on Sunday the 8th of the 
Kalends of June, Anno Domini 912. In the 
Annals of Ulster his death is noticed under the 
year 915, alias 916; ‘and by Ware and O’Fla- 
herty under 916, which is the true year, as ap- 
pears from the criteria given in the Annals of 
Ulster, and in the Chronicon Scotorum :. - 


stp elit t v ow oc. 7. 4 - S > eee PE SMS X ee ee ee ee QUERER ANS 


91.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 587 


by strangers. Ruarc, son of Maelbrighde, lord of Muscraighe-thire, died. The 
harassing of Flann Sinna by his sons, namely, Donnchadh and Conchobhar ; and 
Meath was plundered by them as far as Loch Ribh. A hosting of the North 
was made by Niall, son of Aedh, King of Aileach, [and, marching into Meath], 
he obtained the pledges of Donnchadh and Conchobhar, that they would obey 
their father; and he left peace between Meath and Breagh. Great and fre- 
quent reinforcements of foreigners arrived in Loch-Dachaech ; and the lay 
districts and churches of Munster were constantly plundered by them. Lenae, 
son of Catharnach, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died. 

The Age of Christ, 914. Aedh, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn ; Maenach, son of Dailigein, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Mael- 
bairrfinn, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Martin, Abbot of Ros-Commain, died. 
Cobhflaith, daughter of Duibhduin, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Fogartach, son 
of Tolarg, lord of South Breagh ; and Cathalan, son of Finnsneachta, heir appa- 
rent of Leinster, died. Gebhennach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, was 
slain by the Norsemen. Bran, son of Echtighearn, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, 
was slain by the Norsemen, and by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe. 
Ard-Macha was burned. After Flann*, the son of Maelsechlainn, had been 
thirty-eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Tailltm. It was in 
lamentation of Flann the following verses were composed : 


Flann, the fair of Freamhain, better than all children, monarch of 


Ireland, fierce his valour ; 
It was he that ruled our people, until. ret beneath the earth’s 


heavy surface. 
Flowing flood of great wealth, pure see of beauteous form, 
Fine-shaped hero who subdued all, chief of the men of Fail of au- 


gust mien, 
Pillar of dignity over every head, fair chief of valour, caster of the 


spears, 
Sun-flash, noble, pleasant, head of the men of hospitality is Flann. 


** Flannus Sinna, Malachie regis filius R. H. * Tta suffragatur supradictum Chronicon 
. triginta septem annos. Regnavit annos 36, Scotorum : Octavo Kalendas Junii, septima 
menses 6, ac dies 5. Obiit 8 Calendas Junii anno feria, 37 anno regni sui defunctus est.” — Ogygia, 
916, ætatis 68. War. p. 434. 
4r2 


wT tan maai 


588. ANNAA groghachca EIREANN. 


[915. . 


Cinle, mac Catan, ci5eapna Uaitne Chach, oo bapugad lá Gallai” Coca 
oácaoc. Boll Locha Oachaoch beop vo imopao Muman q Langtn. 

Coir Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a cing vég. On céd Badan oo Niall Glunoub, 
mac CÍooa Pinnleié uap Epinn hi pighe. ITlaolgpic, abb Cille hAchans, 
dég. Conach Caillc(n oo atnuaduccad la Niall. Sitpioc, ua hlomaip co 
na coblach oo gabéil oc Cio puaié 1 nafy Larín. = Ragnall, ua hlomoip, 
co coblach oile 5o Gulla Coca Odcaoc. Ap pop hallar" la Mumam. Ap 
naile la h€oganacca 4j ciappage pon SHhallab. Sloiccead Ua Néill an 
veipeept 7 an cuaipceipc la Niall, mac Cloda, pi Eneann co pionu Muman 
oo ċoccad pp Gallaib. Scopay a longpopc oc Copap Glecpaé 1 Marg 
Femin an 22 oCfugupc.. Oo lócap na Goll ipm cip an lá céona. Poppuab- 
paccan Haoiwil ad 1n cpeap vaip ma mlòón lao: co ccopċaip mile ap céo 
ph Cecoppna, acc ap ha vo éfp vo gallaib,1 po ppaomfd poppa. Oo pocpacap 
hi pppiotgum annpm caoire Cainpge Opacade,7 Maocilpuinén mac Donna- 
sain caoipeach Ua cC(mnaiz,3 P(ngal, mac Muipigem, caoipeach ua cCpem- 
tan, apall cenmotac. Ooloccan cobpai ap longponc Gall oo poem 
Imporp(c an Howl pop ccula vo cum an ounad piap an cóip 
noeib (nai, 1. ma Ragnall pi Dubgall co plog oo Ghallaib ume. Cuio Niall 
co nuaicib mo acchaio nangall co po coipmipce via TMD an iomġum. Qnap 
Niall appn piche oroce 1apam a nounaiò popp na Gallaib. Ro popconspao 
udo pop Caigmbh aipipiom a popbarm pop na Hallar co ccucc Sicmucc 
ua hlomaip co nGallaib ume cac Cmnpuaic pop Caigmb, ou 1 ccopcpaccap 


a muincine. 


à Uaithne- Cliach—Now the barony of Owney, 
in the north-east of the county of Limerick. 
The adjoining barony of Owney, in the county 
of Tipperary, was anciently called Uaithne-tire. 
—See the years 949, 1080. 

The entries transcribed by the Four Masters 
under A. D. 914, are given in the Annals of 
Ulster under 915, alias 916, as follows : 

`“ A. D. 915" [al. 916]. “Flann, mac Moil- 
sechlainn, mie Maelruana, mic Donncha, King 
of Tarach, reigninge thirty-six yeares, and 6 
moneths, and 5 dayes, in the yeare of his age 
68, the 8 day of the Kal. of June, the 7th day, 
and about the 7th hower of the day, mortuus 


est. Fogartach, mac Tolairg, King of Descert 
Bregh, mortuus est. Ainle mac Cahan, King of 
Uaithne-Cliach, put to death by the Gentiles 
of Lochdachaech. Hugh mac Ailell, Abbot of 


Clonfert Brenainn ; Coinligan, mac Droignein, . 


chief of O'Lomain of Gaela ; and Martan, Ab- 
bot of Roscomain, moriuntur. Nell Glundub 
mac Hugh begineth his reigne in Tarach, and. 
reneweth" [recte, celebrateth] “the fayre of 
Taillten, which was omitted for many yeares" 
[quod multis temporibus pratermissum est]. “The 
Genties" [Gentiles, i.e. Pagans] ** of Loch-da- 
chaech yet spoyling of Mounster and Leinster. 
Maelbarrinn, priest of Clon-mic-Nois, mortuus 


ie a 


eo eee er ee Ii 


915.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Ainle, son of Cathan, lord of Uaithne-Cliach?, was put to death by the 
foreigners of Loch Dachaech. The foreigners of Loch Dachaech still continued 
to plunder Munster and Leinster. 

The Age of Christ, 915. The first year of Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh 
Finnliath, over Ireland in sovereignty. Maelgiric, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died. 
The fair of Tailltin was renewed by Niall Sitric, grandson of Imhar, with his 
fleet, took up at Ceann-fuait*, in the east of Leinster. Raghnall, grandson of 
Imhar, with another fleet, went to the foreigners of Loch Dachaech. A slaughter 
was made of the foreigners by the Munstermen. Another slaughter was made 
of the foreigners by the Eoghanachta, and by the Ciarraighi The army of the 
Ui-Neill of the South and North was led by Niall, son of Aedh, King of Ireland, 
to the men of Munster, to wage war with the foreigners. He pitched his camp 
at Tobar-Glethrach* in Magh-Feimhin, on the 22nd of August. The foreigners 
went into the territory on the same day. The Irish attacked them the third 
hour before mid-day, so that one thousand one hundred men were slain between 
them; but more of the foreigners fell, and they were defeated. There fell 
here in the heat of the conflict the chief of Carraig-Brachaidhe, and Maelfinnen, 
son of Donnagan, chief of Ui-Cearnaigh ; Fearghal, son of Muirigen, chief of 
Ui-Creamhthainn ; and others besides them. Reinforcements set out from the 
fortress of the foreigners to relieve their people. The Irish returned back to 
their camp before [the arrival of] the last host, i.e. before [the arrival of] 
Raghnall, king of the black foreigners, who had an army of foreigners with him. 
Niall set out with a small force against the foreigners, so that God prevented 
their slaughter through him. Niall after this remained twenty nights encamped 
He requested of the Leinstermen to remain in siege 
against the foreigners. [This they did, and continued the siege] until Sitric, 
the grandson of Imhar, and the foreigners, gave the battle of Ceannfuait to the 
Leinstermen, wherein six hundred were slain about the lords of Leinster, toge- 


589 


against the foreigners. 


est. Ardmach burnt wholly, on the 5th Kal. of 
May, viz., on the south side, together with the 
Savall hall other abbots reliques” [recté, with 
the Toi, the Sabhall, the Kitchen, and all the 
. fort of the abbots]. **Coblaith, daughter to 

- Duvduin, Coarb of Bryde, quievit." — Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 


* Ceann-fuait.—Now Confey, near Leixlip, in 
the barony of Salt, and county of Kildare. It 
is highly probable that it was the Danes of this 


-place that gave its name to Leixlip, i. e. Lax- 


leap, or, as Giraldus Cambrensis calls it, Saltus 
Salmonis. ` 
f Tobar- Glethrach.—Now unknown. 


wu E X die www" ba Afd * iit" es A Se RENTE a ay 


590 anNaza RIOoShachca EIREANN. (915. 


ré céo 1m cigeapnabaib Carén, 7 1mon. ms Ugaipe, mac Ailella. Cran 
annpo anmanna opumge oa maitib. Maolmopda, mac Mumeccam, crgeapna 
Cineip lipe, Mugpon, mac Cmnéicoi, cigeapna na com cComann 4 Lagip, 
Cionaet, mac Tuachal, ciġeapna Ua Peneclarp,7 pocawe ole vo olg 
daoimb rmon ampoeappucc Maelmaedécc, mac Otapmaca, oo Uib Conannla 
o0, abb Glinne hUipln, pcpmbnió cocéaibe, ancoime,] paor 1p eccna Caicion- 
oae, 7 ın mbépla Scoic(cóa. Cp oo cat Cmnpuaro po pds inopo píop, 


Cupup Cairg£n limb ce, 1ap pocc po seal pioshda cuaine, 


Ní mac cualacap an péo puapacap écc 1 cCind Puaicc. 
Flaite Ciphe Uchan glonn capcaic glonn pm p(&al pino, 
Oup pimapc cm c(caib ceno ipm nglenn uap cig Moling. 
Mona arpbepc 1m cec peur, oeicbip ciò anope an póo, 
Tain maigén co mílib clo caimup Largtn limb ócc. 


Ongan Cille dapa 6 Gallaibh Chinn Fuair. Maolpuanar, mac Néill, 
tanapi na nDé, oo mapbad lá Copbmac, mac Motla, cigeapna na Noé. 
Calocham, mac Macudam, coipeac Ua cCeallarg Cualann [vécc]. 


€ Ui-Feineachlais.—A tribe seated in the ba- 
rony of Arklow, in the south-east of the county 
of Wicklow. — See note !, under A.M. 3501, 
p. 26, suprà; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 195, 
note £. 

^ Tigh-Moling : i. e. St. Moling’s house. There 
are at present two places of this name in Ireland ; 
first, Tigh-Moling, or St. Mullin's, on the Barrow, 
in the south of the county of Carlow; and 
Timolin, near Castle-Dermot, in the county of 
Kildare; and it would appear that the lines 
here quoted have reference to some other than 
the battle of Ceann-Fuait. 

` Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann.—A territory in the 
north of the now county of Wicklow, contain- 
ing the church of Tigh-mic-Dimmai.—See the 
Feilire-Aenguis at 13th November; see note £, 
under A. D. 713, p. 313, suprà, where the 
pedigree of this Culothair is given. 

The year 915 of the Annals of the Four 


Masters corresponds with 916, alias 917, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of 
that year as follows : 

“ A. D. 916” [al. 917]. ‘Snowe and ex- 
treame cold in this year, and strange sight” 
[rectó, unusual frost] “that the principall 
loches and rivers of Ireland were so frosen that 
there was great slaughter of chattle, byrds, and 
fishes. Evill favoured signes also that yeare; 
a flame of fire was seen to come from the west 
beyond Ireland, untill yt went beyond the East 
sea. The comett seemed to burn the ayre. 
Sitrick mac Ivar, with his Navy, taken at Cin- 
fuad, in the borders of Leinster. Ragnall 
O’Hivar, with his other shipping, went to the 
Genties” [Gentiles] “ of Lochdachaech. A 
slaghter of Genties at Imly by Mounster. Ano- 


ther slaghter by Eoghanacht and Kiery. An 


army of the O’Nells of the South and North, 
with Mounstermen, by Nell, mac Hugh, Kinge 


. 915.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


ther with the king Ugaire, son of Ailell These are the names of some of 
their chiefs : Maelmordha, son of Muireagan, lord of Airther-Life ; Mughron, 
son of Cinneidigh, lord of the three Comainns and of Laighis ; Cinaedh, son of 
Tuathal, lord of Ui-Feineachlais*; and many other chieftains, with the arch- 
bishop Maelmaedhog, son of Diarmaid, who was one of the Ui-Conannla, Abbot 
of Gleann-Uisean, a distinguished scribe, anchorite, and an adept in the Latin 
learning and the Scotic language. It was concerning the battle of Ceann-Fuaid 
the following lines were composed : 


591 


The expedition of the Leinstermen of many youths, upon a very fine 
road, royal the march ; 
Scarcely heard they the [sound of] the road; they received death at 
Ceann-Fuaid. 
The chiefs of Liphe of broad deeds waged a battle with a sacred shrine. 
There were cut off five hundred heads in the valley over Tigh-Moling®. 
Great its renown in every thing, rightly indeed, for celebrated is the 
spot, 
Over the plain with thousands of hundreds, Leinster sends its troops 


of youths. 


The plundering of Cill-dara-by the foreigners of Ceann-Fuaid. Maelrua- 
naidh, son of Niall, Tanist of the Deisi, was slain by Cormac, son of Mothla, 


lord of the Deisi. 
[died]. 


of Ireland, to warr with the Gentyes, and 
[en-] camped about twenty dayes, in the 
moneth of August, at Tober Glehrach, in the 
fyld called Fevin” [rectè, in Magh-Fevin, or in 
the plain of Fevin]. ** The Genties went into 
. the country the same day. They did sett on 
the Irish about the third howre in the after- 
none, and fought to evening that about” [one 
thousand] “one hundred fell between them; 
but the Genties lost most. The Genties went 
behinde theire people out of the campe for 
theire saulfty. The Irish tourned back into 
their campe before the last of them, viz., before 
Ranall, King of Black Genties, with a nomber 


Culothair, son of Matudhan, chief of Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann’, 


of Genties about him. Nell, mac Hugh, with a 
few with him, went against the Genties, that 
he expected their fight by battle. Nell stayed 
20 nights after in campe against the Genties ; 
he sent to Leinster to byker on the other side 
with theire campe, where Sitricke O'Hivar over- 
threw them in the battle of Cinnfuaid, where 
fell Augaire mac Ailill, King of Leinster; Mael- 
morre" [mac Muirecain, Kinge of Airther- 
Liphi; Maelmaedhog] “mac Diarmada, sapiens 
et Episcopus of Leinster; Ogran, mac Cinnedi, 
King of Lease; et ceteri duces atque nobiles. 
Sitrick O' Hivar came to Dublin."— Cod. Clar., 
tom, 49. 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. s 


592 (916. 


Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo apé 0ég. An vapa bliadan oo Niall. €ccnech, 
comapba Enda aone, eppcop 7 angcome, oécc. Pfpadach, abb Inpı bó 
pine, Maoileom abb Ropa Cpé, 7 Ceallacan Ua vonaic, abb Tuama inbip, 
dég. llhupeano, mým Suape banabb Cille vapa, oécc an 26 Man. Oaniel 
Cluana Camppte, pinchad ampa, vécc. Ertne, mén Coda, mic Néill, mogan 
pn mops, oécc lá péile Mapcam. Mop, mgn Ceanbarll, mic Oungaile, 
bamergeapna Larm Oeapgabarp, oécc "ap noergbícham. ^ CiBeapnach 
va Clémg,cigeapna Cfione,oécc. C(c,mac Platbeancarch, ci$eapna Conca 
Moopuaoh, oécc. Ceall dapa vo opgam do $allaib Acha chat. Opgoun 
Leichslinne, la Gallaib, apm m po mapbao Maol Dácpaicc, pacape 7q ancopi 
4 Mongén, ancom 7 pochaióe ole 1 maille ppu. Orcip 7 na Gorll vo oul 
o Loc Oacaoe 1 nCllbam,1 Conpcancm, mac Aeda oo tabaint cata oóib, 7 

Ocip vo manbad co nan Gall mmanlle ppirr. 

Corp Cpopt, naoi ccéo a peacht véce. Oomnall, mac Orapmaoa, abb 
GUnne hUippmn, Maelcoe, abb nOenopoma, [oécc]. Inopeccach, abb Cpe- 
poite, oo mapbad na car abad paoéipin.. Maorlene, mac Maoilbmsve, abb 
Lamne Eala 4 Convene, 7 aule €peano, vég. Oubgiolla, mac Cachenám, 
cigeapna Cecba, oo mapbao. Copbmac, mac Motla, cizeapna na nDe, 
oég. Cat Ata chat (1.1 Cll Mopaméce la coeb Atha chach) pop 
Shaowealas pra nalla” a. pra nlomap q mia Sicmug Gale, 3. m run 
Occobep, m po mapbao Niall Glanoub, mac Ueda Pinnleit pí Epeann rap 


mbeich 06 cpí bliadna im piii. 


i Successor of Enda of Ara: i.e. Abbot of 
Killeany, in the Great Island of Aran, in the 
Bay of Galway. 

* Tuaim-inbhir.—In the Feilire-Aenguis, at 
2nd December, Tuaim-Inbhir, or Druim-Inbhir, 
is described as “a n-(Yapéap Mide,” in the 
west of Meath, where St. Mael-Odhrain was on 
that day venerated as the patron of the place. 
There is a Druim-inbhir, anglicé Drumineer, 
with the ruins of a very curious and ancient 
church, in the barony of Lower Ormond, and 
county of Tipperary, about five miles north and 
by west of the town of Nenagh. 

! Cluain- Coirpthe.—Now Kilbarry, near the 


Concobap Ua Illaoiteachlamn, pi5oamna 


hamlet of Termonbarry, in the county of Ros- 
common.— See note“, under A. D. 1238. 

m Eithne.—'* A. D. 916" [al. 917]. “ Ehne, 
Hughe's daughter, in vera penitentia et in feria 
Martini, defuncta est." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

The most of the entries transcribed by the 
Four Masters under A. D. 916, are given in the 
Annals of Ulster under 917, as follows : 

* A. D. 917. Maeleoin, prince and bushopp 
of Roscrea; Egnech, prince of Arain ; Daniell 
of Cluon-Coirbhe, a great chronicler, im pace 
dormierunt. Muiren, Suairt’s daughter, Abbess 
of Kildare, mortua est. The Genties” [ Gentiles] 


916.) 593 


The Age of Christ, 916. The second year of Niall. Egnech, successor of 
Enda of Ara‘, bishop and anchorite, died. Fearadhach, Abbot of Inis-bo-finne; 
Maeleoin, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and Ceallachan Ua Daint, Abbot of Tuaim-inbhir*, 
died. Muireann, daughter of Suart, Abbess of Cill-dara, died on the 26th of 
May. Daniel of Cluain-Coirpthe’, a celebrated historian, died. Eithne™, daughter 
of Aedh, son of Niall, queen of the men of Breagh, died on the festival day of 
St. Martin. Mor, daughter of Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, Queen of South 
Leinster, died after a good life. Tighearnach Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne, 
died. Ceat, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, died. Cill-dara 
was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The plundering of Leithghlinn 
by the foreigners, where Maelpadraig, a priest and anchorite, and Mongan, ancho- 
rite, and many others along with them, were slain. Oitir and the foreigners went 
from Loch Dachaech to Alba ; and Constantine, the son of Aedh, gave them 
battle, and Oitir was slain, with a slaughter of the foreigners along with him. 

The Age of Christ, 917. Domhnall, son of Diarmaid, Abbot of Gleann- 
Uisean, and Maelcoe, Abbot of Oendruim, [died]. Innreachtach, Abbot of 
Trefoit, was slain in his own abbatical house. Maelene, son of Maelbrighde, 
Abbot of Lann-Eala and Connor, and the glory of Ireland, died. Duibhghilla, 
son of Lachtnau, lord of Teathbha, was slain. Cormac, son of Mothla, lord of 
the Deisi, died. The battle of Ath-cliath (i. e. of Cill-Mosamhog", by the side 
of Ath-cliath) [was gained] over the Irish, by Imhar and Sitric Gale, on the 
17th of October, in which were slain Niall Glundubh, son of Aedh Finnliath, 
King of Ireland, after he had been three years in the sovereignty ; Conchobhar 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


“cof Lochdachaech left Ireland, and went for 
Scotland. The men of Scotland, with the as- 


Murmor” [mépmoep] “of them was lost in 
that conflight. The night discharged the battle” 


sistance of the North Saxons, prepared before 
them. The Genties divided themselves into fower 
battles, viz., one by Godfry O’Hivair ; ano- 
ther by the two Earles; the third by the young 
Lordes; and the fowerth by Ranall mac Bicloch, 
that” [which] “the Scotts did not see; but 
the Scotts overthrew the three they sawe, that 
they had a great slaghter of them about Ottir 
and Gragava; but Ranall gave the onsett be- 
hind the Scotts,” [so] “ that he had the killing 
of many of them, only that neyther king nor 


[Nox prelium diremit]. “ Etilflut, famosissima 
regina Saxonum mortua est. Warr betwene Nell, 
mac Hugh, King of Tarach, and Sitrick O’Hivair. 
Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, King of Cnova, went 
toward the Gentyes to save Tuaiscert Bregh 
from them, which did avayle them" [him] 
“nothing” [quod ei nihil contulit]. 

2 Cill- Mosamhog : i.e. Mosamhog's Church, 
now Kilmashoge, near Rathfarnham, in the 
county of Dublin. No reference to this saint 
is to be found in the copy of the Feilire- Aenguis 


4G 


594 


annaca RIOshachta EIREANN. (917. 


Epeann, od mac €ocagain, pi Ulad, Maolmichid, mac Plannagám, tigeapna 
bpls, Maolcnaoibe Ua Ouibpronaich, cigeapna Oipsiall, Maolcpanbe, mac 
Doilgen, cigeapna Toptan, Ceallac mac Poccapcarg, tigeapna veipceipc 
bp, Cnomman, mac Cinneicich, 7 pochoude ale nach cipemtap, vo paop- 
clannaib 7 oaopclanoaib, rmmaille pip an ph. Niall. Ap oon cat pin 


aopnubpao, 


ba ouabaip an Chéoaom cpuaid, 
lap ppet pluargh po ċopa pciac, 
O1 vo gapt co ccí bnae, 
Macan ailcec Ata chat. 

hi cconċa Niall, nia popelcc, 
Concobap cono goppa gaipcc, 
Ceo, mac Eatach Ulao upo, 
Maolmichw cuilcc opoam apo. 
Mon oo sninpib Haoweal gnác, 
Món oo o&pib laocpaó liac, 

Oo macaib pogan 3 ms, 

Ro bic 1 nA claiobeach chat. 
bpfca bapann coimmóro cad. 
Mance pony ccapinn la nepc pluans, 
Nip ba heccaom ipm cpáigh, 

ba ouabaip an Cheoaom ċpuaw. 


Ace égaíne Néll po pafo beor, 


bpónach amu Ene uagh, 

Cen pups puad msi pall, 

Cp vésy1 mme gan gné, 
Paipgpi muige Néill gan Niall. 
Nípca m(óorn maiciup pim 
Nípca pit na puba plóigh, 

Ni cumamg aenach vo ain, 

O pop bad an bnaenach bpéin. 


preserved in the Leabhar Breac, in O'Clery's Oirghialla seated near Ardbraccan, in Meath.— 
Irish Calendar, or in Colgan's Works. See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 60; Book of 
° Tortan : recté, Ui-Tortain. A tribe of the — Ballymote, fol. 229,5 ; Colgan’s Tr. Th., p. 129, 


917] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 595 


Ua Maeleachlainn, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland ; Aedh, son of 
Eochagan, King of Ulidia ; Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh ; 
Maelcraeibhe Ua Duibhsinaich, lord of Oirghialla ; Maelcraeibhe, son of Doil- 
ghen, lord of Tortan*; Ceallach, son of Fogartach, lord of South Breagh ; 
Cromman, son of Cinneitich ; and many other noblemen and plebeians, who 
are not enumerated, along with the king. Of this battle was said : 


Fierce and hard was the Wednesday 

On which hosts were strewn under the feet of shields: 
It shall be called, till Judgment’s day, 

The destructive morning of Ath-cliath, 

On which fell Niall, the noble hero ; 

Conchobhar, chief of fierce valour ; 

Aedh, son of valiant Eochaidh of Ulidia ; 
Maelmithidh of the proud, lofty dignity. 

Many a countenance of well-known Gaeidhil, 

Many a chief of grey-haired heroes, 

Of the sons of queens and kings, 

Were slain at Ath-cliath of swords. 

The strength of a brave lord was subdued. 

Alas that he was deceived in the strength of an army, 
There would [otherwise] be no moan upon the strand. 
Fierce was the hard Wednesday ! 


In lamentation of Niall was moreover said : 


Sorrowful this day is sacred Ireland, 

Without a valiant chief of hostage reign ; 

It is to see the heavens without a sun 

To view Magh-Neill? without Niall. 

There is no cheerfulness in the happiness of men ; 
There is no peace or joy among the hosts ; 

No fair can be celebrated 

Since the sorrow of sorrow died. 


c. ii., and p. 184, n. 23, 24 ; the Feilire- Aenguis, » Magh- Neill : i. e. the Plain of Niall, a bardic 
.8 July; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 151, note". name for Ireland. 
y 4G2 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


Cpuag pm a Mug Onls bude, 
C cín nálamo naogaide, 

Ro pcapaip pme ms purpeach, 
Pocpaccaib Niall mad sumeach. 
Caici mail 1antain bíta, 

Camı gpian ceé ainm gpeaca, 
Inao Niall cnoba Cnuca, 

Ro malaipc, a món cpucha. 


Niall po páiò mopo an la pap an chat, 


Cepe vambáil boccoic bpeac, agup claioeab leoca liac, 
Ogur 5m slapp gona cpoch, céip macan moc oo Ach chat. 


Céleoabaill, mac Scanoail, comanba Comgoill, 4 anmchapa Néill Glunoub, 
ap é po aplaig pop Niall cuioecc. oon caepa, 1 ap é oo pac a chuc poch- 
paicce oo Niall ap claomclod ech oo thabhaint 06 oia bpeic péin ap m ccac. 


Hopmlaic, man Phlomn, po pao, 


Olc ponm commaom an va Ghall mapbpac Niall, agup Ceapball, 
Ceapball la hUlb comal nglé Niall Glunoub la hAmhlave. 


Caipee an 25 Apmil,7 min Cháipc 1 Sampad. Ora cóicc mbliaóna p(fccac 


an cni Céo cecmomzg pin 
n , 


Coupee 1 Sampad pp(chaib pluacé 1ap cceopaib bliadnaib buanban, 
Ogur áp nHoevdell oap man, hi pendait pinvol Fal cam Niall. 


a Cnucha.—Now Caislen-Cnucha, or Castle- 
knock, on the River Liffey, in the county 
of Dublin. — See note *, under A. D. 727, 
p. 325. 

* Confessor.—The word anaméapa is trans- 
lated “confessarius” in Trias Thaum., p. 294. 

s Gormlaith. —See this quatrain quoted before 
under the year 904 [909]. In Mageoghegan's 
translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise the 
following notice of this Gormlaith is given under 
the year 905 : 

** A. D. 905” [recté, 913]. ** Neal Glunduffe 
was king three years, and was married to the 


Lady Gormphley, daughter to King Flann, who 
was a very fair, vertuous, and learned damosell ; 
was first married to Cormacke mac Cowlenan, 
King of Munster; secondly, to King Neal, by 
whom she had issue a son, called Prince Don- 
nell, who was drownded, upon whose death she 
made many pittiful and learned ditties in Irish; 
and, lastly, she was married to Cearvall mac 
Moregan, King of Leinster. After all which 
royal marriages she begged from door to door, 


forsaken of all her friends and allies, and glad 


to be relieved by her inferiors.” 
It should be here remarked that the order of 


917] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 591 


This is a pity, O beloved Magh-Breagh, 
Country of beautiful face, 

Thou hast parted with thy lordly king, 
Thou hast lost Niall the wounding hero. 
Where is the chief of the western world ? 
Where the sun of every clash of arms? 
The place of great Niall of Cnucha* 

Has been changed, ye great wretches ! 


Niall said this before the battle : 


. Whoever wishes for a speckled boss, and a sword of en 
wounds, 

And a green javelin for wounding wretches, let him go early in the 
morning to Ath-cliath. 


Celedabhaill, son of Scannall, successor of Comhghall, and confessor" of Niall _ 
Glundubh, was he who had requested of Niall to come to this battle; and it 
was he that gave the viaticum to Niall, after having refused to give him a horse 
to carry him from the battle. Gormlaith*, daughter of Flann, said : 


Evil to me the compliment of the two foreigners who slew Niall 
and Cearbhall ; 

Cearbhall [was slain] by Hulb, a great deed ; Niall Glundubh by 
Amhlaeibh. 


Easter [day fell] on the 25th of April, and little Easter* in the summer. 
This happened after three hundred and sixty-five years. 


Easter in summer, marching of armies during three fully accom- 
plished years, 

'There was a red slaughter of the Gaelidhil in every path, Hl 
out the points of fair great Fail along with Niall. 


these marriages of Gormlaith must be incorrect, to his enemy, Cearbhall ; and, lastly, to Niall 
because Cormac Mac Cullenan was slain in 908, Glundubh, after whose fall in 919 she begged 
Niall Glundubh in 919, and Cearbhall in 909. from door to door.—See note under 941. 
The probability is that Gormlaith was first mar- * Little Easter: i.e. Dominica in Albis. The 
ried to Cormac; and secondly, after his death, criteria here given indicate the year 919. 


ge oe ee C ST 


598 aNNaca RIOshachta EIREANN. [918. 


Comgallpopáo, ^ . 


Pel Coemam Céch 1 Copgup, oo arg bliadain vo anpuch, 
Cace la eppairg 1ap cCáipec Mion cóipec vo bich 1 pampao. 


Onzain Fna 4 Tighe Munna la Galland. 

Cloip Cpíopc, naor ccéo a hocht oécc. On céo badain vo Oonnchad, 
mac Plomn cSionna, hi pighe uap Emmo. Pinéap, eppcop Oommliacc, Copb- 
mac, mac Cuilenném, eppcop Cip móin, 1 cigeapna na nOéipi Muman, Comg- 
peach, eppcop Cluana mic Nóip, Maolmaipe, abb Apoa bpecám, Ciapán, 
abb Oaimhinpi, Scannlan, mac Hopman, eccnaid, pcepibmó cogaibe, 7 abb 
Roppa Cpe, 7 Meparge Cluana móin Tllaeoócc, vég. Lia mop pin mblia- 
bamp co poaéc an cuipce Lipp nabard Cluana mic Néip, 4 co Clocém Ulaid na 
ccpí ecpop. Ceananoup vo 1onopad vo Shallaib, 7 bpipeavh an voimliacc. 
Ap mop ócc Hpéin pop Uib Maine. Catı cCiannaccaib Ons, .1. occ Tig 
mic nEachach, pa nOonnchad, mac Plamn mic Maeleaclamn, pon Ghallanb, 
dú m no manbad lion vipimhe vo na Gallai, uan ba ipm cat pin po ofoglao 
cat Acta chat poppa, 061g concpaoap ouaiplib na Nopcmann ann commlíon 
a ccopéaip oo paepclanoaib 7 oaopnclannaib Gaoidel wpm cac pin Aca chat. 
Ro gonaoh Mupcpcach, mac Crg(pnam, a. moghoamna Gperpne, hi ccat 
Ciannaéca, 7 accbat iapa via $onaib. Mupcad, mac Plamo, ci&eapna 


> Coemhan Liath.—This is probably the St. 
Caemhan whose festival is set down in O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar under the 14th of March, which 
would agree with the time referred to in the 
text, for in the year 919 Ash-Wednesday fell 
on the 10th of March. 

The year 917 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 918, alias 919, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of 
that year as follows: 

* A, D. 918” [al. 919]. ** Easter the 7. Kal. 
of May, and Little Easter after some dayes in 
Summer? [rectó, the second day of Summer]. 
* Hugh O’Maeilechlainn blinded by his cosen, 
Donncha, King of Meath. Battle at Dublin 
by the Genties” [Gentiles] **upon the Irish, 
where fell Nell, mac Hugh, King of Ireland, 


the third yeare of his raigne, in the 17 Kal. of 
October, 4th day, where also fell Hugh mac 
Eochagan, King of Ulster; Maelmihi, mac Fla- 
nagan, King of Bregh ; Conor, mac Maeilech- 
lainn, heyre of Tarach; Flathvertach mac Da- 
nyell, heire of the Fochla; Maelbridi, mac 
Duivsinai, King of Airgialla, with many more 
nobles. Ceallach, mac Flaihvertai, King of 
Corcamrogha, and Tiernach O’Clery, King of 
Ofiachrach Aigne, mortui sunt." — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

v Cormac, son of Cuilennan.—He is to be dis- 
tinguished from Cormae, son of Cuilennan, 
King of Munster, and Archbishop of Cashel, 
who was slain in the m of Bealach-Mughna, 
A. D. 903 [908], q. v. 

FA. D. 918. Cothacke robs Cnihaitiaó, Dushop 


t 


918.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 599 


Comhghall said : 


The festival of Coemhan Liath” in Lent, denotes a year of storms, 
Five days of spring after Easter, Little Easter to be in summer. 


The plundering of Fearna and Teach-Munna by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 918. The first year of Donnchadh, son of Flann Sinna, 
in sovereignty over Ireland. Finchar, Bishop of Daimhliag ; Cormac, son of 
Cuilennan", Bishop of Lis-mor, and lord of the Deisi Mumhan ; Loingseach, 
Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmaire, Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Scannlan,son of 
Gorman, wise man, excellent scribe, and Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and Meraighe of 
Cluainmor-Maedhog, died. A great flood in this year, so that the water reached 
the Abbot's Fort of Cluain-mic-Nois, and to the causeway of the Monument of the 
Three Crosses Ceanannus was plundered by the foreigners, and the Daimh- 
liag was demolished. A great slaughter was made of the Ui-Maine at Grian’. 
A battle was gained in Cisreohta Boh (i. e. at Tigh- -mic-nEathach*) by Donn- 
chadh, son of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, over the foreigners, wherein a 
countless number of the foreigners was slain; indeed in this battle revenge 
was had of them for the battle of Ath-cliath*, for there fell of the nobles of the 
Norsemen here as many as had fallen of the nobles and plebeians of the Irish 
in the battle of Ath-cliath. Muircheartach, son of Tighearnan, i. e. heir appa- 
rent of Breifne, was wounded in the battle of Cianachta, and he afterwards died 
of his wounds. Murchadh, son of Flann, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died. Flann, 


of Lismore, and King of the Desies, was killed of Eochaidh, now unknown. This battle is 


i by his own family.” —Ann. Clon. noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the 
* The monument of the Three Crosses.—This year 915: 

causeway, and this Uluidh, or penitential station, “This King” [Donnogh mac Flyn] “gave a 

exist at Clonmacnoise. battle to the Danes, where there was such a 


¥ Daimhliag : i.e. the Stone Church or Cathe- slaughter committed on them, that the one-half 
dral. “A, D. 915. Kelles was altogether ran- of the Danish army was not left alive; there 
sacht and spoyled by the Danes, and they rased ‘was never such a massacre of them before in 
down the church thereof.”—Ann. Clon. Ireland ; in which great conflict Moriertagh 

z Grian.—A river which has its source in mac Tyernie, one of the king’s nobles, was cru- 
| Sliabh Echtghe, in the north of the county of elly wounded and thereof died." 
Clare.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, ^ The battle of Ath-cliath.—More correctly the 
p. 134, note ^, and the Map to that work, on battle of Cill-Mosamhog, now Kilmashoge, near 
which the position of this river is shewn. Athcliath, or Dublin.—See note ^, A. D. 916, 

* Tigh-mic-nEathach: i. e. the house of theson p. 593, suprà. 


Troe he ee ee ieia Si 


600 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(919. 


Conca bhanpeinv, décc. Plano, mac Conan, Umil Sil Scota, pile 1p veach 
baoi 1 nEpinn ma aimmpip, oo mapbao lá macai Cuippbuide, vo Uib Pocaio 
1aropióe ) 1 noumecaíóe occ Lot Oácaoé 1 nOépib Muman. 

Cop Cpíope, naoi ccéo a naoi vég. On vapa bliadam vo Ohonnchao. 
Ciapan, eppcop Colam, 7 Ruman, mac Cataparg, eppucc Cluana hlopaino, 


dég. Op 06 acpubpad an pann po, 


- Compan eccnai updaine át, píp co noccaib occa ab, 
Ounad vom oil moal, Ruman, mac Cacaparg cain. 


Maonach, mac Siadail, abb bfnncarp, 7 pecmbnio na nGaoiwel ule, Cop- 
pne, mac Pfpadarg, clin cnabawd Lang (n, comapba Orapmaca, mic Coda pom, 
aincinnech Tige mocua, 7 anchoipe, vég rap noes b(Cand cian aopoa, 1 Plpgal, 
mac Maolmonda, ab Saigne, oég. Ap oóib po paolo, 


Ni bhadan cen aimpni, anabaió abb buan 6fnncurp, 

gur comapba Orapmaca, Coppe ba buaid céc veag cup. 
Ab Saigpe co pocpaici, Final pfn co poenofnarb, 

Oomnall oeil apo wile mat ouinébat pon Haoiwdealanrb. 

Ní puipmiy, ni aipéma, po bit pam cpamainpı, 

Q camc oe anclppaib Epean ipm mbliadamre. 


Oomnall, mac Plomn, mic Maorleclainn, mio$oarina €peann oo manbad 
la a bnácap Oonncao 1 mópumgin Oacoga. Ap oo bap an Mhaonarg, mic 
Siadarl, ceona, 4 Domnaill po nóioeao, 


* Flann, son of Lonan.—See this obit already 
entered under the year 891, p. 549, suprà. The 
insertion of it here is a mistake of the Four 
Masters. 

The year 918 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 919, alias 920, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that 
year as follows : 

“ A. D. 919" [al. 920]. ** Maelmuire, prince 
of Ardbrackan, mortuus est. An overthrow by 
Doncha O’Maeilechlainn of the Genties” [ Gen- 
tiles], ** where innumerable of them were slaine. 
Finchar, Episcopus et scriba of Doimliag, feli- 
citer pausavit.  Scannal of Roscre and Scribe of 


Cluon-mie-Nois, quievit. Sitric mac Ivar for- 
sook Dublin by divine power." [The] “ Doim- 
liag of Kells broken by Genties, and" [they] 
[The] ** Doimliag 
of Tuileain burnt the same day. Cormac, mac 


* did martire many there." 


Cuilenan, Kinge of Desyes in Mounster, jugu- 
latus." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

3 Tolan.— Otherwise written Tuilen, now 
Dulane, a parish near the town of Kells, in the 
county of Meath. 

e Maenach.—** A. D. 917” [recté, 921]. ** Moo- 
nagh, mac Sheil, abbot of Beanchor, the best 
scribe of all Ireland, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

t Abbot of lasting Beannchair.—lt is added in 


r 


919.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 601 


son of Lonan", the Virgil of the race of Scota, the best poet that was in Ireland 
in his time, was treacherously slain by the sons of Corrbuidhe, who were of 
the Ui-Fothaidh, at Loch Dachaech, in Deisi-Mumhan. 

The Age of Christ, 919. The second year of Donnchadh. Ciaran, Bishop 
of Tolan‘, and Ruman, son of Cathasach, Bishop of Cluain-Iraird, died. It was 
for him this quatrain was composed : 


Shrine of wisdom illustrious, acute, a man of virgin purity, 
By the hosts of people assembled was he loved, Ruman, son 
of Cathasach the amiable. 


Maenach', son of Siadhal, Abbot of Beannchair, and the [best] scribe of all 
the Irish race, [died]. Cairbre, son of Fearadhach, head of the piety of Leinster, 
successor of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin, airchinneach of Tigh-Mochua, and 
an anchorite, died, after a good life, at a very advanced age ; and Fearghal, son 
of Maelmordha, Abbot of Saighir, died. Of them was said : i 


It was not a year without events; premature died the Abbot of 
lasting Beannchair*, 

And the successor of Diarmaid, Cairbre, the gifted above all good 
pillar. 

The Abbot of Saighir with multitudes; Fearghal, man of gentle 
exactions; 

Domhnalls, a scion all-good; a plague" among the Gaeidhil. 

I have not enumerated, I shall not enumerate, because I am sor- 
rowful, 

What misfortunes came upon Ireland in this year. 


Domhnall', son of Flann, son of Maeleachlainn, heir apparent to the sovereignty 
of Ireland, was slain by his brother, Donnchadh, at Bruighean-Dachoga. It was 
of the death of the same Maenach, son of Siadhal, and of Domhnall, was said : 


an interlined gloss that this was Maenach. i Domhnall.—'* A. D. 917. King Donnogh 

£ Domhnall.—It is added in an interlined gloss killed his own brother, Donell, who was elected 
that this was Domhnall, son of Flann, son of to be his successor in the kingdom." —Azn. Clon. 
Maelechlainn. 3 Bruighean- Dachoga.—N ow Breenmore, in the 

^ A plague.—* A. D. 917” [recté, 921]. parish of Drummaney, barony of Kilkenny 
* There reigned in Ireland a great plague this West, and county of Westmeath.—See note *, 
year."—Ann. Clon. under the year 1415. 


44H 


* 


602 aHHaca RIOshachta EIREANN. CA AERO 


Cóicceaó bliadam baeglac binn 


O Fhlann Tfmpac copccaib opong, 
Maenac catpac Comgaill spinn 
Hun Domnall la Oonnéad nOonn. 
Món hac Maonaé, a Ohé oil, 
Uinvence daolac m snip slom, 
Opomcla €peann oap oá mum 


Comapba cuip Comgaill caom. 


Ceann cumopís an curcció corp, 

Q mino ó ap mangi mup, 

Saec lím egnaw Inpi Pal, 

Oo ot a oal ngaweal ngun. 
m oon lice logmarp Laan, 

Oo Ruam pam ap aippoe mbpóm, 
Nac main Maenac Muman muad 
Ap lop cpuag a Ohe móin. 


Ceallac, mac Congalaig, abb Cille acha, Cionaed, mac Oomnaill, abb 
Oome Chalgais, 4 Opoma Tuama, cn aécomaipnc Ceneoil cConaill, vég. 


Flactbeapcach, mac Mumtaz, abb Cluana móin, vég. Ap 06 po páioeao, . 


Caicce annad mn map uai, cacce allad eccep Loin, 
Imd Plaitbeancac pmo Fáil po pcan pp mad Cluana móin. 


Maolpmchill, mac Canannám, oéz, ap 06 po padead an pann po, 


Lapap Cargean lin co tpmg ni bo clat ppi poplann péig, 
Clepcect caem, cen mmcim nait, po part pop Maelpmeill péim. 


* Comhghall’s city: i. e. the Monastery of 
Beannchair, or Bangor, in the county of Down, 
founded by St. Comhghall in the sixth cen- 
tury. 

! Donnchadh Donn: i.e. Donnchadh, Donough, 
or Denis, the brown-haired. 


™ Druim-Thuama,—Translated by Adamnan . 


Dorsum-Tomme, now Drumhome, in the barony 
of Tirhugh, and county of Donegal.—See note”, 


under A. D. 1197. Colgan quotes this passage 
as from the Annals of the Four Masters in his 
Annals of Derry; but he makes Cinaedh Abbot 
of Doire-Chalgaich and Druimchliabh, thus : 

* A, D. 919. S. Kinedus, filius Domnaldi, 
Abbas de Doire-Chelgaich, et de Druimchliabh, 
arx et caput religionis totius Tirconellig, obiit." 
— Quat. Mag., Trias Thaum., p. 503. 

? Cluain-mor: i.e. the great lawn or meadow. 


E 


— 


9193 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 603 


The fifth year, disastrous, sweet, 

From Flann of Teamhair, a company have died, 
Maenach of happy Comhgall’s city‘, 

Domhnall was slain by Donnchadh Donn’. 
Great grief is Maenach, O dear God ! 

The illustrious, black-haired man of the charming face, 
The paragon of Ireland between two seas, 

The successor of the mild Comhgall, 

Head of counsel of the just province, 

Its golden crown to be sorrowfully regretted, 
Grievous to me that the wise man of Inis-Fail 
Died from the assembly of the brave Gaeidhil. 
A gem of the full precious stone, 

As far as noble Rome it is sign of sorrow. 

'That Maenach of noble Munster does not live, 
"Tis sufficient cause of grief, O great God. 


Ceallach, son of Conghalach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; Cinaedh, son of Domh- 
nall, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh, and of Druim-Thuama", head of the council 
of the Cinel-Conaill, died. Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, Abbot of 
Cluainmor", died. Of him was said : 


Where is the resting place of the sacred ornament? Where the 
renown of great poetic powers ? 

Behold? Flaithbheartach, the fair of Fail, has separated from the ho- 
nours of Cluain-mor. 


Maelsinchill, son of Canannan, died ; for him this quatrain was composed : 


The flame of wide Leinster to the shore, he was not feeble in the 
unequal strife, 

Mild clerkship, without violation of chastity, descended as a blessing 
on the gentle Maelsinchill. 


'This is probably the place now called Clon- ° Behold: wo. The word m, otherwise 
more, in the barony of Rathvilly, and county of written enne, is the same as the Latin ecce, and 


Carlow. 


is explained péé no pionn by O?Clery. 
4n2 


Ti lh doe ee j 
H 


604 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [919. 


Ceannac, mac Plain, abb Lainne Lépe, oécc, oia nebpao, 


Sucpall Muige, mait pp bas, Opls mban mburde bale a bpíg, 
Ruié(n spéim span py spuad c(pnac Lépe hac a oic. 


Macpdoaide, mic Ounchada, apcmnec Cluana borpfnn, oég. Maonach, 
Céle Oé, oo iaccain oon Paippge aniap vo denar pecca €peann.. Goppart 
ua hlomoip oo gabáil popad 1nQeé cliac, 4 Apo Maca oopccamn larp 1apam, 
q la a plóg pm Sacapn pa pél ITlapcam, 7 na cage epnarge oo anacal Laip 
co na luéc oo Chélib Dé, 1 oo lobnaib. Cln cíp oo apccam laip in gat amd 
1. nap co hmp labpaoa, poip co banna, po €uaic co ITlag Uillpfh. Acc acá 
ní €(na an pluag oo deachaid po cuait vor paipparo Mupi prach, mac Néll, 
] Ghgn(pe, mac Mupchada, co paoimd pop na Gallaib, 7 concpacap opong 
dío món 010,7] oo epnacap uatad oile lá poncace céd copaig na hoidce, uap 
nip bo popnpeil vob 1acc..— Muute oo Shallaib oc Loch Peabanl acc Ob 
co noíb longaibh pop cpiocac 7 Imp €occham vo onccamn dóibh. P(pgal, mac 
Oomhnaill, 1. cigeapna. an Phocla, 1 neapecaipoine pm, go po mapb lucc 
luinge ofob,7 po bmp an lung péin, 7 nuce a hionnmup 7 a heval. Piche 
long oile oo €occ co C(nn Masaip 1 naintean Tine Chonaill ım mac Uatma- 


? Godfrey.— The substance of this passage is 
translated by Colgan, in his Annals of Armagh, 
as follows : 

* A. D. 919. Godfredus Hua Himhair (Dux 
Nortmannorum) capit Dubliniam et cum exercitu 
die Sabbathi ante festum Sancti Martini predis et 
rapinis devastat Ardmacham : pepercit tamen Ec- 
clesiis, Colideis, et in firmis.” — Trias Thaum., 
p.296. This event is noticed in the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise under A. D. 917, but the true 
year is 921. 

4 Inis-Labhradha: i.e. Labhraidh's Island. 
Not identified. 

* Magh- Uilseann.—Now unknown. 

* Inis-Eoghain : i.e. Eoghan’s Island, now 
the barony of Inishowen, in the county of 
Donegal. 

* Ceann-Maghair.—Now Kinaweer, in the 
north of the barony of Kilmacrenan, and county 


of Donegal.—See note 1, under A. "D. 702, 
p. 303, suprà. 

The year 919 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 920, alias 921, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of 
that year as follows: 

* A. D. 920" [al 921]. * Maenach, mac 
Siagail, chief of learning" [recté, wisdom] “in 
the Iland of Ireland, died. Daniell O’Maelech- 
lainn per dolum occisus est a fratre suo, Doncha, 
quod aptum erat. Kieran, abbot of Daiminis, 
died. Maeilsechlainn O’Flainn” [i. e. grandson 
of Flann], *heyre of Tarach; Fiachra, mac 
Cahalain, King of Coill-Follomain; and Ragnall 
O'Hivar, King of White and Black Genties" 
[Gentiles] “omnes mortui sunt. Godfry O'Hivar 
iu Dublin. Cinaeh mae Daniell, prince of Daire- 
Calgai, and Drumtuoma, head of counsel among 
the Conells of Tuaisceirt, died. TheGenties came 


AOE t 


919.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 605 


Cearnach, son of Flann, Abbot of Lann-Leire, died ; of whom was said : 


The torch of the plain (good in battle) of Bregia the fair and lovely, 
stout his strength, 

Brilliance of the sun, the sun upon his cheek. Cearnach of Leire, 
mournful the loss of him. 


Macrodaidhe, son of Dunchadh, airchinneach of Cluain-Boireann, died. 
Maenach, a Ceile-De [Culdee], came across the sea westwards, to establish laws 
in Ireland. Godfrey’, grandson of Imhar, took up his residence at Ath-cliath ; 
and Ard-Macha was afterwards plundered by him and his army, on the Satur- 
day before St. Martin's festival ; but he spared the oratories, with their Ceile- 
Des [Culdees], and the sick. The country was plundered by him in every 
direction, i. e. westwards as far as Inis-Labhradha?, eastwards as far as the Banna, 
and northwards as far as Magh-Uillseann'. But, however, the host that went 
northwards was overtaken by Muircheartach, son of Niall, and Aighneart, son 
of Murchadh, so that the foreigners were defeated, a very great number of them 
was slain; but a few escaped in the darkness of the very beginning ofthe 
night, because they were not visible to them [the Irish]. A fleet of foreigners, 
consisting of thirty-two ships, at Loch-Feabhail, under Olbh ; and Inis-Eoghain* 
was plundered by them. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, lord of the North, was at 
strife with them, so that he slew the crew of one of their ships, broke the ship 
itself, and carried off its wealth and goods. "Twenty ships more arrived at 
Ceann-Maghairf, in the east of Tir-Chonaill, under the conduct of Uathmharan, 


by sea to Lochfeval untill they came to Inis- 
Owen, viz., at Low, with 32 shipps” [recté, viz., 
under the conduct of Olv, who had 32 shipps], 
* where they mett with straights and rocks, 
where few of them remained per torporem. 
Fergal mac Daniell, King of the Ochla, con- 
tending with them, killed tHe people of one 
shippe, bracke that selfe” [same], “and caried 
the spoyle of yt. Another Navi at Cennmaghar, 
in the borders of Tirconell, by Mac Uahmaran 
mic Barith with 20 shipps. The spoyle of 
Ardmach, the 3rd of November, by” [the] 
* Genties of Dublin, in the Saturday of St. 


Martin's feast, viz., by Godfrith O'Hivair, with 
his men, who saved the houses of prayer with 
their people of God” [i.e. Culdees], ‘ and lepers, 
and the whole church towne, unless" [i. e. ex- 
cept] “some howses” [which] **were burnt 
through neglect” [nisi paucis in ed tectis exustis 
per incuriam]. “Broad spoyles made by them 
on all sydes, that ys, to Inis-Lavraa westerly, 
easterly to Banna, in the north to Magh-Nilsen, 
but the north Army were mett by Murtagh 
mac Nell and by Aignert mac Murcha, who 
did overthrowe them, killed many of them, 
paucis elapsis subsidio sublustris noctis. Eclipsis 


606 anNNata RIoshachta emgedHn. (990. 


náin, mic banich, 4 ní oepgenpac nach podal oon oul pom. Maolpechlamn, 
mac Maolpuanad, mic Plomn, oég. Opgam Cluana heióneach, q lopecad 
Oepcoaige Mochua, 7 opsam Finna móipe Maodéce oo Shallarb. 

Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo piche. On cpeap bliadam oo Oonnchad. Maol- 
poil, mac Clella, eppcop, anchoipe,7 pepibmd Leite Chuinn, abb Inoeónén, 
décc. Up via écc po páiofoh an pann, 


Maelpóil baoí po onooun móp eppcop gaib(o pamar pis, 
Suí no nfpcad pecc pop cac pln poceipoed pecca pio. 


Copbmac, Eppuce Cluana p(pca 6pénamn, q Chilell, mac Plaitim, abb 
Cluana móin ITlaeóócc, oo écc. Flannagan Ua Riaccán, abb Cille vapa, 7 
pigoamna Largean, oég. Maolonmain Ua Slarcon, abb Cluana Oolcám, 
Colggu, mac Peoaic, abb Slane, Clllogup Chille Scípe, God Ua Raitnén, 
rm puí €peann, 1 eccnaió Sargpe, P.(poalach, paccapc Cluana mic Nó, 4 
Lomgpeac, mac Clonaccain, peipcízip Oormliace, vés. Tads, mac Faolán, 
cigeapna Cargean O (psaboip pmp apéice Uí Ceinnpelarg, dég, oia nebnad, 


Oá deich mbliadan acgleam ap naoi cécaib ap moam, 
O gnap Crore, rap. pagail, cup an mbliadam i1caam. 
Cp ipin bhadan vermin 1appan magal anc, again, 
Ecca Caiócc upveine amino, an pis aimo Olpgabaip. 


Inopeccach, mac Concodaip, prgoamna Connaéc, vé5. Maolmicouaich, 
cigeapna Chine, vo mapbao la Gallart. Clod, mac ConainUi Guanine, canaü i 
Chone, vécc. Pmogume Ua Maolmuans, cigfina Peap cCeall oég. Slórg(o 
la Oonnchad, pi Eneann, co Connaccaib, co no mapbad opem mop via mum- 
cip 1 NOwbep Aca Luan, oú 1 cconcaip Cronaed, mac Concobaip, crgeapna 


Lune, at 15. Kal. Junii, the 3rd day, the first the Four Masters, p. 440, note 1; and also 
howre at night. Flahvertach mac Murtagh, Quinta Vita S. Patricii, Trias Thaum., p. 64, 
Abbot of Clonmore, mortuus est.?— Cod. Clarend., where Colgan translates this passage as follows: 
tom. 49. ** Anno 920. Mal- Paulinus Alildi filius, Epis- 

The eclipse of the moon here mentioned hap- copus, Anachoreta, Scriba, sive Scriptor praecipuus 
pened on the 17th December, 921.—See L’Art ^ Leth-Cunnensis, hoc est Aquilonaris Hibernis, 
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 69. : et Abbas Indenensis, obiit.” 

tt Maelpoil.—Dr. O' Conor thinks that this was * Ua Maelmhuaidh.—Now anglicé O’Molloy. 
the Paulinus to whom Probus dedicates his Life This is the first notice of the family name 
of St. Patrick.—See his edition of the Annals of O'Molloy occurring in these Annals Their 


920.] ‘ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 607 


son of Barith, but they committed no depredation on that occasion. Mael- 
seachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, died. The plundering of Cluain- 
eidhneach, the burning of the oratory of Mochua, and the burning of Fearna- 
mor-Maedhog, by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 920. The third year of Donnchadh. Maelpoil*, son of 
Ailell, bishop, anchorite, and [best] scribe of Leath-Chuinn, and Abbot of 
Indedhnen, died. Concerning his death the [following] quatrain was composed : 


Maelpoil, who was in great dignity, a bishop who took the road of 
a king, 

A sage who enforced the law upon all, a man who dispensed peace 
all round. 


Cormac, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; and Ailell, son of Flaithim, 
Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog, died. Flannagan Ua-Riagain, Abbot of Cill- 
-dara, and heir apparent of Leinster, died. Maelinmhain Ua-Glascon, Abbot of 
Cluain-Dolcain ; Colga, son of Feadhach, Abbot of Slaine ; Alldghus of Cill- 
Scire ; Aedh Ua Raithnen, old sage of Ireland, and wise man of Saighir; Fear- 
dalach, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Loingseach, son of Aenagan, CEconomus 
of Daimhliag, died. Tadhg, son of Faelan, lord of South Leinster, who was 
called Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died ; of whom was said : 


T wice ten years, have followed upon nine hundred more, 

Since Christ was born, by rule, till the year in which we are. 

It is in this year certainly, according to the clear rule, occurred 

The death of Tadhg, the illustrious, happy, the noble King of 
Deasgabhair. 


Innreachtach, son of Conchobhar, heir apparent of Connaught, died. Mael- 
micduach, lord of Aidhne, was slain by the foreigners. Aedh, son of Lonan 
O'Guaire, Tanist of Aidhne, died. Finnguine Ua Maelmhuaidh", lord of Feara- 
Ceall, died. An army was led by Donnchadh, King of Ireland, into Connaught, 
so that a great part of his people was killed in Duibhthir-Atha-Luain’, where 
Cinaedh, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Maelmordha, son 


territory of Feara-Ceall, now Fircall, formed  lycown, and Ballyboy, in the King’s County. 
the south-west part of the ancient Meath, and Y Duibhthir- Atha- Luain : i. e. the Black Dis- 
comprised the modern baronies of Fircall, Bal- trict of Athlone. This was otherwise called 


608 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [921. 
Ua Page. Maolmopda, mac Riacám, canap Oppose, oég. Ongan 
Cluana mic Nop v0 Bhalla Cummmcch, 4 ceacc dóibh pop Loch Ribh, 50 
no omecp(c a oilena wle. Ongan En mp la Pocapcaib cipe vo Ghallarb, 
o m po mapbéa oa céd décc oo Gaorbelaib, Clbél pepibmid oo ool 1 mapcpa 
immaille ppia. Inopaó Cluana mic Nóip la mac nOblg, 1 a lopccaó lap 
iapom. Uaémapán, mac Oobarlém, ciseapna Lurgne Connacc, dég. Plat- 
beapcach, mac lonmamen, pí Caipil, do dul via oibiépe, 1 Copcan, mac Con- 
liugéin, oo gabáil mie Caipil. 

Corp Cort, naoi ccéo piche a haon. Cin c(tpamaó badam do Ohonn- 
chad. Maolcallano abb Oipipt Orapmaoa, Maolpavpaice, mac Monaino, 
abb Opoma cha 4 Apoa ppata, O uboabpamne, abb Roppa alieip, Maolcule, 
mac Colman, peplerginc Chluana mic Nóip,] Piachpa  eccailpi bicce, oécc. 
Owblicip Cille plebée, paccapc Apoa Maca, vo dol 1 mapcpa la gallaib 
Snáma Chgneach. Cucongalea, paccapc Lamne Leipe cetpa (.1. cancaine 
no opacop) Epeann ecip gut, 7 cput,7 poap (1. po flor) oég. Maolmopda, 
mac Conéubaip, crgeapna Ua Panlge, 7 Pino, mac Cfppain, eigeapna Muy- 
cpage, vécc. Liogaé, mgean Ploinn, mc Maorleaclamn, bm Mhaoilemichg, 
ci& (fina bps vle, oécc, 1 po haónaéc co naypmicin móip hi cCluam mic Norp. 
Spelán, mac Congalaig, cr5eapna Conaille Muinteimne, oo mapbao. Inon(ó 
Feap nGOpoa,4 Caine Lépe, q Peap Rop irín mbliadam hipin. Céle mac 


Qnpocham, cigeapna Ua Cmomtanna, vécc. Maolcluiche, mac Conco- 


Feadha-Atha-Luain, a district in the barony of 
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.—See it 


of Bealach-Mughna in 903 [908]. 
The year 920 of the Annals of the Four 


referred to at the years 1536, 1572, 1580. 

w En-inis: i.e. Bird-island. This name is 
Fotharta-tire is one of the old 
names of Fotharta-O'Nolan, now the barony of 


now unknown. 


Forth, in the county of Carlow. 

* The son of Ailgi—This was. the Tomrar 
Mac Alchi, king, who, according to the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, was reported to have gone to 
hell in the year 922.— See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
Introduction, p. xli. 

* Flaithbheartach.—He had been first Abbot 
of Scattery Island in the Shannon, and was the 
person who incited Cormac Mac Cuileannain, 
the Bishop-King of Munster, to fight the battle 


Masters corresponds with 921, alias 922, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 918 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, which notice the events of that 
year as follows : 

* A. D. 921" [al 922]. **Maeilpoil, mac 
Ailill, cheife and bushopp of Kindred Hugh 
Slane; Teige, mac Foelain, King of the Kin- 
selaes; Cernach, mac Flainn, prince of Lainn- 
Leire, and Proctor? [moep] * to them of Ard- 
mach from Belachduin” [now Castlekieran, 
near Kells] ‘ to [the] sea, and from [the] Boyn 
to Cashan, head of counsell and doing of the 
men of Bregh wholly, all dead” [Ruman Epis- 
copus Cluana-Iraird]; ‘‘Ferdalach, bushop of 


ee 


921.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


609 


of Riagan, Tanist of Osraighe, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the 
foreigners of Luimneach ; and they came upon Loch Ribh, and plundered all 
its islands. The plundering of En-inis" in Fotharta-tire, by the foreigners, where 
twelve hundred of the Irish were slain, and Abel the scribe was martyred along 
with them. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the son of Ailgi*, who 
afterwards burned it. Uathmharan, son of Dobhailen, lord of Luighne in Con- 
naught, died. Flaithbheartach’, son of Inmhainen, King of Caiseal, went upon 
his pilgrimage; and Lorcan, son of Conlingan, assumed the kingdom of Caiseal. 

The Age of Christ, 921. The fourth year of Donnchadh. Maelcallann, 
Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Maelpadraig, son of Morann, Abbot of Druim- 
cliabh and Ard-sratha ; Dubhdabhraine, Abbot of Ross-ailithir ; Maeltuile, son 
of Colman, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Fiachra of Eaglais-beag [at Cluain- 
mic-Nois], died. Duibhlitir of Cill-Sleibhthe’, priest of Ard-Macha, was mar- 
tyred by the foreigners of Snamh-Aighneach*. Cucongalta, priest of Lann-Leire, 
the Tethra (i. e. the singer or orator) for voice, personal form, and knowledge, 
died. Maelmordha, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe ; and son of Cearran, 
lord of Muscraighe, died. Lighach, daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, 
and wife of Maelmithidh, lord of all Breagh, died, and was buried with great 
veneration at Cluain-mic-Nois. Spelan, son of Conghalach, lord of Conaille- 
Muirtheimhne, was killed. The plundering of Feara-Arda and Lann-Leire, and 


of Feara-Rois, in this year. 


Clon-mic-Nois ; Loingsech, mac Oenagain, 
Equonimus of Doimliag ; and Colga mac Sem- 
puil, abbot of Slane, all died. The shipping of 
Limericke" [i. e. of Mac Ailche] “to Lochri, 
and spoiled Clon-mic-Nois, and all the Islandes, 
that they carried away great booty of gold, 
silver, and all manner of riches from the Loch.” 
—Anan. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 918" [recté, 922]. ** Teig mac Foylan, 
King of the west? [rectó, south] “of Lynster, 
died. Flannagan O'Riagan, abbot of Killdare 
and prince of Lynster, died. Moylepoyle mac 
Aileall, Bushop, best scribe, and anchorite of 
all Leihkoyn, died. King Donnogh went with 
an army to Connaught, where, in the wilderness 


41 


Cele, son of Anrothan, lord of Ui-Crimhthannain, 


of Athlone, he lost divers of his army, and 
Kenny, mac Connor, King of Affalie” [Offalie]. 
* Indreaghtagh, mac Connor, prince of Con- 
naught, died. The Danes of Limbrick spoiled 
and ransacked Clonvicknose, and from thence . 
they went on Logh Rie, and preyed all the islands 
thereof. Ffingonie O’Molloye, King of Fear- 
keall, died."— Ann. Clon. 

z Cill-Sleibhthe. — Otherwise written Cill- 
Sleibhe, now Killeavy,.near Newry, in the 
county of Armagh.—See note ?, under A. D. 
517, p. 168, suprà. 

* Snamh- Aighneach.—Now Carlingford Lough, 
between the counties of Louth and Down, —See 
note f, under A. D. 850, p. 484, suprà. 


eT ae eee Se 


610 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. (922. 


bap, plogdamna Connaéc, oo mapbad. Fin mac Maelmonda, mo Murpe- 
ccám, mogoamna Laugh, oo manbao la Ceallac, mac Cepbaill. Plartbeap- 
cach, mac lonmarném, oo $abáit vo Ghallaib 1 n Imp Coca Cpé, 4 a bpeié co 


, Luimneach. 


Cloip Cpiopc, naor ccéo pice a oó. On cárgeaó bliadam vo Ohonnchao. 
Ouiblicip, abb Cluana heneach. MuipCohac, mac Domnall, abb Mamy- 
cpeach buite, cfnn atcomane (a. piappaige) pean mbps uile, d6ccanb,cléinerb, 
q maonmumnceine Pacparg ó Shab Puaro co Cargniu oég. Maolmopda, mac 
Congalaig, abb Oammnm, Mocca na hInnpi, mac Cfpnacam, pagapc Apoa 
Maca, oécc. Cellac, mac C(pbaill, mogoarhna taigh, lá Donnchad, mac 
Oomnall, conċa prém, 7 Oonnchad, mac Domnall, niàóamna C(mpac, oo 
mapbao la Maolpuanaiwd, mac Concobarp, 1 noioġail Cellang, mic C(pbaill, 
mic Mumeccém. Congup oo Shallaib’ pon Loc €pne, co po morpp(c mnp(oa, 
7 oiléna an Loca, 1 na cuaca ap gach caob oe, 7 capipiom oóib pop an loc go 
rampad ap ceint, ; an cíp opagbail voib 1 necmamg (a. 1 noern(6) na pee 


pm. Gall oo cocc pop Loc Cuan, 4 Maolotin mac Goda msdamna an 


cgi oo mcm Leo. 
Rüáohpuroe. 


Dá céo dég vo $allaib Loca Cuan vo badad hı Loch 
Gall pon Coch Ribh .i. Colla mac banic, cigeapna. Cumnig, 


7 ap leo po mapbad Eachtigfpn, mac Plannchaoa, cigeapna 6p(grame. 


" Loch- Cre.—Now Monahincha, near Roscrea. 
—See note ‘, under the year 802, p. 412, supra. 
The year 921 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 922, alias 923, of the 


. Annals of Ulster, and with 919 of the Annals 


of Clonmaenoise, which notice the events of that 
year as follows : 
* A. D. 922” [al. 923]. ** Maelpatrick, mac 


. Morain, prince of Drumcliav and Ardsraha, 


mortuus est. Spelan, mae Congalai, per dolum 
occisus, being king of the Conells” [of Muir- 
theimhne]. “The spoyling of them of Arta” 
[Ferrard], * Lainn-Lere, and them of Ross in 
the same moneth” [recté, in eodem die], “and 
the spoyle of Cill-sleve by Genties" [Gentiles] 
“from Snavaignech, Duivlitir, priest of Ard- 
mach, with them” [recté, by them] “to be 
martired. Cucongalt, priest of Lainn-Lere, 


chiefe of Ireland in all vertues, in pace quievit. 
Maelcluiche, mac Conor, heyre of Connoght, 
per dolum occisus est. Ligach" [Flann] * mac 
Maeilsechlainn’s daughter, and Queene to the 
King of Bregh, mortua est. Finn, mac Mael- 
morra, heyre of Linster, a fratre suo occisus est. 
Maelcallan, prince of Disert-Diarmada, quievit. 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 919" [recté, 923]. ** Ligach, daughter 
of King Flann, mac Moyleseaghlynn, Queen of 
Moybrey, died, and was buried in Clonvicknose. 
Dowlitter, priest of Ardmach, was killed by the 
Danes. Dedim O'Foirvhen, Tanaist, Abbott of 
Clonvicknose, died." — Ann. Clon. 
` * Mochta of the Island: i. e. Inis-Mochta, now 
Inishmot, in a parish of the same name, in the 
barony of Slane, and county of Meath. The 
ruins of the church of Inis-Mochta are still to 


922.) , ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 611 


died. Maelcluithe, son of Conchobhar, heir apparent of Connaught, was killed. ` 


Finn, son of Maelmordha, son of Muiregan, heir apparent of Leinster, was slain 
by Ceallach, son of Cearbhall.  Flaithbheartach, son of Inmainen, was taken 
by the foreigners on the island of Loch-Cre", and conveyed to Limerick. 

The Age of Christ, 922, The fifth year of Donnchadh. Duibhlitir, Abbot 
of Cluain-eidhneach ; Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, 
head of the counsel of all the men of Breagh, lay and ecclesiastical, and steward 
of Patrick's people, from Sliabh Fuaid to Leinster, died. Maelmordha, son of 
Conghalach, Abbot of Daimhinis. Mochta of the Island’, son of Cearnachan, 
priest of Ard-Macha, died., Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, heir apparent of Lein- 
ster, was slain by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall; and Donnchadh, son of Domh- 
nall, heir apparent of Teamhair, was slain by Maelruanaidh, son of Conchobhar, 
in revenge of Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, son of Muirigen*. A fleet of foreigners 
upon Loch Eirne’, so that they plundered the islands and islets of the lake, and 
the distriets on every side of it ; and they remained on the lake till the ensuing 
summer, and they left the country at the end of that time. Foreigners came 
upon Loch Cuan ; and Maelduin, son of Aedh, heir apparent of the province, 
fell by them. Twelve hundred of the foreigners were drowned in Loch Rudh- 
ruidhe Foreigners upon Loch Ribh, i. e. [under the conduct of] Colla, son of 
Barith, lord of Luimneach ; and it was by them Eachtighearn, son. of Flann- 
chadh, lord of Breaghmhaine*, was slain. | 


‘be seen on a spot of ground containing about 
two acres, which was formerly an island, and is 
now surrounded by low, marshy ground, which 
is always flooded in Winter. According to 
O'Clery's Irish Calendar, the festival of St. 
Mochta of this place was kept here on the 26th 
of March. He is to be distinguished from St. 
Mochta of Louth, whose festivals were cele- 
brated on the 24th of March and 19th of 
August.—See note *, under A. D. 448, p. 135, 
suprà. See Inis-Mochta again referred to at 
the years 939, 997, 1026, 1138, 1150, and 
1152. 

à Son of Muirigen.— The language of this pas- 
sage is very carelessly constructed by the Four 
Masters. It should stand thus: 


** Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, 
heir apparent to the kingdom of Leinster, was 
slain by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, heir ap- 
parent of Teamhair, who was slain by Maelrua- 
naidh, son of Conchobhar, in revenge of Ceal- 
lach.” 

© Loch-Eirne. — Now Ligh Erne, in the 
county of Fermanagh.—See note *, under A. M. 
3151, p. 47, suprà. 

f Loch-Rudhruidhe : i.e. Rury’s Lough.—See 
note", under A. M. 2545, p. 7, suprà. See also 
the Feilire- Aenguis, note at 29th August. 

* Breaghmhaine.—Now Brawney, a barony 
verging on Loch Ribh, or Lough Ree, in the 
county of Westmeath. After the establishment 
of surnames, the chief family in this territory 


412 1: 


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612 


Coir Cpropc, naoi ccéo piche a cpí. 


Failbe, ancore, vécc. 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


, 


[924. 


Cn peipead bhadan oo Ohonnchad. 


Catal, mac Concubap, pi ceona Connache, [vécc]. 
Oubgsall, mac Cloda, mg Ulad, oo mapbao la hUllcorb 3. la Cenel Maelce. 
Loncan, mac Ouncada, cigeapna Ons [oécc]. 


Cp via nécc po nóáio(o, 


Nao mbliaona acp(p, apm opon, ó Plann Timpach, ní cop ngel, 
Catal Connaéc, pi na napr, Oubsall cuaga pi balc Opts. 


Oomnall, mac Catarl, nrgóarima Connaéc, oo mapbao la abpataip, Tag 
mac Cacail, 7 Caóg oo $abáil ronawd a atap. Paolan, mac Mumlohog, pi 
Laig(n, co na mac .1. Concan, oo epngabail la Gallart Acha chach. Tompap, 


mac Compale, oo mapbad oo Conmaicmb mapa. 


Plaitciup, mac Sco- 


pachán, ci$seapna Ua Cpiomcannám, oécc. 

Cloip Cort, naoi gcéo, pice, a cléain. Cn peaccmaoó bliadam oo Ohonn- 
chad. Colman, mac Cilla, abb Cluana lopaipo, 7 Cluana mic Nop, eppuce, 
q voccop egnamb, oég. Ap leip oo ponad oammliac Cluana mic Nói. Oo 


Chonaillib Muipcemne a cenel. 


Qn of(chmao bliadan, vail oip, po pn pailce 7 um 
Colman Cluana gain gach cup ; Alboann vo dol oap mu. 


took the surname of O’Braie, now O’Breen, 
Breen, and sometimes incorrectly O’Brien. 

The year 922 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 923, alias 924, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 920 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, which give some of the events of 
that year (wre communis 924) as follows : 

* A. D. 923" [al. 924]. ** A navy of the 
Genties” [Gentiles] **upon Loch-Erne, spoyl- 
ing all the Ilands of the Loch, and the contry 
about the haven, and left it in Somer next. 
Genties at Loch Cuan, and Maelduin, mac 
Hugh, heyre of Ulster, was slain by them. 
Great shipping of the Genties of Loch Cuan, 
drowned at Fertais Ruraie, where nine hundred 
or more were lost. Anarmy by Gofrith O'Hivar 
from Dublin to Limericke, where many of his 
men were killed by Mac Ailche. Mureach mac 
Daniell, second to the Abbot of Ardmach, High 


Serjeant” [Gpomaep] “of the south O’Nells, 
and coarb of Buty, mac Bronai, the head doer” 
[recté, the head counseller] “of all the men of 
Bregh among the" [laity and] * clergy, 5 die 
Kal. Dec. vita decessit. Maelmorra, mac Con- 
gaile, prince of Daivinis, quievit.” —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom, 49. 

“ A. D. 920” [recté, 924]. “ Two hundred of 
the Danes were drowned in Logh Rowrie. The 
Danes made residence on Logh Rie, by whom 
Eghtigern, mac Flancha, prince of Brawnie, 
was killed. Foylan mac Murtagh, or Morey, 
King. of Lynster, was taken by the Danes, 
and led captive together with his sons.” —Ann. 
Clon. | 

^ Lorcan. — “ A. D. 920" [recté, 925]. 
“ Lorckan, mac Donnogh, prince of Moybrey, 
died.” —Ann. Clon. 

i Exact: opon.—This word is glossed .1 


924.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ' 613 


The Age of Christ, 923. The sixth year of Donnchadh. Failbhe, ancho- 
rite, died. Cathal, son of Conchobhar, king of the three divisions of Connaught, 
[died]. Dubhghall, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, was slain by the Ulidians, 
i.e. by the Cinel-Maelche. Lorcan", son of Dunchadh, lord of Breagh, [died]. 
Of their deaths was said : 


Nine years, it is known, exact! the computation, from Flann of 
Teamhair, it is not a charming circumstance, 

Til Cathal of Connaught, king of the nobles, and Dubhghall 
of Tuagha, strong King of Breagh. 


Domhnall, son of Cathal, heir apparent of Connaught, was killed by his 
brother, Tadhg, son of Cathal; and Tadhg assumed the place of his father. 
Faelan, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, with his son, i. e. Lorcan, was 


taken prisoner by the foreigners of Ath-cliath*. Tomrar, son of Tomralt, was 


slain by the Conmaicni-mara. Flaithchius, son of Scorachan, lord of Ui-Crimh- 
thannain, died. 

The Age of Christ, 924. The seventh year of Donnchadh. Colman, son 
of Ailill, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird and Cluain-mie-Nois, a bishop and wise doctor, 
died. It was by him the Daimhliag™ of Cluain-mic-Nois was built; he was of 
the tribe of the Conailli-Muirtheimhne. 


The tenth year, a just deeree, joy and sorrow reigned, 
Colman of Cluain, the joy of every tower, died; Albdann 


went beyond sea. 


cinnce, i. e. certain, or exact, in the Stowe copy. 

i Domhnall.—“ A. D. 920. Donnell, mac Ca- 
hall, prince of Connought, was killed by his 
own brother." — An. Clon. 

* The foreigners of Ath-cliath : i.e. the Danes 
of Dublin. 

The year 923 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 924, alias 925, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which note a few of the events 
of that year as follows: 

** A. D. 924” [al. 925]. ** Duvgall, mac Hugh, 
King of Ulster, a suis jugulatus est. Lorcan, 
mac Dunchaa, King of Bregh, senili morte mori- 


tur. Cahall, mac Conor, King of Connaght, in 
penitentia obiit. Daniell mac Cahel killed by his 
cosen” [recté, brother] “ Teige fraudulently, 
and others of the nobles of Connaght."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

! Conmaicni-mara : i e. the inhabitants of 
Connamara, or the barony of Ballynahinch, in 
the north-west of the county of Galway.—See 
note }, under A. D. 663, p. 274, supra. 

m Daimhliag : i. e. the Stone-church, or Cathe- 
dral of Clonmacnoise. The death of this abbot 
is entered in the Chronicon Scotorum at the year 
926.—See Petrie’s Round Towers, pp. 266, 267. 


614 ANNAA gRioghacnca EIREANN. 


[925. 


Maolpeachlamnn, mac Maolpuanaw, cipopígoarima Teampach, 7 Oun- 
eacaioh, mac Laogaipe, plaich Pean cCeall, vég. Opgam Ome Sobaince 
vo Hhallaib Loca Cuan, 1 po manbad daone 1omoa leó. 


Q c(&aip. pié(c ap glé, agup naoi ccéo cen cimoibe, 
O po strap mac Oe bí co honccam Oum Sobang. 


Raomead ma Muipceancac, mac Neill 4 pa nUlcaib occ Opocac Cluana 
na cnuim¢e(p an 28 oo Oecembep oia Oapoaom vo punnpad, oú in no mapbao 
occ ccéo mmo ccoipeachaib 1. Alboann, mac Hoppat, Clupep,? Role. Ro 
gabad caċc peachemaine pop anlfè oile nob occ Oè Cpuréne, 50 craig 
Hoppa, cig(pna Gall, ó Ac chat oia. ccobanp. “Onsain Cille vapa vo 
Ghallaib Puipc Lompge. A hopgam oom 6 At chat spin mbliadan 
éfona. Pepgup, mac Owligem, eig(pna Lug, oo manbad la pab Opeipne. 
Mochca, eppcop Ua Néll q paccapc Apoa Maca,7 Mupfoach, mac Vom- 
naill, cánaipı abbaoh Opoa Maca, voéz. : 

Clip Core, naoi ccéo a cing pichle. On coċcmaò badam oo Ohonn- 
chad. Copbmac, mac Piébpam, abb linne oa Locha, Maolpfecain, abb 
Cluana peapca Molua, vég. Soichleacan Cige Munda vo ğum 7 a écc ài. 


^ Dun-Sobhairce.—Now Dunseverick, near 


the Giants’? Causeway, in the north of the 


county of Antrim.—See note*, under A. M. 
3501, pp. 26, 27, suprà. 

° Cluain-na-g Cruimhther : i.e. the lawn or 
meadow of the priests or presbyters. Not iden- 
tified. 

? Being Thursday.—This shews that the year 
was not 924, for in that year the 28th of De- 
cember fell on Tuesday; but, according to the 
Annals of Ulster, this victory was gained by 
Muircheartach in 926, in which year the 28th 
of December fell on Thursday. Hence, it is 
quite evident that the Annals of the Four Mas- 
ters are ante-dated at this period by two years. 

3 Ath-Cruithne: i.e. Ford of the Crutheni, or 


Picts. This is probably the same as that called. 


Athcrathin, in the foundation Charter of Newry, 
and now included in Sheeptown, in the lordship 


of Newry.— See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities 
of Down and Connor, ĝe., p. 1T. 

* Lurg.—Now the barony of Lurg, in the 
north of the county of Fermanagh.—See note", 
under A. D. 1369. 

s Mochta.— The Annals of Ulster, though they 
generally differ two years about this period 
from the chronology adopted by the Four Mas- 
ters, yet agree with them in the date of the 
death of this bishop: 

** A. D. 923" [al. 924]. “Mochta, bushopp of 
the O’Nells, and priest of Ardmach, in pace 
quievit." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. i 

The year 924 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 925, alias 926, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 921 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, but the true year is 926, as 
is, demonstrable from the criteria above set 
forth: 


hat ble | 


Ad 


925.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 615 


Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, heir apparent to the sovereignty of 
Teamhair; and Duineachaidh, son of Laeghaire, chief of Feara-Ceall, died. 
Dun-Sobhairce? was plundered by the foreigners, and many persons were slain 
by them. 

Twenty-four years exactly, and nine hundred without curtailment, 
From the birth of the son of the living God to the plundering of 
Dun-Sobhairci. 

A victory was gained by Muircheartach, son of Niall, and the Ulidians, at 
the bridge of Cluain-na-gCruimhther’, on the 28th of December, being Thurs- 
day”, where were slain eight hundred men with their chieftains, Albdann, son of 


Godfrey, Aufer, and Roilt. The other half of them were besieged for a week . 


at Ath-Cruithne’, until Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, came to their assistance 
from Ath-cliath. Cill-dara was plundered by the foreigners of Port-Lairge. It 
was plundered again by [the foreigners of] Ath-cliath in the same year. Fear- 
ghus, son of Duiligen, lord of Lurg", was slain by the men of Breifne. Mochta', 
Bishop of Ui-Neill, and priest of Ard-Macha; and Muireadhach, son of Domh- 


nall, Tanist-abbot of Ard-Macha, died. 


The Age of Christ, 925. The eighth year of Donnhhadh. Cormac, son 
of Fithbran, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelpeadair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta- 
Molua, died. Soichleachan of Teach-Munna was wounded, and died of the 


* A. D. 925? [al. 926]. ** Dunsovarche praied 
by the Genties” [Gentiles] “of Loch Cuan, 
where many men were killed and taken" [in 
quo multi hominés occisi sunt & capti] “An 
overthrowe geven by Murtagh mac Nell, at 
Snavaigne, where 200 men were killed" [ubi cc. 
decollati sunt]. “ Colman, prince of Clon-Iraird 
and Clon-mic-Nois, scriba et Episcopus, in Christo 
quievit.: Fergus, mac Duiligen, King of Lorg, 
killed by the men of Brefny. The Navy of 
Loch Guan taken at Linn-Duochaill, viz., Alp- 
than, mac Gofrith, pridie Nonas Septembris, An 
overthrowe by Murtagh mac Nell at the bridge 
of Clon-Crumher, in quinta. feria, quinta Kalen- 
darum Januarii, where fell Alpthann mac 
Gofrith, cum magna strage exercitus sui. They 
were sett about” [besieged] “ fora whole seave- 


A 


night at the battle” [recte, at the ford] “ of 
Cruithne, untill Gofrith, king of the Genties, 
came from Dublin to relieve them." — An. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 921" [recte 926]. * Colman mac 
Ailealla, abbot-of Clonvicknose and Clonard, a 
sage doctor, died in his old age. Donsovarke 
was preyed by the Danes of Loch Cuan; Kill- 
dare by the Danes of Waterford, and again by 
the Danes of Dublyn the same year. Mortagh, 
son of King Neale Glunduffe, made a great 
slaughter of the Danes, where Alvdon, son of 
Godfrey, Awfer and Harold, together with 800 
Danes were killed. Downeachah, mac Lagerie, 
prince of Farkeall, died. Moyleseaghlyn, mac 


Moyleronie, archprince of Taragh, died.”—Ann. ` 


Clon. 


La 
a 
P: 


616 ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. [925. 


pian, mac Cinnendig, oo Senemam pan mbliadan pm a. yru. badna porn 
Maolfchlamn mac Domnall. Oonngal, Ropa Comma, décc. Camoeal- 
ban, mac Maolcpóm, cigeapna Ua Laoġane,] Pogapcach, mac Lacenén, 
cigeapna Teatba, oécc. Gaoch, mac Ouibpoa, eizeapna Ciannaéca Slinne 
Hemm, oo mapbaoh la Muipefpcach, mac Néill. Sicmuc ua hlomaip, 


cigeapna Oubgall4 Pionngall, vécc. Goppart co na Ghallaib vo pagbanl, 


Qa chat, 7 a nool na pppiceimg ian pé míopaibh. Goll Linne Ouacaill 
do deInge (.1. p&ccbáil) Epeann. Oenach Taille vo &oipm(pcc la Murn- 
c(ncach mac Néill im Oonnchad Ua ITlaoileaclamn, cpa 1mneipi cata bof 
coppa, go por Coapnpcap Ora gan puiliuccaó gan Poipofpgaó pop neach diob: 
Maolbpigve, mac Copnám, comopba Pacpaicc 7 Colum Cille, 4 Adam- 
noun, chd cnabaid € neann ule, 7 upmdip Coppa, oég 1ap p(noacaio cocchaióe 
22 Pebpuapn. Comò opopauiem(c a bop a oubpaoh, 


, Ala bhadain oécc ni dwp, 

© A hocc Cailne lul Plamn pm hinp, 
Q hocht Cailne Manza muaio, 
Maolbmgoe buaid nGaoweal ngáin. 
O genam mac oeoba Dé 
Fon biċ cé hi colla epi, 
Cing bliadna picec naoi ccéo, 
Co hécc Maoilbnigve 1ap nf. 
Ni bliadain cen capipne, 
Cnabbaid abb Cípoa Macha, 
Maolbmgoe bapp €opaipe, 
Copbmac linne vá locha. 


t Brian, son of Cinnedigh.—This is the prince 
who afterwards became Monarch of Ireland, and 
is better known by the name of Brian Borumha. 

* Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall.—He was 
the Monarch of Ireland till 1002, when he was 
deposed by Brian Borumha. 

* Caindealbhan.—He was the ancestor from 
whom the family of O’Caindealbhan, now Quin- 
lan and Kindellan, of Ui Laeghaire, in Meath, 
took their hereditary surname.—See the Mis- 
cellany of the Irish Archeological Society, vol, i. 


p. 142, note °. 

» Dubhghoill and Finnghoill: i.e. black for- 
eigners and fair foreigners, or the Danes and 
Norwegians.—See note ", under the year 849, 
pp. 481, 482, supra. The Irish also called their 
Scandinavian invaders by the general name of 
Lochlannaigh, which Keating (in the reign of 
Aedh Oirdnidhe) explains as lo¢-lonnang, i. e. 
** powerful on lakes, or on the sea” : ^ 

** Nec Hibernica vox Lochlonnuigh, que Danos 
significat nationis illius proprium nomen est, sed 


925.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 617 


wound. Brian, son of Ceinnedigh*, was born in this year, i. e. twenty-four years 
before Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall". Donnghal of Ros-Commain, died. 
Caindealbhan, son of Maelcron', lord of Ui-Laeghaire ; and Fogartach, son of 
Lachtnan, lord of Teathbha, died. Goach, son of Dubhroa, lord of Cianachta- 
Glinne-Geimhin, was slain by Muircheartach, son of Niall. Sitric, son of Imhar, 
lord of the Dubhghoill and Finnghoill", died. Godfrey, with his foreigners, left 
Ath-cliath, but came back after six months. The foreigners of Linn-Duachaill 
deserted (i.e. left) Ireland. The fair of Tailltin was prevented by Muirchear- 
tach, son of Niall, against Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, in consequence of a 
challenge of battle which was between them; but God separated them, without 
slaughter or bloodshed on either side. St. Maelbrighde*, son of Tornan, suc- 
cessor of Patrick, Colum Cille and Adamnan, head of the piety of all Ireland, 
and of the greater part of Europe, died at a good old age, on the 22nd of 
February ; in commemoration of whose death was said : 


Twelve years not trifling 

On the eighth of the Calends of July, Flann was buried, 
On the eighth of the Calends of noble March, 
Maelbrighde most gifted of the brave Gaeidhil [died]. 
Since the divine Son of God was born 

Upon the earthly world in carnal shape, 

Five years and twenty, nine hundred, 

To the death of Maelbrighde in evil hour. 

It was not a year without events ; 

Premature the death of the Abbot of Ard-Macha, 
Maelbrighde, head of Europe, < 

Cormac’ of Gleann-da-locha. 


ilis ab Hibernica gente ideo impositum, quód 
validi fuerint epibate, seu quód strenues se 
milites in bellis navalibus prebuerint; Loch 
enim apud Hibernos perinde est ac lacus seu 
mare, et lonn ac validus, ex quibus una vox Loch- 
lonn conflata est, nempé gens que classibus 


solito numerosioribus in Hiberniam pluries in- - 


vecta, infinitis eam molestiis infestabant, novo 
quodam nomine ac classiarios earum vires ex- 
cogitato, notari debuit."— Lynch, manuscript 


translation of Keating’s Hist. Irel., p. 218. See 
note?, under the year 851, p. 486, suprà. 

The Irish also called the Scandinavians by the 
name of Geinte, which the original compiler of the 
Annals of Ulster usually calls in Latin Gentiles. 

* St. Maelbrighde.—He succeeded Maelcobha 
in 885, and the true year of his death is 927. 
— See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
pp- 46, 47. 

' Cormac.—The Stowe manuscript adds by 


4k 


ee eee. eee ee ee E a ee d 22 1 NA "ft. Ce eS ee SA eee Se 


618 ANNALA. RIOShachta EIREANN. [926. 


. Anpotan, mac Maolguipm, oo Zabdal ciZeapnupa Copcomodpuad. 

Corp Cpiopc, naoi ccéo, pice a pé. On nomad bliadam oo Ohonnchao. 
baoithine,abb bippae, Pionnacca,abb Concaige, cCno pias la epmoin €peann, 
Cianan, abb chad bó Cainoigh, Celeoabail, mac Scannail, oo dol co Rom 
via ciliépe a habòame Ó66nocaip, 7 acbepc na poinnpi occ imtect dó. 


M ‘ 


Michig vampa camp oo tprall o conarb c(5larg, 
Oo apccnamh mmm ailicep, cap cumn mapa muaio m(nmnoaig. 


Michs amaoh *oóinnclaóao collna co lion a cape, 
Mich 1apamh mpavdad co po ppit Mac mon Manne. 
Mich apccnam pualac, palcpad pop coil co tneamon, 
Michig pneiceach noualcha, aguy oepna pp deamon. 

-= Michg copp vo caimuccad, oai ipa cion pon bpena, 
Mhichis porr 1an ccoipipiuo anm 1 ccelcemíp ap noépa. 
Mhichs pocul ei5lénéi, cepbad ppí snip) 5náca, 
Michs oman monaióe cpeapa luam láice bpáca. 
Michis lam conp epéobaióe, copcaó ım cpábaro nglinne, 
Michg peic na neapéparoe ap tip na placa pinne. 
Mich lam py cupbarde oomnam cé cécoaib caingfn, 
Michs gnér pp bipnange, 1cc adpad aipomy amgeal. 
Clcc mge 01 aen badan, ni c(pca oom cpí piccib. 
Chmiplh po naom pagal m nach margin ba mechs. 


Ni mapacc mo éomaeippi, biccíp pp cnaband cpichio, 


nad vo mot pó baorppi mnach margin bá michig. 


way of gloss, inter lineas, **:. Conbmac, mac 
Ficbpain, abb linne vá locha, i. e. Cormac, 
son of Fithbran, abbot of Glendalough.” 

The year 925 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 926, alias 927, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and. with 922 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise ; but the true year is 927: 

** A.. D. 926" [al> 927]. **.Maelbride, mac 
Dornaine, Coarb of Patrick and Colum Cille, 
felice senectute quievit... Sitrick O'Hivair, King 
of Black and White Genties, zmmatura etate mor- 
tuus est. The Navy of Linn" [Duachaill] “ de- 
parted, and Gofrith departed Dublin, but came 


back againe before the end of six moneths" 
[et iterum Gothfrith reversus est ante finem sex 
mensium]. ‘A skirmish geven at the faire by 
Mae Nell to Donogh O’Maelsechlainn ; but the 
Lord separated them without any killing" [sed 
Dominus eos separavit sine ulla occisione]. ** Goach 
mac Duivroa, King of Cianacht of Glenn-Gavin, 
killed by Murtagh, mac Nell... Fogartach mac 
Lachtnain, King of Tehva, dolose a sua familia 
occisus. est. Cormac, Episcopus of Glindaloch 
and Airchinnech, quievit.” —Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 

.** A. D. 922” [recte, 927]. “ Moylbrigitt, mac 


ee 
yen 


926.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 619 


Anrothan, son of Maelgorm, assumed the lordship of Corca-Modhruadh. 

The Age of Christ, 926. The ninth year of Donnchadh. Baeithine, Abbot 
of Birra; Finnachta, Abbot of Corcach, head of the rule of the most of Ireland ; 
Ciaran, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Celedabhaill, son of Scannal, went to 
Rome. on his pilgrimage from the abbacy of Beannchair ; and he composed 


these quatrains at his departure : 


. 


Time for me to prepare to pass from the shelter of a habitation, 

To journey as a pilgrim over the surface of the noble, lively sea. 
Time to depart from the snares of the flesh, with all its guilt, 

Time now to ruminate how I may find the great son of Mary. 

Time to seek virtue, to trample upon the will with sorrow, 

Time to reject vices, and to renounce the Demon. 

Time to reproach the body, for of its crime it is putrid, 

Time to rest after we have reached the place wherein we may shed 


our tears. 


Time to talk of the last day, to separate from familiar faces, 

Time to dread the terrors of the tumults of the day of judgment. 
Time to defy the clayey body, to reduce it to religious rule, 

Time to barter the transitory things for the country of the King of 


heaven. 


Time to defy the ease of the little earthly world of a hundred pleasures, 
Time to work at prayer, in adoration of the high King of angels. 
But only a part of one year is wanting of my three score, 

To remain under holy rule in one place it is time. 

Those of my own age are not living, who were given to ardent devotion, 
To desist from the course of great folly, in one place it is time. 


Tornayn, a substitute or Cowarb of St. Patrick 
and of St. Columbkill, and chief head of the 
devout of Ireland, died. Sittrick O’Himer, 
prince of the new and old Danes, died. The 
Danes of Dublin departed from Ireland. The 
fair of Taillten was held by King Donnogh and 
Mortagh mac Neale” [recte, but disturbed by 
Mortagh mac Neale]. “ My author sayeth of 
Mortagh that he was Membrum iniquum inobe- 


diens capiti iniquo. Coyndealvan, mac Moylcron, 


prince of the race of King Lagerius, died, of: 


whom” [are descended] “the sept of Moynty- 
Kenydelan. Mac Eilgi, with the sons of Sitrick, 
took Dublyn on Godfrey. Colen, mac Keally, 
prince of Ossorie, died. Tomrair, mac Alchi, 
King of Denmark, is reported to go” [to have 
gone] ‘ to hell with his pains, as he deserved.” 
—Amnn. Clon. 


4x2 


7 


r 


620 ; ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [927. 


ba liach Copbmac cuinfoach gaeca go plfsaib pitib, 
Inopeaécach muad, Muipfoach, Maonach, Maol molbtac Michig. 


Murpgeal, mgn Plomn, mic Maolpeachtamn, vég hi cCluain mic Noip. 


Oonnchad, mac Oomnarll, mogoamna an Cuaipceipc, oo mapbaoh la Nopc- — 


manoaib. Lopcán, mac Maolcéin, ci&(mna Ua Pase, dég. Pronnacca, 
mac Tas, níogóarina Ua Cemnpealaig, vég. Cionaed mac Ognam, tiğ- 
eapna Langim, oo mapbaó. Cagpa, mac Pops, ciseapna Curgne Con- 
nacht, 7 Chc, mac Plaicbeapcaig, ci$eapna Conca Modpuad, oég. Opgam 
Cille oapa a Punt Lapse la mac Hotppmeé, co puccpac bpoic 7 evala 
mópa eipce. Maolpuanar, mac Concobarp, oo mapbad la Oonnchad. . 

Coip Crops, naor ccéo piche a peaéc. On ofchtnad bhadan vo Oonn- 
chad. Tuatal, mac Oenacám, eppcop Ooimliace 7 Cupca, q maop mumn- 
cime Paccpaice. Celeoabaill, mac Scanoail, comapba Comgaitt beanocar, 
po Epimn eappcop pepibnió, pnoic(pcaió, 7 ooccop (pgna, vég ma lične 1pm 
Roimh an 14 do Sepcembep, 7 1pm naomhaoh bliabam ap caogacc a aop. 
ba do bliabam a bap po parohead, 


Tp nao, nao ccéo oo bliaónaib, pfomtap po maslarb pelib, 
O gem Cpíopc, gníom ga noéime, co bap card Céle cléipigh. 


Caoncompac, mac Maolmdip, abb 4 eppcop Dane Calccarcch, 7 maop 
cana Clóamnám, Tuatal, mac Maolciapáım, abb Cluana heionech [décc]. 
Pengil, abb Tipe oa glapp, oécc 1 Róimh ma oiitpe.. Ounchab,mac 6paonám, 
pasapc Cille vapa, Maolginicc, abb Tige Spice Cluana mic Noip, Maol- 


z Cormac.—It is stated in an interlined gloss 
that this was Cormac Mac Cuileannan.—See 
note», on the battle of Bealach-Mughna, p. 564 
to 569, suprà. 

* Eaghra, son of Poprigh.—He is the ancestor 
from whom the Ui-Eaghra or O'Haras of Leyny, 
in the county of Sligo, have derived their name. 
According to Duald Mac Firbis, Fearghal Mor 
O'Hara, who erected Teach-Teampla, now Tem- 
plehouse, was the eleventh in descent from this 
Eaghra, and Cian or Kean O'Hara, who was 


living in 1666, was the eighth in descent from 
that Fearghal. 

The year 926 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 927, alias 928, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 923 of the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise, but the true year is 928: 

* A. D. 927” [al. 928]. * Baeihin, Coarb of 
Brenainn Biror, quievi. Murgel, daughter to 
Maelsechlainn, in old age died" [in senectute 
obiit]. **Maelruana mac Conor, killed by Donogh. 
Donogh, mac Daniell, mic Hugh, killed by the 


tem DS 


CMT 


927.] : ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 621 


It was grievous that Cormac’ the hospitable was wounded with long 
lances,. 
Indreachtach the noble, Muireadhach, Maenach, the great Maelmithigh. 


Muirgheal, daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, died at Cluain-mic- 


Nois. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of the North, was slain by 
the Norsemen. Lorcan, son of Maelcein, lord of the Ui-Failghe, died. Fin- 
nachta, son of Tadhg, heir apparent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Cinaedh, son 
of Oghran, lord of Laeighis, was killed. Eaghra, son of Poprigh*, lord of 
Luighne, in Connaught; and Ceat, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modh- 
‘ruadh, died. The plundering of Cill-dara by the son of Godfrey Port-Lairge, 
who carried away captives and great spoils from thence.  Maelruanaidh, son of 
Conchobhar, was slain by [king] Donnchadh. 

The Age of Christ, 927. The tenth year of Donnchadh. Tuathal, son of 


Oenacan, Bishop of Daimhliag and Lusca, and steward of the family of Patrick’; - 


Celedabhaill, son of Scannall, successor of Comhgall of Beannchair, throughout 
Ireland, bishop, scribe, preacher, and learned doctor, died on his pilgrimage at 
Rome, on the 14th of September, and in the fifty-ninth year of his age. Of the 
year of his death was said : 


Three times nine, nine hundred years, are reckoned by plain rules 
From the birth of Christ, deed of purity, to the holy death of Cele 
the Cleric. 


Caencomhrac, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot and Bishop of Doire-Chalgaigh, and 
steward of Adamnan’s law’; Tuathal, son of Maelciarain, Abbot of Cluaineidh- 
neach, [died]. Ferghil, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, died at Rome on his pilgrimage. 
Dunchadh, son of Braenan, priest of Cill-dara ; Maelgiric, Abbot of the house 


Nordmans. Mac Ailche upon Loch-Nehagh, Byrre, died. Murgeal, daughter of King Flann, 


with sea-men of Genties” [Gentiles], “ robbing 
all the ilands and borders about" [e confinia 
ejus] “ Diarmaid, mac Cerval, King of Ossory, 
mortuus est. Cele, the Coarb of Comgall, et 
apostolicus doctor totius Hibernie, went to pilgri- 
mage. Ciaran, Coarb of Cainnech, quievit."— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 923” [recte, 928]. ** Bohine, abbot of 


mac Moyleseaghlyn, died, an old and rich woman. 
Killdare was ransackt by the son of Godfrey of 
Waterford, and from thence he brought many 
captives.” —Ann. Clon. 

> Steward of the family of Patrick : i, e. proctor 
of Armagh. 

* Adamnan’s law.—See Petrie's History and 
Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 147 to 150. 


622 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


f (928: 


pacpaice, mac Celen, paccape 7 pecnap bfnncarp, Maolmurcheinge, peipeigim 
Cluana mic Nóip, Orapmaro, mac Ceapbaill, cigeapna Opnaighe, Inopeach- 
cach, mac Catal, cig(pna. Leri Caéail, [oécc]. Gavail pon Loc Orpbptn 
vo Ghallaib Luimnig, 1 mpi an locha vo opgan dóibh. Coimleang nó ċob- 
lag pop Loch Rib ercip Conmaicne 7 Tuit n€lla, in po manbad Catal 
Ua Maele, q Plaicbeapcach, mac Cuacgaile, 7 opong ole immaille pa. 
Sling lá Donnchad Fo Liachopurm mo acchad IHlupé(pcaich, mic Néill, co 
po pcappac gan puiliucéaó gan porpoeapecaoh pop anaile. Oia mboí Oonn- 
chad acc upepiall an cplórgió. Op ano ap pubnad, 


Cbpad neach ppi Oonnchad vonn, mp an ponnchad plaice clann, 
Cia beich Liat opum ap a cim, aca gillae oiapoam ann. 


Cainech, mg(n Canannain, b£n pig Epeann, vécc. Oomnall, mac Caos, 
wsoarnna Ua cCeimnpelarg, oés. Opgam Cille vapa ó Goctppich la pele 
byigoe. 

Cop Core, naoi ccéo pice a hocht. On caonmad bliadain oécc do 
Ohonnchaoh. Nuada, eppucc Glimne 04 lacha, Plann Pobaip, abb Cug- 
Thad, Maolcaoimgin mac Scannláin, abb Tige Mocua, 1 Oonngal, abb Ropa 
Comáin, vég. Maoloabonna, mac Oobailén, coipec Cuigne, ITluipé(pcach, 
mac €agpa, cigeapna. Curgne, 7 loónamoe Ua Mannacan oo mapbao. Gop- 
pout, ua hlomenp, co n&Gallaibh Ata chat, oo éoga 1 oo opgam Oepce 
Peapna, aipm m po mapbaó mile oo daormbh an badan pi, amal apb(pam 
1pm pann, 


E 


3 Loch Oirbsen.—Now Lough Corrib, in the 
county of Galway.—See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, 
p. 180; and Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's 
Chorographical Description of West Connaught, 
p. 20, note ". 

* Tuath nElla—A district on the west side of 
Lough Ree, in the barony of South Ballintober, 
and county of Roscommon. This district is 
called Fealla under A. D. 842.—See note *, 
under that year, p. 464, supra. 

f Liathdruim; i. e. the Grey Ridge. There 
are countless places of this name in Ireland, as 
Liathdruim, now Leitrim, which gave name to 


thecounty of Leitrim. It was one of the ancient 
names of the hill of Tara. 

The year 927 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with the year 928, alias 
929, of the Annals of Ulster, and with 924 of 
the Annals of Clonmaenoise, but the true year 
is 929 : 

** A. D. 928" [al. 929]. ** Tuahal, mac Mae- 
nagan, Scriba et Episcopus of Doimliag and 
Lusca, proctor to Patrick's men from the. moun- 
tain southerly; alas! immatura etate quievit, A 
Navy at Loch Orbsen in GConnaght. Cele, 
Coarb of Comgall, Scriba, Anchorita, €t aposto- 


928.] 


of the Seniors at Cluain-mic-Nois; Maelpadraig, son of Celen, priest and Vice- 
abbot of Beannchair ; Maelmoicheirghe, @conomus of Cluain-mie-Nois ; Diar- 
maid, son of Cearbhall, lord of Osraighe ; Innreachtach, son of Cathal, lord of 
Leath-Chathail [died]. The foreigners of Luimneach went upon Loch Oirbsen?, 
and the islands of the lake were plundered by them. A new fleet was launched 
upon Loch Ribh, between Conmaicne and Tuath-nElla*, where Cathal Ua Maele, 
and Flaithbheartach, son of Tuathghal, and some others along with them, were 
slain. An army was led by Donnchadh to Liathdruim*, against Muircheartach ; 
but they separated without battle, or shedding blood on either side. When 
Donnchadh was setting out on this expedition, these lines were composed : 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 623 


Let one say to Donnchadh the brown, to the bulwark of plundering 
septs, i 

That though Liathdruim be before him, there is an angry fellow 
there. ; 


Caineach, daughter of Canannan, and wife of the King of Ireland, died. 
Domhnall, son of Tadhg, heir apparent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The plun- 
dering of Cill-dara by Godfrey, on the festival day of St. Brighit. 

The Age of Christ, 928. The eleventh year of Donnchadh. Nuadha, 
Bishop of Gleann-da-locha ; Flann of Fobhar, Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Mael- 
caeimhghin, son of Scannlan, Abbot of Teach-Mochua ; and Donnghal, Abbot 
of Ros-Comain, died. Muircheartach, son of Eagra, lord of Luighne, and Idh- 
naidhe Ua Mannachain, were slain. Godfrey, grandson of Imhar, with the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath, demolished and plundered Dearc Fearna*, where one 
thousand persons were killed in this year, as is stated in this quatrain : 


licus Doctor totius Hibernie, in the 59 yeare of 
his age, 18. die Kal. Octobris, in peregrinatione 
feliciter Rome quievit. An army by Donncha to 
Liatrym upon mac Nell.”— Ann. Ult, Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 924" [recté, 929]. ** Twahall, mac 
Oenagan, Bushop of Dowleeke and Luske, ser- 
geant of Saint Patrick, died. Cayneagh, daugh- 
ter of Canannan, Queen of Ireland, and wife of 
King Donnogh O'Melaghlyn, died penitently. 
Dermott, mac Cervall, King of Ossorie, died. 


Inreaghtagh, mac Cahallan, prince of Lecall, 
died. Donogh, mac Brenan, abbot of Killdare, 
died. Virgill, abbot of Tyrdaglasse, Keyle mac 
Scannal, Cowarb of Beanchor and Cowgall, died 
happily in pilgrimadge.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Dearc-Fearna: i.e. the Cave of Fearna. 
“ Qeape .1, uag no uaimh.?— OQ" Clery. "This is 
described as in Osraighe, and was probably the 
ancient name of the cave of Dunmore, near Kil- 
kenny.—See the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. 
p. 73. 


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CUM CMT Te TIPPS TITO E 


624 .annaca mgioghachca EIREANN. [929. 


Naot ccéo bhiavhain gan voogna, a hochc pic(c non veanba, 
O voluió Cmort oáp ccoba co cogoil Oepce Fipra. 


Ap na nSall báoap pon Loc Oipbp(n do cup la Connaccarb. Goll Lum- 
mg do gabáil longpopc 1 Mug Roigne. Goll a. ım Copolb, oo gabal pon 
Loch €acach, 4 a longponc occ Ruba Mina. Accolb, rapla,4 ap Gall mbe, 
vo mapbao lá hUib Cemnpealaig. Fino, mac Mhaolmépoa, píogoarmna 
Ua pPailse, 7 Plann a deapbpataip oo mapbao. 

Qoip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo pice a naoi. On vapa bliadam oécc oo Ohonn- 
chad. Cpunnmaol, eppcop Cille oapa, Ciopparcce, mac Clinopene, abb 
Cluana mic Nó, 3. 00 Uib Opu a cenel, oég.. Maoileom, eppcop 7 anco 
Ata Thum, décc 1ap noeigbeataw. — C(nopaolaó, mac Loncam, comapba 
Cluana h€oaip 7 Clocarp mac nOaimeimi, vé5. Span, mac Colmám, abb 
Ropa Cpé, oo mapbaoh la Sallaib. Maelbmsoe, mac Peaoacám, abb 
Lamne mic Cuacam, 7 Oncu, pagapc Cille vapa, vécc. Cfpnacan, mac 
Tigeapnain, ciseapna Opeipne, vécc. Gall Lumms vo sabaal pop Loch 
Rib. Hoppa vo dol 1 nOppaigib oo 1onnanbad Ua nlomaip a Morg Rorgne. 
Oonncuan, mac Faolán, piogóarina Cargfn, 0€5. Oepbail, mgn Maolpmnia 
ogain Ceampa, [béz]. 

Cop Cpiopc, nao ccéo cpioca. Cn cpeap bliadan oécc oo Ohonnchao. 
Suibne, abb Lamne Léine, Omblicip, mac Sealbaig, abb Cige Moling, 1 


^ Magh- Roighne.—Otherwise written Magh- 
Raighne and Raighne, a celebrated plain in 
Ossory.—See note *, under A. M. 3817, p. 51; 
and note *, under A. D. 859, p. 494, supra. : 

i Rubha- Mena.—Not identified. 

* Finn, son of Maelmordha.—He was the an- 
cestor of O'Conor Faly, and Brian O'Conor 
Faly, who lost Offaly by his attainder in the 
reign of Philip and Mary, was the twentieth in 
descent from him. 

The year 928 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 929, alias 930, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 925 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this 
period : 

“ A. D. 929” [al. 930]. “ Gofrith O’Hivar, 


with the Genties” [Gentiles] “ of Dublin, broke 
down Derga-Ferna, which was not hard of aun- 
cient tyme” [quod non auditum est antiquis tem- 
poribus]. “Flann of Favair, bushop and ancho- 
rite, in his old age died happily. Genties upon 
Loch Ehach and their campe” [a longpopc] 
‘at Ruvamena. Genties upon Loch Behrach 
in Ossory.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A, D. 925” [recté, 930]. ** The Connaught- 
men committed a great slaughter on the Danes 
of Logh Oirbsen. The Danes of Lymbrick re- 
sided at Moyroyne. Torolv, prince of the Danes, 
armied" [i e. emcamped] **at Lough Neagh. 
Nwa, Bushop of Glandalogha, and Moylekevyn, 
abbot of Tymochwa, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

! Lann-mic-Luachain : i. e. the church of the 


———————————————— 


929. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 625 


Fig ^ x » 
Nine hundred years without sorrow, twenty-eight, it has been proved, 
Since Christ came to our relief, to the plundering of Dearc-Fearna. 


A slaughter was made of the foreigners who were on Loch Oirbsen by the 
Connaughtmen. The foreigners of Luimneach encamped in Magh-Roighne*. 
The foreigners, i. e. those under the command of Torolbh, took up their station 
at Loch-Eathach, and had their camp at Rubha-Mena. Accolbh Earl, with a 
slaughter of the foreigners about him, was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Finn, 
son of Maelmordha*, heir apparent of Ui-Failghe, and Flann, his brother, were 
slain. 

The Age of Christ, 929. The twelfth year of Donnchadh. Crunnmhael, 
Bishop of Cill-dara, Tibraide, son of Ainnsene, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of 
the sept of the Ui-Briuin, died.  Maeleoin, bishop and anchorite of Ath-Truim, 
died, after a good life. Ceannfaeladh, son of Lorcan, comharba of Cluain-Eois 
and Clochar-mac-Daimheini, died. Bran, son of Colman, Abbot of Ros-Cre, 
was slain by the foreigners. Maelbrighde, son of Feadacan, Abbot of Lann-mic- 
Luachain'; and Onchu, priest of Cill-dara, died. Cearnachan, son of Tighear- 
nan, lord of Breifne, died. The foreigners of Luimneach took up their station 
upon Loch Ribh. Godfrey went into Osraighe, to expel the grandson of Imhar 
from Magh-Roighne. Donncuan, son of Faelan, heir apparent of Leinster, died. 
Dearbhail, daughter of Maelfinnia, Queen of Teamhair, [died]. 

The Age of Christ, 930. The thirteenth year of Donnchadh. Suibhne, 
Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Duibhlitir, son of Sealbhach, Abbot of Teach-Moling, 


son of Luachan, so called from St. Colman, son 
of Luachan, whose festival was kept there on 
the 30th of March. This place is described in 
the Gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, at 30th March, 
as in Meath, and is the place now called Lynn, 
situated in the barony of Delvin, and county of 
Westmeath. It is to be distinguished from 
Lann-Leire.—See Archdall's Monasticon Hiber- 
nicon, p. 722. 

The year 929 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 930, alias 931, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 926 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, both which are very meagre 
at this period : " 


“ A. D. 930" [al. 931]. “ Tibraid mac An- 
sene, Coarb of Ciaran, extenso dolore obiit. 
Cennfaela mac Lorcain, prince of Cluon-Auis 
and Cloghar-mac-Damene, next to be abbot of 
Ardmach, died. Maeleoin, bushop and ancho- 
rite of Trim, happily died. Dervail, Maelfinnia’s 
daughter, Queen of Tara, mortua est. Cerna- 
chan, mac Tiernan, king of Brefny, mortuus est.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 926" [rectè 931]. “The Danes of 
Lymbrick, resided on Logh Ree. Onchowe, 
priest of Killdare, died. Godfrey went to 
Ossorie to banish O’Himar from Moyroyney. 
Cronmoyle, Bushop of Killdare; Keanfoyle, 


4L 


nmm 


626 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [931. 


fepleigmn Slinne oa locha, Peapoomnach, mac Plannagám, abb Cluana 
lopaino, Puacanza, abb Inpı Camo(ga, Maongal, mac 6ecám, abb Opoma 
chab, TIlaolgimicc, abb Pobaip, vécc.. Cipm(ó, abb Cuile pacham, vo map- 
bao la Gallaib. Clongap mac Angupa ppimpile Eneann, vécc. Plano, mac 
Maolpinna, cigeapna bpl oo manbad vo Uib Eachach, a. la Cummupccach 
mac €ccepcaig. Conad via écc po paro(o, 


ba veithbin vo Gaowealarb, oa léccíp véna pola, 
Nac cing Caillce Taowen Ua Plann, Plann an bhpoga. 


Cionaeb, mac Cainvealbain, tigeapna Cenel Laogaine. bacall Chianain 
1. an 6pameac do badad hi Loch Cecec, Loc Ui Fhadpa amá, oa p oécc 
amaille ppa, agup a pasbail po cévdéip. Comgpech Ua Leatlobarp, nf Ulad, 
dég. Tonolb rapla vo mapbad la Muincfpcach mac Néill 4 lá Dál nApande. 
Pann, mac Muipeadars, níogóamna Laig, 7 Concan, mac Cachail, pfos- 
damna Cargín, oécc. 

Coir Cpiopc, naoi ccécc cqpioca a haon. Cn clénamad bliadam décc do 
Ohonnchad. Copccpach, mac ITlaoitmuchaipgi, eppcop Tige Mochua, 4 na 
ccommano, Seachnupach paccapc Oeanmange, 1 Fedelm, 3. mg Domnall, 
banabb Cluana bponais, oég. Catal mac Oopám, cigeapna Laoigip, 3 
Cullen, mac Ceallaig, cigeapna Orpparge, véce. Celecen, y. mac Gabit, 
cigeapna na nCfipéeap, vécc.  Copcán, mac Eatach, an vapa cig(pna boí 
an can pin pon Chpé(p Lippe, oécc. Raomfoh1 Mog uaca pa pP f(pgal, mac 
Domnaill, 7 ma Siocppaò, mac Uatmanain a. mac mme Oomnall pop 
Muincfpcach, mac Neill, oú 1 ccopcaip Maolganb, mac Garnbit, cigeapna 


mac Lorcan, Cowarb of Cloneas and Clochor, 
and Bran mac Colman, abbot of Rossecre, died." 
—Ann. Clon. 

m Cuil-rathain.—Now Coleraine, a well-known 
town, on the River Bann, in the county of 
Londonderry.—See note *, under A. D. 1213. 

^ Taillte: i.e. Tailltin, now Teltown, near the 
town of Navan, in the county of Meath. 

° Brugh: i.e. Brugh-na-Boinne, a place on 
the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge, in 
the same county. 

? The Oraineach : i.e. of the circles or rings. 


9 Loch-Techet.—Now Loch Gara, near Boyle, 
on the confines of the counties of Roscommon 
and Sligo.—See note ?, under A. M. 2532, and 
A. D. 1256. 

The year 930 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 931, alias 932, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 926 of the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, which give a few of the events 
of that year (era commun. 932) as follows : 

“A. D. 931" [al. 932]. ** Ferdovnach, mac 
Flannagan, prince of Clon-Iraird, scriba optimus, 
quievit. [Torolv Earl, killed by mac Nell], 


931.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 627 


and Lector of Gleann-da-locha ; Feardomhnach, son of Flannagan, Abbot of 
Cluain-Iraird ; Fuacarta, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha ; Maenghal, son of Becan, 
Abbot of Druim-chliabh ; [and] Maelgiric, Abbot of Fobhar, died. Airmheadh, 
Abbot of Cuil-rathain”, was killed by the foreigners. Aenghus, son of Anghus, 
chief poet of Ireland, died. Flann, son of Maelfinnia, lord of Breagh, was slain 
by [one of] the Ui-Eathach, i. e. by Cummascach, son of Egceartach ; of whose 
death was said : 


It would be lawful for the Gaeidhil, if they should shed tears of blood, 
As Taillte of Taeidhen is not walked by the grandson of Flann, Flann 
of Brugh’. 


Cinaedh, son of Caindealbhan, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, [died]. The crozier 
of Ciaran, i. e. the Oraineach? was lost in Loch Techet*, now Loch-Ui-Ghadhra, 
and twelve men along with it; but it was found immediately. Loingseach 
Ua Leathlobhair, King of Ulidia, died. Torolbh the Earl was killed by Muir- 
cheartach, son of Niall, and the Dal-Araidhe. Flann, son of Muireadhach, heir 
apparent of Leinster; and Lorcan, son of Cathal, royal heir of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 931. The fourteenth year of Donnchadh. Cosgrach, 
son of Maelmochoirghi, Bishop of Teach-Mochua, and of the Commans'; Seach- 
nasach, priest of Dearmhach ; and Fedhelm, i. e. daughter of Domhnall, Abbess 
of Cluain-Bronaigh, died. Cathal, son of Odhran, lord of Laeighis; and Cuilen, 
son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, died. Celecen, i. e. the son of Gairbhith, lord 
of the Airtheara, died. Lorcan, son of Eochaidh, the second lord that was at 
that time over Airther-Life, died. A battle was gained in Magh-Uatha* by 
Fearghal, son of Domhnall ; and Sichfraidh, son of Uathmharan, i. e. the son of 
the daughter of Domhnall, over Muircheartach, son of Niall, where were slain 


** Maelgirie, Cowarb of Fechin Favair, dormivit. 
Loingsech Ua Lethlavair, King of Dalarai, mor- 
tuus est. Airmeach, prince of Culrahan, killed 
by Gentiles” [a Gentibus interfectus est]. ** Ci- 
naedh, mac Cainnelvain, Dua Generis Laegaire, 
jugulatus est. A navy upon Loch-Ri.”—Ann. 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 927” [al. 932]. ** Torulfe Asalfland 
was killed by these of Dalnary and by prince 
Moriertagh mac Neale. Swyne, abbott of Lyn- 


lere; Ferdonagh mac Flanagan, abbot of Clo- 
nard; Fwagarta, abbott of Iniskeyndea; and 
Moyngall mac Becan, abbott of Dromcleive, died 
a good happy death. Enos mac Angussa, chief 
poet of Ireland, died. Dowlitir mac Sealvay, 
abbott of Tymoling, and Lector of Gleandalogha, 
died." —Ann. Clon. 

* The Commanns.—See the years 870,898,915. 

* Magh- Uatha.— A. plain in the east of Meath, 
but its exact position is unknown to the Editor. 


412 


VN OE ny ane AT ee ee ET SIR aa a a cr nt een an a RE 


628 [932. 


Oeapluip, 7 Conmal, mac 6nuabpám, co nopumg oile hi maille pa. Raom- 
Coh pa cConamg, mac Néill co n&alloib Coca hEatach pon corgeao Ulao, 
of ı ccopcpacap oa 6éo décc. Goll oo gabái pop Locaib €ipne, co po 


ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 
) 


-Yonnpaccap 4 go po ainccp(ccap 10lcuaca, 1 116ealla go Loch Bamna. Cpo- 


macha do opgan ım péil Mapcam vo mac Goppaid a. amlarb, co nGallaibh 
Locha Cuan imme. Macadan, mac Aeda. co cóigeaó Ulad, 4 Amlaib, mac 
Ooppait co nHallaib oionnnad 7 oapgam an coigead co Shab bofta pap, 4 
co Mucnama pooeap. Conupcappad Mumpc(pcach mac Néll. Peapoio 
cat ppu, 7 po meabaid poppa co pranccaibpioc oa picic vécc chn laip la 
caob bnaice 7 gabála. bapo bonne ppimpile Eneann vo mapbad oUib 
Copbmaic Ua n€chach Coba. Oomnall, mac Gadpa, cigeapna Curgne 
oo mapbao. Tam Ourb cíne pra nAmlaoib Cenocampec 6 Cummnech, dú ı 
ccopicnaccan paonclanoa oo Uib Mame. 

Coi Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cpiocha a 06. Cn cinccead bliadam décc do 
Ohonnchad. Goll Curmmg do 1onnpad Connacc co Mug Luinec po chuach, 
1 co baóbzna pop. Ourbsiolla, mac Robacam, cigeapna Ua Conbmaic, vo 


* Loch Gamhna.—Now Lough Gowna, in the 
barony of Granard, and county of Longford. 
This is the head of the chain of the Erne lakes. 
—See note *, under the year 1384. 

* Sliabh-Beatha.—Now Slieve-Beagh, on the 
confines of the counties of Monaghan and Fer- 
managh.—See note 3, under A. M. 2242, and 
note ^, under A. D. 1593. 

* Mucnamha. — Now Mucknoe, near Castle 
Blayney, in the county of Monaghan. See note °, 
under A. D. 830, p. 445, suprà. 

* Bard Boinne: i.e. the bard of the Boyne. 

* Ui-Cormaic- Cobha.—'The territory of this 
tribe comprised the district about Newry, in 
the county of Down, as appears from the 
Charter of Foundation of the Abbey of Newry. 
—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, jc.. p. 117, note *. 

z Duibhthir: i.e. Duibhthir-Atha-Luain, a 
territory comprised in the present barony of 
Athlone, in the south of the county of Roscom- 
mon. This was a part of Ui-Maine-Chonnacht. 


—See note under the year 920. 

* Ceanncairech : i.e. of the scabbed-head. 

The year 931 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 932, alias 933, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 9298 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise : 

* A. D. 932” [al. 933]. “ An overthrowe by 
Ferall mac Daniell mic Hugh, and by Jefry 
mac Uohmaran, viz., Daniell’s daughter’s sonn, 
upon Murtagh mac Nell and Conaing at Magh- 
Uaha, where fell Maelgarv, King of Thurles, 
and Conmal, King of Tuohachai, with 200. 
Culen mac Cellai, King of Ossory, optimus laicus, 
mortuus est. A battle breach by Conaing mac 
Nell upon the Northmen at Ruva-Concongalt, 
where 300, or little less, were slaine. Madagan 
mac Hugh, with the fifth of Ireland and forre- 
ners, untill they came to Sliav-Beha westerlye, 
and to Mucnam southerly. Murtagh mac Nell, 
with his strength mett them, whoe killed and 
tooke 240-of them. Celigan mac Garvith, dux 
of the North-west” [recté, dux Orientalium, i. e. 


932] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 629 


Maelgarbh, son of Gairbhith, lord of Dearlas ; and Conmhal, son of Bruadhran ; 
and many others along with them. A battle was gained by Conaing, son of 
Niall, and the foreigners of Loch Eathach, over the province of Ulidia, wherein 
twelve hundred were slain. The foreigners took up their station upon the 
lakes of Erne; and they spoiled and plundered many districts and churches, 
as far as Loch Gamhna‘. Ard-Macha was plundered about the festival of 
St. Martin, by the son of Godfrey, i. e. Amlaeibh, with the foreigners of Loch- 
Cuan about him. Matadhan, son of Aedh, with [the inhabitants of] the pro- 
vince of Ulidia, and Amhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, with the foreigners, spoiled 
and plundered the province [of Ulster] as far as Sliabh-Beatha" to the west, and 
and as far as Mucnamha* to the east ; but they were overtaken by Muirchear- 
tach, son of Niall, and a battle was fought between them, in which he defeated 
them ; and they left with him two hundred heads [cut off], besides prisoners 
and spoils. Bard Boinne', chief poet of Ireland, was slain by the Ui-Cormaic- 
Cobha”. Domhnall, son of Gadhra, lord of Luighne, was slain. The victory, 
of Duibhthir"^ was gained by Amhlaeibh Ceanncairech* of Luimneach, where 
some of the nobles of Ui-Maine were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 932. The fifteenth year of Donnchadh. The foreigners 
of Luimneach plundered Connaught as far as Magh-Luirg^ to the north, and as 
far as Badhbhghna‘ to the east. Duibhghilla, son of Robachan, lord of Ui-Cor- 


Captain of the Oriors], “ mortuus est."—Ann. 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 928" [recte, 933]. “ Seachnassach, 
priest of Dorowe, died. Adalstan, King of 
Saxons, prey'd and spoyled the kingdom of 
Scotland to Edenborough ; and yet the Scottish- 
men compell’d him to return without any great 
victory. Adulf mac Etulfe King of North 
Saxons, died. The Danes of Logh Ernie prey'd 
and spoyled all Ireland, both temporall and 
spirituall land, without respect of person, age, 
or sex, untill they came to Logh Gawney. Mac 
Godfrey preyed Armach on St. Martyn's Eave 
from Logh'Cwan. Mathew mac Hugh, with 
the forces of the five provinces" [recté, with the 
forces of the province, i. e. of Uladh], “and 
Awley mac Godfrey, with the Danes of Ireland, 


preyed, spoyled, and made havock of all places 
untill they came to Sliewe Beha, where they 
were mett by prince Moriertagh mac Neale, 
who, in a conflict, slewe 1200 of them, besides 
the captives he. took. The Bard of Boyne, 
chief of all Ireland for poetry, was killed by 
O’ Neachaghs of Ulster.”—Ann. Clon. 

^ Magh- Luirg : i. e. the plains of Boyle, in the 
county of Roscommon. 

© Badhbhghna.—Now Slieve Baune, a moun- 
tainous district in the east of the same county. 
—See note ^, under A. M. 2859, p. 11, suprà. 
Some of the events transcribed by the Four 
Masters under the year 932, are given under 
933, alias 934, in the Annals of. Ulster, and 
under 929 and 930 in the Annals of Clonmac- 


noise, as follows: 


630 ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. . | $983: 


mapbaoh la Congalach mac Conci cpí cangnachc.. Uallach, mg(n Mum- 
nechám, baméccfr Epeann, vécc. Gochppich, cigeapna Gall, décc. Ro 
loipee cene oo nim plébce Connacht ipm mbliabam pi, 7 po ciopmargp(con 
locha 4 procha, 7 po loipcceó beup oaome i0moa lé. 

Coip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cpocha a tpi. On perpead bliadain décc do 
Ohonnchao. Copbmac, mac Maenas, ab Achad bó, Macclenna, abb Im- 
bleach loba 4 Léch móin Tflochoemócc, oo mapbao. Maolbpigoe, abb 
Mamptpeac bute, 7 Muiploach, mac Maolbmgoe, abb Ooimliacc, oécc. 
Anlat, banabb Cluana bponang 7 Cluana bomenn, m po b(noach Caipeach 
Oeapccam, [oécc]. Conċubap, mac Domnall, niogóarina Chg, vécc, 7 a 
adnacal co nonóip món 1 NApo Macha. Curionaed, mac Coppe, ci5(pna 
Ua cCemopealaig, 00 manbad la Gallar Locha Gapman, hi puabarpe ate. 
Maolmuipe, mac Cfnnoubam, canaipi Caorgipi, véce. Orlein Loca Habap, 
1 uaim Cnodba vo cnotadh 7 vo épeachaoh lá Gallaibh. 

Coi Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cpioca a cleaip. On peaccmaó bliadam oécc 
oo Ohonnchad. Concoban, mac Domnaill, oo mapbaó la mac Primo mic 
Maolmépoa. bec, mac Gambie, ergeapna Oeaplaipp, décc. Anpudan, mac 
Maoilsupm, cigeapna. Concomodpuad, oég. Cluain mic Noip oopgam lá 
Galla Aa chat,7 a hopsampr oomóipi la Ceallaéán Caipil co pReanaib 
Muman. Omlab Chhocamech co na Gallaib vo tocht 6 Loch Eipne van 
bperpne, 7 co Loch Rib o1dce Nocclacc Món nangaoap Sionano,7 po báccap 


* A. D. 933” [al. 934]. ** Gofrith, the most 
cruell King of Norman, dolore mortuus est” 
[Gothfrith hUa hImair, rex crudelissimus Nord- 
manorum, dolore mortuus est]. **Duvgilla mac 
Rubucan, captaine of Kindred-Cormae, dolose 
occisus est." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 929" [recté, 934]. ** The Danes of 
Lymbrick preyed and spoyled all Connought 
to Moylorge of the north, and to Bowgna of the 
east. Godfrey, King of Danes, died a filthy 
and evil-favoured death.” " 

è Caireach Deargain.—She was the sister of 
St. Endeus of Aran, and the patroness of Cloon- 
burren, in the barony of Moycarnan, and county 
of Roscommon. She died in 577.—See note ",: 


under that year, p. 209, suprd. . Dr. O’Conor, 
though he translates the notice of this virgin's 
death correctly at 577, still in this entry he does 
not recognise Caireach Dergain as a proper name, 
but renders the passage very incorrectly, thus : 

** Anlatha Abbatissa Cluane Bronaig et Clu- 
ane Boiren" [obiit] ‘In ejus Abbatiali tem- 
pore vastatum est Monasterium istud” ! ! 

* Loch-Garman.—This is the present Irish 
name of Wexford. It was anciently called 
Carman and Loch Carman.— See A. M. 3727, 
3790, 4608; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 15, 
note ?. * 

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maic, was treacherously slain by Conghalach, son of Lorcan. Uallach, daughter 
of Muimhneachan, chief poetess of Ireland, died. Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, 
died. Fire from heaven burned the mountains of Connaught this year, and the 
lakes and streams dried up ; and many persons were also burned by it. 

The Age of Christ, 933. The sixteenth year of Donnchadh. Cormac, son 
of Maenach, Abbot of Achadh-bo, [and] Macclenna, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair 
and Liath-mor-Mochaemhog, were slain. Maelbrighde, Abbot of Mainistir- 
Buithe ; and Muireadhach, son of Maelbrighde, Abbot of Daimhliag, died. An- 
laith, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh and Cluain-Boireann, which was blessed by 
Caireach Deargain’, [died]. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of 
Aileach, died, and was interred with great honour at Ard-Macha. Cinaedh, son 
of Cairbre, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by the foreigners of Loch Garman‘, 
in a nocturnal attack. Maelmuire, son of Ceanndubhan, Tanist of Laeighis, 
died. The islands of Loch Gabhar and the Cave of Cnodhbha' were attacked 
and plundered by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 934. The seventeenth year of Donnchadh. Concho- 
bhar, son of Domhnall, was slain by the son of Finn, son of Maelmordha. Bec, 
son of Gairbhith, lord of Dearlass, died. Anrudhan, son of Maelgorm, lord of 
Corca-Modhruadh, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by the foreigners of 


` Ath-cliath ; and it was plundered again by Ceallachan Caisil* and the men of 


Munster. Amhlaibh Ceannchairech, with the foreigners, came from Loch Eirne 
across Breifne to Loch Ribh. On the night of Great Christmas they reached 


plundering of this cave already referred to at 
the year 861, and note *, under that year, 
p. 497, suprà. 

The year 933 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 934, alias 935, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 930 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise : 

“ A. D. 934" (al. 935]. “ Cormac, Maenach's 
disciple, prince of Achabo, obiit. Maelbride, 
prince of Monaster” [Buithi] ** obiit. Muireach 
mac Maelbride, prince of Doimliag, immatura 


eate obiit. The Iland of Lochgavar pulled downe | 


by Aulaiv O'Hivair. The Cave of Cnova by 
him turmoyled the same week. Great ackorns. 


Cinaeh mac Cairbre, dux Nepotum Cinnselai, 
cum multis a Nordmannis occisus est? [Conor 
mac Daniell royall heyre of Ailech, mortuus est, 
et sepultus est in Cimeterio Regum in Ardmacha. | 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 930" [recté, 935]. “Cormac mac 
Mooney, abbot of Achiebo ; Maccleanna, abbot 
of Imleagh-Iver and Leighmore, were slain by 
those of Eoghanachta. Cynay mac Carbrey, 
Kig of O’Keansealie, was killed by night, by 
the Danes of Weixford.”—Ann. Clon. 

€ Ceallachan Caisil : i.e. Callaghan of Cashel, 
King of Munster, the ancestor of the O'Cal- 
laghans, Mac Carthys, and O'Keeffes. 


632 anNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. 


935. 


un mip annyin, 7 po hionnpad, q po horpgeao Mag Ch leo. Copccaoh Ata 
clat la Oomnchad mac Plamo, la pg Epeann. Oprup Ua Tuatanl vég. 
Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cpiocha a cing. On coccmad bliadam vécc 
oOhonnchaó. Cineachcach, abb Oipipe Orapmava. Pédach abb Sláme, 
Mumeavhach, abb. 6(nocuip, [vécc]. Orapmaic, mac Chlella, abb Cille 
Cuilinn, décc 1ap phhoacais. — Clongap, mac Tfluipé(pcaig, paoir, angcorpe, 7 
canapi abbaid lae, oécc.. Chipeachcach, pagape Cille hacha, oécc.. Eocand, 
mac Conuill, pi Ulad, vég. Cléméén mac Tigeannam, mac Cig(pna bpeipne, 
décc. Congalach, mac Catalan, cigeapna. bperpne, Conamg, mac Néill 
Hlinouib, nígóamna €peann, vécc. Cnómgiolla, mac Curlennain, cigeapna 
Conaille Muipteimne, vécc. Macetig mic Cimpemánm, eigeapna Mugdopna 
Margen, Loncan, mac Congalaig, ci$eapna Ua mic Uap Ops, [oécc], Bap- 
bit, mac Maileizig, cigeanna Fih Roip, vo mapbad. bpnuavap, mac Out- 
&'olla, ciġeapna Ua cCemnrpealars, oo mapbao la Tuatal mac Usaine. 
CAmhlaos, mac Goppavha, eizeapna Gall, oo crachtam ım Lugnapad ó Aè 
chat, co pucc Amlaoib Cenvcaipech vo Loch Rib leip,7 na Gall báccap 
laip, 1. la caipec, 1ap. mbpipead a long. Gall Aca chat vo págbáil an 
dúnaid, 7 a nool co Saxoib. Ongan Cille Clete oo mac banich, 4 lopccao 


^ Ua Tuathail.—Otherwise written O"Tuathail, 
and now anglicé O’Toole, and very generally 
Toole, without the prefix O', 

The Annals of Ulster notice some of these 
events under the year 935, al. 936, and the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 930, as follows: 

* A. D. 935” [al. 936]. **Joseph, prince of 
Ardmach, Episcopus sapiens et anchorita in 
senectute bona quievit. Cluain-mic-Nois evilly 
handled by the Gentiles of Dublin, and they 
**staied there two nights, which was never hard 
in old tyme” [quod antiquis temporibus non audi- 
tum est]. “ Maelpatrick mac Maeltuile, prince 
of Ardmach, in senectute quievit." — Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. * 

* A. D. 930” [recte, 936]. ** The two abbotts 
and worthy successors of St. Patrick in Ard- 
mach, Joseph, and Moylepatrick, the two sages 
of Ireland, Bushops, anchorites, and scribes, 


died. Clonvicknose was preyed by the Danes 
of Dublin; and also it was sacrilegiously robbed 
afterwards by Ceallaghan, King of Cashell, and 
The Danes of Logh Ernie 
arrived at Logh Rie on Christmas night" 
[under the conduct of] ** Awley Keanchyreagh, 
and there remained seven months preying and 
spoiling the borders" [recte the plains] **of 
Connought called Moy-Noye. King Donnough 
mac Flynn burnt all Dublin." — Ann. Clon. 

i Tuathal, son of Ugaire.—This Tuathal was 
the ancestor from whom the family of O’Tua- 
thail, now anglicé O'Toole, have derived their 
hereditary surname. 

x Cill-Cleithe: i.e. the Hurdle Church, now 
Kilclief, near the mouth of Loch Cuan, or 
Strangford Lough, in the barony of Lecale, and 
county of Down.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical 
Antiquities of Down and Connor, $c., p. 217. 


his Monstermen. 


935.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 633 


the Sinainn, and they remained seven months there; and M agh-Aei was spoiled 
and plundered by them. The burning of Ath-cliath by Donnchadh, son of 
Flann, King of Ireland. Arthur Ua Tuathail^ died. 

The Age of Christ, 935. The eighteenth year of Donnchadh. Aireach- 
tach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Fedhach, Abbot of Slaine ; Muireadhach, 
Abbot of Beannchair, [died]. Diarmaid, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn, 
died at an advanced age. Aenghus, son of Muircheartach, a learned man, 
anchorite, and Tanist-abbot of Ia, died. Aireachtach, priest of Cill-achaidh, 
died. Eochaidh, son of Conall, King of Ulidia, died. Clerchen, son of Tigh- 
earnan, son of the lord of Breifne, died. Conaing, son of Niall Glundubh, heir- 
apparent to the monarchy of Ireland, died. Croinghilla, son of Cuileannan, 
lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, died. Macetigh Mac Ainseamain, lord of Mugh- 
dhorna-Maighen ; [and] Lorcan, son of Conghalach, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais of 
Breagh, [died]. Gairbhith, son ‘of Maeleitigh, lord of Feara-Rois, was slain. 
Bruadar, son of Duibhghilla, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by Tuathal, 
son of Ugaire. Amhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, came at 
Lammas from Ath-cliath, and carried off (as prisoners] Amhlaeibh Ceanncairech 
from Loch Ribh, and the foreigners who were with him (i. e. with Cairech), 
after breaking their ships. The foreigners of Ath-cliath left their fortress, and 
went to England. Cill-Cleithe* was plundered by the son of Barith, and the 


The year 935 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 936, alias 937, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 931 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, but the true year is 937: 

« A. D. 936” [al. 937]. “ Diarmaid, son of 
Ailill, prince of Kilcullinn, in senectute quievit. 
Bruadar mae Duvgilla, rez Nepotum Cinselaigh, 
jugulatus est. Garvith mac Maelmihi" [recte, 
Maeletti], “ rex of the men of Ross, a fratribus 
jugulatus est. Crongilla mac Cuilennan, king of 
the Conells of Murheivne, dolore mortuus est. 
Conaing mac Neill, heyre of Ireland, moritur. 
Bellum ingens, lachrimabile, et horribile inter Sax- 
ones et Normannos crudeliter gestum est, in quo plu- 
rima millia Normannorum, que non numerata sunt, 
ceciderunt ; sed rex cum paucis evasit, viz‘. Aulaiv, 
Ex altera autem parte multitudo Saxonum cecidit; 


but Adelstan, king of Saxons, was enriched 
with great victorie” [ Adelstan vero rez Saxonum 


- magna victoria ditatus est]. ‘* Mac-Etig niic 


Ainsemain, king of Mogorn-Mayen, mortuus est. 
Feach, prince of Slane, mortuus est." —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 931? [rectà, 937]. * The Danes of 
Logh Rie arrived at Dublin. Awley, with all 
the Danes of Dublin and north part of Ireland, 
departed and went over seas. The Danes that 


departed from Dublin arrived in England, and, 


by the help of the Danes of that kingdom, they 
gave battle to the Saxons on the plains of Oth- 
lyn, where there was a great slaughter of Nor- 
mans and Danes, among which these ensueing 
captains were slain, viz‘. Sithfrey and Oisle, the 
two sones of Sittrick Galey, Awley Fivit, and 


4m 


634 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [936. 


m doimliace, 7 bpacc po móp oo peich epte. Raomead pa Cargmb pop 
occa an Cuarpceipc .1. pop mumeip mic Néll, oú 1 ccopchpaccap ile 1m 
Oiapmanc mac Maoilmuipe, mic Plannaccain, 7 1m Ceallach, mac Cumup- 
ccaigh oo p(poib OplSh co pocarbib ele. 

oir Cpiopc, naoi ccéo, cpiocha a pé. An nomad bliadan véce vo Ohonn- 
chad. Maolpacpaice 3. mac Opon, eppcop Lughmaioh, Oubcach, comapba 
Colam cille 7 Cfoomnái 1 n€pinn, 7 1 nOllbam, Caoncompac Mucypnama, 
ancoipe, vé5. Ciapán, mac Ciapmain, abb Lip móin, 0€5. Conaingen, abb 
Tige Pecgna, 1 ppimpagape Apoa Macha, 7 Pinguine, mac Pubchaio, mic 
Oonnagám, mic Pogapcaig, mic Oumechda mic 6(parg, mic Mepcell, pecnap 
Cige Mocua, 4 cigeapna Marge habna. Maolcaipms, mac Conall, abb 
Tulain, oécc. Robapcach, Tighe Thelle, vécc. Plpgal, mac Domnall, 
cigeanna. an Cuaipceinc, 7 Mupchad, mac Sochlacam, ei$eapna Ua Maine, 
décc. Concoban, mac Maeilcem, cigeapna Ua Pange, 4 a òá mac vo 
mapbao lá Loncan, mac Paolám, cigeapna Laigh. Oonnchad Ua Mao- 
leaclamn ‘vo 10nnpaó Onin lipe. Amla, mac Goppada, oo teacht co 
hz chat vo pòpi, 7 Ceall Cuilimn vo opgam laip, 7 Deit ccéo vo bpoio 
vo peit eipci.. Imm cata eicip Oonnchad, pf Epeam, 7 Iluipé(pcach, 
mac Néill &lánoub, ciZeapna Orbis, co po pfodaig via. Oonnchad 7 Mup- 
é(pcach co na plog orblimb oo dol go líonmap Léntionéilce oo popbaippi pop 
Hhallaib Ata cliat, co po cpecpacc 7 co po cpeócpacce 7 co po ronopaópíc 
ma mboí po mámup Hall ó Ac chat co hAt Tpurchh. Conad 06 pm po 
pad Congalach, mac Maolmichig, 


Moylemorrey, the son of Cossewarra, Moyle-Isa, against Anlaf; and that they slew five Kings 
Geleachan, King of the Islands; Ceallach, prince and seven Earls; but though it states that 


of Scotland, with 30,000, together with 800 
captains about Awley mac Godfrey, and aboute 
Arick mac Brith, Hoa, Deck, Imar, the King 
of Denmark’s own son, with 4000 soldiers in 
his guard, were all slain. Conyng mac Nealle 
Glunduffe, died." — Ann. Clon. 

` This great battle between the Saxons and 
Danes is recorded in the Saxon Chronicle at 
the year 937, which is the true year. This 
Chronicle adds that it was fought at Brumby, 
by King Athelstan, and Edmund, his brother, 


greater carnage had not been in Britain since 
the arrival of the Angles and Saxons, it does 
not mention the names of the chief leaders, or 
give any definite account of the numbers slain. 

! Teach-Fethghna : i.e. the House of Fethghna. 
Not identified. It was probably the name of a 
church at Armagh. 

m Duineachaidh.—He was brother of Cathal, 
the ancestor of the O’Mores of Laeighis, or 
Leix, in the now Queen’s County. 

» Magh-abhna.—This is the name of a parish, 


936.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 635 


church was burned, and a great prey was carried out of it. A battle was gained 
by the Leinstermen over the forces of the North, i. e. over the people of the son 
of Niall, where many fell with Diarmaid, son of Maelmuire, son of Flannagan, 
and Ceallach, son of Cumasgach, [who were] of the men of Breagh, and num- 
bers of others [of distinction]. 

The Age of Christ, 936. The nineteenth year of Donnchadh. Maelpa- 
draig, i. e. the son of Bran, Bishop of Lughmhadh ; Dubhthach, successor of 
Colum Cille and Adamnan in Ireland and Alba; [and] Caencomhrac of Muc- 
shnamh, anchorite, died. Ciaran, son of Ciarman, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. 
Conaingen, Abbot of Teach-Fethghna' and chief priest of Ard-Macha ; and 
Finguine, son of Fubhthaidh, son of Donnagan, son of Fogartach, son of Duine- 
chdha", son of Bearach, son of Mescell, Vice-abbot of Teach-Mochua, and lord 
of Magh-Abhna’, [died]. Maelcairnigh, Abbot of Tulan, died. Robhartach 
of Teach-Theille, died. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, lord of the North ; and 
Murchadh, son of Sochlachan, lord of Ui-Maine, died. Conchobhar, son of 
Maelchein, lord of Ui-Failghe, and his two sons, were killed by Lorcan, son of 
Faelan, lord of Leinster. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn plundered Airthear- 
Liffe. Amhlaibh, son of Godfrey, came to Dublin? again, and plundered Cill- 
Cuilinn, and carried off ten hundred prisoners from thence. A challenge of 
battle between Donnchadh, King of Ireland, and Muircheartach, son of Niall 
Glundubh, lord of Oileach ; but God pacified them. Donnchadh and Muir- 
cheartach went with the forces of both fully assembled to lay siege to the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath, so that they spoiled and plundered all that was under 
the dominion of the foreigners from Ath-cliath to Ath-Truisten?; of which 
Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, said : 


now anglicè Mowney, in the barony of Lower 
Ormond, and county of Tipperary; but it is 
probably a mistake here for O-mBuidhe, or 
Omuigh, which is the ancient name of the dis- 
trict in which Teach-Mochua, or Timahoe, is 
situated.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 213, note”. 

° Came to Dublin.—The Saxon Chronicle, in 
a metrical rhapsody on the battle of Brumby, 
contains the following allusion to the return of 
Amblaeibh, or Anlaf to Dublin: 


** The Northmen departed in their nailed barks; 
Bloody relics of darts 
On roaring ocean o’er the deep water Dublin 
to seek ; 
Again Ireland shamed in mind.” 
—Giles’ Translation, p. 377. 
? From Ath-cliath to Ath-Truisten: i, e. from 
Dublin to Ath-Truisten, a ford on the River 
Greece, near the hill of Mullaghmast, in the 
south of the county of Kildare. Keating, in the 


4x2 


ANNALA RIOShHAchtTa EIREANN. 


MumtMrach vap pine Pal, nf pagba spem ná gabánl, 
Cia bert oc lopccad ap ngpám, ap 1ap noegice an napa. 


Pmpeanpc Muinceancach, 


Cumba €ongalach bpeags mbuibe occup duine muc no gort 
Cr a chino ní cucéap glurciuó achc ma beit co bpuiciuo bpoc. 


Oá éomopba Paccpaice 21. lopep, pecpibnio, eppcop, 7 ancoim, an ci pob- 
eaccnaide vo Qaorohelaibh, 4 Maolpacnarce, mac Maelcuile, eppcop, 3 
eccnaid. Cúcc miopa 06 in abdaine 7 a écc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ecéo cpocha a peachc. On pié(cmao bhadan vo 
Ohonnchad. Maoloomnais,abb Tamlacca, Ceallach, mac Caellaide, ppióim 
Saigne, oég. Pinnachca, mac Cealleng, comapba Ooie, eppcop 7 pao 
beplapéne, Larggnen, comapba Peapna, 7 Tamlachca, [oécc]. Chileach 
oongam la Gallaib pon Mhumpe(pcach, mac Néill,4 a epgabáil leo co pucc- 
pac vo Gum a long co po puaplaic Ora uada. Maim pia Congalac, mac 
Maolméich, pon Goiléngaib. mopaib, 1 beccaib occ Ach valaapce, vú 1 
ccopncpaoap ceiepi picic laip ofob. Oomnall, mac Concám, eizeapna Chone, 


véce hi cCluain mic Néip. Cpíocém, mac Maelemuine, ci$eapna Ua Prach- 


reign of Cormac, son of Art, asserts that Ath- 
Truisten was the old name of Ath-I, now Athy, 
on the Barrow; but this is an error, for the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise, as translated by Ma- 
geoghegan, and the Book of Lecan, speak of 
Ath-Truisten and Ath-I, as two different fords 
where two different battles were fought be- 
tween the Munstermen, on the one side, and the 
Leinstermen, aided by the Ulstermen, on the 
other. In the Annals of Clonmaenoise Ath-an- 
trosden is described as **a little foorde near the 
hill of Mullamaisden," and the following pas- 
sage, literally translated from the Book of Lecan, 
will shew that it is not Ath-I, or Athy: 

“ It was at Ath- Truisden the first engagement 
took place, and the men of Munster were routed 
thence to the River Bearbha" [the Barrow], 
“where, at Ath-I? [Athy], “a second battle 
was fought, in which Eo” [or Ae], “son of 


Dergabhail, the fosterer of Eochaidh Fothart, 
was slain, and from him the ford was called 
Ath-I, i.e. the ford of Eo."—Fol. 105, a. 

a The two successors.—This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows: “935. Duo Comor- 
bani S. Patricii (id est, duo Archiepiscopi Ard- 
machani) obierunt, nempe Joseph Scriba, Epis- 
copus, Anachoreta, et Hibernorum sapientissimus ; 
et Patricius filius Maeltulii, Episcopus, et Sapiens 
postquam. quinque tantum mensibus sedisset.?— 
See also Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
p. 48. 

The year 936 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 937, alias 938, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 932 of the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this 
period : 

“A. D. 937" [al. 938]. “ Dubhach, Coarb of 
Colum Cille and. Adamnan, in pace quievit. 


937.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


637 


. Muircheartach, above all the men of Fail, has not seized upon place 


or prey, 


Although he has been burning our corn, and well eating our bread. 


Muircheartach replied : 


Conghalach of the fertile Breagh is like unto a mute or stammering 


man, 


Out of his head no muttering is understood, but [what is] like the 


bubbling of boiling meat. 


The two successors? of Patrick, namely, Joseph, scribe, bishop, and ancho- 


rite, the wisest of the Irish ; and Maelpadraig, son of Maeltuile, bishop and wise 
man, died. The latter was five months in the abbacy when he died. 

The Age of Christ, 937. The twentieth year of Donnchadh. Maeldomh- 
naigh, Abbot of Tamhlacht; [and] Ceallach, son of Caellaidhe, Prior of Saighir, 
died. Finnachta, son of Ceallach, Comhdarba of Doire, bishop, and adept in 
the Bearla-Feine'; Laighnen, comharba of Fearna and Tamhlacht, [died]. 
Aileach was plundered by the foreigners against Muircheartach, son of Niall ; 
and they took him prisoner, and carried him off to their ships, but God redeemed 
him from them. A battle was gained by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, over 
the Gailengs Great and Small, at Ath-da-laarg*, where four score of them were 
slain. Domhnall, son of Lorcan, lord of Aidhne, died at Cluain-mic-Nois. 


Maelcairni mac Conell, prince of Tuilain, obüt. 
Ferall mac Daniell, king of Ailech, mortuus est.” 
[A challenge of battle between Donogh mac 
Flainn, and Murtagh mac Neill, but God paci- 
fied them.] **Aulaiv mac Gofri at Dublin 
againe. Cillcuillin praied by Aulaiv O'Hivair, 
which was not hard of long before" [quod non 
auditum est antiquis temporibus]. “ An army by 
Donogh O’Maelsechlainn, king of Tarach, and 
by Murtagh mac Neill, king of Ailech, to hinder 
the Galls, or Gentiles of Dublin," [so] * that 
they spoyled from Dublin to Ath-Trustin. 
Maelcen, king of Faly, killed by Lenster."— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 932” [recté, 938]. “Connor mac 


Moylekeyne, king of Affalie, and his two sons, 
were killed by Lorcan mac Foylan. Killkolyn 
was preyed by the Danes, and” [they] **lead a 
thousand captives from thence."—4Ann. Clon. 

* Bearla- Feine: i.e. that dialect of the Irish 

language in which the Brehon laws are written. 
Thaddeus Roddy, translates it ** the law or 
lawyers’ dialect.” —See the Miscellany of the Irish 
Archeological Society, p. 123. 
. * Ath-da-laarg : i.e. Ford of the two Forks. 
There were two places of this name in Ireland, 
one on the River Boyle, in Connaught,—see 
note ", under A. D. 1174; and the other in 
Meath; but the situation or modern form of the 
name of the latter is unknown to the Editor. 


638 ANNALA goghachca EIREANN. 
pach, oécc. Plann, mac Ceallang, canaip: Oppaige, vécc. Cian, mac Clen- 
supa, oo manbad la hUib Pailge. Mupchad, mac Pino, do gum la Cuacal. 
Canon paccpaice vo cumoaé lá Oonnchad, mac Ploinn, pi Eneann. Ceal- 
lacan, pf Caipil, co pp(paib Muman, q Macca cumo co n&Galloib Duipclompgi 
1 Mide, co ccucpac cpech móin, 1 bporo.. Ongan ona, Cille heionech, 4 Cille 
hacharo 0616 co po gabpac a oá nabbad .. Muipeadac Ua Concobaip 4 
Coibo(nach mac O(pgóa, co ppapccabpac Oillill mic Cfengupa, cigeapna 
Ua pPochar, 7 pocawe ele la hClimmepgm cigeapna Ua pPailge.. Pip 
Muman um Ceallacan, pi Muman, co nfallaib. amaille pmpp, oo opgain 
Mive, 7 Cluana heineac, 7 Cille hachaió go po agríc an cip co Cluain 
lopaipo. Goll vo vepgu Aca chat 1. Amlaoib, mac Gocpme, cpe pupcacc 
Oé 4 Micca. 

Corp Cope, naor ccéo tmocha a hochc. Cf haonpiéfc oo Oonnchao. 
Muipcfpcach campa, abb 6(nochuip, Outbmopecc, mac Ronan, abb Cluana 
Oolcáin, Cinbit, mac Domnaill, abb linne hurp(n, décc. Coibofnach, abb 
Cille hachaió, vo báóao hi muin Oelginnpi Cualann ag eláo 6 Ghallanb. 
Plann Ua Catal, oo dol mapcpa hi cCluain an vobaip lá Gallar. Suibne, 
mac Conbp(can, abb Sláine, oo mapbad lá Gallai”. Maolbfnvacca, ancoipe, oo 
écc. Maolmancain Ua Sceallám peap legmo Ceicglnne, oo écc. Sloighead 
lap an jig, Oonnchao, 4 la Muipcfpcach, mac Néill, 5o Cargmb, 1 co propa 
Muman, co po gabpac a ngialla. Niall, mac Peapgaile, mogoamna Oils 
oo gun 1 báoao la Muipé(peach. Plann, mn Oonnchada, bamcigeapna 


* Ui-Fiachrach : i.e. of the Ui-Fiachrach of * Ui-Fothaidh.—Now the barony of Iffa and 


[038. 


Ard-sratha, in Tyrone.—See note ", under the 
year 787, p. 394, suprà. 

* Murchadh, son of Finn.—This Murchadh 
was brother of Conchobhar, ancestor of the 
O'Conors of Offaly. Finn, his father, was slain 
A. D. 928, q. v. 

* Canoin-Phadraig.—This was the name of 
the celebrated Book of Armagh.— See Petrie's 
Round Towers, p. 329, 330. 

* Cill-eidhneach.—This is a mistake for Clu- 
ain-eidhneach. The reader will observe that 
this plundering of the two churches is given 
twice, having been evidently copied from two 
different authorities. 


Fiachrach, moritur. 


Offa West, in the county of Tipperary. 

* Mactail.—He was the patron saint of Kil- 
cullen, in the county of Kildare, and of St. Mi- 
chael le Pole's church, near Ship-street, Dublin, 
also, as is highly probable from this passage.— 
See note *, under A. D. 548, p. 186, suprà. 

The year 937 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 938, alias 939, of the 
Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that 
year as follows : 

“A. D. 938" [al 939]. ** Kileulen againe 
distressed by Genties, which, till then, was not 
often done. Crichan mac Maelmuire, King of 
Ailech broken upon Mur- 


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938.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 639 


Crichan, son of Maelmuire, lord of Ui-Fiachrach‘, died. Flann, son of Ceallach, 
Tanist of Osraighe, died. Cian, son of Aenghus, was slain by the Ui-Failghe. 
Murchadh, son of Finn", was mortally wounded by Tuathal. Canoin-Phadraig* 
was covered by Donnchadh, son of Flann, King of Ireland. Ceallachan, King 
of Caiseal, with the men of Munster, and Macca Cuinn, with the foreigners of 
Port-Lairge, went into Meath, and seized upon a great prey, and took the spoils 
and prisoners of Cill-eidhneach* and Cill-achaidh; and took their two abbots, 
namely, Muireadhach Ua Conchobhair, and Coibhdeanach, son of Beargdha ; 
but they left behind Oilill, son of Aenghus, lord of Ui-Fothaidh*, and many 
others, in the hands of Aimhergin, lord of Ui-Failghe. The men of Munster, 
under Ceallachan, King of Munster, who had the foreigners along with him, 
plundered [the churches of] Cluain-eidhneach and Cill-achaidh, and the territory 
of Meath, as far as Cluain-Iraird. The foreigners deserted Ath-cliath by the 
help of God and Mactail’. 

The Age of Christ, 938. The twenty-first year of Donnchadh.  Muirchear- 
tach of Camus’, Abbot of Beannchair ; Duibhinnreacht, son of Ronan, Abbot 
of Cluain-Dolcain ; [and] Ainbhith, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean, 
died. Coibhdeanach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, was drowned in the sea of Delginis- 
Cualann*, while fleeing from the foreigners. Flann Ua Cathail suffered mar- 
tyrdom at Cluain-an-dobhair, by the foreigners. Suibhne, son of Cu-Breatan, 
Abbot of Slaine, was killed by the foreigners. Maelbeannachta, anchorite, died. 
Maelmartin Ua Scellain, Lector of Leithghlinn, died. An army was led by the 
king, Donnchadh, and by Muircheartach, son of Niall, to Leinster, and to the 
men of Munster; and they took their hostages. Niall, son of Fearghal, heir 
of Oileach, was mortally wounded and drowned by Muircheartach. Flann, 
daughter of Donnchadh, and Queen of Oileach, died. Aralt, grandson of Imhar, 


tagh mac Nell, and himself brought captive to 
the shippe untill he was redeemed after. An 
army by Doncha to Finavar-aba, which he 
spoyled, and killed the priest in the midest of 
the church, and others with him. An over- 
throwe by Congalach mac Maelmihi to the 
Greate and Little Galengs, where many perished 
at Battle-Dalorg" [recté, at Ath-da-loarg] ** Ad- 
alstan, king of Saxons, the most majesticall fea- 
ther" [recté, cleithi, i. e. pillar] “of the west 


world, secura morte moritur. Finechta mac Cel- 
laigh, Coarb of Daire, in Christo quievit." —Ann. 


.Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


* Camus.—Now Camus-Macosquin, in the 
barony of Coleraine, and county of London- 
derry. This was one of St. Comhghall’s mo- 
nasteries.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hiberni- 
cum, p. 83. 

* Delginis- Cualann.—Now Dalkey, i. e. Delg-ei, 
in the county of Dublin. 


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640 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [939. 


Oilig, oécc.  Glpale ua hlomaip, 3. mac Sicpioca, ci$eapna Gall Cummg, 
vo manbad 1 cConnaccaib lá Caenparzib Chone. Op mop pa cCeallacan, 
ní Chowil, pon Oppagib. Amlaob Cuapán oo é(éóc co Capabpoc, 1 
blacaine mac Goppaóa oo tecc m At chat. Cpeacha Cargen il Leit 
Chumn a. bpaen 1 Mide, Concán 1 móp(gaib, 7 Muincfpcach hi cCualamo, 
co ccuccpac cpícha mópa empcib. Comppe Ua Ciona(e, cigeapna Ua 
nChtecoa, vécc. Cacpaom(ó ma mg Saran pon Conpcancin mac Cleda pop 
Cnlap no Amlaoib, mac Sicpic, 1 pop ópeacnaib. 

Qoi Cpiope, naor ccéo tmocha anao. On oapa. bliadam pic(c. oo 
Ohonnchao. Eocha, mac Scannail, abb Imleacha lobain,7 Oenacán, pagapc 
oüm leicglai pi, décc. Maolbpiġoe, mac Neccpai, opoán Cualann, oécc ran 
ccranaoip. Tuincfpcach, mac Néill co p(paib an Pocla 4 Opls oo vol hi 
ccín nOpparge, 7 na nOeim go po haipg(ó 4 co po hionnpao laip an ċpíoch 
wle go lém 50 Lír Ruadpach gomoap papach 06 1apam. Mupcoblach la 
Iuinétpcach, mac Néill, co ccuc opgam 4 éoala 1omda a hlnpib Gall ran 
mbpeit buada 4 copgaip. Ap na nOéipi oo ċup la Ceallacán 1 la propa 
Muman, poocrgh a naicioe oo Mupcfpcach, mac Néill, 5o ccopcpaccap oá 
mile ofob lap ım Célecaip, mac Conbmare, 7 1m Maelgopm, mac Giplecain, 
im Segda, mac Noebelam, 7 1m Clépech, mac Sepcai, TE. Catpaomead ele 


^ Caenraighe of Aidhne.—A sept seated at 
Ard-Aidhne, near Ardrahin, in the barony of 
Kiltartan, and county of Galway.— See Genea- 
logies, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 53. 

* Cair-Abroc: i.e. Eboracum, now the city of 
York, called by the Welsh, Caer Ebrauc, or 
Eborauc.—See Todd’s edition of the Irish ver- 
sion of Nennius’s Historia Britonum, p. 29, and 
Additional Notes, p. iii. 

* Ui-Aitheachda.—'This is the only notice of 
this tribe occurring in the Annals of the Four 
Masters. They were probably seated in the 
district of Tuath-Aitheachta, now anglicé Tou- 
aghty, in the barony of Carra, and county of 
Mayo.—See Genealogies, §¢., of Ui-Fiachrgch, 
p. 157, note *. 

The year 938 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 939 of the Annals of 


Ulster, which notice the events of that year as 
follows : 

* A. D. 939. An army by Donogh and by 
Murtagh into Leinster and Mounster, that they 
brought both their hostages. Suvne mac Con- 
breton, killed by the Genties” [rectó, by the 
Galls]. **Nell mac Ferall wounded and drowned 
by Murtagh mac Nell Flann, daughter to 
Donncha, queene of Ailech, moritur. An army 
by Donncha in Bregha, that he spoyled Lainn- 
Lere. Quies Muireai, Coarb of vem Dim und 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the entries given by the Four Mas- 
ters under 937 and 938, are given in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise under 933, as follows : 

** A. D. 933” [recté, 939, 940]. ** Adulstan, 
King of England, died. The sunn for one day 
appeared like blood untill none the next day. 


939.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


i.e. the son of Sitric, lord of the foreigners of Luimneach, was killed in Con- 
naught by the Caenraighi of Aidhne* A great slaughter was made of the 
Osraighi by Ceallachan, King of Caiseal. ^ Amhlaeibh Cuaran went to Cair- 
Abroc*; and Blacaire, son of Godfrey, came to Ath-cliath. Depredations were 
committed by the Leinstermen in Leath-Chuinn; namely, by Braen in Meath, 
Lorcan in Breagh, and Muircheartach in Cualann ; and they carried great preys 
from these places. Cairbre Ua Cinaeidh, lord of Ui-Aitheachda?, died. A 
victory was gained by the king of the Saxons over Constantine, son of Aedh ; 
Anlaf, or Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric ; and the Britons. 

The Age of Christ, 939. "The twenty-second year of Donnchadh. Eocha, 
son of Scannal, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair; and Oenacan, priest of Dun-Leath- 
ghlaisi, died. Maelbrighde, son of Nechtrai, the glory of Cualann, died at an 
advanced age. Muircheartach, son of Niall, with the men of the North and of 
Breagha, went into the territory of Osraighe and Deisi; and he totally plundered 
and ravaged the entire country as far as Leas-Ruadhrach', so that they [the 
inhabitants] submitted to him. A fleet [was conducted] by Muircheartach, son 
of Niall, and he carried off much plunder and booty from the Insi-Gall5, after 
gaining victory and triumph. A slaughter was made of the Deisi by Ceallachan 
and the men of Munster, because they had submitted to Muircheartach, son of 
Niall; and he slew two thousand of them, together with Ceileachair, son of 
Cormac ; Maelgorm, son of Gibhleachan ; Seghdha, son of Noebelan; Cleireach, 
son of Sesta, &c. Another battle was gained by the Deisi and the Osraighi 


641 


Aileagh was taken by the Danes on Mortagh 
mac Neale, and himself taken therein, untill” 
[recté, but] “he made a good escape from them, 
as it was God's will. Ceallachan of Cashell, 
with his Mounstermen and Danes, harried and 
spoyled all Meath and" [recté, as far as] ** Clo- 
nard. Congallagh mac Moylemihie gave an 
overthrowe to that part of Lynstermen" [recté, 
Meathmen] “ called Gallenges, where 80 persons 
were slain. King Donnogh O'Melaghlyn and 
Mortagh mae Neal went over all Munster and 
Lynster, and took their hostages. Harrold 
O'Hymer, King of the Danes of Lymbrick, was 
killed in Connaught at Ratheyney. Neall mac 


Ferall, prince of Aileagh, was killed by Mortagh 
mac Neale. Flann, daughter of King Donnogh, 
Queen of Aileagh, died. Moylemartan O'Skel- 
lan, Lector of Leighlyn, died. Ceallaghan of 
Cashell made a great slaughter on those of 
Ossorie. Awley Cwaran, came to Yorke, and 
Blackare mac Godfrey arrived in Dublin to 
govern the Danes." —— Ann. Clon. 

* Leas- Ruadhrach : i. e. Ruadrach’s Fort. This 
fort was somewhere in the county of Waterford, 
but the name is obsolete. 

f Insi- Gall : i. e. the Islands of the Foreigners, 
i.e. the Hebrides or Western Islands of Scot- 
land. 


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642 anNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


[939. 
lap na Oemib 7 la hOppaigib pop pig Capi, ou 1 cconcpaccap 1. Mwn- 
€(pcach rapam oo tiondl Conall 7 €ogamn, 1 an Tuaipceipt ancfna co 
hOileac, convo pofsoa vec céo lap oo glémpe. goupg(oach mo Phocla, 
] po caipmeill €pmn lam cli ppí paippge co prachc Ata chat, 7 vo 
bic Sicpiuc, cigeapna Ata chat hı ngiallnup laip. Oo cod 1apam co 
Laigmb,3 po emallpac Longin pmiébepc ppip, conad par veiò occa póoeóio 
a mapúcċað, 7 oo pac Copcán pí Langfn lap. Ramc om go propu Muman, 
1 nobcap eplama 1aopioe pop a ċionn do cat ppip. Conavh eavh po émnp(c 
po ded Ceallacán oo tabaipt dia ccinn, 7 vo bpféa germel pap la Mwp- 
ceapcach. Oo deochawd 1apam co Connaccaib, 7 camic Concuban mac 
Caróg ma óóil, 1 ni capac semeal na slap paip. Oo puaéc iappm co hoilech 
sup an pnífognaro hi pm hi ngiallnup leap, 7 bácap annpióe co cnt naor miop 
oc plíóuccao, ] po cup na géill 1 neacmamng na pee pm 5o Oonnchao, pi 
€peann, uaip ap é bof a CCmpaig, 7 ap 06 pámc an pigze. Conad vo tabat 
Chellacam lap aopubpad an pann, 


Oo córoh Muipcfpcach po ofp, 
Co Carrel caem cailcec capp, 


Co cucc Cellacán na ccliap, 
Ni po sab giall orle app. 


s Chosen heroes.—For a romantic account of 
the manner in which these heroes were chosen by 
Muircheartach, see the Leabhar-Gabhala of the 
O’Clerys, p. 212; and Circuit of Muircheartach 
Mac Neill, published by the Irish Archzolo- 
gical Society, pp. 20, 21. 

^ A circuit of Ireland.—According to a poem 
by Cormacan Eigeas, describing this circuit, 
Muircheartach proceeded from Aileach to a place 
called Oenach-Cross in Magh-Line, where he 
remained for one night, after which he went to 
Dun-Eachdhach, which is probably Dun-Eight, 
in the parish of Blaris (see Reeves's Ecclesiastical 
Antiquities, p. 342, note), where he remained 
another night. He next went to Magh-Rath, 
now Moira; next to Glenn-Righe, the vale of 
the Newry River, and thence to Casan-Line, a 


tidal river, a day’s march south of Glenn-Righe. 
—(See note under the year 1045.) From thence 
he marched the next day to Ath-Gabhla, a ford 
on the river Boyne, near Knowth in Meath, and, 
having rested a night there, he marched over 
the plain of Magh-Ealta, then covered with 
snow, to Ath-cliath, or Dublin.—See Circuit of 
Muircheartach mac Neill, p. 29 to 33. 

i Sitric, Lord of Ath-cliath.—The Sitric carried 
off by Muircheartach Mac Neill on this occasion 
was certainly not lord of Ath-cliath, or Dublin, 
for the lord or king of the Danes of Dublin at 
this time was Blacar, the son of Godfrey. It is 
highly probable, if not certain, that the Sitric 
carried off on this occasion was Sitrie, brother 
of Godfrey, son of Sitrie, who succeeded as 
King of Dublin in 948. This Sitric, though 


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939.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 643 


over the King of Caiseal, where many were slain. Muircheartach afterwards 
assembled the Cinel-Conaill and Cinell-Eoghain, and the people of the North 
in general, at Oileach, where he selected ten hundred of the chosen heroes, and 
made a circuit of Ireland", keeping his left hand to the sea, until he arrived at 
Ath-cliath ; and he brought Sitric’, lord of Ath-cliath, with him as a hostage. He 
afterwards proceeded into Leinster, and the Leinstermen began to oppose him‘ 
but finally agreed to submit to him ; and he carried Lorcan, King of Leinster, 
with him. He then went to the men of Munster, who were in readiness on his 
arrival to give him battle; but they ultimately resolved’ to give up [their king] 
Ceallachan, and a fetter was put upon him by Muircheartach. He afterwards 
proceeded into Connaught, where Conchobhar, son of Tadhg", came to meet 
him, but no gyve orlock was put upon him. He then returned to Oileach, 
carrying these kings with him as hostages; and they were for nine months" 
feasting there; and at the end of that time he sent the hostages to Donnchadh, 
because it was he that was at Teamhair, and the sovereignty had come to him. 
Concerning the carrying away of Ceallachan the following quatrain was com- 


posed : 


Muircheartach went to the South, 

To the beautiful chalk-white Caiseal, 

And he brought with him Ceallachan of troops ; 
He did not accept of any other hostage for him. 


tered and carried off as a hostage.—Jbid., p. 39. 

uu ltimately resolved.—Cormacan Eigeas states, 
that Ceallachan requested his people not to op- 
pose the race of Eoghan, but to surrender him 


not King of Dublin, as the Four Masters state, 
was nevertheless of royal extraction, and a man 
of sufficient dignity and importance to be taken 
as a pledge of Blacar's allegiance.—See Circuit 


of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 34, note to line 
55. 

* To oppose him.—Cormacan Eigeas states that 
Muircheartach proceeded to Liamhain [Dunla- 
van], and that the Leinstermen assembled at 
night in the valley of Gleann-Mama, determined 
to oppose him; but that, when they saw the 
northern warriors by day-light, they durst not 
approach them, but permitted them to pass to 
Dun-Aillinne (near old Kilcullen), where they 
took Lorcan, King of Leinster, whom they fet- 


as a hostage.—Jbid., p. 43. 

m Conchobhar, son of Tadhg.— This Con- 
chobhar, who is the progenitor of the O'Conors 
of Connaught, was a very young man at this pe- 
riod. His father, Tadhg of the Three Towers, 
who was at this time King of Connaught, lived 
till 954. Conchobhar himself lived till 972.— 
Ibid., pp. 48, 49, 65. 

» Nine months.—This is a mistake of the Four 
Masters, for córg míopa, i.e. five months.— 
Ibid., pp. 56, 57. 


4N2 


644 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


[940. 


Cin zall Do con la hUib Péilge 2. la hOlimensin, mac Cronaeda, 7 lá Cenel 
Phiachach, co po mapbpac oá céo oécc hi Muğ Cipi ob. Oğ a. pioc 
anaic(nca, comcop popipi abne 7 locha co po omcep(ccap na Gall Imp 
Mocca ap lic (Sa. Maolpuanawd, mac Plomn, canoipi Oils, oo mapbad vo 
Chenel Conall. Catpaomead pop Shallaab Aca chat pa nU pParlge 
a. pa nChrinpsm mac Cronaecha, ciseapna Ua pParlge, oú 1 ccopċai mile 
vo Ghallaibh ım Aloo nCflbanach, co corpecaib 10mba cen mo cápom. 

Qop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cfépacha. On cpeap bliadain pichí(c oo Ohonn- 
chad. Oünéaó, mac Sutainen, eppcop Cluana mic Nóip, q Cellach, mac 
€popám, eppcop Cluana herdnech, oécc. Maelmocca, peprbmd 7 abb 


Cluana lopaipo, dég. C(nn cpabaid, egna Epeann epióe. 


Maolmocca oon Mie mang, 
Món liach an cpaob caom cumpa, 
Acbat c(nn na hanmcaipoe, 
Caoncompac molcach Mugna. 


Faolan, mac Muipfoharg, pi Carg(n, oo Ecc oo eapccap ! nQenach 


Cholmáin. 


Faolán puamann puamaise, ap gmi mop mácca maiğén, 
Comòe Cualann cuanaige, oo podbad laoich m tairg. 
Lupe €peann €pemóm, opınglò oap oponga ooenap, 

ba oárg vén cpé gle vedon, ba Lach plaich pea Faolán. 


. * Magh-Cisi.—This was the ancient name of 
a plain near Rahen, in the north of the King’s 
County.—See note under the year 1153. 

» Inis-Mochta.—Now Inishmot, in the barony 
of Slane, and county of Meath.—See note under 
A. D. 922, supra. 

The year 939 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 940, alias 941, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 934 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, which notice the events of that 
year (gre communis, 941) as follows : 

“ A. D. 940” [al. 941]. “A great frost, that 
loches and rivers were iced. The birth of Brian 
mac Cinedy. An army by Murtagh, that he 


spoyled Meath and Ofaly, and went to Ossory - 
and brought them to subjection, and from thence 

prayed the Desyes, that he brought Cellachan, 

King of Cassill, with him, subject to Donncha. 

Maelruany, heyre of Ailech, and son of Flann, 

killed by the Conells Eocha mac Scannail, 

Airchinnech of Imlech-Ivair, mortuus est. Aena- 

gan, priest of Dun-Lethglaise, mortuus est.”— 

Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 934” [rectè, 941]. ** There was such 
druth” [drought] and ice over loghes, and the 
waters of Ireland this year, that the Danes went 
to Inis-Moghty upon ice, and spoiled and ran- 
sackt the same. Mortagh mac Neale, with the 


TAS WM Ma ET E 


940.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 645 


A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Ui-Failghi, i. e. by Aimhergin, 
son of Cinaedh, and the Cinel-Fhiachach, who slew twelve hundred of them at 
Magh-Cisi. Unusual frost, so that the rivers and lakes were passable ; and 
the foreigners plundered Inis-Mochta? on the ice. Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, 
Tanist of Oileach, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill. A battle was gained over 
the foreigners of Ath-cliath by the Ui-Failghe, i. e. by Aimhergin, son of Cin- 
aedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, where there fell a thousand of the foreigners, with 
Aedh Albanach, and many chieftains besides him. 

The Age of Christ, 940. The twenty-third year of Donnchadh. Dun- 
chadh, son of Suthainen, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Ceallach, son of 
Eporan, Bishop of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Maelmochta, scribe and Abbot of 
Cluain-Iraird, died ; he was the head of the piety and wisdom of Ireland. 


Maelmochta of the plain of Meath,— 

Great grief is the beauteous sweet branch,— 
The chief of spiritual direction, 

The centre of the praise of Mugain’. 


Faelan, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died of a fall at Aenach- 
Colmain”: 
Faelan of resounding rapidity, whose shout overwhelmed the plain, 
Lord of Cualann of the harbours, the subduer of champions, King of 
Leinster, i 
The flame of Eremhon’s Ireland, he subdued hosts singlehanded, — 


Cause of tears is his total separation. Alas for the Prince of Faelan's land ! 


provinces of Ireland, with him, and delivered 
them all into the hands of King Donnogh 
O’Melaghlin.”—A nn. Clon. 

a Mughain.—This is probably intended for 


forces of the North, went to Ossorie and Desies, 
and preyed them. Awley mac Godfrey, king 
of Danes, died. Ceallaghan of Cashell, and his 
Munstermen, gave an overthrow to the Desies, 


and slew of them 2000. They of Affalie and 
Kyneleagh killed 2000 Danes. Orlath, daugh- 
ter of Kennedy mac Lorcan, was queen of Ire- 
land this time. Mortaugh mac Neale, with the 
king’s forces, went to Cashell, and there took 
Ceallaghan (that unruly kinge of Mounster that 
partaked with the Danes) prisoner, and led him 
and all the hostages of Mounster, and the other 


Bealach-Mughna, or Mughna-Moshenog, near 
Carlow. ; 

* Aenach-Cholmain : i. e. Colman’s Fair. This 
fair was held on the present Curragh of Kildare, 
in Campo Liffe. 

* Faelan’s land.—The Ui-Faelain were seated 
in the plains of Magh-Laighean and Magh-Liffe, 
in the present county of Kildare. 


646 ANNAA RIOSshachtd EIREANN. [941. 


. . Congalach 4 Alpin, 04 mac Lopcam, mic Ounchada, vo mapbaoh lá Con- 
&alach, mac Maclmichich. Ounlaich, mgm Mhaolmichich, vég. Cluain 
mic Nop 4 Cell vapa vo opccam lá blacaipe, mac Goppaoa, 7 la Gallar 
(cha chach. On Ufchiglay: oo opgaim lá mac Ragnoill co na Ghallaib. 
Ro ofogal Dia q Daccpaicce a ccpaicce an gníom pm pap, ua cangaccan 
Holl oan mup go po sabpac ma nnpı poppa, conepla mac Ragnaill a 
ccoipeac go po sab cip. Ro mapbad é la Mavudan lá pis nUlao ma cemo 
pectmame 1appan onceain a nemeach Phaccpaice. Cia mop ipm mbliaóampi 
co caplaicfo alfch níochcapach oo Chluam mic Noip lap an uipcce. 

Qoi Chops, nao ccéo cfépaca, a haon. On c(épamao bliadam pichíc 
do Ohonnchao. Convla, mac Oánacám, eppcop 7 abb Leichslinne, Caon- 
compac, eppcop Ooimliacc, Pogapncach, abb Sagne, 4. P(poomnach, abb 
Fobaip, oécc. God, mac Scannlám, cigeapna lpluachpa, eccnaió. epgna 
1Caiccin, 3 1 n&aoroeils, [oécc]. Mumnefpcach na ccocall ccpoicfnn, mac 
Néll Slánoub, cigeanna Oilig, Eaccarp lantain Conpa ma camyip, oo map- 
bao oc At Phinoiad la 6lacanpe, mac § oppada, ci$eapna, Gall an 26 Manca. 


(Ip via eccaome acpubpaoh, 


t Foreigners : i.e. strangers came across the 
sea and attacked the island on which the son of 
Raghnall and his Irish Danes were stationed ; 
but the son of Raghnall fled, and escaped to the 
mainland, where he was slain by the King of 
Ulidia, in less than a week after his having 
plundered Downpatrick. 

The year 940 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with the year 941, alias 
942, of the Annals of Ulster, and with 935 of 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise, but the true year 
is 942: 

** A. D. 941” [al. 942]. “ Donncha mac Su- 
thainen, bushop of Clon-mic-Nois, and Faelan 
mac Muireai, king of Lenster, moriuntur. An 
overthrowe by Ofaly of the Genties of Dublin, 
but this as ys said was don in the yeare before. 
Dunlethglaise spoyled by Genties. God and 
Patrick were avenged of them, for he brought 
Galls from beyond seas, that they took the 
lland from them; theyre kinge stealing from 


thence, that the Irish killed him ashore. The 
two sons of Lorean mac Donncha killed by 
Congalach mac Maelmihi. Maelmochta, Air- 
chinnech of Clon-Iraird, quievit. Clon-mic-Nois 
spoyled by the Genties of Dublin and Kildare.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A.D. 935” [recté, 942]. **Donnogh, bu- 
shopp of Clonvicknose, died. Foylan mac 
Moreay, King of Linster, died of a bruise he 
received of a fall. Iduall mac Anoroit, prince 
of Brittons, was killed by the Saxons. The two 
sons of Lorcan mac Donnogh were killed by 
Congalach mac Moylemihie. Blacarie mac 
Godtry, with the Danes of Dublin, robbed and 
spoiled Clonvicknose. Donlaith, daughter of 
Moylemihie, and sister of King Congalagh, died. 


. Donleithglasse was spoiled by the son of Ran- 


dolph, the Dane, who, within a week after, was 
killed by Mathew, Kinge of Ulster. Liahmore, 
in Connaght, this year, the one halfe thereof 
next the water was granted to Clonvicknose" 


Rt n eI 


UE UR wv NN CIN eee NATI INTERNE OR 


941.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 647 


Conghalach and Ailpin, two sons of Lorcan, son of Dunchadh, were slain 
by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh. Dunlaith, daughter of Maelmithigh, died. 
Cluain-mic-Nois and Cill-dara were plundered by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, and 
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Dun-Leathghlaise was plundered by the son of 
Raghnall and his foreigners. God and Patrick quickly took vengeance of him 
for this deed, for foreignerst came across the sea, and attacked them on their 
island, so that the son of Raghnall, their chief, escaped to the main land ; he 
was killed by Madudhan, King of Ulidia, in revenge of Patrick, before the end 
of a week after the plundering. A great flood in this year, so that the lower 
half of Cluain-mic-Nois was swept away by the water. 

The Age of Christ, 941. The twenty-fourth year of Donnchadh. Connla, 
son of Dunacan, Bishop and Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Caenchomhrac, Bishop of 
Daimhliag ; Fogartach, Abbot of Saighir; and Feardomhnach, Abbot of Fobhar, 
died. Aedh, son of Scannlan, lord of Irluachair, a wise man, learned in Latin 
and Irish, [died]. Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks"; son of Niall Glundubh, 
lord of Aileach, the Hector of the west of Europe in his time, was slain at 
Ath-Fhirdiadh" by Blacaire, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, on the 26th 


of March*. 


[recté, a great inundation in Connaught this 
year by which the one-half of Clonvicknose, 
next the waters of the Shannon, was destroyed ]. 
—Ann. Clon. : 

* Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks : MuĘip- 
ceanzaé na ccocall ccpoiceann. Doctor John 
Lynch, in his translation of Keating's History 
of Ireland, p. 306, takes cocall in this cognomen 
to denote a net, and interprets l'lupnéeapcac na 
ccocall ccpoiceann, “id est a coriaciis retibus 
nomen sortitus ;" and Dr. O'Conor translates it 
in this place : ** Murcertachus cognominatus chla- 
mydum croco tinctorum ;? and ** Murcertachus, 
cognominatus bellatorum coloris croce" in the 
Annals of Ulster; and Mr. Moore, in his His- 
tory of Ireland (vol. ii. pp. 79, 80), asserts that, 
in the brief record of Muirchertach's death, he 
is described as ‘a warrior of saffron hue ;” 
but this is a silly blunder, originating in the 


In lamentation of him was said : 


etymological fancies of Dr. O'Conor, and re- 
echoed by the poetical instincts of Mr. Moore. 
The old translators of the Irish annals have, 
however, handed down the true explanation of 
the name as Murtagh of the Skin or Leather 
Coates.— See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, 
p. 14-16. 

w Ath-Firdia: i.e. the Ford of Ferdia, so 
called from Ferdia, son of Daman, the bravest 
of the Gamhanradii of Erris, who was slain here 
by Cuchullin. The place is now called Ardee, 
in the county of Louth.—See note t, under the 
year 1452. 

* On the 26th of March.—According to the 
Annals of Ulster, Muircheartach was killed on 
Sunday, the fourth of the Kalends of March in 
942, alias 943 ; but the true year is 943, in 
which the fourth. of the Kalends of March fell 
on Sunday. 


68 — amNHaca Rioshachta EIREANN. (941. 


Oepd orgal agur dít pop pfol clomne Cumn go bpát, 
Nac maip Mumefpcach ba liach oflécca 1a€ Gaoweal ngnác. 


Apo Macha oo opgan lap na Gallai céona apabapach 1ap mapbao 
Muipceancarsh. Muspoin po pároh po, 


Q haon nao ccéo, cetpe oeic, 6 Sain Cpips omo ogbpeic, 
Apo vo bliaónaib nonpaig co bap mópoll Muipcfpcaigsh. 


Catpaoinfo oc Cpaéc Musa ma BRuaiópi Ua cCanannám pon Cenel 
n€oshain 7 pop Gallai” Coca Peabail, m po manbad cpi céo vo Chenél 
€ogam 7 vo Gallaib rm Maolpuanaiwd, mac Flamo níogóamna an Cuapceipc. 
Loncan, mac Faoláin, pí Cangfn, oo manbad lá Nopcmannaib, oia mboí occ 
moneao Qta chaz, rap ccatpacinead pon Ghallaib ap cór oú 1 ceoncpavap 
ile o1b laip, o1a nebnaovh, 


Ma po bit ua Speapant Spice, 
Oníb cup cpc cpeapac pop cope, 
O má co bnác mbaipneac mbalc, 
Ni cicpa Cargnec po lone. 
Lopcán Laigfn 1 copei cpoch, 
MaisM céo clot capaó nat 
Oippan opaióruch po Lion bic, 

Ap cmt, ap caíneao, ap cac. 
Comoe corcció n&aoroeal ngaec, 
Ma po gaet pop laoch ni lie, 

ba Las lonn pm lemm m ae, 

Cp beim vo bpac ma po bic. 


Ceallach, mac bece, tigeapna Dál pawe, oo opccam 1 nOeneqpib la a 


ċenél pap. Plann Ua Poccapcar cigeapna Opeccpamge, 4 cigeapna 


> Tracht-Mugha: i.e. the Strand of Mugh. 
Not identified. 


* Descendant of Breasal Breac : i. e. of Breasal 
Bealaigh, grandson of Cathaeir Mor, monarch 


* Ua-Canannain. — This family descended 
from Canannan, the fifth in descent from 
Flaithbheartach, who was monarch of Ireland 
from 727 to 134.—See Battle of Magh-Rath, 
pp. 335, 337, 338. 


of Ireland. 

^ Breacraighe: i.e. of Magh-Breacraighe, a 
district in the north-east of the county of 
Westmeath, adjoining that of Longford. The 
village of Street, anciently called Sraid-Maighe- 


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941] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 649 


Vengeance and destruction have descended upon the race of the 
Clann-Cuinn for ever, 

As Muircheartach does not live; alas, the country of the Gaeidhil 
will be always an orphan. 


Ard-Macha was plundered by the same foreigners on the day after the killing 
of Muircheartach. Mughron composed this : 


One, nine hundred, four times ten, since Christ was born of Virgin birth, 
Is the number of years that have come, to the great death of the Muir- 
cheartach. 


A victory was gained at Tracht-Mugha’, by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain’, over 
the Cinel-Eoghain and the foreigners of Loch-Feabhail, where three hundred 
of the Cinel-Eoghain and foreigners were slain, together with Maelruanaidh, son 
of Flann, heir apparent of the North. Lorcan, son of Faelan, King of Leinster, 
was slain by the Norsemen, as he was plundering Ath-cliath, after having first 
defeated the foreigners, where many of them were slain by him ; of which was 


said : 
Since the descendant of Breasal Breac* has been slain, 


A rapid brave king, subduer of princes, 

From this day till the fierce and terrific day of judgment, 
No Leinsterman shall march in his army. 

Lorcan of Leinster in a wretched house, 

The theme of a hundred renowns, the friend of poetry. 
Alas, the world has been filled with wailing, 

It is trembling, it is weeping, it is battle. 

Lord of provinces of the wise Gaedhil, 

If he wounded a hero, it is not joyous ; 

He was a puissant Lugh to jump into the ford, 

It is a stain for ever if he has been slain. 


Ceallach, son of Bec, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was killed at Oentrobh by his 
own tribe. Flann Ua Fogarta, lord of Breacraighe", and lord of Teathbha; 


Breacraighe, marks its position. The year 941 which notice the events of that p as fol- 

of the Annals of the Four Masters corresponds lows: 

with 942, alias 943, of the Annals of Ulster, SEA, D. 942" [al. 943]. ** The Galls of Loch 
40 


650 ANNAA niosghachca EIREANN. [942. 


Ceaéba, Ouibl(mna mgCn Cigeapnám, cigeapna. Spéipne, bfn Oonnchaóa 
mic Plomn, pi Epeann, dég. 

Qoip Cpíopc, naoi ccéo cltpachac adó. Robapcach, mac Maolcam- 
mgh, abb Cluana an vobaip, Maolperéeme, abb Cluana hlopampo, Oubcach, 
mac Maolpfmpul, pín leigimn Cluana hloparo, 7 Guaipe, mac Malecón, 
pacanc Cluana mic Nap, vécc. Plaicbeapcach, mac lonmamém, pí Capi, 
Plann, mac Pino, q Muipeavhach, mac Maolmopoda, oa pogoamna Longin, 
dég. Fino, mac Macán, cigeapna Conca Laigve, oo manbad oPeapoib 
Mage Péne. Conn, mac Oonnchada, mogoamna Epeann, oo mapbao 
opeapaib Peapnmarge. Coppe, mac Maolpaccpaice, cigeapna Ua Ciacám, 
oécc. Catpaomead pa cCeallacan, Caril pop Cheinneiccis, mac Conca, 


hi maig oáme, m po mapbao pocaroe. 


Cuan discomfitted by Lecale, in quo pene omnes 
deleti sunt. Murtagh mac Nell, surnamed Na go- 
chall Croicenn .i. Nell of Skinn" [coats], ** King 
of Ailech, and Hector of the west of the world, 
killed by Genties, prima feria, 4 Kal. March. 
Ardmach spoyled in the 3. Kal. the next day 
by the same Genties. Lorcan mac Faelain, 
king of Lenster, killed by Genties. Cellach 
mac Becce killed by his family murtherously.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise give some of the 
same events under A. D. 936, and the translator, 
Connell Mageoghegan, has added some fabulous 
matter not worth inserting here. 

“ A. D. 936” [recté, 943]. ** Lambert, bushop 
of Killmoyne, died. They of Leihcale made a 
greate slaughter of the Danes of Logh Cwan. 
Mortaugh mac Neale, upon Shrove-tide Sonday, 
at Athfirdia, was killed in battle by the Danes 
of Dublin. This Murtaugh was son of King 
Neale Glunduffe, King of Ireland, and was sur- 
named Moriertagh na gCoghall gCroickeann, 
which is as much as to say in English, as Mur- 
taugh of the Leather Coates, which name was 
given him upon this occasion." 

The translator here interpolates a fabulous 
account of the origin of this cognomen, of which 


Copccpao Ata clat oo Ohaewelab 


the substance is this: ** After the fall of King 
Niall Glunduffe, Monarch of Ireland, in the 
battle of Dublin, Cearbhall, King of Leinster, 
treated his body with indignity. Gormlaith, 
the queen of Niall Glunduffe, after the death of 
that monarch, married Cearbhall, or Carroll 
mac Muirigen, King of Leinster! and having 
received from her new husband a gross insult, 
she called upon her stepson, Muircheartach, to 
Muircheartach com- 
plied with her request, and disguising his fol- 


revenge the indignity. 


lowers in cow-hides, spread them over the 
grounds of the King of Leinster, near his palace 
at Naas, who, supposing them to be a number 
of straying cows that had settled in his meadows, 
ventured unattended into the midst of them, 
and was slain.” He then adds: “Murtagh and 
his Ulstermen carried his bones with him to the 
North, and there artificially caused to be made 
a payre of tables of the said king’s bones, which, 
for a long time after, was kept as a monument 
in the King of Ulster’s house. And of these 
cow-hides Murtagh was ever after during his 
life named Mortagh of the Leather Coates.” 
That this is a legend invented long after the 
period of Muircheartach, is evident from the 
true dates of the deaths of Queen Gormlaith’s 


942.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 651 


Duibhleamhna, daughter of Tighearnan, i. e. lord of Breifne, and wife of Donn- 
chadh, son of Flann, King of Ireland, died. 

The Age of Christ, 942. Robhartach, son of Maélcainnigh, Abbot of 
Cluain-an-dobhair’; Maelfeichine, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Dubhthach, son of 
Maelseampul, Lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Guaire, son of Maelecan, priest of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Flaithbheartach, son of Inmainen, King of Caiseal ; 
Flann, son of Finn, and Muireadhach, son of Maelmordha, two royal heirs of 
Leinster, died. Finn, son of Matan, lord of Corca-Laighdhe, was slain by Feara- 
Maighe-Feine* Conn, son of Donnchadh, heir apparent to the sovereignty of 
Ireland, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh. Cairbre, son of Maelpadraig, 
lord of Ui-Liathain, died. A victory was gained by Ceallachan of Caiseal, over 
Ceinneidigh, son of Lorcan, at Magh-duin*, where many were slain. The 
destruction of Ath-cliath by the Irish, i. e. by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, 


royal husbands, furnished by the Annals of 
Ulster. Cormac Mac Cuileannain, King of 
Munster, who, according to Mageoghegan, was 
her first husband, was slain in the battle of 
Bealach-Mughna, in the year 908. Now, if we 
take for granted that Niall Glunduffe was her 
second husband, he must have repudiated her 
within that year, for Cearbhall, her third hus- 
band, was killed in A. D. 909, one year after the 
death of Cormac.—See p. 573, line 17, suprd. 
This fact proves the utter fallacy of Mageoghe- 
gan’s story, for Niall Glunduffe lived till the 
year 919, ten years after the death of Cearbhall! 
The fact would therefore appear to be, that 
Gormlaith was first married to Cormac Mac 
Cuileannain, after whose death she married, 
secondly, Cearbhall, or Carroll, King of Leinster, 
who was slain by a Dane named Ulbh in the year 
909; and that she married, thirdly, Niall Glun- 
dubh, with whom she lived till he was slain by 
Amlaff at Dublin in 919; after which she was 
left destitute, and begged from door to door.— 
See a quatrain of Gormlaith’s own composition, 
cited by the Four Masters under the year 903, 
p. 573, and again under 917, p. 597. 


Charles O’Conor of Belanagare asserts in his 
Dissertations that Muircheartach made improve- 
ments in the art of war, namely, leather cloaks, 
which were impenetrable to the arrows. and 
javelins of the enemy; from which coverings 
he received the cognomen of Na gCochall 
gCroiceann ; but this, which is a mere conjec- 
ture, is not borne out by any Irish authority, for 
it appears from the poem of Cormacan Eigeas 
that these Cochalls were not used as a protec- 
tion against the arrows and javelins of the 
enemy, but as coverings against the inclemency 
of the weather.—See this poem in the Circuit of 
Ireland by Muircheartach Mac Neill, lines 64-70, 
99-104, and 119-122. 

* Cluain-an-dobhair—A_ place near Killeigh, 
in the barony of Geshill, and King’s County.— 
See it already referred to at the years 507, 843, 
938. 

4 The Feara Maighe-Feine : i.e. the inhabi- 
tants of the barony of Fermoy, in the county 
of Cork. 

e Magh-duine: i.e. plain of the fort. This 
would be anglicised Moydown, or Moyadown, 
but it has not been yet identified. 


402 


ba: ais S A ee an 


— MN 


652 


ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[942. 


4. 00 Chongalac, mac Maoilmichiġ, píogóamna Epeann, 7 oo bpaen, mac 
Maolmopoa, pí Longtn, 4 oo Cheallac, mac Paelám, mogoamna Lag. 
Cré copecnad oo pacad par 1. a ci$e, ] a ainbeada, a Longa, 7 a cumoaise 
olc(na oo lopccaó, a mná, a mic, a daepecappluaig vo bpeic 1 noaeipe, a pin 
] « aep calma oo manbad, a 6goilgeann ó ceitip go dume eiorp gum, 7 badad, 
7 lopcead, 1 bpaicc acc uatad beacc oo orcpfo 1 nuatad long oo poccpacap 


1nOelccimp. Conad vó po pmdead, 


Naor ccéo bliadan buan nepnad, 
Ceitpe deich a 06 atpéshcap, 

O għan Cpipe, 1ap pago, 

Co pin mbliadain po meaclaro. 

Ro copccpao At chat clowbeach, 
Co nmac peat pceo c(glach 

Ro cnadead mumcin Chomaip, 

] maptap vomain oebpao. 

ópaen Capmain oon cat copccpac, 
On al Almain co na plogao, 

Ap lá ms Cargean Lamec, 

Ro cpadead agup po copecnad. 
Popbapach ppip m copnam, 
Congalach cono mbpes mbpapslan, 


Span antan domain oacarg, 


Co cachaib oca copccpao. 


Oonnchad, mac Plomn, mic Maoileclamn, pi €peann, oécc iapp an cúicc- 
ead bliabam pichfe a plaic(pa. Ap vo popaiem(c, agup oéccaoíne Oonnchada 


po pároeao an pann, 


f Deilginis.—Now Dalkey Island, near Dublin, 
on which the Danes had a fortress.—See it 
already mentioned under the years 719, 727, 
938. 

* Race of Tomar.—From this it may. be safely 
inferred that the Danes of Dublin were de- 
scended from Tomar, or Tomrar, who was slain 
by the Irish in the year 846.—See note ^, under 


that year, p. 475, suprà ; and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
Introduction, p. xxxvi. to xli. 

^ Donnchadh, son of Flann.— According to 
Ware and O’Flaherty, Donnchadh mac Flainn 
succeeded as Monarch of Ireland in 919, and 
died in 944, after a reign of twenty-five years.— 
See Ogygia, p. 434. 

The year 842 of the Annals of the Four 


! 


942.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 653 


heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland ; Braen, son of Maelmordha, King 
of Leinster; Ceallach, son of Faelan, heir of Leinster. The destruction 
brought upon it was this, i. e. its houses, divisions, ships, and all other structures, 
were burned ; its women, boys, and plebeians, were carried into bondage. It 
was totally destroyed, from four to one man, by killing and drowning, burning 
and capturing, excepting a small number who fled in a few ships, and reached 
Deilginis Of which was said : 

Nine hundred years of lasting harmony, 

Four times ten and two, is seen, 

Since the birth of Christ, according to rule, 

Till this year, have been spent, 

Ath-cliath of swords was destroyed, 

Of many shields and families, 

The race of Tomar? were tormented, 

In the western world, it has been manifested. 

Braen of Carman went to the victorious battle, 

The golden Rock of Almhain with his host, 

It was by the King of Leinster of swords 

It was oppressed and destroyed. 

Swelling for the contention was Conghalach, 

The fine vigorous chief of Breagh, 

The sun of the bright western world, 

With battalions destroying it. 


Donnchadh, son of Flann®, son of Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland, died after 
the twenty-fifth year of his reign. It was to commemorate and lament Donn- 
chadh the [following] quatrain was composed : 


Masters corresponds with 943, alias 944, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and 937 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, but the true year is 944. 

** A. D. 943" [al. 944]. “ Flaihvertach mac 
Inmainnein in pace mortuus est. Carbre mac 
Maelpatrick, King of the O’Liahans ; Finn mac 
Mudain, king of Corcalaoie, killed by them of 
Maghfene. Congalach:mae Maelmihi, and Braen 
mac Maelmorra, king of Lenster, sett on Dublin, 


E 


from whence they brought jewells, goods, and 
great captives. Donncha mac Flainn mac Mael- 
ruanai, king of Tarach, annis 25, transactis in 
regno, moritur; Maelfinnia, Coarb of Fechin, and 
Dungall mac Cahain, in Christo dormierunt. The 
battle of” [Gort] “Rodachan by Cellachan 
upon Thomond, where many fell."— Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 937" [recté, 944]. ** Dublin was ran- 


annaza RIoghachta EIREANN. [043. 


O acbat Oonnchao, velm donor, po cloi Tíma comcach lí, 
Cen pecht pé leng m$ popna, acá cíp n€peann ap nf. 


Qoi Cpiopc, nao ccéo cftpaca a cpi. On chéo badam vo Chonga- 
lach, mac ITlaoitmichig, op Epinn hi píghe. Maolcule, mac Oánam, comapba 
Cigeapnaiz 7 Choipnigh, i. ó Cuilém, vég. €appucc éipide. Guaipe, mac 
Sealbaig, abb Oipipc O:apmaoa, oécc. Cengup, mac Oonnchaóa, mic 
Plomn, ei$eapna Mide, vécc. Clonchaó, mac Mupchada, ci$eapna lapeoin 
Conoachc, [oécc]. Cipeaccach, mac Cnbtich, copet Calpaize, vo mapbaoh. 
Holl Locha hEatach vo mapbad imo pig 1 mbnépi la Oomnall Ua Néill, 
4. mac Muipch(pcarg, me Néll Glanomb, 7 la a Ofpbpataip. blacaipe, 
aon oo toipecaib Gall, oo 10nnapbao a hAeéchacth, 7 Amla oap a epi ann. 
Ua Canannan, 1. Ruarópi do dol 1 móp(5aib. co ppangaib opeam via pldog 
ann la Congalach. Gell Connacc la Congalac, mac Maolmchs. Of 
colamam cémcíoe oo aicpm plécmain pia Saman, co po poillpis an biot wle. 
Cuileannán, mac Coiboenaig, cigepna Ua mbarpce, vég. 

Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo cfépacha a clean. 
galac. 


Cin vapa bliadam oo Chon- 
Plaċġup, abb Peapna móe, Scannlán, abb Tuama Pionnloca, 
Maolbfead, abb Oaimınpı, 1 Guaipe pagape Cluana mic Noip,oég.. Cimingin, 
mac Cionaeda, cigeapna Ua Pailge, véce an cpeap la oo lanuapn. Oun: 
lamg, mac Cleda, cizeapna Ua nOpóna, oo manbad. — Oomnall, mac Maol- 
muab, ci$eapna Connacc, vo écc. Oornnall, mac hUatmanan, mic Oobailen, 


sackt and spoyled by Congalagh mac Moyle- 
mihie; these of Moybrey and Breen mac Moyle- 
morry, with his Lynstermen ; and in burning 
Dublin they killed forty hundred Danes that 
made resistance to keep the forte, and took 
away all their jewells, goods, and hangings. 
Donnogh, King of Ireland, died. The King of 
the Danes was killed by the King of the Saxons 
at York.”—Anan. Clon. 

i Va-Neill.—This is the first mention of Ua- 
Neill, or O’Neill, as a hereditary surname in 
the Irish Annals. This branch of the Nepotes 
Neill Naighiallaigh of the North, took their 
hereditary surname from Niall Glundubh, who 
was the grandfather of this Domhnall. 


The year 943 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 944 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 940 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. 

** A. D. 944. An unaccustomed great frost? 
[Secc móp anaicenca]] “that Loches and Rivers 
were dried upp. The Genties of Loch Echach 
killed by Daniell mac Murtagh, and his brother, 
Flahvertach, and the spoyles of their shippes” 
[carried off]. ** Maeltuile mac Dunain, Coarb 
of Tiernach, and Carnech, secura morte moritur. 
Urcha mae Murcha, king of West Connaght ; 
Maelduin mac Garvith, Secnap of Ardmach” 
[died]. * Blacar renewed” [recté, eschewed] 
* Dublin, and Aulaiv after him. Some of 


943.] . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ` 655 


Since Donnchadh's death, —unspeakable misfortune, — Teamhair 
the threatener has changed its hue, 

Without the enlightening laws of a king to bind it, the land of 
Ireland is for ever ruined. 


The Age of Christ, 943. The first year of Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, . 


in sovereignty over Ireland. Maeltuile, son of Dunan, successor of Tighear- 


nach and Cairneach, i. e. of Tuilen, died; he was a bishop. Guaire, son of - 


Sealbhach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, died. Aenghus, son of Donnchadh, son 
of Flann, lord of Meath, died. Aerchadh, son of Murchadh, lord of West Con- 
naught, died: Aireachtach, son of Ainbhith, chief of Calraighe, was slain. The 
foreigners of Loch-Eathach were slain, together with their king, in a battle by 
Domhnall Ua Neill‘, i. e. the son of Muircheartach, son of Niall Glundubh, and 
by his brother. Blacaire, one of the chiefs of the foreigners, wag expelled from 
Dublin; and Amhlaeibh remained after him there. Ua Canannan, i. e. Ru- 
aidhri, proceeded into Breagh, and left some of his army there with Conghalach. 
The hostages of Connaught [were delivered] to Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh. 
Two pillars of fire were a week before Allhallowtide, and they illumined the 
whole world. Cuileannan, son of Coibhdheanach, lord of Ui-Bairche, died. 
The Age of Christ, 944. The second year of Conghalach. Flathghus, 
Abbot of Fearna-mor ; Scannlan, Abbot of Tuaim-Finnlocha*; Maelbeathadh, 
Abbot of Daimhinis; and Guaire, priest of Cluain-mic-N. ois, died. Aimhirgin, 
son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, died on the third day of January. Dunlaing, 
son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Drona, was slain. Domhnall, son of Maelmhuaidh, 
lord of Connaught, died. Domhnall, son of Uathmharan, son of Dobhailen, 


O'Canannan's people killed by Congalach and seen in the firmament this year for the space of 
Aulaiv Cuarain, in Tir-Conell” [rectó, in Co- seven nights before Allhallontide, which shined 
naille-Muirhevné].— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., so bright that they gave light to this whole 


tom. 49. clymatt. King Congallagh tooke hostages of — 


“A. D. 940" [recté, 945]. ** Congallach mac all Connought this year. Areaghtagh mac 
Moylemihi reigned 20 years. Enos mac Donnogh,  Anfie, chief of Calrie, was killed.” Azn. Clon. 


king of Meath, died. Blacairy was banished 
from Dublin, and Awley succeeded him in the 
government. O’Canannan, prince of Tyrecon- 
nell went to Moybrey, and there lost some of 
his forces. "There was two Lightning pillars 


k Tuaim-Finnlocha : i. e. the mound or tumu- 
lus of the bright lake, now Tomfinlough, an old 
church near a lake, in the barony of Upper 
Bunratty, in the county of Clare, and about 
two miles north-west of the village of Six-Mile- 


Oe 


656 QGHHNGCG RIOShachca EIREANN. [945. 


cigeapna Conca Phipepí, oo écc. Opgam Cluana mic Noip,7 ceall na Mhoe 
apéfna o hallari” Aca chat: Opgam Cille Curlin, oo Ghallaibh a. oo 
Amlar” Cuapán. Acalpcan pí oppofpc Saran, oécc. 

Cloip Cpiopc, nao ccéo cfépacha a cinee. Cn cpeap badam vo Chon- 
galach. Caonéompacc, abb la, q Catapach, mac Guapam, peaplergimn 
Anoa Macha, vécc. Catpaomead pa nOonnchao, mac Ceallaig, cigeapna 
Orpaige pon Lagnu, 041 ccopcain ópaon, mac Maoilmopoa, pí Larn via 
nebnao, 


Naor ccéo, naoi ccóicc oo bliaónaib, ni péo nach ciamoa cpogoa, 
O gem Crpíopc ap maon paon planva co bap bpnaon, mic Maolmopoa. 


sup concain beop Ceallach, mac Cionaeda, tigeapna Ua Cemnpealaig 5o 
pochoibib hi maille ppu ipin cat pm. Conao oit popaicm(c po padead, 


bpaon, bnír Cag lonngalach, Congalach laechoa lomopech, 


Cfepacha cécc compamach onpcac m Cle chat Claiobeach. 
O gem mic Dé oeachpaigic pelcaic co pel 1 maglaib, 
C cáicc la caeb c(cpacaic agup naoi ccéo vo bliaónaibh. 


Lan an Phinopadoich vo apggacc ó Chenel €ogain an b(noachcaib Da- 
cpaucc 7 a comanba an can pin, 1. lopeph. Cat eicip eonoib an mana, an 
cípe occ Lumnech. Cat eicip piaconb Muman1 nglinn Daman oc Oanmmp, 


1 no meabaid pop na prachaib piap 1 vo pocain a nap auo. 


Bridge.—See it again referred to at the years 
1049 and 1054. 

1 Corca-Firtri—The inhabitants of Gallen, 
Leyny, and Corran, in the counties of Mayo 
and Sligo, were anciently so called.— See O'Fla- 
herty's Ogygia, part ii. c. 69. See also note 
under the year 885. 

m Athelstan.—This is an error for ** Edmund." 
Athelstan died, aecording to the Saxon Chro- 
nicle, on the sixth before the Kalends of Novem- 
ber, A. D. 940, and Edmund was stabbed at 
Puckle-church on St. Augustin's Mass day, 
A. D. 946. 

The year 944 of the Annals of the Four 


Slagead la 


Masters corresponds with 945 of the Annals of 

Ulster, and with 941 of the Annals of Clon- 

macnoise, which are very meagre in this year: 
* A. D. 945. Cluain-mic-Nois and” [other] 


“ churches of Meath robbed by the Genties of f 


Dublin. Maelbeathach Airchinnech of Daivinis 
ys dead." —.A nn. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 941". [recté, 946]. ** Awargin mac 
Kynaye King of Affalie" [Offaly], * died. 
Ettymon” [rectó, Edmund], * King of the Sax- 
ons, was killed by his own family."— Ann. Clon. 

a Finnfadhach.—This was evidently a bell 
which had belonged to St. Patrick.— See note °, 
under the year 448, p. 137, supra. 


MART a adi o0 


945.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 657 


lord of Corca-Firtri', died. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois, and the other 
churches of Meath, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The plundering of Cill- 
Cuilinn by the foreigners, i e. by Amhlaeibh Cuaran [and his followers]. 
Athelstan", the celebrated king of the Saxons, died. 

The Age of Christ, 945. The third year of Conghalach. Caenchomhrac, 
Abbot of Ia ; and Cathasach, son of Guasan, Lector of Ard-Macha, died. A 
battle was gained by Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, over the 
Leinstermen, in which Braen, son of Maelmordha, King of Leinster, was slain ; ; 
of which was said : 


Nine hundred, nine times five years, not a course without gloom 
and grief, 

From the birth of our noble redeeming treasure till the death of 
Braen, son of Maelmordha. 


. And Ceallach, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was also slain in that 
battle, and many others along with them; in commemoration of which was 
said : 

Braen, the valorous chief of Leinster, Conghalach the heroic, illus- 

trious, 

[And] four hundred valiant men, were slain at Ath-cliath of swords. 

From the birth of the Son of God, are clearly set down by rules, 

Five besides forty and nine hundred of years. 


The full of the Finnfadhach" of silver [was given] by the Cinel-Eoghain for 
the blessing of Patrick and his successor at that time, i. e. Joseph. A battle 
between the birds of the sea and the birds of the land at Luimneach. — A battle 
between the ravens of Munster, in Gleann-Damhain, at Darinis*; and the ravens 
of the west were defeated and slaughtered there. An army was led by Ruaidhri 


° Joseph.— This is an error of the Four Mas- 957.—See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
ters, for Joseph died in 936. He was succeeded p. 48., 
by Maelpatrick, son of Maeltuile, who died in » Gleann-Damhain at Dairinis.—A valley near 
the same year, and was succeeded by Catha- Molana, in the barony of Coshmore and Cosh- 
sach, son of Duilean, who was the successor bride, in the county of Waterford.—See note 7, 
of Patrick in this year and till his death in under the year 742, p. 343, supra. 
4p 


658 ANNAČA gioghachca EIREANN. 


(946. 
Ruaiópm Ua cCanannám co Sláme cona capt(cap Gall, 7 Gaorwil 3. Con- 
alach, mac Maolmichig, 7 Amlaoib Cuapán, co paeimoh pon halloib 
Qa chat m po mapbao 1 1m po báicheavh pocawe. Scolaige Ua heò- 
accam, tigeapna Oapcparge, 1 Hapbie, mac Muiploang, canary Ua cCpem- 
tain, 7 Cod Ua Ruaipc, mac Cigeapnám, a ppiégum. Opgan Aca chat 
la Congalach, mac Maolmtio. 

oir Core, naoi ccéo c(cpacha a pé. On c(épamao bliadam oo Chon- 
$alaé. Ommine Ua Cala, abb Cluana mic Nói, 7 Ceacna Mide, oég, oo 
Uib mic Uaip Miohe a éenél. Cacapach, mac Oorinaill, abb Slinne hUiphh, 
oég. Colmán, mac Maoilpacpanc, apémoech Sláme, oo mapbao la Gallaib. 
Conc, mac Comliogain, abb Cochpna, vécc. Copmacan, mac Maorlbmgoe, an 
capofile, pean cimta Néill GS lánouib, oég. Cat Aca chat pia cCongalach, 
mac Maoilmichis, pop blacaipe ua nlomaip, ciġeapna na Nopcmann, im po 
mapbad blacaipe peipm, 7 pé Céd décc ecip ğum 1 bpoicc, 7 culled an 
mile amonlle pup. Op dó po pároh(oh, 


Oapoam Chongalaich na ccmach, 


1 nGfe chach ba cumpcle laoch, 


hi ccém mapup clann pm clamo, 


Oo b(pac Gall pem cec paet. 


a Aedh Ua Ruairc.—'This is the first mention 
. of Ua Ruaire as a hereditary surname in the 
Trish Annals; but it is a mistake, because this 
Aedh was the brother of the Ruarc from whom 
the surname is derived. Sean Fearghal, King 
of Connaught, son of Art, son of Ruarc, was 
the first who could with propriety be called 
Ua Ruairc, or O’Ruaire, i.e. Nepos Ruarci. 
This once great and proud family has dwindled 
to insignificance in their original territory of 
West Breifny, or the county of Leitrim ; but 
the dignity of the name is still sustained by two 
distinguished officers in the Russian Empire, 
namely, Joseph, Prince O’Rourke, General- 
in-chief in the Russian Empire, and Patrick 
Count O’Rourke, a colonel in the same service. 

The year 945 of the Annals of the Four 


Masters corresponds with 946, alias 947, of the 
Annals of Ulster, but the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise contain no parallel entries, for it wants 
the year 942, which is the corresponding year 
according to the antedated chronology adopted 
in that chronicle. 

** A. D. 946” [al. 947]. “ An army by Roari 
O'Canannan to Slane, assisted by both English 
and Irish” [recté, resisted by the Galls, i. e. 
Danes and Irish], * viz, Congalach mac Mael- 
mihi, and Aulaiv Cuaran, that they overthrew 
the Gentiles of Dublin, where many were killed í 
and drowned. The Finfai .i. a relique, full of 
white silver from the Owens, .i. Tyrowen, to 
Patrick. Scolai O'Haegan, king of Dartry; 
Garvith mac Mureai, heire of O’Crivhainns, 
and Hugh O'Roirk mac Tiernan, deceased. 


946.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 659 


Ua Canannain to Slaine, where the foreigners and the Irish met him, namely, 
Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, and Amhlaeibh Cuaran; and the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath were defeated, and numbers slain and drowned. Scolaighe 
O'hAedhagain, lord of Dartraighe ; Gairbhith, son of Muireadhach, Tanist of 
Ui-Creamhthain ; and Aedh Ua Ruairc’, son of Tighearnan, in the heat of the 
battle. "The plundering of Ath-cliath by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh. 

The Age of Christ, 946. The fourth year of Conghalach. Ainmire 
Ua Cathlai, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Leacain in Meath’, died. He was 
of the Ui-Mic-Uais of Meath. Cathasach, son of Domhnall, Abbot of Gleann- 
Uisean, died. Colman, son of Maelpadraig, airchinneach of Slaine, was slain 
by the foreigners. Core, son of Coinligan, Abbot of Lothra, died. Cormacan‘, 
son of Maelbrighdhe, the chief poet, the play-mate of Niall Glundubh, died. 
The battle of Ath-cliath [was gained] by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, over 
Blacaire, grandson of Imhar, lord of the Norsemen, wherein Blacaire himself, 
and sixteen hundred men were lost, both wounded and captives, [and upwards 
of a thousand] along with him. Of this was said : 


The Thursday of Conghalach of chiefs 

At Ath-cliath was a conflict of heroes, 

As long as his children live to propagate children, 
They shall bring the foreigners to all kinds of trouble. 


Bran mac Maelmorra, king of Lenster, killed at 
a praie in Ossory. Cahasach mac Ailce, bushop 
of Kindred-Owen, mortuus est." — Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Leacain in Meath.—Now Leckin, in the ba- 
rony of Corcaree, and county of Westmeath. 

* Cormacan.—He was usually called Cormacan 
Eigeas, or the Poet, and was the author of a 
poem describing a circuit of Ireland made by 
Muircheartach, son of Niall Glundubh, king of 
Aileach, in the Winter of A. D. 942. This 
poem was for the first time printed for the Irish 
Archeological Society in 1841. 

* Upwards of a thousand.—This is an alias 
reading, incorrectly inserted into the text by 
the Four Masters. The true reading is given 


in Peregrine O'Clery's copy of the Leabhar- 
Gabhala, p. 217, as follows: 

** 6a ipm c(épamaó bliadain a plaċa (946) 
po pioccad cae ża cliae laip pon Slacaine 
ua n-lomaip, egeapna na Nopemann, cipm m 
po mapbaó Slacaipe buóém go pé ééomb 
oécc ecci gum 1 bpow immaille ppip 1 noio- 
gail mapbza muipéfpcarg mic Néill Slunouib 


‘Vaip pecc pam.” 


“Tt was in the fourth year of his” [Congha- 
lach’s] ‘reign (946) the battle of Ath-cliath 
was fought by him against Blacaire, grandson 
of Imhar, lord of the Norsemen, where Blacaire 
himself was slain, together with sixteen hun- 
dred men, in revenge of Muircheartach, son of 
Niall Glundubh, slain by him some time before.” 


4p2 


I. 


TS 


660 | [947. 
Sopmplaic, mé Plamo, mc Tlaoilechlamn, mogan Néll S lunoubh, 
décc 1ap nai&picée. dfocna ma caipmeeccarb 7 ooáilcibh. | Slórgeaó lap na 
Halla’ oap Opurm paée,co po lorpepfc an oepéech 7 oeichnebap ap feacht 
pichcib ano. Cachupach, mac Oili, eppcop Cenel Eocchán, vécc. 

Qoip Core, naoi ccév clépacha a peachc. Qn cinccead bliadan vo 
Chongalach. Oenacán, mac Geefptaish, ampcmoech Eccalpı bicce M 
cCluam me Nor, eppeop,7 ó$ 10dan, bpataippide Otinavhang, mic €ccap- 
caigh, oo Mugoopnaib Margen a cenél,7 a écc. Cleóán, mac Anal, aip- 
cimveach Tuama oá Ualann, [oécc]. Pleicb(pcach, mac Mumtaz, mic 
Neill Ghlanowb, vo mapbad lá Cenél Conall. Lardgnén, mac Congalaig, 
ci$eapna Harllng, oo manbad la Fab Cal. Oornnall, mac Pino mgdarina 
Laig(m, vécc. Pógapcach, mac Oonnasain, cigeapna Orpgziall, vécc, an 
mbuad natmge. Tllaouóan, mac Coda mc €ochaccám, pi Ulad, oo ap- 
bad la hUlcoib buden. Slórgeaó lá Congalach, mac Maoilmichig, co. po 
hmo hU: Meit, 4 P(nnmag. | 1 

Qoi Cpiopc, naoi ccéo c(épacha a hoche. Cn perpead bliadain oo Chon- 
 $alac6. Pmnachca, mac €cheigepn, eprcop, pepibnió,] abb Cugmaro, maen 
muintipe Pacpaice ó pleibh poofp, Colman, eppcop 7 abb Fa vain, oécc. 
Maolpindén, pur eppcop Oaipe Chalgoig, Copbmac Ua hdhlella, aupicin- 


ANNAZA groshachca EIREANN. 


deach Cille Cmlino, Scuiéme, abb Oepmange, oécc. 


* Gormfhlaith.—See note under the years 903, 
917, and 941; and extract from the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise in the next note. 

* Druim-raithe.—See note *, under the year 
788, p. 395, suprà. 

The year 946 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 947 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 943 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, but the true year is 948. 

* A. D. 947. Blacar mac Gofrith, king of 
Genties, killed by Congalach mac Maelmihi, 
with 1600 hurt and killed. Anmere O'Haglai, 
coarb of Ciaran mac an Tayr, mortuus est. Col- 
man mac Maelpatrick, prince of Slane, taken 
and died between them. Gormly, daughter to 
Flann mac Maeleachlainn mortua est in peni- 
tentia." —Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


^ 


Oonngal Ua Maol- 


“A. D. 943” [recté, 948]. * Blacaire mac 
Imer, king of the Normans, was killed by king 
Congallagh, and a thousand Danes and upwards 
were slain with him also. -Aynmier O’Kahal- 
lane, abbot of Clonvicknose, and of Leackan in 
Meath, died in his old age. Gormphly, daughter 
of King Flann mac Moyleseaghlyn, and Queen 
of Ireland, diéd of a long and grievous wound, 

‘which happened in this manner: She dreamed 
that she sawe King Neale Glunduffe, whereupon 
she gott up and sate in her bed to behold him; 
whom he for anger would forsake, and leave 
the chamber; and as he was departing in that 
angry motion (as she thought), she gave a 
snatch after him, thinking to have taken him 
by the mantle, to keep him with her, and fell - 
upon one of the bed-sticks of her bed, that it 


947.)  ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 661 


Gormfhlaith”, daughter of Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, queen of Niall 
Glundubh, died after intense penance in her sins and transgressions. An army 
was led by the foreigners over Druim-raithe*; and they burned the oratory and 
seven score and ten persons within it. Cathusach, son of Ailchi, Bishop of 
Cinel-Eoghain, died. 

The Age of Christ, 947. The fifth year of Conghalach. Oecenacan, son of 
Egceartach, airchinneach of Eaglais-beag at Cluain-mic-Nois, bishop and pure 
- virgin,—the brother of Dunadhach, son of Egceartach, of the tribe of Mugh- 
dhorna-Maighen,—died. Aedhan, son of Anailedh, airchinneach of Tuaim-da- 
Ghualann, [died]. Flaithbheartach’, son of Muircheartach, son of Niall Glun- 
dubh, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill Laidhgnen, son of Conghalach, lord of 
Gaileanga, was slain by the Feara-Cul. Domhnall, son of Finn, royal heir of 
Leinster, died.  Fogartach, son of Donnagan, lord of Oirghialla, died, after the 
vietory of penance. Madudhan, son of Aedh, son of Eochagan, King of Ulidia, 
was slain by the Ulidians themselves. A hosting by Conghalach, son of Mael- 
mithigh ; and he plundered Ui-Meith and Fearnmhagh. | 

The Age of Christ, 948. The sixth year of Conghalach.  Finnachta, son 
of Echthighern, bishop, scribe, and Abbot of Lughmhadh, and steward of 
Patrick's people from the mountain southwards; Colman, Bishop and Abbot 
of Fidh-duin, died. Maelfinnen, learned bishop of Doire-Chalgaigh ; Cormac 
Ua h-Ailella, airchinneach of Cill-Cuilinn ; [and] Scuithine, Abbot of Dear- 


pierced her breast even to her very heart, which 
received no cure untill she died thereof. Col- 
man mac Moylepatrick, archdean of Slane, was 
slain by the Danes. The Danes brought a great 
prey from Dromrahie, and burnt the church 
thereof, and also killed 170 men therein."— 
Ann. Clon. 

* Flaithbheartach.—1It is added in a modern 
hand in the Stowe copy, that this Flaithbhear- 
tach was the brother of Domhnall O'Neill, king 
of Ireland. 

The year 947 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 948, alias 949, of the 
Annals of Ulster, and with 944 of the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, which are very meagre in the 
events of this year : 


“ A. D. 948" [al. 949]. “ An army led by 
Madugan mac Hugh, and by Nell O’Nerailb, 
that they spoyled Tyre-Conell” [recté, Conaille- 
Muirhevné] “ and Druiminisclainn, with Inis- 
Kyndea. A pray with O'Canannan, and killed 
Flaihvertach O’Nell, and brought the spoyle of 
the Men of Lii. Hughan of Tuom-dauolann, 
in Christo pausavit. Fogartach mae Donnagan, 
king of Airgiall, in penitentia moritur. An army 
by Congalach mac Maelmihi, and” [he] “prayed 
the men of Meth and Fernvach."— Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 944” [recte, 949]. ** Flayvertagh, son 
of Mortagh mac Neall, prince of Aileagh, was 
slain by Tyrconnell. Donnell mac Fynn, prince 
of Lynster, died." —Ann. Clon. 


662 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN.  [948. 


mide, pin leiginn Cluana mic Nói, Plann Ua Cfnáile, arnémneach glinne 
va locha, chno opoam an coiccib, oég.. €ochacán Ua Clemigh, pagloip erpen, 
décc. Oamec ecenad oécc. Reachcabpa, mac Maong, pprmpaccapc 
Cluana mic Noi, aipémnech Imbleacha Pia 3. mleacha mbeccam. Oengur, 
mac bpam, paccapc, 7 Sput Shop Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. Cloictech 
Sláme vo lopccad oo Bhallarb co na lán vo mionnaibh, 7 o(5 óaormbh ım 
Chaomecaip pean léiginn Slame, 4 bacall an eplama, 4 clocc bá veach vo 
éloceabh. Catpaomead pa Ruaiópi Ua Canannám, 1 Mide pop Congalach, 
mac Maolmichig, oú 1 ccopéoin Congalach, mac Ceallais, cigeapna Pean 
Rop, co nopuing oile amaille pmp. Slórgéoó ole la Ruonópi Ua Canannám 
1 móp(gaib, 7 mopead bpeağ uile 06, 1 00 bent ile ó1 Cumaings pop Chonga- 
lac. Ro abh longpopc ppí pé pé mip acc popbaip pop Mhide, 7 óneagaibh 
hi Mume Ópocam, 7 do mache oligeaóa pi Epean ap gach amo curcce. 
Catpaomead 1apamh eip Ghallaib, 7 gaoioealaib, a. erp Ruoiópi Ua 
Cananoam agup Gulla Aca chat a bpéil Anopear appcol oo. ponnpaoh. 
Ro meabaió pon Ghallaib, 7 po cupead a náp, uap copcpaccan pé mile 
do tnén peapaib ann gen motac gille, 7 glaplare copcaip Ruaidm om pioğ- 
barna €peann 1 pepiégum an cata hipin, 7 copca roman canapi Gall ann 
beop. Ténna, mmoppo, Hoppa a. mac Sicpiucca, co nuachad oaome hi 
maille prir. Oonnchad, mac Domnall Ui Maorlechlainn, pigoamna Mrvde, 
vo rhapbaoh la a verpbhpine bá dém a. la Peapgal mac Clengupa. Sloglo 
la Congalach, mac Maoilmichs 1n Muman, q po arpec 1apmuma, 7 po 
mhanb oá mac Cemnéiceig, mic Concám 1. €cheig(pn 7 Oonncuan. Inopaoh 
Maige Pmn la Congalach. Ruapc, mac Anpré Ui Caogacán, ci&eapna 
Pean Cal Ceacba, vécc. Maouohan mac Cloovha, pi Ulad, oo mapbao la 
hUlcoibh péipin. À 


* Imleach Fia, i.e. Imleach Beccain.—See note’, 
under A. D. 732, p. 329, suprà. 

* The Belfry of Slaine. —This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows : 

“ A. D. 948. Coeneachair, id est Probus, Præ- 
lector seu præfectus Scholæ Slanensis in ipsa turri 
Slanensi flammis per Danos enecatus interiit, cum 
multis aliis piis sociis Sanctorum reliquiis et baculo 


ipsius Sancti Antistitis, nempe Sancti Erci patroni 


loci.” — Trias Thaum., p. 219.. See Petrie's 
Round Towers, pp. 41, 55, 368, 369. 

^ Muine-Brocain: i. e. Brocan’s brake, or 
shrubbery. Not identified. 

°Magh-Finn.—Now Tuath-Keogh, or Keogh's 
country; a district containing forty quarters of 
land, in the parish of Taghmaconnell, barony 
of Athlone, and county of Roscommon.—See 
Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 77, 102, 


^ 
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948.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 663 


mach, died. Donnghal Ua Maelmidhe, Lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Flann 
Ua Anaile, airchinneach of Gleann-da-locha, head of the dignity of the province, 
died. Eochagan Ua Cleirigh, a lawgiver, died. Dariet, a wise man, died. 


Reachtabhra, son of Maenach, chief priest of Cluain-mic-Nois; airchinneach 


of Imleach-Fia’, i. e. of Imleach-Beccain ; Oenghus, son of Bran, priest of the 
learned seniors of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. The belfry of Slaine* was burned by 
the foreigners, with its full of relics and distinguished persons, together with 
Caeineachair, Lector of Slaine, and the crozier of the patron saint, and a bell 
[which was] the best of bells. A victory was gained by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, 
in Meath, over Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, where fell Conghalach, son of 


Ceallach, lord of Feara-Rois, and a number of others along with him. Another - 


hosting by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain into Breagha; and he plundered all Breagha, 
and he reduced Conghalach to great straits. He encamped for the space of six 
months at Muine-Brocain’, to reduce Meath and Breagha ; and the dues of the 
King of Ireland were sent him from every. quarter. A conflict afterwards 
took place between the Irish and the foreigners, namely, between Ruaidhri Ua 
Canannain and the foreigners of Ath-cliath, on the festival of Andrew the 
apostle precisely. The foreigners were defeated and slaughtered, for there fell 


six thousand mighty men, besides boys and calones ; but Ruaidhri, heir to the - 


sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the heat of that conflict, and Imhar, Tanist of the 
foreigners, also. Godfrey, however, i. e. the son of Sitric, escaped, and a few 
persons along with him. An army was led by Conghalach into Munster ; and 
he plundered West Munster, and slew the two sons of Ceinneidigh, son of 
Lorcan, namely, Echthighern and Donnchuan. The plundering of Magh Finn* 
by Conghalach. Ruarc, son of Anfith Ua Laeghachain, lord of Feara-Cul- 
Teathbha', died. Madudhan, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, was killed by the 
Ulidians themselves. 


and the Map to that work, on which the posi- Masters corresponds with 949 of the Annals of 


tion of this district is shewn. 

2 Feara-Cul-Teathbha. — A district in the 
north-west of the county of Westmeath. It is 
to be distinguished from Feara-Cul-Breagh, in 
East Meath.—See note ?, under the year 693, 
p. 297, supra. 

The year 948 of the Annals of the Four 


Ulster, and with 945 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, but the true year is 950. 

* A. D. 949. Donogh mac Daniell, king of 
Meath, killed by his brothers. Ael, king of 
Wales, died.” [Scohine Airchinnech of Dur- 
rowe]; **Maelfinnan, bushop of Kildare; and 
Cleircen mac Conallain, Airchinnech of Daire- 


664 ANNALA RIOSshachca EIREANN. 1949. 


Qoi Cprope, naoi ccéo clépacha a naoi. Un peaccmad bliadam vo 
Chongalach. itil, mac Cuipc, abb Concoige, Guarne Ua Popanoam, ap- 
emnech Anoappata, [oécc]. Cod, mac Maolpuanad, nfogóamna C(mpa, vo 
mapbad lá Domnall mac Donnchada. lacercig, mac Curlenoém, cr&eapna 
Conaille Muintemne, oo mapbaoh la Mushoonnubh Margen. béc, mac 
Oumncuan, cigeapna Ceachbha, oécc. Niall Motlach Ua Canannáin, vo 

-mapbad vo Coppa” Moparb. Congalach, mac Maolmichs, co móp cob- 
. lach Leite Chuinn laip pon Loch Oepccoepc. Ro oipgp(c ono wile innp(óa 
an locha 1 po gabpac geill 4 neapc Muman rap na ppiébeipe. ppú. Gop- 
nah, mac Sicpiocca co nGallaib Ata chat vo ongam Ch(nanopa, Oomnaig 


Pacparc, Chpobp (cám, Culám, Oipipc Ciapóám, Cille Scíne,4 a lale cealla | 


apcfna, acc ap a C(nanoap po cpoice mle. Rugpac culled ap cpi mile a 
mbporo leó lá caob op, apgaicc, eor5,] 100maome,1 gacha maic(pa apchfna. 


Inop(ó Shill nOnmcada,7 opgan Cluana p(pca 6pnénamn lá Ceallacán 4 lá 


propa. Muman. 
Oailinve vo lópgao leo. 


mich gan chomn pig nó plata puppe. 


cíne la hUa Lomán Gaela. 


Chalgaigh, mortui'sunt. Madagan mac Hugh 
killed by Ovehach .i. by the sonns of Bran, but 
God revenged him in short time by their own 
death.” [Sed Deus illum vindicavit in brevi tem- 
pore, in morte ipsorum]. E Rory O'Canannan, 
killed by Genties, viz., heyre of all Ireland, after 
warfaring six monthes upon Meath and Bregh, 
and after discomfiting Genties to two thousand 
or more. Nell O^Canannan and some more killed. 
Incredible fruite. The Steple of Slane burnt by 
the Genties of Dublin, and burnt the saint’s 
Crostaff, and a ston most pretious of stones” 
[recté, clog ba vec oo clocaib, i.e. a bell, the 
best of bells]. ** Cinechair and a great number 
about him burnt, being the Lector.”—Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 945”  [rectó, 950]. ** Donnogh mac- 
Donnell O'Melaghlyn, prince of Tarach, was 
killed by his own brothers. Hoel mac Cahall, 


Inopead Oealbna Gfchpa von lucht céona, 1 O«amliag 
Soepe Cluana lopaino 6 Chongalach, mac Maole- 
Maidm pop piona Mupccpange . 
Maiom pop hUib Paige occ-Óroppaeib, in po 


King of Wales, died. Scothyne, Archdean of 
Dorowe, died. The steeple of Slane was burnt 
by the Danes, which was full of worthy men 
and relicks of saints, with Kennyagher, Lector 
of Slane. The battle of Moynbrackan was 
fought this year between the Danes of the one 
side, and King Congallagh and Irishmen of the 
other side, where Godfrey, chief of the Danes, 
was put to flight, and 6000 of his army slain ; 
and Rowrie O’Canannan was also slain therein. 
Donnogh mac Donnell, King of halfe Meath, 
died. Cormack O’Hailealla, Archdean of Kill- 
collyn, died. King Congallagh preyed West 
Munster, and in pursuit of the prey he killed 
the two sonns of Kynnedy mac Lorcan, named 
Eghtygerne and Donchwan."—— Ann. Clon. 

e Ceanannus, §c.—These churches still retain 
their ancient names, and are all situated in East 


Meath. Their names are now anglicised Kells, 


i: 
‘ 
4 


949.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 665 


The Age of Christ, 949. The seventh year of Conghalach. Aileall,- son 
of Core, Abbot of Corcach ; Guaire Ua Forannain, airchinneach of Ard-stratha, 
[died]. Aedh, son of Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Teamhair, was killed by 
Domhnall, son of Donnchadh. Maceitigh, son of Cuileannan, lord of Conaille- 
Muirtheimhne, was slain by the Mughdhorna-Maighen. Bec, son of Donnchuan, 
lord of Teathbha, died. Niall Mothlach Ua Canannain was slain by the Cairbri- 
Mora. Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, with the great fleet of Leath-Chuinn, 
upon Loch-Deirgdherc. They plundered all the islands of the lake, and 
obtained the hostages of the Munstermen, over whom they obtained sway, after 
some opposition. Godfrey, son of Sitric, with the foreigners of Ath-cliath, plun- 
dered Ceanannus*, Domhnach-Padraig, Ard-Breacain, Tulan, Disert-Chiarain, 
Cill-Scire, and other churches [of Meath] in like manner; butit was out of 
Ceanannus' they were all plundered. They carried upwards of three thousand 
persons with them into captivity, besides gold, silver, raiment, and various 
wealth and goods of every description. The spoiling of Sil-Anmchadha*, and 
the plundering of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, by Ceallachan and the men of Mun- 
ster. The plundering of Dealbhna-Beathra by the same party; and the Daimh- 
liag of Gailine^ was burned by them. The freedom! of Cluain-Iraird [was 
granted] by Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, no king or prince having claim 
A victory was gained over the men of Muscraighe-thire 
A victory was gained over the Ui-Failghe at Birra, 


of coigny upon it. 
by Ua-Lomain-Gaela*. 


Donaghpatrick, Ardbraccan, Dulane, Castle- 
kieran, Kilskeery. 

f Qut of Ceanannus : i.e. the encampment was 
at Kells, from which marauding parties were 
sent forth to plunder the neighbouring churches, 

z Sil-Anmchadha: i.e. race of Anmchadh. 
This was the tribe-name of a sept of the Ui- 
Maine of Connaught, who, after the establish- 
ment of surnames, took that of O’Madadhain, 
now O'Madden. Their territory comprised the 
barony of Longford, in the county of Galway. 

^ Gailine.—Now Gallen, in the barony of Gar- 
rycastle, King's County, which was anciently 
called Dealbhna-Beathra, or Dealbhna-Eathra. 

i The freedom.—Dr. O'Conor translates this 
passage very incorrectly as follows: 


** Violatio sacrilega Cluanirardie per Conga- 
lachum filium Maolmithigi, nullo retinente Rege 
vel Duce contra eum.” 

x Ua-Lomain Gaela.—This was the name of a 
sept of the Hy-Many of Connaught, seated at 
Finnabhair, now Finnure, in the barony of 
Leitrim, and county of Galway. Muscraighe- 
thire was the ancient name of the baronies of 
Upper and Lower Ormond, in the county of 
Tipperary.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many, 
p. 35, note *; and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 29. 

The year 949 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 950 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 946 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, but the true year is 951. 

** A. D. 950. Macetig mac Culennan, King of 


4Q 


en, SR à adit Sont du ' A — M "> ai T F€ 
à * s 


Li 


666 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[950. 


mapbao pocaióe imCionaetCpuac. Ouboabanc,mac Tflaoilmopóa, ci5eapna 
Uanitne cine, oo écc. Clamcpupcecao mop, pit pola pop Gallai Aca chat. 
Qoi Cpiopc, naor ccéo caoga. On coccmad bliadam vo Chongalach. 
Cdlano, mac €gnmz, mic Dálaigh, comapba Dae Colaim Chille eipioe, 
Huaipe awne clépech n€peann, oécc. blatmac Sgeillice oécc. Plann 
Ua becam, aipchmneach Opoma chab, pepbhniòe Epeann, décc. Peap- 
oomnaé Ua Maonag, abb Cluana mic Nóip 7 Glinne oá Coca, vo Chopca 
moccha a cenél. Céleclam ancome Ano Macha, q Flann, mac Maol- 
piachpach, amchmnech mure ecim of glam, oécc. Plann Ua Clé, 
cigeapna Oeipceipe Connaéc,7 máóamna Connaéc uile,oo manbad oo paw » 
Muman. Oomnall Oonn, mac Oonnchada piosdamna Tlmpa,7 Oebinn, mgfn 
Oonnchavha, oécc. Canannan, mac Ceallarg, canopy: Ua cCemnpelaig, 
oécc 1ap na guin. Mawm pop Chenél cConaill ma pP(pgal, mac Cine, oú 
1 ccopcaip Piacpa Ua Canannain. Concubap, mac Oomnaill Ui Maoilech- 
lamn, piogdamna Epeand, oo mapbaoh la a cenel peippm. Mawm pop 
Laigip,7 pop Ua pParpéelláan pia cCuacal mac Ugaipe m po mapbaoh 


the Conells, and Guaire O’Farannain, died. 
Gofrith mac Sitrick, with the Genties of Dublin, 
prayed Kells, Dovnach-Patrick, Ardbrackain, 
Tuileain, and Killskyre, with other churches. 
They all gathered to Kells, where 3000 men 
were taken with an innumerable pray of cowes, 
horses, gold, and silver” [ubi capta sunt tria 
millia hominum vel plus, cum maxima preda boum 
et equorum, auri e argenti] “ Hugh mac 
Maelruanai ; Beg mae Duinneuan, King of 
Tehva; Cennedi mac Lorcan, King of Thomond; 
Gairvith mac Lorcan, King of the men of Le- 
vain. Nell Mohlach killed by Carbry by sleight. 
Perishing of bees. Leprosie and running of 
blood upon the Genties of Dublin.”—Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 946” [rectà, 951]. “ Beag mac Donc- 
wan, King of Teaffa, and Kennedy mac Lorcan, 
died. This Kennedy was chief of all Dalgaisse. 
Godfrey mac Sitrick, with the Danes of Dublin, 
preyed and spoyled Kells, Downapatrick, Ard- 


brackan, Tullean, Disert-Queran, and Kills- . 


keyre, with many other churches, and took 
from them about 3000 captives, with many 
rich booties of gold, silver, and cloathes, which 
God did soon after revenge on them. Awley 
was King of York for a year after. King Con- 
gallach granted that freedome to Clonard, that 
there shou'd never after be cesse or presse, or 
other charge thereupon.”—Ann. Clon. 

! Quaire- Aidhne.—He was King of Connaught 
in the seventh century, and was so celebrated . 
for generosity and bounty that his name became 
proverbial.—See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 219, . 
n. 38, where Colgan writes : 

** Guarius filius Colmani, non solüm in hys- 
toriis nostris multum celebratus, sed in hunc 


. usque diem, ita ipsi vulgo ob eximis liberali- 


tatis prerogativa notissimus, ut quando quis 
vult quempiam a liberalitate plurimum laudare 
dieat; est ipso Guario liberalior.” 

m Sceillic: i.e. the sea-rock, now the Great 
Skellig, a rocky island situated in the Atlantic 
Ocean, about ten miles off the coast of the ba- 


950. ] ^. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 667 


where many were slain, together with Cinaeth Cruach. Dubhdabharc, son of 
Maelmordha, lord of Uaithne-tire, died. Great lues and bloody flux among the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath. i 

The Age of Christ, 950. The eighth year of Conghalach. Adhlann, son 
of Egneach, son of Dalach, comharba of Doire-Choluim-Cille, the Guaire 
Aidhne! of the clergy of Ireland, died. Blathmhac of Sgeillic™ died. Flann 
Ua Becain, airchinneach of Druim-cliabh, scribe of Ireland, died. Feardomhnach 
Ua Maenaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois and Gleann-da-locha, of the tribe of 
Corca-Mogha”; Celeclamh, anchorite of Ard-Macha ; and Flann, son of Mael- 
fiachrach, airchinnech of Magh-etir-di-ghlais*, died. Flann Ua Cleirigh’, lord of 
South Connaught, and royal heir to all Connaught, was slain by the men of 
Munster. Domhnall Donn, son of Donnchadh, royal heir of Teamhair ; and 
Oebhinn, daughter of Donnchadh, died. Canannan, son of Ceallach, Tanist of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died, after being mortally wounded.. A victory was gained 
over the Cinel-Conaill by Fearghal, son of Art, where Fiachra Ua Canannain 
was slain. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Ire- 
land, was slain by his own tribe. A victory was gained over the people of 
Laighis and the Ui-Faircheallain’ by Tuathal, son of Ugaire, in which many 


rony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.—See 
Smith's Kerry, p. 113; and Archdall’s Monas- 
ticon Hibernicum, pp. 306, 307. 

2 Corca-Mogha.—Now anglicé Corcamoe, a 
district comprising the parish of Kilkerrin, in 
the barony of Killian, and county of Galway.— 
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p.84, note*, 
and the Map to that work, on which the boun- 
daries of this district are marked. See also 
note under the year 1382. 

° Magh-etir-di-ghlais.—See note °, under A. D. 


879, p. 529, suprà. 


» Flann Ua Cleirigh.—He was the first person 
ever called Ua Cleirigh, or O'Clery. He was 
otherwise called Maelcerarda, and was the 
grandson of Cleireach, the progenitor after 
whom the hereditary surname was called.— 
See Genealogies §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 392. 

a Ui-Faircheallain.—See note ^, under the 


year 899, p. 560, suprd. 

The year 950 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 951 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and 947 of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
but the true year is 952. 

* A. D. 951. Scannal, Airchinnech of Donach- 
Sechnaill; Flann, Airchinnech of Dromcliav; 
Constantine mac Hugh, king of Scotland; Fer- 
donach, Coarb of Kyaran, mortui sunt. A battle 


upon Scotts, Welsh, and Saxons, by Gentiles” 


[rectó, Galls]. “Flann O'Clery, king of Des- 
cert-Connaght; Daniell mac Donogh, heyre ap- 
parent of Tarach; Celeclain, an Anchorite ; 
Flann mac Maelfiachrach, Airchinnech of Magh 
between the two streames, in Irish Maghedirda- 


` glais, mortui sunt.” —Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 


tom. 49. 
ASTD RIP [redi 952]. ‘Connor mac 
Donnell O'Melaghlyn ; Constantine mac Hugh, 


4Q2 


——_ 


* 


668 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[951. 


pocaide,7 m po gabaó Cuilén, mac Guram. Catppaomead ma nGallarb pop . 
plpaib Alban pop bpfcnaib, 7 pop Sayanaċaib, ou 1 ccopépacop ile. 

Corp Cmore, naoi ccéo caoga a haon. On nornaó bliadam vo Chonga- 
lach. Ciapan Ua Sabla, eppucc Cluana p(pca bpénamn, Owbinnp paor 3 
eppucc mumeme Ofnnchaip, Oiapmaic, mac Caréip eppucc. Inpi Celcpa, 
Maolcotag, mac Lactnam, comapba Comgenll 4 Mocolméce,[vécc]. Cenn- 
paolad, mac Suibne, abb Sargne, oécc ma anlitpe 1 nglionn oa loca. Orap- 
maicc, mac Topnptarg, abb Lira móm. Beiblimio, valca Tflaolmaobócc, abb 
Gunne hUippén, raor Larg, Maolmanpe, apchimnech, Cige Petsna, Maol- 
mapcan, mac Maenags paccape Oám Cleslary1, Maolpacpaice, mac Cop- - 
ccám, pip lerġmn Apoa Macha, Gopmsal, p(p lérghinn Tige Mochua, 1 Innpi 
Robancarg, oécc. Copbmac, mac Maolplumg, paor Muman, Angal ph 
lérġmn Cluana lopaipo, 1 Colsga, angcoipe Apoa Maca, vécc. €ichne, mg(n 
Etgaile, banpiogan € peann, bin Congalang, mic Maoilmerg, vég. €cheig(pn, 
mac Cionait, cigfnna Ua Ceinnpelaig, oo mapbaó la maca Ceallong. 
Cluam mic Néip do opccam oo phat Muman co nGallarb Lummg amaille 
pa. Ruavacán, mac Eieigén, cigeapna Cintin Ganllng, Faolán, mac 
Caec cana Ua cCemnpelaig, 7 Ouibgionn, mac Cuilennám, cigeapna 
Ua nDuach, décc 1 naen ló. Opgam Inpi Dome, 7 Ini Ulad la hOmlanb 
Cuapán,1 la Cuacal mac Ugane. Opgam Tighe Molince rap mup ó Lapac. 

Cloip Cpiope, naoi ccéo caoga a 06. On veachrhad bliadain vo Chonga- 
lach. Robapcach, comapba Colum Chille 3 Cloamnan, Reccabpa, eppcop 
5 abb Cille hOfchaib, Caoncornpac, abb Cille h€appuice Sanccám 7 Sputpa, 


King of Scotland; and Ferdownagh O'Mooney, 
abbot of Clonvicknose, died. The pox (which 
the Irish called then Dolor Gentilium) rann over 
all Ireland this year.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Inis- Uladh : i.e. the Island of the Ulidians. 
This was a place near Slieve Gadoe, not far from 
` Donard, in the county of Wicklow.—See note ", 
under A. D. 594, p. 219, supra. 

* Laraic.—This was in all probability the 
chieftain after whom Waterford was called Port- 
Lairge by the Irish. 

The year 951 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 952 of the Annals of 


Ulster, and with 948 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, but the true year is 953. 

* A. D. 952. Cluoin-mic-Nois spoyled by 
Mounstermen and Genties. Maelcohai, Coarb 
of Comgall and Mocolmog, died. Galeng spoyled 
by the O’Crivthains. Daniell came upon Mur- 
tagh, beheading many. Maelmartan mac Mae- 
nai; Ruaagan mac Etigen, king of East Galeng ; 
Maelpatrick mac Coscan, Lector of Ardmach ; 
Maelmuire, Airchinnech of Tifethghna; Cen- 
faela, Airchinnech of Saighir; Dermott mac 
Torptha, Airchinnech of Lismor-Mocuda; and 
Duvinse, bushop of Benchar, dormierunt.”— 


951.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 669 


were slain; and Cuilen, son of Gusan, was taken prisoner. A battle was gained 
by the foreigners over the men of Alba and the Saxons,in which many were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 951. The ninth year of Conghalach. Ciaran Ua Gabhla, 
Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Duibhinnsi, a sage and bishop of the family 
of Beannchair; Diarmaid, son of Caicher, Bishop of Inis-Cealtra ; Maelcothaigh, 
son of Lachtnan, successor of Comhghall and Mocholmog, [died]. Ceannfae- 
ladh, son of Suibhne, Abbot of Saighir, died on his pilgrimage at Gleann-da- 
locha. Diarmaid, son of Torpthach, Abbot of Lis-mor; Feidhlimidh, fosterson 
of Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean, the sage of Leinster; Maelmaire, 
airchinneach of Teach-Fethghna ; Maelmartan, son of Maenach, priest of Dun- 
Leathghlaisi ; Maelpadraig, son of Coscan, Lector of Ard-Macha ; and Gorm- 
ghal, Lector of Teach-Mochua and Inis Robhartaigh, died.. Cormac, son of 
Maelsluaigh, sage of Munster ; Anghal, Lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Colgga, 


anchorite of Ard-Macha, died. Eithne, daughter of Fearghal, Queen of Ire- ` 


land, wife of Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, died. Echthighern, son of 
Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by the sons of Ceallach. Cluain- 
mic-Nois was plundered by the men of Munster, and the Danes of Luimneach 
along with them. Ruadhacan, son of Eitigen, lord of East Gaileanga ; Faelan, 
son of Tadhg, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Duibhginn, son of Cuileannan, 
lord of Ui-Duach, died on the same day. The plundering of Inis-Doimhle and 
Inis-Uladh' by Amhlaibh Cuaran and Tuathal, son of Ugaire. The plundering 
of Teach-Moling from the sea by Laraic*. 

The Age of Christ, 952. The tenth year of Conghalach. Robhartach, 
successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan ; Reachtabhra, Bishop and Abbot of 
Cill-achaidh ; Caenchomhrac, Abbot of Cill-Easpuig, Sanctain‘, and Sruthair"; 


Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. n.13. In the Gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, at 
* A. D. 948” [rectà, 953]. “ Maleolme mac 9th May, Bishop Sanctan’s church is called 


Donnell, king of Scottland, and Dermott mac 
Torpha, abbott of Lismore, died. Clonvicknose 
was preyed by the Munstermen and Danes. 


~Eihne, daughter of Ferrall, Queen of Ireland 


and wife of King Congallagh, died.” —Ann. Clon. 

t Cill-Easpuig-Sanctain. — Now Kill-Saint- 
Ann, in the barony of Rathdown, and county 
of Dublin.—See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 8, 


Cill-da-leis ; and, it is added, that he had ano- 
ther church at a place called Druim-Laighille 
[now Drumlile], in Tradraighe [in Thomond]. 

* Sruthair.— Otherwise called Sruthair-Guaire, 
now Shrule, in a parish of the same name, ba- 
rony of Slievemargy, and Queen's County, and 
about two miles from Sleaty.—See the Ordnance 
Map of the Queen's County, sheet 32. 


670 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [953. 


Plannaccán, mac Alcon, comapba Mie Nippi, 7 Colman €ala, Celechaip, 
mac Robapcaig, comapba Pinnéin 4 Ciapám, oo Uib Mic Uanp Míde a cenél, 
Cellachan, pi Chaipil, oécc. “Cod, mac Hapbie, eigeapna Conca moe, 7 
cigeapna Oapcpaige oo mapbaoh. Niall Ua Tolaipcc, ciġeapna Curncne, 
jap uad aimmmsge(p Cann Uí Tholarnce pop bpu Locha Ribh [oécc]. Saghip 
éiapám vo opnccam opfpaibh Muman. Span, mac Domnall, ci$eapna Chenel 
Laegaipe Ops, oo mapbaó. Conn, mac Epavam, mic Gait, cigeanna 
Maige ouma, oo mapbad. Op món oo Choinpmb 7 clebarb ma nUa Ruane, 
co ccopéain ann Ua Ciapóa, cigeapna coipppe. Ualgance, mac Cianáin, 
cigeapna Dal meipin cuinb, oo mapbao la Catal, mac Copncám, 7 copcain 
Catal po céo6ip pmpprium. Ounlang Ua Oubain oo manbavh. Sloiccead 
Cenél €occam lá Oomnall Ua Néill 50 po momp(c óp(ga a haoncaio Gall. 

Coip Cqpiopc, naoi ccéo caoga acpi. On caonmad bliabam oécc oo 
Chongalach. Ounadac, mac €cc(pcarg, eppucc Cluana mic Nap. Oun- 
lang, mac ua Ounaccám, abb Innpi Oomle 7 Cige Munna, Maolionmain, 
eccnaid 7 ancore Glimne va loca, [oécc]. Cullen mac Cellang, abb Cille 
dapa, oo mapbaoh. Clongup, mac Comgpich, arpémoec Marge bile, oécc. 
Clongup, mac Maoilbpġoe, apchmneach Oormnliace, Chine, cigeapna  Tfluz- 
oopn ITlarzfn, q] ópaon, mac Catacam, cigeapna Rata mbip, oég. Michigen, 
mac Cionaeda,cigeanna Ua Maithéna, Mupchad, mac Cumupccairg, ci$eapna 
EG Roy, q Flan, mac Bletnecam, coipeé Clomne Mupchada, vécc. 
Invepge, mac Mocam, cizeapna Ciannachta, oo mapbad 1 cConnaccaib hi 


w Carn- Ui-Tholairg : i.e. O’Tolairg’s Carn, 


or sepulchral heap of stones. This name is now 
obsolete. It was probably the carn which gave 
name to Kilearnan, in the parish of Noughaval, 
barony of Kilkenny West, and county of West- 
meath. The family name, Ua Tolairg, or O’To- 
lairg, is now obsolete, unless it be that now 
anglicised Toler. 7 

z Magh-dumha: i.e. the Plain of the Mound, 
now Moydoo, or Moydoe, a barony in the county 
of Longford.—See note under A. D. 1295. 

y Cairbre: i.e. of Cairbre-Ui-Chiardha, now 
the barony of Carbury, in the north-west of the 
county of Kildare. The family name O'Ciar- 


dha is now anglicised Keary, and Carey. 

* Dal-Mesincuirb.—A tribe seated in the ba- 
rony of Arklow, and some of the adjoining dis- 
tricts, in the present county of Wicklow.—See 
the Feilire-Aenguis at 22nd May. 

The year 952 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 953 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 949 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, but the true year is 954. 

* A. D. 953. Flannagan mac Allchon, Coarb 
of Mae Nish, and of Colman Elo; Maelcolum 
mac Daniel, King of Scotland, killed. Con mac 
Eraain, mic Garvith, king of Maiduma, killed. 
Great sleaing” [rectó, mortality] **of cowes in 


953.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 671 


Flannagan, son of Allchu, successor of Mac Neisi and Colman Eala; Celeachair, 
son of Robhartach, successor of Finnen and Ciaran, of the tribe of the Ui-Mic- 
Uais of Meath ; [and] Ceallachan, King of Caiseal, died. Aedh, son of Gair- 
bhith, lord [recté Abbot] of Corcach-mor, and lord of Dartraighe, was killed. 
Niall Ua Folairg, lord of Cuircne, and the person from whom is named Carn 
Ui Tholairg", on the margin of Loch Ribh, [died]. Saighir-Chiarain was plun- 
dered by the men of Munster. Bran, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire- 
Breagh, was slain. Conn, son of Eradan, son of Gairbhith, lord of Magh-dumha’, 
was slain. A great slaughter was made of the people of Cairbre and Teathbha 
by Ua Ruairc, on which occasion Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre’ was slain. 
Ualgharg, son of Cianan, lord of Dal-Meisincuirb’, was slain by Cathal,son of 
Lorcan ; and Cathal died immediately [of the wounds inflicted] by him [Ual- 
gharg]. Dunlang Ua Dubhain was slain. A hosting of the Cinel-Eoghain by 
Domhnall Ua Neill; and they plundered Breagha by consent of the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 953. The eleventh year of Conghalach. Dunadhach, 
son of Egeartach, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Dunlang Mac-Ua-Donnagain, 
Abbot of Inis-Doimhle* and Teach-Munna; Maelinmhain, wise man and ancho- 
rite of Gleann-da-locha, died. Cuilen, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara, was 
slain. Aenghus, son of Loingseach, airchinneach of Magh-bile, died. Aenghus, 
son of Maelbrighde, airchinneach of Daimhliag; Ailinne, lord of Mughdhorna- 
Maighen ; and Braen, son of Cathacan, lord of Rath-inbhir®, died. Mithighen, 
son .of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Mailhena*; Murchadh, son of Cumasgach, lord of 
Feara-Rois ; and Flann, son of Glethneachan, chief of Clann-Murchadha, died. 
Innerghe, son of Mochan, lord of Cianachta, was slain in Connaught, in the army 


Ireland. A great slaughter of Carbries and 
Tethvaes by O'Roarke, where O'Ciardai, king 
of Cairbre, fell. Celechar, Coarb of Kiaran and 
Finan; Ravartach, Coarb of Columcill and 
Adomnan, pausaverunt. Nell O’Tolairg ; Kel- 
laghan, King of Cashill; Rechtavra, Airchin- 
nech of Killacha, mortui sunt. Bran mac Daniell, 
king of Kindred-Laoaire-Bregh, jugulatus est.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 949. Ceallaghan, King of Cashell; 
Reaghawry, abbott of Killeachie, and Flannagan 


mac Allcon, Cowarb of Mac Nissi, and of Col- - 


man-Eala, died. Neale O’Tolairge, lord of Ma- 
chaire-Chivirckny, now called the baronie of 
Kilkenny west, died. Karne-I-Tolarge, at the 
side of Logh- Rie, tooke the name of" [1. e. from] 
“this man. Sayer was preyed by Munstermen.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

a Inis- Doimhle.—See note ", under A. D. 776. 

» Rath-inbhir.—Now Bray, in the north of the 


county of Wicklow.—See note", under A. D. © 


716, p. 382, suprà. 
© Ut-Maeilhena.—The situation of this tribe 
is unknown to the Editor. 


672 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. (954. 


lunce, Chongalaigh mic Tlaoilmichig. Sloiccead la Oomnall mac Tihuipéfp- 
cas co longai o Chuarg mbip pop Lot n€achoac pop Oaball, vapp na 
hQipgsiallanb, pop loch nepre, 1appm pop Loc nUaccarp, 5o po anec, 3 co po 
mop an bpeipne co cucc gialla Ua Ruane. 1 

Cloip Cort, naor ccéo caoga a cfémp. Gaeicheine pur eppcop Oá&n 
Ufchslaipe, Oengap, mac Noachain, comapba Pechene, Maolpactpaice, mac 
Conbp(can, aipchmnech Sléáme, Maonach, comapba Pinvéin, 7 plplersinn 
Cpoa Macha 4 Maolbpigoe, mac REoain, comapba Mic Neippi, 7 Colmam 
€ala,oég. Tadsg na com cCop, mac Cacail pi Connacc, oécc. Sloiccead 
la Congalach, mac ITlaoilmiéig, pi Epeann co Cargmb, 7 1ap monnnad Lang fn, 
4 1ap naige aonang Lipe ppí cpib lái vo cór 6 Larsmb co Gallaib Aca chat, 
, cuccpac Arhlaoib, mac Hoppada, cigeapna. Gall co na Shallaib, 4 po 
hinolead caicfoapnang leó pón cmo Congalaig, comoh cpa pm ceilcc pin 
caup é cona mantib oc Tig Grogpann. ciao copcpacap annpin, Conga- 
laé péin, Mavidan, mac Coda, mic Maolemichich, Clooh mac Cichtive, 
cigeapna C(chba. Copbmac, mac Catalan, cigeapna Php nGpoa, 7 opong 


3 Tuagh-inbher.—This was the ancient name 
of the mouth of the River Bann.—See note ", 
under A. D. 904, p. 572, suprà. Domhnall 
O’Neill on this occasion carried the boats, cots, 
and curraghs of Tuaigh-inbhir to Lough-Neagh 
and over the Dabhall, or Blackwater River; he 
then conveyed them over the land through the 
territory of Airghialla until he launched them 
on Lough Erne, in Fermanagh ; and afterwards 
upon Lough Oughter in Breifne; and plundered 
the islands of these lakes on which the principal 
treasures of the adjacent territories were depo- 
sited. 

The year 953 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 954 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 950 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, but the true year is 955. 

* A. D. 954. Aengus mac Conloingse, Air- 
chinnech of Mabile; Aengus mac Maelbride, 
Airchinnech of Doimliag, moriuntur. Alen, king 
of Mugorn-Maien and Mugorn-Bregh, and In- 
nerg mac Mocaoin, perished prosecuting Congala 


in Conaght” [recté, while on an expedition with 
the Galls, or Danes, in Connaught]. * An army 
by Daniell mac Murtagh, with shiping from 
Tuoi-Invir upon Loch Nehach, and upon Davall, 
through Airgiall upon Loch Erne, and after 
upon Loch Uachter, that vanquishing Brefny 
they brought O’Roark’s hostages.” —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 950" [recté, 955]. ** Enos mac Con- 
loingsie, Archdean of Moyvill, and Enos Moyle- 
bryde, Archdean of Dowleek, died. Downagh 
mac Egertay (of the O’Kellys of Brey), Bushopp 
of Clonvicknose, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

* The fair of the Liffe: i.e. Aenach Cholmain 
in Magh-Liffe.—See note under A. D. 940. 

f Teach- Gighrain: i.e. Gighran’s House. -This 
was the name of a place near the River Liffey, 
not far from Dublin, but the name is now ob- 
solete, and the place has not been identified. It 
would be anglicised Tigyran, or Stigeeran. 

€ Feara-Arda.—Now the barony of Ferrard, 
in the county of Louth. 


954.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 673 


of Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh. A hosting by Domhnall, son of Muirchear- 
tach, with the boats of 'Tuaigh-inbhir?, [which he convened] on Loch Eathach, 
over the Dabhall, over the Airghialla, upon Loch-Eirne, and afterwards upon 
Loch-Uachtair ; and he plundered and devastated Breifne, and carried off the 
hostages of O'Ruairc. 

The Age of Christ, 954. Gaeithine, learned Bishop of Dun-Leathglaise ; 
Oenghus, son of Noachan, successor of Feichin ; Maelpadraig, son of Cubreatan, 
airchinneach of Slaine ; Maenach, successor of Finnen, and Lector of Ard- 
Macha ; and Maelbrighde, son of Redan, successor of Mac Neissi and Colman 
Eala, died. Tadhg of the Three Towers, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, 
died. A hosting by Conghalach, son of Maelmithig, King of Ireland, into Lein- 
ster; and after he had plundered Leinster, and held the Fair of the Liffe* for 
three days, information was sent from Leinster to the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; 
and Amhlaeibh, son of Godfrey, lord of the foreigners, with his foreigners went 
and laid a battle-ambush for Conghalach, by means of which stratagem he was 
taken with his chieftains at Tigh-Gighrainn’ The following were they who 
were slain there : Conghalach himself; Madudhan, son of Aedh, son of Mael- 
mithigh ; Aedh, son of Aithide, lord of Teathbha ; Cormac, son of Cathalan, 
lord of Feara-Arda*; and a great many others along with them. Concerning 


The year 954 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 955 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 951 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, but the true year is 956. 

* A. D. 955. Maelpatrick mac Conbretan, 
Airchinnech of Slaine; Aengus mac Nogain, 
Coarb of Fechin ; Gaeithen, an excellent bushop 
of Dunlehglaiss; and Teig mac Cahell, king of 
Connaght, mortui sunt. Congalach, mac Maelmihi, 
mic Flannagan, mic Cellai, mic Congalai, mic 
Conaing Carry, mic Congalai, mic Hugh Slaine, 
being king of Ireland, was killed by the Gen- 
tiles” [recte, Galls] “ of Dublin and Leinster at 
Tigiuran, in Leinster. They killed alsoe Hugh 
mac Aitie, king of Tethva, with manie more. 
Maenach, Coarb of Finnia, and Lector of Ard- 
mach ; Maelbride mac Ernain, Coarb of Mack- 
nish, and Colman Ela, mortui sunt. Mureach, 


mac Egnechan, mic Donell, regnare incipit." — 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A, D. 951” [recté, 956]. “ King bonasi idii 
king of Ireland, was slain by the Lynstermen 
and Danes of Dublin at the Liffy-side, together 
with divers of his nobles, as Hugh mac Aithie, 
King of Teaffa; Mathew mac Hugh, mac Moyle- 
mihie, the king’s nephewe, and prince Cormack 
mac Cahallaine, with divers others. Moylefo- 
harty, king of Munster, died; and Moylecolume 
O’Canannan, prince of Tyrconnell, died. Don- 
nell O’Neale, succeeded King Congallagh, and 
reigned 25 years. In his time there were two 


. great feilds fought ; the one is called the battle 


of Killmoney; the other the battle of Bealay- 
leaghta, where Mullmoye, or Mulloye, King of 

Munster, was killed, and the Danes discomfitted 
by Bryen Borowe: after which battle Meath 


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674 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[955. 


, món ole amaille ppu. Conaoh vo péimop Congalang hi pighe, 7 vaop ap 
ccigeapna Cpiope an can po manbad an pí pı acbepc Clod Ua Ratnén, 


lap nopgam Qta chat spin, 
Ro huc gulla a hEpmo 

Iz 0a bliadan pop a oec 

1 pémup caoim Congalargh. 

C c(caip caogac 1ap pin 

Ocup nao: ccéo, ní-gníom puaill, 
O sein Cpiopc 1 mbeicil bóio 
Co bap mic Tlaoilmieig mua. 


Qop Cmopt, naoi ccéo caoga a cúicc. On ċéo bliadam oo Ohomnall, 
mac Mupéeancang, uap €pmn hi pighe. Plann, mac Aedaccam, abb Glinne 
oa locha, Maolceallaig, mac Ceda, comapba Qilbe Imus, Colman, mac 
Congail, comapba ITlolaii Oaminy, O1apmaice, ancoipe Olinne 04 locha, 
Maolcoluum Ua Canannain, cigeapna Ceneoil Conall, vécc. ITlaolpocap- 
cag, mac Plainc, pf Copil, Mupfohaé Ua Lachtnáin, ciġeapna Teacba, 
décc. CEochad, cigeapna Locha Cal, Maolpincill, mac Oumbeinn, plat 
Ua mópium Cualann, vé5. Coblach Frjal, mic Cine, pon Loch Cé. Gun 
Coipppe Finn hUi ópuaoanrp, q a merc 1. od. Riaccán, mac Piannacca, 
Ui Copcám, oég. Maelpeclainn, mac Cimipgin, cigeanna Ua Parlge, dég. 


Maom qa cTuacal, mac nUgaipe pop Uib Cemnpealaig, m po mapbad 


pocade. Slérgead la Domnall, mac Muncfpeags, 50 Lengmb, 5o po moper- 
cap Mag Lipe, 7 na Comne go Dún Salac. 

Qop Cpiope, nao! ccéo caoga a pé. On vapa bliadam vo Oomnall. 
Plann, mac Mochloingsg, comapba Tigeapnag 7 Maolome, Canaibe mac 


remained waste and desolate for the space of 
five years, and without a King.” —Ann. Clon. 

^ Domhnall, son of Muircheartach.—O’ Flaherty 
places the accession of Domnaldus O’Neill in 
the year 956, which is the true year.—See 
Ogygia, p. 435. 


i Loch-Cal.—Now Loughgall, in the county » 


of Armagh.—See it already referred to under 
A. M. 2859, A. D. 798 and 847. 


* Loch-Ce.—Now Lough Key, near the town 
of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon,—See 
note %, under A. M. 3581, p. 40, suprà. 

! Comainns.—8See it already referred to at the 
years 870, 898, 915, 931. 

m Dun-Salach.— Not identified. 

The year 955 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 956 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which notice the events of that year 


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955.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 675 


the length of Conghalach’s reign, and the age of our Lord Christ, when this 
king was killed, Aedh Ua Raithnen said : 


After despoiling of pleasant Ath-cliath, | 
Which sent the foreigners out of Ireland, 

Was two years over ten 

Of the reign of fair Conghalach. 

Four, fifty, in truth, 

And nine hundred, —no slight fact, — 

From the birth of Christ at fair Bethil 

Till the death of the noble son of Maelmithigh. 


The Age of Christ, 955. The first year of Domhnall, son of Muirchear- 
tach", in sovereignty over Ireland. Flann, son of Aedhagan, Abbot of Gleann- 
da-locha ; Maelceallaigh, son of Aedh, successor of Ailbhe of Imleach; Colman, 
son of Conghal, successor of Molaise of Daimhinis ; Diarmaid, anchorite of 
Gleann-da-locha ; Mocoluim Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill,died. Mael- 
fothartaigh, son of Flann, King of Caiseal; [and] Muireadhach Ua Lachtnain, 
lord of Teathbha, died. Eochaidh, lord of Loch Cali; [and] Maelsinchill, son 
of Dubhcinn, chief of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, died. The fleet of F earghal, son of 
Art, upon Loch-Ce*. The mortal wounding of Cairbri Finn Ua Bruadair and 
his son, i.e. Aedh. Riagan, son of Fiannachta Ui Lorcain died. Maelsechlainn, 
son of Aimhirgin, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. A battle was gained by Tuathal, 


son of Ugaire, over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which many were slain. An army - 


was led by Muircheartach into Leinster, and plundered Magh Liffe and the 
Comainns, as far as Dun Salach". 

The Age of Christ, 956. The second year of Domhnall Flann, son of 
Mochloingseach, successor of Tighearnach and Maeldoith*; Tanaidhe. Mac 


(gra commun. 957) as follows : Airchinnech of Glindaloch, defuncti." — Ann. Ult., 
* A. D. 956. Maelfogartai, king of Cashill; Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
Colman mac Congail, Coarb of Molaishe; Echa ^ Successor of Tighernach and Maeldoith + i. e. 
mac Anluain, king of Lochcall; Scanal mac Abbot of Clones and Mucknoe, in the present 
Luachduiv, Coarb of Laisserin, mortui sunt. county of Monaghan.— See note *, under the 
Maelcolum O'Canannan, king of Cinel-Conell; year 548; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 
Mochta mac Cormakan; and Flann O'Haegan, 713. 
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6:16 "^ ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. - (gor. 


Undip, comapba Comgoill, oo mapbao la Gallaib. | Prannachca, mac Cachc- 
nám, aipchmneach Fna, Mod, mac Ceallaig, comapba bpénainn,7 Cucchaio, 
mac Colgan, aincinneach Slane, vécc. Tuatal, mac Ugaipe, pi Largh, vég. 
Niall Ua hEpuilb oo écc. Maim pon hUib nOunchada,7 pop hUib Pole, 
3 pon Clomn Cellang, ag Proo Chuilinn à. pon Oomnall, mac Loncam, 7 pop 
Oomnall mac Maolmopda, pa nUib Faolán a. ma Mupchad, mac Finn, 
1n po manbad C(nnac, mac Lopcám, plait Clomne Ceallang, 7 Naorohfnan 
Ua Oomnaill,4 pocaide oile do paonclannaib cenmo tacypide. Oomnall, mac 
Clengura, cigeapna Ua nEachach, oo écc. 

Cop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo caoga a peace. Cn cneap bliadam oo Ohomnall. 
Oengap Ua Lapa, eppcop Racha boch, Ouboüin, comapba Colaim Chille, 
Mapcain angcoipe, comapba Caoimsin 7 Maoilepuain, Maenach, mac Copb- 
mac, abb Lip móin, 7 Maenach, ainchinvech Lotpa, oécc. Ouboaboipfno, 
mac Oomnaill, pi Cail, décc. Oomnall, mac Maolmopda, cigeapna 
Ua Paige, vécc. Cluam mic Nóip vo opsam lá Matgamain, mac Cem- 


véicicch, 4 lá pona Muman. Lopccaò c(pmaimn Chiapám 6 époip apo co 


Sionaind emın andap 7 muilnib, an bBliadampı. Cpeachpluaig(ó mpi €anaig 
la Fingal Ua Ruane, madm Marge lcha, oú 1 cconcain Goo, mac Planc- 


beancarg, pi5áoomna Cenel €ogonn. 


Catupach 1. ó Ohpuimm Toppa, mac 


Ooiligem, comopba Dacpaice Sui eppucc Gaoroel, oécc. 


° Mac Uidhir: i.e. son of Odhar, now angli- 
cised Maguire. This is the first notice of the 
family of Maguire occurring in the Irish annals. 

» Tuathal, son of Ugaire.—This Tuathal was 
the progenitor from whom the family of O’Tua- 
thail, now anglicé O’Toole, derived their here- 
ditary surname. 

3 Ui-Dunchadha.—A tribe seated in that dis- 
trict of the county of Dublin through which 
the River Dothair, now anglicé the Dodder, 
flows. They descended from Dunchadh, grand- 
son of Bran Mut, the common ancestor of the 
O’Byrnes and O'Tooles of Leinster. According 
to the Gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, and to 
O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 11th of May, the 
church of Achadh-Finche.is situated on the 
brink of the River Dothair in Ui-Dunchadha.— 


See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 12, note *. 

* Clann- Ceallaigh.— Otherwise Ui Ceallaigh 
Cualann, i.e. the race of Ceallach Cualann, 
seated in the north of the present county of 
Wicklow.—See note ^, under A. D. 713, p. 313, 
supra. 

* Fidh-Chuilinn : i.e. Cuileann’s Wood, now 
Feigheullen, a small parish situated near the 
hill of Allen, in the county of Kildare. ; 

t Domhnall Mac Aenghusa, lord of Ui- Eathach. 
—Would be now anglicised Daniel Magennis, 
lord of Iveagh. This is the first notice of the 
family of Magennis occurring in the Irish annals. 

The year 956 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 957 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 952 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, which are very meagre at this period: 


. 957.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 677 


Uidhir’, successor of Comhghall, was killed by the foreigners. Finnachta, son 
of Lachtnan, airchinneach of Fearna; Aedh, son of Ceallach, successor of Bre- 
nainn ; and Lughaidh, son of Colgan, airchinneach of Slaine, died. Tuathal, 
son of Ugaire?, King of Leinster, died. Niall Ua hEruilbh, died. A victory 

` was gained over the Ui-Dunchadha?, the Ui-Failghe, and the Clann Ceallaigh’, 
at Fidh-Chuilinn'; namely, over Domhnall, son of Lorcan, and Domhnall, son 
of Maelmordha, by the Ui-Faelain ; namely, by Murchadh, son of Finn ; in which 
were slain Cearnach, son of Lorcan, chief of Clann-Ceallaigh, and Naeideanan 
Ua Domhnaill, and many others of the nobility besides them. Domhnall Mac 
Aenghusa, lord of Ui-Eathach', died. 

The Age of Christ, 957. The third year of Domhnall. Oenghus Ua La- 
pain, Bishop of Rath-bhoth ; Dubhduin, successor of Colum Cille ; Martin, 
anchorite, successor of Caeimhghin and Maelruain*; Maenach, son of Cormac, 
Abbot of Lis-mor ; and Maenach, airchinneach of Lothra, died. Dubhdabhoi- 
reann, son of Domhnall, King of Caiseal, died. Domhnall, son of Maelmordha, 
lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by Mathghamhain, son 
of Ceinneidigh", and the men of Munster. The Termon of Ciarain* was burned 
this year, from the High Cross to. the Sinainn, both corn and mills. A plun- 
dering army was led to Inis-Eanaigh’ by Fearghal Ua Ruairc ; and the battle 
of Magh-Itha was gained, wherein Aedh, son of Flaithbheartach, heir apparent 
of Cinel-Eoghain, was slain. Cathasach of Druim-thorraidh’, son of Duilgen, 
successor of Patrick, the most distinguished bishop of the Irish, died. 


** A. D. 957. Flann mac Mochloingse, coarb 
of Tiernai and Maeldoid ; Tanaie Mac Uirr, coarb 
of Benchar, killed by Genties” [recté, by Galls]. 
“ Nell O'Herailv and Tuohal mac Ugaire, king 
of Lenster, mortui sunt. Lua mac Colgan, Air- 
chinnech of Slane, and Finachta mac Lachtnan, 
Airchinnech of Ferna, mortui sunt." —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 952. Taney Mac Gwyer, Cowarb of 
Cowgall, was killed by the Danes. Twahall mac 
Owgayre, king of Lynster, died."— Az. Clon. 
` 2 Successor of Caeimhghin and Maelruain : i. e. 
Abbot of Glendalough and Tallaght. ! 

* Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh.—This 


would be now anglicised ** Mahon, son of Ken- 
nedy." He was the eldest brother of the cele- 
brated Irish Monarch, Brian Borumha. 

. * The Termon of Ciaran: i. e. of St. Ciaran at 
Clonmaenoise, on the east side of the River 
Sinainn, in the barony of Garrycastle, King's 
County. 

¥ Inis- Eanaigh. —Now Inchenny, in the parish 
of Urney, barony of Strabane, and county of 
Tyrone. 

z Druim-thorraidh.—Not identified. The death 
of this-Cathasach is entered in the Annals of 
Ulster at the year 956 (but the true year is 
957), thus: 


` 


a AINT 


oy AST aa ee) ee = ee a eT ed TES e -— "1 "cdd al ba i E Ad T "CE NUM TRUM TT XN QV. IP we, ye ae doc. 
pL TA CPV 7 . ' P . 


678 (958. 


Clip Cope, naoi ccéo caoga a hocht. Cn c(épamao bliadam oo Ohom- 
nall. Ouboáüm Ua Sceapám, comapba Colaim Cille, 7 Caémog, abb Lipp 
mó, eppcop Copcaige, oécc. Caplup, mac Cumo, mic Oonnchaio, oo 
mapbad lá Noncmannaibh. | P(pgal, mac Clugpnéin, cizeapna Caorgipi Récae, 
dég. Faolán, mac Pipgaile, canny Caorjipi Recae, oo mapbad. — Slóigeao 
la Oornnall, mac Muipéfpeang, co Oál nApaide, co ccucc a ngiallu. Ph- 

, snád, mac Clémis, cána Caipil, do écc. Oonnchad, mac Lopcám, mic 
Catail, oo $um hi ccín Ua cCemnpelaig. Parpne pili, ppiméicclp Laith, 
décc. Pínpnecca Ua Cuill, pile Muman, oécc. 

Coir Cmort, naoi ccéo caoga anaoi. Cn cáicceao badan oo O homnall. 

'Conamg Ua Oomnallám, expémoech Clocaip mac nOamem, Oonnchad, 
mac Clupchada, cizeapna Ua bpn Sedla, vécc. Peapgnáio, mac Cléqpig, 
Tí Camil, vécc. Pogaptach, mac Ciapmaic, oo mapbao 1 meabail.. Ualgance, 
cigeapna Oancpaige, oo mapbad. Sofe cemead vo tecc 1ap puc Laigh, 
a mapofp, co po mapb míle oo oóaomib 7 allcoib co mcce Ach chat. Niall, 
mac Clooha, mic €ochaccám, pi Ulad, oécc. 

Clap Cpiope, naoi ccéo pearcca. Un peipead badam oo Ohomhnall. 
Slag ola Plaicbeancach, mac Concobaip, la ci$eapna Oiligh,1 nOAl nC parde, 
50 po moin Convene, conapcainé(cap Ulaid, co po mapbad Plaitbeancach, 


ANNAA gIOShachca EIREANN. 


* Cahasach mac Duilgen of Drumthorra, 
Coarb of Patrick, and àn excellent” [rectè, the 
most excellent] **bushop of all the Irish, in 
Christo quievit." —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. See 
Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 48. 

Some of the entries transcribed by the Four 
Masters, under the year 957, are to be found in 
the Annals of Ulster under 958, and in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 953, as follows: 

** A. D. 958. Clon-mic-Nois spoyled by Moun- 
ster. Martan, the Coarb of Comgen; Duvduin, 
Coarb of Columcill; Aengus O'Lapan, mortui 
sunt. Duvdavoren mac Daniell, king of Cashill, 
killed by his owne” [a suis sociis occisus est]. 
* Maenach mac Cormack, Airchinnech of Lis- 
mor, mortuus est.’—Ann. Uit, Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* A. D. 953. Clonvicknose was dig by 


Munstermen. Dowdavorean mac Donell, king 
of Cashell, was killed by some of his own people. 
Donnell mac Moylemorrey, king of Affalie, 
died. Moonach mae Cormack, abbot of Lis- 
more; and Moonach, archdean of Lohra, died.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

* Laeighis-Retae.—This was the most distin- 
guished of the seven divisions of Laeighis, orLeix, 
in the present Queen's County, containing the 
fort of Rath-Bacain, and the rock of Leac-Reda. 
— See note °, under A. M. 3529, p. 36, suprà. 

The year 958 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 959 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 954 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, but the true year is 960: 

* A. D. 959. An army by Donell mac Mur- 
tagh to Dalnaraie, that he brought pledges. 
Carlus mac Con mic Donogh, killed at Dublin. 


958. } ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 679 


The Age of Christ, 958. The fourth year of Domhnall. Dubhduin 
Ua Steafain, successor of Colum Cille, and Cathmogh, Abbot of Lis-mor and 
Bishop of Corcach, died. Carlus, son of Conn, son of Donnchadh, was slain by 
the Norsemen. Fearghal, son of Aughran, lord of Laeighis-Retae’, died. Faelan, 
son of Fearghal, Tanist of Laeighis-Retae, was slain. An army was led by 
Domhnall, son of Muircheartach, to Dal- Araidhe ; and he carried away their 
hostages. Feargraidh, son of Cleireach, Tanist of Caiseal, died. Donnchadh, 
son of Lorcan, son of Cathal, was wounded in the territory of the Ui-Ceinnsea- 
laigh. Faifne the Poet, chief poet of Leinster, died. Finshneachta Ua Cuill, 
poet of Munster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 959. The fifth year of Domhnall. Conaing Ua Domh- 
nallain, airchinneach of Clochar-Daimheni, [and] Donnchadh, son of Aurchadh, 
lord of Ui-Briuin-Seola* died. Feargraidh', son of Cleireach, King of Caiseal, 
died. Foghartach, son of Ciarmhac, was treacherously killed. Ualgharg, lord 
of Dartraighe*, was killed. ` A bolt of fire passed south-westwards through Lein- 
ster, and it killed a thousand persons and flocks as far as Ath-cliath. Niall, son 
of Aedh, son of Eochagan, King of Ulidia, died. 

The Age of Christ, 960. The sixth year of Domhnall. An army was led 
by Flaithbheartach, son of Conchobhar, lord of Oileach, into Dal-Araidhe, and 


he plundered Connor; but the Ulidians overtook him, so that Flaithbheartach 


An overthrowe given to Makar mac Aulaiv at 
Duv (a river) Mureach mac Fergus that he 
went through Connaght. Cathmog, Airchin- 
nech of Lismor, quievit." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 954. King Donnell mac Mortagh of 
the Leather Coats, went to Dalnarie, and tooke 
hostages of Clanna-Rowries there.”—Ann. Clon. 

^ Ui-Briuin-Seola—aA sept seated on the east 
side of Lough Corrib, in the barony of Clare, 
and county of Galway.— See note ", under the 
year 811, p. 424, suprà. 

* Feargraidh.— See his death already noticed 
under 958, as tanist of Caiseal. 

à Dartraighe.—Now Dartry, or the barony of 
Rossclogher, in the north of the county of 
Leitrim. 


The year 959 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 960 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 955 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. 


** A. D. 960. An arrow of fire came from the : 


south-west among Leinster, and killed hundreth 
thousands of men and chattle, with the houses 
of Dublin burnt. Mac Erchaa, King of O'Briuin 
Eola, obi. Uolgarg, king of Dartrai, a suis 


occisus est. Conaing O’Donallain, Airchinnech . 


of Clochar-mac-Daven, mortuus est."— Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. RTL 
** A. D. 955" [recté, 961]. “ There was a great 
dearth of cattle this year, and many diseases 
generally reigned all over Ireland by reason of 
the great frosts and snow, which procured the 
intemperature of the air.” —Ann. Clon. 


Uer PU a TC ENDE 


i ee Bhd WE 


680 J aHHdtd Rioghachca EIREANN. . [960. 


1 a òá bnatam, Tag Conn, 4 pochare ole imalle pm. Congap 
Ua Maoloonawd, ci$eapna. Cenél cConaill, oo mapbad la Cenél Conall 
budvéippin. €ogan, mac MuipCohang, vo mhapbad lá hUibh Péilge. Mup- 
chad, mac Cloda, cigeapna Ua Mame Connache, vécc. Musgpon Ua Maol- 
mua, cigeapna Pean cCell, vécc. Cluam mic Noip oopgam oOppairghibh. 
Imp móp pop Loch Ribh oo sabcal oo Mupéad Ua Chellis pop Cheallac, 
mac Ruainc, cigeapna. Peap Cal a. cigeapna Sil Ronám, co puccad co na 
coblac 1 Tip Manne 1 nepgabonl. Coblach pean Muman 1ap Sionaino, co po 
moiprfc C(pmann Ciapéin ón mbion piap. Ro gabpac muincip Oomnaill, 
mic Oónéaba, ma noram, co papccaibp(c pip Muman a ccoblach leó, 7 vo 
mapbad opnong mon viob rap bpaccbánl a long. Muincfpcach, mac €cnech- 
ain, mic Oálaig, vécc. Slóig(ó la hUib Néll ipm Muman, conoepgenpec 
Pal Ua Ruaipc vo pápucéao Míde. Tene parg- 
ném oo mapbao na ngéipı 4 na ccadan 1 nChpe(p Lipe. Comg(p meic Amlanp, 
1 na Caogmamn oo teact 1 nEpinn, co po opcacap Conaille 7 €ccap co 
hlmp mic N(ppám, co nofchacap na Caogmamn rapccam co piopaib. Muman, 
vo ófogal a mbpnácap 3. Om, co po opcaccap In: Oomle 7 Uí Liatain, co 
po lorcpioc Lipp món 4 Copcae, 7 co nofnnpac ulca mda ancfna. Tiagcan 


oinccne mapa .1. mona. 


* Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh.—This is the first 
mention of O’Maeldoraidh in the Irish Annals as 
a hereditary surname. In fact, this Aenghug 
was the first who could have been so called, 
being the son of Maelbreasail, prince of Tircon- 
nell, who was slain A. D. 896, and the Ua, O, 
nepos, or grandson of Maeldoraidh, the proge- 
nitor after whom the hereditary surname was 
called. Maeldoraidh was the son of Aenghus, 
who was son of Maelbreasail, prince of Tircon- 
nell, who was slain in 817, who was the son of 
Murchadh, who was son of Flaithbheartach, 
Monarch of Ireland from A. D. 727 till 734.— 
See Battle of Magh Rath, p. 335, 337, 338. This 
family supplied many princes to Tirconnell, 
but, on the death of Flaithbheartach O’Mael- 
doraidh, in 1197, the head of the O’Dohertys, 
became prince of Tirconnell; but, being slain a 
fortnight after his inauguration by Sir John De 


Courcy, Eigneachan O'Donnell became prince 
of Tirconnell, and his descendants retained that 
dignity till the commencement of the seven- 
teenth century. The name O'Maeldoraidh is now 
unknown in Tirconnell; but there are a few 
persons of the name in the city of Dublin, and 
at Rathowen, in the'county of Westmeath, where 
it is anglicised Muldarry, without the prefix O. 

f Inis-mor : i.e. the Great Island, now Inch- 
more, in Lough Ree, situated midway between 
Inis-Aingin, or Hare Island, and Inisbofin. lt 
belongs to the parish of Bunown, barony of 
Kilkenny West, and county of Westmeath. 

s Feara-Cul: i.e. the Back-men. The Sil- 
Ronain of Feara-Cul-Teathbha, were seated on 
the east side of Lough-Ree, in Westmeath. 
There was another sept called Feara-Cul of 
Bregia, near Kells, in East Meath. 

^ The barnacle ducks.—The caóan is described 


960.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 681 


and his two brothers, Tadhg and Conn, and many others along with them, were 
slain.  Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh*, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the Cinel- 
Conaill themselves. Eoghan, son of Muireadhach, was slain by the Ui-Failghe. 
Murchadh, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine of Connaught, died. Mughron 
Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered 
by the Osraighi. Inis-mor! in Loch-Ribh was taken by Murchadh Ua Ceal- 
laigh from Ceallach, son of Ruarc, lord of Feara-Cul* [Teathbha], i. e. lord of 
the Sil-Ronain ; and he was carried as a prisoner with his fleet into Ui-Maine. 
The fleet of the men of Munster upon the Sinainn ; and they plundered the 
Termon of Ciaran, from the river westwards. The people of Domhnall, son of 
Dunchadh, set out after them, and the men of Munster left their fleet to them ; 
and a great number of them was slain, after leaving their ships behind. Mur- 
cheartach, son of Eigneachan, son of Dalach, died. An army was led by the 
Ui-Neill into Munster, and they committed great plunders there. Fearghal 
Ua Ruairc devastated Meath. Lightning destroyed the swans and the barnacle 
ducks" in Airthear Liffe. The fleet of the son of Amhlaeibh and of the Ladg- 
manns came to Ireland, and plundered Conaille and Edar, with Inis-mac-Neasain!; 
and the Ladgmanns afterwards went to the men of Munster, to avenge their 
brother, i e. Oin, so that they plundered Inis-Doimhle* and Ui-Liathain, and 
robbed Lis-mor and Corcach, and did many other evils. They afterwards went 


in Cormac’s Glossary as a bird of passage. The 
birds now known by this name in lrish, in 
Mayo, are called in English by the natives ** Bar- 
nacle ducks," and are believed to come from 
Shetland. 

i Conaille and Edar with Inis-mac- Neasain.— 
This might be rendered, **and plundered Con- 
aille and Edar (now Howth) as far as Inis-mac- 
Neasain (now Ireland's Eye). 

* Inis-Doimhle. — Otherwise written Inis- 
Teimhle, as in the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis 
at 4th of July, where it is described as in Ui- 
Ceinnsealaigh. Archdall thinks (Monas. Hib., 
p. 59) that it was one of the ancient names of 
Cape Clear Island, in the county of Cork ; and 
quotes Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 629, where 


there is nothing tocorroborate this identification. 
The name Inis-Doimhle occurs in O’Clery’s Irish 
Calendar at 30th of January, 3rd of March, 4th 
of July, and 1st of December; but its situation 
is not indicated except at 4th of July, where 
Inis-Doimhle, the church of Finnbhair, is placed 
in Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. In the gloss to the Feilire- 
Aenghuis, at 4th July, St. Finnbhair is called 
of Inis-Teimle, and placed In ep hUa Ceno- 
pelaig, i.e. in terra Nepotum Ceinnsealaigh ; 
but adds that he is interred in the Deise. There 
may have been another island of the name near 
Lismore, which may be that alluded to in the 
text; but the Editor has not been able to find 
any satisfactory authority for placing any island 
of this name in Munster. 


4s 


p 


682 ANNAZA RIoshachta EIREANN. [961. 


1apccam m hUib Liaċám, co ccapparió poppa Maolcluice Ua Maoleiccmo, 
co po la a nap a. cúicc p(pccac ap tpi céo, co na t{pnovan oib acc lucc cpi 
long. Cpeach la mac Omlaiö a hImp mac Nfpain co bplccam 7 co Mom 
Conámn. Cpeach la Siccpiucc Cam 00 muip co hUib cColgan, co tcappod 
Amlaib co n&Gallaib Ata chat, col Corgmb, 7 co pubaw Amlaib oo pargic 
cpe na phapa, co paeimid pop Sicpiuce cCam, co nepla ma longaib rap nap 
a mumcipe. buadach mac Copbmaic,4 Oonnchaó, mac Cinnpaolad, oo 
manbad la h€oganaécaib 1 naen mi. Ounchad, mac Caegarpe, cigeapna 
Ptpnmaige, oécc. Sloigead lá Oomnall Ua Néill pop cuaipc €peann, co 
nae tpi cpat occ Rat Ercan. 

‘Qoi Cope, naoi ccéo peapcca a haon. Qn plécmad bliadain vo 
Ohomhnall. Pochad, mac bpon, pembnio 7 eppucc Inpi Alban, Copccpach, 
mac Oánacám, pu eppcop, 1 aipcinnech Inpi Camo(gha, Catal, mac Copb- 
mac, pur eppucc Cluana peapca Opénamc, [oécc]. Qnae, pepiömoh 
Oornliacc Cianám, oécc 1ap p(noacaro. Oubcach Oipipc Chapém, Caon- 
compac, mac Cupám, pui eppcop 7. abb Cluana h€oap, [0écc]. Ní n€mgnace 
oo dénam la pin pig Domnall, mac lühupé(pcang 3. longa oo bpt oap 
Oaball, cap Sliab Fuam co loch nOinomo, co po horpcc(o oiléna an loca 
lop. €cnech, nac Oálarg cigeapna Oipgiall,4 a mac 3. Ouboapa, vo map- 
bad la a Bnataip la ITlupchao, 4 po oioglao 6 Ohia paip an gníom pin, uap 
po manbad pomhian naimyip la hUa cCanannain. Ua Canannám, oo bpeic 
longap lap pop lochaibh €ipne, go po hoipccead orléna an locha loy. 
Mam ma Peapgal Ua Ruane, pí Connacc, pop Mumnecaib pop Sionnamo 
3. maióm na Cacinér eccip Cluam plpca 4 Cluain mic Nop, 4 Oalcaip vo 


! Rath- Edain.—Not identified. See it already 
mentioned at A. D. 889, p. 545, line 2. 

The year 960 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 961 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and 956 of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
but neither of these chronicles contains a word 
relative to the arrival of the Ladgmanns, or 
their attack on Lismore, or Inis Doimhle. 

** A. D. 961. An army with Flahvertach mac 
Conor, king of Ailech, in Dalarai, and" [he] 
“ praied Coinire, where Ulster came upon him, 


and killed himself and his two cosens, Teige 
and Conn, with many more. Owen mac Mu- 
reai, heire of Ireland, killed by Ofaly. Aengus 
O'Maeldorai, a suis jugulatus est.” —Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A, D. 956. Flathvertagh mac Connor, prince 
of Aileach, made a great prey in Dalnary, and 
ransackt Conrey, and was overtaken by the in- 
habitants of that country, who killed his two 
brothers, Teig and Conn, with many others. 
Iwulfe, king of Scotland, died. Enos O'Moyle- 


961.) 


into Ui-Liathain, where they were overtaken by Maelcluiché Ua Maeleitinn, 
who made a slaughter of them, i. e. killing three hundred and sixty-five, so that 
there escaped not one of them but the crews of three ships. A prey was carried 
off by the son of Amhlaeibh from Inis-mac-Neasain to Britain, and to Mon- 
Conain. A prey by Sitric Cam from the sea to Ui-Colgain ; but he was over- 
taken by Amhlaeibh, with the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and the Leinstermen ; 
[in the conflict] Amhlaeibh was wounded through his thigh with an arrow, and 
escaped to his ships, after the slaughter of his people. Buadhach, son of Cor- 
mac, and Donnchadh, son of Ceannfaeladh, were killed by the Eoghanachta in 
one month. Dunchadh, son of Laeghaire, lord of Fearnmhagh, died. An army 
was led by Domhnall Ua Neill upon the circuit of Ireland, and he remained 
three days at Rath-Edain’. 

The Age of Christ, 961. The seventh year of Domhnall. Fothadh, son 
of Bran, scribe and Bishop of Insi-Alban"; Cosgrach, son of Donnagan, distin- 
guished Bishop and airchinneach of Inis-Caeindeagha ; Cathal, son of Cormae, 
distinguished Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, [died]. Anaile, scribe of Daimh- 
liag-Cianain, died at an advanced age. Dubhthach of Disert-Chiarain ; Caen- 
comhrac, son of Curan, distinguished Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Eois. An 
unusual thing was done by the King Domhnall, son of Muircheartach ; namely, 
he brought vessels over Dabhall, and across Sliabh Fuaid, to Loch Ainninn’, so 
that the islands of the lake were plundered by him. Egneach, son of Dalach, 
lord of Oirghialla, and his son, i. e. Dubhdara, were killed ; but God took ven- 
geance of him for that deed, for he was, after some time, killed by O’Canannain. 
Ua Canannain carried vessels with him on the lakes of Erne, so that the islands 
thereof were plundered by him. A victory was gained by Fearghal, King of 
Connaught, over the Munstermen, upon the Sinainn, i. e. the victory of Catinchi’, 
between Cluain-fearta and Cluain-mic-Nois; and Dal-gCais was afterwards plun- 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 683 


dorie, prince of Tyrconnell, was killed. Mow- 
groyn O'Moyloy, prince of Ferkeall, died. Clon- 
vicknose was preyed by those of Ossorie."— 
Ann. Clon. à 

m Jnsi-Alban : i.e. the islands of Scotland. 

= Loch Ainninn.—Now Lough Ennell, near 
Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath. The 
vessels conveyed by King Domhnall on this 


occasion over the mountain of Sliabh Fuaid 
were light skiffs, cots, and curraghs, carried on 
the shoulders of men, for the purpose of landing 
on the islands in Lough Ennell. 

o Catinchi.—This was an island in the River 
Shannon, between Clonfert and Clonmacnoise. 
The name is now obsolete. 

The year 961 of the Annals of the Four 


482 


684 ANNAZA giosghachca EIREANN. [962. 


Qn ap Maċgamam, mac Cemneiccig, ma pF ingal 
Oonnchad, 
P$al, mac 


opccam laip jappm. 
Ua Ruano, dú ı ccopéaip cpi hUi Conca 7 pecc picec 1mpu. 
mac Ceallachán, pf Caipil, vo gum ó na bnataip pépin. 
Ceallaig, oo écc hi Sargip, sap bpfnnaimn. 

Cop Corps, naoi ccéo peapeca a 06. On coécrnaó badam vo Ohom- 
nall. Oubpcinle, mac Cionaeda, comapba Cholaim Chille, Suibni, mac 
Narain, abb Mugna, oég. Suibne, mac Segonáimn, eppucc 7 piaglop Cil 
Cuilino, oécc.  Pngin, pui eppcop, Oémn C(chgloipi, Conpmac, eppuce Tam- 
lacca, oég. Colman, mac Cobpao, peplergimn Cillà oapa,7 Murniono, mfn 
mic Colmáin, banabb Cilh oapa, oég. Maolpuanawd, mac Ploimn, mic Ecc- 
neacám, a mac oo mapbao lá clomo Piangupa. | Pupaohpán, mac bece, 
cigeapna Ofplaip, vo rapbao la Cenel Eoghain. Muipceancach, mac Con- 
$alaig, mic Maolmichs, níogóamna Epeann, oo mapbao lá Oomnall, mac 
Congalang. Ceall vapa vo apccam lá Gallaib, 7 bord mop oo ppuicib, 7 
vo cléinéibh vo gabóil oóib ann,7 Niall Ua hEpuilbh oia ppuapclavh. Can 
an coge móin Sanct Opigoe,7 Lan an véntige apead oo puarchill Niall ofobh 
lia a apgao budvém. Tflupé(pcach hUa Canamnam, eigeapna Cenél Conuill, 


ee 


oo mapbad lá a veipbpine. 


Masters corresponds with 962 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 957 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, but the true year is 963. 

** A. D. 962. Shipping by Donell O’Nell from 
Davall over Sliav-Fuaid to Loch- Ainninn, which 
was not done of a long tyme ; but thus in Duv- 
dalethe his book? [quod non factum est ab anti- 
quis temporibus. Sic in Libro Duibhdaleithi.— 
O’Conor’s Ep.] **Egnech mac Dalai, and Duv- 
dara, his son, king of Airgiall, killed in the same 
month. Maelmuire mac Eochaa, Coarb of Pa- 
trick, natus est. Mac Cellachan, king of Cashill, 
mortuus est. Gefri mac Aulaiv mortuus est. 
Caenchorac, Coarb of Tiarnach, mortuus est.”— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 957” [rectó, 963]. “ Godfrey mac 
Awley, a very fair and homesome man, died. 
King Donnell brought shipping on Logh-Innell. 
Dowhagh of Disert-Kyeran, a very merry and 


Mam an bhealag pe pP(pgal hUa Ruaipe 


jocund fellow, died. Donnogh, mac Ceallachan, 


king of Cashell, was killed. Ferall O’Roirk was 
king of Connaught this time. Ferall gave an 
overthrow to the Monstermen in a place be- 
tween Clonvicknose and Clonfert, neer the river 
of Synan, called the field of Kattince, where 
there were many slain; and immediately after 
Ferall preyed and spoyled all the race of Dal- 
gayse."—.Ann. Clon. 

» Mughna: i.e. of Mughna-Moshenog, now 
Dunnamanoge, in the south of the county of 
Kildare. — See note under A. D. 940. The 
church of Moone in the same neighbourhood 
was called in Irish Maoin-Choluim-Chille, not 
Mughna.—See the years 1014 and 1040. 

4 Cill-dara.—This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows : 

* A. D. 962. Nortmanni Kildariam fædè de- 
populati, seniorum et Ecclesiasticorum. plurimos 


962.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ~ 685 


dered by him. A slaughter was made against Mathghamhain, son of Cein- 
neidigh, by Fearghal Ua Ruaire, where fell the three grandsons of Lorcan, and 
seven score along with them. Donnchadh, son of Ceallachan, King of Caiseal, 
was mortally wounded by his own kinsman. Fearghal, son of Ceallach, died 
at Saighir, after penance. 

The Age of Christ, 962. The eighth year of Domhnall. Dubscuile, son 
of Cinaedh ; Suibhni, son of Niamhan, Abbot of Mughna?, died. Suibhne, son 
of Segonan, Bishop and ruler of Cill-Cuilinn, died. Finghin, distinguished 
Bishop of Dun-leathghlaisi ; [and] Cormac, Bishop of Tamhlacht, died. Col- 
man, son of Cobradh, Lector of Cill-dara; and Muireann, daughter of Mac 
Colman, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, son of Egne- 
achan, and his son, were killed by the Clann-Fianghusa. Furadhran, son of 
Bece, lord of Dearlas, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Muircheartach, son of 
Conghalach, son of Maelmithigh, heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain 
by Domhnall, son of Conghalach. Cill-dara* was plundered by the foreigners, 
and a great number of seniors and ecclesiastics were taken prisoners there ; 
but Niall Ua h-Eruilbh ransomed them. The full of St. Bridget's Great iios 
and the full of the oratory of them, is what Niall purchased with his own money. 
Muircheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was killed by his own tribe. 
` The victory of Bealach” was gained by Fearghal Ua Ruairc, where Domhnall, 


captivos tenuerunt : ex quibus tot personas propriis sleight and malice. Murtagh, mac Congalai, 
pecuniis redemit Nellus Oheruilbh, quot in magna mic Maelmihi, heyre of Tarach, by Daniell mac 


S. Brigide domo et Ecclesia simul consistere pote- 
rant.’—Trias Thaum., p. 630. 

* Bealach: i.e. the road or pass. Situation 
unknown. 

The year 962 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 963 of the Annals of 
Ulster, and with 958 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. 

* A. D. 963. This is the last yeare of full 
profitt” [lán cadcoip] “ since Patrick came for 
Ireland. Maelruanai, mac Flainn, mic Egne- 
chan, and his sonns, killed by the sonns of 
Fiangus. Duvscule mac Cinaeha, Coarb of 
Colum Cill, mortuus est. Foruran mac Bece, 
king of Thurles, killed by Kindred-Owen, by 


Congalai, occisus est. Kildare rifled by Genties, 
but O'Nerulv through merciful pietie tooke 
pitty of them, and redemed all the clergi almost 
for the name of the lord, viz., the full of St. 
Brigid's great house, and the oratori-full, he 
redemed all by his owne moni.” [Sed mirabili 
pietate misertus est Niall hUa n€puilb, redemptis 
omnibus clericis pene pro nomine Domini, .\. Lan 
in caige móip. Sance Ópigoe 7 lan in veptarsy 
ipeo oopuagell Niall onb oia apgae pépm.— 
O’Conor’s Ep. ]—4Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

** A, D. 958" [al. 964]. ** Killdare was preyed 
by the Danes of Dublin, and they tooke many 
captives, and were put to their ransome."— 
Ann. Clon. See Petrie's Round Towers, p. 227. 


686 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [963. 


pop pna C(tba, ou ı ccopcain Oomnall mac Mumecám. Mawm pop 
CEmlaib, mac Sicpucca .ı. oc Imp Teoc, pé nOppargib, oú 1 ccopcpaccap fli 
do Shallaib 1m bacbapp mac Ninae. Coipppe Ua Guaipe cenn péli Larg lh, 
oécc. 

Coip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo p(peca acpi. On nomad bhadan oo Ohormnall. 
Ounchad, mac Ceallong, eppcop 1 ab Tine va slap, Colman, abb Oipipe 
Oiapmacca, oécc. lopep, comapba Mic Neipi 7 Colmán Eala, Cionaod, 
mac Maolciapéin, abb Lip moip Ilocuoa, Gebennach, mac Cacail, abb Inn 
Catagh, [oécc]. Slaghead la Oomnall Ua Néill, co po occ Connachea, 
1 cco ccucc gialla ó hUa Ruane. Clooh, mac Tflaoiimichig, oécc ma oilitpe. 
Caomcluo mg lá hUib cCeimpelang 4. Domnall mac Cellars a monad Oonn- 
chada, mic Carocc. Gopra viopulaing 1 n€pimn co penad an tacaip a mac 
1 a mg ap biaoh. 

Gop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo peapcca a cltaip. On veacmad bliadam vo 
Ohomnall. Copbmac Ua Cilléne, comapba Cianáin, eppcop,1 eccnaió cian- 
aopoa, oo Uib Piachpach Chone a cenél, oécc. Pingin, angcoipe 7 eppcop 
la, oécc. Cpunnmael, abb bec h€peann, eppcop, 7 p(plergimo Tamlachta, 
do bába occ Cóchap €achoach. | Cípcacan Ua Manchan pfplergmo glinne 
da locha, oécc. Ouboaboipfnn, pm eppcop Marge Onl, q comapba bute, 
Dég, pm egna larghen epive. Madm pa cComalcan Ua Cléms .1. Cigeapna 
Ua Piachpach Chone, 7 ma ITlaolp(chlamn, mac Apcoa, pop Ph(pgal Ua 
Runc, ou 1 papcabta pecc céo ım Torchleach Ua nGadpa, ci$eapna 
Luigne oeipceipc.. Ceallach, mac Faoláin pí Caig(n, vécc. Oonnchab, mac 
Tuatail, piogóamna Coirg(n, Paolan, mac Copnbmaic, cigeapna ua nOeipe 


* Inis-Teoc.—Now Ennistiogue, a small town a ingen ap biad}. * An overthrowe by the 


on the River Nore, in the barony of Gowran, 
and county of Kilkenny. 

t The ninth year of Domhnall.—This was really 
the year 965. There is a chasm in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise from 958 to 970. The Annals 
of Ulster give the following events under 964, 
which corresponds with 963 of the Annals of 
the Four Masters : 

“A. D. 964. A great, miserable dearth in 
Ireland, that the father sould his sonn and 
daughter for meat? [copenao an tataip a mac 


O’Canannans, where Danyell was killed. Battle 
between Scottsmen about Etir, where many 
were killed about Donogh, abbott of Duncallen. 
A change of Abbotts in Ardmach, viz., Duvda- 
lehe instead of Mureach. An army by Donell 
O’Nell, that turmoyled Connaght, and had 
O’Rorke’s hostages.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

« Tochar- Eachdach : i. e. Eochaidh's causeway. 
—See this place already referred to at the years 
880 and 894. 

* A victory, 4c.—lt is stated in the Stowe 


963.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 687 


son of Muireagan, was slain. A victory was gained over Amlaeibh, son of 
Sitric, by the Osraighi, i.e. at Inis-Teoc, where many of the foreigners were 
slain, together with Batbarr, son of Nira. Cairbre Ua Guaire, head of the 
hospitality of Leinster, died. 

The Age of Christ, 963. The ninth year of Domhnall'. Dunchadh, son 
of Ceallach, Bishop and Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, [and] Colman, Abbot of Disert- 
Diarmada, died. Joseph, successor of Mac Neisi and Colman-Eala ; Cinaedh, 


son of Maelchiarain, Abbot of Lis-mor-Mochuda ; [and] Gebhennach, son of 


Cathal, Abbot of Inis-Cathaigh, [died]. .A hosting by Domhnall Ua Neill, so 
that he plundered Connaught, and carried off the hostages of O'Ruairc. Aedh, 
son of Maelmithigh, died on his pilgrimage. A change of kings by the Ui- 
Ceinnsealaigh ; namely, Domhnall, son of Ceallaigh, in the place of Donnchadh, 
son of Tadhg. An intolerable famine in Ireland, so that the father used to sell 
his son and daughter for food. 

The Age of Christ, 964. The tenth year of Domhnall Cormac Ua 
Cillene, successor of Ciarain, a bishop and a wise man of great age, died. 
Finghin, anchorite and Bishop of Ia, died. Crunnmhael, Abbot of Beg-Eire, 
Bishop and lector of Tamhlacht, was drowned at Tochar-Eachdhach* Artagan 
Ua Manchain, lector of Gleann-da-locha, died. Dubhdabhoireann, distinguished 


Bishop of Magh-Breagh, and successor of Buite, died. He was a paragon of 


wisdom. A victory was gained’ by Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, i. e. lord of Ui- 
Fiachrach-Aidhne, and by Maelseachlainn, son of Arcda, over Fearghal Ua 
Ruaire, where seven hundred were lost, together with Toichleach Ua Gadhra, 
lord of South Luighne. Ceallach, son of Faelan, King of Leinster, died. Donn- 
chadh, son of Tuathal, royal heir of Leinster; Faelan, son of Cormac, lord of 


copy that this entry is taken from the Book of 
the Island [of all Saints in Lough Ree], and 
from the Book of Clonmacnoise. It is not in 
Mageoghegan’s translation of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, from which it may be inferred 
that the Book of Clonmacnoise used by the 
Four Masters was a different manuscript from 
that translated by Mageoghegan in 1627. 


The year 964 of the Annals of the Four 


Masters corresponds with 965 of the Annals of 


Ulster, which notice the following events under 
that year: 

* A. D. 965. Mureach mac Fergus, Coarb of 
Patrick ; Cahasach mac Murchadain, bushop of 
Ardmach; Faelan mac Cormack, king of Len- 
ster, and Faelan, king of Desyes, mortui sunt. 
Maelmuire, daughter of Nell mac Hugh, mortua 
es. Duvdavoren, Coarb of Buti, vitam finivit. 
Ferall O'Roark killed by Donell mac Congalai, 
king of Bregh. 


^ 


Lh d 


688 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 965. 


Muman, 7 Maolmape, mgén Néll, me Coda, vécc. P(pgal Ua Ruane, pí 
Connache, oo manbad lá Domnall mac Conġalaiġ, cigeapna bpeacch, 3 
Cnogba. 

Qoi Cpiorc, naoi ccéo p(pcca a cince. On caonmao bliadan véce 00 
Ohomnall. Chill, mac Maenag, eppcop 9uipo 7 Cupcan, Oanel, eppcop 
Leichglinne, Plann, mac Clengupa, abb Camoe lépe, Cainppe, mac Carognén, 
abb P(na móe, q Cige Moling, Cono mac Copcpam, abb ITlunganpoe, 3 
chmo Muman uile, [7] Concobap, p(plergmn Cille vapa, vécc. Oubpcuile 
Ua Manchán, anchoim 7 ceno magla Glinne oa locha, oég. Miuipeadach, 
mac Faoláin, abb Cille vapa, 1 piogoamna Laigean, vo mapbao la hAm- 
laoiph, cigeapna Gall, q la C(pball, mac Copcám. Gopmsiolla, mac C fmn- 
oubain, aipopeacnabb Cluana heibneach, oo mapbad la hOppagib. Cac 
popmaoile oc Rait bice pra Cenel Cogan pon Chenél Conall, oú 1 ccopcaip 
Maoiliopa Ua Canannam, cigeapna Cenél Conall,7 Muncfpcach Ua Caióg, 
níogóamna Connaéc go pochardib ale amaille ppiu. Coo Ua hAicive, pi 
Ua nEachach Coba, oo mapbad la a Chenél péipin. Ceapball, mac Lop- 
cám piogdarnna Carg(n, oo mapbad lá Domnall, cigeanna pls. Macsamamn, 
mac Cinoeiccigh, pi Caipil, vo apgain Cummmg 7 oia lopecad. Tig fpnach, 
mac Ruane, cigeapna Caippge ópachaió, décc. Catpaomead ma Mat- 
amam, mac Cinveo1g, pop Gallaib Curmmg, dú m po lad ap Gall, 7 po 
loipec a longfp poppy, 7 po once Imp Ubcám, 1 po mapbad Maolpuanas, 
mac Flamo, canaip: Opparde 1 ppu occ mopad an o&me. Sloigead la 
Matgamain go Sciad mo Eceip, go ccucc gialla Muman laip oa tagh, 7 50 
po moanb mac bpa cigfpna Oeapmuman. | tua Gall Ata chat 7 Carg(n 
1 mop(shaib, co po moapple op(gha, 7 po gonaó ann Cfpball, mac Loncain 
pogdarnna Carg(n, co nepbarlc rapom. Slucngeo la Mupnchad mac Pino, pi 
Laig m Oppargib, go po ap ceceopa aroche ann, rap mnopaó Raine, co 
pus Matġaman co bp(paib Muman pap, 1 na Oei 7 Oppange, ó Ach buana 

» Formaeil, at Rathbeg.—Now Formil, in the 
parish of Lower Badoney, barony of Strabane, 


y Inis- Ubtain.—This is a mistake for Inis- 
Sibtonn, which was the ancient name of the 


and county of Tyrone. 

* Ua-Taidhg.—Now O’Teige, and sometimes 
anglicised Tighe. There are many persons of 
the name in the neighbourhood of Castlerea, in 
the county of Roscommon. 


* 


King's Island in the Shannon, at Limerick. 

* Sciath-an-Eigis.— This is the place now 
called the Hill of Skea, situated to the south of 
the River Bandon, in the barony of Kinelmeaky, 
and county of Cork. The son of Bran, lord of 


965.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. |. 689 


the Deise-Mumhan, and Maelmaire, daughter of Niall, son of Aedh, died. Fear- 
ghal Ua Ruairc, King of Connaught, was slain by Domhnall, son of Conghalach, 
lord of Breagha and Cnoghbha. 

The Age of Christ, 965. The eleventh year of Domhnall. Ailill, son of 
Maenach, Bishop of Sord and Lusca; Daniel, Bishop of Leithghlinn ; Flann, 
son of Aenghus, Abbot of Lann-Leire ; Cairbre, son of Laidhgnen, Abbot of 
Fearna-mor and Teach Moling; Conn, son of Corcran, Abbot of Mungairit, 
and head of all Munster; [and] Conchobhar, Lector of Cill-dara, died. Dubh- 
scuile Ua Manchain, anchorite, and head of the rule of Gleann-da-locha, died. 
Muireadhach, son of Faelan, Abbot of Cill-dara, and royal heir of Leinster, was 
slain by Amhlaeibh, lord of the foreigners, and by Cearbhall, son of Lorcan. 
Gormghilla, son of Ceanndubhan, chief Vice-abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, was 
killed by the Osraighi. The battle of Formaeil, at Rath-beg", [was gained] by 
the Cinel-Eoghain over the Cinel-Conaill, where Maelisa Ua Canannain, lord of 
Cinel-Conaill, and Muircheartach Ua-Taidhg*, royal heir to Connaught, were 
slain, together with many others. Aedh Ua hAitidhe, King of Ui-Eathach- 
Cobha, was killed by his own tribe. Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, royal heir of 
Leinster, was slain by Domhnall, lord of Breagha. Mathghamhain, son of 
Ceinneidigh, King of Caiseal, plundered Luimneach, and burned it. Tighear- 
nach, son of Ruarc, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. A battle was gained by 
Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, over the foreigners of Luimneach, where 
he made a slaughter of the foreigners, and burned their ships ; and he plun- 
:dered Inis-Ubtain?; and Maelruanaidhe, son of Flann, Tanist of Osraighe, was 
slain in the heat of the conflict, while plundering the fortress. An army was 
led by Mathghamain to Sciath-an-Eigis'; and he carried the hostages of Mun- 
ster with him to his house, and expelled the son of Bran, lord of Desmond. 
The army of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and of Leinster, into Breagha; and 
Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, royal heir of Leinster, was there wounded, so that he 
afterwards died. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster, 
into Osraighe, where he remained four nights, after having plundered Magh- 
Raighne ; but Mathghamhain and the men of Munster overtook him, as did the 
Deisi and the Osraighi, from Ath-Buana to Commur*; but Murchadh escaped 


Desmond, here referred to, was Maelmhuaidh, * From Ath-Buana to Commur : i.e. from Augh- 
the ancestor of O’Mahony, chief of Kinelmeaky- boyne, a ford on the River Suir, to Commur, 
4T 


690 anNNaca RIoshachta EIREANN. (966. 


co Commun, 4 cenna Mupchad iomlán uadaib gan ech gan dume opagbarl. 
Caemclud abbaoh m Apo macha a. Ouboalete 1 monad MuipCohagh 6 
Sliabh Cuillenn. 

Corp Corr, naoi ccéo peapcca a pé. On vapa baban oécc oo Dom- 
nall. Ceallach Ua banán, comapba Comgaill, Mupfohach 2. valca Mao- 
naigh, comapba Caimoigh, Epc Ua Suailen, eppcop no abb Camlachca, 
Connmac, mac COhinoppaió, comanba Ullcám, 7 pacapc C(nannpa, [oécc]. 
Sloigfó la Oomnall Ua Néill co Lagmb co por mom o óh(pba piap go 
painpige, 7 oo binc 6ópoma món lap, 7 00 pao ponbaip pop Ghallaib, 7 pop 
Laigmbh co cfnn va miop. Ap von cup pm copéarp Fionn, mac Horpmsiolla, 
Oungal, mac Oángeile 1 Riagain, 7 Ronan, mac Opuavaip, mic Ouibgiolla, 
1 anole paopclanna oo Langnib amaille ppiu. Maolmopda mac Pinn, níogh- 
oámna Larg vo Fun. Ruadm, mac Maolmantamn, cis(pna. Potapc, vo 
mapbao. Plaitb(pcach Ua MuipCohang, cig(pna Ua n€choach, vécc. Mu- 
nCohach mac P(pgapa, comopba Dacpaicc, vécc. Catapach, mac Mupca- 
oam, eppcop Apoa Macha, oécc. 

Qoi Cqpiopc, naoi ccéo p(pcca a pec. Cin cpeap bliadam becc vo 
Oomnall. Maolpimoem, mac Uchcam, eppcop Cf£nannpa, comapba Ullcam 
q Capms, €ogan Ua Cléqug, eppcop Connacht, Maolgopm, mac Maol- 
ceallorg, abb Inpı Cealcpa, 1 Oonnchad, mac Caclain, abb Cille mc Ouach, 
décc. Mupeccen, abb Oipipc Orapmaca 00 écc. Congap Ua Robapcaig, 
ancoipe Ohoipe Chalgarg,7 Cionaed Ua Caémaoil, aipóémnech Ohope Chal- 
garg, décc m aen mi. Geollan, mac Ciapmane, TIs(pna Locha Gabap, oécc. 
Tplpach, mac Malemume, cig(pna Ua cConall Gaba, oo mapbao. Mp 
oíomóp co ccabeupt: oche mbuilec a bun aon 6pomn. — Slóicé(ó la Mupchad 


now Castlecomer, in the barony of Fassadineen, 
in the north of the county of Kilkenny. 

> A change of abbots.—'* A. D. 964. A change 
of Abbots in Armagh, viz., Duvdalehe, instead 
of Muireach.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The year 965 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 966 of the Annals of 
- Ulster, which give the following events under 
that year: 

“A, D. 966. Duv mac Maelcolum, king of 


Scotland, killed by Scotsmen themselves; Tier- 
nach mac Ruarc, king of Carrick Brachi, mor- 
tuus es. "The battle of Formail by Tirowen 
upon Tirconell where Maelisa O'Canannan, 
king of Tirconell, and Murtagh O’Teig, heir of 
Connaght, and many more, were killed. Hugh 
O'Hathi, king of the Eachachs, by his owne 
killed. Mahon mac Cinedy, king of Cashill, 
praied and burned Limerick. Cervall mac Lor- 
can, heyre of Lenster, killed by Daniell, king of 


966.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 691 


from them in safety, without leaving horse or man behind. A change of 
abbots" at Ard-Macha, i. e. Dubhdalethe in the place of Muireadhach of Sliabh- 
Cuilenn*. 

The Age of Christ, 966. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Ceallach Ua Ba- 
naint, successor of Comhghall; Muireadhach, the foster-son of Maenach, suc- 
cessor of Cainneach ; Erc Ua Suailen, bishop or abbot of Tamhlacht; Connmhac, 
i.e. the son of Ainniarraidh, successor of Ulltan, and priest of Ceanannus, died. 
An army was led by Domhnall Ua Neill into Leinster; and he plundered from 
the Bearbha westwards [rect eastwards] to the sea; and he carried off a great 
prey of cows ; and he laid siege to the foreigners and the Leinstermen for two 
months. On this occasion were slain Finn, son of Goirmghilla ; Dunghal, son 
of Dunghal Ua Riagain ; Ronan, son of Bruadar, son of Duibhghilla, and other 
nobles of the Leinstermen along with them. Maelmordha, son of Finn, royal 
heir of Leinster, was mortally wounded. Ruaidhri, son of Maelmartain, lord 
of Fotharta, was slain. Flaithbheartach Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ui-Eathach, 
died. Muireadhach, son of Fearghus, successor of Patrick, died. Cathasach, 
son of Murchadhan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 967. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. Maelfinnen, 
son of Uchtan, Bishop of Ceanannas, successor of Ulltan and Cairneach ; Eoghan 
Ua Cleirigh; Bishop of Connaught ; Maelgorm, son of Maelcheallaigh, Abbot 
of Inis-Cealtra ; and Donnchadh, son of Cathlan, Abbot of Cill-mic-Duach, died. 
Muirigen, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, died. Aenghus Ua Robhartaigh, ancho- 
rite of Doire-Chalgaigh; and Cinaedh Ua Cathmhaeil, airchinneach of Doire- 
Chalgaigh, died. Beollan, son of Ciarmhae, lord of Loch-Gabhar, died. Trea- 
sach, son of Maelmuine, lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, was killed. Very great 
fruit, so that eight sacks were brought from the foot of one tree. An army was 


Bregh.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Sliabh- Cuillenn.—Now Slieve-Gullion, a high 
mountain in the south-east of the county of 
Armagh.— See note ?, under 517, p. 168, suprà. 

å Ua Banain.—Now anglicé Banan and Banim. 
The year 966 of the Annals of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 967 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which give the events of that year as follows : 

« A. D. 967. Cellach O'Banan, Coarb of Com- 


gall, moritur. Muireach, Coarb of Cainnech; 
Flahvartagh mac Mureai, king of Onehagh, 
moriuntur. An army by Danyell O'Nell into 
Lenster, and pray'd from Berva westerly to 
Farche? [recté, easterly to the sea], “from 
whence he brought great prayes, and was bick- 
ering with Lenster and Genties” [recté, Galls] 
* for two months. Convach Ultan’s Coarb 
quievit” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


472 


692 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. [968. 


mac Pino go Cargmb m Oppaigib, co pabacap céice o1dce mnre, co ccapparo 
Mazsamam mac Cemnéiccig, co p(paib. Muman, na oá Ele, na Dép, 7 
fomapn Phuine Lapse co nOallanb, 7 Opparse mmo pig, co po loipccead la 
Mupchad Dún Ua ccocmaine ap eiccen, co ccuócacap uaió piad púl cen 
dume cen ech opágbáil. Sloircċlò la Matgamain, mac Cinnéiceig 1 nO (prüu- 
main, co po an ceópa hoioce 1 cConcaig, co ccucc gialla O(pmuman larp. 
Opsain Cfhhannpa la Sicpiuce, mac Amla ci$(pna. Gall, 7 la Mupchad 
mac Finn, pi Caigfn, conup cappad Oomnall Ua Néill, pi Epeann, 7 co 
paemmio poppa. Coo Allan, mac P(pgaile, cigfina Oppaige, 7 €chergtpn, 
mac €ici$, ci&(pna na cComann, oécc. 

Qoi Cpiopc, naoi ccéo p(pcca a hoche. On clépamad bliadam décc do 
Ohomnall. Ceanannup oo opgain vo Amlarb Cuapán co nGallaib 4 Corgnib, 
co pucc bonaime mop laip, 4 go bpapccaib pocharde via muimcip 1m bpearal 
mac nQilella, 7 po bpi marom pop Uib Nell occ Apo Maelchon. Marom 
pop Ualgapce Ua Ruane pia cConcobap, mac Taidg, m po manbad Ualsancc, 
co pocandib oile anaon mp im Ouibgiolla a. mac Lawgnem. — Slóicé(ó lá pis 
nUlao, lá hOfpcgal mac Maoudain go Gallaib, go po oicc Conoepe poppa, 
1co papccbao áp cmo lap. Opgam Cugmaio, 4 Opoma Inepeclaimn lá 
Muipefpcach, mac Domnaill, 1. mac Righ Epeann, lá pig nQhhs, pon Gal- 
lab, m po mapbao ile. Onpccain Marmpcpeach Ome, 7 Lamne Lépe la 
Oomnall lá pig Eneann pop Hhallaib, 7 po loipecead caocca ap cpí céd m 
aon ci5 lap ob. =Ppamoceach Lainne Lépe vo lopccad lá Domnall, mac 
Mupchada, 4 ceicpi céd do Sul do um 7 00 lopccad ann eiccip fiona 7 mná. 
Cugmao 1 Opuim Inepglumn oo angan la Glánllap a. la Mupchad Ua 
Platbeancais.. 


* Dun-Ua-Tochmaire: i.e. Fort of the Ui- 
Tochmaire. Not identified. 

The year 967 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 968 of the Annals of 


Ulster, which give the following obits under . 


that year (wre com. 969) : 


* A. D. 968. Cinaedh mac Cahvaeil, Air- - 


chinnech of Dare Calgai; Maelfinnen mac Uch- 
tane, bushop of Kells, and Coarb of Ultan and 
Carnech; and Owen mac Cleri, bushop of Con- 
naght, mortui sunt. Saerlai, daughter to Elcho- 


ma, being one hundred yeares of age, died. 
Beolan mac Ciarmeic, king of Lochgavar, in 
Christo quievit." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

f Amhlaeibh Cuaran : i. e. Aulaf, or Olave the 
Crooked or Stooped. 

s Ard-Maelchon : i.e. Maelchu's height, or 
hil, now Ardmulchan, on the River Boyne, 
near Navan, in the county of Meath. 

^ Coindere: i.e. Connor, in the county of 
Antrim. 

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led by Murchadh, son of Finn, into Leinster and Osraighe, and they remained 
five nights there; but he was overtaken by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, 
with the men of Munster, the two Eili, the Deisi, and Imhar of Port-Lairge, 
with the foreigners and the Osraighi. Murchadh burned Dun-Ua-Tochmairc* 
by force; but they escaped before his eyes, without leaving a man or a horse 
behind. An army was led by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, into Des- 
mond, and remained three nights in Corcach, and carried off the hostages of 
Desmond. Ceanannas was plundered by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, lord of the 
foreigners, and by Murchadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster ; but Domhnall 
Ua Neill, King of Ireland, overtook and defeated them. Aedh Allan, son of 
Fearghal, lord of Osraighe ; and Echthighern, son of Eitech, lord of the Com- 
ainns, died. 

The Age of Christ, 968. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. Ceanannas 
was plundered by Amhlaeibh Cuaran‘, with the foreigners and Leinstermen ; 
and he carried off a great prey of cows, but lost numbers of his people, together 
with Breasal, son of Ailill; and he gained a victory over the Ui-Neill at Ard- 
Maelchon*. A victory was gained over Ualgharg Ua Ruairc by Conchobhar, 
son of Tadhg, in which were slain Ualgharg, and among the rest Duibhghilla, 
i.e. the son of Laidhgnen. An army was led by the King of Ulidia, Artghal, 
son of Madudhan, against the foreigners ; and he plundered Coindere', then in 
their possession, but left behind a number of heads. The plundering of Lugh- 
mhadh and Druim-Inesclainn by Muircheartach, son of Domhnall, King of 
Aileach, and son of the King of Ireland, against the foreigners, in which many 
were slain. The plundering of Mainistir-Buithe by Domhnall, King of Ireland, 
against the foreigners ; and three hundred of them were burned by him in one 
house. The refectory of Lann-Leire was burned by Domhnall, son of Murchadh ; 
and four hundred persons were destroyed by wounding and burning there, 
both men and women. Lughmhadh and Druim-Ineasclainn were plundered . 
by Glunillar’, i. e. by Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh. 


968 of the Annals of the Four Masters corres- 
ponds with 969 of the Annals of Ulster, which 
notice the following events under that year: 

* A. D. 969. Kells praied by Aulaiv Cuaran. 
An overthrow given O'Roark by Conor mac 
Teige, whom he killed, with many more. An 


army by Artgar mae Madagan, king of Ulster, 
upon Genties” [recte the Galls], “ spoyled 
Conire, and killed a number. The battle of 
Killmonai, by Daniell O'Nell, where Airtgar 
mac Madagan, king of Ulster; Donnagan mac 
Maelmuire, airchinnech ; and Cinaeh mac Cron- 


oe a Me Tere he Te ees 


694 ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. (969. 


Cop Cope, naoi ccéo piroca a nao. On cíáicceaó bliabam oécc do 
Ohomnall. Cuacal, comapba Chiapám, eppcop 7 abb Cluana mic Nó, 
décc. Maenach, eppcop Cluana mic Nói, Pmngume Ua Piachpach, abb 
Cige Mochua, 7 Maolpamna, comanba Camoigh, vécc. Ceallach Ua Nu- 
aðar do mapbad vo Ghallaib 1 noopap a ppomneige. Oomnall Ua Néll, 
an pi, oo 1onnanbad a Mibe cap Shab Puaio pocuaio lá Clomn Colmán, 
conad dó po paidead, 


Ni má cualamap an gut, plaich CCmpa oo cumpcugaoh, 
Ceapca nlta, 10macc peon, po cippe aicen(oh naiccbeoil. 


Slog(oó lá Oomnall Ua Néill apam co noccaib an cuaipceipt .1. co 
cConall, 7 €ogan, go propa Míde 7 co Gallaib, go po oince a nuile dine, 7 
longponca, 1 co po horpeceao Uibh Poilge, 4 Potapca lap, q po dfogail poppa 
von cup pm a bpmeébeapc ppp, uam vo pome longpont ceca cuaice 1 Mide 
o cá Sionamn co bealac notin. Goll Cummmg vo ronnapbao a hImp Ubhoáin 
lá Matgamain, mac Cinnéiceig. Or Spém cuopama vo parcepm 1 napo 
moon laor. : 

Cloi Cope, naoi ccéo peachecmoba. Un püpeaoó bliadam vécc do 
Ohomnall. Cpunomaol, comapba Caormgin, vécc. Muipfoach Ua Conco- 
bain, eppcop 7 comapba Pionncam Cluana heiónech, Catapach mac Peap- 
ccupa comapba oúm, [oécc]. Pogapcach, mac Néill Ui Tholaincc, vo 
mhapbad la Oomnall, mac Congalarg cma meatal. Mupchad mac Pino, 
pi Lan, oo mapbaoh lá Oomnall cClaon, mac Copcám tap ccomol 4 
comtomaile oóib. Op oo badain a baip do pónoeao, 


Oo bliadnaib peccmogac nao ccéo, 6 gem Cpíope, ni bfc an béo, 
Cipopi Corgi, lá na lind co bap Munchada, mic Finn. 


gaille, king of the Conells, and many more. 
Lugmai and Drum-Inesklainn spoyled by Mur- 
cha, king of Ailech. Mainister and Lainn-Leire 
rifled by Daniell, king of Ireland, where 350 
were burnt in one house.” — Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 
x Clann- Colmain.—'This was the tribe-name of 
the O’Melaghlins of Westmeath. ` 
! From the Sinainn to Bealach-duin: i. e. from 


the River Shannon to Castlekieran, near Kells, 
in the county of Meath. 

m Inis- U bhdain.—See note *, under A. D. 965. 
The year 969 of the Annals of the Four Masters 
corresponds with 970 of the Annals of Ulster, 
which give the events of that year as follows : 

** A. D. 970. Culen mac Illuilv, king of Scot- 
land, killed by Britons in open battle. Daniell 


969.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 695 


The Age of Christ, 969. The fifteenth year of Domhnall. Tuathal, suc- 
cessor of Ciaran, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Finnguine 
Ua Fiachrach, Abbot of Teach-Mochua, and Maelsamhna, successor of Cain- 
neach, died. Ceallach Ua Nuadhait was killed by the foreigners in the doorway 
of his refectory. Domhnall Ua Neill, the king, was driven from Meath north- 
wards, across Sliabh Fuaid, by the Clann-Colmain*; of which was said : 


Not well we have heard the voice, that the prince of Teamhair was 
removed ; 
Scarcity of corn, much of grass, will dry up the mind of the terrible. 


An army was afterwards led by Domhnall Ua Neill, with the soldiers of 
the North, i. e. the races of Conall and Eoghan, against the men of Meath and 
the foreigners, so that he plundered all their forts and fortresses, and spoiled 
. Ui-Failghe and Fotharta ; and he took revenge on them on that occasion for 
their opposition to him, for he erected a camp in every cantred of Meath, from 
the Sinainn to the Bealach-duin. The foreigners of Luimneach were driven 
from Inis-Ubhdain™ by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh. Two suns of equal 
size were seen at high noon-day. 

The Age of Christ, 970. The sixteenth year of Domhnall. Crunn- 
mhael, successor of Caeimghin, died. Muireadhach Ua Conchobhair, bishop, 
` and successor of Finntan of Cluain-eidhneach ; [and] Cathasach, son of Fear- 
ghus, comharba of Dun, [died]. Foghartach, son of Niall Ua Tolairg, was 
treacherously killed by Domhnall, son of Conghalach. Murchadh, son of Finn, 
King of Leinster, was killed by Domhnall Claen, son of Lorcan, after they had 
eaten and drank together. Of the year of his death was said : 


Of years seventy, nine hundred, from birth of Christ, —no small 
deed,— 
Till death of Murchadh, son of Finn, chief King of Leinster in 
his time. 
O’Nell, king of” [Tarach], “expelled out of ran; Maelsavna, Coarb of Cainnech, moriuntur. 
Meath by Clann-Colmain, .i, O'Maelaghlins. An army by Daniell O’Nell to the men of 
Cellach O’Nuad killed by Genties, in the door Meath, that he spoyled all their churchtownes 


of the Pronty” [Refectory]. “ Nell mac Hugh, and castles, and spoyled Ofaly and Fotharta.”— 
king of Ulster, moritur. Tuahal; Coarb of Cia- Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


696 ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. | [971. 


Heiblnnac, mac O:apmaca, ciseapna Ciappaiġe, vécc. Slop fo lá Mat- 
aman, mac Ceimneiceg,1 cCiapparge, co po coglapcoip oáme mda m Ohán 
na Piépec. Mavaòdán, mac bpam, oo mapbaó lá mac Spain. Finn, mac 
bpain, vo mapbad la Ceallac, mac Domnall, mc Finn, mic Maoilmonda, 
tiġina Ua pPaelém. Cluam lopapo, Pobap, Cann Eala, 7 Oipfpe Cola 
vo lopccaó 7 oo apgain lá Oomnall, mac Mupchada. 

Cloip Cmiopc, naoi ccéo peccmoda a haon. Cn p(ccmao bliadain décc 
oo Ohorinall. Ounchaó, oalca Orapmaoa, paoi 4 eppcop 3 ollam Oppange, 
[oécc]. Maolmaipe, abb Oeapmaige oo badad 1 n€ap Ruaioh. 6ecán, 
4. mac Caccenám, comapba Pimoem, 2. Cluana hipaino, eppcop, Oll, mac 
mo Lamig, abb Blinne vá locha, décc. Cionaed m Ofptarge, ancor 
Cluana plnra, oécc.  Pimachca Ua Plaitpiu, abb Tine va lap, Concobap, 
mac Caióg an cuim, pí Connache, vécc. Cac Ceipi Copain, eicip Mupchad 
Ua Plaicbeapcarg a. Glún Wap pi Ahhs, 7 Catal, mac Taig, pi Connacz, 
vá 1 ccopéaip Catal peippin, 7 Geibthoach, mac Coda, cigna Ua Mane, 3 
Tadcc, mac Muine(prarg, copeac Ua nO1anmava,7 Mupchad, mac Plomn, 
mic Sletneacan, caoipeaé Clomne Mupchada, 7 Sepmd Ua Plaicb(pcoigh, 
go Lion ofpíme mantle ppióá, 7 Mupchad oronnpao Connachc go léin rapccam. 


Cloip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo peachcmooa a dó. 


oo Ohomnall. 


^ Dun-na-fithrech.—Now Dunferrees, in the 
parish of Lisselton, barony of Iraghticonor, and 
county of Kerry. 

° Disert- Tola : i.e. St. Tola’s desert, or wil- 
derness. There are two places of this name in 
Ireland ; one in Thomond, now Dysart-O’Dea, 
in the barony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare; 
and the other in Westmeath, which is the one 
above referred to in the text. This is now 
called Dysart-Taula, and is a townland situated 
in the parish of Killoolagh, in the barony of 
Delvin, and county of Westmeath. The site of 
St. Tola’s church is still pointed out in this 
townland, but no portion of the walls are now 
visible, and even the grave-yard has been effaced 


Cn cochcmao bliadain oécc 


Maolbpigve, mac Catapaig, eppcop 7 abb Opoma mó 
Moéolméce, Oiapmaicc, mac Oochapcarg, abb Oarmmhinpi, oécc. 


Coipppe 


by the progress of cultivation. 

The year 970 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 971 of the Annals of 
Ulster, which give a few of the events of that 
year as follows : 

* A, D. 971. Battle betweene Ulster and Dal- 
narai, where the king of the fifth” [i. e. of the 
province of Ulidia], **.i. Hugh mac Loingsy, and 
others, were slaine. Murcha mac Floinn killed 
by Donell Cloen, per dolum. Cahasach mac 
Fergus, Coarb of Dun” [Downpatrick], * mor- 
tuus est. Fogartach mac Nell O’Tolairg killed 
by Daniell mac Congalai, per dolum. Crunn- 
mael, Airchinnech of Glenn da Locha, mortuus 
est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


Mm na is tiara 


971.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. __ 607 


Gebheannach, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ciarraighe, died. An army was led 
by Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, into Ciarraighe, where he demolished 
many forts, and among others Dun-na-fithrech". Madudhan, son of Bran, was 
killed by Mac Brain. Finn, son of Bran, was killed by Ceallach, son of Domh- 
nall, son of Finn, son of Maelmordha, lord of Ui-Faelain. Cluain-Iraird, Fobhar, 
Lann-Eala, and Disert-Tola?, were burned and plundered by Domhnall, son of 
Murchadh. 

The Age of Christ, 971. The seventeenth year of Domhnall. Dunchadh, 
the foster-son of Diarmaid, distinguished bishop and chief poet of Osraighe, 
[died]. Maelmoire, Abbot of Dearmhach, was drowned in Eas-Ruaidh. Becan, 
i.e. son of Lachtnan, successor of Finnen, i. e. of Cluain-Iraird ; Ailill, i.e. son of 
Laighneach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Cinaedh of the Oratory, anchorite 
of Cluain-fearta, died. Finachta Ua Flaithri, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, [and] Con- 
chobhar, son of Tadhg of the Tower, King of Connaught, died. The battle 
of Ceis-Corainn between Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartach, i. e. Glun-Illar, King 
of Aileach, and Cathal, son of Tadhg, King of Connaught, wherein fell Cathal 
himself, and Geibheannach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine; Tadhg, son of 
Muircheartach, chief of Ui-Diarmada?; Murchadh, son of Flann, son of Gleth- 
neachan, chief of Clann-Murchadha; and Seirridh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, with a 
" countless number along with them: and Murchadh totally plundered Con- 
naught afterwards. 

The Age of Christ, 972 [recte 974]. The eighteenth year of Domhnall. 
Maelbrighde, son of Cathasach, Bishop and Abbot of Druim-mor-Mocholmog?, 
[and] Diarmaid,son of Dochartach, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Cairbre UaCorra, 


» Ui-Diarmada.—This was the tribe-name of Hugh, king of Mani, and many more perished. 
the family of O'Concannon, who were seated in — Maelmuire, Airchinnech of Dorowe, drowned in 
the territory of Corca-Mogha, or Corcamoe, in  Easro. Becan, Coarb of Finnen, and Ailill, Air- 
the north-east of the county of Galway.—See chinnech of Glindalogh, secura morte moriuntur. 
the Map to Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many. Duvdalehe among Mounster until they sub- 

The Annals of Ulster notice this battle, and mitted.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


a few other events, briefly, under the year 972, a Druim-mor-Mocholmog : i. e. the great ridge - 
as follows : or long hill of St. Mocholmog, now Dromore, 


« A, D. 972. Conor mac Teige, king of Con- the head of an ancient bishop's see in the barony 
naght, mortuus est. Battle betweene Murcha of Lower Iveagh, and county of Down.—See 
O’Flaihvertai and Connaght, where Cahal mac Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 147; and Archdall's 
Teige, king of Connaght, and Gevennach mac Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 118. 

] 4u 


698 : annaza RiIoshachta EIREANN. (972. 


Ua Coppa, comapba Caernngm, Roiċeċcach, arpcmneach Cirle patin, an- 

chon, 1 ecenaió, Coipppe, mac €écigepn, comapba Cluana móin Maevócce, 

[oécc]. Mupchad Ua Plarcb(pcaigh vo dol pop cpeich hi cCenel Conall, 

co ccuc Habail món, cona capparo 1 apmóineéc go po gonao Mupchas, a. 

ciz(mna Oils, co nepbaile d1 1apom oc On Clorcige, ap ccomain 3 aicpícche. 

Oonnchad Fino, .1. mac Cleoha, cigeapna Mwe, vo mapbao la hOgoa, mac 

Ouribcmo, mic Caogam, cigna C(cba. Mardm ole pa nOppargib. pop 

Unb Cemopealang, 1 ccopċain Domnall, mac Ceallang. Pinpneacta, mac 

Cionaeda, cis (na Popcuat Carg(n, [vécc]. Ap Opparge 1 nlapéap Ciphi hi 

concpaccan piche cfc m cpi piche o1gers (pn m Orapmaic, mac nOonnchada, 

canaipi Opponge, 7 1m ecérg(pn Ua Cuanaig, cisfpna an Phochla, conad vó 

po paidead, 
Naoi céo, a 06, rechcmogac 

bliadna, bá buaid cen aebtan . 

O Core co háp nOpaingi, 

In maptap lipi laocoa. 

Leopaic pluag Ui Muipichang, 

Ni m(p an ci noc pim, 

Im cpí picce óceig(pn, 

Fiche cfc nó of mili. 

Ap Ua cCemnpealarg ona m Oppoigib, 1 copchanp Domnall, mac Ceal- 
lag, ciġeapna Ua Cemnpelaiz, go pocaid ole. Opngain Inpe Cachaig oo 
Mhagnup, mac Apaite co LCagmannoib na mnnpeo 1mbi,4. lomap ciccheapna 
Gall Cumms oo bpt epci,4 pápugao $mám mbi. T'ümpé(pcac, mac Cloda, 


* Dun- Cloitighe.—Now called Dun-Glaidighe, 
anglicé Dunglady, a very remarkable fort, con- 
sisting of three circumvallations, with deep 
ditches, situated in the parish of Maghera, in 
the county of Londonderry. 

* Duibheenn, son of Tadhgan.—The tombstone 
of this Duibhcenn, inscribed with his name, is 

still to be seen at Clonmacnoise.— See Petrie's 
Round Towers, p. 324. 

* Maghnus.—This is the first mention of the 
name Maghnus, in the Irish annals, from which 
it is clear that it was first introduced into 


Ireland by the Danes. 

> Aralt.—This is a hibernicizing of the Danish 
name Harold. 

* Lagmanns.—These were a sept of the Danes 
settled in the Inse-Gall, or western Islands of 
Scotland. 

* The violation of Seanan: i. e. St. Seanan’s 
Sanctuary, on Scattery Island, was profaned on 
this occasion, by forcibly carrying off as a captive 
Ivor, King of the Danes of Limerick, who had 
taken refuge there. It is highly probable that 
Ivor was at this period a Christian, but that the 


972.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 699 


successor of Caeimhghin ; Roithechtach, airchinneach of Cuil-raithin, anchorite 
and wise man ; Cairbre, son of Echtighern, comharba of Cluain-mor-Maedhog, 
[died]. Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh went upon a predatory excursion into 
Cinel-Conaill, and took a great prey ; but being pursued and overtaken, Mur- 
chadh, i. e. lord of Aileach, was wounded, and died thereof at Dun-Cloitighe', 
after communion and penance. Donnchadh Finn, son of Aedh, lord of Meath, 
was killed by Aghda, son of Duibhcenn, son of Tadhgan*, lord of Teathbha. 
Another battle was gained by the Osraighi over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, wherein 
Domhnall, son of Ceallach, was slain. Finnsnechta, son of Cinaedh, lord of 
Fortuatha-Laighean, died. A slaughter was made of the Osraighi in Iarthar- 
Liphi, in which were slain two thousand men and sixty young lords, and among 
the rest Diarmaid, son of Donnchad, Tanist of Osraighe, and Echthighern Ua 
Luanaigh, lord of the North; of which was said : 


Nine hundred and seventy-two years, 

It was victory without abatement, 

From Christ to the slaughter of the Osraighi, 

In the west of warlike Liphi. 

The host of the Ui-Muirithaigh slaughtered them,— 
Not hasty he who reckoned them,— 

With three score young lords, 

Twenty hundred, or two thousand men. 


The Ui-Ceinnsealaigh were plundered in Osraighe, where Domhnall, son of 


. Ceallach, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and many others, were slain. The plun- 


dering of Inis-Cathaigh by Maghnus*, son of Aralt®, with the Lag-manns" of the 
islands along with him ; and Imhar, lord of the foreigners of Luimneach, was 
carried off from the island, and the violation of Seanan* thereby. Muircheartach, 


Danes of the islands of Scotland were still pagans. taken the sacrament]. “Diarmaid mac Docharty, 
The Annals of Ulster give a few of these events, Coarb of Molashe, mortuus est. Doncha Finn, 
under the year 973, as follows : King of Meath, killed by Aga mac Duvchinn. 

“A. D. 973. Murcha mac Flaihvertai went An overthrowe by Ugaire mac Tuohall upon 
upon Kindred-Connell, and tooke great bootie, Ossory,” [where he] “killed Diarmaid mac 
untill he was kilt” [rectó, wounded] “with a Donchaa. Another overthrowe by Ossory upon 
cast of a dart, and died thereof at Duncloitie, Cinnsealai, where Daniell mac Cellai was slaine.” 
haveing repented and taken sacrifice” [recté, | — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


4v2 


700 annaza gioghachca elREGNN. [973. 


mic Plamn Ut Maoilpeachtainn, pi Mive, oo mapbao lá Oomnall, mac 
Congalatg. | a 

Cloip Core, naoi ccéo peachtmoda a cpi. Cn nomad bliadam décc vo 
Ohormall. Poghapcach, abb Daine Calgarg, oécc. Cincgal, mac Copena- 
cháin, comopba Comganlt 1 Pinném, oécc, ran noeigb(tad cranaopoa. Peap- 
valac, abb Reaépamne, vo mapbaó la Galland. Cionaooh Ua hGpcagám, 
ppméseap €peann ma camp, vég. Ceallaé, mac Domnall, aglpna 
Ua Paolám, oo mapbao lá Opoen, mac Mupchada. Muipeadac, mac Oonn- 
cha, mic Cellar, canarp1 Opparge, oég. lmapcpono pleochaió sup po 
millc conte. Ouboalerte, comopba Pacparce pop cuaine Muman co ccucc 
a pop. 

Cop Core, naoi ccéo p(écmoba a cftaip. Cn pié(cmao badam oo 
Ohomnall. Conamg, mac Pionain, abb Conveipe 7 Canoe Eala, vécc. Séona 
Ua Démám, abb nAenopoma, oo lopccad ina tigh pem. Oonnchad, mac 
Ceallang, crgfpma Oppage, vécc. Oorhnall, mac Congalarg, cig(pna Ones, 
décc. Cp 06 bo hamm Tubup Pliuch. Tadg Ua Ruadpach, cig(pna 
Cianaéca oo mapbad 1 nUlcaib. Grollacolaim Ua Cananvain, cigna 
Ceneóil Conaill, vo tiaccai pop cpeich 1 nUib Parle, co pangai cig fpna 
compppe mop ipa lupce a. Peapgal, mac Pogapcaig. Ounchad Ua paon, 
comapba Ciapáin Cluana mic Noip, vo dul via olitpe co hApo Macha. 
'" Matzarham, mac Cinvé101g, ápopí Muman ule vo (mgabáil oo Ohonnaban 
mac Catal, cig(pna Ua Piogemce cpa cangnachc, co capac oo Maolmuaid, 


* Cinaedh Ua hArtagain.—Usually anglicised 
Kineth O'Hartagan. The death of this poet is 
noticed in the Annals of Tighernach at 975, 
which is the true year. 
the poems attributed to him, see O'Reilly's 
Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. Ixiii. The death 
of this poet, and a few other events, are given in 


ther this yeare."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

z Ua Demain.—This surname is still common 
in the north of Ireland, where it is sometimes 
anglicised O’Diman, but more usually Diamond, 
without the prefix O. 

^ Triubhus Fliuch : i. e. Wet-Trouse, or Trou- 
sers. In Mae Coisi’s elegy on the death of Fear- 


For some account of 


the Annals of Ulster, as follows, at the year 974 : 

* A. D. 974. Edgar mac Edmond, King of 
Saxons, mortuus est. Daniell mac Owen, King 
Fogartach, Abbot of 
Daire, mortuus est. Fergal, Airchinnech Rech- 
rain, a Gentilibus occisus est. Cinaeh O'Hartagan, 
prim-écess of Ireland, quievit. Very fowle wea- 


of Wales, in pilgrimage. 


ghal O’Rourke, the poet states that he had 
received the price of a trouse (luac Tpiubaip) 
from Conghalach, at Ath-cliath, or Dublin. The 
word does not appear to be of Irish origin. 

, > Dunchadh Ua Braein.—See Colgan’s Acta 
Sanctorum, pp. 105, 106; and Petrie’s Round 
Towers, p. 111. 


973.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 701. 


son of Aedh, son of Flann Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, was slain by 
Domhnall, son of Conghalach. 

The Age of Christ, 973 [recté 975]. The nineteenth year of Domhnall. 
Foghartach, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh, died. Artghal, son of Coscrachan, suc- 
cessor of Comhghall and Finnen, died, after a long and virtuous life. Fearda- 
lach, Abbot of Reachrainn, was killed by the foreigners. Cinaedh Ua hArta- 
gain’, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Ceallach, son of Domhnall, lord 
of Ui-Faelain, was slain by Broen, son of Murchadh. Muireadhach, son of 
Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, Tanist of Osraighe, died. Too much wet, so that 
the fruits were destroyed. Dubhdalethe, successor of Patrick, made a circuit 
of Munster, and obtained his demand. 

The Age of Christ, 974. The twentieth year of Domhnall. Conaing, son 
of Finan, Abbot of Coindere and Lann-Eala, died. Sedna Ua Demain’, Abbot 
of Aendruim, was burned in his own house. Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, lord 
of Osraighe, died. Domhnall, son of Conghalach, lord of Breagha, died ; he 
was named Triubhus Fliuch* Tadhg Ua Ruadhrach, lord of Cianachta, was 
slain in Ulidia. Gilla-Coluim Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, went upon 
a predatory excursion into Ui-Failghe, where the lord of Cairbre-mor, i. e. Fear- 
ghal, son of Fogartach, was lost on the expedition. Dunchadh Ua Braein’, 
successor of Ciaran of Cluain-mic-Nois, went on his pilgrimage to Ard-Macha. 
Mathghamhain, son of Ceinneidigh, supreme King of all Munster, was treache- 
rously taken prisoner by Donnabhan’, son of Cathal, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, who 


* Donnabhan, son of Cathal—He was the pro- 
genitor after whom the O'Donovans have taken 
their hereditary surname. This entry is given 
in the Annals of Tighernach at the year 976, 
which is the true year, as follows : 

“A. D. 976. mlaegamaim, mac Cinoéoi, 
aipopi Múman; oo mapbad vo Maelmuaw, 
mac Spain, oo mg hUa n€acach, 1ap na zió- 
nacol oo Oonnuban, mac Cazail, oo pig hUa 
Figena, a pill.” 

* A. D. 976. Mathghamhain, son of Ceinne- 
digh, supreme King of Munster, was killed by 
Maelmhuaidh, son of Bran, King of Ui-Eathach, 
after having been delivered to him by Donnu- 


bhan, son of Cathal, King of Ui-Figeinte, in 
treachery.” 

This treacherous capture of Mahon, the elder 
brother of the monarch, Brian Borumha, by 
Donovan, the ancestor of the O’ Dovovans of Ui- 
Fidhgeinte, is noticed as follows in the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen : 

** A. D. 976. Donovan, son of Cathal, prince 
of Cairbre Aodhbha, treacherously seized upon 
Mahon, son of Kennedy, in his own house? 
[at Brugh righ], * where he was under the 
protection of Colum, son of Ciaragan, bishop 
of Cork (successor of Barra), who guaranteed 
his safety, to make peace with Maolmhuadh, 


702 


aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


(974. 


mac Ópamn, ci&(pna O (pmurnan; como po mapb pawe oap eptach naom 7 


` pipeon. 


son of Bran, to whom, and to whose brothers, 
Teige and Brian, Donovan treacherously de- 
livered Mahon, who was murdered by them, 
without respect to the saint” [recté, holy man | 
«who had ensured his safety. Some antiqua- 
ries say that it was at Bearna-dhearg (Red 
Chair) on the mountain of Feara-Maighe- 
Feine, this shocking murder of Mahon was 
committed; and others that it was at Leacht 
Mhathghamhna (Mahon's heap), on Muisire-na- 
mona-moire” [now Mushera mountain, near 
‘ Macroom], “he was betrayed. The bishop of 
Cork maledicted all who were concerned in con- 
spiring the murder of Mahon.”—See Pedigree of 
O’Donovan, Appendix, p. 2436. 

The most circumstantial account yet disco- 
vered of the treacherous capture of Mahon, son 
of Kennedy, by Donovan, son of Cahal, ancestor 
of the O’Donovans, and of his subsequent mur- 
der by Maelmhuaidh, or Molloy, son of Bran, 
ancestor of the O’Mahonys, is given in a curious 
Irish work called ** Cogadh Gaeidheal re Gal- 
laibh, i. e. the War of the Gaels or Irish with 
the Danes,” preserved in the Library of Trinity 
College, Dublin. The following is an abstract : 

* When Donovan, son of Cathal, King of Ui- 
Fidhgeinte, and Molloy, son of Bran, King of 
Desmond, perceived the increasing power and 
influence of the Dal-gCais, they were filled with 
envy and malice, conceiving that the crown of 
Munster would remain in that family for ever, 
ifsomething were not done to check their career. 
The Ui-Cairbre in particular, whose territory 
adjoined that of the Dal-gCais, saw reasons to be 
apprehensive that the latter would either extend 
their dominion over their principality, which at 
this time extended from Hoclan to Limerick, 
and from Cnamhchoill to Luachair, or wrest 
some portion of it from them. For these rea- 
sons Molloy, son of Bran, Donovan, son of 


Cathal, and Ivor, King of the Danes of Lime- 
rick, formed a conspiracy to undermine the 
power of Mahon, son of Kennedy, King of 
Munster. : 

** At the suggestion of Ivor, Donovan invited 
Mahon to a banquet at his own house” [at 
Bruree on the River Maigue, in the territory of 
the Ui-Cairbri]; “and Mahon, although he 
suspected the loyalty of his host, consented to 
accept of the invitation, his safety having been 
guaranteed by Columb Mac Kieragan, successor 
of St. Barry, or Bishop of Cork, and others of 
the clergy of Munster. Mahon attended the 
feast; but his treacherous host, violating the 
laws of hospitality, and the solemn compact 
with the clergy, seized upon his person, in order 
to deliver him up to Molloy, son of Bran, and 
Ivor of Limerick, who were stationed in the 
neighbourhood with a body of Irish and Danish 
troops. Donovan's people conducted Mahon to 
Cnoc-an-rebhrainn? [Knockinrewrin], “in the 
mountains of Sliabh Caein, whither two of 
the clergy of St. Barry and Molloy’s people re- 
paired to meet them. Molloy had ordered his 
people, when they should get Mahon into their 
hands, to dispatch bim at once; and this order 
was obeyed. A bright and sharp sword was 
plunged into his heart, and his blood stained 
St. Barry’s Gospel, which he held to his breast 
to protect himself by its sanctity. When, how- 
ever, he perceived the naked sword extended to 
strike him, he cast the Gospel in the direction 
of the clergy, who were on an adjacent hillock, 
and it struck the breast of one of the priests of 
Cork; and those who were looking on assert 
that he sent it the distance of a bow-shot from 
the one hillock to the other. : 

** When Molloy, who was within sight of this 
tragic scene, observed the flashing of the sword 
raised to strike the victim, he understood that 


974.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 703 


delivered him up to Maelmhuaidh, son of Bran, lord of Desmond, who put him 
to death, against the protection of saints and just men. 


the bloody deed was done, and mounted his 
horse to depart. One of the clergy, who knew 
Molloy, asked him what was to be done. Mol- 
loy replied, with sardonic sneer, “ Cure that 
man, if he come to thee,” and then took his 
departure. The priest became wroth, and, curs- 
ing him bitterly, predicted that he would come 
to an evil end, and that his monument would be 
erected near that very hill, in a situation where 
the sun would never shine upon it. And this 
was verified, for Molloy afterwards lost his eye- 
sight, and was killed in a hut constructed of 
alder trees, at the ford of Bealach-Leachta” 
[A. D. 978], “by Hugh, son of Gevennan of 
Deis-Beag” [a territory lying around Bruff, in 
the county of Limerick]; “and the monument 
of Mahon is on the south side of that hill, and 
the monument of Molloy mac Bran is on the 
north side, and the sun never shines upon it. 

** The two priests afterwards returned home, 
and told Columb Mac Kieragan, the Coarb of 
St. Barry, what had been done, and gave him 
the Gospel, which was stained with the blood of 
Mahon ; and the holy prelate wept bitterly, and 
uttered a prophecy concerning the future fate 
of the murderers. 

“ Molloy mac Bran was the chief instigator 
of this deed; but it were better for him he had 
not accomplished it, for it afterwards caused 
him bitter woe and affliction. When the news 
of it reached Brian and the Dal-gCais they were 
overwhelmed with grief, and Brian vented his 
grief and rage in a short elegy, in which he ex- 
pressed his deep regret that his brother had not 
fallen in a battle behind the shelter of his shield, 
before he had relied on the treacherous word of 
Donovan, who delivered him up to the infamous 
Molloy to be butchered in cold blood. He then 
recounts Mahon’s victories over the Danes at 


Aine, at Sulaigh in Tradry, at Machaire-Buidhe, 


and at Limerick, and concludes thus: 


** My heart shall burst within my breast 
Unless I avenge this great king; 
"They shall forfeit life for this foul deed, 
Or I shall perish by a violent death." 


* Mahon, son of Kennedy, was thus cut off by 
Donovan, son of Cathal, and Molloy, son of Bran, 
nine years after the battle of Sulchoid" [fought 
A. D. 968], “the thirteenth year after the death 
of Donough, son of Callaghan, King of Cashel” 
[A. D. 962]; “the sixty-eighth year after the 
killing of Cormac mac Cullennan” [ A. D. 908]; 
* the twentieth year after the killing of Congha- 
lach, son of Maelmihi, King of Tara” [A. D. 
956]; “and the fourth year before the battle 
of Tara” [ A. D. 980]. 


* After the murder of Mahon, Brian, son of 


Kennedy, became king of the Dal-gCais, and 
proved himself a worthy successor of his war- 
like brother. His first effort was directed 
against Donovan's allies, the Danes of Limerick, 
and he slew Ivor, their king, and two of his 
sons. After the killing of Ivor, Donovan sent 
for Harold, another of Ivor's sons, and the 
Danes of Munster elected him as their king. As 
soon as Brian received intelligence of this, he 
made an incursion into the plains of Ui-Fidh- 
geinte, seized upon a vast spoil of cattle, and 
slew Donovan, King of Ui-Fidhgeinte, a praise- 
worthy deed. He also plundered the city of 
Limerick, slew Harold, King of the Danes, 
making a great slaughter of his people, and 
returned home, loaded with immense spoils. 
This was in the second year after the murder of 
Mahon." 

The above epochs are all perfectly correct, as 
can be shewn from the accurate chronology of 
the Annals of Tighernach and those of Ulster. 

The killing of Mahon, King of Cashel, and a 


aNNaza RIOShachca EIREANN. (975. 


Cloip Core, naoi ccéo peachemoóa a cúicc: An caonmad bhadan 
picle oo Ohomnall. Gopmgal, comopba Tolar, Conaing, mac Cacám, abb 
Pina, 7 Noembán Inm Cataicch, vécc. Muipéfpcach, mac Oomnaill 
Uf Néll, q Congalach, mac Oomnaill, mc Congaleng, oa piogdarnna Eneann, 
vo mapbaoh la hOmlaobh, mac Sicpiucca. Giolla Colaim Ua Cananoéin, 
cis(ina Céneoil cConaill, vo mapbao lap an pigh, Domnall Ua Néll. Maol- 
puanaid oc Ua Maolfchlamn, mogoamna C(mpac, oo mapbao a meabart. 
Imp Cachong do pápugaó oo Ohman, mac Cmneroig, pon Shallaib’ Cummmg, 
ım lomapn co na oa mac 1. Amlanb 7 Ombchho. Oman caogao bliadain 
daoip an can pm. Seachnapach mac hlpuaio cizfpna Eile oo mapbad. — 

Coip Core, nao! ccéo peacemoba a pé. On vapa bliadain piéle vo 
Ohomnall. Piachna Ua hOfpcacám, abb la Choluim Chille, Maonach, mac 
Muiploharg, abb Opoma Inepclamn, [oécc]. Cat bealarg leachca eiccin 
bhpan, mac Cinvew1s, 7 Maolmuaw, as(pna Ofpiuman,3 conéap Maol- 
muaioh ano 7 ap pip Muman. Cat bioclamne pop Cargmb ma nalla b 


104 


few other events, are noticed in the Annals of 
Ulster, under the year 975, as follows : 

* A. D. 975. Mahon mae Cinnedi, king of 
Cashell, killed by Maelmoy mac Brain. Donn- 
cha, mac Cellai, king of Ossory; Donell mac 
Congalai, king of Bregh, mortui sunt. Conuing 
O'Finan, Coarb of Maknisi and Colman Ela, 
mortuus est. Teige O' Ruarach, king of Cianacht, 
killed. Sedna O’Deman, Airchinnech of Aen- 
drom, in sua domo exustus est." — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* Was violated.—The holy island of St. Senan 
was profaned by attacking persons in its sanc- 
tuary, as Brian did on this occasion. This at- 
tack on the Danes of Limerick is not mentioned 
in the Annals of Ulster, but it is set down in 
the Annals of Clonmaenoise, at the year 9770, as 
follows : 


** A. D. 970. Inis-Cahie was taken by Bryan: 


mac Kynnedy, upon the Danes of Lymbrick, 
that is to say, Imer and his two sons, Awley 
and Dowgean.” 

The Annals of Ulster have the following en- 


tries under the year 976 : 

* A. D. 976. Murtagh mac Donell O’Nell, 
and Congalach mae Donell, two heyres of Ire- 
land, killed by Aulaiv mac Sitrick. Gilleolum 
O'Canannan, killed by Donell O’Nell. Aulaiv 
mac Ilulv, king of Scotland, killed by Cinaedh 
mac Donell. Conaing mac Cagan, Coarb of 
Maog, mortuus est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Bealach- Leachta.—1In the Dublin copy of 
the Annals of Innisfallen, which was largely in- 
terpolated by Dr. O'Brien and John Conry from 
various sources, the following notice of this bat- 
tle is given under 978, which is the true year : 

** A. D. 978. Brian, son of Kennedy, and his 
son, Morogh, at the head of the Dal-gCais, 
fought the battle of Bealach-leachta, against 
Maolmuaidh, son of Bran, at the head of the 
Eugenians, with the additional forces of the 
Danes of Munster. In this battle Maolmuaidh 
was slain by the hand of Morogh, son of Brian; 
two hundred of the Danes were also slain, toge- 
ther with a great number of the Irish. Some 
antiquaries, and particularly our author" [i. e. 


Hipu 


975.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 705 


The Age of Christ, 975 [recté 977]. The twenty-first year of Domhnall. 
Gormghal, successor of Tola ; Conaing, son of Cathan, Abbot of Fearna ; and 
Noemhan of Inis-Cathaigh, died. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Neill, 
and Conghalach, son of Domhnall, son of Conghalach, two heirs to the monar- 
chy of Ireland, were slain by Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric. Gilla-Coluim Ua Canan- 
nain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the king, Domhnall Ua Neill. Mael- 
ruanaidh God Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Teamhair, was treacherously 
killed. Inis-Cathaigh was violated* by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, against the 
foreigners of Luimneach, with Imhar and his two sons, namely, Amhlaeibh and 
Duibhchenn. Brian was fifty years of age at that time. Seachnasach, son of 
Hiruadh, lord of Eile, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 976 [recte 978]. The twenty-second year of Domhnall. 
Fiaehra Ua hArtagain, Abbot of Ia-Choluim Chille, [and] Maenach, son of 
Muireadhach, Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, [died]. The battle of Bealach- 
Leachta* between Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, and Maelmhuaidh, lord of Des- 
mond, wherein Maelmhuaidh was slain, and the men of Munster slaughtered. 
The battle of Bithlanuf [was gained] over the Leinstermen by the foreigners 


the original compiler of the Annals of Innis- 
falen], *say that this battle was fought at 
Bearna-dhearg (Red-Chair), on Sliabh Caoin. 
We find in another ancient manuscript that it 
was at Cnoc-ramhra, south of Mallow, on the 
road to Cork, that Brian defeated the enemy; 
and in another ancient manuscript we find that 
the battle of Bealach-leachta was fought by the 
side of Magh Cromtha” [Macroom], ‘near 
Muisire-na-mona-moire” [Mushera mountain]. 

Dr. O’Brien, in his Law of Tanistry, $c., 
published under Vallancey’s name in the Collec- 
tanea de Rebus Hibernicis, says that Leacht- 
Mhathghamhna was near Macroom. Mr. Moore, 
Hist. Irel., vol. ii. p. 85, writes: 

“In my copy of the Innisfallenses, says Val- 
lancey, Bearna-Dearg, now Red-Chair, on the 
mountain which was then called Sliabh Caoin, 
but now Sliabh Riach, between the barony of 
Fermoy and the county of Limerick, is said to 
be the pass on which Maolmuadh and his bro- 


*hers waited for the royal captive, and put him 
to death.” This should be: “In my copy of 
the Annales Innisfallenses, says Dr. O’Brien, as 
printed by Vallancey, Bearna-dhearg," &c. &c. 
The gap of Bearna-dhearg is situated about one 
mile to the south of the parish church of Kilflin, 
on the borders of the counties of Cork and 
Limerick. It is a chasm lying between the hills 
of Kileruaig and Red-Chair; the former on its 
east and the latter on its west side. The high 
road from Limerick to Cork passes through it. 

John Collins of Myross (Midpop), in his MS. 
Pedigree of the O' Donovan Family, in the pos- 
session of Mr. James O'Donovan, of Cooldur- 
ragha, near Union-Hall, in the county of Cork, 
states that Bealach-Leachta is situated in Mus- 
Kerry, 2 mile east of Macroom, at the confluence 
of the Lee and the Sulane. 

f Bithlann.—Now Belan, in the south of the 
county of Kildare, about four miles to the east 
of the town of Athy. 


4x 


706 ANNAA rioghachca €IReGHH. [976. 


Qta chat, 1 ccona pi Larg.. Clugarpe mac Tuacail,7 Muploach, mac 
Riam, eig(pna Ua Ceinnpealangs, 7 Congalach, mac Plamo, cigf(pna Cerge 3 
Recec, go pochaióib 1omda amaille ppiá. Cachpaomead long occ Cochaib 
Eine ma nCipgiallen’ pop Chenel Conall, oú 1 copépaccap ile ım Niall 
Ua Chanannán, 7 ım Ua Congalarg, 4 mac Mupchada glóámllap,4 anole 
paonélanna. Comalcán Ua Cléimg, cigeapna Ua Piacpach Chone, oécc. 
Cat Cillemóna pia nOomnall mac Congalaig, | ma nAmlaoib pop Oomnall 
Ua Néll popp an mg, oú a cconcain Cfpogal, mac Maoudan, pi Ulad. Oon- 
naccan, mac Maolmume, 7 Cionaoo, mac Cnomsille, ciġfpna Conaille, co 
nopuing móip cenmo tacpom. Cat paomead ma ‘mbman, mac Cemnéiceig 
pon Gallaib Cummmg, 7 pop Oonnaban, mac Catal, ciz(pna Ua ia ale ac 


dú 1 ccopncpacap Holl Cummnig, 7 1n po lad a nap. 


* Leighe.—Now Lea, in the barony of Port- 
nahinch, in the Queen’s County. This is called 
** Tuat Céize na leans polop; i. e. the district 
of Lea of bright plains," by O'Heerin, in his 
topographical poem. 

^ Rechet : i.e. Magh-Rechet, now Morett, an 
old castle and manor adjoining the Great Heath 
of Maryborough, in the same county. 

i Ua-Conghalaigh.—Now anglicé O*Conolly, 
or Conolly, without the prefix O. 

x Donnabhan, son of Cathal.—This is the pro- 
genitor from whom the O'Donovans have taken 
their hereditary surname. The name is more 
frequently written Oonnoubán, which means a 
black-haired, or black-complexioned, chieftain. 
In the short elegy said to have been composed 
on the death of Mahon, King of Munster, by 
his brother, Brian Borumha, he is called Oon- 
nabán vonn, i e. Donovan the dun or brown- 
haired, which is not very descriptive of those 
who bear his name at present, for they are ge- 
nerally fair-haired, and of a sanguineous tem- 
perament. ; 

The Four Masters have misplaced this entry. 
It should have been given before the notice of 
the battle of Bealach-Leachta, as it stands in 
the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, in 


which it is correctly entered under the year 
977, as follows: 

“ A. D. 977. Brian, son of Kennedy, marched 
at the head of an army to Ibh-Fighenti, where 
he was met by Donovan, dynast of that territory, 
in conjunction with Auliff, king of the Danes 
of Munster. Brian gave them battle, wherein 
Auliff and his Danes, and Donovan and his Irish 
forces, were all cut off.” 

John Collins of Myross, in his Pedigree of the 
O' Donovan Family, gives the following notice of 
this defeat of Donovan and Auliffe by Brian 
Borumha, as if from an authority different from 
the Annals of Innisfallen ; but the Editor has 
not been able to find any original authority to 
corroborate his details.—See note °, under A. D. 
974. 

* O'Donovan" [rectó, Donovan], **who was 
well acquainted with the personal abilities and 
spirit of Brian, Mahon's brother, who now suc- 


ceeded him as king of North Munster, took into ` 


his pay, besides his own troops, fifteen hundred 
heavy-armed Danes, commanded by Avlavius, a 
Danish soldier of great experience. Brian, in 
the Spring of 976, entered Kenry” [recte, Ui- 
Fidhgeinte], ** where, at Crome" [on the River 
Maigue], ** he gave battle, in which O’Donovan” 


976.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 707 


of Ath-cliath, wherein were slain Augaire, son of Tuathal, King of Leinster ; 
Muireadhach, son of Rian, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Conghalach, son of 
Flann, lord of Leighe* and Rechet*, with numbers of others along with them. 
A naval victory [was gained] on Loch Eirne by the Airghialla, over the Cinel- 
Conaill, where many were slain, together with Niall Ua Canannain, and Ua Con- 
ghalaigh, and the son of Murchadh Glunillar, and other nobles. Comaltan 
Ua Cleirigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died. The battle of Cill-mona [was 
gained] by Domhnall, son of Conghalach, and Amhlaeibh, over the king, Domh- 
nall Ua Neill, wherein fell Ardghal, son of Madadhan, King of Ulidia ; Don- 
nagan, son of Maelmuire; and Cinaedh, son of Croinghille, lord of Conaille, 
with a large number besides them. A battle was gained by Brian, son of 
Ceinneidigh, over the foreigners of Luimneach, and Donnabhan, son of Cathal*, 
lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, wherein the foreigners of Luimneach were defeated and 


slaughtered. 


[recté, Donovan, the progenitor of the O’Dono- 
vans of Ui-Fidhgeinte], ** Avlavius, and their 
party, were cut to pieces. After that battle 
was fought, Brian sent a herald to Maelmuaidh, 
then king of Munster, denouncing war and ven- 
geance against him, and letting him know he 
would meet him at Bealach-leachta, in Mus- 
kerry, near Macroom (at the confluence of the 
Lee and Sulane). Maelmuaidh, besides his pro- 
vincial troops, had collected a great body of Danes, 
and by mutual consent the battle was fought at 
the time and place appointed. In this bloody 
engagement Morrough, son of Brien, by More, 
daughter to O'Hine, prince of Ibb-Fiachra- 
Aidhne, in Connaught, made his first compaign, 
and though but 13" [gr. 18?] * years old, en- 
gaged Maolmuaidh hand to hand, and slew this 
murderer of his uncle. Brian hereby became 


` King of Munster, A. D. 978. This great man 


was born in the year 926" [recté, 941]; “came 
to the crown of North Munster in 975" [recté, 
976], *very early; hence was King of North 
Munster two years; of the two Munsters, 10 


years; of Leath-Mhogha, 25 years; and of the 
whole kingdom 12 years, until he was slain at 
the battle of Clontarf on the 23rd of April, on 
Good Friday, in the year 1014." 

The defeat of Maelmhuaidh, King of Desmond, 
by Brian Borumba, is briefly noticed, with & 
few other events, in the Annals of Ulster, at 
977, as follows: 

* A.D. 977. Fiachra, airchinnech Iai, quievit. 
A battle between Brien mac Cinedi, and Mael- 
muai, king of Desmond, where Maelmuai pe- 
rished. The battle of Bithlainn upon Lenster by 
Gentiles” [recté, the Galls] “of Dublin, where 
Ugaire mac Tuohal, king of Lenster, with many 
more, fell. An overthrow by Airgialla upon 
Kindred-Conell, where Nell O’Canannan, with 
many more, were killed. Corca-mor in Moun- 
ster, praied by Deai” [recté, destroyed by fire]. 
* Lissmor Mochuda praied and burnt."— Cog. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 7 

The battles of Bealach Leachta and of Bith- 
lann are noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at the year 971. 


4 x2 


708 ANNAA RIOgshachta EIREANN. [977. 


Coir Cpopr, naoi ccéo plécmoòa a peachc. Cin cpeap bhadan piċfe oo 
Ohomnall. Copbmac hUa Maeilbfpars, abb Glinne Puaro, vécc. Plane, 


mac Maolmiċil, pean leigmn Cluana mic Nom, eppcop 7 aipemoeach. 


Cluana Oeocpa. Plancc, mac Mhaolmoedócc, aincmoeach glinne hUıipph, 
Catapach, aipémoeach €accailpi bicce Cluana mic Nop, 7 Muiptno, mg(n 
Chongaleig, banabb Cille vapa, décc. Concobap, mac Pino, cig(mna Ua 
Pange, oécc. Oomnall Claon pi Coxg(n, oo epgabáil oo Shallab Aca 
chat. C(chlobap Ua Piacna, ciġeapna Dál pawe, vo mapbao. Cill vapa 
do onsain oo Hhallarb. 

Cop Cmorc, nao! ccéo peachtmoda a hochc. Mucchpom, abb lae, 
repibmd 4 eppcop, paor na com Rano, q Rumano Ua h(eoóaccám, abb 
Cluana h€oaip, oécc. Cat C(mpa ma Maoilpeclaino, mac Domnall, pon 
Shallaib Ata chat, 7 na mnopfo, pon macaib amlaoib an tpampiud, ou 1 
cconcpaccap ile 1m Ragnall mac Omlaorb, piosdamna Gall, 7 1m Chonamail, 
mic Oilhaippm, 7 paeplabpaio Aca chat, 7 po laoh oeapg áp Gall maille 
pp. Toncnacan beóp hi pmtésuin an cata bpaon, mac Munchada, mog- 
damna Largfn, 1 Congalac mac Plamn, cig(mna Gailéng, 7 a mac a. Maolán, 
Piacna 4 Cáoüilich, oá mac Oublaich, 0a cigna Pean Tulach, 7 Caccnán, 
ci$(pna Musdopn Magsin. Co noeachaio Amlaoiph 1apom cap mup co 
nenbail m 1 Colaim Cille. lap mbeith ceitpe bliadna picíc 1 mse uap 
Epimn vo Domnall, mac Muipncl(pcags na scocall cnocfnn, mac Néill glún- 
duib, acbail in Apo Maca 1ap mbuaroh natpige. Ap oia. cummuccad pioe 
po pad Ouboalete, 


! Gleann-Fuaid.—Not identified. This is the 
only reference to this place occurring in the 
Irish annals. It was probably the name of a 
valley near Sliabh Fuaid, in the county of Ar- 
magh. 

™ Cluain-Deochra.—Archdall (Monast. Hib., 
p. 708) identifies this with Clonrane, in the 
barony of Moycashel, and county of Westmeath ; 
but in O’Clery’s Irish Calendar, at 11th of Ja- 
nuary, it is placed in the county of Longford: 
“ Tertio Idus Januarii. Ennan Chluana Oeocpa 
a gConcae Congpoipe.? 

^ Eaglais-beg.— This was the name of St. 


Kieran’s little church at Clonmaenoise. 

° Conchobhar, son of Finn.—He was the ances- 
tor of the Ui-Conchobhair Failghe, or O’Conors of 
Offaly, and evidently the progenitor from whom 
they took their hereditary surname, though 
Duald Mac Firbis says that the surname was 
taken from his grandson, Conchobhar, son of 
Conghalach. His father, Finn, was slain in 
928. 

The Annals of Ulster notice a few of these 
events at the year 978, and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise at 972, as follows: 

“ A, D. 978. Murenn, daughter of Congalach, 


911.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 109 


The Age of Christ, 977 [recte 979]. "The twenty-third year of Domhnall. 
Cormac Ua Maelbearaigh, Abbot of Gleann-Fuaid', died. Flann, son of Mael- 
michil, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, Bishop and airchinneach of Cluain-Deochra"; 
Flann, son of Maelmaedhog, airchinneach of Gleann-Uisean ; Cathasach, airchin- 
neach of Eaglais-beg" at Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Muireann, daughter of Congha- 
lach, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Conchobhar, son of Finn’, lord of Ui-Failghe, 
died. Domhnall Claen, King of Leinster, was taken prisoner by the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath. Leathlobhar Ua Fiachna, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was killed. Cill- 
dara was plundered by the foreigners. 

The Age of Christ, 978 [recte, 979]. Mughroin, Abbot of Ia, scribe and 
bishop, the most learned of the three divisions", and Rumann Ua hAedhagain, 
Abbot of Cluain-Eois, died. The battle of Teamhair [was gained] by Maelseach- 
lainn, son of Domhnall, over the foreigners of Ath-cliath and of the Islands, and 
over the sons of Amhlaeibh in particular, where many were slain, together with 
Raghnall‘, son of Amhlaeibh, heir to the sovereignty of the foreigners ; Conam- 
hail, son of Gilla-Arri; and the orator of Ath-cliath; and a dreadful slaughter 
of the foreigners along with them. There fell also in the heat of the battle 
Braen, son of Murchadh, royal heir of Leinster; Conghalach, son of Flann, lord 
of Gaileanga, and his son, i. e. Maelan ; Fiachna and Cuduilich, the two sons 
of Dubhlaech, two lords of Feara Tulach ; and Lachtnan, lord of Mughdhorn- 
Maighen. After this Amhlaeibh went across the sea, and died at I-Coluim- 
Cille. After Domhnall", the son of Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks, son 
of Niall Glundubh, had been twenty-four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he 
died at Ard-Macha, after the vietory of penance. In commemoration of this, 
Dubhdalethe said : 


Coarb of Brigitt, died. Lehlavor O'Fiachna, 
King of Dal-Araie, per dolum occisus est. Mur- 
tagh O'Caran, head of all Ireland in learning, 
in pace quievit." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 
49. 

“A. D. 972” [recté, 919]. “Flann mac Moyle- 
mihill, Lector of Clonvicknose, died. Morean, 
daughter of King Congallagh, abbess of Kill- 
dare, died. Donnell Kloen, King of Lynster, 
was taken prisoner by the Danes of Dublin."— 


Ann. Clon. 


? The three divisions : i.e. Ireland, Mann, and 
Alba or Scotland. 

* Raghnall_—This name, which was borrowed 
by the Irish from the Danes, is latinized Regi- 
naldus, and Ranulphus, and anglicised Randal, 
Reginald, Ranulph, Ralph. 

* Domhnall.—** Domnaldus O?Neill, Nielli 
Glundubii regis e Murcherto filio nepos R. H. 
viginti quatuor annis, 956-980.” — Ogygia, 
p. 435. 

“ A. D. 973" [recté, 980]. ** Donnell O^Neale, 


710 ANNAZA RiIoghachta EIREANN. | (979. 


O gfnain mac Dé, ni bnécc, 

QE hochc peacht nveic 1p naoi ccéo, 
Co bár Mugpom mopcarp pann, 
Comapba cavlor Colaim. 

Gur an ccaé 1 cClmpag talc, 
In po odil(ó cpú oap calc 

1 ngaoca Gael ip Holl, 

Lá Maelpaen-bladac Seachlomn. 
So héicpeche Domnaill 1 Néitt 
In Apo Maca mópoóa géill, 
Cpoplait € peann éipntó sporis, 
Pon opurm boma ni ao sfnarp. 


Cat edin Ulco 4 Dal nApawe, a ccopéoip pf an cóiccio «1. ooh, mac 


Lomgpié, go pocharoib ele la h€ochaw mac Aposaip. Oubgall, mac Vonn- 
chada, canaipı Chili, oo mapbao lá Muipfoac mac Plain, lá a bnataip, 3 
Muipfohac péipin vo mapbao la a ċenél ma ccionn mip a ccionaió Oubgoill. 
Ci&(nán Ua Maolvopaw, ciseapna Cenél Conall, vo mapbad. Oungal, 
mac Oonnchaoa, canoipi Oppaige, décc. 

Cop Cpiope, naoi ccécc peccmoda a naoi. On céd bliadam oo Mhaol- 
p(chlainn, Mhop, mac Domnall, mic Oonnchaóa, mic Flainn, mic Maorlp(ch- 
lamn op Epm 1 pige. Faolán, mac Coellaioe, puí eppcop, 7 abb Imleacha 
luban, 4 Mupchad, mac Riac, abb Roppa Comain 7 ppor Cluana mic 
Nóip, oég. Agoa, mac Ouibeino, cis na Teatba, vécc 1 nlomoaro Ciapain, 
lan noergbeacarg. CAmlaoib, mac Siocmocca apo wigfpna Hall Aca chat, 


king of Ireland, after long pennance, died in 
Ardmach, and thereof was called Donnell of 
Ardmach, because he resided at Ardmach a 
long time to do pennance.”—Ann. Clon. 

* The province : i.e. of Ulidia, or the circum- 
scribed territory of the Clanna-Rudhraighe. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the most of these 
events at the year 879, as follows: 

* A. D. 879. The battle of Tarach by Mael- 
sechlainn mac Donell, upon Genties of Dublin? 
[recte, upon the Galls of Dublin] “and the 


Ilands, where theire main slaughter was com- 
mitted, and theire strenght out of Ireland, 
where Ragnall mac Aulaiv, the son of king of 
Genties” [rectó, king of the Galls], ** and Con- 
mael,.son to the deputy king of them, and 
more that cannot be tould, were discomfited. 
Daniell O'Nell, arch-king of Ireland, post peni- 
tentiam, in Armach obiit. Mugron, Coarb of 
Columbkill in Scotland and Ireland, felicem 
vitam finivit. Rumann O'Haegan, Coarb of 
Tiernach ; Murcha mac Riada, Coarb of Coman, 


n IS mon E 


919. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. TAL 


From the birth of the son of God,—no falsehood,— 
Eight, seventy, and nine hundred, 

Till the death of Mughroin whom verses extol, 
The comely successor of Colum ; 

Till the battle of strong Teamhair, 

Wherein blood was spilled over shields, 

Wherein the Gaeidhil and Galls were slaughtered 
By the noble famous Maelseachlainn ; 

[And] till the death of Domhnall Ua Neill 

At Ard-Macha of majestic hostages, 
Monarch of Ireland who bestowed horses, [than whom a worthier man] 
On the surface of the earth was never born. 


A battle between the Ulidians and Dal-Araidhe, wherein the king of the 
province’, i.e. Aedh, son of Loingseach, and many others, were slain by Eoch- 
aidh, son of Ardgar. Dubhghall, son of Donnchadh, Tanist of Aileach, was 
slain by his kinsman, Muireadhach, son-of Flann ; and Muireadhach himself 
was slain by his tribe before the end of a month, in revenge of Dubhghall. 
Tighearnan Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain. Dunghal, son of 
Donnchadh, Tanist of Osraighe, died. 

The Age of Christ, 979 [recté 980]. The first year of Maelseachlainn Mor‘, 
son of Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, son of Flann, in sovereignty of Ireland. 
Faelan, son of Coellaidhe, distinguished Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; 
and Murchadh, son of Riada, Abbot of Ross-Chomain, and Prior of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, died. Aghda, son of Duibhcenn, lord of Teathbha, died in Imdhaidh-Chia- 
rain", after a good life. Amhlaeibh", son of Sitric, chief lord of the foreigners of 


. mortui sunt. Duvgal mae Dunchaa, heyre of 


Ailech, by Mureach mac Flainn, his own cosen, 
was killed. Muireach mac Flainn within a 
month was slain by his kindred. Comaltan 
O’Cleri, king of Fiachrach Aigne, mortuus est. 
Tiernach O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell, 
a suis jugulatus est. Braen mac Murchaa, king 
of Lenster, taken by Genties” [recté, the Galls] 
“and killed after.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

t Maelseachlainn Mor.—O’Flaherty and Ware 


place the accession of Maelseachlainn in 980, 
which is the true year. E 

* Imdhaidh- Chiarain : i.e. St. Kieran's bed. 
This was probably the name of a church at 
Clonmacnoise. 

* Amhlaeibh.—'This is the first evidence in 
the Irish annals of a Danish chieftain being a 
Christian. Ware thinks. that the Danes of 
Dublin embraced the Christian religion in the 
year 930. 


712. ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [980. - 


vo dol co hl oia oiiépe, 7 a écc mnte rap pfnnomno 4 oerBbeicheao. Món- 
plagl% la Maolpfchlainn, mac Oomnaill, pí €neann, q la h€ochaib, mac 
Cpogain, pi Ulad, 50 Gullu Uča chat, co ccapopac popbonp cpí la 4 cpi 
noibée poppa co ccuccpac gialla €peann app, 1m OomnallClaon, ní Can, 1 
im aipe Ua Néll apċfna. Pice céo Lion na ngiall la caob peóc 1 maoine, 
7 la paoipe Ua Néill 6 Sionaimn co muip cen cain cen cobach. Ap annpm cpa 
pop uaccapc Maolpfchlainn pépin m eappsaipe narpoerpe. ora nénbainc, 
ceé aen vo Gaowealabh pil hi cept Hall 1 noaee 7 oocparoe caeo ap oia 
tip pobepm ppí pò 1 pp ruba. ba pi bporo baibelom na hEpeann an bporo 
hipin, co po paopad 1ac lá Maolpeclamo, 1 ba canon bpoicce 1pppinn beor. 

oir Cory, naoi ccéo oċcmoòa. Cn vapa badam oo Tl haorlp(chlamn. 
Cnmcéad, eppcop Cille dapa, oo éniochnuccad a oeigb(chaio pin c(nncap 
1ap pénoacaió. Cogan Ua Cacáin, abb Cluana peapca Opénaino, Sionach, 
mac Mupculen, abb 6$nocoaip, Cleinceim, mac Oonngaile, comanba Pechene, 
Conamg Ua Plannagain pop apcinofch Apoa Maca, q Roteccach Oaimmys 
paccant, vécc. Oomnall Ua hAceid, cigfna Ua n€atach, 7 Comgpeach, 
mac Pogapcaig, caoip(ch Ua Nialláin, oo comeurcim pma anole. Oonngal, 


mac Ouibpíge, abb P(6a dmn, oécc. 


Cop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo o6cmooa a haon. 
Mumfoach, mac Ruadpach, comapba Féchin, ópuaoap mac 


réchlainn. 


€icàigfnn, eigina Ua cCeimrpealarg [vécc]. 


* A great army.—This remarkable passage is 
not in the Annals of Ulster, which are very 
meagre at this period ; but it is in the Annals 
of Tighernach in nearly the same words as tran- 
scribed by the Four Masters, and in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise, as follows : 

* A. D. 974” [recte, 980]. ** Moyleseaghlyn 
mac Donell tooke upon him the kingdome, and 
reigned 23 years. The first act he did was that 
he challenged the Danes to battle, and gave 
them the battle of Taragh, where the Danes 
were quite overthrown, and Randulph mac 
Awley and Conawill mac Gillearrie, with many 
other Danes, were therein slain. After which 
overthrow King Moyleseaghlyn prepared" [recté, 
collected] “together a great army, accompanied 


Cn cpeap badam vo Maol- 


Anpcu, mac Néill, pfosdamna 


with Eachie mac Ardgar, king of Ulster, went 
into the parts of Fingall (which was the place 
of greatest strength with the Danes then), and 
there remained three nights and three days, 
untill he compell’d the Danes and the rest of 
Ireland to yeald him hostages ; and afterwards 


proclaimed that as many of the Irish nation as 


lived in servitude and bondage with the Danes 
(which was at that time a very great number) 
shou'd presently pass over without ransome, 
and live freely in their own countreys, accord- 
ing to their wonted manner, which was forth- 
with obeyed without contradiction ; among 
which prisoners, Donell Cloen, king of Lynster, 
was forced to be sett at liberty; and" [it was] 
“ also procured from the Danes that the O’Neals 


Pee tc 


980.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. _ 713 


Ath-cliath, went to Hi on his pilgrimage ; and he died there, after penance and 
a good life. A great army* was led by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King 
of Ireland, and by Eochaidh, son of Ardgar, King of Ulidia, against the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath ; and they laid siege to them for three days and three nights, and 
carried thence the hostages of Ireland, and among the rest Domhnall Claen, 
King of Leinster, and all the hostages of the Ui-Neill. Two thousand was the 
number of the hostages, besides jewels and goods, and the freedom of the 
U-Neill, from the Sinainn to the sea, from tribute and exaction. It was then 
Maelseachlainn himself issued the famous proclamation, in which he said :— 
“ Every one of the Gaeidhil who is in the territory of the foreigners, in servitude 
and bondage, let him go to his own territory in peace and happiness." This 
captivity was the Babylonian captivity of Ireland, until they were released by 
Maelseachlainn ; it was indeed next to the captivity of hell. 

The Age of Christ, 980 [recte 981]. The second year of Maelseachlainn. 


Anmchadly, Bishop of Cill-dara, completed his virtuous life in this world, at an 


advanced life. Eoghan Ua Cathain, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Sinach, 
son of Murthuilen, Abbot of Beannchair ; Clerchen, son of Dgnnghal, successor 
of Feichin; Conaing Ua Flannagain, vice-airchinneach of Ard-Macha ; and 
Rothechtach of Daimhinis, a priest, died. Domhnall Ua hAiteidh, lord of 
Ui-Eathach, and Loingseach, son of Foghartach, chief of Ui-Niallain, mutually 
fell by each other. Donnghal, son of Duibhrighe, Abbot of Fidh-duin, died. 
The Age of Christ, 981 [recté 982]. The third year of Maelseachlainn. 

Muireadhach, son of Ruadhrach, successor of Fechin, [and] Bruadar, son of. 
Echthighern, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, [died]. Archu, son of Niall, royal heir 


of the south shou’d have free libertyes from the 
river of Synan to the sea, without disturbance 
of Dane or other person whatsoever. Awley 
mac Sitric, king of the Danes of Dublin, went a 
pillgrimadge to the Island of Hugh in Scotland, 
and there, after pennance, died.” 

¥ Anmchadh.—** A. D. 980. B. Anmchadius, 
Episcopus Killdariensis sancté traductam vitam in 
senectute bona finivit." —Trias Thaum., p. 630. 
“ A. D. 975” [reeté, 981]. “St. Anmcha, bushop 
of Killdare, died an old and holy man.”—Ann. Clon. 


The chronology of the Annals of the Four 
Masters agrees with that of the Annals of Ulster 
at this period. The latter notice the following 
events under the year 980: 

* A. D. 980. Donell O’Hathi, king of One- 
hach, and Longsech mac Fogartai, king of Nial- 
lans, killed one by another. Clercean mac 
Donngaile, Coarb of Fechin ; Owen O'Cadain, 
Coarb of Brenainn; Sinach mac Murthilen, 
Coarb of Comgall, in Christo dormierunt. Great 
fruit this yeare."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


4x 


714 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [982. 


Ulad, vo mapbao lá a öpartpıð. Clooh Ua Ouboa, ci&(pna cuaipgeipe Con- 
vdchc, oécc. Plaitbfncach, abb Leitġlmne, vo écc. Arlell, valca Oüáncaba, 
vo écc. Oal cCap vopccam vo Maolpectamn, mac Domnall, 7 óile 
Gonaig Mange hClohap oo é(pccaoh 1ap na cocailc a calman co na ppé- 
ma. Opgam Cille vapa la hlomap Pume Lapse. Inop(ó Opnarge lá 
bman, mac Cemnéiccig. Giolla Caommgm vo dallad la Domnall mac 
Concain. i 

Qop Cprope, naoi ccéo ochtmoda a 06. Qin cltpamad bliadain vo 
Mhaolpeaclainn. Copbmac, mac Maolciapam, comapba Tflocca, ed 
Ua Motpain, comanba va Sinceall, Mumfoach, mac Murpeccéin, ppioim 
Opoa Macha, [oécc]. Catpaoimead ma Maolpeachtamn, mac Oomnaill, 
7 pia n lum 1apno mac Armlaoi’ 3. mac mácap Maoileaclamn, pon Domnall 
cClaon 4 pop lomap Dhupc Lapse, oú : ccopépacap ile ecn badad, 1 
mapbaó ım Shiollapaccpaice, mac lomain, 7 pocharoe ele rmmmaille pm. 
Inopfó 4 ongam Leizfn lá Maoilpeachlainn go mu. linn oa locha vo 


opccain oo Ghallaib Aca cliac. 


Golla Dácpaice vo opgan Ceicglmne, co 
ccapnacc maincine a da mac oo Molaipı, q ai&n(cup ann o bpac. 


Solla- 


pacpaice vo engabal oo Oman mac Cemnéiceig. 


* Aedh Ua Dubhda.—Anglicé Hugh 0’ Dowda. 
Doctor O’Conor erroneously makes it Aodhus 
O'Duffy. This Aedh was the first person called 
Ua Dubhda, being the Ua, O, or grandson of 
Dubhda, the progenitor after whom the O'Dow- 
das have taken their hereditary surname.— See 
Genealogies, &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 349, 350. 
The present representatives of this family are: 
Thaddeus O’ Dowda, Esq., alias the O’Dowda, of 
Bunnyconnellan, county of Mayo; and his bro- 
ther, Robert O’Dowda, Esq., registrar of the 
Supreme Court of Calcutta. James O’Dowd, 
Esq., barrister at law, is of the sept of the 
O’Dowdas of Tireragh, in North Connaught, but 
his pedigree has not been yet satisfactorily 
made out. He is probably descended from 
Ruaidhri, son of Feradhach, son of Teige Reagh, 
son of Donnell O’Dowda of Ardnaglass, who 
was the brother of Teige Boy, who was inau- 


gurated O'Dowda by O'Donnell in 1595. 

* The tree of Aenach- Maighe- Adhair: i.e. the 
tree of the meeting-place of Magh Adhair, now 
Moyre, near Tullagh, in the county of Clare. 
The O’Briens were inaugurated under this tree. 
—See note under A. D. 1599. This entry is 
not in the Annals of Ulster, but it occurs in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 976, as fol- 
lows: 

* Dalgaisse was preyed altogether by King 
Moyleseaghlyn, and he hewed down the great 
tree of Moye- A yer, in spight of them.” 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under 981 : i 

* A. D. 981. Bruadar mac Tiernai, king of 
Cinnselai, mortuus est. Archu mac Neill, killed 
treacherously by the sons of Ardgar. Hugh 
O'Duvda, king of the North Connaght, secura 
morte moritur. Kildare rifled by Ivar of Wa- 


E 


982.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 715 


of Ulidia, was slain by his kinsmen. Aedh Ua Dubhda*, lord of North Con- 
naught, died. Flaithbheartach, Abbot of Leithghlinn, died. Ailell, the fosterson 
of Dunchadh, died. Dal-gCais was plundered by Maelseachlainn, son of Domh- 
nall and the Tree of Aenach-Maighe-Adhair* was cut, after being dug from 
the earth with its roots. Cill-dara was plundered by Imhar of Port-Lairge. 
Osraighe was plundered by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh. Gilla-Caeimhghin was 
blinded by Domhnall, son of Lorcan. 

The Age of Christ, 982. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn. Cormac, son 
of Maelchiarain, successor of Mochta; Aedh Ua Mothrain, successor of the two 
Sinchealls*; Muireadhach, son of Muiregan, Prior of Ard-Macha, [died]. A 
battle was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, and by Gluniairn*, son 
of Amhlaeibh, i.e. the son of Maelseachlainn’s mother, over Domhnall Claen 
and Imhar of Port-Lairge, where many perished, both by drowning and killing, 
and among the rest Gilla-Padraig, son of Imhar, and many others [of distinction] 
along with him. Leinster was spoiled and ravaged by Maelseachlainn as far as 
the sea. Gleann-da-locha was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-chath. Gilla- 
Phadraig? plundered Leithghlinn, in atonement for which he gave the mainchine 
[gifts] of his two sons to Molaisi for ever, besides doing penance for it. Gilla- 
Phadraig was taken prisoner by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh. 


terford."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Successor of the two Sinchealls : i.e. Abbot of 
Killeigh, in the barony of Geshill, King's 
County. 

* Gluniairn: i.e. of the Iron Knee. He was 
probably so called from having kept his knees 
cased in iron mail against the stroke of the 
battle-axe, for some account of which see Giral- 
dus’s Topographia Hib., dist. ii. c. 10. 

3 Gilla-Phadraig : i. e. servant of St. Patrick. 
This was Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, and 
the progenitor after whom the Mac Gillapha- 
draigs, or Fitzpatricks, of Ossory, have taken 
their hereditary surname. He was slain by 
Donovan, who was son of lvor, king of the 
Danes of Waterford, in the year 995. 

The defeat of Domhnall Claen, King of Lein- 
ster, aüd a few other events, are given in the 


Annals of Ulster at the year 992, and in the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise at 977, as follows : 

* A. D. 982. Cormac mac Maeilciarain, Coarb 
of Mochuda, and Mureach mac Muiregan, sec- 
nap of Ardmach, mortui sunt. An overthrow 
by Maeilsechnaill mac Donell? [and Gluniairn 
mac Awlaiv] “upon Donell, king of Lenster, 
where a great number were drowned and killed, 
together with Gilla-Patrick mac Ivair of Wa- 
terford, and others. Hugh O'Mothrain, Coarb 
of the Sinchells, jugulatus est." — Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., &om. 49. 

* A. D. 977” [recté, 983]. * King Moyle- 
seaghlyn and Gluniarn mac Awley gave a 
battle to Donell Kloen, king of Lynster, and to 
Iver of Waterford, where many of Donell Kloen's 
side were both drownded and killed, as Patrick” 
[recté, Gilla-Patrick] “mac Iver, and many 


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716 ANNALA RIoshachta EIREANN. [983. 


Cop Cpopr, naoi ccéo ochecmoóa a cpi. Cn cficcead bliabam oo 
Mhaolpfchlamn. Unppine Ua Capám, eipémoeach Oane Calggais, Mu- 
ploach Ua Plannaccáin, peap lergimn Apoa Macha, [oécc]. Oomnall Claon 
oo mapbad la hod, mac Ecergepn vo Uib cCemnpealoing, 7 Piachpa, mac 
Einpneacca, plate Poptuat Laigh, q Maolmieis, mac Oapbeit beop cpe 
tangnacc. Lochlamc, cr&(pna Conca Tlloopuaoh, 4 Maolp(chlamn, mac 
Copecpag, décc. Thi mic Ceapbaill, mic Copcám, vo opgan C(pmaimn 
Chaormgm, 1 a mapbad a ccpiáp pia nofoce, cma pionta Oé 7 Caoimgi. 
Plaébipcach Ua hnnluan, vig fina Ua Nialláin oo mapbaoh a meabail la 
hUibh bpeapal. Ouboapach, mac Oornallam, ci5(pna Oeaplarp, vo map- 
bad. Ongan aptam Míde la Span, mac Cemneiceig. Cod Ua Ouboa, 
ciġlnna tuaipseipc Connacc uile, vo écc. 

Coip Cpiope, naoi ccéo ochcmoda a cftaip. On peipead bliadam vo 
MhaolpCclaimn. Pogapcach Ua Congaile p5pibmoh cogaioe abb Oorminpi, 
Plaichltrh aipcmneach Soigpe, [oécc]. Cochaid, mac Soepgapa, einemoeach 
Oomliace Chianáin, oo mapbavh. Maelpinma, arnémoeach Oomnaig Pac- 
cpaicc, [oécc]. Maolpechlann, mac Oomnaill, oo. mono Connacc, 1 do 
togal a mmnpfoh,4 oo mapbad a ccoipeach,7 oo pavad Mas noi In 
lumepfoh lap. Cpeach po a la moo lá Connaccaib co Loch nCinoino, co po 


others. Gleandalogha was preyed by the Danes 
of Dublin. All Lynster to the sea was preyed 
and destroyed by king Moyleseaghlyn. Donell 
Kloen did put out the eyes of Gillekevyn mac 
Kenny.” —Ann. Clon. 

* Lochlainn.—This is the progenitor after 
whom the O'Lochlainns, or O’Loughlins of 


Burren, in Thomond, have taken their heredi- 


tary surname. 


f Ua hAnluain.—Now anglicó O’ Hanlon. This 


Flaithbheartach was the son of Diarmaid, who 
was son of Aedh, son of Brian, son of Anluan, 
after whom the O’Hanlons have taken their 
hereditary surname, who was the eleventh in 
descent from Niallan, from whom were named 
the Ui-Niallain, a tribe seated in the baronies 
of Oneilland and Orior, in the present county 
of Armagh. 


* Aedh Ua Dubhda.—This is a repetition.— 
See note under 980. The Annals of Ulster, 
which agree in chronology with the Annals of 
the Four Masters at this period, notice the fol- 
lowing events under this year : 

* A. D. 983. Ussine O’Lapan, Airchinnech 
of Daire-Calgai; Muireach O'Flannagan, Lector 
of Ardmach, died. 
king of Turlas, a suis interfectus. Donell Claen, 
king of Lenster, killed by O'Cinnsealai. Flaih- 
vertach O’Hanluain, king of the O’Niallans, per 
dolum occisus est by the O'Bressalls."—/Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the same events are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 978, thus: 

“A. D. 978" [recte, 984]. “ Donell Kloen, 
king of Lynster, was killed by Hugh mac 
nEghtigern of the O’Kinsealies. Hugh O'Dow- 


Duvdara mac Donallan, 


983.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 717 


The Age of Christ, 983. The fifth year of Maelseachlainn. Uissine 
Ua Lapain, airchinneach of Doire-Chalgaigh, [and] Muireadhach Ua Flannagain, 
lector of Ard-Macha, [died]. Domhnall Claen was slain by Aedh, son of Ech- 
thighern, [one] of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and Fiachra, son of Finnshneacta, chief 
of Fortuatha-Laighean, and also Maelmithigh, son of Gairbheth, by treachery. 
Lochlainn’, lord of Corca-Modhruaidh, and Maelseachlainn, son of Cosgrach, 
died. The three sons of Cearbhall, son of Lorcan, plundered the Termon of 
Caeimhghin [at Gleann-da-locha]; and the three were killed before night, 
through the miracles of God and Caeimhghin. Flaithbheartach Ua hAnluain‘, 
lord of Ui-Niallain, was treacherously slain by the Ui-Breasail. Dubhdarach, 
son of Domhnallan, lord of Dearlus, was slain. The west of Meath was plun- 
dered by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh. Aedh Ua Dubhda*, lord of all North 
Connaught, died. 

The Age of Christ, 984. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn. Foghartach 
Ua Conghaile, a distinguished scribe, and Abbot of Daimhinis; Flaithlemh, 
airchinneach of Saighir, [died]. Eochaidh, son of Soerghus, airchinneach of 
Daimbliag-Chianain, was slain. Maelfinnia, airchinneach of Domhnach-Padraig, 
[died]. Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, plundered Connaught, destroyed its 
islands, and killed its chieftains, and reduced Magh-Aei to ashes. A depredation 
was committed by the Connaughtmen, in retaliation, as far as Loch-Ainninn’; 


die, king of the North of Connought, died. The 
three sons of Kervall mac Lorcan preyed the 
Tyrmyn land of St. Kevyn (CaoimginOlinne oa 
loca), and were killed themselves immediately 
the same day together, by the miracles of St. 
Kevyn. Donell mac Lorcan, king of Lynster, 
was killed*by the O’Kinsealies.” 

^ As far as Loch-Ainninn: i.e. the Con- 
naughtmen plundered Meath as far as Lough- 
Ennell, near Mullingar. ' 

The following events are recorded in the 
Annals of Ulster under this year : 

“ A. D. 984. Fogartach O’Congaile, Airchin- 
nech of Daivinis; Flaihlem, Airchinnech of 
Saiir; Maelfinnia, Airchinnech of Donagh- 
Patrick, mortui sunt in Christo: An army by 
Maelseachlainn mac Donell into Connaght, that 


they burnt Magh-Aei into ashes. A stealing 
army by Connaght” [cpeé polama la Con- 
nachza] * to Loch Annin, burning and killing 
the king of Fera-Ceall. Maelsechlainn mac 
Daniell spoyled Connaght, brake down their 
llands, and killed their captaines.”— Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. 

The overrunning of Connaught by the mo- 
narch, with another entry omitted by the Four 
Masters, is entered in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise at 879, thus: 

“A. D. 979” [recte, 985]. “King Moyle- 
seaghlyn preyed and wasted all Connaught, 
destroyed their islands and fortes, and also 
kiled and made havock of theire cheiftaines 
and noblemen. Ferall mae Lorcan, prince of 
Kynaleaghe, was killed.” 


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loipeceaoh Pip Ceall leó,5 po manbpac cr&eapna Fean cCeall. Peapgal, 
mac Lopcám, cigeapna Ceneoil Piachach oo mapbad. Oiapmaw, mac 
Uatrhanam, er5eapna. Luigne, oécc. 

Clorp Cmore, naoi gcéo ochemoóa a chce. Cn peaccmad bliavain vo 
Mhaoleaclann. Maolcianain Ua Mangne, comapba Colaim Chille vo dul 
1 nofpgmapcpa láp na Oanapaib 1 nè chac. Mumeadac, mac Flamo, 
comopba Conolant, oég. Puacach pepíne Paccpaicc la Maolpeclann 6 
Qt Pipdiavh co hA pige cpa éoccaó mic Caipelám. Sit oo denam oóib 
1appm,] map Paccpaice ó Mhaoilpeachlamn a. cuang pín Mide eicip oll 4 
cuait. Cpgnam gaċa vúme 6 Mhaolpíchnall péippn la caob pecc ccumal, 
agup a orġpepe apċeana. Mop, mfn Oonnchada, mic Ceallaig, bainpogain 
Epeann, vécc. Mupslp, mac Oomnaill, ci&eapna Ua Maine, oo mapbao. 
Cumupec móp 1 nOlpo Maca ipm oomnac pa Cugnapad eicip Ui €acach 3 
Us Niallán,oá 1 ccopéaip mac Cpénpip mic Celechan,] pochawe orle. Oana 
do €orbeaéc mo aipeap Dail Riava 1. ceopa longa. Ro magad, 7 po muo- 
asl plèc picic diob, ap ppaomead poppa. hí Cholaim Chille vo anccain 
vo Ohanapab owce Noolacc, 1 po mapbpac a nabbaio, ] cice pip décc oo 
prudibh na clle a maille ppp. Cluam me Noip do lopccad aroce Cine 
pa cCape map. Plachpui Ua Comgpis; cigna Oal Aparde, oo manbao 
la a Chenél pérpin. Slucag(ó la Cargmb 1 nOppangib co po ainecple cuoip- 
cent nOppaiġe,] gup po mapbao ann Riacan, mac Mumpedarg,7 mac Culiám. 
Domnall, mac Cfmalgaoha, canaip: Ulad, [vécc]. 

Cop Cmort, naoi ccéo occmoda a pé. On coccmad bliadan vo Mhaor- 
leachlaim. Waolpacparce abb Ruip Cpé, 3 Caencompac, mac Ainbiche, 

' abb Glimne hUipphh, vég. 6poen Ua heda, aipchinoech eccalpı bicce, 


i Successor of Connlath: i.e. Bishop of Kildare. 

* Ath-Sighe.—Now Assey, on the River Boyne, 
near Tara, in the county of Meath.— See note *, 
under the year 524, p. 171, suprà. The forcible 
taking away of the shrine of St. Patrick, from 
Ardee to this place, was considered a sacrilege 
by the Archbishop of Armagh, who compelled 
the King of Ireland to make atonement for it 
by paying a heavy penalty. 

! Seven. Cumhals : i. e. twenty-one cows, or an 
equivalent in money or other property. 


m Hi- Choluim- Chille : i.e. lona. “A. D. 985. 
Hiensis Insula expilata et devastata ipsá nocte 
Nativitatis per Nortmannos, qui et loci Abba- 
tem, et quindecim ex senioribus impié trucida- 
runt." — Trias Thaum., p. 501. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 986. A great conflight at Ardmach, 
the Sunday before Lammas, betwene O'Nehachs 
and O’Niallans, where Maktrenar mac Celegan, 
and others, were slaine. The forreners came 


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and they burned Feara-Ceall, and slew the lord of Feara-Ceall. Fearghal, son 
of Lorcan, lord of Cinel-Fiachach, was killed. Diarmaid, son of Uathmharan, 
lord of Luighne, died. 

The Age of Christ, 985. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Maelcia- 
rain Ua Maighne, successor of Colum-Cille, was cruelly martyred by the Danes 
at Ath-cliath. Muireadhach, son of Flann, successor of Connlath’, died. The 
abduction of the shrine of Patrick, by Maelseachlainn, from Ath-Fhirdiadh to 
Ath-Sighe*, in consequence of the rebellion of the son of Cairelan. They 
afterwards made peace ; and Maelseachlainn submitted to the award of [the 
successor of] Patrick, i e. the visitation of Meath, both church and state, and 
a banquet for every fort from Maelseachlainn himself, besides seven cumhals', 
and every other demand in full. Mor, daughter of Donnchadh, son of Ceallach, 
Queen of Ireland, died. Muirgheas, son of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Maine, was 
slain. A great contention at Ard-Macha, on the Sunday before Lammas, between 
the Ui-Eathach and the Ui-Niallain, wherein the son of Trenfhear, son of 
Celechan, and many others, were slain. The Danes came to the coast of Dal- 
Riada in three ships ; seven score of them were hanged, and otherwise cut off, 
after they were defeated. Hi-Choluim-Chille™ was plundered by the Danes on 
Christmas night ; and they killed the abbot, and fifteen of the seniors of the 
church along with him. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned on the Friday night before 
Easter. Flathrui Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by his own 
tribe. An army was led by the Leinstermen into Osraighe ; and they plundered 
the north of Osraighe, and they slew there Riagan, son of Muireadhach, and 
the son of Cuiliun. Domhnall, son of Amhalgaidh, Tanist of Ulidia, [died]. 

The Age of Christ, 986 [recte 987]. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Maelpadraig, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Caenchomhrac, son of Ainbhithe, Abbot of 
Gleann-Uisean, died. Broen Ua hAedha, airchinneach of Eaglais-beg [at Cluain- 


into the borders of Dalriada, three shippes, 
where 140 of them were hanged, and the rest 
banished. Aei of Colum-Cill rifled” [on] 
* Christmas eve, by the forreners, and they 
killed the Abbot, and 15 of the learned of the 
church” [oo ppureib na cille].— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 5 
The martyrdom of Maelciarain, successor of 


Columbkille, and the death of More, Queen of 
Ireland, is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
at the year 980, thus : 

“ A. D. 980” [recte, 986]. ** More, daughter 
of Donnough mac Keally, Queen of Ireland, | 
died. Moylekyeran O Mayney was eruelly tor- 
tured and martyred to death by the Danes of 
Dublin. He was Coarb of Columbkill." 


ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. [987. 


720 


vécc. Ceallach, an naomh ógh, oécc. Gaot mon anacnaca go po tnapecap 
10l Gummeangte 7 c (goa pr 10móa 1m oepcrgh Cusmard,7 mm opoile cumcaigei 
apé(na. Ap móp popp na Oanaparb po oig hl, 50 po mapbca tpi picic 
4 cm ééo víob, cpe mmopbalb Dé 7 Cholam Chille. Cpn(gac pirénaipi 
(a. opaoro(éc) 6 deannaibh mo antep Epeann co po la áp noaome, co. 
mboí pop péáilibh oaome hi polly. Copach an bó cap moip a. an moulsainb 
anaicnecai na cuibcio pram. Sluaigl la Maelpeachlamn 1 Cargmb coppucc 
bopama larp. i 

Qoip Cope, naoi ccév ochtmoda a peachc. Cn nomad bliabam oo 
Mhaolpeaclamn. Ounchad Ua bpaom, abb Cluana me nói, (5naió ofp- 
pcargée,  angcoipe, oécc an yun Kal. Pebpuap 1 nCÍpo Macha ma anbiépe 
hi ppoipeino ceopa mbliadan décc, 7 no tmallad pop a ay 5o Cluam sacha 
bliadna, ciccfoh om opong éccpamail oo luéc na cille ap gach nuai oia 
10mpopccao moeo gacha bliaona, coná ppíé leó eign dia popcaoh acc na 
cfépa, 1 po eipippium poppa bhadan. 
po oóeórb 1 n€pmn. 


ré oan, no codiupars mapbh a bar 
Ap pan cucc Eochaid Ua Plannagám pao peancapa 
€peann an cepc pi, 

Macha mambteat meaopart mua, 

Pralmteach a pluag pelbarc naim, 

Ni capla mupclad a main 

Oap ofl man Oónchao Ua Opaom. 


^ The oratory of Lughmhadh : Oepteé Cug- 
tna1d.—Mageoghegan renders this “ the steeple 
of Louth ;” but this is clearly an error. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 986. The battle of Manan by Mac 
Aralt and the forreners, wbi mille occisi sunt. 
A great mischance among Saxons, lrish, and 
Welsh, that a great slaughter of men and cattle 
issued thereof. Great slaughter of the forre- 
ners that committed the spoyle of Hi, that 360 
were killed of them.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
. The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the mur- 
rain of cows, and the great storm, and a few 
other events, under the year 981, as follows: 

** A, D. 981” [recté, 987]. “St. Ceallagh the 


virgin died this year. This year began the 
morren of cowes call'd in Ireland the Moyle- 
garve” [an maolgapb]. ‘There was such boys- 
terous winde this year that it fell down many 
turretts, and, among the rest, it fell down vio- 
lently the steeple of Louth, and other steeples. 
St. Dunstane, archbishop of England, died. 
Donnough O’Broyn, Cowarb of St. Keyran of 
Clonvicknose, a holy and devoute anchorite, 
died in pillgrimadge in Ardmach.” 

? To detain him.—The following passage from 
the life of this Dunchadh, published by Colgan 
in his Acta Sanctorum, at the 16th of January, 
will explain this entry, which is so obscurely 
worded by the Four Masters. 

* Cum autem humillimus Christi famulus 


987.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 721 


mic-Nois], died. Ceallach, the holy virgin, died. Great and unusual wind, 
which prostrated many buildings and houses, and among others the oratory of 
Lughmhadh*, and many other buildings. A great slaughter was made of the 
Danes who had plundered Hi, for three hundred and sixty of them were slain 
through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille. Preternatural (i. e. magical) sick- 
ness [was brought on] by demons in the east of Ireland, which caused mortality 
of men plainly before men’s eyes. The commencement of the great murrain of 
cows, i.e. the strange Maelgarbh, which had never come before. An army was 
led by Maelseachlainn into Leinster, whence he carried off a great spoil of cows. 

The Age of Christ, 987 [recté 988]. The ninth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Dunchadh Ua Braein, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, a celebrated wise man and 
anchorite, died on the 17th of the Calends of February at Ard-Macha, at the 
end of the thirteenth year of his pilgrimage. He proposed to set out for Cluain 
every year, but different parties of the people of the church [of Ard-Macha] 
used to come at the end of each year to detain him*; but they found no force 
able to detain him but the solicitation of the clergy, and he was wont to re- 
main for them a year. He was the last that resuscitated the dead’ from 
death in Ireland. It is of him Eochaidh O'Flannagain, the most distinguished 
historian of Ireland, gave this testimony : 


- 


The seat of Macha [i. e. Queen Macha] the treacherous, voluptuous, haughty, 
Is a psalm-singing house possessed by saints ; | 
There came not within the walls of her fort 

A being like unto Dunchadh O'Braein. 


Donchadus his plurimisque aliis coruscans mi- 
raculis, videret nomen suum magis magisque 
jnter homines celebrari, totamque civitatem im- 
portuno strepentem applausu, firmo statuit ani- 
mo, Ardmachá relicta, ad alium se conferre 
locum. Sed primores civitatis, ubi hoc intel- 
lexerant, communicato consilio quosdam ex ve- 
nerabilioribus ad eum mittunt legatos humiliter 
rogantes ut saltem ad unum insuper dignetur 
apud se commorari annum. Annuit tandem 
vir pius et flexibilis. Et cum anno isto evoluto, 
iterum meditaretur discessum, similo inito con- 


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silio mittunt et alios ex gravioribus, qui pre- 
cum importunitate, et personarum reverentià 
meruerunt ipsum uno adhue anno retinere. 
Quid moror? Ad annos singulos iteratis lega- — 
tionibus, et intercessionibus a bono flecti nes- 
cium a recessu sepitis proposito reflectunt et 
Ardmache prope invitum detinent, donec tan- 
dem (quod summé optaverant) ejus corporis 
sacras exuvias retinuerint, et cum honore debito 
terre mandeverint, tanti viri patrocinio gavi- 
suri."— Acta Sanctorum, p. 106. 

P Resuscitated the dead.—His life, as compiled 


722 ANNAZA RIOShachTa EIREANN. [988. 


Colum, aiċmveach Concarge, oécc,] Oubvaboimo, amémoech boche 
Chonaip, oécc. Pip Muman vo coche m apéporgibh pop Loch BRibh,4 goll 
Pupe Cage. Tionóil Connaċcag ma naghaid, q peachaip 10maipecc 
(conna. Topcpacap ap mop oo Mhumneachaib 7 0o Ghallaibh lá Con- 
naécaib rm Ounlaing mac Ouboaboipthn, nfogóamna Muman go pochawb 
a maille pup. Oo ċeap Muipgiop, mac Concoboip, pfogdarnna Connaéc 
pmú hi ppioċġum. — Carógnén, mac Ceapbaill, cigeanna P(pnmaige, oo map- 
bad pop láp Cpín Apoa Macha, la Peapgal, mac Conaing, cigeanna Ortiz, 
7 la Cenél €ógam. Congalach Ua Culennam, cigfpna Conaille, 7 Ciap- 
caille, mac Cainellain, cigfpna cucnpceipe bplé, oo Comhtuicim ppa apote., 
Congal, mac Anpudan, tigfina Conca Modnuad, déco. 

Clip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo ochtmoda a hocc. Cn veacmad bliadam vo 
Mhaoleachlaim. Ounchad Ua Robacém,comapba Cholaim Chille 7 QAöam- 
nám, Comgpeach, mac Maoilpacpaicc, peaplersinn Cluana mic Noip, Maol- 
mogna Ua Call, amnémnech Oc C(eglaip, Cecpard, abb Imleacha luban, 
7 Maclersim Ua Mupcadam, aipcmoeach Chinle pata, vég. Comppe 
mac Riam oécc. Muipfohach Ua Clémg, cigfpna. Chone, décc. Cchmílio, 
mac Ronan, cr&tmna na n Chpéfp, oo mapbaó oo Chonailib Cepo. Concobap, 
mac Domnall, cis (pna Luigne, vécc. Cat Ata chat pop Ghallai map an 
mgh, Maolpfclainn, m po mapbaó opong oínfme vo Ghallaib lap, 4 po gab 
ponbaip an ofme poppa rapoain ppí né pich(c ode, conáp ibhp(c wipce ppp 


by Colgan, has the following notice of this : 
* Fuit etiam Donchadus, inquit vetustus ejus 
encomastes, ultimus ex Hibernis sanctis, qui 
mortuum ad vitam revocavit." 

? Both- Chonais.—See note?, under A. D. 850, 
p. 483, suprà. Colgan describes this place as 
“in regione de Inis-Eoguin prope Cul-Maine.” 
—Trias Thaum., p. 231, b. The editor is there- 
fore wrong in his conjecture (ubi suprd) that 
Both-Chonais is the Templemoyle in the parish 
of Culdaff. It is obviously the old grave-yard, 
in the townland of Binnion, parish of Clon- 
many, and barony of Inishowen.—See the Ord- 
nance Map of the county of Donegal, sheet 10. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 


. 


events under this year: 

* A. D. 987. Dunlaing mac Duvdavoirenn, 
heyre of Cashill, and Murges mae Conor, slaine 
together by the O'Briuins of Synann? [recté, 
mutually fell by each other's hands in the terri- 
tory of the O'Briuins of the Shannon]. **Con- 
galach O'Culennan, king of Connells, and Ciar- 
chaille mac Cairellan fell with” [i. e. by] “one 
another, the last being king of Tuoscert Bregh. 
Laignen mae Cervall, king of Fernvai, killed in 
Ardmach by Fergall mac Conaing, king of 
Ailech. Colum, Airchinnech of Core ; Duvda- 
vorenn, Airchinnech of Both-Conais, dormie- 
runt.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* The fortress. —The Danish Dun, or fortress 


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PU ANT 


NE NES 


988.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 123 


Colum, airchinneach of Corcach, died ; and Dubhdabhoireann, airchinneach 
of Both-Chonais*, died. The men of Munster came in hosts upon Loch Ribh, 
and the foreigners of Port-Lairge. The Connaughtmen assembled to oppose 
them, and a battle was fought between them. A great number of the Munster- 
men and the foreigners were slaughtered by the Connaughtmen. Among the 
slain was Dunlaing, son of Dubhdabhoireann; royal heir of Munster, and many 
others along with him. Muirgheas, son of Conchobhar, royal heir of Connaught, 
was slain by them in the heat of the conflict. Laidhgnen, son of Cearbhall, 
lord of Fearnmhagh, was slain in the middle of Trian-Arda-Macha, by Fearghal, 
son of Conaing, lord of Oileach, and the Cinel-Eoghain. Conghalach Ua Cui- 


lennain, lord of Conaille and Ciarcaille, son of Cairellan, lord of North Breagha, 


mutually fell by each other. Conghal, son of Anrudhan, lord of Corca-Modh- 
ruadh, died. 

The Age of Christ, 988 [recté 989]. The tenth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Dunchadh Ua Robhachain, successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan ; Loingseach, 
son of Maelpadraig, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmoghna Ua Cairill, airchin- 
neach of Dun-Leathghlais; Cetfaidh, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; and Mac- 
leighinn Ua Murchadhain, airchinneach of Cuil-rathain, died. Cairbre, son of 
Rian, died. Muireadhach Ua Cleirigh, lord of Aidhne, died. Echmhilidh, son of 
Ronan, lord of the Airtheara, was slain by the Conailli-Cerd. Conchobhar, son 
of Domhnall, lord of Luighne, died. The battle of Ath-cliath [was gained] 
over the foreigners by Maelseachlainn, in which many of the foreigners were 
slain by him. And he afterwards laid siege to the fortress" for the space of 


of Dublin, occupied the site of the present 
Castle of Dublin. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 988. Duncha O’Brain, Coarb of Kya- 
ran, scriba optimus religiosissimus, died in Ard- 
mach, in 14 Kal. Februarii, in his pilgrimage. 
Dun Lehglais rifled and burnt by Genties” 
[recté, Galls]. ** Gluniarn, king of Galls, killed 
by his own servant in drunkenness. Gofry mac 
Aralt, king of Innsigall, killed by Dalriada. 
Duncha O’Robucan, Coarb of Colum Cill, mor- 
tuus est. Eocha mac Ardgall, king of Ulster, 


went with an army to Kindred-Owen, where 
O’Nathi was killed. Duvdalethe, Coarb of Pa- 
trick, toke the Coarbship of Colum Cill upon 
him by advise of Ireland and Scotland. Echmile 
mac Ronain, king of East" [ Oriors], “ killed by 


. Conells- Cerd? [i.e. the Conailli-Muirtheimhne ]. 


** Maclegin O'Murchadan, Airchinnech of Cuil- 
rahan, mortuus est.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The killing of Gluniarn, and of Godfrey, the 
son of Harold, and the battle of Dublin, are 
noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the 
year 982, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 
988. Thus in the former: 


4272 


ANNAZA RIOshachTa EIREANN. 


724 


[989. 


pin acc an pál. Oo bepcpac a oiġpéip péin 06 pá des an ccem bad pí, 4 
umcce óp uata ap gach gappóa gacha howce Noolac móp cpa biċpíoņ. 
€ochaió, mac Apogan, pi Ulad oo dol pop pluaigf 1 cCenél n€ogham co 
Ppapecaib Ua hice. Oubhoa Leiche, comanba Paccnaice, vo gabáil 
comapbaip Choluim Chille a comaiple peap n€peann 4 Alban. &lumapr, 
mac CImlaoibh, cigfpna Gall, oo mapbaó da mogenó péipin cpa meipce. 
Colbam a ainm an mogaoh. Goppaoh mac Aparle, cis(na Inpi Gall vo 
éucim la Oal Riava. Oún Ufchglanp vo apgarn 7 do Lopccad vo Ohallab. 
Maolpuanawd, mac Donnchada, oéz. 

Cop Cqiorc, naoi ccéo ochtmoda anaor. On caonmad badan oécc vo 
Mhaolpeactainn. | Copbmac, mac Corgalcaigh, comanba bpénamn bioppa, 
oécc. Ceo Ua Maoloonaoh, ciz(pna. Cenél cConaill, oécc. Cat Caipn 
Fopdpoma ma Maorlpeactainn pon Chuaómumam, 1 cconcaip Domnall, mac 
Lopcam, tigeapna Mupecnaige tipe 7 Ui Ponggo co pé ééo amalle rnrr. 


4 Ww Oups UN 
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“ A. D. 982" [recté, 989]. ** Gluniarn, king 
of the Danes, was unhappily killed by a base 
churle of his own called Colvan. Godfrey, son 
of Harold, king of Insi-Gall, was killed by the 
king of Dalriada, or Redshanks. King Moyle- 
seaghlyn gavé the battle of Dublin to the Danes, 
where an infinite number of them were slain; 
and he tooke” [recté, he laid siege to] “ the fort 
of Dublin, where he remained three score nights, 
that he made the Danes" [recté, reduced the 
Danes to such straits] “that they drank none 
other drink dureing the said space but the 
saltish water of the seas, untill they were driven 
at last to yeald King Moyleseaghlyn his own 
desire dureing his reign, which was an ounce of 
gold out of every garden and croft in Dublyn, 
yearly at Christmas, to the King, his heirs and 
successors, for ever." 

` Carn- Fordroma : i. e. the carn or sepulchral 
heap of the long ridge. Not identified. 

* Muscraighe-thire.—Now the baronies of Up- 
per and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tip- 
perary.—See Leabhar-na-gCeart, note °, p. 29. 
For the situation of Ui-Forggo, or Ui-Furgdha, 


see note ‘, under the year 834, pp. 450, 451, sup. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 989. Daire Calgai rifled by forreners. 
Urard Mac Coshe, principall poet of Ireland; 
Hugh O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell, 
Battle of Fordrom by Maelseach- 
lainn upon Thomond, where fell Donell mac 
Lorcan, king of Forka, and many more.” — Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

The death of Urard Mac Coise, which is not 
noticed by the Four Masters, is entered in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 983, 
but the true year is 990, as appears from the ac- 
curate Annals of Tighernach. The Four Masters 
notice the death of an Erard Mac Coise at the 
year 1023; and it would appear that they took 
him to be the same person as Urard Mac Coise, 
whose death is recorded in the Annals of Ulster 
at 989, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 990. 
—See O’Reilly’s Irish Writers, pp. 69, 72. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain a curious 
account of the poet, Mac Coise, and a few other 
events under the above year, as follows : 


` 


mortui sunt. 


989.] 725 


twenty nights, so that they drank no water during this time but the brine. 
At length they gave him his own full demand while he should be king, and an 
ounce of gold for every garden, [to be paid] on Christmas night, for ever. 
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, went upon an expedition into Cinel- 
Eoghain, and lost Ua h-Aitidhe. Dubhdaleithe, successor of Patrick, assumed 
the successorship of Colum-Cille, by the advice of the men of Ireland and Alba. 
Gluiniarh, son of Amlaeibh, lord of the foreigners, was killed by his own slave 
through drunkenness; Colbain was the name of the slave. Dun-Leathghlaissi 
was plundered and burned by the foreigners. Maelruanaidh, son of Donnchadh, 
died. "e 

The Age of Christ, 989 [recte 990]. The eleventh year of Maelseachlainn. 
Cormac, son of Congaltach, successor of Brenainn of Birra, died. Aedh 
Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. The battle of Carn-Fordroma* 
[was gained] by Maelseachlainn over [the people of] Thomond, wherein fell 
Domhnall, son of Lorcan, lord of Muscraighe-thire' and Ui-Forggo, and six 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


“ A, D. 983" [rectè, 990]. ** Erard Mac Cossie, 
chief poet of King Moyleseaghlyn and all Ire- 
land, died in Clonvicknose very penitently. This 
man, for his devotion to God and St. Keyran, 
had his residence in Clonvicknose, to the end 
he might be neer the church dayly to hear 
mass ; and upon a night there appeared an angel 
unto him, that reprehended him for dwelling 
so neer the place, and told him that the paces 
of his journey, coming and going to hear mass 
dayly, wou'd be measured by God, and accord- 
ingly yeald him recompence for his pains ; and 
from thencefoorth Mac Coyssie removed his 
house a good distance from Clonvicknose, to a 
place among boggs to this day called the place 
of Mac Coyssie’s house, from whence he did 
daily use to repair to Clonvicknose to hear 
masse, as he was warned by the angel. 

** Before Mac Coyssie fell to these devotions, 
king Moyleseaghlyn, of his great bounty and 
favour of learning and learned men, bestowed 
the revenewes of the Crown of Ireland for one 
year upon Mac Coyssie, who enjoyed it accord- 


ingly, and at the year's end, when the King 
would have the said Revenewes to himselfe, 
Mac Coyssie said that he would never suffer the 
King from thencefoorth to have any part of the 
Royalltys or profitts, but wou'd keep all to 
himself, whether the king would or no, or loose 
his Life in defence thereof: whereupon the 
King challenged Mac Coyssie to fight on Horse- 
back, which mae Coyssie willinglie consented to 
do, though he knew himself unable to resist 
the valourous and incomparable hardy hand 
of King Moyleseaghlyn, who was generally 
‘coumpted to be the best horseman in these 
parts of Europe; for King Moyleseaghlyn’s 
dileight was to ride a horse that was never 
broken, handled, or ridden, untill the age of 
Seven years, which he would so exactly ride as 
any other man would ride an old Tame and 
Gentle Horse. Notwithstanding all Mac Coyssie - 
was of such hope that the King of his favour of 
Poetry and Learning would never draw his 
blood, which did embolden and encourage him 
to Combatt with the King, and being on horse- 


726 |  @NNGZa RIOshachta EIREANN. [090. 


Oone Chalgaiġ oo opgam vo Ghallaib. Sluag na ngall q na nOanap 7 
Laigí 1 Mide, co po moepple co Loch Amono. Oomnall, mac Cuacanil, oo 
eapġabail lá Oonnchgö mac Domnaill, pí Length. Oonnchad, pí Carg(n, oo 
epgabal lá Maelpíchlamn, mac Domnall pí Epeann. Ouboaleite, comopba 
Paccpaice vo gabáil comopbaip Choluim Chille cpé comarple peap nEpeann 
7 Alban. "HETOS 

Cloip Chore, naoi ccéo nocha. On bapa bliadan oécc oo ITlhaoilp(ch- 
lamn. Owblicip Ua Spuavain, p(pler$mo Ceicgunne [oo écc]. Cp pain 
cugad dn celpcr, 


Owblicip omo egnai uğ, ba buad ppnecpa! pm ceé mbóug, 
ba puí lergmo Leabpaid Lóm ba oluim óm op Epmn án. 


Ceallach mac Cionaeóa, abb Imleacha piae .1. Imleach mbécain, véz. 
Oonnchad Ua Congalaig, níogóamna C(mpach, oo mapbad oc Comapcu hi 
meabanl lá Cloinn Cholmám an cpampiud .1. la Concobap mac Ceapbaill. 
Tag, mac Oonnchaió, canaipi Opparge, oo mapbao la propa Muman. Clod 
Ua Ruainc, píogóamna Connacc, 7 Ouboapach Ua Piachna, oo mapbao 
lá Cenél €ogam. Cn aec vo plucad mpi Loca Cimbe co hobano 1 naon 
uap, co na opeich 7 ponnach 3. cpichac cpaig(o.—. Cln Sionoach Ua Leocan, 
cigeapna Hail(ng, oécc.. Oonnplébe, mac Oiapmava, vécc. hUa Oungalarg, 


en a See eK Tee " + LI d. Acs att ea oes © dls YT 


ciġfnna Mupcpaige, oo mapbao. 


back, Mac Coyssie well provided with horse and 
Armor, and the king only with a good horse, a 
staff without a head, fell eagerly to the encoun- 
ter, Mac Coyssie desirous to kill the King, to 
the end he might enjoye the revenewes without 
contradiction. The king cunningly defended 
himself with nimble avoidings and turnings of 
his horse, fearing to hurte Mac Coyssie, untill at 
last, with his skillfullness and good horseman- 
ship, he vanquished Mac Coyssie, and enjoyed 
his kingdome and the revenews thereof ever- 
after, untill Bryan Borowe, and his Mounster- 
men, tooke the same from him. 

* Hugh O’Moyledorye, prince of Tyrconnell, 
died. King Moyleseaghlyn gave a great over- 
throw, called the overtorow of Fordroyme, where 


Daniell mac Lorcan, prince of Muskry, with 
many others, were slain.” 

There is extant a curious elegy on the death 
of Fearghal O?Ruaire, written by. Urard Mac 
Coise; but it would appear from a reference 
it makes to the fall of Brian in the battle of 
Clontarf, that it was composed by the poet of 
that name who died in 1023. It consists of 
twenty-two quatrains of Dan Direach poetry. 
The ollav, prostrate on the grave-stone of his 
patron at Clonmaenoise, bewails his loss in a 
very pathetic strain, and utters the praises of 
the departed prince with all the warmth of 
grief. There is a good copy of it made in 1713 
by Maurice Newby, in a small quarto paper 
manuscript, No. 146 of O’Reilly’s Sale Cata- 


990.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 727 


hundred men along with him. Doire-Chalgaigh was plundered by the foreigners. 
An army of the foreigners, Danes, and Leinstermen [marched] into Meath; and 
they plundered as far as Loch Ainninn. Domhnall, son of Tuathal, was taken 
prisoner by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of Leinster. Donnchadh, King 
of Leinster, was.taken prisoner by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King of 
Ireland. Dubhdalethe, successor, assumed the successorship of Colum Cille, 


by advice of the men of Ireland and Alba. 
The Age of Christ, 990 [rect? 991]. The twelfth year of Maelscachlainn. 
Duibhlitir Ua Bruadair", lector of Leithghlinn, [died]. It was of him this testi- 


mony was given : 


Duibhliter, the stronghold of perfect wisdom, the gifted respondent 


to every challenge; 


He was an adept in learning of various books, a flame of gold over 


noble Ireland. 


Ceallach, son of Cinaedh, Abbot of Imleach-Fia, i. e. Imleach-Becain, died. 
Donnchadh Ua Conghalaigh", royal heir of Teamhair, was treacherously slain 
at Comarchu*, by the Clann-Colmain in particular, i. e. by Conchobhar, son of 


Cearbhall. 
of Munster. 


Tadhg, son of Donnchadh, Tanist of Osraighe, was slain by the men 

Aedh Ua Ruairc, royal heir of Connaught, and Dubhdarach, 
Ua Fiachna, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. 
Loch Cimbe* suddenly, with its dreach and rampart, i. e. thirty feet. 


The wind sunk the island of 
The 


Sinnach Ua Leochain’, lord of Gaileanga, died. Donnsleibhe, son of Diarmaid, 
died. Ua Dunghalaigh*, lord of Muscraighe, was slain. 


logue, now in the possession of the Editor. 

* Ua-Bruadair.— Now anglicised Broder, 
Brothers, and Broderick. 

* Ua- Conghalaigh.—N ow O'Conolly, and Con- 
olly, without the prefix O’. 

* Comarchu.— This is probably the place called 


Cummer, near Clonard, in the county of Meath. y 


7 Loch Cimbe.—Otherwise Loch Cime, now 
Lough Hackett, in the parish of Donaghpatrick, 
barony of Clare, and county of Galway.— See 
it already referred to at A. M. 3506, and A. D. 
701, suprà, pp. 32, 302. See also Hardiman’s 


edition of O’Flaherty’s West Connaught, p. 148. 

*Ua-Leochain.—Now O’ Loughan, and Loughan, 
without the prefix O', and sometimes translated 
Duck. i : 
* O'Dunghalaigh. — Now anglicised O'Don- 
nelly and Donnelly. The O’Donnellys of this 
race are to be distinguished from those of Bal- 
lydonnelly, now Castlecaulfield, in Ulster. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 890. Duncha O’Congalai, heyre of 
Tarach, killed by sleight” [per dolum] “ by 


728 | ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [991. 


Cop Cmiope, naoi ccéo nochac a haon. Cn cpeap bliabam véce do 
Maoleaċlamn. Oranmaic, p(plergimo Cille vapa, 7 abb Cluana heroneac, 
oécc. Conad dó po pardean, 

Oiapmaice omo mo econa ám, ph co ppalölaić co nall bang, 
Omran, a pí na pecc pan, écc oo €&uiccecc na comodil. 


Maolpfoarp Ua Colaicc, comapba bnénamn Cluana p(pca,7 Maolpinnia, 
mac Spelam, comapba Cianain mic an cpaoip, véce. Giollacommám, mac 
Néill, cigtyma Ua nOiapmava, 7 Các(nano, mac Taidg, oo comtuicim ppa 
polle. Oonn mac Oonngail, mic Oumocuan, cig(pna Teata, oo mapbao lá 
a muincip buooém. Sló(o lá Maolpeachlainn hı cConnaccaib, co ccucc 
bnac bónoma ap mó am cuc pí mam. Cp 1appm came 6man co bp(paib 
Muman, 4 Connaécca hi Mide co tice: Loch nClmomo, 7 ní po garb bom na 
dume co noecaió app? ccoip néluda. Món, mg(n Caióg an cup, mc Catal, 
bampíogan €peann, dég. 

Cop Cpiope, naoi ccéo nocha a 06. Cn clépamad bliadam voécc do 
Tühaoileachlamn. Maelpóil, eppcop Mugna, vécc. Cuatcal, mac ITlaoile- 
nuba, comanba Pina, 1 comapba Moċolmóc, eccnaió 7 pagloip eve, vég. 
Mac Leigino, mac Oungalám, aipcmoech On leacglapi, Ounchaoh, pean 
leigmo otin, Maolpmma Ua hCOtónaig, pean lergind Fobaip,] eppcop cuac 
Lurgne, vé5. Ounchaó Ua hUécán, pín Vergmn C(nannpa, vécc. Oomnall 
| Plaieb(pcach, oá mac Giollacolarm, mic Canannam, oo mapbao. Rua, 


Maelsechlainn. Teige mac Donogh, heyre of > Cuceanann.—He is the ancestor of the fa- 

Ossory, by Monster; Hugh O'Rorke, heyre of mily of the O’Conceanainns, now Concannons, 

Connaght; Duvdarach O’Fiachna by Kindred- who became the chiefs of Ui-Diarmada of Cor- 

Owen, all killed.””— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. camoe, in the north-east of the present county 
The Annals of Clonmaenoise contain only of Galway. 


two of these entries under the year 984, which The Annals of Ulster give the following 


corresponds with 990 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters : 

** A. D. 984” [recté, 991]. ** Donnough O'Ko- 
nolye, prince of Taragh, and next heir of the 
Crown, was wilfully killed by those of Clan- 
Colman and Connor mae Kervall. The Island 
of Logh Kymie was, by a greate whirle winde, 
sunck on a sudden, that there appeared but 30 
feet thereof unsunck.” 


events under this year : 

* A. D. 991. Maelpedar O’Tola, Coarb of 
Brenainn, Maelfinnia O'Moenai, Coarb of Ciaran 
of Clone, dormierunt. Duncha O'Duncuan, king 
of Tehva, mortuus est. An army with Maelsech- 
lainn into Connaght, from whence he brought 
great booty. A wonderfull sight on St. Ste- 
phan's night, that the firmament was all fyery." 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


991.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 129 


The Age of Christ, 991 [recte 992]. The thirteenth year of Maelseach- 
lainn. Diarmaid, lector of Cill-dara and Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, died ; of 
whom was said : 


Diarmaid, stronghold of noble wisdom, a man of generous fame, of 
great battle ; i 

Pity, O king of the righteous laws, that death has now approached 
him. 


è 


Maelpeadair Ua Tolaid, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta ; and Mael- 
finnia, son of Spelan, successor of Ciaran, son of the artificer, died. Gillacom- 
main, son of Niall, lord of Ui-Diarmada; and Cuceanann*, son of Tadhg, 
mutually fell by each other. Donn, son of Donnghal, son of Donncuan, was 
slain by his own people. An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Connaught ; 
and he brought from thence a prey of cattle, the greatest that a king had ever 
brought. After this, Brian came with the men of Munster and Connaught into 
Meath, as far as Loch Ainninn ; and he did not take a cow or person, but went 
off from thence by sécret flight. Mor, daughter of Tadhg of the Tower, son 
of Cathal, Queen of Ireland, died. 

The Age of Christ, 992. The fourteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Mael- 
poil, Bishop of Mughain, died. Tuathal, son of Maelrubha, successor of Finnia, 
and successor of Mocholmoc, a wise man and governor, died. Macleighinn, 
son of Dunghalan, airchinneach of Dun-Leathghlaisi ; Dunchadh, lector of Dun; 
Maelfinnia Ua hAenaigh, lector of Fobhar, and Bishop of Tuath-Luighne’, died. 
Dunchadh Ua hUchtain, lector of Ceanannas, died. Domhnall and Flaithbhear- 
tach, two sons of Gillacoluim, son of Canannan‘, were slain. Ruaidhri, son of 


his Munstermen, came to Meath, and there 
wasted and destroyed all places, untill he came 


The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain the 
notice of the army of King Maelseachlainn 


plundering Connaught, and the attack by Brian 
Borumha upon Meath, under the year 985, as 
follows : 

** A. D. 985” [recté, 992]. ** King Moyle- 
seaghlyn, with an army, went into Connought, 
and from thence brought many captives and 
rich bootties, such as none of his predecessors 
ever brought. Dureing the time the king was 
occupied in Connought, Bryan Borowe, with 


to Logh Innill” [o6 Aimmnn, now Lough En- 
nell], ** where the king’s house was, in soemuch 
that they left not cow, beast, or man, that they 
could meet withall, untaken, ravished, and taken 
away.” 

* Tuath- Luighne.—Now the barony of Lune, 
in the county of Meath. 

3 Son of Canannan.— This should be grandson 
of Canannan, or Ua Canannain, for Gillacoluim, 


DAS» 


anNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. 


730 


(998. 


mac Copecpaig, eig(pna. veipceipt Connaéc, oo mapbao lá Concobap, mac 
Maoilpeaclainn, q la mac Cornalcám Uí Clémg..| Concobap, mac Ceapbaill 
Uí Maoileachlamn, oécc 1ap noeice b(chaio. Maolpuanad Ua Ciapóa, 
cigfina Caipppe, oo manbad lá piona Tleba. Ecnec Ua Leocam, ais fna 
Cuaca Luigne, oo mapbhao lá Maolpeachlamn 4 lá Catal, mac Cabnada. 
Clepcein mac ITlaoileoám, ci$(pna. Ua n€acach, oo mapbao lia a mumcip 
peippin. Muipecan 6 bhoit Oomnoig, comapba Pacparce, pop cuar 1 
cCípn n€ogam, co po epleg snad ms pon God, mac Domnall, hi ppgiaonaipi 
pamea Pacnaicc, 1 co ccucc monchuaine cuaipefine Eneamianpomh. Puap- 
laccad Oonnchada, mic Oomnanll, pf Cong(n, 6 Maoleachlaim. Nó coblach 
pop Loc Rib la bpian, mac Cinoéroig, gun po aince propu bpeipne. Ounadac, 
mac Orapmaoa, ciġfpna Copco bhaipcmo, vécc. Cpeach la Gallai” Aca 
chat, gup po oipspeao Ano mbpeacam, 7 Oomnaé Pacpaice, 7 Mume bpoc- 
cám. Popoat cemeaó oo bit pon nm go macam. Cled, mac €ccigeinn, 
canaipi Ua Cemnpealarg, décc. loman vo ronnapbao a hè cliae cpa ice 
na naoh. Oono, mac Oonngail, cis (nna Ceacba, vég.  IPuarópi Ua Supain 
oecc. 

Qop Cpiopc, nao! ccéo nocha a tpi. On cáicceaó bliadam véce vo 
Tühaoleacloamn. Munpsfp, mac MupCohang, abb Mungaine, Pógapcach, 
mac Orapmaoa, mic Uatmanam, ci$(pa Conca Pipepi Connace, oo mapbao 
vo hail(ngaib Copamo. Congalach, mac Londgnen, a. Ua Gadna, cigtqna 
Halths, oég. Maolcaipfpoa, eis(pma Ua mópiáim, Cleo, mac Oubgall, 
mic Oonnchada, cii(pna Marge Ite 7 jogoamna Oilig, décc.. Conn, mac 


prince of Tirconnell, who was slain in 975, was 
son of Diarmaid, who was son of Canannan, the 
progenitor of the O’Canannains.—See Battle of 
Magh Rath, p. 3365. 

* Both-Domhnaigh.— Now Badoney, in the 
valley of Glenelly, in the barony of Strabane, 
and county of Tyrone.—See Colgan’s Trias 
Thaum., p. 188, col. a, not. 121. 

€ Degree of King.—This passage affords a cu- 
rious corroboration of an opinion put forth by 
the Editor, in the Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiach- 
rach, p. 452, namely, that “it is highly pro- 
bable that the monarchs of Ireland, since the 


introduction of Christianity, were inaugurated 
by the Archbishop of Armagh.” 

* Ua-Gusain.—This family name is always 
anglicised Gossan, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“A. D. 992. Tuohal mac” [Mael-] * Ruva, 
Coarb of Finnen and Macolmog, and Conor mac 
Maelsechlainn, mortui sunt. Maelruanai O'Ciarga, 
king of Carbry, killed by the men of Tethva. 
Two O'Canannans killed. Egnech O’Leogan, 
king of Luigne, killed by Maelsechlainn in the 
Abbot of Dovnach-Patrick's house. Maelfinnia 


CH PISTE 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 731 


993.] 


Cosgrach, lord of South Connaught, was slain by Conchobhar, son of Mael- 
seachlainn, and by the son of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh. Conchobhar, son of 
Cearbhall Ua Maelseachlainn, died after a good life.  Maelruanaidh Ua Ciardha, 
lord of Cairbre, was slain by the men of Teathbha. Egnech Ua Leochain, lord 
of Tuath-Luighne, was slain by Maelseachlainn, and Cathal, son of Labhraidh. 
Cleircen, son of Maelduin, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by his own people. 
Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh'*, successor of Patrick, went upon his visitation 
in Tir-Eoghain ; and he conferred the degree of king! upon Aedh, son of 
Domhnall, in the presence of Patrick's congregation, and he afterwards made a 
great visitation of the north of Ireland. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of 
Leinster, was ransomed from Maelseachlainn. A new fleet upon Loch-Ribh 
by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, who plundered the men of Breifne. Dunadhach, 
son of Diarmaid, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn, died. A predatory incursion by the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath, so that they plundered Ard-Brecain, Domhnach-Padraig, 
and Muine-Brocain. The colour of fire was in the heavens till morning. Aedh, 
son of Echthighern, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Imhar. was expelled 
from Ath-cliath through the intercession of the saints. Donn, son of Donnghal, 
lord of Teathbha, died. Ruaidhri Ua Gusan* died. 

The Age of Christ, 993. The fifteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Muirgheas, 
son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Mungairid. Fogartach, son of Diarmaid, son of 
Uathmharan, lord of Corca-Firtri in Connaught, was slain by the Gaileanga of 
Corann. Conghalach, son of Laidhgnen, i.e. Ua Gadhra, lord of Gaileanga, 
died. Maelcairearda, lord of Ui-Briuin; Aedh, son of Dubhghall, son of Donn- 
chadh, lord of Magh-Ithe, and royal heir of Oileach, died. Conn, son of Con- 


Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 986, as 
follows : 


O’Haenai, Coarb of Fechin, and Bushop of 
Tuoth-Luigne, in Christo Jesu pausat. Clerchen 


mac Maelduin, king of Onehach, a suis jugulatus 
est. Great death of men, cattle, and bees, in all 
Ireland this yeare. Moregan, Coarb of Patricke, 
visiting Tyrowen, where he did read” [recté, con- 
fer] “the degree of king upon Hugh mac Do- 
nell, in presence of Patrick’s Samhtha” [i. e. the 
clergy of Armagh.—Ep.], “and went in visita- 
tion of all the north of Ireland.” —Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

Some of the same events are noticed in the 


“ A. D. 986” [recté, 993]. **Twahall mae Moy- 
rowa, Cowarb of St. Fynian, and of Mocolmack, 
2 man sadge and holy, died. Donnogh O'Hugh- 
tan, Lector of Kells, died. There was great 
mortality in St. Keyran's see of Clonvicknose. 
Connor mac Kervall O'Melaghlyn died. Moyle- 
ronie O’Kyergie, prince of Carbry, now called 
Bremyngham's Countrey, died. The two O'Ka- 
nannans were slain, that is to say, the two sons 
of Gillacholume, Donnell and Flathverta.” 


5:A:2 


ne NC TTE NEM 


ae a ep a ae, ne See ee 


732 


ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. [994. 


Congalang, ciġfpna Ua pPailge, oo mapbad. Sıcpoc, mac Armlaaib, vo 
10nnapbao a hAch chaz. Grollacéle, mac Chval, pfogdarnna Langfn, vo 
manbad la mac Cmlaoit. Murpeacccn ó boit Oormargh, comonba Pár- 
cparcc, pop cuac 1 cCín pEogain go po lé$ Sspaoha ms pon Cod, mac 
Oornaill, hí ppiaónaipi pamea Daccpaicc,1 5o ccucc mop cuaipc cuaipceinc 
Epean. 

Qoip Cprope, naoi ccéo nocha a cftaip. Cn perpead bliaóam véce vo 
Mhaoileachlainn. Rébachan, mac Oúnchaòda, anchmoech Mungaa, Colla, 
abb, 1 eccnaiò Inpe caéargh, Clencén, mac Lepain, raccapc Apoa Maca, 7 
Oopán Ua h€olaap, pepibhmd Cluana mic Nóip, vég. h:omap oo €oéc 1 
nc chat oap éip Sicpioca, mic Amlaoib. Oomnach Pacpaice oo apccam 
oo hallaib ta chat, 4 vo Muinéfpcac Ua Congalaig, ace po ó1o£ail Dia 
lap ccmoll parn uaip po éccpomh pia ccionn miopa 1anomh. Maolpfchloimn 
do lopccaó Aenaig Chece, 7 vo mopfó Upmuman, q no ppaomead norme pop 

Oman, 7 pop phat Muman apétnae. Pail Tomar, 7 claióeab Chaplupa 
oo tabainc o0 Mhaolp(chlainn mac Domnall ap eiccin 6 ®hallaib Ata 


^ Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh.—This is a 
repetition. See the year 992. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 993. Fogartach mac Diarmada, king 
of Corcatri, killed by the men of Galeng-Corainn. 
Hugh, mac Duvgaill, mic Duncha, heyre of 
Ailech, killed. The Sord of Colum Cille burnt 
by Maelsechlainn. Conn mac Congalai killed. 
Maelmuire mac Skanlain, bushop of Ardmach, 
died. Sitrick mac Aulaiv banished from Dub- 
lin. Ranall mac Ivar killed by Murcha."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

The year 993 of the Annals of Ulster and 
the Four Masters corresponds with 987 of the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise, which contain one 
entry under that year, namely, the death of 
* Moylemorie mac Scanlan, Bushop of Ard- 
mach,” 

i Ua-hEolais.—This family name is still in 
use, and anglicised “ Olus.” 

* Aenach-Thete.—This was the ancient name 


of Aenach-Urmhumhan, now the town of Ne- 
nagh, in the county of Tipperary. Dr. O’Brien, 
in his Dissertations on the Laws of the ancient 
lrish, suppresses this defeat of Brian Borumha, 
on which Moore, who took this to be the produc- 
tion of Vallancey, makes the following remark 
in his History of Ireland : , 

* With a spirit of partisanship which de- 
serves praise, at least for its ardour, being 
ready to kindle even on matters as far back as 
the tenth century, Vallancey” [recte, Doctor 
O’Brien] “ suppresses all mention of this defeat 
of his favourite hero; though, in the annals 
most partial to the cause of Munster—those of 
Innisfallen—it forms almost the only record for 
the year."— Vol. ii. p. 95, note. 

The attributing of this ardour to Vallancey 
in favour of Brian Borumha, is pitiful in our 
national bard. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 994. Cinaeh mac Maelcholuim, king 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


994.] 733 


ghalach, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, was expelled 


from Dublin. Gillacele, son of Cearbhall, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by 
the son of Amhlaeibh. Muireagan of Both-Domhnaigh", successor of Patrick, 
was on his visitation in Tir-Eoghain, and he conferred the degree of king upon 
the son of Domhnall, in the presence of the congregation of Patrick, and made 
a great visitation of the north of Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 994. The sixteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Rebachan, 
son of Dunchadh, airchinneach of Mungairid ; Colla, Abbot and wise man of 
Inis-Cathaigh. Clerchen, son of Leran, priest of Ard-Macha, and Qdhran 
Ua h-Eolais‘, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Imhar came to Ath-cliath after 
Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh. Domhnach-Padraig was plundered by the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath and Muircheartach Ua Conghalaigh ; but God took vengeance of 
him, for he died before the end of a month afterwards. Maelseachlainn burned 
Aenach-Thete*, and plundered Urmhumhain, and routed before him Brian and 
the men of Munster in general. The ring of Tomar! and the sword of Carlus 
were carried away by force, by Maelseachlainn, from the foreigners of Ath-cliath. 


of Scotland, killed per dolum. Donach-Patrick 
rifled by Genties” [recté, Galls] **of Dublin, 
and by Murtagh O’Congalai ; but God was re- 
venged on him, for he died in the end of the 
same moneth. Colla, Airchinnech of Inis-Cahai, 
mortuus est. Clercan mac Leran, priest of Ard- 
mach, died." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Most of the same events are entered in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 988, as 
follows : 

“A. D. 988” [recté, 995]. “King Moyle- 
seaghlyn burnt and spoyled all the Hether Mun- 
ster, and overthrew Bryan Borowe and Mun- 
stermen in the feild. Hymer reigned in Dublin 
after Sittrick mac Awley. Randolph was killed 
by the Lynstermen. Hymer was putt to flight 
and Sittrick was king of Dublin in his place. 
Cynath, son of Malcolme, king of Scottland, 
died. Down-Patrick was preyed by the Danes 
of Dublin, and by Mortagh O’Konolaye; but 
God revenged the same on Mortagh before the 
end of the same month, by looseing his life. King 


Moyleseaghlyn took from the Danes of Dublin 
the Sword of Charles, with many other jewells.” 

V The ring of Tomar.—This Tomar, or Tom- 
rair, was evidently the ancestor of the Danish 
kings of Dublin.—See note ^, under A. D. 846, 
p. 475, suprà. This entry is the theme on 
which Moore founded his ballad, ** Let Erin re- 
member the days of old.” In his History of 
Ireland, vol. ii. p. 95, he adds the following 
note, which is very incorrect : 

“ The Collar of Tomar was a golden torques, 
which the monarch Malachy took from the 
neck of a Danish chieftain whom he had con- 
quered.” 

There was no Tomar in Malachy II.’s time, 
and the chain or ring referred to in the text 
was certainly preserved at Dublin as an heir- 
loom by the descendants of Tomar, or Tomrair, 
the Earl, tanist of the King of Lochlann, who 
was killed at Sciath Neachtain, near Castleder- 
mot, in the year 846 [847].—See Leabhar-na- 
gCeart, Introduction, pp. xxxvi. to xli. 


ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 


734 (995. 


chat. Ragnall oo mapbad vo Langmb, .ı. 00 mac Munchada mic Pinn, 3 
lomap vo techead vomdip) a Qè chat, 1 Sicmoce vo $abáil a ionanw. 
Siollapacpaice, mac Oumncuan, cig(pna Tleba, oo mapbad. Maolmaipe, 
mac Scannlain, eppcop Apoa Maca, vo écc. 
Cloip Core, naoi ccéo nocha a cúicc. 
Maolpeaclainn. 


Cn plécmad bliabam véce oo 
Copbmac Ua Congaile, abb Ocummnre, vécc. Oriapmano, 
mac Domnaill, ciġfpna Ua cCemnpealaig, oo mapbaó oo Oonoubán, mac 
lomaip cpa tangnacc. |. iollapaccpaicc, mac Oonnchaóa, cigna Oppairge, 
00 mapbao oo Ohonnoubán maclomap,3 oo Ohomnaill, mac Faolan, agfina 
na nOéippe. | Oonnoubán, mac lomaip, vo mapbao la Gairgmb 1apom à. lá 
Comoulig, mac Cionaeoa oo Uib Pailze, 1 cmo peachtrhame, 1 nofoganl 
Orapmaca, mic Oormnaill. Oorhnall, mac P'aolám, eizfpna na nDe, oécc. 
Apno Macha oo lopccaó vo tene pargnén econ eigibh 4 ooruliace, 4 cloic- 
teacha, 4 a pronfimed vo huile oilg(no. Ní &&amic 1 nEpinn o conocbaoh, 4 
ní canga co lá bnatae orogail amlaroh, conad vo acpubnad, 


Circe badna nochac, naoi ccéo 6 gem Cpiopc, apead acple, 
Co lopccaó catpac, cen clit mic &po Calppaimn, mc Oicio. 


Slóiccheaó lá Conaille 4 Muğoopna, q cucpcerpe mops go Glfnc 
Rige, conup capparó Qod, mac Oorinaill, cs (pna Oilig, co ccapac veabar 
dob co pnaommó ponoib, 7 po manbad cigna Conaille amo 1. Macudan 
Ua Cpoingille, 7 oá céo amalle mp. Catpaoinfs pop p(poib. Muman pia 
cCatal q pa Mumpgeap oá mac: Rumdm, mc Copecpag, 7 mpa nUa Ceal- 


* Donndubhan, son of Imhar: anglicé Donovan, ^ taken their hereditary surname. 


son of Ivor. This Danish Donovan was evidently 
the grandson of Donovan, rex Nepotum Fidhgeinte, 
who was slain by Brian Borumha in 976 [977]. 
Ivor, king of the Danes of Waterford, was mar- 
ried to a daughter of this Donovan, who had 
himself formed an alliance with the king of the 
Danes of Limerick.—See note under A. D. 
916; and Appendix, Pedigree of O'Donovan, 
p. 2436. E 

^ Faelan.—He was the progenitor after whom 
the family of Ua Faelain, or O'Faelain, now 
anglicó O'Phelan, Phelan, and Whelan, have 


? Cloictheacha : i.e. Belfries. This is still the 
Irish name for the ancient Irish round towers 
in most parts of Ireland. 

P Fidhneimhedh : a. prs ca, i. e. the sacred 
wood, or wood of the church or sanctuary.— See 
Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the 
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 59-62. Doctor 
O'Conor translates this * turres celestes,” but 
without any authority whatever from Irish 
dictionaries, glossaries, or even from correct 
etymological analysis. 

4 The great son of Calphrann, son of Oitidh : 


tone ee "au 


, 12 ^ ci 


135 


995.] 
Raghnall was slain by the Leinstermen, i. e. by the son of Murchadh, son of 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Finn ; and Imhar fled again from Ath-cliath, and Sitric took his place. Gilla- 
sind son of Donncuan, lord of Teathbha, was slain. Maelmaire, son of 
Scannlan, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 995. The seventeenth year of Maelseachlainn. Cor- 
mac Ua Conghaile, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, lord 
of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by Donndubhan, son of Imhar", through trea- 
chery. Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe, was killed by 
Donndubhan, son of Imhar, and by Domhnall, son of Faelan", lord of the Deisi. 
Donndubhan, son of Imhar, was afterwards slain by the Leinstermen, namely, 
by Cuduiligh, son of Cinaedh, [one] of the Ui-Failghe, at the end of a week, 
in revenge of Diarmaid, son of Domhnall. Domhnall, son of Faelan, lord of 
the Deisi, died. Ard-Macha was burned by lightning, both houses, churches, 
and cloictheacha*, and its Fidh-neimhedh?, with all destruction. There came 
not in Ireland, since it was discovered, and there never will come till the day 
of judgment, a vengeance like it ; of which was said : | 


Five years, ninety, nine hundred, from birth of Christ, it is told, 
Till the burning of the city without sparing, of the great son of 
Calphrann, son of Oitidh*. 


An army by the Conaille and Mughdhorna, and the north of Breagha, to 
Gleann-Righe ; but they were overtaken by Aedh, son of Domhnall, lord of 
Oileach, who gave them battle, in which they were defeated, and the lord of 
Conaille, i. e. Matudhan Ua Croinghille’, and two hundred along with him, 
were slain. A battle was gained over the men of Munster by Cathal and 
Muirgheas, the two sons of Ruaidhri, son of Coscrach, and by Ua Ceallaigh', 


i.e. St. Patrick. —$See note 7, under A. D. 432, 
p. 131, suprà. 

* Ua Croinghille.—Now Cronelly without the 
prefix O’. | 

* Ua Ceallaigh.—Now anglicé O’Kelly, and 
Kelly, without the prefix O’. This is the first 
notice of the family of O’Kelly of Ui-Maine, or 
Hy-Many, occurring in the Irish annals. The 
first person of this race called Ua Ceallaigh, was 


Murchadh, son of Aedh, who was son of Ceal- 
lach, the progenitor after whom the hereditary 
surname was taken.—See Tribes and Customs of 
Hy- Many, p. 91, and the Genealogical Table in 
that work. , 

The Annals of Ulster record the following. 
events under this year: 

“A.D. 995. The fyre Diat” [ignis divinus] 
“taking Ardmach, left neither sanctuary, 


a umm ees m ae es NE 


ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. 


736 [996. 


larg, oú 1 ccopncpaccop le, 7] conċap Mumğiop mac Ruarópi 1 pmtsuinn. 
Olollapacpaice Ua Plannacám, ciġenna C(chba, oo mapbao la Piacpa mac 
Rooub, caopiot Mumcipe Mhaolpmoa. Muipceancach beag Ua Conza- 
laig oo mapbad. Machgamam, mac Cípbaill, cig(pna Ua nOunchaóa, vo 
mapbad 1 nl chat la Maolmépoa, mac Mupchada, 1 novioscal a achap. 

Clap Cpiope, nao: ccéo nocha a pé. On coócmao bliadain vécc vo 
Mhaoileaclainn. Colman Concaige cuin opoam €peann, Cono Ua Caibgnén, 
abb Peapna, ; Oubéach Ua Caógam, 1. mac Owbpino, paccanc Cluana 
mic Noip, veg.  Ruaiópi, mac Néill Ui Cananoam, cig (ina Cenel Conall, 
dég. Maiom pop Uib Mét occ Spuċa pia mac nOonnchada Pino, 4 pia 
FEMGaib Rop, co econéaip ann cigfina Ua Méit 7 pochaioe ole. Cluam 
lopaipo 7 Cfhanoup vo apccam lá Gallart Ata chach. _Maolyeachlamn, 
mac Illaolpuanaió, nfogóamna Oris, vég. Oornnall, mac Oonnéaóa Phinn, 
oo dallad la Maolpeachlainn, mac Oomnaill. 

Qop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo nocha a peachc. Cn nomad bliabam oécc vo 
Mhaoilfchlamn. Conaing Ua Copccpang, pur eppeop Cluana mic Nóip, oég. 
Oranmaicc, mac Oomnaill, cizeapna Ua cCemnpelaig, Giollapacpaicc, mac 
Oonnchada, cig(pna Opnage, oécc. Giolla €nnám, mac Agoa, eiz(mna 
Tetba, vo manbad lá Síol Ronan. Oippme Ua Machainén, cina Muż- 
Slórgheao lá Maol- 
péchlamn 7 lá Gan, co ccuccpac gialla Gall ppı puabaip 00 Shaowelarb. 
Maelpeclaino co phat Mwe, 7 bpian co bp(paib Muman vo c&onol po 
ceoói go hClé chat, go ccuccpac gialla 7 an ba veach oia péooib uaboib. 


oonn, oo mapbao la Maoleachlainn 1 nlmp Moéca. 


AUT ee Te ee ee eT 


houses, or places, or churches, unburnt. Diar- 
maid mac Donell, king of Cinnselaies ; Gilpa- 
trick mac Doncha, king of Ossory; and Cor- 
mack mac Congalai, Coarb of Daivinis, mortui 
sunt. Tir-Conell” [recté, Conailli-Muirhevné], 
“ Mugorn, and Tuaiscert-Bregh, with theire 
foree, along to Glenn-Rie, where Hugh mac 
Donell, king of Ailech, mett them, and gave bat- 
tle, and discomfitted them, and killed Madugan 
mac Crongilla, king of Conells, there, and 200.” 

The Annals of Clonmaenoise notice the plun- 
dering and destruction of Armagh by fire, in 
the year 989, as follows : 


* A. D. 989" [recté, 996]. “ They of Uriell 
preyed Ardmach, and tooke from thence 2000 
cowes. Ardmach was also burnt, both church, 
house, and steeple, that there was not such a 
spectacle seen in Ireland." 

* Sruthair.—Now Sruveel, in the distriet of 
Ui-Meith-Macha, parish of Tedavnet, barony 
and county of Monaghan.— See the Ordnance 
Map of that county, sheet 8. The Annals of. 
Ulster record the following events under this 
year: 

** A. D. 996. An overthrow of the O’Mehes . 
at Sruhar, by Donogh Fin's son, and by the 


! 


996.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


wherein many were slain ; and Muirgheas, son of Ruaidhri, fell in the heat of 
the conflict. Gillapadraig, son of Flannagan, lord of Teathbha, was slain by 
Fiachra, son of Rodubh, chief of Muintir-Maelfhinna. Muircheartach Breag 
Ua Conghalaigh was slain. Mathghamhain, son of Cearbhall, lord of Ui-Dun- 
chadha, was slain at Ath-cliath by Maelmordha, son of Murchadh, in revenge 
of his father. 

The Age of Christ, 996. The eighteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Colman 
of Corcach, pillar of the dignity of Ireland ; Conn Ua Laidhgnen, Abbot of 
Fearna; and Dubhthach Ua Tadhgain, i. e. the son of Duibhfinn, priest of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, died. Ruaidhri, son of Niall Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. 
A battle was gained over the Ui-Meith, at Sruthair‘, by the son of Donnchadh 
Finn and the Feara-Rois, wherein the lord of Ui-Meith and many others were 
slain. Cluain-Iraird and Ceanannus were plundered by the foreigners of Ath- 
cliath. Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Oileach, died. 
Domhnall son of Donnchadh Finn, was blinded by Maelseachlainn, son of 
‘Domhnall. 

The Age of Christ, 997. The nineteenth year of Maelseachlainn. Conaing 
Ua Cosgraigh, distinguished Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Diarmaid, son 
of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; [and] Gillapadraig, son of Donnchadh, 
lord of Osraighe, died. Gilla-Ernain, son of Aghda, lord of Teathbha, was 
slain by the Sil-Ronain. Oissine Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna, was slain 
by Maelseachlainn on Inis-Mocha* An army was led by Maelseachlainn and. 
Brian, so that they obtained the hostages of the foreigners, to the joy of the 
Irish. Maelseachlainn, with the men of Meath, and Brian, with the men of 
Munster, collected immediately to Ath-cliath, and carried off the hostages and 
the best part of their jewels from them.  Doire-Calgaich was plundered by the 


737 


men of Ross, where theire king and others were 
lost. Maelsechlainn mac Maelruana, heyre of 
Ailech, died by phisic geven him. Clon-Irard 
and Kells spoyled by Genties” [recté, by Galls]. 
** Donell mac Donogh Finn blinded by Maelsech- 
lainn. Maelcolum mac Daniell, king of North 
Wales, died.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

. The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain some of 
these entries under the year 990. 


“A. D. 990" [recté, 997]. ‘The Scottish 
men in battle slewe their own king, Constan- 
tyne, and many others. Malcolme mac Donnell, 
king of North Wales, died. Duffagh mac Ta- 
gaine, priest of Clonvicknose, died. Rowrie mac 
Neale O’Kanannan, prince of Tyrconnell, died.” 

* Inis- Mochta.—Now Inismot, in the barony 
of Slane, and county of Meath.—See it already’ 
referred to at the years 922, 939. 


5B 


738 ANNAZA RIOsNachTa EIREANN. [998. 


Onpgam Oaipe Calgaich oo Ghallabh. Slóiécfó la Maeltpeachlamn 1 cCon- 
naccaib, co po moip, no lorpec Magh Oh, 1 co po panccbad mac cig(pna 
Ciappaiġe leó. Imhap co nGallaibh,7 co nOppargib pop cperc 1 nUib Cemn- 
reloig, co ppapsaibp(c popmna a ngp(sa 7 aponll oia pluarsh. 

Qop Cpiopc, naoi ccéo nochac a hochc. Cn piclemad bliadam vo 
Mhaoilpeċlamn. Ouboaleite, mac Ceallaig, comopba Dacpaicc 7 Colam 
Cille, oég 2 lán 1pm cpeap bliadain occmogac a aoipe. Ceall oapa oo 
apgam oo Ghallaib Ata chuach. Niall, mac Agoa, piogoamna Teata, vo 
mapbao lá Calpargib hi cCluain mic Nop m pél Ciapám. | . Oonnchaó, mac 
Oomnall, oo engabáil oo Sicpioc, mac Amlaoib, cig fina all, 4 oo Mhaol- 
mopoa mac Mupchada. Orapmaic, mac Otnavhag, cig(pna. Sil nnm- 
chada, oo manbad lá mac Comalcám Ui Chléinicch, cigna Chone. loma- 
nece ecip Cingiallerb 7 Conaille, ou 1 ccopcain Giolla cpiopc Ua Cullennain, 
cigna Conaille, 7 pochade ole malle ppp. Maolpfchlamo Ua Maol- 
puanard, ciġfpna Ua Cpemtamn, oo mapbad la hUibh Ceallaigh. Inonto 
Ua nGatach la hob, mac Oomnanll, co ccucc bopoma mop, 4 bá oipíóe vo 
ganii cneach mop Mhaige Coba. Lia albe do cuicim, 7 ba he mag nilbe 
prim diongna Marge bpl. Oo ponca c(copa cloċa muilinn i la Maoileach- 
lamn. Sloicefd lap an pig Maolplchlaimn, 4 la man, mac Cinoeiceig, 50° 
Olio Mama. Tangavap ona Goll Aca chat via pobaipt co paoimd pop 


* Was lost by them : i. e. by the Connaughtmen. 
The meaning is: “On this occasion the Con- 
naughtmen lost the son of the lord of Ciarraighe- 
Aei.” 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

** A. D. 997. An army by Maelsechlainn and 
by Bryan, that they brought pledges from the 
Galls for submission to Irishmen. Duvdalehe, 
Patrick’s Coarb and Columcill’s, in the 83rd 
year of his age, died. The burninge of Ard- 
mach to the haulfe Daniell mac Duncuan 
killed by Gailengs. An army by Maelsechlainn 
into Connaght, and” [he] “ prayed them. Ano- 
ther by Bryan into Lenster, and prayed them." 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of these events are noticed in the An- 


nals of Clonmaenoise, under the year 991, thus : 

“A. D. 991" [recté, 998]. “King Moyle- 
seaghlyn and Bryan Borowe joyned together, 
and took hostages ofall the Danes of Ireland, 
and went also to Connaught together, and tooke 
their hostages and jewells, such as they made 
choice of. Duffdalehe, Cowarb of St. Patrick, 
and St. Columb, in the 73rd year of his age, 
died a good devoute sadge and holy man. Derye- 
Kalgie was preyed and robbed by Danes. Gil- 
lapatrick mac Donnogh, king of Ossory, died. 
King Moyleseaghlyn preyed and spoyled Moye- 
Noye in Connought.” 

* The Calraighi : i. e. Calraighi-an-chala, who 
were seated in the parish of Ballyloughloe, ba- 
rony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. 

* Magh-Ailbhe.—Now Moynalvy, a townland 


998.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 739 


foreigners. An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Connaught; and he 
plundered or burned Magh-Aei, and the son of the lord of Ciarraighe was lost 
by them”. Imhar, with the foreigners, went on a predatory excursion into 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, where they lost the great part of their horses, and some of 
their army. 

The Age of Christ, 998. The twentieth year of Maelseachlainn. Dubh- 
daleithe, son of Ceallach, successor of Patrick and Colum-Cille, died on the 
2nd of June, in the eighty-third year of his age.  Cill-dara was plundered by 
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Niall, son of Aghda, royal heir of Teathbha, was 
slain by the Calraighi*, at Cluain-mic-Nois, on the festival of Ciaran. Donn- 
chadh, son of Domhnall, was taken prisoner by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, lord 
of the foreigners, and by Maelmordha, son of Murchadh. Diarmaid, son of 
Dunadhach, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by the son of Comhaltan Ua Clei- 
righ, lord of Aidhne. A battle between the Oirghialla and Conailli, in which 
fell Gillachrist Ua Cuilennain, lord of Conailli, and many others along with 
him. Maelseachlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Creamhthainn, was slain by 
the Ui-Ceallaigh. The plundering of Ui-Eathach by Aedh, son of Domhnall, 
so that he carried offa great cattle spoil ; and this was called the great prey of 
Magh-Cobha. The stone of Lia Ailbhe fell (and Magh-Ailbhe’ was the chief 
fort of Magh-Breagh), and four mill-stones were.made of it by Maelseachlainn. 
An army was led by the king, Maelseachlainn, and by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, 
to Gleann Mama*. The foreigners of Ath-cliath came to attack them, but the 


in the parish of Kilmore, in the barony of Lower 
Deece, and county of Meath. ; 

* Gleann-Mama.—This was the name of a 
valley near Dunlavan, in the county of Wicklow. 
—See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 36. 
In the Annals of Tighernach, and in the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, this battle is 
noticed under the year 999. Dr. O'Brien, in 
his Laws of Tanistry, &c., with all the feelings 
of a provincial partisan, complains of the author 
of Cambrensis Eversus, who assigns to King 
Maelseachlainn, or Malachy, alone, all the glory 
of the victory of Gleann-Mama; and Mr. Moore, 
in his History of Ireland, transfers all the warmth 


and energy of Dr. O'Brien in vindicating the cha- 
racter of his ancestor to General Vallancey, who 
was only the editor and not the author of this 
Treatise, and had no feelings of this description 
towards Brian Borumha. Mr. Moore writes : 
* We have here another historical partisan 
in the field. The author of Cambrensis Eversus, 
with whom Malachy is not undeservedly a fa- 
vourite, assigns to him alone all the glory of 
this achievement. He attributes (says Val- 
lancey !)" [rectó, says O’Brien] “the whole ho- 
nour ofthis action to Malachy, with an utter 
exclusion of Brian, although the Annals of 
Innisfallen expressly mention Brian as solely 


5m 


PON 9 a ar t SE WT O mm lau T NERE ee ee a T IAE ee ea” en a ro 4"—7- TN 


—————— 


annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [999. 


Shallanb,7 po lad a náp im Cpale, mac nOmlaoib, 7 1m Choilén mac Erigen, 
7 1m mae Aca chat apéfna, 7 po mudargio fle vo Ghallaib ipin cacgleó 
pm. Oo beacharo Maolpfchlamn 3 bman 1appm co hAé chat, ocup baccan 
pecomain lán ann, pucepac a óp,] a angle q a bpas. Ro loipsplc an 
dún, 1 1onnapbarec cigla Gall ı. Sicpoc mac Amlaoib. Ap vo carpngepe 


740 


an cata pm acpubpao, 


Tıicpaiò vo Glinn Mama, 

Ní bá huipcce oap láma, 

lba neice 01$ conoads 

Imon cloich 1 cClaen congain. 
Mebaip app an maidm co mbuaio 
Coppi cap cailli po €uaió, 


Co loipcpiofp Cle chat cam, 


lap nmopfó pop Carzenmaig. 


Mac éiccmg,mc Oalaig, cig (pna Aipsiall, oo mapbao la mac hUi Ruarc. 


Mac Otnadeng, mc Hadpa, oo mapbao. 


la Holla Caommgm mac Cionaeoha. 


Qoip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo nocha a naoi. 


Oungal, mac Cionaeda vo mapbao 


Qn caonmao bliadam pié(c vo 


Mhaoleċlamn. Oiapmoacc, 2. Conaillech, pip lergmn Cluana mic Nóip, oég. 
Placbipcach Ua Cananoám, ciġfpna Cheneoil Conaill oo mapbaoh lá a 


cenel buooém. 
hua Néll .1. la hoù. 


engaged in the affair, without attributing any 
share of it to Malachy. Vallancey” [recte, 
O’Brien] “then proceeds with much warmth 
and energy to contend that Malachy had no 
share whatever in this exploit.”—Vol. ii. p. 96. 

* Claen-conghair : i. e. Slope of the Troop. Not 
identified. The Annals of Ulster record the 
following events under this year : 

* A. D. 998. Gillenan mac Agdai killed 
by Kindred-Ronain murtherously. Gillchrist 
O'Culennan killed by Argiallai, and many with 
him. Donncha mac Daniell, king of Lenster, 
taken captive by Sitrick mac Aulaiv, king of 


Ua Domnall, 1. Cacalle, ms(Gpna Ouplaip, vo mapbao la 
Muipsiup, mac Cloda, crgeapna Ua nOrapmana, vo 


Galls, and by Maelmorra mac Murchaa. -The 
kingdome of Leinster geven to Maelmora after 
that. The stone called Lia-Ailve fell, being 
chiefe monument of Mabregh, and Maeilsech- 
lainn made fower millstones of it'after. Great 
booty with Maelsechlainn from Lenster. Mac 
Egny mac Dalai, king of Airgiall, killed by 
O’Royrk. The spoyling of Onehach by Hugh 
mac Donell, from whence he brought” [a] 
* great many cowes. An army by Bryan, king 
of Cashill, to Glenn-Mamma, whither the Gen- 
ties” [recté, the Galls] “of Dublin” [and Len- 
stermen along with them] ** came to resist him, 


^ pate Cms s see Ee 


999. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 741 


foreigners were routed and slaughtered, together with Aralt, son of Amhlaeibh, 
and Cuilen, son of Eitigen, and other chiefs of Ath-cliath ; and many of the 
foreigners were cut off in this conflict. After this Maelseachlainn and Brian 
proceeded to Ath-cliath, where they remained for a full week, and carried off 
its gold, silver, and prisoners. They burned the fortress, and expelled the lord 
of the foreigners, namely, Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh. To predict this battle 
was said : 

They shall come to Gleann-Mama, 

It will not be water over hands, 

Persons shall drink a deadly draught 

Around the stone at Claen-Conghair*. 

From the victorious overthrow they shall retreat, 

Till they reach past the wood northwards, 

And Ath-cliath the fair shall be burned, j 

After the ravaging the Leinster plain. 


Mac-Egnigh, son of Dalach, lord of Airghialla, was slain by the son of 
Ua Ruairc. The son of Dunadhach, son of Gadhra, was slain. Dunghal, son 
of Cinaedh, was slain by Gillacaeimhghin, son of Cinaedh. 

. The Age of Christ, 999. The twenty-ninth year of Maelseachlainn. 


` Diarmaid, i. e.. Conaillech, lector of Cluain-mie-Nois, died. Flaithbheartach 


Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by his own tribe. Ua Domhnall, 
i. e. Cuchaill, lord of Durlas, was slain by Ua Neill, i.e. by Aedh. Muirgheas, 


but they were overthrowen, and their slaghter 
had about Aralt mac Aulaive, and about Culen 
mac Etigen, and about the chiefes of the Galls. 
Bryan went to Dublin after and spoyled Dub- 
lin."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the same events, and particularly 
the battle of Gleann-Mama, is noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise at the year 992, thus : 

* A, D. 992” [recté, 999]. ** Donnogh mac 
Donnell, king of Lynster, was taken by Sit- 
trick mac Awley, and held captive. King 
Moyleseaghlyn preyed all Lynster. Killdare 
was preyed and destroyed by the Danes of 
Dublin. King Moyleseaghlyn and Bryan Bo- 


rowe, with a great army, went to Gleanmamye, 
where they were encountered by the Danes of 
Dublin, in which encounter the chiefest Danes 
of Dublin, with their Captaine, Harolde, mac 
Awley, and Cwillen mac Etigen, with many 
others of their principalls, were slain; after 
which slaughter, King Moyleseaghlyn and 
Bryan entered into Dublin, and the forte 
thereof, and there remained seven nights, and 
at their departure tooke all the gold, silver, 
hangings, and other pretious things, that were 
there with them, burnt the town, and broke 
down the forte, and banished Sitrick mac Awley, 
king of the Danes of Dublin, from thence.” 


eee P CULA 


puc omype9:,LPS 


ANNALA groshachca EIREANN. 


742 


[1000. 


mapbad lá a muinneip peipm. Ceallac Ua Maoilecongayp, ppimecclp Con- 
vacc, oécc. lomap Pupe Lange oécc. Na «ll oo moipi vo Aë chat, 4 
a ngeill oo 6pmian. Cod Ua Ciapóóa do vallad via bnácap «1. oUalgapg 
Ua Ciapóa. | Slóiéc(ó mop la b man, mac Cimnerceiz, go matið 7 5o plógonb 
oéipceipc Connacce co nOppaiġib, 7 Caigmb,7 co nGallab Ata chat vo 
coppaccam cempach, acc oo ċoccap na Gall cpeich mapcach pmpa hi 
Muicch OplS, conup capparó Maolpfchlamn, q po pig(6. pcamoeap cpoda 
fcoppa, 1 po meabaid pon na Gallaib co ná c(pna aċc vachad oíob. Oo 
deachaid Oman 1apam co mboí hi Peapca nemead 1 Mug 6peag, 7 Lud pon 
a ċúla gan cat, gan mopao gan lopccad. Céona hiompóo bmam,7 Connaéc 
ap Maoileachlaino mop. 

Corp Cpiopc, mile. On oapa bhadan pic(c do Maoleachlamo. Maol- 
poil, eppcop Cluana mic Nóip 7 comanba Peceme, 7 Plaicem, abb Concange, 
oécc. Peansal, mac Conaing, ci5(pna Oils, vécc. Ouboapa Ua Maoile- 
oum, tigeapna Fih lung, oo mapbad. | Caiógnen Ua Ceoggan vo mapbao la 
hUlcob. Niall Ua Ruarc oo mapbao lá Cenel Conaill 4 la hOLoo Ua Neill. 


^ The foreigners: i.e. the Danes of Dublin. 
Hugh Mac Curtin, in his Brief Discourse in Vin- 
dication of the Antiquity of Ireland, pp. 214, 215, 
Dr. O’Brien, in his Law of Tanistry, and others, 
assert that Maelseachlainn resigned the monar- 
chy of Ireland to Brian, because he was not able 
to master the Danes; but this is all provincial 
fabrication, for Maelseachlainn had the Danes 
of Dublin, Meath, and Leinster, completely mas- 
tered, until Brian, whose daughter was married 
to Sitrie, Danish King of Dublin, joined the 
Danes against him.— See his proclamation in 
979, and his victory at Dublin, A. D. 988. Never 
was there a character so historically maligned 
as that of Maelseachlainn II. by Munster fabri- 
cators of history; but Mr. Moore, by the aid of 
the authentic Irish annals, has laudably endea- 
voured to clear his character from the stains 


with which their prejudices and calumnies have . 


attempted to imbue it. 
* F'eart- Neimheadh : i.e. Neimhidh's Grave. 
Now probably Feartagh, in the parish of Moy- 


nalty, barony of Lower Kells, county of Meath. 

* The first turning.—It is remarked in the copy 
of these Annals made for Charles O'Conor of 
Belanagare, that, according to the old Book of 
Lecan, this was the first turning of Brian and 
the Connaughtmen against Maelseachlainn Mor, 
by treachery, after which the hosting was made: 
“Oo péip pemleabaip Veacam céd 1ompdd 
Opiam 3 Connaée pop Maoilpeaclamn món, 
cpe meabail, 4 an ploigead ap pin.” Tigher- 
nach also, who lived very near this period, calls 
Brian’s opposition to Maelseachlainn, mmpóo - 
tpé meabail, i. e. turning through guile, or 
treachery. No better authority exists. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 999. Hic est octavus sevagessimus quin- 
centessimus ab adventu S. Patricii ad baptizandos 
Scotos. Plenty of fruit and milke this yeare. 
Donell O’Donellan, king of Thurles, killed by 
Hugh O’Nell. Ivar, king of Waterford, died. 
The Genties”? [rectó, Galls] **againe at Dublin, 


1000.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 743 


son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Diarmada, was slain by his own people. Ceallach 
Ua Maelcorghais, chief poet of Connaught, died. Imhar of Port Lairge died. 
The foreigners again at Ath-cliath, and their hostages to Brian. Aedh 
Ua Ciardha was blinded by his brother, i.e. Ualgharg Ua Ciardha. A great 
hosting by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, with the chiefs and forces of South Con- 
naught, with the men of Osraighe and Leinster, and with the foreigners of 
Ath-cliath, to proceed to Teamhair ; but the foreigners" set out before them, 
with a plundering. party of cavalry, into Magh Breagh, where Maelseachlainn 
opposed them ; and a spirited battle was fought between them, in which the 
foreigners were defeated, and only a few of them escaped. Brian afterwards 
proceeded to Fearta-neimheadh* in Magh-Breagh, but returned back without 
battle, without plundering, without burning. This was the first turning? of 
Brian and the Connaughtmen against Maelseachlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 1000. The twenty-second year of Maelseachlainn. 
Maelpoil, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois, and successor of Feichin ; and Flaithemh, 
Abbot of Corcach, died. Fearghal, son of Conaing, lord of Oileach, died. 
Dubhdara Ua Maelduin, lord of Feara-Luirg*, was slain. Laidhgnen Ua Leog- 
gan was slain by the Ulidians. Niall Ua Ruairc was slain by the Cinel-Conaill 


and their hostages to Bryan. Flahvertach O'Ca- 
nannan, king of Kindred-Conell, killed by his 
owne” [a suis occisus est. Hugh O'Ciardha was 
blinded]. **An army by Bryan to Fertnive in 
Maghbregh, and Genties” [recte, Galls] **and 
Lenster went” [with a] “ troupe of horse before 
them, untill Maelsechlainn mett them and killed 
them all almost. Bryan retourned without 
battle or pray, cogente Domino." — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

The most of the same events are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 993, thus : 

“A. D. 993" [reeté, 1000]. ** Bryan Borowe 
went with great power to the North, rested a 
night at Tailtean, and from thence went to 
Ardmach, where he remained a sevenight, and 
offered ten guineas in gold" [recte, ten ounces 
of gold] “at the alter at Ardmach, and got 
none hostages of the Ulstermen. O'Donnell, 


prince of Durless, was killed willfully by Hugh 
O’Neale, prince of Tyrone. Hymer of Water- 
ford died. The Danes returned to Dublin again 
and yealded hostages to Bryan Borowe. Flath- 
vertagh O'Canannan, prince of Tyrconnell, was 
killed by some of his own family. Ulgarge 
O’Kyerga did put out the eyes of his brother, 
Hugh O'Kyerga. Bryan Borowe, with a great 
army, accompanied with the Danes of Dublin, 
went towards Taragh, and sent a troop of 
Danish horse before them, who were mett by 
King Moyleseaghlyn, and he slew them all for 
the most part at Moybrey; and from thence 
Bryan went to Fearty-Nevie, in Moybrey, and 
after some residence there returned to his 
country of Mounster, without committing any 
outrages, or contending with any." 

* Feara-Luirg : i.e. the men of Lurg, now a 
barony in the north of the county of Fermanagh. 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


744 


(1001. 


Cinvpaolad, mac Concobain, cizeapna Gaba, Riosbancan, mac Owubepom, 
Cpeach mop la propa Muman 1 noepceapc Míde 1 nom lanuapi, conup 
cappad Clonsup mac Cannas go nuachad oia muincip, co panccabpac na 
gabála, 4 an c(no lap. Cócap Ata luam vo dénam la Maolpeachlamn 
mac Domnaill, 7 la Catal mac Concobaip. Tocan Ata lace vo dénam la 
Maolpeaclamn co noice líc na habann. Oapmoro Ua Lachcnam, cigna 
Ceabéa, vo mapbao la a mumcip pérpn. 

Cloip Cpiopz, mile a haon. On cpeap bhadan pic(c oo Mhaoilechlamn. 
Colam, abb Imleacha lubhaip, [oécc]. Tpémp, mac Celecám, ppm 
Qnoa Macha, oo manbav. Conaing Ua Piachpach, abb Cíze Moċua, Cele, 
mac Suibne, abb Sláme, Catalan Ua Copcpám, abb Damn, Maonach, 
aapcipe Cénannpa, 7 Plann, mac €ogam amobphttm Leite Cuinn, déz. 
Maelmuaid, mac Owbsiolla, ciz(pna Oelbna bfepa, oo écc. Sicmocc, mac 
Cmlaob, cigfpna Gall, vo ool pon cpeich mo Ulcaib ma longab co po 
opce Cill Cleite, 7 Imp Cumpepang, 7 oo bent bnacgabail mom eipeib ule. 
Slóiéc(o la hQov, mac Oomnanll Uí Néill co Tallen, 1 lud pon cóla po pie, 
Cpeachad Connacc beóp la hClod, mac Domnaill. Ceap- 
_nacan, mac Plainn, cig(pna. Cuigne, oo dol 1 P(pnmaig pop cpeich, 4. po 
manbad é la Mupclpcach Ua Ciapóa, canary: Cainppe. Slorċcfò lá bpian 
co nOallaib, co Laicenib, 1 co pp(puib Muman co hA Luan, co po hempc- 


DÉCC. 


| caoncompac. 


The family name, O’Maelduin, is now anglicised 
Muldoon, without the prefix Ua, or O’. 


Fechin, mortuus est. An army by Mounstermen 
into the south of Meath, where Aengus mac 


' The causeway of Ath-liag.—This is imper- 
fectly given by the Four Masters. It should 
be: “The causeway, or artificial ford of Ath- 
liag” [at Lanesborough], * was made by Mael- 
seachlainn, King of Ireland, and Cathal Ua Con- 
chobhair, King of Connaught, each carrying his 
portion of the work to the middle of the Shan- 
non.” 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : y 

“ A. D. 1000. A change of abbots at Ard- 
mach, viz, Maelmuire mac Eocha, instead of 
Muregan of Bohdovnai; Fergall mac Conaing, 
king of Ailech, died. Nell O’Royrke killed by 
Kindred-Owen and Conell. Maelpoil, Coarb of 


Carrai mett them, rescued their praies, and 
The battle" [recte, 
the causeway] **of Athlone by Maelsechlainn 
and Caell O’Conor.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Most of the same events are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 994, as 
follows : ` 

“A. D. 994” [recte, 1001]. * They of the 
borders of Munster came to the neather parts of 
Meath, and there made a great preye, and were 
overtaken by Enos mac Carrhie Calma, who 
tooke many of their heads. Ferall mac Conyng, 
prince of Aileagh, died. Neale O’Royrck was 
killed by Tyrconnell, and Hugh O’Neale of 
Tyrone. Moylepoyle, Bushopp of Clonvicknose, 


committed theire slaghter. 


1001.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 145 


and Hugh Ua Neill Ceannfaeladh, son of Conchobhar, lord of [Ui-Conaill] 
Gabhra, and Righbhardan, son of Dubhcron, died. A great depredation by 
the men of Munster in the south of Meath, on the Nones of January ; but 
Aenghus, son of Carrach, with a few of his people, overtook them, so that they 
left behind the spoils and a slaughter of heads with him. The causeway of 
Ath-Luain was made by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, and by Cathal, son 
of Conchobhar. The causeway of Ath-liag! was made by Maelseachlainn to 
the middle of the river. Diarmaid Ua Lachtnain, lord of Teathbha, was killed 
by his own people. 

The Age of Christ, 1001. The twenty-third year of Maelseachlainn. 
Colum, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair, [died]. Treinfher, son of Celecan, Prior of 
Ard-Macha, was slain. Conaing Ua Fiachrach, Abbot of Teach-Mochua ; Cele, 
son of Suibhne, Abbot of Slaine ; Cathalan Ua Corcrain, Abbot of Daimhinis ; 
Maenach, Ostiarius? of Ceanannus; and Flann, son of Eoghan, chief Brehon* 
of Leath-Chuinn, died. Maelmhuaidh, son of Duibhghilla, lord of Dealbhna- 
Beathra, died. Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, set out on a predatory excursion into 
Ulidia, in his ships; and he plundered Cill-cleithe' and Inis-Cumhscraigh*, and 
carried off many prisoners from both. An army was led by Aedh, son of 
Domhnall Ua Neill, to Tailltin; but he returned back in peace and tranquillity. 
Connaught was plundered by Aedh, son of Domhnall Cearnachan, son of 
Flann, lord of Luighne, went upon a predatory excursion into Fearnmhagh ; 
and he was killed by Muircheartach Ua Ciardha, Tanist of Cairbre A hosting 
by Brian, with the foreigners', Leinstermen, and Munstermen, to Ath-Luain, so 


and Cowarb of Saint Feichyn, died. King 
Moyleseaghlyn, and Cahall O’Connor of Con- 
nought, made a bridge at Athlone over the 
Synan. Dermott O'Laghtna, prince of the land 
of Teaffa, was killed by some of his own men. 
King Moyleseaghlyn made a bridge at Ath- 
Lyag” [now Lanesborough] “to the one-halfe 
of the river.” 

€ Ostiarius, apeipe : i.e. the porter and bell- 
ringer.—See Petrie’s Round Towers, pp. 377, 
378. 

^ Chief Brehon : i. e. chief judge. 

i Cül-cleithe.—Now Kilclief, in the barony of 


Lecale, and county of Down.—See note under 
A. D. 935. ; 

x Inis- Cumhscraigh : i.e. Cumhscrach’s Island, 
now Inishcourcey, a peninsula formed by the 
western branch of Loch Cuan, near Saul, in the 
county of Down.—See Harris’s History of the 
County of Down, p. 37; The Dublin P. Journal, 
vol. i. pp. 104, 396 ; and Reeves's Eccles. Antiq. 
of Down and Connor, jc., pp. 44, 93, 379. 

1 With the foreigners.—Since Brian conceived 
the ambitious project of deposing the monarch, 
Maelseachlainn, he invariably joined the Danes 
against him, and this is sufficient to prove that 


5c 


746 aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1002. 


mechfo lay Ui Néll an veipceipc, 7 Connacta, co po gab a ngialla. Oo 
veachaid Opan 4 Maolpeachlainn 1appm co pema Epeann 1ompu ecin 
phopa Mide. Cornnachcaib Mumnfchaib, Cagmu, 7 Gallaib, 5o pangaccan 
Oun Oealga 1 Conaillbh Munceimne. Oo mace Coo, mac Oomnaill 
Ui Néill, nífogóarina Epeann, €ocaió, mac Apogan, pi Ulad, co nUlcoib, go 
Cenel Conall, 4 Eogain,7 co nAipgiallearb ma noáil sup an mongin céona,4 
nip pelccp(cap p(cha pem, co po pecappac po opad, gan gialloib, gam gabal, 
gan oipcene gan accipe. Meipl(chan, 1. mac Cumo, ci$(pna. Gains, 4 
bpooub, .. mac Orapmaca, oo manbad lá Maelpechlamn. Caemcláo 
abbaoh 1 nCÍpo Macha .:. Maolmupe, mac €ochaa 1 monaoh ITlhuipeiccém 
ó bhoith Oomnaigh. | SlórgCó la Oman go hAt chat, co pug gialla Mwe 7 
Connacc. 

Cloip Cpiope, mile a oó. On céo bliadain oo bhpiam, mac Cmoéiceig, 
mic Loncám 6p Epinn hi pige, lyu badan a aoi an can pm. Ounchad 
Ua Manchán, comanba Caormgm, Planochao Ua Ruadfne, comanba Ciapáim 
mic an cpaoi oo Chopca Moccha a cenél. Cogan, mac Ceallaig, Olip- 
emoeach Chino óp(cám, Oongal, mac beoam, abb Tuama Hpéine, [oécc]. 
Cpeach món la Oonnchad, mac Oonnchada Finn, 4 la hUi Mét, co po 
oinccplo Cano Céipe, conup cappaiò Catal mac Cabpaoa, 1 conup ccipé(capn 
pn OnlS co naommo poppa, 4 co papccaibpioc a ngabáil, co po lad a náp 
T'apom ecip epgabál 4 mapbhaoh, ım Shionach Ua hlapgupa, cig(pma 
Ua Meit. Oo pocaip oon Catal, mac Cabpaóa aghaid imo aghaid 7 Copcán 


the subjugation of the Danes was not Brian’s 
chief object. The Munster writers, with a view 
of exonerating Brian from the odium of usur- 


Academy copy of these Annals that this entry 
is from Leabhar Lecain. The Annals of Ulster 
record the following events under this year : 


pation, and investing his acts with the sanction 
of popular approval, have asserted that he had 
been, previously to his first attack upon the 
monarch, solicited by the king and chieftains of 
Connaught to depose Maelseachlainn, and be- 
come supreme monarch himself; but no autho- 
rity for this assertion is to be found in any of 
our authentic annals. 
` ™Dun-Dealgan.—Now Dundalk, in the county 
of Louth, 

? An army, §c.—It is stated in the Royal Irish 


“ A. D. 1001. An army by Bryan to Athlone, 
that'he carried with him the pledges of Con- 
naght and Meath. The forces of Hugh mac 
Donell into Tailten, and went back in peace. 
Trenir mac Celegan, Secnap of Ardmach, killed 
by Macleginn mac Cairill king of Fernvay. 
The praies of Connaght with Hugh mac Donell. 
Merlechan, king of Galeng, and Broda mac 
Diarmada, accisi sunt, by Maelsechlainn. Colum, 
Airchinnech of Imlech Ivair, and Cahalan, Air- 
hinnech of Daivinis, mortui sunt. Cernachan 


1002.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 747 


that he weakened the Ui-Neill of the South and the Connaughtmen, and took 
their hostages. After this Brian and Maelseachlainn, accompanied by the men 
of Ireland, as well Meathmen, Connaughtmen, Munstermen, and Leinstermen, 
as the foreigners, proceeded to Dun-Dealgan", in Conaille-Muirtheimhne. Aedh, 
son of Domhnall Ua Neill, heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, and 
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, with the Ulidians, Cinel-Conaill, 
Cinel-Eoghain, and Airghialla, repaired to the same place to meet them, and did 
not permit them to advance further, so that they separated in peace, without 
hostages or booty, spoils or pledges. Meirleachan, i. e. the son of Conn, lord 
of Gaileanga, and Brodubh, i. e. the son of Diarmaid, were slain by Maelseach- 
lainn. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i. e. Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, in 
the place of Muireagan, of Both-Domhnaigh. An army” was led by Brian to 
Ath-cliath ; and he received the hostages of Meath and Connaught. 

The Age of Christ, 1002. The first year of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, 
son of Lorcan, in sovereignty over Ireland. Seventy-six years? was his age at 
that time. Dunchadh Ua Manchain, successor of Caeimhghin ; Flannchadh 
Ua Ruaidhine, successor of Ciaran, son of the artificer, of the tribe of Corca- 
Mogha ; Eoghan, son of Ceallach, airchinneach of Ard-Breacain; [and] Donn- 
ghal, son of Beoan, Abbot of Tuaim-Greine, [died]. A great depredation by 
Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh Finn, and the Ui-Meith, and they plundered 
Lann-Leire ; but Cathal, son of Labhraidh, and the men of Breagha, overtook 
and defeated them, and they left behind their booty; and they were after- 
wards slaughtered or led captive, together with Sinnach Ua hUarghusa, lord of 
Ui-Meith. Cathal, son of Labhraidh, and Lorcan, son of Brotaidh, fell fighting 


mac Flainn, king of Luigne, went to Fernvai 
for booty, where Murtagh O’Kiargay, heyre of 
Carbry, was killed. Forces by Bryan and Mael- 
sechlainn to Dun Delgan, .i. Dundalk, to seek 
hostages, but returned with cessation” [po 
oppo ].— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Of these entries the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
contain only the two following: 

“ A. D. 995” [recte, 1002]. ** Moylemoye mac 
Dowgill, prince of Delvin Beathra (now called 
Mac Coghlan's Countrey), died. Colume, abbott 


of Imleach, died.” 

° Seventy-six years.—See A. D. 925, where it 
is stated that Brian, son of Kennedy, was born 
in that year; and that he was twenty-four years 
older than King Mealseaghlainn, whom he de- 
posed. This is very much to be doubted, for, 
according to the Annals of Ulster, Brian, son of 
Kennedy, was born in 941, which looks more 
likely to be the true date. He was, therefore, 
about sixty-one years old when he deposed 
Maelseachlainn, who was then about fifty-three. 


2:52 


748 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. [1003. 


mac Ópócaoha. Oonogal, mac Oumocochargh, cisfpna Galfng, oo map- 
bhaoh lá Cpocan, mac bulccangaic, (no Copcan mac Ouilgapgaic), mic 
Maorloopa, cigÉina. Pin Cal ma cig buddein. Ceallac, mac Orapmaoa, 
cisfina Oppaige, oo mapbao lá Oonnchao, mac Hrollapacpaice, lá mac 
bnatan a achap. Oeo, mac Ui Compiacla, cig(pma Tléba, oo mapbaoh 
ó Ub Concille. Concobap, mac Maorlp(chlamn, ci$(pna Conca Modpuas, 7 
Chichen Ua Tpaigtech, oo mapbao lá plparb Umaill, co pochaibib orle. ed, 
mac Eichtig(in, oo manbad 1 noveptors Plpna moe Maeddg,. la Maol na 
mbo. : 

Qoi Cmiopc, mile a cpi. On oapa bliadam oo bhpian. Clongup, mac 
ópeapal, comapba Cainoigh, olg ma ailiépe 1 npo Macha. Oubylame 
Ua Copcém, abb Iml(cha lubhaip, vécc. Eocha Ua Plannagéám, ampchin- 
deach lip aod Apoa Macha,7 Cluana Piachna,4 paoi p(ncupa Gaordeal, 
oécc. Sloishf la bman 4 la Maoleachlamn a ccuaipefpe Connact co 
cporg neotaile oo dol cimcheall €peann, co po coipmipep(c Ui Néill an 
cuaipeeipt impu. Oorinall, mac Plannasan, ciġfpna pF Ui, oég. lapnán, 


? Conchobhar.—He was the progenitor after 
` whom the family of O'Conchobhair, or O'Conor, 
of Corcomroe, in the west of the county of 
Clare, took their hereditary surname. 

3 Mael-na-mbo : i.e. chief of the cows. His 
real name was Donnchadh, and he was the 
grandfather of Murchadh, after whom the Mac 
Murroughs of Leinster took their hereditary 
surname. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1002. Brienus regnare incepit. Flann- 
cha O’Ruain, Coarb of Kiaran ; Duncha O’Man- 
chan, Coarb of Caemgin ; Donngal mac Beoan, 
Airchinnech of Tuomgrene ; Owen mac Cellay, 
Airchinnech of Ardbrekan, quieverunt in Christo- 
Sinach O'hUargusa, king of Meith” [ Ui-Meith], 
* and Cahal mac Lavraa, heyre of Meath, fell 
one with another" [recté, fell the one by the 
other]. “ Ceallach mae Diarmada, king of 
Ossory; Huglr O'Coniaela, king of Tehva; 


s 


Conor mac Maelsechlainn, king of Coremurua ; 
and Acher, surnamed of the feet,” [were] “all 
kiled. Hugh mac Echtiern killed within the 
oratory of Ferna-more-Maog."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

The accession of Brian to the monarchy of 
Ireland is noticed in the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise under the year 996 ; but the translator 
has so interpolated the text with his own ideas 
of the merits of Brian, as to render it useless as 
an authority. His words are: 1 

* A. D. 996. Bryan Borowe took the king- 
dome and government thereof out of the hands 
of King Moyleseaghlyn, in such manner as I do 
not intend to relate in this place.” ['Tighernach 
says, “epe meabail,” i.e. per dolum.—Ep.] 
* He was very well worthy of the government, 
and reigned twelve years, the most famous king 
of his time, or that ever was before or after him, 
of the Irish nation. For manhood, fortune, 
manners, laws, liberality, religion, and other 


, 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 749 


1003.] 


face to face. Donnghal, son of Donncothaigh, lord of Gaileanga, was slain by 
Trotan, son of Bolgargait (or Tortan, son of Bolgargait), son of Maelmordha, 
lord of Feara-Cul, in his own house. Ceallach, son of Diarmaid, lord of 
Osraighe, was slain by Donnchadh, son of Gillaphadraig, the son of his father's 
brother. Aedh, son of O'Coinfhiacla, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the 
Ui Conchille. Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Corca-Modhruadh ; 
and Aicher Ua Traighthech, with many others, were slain by the men of 
Umbhall. Aedh, son of Echthighern, was slain in the oratory of Fearna-mor- 
Maedhog, by Mael-na-mbo*. 

The Age of Christ, 1003. The second year of Brian. Aenghus, son of 
Breasal, successor of Cainneach, died on his pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Dubh- 
shlaine Ua Lorcain, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair, died. Eochaidh Ua Flannagain', 
airchinneach of the Lis-aeidheadh* of Ard-Macha, and. of Cluain-Fiachna', the 
most distinguished historian of the Irish, died. An army was led by Brian and 
Maelseachlainn into North Connaught, as far as Traigh-Eothaile*, to proceed 
around Ireland ; but they were prevented by the Ui-Neill of the North. Domh- 
nall, son of Flannagan, lord of Feara-Li, died. Jarnan, son of Finn, son of 


good parts, he never had his peere among them 
all; though some chroniclers of the kingdome 
made comparisons between him and Con Ked- 
cagh, Conarie More, and King Neale of the Nine 
Hostages ; yett he, in regard of the state of the 
kingdome, when he came to the government 
thereof, was judged to bear the bell from them 
all.” 

* Eochaidh Ua Flannagain.—Connell Ma- 
geoghegan, who had some of his writings, calls 
him **Eoghie O'Flannagan, Archdean of Ar- 
magh and Clonfeaghna."— See note ^, under 
A. M. 2242; and extract from  Leabhar-na- 
hUidhri, in Petrie's Round Towers of Ireland, 
pp. 103, 104. OReilly has given no account 
of this writer in his Descriptive Catalogue of Irish 
Writers. 

* Lis-aeidheadh : i.e. Fort of the Guests. 

t Cluain- Fiuchna.—Now Clonfeakle, a parish 
in the north of the county of Armagh. The 


ancient parish church stood in the townland of 
Tullydowey, in a curve of the River Black- 
water, on the north or Tyrone side.—See the 
Ordnance Survey of the County of Tyrone, 
sheet 62. Joceline calls this church Cluain-fiacail 
in his Life of St. Patrick, c. 87; but in the Tax- 
ation of 1306, and in the Registries of the 
Archbishops Sweteman, Swayne, Mey, Octavian, 
and Dowdall, it is called by the name Cluain- 
Fiachna, variously orthographied, thus: **Ec- 
clesia de Clonfecyna”— Taxation, 1306; “ Eccle- 
sia parochialis de Clonfekyna,”—Regist. Milo 
Sweteman, A. D. 1367, fol. 45, b ; ** Clonfeguna,” 
—Reg. Swayne, A. D. 1428, fol. 14, b; “ Clon- 
fekena,”—Reg. Mey, i. 23, b, iv. 16, b; “ Clon- 
fekena,"— Aeg. Octavian, fol. 46, b; ** Clonfe- 
kena,”—Reg. Dowdall, A. D. 1535, p. 251. 

? Traigh- Eothaile.—A. large strand near Bal- 
lysadare, in the county of Sligo.—See note ^, 
under A. M. 3303. 


— 


=< | Ti 


^ 


150 annaca ngioghachca EIREANN. (1003. 


mac Finn, mic Ouibgiolla, oo rnapbaó vo Chope, mac Ueda, mic Ombsrolla 
1 noonap ventage Galinne, cma meabail. Orap ora. muincip pém vo map- 
bad an Chupe pin po ċéoóip, co po mépad amm O€ 4 Móċonóce dé pin. 
bpian, mac Maolpuanad, ciġlpna laptop Connaéc, oo mapbao lá a mumn- 
cip peipm. OG Ua Canannám vo mapbao oo Ua Maolvoopaioh. Mupfoach, 
mac Oranmaoa, cig(pna Ciapparge Cuachpa, oég. Naeban, mac Marlċia- 
nám, ppiméfpo Eneann décc. Cath Cpaoibe culcha eccip Ulcaib 7 Cenel 
n€ogain, co paoiind pop Ulcarbh. Oo cfp ann Eochaw, mac Apoganp, pi 
Ulad,7 Oubcumne a bnataip,7 oa mac eocada 3. Cools, 7 Domnall, 
Sampbioh, ci(pna Ua n€acach, Giollapaccpaic, mac Tomalceas, Cumup- 
cach, mac Platna, Oubplanga, mac Aeda, Catal, mac €cpoch, Conene, 
mac Muinc(pcaigh, 7 popgla Ulad apé(ma, 1 po pace an 1omguin.co Dún 
Eatach,7 co Opum bó. Oonnchaó Ua Comgpich, cig(pna. Ocal Cparde, 7 
pioghòarna Ulad, oo mapbaoh apnabanach la Cenel n€ogam. Cod, mac 
Oomnanll Ui Néill, cigeapna Oils, 4 piogóamna €peann oo cuicim hi ppt- 
sum an cata, 1pm cáicceao badam oécc a plaic(pa, 7 m naomad bliaoham 
pichfc a aoi pi... Imapecc eiccin Tadg Ua Ceallarg co. nUi” Mame, 4 co 
F(paibh iapchanp Miohe hi poimin Ub Mame, 4 Ui Piachpach Qhohne co 
nlantap Connacc ina póiiein, oú hi cconcain Giollaceallang, mac Coral- 
cám 1 Cléqg, tigeapna Ua Piacnach, Conéubap, mac Ubbám, 4 Ceanopao- 
lad, mac Rumdm,7 pocharohe ole. Oo ceap om Pino mac Mancain 
canaipi Ua Máme 1 pmrotsuin. Oomnall, mac Plannaccain, cigeapna Pip 
Li, oécc. Mavadan, mac CÍengupa, coipeac Gaul(ng mó(cc, 1 Flp cCal vo 
mapbao. 


* Gailinne.—Now Gallen, in the barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County. 

* Craebh-tulcha : i.e. the Spreading Tree of 
the Hill. This is probably the place now called 
Crewe, situated near Glenavy, in the barony of 
Upper Massareene, and county of Antrim. 

* Dun-Eathach.—Now Duneight, in the pa- 
rish of Blaris, or Lisburn, on the River Lagan. 
—See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down 
and Connor, jc., pp. 47, 342. 

* Druim-bo.: i. e. Hill of the Cow, now Dunbo, 
a townland containing the ruins of an ancient 


Irish Round Tower, situated in a parish of the 
same name, in the barony of Upper Castlereagh, 
and county of Down.—Jbid., p. 342, note i. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1003. Aenghus mac Bresaill, Coarb 
of Cainnech, in Ardmach, in peregrinatione 
quievit. Eocha O'Flannagan, Airchinnech of 
Lissoige" [at Ardmach] **and Cluoan Fiachna, 
cheife poet and chronicler, 68 anno etatis sue 
obit. Gillakellai mac Comaltan, king of Fiach- 
rach Aigne; and Bryan mac Maelruanai, occisi 


1003.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 751 


Duibhghilla, was slain by Core, son of Aedh, son of Duibhghilla, in the doorway 
of the oratory of Gailinne*, by treachery. Two of his own people slew this Core 
immediately, by which the name of God and Mochonog was magnified. Brian, 
son of Maelruanaidh, lord of West Connaught, was slain by his own people. 
The two O’Canannains were slain by O'Maeldoraidh. Muireadhach, son of 
Diarmaid, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. Naebhan, son of Maelchiarain, 
chief artificer of Ireland, died. The battle of Craebh-tulcha*, between the 
Ulidians and the Cinel-Eoghain, in which the Ulidians were defeated. In this 
battle were slain Eochaidh, son of Ardghair, King of Ulidia, and Dubhtuinne, 
his brother; and the two sons of Eochaidh, i.e. Cuduiligh and Domhnall ; 
.Gairbhidh, lord of Ui-Eathach ; Gillapadraig, son of Tomaltach ; Cumuscach, 
son of Flathrai; Dubhshlangha, son of Aedh; Cathal, son of Etroch; Conene, 
son of Muircheartach ; and the most part of the Ulidians in like manner ; and 
the battle extended as far as Dun-Eathach’ and Druim-bo* Donnchadh 
Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and royal heir of Ulidia, was slain on the 
following day by the Cinel-Eoghain. Aedh, son of Domhnall Ua Neill, lord 
of Oileach, and heir apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the heat of 
the conflict, in the fifteenth year of his reign, and the twenty-ninth of his age. 
A battle between Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh with the Ui-Maine, and the men of 
West Meath assisting the Ui-Maine [on the one side], and the Ui-Fiachrach 
Aidhne aided by West Connaught [on the other], wherein fell Gillaceallaigh, 
son of Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach ; Conchobhar, son of 
Ubban ; Ceannfaeladh, son of Ruaidhri, and many'others. Finn, son of Marcan, 
Tanist of Ui-Maine, fell in the heat of the conflict. Domhnall, son of Flannagan, 
died. Madadhan, son of Aenghus, chief of Gaileanga-Beaga and Feara-Cul, 


was slain. 


sunt. Donell mac Flannagan, king of Fer-Li;  Flathroy; Duvslanga mac Hugh; Cahalan mac 


and Mureach mac Diarmada, king of Ciarray 
Luoachra, moriuntur. The battle of Krivtelcha, 
betwene Ulster and Kindred- Owen, where 
Ulstermen were overthrowne. Eocha mac Ard- 
gar, king of Ulster, there killed. Duvtuinne, 
his brother, his two sonns, Cuduly and Donell, 
and the slaughter of the whole army both good 
and bade, viz, Garvith, king of O’Nehach ; 
Gilpatrick mac Tomaltay; Cumascach mac 


Etroch; Conene mac Murtagh, and most of Ul- 
stermen ; and pursued the slaughter to Dunech- 
dach and to Drumbo, where Hugh mac Daniell, 
king of Ailech, was killed ; but Kindred-Owen 
saith that he was killed by themselves. Donncha 
O’Longsi, king of Dalnarai, killed by Kindred- 
Owen, per dolum. Forces by Bryan to Traohaila 
to make a circuit, untill he was prevented by 
Tyrone. Two O'Canannans killed by O’Mul- 


Se a ee ae ee se T S wn 


A 


752 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1004. 


Coir Core, mile a ceata. On cplp bliadan vo bhman. Oornall, 
mac Maicniaoha, abb. Maimpcpeach buite, eppcop 7 p(nóip naem epe. 
S. Cleo p(pleigino 7 abb Cpéporce, eppcop, eccnaro, 7 oilitpeach, oécc. 
no(ghbeachaio 1 nApo Macha, co nonóip 7 co noipmiom móin. 
éccaíne po náiofo, 


lan 
Ap occa 


Cn ceccnaio an caino eppcop, 

Cn naem Oe, co peib noelba, 

Ro pat uamn a nabpalachc, 

Oc luo Cod a caeb C(mpa. 

Nao main Gleoh von bpeasmars bimn, 
Co ngelblaid glino gléċe pano ; 
Cappa an glé gemm sleo(no gpimn, 

Ceapoa leigeano €peann ano. 


Trlaolbnícchoe Ua Ri (6a, abb lae, vécc. Oomnall mac Néill, abb 
Cille Campairge, vécc. Pogapcach, abb Ceicglnne 7 Sarġpe, vécc. Mw- 
n(óach, cig(pna Conaille, oo mapbaó lá Musdopnaib. Giolla Comgatll, 
mac pogai, 4 a mac, 1 oá céd manaon pú oo mapbhao oo Mhaolnuanans, 
mac CQpogain ag copnam pige Ulad. Slórmgheao lá bpian, mac Cmoerorg co 
EFEMaibh oeipceipc €neann imme co Cenel n€ogain 4 co hUlcoip, oo éumgio 
gall. Cpeao looap oap Mwe co mbaccap arce 1 cCoaillem. Cocan 
1anom co mbáccap p(ccmum occ Apo Macha, co papcaib bpian xx uncea dóp 
pop alcóim Apoa Maca. Lotan ap pm 1 nOal nApawe, co cucpac accipe 
Oal nGÍparbe, 1 Dál Piacach apé(na.. Ingeiner, ciġlpna Conant, oo mapbao. 
Ach chach vo lopecad lá Oeipcepe Only hi caivhe. Inop(oh Leite Catail 
lá Plaicbeapncach Ua Néill, 4 God, mac Comalcaig, ciġlpna Leite Catal, 
as follows : 


doray. Duvslane O'Lorkan, Airchinnech of 


Imlech Ivair, quievit. Maelsechlainn, king of 
Tarach, fell off his horse, that he was like to 
die." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* From the side of Teamhair.—This alludes to 
the position of Trefoid, now Trevet, in Meath. 
This passage is incorrectly translated by Dr. 
O'Conor, which is the less excusable, as Colgan 
renders it correctly (Trias Thaum., p. 297) 


* A. D. 1004. Sanctus Aidus Scholasticus, seu 
Theologie Lector, Abbas Trefotensis (in Media) 
Episcopus, Sapiens, et Peregrinus, Ardmache in 
vitæ sanctimoniá, cum magno honore sepultus de- 
cessit. Cujus Epitaphium his Hibernicis versibus 
descriptum ibidem legitur” [Here he gives the 


' Irish verses as printed above in the text. ] “Qui 


versus latine redditi talem exhibent sensum : 


1004.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 753 


The Age of Christ, 1004. The third year of Brian. Domhnall, son of 
Maicniadh, Abbot of Mainstir-Buithe, a bishop and holy senior, died. St. Áedh, 
lector of Frefoit, bishop, wise man, and pilgrim, died after a good life at Ard- 
Macha, with great honour and veneration. In lamentation of him was said : 

The wise man, the archbishop, 

The saint of God of comely face,— 

Apostleship has departed from us, 

Since Aedh departed from the side of Teamhair*, | 
Since Aedh of sweet Breaghmhagh liveth not, 

Of bright renown, in sweet verses sung ; 

A loss is the gem, shining and pleasant, 

The learning of Ireland has ‘perished in him. 


Maelbrighde Ua Rimheadha, Abbot of Ia, died. Domhnall, son of Niall, 
Abbot of CillLamhraighe*, died. Foghartach, Abbot of Leithghlinn and 
Saighir, died. Muireadhach, lord of Conaille, was slain by the Mughdhorna. 
Gillacomhghaill, son of Ardghar, and his son, and two hundred along with 
them, were slain by Maelruanaidh, son of Ardghar, contending for the kingdom 
of Ulidia. A hosting by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, with the men of the south 
of Ireland, into Cinel-Eoghain and Ulidia, to demand hostages. They proceeded 
through Meath, where they remained a night at Tailltin. They afterwards 
marched northwards, and remained a week at Ard-Macha; and Brian left 
twenty ounces of gold [as an offering] upon the altar of Ard-Macha. After 
that they went into Dal-Araidhe, and carried off the pledges of the Dal-Araidhe 
and Dal-Fiatach in general Ingeirci, lord of Conailli, was slain. Ath-cliath 
was burned by the people of South Breagha, by secrecy. Leath-Chathail was 
plundered by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill; and Aedh, son of Tomaltach, lord of 


* Iste sapiens, Archiepiscopus, Sanctus Dei decorus Aenguis, at 6th of December, the church of 


Jorma; Cill-Lamhraighe, of which Gobban Mac Ui La- 
Transiit a nobis Apostolus, quando decessit Aidus nairech was the patron, is placed **1nUib Cop- 
ex partibus Temoria. cheno a. a niapeap Oppaige,” in Ui-Cairthenn, 
Quandoquidem. non vivit Aidus de Bregmagia in the west of Ossory. It is the church now 
speciosa, vir celebris fama, lucens lucerna ; caled Killamery, situated in the barony. of 
(O detrimentum /) pretiosa gemma, decus clarum, Kells, and county of Kilkenny. There is a 
interiit in eo doctrina Hibernia.” tombstone with a very ancient inscription near 


^ Cill- Lamhraighe.—In the gloss to the Feilire- this church. 
5D 


a ee mene we dene 0 


annmaca gioghachca EIREANN. 


754 [1005. 


vo mapbaó lap. Raomfd oc Loch Opicpend pa pPlarb(pcach pop 
Uib €acach 4 pop Ulcaib, hi cconchaip Ancan, mogóamna Ua nEatach oo 
manbao. 

Aoi Cpiopc, mile a cúicc. On clépamhad badam vo bhpian. Pingin, 
abb Ropa Cpé, vécc. Ounchad, mac Ounadaicch, p(pleigimo Cluana mic 
Nop, 4 a hangcoipe rappin, cho a mala, ] a phca, vécc. Stn pil Cumn 
na mbocc epióe. Maolpuancd, mac Ueda Uí Ouboa, tiġina Ua Piacnac 
Mupipcce, 7 a mac 2. Maolpfchlainn, 7 a bnataip 1. Gebenoac mac Aeda, 
vég. Cpeach mop lá Plaicb(pcach, mac Muincfpems la cima nOhhs hi 
Conaillib Muipctemne, conup cappaio Maolplchlamn, pí C(mpach, co ppap- 
ccaibp(cc oa céd ofob eiccip manbad q epgabáil ım eig(pna Ua Piaépach 
Opoa ppaca. Catal, mac Ounchada, ci5(pna Galeng móp, vo mapbao. 
€eémilio Ua hClicioe, eizepna Ua nEatach, vo rapbao lá hUlcaib péipn. 


Sliochc luban Cluana mic Nóip, 7 luban an Oilén .1. Oilen na naom pop 
Loch Ribh. 


Mopplucicchead p(p n€peann lá bpian, mac Cimnéiccigh, oo éumgió giall 
co Cenel Conall 7 Cogan. Apo locap oap lap Connachc pop €ap Rua, ` 
van Lan Cine Conall, cma Cenel n€ogain, pon Finca campa 1 nOal Riava 
71 nOal nApawe, 1 nUlcaib, 1 Conaille muiptemne co ccoppaccaccap ım 


_lucchnarpad co bealach ovum. 


* Loch-Bricrenn.—Now Loughbrickland, in 
the county of Down.—See note ', under the 
year 832, pp. 447, 448, suprà. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 1004. Hugh O’Flannagan, Airchin- 
nech of Maine-Coluim Cill” [now Moone, in the 
south of the county of Kildare, ——Ep.]; “ Rag- 
nal mac Gofray, king of llands; Conor mac 
Daniell, king of Loch Behech; Maelbryde 
O'Rimea, Abbot of Aei; Donell mac Macnia, 
Airchinnech of Mainister, in Christo mortui sunt. 
Gilcomgail, king of Ulster, killed by Maelruanay, 
his owne brother. Hugh mac Tomaltay killed 
by Flavertagh O'Nell, the day he spoyled Lecale. 


Coccap 1moppo Laigin oap Op fsa pooeap oia 


Muregan of Bothdonay, Coarb of Patrick, in 
the 72nd yeare of his age, died. Hugh of Treod, 
cheife in learning and prayer, mortuus est, in 
Ardmach. A battle between the men of Scot- 
land at Monedir, where the king of Scotland, 
Cinaeth mae Duiv, was slaine. An overthrow 
at Lochbrickrenn given to Ulstermen and 
O'Nehachs, where Artan, heyre of Ehaches, 
fell. Great forces by Bryan, with~the lords 
and nobility of Ireland about him, to Ardmach, 
and left 20 ounces of gold upon Patrick's altar, 
and went back with pledges of all Ireland with 
him.".— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Book of Cluain-mic- Nois.—This is probably 
the chronicle translated into English by Connell 


1005.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 755 


Leath-Chathail, was slain by him. A battle was gained at Loch-Bricrenn’, by 
Flaithbheartach, over the Ui-Eathach and the Ulidians, where Artan, royal heir 
of Ui-Eathach, was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1005. The fourth year of Brian. Finghin, Abbot of 
Ros-Cre, died. Dunchadh, son of Dunadhach, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, and 
its anchorite afterwards, head of its rule and history, died ; he was the senior 
of the race of Conn-na-mbocht. Maelruanaidh, son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord 
of Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisge, and his son, i. e. Maelseachlainn, and his brother, 
i.e. Gebhennach, son of Aedh, died. A great prey was made by Flaithbhear- 
tach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Aileach, in Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; but 
Maelseachlainn, King of Teamhair, overtook him [and his party], and they lost 
two hundred men by killing and capturing, together with the lord of Ui-Fiach- 
rach Arda-sratha. Cathal, son of Dunchadh, lord of Gaileanga-Mora, was slain. 
Echmhilidh Ua hAitidhe, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the Ulidians 
themselves. 


Extract from the Book of Cluain-mie-Nois*, and the Book of the Island’, i. e. the 
Island of the Saints, in Loch Ribh. 


A great army was led by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, into Cinel-Conaill and 
Cinel-Eoghain, to demand hostages. The rout they took was through the 
middle of Connaught, over Eas-Ruaidh, through the middle of Tir-Conaill, 
through Cinel-Eoghain, over Feartas Camsa‘, into Dal-Riada, into Dal-Araidhe, 
into Ulidia, into Conaille-Muirtheimhne ; and they arrived, about Lammas, at 
Bealach-duin*. The Leinstermen then proceeded southwards across Breagha 


Mageoghegan in 1627; but this passage is not Camus. This was the name ofa ford on the 


to be found in the translation. 
* The Book of the Island.—This was a book of 
annals, which were continued by Augustin Ma- 


graidin to his own time, A. D. 1405. Ware had 


a part of these annals, with some additions made 
after Magraidin’s death.—See Harris's edition 
of Ware's Writers of Ireland, p. 87; Colgan's 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 5; and Archdall's Monast. 
Hib. p.442. These annals have not been yet 
identified, if extant. 

f Feartas- Camsa : i.e. the ford or crossing of 


River Bann, near the old church of Camus- 
Maeosquin. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 147; and Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of 
Down and Connor, §c., pp. 342, 388, and note *, 
under A; D. 938, p. 639, supra. 

* Bealach-duin.—The place of this name 
already referred to at the years 770, 778, 868, 
969, is the present Castlekieran, near Kells, in 
Meath. But from the references to the sea and 
the plain of Bregia in this passage, it would 
appear that the Bealach-duin here mentioned 


5n2 


756 . ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1006. 


ccín,] Gall pon mu ciméeall cap dia notin. Muimnig 1moppo, 1 Opnaige, 
q €onnaéca 1ap puc mide piap oocum a cine. Ro grallpac, moppo Ulaio 
dond Peccpa, acc ni cucpac géill Conaill 7 Eogam. Maol na mbó, cigeapna 
Ua Cennpeloig, oo mapbao lá a Chenél pém. Maolpuanad, mac Apogan, 
pi Ulao, oo mapbao la Mavadan, mac Oornmnaill, 1ap mbeirt leit Badam 
anmse an éóicció. Mavadán, mac Oorimoill, pí Ula, oo rnapbao oon Conc, - 
1. Oubcumne, pop lan Oúme Ceachglaim, cap cupcugaó naom nEpfnn. 
Oubcumne, «1. an Tonc, pi Ulad, oo mapbao, cné pionta Dé 4 Dáccpaicc 
lá Muipeadac mac Mavadain, a nofoga a acap. Muipeccen boécc o 
bhoich Oornargh, comopba Paccpance, vég. Sechemogac bliaoham a aop. 
Cop Cpopr, mile a pé. On ciiccead bliaoham vo bhpian. Ceano- 

paolaoó, aipchimmeach Opoma moin Mocolmécc, Caiceap, mac Maenars, 
abb Munganac, 7 Ceallach Ua Mnogonam,. capchimech Concarge, oécc. 
Piachna Ua Pocanca, paccanc Cluana p(pca bpénamn, vécc. Cp v6 vo 
padead, 

Oo neoch panaccpa po Enino, 

Eom achaoh 4 cill, 

Nocan puapap uache na cepca, 

Co panace Cluain phra pno. 

Q Chpípc ni pecénmaip hi peġòa 

Manbad Prachpa an bepla binn. 

Tuaéal Ua Maoilmacha, paor q comopba Dháccpaicc 1 Muman, 7 Ro- 

bapcach Ua hCfilgrupa, ancore Cluana mic Nop oo écc. Oo bplshmambh 
a cenél. Cpénplp Ua 6argeallán, cig(pna Oapcpaige, o mhapbad lá Cenel 


was in the present county of Louth. Itispro- © The Annals of Ulster record the following 


bably intended for Bealach-Duna- Dealgan, i. e. 
the road or pass of Dundalk. 
^ The foreigners : i.e. the Danes, who were 

Brian Borumha’s allies, and who assisted him 
in deposing Maelseachlainn IL, and in weaken- 
ing the power of the Northern Ui Neill. 

|! Westwards.—The writer is not very accurate 
here in describing the points of the compass. 
Westwards will apply to the men of Connaught, 
but not to.those of Ossory, who dwelt south- 
wards of the point of their dispersion. 


events under this year: 

* A. D. 1005. Armeach mac Coscrai, bushop 
and scribe of Ardmach, and Finguine, Abbot of 
Rosere, mortui sunt. Maelruanai O?Duvdai, his 
sonn, Maelsechlainn, and his cosen, Gevennach, 
mortui sunt. Echmili O'Haty, king of Onehach, 
by Ulster, Maelruanai mac Flannagan, by the 
Conells, and Cahalan, king of Galeng, occisi sunt. 
Forces about Ireland by Bryan, into Connaught, 
over Esroe, into Tir-Conell, through Kindred- 
Owen, over Fertas-Camsa, in Ulster, in Aenach- 


1006.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. : 757 


to their territory, and the foreigners" by sea round eastwards [southwards ?] to 
their fortress. The Munstermen also and the Osraighi went through Meath 
westwards to their countries. The Ulidians rendered hostages on this occa- 
sion; but they [Brian Borumha and his party] did not obtain the hostages of 
the races of Conall and Eoghan. Mael-na-mbo, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was 
killed by his own tribe. Maelruanaidh, son of Ardghar, King of Ulidia, was 
slain by Madadhan, son of Domhnall, after being one-half year in the govern- 
ment of the province. Madadhan, son of Domhnall, King of Ulidia, was killed 
by the Tore, i.e. Dubhtuinne, in the middle of Dun-Leathghlaise, in violation 
of the guarantees of the saints of Ireland. Dubhtuinne, i.e. the Tore, King of 
Ulidia, was slain, through the miracles of God and Patrick, by Muireadhach, 
son of Madadhan, in revenge of his father. Muiregen Bocht, of Both-Domh- 
naigh, successor of Patrick, died ; seventy years his age. 

The Age of Christ, 1006. The fifth year of Brian. Ceannfaeladh, airchin- 
neach of Druim-mor-Mocholmog ; Caicher, son of Maenach, Abbot of Mungairid; 
and Ceallach Ua Meanngorain, airchinneach of Corcach, died. Fiachra Ua Fo- 
carta, priest of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. Of him was said : 


Of all I traversed of Ireland, 

Both field and church, 

I did not get cold or want, 

Till I reached the fair Cluain-fearta. 

O Christ, we would not have parted in happiness, 
Were it not for Fiachra of the sweet language. 


Tuathal Ua Maoilmacha, a learned man, and comharba of Patrick in Mun- 
ster; and Robhartach Ua hAilghiusa, anchorite of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he 
was of the tribe of Breaghmhaine. Trenfhear Ua Baigheallain*, lord of Dar- 


Conaill until Lammas, to Bealach Maoin” [rectè mac Ardgair, mie Madugan, king of Ulster, 
duin], * until they submitted to Patrick's re- killed by his brother, Maelruanai mac Ardgair.” 
liques” [recté, to Patrick’s clergy], “and to his — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

coarb, Maelmuire mac Eochaa. Battle betwene x Trenfhear Ua Baoigheallain.—'This name 
Scotsmen and Saxons, where Scottsmen were would now be anglicised Traynor O'Boylan. The 
discomfitted, with a great slaghter of their good — O'Boylans, now Boylans, were chiefs of Dar- 
men. Maelnambo, king of Cinnselai, killed by — try-Coininse, the present barony of Dartry, in 
his owne” [a suis occisus est]. **Gileomgaill the county of Monaghan, adjoining Lough Erne. 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1007. 


Conaill pon Loch Epne. Cúconnachr, mac Ounavharg, caoipech Sil nOnm- 
cada, oo manbad la Mupchad mac Opam. Ua Oangalengs rmoppo cigfpna 
Mupccpaiġe ċípe pop manb hi peappaoh Cochpa. Muipfohach, mac Cp- 
ochain, oo paccbail comapbaip Cholaim Chille ap Ohia. Cfénuaoucchao 
aenaig Caillcén lá Maorlechlomn, 7 p(poomnach vo oiponeavh hi comapbup 
CholaimChille a comanple pip nEpeann ipin aenac pin. Sorpecél mópCholaim 
Chille oo óubgoro rin oe apm epoor laptapach an oomliacc móin Chn- 
annpa.  Dprmmmo apta oomhamm ap aor an éumcargh oaenoa, 1 a pagbáil 
via pié(c aoharó pop oib miopaibh ian ngarcc DE a óp,] pórm comp. 
Slóig(o la Plaicb(ncach Ua Néill co hUlcaib, co ccucc pect naiccine uaoh- 
aibh, 1 co po mapb cima Leiche Caéail a. Cáulaó mac Clengapa. | Uom- 
nall, mac Owbcumne, pi Ulad, oo raapbaoh lá Muat, mac Maoudem, 7 
oo Uangaet Sléibe Puaro..— Cipm(bach, mac Copcepaig, eppeop, 7 pecpibnió 
GO poa Macha, oo écc. 103 
Gloip Cpiopc, mile a peaéc. Cn peip(ó bliadain oo bhman. TThup(óach 
rut eppcop, mac bnácap Chinmipe 6oicc, oo macad 1 nuammh 1 n&Gailengaibh 
Copamo. | P(poomnach, comapba Cholaim Chille hi cC(nanoup, 7 Paccna, 
comapba Pmoém Cluana hlopaipo, véce. Pimpneéca Ua Piachpa, abb Tige 
Mochua, 4 Cuacal Ua Concobain, comanba Pionncamm, oécc. Maolmaine 
Ua Seanagain, comanba Camnig, 7 Célecain, mac Oumocuan, mic Cm- 
neiccis, abb Tine oa gla, oég. Mawm ma nOongup, mac Cappa, 
pon P(paibCeall, oú 1 cconóaip Oemun Gaclac Ua Illaolmuaroh. Secc 


758 


! The Great Gospel.—This passage is Tinn, 
by Colgan as follows : 

“A. D. 1006. Codicem Evangeliorum Divi 
Columbæ gemmis et auro cælatum quidam la- 
trunculi è Basilica majori Kenunnasensi de 
nocte furantur: et post duos menses auro et 
cælatione exutus, reperitur sub cespitibus.”— 
Trias Thaum., p. 508. 

This splendid manuseript of the Gospels is 


. now preserved in the Library of Trinity Col- 


lege, Dublin ——See the Miscellany of the Irish 
Archeological Society, vol. i. p. 127. 

™ Erdomh: i.e. the porticus, sacristy, or lateral 
building, attached to the great church of Kells. 


—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 433 
to 438. | 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: 

** A, D. 1006. Maelruana mac Ardgair killed 
by Madagan mac Donell Cellach O'Menngo- 
ran, Airchinnech of Cork, quievit. Trener 
O'Boyllan, king of Dartry, killed by Kindred- 
Connell at Loch Erne. Madagan mac Donell, 
king of Ulster, killed by Tork, in St. Bride's 
Church, in the midest of Dundalehglas. Cucon- 
nacht mac Dunai killed by Bryan, per dolum. 
An army by Flahvertach O'Nell into Ulster, 
that he brought seven pledges from them, and 


AERE 


1007.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 159 


traighe, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill on Loch-Eirne. Cuconnacht, son of 
Dunadhaigh, chief of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by Murchadh, son of Brian 
[Borumha]. Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, slew him in the vici- 
nity of Lothra. Muireadhach, son of Crichan, resigned the successorship of 
Colum Cille for the sake of God. The renewal of the fair of Tailltin by Mael- 
seachlainn ; and Feardomhnach was appointed to the successorship of Colum 
Cill, by advice of the men of Ireland. The Great Gospel! of Colum Cille was 
stolen at night from the western Erdomh" of the great church of Ceanannus. 
This was the principal relic of the western world, on account of its singular 
cover ; and it was found after twenty nights and two months, its gold having 
been stolen off it, and a sod over it. An army was led by Flaithbheartach 
Ua Neill into Ulidia, and carried off seven hostages from them, and slew the 
lord of Leath-Chathail, i. e. Cuuladh, son of Aenghus. Domhnall, son of Dubh- 
tuinne, King of Ulidia, was slain by Muireadhach, son of Madudhan, and 
Uarghaeth of Sliabh Fuaid. Airmeadhach, son of Cosgrach, Bishop and scribe 
of Ard-Macha, died. j 

The Age of Christ, 1007. The sixth year of Brian. Muireadhach, a dis- 
tinguished bishop, son of the brother of Ainmire Bocht, was suffocated in a 
cave”, in Gaileanga of Corann. Feardomhnach, successor of Finnen of Cluain- 
Iraird, died. Finshnechta Ua Fiachra, Abbot of Teach-Mochua; and Tuathal 
O’Conchobhair, successor of Finntan, died. Maelmaire Ua Gearagain, successor 
of Cainneach ; and Ceileachair, son of Donncuan, son of Ceinneidigh, Abbot 
of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A victory was gained by Aenghus, son of Carrach, over 
the Feara-Ceall, wherein fell Demon Gatlach Ua Maelmhuaidh. Great frost and 


killed the king of Lecale, Cu-Ula mac Aengusa. 
Forces by Bryan into Kindred-Owen to Dune- 
rainn, nere Ardmach, and brought with him 
Criciden, Coarb of Finnen Maibile, who was cap- 
tive from Ulster with Kindred-Owen. The Tork, 
king of Ulster, killed by Mureach mac Madu- 
gan, in revenge of his father, by the power of 
God and Patrick. Mureach mac Crichain re- 
nounced” [recté, resigned] * the Coarbship of 
Colum Cill for God. The renewing of the faire 
of Aenach Taillten by Maelsechlainn. Ferdov- 
nach” [was installed] “in the Coarbship of 


Columkill by the advice of Ireland in that faire. 
The book called Soscel mor, or Great Gospell of 
Colum Cill, stolen."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The entry relating to the stealing of the 
Gospel of St. Columbkille is left imperfect in 
the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, but 
in O'Conor's edition the passage is complete, 
and agrees with the text of the Four Masters. 

2 A cave. — This is probably the cave of Kesh- 
corran, in the barony of Corran, and county of 
Sligo, connected with which curious legends 
still exist among the peasantry. 


760 annaca Rioghachta EIREANN. [1008. 


móp 7 pneacca ó oche lo lanuam co Caipe. Tluipeaóach, mac Ouibcuimne, 
ní Ulao. 
QLoip Cpiopc, mile a hochc. On p(écmao bliaoham vo bhnian. Catal, 
mac Capplupa, comanba Cainoig, Maelmuine Ua hUchcan, comapba C fmn- 
annpa, bég. €cheigeapn Ua Goinmsilla, vécc. Oubcoblaig, nxn mý Con- 
naéc, b(n bhmiain, mic Cmneiccig, vécc. Tadg Oubpinleac, mac mg Con- 
naéc, oo mapbao la Connmaicmb. Guppan, mac Ui Cneappaich, eiz(pna 
Ua mbante, oécc. Maotdan, cig(pna Sil nAnmchada, oo mapbao la a 
bnáémp. Slash lá Plewb(pcach Ua Néill go popa Óp(5h, co ccucc 
bopoma móp. Mam pop Connaccaib ma pp(pai6 bpeipne. Maidm ona pop 
peanaib bpérpne pra Connaccarbh. Clotna, mac Clongupa, ppím pile €neann 
(ma aimpip, décc. Gurán, mac Cp(paig, cigeapna Ua mbainne, oo écc. 
oip Cpiopc, mile a nao. On coccmad badam oo Ohman. Conaing, 
mac Cledascun, eppcop, oécc hi cCluam mic Nop. Oo Mugoopnab Marg 
a chenél. Cpunomaol eppcop décc. Sccannlan Ua Oungalam, abb Oám 
Lfeslaipi, 00 ballad. Oiapmaw, comapba beanarsh, Muipfoach, mac Moch- 
loinspig, capcimneach Mucnama, Maolputaimn Ua C(pbaill vo muinncip Inpi 
Poaneltho, ppm paoi rapéaip oomam ma ampi, cigna €oganachca Locha 
Lém, décc 1ap noeisb(chaw. Mancan, mac Cimnéiceig, cho cléipeac 
Muman, décc. Comapba Colaim mic Cpiomċamn, 1. Tipe oa slap, Inny 
Cealcpa,] Cille Dalua, oo écc. Catal, mac Concobaip, pi Connacc, oécc 
an bpfnamn. € pm Mac mec Tardce an cup. Oeapbail, mgm Cars, 


° Muireadhach.—This is inserted in a modern 
The Annals of 
Ulster notice the following events under this 


or Timothy, the Black-eyed. 
The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 


hand, and is left imperfect. 


year: 
* A. D. 1007. Ferdovnach, Coarb of Kells, 
viz. Cenannas ; Celechair, mac Duncuan mic 
Cinedi, Coarb of Colum mac Crivthainn; and 
Maelmuire, Coarb of Cainnech, in Christo dor- 
mierunt. Mureach mac Madugan, heyre of Ul- 
ster, killed by his own. 
Finian of Clon-Iraird, quievit. Great frost and 
snow from the first" [rectó, sixth] “ Id. of Ja- 
nuary untill Easter." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
? Tadhg Dubhshuileach : i. e. Teige, Thaddeus, 


Fachtna, Coarb of. 


** A. D. 1008. Extream revenge by Maelsech- 
lainn upon Lenster. Cahal mac Carlusa, Coarb 
of Cainnech; and Maelmuire O’Huchtan, Coarb 
of Kells, mortui sunt. Maelan-in-gai-moir, .i. 
of the great speare, king of O’Dorhainn, killed 
by Kindred-Owen in Ardmach, in the midest of 
Trian-mor, for the uprising of both armyes. 
Donncha O'Cele blinded by Flahvertach at Inis- 
Owen, and killed him after. An overthrow 
given to Connaght by Brefnymen; and another 
by Connaght given them. An army by Flah- 


1008.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 161 


snow from the eighth of the Ides of January till Easter. Muireadhach’, son of 
Dubhtuinne, King of Ulidia, [was slain]. 

The Age of Christ, 1008. The seventh year of Brian. Cathal, son of 
Carlus, successor of Cainneach ; Maelmuire Ua hUchtain, comharba of Ceanan- 
nus, died. Echthighearn Ua Goirmghilla, died. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of 
the King of Connaught, and wife of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, died. Tadhg 
Dubhshuileach’, son of the King of Connaught, was slain by the Conmaicni. 
Gussan, son of Ua Treassach, lord of Ui-Bairrche, died. Madudhan, lord of 
Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by his brother. An army was led by Flaithbheartach 
Ua Neill against the men of Breagha, and carried off a great cattle spoil. A 
battle was gained over the Conmaicni by the men of Breifne. A battle was 
gained over the men of Breifne by the Connaughtmen. Clothna, son of Aen- 
ghus, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Gusan, son of Treasach, lord of 
Ui-Bairche, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1009 [recté 1010]. The eighth year of Brian. Conaing, 
son of Aedhagan, a bishop, died at Cluain-mic-Nois ; he was of the tribe of the 
Mughdhorna-Maighen. Crunnmhael, a bishop, died. Scannlan Ua Dungha- 
lain, Abbot of Dun-Leathghlaise, was blinded. Diarmaid, successor of Bear- 
rach; Muireadhach, son of Mochloingseach, airchinneach of Mucnamh; Mael- 
suthain Ua Cearbhaill, [one] of the family of Inis-Faithleann‘, chief doctor of 
the western world in his time, and lord of Eoghanacht of Loch-Lein’, died after 
a good life. Marcan‘, son of Ceinneidigh, head of the clergy of Munster, died. 
The comharba of Colum, son of Crimhthainn, i. e. of Tir-da-ghlas, Innis-Cealtra 
and Cill-Dalua, died. Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, died 
after penance; he was the grandson of Tadhg of the Tower. Dearbhail, 


vertach O’Nell to the men of Bregh, from whom 
he brought many cowes. Maelmorra, king of 
Lenster, gott a fall, and burst? [broke] “ his 
legg. Duvchavlay, daughter to the king of 
Connaght, wife to Bryan mac Cinnedy, mortua 
est. The oratory of Ardmach this yeare is co- 
vered with lead” [ Oratorium Ardmacha in hoc 
anno plumbo tegitur]. ** Clothna mac Aengusa, 
chief poet of Ireland, died."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


3 Inis- F'aithleann.—N ow Innisfallen, an island 
in the Lower Lake of Killarney, in the county 
of Kerry, on which are the ruins of several an- 
cient churches. 

* Eoghanacht Locha-Lein.—A territory in the 
county of Kerry, comprised in the present ba- 
rony of Magunihy, in the south-east of that 
county. 

* Marcan.—He was a brother of Brian Bo- 
rumha. 


5E 


Per ee ee 


762 ANNAZA RIoghachta EIREANN. [1010. 


mic Cacail, vécc. Catal, mac Ouiboapa, ciz(pna P(pmanach, véce. Mw- 
plohac hUa hCleda, cig(pna Mupcparge, [oécc]. Slórgh(ó lá bpian co 
'Claonloch Sléibe Puar, co puce aiccipe Cenél Eoghan 7 Ulaó. Cod, mac 
Cumn, plogdamna Orlig, 7 Oonncuan, cigeapna Mugdonn, oo mapbao. 

Cop Cpiopc, mile a veich. On nomad bliabam oo bhmian. Muipfoach, 
mac Cpfocham, comanba Colaim Cille, 4 Clóarnám, paoi, 7 eppcop, 1 mac 
oicce, p(pleigimo Apoa Macha, 1 adban comanba Dhaccpaicc, oécc iappan 
cfépamad bliabam peaccmobac a aoi a u. Calamn lanuaqi, aidoce Saccapn 
vo ponnnaoh, 1 po hadnarcfo co nonóin, 1 5o narpmcin 1pm. voimliace mop 1 
nQpo Macha ap bélaib na halcóna. Plano Ua Oonnchaóa, comapba Oen- 
nae, oécc. Plaitbeancach Ua Cetenen, comapba Cig(pnaig, pón, 7 pus 
eppcop, oo suin 6 p(naib Opeipne, 1 a écc 1ap pin ma ¿ill perppm hi Cluam 
Comp.  Oubcach, mac lapnám, aipcmoeach Oeapmaige, Dálach Ofpine 
Cola, comapba Pécene 7 Cóla, pembms cogaide, Pachcna, comapba Pm- 
oem Cluana hlonaino, véce. Sloicchead lá bpian co Mag Copamn, co puce 
leip ci&(tna Ceneoil Conaill 1. Maelpuanad Ua Maoloonad, ppa péin, go 
Cmn Copao. Maolpuanaid Ua Oomnaill, cizeapna Ceneóil Luigdeach, oo 


* Feara- Manach.—Now Fermanagh. 

* Claenloch.—Situated near Newtown-Hamil- 
ton, in the county of Armagh. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“A. D. 1009. Cahal mae Conor, king of 
Connaght” [in penitentia moritur]; “ Mureach 
O'Hugh, king of Muskry, and Cahal mac Duv- 
dara, king of Fermanach, mortui sunt. Maelsu- 
hain O'Cerval, chiefe learned of Ireland, and 
king of Eoganacht Locha-Lein. Markan mac 
Cinnedy, Coarb of Colum mae Crivhainn, of 
Inis-Celtra, and Killdalua, and Mureach mac 
Mochloingse, Airchinnech of Mucknav, in Christo 
dormierunt. Hugh mac Cuinn, heyre of Ailech, 
and Duncuan, king of Mugorn, occisi sunt. 
Forces by Bryan to Claenloch of Sliave-Fuaid, 
that he got the pledges of Leth Cuinn, .i." [the 
northern] “half of Irland. Estas torrida. Au- 
tumnus fructuosus. Scannlan O'Dungalain, prince 


of Dundalehglas, was forcibly entred into his 
mansion" [rectó, was forcibly entered upon in 
his mansion], “himself blinded after he was 
brought forth at Finavar by Nell mac Duv- 
thuinne. 
mortua est.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* On Saturday night.—These criteria clearly 
show that the Annals of the Four Masters, as 
well as the Annals of Ulster, are antedated at 
this period by one year. In the year 1010, the 
fifth of the Calends of January, or 28th of De- 
cember, fell on Friday, as appears from the 
order of the Dominical letters, and of the cycle 
of the moon. But in the next year, 1011, the 
fifth before the Calends of January, or 28th of 
December, fell on Saturday. 

* Oenna: i.e. Endeus of Killeany in Aran- 
more, an island in the bay of Galway. 

* Magh-Corrann.—N ot identified. 

* Ceann- Coradh : i.e. Head of the Weir, now 


Dervaile, Teg mac Cahal's daughter, # 


> nipari 


a — 9 
a 


1010.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 163 


daughter of Tadhg, son of Cathal, died. Cathal, son of Dubhdara, lord of 
Feara-Manachi, died. Muireadhach Ua hAedha, lord of Muscraighe, [died]. 
An army was led by Brian to Claenloch" of Sliabh-Fuaid, and he obtained the 
hostages of the Cinel-Eoghain and Ulidians. Aedh, son of Conn, royal heir of 
Oileach ; and Donncuan, lord of Mughdhorna, were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1010 [rect 1011]. The ninth year of Brian. Mui- 
readhach, son of Crichan, successor of Colum-Cille and Adamnan, a learned 
man, bishop, and virgin, lector of Ard-Macha, and intended successor of Patrick, 
died after the seventy-fourth year of his age, on the fifth of the Calends of 
January, on Saturday night” precisely ; and he was buried with great honour 
and veneration in the great church of Ard-Macha, before the altar. Flann 
Ua Donnchadha, successor of Oenna*, died. Flaithbheartach Ua Cethenen, 
successor of Tighearnach, a [venerable] senior and distinguished bishop, was 
mortally wounded by the men of Breifne ; and he afterwards died in his own 
church at Cluain-Eois. Dubhthach, son of Iarnan, airchinneach of Dearmhach ; 
Dalach of Disert-Tola, successor of Feichin and Tola, [and] a distinguished 
scribe ; [and] Fachtna, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird, died. An army 
was led by Brian to Magh-Corrann’, and he took with him the lord of Cinel- 
Conaill, i. e. Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, in obedience, to Ceann-Coradh*. | 
Maelruanaidh Ua Domhnaill’, lord of Cinel-Luighdheach, was slain by the men 


anglicised Kincora. This was the name of a hill Luighdheach, of which Kilmacrenan, in the 
in the present town of Killaloe, in the county county of Donegal was the principal church 


of Clare, where the kings of Thomond erected 
a palace. It extended from the present Roman 
Catholic chapel to the brow of the hill over the 
bridge; but not a vestige of it remains. The 
name is still retained in Kincora Lodge, situated 
not far from the original site of Brian Borumha's 
palace.— See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, 
p. 46. i ; 

2 Ua Domhnaill. — Now anglicé O'Donnell. 
This is the first notice of the surname Ua Domh- 
naill to be found in the Irish annals. This fa- 
mily, who, after the English invasion, became 
supreme princes or kings of Tirconnell had 
been previously chiefs of the cantred of Cinel- 


and residence. They derive their hereditary 
surname from Domhnall, son of Eigneachan, who 
died in the year 901 (see p. 563, suprà), who 
was son of Dalach, who died in 868,—who was 
the youngest son of Muircheartach, son of 
Ceannfaeladh, son of Garbh, son of Ronan, son 
of Lughaidh, from whom was derived the tribe- 
name of Cinel-Luigheach, son of Sedna, son of 
Fearghus Ceannfoda, i. e. Fergus the Long- 
headed, son of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of 
the Nine Hostages, monarch of Ireland in the 
beginning of the fifth century. For the extent 
of Cinel-Luighdheach, see note *, under the 
year 868, p. 513, supra. 


522 


ANNAA groghachca EIREANN. 


764 [1011. 


mapbao lá pai Mange hlche. Oengup Ua Lapám, ciz(mma Cenél nEnoa, 
vo mapbad lá Cenel n€ogain na hing. Mupchad, mac bpian, co be(poib 
Muman, co Cargmbh, co nUibh Néll an o€ipceinc, 3 co bPlaitbfpcach, mac 
Mumtaz, ciz(mna Oils co nogaib an Fhochla vo 1onopaoh Chénel Luigh- 
deach, go puccpact tpi céd vo bporo 1 cpeach món oo molibh. Oomnall, 
mac bpian, mic Cinoerorg, mac pé €peann, oég.  Slorec(o la Plaiebtpcach 
Ua Néill, co Dún €acach, co po loipc an oán, 4 co po bmp an baile, 4 do 
benc accipe 6 Niall mac Ouibhéumne. Cod, mac Tllacgarina, níogóamna 
Caipil, oécc. Paelan, mac Ounlaing, cig(pna Ua móuoe, oécc. 

Qoip Cpiope, mile a haon décc. On veachmad badam vo bhman. 
Cedm món a. cnuic, 1 cpn(gaic 1 nApo Macha o Shaman co bealcamne co 
neblecap opong mop oo ppuicib,] oo macai lerginn, ım Ch(nophaolaó an 
cpabarll, eppcop, angcoine, 7 aalitip, rm Maolbpigove mac an Shobann, 
P(plergmo Opoa Macha, 7 ım Scolaige mac Clémpcen uapal paccapc 
Opoa Macha. Cobatacan pom oon ceómam pm,4 pocaide ole amaille 
pmá. Tüapncán, abb Cucchmeroh, Cian, comapba Cammsh, Caoncompac 
Ua Scannlám, aipémoeach Oarmmpe, Maclénain, abb Ropa Cpe, 7 Conv- 
mach Ua Compap, pacapc,7 corpeach ceileabanta Cluana mic Noip, véz. 
Slórghfo la Plaicbeapcach mac Wluiné(pcaig hi Cenel Conaill, co puachc 
MaghcClccne. Rug bógabáil món, 1 oo oeochaió plán oia chich. Slórghfó 
la Plaicbf(pcach mac Muipc(pcarcch oopióipi 1 Cenél Conall co puachc 
Opuim cliabh 4 Cpaéc n€ocuile, oú m po manbad Niall, mac Olollapac- 


^ Cine-Enda.—A territory lying between 
Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly, in the present 
county of Donegal.—See note *, under 1175. 

* The Cinel-Eoghain of the Island : i.e. of Inis- 
Eoghain, now the barony of Inishowen, in the 
county of Donegal. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1010? [rectó, 1011]. * Dunaach in 
Colum Cill’s in Ardmach ; Flaihvertagh O'Ce- 
hinan, Coarb of Tiarnach, cheife bushop and 
anchorite, killed by Brefnemen in his owne 
cittie. Mureach O'Crichan, Coarb of Colum 
Cill, and Lector of Ardmach, in Christo mortuus 


est. Flavertach O’Nell, king of Ailech, with the 
young men of the Fochla, and Murcha Bryan’s 
sonn, With Mounstermen, Lenster, and the south 
O’Nells, spoyled Kindred-Conell, from whence 
they brought 300 captives, with many cowes. 
Bryan and Maelsechlainn againe in campe at 
Anaghduiv. Maelruanay O'Donell king of 
Kindred-Lugach, killed by the men of Magh- 
Itha. Aengus O'Lapan, king of Kindred-Enni, 
killed by Kindred-Owen of the Iland. Hugh 
mac Mathgamna, heyre of Cashill, mortuus est. 
An army by Flaivertach O'Nell against mae 
Duvthuinne to Dun-Echach, burnt the said 
Dun, broocke the towne, and tooke Nell mac 


rm 
n 


1011.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 165 


of Magh-Ithe. Oenghus Ua Lapain, lord of Cinel-Enda’, was slain by the Cinel- 
Eoghain of the Island Murchadh, son of Brian, with the men of Munster, the 
Leinstermen, with the Ui-Neill of the South, and Flaithbheartach, son of Muir- 
cheartach, lord of Oileach, with the soldiers of the North, to plunder Cinel- 
Luighdheach, and they carried off three hundred and a great prey of cattle. 
Domhnall, son of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, son of the king of Ireland, died. 
An army was led by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill to Dun-Eathach ; and he burned 
the fortress, and demolished the town, and he carried off pledges from Niall, 
son of Dubhthuinne. Aedh, son of Mathghamhain, royal heir of Caiseal, died. 
Faelan, son of Dunlaing, lord of Ui-Buidhe, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1011 [rect 1012]. The tenth year of Brian. A great 
malady‘, namely, lumps and griping, at Ard-Macha, from Allhallowtide till May, 
so that a great number of the seniors and students died, together with Ceann- 
faeladh of Sabhall, bishop, anchorite, and pilgrim ; Maelbrighde Mac-an-Gho- 
bhann, lector of Ard-Macha ; and Scolaighe, son of Clercen, a noble priest of 
Ard-Macha. These and many others along with them died of this sickness. 
Martin, Abbot of Lughmhadh ; Cian, successor of Cainneach ; Caenchomrac 
Ua Scannlain, airchinneach of Daimhinis ; Maclonain, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; and 
Connmhach Ua Tomhrair, priest and chief singer of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. An 
army was led by Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, into Cinel-Conaill, until 
he arrived at Magh-Cedne'; he carried off a great prey of cows, and returned 
safe to his house. An army was led by Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, 
a second time into Cinel-Conaill, until he reached Druim-cliabh and Tracht- 
Eothaile', where Niall, son of Gillaphadraig, son of Fearghal, was slain, and 


Duvthuinne’s pledges. An army by Bryan to — Maelbrigidus Macangobhann, Scholasticus, seu 


Macorainn, and carried with him the king of 
Kindred-Conell close” [prisoner] “to Cenn- 
Cora, .i. Maelruanai O’Maeldorai. Dalach of 
Disert-Tolai, Coarb of Fechin” [bona senectute], 
«in Christo mortuus est.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

3 4 great malady.—This passage is translated 
by Colgan as follows: 

* A, D. 1011. Ardmacha a festo omnium 
Sanctorum usque ad initium Maii, magna mor- 
talitate infestatur; quà Kennfailadius de Sa- 
ballo, Episcopus, Anachoreta et Peregrinus; 


Lector Ardmachanus ; Scolagius, filius Cler- 
cheni, nobilis Presbyter Ardmachanus, et alii 
innumeri Seniores et studiosi Ardmachani in- 
terierunt."— Trias Thaum., p. 298. 

* Magh-Cedne.—Now Moy, a plain situated 
between the rivers Erne and Drowes, in the 
south of the county of Donegal.—See note ", 
under A. D. 1301. 

f Tracht- Eothaile : i. e. the Strand of Eothaile, 
now Trawohelly, a great strand near Ballysa- 
dare, in the county of Sligo. 


* 


ANNALA groghachca EIREANN. [1012: 


766 


cpaicc mic p(pgaile, 7 po ppaomfò pon Tfl haolpuanamo Ua Maoloonaws, acc 
ní no panccbao neac ann. Sloighfo la Iflaolp(chlamn cap a nay hi cCíp 
n€ogain go Mağ oa faval 5o po loipep(c a cneac a Cealarg nOcc, co pucc 
gabala, 7 co noveacaid via tich pop cula. Sloicé(ó la Plaicb(pcach ranarm 
coppice Olipo Ulaoh, co po hoinccead co léin an áipo larp, 7] pucc gabála ap 
omm puce pi piam eiccip bpaicc 7 moile cennach noipeam 101p. Mam 
pop Niall, mac Ouibcumne «1. cat na Mulach, ma Niall mac Eocada, mic 
Cpogaip, oú 1 ccopcaip pochawde ım Muinc(pcach, mac Clpcám, cana 
Ua n€acaé, 7 po haitmogad laip Niall, mac Oubeunne 1apamh. Chlell, 
mac Seibendaig, piosdamna Ua Maine, oécc. Cpfonan, mac Hopmlada, 
cig(mna Conaille, oo manbad la Comcuailsne. 

Coip Cpíopc, mile a oo décc. On vana bliadam oécc oo bhmian. Mac 
Mame, mc Copecpaig, comanba Cille valua, [vécc]. Pdi Sagpe vo 
mapbaoh. Cran Ua Slpssctn, comapba Camoig, Oepbaal, ng(n Congalaig, 
mic Maolemichig, mfn pig €neann, oég. Oornnall, 3. an Cac, nígóamna 
Connacc, oo manbad lá Maolpuanaid Ua Maoloopaiw, 7 Mağ nCor oo lop- 
ccab 7 oapccam wile laip, 1ap ppaomead pon Connaccaib 7 1ap ccop a náp. 
Cpeach mon la hUalgang Ua Ciappóa: lá ciġfpna Coppe, 7 la mac Néll 
Ui Ruanne, 7 lá propa Ceaéba hi n&Gaileangaib, conup cappaió uachad veag- 
daome vo luchc caige Maoilpeachlamo ap nol ipm uam pm accé m(pcca 
co ccapopac cat oo1b thé órmummap. Topcap ano von Oonnchad, mac 


* Magh-da-ghabhal, —Plain of the Two Forks. 
Not identified.—See note on Magh-da-ghabhar 
under A. M. 3721, p. 46, suprà. 

^ Tealach-Oog.—Now Tullaghoge, in the ba- 
rony of Dungannon, and county of Tyrone.— 
See note *, under the year 912, p. 584, supra. 

i Ard- Uladh : i. e. altitudo Ultorum, now the 
Ardes, in the east of the county of Down.—See 
note under A. D. 1433. 

K The Mullachs : i.e. the summits. There are 
many places of this name, but nothing has been 
yet discovered to fix the site of this battle. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1011. A certain disease that year at 


Ardmach, whereof died many. MaelbrideMacan-. 


govan, Ferleginn” [Lector] “of Ardmach, and 
Scolai mac Clearkean, priest of the same, died 
thereof, and Cenfaela of the Savall, .i. chosen 
Sowle-friend” [ anméapa]. * An army by Flaver- 
tach mae Murtagh, king of Ailech, upon Kindred- 
Conell, untill he came to Macetne, from whence 
he brought a great pray of cowes, and returned 
saufe again.. An army by him againe to the 
Conells as farr as Drumcliav, and Tracht-Neo- 
thaile (.i. shore of Neothaile), and killed? [ Gil] 
Patrick mac Fergaile, sonn of Nell, and broke 
of Maelruanai O’Maeldorai, but none killed. An 
army behind them" [i. e. in their absence] ‘into 
Tyrone by Maelsechlainn, and to Madagaval, 
and burnt the same; prayed Tullanoog and 
caryed them” [the preyes] “away. An army 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 767 


Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh was defeated; but no [other] one was lost 
there. An army was led, in their absence, by Maelseachlainn into Tir-Eoghain, 
as far as Magh-da-ghabhal*, which they burned; they preyed as far as Tealach- 
Oog", and, having obtained spoils, they returned back to his house.. An army 
was afterwards led by Flaithbheartach, till he arrived at Ard-Uladh’, so that 
the whole of the Ardes was plundered by him ; and he bore off from thence 
spoils the most numerous that a king had ever borne, both prisoners and cattle 
without number. A battle was gained over Niall, son of Dubhtuinne, i. e. the 
battle of the Mullachs*, by Niall, son of Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, where many 
were slain, together with Muircheartach, son of Artan, Tanist of Ui-Eathach ; 
and he afterwards deposed Niall, son of Dubhthuinne. Ailell, son of Gebhen- 
nach, royal heir of Ui-Maine, died. Crinan, son of Gormladh, lord of Conaille, 
was killed by Cucuailgne. , 
The Age of Christ, 1012. The twelfth year of Brian. Mac-Maine, son of 
Cosgrach, comharba of Cill-Dalua’, [died]. The Prior of Saighir was killed. 
Cian Ua Geargain, successor of Cainneach, [and]. Dearbhail, daughter of Con- 
ghalach, son of Maelmithigh, [i.e.] daughter of the King of Ireland, died. 
Domhnall, i. e. the Cat, royal heir of Connaught, was killed by Maelruanaidh 
Ua Maeldoraidh ; and Magh-Aei was totally plundered and burned by him, after 
defeating and slaughtering the Connaughtmen. A great depredation was com- 
mitted by Ualgharg Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and the son of Niall O’Ruaire, 
and the men of Teathbha in Gaileanga ; but a few good men of the household 
of Maelseachlainn overtook them, and being at that time intoxicated after 
drinking, they [imprudently] gave them battle, through pride. 


1012] 


There were 


yet by Flavertach into Ard-Ula, and spoyled 
and gott the greatest bootyes that ever king 
had there, both men and chattle, that cannot be 
numbered. Forces by Bryan into Magh-Mur- 
thevni, that he gave fredom to Patrick’s churches 
by that voyage. A discomfiture of Nell mac 
Duvthuinne by Nell mac Eochaa, where Mur- 
tagh mac Artan, heyre of Onehachs, was killed, 
and mac Eochaa raigned after. Caenchorack 
O’Scanlan, Airchinnech of Daivinis;” [and] 
* Macklonan, Airchinnech of Roscree, mortui 
‘sunt. Aengus, Airchinnech of Slane, killed by 


the heyre of Duva” [vo mapbad oo Clipémnech 
Oubao, i.e. was killed by the airchinnech of 
Dowth]. “Crinan mac Gormlaa, king of the 
Conells, killed? [by Cueuailgne].— Cod. Cla- 
rend., tom. 49. : 

! Cill-Dalua: i.e..the Church of St. Lua, 
Dalua, or Molua, who erected a church here 
about the beginning of the sixth century; now 
anglicé Killaloe, a well-known town, the head 
of an ancient bishop’s see, situated on the 
western bank of the River Shannon, in the 
south-east of the county of Clare. 


768 aNNata gioghachca EIREANN. (1012. 


Maolptchlann, 7 Oubeaclisgh Ua Maolcallann, cisfpna Oealbna bice. 
Oonnchad mac Donnchada Pim, níogoamna Cfmpach, C (pnacán, mac Flamo, 
cip(pna Luiġne, S(nán Ua Leocan, ci&(pna Garllng, 7 pochaioe ele amaille 
pmu.  Tüaolp(chlamn 1apam oa ccappachcam, co ppapccabéa occa na 
gabála,1 concern Ualgapce Ua Ciappóa, cigfpna Coipppe, co pocarbib ele 
cenmoéápom. Slégfoa mópa lá Maolpfehlamn hi cepíé Gall, go po loipee 
an cín go h€vap cco ccappard Sicpiucc, 7 Maolmonoha cpeich via ccpeach- 
aib, co po mapbrac vá Cé0016 ım Plano mac Maoileachlaimn, im mac Lop- 
cain mic Echeigeipn, cigna Ceneoil Meacharp, 7 pocharde ole, 7 ay epide 
maiom an Opaignem. Cond dia cummuccad po péáiofo m pano, 


Ni má lóoap Cuan pon peachc, pip Mide ppí poprmtecc, 
baccan palce Goill po clop, occ an Opargnén oon cupar. 


Slóicc(ó la Plaicb(pcach, la erg(pna nis, co Mangin accaeo 1 ccaob 
C(nannpa, co papgaib Maolpeaclamn an cealach 06. 10llamoconna, mac 
Pogapcar$, ei5$(pna. vecene OplS, poslargh Gall, 7 cule opoam acip 
€ipeano, vécc. Cp(ch lá Mupchad, mac bmam, hi Cargniu, co po ace an 
cin so lino dá Locha, ? co Cill Mangneann, go po loipc an cip uile, 7 co pucc 
gabála mona, bporo oradipmioe. | Congup mop oo teacht vona Gallaibh 
ipm Mumam, co po loipcp(c concach, act po ofogail Ora an gníom pin poppa 
po €éoóm, áp po mapbad Amlaoib mac Sicpiocca 3. mac cis(mna Gall, 4 


Tllacgamam mac Oubsoill,7 Sochawe ole lá Catal mac Domnall, mic ` 


Ouiboaboin(no.  TIhurpé(pcach, mac Cloda Uí Néill, oo mapbhaoh lá Oal 
Riava co nopumg oile amaille ppp. Cogad mon eiccin Ghallaib, 7 Ghaor- 
dealab. Slasfola bman co ht an Caipemo, 4 po gabh popbaip, q] ounaoh 
ano ppí pé ceóna míop pon Ghallaibh. | Oaingm iomda vo óénam la bman, 


m O’ Maelchallann.—Now anglicé Mulholland, 
without the prefix O’. There were several dis- 
tinct families of this name in lreland.—See 
Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and 
Connor, §c., pp. 370 to 375. 

? Dealbhna-Beag.—Now the barony of Fore, 
or Demifore, in the north-west of the county of 
Meath. 

° Edar.—Otherwise called Beann-Edair, which 


is still known throughout Ireland as the Irish 
name of the Hill of Howth, in the county of 
Dublin. " 

? Draighnen.—Now Drinan, near Kinsaly, in 
the county of Dublin. 

4 Maighen-Attaed : i.e. Attaedh’s little plain. 
This would be anglicised Moynatty; but the 
name is obsolete. 

* Cill- Maighneann.—Now Kilmainham, near 


1012. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 769 


slain in it Donnchadh, son of Maelseachlainn; Dubhtaichligh Ua Maelchallann", 
lord of Dealbhna Beag"; Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh Finn, royal heir of 
Teamhair ; Cearnachan, son of Flann, lord of Luighne ; Seanan Ua Leochain, 
lord of Gaileanga ; and many others along with them. Maelseachlainn after- 
wards overtook them [with his forces], and the spoils were left behind to him; 
and Ualgharg Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and many others besides them, 
were slain. Great forces were led by Maelseachlainn into the territory of the 
foreigners, and he burned the country as far as Edar*; but Sitric and Mael- 
mordha overtook one of his preying parties, and slew two hundred of them, 
together with Flann, son of Maelseachlainn ; the son of Lorcan, son of Ech- 
thigern, lord of Cinel-Meachair ; and numbers of others. This was the defeat 
of Draighnen?; in commemoration of which this quatrain was composed : 


Not well on Monday on the expedition did the Meathmen go to 
overrun ; 

The foreigners, it was heard, were joyful of the journey at the 
Draighnen. A 


An army was led by Flaithbheartach, lord of Aileach, to Maighen-Attaed?, 
by the son of Ceanannus ; and Maelseachlainn left the hill [undisputed] to him. 
Gillamochonna, son of Foghartach, lord of South Breagha, plunderer of the 
foreigners, and flood of the glory of the east of Ireland, died. A depredation 
by Murchadh, son of Brian, in Leinster; he plundered the country as far as 
Gleann-da-locha and Cill-Maighneann', and burned the whole country, and 
carried off great spoils and innumerable prisoners. A great fleet of the foreigners 
arrived in Munster, so that they burned Corcach ; but God immediately took 
vengeance of them for that deed, for Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric, 1. e. the son of 
the lord of the foreigners, and Mathghamhain, son of Dubhghall, and many 


- others, were slain by Cathal, son of Domhnall, son of Dubhdabhoireann. Muir- 


cheartach, son of Aedh O'Neill, was slain by the Dal-Riada, with a number of 
others along with him. A great war between the foreigners and the Gaeidhil. 
An army was led by Brian to Ath-an-chairthinn', and he there encamped, and 
laid siege to the foreigners for three months. Many fortresses were erected by 


Dublin.—See note 4, under the year 782, p. 389, * Ath-an-chairthinn: i.e. Ford of the Rock. 
supra. Situation unknown. 


5r 


770 annaca RIOSshachta EIREANN. (1013. 


1. Cataip Cmo conad, 1 Imp Gall Owb, 7 Imp Locha Sarghlfno.. Largen 4 
Holl 1 gcoccaó pop Ohman, 7 bpian occ mméoméo pop. Mumam oe Slew’ 
Mapcce, 7 laigin vo nvpad lap co hAg chat. Ongam dfomon pop Conaillib 
lá Maelpeclainn 1 cciond papagte Pinvpaiorg Phaccparce, 7 bmpce 6ac- 
lae Dácpaic ó Concullib a. 6 macai Concuailgne. 

Clip Cpiopc, mile acpi décc. Ronan, comanba Pécm, Platbeancach 
mac Domnaill, 4. 00 Chloinn Cholmáin, corhanba Ciapéám q Pinoem,4 Cono 
Ua Orugponó, comapba Caomsin, oécc. Coppe Pial, mac Catan, ancoipe 
OHlinne vá locha, Naoman Ua S$emémo écc. Dá angcoipe 1avpie. Ounlang, 
mac Cuatal, pi Larg, vécc. Coppe, mac Cleipcemn, ciz (pna Ua Pid- 
seit, oo mapbao : meaboil la Maolcolaim Caonpaigeach. lomainece 


* Cathair-Cinn-coradh: i.e. the Stone Fort 
of Kincora at Killaloe.—See note under A. D. 
1010, suprà. 

* [nis-Gaill-duibh: i. e. the Island of the 
It is stated in the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, at the year 
1016, that this was the name of an island in the 
Shannon, but it has not been yet identified. It 
was probably another name for the King's Island 
at Limerick. 

w Inis-Locha-Saighlean. — Unknown to the 
Editor. Keating mentions the first establish- 
ment of surnames, and the following erections 
by Brian Borumha, from whom the O’Briens of 
Munster took their hereditary surname of Ui 
Briain, i. e. Nepotes Briani. 

“Ille preterea primus instituit, ut cuique 


Black - Foreigner. 


genti certum cognomen, inderetur, quò explo- 
ratiüs esset ex qua stirpe queque familia pro- 
pagaretur: cognomina enim antea in incerto 
vagabantur, et in longa majorum serie contex- 
enda consistebant. T emplum etiam Laonense, ac 
Templum Insule Celtrache condidit: obelis- 
cumque Tuamgrenense? [cloig¢eac Tuama 
Onéme] ** restauravit. Multos quoque pontes 
construxit, et vias publieas lapide struxit. 
Multa propugnacula, et insulas firmis muni- 
mentis vallavit. Cassiliam etiam, Cennabradham, 


Insulam Lochkeensem" [? Loch Cre juxta Ros- 
crea] “ Insulam Lochgairensem” [Lough Gur], 
“ Duneocharmagham” [ Bruree], ** Duniasgum” 
[hodieCahir], ** Duntreliagum"[Duntryleague] 
* Dungrottum” [Dungrod in valli de Gleann 
Eatharlach ad radices Montis de Sliabh Grod in 
agro Tipperariensi ], ** Duncliachum" [in vertice 
collisde Knockany ] **Inisangalldubhum, Insulam 
Lochsaighlensem, Rossium Regum, Keanchoram, 
etuniverse Momonic portus [municipia ?] muni- 
vit. Adeoacuratá Regni administratione, ac ge- 
vera disciplinà Brianus usus est, ut feminam 
unam ab aquilonari Hibernis; plagáad australem 
progressam annulum aureum in propatulo ges- 
tantem nemo attingere, vel minima violatione affi- 
cere ausus fuerit."— Dr. Lynch's Translation of 
Keating's History of Ireland, p. 251. 

These places are all known except Inis-an- 
Ghoill Duibh, and Inis-Locha Saighleann. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 1012. Forces by Maelsechlainn into 
Tirconell” [recfé, into Conaille-Muirhevni], **in 
revenge of forcing" [recté, the profanation of 
the] * Finnfai of Patrick, and breacking Pa- 
trick’s Crosstafe in the contention of Maelmuire 
and Bryan. A great army by Uolgarg O'Ciar- 
gai king of Carbry, and by Nell O'Royrk's 


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1013.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. | T 


Brian, namely, Cathair-Cinn-coradh', Inis-Gaill-duibh", and Inis-Locha-Saigh- 
leann“, [&c.] The Leinstermen and foreigners were at war with Brian ; and 
Brian encamped at Sliabh Mairge, to defend Munster; and Leinster was plun- 
dered by him as far as Ath-cliath. A great depredation upon the Conailli by 
Maelseachlainn, in revenge of the profanation of the Finnfaidheach, and of the 
breaking of Patrick's crozier by the Conailli, i.e. by the sons of Cucuailgne. 
The Age of Christ, 1013 [recte 1014]. Ronan, successor of Fechin; Flaith- 
bheartach, son of Domhnall, i. e. of the Clann-Colmain, successor of Ciaran and 
Finnen ; and Conn Ua Diugraidh, successor of Caeimhghin, died. Cairbre 
Fial*, son of Cathal, anchorite of Gleann-da-locha, [and] Naemhan Ua Sein- 
chinn, died; these were both anchorites. Dunlang, son of Tuathal, King 
of Leinster, died. Cairbre, son of Cleirchen’, lord of Ui Fidhgeinte, was 


treacherously slain by Maelcoluim Caenraigheach’. 


sonn, into Galeng, and were mett by the good 
men of Maelsechlainn’s houshold, after drinking 


‘that howre, and through drunknes they gave 


them battle by pryde, whereby fell there Dun- 
cha mac Dunchaa Finn, heyre of Tarach ; Cer- 
nachan mac Floinn, king of Luigne; Senan 
O'Leogan, king of Galeng, and many more. 
Maelsechlainn afterwards came upon them, res- 
cued the prayes, and killed Uolgarg O'Ciardai, 
king of Cairbre, and many more. ` An army by 
Flavertach, king of Ailech, as farr as Ed, neare 
Kells, and Maelsechlainn avoyded the hill for 
him. Gilla-Mochonna, king of Descert Bregh, 
died in Maelseachlainn's house after tipling. He 
was the man that made the Genties” [recté, the 
Galls] “plough by theire bodies, and two of 
them by their tayles harowing after them. An 
overthrow to the men of Meath by Genties" 
[recté, by the Galls] **and Lenster at Draynan, 
where 150 of them were slaine about Flann 
mac Maelsechlainn. An army by Bryan to 
Athkyrhynn, where he remayned for three 
months. Great forces with Murcha mae Bryan 
into Lenster, that he spoyled the country to 
Glendaloch, and to Killmanane, and burnt all 
the country, and caryed away great prayes and 


A battle between the 


innumerable captives. The slaghter of the Gen- 
ties” [rectó, Galls] ** by Cahall, mae Donnchaa, 
mic Duvdavoirenn, where Sitrick, sonn to king 
of Galls, and Mahon mac Duvaill mac Awlaiv, 
and others, were slaine. A discomfiture of 
Connaght by O’Maeldorai, where Donell mac 
Cahell, surnamed Catt, heyre of Connaght, was 
lost. Murtagh mac Hugh O’Nell killed by 
Dalriaday. Many [de ]fences made by Bryan, 
viz. the City of Cinnchora, Inis-Galduv, and 
the Iland of Loch Saylenn. Lenster and Gen- 
ties" [Galls] **made warre with Bryan. The 
forces of Mounster and Bryan at Mountaine 
Marci, and spoyled Lenster to Dublin. Flann, 
sonn of Maelsechlainn by Genties” [rectó, Galls] 
** of Dublin."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Cairbre Fial : i.e. Carbry the Hospitable - 
or Munificent. : 

* Cleirchen.—He was the ancestor of the family 
of O'Cleirchen, now pronounced in Irish O'Cleire- 
achain, and anglicised Cleary and Clarke, a 
name still extant in the county of Limerick. 

* Maelcoluim Caenraigheach : i.e. Maleolm of 
Kenry, now a barony in the north of the county 
of Limerick. Dr, O'Conor incorrectly trans- 
lates this : ** Malcolumba tributi regii (exactore 


5p 


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772 j ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1013. 


eiccin. Uib Caċach péipm a. eccip Cian, mac Maolmuaid, 7 Oomnall mac 
Ouiboáboinfno, co cconcaip ann Cian, Catal,7 Rogallach, cní meic Maoil- 
muab co náp mop mpu. Sloiccf lá Donnchad, mac ban, 1 noeipceipc 
€peann, 50 po mapbh Cacal, mac Oomnaill,y co ccucc gialla ó Ohom- 
nall. Sloighead lá Gallaib q la Cergnib hi The, 7 rappin hi móop(gonb, co 
po oineeple C(pmonn Peicene,7 puccpac bpoic 1omda, 7 imoile. ofaipmide. 
Sloighead la b man, mac Cinneiceig, mic Conca, lá pig Eneann,7 lá Maol- 
péchlamn mac Oomnaill, la pg Thhpach, co he chat. Ro čionolpioc 
Soll 1aptaip eoppa mo agoió Ohman 7 Maolp(chlamn, 7 00 bepcpac veit 
céo go lápeachaib leó. Peachap cach cpóoa, amnap, aggapb, amg, amay- 
mancach, (coppa oa na pme pahal ipm. oimprp pm, hi: cCluam capb, pin 
Cone pia cCáipec oo pompad. Toptan ipin ecaé pm bpian mac Cinoéiccig, 
&inoní Epfn, Augupe 1apċaip Eonpa uile epíóe, pin ocernaó bliadam an 
ceitpe piécib a aoii; Mupchaò mac Spann, píogóarina €peann ipm cpeap 
badam p(pcac a aom, Conamg, mac Oumncuan, mac bnácap oo bhpan, 
Compdealbac mac Mupchad, me bmam, Motla, mac Oornaill, mc Pao- 


vel custode),” taking Caennarge, the name of a 
tribe, to be cain mgoa, i. e. royal tribute. 

è The Ui-Eathach.—This was the tribe-name 
of the O'Mahonys and O'Donohoes of south 
Munster. 

^ Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh : i. e. Kean, son of 
Molloy. He is the ancestor of the family of 
O’Mahony. 

* Domhnall, son of Dubh-da-bhoireann : i. e. 
Donnell, or Daniel, son of Duv-Davoran. He was 
the ancestor of the O'Donohoes. Both these 
chieftains fought at the battle of Clontarf, and 
the Four Masters have therefore misplaced this 
entry. 

è Tearmonn-Feichine : i. e. asylum Sancti Fe- 
chini, the Termon, or Sanctuary of St. Feichin, 
now Termonfeckin, in the barony of Ferard, 
and county of Louth.— See Ussher's Primordia, 
p. 966 ; and Archdall's Monas. Hib., p. 491. 

* Cluain-tarbh : i.e. the Plain, Lawn, or Mea- 
dow of the Bulls, now Clontarf, near the city of 
Dublin. In Dr.O’Conor’s edition this is headed 


* Cath Coradh Cluana tarbh,” which is trans- 


lated ** Pralium Heroicum Cluantarbhie,” but it ° 


simply means “ Battle of the Fishing Weir of 
Cluain tarbh.” The Danes were better armed 
in this battle than the Irish, for they had one 
thousand men dressed in, armour from head 
to foot. In a dialogue between the Banshee 
Oeibhill, or Oeibhinn of Craglea, and the hero, 
Kineth O'Hartagan, the former is represented 
as advising the latter to shun the battle, as the 
Gaeidhil were dressed only in satin shirts, while 
the Danes were in one mass of iron: 


** Céinceaca ppóil ap pol n&aewil, 
Ip Goll na n-aonbpóm iapainn.” 


‘In the eighty-eighth year of his age.—This is 
also stated to have been Brian’s age in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise, as well as the Annals of In- 
nisfallen, and other accounts of this battle. But 
the Annals of Ulster state that Brian was born 
in the year 941, according to which he was in 
the seventy-third year of his age when he was 


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1013.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 773 


Ui-Eathach? themselves, i. e. between Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh*, and Domhnall, 
son of Dubh-da-bhoireann’, in which were slain Cian, Cathal, and Roghallach, 
three sons of Maelmhuaidh, with a great slaughter along with them. An army 
was led by Donnchadh, son of Brian, to the south of Ireland; and he slew Cathal, 
son of Domhnall, and carried off hostages from Domhnall. An army was led 
by the foreigners and Leinstermen into Meath, and afterwards into Breagha ; 
and they plundered Tearmonn-Feichine’, and carried off many captives and 
countless cattle. An army was led by Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, son of Lorcan, 
King of Ireland, and by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, King of Teamhair, to 
Ath-cliath. The foreigners of the west of Europe assembled against Brian and 
Maelseachlainn; and they took with them ten hundred men with coats of mail. 
A spirited, fierce, violent, vengeful, and furious battle was fought between 
them,—the likeness of which was not to be found in that time,—at Cluain- 
tarbh*, on the Friday before Easter precisely. In this battle were slain Brian, 
son of Ceinneidigh, monarch of Ireland, who was the Augustus of all the West 
of Europe, in the eighty-eighth year of his age’; Murchadh, son of Brian, heir 
apparent to the sovereignty of Ireland, in the sixty-third* year of his age; Conaing, 
son of Donncuan, the son of Brian's brother; Toirdhealbhach, son of Mur- 
chadh!, son of Brian; Mothla, son of Domhnall, son of Faelan’, lord of the Deisi- 


slain, and this seems correct.—See Colgan’s 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 106, note 3; and Ogygia, 
p. 435, where O’Flaherty has the following re- 
marks on the reign and death of Brian Borumha: 

* Brianus Boromeus ex Heberi progenie, ut 
superiüs capite 83, è rege Momoniæ R. H. duo- 
decim annis: Cruento Danorum Cluantarvensi 
prelio prope Dublinium, Anno etatis 88, cum 
Murchado filio annorum 63, et Tordelvacho Mur- 
chadi filio annorum 15, aliisque multis proceri- 
bus occubuit feria 6 Parasceves, ut habent 
Dungallenses annales et Ketingus : Octava Pas- 
chali statem attingente, ut in Scotochronico ; 
sed accuratius apud Marianum Scotum in Chro- 


nico ita traditur; Brianus Rex Hibernie Paras-: 


ceve Paschae, sexta feria 9 Calendas Maii, mani- 
bus et mente ad Deum intentus necatur. Quibus 
omnibus amnis 1014, et dies 23 Aprilis aperté 


designatur." 

s Sixty-third.—This should probably be fifty- 
third, or, perhaps, forty-third. The eldest son 
of Murchadh was fifteen years old at this time, 
according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise. This 
looks very like the truth: the grandson was fif- 
teen, the eldest son forty-three, and Brian him- 
self seventy-three. 5 

^ Toirdhealbhach, son of Murchadh.—< Ter-, 
rence, the king’s grandchild, then but of the 
age of 15 years, was found drownded neer the 
fishing weare of Clontarfe, with both his hands 
fast bound in the hair of a Dane’s head, whom 
he pursued to the sea at the time of the flight 
of the Danes.” —Ann. Clon. 

i Faelan.—He was the progenitor after whom 
the O’Faelains, or O’Phelans, of the Desies, took 
their hereditary surname. This Mothla was 


774 annaed gioshachca EIREANN. [1013. 


lam, asfpna na nDé Muman, Eoca mac Ounavhang, 3. pleat Clomne 
Sgannlám, Niall Ua Cumn, 1 Cools, mac Cinvéiceigh, cpi coemeérg bhmann, 
Tadg Ua Ceallang, ciz(pna Ua Maine, Maolpuanaid na parope Ua hin, 
cisfina Clione, Hebeannach, mac Oubacam, ci&(pna Peanmarze, mac bea- 
charg, mic Mumlohargs Chlaoin, eiz(pna. Ciapporge Cuachpa, Oorinall, mac 
dlapmava ci5 (ina Conca 6 haipemo, Scanrlan, mac Catal, ciz (pma€ozanacca 
Loca Cem, 7 Oomnall, mac Emme, mic Caino1g, mopmaop Man 1 nCflboan. 
Ro meabaid 1apam an cat cpa neapc cataigte, 1 cpodacca, 1 10mmbuailce 


the first who was called O?Faelain, i. e. Nepos 
Foilani. 

* Niall Va Cuinn.—He is the ancestor of the 
O’Quins of Muintir-Iffernain, a distinguished 
sept of the Dal-gCais, who were originally 
seated at Inchiquin and Corofin, in the county 
of Clare. The Earl of Dunraven is the present 
head of this family. 

! Three companions. —In Mageoghegan's trans- 
lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, these are 
called * three noblemen of the king's bed- 
chamber.” In the translation of the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen they are called 
** Brian’s three companions, or aid-de-camps.” 

™ Tadhg O' Ceallaigh: i. e. Teige, Thaddeus, 
or Timothy O'Kelly. From him all the septs 
of the O’Kellys of Hy-Many are descended. Ac- 


cording to a wild tradition among the O'Kellys ` 


of this race, after the fall of their ancestor, 
Teige Mor, in the battle of Clontarf, a certain 
animallike a dog (ever since used in the crest 
of the O'Kellys of Hy-Many), issued from the 
sea to protect his body from the Danes, and 
remained guarding it till it was carried away 
by the Ui-Maine.— See Tribes and Customs of 
Hy-Many, p. 99. There is a very curious poem 
relating to this chieftain, in a fragment of the 
Book of Hy-Many, now preserved in a manu- 
script in the British Museum, Egerton, 90. It 
gives a list of the sub-chiefs of Hy-Many, who 
were cotemporary with Tadhg Mor O'Ceallaigh, 
who is therein stated to have been the principal 


hero in the battle, next after Brian; and it adds 
that he did more to break down the power of 
the Danes than Brian himself. According to the 
tradition in the country the Connaughtmen were 
dreadfully slaughtered in this battle, and very 
few of the O'Kellys, or O'Heynes, survived it. 

” Maelruanaidh na Paidri Q'l.Eidhin: i.e. Mul- 
rony O' Heyne of the Prayer. He was the first per- 
son ever called O'Heidhin, as being the grandson 
of Eidhin, the progenitor of the family, brother 
of Maelfabhaill, from whom the O'Heynes, now 
Hynes, chiefs of Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, in the 
county of Galway, are descended.— See Genea- 
logies &c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 398. t 

° Dubhagan.—He was descended from the Druid 
Mogh Roth, and from Cuanna Mac Cailchine, com- 
monly called Laech Liathmhuine.—See note i, 
under A. D. 640, p. 258, suprà. From this 
Dubhagan descends the family of the Ui Dubha- 
gain, now Duggan, formerly chiefs of Fermoy, 
in the county of Cork, of whom the principal 
branch is now represented by the. Cronins-of 
Park, near Killarney, in the county of Kerry, 
who are paternally descended from the O'Dubh- 
agains of Fermoy. 

? Mae Beatha, son of Muireadhach Claen.—He 
was evidently the ancestor of O'Conor Kerry, 
though in the pedigrees the only Mac Beatha 
to be found is made Mac Beatha, son of Con- 
chobhar, but it should clearly be Mac Beatha, 
son of Muireadhach Claen, son of Conchóbhar, 
the progenitor from whom the O'Conors Kerry 


1013. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 775 


Mumhan; Eocha, son of Dunadhach, i.e. chief of Clann-Scannlain ; Niall 
Ua Cuinn*; Cuduiligh, son of Ceinneidigh, the three companions! of Brian ; 
Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh”, lord of Ui Maine; Maelruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhin”, 
lord of Aidhne; Geibheannach, son of Dubhagan®, lord of Feara-Maighe ; Mac- 
Beatha?, son of Muireadhach Claen, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra; Domhnall, son 
of Diarmaid*, lord of Corca-Bhaiscinn; Scannlan, son of Cathal", lord of Eogh- 
anacht-Locha Lein ; and Domhnall, son of Eimhin*, son of Cainneach, great 
steward of Mair in Alba. The forces were afterwards routed by dint of battling, 


derive their hereditary surname. Daniel O’Con- 
nell O'Connor Kerry, of the Austrian service, 


‘is one of the representatives of this family. 


The following are also of the O'Connor Kerry 
sept: Daniel Conner, Esq., of Manche, in the 
county of Cork; Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M. P., 
who is son of the late Roger O'Connor Kierrie, 
Esq. of Dangan Castle, author of the Chro- 
nicles of Eri; Daniel Conner, Esq., of Bally- 
briton; and William Conner, Esq., of Mitchels, 
Bandon, county of Cork; also William Conner, 
Esq., late of Inch, near Athy, in the Queen's 
County, author of ** The True Political Economy 
of Ireland,” §c., who is the son of the celebrated 
Arthur Condorcet O'Connor, General of Division 
in France, now living, in the eighty-sixth year 
of his age, who is the son of Roger Conner, Esq., 
of Connerville, son of William Conner, Esq., of 
Connerville, son of Mr. Daniel Conner, of Swi- 
thin’s Alley, Temple Bar, London, merchant, and 
afterwards of Bandon, in the county of Cork, son 
of Mr. Cornelius Conner of Cork, whose will is 
dated 1719, son of Daniel Conner, who was the 
relative of O’Conor Kerry. This Cork branch de- 
scends from Philip Conner, merchant, of London, 
to whom his relative, John O'Connor Kerry, 
conveyed Asdee by deed, dated August, 1598. 

a Domhnall, son of Diarmaid.—This Domhnall 
was the progenitor of the family of O'Domh- 
naill, or O'Donnell, of East Corea Bhaiscinn, 
now the barony of Clonderalaw, in the present 
county of Clare. According to Duald Mac Fir- 


bis’s genealogical work, a Bishop Conor O’Don- 
nell of Raphoe was the nineteenth in descent 
from this Domhnall. The editor does not know 
of any member of this family. The O'Donnels 
of Limerick and Tipperary, of whom Colonel Sir 
Charles O’Donnel is the present head, are de- 
scended from Shane Luirg, one of the sons of 
Turlough of the Wine O'Donnell, prince of Tir- 
connell, in the beginning of the fifteenth century. 

* Scannlan, son of Cathal.—He was the ances- 


` tor of afamily of O’Cearbhaill, who had been lords 


or chieftains of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein, before 
the O’Donohoes, a branch of the Ui-Eathach 
Mumhan, dispossessed them. 

* Domhnall, son of Eimhin.—He was chief of 
the Eoghanachts of Magh Geirrginn, or Marr, in 
Scotland, and descended from Mainé Leamhna 
(the brother of Cairbre Luachra, ancestor of the 
O’Moriartys of Kerry), son of Corc, son of 
Lughaidh, son of Oilioll Flannbeg, son of Fiacha 
Muilleathan, son of Eoghan Mor, son of Oilioll 
Olum, King of Munster, and common ancestor 
of King Brian, and of this Domhnall of Marr, who 
assisted him against the common enemy.—See 
O’Flaherty’s 0gygia, part iii. c. 81. 

** In Cluantarvensi prelio ad annum 1014, a 
Briani regis Hiberniz parte desideratos legimus 
Donaldum filium Evini filii Canichi Mormhaor 
Mair, et Muredachum Mormhaor Leavna: ab 
hoc priscos Marrie Comites, Cairbreo Picto 
Satos; ab illo Levinie Comites Manii Levinii 
posteros oriundos censendum est."— p. 384. 


776 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1013. 


ma Maolpeaċlamn 6 Thulcamo co he chat pop Gallaib agur Corgnib, 4 
concain Maolmopda, mac Munchada, mic Finn, ni Larg ln, mac bpoganbean 
mic Concobarp, canary) Ua Parlge,7 Cuacal, mac Ugaipe, pfosdamna Laighh, 
] áp viaipmide vo Corgnib amaille pp. Topnchaip Oubhsall, mac Qm- 
laoibh, 7 Giollacianain mac slumaipn, va canaipi Gall, 7 Sichppie, mac 
Lovaip, 1apla Inpi hope, 6pooap, coipeach na nOanmapce, 7 bá hépibe no 
mapb Oman. Ro machcaic lucht na beich cécc. linpeach wle annpin, 4 


* By Maelseachlainn.—-This fact is suppressed nantes convertere non potuimus. Insuper cæ- 


in all the Munster accounts of this action, which 
state that Maelseachlainn did not take any part 
in the battle. The Munster writers, and among 
others Keating, introduce Maelseachlainn as 
giving a ludicrous account of the terrors of the 
battle, in which he is made to say that he did 
not join either side in consequence of being para- 
lysed with fear by the horrific scenes of slaugh- 
ter passing before his eyes. 

* Malachiam Midie Regem a Cluantarfensi 
pugná reducem, mense post pugnam exacto, 
Colmanorum Gentis Primores sciscitantur quo- 
nam pacto illud prelium gestum fuerit; et ille, 
nec lapso de colis angelo (inquit) rationem qua 
illa pugna inita fuerit, nuncianti fidem vos ad- 
hibere putem. Quod ad me attinet, nec similem 
unquam vel vidi vel audivi, imo in hominis 
situm esse potestate non credo quávis verborum 
delineatione illam vel leviter adumbrare, aut 
ilius effigiem animo vel cogitatione formare. 
Quze mihi parebant acies decertantibus se non 
immiscuerunt ; sed pugna iniri coptá, trans 
agellum sepimento circumdatum secesserunt, et 
paulo eminus a conflictu dissiti, spectatores se 
pugne prebuerunt: cum interim, strictis in 
ictum telis ad certamen utrinque ambz acies 
concurrerunt, eo splendore protegentes capita 
parme, et vibrata dextris tela micuerunt, ut 
candescentium mergorum, littora catervatim 
æstu accedente circumvolantium, specimen de- 
derint, et ita fulgor armorum oculos nostros 
perstriuxit, et hebetavit, ut eos recta in pug- 


sorum eincinni acutissimà gladiorum acie quasi 
abrasi, et levissimo quoque vento validius per- 
flante in nostra tela perferebantur. Et si alteri 
parti opem ferre statueremus, arma nostra inter 
se mutuó implexa ita tenebantur, ut ea vel ex- 
pediendi satis tempestivé, vel distringendi po- 
testas nobis erepta fuerit. Atque hinc liquet, 
quanquam Brianum Malachias in hoc prolium 
comitatus fuerit acie/se decertaturum ab illius 
parte prae se ferens, clandestina, tamen ante hoc 
prolium, cum Danis pacta iniisse, suas se copias 
pugnà subtracturum, et neutrius se partibus 
addicturum. Kineloni et Kinel-Conelli huie cer- 
tamini non interfuerunt, suas tamen operas 
ultró ad hoc bellum Briano detulerunt, sed ob- 
latam opem ille respuit, et cum multas res hac- 
tenus, expers eorum subsidii, preclaré gesserit, 
hoc etiam se facinus, illis in subsidium non ad- 
scitis, aggressurum affirmavit." — Lynch?s Trans- 
lation of Keating's History of Ireland, pp. 260, 
261. 

This passage was abstracted by Keating from 
the historical tract already referred to, called 
Cath- Chluana-tarbh, which is a Munster pro- 
duction full of prejudice against the dethroned 
Maelseachlainn ; but the northern annalists 
acknowledge no treachery on the part of this 
prince, whom they describe as a true patriot 
and magnanimous hero. The Dalcassian writers, 
however, in order to exalt by a comparison the 
character of the popular hero, Brian, did not hesi- 
tate to blacken unjustly the fame of his injured 


pm 


1013.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. i 77T 


bravery, and striking, by Maelseachlaiun', from Tulcainn® to Ath-cliath, against 
the foreigners and the Leinstermen; and there fell Maelmordha", son of Mur- 
chadh, son of Finn, King of Leinster; the son of Brogarbhan, son of Concho- 
bhar*, Tanist of Ui-Failghe ; and Tuathal, son of Ugaire’, royal heir of Leinster ; 
and a countless slaughter of the Leinstermen along with them. There were 
also slain Dubhghall, son of Amhlaeibh, and Gillaciarain, son of Gluniairn, two 
tanists of the foreigners ; Sichfrith, son of Loder, Earl of Innsi hOrc^; Brodar, 


chief of the Danes of Denmark, who was the person that slew Brian. 


hundred in armour* were cut to pieces, 


competitor.— See Moore's History of Ireland, 
vol.ii. p. 108, where the author has made the 
proper use of this passage in the Annals of the 
Four Masters, in vindieating the character of 
Maelseachlainn. 

a Tulcainn—Now the Tolka, a small river 
which flows through the village of Finglas, and, 
passing under Ballybough Bridge and Annesley 
Bridge, unites with the sea near Clontarf. 

* Maelmordha.—He was not the ancestor of 
the Mac Murroughs, or Kavanaghs, as gene- 
rally supposed, but was the father of Bran, 
the progenitor after whom the Ui Broin, or 
O’Byrnes of Leinster, have taken their heredi- 
tary surname. 

* The son of Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar.— 
This should be Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar. 
He is the ancestor of O'Conor Faly. 

¥ Tuathal, son of Ugaire.—This is a mistake, 
because Tuathal, son of Ugaire, died in 956. It 
Should be, as in the Annals of Innisfallen, Mac 
Tuathail, i. e. “the son of Tuathal, son of 
Ugaire," or * Dunlaing, son of Tuathal, son of 
Ugaire.? This Tuathal was the progenitor after 
whom the Ui-Tuathail, or O’Tooles of Ui-Mui- 
readhaigh, Ui-Mail, and Feara-Cualann, in Lein- 
ster, took their hereditary surname. 

z Insi-hOre: i. e. the Orcades, or Orkney 
Islands, on the north of Scotland. 

* The ten hundred in armour.—In the Niala 
Saga, published in Johnston's Ant. Celto- Scand., 


'The ten 
and at the least three thousand of the 


a Norse prince is introduced as asking, some 
time after this battle, what had become of his 
men, and the answer was, that “they were all 
killed." This seems to allude to the division 
in coats of mail, and is sufficient to prove that 
the Irish had gained a real and great victory. 
According to the Cath-Chluana-tarbh, and the 
account of this battle inserted in the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, thirteen 
thousand Danes and three thousand Leinster- 
men were slain; but that this is an exagge- 
ration of modern popular writers will appear 
from the authentic Irish annals. The Annals 
of Ulster state that seven thousand of the 
Danes perished by field and flood. The An- 
nals of Boyle, which are very ancient, make 
the number of Danes slain the one thousand 
who were dressed in coats of mail, and three 
thousand others. The probability, therefore, is, 
that the Annals of Ulster include the Leinster- 
men in their sum total of the slain on the 
Danish side, and in this sense there is no dis- 
crepancy between them and the Annals of 
Boyle, which count the loss'of the Danes only. 
In the Chronicle of Ademar, monk of St. Epar- 
chius of Angouleme, it is stated that this battle 
lasted for three days; that all the Norsemen 
were killed; and that crowds of their women in 
despair threw themselves into the sea; but the 
Irish accounts agree that it lasted only from 
sun-rise to sun-set on Good-Friday. 


5.G 


778 


ANNALA RIOshachTa EIREANN. 


[1013. 


anap luga de copcpaccap cpi mile oo hallat ann. Ap 0o bap bhmam, 


7 von cat pm oo pardead an pann, 


Tpi bliaóna décc mile muao, 6 s{naip Cpíopc, ni cop cian, 
Oo bliadnaib porn, pegóa an pann, 5o po lad án Gall im Gian. 


Lud cpa Maelmuipe mac Eocadach, comapba Paccpaice, co ppmeib 
7 mionoaib co Sopo Colaim Chille, co ccuccpac ap copp bmam, mg €peann, 


* Sord- Choluim- Chille.—Now Swords, in the 
county of Dublin. Ware says that, according 
to some, the bodies of Brian and his son, Mur- 
chadh, as well as those of O'Kelly, Doulan 
O'Hartegan, and Gilla-Barred, were buried at 
Kilmainham, a mile from Dublin, near the old 
stone cross.—See Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. p. 68. 

The most circumstantial account of the battle 
of Clontarf accessible to the Editor is that given 
in the Cath- Chluana-tarbh, from which, and from 
other romantic accounts of this great battle, 
a copious description has been given in the 
Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen com- 
piled by Dr. O’Brien and John Conry; but it 
has been too much amplified and modernized 
to be received as an‘ authority. It also gives 
the names of chieftains as fighting on the side 
of Brian, who were not in the battle, as Tadhg 
O'Conor, son of Cathal, King of Connaught ; 
These fal- 
sifieations, so unworthy of Dr. O'Brien, have 
been given by Mr. Moore as true history, which 
very much disfigures his otherwise excellent 
It is stated 


Maguire, prince of Fermanagh, &c. 


account of this important event. 


in the Annals of. Clonmacnoise that ‘ the 


O’Neals forsooke king Brian in this battle, and 
so did all Connought, except? (Hugh, the son 
of] ** Ferall O'Rourke and Teige O'Kelly. The 
Lynstermen did not only forsake him, but were 
the first that opposed themselves against him 
of the Danes' side, only O’Morrey” [O'Mordha, 
or O'More] “and O’Nollan excepted.” 

The following chiefs are mentioned in the 


account of the battle of Clontarf in the Dublin 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, as fighting in 
the second division of Brian’s army, viz.: Cian, 


son of Maelmuaidh, son of Bran (ancestor of 


O'Mahony); and Domhnall, son of Dubhdabhoi- 
reann (ancestor of O'Donohoe), who took the 
chief command of the forces of the race of 
Eoghan Mor; Mothla, son of Faelan, king of 
the Desies ; Muircheartach, son of Anmchadh, 
chief of the Ui-Liathain; Scannlan, son of 
Cathal, chief of Loch-Lein ; Loingseach, son of 
Dunlaing, chief of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; Cathal, 
son of Donnabhan, chief of Cairbre Aebhdha; 
Mae Beatha, son of Muireadhach, chief of Ciar- 
raigh-Luachra; Geibheannach, son of Dubha- 
gan, chief of Feara-Maighe-Feine; O'Cearbhaill, 
king of Eile ; another O'Cearbhaill king of 
Oirghialla and Mag Uidhir, king of Feara- 
Manach. 

This account omits some curious legendary 
touches respeeting Oebhinn (now Aoibhill), of 
Craigliath (Craglea, near Killaloe), the Leanan 
Sidhe, or familiar sprite of the Dal-gCais, which 
are given in the romantic story called Cath- 
Chluana tarbh, as well as in some Munster copies 
of the Annals of Innisfallen, and in the Annals 
of Kilronan, and also in some ancient accounts 
of the battle in various manuscripts, in the 
Library of Trinity College, Dublin. It is said 
that this banshee enveloped in a magical cloud 
Dunlaing O'Hartagain (a chief hero attendant 
on Murchadh, Brian's eldest son), to prevent him 
from joining the battle. But O'Hartagain, ne- 


1013.] 


foreigners were there slain. 
[following] quatrain was composed : 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 779 


It was of the death of Brian and of this battle the 


Thirteen years, one thousand complete, since Christ was born, not long 


since the date, 


Of prosperous years—accurate the enumeration—until the foreigners 
were slaughtered together with Brian. 


Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, successor of Patrick, proceeded with the seniors 
and relics to Sord-Choluim-Chille*; and they carried from thence the body of 


vertheless, made his way to Murchadh, who, on 
reproaching him for his delay, was informed that 
Oeibhinn was the cause. Whereupon O’Harta- 
gain conducted Murehadh to where she was, 
and a conversation ensued in which she pre- 
dicted the fall of Brian as well as of Murchadh, 
O’Hartagain, and other chief men of their army: 


* Cuicpio Munchad, cuicpió Span, 
Ip euicpio uile ap aon pian, 
ba veang an mag po amanac, 
ód cpuil pe go mópooátlac, 
Murchadh shall fall; Brian shall fall; 
Ye all shall fall in one litter ; 
This plain shall be red to-morrow with 

thy proud blood !” 


Mr. Moore, who dwells with particular in- 
terest on this battle, and who describes it well, 
notwithstanding some mistakes into which he 
has been led by Dr. O'Conor's mistranslations, 
has the following remarks on the Irish and 
Norse accounts of it, in his History of Ire- 
land : 

* It would seem a reproach to the bards of 
Brian's day, to suppose that an event so proudly 
national as his victory, so full of appeals, as 
well to the heart as to the imagination, should 
have been suffered to pass unsung. And yet, 
though some poems in the native language are 
still extant, supposed to have been written by 


an Ollamh, or Doctor, attached to the court of 
Brian, and describing the solitude of the halls 
of Kincora, after the death of their royal master, 
there appears to be, in none of these ancient 
poems, an allusion to the inspiriting theme of 
Clontarf. By the bards of the north, however, 
that field of death, and the name of its veteran 
victor, Brian, were not so lightly forgotten. 
Traditions of the dreams and portentous ap- 
pearances that preceded the battle formed one 
of the mournful themes of Scaldic song; and 
a Norse ode of this description, which has been 
made familiar to English readers, breathes, both 
in its feeling and imagery, all that gloomy wild- 
ness which might be expected from an imagi- 
nation darkened by the recollections of defeat.” 
—Vol. ii. pp. 128, 129. 

This battle is the theme of an Icelandic poem, 
translated by the English poet, Gray, ‘ The 
Fatal Sisters."—See Johnson's Antiquitates Celto- 
Scandice, Hafn., 1786. 

The Annals of Ulster give the following events 
under this year : 

“A. D. 1013" [al. 1014]. “ Hic est annus oc- 
tavus circuli Decimnovenalis et hic est 582 qnnus 
ab adventu Sancti Patricii ad baptizandos Scotos. 
St. Gregorie's feast at Shrovetide, and the 
Sonday next after Easter, in Summer this yeare, 
quod non auditum est ab antiquis temporibus. An 
army by Bryan, mac Cinnedy, mic Lorkan, king 


582 


780 ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1014. 


7 conp Mupchaiò a merc, 1 cCÓno Conamg, q chn Moéla. baí mmonpo, Maol- 
maipe co na pahad acc ame na ccopp co nonéip 4 co napmicem móin, 7 no 
haónarcic iaparh m Apo Macha m alaw nu. lomainecc ecin oá mac 
ohpriann, .1. Oonnchad 7 Caóg.  Tfluióeao pon Oonochab, 7 oo puc ann Ru- 
arom Ua Oonnaccám, tig (nna Anavh,7 pocharde orle amaille pmp. Slash 
. lá hUa Maoloonawd,7 lá hUa Ruane h Macc nClor, co po mapbpac 
Oomnall, mac Catail,7 co po moipplo an mag,3 co puccpac gialla Connaéce. 

Cop Cníopc, mile a cltain oécc. — CIn.céo bliadam vo Mhaoileachlamn 
Mop, mac Domnall, op Epmn ap mapbad Ohpiamn, mic Cinneiceig. Ronán, 
comapba Pecin, q Colum Ua Plannaccóm, abb Mam Cholum Chille, 
Conaing, mac Fino, abb Oarpe Moip 7 Leich Mocoemocc, oécc. Munch- 
cach Ua Loncam, aipcmoeach Lotpa, vécc. Niall, mac Oeapgg&m, amém- 
neach Mungaince, oo mapbad. Oonngal mac Ua Chancene, arpchmneach 
Tipe va slap, [oég]. Muipclncac, mac Mupfoharg Uf Néill, oo mapbaoh 
la Concobap Ua Oomhnallam, cis(pna Ua Tuinem. Oonnchad Ua Hoag, 


of Ireland, and by Maelsechlainn mac Donell, 
king of Tarach, to Dublin. Lenster great and 
small gathered before them, together with the 
Galls of Dublin, and so many of the Gentiles of 
Denmark, and fought a courageous battle be- 
tween them, the like [of which] was not seene. 
Gentiles and Lenster dispersed first altogether, 
in which battle fell of the adverse part of the 
Galls” [in quo bello ceciderunt ex adversa caterva 
Gallorum], * Maelmora mac Murcha, king of 
Leinster ; Donell mac Ferall” [recté, Donell 
O?Ferall of the race of Finnchadh Mac Garchon], 
“ king of the Fortuaths, .i. outward parts of Len- 
ster ; and of the Galls were slaine, Duvgall mac 
Aulaiv; Siuchrai mac Lodar, Earle of Innsi 
Hork; Gilkyaran mac Gluniarn, heyre of Galls; 
Ottir Duv; Suartgar ; Duncha O'Herailv; 
Grisene, Luimni, and Aulaiv mac Lagmainn; 
and Brodar, who killed Bryan, .i. cheife of the 
Denmark Navy, and 7000, betwen killing and 
drowning: and, in geveing the battle, there were 
lost of the Irish, Bryan mac Kennedy, Archking 
of Ireland, of Galls and Welsh, the Cesar of the 


North-west of Europe all; and his sonn, Murcha, 
and his grandsonn, Tirlagh mac Murcha, and Co- 
naing, mac Duncuan, mic Cinedy, heyre of Moun- 
ster; Mothla, mac Donell, mie Faelain, king of 
Dessyes in Mounster. Eochaa mae Dunaai, Nell 
O'Cuinn, and” [Cuduiligh] “mac Kinnedy, 
Bryan’s three bedfellowes; the two kings of 
O'Mani O’Kelli; and Maelruanai O'Heyn, king 
of Aigne; and Gevinach O'Duvagan, king of Fer- 
mai; ** Magveha mae Muireaiklyn, king of Kerry 
Luochra; Daniell mac Dermada, king of Cor- 
cabascin; Scannlan, mac Cahal, king of Eogan- 
acht Lochlen; Donell mac Evin, mie Cainni, a 
great murmor in Scotland" [recté, morrmoer of 
Marr in Scotland], “and many more nobles. 
Maelmuire mae Eocha, Patrick's Coarb, went 
to Sord Colum Cill, with learned men and re- 
liques in his company, and brought from thence 
the body of Bryan, the body of Murcha, his 
sonn, the heads of Conaing and Mothla, and 
buried them in Ardmach, in a new tombe [i 
nulam nur] Twelve nights were the people 
and reliques” [rectè, clergy] ** of Patrick at the 


1014.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 731 


Brian, King of Ireland, and the body of Murchadh, his son, and the head of 
Conaing, and the head of Mothla. Maelmuire and his clergy waked the bodies 
with great honour and veneration ; and they were interred at Ard-Macha in 
a new tomb. A battle between the two sons of Brian, i.e. Donnchadh and 
Tadhg. Donnchadh was defeated, and Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, 
and many others along with him, fell in the battle. An army was led by 
Ua Maeldoraidh and O'Ruaire into Magh-Aei; and they slew Domhnall, son of 
Cathal, and plundered the plain, and carried off the hostages of Connaught. 
The Age of Christ, 1014 [rectó 1015]. The first year of Maelseachlainn 
Mor, son of Domhnall, over Ireland, after the killing of Brian, son of Cein- 
neidigh. Ronan, successor of Fechin ; Colum Ua Flannagain, Abbot of Maein- 
Choluim-Chille; and Conaing, son of Finn, Abbot of Doire-mor* and Liath- 
Mochaemhog*, died. Muircheartach Ua Lorcain, airchinneach of Lothra, died. 
Niall, son of Dearggan, airchinneach of Mungairit, was killed. Donnghal Macua 
Chantene, airchinneach of Tir-da-ghlas, [died]. Muircheartach, son of Mui- 
readhach Ua Neill, was slain by Conéhobhar Ua Domhnallain‘, lord of Ui-Tuirtre. 


wake of the bodyes, propter honorem Regis positi. 
Dunlaing mac Tuohall, king of Lenster, died. 
A battle betwene Kyan mac Maeilmuai and 
Donell mac Duvdavorenn, where Kyan, Cahell, 
and Ragallach, three sonns of Maelmuai, were 
killed. 
Bryan to flight, where Roary O'Donnagan, king 

_of Ara, was slaine. An army by O'Maeldorai 
and O’Royrk into Magh Naei, where they killed 
Donell mac Cahall, and spoyled the Magh” [i. e. 
the Maghery, or plain of Connaught], “and 
caryed ther captives; licet non in eadem vice. 
Dalnarai dispersed by Ulster, where many were 
killed, Flavertach mac Donell, Coarb of Kya- 
ran and Finnen ; and Ronan, Coarb of Fechin ; 
and Conn O'Digrai, in Christo dormierunt. The 
annals of this year are many."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* Maein- Choluim- Chille.—Now Moone, an old 
church, near which are the remains of a very 
ancient cross, called St. Columbkill’s Cross, in 
the barony of Kilkea and Moone, in the south 


Teige mac Bryan put Duncha mac 


of the county of Kildare. 

4 Doire-mor : i.e. Nemus Magnum, now Kilcol- 
man, in the barony of Ballybritt and King's 
County. The exact situation of this church is 
pointed out in the Life of St. Mochoemhog, or 
Pulcherius, as follows: “Ipse enim" [Colma- 
nus] “erat in suo monasterio quod Scoticé di- 
citur Doire-mor, id est, nemus magnum ; et est 
positum in Mumuniensium et Lageniensium ; 
sed tamen positum in regione Mumuniensium, 
in regione scilicit Hile.”’—See Ussher's Pri- 
mordia, p. 960 ; and Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, 
ad xi Mart., p. 591. 

* Liath- Mochaemhog.—Now Leamakevoge, near 
Thurles, in the barony of Elyogarty, and 
county of Tipperary.—See note ^, under A. D. 
655, p. 266, suprà. 

t Conchobhar O’Domhnallain.—This would 


now be anglicised Conor O'Donnellan, or Cor- 


nelius Donolan. ‘his family is of a different 
race from the O'Donnellans of Ballydonnellan in 
Hy-Many, in the county of Galway. 


782 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1014. 


tiġina Chanacca $linne Gern, oo mapbao. Orollacpípc mac Néill, mc 
Oublaich, oo mapbao lá Maolp(chlainn.  Tüupé(pcach, mac CInmcana, 
ciga Ua Giacám oo mapbhaoh là Machghamam, mac Maoilmuai. 
Meanma, mac cigeapna Ua Caipm, oécc. Oonnchad, mac Coda bice 
Ui Maoleachlamn, oo mapbhad lá Gallart. Maolipu, mac cigfpna 
Ua Mame, oo mapbad occ lubap Opnun la phat Teba. Mac Ragnaill 
mic lomo, aglpna Pupe Cainge, oo mapbao lá hUib Giaccin. Ca Dub, 
mac Maolpabaill, copeac Carppse Opachange oo manbad lá Sil Taz 1 
móp(gawb. Sleigh la Oomnall, mac Ouriboabornfno, co Cummneach. Oa 
mac Ópram 1. Oonnchaó 7 Caóg ap a chmo. Pitan lomainfce (coppa. 
Maim pop veipcent €peann, 7 oo &uic ann Domnall co pochaibib amatlle 
pmr. Sloisead lá hUa Néll a. la Plaicb(ncach co ppfpoib Mwe 7 Ones 
me 1LLargnib, co po oicc an cíp co Leitslinn, co ccucc gabála 1 bpo co no 
manb cigfpna la mbude 4 poċawe ele. Sloicclo lá Maolreclomn 4 lá 
hUa Néll, 4 lá hUa Maoloonaw co he chaé, co po loipcep(c an dún, 1 
gach apaibe 6 oán amac oo tangib,7 oo óeocacap iapom m UG Chemnpelaiz 
co po aipccpíc an cin wle,] cuccpac ilinile oo bnaice 4 imnilib co ccappupéc 
cpech via ċpeachaib -ann go po mapbéa opong móp ofob ım mac Ps Con- 
nacc,1. an Sl(sana6, 7 cop agbaó ann Congalach, mac Concobap, cigna 
Ua Parlse,7 Grollacolaam Ua hAgoa eigfpna C(éba, 7 pocade ancífna. 
Slórg(o lá Maolpeclamn 7 lá hUa Néll, 4 lá Maoloonaw, 7 lá hUa Ruane 
lLaignib, co ccuccpac gialla Laigh 7 vo paopac me Largh oo Ohonn- 


* Donnchadh O’ Goaigh.—Anglicé Donough 
O'Goey, or Denis Gough. 

^ DubAlaech.—** A. D. 1008. Gillechrist mac 
Neale O'Dowley was killed by the king.” —Ann. 
Clon. He is the progenitor from whom the fa- 
mily of O'Dubhlaeichs, or Dooleys of Fertul- 
lagh in Westmeath, took their hereditary sur- 
name. They are of the race of Feidhlimidh, 
son of Enna Ceinnsealaigh, and from their an- 
cestor, Oilioll, seventh in descent from Feidh- 
limidh; Rath-Oilealla, in Ui-Feidhlimthe, was 
called.—See Duald Mac Firbis’s, Genealogical 
work (Marquis of Drogheda’s copy), p. 239. 

` Anmchadh.— He is the progenitor after 


whom the O'Anmchaidhs of Ui-Liathain, in 
the now county of Cork, took their hereditary 
surname. They are descended from Eochaidh 
Liathanach, third son of Daire Cearba, son of 
Oilioll Flannbeg, son of Fiacha Muilleathan, 
King of Munster in the third century.— See 
O'Flaherty's Ogygia, pp. 380, 381. 

* Meanma.—He was son of Aedh, son of Enda, 
son of Eissidh, son of Sida an-Eich-Bhuidhe, 
the ninth in descent from Caisin (a quo Ui- 
Caisin) the ancestor of the Mae Namaras of 
Thomond. 

! Jubhar Arnun: i.e. Arnun’s yew tree. This 
is probably the place now called Cill-Iubhair, 


1014.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 183 


Donnchadh Ua Goaigh*, lord of Cianachta Glinne Geimhin, was slain. Gilla- 
christ, son of Niall, son of Dubhlaech", was slain by Maelseachlainn. Muirchear- , 
tach, son of Anmchadh’, lord of Ui-Liathain, was slain by Mathghamhain, son 
of Maelmhuaidh. Meanma*, son of the lord of Ui-Caisin, died. Donnchadh, 
son of Aedh Beag O'Maeleachlainn, was slain by the foreigners. Maelisa, son 
of the lord of Ui-Maine, was slain at Iubhar Arnun', by the men of Teathbha. 
The son of Raghnall, son of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by the 
Ui-Liathain. Cudubh, son of Maelfabhaill, chief of Carraig-Brachaidhe, was 
slain by the race of Tadhg in Breagha". An army was led by Domhnall, son of 
Dubhdabhoireann, to Luimneach. The two sons of Brian, namely, Donnchadh 
and Tadhg, met him, [and] a battle was fought between them, wherein the 
[people of the] south of Ireland were defeated, and Domhnall fell, and numbers 
along with him. An army was led by Ua Neill, i. e. by Flaithbheartach, with 
the men of Meath and Breagha about him, into Leinster; and he plundered 
the country as far as Leithghlinn, carried off spoils and prisoners, and slew the 
lord of Ui-mBuidhe", and many others. An army was led by Maelseachlainn, 
Ua Neill, and Ua Maeldoraidh, to Ath-cliath; and they burned the fortress, 
and all the houses outside the fortress®; and they afterwards proceeded into 
Ui-Ceinnsealagh, and plundered the whole territory, carrying off many thousand 
captives and cattle. A party of his marauders were overtaken, and a great 
number of them killed, together with the son of the King of Connaught, i. e. 
Sleghanach; and there were also lost Conghalach, son of Conchobhar, lord of 
Ui-Failghe ; Gillacoluim Ua hAghdha, lord of Teathbha, and many others also. 
An army was led by Maelseachlainn, Ua Neill, Ua Maeldoraidh, and O’Ruaire, 
into Leinster; and they carried off the hostages of Leinster, and gave the kingdom 


i e. church of the yew, anglicé Killure, in the 
barony of Kilconnell, and county of Galway. 

m Race of Tadhg in Breagha: i.e. the Cian- 
nachta Breagh, descended from Tadhg, son of 
Cian, son of Oilioll Olum. 

^ Ui-mBuidhe—A sept seated in the barony 
of Ballyadams, Queen’s County. The church 
of Killabban was in their territory.—See Col- 
gan’s Acta Sanctorum, p.617; and Leabhar-na- 
gCeart, p. 213, note ". 


° Outside the fortress.—*'* A. D. 1008” (recte, 
1015]. * King Maelseaghlyn, O’Neale, and 
O'Moyledorie, with their forces, went to Dublin 
and burnt all the houses therein, from the Forte 
out, and from thence they went to O'Kean- 
seallye, in Lynster, which they preyed, harried, 
and spoyled, and took divers captives with them, 
among whom Congalach mac Connor, King of 
Affalie, was taken, and Gilla-Colume O’Hugh, 
prince of Teaffa."—4Ann. Clon. 


ie ay i. 


cn Yer? 


184 annNata gioghachca EIREANN. [1015. 


cuan, mac Ounlaing,7 po moippfo Opparge, ] tuccpac aipccne vipime 3 
bnaicc 1omda. Cpfch mop la Maolpotancaig 1 noal sCanp, conuy cappaid 
Oonncab, mac bam co nOal cCaip co paeimd popnpapióe, 7 Topcaip ann 
mac Rua 1 Oonnaccain, 7 mac Ui Chatalam, 7 oaome oile beop, 1 vo 
önc ITlaolpocapcarg na gabala laip 1anam. Cod Ua Ruarc, 1. mac pen 
Fingal, cis (nna bpeipne, 7 piogoamna Connacc, oo mapbao la Tadg an eich 


-$il mac Catal mic Concobarp, lá prs Connaéc, ace Loch Néill 1 Marsh Aon, 


a noiogail Domnaill a bnatap. On Sleganach Ua Maoilpechloann vo map- 
bad la hUib cCennpelans. Cinoeroig mac P(pgoil, ciġfpna Caorgipi, véce. 
Cod mac Caiócc mic Mupéada Ui Cheallang, eig(pna Ua Maine vo mapbao 
1 cCluam mic Nop. Grollacmpec, mac Néll, mc Oublaig, vo mapbao la 
Maolp(chloinn, mac Domnall. Oüngal Ua Donncha vo dul ap cpeich 
go hCAnad cliaé gup po manbad Pino. mac Rumom Uf Ohonnagam, cig(pna 
GOpao 1 Ua cCuanach lai. 

Gop Cpiorc, mile a cáicc décc. On vapa badam vo Mhaoilfchlamn. 
Flannaccan, mac Conamg popaipcimnec Apoa Macha, 7 Mumpiop, amém- 
neach Lip Cowead, décc. Onanmarcc, Ua Maoiltelca, comanba Compal, 
7 €ichne, mg(n Ui Suainc, comapba Opfshoe, véce. Cipbipcach, mac Corpi- 
oobnom, capchinnech Rup altip,7 Maolpacnaice Ua Sluagadaig, paor 
€peann, décc. Mac hacc 1. Mumpcfpcach, mac Conc(pcaich. apo ollam 


Cpeann an can pin, décc. ba hé céo pann Mic liace annpo, 


P Loch Neill: i.e. Niall’s Lake. There is no 
lough now bearing this name in Magh-Aei, or 
Plain of Connaught. 

3 AradhCliach.—A territory in the east of the 
county of Limerick. The church of Kilteely 
and the hill of Knockany are referred to in an- 
cient documents as in this territory. 

* Ui-Cuanach.—Now the barony of Coonagh, 
in the county of Limerick. The Annals of Ulster 
record the following events under the year 1015, 
which corresponds with 1014 of the Annals of 
the Four Masters: 

* A. D. 1015. Donell, son of Duvdavoren, 
killed by Donogh mae Bryan in battle. Flaver- 
tagh O'Nell came into Meath to assist Maelsech- 
lainn. Maelsechlainn after went into Lenster 


with an army and spoyled them, and brought 
great booties and pledges with him. Nell mac 
Ferall mic Conaing, a suo genere occisus est. Mur- 
tagh mac Mureach O’Nell killed by the O?Tuir- 
tries. Duncha O'Goai, king of Kyanacht, killed 
by Kindred-Owen. Murtagh O’Lorcan, airchin- 
neach of Lothra; Cernach mac Cahasai, Air- 
chinnech of Dunleghlaise. Nell mae Dercan, 
Airchinnech of Mungaret” [Mungret, near the 
city of Limerick]. ‘* Dungal O'Cainten, Air- 
chinnech of Tirdaglas, in Christo dormierunt. 
Hugh O’Royrke, king of Brefni, killed by Teige, 
king of Connaght, deceitfully, at Loch-Nell, 
in Magh-Aei, rescuing the crostaffe of Iesus, 
whereby he lost” [the prerogative of] “any of his 
posterity to raigne, his sonn Hugh excepted 


1015.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 785 


of Leinster to Donncuan, son of Dunlaing ; and they plundered Osraighe, and - 
carried off innumerable preys and many prisoners. A great depredation by 
Maelfothartaigh in Dal-gCais ; and Donnchadh, son of Brian, and the Dal-gCais, 
overtook him, but these were defeated, and the son of Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, 
the son of Ua Cathalain, and other persons also, were slain; and Maelfothar- 
taigh afterwards bore away the spoils. Aedh O'Ruaire, i.e. the son of Sen- 
Fearghal, lord of Breifne, and royal heir of Connaught, was slain by Tadhg of 
the White Steed, son of Cathal, son of Conchobhar, King of Connaught, at 
Loch Neill’, in Magh-Aei, in revenge of Domhnall, his brother. The Slegha- 
nach Ua Maelseachlainn was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Ceinneidigh, son 
of Fearghal, lord of Laeighis, died. Aedh, son of Tadhg, son of Murchadh 
Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain at Cluain-mic-Nois. Gillachrist, son 
of Niall, son of Dubhlaech, was slain by Maelseachlain, son of Domhnall. 
Dunghal Ua Donnchaidh went on a predatory excursion into Aradh Cliachs, 
and Finn, the son of Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, and Ui-Cuanach’, were slain by 
him. ü 

The Age of Christ, 1015 [recté 1016]. The second year of Maelseachlainn. 
Flannagan, son of Conaing, Fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha ; and Muirgheas, 
airchinneach of Lis-aeidheadh’, died. Diarmaid Ua Maeltelcha, successor of 
Comhghall; and Eithne, daughter of Ua Suairt, successor of Brighid, died. 
Airbheartach, son of Cosdobhroin, airchinneach of Ros-ailithir ; and Maelpa- 
draig Ua Sluaghadhaigh, the [most] learned of Ireland, died.  Macliag* i. e. 
Muircheartach, son of Cuceartach, chief poet of Ireland at that time, died. The 
following was Macliag's first quatrain : 


only. Flavertach mac Donell, coarb of Kyaran, 
Finnen, Cronan, and Fechin, quievit."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Lis-aeidheadh : i.e. Fort of the Guests.— 
This was the name of the hospital or house of 
the guests at Armagh. 

t Macliag.—He was chief poet and secretary 
to Brian Borumha, and is said to have written 
a life of that celebrated monarch, of which copies 
were extant in the last century; but no copy 
of this work is now known to exist.—See Mac 
Curtin's Brief Discourse in Vindication of the 


Antiquities of Ireland, pp. 214, 217; O'Hallo- 
ran's History of Ireland, vol.i. p.148. He also 
wrote several poems stillextant, for some ac- 
count of which the reader is referred to O’Reilly’s . 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, pp. 70-72, 
and Hardiman's Zrish Minstrelsy, vol. ii. p. 208, 
where a short poem of Mac Liag's is published, 
with a versified translation. 

In the Annals of Clonmaenoise Mac-Liag is 
called ** Arch-Poet of Ireland, a very good man, 
and onethat was in wonderful favour with king 
Bryan.” ; 


5H 


ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. 


786 [1015. 


Muipcefpcach Glcc, mac ITlaoilcepcaig, baoi acc 10ngaipe na mbó, 
C pé ap mopaic nach ap 10mlaic, cabai pg(nach pinopaip 06. 


ba hé a pann ofidfnach annpo, 


Q cluice aca 1 cmo madat, dot Ip ni ceccar capace, 
GE vo né cu do omg Dang ap dit pcencep an palann. 


Slóicéfó lá Maelpeclamn mo Ulco, go ccucc gialla Ulad lap. 
&iollacolamm Ua hOfzóm, cfa Tleba, vo mapbhaoh 6 mac Oumn, mic 
Oonngaile, : nOpuim. pace. Macpait, mac Mupfohargy Claom, cigtpna 
Ciapparge Cuacpa, oo mapbaó. Oonncuan, 4. an baechan, mac Ounlamg. 
cigna Lagi, Caóg Ua Riam, cigeapna Ua nOpóna, oo mapbao lá 
Oonnchad, mac Giollapacpaice, 1 Leichglionn 1ap. noénam ob cocdi$ 1 
comluige 1 ccóp lao. Moling no caipngip mnro, 


Oonn vupg(n, agup an mgbapo puibnec, 
TEpac commono 1 n&lno fps, mp nam comluigi cpooepg. 


Oimoalleslapp oo lopccaó uile cona oarmlaacc, 1 cona cloiecech oo cene 
véaic. Cluam mic Nói, 4 Cluam p(pca bpénainn, 4 C(nannup 00 lopccao. 
Cac eiccin Ulcaib 7 Dal nApawe, q po ppaomeaó pon Dal nApawe pia 
Niall mac €ocada,7 oo puc ann Oomnall mac Lomgpig, eigfpna. Dal 
nCnaide, 7 Niall mac Ouibcumne, mac €ocaóa mic Apogaip tpi Ulad, 7 
Concobap Ua Oomnallain, ci&(pna Ua Tuipem, q apal amaille ppu. 
Slórgh(ó la Maolpeachlaimn 1 nOppaigib, 5o po moim Opparge, 7 oo pao 


* The salt.—It is added, in an interlined gloss 
in the Stowe copy of these Annals, that women 
were dividing salt by the bell: “mna po bázap 
oc pcinoruó palainn oon luc.” 

* Druim-raite.—There is a place of this name, 
now anglicó Drumrat, in the barony of Corran, 
and county of Sligo; but the place here referred 
to was probably in Westmeath. 

* O'Riain.—Now Ryan. This family is still 
numerous in Idrone, and throughout Leinster ; 
but they are to be distinguished from the 
O'Mulryans, now Ryans, of Owny O'Mulryan, 


in Tipperary. Both are of the race of Cathaeir 
Mor, King of Leinster and monarch of Ireland 
in the second century; but their pedigrees are 
different. The Ui-Drona descend from Drona, 
fourth in descent from Cathaeir Mor. The 
O’Mulryans of Owny-O’Mulryan descend from 
Fergus, son of Eoghan Goll, son of Nathi, son 
of Crimhthainn, son of Enna Ceinnsealach, son 
of Labhraidh, son of Breasal Bealach, son of 
Fiacha Baiceadha, son of Cathaeir Mor. 

* Donn Durgen.—It is stated in an interlined 
gloss, in the Stowe copy, that by this Moling 


Ua 


1015.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 787 


Muircheartach Beag, son of Maelcertach, who has been herding 
the cows, 

It is more worthy that he retaliates not,—give him a handful of 
findraip. 


His last quatrain was this : 


O Bell, which art at the head of my pillow, to visit thee no friends 
come ; 
Though thou makest thy “ ding dang,” it is by thee the salt" is mea- 
sured. 


An army was led by Maelseachlainn into Ulidia, and carried off the hostages 
of the Ulidians. Gillacoluim Ua hAghdhai, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the 
son of Donn, son of Donnghal, at Druim-raite". Macrath, son of Muireadhach 
Claen, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was killed. Donncuan, i. e. the Simpleton, 
son of Dunlaing, lord of Leinster, and Tadhg Ua Riain*, lord of Ui-Drona, was 
slain by Donnchadh, son of Gillaphadraig, at Leithghlinn, after they had made 
friendship, and taken a mutual oath in the beginning of the day. Moling deli- 
vered this prophecy : 


Donndurgen’, and the royal Bard” of lances, 
Shall violate friendship at Glinngerg*; mutual oaths shall not 
prevent bloodshed. 


Dun-da-leathghlas was totally burned, with its Daimhliag^ and Cloictheach', 
by lightning. Cluain-mic-Nois, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and Ceanannus, were 
burned. A battle between the Ulidians and the Dal-Araidhe, wherein the 
Dal-Araidhe were defeated by Niall, son of Eochaidh ; and wherein fell Domh- 
nall, son of Loingseach, lord of Dal-Araidhe ; Niall, son of Dubhtuine, son of 
Eochaidh, son of Ardgar, ex-king of Ulidia; and Conchobhar Ua Domhnallain, 
lord of Ui-Tuirtri, and others along with them. An army was led by Mael- 
seachlainn into Ossory ; and he plundered Osraighe, and carried off spoils and 


predicted ** Donncuan.” _ © Cloictheach : i.e. the steeple, or round tower 
* The royal Bard: i.e. ** Tadhg."— Gloss. belfry. This steeple was pulled down at the 
2 Glinn-Gerg : i.e. “ Leithghlinn."— Gloss. re-erection of the church of Down; but a 
^ Daimhliag : i.e. the great stone-church, or drawing of it is preserved, and will be pub- 
cathedral. lished in the Second Part of Petries Round 


522 : 


788 ANNAZA RIOShachTa EIREANN. [1016. 


gabala 4 bnercc lai, q po mapb Oéüngal mac Grollapaonaice mic Oonr- 
chada 4 pocawe oie. Slóicé(ó lá Maolpeaclamn m Opnaigib vopfdip co 
po moin Ue an cípe, ] cucc a ngialla. Oo óeochaió rapa m Uaib Cemo- 
pelaig, co pop moparcaip, 7 cucc a mbuan 7 a mbpaicc. Connachca oo 
apccam, 7 oo bnipl Cmocopao 7 Cille oa lua. Pip muman oo opgan Inpi 
Clotpam 4 lnpi bó pinne. Gebenoach, mac Cleda, cis(pna Ua Mame, oo 
mapbao lá hUib Mame peíipm. Maolora, mac Planoaccam, vo mapbao. 
Maim piae n€ilibh pop €oganaéc Coipil, oá 1 ccopcaip Oomnall, Ua Dom- 
nail, níogoamna Chaipil, 7 Domnall, Ua Rumdm, ci$fpna Cfpao, 7 pochawe 
oile. 

Cloip Cpiopc, mile a pé oécc. On cpeap badam vo Mhaoileaclamo. 
O:iapmaicc Ua Maoilcealéa, comanba Comganll, eaccnaió porpece pecpibnio, 
q eaprcop, vécc. Caencompac Ua buen, pep lergmn Glimne hUipr(n, oécc. 
Ceallach Ua Maolmide, aipémoech Opoma pate, vég. Oengup, mac 
Plamn, aiémoeaé Camoe Léine, 7 Orapmaio Ua Maolmaodds, abb Slinne 
hUnpren, vécc. Conomach, p(pleirgmo 7 abb Achad Upglaip, oo mapbao la 
hU baippche. Oengup mac Cannas Calma, píogóamna Ceampach cuin 
opoam Epeann, décc oo tpeagaic. P(pgal, mac Domnaill, mic Concobaip, 
níogoamna Chligh, oo mapbao lá Cenel €ogain pabém. Convo, mac Conco- 
bain, mic €igneacháin, vécc. Oonoéavh, mac Oonncada Uí Congalang, níog- 


Towers and Ancient Ecclesiastical Architecture of ^ chinnech of Ardmach; and Murges, Airchinnech 
Treland. of Lisaei, mortui sunt. Ethne Nyn-Suairt, Coarb 


* Ceann-coradh and Cill-Dalua: i.e. Kincora 
and Killaloe. “ A. D. 1009 [recte, 1016]. 
“ Connoughtmen broke down Killaloe and Ky- 
korey (King Bryan's Manour-house), and took 
away all the goods therein."—. Ann. Clon. 

* Inis- Clothrann and Inis-bo-fine.—'These are 
islands in Lough Ree, an expansion of the River 
Shannon, between Athlone and Lanesborough. 
—See note °, under the year 719. Inis-Bo-finne, 
i.e. insula Vacce Albe, belongs to the parish of 
Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny west, and county 
of Westmeath. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under the year 1016: 

* A. D. 1016. Flannagan mac Conaing, Air- 


of Brigitt” [Eihne, O'Swarte's daughter abbess 
of Killdare.—.4 nn. Clon.] ; ** and Diarmaid mac 
Maelteleha, Comarb of Comgall, died. Mac- 
Liag, high poet of Ireland, mortuus est. Battle 
between Ulster and Dalnarai; and Dalnarai 
were vanquished, where fell Donell O'Longsy, 
king of Dalnarai, Nell mac Duvthuinne, and 
Conor O'Donallan, king of O’Turtry, and many 
more. Nell mac Eocha was victor. Coscrach, 
mac Mureai, mic Flann, king of the men of 
Magh-Itha, a suis occisus est. Duncuan mac 
Dunlaing, king of Lenster, and Teg O'Rian, of 
Odrona, killed by Duncha mac Gillapatrick, in 
midest of Lethglinn. Dunlehglais all burnt. 
Cluon-mic-Nois, Clonfert, and Cenannus, .i. 


1016.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 189 


prisoners, and slew Dunghal, son of Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, and many 
others. An army was led again by Maelseachlainn into Osraighe ; and he plun- 
dered half the territory, and carried off hostages. He subsequently proceeded 
into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, which he plundered, and carried off their cows and 
prisoners. The Connaughtmen plundered and demolished Ceann-coradh and 
CillDalua? The men of Munster plundered Inis-Clothrann and Inis-bo-fine*. 
Gebhennach, son of Aedh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain by the Ui-Maine them- 
selves. Maelisa, son of Flannagan, was killed. A victory was gained by the 
Eili over Eoghanacht-Chaisil, where Domhnall, grandson of Domhnall, royal 
heir of Caiseal, and Domhnall, grandson of Ruaidhri, lord of Aradh, and num- 
bers of others, were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1016 [recté 1017]. The third year of Maelseachlainn. 
Diarmaid Ua Maeiltealcha, a distinguished wise man, scribe, and bishop, died. 
Caénchomhraic Ua Baithin, lector of Gleann-Uisean, died. Ceallach Ua Mael- 
midhe, airchinneach of Druim-raithe, died. Oenghus, son of Flann, airchin- 
neach of Lann-Leire; and Diarmaid Ua Maelmaedhog, Abbot of Gleann-Uisean, 
died. Connmhach, lector and Abbot of Achadh-Urghlais‘, was slain by the 
Ui-Bairrche. Oenghus, son of Carrach Calma, royal heir of Teamhair, pillar 
of the dignity? of Ireland, died of the cholic. Fearghal, son of Domhnall, son 
- of Conchobhar, royal heir of Aileach, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain them- 
selves". Conn, son of Conchobhar, son of Eigneachan, died. Donnchadh, son 


Kells, burnt. Airvertach mac Coise-Doveran, of Carlow, about four miles to the east of Old 


airchinnech of Roshailehir, died. Peace in Ire- 
land.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

At the year 1009 of the Annals of Clonmac- 
noise, which corresponds with 1015 of the 
Annals of the Four Masters, the following entry 
occurs : 

“ There was great scarcity of Corne and vic- 
tualls this year in Ireland, insoemuch that a 
hoope was sold for no lesse than five groates, 
which came (as my author sayeth) to a penny 
for every barren” [cake]. 

t Achadh- Urghlais.—Otherwise called Achadh- 
arghlais and Acheadh-finglais, now Agha, a 
townland containing the ruins of a very ancient 
church, in the barony of Idrone East, and county 


Leighlin.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 352; 
and also Lanigan's Eccl. Hist. of Ireland, vol. ii. 
pp. 228, 230, where Lanigan incorrectly de- 
scribes the situation of this church as on the 
west of the River Barrow, though it is expressly 
stated in the Life of St. Fintan, to be **in plebe 
Hua-Drona, contra civitatem Lethghleann in 
orientali parte fluminis Bearva.” 

€ Pillar of the dignity—‘ Enos mac Carry 
Calma, prince of Taragh, the joye of Ireland, 
died.”—Ann. Clon. 

^ The Cinel-Eoghain themselves.— The Four 
Masters should have written this passage as 
follows: “ Fearghal, son of Domhnall, son of 
Conchobhair, chief of the Cinel-Eoghain, and 


a es RT 


790 annaea RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1017. 


damna €peanó, vo mapbaó lá phat bpl buoóém. GHrollacpipe Ua Lop- 
cám, cis fpna Caille Pollamam, oo mapbad hicCfannup. Plano Ua berce, 
ciġfnna Ua Meit, vo manbad. Mupfoach Ua Ombeom, cig(ina Ua mic 
Uar ShplS, oo mapbad lá Plaicbeapcach Ua Néill. Cp vo cabernet ron 
Ghalla lá Maoilpeachlamn 1 nOóba, dú 1 ccopnépaccap fle. Gaeichim 
Ua Mopda vo mapbao.  Ouboabornenn Ua Riam vo mhapbhaoh. 

Qoip Cpiopc, mile a p(éc oécc. On c(épamaó bliadam vo Mhaoil(ch- 
lam. Gopmğal mo Apo além, pph anméapa Epeann, 7 Conpmac 
Ua Micicceain, abb Achaid alae, oécc. Muipfoach Ulcach, anmcana 
Cluana mic Nóip, vécc. bpaon, mac Mhaolmopda, mic Munchavda, nf Corg(n, 
vo dallad m At chat lá Sicpiocc, mac Amlaoi a meabail, 4 a écc vé. 
Congalach, mac Concobaip, mc Pino, cig(pna Ua Pilze, oo écc. Maolán, 
mac Ecenig Ui Leocam, cigna Galthg 7 cuat Cuicéne uile, vo mapnbao oo 
na Samb. Ceanball, mac Maoilmopda, níogóamna Larg oo rnapbaó 
1 meabail. Coccad ecip Maolp(chlamn 4. hUí Néll an Cuaipcepc, co 
noeacaccap Co$anarg cap Shab Puar po cua. Cpeach lá Maolpeac- 


heir to the kingship of Aileach, was slain by 


. the Cinel-Eoghain themselves.” 


! Gaethine Ua Mordha.—This would be now 
anglicised Gahan O'More. This family took their 
hereditary surname after Mordha (Majesticus), 
son of Cinaeth, son of Cearnach, son of Ceinnei- 
digh, son of Gaeithine, the first chief of Laeighis, 
who attached the Three Comanns to Leix, who 
was the twenty-first in descent from Conall 
Cearnach, chief of the heroes of the Red Branch. 

The Annals of Ulster give the following 
events under the year 1017: 

* A. D. 1017. Aengus mac Carrai Calma 
mortuus est, being heyre of Tarach. Ferall, mac 
Donell, mic Conor, heyre of Ailech, killed by 
Kindred-Owen. Flann O'Bece, king of Meth” 
[i.e. Ui-Meith], ‘killed by his owne" [a suis 
occisus est]. “Cormack mac Lorcan” [king of 
Onehachs |, “killed by the O’Trenas. Doncha 
mac Donchaa O’Congalai, heyre of Ireland, a suis 
occisus est. Mureach O’Duiveoin, king of the 
Mic Cuais of Bregh, killed by Flavertach O’Nell. 


The slaughter of Lenster and Galls by Mael- 
sechlainn at Fodvai. Aengus mac Flainn, Air- 
chinnech of Lainn-Lere, and Cormack O'Mael- 
mie, Airchinnech of Dromrath, mortui sunt. 
Gilkrist O'Lorkan, king of Coillfallavan, kild 
at Kells. Con, mae Conor, mic Egnechan, mor- 
tuus est, Glenndaloch burnt for the most part." 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Ard-Oilean: i.e. High Island; an island 
containing the ruins of a primitive Irish monas- 
tery, erected by St. Fechin, in the seventh cen- 
tury, off the coast of the barony of Ballynahinch, 
in the county of Galway. Colgan, in his Ap- 
pendix to the Life of St. Endeus of Aran (Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 715), mistakes this for the island 
of Ara Chaemhain, in the bay of Galway ; though 
in the Life of St. Fechin, pp. 135, 141, he de- 
scribes it correctly, as: **Hec insula est etiam 
in Oceano, distatque paucis leucis versus occi- 
dentem ab Imagia” [Omey ].—See Hardiman's 
edition of O'Flaherty's Jar-Connaught, p. 114, 
note". Colgan translates this passage as fol- 


NU. 


1017.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 791 


of Donnchadh Ua Conghalaigh, [lord of Breagha, and] royal heir of Ireland, 
was slain by the men of Breagha themselves. Gillachrist Ua Lorcain, lord of 
Caille-Follamhain, was killed at Ceanannus. Flann Ua Beice, lord of Ui-Meith, 
was killed. Muireadhach Ua Duibheoin, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh, was slain 
by Flaithbheartach Ua Neil. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by 
Maelseachlainn, at Odhbha, where many were slain. Gaeithini Ua Mordhai 
was slain. Dubhdabhoirenn Ua Riain was slain. l 

The Age of Christ, 1017 [recte 1018]. The fourth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Gormghal of Ard-Oilean*, chief anmchara of Ireland ; and Cormac Ua Mithi- 
dhein, Abbot of Achadh-abhla™, died. Muireadhach Ultach, anmchara of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Braen”, son of Maelmordha, son of Murchadh, King of 
Leinster, was blinded by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, at Ath-cliath, through trea- 


_chery ; and he died in consequence. Conghalach, son of Conchobhar, son of 


Finn, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Maelan, son of Egneach Ua Leocain, lord of 
Gaileanga and all Tuath-Luighne, was killed by the Saithni*. Cearbhall, son 
of Maelmordha, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by treachery. _A war between 
Maelseachlainn and the Ui-Neill of the North, so that the Eoghanachs went 
northwards over Sliabh-Fuaid. A predatory excursion by Maelseachlainn into 


lows: “A. D. 1017. S. Gormgalius de Ard- 
oilen, precipuus Hibernorum Synedrus, sive 
spiritualis Pater, obiit." 

! Q' Mithidhein.—Now anglicé O'Meehin, or 
Meehin, without the prefix O’. 

m Achadh-abhia: i. e. Field of the Apple- Trees, 
now Aghowle, or Aghold, in the barony of 
Shillelagh, and county of Wicklow, where are 
the ruins of an ancient monastic Irish church in 
good preservation.—See Colgan’s Acta Sancto- 
rum, p.731. Archdall (Monast. Hib., p. 731) 
erroneously places this monastery in the county 
of Wexford. It was anciently called Crosailech, 


and was founded by St. Finian of Clonard, who . 


resided here for sixteen years, and who is still 
remembered as the patron of the parish. This 
place was never identified before by any of our 
modern antiquaries. 

? Braen, son of Maelmordha, son of Murchadh. 


—He is called Bran in the old translation of 
the Annals of Ulster,— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49,— 
which is the true name. He is the progenitor 
after whom the Ui-Brain, or O’Byrnes of Lein- 
ster, took their hereditary surname. His father, 
Maelmordha, was the principal Irish champion 
in opposition to Brian Borumha in the battle of 
Clontarf. 

° Saithni.—A sept of the Cianachta, or race of 
Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, seated 
in Fingal in Magh Breagh, in the east of ancient 
Meath.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 69. 
After the establishment of surnames the chief 
family of this territory took the surname of 
O'Cathasaigh, now anglicé Casey. They were 
dispossessed by Sir Hugh de Lacy, who sold 
their lands.— See Giraldus’s Hibernia Expugnata, 
lib. ii. c. 24; see also Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 187, 
note *. ; 


ANNAA RIoshachta EIREANN. 


792 [1018 


lainn 5o Fiopa Ceall, 1 cancíp opong oon cpluag la Piona Ceall 4 lá hEle, 
59 po mapbad ann Oomnall Ua Camoealbám, ciġfpna Ceneo Laosaine, 3. 
Carp Moe, plécape Ilaorlp(chnaill, 7 Ua Cléncéin, ci&(mna Calle Fol- 
laman oo $um, 1 a écc tap pipe. Plannaccán Ua Ceallarg, 7 Congalach, 
mac Maoilpíchlamn, oo sun ipm margin céona. Olollacolaim, mac Mw- 
plas Ui Maolcpea, 7 Aed Ua hEpavám, cigfpna Ua mobplpal. Macha, 
oécc. Chípnach Ua ITlópóa, cis (nna Caorgipi, vo mapbad. Muipfoach, mac 
Mumceaigh, cigtpna. Pocapc, oo mapbao. 

Coir Cpiopc, mile a hochc décc. Cfn.cíáicceao bhadan vo Trl haoileach- 
lamn. Oomnall, mac Maolp(chnall, mic Oomnaill, comapba Finnen, 4 
Mocholmoce, vécc. Onğapcc Ua Maoilevinn, p(cnab, a. pmoin, Cluana mic 
Nop, vécc. hUa Opoouban, abb Acs tip, oo mapbao. Cealloana vo 
ule lopccaó vo cene oeaic, cenmota aon cls amám. Ongan C (nannpa do 
Sicpiucc, mac Amlaoib, co nGallarb Aca chat, co pugpae gabála Orapmide 
7 bparcc, q po mapbpac oaome 1omda pop lap na cille. Scpín Ciapáın vo 
opgam oo Domnall mac Taidg, ] a mapbaó pem a cc(no plécmame cma 
piopcaib Oé 7 Cianain. Oa mac. Tlaoilpeaclomn, mic Maolpuanad, Cipo- 
$an, q Cpocá, oa pigoamna Oihg oo mapbao lá Cenél €ogam páoém. 
Macsamain, mac Conaing, mic Oumncuan, pioġòamna Muman, oécc. Mac 


? Domhnall Ua Caindealbhain.—Now anglicé 
Daniel O’Kindellan, or Quinlan. This family 
took their hereditary surname from Caindeal- 
bhan, son of Maelcron, the lineal descendant of 
Laeghaire mac Neill Naighiallaigh, the last 
pagan monarch of Ireland.—See the Miscellany 
of the Irish Archeological Society, vol. i. p. 142 ; 
and note, under the year 925, p. 619, col. 2, 
suprà. i 
** A. D. 922" [recté, 927]. ** Coyndelvan mac 
Moyleron, prince of the Race of Lagerius, died, 
of whom the sept of Moyntyr-Kenydelan.”— 
Ann. Clon. 

a Ua- Ceallaigh : i. e. O’Kelly of Bregia, of the 
race of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Ceirbheoil, 
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 544 till 565. 
Of the fallen state of this family Conell Mageo- 
ghegan writes as follows, in 1627, in his trans- 


lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at A. D. 
778: 

“ They are brought so low now a days that the 
best Chroniclers in the kingdom are ignorant of 
their descents, for the O’Kellys are so common 
everywhere that it is unknown whether the 
dispersed parties of them be of the family of 
O'Kellys of Connaught or Brey, that scarcely 
one of the same family knoweth the name of his 
own great grandfather, and are turned to be 
meere churles and poore labouring men, so as 
scarce there is a few parishes in the kingdom 
but hath some one or other of those Kellys in it, 
I mean of Brey.” 

The year 1017 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 1018 of the Annals 
of Ulster, and 1011 of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise : 


1018.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 193 


[the territory of the] Feara-Ceall; and a party of the army was overtaken by 
the Feara-Ceall and the Eli, so that Domhnall Ua Caindealbhain?, lord of 
Cinel-Laeghaire, and Cass-Midhe, Maelseachlainn's lawgiver, were slain ; and 
Ua Cleircein, lord of Caille-Follamhain, was wounded, and died after a short 
period. Flannagan Ua Ceallaigh*, and Conghalach, son of Maelseachlainn, 
were mortally wounded at the same place. Gillacoluim, son of Muireadhach 
Ua Maeltrea, and Aedh Ua hEradain, lord of Ui-Breasail-Macha, died. Cear- 
nach Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was killed. Muireadhach, son of Muirchear- 
tach, lord of Fotharta, was killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1018 [rect 1019]. The fifth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Domhnall, son of Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, successor of Finnen and 
Mocholmog, died. Ua Brodubhain, Abbot of Achadhur, was killed. Cill-dara 
was all burned by lightning, excepting one house only. Ceanannus-was plun- 
dered by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and they 
carried off innumerable spoils and prisoners, and slew many persons in the 
middle of the church. The shrine of Ciaran was plundered by Domhnall, son 
of Tadhg; and he himself was killed at the end of a week, through the miracles 
of God and Ciaran. Two sons of Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, Ard- 
ghar and Ardchu, both royal heirs of Aileach, were killed by the Cinel-Eoghain 
themselves. Mathghamhain, son of Conaing, son of Donncuan, royal heir of 


“A. D. 1011? [rectó, 1018]. ** Moriegh Ul- 


** A, D. 1018. Gormgal in Ard-Olean, prime- 
tagh, anchorite of Clonvicknose, died. Broen” 


soul-frend? [ppnn-anméapa] “in Ireland, in 
Christo quievit. Bran mae Maelmorra, king of  [recté, Bran] ** mac Moylemorry, king of Lyn- 


Lenster, blinded at Dublin by Sitrick mac 
Aulaiv. Maelan mae Egni O’Lorkan, king of 
Galeng and all Tuothluigne, killed by an ar- 
row” [recté, by the tribe of Saithni]. * An army 
by Kindred-Owen to Killfavrick, killed many, 
and imprisoned" (recte, lost] “ Gilchrist, mac 
Conaing, mic Congalai. Antrim spoyled by 
Fermanach. Donell O'Cynnelvan, king of Lao- 
aire, and Casmie, heard” [Reézaipe ] “to Mael- 
sechlainn, killed by Ferkall and Ely, about a 
pray. The Comet permanent this yeare for 14 
days in harvest. Gilcolum mac Mureai O'Mael- 
trea, and Hugh O'Heruan, king of O'Bressall- 
Macha, mortui sunt.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


ster, had his eyes putt outt by the deceipt of 
Sittrick. "There appeared this year in the Au- 
tumne two shining Cometes in the Firmament, 
which continued for the space of two weeks. 
King Moyleseaghlyn, with a great army, went 
to Ferkall and Elye, where he tooke a great 
prey, and through the stordy resistance of the 
inhabitants of the said countrey, in defence of 
their preys and libertys, Donnell O'Koynde- 
laine, prince of the Race of King Lagery, and 
Casmye, the king’s Stewarde" [Reaccaipe], 
* with many others, were slain. Congallach 
mac Moylemorry, prince of Lynster, was killed 
wilfully."— Ann. Clon. 


Da H 


SCENE TEN a Y TS 


uv WT ek oe i eee 


7 


794 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[1019. 


Cacapnaig, mic Aoda oo Uib Coippeni, 00 comionnpargeaó pon Ohonnchad 
mac bpian, co ccapac beim oo claideb ma é(no, 7 vap a láim sup bth an 
lam, 1. a bapp deap oé. Cepna apam mac bmain, q po mapbad mac 
Catapnais. Maolmopda, mac Maoilmuanid, canaiyi Oealbna, vo manmbao. 
Ua Seibennag, canaipi Ua Mane, v0 mapbad.  Pleicb(ncach Ua Néll 
vo teact a cCín Conall, go po hainccead laip Tip n€noa, 7. Tip Cuécóach. 
Ruan Ua hGilellim, cis(pna Ua nEatac, vo mapa lá piona Pinmage, 
q po manbad oa mac Cemnerorg 1. Congalac,7 Giollamupe ma óíogail po 
cevdip.  Grollacavimsm, mac Ounlamg, mic Cuacail, pigoarina Caig(n oo 
mapbad oo Cargoib buóóém 4. oo Caorpip. | Chiléni mac Oippene, cisfpna 
Mugvonn,7 oppene Ua Catappars, cis(pna Saxene, vo mhapbad la Galean- 
gab.  R'uarópi, mac Faolán, cigfna Pocape, oo mapbao. 

Qoip Chiopc, mile a naoi vécc. Cn peipead bhadan 00 Mhaol(chlamo. 
Maolmuaid Ua Maolmuad, ciljna Pean cCeall, oo mapbaod hi Mong Céne 
la Mumpcfpeach Ua Cappaig. Slorecfo lá Maolpeachlamn, 7 la hUa Néll 
3 lá Oonnchad mac Sain, 7 la hpo Ua Ruame, co Sionamn, co ccuccpac 
giolla Connaéc oo Mhaolpfchlomo. | Pleicb(mcach Ua hGocada vo dallad 
la Niall mac €ocaba. | Ceapmann Pmoia vo opgam 6 Ub Faoláin. Oom- 


"Ua Geibhennaigh.—Now anglicised Keaveny. 
This family descends from Geibhennach, son of 
Aedh, chief of Hy-Many, who was slain in 971. 
—See note under that year; and Tribes and 
Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 62, 63. 

* Tir-Lughdhach: i. e. the territory of the 
Cinel-Lughdhach.—See note *, under A. D. 868, 
p. 513, supra. 

t Gillacaeimhghin : i. e. Servant of St. Coeimh- 
gin, or Kevin. He was the grandson of Tuathal, 
the progenitor after whom the Ui-Tuathail, or 
O?Tooles of Leinster, took their hereditary sur- 
name, The O’Tooles descend from his brother 
Donn, or Donneuan, who was appointed king of 
Leinster by the monarch Maelsechlainn IL, in 
1015. 

* Ua-Cathasaigh.—Now O’Casey, or Casey, 
without the prefik O'.— See note on Saithne 
under A. D. 1017. 


The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under the year 1019: 

** A. D. 1019.: Alen mac Ossene, king of Mu- 
gorn, and Ossen O'Cahasay, king of Saihni, 
killed by Galengs. Kildare all burnt by fyre, 
called Zenediait. Donell mac Maelsechlainn, 
Coarb of Finnen and Macolmog, in Christo 
quievit. Ardgar and Archu, mic Maelsechlainn, 
mic Maelruanai, two heyres of Ailech, a suis 
occisi sunt. Gilkyvin, heyre of Lenster, killed 
by his owne people. Mahon, mac Conaing, mic 
Duinneuan, heir of Mounster, died. Flavertach 
O’Nell came to Tyrconell, and preyed Tir- 
Enna and Tirlugach. Roary O’Halelan, king 
of O'Nechach, killed by the men of Fernmai. 
The two sonns of Kennedy were killed in his 
revenge very soone, .i. Congalach and Gilmuire. 
A skyrmish given by O'Cassens about Donogh 
mae Bryan, that his right hand was cut off.” 


10193 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 105 


Munster, died. The son of Catharnach, son of Aedh of the Ui-Caisin, attacked 
Donnchadh, son of Brian, and gave him a stroke of a sword in his head and 
across the arm, so that he struck off his right hand, i. e. his right palm. The 
son of Brian afterwards escaped, and the son of Catharnach was slain. Mael- 
mordha, son of Maelmhuaidh, Tanist of Dealbhna, was killed. Ua Geibhennach', 
Tanist of Ui-Mane, was killed. Flaithbheartach Ua Neill came into Tir-Conaill, 
and plundered Tir-Enda and Tir-Lughdhach*. Ruaidhri Ua h Aileallain, lord 
of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh; and the two sons of Cein- 
neidigh, namely, Conghalach and Gillamuire, were immediately slain in revenge 
of him. Gillacaeimhghin‘, son of Dunlaing, son of Tuathal, royal heir of Lein- 
ster, was slain by the Leinstermen themselves, i. e. by [the people of] Laeighis. 
Aileni, son of Oissene, lord of Mughdhorna; and Ossene Ua Cathasaigh", lord 
of Saithne, were slain by the Gaileanga. Ruaidhri, son of Faelan, lord of 
Fotharta, was slain. L] 

The Age of Christ, 1019 [recté 1020]. The sixth year of Maelseachlainn. 
Maelmhuaidh O'Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain in Magh-Lena* by 
Muircheartach Ua Carraigh. An army was led by Maelseachlainn, Ua Neill, 
Donnchadh, son of Brian, and Art Ua Ruaire, to the Sinainn ; and they gave 


the hostages of Connaught to Maelseachlainn. 


was blinded by Niall, son of Eochaidh. 


[The] * Damliac of Dorow, .i. a sanctified place” 
[recté, the great stone church] “broken by 
Murtagh O'Carrai upon Maelmoi, king of Fer- 
call, bringing him forth forcibly, and? [he was] 
“killed after." —— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of 
these events under the year 1012, as follows: 

** A. D. 1012” [recté, 1019]. ** All the town 
of Killdare was burnt by a thunderbolt, but 
one house. Sittrick mac Awley of Dublin irre- 
verently and without respect made havock of 
all the kings in the church of Kells, and killed 
many within the walles of the said church. The 
Shrine of St. Keyran was abused by Donnell 
mac Teige, who, by the miracles of St. Keyran, 
was killed within a week after. The son of one 
Caharnagh O'Cassine, in the territory of Tho- 


Flaithbheartach Ua hEochaidh* 
The Termon of Finnia’ was plundered 


mond, fell upon Donnogh mac Bryan Borowe, 
and gave him a blow in the head, and did cutt 
off his right hand. Donnogh escaped alive; 
the other was killed in that pressence. Moyle- 
morry mac Moylemoye, prince of Delvyn, died.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

" Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, near Tulla- 
more, in the King's County. See note *, under 
A. D. 902, p. 564, suprà. 

* Ua-h Eochaidh.—Now O’ Haughey, and some- 
times anglicised Haughey, Haugh, Hoey, and 
even Howe. This family took their hereditary 
surname from Eochaidh, son of Niall, son of 
Eochaidh, son of Ardghar, who was the eighth 
in descent from Bec Boirche, King of Ulidia, 
who died in the year 716.— See p. 315, suprà. 

* The Termon of Finnia: i.e. the Termon of 


SLR 


b Babes UNTRAS T 4. M ev 


(1020. 


796 


` nall, mac MuinCohang, cizCpnac Ua Mame, oo mapbao. Ceò Ua hInopeach- 
cas, cigna Ua Mét, oo. mapbad la hU Niallam. | Cátvacpa Ua Con- 
cobain, tig(ina Cianpaige Cuacpa, vo écc. 

Qoi Cpforc, mile piche. On plcecmad bliaóam vo Maol(chlamn. 
Copbmac Ua Pino puí eppcop Muman, véce. CAnomacha vo lopccad sup 
an pat uile, san c(papnccam aom cige mce cenmota an ceach pcneapcpa 
namá, po lorpecei 10l carge 1p na cpeabaib,] po lopccaó m Ooimliace món, 
1 m Cloicteach co na cloceaib,7 Oamlags na Coe,1 Oaimblace an cSabanll, 
q an cp(n cataoip ppoic(pca, 4 Cappac na nObbad,7 a lubaip 1 ccoigib na 
mac lerginn co miomacc óp, 7 ampt, 1 gach peoic apċfna. Ceall oapa co 
na oepcor$ oo lopccad. l(no oa loca co na ventaisib oo lopccaó. | Copccoo 
Cluana lopaipo, Anand, Supo, 7 Cluana mc Nop. Scpín Daccpoice, 7 an 
Pmnporoeach Paccpaice vo opccam 6 imgpimneib, 7 lá hUa nmo, 4 lá 
hioccapUa n€acoac, co puccpacc un céo bó leó. Maolmuipe,mac Eochada, 
comonba Dacpaicc, cmo clépech 1aptaip tuaipceipt Eonpa uile, 4 cule 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


Clonàrd in Meath, of which Finnia, or Finnen, 
was the patron saint. 

* O h-Innreachtaigh.—This name is now an- 
glicised Hanratty, without the prefix O, in the 
original territory of Ui-Meith-Macha, in the 
county of Monaghan. In the south of Ireland 
the name Mac Innreachtaigh is anglicised En- 
right, without the prefix Mac, which disguises 
the Irish origin of the name. 

* Culuachra : i.e. Canis Montis Luachra: i. e. 
dog, hero, or fierce warrior of Sliabh Luachra. 

^ Except the library only : literally, “save only 
the house of the manuscripts.” Colgan mis- 
takes the construction of the language of this 
passage, and omits several items, in his Annals 
of Armagh (Trias Thaum., p. 298), as fol- 
lows. The errors and omissions are marked by 
brackets : 

“A. D. 1020. Ardmacha tota incendio vas- 
tata usque ad arcem majorem in qua nulla domus 
fuit combusta" [recté, servata] ** preter Biblio- 
thecam solam ; sed” [recte, et] **plurimse ædes 
sunt flammis absumptz in tribus aliis partibus 


civitatis et inter alia ipsum summum templum,” 
[turris cum suis campanis] * Basilica Toensis, 
Basilica Sabhallensis, Basilica vetus conciona- 
toria? [recté, rostrum vetus concionatorium, 
currus abbatialis |; “ libri omnes studiosorum in 
suis domiciliis, et ingens copia auri et argenti, 
cum aliis plurimis bonis.” 

But this passage is more correctly rendered 
by Mageoghegan in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
and in the old translation of the Annals of Ul- 
ster.— Vide infra. 

* Maelmuire.—This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows : n 

* A. D. 1020. S. Moelmurius (sive quod 
idem est) Marianus, filius Eochodii, Comorbanus 
S. Patricii, caput Cleri Occidentalis Europs, 
precipuus, sacrorum Ordinum Occidentis, Doc- 
tor sapientissimus, obiit die tertio Junii, feria 
Sexta ante Pentecosten: et in ejus locum elec- 
tus Comorbanus S. Patricii instituitur Amal- 
gadius communi consensu cleri et populi.”— 
Trias Thaum., p. 298. 
` The most of the passages given by the Four 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 797 


by the Ui-Faelain. Domhnall, son of Muireadhach, lord of Ui-Maine, was 
killed. Aedh Ua h-Innreachtaigh’, lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by the Ui-Nial- 
lain. Culuachra* Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1020. The seventh year of Maelseachlainn. Cormac 
Ua Finn, a distinguished Bishop of Munster, died. Ard-Macha was burned, 
with all the fort, without the saving of any house within it, except the library 
only’, and many houses were burned in the Trians ; and the Daimhliag-mor 
was burned, and the Cloictheach, with its bells ; and Daimhliag-na- Toe, and 
Daimhliag-an-tSabhaill ; and the old preaching chair, and the chariot ofthe - 
abbots, and their books in the houses of the students, with much gold, silver, 
and other precious things. Cill-dara, with its oratory, was burned. Gleann-da- 
loch, with its oratories, was burned. The burning of Cluain-Iraird, Ara, Sord, 
and Cluain-mic-Nois. The shrine of Patrick, and the Finnfaidheach [a bell ?] 
of Patrick, were robbed by the plunderers, by Ua hAidith, and [the people of] 
Lower Ui-Eathach ; and they carried off with them seven hundred cows. Mael- 
muire’, son of Eochaidh, successor of Patrick, head of the clergy of all the 
north-west of Europe, and flood of the dignity of the western world,—this 


1020.] 


Masters under the years 1019, 1020, are given 
in the Annals of Ulster under 1020, and some 
of them are given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
under 1013, as follows: 

* A. D. 1020. Kildare, with the Durhay, 
burnt. Glendalocha all, with Durhayes, burnt. 
Clon-Irard, Clon-mic-Nois, and Sord-Colum- 
Cill, tertia parte cremate sunt. Gilkiaran mae 
Ossene, king of Mugorn, killed by men of Rosse. 
Maelmoi mac Ossene, king of Mugorn, in one 
day killed by [Ui-]Macuais of Bregh. All 
Ardmach burnt wholly, viz., the Damliag with 
the houses” [rectó, with the roof], ** or cover of 
lead, the Steeple, with the Bells; the Savall, 
and Taei, and Chariott of the Abbott, with the 
old chaire of precepts, in the third Kal. of June, 
Monday before Whitsonday. Maelmuire mac 
Eocha, Coarb of Patrick, head of the clergy of 
the North-west of all Europe, in the 20th yeare 
of his principality, the 3. Non. Junii, Friday 
before Whitsonday, mortuus est. : Amalgai in the 


Coarbshipp by consent of lai and church. Fin- 
laech mae Roary, king of Scotland, a suís occisus 
est. Hugh O’Hinrechta, king of O-Meith, killed 
by the O-Niallans.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1013" [rectó, 1020]. “ Murtagh 
O'Carry Calma tooke Molloye, or Moylemoye, 
prince of Ferkall, from out the church of Dor- 
row, and killed him at Moylena, adjoining to 
Dorrowe. King Moyleseaghlyn, O'Neale, Don- 
nogh mac Bryan, and Art O' Royrck, with theire 
forces, went into the provence of Connought, 
took hostages there, and delivered them into 
the king’s hands. Killdare, Gleandalogha, Clon- 
arde, Aron, Swords, and Clonvicknose, were 
thoroughly burnt by Danes. Ardmach, the 
third of the Kallends of June, was burnt from 
the one end to the other, save only the Librarie. 
[Cenmoċa an ceach pepeapepa nama}. All 
the houses were burnt; the great church," 
[the] * steeple, the church of the Savall; the 
pullpitt, or chair of preaching, together with 


798 ANKAA gioghachca EIREANN. (1021. 


opodan iaptoip oomam m cpu! ecenaide oo écc, an cpp lá oo mí lun ipm 
Clone pia cCinctidiep vo ponnpao, 1 Amalgaid 1 ccomapbap Dácpaicce oo 
péip cuaice 7 eccla. 

Coir Cpíope, mile piche a haen. On cocemao bliadam oo Mhaoil(ch- 
lamn. Maonac, paccapc 1 aipcmneach Camne Lépe, oo écc. Maolmaipe, 


ingfn Amlaob, b(n Maorlfchloann mic Oommall, vég: Coo, mac Plain, 


mic Maolpichlainn, píogóarina €peann, vo mapbao oo Ua Maigceachain 
oo Phípaib bile. Opanacán Ua Maolwoip ampi Mide, vo báodo ora beal- 
camne hi Loch Amono, Mac Conailbs, ppím peaċcaine Maolpfchlainn, oo 
écc, 1ap nonccam Scpine Cranain 0616 a nofp. hi ccinn nómhaióe 1app an 
opecain. Mardm pra nUgaine, mac Ounlamg, ma pig Largtn, pop Sicpice, 
mac Cfmlaorb, co nGallaib Aca chat occ Oenge Tllogonóg, co po lad ong 
an Gall 1 nUib öpum Cualano. | Cácaille, mac Oublaic, cigna Peap 
Culac, oécc. Cáceille, mac Mancain, oo mapbao la Síol nCinméaoa. Mac 
Concha, eig(pna Ua nO1apmava, oo mapbao la hUib Oaopa. Cpeach 
.móp lá Maolpíchlamn pop Gulla, q cpeach iin owce 6éona vapam la 
hUib Néill pop Chiannaécaib. Cpfch món ipm lá apnathanach lá Maol- 
péchlamn pop Cenél n€océam, 1 a monnapbaó cap Shab Puaio pó éuaio. 
Mac €icis mic Pollamam, coipeach Clomne Puavach, vo écc. Prop cnut- 


much gold, silver, and books, were burnt by the Life of St. Canocus: 


4 " 
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the Danes." — Ann. Clon. 

* Maelmaire, daughter of Amhlaeibh.—1t. is 
curious to remark how Sitric, King of Dublin, 
stood allied to his Irish enemies. He was the 
brother-in-law of King Maelseachlainn IL, and 
the- son-in-law of Brian Borumha! It is no 
wonder then that he did not join either side in 
the battle of Clontarf. 

° Dergne- Mogorog.— Called Deilgne-Moghoroe 
in the Annals of Ulster, and now anglicised 
Delgany ; it is situated in the barony of Rath- 
down, and county of Wicklow. The change of 
p to l in the anglicising of names of places in 
Ireland is very common. Deirgne, or Deilgne, 
is to be distinguished from Deilg-inis, which is 
the Irish name of Dalkey Island. This passage 
is translated by Colgan as follows, in a note to 


“ A. D. 1021.. Augurius filius Dunluing Rex 
Lagenis in conflictu habito ad Dergneam S. Mo- 
goroci, in regione de Hy-Briuin-Chualann, con- 
trivit Sitricium filium Amlai, et Nortmannos 
Dublinienses usque ad internecionem longe cru- 
entam,”—Acia Sanctorum, p. 313, n. 11. 

f Cuceanann.— He is the ancestor of the fa- 
mily of O'Conceannainn, now Concannon, who 
were seated in the territory of Corcamoe, in the 
north of the county of Galway. 

* The Ui-Gadhra : i. e. the family of O'Gara, 
who were at this time seated in the territories 
of Gaileanga and Sliabh-Lugha, in the present 
county of Mayo. 

^ Fallamhan.—He was the ancestor of the fa- 
mily of O'Fallamhain, arglicè O'Fallon, who 
were seated in the territory of Clann-Uadach, 


1021.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 799 


learned sage died on the third day of the month of June, the Friday before 
Whitsuntide precisely; and Amhalghaidh was installed in the successorship of 
Patrick by the laity and the clergy. 

The Age of Christ, 1021. The eighth year of Maelseachlainn. Maenach, 
priest and airchinneach of Lann-Leire, died. Maelmaire, daughter of Amh- 
laeibh?, wife of Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall, died. Aedh, son of Flann, son 
of Maelseachlainn, heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Ua Maigh- 
teachain, [one] of the Feara-Bile. Branagan, son of Maeluidhir, a chief of 
Meath, was drowned on May-day, in Loch-Ainninn [Lough Ennell], and Mac- 
Conailligh, chief lawgiver of Maelseachlainn, died, after the plundering of the 
shrine of Ciaran by them both ; this happened at the end of nine days after the 
plundering. A victory was gained by Ugaire, son of Dunlaing, King of Lein- 
ster, over Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, and the foreigners of ‘Ath-cliath, at Derge- 
Mogorog* in Ui-Briuin-Cualann, where he made a dreadful slaughter of the 
foreigners. Cucaille, son of Dubhlaech, lord of Feara-Tulach, died. ^ Cucaille, 
son of Marcan, was slain by the Sil-Anmchadha. The son of Cuceanann!, lord 
of Ui-Diarmada, was slain by the Ui-Gadhra*. A great depredation by Mael- 
seachlainn upon the foreigners; and on the same night a depredation was com- 
mitted by the Ui-Neill upon the Cianachta, A great depredation was committed 
by Maelseachlainn upon the Cinel-Eoghain ; and they were driven northwards 
over Sliabh-Fuaid. Mac-Etigh, son of Follamhain", chief of Clann-Uadach, died. 


hainn, with their kings. Also O'Celegan, O’ Lor- 
kan, with O-Bressalls, and O-Niallans, were all 
before him at Ardmach” [recte, Oenach-Macha, 
near Ardmacha], “that they came all at once 


in the barony of Athlone, and county of Ros- 

common.—See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, 

p. 19, note ^; and note’, under A. D. 1225. 
The chronology of the Annals of the Four 


Masters is correct from this period forward. 
'The Annals of Ulster notice the following events 
under this year : 

« A. D. 1021. An overthrow by Ugaire, king 
of Lenster, to Sitrick mae Aulaiv, king of Dub- 
lin, at Delgne-Mogoroc. A shower of wheat 
rained in Ossory. An army by Hugh O’Nell 
through O-Dorthainn. They were.at Matechta 
and killed the Lehderg in the meeting" [rectè, 
in a conflict], “and O-Meiths and men of Mu- 


gorn mett him, together with the men of Saini”. 


[Saithni], “the men of Fernvai, and O'Dor- 


about him; but the son of Hugh caried his 
prayes from them all, and was” [i.e. had] “but 
240 men, and some were killed in the midest of 
Ardmach betwene them. Sic in Libro Duvda- 
lethe.  Branagan O’Maeluire, Deputy king” 
[upp] “of Meath, drowned, May-day, in Loch- 
Aininn. Awalgai, Coarb of Patrick, went into 
Mounster and 100 men” [recté, céona cup, i. e. 
prima vice, i. e. for the first time], “and visitted 
about. Kellach O'Cahasai, king of „Saithne, 
killed by Kindred-Owen. The son of Flann 
mac Maelsechlainn, heyre of Tarach; Hugh, 


800 ANNAZA giosghachca EIREANN. (1022. 


neacca vo P(p&am 1 nOppoigib. Amalga, comapba Pacpaice, vo dol ipm 
Muman céona cup, co ccucc a món éuaipc. 

Clip Cpíopc, mile piche a oó. Mawm Clea bude Clacega pia Maol- 
réchlamn pop Shallow’ Cea chat, vú 1 cconcpaccap ile, oia nepa, 


Q copcean veapg veiòfnach, peapccop occ an Qè mburoe, 
Tmoca late léimmenoach opin co c(no a ude. 


Mí do ma blcha rappin. Maoileaclaann Móp, mac Oorinaill, mc Oonn- 
cada, cuin opoam, 1 orneacaip 1aptaipn domain, vo écc hí cCpó Imp Lóċa 
h€mino, 1ap mbert cpi bliadna clépacac 1 mse uap Epinn, mad rap bap 
Cluana mic Noip, 1. a5 cop mghe bpian, mic Cinneibi$, anp an cipemh, 1 
necmamg naoi mbliadna 1ap. cCat Cluana cap ipm cheap bhadan plèc- 
moğat a ao, an c(cpamao Noin vo Sepcembep via oomnaig oo pornpao, 
lap naicmge ofocpa ma p(ccoib agup coupmteaccaid, ian nammccin Cupp 
Cpiopc, 5 a pola, 4 1ap na ongad illamoib Omalgada, comapba Dpaccpaicc 
ap po baoi pide, comanba Cholaim Chille,7 comapba Cianam, 4 epmon 
ppurc(ó €p£mn hr ppplenapcup occa, po celebapproc oipppimn, 1 1mna, 
pralma, cancice oo pat a anma. bá liach oo aroilecneacaib an coimoe 
an bap pm Tlaorp(chlomn amal ap pollup ipm pann, 


Chi ééo pont occ an pis, mma copan bnoic ip bio, 


o reel 


Clcpom ó pis na nomle 1 m(6ón gach oüme vít. 


heyre of Ailech ; and Donell O’Murchaa, occisi 
sunt.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

A few of the same events are noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1014, 
as follows : 

“A. D. 1014” [recte, 1021]. * Owgaire mac? 
[Dowling, mic Tuahall, mie Owgaire, mic Mur- 


rogh mic] “Ailella, king of Lynster, gave a 


great overthrow to the Danes of Dublin, at a 
place called Deirgne-Mogoroge; where an infinite 
number of Danes were slain. Cowchoylle mac 
Dowlye” [recté, mac Marcan O'Dowlye], “prince 
of Fertullagh, died. There was-a shower of 
wheat in Ossorie this year. Moylemary, daugh- 
ter of Awley of Dublin, Queen of Ireland, and 


wife to King Moyleseaghlyn, died.” 

i Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha : i.e. the Yellow Ford 
of Tlachtgha, now Athboy, a town in the ba- 
rony of Lune, and county of Meath, and about 
six miles north-west from Trim.—See note 5 on 
Tlachtgha, under A. D. 1172. 

* Cro-inis- Locha- Ainninn : i.e. the island of 
the house or hut, in Lough-Ennell. This island 
is still called Cro-inis in Irish, and sometimes 
Cormorant Island in English. It lies in the 
north-west part of Lough-Ennell, near Mullin- 
gar, in the county of Westmeath, and belongs 
to the parish of Dysart. Some fragments of the 
ruins of a small castle, or stone house, are still 
to be seen on this island. The fort of Dun-na- 


1022.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRÉLAND. 801 


A shower of wheat was rained in Osraighe. Amhalghaidh, successor of 
Patrick, went into Munster for the first time, and made a great circuit thereof. 

The Age of Christ, 1022. The victory of Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha' [was 
gained] by Maelseachlainn over the foreigners of Ath-cliath, where many were 
slain ; of which was said : 


His last bloody victory was in the evening atAth-buidhe ; 
Thirty revolving days from this until his death. 


He lived but a month after this. Maelseachlainn Mor, son of Domhnall, son 
of Donnchadh, pillar of the dignity and nobility of the west of the world, died 
on Cro-inis Locha-Aininn*, after having been forty-three years in sovereignty 
over Ireland, according to the Book of Cluain-mic-Nois, which places the reign 
of Brian, son of Kennedy, in the enumeration, at the end of nine years after 
the battle of Cluain-tarbh, in the seventy-third year of his age, on the fourth of 
the Nones of September, on Sunday! precisely, after intense penance for his sins 
and transgressions, after receiving the body of Christ and.his blood, after being 
anointed by the hands of Amhalghaidh, successor of Patrick, for he and the 
successor of Colum Cille, and the successor of Ciaran, and most of the seniors 
of Ireland, were present [at his death]; and they sung masses, hymns, psalms, 
and canticles, for the welfare of his soul. Sorrowful to the poor of the Lord 
was the death of Maelseachlainn, as is evident from this quatrain : 


Three hundred forts had the king, in which flesh and food were given, 
Guests from the king of the elements were in each fort of these. 


Sciath, the seat of King Maelseachlainn, which 
consisted of several -concentric entrenchments 


bris cum summá pcenitentià migravit ad Domi- 
num, viatico corporis et sanguinis Christi pié 


or circumvallations, is situated on the brink of 
the lake opposite this island. 

This passage is translated by Colgan as fol- 
lows in his Annals of Armagh: 

** A. D. 1022. Malachias magnus filius Dom- 
naldi Rex Hibernie supremum caput Ordinum, 
et Procerum Occidentis postquam annis 43 reg- 
nasset juxtà Annales Cluanenses cum novem 
annis quibus regnavit post prelium Cluantar- 
bhense; anno etatis 73 quarto Nonas Septem- 


sumpto, et sacra unctione preminitus, in mani- 
bus Amalgadii Archiepiscopi Ardmachani. Ade- 
rant etiam Comorbanus S. Columbe, et Comor- 
banus S. Kierani, et alii plerique seniores" 
[rpuier] * totius Hibernis, qui sacrificiis, hym- 
nis, canticis, et psalmodia ejus exequias solem- 
niter celebrarunt." — Trias Thaum., p. 298. 

1 On Sunday.—These criteria indicate the 
year 1022, and shew that the chronology of the 
Irish annals is correct at this period. 


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802 ANNALA gmioshachca EIREANN. [1022. 
Cir do bliadna” bárp Maoileachlainn beóp po padto, ` 


Oá bliadain vá deit ıp míle, 6 Sem Core chnn gac níže, 
60 hécc uí Colmán na ccpeach, Maolpfchlamn comlán cumneach: 


Plann Ua Tacain, aipémneach Ofpmarge, eccna ofppcaigee, 7 Maol- 
coba Ua Sallcubaip, comonba Sepine Qoamnain, vécc. Caécnén Inpi Caom, 
comapba Oeaga, oécc 1 nApo Maca, Catapach Ua Gapbám, plplerginn 
Cluana mic Noip, oo Churpemb a cenel,7 lopeph, mac Oanchada, anmcapa 
Cluana mic Nójp, vécc, Atain Comn na m6occ epide. Mupen na c(ngaó 
vo mapbao 6 orb gilli oo Cuigmb. Oornnall, Ua Munpchada Slumeillap, 
ci&fpna an cuaipceinc, vo mapbao lá Ciannaécoaib Glinne Semin. Oornali, 
mac Coda Ui Mhaolvonars, vo mapbad. Muipfoach Ua Slebene, apo ollam 
tuaipceimt €peann, oo mapbao la propa Roip. Mac C(mbaill, cigeapna 
Ele, ] Domnall, mac Ceallang, plait Potanz, vo manbaoh. Sicprocc, mac 
loma, cr&(pna. Phuipc Cáipge, oo mapba la ciz (pna Orpaige. Maclerginn, 
mac Coll, ci$(pna. Oingiall, vo écc 1ap bp(nnamo ma pícéob. Mat- 
samain, mac Larwsnéin, mic Chall, crsfana P(nnmonge, oo rnapbao hi 
cCluain €oaip la Catal Ua Cpíocám. Mumpefpeach Ua Capparg Calma 


' m Flann Ua Tacain.—For some ancient in- 
Scribed tombstones to persons of this name, 


. see Petrie's Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 324, 


325. i 

? Q'Gallchubhair. — Now O'Gallagher. This 
family took their hereditary surname from Gal- 
chobhar, sixth in descent from Maelcobha, 
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 612 till 615, 
whose eldest son, Ceallach, was monarch from 
642 till 654.—See Battle of Magh-Rath, p. 336. 

° Scrin-Adhamhnain : i. e. Adamnan’s Shrine, 
now Skreen, an old church giving name to a 
townland and parish, in the barony of Tireragh, 
and county of Sligo.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanc- 
torum, p. 337, and p. 340, n. 42. Near this 
church is a holy well dedicated to St. Adamnan. 
—See Genealogies, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 267, 
note t, 

? Deagha: i.e. St. Dagæus, who is the patron 


saint of Inishkeen, in the county of Louth.— 
See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 348 and 374 ; 
and Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 465. 

3 Conn-na-mBocht : i. e. Conn of the Poor. 
He was the ancestor of a family at Clonmac- 
noise called Mac Cuinn na mBocht, otherwise 
O'Gorman. 

* Cearbhall.—THe. is the ancestor from whom 
the family of O'Cearbhaill of Ely-O'Carroll, in 
the now King's County, derived their heredi- 
tary surname. 

* Ua Crichain.—Now anglicé Creighan, and 
Cregan, and sometimes scoticised to Creighton. 

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, which agree in chronology with the 
Annals of the Four Masters at this period 
(and which are all correct at this year), record 
the following events under 1022 : 

** A. D. 1022. Cervall's sonn, king of Ely; 


1022.) 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 803 


Of the year of Maelseachlainn’s death was also said : 


Two years, twice ten, and a thousand, from the birth of Christ, the 


head of every king, 


Till the death of the descendant of Colman of preys, Maelseachlainn, 


the perfect, the memorable. 


Flann Ua Tacain", airchinneach of Dearmhach, a distinguished wise man; and 


Maelcobha Ua Gallehubhair?, comharba of Scrin-Adhamhnain®, died. Lachtnan 
of Inis-caein, successor of Deagha?, died at Ard-Macha. Cathasach Ua Gar- 
bhain, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the sept of Cuircni; and Joseph, son of 
Dunchadh, anmchara of Cluain-mic-Nois, died : the latter was the father of 
Conn-na-mBocht*. Muiren of the tongue was slain by two Gillies of the 
Luighni Domhnall, grandson of Murchadh Glunillar, lord of the North, was 
slain by the Cianachta of Gleann-Geimhin. Domhnall, son of Aedh Ua Mael- 
doraidh, was slain. Muireadhach Ua Sleibhene [Slevin], chief poet of the 
north of Ireland, was slain by the Feara-Rois. The son of Cearbhall”, lord of 
Eile; and Domhnall, son of Ceallach, chief of Fotharta, were slain. Sitric, son 
of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by the lord of Osraighe. Macleighinn, 
son of Coireall, lord of Oirghialla, died, after [doing] penance for his sins. 
Mathghamhain, son of Laidhgnen, son of Cearbhall, lord of Fearnmhagh, was 
slain at Cluain-Eois, by Cathal Ua Crichain* Muircheartach Ua Carraigh 


Daniell O’Kelly, king of Fothart ; and Sitrick 
mac Ivar, king of Waterford, killed. Mac Leginn 
mac Cairill, king of Airgiall; Flann O’Tacan, 
Airchinnech of Dorow, died. Lachtnan, Coarb 
of Iniskyn-Dea, died in Ardmach. Maelsech- 
lainn, mac Donell mac Doncha, the glorious 
and courageous post or upholder of the west of 
the world, died in the 43rd yeare of his reigne, 
in the 73rd yeare of his age, in 4 Nonas Sep- 
tembris die viz. Dominico ii. lune. A sea battle 
betwene the Galls of Dublin and Nell mac 
Eochaa, king of Ulster. The Gentiles” [recté, 
Galls] * put to flight, that theire bloody slagh- 
ter was had, and put to jeopardy after. Mur- 
tagh O’Carroi, heyre of Tarach, killed by Mael- 
sechlainn. An overthrow at Sliavfuaid of Air- 


gialla by Nell mac Eochaa, that their bloody 
slaghter was comitted. Mahon mac Laignen, 
king of Fernvai, killed by Cahalan O’Chrichan, 
in the midest of Clonoais, Muren Natenga, .i. of 
the toung, killed.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clar., t. 49. 

* A. D. 1022. Mac Kervell, prince of Ely, 
was killed. Sittrick mac Hymer, King of Wa- 
terford, was killed by these of Ossorie. Flann 
O'Tagan, Archdean of Dowrowe, worthy sadge 
and holy man, died. There was a great shower 
of hail in Summer this year, the stones whereof 
were as bigg as crabbs” [wild apples] ‘ There 
was also such thunder and lightning that it 
killed an infinite number of cattle every where 
in the kingdome. King Moyleseaghlyn gave 
an overthrow to the Danes, where many of 


5x2 


+ 


we — ANNAZA noghachca EIREANN. (1023. 


vo mapbao lá Maolpfchlamn Goo1 meabail. Muipcompac pop pan pparpec! 
eccip S hallaib Aca cliaé q Niall mac Cocada, pi Ulad, co paeimmó popr 
na Gulla, 7 cuccad 1avpéin 1 mbpore, ] Tuccad oan, a longa leó acc uatad 
acpula ap ap éiccin. Placpor, mac Ouibplánga, mic Coda mic Comalcag, 
cisfina Leite Catal, vo tuim lap na Gallen’ rpm muncompac pm ipm 
r(écrnaó mbliadam oécc a aoii. Oonncad, coip(ch Clomne Catanl, oécc. 
Cloichpn(éca dı mép po p(p ipm Sampad, comboap mefíoe ubla piabam na 
cloéa,1 po apcpoug coipneach,] cemnceach mop, co po mudaigead oaome 
7 ceatpa peacnén €ipeann. Opccam Chille bapa 6 Ohonnpleibe go 
nUib Paolém. Mam hı Shab Pucio. pop Aingiallarb pi Niall mac €oc- 
add, po cuipead oeapgáp Clipgiall ann. 

Cloi Cpíope, mile piche a cpi. Maolmaipe Ua Caen, eccna 3 
eppcop Supo Cholaim Chille; vécc. Oornnall mac Cloda dicc Ui Maol- 
eachlainn, an vapa cig(pna bof pop Míde, oo mapbad lá mac Sfnain 
Ui Leocam 4 lá Lugnt.  Cp(ch la Sulla oap oeipceanc móop(g, 4 oan 
Oormnliacc Chianáin, 7 Cintit Ua Cacapaig, coipeac na Saicne, oo mapbao 
dob ipm ló pm. Oáncao Ua Oumn, ci&(pna op($, peall oo Ghallaab pain 
ma noipn(che pém, 1 a bpeic oap mmp pap oap papuccad Colaim Cille ap 
apé a comapba bar a ccomaipce pmp. Cochlamo, mac Maoileachlamnn, 
ci&(nna Inpi h€ogain 4 Marge hléa, oo mapbad lá a ófpbpacoip pén a. lá 
Niall 4 la Ciannacca glinne Geimin. Caóg, mac bpiam, mic Cinoerccig, 
vo mapbad vo Elb ı pull, rap na epáil oia bpataip pém oo Ohonnchad, 
poppae. Concobap, mac Clengupa, mac Canpaice Calma, vo mapbao lar 
na Gucca 1 meabanl. Teapmann Cluana mic Nop vo opgan vo Ohadpa, 
mac Ounavharg, go puc iléfoa bó app. Slosghfo lá hUa-Concobarp, .1. 
Caog an eich sil, pf Connacc, 1 nUib Opium, oia po mapbao ann Oomnall 


them lost their heads, fifty days before his 
death. King Moyleseaghlyn, mac Donnell, mic 
Donnagh, king of all Ireland, having thus 
triumphantly reigned over all Ireland, and his 
enemies, the Danes, died in Croiniss upon Logh 
Innill, neer his house of Downe-ue-sgyath, in 
the 43rd year of his reign, in the fourth of the 
Nones of September, the Sunday next before 
the feast day of St. Keyran, in the year of our 


Lord 1022. The Archbushop of Ardmach, the 
Cowarb of St. Columb and the Cowarb of St. 
Keyran being present, after he received the 
sacrament of Extream Unction, died a good 
death. 

“ This was the last king: of Ireland of Irish 
blood that had crown; yett there were seven 
kings after without crown, before the coming 
in of the English, &. &c. After the death of 


os evan aga 


ico 


1023.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 805 


Calma was treacherously slain by Maelseachlainn God. A battle on the sea 
between the foreigners of Ath-cliath and. Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia, 
wherein the foreigners were defeated, and they themselves led into captivity, 
and their ships carried away, except a few which fled away. Flathroi, son of 
Dubhslangha, son of Aedh, son of Tomaltach, fell by the foreigners in that sea 
battle, in the seventeenth year of his age. Donnchadh, chief of Clann-Cathail, 
died. Very great [showers of] hail fell in the summer, the stones of which 
were the size of wild apples; and great thunder and lightning succeeded, so 
that men and cattle were destroyed throughout Ireland. The plundering of 
Cill-dara by Donnsleibhe and the Ui-Faelain. A victory was gained at Sliabh- 
Fuaid over the Airghialla, by Niall, son of Eochaidh ; and a great slaughter was 
made of the Airghialla there. 

The Age of Christ, 1023. Maelmaire Ua Cainen, wise man, and Bishop 
of Sord-Choluim-Chille, died. Domhnall, son of Aedh Beag Ua Maeleachlainn, 
the second lord that was over Meath, was slain by the son of Seanan Ua Leocain 
and the Luighni. A predatory excursion was made by the foreigners over 
South Breagh, and to Daimhliag-Chianain ; and Ainbhith Ua Cathasaigh, 
lord of the Saithni, was slain by them on that day. Donnchadh Ua Duinn, lord 
of Breagh, was treacherously seized upon by the foreigners at their own 
assembly ; and he was carried eastwards over the sea, in violation of Colum- 
Cille, whose successor was his guarantee. Lochlainn, son of Maeleachlainn, 
lord of Inis-Eoghain and Magh-Itha, was slain by his own brother, Niall, and 
the Cianachta of Gleann-Geimhin. Tadhg, son of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh, 
was treacherously slain by the Eili. at the instigation of his own brother, Donn- 
chadh. Conchobhar, son of Aenghus, son of Carrach Calma, was killed by 
the Guttas! by treachery. The Termon of Cluain-mie-Nois was plundered by 
Gadhra, son of Dunadhach, and carried off many hundred cows from thence. 
An army was led by Ua Conchobhar, i. e. Tadhg of the White Steed, King of 


King Moyleseaghlyn, this kingdom was without was at Lismore. The land was governed like a 


a king 20 years, dureing which time the realm 
was governed by two learned men; the one 
called Cwan O’Lochan, a well-learned temporall 
man, and chief poet of Ireland; the other, Cor- 
cran Cleireach, a devoute and holy man, that 
was anchorite of all Ireland, whose most abideing 


free state, and not like a monarchie, by them. 
There fell wonderfull great snow at this time 
before the battle of Slieve-Grott.””— Ann. Clon. 

t Guttas : i.e. the Stammerers. This was a 
nickname of a family of the O'Melaghlins of 
Meath. 


805 ANNAA gioghachca €lREGNN. (1024. 


Ua h€agpa, tig(pna Cimgne Connacc. €Epapo Mac Core, apo iv 
na ngaoweal, oécc hi Cluain meNoip, rap noergb(charo. 

Cop Cpfore, mile pice a clean. Pachena pfpleigmo 7 pagape Cluana 
mic Nop, aipcinneach Pionoabpach abae, eipncmoeach imoeronen, abb na 
n&aorbeal, décc hi Róm rap. ndol ora. oletpe. Oubplane, prim anmċapa 
na nGaoroeal, 7 paccanc Chpo bplean, oécc hi cCluam mc Noéip. Oono- 
pléibe, cig(pna Ua Paolam, oo $abáil cise oc Oubloch pon Cusaine, mac 
Oáünlamg, pon pis Lang tn, 4 pon Mhaolmopda mac Copcóm, cig(pna 
Ua cCemnpealaiz, 7 pop a mac, 7 po mapbċča 1acc a ccmup ano lá Donn- 
pleibe. Cuán, Ua Coccéám, ppimécefp €peann, 4 paoi pfnchard, oo manbad 
1 cC(cba, 1 bpénaicc a naon vam an luce po mapb, 3 1p pipe PIO mopm. 
Cácáille, mac Gambit, op(paib pls, vécc. Oonnplébe, mac Maoilmopda, 
cis(ina Ua Paelám, oo tocht pop cpeic 1 nUib Pailge conap cappaio 
cis (na Ua Pailge 7 opeam oo Uib Muipeadars co po mapbpac é ipm 10na6 
1» no nomo(o cpeich Cille vana. Cach Acha na cpoipi hi cCopano eiccin 
Ua Maoloonamd 7 Ua Ruane, 50 paormimo pon Ua Ruainc,7 po lad áp a 
mumncipe 4. pice céo apead concpaccan ann im Ruane Ua nOrapmaoa, 


cana) bpeipne. Cp 00 po poiofo, 


* Erard Mac Coisse.—He was evidently a dif- 
ferent person from the Urard Mac Coisse, whose 
death is recorded in the Annals of Tighernach 
at the year 990. This Erard, who died in the 
year 1023, was probably the author of the 
Elegy on the Death of Fearghal O’Ruaire, as a 
distinct reference is made in the elegy to the 
death of Brian, and the battle of Clontarf, thus: 


“ Subac Síol gCumn cap éi Shman 
Oo £uicim a ngliad cluana capb.? 


** Joyful are the race of Conn after Brian's 
Fall in the battle of Cluain-tarbh.” 


The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, the chronology of which are correct 
at this period, contain the following entries 
under this year : 

“ A. D. 1023. An Eclipse of the Moone, the 
4th Ides of January, being Thursday. An 
Eclipse of the Sonn, the 27th of the same Moone, 


on Thursday. Donell mac Maelsechlainn, Hugh 
Beg's sonn, killed by Mac Senan O'Lochan. 
Donogh O'Duinn, king of Bregh, taken by Gen- 
tiles" [recte, Galls] “in his own name" [recté, 
at their own Zraght, or public assembly], ** and 
caryed beyond seas. Lochlainn mac Maelsech- 
lainn, king of Ailech, killed by his owne people. 
Teig mac Bryan killed by Ely. Conor O'Carrai 
killed by the Guttas. Leovellin, king of Brit- 
taine, died. Enrick, or Henricus, king of the 
World, died. After him did Cuana" [i.e 
Otho III.] “assume the kingdome of the World. 
Two O'Macoynens killed by Galengs. Donell 
O'Hayra, king of Luigne Connaght, killed by 
Conor, king of Connaght.”— Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1023. There was an Eclipse of the 
Sun about noon the first of the Kalends of Fe- 
bruary. Donell mac Hugh Beag O'Melaghlyn, 
king of halfe Meath, was killed by the sonn of 


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1024.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 807 


Connaught, into Ui-Briuin, where Domhnall Ua hEaghra, lord of Luighne in 
Connaught, was slain. Erard Mac Coisse", chief chronicler of the Irish, died. 
at Cluain-mic-Nois, after a good life. 

The Age of Christ, 1024. Fachtna, lector and priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, air- 
chinneach of Finnabhair-abha, airchinneath of Indeidhnen, and [the most dis- 
tinguished] abbot of the Gaeidhil, died at Rome, whither he had gone upon a 
pilgrimage. Dubhshlaine, chief anmchara of the Gaeidhil, and priest of Ard- 
Breacain, died at Cluain-mic-Nois. Donnsleibhe, lord of Ui-Faelain, took a house 
[forcibly] at Dubhloch”, from Augaire, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, and 
from Maelmordha, son of Lorcan, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and from his son; and 
the three were therein slain by Donnsleibhe. Cuan Ua Lothchain*, chief poet of 
Ireland, and a learned historian, was slain in Teathbha, and the party who killed 
him became putrid in one hour; and this was a poet's miracle. Cucaille, son of 
Gairbhith, [one] of the men of Breagha, died. Donnsleibhe, son of Maelmor- 
dha, lord of Ui-Faelain, set out upon a predatory excursion into Ui-Failghe ; 
and the lord of Ui-Failghe, and some of the Ui-Muireadhaigh, overtook and 
slew him as he was plundering Cill-dara. The battle of Ath-na-croise’ in 
Corann, between Ua Maeldoraidh and Ua Ruaire, where Ua Ruairc was defeated, 
and his people slaughtered, i. e. twenty hundred" of them were slain, together 
with Ruarc, grandson of Diarmaid, Tanist of Breifne. Of him was said : 


Seanan O'Leogan, and by these of Lwynie. 
Donnogh O'Doyne, prince of Moybrey, was 
treacherously taken by the Danes, and carried 
over seas. Teig, son of King Bryan Borowe, 
was unnaturally deliver'd by his own brother, 
Donnogh, to these of Elye O'Karoll, who accord- 
ingly killed him, as was desired of them by his 
brother, Donnogh. Leovellin, King of Wales, 
died. Henric, monarche of the World, died, and 
Conrado" [recte, Otho III.] ** succeeded him in 
the monarchie.” —Ann. Clon. 

The eclipses of the sun and moon above re- 
corded show that the chronology of these Annals 
is perfectly correct at this period.— See L’ Art 
de Ver. les Dates, tom. i. p. 71, A. D. 1023. 

* Dubhloch: i.e. the Black Lough, or Lake. 
Not identified. 


* Cuan O’Lothchain.—For some account of 
this poet the reader is referred to O'Reilly's 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 73; 
and Leabhar na g Ceart, Introduction, pp. xlii. to 
It is stated in the Annals of Kilronan 
that his murderers “met tragical deaths, and 
that their bodies were not interred until the 
wolves and birds had preyed upon them,— 
a manifest miracle wrought by God for the 
poet.” 

¥ Ath-na-croise : i.e. Ford of the Cross. There 
is no place now bearing this name in the ba- 


xlv. 


` rony of Corran, county of Sligo. 


* Twenty hundred: i.e. 2000. This was a re- 
markably large number slain of O'Rourke's 
people at so early a period, and shews that his 
territory must have been densely inhabited. 


ANNALA RIOShachta EIREANN. [1025. 


Qn cat oc Qt na cpoiyi peċaccap pip cen cappi, . 
Ro líon do collaib Copann ap la Conall a mapp. 


Cat ele (coppa go pimheao pop piopa Spepne, go cconcap mac ciġfnnán 
ann. Sloicco lá mac nEocava go Gallu, zo po lorpccfò tarp, 50 ccucc gialla 
Gaoweal uadaib. Sloicclo lá hOpparghib, lá Cargmb co Talcainve, 7 do 
pacpac peóoa 7 gialla ó Ghallaib. Mawm na n€plano ma nGeannsaolla 
pop Sulla. Oomnall mac Coda, níogóamna Oilis, oo manbad vo Ohiolla- 
mupa mac Occám. Maolotm Ua Concaille, cigfpna Ua Niallám, oo man- 
bad oo Urb Oopcamo. Maolpuanaw Ua Crapnda, cig fina Caipppe, oécc. 
Cp. ph Mumhan vo cup lá Oonnchaó, mac Coda 1 nglionn Uih, cpe 
mionbail Oé 4 Comhdain. 

Qoip Cpífope, mle piche a cticc. Plannabpa, comapba lae Colaim 
Chille, Maolecin Ua Topnain, comapba Ooine Cholaim Chille, Cnopaolao, 
mac Pleicb(ncaig, comanba Molar Oorrimpi,3 Siollacmopc a Ffpléiginn, 
décc. Maolbpign Ua Ricioen, comanba Pinna 4 Comgaill, oécc. Ouibin ri 
Ua Fainceallaig, abb Opoma l(tam, Saopbp(cach, abb Imleacha luban, 
cup coċaid 7 opoam 1aptain Epeano epide, 7 Muipfoach, mac Muccpom, 
comanba Ciapám 7 Commáin, oécc. Oo muincip Imlicch Fopveonac dó. 


Niall Ua Concobaip, piogdarnna Connacc, oo mapbao. 


* Tulcainne.—Now the River Tolka, which 
passes through the village of Finglass, passes 
under Ballybough Bridge, and unites with the 
salt water at Annesley Bridge, near the North 
Strand, Dublin. 

^ Erglann.—Not identified. 

The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise 
notice the following events under this year : 

“A. D. 1024. Ugaire mac Dunlaing, king of 
Lenster, and Maelmorra mac Lorcan, king of 
Cinselai,” [had] “a howse taken upon them by 
Maelmorra, king of the O'Faelains, where they 
were lost, or by Donnsleve rather, which Donn- 
sleve afterwards was killed by the O'Muiredaies. 
The battle of Ath-na-Croise, betwene O’Mael- 
dorai and O’Royrk, where O'Royrk was discom- 
fitted and his slaughter committed. Cnan O’Lo- 
chan, Archpoet of Ireland, killed treacherouslyby 


Maccipe, mac Oonn- 


the men of Tehva, ancestors of the Foxes. They 
stunk afterwards, whereby they got the name 
Foxes ;—a miracle shewed of the poet. Donell 
mac Hugh, heyre of Ailech,- by Gillamuire 
O'Hogan killed. Maelduin O'Conchaille, king 
of O'Niallains, killed by the O’Durhainns. 
Maelruana O’Kiardai, King of Carbré, a suis 
occisus est. An army by O'Nell’s sonn, and 
he prayed O- Meth and O-Dorhainn.? —— Ann. Ult., 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 1024. O'Moyledorie gave an over- 
throw to O'Royrck in Connought, near Corran, 
where O’Royrck received great loss of his people. 
Mae Neochy of Ulster tooke hostages of the 
Danes, and caused them to sett at liberty their 
Irish captives. Ossorie and Lynstermen went 
to Taylchoynne, and brought a rich booty of 
Jewells and prisoners from the Danes. Faghtna, 


ae Pp ee IS eae ee ERS 
* f > 


1025.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


In the battle of Ath-na-croise, men looked without pity, 
Corann was filled with carcasses ; the Conalls had its glory. 


Another battle was fought between them, in which the men of Breifne were 
defeated, and the son of Tighearnan slain. An army was led by the son of 
Eochaidh against the foreigners, so that he burned [their territory], and carried 
away the hostages of the Irish from them. An army was led by the Osraighi 
and the Leinstermen to Tulcainne*; and they obtained jewels and hostages 
from the foreigners. The victory of Erglann’, by Gearrgaela, over the foreigners. 
Domhnall, son of Aedh, royal heir of Aileach, was slain by Gillamura, son of 
Ogan. Maelduin Ua Conchaille, lord of Ui-Niallan, was slain by the Ui-Doctain. 
Maelmuaidh Ua Ciarrdha, lord of Cairbre, died. A slaughter was made of the 
men of Munster by Donnchadh, son of Aedh, in Gleann-Uisean, through the 
miracles of God and Comhdan. 

The Age of Christ, 1025. Flannabhra, comharba of Ia-Choluim-Chille ; 
Maeleoin Ua Torain, comharba of Doire-Choluim-Chile ; Ceannfaeladh, son of 
Flaithbheartach, successor of Molaisi of Daimhinis; and Gillachrist, its lector, 
died. Maelbrighde Ua Crichidein, successor of Finnia and Comhgall, died. 
Duibhinsi Ua Faircheallaigh*, Abbot of Druim-leathan ; Saerbhreathach, Abbot 
of Imleach Iubhair, who was pillar of the wealth and dignity of the west [recte 
south] of Ireland ; and Muireadhach, son of Mughron, successor of Ciaran and 
Comman‘, died ; he was of the family of Imleach Fordeorach* Niall Ua Con- 
chobhar, royal heir of Connaught, was killed. Mactire, son of Donnghaile, 


Lector and priest of Clonvicknose, Archdean of 
Fynnawragh, abbot of Hugh, Archdean of Inne- 
nen, and abbot of all Ireland, died in Rome 
doing penance. Cwan O'Loghan, prime poet of 
Ireland, a great chronicler, and one to whom for 
his sufficiencie the causes of Ireland were com- 
mitted to be examined and ordered, was killed 
by one of the land of Teaffa. After committing 
of which evill fact there grew an evil scent and 
odour of the party that killed him, that he was 
easily known among the rest of the land. His 
associate, Corkran, lived yett and survived him 
for a time after. Dowslany, that was first preist 
of Ardbracken, and afterwards prime-ancho- 


rite of Ireland, died."— Ann. Clon. 

*Ua-Faircheallaigh.—N ow O’Farrelly, or Far- 
relly. The O'Farrellys were the hereditary 
coarbs of St. Mogue, or Erenachs of Drumlane, 
in the county of Cavan, till the suppression of 
the monastery, and are now very numerous 
throughout the county. 

3 Successor of Ciaran and Comman: i. e. Abbot 
of Clonmaenoise and Roscommon. j 

* Imleach Fordeorach.—This is probably the 
place now called Emlagh, situated in the parish 
of Kilkeevin, barony of Castlerea, and county of 
Roscommon.—See A. D. 751; and the Ordnance 
Map of the County of Roscommon, sheet 27. 


5n 


810 ANNAZA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1026. 


gaile, cana Teatba, vo mapbad. | Geappgaola, cina dplcch, vo map- 
bao 7 vo lopccad vo deipcenc bpl 1 vo Matgamain Ua Riaccám. Slórċcíò 
la Plaicbtncach Ua Néll 1 mop sab, co ccucc gialla Haoweal ó &halloib. 
Slóicé(ó la Oomnall Gore 1 mop(5aib, go po moapb huh Néill cap Sliabh 
Fuaiw po tuaid,7 co papccabpioc a peiaca 4 a neocha laip, 1 co ccucc 
excipe ph mop($ uarohibh.— Maolplchlomno, Gore cigfpna Mwe, vo écc 
po ceoói oap a eii. Ua Comalcám [Ui Chléims], eig(pna Ua Piaépaé 
Qhone, décc. Cp(ch lá Catalán ci&tmna. Ptphmenge pop Ema Manach. 
Cpeach lá Piona Mhanach po cevdip go Loch nUaene, 50 po loipep(c, 4 co 
po mapbpac p(6c pip véce pon bpd anlocha. Oángal Ua Oonnéaoa, pí Cail, 
do écc. Ceapmann peicín oo apccam 7 do Lopccad ace Nocclacc mon lá 
hUib Cpíoccn. 

Qoip Cniorc, míle piche a pé. Conall Ua Cilline, comapba Cponám 
Tuama Spéine, Maolpaccparce Ua Chlecam pHligino Oum C(eglaippe 
[vécc]. Maolpuanad Ua Trlaoloopar, crifpna Cemul Conall, oo dol, cap 
mup dia oriépe. Slorcé lá Oonnchad, mac bpam, co ccucc Sialla pep 
Mive 1 móp(sh, Sall, Carg(n,1 Opparge. Slóiċcfò lá Plaicbtpcach Ua Néill 
7 la Maolpfchlomo, mac Maolpuanaw, hi Mibe, co ccuccpate gialla, 1 go 
noeacpac pop lic oigpead 1 nlmp Mocca, po moipp(cc in Imp pop 6 hallarb. 
Muipceanrach, mac Congalai, cizfpna Ua pPollge oo manbad lá Gallaib 
Cea chat. Oimipgin Ua Mopda, agfpna Laoigiyy, 7 Cuowlis Ua beapgou, 


‘Grandson of Comhaltan.—He was Cugaela, 
son of Gillacheallaigh O’Clery.—See Genealogies, 
$c., of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 393. See also the 
years 964 and 976, suprà. 

* The Feara- Manach : i. e. the men of Ferma- 
nagh. 

^ Loch- Uaithne.—Now Lough Ooney, in the 
barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan.— 
See note’, under A. D. 850, p. 482, supra. 

! Tearmann- Feichin.—Now Termonfeckin, in 
the barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth.— 
See note under A. D. 1013. 

* The Ui-Crichain: i.e. the followers of Ca- 
thalan O'Crichain, chief of Farney.— See Shir- 
ley’s Account of the Dominion of. Farney, pp. 4, 5. 


The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise 
record the following events under this year : 

* A. D. 1025. Flannavra, Coarb of Aei" 
[Iona]; ** Muireach mac Mugron, Coarb of Kia- 
ran; Maeleoin O"Toran, Coarb of Daire; Cen- 
faela mac Flavertai, Airchinnech of Daivinis ; 
Maelbride O’Cryeven, Coarb of Finnen and 
Comgall; Duivinse O’Fairchellai, Airchinnech 
of Dromlean; and Syrvrehagh, abbot of Imlech- 
Ivair, in Christo. dormierunt. Nell O^ Conor, 
heyre of Connaght; and Gerrgaela, king of 
Bregh, killed. Maelsechlainn Gott, king of 
Meath, died. An army by Flavertach O?Nell 
into Bregh” [and] “into Fingall, and brought 
the Irish hostages from the Galls. Cahalan, 


a * 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 811 


1026.] 
Tanist of Teathbha, was killed. Gearrgaela, lord of Breagha, was killed and 


burned by [the people of] South Breagha and Mathghamhain Ua Riagain. ` 
An army was led by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill into Breagha, and he carried off — 


the hostages of the Irish from the foreigners. An army was led by Domhnall 
Gott into Breagha, and he expelled the Ui-Neill northwards over Sliabh-Fuaid ; 
and they left behind their shields and their horses to him, and he took the 
hostages of the men of Breagha from them. Maelseachlainn Gott, lord of Meath, 
died immediately afterwards. The grandson of Comhaltan‘ [Ua Cleirigh], lord 
of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, died. A predatory excursion was made by Cathalan, 
lord of Fearnmhagh, against the Feara-Manach* A predatory excursion was 
made by the Feara-Manach to Loch-Uaithne", and they burned and slew seven- 
teen men on the margin of the lake. Dunghal Ua Donnchadha, King of Caiseal, 
died. Tearmann-Feichin' was plundered and burned on Christmas night by 
the Ui-Crichain*. 

The Age of Christ, 1026. Conall Ua Cillene, successor of Cronan of 
Tuaim-Greine ; Maelpadraig Ua Ailecain, lector of Dun-Leathghlaise ; Mael- 
ruanaidh O’Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, went over the sea on his pil- 
grimage. A hosting by Donnchadh, son of Brian, so that he obtained the 
hostages of the men of Meath, of the men of Breagha, of the foreigners, of the 
Leinstermen, and of the Osraighi: An army was led by Flaithbheartach 
Ua Neill, and Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, into Meath; and they 
obtained hostages, and entered Inis-Mochta upon the ice, and plundered the 
island, then in the possession of the foreigners. Muircheartach, son of Con- 
ghalach, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Aimergin 
Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, and Cuduiligh Ua Beargdha, lord of Ui-Duach, 


tooke with him all the Captives of Ireland that 


king of Fernvai, with his associates, upon Fer- 
manach. Fermanach, with their strength, pre- 
sently to Loch” [Uaihni, that they burnt and 
killed seventeen men on the brink of the loch] 
* Termon-Fechin distressed by Cahalan O'Cri- 
chan.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 1025. Gearrgaela, King of Moybrey; 
was both killed and drownded by the south of 
Moybrey, and by Mahon O'Riagan. Flathver- 
tagh O'Neale, with his forces of the North, 


were with the Danes. Donell God, with his 
forces, banished O’Neale over the mount[ain] of 
Sleiwe Fwayde. Melaghlyn God, king of Meath, 
died this time." —— Ann. Clon. 

! Aimergin Ua Mordha.—This Aimergin was 
the son of Cinaeth, who was son of Ceinneidigh, 
who was son of Mordha, the progenitor after 
whom the family of O'Mordha, or O'More, took 
their hereditary surname. 


512 


"NT ANM, eee SEC EIOS TORINO I 
IN F 


812 ANNALA RIOShachca EIREANN. [1027. 


ci&(pna Ua nDuach, oo mapbad la apoile, 1 com áp Ua nDuach, 1 Corgi, 
acc po meabad pon Ua nDuach. Maidm pa Roen pop Shulla Ata chac 
occ Lorch Rén. | Cp(chplóiéc(ó la hOpporgib m Uib Muipfohang, 1 puccpac 
sabala mópa, 7 po gonpac Muipcfpcac, mac Ounlamg. Oo 6eocaccap 
Ui MupCoharg 1 nOppaigib, co po ormecep(ce Tealac nOimanno,7 po mapbpac 
an pecnaparo. | Slóiéc(ó la ais(ina nOpparge m Urb Ceinnpealaig co pop 
mo. Thi caca oo bnipfS oo Raon, mac ITlupé(pcarg, mic Maoleachlamo, 
oo mogoamna C(mpa, 1. oo Chlomn Cholmam, cat pop propa Mhde, cat 
pop Piopa Onl, 7 cat pon Ghallaib Aca chat. Qn clocan 6 €á Gappóa m 
bain’ co hllaid na cepi ccnop do dénam lá bplral Conailleach hf cCluain 
mic Nop. Cp(ch mop lá GCpp an cogaw pop Oomnac S(chnaill, 7 pp an 
Cogaid pépin oo mapbao ap na mapac, 7 a òá bnacap mmanlle ppip 1. Ecigen, 
7 Hrollamait, la MumpCohac Ua Céle ma Hg pén, cpé pincat Dé 4 S(ch- 
nall mopm. 

Qop Cpíope, mile piche a peachc. Ounchaoh mac iollamoconna, 
comapba S(chnaill, an clecnad bá oeappecargei o€ipionéaib, oécc hi cColóm 
pan n&(pmám. Maolpuanawd Ua Maolvonar, tiġina Cenel Conall, vo 
écc ma oiüépe. Ruciop mac Pogancarg, cig(pna oeipceime Ops, vég 1ap 
naichmse 7 1ap plnvacad. Taòg mac Giollapaccjaig oo dallad lá cig(pna 


™ Loch-Rein.—There is a lough of this name 
at Fenagh, in the county of Leitrim.—See note’, 
under A. M. 3506. But the one referred to in 
the text would appear to be in Meath. 

^ Tealach- Dimainn.—Otherwise written Tea- 
lach n-inmaine, now Tullamaine, near Callan, in 
the county of Kilkenny. 

1 Garrdha-an-bhainbh : i. e. the Garden of 
the Sucking Pig; the name of a field at Clon- 
maenoise. Mageoghegan explains it as if writ- 
ten Gappoa a banabbaisd, i. e. the ** Abbess hur 
gardaine;” and this is probably the true name. 

? Uluidh-na-dtri-gcross : i. e. the monument, 
or penitential station of the Three Crosses. This 
monument is still pointed out at Clonmacnoise. 

1 Gearr-an-chogaidh : i.e. the short man of 
the war. 


The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise record the following events under this 
year: 

* A. D. 1026. An army by Mac Bryan into 
Meath, Bregh, Fingall, Lenster, and Ossori, 
and” [he] “gott their pledges. An army by 
Flavertach O'Nell into Meath, and gott hostages, 
and went into Inis-Mochta upon the ice, and 
spoyled it. An army at the same tyme by 
Eochie's sonn, upon the Galls, and burnt and 
brought many captives and many jewells. Gil- 
kiaran mac Uolgarg, cheife of O-Duivinrechts, 
died. Maelruana O’Maeldorai went in pilgri- 
mage. Ameirgin O'Morra, king of Lease, killed. 
Murtagh mac Congalai, king of Faly, killed. 
Murther" [recté, peall, i.e. treachery] “by 
Donell O'Kelly, donne upon Mureach O’Cele, 


1027.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 813 


were mutually slain by each other; and the Ui-Duach and Laeighisi were 
mutually slaughtered, but the Ui-Duach were defeated. A battle was gained 
by Roen over the foreigners of Ath-cliath, at Loch-Rein™. A plundering army 
was led by the Osraighi into Ui-Muireadhaigh; and they obtained great spoils, 
and mortally wounded Muircheartach, son of Dunlaing. The Ui-Muireadhaigh 
went into Osraighe, and plundered Tealach-Dimainn’, and slew the Vice-abbot. 
An army was led by the lord of Osraighe into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and plundered 
it. Three battles were gained by Roen, son of Muircheartach, son of Mael- 
eachlainn (i. e. one of the Clann-Colmain), royal heir of Teamhair,—one battle 
over the men of Meath, another over the men of Breagha, and the third over 
the foreigners of Ath-cliath. The paved way from Garrdha-an-bhainbh® to 
Uluidh-na-dtri-geross? was made by Breasal Conailleach, at Cluain-mic-Nois. 
A great depredation was committed by Gearr-an-chogaidh at Domhnach-Seach- 
naill; and Gearr-an-chogaidh? himself was slain on the following day, and his 
two brothers along with him, namely, Etigen and Gillamaith, by Muireadhach 
Ua Ceile, in his own house. This happened through the miracles of God and 
Seachnall. 

The Age of Christ, 1027. Dunchadh, son of Gillamochonna, successor of 
Seachnall, the most distinguished wise man of the Irish, died at Coloin’, in 
Germany. Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died on his 
pilgrimage. Ruaidhri Mac Fogartaigh, lord of South Breagha, died, after 
penance, at an advanced age. Tadhg Mac Gillaphadraig was blinded by the 


and killed him in a meeting.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 1026. Donnough, son of King Bryan 
Borowe, with his forces, this year had all the 
hostages of Meath, Brey, Danes, Lynstermen, 
and Ossorie, to himself. Flathvertagh O'Neale, 
and the son of Moyleseaghlyn mac Moyleronie, 
with their forees, eame to Meath, tooke their 
 hostages, and upon ice entered Innis-Moghty, 
which they bereaved of all the goods therein. 
Gearr-an-Choggay made a great prey upon 
Downaghsoghlyn (or Downsoghlyn), and was 
killed himself the next day, with his two bro- 
thers, Etigen and Moriegh. Cowdoly O'Bearrga 


killed Awargin O’Morreye, king of Lease. Moyle- 
ronie O'Moyledorai went on a pilgrimadge over 
seas. Roen, prince of Meath, gave three great 
overthrows this year, viz, an overthrowe to 
Meathmen, another to these of Brey, and the 
third to the Danes of Dublin. He was of Clan- 
Colman. The pavement from the place in 
Clonvicknose, called the Abbess her Gardaine, 
to the heap of stones? [Ulu] “ of the Three 
Crosses, was made by Breassall Conalleaghe."— 
Ann. Clon. 

* Coloin : i.e. Cologne, situated on the west 
bank of the Lower Rhine, in Germany, where 
there was an ancient Irish monastery. 


>r A WI o 
MAUTE 


814 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1027: 


Orpaige, Oonncad mac G1ollapactpaice. Slog (o lá Oonnchad, mac Opam 
1 nOppaigib, go paormio pop a muincip, 7 po mapnbaó an can pm Gaopna mac 
Oánaomg, cigfpna Síl nCInméaoa,] Oomnall, mac S(néám, mc Plaicbfpcaiz, 
piogoamna Muman, ITlaolp(chlomn, mac Concobaip, tip (pria Copco Ifloópuao, 
1 vá mac Cuilén, mc Concobaimp, cig(pna 4. cana O Conall, oá mac 
Ecceancars, cig(pna 1 canaipi €occhanaéca, 7 Occán Ua Cuine, mac Anluain, 
mic Ceinoeiccig, 7 pochaide oile nach aipemtep. Scpin Cholaim Chille oo 
opgam vo Raen,7 bonaime móp oo bneié epoe. Scpin Iflocolmócc oo 
apccam lá hCOmlanb 7 lá Ounchad cirg(pna bls. | Slóice(ó lá Sicmoce, mac 


Amlaob 7 la Oünchao, cij ma op 1 Míde co Lé&cc mbladma co coman- _ 


nactan pmú pip Mide ım Roln Ua Maollchlamn. | P(péap cat (coppa. 
Mawhead pon Fallab,7 pop popa dpl. Cumt a náp 1m Oháüncao, mac 
Oumn, agfpna Ons, agup 1m Ghiollaupaille mac Giollacaomgm, cigeapna 
Ua mop Chualam. Soiven pop Roen oopibipi, 7 maw paip, 7 mapt- 
tan Roen, ciz(pna Mwe co pochaibib oile. Catalan Ua Cpiocám, cg Cana 
Finmag, 7 Aipsiall apima, 7 Cálocha Ua Gabit, cigfpna Ua Mere oo 
comtuitim ppia pole. Oomnall, mac Plarcb(pcarg Ui Néill, véce. Cpeach 
lá Cenél €ogaimn pon Ulcoib, co ccuccpac bónoma móp. Mac Cumo, mic 
Oonogaile, ní3óamna Cecba, oécc. 


` Scrin-Choluim-Chille: i.e. the Shrine of St. Descert-Bregh, died in his pilgrimage. Teig 
Columbkille. This shrine was in the church of Mac Gilpatrick blinded by Donogh Mac -Gilpa- 


Skreen, near the Hill of Tara, in the county of 
Meath. 

t Scrin-Mocholmoc: i.e. the Shrine of St, 
Mocholmog. This shrine was at Teach-Mochol- 
mog, now Staholmock, in the barony of Lower 
Kells, and county of Meath. 

* Leac- Bladhma : i. e. Bladhma’s flag-stone, 
now Lickblaw, a townland containing a curious 
moat and the ruins of an old church, in a parish 
ofthe same name in the barony of Fore, and 
county of Westmeath.— See it again referred to 
at the year 1161. 

The Annals of Ulster and those of Clonmac- 
noise record the following events under this 
year: 

“ A. D. 1027. Roary mac Fogarty, king of 


trick, king of Ossory. An army by mac Bryan 
info Ossory, where Ossory had the slaghter of 
his men about Dogra” [recte, Gadhra] ** mac 
Dunai, king of Silnanmchaa, and about Donell 
mae Senchan, and about many more also. Da- 
niell mac Flavertach O’Nell died. Roin, king 
of Meath, and Donncha O’Duinn, king of 
Bregh, fell one with another in battle. “Catha- 
lan O’Crichan, king of Fernvai, and Culocha 
O’Garvi, king of Meath” [recté, of Ui-Meith] 
“fell also one with another in fight. Am on- 
sett by Kindred-Owen into Ulster, and” [they] 
* brought great booties. Duncaillen in Scot- 
land all burnt. Gillmochonna, Coarb of Sech- 
nall, Sapientissimus Scotorum in Colonia quievit.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


OPTIME T UTE ^ 


oe we ee TUAM UM Wes v. w x UM CETT e mE a ee EIN e ee eRe ae RN I See ee ee ore D S 


1027.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 815 


lord of Osraighe, Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig. An army was led by Donn- 
chadh, son of Brian, into Osraighe, where his people were defeated; and there 


were slain on that occasion Gadhra, son of Dunadhach, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, 


and Domhnall, son of Seanchan, son of Flaithbheartach, royal heir of Munster ; 
Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, lord of Corca-Modhruadh ; and the two 
sons of Cuilen, son of Conchobhar, lord and Tanist of Ui-Conaill [Gabhra]; 
the two sons of Eigceartach, lord and Tanist of Eoghanacht [Chaisil]; and 
Ogan Ua Cuire, son of Anluan, son of Ceinneidigh ; and many others not enu- 
merated. Scrin-Choluim-Cille* was plundered by Roen, and a great prey of cows 
was carried off from thence.  Serin-Mocholmoc* was plundered by Amhlaeibh, 
and Dunchadh, lord of Breagha. An army was led by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, 
and Dunchadh, lord of Breagha, into Meath, as far as Leac-Bladhma*, where 
the men of Meath, under the conduct of Roen Ua Maeleachlainn, met them. 
A battle was fought between them, in which the foreigners and the men of 
Breagha were defeated and slaughtered, together with Dunchadh, son of Donn, 
lord of Breagha, and Gillausaille, son of Gillacaeimhghin, lord of Ui-Briuin. 
They rallied to the fight again, and defeated and slew Roen, lord of Meath, 
with many others. Cathalan-Ua-Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh, and of the Air- 
ghialla in general, and Culocha Ua Gairbhith, lord of Ui-Meith, mutually fell 
by each other. Domhnall, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, died. A depreda- 
tion was committed by the Cinel-Eoghain upon the Ulidians; and they car- 
ried off a great prey of cattle. Mac-Cuinn, son of Donnghaile, royal heir of 


Teathbha, died. 


“A. D. 1027. Teig Mac Gillepatrick had his ronie O’Moldorai died in pillgrimadge. Roen 
eyes put out by Donnough Mac Gillepatrick. — O'Melaghlyn robbed the shrine of Saint Colume. 


Donnogh mac Bryan, with his forces, went to 
Ossorie, where the inhabitants of that contrey 
gave an overthrowe to some of the army of 
prince Donnogh, killed Gara mac Downagh, 
. prince of Sil-Anmchie, Donell mac Seanchan, 
mic Flathvertye, prince of Mounster, and Moyle- 
seaghlyn O'Connor, prince of Corcomroe ; the 
two sons of Cowlenan mac Connor, king and 
prince of O-Connell? [Gavra]; “and the sons 
of Egertaghe, prince and king of the north of 
Eonnaught of Cashell, were also killed. Moyle- 


Richard, king of France, died. Sittrick mac 
Awley and Donnogh, king of Moybrey, with 
their forces, came to Meath, to Leyck-Blae, and 
Moynevilan, and were mett and strongly op- 
pugned by Roen O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath, 
who gave the Danes the overthrow, and killed 
Donnogh O'Doyne, king of Moybrey, Gill-Au- 
sally mac Gillekevin, prince of I-Brywyn; and 
afterwards the Danes returned, and gave a new 
onsett, and killed Roen, king of Meath, with 
many others." — Ann. Clon. 


ul dba = Jia ne et T T " a a oe i-r 
aa AP x 


816 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. (1028. 


Cop Cpiopt, mile piche a hocht. CTuatal Ua Oubannaigh, eppucc 
Cluana Ipaipo, an ceappucc Ua Suaiplich; Tang, mac Catach, aapcinveach 
Cille Dalua, vécc. Apc Ua Ouncada, aincmneach Mungarpe, vé5. Giolla- 
cpiopc, mac Ouibéuilinn, uapal paganc Apoa Macha, oécc 1 Rop Coma. 
Cop(nmaé, mac Ouibeaccga, comapba Tola, Giollapaccpaice Ua Plat- 
b(pcarcch, aipcinveach Supo, Copmac, Sagane Cfnannpa, Maolpaccpars 
Ua baogalan, Sacapc Cluana mic Noip, Plaéma hUa Cig(nnóáin, p(plergmn 
Cille Oaceallóce, 7 Cípnach, apcipe Cluana mec Nop, vécc. Oman 
Ua Concobaip, Scopn Ua Ruane, Plaicb(pcach Ua hEpuoam, 7 Concobap, 
mac Eocada, oo mapbhaoh. Miaolmopda, cigfpna Fin Roip, oo mapbaoh 
la Conailib Muzee. Mac Concuailgne, mpfpna Ua n€atach, vo écc. 
Plannaccán Ua Ceallais, cigfpna Opls,7 Sicpiocc, mac Amlaoib, tig fpna 
Hall, oo dol oo Rom. Cplch lá Cenel n€occain 1 cCip Conall, go ccucc- 
pac gabála mopa. Oonn Ua Congalaig vo mapbad oo Conallib. Oepcech 
Slaine vo tmtim. bec Ua hoa, zis fina Ceacba, oo manbhad. 

Qoip Cpiope, mile piche a nao. Oonnpléibe Ua opogaptám, agfpna 
Ua Poilġe, oo mapbad. Oonnchad Ua Oonnacán, cigCana PCpanmarge, 3 
Cionaed, mac Angeinpce, cis (ina Conailli oo 6omeuicim hí Cill Slébe. Oman 
Ua Concobain, piogoamna Connacc, oo mapbao oo Mhaolpfchlainn, mac 
Maolpuanayd, cigeanna Cpumtann. — Tlurpé(pcach Ua TIlaoloonaio oo map- 
bad vo U” Canannám oc Rait Canannám. Cod Ua Ruane, tiġ fnna 
Oapcpornge, 1 eii (pna Coinppe, q Clergup Ua hAengupa, aiémneach Opoma 
cliabh,3 tpi piéec oume vo lopccaó maille ppu 1 nInip na lamoe hi cComppe 

* Cùl- Dacheallog.—Otherwise called Cill-Mo- 


Shannon. This tribe, of which, after the esta- 


cheallog, i. e. the church of St. Dacheallog, or 
Mocheallog, now Kilmallock, a well-known town 
in the county of Limerick, about nineteen miles 
to the south of the city of Limerick. In the gloss 
to the Feilire-Aenguis, at 26th of March, Cill- 
Dachealloc is described as situated **: nUib 
Caipppe 1 Muman, i.e. in Hy-Cairbre in Mun- 
ster, i.e. in the country of the Ui-Cairbri 
Aebhdha, i.e. Nepotes Carbrei Formosi, a tribe 
who were anciently seated in the present ba- 
rony of Coshma, and in the plains on the west 
side of the River Maigue, extending to the River 


blishment of surnames, the O'Donovans were 
the chief family, were driven from these plains of 
the Maigue, in the county of Limerick, in the 
twelfth century, by the O’Briens and other fa- 
milies, and they settled in Corca-Laighdhe, in 
the south-west of the present county of Cork, 
and gave their name to the Carberies, now 
forming four baronies in that county. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year. There is a chasm in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise from the year 1027 
to 1037: 


ne! TRO — p "v oe CULA SUCCESS X RAO TIMER. 


1028.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 817 


The Age of Christ, 1028. Tuathal Ua Dubhanaigh, Bishop of Cluain- 
Iraird ; the Bishop Ua Suairlich ; Tadhg, son of Eochaidh, airchinneach of 
Cill-Dalua, died. Art Ua Dunchadha, airchinneach of Mungairit, died. Gilla- 
christ, son of Dubhchuillinn, a noble priest of Ard-Macha, died at Ros-Commain. 
Coiseanmach, son of Duibheachtgha, successor of Tola ; Gillapadraig Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigha, airchinneach of Sord ; Cormac, priest of Ceanannus ; Maelpadraig 
Ua Baeghalain, priest of Cluain-mic-Nois; Flaithnia Ua Tighernain, lector of 
Cill-Dacheallog"; and Cearnach, Ostiarius of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Brian 
Ua Conchobhair; Scorn Ua Ruairc ; Flaithbheartach Ua h-Erudain ; and Con- 
chobhar, son of Eochaidh, were slain. Maelmordha, lord of Feara-Rois, was 
slain by the Conailli-Muirthiimhne. Mac Concuailgne, lord of Ui-Eathach, died. 
Flannagan Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha ; and Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, went 
A predatory incursion by the Cinel-Eoghain into Tir-Conaill, from 
Donn Ua Conghalaigh was slain by the 
Bec Ua h-Aghda, lord of Teathbha, was 


to Rome. 
whence they carried off great spoils. 
Conailli. The oratory of Slaine fell. 
slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1029. Donnsleibhe Ua Brogarbhain, lord of Ui-Failghe, 
was slain. Donnchadh Ua Donnagain, lord of Fearnmhagh ; and Cinaedh, son 
of Angeirrce, lord of Conailli, mutually fell by each other at Cill-sleibhe*. Brian 
Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of 
Maelruanaidh, lord of Crumhthann. Muircheartach Ua Maeldoraidh was slain 
by the O'Canannains, at Rath-Canannain’. Aedh Ua Ruairc, lord of Dartraighe; 
and the lord of Cairbre; and Aenghus Ua hAenghusa, airchinneach of Druim- 
cliabh ; and three score persons along with them, were burned in Inis-na-lainne*, 


"NAR, WES Cees tI OM 


* A, D. 1028. Teig mac Eacha, Airchinnech 
of Kill-Dalua; Art, Airchinnech of Mungarty; 
Gilkrist mac Duvchulinn, gentle priest of Ard- 
mach, died in Roscomman. Bryan O'Conor; 
Scorn O'Roirk ; Flavertach O’Heruan; and 
Conor mac Eocha, occisi sunt. Maelmocta, king 
of the Men of Rosse, killed by the O'Conners. 
Damliag rifled by Farmanach. Mak-Concuailgne, 
king of O-Nehachs, died. Sitrick mac mick Au- 
laiv, king of Galls, and Flannagan O'Cellai, king 
of Bregh, went to Roome. Kindred-Owen with 
theire might into Tir-Conell, and brought great 


booties. The Derhach" [i. e. the Oratory] “of 
Slane fell Donn O'Congalai killed by the 
Conells.”— Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

* Ciül-sleibhe.—Now Killeavy, at the foot of 
Sliabh Cuilinn, in the south-east of the county 
of Armagh. 

¥ Rath- Canannain : i. e. Canannan’s Fort. Not 
identified. 

z Inis-na-lainne : i.e. the Sword Island. This 
was the name of an island off the coast of the 
barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo, but it 
is now obsolete. 


5M 


La T.I 


LX CUNEO mr TINTE 


3 | 
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818 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. (1030. 


Mop. Amlaorbh, mac Sicpiocca, ogma Gall vo (ngabái oo Matgarnain 
Ua Riagáin, cina Ops, 1 oo b(n oa Céd oécc bó opuapeclao apy, q S(éc 
piérc each móp(enach, 7 cm piéic. umge oón, 7 cloth Caplupa, 7 accipe 
Hardeal eiccip Cargmb, 7 Liè Cuno, 7 cpi picie umge vagie gil ma unga 
Beiml(ch,4 ceitpe picic bó pocail, 7 impe, 7 ceitne hercipe 0O Riasain 
pém pm pit, 7 lan log bnagacc an cpeap accipe. Maolcolaim, mac Maoil- 
bpígoe, mc Ruaiomi, vécc. Concobap, pfosdamna Connacc, oo dallad la 
Caos Ua cConcobaip. Maolbnigzve, pmompaon Eneann, oécc. 

Aap Cpíopc, mile cmocha. Opeapal Conailleach, comanba-Cianain, 
décc. Maolmancain, eppog Cille vapa, [oécc]. Eocha Ua CeċMmen com- 
apba Cig(pnor5, apopaor C€peann 1 n(gna, décc 1 nApomaca. Congup 
Ua Cpumem, comapba Comgaill, Cuachal Ua Sapbam, eppog Cil Curlin, 
q Maelodan Vall, plplergimn Cille Achai, vécc. Plann Ua Ceallang, 
comanba Caoimgin, oéce 1 cCluam mic Noip. Epena spéine hi ppio calaimn 
Sepcembep. bacall lopa oo pápnuccao ım tm coiplib,1 po mapbad ma cionn 
nomaive an pean po oa papas.  Plewéb(pcach Ua Néll oo dul vo Róim 
Ruaiopi Ua Canannam, cigfpna Cenel Conall, vo mapbad oc 
Modan lá hOlod Ua Néll, q cpeach an cpneachta amm an cplócéoio va 
po mapbaó. Tadg an eic $11 Ua Concobaip, a. pf Connacc, oo mapbao lap 
an noct 4. lá Maolpichlamn Ua Maolpuanad, cig(pna Mide q Cpem- 
tamne. Qod Ua Maoloopaw vo mapbad la hApe Ua Ruame. Mam pop 
Ua Maoleaclaimn, à. Concobap, pap an n&occ, 1. Qomnall, dú 1 ccona 


Dia ohne. 


* Fetter-ounce : i. e. the price of his fetters. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1029. Donnsleve O'Brogarvan, king 
of Ofaly, killed by his owne. Donncha O'Don- 


Dublin], * taken captive by Mahon O’Riagan, 
king of Bregh, whom he kept untill he had 200 
cowes, 80 Brittain” [British] “ horses, 3 ounces 
of gold, Charles his sword, and the Irish hostages 
betwene" [both of] **Lenster and Leh-Cuinn; 


nagan, king of Fernvai, and Makigerce, king of 
Conells? [i. e. Conaille-Muirbevne], “ fell one 
with another at Killsleve. Bryan O'Conor, 
heyre of Connaght, killed by his? [own people]. 
“ Hugh O'Roirk, Aengus O'Haengusa, Air- 
chinnech of Dromkliav, and 60 men with them, 
in Iland-na-lainne. Murtagh O'Maeldorai, killed 
by the O’Canannans. Aulaiv mac Sitrick, king 
of Gentiles? [recté; of the Galls or Danes of 


60 ounces of silver in his fetter money in this 
manner, 80 cowes, persuading brybe, and four 
pledges to O'Riagan himself to kepe the peace, 
and full redemption or ransom of the three best 
pledges. Maeleolum mac Maelbride mac Roari, 
and Maelbride O' Brolchan, cheife mason” [ ppith- 
Peep] “of Ireland, mortui sunt. A man cast in 
upon the shore at Corcabaskinn, and ther wer 
eight foot betweene his head and the small of 


1030.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 819 


in Cairbre-mor. Ambhlaeibh, son of Sitric, lord of the foreigners, was taken 
prisoner by Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, lord of Breagha, who exacted twelve 
hundred cows as his ransom, together with seven score British horses, and three 
score ounces of gold, and the sword of Carlus, and the Irish hostages, both of 
Leinster and Leath-Chuinn, and sixty ounces of white silver, as his fetter- 
ounce’, and eighty cows for word and supplication, and four hostages to 
Ua Riagain as a security for peace, and the full value of the life of the third 
hostage. Maelcoluim, son of Maelbrighde, son of Ruaidhri, died. Conchobhar, 
royal heir of Connaught, was blinded by Tadhg Ua Conchobhair. Maelbrighde, 
chief artificer of Ireland, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1030. Breasal Conailleach, successor of Ciaran, died. 
Maelmartin, Bishop of Cill-dara, [died]. Eochaidh Ua Cethenen, successor of 
Tighearnach, chief paragon of Ireland in wisdom, died at Ard-Macha. Aenghus 
Ua Cruimthir, successor of Comhghall; Tuathal O'Garbhain, Bishop of Cill- 
Chuilinn ; and Maelodhar Dall, lector of Cill-achaidh, died. Flann Ua Ceal- 
laigh, successor of Coemhghin, died. An eclipse of the sun” on the day before 
the Calends of September. The staff of Jesus was profaned' [in a matter] 
relating to three horses, and the person who profaned it was killed three days 
after. Flaithbheartach Ua Neill went to Rome. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain was 
slain at Modhairn*, by Aedh O'Neill; and the expedition on which he was 
killed was called the * Prey of the Snow.” Tadhg of the White Steed Ua Con- 
chobhair, King of Connaught, was slain by the Gott, i e. Maelseachlainn, 
grandson of Maelruanaidh, lord of Meath and Cremthainne. Aedh Ua 
Maeldoraidh was slain by Art Ua Ruairc’.. A battle was gained over Ua 
Maeleachlainn, i e. Conchobhar, by the Gott, i e. Domhnall, wherein fell 


his back.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. the River Foyle, flowing between the counties of 


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^ An eclipse of the sun.—This eclipse proves 
that the chronology of the Irish is correct at 
this period. 

* Was profaned.—See Obits and Martyrology 
of Christ Church, Introduction, p. xiv. note *, 
where Dr. Todd has collected all the curious 
notices of this staff preserved by the Irish 
writers. The Staff of Jesus was the name of St. 
Patrick’s crozier. 

* Modhairn.—This was anciently the name of 


Tyrone and Donegal; but the nameis nowapplied . 
only to one of its tributaries. A mile below the 
confluence of the Rivers Derg and Strule they 
receive the Douglas Burn, and thence the in- 
creased volume of waters is borne down to 
Strabane under the name of the Mourne River. 

* Art Ua Ruaire.—This Art was the second 
son of Sean-Fearghal, son of Art, son of Ruarc, 
from whom the O’Rourk’s took their heredi- 
tary surname. 


5m2 


820 ANNATA RIOshachtcd EIREANN. [1030. 


hUa C(jnacám cig(pna Curgne, 1 ba hepibe maióm Cita P(pna..— Rige Mwe 
oo $db5óil oo Ua Thaolpfchlamn ap na ronnapbad ap Loch Rib lap m ngore 
hUa Maeileaclamn. | Caog, mac Copcám, cisfina Ua Ceinnpealaig, oo écc 
ma oiliċpe 1 nglionn dá loca. Cumapa mac Micliacc, apo ollam €peann, 
décc. Maeloún, mac Ciapmoic, msfpna Chemeoil mbinmg, oo mapbaoh 
la Concoban Ua Comgpig. Concoban, mac Taig Uí Cheallaig, cigfpna 
Ua Maine, oo manbad lá phai Tleba. Oorimall occ, pí Mide, oo map- 
bad cpe mebail o Chomcapace Ua Cobtaigh 6 a amup pem.  Gopmlaich, 
mgfn Munchada, mic Pino, machaip pig Gall 3. Siccprs, 7 Oonnchaió. mic 
Opam, m Muman, 7 Choncobaíp, mic Maolechlamn, pigh Timpa, oécc. 


Arf an Hopmlart pı po ling na cpi lérmeannae, oia nebnaoh, 


Spi léimeanna po ling Gonmlaic, 

Ni lingped bln co bnae, 

Léim m Ach cliae, léim 1 c C(mpang, 
Léim 1 cCaipel Copnmaig óp cac. 


Comcuicim oo Chomgeilng 7 vo mac Sfnám Ur Leocam, oa moghoamna 
Salths. Plano Ua Plamo, eigtpna Garllng, oo écc m eicépíéce hi cC Man- 


nup. 


Oonnéad, ci&(pna Cappe, oo mapbao la hUib Fiacpac Muppe 1 


noopap cise Scpine Clóammám. Tuatal Ua Oubanaig, eppcop Cluana 


Epaipo, décc, rap noerghb(cha. 


' Ath-fearna: i.e. Ford of the Alder, now 
Aghafarnan, in the parish of Enniskeen, barony 
of Lower Kells, and county of Meath.— Ord. 
Map, sheet 2. 

s Cinel- Binnigh : i. e. race of Eochaidh Bin- 
neach.— See note *, under A. D. 1181. 

^ Ua- Cobhthaigh. —This name is still common 
in Meath, but anglicised Coffey, without the 
prefix Ua, or O’, 

i Gormlaith.—She was the daughter of Mur- 
chadh, son of Finn, chief of Offaly, who died in 
928, and the wife of Anlaf, or Auliffe, king of 
the Danes of Dublin. The relationship which 
subsisted between Sitric Mac Auliffe, king of 
the Danes of Dublin, and Brogarbhan, chief of 
Offaly, who fought against Brian Borumha at 


the battle of Clontarf, will appear from the 
following genealogical table : 


l. Finn, slain 928. 


F Y. 
2. Murchadh. 2. Conchobhar, died 977. 
l 
3. Gormlaith. 3. Conghalach, d. 1017. 


| 
4. salis mac Auliffe. 4. Conchobhar, a quo 
O’Conor Faly. 


5. Brogarbhan! slain at 
Clontarf, 1014. 

* Serin-Adhamhnain.—Now the church of 
Skreen, in the barony of Tireragh, and county 
of Sligo. The Ui-Fiachrach Muirisce were seated 
in the barony of Tireragh. The district called 
Muirisc, or Muirisce, extended from the River 
Easkey eastwards to a stream which flows into 


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1030.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 821 


Ua Cearnachain, lord of Luighne. This was the Breach of Ath-fearnaí The 
kingdom of Meath was assumed by Ua Maeleachlainn, after he had been ex- 
pelled up Loch Ribh by the Gott Ua Maeleachlainn. Tadhg, son of Lorcan, 
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died on his pilgrimage at Gleann-da-locha. Cumara, 
son of Macliag, chief poet of Ireland, died. Maelduin, son of Ciarmhac, lord 
of Cinel-Binnigh?, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Loingsigh. Conchobhar, son 
of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain by the men of Teathbha. 
Domhnall Gott, King of Meath, was treacherously slain by Cucaratt Ua Cobh- 
thaight, one of his own soldiers. Gormlaith’, daughter of Murchadh, son of 
Finn, mother of the king of the foreigners, i. e. of Sitric ; Donnchadh, son of 
Brian, King of Munster; and Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn, King of 


Teamhair, died. 
was said : 


It was this Gormlaith that took the three leaps, of which 


Gormlaith took three leaps, 

Which a woman shall never take [again], 
A leap at Ath-cliath, a leap at Teamhair, 
A leap at Caiseal of the goblets over all. 


Cugaileang and the son of Seanan Ua Leochain, two royal heirs of Gail- 


eanga, mutually fell by each other. 
penitently at Ceanannus. 


Flann Ua Flainn, lord of Gaileanga, died 
Donnchadh, lord of Cairbre, was killed by the 


Ui-Fiachrach-Muirise, in the doorway of the house of Scrin-Adhamhnain*. 
Tuathal Ua Dubhanaigh, Bishop of Cluain-Iraird, died after a good life. 


the sea between the townlands of Ballyaskeen 
and Dunnacoy.—SeeGenealogies, &c., of Hi-Fiach- 
rach, p. 257, note», and the map prefixed to 
that work. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1030. Breasal Conellech, Coarb of 
Kiaran; Eochai O’Cethenen, Coarb of Tiernach, 
the most learned in Ireland, died in Ardmach. 
O'Crumhire, namely, Aengus, Coarb of Com- 
gall, died. Flavertach O'Nell went to Rome. 
Teg O'Conor, king of Connaught, and the king 
of Meath, mortui sunt. Roary O'Canannain 
killed by Hugh O’Nell. Teg mac Lorcan, king 


+ 


of Cinselai, died in pilgrimage in Glinn-da-loch. 
Cumara” [son of] **Macliag, cheife poet of 
Ireland, died. Eocha mac Innavar, killed by 
the Ore O’Ruagan, in murther. Kindred- 
Owen broke O’Longsy his ship in the midest of 
Antrym” [Nendrum in Loch Cuan]. **Mael- 
duin mac Ciarmaic" [who had profaned the effigy 
of?] “the Lady Mary of Kindred-Binni of 
Glans, killed by the disease that killeth cattle, 
in Irish called Conach" [recté, Maelduin mac 
Ciarmaic, the muipneaóac 4. eigeapna, i. e. the 
lord of Kindred-Binni of the Glenn, was killed 
by Conacher, or Conor O'Longsy ].— Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. 


PIT ee ee ee ee Pee Re ee Nn eT Se UM CNRC 
TE ae NN RES * x RN 


NS aene TENTATA EUNT CS SANI ONERE 


829 ANNATA gioghachca EIREANN. (1031. 


Corp Core, mile epocha a haon. Catupach, comanba Ping, do dal- 
lad. Maolpuchain, anméapa bpian, mc Cemoerccig, 7 Conamcc Ua Ch- 
baill, ernémnech Glimne vá locha, ceann cpabard, 4 véipce na ngaowel, 
vécc. Mac Pino, aipchinnech cige ao15(6 Cluana mic Noir, 7 Mac Oel- 
baorch, comanba Cnonam Tuama Gpeine, oécc. Planeb(pcach Ua Néill vo 
toweacc ó Rom. Ap pm peimmhép Ploreblpcaig po sabher an connpao 
ommóp in Apo Macha amail ap pollup ipin pano, Ka: 

Seipfohach vo span copca, 

No cman oaipmbh oub concna, 
No vo ofpcnaib oapach oumn, 
No do cnoib palach: pronneuill. 
Fogaibce gan caca cmn, 

In (po Macha ap aon pmgmn. 


Qno móp(cam vo apccam vo hallar” Acha cliae, ] da céd do vaomib 
Do lopccao ipm. oormliace, 7 dá céd vo bpeich 1 mbnorcc. Imp €ogam vo 
apccam oo Plaitbheancach, mac Muipefpcag Ui Néll, ] dia mac 4. Cfooh. 
Slóiécfó la mac n€ochaba co Cealaé Oce,7 nocha ccappaiò mí. Cod 
Ua Néill oo dol čap pap co ccucc. tpi mile vo buanb, 4 va céd ap mile 
vo bport. Ua Oonnacam, cigCpmna Opao tine, oo mapbad la hUa mobmam, 
4. Toipdelbac. Ua hAshoa, «1. Asoa mac Grollacolum, cigfina Tleba vo 
bapaccad la a bnoiremib lá Muineip Maoilpinn. Hluniaipn, mac Sicpicc, vo 
manbad la oeipcepc Opeash.  Oiapmaic, mac Domnaill, mic Faolán, eiz- 
fnna na nUe, 7 Oonnplébe, a bnáchoip, o mapbad lá Mumecfpcach, mac 
6main, hi ccat Sléibe Cua. Inop(ó nOppage lá Oonnchaó mac Opan, 
co po mapbpac Oppar$e oon cup pin an Sillapncach Ua Clnpabam, ] 0a 
Ua Maoilechlainn, mic Plomnabpacc, oa progdarmna Chonaill Oabna, 1 


' Maelsuthain: i. e. Calvus perennis. The 
hand-writing of this ecclesiastic, who was anm- 
chara, or spiritual adviser to Brian Borumha, is 
to be seen in the Book of Armagh, which he 
wrote “in conspectu Brian Imperatoris Scoto- 
rum.” 

™ Teach-n Aeidheadh : i. e. house of the guests, 
i.e. the hospital. 

^ Penny; pmgmn. In a Brehon law tract, 


preserved in the Library of Trinity College, 
Dublin, H. 4. 22, fol. 66, a pinginn of silver is 
defined as of the weight of seven grains of wheat. 
—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 215- 
223. Seiseadhach is cognate with the Latin sex- 
tarius, and the French sesterot and sentier, a 
measure both of fluids and of corn, being about 
a pint and a half, but varying in magnitude in 
different times and countries. In the middle- 


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1031.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 823 


The Age of Christ, 1031. Cathasach, successor of Finghin, was blinded. 
Maelsuthain anmchara of Brian, son of Ceinneidigh ; and Conaing Ua Cear- 


bhaill, airchinneach of Gleann-da-locha, head of the piety and charity of the - 


Gaeidhil, died. Mac-Finn, airchinneach of the Teach-Aeidheadh™ of Cluain- 
mic-Nois ; and Mac Dealbhaeth, successor of Cronan of Tuaim-Greine, died. 
Flaithbheartach Ua Neill returned from Rome. It was during the reign of 
Flaithbheartach that the very great bargain used to be got at Ard-Macha, as is 
evident in this quatrain : i i 


A sesedhach [measure] of oaten grain, 

Or a third of [a measure of] black-red sloes, 
Or of the acorns of the brown oak, 

Or of the nuts of the fair hazel-hedge, 

Was got without stiff bargaining, 

At Ard-Macha, for one penny”. 


Ard-Breacain was plundered by the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and two hun- 
dred persons were burned in the great church, and two hundred were carried 
into captivity. Inis-Eoghain was plundered by Flaithbheartach, son of Muir- 
cheartach O'Neill, and his son, i.e. Aedh. An army was led by the son of 
Eochaidh to Tealach Og, but he seized nothing. Aedh Ua Neill passed him 
by eastwards, and carried off three thousand cows, and one thousand two 
hundred captives. Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh-tire, was slain by O’Briain, 
i.e. Toirdhealbhach. Ua hAghda, i.e. Aghda, son of Gillacoluim, lord of 
Teathbha, was put to death by his kinsmen, the Muinntir-Maelfinn. Gluniairn, 
son of Sitric, was killed by the people of South Breagha. Diarmaid, son of 


Domhnall, son of Faelan, lord of the Deisi, was slain by Muircheartach,. 


son of Brian, in the battle of Sliabh Cua’. Osraighe was plundered by Donn- 
chadh, son of Brian; and the Osraighi slew on that occasion Gillarintach 
Ua Anradhain?; the two grandsons of Maeleachlainn, son of Flannabhra, both 
royal heirs of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra ; and Maelcoluim Caenraigheach* Gilla- 


aged Latin sezterium and sisterium occur. » Ua-Anradhain. — Now O’Hanraghan, or 
o Sliabh Cua.—Now Slieve Gua, in the barony Hanrahan, without the prefix O’. This name is 

of Decies without Drum, and county of Water- still common in the county of Clare. 

ford.— See it already referred to at A. M. 3790, 3 Maelcoluim Caenraigheach : i.e. Malcolm of 

and A. D. 593. Kenry, now a small barony lying along the 


824 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. [1032. 


Maolcolum Caonpagech. | Giollacomgaill Ua Slebene, ppimollam cua- 
cence Eneann, vécc. Cono na mbochce, cho Celed nòé, 7 ancorm, Cluana 
mic Nóip, oo Gé10 Tionól apse oo boccaib Cluana 1 nlpeal Chiapám, 7 po 
eohbaip piche bó uaid péin innci. Cp vó vo paidead, 


Q Chuinn Chluana, acclop cà a hEpmo 1 nAlban, 
Q chmo opoain, nochan upa 00 chill oapgam. 


Plocbtpcach Ua Mupchada, caorpeac Cenel mbogaine, oo écc. Cu- 
plébe Ua Oobailen, canpeac Conca pipep, oo mapbao 1 pull. Ua Ruarc, 
Cnc, .. an Caileach, o apgain Cluana p(pca bpénamn, 7 po meabaid pap 
ipn lo céona pa nOonnchad mac bpam go ppapgab áp oaome 7 (cap. 
Ragnall mac Ragnall, mc lomp, agsfpna Pupe Lange, oo mapbad 1 
ne chat 1 pull. 

Qor Cpforc, mile cpocha adó. Maolmopda angcoipe oécc. Mugpon 
Ua Nioc, abb Tuama da Shualann, vécc. Ourbmoys, haccaipe Cluana mic 
Nay, vécc. Oommall, mac Maolpuanmd Uf Mhaoloonas, cigna Cemuit 
Conall, oo mapbad lá Clomo Phiangapa. Mac Matgarnna, me Muiploh- 
ag, cig(pma Ciapparge oo mapbad. — Orapmaice mac Catach, c(no clomoe 
Oonngal, mac Oumnéocaig, cig(pna Gail(ng, oo mapbao 
oo Ua Cappag. €cpu Ua Conamg, píogoarma Muman, oo mapbad la 
mumein Imleacha Ipap. Mam Opoma ófnocup pop Ulcarb ma ningal- 
Lab. Mawm Inbip 6omne ma $icpioc, mac Amlaorb pon Conaillib 1 pop 
Uib cCopcóáin, 1 pop Uib Me, m po lad a nap a. cpí ċéo roii mapbad 4 
(n5abail. Concoban, mac Maol(chlamn Ui Ouboa, vo mapbao via bpacarp, 
1. 00 mac Néll 1 Ohuboa. Ceallach mac Ounchada, cizfpna Ua nDún- 


Scanoláin, oécc. 


south side of the River Shannon, in the north 
of the county of Limerick. 

* Tseal-Chiarain: i.e. St. Ciaran’s low land. 
This was the name of a church at Clonmacnoise, 
in the King’s County. 

* Ua-Dobhailen.—Now always anglicised Dev- 
lin, without the prefix O*. This family of Corca- 
Firtri, in the now county of Sligo, is to be 
distinguished from the O'Devlins of Muintir- 
Devlin, on the west side of Lough Neagh, in 
the county of Tyrone, adjoining that of Lon- 


donderry. : 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A, D. 1031. Flavertach O’Nell came from 
Rome. Ardbrackan rifled by the Gentiles” 
[rectó, Galls] “of Dublin: two hundred men 
burnt within the Damliag, and 200 captives 
caryed. Kildare burnt through negligence of a 
wicked woman. An army by Mae Eocha to 
Tolanoog, and Hugh O’Nell came eastwards 
about him, and brought 3000 cowes and 1200 


1032.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


chomhghaill Ua Slebhene, chief poet of the north of Ireland, died. Conn-na- 
mBocht, head of the Culdees, and anchorite of Cluain-mic-Nois, the first that 
invited a party of the poor of Cluain at Iseal Chiarain', and who presented 
twenty cows of his own to it. Of this was said : 


O Conn of Cluain ! thou wert heard from Ireland in Alba ; 
O head of dignity, it will not be easy to plunder thy church. 


Flaithbheartach Ua Murchadha, chief of Cinel-Boghaine, died. , Cusleibhe 
Ua Dobhailen‘, chief of Corca-Firtri, was treacherously slain. Ua Ruairc, Art, 
i.e. the Cock, plundered Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; and he was defeated on the 
same day by Donnchadh, son of Brian, with the loss of men and vessels. Ragh- 
nall, son of Raghnall, son of Imhar of Port-Lairge, was treacherously slain at 
Ath-cliath. 

The Age of Christ, 1032.  Maelmordha, anchorite, died. Mughron 
Ua Nioc, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann, died. Duibhinnsi, bell-ringer of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, died. Domhnall, son of Maelruanaidh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel- 
Conaill, was slain by the Clann-Fianghusa. The son of Mathghamhain, son of 
Muireadhach, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed. Diarmaid, son of Eochaidh, head 
of Clann-Scannlain, died. Donnghal, son of Donncathaigh, lord of Gaileanga, 
was slain by Ua Carraigh. Edru Ua Conaing, royal heir of Munster, was slain 
by the people of Imleach-Ibhair. The victory of Druim-Beannchair* was gained 
over the Ulidians by the Airghialla. The battle of Inbher-Boinne" [was gained] 
by Sitric, son of Amhlaeibh, over the Conailli, the Ui-Tortain, and the Ui-Meith, 
in which a slaughter was made of them, they having lost three hundred between 
killing and capturing. Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn Ua Dubhda, was 
slain by his kinsman, i.e. by the son of Niall Ua Dubhda. Ceallach, son of 


Conell O’Donagan, king of Arahire" [pao 
chine], * killed by O’Bryan, .i. Tyrlagh.”— 


captives with him. Another army by Mac 
Eochaa in I-Eachach, and burnt Kill-Cummar, 


with the Oratory; killed fower of the Clergy, 
and caryed 30 captives. An army by Mac Bryan 
into Ossory, where his men were slaughtered, 
Maelcolum Caenrigech and many others. Ca- 
hasach, Coarb of Covgan, blinded by Duvlaing. 
The snow army by Hugh O’Nell, into Tirco- 
nell, and he killed O'Canannan, king of Kindred- 
5 


Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Druim-Beannchair —Now Drumbanagher, 
about seven miles from Newry, on the road to 
Tanderagee, in the barony of Lower Orior, and 
county of Armagh. 

* Inbher-Boinne: i. e. the mouth of the River 
Boyne, otherwise called Inbher-Colptha. 


N ` 


825 


826 ANNALA RIOFNACNTA EIREANN. - [1033. 


chada, oécc. Matgamain Ua Biagéámn, cig(pna 6p(gh, oo &ureim la Domnall 
hUa Cealleng, ip m vormaé ma cCaipe. Domnall hUa Ceallag, mac 
Plannaccam, vo ballad lá ITImpé(pcac Ua Ceallang. Glongup Ua Ciz(pmnám, 
oo manbad vo Chenél Coda. Munchad, mac Seappaig, ciz(pna Coppe 
Mom, oécc. Muipefpcach, mac (no Ua) Maoilpfchlaim vo ballad la Con- 
cobap Ua Maoleachlamn. | Caos Ua Suarne, cigla Ua Curlin, vo mapbao 
la mac Maoil na mbó. Mac Conconnacc a. Ua Ounadaig, cig(pna. Sil 
nQnmchada, oo mapbao. Maolcurle, eprcop Cípoa Macha, oo écc. 

Qoip Cpiopt, mile cmocha a cpi. Ihun(óach Ua Maonacain, uapal 
eppos 7 angcoine, 7 Mumloach Ua Manca, comopba Cponám, oécc.. Conn 
Ua Sinach, apoangcoipe Connaéc, décc. Conn, mac Maoilepaccpaice, 
eipémoeách Mungainci 4 Oipipt Oengupa, vécc. ed mac Flacbiicang 
Uf Néll, cisfpna Oils, 7 pfogdarnna €peann, déco, lan nadémge 7 pfnnainod 
coccambe aidce péile CInopeap. Mam ma Mupchad Ua Illaoilechlamn 
pop Concobap Ua Tlaolleachlamn, m po manbad Maolpuanad Ua Cappoig 
Calma, 7 Lopcan Ua Camvelbam, ci&(pna. Laogenm, 7 cigna Fm cCal, 
co pochaioib ole. Concoban Ua Muipfohang, cigfpna. Ciapparge, oo map- 
bao. Qenach Capman vo denam lá Oonnchad mac Olollapaccpaice ian 
ngabarl pige Largtn vo go marchib laoc 7 cléneac Laig, Oppose man aen 
mr. Mawm ecip Ele 7 Ui Piacpach Chine, 1 econéain bpaen Ua Clémg, 
7 Mupldach mac Fiollapaccpaice co pocoroib orle. Camingm Ua C(pbanll, 
cipfpna Ele, véce. Clengap Ua Catal, cig(pna C€oganacca Loca Léim, vo 
mapbao. Scpín Phfccap,7 Phóil acc cepfppam pola pon alcoip Daccpaicc 
1nQno Macha hi pradnanpe caic 1 coicémnne. Pocéapcach Ua Cleda, ciz (nna 
Muige (no Tuati) Luce, 5 Ua Prachnach Apoappata, oo mapbao oo pMa 


" The son of Mael-na-mbo : i. e. Diarmaid, son reva, burnt with 50 men about him. Donncha 


of Donnchadh, who was surnamed Mael-na-mbo, 
i.e. chief of the cows. 

* Maeltuile—In Harriss edition of Wares 
Bishops, p. 49, he is called Maelmuire. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1032. Mahon O'Riagan, king of 
Bregh, killed by Donell O' Kelly, per dolum. 
Gileomgan mac Maelbryde, Mormoer of Mu- 


O’Maeldorai, king of Kindred-Conell ; Makma- 
hon mac Mureai, king of Kyarry; Donell mac 
Duincothai, king of Galeng, occisi sunt. Etru 
O’Conaing, heyre of Mounster, killed by the 
men of Imlech. The discomfiture of Drumben- 
char upon Ulster by Airgiall. The dispersion 
of Invir-Boinne by Sitrick mac Aulaiv upon 
the Conells, upon O-Dorhuin, and upon O-Meth, 
and he had their slaghter. Maeltuile, bushop of 


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1033.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 827 


Dunchadh, lord of Ui-Dunchadha, died. Mathghamhain Ua Riagain, lord of 
Breagha, was slain by Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh, on the Sunday before Easter. 
Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh, the son of Flannagan, was blinded by Muircheartach 
Ua Ceallaigh. Aenghus Ua Tighearnain was slain by the Cinel-Aedha. Mur- 
chadh, son of Searrach, lord of Cairbri-Mor, died. Muircheartach, son (or 
grandson) of Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. 
Tadhg Ua Guaire, lord of Ui-Cuilinn, was slain by the son of Mael-na-mbo". 
Mac-Connacht, i. e. Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain. Mael- 
tuile*, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1033. Muireadhach Ua Maenagain, a noble bishop and 
anchorite ; and Muireadhach Ua Manchain, successor of Cronan, died. Conn 
Ua Sinaich, chief anchorite of Connaught, died. Conn, son of Maelpadraig, 
airchinnech of Mungairit and Disert-Oenghusa’, died. Aedh, son of Flaith- 
bheartach Ua Neill, lord of Oileach, and heir to the sovereignty of Ireland, died, 
after laudable penance and mortification, on the night of Andrew's festival. 
A battle was gained by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn over Conchobhar Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, in which Maelruanaidh Ua Carraigh Calma, Lorcan Ua Caindel- 
bhain, lord of Laeghairi, the lord of Feara-Cul, and many others, were slain. 
Conchobhar Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ciarraighe, was slain. The fair of 
Carman was celebrated by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, after he had assumed 
the kingdom of Leinster, having the chiefs of the laity and clergy of Leinster 
and Osraighe. A conflict between the Eli and the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, in 
which Braen Ua Cleirigh and. Muireadhach Mac Gillaphadraig, with many 
others, were slain. Aimhirgin Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Eile, died. Aenghus 
Ua Cathail, lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein, was killed. The shrine of Peter 
and Paul emitted blood upon Patrick's altar at Ard-Macha, in the presence of 
Foghartach Ua h Aedha, lord of Magh-Luirg (or Tuath-Luirg)’, 
killed by the Feara Manach. Disert- 


all in general. 
and Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha, was 


Ardmach, in Christo quievit. Hugh O'Foiri 
took the bishoprick in hand."— Cod. Clarend., 


County. The Aenghus who gave name to this 
` place was the celebrated Aenghus the Festilo- 


tom. 49. 

¥ Disert- Oenghusa, — Otherwise written Disert- 
Aenghusa, i. e. Aenghus's desert, or wilderness, 
now Dysart-Enos, near the Rock of Dunamase, 
in the barony of East Maryborough, and Queen's 


5N2 


gist, who flourished towards the close of the 
eighth century.—See Colgan’s Acta MUN; 
pp.4, 5, 579, and p. 582, n. 6. — 

* Magh-Luirg (or Tuath-Luirg)—The true 
reading is, “lord of Tuath-Luirg and Ui-Fiach- - 


+ 


828 ANNAA RIOshachtd EIREANN. ` [1034. 


manach. Oipfpc Maolecule vo angam vo Munchad Ua Maoileachlamn. 
Mupchad Ua Maorleachlamn (1. mac Maoileaclamn Out) oo manbad 1 
meabail la Mac Tapnám 2. la corpeaé Curpene 1 mnp Coca Semoeoe. Pino 


Ua Oangalang, er&(pna Mupccpaiġe cine, vécc. Cumurnan, mac Ruaodm 


Uí Checpaóa [oécc]. Oime Mhaolcule oonccam vo Munchad ó Mhao- 
Uchlainn. 

Qop Cpíope, mle cmocha a cheam. Catal Taipei, aimchinoeach 
Copcarge, vécc. Oengap, mac Plamn, pfn lergino Cluana mic Nop, apo 
eagnaid iaptap domam décc ian natmge. Maima Ua hUachcain Ej 
leigimn Cfnannpa, oo batad oc coche a hAlban cu lebaó Colum Cille, 1 
thi mmoa oo monoa Phactpaice, 7 tmocha vo daoimb malle pmr- 
G'ollapeachnall, mac Grollamoéonna, cig(pna verpceme bps, oo manbad 
pa plona Roipp. Ouboamg(n, cig(pma Conoacc, vo mhanbad la Connaécaib 
réippm. Oondchad, mac Ópam vo :onopaoh Opparge. Hlollacolaim 
hUa Riacean, cS (na oeipcceipc Ops, oo &mcim lá Muine(prac hUa Ceal- 
lng. Grollapaccparce Ua Plannagém, cig(pna Teatba, vo ewcim lá 
bpeagmamib. Tümp(ach Ua pPlarb(pcon, cigfina Ua mbmum Seóla, 
[oég]. Conpcen hUa Maolpuonn, cigfna Oealbna, vo mapbad pon cap- 
poch Oipipc Tola 6 a mumem. pép, 4. po mp Cola Tma neant Dé 
dfosail pop an ci po oa Panag, ap po mapbad ipm uaip ééaona. Slollaulan- 
cag, TIS(Mna na nO éipi Ops, Catal, mac Amalgada, cz (pna Ua Ceallang 


rach-Arda-Sratha.” The territory of Tuath- 
Lurg is the barony of Lurg, in the county of 
Fermanagh ; and the territory of the Ui-Fiach- 
rach of Ard-sratha extended from the north- 
east boundary of this barony to the River 
Mourne, in the county of Tyrone. 

* Disert-Maeltuile: i.e. St. Maeltuile’s desert 
or wilderness, now Dysart, a townland giving 
name to a parish situated on the west side of 
Loch-Ainninn, or Lough Ennell, in the barony 
of Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath. The 
festival of St. Maeltuile mac Nochaire, who 
gave name to this place, is set down in O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar at 30th of July. 

* Loch Semhdidhe.—Now Lough Sewdy, near 


the little town of Ballymore, in the barony of 
Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath.—See 
note under A. D. 1450. 

° Disert- Maeltuile.— This is repetition. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1033. An overthrow by Murcha 
O'Maelsechlainn of Conor O?Maelsechlainn, 
where Maelruanai O’Carrai Calma and Lorkan 
were killed, Lorkan being king of O'Laegaire, 
and others with him. Con mae Maelpatrick, 
Airchinnech of Mungart, quievit. Conor O’Mu- 
real, king of Kiarrai, killed. The fayre of Car- 
man by Donagh mac Gilpatrick, in the begin- 
ning of his reigne in Leinster. . Aimirgin 


1034.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 829 - 


Maeltuile* was plundered by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Murchadh Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, i. e. the son of Maeleachlainn Gott, was treacherously slain by Mac 
Tarnain, i.e. the chief of Cuircne, on the island of Loch Semhdidhe* Finn 
Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, died. | Cumumhan, son of Ruaidhri 
Ua Cetfadha, [died]. Disert-Maeltuile" was plundered by Murchadh O'Mae- 
leachlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 1034. Cathal Martyr, airchinneach of Corcach, died. 
Oenghus, son of Flann, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, chief sage of the west of the 
world, died after penance. Maicnia Ua hUchtain, lector of Ceanannus, was 
drowned coming from Alba with the bed of Colum-Cill, and three of Patrick's 
relies, and thirty persons along with him. Gillaseachnaill, son of Gillamochonna, 
lord of South Breagha, was slain by the Feara-Rois. Dubhdaingean, lord of 
Connaught, was slain by the Connaughtmen themselves. Donnchadh, son of 
Brian, plundered Osraighe. Gillacoluim Ua Riagain, lord of South Breagh, fell 
by Muircheartach Ua Ceallaigh. Gillapadraig Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha, 
fell by the people of Breaghmhaine. Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartach", lord 
of Ui-Briuin-Seola, [died]. Coirten Ua Maelruain, lord of Dealbhna, was slain 
on the threshhold of Disert-Tola* by his own people; and Tola, through the 
power of God, wreaked vengeance upon the person who committed the profa- 
nation, for he was slain within the same hour. Gillaulartaigh, lord of the Deisi- 
Breagh!; Cathal, son of Amhalgaidh, lord of Ui-Ceallaigh-Cualann, and his 


first person of this family ever called O'Flaherty. 
He had three sons: 1. Ruaidhri of Loch Cime; 


O'Carroll, king of Ely; and Cumuvan mac 
Roary O'Cetfa, mortui sunt. An overthrow 


among Ely, where fell Braen O’Klery, and Mu- 
reach Mac Gilpatrick, and others. The son of 
Mac Baethe mic Cinaeh killed by Maelcolum 
mac Cinaeh. Aengus O'Cathail, king of Eogha- 
nacht of Loch Len.. The Shryne of Peter and 
Paule streaming of blood upon Patrick's altar 
in Ardmach, in presence of all there living. 
Hugh mac Flavertai O’Nell, king of Ailech, and 
heyre of Ireland, post penitentiam mortuus est, on 
St. Andrewe’s eve.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

è Ua Flaithbheartaigh.—Now O’ Flaherty. This 
Muireadhach was the grandson of Flaithbhear- 
tach, from whom’ the hereditary surname of 
O’Flaherty was derived, and was, therefore, the 


2. Donnchadh Aluinn; and 3. Aedh, from whom 
all the septs of the O’Flahertys of West Con- 
naught are descended. They were originally 
seated on the east side of Lough Corrib, in the 
barony of Clare, and county of Galway. 

© Disert- Tola. —This church stood in the town- 
land of Diserttaula, in the parish of Killoolagh, 
barony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath.— 
Seeit already referred to under A. D. 970, 1010. 

f Deisi-Breagh.—Now the baronies of Deece, 
in the south of the county of Meath.— See 
note ', under the year 753, p. 356, suprà. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 


830 GNNaZa RIOSshachta EIREANN. > [1035. 


Cualann, q-a bina. mgn mic Giollacomgm, oo mapbao oo mac Ceallaig 
mic Ounchada, q 00 mac Coda, mic Cuaéail. Crmlaoib, mac Siccpiocca, 
oo manbad là Saxanaib ag ool oo Róm. 

Qoip Cpforc, mile ctmocha a cíncc. Placb(pcach Ua Munchada, 
ci&(pna Cenúil mbosaine, vo mapbao co nopumg ole amanlle ppp. lapnán 
Ua Planochada (cá na naem 7 na bpínén oo gatí de) oo cechc ap cpeich 
1 nOelbna. co na cainc(cap uaice vo Oelbna co ccapopac lomainece 06, 7 
po lad ap a mumcipe,7 po manbad lapnán pém cpé propcanb OE ] na naem. 
Ragnall Ua hlomaip, wigsfpna Pupe Céárpcce, oo mapbao 1 nQch chach la 
Sicpioc, mac Amlaob. Opo móp(cam vo onccam oo Sitpioce 1anam, 7 
Sopo Cholaim Chille vo opnccam 4 vo lopccaó vo Choncobap Ua ITlaoilec- 
lamn ma viogal. | Cápléibe, mac Oobnain, cig(mna Conca Fipcpt, [oécc]. 
Cellupaile 7 claonad oo onccain vo Ohallaib, conup campai mac Oonn- 
chaió mac Domnaill go po lá a nofpg áp. Cpech lá Oonnchad mac Ounlamg 
pon Phtpaib. Cualann, go ccucc bó gabail mon 4 bporo. 

Clorp Cpfope, mile cpiocha a pé. Clongap Ua Plann, comanba ópnénamn 
Cluana pipra, ] Ceallach Ua Selbargh (.1. eppocc), comanba Sapp ppure 
róin Muman, décc. Cengap, mac Catan, abb Copcaige, oécc. Plat- 
b(pcach an cpopccám Ua Néll, ciġfpma Oili, oécc rap noeigb(chad 7 1a 
bpennaimn. Maelechlamn Ua Maelpuanas, ci& (mma Cnemtainne, oo map- 
bad lá hQod Ua Concobaip, a noiogail Chaog an eich gil, 4 Opan. 
Oomnall Ua hUaċmapámn, eiz(mna P(p Cf, oo mapbaó vo Dál nCnaide. 
Oonnchad, mac Plomn, moghóarna Timpa, vo manbad la pha bpéipne. 


^ A. D. 1034. Maelcolum mac Cinaeh, king [mic Cinaeh], * king of the English and Irish, 


of Scotland, died. Aulaiv mac Sitrick killed by 
Saxons” [as he was] **goinge to Rome. Gilla- 


sechnaill mac Gillamochonna killed. Doncha mac: 


Bryan spoyled all Ossory. Cathal, mairtir, and 
Airchinnech of Cork; and Conn mac Maelpatrick, 
Airchinnech of Mungarti, dormierunt. Ulster 
forces into Meath to Mac Millen’s house. Gil- 
lafularti, king of Dese-Bregh, killed. Macnia 
O’Huachtan, Lector of Kells, drowned coming 
from Scotland with Colum Cils: booke, and 
three minns, or swearing reliques of St. Patrick, 
and thirty men with them. Suivne mac Hugh” 


aliter Fingall’? [rectè, Gallgaels], “mortuus est." — 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ` 

€ Cu-na-naemh agus na bhfiren : i.e. the watch- 
dog of the saints and just men, 

^ Sord-Choluim-Chille: i. e. the monastery of 
Swords, which was then in the Danish territory 
of Fingal. 

i Claenadh.—Now Clane, in the county of 
Kildare.—See note ', under the year 777, p.382, 
supra. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 


r 
m— 


1035.] ~- ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 831 


wife, the daughter of Mac Gillacoeimhghin, were slain by the son of Ceallach, 
son of Dunchadh, and his son Aedh, son of Tuathal. Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric, 
was slain by the Saxons, on his way to Rome- 

The Age of Christ, 1035.  Flaithbheartach Ua Murchadha, lord of Cinel- 
Boghaine, was killed with others along with him. Iarnan Ua Flannchadha 
(who was usually called * Cu na naemh agus na bhfiren*"), came upon a preda- 
tory excursion into Dealbhna ; but a small number of the Dealbhna-men over- 
took him, and gave him battle, wherein his people were slauzhtered, and Iarnan 
himself was slain, through the miracles of God and the saints. Raghnall, 
grandson of Imhar, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain at Ath-cliath by Sitric, son 
of Amhlaeibh; and Sord Choluim Chille" was plundered and burned by Con- 
chobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, in revenge thereof. Cusleibhe, son of Dobhran, 
lord of Corea-Firtri [died]. Cill-Usaille and Claenadh! were plundered by 
the foreigners; but the son of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, overtook them, 
and made a bloody slaughter of them. A depredation by Donnchadh, son of 
Dunlaing, upon the Feara-Cualann ; and he carried off a great seizure of cows 
and prisoners. 

The Age of Christ, 1036.  Aenghus Ua Flainn, successor of Mekani of 
Cluain-fearta ; and Ceallach Ua Sealbhaich, a bishop, successor of Bairri*, 
learned senior of Munster, died. Aenghus, son of Cathan, Abbot of Corcach, 
died. Flaithbheartach an Trostain’, lord of Oileach, died after a good life and 
penance. Maeleachlainn, lord of Creamthainne, was slain by Aedh Ua Con- 
chobhair, in revenge of Tadhg of the White Steed, and of Brian. Domhnall 
Ua h-Uathmharain, lord of Feara-Li, was slain by the Dal-Araidhe. Donnchadh, 
son of Flann, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain by the men of Breifne. Scolog, 


Ranali 


* A. D. 1035. Cnut mac Sain, king of Saxons, 
died. Cahal mac A walga, king of West Leinster, 
and his wife, daughter to Caeimgin mac Cinaeh, 
and his greyhound, killed at once" [i.e. together] 
“ by the sonn of Kellach mae Dunchaa. Flah- 
vertach O’Murchaa, king of Kindred-Boguine, 
with many more, killed. Iarnan O’Flanchaa, 
persecutor of saints and the righteous, came with 
his” [followers] “into Delvin, and a few of 
Delvin skirmished with him, and gave him the 
overthrow, where he was killed, and his men 


slaghtered by myracle of the saints. 
O'Hivair, king of Waterford, killed in Dublin 
by Sitriek mae Awlaiv. Ardbrakan rifled by 
Sitrick mae Awlaiv. The Sord of Colum Cille 
burnt by Conor O’Maeleachlainn in revenge it.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Successor of Bairri : i. e. Bishop or Abbot of 
Cork. 

! Flaithbheartach an Trostain : i. e. Flaherty 
of the Pilgrim’s Staff. So called because he 
went as a pilgrim to Rome. 


832 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1037. 


Scolócc «1. Niall Ua Plannagáın, ciġlpna Tleba, oo manbad la pha Tleba 
báoém a. lá Muinnzip Tlamain. ~Mupchad Ua an Chapaill i. Ua Ploicbtp- 
caish,7 Niall, mac Muinsfpa oa píoghoamna laptain Connacc, oo mapbao. 
Cáciche, mac €ccnechámn, cisfpna Ceneoil €noa, vécc. Oonnchad, mac 
Oanlaing, cig(mna CaigCn, oo ballad lá Donnchad, mac Hiollapaopaice co 
nepbail oe a ccionn cpeċcmame.  Ruaropi mic Caróg, mc Loncain, oo 
dallad lá mac Maol na mbó .i. Diapmaio. Orapmaic, mac Oonnchaoa, 
canaipi Oppaishe, vo mapbao. Muipcfpcach, mac Giollapaccnaice, cig fma 
Leite Opppage, oo mapbao oUa Caellaigi via mumcip pén 1 ppioll.. Cell 
vapa 7 Cenannup vo lopccao.  Oeapcech Caiepig bmi vo lopccab 4 do 
onccam op(paib Mide. 

Qoip Cnífopc, mile cmocha a p(che. Plann, ppíop Glinne hUipean, 
Cionaed hUa Maolcemin, ppuicp(nóip 1apċain Coigé(n, oég. Coipppe, mac 
Rovaige, aipchinofch €ceailpi bicce, vécc. Catal mac Rumdm, ci&(pna 
rapcaip Connace, oo dol oia oilitpe co hApo Macha. Plann, mac Oom- 
nall Ui Maoileachlainn, oo dallavh la Conchobap lá a deapbpataip. Thi 
hUí Maoloopar oo mapbao lá hUa Canannám. Thi hUí Phollamann, 7 
Fimachca Ua €apéaóa vo mapbao oClod Ua Concobaip. Cúonman 
Ua Rubano, cis fpna Pume Lange oo mhapbad la a ċenél péippin. Pope 
Laipccı oo opnccam, 7 lopccaó lá Orapmaicc, mac Mail na mbó. Sepin 
Cholaim Chille, 7 Oommlace Chianáin o0 onccain vo Ghallaib. Arha chat. 
Mumpstpp Ua Conc(namn, ecig(pna Ua nOiapmaoa, vécc. MAnéd Ua Ce- 
lecám, cig(qma Ua mopfpal,7 Ruaiopi Ua Copcáin, cig(pna Ua Niallám, oo 
mapbad 1 Cnaoib Colle lá Muipfoach Ua Ruadacain 7 la hUib Cacach. 
Ceapnacán occ oo mapbao lá hUa Plannagain, a. Sicpiuc, vo Uib Mame. 
Oillacaeimgin, mac Cfraalgaóa, ciz(pna Ua Ceallaig oo mapnbao vo macaib 
Qoda, mic Tuatail. lomap oo mapbad vo Bhalla’ Pupe Lamge cpe 


™ O'Caellaighe.—Now anglicised Kelly, with- 
out the prefix O’. 5 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1036. Daniell O'Huathmaran, king 
of Firli, killed by Dalarai. Scolog O’ Flannagan, 
king of Tethva, by his” [people] “ killed. 
Donell O'Flaiun, heyre of Tarach, by Breifni 


killed. Murcha O'Cappall, and Nell mac Murges, 
two heyres of West Connaght, killed. Cuchiche 
mac Egnechan, king of Kindred-Enna, died. 
Donogh mac Dunlevy, king of Leinster, blinded 
by Mac Gilpatrick, and died thereof. Flahver- 
tach O'Nell, Arcking of Ailech, post penitentiam 
optimam, in Christo quievit. Aengus mac Flainn, — 
Coarb of Brenainn Cluona, and Kellach O’Selva, 


1037.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 833 


i. e. Niall Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha, was slain by the men of Teathbha 
themselves, i. e. by Muintir-Tlamain. Murchadh Ua an Chapail, i. e. Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigh, and Niall, son of Muirgheas, two royal heirs of West Connaught, 
were slain. Cuciche, son of Egneachan, lord of Cinel-Enda, died. Donnchadh, 
son of Dunlaing, lord of Leinster, was blinded by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, 
and he died at the end of a week. Ruaidhri, son of Tadhg, son of Lorcan, was 
blinded by the son of Mael-na-mbo, i.e. Diarmaid. Diarmaid, son of Donnchadh, 
Tanist of Osraighe, was slain. Muircheartach, son of Gillaphadraig, lord of 
half Osraighe, was treacherously slain by O’Caellaighe™, one of his own people. 
Cill-dara and Ceanannus were burned. The oratory of Laithreach was burned 
and plundered by the men of Meath. 

The Age of Christ, 1037. Flann, Prior of Gleann-Uisean ; Cinaedh 
Ua Maeltemhin, learned senior of the west of Leinster, died. Cairbre, son of 
Rodaighe, airchinneach of Eaglais-Beag [at Cluain-mie-Nois],died. Cathal, son 
of Ruaidhri, lord of West Connaught, went on his pilgrimage to Ard-Macha. 
Flann, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar, his 
brother. Three [of the] Ui-Maeldoraidh were slain by Ua Canannain. Three 
[of the] Ui Follamhain, and Finnachta Ua Earchadha, were slain by Aedh 
Ua Conchobhair. Cuinmhain Ua Rubann, lord of Port-Lairge, was slain by 
his own tribe. Port-Lairge was plundered and burned by Diarmaid, son of 
Mael-na-mbo". Scrin-Choluim-Chille and Daimhliag-Chianain? were plundered 
by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Muirgheas Ua Conceanainn, lord of Ui-Diar- 
mada, died. Archu Ua Celechain, lord of Ui-Breasail, and Ruaidhri Ua Lorcain, 
lord of Ui-Niallain, were slain at Craebh-caille^, by Muireadhach Ua Ruadhacain 
and the Ui-Eathach. Cearnachan Gott* was slain by Ua Flannagain, i. e. Sitric, 
one of the Ui-Maine. Gillacaeimhghin, son of Amhalghaidh, lord of Ui-Ceal- 
laigh [of Cualann], was slain by the sons of Aedh, son of Tuathal. Imhar was 


Coarb of Bairri, mortuus est. Roary mac Teig of the O'Byrnes, and not of this sept. 


mie Lorkan, blinded by Mack Moylnambo."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

2 Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo.—He was the 
first of the ancestors of the Mac Murroughs, 
who became King of Leinster. Maelmordha 
mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, who was 
slain at the battle of Clontarf, was the ancestor 


o Scrin-Choluim-Chille and Daimliag-Chianain: 
i.e. the churches of Skreen and Duleek in 
Meath. k 

» Craebh-caille.—A place on the River Callan, 
in the barony and county of Armagh.— See 
note *, under the year 825, p. 438, suprà. 

a Cearnachan Gott: i.e. Victoricius Balbus. - 


50 


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834 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[1038. 


meabail. Ounchad mac Ounlarng, a. ní Carg(n, vo engabail 1 nOipfpc Orap- 
mada, ] a vallað oo Oonnchad Mac Giollapavpaicc,] a écc lanam po 
cfooip. Rucdm, mac Tas Ur Lopcám, cana Ua cCemrpealeng, do 
epsabal 1 nOcmliag Cille Curlinn la Oonnchad Mac Oollapaonaig, 1 a 
dallad rappin lá mac Maoil na mbó. 

Cloi Cpfopc, mile cmocha a hoche. [lenéb(pcach, mac Comgpicch, 
eppucc 7 ppleiginn Cluana mic Nop, Cumoén, eppcop, 7 abb, 4 pfplersimn 
Convépe, comapba Mic Neipi 7 Cholmam Eala, hUa Gabai, ru eppcop 
Oipipc Orapmacca, 7 mac Cém, mic Maoilmuaw, décc. Chull Ua Cain, 
pfpleigmn O eapmarge, Maolmápcam Cam, p(plergmn Convéne, Planoaccán, 
Ffplerginn Cille vapa, [oécc]. Coppe Ua Corngiollam, corhanba Camuig, 
oécci Róin. Colman Caech Ua Congaile, comapba Mola, Niall, mac 
Riagain, orpcmneach Slame, vo mapbao lá hUa Conowb. Slollacniorc, 
mac Caébainp Ui Oomnall, gaal pulamg cogard, 7 copnama Ceml Conall, 
vo manbad lá mac Cumn Ui Domnall. Ua Murpeccem, ciġfnna Tleba, vo 
mapbaó. Lawgnén hUa Ceocám, ciz(pna Gailtng, vo epgabanl. Ctomlis 
Ua Oonnchada, pfossathna Canpil, oo thapbad oo Unb Paoldan. Reacpu oo 
opccam vo Shallab. Meap of móp ipm mbliabamp, a pé a méo co po 
met opca na nonc. Oa Scamo oo cop 101p Ohelbna, 4 Ua Mame 1 name 


* The Daimhliag of Cill-Chuilinn: i.e. stone Lynster preyed, spoyled, and burnt Lymbrick. 


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church of Kilcullen, in the present county of 
Kildare. 

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 

* A. D. 1037. Cathal mac Roary, King of 
West Connaght, went in pilgrimage to Ard- 
mach. Flann O’Maelechlainn, by Conor O’Mael- 
echlainn blinded. Archu O’Celegan, king of 
O-Bressaill, and Rori O’Lorkan, king of O'Nial- 
lan, killed at Krivchoill by Mureach O’Ruagan 
and by O'Nechachs. Cu-inmain O’Roban, king 
of Waterford, : killed by his? [own people]. 
* Cernachan Gott killed by O’Flannagan of 
O-Maine. Three O?Maeldoraies killed. Great 
Taine this yeare."— Anz. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 
49. 

“A. D. 1037. Dermott mac Moylenemo of 


Donogh mac Dowlen, king of Lynster, had his 
eyes putt out by Mac Gillepatrick, king of 
Ossorye, and soone after died for grief. It 
reigned much this summer. Connor O’Me- 
laughlyn did putt out the eyes of Flann O’Me- 
laughlyn."—4Ann. Clon. 

* Reachru.—This name was applied to two 
celebrated islands in Ireland ; first, to Rathlin, 
or Ragharee island, off the north coast of the 
county of Antrim; and, secondly, to the island 
of Lambay, in the county of Dublin. As Lam- 
bay belonged to the Danes at this period, it is 
probable that the former island is the one re- 
ferred to in the text. 

* The Ores : i. e. the pigots, rutlands, luchans, 
or last pigs farrowed. j 

= Dealbhna : i. e. the inhabitants of Delvin 


1038. } ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 835 


killed treacherously: by the foreigners of Port-Lairge. Dunchadh, son of Dun- 
laing, King of Leinster, was taken prisoner at Disert-Diarmada, and blinded by 
Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig ; and he died immediately after. Ruaidhri, son 
of Tadhg Ua Lorcain, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was taken prisoner in the 
Daimhliag of Cill-Cuilinn", by Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig ; and he was 
afterwards blinded by the son of Mael-na-mbo. 

The Age of Christ, 1038. Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, Bishop and 
lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cuinnen, Bishop, Abbot, and lector of Condere, 
successor of Mac Nisi and Colman Eala ; hUa Gabhaidh, distinguished Bishop 
of Disert-Diarmada ; and the son of Cian, son of Maelmhuaidh, died. Ailill 
Ua Cair, lector of Dearmhach ; Maelmartan Cam, lector of Condere ; Flannagan, 
lector of Cill-dara, [died]. Cairbre Ua Coimhghillain, successor of Cainneach, 
died at Rome. Colman Caech Ua Conghaile, successor of Molaisi, [died]. 
Niall, son of Riagain, airchinneach of Slaine, was killed by O'Conduibh. Gilla- 
christ, son of Cathbhar Ua Domhnaill, supporting pillar of the war and defence 
of the Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the son of Conn O'Domhnaill Ua Muirigein, 
lord of Teathbha, was killed. Laidhgnen Ua Leocain, lord of Gaileanga, was 
taken prisoner. Cuduiligh Ua Donnchadha, royal heir of Caiseal, was slain by 
the Ui-Faelain. Reachru* was plundered by the foreigners. Very great fruit 
in this year, so that the orcs‘ of the pigs were fattened. Two rencounters 
between the Dealbhna" and the Ui-Maine, on the Friday of Ciaran’s festival", 


Mac Coghlan, now the barony of Garrycastle throw geven to O-Mani by Delvin, in the midst 


in the King’s County. 

* Ciaran’s festival : i. e. the 9th of September. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 1038. Cuinniden Connere, Coarb of 
Maknise and Colman Ela, and Colman Cam, .i. 
Crooked O’Congail, Coarb of Molaise, in Christo 
quieverunt. Gilkrist mac Cathvair O'Donell 
killed by mac Cuinn O'Donell. Battle betwene 
Cuana, King of All-Saxons, and Odo, King of 
Fraunce, where a thousand and more perished. 
Orc Allai, .i. the wyld boar, O'Ruagan, king of 
O-Nehach, killed by Clann-Sinai in Ardmach, 
upon Monday, in revenge of killing Eocha mac 
Innavar, and dishonouring Ardmach. An over- 


of Clon-mie-Nois, on Fridai, on St. Kyaran's 
feast, wherein many were slaine. Cuduili 
O'Dunchaa, heyre of Cassill, killed by O'Fae- 
lan."— Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A.D. 1038. Flathvertagh mac Loyngsye, 
Lector and Bushopp of Clonvicknose, died. 
Aileall O’Gair, Lector of Dorowe, died. There 
was such abundance of akorns this year that it 
fattened the piggs” [piggotts] “of piggs. There 
arose great contentions and fraye between those 
of Delvyn Mac Coghlan, and those of Imain in 
Clonvicknose, on St. Keyran’s day, and fell 
twice the same day to the fraye, in which strife 
there were slain 53 persons of Imaine."— Ann. 
Clon. 


502 


836 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. [1039. 


péle Ciapáin 1 cCluain mic Nó, 7 po meabavon andir pon 15 Maine, go po 
mapbad cpap ap caogaro vib Maine. 

Cloi Cpiore, mile cpiocha a nao. Maicma, eppcop 7 comapba Mamy- 
cpeach buči, Celecaip Ua Cuilennám, comapba Tigeapnang, 7 MuiplSach, 
mac Plannacám, poraipcmvech Apoa Macha, oécc. Cloicteach Cluana 
loparpo oo tuicim. Oomnall mac Oonnchada, cigfpna Ua Paelém, vo 
mapbad la Oomnall Ua Pipgaile, eigfpna na bPoncuat. Munchad Rua, 
mac Maoileachlainn, oo dallad lá Concoban Ua Maoil(chlamo. Muipfoach, 
mac Plarcb(ncoi5 Uf Neill, oo mapbao lá hUib Cabpaoa. Oonnchad O eapec, 
mac Cine 4. an Caileac Ui Ruaine, cigfina arem Connaéc, pm Viam a acap, 
vo mapbao lá hQod Ua cConcobaw. Slog lá Donnchad, Mac Golla- 
paccpaice co nOppaigib 1 Mibe, co po loipeple co Cnogba, co Opocac ata. 
Qoo Ua Plannagám, cgsfpna Luce 7 Ua pPiaépac, vo manbao. Mac 
Ruaom, agfina Plpnmange, oo éurcim lá a mummon pérpm. Mac Rupp, 
Tiġfma Ceneoil Phiacach, oo mapbad lá cisfpna El Ceall. Oonnchad 
Mac Grollapacnarce, cigfpna Oppaige 7 Largh ouprnóp, vécc lan mbeic 1 
ngalap porta. 

Qoip Cpiopc, mile ceachpacha.. Maolmaine Ua Ochcárn, comanba 
Cholaim Chille 7 Qoamnain, vécc. Oünchaó Ua hOnchamge pao ciachcana 
Lago Apoa Macha, oég. Copecnach, mac Anogeada, comanba Plannain 
q Ópenamn, vég 1ap. ponbhavh a darshb(chavh. Orapmenc Ua Sfchnuparg 


* The Cloictheach of Cluain-Iraird: i.e. the and county of Down. 


steeple or round tower belfry of Clonard, in 
Meath, 

? Domhnall Ua Fearghaile.—Duald Mac Firbis 
gives the pedigree of a Domhnall Ua Fearghail, 
King of Fortuatha Laighean, whom he makes 
the twenty-seventh in descent from Mesincorb, 
son of Moghcorb, King of Leinster, and the 
thirtieth from Conchobhar Ahhradhruadh, Mo- 
narch of Ireland.— See A. M. 5192, p. 91, suprà. 
The valley of Glendalough, and the district of 
Imaile, in the present county of Wicklow, are 
referred to as in the Fortuatha-Laighean. 

* The Ui-Labhradha: i.e. the O'Laverys, a 
family still numerous in the barony of Iveagh, 


* Cnodhbha and Droichead-atha : i.e. Knowth 
and Drogheda.—See notes ^ and f, under the 
year 861, p. 497, suprà. 

^ Ui-Fiackhrach : i. e. Ui-Fiachrach-Arda- 
sratha, a tribe seated along the River Derg, in 
the north-west of the county of Tyrone, adjoin- 
ing the barony of Lurg, in the county of Fer- 
managh. The Annals of Ulster and those of 
Clonmacnoise notice the following events under 
this year: ; 

“ A. D. 1039. Jaco, king of Bryttain, a suis; 
Donell mac Doncha, king of O’Faelan, by Donell 
O'Ferall; Doncha Derg, .i. Read, O’Roirk, by 


_ the O’Conors ; Roary, king of Fernvai, a suis; 


bi Ad 


1039.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 837 


at Cluain-mic-Nois, in both which the Ui-Maine were defeated, and fifty-three 
of them were killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1039. Maicnia, Bishop and Comharba of Mainistir- 
Buithi; Ceileachair Ua Cuileannain, successor of Tighearnach ; and Muireadh- 
ach, son of Flannagain, Fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, died. The Cloictheach 
of Cluain-Iraird* fell. Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, lord of Ui-Faelain, was 
slain by Domhnall Ua Fearghaile’, lord of the Fortuatha Murchadh Ruadh, 
son of Maeleachlainn, was blinded by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. Mui- 
readhach, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, was slain by the Ui-Labhradha’. 
Donnchadh Dearg, son of Art, i. e. the Cock, Ua Ruairc, lord of East Con- 
naught, in conjunction with his father, was slain by Aedh Ua Conchobhair. 
An army was led by Donnchadh Mae Gillaphadraig and the Osraighi into 


Meath; and they burned as far as Cnoghbha and Droichead-atha*. 
Ua Flannagain, lord of Lurg and Ui-Fiachrach, was slain. 
of Fearnmhagh, fell by his own people. 


was slain by the lord of Feara-Ceall. 


Aedh 
Mac Ruaidhri, lord 
Mac Ruitsi, lord of Cinel-Fhiachach, 


Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of 


Osraighe and of the greater part of Leinster, died after long illness. 

The Age of Christ, 1040. Maelmaire Ua Ochtain, successor of Colum- 
Cille and Adamnan, died. Dunchadh Ua hAnchainge, distinguished prelector 
of Ard-Macha, died. Cosgrach, son of Aingeadh, successor of Flannan and 


Brenainn", died after a well-spent life. 


Hugh O’Flannagan, king of Luirg and O-Fiach- 
rach, all killed. Donogh mac Gillpatrick, arch- 
king of Leinster and Ossory” [died]. ** Macnia, 
Coarb of Buty, Episcopus et plenus dierum ; Ce- 
lechar O’Culenan, Coarb of Tiernach, vitam feli- 
citer finierunt. Muteach mac Flannagan, Air- 
chinnech of Ardmach, by O-Hehachs; Mureach 
mac Flavertaich O'Nell killed by Lethrens. 
Cervall mac Faelan killed by Gentyes" [recté, 
the Galls, or Danes].—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1039. The steeple of Clonard fell 
down to the earth. Donnough mac Gillepatrick, 
King of Ossory and Lynster, died. Leighman- 
chan was preyed and spoyled by those of Imaine, 
in revenge of the falling out between those of 


Diarmaid Ua Seachnasaigh’, the most 


Imaine and those of Delvin in Clonvicknose 
before.” — Ann. Clon. 

* Successor of Flannan and Brenainn: i.e. 
Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert. 

* Diarmaid Ua Seachnasaigh.—'This may be 
understood as denoting Diarmaid, grandson of 
Seachnasach. He was not of the O'Shaughnessys 
of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, in the present county 
of Galway, for the first of this latter family, who 
was called O’Shaughnessy, was Raghnall, whose 
father, Gealbhuidhe, who was slain in the year 
1159, was the son of Seachnasach, the progeni- 
tor after whom the hereditary surname was 
called, Successor of Seachnall means Abbot of 
Domhnach-Seachnaill, now Dunshaughlin, in 
Meath. 


wae INE 


MP Me ae 


838 anmaca gioshachca emednH. | [1041. 


raoi eccna Ceice Cumo, 7 comapbaoh S(chnaill, oécc. Concnan Cleipech, 
angcoipe, aipoc(nd rapéarp Coppa ap épábonó 7 eccna eme, 1 a écc hı 
Liopp mop. €Ccheig(pna, mac bpam, ciġlma bplgmane, oécc.. Ua Oublaich, 
ci$(mna Fn cTulach, oo mhapbad oia mume pém. Cae Cille Ononnén vo 
bmp oo Ghallaib, 7 oo mac 6mam pon Cheapball mac Faolán, 4 Ceap- 
ball 00 manbad ano. Ceall vapa, C(nanoup, Dún vá Uglapp, 7 116ealla 


orle ancfna do lopecad. MaemCholum Chille, Oire Orapmacca, Tlogna 


Mop{néc, 7 Cluam mop Mhaedoce vo ongan lá Orapmaicc, mac Maol na 
mbó, cigfina Ua cCeinnpealang, 4 bporo món vo peit ap na ofpéargib. 
Oenc(ch Latms Oma vo lopccaó 4 vo onccain la phai Mide. 

Qoip Cpíore, mile c(épacha a haon. Maolbpigoe Ua Maoilpmo, pac- 
cape q angcompe, | eprcop Glinne dá locha, décc. Copccpach Ua Toictiġ, 
ainoplpleiginn Cille vapa, oécc. Soensap, plpleiginn 7 amémnech Tonaige, 
décc. Mac bfchaid, mac Cinmine, ápo ollam Apoa Macha, 3 €neano 
apc(na, vég. Maolpuancid mac Roem, nízóarmna C(mpach, oo mapbao. 
Faelan hUa Mópòa, agCpna Caorzipi, vo dallad lá Mupchad, mac Ounlamg, 
lap na ċoipbept oo Oonncad, mac Cloda vo, uap ap é Oonnchao vo gab eprom 
ap cáp concanao vo Munchad, mac Ounlamg. Mumpefpcach Mac Giollapac- 
cpaicc oo manbad oo Uib Caolluioe 1 meabarl. Hlollacomsaill, mac Oumn- 
cuan, mic Ounlaing, oo bneic ap éicm a Cill dapa vo Mhunchad, mac Ounlaing, 
amm m po panargead comanba 6pmigoe. Oa mac Mhic Phaolam, mic Mup- 
chada 1, Oonochavh, 7 Glumapn oo thanbad oo a Cilloana mac bpoei, 


* Corcran Cleireach.—He was the colleague of Moone-Columbkille ; 2. Castledermot; 3. Dun- 
Cuan O'Lochain in the provisional government  namanoge, or Monamohennoge; and 4. Clon- 
of Ireland after the death of Maelsechlainn IL, ‘more. 


in 1022. The Annals of Ulster and Clonmaenoise re- 
* Cill-Dronnan : i.e. the Church of St. Dron- cord the following events under this year : 
nan. The festival of St. Dronnan of Cill- * A. D. 1040. Hic est annus millessimus et 


Dronnan is set down in O'Clery's Irish Calen- æl. mus ab incarnatione Domini. Coscrach mac 
dar at 12th of December ; but the situation of Aingea, Coarb of Flannan, and Brenainn; Mael- 
the churbh is not described muire O'Huchtan, Coarb of Colum Cill; Der- 

€ Maein- Choluim- Chille, §c.—These churches mot O'Sechnasai, Coarb of Sechnall, in Christo 
are situated in the present county of Kildare, dormierunt. Corcran Clerk, the head of Europe 


except Cluain-mor-Maedhog, which is in the 
barony of Rathvilly, in the county of Carlow. 
Their names are now anglicised: 1. Moone, or 


in learning and godliness, im Christo pausavit. 
Duncha O'Canege, Lector of Ardmach, mitissi- 


mus et doctissimus, in Christo pausavit. Donncha 


Fa lie gig 


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uc ptf ee 
* 


10414 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 839 


distinguished sage of Leath-Chuinn, and successor of Seachnall, died. Corcran 
Cleireach*, anchorite, who was the head of the west of Europe for piety and 
wisdom, died at Lis-mor. Echtighearna, son of Bran, lord of Breaghmhaine, 
died. Ua Dubhlaich, lord of Fearta-Tulach, was killed by his own people. 
The battle of Cill-Dronnan‘ was gained by the foreigners, and the son of Brian 
[recté of Bran], over Cearbhall, son of Faelan; and Cearbhall was slain therein. 
Cill-dara, Ceanannus, Dun-da-leathghlas, and many other churches, were burned. 
Maein-Choluim-Chille*, Disert-Diarmada, Moghna-Moshenoc, and Cluain-mor- 
Maedhog, were plundered by Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of Ui-Ceinn- 
sealaigh ; and he carried many prisoners from the oratories. "The oratory of 
Laithreach-Briuin was burned and plundered by the men of Meath. 

. The Age of Christ, 1041. Maelbrighde Ua Maelfinn, priest, anchorite, 
and bishop, died. Cosgrach Ua Toicthigh, chief lector of Cill-dara, died. 
Soerghus, lector and airchinneach of Torach", died. Mac Beathaidh, son of 
Ainmire, chief poet of Ard-Macha, and of Ireland in general, died. Maelruan- 
aidh, son of Roen, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain. Faelan Ua Mordha, lord 
of Laeighis, was blinded by Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, after having been 
delivered to him by Donnchadh, son of Aedh, for it was Donnchadh that took 
him first, and then delivered him up to Murchadh, son of Dunlaing. Muir- : 
cheartach Mae Gillaphadraig was slain by the Ui-Caelluidhe! by treachery. ” 
Gillachomhghaill*, son of Donnchuan, son of Dunlaing, was forcibly carried away 
from Cille-dara by Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, where the successor of Brighit 
was violated. The two sons of the son of Faelan, son of Murchadh, namely, Donn- 
chadh and Gluniarn, were slain at Cill-dara by the two sons of Braen}, son of 


mac Crinan, king of Scotland, a suis occisus est. 
Aralt, king of Saxons of Gills, mortuus est. All 
Kildare burnt at Michaelmas. Kells, Dunda- 
lehglas, and many other churchtownes, burnt.” 
—LAnn. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A.D. 1040. The overthrowe of Kildronnan, 
given by the Danes and Mac Brayn to Mac 
Foylan, where Mac Foylan was killed. Corcran, 
anchorite of all Ireland, died at Lismore. This 
is he that had the hearing of the Causes of 
Ireland. Echtigerne mac Broyne, prince of 
Brawnie, died."— Ann, Olon. 


£ Torach.—Now Tory Island, off the north 
coast of the barony of Kilmacrenan, and county 
of Donegal. 

i Ui- Caelluidhe.— This name is still numerous 
in the county of Kilkenny, and anglicised Kelly, 
without the prefix O’. 

x Gillachomhghaill.—He is the ancestor of the 
royal family of O’Tuathail, or O’Toole, of Lein- 
ster. f 

! Braen.—This name is more usually written 
Bran. He was the ancestor of the O’Brains, or 
O’Byrnes, of Leinster. 


ys ae 


` 


840 ANNAZA goghachca EIREANN. [1042. 


mic Maalmopoa. Cp(ch lá hChingiallaib 1 Conca, co po bmplecan Conaille 
Foppa ı Mars oa camneach. Cpfch lá hUa Néill 1 nUib Eatach Ulad, co 
cucpac cpeich moip. Cpeach lá hUib Ceinnpelang m hUib boinpói, conup 
capparo Munchad, mac Oünlamg, co po bmp poppa hi Cill Molappoc, 4 co 
Prapccabpac áp món ım Domnall Reamap, oamna cig(pna Ua Cennpealaiz. 
Cucice hUa Oünlamg, cis(pna Carpi, 4 a mac, 1 Calleoc a b(n, oo mapbao 
oo Mac Conín, hi Cargh Mochua mic Lonáin, 7 po mapbao pom pén 1ap na 
mapach la hUa bpoenám mn, 4 ap pipe móp oo Mochua rm. P(mna mén 
Maodog oo lopccaó la Oonnchad mac Opan. Olmo Uip(fn vo apccam vo 
mac Mail na mbó, 1 1n ventech vo bpp(oh, 4 céo oo óaombh vo mapbao, 4 
reacht ccécc oo bnech ap a noíogail Pina mórne 0o apgam vo mac Oma, 
7 vo Mupchad, mac Ounlaing, 4 a nofosail a bnacap Oomnall Reamap. 
Coir Cpíopc, mile c(épacha a o6. Maolbnigve, eppug Cille vapa, Chilill 
Mucnama, cho manach na nGaoweal, oécc, hi cColóm. €ocacán, eipém- 
veach Slame, 7 plplersind Supo, 4. peombmd co&arbe, Comgpeac Ua Maol- 
péchnoill, pfpleiginn Cluana hlopapo, Lomgpeach Ua Plantén, corhanba 
Cianain 1 Cponain, Tlaelp(coip Ua hChlecam, Ffpleigimn Apoa Macha, 4 
colpeac na mac leigino oo mapbao. Pacha Ua Maolmopda ppm Spwme 
€peann, oécc. Plano, mac Maoilyfchlainn Out, mi$óamna C(mpac, oo 
mapnbao lá Concobap, mac ITlaoileachlamn. Mupchad, mac Oénlamg, pi 
Laigtn, 7 Oonnchad, mac Aeda, cg Gna Ua mbainnce oo tuicim la Giolla- 
páccpaicc, mac nOonnchada, c13 (mma nOppage,7 la ComcoigcpiéeUa Hlópoa, 


™ Magh-da-chainneach.—Not identified. 

” Cill-Molappog: i.e. Molappog's Church. This 
name is now applied to an old grave-yard in the 
townland of Donore, parish of Leamhdhruim or 
Lorum, in the county of Carlow. About thirty 
perches to the south of this grave-yard is a 
holy well called Tobar-Molappog. There is ano- 
ther old church-yard of this name near the vil- 
lage of Croghan, to the north of Elphin, in the 
county of Roscommon ; but the place referred 
to in the text is certainly the Kilmalappoge in 
the county of Carlow. 

° Teach-Mochua-mic-Lonain.—Now Timahoe, 
in the Queen’s County. 


The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise record 
the following events under this year : 

* A. D. 1041. The annals are too many of 
killing of men, dieing, praies, and battles. None 
can tell them wholly, but a few among many 
of them by means that men's ages could not be 
thoroughly knowne. Macbehi, archpoet of Ard- 
mach and of Ireland. Fatt Donell mac Moyle- 
na-mo by Leinster. Murtagh mac Gillpatrick 
killed by O'Caellyes treacherously. Airgialla 
went upon the Conells, and the Conells over- 
threw them at Magh-da-Cainnech. O’Nell with 
his into O’Nehach in Ulster, and brought a 
great prai Gillcomgaill mac Donkwan mic 


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841 


Maelmordha. A preying excursion by the Airghialla, in Conailli ; but the 
Conailli routed them at Magh-da-chainneach™. A preying excursion by the 
Ua Neills into Ui-Eathach, and they carried off great booty. A preying excur- 
sion by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh into Ui-Bairrchi; but Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, 
overtook them, and defeated them at Cill-Molappoc", where they were greatly: 
slaughtered, together with Domhnall Reamhar, [i. e. the Fat], heir to the lord- 
ship of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Cuciche U Dunlaing, lord of Laeighis, and his son, 
and Cailleoc his wife, were slain by Mac Conin at Teach-Mochua-mic-Lonain*; 
and he [Mac Conin] himself was killed on the following day, by Ua Broenain, 
for this act ; and this was a great miracle by Mochua. Fearna-mor-Maedhog 
was burned by Donnchadh, son of Brian. Gleann-Uisean was plundered by 
the son of Mael-na-mbo, and the oratory was demolished, and seven hundred 
persons were carried off [as prisoners] from thence, in revenge of the plundering 
of Fearna-mor, by the son of Brian, and Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, and in 
revenge of his brother, Domhnall Reamhar. 

The Age of Christ, 1042. Maelbrighde, Bishop of Cilldara; Ailill of 
Mucnamh, head of the monks of the Gaeidhil, died at Cologne. Eochagan, 
airchinneach of Slaine, and lector of Sord, and a distinguished scribe ; Loing- 
seach Ua Flaithen, successor of Ciaran and Cronan; Maelpeadair Ua hAilecain, 
lector of Ard-Macha, and the chief of the students; were slain. Fiacha 
Ua Maelmordha, chief senior of Ireland, died. Flann, son of Maelseachlainn 
Gott, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain by Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn. 
Murchadh, son of Dunlaing, King of Leinster, and Donnchadh, son of Aedh, 
lord of Ui-Bairrche, fell by Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe, 


Dunlaing taken forceably out of Kildare, and 
killed after.?— Annals of Ulster, Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

** A. D. 1041. Dermott mac Moylenemo was 
king nine years. The kings or chief monarchs 
of Ireland were reputed and rekoned to be abso- 
lute monarchs” [i. e. full or supreme monarchs] 
“in this manner: if he were of Leigh-Con, or 
Con's halfe in deale, and one province in Leath- 
moye, or Moye's halfe in deale, at his command, 
he was coumpted to be of sufficient power to 
be king of Taragh, or Ireland ; but if the party 


were of Leath-Moye, if he could not command 
all Leath-Moye and Taragh, with the lordshipp 
thereunto belonging, and the province of Ulster, 
or Connought (if not both), he wou'd not be 
thought sufficient to be king of all Dermott 
mac Moylenemo cou'd command Leathmoye, 
Meath, Connought, and Ulster, and, therefore, 
by the judgment of all, he was reputed sufficient 
monarch of the whole" [of Ireland]. **Moyle- 
bride O'Moylefyn, preist, died. Moyleronie mac 
Roen, prince of Taragh, was killed by Foren- 
ners.” — Ann. Clon. 


Dip 


842 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1043. 


cigfina Lagi, 3 la Macpait Ua Oonnchada, ciz(pna €oganachca In 
Mogh Muleiag, 1 Congip, q ap ipin cat pm Margi Manlele conéain Giolla- 
emín Ua hOnpotam, cigeapna Ua Cnemtannain, 4 €achoonn, mac Oáünlamg, 
canaipr Laig, go pocharóib ile. Macpat mac Gopmám, mc Theappang, 


ci&(mna Ua móappée,1 a bh oo manbad 1 nOipipc Orapmaoa lá hUib bal- 


lám. | Sicpiucc 7 Cailleach-Píonám, a img(n, oécc 1 naen mi. - 

Qop Cpiopc, mile ceatpacha a cpi. Plaicb(pcach, eppcop Oám Liè 
Slap, vo écc. Concoban Ua Carognén, aincinveach Fina mam Maedéig, 
q €í5e Moling, vécc. Modan Connachcach, anchoipe 7 p(plergmn Ropy- 
commain, Ceallach Ua Cleincein, comapba Pinvém 4 Mocolméce,7 Catal, 
mac Ruaiópi, cr&(pna 1aptap Connacc, oécc ma olitpe 1 nCfpo Macha. 
Oomnall Ua P. (pgaile, ag (pna Popcuaé Laigfn, oo mapbaoh lá mac Cuacail, 
mac Piachpach : cC(pmono Caoimgin. Plann Ua hOmpech, cigeapna 
Ua Tlleich, oo mapbao la hUa Ceapbaill, la ciz(pna Feapnmaige. Giolla- 
mochonna Ua Ouibóronma vécc, Cemnérceir5 Ua Cue, cigla Mupcpenge, 
oo manbao. Mam pon Chenel cConaill pa cCenel Eogam 1 cC(pmonn 
Oábeoc. Cpeach lá hOInnuó Ua Ruarc oap Cugmao, vap Opurm Inep- 
clamn,* oap Conaille wile, aéc po oiogailpioc na naor po céoóip a. Mocca 
q Ronan, ap po mapbao CInnuo pia cemn pénte lá haompetp a. mac Opr bhice. 
Cnopecaó oo Samao Ciapóám 1 cCealac Gapa pon Mod Ua Compiacla, 
Tigfa Tita, 7 b(pnán Chiapám vo bhm co lopp bachlae lopa pap, an 


? Magh- Muilceth : i.e. Muilceth’s Plain. Now 
unknown in Leix, or the Queen's County. 

1 Ui-Creamhthannain.—This was the name of 
a tribe seated in the district around the rock of 
Dun-Masc, or Dunamase, in the barony of East 
Maryborough, and Queen's County. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1042. Fernmor-Maog burnt by Do- 
nogh mae Bryan. Glen-Uissen burnt by Mac 
Moylnemo, and he brake downe the oratory, 
killed an hundreth, and captivated four hun- 
dreth, in revenge of Fernmor. Loingsech O’Fla- 
hen, Coarb of Kieran and Cronan, quievit. Hugh 
mac Maelmuire and Inrechtai 0’ Lorkain's daugh- 
ter, Ab., died in Corkmor in Mounster” [recte, 


Hugh the Abbot, son of Maelmuire, by Innech- 
tai O'Lorkain's daughter, died at Cork-More 
in Mounster]. **Murcha mac Dunlaing, king 
of Leinster, and Donel] mae Hugh, king of 
O’Bairche, slaine by Gilpatrick mac Donogh, 
king of Ossory, and by Mac-Rath mac Doncha, 
king of Connaght. Flann mac Maeilechlainn, 
heyre of Ireland, killed by murther. Maelpedar 
O’Halecan, Lector and cheife learned of Ard- 
mach, killed by the men of Fernmai. Aillen 
Mucnova, head of the Irishe in Colonia, quievit.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmaenoise contain but one 
entry under this year, viz. : 

* Flann mae Moyleseaghlyn God, prince of 
Ireland, was killed by Connor O’Melaghlyn.” 


1043.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 843 


and Cucoigcriche Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, and Macraith Ua Donnchadha, 
lord of Eoghanacht, at Magh Muilceth?, in Laeighis; and in this battle of Magh- 
Mailceth was slain Gilla-Emhin Ua h-Anrothain, lord of Ui-Cremhthannain, 
and Eachdonn, son of Dunlaing, Tanist of Leinster, with many others. Mac- 
raith, son of Gorman, son of Treasach, lord of Ui-Bairrche, and his wife, were 
slain at Disert-Diarmada, by the Ui-Ballain. Sitric, and Cailleach-Finain, his 
daughter, died in the one month. 

The Age of Christ, 1043. Flaithbheartach, Bishop of Dun-Leathghlaise, 
died. Conchobhar Ua Laidhgnen’, airchinneach of Fearna-mor-Maedhoig and 
Teach-Moling, died. Aedhan Connachtach, anchorite and. lector of Ross- 
Chommain ; Ceallach Ua Cleircein, successor of Finnen and Mocholmog ; and 
Cathal, son of Ruaidhri, lord of West Connaught, died on their pilgrimage at 
Ard-Macha. Domhnall Ua Fearghaile, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean, was slain 
by the son of Tuathal, son of Fiachra, in Tearmann-Caeimhghin* Flann 
Ua h-Ainfeth', lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearn- 
mhagh. Gillamochonna Ua Duibhdhirma", died.  Ceinneidigh Ua Cuirc", lord 
of Muscraighe, was slain. A victory was gained by the Cinel-Conaill, over the 
Cinel-Eoghain, at Tearmann-Dabheoc* A plundering excursion was made by 
Annudh Ua Ruaire, over Lughmhadh and Druim-Ineasclainn, and over all 
Conaille ; but the saints soon took vengeance, namely, Mochta and Ronan, for 
Annudh was killed before the end of three months by one man, i. e. the son of 
Art Beag. The fasting of the clergy of Ciaran at Tealach-Garbha’, against 
Aedh Ua Coinfhiacla’, lord of Teathbha; and Bearnan Chiarain* was rung with 


* O’ Laidhgnen.—Now anglicised Lynam, with- 
out the prefix O’. 

* Tearmann- Chaeimhghin : i e. St. Kevin's 
Termon, or Sanctuary, at Glendalough, in the 
now county of Wicklow. 

t Ua hAinfeth.—Now anglicised Hannify, or 
Hanvy, without the prefix O’. 

u Q? Duibhdhirma.—'This name is still extant 
in the barony of Inishowen, in the county of 
Donegal, but anglicised Diarmid by some, and 
changed to Mac Dermot by others. 

* Ua-Cuirc.—Now always anglicised Quirk, 
without any prefix. 


* Tearmann-Dabheog.—St. Daveog's Termon 
or Sanctuary. Now Termon-Magrath, in the 
parish of Templecarne, barony of Tirhugh, and 
county of Donegal—See note *, under A. D. 
1196. T 

* Tealach- Garbha.—Now Tullaghangarvey, in 
the parish of Noughaval, barony of Kilkenny 
West, and county of Westmeath. 

* Ua- Coinfhiacla. — This name is now obsolete. 

* Bearnan- Chiarain : i. e. St. Ciaran’s gapped 
or broken bell Dr. O'Conor translates it 
* Cithara Ciarani,” which is incorrect.— See 
Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, p. 334. 


5P2 


a UNT RR MESURE ee T TA EE EAO EN 


844 ANNALA RIOShachta EIREANN. ' [1044. 


ciondo m po r0mpa a ópurm pip na clemncib. Ro oic (noa. Aled ipm ceme 
10naó pm pma ccionn miop lá Muipc(pcach Ua Maoilechlaino. |. Cp(ch lá 
hOppagib, 5 lá hamt Muman a. lá Macpait Ua nOonnéada, 7 lá hEch- 
ci&(pn Ua nO onnaccám, cis (pna Anaoh go On na poiat, 4 po loipccp(c an 
oün,] po gabpac gabála beacca. Conup cappa Capéach, mac Sao- 
bplchang, ei5(qnae €oghanachca acc Maeilcaennargh pop bpá Srampe,7 po 
rnaom ma cCapcach pop Oppoighibh, 7 pon Uprnumam, dú m po manbao 
Ua Oonnaccám, cigfpna pad go pochaibib 1h. Conaoh é mam Maorle- 
caennals 1npm. 

Qoi Cpífope, mile clépacha a cfċam. Maelmocca, eppus Cugmono, 
Maenach Mucnama, Clod 6 Sccelice Minch, 7 Chul, mac opeapail, pac- 
capt pop Cluana mic Nóip, véce. Cumapecach Ua hChlellam, cig(nna 
Ua n€achdach, oo mapbhaoh 6 Uibh Capacám. Niall Ua Célechann, 
cigfina Ua mopa, q] a bpachaip à. Tnenplp, oo sallaoh la macaibh 
Mavadain cpa mebail, 7 cangnachc. Oomnall Ua Cue, cig(pna Mur- 
cpaiġe, oo manbao ola Plaichén, 7 ola Oippén. Cpech la Niall mac 
Maoileachlamo, lá ci&(pma nChugh pon Ub Méct, 7 pop Chuailgne, co 
pucc va Céo oécc bó, 4 pochaide 1 mbpaice a nofoganl Paparsce Cluig mo 


" Bachall-Isa : i.e. the Staff of Jesus. This events under this year: 


was the name of St. Patrick's crozier, preserved 
at Armagh, and which was on this occasion 
sent for by the clergy of St. Kieran of Clon- 
macnoise, to add solemnity to their denuncia- 
tion of the chief of Teffia. 

* Dun-na-sciath : i.e. the Dun or Fort of the 
Shields, now Dunnaskeagh, a townland in the 
parish of Rathlynin, barony of Clanwilliam, 
and county of Tipperary. The fort called Dun- 
na-sgiath was on the top of a round hill in this 
townland, where some remains of it are still 
traceable. 

* Maeilcaennaigh.—This is evidently the place 
where the River Multeen unites with Suir, near 
the village of Golden, about three miles to the 
west of Cashel, in the barony of Clanwilliam, 
and county of Tipperary. 

The Annals ‘of Ulster record the following 


f 


* A. D. 1043. Cahal mac Roary, king of West 
Connaght, died in pilgrimage in Ardmach. 
Donell O'Ferall, king of the borders of Lein- 
ster” [ Fortuatha Laighen], * killed by his owne 
men. Flann O'Hanveid, king of O-Methes, by 
the O'Carrolls and king of Fernvai; Hugh 
O'Coiniakla, king of Tehva, by Murtagh mac 
Maelechlainn ; and Kennedy O’Cuire, king of 
Muskrai, occisi sunt. Ceallach O'Clerkin, Coarb 
of Finnen and Mocholmog ; Carbry O'Laignen, 
Airchinnech of Ferna and Tymoling ; Gillamo- 
chonna O'Duvdirma, in pace dormierunt. The 
overthrow of Maelcoini upon the brink of Sure, 
upon Ossory and Ormond, by Carthach mac 
Saeirvrehai, where O'Donagan, king of Ara, 
was lost. A dispersion of Kindred-Conell by 
Kindred-Owen at Termon-Daveog."— Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. The Annals of Clonmacnoise want 


1044.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 845 


the end of the Bachal-Isa” dgainst him ; and in the place where Aedh turned 
his back on the clergy, in that very place was he beheaded, before the end of 
a month, by Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn. A predatory excursion was 
made by the Osraighi and the men of East Munster, i. e. by Macraith Ua Donn- 
chadha, and Echthighern Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, as far as Dun-na-sgiath*; 
and they burned the dun, and seized some small spoils. But Carthach, son of 
Saerbhreathach, lord of Eoghanacht, overtook them at Maeileaennaigh?, on the 
brink of the Siuir; and he defeated the men of Osraighe and Urmhumhain, 
where Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, was slain, together with many others. 
This was called the defeat of Maeilcaennaigh. 

The Age of Christ, 1044. Maelmochta, Bishop of Lughmhadh ; Maenach 
of Mucnamh; Aedh of Sgelic-Mhichil'; and Ailill, son of Breasal, resident 
priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, died.  Cumasgach Ua h- Ailellain, lord of Ui-Eathach, 
was slain by the Ui-Caracain- Niall Ua Ceileachain*, lord of Ui-Breasail, and 
his brother, i. e. Trenfhear, were blinded by the sons of Madadhan, through 
guile and treachery. Domhnall Ua Cuire, lord of Muscraighe [Breogain], was 
slain by Ua Flaithen and Ua Oissen. A predatory excursion was made by 
Niall, son of Maeleachlainn, lord of Aileach, into Ui-Meith and Cuailgne ; and 
he carried off twelve hundred cows, and led numbers into captivity, in revenge 


this year altogether. 

e Sgeilic- Mhichil : i.e. St. Michael's Sea-rock, 
now the Great Skellig Rock off the coast of the 
barony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.— See 
note ™, under A. D. 950, p. 666, suprà. 

- f Ui-Caracain.— This sept occupied and gave 
name to a small tract of land lying on either side 
of the River Blackwater, and coextensive with 
the present parish of Killyman, in the diocese 
of Armagh.—(See the Ordnance Survey of the 
county of Armagh, sheet 4; and of Tyrone, 
sheet 55.) In the Registry of Primate Flemyng 
this parish is called ** Derrybruchaisse, alias 
O’Karegan” (A. D. 1409, fol. 7); and among 
the Collections of Primate Mey, A. D. 1444, it 
is named Doirebrochais, alias O'Caragan. In 
Pynnar’s Survey the territory of O'Carraghan, 
in the county of Tyrone and precinct of Mount- 


joy, is represented as in the possession of Sir 
Robert Heyburne in 1619.—(Harris’s Hibernica, 
p. 204.) In the Ulster Inquisitions we find 
mention of ** Sir Robert Hebron of Killiman.”—_ 
(Tyrone, No. 11, 12, 18, Car. IL) This pro- 
perty subsequently passed into the Stuart fa- 
mily, who obtained a patent for it under the 
name of ** the Mannor of O’Corragan,” and it is 
now possessed by Rev. Mr. Stuart of Rockhill, 
near Letterkenny, county of Donegal. 

z O’ Ceileachain.—N ow anglicised O’Callaghan 
by the more respectable families of this sept; 
but Kealahan, without the prefix O’, by the 
peasantry of the name, who are pretty nume- 
rous in the counties of Louth, Monaghan, and 
Armagh. They are to be distinguished from 
the O’Callaghans of Munster, who are of a to- 
tally different race. 


i | 


846 ANNALA RICshachta EMEANN. [1044. 


Eveacca. Cpfch ole oon lá Mumtfrach Ua Neill pon Mugdopnanb, cco 
ccucc bopoma 4 bnarc a noroġal panaigte an cluig céona. hUa hCleda, 
cigna Ua Piaċpach Cfpoa Spaca, oo mapbad lá mac nCpailc, 4 lopcead 
Scníne Pacnaice laip bedp. Cluai mic Nóip vo mopead oo Mumneacaib 
1 néccmaip Oonnchada mic bam. Oonnchad 1appm vo tabame a papa 
von eacclaip .1. 6gpaoie 0o Ohia 7 00 Chiapán co la mbpata,7 oa pic(c bó 
po Cé00Ip uaó, oo pao a mallaécam pop gach noen vo Mhmmnecaib oo 
bepad nach noochap pop phamad Chapa co bnaé. Cluain mic Noip vo 
ongam oo Chonmaicmib, 7 oo pao Ora 7 Ciapán méipdfogail poppa ind .1. cam 
anaitimd co ppanccabta na buailce papa co na nmoilib 1ap nécc a noaomead 
wle, co ccapcpac péi pamta Chiapám iappm a. mancame meic hUi Ruane 
1. Mac na haíóce, 4 oa mac oécc órgcig(mna bacap veach oo Conmaicmb 1 
maille ppip, 7 Scpeball gaca otine. Op pean Tetba 4 Conmaicne vo cop 
oo peanaib Mide occ an Eitne, hi ccopcaip mac Rwmtin hl Oom(nnaig, 
cana Ceacba, 7 Cáléna: mac Ualgaince, carpeac Mumneme 8calage, 3 
Ua Levban, an vapa cánaipi Ceacba, 4 pochabe. ole cén mó &ncpiohe. 
Gp Sit MuipCoharg lá propa Sperpne 2. la hApc Ua Ruane, oú 1 ccopchaip 
an cléipeach Ua Concobaip, 1 opong ole a maille pmp. Munchad, mac 
Onan, ci&(nna Ua Paelam oo manbavh oo mac H1ollamocolméce, canaip 
Ua nOuncada. 


^ Clog-an-eadhachta.—Otherwise called Clog- Eithne, i.e. mouth of the Inny.— See note *, 
Udhachta-Phadraig, i.e. the bell of St. Patrick's under A. M. 3510, p. 33, suprà. : 


Testament.—See this bell referred to under 
A. D. 1356 and 1425 ; also Reeves’s Ecclesias- 
tical Antiquities of Down and Connor, §c., pp. 310 
to 375. 

i Booleys : i. e. cow-sheds, or mountain dairies, 
— See Spenser's View of the State of Ireland, 
Dublin reprint of 1809, p. 82. 

* The Eithne: i.e. the River Inny, which, in 
St. Patrick's time, formed the boundary between 
North and South Teathbha. It connects the 
lakes Lough Sheelin, Lough Kineel, Lough 
Derryvaragh, and Lough Iron. From Lough 
Tron it proceeds by the town of Ballymahon; 
three miles below which it falls into Lough Ree, 
forming a considerable estuary called Bun- 


! Mac Gillamocholmog.—This name was angli- 
cised Mac Gilmoholmock. The family descends 
from Dunchadh, the brother of Faelan, ancestor 
of the O’Byrnes of Leinster. The progenitor from 
whom they took their hereditary surname was 
Gilla-Mocholmog, i. e. servant of St. Mocholmog, 
son of Dunchadh, son of Lorcan, son of Faelan, 
son of Muireadhach, son of Bran, son of Faelan, 
son of Dunchadh, a quo Ui-Dunchadha, son of 
Murchadh, son of Bran Mut. This family was 
seated in that district of the county of Dublin 
through which the River Dothair, or Dodder, 
flows. 

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmaenoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 


1044.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 847 ` 


of the profanation of Clog-an-Eadhachta". Another predatory excursion was 
made by Muircheartach Ua Neill into Mughdhorna, whence he carried a cattle 
spoil and prisoners, in revenge of the profanation of the same bell. Ua h-Aedha, 
lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Arda-Sratha, was slain by the son of Aralt, by whom also 
the shrine of Patrick was burned. | Cluain-mic-Nois was plundered by the Mun- 
stermen, in the absence of Donnchadh, son of Brian. Donnchadh afterwards 
gave satisfaction to the church, to wit, perfect freedom [of the church] to God 
and to Ciaran till the day of judgment, and forty cows to be given by him 
immediately ; and he gave a curse to any one of the Munstermen that should 
ever inflict any injury upon the clergy of Ciaran. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun- 
dered by the Conmhaicni, and God and Ciaran wreaked great vengeance upon 
them for it, i.e. an unknown plague [was sent among them], so that the Booleys' 
were left waste with their cattle after the death of all the [shepherd] people ; 
after which the clergy of Ciaran received their own award [in atonement], 
namely, the manchaine of the son of Ua Ruaire, i. e. Mac-na-h-aidhche, and 
twelve sons of the sub-chieftains, the best of the Conmhaicni, along with him, 
and a screaball for every dun. A slaughter was made of the men of Teathbha 
and Conmhaicne, by the men of Meath, at the Eithne*, where fell the son of 
Ruithin Ua Doineannaigh, Tanist of Teathbha; Culenai, son of Ualgharg, chief 
of Muinntir-Scalaighe ; Ua Ledban, the second Tanist of Teathbha; and many 
others besides them. A slaughter was made of the Ui-Muireadhaigh by the 
men of Breifne, i.e. by Art Ua Ruairc, where the Cleireach Ua Conchobhair, 
and others along with him, were slain. Murchadh, son of Bran, lord of 
Ui-Faelain, was slain by Mac Gillamocholmog!, Tanist of Ui-Dunchadha. 


* A. D. 1044. Cumascach O’Hailillen, king Ailech, upon Mugorn, and he brought cowes and 


of O-Nehach, killed by the O-Caragans. Nell 
O’Celegan, king of Bressals, and his brother, 
Trener, blinded by the sonns of Madugan by 
trechery. Donell O'Cuirk, king of Muskrai, 
killed by O’Lahen and O'Hussen. An army by 
Nell mac Maeilechlainn, king of Ailech, upon the 
O-Meths, from whom they carried 240 cowes” 
[recté, 1200, oa ċéo véce bó], “and many cap- 
tives from them, and the men of Cuailgne, for 
enforcing" [i e. profaning] “the bell, Clogin- 
echta. Another army by the same Nell, king of 


captives for the same business, .i. the” [profa- 
nation of the] “ Bell. The Clearke, O’Conor, 
killed."— Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1044. Clonvicknose was preyed by 
the Munstermen, in the absence of Donnough 
mac Bryan, for which Donnough granted to 
Saint Keyran and Clonvicknose perpetuall free- 
dom, and forty cowes at that present; and gave 
his malediction to any Munstermen that would 
ever after abuse any" [person or thing] “ be- 
longing to St. Keyran, Clonvicknose was preyed 


848 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. : [1045. 


Coir Cpíopc, mle clépaca a ccc. TTlaolmapcam pinn p(pleigmo Cean- 
ampa, Cana uapal paccapc Acad bó, Muipfohach, mac mic Saengupa, 
aipemoeach Oombacc, Catupach Ua Catail, comanba Caorgm, Catupac 
Ua Concpain, comapba linne hUipfn, Copbmac Ua Ruadpach, apcmofch 
Tfpmainn Peiceme,7 Maonach Ua Ciopoubain, comapba Mochta Cusmand, 
oécc. Cluam lonaino oo lopccad po tpi 1 naon peaccmain cona voimliacc. 
Plaicb(pcach Ua Canannáin, cis(pna Cheneoil Conaill, q] Glumapn Ua Clep- 
cen, cisfyna Ua Coppe, décc. Congalach Ua Coclamn, cig(pna. Copco 
Modpuadvh [oo écc]. Ap pop Ulco hi Reachnaimne la o Ghallaib Ata 
chach, .. hlomap mac Cfpailc, m po mapbao cpí ċéd ım Ragnall Ua n€och- 
ada. Cpeach la Muinefpcac, mac Plaicbtncaig hUi Néll hi pF haw Onls 
conup cappa Gapit Ua Catapars, cima Ops hi cCapán Omne, 4. an 
muip lan ap a ccmo,7 vo é(p Muipcfpeac lap, go nopumg oia. mumneip 
imme. Cantach, mac Saoipbn(chaig, ci$ (pna Coganace Choipil oo lopccaó 
1 ccaig ceinfo oUa Longapcam, mc Oumncuam co noaomibh ole a malle 
pmr- Domnall hUa Cfepada, cmo Dhal cCaip,4 opoan Muman, oécc. Mac 
Maoileachlainn, me Cimnpaolaid, me Concoba, migóamna Ua cConall, 
oo mapbao. Amalsaid, mac Flamo, corpeac Calpaige, oo écc vo galap 
anaitmd pa ccmn cpí cepat 1ap ccomnm(o éiccne vo Con pop Cluam mic 


by the O'Feralls, of whom a certain poet made 
this Lattin verse: 


** Hac urbs horrendis hodie vastata inimicis 
Que prius ante fuit Scotorum nobile culmen.” 


* For which outrages committed upon the 
clergy of St. Keyran, God horribly plagued 
them with a strange unknown disease, that they 
died so fast of that infection, that their towns, 
houses, and Darie places? [booleys], ** were 
altogether waste, without men or cattle, inso- 
much that at last they were driven to graunte, 
in honour of St. Keyran, the abbey land of 
O^ Royrcke's son, and the twelve best sons of all 
the O'Fearalls, and a certain summ of money 
for their maintenance, which was paid by the 
pole throughout the countrey, for apeasing the 
indignation which the saint conceaved against 


them."— Ann. Clon. 

™ Ua-Cirdubhan.—Now anglicó Kirwan, a 
name still very numerous throughout Ireland, 
but particularly in the county of Galway. 

a Ui-Cairbre : i. e. Ui-Cairbre- Aebhdha, in 
the present county of Limerick. The O’Cleir- 
cheans, now O'Clerys, are still in this territory. 

° Casan- Linne.—See note ^, under the year 
939. This was evidently the mouth of the 
river of Ardee, near Castlebellingham, in the 
county of Louth. 

? Carthach.—He was the ancestor of the Mac 
Carthys of Desmond. 

a Calraighe: i. e. Calraighe-an-chala, or the 
parish of Ballyloughloe, in the barony of Clon- 
lonan, and county of Westmeath. The Amhal- 
ghaidh here referred to was the progenitor after 
whom the family of Mic Amhalghadha, or Ma- 


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1045.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 849 


The Age of Christ, 1045. Maelmartin Finn, lector of Ceanannus ; Cana, 
noble priest of Achadh-bo ; Muireadhach, son of Mac Saerghusa, airchinneach 
of Daimhliag ; Cathasach Ua Cathail, successor of Caeimhghin ; Cathasach Ua 
Corcrain, comharba of Gleann-Uisean ; Cormac Ua Ruadhrach, airchinneach 
of Tearmann-Feichine ; and Maenach Ua Cirdubhain", successor of Mochta of 
Lughmhadh, died. Cluain-Iraird was thrice burned in one week, with its 
Daimhliag. Flaithbheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill ; and Gluniarn 
Ua Clercen, lord of Ui-Cairbre", died. Conghalach Ua Lochlainn, lord of 
Corca-Modhruadh, [died]. A slaughter was made of the Ulidians at Reach- 
rainn, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, i.e. Imhar, son of Aralt, in which were 
slain three hundred men, together with Raghnall Ua h-Eochadha. A predatory 
excursion was made by Flaithbheartach Ua Neill against the men of Breagha ; 
but Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Breagha, overtook him at Casan-Linne’, 
when the sea was full in before them, and Muircheartach fell by him, and some 
of his people along with him. Carthach®, son of Saerbhreathach, lord of 
Eoghanacht-Chaisil, was burned in a house set on fire by the grandson of 
Longargain, son of Donncuan, and other persons along with him. Domhnall 
Ua Ceatfadha, head of Dal-gCais, and of the dignity of Munster, died. The 
son of Maeleachlainn, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Conchobhar, royal heir of Ui- 
Conaill, was killed. Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, chief of Calraighe’, died of an 
unknown disease, before the end of three days, after obtaining forcible refection 


gawleys, took their hereditary surname. lán ap a éinn, recté, the tide full before him], 


The Annals of Ulster record the following, 
events under this year: 

« A. D. 1045. Muireach mac Saergus, Air- 
chinnech of Doimliag ; Cahasach O’Cathail, Coarb 
of Coévgin ; Maenach O'Cieruvan, Airchinnech 
of Lugmai, in pace dormierunt. Congalach 
O’Lochlainn, king of Corkcomrua; Gluniarainn 
O’Clerkean, king of Carbry ; Flahvertach O'Ca- 
nannan, king of Kindred-Conell; Donell O'Cet- 
faa, the glory of Mounster, killed all” [recté, 
mortui sunt] “ The Airchinnech of Lehglin 
killed in the church doore. An army by Mur- 
tagh O’Nell upon the men of Bregh, and Garvie 
O'Cahasai, king of Bregh, met him at Cassan 
Linne, and the towne full before him? [5 m mum 


**where Murtagh fell with many of his” [people]. 
* Carthach mae Saervrehai, king of Eonacht, 
burnt in a fiery house, by Longargan mac Dun- 
cuan, cum multis nobilibus ustis. Battle betwene 
the Scotts themselves, where fell Cronan, Abbot 
of Duncaillenn.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmaenoise contain but the 
three entries following under this year: 

* A. D. 1045. Clonard was thrice burnt in 
one week, Cahassagh, Cowarb of St. Kevyn, 
died. Hymar, son of Harold, made a great 
slaughter of Ulstermen in Innispatrick” [and] 
“in Rathklyn” [now Lambay, south of Innis- 
patrick, in the county of Dublin], “to the 
number of 300 of them.” 


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Nói. Cluain p(nca bpénamn co na vombliacc vo lopccaò la hUi Manne. 
Cáconnaéc, mac Gadpa Uí Ohinadag, oo mapbao am. 

Qoi Cpiopc, mile ceacpacha a pé. Maolpaccparce Ua bileoice áno- 
Ffpleisinn Apoa Macha, paor hi ccnabard 7 in orge, 7 Maolbpigve, raccapc 
Cille vapa, oécc. Mumpeadach,mac Planebfpcaigh 1 Néll piogoamna O1lig, 
7 Cicer Ua hCliceio, cigfina Ua n€atach Ulad, vo lopccatd 1 coals temo 
la Comulad, mac Congalang, ciġlpna Uachcaip tine. Ane Ua Ruano, pi 
Comnacc, oo mapbaó vo Chenel Conall ipin vapa bliadam lan nonccam 
Cluana mic Nop. hUa Pinnguine, cigfpna €oganachca Calle na manach, 
vo mapnbad. Concoban Ua Longs, cigfpna Oal Cfpaióe, vo mapbad vo 
mac Oornanll hU: Comgpi$ 1 Wargi (3. 1 nUib Owe) vap rénáccao Néll, 
mic €ocaóa, 4. m Ulad, q Ohapmava mic Maelnambs. | Gonmplaie, mMm 
Maoileachlainn, 7 Maolpuanasd Gore, oécc. Mag Cpanlc vo 1onnanbad vo 
SHhallaib, 7 Mac Ragnall oo piogad.  P(pgal Ua Ciapóa, ci5(mna Cainpne, 
vo manbad olla Plannagám, cig fina Teacba. 

Qoip Cpfope, mle ceatpacha a peache. Cetepnach, eppcop 6 Tigh 
Collam, oo écc m hl, 1 naichpe. Sillamolapys, plplérgino Cugmaroh, 
Maelmoicheinge, p(nlérgmn Cluana Ipapo, 4 Caofilig, mac Oatine, pop 
aincmneach Cínannpa, oécc. Ciapcaille, mac Poglada, maep Sil Aeda 


* Uachtar-thire: i.e. the upper part of the 
territory. This is shewn under the name of 
Watertiry, on Mercator’s map of ** Ultonia Ori- 


entalis,” as the territory adjoining the inner 
" ry ad) g » 


bay of Dundrum on the west, containing the 
castle of ** Dondrom,” and extending from Ma- 
heracat southwards to below Magheraye. In 
1605, Phelomy Mac Arton made over to Lord 
Cromwell “the Castle of Dondrome, with the 
third parte of all that his countrie called Kil- 
lanarte, or in Waterterrye, or elsewhere in county 
of Downe.” —( Cal. Canc. Hib., vol. ii. p. 71). See 
Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and 
Connor, &c., p- 351, note v. 

* Eoghanacht- Caille-na-manach.—Now the ba- 
rony of Kilnamannagh, in the county of Tippe- 
rary. 

* Ui-Buidhe.—Now the barony of Ballyadams, 


in the Queen’s County. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 
** A. D. 1046. Mureach mac Flahvertai, heyre 
of Ailech, and Aitey O'Hatei, king of O’Nehach 
in Ulster, burnt in a burning house by Con- 
Ula mac Congalai, king of Uochtar-hire. Art 
O’Royrke, king of Connaght, killed by Kindred- 
Conell Fergall O'Ciargai, king of Carbre, 
killed by O'Flannagan, king of Tehva. - Conor 
O'Longsy, king of Dalarai, killed by Donell 
O'Longsi his somn in Lenster. Maelpatrick 
O'Bylece, Arch-Lector of Ardmach, and cheife 
in praier and hospitality” [recté, chastity] “ died 
in his good old age. Duvdalehe mac Maelmuire 
tooke his place.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise are defective 
from the year 1045 to 1054. 


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1046.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 851 


at Cluain-mic-Nois. Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, with its church, was burned by 
the Ui-Maine. Cuchonnacht, son of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh, was there slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1046. Maelpadraig Ua Bileoice, chief lector of Ard- 
Macha, a paragon in piety and chastity, and Maelbrighde, priest of Cill-dara, 
died. Muireadhach, son of Flaithbheartach Ua Neill, royal heir of Oileach, and 
Aiteidh Ua hAiteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach-Uladh, were burned in a house set on 
fire by Cu-Uladh, son of Conghalach, lord of Uachtar-thire. Art Ua Ruairc, 
King of Connaught, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill, in the second year after his 
having plundered Cluain-mic-Nois. Ua Finnguine, lord of Eoganacht-Caille- 
na-manach', was killed. Conchobhar Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was 
slain by the son of Domhnall Ua Loingsigh, in Leinster (1. e. in Ui-Buidhe*), in 
violation of [the guarantee of] Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia, and of 
Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo. Gormfhlaith, daughter of Maelseachlainn, and 
Maelruanaidh Gott, died. The son of Aralt was expelled by the foreigners, and 
the son of Raghnall was elected king. Fearghal Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, 
was slain by Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha. 

The Age of Christ, 1047. Cethernach, bishop from Teach-Collain", died 
at Hi, on pilgrimage. Gillamolaissi, lector of Lughmhadh ; Maelmoicheirghe, 
lector of Cluain-Iraird ; and Cuduiligh, son of Gaithine Fosairchinneach of 
Ceanannus,died. Ciarcaille, son of Foghlaidh, steward of Sil-Aedha Slaine“, died. 


as it is now locally pronounced in Irish by the 
natives, and that the true form of the name is 
Teaé Cond, i. e St. Conan's house. In 
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar mention is made, under 
29th of June, of St. Conan of Tigh-Conain, in 
the land of Ui-Crimhthainn, which comprises 
the present baronies of Upper and Lower Slane 
in Meath.—See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 184, 
not. 9; and O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, p. iii. c. 76; 
also note ", on Achadh-farcha, A. D. 503, 
p. 163, suprà. 

v Sil-Aedha-Slaine: i.e. the race of the mo- 
narch Aedh Slaine, seated in Bregia in East 
Meath. 


1 Teach- Collain : i. e. the house of Collan, now 
called Tigh Collain in Irish, but anglicised Stack- 
allan. It is situated nearly midway between 
Navan and Slane, in the county of Meath. It 
is curious to remark that in some of those dis- 
tricts colonized by the Danes and English, the 
Teach, or Tigh, of the Irish, was made Sta or 
Sti, as in this instance, and in Stickillen, Sta- 
gonnell, Stillorgan, in Irish Cig Chillin, Teac 
Chonaill, Tig Zopcáin.—See Reeves’s Ecclesi- 
astical Antiquities of Down and Connor, $c., 
p. 32, note P, where it is shewn that Tig Riagla, 
i e. the house of St. Regulus, now Tyrella, in 
the barony of Lecale, county of Down, was an- 


ciently anglicised Starely, Staghreel, &c. 
It is highly probable that the Four Masters 
are wrong in writing this name Teac Collan, 


The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 
* A. D. 1047. Great snowe this yeare from 


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852 ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. 


[1048. 


Slane, oécc. Cano, mg(n mic Sealbacám, comapba Omgoe, 7 hUa ballen, 
E(plérgmn Rup Cpe, vécc. Tluipé(pcach. mac Mhic Mavadam, cigna 
Ua mopfpail, oo mapbao. Niall Ua Ruaipe oo manbad la hUa Concobaip 
pin Copano. = Sluaicé(ó la Niall, mac Tlaitpeachlamn, co Cenél n€ogam 
q co nOingiallaab, 1 mopSanb, go po mapbpac Mavadan hUa hlp(pnam 
coipeaé Clomne Cpeccam. Gopta móp oo ciaccain 10Ulcaib co bpapccaib- 
plot a ccíp,co noecacap hillergmb, 1 1p cpa milleaó caccaigh cáinig m gopra 
pin a. peall pon dá mac ómam mic Illaoilmopóa, 2. Mupchad 7 Ceallach, 
oo mac €ocaoa, 7 oo maitib Ulao, ap na mbeic hi ccomaipce ppióá, 1 ap ap 
ulc pm mac Mhaoil na mbó vo nonpac Ulaid an peall pm. Snecca móp ipm 
mbliadainy) oa na pit pamanl mam o péil Maine co péil Pactpare, co po la 
ap nmh, 7 piaomíl, 7 énlaite aeoip, 7 anmanna an mapa a coiccmne. Cp 
don cpneacca pin a oubnao, 


Seacc mbliadna c(énacha cám acup mile co nglan bail, 
O sein Cpíopc clú cen ceapca co bliaóam an món pneacca. 


Mac Oonncharo Sure, pi5óamna C(mpach, 7 hUa h€ióm cina Ua Prach- 
pach Qhone, oécc. 

Coir Cpíope, mile ceatpacha a hochc. 
cup Mel, vécc. 


Céle, eppcop Anoachaid epp- 
Qevh mac Maoláin hU: Nuadaz, aincimneach Supo, vo 
mapbaoh owce Come dome ma Carpe pop lan Supo. Cloréma, comapba 
Ailbe, vécc. Ppoomnach hUa Innapecaiz, comapba Pmném, vo mapbao 
vo mac Canog Ui Manlpuanawd. Ounéad Ua Céileacharp, comapba Ciapáim 
Saigpe, oécc. GHrollacolaim Ua h€icemg, cigna Chpgiall, vég, a adnacal 
1 nDún va Ufeslap. Ounlang, mac Oungail, cigna Ua móqpiám Cualann, 
opoán «nén Epeann, oo mapbao la a bpéépib. Maolpabarl Ua hw, 
cig(mna Ua Piachnach Ohone, oécc. Fjal hUa Maolmuaw, agipna Pt 
cCeall, oécc.. C(nopaolaó Ua Cull, ollam Muman, Mac Conmapa hUa Mic 


our Lady day in Winter untill St. Patrick’s day, 
that the licke was not seene, of which died 
great slaghter of men, cattle, and wild creatures 
of sea and land. Nativitas Donell mic Avalgaa, 
Coarb of Patrick. Murtagh mac Madugan, 
king of O-Bressaill, killed in Ardmach, by Ma- 
dugan O'Celegan, per dolum. Lann ingen Mic 


Selvachan, Coarb of Brigitt, died. Nell O’Roirk 
killed by O'Conor. Nell O’Maelechlainn, with 
his? [forces] **into Bregh, and killed O'Hif- 
fernan."—— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Ardachadh of Bishop Mel: i. e. Ardagh, of 
which Bishop Mel was the first founder and 
patron. r 


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1048. ] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 853 


Lann, daughter of Mac Sealbhachain, successor of Brighid ; and Ua Baillen, 
lector of Ros-Cre, died. Muircheartach, son of Mac Madadhain, lord of 
Ui-Breasail, was slain. Niall Ua Ruairc was slain in Corann, by Ua Concho- 
bhair. An army was led by Niall, son of Maelseachlainn, with the Cinel- 
Eoghain and Airghialla, into Breagha, where they slew Madadhan Ua hIffer- 
nain, chief of Clann-Creccain. A great famine came upon the Ulidians, so that 
they left their territory, and proceeded into Leinster. It was on account of the 
violation of a covenant this famine came on, namely, a treachery was committed 
on the two sons of Maelmordha, i.e. Murchadh and Ceallach, by the son of 
Eochaidh and the chiefs of Ulidia, after they had been placed under their pro- 
tection ; and it was to annoy the son of Mael-na-mbo that the Ulidians com- 
mitted this act of treachery. Great snow in this year (the like of which was 
never seen), from the festival of Mary until the festival of Patrick, so that it 
caused the destruction of cattle and wild animals, and the birds of the air, and 
the animals of the sea in general. Of this snow was said : 


Seven years and forty fair, and a thousand of fine prosperity, 
From the birth of Christ, of fame naling, to the year of the 
great snow. 


The son of Donnchadh Gott, royal heir of Teamhair, and Ua hEidhin, lord of 
Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1048. Cele, Bishop of Ardachadh of Bishop Mel*, 
died. Aedh, son of Maelan Ua Nuadhait, airchinneach of Sord, was killed 
on the night of the Friday of protection before Easter, in the middle of Sord. 
Cloithnia, successor of Ailbhe [of Imleach], died. Feardomhnach Ua Innascaigh, 
successor of Finnen, was killed by the son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh. Dun- 
chadh Ua Ceileachair, successor of Ciaran of Saighir, died. Gillacoluim 
Ua hEignigh, lord of Airghialla, died, and was interred at Dun-da-leathghlas. 
Dunlaing, son of Dunghal, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, the glory of the east of 
Ireland, was killed by his brethren. Maelfabhaill Ua hEidhin, lord of Ui-Fiach- 
rach-Aidhne, died. Fearghal Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, died. 
Ceannfaeladh Ua Cuill’, chief poet of Munster; the son of Cumara, grandson 


* Ceannfaeladh Ua Cuill.—See O’Reilly’s De- it is stated that he wrote a poem of 160 verses, 
seriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 74, where on the death of Eoghan, grand-nephew of Brian 


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ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. 


854 [1049. 


Liacc, oo mapbad vo mac Taidg Ui Mhaolpuanaw. Gambit hUa Cata- 
pag, cilpa Ons, oo engabáil oo Chonċoban Ua Maolpfchloann, co ppap- 
ceaib peace narccipe occa. Cpeach lá mac Maoil na mbó popp na oepib 
co puce bpaice 7 moili. Cp(ch la Concobap Ua Maolpeaclamn oap Mag 
Lipi 50 pug gabála mona. Cpeach lá hUib Paolám vap Cluam lopaumo, a 
noiogail na cnece pm. Sloicé(ó lá mac nEocada 7 lá mac Maoil na mbó hi 
Míde, co po loipccpfc cealla Mide ace mad beag. Cpeach la 1'5oamnaib, 
no coipeacarb, hUa Maine 1 nOelbna co po manbea na piog cos wile ann 
1. Ua Maolnuana,7 Ua Plannacám,] an Clemeaé Ua Tans, ] mac 
buadacham, migóamna Oealbna. 

Clap Cpíopc, mile ceatpaca anaor. Maolcamoig Ua Taiclig, comanba 
Oamimp, oég. Tuatal Ua hUa, oinémneach borte Chonmp, Cuacal 
Ua Muipglpa phplersmo Tuama Pionolocha, vécc. Ploieb(pcach, mac 
Oomnaill hUi Comgrig, oo mapbao vo mac Concobaip Uf Comgpig. Mun- 
C(pcach hUa Maoilpeaċlamn vo mapbad lá Concobap Ua ITlaoilpeaclamn 
cpe meabail. Concoban Ua Cmopaolao, cigfina Ua Conall Gabpa, vo 
manbad oo tig(ina €oganachca Locha Lém. lomap Ua bece, vip (nna 
Ua Mex, oo manbad. CAnaeprlep, mac Oormanll, ci$(mna Conca bhaipemo, 
oo mapbaó vo mac Appt mic Domnall, a. mac a of(pbpáéap. | Slóicé(o la 
hUlcab, q lá Largmiu, 7 la Gulla hi Miöe, vo éumgio accipe ph monl. 


Borumha, who was killed in Ossory in the year 
1027. 

* Dealbhna : i. e. Dealbhna-Nuadhat, a terri- 
tory lying between the Rivers Suck and Shan- 
non, in the present county of Roscommon, where 
a sept of the Dalcassian race of Thomond flou- 
rished till this period, when they were totally 
subdued by the Ui-Maine. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1048. Dunlaing mac Dungail, a fra- 
tribus suis occisus est. Fergal O’Maelmuai, king 
of Ferkall ; Gilcolum O’Hegni, Arcking of Air- 
giall; Cenfaelu O’Cuill, archpoet of Mounster; 
Maelfavaill O'Heighin, king of O'Fiachrach, 
mortui sunt. Clothna, Airchinnech of Imleach- 
Ivair; Ferdovnai O’Hinascai, Coarb of Finnen. 


Duncha O'Celechar, Coarb of Kyaran of Saigir, 
in pace quieverunt. The Coarb of Peter, and 12 
of his chieffe associates, died with him, by drink- 
ing of poyson given them by the Coarb that 
was there before.” Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

*UaTaichligh.—N ow anglicised Tully and Tilly. 

> Ua hUail.—This name is now obsolete in 
Inishowen and Donegal, where Both-Chonais 
is situated ; but it may exist in other parts of 
Ulster under the anglicised form of Hoel, or 
Howell. 

* O Muirgheasa.—Now always anglicised Mo- 
rissy, with the prefix O’, 

è Tuaim-Finnlocha.—Now Tomtinlough, in the 
barony of Upper Bunratty, and county of Clare. 
— See note *, under the year 944, suprà. 

* Ua Loingsigh.—Now anglicised Linchy, and 


1049.) - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 855 


of Mac Liag, was killed by the son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh. Gairbhith 
Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Breagha, was taken prisoner by Conchobhar Ua Mael- 
seachlainn ; and he [Ua Cathasaigh] left seven hostages with him [in lieu of 
himself]. A predatory excursion was made by the son of Mael-na-mbo into the 
Deisi, whence he carried off prisoners and cattle. A predatory excursion was 
made by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn over Magh-Liphi, and he carried off 
great spoils. A predatory excursion was made by the Ui-Faelain over Cluain- 
Iraird, in revenge of the latter depredation. An army was led by the son of 
Eochaidh and the son of Mael-na-mbo into Meath, and they burned the churches 
of Meath, except a few. A predatory excursion was made by the royal heirs 
or chieftains of Ui-Maine into Dealbhna’, where the royal chieftains were all 
slain, namely, Ua Maelruanaidh, Ua Flannagain, the Cleireach Ua Taidhg, and 
Mac Buadhachain, royal heir of Dealbhna [Nuadhat]. 

The Age of Christ, 1049. Maelcainnigh Ua Taichligh*, comharba of 
Daimhinis, died. Tuathal Ua hUail*, airchinneach of Both-Chonais ; Tuathal 
Ua Muirgheasa’, lector of Tuaim-Finnlocha’, died. Flaithbheartach, son of 
Domhnall Ua Loingsigh', was slain by the son of Conchobhar O'Loingsigh. 
Muircheartach Ua Maelseachlainn was slain by Conchobhar Ua Maelseachlainn, 
by treachery. Conchobhar Ua Cinnfhaelaidh!, lord of Ui-Conaill Gabhra, was 
slain by the lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein. Imhar Ua Beice?, lord of Ui-Meith, 
was killed.  Anaessles, son of Domhnall", lord of Corcha-Bhaiscinn, was killed 
by the son of Assith, son of Domhnall, i. e. his brothers son. An army was led 
` by the Ulidians, Leinstermen, and foreigners, into Meath, to demand the hos- 


sometimes Lynch. The name is still common 
in the county of Down. 

f Ua Cinnfhadaidh.—Now anglicised Kinealy, 
or Kinaily, without any prefix. The name is 
still common in their original territory of Ui- 
Conaill-Gabhra, or the baronies of Connello, in 
the county of Limerick. 

& Ua Beice.—Now made Beck and Peck, but 
it is not easy to distinguish the Irish from those 
of English origin who bear this name. The 
tendency to assimilate Irish names of this kind 
to English ones of similar sound is now very 


general. 


^. Anaessles, son of Domhnall_—From Aedh, 
another brother of this Anaessles, descended the 
family of O'Domhnaill, or O'Donnell, of Corca- 
Vaskin, in the south-west of the county of Clare. 
Their father, Domhnall, from whom the here- 
ditary surname was taken, was killed in the 
battle of Clontarf in 1014; and Murchadh, son 
of Flann, this Domhnall’s paternal uncle, who 
was chief of Corca- Vaskin, died in the year 918. 
— See p. 599, suprà. 

The O’Donnells of this race are still in Tho- 
mond, but it is not easy to distinguish them 
from the race of Shane Luirg O'Donnell of Tir- 


b ni “een “4 


ik fe eek Oe dd 
oy UC y 


856 ANNAZA RIoshachta EIREANN. [1050. 


Ro mapbéa ımoppo a naiccepe lá Concobap im Tonpdealbach Ua Catapais. 
Ro loiper(c na pluarg an cíp ecip cealla, 4 oáme 1ap pm. Slóicé(ó lá mac 
Spain co Mag nCinb, co puce gialla Caigtn 3 Oppeige. Amalgaid, com- 
opba Paccpaice, oécc, 1 Dub oa lete, mac Maolmuipe, mic €ochaóa, vo 
abal a 10naió apa propuplérsinn an lá cfpca Omalgard,7 God Ua Ponpech 
vo gabéáil an pronapa leigimn. 

Qloip Cpiopc, mile caocca. Cleipchén hUa Mumeoc, uapal eppcop Leit- 
sume, 1 ceano cnábaroh Opnarge, Oranmaio hUa Iooacéun, eppcop Fna. 
Conall, canémoeach Cille Mocealléce, 7 a pfplergmn cloup, Oubtach mac 
Miloa, comanba Camng, Guarne Ua Manca, raccanc Ghlmne vá locha, 
Oiapmaw hUa Céle, aincinneach Telċa Poincceipn, 7 Achad aball, oég. 
Orapmaic Ua Cacán, plpléiginn Cille vapa, vécc. hUa Scula, oinémneach 
lnp Catarsh, Maolan plplersmn Cfhannpa, egnaio ofnpcargte eie, 7 
Maolotin Ua h€icc(pears, arnémneach Lotpa, vécc. Maolp(chlainn, mac 
Cinnpaolad, oécc.. Oonnchad 4. an Coppalac mac Oiolla Phaolám 3. Oom- 
naill, cis(pna Ua pPoilze, oo mapba lá Congalaé mac mic 6Spoganbain mic 
Conéobaip. Maolnuanmd, mac Concoipne, ciġfpna Ele, oo mapbaó oia 
muincip pén. Scamofp ecm propa Mange hléa, 4. Chpgialla, hi cconcain 
€ochoió Ua hOipreine. Ouboaleice, comapba Dhácpaic, pon cuaine Cenél 


connell, who settled in Munster in the fifteenth Moelmarii ex Scholastico, seu Theologis profes- 


ae RN a a a. a 


or sixteenth century.— See note *, under A. D. 
1013, p. 775, suprà. 
` Their hostages.—Six hostages of Magh Bregh, 


"or Bregia, were in the hands of Conchobhar 


O'Maeleachlainn (Conor O'Melaghlin) since the 
year 1048. He obtained them in exchange for 
Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh (Garvey O'Casey), 
whom he had taken prisoner. 

* Magh-nAirbh.—A. plain in the barony of 
Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny. The church 
of Tubbridbritain is referred to as being in this 
plain .—See the Circuit of Muircheartach Mac 
Neill, pp. 39, 40. 

' Amhalghaidh.—This passage is translated by 
Colgan, as follows : 

“A. D. 1049. Amalgadius Archiepiscopus 
Ardmachanus decessit, Et Dubdalethus filius 


sore Ardmachano in ejus locum sufficitur eodem 
die quo Amalgadius decessit. Et Dubdaletho 
in munere Professoris succedit Aidus Ua Foir- 
reth."— Trias Thaum., p. 298. ' 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1049. Amalgai, Coarb of Patrick, 29 
annis transactis in principatu, penitens in. Christo 
quievit. Maelcainni O’Tahli, Coarb of Daminis, 
TuohalO’Huail, Airchinnech Buthyconais, mor- 
tui sunt, Flahvertach O’Longsi killed by Conor 
O'Longsie's sonn. Murtagh mac Maeilechlainn, 
killed by Conor O'Maeilechlainn, against God 
and Man's wil. Conor O'Cinfaela, king of 
O-Conells-Gavra; and Ivar O'Bece, king of 
O’Mehs, occisi sunt. Duvdalehe tooke the Ab- 
batcie, the same day that Amalgai died, from 


1050.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 857 


tages ofthe men of Breagha. Their hostages! were put to death by Concho- 
bhar [Ua Maeleachlainn], together with Toirdhealbhach Ua Cathasaigh ; after 
which the forces burned the country, both churches and fortresses. An army 
was led by the son of Brian to Magh-nAirbh*, and he obtained the hostages of 
Leinster and Osraighe. Amhalghaidh', successor of Patrick, and Dubhdalethe, 
son of Maelmuire, son of Eochaidh, was raised to his place from the lectorship 
on the day of Amhalghaidh’s decease; and Aedh Ua Forreth assumed the 
lectorship. | 

The Age of Christ, 1050.  Cleirchen Ua Muineoc, noble bishop of Leith- 
ghlinn, and head of the piety of Osraighe ; Diarmaid Ua Rodachain, Bishop of 
Fearna; Conall, airchinneach of Cill-Mocheallog™, and its lector previously ; 
Dubhthach, son of Milidh, successor of Cainneach ; Guaire Ua Manchain, priest 
of Gleann-da-locha ; Diarmaid Ua Cele”, airchinneach of Tealach-Foirtcheirn® 
and Achadh-abhall, died. Diarmaid Ua Lachan, lector of Cill-dara, died. 
Ua Scula, airchinneach of Inis-Cathaigh ; Maelan, lector of Ceanannus, who 
was a distinguished sage; and Maelduin Ua hEigceartaigh, airchinneach of 
Lothra, died. Maelseachlainn, son of Ceannfaeladh, died. Donnchadh, i. e. the 
Cossalach?, son of Gillafhaelain, grandson of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Failghe, was 
slain by Conghalach?, grandson of Brogarbhan, son of Conchobhar. Maelruan- 
aidh, son of Cucoirne’, lord of Eile, was killed by his own people. A conflict 
between the men of Magh-Itha and the Airghialla, in which Eochaidh Ua hOis- 
sene? was slain. Dubhdalethe, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Cinel- 


being Lector before. Hugh O'Forrey took his in old English records. 


former place."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

m Cill-Mocheallog—_Now Kilmallock, in the 
county of Limerick—See note ", on Cill-Da- 
cheallog, under A. D. 1028, p. 816, suprà. 

? Ua Cele.—Now anglicised Kyley and Kealy, 
without any prefix. 

^ Tealach-Foirtcheirn. — Otherwise written 
Tulach-Foirtcheirn, i. e. Foirtcheirn's hill. This 
was the old name of Tullow, in the barony of 
Ravilly, and county of Carlow. In the gloss to 
the Feilire-Aenguis, at 12th of June, Tulach- 
Foirtcheirn is placed in Ui-Felmedha, which is 
the ancient name of the territory, from which 
Tullow was sometimes called Tullagh-Offelimy 


? Cossalach : i. e. Dirty-footed. 

3 Conghalach.—He was son of Donnsleibhe, 
son of Brogarbhan, who was slain at Clontarf 
in 1014, who was son of Conchobhar, the pro- 
genitor of O'Conor Faly. 

* Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne.—This Cu- 
coirne was the son of Maenach, who was son of 
Cearbhall, the progenitor from whom the Ui- 
Cearbhaill, or O'Carrolls of Ely-O'Carroll, took 
their hereditary surname; and this Cearbhall 
was the twentieth in descent from Tadhg, son 
of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, king of Munster. 

* Ua hOissene.—Now anglicised Hessian and 
Hussian, without the prefix Ua or O’. 


OR 


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* 


858 aNnaza Rioshachta EIREANN. (1051. - 


Cogan, 7 oo b(pc cpi ċéo bó uadaibh. | Oom(no món vo céiaccam hi ccíp 
€peann, co pucc 1€, 7 blaocc, m(pp, 1 1apcc 6 óaormb, co po pap eipionnpacup 
hı cach, co ná homc(ó ceall na oan na camofp cmopc. na comlunge, go po 
cionólpac clémig Muman, 7 a laoich, 1 a pognard 1m Donnchad mac pian 
J. mac mg €peann, 4 1m Céle mac Oonnacam, ım c(nn cnabaró €peann co 
Cill Oalua, co po opoargpioc cám 4 copec gach moligió o biuce co mon. 
Tucc via pit 7 pomnfnn pop ploche na cána pin. Ceall oapa co na bom- 
hace vo lopccaò. Cluam mic Noip 00 ongam pó epi 1 naon póite, peace 
ó Siol nOnmchada, q pa dó o Callpagib sup na Sionnchaib. Lano lene vo 
opgain 7 oo lopccavh. Oaipe Caelamne, q cloicceach Ropa coméin vo 
lopecad opfpaib bpepne. Oaimliacc oo lopecad. Imp Cloépano vo onccain. 
Ouboalece pon cucipo Chenel n€ogam co ccuc tpi céo bó uadanb. 

Qoi Cpiopc, mile caecca a haon. Mac Sluagaóag uapal pagapc 
Cluana mic Noip, véce. Muipcfpeach, mac bpc, ciġlnna na nDe, oo 
lopecad oo hUib Paolám. Ua Concobarp, cig(ina Ua Porlge «1. Congalac, 
mac Oumnpléibe mic bpoganbamn, oo mapbad via rnumncim pém. Maidm 
ma nUa Maoloonad pon Connaécaib, vú hi ccopchpaccap ile oo Chonmanc- 
mb. Orapmaro, mac Domnaill, mic bmam, vo mapbao lá mupchaó mac 
bpian cpa meabail. Mac Cachlaino do r0noapbaoh a ci&(nnup Colca Occ, 
q God Ua Peapáail oo gabóil a onai. Mac Paolam, mic Onic, vo mapbao 
lá Maolpfchlainn, mac Mupncaw mic Tass mic 6pic. CÍlmalgaió, mac 
Cacail, cig(pna lantaip Connaéz, oo óallaó lá hod Ua Concobaip, cig (nna 
Oinin Connacc, iap na beic 1 nepgabóil ppı pe bliadna co ccullead, co po 
sabpide ap pin apup 1 maptan Connaéc. Catal mac Cig(mnám, cigna 


t Sinnacha : i.e. the family of the O'Cahar- 
neys, or Foxes, of Teffia in Westmeath. 

* DDoire- Caellainne.—'This was another name 
for Tearmann Caellainne, near Castlerea, in the 
county of Roscommon ; for some account of 
which see notes under A. D. 1225 and 1236. 

" Cloictheach of Ros- Comain : i. e. the steeple, 
or round tower belfry of Roscommon. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1050. Dominica incarnationis, Mael- 
ruanai mac Concorne, king of Ele; Donncha 


mac Gilfaelan, king of Faly, killed. Kildare, 
with its Doimliag, burnt. Maelan, Lector of 
Kells, sapientissimus omnium Hibernensium ; 
Duvhach mac Mileaa, Coarb of Cainnech; Ua 
Scula, Airchinnech of Innis-Cahai ; Maelduin 
O’Hegertai, Airchinnech of Lohra; and Clerken 
O’Muneog, the ecclesiastical upholding of all 
Ireland, mortui sunt. Diarmaid O'Cele, Air- 
chinnech of Tulach-Fortcern ;” [and] “ Mael- 
sechlainn mac Cinfaela, mortui sunt. An uprore 
betwene the men of Magh-Itha and Airgialla, 
where Eocha O’Hussen perished. Duvdalehe 


1051.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 859 


Eoghain, and brought three hundred cows from them. Much inclement wea- 
ther happened in the land of Ireland, which carried away corn, milk, fruit, and 
fish, from the people, so that there grew up dishonesty among all, that no pro- 
tection was extended to church or fortress, gossipred or mutual oath, until the + 
clergy and laity of Munster assembled, with their chieftains, under Donnchadh, 
son of Brian, i.e. the son of the King of Ireland, at Cill-Dalua, where they 
enacted a law and a restraint upon every injustice, from small to great. God 
gave peace and favourable weather in consequence of this law. Cill-dara with 
its Daimhliag [great stone church] was burned. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun- 
dered thrice in one quarter of a year,—once by the Sil-Anmchadha, and twice 
by the Calraighi [an Chala] and the Sinnacha* Lann-Leire was burned and 
plundered. Doire-Caelainne" and the Cloictheach of Ros-Comain” were burned 
by the men of Breifne. Daimhliag [Chianain] was burned. Inis-Clothrann [in 
Loch Ribh] was plundered. Dubhdalethe made a visitation of Cinel- "Boghittd, 
and brought three hundred cows from thence. 

The Age of Christ, 1051. Mac Sluaghadhaigh, noble priest of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, died. Muircheartach, son of Breac*, lord of the Deisi, was burned by the 
Ua Faelains. Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, namely, Conghalach, son 
of Donnsleibhe, son of Brogarbhan, was killed by his own people. A battle 
was gained by Ua Maeldoraidh over the Connaughtmen, wherein many of the 
Conmhaicni were slain. Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, son of Brian, was killed 
by Murchadh, son of Brian, through treachery. Mac Lachlainn was expelled 
: from the lordship of Tulach-Og ; and Aedh Ua Fearghail took his place. The 
son of Faelan, son of Breac, was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh, son 
of Faelan, son of Breac. Amhalgaidh, son of Cathal, lord of West Connaught, 
was blinded by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, lord of East Connaught, after he had 
been held in captivity for the space of one year and upwards ; after which he 
[O'Conchobhair] fixed his residence" in West Connaught. Cathal, son of 


visitting Kindred-Owen that he brought 300 of Waterford, took their hereditary surname. 
cowes. Cluain mic Nois rifled three tymes in ¥ Ua-Faelains—Now Phelans, without the 
one quarter; once by Sil-Anmchaa, and twice prefix O’. 
by Callrai with” [the] **Foxes."— Cod. Clarend., * Fined his residence: i.e. at Inis-Creamha, 
tom. 49. on the east side of Lough Corrib.— See Hardi- 

* Breac.—He is the progenitor after whom the man’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Chorographical 
O'Bricks, or Bricks of the Decies, in the county Description of West Connaught, p. 367. 

5n2 


"TN " "^ E x T eas 


860 anNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1052. 


bperpne, vo dul pop cperch 1 nEabha co po &occhail Dún Perch 1 cconchain 
caecca oo daomibh,7 apa ccuccaó peache ccéo bó. Mandm pop Conmaicmb 
Sleib Ponmaoile pra ndod Ua cConchobaip, ou 1 ccopchaip áp Conmaicne. 


> Carocenn, mac Maolam hUí Ceocóin, eig(pna. ail(ng,4 a ben mg(n an 


Ohuicc, oo dol ota nailiépe vo Roim, co nepbalcaccap čop oc ciachcoim 
on Rom. Oorinall bán hUa bpian oo mapbao la pig Connaécc.. bile marge 
Gap oo épapcepao la hod Ua Concobap. Paelan mac Opaccám, mic 
bpc oo mapbaó 1 noomliacc Lip mop Mocuoa lá Maolpíchlamn mac 
Iuipcheapcarg, mic bpic. 

Coir Cpfope, mile caocca avó. Oprup, mac TIhup(oharg, arnémneach 
Cluana Maedoce opoán Carg(, [oécc]. Echeigfpn hUa Eġpám, comanba 
Ciapám Cluana mic Noip 7 Commann, oo écc ina aiiépe hi cCluain Ipapo. 
Mumeavhach hUa Sronaéám, maop Dacpaicc hi Muman, Muipach, mac 
Orapmaoa, comanba Cponáin Rup Cpé, 7 Cléipeach Ruad [Ua] Cacaéám 
oécc. Grollapatpaicc, mac Oorinaill, pmóip Opoa Macha, oécc. Mac- 
pat Ua Oonnchada, cigna Cogarachca Chail, 7 piogóarna Muman, 
décc. Cpeach lá mac Mail na mbó hi Pine Shall, 50 po loipe an cin ó Ae 
chat co hQlbene, acc noóa cappaiò bá co nofpnpac pcaimopneacha móna 
mon Dún, dú 1 ccopcpacap ile ille 7 mund, co nveachaw cii (pna Hall a. 
€achmapcach, mac Ragnall oap mup, 4 po sab mac Maoil na mbó níže 


* Eabha.—A level plain lying between Bin- 
bulbin and the sea, in the barony of Carbury, 
county of Sligo.—See A. M. 2859, 3656, 3790. 

^ Dun-Feich.—This is most probably the fort 
now called Dun-Iartharach, or the West Fort, 
which is situated on the hill of Knocklane, in 
the barony of Carbury, county of Sligo. It is 
situated on the western part of the hill, over- 
hanging the sea, and is defended by a fosse and 
mound on the south-east side ; at about eighty 
paces to the south there is another fosse and 
mound, extending across the whole breadth of 
the declivity of the hill. 

* Sliabh-Formaeile.— This was the ancient 
name of Sliabh-Ui-Fhloinn, in the west of the 
county of Roscommon, where a sept of the 
Conmhaicne were seated at this period. 


è Magh-Adhair.—See note under A.D. 981. 
The Annals of Ulster record the following events. 
under this year: 

* A. D. 1051. Murtagh mac Brick, king of 
Desies in Mounster, burnt by O'Faelan. Mael- 
bruadar mac Brick killed in the Doimliag of 
Lismore by Mgelsechlainn O'Brick. Amalgai 
mac Cathail, king of West Connaght, blinded 
by Hugh O’Conor. Laignen mac Moylain, king 
of Gaileng, with his Queen, viz., the daughter of 
Gutt” [O’Maelechlainn], ** went on pilgrimage 
to Rome, and died by the wai. Mac Lochlain 
from being king of Tulach-Og, and Hugh 
O'Ferall made king.”— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Cluain- Maedhog: i. e. Cluain-mor-Maedhog, 
now Clonmore, in the barony of Rathvilly, and 
county of Carlow. 


aE T VETT TR Le ae ee ENS 3 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ' 


861 


1052.) 


Tighearnain, lord of Breifne, went upon a predatory excursion into Eabha’, and 
demolished Dun-Feich’, where fifty persons were slain, and whence seven 
hundred cows were carried off. A victory was gained over the Conmhaicni of 
Sliabh-Formaeile® by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, where a slaughter was made of . 
the Conmhaicni. Laidhcenn, son of Maelan Ua Leocain, lord of Gaileanga, and 
his wife, the daughter of the Gott [O’Maeleachlainn], went on their pilgrimage 
to Rome ; and they died in the east, on their return from Rome. Domhnall 
Ban Ua Briain was slain by the King of Connaught. The Tree of Magh-Adhair 
was prostrated by Aedh Ua Conchobhair. Faelan, son of Bradan, son of Breac, 
was killed in the Daimhliag of Lis-mor-Mochuda, by Maelseachlainn, son of 
Muircheartach, son of Breac. 

The Age of Christ, 1052. Arthur, son of Muireadhach of Cluain-Maedhog*, 
the glory of Leinster, [died]. Echthighern Ua Eaghrain, successor of Ciaran 
of Cluain-mie-Nois and of Comman, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-Iraird. 
Muireadhach Ua Sinnachain, Patrick's steward in Munster; Muireadhach, son 
of Diarmaid, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre ; and Cleireach Ruadh Ua Lath- 
achain, died. Gillaphadraig, son of Domhnall, Prior of Ard-Macha, died. 
Macraith’, grandson of Donnchadh, lord of Eoghanacht-Chaisil*, and royal heir 
of Munster, died. A predatory excursion was made into Fine-Gall^ by the son 
of Mael-na-mbo, and he burned the country from Ath-cliath to Albene’; but 
he did not seize cows until they had great skirmishes around the fortress, where 
many fell on both sides, so that the lord of the foreigners, Eachmareach, son of 
Raghnall, went over seas, and the son of Mael-na-mbo* assumed the kingship of 


f Macraith.—He was brother of Carthach, the 
progenitor of the family of Mac Carthy.—See 
A. D. 1045. 

€ Eoghanacht- Chaisil.—A tribe of the race of 
Eoghan Mor, son of Oilioll Olum, seated around 
Cashel, in the present county of Tipperary. 
The mountain of Sliabh-na-mban-bhfionn are 
referred to in the Dublin copy of the Annals of 
Innisfallen at A. D. 1121, as in Eoghanacht 
Chaisil. 

^ Fíine-Gall : i.e. the territory then in the 
possession of the Danes of Dublin. The name 
is now applied to a district in the county of 


Dublin, extending about fifteen miles to the 
north of the city. 

i Albene,—Not identified. 

* The son of Mael-na-mbo.—Mr. Lindsay, in his 
View of the Coinage of Ireland, gives this chiet- 
tain a Danish descent ; but we have very an- 
cient Irish authorities to prove that he was 
the ancestor of Dermot Mac Murrough, the 
king of Leinster at the period of the Anglo- 
Norman invasion of Ireland. His real name 
was Diarmaid, and he was the son of Donnchadh, 
who was surnamed Mael-na-mbo, son of Diar- 
maid, son of Domhnall, who was the fourteenth 


2 


862 . GNNata mgioghachca EIREANN. [1053. 


Hall vapa Gp. Cpeach lá hUa Conċobam oap Conmacne, co pop mom 
co móp. Op Calpage immo cig(pna a. 1m mac nameachtarg, lá Conrharemb 
cma mionboil Ciapám. Oublppa, mgfn bpian, vécc. Oormall, mac Giolla- 
- €píope, mic Concuailgne, oo mapbao lá cis(pna P(p Rop. Opaon mac 
Maolmopoda, .ı. pi Cargtn, oo écc hi cColom. 

Qoip Cpíopc, mile caocca a tpi, Ooilgén uapal paccapc Apoa Macha, 
Oomnall Ua Céle, ainmneach Slane, Copbmac hUa Ruadpach, aémocach 
C(mmainn Peicme, 3 Mupchad Ua ó6eollám, ainmneach Onoma cliab, oécc. 
Plaicbficach Ua ITlaelpabaill, cigtpna. Caippece bpacade, vécc. Niall 
Ua h€icemgh, cigfina Fin Manach, 7 a bpataip Giollaémope vo mapbao 
la Fha Cupec cpe meabail. Oonnchad Ua Ceallacham, píogóamna 
Caipil oo manbad DOppargibh. Maolcpén, mac Catail, cigfpna oeipceinc 
bp, oo mapbad vo hUa Riagam, 1. adce Luam Capec, 7 cpeacha leip 
Fon Gullar. Cpeach lá mac Cachlamn 7 la Pha Mange Mea pop Cenel 


"41 RN E 


mbmoicch Locha Opochaic, agup pugpac cpí céo bó. 


in descent from Enna Ceinnsealach, the ancestor 
of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. The following genea- 
logical table will shew how the Mac Murroughs, 
Kavanaghs, and other septs, are descended from 
him: 
1. Domhnall, the 14th generation from Enna 
Ceinnsealach. 

l 
2. Diarmaid. 

l 
3. Donnchadh, surnamed Mael-na-mbo. 


] 
4. Diarmaid Mac Mael-na-mbo, King of the 
Danes of Dublin. 


l 

5. Murchadh, a quo Mac Murrough. 
wm 

6. Donnchadh Mac Murrough. 


T. Diarmaid Mac Murrough 7. Murchadh * of 
“of the English.” the Irish,” an- 
cestor of Mac 

Davy More. 


8. Domhnall Caemhanach, 8. án ancestor 
ancestor of the Kava- of the family of 
nagh family. Kinsellagh. 


! Braen, son of Maelmordha.—He is more usu- 


Cochlán, cig(mna 


ally called Bran mac Maeilmordha. He is 
the progenitor after whom the Ui Broin, or 
O’Byrnes of Leinster, took their hereditary sur- 
name. After the fall of his father, Maelmordha, 
at Clontarf in 1014, he succeeded as king of 
Leinster; but he was deposed by O'Neill in 
1015, and, in 1018, he had his eyes put out by 
the treachery of Sitrick, King of Dublin; after 
which we may believe he retired into the Irish 
monastery at Cologne, where he remained till 
his death. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1052. Donell Ban O’Bryan killed 
by Connaght. Donell mac Gillchrist mic Con- 
cualgne, killed by the king of Ferross, .i. Men of 
Ross. Bryan" [recté, Bran or Braen] “mac 
Maelmorra, king of Leinster, died in Colonia. 
Macraith O'Dunchaa, king of Eonacht Cassill, 
died. Echtiern O’Hayran, Coarb of Kyaran 
and Comman; Mureach O’Sinachan, Serjeant of 
Mounster, in pace dormierunt. Gilpatrick mac 
Donell Secnap of Ardmach, killed by mac 


“ear ae ee om 


1053.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


863 


the foreigners after him. A predatory excursion was made by Ua Conchobhair 
over Conmhaicne, so that he plundered extensively. A slaughter was made 
of the Calraighi, together with their lord, i.e. Mac-Aireachtaigh, by the Con- 
mhaicni, through the miracle of Ciaran. Dubheassa, daughter of Brian, died. 
Domhnall, son of Gillachrist, son of Cucuailgne, was slain by the lord of Feara- 
Rois. Braen, son of Maelmordha’, i. e. King of Leinster, died at Cologne. 
The Age of Christ, 1053. Doilgen, noble priest of Ard-Macha; Domhnall 


Ua Cele, airchinneach of Slaine ; Cormac Ua Ruadhrach, airchinneach of Tear- | 


mann-Feichin ; and Murchadh Ua Beollain, airchinneach of Druim-cliabh, died. 


Flaithbheartach Ua Maelfabhail, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, died. Niall. 


Ua h-Eignigh, lord of Feara-Manach, and his brother, Gillachrist, were slain by 
the Feara-Luirg, through treachery. Donnchadh Ua Ceallachain", royal heir 
of Caiseal, was slain by the Osraighi. Maelcron, son of Cathal, lord of South 
Breagha, was slain on Easter Monday night, by Ua Riagain", who committed 
depredations upon the foreigners. A depredation was committed by Mae Loch- 
lainn’? and the men of Magh-Itha upon the Cinel-Binnigh, of Loch-Drochait"; 


and they carried off three hundred cows. 


Archon O'Celechan trecherously? [Mureach 
mac Diarmada, Airchinnech of Roscre, obiit ].— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Donnchadh Ua Ceallachain.—This means 
Donnchadh, descendant of Ceallachan of Cashel. 
He was of the same stock as the Mac Carthys. 

^ Ua Riagain.—Now O’ Regan, and often Regan, 
without the prefix O’. 

° Mac Lochlainn.—Now Mac Laughlin and 
Mae Loughlin. This family was the senior 
branch of the northern Ui-Neill. 

r Cinel- Binnigh of Loch- Drochait. —There were 
three tribes of the Cinel-Binnigh in the ancient 
Tir-Eoghain, namely, Cinel-Binne of the Glen, 
Cinel-Binnigh of Tuath-Rois, and Cinel-Bin- 
nigh of Loch Drochait, or Lake of the Bridge. 
These tribes, which gave their names to three 
districts adjoining each other in Tyrone, lay 
east of Magh-Itha. 

It would appear from the Annals of Ulster at 


Cochlan‘, lord of Dealbhna, was 


this year that the church of Cluain-Fiachna, 
now Clonfeakle, in the barony of Dungannon, 
was in Cinel-Binnigh Locha-Drochait. 

1 Cochlan.—He was the progenitor after whom 


the family of the Mac Coghlans of Delvin Mac 


Coghlan, now the barony of Garrycastle; in the 
King’s County, took their hereditary surname. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1053. Macnahaiche, i the night's 
son, O'Roircke, heyre of Connaght, killed by 
Dermott O’Cuinn, in the Iland of Loch Arvach” 
[Lough Arrow]. ‘‘ Mureach mac Dermod, Air- 
chinnech of Roscree ; O’Ruorach, Airchinnech 
of Termon-Fechin; Flaithvertagh O’Maelfavill, 
king of Carrack-Brachai; Dolgen, gentle priest” 
[varal pacane] “of Ardmach; Donell O?Cele, 
Airchinnech of Dromeliav, omnes in pace dor- 
mierunt. An army by Macklochlainn and the 
men of Magh-Itha, upon the Kindred-Binni of 


Ma Sees SNC, 
- :J 


wen ae ee a ee wn ae es M "EDT A ee -e a Mart AN T a aaa a aii a 
i ^ j 


864 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1054. 


Oealbna, oo mapbad1 meatal. Cúpan Ua Maoileotin, cigna P Luco, 
oo manbad la Mac na hace Ua Ruane, cpé meabail ma aipeache pén. 
Mac na haióce Ua Ruaipc vo manbad oo Chonmaicmb po ċéoóip. Slóicé(ó 
lá mac Ohman a. Oónnchao, la Concobap Ua Maorlp(chlamn hi Pme Gall, 
co ccuccpac pin Tlċba, 1. na Sionnarg, bpaicc 1omda a oormliag Cupcca, 7 
co puccpac aiccepe ó mac Maoil na mbé im Moin měn Congalaig Ui Con- 
cobain. Onapmaio, mac Maoil na mbo,3 Grollapaccpars, cig(pna Opparge 
vo dul 1 Mide, go ccugpac bpo, 7 gabála oímóna a nofosail Mope, mime 
Congalarg Ui Choncobhaip, oo dol go Concobap Ua Maoileachlainn oap 
rapugao Hiollupaccnaice, ? a noíogail na bopoma pug Ua Maorleclamn a 
Lagni. Slogl lá mac Maoil na mbó 1 mop(gaib 7 hi Mide, co po loipc 
ó Shlá ne coiantap Tflioe ezip cealla 7 cuata. Cpeach lá Uféloban, mac 
Gaiognén, cigna Oimgiall, pon Sail(ngaib, 4 pop ceva ph Mide 4 bpl, 
co pug món oo bua 7 bnar, co no(chaió ma noiaid Congalach, mac $(néám, 
ci&(pna Gaillfng co ccapaio. bá FP Manach co na caipé(cap apa. Pip- 
manach 1mo cig(mna 3. Oomnall mac Maolpuanaw, co cconcaip led Conga- 
lach, mac S(nám, cigeapna ail(ng co pochaioe ole cenmotapom. CAmlaoib 
Ua ITlacamén, cigna Musgoonn, dég. 

Cloip Chpíopc, mile caocca, a cltap. hUa Seanpuwdip, eppcop Cille 
Odlua, Maolcolaim Ua Collbnamo paccapc, Guarne hUa Cachcnám, ph- 
leiginn Cluana mic Noip, 7 Cuilennán Claen, p(pleigino Ceiéslinne 4 Oipinc 
Oiapmaoa, oég. (leo Ua P(pgaile, mc Conaing mic Néill, nígnamna Os, 
7 tiġina Cemuil Cogan Cealéa ócc oo manbad vo C(clobap, mac Carognén 
oo cigna Cingiall, 4 oo Plpab Peapnmage. Oubsall Ua hGeoogóám, 
cig(pna Ua Niallám, oo mapbad oo Ua Caicén.. Maim Pmnmaige pop Ub 
Mét q pop Uaccan tine ma nU €achach, 061 cconcain an Chpoiboeaps, 
canary Uaccaip tine. C[oo, mac Cimnoéiceig, mic Oumncuan, muipn 7 opoan 


Loch-Drochaid, and caried away 300 cowes, and 
kiled Duvenna mac Cinaeh, secnap of Clon- 
fiachna, and Cumacha mac Clerken, serjeant of 
Dalgais. Maeleron mac Cahail, king of Bregh, 
killed by O’Riagan. Donogh O’Keallaghan, 
heyre of Cassill, killed by Ossory. Nell O’Hegny, 
king of Fermanagh, killed by the men of Lurg, 
Coghlan, kinge of Delvin, a suis per dolum occi- 


sus est."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Under this year the Dublin copy of the An- 
nals of Innisfallen notice the plundering of 
Fingall and Meath by Donough, the son of 
Brian, and O'Melaghlin; dissensions between 
the O’Briens and O'Conors of Connaught; and 
the killing of two chiefs of the Mac Carthys of 
Desmond by O’Donohoe. 


1054.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 865 


treacherously killed. Curian Ua Maelduin, lord of Feara-Luirg, was treache- 
rously killed by Mac-na-haidhche Ua Ruaire, at his own meeting. Mac-na- 
haidhche Ua Ruairc was killed by the Conmhaieni immediately after. An army 
was led by the son of Brian, i. e. Donnchadh, and Conchobhar Ua Maelseach- 
lainn, into Fine-Gall; and the men of Teathbha, i. e. the Sinnaigh [the Foxes], 
took many prisoners from the Daimhliag [great stone church] of Lusca ; and 
they carried off hostages from the son of Mael-na-mbo, together with Mor, 
daughter of Conghalach O'Conchobhair. Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, and 
Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighi, went into Meath, whence they carried off cap- 
tives and very great spoils, in revenge of the going of Mor, daughter of Con- 
ghalach Ua Conchobhair, to Conghalach Ua Maeleachlainn, in violation of 
Gillaphadraig ; and in revenge also of the cattle spoils which O'Maeleachlainn 
had carried off from Meath. An army was led by the son of Mael-na-mbo 
into Breagha and Meath, and he burned from the Slaine to West Meath, both 
churches and territories. A predatory excursion was made by Leathlobhar, 
son of Laidhgnen, lord of Oirghialla, against the Gaileanga and the fugitives of 
the men of Meath and Breagha, and he carried off many cows and prisoners ; 
but Conghalach, son of Seanan, lord of Gaileanga, went in pursuit of them, - 
and overtook the cattle spoil of the Feara-Manach ; but the Fir-Manach, with 
their lord, Domhnall, son of Maelruanaidh, resisted, and slew Conghalach, son 
of Seanan, lord of Gaileanga, with many others besides him. Amblaeibh 
Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1054. Ua Gearruidhir, Bishop of Cill-Dalua ; Mael- 
coluim Ua Collbrainn ; Guaire Ua Lachtnain, lector of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and 
Cuileannan Claen, lector of Leithghlinn and Disert-Diarmada, died. Aedh, 
grandson of Fearghal, son of Conaing, son of Niall, royal heir of Oileach, and 
lord of Cinel-Eoghain of Tealach-Og, was slain by Leathlobhar, son of Laidh- 
gnen, lord of Airghialla, and by the Feara-Manach. Dubhghall Ua h Aedhagain, 
lord of Ui-Niallain, was slain by Ua Laithen. The battle of Finnmhagh* was 
gained over the Ui-Meith and the people of Uachtar-thire in Ui-Eathach-Uladh, 
where Croibhdhearg [the Redhanded], Tanist of Uachtar-thire, was slain. Aedh, 
son of Ceinneidigh, son of Donnchuan, the love and glory of Dal-gCais, died. 


* Finnmhagh: i.e. the White or Fair Plain, situation of Uachtar-thiré see note under A. D. 


now Finvoy, in the county of Down. Forthe 1046. 
5s 


866 ANNAZA RIOSHAachtTa EIREANN. [1054. 


Oal cCaíp, vé5. Mac Ualgains, cig(pna Comppe, oo mapbab 1 meabol. 
Cloicéeach cenfó oo paipecpm ipn. aep uap Rop Deala oia vormmnang peile 
Oups! pm pé cóng nua. Edin ouba orare mo 7 app, aon én mop 
ma mfoon, 7 no cet&(ó na heon lga po a ercibpie an can céicco{p ipm 
cloicteach. Tangaccan amach con uapgabaccap m com boí pón lap m 
baile : naipoe ipm aep, 4 taplaicple anuap oopíóm, co nepbalc po 
céd6in,] cuapgabpac cpí bpuca 4 of lémió 1 néupoe,7 po léccp(c anuap 


‘pon coin céona. Cn coill poppa noeipiótoap na heóm vo pocoip pócoib,1 m 


oaipbne popp a noerpiofoap na heon po bói pop cmt co na ppémoib 1 ccal- 
main. Coch Sure oópám hí Sléib uae a eláoh 1 ndempead oibce péile 
Mheil, co noeacharó 1pm Peabenll, gup bó hiongnaó mép lá cach. Cneach 
la hQod Ua Concobap, lá pig Connaée, co Conca bhaipemo 4 co Cpacparge, 
50 po ġa” gabála ofampmide. Od mac Captaig oo mapbad oo mac 
hUi Oonnchaóa. Sluorcé(ó lá mac Mal na mbó} lá Olollapaccnaice, 
tiġina Oppase, q lá Cargmb, 1 lá Gallar” ipm Muran, co pánccaccap 
Imleach luban, q co po loipeep(e On cpm liacc, 4 nocha ccappard mac 
Spam 140, vain po bof 1 noépcenc Epean. Tomdealbac Ua bmam go 
cConnachcaib lep do oul 1 cCuaté Mura, go nofpna agne mópa,1 go po 
manbad ler Cod mac Cennéoiz, 7 go po hoipgeaó Tuaim Pionnlocha. 


* Mac Ualghairg.—Now anglicised Mac Gol- 
rick ; a name still common in the counties of 
Donegal and Leitrim. 

* A steeple of fire.—' This is set down as one of 
the wonders of Ireland in the Book of Bally- 
mote, fol. 140, 0. —See Dr. Todd's edition of the 
Irish version of Nennius's Historia Britonum, 
p. 215, note `. 

* Ros-Deala: i.e. Deala's Wood, now Ross- 
dalla, a townland in the parish of Durrow, near 
Kilbeggan, in the south of the county of West- 
meath. 

" The festival of George.—In the year 1054 
the feast of St. George was on Saturday; the 
annalist must, therefore, mean the year 1055, 
unless by * the Sunday of the feast," be meant 
* the Sunday next after the feast," which looks 
very probable, as the chronology of the Four 


Masters is at this period perfectly correct. 

* The oak tree on which they perched.—In the 
Wonders of Ireland as edited by Dr. Todd from 
the Book of Ballymote, the reading of this part 
of the passage is different from the text of the 
Four Masters, as follows : **7 m oaipbm poppa 
n-bep! in c-én mop úz po puc laip co na ppé- 
maib a calmain; and the oak, upon which the 
said great bird perched, was carried by him by 
the roots out of the earth."— 7rish Nennius, 
p. 217. 

Y Loch Suidhe- Odhrain: i.e. the lake of Suidhe- 
Odhrain, i.e. lacus sessionis Odhrani. Suidhe- 
Odhrain, anglicé Syoran, or Secoran, is now the 
name of a townland in the parish of Knockbride, 
barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan. There 
is no lake there now. 

* Sliabh- Guaire.—Now Slieve-Gorey, a moun- 


UT ee 


1054] 


867 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Mac Ualghairgs, lord of Cairbre, was killed by treachery. A steeple of fire' 
was seen in the air over Ros-Deala", on the Sunday of the festival of George", 
for the space of five hours; innumerable black birds passing into and out of 
it, and one large bird in the middle of them ; and the little birds went under 
his wings, when they went into the steeple. They came out, and raised up a 
greyhound, that was in the middle of the town, aloft in the air, and let it drop 
down again, so that it died immediately ; and they took up three cloaks and 
two shirts, and let them drop down in the same manner. The wood on which 
these birds perched fell under them ; and the oak tree upon which they 
perched* shook with its roots in the earth. Loch Suidhe-Odhrain’ in Sliabh- 
Guaire” migrated in the end of the night of the festival of Michael, and went 
into the Feabhaill*, which was a great wonder to all. A predatory excursion 
was made by Aedh Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Corca-Bhaiscinn 
and Tradraighe", where he seized innumerable spoils. Two [of the] Mac Car- 
thaighs were killed by the son of O'Donnchadha* An army was led by the 
son of Mael-na-mbo, by Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, and by the foreigners, 
into Munster, until they arrived at Imleach-Ibhair, and burned Dun-tri-liag*; 
and the son of Brian did not overtake them, for he was in the south of Ireland. 
Toirdhealbhach O'Briain, accompanied by the Connaughtmen, went into Tho- 
mond, where he committed great depredations, and slew Aedh, son of Ceinn- 
eidigh, and plundered Tuaim-Finnlocha*. 


tainous district, anciently in Gaileanga, but 
now in the barony of Clankee, and county of 
Cavan.—See note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11, 
suprà; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 188, note *. 

* Feabhaill.—This was the name of a stream 
which discharges itself into the Boyne; but the 
name is now obsolete. 

> Tradraighe—This is still the name of a 
deanery in the county of Clare, comprising the 
parishes of Tomfinlough, Killonasoolagh, Kil- 
maleery, Kilcorney, Clonloghan, Dromline, Fee- 
nagh, Bunratty, and Killowen, and the island 
of Inis-da-dhrom, in the Shannon, at the mouth 
of the River Fergus. 

* Ua Donnchadha—Now anglicised O’Do- 


nohoe. 


3 Dun-tri-liag: i.e. the Fort of the Three 
Pillar Stones, now Duntryleague, situated about 
three miles north-west of the village of Gal- 
bally, in the barony of Coshlea, and county of 
Limerick, According to the Book of Lis- 
more, fol. 209, Cormac Cas, the ancestor of the 
O’Briens, erected a strong fort here, where he 
died, and was interred under three pillar stones, 
from which the name was derived. His descen- 
dant, the celebrated Brian Borumha, recon- 
structed the fort of this place. Scarce a vestige 
of any fort is now traceable. It is said that the 
modern parish church occupies its site, at the 
period of the erection of which the fort was 
levelled. 

© Tuaim-Finnlocha.— Now Tomfinlough, in 


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vh ahdi dale a TETE. 


ia) a aT a a aa i NES TNT 


868 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1055. 


Qoip Chiopc, mile caocca a cúicc. Maoloiin,mac Silleanopeap,eppcop 
Alban 4 opvan Gaowweal 6 clépcib, vég. Tuatal Ua Pollamamn, comanba 
Fimnén Cluana Ipamo, Maolmapcam, mac Appioa, comapba Compal, 
ITlaolbnígoe Ua Maolpuam, aipcimnech Slébce, Maolbnigve, mac 6aeccam, 
p(nlergimn Opoa bpeacain, Colam Ua Catol, amnémneach Roppa Aihep, 4 
Ovdan Ua Muipfohag, aipcmveach Lupcca, plait Ua Colgan, do écc. 
Piachna Ua Copcpáin, hUa Ruapcám, aimnémoeach Cipone Coernam,1 Gop- 
man anmcana, décc. Oomnall Ruad Ua bpian 00 mapbad oo hUa €ióin 
vo ciġeapna Ua Prachpach hone. Gillapacnarce, cr&eapna Oppaige, oécc. 
Cpeach na bealcame vo denah vo mý Connace, Mod Ua Concobam oap 
lantan Mide, co pug gabála 1omda,7 bporcc món app. Cpeach lá Oalecarp 
im Mupchad Ua mbmain oap. Concumopuad, co puccpacc sabala mópa, 
| co ccappap cpeach vib, 7 co po manbad pochaide móp. Ceanopaolao 
Ua Muipeadarg, ci$(mna an vapa pamo vo Ciánpnarge Cuaépa, oo mapbao 
oo Ua Concobain mic Mumeadang, oo tigeanna na pamoe ele co pocharinb 
ole apaon mp. Maidm pa cCompoóealbach Ua mbmam pon Munchad 
Ua mbpiam i. Mupcha an peét spp, 1 ccopchpavap ceitpe ċéo ım cic 
coipeachaib vég. Ua Sibliain, cig(pna Ua pPalse, oo mapbao. 


Qop Cpíopc, mile caocca a pé. 


the barony of Upper Bunratty, and county of 
Clare.—See it already mentioned under the 
years A. D. 944, 1049. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“A. D. 1054. Ivar mac Geralt, king of Gen- 
tyes” [recté, Ivar mac Harold, king of the Galls 
or Danes], “died. Hugh O’Ferall, king of 
Tulachog, and Archon O’Celechan’s sonn, 
killed by the men of Fernvay. Duvgall O'He- 
gan, king of O’Niallans, killed by the Lahens. 
The discomfiture of Finmai upon the Omethes 
and Uochtar-tyre by the O-Hehachs, where the 
Crovderg, .i. the Readhanded, was slaine, being 
heyre of Uoghtar-tyre. Hugh mac Cinedy mic 
Duinncuan, the muirn” [minion] “ of Kindred- 
Tirlagh, slaine by Connaght. A battle betwene 
Scots and Saxons, wherein 3000 Scots and 


Qed Ua Pornperoh, amo pfplergimn, 4 


1500 Saxons were slaine, with Dolfin mac 
Fintor. The loch or lake called Loch Suie- 
Odran in Mountain-Guaire, stole away in the 
later parte of the night of St. Michael’s eve, 
untill it came into the river Favall, which was 
never heard before."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but one 
entry under this year, namely, * Hugh O'Ken- 
nedie, the chiefest of Dalgasse, was killed by 
O'Connor. 

£ Airdne-Caemhain : i. e. St. Coemhan's or 
Cavan's hill or height. In O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar, at 12th of June, this place is described as 
“le caob Coca Ganman,” i.e. by the side of 
Wexford bay. It is the place now called Ard- 
cavan, where there are some ruins of an ancient 
church, situated close to the margin of Wexford 
haven, in the barony of Shelmalier. 


1055.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


The Age of Christ, 1055. Maelduin, son of Gilla- Andreas, Bishop of Alba, 
and the glory ofthe clergy of the Gaeidhil, died. Tuathal Ua Follamhain, 
successor of Finnen of Cluain-Irard ; Maelmartan, son of Assidh, successor of 
Comhghall; Maelbrighde Ua Maelruain, airchinnech of Slebhte; Maelbrighde, 
son of Baedan, lector of Ard-Breacain; Colum Ua Cathail, airchinneach of 
Rossailithir ; and Odhar Ua Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Lusca, and chief of 
Ui-Colgain, died. Fiachra Ua Corcrain ; Ua Ruarcain, airchinneach of Airdne- 
Caemhainf; and Gorman Anmchara?, died. Domhnall Ruadh Ua Briain was 
slain by Ua h-Eidhin", lord of Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne. Gillaphadraig, lord of 
Osraighe. The May prey was made by the King of Connaught, Aedh Ua Con- 
chobhair, in West Meath, whence he carried great spoils and many prisoners. 
A predatory excursion was made by the Dal-gCais, under the conduct of Mur- 
chadh Ua Brian, over Corca-Modhruadh, where they took great spoils; but 
one party of them was overtaken, and a large number killed. Ceannfaeladh 
Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of the one division of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was killed 
by the grandson of Conchobhar, son of Muireadhach, lord of the other division, 
and many others along with him. A battle was gained by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain over Murchadh Ua Briain, i. e. Murchadh of the Short Shield, wherein 
were slain four hundred men and fifteen chieftains. Ua Sibhliain, lord of 
Ui-Failghe, was killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1056. Aedh Ua Foirreidhi, chief lector and distin- 


869 


The battle of Mortartai by Duvdalehe, Coarb 
of Patricke, upon Loingsech O'Maeilechlainn's 


* Anmchara: i.e. friend of the soul, i.e. a 
spiritual adviser. 


^ Ua h- Eidhin.—Now anglicised O' Heyne, but 
more generally Hynes, without the prefix Ua 
or O*. 

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 

** A. D. 1055. Donell Roe, .i. Read O’Bryan, 
killed by. O'Heyn. Maelmartan Mac Assie, 
Coarb of Comgall; Colum O'Cahaill, Airchin- 
nech of Ross-Ailithir ; Oer O’Mureai, Airchin- 
nech of Lusea; Gilpatricke, king of Ossory; 
Fiachra O’Corkrain; all died in the Lord. An 
overthrowe by Tirlagh O'Bryan upon Murcha 
O'Bryan, where 400 fell, with 15 of the cheifes. 


sonn, viz., Coarb of Finnen” [and Colum Cille, 
wherein many were killed].—-Ann. Ult, Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. à 

* A. D. 1055. Gorman, a venerable anchorite, 
died. Hugh O'Connor made a great prey in 
Meath, called the prey of May.” [Cpeae na 
Sealleaine.} “Gillepatrick, king of Ossorie, 
died of grief."— Ann. Clon. 

i Aedh Ua Foirreidh.—' This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum., 
p. 298: 

* A. D. 1056. Beatus Aidus Hua Foirreth, 
Archischolasticus, seu supremus moderator Schola 


870 ANNAA giosghachca EIREANN. 


[1056. 


ru eppcop Opoa Macha oécc an c(énamaó Calamn oécc vo lul ipm cáicc(ó 
bliabam p(chemóbac a aor: amail apb(pap, 


Ro ceachc por nem cem po main 
Cleo Ua Poipphd an cpaoi pean, 
hi ceatpamad oécc Calamn luil 
Cuioh an ceppcop cium ap ceal. 


Cécparo, cmo cnabard Muman, naerm,'eccnaró poinée vég ma olitpe hi 
bop mop. Plano Mampepeach, p(plérgmo Illampepeach 6íice, paoi (gna 
nGaoweal, hi lérgionn, 4 hi pénéup, 4 hi. piibeaéc, 7 1 naipé(cal vo écc an 
cltpamad Calamn vo Oecembep, amail apbeapop, 


Plano a ppiméill 6ínci bino, 
Rind purc a mm émo ap mall, 
Th pur proe. puífofp lino, 
Ciugpuí cípe cpí pmo Plano. 


Oargpe Ua Oubacán, anmcana Cluana, vég 1 nlino vá locha. Suibne 
Ua n€ocain, aipcmveach C(pmamn Feichín, Cacupach, mac Ginpgapbám, 
comapba Cammg hi cCiannaccaib, Maolpinoén mac Cumn na móocc, ača 
Chopmaic, comapba Chiapám, vég, 1. Maolpmoen, mac Cumn, mc lopeph, 
mic Donnchada, mic Ounaóarg, mic €icceapcaig, mic Luaċam, mic Cogam, 
mic Codagain, mic Conbarg, mc Hopman, oo Uib Ceallang ópeag. Ecpu, 
mac Lapada, corpeach Monach, cup opocim. Ulaó, vég rap noergb(&ano. 
Mupchad, mac Orapmaoa, cigfpna Larg, oo Sénam cpeice meabla pon 
Laogaib Teampach, conup cáppaó cig(pma Caogape, co po lá a nap. 
Oonmnall Ua Cfnacham, mac an Guice, vo manbad vo Choncoban Ua Mao- 
Uchlamn. Cpích la Niall mac Maoileachlainn pop Ohal nApawe; co ccucc 


Ardmachane, et Episcopus Ardmachanus xiv. 
Calend. Julii, anno ætatis septuagessimo quinto, 
ordormivit in Domino. Non numeratur tamen 
in alio Catalogo Primatum. Unde videtur so- 
lum Dubdalethi ante ipsum instituti Archiepis- 
copi, et adhuc viventis, fuisse suffraganeus. 
Extat ibidem ejus Epitaphium versibus Hiber- 
nicis hunc sensus exhibentibus : 


“ Magna extitit fame quamdiù vixit, Aidus Hua 
Foirreth, Senior egregius, 

Decimo quarto Calendas Julii migravit hic mo- 

destus Episcopus ad cælum,” 

* Flann-Mainistreach : i.e. Flann of the Mo- 
nastery, i.e. of Monasterboice, in the county of 
Louth.—See note‘, under A. D. 432, p.131, sup. 

! Successor of Cainneach in Cianachta: i. e. 


s 


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1056.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 871 


guished Bishop of Ard-Macha, died on the 14th of the Calends of July, in the 
seventy-fifth year of his age, as is said : 


Of brilliant fame while he lived was 
Aedh O'Foirreidh the aged sage; 

On the fourteenth of the Calends of July, 
This mild bishop passed to heaven. 


Cetfaidh, head of the piety of Munster, a wise and learned saint, died on his 
pilgrimage at Lis-mor. Flann Mainistreach*, lector of Mainistir-Buithe, the 
paragon of the Gaeidhil in wisdom, literature, history, poetry, and science, died 
on the fourteenth of the Calends of December, as is said : 


Flann of the chief church of melodious Buithi, . 
Slow the bright eye of his fine head ; 
Contemplative sage is he who sits with us, 
Last sage of the three lands is fair Flann. 


Daighre Ua Dubhatan, anmchara of Cluain, died atGleann-da-locha. Suibhne . 
Ua n-Eoghain, airchinneach of Tearmann-Feichin ; Cathasach, son of Gearrgar- 
bhan, successor of Cainneach in Cianachta'; and Maelfinnen Mac Cuinn-na- 
mBocht, the father of Cormac, successor of Ciaran, died, i. e. Maelfinnen, son 
of Conn, son of Joseph, son of Donnchadh, son of Dunadhach, son of Egertach, 
son of Luachan, son of Eoghan, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach, son of Gor- 
man, of the Ui-Ceallaigh-Breagh. Etru, son of Labhraidh, chief of Monach, 
pillar of the glory of Ulidia, died, after a good life. Murchadh, son of Diar- 
maid", lord of Leinster, made a treacherous depredation upon the Ui-Laeghaire 
of Teamhair; but the lord of Laeghaire overtook him, and made a slaughter 
of his people. Domhnall Ua Cearnachain, son of the Gott, was slain by Con- 
chobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. A predatory incursion was made by Niall, son of 
Maeleachlainn, upon the Dal-Araidhe; and he carried off two thousand cows 


Abbot of Dromachose, or Termonkenny, in the A. D. 1090 and 1206. 

barony of Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. ™ Murchadh, son of Diarmaid.—He was the 
— See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down progenitor after whom the Mac Murroughs of 
and Connor, §c., p. 314, note *; and notes under Leinster took their hereditary surname. 


872 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1057. 


Fiche céo vo buai, q cpí picit do poicc. Cpeach vo deochad Eochaw 
Ua Plaitein adce Noolacc móp 1 Mang nléa, co ccucc cúig céd bó co habamn 
marge hUa£a,] ponácpac na bá occ an abamn,1 po báite occap an c(epachac 


. dí ım Chuilennan mac Ofpccám. Tadg, mac an Cleish Uí Chonċobaip 


do manbad vo Uib Mame. Ruam Ua Gapa, cana Ligne, vo mapbao. 
Cpeach pluargheaó lá Oiapmaro mac Maoil na mbó ipm Mumam, co po 
loipec van mic mnguip, 7 Oenach Céce, 7 van Pupubpám. Olollacaoimsin 
mac Giollacomsartl, | Maolmopda mac mec Paoldn, vo mapbaoh lá Mup- 
chad mac Orapmaoa cpa pell, 7 meabal. Oan, mac Ploinn, cig(pna 
Calpaige, oo manbaoh. 

Gor Cpíope, mile caocca a plche. Mugpon Ua Iflucéin, comanba 
banpe,; uapal eppcop 4 p(pleigmn, vo rhapbao lá lacponoaib vo Chopca 
Car$óe, rap ccóibeaéc 06 ó na 1apmeipge. Robapcach, mac P(noorinaig, | 
comanba Cholaim Chille 7 Clóarnám, 7 Ouboaleice Ua Cionaeda, aipéin- 
neach Concarge, vécc. Niall Ua h€gneachéan, ci5(nna Ceneoil Enda, vo 
mapbaoh lá a cenél péippm. Maolpuanad Ua Póccapea, cig(pna véi- 


^ The River of Magh- Uatha.—In the Annals 
of Ulster the reading is, (bain Mage nlcha, 
ie. the River of Magh-Itha. The principal 
river of this. plain is the Finn, which flows 
through it and unites with the Foyle at Lifford. 

° Dun-Mic-Ninguir—This was probably the 
name of the fort which stood on the hill of 
Down, over Lough Gur, in the county of Lime- 
rick. 

® Oenach-Tete. — Now | Oenach-Urmhumhan, 
anglicè Nenagh, a well-known town in the 
county of Tipperary. 

? Dun-Furudhrain : i.e. Furudhran's or Fo- 
ran's Dun or Fort. Not identified. 

* Gillachaeimhghin : i. e. servant of St. Kevin. 
He was Gillakevin O’Toole, the son of Gilla- 
chomhghaill, who was living in 1041, who was 
son of Donncuan, son of Dunlaing, son of Tua- 
thal, the progenitor of the O’Tooles, who died 
in 956. 

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 


* A. D. 1056. Cahasach mac Girrgarban, 
Coarb of Cainnech in Kyanacht; Cetfa, head 
clearke of Mounster, died. Hugh O’Forrey, 
archlector of Armach, in the 75th yeare of his 
age, in pace quievit. Gormgal, prime soul frend” 
[of Inis-Daircairgren], “plenus dierum in peni- 
tentia pausavit. 'leig O'Conner, the Clearke's 
sonne, killed by O'Mane. Edru mac Lobraa, 
chief monke" [rectà, chief of Monach in Uladh], 
“the most famous tuir ordain” [pillar of the 
glory] “ of Ulster, in penitentia mortuus est. An 
army by Nell mac Melaghlin into Dalnaray, and 
he brought 200 cowes and 60 men captive. 
Gilmura mac Ogan, of Tullagh Oge, Lawgiver, 
died. Flann of Monaster, archlector and chief 
chronicler of Ireland, in vita eterna quievit. 
Lightning appeared and killed three at Disert- 
Tola, and a learned man at Swerts” [Swords], 
“and did breake the great tree. Eochai O’Fla- 
then, with his strength, went to Magh-Itha upon 
Christmas eve, and brought five hundred cowes 
as far as the River of Magh-Itha, and left the 


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1057.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 873 


and sixty persons as prisoners. Eochaidh Ua Flaithen, going upon a predatory 
excursion into Magh-Itha on Christmas night, carried off five hundred cows to 
the river of Magh-Uatha"; and he left the cows at the river, where forty-eight 
persons were drowned, together with Cuilennan, son of Deargan. Tadhg, 
son of the Cleric Ua Conchobhair, was slain by the Ui-Maine. Ruaidhri 
Ua Gadhra, Tanist of Luigne, was slain. A plundering expedition was made 
by Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, into Munster; and he burned Dun-mic- 
Ninguir*, Oenach-Tete?, and Dun-Furudhrain’. Gillachaeimhghin’, son of Gilla- 
chomhghaill, and Maelmordha, grandson of Faelan, were slain by Murchadh, 
son of Diarmaid, through treachery and guile. Odhar, son of Flann, lord of 
Calraighe, died. 1 

The Age of Christ, 1057. Mughron Ua Mutain, successor of Bairre, noble 
bishop and lector, was killed by robbers of the Corca-Laighdhe, after his return 
from vespers. Robhartach, son of Feardomhnach, successor of Colum Cille | 
and Adamnan, and Dubhdalethe Ua Cinaedha, airchinneach of Corcach, died. 
Niall Ua hEigneachain, lord of Cinel-Enda, was killed by his own tribe. Mael- 
ruanaidh Ua Fogarta’, lord of South Eile‘, was slain by Donnchadh, son of 


cowes in the river, and 48 men were drowned, 
with Culennan mac Dergan."— Ann. Ult., Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1056. Murrogh, prince of Lynster, 
and son of king Dermott, made a prey upon the 
race of Lagerie, who by them was pursu'd, and 
a great slaughter made of them, for which cause 
the Meathmen preyed and spoyled all Lynster 
from the mountaine of Slieve Blaume to Clon- 
dolcan, adjoyning to Dublin. Flann Lector, the 
best" [i.e. most] “learned chronicler in these 
parts of the world, died. Odor mac Flyn, 
prince of Callrie, was killed by Swynie O*No- 
gann, Cowarb of the Termyn of Saint Fehyne.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

* 0 Fogarta.—Otherwise writtenO'Fogartaigh, 
and now anglicised Fogarty, without the prefix 
O’. According to O’Heerin’s topographical 
poem, this family is of the race of Eochaidh Ball- 
dearg, king of Thomond in St. Patrick’s time. 

t South Eile.—Now the barony of Eile-Ui Fho- 


gartaigh, anglicé Eliogarty, in the county of 
Tipperary.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, pp. 78, 79, 
note !, 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1057. Nell O'Hegneghan, king of 
Kindred-Enna, a suis occisus est. Dungall O'Dun- 
chaa, king of Eonacht-Cashell, killed by Mur- 
rogh mae Brien, with many others. Finguine 
O'Finguine, heyre of all Mounster, killed by 
Melaghlin O’Bric. Echmarkach O'Kernay, Air- 
chinnech of Dunlehglais, went in pilgrimage. 
An overthrow by Rory O'Ruogan, with the 
Eastians” [Oriors], “upon Gilchrist O'Fael- 
chon and O-Nehach. Maelrony O'Fogartay, 
king of Deskert-Ely, killed by Donogh mac 
Brien. Murtagh O’Tressay, king of Barche, 
mortuus est. Duvdalehe O’Cinaeha, Airchin- 
nech of Cork, and Rovertach mac Donell, Coarb 
of Columbkill, in domino dormierunt. Daniell 
O'Ruairk killed by Donell mac Maelruany, 


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874 ANNAA gioghachca EMEANN. [1058. 


cept Ele, oo mapbaó lá Oonnchaoh, mac bpiam. Oungal, mac Micpare 
Uí Oonnchada, cig (na €oganacca, vo apbad co nopumg oile Tmapaon pip. 
Caé eiccin Domnall Ua Tllaolpuanaió, cr&(pna Pep Manach, 7 Oornnall 
Ua Ruane, cigfpna bperpne, ou 1 ccopécip Ua Ruarc, co pocharrbh 
1omoarib ora mumcin maille ppp. Médipcpeach Cuigne lá hod Ua cCon- 
cobain. Qp Ua mópmím oo con oo Choncobap Ua Maoileachlumn aş 
cabaint cpeċe ooib camp 1 nOeap Cargmb. Ounchad Ua Oonnchada, 
asfina Chanypil, oo mapbao. 

Corp Crore, mile caocca a hochc. Colmán Ua hOineachcang, cornapba 
Comgall 6fnocaip, Maolpmnéin Ua Guarpe, angcoipe Oarinpi,1 Maoliora 
Ua Plamnéua, ppuié phó Imleacha luba, vécc. Iml(ch lubam oo lop- 
ccaó co lém eiccip oammliace 1 cloicteach. Cach Sléibe Cpoc ap lopecad 
Cums lá Orapmaro mac Maoil na mbó pon Oonnchaó mac mbmam, 1 
cconcain Cappe Ua Liogoa, aipcmoeach Imleacha lubaip, 7 píogbapoán, 
mac Concóipne, tis fpna Ele,  opongs món oie cénmozónopibe. OHallbnac 
Ua Cfhbaill, mosdarnna Thinach, oo mapbad lá Conéoban Ua Maoileach- 
lamn, cpé meabail. Claideb Carilopa 7 mépan do pévaib anétna vo peit 
oo mac Maol na mbó na mad pin, ap po bof a ccomaipce pmip. Ceallach, 
mac Mumpeccnn, ci&tpna Ua Mic Uap pls, vécc. Sgnín Cholaim Chille 
vo onccain vo naib Ceacba 1 Caipbni,3 po éupp(c pip Made áp ph Ceacba 
7 Capp, ma víogal. 

Coir Cpíopc, mile caocca a nao. hUa Loncain, abb Cille hachar, oécc. 
Oomnall Oéipeach, eccnad 4 anccoipe, oécc. Oomnall mac Coboprpa, 


king of Fermanach.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year and 
the year 1058. 

> Ua Guaire.—Now anglicised Gorey, with- 
out the prefix Ua or ©’. 

* Daimhliag : i.e. the great stone church. 

* Cloictheach : i. e. the Round Tower Belfry, 
which was a separate building from the Daimh- 
liag. 

7 Sliabh-Crot. —Now Mount-Grud, in the 
townland of Cappa-Uniae, parish of Killardry, 
barony of Clanwilliam, and county of Tipperary. 
The fort and castle of Dun-gCrot are situated at 


the foot of this mountain, in the Glen of Aher- 
lagh. 

* Ua Lighda.—Now anglicised Liddy, without 
the prefix Ua or ©’. 

* Righbhardan.—He was Righbhardan, or 
Riordan O’Carroll, chief of Ely O'Carroll. His 
father, Cucoirne, was the son of Maenach, who 
was son of Cearbhall, the progenitor after whom 
the O'Carrolls of Ely O’Carroll took their here- 
ditary surname, who was the twentieth in de- 
scent from Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll 
Olum, king of Munster. 

^ Gallbrat Ua Cearbhaill.—This would now be 


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1058] - ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 875 


Brian. Dunghal, son of Macraith Ua Dunchadha, lord of Eoghanacht, was 
slain, with a party of others along with him. A battle between Domhnall 
Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Feara-Manach, and Domhnall Ua Ruaire, lord of 
Breifne, wherein O'Ruairc fell, and many of his people along with him. A 
great plundering of Luighne was made by Aedh Ua Conchobhair. A slaughter 
was made of the Ui-Briuin by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, as they were 
bringing a prey from South Leinster by him [i. e. through his territory]. Dun- 
chadh Ua Donnchadha, lord of Caiseal, was killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1058. Colman Ua h-Aireachtaigh, successor of Comh- 
ghall of Beannchair; Maelfinnen Ua Guaire“, anchorite of Daimhinis; and 
Maelisa Ua Flainnchua, a learned senior of Imleach-Ibhair, died. Imleach- 
Ibhair was totally burned, both Daimhliag" and Cloictheach*. After the burning 
of Luimneach, the battle of Sliabh-Crot? was gained by Diarmaid Mac Mael- 
na-mbo over Donnchadh, son of Brian, wherein fell Cairbre Ua Lighda’, airchin- 
neach of Imleach-Ibhair ; Righbhardan*, son of Cucoirne, lord of Eile; and a 
great number of others besides them. Gallbrat Ua Cearbhaill’, royal heir of 
Teamhair, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, by treachery. The 
sword of Carlus and many other precious things were obtained by the son of 
Mael-na-mbo for him, for he was the security for him. Ceallach, son of Muirea- 
gan, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh, died. Scrin-Choluim-Chille was plundered 
by the men of Teathbha ; and the men of Meath made a slaughter of the men 
of Teathbha and Cairbre, in revenge thereof. 

The Age of Christ, 1059. Ua Lorcain, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, died. 
Domhnall Deiseach, wise man and anchorite, died. Domhnall, son of Eodhas, 


anglicised Galbraith O’Carroll. This sept was * A, D. 1058. Imlech-Ivair all burnt, both 


of the south Ui-Neill race, and not a branch of 
the O'Carrolls of Ely O'Carroll. 

* The sword of Carlus.—This sword was car- 
ried off from the Danes of Dublin, in the year 
994, by King Maelseachlainn II., in whose pos- 
session it remained for some time; but it would 
appear to have been recovered by the Danes in 
the beginning of the next century, for it was 
forced from them soon after. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 


Daimliag and steeple. Lulach mac Gillcom- 
gain, Archking of Scotland, killed by Maelco- 
lumb mac Donncha in battle. The overthrow 
of Mountaine Crott by Dermot mac Mailnamo, 
upon Donogh mac Brien, where Carbry O'Lig- 
day, Airchinnech of Imleach Ivair, was slayne, 
and Ribardan mac Concorne, king of Ely, and 
many others. Galwrat O’Carroll, heire of Ta- 
rach, mortuus est. Colman O’Hairectai, Coarb 
of Comgall; O’Flancua, Airchinnech of Imleach 
Ivair, in pace quieverunt. Mac Bethai mac Fin- 


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876 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1059. 


eipemoeach Mamptpech bie, Cneiplup, mac Urbi, amémofch Lupeca, 
Eochaid Ua Cionaeda, aipémneac Ata Thum, Conamg Ua Fainceallang, 
aipcimeach Onoma Ufeain, comapba Tflaeóócc la Connachta q Cargnu, 
[oécc]. Conn na mbocht opoan 4 aipeachup Cluana mic Noip, décc wap 
phhoacag. Niall Ua Maoloonaw, cis fina Ceneoil Conall, oécc lan noerg- 
Blcha, 1ap naiémge ma éampmeeccaib,1 peaccoibh. Cleduan Ua Ouboa, 
cisfpna Ua nOmalgada, oo mapbao lá a cenél perp. Catal, mac. Tis {n- 
nam, mic. Néll, mic eda, cigna Opt Connaéc, vo hanbad lá hos 
Ua Ruane. Ouapcán Ua h€agpa, agsfpna Ceópa Slomnce Luigne, vo map- 
bad. Tomalcach Ua Maoilöpenamn, cig(pna. Shil Muipeavhang, Maol- 
réchlaimn Ua bpc, 2. ci$(pna. na nOéipi, 0 mucad m uam lá Maolpfchlamno 
mac Hiollabmigoe, mac Paolám. Congalach Ua Riacccm, pigoamna Tím- 
pach, oo manbad lá Munchad mac Oianmava. Slollacaoimsin, mac Slolla- 
comgaill, mogóamna Cargén, 1 Maolmépda, mac mic Paolám, oo manbad 
oo Mhupchad, mac Orapmaoa cpé péll 7 meatal. Ruan Ua Gadpa 
vamna ciġfpna Cuigne [décc]. Cpeach la Mhaolpeachlainn Ua Mavadain 
1 nQinteanaib, co pug cm ééo bó,7 co po mapb Grollamuipe, mac Cineécanrs, 
cigfpna Clomne Sionaich. Cpfch la hApogan Mac Lachlan, oo Chenél 
€ogam 1 nOal pawe, co ccucpac boporna móp,] od ċéod ecip mapbao, 7 
engabái. Mac bmain vo dul : cech Coda Uf Chonéobain co ccucc 
apap 06. Maidm ma cConéoban Ua Maorleachlamn, ciseanna Mide, pon 


loich, Archking of Scotland, killed by Maelco- 
lumb mac Donncha in battle."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* In Connaught and Leinster.—St. Maedhog’s 
successor in Connaught was the abbot of Drum- 
lane, in the now county of Cavan, which was 
then a part of Connaught; and his successor in 
Leinster was the Bishop of Ferns.—See note », 
under A. D. 1172. 

* Ui-Amhalghadha: i.e. the inhabitants of 
the barony of Tirawley, in the county of Mayo. 

* Ua Maelbhrenainn.—Now anglicised Mulre- 
nin, without the prefix Ua or O’. This is the 
only member of the O'Mulrenin family that 
ever became chief of all the Ui-Muireadhaigh.— 


See note !, under A. D. 700, p. 301, suprà. 

* Gillacomhghaill.—This is a repetition. See 
this entry already given under the year 1056. 

^ Ruaidhri Ua Gadhra.—This would be now 
anglicised Rory or Roderic O’Gara. 

The Annals of Ulster and those of Clonmac- 
noise record the following events under this 
year: 

“ A. D. 1059. Maelsechlinn O’Madagain came 
with his force into the East" [Orior], *and 
carried 300 cowes, ora few more, and killed 
Gilmurre minion of Children-Sinay” [muine 
Clomni Sinaig]. * Maelsechlinn O’Brick smo- 
thered in a cave by Maelsechlinn O'Faelain. 
Hugh O'Duvday, king of O-nAvalgai, a ‘swis : 


1059.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 877 


airchinneach of Mainistir-Buithi; Aneslis, son of Odhar, airchinneach of Lusca; 
Eochaidh Ua Cinaedh, airchinneach of Ath-Truim ; Conaing Ua Faircheallaigh, 
airchinneach of Druim-leathan, successor of Maedhog in Connaughtand Leinster’, 
[died]. Conn-na-mBocht, the glory and dignity of Cluain-mic-Nois, died at an 
advanced age. Niall Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died after a good 
life, and after penance for his transgressions and sins. Aedhvar Ua Dubhda, 
lord of Ui-Amhalghadha', was slain by his own tribe. Cathal, son of Tighear- 
nan, son of Niall, son of Aedh, lord of East Connaught, was slain by Aedh 
Ua Ruairc. Duarcan Ua hEaghra, lord of the Three Tribes of Luighne, was 
killed. Tomaltach Ua Maelbhrenainn’, lord of Sil-Muireadhaigh, and Maelseach- 
lainn Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, were smothered in a cave by Maelseachlainn, 
son of Gillabrighde, son of Faelan. Conghalach Ua Riagain, royal heir of 
Teamhair, was slain by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid. Gillacaeimhghin, son of 
Gillacomhgaill*, royal heir of Leinster, and Maelmordha, 'grandson of Faelan, 
were slain by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, by treachery and guile. Ruaidhri 
Ua Gadhra", heir to the lordship of Luighne, died. A predatory excursion was 
made by Maelseachlainn Ua Madadhain into Airtheara [Oriors]; and he carried 
off three hundred cows, and slew Gillamuire Mac Aireachtaigh, lord of Clann- 
Sinaich. A predatory excursion was made by Ardghar Mac Lachlainn, [one] 
of the Cinel-Eoghain, into Dal-Araidhe; and he carried off a great cattle spoil, 
and killed or captured two hundred persons. The son of Brian [Borumha] 
went into the house of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, and tendered his submission to 
him. . A victory was gained by Conchobhair Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Meath, 


occisus est. An army by Artgar mac Lochlainn 


of Kindred-Owen into Dalarai, and he brought ' 


a great prey, and 200 men were killed and taken 
by him. Cahall mac Tiernan, king of West Con- 
naght ; Congalach O’Riegan, heire of Tarach ; 
Duarcan O'Hagra, king of Luigne" [ Gillacoev- 
gin, son of Gillacomgaill, royal heyre of Lein- 
ster, a suis]; ** Gildomangart O'Conchaille, king 
of O'Niallan ; Muireach O'Flainn, king of Tur- 
try; Tomaltach O'Maelbrenan, chief of Sil, or 
posterity of Mureay, mortui sunt. Donell mac 


Oaesa, Airchinnech of Manister; Eocha O'Ci- . 


naeha, Airchinnech of Trim; Aneslis Mac Uvir, 


Airchinneach of Lusk ; Conaing O'Fairchellay, 
Airchinnech of Drumlehan, mortui sunt."— 
Ann. Ult., Con. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 1059. Neale O'Moyledorie, prince of 
Tyrconnell, died. There arose great contention 
and warrs between Meathmen and Lynstermen 
this year that there were many slain of the 
Lynstermen's side. Connor O' Melaghlyn, prince 
of Taragh, gave a great overthrow to Murrogh 
mac Dermott, king of the Danes. There was 
another overthrowe given to the Lynstermen in 
Dorowe the same day by the miracles of Saint 
Columbkill.””—Ann. Clon. 


moles i aa tans 
> 


Ty wwe, 


—— <=. n. PUN > Pa ACC ONE PO 


878 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. [1060. 


Mhupchad, mac Orapmaoa mic Maoil na mbó, cig (mna Gall, 041 cconcpavap 
fle, 4 naíneaoó pon Laigmb 1 nOeapmaig Cholaim Chille ipm ló éeona co po 
lad a náp ema proncai’ O€ 7 Cholaim Chille. Meap mép po Emmo an 
bliadan pe. Coccad móp eip Cargmib 7 Mideacharb, 7 concpaoap fle ó 
Laigmb ann im Muipcfpcach mac nOalbag mic Maolpuana. 

Qoi Chiorc, mile p(pcca. Maolcianéin Ua Robocam, aimemoeach 
Supo Colum Chille, 4 All Ua ITlaolérapam, aipémneach €ccailpi bicce, 
décc. Ceananoup oo lopccaó wle cigi c(mplaib. | Lopecaó Cercgumne 50 
léin cn mo ta an veinteach. hele, 7 hUi Popgga oo eiachcain pon cneich 
50 Cluam me Noy, co puccpac gabail o Chpoip na repeaptpa, 7 co po 
mapbpac vip i. Mac leigunn 1 laoc. Ro gpeip Dia 4 Cianan Oelbna, co 
na cis (pna, a. Coo Ua Ruane, ma noeaoharo, 7 po bmpple poppa, 4 po laip(c 
anáp 1m canary: Ua Popggo, erppde po mapbh an mac Lerginv. Rangaccan 
Oealbna cpat ense ap na bápach sup an ngabaal leó gur an ionad ap a 
puccao. Munchad, mac Otrapmaoa, oo dol 1 ITlanamn, co ccucc cám eipoe, 
7 co po bmp ap mac Ragnall. Plancb(pcach Ua Ceallorg, eiz (pna ong, 
oécc ma oiliéne.  CInoaó Ua Loclaino, ci&(qma Concumdpuad, oo écc. 

Qor Cpíope, mile pfpeca a haon. Mumeadach Ua Maolcolinm, antin- 
neach Ooie, Maolcoluim Ua Lomgpis, raoi 4 raganc Cluana mic Nói, 
Cianan, pipleisino C (nannpa, eccnad ofppeangte, Tiġlpnach boincec Ano 


i Ua Maelchiarain.—Now anglicised Mulhern, 
without the prefix Ua or O. Erard Mac Coisi, 
in his elegy on the death of Fearghal O’Ruaire, 
refers to the house of O’Maelchiarain as being 


garty, in the same county. 

^ Manann.—Now the Isle of Man. The An- 
nals of Tighernach also record this expedition 
of the ancestor of the Mac Murroughs. 


not far from the Grave of Fearghal at Clonmac- 
noise; and adds that it was a habitation which 
admitted no guests in the evening. 

* Cros-na-screaptra.—This was the name of 
the great stone cross still standing near the 
west end of the cathedral church of Clonmac- 
noise.—See Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, 
pp. 268, 269, 270. 

! Ui-Forgga.—Called Ui Focertai in the An- 
nals of Tighernach at this year. The Ui Forgga 
were seated near Ardcrony, about four miles 
north of Nenagh, in the county of Tipperary. 
The Ui-Focertai were the O'Fogartys of Elio- 


? Corcumdhruadh.—This name is now written 
Corcomroe, which is a barony in the west of the 
county of Clare; but the territory of this name 
was originally coextensive with the diocese of 
Kilfenora. 

The Annals ofUlsterand those of Clonmacnoise 
record the following events under this year: 

** A. D. 1060. Great strife in Ardmach be- 
tween Cumascach O'Herogan and Duvdalethe 
about the Abbacy. All Kells with" [its] 
“ Doimliag burnt. Leighlin all burnt beside the: 
relique" [recté, except the oratory]. ‘ Daniel 
Desech” [i. e. of Desies or the Desian], ‘chief 


1060.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 879 


over Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of the foreigners, 
wherein many were slain; and the Leinstermen were defeated on the same day 
at Dearmhach-Choluim-Chille, through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille. 
Great fruit throughout Ireland in this year. A great war between the Lein- 
stermen and Meathmen, during which many of the Leinstermen were slain, 
together with Muircheartach, son of Dalbhach, son of Maelruanaidh. 

The Age of Christ, 1060. Maelchiarain Ua Robhachain, airchinneach of 
Sord-Choluim-Chille; and Ailill Ua Maelchiarain!, airchinneach of Eaglais-Beg 
[at Cluain-mie-Nois], died. Ceanannus was all burned, both houses and 
churches. Leithghlinn was all burned, except the oratory. The Eli and 
Ui-Forgga came upon a predatory excursion to Cluain-mie-Nois ; and they took 
prisoners from Cros-na-screaptra*, and killed two persons, i. e. a student and a 
layman. God and Ciaran incited the Dealbhna, with their lord, i. e. Aedh 
Ua Ruairc, to go in pursuit of them ; and they defeated and slaughtered them, 
killing, among others, the Tanist of Ui-Forgga, who had slain the student. 
The Dealbhna arrived at rising-time on the following morning, bringing the 
prisoners to the place whence they had been taken. Murchadh, son of Diar- 
maid, went to Manann”, and carried tribute from thence, and defeated the son 
of Raghnall. Flaithbheartach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, died on his pil- 
grimage. Annadh Ua Lochlainn, lord of Coreumdhruadb", died. 

The Age of Christ, 1061. Muireadhach Ua Maelcoluim, airchinneach of 
Doire ; Maelcoluim Ua Loingsigh, a learned man and priest of Cluain-mic-Nois ; 
Ciaran, lector of Ceanannus, a distinguished sage; Tighearnach Boircheach’, 


soule-frend” (CInméapa, i. e. spiritual adviser] 
“of Ireland, and Con-na-mboght, .i. of the poore, 
in Clonmienoise, ad Christum vocati sunt. Mael- 
kiaran O’Robucan, Airchinnech of Swerts” 
[Swords], “mortuus est. Murtagh mac Gilfu- 
larty, heire of Desies, killed. A dispersion of 
the Galenges and Carbryes by the men of 
Bregh, viz., by Leochan mac Maelan. Flannagan 
O’ Kelly, king of Bregh, died in his pilgrimage.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“ A. D. 1060. They of Ely O’Karoll and 
O'Forga came to prey Clonvicknose, and tooke 
certaine captives from the place called Crosse- 


na-skreaptra, and killed two there, a layman 
and a spirituall; whereupon the clergy of Clone 
incited these of Delvyn-Beathra, with their 
king, Hugh O'Royrck, in their pursuite, who 
gave them an overthrow, and quite discomfitted 
them, and killed the prince of O’Forga, that be- 
fore killed the spirituall man, and also brought 
their captives the next day back again to the 
place from whence they were so conveighed.”— 
Ann. Clon. 

° Boircheach: i.e. of Beanna-Boirche moun- 
tains, near the source of the Upper Bann, in the 
county of Down. 


Saat? ee ee ae ee ee 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


880 [1062. 


anmcapa Epeann, angcoine, 7 comanba Pinnem, 7 Maolbpigoe mac an go- 
bann, oécc vo plérgh. Occán Ua Coppmacan, e:pémoeach Inpi Cumpepaib, 
q Conamg poppoipémoeach Apoa Macha, oécc. Oomnall Ua Maoloonawd 
vo mapbao lá Ruawp Ua Canannám 1 ccaé. Cóulaó mac Congalag, 
cisfina Uaccain tipe, oécc 1ap oergbfchaio. Niall, mac Maolp(chlainn, 
ci&(mna Oilig, véce. Sloiccead la hOloó Ua Concobaip a. an ha b(pnaig, co 
Cn copad, go po bmp an oánaió,7 co po munad an cioppac lap, po €ocoié 
a of bnaccán, 4 po loipe Cill Dalua bedp. Muinneip Mupchada vo zabal 


. pon Loch Oipbpí(n, co po aicpíogpac Cod Ua Concobap. Maidm Glinne 


Paccpaicc pa nob Ua Concobaip pop lantai Connaéc, m po mudangic ile 
ım Ruadp Ua Plaicbeapcoig, cigfpna lantain Connaéc, 7 po viclnoad é, 
7] puccad a ceann co Cpuacham Chonnaéc 1ap ppaomead pop mac Cloda mic 
Ruadp. lno dá locha vo lopccab cona efmplarb. Plann Ua Ceallagz, 
adban ci$(mma Opeag, oo mapnbad oo na Saiémb. Gamit Ua Catapaicch, 
ci$(pna Onls, véce. Mac Mic Oángail, eig(pna Ua mópiáim Chualann, 
décc. Mac Maoil na mbó pi Lash 4 Gall vo Sul im Muman 1m Samar, 
50 po la oeapgáp pn Muman ipm Cnamcoll,7 go po loipe maéaipe na 
Muman eccip iġib, 7 apbap. 

Qoip Cpíopc, mile plpcca a oó. Giolla Cpíopc Ua Tllaolooparo, cor- 
apba Cholaim Chille eccip Epinn 7 Albam, Maolpuancad Ua Oaigpe, ppi 
anmcana Tuaipeerpe Epeann, 7 Mupnchad Ua Lawdgnén, aipcinneach Pfpna, 


? Inis- Cumhscraigh.—N ow Inishcourcey, near 
Saul, in the barony of Lecale, and county of 
Down.—See note under the year 1001. 

3 Aedh an Gha-bhearnaigh : i.e. Hugh of the 
Broken Spear. 

* Muintir-Murchadha.—This was the tribe- 
name of the O'Flahertys and their followers, 
who were at this period seated in the barony of 
Clare, on the east side of Loch Oirbsean, or 
Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway.—See 
Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's West Con- 
naught, p. 367. 

* Gleann-Phadraig: i.e. Patrick's glen or 
valley. Not identified. 

t Cruachain in Connaught. —Now Ratheroghan, 
in the county of Roscommon. 


* Cnamhchoill.—A. celebrated place situated 
about one mile east of the town of Tipperary.— 
See it referred to at A. D. 1560, 1582, and 
1600. 

Y The plain of Munster. —'"This, which is other- 
wise called the Great Plain of Munster, is situ- 
ated in the present county of Tipperary, and is 
bounded on the north by the Abhainn Og- 
Cathbhadha (Owenogoffey), near Nenagh, and 
extends thence to the Galty mountains. 

The Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 

** A. D. 1061. Mureach O’Maelcolumb, Air- 
chinnech of Daire; Kiaran best learned of Ire- 
land; Ogan O'Cormagan, Airchinnech of Iland 
Cosgray; Tiernach Barkegh, Coarb of Finnen, 


1062.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 881 


chief anmchara of Ireland, anchorite, and successor of Finnen ; and Maelbrighde 
Mac-an-Ghobhann, died of the plague. Ogan Ua Cormacain, airchinneach of 
Inis-Cumscraigh?; and Conaing, fossairchinneach of Ard-Macha, died. Domh- 
nall Ua Maeldoraidh was slain by Ruaidhri Ua Canannain in a battle. Cu- 
Uladh, son of Conghalach, lord of Uachtar-thire, died after a good life. Niall, 
son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Oileach, died. An army was led by Aedh an 
Gha-bhearnaigh* Ua Conchobhair to Ceann-coradh [Kincora]; and he demo- 
lished the fortress, and destroyed the enclosing wall of the well, and eat its two 
salmons, and also burned Cill-Dalua. The Muintir-Murchadha’ invaded Loch 
Oirbsean, and deposed Aedh Ua Conchobhair. The victory of Gleann-Pha- 
draig* was gained by Aedh Ua Conchobhair over [the people of] West Con- 
naught, where many were slain, together with Ruaidhri. O'Flaithbheartaigh, 
lord of West Connaught, was beheaded, and his head was carried to Crua- 
chain in Connaught', after the son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, had been defeated. 
Gleann-da-locha was burned, with its churches. Flann Ua Ceallaigh, heir to 
the lordships of Breagha, was slain by the Saithni. Gairbhith Ua Cathasaigh, 
lord of Breagha, died. The son of Mac Dunghail, lord of Ui-Briuin-Chualann, 
died. 'The son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of Leinster and of the foreigners, pro- 
ceeded into Munster about Allhallowtide, and made a bloody slaughter of the 
Munstermen at Cnamh-choill", and burned the plain of Munster", both houses 
and corn. 

The Age of Christ, 1062. Gillachrist Ua Maeldoraidh, successor of.Colum- 
Cille both in Ireland and Alba ; Maelruanaidh Ua Daighre’*, chief anmchara of 
the north of Ireland ; and Murchadh Ua Laidhgnen’, airchinneach of Fearna, 


and chief soul-frend” [anméana, synhedrus] **of 
Ireland; Conaing mac Innavair, Sub-Airchin- 


nech of Ardmach, in penitentia quieverunt. Donell, 


O’Maeldoray killed by Rory O'Canannan in 
battle. Garvie O'Cahasay, king of Bregh; 
Cu-Ulah mac Congalay, king of Uochtar-thire, 
in penitentia mortui sunt. Nell mac Maelsech- 
lainn, king of Ailech, mortuus est. An army by 
Hugh O'Connor into Cenncora, that he broke 
the kingly citie, and filled up the well there.” 
[Gleann-da-locha was totally burnt].—Ann. 
Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


* A. D. 1061. Hugh O’Rowrcke, prince of 
Delvyn, was treacherously killed. Hugh O'Con- 
nor, king of Connought, broke down the manour 
house of King Bryan Borowe in Kyncoroe, burnt 
Killaloe, and also did eat the two salmons that 
were in the King's Fountain or Fishponde there. 
Keyran, Lector of Kells, died.”—Ann. Clon. 

* Ua Daighre.— Now generally anglicised 
Deery or Derry, without the prefix Ua or O’, 
in the north of Ireland. 

* Q'Laidhgnen. — Now anglicised Lynam 
throughout Leinster. 


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882 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1063. 


décc. Catpaomead pé nOLooh an Sha beapnaig hUa Conéobaip pop mac 
Ruaidm, m po mapbao occmogac oo Clomn Chopcparg. Tadgs, mac Coda 
Uf Concobarn, 00 manbad lá mac Aoda mic Ruaiópi, 7 la hlapéap Connacc, 
Cpeach la hApogan mac Coclamn 1 coicceaó Connacht, co ccuccpac pé 
mile oo buaib 1 mile oo pairc. Oonncuan Ua ITlacamne vo mapbao la 
Órollaciapáin Ua Tlacharnen, cigla Tlugóopn. Ruaidm, mac Concaipge, 
canaii P(pnmairge, oo manbad vo mac Néill Uí Ruane. O1apmaro, mac 
Mupchada co Largmb vo dol oon ITlumam, co po loipcc Lumneac 4 On na 
Cnapcapta, oia noebpaoh, 


Rangaccap Laigin Cuimn(ch, 

Na oagpin o Opuim oaipbp(ch, 
Ro paccpac ann an pluag puips(ch 
Luimneach na gual gann saimmeac. 


Niall mac Eochada, pi Ulad, 7 a mac Eochas mac Néill mic €ochaóa, 
piosdamna an Cuiccid, décc m lo Nouembip oia oapoam. 

oir Cpíope, mile plpeca a tpi. Cionaoó, mac Chéip, espémneach Lip 
mom Mocuva, Eochaw Ua Oallam, apcimneach Convene, 4 Mavudan 
Ua Célecan, pmo Apoa Macha, vécc. Ceallach Ua Caor, eccna 3 
angcoine, décc. Ua Mhadacain, plég vo mumcip Cluana mic Nop, 7 
mac Oonngail peplerginn Cille vapa, vécc. Conamz Ua h€agna, r(plerginn 


Cluana mic Nóip, décc.  Gopmlane, 


* The son of Ruaidhri: i. e. of Ruaidhri, Rory, 
or Roderic O'Flaherty. 

* Clann-Chosgraigh : i. e. the race or progeny 
of Cosgrach; a sept of the Ui-Briuin-Seola, 
seated east of Galway Bay, of whom, after the 
establishment of surnames, Mac Aedha (now 
anglicó Mac Hugh) was the chief family.— 
“Siol mac Cloda d0’n caob £oip ap. Cloinn 
clánpaipping Chopgpaíg, i.e. the family of 
Mac Aedha on the east side? [i.e. of Gno-mor 
and Gno-beg] **over the Clann-Cosgraigh of 
the wide plain."— OQ" Dugan. 

> Dun-na-Trapcharla.—There is no place now 
bearing this name near Luimneach, or the city 
of Limerick. It may have been the ancient 


mfn Catal mic Ruaiopi, décc ma 


name of Doon, near Pallasgrean, in the county 
of Limerick. 

* Druim-dairbhreach : i.e. Oak-hill, now un- 
known. 

The Annals of Ulster and of Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year : 

“A. D. 1062. Rory O'Flatherty, king of 
West Connaught, killed by Hugh O'Connor in 
battle. Gilchrist O'Maeldoray, Coarb of Co- 
lumbkill in Ireland and Scotland; Mailruan 
O’Daigry, chief soule-frend” [anméapa, synhe- 
drus] “of Ireland, in Christo dormierunt. Teig 
mac Hugh O'Connor killed by Kindred-Cos- 
gray, .. by West Connaght, per dolum. An 
army by Artgar mac Lochlainn into Connaght, 


1063.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 883 


died. A battle was gained by Aedh an Gha-bhearnaigh Ua Conchobhair over 
the son of Ruaidhri’, wherein eighty of the Clann-Choscraigh* were slain. 
Tadhg, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, was slain by the son of Aedh, son of 
Ruaidhri, and [the people of] West Connaught. A plundering excursion was 
made by Ardghar Mac Lochlainn into the province of Connaught, whence he 
carried off six thousand cows and one thousand prisoners. Donncuan was slain 
by Gillachiarain Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna-Ruaidhri, son of Cucairrge, 
Tanist of Fearnmhagh, was slain by the son of Niall Ua Ruairc. Diarmaid, son 
of Murchadh, with the Leinstermen, proceeded into Munster, and burned 
Luimneach and Dun-na-Trapcharla*; of which was said : 


The Leinstermen came to Luimneach, 
The good men of Druim-dairbhreach'; 
The stately host left Luimneach 

One heap of sand-like coal. 


Niall, son of Eochaidh, King of Ulidia, and his son, Eochaidh, son of Neill, 
son of Eochaidh, royal heir of the province, died on Thursday, the Ides of 
September. | 

The Age of Christ, 1063. Cinaedh, son of Aicher, airchinneach of Lis- 
mor-Mochuda; Eochaidh Ua Dallain, airchinneach of Coindere; and Madudhan 
Ua Ceileachain, Prior of Ard-Macha, died. Ceallach Ua Caeimh*, wise man 
and anchorite, died. Ua Miadhachain’, lector of the family of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, and Mac Donghail, lector of Cill-dara, died. Conaing Ua hEaghra, 
lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Gormlaith, daughter of Cathal, son of 


from whence they brought 6000 of cowes” [ui 
mile oo buaib] “and 1000 of men. Doncuan 
O’Machyen killed by Gilkieran O’Machainen, 
king of Mogurn. Eocha mac Nell mie Eocha, 
heire of the fifth of Ireland, and Eocha O'Lai- 
then, king of Kindred-Duvtire, im penitentia 
mortui sunt. Rory mac Concargie, heire of 
Fernvai, killed by Nell O’Rourk’s sonne."— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D..1062. Prince Teig mac Hugh O'Con- 
nor was treacherously by the O'Flathvertyes 
slain. Neale mac Eochie, king of Ulster, and 


his son, died. Gillaerrie O'Moylemihie, a rich 
young prince of all Ireland, died. Lymbrick 
was burnt by king Dermott mac Moylenemo, 
and by Terence or Turlough O'Bryan."— Ann. 
Clon. : 
à Ua Caeimh.—Now anglicised O’Keeffe, and 
sometimes Keeffe, without the prefix O’. This 
family descends.from Art Caemh, who was son 
of Finguine, King of Munster, who was slain in 
the year 902. 

* Ua Miadhachain.—Now always anglicised 
Meehan, without the prefix Ua or O’. 


bu2 


884 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1063. 


holitpe m Apo Macha. Catal mac Oonnchaóa, ciz(ima Ua nEachach 


Murman a. cig(ina Raiélinne oo mapbao lá a mac péipm a. an Pionnphiilech. 


Ciomlis Ua Cam, cig(mna Pp Cf, vécc. Maolp(chtainn Ua Mauda, 
níogoamna Oilig, oo mapbao la Cenél cConaill. Grollaeppat Ua Maol- 
michi$, oicctig(in na nGaoweal, vécc.  Slóiéc(ó mop la hApogap, .1. mac 
Locluim, ócá lo Sinise man co haptap Curgne, 1 co mua O nmal- 
zab, Tangaccan ciZfpnada Connacc wle ma teach 1m Clod Ua Concobarp, 
q ım od mac Néll 1 Ruaipe, 7 ım mac Aint 1 Ruame. Uaim alla sence 
1cCfha oo togail vo Conmaicmb pop munem Ui Chonéobain Coda, 7 po 
mücca occ picic 00 daom mnce,] puccca peócca Convacht eipce. Gum- 
neach oo lopccaó la Compoealbach Ua mbmain, q lá O:apmaicc. mac 
Mail na mbó. Cneagaic J cnuice hi Cangmb, 4 po We ciò po Emn. Cfpcolc 
mon pop moli mm mbliadam, q cepce apba 7 annlomn. Eocha 
Ua hGochada, pi Ulad, décc. Sluaghead lá [O1apmaro] mac Maol na 
mbó 1 Muman, 5o ccangacap maite macaine na Muman ina teag 50 pap- 
gubre gialla occa. Tang mac bhmam 4 Mupchad an pcéc gimp, a mac, 
vo cum Compdealbag Uí Óhmain oia pobaine capeip Orapmaoa, 50 ccapao 
CToinpdealbach mam pop Mupchad go po la áp a mumncipi.. Oo chuaio 
Oapmaro 1apccam ipm Muman go ccug gialla Muman o wisi pooeap go 
Cnoc mbpénamn, go ccug na géll iin 1llárm Compdealbang, a valca. Caoiz- 
peach, mac Paelám 1 Mhopda, eiz(pna Cargipi, vo mapbao. 


f Cathal, son of Donnchadh.—He is the ances- m Came into his house.—' This always means, 
tor of the family of O'Donohoe, who afterwards —** made his submission to him.” 
settled near Lough Leane in Kerry. » The Cave of Alla Gerc.—Now the Cave of 
* Raithlinn.—See note f, under A. D. 903, Aille, in the east of the parish of Aghagower, 


p. 569, suprà. in the barony of Murrisk, and county of Mayo. 


^ The Finnshuileach : i. e. the White-eyed. 

‘ Mac Lochlainn.—He was at this period the 
head of the North Ui-Neill, or King of Aileach. 

* Gleann-Suilighe: i.e. the glen or vale of the 
River Swilly, near the town of Letterkenny, in 
the county of Donegal.—See note », under A. D. 
913, p. 585, supra. 

! The River Muaidh of Ui-Amhalghaidh : i. e. 
the River Moy of Tirawley, in the county of 
Mayo. 


This was formerly a part of the territory of 
Ceara.—See the map to Genealogies, §c., of Hy- 
Fiachrach, and Index, p. 477. 

? Cnoc Brenainn: i.e. St. Brendan's hill, now 
Brandon hill a high mountain in the north of 
the barony of Corcaguiny, and county of Kerry. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“A. D. 1063. Gormlath ny-Cahel mac Rory, 
in her pilgrimage in Armagh, died. Madagan 


1063.] 


Ruaidhri, died on her pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Cathal, son of Donnchadh‘, 
lord of Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, i.e. lord of Raithlinn?, was killed by his own son, 
i.e. the Finnshuileach". Cuduiligh Ua Taidhg, lord of Feara-Li, died. Mael- 
seachlainn Ua Madudhain, royal heir of Oileach, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill. 
Gillaerraith Ua Maelmithigh, a young lord [the most promising] of the Gaeidhil, 
died. A great army was led by Ardgar, i. e. Mac Lochlainn', from Gleann- 
Suilighe* westwards to the west of Luighne, and to the [River] Muaidh of Ui- 
Amhalghaidh'; and all the lords of Connaught came into his house" with Aedh 
Ua Conchobhair, with Aedh, son of Niall Ua Ruaire, and the son of Art Ua Ruairc. 
The cave of Alla Gerc?, in Ceara, was demolished by the Conmhaicni, against 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 885 


. the people of Ua Conchobhair (Aedh), and eight score persons and the jewels 


of Connaught were carried off from thence. Luimneach was burned by Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain, and Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo. The cholic and 
lumps prevailed in Leinster, and also spread throughout Ireland. Great scarcity 
of provisions for cattle in this year, and scarcity of corn and obsonia. Eochaidh 
Ua hEochadha, King of Uladh, died. A great army was led by [Diarmaid] 
the son of Mael-na-mbo, into Munster; and the chiefs of the Plain of Munster 
came into his house, and left hostages with him. The son of Brian, and Mur- 
chadh of the Short Shield, his son, came to Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, to attack 
him after the departure of Diarmaid, [son of Mael-na-mbo]; and Toirdhealbhach 
defeated Murchadh, and slaughtered his people. Diarmaid afterwards pro- 
ceeded into Munster, and took the hostages of Munster from the Water south- 
wards to Cnoc Brenainn’, and delivered these hostages into the hands of Toir- 
dhealbhach, {who was] his foster-son. Laeighseach, son of Faelan Ua Mordha, 
lord of Laeighis, was slain. 


with Art O’Rourk’s sonne. The cave called 
Uaiv-Alla, in Ceara, taken by Connaght upon 
Hugh O'Conner's men, where 160 men were 
smothered. Nell mac Eochaa, archking of U]- 
ster, died in the Ides of November upon Thurs- 
day, and in the 18th of” [his reign? ]. ** Cinaeh 


O'Celegan, Secnap of Armagh, mortuus est. 
Cahel O?Donncha, Archking of Oneach-Moun- 
ster; Cuduili O’Teig, king of the men of Lie ; 
Mailsechlainn O’Madagan, heire of Ailech, killed 
by his enemyes, viz., Kindred-Conell. Great 
Cess by Mac Lochlainn, from Glen-Suile wes- 


ba Sd ba. al 
UNT 


terly to the west part of Luigne, and to the 
River Muay Onavalgai, where allthe kings of 
Connaught came into his house, with Hugh 
O'Connor and Hugh mae Nell O'Rourk, and 


mac Aichir, Airchinnech of Lismore-Mochuda ; 
Eocha O’Dallain, Airchinnech of Coinnire, in 
pace dormierunt.” — Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


57-92 F5 LN E 


886 ANNQGZa goghachca erReaNnn. 


[1064. 


Qoi Cpiopc, mile peapcca a cftain. Oorlgen, Ua Sona, einémoeach 
Opoa pnata, Copbmac, aincmoeach Apoa bpeaccin, €ochaió Ua Oope1, 
eipémneach Oomnarg móin Mange Ite, an Oall Ua Lonán, arpopile 4 ao 
peanchaio na Muman,7 Hrollahuapaille Ua Maolmichs, vécc. Oonnchad 
mac 6mam, arpopí Muman, vo ai&pníoghao, 7 a oul oo Rór rappin, co nep- 
baile po buaro arépige 1 marmpeip Sceponn maipeíp. | Mumefpeach Ua Néll, 
cisfina Tealċa Occ, oo mapbad la hUib cCpeméamn. Cpogal mac Loċ- 
lamn, cma Oii, véce 1 cCealaé Occ, 4 a adnacal in Opomacha co 
nonórn, 1 co naipmidin 1 ccumba na piognaroe.. Diapnmaw Ua Loncain, pfog- 
damna Lagth, oo manbad lá Cenel €ogam. Munchad Ua Pallamanm, 
canaii Midve,7 a bnataip, oo manbad 1 meabail. Ouboaleche, mac Maol- 
mupe, comanba Dhácpaice, oécc rap naiémige cocchawe an ééo lá vo Sep- 
cemben, 1 Maorliopa, mac Amalgada vo gabáil na habdame. 

Coir Cpíope, mile peapeca a cúicc. Maolbnigoe Ua Mannarce, eppug, 
Oubcach Albanach, apo anméapa €peann 7 Alban, vécc 1 npo Macha. 
Ap vo Dubtach po padead, 


Oubtach oume oligceach dún, 
Ronta an popaó plgteac pao, 
N(m puan an canméapa ao cid, 
Cn a tip clap cana coem. 


Oomnall, apcmneach Lucchmaw, vécc. Oonnchad Ua Matgamna, pi 
Ulad, vo mapbao lá hUlcaib buddéippin 1 nOarmliag 6(mnéa. Ónóoap, 


? Ua Doireidh.—Now anglicised Deery and 
Derry, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Domhnach-mor of Magh-Ithe.—Now Donagh- 
more, à parish church near the village of Cas- 
tlefinn, in the barony of Raphoe, and county of 
Donegal. See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 181, 
n. 163, 164. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 1064. Dolgen O'Sona, Airchinnech 
of Ardsraha; the blinde O’Lonain, prime poet 
of Mounster; Gillaarhaly O'Maelmihy; in peni- 
tentia mortui sunt. Cormac, Airchinnech of 


Ardbreccan ; Eocha O’Dorey, Airchinnech of 
Donaghmor in Ma-Itha, in Domino dormierunt. 
Murtach O’Nell, king of Telcha-Oge, killed by 
the O'Cryvthaiues. Donogh O’Brien, from his 
Crowne deposed, went to Rome in his pilgri- 
mage. Duvdalethe, Coarb of Patrick, in Kal. 
Septembris, in bona penitentia mortuus est. Mae- 
lisa mae Awalgaa took his place. Dermot 
O'Lorkan, heire of Leinster, killed by Kindred- 
Owen in Ulster. Ardgar mae Loghlan, king of 
Ailech, died at Telach Oge, and was buried in 
Ardmagh, in Mausoleo Regum. Maklewelen, 
king of Britaine, killed by Jacob's sonne. Ech- 


1064.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 887 


The Age of Christ, 1064. Doilghen Ua Sona, airchinneach of Ard-sratha; 
Cormac, airchinneach of Ard-Breacain ; Eochaidh Ua Doireidh?, airchinneach 
of Domhnach-mor of Magh-Ithe*; the blind Ua Lonain, chief poet and chief 
historian of Munster ; and Gillahuasaille Ua Maelmithigh, died. Donnchadh, 
son of Brian, chief king of Munster, was deposed ; and he afterwards went to 
Rome, where he died, under the victory of penance, in the monastery of Ste- 
phen the martyr. Muircheartach Ua Neill, lord of Tealach-Og, was slain by 
Ui-Cremhthainn. Ardghal Mac Lochlainn, lord of Oileach, died at Tealach-Og, 
and was buried at Ard-Macha, with honour and veneration, in the tomb of the 
kings. Diarmaid Ua Lorcain, royal heir of Leinster, was slain by the Cinel- 
Eoghain. Murchadh Ua Fallamhain, Tanist of Meath, and his brother, were 
treacherously slain. Dubhdalethe, son of Maelmuire, successor of Patrick, died, 
after praiseworthy penance, on the first of September ; and Maelisa, son of 
Amhalghaidh, assumed the abbacy. 

The Age of Christ, 1065. Maelbrighde Ua Mannaigh, a bishop; Dubh- 
thach” Albanach, chief anmchara of Ireland and Alba, died at Ard-Macha. Of 
Dubhthach was said : 


Dubhthach, a strict, austere man, 

Who made the roomy, cheap abode, 

The friend of souls, thou seest, has obtained heaven, 
[In exchange] for his fair, thin-boarded domicile. 


Domhnall, airchinneach of Lughmhadh, died. Donnchadh Ua Math- 
ghamhna, King of Ulidia, was killed by the Ulidians themselves, in the Daimh- 


markagh, king of Genties? [of the Galls or 
Danes], “ died. Hic est primus annus Cicli 
magni paschalis a constitutione Mundi, principium 
vero tertii cicli magni paschalis ab Incarnatione 
Domini et Kal. 4, concurrentes bisextiles, et est se- 
cundus annus Indictionis.? —Ann. Ult., Cod. Olar., 
tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the death 
of Donough O’Brien, at Rome, under the year 
1063, as follows : 

* A. D. 1063. Donnogh mac Bryan Borowe 
was king, as some say, and was soone deposed 


again, and went to Rome to do pennance, be- 
cause he had a hand in the killing of his own 
elder brother, Teig mac Bryan. He brought 
the crown of Ireland with him thither, which 
remained with the Popes untill Pope Adrian 
gave the same to Henry the Second, that con- 
quered Ireland. Donnogh mac Bryen died in 
pillgrimadge in the abbey of St. Stephen the 
protomartyr." 

* Dubhthach.—** A. D. 1064. B. Dubthachus 
Albanius, Archisynedrus, seu pracipuus Confes- 
sarius Hibernia et Albanie spiritum reddidit Deo 


rer 3 TR o. "4" ^!l D pt p— 0 E WU » Af * " oS a "AT &rü | m» eee Gad. ÀJ 
NUM CS TY P EN. RER G "* ti L kii * 


PUN ee ee NS CNET 


888 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [1066. 


nama Comsaill ap leipióe po mapbaó an pı a mbfnncaip, oo mapbaoh la 
ci&fpna Dal nOfpame. Oorhnall Ua Comgpig, ciġfpna Oal nCparoe, 7 
Tühuimé(pcaé Ua Maolpaball, ciz(mna Counpge ópachaioe, oo mapbad la 
hU Mere. €chmilió Ua hCicew, cig(pna Ua n€acach, vo mapbad lá 
Cenél €ogam. Ceocan, mac Cadgnen, cig(pna GHail(ng, vo mapbao la 
. Concoban Ua Maoileachlaino. Onpgain Cluanae mic Noip lá Conmoicmb, 
7 lá hUa Maine. Cluain plnra oo opgam oóib 1apna bápach. | Iciao po na 
coípi5 báccap hi puide 1. Cloó mac Néll Ui Ruane, 1 Oiapmaic, mac Tard 
Ur Cheallaig, ci&(pna. Ua Mame. Raimec Ua Concobarp Cod via porgrio, : 
q pnaomneaó poppa cpa Proncaib. Oé, Ciapnám, 7 Ópénamn, ipa cealla po | 
oinccpíc, ] po cuipead a nofnecápn lá hOlod, 7 páccbaice a n(épa laip 1mon | 
lumg cuccpac 6 čá m paippece aman oap lap Connaéc coSi0namn. Cepna Coo | 
Ua Ruaipe api mopsail pin, 7 acbail gan puipec 1apam cpé princai Ciapám. 
Oo ¢fp om Orapmarc mac Carog Ui Chealleng,7 a mac Concobaip lá pis 
Connacc, la hOfooó Ua cConcobaip pia ccionn bliaóna.  Ouapcán, mac 
Maoilrmadag Uf €olupa, coipeac Mumeipe €olaip, oo manbad la hUa Con- 
cobain 1. la hQlod. Cno mfp mop an badamy, co po gab prubal oo gloipib 
7 mion Pnocaib. Culm Ua Oomnallám, ollam bneic(rnachca Ua Paige, 
vo mapbao oUib Cpiméannám; 
Clip Cpiopt, mile peapcca a pé. Ounchaó Ua Oaimene, comopba Dorpe, 
Coemonan, comapnba Camoig, Paca Ua Riacán, cancmoeach Cluana bor- 
penn, [oécc]. Pogopcach, uapal paccane Qchaw bó, véce 1ap p(noacaió 
cogame. Pogancach Pionn oo Ulcoib, eccna 7 angcoipi, véce 1 cCluam 
mic Nop. Grollabnaive, cigfina bperpne, oo mapbad lá hUib O(ccon, 4 
Opla a (n, ngfn Concobarn Ui Maoilpeachnanll, vécc. GHrollabparve om 


Ardmache. Forté est S. Dubthachus Confessor, 
cujus Natalis celebratur 7 Octobris."— Trias 


land and Scotland, in Ardmagh, quievit. Doncha 
O'Mahowne, king of Ulster, killed by his owne 


Thaum., p. 298. 

* Ui-Crimhthannain.—'This tribe were seated 
around the Rock of Dunamase, in the barony 
of East Maryborough, in the Queen's County. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“A. D. 1065. Duvhach Scotts” [Scotch] 
** prime soul-frend” [ppith-anméapa] * of Ire- 


at Benchar. Donell, Airchinnech of Lugmai, 
and Airchinnech of Drom, died. Hugh O’Hual- 
garg tooke upon him the reigne of Kindred- 
Owen, Broder, enemy of Comgall, who killed 
the king in Benchar, killed by Dalnarai Teig 
O’Kellye’s son, king of O-Many, and O'Flagh- 
ertay, king of West Connaght, killed by Hugh 
O'Conner. Donell O’Longsy, king of Dalnaray, 


1066.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


889 


liag [stone church] of Beannchair. Brodar, the enemy of Comhghall (it was 
by him the king was killed at Beannchair), was slain by the lord of Dal-Araidhe. 
Domhnall Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and Muircheartach Ua Maelfa- 
bhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe, were slain by the Ui-Meith. Echmhilidh 
Ua hAiteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Leochan, 
i e. the son of Laidhgnen, lord of Gaileanga, was slain by Conchobhar Ua Mae- 
leachlainn. The plundering of Cluain-mic-Nois by the Conmhaicni and 
Ui-Maine. Cluain-fearta was plundered by them on the day following. The 
chiefs who were there were Aedh, son of Niall Ua Ruairc, and Diarmaid, son 
of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Maine. Ua Conchobhair (Aedh) came 
against them, and defeated them, through the miracles of God, Ciaran, and 
Brenainn, whose churches they had plundered ; and a bloody slaughter was 
made of them by Aedh ; and they left their boats with him, together with the 
ship which they had carried from the sea eastwards, through the middle of 
Connaught, to the Shannon. Aedh Ua Ruairc escaped from this conflict, but 
he died without delay afterwards, through the miracles of Ciaran. Diarmaid, 
son of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, and his son, Conchobhar, were slain by the King 
of Connaught, Aedh Ua Conchobhair, before the end of a year. Duarcan, son 
of Maelmhiadhaigh Ua hEolusa, chief of Muintir-Eoluis, was slain by Ua Con- 
chobhair, i.e. Aedh. There was such abundance of nuts this year, that the 
course of brooks and streamlets was impeded. Culen O'Domhnallain, chief 
brehon of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the Ui-Crimhthannain*. 

The Age of Christ, 1066. Dunchadh Ua Daimhene, comharba of Doire ; 
Coemhoran, successor of Cainneach [i. e. Abbot of Aghaboe]; Fiacha Ua 
Riagain, airchinneach of Cluain-Boireann, [died]. Fogartach, noble priest of 
Achadh-bo, died at a good old age. Fogartach Finn, [one] of the Ulidians, a ` 
wise man and anchorite, died at Cluain-mic-Nois. Gillabraide, lord of Breifne, 
was slain by the Ui-Beccon'; and Orlaidh, his wife, the daughter of Conchobhar 


who was the seventh in descent from Eochaidh 
Muighmheadhoin, monarch of Ireland in the 


and Murtagh O?Mailfavail, king of Carrak- 
brackay, killed by O*Meth. Leochan mac Laignen, 


king of Galeng, killed by Conor O'Melaghlin. 
Echmile O’Hathey, king of Onehach, killed by 
Kindred-Owen.”—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 
49. ! 

* Ui-Beccon.—A tribe, descendants of Beccon, 


fourth century. This tribe were seated in 
Meath, probably at Rathbeccan, in the barony 
of Ratoath.—See Genealogies, $c., of Hy-Fiach- 
rach, p. 13; and Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 182, 


note *. 


e 


890 (1067. 


macpióe Domnall, me Tisfpnam, me Ualgapg, mic Néill. Ceallac, mac 
Muipefpcas Ui Cheallaig, oo mapbao. Mac Sinan, cig(mma Gailfng, oo 
mapbao.  Grollamonmne, mac Aoda, mic Ualgaincc, oo mapbao. Cionaod, 
mac Ovapmaie, cigfpna Conaille, décc, ap naiépíghe. Révlu vo aptpucch 
hi pecc Calainn Mar oia Manne, 1ap Mhoncarpee, co nap mó vealpad no 
polur epcca má a poil, q] ba podenc do ċáċ amlaid pm í co cm ceateona 
novdce anam. Mac Conamg Ui Mhupeccam, adban ciġlfnna Tleba, oo 
mapbao la hQod Ua Concobarp, 7 la Tadg Ua Mumecain. Corbin, ing tn 
Uí Concobain, -bm Ui Mhuinf§an, vécc. Ullam Conquenen vo abáil 
níogacca Saran, an 14 Occobep. 

Qoip Cpíopc, mile peapcca a peacht. Celechoip Wluzoóopnach, eppug 
Cluana mic Nóip, oo écc. Oo Uib Ceallaicch 6pn(gh a cenél. Scolaige, 
mac Inopeccarg, arpcmoeach Mucnama, 7 erpémneach Ouml(eglaipi, oécc. 
Echas(pn, mac Plomn Maimipcpeac, aipcmnech Mampepec bite, oécc. 
Moppluarccld Leite Mocca la Oranmard, mac Maoil na mbó, la pig Lang fn, 
la Mupchad, 7 lá Toippdealbac Ua bpian, la pig Muman, hi cConnaccanb, 
co ccapnao Aob Ua Concobaip, ní Connacc cat (ccapnaio pop a ccionn, 50 
po manbad ann Ua Concobaip, cigfpna Ciappaiġe Cuaépa, 7 oaome 10mba 


annaca giosghachca EIREANN. 


" Son of Niall: i.e. of Niall O’Ruaire. 

“ A star.—The appearance of this star is also 
recorded in the Saxon Chronicle, as follows: 

“ A. D. 1066. In this year King Harold came 
from York to Westminster at that Easter which 
was after the mid-winter in which the King 
died ; and Easter was then on the day 16th be- 
fore the Kalends of May. Then was over all 
England such a token seen in the heavens as no 
man ever before saw. Some men said that it 
was Cometa the star, which some men call the 
haired star; and it appeared first on the Eve 
Litania Major, the 8th before the Kalends of 
May, and so shone all the seven nights." 

"William the Conqueror.—The commencement 
ofthe reign of this monarch is usually dated 
from the day of the battle of Hastings, Saturday, 
the l4th of October, 1066. His coronation 
took place at Westminster on Christmas Day iu 


that year.-—See Chronology of History by Sir 
Harris Nicolas, second edition, p. 293. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1066. Hugh O’Roirk, king of O-Briuin, 
died presently after rifling St. Patrick's shrine. 
Cellach mae Murtagh O'Kelly; Gilbrath, king 
of O-Briuin; Maksenan, king of Galeng ; Gil- 
moninn mac Hugh mac Ualgarg, killed. Great 
fruit of Nutts in Ireland” [ut rebellarent flumi- 
nibus]. **Duncha O'Daiven, Coarb of Daire ; 
and Cinaeh mac Ormick, king of Conells, in 
penitentia mortui sunt." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

A few of the same events are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1065 : 

** A. D. 1065” [recté, 1066]. ‘There appeared 
a commett for the space of three nights, which 
did shine as clear as the moone at the full. 
Gillebrwitte, prince of the Brenie, was killed, 


1067.) 891 


Ua Maeleachlainn, died. This Gillabraide was the son of Domhnall, son of 
Tighearnan, son of Ualgharg, son of Niall. Ceallach, son of Muircheartach 
Ua Ceallaigh, was killed. Mac Seanain, lord of Gaileanga, was killed. Gillamo- 
ninne, son of Aedh,son of Ualgharg, was killed. Cinaedh,son of Odharmhac, lord 
of Conaille, died after penance. A star" appeared on the seventh of the Calends 
of May, on Tuesday after Little Easter, than whose light the brilliance or light of 
the moon was not greater ; and it was visible to all in this manner till the end 
of four nights afterwards. The son of Conaing Ua Muireagain, heir to the lord- 
ship of Teathbha, was slain by Aedh Ua Conchobhair and Tadhg Ua Muiregain. 
Aeibheann, daughter of Ua Conchobhair, the wife of Ua Muireagain, died. 
William the Conqueror" took the kingdom of England on the 14th of October. 
The Age of Christ, 1067. Celechar Mughdhornach, Bishop of Cluain-mic- 
Nois, died ; he was of the tribe of the Ui-Ceallaigh of Breagha. Scolaighe, 
son of Innreachtach, airchinneach of Mucnamh, and the airchinneach of Dun- 
Leathghlaise, died.  Echthighern, son of Flann Mainistreach, airchinneach of 
Mainistir-Buithe, died. The great army of Leath-chuinn was led by Diarmaid, 
.son of Maelna-mbo, King of Leinster; by Murchadh, and Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain, King of Munster, into Connaught ; and Aedh Ua Conchobhair set 
an ambuscade for them, so that Ua Conchobhair*, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


and Orlaith, his wife, also. Fogartagh Fyn, century, for whose pedigree, with many collate- 


an anchorite and sadge, died at Clonvicknose. 
There was a battle fought in England between 
Harolde and the Normans and Saxons this year, 
where there was an overthrowe given to the 
Danes, and a fleet of seventeen shipps of them 
killed.” 

«Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe.—Accord- 
ing to the Annals of Tighernach and those of 
Boyle, which correspond in recording his death 
in this year, his name was Hugh. His son, 
Cathal, carried on the line of the subsequent 
princes of Kerry, for an account of whom see 
note to these Annals at A. D. 1154. 

Some notice of his predecessors, kings of 
Kerry, may not be uninteresting here: 

Flann Feorna (son of Colman, son of Coffey, 
&c. &c.), their common progenitor in the eighth 


rals, see the Books of Ballymote and Lecan, left 
several sons, whose names, with those of their 
posterity, may be found in the same books. 

Of these sons, Maelcobha, the eldest, died, 
according to the Bodleian copy of the Annals 
of Innisfallen, King of Kerry, A. D. 782, leav- 
ing a son, Coffey (Cobcac), who was King of 
Kerry, A. D. 836, whose son, Hugh, died King 
of Kerry, A. D. 843, leaving Inrechtach (In- 
peaézac), who died King of Kerry, A. D. 876, 
with whom the line of the posterity of Mael- 
cobha in the genealogical compilations before 
mentioned ends, having apparently been tran- 
scribed from a record contemporaneous with 
him; but the annalists of Innisfallen (Codex 
Bodl.) give the obits of his son, Congal, and of 
his grandson, Cormac, successively Kings of 


Dix 


892 


ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[1067. 


immaille pmpp. Cat Tuplaigh Aodnarg, ecm Ofoó an Shae b(pnaig 
Ua Concobarp, pi Connace,7 Clooh mac Aine Uallaig Ui Ruane go ppa 
bpeipne ime, ou 1 ccopċain Cod Ua Concobaip, pi cóicció Comace luam 
gapcció Leite Cuinn,7 oo clppac mate Connacc maille. ppp, 1m Coo 


Ua Concthaine, cis(ana Ua nOrapmava,) co pocaibib vombaib apta. 


Gr 


do poparcmfc báip Coda Uí Concobarp, oo páió(ó an panne, 


S(chc mbliadna p(pccac, ní puaill, 
gup mile móp in buao, 


O sein Cpíopc, ní paob m pmacc, 


Co ccopéaip Cod pí Connacc. 


Mumpc(peach Ua Capta vo báóao 1 Loé Cálgaich. Ppith opme 7 ppm 


ollam Connacc epioe. 


Kerry, at the years 932 and 947 respectively. 
With the last mentioned they disappear from 
history, and probably became extinct. Their 
succession appears to have been interrupted 
after the death of Inrechtach, by the accession 
of Colman, son of Kineth (C 10ndez), a personage 
who is found last on the line of the descendants 
of Dunadhach, son of Flann Feorna. His death 
as King of Kerry is recorded in these Annals at 
the year 903. 

The posterity of Melaghlin (Tlaelpeachlainn), 
another son of Flann Feorna, then inherited 
the sovereignty of Kerry. This Melaghlin left 
a son, Finn, the father of Conor, from whom 
the patronymic of O’Conor-Kerry is derived. 
He again was the father of Dermot L, who left 
four sons, namely, 1. Dermot II.; 2. Murrough; 
3. Connor; and 4. Culuachra; of the posterity 
of each of whom there were kings of Kerry 
during the following century before the succes- 
sion finally settled in the descendants of Cu- 
luachra the youngest. 

The eldest, namely, Dermot IT. was the father 
of Gebhennach, the first of the posterity of Me- 
laghlin, son of Flann Feorna, that became ruler 
of the whole tribe as King of Kerry, and whose 


Caog Ua lIlupeccán, cig(pma Ceacba, oo manbad 


death is recorded in those Annals at A. D. 970, 
but in those of Innisfallen (Bodl.) at the year 
954 ; and from whose brother, Muredhach 
(Muipeadac), called Claon; or the Crooked, ap- 
pear to have sprung the chiefs of this line, who 
are recorded under the name of O’Muireadhaigh. 
Muireadhach Claen had two sons, Mahon and 
Macbeth, both kings of Kerry: the former had 
issue, Flann, King of Kerry, slain A. D. 1015 
(Innisf. B.), and a son, whose death is noticed in 
these Annals, A. D. 1032. The latter, namely, 
Macbeth, fell leading his tribe against the Danes 
at the battle of Clontarf, A. D. 1014. He left 
three sons: 1. Macraith O’Muireadhaigh, King 
of Kerry, who died A. D. 1027 (Innisf. B.); 
2. Conor O'M., Kingof Kerry, slain, according 
to the Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 1033; and 
lastly, Cinfaelad O’M., slain A. D. 1038. 

Muireadhach, son of Dermot L, had a son, 
Macraith, who died King of Kerry, A. D. 998 
(Innisf. B.), and Conor, son of Dermot I., had 
a son, Culuachra, King of Kerry, who was 
murdered A. D. 1001. 

The succession finally passed to the line of 
Culuachra, the youngest son of Dermot I., in. 
which it ever after remained. This Culuachra 


1067.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


893 


and many persons along with him, were killed. The battle of Turlach Adh- 
naigh”, between Aedh of the Broken Spear Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, 
and Aedh, the son of Art Uallach Ua Ruairc, and the men of Breifne along with 
him ; where fell Aedh Ua Conchobhair, King ofthe province of Connaught, 
the helmsman of the valour of Leath-Chuinn ; and the chiefs of Connaught fell 
along with him, and, among the rest, Aedh Ua Concheanainn, lord of Ui-Diar- 
mada, and many others. It was to commemorate the death of Aedh Ua Con- 


chobhair this quatrain was composed : 


Seven years, seventy, not a short period, 

And a thousand, great the victory, 

From the birth of Christ, not false the jurisdiction, 
'Till the fall of Aedh, King of Connaught. 


Muireadhach Ua Carthaigh was drowned’ in Loch Calgaich*; he wasthe 
chief poet and chief ollamh of Connaught. Tadhg Ua Muireagain, lord of 


had a son, Rory, who had Tadhg (of whom, per- 
haps, Culuachra, named by Tighernach the 
Annalist, as having died King of Kerry, A. D. 
1020, was an elder brother), who had Hugh, the 
prince referred to in the text, and probably 
also an elder son, the Conor O’Conor, who is 
stated in the Annals of Innisfallen (Codex 
Bodl.) to have been slain by the Connacians 
near Loch Sampaite A. D. 1050. 

For a further account of the O’Conor Kerry 
family see note on Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair 
Ciarraighe, A. D. 1154, infra. 

¥ Turlach Adhnaigh.—This is probably the 
same place as Turlach Airt in Aidhne, between 
Moyvoela and Kileornan, near Oranmore, in the 
county of Galway, mentioned by O’Flaherty in 
Ogygia, p. 327. 

* Loch Calgaich : i.e. Lacus Calgachi. 
identified. K 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: ` 

* A. D. 1067. Scolay mac Inrechtay, Air- 
chinnech of Mucknova; the Airchinnech of Dun- 


Not 


leghlas; Hugh mac Ualgarg. chief of O-Duvin- 
recht; Echtigerne mac Flainn, Airchinnech of 
Manistir, in Domino mortui sunt. An army by 
Tirlagh O’Brien to Lochkime, and” [there was] 
* killed in that journey O'Conner, King of 
Kerry-Luachra. Kildare with its church burnt. 
Hugh O'Conner, surnamed Hugh of the want- 
ing" [defective] **speare, archking of all Con- 
naght, the martiall prop of Leghquin, .i. the 
North half of Ireland, killed by Conmacne; 
with whom was Hugh O'Conkenainn also killed, 
and many more by Hugh mac Art Uallaigh 
O'Rourk, in the battle of Turlay-adnay.”— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the same entries are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1066, 
as follows : ' 

* A. D. 1066” [rectó, 1067]. ** Mortagh 
O'Carhie, chief Poett of Connought, was 
drowned upon Lough Colgay. Celeagher Moy- 
ornogh, Bushop of Clonvicknose, died. Der- 
mott O'Moylenemo, and Terence or Terlagh 
O'Brien, King of Munster, with their: forces, 


| 894 aNNaza RIOghachta EIREANN. [1068. 


la Muincip Clamám 1 Maonmarg. | Oonopléibe Ua Gadna, canam Curgne, 
oo manbad la ópianUa nCagpa. Maolplchlumn, mac Hiollabmgor, cig (pna 
na nOéipi, vo engabail vo Thaippdealbac Ua bmam zo ccanad é lám 
1 bmc, 5o po dall pioi é. 

Qoi Chior, mile peapcca a hocht. Cionaod, mac Muineadand, cor- 
apba Caommgm, Angene Mac an bheccanarg, comapba Mocolméce 7 Cor- 
sal, Oomnall Ua Catapa aipcinneach Oám, 4 Colman Ua Cpíocam, 
p(plergmn Apoa Macha, vécc. Mupchad Ua bpa, a. an peét gimp, mac 
Oonnchaba, mic bam boporme, piogdarhna Muman, oo rhapbao lá propa 
Ceatba a norogall a ccpeiche, 1 a noimcene, 1 a ċm vo bpeit co Cluam, 
7 a colann 50 Oeapmeng. Oorhnall Ua Maorl(chlamn, 1. mac Neill. mic 
Maorleaclann, ci$(mma Oils, oo mapbad hi mawdm Siebe lá a o(pbpatenp 
lá hod mac Néll mic Maoileaclaim, q ip von Domnall $m vo oti 
Oomnall na mbocc, 1 apbeana gomba pé ba cnáiboibe po boí 1 nEpinn ina 
pémfp. | Plaicbfpcach Ua P(pgal, ciz(pna Cealéa Occ, vo $um vo cenel 
mómoig. Tüaoliopa, mac Clmalgaóa, comapba Pacpance, pon cuaine 
Muman céona pecc, co ccucc a Lan éuarnc ecip repepall, 7 eobapca. 

Cop Cníopc, mile peapcca a nao. Cobtach, paccanc Cille vapa, cmo 
opodm | aipeacaip Laiğín, oécc. Cod, mac Oubgaill, peacnab Cluana 
Piacna, [becc].  Plannaccán, mac Cleda, Foraincmneach Apoa Maca, oécc 
rap noer$b(tanó. Oún va l(cglap, Apo ppata, Cupcca, 7 Sopo Choluim 
Chille, oo lopccad. Ua haeda, ciġfma Ua Piacpac Apoa pnata, vécc. 
Mac mic Sadpa Ui Ounadhang, a. ci (pna Shíl nCÍnmchaoa, vo manbad oua 


went to Connought, where they were mett by 
Hugh O’Connor, king of that provence, who 
gave them a feirce battle, where O’Connor 
Kerry, with many others, were slain. Soone 
after the Breniemen gave the said Hugh a 
battle, and slewe him therein. Hugh mac Art 
O’Royrck had the victorie.” 

* Sithbhe. —Now Sivey, in the parish of De- 
sert-creat, barony of Dungannon, and county of 
Tyrone.—Ord. Map, sheet 38. 

* Screaballs.—A screaball was a piece of silver 
coin weighing twenty-four grains, and esti- 
mated as of the value of three silver pinginns 


or pennies. The offerings referred to in this 
passage meant valuable property, such as gob- 
lets, cattle, rings, &c. &c.— See Petrie's Round 
Towers of Ireland, pp. 214, 215. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1068. Donell O’Cahasay, Airchinnech 
of Dun; Colman O'Crichan, Lector of Ardmach; 
Macbecanay, Coarb of Comgall; Cinaeh, Coarb 
of Coemgin, ad Christum migraverunt. Maelisa, 
Coarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster the first 
time, and brought his full visitation, as well 
offerings" [recte, screaballs] **as other dueties. 


1068. } ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


895 


Teathbha, was killed by Muintir-Tlamain, in Maenmhagh. Donnsleibhe 
Ua Gadhra was killed by Brian Ua hEaghra. Maelseachlainn, son of Gilla- 
brighde, lord of the Deisi, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, 
and he was delivered into the hands of Ua Bric, who blinded him. 

The Age of Christ, 1068. Cinaedh, son of Muireadhach, successor of 
Caeimhghin; Anghene Mac-an-Bheaganaigh, successor of Mocholmog and 
Comhghall; Domhnall Ua Cathasaigh, airchinneach of Dun; and Colman 
Ua Crichain, lector of Ard-Macha, died. Murchadh, i. e. of the Short Shield, 
Ua Briain, son of Donnchadh, son of Brian Borumha, royal heir of Munster, 
was slain by the men of Teathbha, in revenge of their having been plundered 
and preyed; and his head was taken to Cluain [-mie-Nois], and his body to 
Dearmhach. Domhnall, grandson of Maeleachlainn, i. e. the son of Niall, son 
of Maeleachlainn, lord of Oileach, was killed in the battle of Sithbhe*, by his 
brother, Aedh, son of Niall, son of Maeleachlainn; and this Domhnall was 
usually called Domhnall of the Poor, and it is said that he was the most pious 
that was in Ireland in his reign. Flaithbheartach Ua Fearghail, lord of Tealach 
Og, was mortally wounded by the Cinel-Binnigh. Maelisa, son of Amhalghaidh, 
successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Munster, for the first time ; and he 
obtained a full visitation tribute, both in screaballs* and offerings. - 

The Age of Christ, 1069. Cobhthach, priest of Cill-dara, head of the glory 
and dignity of Leinster, died. Aedh, son of Dubhghall, Vice-abbot of Cluain- 
Fiachna’, [died]. Flannagan, son of Aedh, fos-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, died 
after a good life. Dun-da-leathghlas, Ard-sratha, Lusca, and Sord-Choluim- 
Chille, were burned. Ua hAedha, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Arda-sratha, died. The 
grandson of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh*, i. e. lord of Sil-Anmchadha, was slain by 


Murrogh O’Brien, heire of Mounster, killed by 
the men of Tehva. Flathertach O’Ferall, king 
of Telcha-Oge, wounded by Kindred-Biny. 
Donell mac Nell, called the Poore's Donell, 
killed by his brother, Hugh O'Melachlin."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain only 
two of these entries, which are entered under 
the year 1067, as follows: 

* A. D. 1067" [recté, 1068]. ** Murrogh 
O'Bryen, prince of all Ireland, was killed by 


the people of Teaffa for preying them before, 
whose head was buried in Clonvicknose, and 
body buried at Dorrowe. Donnell O'Melaghlin, 
prince of Aileagh, was killed by his own bro- 
ther." 

* Cluain-Fiachna.—Now Clonfeakle, in the 
barony of Dungannon, county of Tyrone.— See 
note under A. D. 1003, supra. 

è? The grandson of Gadhra Ua Dunadhaigh : 
i e. of Gara O'Deny. He was Diarmaid, son of 
Madadhan, son of Gadhra Mor, son of; Du- 


896 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. (1070. 


maoudain. Sluaglo lá Mupchad mac Orapmava, hi Mise co po lorpe 
cuata, 5 cealla a. Gpanano, 7 Pabap Pheicín, 7 Apo mópf(cam, 7 po mapb 
ona, Péicin eippium ind gnuip. do gnú, po mapbao veance áp Ball 4 
Laig(n vo c(oómannaib examlaib. Mac lain mic Oura, ci&(mna na cCo- 
mann, décc. Paolan a. an Dall Ua Mépda vece 1 nC[chao bó. Olollumolua 
Ua ópuaroeaoa, cigna Rata Camnairgi; véce. Giollumape mac Oub, 
plait Cpiméannám, oo mapbao vo Macnait Ua Moépda, 1 noopap oepcarige 
igi Mocua, ap comlurgi ooibh pon camín ap cáp, q an cammmm : ppap- 
paid mic Omb, go bpuil pal mic Omb beop, 7 go mbia cpe biéjnon popp an 
Cammin. Macpat Ua Mopdaranccain vo mapbao ag Mulfnn na cepopán 
1 bail achad bó,1 ona, an Cammmin ma pappao, 1 neneach Fionntan, Mocua, 
7 Colmann. l 

Qoip Cníopc, mile peachcmoda. Obl Ua hCippecuich, apo comapba 
Ciapám Cluana mic Noip, oég ma oilecpe 1 cCluam lopampo. Oo éopca 
Rawe cenel Ailella.: Oonogal mac Honmam, capo p(pleigimn Leite Chumn, 
1 cánaippi abbas Cluana mic Noip, 7 Catapach, mac Caipppe, abb Mun- 


sainve, cn clénec pean Muman, vécc. Pepsal Ua Caiógnén, abb Oéna, 


7 Maolbmsve, mac Catapag, poppaincimneach Apoa Maca, véce. Mac - 


baeitine, abb lae, vo mapbao. Munpchad, mac Orapmaoa, mic Maol na 
mbó, ci$(mna Gall 7 Corg'n pp láim a acap, vég 1 ne chat, oia oommairg 


la peile Muipe seimpid oo. ponnpao. 
pony, 


nadhach, the ancestor of the O’Maddens of the 
barony of Longford, in the county of Galway.— 
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 143. 

* Faelan, §c., Va Mordha.—He was the son of 
Aimirgin, who was slain A. D. 1026, son of 
Cinaedh, son of Ceinneidigh, son of Mordha, the 
progenitor of the O’Mores of Leix. 

f Dubh.—He was the ancestor of the family of 
O'Duibh, now Deevy, or Devoy, seated in Ui- 
Crimthannain, now the barony of East Mary- 
borough, in the Queen's County. 

8 Caimmin: i.e. Curvulum. This was the 
name of some relic, but it is now unknown. 
The Editor is of opinion that it was the crozier 
of St. Mochua of Teach-Mochua, or Timahoe, or 


Ap via Eccaome po paw an pile na 


of Fintan of Clonenagh, in the Queen’s County. 

^ Muilleann-na- Crossan : i.e. the Mill of the 
Crossans. This mill was called from the family 
of Mac Crossan, one of whom became very dis- 
tinguished in the reign of Charles IL, and took 
the name of Crosby, as appears from a letter in 
the handwriting of the great Duke of Ormond, 
preserved in the State Papers’ Office, London. 
The family of Crosby of Ardfert, in Kerry, are 
his present representatives. 

The Annals of Ulster contain the following 
entries under this year: 

** A. D. 1069.-Covhach, priest of Kildare, in 
Christo quievit. Dundalethglas, Ardsraha, Lusk, 
and Swords of Columbkill, ab igne dissipata 


1070.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 897 


Ua Madadhain. An army was led by Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, [son of 
Mael-na-mbo], into Meath, where he burned territories and churches, namely, 
Granard, Fobhar-Feichin, and Ardbreacain; but Feichin slew him, face to face, 
and a great destruction was made among the foreigners and Leinstermen by 
various distempers. Maciairn, son of Dubhthach, lord of the Comanns, died. 
Faelan, i. e. the Blind, Ua Mordha®, died at Achadh-bo. Gillamolua Ua Bru- 
aideadha, lord of Rath-Tamhnaighe, died. Gillamaire, son of Dubhf, chief of 
Crimhthannan, was slain by Macraith Ua Mordha, in the doorway of the oratory 
of Teach-Mochua, they having previously mutually sworn upon the Caimmin*, 
which was in the possession of the son of Dubh, that the blood of the son of 
Dubh is now and ever will remain upon the Caimmin. Macraith Ua Mordha 
was afterwards killed at Muilleann-na-Crossan’, in the vicinity of Achadh-bo, 
having the Caimmin with him, in revenge of Finntan, Mochua, and Colman. 
The Age of Christ, 1070. Ailill Ua hAirretaich, chief successor of Ciaran 


of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-Iraird. Ailill was of the . 


tribe of Corca-Raidhe. Donnghal, son of Gorman, chief lector of Leath-Chuinn, 
and Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois; and Cathasach, son of Cairbre, Abbot 
of Mungairit, head of the clergy of Munster, died. Fearghal Ua Laidhgnen, 
Abbot of Othain ; and Maelbrighde, son of Cathasaigh, fosairchinneach of 
Ard-Macha, died. Mac Baeithine, Abbot of Ia, was killed. Murchadh, son of 


Diarmaid*, son of Mael-na-mbo, lord of the foreigners and of Leinster, under his ` 


father, died at Ath-cliath, precisely on Sunday, the festival of Mary, in winter. 
It was in lamentation of him the poet composed these quatrains : 


sunt. O’Hea, King of O’Fiachra Ardsraha; Hugh 
mac Duvgall, Secnap of Clonfiachna; Flannagan 
mac Hugh, Suvair” [poraincinnech, i. e. atten- 
dant, or resident airchinneach ] ** of Ardmagh, in 
penitentia mortui sunt.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain but one 
of these entries, which is given under the year 
1069, thus: 

* Cowhagh, priest of Killdare, flower of all 
Lynster, died.” : 

i Corca-Raidhe: i.e. the race or progeny of 
Fiacha Raidhe, son of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of 
Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar.—See Ogygia, p. 333. 


This tribe was seated in and gave name to the 
present barony of Corkaree, in the county of 
Westmeath.— See notes under A. D. 807 and 
1185. : 

x Murchadh, son of Diarmaid.—He is the 
progenitor after whom the Mac Murroughs, or 
Kavanaghs, of Leinster, took their hereditary 
surname. The death of this Murchadh is entered 
in the Annals of Clonmaenoise, under the year 
1069, thus: 

* Murrogh, son of King Dermott, king of 
the Danes of Ireland and Lynster, under his 
father, died." 


HB 


a T 
"s 


898 ANNAA RIOshachta EIRCANN. [1070. 


Cuma ámopiġ 1 nA chat 
Ní ba paipbpicch co bnat mbaoc ; 
Polam an oan cen ua nOuach, 
Luat po gonad luc a laoch. 
Toipppeach cec ontm ip m dún, 
Ima chd nap caommpeach pluagh, 
Cipo ceil cách conp an pig, 
Ra pil cec olc co bnat mbuan. 
! Munchad mac O1apmaoa oéin, 
lomda o1angaca na òraid, 
(ca 1 mbpon vo bap an maol 
Cec plog no pcaoil snap oon $liaio. 
Cobal an béo nach buan é, 
€cc po pa cpuacch apa ti : 
Nach po moch po tog opeac oe, 
Neach map é oo con a cpi. 
Maw ım cnod hUi Maoil na mbó, 
Ro bponn pcop, 7 po pecail bá, 
Qp chd pe na dul co Ora. 
Cia mr pa peapp do cpuo cá. a 


Hlamiann, mac Oriapmaoa, mic Maoil na mbó, vo manbad opeanab 
Míde, 7 1p ann po haónaic(ó hi nOarmliace Cianam. Concoban, mac an 
claims 1 Choncobaip, 3. progdamna Connacc, oo mapbao oo Conmaicmb cpé 
péll. Mupchad Ciacanach, mac Ceda Uf Concobain oo mapbao ı meabail 
la muincip pollamam. Mam pia nOonnchad Ua Ruarc, q pra nU 6pm 
pop popa Tleba, oú 1 cconcain Conn mac mic Cumn, agfpna Tleba co 
nopumg oie. od na Oeapba Ua Ciappóa, cigfpna Caipppe, oo mapbao 
mmeabail. MumċtMmcach Ua Concobaip, ci$(mna Ua Pailge oo dallad la a 


"1 


ofnbnacorpn, Concobap. Qn clocan ó cpoip eppcop Etcen co hlpoom Chia- 

‘Descendant of Duach.—The only Duach in Clann-Uadach, in the present barony of Ath- 
the royal line of Leinster is Duach Ladhrach, lone, and county of Roscommon.—See note *, 
who was monarch of Ireland A. M. 4462. — See under A. D. 1225. 


p. 69, suprà. » The causeway.—See note ?, under the year 
m Muintir-Follamhain: i.e. the O’Fallons of 1026. The Annals of Ulster record the fol- 


1070.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


There is grief for a chief king at Ath-cliath, 

Which will not be exceeded till the terrible Judgment Day ; 
Empty is the fortress without the descendant of Duach', 
Quickly was the vigour of its heroes cut down. 

Sorrowful every party in the fortress 

For their chief, against whom no army prevailed ; 

Since the body of the king was hidden from all, 

Every evil has showered ever constant. 

For Murchadh, son of Diarmaid the impetuous, 

Many a fervent prayer is offered ; 

In sorrow for the death of the chief is every host 

That was wont to defeat in the battle, 

Great the sorrow that he was not everlasting ; 

Pity that death hath attacked him. 

Too early it was that he removed from him his complexion, 
That he removed one like him from his body. 

Liberal of wealth was the grandson of Mael-na-mbo ; 

He bestowed horses, and he distributed cows, 

For the sake of his going to God. 

Who is it to whom ’tis best to give fleeting wealth ? 


Gluniarn, son of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, was killed by the men of 
Meath ; and he was buried at Daimhliag-Chianain. Conchobhar, son of Clei- 
reach Ua Conchobhair, was treacherously killed by the Conmhaicni. Murchadh 
Liathanach, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was treache- 
rously killed by Muintir-Follamhain". A battle was gained by Donnchadh Ua 
Ruaire and the Ui-Briuin over the men of Teathbha, in which Conn, grandson of 
Conn, with others, was slain. Aedh-na-Dearbha Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, 
was treacherously slain. Muircheartach Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, 
_was blinded by his brother, Conchobhar. The causeway” from the Cross of 


lowing events under this year : king of Dalnaray, killed by his own.  Ferall 


* A, D. 1070. Cahasach mac Carbre, Airchin- 
nech of Mungart, died. Murchadh mac Der- 
mot, king of Leinster and Gentiles? [recte, Galls] 
“died, and was buried in Dublin. O'Echain, 


O'Laignen, Airchinnech of Othna, mortuus est. 
Gilpatrick O’Mailcohay, died of an untimely 
death. The Abbot of Aey" [Iona], **.i. Mac 
Boyten, killed by Innavar O’Maeldoraye’s sonne. 


5.3.2 


900 - ‘ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1071. 


páin oo denam hi cCluam mic Nóip lá Maolċiapám mac Cun na mboéc, 4 
an clocan o Cpop Comgaill co hUlaw na cCpí cCpop, 7 und pian go bél na 
née. 

Qoi Cpíopc, mile peécmoba a haon. / Giollacpiope Ua Clochocan, pm- 
leiġmn Apoa Macha, q apo jao na ngaowel, oécc 1ap prinamn. Oonngal 
Ua Coibó(narg, uapalpacape Cluana hErneach, vécc. Ruadp Ua Canan- 
náin, ciġfnna Ceneoil Conall, do manbad lá hQongup Ua Maolvopawh. 
Qespevan Ua Muplgámn, ciġfna Tleba, oo mapbaó la Conmaremb. Mac 
Risbapoan mac Concorne, ci&(pna Ele, oo mhapbad a ccat go pochadibh 
oile 1 maille ppip lá Oonnchad Ua Ceallaig, tiġina Ua Mame. Ri Ulad 
1. Cá ulad Ua Plorcpí, oo métpiogad 4 a 10nnapbao iLCargmb la hUa Maol- 
puanad, 1 lá hUlcorb, 7 po manbad an cUa Maolpuanasd pm po céoóin hi 
ceat lá Oonnpleibe Ua h€ochaóa. Mac Orollabmgoe Uí Maoilmuaioh, 
ci&(mna Pip cCeall, vécc. Oonnchad Gor, níogóarima C(mpach, oo mapbad 
la Concoban Ua Maoil(chlainn. hua Siblén 1. Olollapaccparee, cizfpna 
Ua Porlge, oo manbad hı ccaé lá Concoban Ua Conéobaip, copéain ann 
beóp MatSamam Ua Uatrhanam, 7 Copcán mac Plaiémao Ui Ouib, cg fina 
Ua Cpeméannám go pocharsib ele. Ceall vapa, Glo vá locha, ] Cluain 
Oolcám, vo lopccaó. Pinnacca mac €icenecám hU: Cumo, q Donn mac 
Foġaptcaiġ hUi Chuinn, vo manbad vo Connaécaib a pll. Cac eccin Dom- 
nall, mac Mupchaw, 4 Oonnchad, mac Domnall Reamarp, go po manbad 
ann Tadg Ua Rian. 

Coy Cpíope, mile peachemoda a oó. Maolmuine Ua Murpeccan, atp- 
cinveach Turomda, 7 Ouboil, comanba bpiccve, oécc. O1apmaic, mac 
Maoil na mbó, pi Carg(n, Gall Ata chat, 7 Lee Moga Nuadac copnam- 


Cathvarr O'Maeleohay killed by Mac Innerge  Innavar Suvoir” [Foraipémnec] “of Ardmagh, 
by murther. Murtagh O'Loingsay killed by —killed."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

his” [own people]. ** Ailill O’Hairedy, Coarb ° Ua Clothocan.— A. D. 1069. O’Clohoghan, 
of Kiaran, quievit. Mac Gorman, Lector of Lector of Ardmach, and one famous throughout 


Kells, and chief learned of Ireland" [quievit]. 
** Termon-Daveog rifled by Rory O’Canannan ; 
et vendicavit Deus et Daveog ante plenum annum. 
Glun-larainn, .i. Iron knee, mac Diermot, killed 
by them of Luigne, beside a pray they had from 
Leinster. The King of Tethva and the King of 
Carbry killed. Maelbride.mae Cahasay mac 


the kingdom, died."— Ann. Clon. 

» The son of Righbhardan.—This Righbhardan, 
the son of Cucoirne, had a son, Domhnall, the 
ancestor of O’Carroll of Ely O'Carroll.. See his 
death recorded under the year 1052. 

a Ua Duibh.—This name is now usually an- 
glicised Deevy, or Devoy, without the prefix 


ee ee mM 


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1071.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 901 


Bishop Etchen to Irdom-Chiarain was made at Cluain-mic-Nois, by Maelchiarain 
Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht; and the causeway from Cros-Chomhghaill to Uluidh-na- 
dTri-gCross, and thence westwards to the entrance of the street. 

The Age of Christ, 1071. Gillachrist Ua Clothocane, lector of Ard- -Macha, 
and chief doctor of the Gaedhil, died after penance. Donghal Ua Coibhdhea- 
naigh, noble priest of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of 
Cinel-Conaill, was slain by Aenghus Ua Maeldoraidh. Aeghredan Ua Muirea- 
gain, lord of Teathbha, was killed by the Conmhaieni. The son of Righbhar- 
dan”, son of Cucoirne, lord of Eile, was slain in a battle, with others along with 
him, by Donnchadh, lord of Ui-Maine. The King of Ulidia, i. e. Cu-Uladh 
Ua Flaithri, was deposed, and expelled into Leinster, by Ua Maelruanaidh and 
the Ulidians ; and this Ua Maelruanaidh was slain in battle immediately after, 
by Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha. The son of Gillabrighde Ua Maelmhuaidh, 
lord of Feara Ceall, died. Donnchadh Got, royal heir of Teamhair, was killed 
by Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn. Hua Sibhlen, i. e. Gillaphadraig, lord of 
Ui-Failghe, was slain in battle by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, where Math- 
ghamhain, Ua-hUathmharan ; Lorcan, son of Flaithniadh Ua Duibh, lord of 
Creamhthannain, with many others, were also slain. Ceall-dara, Gleann-da- 
locha, and Cluain-Doleain, were burned. Finnachta, son of Eigneachan 
Ua Cuinn, and Donn, son of Fogartach Ua Cuinn, were treacherously killed by 
the Connaughtmen. A battle between Domhnall, son of Murchadh, and Donn- 
chadh, son of Domhnall Reamhar, wherein Tadhg Ua Riain was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1072. Maelmuire Ua Muireagain, airchinneach of 
Tuidhnidhz', and Dubhdil, successor of Brighid, died. Diarmaid, son of Mael- 
na-mbo*, King of Leinster, of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and of Leath-Mogha- 


Ua or O’. The Ui-Crimhthannain were seated * Tuidhnidha.—Otherwise written Tuighnea- 


in the barony of East Maryborough, in the 
Queen's County. The Annals of Ulster record 
the following events under this year: 

* A. D. 1071. O'Flathry, king of Ulster, de- 
posed by Ulster and by O’Mailruanay, but that 
O'Mailruanay was soone killed in battle by 
Donsleve O'Heachaa. Gilchrist O'Clothacan, 
Lector of Ardmagh, in Christo quievit. Kildare, 
Glendalogb, et Clondolean, cremata sunt."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


tha. This place is mentioned in O'Clery's Zrish 
Calendar, at 28th of August, as the church of 
St. Uindic. It is the place now called Tynan, 
situated in the county of Armagh, near the con- 
fines of the counties of Tyrone and Monaghan. 

* Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo.—Caradoc calls 
him ** Dermitium Macken-Anel, dignissimum et 
optimum principem qui unquam in Hibernia 
regnavit." But he is wrong in referring his 
death -to “circa an. 1068.” 


oon 


ANNGza nioghachca EIREANN. (1072. 


cons Larstn ppi Leit Cumn, vo mapbao, 7 do wéfmtcad hi cCaé Odba via 
Manr an un To Pebpu, ian maióm m cata pain lá Concoban Ua Maoleac- 
lamn, à. m Thode, q po mapbad ona, il6éoa. oo Ghalloeib 7 Corgmb maille 
pr Orapmarcc ip n caé pm. Ro manbad ona, ann Giollapaccpaice Ua P- 
sale, ciġlpna na Popcuac, je. Ap oo bap Orapmaoa vo pmo, 


C 06 ple noeich an mile, 


` O sein Crforc cé co píme, 


Our an mbliabainpi céd phh, 

l cconcaip Oriapmaro Cairgfn. 
O1apmaro oonoglan go nopeié noait, 
Ri no congbad clet coccaro, 

Oap pucc hi paot pam gam pit, 
Oich laoch Ladpann co lomgpib. - 
Ro cepccaic óicc álle ann, 

Im cmb Cléipe, 4 Cualanc, 

Oon beip hi pian garp nach pam, 
Ofe nig Riadam co po bag. 

Co ctopncain oc Mumlionn Chul 
Rup poptam ap pap mop 

Oun bic m bneo baot cpia bnat, 
Ni ppíc laoc leó no lamhaoh. 
Qlobal an cect mo cec mane, 

Cp cpecc cpo ım cpfde comnapc, 
Oon epluag a Caínopumm nip clhe, 
Ofe ap paep damn cáp olgp(c. 
Ro múch a m(nmam co mép, 
O1rapmaro oeogaip po dian bpón, 
Ni pul ora. bap ppt na  pl(o, 

Ni bia píoh nf tia pepp(o. 


' Ladhrann : i.e. Ard-Ladhrann.—See note“, ^ was the name of a hill near Duntryleague, in 
under A. M. 2242. The heroes of Ladhrann were the county of Limerick, and also of a royal fort 


the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. 


in the same neighbourhood; and Cualann was 


* Head of Claire and Cualann.—By this is the name of a celebrated territory in the pre- 
meant King of Munster and Leinster. Claire sent county of Wicklow. 


qr esa Oe ae P 


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1072.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 903 


Nuadhat, was slain and beheaded in the battle of Odhbha, on Tuesday, the 
seventh of the Ides of February, the battle having been gained over him by 
Conchobhar O'Maeleachlainn, King of Meath. There were also slain many 
hundreds of the foreigners and Leinstermen, along with Diarmaid, in that battle. 
In it was killed Gillaphadraig O'Fearghaile, lord of the Fortuatha, &c. Of the 
death of Diarmaid was said : 


Two, seven times ten above one thousand, 
From the birth of Christ is reckoned, 
To this year, in which Diarmaid, 
First man in Leinster, fell. 
Diarmaid, of the ruddy-coloured aspect, 
A king who maintained the standard of war, 
Whose death brought scarcity of peace, 
The loss of the heroes of Ladhrann', with their SEDE: 
Comely youths were cut down "e 
Together with the head of Claire and Cualann”. 
It caused in the breeze a noise not pleasant, 
The loss of the King of Riada” of great valour. 
Until at Muillenn-Chul* was slain 
A brave chieftain of a strong fortress, 
Until the furious fire-brand fell by treachery, 
They found no hero who dared with him contend. 
Great the loss, greater than all deaths, 
It is a red wound through my firm heart ; 
For the host from Caindruim* it was not just 
To destroy our noble chief they had no right, 
` It has quenched their spirit greatly, 
Diarmaid of the laughing teeth under violent sorrow ; 
There is not on account of his death banquet or feast ; 
There will not be peace, there will not be armistice. 


* The King of Riada :i. e. the chief of Magh- Meath, where this battle was fought. 
Riada, i. e. of Laeighis or Leix. * Caindruim.—This was one of the ancient 
» Muillenn- Chul : i.e. the mill of Cul .— There names of Tara in Meath, and the host from Cain- 
is no place now bearing this name near Navan in druim here means “ the men of Meath.” 


(1073. 


Cuulaó hUa Platpa, pi Ulad, 4 Mac Apia, 1. Sabadan, tiġ Mna 
Ua nOobla, oo lopccaó vo plpaib Mide ı coig cenlo, 1 pochade móp vo 
odomib ole impu. Thén comnmld la Mupchad mac Concobarp 1 nlypoll 
Chhanain, 7 ponp na Célib Dé, go po mapbao peccare na mboche ann, cond 
oe cuccao Wag Napa oo na boccab. hUa Pócapca, ci&(pna éle vo map- 
bad lá hUa mópiram. 

Coir Chior, mile p(chemooa acpi, Maolmépda, abb Imleacha luban, 
Conbmac Ua Maoloum, apo phhlergimn 4 ppme pfnóm Eneann,7 Olollacaipr 
Oppagec, comapba Ffoa dún, vo écc. Conéoban Ua Maolp(chlainn, pi 
Mive, oo manbad oan papuccad bacla lopa cpé peill 4 meabail, la mac a 
ofpbnácap, Mupchad, mac Plamn, 4 Míde opápácéaó apam ecip Maolpec- 
lamn, mac Conéobarp, 7 an Munchad pin mac Plain. Cluam lonaipo 4 
Cínanoup co na c(mplaib oo lopccaó wile in aon mí. Ceano Choncobain 
Ui Maoileaclainn vo bpeic lá Toippdealbaé Ua mbpiamn a Cluam mic Nóp 
ap éiccm aióce Clone pa cCaipec móip, 7 Da oomnaig po 6éoómp cuccaó 
anofp vomdip co noib pailgib om amaille pup cpa pca Oé 4 Ciapaín. 


904 ANNALA RIOSshachca EIREANN. 


y Ui-Gabhla.—See note }, under A. D. 497, 
p. 160, supra. 

* Iseal- Chiarain.—See note under A. D. 1032. 

* Magh-Nura.—This is probably Moyvore, in 
the barony of Rathconrath, and county of 
Westmeath. 

> Ua Fogarta, lord of Eile: i. e. O’Fogarty, 
lord of Eliogarty, now a barony in the county 
of Tipperary. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

* A. D. 1072. Maelmuire O’Muiregan, Air- 
chinneach of Tuinea, died. Gilchrist O’Longan, 
serjeant in Mounster, died. Duvdill, Coarb of 
Brigit, in Christo quievit. Dermot mac Mael- 
nambo, king of Leinster and Genties” [recté, 
Galls], “fell in battle by Conner O’Melaghlin, 
king of Tarach, with the slaughter of Genties” 
[recté, Galls] ** and Leinster about him. Cunlay 
O'Flathray, and Mac Assia, king of Gaula, killed 
by Deskert-Bregh. O’Fogartaich, king of Ely, 
killed by O'Brien. Rory O'Canannan, king of 


Kindred-Connell, killed by Aengus O' Maeldoray. 
The French went into Scotland, and tooke the 
king of Scotland's sonne with them as a hos- 
tage."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain two of 
those events under the year 1069, as follows: 

“ A. D. 1069” [rectó, 1072]. “Dermott mac 
Moylenemo, king of Ireland, Wales, Danes of 
Dublin, and protector of the honour of Leath- 
Koyn, was killed and mangled by Connor 
O'Melaghlyn, King of Meath, with many others 
of his nobles, both Irishmen and Danes, in the 
battle of Ova. Dowgill, abbesse of Killdare, died. 
Murrogh mae Connor O'Melaghlyn, prince of 
Meath, did so oversette the family of Moyle- 
kyeran mae Conn ne Moght in Isill-Kyeran, and 
the poor of that house, that the steward of that 
family was slain by them, for which cause Moy- 
voura was granted to the poor.” 

* Bachall-Isa : i. e. the Staff of Jesus, which 
was the name of St. Patrick's crozier. 


The Annals of Ulster record the following ` 


EMEN sil pi. 
" t, =: ess 


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1073.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 905 


Cuuladh Ua Flathrai, King of Ulidia, and Mac Asidha, i. e. Gabhadhan, 
lord of Ui-Gabhla’, were burned by the men of Meath, in an ignited house, and 
a great number of other persons along with them. A forcible refection was 
taken by Murchadh, son of Conchobhar [O'Maeleachlainn], at Iseal-Chiarain’, 
and from Ceili-De, so that the superintendent of the poor was killed there, for 
which Magh-Nura* was given to the poor. Ua Fogarta, lord of Eile, was killed 
by Ua Briain. 

The Age of Christ, 1073. Maelmordha, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Cor- 
maic Ua Maelduin, chief lector and most learned senior of Ireland ; and Gilla- 
caissi Osraigheach, successor of Fidh-duin, died. Conchobhar Ua Maelseach- 
lainn, King of Meath, was killed, in violation of the Bachall-Isa’, through 
treachery and guile, by the son of his brother, Murchadh, son of Flann ; and 
Meath was afterwards desolated between Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, 
and this Murchadh, son of Flann. Cluain-Iraird and Ceanannus, with their 
churches, were all burned in one month. The head of Conchobhar Ua Mae- 
leachlainn was forcibly carried off by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, on the night 
of Good Friday; but it was brought back from the South again, with two rings 
of gold along with it, through the miracles of God and Ciaran. A great disease 


events under this year: 

* A. D. 1173. Bevin Ny-Brien in her pilgri- 
mage died in Ardmagh. Conner O’Melachlinn, 
king of Tarach, killed by Flann O'Melachlinn's 
sonne, contrary to Jesus Cross staff sworne be- 
fore, and the staff present. Donell mac Ualgarg, 
chief of Duvinrechty ; Cucaille O’Finn, king of 
Fer-Rois, i.e. men of Ross ; Cormack O'Clotha- 
gan, serjeant of Mounster, in penitentia mortui 
sunt. An army by Tirlagh into Lethquin, that 
he tooke great preyes from Galengs, and killed 
Moylmorra O'Cahasay, king of Bregh. Sitrick 
mac Aulaive and two O'Bryans, killed in the 
Ile of Man."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the same events are noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 1070, as 
follows : 

** A, D. 1070” [rect2, 1073]. ** Terlagh, alias 
Terence O’Bryen, son of prince Teig mac Bryen, 


succeeded as king next after King Dermott, 
and reigned full twenty-five years. Connor 
O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath and Leath-Koyn, 
was treacherously and filthily slain by his own 
nephew, Murrogh mac Fynn. Meath was wasted 
and destroyed between them.  Clonard and 
Kells were burnt with their churches in one 
month. King Terence O'Bryan did violently 
take from out of the church of Clonvicknose 
the head of Connor O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath, 
that was buried therein, and conveighed it to 
Thomond. A mouse came out of the head, and 
went under the king's mantle, and immediately 
the king for fear fell sick of a sore disease by 
the miracles of St. Keyran, that his hair fell off, 
and he was like to die, untill he restored the 
said head again with certain gold, which was 
taken on Good Fryday, and sent back the day 
of the resurrection next ensuing." 


5:7: 


906 ANNALA RIOShachta EIREANN. [1074. 


galap móp do $abái an pig Tompòealbağ cpap pocuin a pole 7 a plonnpad 
cma poptai Oé 7 Ciapáin, uaip an can puccad an cfm na jiaónuipe. vo 
psemo lué a cmo Concobain po com Toippdealbars sup bohe pocann a 


galap. Oébino, mg(n Shiai, véce ma hoiliépe 1 nApo Maca. Oomnall, - 


mac Ualgaing, corpeac Ua nOuibinopecc, 7 Cácaille Ua Pim, mg (pna Pm 
Roipp, oécc. Sloiccld lá Toinpdealbac We Chumn, co nofpna cpeach 
diainmide pon Hhanl(ngarb, 7 po manbad Maolmonda Ua Catapas, crfna 
ons. 

Qoi Cpiopc, mile p(chemoóa a cltarp. Oundn, arpoeappug Ata chat, 
Orapmaro, mac Maorlbpenainn, comanba 6pénaimn, Maolmopda, comapba 
Cilbe, Cobéach, abb Oi pipe Orapmaoa, Cacampge Ua Ceallang, comapba 
Mapa, [oécc]. Apomaca vo lopccao via Mane 1an mo(lcame co na uibh 
c(mploip,  cloccaib eiccip. pat 7 cman. Cumupcach Ua h€pfoan, c(nn 
bocc Epeann, oécc :ap noerjp(nnamn 1 1ap nareprge. Ragnall Ua Ma- 
oubam, cana Cilicch, décc. Oonnchaó Ua Cealleng, cigna Ua Mame, 
oo manbad la a bpácoip, lá Cab, mac mc Concobair Uí Chealleng 1 nmp 
Loca Caolám. | CIooh Menanach, pf Ulad, oo bachad iLLummneaé no 1 Loch 
€achac. 

Coir Cpforc, mile peachemoóa a cúicc. Cumapccach Ua €poban, abb 
Opoa Macha, véce. Oonnchad Ua Canannam, cigfpna Ceneoil Conall, vo 
mapnbao. Amalsai, mac Catal, ciz(pna lantai Connaéc, véce. Cugmao 
vo lopecad co na ceampull. Cluam lonaipo oo lopccaó co na oepcig. 
Oomnall, mac Mupchada, pi Coig(n 7 Ata chat, oécc oo galap cpí nowce. 
Cionaoc Ua Conb(tab, coipeac Cenel mómmg, décc. Oornall Ua Cam- 
oealbám vo mapbad oo Chpgiallaib. Oá mac Ctugaipi 1 Uoncain a. Oonn- 
chad 7 Grollacaommsm vo mapbao lá mac mic Giollucomsaill 1 Chuacail 


è Dunan.—He is usually called Donatus.—See 
Harris’s Edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 306. 

* Successor of Mura: i.e. Abbot of Fahan, in 
Inishowen, in the county of Donegal. 

* Rath and Trian : i.e. the fort and the three 
divisions of the town. ** A. D. 1074. Ardmacha 
tota, cum omnibus ecclesiis et campanis cum arce et 
reliqua urbis parte incendio devastata die Martis 
post festum SS. Philippi et Jacobi.” — Trias Thaum., 


p. 298. 

* Loch Caelain: i.e. Caelan's lake. Not iden- 
tified. The Annals of Ulster record the fol- 
lowing events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1074. Dermot mac Maelbrenan, Coarb 
of Brenainn; Flaithen O’Carog, Airchinnech of 
Roscree ; Dunan, Archbushop of Galls; and 
Cormack O’Maelduin, chief in science and divi- 
nity, vitam feliciter fimierunt. Armagh burnt on 


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seized the king, Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, which caused his hair and beard to 
fall off, through the miracles of God and Ciaran, for when the head of Concho- 
bhar was brought in his presence, a mouse issued from it, and went under 
Toirdhealbhach’s garment, which was the cause of his disease. Bebhinn, 
daughter of Brian, died on her pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. Domhnall, son of 
Ualgharg, chief of Ui-Duibhinnreacht ; and Cuchaille Ua Finn, lord of Feara- 
Rois, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach into Leath-Chuinn ; and he 
took countless preys from the Gaileanga, and slew Maelmordha Ua Cathasaigh, 
lord of Breagha. 

The Age of Christ, 1074. ‘Dunan, Archbishop of Ath-cliath ; Diarmaid, 
son of Maelbrenainn, successor of Brenainn ; Maelmordha, successor of Ailbhe; 
Cobhthach, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Cucairrge Ua Ceallaigh, successor of 
Mura’, [died]. Ard-Macha was burned on the Tuesday after May-day, with 
all its churches and bells, both Rath and Triani. Cumascach Ua hEradhain, 
head of the poor of Ireland, died after good penance and repentance. 
Ua Madadhain, Tanist of Aileach, died. Donnchadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of 
Ui-Maine, was killed by his brother, Tadhg, grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceal- 
laigh, on the island of Loch-Caelain*. Aedh Meranach, King of Ulidia, was 
drowned at Luimneach, or in Loch-Eathach. 

The Age of Christ, 1075. Cumasgach Ua Erodhan, Abbot of Ard-Macha, 
died. Donnchadh Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was killed. |. Amhal- 
ghaidh, son of Cathal, lord of West Connaught, died. Lughmhadh, with its 
church, was burned. Cluain-Iraird, with its oratory, was burned. Domhnall, 
son of Murchadh, King of Ath-cliath, died of three nights’ disease. Cinaeth 
Ua Conbeathadh, chief of Cinel-Binnigh, died. Domhnall Ua Caindhealbhain 
was slain by the Airghialla. The. two sons of Augaire Ua Lorcain, namely, 
Donnchadh and Gillacaeimhghin, were killed by the grandson of Gillachomh- 


ANNALS OF THB KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 907 


“A.D. 1073” [recté, 1074]. ** Conhagh, abbot 
of Desert-Dermott, died. Downan, Archbu- 
shopp of Dublyn, both of Irish and Danes, died. 


Tuesday after May-day, with all temples, bells, 
and all other implements, Cumascach O'Her- 
nan, head of the Irish poore men, post peniten- 


Raghnall 


tiam optimam, quievit. Ranell O’Madugan, heir, 
of Ailech, occisus est a suis."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise contain three of 
those entries under 1073 and 1074, thus : 


Ardmach, with the churches, was burnt.” 

* A, D. 1074. Donnough O’Kelly, prince of 
Imaine, was killed by his own brother, Teig, 
grandchild of Connor O’Kelly, at the Island of 
Loghkeylan.” 


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1 , j 


908 aNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. [1076. 


ag copnam popláma Ua Mupchada via nace.  Slóiéc(ó la Tompdeal- 
bach Ua mbmain co pp(paib. Míde co Connaécaib, co n&allaib, Laigmb, 
Oppaigib,] Muimneachanb me co nángaccap, co he Phipoiaó vo éumgio 
giall pon Oingiallaib, 7 pon Ulcab. Oo puaécaccap mače an éuicció ma 
nacchad. Oacap enec m ronchaib pma porle, co po pig fd 1omarplec occ Apo 
Monann emın Chpziallaib 7 Murpefpcac Ua Bbmam, 2. ní$óamna Muman, 4 
po pnaointd pon Mhumpcfpcac co na pocparve, 7 no lad oeapg áp a rhuincipe, 
] do covap na mate pm Dia coii gan giall, gan erccipe oon cup pm. Ach 
chat oo Zabel oo Mhuipefpcach Ua bpian. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile peachcmoda a pé. Céle, mac Oonnaccéin, énpop(nóim 
na nOaoweal, 4. eapbog laigen, oécc 1ap noerBb(chaió 1 nnn vá locha. 
Mupchad, mac Plomn Ui Maoleachlamn, oo manbad, 1 cc(no ceopa norte 
cona laibh rap ngabónl ponlámaip C(mpa, 1 ccloicéeach C (nannpa cpé péil lá 
Hasina Garllng a. la hOmlaoib, mac mic Maoláin, 7 a manbaoh pibe pein po 
cé06in, cma p(pcaib Dé 7 Cholaim Chille, la Maolpeachlamn, mac Conco- 
bam. Gambet Ua hInnpeccaig, eiz(pna Ua Mic, oo manbad la p(paib 
Mie. Giollacpfopo Ua Owboana, cina Fp Manach, oo mapbao lá 
Propu Manach péippm 1 nOamimp. Domnall Ua Cpíocán, corpeach 
Ua Piacpach CÍpoa ppata, oo mapbaó co náp ime lá hUib Tuipcp, 7 lá 
Cenel mbinmg glinne. Slóice(ó la Compoealbach Ua mdpam hi cConnac- 
. caib, co tcanaice Puaiópi Ua Concobaip, pí Connacc, ma teach. Mam 
belac ma nCGoo Ua Maolpfchtlomn 4 pia bp(poib Maghe hlche pon Chian- 


VC AY TE TU NNI UTE 


^ The grandson of Gillachomhghaill.—This was 
evidently Donnchuan, son of Gillachaeimhghin, 
son of Gillachomhghaill O’Tuathail, the an- 
cestor of all the O’Tooles of Leinster.—See the 
year 1041. 

i Ui-Murchadha.—'his is a mistake for Ui- 
Muireadhaigh. 

3 Ath- F'hirdia.—Now Ardee, in the county of 
Louth.—See note", under A. D. 941, p. 647, sup. 

* Ard-Monann.—Not identified. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“ A. D. 1075. Godfry mac mic Ragnaill, king 
of Dublin; and Cinaeh O'Convetha, chief of 


Kindred-Binni, mortui sunt. An army by Tir- 
lagh and Mounster into Lethquin along to Ath- 
firdia, and the Airgialla gave the overthrow of 
Ardmonann to Murtagh O'Brien, where many 
were slayne. Duncha O'Canannan, king of 
Conells, killed. Donell mac Murcha, king of 
Dublin, died of the sickness of three nights. 
Donell O’Kinelvan killed by Airgialla."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice only 
one of these events, namely, that relating to 
O’Brien’s expedition against the Ulstermen, 
which is entered under the year 1073, as fol- 
lows : 


1076.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 909 


ghaill' Ua Tuathal, in contesting the chieftainship of Ui-Murchadha' for their 
father. A hosting of the Meathmen, Connaughtmen, the foreigners, the Lein- 
stermen, the Osraighi, and the Munstermen, was made by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain ; and they marched to Ath-Fhirdia’, to demand hostages from the 
Oirghialla and the Ulidians. The chiefs of the province came to oppose them, 
and when they were face to face, a battle was fought at Ard-Monann* between 
the Airghialla and Muircheartach Ua Briain, i e.the royal heir of Munster, 
where Muircheartach and his forces were defeated, and a bloody slaughter 
made of his people; and his chiefs returned to their houses. without hostage or 
pledge on that occasion. 

The Age of Christ, 1076. Cele, son of Donnagan, chief senior of the 
Gaeidhil, and bishop of Leinster, died at Gleann-da-locha, after a good life. Mur- 
chadh, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn, at the expiration of three days and three 
nights after his having assumed the supremacy of Teamhair, was treacherously 
killed in the Cloictheach of Ceanannus!, by the lord of Gaileanga, i.e. Amhlaeibh, 
the grandson of Maelan; and the latter was himself immediately slain in revenge, 
through the miracles of God and Colum-Cille, by Maelseachlainn, son of Con- 
chobhar. Gairbheith Ua hInnreachtaigh”, lord of Ui-Meith, was slain by the 
men of Meath. Gillachrist Ua Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain 
by the Feara-Manach themselves, on [the island of] Daimhinis. Domhnall 
Ua Crichain, chief of Ui-Fiachrach Arda-sratha, was slain, with a slaughter about 
him, by the Ui-Tuirtri and the Cinel-Binnigh ofthe valley. An army was led 
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Connaught ; and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, 
King of Connaught, came into his house. The battle of Belaith" was gained 
by Aedh Ua Maelseachlainn and the men of Magh-Itha over the Cianachta, of 


m Gairbheith O'hInnreachtaigh: anglicé Garvey 
O’ Hanratty. 

^ Belaith : i. e. Mouth of the Ford. 
many places of thisname, but noevidence has been 


* A. D. 1073” [recté, 1075]. ** King Terlagh 
O’Bryan, with a great army of Meathmen, Con- 
noughtmen, Danes, and Lynstermen, with all 
his forces of Munstermen and Ossorie, went to 


'There are 


the north of Athfirdya to gett hostages of the 
Ulstermen, and returned from thence without 
any one, with great slaughter and loss of his 
army in those parts." 

! The Cloictheach of Ceannanus : i.e. the Steeple 
or Round Tower of Kells. 


discovered to identify the one here referred to. 
The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 
“ A, D. 1076. Garveh O'Hinrechtay, hing of 
Ometh, by the men of Meath; Gilchrist O'Duv- 
dara, by them of Fermanach, occisi sunt. Donell 


Tone ss WM MP 
"X: 


910 ANNALA RIOshachca’eiReann. [1077. 


naccaib m po lad a náp. Teipce bíoh ipm mbliadainpt. Slorshead la 
cléipchib Ceice Moga ım mac Maorloalua go Cluain Oolcám oronnapbat. 
1 Rónán a Cluam Oolcám ap ngabaıl aboome 06 oap pápughaoh mic 
Maonloalua. Conad annpm oo paoao neglep co na phann 1 cCluam Ool- 
cain vo celib oé 50 bnac maille pe oa picic oécc. bó cugaó m eneclann vo 
mac Maoloalua. Cip oo cup oUa Concéin pop muncip mic Giollu Com- 
jall, 50 ccugaro cpí cmn 4 epi piéie ipn cealeng pe Orione Orapmao amoff. 
Giollacníopre, mac Catalam, plait Ua Nocpa, oo mapbad vo mac mic 
Tuathal. 

Clip Cpiopc, mile p(chemoóa a peache. Muipfoach Ua Nuaóac, ppuié 
rhé Ofprange, Maolmancain Macua C (nca ppm pró Cluana mic Nóip, 
q Comgp(ch Ua Conarpe ppuit phó na Muman, oo écc. p(poácpíoc 
Ua Coibotnaig paoi 1 paccapc, vécc. Colcu Ua h€poóán, chn bocc Apoa 
Maca, Chlbe, ben cig lpna na nCinefp,7 comapba Monimne, [oécc]. Ua Comg- 
re, ciġfnna Dal nApawe, oo manbad lá Dal nCfpaióe buddéippm. Giolla- 
páccparcc Ua Ciapóa, cr&(pna Compe, oécc. Ua Celeéan, cána i. na 
nint, q] Ruane Ua Catapargh oo mapbad. Mupchad, mac Concobain 
Ui Maorleclann, pfogdamna Mide, oo mapbaó vo plpa” Teatba 7 vo 
Catapnac Sionnaé cma ponmac  mipcemse. Sloigead lá Coippóealbach 


O’Krichan, king of Ofiachrach Ardsraha, killed 
by the O-Turtry and Kindred-Binny of Glin. 
Murcha mac Floinn O’Melachlinn, being three 
nights king of Tarach, in the steeple of Kells 
was killed by Maelan’s sonne, king of Galeng. 
An army by Tirlagh into Connaught, untill Rory 
king of Connaght, came into his house. The 
overthrow of Belad by Hugh O’Melaghlin, and 
by the men of Ma-Itha upon Cianacht, that they 
got their bloody slaughter. Cele mac Donacan, 
head religious of Ireland, in Christo quievit. 
Gormlath Ny-Fogertaich, Tirlagh O’Brien’s 
wife, died.".— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of 
these events under the years 1075 and 1076, as 
follows : 

“A. D. 1075” [recté, 1076]. ** Murrogh mac 
Flyn O’Melaughlyn, that reigned king of Meath 


three days and three nights, was killed by 
Awley Mac Moyelan, prince of Gailleng, in the 
borders of Lynster. He was killed in the 
steeple of Kells, and afterwards the said Awley 
was killed immediately by Melaughlyn mac 
Connor O'Melaughlyn by the miracles of St. 
Columb, who is Patron of the place. There was 
great scarsity of victualls this year.” 

° Successor of Moninne: i.e. abbess of Cill- 
Sleibhe, or Killeavy, near Newry, in the county 
of Armagh. This is an instance of a married 
woman being successor of St. Moninne. 

? Catharnach Sinnach: i.e. Catharnach Fox. 
He was the ancestor of Ui-Catharnaigh, or 
Foxes, who were originally chiefs of all Teffia, 
in Westmeath, but latterly lords of Muintir 
Thadhgain, or the barony of Kilcoursey, in the 
present King’s County.—See the Miscellany of 


1077.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 911 


whom a slaughter was therein made. "There was scarcity of provisions in this 
year. Anarmy was led by the clergy, of Leath-Mhogha, with the son of Mael- 
dalua, to Cluain-Dolcain, to expel Ua Ronain from Cluain-Dolcain, after he had 
assumed the abbacy, in violation [of the right] of the son of Maeldalua. . It was 
on this occasion that a church, with its land, at Cluain-Dolcain, was given to 
Culdees for ever, together with twelve score cows, which were given as mulct 
to the son of Maeldalua. A slaughter was made of the people of the son of 
Gillachomhghaill by Ua Lorcain ; and he carried three score and three heads 
to the hill south of Disert-Diarmada. Gillachrist, son of Cathalan, chief of 
Ui-nOcra, was slain by the son of Mac Tuathail. 

The Age of Christ, 1077. Muireadhach Ua Nuadhat, learned senior of 
Dearmhach; Maelmartan Macua Cearta, learned senior of Cluain-mic-Nois ; 
Loingseach Ua Conaire, learned senior of Munster, died. Feardachrich Ua Coibh- 
dheanaigh, a learned man and a priest, died. Colcu Ua hErodhan, head of the 
poor of Ard-Macha; Ailbhe, wife of the lord of the Airtheara [Oriors], and 
successor of Moninne*, [died]. Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain 
by the Dal-Araidhe themselves. Gillaphadraig Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, 
died. Ua Celechain, Tanist of the Airtheara; and Ruarc Ua Cathasaigh, were 


slain. 


Murchadh, son of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Meath, 


was slain by the men of Teathbha and Catharnach Sinnach?, through envy and 


the Irish Archeological Society, pp. 184 to 189. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1077. An army by Tirlagh O'Brien 
in O’Censelay, and fettered fatt Donell’s sonne, 
king of Censelay. Mac Maelan's sonne killed 
by Maelsechlainn, king of Tarach. O’Longsy, 
king of Dalnaray, killed by his owne. Murcha 
O’Melachlinn killed by the men of Tehva. The 
discomfiture of Maelderg upon Fermanach, by 
Kindred-Owen, of Tulaghoge, where many fell. 
Colca O?Heroan, head of the poore of Armagh, 
in pace quievit. Ailve Nyn-Innavar, wife to the 
King of Easterns” [Oriors], *Coarb of Mo- 
ninne, and Kilpatrick, king of Carbre-Kierry, 
in penitentia mortui sunt. O’Celegan, heir of 
Easterns, and Ruork O'Cahasay, killed."— Cod. 


Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of 
the same events, under the year 1076, as fol- 
lows : 

** A. D. 1076” [recté, 1077]. * The scarsity 
of victualls continued for this year. There was 
also great persecution of all the houses of reli- 
gion belonging to Clonvicknose. The people of 
Teaffa for envy and by deceipt murthered Mur- 
rogh mac Connor O'Melaghlyn. Gillepatrick 
O’Kiergie, prince of Carbrey, now called Brem- 
yngham’s Contrey, died. Moriegh O’Nwaat, 
auntient and sadge of Dorrowe, died. Gorm- 
phlye, daughter of O’Fogorty, queen of Ireland, 
and wife of King Terlagh, died, and bequeathed 
much cattle and a rich legacie to the church for 
her soule.” 


ANTEA 
Mr ee A 


912 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1078. 


Ua bpian 1 nUib Cemnpealoig, go po éuibpig mac Domnall Riman, cina 
Ua cCempealaig. Gopmlane mgn Ui Pogapca, ben Toippdelbag Ui Ohman, 
vécc, 7 maome 1omda opodal o! an ceallaib 7 eccailpib, 4 ap boécaib an 
comdead oo pat a hanma.  Ceice mop oan, ipm mbliaóamnpi, q mgnüm 
pop ceallaib. Cluai mic Noip o lopccaó uile genmocáio a cceampaill 
Oln upm gona 10bpab vo lopccao. 

Qoi Cpiopc, mile peachtmoda a hocc. Copbmac Ua bedin, comapba 
Chonan Tuama pene, 7 Coibofnac Ulcaé anméapa Imleacha lubar oécc 
c(nn cpabaro Epeann epide. Concobap Ua bmain, cigfpna Ceneóil n€ogaim 
7 €ealéa Occ vo mapbad la Cenel mbinoig Glinne. C(clobap Ua Caibgnén, 
cisfina Chpgiall, oo mapbad la Ruaiopm Ua Ruadacan. Catal, mac Oom- 
naill, ci5fpna Cenel Enda, oo mapbao la Cenel n€oshain na hlnmpi. Oom- 
nall, mac mic Tigfpnain, ciġlpna Conmaicne, véce. Mawm pop Uib Crem- 
tain pa pphaib Plpnmange hi Sleib Puaicc, 1 ccopċam Boll Clápacė 4 
apale amaille ppp. Op pop Conal ma nUib Meit, 1 cconcaip mac 
Ui Cpeooám, cis(pna Conaille. Lopcán Ua bmam vo écc. Conċobap 
Ua Oonnchada, níogóamma Caii, [oécc]. Cínopaolaoó Ua Oungalaig, 
cigfina TIlupceparge ee opoan 7 oip(éapTluman, vég. Cimeorg Ua brain 
vo zabál cigna Harllng. 

Coip Cpíope, mile peachcmoda a nao. Maolċiapám, mac Cumn na 
mbocc, comanba Ciapám, oo écc. ba eipióen opoan 7 capmicem Cluana 
ma pém(p. Ceallach R(mop, comanba bpmamn bioppa 7 Ciapám Sargne, 
Mac Grolladioe Uf Concám, eis(pna. P(pnmonge, vécc. Ceallac Ua Rua- 
nada, apo ollami Epeann ma aimpip, décc. Cámibe, mac Copcám, cig(mna 


P(nmearge, véce. Pin C(&ba 7 Cappe pop cpechaib m hUib Pollge, zo 


? The Cinel-Eoghain of the Island : i.e. of the 
island or peninsula of Inishowen, in the county 
of Donegal. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1078. Conner O’Brien, king of Tullagh- 
oge, heire of Ireland, killed by Kindred-Byni- 
Glinne. Lorcan O’Brien died. Lethlovar O'Laig- 
nen killed by Rory O'Ruagan. Duvesa Nyn 
Amalgaa [daughter of Amhalghaidh] Coarb of 


Patrick, and wife to the king of Easterns" 
[Oriors], “died. Donell, sonne to Mac Tiernan 
king of Conmaicne; Cahel mac Donell, king of 
Kindred-Enna, killed by Kindred-Owen of the 
Iland. Conor O'Dunnchaa, heire of Cassill, occisi 
sunt. O' Cremthainns discomfited by the men of 
Fern-moy at Slevfuaid, where Gollclary, and 
many more, were slaine. A slaughter of the 
Conells by the O-Methes, wherein Tresdan, 
king of Conells, fell.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


diram SI ern 


T i 


1078.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


913 


malice. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, 
and he fettered the son of Domhnall Reamhar, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Gorm- 
laith, daughter of Ua Fogarta, wife of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, died ; and 
she had distributed much wealth among cells and churches, and the poor of the 
Lord, for the welfare of her soul. There was great scarcity in this year also, 
and persecution of churches. Cluain-mic-Nois was all burned, except the 
churches. Gleann-Uisean, with its yews, was burned. 

The Age of Christ, 1078. Cormac Ua Beain, successor of Cronan of 
Tuaim-Greine, [died]; and Coibhdheanach, i. e. the Ulidian, anmchara of Im- 
leach-Ibhair, died. He was head of the piety of Ireland. Conchobhar Ua Briain, 
lord of Cinel-Eoghain and Tealach-Og, was slain by the Cinel-mBinnigh of the 
valley. Leathlobhar Ua Laidhgnen, lord of Airghialla, was slain by Ruaidhri 
Ua Ruadhacain. Cathal, son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Enda, was slain by the 
Cinel-Eoghain of the island. Domhnall, son of Mac Tighearnain, lord of 
Conmhaiene, died. A victory was gained over the Ui-Creamhthainn, by the 
men of Fearnmhagh, at Sliabh Fuaid, where Goll Claraigh and others along 
with him, were slain. A slaughter was made of the Conailli by the Ui-Meith, 
in which the son of Ua Treodain, lord of Conaille, was slain. Lorean Ua Briain, 
died. Conchobhar Ua Donnchadha, royal heir of Caiseal, [died]. Ceannfae- 
ladh Ua Dunghalaigh, lord of Muscraighe-thire, the glory and ornament of 
Munster, died. Ceinneidigh Ua Briain assumed the lordship of Gaileanga. 

The Age of Christ, 1079. Maelchiarain Mac Cuinn na mBocht, successor 
of Ciaran, died. He was the glory and veneration of Cluain [mic-Nois] in his 
time. Ceallach Reamhar, successor of Brenainn of Birra, and of Ciaran of 
Saighir; Mac Gilladhidhe Ua Lorcain, lord of Fearnmhagh, died. Ceallach 
Ua Ruanadha, chief poet of Ireland in his time, died. Cumidhe, son of Lorcan, 
lord of Fearnmhagh, died. The men of Teathbha and Cairbre set out upon. 


Some of the same events are noticed in the were all killed this year. Ceallach O'Ronowe, 


Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 1077, as 
follows : 

“A. D. 1077” [rectó, 1078]. ** O’Laignen, 
archprince of Uriell; Connor O'Bryan, prince 
of the Eonnought of Cashell; Donnell mac 
Tiernan, prince of the Brenie ; and Kearnaghan 
Gott O'Melaughlyn, young prince of Meath, 


archpoet of Ireland, died. Moyleseaghlyn mac 
Connor O’Melaughlyn came to Teaffa, to a place 
called Kwasan, now in Brawyn” [now Coosane, 
on the margin of Lough Ree.—Ep. ], “and there 
made a great prey, and tooke captives by the 
vertue of Saint Keyran, because the inhabi- 
tants of Kwasan aforesaid” [had] ** robbed 


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ils 


914 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1080. 


| sabpac bá 10mba, co puccpac hUi Pailge poppa hi cCluain phca Molua, co 


po cuin án pn C(tba 4 Coanppe imma mg a. Mac Congeimle. Oenach 
Capman la Concoban Ua cConcobaip Pailge. Ceò Ua Plaicb(mcarz, cg- 
(pma Jantar Connaéc, vo mapbaó lá Ruam Ua cConéobarp. Giolla 
cCnnlap, mac lapnam oo Chonmaicnb, oo mapbao, 7 a aónacal hi cCluam mic 
Nop. Mop pluarg(ó lá Tompdealbaé Ua mbmain 1 cConnaccoib, 50 po 
orcuin Ruadm Ua Conchobain a pige Connacht. Torppdealbac Ua 6piam 
00 dol pon Loc mbfnncuip, 1 pop Innpib Mos, 7 apgain na Cpuarċe larp. 
Qoip Cpíopc, mile ochemoóa. Mumpfoach Ua Mugpom, plplergmn 
Cluana mic Nóip, véce. Oonn Ua C(tlobaip, ci&(mna. Pfpntnarge, oo map- 


bad vo Ub Carc(n 1 Sléibh Puaicc.. O(pbpongaill, mgin mic Oman, bln 


Oiapmava mic Maoil na mbó, vécc. Cochoió Ua Meplish, cig fina Fn- 
muí$e, vo manbad. Oonnpléibe Ua h€ochaóa vo dol pin Muman co mareib 
Ulad laip ap cmo cuapapoal. Mam ata €apgail lá caob Clocain pop 
Fab Manach pia nOomnall Ua Coclamn, 7 ma bèa Morge hloea, 1 
ctoncnaccan mgpmmnncióe Apoa Maca .1. $icpioc Ua Caoméin, 7 mac Néll 
Ui Sh(ppais, 7 oaome 1omda orle. Ap occ caippngipe an cata pm po pnároh- 
eacch, 

Ach Engl, m opong naicclaic ac(pbaro, 

Sochaibe biap gan 10nmam, oo 10mgum Ata €pgail. 


Maolp(chlamn, mac Concobanp, vo tiachcam 1 cC (&ba, co no(pna mopead 
mop ann a. cn(ch Chuapám a hamm ercip bá 7 bpaicc oo Bnei Lap, oaome 
vo manbad cpa propcaib naor Chiapám, uarn oo enpcep(c pip Teatba 
Cluam mic Nop co na oepceach ip m mbliaóam pin. Sochoiót. do pab 
the church of Clonvicknose the precedent * The fair of Carman.—This fair was held at 


year.” Wexford. Conor O'Conor Faly, by celebrating 
* Cluain-fearta-Molua,—This is an error for this fair, claimed the highest authority in Lein- 


Cluain-fearta-Mughaine, now Kilclonfert, in 
the barony of Lower Philipstown, and King's 
County. Cluain-fearta-Mughaine is mentioned 
in O'Clery's Irish Calendar as the church of 
St. Colman. Some ruins of the church are still 
visible and near them the well of St. Colman, 
corruptly called Cloman's well.—See the Ord- 
nance Map of the King's County, sheet 10. 


ster. 

t Loch-Beannchair: i. e. the Lake of Beann- 
chair. This was the ancient name of Tullaghan 
Bay, in the west of the county of Mayo. 

u The Cruach: i. e. the Rick, now locally 
called the Reek of St. Patrick, or Croaghpatrick, 
a remarkable mountain in the barony of Mur- 
risk, county of Mayo. 


1080.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


915 


plundering excursions into Ui-Failghe, and took many cows; but the Ui-Failghe 
came up with them at Cluain-fearta-Molus', where a slaughter was made of the 
men of Teathbha and Cairbre, with their king, i.e. Mac Congeimhle. The fair 
of Carman* was celebrated by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair Failghe. Gilla- 
ceannlas, son of Iarnan, [one] of the Conmhaicni, was slain, and he was buried 
at Cluain-mic-Nois. A'great army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and 
he expelled Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair from the kingdom of Connaught. Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain went upon Loch-Beannchair* and Innsi-Modh, and plun- 
dered the Cruach”. 

"The Age of Christ, 1080. Muireadhach Ua Mughroin, lector of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, died. Donn Ua Leathlobhair, lord of Fearnmhagh, was killed by the. 
Ui-Laithen at Sliabh Fuaid. Dearbhforghaill, daughter of the son of Brian, and . 
wife of Diarmaid, son of Mael-na-mbo, died. Eochaidh Ua Merligh, lord of 3 
Fearnmhagh, died. Donnsleibhe Ua h-Eochadha went into Munster, with the 
chiefs of Ulidia along with him, to serve for wages. The battle of Ath-Erghail, 
by the site of Clochar, was gained over the Feara-Manach, by Domhnall 
Ua Lochlainn and the men of Magh-Itha, where fell the plunderers of Ard- 
Macha, namely, Sitric Ua Caemhain, and the son of Niall Ua Searraigh, and 
many other persons. To predict this battle was said : 


Ath-Ergail", people shall hereafter be there dispersed ; 
Numbers shall be without affection, by the conflict of Ath-Erghail. 


Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, came into Teathbha, where he made a 
great prey (called the Prey of Cuasan"), both of cows and prisoners, which he 
carried off; and persons were killed through the miracles of Saint Ciaran, for 
the men of Teathbha had plundered Cluain-mic-Nois, with its oratory, that 


DE OR ree en er. eee T UPPER 


The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1079. Cellach O’Ruanaa, archpoet of 
Ireland ; Cumie mae mic Lorkan, king of Fern- 
moy; Mac Gildigde O?Lorkan, Secnap of Ard- 
magh; Mae Quin, heade of the poore of Clon- 
mic-Nois, mortui sunt.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Ath-Ergail: i.e. Erghal’s Ford. This was 
the name of a ford near Clogher, in the county 


of Tyrone; but the name is now obsolete, and 
its exact situation has not been determined. 

w Quasan: i.e. the Small Cave or Cavern, now 
Coosane, a townland on the east margin of 
Lough Ree, about two miles and a half to the 
north of Athlone, in the barony of Brawney, 
and county of Westmeath. There is an old 


castle here which was erected by the family of ` 


O'Breen, the ancient chiefs of Brawney. 


642 


i, Sed 7 


916 ~ ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. [1081. 


Cleba, 4 oo Mhumncip Glpadam, 1 oo Carpbmb vo ceacc ap cpeié m Ub 
Panlge, co puaccaccan Ceapmann Cille hachaw. Capéacap Ui Pailge iaz, 
q po mapbpac Grollamuine Ua Crappoda, ciġlpna Cappe, 7 ed, mac merc 
Oubganll mic Pronnbéipn, corpeach Mumcine Génadann, 7 anaill oo paop- 
clanncab cen mo tac pide, Cocha Ua Longs, ciġfpna Uaiene tie, vég. 
Slórgheaó lá Toinpdealbac Ua mbmam go hAċ chat 7 go propa Miòe, 50 
ccámic Maoilfchlamn ma teach lá bacaill lopa, 4 la cornapba Phaczpance, 
q lá clénaib Muman. 

Qoip C níope, mile o¢tmoda a haon. Mac mec Conovabaill uapal paganc 
Anoa Macha, Pothud hUa hille, apo anméapa Cluana mic Nói, 1 Leiti 
Cun, Plann Ua Concám, uapal pagapc Cugroio, Ua Robapcarg, enpem- 
neach Lugmaid, Célecoup Ua Cinneiceig, cornapba Colaim mc Cmomtainn, 
Coindeccan Ua Plainn, comanba 6pénamn Cluana pca, 7 hUa ópurc, 
comapba Sfnain Inpi Catang, vécce. Copcach móp Muman vo lopccad eirccin 
cighib 7 c(mplaib. Ceall oa lua vo lopccad. Mac Angeincce, wis fpna 
Conaille, oo mapbad lá pna ECpnmage. Macpart Ua hOccain, ciġlpna 
Cenel P(pecupa, oo mapbad. Maolmichd Ua Maolpuanaò, cis fina 
Ua cCumepe, vo manbad lá Cenél mbmmgh Slime. Slollapiaonaca mac 
Omalgaoa, mic Plaim, cigfina Calpaige, oo rhapbad vo Mhaolp(chnonlt 
cma propcaib Cianain, uam po ainecpide venteach Cluana mic Nop an 
bliabam pm. Cpu vo apgam vo Ghallaw. Mac Amalgaid mac Plomn, 


* Mac Fhinnbhairr.—Now locally pronounced son of Cionnmuirraidh” [recté, Finnbharr], 


in Irish, Maginbhairr, and anglicised Gaynor. 
The line of descent of a member of this ancient 
family, who lived towards the close of the last 
century, is given in a MS. of Keating’s History 
of Ireland, in the possession of N. Herbert De- 
lamar, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, as fol- 
lows : 

* James, son of Cormac, son of Cormac, son 
of Peter, son of Rudhraighe, son of Peter, son 
of James, son of Cormac, son of Peter, son of 
Feidhlim, son of Cairbre, son of Cathal, son of 
Cuconnacht, son of Gormghal, son of Gilla-na- 
naemh, son of Diarmaid, son of Gormghal, son 
of Awley, son of Sithdhearg, son of Tadhg, son 
of Donnchadh, son of Aedh, son of Sichfraidh, 


** a quo Mag Fhinnbhairr, son of Gormghal, son 
of Gearadhan, a quo Muintir-Gearadhain.” 

y Muintir- Geradhain: anglicé Muintergeran, 
a territory situated on the west side of Lough 
Gowna, in the north of the county of Longford. 
—See the published Inquisitions, Longford, 
Nos. 2 and 3, Jac. I. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“A. D. 1080. Donn O'Lehlavar, king of 
Fernvay, killed by O’Lathen in Slevuaid, .i. a 
mountaine. O'Ciarda, king of Cairbry, mortuus 
est. Cellach, Coarb of Patrick, natus est, Der- 
vorgaill Nyne Mic Brien, wife of Dermott mac 
Moilnambo, died in Imlech. Eochai O'Merly, 


' 1081.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. i 


917 > 


year. Numbers of the men of Teathbha, of Muintir-Gearadhain, and of the 
Cairbre-men, came upon a plundering excursion into Ui-Failghe ; and they 
arrived at the Termon of Cill-achaidh. The Ui-Failghe overtook them, and 
slew Gillamuire Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, and Aedh, grandson of Dubh- 
ghall Mac Fhinnbhairr*, chief of Muintir-Geradhain’, and others of the nobility 
besides them. Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Uaithne-thire, died. An army 
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Brien to Ath-cliath ; and the men of Maelseach- 
lainn came into his house with the staff of Jesus, and with the successor of © 
Patrick, and the clergy of Munster. 

The Age of Christ, 1081. The son of Mac Condabhain, a noble priest of 
Ard-Macha; Fothadh Ua h-Aille, chief anmchara of Cluain-mic-Nois and Leath- 
Chuinn; Flann Ua Lorcain, noble priest of Lughmhadh ; Ua Robhartaigh, - 
airchinneach of Lughmhadh; Ceileachair Ua Ceinneidigh, successor of Colum, 
son of Crimhthann ; Coinneagan Ua Flainn, successor of Brenainn of Cluain- 
fearta; and Ua Bruic, successor of Seanan of Inis-Cathaigh, died. Corcach-mor 
in Munster was burned, both houses and churches. Cill-Dalua was burned. 
Mac Angheirrce, lord of Conaille, was slain by the men of Fearnmhagh. Ma- 
grath Ua h-Ogain, lord of Cinel-Feargusa, was slain. Maelmithidh Ua Mael- 
ruanaidh, lord of Ui-Tuirtre, was slain by the Cinel-Binnigh of the valley. 
Gillasiadnata, son of Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, lord of Calraighe’, was slain 
by Maelseachnaill through the miracles of Ciaran, for he had plundered the 
oratory of Cluain-mic-Nois in that year. Ara* was plundered by the foreigners. 


king of Fernmay, killed by sleight. Donsleve 
O'Heochaa went into Mounster with all the 
good men of Ulster with him to bring wages. 
The overthrow of Athergail, .i a forde neere 
Clochar, upon Fermanach, by Donell O'Loch- 
lainn, and by the men of Magh Itha, that they 
fell in the vallyes of Armagh” [recté, that killed 
the plunderers of Armagh], “i.e. Sitrick O'Cea- 
van, and Nell O'Serraye's sonne, and others."— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The attack of the men of Teffia, upon Cill- 
achaidh, in Offaly, now Killeigh, in the barony 
of Geshill, King’s County, is noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 1078, 


as follows : 

** A. D. 1078" [recté, 1080]. ** The people of 
Teaffa came to the Termyn land of Killeachie 
in Affalie, and preyed and spoyled the whole 
Termyn land, and also killed Gillemorie 
O’Keyrga, King of Carbrey, and the son of Mac 
Fynbarr, chief of the O-Gerans, with many 
others.” 

* Lord of Calraighe : i. e. of Calraighe-an-chala, 
in the parish of Ballyloughloe, barony of Clon- ` 
lonan, and county of Westmeath, the territory 
of the Magawleys. 

a Ara: ie. the Island of Aranmore, or the 
Great Island of Aran, in the bay of Galway. 


ever ey 


a> WE ee du. È 


918 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN: [1082. 


cisfina Callpangi, oo mapbab la Maoileachlainn mac Concobaip. Cucata 
Ua Colman déz. 

Cloip Cpíope, mile o¢cmoda a 06. Cionaeó Ua Ruain, cánoippi abbad 
Cluana mic Nap, pó 7 c(no. atcomaine, Concobap Ua Uatgarle, pín- 
leigmn Glinne hUipph, 7 Oónchaó Ua Cicpada, oa ppmé plndrp lantaip 
Laig(n vaopróe, 1 a néce. GHrollacpfopc Ua Maolpabenll, ciz(pna Caipnece 
bpachawe, Pionnchao Mac Amalsada, corpeae Clomne Opfpail, Plaicbfp- 
cac Ua Maoilevúnn, cr5(na: Cupec, Urohpin Ua Maoilmuipe, caoipeé Cenél 
Peapaohaig, [oécc]. Oomnall, mac Targ Uf Chonéobanp, pfogdarina Con- 
> nachc, oo mapbad la oöpaċčan a atap, lá Catal mac Clova Uí Concobaip, 

gan nach cion aithnid oo óaomib, acc ap cnác 1 popmac. Catal Ua Con- 
cobain oo manbad lá R'uaóp Ua cConcobaip 1 ceat co pochaibe moip me. 
Opeam móp olapeap Mide, vo Ocalbna, 5 Cuinene vo mapbaó pop Loch Rib 
la Oomnall, mac Plomn, me Maol(chland, 7 maibm na n(&ap. amm an 
maoma cuccao poppa. Reileacc Chailleach Cluana mic Nap oo lopccao 
co na oomliag, 7 Sup an cman cape(pach oon éll wle. Oornnall, mac 
Concobain Uí Ohmiam, oo mapbao. 

Qoi Cpíope, mile ochcmoòa a cpi. Mumefpcach Ua Call, amem- 
neach Oúm, paor bpeic(minaip 7 phtappa €peano, Hiollamonmne, amém- 
nech Cugmand, Macnart Ua bollen, comapba Cponáin Roppa Cpé, 7 Cab 
Ua Carbg, comanba Plannám Cille Dalua, vécc. Oorinall Ua Canannán, 


* 


> Lord of Callraighe.—This entry relates to 
the same event as that just given ; but it has 
been evidently taken from a different authority. 


Cork, with its churches, and Kildaluo, ab igne 
dissipate sunt.” 
The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very 


The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1081. Makingeirce, king of Conells, 
killed by the men of Fernmay. Macragh 
O'Hogan, minion of Kindred-Fergusa" [recté, 
lord or chief of Kinel-Fergusa] ; “ Maelmihy 
O'Maelruany, king of O-Turtry, by Kindred 
Binny-Glinne; O'Huathmaran, king of the 
men of Li, occisi sunt. O’Mahowne, king of 
Ulster, killed by Dunsleve O?Heochaa, at Dun- 
dalehglas. Gilchrone, high priest of Armagh ; 
O'Rovarty, Airchinnech of Conner; Flann 
O'Lorkan, high priest of Lugva, mortui sunt. 


meagre at this period, notice two of the pre- 
ceding events under the year 1079, as follows : 

“A. D. 1079" [recté, 1081]. * Gillesynata 
Magawley, prince of Calrie, was killed by 
Moyleseaghlyn O'Melaughlyn, for robbing or 
ravishing the goods of the church of Clonvick- 
nose the precedent year. Cork and Killaloe 
were burnt.” 

* Cathal.—'The copy in the Royal Irish Aca- 
demy adds that this was done “1 norgail 
mapbéa Oorinaill, 4 ap aóbapaib cile gan 
ampup; i.e. in revenge of the death of Domh- 
nall, and for other reasons without doubt." 


4 


1082.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 919 


The son of Amhalghaidh, son of Flann, lord of Calraighe^, was slain by Mael- 
seachlainn, son of Conchobhar. Cucatha Ua Colmain died. 
The Age of Christ, 1082.  Cinaedh Ua Ruaidhin, Tanist-abbot of Cleat 


mic-Nois, a senior and head of counsel ; 
Gleann-Uissean ; Dunchadh Ua Cetfadha, two learned seniors of the west of 


Conchobhar Ua Uathghaile, lector of 


Leinster, died. Gillachrist Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig-Brachaidhe ; Finn- 
chadh Mac Amhalghadha, chief of Clann-Breasail; Flaithbheartach Ua Mael- 
duin, lord of Lurg; Uidhrin Ua Maelmuire, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh, [died]. 
Domhnall, son of Tadhg Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was slain 
by his father’s brother, Cathal, son of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, without any rea- 
son known to men, except envy and malice. Cathal? Ua Conchobhair was 
killed by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair in a battle, and a great number along with 
him. A great number of the people of West Meath, Dealbhna, and Cuirene, 
was slain on Loch-Ribh by Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn ; and the 
battle in which they were defeated was called the * Breach of the Boats." The 


cemetery of the Nuns of Cluain-mic-Nois was burned, with its stone church, 
and with the eastern third of all the establishment. 


bhar Ua Briain, was killed. 


The Age of Christ, 1083. Muircheartach Ua Carill, airchinneach of Dun’, 
the most learned judge and historian of Ireland ; Gillamoninne, airchinneach 
of Lughmhadh ; Macraith Ua Baillen, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre ; and 
Tadhg Ua Taidhg, successor of Flannan of Cill-Dalua, died. Domhnall 


The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1082. Gilchrist O’Maelfavall, king of 
Carrickbrachay; Fincha mac Amalgaa, chief of 
Kindred-Bressall; Donell mac Conner O’Brien; 
Flathertach O’Maelduin, king of Lurg; Uirin 
mac Maelmuire, chief of Kindred-Feray; Uirin 
mac Maelmuire; omnes occisi sunt. Donell mac 
Teig O’Conner, heire of Connaght, wickedly 
murthered by Cahell O’Conner. Cahell O'Con- 
ner fell with” [rectè, fell by] ** Rory O’Conner, 
in battle, with a great number about him."— 
Cod. Clarend:, tom. 49. 

Some of the events noticed by the Four Mas- 


ters, under 1082, are to be found in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise under 1080, thus : 

* A. D. 1080” [recté, 1082]. ** Donell O’Con- 
nor, young prince of Connaught, was killed by 
his own uncle, Cahall mae Hugh O'Connor, 
without any other cause, but only for envy and 
malice. A great part of Westmeath, viz., of 
Delvin, Cwirckney, and others, were slain by 
Donnell mac Flynn O?Melaughlyn, king of 
Meath, on Loghry, and also the houses in the 
church yard of the nunes of Clonvicknose, toge- 
ther with their church, was burnt.” 

* Airchinnech of Dun: i, e. Erenach, or here- 
ditary churchwarden, of Downpatrick. 


* 


Domhnall, son of Concho- 


r ERIAS 


2a Are a i ain 


920 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1084. 


Tig lpna Ceneóil cConaill, vo mapbaó lá Cenel cConaill buóefppm. Oom- 
nall Ua Loċlamn oo gabáil pige Cenél Eogain, 7 plagsho pío lap hi 
cConaillib, co ccucc bónoma món, 4 co vcapacc cuapupcal oon cpluaizfó 
rm oo pihai P(mnmarge. Cod Ua Maoileclamn, ci5fnna Oilig, oécc. 
Congalach Ua Ciapóa, ci5(pna Caipppe, vo mapbaó la Conmaicmb co 
pochaidib male ppp. Ounlamg Ua Loncam, canaipi Cangfn oo mapbao. 
Somaiple Mac Giollabmgve, pi Innpi Gall, oécc. 

Qoip Cpíope, mile occmoba a cféaip. Slollapaccpaice, eppcop Clea 
chat, oo badad. Muipfohach Ua Ceitnén, capémneach Cluana h€oanp, 
oécc. Niall Ua Sfpnéám, ppme pind na Muman, [vécc]. Ceall Dalua, 
Cuaim peme, 7 Mağ néo Nonbnaige vo lopccaó oo Chonmaicnib. Olmo 
va loca co na cí(mploib do lopccad. €cclap Pumche «1. Ropp aithin, 
opotughao. Slórcheao la Oonnpléibe, pí Ulad co Opoié(c áta, co ccapac 
cuapupcal oo Oonnchaó, mac Cag Uf Ruampc. Cpeach la Domnall 
Ua Coclamn cap a éip a nUlcaib, co ccuccpac bpaircc 7 bopóma móp. 
Sloicchead lá propa Muman a Tfhioe, 4 ap pop an Tlórg(o ym acbat Conéo- 
ban Ua Cécpada, opoán 1 oipeacup Muman eiplde. Oo Govan ona, Con- 
maicne 1 Cuaómámam van a néipi, co po loipeepfc oáme, 1 orongnaóa 10mba, 
7 00 bfpcpac cp(ca oipfme. Oonnchad mac an Carli Uí Ruane co namen 
Connaéc co Caipbpib, 7 gail(ngaib oo elec iLCargmb conup caipéeccan Gall, 
Carini, Opparge, 7 pip. Mhuman im Mumpefpeach Ua mbmam, 4. p(éap 
reainotp puileach pomó(ms (coppa occ Mom Cpumneoige an c(épamaó Cal. 
lamn oo Nouembep, 7 oo éfppac ile (coppa acu 7 anall. Copncap om ann 
Oonnchaó Ua Ruane, Cemneiteis Ua bpaim,7 a mac Caóg,] mac Uí Chon- 


° Somhairle,—'This is the first occurrence of 
this name, which seems Danish, in these Annals. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1083. Donell O'Canannan, king of 
Kindred-Conell, a suis occisus est. Hugh O’Me- 
laghlin, king of Ailech; Murtagh O’Cairill, air- 
chinnech of Dun, an excellent judge and Chro- 
nicler; Teig O'Teig, Airchinnech of Kildaluo, 
in pace quieverunt. Gilmoninne, Airchinnech of 
Lugmay, occisus est. Hugh Meranach drowned 
at Limerick. The king of Kindred-Enna killed 


by Duncha O’Melachlin, king of Ailech. Donell 
O’Lochlainn, began to reign over Kindred-Owen. 
A king’s forces with him upon the Conells, and 
brought great booty, whereof he gave their 
wages to the men of Fernmay.”—Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. _ 

‘ Gillaphadraig.—For some account of this 
Bishop Gillaphadraig, or Patrick, who was a 
Dane, see Harris’s edition of Ware’s Bishops, 
pp. 306-309. 

* Ua Seasnain.—Now usually anglicised Sex- 
ton, 


OO ae ee TS 


1084.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 921 


Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain by the Cinel-Conaill themselves. 
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn assumed the kingship of the Cinel-Eoghain, and made 
a royal hosting into Conaille [Muirtheimhne], whence he carried off a great 
spoil of cattle. He took the men of Fearnmhagh into his pay on this expedi- 
tion. Aedh Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Aileach, died. Conghalach Ua Ciardha, 
lord of Cairbre, was slain by the Conmhaicni, and many others along with him. 
Dunlaing Ua Lorcain, Tanist of Leinster, was killed. Somhairle’, son of Gilla- 
brighde, King of Innsi-Gall, died. 
The Age of Christ, 1084. Gillaphadraig’, Bishop of Ath-cliath, was 
drowned. Muireadhach Ua Ceithnen, airchinneach of Cluain-Eois, died. Niall 
Ua Seasnain*, learned senior of Munster, [died]. Ceall-Dalua, Tuaim-Greine, 
and Magh-neo-Norbhraighe", were burned by the Conmaicni. Gleann-da-locha 
was burned, with its churches. The monastery of Fuinche, i. e. Ross-airthir', 
was founded. An army was led by Donnsleibhe, King of Ulidia, to Droicheat- 
ata, and gave wages to Donnchadh, the son of the Caileach Ua Ruairc. A pre- 
datory excursion was made in his [Donnsleibhe's] absence into Ulidia, by 
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, whence he carried off prisoners and a great spoil of 
cattle. An army was led by the men of Munster into Meath ; and it was on 
that expedition Conchobhar Ua Cetfadha, the dignity and glory of Munster, died. 
In their absence [i e. while the men of Munster were absent from their own 
province on this expedition] the Conmhaicni went into Thomond, and burned 
enclosures and fortresses, and carried off innumerable spoils. Donnchadh, son 
of the Caileach Ua Ruairc, with the people of East Connaught, the Cairbri and 
Gaileanga, proceeded into Leinster, where the foreigners, the men of Leinster 
and Osraighi,and the Munstermen, under the conduct of Muircheartach Ua Briain, 
came up with them, and a fierce and bloody engagement took place between 
them at Moin-Cruinneoige*, on the fourth of the Calends of November, where 


many fell on both sides. There fell there Donnchadh Ua Ruaire, Ceinneidigh 


^ Maigh-neo-Norbhraighe—Now Mayno, an 
old church giving name to a parish on the mar- 
gin of Lough Derg, in the barony of Upper 
Tulla and county of Clare. This church is 
mentioned in the Caithreim Toirdhealbhaigh, or 
Wars of Thomond, at the year 1318, as the he- 
reditary termon of the Ui-Bloid. 


* Ross-airthir.—Now Rossorry, near Enniskil- 
len, in the county of Fermanagh.—See Arch- 
dall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 265. 

x Moin- Cruinneoige.—N ow Monecronock, near 
Leixlip, in the barony of North Salt, and 
county of Kildare.—See Inquisitions, Lagenia, 
Kildare, 7 Jac. I. 


6 B 


022 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1085. 


cobain Phanlsigh, 7 opong móp orle vo paopclanoaib 7 oaonclanooib nac 
apime—p. Conad ceitm mle conépacap ann, q pugaó clin Donncha 
Ut Ruaine co Luimneach. Oomnall Ua Gapml(ghaio vo rhanbad vo Oom- 
nall Ua Loċlamn. 

Qoip Cpiopc, mile ochemoba a cárc. Cod Ua hOipin, comapba lap- 
lace, ammoeppcorp Tuama, oéce. Pind, mac G uppám, mic Gopmém, eppcop 
Cille vapa, oécc 1 cCill acaió.. Silla na naom Length, uapal eppcop Glimne 
Dá loca, 7 cfnn manach 1ap pin m Uaimpbups, oécc un loup Apml. | Ugaipe 
Ua Carbgném, eipémneach Fma, Gopmgal Coigpech, cornapba Reslepa 
ohpi5oe 1 nApo Maca paor m eccna, 4 1 ccepabaro.. Neachcam mac Neach- 
cain pur eppcop Ruip ariichpe, Mac Sollig, arpémneach Inpi caom O (za, 
[vécc]. Clepeach Ua Sealbag, apo corhanba baippe, opoan 4 eccna Of- 
muman, oo ponbad a deigb(chand ipm c(nncap, ] Hrollacpfore mac Cumn na 
mbocr, mac cleimg ap plpp baor m Epmn ma peimlp opoán q oipteup 
Cluana mic Nop, vécc. Ceall camoig oo lopccaoh oupmóp. Mupchad 
Ua Maoloonad, cigfina Cenel Conall, cup opvain, omg, 4. Cngnarha an 
cuaipceint opagail bap. Ualsancc Ua Ruane, píogóamna Connaéc, véce. 
Olengap Ua Cainvealbain, ciz(pna Laogame, vécc. Cn vall Ua Fhaoláin, 
1 mac Hiollabnigoe, cig(pna na nOéi, [oécc]. Muipfoach mac Owb, 
coipfch Muincipe €olaip uile vo (pgaboil lá Toippdealbach Ua mópiam, 7 
Mumncin €olaip wile vo opgám oó. Cneach gabáil la Conthaicmb oap Shiol 


! Ua Gairmleaghaidh.—This is now anglicised 
O’Gormley and Gormley, without the prefix 


journey. Conmacni went into Thomond be- 
hind them, and burnt townes and churches, and 


Ua or ©’. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“ A. D. 1084. Donncha O’Maelruany, perse- 
cutor ecclesiarum, killed both body and soule by 
the men of Lurg. Glendaloch with the churches 
Mureach O’Cethnen, Airchinnech of 
Cluneois, died. An army by Donnsleve, king of 
Ulster, to Tredach” [Drogheda], “ where he 
gave wages to Caly O’Rourk’s sonne. Donell 
O?Lochlainn, with his might behind him, into 
Ulster” [Ulidia, or Eastern Ulster], “and 
brought a great pray. The forces of Mounster 
into Meath, and Connor O’Cedfaa died on that 


burnt. 


brought a pray. The overthrow of Moncru- 
neoge by Lethmoga, .i. Mounster, upon Donogh, 
O'Rourk, where O'Rourk (Donogh mac Cailig), 
and Kennedy O'Brien, and many more, were 
killed. Donell O'Gairmelay killed by Donell 
O'Lochlainn. Gilpatrick, bishop of Dublin, 
drowned."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The defeat of O'Rourke by O’Brien is noticed 
in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 
1082, which is the only entry under that year : 

* A. D. 1082" [rectó, 1084]. * Donough, 
son of Koyleagh O'Royrck, accompanied with 
the east of Connought, the Carbreys, and Ga- 
lenges, proceeded into Lynster, where they 


1085.] 923 


Ua Briain and his son, Tadhg, and the son of Ua Conchobhoir Failghe, and a 
great many others of the nobles and plebeians not enumerated. Four thousand 
was the [whole] number slain; and the head of Donnchadh Ua Ruaire was 
carried to Luimneach. Domhnall Ua Gairmleaghaidh' was killed by Domhnall 
Ua Lochlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 1085. Aedh Ua hOisin", successor of Tarlath, and 
Archbishop of Tuam, died. Finn, son of Gussan, son of Gorman, Bishop of 
Cill-dara, died at Cillachaidh.  Gilla-na-naemh Laighen, noble Bishop of 
Gleann-da-locha, and afterwards head of the monks of Wirzburg", died on the 
seventh of the Ides of April. Ugaire Ua Laidhgnen, airchinneach of Fearna ; 
Gormghal Loighseach, comharba of Regles-Bhrighde® at Ard-Macha, a paragon 
of wisdom and piety ; Neachtain Mac Neachtain, distinguished Bishop of Ros- 
ailithre ; Mac Soilligh?, airchinneach of Inis-caein-Deagha, [died]. Clereach 
Ua Sealbhaigh’, chief successor of Bairre, the glory and wisdom of Desmond, 
completed his life in this world; and Gillachrist Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, the 
best ecclesiastical student that was in Ireland in his time, the glory and orna- 
ment of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Ceall-Cainnigh" was for the most part burned. 
Murchadh Ua Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, pillar of the dignity, hospi- 
tality, and bravery of the North, died. Ualgharg Ua Ruairc, royal heir of 
Connaught, died. Aenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Laeghaire, died. The 
blind Ua Faelain, i. e. Gillabhrighde, lord of the Deisi, [died]. Muireadhach, 
son of Dubh, chief of all Muintir-Eolais, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain; and all Muintir-Eolais was plundered by him. A plundering 
excursion was made by the Conmhaicni over Sil-Anmchadha, and they killed 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


were mett by prince Mortagh O’Bryen, son of » Mac Soilligh.—Now anglicised Mac Solly. 


King Terlagh, who was likewise accompanied 
with the forces of the Danes, Munster, and 
Lynster, and killed the said Donnough in battle; 
and also Kennedy O’Bryan, and the son of 
O’Connor of Affalie, with many other noble- 
men, were killed of the prince’s side.” 

m [Ja hOisin.—Now anglicé Hessian. 

^ Wirzburg.—Latinized Herbipolis, W ürtzburg, 
a town on the River Moin in Germany.—See 
Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, pp. 328, 331. 

° Regles-Bhrighde: i.e, Bridget’s abbey church. 


3 Ua Sealbhaigh.—Now anglicised Shelly and 
Shallow, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Ceall- Cainnigh: i. e. the church of Cainneach, 
or Canice. This may be intended to denote the 
church of St. Canice, in the city of Kilkenny, 
or it may be any other church dedicated to that 
saint, as at Aghabo, in the Queen's County; 
Kilkenny West, in Westmeath ; or Drumachose, 
in the county of Londonderry; but the proba- 
bility is that St. Canice’s church, in the now 
city of Kilkenny, is here alluded to. 


6B2 


> 


^ 


924 annaca giosghachca EIREANN. [1086. 


nOInmchaóa, co po mapnbpac an Coningin Pino mac Ualaéccám, co ccuccpac ` 


cola bó. Ap noaome 7 moile 1pm mbhadampı, sup bó hé a méd co nofpnaee 
erccneabarg via pnoilib oaoimib paióbnib mnte. Oengup Ua Camoelbám, 
ciġfnna Caegarpe, oo manbad hi cCluain €paipo ap nool 1 ccléinclér vó, 
lá mac merc Coincén Ui Maílepuan, cigna Oealbna móipe. 

Coir Cpíopc, mile ochcmoda a pé. Maolcaomsin, uapal eppucc Ulaoh, 
Epcad Ua Maolpogmamp, apoeppuce Connache, Maoora Ua 6poléám, 
ppuit pmóm €peann, paoi 1 neaccna, 1 ccpabaó 7 hi pilió(éc. an bepla chë- 
capóa. 6a he méo a eccna,7 a (pngna go po pemobad pém liubpa 7 ealaóna 
lana oamampi, 1 omncleacc. Ro pao a ppipac vo cum nime ipn plécmad 
oécc Callamn Pebnu, ama apbtpap, 


hi pepoecim Callamn Peabna, 
Choce pele Puppa pino, 

Acbat Maoiliopa Ua bpoléam, 
Act cidead nip tnom cam cmn. 


Fiacna Ua Ronám, aipcimmeach Cluana Dolcáin, véce. 


Ua Paolam, atlaoch coccaibe, oécc. 


ach, : cconcaip Oomnall Ua hClicceio co nopumg oile. 


* Mac Uallachtain. —'This should be Mac 
hUallachain. The name is stil extant, and 
now anglicised to Cuolahan, the Mac being 
dropped. It is written O'hUallachain in 
O'Dugan's Topographical Poem.—See Tribes 
and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 183. 

* Were made husbandmen : i. e. the poor, or 
tillers of the soil, became so scarce, that the rich 
were obliged to plough their own fields, and 
sow the crops. 

* Dealbhna-mor: i.e. the great Delvin, now 
the barony of Delvin, in the county of West- 


` meath. 


The Annals of Ulster record the areia 
events under this year : 

“A. D. 1085. Maksoily, Airchinnech of Inis- 
kyndea; Ugaire O’Laignen, Airchinnech of 
Ferna; Gorgal Loigsech, Coarb of Brigitt’s 


Maolpfchlomn 
Maim ma nQinefpanb pop U Eat- 
Mam €ocaille ma 


Regles, .i. Reliques, in Ardmagh, excellent in 
learning and prayer. Maelsnechtai mac Lulay, 
king of Mureb; Clerech O'Selvay, Airchinnech 
of Cork, ended his life happily. Murcha O’Mael- 
doray, king of Kindred-Conell; Donell mac 
Malcomb, king of Scotland; Mureach mac Rory 
O'Ruagan, heire of Connaght, and Aengus 
O’Kyndelvan, king of Laegaire, mortui sunt." — 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

» Bishop of Uladh: i.e. of Down. At the 
synod of Kells, and in records of the twelfth 
century, both native and Anglo-Norman, the 
Bishop of Down is designated by his territorial 
title of Uladh, in the same manner that the 
Bishop of Connor is by his title of Dalaraidhe. 
At an earlier period, however, Uladh and Dal- 
Araidhe were not so limited or applied. 

* Maelisa Ua Brolchain.—See Colgan’s Acta 


C TT L E AVIA P ee ee ERI ee, EE 


T— e SMS 


1086.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 925 


Coningin Finn Mac Uallachtain*, and carried off many cows. There was- 


destruction of men and cattle in this year, to such an extent that certain rich 
people were made husbandmen' in it. Oenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of 
Laeghaire, was slain at Cluain-Iraird, after he had entered into religion, by the 
grandson of Coirten Ua Maelruain, lord of Dealbhna-mor*. 

The Age of Christ, 1086. Maelcaimhghin, noble Bishop of Uladh”; Er- 
chadh Ua Maelfoghmhair, Archbishop of Connaught ; Maelisa Ua Brolchain*, 
learned senior of Ireland, a paragon of wisdom and piety, as well as in poetry 
and both languages’. His wisdom and learning were so great, that he himself 
wrote books replete with genius and intellect. He resigned his spirit to heaven 
on the seventh of the Calends of February, as is stated [in this quatrain]: 


On the seventeenth of the Calends of February, 


The night of fair Fursa’s festival, 
Died Maelisa Ua Brolchain, 
But, however, not of a heavy severe fit". 


Fiachna Ua Ronain, airchinneach of Cluain-Dolcain, died. Maelseachlainn 
Ua Faelain, a distinguished old hero, died. A battle was gained by the Air- 
theara over the Ui-Eathach, wherein Domhnall Ua hAiteidh was slain, with 


Sanctorum, at 16th of January, p. 108, where 
Colgan has published all the notices of this re- 
markable man that he could find, and adds, 
not. 8: * Habeo penes me quzdam fragmenta, 
que scripsit, et scio ubi plura in patria asser- 
ventur in magno habita pretio."— See Harris's 
edition of Ware's Zrish Writers, p. 67. 

The family of the O’Brolchains are still nu- 
merous, but in reduced circumstances, in Inish- 
owen, in the county of Donegal, and in the 
neighbouring county of Londonderry; but the 
name is now generally disguised under the an- 
glicised form of Bradley. They descend, accord- 
ing to the Book of Lecan, from Suibhne Meann, 
who was Monarch of Ireland from A. D. 615 
till 628, and from whom Maelisa was the seventh 
in descent ; but in Colgan's time they were re- 
duced to poverty and obscurity. Colgan writes: 


* Extant hodie mihi probà noti quidam ex illa 
familia in eadem regione, sed qui pristinum ejus 
splendorem (quz rerum vicissitudo est) obscu- 
rent potiusquam representent."— 75d. 

It appears, however, from De Burgo's Hi- 
bernia, that there were some learned ecclesiastics 
of the name since Colgan's time. The Editor 
met several of this family in the province of 
Ulster, where they are remarkable for love of 
learning and native intelligence; but none abové 
the rank of tradesmen, policemen, or small far- 
mers. 

* [n both languages : i. e. utraque lingua: i. e. 
in Latin and Irish: ‘ Latino Scoticoque sermone 
eruditus.” ' 

z Severe fit. —Nulla tamen infirmitate correptus 
spiritum, §c., colo reddidit, §c.—Colgan’s Acta 
Sanctorum, p. 108, col. 1. 


VET P M RENTUR 
: NAR 


926 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1086. 


nUlcaib pop Chpgiallanb 7 pop Ua BRuabacán, 1 cconcain Cumapccach 
Ua Latén, cig(pma. Sil Oumbeéipe, 7 Hiollamonmne Ua h€ocaóa, us (na 
Clomne Síonaig,] pochame ole amaille ppm. OAmalgaid, mac Ruam 
Ui Ruadacan, oo mapbao vo plnra P(pnmaige. Toippdealbac Ua ópmam, 
ní €peann co ppepabpa, 1ap mbeié 1 ngalap cian pova, uaip nip bó plán pora 
ón can pugad chno Choncobain Ui Maolfchlaim 6 Chluain mic Nóip, go 
nepbail hi cCfnn copaó ipn xxi bhadan a ploiéfpa, 7 ipm. lprun a aoi pi hi 
Prio lo lul do ponnnaoh, rap mapcpa pova, 7 1ap naiémge o106pa ma peac- 
carb, 7 1ap ccaic( cupp Cpíopc 4 a Pola, 4 Caóg Ua bmann, a mac, oécc 
ip m mí céona. Ap opoparém(c beup Toinpdealbarg po páiofoh, 


Ochcmoóa bliadan gan bpéicc, 
Csup mile na móp meicc, 

Sé bliadna ó Sein mic Dé vil, 

69 bap Thoippdealbang cupmig. 
Cioce Manne hi Ppro lo Iul, 
Ria pél lacoib co nglan pún, 

lap noó pic(c acbach, 

Qn cao pi cn Coimpoealbach. 


Maolpeachlamn, mac Concobaip, vo dol co hAt cliac, ] maim pai pia 
nOallarb, 7 ma Coicémb 2. maióm na Cpíonca, ou 1 ccopncaip Maolcianain 
Ua Catapa, eig(pna na Serene, 7 Cuaé Lurgne, 7 pocharbe orle cenmota- 
pide m Maelmuai, ci&(pma Php cceall. Gn Sionnach Piom 3. Caóg 
Ua Catapnans, aigfina Tleba, 7 Cionaod a mac, 1 Ua Muiploang, coipeac 
Mumcipe Tlameam, oo mapbaoh hi proll la Maolpeaclamn, mac Concobain 
occ Lot Mange Uata hi ccion Mupchad me Concobaip, oo. mapbad lá 


` Eochaill : i.e. Yew Wood. There are many 
places of this name in Iveagh and Oriel, but the 
place here referred to is probably Aghyoghill, 
in the parish of Kilkeen, barony of Mourne, 
and county of Down. 

> Sil-Duibhthire: i.e. the race of Duibhthir, 
a sept of the Oirghialla, but their exact situa- 
tion has not been yet determined.—See Leabhar- 
na-gCeart, p. 152, note 8. 

* With opposition.—Co Vbppeapabpa ; cum 


renitentia : i. e. he claimed the monarchy of Ire- 
land, but his title was opposed by some. 
a Crinach.—A place where the trees and 
shrubs grow in a withered state. Not identified, 
* Loch Maighe Uatha.—This is probably the 


place now ealled Loch Luatha, or Baile-Locha . 


Luatha, anglicé Ballyloughloe, in the barony of 
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 


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cC P T 


— 


1086. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. rr 


some others. The battle of Eochaill* was gained by the Ulidians over the 
Airghialla and Ua Ruadhagain, where Cumasgach Ua Laithen, lord of Sil- 
Duibhthire®, and Gillamoninne Ua hEochadha, lord of Clann-Sinaigh, and many 
others along with them, were slain. Ambhalghaidh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Rua- 
dagain, was killed by the men of Fearnmhagh. Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, 
King of Ireland with opposition’, after having suffered from long illness (for 


he was not well since the head of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn had been . 


brought from Cluain-mic-Nois till this time), died at Ceann-coradh, in the thirty- 
second year of his reign, and in the seventy-seventh of his age, on the day before 
the Ides of July precisely, after long suffering, after intense penance for his sins, 
and after taking the body of Christ and his blood ; and Tadhg Ua Briain and his 
son died in the same month. In commemoration of the death of Toirdhealbhach 
was said : 


Eighty years without falsehood, 

And a thousand of great extent, 

And six years, from the birth of the dear Son of God, 
To the death of the modest Toirdhealbhach. 

The night of Tuesday, on the pridie of the Ides of July, 
Before the festival of Jacob of pure mind, 

On the twenty-second, died the 

Mighty supreme King Toirdhealbhach. 


Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, went to Ath-cliath, and was defeated 
by the foreigners and the Leinstermen in a battle called “ The Breach of Cri- 
nacht? in which were slain Maelchiarain Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne and 
Tuath-Luighne ; Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall; and many others besides 
them. The Sinnach Finn, i. e. Tadhg Ua Catharnaigh, lord of Teathbha, and 
Cinaedh, his son, and Ua Muireadhaigh, chief of Muintir-Tlamain, were trea- 
cherously slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, at Loch Maighe Uatha‘, 
in revenge of Murchadh, son of Conchobhar, having been slain by Ua Cathar- 


* A. D. 1086. Maelisa O’Brolchan, excellent  O'Conners; Ercha O'Maelfoamar, Archbishop 
in learning, prayer, poetry, and in any lan- of Connaght; Maelcaivgin, gentle bishop of 
guage” [recté, in either language], “suum spiri- Ulster; Fiachna O'Ronan, Airchinnech of Clon- 
tum emisit. Maelsechlainn O’Faelan, a chosen dolcan, in pace dormierunt. Amalgay mac Rory 
old man; Mac Bethay, king of Kieray of the — O'Ruagan killed by the men of Fernmay. Tir- 


DT EOS 
PS d. 


998 annaca gioghachca EIREANN. [1087. 


hUa cCatapnang Sionoach. hUa bargellám, crg(pna Chipgiall, oo cmeim lá 
Conailübh. Mac beatad Ua Concobarp, cigna Ciappaige, oo mapbaó 
(no vo écc). 

Qoip Cpíopc, mile ochtmoda a pfche. Maolpfchloinn, mac Concobap, 
pi Timpach, oo mapbao la Catal, mac Mumicen,7 lá pihai" Tleba 1 npo- 
achad €ppcoip Mel, cpa fell 7 meabail, Domnall mac iollapacpouc, 
ci&(mna Oppaige, oécc 1ap mbeit 1 ngalap pova. Catal Ua Cécpada oo 
manbad lá Lagni”.  Capléibe Ua Ciappóa, cig(pna. Coppe, oo mapbao. 
Oomnall Ua Latén oo mapbad la Oomnall mac meic Coclamn. Maol- 
puanaid Ua hChpc, 3. vo Chlomn Oiapmaoa, cigna Tleba, oécc. Cach 
eiccin Ruaióp Ua Concobaip, pi Connacc, q Cod mac Aine Uí Ruane, 
cisfina Conmaicne 7 Operpne, h cConacail hi cCopann,? po meabaid pop 
Ua Ruane. Tflapbéap é budéin,7 Muipfoach mac Owb, coipeac Muimncine 
h€olaip, 7 mac Goppaió Ui Shimccém,7 mac Conpléibe Uí Pfpgail,7 mate 
Conmaicne apé(na ecvip paop 4 daop, copepaccap iym cat pm Conaind lá 
Rumom. Up oo ponatmhle an cata pm acpubpao, 


Sfche mbliaona 1p occmoda an, 
(sur mile caom comlan, 

O po gnomp Cprope gan coll, 
Co cat conacla hı ccopann. 


Cat Rata Cva eccip Cargmb, 7 popa Muman, cop paemmd ma Mun- 
C(pcach Ua mópiam 4 pé bpa Muman pop Cargnib 7 pop mac Domnall 


lagh O'Brien, king of Ireland, died in Kincora, 
after great torments and long penance, and after 
receiving the sacrament of the body and blood 
of Christ, pridie Idus Julii, in the 77th yeare of 
his age. His son, Teig,’ also died within a 
month. The overthrow of Crincha upon Me- 
lachlin by Leinster and Gentiles” [recté, Galls], 
where Maelkieran O’Cathasay fell with many 
others. An overthrow by the Eastians” [Ori- 
entales] “upon O’Nehachs, where Donell O’Hat- 
tey was killed. The overthrow of Eochaill by 
Ulstermen upon Airgialls and O’Ruagan, where 
Cumascach O’Lahen, king of Duvthire, was lost” 


[as was also] ** Gillamoninne O'Heochaa, mi- 
nion" [rectó, lord] ‘of Kindred Sinay, and 
many others."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise give, under 1083 
and 1084, some of the events entered by the 
Four Masters under 1086, as follows : 

* A. D. 1083. The king fell sick of a grie- 
vous sickness this year, and was so ill therein 
that all his hair fell off.” 

* A. D. 1084" [recté, 1086]. “ Moyle-Isa 
O'Brothloghan, the elder and sadge of Ireland, 
was so ingenious and witty, and withall so well 
learned, that he composed great volumes, con- 


nv 


1087.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 999 


naigh Sinnach. Ua Baigheallain, lord of Airghialla, fell by the Conailli. Mac 
Beathadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed, or died. 

The Age of Christ, 1087. Maelseachlainn, son of Conchobhar, King of 
Teamhair, was killed by Cathal Mac Muirigen and the men of Teathbha, at 
Ard-achadh-Epscoip-Mel', through treachery and guile. Domhnall Mac Gilla- 
phadraig, lord of Osraighe, died after long illness. Cathal Ua Ceatfadha was 
killed by the Leinstermen. Cusleibhe Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, was killed. 
Domhnall Ua Laithen was killed by Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn. 
Maelruanaidh Ua hAirt, i.e. of the Clann-Diarmada, lord of Teathbha, died. 
A battle was fought between Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, and 
Aedh, son of Art Ua Ruairc, lord of Conmhaicne and Breifne, at Conachail?, in 
Corann, where Ua Ruairc was defeated and killed. There were also slain in 
this battle of Corann, by Ruaidhri, Muireadhach Mac Duibh, chief of Muintir- 
Eolais; the son of Godfrey Ua Siridein®; the son of Cusleibhe O’Fearghail ; 
and distinguished men of the Conmhaicni, both noble and plebeian. In com- 
memoration of this battle was said : 


Seven years and eighty full, 

And a thousand, fair, complete, 

Since Christ was born without a stain, 
Till the battle of Conachail in Corann. 


The battle of Rath-Edair,, between the men of Leinster and Munster, where 
Muircheartach Ua Briain and the men of Munster defeated the Leinstermen 


taining many great misteries and new sciences that was slain by Kaharnagh Shennagh. Of this 
devised by himselfe, died this year. Terlagh Teig, Montyr-Hagan, now called Foxes Contrey, 
O'Bryen, King of Ireland, in the 25th year of or the contrey of Killeoursey, tooke the name." 
his reign, died quietly in his bed, and his son, * Ard-achadh- Epscoip-Md : i.e. Ardagh, of 
Teig, died the next month. Melaughlyn went which Bishop Mel is the patron. 

to Dublin, and was encountered and discom- g Conachail.—Now Cunghill, a townland in 
fitted by the Danes, where Kerann O'Cahasie, the parish of Achonry, barony of Leyny, and 
prince of Saitnie, with the most part of the county of Sligo. 

land of Lwynie, were slain. Teig Sheannagh ` ^ Ua Siridein.—Now always anglicised Sheri- 
O'Caharnie, archprince of the land of Teaffa, dan, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

with his son, Kynnath, and the cheife of Mon- i Rath-Edair: i.e. the Fort of Edar. This 
tyr-Thlaman, were killed treacherously by was probably the name of a fort on or near 
Moyleseaghlyn mac Connor O'Melaughlyn, in Binn Edair, the hill of Howth, in the county of 
revenge of his brother, Morragh mac Connor, Dublin. 


6c 


930 ANNAA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1088. 


mic Maoil na mb6,7 ap Orapmuro Ua mópiain,3 ap €noa mac Oiapmava 
co po lad ap mop annpın pop Cargmb ım mac Mupchada Us Domnall ım 
ci&(pna hUa nOpona, 7 1m Chonall Ua Ciapmaie,7 im Ua Néill Mange oá 
con, pi. Sluagead lá mac Loclamn, co po loipe Cuaié mën 1 moplsanb, 7 
co po lad áp pop a muincip. Niall Ua Ceacpaba vécc. Catal Ua Clepada 
vo mapbao la Laigmb. Mear mop, 1 1omacc copa, 7 bó áp,7 apcalc 1pm 
mbliabamnpi, agup gaet mop co po bmp cage 7 c(mpla. 
gabal pioghachca Saran, 9 Sepcembep. 

Gap Cpíope, mle ochemoda a hochc. Copbmac Ua Pinn, mop- 
lerginn Oal cCaip, vécc. Catalan Ua Poppéió, paor a n(gna J Scnabano, 
décc DIA oorimaig Inicce 1cceinc. Nóm Manca 1 nlmleach lobarp, conaó 06 


Uilliam Rupup oo 


vo nónofo, 


Catalan an épabaio cóip, 
Oa ppm pámario, ba S(nóip, 
Fon ním 1pm spmanán gle, 
Luid 1 pél Chianám Saigpe. 


Tisfpnach Ua 6paom, apocornapba Chianam 7 Choméóin, oécc 1 nlomdard 


Chiapám. 


* Ua Ciarmhaic.—Now sometimes anglicised 
Kerwick; but the name is almost universally 
changed to Kirby. 

! Ua Neill of Magh-da-chon.—The exact situ- 


ation of this territory of O'Neill of Leinster, - 


appears from a certificate of commissioners ap- 
pointed for forming the county of Wicklow 
(published in Erck’s Repertory of the Chancery 
Inrolments), dated 10th January, 1605, in which 
its position in relation to the barony of Shile- 
lagh is given as follows : 

** And haveing viewed and surveied the irish 
territorie called Shilellagh, bounded on the 
south side by the territorie of Kilteile, alias 
Mac Morishe’s contrie, in co. Wexford ; on the 
west by the countrie of Farren O'Neale, and 
the lordship of Tully, in co. Catherlagh; on the 
north and east side by the lordshipp of Clone- 
more, and the territorie of Cosha, &c. &c.? 


Suí leigino 1 pichupa épioe. 


Maoliopa Ua Maoilginice, amo- 


The name Magh-da-Chon, i. e. Plain of the 
two Hounds, is now corrupted to Moyacomb, 
which is applied to a parish lying partly in the 
barony of Shilelagh, in the county of Wicklow, 
and partly in the barony of Ravilly, in the 
county of Carlow. 

™ Tuaith-inbhir in Breagha : i. e. the district of 
the invers or estuaries, This was probably the 
ancient name of the tract of country lying be- 
tween the river anciently called Inbher-Ainge, 
now the Nanny Water, and the estuary of the 
Boyne, anciently Inbher-Colpa, in Magh Breagh, 
in Meath. It is to be distinguished from Tuagh- 
Inbher already mentioned under the years 904 
and 953, and from Tuaim-Inbhir, which occurs 
at the year 916. 

2 William Rufus.—This assumes that William 
Rufus commenced his reign immediately after 
the death of William the Conqueror; but Sir 


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and Domhnall, son of Mael-na-mbo, and Diarmaid Ua Briain, and Enda, son of 
Diarmaid; and where a great slaughter was made of the Leinstermen, together 
with the son of Murchadh Ua Domhnaill, lord of Ui-Drona, and Conall Ua Ciar- 
mhaic*, and Ua Neill of Magh-da-chon’, &c. A hosting by Mac Lochlainn, and 
he burned Tuaith-inbhir in Breagha", but his people were slaughtered. Niall 
Ua Ceatfadha died. Cathal Ua Ceatfadha was killed by the Leinstermen. 
Great abundance of nuts and fruit, murrain of cows, and dearth, in this year, 
and a great wind which destroyed houses and churches. William Rufus? as- 
sumed the kingdom of England on the 9th of September. 

The Age of Christ, 1088. Cormac Ua Finn, chief lector of Dal-gCais, died. 
Cathalan Ua Forreidh, a paragon of wisdom and piety, died on Shrovetide 
Sunday, the third of the Nones of March, at Imleach-Ibhair ; of whom was 
said : 

Cathalan of true piety 
Was the sage of a congregation, was senior ; 
To heaven into the bright palace he passed, 


On the festival of Ciaran of Saighir. 


Tighearnach Ua Braein*, chief successor of Ciaran and Coman, died at 
Imdhaidh Chiarain; he was a paragon of learning and history. Maelisa 


Harris Nicolas thinks it is most probable that 
the reign of William Rufus began on the day 
of his coronation, namely, Sunday, September 
26th, 1087, not only because this is presumed 
to have been the usage, but because, being a 
younger son, he did not possess any hereditary 
right to the crown.— See Chronology of History, 
2nd edition, p. 295. The Annals of Ulster 
record the following events under this year : 

“ A, D. 1087. Donell Mac Gilpatrick, king of 
Ossory, died. Cathal O'Cedfaa killed by Lein- 
ster. Cusleve O'Ciarda, king of Carbry, a suis 
occisus. Maelsechlainn mae Conner, king of 
Tarach, killed by them of Tethva, by falsehood 
in Ardacha. Donell O’Lathen killed by Donell 
O'Lochlainn. A battle in Corann between Rory 
O’Conner, king of Connaght, and Hugh O’Rourk, 
king of Conmacne, and Hugh, king of Conmacne, 


with the best of that country, were lost. A 
navy by Magranall’s” [sonnes], “and by the 
king of Ulster’s sonne, into Manainn, .i. the Ile 
of Man, where the Magranalls were slayne. Great 


. fruite this yeare. „Translatio reliquiarum S. Nicho- 


lai hoc anno 7 Id. Maii.?— Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

Two of these events are noticed in the Annals 
of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1084, as follows: 

** A. D. 1084” (recte, 1087]. * Moyleseaghlyn 
mae Connor, King of Meath, was soone after" 
[the killing of O'Caharnie] “slain by Cahall 
Mac Morgan, and these of Teaffa, in the towne 
of Ardagh. Rowry O'Connor, king of Con- 
nought, and the son of Art O’Royrck, encoun- 
tered in battle with each other;” [wherein] 
“at last O’Royrck, with the most part of his 
family, were slain.” 


° Tighearnach Ua Braein.-He is the celebrated 


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932 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN.: [1088. 


pile 7 apoollam, vécc. Oubéablaig, mg(n Coda Ui Conċobanp .ı. Med an 
Shae b(pnaig, bn pí Muman, vécc. Mop, mén Tompdealbarg Uí Ohman, 
b(n pi Connaéc, oécc. Qp ooib pm acbepc Muipefpcac Ua bpian, 


Mop ing(n mic Taidg acucnd, 
Apmicc tec véccaib viombuan, 
Oubcoblaice oc vol vo Chluam, 
| mavan pocémaip plonnfuaip. 


Ruaiom Ua Concobain co prai Connacc oo $abáil Inpr aóapcoig pia 
bpa Muman ap na po léiccead a ccoblac peca pom puap, 1 0o paccad 
maiom pop Mhuincfpcac co ppapccai áp a muinneipe ann. Ro lad ona an 
pop coblac an pip céona 1apna cceachc cimceall Gap pop an ppaippse 
oo rononaó Connaéc. Inoplo om Copco Modpuad ó Rud po cpí,4 ap 
mueachcam ma po pagar’ cftpa na oaome gan malaipc oon cup pm, 1 do 
pochnaccap cma baogal cpap vo mati’ Connacc a. Giolla compte, mac 
Catal Ui Mugnom, coipeach Clomne Catal, 7 Cópionna, mac Tflupéaba 
Unoin corpeach. Clomne Comalcaig,] mac Hrollacmope, me €cheiz(pn, 
coipeach Concu Achlann. Ap móp pop Bhalla’ Acha chat, Loca Gap- 
man, Pupe Compge ma nUib Eachdach Muman ipm 16 po 1ompmopfle 
Concach Muman oo ongain. Sléis lá Oomnall, mac Mie Lochlamn, lá 
pig nQhlig, co ccuaipcepc €peann imme hi cConnaécaib, co ccapc Rua 
Ua Concobap, pi Connacc, gialla Connacc uile 06. Oo óeocaccap oiblinib 
co na pochpaiccib ip m Tlumanm, go po loipecp(c Luimneach, 7 po mopaip(c 


annalist whose work has been edited by Doctor 
O'Conor. For an account of the different copies 
of the Annals of Tighernach, the reader is re- 
ferred to the Stowe Catalogue, p. 192. Tighernach 
questions the veracity of all the most ancient 
documents relating to Ireland, and makes the 
true historical epoch begin from Cimbaeth, and 
the founding of the palace of Eamhain Macha, 
about the eighteenth year of Ptolemy Lagus, 
before Christ, 305. “ Omnia monumenta Scoto- 
rum usque Cimbaeth incerta erant.? His quota- 
tions from Latin and Greek authors are nume- 
rous; and his balancing their authorities against 


each other manifests a degree of criticism un- 
common in the iron age in which he flourished. 
He quotes Eusebius, Orosius, Julius Africanus, 
Bede, Josephus, St. Jerome, and others. It is 
stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals of In- 
nisfallen, at A. D. 1088, that this remarkable 
man was of the tribe of the Sil-Muireadhaigh ; 
and Dr. O'Conor boasts in a note that he was of 
the same race as the O'Conors of Connaught, 
who were the principal family of the Sil-Mui- 
readhaigh. 

? Mor.—The death of this Mor is entered 
under the year 1086 in the Annals of Clon- 


Lus D 


1088.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 933 


Ua Maelgirie, chief poet and chief Ollamh, died. Dubhchabhlaigh, daughter 
of Aedh Ua Conchobhair, i. e. of Aedh of the Broken Spear, and wife of the 
King of Munster, died. Mor, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and 
wife of the King of Connaught, died. Of these Muircheartach Ua Briain said : 


Mor, daughter of the son of Tadhg from the North, 
Reached the unvictorious house of the dead ; 
Dubhchobhlaidh went to Cluain 

On a cold autumnal morning. 


Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, with the men of Connaught, took Inis- Adharcach* 
before the men of Munster, to prevent their fleet from advancing further up ; 
and Muircheartach was defeated, and a slaughter was made of his people there. 
The [crews of the] same man’s fleet were slaughtered, after they had sailed 
round westwards on the sea to plunder Connaught. Corco-Modhruadh was 
then plundered thrice by Ruaidhri, and it is wonderful if he left any cattle or 
people without destroying on these occasions; and three of the chieftains of 
Connaught, being left in danger, were slain, namely, Gillacoirpthe, son of Cathal 
Ua Mughron, chief of Clann-Cathail, and Cusinna, son of Murchadh Odhar, 
chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, and the son of Gillachrist, son of Echthighern, 
chief of Corca-Achlann’. A great slaughter was made of the foreigners of 
Ath-cliath, Loch-Garman, and Port-Lairge. by the Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, on the 
day that they [jointly] attempted to plunder Coreach-Mumhan. An army was 
led by Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Ireland, and the people of 
the north of Ireland with him, into Connaught; and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, 
King of Connaught, gave him the hostages of all Connaught. Both proceeded 
_with their forces into Munster ; and they burned Luimneach, and plundered 


macnoise: ‘ A. D. 1086. Dowcowlye, the King 
of Connought’s daughter, and Queen of Mun- 
ster, died. More, daughter of King Terlagh, 
and Queen of Connought, wife of Rowry O'Con- 
nor, died."— An. Clon. 

a Inis-Adharcach: i. e. the Horned Island. 
Now Incherky, an island in the River Shannon, 
belonging to the parish of Lusmagh, barony of 
Garrycastle, and King’s County.— See the Ord- 


nance Map of the King’s County, sheet 29. See 
this island again referred to, under the name 
Adhairceach, at the year 1157, infra. 

* Corca- Achlann.— A. territory in the east of 
the county of Roscommon, the ancient inheri- 
tance of the family of Mac Branan, comprising 
the parishes of Bumlin, Kiltrustan, Cloonfin- 
lough, and the western half of the parish of 
Lissonuffy.—See note !, under A. D. 1256, 


ae ee" 


934 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. ` [1089. 


Machane na Murman 2. co hImleach luban, 7 Loch Gap, q 6póg pígh, 4 
On Acéd,7 co opum Ua Clepcén,] pucpac chn mc Cailigh Ui Ruaipe o 
ċnocaib Samccil, 3 po ċcoġalplc, 4 po muppac Cn copaò, 7 po gabpac occ 
bpidic laeé eciņ Galla, 4 Gaoweala 1 ngiallnup a naiccine, 7 cangaccap 
via cci5ib apam. Cciad poigne na naiccipe pm Mac Mavadam Ui Cm- 
neroi5, mac Congalarg | Occáin, 7 mac €acóach Ur Comgpig. Oo pavad 
bá, ec, 6p, ongar, ] capna cap a cem 6 Muipefphach Ua bpian ma ppuap- 
laccaoh. Ofpbail, mg(n hU: Mantpechnaill, oécc. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile ochtmoda a nao. Giolapáccpaicc Ua Célecán 
rícnap (.1. pmo) Opoa Macha, Concobap, mac Pogancarg hU: Maoilevinn 
pfenab Cluana mic Nop, 4. P(pgal hUa Meola, peplergimn Imleacha 
lubaip, vécc. Maim pa nU Catach Ulad pop propa P(pnmoize, oú 1 
ccopcaip mac Ceda Ui Chpiocan, cigna PGinmange, 7 vá tana véce 
oo paon clanoaib, go pochaioib 1omdaib oie. Oomnchad mac Oomnaill 
Reamaip, ciġfpna Laigth (no Ua cCenpelaig) oo mapbad oo Choncobap 


Ua Concobaip Falgi cma baogal. Caech ap ampa po bao ma aimpip, cup 


cata ap calmacap eipde. Oonnchad Ua Siollapaccpaice, 4. mac Domnall, 


* Imleach-Ibhair.—Now Emly, in the county 
of Tipperary.—See note *, under A. D. 541, 
p. 182, supra. 

* Loch-Gair.—Now Lough Gur, a lake, at 
which are the ruins of various ancient Irish 
and Anglo-Irish fortifications, situated in the 
parish of Knockany, barony of Small County, 
and County of Limerick.—See note ?, under 
A. D. 1516. 

* Brugh-Righ : i.e. the Fort of the King, now 
Bruree, a small village on the west bank of the 
River Maigue, in the barony of Upper Connello, 
and county of Limerick. There are extensive 
ruins of earthen forts, said by tradition to have 
been erected by Oilioll Olum, and occupied till 
about the period of the English Invasion by his 
descendants, the O'Donovans.— See Leabhar-na- 
gCeart, p. 77, note *, and p. 88, note *. See also 
note °, under A. D. 974, p. 701, suprà. The 
O?Donovans were driven from this place, as well 


as from Croom, about the period of the English 
Invasion; but they would appear to haye reco- 
vered them, and to have maintained possession 
of both places, as well as the barony of Coshma, 
and the plains along the Maigue, until finally 
expulsed by Maurice Fitzgerald, who was Lord 
Justice of Ireland in the year 1229. 

» Dun-Aiched.—This is probably the remark- 


‘able fort now called Dunachip, situated near 


Croom, in the parish of Dysart-Muirdeabhair, 
barony of Coshma, and county of Limerick. 

* Druim- Ui- Cleirchein : i. e. O'Cleirchein's 
Ridge or Long Hill. In the Dublin copy of the 
Annals of Innisfallen, and the Chronicon Scoto- 
rum, it is called Drumain-Ui-Chleirchein, which 
is the form of the name still retained. It is 
now anglicised Drummin, and is the name of a 
townland and parish, in the barony of Coshma, 
and county of Limerick, about three miles north 
of Kilmallock. 


1089. ] 935 


the plain of Munster, i.e. as far as Imleach-Ibhair*, Loch-Gair', Brugh-Righ", 
Dun-Aiched", and Druim-Ui-Cleirchein*; and they carried off the head of the 
son of Caileach Ua Ruairc from the hills of Saingeal’; and they broke down 
and demolished Ceann-coradh ; and they obtained eight score heroes, both 
foreigners and Irish, as hostages and pledges, and then returned to their houses. 
The chief of these hostages were the son of Madadhan Ua Ceinneidigh'; the 
son of Conghalach Ua hOgain*; and the son of Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh. Cows, 
horses, gold, silver, and flesh-meat, were [afterwards] given in ranson of them 
by Muircheartach Ua Briain. Dearbhail, daughter of Ua Maelseachnaill’, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1089.  Gillaphadraig Ua Celechain, Secnab (i. e. Prior) 
of Ard-Macha; Conchobhar, son of Fogartach Ua Maelduin, Secnab of Cluain- 
mic-Nois ; and Fearghal Ua Meisdeadhaigh, lector of Imleach-Ibhair, died. A 
battle was gained by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh over the men of Fearnmhagh, 
wherein fell the son of Aedh Ua Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh, and twelve 
Tanists of the nobility, with numbers of others. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall 
Reamhar’, lord of Leinster (or of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh), was slain by Conchobhar 
Ua Conchobhair Failghe, by unfair advantage. He was the most illustrious 
hero that lived in his time, a prop of battle for bravery. Donnchadh, grandson 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


* Saingeal.—Now Singland, a townland in the — Ivair, Shrovetide Sunday, in pace quievit. An 


parish of St. Patrick's, about one mile south- 
east of the city of Limerick.—See Septima Vita 
S. Patricii, part iii. c. xliv., in Colgan's Trias 
Thaum., p. 158, col. 1. 

* Ua Ceinneidigh.—Now anglicised O'Kennedy, 
and more generally Kennedy, without the prefix 
Ua or O*. 

* Ua hOgain.—Now always anglicised Hogan, 
without the prefix. This family was seated at 
Ardcrony, about four miles to the north of Ne- 
nagh, in the county of Tipperary. 

> Ua Maelseachnaill. — Otherwise written 
O’Maelseachlainn, and anglicó O’Melaghlin, now 
corrupted to Mae Loughlin. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A, D. 1088. Cathalan O'Forrey, chief in 
learning and prayer, 3 Non. Martii in Imlech 


army by Donell mac Lochlainn, king of Ailech, 
in Connaght, that Rory gave him the hostages 
of Connaght, and" [they] ** went together into 
Mounster, and burnt Limerick and the Ma- 
chaire to Dunached, and brought with them 
the head of Mac Cailig, and brake down Cen- 
cora, &c. Tiernach O'Broyne, Airchinnech of 
Clon-mic-Nois, in Christo quievit. Great slaugh- 
ter of the Galls of Dublin, of Wicklow” [recte, 
Wexford], ** and Waterford, by the O'N eachays 
of Mounster, the day that they enterprised to 
spoyle Corke. Maelisa O’Maelgirick, Archpoet 
of Ireland, died.. This yeare Tirlagh O’Conner, 
king of Ireland, was borne.”—Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

© Domhnall Reamhar : i.e. Domhnall, or Da- 
niel the Fat. He was evidently Domhnall Mac 
Murchadha, who died in the year 1075. 


936 ANNALA RIOShacnTa EIREANN. 


mac Plon, pi C(mpach m eplaime pop a ccno, go ppansaibple oz a long 4 


a n(&ap ag Ua Maoleachlamn annpin,7 oo 6eocaccap péipin pop a cComanpce, 
7 po hioónaicéi 1omlan acc 1apam co propa Muman. Ruaidn Ua Concobaip 
1 Domnall Ua Maolpfchlamn vo sol illongoib q in(époib. co po moinple 
Muma co Cluam caom IllóoYómóg Como ap mueachcam popagpac míol 
ninoile m aimfcc pin lá caob bnaicei oo cabane leo. Cylch mop la Domnall 


Ua Maorleachlamn, la pis C(mpach, co poce lobap ino cpaċca go po amg 
popa P(pnmarge, Conaille, Mugoopna, 7 Ur Méit, 7 go po loipe Conaille 
uile. lpeall ciapam vo ċMmvach ap óilpi oo Conbmac Mac Cumn na mbocc 
ó Ua Flaiċén, 7 ó Ohomnall mac Plamn Ui Maolfchlome 6 pig Mwe. 
Concach, Imleach lubam, CÍpop(jica,1 Ceall vapa, oo lopecad. | Cupcca vo 
lopccad lá propa. Muman, 7 naor ppiéic oume vo lopecad ma oamlag. 


3 Cluain-Eamhain.—Now Cloonoun, or Cloon- 
own, an old church on the west side of the 
Shannon, in the parish of St. Peter's, barony of 
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.— See Tribes 
and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 79, note?, and the 
map to that work. The other churches here 
referred to are on islands in Lough Ree. Inis- 
Clothrann and Inis-Bofinne are so called at the 
present day; but Inis-Aingin is now more usu- 
ally called Inis-Inneen, and, in English, “ the 
Hare Island.” 

e Aidhirceach.—See note 3, -Inis-Adharcach, 
p- 933, supra. 

* Rechraith.—Otherwise called Rachra, now 
Raghra, a townland in the west of the parish of 
Clonmaenoise, and north of Shannon Bridge, in 
the barony of Garrycastle, King's County. It 


is bounded on the west by the River Shannon, 
which divides it from the townlands of Raghra- 
beg and Cappaleitrim, in the parish of Moore, 
barony of Moycarnan, and county of Roscom- 
mon.—See Rachra, referred to as a castle at 
Ai D; 1557. 

s Cluain : i.e. Cluain-mic-Nois, or Clonmac- 
noise. 

^. Cluain-caein- Modimog.— According to the 
gloss to the F'eilire- Aenguis, at 21st of January, 
and O'Clery's Zrish Calendar, at the same day, 
this church was in the territory of the Eogha- 
nacht Chaisil, which is the present barony of 
Middlethird, in the county of Tipperary. 

i Ibhar-Chinn-trechta.—Otherwise called In- 
bhar-Chinn-tragha, i.e. the Yew at the Head 
of the Strand, now the town of Newry, in the 


[1089. 


ci5(mma Oppage, oo mapbaó oo macaib mic Spam bpic. Siollacamoig 
Ua Plaitpill, ci&(pna. Oealbna o(tpa, oo mapbao lá a bnácaip Cleo, mac 
Coclam Uf Phimeplfo. Coblach pfn Muman a. ım Muipcencac Ua mba, 
oo tTiactain pop Sionamn, 7 pop Loc Rib co po erpcep(c cealla an loca, a. 
Imp Clocpann, Imp bó pine, Imp Aingginn 7 Cluam Eaman, co po oünaó 
Qhoinceach, 7 Rechpaié rappin oap a neip lá Ruaiopi Ua Concobarp, lá pig 
Connache. Cangaccappom anuap iapam coCluam,7 po paomead oppa puap 
ma pppicemg co hè Luan, ba hannpwe baoi Ua Tflaoil(chlamn 3. Domnall 


rc o RSS 


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sA "a VIS v See” <a TT uita TN T A Te 


1089.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 937 
of Gillaphadraig (i.e. the son of Domhnall), was killed by the grandsons of 
Domhnall Breac. Gillacainnigh Ua Flaithfhileadh, lord of Dealbhna-Beathra, 
was slain by his brother, Aedh, son of Cochlan Ua Flaithfhileadh. The fleet 
of the men of Munster, under the conduct of Muircheartach Ua Briain, arrived 
on the Sinainn, and upon Loch Ribh ; and they plundered the churches of the 
lake, namely, Inis-Clothrann, Inis-bo-finne, Inis-Ainggin, and Cluain-Eamhain*. 
But Aidhirceach® and Rechraith! were blocked up, after their passage, by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught. They afterwards came down to Cluain*, 
but they were repulsed back to Ath-Luain, where Ua Maeleachlainn, i. e. Domh- 
nall, son of Flann, King of Teamhair, was in readiness to attack them; and they 
left all their ships and vessels to O'Maeleachlainn there, and placed themselves 
under his protection, and they were afterwards conveyed home in safety to 
Munster. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn went in 
ships and boats, and plundered Munster as far as Cluain-caein-Modimog", so 
that they scarcely left a single head of cattle so far [as they penetrated], and 
besides carried off captives. A great predatory excursion was made by Domh- 
nall Ua Maeleachlainn, until he reached Ibhar-Chinn-trachta'; and he plun- 
dered the men of Fearnmhagh, Conaille, Mughdhorna, and Ui-Meith, and burned 
all Conaille.. Iseal-Chiarain* was purchased for ever by Cormac Mac Cuinn na 
mBocht from Ua Flaithen, and from Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn, 
King of Meath. Corcach, Imleach-Ibhair, Ard-fearta, and Cill-dara, were 
burned. Lusca was burned by the men of Munster, and nine score persons 
were burned in its Daimhliag [stone-church]. 


county of Down.—See Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. * A. D. 1089. ‘Lusk burnt, with the Daim- 
p. 103; and Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of liag” [and nine score men therein], “ by the 
Down and Connor, p. 116, note *. men of Mounster. Kildare also burnt this yeart. 


x Iseal- Chiarain.— This was the name of St. 
Ciaran's hospital at Clonmacnoise.—See note 
under the year 1032, suprà. 

! Ard-fearta.—Now Ardfert, in the barony of 
Clanmaurice, and county of Kerry, where St. 
Brendan erected a monastery in the sixth cen- 
tury.—See Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 89; and 
Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 299. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 


Donell mac fat Donell, king of Leinster, mur- 
thered by his own. Murtagh O’Laythen, king of 
Duvthire, died. The battle of Gernaide, gained 
over the men of Fernvay, and many were also 
killed by the O’Neathachs, and by Ulster, in 
Slevfuaid. Doncha mac Gilpatrick, king of 
Ossory, murthered of his owne. Gilpatrick 
O'Keligan, Secnap of Ardmagh, died on Christ- 
mas eve."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice some of 


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938 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. [1090. 


Gop Cpíopc, mile nocac. + Maoloúm Ua Reabacán, comapba Moċúcca, 
7 Cian Ua buacalla, comapba Caimmg 1 cCiannaéca, oécc. - Ingnaoan, phn- 
lei5mn Cluana h€paipo, oo mapbao. Maolpuanaid Ua Capellán, cis (nna 
Clomoe Orapmacca,7 Grollacmopc Ua Linmgs, cig(pna Cenél Moen, vo 
mapbao in aon ló lá Domnall Ua Cochlamo. Comòál món ecin Oomnall, 
mac Mheic Cochlame, pi Chg, 4. Mupéfpeach Ua 6mam, pí Cap il, 4 
Domnall mac Plone Uí Maol(chlomn, cigfina Mise, 7 Ruaiopi Ua Con- 
cobain, pi Connache, 7] oo pacpac wile gialla vo pig Oiligh, 7 oo pcappac 
po poh, q caencompac. Muimpéfpcach Ua bam vo &móecc hi Míde ron 
cpeich apam, 7 p(éarp romaipece eiccin Domnall, pi Mide, 4 Muine(pcach 
cona a ploccaib 1 Marg Léna. Ro meabaid pon Muman, 7 po lad a náp 
ım Maolpeclamn Ua nOungalaiz, 4 1m mac Conín Ui Ouibcino, ] m mac 
Maolmopda Ui Donall mac pig Ua Ceimpealaig. Cp(ch pluarcelo lá 
Oormall Ua Maolechlumn ipm Muman, co po laipe Ofin na peciach. 
Cp(ch ole besp lap an Domnall céona, go po apee Upmuman wle. Ruaióm 
Ua Concobain vo lopccaó Oúme Chic (c. Mumecfpcach Ua dpc, ciġfpna na 
nOeip oo mapbab. Muipc(pcach Ua bmam vo dol ap Coch Riach cpe 
baogal. Sluarsead lá Mumpefpeach Ua mópiam, 7 la phat Muman, 7 la 


the same events under the year 1087, as fol- 
lows : 

* A. D. 1087” [recté, 1089]. * Munstermen 
brought a great fleet on the river of Synann 
and Loghrie, and robbed, and tooke the spoyles 
of all the churches upon the islands of that 
logh, viz, of Innis-Clothran, Innis- Boffyn, 
Innis-Angine, and Cloneawyn; which Rowry 
O'Connor, king of Connought, seeing, he caused 
to be stopped the fords on the Synnan, called 
Adyrckeache and Rathkrea, to the end they 
might not be at liberty to pass the said passages 
at their returns, and were driven to turn to 
Athlone, where they were overtaken by Donell 
mac Flyn O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath, to whose 
protection they whollie committed themselfs, 
and yealded all their cotts, shipps, and boats, to 
be disposed of at his pleasure, which he received, 
and sent safe conduct with them untill they 


were left at their native place of Mounster. 
Gillekenny O’Flattyle, prince of Delvyn-Bethra, 
was killed by his own brother, Hugh mac Cogh- 
lan. Donnogh mac Donnell Reawar (in Eng- 
lish, the fatt), king of Lynster, was killed by 
Connor O'Connor, prince of Affalie; and also 
Donnogh mac Donnell mac Gillepatrick, prince 
of Ossorie, was killed. Isill Kieran, or the hos- 
pitall of St. Keyran, was purchased by Cormack 
Mac Connemoght from O'Flayhyn and Donnell 
mac Flyn O’Melaughlyn of Meath, for ever.” 

^ Ua Buachalla.—Now anglicised Buckley, 
without the prefix Ua or O°. 

^ Successor of Cainneach in Cianachta : i. e. 
Abbot of Dromachose, in the barony of Kee- 
naght, and county of Londonderry. 

° Ua Caireallain.—Now anglicised Carlan, 
Carland, Curland, and Carleton, without the 
prefix Ua or ©’. William Carleton, the author 


1090.] 939 


The Age of Christ, 1090. Maelduin, successor of Mochuda, and Cian 
Ua Buachalla^, successor of Cainneach in Cianachta^, died. Ingnadan, lector 
of Cluain-Iraird, was killed. Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain?, lord of Clann: 
Diarmada’, and Gillachrist Ua Luinigh?, lord of Cinel-Moen', were killed one 
day by Domhnall O'Lochlainn. A great meeting took place between Domhnall, 
the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Aileach ; and Muircheartach Ua Briain, 
King of Caiseal; and Domhnall, son of Flann Ua Maeleachlainn, lord of Meath ; 
and Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught; and they all delivered 
hostages to the King of Aileach, and they parted in peace and tranquillity. 
Muircheartach Ua Briain afterwards went into Meath upon a predatory excur- 
sion ; and a battle was fought between Domhnall, King of Meath, and Muir- 
cheartach, with their forces, at Magh-Lena*. The Munstermen were defeated 
and slaughtered, with Maelseachlainn Ua Dunghalaigh, Mac-Conin Ua Duibhgin, 
and Maelmordha Ua Domhnaill, son of the King of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. A plun- 
dering army wasled by Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn into Munster, and he 
burned Dun-na-Sgiath' Another predatory excursion was made by the same 
Domhnall, on which he plundered all Ormond. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair 
burned Dun-Aichet* Muircheartach Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed. 
Muircheartach Ua Briain went upon Loch-Riach", by taking an unfair advan- 
tage. A hosting was made by Muircheartach Ua Briain, the men of Munster, 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


"OUI ee w Jw 


of Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, is of 
this family, and his Irish name is Uilliam Ua 
Caipeallam. 

P Clann-Diarmada.—A sept of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, seated on the east side of the River 
` Foyle, in the barony of Tirkeeran, and county 
of Londonderry. The name of this tribe is now 
preserved in that of the parish of Clondermot, 
in this barony. 

3 Ua LuinighNow Looney, without the 
prefix Ua or O’. The mountainous district of 
Mounterlooney, in the barony of Strabane, 
county of Tyrone, took its name from this fa- 
mily, who were afterwards driven into it.—See 
note *, under A. D. 1178. 

* Cind- Moen.—2A. sept of the Cinel-Eoghain, 


* 


at this period seated in the present barony of 
Raphoe, county of Donegal, but afterwards 
driven across the Foyle by the Cinel-Conaill.— 
See note ", under A. D. 1178. 

* Magh-Lena.—Now Moylena, otherwise Kil- 
bride, a parish comprising the town of Tulla- 
more, in the barony of Ballycowan, and King's 
County.—See note *, under A. D. 902, p. 564, 
and p. 105, col. 1. 

t Dun-na-sgiath.—Now Dunnaskeagh, a town- 
land in the parish of Rathlynin, barony of Clan- 
william, and county of Tipperary.—See note 
under A. D. 1043. 

* Dun-Aichet.—See note under A. D. 1088. 

* Loch- Riach.—Now Loughrea, in the county 
of Galway. f 


6p2 


cere i 


940 ANNALA RIOShacnca EIREANN. [1091. 


Sallat Ata chat, go po momplc cmcup Carg(n, 7 propa bneag go hAt 
buide, 7] do bepepac oa aiccipe olla Coclumn a. Domnall, ap a nanacal 6 ta 
pm piap. i 

Qoip Cníopc, mile nochaz a haon. C(nopaolaó Ua hOccain, comapba 
Opénomn, vécc. Mupchad, mac mic Oornaill R (mar, oo manbad 1 meabail 
lá h€noa, mac Oiapmava. Mac mic Coda me Rumdm, cigfina lantan 
Connacc, décc. Cionaet UaMonpda, ciz(pna Corgi, 7 mac Maolpuanaio, 
mic Concóipne, v0 Coméuicim 1 coig Ui óhmam hi cCaipyeal. Ceanball 
Ua hQoda yinnpion Clomne Colmán, oécc. Lawdsnen 3. an budenaé 
Ua Oumocotag, eigfpna Hanlfng, oo mapbaó oU bpmum. Slógfo la 
Tupé(pcaé Ua mópiam, co po amece lapéap Mwe. — Slóigheaó lá Con- 
nachcaib, co po loipcp(c mép oon Muman. ópan Ua Camoelbám vo map- 
bad oo mac Mic Coipcén. Cpeach na naitimnead vo dénam vo Mhumncél(pcac 
Ua Opan, ndce Nocclac món, an Uibh Pailze 4 an macaib mic Spain bpc. 
Sit vo dénam vo Mumpefpcaé 4 oo macaib Taidg Ur Spain, 7 Tuadrhurha 
vo dol via ccighib, 7 peall vo mac Thards popna,7 a napcceam oo Chonnach- 
cab. Muincfpcach Ua bpc, cig(pna. na nDé, oo. mapbad. Cn Lch 
lantanach oo pa Apoa Maca vo lopecad. Maoiliora, comonba Phac- 


* Ath-buidhe : i.e. the Yellow Ford, now Ath- The battle of Magh-Lena is noticed in the 


boy, in the barony of Lune, and county of 
Meath. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1090. Maelduin O’Rebacan, Coarb of 
Mochuda; Kien O'Buachalla, Coarb of. Cainnech, 
in Kyanacht, in Christo quieverunt. Maelruanai 
O'Carellan, minion of Kindred-Dermaid ; Gil- 
christ O’Luny, minion of Kindred-Moyne, killed 
in one day, per dolum, by Donell O’Lochlainn. 
The Daimliag of Ferta burnt, with a hundred 
houses about it. A meeting between Donell 
Mac Lachlainn's sonne, Murtagh O'Brien, King 
of Cashell and Flann O"Melachlinn's sonne, 
King of Tarach, where they did conclude to 
give hostages to the King of Ailech from them 
all.. Taithlech O'Hegra taken prisoner."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. j 


Annals of Clonmacnoise, at 1088, as follows: 

* A. D. 1088” [rectó, 1090]. * Moriertagh, 
son of King Terlagh O'Brien, succeeded his fa- 
ther, and reigned after him eleven years. The 
king came with his forces into Meath, and tooke 
2 prey there, but was overtaken by Donell mac 
Flynn, King of Meath, at Molena, in Fercall, 
where many of King Moriertagh's army were 
slain, as Moyleseaghlyn O'Dongaly, the son of 
Conin O'Dowgin, and the son of Mollmorry 
O'Donnell, prince of the O-Kinseallys.”” 

7 Cinaeth Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis: anglicé 
Kenny O’More, lord of Leix. 

* Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne.—This Mael- ` 
ruanaidh was the head of the O'Carrolls of 
Ely-O'Carroll.—See note under A. D. 1050. 

* Of Gaileanga : i. e. of Gaileanga, in the dio- 
cese of Achonry, in Connaught. 


1091.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. .- 


and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and they plundered a district of Leinster, and 
the men of Breagh, as far as Ath-buidhe*; and they delivered two hostages to 
O'Lochlainn, i. e. Domhnall, for protecting them thence to the west. 

The Age of Christ, 1091. Ceannfaeladh Ua hOgain, successor of Brenainn, 
died. Murchadh, grandson of Domhnall Reamhar, was treacherously killed by 
Enda, son of Diarmaid. The grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri [Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigh], lord of West Connaught, died. Cinaeth Ua Mordha, lord of 
Laeighis’, and the son of Maelruanaidh, son of Cucoirne*, mutually fell by each 
other in the house of Ua Briain, at Caiseal. Cearbhall, grandson of Aedh, 
senior of the Clann-Colmain, died. | Laighgnen, i. e. the Buidheanach Ua Duinn- 
cothaigh, lord of Gaileanga*, was slain by the Ui-Briuin. A hosting was made 
by the Connaughtmen, and they burned a great part of Munster. Bran 
Ua Caindealbhain was slain by the son of Mac Coirten. "The prey of the fire- 
brands made, on Great Christmas night, by Muircheartach Ua Briain, upon the 
Ui-Failghe and the grandsons of Bran Breac, A peace was made between 
Muircheartach Ua Briain and the sons of Tadhg Ua Briain ; and the men of 
Thomond returned to their homes, but the sons of Tadhg acted treacherously 
towards them, and they were plundered by the Connaughtmen.. Muircheartach 
Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed. The western half of the fort of Ard- 
Macha was burned.  Maelisa^, successor of Patrick, died, after penance, on the 


941 


> Maelisa.— A. D. 1091. Moelisa Comorbanus 
S. Patricii(id est, Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus), 
post longam poenitentiam decessit die 20 Decem- 
bris, ejusque locum occupat statim Domnaldus filius 
Amalgadii. Unde, cum Moelisa supra ad an- 
num 1068 vocetur filius Amalgadii, videtur 
hic Domnaldus fuisse ejus frater."— Trias 
Thaum., p. 299. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A^ D. 1091. Murcha, sonn's sonne to Donell 
fatt, killed by falsehood by Enna mac Dermot. 
The west half of the Rath of Ardmagh burnt. 
Dunsleve O’Heochaa, king of Ulster, killed by 
Mac Lochlainn's sonne, and by the king of 
Ailech, at Belach gort-an-iubhair, in battle. 
Rory mac Hugh his sonne, king of West Con- 


naught, died. Maelisa, Coarb of Patrick, 9 Kal. 
Januarii in penitentia quievit. Donell mac Awal- 
gaa ordered in the abbacie in his place presently. 
This year a happy fruitful yeare."— Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. 

A few of the events noticed in the Annals of 
the Four Masters, under 1091, are given in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1089, thus: 

“A. D. 1089" [rectè 1091]. ** Donslevye 
O'Heoghaye, king of Ulster, was killed by 
Donell mac Loghlyn, prince of Ailleagh. Cy- 
nath O’Morrey” [O’More], * and Mollronie 
mac Concornie fought hand to hand in the 
king’s house in Cashell, and were both slain. 
Moyleisa, Primatt of Ardmach, died.” 

'The reader should bear in mind that King of 
Ulster here means King of Ulidia, or that part 


942 ANNAZA gioshachca EIREANN. [1092. 


cpaic, oécc ap bpfnnaimn 20 Oecembep, 7 Domnall, mac QAmalgada, vono- 
nead 1nd 10naó ipn abdamne po ċfoóip. Scmug, mac Giollabpuroe, vo map- 
bad 1 meabail. 

Cloip Cpfopc, míle nochac a vó. Connthach Ua Caml, eppuce,7 maż- 
lóin cogaioe, Conbmac, abb Marmptnec ppui&. [(nóip. naom, cho eccna 4 
cpabaroh na njaorohel. Mumcfpcach, mac Comgpich, comapba Pindéin 
Cluana h€paipo,7 Maohopa Ua hOppachccan, comanba Aile Imlch, oécc. 
An Cpáibóech 1. Prachparch Ua Pollamam, paccapc vo Chonnaécaib. vo 
báðað lLoch Caimnpgm. Reich Apoa Macha co na c(mploib oo lopeead an 
cféparhad Callamn vo Sepcembep,1 pple oo Chmun Mép, 4 ppet oo Chpiun 
Sayan. Ruarbpi Ua Conécobaip a. Ruinohp na powe buide, arpopí Connace, 
oo dallad oUa Pleaicb(ncaig a. oo Plaieb(pcach, 7 oPogapncach Ua Pogap- 
cay cma pell q cma meabail. ba cápoep Core po pecc Ruaidm 
ola Plaicb(pcaig. Oonnchad, mac Cantag, cila € oganaéca Cami vo 
mapbad lá Ceallachán Car. € noa, mac O1apmanoa, ci&(pna Ua cCemn- 
pealaig, oo mapbao lá cemnpealacaib peipm 23. 00 mac Mupchad, mic 
O:apmaoa. Cpeach mop lá Conmaicrib cap píol Mupeavharg, co po pág- 
baoh Mag nQor leo gan mmle. Oonnchad maè Uí Choncobaip Pailgig oo 
mapbad lá a bpaiepib perp. Redd mop 7 aig ipm mbliaóaunpi, co po peoople 
loca 4 aibne Epeann, co mmerigoíp oaome 1 eich copa” ciopmoib oap na 
lochanb, 4 po p(paó pneachca mop na viai pin. Slórgheao lá muipéfncach 
Ua mbmam 1 cConnachcaib, 50 pug gialla. uadab. Oapmaio Ua ómam 
oronnapbao 1 nUlcaib. Tfluim(oach Mac Cappéang, ciz (pna € oganacca, oécc. 
Oomnall mac Amalgada, comonba Phacpaice pon cuaipc Cenel n€ogam, co 


of Ulster, east of Lough Neagh and the River Sazon, incendio vastantur quarto Calendas Sep- 
Bann. tembris."— Trias Thaum., p. 299. 
* Loch Cairrgin.—Now Cargin’s Lough, near f Ceallachan- Caisil : i.e. Callaghan of Cashel. 


Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon. 

* Trian-Mor : i.e. the great third or ternal 
division of Armagh. 

* Trian-Sazon : i.e. the Third of the Saxons; 
that division of Armagh, in which the Saxon 
students resided. 

This passage is translated by Colgan as fol- 
lows: “ A. D. 1092. Ara Ardmachane cum suis 
Ecclesiis, una pars de Trien-mor, et altera Trien- 


He was the ancestor of the O'Callaghans of 
Munster. He was the son of Domhnall, who 
died in 1044, who was the son of Murchadh, 
who died in 1014 (from whose brother, Saerbh- 
reathach, the Mac Carthys of Munster are de- 
scended), who was son of Donnchadh, who was 
son of Ceallachan Caisil, King of Munster, who 
died in the year 954.—See Circuit of Muirchear- 
tach - Neill, p. 64. » 


a RN "8 RS 


1092.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 943 


20th of December; and Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, was immediately 
installed in his place in the abbacy. Sitric, son of Gillabruide, was treacherously 
killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1092. Connmhach Ua Cairill, a bishop, and an excel- 
lent moderator ; Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir [Buithe], a learned and holy senior, 
head of the wisdom and piety of the Gaeidhil ; Muircheartach, son of Loing- 
seach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird; and Maelisa Ua hArrachtain, suc- 
cessor of Ailbhe of Imleach, died. The Devotee, i.e. Fiachra Ua Follamhain, 
a priest of the Connaughtmen, was drowned in Loch Cairrgin. The fort of 
Ard-Macha, with its churches, were burned on the fourth of the Calends of 
September, and a street of Trian-Mor‘, and a street of Trian-Saxon*. Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair, i.e. Ruaidhri na Soidhe Buidhe, supreme King of Connaught, 
was blinded by Ua Flaithbheartaigh, i e. Flaithbheartach, and Foghartach 
O'Foghartaigh, through treachery and guile. Ruaidhri was seven times a 
gossip to Ua Flaithbheartaigh. Donnchadh Mac Carthaigh, lord of Eoghanacht- 
Chaisil, was killed by Ceallachan-Caisil’ Enda, son of Diarmada, lord of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was killed by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh themselves. A great 
predatory excursion was made by the Conmhaicni over Sil-Muireadhaigh, so 
that Magh-Aei was left without cattle. Donnchadh, son of Ua Conchobhar 
Failghe, was killed by his own brothers. Great frost and ice in this year, and 
the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen over, so that men and horses were 
wont to pass with dry feet over the lakes ; and great snow fellafterwards. An 
army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain into Connaught, and he carried 
hostages from them. Diarmaid Ua Briain was expelled into Ulster. Muireadhach 
Mac Carthaigh*, lord of Eoghanacht, died. Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, 


Fr PaT T E ae eres. ince | eee TÁC 
z . a j 


s Muireadhach Mac Carthaigh.—He is the an- 
cestor of the Mac Carthys. of Munster, and the 
first person ever called Mac Carthaigh. He was 
the son of Carthach, who was son of Saerbhrea- 
thach, son of Donnchadh, son of Ceallachan 
Chaisil, King of Munster.—Jd. Ibid. 

^ Domhnall.-——** A. D. 1092. Domnaldus filius 
Amalgadii, Archiepiscopus Ardmachanus, circuit 
et visitat regiones de Kinel-Eoguin, id est O’Nel- 
lorum.”—Trias Thaum., p. 299. ' 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 


events under this year: 

** A. D. 1092. Follavan, the BN of Con- 
naght, was drowned. Clon-mic-Nois spoyled by 
Mounstermen. Rory O’Conner, Archking of 
Connaght, blinded by O’Flatherty deceitfully. 
Mureach Mac Carty, king of Eonacht Cassill, 
mortuus est. Donell mac Awalgaa, Coarb of 
Patrick, visiting Kindred-Owen, got his will” 
[co cuc a péin]. “ The Rath of Ardmach with 
the church, 4 Cal. Sept. and a great part of the 
great Trien” [and a part of the Saxons’ Trien]. 


"a Veh Oe” ea ee ee, 


044 aNNaza giosghachca EIREANN. 


[1093. 


ccug a péi. Coo, mac Cagail Uí Concobaip, oo gabail oo 6hmam, 4 nàe 
Sil Muaz vo éabaipe oo Ghiolla na naom Ua Concobaip. Coblac pí 
Muman oo apccam Cluana mic Nó. 

Clip Cpiorc, mile nochac a cpf. Onceppcop Ua Opigcén vécc. Chihill 
Ua Niallain, cana! abbad Cluana me Nap, Comopba Cpónáin Tuama 
Gnéme, 7 comanba Colmám Cille mic Oua^, God, ancimeach Oornliag 
Chianám, hUa Scopta, comanba Commáin, q] God Ua Congaile, capémneach 
Tage ado Cluana mic Nóip, décc. Cod Ua Canannain, cis(ina Ceml 
Conall, oo dallad lá Oomnall Ua Cachlamo, lá pígh nQhlgh. Cod 
Ua bageallan, cig(pna. Cipsiall, vo mapbaoh la Conaithb Mumptemne. 
Mod, mac Catal Ui Concobarp, ei&(pna. Shil Muipfoms, oo mapbao hı 
Muman 1 ngemel lá Pogancach Ua Pogapcarg cpa pell q meatal. On 
Caiéclepeac 3. Niall, mac Ruaiópí Uí Concobaip, oo mapbad oo Conmarcnib. 
Ouboana, mac me Chii (nnéám, eii(pna (ugne,voécc. Cpénp(p Ua Ceallang, 
cig(mna. Ops, oo mapbaó lá hUa nOmbidip 1 nOomliag Chianám. Mu- 
é(pcach Ua bpian vonga 7 oonnapbao Sil Muipfoars wle hi cíp n€ogamn 
lan ngabéil a ccigfpna Giolla na naomh. Ua Concobarp Ui Concfnainn, 
mic Taig, cig(pna Ua nOiapmava. Síol Muipfoeg vo cod(ec oopióipi Ii 
cConnachcaib gan éfoógao. S$neachca móp 7 peóo 1pm mbliadainp) co po 
(pv Macha vo lopccao co na c(mploiph. 

Coir Cpiopc, mile nocha a ceata. Oonnplébe Ua h€ocaoa, pi Ulao, 
vo manbad la pig Clg a. Oomnall, mac Mic Coclamn, a ccat 6ealaig 


ceccpac loca na h€peann. 


v—————————r"——— ee —M — MM MAS 


* Enna mae Dermot, King of Censelaghes, a 
suis occisus est. Conmach O'Cairill, Archbishop 
of Connaght, and Maelisa O'Harrachtain, Coarb 
of Ailve, mortui sunt." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Three of the events entered by the Four 
Masters under the year 1092, are given in the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise under 1090, as follows: 

** A. D. 1090” [recté, 1092]. ** The Fleet of 
Munster robbed and tooke the spoyles of Clon- 
vicknose. Rowrie O'Connor, King of Connought, 
had his eyes put out most maliciously by Flath- 
vertagh O'Flaherty and Fogartagh O'Fogarty. 
Cormack Mainisdreagh, the sadge and learned 
divine of Ireland, died." 


i Successor of Colman of Cill-Mic-Duach : i. e. 
Bishop of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Gal- 
way. 

x Teach-aeidheadh : i.e. House of the Guests, 
or the Hospital. i 

1 The Aithchleireach : i.e. the ex-priest. 

The Annals of Ulster. record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1193. Donogh Mac Carty, king of 
Eonacht-Cassill; Trenar O' Kelly, king of Bregh; 
Hugh O’Boilan, King of Fernvay; Hugh maç 
Cahell O’Conner, king of Connaght, omnes occisi 
sunt. Hugh, Airchinnech of Domliag-Kianan; 
Ailill O'Niallan, Coarb of Kiaran, and Cronan, 


1093.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Cinel-Eoghain, and obtained his 
demand. Aedh, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, was taken prisoner by Brian ; 
and the chieftainship of Sil-Muireadhaigh was given to Gilla-na-naemh Ua Con- 
chobhair. The fleet of the men of Munster plundered Cluain-mic-Nois. 

The Age of Christ, 1093. The Bishop Ua Brighten died. Ailill Ua Nial- 
lain, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. The successor of Cronan of Tuaim- 
Greine ; and the successor of Colman of Cill-Mic-Duach'; Aedh, airchinneach 
of Daimhliag-Chianain ; Ua Scoptha, successor of Comman ; and Aedh Ua Con- 
ghaile, airchinneach of the Teach-aeidheadh* of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Aedh 
Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was blinded by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, 
King of Aileach. Aedh Ua Baigheallain, lord of Oirghialla, was slain by the 
Conailli-Muirtheimhne. Aedh, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, lord of Sil- 
Muireadhaigh, was killed in Munster, while in fetters, by Fogartach Ua Fogar- 
taigh, through treachery and guile. The Aithchleireach!, i. e. Niall, son of 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, was killed by the Conmhaicni. Dubhdara, the 
grandson of Aighennain, lord of Luighne, died. "Trenfhear Ua Ceallaigh, lord 
of Breagha, was killed by Ua Duibhidhir in Daimhliag-Chianain. Muirchear- 
tach Ua Briain plundered the Ui-Muireadhaigh, and expelled them into Tir- 
Eoghain, after having made a prisoner of their lord, Gilla-na-naemh Ua Con- 
chobhair, and of Ua Conceanainn, the son of Tadhg, lord of Ui-Diarmada. 
The Sil-Muireadhaigh returned again to Connaught without permission. Great 
snow and frost in this year, so that the lakes of Ireland were frozen. Ard-Macha 
was burned, with its churches. 

The Age of Christ, 1094. Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, 
was slain by the King of Aileach, i. e. Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, in 


and Mac Duach ; Fothud, Archbishop of Scot- 
' land, in pace quieverunt. Kindred-Murey exiled 
out of Connaght by Murtagh O’Brien. Hugh 
_O’Canannain, king of Kindred-Conell, blinded 
by Donell O’Lochlainn, king of Ailech. Mael- 
columb mac Donnchaa, Archking of Scotland, 
and his son, Edward, killed by Frenchmen ; 
and his Queen, Margaret, died of sorrow within 
a few houres, Kindred-Mureay came againe 
into Connaght without licence. Great fruit 


this yeare."—— Cod. Clarend. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice, under 
the year 1192, two of these events, as follows: 

* A. D. 1192" [recté, 1193]. “ Hugh O'Ko- 
noyle Dean of the Little Church of Clonvick- 
nose, died. Maleolme, king of Scottland, was 
killed by Frenchmen, whose wife, Margrett, 
Queen of Scotland, and daughter of the King of 
England, for greif and sorrow of the king's 
death, died." 


6E 


945 - 


[1094. 


aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. 


946 


Ghume an iobaip. Pip Epeann vo comemall go h Clé Chiat a. Mupefpcach 
Ua bpan co pp(paib Muman co nOppargib 7 Lagni, Oomnall, mac meic 
Loclamn, pi Oily co cCenel Conall, 7 €ogam, Oomnall, mac Flamo, pi 
Tlinnach, co phai Mwe, Donnchad Ua hEochada, co nUlcaib, 7 Goppard, 
cig(nna Gall 4 Aca clat, co nochac long lei. Cángaccap an luche anor 
go Marg Laigh, co po loipeple Uaċcap áo, co pafmmd ban mardm mon 
pop pai Muman, Leagmb,7 Oppaigib peampa. lomporc 1ap pm Ulaid, áp 
nin bó hadlaic leó Gargin. 00 mopiwd. Imporp(c 1appm pip Mhaman pon 
Dopldip1, 1 po 10noapbpac Goppaw a he chat,7 po mtpiogpac pi C(mpach 
1. Domnall, 7 po ronoapbpac é 1 nOipgiallaib 1ap mompóo vo pihat Mide 
pam. Oo oeocharb 1appm Ua Tlaoilp(chlamn uacaó mb(cc acua co pa 
sab ba Lngm, 1 amip Míde wle, pugpac Cuigm q orpefp hoe pap, 3 
ampa pígh Muman oc Goch Lebino, co ccappup eiccip na bá 7 an lopcc, 1 
po himp(ó. eccorilann pap la a rhumneip peiin à. mac Meic Cigenndin co 
na pocnaicce, 7 vo éeap leó appí budvein «1. Domnall mac Plamo,7 Giolla- 
énám mag Lugada, 1p m cnoc uap Pabaip Feim. Péaicbfpcach Ua ho- 
vich, ciz(pna Ua n€acach Ulaoh, òo dallad lá Oonnchad Ua n€ochaoa, lá 
ps nUlad. Ap pop Atav lá hUlcoib, oú 1 ccopcpaccap opong mon 
do paonclanoaib im Ua Pevacan, 7 1m Oornall mac Gongupa. Concoban 
Ua Conéobap, cisfpna Cianachca lemne ern, vég rap noergb(chano. 
Conéoban Ua Concobaip, cig(pna. Uia bPailge, oo engabáil la Mumpefpeac 
Uambmam, la pig Muman. Slag la Mupcfpcach Ua mbmam co pp(poib 
Muman ime hi Connaécaib,7 po por ma ppiémg gan giolla. Slag orle 
van láp an lucc ééona ecip loc 7 cíp co Oán Carp,7 po pannpac Mwe eicep 


? Bealach- Guirt-an-iubhair: i.e. the Road or 
Pass of the Field of the Yew. This pass was at 
Gortinure, in the parish of Killelagh, barony of 
Loughinsholin, in the county of Londonderry. 
The Annals of Ulster notice this event under 
the year 1091. 

^ Magh- Laighean : i. e. the Plain of Leinster. 
Clane and Oughterard are in this plain.—See 
O’Clery’s Irish Calendar at 18th of May. 

° Uachtar-ard—Now Oughterard, a hill on 
the summit of which are the ruins of a round 


tower and ancient church, situated in the ba- 
rony of South Salt, and county of Kildare. 

» Loch Lebhinn.—Now Lough Leane, about 
one mile to the south of the village of Fore, in 
the north-east of the county of Westmeath.— 
See note ', under the year 864, p. 501, supra. 

3 The hill over Fobhar-Feichin.—Now the Ben 
of Fore, a remarkable cliffy hill 710 feet in 
height. A number of distinct subterranean 
rills, said to have been miraculously carried from 
Lough Leane through this hill by St. Feichin, 


mM E dd m, dde id CORTO WE ee TREE 
y ) 


1094.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 947 


the battle of Bealach-Guirt-an-iubhair™. The men of Ireland collected to Dublin, 
namely, Muircheartach Ua Briain, with Munstermen, the Osraighi, and the 
Leinstermen ; Domhnall, the son of Mac Lochlainn, King of Oileach, with the 
Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain ; Domhnall, son of Flann, King of Teamhair, 
with the men of Meath ; Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, with the Ulidians ; and 
Godfrey, lord of the foreigners and of Ath-cliath, with ninety ships. These 
proceeded from the East to Magh-Laighean", and they burned Uachtar-ard", and 
routed the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraighe, who fled, without spilling 
blood. After this the Ulstermen returned [home], for they did not wish to 
plunder Leinster. The men of Munster after this went eastwards again, and 
expelled Godfrey from Ath-cliath, and deposed the King of Teamhair, i. e. 
Domhnall [Ua Maelseachlainn], and banished him into Oirghialla, the men of 
Meath having turned against him. After this Ua Maelseachlainn set out with 
a small party from the North, and seized the cows of Luighne and of all East 
Meath; but the people of Luighne and East Meath, and the soldiers of the 
King of Munster, overtook him at Loch Lebhinn?, and got between the cows 
and the troop ; and he was unfairly overwhelmed in battle by his own people, 
i. e. the son of Mac Aighennnain and his troop; and their own king was slain 
by them, i. e. Domhnall, son of Flann, and also Gilla-Enain, son of Lughaidh, on 
the hill over Fobhar-Feichint Flaithbheartach Ua h Aidith, lord of Ui-Eathach- 
Uladh, was blinded by Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia. A slaughter 
was made of the Airtheara [Oriors] by the Ulidians, where a great number of 
the nobility fell, together with Ua Fedacain and Mac Aenghusa. Conchobhar- 
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Cianachta Glinne Geimhin, died after a good life. 
Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, was taken prisoner by Muir- 
cheartach Ua Briain, King of Munster. An army was led by Muircheartach 
Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, into Connaught, but he returned back 
without hostages. Another army was led by lake and land", by the same people, - 


fall into a mill-pond, and turn a small mill in 
the village just as they issue from the rock. : 

* Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair: anglicé Conor 
O’Conor. This family are still in Gleann-Geimhin, 
in the parish of Dromachose, barony of Kee- 
naght, and county of Londonderry, but are re- 
duced to small farmers. They descend from 


Connla, son of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll 
Olum, and were chiefs of Cianachta, till sub- 
dued by the O’Kanes. 

* By lake and land ; i.e. a part of O'Brien's 
forces sailed up Lough Derg, and up the Shan- 
non into Lough Ree, while another part set out 


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948 annaca RIOshachta EIREANN. [1095. 


vip 4. ercep Donnchad, mac TIlupchaóa mic Plomn,4 Concobap, mac Maol- 
pfchlamn. Ruawpı Ua Oonnagán, cina Opad, vécc. Catpaomead pa 
cCaog, mac Ruaióm Ui Concobaip,] ma Síol ITlmp(ohorg pon Cuabrnümam, 
q Pen 'apcap Connachc, oa hi ccopcpacap cpí ċéo, 1 po aipecp(cc 1apéap 
Connachc uile. 6a do na maiéib copcpacap ipm cat pin Amlaoib Uath bé, 
Oonnplébe Ua Cinnpaolad,7 mac Gillepunpa Uí Mhaolmund. Cat Piod- 
naca a amm. lomap Mac Giolla Ullcám, caoipeac Mumncipe Maoilpionna, 
vo mapbao lá propa Míde. Oomnall, comopba Phacpauce, pop cuac Mu- 
man céona cup co ccug a lancuaiac pepepall la caeb neobapca uaduibh. 
Giolla na mngfn mac Uí Cobtang, ci$(pmma. Umarll, oo écc. Orpcinneach 
Aca paba oo mhapbad opat Cia. 

Clorp Cpiopc, mile nochac a cúicc. On ceppcop Ua Copcpám, comapba 
Onénamn Cluana p(mca, [0écc]. Strom mac Maolodlua, ahméana Eneann 
ule, décc 1ap p(noacargh,7 rap noersb(chawd. Teidm anbpoill pin Eonarp 
wle hi ccoicémne ipi mbliaóampi q acbepc apoile co nepl(cap c(épomme vo 
daomibh €neann oon cám hi pm, aciao anopo opong oo na o($5aormib erin 
ecclaip 7 cut acbailp(c. Oonngup, eppcop Ata chat, hUa Mancain a. 


eee 


an bpet(m, comapba Caomsin, Macc Mapay Ua Caomain, comonba Oena, 


t Dun- Tais.—N ot identified. 

* Ua hAichir.—Now anglicised O’ Hehir, Hehir, 
and sometimes Hare. This family was seated 
in the territory of Ui-Cormaic, lying between 
Slieve Callan and the town of Ennis, in the 
county of Clare. 

* Ua Cinnfhaelaidh.— Now anglicised Kinealy. 
This family is of the sept of the Ui-Fidhgeinte, 
and were seated in the territory of Ui-Conaill- 
Gabhra, in the present county of Limerick. 

'The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, which agree in chronology at this pe- 
riod, record the following events under this year : 

* A. D. 1094. Flathertach O'Hatheih, king 
of Oneach, blinded by Doncha O'Heochaa, king 
of Ulster. An army by Murtagh O’Brien to 
Dublin, and banished Geffry Meranach from 
being king of Galls, and killed Donell O’Me- 
lachlainn, king of Tarach. The slaughter of 


the Easterns' good men by the North. Rory 
O'Donagan, king of Ara, and Conner O’Conner, 
king of Cianaght, mortui sunt in penitentia. 
Donell, Comarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster, 
and brought with him his full visitation, be- 
side offering and devotion. Donell mac Mael- 
columb, king of Scotland, killed by Donell 
and Edmond, his kinsmen, by murther. The 
battle of Finach, where the one-half of West 
Connaght, and the moiety of Corcomuroe were 
slaughtered by Teig mac Rory O'Connor." 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 1094. All the nobility and forces of 
Ireland assembled and gathered together at 
Dublin, with King Moriertagh O'Brien, both 
Munstermen, Lynstermen, and people of Ossorie. 
Donell mac Flyn O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath ; 
Donogh O'Heoghie of Ulster, and Godfrey of 
Dublyn, with ninety shipps. These of the East 


1095.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 949 


to Dun-Tais'; and they divided Meath between two, i.e. between Donnchadh, 
son of Murchadh, son of Flann, and Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn. 
Ruaidhri Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh, died. A battle was gained by Tadhg, 
son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and the Sil-Muireadhaigh, over the people of 
Thomond and West Connaught, in which three hundred were slain; and they 
plundered all West Connaught. This was called the battle of Fidhnacha. Of 
the chieftains who were slain in this battle were Amhlaeibh Ua hAichir", Donn- 
sleibhe Ua Cinnfhaelaidh”, and the son of Gillafursa Ua Maelmhuaidh. Imhar 
Mac Gilla-Ultain, chief of Muintir-Maeilsinna, was slain by the men of Meath. 
Domhnall, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Munster for the first time; 
and he obtained his full tribute of screballs [scrupuli], besides offerings from 
the inhabitants. Gilla-na-ninghean, son of Ua Cobhthaigh, lord of Umhall, 
died. "The airchinneach of Achadh-fabhair was killed by the men of Ceara. 
The Age of Christ, 1095. The Bishop Ua Corcrain, successor of Brenainn 
of Cluain-fearta, [died]. The Senior Mac Maeldalua, chief anmchara of all 
Ireland, died at an advanced age, and after a good life. There was a great 
pestilence over all Europe in general in this year, and some say that the fourth 
part of the men of Ireland died of the malady. The following were some of 
the distinguished persons, ecclesiastical and lay, who died of it: Donnghus, 
Bishop of Ath-cliath ; Ua Manchain, i e. the Brehon [judge], successor of 
Caeimhghin ; Mac Maras Ua Caemhain*, successor of Oenna, of the tribe of 


came to Oghterarde, where they gave a discom- 
fiture to the Munstermen, people of Ossorie, 
and Lynstermen. The Ulstermen retraited upon 
them, and wou'd neither hinder or opugne the 
Lynstermen, but went and banished Godfrey 
out of Dublin, and also deposed Donell; where- 
upon the deposed King of Meath went to the 
land of Lwyne, and there tooke a prey, and 
being pursued by East Meath, and the King of 
Munster's guard, was slain among the cowes at 
Loghlevyn, by one belonging to himself called 
Mac Agenan; and soe this was the end of 
Donell, king of Meath, that was deposed of his 
kingdome, and slaine by his owne people. Connor 
O'Connor of Affalie, King of Lynster, was taken 
captive by King Moriertagh O'Bryen. Clon- 


vieknose was robbed, and the spoyles taken by 
those of Brawnie and the O' Royrcks, on Monday 
in Shrovetyde. Dorrowe was likewise robbed 
by those of Fercall and Affailie. Clonvicknose 
was also robbed the same day by the son of 
Mac Coghlan and Delvyn. King Mortagh 
O'Brien, with his Munstermen, went to Con- 
nought to take hostages, and returned from 
thence without any. The King, with another 
army, came to Dontaise, in Meath, and divided 
Meath into two parts between two kings of the 
O'Melaughlins, viz, Donnogh mac Murrogh 
mac Flyn, and Connor mac Moyleseaghlyn 
O'Melaughlyn."—A nn. Clon. 

* Mac Maras Ua Caemhain.—He was probably 
the Mac Maras Trogh, who transcribed a charter 


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950 ANNALA RiIoghachta EIREANN. [1095. 


vo Ohelbna bicc a ċenél, Cappe .ı. an c(ppocc Ua CeitMnag, comapba 
Maevdécc, Ua Rinnanans, pfplérgimn Leitġlinne, €ochaió Ua Corpi, pecnab 
Achad bó, Scannlán Ua Cncimmse, anmeana Lip mó, buadach Ua CM- 
puroip, pacapc Cille Oálua, Oubplacach Ua Mumfoharg, Cod mac Mao- 
liopa Uí bpolċán, érpop(plergmo, 1 Clugupem Ua Cumn, árpobperé(m Lang tn. 
Acbae von mopclaó é(cna Goppawd Tfl (nánac, ceapa Gall Aca chat, 7 
na nInnp(ó, Oomnall Oub Ua Ffae, ars (nna Popéuae Cart, Matgarnam 
Ua Segda, ciġma Conca Ohunre, Ua ITlaolcnaoibe vo mumncin Imleacha 
luban. O hAinhid, cigfpna Oipgiall, 7 Ua Concobaip, céna Cianachca 
Glinne Sern. Ua h€icemg, cig(pna. P(pmanach, oo mapbaó. Giolla- 
ciamám mac mic Ualgainec, cig(pma Ua nOwb mopecht, oo mapbao. Cat- 
jmaom(ó món 1 nO[poachao pia nOál Apade pop Ulcaib oú 1 ccopcanp 
Lochlamn Ua Conpill, progdamna Ulad, 4 Grollacomsall Ua Call, 4 
pochaibe mop amaille pmá. | Oomnall Ua Muipeccan, cis(pna. Tleba ule, 
1 Amlaoib, mac meic Conm(óa, mac corpi Shíl Rónám, oo mapbao 1 pell, 
 1acc 1 ngemlib ipm Mumam. Taller, mgn Domnall uice, vécc. Cabs, 
mac Catal Ui Concobaw, oo mapbao la phat Muman. Tarchleach 
Ua h€agnpa, cig(pna Curgne, 7 áp lurgne mme, oo manbad lap na cpíb Con- 
thaicnib 1. Cenél cCaip, Cenél Oubám, q Cenel Cugna. Ua Concobaip, 
ci&(pma Ciapparge, vo mapbao lá a bpataip. Cacoicepice Ua hCfmbio, 


ci&(mTma. Ff mbile, oo mapbhaoh lá Oonnchao Ua Maoilpfchloino. 
coblaig, mfn cig(pna. Oppaġe, q baincigfina Oppaige, oécc. 


into the Book of Kells, some time previous to 
the year 1094.— See the Miscellany of the Irish 
Archeological Society, pp. 132, 156. 

y Ua Cnaimhsighe.—This name is obsolete in 
the south of Ireland; but it exists in Ulster, 
where it is anglicised Cramsey. 

* The Islands: i. e. the Hebrides, or western 
islands of Scotland. 

* Ua Seaghdha.—Now O’Shea, O’Shee, and 
sometimes Shea, and Shee, without the prefix 
Ua or ©. According to O'Heerin's topogra- 
phical poem, O’Falvy, who was the senior of the 
race of King Conary II. in Ireland, was chief of 
the territory of Corca-Dhuibhne, or Corcaguiny, 


Oub- 
Oapmarg, 


which extended from the River Mang westwards 
to the strand, Finntraigh, now Ventry, in the 
now county of Kerry; and O'Shea was chief of 
Ui-Rathach, now the barony of Iveragh, in the 
west of the same county: and this is evidently 
correct, though O'Shea, who was of the same 
race with O'Falvy, was sometimes chief lord of 
all the race of Conary. 

è Ard-achadh : i.e. High Field, now Ardagh, 
in the parish of Ramoan, barony of Carey, and 
county of Antrim.—See Ordnance Map of the 
county of Antrim, sheet 14. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 


A i 1 7 Se A CT TON RAN 


1035.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 951 


Dealbhna-Beag ; Cairbre, i. e. the Bishop Ua Ceithearnaigh, successor of Mae- 
dhog; Ua Rinnanaigh, lector of Leithghlinn ; Eochaidh Ua Coisi, Vice-abbot 
of Achadh-bo ; Scannlan Ua Cnaimhsighe’, anmchara of Lismore; Buadhach — e. 
Ua Cearruidhir, priest of Cill-Dalua; Dubhshlatach Ua Muireadhaigh; Aedh, 
son of Maelisa Ua Brolchain, a chief lector; and Augustin Ua Cuinn, chief 
Brehon [judge] of Leinster. Of the same pestilence died also Godfrey Mea- 
ranach, lord of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and the islands’; Domhnall Dubh 
Ua Fearghaile, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean ; Mathghamhain Ua Seaghdha*, lord 
of Corca-Dhuibhne ; Ua Maelcraeibhe, one of the people of Imleach-Ibhair ; 
O'hAinbhidh, lord of Oirghialla; and Ua Conchobhair, lord of Cianachta- 
Glinne-Geimhin. Ua hEignigh, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain. Gillachia- 
rain, the son of Mac-Ualghairg, lord'of Ui-Duibhinnreacht, was slain. A great 
victory was gained at Ard-achadh*, by the Dal-Araidhe, over the Ulidians, 
wherein were slain Lochlainn Ua Cairill, royal heir of Ulidia; and Gillachomh- 
ghaill Ua Cairill; and a great host along with them. - Domhnall Ua Muireagain, 
lord of all Teathbha, and Amhlaeibh, the son of Mac Conmeadha, son of the 
chief of Sil-Ronain, were treacherously slain, while in fetters, in Munster. 
Taillti, daughter of Domhnall Gott, died. Tadhg, son of Cathal Ua Concho- 
bhair, was killed by the men of Munster. Taichleach Ue hEaghra, lord of 
Luighne, was slain, with a slaughter of the Luighne about him, by the three 
Conmhaicni, i.e. the Cinel-Cais, the Cinel-Dubhain, and the Cinel-Lughna. 
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe, was killed by his brother. Cucoigcriche 
Ua hAinbhidh, lord of Feara-Bile, was killed by Donnchadh Ua Maelseachlainn. 
Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of the lord of Osraighe, and the lady of Osraighe, 


* A, D, 1095. Great snow fallen the Wed- Fermanach, killed by his” [own people]. * The 
nesday after Easter, which killed innumerable battle of Ardagh by Dalaray upon Ulster, where 
men, fowle, and cattle. Kells, with its churches; ^ Gilcomgail O'Cairill" [was slain] “ Great 
Dorowe, with its books; Ardsraha, with its  sicknes in Ireland, that killed many men, from 
church ; and many other churche townes, cre- the Calends of August untill May next. Mur- 
mate sunt. Senoir Mac Maelmolua, archaged of tach O'Cairre, minion of Kindred-Aenes, and 
Ireland, in pace dormivit. Duvhach O'Sochuinn,  heire of Ailech, mortuus est. Carbry O’Kehernay, 
gentle priest of Ferta ; Dongus, bishop of Dub- — in penitentia mortuus est, i.e. the archpriest” 
lin; Hugh mac Maelisa, Coarb of Patricke, died. [rectè, noble bishop] “of Cinselayes, Goffry 
Kilkiaran, son of Mac Ualgarg, minion of Du- Meranach, King of Galls, mortuus est.— Ann. 
vinrechty, a suis occisus. O'Hegny, King of Ult.; Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


952 ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 


Cfnannup, Cluain Enaipo, Glin va locha, Fabop, Lepr món, Cluam bponag, 
7 Clua comp vo lopecad wile. Cluam mic Nóip v0 opccam. Oornnall 
Ua Mavadamn, cigtmna Ua nEachach, oécc. 

Qoip Cpíope, mile nochat a pé. hUa Cochlán puí eppcop, 7 comopba 
bainm, décc. Coğan Ua Cípnaiz, aincmveach Ooipe, oécc in occ vécc 
Callainn lanuapn. Columm Ua hOfnpaóóm, amcmneach Roppa Chheip, 
Plano Ua Mumeccain, arnómoech Gencpuib, Ceapgup hUa Cpurmep, com- 
apba Comsaill, Mac Nechcam hUa hUeienmg, p(plergmn 7 uapal paganc, 
décc. Ua Macan, ollam Oal Cap, décc. mlao, mac Taig 
Uf Ohpain, oo mapbad 1 Manamn. Fel €óm pop Clome ipn mbliadanpı. 
Ro ġab imeagla món propa Epeann peimmpi, conad 1 comaple apmache lá 
cleincib Epeann ım comapba Phacparce via mmmórofn. ap an c(ómaim po 
cipcanad oóib 6 cém a popċongpa pop cach a ccoicċimne cpeòlnop 6 Chfo- 
aom go Domnach vo oénam gacha míp,q cpopccab gach laor go clon 
mbliadna, cen mo các Oomnarge, 7 pollamna, 4 popele, 7 oan do pacpac 

` almpana,] eobapca 10omòa vo òia. Tuccad van p(panna 1omda do eccailpib, 
7 ċléiņcib, 6 píoganb, 7 caoipecaib, 7 po paopta pip Epeann an cuche pm ap 
céme na ofogla. Cmo copad vo atnuaducéad lá Muipé(pcach Ua mbmain 
lan na münaoh peachc pram la C(6 Cumo. Plann Ua hOfmbr, ciga 
Oeipcemnc Cipgiall [oécc]. Conéoban Ua hClinorannand, cig (pna Cranaéca, 
7 Ua Cem wigfpna Ua Mic Caipémmo, oo Comtuicim ppa porle hf ccliachad. 
Cuulad Ua Célecan, canary Chipziall, vo mapnbao lá coiccead n€peann, 
1. cóicceaó Ulad. lllaégamem Ua Segóa, cigfpna Conca Ohuibne, vécc. 
Mumpe(peach .i. an Cullach Ua Ouboa, aslpna Ua nAmalgada, oo mapbao 


* Darmhaigh.—Otherwise written Dearmhach 
and Durmhagh; now Durrow, in the King’s 
County.—See note under A. D. 1186. 

è Fell on Friday.—This passage is translated 
by Colgan as follows: 

* A. D. 1096. Festum S. Joannis Baptiste 
hoc anno cecidit in feriam sextam: quod tan- 
quam malum omen ex quibusdam vaticiniis 
augurati nimium expaverunt Clerus et populus 
Hibernie. Unde consilio inito visum est Ar¢hi- 
episcopo et Clero totius patrie, ut preservaren- 
tur a malis que premisso tali omine subsequ- 


utura qui dudum predixerant indixere toti 
populo, ut singuli a Feria quarta usque in diem 
Dominicam protelent jejunium singulis men- 
sibus; et spatio insuper totius anni singulis 
diebus, exceptis Dominicis, festis, et solemnita- 
tibus majoribus, una refectione maneant con- 
tento. Unde multe a populo facte sunt obla- 
tiones et pie elargitiones; et a Regibus et 
Proceribus agri et predia multa sunt donata 
Ecclesiis. His pietatis officiis peractis ab igne 
imminentis vindictz populus mansit intactus.” 
—Trias Thaum., p. 299. 


1096:] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 953 


died. Darmhaigh*, Ceanannus, Cluain-Iraird, Gleann-da-locha, Fobhar, Lis-mor, 
Cluain-Bronaigh, and Cluain-Eois, were all burned. Cluain-mic-Nois was 
plundered. Domhnall Ua Madadhain, lord of Ui-Eathach, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1096. Ua Cochlain, a learned bishop, and successor 
of Bairri, died. Eoghan Ua Cearnaigh, airchinneach of Doire, died on the 
eighteenth of the Calends of January. Colum Ua hAnradhain, airchinneach 
of Ross-ailithir ; Flann Ua Muireagain, airchinneach of Aentrobh ; Learghus 
Ua Cruimhthir, successor of Comhghall ; Mac Neachtain UahUaithnigh, a lector 
and noble priest, died. Ua Mailcain, chief poet of Dal-gCais, died. Amhlaeibh, 
son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was killed in Manainn. The festival of John fell on 
Friday this year ; the men of Ireland were seized with great fear in conse- 
quence, and the resolution adopted by the clergy of Ireland, with the successor 
of Patrick [at their head], to protect them against the pestilence which had 
been predicted to them at a remote period, was, to command all in general to 
observe abstinence, from Wednesday till Sunday, every month, and to fast [on 
one meal] every day till the end of a year, except on Sundays, solemnities, and 
great festivals; and they also made alms and many offerings to God; and many 
lands were granted to churches and clergymen by kings and chieftains ; and 
the men of Ireland were saved for that time from the fire of vengeance. Ceann- 
coradh was re-edified by Muircheartach Ua Briain, it having been demolished 
some time before by the people of Leath-Chuinn. Flann Ua hAinbhidh, lord 
of South Airghialla, [died]. Conchobhar Ua h Ainniarraidh, lord of Cianachta, 
and Ua Cein, lord of Ui-Mic-Cairthinn’, fell by each other in a combat. 
Cu-Uladh Ua Celeachain, Tanist of Airghialla, was slain by the province of 
Ireland, i. e. the province of Uladh. Mathghamhain Ua Seaghdha, lord of 
Corca-Dhuibhne’, died. Muircheartach, i. e. the Boar, O'Dubhda, lord of the 


e Ui-Mic-Cairthinn.— A tribe of the Oir- 
ghialla, descended from Forgo, son of Cairthenn, 
or Caerthainn, who was son of Earc, the grandson 
of Colla Uais, Monarch of Ireland in the fourth 
century. The territory inhabited by this tribe 
was called Tir-mie-Cairthinn, or Tir-mic-Caer- 
thainn, a name still retained in the barony of 
Tirkeerin, on the east side of Lough Foyle, and 
adjoining the barony of Cianachta, or Keenaght, 


in the county of Londonderry. 

“ Ericus e tribus Colle regis nepotibus pri- 
mus genuit Carthennium : cui nati Forgous, ex 
quo Hy-Maccarthen juxta sinum lacus Fevail 
Londinodoriam alluentem.”—O’Flaherty’s Ogy- 
gia, p. 362. See also Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 122, 
note *. j 

f Lord of Corca- Dhwibhne.— This is a repeti- 
tion.—See the year 1095. 


6 F 


954 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1097.. 


lá a cenél pém. Macodan lla lllaoobam, cigfpna Sil nCÍnméaoa, décc. 
Hiollacipren Mac Copcén, eiz(yna Oealbna móipe, oo manbad lá hUib Lao- 
gape .1. 1apna &oonacal oo Mhuipcfpcach Ua Gan oóib iap mbpeié óópibe 
xxx umge oo ón uad,7 céo mbó 7 ochcap eiceipeó. Oonnchad mac an 
Ohmcc vo manbad vo Chalnargib. Sitppruc, mac Mic Sealbaig, cigna 
Phen Rop, oo mapbad lá Muğóopnaiö Magín. Maolpactparce Mac 
Chpmfohansh, eppcop Apoa Macha, oécc. - 

‘op Cpíopc, mile nocha a peachc.  Planoaccán Ruad Ua Oubeng, 
comanba Commáin 1 peplerzimn Tuama va gualann. Maolán Ua Cumn, 
arnémneach Eccailys bicce, Maolbpigve mac an cpaom Ui ópolééin pao 4 
eppcop Chille bapa, 7 éóicció Langfn, vécc. Tas, mac Ruaiopi Ur Chon- 
cobain (1. bnatamp Cornpoealbaig Mhoip), cigfpna Sil Mulong, 7 copnam- 
tach an €uicció apnc(na, oo manbad lá Clomn Choncobaip, 7 la aepsnada 
pém 1 pull 3. la mac Conluacna Ui Maolbpéncim ipm. c(épamaó bladon 


piceat a aeipe. 


* Ui-Amhalghadha: i.e. the inhabitants of 
the barony of Tirawley, in the county of Mayo. 

^ Madadhan Ua Madadhain : anglicó Madden 
O? Madden. —See note £, under A. D. 949, p. 665, 
suprd; also note under A. D. 1178. 

i The Calraighi.—These were the Magawleys, 
who were seated in the parish of Ballyloughloe, 
barony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1096. Flann O'Hanbeth, king of 
Deskert-Oirgiall; Maelpatrick O'Hermeay, Bi- 
shop of Armagh ; Columb O'Hanraan, Airchin- 
nech of Ross-ailither; Flann O’Muregan, Air- 
chinnech of Aendrum, in Christo dormierunt. 
Mahon O'Segday, king of Corkduvné; Conor 
O'Ainiarray, king of Cianaght ; and O’Keyne, 
king of O-Carthinn, fell one with another” 
[recté, the one by the other] “in fight. Great 
fright in Ireland from St. John’s feast in this 
yeare, untill God, through fasting and prayer 
of the Coarb of Patrick, and the rest of the 
Trish clergie, did save them. Duvgall O’Mael- 


Cimpsm Ua Mopda, cig(pna. Laoigim oécc. 


Slag lá 


cothay his sonne killed by his” [own people]. 
* Murtagh O'Duvda, king of O-nAvalgaa, killed 
by his" [own people]. “ Madagan O'Madagan, 
king of Sil nAnmchaa, mortuus est. Cuula 
O'Celegan, heire of Airgiall, killed by Coige- 
Ireland, .i. Ulster. Gillossen mac Carten, king 
of Delvin, killed. | O'Caell Airchinnech of 
Tuam-Grene, in Christo quievit. Owen O^Kernay, 
Airchinnech of Daire, 9 Kal. Januarii quievit.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The mortality and plague, and the killing of 
the chief of Delvin-mor, are noticed in the An- 
nals of Clonmacnoise, under the year 1095, as 
follows : 

“A. D. 1095? [recté, 1096]. ** There was a 
great mortality and plague over all Europe this 
year, in so much that it depopulated great pro- 
vinees and contrys. There was not such a pes- 
tilence in this land since the death of the sons 
of King Hugh Slane, that died of the disease 
called Boye-Koynneall, untill this present year ; 
of which disease the ensueing noblemen, with 
infinite number of meaner sort, died, viz.: God- 


1097.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 955 


Ui-Amhalghadha?, was slain by his own tribe. Madadhan Ua Madadhain®, lord 
of Sil-Anmchadha, died. Gilla-Oissen Mac Coirten, lord of Dealbhna-mor, was 
killed by the Ui-Laeghaire, he having been delivered up to them by Muir- 
cheartach Ua Briain, after he had obtained thirty ounces of gold, one hundred 
cows, and eight hostages. Donnchadh, son of the Gott [Ua Maeleachlainn], 
was slain by the Calraighi. Sithfruich, son of Mac Sealbhaigh, lord of Feara- 
Rois, was slain by the Mughdhorna Maighen. Maelpadraig Mac Airmhea- 
dhaigh, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1097. Flannagan Ruadh Ua Dubhthaigh, successor of 
Comman, and lector of Tuaim-da-ghualann ; Maelan Ua Cuinn, airchinneach 
of Eaglais-Beag [at Cluain-mic-Nois]; Maelbrighde Mac-an-tsaeir Ua Brolchain, 
a learned doctor, and Bishop of Cill-dara and of Leinster, died. Tadhg, son of 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair (i. e. the brother of Toirdhealbhach Mor), lord of 
Sil-Muireadhaigh, and defender of the province in general, was treacherously 
killed by the Clann-Conchobhair* and his own servant of trust, i. e. by the son 
of Culuachra Ua Maelbhrenainn, in the twenty-fourth year of his age.  Aimhir- 
gin Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, died. An army was led by Muircheartach 


x a ee d ia ne M ERE MESURE S oim baia. rir A iiA Rr ola 


frey, king of the Danes of Dublyn and the 
Islands; Dunchus, archbushop of Dublyn; 
Breahawe O'Manchan, Cowarb of St. Kevyn; 
Donell Duffe O’Ferall, prince of the borders of 
Lynster" [Popeuaca Cargean]; * Mac Maras 
O'Koewan, Cowarb of Oenne; the bishopp 
O'Kehernie, Cowarb of Moyeoge; Augustin 
O'Koyne, chief Judge of Lynster. The king 
and subjects seeing the plague continue with 
such heat with them” [rectè, with such viru- 
lence amongst them], “ were strocken with 
great terror; for appeasing of which plague, the 
clergy of Ireland thought good to cause all the 
inhabitants of the kingdome to fast from Wed- 
nesday to Sunday, once every month, for the 
space of one whole year, except sollemne and 
great festivall days ; they also appointed cer- 
tain prayers to be said dayly. The king, noble- 
men, and all the subjects of the kingdome, were 
very beneficiall” [recte, beneficent] ** towards 


the church and pooremen this year, whereby 
God’s wrath was asswaged. The king of his 
great bounty gave great immunities and freedom 
to churches that were theretofore charged with 
sesse and other extraordinarie contrie charges, 
with many other large and bountifull gifts. The 
king’s house of Kyncorie was repaired and re- 
newed again, after that it was rased down by 
those of Leah-Koynn. Mac-Miccorthean, chief 
of Delvyn-more, was slain by the race of Lage- 
rie, after he was delivered by them to” [recté, 
delivered to them by] ** king Murtagh, for tak- 
ing from thence" [recté, taking for him] “ thirty 
ounces of gold, one hundred cows, and eight 
prisoners." 

x Clann- Conchobhair.—'his was the tribe- 
name of the O’Maelbhrenainns, or O'Mulrenins, 
who were seated in the parish of Baslick, near 
Ballintober, in the county of Roscommon, where 
they are still extant. 


6F2 


ESE- ee ee eee C999 E 


956 ANNAZA RIoshachtad EIREANN. [1098. 


Murmpclpcach Ua bpian go beit Moda, 7 co pplpaib mide, 7] co nopeim vo 


Connachc ap ammap an cuaipceipt go pangaoap Mag Conaille, 7 a mompod 
arp 1ap pin gan mopead gan eiccipe, uaip cáimicc Domnall Ua Coclamn zo 
ccionól, an tuaipceint go Piod Conaille oo cabernet caca vo Mhuipe(pcach 
co na pocparoe co nofpna Oia, 1 comanba Dhácpaicc pio (ccoppa. Uoch- 
lain Ua Ourboapa, cigfpna P(pnmorge, oo mapbaoh vo Uibh 6pm ópépre. 
In opué Ua Captag, ollam Connacc, oo mapbaó vo Chonnaccaib. péippin. 
Cnói mfp mop ap puo €peann a ccoiccime ipm mbliabampi, co po mét muca 
€peann,j po mam cipuoippr na ccnó hipm co chno oá bhadan rapamh. 
bliadain na ccnó bpionn do gaipéí 01,1 00 geibef peipload cnó ap aon pinginn. 
Cloicteach Maimptpeach a. Mamptpeac bute, co leabpnaib 4 co ccarr- 
ecfoaib 10mbaib oo lopccao. pleéb(pcach Ua Pleicb(pcang vo toweace 
na acappoa go hClod Ua Concobap. (1. Cloó an ġa bna) 4 chnap Shil 
Muipfoharg vo $abéil 06 oopníóip. 

Qoip Cpíopc, mile nochac a hoche. Oorhnall Ua h€nn .1. 00 Dal cCaip 
apo anméapa,] uapal eppcop, cíno (ccna 7 cpabard na nGaowel, copap 
combencle rapéain Coppa paoi an upd c(écapóa Roman,] na nGaoweal, vo 
cmochnagad abfead 1 Callamn Oecemben. Sé bliaóna peachemogac a 
aoip an can po paro a ppipac. Oomnall Ua Robapcaig, comapba Cholaim 
Chille, Maolipu Ua Scup, pepibnió 7 peallpor Murman 7 €peann apé(na, 


' Fidh-Conaille: i.e. the Wood of Conaille. of Ireland, pp. 64, 65. 
This was the name of a woody district in the ° Aedh of the Broken Spear.—This is a mistake 
present county of Louth. of the Four Masters, because Aedh of the Broken 
"A seiseadhach of nuts.—This is explained Spear, King of Connaught, was killed in the 
“ the sixth part of a barrell,” in the old trans- year 1067.— See that year, p. 893, suprà ; and 


lation of the Annals of Ulster.— See note under 
A. D. 1031. 

^ The cloictheach of Mainister: i.e. the steeple 
or round tower of Monasterboice, in the county 
of Louth. Dr. O'Conor, in a note to this pas- 
sage, asserts that the round towers of Ireland 
were not the cloictheachs of the Irish annals, 
because the round towers could not be burned; 
but the round tower of Monasterboice still 
exists, and is known by no other name than that 
by which it is called in the text, namely, Cloic- 
theach Mainistreach. —See Petrie’s Round Towers 


Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's Chorogra- 
phical Description of West Connaught, p. 367. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“ A. D. 1097. Lergus O'Crimthir, Coarb of 
Comgall, post penitentian optimam obiit. Teig 
mac Rory O'Conner, heire of Connaght, a suis 
occisus. Flannagan Rua, .i. Red, Airchinnech 
of Roscoman, in pace quievit. The Steeple of 
Mainistir” [cloicte¢ mamipzpeac], * with the 
books and much goods” [therein placed] ‘to 
be kept, burnt. Maelbrighde mac Antire 


——— UY 


TR 


E AR S 


— 


1098.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 957 


Ua Briain, with the people of Leath-Mhogha, the men of Meath, and some of 
the Connaughtmen, in the direction of the North ; and they arrived in Magh- 
Conaille, but they afterwards returned without spoils or hostages, for Domhnall 
Ua Lochlainn, with the mustered forces of the North, came to Fidh-Conaille!, 
to give battle to Muircheartach and his forces ; but God and the successor of 
Patrick made peace between them. Lochlainn Ua Dubhdara, lord of Fearn- 
mhagh, was slain by the Ui-Briuin-Breifne. The Druid Ua Carthaigh, chief 
poet of Connaught, was killed by the Connaughtmen themselves. Great abun- 
dance of nuts throughout Ireland in general this year, so that the swine of 
Ireland were fatted ; and some of these nuts lasted to the end of two years 
afterwards. It was usually called the year of the white nuts, and a seiseadhach 
of nuts? was got for one penny. The cloictheach of Mainistir" (i.e. of Mainistir- 
Buithe), with its books and many treasures, were burned. Flaithbheartach 
Ua Flaithbheartaigh returned into his patrimony to Aedh Ua Conchobhair 
(i.e. Aedh of the Broken Spear?) and he assumed the chieftainship of the 
Sil-Muireadhaigh again. 

The Age of Christ, 1098. Domhnall Ua hEnni, one of the Dal-gCais, chief 
anmchara and noble bishop, head of the wisdom and piety of the Gaeidhil, 
fountain of the charity of the west of Europe, a doctor of both orders, Roman 
and Irish, completed his life on the Calends of December. Seventy-six years 
was his age when he resigned his spirit. Domhnall Ua Robhartaigh?, successor 
of Colum Cille; Maelisa Ua Stuir, scribe and philosopher of Munster, and of 


O’Brolchan, Archpriest or Bishop of Kildare 
and all Leinster, post penitentiam optimam, quievit. 
An army by Murtach O'Brien, and Lehmoga, 
i. Mounster, or half Ireland, to Ma-Murhevné : 
an army.by Donell O?Lochlainn into the north 
of Ireland” [recté, with the people of the north 
of Ireland] “to Figh-Conell, to give battle to 
them ; but Daniell, Coarb of Patrick, prevented 
it with a kind of peace. Lochlainn O'Duvdara, 
king of Fernmay, killed by the O-Briuins of 
Brefny. Great fruit of nutts this year (thirty 
years from the other nutt year to this, called 
the Yeare of Whyte Nutts), that a man might 
gett a measure called Sessagh, .i. the sixth parte 


of the barrell, for a penny.” 

Two of the events noticed by the Four Mas- 
ters, under the year 1097, are set down in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1096, as follows: 

* A, D. 1096”. [recte, 1097]. * Awargin 
O’Morrey” [O’Mordha, or O'More] “ died. He 
was prince of Lease. King Moriertagh, with 
the forces of Lethmoye and Meath, with the 
forces of a part of Connought, went to Ulster 
of purpose to gett hostages, and returned from 
thence without bootie or hostages.” 

» Domhnall Ua Robhartaigh : anglicé Donnell, 
or Daniell O’Rafferty, or O'Roarty. The O'*Ro- 
artys were Coarbs of St. Columbkille, on Tory 


958 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1098. 


€ochaió, comapba Cianám, Rónán Ua Oan, comapba Peiċin cécup, 7 
agloip cogaide 1apom, Maolmapcain Ua Ceallaig, comapba Muna Otna, 
q Leangap eccnaio oécc m aon ló. Plaicb(rcach, mac cis(pnag barpperg, 
comopba Pinnem Marge bile, oécc ma olitpe. Mac Mapap Caipppnec 
4. uapal paccant paoi 7 ppuit p£fnóip Epeann décc 1 nflno va loca. Thi 
longa vo longaib Gall na nimnypCod vo buain amach vo Ulcaib, 7 a bpoin(no vo 
mapbad .1. pice ap céd a líonpioe. Maidm Peipepi Simluge pon Chenél Conal} 
pra cCenéll n€ogam m po manbad Ua Caipceapc, 4. €ccepcac, go pochaibib 
ole. Cpeachao, 1 mopeao Mase oaipbpe la Mumncfpcach Ua mbmam pop 
propa Ceacba.. Sloiccl lá Mummneachanb co Shat Fuar oo pargid O orananll, 
mac meic Cochlamn, acc ní pugpac gialla na aiccipeda. Mide vo papugad 
eicon Oonnchad, mac Mupchada,7 Concobap, mac Maoleachlamn. Flait- 
b(mcach Ua Pleicb(ncois, ciġmna Sil Mumeavhang. 7 1apċain Connacc, vo 
manbad oo Mhavudan Ua Cuanna 1 ccionaw oallca Ruciop Ui Concobamp, 
3. Ruciópi na poide bude, më Connacc. Ap vo bliadam bap Plaebfpcaigh 
aopubpaoh, 

Ochc mbliadna nochac ap mile, 

O sein mic Dé vait n(pcag, 

Ni pgél pap, ace 1p oð oemm, 

Co bap peioil Plaicbipcaig. 


* 


' 

O:apmac, mac Enda, mc Orapmaoa, pi Caiz(n, vo mapbad vo chloino 
Mupcada, mic Orapmava. Catapnach, mac an cSionnang Uno, vip fina 
C(chba, oo mhapbad oa«pé(p Ceacba, 1. olla Chipe, h proll. Macparch 
Ua Plaichen vo oncom oo ITlumcip Clamam hi Magh Elh. Mac Meic- 


Island, off the north coast of the county of 
Donegal. 

4 Successor of Mura Othna: i.e. Abbot of Fahan, 
in the barony of Inishowen, and county of 
Donegal. 

* Fearsat- Suilighe: i. e. trajectus, or crossing of 
the Swilly, now Farsetmore, situated about two 
miles to the east of Letterkenny, in the county 
of Donegal.—See note *, under A. D. 1567. 

* Magh- Dairbhre: i. e. Plain of the Oaks. This 
name is now obsolete. It was probably near 


Loch Daibhreach, or Lough Derryvaragh, which 
form a part of the north-east boundary of Teath- 
bha, or Teffia, in the county of Westmeath. 

t Flaithbheartach Ua Flaithbheartaigh : anglicé 
Flaherty O'Flaherty.—See Hardiman’s edition 
of O'Flaherty's Chorographical Description of 
West Connaught, pp. 367, 368. 

u Ua Cuanna.—Now anglicised Cooney and 
Coyne, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Ruaidhri na Soigh buidhe: i.e. Rory, Roderic 
or Roger of the Yellow Greyhound Bitch. Dr. 


—— "—"————T— —OPoO—— ee 


1098.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 959 


Ireland in general; Eochaidh, successor of Cianan ; Ronan Ua Daimhin, who 
was at first successor of Feichin, and afterwards a distinguished moderator ; 
Maelmartin Ua Ceallaigh, successor of Mura Othna*; and Learghus, died on 


the same day. Flaithbhéartach, son of Tighearnach Bairrceach, successor of 


Finnen of Magh-bile, died on his pilgrimage. Mac Maras Cairbreach, a noble 
priest, a doctor and learned senior of Ireland, died at Gleann-da-locha. Three 
of the ships of the foreieners were captured, and their crews slain, by the 
Ulidians ; one hundred and twenty was their number. The battle of Fearsat- 
Suilighe’ was gained over the Cinel-Conaill by the Cinel-Eoghain, in which 
Ua Taircheirt, i. e. Eigceartach, was slain, with a number of others. The plun- 
dering and wasting of Magh-Dairbhre*, by Muircheartach Ua Briain, against the 
men of Teathbha. An army was led by the Munstermen to Sliabh-Fuaid, to 
oppose Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn ; but they obtained neither hostages 
nor pledges. Meath was laid waste [during the contests] between Donnchadh, 
son of Murchadh, and Conchobhar, son of Maeleachlainn.  Flaithbheartach 
Ua Flaithbheartaigh', lord of Sil-Muireadhaigh and West Connaught, was slain 
by Madadhan Ua Cuanna", in revenge of the blinding of Ruaidhri Ua Concho- 
bhair, i. e. Ruaidhri na Soigh buidhe”, King of Connaught. Of the year of the 
death of Flaithbheartach was said : 


Eight years and ninety above a thousand, 

From the birth of the Son of God all-strengthening, 
It is no vain story, but it is absolutely certain, 

To the death of the faithful Flaithbheartach. 


Diarmaid, son of Enna, son of Diarmaid, King of Leinster, was killed by the 
sons of Murchadh, son of Diarmaid. Catharnach, son of the Sinnach Odhar*, 
lord of Teathbha, was treacherously slain by Ua hAirt, of East Teathbha. 
Maccraith Ua Flaithen was plundered by Muintir-Tlamain, at Magh-Elli’. 


O'Conor translates this, Rodericus Margarita- * Stnnach Odhar: i. e. the Pale Fox. 

rum flavarum ; but this is certainly incorrect.  Magh-Elli.—Now Moyelly, a townland in 
Dr. Lynch explains it “ Ruaidrius na parge the parish of Kilmanaghan, barony of Kilcour- 
buwe, .i. a flavo cane venatico dictus," in his sey, and King's County. This is a part of the 
translation of Keating’s History of Ireland; and ancient territory of Muintir-Tadhgain, which 
O'Flaherty, more accurately, renders it * Rode- was a subdivision of Teathbha, or Teffia.—See 
ricus de flava cane,” in Ogygia, p. 440. note ^, under A. D. 1518. 


P 


VTUCETTROT eee Oe a a ET TT 


960 annaca gioghachca EIREANN. 


noo —— 
paie, piled, amo pile na Muman, vécc. Mac Saitin Ua Móna, er&(pna 
Laoigip!, oo mapbaó ora munci pém. Oubcoblarg, mgm Orapmava, mic 
Taig, bn Mhuipclpcags Uí Ohman, véce. Oeapbpopgaill, mi( Camg. 
mic Glollapacpaice, máéenp Mhupclpcag, 7 Cog Uí Bhan, oécc 1 
nGlionn vá locha. Copcach Muman vo lopccad oupmép. Oepetch Cluana 
mic Noip vo apccam vo Mhuincin Tlamain 3. 00 Comcaille mac mic Coda. 
Mac Giollacomms 1 Unadain, comalca Mhupchaw 1 bhmam, oo manbao 
do Chlomn Chopcpai$,] v€oganace cuapceipe Clach,7 po mapbao cpocha 
eccin mna 7 plop mn. 

Qop Cpíopc, mile nocha a naoi. Oonvéad, mac meic Maonaigh, abb | 
lae, oécc. Oiapmaicc Ua Maolaichgen, caapémneach Oám, véce oióche E 
Cápcc. Uamnacan Ua Maccipe, comonba Colmám mic Lenín, Clnnuo : 
Ua Longapgcam, comonba Colaim mic Cpeméamn, abb Tine va Slap, oécc. 
Caoncompac Ua baoisill vo $abáil eppcoporoe Opoa maca oia Oomnaig 
Chinctigip. Slog la Muinéficach Ua móp:am, 7 la Leit Mhoda co 
Shabh Puaice vo pargid giall Ui Lochlainn, 7 bof Oorinall 1 neplaime pop 
a €ionn,] oo póme, comapba Dhácpaice, pít mbliaóna eiccip. cuaipcenc 
€peann 7 Le Mhoda, conaó amlaw pin po pecappac von cup pin. Slag 
lá Oomnall Ua Cachlamn4 la Clanna Néll an cuaipc(ipe can Tuam 1 


ESTA 


DON Ea ET uet e nw wi ES Eius 


i 


Pr mite e ER He t 


em 


+ 


Nt an ac 


z Clann- Choscraigh.—See note *,. under A. D. penitentiam ; Maelmartan O’Kelly, Coarb of i 
1062, p. 882, suprà. Mura Othna, largus et sapiens in una die quieve- 4 
The Annals of Ulster record the following runt. Flahvertach mac Tierny Barky, Coarb " 


events under this year: of Finen, in peregrinatione mortuus est. Donell 


“A. D. 1098. Flathvertagh O'Flathvertay, 
king of West-Connaght, killed by Kindred- 
Mureay. Three shipps of the Gentyes” [recté, 
Galls] “of the Ilands robbed by Ulstermen, 
and their men killed, viz., 120, or a little lesse? 
[recté, a little more, “vel paulo plus” in orig.— 
Ep.] *Maelisa Ua Sture, scribe of phylosophy 
in Mounster, nay of all Scotts” [scriba philoso- 
phie Momoniensium immo omnium Scotorum], 
** in pace quievit. Diarmaid mac Enna mic Diar- 
mada, king of Lenster, killed by Murcha mac 
Diarmod’s sonns. Eocha, Coarb of Kianan, post 
penitentiam obiit. Ronan O’Davin, Coarb of 
Fechin Fovar, prius et religiosus optimus, post 


O’Hena, Archbishop of West Europe, and bright 
fontain of the world, post penitentiam optimam 
x. Kal. Decembris vitam feliciter finivit. Mak- 
maras Carbrech, chosen soul-frend” [anméapa 
voáqd e]; “Donell mae Rovartai, Coarb of Co- 
lumbkille, during his life" [pm pé, recté, for a 
time], “in pace dormierunt. The overthrow 
of Kindred-Conell by Kindred-Owen at Fersad- 
Suliche, where Egert O’Torchert, and others, 
were slaine. This yeare Hugh O'Mayleoin, 
Coarb of Kiaran of Clon-mic-Nois, natus est.?— 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the entries given by the Four Mas- 
ters, under the year 1098, are set down in the 


UL ERE A 


1099.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. - 961 


The son of Macraith, poet, chief poet of Munster, died. The son of Gaeithin 
Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was killed by his own people. Dubhchobhlaigh, 
daughter of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg, and wife of Muircheartach Ua Briain, died. 
Dearbhforgaill, daughter of Tadhg Mac Gillaphadraig, and the mother of Muir- 
cheartach and Tadhg Ua Briain, died at Gleann-da-locha. Corcach-Mumhan 
was burned for the most part. The oratory of Cluain-mic-Nois was burned by 
Muintir-Tlamain, i.e. by Cucaille Mac Aedha. Mac-GillachoinnighUi-Uradhain, 
foster-brother of Murchadh Ua Briain, was slain by the Clann-Choscraigh* and 
the Eoghanacht of the north of Cliach ; and thirty persons, both women and 
men, were killed in revenge of him. 

The Age of Christ, 1099. Donnchadh, grandson of Maenach, Abbot of 
Ta, died. Diarmaid Ua Maelaithghein, airchinneach of Dun, died on Easter 
Night. Uamnachan Ua Mictire*, successor of Colman, son of Lenin; [and] 
Annudh Ua Longargain’, successor of Colum, son of Cremhthann, Abbot of 
Tir-da-ghlas, died. Caenchomhrac Ua Baeighill assumed the bishopric of Ard- 
Macha on Whitsunday. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain and 
the people of Leath-Mhogha to Sliabh-Fuaid, to obtain the hostages of [Domh- 
nall] Ua Lochlainn, and Domhnall was in readiness to meet them; but the suc- 
cessor of Patrick made a year's peace between the north of Ireland and Leath- 
Mhogha, and so they separated for that time. An army was led by Domhnall 
Ua Lochlainn and the Clanna-Neill of the North across Tuaim’, into Ulidia. 


Annals of Clonmaenoise, at 1097, thus: died. Donnough mac Murrogh O'Melaghlyn 


** A. D. 1097” [recté, 1098]. “ King Mortagh 
O'Bryen tooke the spoyles of the people of 
Teaffa, and wasted them this year. All Meath 
was wasted and destroyed between Donnogh 
mac Murrogh, and Connor mac Moyleseagh- 
lyn, both of the O’Melaughlyns. Flathver- 
tagh O'Flathvertye was killed by one Mathew 
O’Kwanna, for putting out Rowrie O’Connor’s 
eyes. Flathvertagh was prince of Silmorrey 
and Iarther Connought. O’Hairt, prince of the 
East of Teaffa, killed treacherously. Kaharnagh 
Mac-en-Tynnaye, alias Foxe, prince of Teaffa. 
Dowchowly, daughter of Dermott mac Teige, 
wife to King Mortagh, and Queen of Ireland, 


tooke the kingdom and government of Meath 
upon him. Dervorgill, daughter of Teig Mac Gil- 
lepatrick, mother of King Moriertagh O'Bryen, 
Queen of Ireland, died this year." 

* Ua Mictire.—Now anglicó Wolfe. 

^ Ua Longargain.—Now Lonnergan, or Lon- 
dergan, without the prefix Ua or O’. This name 
is very common in the neighbourhood of Cashel, 
in the county of Tipperary. 

* Tuaim.—More usually called Fearsat- Tuama, 
now Toome, between Leagh Neagh and Lough 
Beg, on the confines of the counties of London- 
derry and Antrim.— See Colgan's Trias Thaum., 
pp. 148 and 183, col. 2. 


66 


962 ANNAZA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1099. 


nUllcoib. Ula ono ilongpopc ap a ccionn ag Cpaoib culca. Sargic na 
plag ap poccain co haon margin iomain(ce nucchpa pop aparle. Compoicic 


"na dá mapcpluagh. Mawio pop mapcpluars Ulad, 7 mapbeap ap ua ham- 


pan ann. Páccbaicc Ulaio 1appm an longpopc, 4 lorpeicc Clanna Néll é, 
 c(pcaic Cpnaob Tulca oo b(pap oóib rap pm oá accipe, 7 comonba Com- 
jall hí nacorg(p ppi oá accipe ole. Conaó dó pin oo nóio(oh, 


CTuccta géill Ulad ap eiccin, 

Inmpic piadain co péicch, 

La Domnall co lomne leomain, 

Rug Clomne h€ogain pél. 

Oá eictipe cpéna cuccta, 

Oo laochpnaió Ulad ó cém, 

Cn cnir san oi0baró abb Comgaill, 

Oo níogao Oomnall 1 Né. 

In nomad bliadain an nochac, 

Ap mile badam go mblaroh, 

O gen Cpíopc cinnce gan cpíonao, 
. Op mnte po piolad pom. 

1 mbliadam coiccioe uachad, 

1 cpp bhadan pain ian puc, 

Co cpuaw 1ap ngaome gan cpeanca, 

lap mbuain Cpaoibe Cealca cus. 


Ruaióm Ua Ruadacan, cig(pna apip Orngiall, 7 macaommog €peann, 
véce ipm xlu a plata, 4 pn vecmad Callainn oo Oecembep. Cfnanoup 4 
Ceall vapa do lopccaó 1 neappach na bliaónapo. Oombiacc Opoa ppaca 
oolopccaó. Cacpaon(o, 4. maibm Cocam geipió, ma maptap Tfeba, a. ma 
Mumcin Tabga, pon a amt, oú 1 ccopċaim vo Clomn Orapmaoae von 
chup pm. Murpcfpcach Ua hObpe, cigna Tleba, co pochaióib. ole am- 


è Craebh-Tulcha.—Now Crewe, near Glenavy, Thomond.—See note under the year 981. 
in the barony of Massareene, and county of An- — * The Daimhliag: i.e. the great stone church 
trim.— See note *, under the year 1003, p. 750, or Cathedral of Ardstraw, in the county of 
supra. This place derived its name from a wide- Tyrone. 
spreading tree, under which the kings of Ulidia f Lochan-geiridh.—The nearest name to this 
were inaugurated, like Bile Maighe-Adhair, in now to be found in or near Teffia, in Westmeath, 


——— MM MM 


1099.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 963 


The Ulidians were encamped before them at Craebh-Tulcha* On coming 
together, the hosts press the battle on each other. Both the cavalries engage. 
The Ulidian cavalry was routed, and Ua hAmbrain slain in the conflict. After 
this the Ulidians left the camp, and the Clanna-Neill burned it, and cut down 
— [the tree called] Craebh-Tulcha. After this two hostages were given up to 
them, and the successor of Comhghall as security for two hostages more. Of 
this was said : 


The hostages of Ulidia were brought by force, 

As witnesses distinctly relate, 

By Domhnall of the lion fury, 

Chief of the generous race of Eoghan. 

Two brave hostages were given 

Of the heroes of Ulidia on the spot, 

The third without reproach, the Abbot of Comhghall, 
To acknowledge Domhnall Ua Neill as king. 

The ninth year above ninety, 

And a thousand years of fame, 

From the birth of Christ, certain without decay, 

Was that in which these things were accomplished. 
From the year in which cook-houses were few, 

The third was that in which, 

With vigour, after difficulty unspeakable, 

After cutting down Craebh-Tealcha, he brought them [i. e. the hostages]. 


Ruaidhri Ua Ruadhagain, lord of the east of Oirghialla, and the most distin- 
guished of the dynasts of Ireland, died in the fortieth year of his chieftainship, 
ey on the tenth of the Calends of December. Ceanannus and Cill-dara were 
burned in the spring of this year. The Daimhliag* of Ard-sratha was burned. 
A victory, i.e. the Breach of Lochan-geiridh' was gained by the people of 
West Teathbha, i.e. by Muintir-Tadhgain, over the people of the east of the 
same, wherein were slain of the Clann-Diarmada on that occasion, Muirchear- 
tach Ua hAirt, lord of Teathbha, and many others along with him, and among 


is Loughanagor, loċán na gcopp, i.e. the Small — beggan, and barony of Moycashel.—See the Ord- 
Lake or Pool of the Cranes, in the parish of Kil- nance Map of Westmeath, sheets 32 and 38. 


662 


964 ` annaca ngioshachca EIREANN. [1100. 


maille pip 1m Ua Lachenain. - DonochadUa hOherp, ci&(mna Mage h Clap, 
décc. Mac Conmapa, mac Oomnaill, cis(yma Ua cCapín, oécc. 

Cloip Cpíope, mle céo. Coo Ua h€pemom, eppcop Cille vapa, Conn 
Mac Gillebuide, abb Mungaipoe, puí egnaioe, 1 ppuie póip Muman, véz. 
Plann Ua Cionaeda, aipcmoeach Gea Cnurm 4 apo ollam Mie. Macpme 
Ua Plaicén, comonba Cianam 7 Cponam Tuama péne, vécc ma olitpe 1 
nClcard bó. Oo Uiw Piacpac Pella a cenél. Camfoa Ua Caegéám apo 
tcaoipeach Sil Rónán, opoán 7 contcup pip Tleba 7 Ua Néill an veipceine 
apé(na, oécc 1ap ccian aoip,7 1ap nolitpe pova, hi ceig mic Cuind na mbocht 
hi cCluam mic Noip. Slóicc(ó lá Muipcfpcach Ua mbmam co popcla rm 
n€peann mme co nángaccap co h€appuawd. Triondilic Cenel Conaill vo 


copnam a ccíne ppiá, 7 po Pupéilp(c ap éicem ap Il hupé(pcach co na poch- 


parce pod ma ppitemg gan mopead, gan gialla, gan aiceipe. Cpeach- 
jluaiéc(ó lá mac meic Cochlamo la mg nOilg, co po acc 7 co po mom 
Gulla 4 popa Óp(sh. Mop longup Gall lap an Murpefpcach céona, go 
pangaccan Oome ap a aor ní oepgenp(c nach cion, 7 nf po loicpíc ni, 4 pop 
accaibpíc a nap lá mac meic Cochlamn eiccin mapbao, 1 batad. Oonnchad 
Ua h€ochada, pi Ulad, 7 onCm oo mecib Ulad me oo Ghabail lá Oomnalt 
Ua Lachlan, lá piog nOihs 1pm cárcceaó Callamn lan. Giolla na naor 


8 Q'Lachtnain.—Now anglicised Laughnan, “A.D. 1099. Great sleaing” [recte, great 


and sometimes changed to Mac Loughlin, and 
even to Loftus. 

^ Magh-Adhair.—A level district lying be- 
tween Ennis and Tulla, in the county of Clare. 
—See note under A. D. 981 and 1599. Ua- 
hAichir, now anglice O'Hehir and Hare, was 
afterwards driven from Magh-Adhair by the 
Ui-Caisin, and he settled in Ui-Cormaic, on the 
west side of the River Fergus, and between it 
and the mountain of Sliabh Callain. 

i Mac Conmara.—Now anglicised Mac Na- 
mara. This family was originally seated in 
the territory of Ui-Caisin, the name and extent 
of which are still preserved in that of the 
deanery of Ogashin, in the county of Clare. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 


dearth of provisions] “in all Ireland. Kells 
perished by fyre" [Ceanannus igne dissipata 
est]. “Diarmaid O'Maelahgin, Airchinnech of 
Dun, in Easter eve dyed. Kildare to the half 
burnt" [Ceall dara de media parte cremata est]. 
**Coyncourack O'Boyle tooke uppon him the 
Bushoprick of Ardmach on Whytsontyde Son- 
dai. Donogh mac Maenay, Abbot of Ia; Uam- 
nachan O’Mactyre, .i. Wolf's-sonn, Coarb of 
Mac-Lenin; Annad O’Longargan, Coarb of 
Colum mac Cremthainn, in pace pausaverunt. 
An army by Murtagh O’Bryan and by Lehmoa, 
to Mountain Fuaid, untill Donell, Coarb of 
Patrick, concluded a yeare’s cessation betwyn 
them and the North of Ireland. An army by 
Donell O’Lochlainn, and by the North of Ire- 
land, beyond Toym in Ulster; but Ulster being 


1100.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


965 


the rest Ua Lachtnain. Donnchadh Ua hAichir, lord of Magh-Adhair*, died. 
Mac Conmara!, son of Domhnall, lord of Ui-Caisin, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1100. Aedh Ua hEremhoin, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Conn 
Mac Gillabhuidhe*, Abbot of Mungairid, a distinguished wise man, and [most] 
learned senior of Munster, died. FlannUa Cinaetha, airchinneach of Ath-Truim, 
and chief poet of Meath [died]. Macraith Ua Flaithen, successor of Ciaran, 
and Cronan of Tuaim-Greine, died on his pilgrimage at Achadh-bo; he was of 
the tribe of Ui-Fiachrach-Fella! Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, head chieftain 
of Sil-Ronain, the ornament and glory of the men of Teathbha, and of the 
southern Ui-Neill in general, died at an advanced age, and after long pilgrimage, 
in the house of Mac Cuinn na mBocht, at Cluain-mic-Nois. : An army was led 
by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the choice part of the men of Ireland about 
him, until they arrived at Eas Ruaidh™. The Cinel-Conaill assembled to defend 
their country against them ; and they compelled Muircheartach and his forces 
to return back without boody, without hostages, without pledges. A plunder- 
ing army was led by the grandson of Lochlainn ; and he plundered and preyed 
the foreigners and the men of Breagha. The great fleet" of the foreigners was 
brought by the same Muircheartach [Ua Brian], till he arrived at Doire ; but 
they did not commit aggression or injure anything, but were cut off by the 
grandson of Lochlainn, both by killing and drowning. Donnchadh Ua hEoch- 
adha, King of Ulidia, and some of the chieftains of Ulidia along with him, were 
taken prisoners by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, King of Oileach, on the 


in campe at Krivtulcha, both their horsemen 
encountered ; the horse of Ulster were put to 
flight, where O’Hamrain was killed. Ulster 
then left the campe, and burnt it, and cutt 
downe Krivetulcha. Two pledges were given 
them, and the Coarb of Comgall for two more. 
The Doimliag of Ardsrah burnt by the men of 
Kryve upon O-Fiachrachs. Roary O’Ruogan, 
King of East Airgiall, and the most vertuous 
of all the kings of Ireland, in the 45th yeare of 
his raigne, in x. Kal. Decembris vitam finivit.” — 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 2 

x Mac Gillabhuidhe.—Now anglicised Mac Gil- 
wee, and sometimes corruptly, Macavoy and 
Macaboy. 


! Ui-Fiachrach-F'ella.—Fella, or Fealla, was 
the name of a district situated on the west side 
of Lough Ree, in the county of Roscommon. 

m Eas Ruaidh.—Now Assaroe, or the Salmon 
Leap, a celebrated cataract at Ballyshannon, in 
the county of Donegal. 

? The great flec.—'lhis passage is translated 
by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum., p. 504: 

** Murchertachus O’Briein (Princeps Australis 
Hibernie) cum magna advenarum classe venit 
Doriam, civitatem invasurus. Sed nihil effecit, 
licet invitus. Nam ejus exercitus partim gladio 
cæsus, partim undis absumptus, ingenti clade 
deletus est per Hua Lochlainn, nempe Domnal- 
dum Septemtrionalis Hibernig principem,” 


a P, 


‘Die lus eek en 


966 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[1101. 


Ua hw, ciz(pna 1aptain Connace, oécc,1 a adnacal hi cCluain mic Nop. 
Mac mic Giollacolum Ui Domnaill, cina Cenel Luigolc vo mapbaoh la 
a mumncip péippin. GHrollabmgoe Ua Cupe, cisfpna Mupecnarge bpeoğan, 
décc. Chipió Ua hOmpavdamn, cig(pna Ohal pPiacach, vécc. Eépi Ua Maol- 
mune, cis(ina Cianacca, oo mapbao lá hUa cConcobaip Ciannachta an 
Ghlemne. Cn céo King henpy vo gabail progachca Saran 1. Clugupcp. 
Moppluas lá Lagni go pangaccan co Shab Fuar, 7 50 po loipcpeac 


“Qingialla, 7 Ui Mét 7 Pip Ror. 


Qoi Cpfope, mile céo a haon. Peapoomnach, eppcop Cille vapa, 
Copbmac Ua Mail, eppcop Glinne va locha, Maoléiapain Ua Oonngapa, 


- ppuie Shindip Cluana mic Norp, Wluipg(p Ua Mua, cancimveach Cluana 


Conmaicne, do écc ina ailitpe hi cCluain mic Nop. Comdal Leite Moda 
hr cCaipiol ım Muméfpeach Ua mbpiain, co martib laoch q clépec, ım 
hUa nOünám, uapal eppcop 7 apo phó €n&n, comò annpm cuce Mun- 
é(pcach Ua bpian an €aóboaipc na cuce pi péme mamh 1. Carprol na píog 
oo Eadbaipt oo épéibóeachaib c(n oplan laoich na Cleymich paip ache 
cpaibhoich Epfnn co coicc(no. — Tlópnjluoanécfó lá Muipcefprach Ua Opan, 
la mgh Muman, co ppa Muman go Largmb, 50 nOppougib, 7 co pp(noib 
Míde, 1 co ppa Connacht oap €appuaro 1 nImp €ogam, 5 po ance Imp 
€ogam, 1 po loipc 1l éealla, 7 1l oúme ım Phacain Muna, 1 1m Ano ppaca, 


° The first Henry. — Henry the First was elected 
King of England on the 4th, and crowned at 
Westminster on Sunday, the 5th of August, 
A. D. 1100.— See Chronology of History, by Sir 
Harris Nicolas, second edition, pp. 296 and 
366. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A, D. 1100. Flann O’Cinaeh, Airchinnech of 
Trym and Archpoet of Meath" [died]. **Donogh 
mac Eochaa, king of Ulster, and some of the sept 
of Ulster about him, were taken by Donell 
O’Lochlainn, king of Ailech, in quint. Kal. Junii. 
An army by Donell O’Lochlainn, and he preyéd 
the men of Bregh and Fyngall An army by 
Murtagh O'Brian to Esroa. The navy of Dublin 
to Inis-Owen, where most of them perished by 


drowning and killing. Makilcolume, O’Donell’s 
sonn, killed by his? [own tribe], **being king 
of Kindred-Lugach. Assi O'Hanragan, minion 
of Dal-Fiatach ; Gilbryde O'Cuirk, king of 
Muskray-Breoain; and Gillnanaev O’Heine, 
king of Fiachrachs, mortui sunt. Echry O’Mael- 
muire, king of Cianacht, killed by O'Conor of 
Kyannacht."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


Some of the entries given by the Four Mas- - 


ters under A. D. 1100, are to be found in the 
Annals of Clonmaenoise, under 1098, as follows: 

** A. D. 1098” [recté, 1100]. * Donnell mac 
Donnogh, king of Scottland, was blinded of 
both his eyes by his own brother. Mac Loghlyn 
of Ulster; with his forces, preyed the Danes. 
King Mortagh, with his forces of Ireland, went 
to Easroe of Ulster to gett hostages of the 


E 


1101.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 967 


fifth of the Calends of June. Gilla-na-naemh Ua hEidhin, lord of West Con- 
naught, died, and was interred at Cluain-mie-Nois. The son of Gillacholuim 
Ua Domhnaill, lord of Cinel-Luighdheach, was killed by his own people. Gilla- 
bhrighdhe Ua Cuire, lord of Muscraighe-Breoghain, died. Aissidh Ua hAmhra- 
dhain, lord of Dal-Fiatach, died. Echri Ua Maelmuire, lord of Cianachta, was 
killed by Ua Conchobhair of Cianachta-Glinne [-Geimhin]. The first King 
Henry? assumed the kingdom of England in August. A great army was led 
by the Leinstermen till they arrived at Sliabh Fuaid ; and they burned Air- 
ghialla, Ui-Meith, and Fir-Rois. 

The Age of Christ, 1101. Feardomhnach, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Cormac 
Ua Mail, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelchiarain Ua Donnghusa, learned 
senior of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Muirgheas Ua Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Cluain- 
Conmhaiene?, died on his pilgrimage. A meeting of Leath-Mogha was held at 
Caiseal by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the chiefs of the laity, and Ua Dunain, 
noble bishop and chief senior, with the chiefs of the clergy ; and on this occa- 
sion Muircheartach Ua Briain made a grant such as no king had ever made 
before, namely, he granted Caiseal of the kings to religious‘, without any claim 
of layman or clergyman upon it, but the religious of Ireland in general A 
great army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, King of Munster, with the 
men of Munster, Leinster, Osraighe, Meath, and Connaught, across Eas-Ruaidh, 
into Inis-Eoghain ; and he plundered Inis-Eoghain, and burned many churches 
and many forts about Fathan-Mura', and.about Ard-sratha; and he demolished 


North, and returned without hostages, prey, or 
boottie, with the loss of many of his horse and 
men in that journey. King Mortagh again, 
accompanied with a great fleet of Danes, arrived 
in Derry in Ulster, and did no outrages by the 
way, and were mett by the son of Mac Laghlyn, 
who gave them an overthrow, and made a 
slaughter upon them.” 

P Cluain- Conmhaicne : i. e. the Lawn or Mea- 
dow of the Conmhaiene, now the village of 
Cloon, in the barony of Mohill, and county of 
Leitrim, where St. Cruimhthear Fraech erected 
a monastery in the sixth century.—See note ™, 
under A. D. 1253. 


3 To religious.—It is not easy to understand 
the exact nature of this grant. It appears to 
be a grant to the cenobites, with exemption 
from any duties to lay persons, or secular eccle- 
siastics.—See the Miscellany of the Irish Arch- 
æological Society, pp. 131, 153, 154, 155, for a 
charter, by which the King of Tara and others 
granted Disert-Columbkille at Kells, in Meath, 
to religious for ever, about the year 1084. 

* Fathan-Mura.—Now Fahan, near Lough 
Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen, county of 
Donegal, where St. Mura, the patron saint of 
the Cinel-Eoghain, was held in the highest 
veneration. 


"EET eee eee ee ae ye "nx zi. P2. KP ON 27. ae ve Ae 


968 anNaza giosghachca EIREANN. ^ [MOL 


4 po peaoit Smancn Oilig 1 norogail Cmn copaó vo oropcaoileaó,] oo mupaó 
la Domnall Ua Cochlamn peace piam, 7q po pimachc Muipèlpcach pop a 
flocch cloé gacha builec lóin oa paibe aca vo bert led 6 leach co lum- 
neach. Cp via popaiérifc vo páiofo, 


Ni cuala comnm(o nemin, 
Ciac cuala comnm(ó mupp 
Hap comnmfo clocha Org, 


Pop $noi$ib plata Puinio. 


Oo chuai Mumefpcach rappin cap P(pcoip Campa 1 nUlcoib, 7 cucc 
gialla Ulao, q cáimicc ciméell Enn romlán ppí pé caeicergipi ap mip gam cac 
gan puabaine,7 oo deachaid rap pug Miodluachpa via HS. An plórg(ó cım- 
all amm an cploig(ó pin. Cpfch oo chuaio Oonnchaoh Ua Maorleachtamn, 
ci&(pna Míde, h P(pnmargh q hf cConallibh, co ceuce cpeach anbpoill vo 
uab, cappaió Cáceipil Ua Cihpbarll, as(pna P(pnmoige 7 Omsrall epeach 
diobh 1 nChipgeiceglionn, 7 po mapbad laip an plóg vop papponó acc blce, 1 
do poċanp ona €cheig(pn Ua Spar, cigCpna bplfgmhame, 1 mac meic Caipé(n 
Uf marlpuam, 7 Ua Inop(óám, corpeaé ceaglarg Uf Mhaoileachlamn, 7 va 
ééo amaille pmú. Oonnchad, mac Cipe Uf Ruapc, cig(mna. Conmancne, 3 
níogoarina Connaéc, vo mapbab lap an nG1ollapponmaot Ua Ruane. Catal 
Ua IThupeaccán, cig(pna. Teata, oo mapbhao vo aipéfn Tleba. Oeapbail, 
mg Ui Maorleachlamn, vécc. Oonnchaó Ua hEochada, pi Ulad, vo puap- 
laccad a cuibneaé lá Oomnall mac meic Cochlomn lá mg niig cap. cmo 
a meic, ] a éomalca 1 noomliag Apoa Macha cpé impide comanba Phá- 
cpaicc 7 a pata apéfna 1ap ccomluga oóib po bhacaill lopa, 7 po mionoab 


* Grianan- Oiligh.—Now Greenan-Ely, which 
is the name of a ruined cyclopean fort, on the 
summit of a hill near Burt, in the barony of 
Inishowen. For a minute description of this 
fort see the Ordnance Memoir of the Parish of 
Templemore, county of Londonderry, Town- 
lands. 

* Ceann-coradh : anglice Kincora, situated at 
Killaloe, in the county of Clare.— See the years 
1012, 1015, 1061, 1088. 


, 


» Every sack.—Dr. O'Conor translates this 
passage incorrectly as follows: **Et pracepit 
stricte Murchertachus exercitui suo omne saxum 
jaculatorium quod fuit apud eos in Arce, auferre 
secum ex Alichia Limericum."— fp. 678. 

w Feartas-Camsa.— Now Camus-Macosquin, 
near the River Bann, in the county of London- 
derry.— See note ‘, under the year 1005, p. 755. 

* Slighe-Midhluachra.—This was the name of 
the great northern road extending from Tara 


n SCIT en rane ae ee S VÉ i bd CA taa a a a ee a ARE Sm 
i 
i 


969 


Grianan-Oiligh', in revenge of Ceann-eoradh' which had been razed and 
demolished by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn some time before ; and Muircheartach 
commanded his army to carry with them, from Oileach to Luimneach, a stone 
[of the demolished building] for every sack" of provisions which they had. In. 
commemoration of which was said : 


1101.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


I never heard of the billeting of grit stones, 
Though I heard of the billeting of companies, 

Until the stones of Oileach were billeted 

On the horses of the king of the West. 


Muircheartach after this went over Feartas-Camsa" into Ulidia, and carried 
off the hostages of Ulidia; and he went the round of all Ireland in the space 
of a fortnight and a month, without battle, without attack, and he returned to 
his house by Slighe-Midhluachra*. The expedition was called “ The circuitous 
hosting" Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Meath, set out upon a predatory 
excursion into Fearnmhagh, and into Conaille, and took immense spoils of cows; 
but Cucaisill Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearnmhagh and Oirghialla, overtook one 
of the spoils at Airgedgleann’, and slew the host which he overtook, except 
very few; among the slain were Echthighern Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine ; 
the grandson of Cairthen Ua Mailruain; Ua Indreadhain’, chief of Ua Maeleach- 
lainn's household, and two hundred men along with them. Donnchadh, son 
of Art Ua Ruairc, lord of Conmhaiene, and royal heir of Connaught, was killed 
by Gillasronmhaoil Ua Ruairc. Cathal Ua Muireagain, lord of Teathbha, was 
killed by the people of the east of Teathbha. Dearbhail, daughter of Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, died. Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, was liberated. 
from fetters by Domhnall, the grandson of Lochlainn, [in exchange] for his son 
and his foster-brother, in the daimhliag of Ard-Macha, through the intercession 
of the successor of Patrick, and all his congregation, after they had mutually 


into Ulster; but its exact position has not been 
yet determined.—_See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, Intro- 
duction, p. lix. 

y Airgedgleann : i. e. the Silver Glen, or Money 
Glen. This is probably the place now called 
Moneyglen, in the parish of Donaghmoyne, 


barony of Farney, and county of Monaghan. — : 
See note ^» under A. M. 4981; and also note 
under A. D. 1460. 

* Ua Indreadhain.—Now Hanrahan. The head 
of this family was chief of Corkaree, now a ba- 
rony in the county of Westmeath. 


6H 


970 annaza RIoshachca EIREANN. 


na h€accailpi an yi. Callamn lanuani. 


[1102. 


Magnuy, pi Cochlamoe, vo tiach- 


cam do $abáil €neann, amal oeapbap an pand, 


bliadan ap céo ap mile, 

Cen nach mbaogal mmprimhe, 

O gem Cpíopc an chpábaiò spinn, 
Co ceacht Tflagnoip m Eipinn. 


Giolla na naem Ua Ofnabpa, ollam Connaécc, vo écc. 

Qor Cpíopc, mile céd a 06. Muipfohach Ua Cíopoubam, expémneach 
Lughmaro, Muğpón Ua Mongar, erpopplérgmn Anoa Macha, 4 lantaip 
€oppa ule, oécc hi cceipc Nom Occobep 1 Mungainc hi Mumam. Maol- 
mupe Mideach, paor paccoipc Cluana h€paipo, véce. Cámaige Ua Car 
pill, aipcindveach Oám, vécc. Oonvchad mac €chp Ui Cice, canaip 


* Bachall-Isa : i.e. the Staff of Jesus. 
was the name of St. Patrick's crozier. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1101. Donogh mac Hugh O'Royrk 
killed by Fermanagh. Rigan, bishopp of Drom- 
more, and all the North, in pace quievit. Inis- 
Catha rifled by Galls. An army by Murtagh 
O’Brian and Lethmoga into Connaght, beyond 
Easroa into Tyrowen, and broke downe Ailech, 
and burnt and spoyled very many churches 
about Fahan-mor and Ardsraha. They went 
afterwards beyond Fertas-Camsa, and burnt 
Culrahan, and encamped there awhyle. He 
took the pledges of Ulster then, and went over 
at Sligo to his home” [recté, and returned home 
by the great road of Slighidh-Midhluachra]. 
“An army by Donnogh O’Maelechlainn into 
Fernmay, where O’Carroll mett him, and killed 
two hundred of them or more. Ferdounagh, 
bushop of Kildare, quievit. Cathal O’Murigan, 
king of Tethva, beheaded. Donnogh O’hEochaa, 
king of Ulster, ransomed out of fetters by 
Donell Mac Laghlain’s sonn, king of Ailech, for 
his sonn and brother in law” (rect, foster-bro- 


This 


ther], “and took theire oathes on both sydes, 
viz. in the Doimliag of Ardmach,” [through the 
intercession ] “of the Coarb of Patrick and Pa- 
trick’s Samtha” [i. e. clergy] * withall, after 
swearinge by Jesus’s Crosstaffe."-— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. i 

Most of the events entered by the Four Mas- 
ters, under the year 1101, are noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under 1100, as follows: 

* A. D. 1100? [rectà, 1101]. ** There was an 
assembly of all the subjects of Ireland at Cashell, 
in the pressence of King Mortagh, and in the 
pressence of O'Downan, archbushopp and elder 
of Ireland, with the clergy of the kingdome, 
where the king, of his meer motion and free will, 
granted to the church, and all devout members 
thereof, such a graunt as none of his predeces- 
sors, the kings of Ireland, ever granted to the 
church before, which was his chiefest seat, 
court, and town of Cashell, to be held in com- 
mon by all spirituall men and women in perpe- 
tuall” [recté, perpetuity] “to them and their 
successors for ever. King Mortagh, with the 
forces of Munster, Lynster, Ossory, Meath, and 
Connought, went to Easroe, in Inis-Owen” 


aes Te et ee ee k TIF. 
tT " 


1102.] 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


971 


sworn on the Bachall-Isa* and the relics of the Church, on the eleventh of the 
Calends of January. Maghnus, King of Lochlann, came to invade Ireland, as 


this quatrain testifies : 


A year above one hundred and a thousand, 
Without any danger of miscalculation, 

From the birth of Christ of the pure religion, 
Till the coming of Maghnus to Ireland. 


Gilla-na-naemh Ua Dunabhra, chief poet of Connaught, died. 


The Age of Christ, 1102. 


Muireadhach Ua Ciordhubhain*, airchinneach 


of Lughmhadh. Mughron Ua Morgair, chief lector of Ard-Macha, and of all 
the west of Europe, died on the third of the Nones of October, at Mungairit, in 


Munster. 


Maelmuire Midheach, a learned priest of Cluain-Iraird, died. Cu- 


mhaighe Ua Cairill, airchinneach of Dun [Padraig], died. Donnchadh, son of 


[recte, went by Easroe into Inis-Owen], “in the 
North; destroyed all the towns, fortes, and 
churches of Inis-Owen, and brake downe the 
stone-house that was in Aileagh, and afterwards 
went over Fertas Camsa to Ulster" [i.e. Ulidia, 
or Eastern Ulster], “took their hostages, and 
so went over all Ireland in the space of six 
weeks, without disturbance, strife, or impedi- 
ment-of any man. Two companies of Kerne 
contended together in Clonvicknose, that is to 
say, Moynter-Hagan and Moynter-Kenay, where 
in the end, Gillafin mac Wallachan, chieftain of 
Sileanmchie, was slain.” 

^ Muireadhach Ua Ciordhubhain.—Now anglice 
Murray O'Kirwan. The family now always 
write this name Kirwan, without the prefix O’, 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1102. Sworts of Colum Cille burnt, 
Donogh mac Echry O'Haity, heyre of Oneachay, 
killed by Ulster. Donnell mac Tiernain O’Roirk, 
king of Conmacne, killed” [by the Conmacne 
themselves] ‘“‘Cumay O'Carrill, Airchinnech 


of Dun, mortuus est. Flahvertach O’Fothay, 
kinge of O’Fiachrach of Ardsraha, killed by the 
men of Lurg. An army by Kindred-Owen into 
Macova, and Ulster came bee night into their 
camp, and killed Sitrick O'Maelfavall and 
Sitrick mac Conray mic Owen, and others, the 
first being king of Carrack-Brachay. Manus, 
king of Denmark, with a great navy, came to 
the Ile of Mann, and made peace of one yeare 
with Ireland. The hostages of Ireland given 
into the hands of Donell, Patrick's Coarb, for a 
twelve months peace, between Murtagh O'Brian | 
and Donnell O?Lochlainn, and the rest. Mureach 
O'Cieruvan, Airchinnech of Lugvay, killed by 
the men of Meath. Rosailithir, with the fryers, 
spoyled by O’Neachay, in revenge of the killing 
of O'Donnchaa. Casshill burnt by Ely. Mu- 
gron O'Morgair, archlector of Ardmach, and 
the. west of all Europe, in presence of many 
witnesses in the 3. Non. of October, vitam feli- 
citer finivit.” — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmaenoise want the years 
1101, 1102, and 1103. 


622 


972 ANNALA gmoghachca EIREANN. 1103. 


Ua n€atach, oo mapbad oo Ullcoibh. Oomnall, mac Tig fpnéin Ur Ruarc, 
ci&(mna 6peipne, 7 Conmaicne 7 Connachc uile pp pe vo mapbaoh oo Con- - 
maicnibh péippin. | Ploicbfncach, mac Pocaro, ci(mna Ua Piaċpaė Opoa 
Tata, oo mapbaoh opa Luce. SloicclS lá Cenél n€ógam co Mağ 
Coba. Oo loccap Ulaid ipin oròċe 1pm longpopc co po mapbpac Sicpicc 
Ua Maolpaball ciz(pna Cornpge ópacharoe, 7 Sicpiocc, mac Conpaoi, mic 
€ogamn. €icepeaóa pip nEimonn hillámm Oomnaill mic Amalgada, comapba 
Phaccpaice, pe pít mbliaóna ercip Oorinall Ua Cochlamn, 7 Mumétpcach 
Ua bpam. Mac na heplame Ua Oonnchada oo manbad oo Conca Gaizóe. 
Slóð pip n€peano co hClé chat 1 naghaid Magnupa 4 Gall Cochlamne 
cangaccap oronopaó €peann co nof(pnpac pit mbliaóna pm p(paib €peann, 
co ccapac Muipcfpcach a mg(n oo Síénaió, mac Magnupa, 4 cuc peocca 1 
apgaód 10mba. Muipc(pcach Ua Conchobap Pare, oo écc. Sicprus, 
mac Conmfoa Ui Caogacám, caoipeac, Sil Ronéin, oo écc. Muméfpeach 
Ua Maoilpeachtoinn 00 aicpíogaó, 7 níge oo 5abáil oo Mhunchad oan ép. 
Niall mac Néill Ui Ruainc, piogdarnna bperpne, vo mapbao lá p(paib Cups. 
Qoip Cníope, mile céd a cní. Mupchad Ua Plaié(can, cipéinneach 
Cpoa bó, paor n(ccna 7 naipé(cail, oécc ina oiliépe 1 npo Macha. Copb- 
mac Mac Cumn na mboche, canaippi abbad Cluana mic Norp,7 pín Sona, 
rabbin, véce. In pfp lerginn Ua Connmaig oo muincip Inpi morpe, Ua Cing 
pí lergmo Ofpmarshe, mac Mic bpanéin, paccape Cille vapa,1 Maorliopa 
Mac Cumo na mboche, oécc. Ua Canannán vo 1omapbad a cig(pnup Tine 
Conaill lá Oomnall Ua Cochlamn. Mupchad Oonn Ua Ruadacan oo map- 
bao pop cere ı Maigh Coba, 7 an pluag pin oo mapbad an Olollaguicc 
Uf Chonbmare ipin 16 céona. Ragnall Ua hOcán Rechcaipe Celéa Occ 
oo, mapbaoh oo pab Mage hlota. Coccad móp ecip Cenel €ogain 1 
Ulca, co ccame Muipefpcach Ua bpian co pera’ Muman, co Laigmb, co 
nOpparsib, co moicib Connacht, 4 co pP(naib Mide immo pníogab co Mas 


* Ard-bo : i.e. Collis bovis, now Arbo, an old Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 678. 
church giving name to a townland and parish, ` Inis-mor : i. e. the great Island, now Inch- 
in the barony of Dungannon, and county of more, or Inishmore, an island in Lough Ree, 
Tyrone, about two miles west of Lough Neagh. belonging to the barony of Kilkenny west, and 
There is a very ancient and elaborately sculp- county of Westmeath.— See note 5, under A. D. 
tured stone cross at this place.—See Archdall’s — 960, p. 680, supra. 


1103.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 973 © 


Echri Ua Aiteidh, Tanist of Ui-Eathach, was killed by the Ulidians. Domhnall, 


son of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne and Conmhaicni, and of all Con- 
naught for a time, was slain by the Conmhaicni themselves. Flaithbheartach 
Mac Fothaidh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha, was slain by the men of 
Lurg. An army was led by the Cinel-Eoghain to Magh-Cobha. The Ulidians 
entered their camp at night, and killed Sitrick Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig- 
Brachaidhe, and Sitric, son of Curoi, son of Eoghan. The hostages of the men 
of Ireland in the hands of Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, successor of Patrick, 
for a year's peace between Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, and Muircheartach 
Ua Briain. Mac-na-hErlaimhe Ua Donnchadha was slain by the Corca-Laighdhe. 
A hosting of the men of Ireland to Ath-cliath, to oppose Maghnus and the 
foreigners of Lochlann, who had come to plunder Ireland ; but they made peace 
for one year with the men of Ireland ; and Muircheartach gave his daughter 
to Sichraidh, son of Maghnus, and gave him many jewels and gifts. Muirchear- 
tach Ua Conchobhair Failghe, died. Sitric, son of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, 
chief of Sil-Ronain, died. Muircheartach Ua Maelseachlainn was deposed, and 
the kingship [of Meath] was assumed by Murchadh after him. Niall, son of 
Niall Ua Ruaire, royal heir of Breifne, was slain by the men of Lurg. 

The Age of Christ, 1103. Murchadh Ua Flaithecan, airchinneach of Ard- 
bo*, a paragon of wisdom and instruction, died on his pilgrimage at Ard-Macha. 
Cormac Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and a pros- 
perous and affluent man, died. The Lector Ua Connmhaigh, of the family of 
Inis-mor*; Ua Cingeadh’, lector of Dearmhach ; the son of Mac Branan, priest 
of Cill-dara ; and Maelisa Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, died. Ua Canannain was 
driven from the lordship of Tir-Conaill by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn. 
Murchadh Donn Ua Ruadhacan was slain on a predatory excursion in Magh- 
Cobha, and his host had slain Gillagott Ua Cormaic the same day. Raghnall 
Ua hOcain‘, lawgiver of Telach Og, was slain by the men of Magh-Itha. A 
great war [broke out] between the Cinel-Eoghain and the Ulidians; and Muir- 
cheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraighe, and 
with the chiefs of Connaught, and the men of Meath, with their kings, proceeded 


e O’ Cingeadh.—Now anglicé King. hoge, in the county of Tyrone, and in many 
f Ua hOcain.—Otherwise written O'hAgain. parts of Ulster. It is anglicised O' Hagan, and 
This family is still very numerous near Tully- frequently Haggan, without the prefix O’. 


974 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


[1103. 
Coba hi popin Ulad. Oo locap wile oiblimb co Macharpe Anoa Macha 
4. co Cill na cCopnaipe, co mbaccap p(ccmam a bponbaipi pon Apo Macha. 
Oomnall, mac mic Cachlamn, co ccuaipcepc. Epeann ppip an pé pin in 
U óp(pail Macha aghaid m aghaid ppu, ap na po lérgeaó vo ceitpe corg- 
eadaibh €peann pogail no ofbepg oo denam ni ap ulle im cóngeao. 
O pobran cornpig cpa pip Muman oo lus Mumefptach go hOtonac Macha 
co h€mam, 1 cimċeall oo Apo Macha co ppapgoib oche nunga óm pony an 
alcoip, 7 po $eall ochc picit bó, 1 1omparp co Mag Coba vopforpi, 1 págbonp 
cíáiccfó Lag, agup pochaióe. op(paib Muran annpin. Oo deacha pém 
'anam pop cpeich 1 nOal nade, 7 pi Mwe, q pí Connaée, 7 po mapbad 
Oonnchad mac Toippdealbars Ui Ohman von cupup pm, 7 mac Uí Conéo- 
bap Crapparse,7 Pecavemam hUa beoam,7 Oonncuan hUa Ouibcmo agup 
opnong mon oile oo paonclanoab amaille pmú. Oo lud Domnall Ua Loch- 
lamn co cClanomb Neill an cuaipcerpe à Maigh Coba pop amup longpuipe 
Larg£n. Tronoilice mmonpo Longin, 7 Opparge, 1 pip Muman, 7 gall an líon 
po báccap, 1 pace cat cndda pon Mag Coba oia Céoaom m Néin Clu- 
supe 1pm occmad ló rap ccochc von macha. Ro meabad cpa pop Let 
Mhoda,7 po Lad a nap a. ap Garg 1m Muipcfpcach, mac G1ollamocolmoce, 
m Cargean, m da Ua Concam a. Mupchad mg Ua Mupfoharg cona 
bnácaip, 7 1m Muipclpcach, mac Gopnmám, co nopumg móin ole cén mo các 
poe. Up Ua cCemnpealarg im òá mac Maolmépda,7 1m Rian, ciz(pna 
Ua nOpóna,1 apaill eile beóp. Ap Opparge ım Grollapaccparce eua, 
cigeayna Opnaige, 7 1m maib Opnase apé(na. An Gall Aca chat, 
im Conpcan mac €pic, q] 1m Pol mac Amano, 7 ım óeollán CGpmunn co 
nopumg oipime orle. Op ph Muman m va Ua bpc a. 04 tanapi na nDé, 
] 1m Ua Falbe 1. pfosdamna Conca Ouibne, 7 em. Lagi, m Ua Mu- 
plohag, cigna Ciapparge cona mac, q pochawe ole oo paonclanoaib po 


s Magh-Cobha.—A plain containing the church 
of Domnach-mor Maighe-Cobha, now Donagh- 
more, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, and 
county of Down.—See note under A. D. 1252. 

^ Machaire-Arda-Macha: i. e. the Plain of 
Armagh, a level district lying round the city 
of Armagh. 

! Cill-na-g Cornaire.— This was the name of an 


old church somewhere near Armagh, but its 
exact position has not been yet discovered. The 
name would be anglicised Kilnagornery. 

x King of Connaught.—It is added, inter lineas, 
in the Stowe copy, that he was ** Domhnall, son 
of Ruaidhri,” which is correct. 

! Peata deamhain : i. e. the Devil's or Demon’s 
Pet. 


———————— 


— r— 


1103.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ^. 915 


to Magh-Cobha*, to relieve the Ulidians. Both parties went all into Machaire- 
Arda-Macha'?, i. e. to Cill-na-gCornaire’, and were for a week laying siege to 


Ard-Macha. Domhnall, grandson of Lochlaimn, with the people of the north ' 


of Ireland, was during this time in Ui-Breasail-Macha, confronting them face to 
face, so that he prevented the people of the four provinces of Ireland from 
committing depredation or aggression any further in the province. When the 
men of Munster were wearied, Muircheartach proceeded to Aenach-Macha, to 
Eamhain, and round to Ard-Macha, and left eight ounces of gold upon the 
altar, and promised eight score cows, and returned to Magh-Cobha, and left 
the people of the province of Leinster and numbers of the men of Munster there. 
He himself afterwards set out on a predatory excursion into Dal-Araidhe, with 
the King of Meath and the King of Connaught*; and Donnchadh, son of Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain, was slain on this expedition, as were the son of Ua Con- 
chobhair Ciarraighe, Peatadeamhain' Ua Beoain, Donncuan Ua Duibhcinn, and 
a great many others of the nobility along with them. Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, 
with the Clanna-Neill of the North, proceeded to Magh-Cobha, to attack the 
camp of the Leinstermen ; and the Leinstermen, the Osraighi, and the Mun- 
stermen, assembled together all the forces they had, and fought a spirited battle 
in Magh-Cobha, on Tuesday, the Nones of August, on the eight day after their 
coming into that plain. The people. of Leath-Mhogha were, however, de- 
feated, and slaughter made of them, viz. the slaughter of the Leinstermen, with 
Muircheartach Mac Gillamocholmog, King of Leinster, with the two Ua Lor- 
cains, i. e. Murchadh, King of Ui-Muireadhaigh, and. his brother, and with 
Muircheartach Mac Gormain, with a great number of others besides them ; the 
slaughter of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, together with the two sons of Maelmordha, 
and Rian™, lord of Ui-Drona, and many others also; the slaughter of the 
Osraighi in general, with Gillaphadraig Ruadh and the chieftains of Osraighe ; 
the slaughter of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, with Thorstan, son of Eric, 
with Pol, son of Amann”, and Beollan, son of Armunn, with a countless 
number of others; the slaughter of the men of Munster, with the two Ua 
Brics, i.e. two tanists of the Deisi; and with Ua Failbhe, Tanist of Corca- 
Dhuibhne and Erri of Leinster; with Ua Muireadhaigh, lord of Ciarraighe, 


™ Rian.—He is the progenitor of the O’Ryans ? Pol, son of Amann: i.e. Paul, son of Ha- 
of Idrone, in the county of Carlow. mond. 


976 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


; [1104. 


bad emile o&ptm. Oo òeochaccap Clanna Néill an cuaipceipe 2. Cenel 
€ogan 7 Cenel Conaill, co mbuaib 7 copccap oia nowimb co péoaib pomaor- 
nech, 1 co néoalaib 10mòaib mon pupall níogóa, 7 1m camlınne, 7 ım péoaib 
poin(mlaib apċma. Magnuy, pí Lochlamne 7 na mnnpeo, 1 p(p po mall 
popbaryp pop Emn uile, vo mapbaó vo Ulco ap cpeich go náp a mumcipe 
1mbe. Ofn oo bpeic da Lfnam m aompecc 1pm mbliabainpi, 7 aen ċopp aca 
óca a mbpumne co pge a nimlinn,7 a mboill uile co coin cenmota pin, 3 
aieo Caich oíb ppa pole, 7 o1 ingin 1a0pòe. 
mapbad oo Choippmib Gabpa. Oonnchad, mac Enna, vo dallad vo mac 
Oanlamng, 1 Chaellangi. Amalgard mac mic Cleda mic Ruadp1 .1. 00 Chlomn 
Chorpecparg, oo mapnbad ora atonp 7 ora ofpbpactain pén 1 nofogail a noalca 
4. Concobap, mac Ruardp Uí Concobaip, oo mapbad larpiom map an can pin. 
Maiom Aca Calgan eicip antn Tleba 7 a hiapéap m po mapbao Cronaod 


Catalan mac S(nám vo. 


' mac mic CImalgaoa, cigla Callnaige an Chalard. 


Coip Chiopc, mile céo a clean. 
Cluana mic Noip,7 aipemneach Apoacad eprcoip Mel, oécc. 


Oiollacniopc Ua €écig(mn, eppucc 
Platím 


Ua Ouibiorn, eppcop Aiptin Corgi, Pewlimio, mac Plain Mamiycpeach, 


° But one body.—** A. D. 1100. This year a 
woman in Munster was delivered of a couple of 
children that were joyned together in their 
bodys.” —Ann. Clon. 

P Ua Caellaighi—This name is still extant, 
but usually anglicised Kelly. 

4 Ath- Calgain : i.e. Calgan’s Ford. Not iden- 
tified. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1103. A couragious skirmish between 
the men of Lurg and Tuahraha, where both of 
them were slaughtered. O’Canannan banished 
from being king of Tyreconnell by Donell 
O'Lochlainn. Morough Donn O’Ruoagan, killed 
in warfare at Macova, and the same army killed 
Gillgutt” [O’Cormaic] * the same day. Ranall 
O’ Hogan, constable” ( Recécaipe] “of Tullaghog, 
killed by the men of Magh Itha. Great warr 
between Kindred-Owen and Ulster, and Mur- 


tagh O'Bryan, with the host of Mounster, of 
Lenster, Ossory, and with the nobility of the 
province of Connaght and Meath about their 
kings to Macova to relieve Ulster; they went 
on all sydes to Killcornaire, to the field of Ard- 
mach, and were a whole week in siege upon 
Ardmach. Donell O’Lochlainn, with all the 
northern men, were all the whyle in O’Bressall- 
Macha face to face to them; but when Moun- 
stermen were weary Murtagh went to Aenach- 
mach, to Emanmach, and about to Ardmach, 
and left eight ounces of gold upon the alter, 
and promised eight score cowes. He [re ]tourned 
into Macova, and left all Lenster there, and 
some of Mounster: he went himself to prey 
Dalaray, where he lost Donogh mac Tirlagh and 
O'Conner, king of Kerry’s sonn, and O’Beoain, 
et alii optimi. Donell O'Lochlaynn went into 
the North of Ireland to Macova, to meete with 
Leinster. ‘Lenster and Ossory, Mounster, and 


i 


1104.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 977 


with his son, and many others of the nobility, which it would be tedious 
to enumerate. "The Clanna-Neill of the North, namely, the Cinel-Eoghain and 
Cinel-Conaill, returned to their forts victoriously and triumphantly, with valua- 
ble jewels and much wealth, together with the royaltent, the standard, and 
many other precious jewels. Maghnus, King of Lochlann and the Islands, and 
a man who had contemplated the invasion of all Ireland, was slain by the 
Ulidians, with a slaughter of his people about him, on a predatory excursion. 
A woman brought forth two children together in this year, having but one 
body? from the breast to the navel, and all their members perfect, with that 
exception, and their faces turned to each other; and these were two girls. 
Cathalan, Mac Seanain, was killed by the Cairbri-Gabhra, Donnchadh, son 
of Enna, was blinded by the son of Dunlaing Ua Caellaighi^. Amhalghaidh, 
grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri, one of the Clann-Choscraigh, was killed by 
his own father and brother, in revenge of their alumnus, i. e. Conchobhar, son 
of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, who had been killed by him some time before. 
The battle of Ath-Calgain* between the people of the east of Teathbha and 
those of the west of the same territory, in which Cinaedh, son of Mac Amhal- 
ghadha, lord of Callraighe-an-Chalaidh, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1104. Gillachrist Ua Echthighern, Bishop of Cluain- 
mic-Nois, and airchinneach of Ardachaidh-Epscoip-Mel, died. Flaitheamh 
Ua Duibhidhir, Bishop of East Leinster; Feidhlimidh, son of Flann Mainis- 


Galls, as they were come against them, but 
Lethmoga, .i. Mounster, was put to flight, and 
theire slaughter committed, viz., the slaughter 
of Lenster about Murtagh Mac Gilmocholmog, 
and about two O'Lorkans, and about Murtagh 
Mac Gorman; the slaughter of O-Cinselay about 
the two sons of Moylmurry, about Rian, king 
of O-Dronay, with Uoaran, et alii ; the slaughter 
of Ossory about Gilpatrick Roe, King of Ossory, 
together with the nobility of Ossory; the slaugh- 
ter of the Genties” [rectó, Galls] “of Dublin, 
about Drostan” [rectó, Thorstan] * mac Erick, 
Paul mac Amainn, and Beollan Armunn, ét alii; 
the slaughter of Mounstermen about the two 
O’Bricks, .i. the two heyres of the Desyes, and 


about O’Falve, heyre of Corkduivne, and second 
in Lenster” [eim Cargean], “and about Mureay, 
king of Kerrey, with his sonn, and many more, 
which for brevity of wrytinge we omitt. Kin- 
dred-O wen tourned back to the North of Ireland 
with great sway, and many booties about the 
kingly pavillion, the banner, and many precious 
jewells” [1mon pupoll nigoa 7 ım chainlinne, 
7 1m pécaib imoaib apé(na]. “ Manus, King 
of Denmark, killed in Ulster, with the loss of 
his men, Cahalan mac Senan killed by Carbry. 
Murcha O'Flahegan, Airchinnech of Ardbo, 
chiefe learned, liberall, and Doctor, dyed in pil- 
grimage in Ardmach."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
* Ua Duibhidhir.—Now anglicé O'Dwyer. 


6 1 


ae ee, 


978 ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. [1105. 


milead orongmála oo Chpfopc, apo plnóin,] paoi p(néapa epe. Copccpach 
Ua Cpuawin, p(pléiginn Chille vapa, véce. Maim ma nUlcoib pon Ohal 
nCpawde, 1 ccopcaim Ouibc(no Ua Oanhm 1 pmotsumn. Ua Concobarn 
Concamdpuad .1. Concoban mac Maoil(chlann, vécc. Mac na hace 
Ua Ruane vo mapbad lá a bnárepib. OVúnċad Ua Concobarp, cig na Cran- 
nachca an Ghleimne, oo manbad lá a mumnemp pém. Prachpa Ua Plomn 
caoipeac Sil Maolpuain, oo manbad lá Conmarcmb. Slag la Muti- 
cach Ua mbmain co Mors Mutere, 7 po rinllp(c. cpeabanpe 4 apbap 
an monge,7 ap pop an pluaiz(ó pin no h(ppecpaó Céulad Ua Camoealbám, 
cigla Loegaine hi cepeigbaile, 7 acbail oe 1apam a cemo mfp. Slórgh(oó 
lá Oornnall Ua Cochlomn co Mag Coba, co ccug gialla Ulad, 7 oo deochad 
co C(mponó raparh, 7 po loipce blow méip oo Urb Caogarpe acc an mero via 
ccamoib oia ccapac c(pmonn. Cecpunn oaimliace Cluana mic Néip vo 
Popbad la Plaitbencac Ua Lomgriġ 1ap na cmnpcecal la Conbmac mac 
Cuinn na mboche. 

Qoi Cníopc, mile céd a chce. Cod Ua Ruaddan, paccape Achad bó, 
Mumc(pcach Ua Catapnarg, ppuré cocéaró oo mumtip Chluana me Ney, 7 
Oilellan Ua Spelám, paccapc Achad bó, vécc. Catal, mac Hlollabnaicce, 
mic Gis(nnam, erg(ina Ua mbpium bpéipne 7 Garltns, oo mapbad vo macanb 
a matain pém, .1. o0 maca Oonncaw me Caligh hUí Ruane. Conchobap, 
mac Maeilpfchlainn, mic Conchobar, cigfpna C(pach 7 6p(gh ule, lerte 
Mide, vo manbad cma baogal lá hUib 6mám bpeipne. Muipslp Ua Con- 
cfnaimn, ci$(pna Ua nOiapmaoa, véce: Oormall, mac an huo Uí Mhao- 
l(chlamn oo mhapbhaoh vo Chenel Phachach. Oonnchad Ua Maolfch- 


* Ua Floinn.—Now O'Flynn. The territory 
of the Sil-Maelruain, or O’F lynne, comprised the 
parish of Kiltullagh, and a part of Kilkeevin, in 
the west of the county of Roscommon.— See 
note * under A. D. 1192. 

* Dun-Dealgan. —Now Dundalk, in the plain 
of Magh-Muirtheimhne, in the present county 
of Louth. 

* Shingles.—Slimn is used in the modern Irish 
to denote slates, but at this period it was applied 
to oak shingles. “ A, D. 1100” [recté, 1104]. ** The 


shingles of the great church of Clonvicknose, 
and the lower end of the walls of the fine church, 
were repaired and finished by Flathvertagh 
O'Longsie, after the work was begun by Cor- 
mack Mac Connemoght, Cowarb of St. Keyran, 
though others call it Mac Dermott’s church."— 
Ann. Clon. 'The Annals of Ulster record the 
following events under this year : 

** A. D. 1104. Felimi mac Flainn Manistrech, 


miles optimus Christi in pace quievit. An over- 


throw of Dalaray by Ulster, where Duvcenn 


1105.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 979 


treach, a faithful soldier of Christ, who was a chief senior and learned historian; 
[and] Cosgrach Ua Cruaidhin, lector of Cill-dara, died. A battle was gained 
by the Ulidians over the Dal-Araidhe, wherein Duibhceann Ua Daimhin was 
slain in the heat of the conflict. Ua Conchobhair of Coreamdhruaidh, i. e. Con- 
chobhar, son of Maeleachlainn, died. Mac-na-haidhche Ua Ruaire was killed 
by his brethren. Dunchadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Cianachta-an-Ghleinne, 
was killed by his own people. Fiachra Ua Floinn‘, chief of Sil-Maelruain, was 
killed by the Conmhaicni. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain to 
Magh-Muirtheimhne, and they destroyed the tillage and corn of the plain ; and 
on this expedition Cu-uladh Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Loeghaire, was thrown 
[from his horse] at Dun-Dealgan’, of the effects of which he died a month after- 
wards. An army was led by Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, to Magh-Cobha, 
and he obtained the hostages of Ulidia; and he afterwards proceeded to Tea- 
mhair, and burned [the whole of] a great part of Ui-Laeghaire, except some of 
his friends, to whom he afforded protection. The shingles" of one-half the 
Damhliagh of Cluain-mic-Nois were finished by Flaithbheartach Ua Loingsigh, 
it having been commenced by Cormac Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht. 

The Age of Christ, 1105. Aedh Ua Ruadhain, priest of Achadh-bo ; 
Muircheartach Ua Catharnaigh, a distinguished senior of the family of Cluain- 
mic-Nois; and Ailillan Ua Spealain, priest of Achadh-bo, died. Cathal, son of 
Gillabraite, son of Tighearnan, lord of Ui-Briuin-Breifne and Gailenga, was 
killed by the sons of his own mother, i.e. by the sons of Donnchadh, son of 
Caileach Ua Ruairc. Conchobhar, son of Maelseachlainn, lord of Teamhair, 
and of all Breagha, and of half Meath, was killed by the Ui-Briuin-Breifne, 
who took an unfair advantage of him. Muirgheas Ua Conceannainn, lord of 
Ui-Diarmada, died. Domhnall, son of the Gott O'Maeleachlainn, was killed by 
the Cinel-Fhiachach. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by Muir- 


O'Daman was slaine. Connor mac Mailech- Donnell O’Lochlainn to Macova, and he brought 
lainn O'Connor, kinge of Corkumroa, mortuus the pledges of Ulster, and went to Tarach, and 


est. Mac Nahyche O'Roirk a suis fratribus 
occisus est. An army by Murtagh O'Bryan to 
Magh-Murthevne, and he spoyled the corn of 
the country, and it was in that jorney that 
Coula O'Kinnelvan gott the fall by which he 
dyed, being king of Laegaire An army by 


burnt a great part of Laegaire, and gott brybes 
from them? [recté, but he gave protection to 
some of them]. “Cormack O'Cormock, chiefe 
of Monach, dyed. Doncha O'Conor, king of 
Connaght, killed by his owne men.” — Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. 


612 


Mosis; 


Ca Tw 


eT t mA) Vo cadi o dL EE t dn eee d 


ANNALA giosghachca EIREANN. 


[1106. 


980 


lamn do mtpfogad lá Mumcfpcach Ua bpiam, 7 a dol ı nOipgiallarb, 4 
epmóņ aintin Mide do anccain 06 ap m cíp ipm, q Mumpc(pcach Ua bpian 
co pponccla pin n€p(nn ime vo dol 1 no(ghaió Oonnchada go Mag Conaille, 
7 nf cappad ni acc anbanna oo lopccao, 7 po pandad an mide lap rapa m eccim 
macaib Dhomnaill Ui Mhaoileachlamn 1ap permdfo pioda 66 7 oo Ohonn- 
chad ppa porle. MumpCohach mac Cana, Irlaolpuanaió Ua bilpaige, eig (pna 
Ua Cappe, 1 ove Toippdealbars 1 Opan, oég. Maolp(chlainn Ua Con- 
omg décc. Niall Odan Ua Concobain oo mapbao. Niall mac Mic Riab, 
cigfina Callnaige, vécc. Oomnall, mac Amalgada, anocomapba Pacpacc, 
do dol go hAlé clat vo dénam píoóa ecap Oomnall Ua Cochlamn q Mur- 
ccach Ua bpian, go po sab galap a écca, 1 cugaó ma galap co oorinac 
ainten Emna, go po hongaó annpióe he. Tuccad iappm co oammliag Apoa 
Macha, co nepbailc 12 Cfugupe a ppeil. Laippem Innpi. Murpfohaig, 7 po 
hadnache co nonoip m Apo Macha. Ceallach, mac Cfoóa, mic Maorliopa, 
doiponeaodh 1 ccomapbup Dhácpaicc a coga pin n€peann, 7 oo chums po 


Spaoab a lo pele Cfóamnéánn. - 
Coip Cpíopc, mile ceo a pé. 
Mac Ofta Ua hAilstnan, comapba 


* Ui-Cairbri. sept of the Ui-Fidhgeinte, 
seated in the plain of the county of Limerick. 
The family of O'Bilraighe (O’Billery), which is 
of the same race as the O'Donovans, sunk into 
obscurity shortly after this period, and the 
O’Donovans took their place, and remained the 
dominant family in this plain, till about the 
period of the English Invasion. 

" Ua Conaing.—Now anglice Gunning. This 
family was seated at Caislean-Ui-Chonaing, now 
Castleconnell, in the county of Limerick, till 
the beginning of the thirteenth century. 

* Mac Riabhaigh.—Now anglice Macreevy, or | 
Magreevy. 

* Domhnach-airthir- Eamhna : i.e. the church 
to the east of Eamhain. This is probably the 
ancient name of Donnycarney, in the county of 
Dublin. 

* Daimhliag of Ard- Macha : i. e. the cathedral 


Cuacal Ua Catal, comapba Caermgin. 


baippe, Muploach Ua Trlaoileoüm, 


church of Armagh. In the Annals of Ulster 
this is called Domhliag, by which the compiler 
evidently meant Duleek, in Meath. 

+ Adamnan’s festival: i.e. the 23rd of Sep- 
tember.— See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
p. 51. 

^ Ua hAil gheanain.—Now anglicised O'Hal- 
linan and Hallinan. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1105. Mureach Mac Cana; Mael- 
ruanai O’Bilrye, king of Carbry ; and Melaghlin 
O'Conaing, in penitentia mortui sunt. Conor 
O'Maelechlainn, heyre of Tarach, occisus est. 
Donell, coarb of Patrick, came to Dublin to 
make peace betwene Murtagh O'Bryan and 
Donell” [son of Ardga] ** Mac Lochlainn, where 
he fell sick ; in his sickness he was brought to 
Donach of Airther-Evna, and was chrismated 


1106.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 981 


cheartach Ua Briain ; and he proceeded into Airghialla, and plundered the 
greater part of East Meath from that country. Muircheartach Ua Briain, with 
the greater part of the men of Ireland, went in pursuit of Donnchadh to Magh- 
Conaille, but he effected nothing but the burning of the corn; and he after- 
wards divided Meath between the sons of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, he and 
Donnchadh having refused to come on terms of peace with each other. Mui- 
readhach Ua Cana, [and] Maelruanaidh Ua Bilraighe, lord of Ui-Cairbri’, and 
the tutor of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, died. Maelseachlainn Ua Conaing" 
died. Niall Odhar Ua Conchobhair was killed. Niall, son of Mac Riabhaigh", 
lord of Callraighe, died. Domhnall, son of Amhalghaidh, chief successor of 
Patrick, went to Ath-cliath, to make peace between Domhnall Ua Lochlainn 
and Muircheartach Ua Briain, where he took his death’s sickness; and he was 
carried in his sickness to Domhnach-airthir-Eamhna’, and he was anointed there. 
He was afterwards removed to the Daimhliag* of Ard-Macha, where he died on 
the 12th of August, being the festival of Laisren of Inis-Muireadhaigh ; and he 
was buried with honour at Ard-Macha. Ceallach, son of Aedh, son of Maelisa, 
was appointed to the successorship of Patrick by the election of the men of 
Ireland ; and he received orders on the day of Adamnan’s festival". 

The Age of Christ, 1106. Tuathal Ua Cathail, successor of Caeimhghin ; 
Mac Beathadh Ua hAilgheanain*, successor of Bairre ; Muireadhach Ua Mael- 


there, and brought from thence to Domliag, and 
there dyed; and his body was brought to Ard- 
mach” [in Pridie Id. Augusti, on Saturday the 
festival of Laisren of Inis-Mureai, in the 68th 
year of his age]. “Cellach mac Hugh mie 
Maelisa, collated in the coarbship of Patrick by 
the election of all Ireland, and took his orders 
in the day of St. Adomnan’s feaste. Niall Oge 
O'Conor killed. Murges O'Conkennain dyed. 
An army by Murtagh O'Brian, by which he 
banished Donogh O?Maelsechlinn out of his 
raigne of Westmeath.. Fiach O'Flainn killed." 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the events entered by the Four Mas- 
ters, under 1105, are given in the Annals of 
Clonmaenoise, under 1104, as follows : 

** A. D. 1104” [recté, 1105]. ** Connor O'Me- 


laughlyn, king of Taragh, Moybreye, and halfe 
Meath, was slain by these of the Brenie. Donnell 
mac-en-Gott O'Melaughlyn was killed by these 
of Kynnaleagh” [i.e. the Ciel Fhiacac, or 
the Mageoghegans of the barony of Moycashel, 
county Westmeath]. **Donnogh O’Melaughlyn 
was deposed from the kingdom of Meath, and 
betooke himself to the contrey of Uriell (Mag 
Mahon’s land), and from thence preyed the 
most part of East Meath. King Mortagh hearing 
thereof assembled together a great army, pur- 
sued him thither, and did nothing there but 
burnt some stackes of corn for protecting him 
in that contrey, and afterwards divided Meath 
in two parts between the two sons of Donnell 
O’Melaughlyn, when Donnogh refused to accept 
protection of him." 


ee ee ee RUM MINE T eT ee. ee ae. ee Um 
H 


982 A. ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. 


(1106. 


pécenab Cluana mic Nap, Copbmac Ua Cillin, aipémoech Tige ew heao 
Cluana me Noip, Maolmmpe Ua Scolorge, comanba Ruadain Lotpa, 3 
Muipce(peach Ua Ceapnaigh, amopfpleigino na nGaoweal, oécc, ap noeigh- 
bichad cian aopoa hi cCluain me Nop. Oo Cuignib Connachca cenél. 
Maolmuipe, mac Mic Cumo na mbocht oo manbad ap lap voimliace Cluana 
mic Nóip la haop modmillce. Cachbapp O Oormnaill, cup copnama,7 com- 
lea, onoain, 7 emih Chenel Curgoeach, opagail bap 1ap mbpeit buada 
ó doman 7 6 ofman. Oonnchad Ua Maoileachlamn a. mac Mupchada mic 
Floinn, pf Mwe, 00 mapbaó oo Uib Mimneccain 1. oo Uib Mic Uap Mwe. 
Oomnall, mac Ruam Uí Conchobarp, oo mtmogad lá Muipcfpcach 
Ua mbpiam 4 a bnacain a. Toippdelbac oo pfogad occ At an ceapmornc 
uap pol Mupfohag oap éi Domnall. $iccepiucc mac Conm(óa Ui Laez- 
acám, caoipech Sil Ronán 7 cócache, coipeach. Ceacba, oécc. Mum- | 
cach Ua Maorleachlain oo aicpioghao, 7 mse Mide vo $abáil oo Mupchad 
oap a épi. Niall, mac Domnall Uf Ruainc, canary) bperpne, oo mapbavh 
oo pab Luce, 7 pochaide oile oo paep clanoaib amalle ppp. Mac 
G1ollamannceig 1 Ruarc vo mapbad Oomnall, me Oomhnaill ] Ruane. 
Ragnall Ua Ofohaio oécc. Ceallac, comopba Phacnarce, pop cunt Ulad 
cedna cup go ccucc a oigpeip .1. bó gacha peipyip, no agh noápa sacha cpip 
lá caob neobapc momoa apc(na. Ceallach pop cuac Muman ceona cup 


———— 


* Teach-aeidheadh : i. e. the House of the 
Guests. ' 

è Maelmuire.— He was the transcriber of 
Leabhar na h-Uidhre, a considerable fragment 
of which is still preserved in his own hand- 
writing in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- 
demy: 

* Cathbharr O’ Domhnaill.—His name appears 
in the inscription on the case of the Cathach, a 
beautiful reliquary of the O’Donnell family, 
now in the possession of Sir Richard O’Donnell, 
of Newport, county of Mayo. 

£ Ath-an-tearmoinn : i.e. Ford of the Termon. 
The O’Conors of Sil-Muireadhaigh were inau- 
gurated Kings of Connaught, at Carn-Fraeich, 
near Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon. The 
situation of Ath-an-tearmainn has not been de- 


termined, It was probably on the Shannon, 
near Termonbarry, in the east of the county of 
Roscommon. 

* Ua Deadhaidh.—Now anglice O’Dea. He 
was chief of Cinel-Fearmaic, in the present ba- 
rony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare. 

^ Ceallach.—The two passages relating to 
these visitations are translated by Colgan as 
follows : 

** A. D. 1106. 8. Celsus Archiepiscopus Ard- 
machanus circuit et visitat Ultoniam; et juxta. po- 
puli taxationem, ad numerum quemque senarium 
personarum accipit unum bovem, vel ad numerum 
ternarium unam juvencam cum multis aliis dona- 
riis et oblationibus, S. Celsus visitando circuit 
Momoniam: et in singulis Cantharedis (hoc est 
districtu centum villarum seu pagorum) accipit 


983 


duin, Vice-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cormac Ua Cillin, airchinneach of the 
Teach-aeidheadh® of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Maelmuire Ua Scolaighe, successor of 
Ruadhan of Lothra, [died]. Muircheartach Ua Cearnaigh, chief lector of the 
Irish, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, after a good life, at an advanced age; he was of 
the tribe of Luighne-Chonnacht. Maelmuire*, son of Mac Cuinn-na-mBocht, 
was killed in the middle of the Daimhliag of Cluain-mic-Nois by plunderers. 
Cathbharr O'Domhnaill, pillar of the defence and warfare, of the glory and 
hospitality, of the Cinel-Luighdheach, died, after having gained the victory 
over the world and the devil. Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, i. e. the son of 
Murchadh, son of Flann, King of Meath, was killed by the Ui-Minnegain, i. e. 
some of the Ui-Mic-Uais of Meath. Domhnall, son of Ruaidhri Ua Concho- 
bhair, was deposed by Muircheartach Ua Briain ; and his brother, i. e. Toir- 
dhealbhach, was inaugurated at Ath-an-tearmoinn, as king over the Sil-Mui- 
readhaigh after Domhnall. Sitric, son of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, chief of 
Sil-Ronain, the strength of the chiefs of Teathbha, died. Muircheartach 
Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed, and the kingdom of Meath was assumed by 
Murchadh after him. Niall, son of Domhnall Ua Ruairc, Tanist of Breifne, was 
killed by the men of Lurg, and many others of the nobility along with him. 
'The son of Gillamantach Ua Ruaire was killed by Domhnall, son of Domhnall 
Ua Ruaire. Raghnall Ua Deadhaidh* died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, 
made a visitation of Ulster for the first time ; and he obtained his full demand, 
namely, a cow from every six persons, or an in-calf heifer from every three 


1106.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


persons, besides many other offerings. 


septem. boves, septem oves, et mediam unciam ar- 
genti, cum multis aliis gratuitis donariis." — Trias 
Thaum., p. 299. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1106. Donell O’Lochlainn, with force, 
came toayde Donogh O’Maelechlainn, and spoyled 
Westmeath ; but Donogh was mett in a skirmish 
and was killed. Disert-Dermott, with its Dur- 
tach” [oratory], *burnt. Tuothall, Coarb of 
Caeivgin, in pace quievit. Cellach, Coarb of 
Patrick, visiting Kindred-Owen at his first 
tyme, and gott his will, .i. a cow from every 


è 


Ceallach made a visitation of Munster 


six, or a young heyfer from every three, or half 
an ounce from every seven, besyde many offrings. 
Cathvarr O’Donell, king of Kindred-Lugach, 
dyed. Ceallach upon his visitation of Mounster, 
at his first tyme, and brought his full will, viz., 
seven cowes, seven sheepe, and half an ounce 
out of every hundreth or cantred in Mounster, 
besides many gifts of prise; and become arch- 
bishopp by taking orders at the request of Ire- 
land in generall. Cainchorack O’Boyll, Arch- 
bushopp of Ardmach. Hector, king of Scotland, 
dyed. Donal mac Roary O’Conor deposed by 
Murtagh O’Bryan, and he putt Tirlagh, his 


984 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


beop, co cucc a lán éuaipc a. plèc mba 1 plèc scaoims, 1 We unga sacha 
pumn tmocac céo hí Muman, lá caob péd momòa olc(na, 7 appoec Ceal- 
lach spada uapal eppcoip oon cup pm a pop ċongpa pi n€peann. Caon- 
compac Ua baoigill, enpcop Apoa Macha, oo écc. 

Coir Cpiorc, mile céo a pliche. Mungapic vo opgam vo Mhupetp- 
cach Ua bhmam. Cho copad 7 Caipiol vo lopccad vo teme oo atc ecip 
va Chaipe co p(pccaic oabach ecin miod q bndgoicc. Culen Ua Cacalam, 
tiġina Uaiene Cliac, vécc. Concoban (.1.Concoban Cipenach) mac Oumn- 
pléibe, piogdamna Ulad, oo manbad lá pab P(pnmonge. Tam ma 
nUib ópeapail macha pon Uib Méich, 1 ccopéaip an áp imo ccig(mna ım 
Qod Ua nlnopeachcaig, 1 ım P(pccupy, mac cigfpna Conaille, 4 concpaccan 
yochaióe mop oile amaille piu. Catapach Ua Cuaméám, cina Ua mbmam 
Ancalle, oo Sun oo Uib Cpemeumn, co nepbailc oé, 7 €ogan, mac Meic 
Riabang, 00 manbad ma doğal. Oornall Ua hOinpre, cigfpna Ua Mere, 
oo mapbad lá hU Eatach Ulaoh. Compac emip amin Ceacba 4 a 
'ancan m po mapbhaoh Cionaoo, mac Mic Amalgada, cigna Calpaige, 
] opong ole amaille ppip lá Oomnall Mac Piacla (no Ua Piacla).. Maim 
Qta Calccáin ainm an maóma. | Oomnall, mac Caióg hUi bmam, vo curb- 
peach vo Muincfpcach hUa dpan ı nOfé chat, 7 oplaccaó ve po cevdip. 
Gaet mon 7 Cene gealám 1pm mbliadan pin, co po mapbéap oaome 1 moile, 
1 co po öpp caige, 1 píoobaoa. 


[1107. 


Sunday and Dominica in albis, which the Irish 
called Little Easter. 


cosen, in his place to be king."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


A few of the events noticed in the Annals of 
the Four Masters, under the year 1106, are set 
down in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, under 
1105, as follows : 

“A D. 1105" [recte 1106]. ‘ Donnough 
O'Melaughlyn was killed by O’Myneachan, of 
O’Mackwaise, of Meath. Bushop O'Boyle, arch- 
bushop of Ardmach; Moriegh O'Moyledowne, 
Bushop of Clonvicknose; Cormack O’Killin, 
dean of the house of” [the guests at] “Clone 
[vicknose]; and Sittrick mac Convay, chief of 
Sileronan, died.” 

i Between the two Easters : i.e. between Easter 


* Ath-Calgain.—See note under A. D. 1103. 
The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1107. A snow of 24 howers” [rnechea 
lai co naióche, i. e. of a day till night], ‘the 
Wednesday before St. Patrick's, that it killed 
much cattle in Ireland. Cenncora burnt be- 
tweene both Easters, with 70 tuns of drinke 
called Mieh, and old ale” [bpogóro]. **Conor 
mae Donnslevey, heyre of Ulster, killed by 
Fernvai-men. A discomfiture of the O-Meth 
by the O’Bressalls, where they were slaughtered 
with theyre king, viz, Hugh O’Hanrachtai. 


it wd tell ead abhi | 


1107.) 985 


for the first time; and he obtained a full tribute, namely, seven cows and seven ' 
sheep, and half an ounce [of silver], from every cantred in Munster, besides 
many jewels ; and Ceallach conferred the dignity of Noble on this occasion, at 
the request of the men of Ireland. Caenchomhrac Ua Baeighill, Bishop of 
Ard-Macha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1107. Mungairit was plundered by Muircheartach 
Ua Briain. Ceann-coradh and Caiseal were burned by lightning, between the 
two Easters, with sixty puncheons of mead and beer. Cuilen Ua Cathalan, 
lord of Uaithne-Cliach, died. Conchobhar (i. e. Conchobhar Cisenanch), son 
of Donnsleibhe, royal heir of Ulidia, was killed by the men of Fearnmhagh. 
A battle was gained by the Ui-Breasail-Macha over the Ui-Meith, in which the 
latter were slaughtered, together with their lord, Aedh Ua hInnreachtaigh, and 
Fearghus, son of the lord of Conaille, and a great number of others, fell along 
with him. Cathasach Ua Tuamain, lord of Ui-Briuin-Archaille, was wounded 
by the Ui-Cremhthainn, and he died in consequence ; and Eoghan, the son of. 
Mac Riabhaigh, was killed in revenge of him. Domhnall Ua hAinbheith, lord 
of Ui-Meith, was killed by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh. A battle was fought between 
the people of the east and those of the west of the Teathbha, in which Cinaedh, 
the son of Mac Amhalghadha, lord of Calraighe, and others along with him, 
were slain by Domhnall Mac Fiacla (or Ua Fiacla). The breach of Ath- 
Calgain* was the name of this battle. Domhnall, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was 
fettered by Muircheartach Ua Briain, at Ath-cliath, but he was released imme- 
diately. Great wind and lightning in this year, so that many men and cattle 
were killed, and houses and woods were destroyed. 3 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


Cahasach O’Tuoman, king of O-Briuin-Arcaill, 
wounded by O-Cremthainn, whereof he dyed ; 
Owen mac Megrievai killed in his revenge" 
[ina digail]. “ Great weatt this yeare, and it 
spoyled the corn, Maelpatrick O’Drucan tak- 
inge" [recte, tooke] ‘the function of Lector in 
Ardmach this yeare, in St. Ailve and Molaise of 
Daivinis their feast day. Maelcoluim O'Brol- 
chan took the bushoprick the next day. A 
yeare's peace made by Ceallach, Coarb of Pa- 
trick, between Murtagh O'Bryan and Donell 


mac Mic Lochlainn.?— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The year 1107 of the Annals of the Four 
Masters corresponds with 1106 of the Annals of 
Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this 
period. 

“A. D. 1106” [recte, 1107]. ** The family of 
Kilkenny gave an overthrowe to the family of 
Leighlyn. There grew great contention be- 
tween the east and west of the contrey of Teaffa, 
where Kynath Mac Awalgie, prince of Calrie, 
with many others, were slain.” 


6 x 


986 .. annaca Rioshachta EIREANN. (110s. 


Qoi Cpíopc, mle céo a hochr. On ceppcop Mac mic Oonngail .1. 
eppcop Cilli oapa, décc. Maelpmoen 1. apoeppucc Laig(n, comapba 
Colaim mic Cpioméainn, Eochaid, mac an piplersmo hUi Poéaoóám, uapal 
paganc, penoip, 7 anméapa Oipipe Chaormgm, oécc. Celech hUa Cao- 
Mopan, comonba Camoig, vécc. Cocpich, ing hU: Noenn(nais, cornopba 
Cluana bpónaiġ, Oengup Ua Cleipcem maop Muman 6 Phacpanc, 7 Cleo 
mac Ourbodleite, adban comapba Phacpaice, pop aipemneach Apoa Macha, 
oécc. Ceallach, comapba Pacpaic, pop cuate Connact céona cup co ccucc 
a ope. €cpá hUa Oumocatarg oécc. Tech vo gabái oo Ua Mat- 
amna 7 oo Ua Maolpuanad pop Gholl ngapbpaiğe pí Ulad 1. Cocha, 
mac Oumnpléibe Ui Eocada 7 a óic(noao leo. Ua C(pbaill, cigfina €oga- 
naéca Locha Cém, oo mapbad la a bpnéicmb peim. Oornall, mac Oonn- 
chada Ui Ruaro, cigna Ua mimi bpeipne, oo turim la Coppi Habna. 
Cp(ch lá Niall, mac Domnall, canari Orig pin Conann, co pug bá 7 bpaicc 
1omóa. Cpeach lá hUlcoibh m Uib Merc, co po aipeple wle acc becc. Imp 
labnaóa vo €ogail la Pai Manach. Cumneach uile vo lopccao oròċe 
peile Paccpaice. Orap o lopecaó vo temd sealám 1 cC(nmonn Caollamne. 
bliavhain Sutach co momac mfpa 4 copao an bliadainyt. 

Qoi Cníopc, mle céo anao. Maoihopa Ua Cullen, uapal eppuce 
Cuaipceipc Epeann, vécc. Oengup Ua Oomnállám, pmm anmcapa 4 apd- 
pthoip pameéa Colaim Cille, oécc hi cC(nanoup. = Plaicbtmcach Ua Longs, 
comapba Ciandin, 7 paccapc mop Cluana mic Nop [oécc]. Sluangfo lá 
Muipéfpeach Ua mópiam, co pp(poib Muman, q co bp(paib Mide, 7 Con- 
naécuib 1 cTin Gpidin Speipne, [hi bpóimóm Mupcada Ui Mhaoileaclamn], 


! Disert- Chaeimhghin : i. e. St. Kevin's Desert 
or Wilderness. This church is situated in the 
recess of the mountain on the south side of the 
upper part of Glendalough, county of Wicklow. 

? Cairbri-Gabhra.—This tribe was seated in 
the barony of Granard, in the present county of 
Longford. AA 

? Inis-Labhradha.—See note under A. D. 919. 

° Termonn-Caellainne: i. e. St. Caellainn's Ter- 
mon, or Sanctuary, now Termonkeelin, or Ter- 
monmore, near Castlerea, in the parish of Kil- 
keevin,in the west of the county of Roscommon. 


—See note ^, under A. D. 1225. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1108. Lymrick burnt out right” 
[recte, by lightning]. “ Donell O'Hanveth, 
king of O-Meth; Donell O’Roirk, kinge of 
I-Briuin, killed. Ceallach, Coarb of Patrick, vi- 
siting Connaght, in his first tyme, and he brought 
his will. Aengus O'Clerkean, Serjeant of Dal- 
gais, .i. in Mounster; Ceallach O’Cyvoran, Coarb 
of Cainnech” [died]. ‘‘ Boysterous wynde in 
the 3. Non. of September. A house taken by 


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1108.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 987 


The Age of Christ, 1108. The Bishop Mac-mic-Donnghail, Bishop of Cill- 
dara, died. Maelfinnen, i. e. Archbishop of Leinster, successor of Colum Mac 
Crimhthainn; [and] Eochaidh, son of the lector of Ua Fothadain, a noble priest, 
senior, and anmchara of Disert-Chaeimhghin!, died. Celech Ua Caemhorain, suc- 
cessor of Cainnech, died. Cocrich, daughter of Ua Noenneanaigh, comharba of 
Cluain-Bronaigh ; Oenghus Ua Clercein, Patrick's steward in Munster; and Aedh, 
son of Dubhdalethe, vice-airchinneach of Ard-Macha, and intended successor of 
Patrick, died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, went on his visitation of Munster 
the first time ; and he obtained his full demand. Etru Ua Duinncathaigh died. 
A house was taken by Ua Mathghamhna and Ua Maelruanaidh upon Goll 
Garbhraighe, King of Ulidia, i. e. Eochaidh, son of Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha ; 
and he was beheaded by them. Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Eoghanacht-Locha-Lein, 
was killed by his own brethren. Domhnall, son of Donnchadh Ua- Ruairc, lord 
of Ui-Briuin-Breifne, was killed by the Cairbri-Gabhra". -A predatory excur- 
sion was made by Niall, son of Domhnall, Tanist of Oileach, into Corann ; and 
he carried off many cows and prisoners. A predatory excursion was made by 
the Ulidians into Ui-Meith ; and they plundered it all, except a small portion. 
Inis-Labhradha* was demolished by the Feara-Manach.. .All Luimneach was 
burned on the night of the festival of Patrick. Two persons were burned by 
lightning at Termonn-Caellaine* This year was a prosperous one, with 
abundance of nuts and fruit. | 

The Age of Christ, 1109.  Maelisa Ua Cuillen, noble bishop of the north 
of Ireland, died. Oenghus Ua Domhnallain, chief anmchara and chief senior 
of the clergy of Colum-Cill, died at Ceanannus. Flaithbheartach Ua Loingsigh, 
succéssor of Ciaran, and great priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. An army was 
led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Meath, and Con- 
naught, into Tir-Briuin-Breifne, [to aid Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn?], whence 


O'Mahon, and by O'Maelruanoy, upon Goll 
Garvray, king of Ulster, who by them was be- 
headed. Hugh mac Duvdalehe, Suvair of Ard- 
macha, and that should be Coarb of Patrick, 
dyed. Great oak-fruict in all Ireland. A 
happy year of corn, fruict, and all good this 
yeare. The Iland of Lauraa broken downe by 
Fermanach."—— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


The Annals of Clonmaenoise contain two of 
these entries under the year 1107, as follows : 

“ A. D. 1107" [recté, 1108]. ** Cogrich, daugh- 
ter of Unon, abbesse of Clonbrony, died. O?Kar- 
vell, prince of the Eoganaghts of Logh Leyn, 
was killed by his brothers.” 

? To aid Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn.—This 
clause, so necessary to the clearness of the whole 


6x2 


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! 988 aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. [1110. 


co ccugpac bá agup bpoicc món, 1 co noeacaccap pop mopib Loca Uaccamp, 
4 co ccucpac bpaicc eipcib. | Camic rappin Ua Ruane, 7 Us Sprain co pap- 
ccaib Ua Maoileachlamn a longpopc led, 7 co po mapbpac Mac Giolla- 
pulapcarg, 7 pochaide amaille ppp. Stas lá Oomnall Mag Cachlamn 
co ccuaipcent €peann ime co Shab Puaicc, co nofpna Ceallach, comapba 
Phacpare pít mbliadna ecip Mhag Cachlamn,1 Ua bpian co nveachaccan 
cuaipcepe Epeann 1ap pm 1m Chonall 7 1m €ogan co Mag hUa óp(poil pop 
amup Ulad baccap 1 Mors Coba, co capcpac Ulaió na ceopa gialla po 
togpat péin oći. Cpeach lá Mupchad Ua Maoileachlamn, la pí Timpa 
co po occ Piopa Roip,7 co po mapb Ua Pin, 1. cig(pna. Pip Roi, vap 
comaipse na bacla lopa 4 comapba Phaccpanre, ace po o:05ail Ora pa mn 
pn. God Ua Ruane do teache hi longponc Mupchad Uti Maoileachlamn 
po df, co po lá a náp cma epccaome pamta Phactparc. Apo mópícam vo 
lopecad co na €(mpla oo Uib Opin, 7 daome vo manbad ano, 7 bnacc oo 
bpeié app. Oomnall mac Meic Giollapaccparg oo manbad oo macaom oile 
ag cup cluice. Cocaid ag ite na ngopc wle m aparib cipi 1 n€mimn. 

Coip Cpíopc, mile céd a beich. Cepnach, mac Mic Uléa, aipémneach 
Cúla patam, oécc 1 naiépige.— Plann hUa hoda, comapba Emoe pann, 
Siollapacpaice hUa Owbpata, plplergmn Cille Dalua, 7 paor Muran, 
Peapoomnach Oall, pao ppuite pecca p(pleigmn Cille vapa,1 Opan Ua ópurc, 
róin lapmüman, véce. Cchéig(nnUa P(psail, prim aclaoch cogavde, oécc. 
Hlollacolaim Ua Maolmuaw, cigfna Php cCeall q a bCn oo manbad lap an 


passage, and which was omitted by the Four * A. D. 1109. Easter the 8 Kal. of May, and 
Masters, is here inserted, in brackets, from the lesse Easter" [Mm-Chape] “in some dayes of 
Annals of Ulster. : Summer" [recté, on the second day of Summer], 


3 Loch Uathtair: i.e. the Upper Lake, now ‘and Mocholmog's day on Shrove Saturday. 
Lough Oughter, in the county of Cavan. It  Gillailve O’Ciarmaic, king of Aine-Cliach, mor- 
was so called as being the uppermost of the tuus est. Maelisa O'Cullen, bushopp of the 
chain of lakes formed by the River Erne.—See North of Ireland. Aengus O'Donallan, chiefe 
note under A. D. 1231. soul-frend by the relique of Colum Cill” [recte, 

* Magh-hUa-Breasail: i.e. the Plain of the of the congregation, or clergy of St. Colum 
Ui-Breasail. This is the level plain on the south Cille], “died. The slaughter of O-Bressail, 
side of Lough Neagh, where it receives the about their kinge, Dartry, and O-Neachai 
Upper Bann. slayne by O-Meths, and by the men of Fernmay. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following An army by Murtagh O’Brian, in aiding Murcha 
events under this year: O’Mailechlainn, and they preyed some of 


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1110. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 989 


they carried off many cows and prisoners ; and they entered on the islands of 
Loch Uachtair?, and took prisoners out of them. After this Ua Ruairc came, 
and Ua Maeleachlainn gave up his camp to them ; and they killed Mac Gilla- 
fhulartaigh, and numbers along with him. An army was led by Domhnall 
Mac Lochlainn, with the people of the north of Ireland, to Sliabh-Fuaid ; but 
Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a year's peace between Mac Lochlainn and 
Ua Briain ; after which the people of the north of Ireland, with the Cinel- 
Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, proceeded to Magh-hUa-Breasail', to attack the 
Ulidians who were in Magh-Cobha; and the Ulidians gave them the three 
hostages which they themselves selected. A predatory excursion was made 
by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, on which he plundered 
the Feara-Rois, and slew Ua Finn, lord of Feara-Rois, in violation of the Staff 
of Jesus and the successor of Patrick ; but God took vengeance of him for this. 
Aedh Ua Ruairc came into the camp of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn twice, and 
slaughtered his people, through the curse of the clergy of Patrick.  Ard-Brea- 
cain was burned, with its churches, by the Ui-Briuin, and many persons were 
killed there, and prisoners carried off from thence. Domhnall, the son of Mac 
Gillaphadraig, was killed by another youth, at a game. Mice eat up all the 
corn fields in certain territories in Ireland. 

The Age of Christ, 1110. Cearnach, son of Mac Ulcha, airchinneach of 
Cul-rathain, died in penance. Flann Ua hAedha, successor of Einne of Ara ; 
Gillaphadraig Ua Duibhratha, lector of Cill-Dalua, and paragon of Munster ; 
Feardomhnach, the most distinguished of the senior jurisconsults, (and] lector 
of Cill-dara; and Bran Ua Bruic, senior of West Munster, died. Echthighern 


Ua Fearghail, à distinguished old champion, died. Gillacoluim Ua Maelmhuaidh, 


O-Briuin. An army by Donell O'Lochlainn, 
with the north of Ireland, to Sliav-Fuaid, untill 
Cellach, Coarb of Patrick, made one yeare's 
peace betweene O’Brian and O’Lochlainn; and 
the north of Ireland went after that to besett” 
[Eastern] * Ulster, who were at Macova, untill 
Ulster gave them the three pledges chosen by 
themselves. Cocrich, Coarb of the reliques of 
Clonbronay” [recté, Coarb of St. Samhthann of 
Clonbroney],**quievit. Hugh O'Roirk came into 
Murcha O'Maeilechlainn's camp twice,” [so] 


“ that he had his slaughter through the cursinge 
of Patrick's reliques” [recte clergy]. ‘‘ The 
slaughter of O’Meth, about their king, Goll 
Bairche; and some of the men of Fernmay were 
slaine by O-Bressails and by O-Nechai. Donell 
Roa Mac Gillpatrick, king of Ossory, killed by 
another young man at a game. Donogh O’Duv- 
derma mortuus est.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by 
Mageoghegan, are defective from the year 1108 
till 1127. 


990 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. mui. 


ngeócach Ua C[illén. Mupchad mac Caiog Ui bhmain, níogóamna Muman, 
décc. OCpech la Oomnall mac Cochlamn hi Connachcaib, co ccuc cpi míle 
vo bpaicc, 7 1l mile oo cfépab. Mardm Rupp 1 Mug Aoi ap bélonb Cpu- 
achna ma Síol Mumeadarg, 2. 1m Thoinpdealbac, an Chonmaicmb oú 1 
ccopcpaccan cm Ua P(pgaile .1. m Giolla na naom,7 m mac Concaille, 3 
maize vomóa ancfna ım Ohuancan, mac Ouiboapa Ui Edlupa. Maolpuanad 
Ua Machaném, cizfnna Mugoopn, 6ébmn, mgn Cimnereersy hUi bhpamn, bin 
Oorhnall hU: Cochlaimn, pig Orig, 0é5. Ceallach, comapba Phaccpaice 
pop cuaine Míde cédna cup, co ccucc a péi. Mam ma Conmaremb pop 
Shíol Mupfomg 3. maióm Muse Spéangarp, oá 1 ccopcpaccap pochaióe im 
Maman Ua Muna, 1m Rucdp Ua Mhupfoharg. 

GLorp Cpíopc, mile céd a haon nvécc. Catapach Ua Laeda, oo pamaoh 
Phaccpaice, uapal pró Epean, vécc. Oún va lchglap vo lopecad erin 
pat] cpian, oo čene doat. Ceananoup, Pont Lapse, 7 Lugmad vo lop- 
ecad. Slosfo la hUllcoib co Tealargs Occ, co po teapecpac a bilfoa. 
Cpeach la Niall Ua Cochlamn, co ccuce tpi mile oo buaib ma nofogail. 
Senad vo tiondl hi Piad mic nClengmp lá maicib Eneann ım Ceallach, com- 


* Ua Aillen.—Otherwise written O'hAillen, 
now anglicised Hallion. 

t Ros.—Now Ross, near Ratheroghan, in the 
parish of Elphin, and county of Roscommon. 

* The Ui-Fearghaile : i. e. the O’Farrells. 

* Q'h.Eolusa.—Now anglicé Olus. 

* Magh- Breanghair.—Not identified. 

* Ua Muireadhaigh: anglice O’Murray, now 
usually written Murray, without the prefix Ua 
or O’. The head of this family was seated at 
Ballymurray, in the barony of Athlone, and 
county of Roscommon. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : b 

‘Anno Domini 1110. Echtyern O’Ferall, chief 
old champion” [pph azloec cogawe], “in 
pace quievit. Gileolum O’Maelmoy, king of 


`Fercall, killed. Cernach Mae Ulcha, Airchin- 


nech of Culraan, in pace” [recte, penitentia] 
* mortuus, Flann O'Hugh, Coarb of Enne 


Arann, mortuus est. Maelruanay O’Machainen, 


king of Mugorn, killed. Murcha mac Teig 
O’Bryan, heyre of Mounster, mortuus est. Bevinn 
Nin-Kennedy O’Bryan, wife to Donell O’Lach- 
laynn, king of Ailech, died. An army by Da- 
nyell O'Lachlin into Connaght, and he brought 
a thousand of captaiues, and many thousands of 
cowes and chattle. 'The overthrow of Ross, 
neare Crochan, by Kyndred-Mureay, upon Con- 
maiene, where three O'Ferralls were slayn, and 
many more of the best. Bran O'Bruick, elder 
of West Monster. Gilpatrick O’Duvratha, lector 
of Kildaluo, and chefe lerned of Monster" [in 
harp-playing]; ** Blind Ferdonach, cheif lerned 
in Lawe, and Lector of Kildare; Cellach, Coarb 
of Patrick, went upon" [his first] ‘visitation of 
Meth, and he gott his will A discomfiture by 
Conmakne upon Kindred-Mureai, called the 
overthrow of Mabrengair."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 
49. : 

z Old trees: i. e. the old trees at Tulloghoge, 
at which the kings of Cinel-Eoghain were inau- 


rc msg 


1111.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 991 


lord of Feara-Ceall, and his wife, were killed by the beggar, Ua Aillen® Mur- 
chadh, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, royal heir of Munster, died. A predatory 
excursion’ was made by Domhnall Mac Lochlainn into Connaught, whence he 
carried off three thousand prisoners and many thousand cattle. The battle of 
Rost in Magh-Aei, opposite Cruachain, was gained by the Sil-Muireadhaigh, 
under the conduct of Toirdhealbhach, over the Conmhaicni, where fell three 
of the Ui-Fearghaile", together with Gilla-na-naemh and Mac-Conchaille, and 
many other chieftains, together with Duarcan, son of Dubhdara Ua hEolusa". 
Maelruanaidh Ua Machainen, lord of Mughdhorna ; Bebhinn, daughter of Cein- 
neide Ua Briain, and wife of Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, King of Oileach, 
died. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, [went] on his visitation in Meath for the 
first time ; and he obtained his demand. A battle was gained by the Conmhaicni 
over the Sil-Muireadhaigh, i. e. the battle of Magh-Breanghair*, where many were 
slain, together with Meanman Ua Muireadhaigh’, and Ruaidhri Ua Muireadhaigh. 

The Age of Christ, 1111. Cathasach Ua Laedha, one of the clergy of Pa- 
trick, noble senior of Ireland, died. Dun-da-leathghlas was burned, both fort 
and trian [1.e. third part] by lightning. Ceanannus, Port-Lairge, and Lughmhadh, 
were burned. An army was led by the Ulidians to Tealach-Og, and they cut 
down its old trees: a predatory excursion was made by Niall Ua Lochlainn, and 
he carried off three thousand cows, in revenge of it. A synod was convened 
at Fiadh mic-Aenghusa* by the chiefs of Ireland, with Ceallach, successor of 


gurated. It appears from various passages in 
these Annals that there were ancient trees at 
all the places where the ancient Irish chieftains 
were inaugurated.— See notices of Bile-Maighe- 
Adhair at the years 981 and 1051; and of 
Craebh-tulcha at the year 1099. 

* Fiadh mic-Aenghusa : i.e. the Land of the 
Sons of Aenghus. This was the name of a place 
near the hill of Uisneach, in the county of 
Westmeath. Colgan translates this passage as 
follows : 

“A. D. 1111. Synodus indicta in loco Fiadh- 
mac-Aengussu appellato, per proceres Cleri et 
populi Hibernie, cui interfuerant S. Celsus Archi- 
episcopus Ardmachanus, Moelmurius, sive Mari- 
anus Hua Dunain nobilissimus senior Cleri Hi- 


bernie, cum quinquaginta Episcopis, trecentis 
Presbyteris, et tribus millibus Ordinis Ecclesiastici ; 
et Murchertachus Hua Briain (Australis Hi- 
bernie Rex) cum proceribus Lethmoge (id est 
Australis Hibernie) ad regulas vite et morum 
Clero et populo prescribenda.” 

On this passage he wrote the following re- 
marks : i 

** Hsec Synodus in margine Annalium Synod 
de Vsneach, vocatur qui mons speciosus est Me- 
die, & in domesticis Historiis longé celebris 
propter multos regni conuentus publicos in eo 
celebratos, locum etiam huius Synodi refert 
Wareus de Scriptor. Hibernis, lib. i. cap. 8, 
vbi loquens de scriptis S. Celsi, ait; Refert Ba- 
leus eum scripsisse (prater testamentnm, de quo 


Seve re ee ee E EE EAA AEI Ha a on 


ere a ee 


992 ANNALA RIOshachTa EIREANN. (1112. 


opba Phaccparcc, 7 1m Maolmuipe Ua nOundin, ım uapat p(nóp €peann, co 
ccaeccaic neppcop co ccpíb céoaib paccapc, 7 co cpí milib mac necalpa 
1m Muipéeancach Ua mbpiain co maitib Leite Mhoda vo epal magla, 3 
pobépa pop cach ecip tue q ecclaip. Oonnchad Ua hOntuan, cigna 
Ua Niallam, oo mapbao ora bpnaicpib a meabanl, 7 na bpaiċpı hi pm vo map- 
bad vo Ub Niallám ma doğal pa ceinn picfc owdce. Combal ecin Uom- 
nall Mag Coclamn 7 Oonnchad Ua h€ochada co no(pnpac pit 7 caencora- 
pac,] co ccapccpac Ulaio eiccipfoa a mapa pém vo Domnall. Catal mac 
Catal Ui Mugspom, coipeach Clomne Cacail oo écc. Cluam mic Nap oo 
opccam do Ohail cCaip cma comample Muipce(pcoang Ui Ohman. Cpeach 
lá Toippdealbac Ua cConéobaip, go po pce cfmann Oábeócc. Cpeach 
«ile laip, gup po aipee co bemo €achlabpa, co pliab Rupén, 1 50 Loch €pne. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile céd a oo décc. Congalach, mac Mic Concanlle, a- 
émneach Oaipe, oécc 1ap nofsatmge 1appan cc(épamhaó blada nochac 
a aop. Gopmlaie, mgm Munchavda, mc Oiapmaoa, comapba bpigve oég 
Yan bp£énnamn. Rat CÍfpoa Macha co na c(mpal oo lopecaó m veacmad 


suprà fit mentio) Epistolas complures ad Mala- 
chiam, et constitutiones quasdam. | Statuta intelligit 
fortassé celeberrima illius Synodi, juata Annales 
Vitonienses (vt habent in Margine) in loco dicto 
Aengussij terra, coacte anno MCLXI. vel MCLXII. 
cui interfuisse dicuntur Episcopi 50. prater Pres- 
byteros 318. Meminit ad eum annum concilij 
magni Episcoporum, et omnium Magnatum Hiber- 
nie Henricus Marleburgensis in Annalibus : sed 
perperam à fictitio quodam Mauritio Mac-loch- 
lainn, Rege Hibernie conuocatum asserit. Hec 
 Wareus. Verum Mauritius Mac-lochlainn non 
fuit fictitius Rex Hibernie (vt Wareus asserit); 
sed verus et ab Historicis patrie plurimum 
laudatus Rex Hibernis; licet dubium sit an 
predicte Synodo alio titulo quam sub nomine 
Principis regij sanguinis interfuerit. Eo nam- 
que tempore Domnaldus Hua Lochlainn pre- 
dicti Mauritij patruus, & Murchertachus, siue 
Mauritius Hua Briain (quem citati Annales 
asserunt illi Synodo interfuisse) hic in Australi, 
ille in Septentrionali Hibernia regnabant; & 


vterque se Regem Hibernie appellabant. Et 
postea Mauritius Hua Lochlainn patruo suo 
Domnaldo succedens, annis multis in Septen- 
trionali Hibernia principatum tenens, postea 
annis octodecim multis triumphis & victoris 
clariis supremam in toto regno adoptus est po- 
testatem, donec tandem an. 1166, in prelio de 
Lettir-luin, occubuerit."— Trias Thaum., p. 300. 

è Ui-Niallain.—Now the baronies of O’Neil- 
land, east and west, in the county of Armagh. 

© Ua Mughroin.— Now O’Moran, or Moran, 
without the prefix Ua or O’. This family was 
afterwards dispossessed by the O'Flannagans. 
The Clann-Cathail were seated in the district 
lying between Belanagare and Elphin, in the 
county of Roscommon. 

è Beann- Eachlabhra.—Now Binaghlon, a very 
remarkable rocky-faced mountain about two 
miles north-west of Swanlinbar, in the county 
of Fermanagh.—See note under A. D. 1455. 

* Stiabh-Ruisen.—N ow Slieve Rushel, a moun- 
tain situated partly in the parish of Tomregan, 


Se = est 


PU IBA my 


1112] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 993 


Patrick ; Maelmuire Ua Dunain, noble senior of Ireland ; with fifty bishops, 
three hundred priests, and three thousand students, together with Muirchear- 
tach Ua Briain and the chiefs of Leath-Mhogha, to prescribe rules and good 
morals for all, both laity and clergy. Donnchadh Ua hAnluain, lord of 
Ui-Niallain*, was treacherously killed by his brothers; and these brothers were 
killed by the Ui-Niallain, before the end of twenty nights, in revenge of him. 
A meeting between Domhnall Mac Lochlainn and Donnchadh Ua hEochadha, 
and they made peace and friendship with each other; and the Ulidians deli- 
vered hostages to Domhnall, for paying him his own demand. Cathal, son of 
Cathal Ua Mughroin*, chief of Clann-Cathail, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was plun- 
dered by the Dal-gCais, at the instance of Muircheartach Ua Briain. A preda- 
tory excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, and he plundered 
Tearmann-Dabheog. Another predatory excursion was made by him; and he 
plundered as far as Beann-Eachlabhra?, Sliabh-Ruisen*, and Loch-Eirne. 

The Age of Christ, 1112. Conghalach, the son of Mac Conchaille, airchin- 
neach of Doire, died, after good penance, in the ninety-fourth year of his age. 
Gormlaith, daughter of Murchadh, son of Diarmaid, successor of Brighit, died 
after penance. The fort of Ard-Macha‘, with its church, was burned on the 


and partly in that of Kinnawley, in"the south 
of the county of Fermanagh. The reader will 
observe that, in anglicising names of places, a 
final n, nn, or r, often becomes l, as in this in- 
stance, and in that of Loch Ainninn, in the 
county of Westmeath, which is anglicised Lough 
Ennell; and in Loch Uair, which is anglicised 
Lough Owel. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A, D. 1111. Extreame ill” [bad] ** weather 
of frost and snow, which made slaghter of tame 
and wild bestes. Cahasach O'Leday, archpriest 
ofthe reliques of Patrick” [recté, of the clergy 
of Patrick], “in pace quievit. Lugmai burnt. 
Waterford burnt. Kells burnt. An army by 
Ulster to Tulaghoge, and” [they] **cutt down 
the greatt trees. An army by Nell O'Lochlainn, 
and he brought 3000 cowes. Wild fyre” [light- 


ning] “ burnt Dundalethglas, with its forte and 
Tryan. A Senat in Land Mac Aeneas, gathered 
by the nobility about Cellach, Coarb of Patrick, 
and about Maelmuire O’Dunan, the arch Elder 
of Ireland, with 50 bushops, 300 priests, and 
three thousand churchmen ; alsoe about Mur- 
tagh O’Bryan, with the nobility of Mounster, 
to procure rule and good manners among the 
people, church and laimen. Donagh O’Han- 
luain, king of O-Nellans, killed trecherously by 
his cossens; the same kinsmen killed by the 
O-Nellans in his revenge within 20 nights. A 
meting betwene Donell O'Lochlainn and Donagh 
O'Heochaa, at the shore, that they made full 
peace, and Ulster gave pledges to his own con- 
tent to Donell O'Lochlainn."— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. ] 

£ The fort of Ard-Macha.—This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows: 


6L 


994 ANNata gioshachca EIREANN. (1113. 


Callamn CÍpml,3 04 ppeit oo Tpiún Mapan, q an cpep pet oo Tpiun Mhop. 
Cylch la Oomnall Ua Cochlamn cap Pine Gall, 3. co Opacle Dubgall, co 
ccucc bónoma món 1 bpaicc 1omda. Ughaine Ua  Copcám, aigfpna Ua Mun- 
ploang, oo écc rap bp(noamo 1 nuno oalacha. Tip oa glapp 1 Pabap vo 
lopccao. 

Cloip Cpforc, mile céo a tpi décc. Opd San bepnapo vo c&ionnpenao. 
Blannaccan, mac Maoiliopa, adbap abbad Apoa Macha, oécc 1ap nongad 
Jap natpise cogaide. Connla Ua Plomn, comapba Mola Leitslinne, 
Orapmaro Ua Ceallarg, comapba Ui Shuanag, décc. Orapmaro Ua Lon- 
gám, maop Muman, oécc ode pele Paccparce. Pionncap Ua Lomsyrgh, 
cisfina Oal nApawe, 7 Maolpeachlamn Ua Concobaip, cigfpna Copemod- 
puad, oécc 1ap naréjige. Oonnchad O Tainceinc, caípech Clomne Sneo- 
aile, oo mapbao lá Niall Ua Lochlainn. | Stórg(ó la Oomnall Ua Cochlamn 
co maiche Cenél Conall, 4 Cocéam, 4 Chipgiall go Gltho Rise, co po 10n- 
vapbpac Donnchad, a pige Ulao,1 co po pannpac Ullca ecip Ua Illacgamna, 
q mac Ui Oumnplébe. Oal nCpawe moppo, 7 Ui €aéach acce pém. 
Slaglo la Murpcfpcach Ua mbmain co p(paib Muman co Lagni, 7 co 
Connaceaib co Mag Coba hi pormtin Oonnchaoa. | Slórg(ó oan la Oomnall 
Ua Cochlamn sup na plógaib nempaicib co Mag Coba hı pópiein Ulad, co 
paibe imneip: cata feoppa co po nfoappecan Ceallac, comapba phácpaic 


“A.D. 1112. Arz Ardmachana cum templis, 
due platee in Trian-Massain, et tertiani Trian- 
mor incendio devastantur.” 

On the divisions of the city of dme he 
writes the following remarks: 

** Ex hoc loco et aliis dictis suprà ad annum 
1092, colligimus civitatem Ardmachanam in 
quatuor olim partes fuisse divisam. Prima 
Rath-Ardmacha, i. Arx Ardmachana, dicebatur: 
Secunda Trian-mor, id est, tertia portio major: 
Tertia, Trian-Massan, id est, tertia portio Mas- 
san: Quarta Z'rian-Saxon, id est, tertia portio 
Saxonum, appellata: quod nomen videtur adepta 
ex eo, quod vel mercatores, vel (quod verosimi- 
liüs est) studiosi Anglo-Saxones illi inhabita- 
verint. Nam Monachi et studiosi Anglo-Saxones 
abstractioris vite, discipline, et bonarum litter- 


arum gratià in magno numero olim Hiberniam 
frequentare: solebant, ut tradunt Venerabilis 
Beda in Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, 
lib. 3, cap. 23, lib. 4, c. 3, 4, et passim in illa 
Historia: S. Aleuinus in vita Willebrordi, au- 
thor vite S. Geraldi, quam damus Tomo sequenti 
at 13 Martii S. Adelmus in Epistola ad Eath- 
fridum (quam in sua Sylloge veterum Epistola- 
rum Hibernicarum, pag. 37, producit Jacobus 
Usserus) Joannes Cambrobritannus in vita 
S. Sulgeni, et innumeri alii, quos longum esset 
recitare. Sufliciat hic producere solius Gui- 
lielmi Camdeni hominis Angli testimonium, qui 
in Descriptione Hibernis ita de hac re loquitur: 
Anglo-Saxones nostri illa etate in Hiberniam, tan- 
quam ad bonarum litterarum mercaturam undique 
confluxerunt. Unde de viris sanctis in nostris 


1113.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 995 


tenth of the Calends of April, and two streets of Trian-Masan, and the third 
street of Trian-mor. A predatory excursion was made by Domhnall, grandson 


‘of Lochlainn, across Fine-Gall, i. e. as far as Droichet-Dubhghaill*; and he car- 


ried off a great spoil of cattle and many prisoners. Ughaire Ua Lorcain, lord of 
Ui-Muireadhaigh, died after penance. Tir-da-ghlas and Fabhar were burned. 
The Age of Christ, 1113. The Order of St. Bernard was commenced. 
Flannagan, son of Maelisa, intended Abbot of Ard-Macha, died after unction 
and good penance. Connla Ua Floinn, successor of Molaisi of Leithghlinn ; 
Diarmaid Ua Ceallaigh, successor of Ua Suanaigh*, died. Diarmaid Ua Lon- 
gain, steward of Munster, died on the night of Patrick's festival. Finnchas 
Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe; and Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair, lord 
of Coremodhruadh, died after penance. Donnchadh O'Taircheirt, chief of 
Clann-Snedhghaile, was killed by Niall Ua Lochlainn. An army was led by 
Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, with the chiefs of Cinel-Eoghain, Cinel-Conaill, and 
Airghialla, to Gleann-Righe ; and they banished Donnchadh from the kingdom 
of Ulidia, and they divided Ulidia between Ua Mathghamhna and the son of 
Ua Duinnsleibhe, he himself retaining Dal-Araidhe and Ui-Eathach. An army 
was led by Muircheartach Ua Briain, with the men of Munster, Leinster, and 
Connaught, to Magh-Cobha, to aid Donnchadh. Another army, composed of 
the forces before mentioned, was marched by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn to Magh- 
Cobha, to relieve the Ulidians ; and there was a challenge of battle between 
them, but the successor of Patrick separated them, under the semblance of 


scriptoribus legitur; Amandatus est ad disciplinam 
in Hiberniam." — Trias Thaum., p. 300. 

 Droichet- Dubhghaill : i.e. the Black Dane’s 
Bridge. From a reference to this bridge in old 
accounts of the battle of Clontarf, it would ap- 
pear to have been situated on the River Tolka, 
near Dublin, where Ballybough Bridge now 
stands. The name Fine-Gall, or Fingal, is now 
applied to that part of the county of Dublin 
extending to the north of the city, and of the 
River Liffey. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: i 

“ A. D. 1112. The rath of Ardmach, with 


the church, burnt, in x. Kal. April, and two 
streats of Tryan-Massan, and the third streat of 
Tryan-mor. Congalach mac Conchaille, Air- 
chinnech of Daire, in the 94th yeare of his age, 
in penitentia optima quievit. An army by Donell 
Mac Lochlainn, through Fingall, and he brought 
great booty and many captives. Gormlai Ny- 
Murcha mic Diermott, Coarb of Brigitt, in bona 
penitentia quievit.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

^ Successor of Ua Suanaigh: i.e. Abbot of 
Rahen, near Tullamore, in the King's County. 

è Clann-Snedhghaile.—Now Clannelly, a dis- 
trict lying westwards of Letterkenny, in the 
county of Donegal. 


6 ug 


996 ANNALA RIOshachtd EIREANN. 


po $né jíoba 1 caencohpaic. Oonnchad Ua h€ochada do dallad la hEoch- 
ad hUa Matgamnaq la hUllcarb. Slórg(o la Mumċmrach Ua mbmann, 
1 la C Mhoda ecip laech 4 cléipeach go Gpendice. Oornall moppo mac 
meic Cochlain, co maicib cuaipceipc Eneann co Cluam ċaom Ph(p Roy, 
co mbáccap ppi pé mip 1 cmn comaip ppa apoile, 50 noeapna Ceallach, 
comapba Phacpaicc co mbacoill lopa pit mbliadna (coppa. | $camofp cnoda 
ecin piona P(pnmarge. padéin, 1 ccopcpaccap vá progoarina. P(pnmoige a. 
Ua Cpíocham, 7 Ua Oonnaccám. Opavan vo $abáil 1 cCluain mic Noip an 
bliabam po, 1 mbaccan oá cpargheaó décc ma poo, dá dopn oécc ma leié(c 
zan pgolcaó, tpi oupn, 1 oá mép 1 pao a eice bnágac. 

Qoi Cpíope, mile céd a beich a ceachaip. Orapmaio. Ua Ploinn, 
comapba Qilbe Imleacha lubaip, uapal eppcop, q p(plergmn epnfoach peócc, 
bíð 1 dece. Plann Mac Plannchaóa, comonba Mola Oormimpi, Maol- 
colam Ua Copbmacám, comonba €noe Cfpann,4 P(poorinach Ua Clucám, 
comapba Cínannpa, oécc. Ruam Ua Canannám, pníogóamna Cemil 
cConaill, oo mapbad lá Cenél n€ógam. Cod, mac Oonnchaóa Ui Eochada, 
PMogoamna Ulad, vég. Oonnchad Ua Lomgpig, cigfpna Ohal Apave, 
Muincfhcach, mac Mic Cochlamn, píogóarima Oiléc, vécc. Term gala 
móm vo $abán Muipcfpcars Ur bhpam, co noeapna anbobpaċc ve, 7 co 
po pean pma ge. Orapmaic, 1m, vo gabáil pige Muman ma pladnany 
Ban ceaougad. Slórgeaó lá Oomnall Ua Lachlamn co Rait Cínoag, 4 oo 


(1114. 


* Greanog.—Now Greenoge, a townland with nor, King of Corcomrua; Finnchaisse O'Longsi, 


a curious moat, in a parish of the same name, in 
the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. 

! Cluain-caein in Feara- Rois. —Now Clonkeen, 
in the barony of Ardee, and county of Louth.— 
See note *, under A. D. 836, p. 454, supra. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year: 

“A. D. 1113. Conla O’Flainn, Coarb of Mo- 
laise Lehglinn, quievit. À thunderbolt fallen in 
St. Patrick's eve upon Cruachan Aigle? [Croagh- 
patrick mountain, in the county of Mayo], 
“and killed thirty of the pilgrims. Dermott 
O'Kelly, Coarb of O'Suanay; Dermott O'Lon- 
gan, serjeant of Monster; Maelsechlainn O'Co- 


King of Dalarai, in penitentia mortui sunt. Flan- 
nagan mae Moylisa that should be abbott of 
Ardmagh, after contrision and confession, im 
pace quievit. Donogh O"Taircheirt killed by Nell 
O’Lochlainn, King of Kindred-Conell Donell 
mac Donogh Mac Gilpatrick killed by Gull 
Gavran. An army by Donell O’Lochlainn, with 
Kindred-Owen, Kindred-Conell, and Airgiall, 
to Glenn-Righe, and killed” [recte, expelled] 
“ Donagh, being king of Ulster, and divided. 
Ulster” [i. e. East Ulster, or Ulidia] ** betweene 
Mack-Mahon" [recte, O' Mahon], “and the Dun- 
slevis, and left Dalnaray and O’Nehach to them- 
selves. An army by Murtagh O'Bryan, Mon- 


p e 


siqui 


1114.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 997 


peace and tranquillity. Donnchadh Ua hEochadha was blinded by Eochaidh 
Ua Mathghamhna and the Ulidians. An army was led’ by Muircheartach 
Ua Briain and the people of Leath-Mhogha, both laity and clergy, to Greanog*. 
Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, with the chiefs of the north of Ireland, pro- 
ceeded to Cluain-caein, in Feara-Rois'; and both [armies] remained for the 
space of a month in readiness, confronting each other, until the successor of 
Patrick, with the Staff of Jesus, made a year's peace between them. A spirited 
conflict took place between two parties of the men of Fearnmhagh themselves, 
in which fell the two royal heirs of Fearnmhagh, namely, Ua Crichain and 
Ua Donnagain. A salmon was caught at Cluain-mic-Nois this year, which was 
twelve feet in length, twelve hands in breadth without being split, and three 
hands and two fingers was the length of the fin of its neck. 

The Age of Christ, 1114. Diarmaid Ua Floinn, successor of Ailbhe of 
Imleach-Iubhair, a noble bishop and a lector, who bestowed jewels, food, and 
alms; Flann Mac Flannchadha", successor of Molaise of Daimhinis ; Maelcoluim 
Ua Cormacain", successor of Ende of Ara; and Feardomhnach Ua Clucain, 
comharba of Ceanannus, died. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, royal heir of Cinel- 
Conaill, was killed by the Cinel-Eoghain. Aedh, son of Donnchadh Ua hEoch- 
adha, royal heir of Ulidia, died. Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, 
[and] Muircheartach, son of Mac Lochlainn, royal heir of Oileach, died. A 
great fit of sickness attacked Muircheartach Ua Briain, so that he became a 
living skeleton*, and resigned his kingdom ; and Diarmaid assumed the kingdom 
of Munster after him,swithout permission An army was led by Domhnall 


stermen, Lenster, and Connaght, to Macova, to 
aide Donogh. His own forces, with Donell 
O’Lochlainn, to meett the said other armies, and 
they were on both sides preparing for battle, 
untill Cellach, Coarb of Patricke, putt them 
asunder by a kind of peace. Donogh mac 
Eochaa blynded by Eocha mac Mahon, and by 
Ulster. An army by Murtagh O'Bryan and 
Lethmoa, both clerke and lay, to Grenog. 
Donell Mac Lochlainn, with the nobility of the 
North of Ireland, to Clonkyne-Feross, and were 
a whole moneth camping one against another, 
untill Kellach, Coarb of Patrick, and Jesus 


Crosstaff, made peace betwine them for one 
whole year. A courageous skirmish bytwene 
the men of Fernmai, where the heyrs of Fern- 
mai were slaine, viz., O'Crichan and O’Donna- 
gan.”—Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

™ Mac Flannchadha.—Now anglicé Mac Clancy 
and Clancy. 

” Ua Cormacain.—Now anglicó O’Gormagan 
and Gormagan. 

° A living skeleton.—The word anbabpaċz, 
which is otherwise written anpobpaée, is ex- 
plained in Cormac’s Glossary as, “amm vo 
duine Peapgap 7 € »maiger galap co na bi 


998 ANNALA RIOshachca EIREANN. 
oeachaib Eochad Ua Matgamna, co nUleab ma teach, 1 Oonnéad 
Ua Comgpig co nOal Anawde, 7 God Ua Ruaine, co peapaib bpeipne, 3 
Mupchad Ua Maorlechlamn co p(poib Mie. Oo locap rap pm o1blimb 
can Ae Luan co Oán Leoda, 1 cámmc Tompdealbac Ua Concobap co cCon- 
naccaib, 7 Niall, mac Oomnall Meg Cochlamn, a mac pem co mati 
‘Cenel Conall ma aipeachc. Oo éócap ono mle 1appm co Tealaé nOeavhaio 
1nOal cCap,'co nofpnpac opad mbliaóna pm prona Muman, oo deachaid 
cpa Domnall Ua Loclamn ap puo Connacc oia 15. Torppdealbac Ua Con- 
cobain oo 1noapbao Oomnaill Uí Concobaip, a óf(pbpacap, ipm. Muman, 7 
Oomnall oo $abó apccam lá hUi Manne, a tabar 1 lam: Thoipp- 
dealbaig. Poban Pheichin, Cluain Topaipo, Ceall 6eneóm, Cunga, Ceall 
Chuilinn, Ceall Cammoigh, 7 Apo Pacpaice, vo lopecad wile an bliadan. 
Coir Chiopc, mile céo a cfice véce. Oiapmaic Ua Oma, pi Muman, 
oo ensabarl ta Muimpec(pcach Ua mópiam, 7 Muipéfpcach Ua mbpiain vo 
$abóil a pige oopfóipi, cfche ploigl 1 Leangmb 4 1 mop(gaib. Muipé(pcach 
Ua Ciapmaic, ciġlfpna Ame, Oorinall Ua Concobarn Ciapparge, Mupchaò 
Ua Plann, mac Plannchada, ciz(pna Mapccnarge, oo manbad. Oanmlaace 
Opoa bpeacain co na lan oo óaomib oo lopccaó opfpaib Muman, 4 cella 
1omda ancéna 1 pP pai’ boplish. Cylch móp lá Toippdealbac Ua cConcho- 


(1115. 


beoil na pag ma Copp; i. e. a name for a per- 
son whom disease shrivels and dries, so that 
there be no flesh or juice in his body.” 

? Rath-Ceannaigh: i. e. Kenny’s Rath, or 
earthen fort, now Rathkenny, in the barony of 
Upper Slane, and county of Meath. 

* Across Ath- Luain to Dun-Leodha : i. e. across 
the Shannon at the ford of Athlone to Dunlo at 
Ballinasloe.— See note 5, under A. D. 1189. 

* Tealach- Deadhaidh.—N ow Tullagh-O? Dea, in 
the barony of Inchiquin, and county of Clare.— 
See Tulach-Ui-Dheadhaigh, A. D. 1598. 

* Cill-Beneoin: i. e. the church of St. Benean, 
or Benignus, now Kilbannon, a church in ruins, 
at which are the remains of an ancient round 
tower, situated near Tuam, in the barony of 
Dunmore, and oounty of Galway.— See Leabhar- 
na-gCeart, Introduction, pp. ii. to v. 


t Cül-Cdinnigh. — Now Kilkenny, the chief 
town of the county of Kilkenny.—See note 
under the year 1085. 

« Ard- Padraig : Ñe. Patrick's Hill, or height, 
now Ardpatrick, a small village at which are 
the remains of an ancient lrish cloigtheach, or 
round tower, in the barony of Coshlea, and 
county of Limerick. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1114. Flann Maglanchaa, Coarb of 
Molaise of Daivinis ; Maelcoluim O'Cormakan, 
Coarb of Enne-Aran; Diarmaid Ua Flainnchua, 
Coarb of Ailve in Imlech Ivar, bushop, lector, 
liberall in bestowing of goods and meat, and" 
[in doing] ** almes deeds;” [and] ** Ferdovnach 
O'Clucan, Coarb of Kells ; im pace quieverunt. 
An extream kind of disease took Murtagh 


— — 


999 


Ua Lochlainn to Rath-Ceannaigh?, where Eochaidh Ua Mathghamhna, with the . 
Ulidians, went into his house, as did Donnchadh Ua Loingsigh, with the Dal- 
Araidhe; Aedh Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne; and Murchadh Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, with the men of Meath. They all afterwards proceeded across 
Ath-Luain to Dun-Leodha?*, where Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, with the 
Connaughtmen, and Niall, son of Domhnall Mac Lochlainn, his own son, with 
the chieftains of Cinel-Conaill, came to join his assembly. They all afterwards 
proceeded to Tealach-Deadhaidh', in Dal-gCais ; and they made a year's peace 
with the men of Munster. Domhnall Ua Lochlainn then went through Con- 
naught, for home. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair banished Domhnall 
Ua Conchobhair, his brother, into Munster ; and Domhnall was afterwards 
taken by the Ui-Maine, who delivered him into the hands of Toirdhealbhach. 
Fobhar-Feichin, Cluain-Iraird, Cill-Beneoin*, Cunga, Cill-Chuilinn, Cill-Cain- 
nigh‘, and Ard-Padraig", were all burned this year. 

The Age of Christ, 1115. Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster, was 
taken prisoner by Muircheartach Ua Briain ; and Muircheartach Ua Briain 
assumed his kingdom again, and set out with an army into Leinster and Breagha. 
Muircheartach Ua Ciarmhaic, lord of Aine’; Domhnall Ua Conchobhair Ciar- 
raighe; Murchadh Ua Flainn ; the son of Flannchadha, lord of Muscraighe”, 
were slain. The Daimhliag [great stone church] of Ard-Breacain, with its full 
of people, was burned by the men of Munster, and also many other churches 
in [the country of the] Feara-Breagh. A great predatory excursion was made 


1115.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


O'Bryan, king of Ireland, and made him a mi- 
serable wretch, so as hee lett goe his majesty, 
and Dermott took the kingdom in his presence, 
viz, of Monster, without taking" [asking] 
“leave. An army by Donell O'Lochlainn to 
Rath-Cenay, whither Eocha O'Mahon, with 
Ulster, came into his house, and Donogh 
O'Longsy with Dalarai, and Hugh O'Royrk 
with Brefni-men, and Murcha O’Maeilechlainn 
with Meathmen ; and” [they] ** went all after- 
wards over Athlone to Dunleoa, where Torlagh 
O'Conor, with Connaght, and Nell, O’Lochlainn 
his own son, with Kindred-Conell, came to mete 
them, and went all from thence to Tulagh 


O-nDeai in Dalgais, in Monster, where they 
and Monstermen made peace for a yeare. Donell 
O?Lochlainn went along Connaght to his howse. 
Hugh mac Doncha O?h Eochaa, heyre of Ulster; 
Donogh O’ Longsi, king of Dalaray ; O’Canannan, 
„i. Rory, heyre of Kindred-Conell [and] * Mur- 
tagh O’Lochlainn, heire of Ailech, died." — Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 

* Lord of Aine: i.e. of Aine-Cliach, a terri- 
tory extending round the hill of Knockany, in 
the county of Limerick. - 

* Lord of Muscraighe: i.e. of Muscraighe- 
Mitine, otherwise called Muscraighe-Ui-Fhloinn, 
now Muskerry, or Musgrylin, a district com- 


1000 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1116. 


ban 7 la Connachcaib, co po arpgp(c Tuadmurma co Luimneach, co pugpac 
bopoma ofaiprhe 7 bporo 10móa. Maim ma nOomnall Ua mópiam 3 ma 
nalla” ea chat pop Largnib, oú 1 cconcaip Oonnchad Ua Maoil na mbo, 
ci&(mna Ua cCeimnpelarg, 7 Concoban Ua Concobaip, cigna Ua pParlge, 
co na macaib,] pocaide ele cen mo tac. Oomnall Ua Omran, .1. mac Taidg, 
Tiogoamna Muman, oo mapbad oo Chonnachcoibh. Sangid gpeipi a. ag At 
bó, oo €éabaipc oo macaib Maolfchlaino, me Coda, mc Ruaióm, ap Choipp- 
óelbac Ua cConéobaip, ap pígh Connacht, co po loicpioc, 1 sup bo cpolige 
o6. Maolpuanad Ua Ciappoa, cig(pna Comppe, [oécc]. Tflaolpectamn 
Ua Maorleachlainn, píogóarina Ceampach, oo mapbad. | Oomenn oepmaip, 
peod 7 Snecca ón cuicc(ó Callamn décc lanuapn co cingead Callamn décc 
Mapca nó ní ap uille, co po lá áp pop c(&paib pop énlaic, 7 pop daoimib, 7 oia 
po pap ceince móp po Epinn uile, 1 11Cargmb pampead. Coblach la Torp- 
dealbac Ua cConcobaip, pf Connace, gup po amece Oomnall mac Conplebe 
Ui P(ngail, 4 co ccáimc Mupchad Ua Maolfchlainn ma teach, 7 gop po 
dainsnigead Líp budi an beite. Ro 10dbaip cpi peooa 00 Naoim Chiapán 
1. conn 50 nop, 4 bleióe 5o nón, mullócc uma go nóp. . Ro pann Mide 1ap- 
ccam eiccip oa mac Domnaill Ui Mhaoiwleachlaim, Maoilpichlann vo 
€uicim po ceoóip lá Tflupcao. 

Corp Cpíopc, mile céo avech apé. Congalach mac Giollacianam, ap- 
emneach Lip aeioheaó, oécc 1ap bp(nnaimn, 1ap no(gh catmge. Ceallach, 
comapnba Phaccpaice, pon cuaipc Connacc an vapa cup, co ccuc a lan 


prising fifteen parishes, in the north-west of the 
county of Cork.—See Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 44, 
note *. 

* Dounchadh Ua Mael-na-mbo : i.e. Donough, 
or Denis, descendant of Mael-na-mbo. He was 
the father of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, king of 
Leinster, who brought the English into Ireland. 
He was the great grandson of Mael-na-mbo. 

* Ath-bo: i.e. the Ford of the Cow. Not 
identified. 

è Buidhi-an-bheithe : i. e. the yellow-surfaced 
land of the birch. Not identified. 

^ Mullog : i.e. a patena, or cover of a chalice. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 


events under this year: 

* A, D. 1115. Extreame hard weather of frost 
and snow from the 15th Kal. Jan. to the 15th 
Kal. of March, or thereabouts, that it committed 
great slaughter" [i. e. caused great destruction] 
“of byrds, chattle, and men, whereby grewe 
great dearth in all Irland, and especially in 
Leinster above all. Diarmaid O' Bryan, king 
of Mounster, taken by Murtagh O'Bryan. An 
onsett geven by the sonns of Hugh mac Roarye 
to Tirlagh O'Conor at Ath-na-bo, where hee 
was wounded, and" [he] “ languished thereof. 
An overthrow by Donell O'Bryan and Galls of 
Dublin upon Lenster, where Donogh O'Mael- 


—— nus 


ae 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


1116.] 1001 


by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and the Connaughtmen ; and they plun- 
dered Thomond as far as Luimneach, and carried off countless spoils and many 
prisoners. A battle was gained by Domhnall Ua Briain and the foreigners of 
Ath-cliath over the Leinstermen, wherein fell Donnchadh Ua Mael-na-mbo*; 
lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and Conchobhair Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, 
with his sons, and many others besides them. Domhnall Ua Briain, i. e. the 
son of Tadhg, royal heir of Munster, was killed by the Connaughtmen. An 
onset was made at Ath-bo* by the sons of Maeleachlainn, son of Aedh, son of 
Ruaidhri, upon Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobbair, King of Connaught ; and 
they wounded him, so that he was lying in the agonies of death. Maelruanaidh 
Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, [died]. ^ Maelseachlainn Ua Maeleachlainn, royal 
heir of Teamhair, was killed. Boisterous weather, frost, and snow, from the 
fifteenth of the Calends of January to the fifteenth of the Calends of March, or 
longer, which caused great destruction of cattle, birds, and men; whence grew 
a great dearth throughout all Ireland, and in Leinster particularly. A fleet 
was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught; and he 
plundered Domhnall, son of Cusleibhe Ua Fearghail, and Murchadh Ua Mae- 
leachlainn came into his house ; and he fortified Buidhi-an-bheithe* He made 
an offering of three jewels to St. Ciaran, 1. e. a drinking-horn with gold, a cup 
with gold, and a mullog^ of copper with gold. He afterwards divided Meath 
between the two sons of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, [namely, Maelseachlainn 
and Murchadh], but Maelseachlainn fell by Murchadh immediately after. 

The Age of Christ, 1116. Conghalach, son of Gillachiarain, airchinneach 
of Lis-aeidheadh [at Cluain-mic-Nois], died after penance and good repentance. 
Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Connaught the second time, 


nambo, king of Kinsela, was slain, and Conor 
O'Conor, king of Ofaly, with his sonns, and a 
nomber of others. Murtagh O'Teg, king of 
Ferli, killed. Donell mac Teg O’Bryan, heyre 
of Mounster, killed by Connaght. Mahon mac 
Maeilmuay, king of Oneachay, in Mounster; 
Maeilsechlainn O’Fogartai, king of Ely” [died]; 
“Murtagh O’Bryan receaved into his raign 
againe, and came upon Lenster and Bregh with 
an army. Murtagh O’Ciarmaic, lord of Ane; 


O’Conor Kyerry, Donell; Murcha O’Flainn, 
mac Flanchaa, king of Muscrai, all killed. 
Doimliag of Ardbrekan, full of people, burnt 
by Monster, and many more churches in Ma- 
bregh. A greate army by Tyrlagh O'Conor 
and Connaght, and preyed Thomond to Lym- 
rick, and they took innumerable spoyles and 
many captives. Maeilsechlainn O'Maelechlainn, 
king of Tarach, occisus est.— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


6M 


1002 -l ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. (1117. 


éuaipc. Ceall Dalua co na cempall vo lopccaó. | Copcach mop Muman, 
Imleach lubaip, Oeptech Mhaorliopa hl Shpoléamn, Achad bó Chamois, 
Cluam lopaipo, ceachnabad móp Apoa Macha co ppiéic c(5h uimme, 7 blod 
món vo Lip móip Mocuda vo lopcaó 1 ccopach copsaip na blaona ro. 
Plas món4 sopca ipm mbliadamy: 1 Mumam, q 1 Cargmb, co po páparg 
cealla, 7 oúme, tuata, 7 tneaba,] co po eppeld cid po epmo, oap mup 
1apam. Oeanbarl mgn Comnpoelbarg hUi Omar, décc. Cpeach pluaig(ó 
la Compoealbaé Ua cConchobarp 1 Muman, gup po loce 7 Sup. po mop 
bonoma 7 Clnnéonad, 1 po manbad pochade laip. Oo b(pc buap q bpor 
1omda laip no go ccapacc an mbpnoro oo Ohia oo Phlannan. Sluarg(ó la 
Orapmaicc Ua móqpiam,3 lá pna Muman 1 cConnachcanb, 7 po lad a nan 
ipm Ruawd bheitis, co ppapgaibp(c a lón, a neic, a napm, 4 a nérofo. 

Coip Cpiopc, mile céd a vech a peachc. Maolmarpe, eppcop Oám va 
Ueslap, Plann Ua Scula, eppcop Convene, Grollamocua Mac Camcuapca, 
eppcob Domnliacc, Ceallach Ua Colmán, eppcob P(pna, Catappach Ua Co- 


naill, uapal eppcop Connacc, Anmchad hUa hCnmchada, eppcop Apoa 


peapca ópénamn, Mumlohac Ua h€nlamgi, eppcop Cluana peapca bpénamn, 
[oécc]. Maolmuipe Ua Oünáin, aipoeppeop Muman, cn clépec n€peann, 


* The oratory of Maelisa Ua Brolchain.—This 
was at Lismore, in the county of Waterford. 

* Great plague and famine.—'The Saxon Chro- 
nicle records a dearth in England this year: 
“ This year also, the Winter being severe and 
long, it was a very heavy time for the cattle 
and all things, &c. This was a very calamitous 
year, the crops being spoiled by the heavy rains, 
which came on just before August, and lasted 
till Candlemas. Mast also was so scarce this 
year that none was to be heard of in all this 
land, or in Wales."— Giles's Translation of Saxon 
Chronicle. 

* Boromha.—Now Beal-Borumha, an earthen 
fort, situated near the margin of the Shannon, 
about one mile north of the town of Killaloo, in 
the county of Clare. Mr. Dutton, in his Statis- 
tical Account of this county, confounds this 
fort with Ceann-coradh, which was a mile far- 


ther to the south. According to local tradition 
Brian Borumha’s stables and out-offices extended 
from Ceann-coradh to Beal-Borumha ; but no 
remains are now visible except some of the 
earthen ramparts of the fort of Beal-Borumha 
alone. 

f Flannan.—He was the first Bishop of Kil- 
laloe, and was consecrated at Rome about the 
year 639.— See Harris's edition of Ware's 
Bishops, p. 590. 

* Ruaidh- Bheitheach : i.e. the Red Birch, now 
Roevehagh, a townland and hamlet situated in 
the north-west of the parish of Killeely, barony 
of Dunkellin, and county of Galway.—See it 
again referred to at the years A. D. 1143 and 
1599. 

The Annals of Ulster notice the following 
events under this year : 

“A.D. 1116. Ceallach, Coarb of Patrick, 


ae’ 


+ 
M 


— Sá 


ni] 


and he obtained a full tribute. Cill-Dalua, with its church, was burned. Cor- 
cach-mor-Mumhan, Imleach-Iubhair, the oratory of Maelisa Ua Brolehain’, 
Achadh-bo-Chainnigh, Cluain-lraird, the great house of the abbots at Ard- 
Macha, with twenty houses about it, and a great portion of Lis-mor-Mochuda, 
were burned in the beginning of the Lent of this year. A great plague and 
famine? this year in Munster and Leinster, so that churches and fortresses, ter- 
ritories and tribes, were desolated ; and they also spread throughout Ireland 
and beyond seas afterwards. | Dearbhail, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, 
died. A predatory excursion was made.by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair ; 
and he burned and demolished Boromha* and Ceann-coradh, and killed many 
persons. He took many cows and prisoners, but he restored the prisoners to 
God and to Flannan An army was led by Diarmaid Ua Briain and the men 
of Munster into Connaught; and he slaughtered the inhabitants at Ruaidh- 
Bheitheach®, where they left behind their provisions, their horses, their arms, 
and their armour. 

The Age of Christ, 1117. Maelmuire, Bishop of Dun-da-leathghlas; Flann 
Ua Scula, Bishop of Condere; Gillamochuda Mac Camchuarta, Bishop of 
Daimhliag ; Ceallach Ua Colmain, Bishop of Fearna; Cathasach Ua Conaill, 
noble Bishop of Connaught; Anmcha O’hAnmehadha, Bishop of Ard-fearta- 
Brenainn; Muireadhach Ua hEnlaingi, Bishop of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. 
Maelmuire Ua Dunain, Archbishop of Munster", head of the clergy of Ire- 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1003 _ 


upon Visitation of Connaght he second tyme, 
and brought his full visitation, Hugh O’Kin- 
nelvan, King of Laoire; Echry O'Lorkan, King 
of Mallan” [Ui Faelain?] “died. Killdaluo, 
with the church, burnt. Cork-more of Mun- 
ster, and Imlech-Iver; Maeilisa O’Brolchan’s 
manse, and part of Lissmore; Achabo of Can- 
nech, and Clon-Iraird, burnt. The house of 
the great Abbot” [recté, the greathouse of the 
abbots] *in Ardmach, with twenty howses 
about yt, burnt in the begyning of Lent this 
yeare. Great pestilence and famine yett in 
Mounster and Lenster both, that the churches, 
townes, and canthreds, were dispeopled through- 
out Ireland, and beyond seas, and made innu- 


merable slaghters. Lagmonn mac Donell, sonn’s 
sonn to the King of Scotland, killed by” [the] 


“men of Moriab” [Moray]. ‘ Dervail Ny-. 


Tyrlagh O’Bryan mortua est. Congalach mac 
Gilkyaran, Airchinnech of Lisaigy, in bona pe- 
nitentia quievit. The slaghter of Roaveai upon 
Diermaid O'Bryan."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

_ ^ Archbishop of Munster. — This is probably 
an error, for in a contemporaneous document, a 
charter in the Book of Kells, in the Library of 
Trinity College, Dublin, he is called pmo 
leizhe Cuino, i, ev senior of Leath-Chuinn, or 
northern half of Ireland. He was evidently the 
Idunan, Bishop of Meath, given in Harris’s edi- 
tion of Ware's Bishops, p. 140, as having flou- 


6x2 


M^ 


ANNALA RIoshachtd EIREANN. 


1004 [1118. 


] muinigh vénce 1antain €oppa, oécc ın peċcmaò bliabam píccmobac a 
aoii in nonip Cal. lanuapn. ITlaolpuanaio Ua Cibleacám, comopba Peiéin 
Pobaip, vécc. Concobap Ua Pollamam, comonba Cluana €paipo, 7 Eogan 
mac €écigepn, comanba bue, véce. Maolbmsve Mac Ronám, comonba 
Cfhamnpa,7 ap muincipe Cnannpa ume 0o mapbao la hed Ua Ruane, la 
hUib Opium cndce vornnarg Cnomm Owb. Oiapmaree, mac €noa, pf Largtn, 
vo écc m Cle chat. Concobap Ua Caipellám, oo mapbaó oPheapaib Ma- 
nach. Cae C(cám oo tabainc oo bpian mac Mupchada Ui Plaicbtpcaig, 
j oo mac Catal Ui Concobaip co cConnaċcai rompao oo Toppdealbac, 
mac Oiapmacca, 4 oo O«ilecaip,4 po lad a nap ipin cat ipm. Mawm pop 
Chenél n€ogam na hin la Cenel cConaill, apm m po lad a náp, 4 m po 
mapbad ile via maitb.  Orapmaic Ua opio, 4. pip. Muman vo monead 
Thipe Piacpach, 4 Thine Sprain, sup po éupp(c Connaccarg cat poo(p cap 
a néi 1m Chatal mac mic Cacail Ui Choncobaip, 7 1m bpian mac Mup- 
chaoa, co po moppie pempa co Sliab, co nofpnpac loipcée, 7 manbea. Ro 
laip(c Mummsg pluag ma napmaro, sup po piso ramom (coppa. oc Leic- 
peachaib Oòpam, go paormeao po off, sup po mapbaó vá Ua Cinoéiccig, 1 
rochawòe oile oon cup pm. 

Gloip Cpiopt, mile céo oech a hochr. Ruardm Ua Concobaip a. Ruaiópi 
na Soie bue, pi Connacc pp pé cian do écc ma oibiepe hi Cluaín mc Nói, 


rished in the year 1096. See the Miscellany of the 
Trish Archeological Society, pp. 136, 155, 156. 

i Q'Cibhleachain. —Now always O’Gibhlea- 
chain, and anglicised Geilahan. 

x The Ui-Briuin : i.e. the Ui-Briuin-Breifne, 
which was the tribe-name of the O’Rourkes, 
O'Reillys, and their correlatives seated in the 
present counties of Leitrim and Cavan. 

! Domhnach Chroim Duibh : i.e. Black Crom's 
Sunday. This name is to this day applied by 
the Irish to ** Garland Sunday," or the last 
Sunday in summer. Crom Dubh was the name 
of a chieftain in Umhall, who had been a pow- 
erful opponent of St. Patrick, but who was con- 
verted by St. Patrick on this day. 

™ Leacain : i.e. Hill-side. This is probably 
Lacken in the parish of Kilmihil, barony of Clon- 


deralaw, and county of Clare.— Ordnance Map, 
sheet 48. 

? Leitreach- Odhrain.—Now Latteragh, in the 
barony of Upper Ormond, county of Tipperary. 
—See note ¥, under A. D. 548, p. 186, supra. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“A, D. 1117. Connor O'Carillan by Ferma- 
nach killed. Diermatt mac Enna, king of Lein- 
ster, died in Dublin, Owen mac Echtiern, 
Coarb of Buti; Conor O’Follovan, Coarb of 
Clon-Irard ; Cathasach O'Cnaill, Archbushop 
of Connaght, in Christo dormierunt. Maelbryde 
mac Ronan, Cowarb of Kells, and the slaughter 
of the men of Kells about him, killed by Hugh 
O'Royrk and O-Briuins, on the Fridai before 
Crumdufe Sonday ; facies Domini super facientes 


1005 


1118.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


land, and lord of the almsdeeds of the west of Europe, died in the seventy- 
seventh year of his age, on the ninth of the Calends of January. Maelruanaidh 
Ua Cibhleachaini, successor of Feichin of Fobhar, died. Conchobhar Ua Fol- 
lamhain, comharba of Cluain-Iraird ; and Eoghan Mac Echthighern, succes- 
sor of Buithe, died. Maelbrighde Mac Ronain, comharba of Ceanannus, was 
killed, and the people of Ceanannus slaughtered along with him, by Aedh 
Ua Ruairc and the Ui-Briuin*, on the night of Domhnach Chroim Duibh’. 
Diarmaid, son of Enda, King of Leinster, died at Ath-cliath. Conchobhar 
Ua Caireallain was killed by the Feara-Manach. The battle of Leacain™ was 
given by Briain, son of Murchadh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, and the son of Cathal 
Ua Conchobhair, who had the Connaughtmen along with them, to Toirdheal- 
bhach, son of Diarmaid, and the Dal-gCais, and made a slaughter of them in 
that battle. A battle was gained over the Cinel-Eoghain of the Island [i. e. of 
Inis-Eoghain], by the Cinel-Conaill, in which the Cinel-Eoghain were slaugh- 
tered, and many of their chieftains slain. Diarmaid Ua Briain and the men of 
Munster plundered Tir-Fiachrach and Tir-Briuin. The Connaughtmen dis- 
patched a battalion southwards, in pursuit of them, under the conduct of Cathal, 
grandson of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, and Brian, son of Murchadh ; and they 
plundered all before them, as far as the mountain, and committed acts of con- 
flagration and slaughter. The Munstermen sent a host to oppose them ; and 
a battle was fought between them at Leitreacha-Odhrain", and the southerns 
were routed, and two of the Ui-Ceinneidigh and many others were slain on 
that occasion. 

The Age of Christ, 1118. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, i.e. Ruaidhri na 
Soighe Buidhe, King of Connaught for a long time, died on his pilgrimage at 


I 


hec scelera, ut perdat de terra memoria eorum. 
The battle called Cath-Lekan, by Bryan mac 
Muragh, and by the sonns of Cahal O'Conor, 
with Connaght about them, against Tirlagh mac 
Diermod and Dalgais, .i. Munstermen and Dal- 
gais, being overthrowne their slaghter was had. 
The slaghter of Kindred-Owen of the Iland 
putt by Kindred-Conell, that many good men 
with them fell Flann O’Skanlain, bushop of 
Connere; Maelmuire, bushop of Dundalehglas ; 


Gillmochua Mac Camchuarta, bushop of Daim- 
lag; Kellach O'Colmain, bushop of Ferna; 
Anmcha O'Hanmchaa, bushop of Ardfert Bre- 
nainn ; Muireach O’hEanlainge, bushop of Clon- 
fert-Brenainn ; Maelruanai O'Kivlichan, Coarb 
of & long tyme; omnes in Christo dormierunt. 
Maelmuire O’Dunan, chief bushop of the Irish, 
and head of Irland's clergy, and over laetys for 
almes of all the world, in the 77th yeare of his 
age, in Non. Kal. religionis sue magnae optimum 


iw 


S 


oe SS eae 


1000 anNaza RIoghachtd EIREANN. ` [1118. 


yim peplò bliadan picheac 1ap na dalla’ oUa Plaichbheapcaigh. Orap: 
maicc hUa bpmam, pí Muman 1 Lete Moga apc(na, véce hi cConearg móm 
Muman iap nonga 7 1ap naiémge. — Oorimall, mac Ruawpr Uí Concobarp, 
posdarmna Conoachc, oécc. Cagnén Ua Ouiboapa, cis fnna Pfpmanac, oo 
manbad oo Uib Piacpach 7 opmaat na cnanbe. Oman, mac Mupchada 
Uí dman, piogdamna Muman, oo mapnbad lá Caog mac Captarg 7 la Uff- 
mumain. Slórg(o lá Coinpoealbac Ua Concobarn, pf Connacc,7 la Munchad 
Ua Maoileaclamn, ní Timpa, 7 la hOod Ua Ruaipe 1pm Muman go Glenn 
Mhaghaip, co ccapacce O(pmuma vo Mhac Captagh,7 Tuadmuma oa 
macaibh Orapmaoa Ui bhmiain, 7 vo beapc a ngialla oíblímb. Slag ole 
lap co hOlé chat, co ccuc mac mg Cémpaé a. Oomnall mac Mupncada 
Uí Marleaclainn, bai illo Ghall, q g'alla Gall pavdém,7 Oppaige, 7 Lağ- 
ean [3o mbliadna a aeip an can pm]. Tlenóm Chino vape pop Uib €acoach 
Ulad pia Mupchad Ua Ruabacám, co po lad a náp. Mupducann oo $aboil 
oo 1apecamb conad lp ap slino 1 nOppangib, 7 apole hi Pope Cage. 
Moéppluas Connacc ım Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain go Cnn conad, sup po 
vcurnead leo he ipm Sionainn ewmm clot 7 cnpann. O baorgeallam, ollam 
Eneann, vo mapbao lap an Spailleach Ua Flannagan ap ngaboil cige pa. 


cursum, consumait. Maelmuire O'Dunan, arch- 
bushop O'Dunan, Archbushop of Munster, 
quievit. The battle of Lettrachs."— Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. 

° The twenty-sixth year.—See the year 1092. 

» The men of Crachh.—Fir na Craeibhe. This 
tribe was seated in O’Kane’s territory; but 
their exact situation at this time has not been 
determined. At a later period they were seated 
in the present barony of Coleraine, county of 
Londonderry. 

3 Gleann-Maghair.—Now Glanmire, a remark- 
able glen or narrow valley, near the city of 
Cork.—See note under A. D. 1569. 

* Thirty years of agé.— This passage is not in 
the Stowe copy, and was evidently interpolated 


into the Academy copy at the suggestion of. 


Charles O'Conor of Belanagare. 
* Ceann-dara: i.e. Head or Hill of the Oak. 


Not identified. i 

t Lis- Arglinn.—No ow Listerlin, near Inistiogue, 
in the barony of Ida, and county of Kilkenny. 
Dr. O’Conor translates this passage very incor- 
rectly as follows: ** Marinum monstrum cap- 
tum a piscatoribus, cujus longitudo fuit talis 
ut pars esset in Ossoria et pars altera in Water- 
fordia.” He refers to the Annals of Ulster for a 
parallel passage, which he also translates incor- 
rectly, though the old translator of the Annals 
of Ulster renders it correctly. 

u Hurled it—The meaning is: “And tore 
down the royal palace of Kincora, and hurled its 
materials, both stone and wood, into the River 
Shannon.” , 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“A, D. 1118. Laignen O'Duvdara, king of 
Fermanach, killed by O-Fiachrachs, and by the 


"2 


1118.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. f 1007 


Cluain-mic-Nois, the twenty-sixth year? after his having been blinded by 
Ua Flaithbheartaigh. Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster and of all Leath- 
Mhogha, died at Corcach-mor-Mumhan, after unction and penance. Domhnall, 
son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, died. Laidhgnen 
Ua Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach, was slain by the Ui-Fiachrach [of Ard- 
sratha], and the men of Craebh?. Brian, son of Murchadh Ua Briain, was slain 
by Tadhg Mac Carthaigh and the people of Desmond. An army was led by 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, [who was joined by] 
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, and by Aedh Ua Ruairc, as 
far as Gleann-Maghair* in Munster ; and he gave Desmond to Carthaigh, and 
Thomond to the sons of Diarmaid Ua Briain, and carried off the hostages of 
both. Another army was led by him to Ath-cliath ; and he carried away the 
son of the King of Teamhair, i. e. Domhnall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, 
who was in the hands of the foreigners, and the hostages of the foreigners 
themselves, as well as those of Osraighe and Leinster. [He was thirty years of 
age' at this time]. The battle of Ceann-dara? was gained over the Ui-Eathach- 
Uladh, by Murchadh Ua Ruadhacan, who made a slaughter of them. A mer- 
maid was taken by the fishermen of the weir of Lis-Arglinn', in Osraighe, and 
another at Port-Lairge. "The great army of Connaught, under Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, marched to Ceann-coradh, and hurled it" into the Sinainn, 
both stone and wood. O'Baoigheallain, chief poet of Ireland, was killed by 
Spailleach Ua Flannagain, after he [O'Flannagain] had forcibly taken the house 
in which he was. 


men of Krive. Diermaid O?Bryan, king of Mon- 
ster, and all Lethmoga, mortzus est, in Corkmor, 
in Monster, after penance and receipt of sacre- 
ment. ‘To the value” [merr] “of 100 ounces of 
Mass instruments? [oo aibmib cipppinn] “of 
Kellagh, Comarba of Patricke, was drowned in 
Davall, and he escaped hardly himself, Paschalis, 
Comarba of Peter, a religious servant, with love 
of God and his neighbours, ad Christum migra- 
vit. Maria Ni" [i. e. Mary, daughter of ] “ Moyl- 
colum, king of Scotland, wife to the king of Eng- 
land, mortua est. Bryan mac Muragh O’Bryan, 
heyr of Monster, killed by Teig Mac Carthai, 


and by Desmond. An army by Tirlagh O’Conor, 
king of Connaght, and by Morough O’Melagh- 
lin, king of Tarach, with him, and by Hugh 
O'Roirk, into Mounster, untill they came to 
Glenn-Mayr, and gave Desmond to Macarthai, 
and Thomond to the sons of Dermott” [O’Bryan] 
“and brought their pledges on eyther syde. 
Another army by him to Dublin, and he brought 
the sonn of the king of Tarach, who was cap- 
tive in the hands of the Galls, together with 
their owne pledges, and the hostages of Lein- 
ster and Ossory. A wonderfull tale tould by 
the pilgrims: that an Earthquake fell down 


1008 annaca ngioghachca EIREANN. [1119 


Cloip Cope, mile céd a naoi oécc. Ruaidm aipcmoeach Otna méine, 
Peangal Innpi Loca Cpé. pmóm capmionech, milead cogaibe vo Chpíopc, 4 
O1apmaro Ua C(nna, comapba Shfnam Innpi Cata, paor atpiéce, véce. 
Mumpc(pcac Ua Oram, pi Epeann, cup opoam 4 eineachaip raptaip vomain, 
bég 1ap mbuaid mse 7 aiépige, 1 pel Mocaeméce Cée, 1 pepo 1o Manca, 7 
a adnacal 1 cceampall Cille Dalua, 1ap naiémige pin peipead bliadam 
a tpeablafoe. Niall, mac Domnaill Meg Lachlan, mogdamna Oilig 4 
€peann, ceatpa €penn beóp ap cput, ap céill, ap emec,7 ap epgna, oo turcim 
lá Cenel Moan ipin oécmao bliadan pié(c a aoip. Oormnall Ua hoech, 
ci&(pna Ua n€coac, oo mapnbaó lá hEcm mac Plaéb(pcag. Concoban 
Ua Gorml(oharg, caoipeac Cenél Moan, oo manbad vo Uib Ouboa,4 vo 
Chlomn Plaicb{pcag. Platbeancach Ua Landgnén, cig(pna. Efpnmange 
pri né, vécc. Mac Oonnchaw mic Giollapáccpaicc, niogóarna Opparge, 
oo manbad oo Oppagib pem. Cócolléalle Ua b6aigeallam, apo ollam 
€peann lé van. Sao lé vepe, le heinfch 4 le conaipcle corcémn pm cpuag- 
aib  cnénaib, oo mapnbad op(naib Luce 7 vo Chuaié pata, co na mnao, 7 
co nd órap mac lan mat amaille lé córmg(n 4 cmocaic ele ecip mumeip 3 
aowfoob m aom cis hi Satapn minéaipg hı pél 6ecám me Cula. Cod 


many cittyes, and slaughtered many men” [over- 
whelmed many cities and destroyed many per- 
sons]. ‘There was another wonderfull tale in 
Ireland, that ys: a Mermaid to bie taken by 
the Fishers of” [the weir of] **Lisarglinn, in 
Ossory, and another at Waterford. Donell mac 
Roary O’Conor, heyre of Connaght, died. The 
discomfiture of Kenn-Daire, upon O-Neachai of 
Ulster, by Murcha O'Ruagan, and” [recté, who] 
“ slaughtered them. Roary O'Conor, king of 
Connaght, after many yeares so, died in his pil- 
grimage in Clonmicnois, in the 26th” [year] 


tival of St. Mochaemhog, or Pulcherius, was 
kept here on the 4th of the Ides of March. 

* The Ui Dubhda: i.e. the O'Duddeys. These 
are to be distinguished from the Ui-Dubhda or 
O'Dowdas of Connaught, who are of a different 
race.—See Genealogies, $c. of Hy-Fiachrach, 
note £, pp. 111, 112. 

* The Clann- Flaithbheartaigh : i.e. the family of 
the Ui-Fhlaithbheartaigh, now the O'Laffertys, 
or O'Lavertys, who are still numerous in the 
counties of Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry. 

* Tuath-ratha.—Now Tooraah, a territory 


“after his blinding."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 
* Island of Loch Cre.—Now Monahincha, near 
Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary.— See 
note *, under A. D. 802, p. 412, suprà. 
* Mochaemhog of Liath: i.e. of Liath-mor, 
near Thurles, in the county of Tipperary. 
According to O'Clery's Jrish Calendar, the fes- 


comprised in the barony of Magheraboy, and ` 
county of Fermanagh. 

> Becan, son of Cula.—He was the patron 
saint of Imleach-Fia, near Kells, in Meath, 
where his festival was formerly kept on the 5th 
of April. The Sunday next after Easter is 
called Minchaisg, i. e. Little Easter, by the 


— P 


1119.j ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1009 


The Age of Christ, 1119. Ruaidhri, airchinneach of Othain-mor ; Fedr- 
ghal, of the island of Loch-Cre", a venerable senior, and a select soldier of 
Christ; and Diarmaid Ua Leanna, successor of Seanan of Inis-Cathaigh, a para- 
gon of penance, died. Muircheartach Ua Briain, King of Ireland, prop of the 
glory and magnificence of the west of the world, died, after the victory of reign 
and penance, on the festival of Machaemhog of Liath*, on the sixth [recte fourth] 
of the Ides of March, and was interred in the church of Cill-Dalua, after pe- 
nance, in the sixth year of his illness. Niall, son of Domhnall Mac Lochlainn, 
royal heir of Aileach and of Ireland, [and who was] also the paragon of Ireland 
for personal form, sense, hospitality, and learning, fell by the Cinel-Moain, in 
the twenty-eighth year of his age. Domhnall Ua hAideith, lord of Ui-Eathach, 
was killed by Echri, son of Flaithbheartach. Conchobhar Ua Goirmleadhaigh, 
chief of Cinel-Moain, was slain by the Ui-Dubhda’ and the Clann-Flaithbhear- 
taigh”. Flaithbheartach Ua Laidhgnen, lord of Fearnmhagh for a time, died. 
The son of Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, royal heir of Osraighe, was slain by 
the Osraighi themselves. Cucollchoille Ua Baigheallain, chief ollamh of Ire- 
land in poetry, a man distinguished for charity, hospitality, and universal bene- 
volence towards the needy and the mighty, was killed by the men of Lurg and ` 
Tuath-ratha*, with his wife and two very good sons, and also five-and-thirty 
other persons, consisting both of his family and guests, in one house, on the 
Saturday before Little Easter, being the festival of Becan, son of Cula^ Aedh 


Irish. The Annals of Ulster record the fol- 
lowing events under this year: 

* A, D. 1119. Kinn-corad destroied by Con- 
naght. Murtagh O'Bryan, king of Irland, and 
the golden juell of the west of the World, after 
prosperity of raigne and penaunce, in Mocay- 
moge's feast, and in the 6th of the Ides of 
March (10 Martii), in 5 feria, in 28 Lung, mor- 
tuus est. Donell O'Hadeth, king of O’Neachai, 
killed by Echry mac Laithvertai O’ Hadith, king 
of O-Neachai after. Cucholchaille O’Bagellan” 
[O^Boylan], ** archpoet of Irland, and an excel- 
lent splenderry for liberality and condescending 
of both poor and rich, strong and feeble, killed 
by the men of Lurg and Tueth-Rath, together 


with his wife, and two sonns good inough, and 
35 aliis of his owne people and strangers, in one 
house, Saturday in Small Easter, and in St. 
Becan, son of Cula, his feast? [cum sua uxore et 
duobus filiis satis bonis et cum xaav. aliis et familia 
et hospitibus in una domu].  ** Flathvertagh 
O'Laignen, king of Fernmai a long time, died. 
Hugh mac Branan’s” [recté, O'Byrne's] “sonn, 
king of Leinster, killed. Donogh Mac Gillpa- 
trick’s sonn, heyre of Ossory, killed by Ossory 
themselves.. Roary O'Domrair, Airchinnech 
of Athain-mor, quievit. Ferall of Iland Loch- 
Cre, elder godly, chosen knight of God, ad 
Christum migravit. [Concobap hua §ailmpe- 
dag, coipiué Ceneil Moem oo mapbaó vo 16 


6N 


1010 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1190. 


Ua bpan, cina amip Congén, oo cc. Ua Tuatal, cigna Ua Mupi- 
ag, oo mapbao. Clod Ua Conc (namn, céna Ua nOi:apmaoa, oo écc. Móp 
coblach la Toimpdealbac Ua Concobaip, lá pi Epeann mapa po péiorgeao 
an cSionann laip, 5o pf Laigin 4. € noa Mac Mupchada,7 5o pi nOppage 
1. Oonnéad mac Hiollapaccparce 7 5o maiti” Gall Aca chat maille ppp 
50 pamice go Cll Oalua, 4 báccap acharo pube ag cocaiteam bid Mu- 
mhan. 

Cop Cpiorc, mile céd a piche. Slog la Tompdealbac Ua cConco- 
bain 1 hoe, sup po 10nnapb Mupchad Ua Maoil(chlaimn ipm cuarpceipc go 
pug a ġéill lap pop paopam comapba Dháccpaicc 7 na bacla lopa. Ceal- 
lach comapba Phaccpaice pon cuaipc Muman an vapa cup co cuc a órgpnéip, 
1 co ppapccaib bennaccain. Slog lá Oomnall Ua Loclamn 1 pórmėm 
Munchaw Uf Mhaoileactainn co hOféluam m acca Connaéc, co ccapacc 
Compóealbac Ua Concobain bpéice pit ımpú. €chmapcach mac Uiopm 
caoipeac. Chenél Peanavhaig, oo mapbad opepaibh Manach. Maodm 
macaine Chille mope Ua Nialláin pa Ragnall mac Meic Riabarg pon 
Uib €acoach, m po láó a nap. Spandn mac Hiollacpiorc, caorpeaó Copcac- 
lann, oo écc. Onoicle Ata Luam, opoic(c Ata Cpóich, 4. opoié(c Ohám 
Leoda pop Suca vo dénam la Toinpdelbach Ua cConéobamp. lonach Toll- 
cín oo venam lá Toinpdealbach Ua cConchobhamp. 

Clip Cpíopc, mle piche a haon. Samuel Ua hAnghi, eppcop Ata chat, 
00 écc, 7 Ceallach comanba Dhacpaicc, oo gabáil eppugóroe Ata chat a 


Ouboa, 1 vo Chlomn Garebeancarg. Niall 
mac Domnaill hU! Cocluinn, poomna ilig 
1 €neann, 4 Teatpa Epeann, ap cpuz, 7 ap 
céill, ap amech, 1 ap eapgna oo cuizim la 
Cenel Moen ipin um. bliadam xx. a api 
luan, 4 m x. mad, 7 hi peil na cpi mac nennac 
m z-um. Kal. 3jan.]"— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49; 
& Bodl. copy. 

* Cill-mor Ua- Niallain : i. e. the great church 
of O'Neilland, now Kilmore, in the barony of 
O’Neilland West, and county of Armagh. 

è The bridge of Ath-Luain: i.e. of Athlone on 
the Shannon. 

* The bridge of Ath- Croich.— This was near the 


present Shannon harbour.—See Tribes and Cus- 
toms of Hy-Many, p. 5. 

f The bridge of Dun-Leodha on the Suca : i. e. 
the bridge of Dunlo on the Suck. This bridge 
stood over the River Suck, opposite Dunlo- 
street, in the present town of Ballinasloe, on 
the boundary of the counties of Galway and 
Roscommon. 

* The fair of Tailltin.— Toirdhealbhach, or 
Turlough O'Conor, by the celebration of this 
national fair indicated his title to the monarchy 
of all Ireland. The Annals of Ulster record 
the following events under this year : 

“A. D. 1120. An army was led by Donell 


1120.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1011 


Ua Brain, lord of East Leinster, died. Ua Tuathail, lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh, 
was slain. Aedh Ua Conceannainn, lord of Ui-Diarmada, died. A great fleet 
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland, before the Sinainn was 
cleared by him, with the King of Leinster, i. e. Enna Mac Murchadha, and with 
the King of Osraighe, i. e. Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig, and the chiefs of the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath along with him, until he arrived at Cill-Dalua ; and 
they remained for some time consuming the provisions of Munster. 

The Age of Christ, 1120. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Con- 
chobhair into Meath, and he expelled Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into the 
North ; and he carried off hostages, under the protection of the successor of 
Patrick and the Staff of Jesus. Ceallach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation 
of Munster the second time ; and he obtained his full demand, and imparted 
his blessing. An army was led by Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, to the relief of 
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, to Ath-Luain, against Connaught; and Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Conchobhair made a false peace with them.  Eachmarcach Mac 
Uidhrin, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh, was slain by the Feara-Manach. The 
battle of the plain of Cill-mor Ua-Niallain* was gained by Raghnall, son of Mac 
Riabhaigh, over the Ui-Eathach, in which the latter were slaughtered. Branan, 
son of Gillachrist, chief of Corcachlann, died. The bridge of Ath-Luain?, the 
bridge of Ath-Croich* [on the Sinainn], and the bridge of Dun-Leodha on the 
Suca', were made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. The fair of Tailltint 
was celebrated by T'oirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. 

The Age of Christ, 1121. Samuel Ua hAingli' Bishop of Ath-cliath, 
died ; and Ceallach, successor of Patrick, assumed the bishopric of Ath-cliath 


O’Lochlin, for the aid of Murrogh O'Melaghlin, 
towards Athlone. Tirlagh O'Conner brak of 
their conspiracie” [recté, made a bpéz[wó, i.e. 
false or pretended peace with them]. **An 
overthrow in the field of Kilmore O'Nyallane 
by Randall the sonne of Mac Reogh, against 
Iveagh, where their destruction or slaughter 
was wrought. Connogher, mac Flannacan, mic 
Duncuan, the chief of the Birnes, being wounded 
in the mountaynes of Uaitt” [Sliabh-Fhuait] 
* by the O'Cremthainns, thereof died. Cellach, 
the Coarb of Patrick, visiting Mounster, was 


there much reverenced, that they deserved his 
benediction. Brannan mac Gillechrist, king of. 
Corck-Aghlin, deceased.  Eaghmareagh mac 
Uidhrein, the chief of Kenell-Fearadhaigh, was 
slaine by the people of Fermanagh.”— Cod. Clar., 
tom. 49. 

^ Samuel Ua hAingli.—See Colgan’s Trias 
Thaum., p. 300; and Harris’s edition of Ware’s 
Bishops, pp. 310, 311. It would appear from 
a document published by Ussher in his Sylloge, 
p. 100, that the Danes of Dublin did not submit 
to Cellach or Celsus on this occasion. 


6x2 


^ dis ae eS ee es b P r LA -—MUL 


1012 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. 121. 


coga Gall 3 Gaoweal. Oomnall, mac CIpogaup Mic Cochlainn, pi Eneann, 
oeappecargéeaé Gaoweal ap cpuc, cenél, céill, sarpecead, ponup, 7 pobap- 
tan, ap tiodnacal peóo 7 bid vo épénaib 7 tpuagsarb, vo écc 1 nOoipe Choluim 
Chille, 1ap mbert p(cc mbliadna picle uap Epinn 1 pise, 7 én bhadan véce 
1 prge Chg, pm cpeap badam plecmogac a aeipi oióce Céoaome 1 cíépa- 
mad lo Pebpa,7 1 ppéil mocuanog pampead. Hille eppurg €ogam Ua hAm- 
viapparo, cigna Crannacca Slinne Hemm vo mapbao oa bpenepb. 
Cumaige mac Oconada Us Plomn, cig£pna Ouplarp, oo vádad Loch Eacdac, 
raj ngabeul Innpi oparcpenn pain oo Urb €acoac vú 1 ccopcpaccap coig(p ap 
c(cpáéac. Maolpeclainn Ua Ceallacain a. ci$(pna. Ua n€atac Muman, 
aipecap oeipceipc Muman, oo écc. Slag la Corppoealbac Ua Concobaip, 7 
la coiccead Connaéc 1 noípmumam oia po mopse 6 ca Mag Femin co 
Cpaig Li eccip &uaca 4 cealla. Cpeachpluaig(ó lá Toippdealbac beóp 1 
nO (pmurmain, co nuaéc c(pmann Lip móip, 1. co ccapacc bópoma oiaipme, 7 
po papccbao don cup pm Muat Ua Plartbeancas, ci5(pna rapcaip 
Conoacc, 7 Cod Ua h€ióm, cigna Ua Priaépach Chone, 7 Muipslp Ua Cop- 
cám co pochaioib oile. Cugailéng Mac Giollapeaénall, cis(pna Oeipceinc 
bpls oo mapbao la Gallaib Ata chat. Of ppec Tpm Maryam ó oopap 
Rata co cpoip mbpigve do lopccao in Apo Macha. Attach gaoice móipe 
vo é&iachcam 1 nOecembep na bliadna po co po lá a bfnocobap vo cloicteach 
Apoa Macha, 4 po la oan piodap món pó Epimn. Cloicteach Chelca nlon- 
mamoe 1 nOppaighb vo oluge vo Caoip teinead, 7 cloc vo plgeinm ap an 


i Domhnall, son of Ardghar.—This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows: 

* A. D. 1121. Domnaldus, Lochlanni ex Ard- 
garo filio nepos, Rex Hibernie, Hibernorumque 
forme prestantià, generis nobilitate, animi in- 
dole, et in rebus agendis dexteritate pariter ac 
prosperitate, excellentissimus; postquam multa 
munera egenis clementer et potentibus libera- 
liter fuerat elargitus, in Roboreto Divi Columbze 
(hoc est Dorensi Monasterio) anno statis sux 
septuagesimo tertio, et principatus in Hibernia 
yigesimo septimo, postquam ante annis undecim 
fuisset Rex seu Princeps de Aileach ; quarto Idus 
Februarii, in nocte ferie quarte, ipso S. Mo- 


chuaroci festo decessit." — Z'rias Thaum., p. 504. 

* Fourth of the Ides of February.—This should 
be “fifth of the Ides of February ;" for, accord- 
ing to the Feilire-A enguis, and O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar, the festival of Mochuaroc, who was also 
called Cuaran the Wise, of Deisi-Mumhan, was 
held on the fifth of the Ides, i.e. the 9th of 
February. Colgan notices this error of the Four 
Masters in his remarks on the passage just 
quoted : “ Hae Quatuor Magistri, ubi pro quarto 
Idus Februarii potius quinto Idus ejusdem debet 
legi ; tum quia festum S. Mochuaroci quinto Idus, 
seu die nono Februarii celebratur juxta domesticos 
passim Martyrologos ; tum quia anno 1121, quo 


Sree a Se 


1121.) . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1013 


by the suffrages of the foreigners and Irish. Domhnall, son of Ardghar’. Mac 
Lochlainn, King of Ireland, the most distinguished of the Irish for personal 
form, family, sense, prowess, prosperity and happiness, for bestowing of jewels 
and food upon the mighty and the needy, died at Doire-Choluim-Chille, after 
having been twenty-seven years in sovereignty over Ireland, and eleven years 
in the kingdom of Aileach, in the seventy-third year of his age, on the night of 
Wednesday, the fourth of the Ides of February*, being the festival of Mochuarog. 
Gilla-Easbuig Eoghain Ua hAinniarraidh, lord of Cianachta-Glinne-Geimhin, 
was killed by his brothers. Cumaighe, son of Deoraidh Ua Floinn, lord of 
Durlas, was drowned in Loch-Eathach, after [the island of] Inis-Draicrenn! had 
been taken upon him by the Ui-Eathach, where forty-four persons were slain. 
Maelseachlainn Ua Ceallachain”, lord of Ui-Eathach-Mumhan, the splendour of 
the south of Munster, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Concho- 
bhair and the people of the province of Connaught into Desmond, by which 
they plundered from Magh-Femhin to Traigh-Li’, both territories and churches. 
A plundering excursion was, moreover, made by Toirdhealbhach, and he arrived 
at the Termon of Lis-mor, and he obtained countless cattle spoils ; and he lost 
on that occasion Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartaigh, lord of West Connaught ; 
Aedh Ua hEidhin, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne ; Muirgheas Ua Lorcain ; and 
many others. Cugaileang Mac Gillaseachnaill, lord of South Breagha, was slain 
by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Two streets of Trian-Masain®, from the door 
of the fort to Cros-Brighde, were burned in Ard-Macha. A great wind-storm 
happened in the December of this year, which knocked off the conical cap of 
the cloictheach of Ard-Macha, and caused great destruction of woods through- 
out Ireland. The cloictheach of Tealach-nInmainne?, in Osraighe, was split by 


Donnaldus decessit, dies nonus Februarii incidit 
in feriam quartam, cujus nocte fertur. dececisse.” 
— Trias Thaum., p. 300. 

! Inis- Draicrenn.—Now Rathlin, a small island 
opposite Rockland, where the Upper Bann falls 
into Lough Neagh, in the north-east of the 
county of Armagh. 

m Ua Ceallachain.—Now O'Callaghan, a family 
still highly respectable in Munster. Lord Lis- 
more is probably the present chief. 

? Traigh- Li.—Now Tralee, the chief town of 


the county of Kerry. 


° Two streets of Trian-Masain.—This and the 
succeeding passage is translated by Colgan as 
follows : : 

“A. D. 1121. Due platee ín Trian-Massain, 
a portà Rathensi seu Arcis usque ad Crucem 
S. Brigide Ardmache igne consumpte sunt. 
Ingens venti tempestas hoc anno in mense De- 
cembri supremum tectum turris Ardmachane 
dejecit."— Trias Thaum., p. 300. 

P The cloictheach of Tealach-nInmainne ; i. e, 


1014 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. (1122. 


ccloicéeach ipin, co po mapb mac Leiginn ipn cill. Rigbapoan, mac Con- 
coipne, ciġeapna Ele vo écc. Concoban Ua Poccapca, tigepna oepceinc 
Ele vo mapbao. 

Coir Cpíopc, mile céd piche a 06. Scpin Colmám, mic Cuacháin, oo 
pagbáil m laid Camoe pean cubao 1 ccalmaimm ceoaom an bport do ponn- 
pad po pich. Pepgna mac €cheigeipn, comanba bite, paccant  eccnaió, 
Q[noaó mac Meic Ulca, aipcinvech Cúile patam, 7 Concoban Ua C1ogoa, 
comanba Ciilbe, véce. Congal, pfplersinn Cluana h€paipo, oécc 1 nglionn 
oá Loca ma alitpe. Cod Ua Oubdfopma, coipeac na Opéoca, ceann ems 
cuaipceipc €peann, 4 Oomnall a bnataip oo écc. Oonnpléibe Ua hOccam, 
caopeaé Cenel P(nccupa, 4 peccarpe Celéa Og, vécc. Maelpechlamn 
Ua Oonnacéám, crgeapna Apad tine, oécc. Qod Ua Ruane 3. mac Domnaill, 
cigna Conmaicne, oo tuicim la phai Míde oc bpeit cpeice uaoaib. 
Slóigfó la 'Coppoealbaé Ua cConcobaip co Loch Sailech 1 Mide, co ccamic 
mac Mupchada, pf Larg q Gall ma teach. Cpech mop lá Concoban Mac 
Laclamn, 7 lá Cenél n€ogam co pangaccap co Cill Rua mo Ullcorp, 4 


the steeple or round tower of Tullymaine, near 
Callan, in the county of Kilkenny.—See note ", 
under A. D. 1026, p. 812, suprà. 

4 Righbhardan, son of Cucoirne.— This is an 
error of the Four Masters, because this chief- 
tain was slain in 1058. The Dublin copy of the 
Annals of Innisfallen notices at this year the 
death of O'Fogarty, chief of the southern Ely, 
being slain by the army of Turlough O'Conor, 
but makes no mention of Righbhardan. 


The Annals of Ulster record the following. 


events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1121. Donell mac Artgail mic Loch- 
lin, monarch of Ireland, the excellentest of the 
lrish, as well by favour and countenance" [as] 
“ by birth also, witt, and chivalry, by happiness 
and constancie, by bounty and hospitality, died 
at Derry of Columbkill, in the 38th yeare of his 
reigne, and the 76th year of his age, upon Wed- 
nesday, at night, 4. Id. Februarii, 18. Lune. 
upon the feast of St. Mocuarog. Cumaighy mac 
Deory O’Fflynn, king of Derlas, being drowned 


in Loghneagh, after he wonn the Iland of Dar- 
carcrenn from Iveagh” [recté, after the Iveaghs 
had wonn the Iland of Darcarcrenn, now Rath- 
lin islet, in Lough Neagh, from him.—Ep.] 
** where there hath been 45 slaine. Gilleaspoig- 
Eoghain O'Hainniaraidh, king of Ciannaghta, 
was slain by his own kinsmen in the middest 
of Banchor church yard? [now Banagher, near 
Dungiven, in the county of Londonderry. —E».] 
* Great forces gathered by Terlagh O'Connor, 
and by the province of Connaght, towards Des- 
mond, untill he came within the borders or 
liberties of Lismore, and brought from thence 
a great pray of cowes past number[ing], and 
there lost Muredach O'Flaiverty, king of West 
Connaght; Hugh O'Heidhin, king of O-Fiagh- 
rach. The steeple of Telagh Innmynn, in Oss- 
raighe, burnt with fire” [recté, split by a thun- 
derbolt], “from the which a stone that fell 
downe killed one of the clearks" [recté, one of 
the students]. “ Samuel O’Hangli, bushop of 
Dublin, rested in peace. Ceallagh, the Comharb 


1122.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1015 


a thunderbolt, and a stone flew from the cloictheach, which killed a student in 
the church. Righbhardan, son of Cucoirne’, lord of Eile, died Conchobhar Ua 
Fogarta, lord of South Eile, was killed. 

The Age of Christ, 1122. The shrine of Colman, son of Luachan, was 
found in the tomb of Lann', a man’s cubit in the earth : on Spy Wednesday 
precisely it was found. Feargna Mac Echthigheirn, successor of Buithe, a wise 
priest ; Annadh, son of Mac Ulca, airchinneach of Cuil-rathain ; and Concho- 
bhar Ua Lighda*, successor of Ailbhe, died. Conghal, lector of Cluain-Iraird, 
died at Gleann-da-locha, on his pilgrimage. Aedh Ua Duibhdhirma, chief of 
Breadach', head of the hospitality of the north of Ireland, and Domhnall, his 
brother, died. Donnsleibhe Ua hOgain, chief of Cinel-Fearghusa", and lawgiver 
of Tealach-Og, died. Maelseachlainn Ua Donnagain, lord of Aradh-thire, died. 
Aedh Ua Ruairc, i.e. the son of Domhnall, lord of Conmhaicne, fell by the 
men of Meath, as he was carrying off a prey from them. An army was led by 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair to Loch Saileach* in Meath, where Mac Mur- 
chadha, King of Leinster, came into his house. A great predatory excursion 
was made by Conchobhar Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, until they 
arrived at Cill-ruaidh*, in Ulidia ; and they carried off countless cattle spoils. 


of St. Patrick's, made Bushop of Dublin, by the 
election both of the English and Irish. Da 
Sreith, in Trian-Massan, from the mote doore” 
[recté, the rath doore] “to St. Bridgitt’s crosse, 
being then all burnt. A great storme happened 
the ninth of December, and struck off the brasen 
topp” [recté, the Beannchopor, or conical cap— 
Ep.] “of the steeple of Ardmagh, and many pro- 
digies shewen” [recté, caused great destruction 
of woods] “ over all Ireland.”—Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

T Zann: i.e. Lann-mhic-Luachain, in Meath. 
—See note !, under A. D. 929, p. 624, suprà. 

* Ua Lighda.—Now anglicised Liddy, with- 
out the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Breadach—A territory comprising about 
the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen, and 
county of Donegal. The name is still retained 
in Bredach-Glyn, and the little River Bredach 


flowing through it into Lough Foyle. * Bredach 
est fluviolus peninsule de Inis-Eoguin, qui in 
sinum de Loch Fabhuil apud Magh-bile exone- 
ratur.”—Trias Thaum., pp. 145, 181. 

> Cinel-Fearghusa.—A sept of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, seated at Tulloghoge in Tyrone. The 
chief family of this tribe took the name of 
O’h-Ogain, ‘now O'Hagain, and anglicé O'Hagan. 

" Loch Saileach : i.e. Lake of the Sallows, 
now Lough Sallagh, in the parish of Dunboyne, 
in the county of Meath,—See note i, under the 
year 738, p. 339, supra. 

* Cill-ruaidh.—Now Kilroot, in the barony of 
Upper Glenarm, and county of Antrim, where 
St. Colman, a disciple of St. Ailbhe, of Emly, 
erected a cell.—See Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Anti- 
quities of Down and Connor, §c., p. 60, note ™. 
This church is described in the Feilire-Aenguis, 
at the 16th of October; and in O'Clery's Irish 


1016 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1123. 


cugpac bópoma oipime. Maolcoluim Ua bpolcain, eppcop Apoa Maca, vo 
écc ma oilichpe 1 nOipipc Oorpe po buaid mapepa q naicpise. 

op Cpíope, mile piche acpi. Congup Ua Hopman, comapnba Com- 
jall, vo écc ma aalitpe WLiop mop Mocuva. Flann Ua Ourbimpi, aipcmveach 
Lugmaid, Maolmaipe Ua Conoubám, arnóémoeach Oone Cunain,7 Maorliopa 
Ua hOhpep, maop Conoache, vécc. Congalach Ua Plartb(pcars, piog- 
orina Oihg, véce. Cucarpit Ua Ceapbaill, ciġfnna P(pnmige, vécc. Oonn- 
plebe mac Catalan ponup 3 pobapéan Ulad, oécc.. Oonnchaó mac Giolla- 
paccpoarg uai, ci$fpna Oppaige, oo &urcim lá venbpine. Moppluagl la 
Tommpdealbac mac Ruawmi Uí Concobaip co bealach €ocaille via po $ab 
gialla Oeapmuman uile. Galga vo jabal cige 1 nOommliag Chianain pop 
Mupchad Ua Maorleaclomn pop pig Ceampach, 7 po lorpep(c occmogace 
ceagh uime,7 po mapbaó pocharbe oia mhuincip oon cup pm. Cépna 1moppo 
Ua Maoileaclomn oo emeach Chianáin gan mapbad ganlopccao. Oomnall, 
mac Oonnchada, níoghoamna Tempa, oo mapbad vo Shail(ngab. Amur 
anaicémó vo tabat pop comapba Ciilbe a. Maolmopnda, mac Meic Cloitma 
4. teach vo gabail pain. pop lap Imleacha pem, 7 pop mac Cfpbantl Ui Chiap- 


mac cigna Ame Cliach, 4 po mapbao mopper ann. 
na maite app cpa mopbal Oé, Ailbe, 7 na heccalp. 


Calendar it is described as “in Dal-Araidhe, on 
the brink of Loch Laoigh,” now Belfast Lough. 

» Disert-Doire : i.e. the hermitage of Derry, 
now Londonderry. This passage is translated 
as follows by Colgan : 

* A. D. 1122. B. Moelcolumbus, seu Colum- 
banus Hua Brolchan, Episcopus Ardmachanus, 
in sua sancta perigrinatione, quam in Deserto 
seu Erimitorio Dorensi egit, per palmam mar- 
tyrii in vite sanctimoniam ad Dominum migra- 
vit." — Trias Thaum., p. 504. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

* A. D. 1122. Hugh O'Ruark, king of Con- 
maicne, was slaine by Meathmen, at the taking 
of a prey from them. The scrine of St. Colman, 
the sonn of Luaghan, was found in Lynn, a 
cubite deepe in the ground, the Wednesday be- 


Cépnaccap cpa 
Ro loipcceao ann 


fore Easter. (Great forces came with Terlagh 
O'Connor into Loghsaileagh in Meath, and 
theither came Mac Murchuda, king of Leinster, 
and the English" [recté, the Galls. i. e. the Danes] 
into his house. More, the daughter of Donnell 
O'Loghlynn, the wife of Terlagh O'Connor, died. 
A greate prey taken by Connor O'Loghlynn, 
and by the people of Kynell-Eoghan from Kill- 
Ruaydh, in Ulster, and their prey of cowes was 
past number[ing] Maelcolum O’Brolchan, 
bushop of Ardmagh, died in his pilgrimage in 
Disert-Daire, with vertue of martirdome and 
repentence. Hugh O'Duibhdirma, cheefe of the 
Bredagh, and chiefe for bountie in the North of 
Ireland, together with his brother Donell, were 
dead [mortui sunt. Bodl. copy .— Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 


^ Doire-Lurain : i. e. Luran's or Loran’s 


1123.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1017 


Maelcoluim Ua Brolchain, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died at the Disert of Doire”, 
after the victory of forbearance and penance. 

The Age of Christ, 1123. Aenghus Ua Gormain, successor of Comhghall, 
died on his pilgrimage at Lis-mor-Mochuda. Flann Ua Duibhinsi, airchinneach 
of Lughmhadh ; Maelmaire Ua Condubhain, airchinneach of Doire-Lurain'; 
and Maelisa Ua hAirtri, steward of Connaught, died. Conghalach Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigh*, royal heir of Aileach, died. . Cucaisil Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Fearn- 
mhagh, died. Donnsleibhe Mac Cathalain, the prosperity and happiness of 
Ulidia, died. Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig Ruaidh, lord of Osraighe, fell by 
his [own] tribe. A great army was led by Toirdhealbhach, son of Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair, as far as Bealach-Eochaille*, by which he took all the hostages 
of Desmond. The Gaileanga took a house at Daimhliag-Chianain upon Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair ; and they burned eighty houses 
around it, and killed many of his people, on that occasion. Ua Maeleachlainn 
escaped being killed or burned, by the protection of Cianan. Domhnall, son 
of Donnchadh, royal heir of Teamhair, was slain by the Gaileanga. An unusual 
attack was made upon the successor of Ailbhe, i. e. Maelmordha, son of Cloith- 
nia. A house was forcibly taken from him, and the son of Cearbhall Ua Ciar- 
mhaic, lord of Aine-Cliach, in the very middle of Imleach, and seven persons 
were therein killed ; but the chiefs escaped through the miracle of God, Ailbhe, 


and the Chureh. 


Derry, or Oak Wood, now Derryloran, a parish 
in the barony of Dungannon, county of Tyrone, 
and extending into the barony of Loughinsholin, 
county of Londonderry. According to O’Clery’s 
Irish Calendar, Bishop Luran was venerated at 
Doire Lurain on the 29th of October. 

* Ua Flaithbheartaigh.—Now O’Laverty, or 
Lafferty. 

? Bealach- Eochaille : i. e. the Youghal Road.— 
See note*, under the year 872, p. 518, suprà. 

* Bearnan-Ailbhe: i.e. St. Ailbhe's gapped 
or broken Bell. This is incorrectly rendered 
“the mitre of St. Ailve,” by the old trans- 
lator of the Annals of Ulster, and in Arch- 
dall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 656,—See Pe- 


The Bearnan-Ailbhe* was burned on this occasion. 'The 


tries Round Towers of Ireland, p. 334. Dr. 
O'Conor translates it ** Cathedra Ailbei," which 
is equally incorrect. The Annals of Ulster record 
the following events under this year : 

“ A. D. 1123. The people of Gailenga have 
taken the house of Daimhliag of Cianan from 
Murcha O’Melaghlynn, king of Temoria, and 
burned his house and eight of his household 
servants” [recté, ] o6cmoga cangi ime, i. e. and 
eighty houses about it—Ep.], “and slew a 
nomber of his people, and Murcha escaped by 
the miracle of St. Cianan from that fire. An 
hidden assalte given to the Corbe of St. Ailbhe, 
whose name was Moylmordha mac Clothna, and 
likewise to Mac Cearvaill O’Ciarmaic, king of 


60 


1018 ANNAA groshachca EIREANN. (1124. 


om an 6(fnán Albe. Ro mapbad 1apam pia ccd míp an ci po gab an 
teas 1. an Giollacaoè Ua Ciapmaic. Oeocam epióe ap nammmniuccad, 4 
po bénaó a é(no ve a nofogail panaigte O€ 7 lbe. Oonnchad, mac Caióg 
mic Capchaig, c15(pna Ofpmuman, oo écc,] Copbmac a bnatarn oo ghabháil 
a ionno. Taòg Ua Male, ws(pna Umaill, oo badad co na lung a 
nCOfpamn. 

Qop Cníopc, mile céd pice a ceacharp. S. Tlaelmaobog O Mongain 
vo pube 1 neappogoro(éc Chonneipe. Maolcolaim, mac Maolmaé Uí Con- 
naccám, uapal paccapc, 7 paoi eccna 7 cpabard piip Eneann, oécc 1 nImp 
Paccparg an cp(p lá pic(c Oecembep. Ponbad Cloiceige Cluana mic Nóip 
ta hUa Maoileóm, comapba Ciapám. Tadg Mac Capéaig, cigfpna Ofr- 
muman opoan Muman, vég rap bp(nnamn 1 sCouprul. Muipoac Mac Fop- 
main, cisfina Ua móappée opoan, 1 aimeacap, 7 ppm atlaoe Langtn epioe 
[oécc]. Clpogap, mac Cloda, níogoamina Ott, oo rnapbao lá mumcip dome 
m eneac Cholum Cille. Maolpfchlamn mac Tadg, mc Ilaolpuanaio, ciz- 
fina Mange Luing oo mapbad la propa bperpne 7 lá Cirgheapnán Ua Ruane. 
Gollabnóroe, mac Tis (pnéin Uí Ruane, oo mapbad lá Connaécaib pon Coc 
En, j pochade ole amale ppp. Mumeadach (.1. cg fpna Clomne Chop- 
snag) mac mic Cloda mic Ruaid, oécc 1 cclépéeache. Loclam Ua Pol- 
laman, ag(pna Cpice na sCevac, 7 a mac vo manbad la mac a ofpbpatap. 
Slumapn, mac dpan, ag(pna aimé Ua pPaolám vo mapbao lá Domnall 


Aine, and a house taken within Imleagh, where 
seaven of their men were slaine, and those good 
men made an escape by or through the miracle 
of St. Ailbhe; and there was burnt the mirtre” 
[recte, the bell], “and he that tooke the house, 
which was Gilleaegh O?Ciarmaie (and he was a 
deacon nominated) was slaine within a moneth 
after, and his head was cutt off for committing 
such violence against St. Ailbhe and his God. 
Aengus O'Gorman, the Corbe of Comgall, died 
in Lismore of Mochuda, with repentance” [ recte, 
na alıčpı, i.e. on his pilgrimage. —Ep]. “Flann 
O'Duibhinse, Archdeacon of Lowth ; Cucaisil 
O?Caroll, king of Farnvoy; Moylmury O'Con- 
dubhan, Archdeacon of Daire-Lubran, and 


Li 


Donnsleibhe mac Cathalan, the happiest and 
best of all Ulster, were all dead” [mortui sunt]. 
* Donnogh Mac Gillepatrick, king of Ossorie, 
killed? [a suis occisus est. Bodl. copy]. **Con- 
galagh O'Laithvertaigh, who was to be king of 
Ailech, was slaine."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

`. Maelmaedhog O'Morgair : i. e. Malachy 
O'Morgair. He was afterwards raised to the 
archbishopric of Armagh.—See Harris’s edition 
of Ware’s Bishops, p. 54-57. 

* Inis- Padraig.—Now Inchpatrick, or St. Pa- 
trick's Island, a small island lying off the coast 
of the barony of Balrothery East, and county 
of Dublin .—See note *, under the year 793, 
p. 400, suprà. 


ae 


1124.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1019 


person who had taken the house, i. e. Gillacaech Ua Ciarmhaic (who was after 
being named a deacon), was killed before the end of a month ; and his head 
was cut off in revenge of the violation [of the laws] of God and Ailbhe. Donn- 
chadh, son of Tadhg Mac Carthaigh, lord of Desmond, died ; and Cormac, his 
brother, assumed his place. Tadhg Ua Maille, lord of Umhall, was drowned 
with his ship at Ara. 

The Age of Christ, 1124. St. Maelmaedhog O'Morgair* sat in the bishopric 
of Conneire. Maelcoluim, son of Maelmaith Ua Connagain, noble priest, and 
the paragon of wisdom and piety of the east of Ireland, died at Inis-Padraig®, 
on the twenty-third day of December. The finishing of the cloictheach of 
Cluain-mic-Nois' by Ua Maeleoin, successor of Ciaran. Tadhg Mae Carthaigh, 
lord of Desmond, the ornament of Munster, died, after penance, at Caiseal. 
Muireadhach Mac Gormain, lord of Ui-Bairrche, who was the ornament and 
glory, and the chief old hero of Leinster, [died]. . Ardghar, son of Aedh, royal 
heir of Aileach, was killed by the people of Doire, in revenge of Colum-Cille. 
Maelseachlainn, son. of Tadhg*, son of Maelruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg, was 
slain by the men of Breifne and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire. Gillabroide, son of 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, was slain by the Connaughtmen, on Loch En", and many 
others along with him. Muireadhach (i. e. lord of Clann-Coscraigh), the son 
of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri [O’Flaithbheartaigh], died an ecclesiastic. Lochlainn 
Ua Follamhain, lord of Crich na gCedach!, and his son, were killed by the son 
of his brother. Gluniairn, son of Bran, lord of the east of Ui-Faelain, was 


f The cloictheach of Cluain-mic- Nois : i.e. the ‘ Crich na gCedach : i.e. the territory of the 
steeple or round tower of Clonmacnoise. This  Cedachs, a sept descended from Oilioll Cedach, 


is now called O'Rourke's tower.—See it de- 
Scribed, with an exquisite view of the building 
and church-yard of Clonmacnoise, in Petrie’s 
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 407. 

* Maelseachlainn, son of Tadhg.—From Diar- 
maid, the brother of this Maelseachlainn, the 
Meic Diarmada, or Mac Dermotts, of Moylurg, 
are descended. 

^ Loch En.—Now Loch-na-nean, i. e. Lake of 
the Birds, a marsh, which was formerly a lake, 
near the castle of Roscommon.—See note 7, 
under A. D. 1225. 


son of Cathair Mor, monarch of Ireland in the 
second century. This territory was formerly 
in Meath, but is now included in the King’s 
County. In the Black Book of the Exchequer 
of Ireland, and in sundry Pipe Rolls in the 
reign of Edward IIL, it appears that the terri- 
tory of Cryngedagh, now a part of the King’s 
County, on the Westmeath side, was charged 
with royal services as lying within the county 
of Meath.—Harris’s edition of Ware’s Antiquities, 
ch. v. p. 35. See Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 200, 
note °. 


; 602 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1125. 


1020 


mac Mic Phaolam, la pfogdarnna Langth. Oa mac Taidg, mic Ui Copcám, 
o Canary Ua Muiploag, vo mapa lá hUa Loncam ele 1 pproll. Coo 
Ua Trlaégamna, píegoamna Ulad, oo cuicim lá popa Peapnmaige. Mon 
coblaé la Tommpdealbac Ua Concobaip pop Loc nOerncedenc, 1 a ccaboaipc 
leip oap €app Oanamne co po ance Ui Conall ag pains, 7 co ppapccauib 
coblaé Ofprauman le. Mop longpopc ona leip oc Ach calle 6 ta pél 
mapcain co bealcaine. Thi caipceoil vo dénam lá Connaccaib, coiplén 
Dún Lesda, caiplén na Gaillme,7 carplén Cáile Mhaoile. Cpeachpluarg(o 
lá Tompdealbac Ua Concobain co po ance Conmaicne a Mais Caipbpe, 7 
po «pcc Mag Lurgne. Ro cronóilp(c Conmaicne 7 pip Mibe éurge, 7 oo 
paopac ammay pop oc Cpa Roip oa éapn,j po mapbpac oponcc via 
plogaib. Ro impo port ppu iappin, q po meaboaió pon pna” Mrde, 7 pon 
Conmaicmb, co ccopcpaccap pochaide vo paopclanoaib 7 oaopclanoaib 
vib lap. Gell Ofpmuman immat Copbmaic mic Meic Cantag, oo mapbao 
la Toippdealbac Ua Concobap. 
Clay Cpiopc, mile céo pice a cing. Maoleom Ua Oánaccám, paoi ecc- 
nai, ] eppcop Ua cCennpelaig, Maolcpéna uapal pagapo,] rpm pon 
Chpao: Caorgin, bpondalca cogame hl: Ohánám uapal pfnopac Epeann, 


x Mac Fhaelain : anglicé Mackelan. This was 
the senior family of the tribe of the Ui-Faelain. 
Upon their decline, in the thirteenth century, 
the O’Broins, or O'Byrnes, a junior branch of 
the same sept, became very powerful in the 
present county of Wicklow. 

! Eas-Danainne : i. e. Danann’s cataract, now 
Dunass rapids, in the Shannon, opposite Sir 
Hugh Massy's residence, in the county of Clare. 

™ Faing.—Now Foyne’s Island, in the Shan- 
non, belonging to the barony of Lower Connello, 
and county of Limerick. 

a Ath-caille: i.e. Ford of the Wood, now 
Woodford, a small village in the barony of Lei- 
trim, and county of Galway, not far from the 
boundary of Thomond. 

° Dun-Leodha.—This castle stood near the 
River Suck, in the present town of Ballinasloe, 
in the county of Galway. The name is still 


preserved in that of Dunlo-street. 

» The Castle of the Gaillimh : i. e. the Castle of 
the River Galway. This castle stood near the 
mouth of the River Galway, in the present 
town of Galway. 

a Cul- Maeile.—Now Colooney, a small town 
about five miles south of Sligo.—See A. D. 1408. 
See also Chorographical Description of. West Con- 
naught, p. 31. 

* Magh- Cairbre.— This was the ancient name 
of the level part of the barony of Granard, in 
the county of Longford. 

s Magh-Luighne.—A plain in the barony of 
Lune, and county of Meath. 

t Craebh-Rois-da-charn.—The Large or branch- 
ing Tree of the Wood of the two Carns. This 
name is now obsolete; but Ros-da-charn was 
probably applied to a wood situated between 
the Carn mountains, in the barony of Granard, 


Maat yo 


1125.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1021 


killed by Domhnall, son of Mac Fhaelain*, royal heir of Leinster. The two 
sons of Tadhg, son of Ua Loreain, both Tanists of Ui-Muireadhaigh, were slain 
by another Ua Lorcain, by treachery. Aedh Ua Mathghamhna, royal heir of 
Ulidia, fell by the men of Fearnmhagh. The great fleet of Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair on Loch Deirgdheire, and he conveyed it over Eas-Danainne’; 
and he plundered Ui-Conaill at Faing™, and the fleet of Desmond was left to 
him ; he had also a great camp at Ath-caille" from the festival of Martin till 
May. Three castles were erected by the Connaughtmen, the castle of Dun- 
Leodhar®, the castle of the Gaillimh?, and the castle of Cuil-macilet. A plun- 
dering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair ; and he plundered 
the Conmhaicne in Magh-Cairbre', and he also plundered Magh-Luighne. The 
Conmhaicne and the men of Meath flocked to oppose him, and made an attack 
upon him at Craebh-Rois-da-charn', and slew some of his forces. He [ Toir- 
dhealbhach] turned upon them, and defeated the men of Meath, and many of 
their nobles and plebeians were slain by him. The hostages of Desmond, 
among whom was the son of Cormac, son of Mac Carthy, were put to death by 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. 

The Age of Christ, 1125. Maeleoin Ua Dunagain, a paragon of wisdom, 
and Bishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Maeltrena, a noble priest and learned senior 
of Cro-Caeimhghin", the bosom fosterling of Ua Dunain, noble senior of Ireland, 


1 


and county of Longford. Two carns are still king of Scotland, bona penitentia mortuus est. 
to be seen on Sliabh-Chairbre, in this barony, The pledges of Desmond were slaine by Terlagh 
which were anciently called Carn Furbhuidhe, O'Connor, and these were Maelseaghlynn, the 
and Carn Maine.— See the Dinnseanchus in the sonn of Cormac Mac Carty, king of Caisil; 


Book of Lecan, fol. 231. O’Ciarmaic, of Any ;" [and] * O'Cobthy, of the 
The Annals of Ulster record the following Ui-Cuanach Cnamheailly. Ardgar, the son of 
events under this year : mac Hugh O’Maelseaghlyn, who should be king 


* A. D. 1124. Toirfin mac Turcuil a prime of Ailegh, was slain by the people of Derry 
young lord of the English” [recté, Danes] “or within the liberty of Colum Killy."— Cod. 
Gaules of Ireland, perished of a suddaine death. Clarend., tom. 49. 3 
Teige Mac Carthaigh, king of Desmond, in pe- * Cro-Caeimhghin: i.e. St. Kevin's house. 
nitentia mortuus est. An ill chaunce happened This was the name of that building at Glenda- 
to the king of Temor, or Taragh, which was lough, in the county of Wicklow, now called 
that his house fell upon himselfe and his familie St. Kevin’s kitchen.— See Petrie's Round Towers 
upon Easter day. Lymricke all burnt but a of Ireland, p. 427-432; and note under the 
little. Alexander, the sonne of Moylecolum, year 1162, infra. 


o 


1022 aNNaza RIOShachta EIREANN. (1126. 


décc co heglapcacoa, rap noeigbeacam. Mac Maoleputam, apd peap- 
lergimn 1apéor Epeann oécc 1 cCamlaéca. | Cmoerorg Ua Conaing, anèm- 
neach Cille Dalua oécc. hi qumc lo Enap pop aomorom ip mote cuapnccbao 
a bumne orom pop m oarmliag mop Apoa Maca 1ap na lám eagap oo plnoib 
lá Ceallac comapba Phaccpaice 1pm cmocatmad bliadam ain céd ó na 
paibe plm comlann pap co prn... Sluarg(ó la Commpdealbac Ua Concobarn 
4 la Tigfpnen Ua Rupe hi Míde, co po metpiogpac Mupnchad Ua Maor- 
leaclaim, 7 oo paccpac cmu cig(pnao pop Mide. Maolpfchlamn, mac 
Oonnchaió Ui Iflhaoileaclamn, an cpeap €ig(mna. oibpioe, oo mapbaoh lá 
Oomhnall mac Mupchada Ui Mhaoileachlainn. Cpeach vo éuoió Mup- 
é(pcach Ua Ceapbaill, cig(pna oepcepc Pfinmange 1 ppeapaib bpeag conup 
cappa Oriapmoacc Ua Maoileachlainn co pp(paib Mide 1 Opts, co ccop- 
cain Mumpcfpcach lerp, 7 opong ouaiplib P(pnmorge, co pochawe orle. Oa 
mac Cinerplip Ui Erm oo mapbao oUa Ploicb(pcang 1 proll oc bun Gaallmi. 
Opocle Qta Luam 4 opoic(c Ata cpoi6 vo pccaileao la p(porb Mide. 
Plann 4 an Giollapiabac, oa mac Améipup Ui €ióm oo mapbao la Conco- 
bap Ua pPlaicb(mcarg. 

Cloip Cpíope, mile céo pice a pé. Cod Ua Móvám, eppcop Glinne vá 
loca, [oécc]. Fionn Ua Conamgén, aincmnech Oorpe pp pe, oo ecc. Mw- 
pedach Ua Cullen, ampcimnec Clocain, oo. mapbao la Peapaib Manae. 
Concoban Ua Cléims pean lergmn Cille vapa, [vécc]. Griollapionaim, com- 
anba Péicin,7 Maoiliopa Ua Comne, pao: Gaoweals p(ncup 7 1 mbpeitearn- 
nap, 3 m Upo Paccparce, oécc 1ap naiépige cogmide. Oammliag Reicclepa 
pot 4 Peavain m Apo Macha, oo ponad la hloman Ua nQledacain vo 


* Tamhlacht.—Now Tallaght, in the county of petition. The Annals of Ulster record the fol- 
Dublin. lowing events under this year : 

* The daimhliag of Ard- Macha.—** A. D. 1125. * A. D. 1125. The fifth of the Ides of Ja- 
Quinto Idus Januarii tegulis integró contectaet  nuary was the church of Ardmagh broke in the 
restaurauta est ecclesia cathedralis Ardmachana roofe, which was covered by Ceallagh, the 


per Sanctum Celsum, Archiepiscopum ; post- 
quam per annos centum triginta non nisi ex 
parte fuisset contecta." — Trias Thaum., p. 300. 
7 Bun-Gaillimhe : i. e. the mouth of the River 
Galway. 
* The two sons of Ua hEidhin.—'This is a re- 


Corbe of St. Patrick, being unroofed in an 
hundred and thirtie yeares before. Gillbraiti 
O’Ruark was drowned in Logh Aillene. Tirlagh 
O'Connor went, with great forces, into Meath, 
and banished Murogh O’Moyleaghlin out of his 
kingdome, soe that insteed of one there were 


1126.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1023 


died, as became an ecclesiastic, after a good life. Mac Maeilesuthain, chief 
lector of the west of Ireland, died at Tamhlacht“. Cineidigh Ua Conaing, 
airchinneach of Cill-Dalua, died. On the fifth of the Ides of January, which 
fell on Friday, the roof was raised on the great daimhliag of Ard-Macha*, after 
having been fully covered with shingles by Ceallach, successor of Patrick, one 
hundred and thirty years since it had a complete roof before. An army was 
led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc into Meath; 
and they deposed Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and placed three lords over 
Meath. Maelseachlainn, son of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, the third lord 
of these, was slain by Domhnall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. On one 
occasion, as Muircheartach Ua Cearbhaill, lord of the south of Fearnmhagh, 
went upon a predatory excursion into the territory of the men of Breagha, 


. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, with the men of Meath and Breagha, opposed him; 


and Muircheartach was slain by him, and a party of the gentlemen of Fearn- 
mhagh, with many others. The two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin were slain 
in treachery at Bun-Gaillimhe’. The bridge of Ath-Luain and the bridge of 
Ath-Croich were destroyed by the men of Meath. Flann and Gillariabhach, 
the two sons of Aineislis Ua hEidhin*, were slain by Conchobhar Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigh. 

The Age of Christ, 1126. Aedh Ua Modain, Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, 
died. Finn Ua Conaingen, airchinneach of Doire for a time, died. Muir- 
eadhach Ua Cuillein, airchinneach of Clochar, was killed by the Feara-Manach. 
Conchobhar Ua Cleirigh, lector of Cill-dara, [died]. Gillafinain, successor 
of Feichin, and Maelisa Ua Coinne, the most learned of the Irish in his- 
tory, in judicature, and in the Ord-Padraig*, died after good penance. The 
church called the Regles of Paul and Peter" at Ard-Macha, which had been 


three kings of Meath, and whereof the third 
was slaine within three dayes and three nights 
after, by name Maelsaghlin mac Donnell. Mor- 
tagh O’Caroll, king of south Fearnmoy, went 
to prey upon the people of Bregh, where they 
were mett with by Dermott O'Maelsaghlyn, 
with his men of Meath, and the men of Bregh, 
wherein the said Murtagh was slain, and the 
prey restored."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


è The Ord-Padraig : i.e. the Order of St. Pa- 
trick. This is some ecclesiastical code of laws 
not now known to exist.—See Genealogies, c., 
of Hy-Fiachrach, pp. 74, 75, note ^. 

> The Regles of Paul and Peter.—This was the 
church belonging to the abbey of SS. Peter and 
Paul at Armagh. It is called * Basilica SS. 
Petri et Pauli” by Colgan, who translates this 
passage as follows: 


1024 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. (1197. 


coippeccad la Cellach, comanba Phaccnaice an 12 Callamn Wouembep. 
Copcaé mop Muman co na c(mpall oo lopccaó. Enda, mac Mic Mup- 
chaóa 3. mac Oonncada, pi Laigfn, oo écc. Slumsfo la Coppoealbac 
Ua cConcobaip, co ccucc pige Gall Ata chat, 4 Carg(n oia mac pém vo 
Choncobap. Cómic ona ap pin co ccucc maróm pop Chonbmac Mac Cap- 
tars, ] co po Lope a Longpont occ Sléib an Chaiths. Mop longpopc lap an 
mg céona 1 nUpmumain ó Cugnapad co péil Opisve, 7 po amece pect ap an 
longonc pin Ui Conall, pecc ele 5o Móm món, 50 Glo Mağa, q pecc co 
oeipcepc Oppaise, po cup áp Oppage ım Ua cCapócc,4 cug gialla Op- 
paige oon chup pm. Oomnall Pinn Ua Dubova, cigeapna Ua nCEmalgaóa, 
vo bábao 1ap noénam cpece hi cCín Chonaill. Onpa cogaió méip 1 nEpinn 
1 ccotcime, gup bó hécc oo Cheallac oo comapba Dáccpaicc, beit mí 
pop bhadan 1 necemaip Apoa Maca oc pioduccad pln nEpeann,7 oc (poil 
pagla 4 porbépa pop cac emip čut 7 eglar. Cpeach meabla la Ruaiòpı 
Ua Cuaiccaip 1 nCipc(paib, conup captacan propu Opin, 7 po lapace a 
nap, 7 po oicfhoad Ruaiopi po déipin leo, 

Cloi Cpiopc, mile céo pice a peacht. Giollacmopct Ua Maoileéin, abb 
comapba Cianam Cluana mic Nóip, coban (gna 7 oépepnce onoain 7 omeaċaip 
Leite Chumn, chn ponupa q padbmopa Epeann, oég.. Maolmaine Ua Gor- 
cain uapal paccane, 7 ppuic plndin Cfnannpa, Congalach, comapba Crandon, 


* A. D. 1126. Basilica SS. Petri et Pauli 
Ardmache extructa per B. Imarum Hua Hoedh- 
again, consecrata est per S. Celsum Archiepis- 
copum Ardmachanum 12 Calend. Novemb.”— 
Trias Thaum., p. 300. 

* Sliabh-an- Caithle.—'This, which is now obso- 
lete, was the name of a mountainous district 
near the town of Kilkenny. According to 
O'Huidhrin's topographical poem, the terri- 
tory of O'Cearbhaill of Ossory, which adjoined 
Ui-Duach, extended from Kilkenny to Sliabh 
gCaithle. 

: * Moin-moi.—This place is unknown to the 
Editor. 

'* Gleann- Maghair.—Now Glanmire, near the 
city of Cork. 

‘A great storm of war.—'This passage is trans- 


lated by Colgan as follows: 

“ A. D. 1126. Magna belli tempestas per to- 
tam Hiberniam Principum factionibus et simul- 
tatibus exorta est : ad quam sedendam S. Celsus 
Primas Ardmachanus a sua sede spatio unius 
anni et mensis abfuit, discordes Principum ani- 
mos reconcilians, et regulas pacis et morum 
Clero et populo prescribens.”—Trias Thaum., 
p. 300. 

€ Ua Tuathchair.—Now O"Togher and Toher. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year : 

“ A. D. 1126. Enna mac Mic Morchaa, king 
of Leinster, mortuus est. An army by Tirlagh 
O'Connor into Leinster, and he had their 
pledges. O'Moylrony, King of Fermanagh, a 
suis occisus est. Moylisa O'Conne, chiefe of the 


duos 
eea 


1127.] . ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1025 


erected by Imhar Ua hAedhagain, was consecrated by Ceallach, successor of 
Patrick, on the 12th of the Calends of November. Corcach-mor of Munster, 
with its church, was burned. Enda, the son of Mac Murchadha (i. e. the son 
of Donnchadh), King of Leinster, died. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, and he gave the kingdom of Ath-cliath and Leinster to his 
own son, Conchobhar ; he afterwards proceeded [to the South], and defeated 
Cormac Mac Carthaigh, and burned his camp at Sliabh-an-Caithligh The 
same king had a great encampment in Ormond, from Lammas till the festival 
of kiabi and he plundered from that camp, on one occasion, Ui-Conaill, and 
on another as far as Moin-moi* and to Gleann-Maghair*, and another as far as 
the south of Osraighe ; and he made a slaughter of the Osraighi, together with 
Ua Carog, and carried off the hostages of the Osraighi on that occasion. 
Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was drowned, after he 
had plundered Tir-Conaill. A great storm of war‘ throughout Ireland in 
general, so that Ceallach, successor of Patrick, was obliged to be for one month 
and a year absent from Ard-Macha, establishing peace among the men of Ire- 
land, and promulgating rules and good customs in every district among the 
laity and the clergy. A treacherous prey was made by Ruaidhri Ua Tuath- 
chairs, in Airtheara; and the men of Airtheara overtook and slaughtered his 
people, and Ruaidhri himself was beheaded by them. 

The Age of Christ, 1127. Gillachrist Ua Maeleoin, abbot, successor of 
Ciaran of Cluain-mic-Nois, fountain of the wisdom, the ornament, and magnifi- 
cence of Leath-Chuinn, [and] head of the prosperity and affluence of Ireland, 
died. Maelmaire Ua Godain, noble priest and learned senior of Ceanannus ; 


Irish in chronicle and judgment, and in St. Pa- layty and cleargie. A stealing army by Roary 


trick’s Order, after great penitence, in Christo 
quievit. Great Corke of Mounster, with its 
church, burnt. Donell O'Duvda drowned after 
making a prey in Tirconnell. A kingly pro- 
gress by Tirlagh O'Connor to Dublin, and” [he] 
** gave the kingdome of Dublin and Leinster to 
his sonn, Connor. A great tempest of warr in 
Ireland, that the Coarb of St. Patrick was forced 
to be a yeare and a month from Ardmagh, 
making peace between Irishmen, and learning” 
[recté, teaching] **good rules and manners to 


O’Tuogher, into the east, and the Eastmen met 
them, and had their slaughter, and beheaded 
himselfe. Mureagh O'Cullen, Archdeacon of 
Clogher, killed by Fermanagh. The Damliag of 
the reliques" [recté, called the regles, or abbey- 
church] **of Peter and Paul, made by Himar 
O'Hegan, was consecrated by Kellagh, Coarb of 
Patrick, on the xii, Kal. of November. An 
army by Tirlagh O'Connor into Desmond, that 
he wasted Glenmayr, and brought many cowes.? 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


6 P 


1026 aNNaza gioshachca EIREANN. (1197. 


4 Giolla Chapam Ua Róva, apémoech Cunga, [vécc]. 10llacomgantl 
Ua Cuaéal, comapba Caoimġm, vo mapbad lap na Poptuachaib, Maol- 
bmgve Ua Popannam, apémoeach Apoa ppata. Maolbpiğoe Ua Cronaoda, 
ainémoeach Cfpoa Tpea,7 Oormnall Oall Ua Munchada, óipofccnaro Lang in, 
décc. Mac Conaonaig Ua Maolguipm, aipémoeach Rup Cpé, 00 mapbao 
lá h€lb. Scpín Cholaim Chille oo bpeié vo Ghallaib Ata chat leo ı 
mbporo,1 a hionacal oopíór 1 ccmn mip ora tiġ. Grollacmopc Ua hEicems, 
cigeapna Peap Manach 4 Aingiall, oo écc 1 cClocarp mac nOaimine rap 
naichpige togaiwde. Ceanball Mac Faoláin vo mapbao la hUib Palge pon 
lán Cille vapa co nopumg oo anpadanb 7 maitib ole amaille ppp. Stórg(o 
lá Toippdealbach Ua cConcobarp oo muip 7 do tip co pace Concach mon 
Muman, co po cup Conbmac hi LUiopp mop, 7 $9 po pom Muman i ccpí, 3 
Oonnchao, mac Mic Capcharz, oo ronnap- 
baoh 1apam 1 cConnaccaib co picit céo mmmaille pup la Copbmac Mag 
Capeéaiz, 1ap ccoche apa oiliépe, 7 pip Muman vo 1ompud ap Thoippdeal- 
bach. Món coblach Choinpoealbarg Ui Choncobaip nocacc an céd leapcap 
an Loch nOepg oepc, sup po pápaig ceanncap Muman. Compac oa coblac 
pop paippse 3. Comaċcaiġ, 7 pp Muman, 7 puccpac Connaccaig buaid an 
cachaighte hípm. Cat ecn Ulcaib buddéin 1 ccopcpacap va pig Ulad . 
Ceo Ua Matgamna, 7 Niall, mac Oumnjlébe Ui €ochaóa, 1 ap Ulad ım 


oobepc toca pall a Muman. 


^ Cunga.— Otherwise written Conga, now 
Cong, in the barony of Kilmaine, and county of 


Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 302-308, where 
the question is discussed as to whether he was 


Mayo, where St. Feichin erected a monastery in 
the seventh century.—See Archdall’s Monasticon 
Hibernicum, p. 498. 

i Ard-Trea : i. e. the church of Trea. Now 
Ardtrea, near Lough Neagh, in the barony of 
Loughinsholin, county of Londonderry. Ac- 
cording to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, and Col- 
gan's Trias Thaum., p. 183, the virgin St. Trea, 
or Treagha, the daughter of Cairthenn, son of 
Ere, son of Eochaidh, son of Colla Uais, was 
venerated here on the 3rd of August. 

* Domhnall Dall Ua Murchadha.—This would 
now be anglicised Blind Daniel Murphy. 

! He drove Cormac to Lis-mor.—This Cormac 
is usually called a king-bishop.—See Petrie’s 


bishop as well as king of Cashel. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1127. An army by Tirlagh O'Connor 
into Desmond, that he wasted Corkmor in Mun- 
ster, and brought all the pledges of Mounster. 
The Eastmen” [ Airtheara, Orientales, i. e. inha- 
bitants of Orior.—Ep.] “ took Tyflinn of the 
Mac Synnachs? [rectó, took the house of Flann 
Mac Sinnaigh] **in Tryan-Saxan” [at Armagh] 
‘upon Ragnall Mac Rewye, in Shrovtyde, and 
beheaded him. <A battle betweene Ustermen 
themselves, where both their kings, Nell mac 
Dunleve, and Eocha Mac Mahon, were slain in 
the pursuit” [1 pmiegum, recte, in the heat of 


1127.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1027 


Conghalach, successor of Cianan ; Gillachiarain Ua Roda, airchinneach of Cunga', 
[died]. Gillachomhghaill Ua Tuathail, successor of Caeimhghin, was killed by 
the Fortuatha. Maelbrighde Ua Forannain, airchinneach of Ard-sratha; Mael- 
brighde Ua Cinaedha, airchinneach of Ard-Trea; and Domhnall Dall Ua Mur- 
chadha*, chief sage of Leinster, died. Mac Conaenaigh Ua Maelguirm, airchin- 
neach of Ros-Cre, was killed by the Eli. The shrine of Colum-Cille was car- 
ried off into captivity by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and was restored again to 
its house at the end of a month. Gillachrist Ua hEignigh, lord of Feara- 
Manach and Airghialla, died at Clochar-mac-Daimhine, after good penance. 
Cearbhall Mac Faelain was killed by the Ui-Failghe, in the middle of Cill- 
dara, with some of his servants and chieftains along with him. An army was 
led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, by sea and land, until he reached 
Corcach-mor, in Munster; and he drove Cormac to Lis-mor!, and divided Mun- 
ster into three parts, and he carried off thirty hostages from Munster. Donn- 
chadh, the son of Mac Carthaigh, was afterwards expelled into Connaught, with 
two thousand along with him, by Cormac Mac Carthaigh, after returning from 
his pilgrimage; and the men of Munster turned against Toirdhealbhach. The 
great fleet of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, consisting of one hundred and 
ninety vessels, upon Loch Deirgdheire ; and he devastated the adjoining can- 
treds of Munster. The fight of two fleets at sea, namely, the Connaughtmen 
and the men of Munster; and the Connaughtmen gained the victory in that 
battle. A battle between the Ulidians themselves, in which two kings of 
Ulidia were slain, namely, Aedh Ua Mathghamhna, and Niall, son of Donns- 


leibhe Ua hEochadha; and a slaughter was made of the Ulidians along 


the conflict] “with the slaughter of Ulster 
about them. Gillchrist O'Hegny, king of 
Fermanagh, and Archking of Argialls, died at 
Clogher, after due penitence. The men of 
Mounster and Leinster revolted againe against 
Tirlagh O'Connor, having no respect to their 
pledges, and his son deposed by Leinster and Galls 
through misdemeanors of Danyell O'Fylan, king 
of Ely. Carroll O'Fylan, and the slaughter of 
Ely about him, by the O’Falies” [rectó, and his 
son was deposed by the Leinstermen and the 
Galls, who elected another king over them, 


namely, Donnell, the son of Mac Faelain. Cear- 
bhall, the son of Mac Faelain, and a slaughter 
of the Ui-Faelain about him, fell by the Ui- 
Failghe], “within Kildare, defending the Coarb- 
ship of St. Bridgett. Taillte, Morogh O"Me- 
laghlin’s daughter, died. Moylbride O'Farannan, 
Airchinnech of Ardsraha; Moylbride O’Kineth, 
Airchinnech of Ardtrea, in good penitence, 
mortuus est. Gilchrist O'Moyleoin, Coarb of 
Kyaran of Clon-mic-Nois, the best of all Air- 
chinnechs in the churches of Ireland, in Christo 
quievit.” —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


6P2 


1028 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1128. 


maille ppu. Mupcad Ua Trlaoilp(chlamn vo aiépíogao, 7 Oomnall a mac 
vo $abái a iona.  Oommall vo aitmgad pa ccmo parte, 7 Oiapmaio 
Ua ITlaoileaclamn vo zabail a 10naio. 

Qop Cmíopc, mle céd piche a hochc. ITluipgt(p Ua Nioc, comapba lap- 
laite Tuama oa $ualann pp né, oécc 1 nlmp m Gholl. Conams Ua becc- 
leiginn, abb C(nannpa, vo écc. Hrollapaccpaice Ua Catal, comapba 
Caommsin, oo mapbao 1 n&lionn oa Coca la Cargmb. = GHiollacnumeip Ppaoic 
mac Scolaige, comapba beanarg Cluana Coppt, Ua bánám, comanba Cpó- 
nám Rup Cpe, Mac Mapay Ua Reabacam, comanba Mocuva, Giolla 
Chiapain mac Qrollaomb Uf Opaooa, aipcinneach Cunga, Cemnéiceig 
Ua Congail, aincinneach Lip aoroheaó Cluana mic Nop, Giolla an combed, 
mac Mic Cumn, canapi abbaio Cluana mic Nop, pní pé,7 Pingape, anm- 
chapa Copcumópuao, vécc. Cennéiccig, mac Coda mic Oumnpléibe, pi 
Ulao, oo mapbhaoh. Pip Mange hice, im Domnall Ua nBoipmleasha, vo 
$abáil cie pop Phaolan Ua Owboana pop agfpna P(p Manaé, 1 a &ucim 
leó co nopumg vo mandi} Phipmanach ina pappad. Mam Ata Phinoiao 
ma mapcpluag Concobain mac meic Coclamn pop mapcpluag Cig(pnám 
Uf Ruamne, 1 cconcain Ua Ciappóa, as Cpna Caipppe,1 Catal Ua Ragailg, 
Sicpiucc Ua Maolbnigoe, mac Aoda Uf Oüboa, cig(pna Ua nAmalgavda, 1 
pochaióe oile amaille ppu a nofogail ems Phaceparce. Cneachplumgt la 
Concoban mac meic Cochlamn, cig fpna Cheneoil €ogam, 7 la Dál nApawe, 
q la hOipgiallan 1 Marg Coba, co ccugpac gialla Ua n€achoach. Ciagaio 
apre co hmi Mie, q co phat bpeag,7 po pagaibpioc bpeam via 
mumncip ann. Cpeachpluaig(ó la Toinpdealbac Ua Conéobarp iLLargmb, 
co pop apec co mép, uaip po cimċill Cargen lam pm painece co poèt co 


he chat. Ap von cploigfo im copca Ua Sadpa, cigfpna Lurgne, q — 


pocharoe ele cen mo tapom. Sith mbliaóna vo óénam vo Cheallac, com- 


? Inis-an-Ghoill: i.e. the Island of the Fo- ^ Ua Goirmleaghaidh.—Now O’Gormley, and 


reigner, now Inchagoill, or Inchaguile, an island 
in Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway, 
situated nearly midway between Oughterard 
and Cong, and belonging to Cong parish.— See 
O?Flaherty's Chorographical Description of West 
Connaught, p. 24 ; and Petrie’s Round Towers 
of Ireland, pp. 161, 162. 


more generally Gormley, without the prefix Ua 
or O”. ; 

^ Cathal Ua Raghailligh.—' This name would 
now be anglicised Cahill or Charles O'Reilly. 

® Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui- Amhalghadha : 
anglicó Hugh O'Dowda, lord of Tirawley. 

3 In revenge of Patrick’s protection. —'The Four 


—— 


1128.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1029 


with them. Murchadh Ua Maelseachlainn was deposed, and Domhnall, his son, 
assumed his place. Domhnall was deposed at the end of a month, and Diar- 
maid Ua Maeleachlainn assumed his place. 

The Age of Christ, 1128. Muirgheas O’Nioc, successor of Iarlath of 
Tuaim-da-ghualann for a time, died on Inis-an-Ghoill". Conaing Ua Beg- 
leighinn, Abbot of Ceanannus, died. Gillaphadraig Ua Cathail, suecessor of 
Caemhghin, was killed at Gleann-da-locha, by the Leinstermen.  Gillaeruimh- 
thirfraeich Mac Scolaighe, successor of Bearach of Cluain-coirpthe ; Ua Banain, 
successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre; Mac-Maras Ua Reabhachain, successor of 
Mochuda; Gillachiarain, son of Gilladubh Ua Draeda, airchinneach of Cunga ; 
Ceinneidigh Ua Conghail, airchinneach of Lis-aeidheadh at Cluain-mic-Nois ; 
Gilla-an-choimhdheadh, son of Mac Cuinn, Tanist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois for 
a time ; and Fingart, anmchara of Corcumdhruadh, died.  Ceinneidigh, son of 
Aedh Mac Duinnsleibhe, King of Ulidia, was killed. The men of Magh-Itha, 
with Domhnall Ua Goirmleaghaidh*, forcibly entered a house upon Faelan Ua 
Duibhdara, lord of Feara-Manach; and slew him and a party of the chiefs of 
Feara-Manach along with him. The battle of Ath-Fhirdhiadh was gained by the 
cavalry of Conchobhar, the son of Mac Lochlainn, over the cavalry of Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc, where Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre ; Cathal Ua Raghailligh’; Sitriuc 
Ua Maelbrighde ; the son of Aedh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha?; and 
many others along with them, were slain, in revenge of [the violation] Patrick's 
protection’. A plundering army was led by Conchobhar, the son of Mac Loch- 
lainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain ; by the Dal-Araidhe, and the Airghialla, into Magh- 
Cobha; and they carried off the hostages of the Ui-Eathach. They proceeded 
from thence to East Meath, and to the Feara-Breagh, and left some of their 
people there. A plundering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair 
into Leinster, which he plundered far and wide, for he went round Leinster 
along by the sea, until he arrived at Ath-cliath. On this expedition Ua Gadhra, 
lord of Luighne’, was slain, and many others besides him. A year's peace was 
made by Ceallach, successor of Patrick, between the Connaughtmen and the men 


Masters have, perhaps intentionally, omitted to of Ulster, pp. 1030, 1031, infra. 
notice a sacrilegious attack made in this year * Ua Gadhra, lord of Luighne—This name 
by Tighearnan O'Ruaire, upon the successor of would now be written, in English, O’Gara, lord 
St. Patrick. —See it supplied from the Annals of Leyny. 


1030 ANNATA gIOShachca EIREANN. (1199. 
apba Paccpaice ecip Connaccaib 4 phai Muman. Tallen, mgm Mup- 
chad Ui Mhaoleaclamn, b(n Toinpdealbarg Uí Chonchobaip, vécc. Oom- 


nall mac an Ghillepmn mic Mie Uallachám, caoreach mumnmpe Cronare, 
oo manbad oUa Mavadam. Moin cpeac lá Connaccaib 1 pPeapnmang, 3 
po oinecplo an cín,? Lagmad,7 vo pocaccap oon, pochaioe oibpium la Cocall, 
mac Mic Sán, 7 la painab P(pnmmoige.. Magnup mac Mic Coclamn, cigna 
Chenéil n€ogain 7 an cuaipceipc, oo manbad la Cenel cConaill,7 la Cenél 
Moern. 1 

Clip Cpiopt, mle céd pice a naoi. laolbnízoe Ua Plannóm, ancorpe 
Uipp móin, G1ollacolmám Ua Ceallai5 uapal pagapc Oeapmaigze Cholaim 
Chille, Mac Muinsfpa pin lerginn P(pna, 7 Ua Otapmaoa, comapba Cpo- 
náin Rup Cré, v€5. Teac Cholum Cille 1 cCill mic Nénain do gabóil oUa 
Cainéepe pop Cod macCaébaipp Ui Oomnall, 4 a lopecad pain. Caemcluoh 
ci$(pna la Cenel n€ogam 1. Magnup 1 monao Conchobaip. “<Magnup om, 
oo mapbad pa ccionn pate oo Chenel cConaill 7 vUa Garpmleadarg 4 vo 
Cenel Moem, 1 Concobap vo piogad vomdip1.. Matgamam, mac Mumcth- 
cag Uí Ohmam, décc. Plann Ua Ceallans, cigfina pean mópeg, 7 Mun- 
€(pcach Ua Concubarp, piosdarnna Ua pParlse, vo rhapbad vo plab Ffpn- 
marge. Niall Ua Cpfocam, ciġfpna Ua Piaċpach Apoa prata, vo mapbad 
la hUib Cenneroig. Grollacmopc hUa hUiópín, corpeac Cenél Peapabaig, 
vo lopecad 1 cci$ a alcpann 1 cCíp Manach ı meabaal. Carplén Ata Luam 


* Mac Uallachan.—Now Mac Cuolaghan, and 
Cuolahan, without the Ma.—See Tribes and 
Customs of Hy-Many, p. 41, and from p. 183 to 
p.188. The Annals of Ulster record the follow- 
' ing events under this year : 

** A. D. 1128. Bisextus et Embolismaticus an- 


king of O-Namalga, et alii multi. Murges 
O'Nick, Airchinnech of Tomdagualann, died at 
Inis-Gall. A most filthy act, that deserved the 
curse ofall Ireland, both spiritual and temporall, 
that the like was never seene in Ireland, com- 
mitted by Tiernan O'Roirk and the O-Briuins. 


nus. ‘The men of Moyyth tooke house upon the 
king of Fermannagh, Fylan O'Duvdara, and he 
was slaine by them, and a nomber of the good 
men of Fermannagh. Gilpatrick mac Tothal, 
Coarb of Coemgen, killed by the O’Mureais, in 
the midest of Glindalogh. An overthrow by 
the horsemen of Conor Mac Loghlin on the 
horsemen of Tiernan O’Roirk, where fell O’Ci- 
array, king of Carbry, and Cathel O’Rogelly, 
and Sitrick O'Moelbride, and Hugh O'Duuday, 


The Coarb of Patrick, with his company, was 
robbed, and some of them killed, and one of his 
owne clergie among them. The hurt that came 
of this evill act” [is] “ that there is noe saufty” 
[to be] “in Ireland from thenceforth untill this 
evill deed be revenged by God and man. This 
dishonor given to the Coarb of Patrick is all 
one and to dishonor God” [recte, Christ, or the 
Lord], “for God” [recte, the Lord, or Christ], 
“himself said in the Gospell; ‘qui vos spernit 


= hc 


er eae 


1129.) 1031 


of Munster. Tailltin, daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife df 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, died. Domhnall, son of Gillafinn, son of Mac 
Uallachain*, chief of Muinntir-Chinaith, was slain by Ua Madadhain. A great 
predatory excursion was committed by the Connaughtmen in Fearnmhagh, and 
they plundered the country and [the monastery of] Lughmhadh ; and numbers 
of them were slain by Cochall, son of Mac Seanain, and the men of Fearnmhagh. 
Maghnus, the son of Mac Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain and of the North, 
was slain by the Cinel-Conaill and the Cinel-Moein. 

The Age of Christ, 1129. Maelbrighde Ua Flannain, anchorite of Lis-mor ; 
Gillacolmain Ua Ceallaigh, noble priest of Dearmhach-Choluim-Chille ; Mac 
Muirgheasa, lector of Fearna ; and Ua Diarmada, successor of Cronan of Ros- 
Cre, died. The house of Colum-Cille at Cill-mie-Nenain' was [forcibly] taken, 
by Ua Tairchert, from Aedh, son of Cathbharr Ua Domhnaill, and it was 
burned over him. A change of lords by the Cinel-Eoghain, namely, Maghnus 
in the place of Conchobhar ; but Maghnus was slain, before the expiration of 
three months, by the Cinel-Conaill, O'Goirmleadhaigh, and the Cinel-Moein ; 
and Conchobhar was again set up as king. Mathghamhain, son of Muirchear- 
tach Ua Briain, died. Flann Ua Ceallaigh, lord of the men of Breagha, and 
Muircheartach Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Ui-Failghe, were killed by the 
men of Fearnmhagh. Niall Ua Crichain, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha, 
was killed by the Ui-Cenneidigh* Gillachrist Ua hUidhrin, chief of Cinel- 
Fearadhaigh, was burned by treachery, in the house of his fosterage, in Tir- 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


me spernit, et qui me spernit spernit eum qui me 
misit? An army by Tirlagh O’Conor into Lein- 
ster, to Wicklo" [recte, Loch Carman, i. e. Wex- 
ford], “from thence about Leinster to Dublin, 
and praied many that way, and from Dublin to 
his house. The defame of that is to Tiernan 
O’Roirk. An army by Manus and the men of 
Fernmoy to Tirbriuin, and brought great booties. 
Tiernan, with I-Briuin and many others; over- 
tooke them at Ardy, where they gave battle, 
and Tiernan and his I-Briuin were put to flight, 
and three or four hundred of them were, as a 
beginning, killed through Patrick. An army by 
Connor O?Loghlin, and Tirone, and Dalaray, and 
Airgiall, into Macova, and they brought hostages 


from I-Egha. They tourned then upon theire 
left hand to Firbrea, and left some of their men 


. there, and comitted wickednes before God and 


man, viz, the burninge of Trim, with the 
churches, and many martirized in it: Non im- 
perata pace Dei vel hominum retro ambulaverunt. 
Peace for a yeare and a halfe made by the Coarb 
of Patricke, between Connaght and Mounster.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

t Cill-mic-Nenain : i.e. church of the son of 
Nenan, now Kilmacrenan, in the county of 
Donegal 

* The Ui- Cenneidigh : i.e. the inhabitants of 
the territory now the barony of Tirkennedy, 
in the county of Fermanagh. 


1032 anNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. (1129. 


do bénam, an opoiceac do cogbail la Tommpdealbac Ua cConcobaip 1 pam- 
pad na bliadna po a. pampad an capta. Cleón m oammliag móin hi cCluam 
mic Nóip 00 popcpiugaó, 7 peoro vo bert eipce 3. Cappacan cempanl Sol- 
man cuccao ó Mhaoileaclamn mac Domnall, Cuoín Oonnchada mic Plomn, 
7 na cpí peoice cug Toinpdealbare Ua Concobanp .1. bleibe aceite, 7 copan 
aipecid co ccpoip éip tap, 7 copn Fo nop, 7 conn. hUi Riava, mg Anan, 4 
caileac aipecio co ppopneimmh óip paip cona tlre 6 mgem Ruawm Ui Conco- 
bain, 7 copán ainccio Cellars, comanba Daccpaicc.. Ciapán oan ó pugaicc 
doia ppoillpruccaó 1apam. Ceallach, comanba Phatpaice, mac ose, 7 ap- 
oeppug iaptain Coppa, aemc(nm po piaporgpioe Holl, q GHaowil laoic, 4 
clemig €peann, 1ap noiponead eppcop, pacapc, 7 aopa saca gpaw apcfna, ian 
ccoippeccad teampall, q peig(ó momoa, Yap ccioonacal péo 7 maoine, 1ap 
ntpail magla 7 poibep an cac ecip cuaic, 7 ecclaip, iap mb(charo. aomcig, 
epnaigeig, celeabancad, orppneanoaib, 1ap nongaó 7 1ap nartpige coccanóe, no 
paio a ppipac oo cum mme m Apo Paccpaice ipin Mumam am céo lá oppl 


* Tir- Manach.—Now Fermanagh. 

* The altar of the great church of Cluain-mic- 
Nois.—This passage is given in Connell Ma- 
geoghegan’s translation of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise, as follows: 

* A. D. 1129. The great alter at Clonvicknose 
was robbed this year, and many jewells sacri- 
legiously taken from thence, viz., Kearnaghan 
of Sollomon's Temple, which King Moyleseagh- 
lyn bequeathed to that church; the standing 
cupp of Donnogh mac Flyn; the three jewells 
that King Terlagh gave to that church, viz, a 
cupp of silver, a guilt Crosse, and another 
jewell; a silver chalice, marked with the stamp 
of the daughter of Rowrie O'Connor; and a 
cupp of silver, which Ceallagh, primatt of Ard- 
mach, bestowed on the church. The clergy of 
Clone made incessant prayers to God and St. 
Keyran to be a meane for the revelation of the 
party that tooke away the said jewells.” 

* Ceallach.— This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows : , 

“A. D. 1129. S. Celsus Archiepiscopus Ard- 


machanus, occidentalis Europe Primas, vir il- 
libate castimonie, et unicus cujus arbitrio 
Hiberni et extere gentes, Clerus et populus 
Hibernie erant contenti; post multos ordinatos 
Episcopos, Presbyteros, et diversorum graduum 
Clericos; post multas Basilicds, Ecclesias, et 
Cemeteria consecrata; post multas et magnas 
eleemosynas, et pias elargitiones ; post regulas 
morum Clero et pacis populo prescriptas ; post 
vitam in jejuniis, orationibus, predicationibus, 
missarum celebratione et id generis variis pie- 
tatis officiis transactam ; sacramentis Penitentiz 
et Extreme Unctionis premunitus, anno setatis 
su: quinquagesimo, in Momonia, locoque Ard- 
Patruic dicto spiritum cclo reddidit, primo die 
Aprilis. Cujus veró corpus feria quarta se- 


quenti ductum est Lismorum S. Mochude ibi - 


sepeliendum, juxta ipsius testamentum : ibique 
feria quinta sequenti, cum psalmis, hymnis, et 
canticis in Sanctuario Episcoporum vulgo ap- 
pellato, honorificó sepultum est. In ejus vero 
locum in sede Ardmachano sufficitur (vel ve- 
rius intruditur) Murchertachus, seu Mauritius, 


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1129.] 


Manach". ‘The castle of Ath-Luain and the bridge were erected by Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Conchobhair in the summer of this year, i.e. the summer of the 
drought. The altar of the great church of Cluain-mic-Nois* was robbed, and 
jewels were carried off from thence, namely, the carracan [model] of Solomon's 
Temple, which had been presented by Maelseachlainn, son of Domhnall ; the 
Cudin [Catinum] of Donnchadh, son of Flann; and the three jewels which 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair had presented, i.e. a silver goblet, a silver 
cup with a gold cross over it, and a drinking-horn with gold; the drinking- 
horn of Ua Riada, King of Aradh ; a silver chalice, with a burnishing of gold 
upon it, with an engraving by the daughter of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair ; 


ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1033 


and 


. the silver cup of Ceallach, successor of Patrick. But Ciaran, from whom they 


were stolen, afterwards revealed them. Ceallach”, successor of Patrick, a son 
of purity, and Archbishop of the west of Europe, the only head whom the 
foreigners and Irish of Ireland, both laity and clergy, obeyed; after having 
ordained bishops, priests, and persons of every degree ; after having consecrated 
many churches and cemeteries; after having bestowed jewels and wealth ; after 
having established rules and good morals among all, both laity and clergy ; 
after having spent a life of fusting, prayer, and mass-celebration ; after unction 
and good penance, resigned his spirit to heaven, at Ard-Padraig, in Munster, on 


Amalgadii filius.” —Trias Thaum., pp. 300, 301. 

The Annals of Ulster record the ASIN 
events under this year: 

“A.D. 1129. Makmaras O'Reboghan, Air- 
chinnech of Lismore” [died]. **Gillmochonna 
O'Duvdirma killed by Ulster," [on Inis Toiti, 
now Church Island, in Lough Beg, near Toome 
Bridge, county Londonderry.—Eb. | ** Kellagh, 
Coarb of Patrick, chief and Archbushop of the 
west of Europe, and the only pleasinge" [to] 
“ Irish and English” [recté, Galls or Danes], “lay 
and clergy, after grading” [i. e. ordaining] “ bu- 
shop, priest, and all degrees, and after conse- 
crating of churches and churchyardes many, 
and bestowinge of jewells and goods, and gev- 
inge good rules and manners to all spirituall 
and temporall, endinge a life in fastinge and 
prayer, ointment and penance, he gave up his 


spirit into the bosom of angells and archangells, 
at Ardpatricke, in Mounster, in the Kal. of 
Aprill, and in the 24th yeare of his abbotship, 
and in the 50th yeare of his age. His body was 
caried the 3rd of Aprill to Lismore, according to 
his will, and was served” [waked] “with Salmes, 
hymnes, and canticles, and buried in the bu- 
shop’s buriall, in Prid. Non. April. the fifth . 
day. Murtagh mac Donell chosen in Patrick’s 
Coarbship in Non. April. The house of Colum- 
kill, at Killmienenan, taken by O’Tarkert upon 
Hugh mae Cathbair O'Donell, and? [he was] 
“ burnt by him. The castle of Athlone made by 
Tirlagh O’Conor. Gilchrist Mac Uirin, chief of 
Kindred-Feragh, burnt in his fosterer’s house, 
in Fermanagh, murtherously. Nell O'Krighan, 
king of O-Fiachrach of Ardsraha, killed by the 
Kennedyes,"— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. : 


6 Q 


1034 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. (1130. 


via luam do ponnpad ipn caeccacmhad bhadan a aoii. Rugad cpa a conp 
via aónacal 1pm ccéoaom ap cemo go Lio món Moċúva oo pein a Tiomna 
budvem, 7 po pprotaipfo co ppalmoib, q] imnaib, 7 cancicib,7 po haónaic(ó 
co honopaé 1 molar na neppcop Dia Oapoaom apnabanach. Muinclpeach, 
mac Domnaill, oorponeao hf ccomapbup Daccpaicc :appin. 

Qop Cpiopc, mile céo tmocha. Sopo Cholaim Chille cona teamplaib, 
7 monoa vo lopccaoh. Coclamn Ua Maolpuanaw, piogdamna Ulad, oo 
mapbad. Cáepne Ua Concobain, ci&(pna Ua pPailge, oo écc. Giolla 
Cualann mac meic Oángaile, cig(pna Ua móqpiám Cualann, vo mapbao lá 
a bnatb. Orapmaicc Ua Pollamam, caoipeaé Clomne hUaccae, 7 Goll- 
cluana (.1. Giollapacpaice) Ua hCipeaccans, ollam lantaip Mwe 1 pilioecc, 
oécc. Sedo Cluana mic Nop opoillpiugaó pon Ghallanb. Curmms ian na 
ngoi oo Hhiollacompain. | G10llacomgáin péippm do épochaó 1 nOGán Cluana 
ohmam lá pfs Muman, 1ap. na &aipbtpc la Concobap Ua mbmiam. Ro (np 
cpa an G1ollacomgain pom Concac, Lior mép,7 Dopncláipge oo dol cap mup. 
In long 1 pagbad :0naó ní pagbao gaoi& peolca, 4 po seiboip na longa ele 
apéeana. Oeitbip ón ap no popcao Ciapan an luing 1 ccpiallao pom ceaécc 
camp, 7 oo náoporn ma coibpenaib pní bap co noic(ó Ciapán co na bacaill ac 
porcecao gaca lumge ma ccmallad. Ro monad cpa amm Oé 1 Criapám ve pin. 
Slórg(ó la hUa Caclamn a. Concobap, mac Oornaill, 4 lá cuaipcenc Eneann 
mo Ullcaib. Ro cionóilpecc Ula oo tabane cata 0616. O po comporccpig 
các dia noile dib pecan romain(cc ammin (coppa. Ro meabaid pop Ullcaib 
poóeónb,] po lad a nap im Cod Ua Lomspig ciz(nna Dal nApawe, 1m Giolla- 
páccpaic mac Seappas, cr&(pna. Ohal moumne, 1m Oubpailbe mac Cfpcéám, 


* Cuaifne.—He was the son of Muircheartach, 
son of Conghalach, son of Donnsleibhe, son of 
Brogarbhan, chief of Ui-Failghe, who was slain 
at the battle of Clontarf, A. D. 1014. 

^ Diarmaid Ua Follamhain, §e.—* A. D. 1130. 
Dermott O'Fallawyn, chieftaine of Klynodagh, 
and Gall-Clwana, otherwise named Gillepatrick, 
chief poet of West Meath, died.” Ann. Clon. 

^ The jewels of Cluain-mic-Nois.—This passage 
is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise as fol- 
lows: 

* A. D. 1130. The jewells that were stollen 


from out the church of Clonvicknose were 
found with one Gillecowgan, a Dane of Lim- 
brick. The said Gillecowgan was apprehended 
by Connor O’Bryen, and by him delivered over 
to the fami]y of Clonvicknose, who, at the time 
of his arraignment, confessed openly that he 
was at Cork, Lismore, and Waterford, expecting 
for wind to goe over seas with the said jewells; 
all the other passengers and shipps passed with 
good gales of wynde out of the said townes, save 
only Gillecowgan, who said as soone as he wou'd 
enter a shipp-board any shipp he saw St. Key- 


Auk. a "n 
Mice oc 


1130.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1035 


the first day of April, on Monday precisely, in the fiftieth year of his age. His 
body was conveyed for interment, on the Wednesday following, to Lis-mor- 
Mochuda, in accordance with his own will; it was waked with psalms, hymns, 
and canticles, and interred with honour in the tomb of the bishops, on the 
Thursday following. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall, was appointed to the 
successorship of Patrick afterwards. 

The Age of Christ, 1130. Sord-Choluim-Chille, with its churches and 
relics, was burned. Lochlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, royal heir of Ulidia, was killed. 
Cuaifne* Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Gillacualann, grandson of 
Dunghaile, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, was killed by his brethren. Diarmaid 
Ua Follamhain*, chief of Clann-Uadach ; and Goll-Cluana, i. e. Gillaphadraig 
UahAireachtaigh, ollamh of West Meath in poetry, died. The jewels of Cluain- 
mic-Nois^ were revealed against the foreigners of Luimneach, they having been 
stolen by Gillacomhgain. Gillacomhgain himself was hanged at the fort of Cluain- 
Bhriain’, by the King of Munster, he having been delivered up by Conchobhar 
Ua Briain. This Gillacomhgain sought Corcach, Lis-mor, and Port-Lairge, to 
proceed over sea; but no ship into which he entered found a wind to sail, 
while all the other ships did [get favourable wind]. This was no wonder, 
indeed, for Ciaran used to stop every ship in which he attempted to escape; 
and he said in his confessions at his death, that he used to see Ciaran, with his 
crozier, stopping every ship into which he went. The name of God and Ciaran 
was magnified by this. An army was led by Ua Lochlainn into Ulidia. The 
Ulidians assembled to give them battle. "When they approached each other, a 
fierce battle was fought between them. The Ulidians were finally defeated and 
slaughtered, together with Aedh Ua Loingsigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe ; Gilla- 
phadraig Mac Searraigh, lord of Dal-Buinne*; Dubhrailbhe Mac Artain ; and 


ran, with his staff, or Bachall, return the ship 
back again untill he was so taken. This much 
he confessed at the time of the putting of bim 
to death by the said family." 

© Cluain-Bhriain : i.e. the Fort of Brian's 
Lawn or Meadow, now anglicé Cloonbrien, a 
townland in the parish of Athlacca, near Bruff, 
in the county of Limerick.—See the Ordnance 
Survey of that county, sheet 39. 


è Dal-Buinne: i.e. the race of Buinne, son of 
Fergus Mac Roich, King of Ulster. This was 
the name of a deanery in Colgan’s time. It 
embraced a tract of country lying on either side 
of the River Lagan, from Spencer’s Bridge, near 
Moira, in the county of Down, to Drum Bridge, 
near Belfast.—See Colgan’s Trias Th., pp. 182, 
183; and Reeves’s Ecclesiastical Antiquities of 
Down and Connor, $c., pp. 44, 233. 


6Q2 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


1086 (1131. 


co nopomg ole cen mo các pom, 7 mopit an cip co hatip na hApoa ecip 
cuaic 7 cill, q] cucpac mile oo bpaic,3 mile oo buaib, 4 veacanb. | | Ceccaic 
marce Ulad imo ccig(pnaoaibh rap pn. co hpo Maca 1 ccomóal Chonco- 

ap co no(pnpacc pich,7 comh luighe, q co ppapecabpoc gálla lap. 
Comgiup lá Cornpoealbach Ua cConcoban co piachc co Coparo, 7 po arcc 
Rop ngull. Compr eile oan, leip 1 nO(prhumann, ] po aimec Dambp ule, 
q Imp mop. Cacpaomeaó pra Cig(pnán Ua Ruane 7 pra nU Sum 1 
Sleib Guaine pop p(paib Míde, dú 1 cconcain Orapmaicc Ua Maoil(chlainn, 
pi Timpać,] Amlaoib, mac Mic Sman, agfina Gail(ng,7 Oengup Ua Caon- 
oelbám, cig(pna Ua Caogarpe, mac Mic Giollapulancang, cig(pna verpcerpic 
Onl, q opong ole nac amumém. Meap móp ap na huilib. épanoab evin 
cnoa, oedpcnoib, 7 ublaib. 

Qop Cpíopc, mile céo tmocha a haon. Ilaoiíopa Ua Poglada, amo- 
eprcop Caipil, 7 Mumpefpcach Ua hInopeaécaig, comapba Comgaill, oécc 
1nQno Maca an cpeap lá oOccobep. Oubéoblang, ingfn Ruaiópi na Sade 
bude Ui Choncobaip bin cigfpna Curgne vég. Cpeachpluarglo lá Torp- 
oealbac Ua Concobain,7 lá cómgeaó Connaéc 1 Muman, go po ainecpec 
Ui Conall Gapa. Sluaigeao la Concobap Ua mopiam,4 lá pait Muman 
1 Larsmb,7 po sabpac a ngalla. Coccap 1appm ı Miòe, 7 po ansple mp 
Loca Semoiġòe. Comparcic a mancpluag, 7 mapcpluag Connace. Spaom- 
cín pop mancpluag Connace, 7 conéain mac Conconnaéc Ui Concobain von 
cup pm, 7 an P(poana Ua Cantarg a. ollam Connaéc. Sling fo lá Concoban 


° Ard: i.e. Ard-Uladh, now the Ards, in city of Cork, otherwise called Oilean-mor-Arda- 


the east of the county of Down. 

f Torach : i.e. Tory Island, off the north coast 
of the county of Donegal. 

€ Ros-Guill.—'This name is still preserved, 
and is applied to the north-western portion of 
the parish of Mevagh, barony of Kilmacrenan, 
and county of Donegal.— See note ?, under A. D. 
718, p. 317, suprà. — — 

* Dairbri.—'This is the ancient and present 
Irish name of the Island of Valencia, in the ba- 
rony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry.— See 
Leabhar-na-g Ceart, p. 47, note *. 

i Inis-mor.—Now the Great Island, near the 


Neimhidh. 


* Sliabh- Guaire.—A mountainous district in 
the barony of Clankee, county of Cavan.—See 
note *, under A. M. 2859, p. 11, supra. 

The Annals of Ulster record the following 
events under this year: 

** A. D. 1130. Swordes, with the church, and 
many reliques, burnt. Cuaifne O'Connor, king 
of Offaly, mortuus est. Awley mac Senan, king 
of Gaileng ; Eneas O’Kinelvan, king of Loeguire, 
and a number of his good men killed by the men 
of Brefny, at Slewgoary. A battle betweene 
Scottsmen and the men of Moreb, where 4000 of 


1131.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1037 


many others besides them : and they plundered the country as far as the east 
of Ard’, both lay and ecclesiastical property, and they carried off a thousand 
prisoners, and many thousand cows and horses. The chief men of Ulidia, with 
their lords, afterwards came to Ard-Macha, to meet Conchobhar; and they 
made peace, and took mutual oaths, and they left hostages with him. Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair proceeded with a fleet as far as Torach’, and 
plundered Ros-Guill. He brought another fleet to Desmond, and plundered 
all Dairbhri? and Inis-mor‘. A battle was gained at Sliabh-Guaire* by Tighear- 
nan Ua Ruairc and the Ui-Briuin, over the men of Meath, wherein were slain 
Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair ; Amhlaeibh, son of Mac Sea- 
nain, lord of Gaileanga ; Oenghus Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Ui-Laeghaire ; the 
son of Mae Gillafhulartaigh, lord of South Breagha, and others not enumerated. 
Great fruit upon all trees, both nuts, acorns, and apples. 

The Age of Christ, 1131. Maelisa Ua Foghladha', Archbishop of Caiseal, 
[died]; and Muircheartach Ua hInnreachtaigh, successor of Comhghall, died 
at Ard-Macha on the third day of October. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of 
Ruaidhri na Soighe Buidhe Ua Conchobhair, lady of Luighne, died. A plun- 
dering army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, and the people of the 
province of Connaught, into Munster ; and they plundered Ui-Conaill-Gabhra. 
An army was led by Conchobhar Ua Briain and the men of Munster into Lein- 
ster, and took its hostages. They afterwards proceeded into Meath, and plun- 
dered the island of Loch-Semhdighdhe". Their cavalry engaged the cavalry of 
Connaught. The cavalry of Connaught were defeated, and the son of Cuchon- 
nacht Ua Conchobhair, and Feardana Ua Carthaigh, chief poet of Connaught, 
fell in the engagement. An army was led by Conchobhair, son of Domhnall 


brought one thousand captives and many thou- 
sands of chattles and horses. The nobilitie of 


the men of Moreb, with their king, were slayne. 
Eneas, son to Lulaye’s daughter, killed 1000 


Scotts in a retyre” [i. e. retreat]. “An army 
by Connor O’Loghlin, and the North of Ireland, 
into Ulster, and Ulster” (i. e. the Ulidians.-Ep.] 


“did gather to give them battle. Ulster putt 


to flight, and their slaughter had about Hugh 
O'Loingsy, king of Dalaray, and Gilpatricke 
O'Serry, king of Dal-Buinne, and Duvrailve 
Mac Cairtin, and a nomber more; they praied 
the country both spirituall and temporall, and 


Ulster afterwards, about their kinge, went to 
Ardmaghe, to meete Connor, and made peace 
and tranquilitye, and left pledges. Greate store 
of all fruite this yeare.”—Cod. Clar., tom. 49. 

| Ua Foghladha.—Now always anglicised 
Foley, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

™ Loch Semhdighdhe.—Now Lough Sewdy, in 
the barony of Rathconrath, county of West- 
meath. 


- 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


1038 (1131. 


mac Oorneanll Uf Coclamn, 7 la cuaipcepe n€peann, 7 lá hUlcoib hn cCon- 
noccaib, 7 oo bentpac Connaccaig amup pop venead an cpluaig 1 ppail na 
S(gaw (3. Copppliab), 7 p(péap oeabaró eacoppa,* concamm Conn Ua Maol- 
&aorce, 1 an Gapbanach Ua baoigill, 1 pocharoe orle ipm margm pm. Ana 
aoi comdailic ap na banac og Loc Cé, 1 oo gniacc pith mbliadna. Cpeach 
lá Cig(qman Ua Ruaipc, 7 la pa Opéipne oap. eipi an cpluag hi pin hí 
cCuailzne, 4 po arpccpéc Ui Mhéie. Oc 1ompéd rmonpo oUlaro, 1 do verp- 
cent Cipgiall oap Cle Luam oia. coig compaicic 1 Marg Conaille ppp an 
ccpec,] Flptap 1omaipeace (coppa 1 ccona Ragnall Ua h€ochada, pí 
Ulad, 4 Cume Ua Cpoċán, cig(pna Pfpnmagse co na mac, 7 Oonnplébe 
Ua hinnpeaccaig, cig(pna Ua Meit, 4 pocharbe ele beóp.  Cuaómuma 
omopead lá Conbmac mic Mic Cantos, 1 lá Concobap Ua mópiain. Maiom 
la Mupchad Ua Maoileaclamn, pop Shiol Rónám apm 1 ccopcpaccap ile. 
Concobap Ua Spain vo tpomsun la a pion spada pém gup bo hocaplize 
bap 06. Concoban Ua Longancam amm an ci por gon, 1 po manbad pie 
po ċéoói mo. Oomnall Ua Fuco, cigfpna Ua Poncco, vo tuicim la Síol 
nOnmchada hi cchatad. Maolpfclamn, mac Muipéfpoos Ui Mhaolfch- 
lainn, oo mapbad la P(naib Ceall. Clua €pairpo oapccam oo Chappi, 
7 opnað Ceacba po of. An pín cC(éba vo cup vo Mhupchad Ua Mao- 
leachlamn ipm 1onad m po pannpac bu Cluana Enaino. Maidm Challe 


? Coirrshliabh.Now the Curlieu hills, near 
Boyle, on the confines of the counties of Ros- 
common and Sligo. 

^ O’Maelgaeithe—This name was anciently 
anglieised O'Mulgeehy; but it is now usually 
translated Wynne, because gaeite, the latter 
part of the compound, denotes “of the wind.” 

? Ua Baeighill. —Now O'Boyle, and sometimes 
Boyle, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

4 Loch- Ce.—Now Lough Key, near the town 
of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon,—See 
note under A. M. 3581. 

* Ui-Meith: i.e. the Ui-Meith-mara, now 
Omeath, a distriet in the north of the county 
of Louth. 

* Caill- Cobhthaigh : i.e. Coffey’s Wood. This 
was the name of a woody district in the south 


of the county of Galway, on the confines of 
Thomond ; but the name is now obsolete. The 
Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clonmacnoise 
record the following events under this year : 

* A. D. 1131. An army by Tirlagh O'Connor 
and Connaght, into Mounster, and he spoyled 
I-Conell-Gaura. An army by Connor O? Bryan, 
and the men of Mounster, into Leinster, and 
they tooke their pledges, and then into Meath, 
and spoyled the Iland of Logh Seudy, and their 
horsemen and the horsemen of Connaght fought, 
and the horsemen of Connaght were defeated. 
Maelisa O'Foglada, Episcopus Cassill, in senec- 
tute bona quievit.” — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 
tom, 49. 

* A. D. 1131. Connor O’Bryen arrived in 
Meath, seeking to gett through Athlone to gett 


1131.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1039 


Ua Lochlainn, by the people of the north of Ireland, and the Ulidians, into 
Connaught; and the Connaughtmen made an attack upon the rear of the army, 
in the vicinity of Seaghais (i. e. Coirrshliabh"), and a battle was fought between 
them ; and Conn Ua Maelgaeithe*, Garbhanach Ua Baeighill’, and a number 
of others, were there slain. "They met, however, on the following day, at Loch- 
Ce», and made a year's peace. In the absence of this army a predatory exeur- 
sion was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, and the men of Breifne, into Cuailgne; 
and they plundered Ui-Meith* The Ulidians and the South Airghialla, how- 
ever, returned homewards across Ath-Luain, and fell in with the depredators 
in Magh-Conaille, where a battle was fought between them, in which Raghnall 
Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia ; Cumidhe Ua Crichain, lord of Fearnmhagh, 
with his son ; Donnsleibhe Ua hInnreachtaigh, lord of Ui-Meith ; and many 
others besides them, were slain. Thomond was plundered by Cormac, the son 
of Mac Carthaigh, and Conchobhar Ua Briain. A battle was gained by Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn over the Sil-Ronain, in which many were slain. Con- 
chobhar Ua Briain was severely wounded by his own servant of trust, so that 
he was lying in his death-sickness. Conchobhar Ua Longargain was the name 
of the person who wounded him, and he was immediately killed in revenge of 
it Domhnall Ua Fuirg, lord of Ui-Furgo, fell by the Sil-Anmchadha in a con- 
flict. Maelseachlainn, son of Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn, was killed by 


the Feara-Ceall Cluain-Iraird was twice plundered by the Cairbri and the 


men of Teathbha. A slaughter was made of the men of Teathbha, by Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, at the place where they divided the cows of Cluain- 
Iraird. The battle of Caill-Cobhthaigh* was gained over the Sil-Muireadhaigh 


hostages there, after he had the hostages of banished the Maeartys out of Munster into Lyn- 
Lynster. Tyernan O'Royrck gave an overthrow ster, and tooke to themselves the possession and 


to these of Uriell, where Gillaryavagh O'Hoghea, 
king of Ulster, and O’Krichan, prince of Fear- 
noye, and his son, with many others, were slain. 
'Thomond was preyed by the two kings of both 
the Munsters," [viz.] *by Cormack Mac Carrhie 
and Connor O’Brien. Moyleseaghlyn mac Mur- 
tagh O'Melaughlyn was killed by those of 
Ferkell A thunderbolt burnt the castle of 
Athlone; and the castle of Donleo” [was burnt] 
“by casual fire. The O'Briens of Thomond 


government of Munster. Donnogh O'Moylloye, 
King of Farkall, was killed in captivity by Mur- 
ragh O’Melaghlyn. Mortagh O’Molloye, that 
succeeded as king of Farkall, was burnt by the 
family of Muntyr Lwanym, in the church of 
Rahin. Mac Randolph Mac Moriey, cheif of 
Montyr-Eolus, was treacherously killed by 
Tyernan O'Royrck. Cowchonnoght O’Dalie of 
Meath, chief” [of Corca-Adain], * and Archpoet 
of Ireland, died."— Anz. Clon. 


1040 aNNaza RIOSshachta EIREANN. (1132. 


Cobcaig pop Shíol Muipfohas ma nUaccan Connace 1:ap na cc(cc pon 
cpech ipm Mumain, co ccapla cma mfpantne (conpa co ppapcpac a ngabála. 
Fine Gall oo opgan vo Domnall mac Mupchada Uí Maoilfchlomo. 

Qop Cpíope, mile céo cmochac a 06. Maolmaodog Ua Mopgaip oo 
pube 1 gcomopbup Daccpaic cpe impide cléipech n€peann. Maolbpénamn 
Ua hOnpadam, comonba Spénainn Cluana pinta, oécc.  ITlaolbpigoe mac 
Oorlgén, uapal paccapc Apoa Maca, 1 pinnp(p pacapo n€peann, oécc ipm 
dapa bliaoam caoccac a pacapoacca, 7 1pm occmogad bliabam a aop, 3 
pm 27 v0 Clugupc. Uapeipge Ua Neaccam, cmo céled noe Cluana mic 
Nom, 4 a ppui€ phó dég. Cucaille Ua Pino, aincmvech Cille Colccan, 
oécc. Sluagf lá Concoban Ua Lochlamo co he Phipdiad, 4 camice 
Tis fpnan Ua Ruaipc ma teach, 7 oopao bpaigoe 06. Maolpeaclainn mac 
Orapmaoa Mic Munchada, cigna Ua cCeimnpealarg, oo mapbaoh. Cpeach 
Maonmaige la Concoban Ua mógpiamn co pug bú iomda lap. Carplén dona 
Oaillme oo lopccad 7 vo peaoilead lá lomg(p pn Muman, 7 ap mop vo 
tabat pop 1aptan Connace mm Ua Taidg an c(ghlargh,4 1m paop clanvaib 
romda oile. Mac mhla Ui Cochlamn, cigfana Copco Modpuad, oo map- 
bao lap an lomgfp cfona. Ap món ma bpa Muman pop Chonnaccaib 
dú 1 cconcarp Concoban Ua Plaicbeapcaiz, cis(pna lantan Connacc, 7 va 
mac Caċail Ui Mugnom 4 pochaioóe oile. Oilén. na beite pop Sionamn vo 
lopccad la p(paib Muman,7 piche 0o daoimb 1m taoipeach mumcipe Cionaié 
oo čutim ann. Ojapmarc Mac €iciccén, caoipeach Clomne Orapmaoa, 
décc. Cpeach na pépoicce lá Cig(pnán Ua Ruane pop opem op(paib 


* Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair: anglicé Malachy UVa Neachtain.—Now O’Naghtan, and some- 


O’Morgair. For the history of this remarkable 
man the reader is referred to his life by St. 
Bernard, published by Messingham ; to Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., p. 303; and Harris’s edition of 
Ware’s Bishops, pp. 54-57. 

* Maelbrighde Mac Doilgen.—“ A. D. 1132. 
Beatus Maelbrigidus, Dolgenii filius, nobilis 
presbyter Ardmachanus, ac omnium presbyte- 
rorum totius Hibernie senior precipuus, sacer- 
dotii anno quinquagesimo secundo, et statis 
octuagesimo, die 27 Augusti migravit ad Domi- 
num."— Trias Thaum., p. 303. . 


times Naughton, and even Norton, without the 
prefix Ua or O’. 

* Cill-Cholgain: i.e. Colgan's church, now 
Kilcolgan, in the barony of Dunkellin, and 
county of Galway.—See note under the year 
1600; and Colgan’s Acta Sanctorum, p. 350. 
The family of O’Finn, now anglice Finn, with- 
out the prefix Ua or O^, is still extant in the 
town of Galway, and near Cong, in the county 
of Mayo. 

* Bun- Gaillmhe : i. e. the Mouth of the River 
Galway.—See the years 1125, 1132, 1232. 


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1132. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1041 


by the people of Upper Connaught, the former having come on a predatory 
excursion into Munster ; and both parties having engaged through mistake, the 
Sil-Muireadhaigh left their spoils behind. Fine-Gall was plundered by Domh- 
nall, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. 

The Age of Christ, 1132. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair' sat in the succes- 
sorship of Patrick, at the request of the clergy of Ireland. Maelbrenainn 
Ua hAnradhain, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died.  Maelbrighde 
Mac Doilgen", noble priest of Ard-Macha, and senior of the priests of Ireland, 
died in the fifty-second year of his priesthood, and:in the eightieth year of his 
age, on the 27th of August. Uareirghe Ua Neachtain”, head of the Culdees of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, and its venerable senior, died. Cucaille Ua Finn, airchinneach 
of Cill-Colgain*, died. An army was led by Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn to Ath- 
Fhirdiadh ; and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire came into his house, and gave him 
hostages. Maelseachlainn, son of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, lord of Ui-Ceinn- 
sealaigh, was slain. Maenmhagh was plundered by Conchobhar Ua Briain, who 
carried off many cows. The castle of Bun-Gaillmhe’ was burned and demo- 
lished by a fleet of the men of Munster; and a great slaughter was made of 
the people of West Connaught, together with Ua Taidhg an Teaghlaigh, and 
many other noblemen. The son of Amhlaeibh Ua Lochlainn, lord of Corca- 
Modhruadh, was slain by the same fleet. A great slaughter was made of the 
Connaughtmen by the men of Munster, wherein Conchobhar Ua Flaithbhear- 
taigh, lord of West Connaught, the two sons of Cathal Ua Mughroin, and many 
others, were slain. Oilen-na-Beithe* in the Sinainn was burned by the men 
of Munster, and twenty persons, together with the chief of Muintir-Chinaith, 
fell there. Diarmaid Mac Eitigen*, chief of Clann-Diarmada, died. The prey 
of Feasog^ by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, against a party of the men of Teathbha 


* Oilen-na- Beithe: i. e. Island of the Birch, now 
Illanaveha in the Shannon, belonging to the pa- 
rish of Lusmagh, in the barony of Garrycastle 
and King’s County.—Ord. Map, sheet 29. 

* Mac Eitigen.—Now Mac Gettigan, a family 
still extant in the counties of Londonderry and 
Donegal. For the situation of Clann-Diarmada 
see notes under A. D. 1087 and 1205. 

> The prey of Feasog; Cpeaé na Peapoige. 


This may be interpreted “the Prey of the 
Beard;" but nothing has been discovered to 
explain why it was so called. 

All the copies. of the Annals of Ulster known 
to exist are defective from the end of the year 
1131 to 1156. The Annals of Clonmacnoise 
record the following events under this year, 
but they belong to the year 1133: 

* A, D. 1132. Terlagh O'Connor, King of 


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1042 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1133. 


Cleba, 7 oo Chonnaccanb, co námcc Longpopt Toppdealbarg Uí Concobanp. 
Cpeach Muige Curnce lá peapaib Ópeipne. 

Clip Cpiopt, mile céo cpochac acpi. MumloachUa Oinbinnp:, apm- 
veach Cughmaroh, Conaing mac Ouiboaleici popapcinveach Apoa Macha, 
Maolbmsve Ua hCinnin uapal maipcip Epeann, 7 beppe cpéibo(ch c(nnpa, 7 
deine rapéonp Blea, vécc. Rop Cné q Laghmag vo lopecad. Munpéfpeach, 
comapba Phaccnaice pop cumpr Tipe hGosam,7 a papugaó vo buanb, 7 
veacaib, co ppgapnccaib b£nnachcaim. Concobap, mac Mupchada Ui Mhao- 
Uchloann, pogana C(mpae, oo mapnbaoh lá Donnchad Mac Frollamocol- 
móg piogóamna Laig(n, 7 Oonnchad peippin oo mapbao la phaw Mwe a. lá 
hQoo Ua heda a ccionn míp 1 noíogail Concobap. Gupca co na c(mpal 
lan oo daoimb, 7 caipecfoaib vo lopccao pop Pine nali oon lucht céona 
a noiogail meic Mupchada . Chonchobaw. Méipcpeach la Mupchad 
Ua Maorleachlamd a nofoghail a mic, co po anec Fine Shall, 4 amten 
Langean. Sluagfo la Conbmac mac Capchaig, 7 la Concobap Ua mópiam 
1 cConnaécaib, co po mapbpac Catal mac Catal Uí Concobaip, pfosgdanmna 
Connacéc,7 Giolla na naom Ua Plomo, caipech Sl Maoilepuain,7 po peal- 
pf Dun Musdopn, 7 Dún Mop, 4 po morfo mop oon cíp. Imparo rappin 
gan gialla. Cpeaċ lá Oonnchao Ua Ceapbaill, q la pha PGpnmage hi 
Pine Ghall, conup cainpican Goll oc Pionoabaip. na mngfn, co nofpnpac 
oeabaió 1 cconcain Ragnall mac Pól, 4 opong món vo hallar” ume. 
Cw 140 propa Pipnmaise cugad éccenodil poppa. Cpeach lá Cig(nnán 
Ua Ruane la cigfpna 6peipne pop Uib Piacpach an cuaipceipc.— ITlonóm 
pa bpa Ceacba pon Shíol Mupfoharg, oú 1 ccopéenp Amlaoib mac mic 


lreland, made a wooden bridge over the river 
of” [Synann at] “ Athliag, and came himself to 
the land of Teaffa to keep” [i. e. restrain] ‘ the 
O'Feralls, where he was mett by Murrogh 
O’Melaghlyn, king of Meath, Tyernan O'Royrck 
and Teaffymen, with their forces, and they put 
the king and Connoughtmen out of his camp, 
and burnt the place afterwards, and killed divers 
of the king’s armie. King Terlagh made ano- 
ther wooden bridge over the river of Synann at 
Athlone, that he might at his pleasure have 
access to take the spoyles of West Meath. 


Tyernan O’Royrck was deposed of his princi- 
pality by his own sept, and againe restored 
thereunto.” 

It is stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals 
of Innisfallen, under this year, that Turlough 
O’Conor marched at the head of an army into 
Munster, and plundered and destroyed Croma 
[Croom, on the Maigue, in the county of Lime- 
rick, the seat of O’Donovan], and proceeded 
from thence into Meath, and gave the govern- 
ment of that territory to Murrough O'Melagh- 
lin, from whom he took hostages; also that 


1133.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1043 


and of Connaught, until he reached the camp of Toirdhealbhach Ua Concho- 
bhair. Magh-Luirg was plundered by the men of Breifne. 
The Age of Christ, 1133. Muireadhach Ua Duibhinnsi, airchinneach of 


Lughmhadh ; Conaing, son of Dubhdaleithi, fosairchinneach of Ard-Macha ; — 


Maelbrighde Ua hAinnin, noble martyr of Ireland, and pious paragon of the 
mildness and charity of the western world, died. Ros-Cre and Lughmhadh 
were burned. Muircheartach, successor of Patrick, made a visitation of Tir- 
Eoghain ; and he received his tribute of cows and horses, and imparted his 
blessing. Conchobhar, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Tea- 
mhair, was slain by Donnchadh Mac Gillamocholmog, royal heir of Leinster ; 
and Donnchadh himself was killed by the men of Meath, i. e. by [the people of] 
Aedh Ua hAedha, at the end of a month, in revenge of Conchobhar. Lusca, 
with its church full of people and relies, was burned upon the Fine Gall by the 
same party, in revenge of the son of Murchadh, i.e. Conchobhar. A great 
depredation was committed by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, in revenge of his 
son; and he plundered Fine-Gall and the east of Leinster. An army was led 
by Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Conchobhar Ua Briain into Connaught ; and 
they killed Cathal, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, and 
Gilla-na-naemh Ua Floinn, chief of Sil-Maeileruain; and they demolished Dun- 
Mughdhorn' and Dun-mor*, and plundered a great part of the country : they 
afterwards returned without hostages. A depredation was committed by Donn- 
chadh Ua Cearbhaill and the men of Fearnmhagh in Fine Gall, but the foreigners 
came up with them at Finnabhair-na-ninghean®; and they made battle, in which 
Raghnall, son of Pol, and a great party of the foreigners about him, were slain. 
The men of Fearnmhagh, however, encountered great danger. A depredation 
was committed by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne, upon the Ui-Fiach- 
rach of the North. A battle was gained by the men of Teathbha over the Sil- 
Muireadhaigh, wherein fell Amhlaeibh, grandson of Aireachtach Ua Roduibh, 


Conor O’Brien destroyed Athlone, being assisted 4 Dun-mor.—Now Dunmore, in the barony of 
by the Conmhaicni and Meathmen. Dunmore, and county of Galway. 

* Dun-Mughdhorn.—Otherwise called Dun- * Finnabhair-na-ninghean.— This was the name 
Mughdhord; now Doon, four miles to the east of a townland situated on the south side of the 
of Westport, in the county of Mayo.—See note Boyne, opposite the mouth of the Mattock River, 
under A. D. 1235. in the parish of Donore, county of Meath. 

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1044 ANNALA gioshachca EIREANN. [1133. 


Cineaccang Uí Réomb, canpeaé Clomne Comalcaig, 7 m po gabab Mac an 
Vpcaip Ui Cimligi caoipec Ceneil Oobea, 1 1 cconcpaccap ile. Opoic(c Ata 
Luan j a ċapciall oo pcaoileao lá Mupchad Ua Maoileachlainn 4. lá 
Tig(pnan Ua Ruainc. Comóál la Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip, 4 lá Con- 
coban Ua mópiam co matið cleipeaé Connacc 7 Muman oc Call Cet- 
epnai$, 7 pit bliaóna vo óénam eacoppa. Maolp(chlainn, mac mic Diap- 
mava mic Maoil na mbó,] Cochaw Ua Nuallám, cig(ina Potapc, oo éurcim 
1 cchachad lá hUsaipe Ua Tuaċan, q lá hUi Mumha, q áp mop 
amaille ppu. Oa mac Conconnacc Ui Choncobain vo bácaó 1 LLoé Ribh. 
Giolla na naom Ua bimn décc pig plecaipe Epeann eipióe, 4 a adnacal 1 
Rop Commain. 60 dft mop mo €pmn, 04 ngoipéí Maolganb, oá ná pmt 
ramal 6 ċámc an bó viobad ole ı nammpip Phlaicbeapcaig; mic Lomp iğ, 
conap páccaib act cipuarppi becc vo buaib 1 nEmm, via nebnad, 


Acpi pa cmoca, na ceil ` 
Céo ap mile vo bliadnanb, 

O gem Cpíopc 1 mbeicil binn 
Our an mbó oíépi 1 nEpinn. 


Plaicb(pcaé Ua Plaicb(pcarg oo manad lá mac Coclamn Uí Coclamn, 
ı nofoğail a acap. Méppluaigead Leite Moga uile im Chopbmac ITlac 
Cantaig,7 1m Choncobap Ua Maoilpfchlamn a cConnaécanb, gup po manbad 
leó mac mic Cacail Uí Chonéobarp, 4 Giolla na naoh Ua Flomn, caoipeaé 
Sil Maolpuanad,7 po lorpecp(c Oun Mugdopn, 7 Dún mon,7 po 1ompadyte 
san pid gan gialla. 


' Ua hAinlighe.—Now O’Hanly, and some- ferent authorit , the Editor deems it right to 
g y: y g 


times Hanly, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

€ Abhall- Chethearnaigh : i. e. Cethearnach’s 
Orchard, a place near Uisneach, in Westmeath. 

^ Ua Birn.—Now O’Beirne. He was chief 
steward to Turlough O'Conor, monarch of Ire- 
land. 

` Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach.—He was 
monarch of Ireland from A. D. 727 till 734. 

* Dun-Mughdhorn, &c.—This is a repetition, 
but asit has been evidently copied from a dif- 


let it stand. The Annals of Clonmacnoise re- 
cord the following events under this year: 

" A. D. 1133, Dermott Mac Murrogh, king 
of Lynster, exercised great tyranies and cruel- 
ties upon the Lynster nobility; he killed O'Foy- 
lan, prince of Lynster and Murrogh O'Twahaill, 
and did execrably putt out the eyes of Gillemo- 
cholmoge, King of Kwalan-men, which brought 
all Lynster farr under hand. Donnogh of 
Affalie was killed by others of Affalie, viz., by 


1133.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1045 


chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, and Mac-an-leastair Ua hAinlighe’, chief of Cinel- 
Dobhtha, was taken prisoner, and many slain. The bridge of Ath-Luain and 
its castle were destroyed by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn and Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc. A conference was held by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and 
Conchobhar Ua Briain, with the chiefs of the clergy of Connaught and Mun- 
ster, at Abhall-Chethearnaigh*, and a years peace was made between them. 
Maelseachlainn, grandson of Diarmaid, son of Maelnambo, and Eochaidh Ua Nu- 
allain, lord of Fotharta, fell in a conflict by Ugaire Ua Tuathail and the 
Ui-Muireadhaigh, and a great slaughter along with them. The two sons of 
Cuchonnacht Ua Conchobhair were drowned in Loch Ribh. Gilla-na-naemh 
Ua Birn*, who was the royal lawgiver of Ireland, died, and was interred at Ros- 
Commain. A great murrain of cows in Ireland, which was called Maelgarbh, 
the likeness of which was not seen since the great cow mortality which hap- 
pened in the time of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach’, and it left but a small 
remnant of the cattle of Ireland ; of which was said : 


Three and thirty, do not conceal, 

A hundred over a thousand years, 

From the birth of Christ at sweet Bethlehem, 
To this cow-mortality in Ireland. 


Flaithbheartach Ua Flaithbheartaigh was killed by the son of Lochlainn 
Ua Lochlainn, in revenge of his father. The great army of all Leath-Mhogha 
was led by Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn into 
Connaught, and they slew the grandson of Cathal Ua Conchobhair, and Gilla- 
na-naemh Ua Floinn, chief of Sil-Maelruanaidh ; and they burned Dun-Mugh- 
dhorn* and Dun-mor, and returned without peace or hostages. 


Clanmalyrie. Connor O'Bryen went with his 
forces to Dublin, and obtained there of the 
Danes to be their king. There was a meeting 
at Usneagh, between King Terlagh O'Connor 
and Morrogh O'Moyleaghlyn, king of Taragh, 
where Morrogh yealded hostages to king Ter- 
lagh, for Meath and Teaffa, and he took hos- 
tages of the Brenie also. Connor, grandchild of 
Donnogh O’Melaughlyn, was killed in captivity 


by Murrogh O'Melaughlyn, which was soon 
avenged by God, by taking away Art, sonn of 
the said Melaughlyn, within a fortnight after. 
The Cowarb of Saint Keyran was robbed at 
Clonfinlogh by these of Sileanmchye, and Con- 
nor Mac Coghlan, and the spoyles restored 
again by the procurement of prince Connor, the 
king's sonn. King Terlagh O'Connor, with the 
forces of Connought, Meath, and Brenie, came 


Oo 
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1046 ANNATA RIoghachta €medHH. (1134. 


Cop Cpíopc, mile céo cpocha a ceatam. Celeacain, mac Copbmaic 
Us Chumn na mboce, ppuié plndip, cm comaiple,7 cobap eccna, pincura, 
c(no emis 5 coimeva pragla Cluana mic Norp, oécc m r0móaió Chiapóm 1ap 
mbucnd natpice 1 Nom Sepcembep. Cp 06 po náð mac Macaim Uí Cío- 
canain ó Goansabail an pannpo, 


: Mo $enap ouic 1c b(chaio, 
Q Mhic Cumo, a Chélecaip, 
Q cao a Chelechain Cluana, 
1 nglé b(chaio gle buada. 


Maolcianain mac oon Chopbmac cédna, uapal paccane cup cpabaw, 7 
eccnae uapal ċmo Cluana mic Noip, oég o1dce péile Miċil, 7 ba 1 nlomoaio 
Ciapám bedp. Pégapcach Ua Riagam, aipéinveac Rup Cpé, 7 Hrollabpé- 
namn Ua hCÍnpnaóám, comapba Opénamn Cluana peapca, oécc. lomap 
Ua hOGleoóaccám, lap po cumoaicceao pecclep Póil 4 Peavain 1 nApo Maca, 
oécc 1 Róm ma calitpe. 6ebinn, mgm Mic Conéaille banaipcmneac Dope, 
décc 22 Oecembep. Maolmaoddce Ua Mopon pop cuaine Muman, q vo 
bepc a péi. Cfpéu Ua Plaicb(pcaig, níogoamna Oilig oo tuicim lá Cenel 
Conall 1 ppiégum..—| Oonnchaó, mac me Mupchada Uí Ohman go na mac 
vo mapbao lá Oeapmumam. Oonnéad 3. mac Conarpne Ua Concobaip, 
tiġlnna Ua Paige, 4 Maolpfchlamn, mac a atap, oo deabad pm apoile co 
ccopnépaccap comtuicim. Sloig(ó lá mac Mic Mupcada, 1 la Cargmb 1 nOp- 
nagib, conup cainteetan Oppaiġe 7 po lápac a nap, 7 copnéan ann Ugarpe 
Ua Cuaeal, níogóamna Carg(n co pocaroib ole. An Oppase,7 Gall Pune 
Lange oo cup lá mac Mic Muntada, 7 la Larsmb a nofogail an áp pém- 
pace. Teampall oo ponad lá Conbmac mac Meic Cantarg, pi Caipil oo 


to Munster, but they returned without hos- 
tages, and spoyled some cornes in Lease and 
Ossorie. Canute, son of Lane, King of England 
and Denmark, died. Sittrick the Dane preyed 
and spoyled Ardbreakan, and took certain cap- 
tives from thence too. Connor O'Melaughlyn, 
king of Meath, took the prey and spoyles of 
Swords, together with many captives.” 

! Imdhaigh- Chiarain : i. e. St. Keyran's Bed. 
^ Ó 


This was the name of a church at Clonmacnoise. 

m KEadargabhail.— See note », under A. D. 
188, p. 395, suprà. 

a Imhar Ua hAedhagain: anglicé Ivor O'Hegan. 
He was the tutor of St. Malachy, and is called 
by his contemporary, St. Bernard, ** Vir Sanc- 
tissime vite."— Vita Malach, c. 2. 

° Maelmaedhog.—This entry is misplaced. See 
it repeated below. 


va 


1134.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1047 


The Age of Christ, 1134. Ceileachair, son of Cormac Ua Cuinn na 
mBocht, learned senior, head of the counsel, and fountain of the wisdom and 
history, and head of the hospitality and keeping of the rule of Cluain-mic-Nois, 
died in Imdhaidh-Chiarain!, after the victory of penance, on the Nones of Sep- 
tember. It was for him the son of Macamh Ua Cicharain, of Eadargabhail", 
composed this quatrain : 


Happy for thee in thy life, 

O Mac Cuinn, O Celeachair ! 

Thou art now, O Celechair of Cluain, 
In a bright life of bright victory. 


Maelciarain, a son of the same Cormac, a noble priest, prop of piety and 
wisdom, noble head of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on Michaelmas Night, and it was 
in Imdhaigh Chiarain he died. Fogartach Ua Riagain, airchinneach of Ros-Cre, 
and Gillabhrenainn Ua hAnradhain, successor of Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died. 
Imhar Ua hAedhagain", by whom the church of Paul and Peter at Ard-Macha 
was erected, died at Rome on his pilgrimage. Bebhinn, daughter of Mac Con- 
chaille, female airchinneach of Doire [Choluim-Chille], died on the 23rd of 
December. Maelmaedhog? Ua Morgair made a visitation of Munster, and ob- 
tained his tribute. Archu Ua Flaithbheartaigh, royal heir of Oileach, fell by 
the Cinel-Conaill in the heat ofa conflict. Donnchadh, grandson of Murchadh 
Ua Briain, with his son, was killed by the people of Desmond. Donnchadh?, 
i.e. son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, and Maelseachlainn, 
his father's son; fought a battle, in which they mutually fell by each other. An 
army was led by the son of Mac Murchadha and the Leinstermen into Osraighe, 
and the Osraighi resisted and slaughtered them, and slew Ugaire Ua Tuathail, 
royal heir of Leinster, with many others. A slaughter was made of the Os- 
raighi, and of the foreigners of Port-Lairge, by the son of Mac Murchadha, in 
revenge of the slaughter aforesaid. A church? which was erected by Cormac, 
grandson of Carthach, King of Caiseal, was consecrated by a synod of the clergy, 


» Donnchadh.—He was the ancestor of Brian now called Cormac’s Chapel.—See it described, 
O’Conor Faly, who lost Offaly by his attainder ‘with beautiful illustrations of the present state 
in the reign of Philip and Mary. of its ruins, in Petrie’s Round Towers of Ireland, 

3 A church, §c.—This is the building at Cashel — pp. 284 to 300. 


" 


1048 ANNALA RIOshachca EIREANN. (1135. 


ċoippeccaò lá peanad clépeach n€peann m aom ionad. Muincfpcach mac 
Oomnaill mic Qirhalgaóa, comapba Phacparce, oég 1ap mbuaió mapcpa, 3 
natpige 17 Sepcembep. Niall, mac Cfeóa, voiponead 1 ccomapbup Pa- 
tpaicc. Caemcluo abbad m Apo Maca 1. Maelmaedoce Ua Illopgaip 1 
monao Néill. Maolmaedéce appn pop cuate Muman, go ccuce a perp. 
lod mac meic Loclamn mécc Coclam, tig (pna Oealbna Eatna, ooécc. Mup- 
chad O h€agna, 4 a b(n i. mgm Toippoealbarg Uf Concobain oo mapbao lá 
Taicleac Ua n€agpa. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile céd toca a ccc.  Cionaec Ua baoigll, uapal 
eppcop 4. eppeop Clocarp,7 apo pfndip tuapceipc Eneann. Cn ceppop 
Ua Caccan a. aipo eppuce Ua cCennpelaig, 4 Maoliopa Ua Pionnacca, 
comanba Ropa Commain,, vég. Sriollacomam Ua Congalarg, p(plégmn 
Roppa Commáin, oo mapbao lá Conmaicmb. Oormnall, mac Mumpc(poong 
Uí bhpian, cina. Gall, 4 Caig(n céccup vo écc 1 ccumce. cléipcecca 1 
Lbiop mop 1ap p(noacaió. — | Piaépa Mac €cnén ppt Shon Cluana € panpo, 
q pn Míde apc(na, oécc. Plano Ua Sionmg, maop bacla lopa, oécc 1ap 
naicme coccade. Maolopa Ua hClinmipe 2. eppcop Pups Lanze, 7 
apo p(nóm Gaoweal app an oċcmaò bliadain ochcmogaó a aoi oécc 1 
Ibiop món Mocucca. €achmapcach Ua hOinmine ppuié pCnóip na ngaowel, 
topap egna 7 véince décc 1 LLiop mop. Maolmaeddcc Ua Mongaip, com- 
apba Phaccpaice, oo ċmoach bacla lopa 4 via cabane apa pocla an peacc- 
mao lá oo mí lal. Ooipe Cholaim Chille co na €(mplaib do lopccao an 30 
oo Mhanca. Ruawp Ua Canannam, ciz(pna Cenel Conall, cuip coctach 
copnamac co noépepc j co noaonnact, vo mapbao op(paib Mange hice .1. 


* Muircheartach, son of Domhnall.—St. Bernard 
inveighs against this Muircheartach and his kins- 
man Niall, in the seventh chapter of his Life of 
St. Malachy. They were both descended from the 
noble family of the Oirghialla, which had now for 
208 years possessed itself of the archiepiscopal 
see, and held it, as it were, by hereditary right. 
Notwithstanding the good character given of 
him in the text, St. Bernard pronounces dam- 
nation to him as well as to Niall: “Illo igitur? 
[Mauritio] ** celeri morte facto de medio, rur- 
sum Nigellus, imd veró nigerrimus, sedem præ- 


ripuit. Et in hoc anime sue Mauritius adhuc 
vivens præviderat, ut hunc haberet hæredem, 
in quo, qui damnandus exibat, operibus adjiceret 
damnationis persistere. Erat enim et ipse ex 
damnata progenie cognatus Mauritii.” — See 
Colgan’s Trias Thaum., p. 304; and Harris’s 
edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 54. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise record the fol- 
lowing events under this year : 

** A. D. 1134. Connor Mac Dermott O’Bryen, 
king of both the provinces of Munster, died at 
Killaloe. Donnogh Mac Carrhie came to Mun- 


1135.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


1049 


assembled in one place. Muircheartach, son of Domhnall’, son of Amhalghaidh, 
successor of Patrick, died, after the victory of martyrdom and penance, on the 
17th of September. Niall, son of Aedh, was installed in the successorship of 
Patrick. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i. e. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair in 
the place of Niall. Maelmaedhog afterwards made his visitation of Munster, 
and obtained his tribute. Aedh, grandson of Lochlainn Mac Cochlain, lord of 
Dealbhna-Eathra, died. Murchadh Ua hEaghra, and his wife, the daughter of 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, were killed by Taichleach Ua hEaghra. 

The Age of Christ; 1135. Cinaeth Ua Baeighill, a noble bishop, i. e. Bi- 
shop of Clochar, and chief senior of the north of Ireland ; Bishop Ua Cattan, 
Archbishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh*; and Maelisa Ua Finnachta, comharba of Ros- 
Commain, died. Gillacommain Ua Conghalaigh, lector of Ros-Commain, was 
killed by the Conmhaicni. Domhnall, son of Muircheartach Ua Briain, who 
had been lord of the foreigners, and previously of Leinster, died in clerical 
habit, at Lis-mor, at an advanced age. Fiachra, learned senior of Cluain-Iraird, 
and of all the men of Meath, died. Flann Ua Sinaigh, keeper of the Bachall- 
Isa, died after good penance. Maelisa Ua h Ainmire, i. e. Bishop of Port-Lairge, 
and chief senior of the Irish, died at Lis-mor-Mochuda, after the eighty-eighth 
year of his age. Eachmarcach Ua hAinmire, learned senior of the Irish, foun- 
tain of wisdom and charity, died at Lis-mor. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, suc- 
cessor of Patrick, purchased the Bachall-Isa‘, and took it from its cave on the 
seventh day of the month of July. Doire-Choluim-Chille, with its churches, 
was burned on the 30th of March. Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel- 
Conaill, warlike and defensive pillar of charity and humanity, was slain by the 


ster, and committed a slaughter on Terlaugh 
O?Bryen, that succeeded the said Connor in the 
kingdom of Munster. Mac Conrye, prince of 
Delvyn of Tyredalogha, was killed by some of 
his own familly. "Terlagh O'Connor, with his 
forces of Meath and Breny, went to the pro- 
vences of Lynster and Munster to take hostages, 
had none, but returned without doing anything 
worthy of note, save the burning of some cornes 
in the contrey of Lease and Ossorie. The son 
of Ferall O’Molloye, prince of Ferkell, was killed 
by the grandchild of Rowrie O’Molloye, and 


the familly of Montyr-Rodan, at Dorrowe. Mac 
Otyr, prince of Innsi-Gall, was chosen to be 
prince of the Danes of Dublin. These of Or- 
mond and Elie tooke a prey from Kynaleagh.” 

s Archbishop of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh: i. e. of Ferns. 
There was no archbishopric of Dublin at this 
period. 

* Purchased the Bachall-Isa: i.e. the crozier 
of St. Patrick. It appears that after the death 
of Muircheartach, Niall or Nigellus obtained 
forcible possession of this crozier.—See St. Ber- 
nard's Life of St. Malachy, c. xii. This purchase 


6s 


1050 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1135. 


vo Mhaolpuanaiwd Ua Cameallan, 7 00 Clomn Diapmava, q áp móp rappin 
ó Chonall pop €ogan. Catal mac Targ Uí Concobaip, canaipi Connache, 
vo mapbao lá pai Ceacba co pochardib ole amaille pup. Cluam Eppo, 
Cfnannup, Rae Cápong, 7 116ealla apéfna oo lopccao. Sochawde vo Ohly- 
mumam do tuicim la Cuaómumam pop cócap Cluana caom ITlooíomócc. 
bá oibpém Piongume Ua Caom, cig(mna linoamnach, Matgamamn Ua 
Oonnchada, cigna Cenel Caogaipe, Maolgopm Ua Rino, 7 mac Loch- 
lamo Uí Cionaeda oUb Maccanlle, go pocawde ele. God Ua Concobaip, 
cristina Concamodpuad,7 Cumapa Mac Conmana mic Oomnaill, ciz(nna 
Ua cCaipin, oo tuicim 1 ppMotsum ó Chuaómumam. Mag Nao, Mas 
luinec, 7 an Conann vo lopccad la Conmaicmb. Rop Commáin do anccain 
1 vo lopecad caib teamplaib lap an lucc céona a ccionn mip 1apam. 
Ua Mavadain, ci&(pna. Sil nAnmcaday Ua Mame ppí pé, oo mapbaoh 1 
ppioll lá mac GHrollacaoimsin 1 Cenneiceis,  o$ a mumncine amaille ppp. 
Amla, mac Domnall Fhmn Ui Ohuboa, cigla Ua nOmalgada, oo map- 
bah lá hUib Pracpach an cucipceipc. Coblach Munchada Ui Mhaorleach- 
lamn, m C(mpach, pop Shionainn, 7. pon Loc Rib. | Cangaccap Síol Mw- 
plohag co na pig, 1. Concoban, mac Toinpdcalbang, 7 Ui Maine co na ccig- 
Mna 1. Caog Ua Ceallarg, co bpapccaibpioo oíblimb bpaighoe ag Munchav. 
Cerne pargném vo bém a ċmo do Cloicteac Cluana mic Nóip, 7 00 tollad 
cloictigh Rup Cpé. Fiona Pfinmarge vo 1ompud ap Mhweachaib, 7 pio 
voib pní bpéipnechaib. Scephen vo gabáil pogaichce Saran 2 Oecembep. 


of the Baculus Jesu by Malachy is not noticed 
by Colgan. 

* Rath- Luraigh.—Now Maghera, in the county 
of Londonderry.—See A. D. 814 and 831. 

~ QCluain-caein-Modimog. — See note under 
the year 1089. 

* Ua Caeimh.—Now anglicé O'Keeffe, and 
sometimes Keeffe, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Gleannamhnach.—Now Glanworth, in the 
barony of Fermoy, and county of Cork.—See 
Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 78, note *. Y 

* Cind-Laeghaire.—'This was the tribe-name 
of the O’Donohoes, who descended from Laegh- 
aire, the fourth in descent from Core, King of 
Munster. 


* Ua Rinn.—Now Ring, without the prefix 
Ua or O’. 

> Ua Cinaedha.—Now Kenny, without the 
prefix Ua or O’. 

* Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly, 
in the county of Cork.— See note ’, under A. D. 
901, p. 562, suprà. 

à Cumara, son of Cumara, son of Domhnaill. — 
This should be Cumara, son of Domhnall, son 
of Cumara, son of Domhnall His father, 
Domhnall, was the first person ever called Mac 
Conmara, now Mac Namara. 

* The cloictheach of Cluain-mic-Nois: i. e. 
the steeple or round tower of Clonmacnoise. 
This is the tower now called O’Rourke’s Tower. 


` 1051 


1135.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


men of Magh-Itha, namely, by Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain and the Clann- 
Diarmada, after which a great slaughter was made of the Cinel-Eoghain by the 
Cinel-Conaill. Cathal, son of Tadhg Ua Conchobhair, Tanist of Connaught, was 
killed by the men of Teathbha, and many others along with him. Cluain-Iraird, 
Ceanannus, Rath-Luraigh", and many other churches, were burned. Many of 
the men of Desmond fell by those of Thomond, at the causeway of Cluain-caein- 
Modimog”. Of these was Finguine Ua Caeimh’*, lord of Gleannamnach', and 
Mathghamhain Ua Donnchadha, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire'; Maelgorm Ua Rinn’, 
and the son of Lochlainn Ua Cinaedha?, of the Ui-Maccaille*, and many others. 
Aedh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, and Cumara, son of Cumara, 
son of Domhnaill, lord of Ui-Caisin, fell of the Thomond men in the heat of 
the conflict. Magh nAei, Magh Luirg, and Corann, were burned by the Con- 
mhaicni. Ros-Commain was plundered and burned, both houses and churches, 
by the same party, at the end of a month afterwards. Ua Madadhain, lord of 
Sil-Anmchadha, and of Ui-Maine for a time, was treacherously killed by Gilla- 
caeimhghin Ua Ceinneidigh, and the choice part of his people along with him. 
Amhlaeibh, son of Domhnall Finn Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was 
slain by the Ui-Fiachrach of the north. The fleet of Murchadh Ua Maeleach- 
lainn on the Sinainn and.on Loch Ribh; the Sil-Muireadhaigh, with their king, 
i. e. Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach, and the Ui-Maine, with their lord, i. e. 
Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh, came, and both left hostages with Murchadh. Lightning 
struck off the head of the Cloictheach of Cluain-mic-Nois*, and pierced the cloic- 
theach of Ros-Cre. The men of Fearnmhagh turned against the Meath men, and 
made peace with the men of Breifne. Stephen assumed the kingdom of England 
on the 2nd of December". ; 


— See Petrie's Round Towers of Ireland, p. 388. 

f On the 2nd of December: that is, the day after 
the death of Henry I. Stephen was elected and 
crowned on Thursday, the feast of St. Ste- 
phen, 26th of December, 1135.— See Sir Harris 
Nicolas’s Chronology of History, second edition, 
p. 297. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise place the follow- 
ing events under this year; but the most of 
them belong to the year 1134, according to the 
Four Masters : 


** A, D. 1135. Murrogh O'Melaghlyn was re- 
stored again to his kingdom of Meath. The 
Abbesse of Killdare was forced and taken out 
of her eloisters by Dermott Mac Murrogh, king 
of Lynster, and compelled to marrie one of the 
said Dermott’s people, at whose taking he killed 
a hundred and seventie of the townesmen and 
house of the abbesse. Cormack Mae Carhie, 
and Connor O'Bryen, with their forces of Mun- 
ster, came to Connought, where they cleered 
the paces of Rabehie and Belfada; they burnt 


68.82 


1052 annaza RiIoghachta EIREANN. (1136. 


Coip Cqpiopc, mile céd cpiocha a pé. Cfooh Ua Finn, eppcop na ópéipne, 
vo écc 1 nlmp Clo¢pann.  Oorinall Ua Oubeéois, ano eppucc Connacc, 1 
comopba Ciapám, c(nn eaccna 7 ems an éóicció opagáil bap 1ap norppnfno 7 
celebnaó : cCluam panca ópénamn. Robancach Ua Ceallarg, ainémo(ch 
Patna méipe, vég ian no(gh mtmse. Giolla Cpiopc Ua h€cam, comapba 
Pinoém,4 Saenbpeatach Ua Ceallong, comanba 1 Shuanag, oég. Mac 
Ciapám, ainémoeach Supo, oo tuicim la piopa. Peapnmaige. Maelmaipe 
mac Colman, arpéimnech Ooipe Cupám. Maoliopa mac Tflaoléolorm, ppm- 
callaoóin C[poa Maca, a ppim cmócaipe 7 a leabap comméoarg, oécc 1ap 
narcpige £ogaióe aióce aem an cépta. Concubap, mac Domnall Uf Loch- 
lamn, cig(pna Chlig céccup,4 pi an cuaipceipc. wle ecin Chonall €ogan, 
Ullca,4 Chpgialla, 7 progoamna €peann beor, oo mapbao op(paib Marge 
hice ı meabail. Echpí Ua hOliccéio, cina Ua n€acoac, oo manbad oUb 
Eacoaé péipm. Cod mac Domnall Ui Concobaip, mogóamna Connaéc, vo 
mapbao oo na Cuacaib ian na tosainm  oóib cuca cpa ceilcc oia. piogab, 
] vpong via aep Spada amaille pip vo manbad. Mac Oomnoill Ui Oháüboa, 
agfina Ua nOmalgada, oo mapbao. Oonnchad, mac Maoileachlamn 
Uf Fhaoláin, oo tuicim lá Conbmac Mac Capéarg 1 meabail. Cod, mac 
Toippoealbarg Ui Choncobaip, oo dallad la Toinpdelbac podéin. Oornall 


the two Corkes, and Mogorne, and Dunmore ; 
and also killed Cahall mac Cahall, prince of 
Connought, and Gillenenewe O’Flyn, prince 
of Sile-Moyleroyne. The Bridge of Athlone 
and castle was broken and razed down by 
Morrough O’Melaughlyn, king of Meath. Con- 
nor mac Murrough O’Melaughlyn, prince of 
Meath, was killed by Donnough Mac Gillemo- 
cholmock, and the Danes of Dublin. For which 
cause the said Mac Gillemocholmock was killed 
within a week after by Meathmen, and Hugh 
O'Hugh. There was a meetting of Connour 
O'Bryen, king of Munster, and King Terlagh 
O'Connor, with all the clergy of Munster, at 
Avall-Kehernye, where there was a truce for 
one year confirmed between them. Luske, and 
the contrey of Fingall, was altogether burnt by 
Donnell mac Murrogh O'Melaughlyn,in revenge 


of the killing of his brother, Connor O’Melaugh- 
lyn, prince of Meath. Melaghlyn mac Dermott 
mic Moylenemoe, and Eochie O’Nolan, king of 
Fohartye, were killed in a fraye by Wogarie 
O’Twahill, and by the O'Tooles of Lynster, 
with a great slaughter of many others. Mor- 
rogh O'Harie, and his wife, king Terlagh O'Con- 
nor his daughter, were killed by Taighleagh 
O'Harie. Clonvicknose, on the Sunday of Easter, 
was burnt, with the church-yard of Moriegh 
O’Duffie, and the place called Lisseannabby. 
There was a great assembly of Leathmoye in 
Cashell at the consecration of the churche of 
Cormack Mac Carhie, king of Cashell. These 
of Ossorie gave an overthrow to Dermott Mac 
Murrough, king of Lynster, where Owgary 
O'Toole, chief of the Tooles, was killed. The 
said Dermott gave an overthrow to those of 


1136.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1058 


The Age of Christ, 1136. Aedh Ua Finn, Bishop of Breifne, died at Tnis- 
Clothrann. Domhnall Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of Connaught, and suc- 
cessor of Ciaran, head of the wisdom and hospitality of the province, died 
after mass and celebration at Cluain-fearta-Brenainn.  Robhartach Ua Ceal- 
laigh, airchinneach of Fathain-mor, died after good penance. Gillachrist 
Ua hEchain, successor of Finnen, and Saerbhreathach Ua Ceallaigh, succes- 
sor of Ua Suanaigh, died. Mac Ciarain, airchinneach of Sord, fell by the 
men of Fearnmhagh. Maelmaire Mac Colmain, airchinneach of Doire-Lurain; 
Maelisa Mac Maelcoluim®, chief keeper of the calendar of Ard-Macha, its chief 
antiquary and librarian, died, after good penance, on the night of Good Friday. 
Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Lochlainn, who was first lord of Aileach, 
and king of all the north, both Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, Ulidians and 
Airghialla, and also royal heir of Ireland, was killed by the men of Magh-Itha, 
by treachery. Echri Ua hAitteidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was killed by the 
Ui-Eathach themselves. Aedh, son of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair, royal heir 
of Connaught, was killed by the people of the Tuathas^, after they had treach- 
erously invited him to inaugurate him as king, and some of his servants of 
trust were killed along with him. The son of Domhnall Ua Dubhda, lord of 
Ui-Amhalghadha, was killed. Donnchadh, son of Maeleachlainn Ua Faelain, 
fell by Cormac Mac Carthaigh, by treachery. Aedh, son of Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair was blinded by Toirdhealbhach himself. Domhnall Ua Cain- 


Ossorie, to Connor O’Bryen, and Danes of Wa- s Maelisa Mac Maelcoluim.—This entry is 
terford, where an infinite number of them were translated by Colgan thus: r 

slain. Morogh O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath, “ A. D. 1136. Beatus Moelisa Moelcolumbi^ 
gave an overthrow to those of Farnoye, and [filius], **exactissimus calculator temporum 


‘killed two hundred and fifteen of them, with Ardmachane sedis, ejusque Antiquarius nulli 


ten chieftaines. Hugh mac Coghlan O’Flatylye, secundus, ac Bibliothecarius, in egregia pseni- 
prince of Delvyn-Beathra, died. Henrick mac  tentià ipsa feria sexta Dominice passionis de 


NUR QI greene era 
MER oc 
i 


Willelan, king of France and Saxonie, died. 
Conrado, the Emperor, died. Morrogh O'Me- 
laughlin, king of Meath, with a fleet of barks 
and boats, went upon the river Synann, where 
the princes of Sile-Morye in Connought, came 
to his house. Connor mac Terlagh and the 
O’Kellys, with their prince, Teig O’Kelly, came 
and yealded him hostages as pledges of their 
fidelity to him.” 


nocte, animam Deo reddidit.”—Trias Thaum., 
p. 304. ; 
On this passage Dr. O’Conor writes in a note: 
“ Ecce Bibliothecarii officium in Hibernicis An- 
nalibus memoratum ante adventum Anglorum." 
^ The Tuathas.—Generally called Teora Tua- 
tha, i.e. the Three Districts; territories in the 
east of the county of Roscommon, for the ex- 
tent of which see note ^, under A. D. 1189. 


1054 aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1137. 


Ua Camoelbam, ciz(mmna Cenel Caogaine, vo mapbao lá Cig(mnánUa Ruarc 
q lá hU Opin, 1 copcpaccap pocaióe oo bpéipnecharb lá pína Míde. 
: Mawm píoda eiccip Mdeacanb q 6peipnechaib.. Cpeach la hatean Míde 
1 nUib Spm, ‘co ccuccpacc buap oímme. Cpfch ele lap an lucc. ċéona 1 
FPnmeg. Cpeach Loca Caippccín lá p(paib Ceacba, 1 po loipep(cc an 
cawplén co náp a daome. Cpeach ele lap m lucc céona co po oipcepíc 
Mumeip Píóne. Cylch la Domnall mac Mupchada Uí Mhaol(chlamn cap 
Ub Ouncada, 1 ap lap an ccpeié pin oo manbad Giollap(chnaill mac Giolla- 
peachnaill. Oriollamapa Ua hOgám vo mapbao lá mac Néll mic mic Loch- 
lamn. Cuac Muman la Ilaolmaooócc Ua Mongarp, comopba Paczpance. 
Caemélud abbad 1 nCÍpo Macha a. Niall, mac Aedha, 1 monavh Maol- 
maeoórcc. Ruamdpm Ua Concobain 7 Uaoa Ua Conc(namn oo gabai la 
Tompdealbac Ua cConcobap ap comaimece comapba laplaiée, 7 1 Oubtans, 
na bacla bude 7 Ui Ohomnallám. | Néioe Ua Maoilconaipe, an p(nchaio, 


00 écc. 
ap Ohia. 


Coir Cpíopc, mile céd cpocha a peche. 


Maolmaedoce Ua Mopsain vo lérgén comopbaiy Dhaccpaicc oe 


Oomnall Ua Conaing, apo- 


eppucc Leite Moga, cuip cnabard, epnargce, eccna, 1 eipnioce bid 7 peóo vo 
tpuaccharb, 4 cnénaib. On ceppucc Ua 6aoigill, 1 an ceppucc Ua Maol- 


fosmaip, oécc. 
(sna (pgna, décc. 
cc(nnpa, 7 co náilġme. 


Mac Giollagionám 1 Chibleacain, comapba Peicin Pobarp, oécc. 


i Loch Cairgin.—This was the ancient name of 
Ardakillen Lough, near the town of Roscom- 
mon.—See note *, under A, D. 1388. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise record the fol- 
lowing events under this year: 

“ A. D. 1136. Donnell O'Duffie, archbushopp 
of Connought, and Cowarb of Saint Keyran, 
immediately after celebrating of Masse by him- 
self, died, and was buried on Saint Patrick's 
day, at Clonfert, where he died and celebrated 
the said Masse. Clonarde was preyed, and the 
spoyles thereof taken away by the Breniemen. 
They behaved themselves so exceeding outragi- 


Cn ceppcop Ua Cléimg vo éonnaccaib,1 an vall Ua Caola, 
Macnait Ua Foppeit pao pinchad, q anmċapa co 
Qoo Ua Finn, aimop(plergmn pean móperpne, oécc. 


Caemclud 


ous in the taking of these spoyles, that O’Daly, 
archpoet of all Ireland, without respect was 
very irreverently striped of his cloaths to his 
naked skin; and, among the rest, they tooke a 
sword out of the vestry preserved by St. Fynnan 
himself, Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, king of Meath, 
tooke his own son, whom he committed to pri- 
son for his evill behaviour and miscarriadge of 
himselfe. Dermott Mac Morrogh, king of Lyn- 
ster, accompanied with all the forces of the 
Danes, came to Westmeath to be revenged of 
the O’Melaghlyns for their abuses done to him 
before. He was mett by the O’Royrcks, O’Rel- 


1137.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1055 


dealbhain, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, was killed by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire and 
the Ui-Briuin, and many of the men of Breifne were slain by the men of Meath. 
A breach of the peace between the men of Meath and Breifne. A predatory 
incursion was made by the people of East Meath into Ui-Briuin, and they car- 
ried off countless cows. Another predatory incursion was made by the same 
party into Fearnmhagh. Loch Cairgin! was plundered by the men of Teathbha, 
and they burned the castle, and slaughtered its people. Another predatory 
excursion was made by the same party, and they plundered Muintir-Fidhnigh. 
Gillamura Ua hOgain was slain by the son of Niall, grandson of Lochlainn. 
The visitation of Munster was made by Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, successor of 
Patrick. A change of abbots at Ard-Macha, i. e. Niall, son of Aedh, in place 
of Maelmaedhog. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Uada Ua Concheanainn were 
taken prisoners by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, they being under the pro- 
tection of the successor of Iarlath and Ua Dubhthaigh, and of the Bachall Buidhe 
[i.e.the yellow staff or erozier], and Ua Domhnallian. Neidhe Ua Maelcho- 
naire, the historian, died. Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair resigned the successorship 
of Patrick for the sake of God. 

The Age of Christ, 1137. Domhnall Ua Conaing, Archbishop of Leath- 
Mogha, prop of the piety, prayer, wisdom, and bestowal of food and jewels 
upon the feeble and the mighty. The Bishop Ua Baeighill; the Bishop 
Ua Maelfoghmhair of Connaught; and the blind Ua Cadhla, a learned sage, 
died. Macraith Ua Forreith, a learned historian and an anmchara of meekness 
and mildness ; Aedh Ua Finn, chief lector of the men of Breffne, died. Mac 
Gillafhinain Ua Gibhleachain, successor of Feehin of Fobhar, died. A change 


lyes, and these of Uriell of the other side, where his forces, against any one with as great an 
they caus'd Mac Murrogh, with his Danes and army, for King Murrogh's assistance, against 


Lynstermen, to return without committing any 
hurtes worthy to be remember'd, but only the 
burning of Ardbrackan; whereupon they of East 
Meath went to the O’Foylans and borders, burnt 


- and spoyled their towns without respect to either 


spirituall or temporallland. Soone after, Der- 
mott Mac Murrogh, King of Danes and Lynster, 
came to the house of Morrogh O’Melaghlyn, in 
Clonarde, where he made an offer to the said 
Morrogh of his own service in the feild, with 


any other, dureing the king’s pleasure, as long 
as his occasion required, at his own charges, so 
that Morrogh would be pleased to suffer him 
quietly to enjoye only the territorys of the 
O’Foylans and Affailie without disturbance, 
which the said Murrogh accepted. Terlagh 
O'Connor, King of Ireland, did put out the eyes 
of his own son, Hugh, for some haynous misde- 
meanor of his. Soirvreagh O'Kelly, Cowarb of 
Rahin O'Swanaye, died.? 


1056 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1137. 


abbao ı nApo Macha .1. aincinveach Dorpe 1 monad Néll, mic Aoda. Cluain 
uama, ] Apoachad eppurcc Mel oo lopecaó, cagib ceamplaib. Gaot món 
po Epinn, co po cpapcaip cpanoa. 10móa, ci$e, c(mplu,4 cumoargte. Rd : 
Fuaoará oan oaine 7 mmle ip m ppainece 1 Marg Conaille. Oomnall, mac 
Mupcada Ui Mhaoleachlamn, nío$óamna €peann, 7 m C(mpa ppí pé, aon 
Ohuaipe Epeann ma aimpip ap emeac, oo rnapbao vo na Saeémb,7 oChpetp 
Mivde co, nan a muincipe ume, uap 1 ccoccad oo oeacaib pide pop a acain 
7 Penpapom. Uaoa Ua Conc(namn vo dallad la Tompdealbaé Ua Conco- 
bain ma mí$momonb. Mop, ing$n Mumpelpcag Ui hmam, bin Mhupéada 
Uí Mhaoileachlann, oécc 1 nOeaprnag Cholaim Chille rap bpeannamn. 
Ponbarp Puipclainge la Orapmaicc Mac Mupchaòa, lá pig Cargén, 4 lá Con- 
cóbap Ua mbpiain, cig(mna Dal cCaip, 7 Goll Ata chat, 1 Loca Capman, 
pop mup oa ċéo long. Cucpac gialla Donncha Meic Capéarg, na n0éin, 
7 Gall Pune Cóipcce leó. Concobap Ua bpiam, cig(pna Cuabmuman 1 
Upmuman, oo dol 1 cc(gh Orapmaoa, meic Munchada, pi Largh, co ppangaib 
bpaiġoe ann vap cfnn Ofpmuman, vo ċopnam 66. Cpfch la Copbmac, mac 
Meic Cantarg ap Chemoerceig Ua mbmiam, q ap Ghallaib Luimnigh. Cob- 
lach la Coippdealbac Ua cConcobaip pop Shionamn, 7 pop Loch Rib. Tunap 
cpoda dopom ón an cupap hi pm hi cc(n coblarg pip mopeipne im Cig(pnán 
Ua Rupe, ] 1 cc(no coblaig pean Mide,7 Teatba ım Mbupcad Ua Mhao- 
leaclamn, ım pig Tímpaċ, bal : pabaccap vá céo lipcap, 4. ni paibe la 
Coinpóealbach cén mo ċá pice long. bfnmide, ign Choncobaip Uf Mhaor- 
leachlaimn, véce 1 cCluain Epaind 1ap no(gbeacharó cian aopoa. Marom 
píoóa erccin líóeachonb, 7 Sperpneachabh. Apo Macha, Tuam va gua- 
lann, Conga, 1 C(pmann Caollainve, vo lopccaó. Mağ neo budeatnnac 
ve lopecad. Coiccead Chonnaéc uile oo papugad ó Ohpdbaoip go Sionainn, 
q co h€écge, 4 a ccup pém 1 nlantan Chonnacc. 


* For defending Desmond: i. e. O'Brien gave 
hostages to Mac Murrough, and submitted to 
him as his king, on condition that Mac Mur- 
rough should secure to O’Brien the obedience 
of the Mac Carthys of Desmond, who impugned 
his authority. 

! Termanu Caellainne.— An old’ church near 
Castlerea, in the county of Roscommon.— See 


the years A. D. 1108, 1225, 1236. 
™ Buidheamhnach: i. e. the Yellow Swamp, now 
Boyounagh, or Kilboyounagh, an old church in 
the middle of a bog, giving name to a parish 
in the barony of Dunmore, and county of 
Galway. 
? Echtghe.—Now Slieve Aughty, on the con- 
fines of Clare and Galway.—See A. D. 1263, 


j 


1137.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1057 


of abbots at Ard-Macha, i.e. the airchinneach of Doire [Choluim Chille] in 
place of Niall, son of Aedh. Cluain-uamha and Ard-achadh of Bishop Mel 
were burned, both houses and churches. A great wind-storm throughout Ire- 
land, which prostrated many trees, houses, churches, and [other] buildings, and 
swept men and cattle into the sea, in Magh-Conaille Domhnall, son of Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Ireland and of 'Teamhair for a time, the 
only Guaire [Aidhne] of Ireland in his time for his hospitality, was killed by 
the Saithni and the people of East Meath, with a slaughter of his people about 
him, for he had made war against his father and them.  Uada Ua Conceanainn 
was blinded by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair for his evil deeds Mor, 
daughter of Muircheartach Ua Briain, the wife of Ua Maeleachlainn, died at 
Dearmhach Choluim-Chille, after penance. The siege of Waterford by Diar- 
maid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, and Conchobhar Ua Briain, King of 
Dal-gCais, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath and Loch-Carman, who had two 
hundred ships on the sea. They carried off with them the hostages of Donn- 
chadh Mac Carthaigh, of the Deisi, and of the foreigners of Port-Lairge. Con- 
chobhar, lord of Thomond and Ormond, went into the house of Diarmaid Mac 
Murchadha, King of Leinster, and left hostages there for defending Desmond* 
for him. A predatory excursion was made by Cormac, grandson of Carthach, 
upon Ceinneidigh Ua Briain and the foreigners of Luimneach. A fleet was 
conveyed by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn and Loch 
Ribh. This was, indeed, a brave expedition for him against the fleet of the 
men of Breifne, under Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, and against the fleet of the men 
of Meath, under Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair, where there 
were two hundred vessels; and Toirdhealbhach had but twenty ships. Ben- 
midhe, daughter of Conchobhar Ua Maeleachlainn, died at Cluain-Eraird, after 
a long and well-spent life. A breach of the peace between the men of Meath 
and the men of Breifne. Ard-Macha, Tuaim-da-ghualann, Conga, and Tear- 
mann Ceallainne’, were burned. Magh-nEo [and] Buidheamhnach" were burned. | 
All the province of Connaught was laid waste, from Drobhaeis to the Sinainn 
and to Echtghe”, and the people themselves were driven into West Connaught. 


and note on Abhainn -da-loilgheach, A. D. lowing events under this year: 
1598. * A, D. 1137. There was such boysterous, 
The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the fol-  tempestious windes this year, that it fell’d 


6 T 


annaza goghachca EIREANN. (1138. 


1058 


Cop Cpforc, mile céo cpocha a hochr. Siollacpiopc Ua Mopsanp, 
eprcop Clocaip, apo paoi 1 n(gna 7 1 ccpábaoh, locnamn polupoa no poill- 
piécead cuaié 7 eacclaip cma poipefoal 7 caom $níom, mod oíl(p oGtpaccach 
vo Ohia, aogaine capipe na h(ccailpi, go coiccfnn, décc, 7] a adnacal hi 
necclep Peaccaip 7 Pol m Apo Maca. Maolpaccparce Ua Onuccann, 
raoi (sna na nGaoroeal apop(p lergimn Apoa Maca, cfnm atcomaine 1aptaip 
Coppa 1 ccpabad, 1 caonoutpacc, oécc ma ailitpe ın Imp Coca Cpe an 2 
lanuapn. Ceall vapa, Liop mop, TLS Moling, 7 Sopo vo lopecad. Cuar 
Muman céona cup la comapba Phaccnaice la mac an pip dana, go cuc a 
ném.  Copbmac, mac Muipfohaig meic Cantons, ms Olpmuman, 4 eppucc 
ps €peann ma pémmeap ap tiodnacal péo, 7 maome oo cléincib 4 ceallaib, 
pip leapagte cuac 7 ecclap, oo manbad ma Hg pém: ppioll lá Coippoeal- 
bach, mac Orapmaoa Uí Ohman, q lá oá mac Ui Choncobarp. Ciappange. 
Ragnall, mac lomain 1 Catan, cig(pna na Cnaoibe, Ciannacca, 1 Fln Lí, oo 
tuicim cpe cangnacc 7 meabail, la hUi” Eogam Slinne. ITlaolpuanaio 
Ua Caipeallám, camoel tucnpceint Epeann ap éput ap céll 7 ap gaipcceao, 
vo manbad oo Cenél Moan. Oornall Ua Ciappóa, cigfpna Campnpe, vo 
mapbaó lá Tisfpnan Ua Ruame. Matgamam Ua Concobaip, cigeapna 
Ciappaige Cuacpa, oécc. Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip co cConnaccaib, 
Cigeapnán Ua Ruarc co pp(paib. bperpne, 7 Donnchad Ua Chbaill co 
nCingiallanb, oo tionol a pocpaitce vo ċopnam a p(pamn pem co hanpipén 


downe many trees, houses, turretts, steeples, 
and other things, and whirl’d some of them into 
the seas. Donnell mac Murrogh O’Melaughlyn, 
prince of all Ireland, and King of Meath for a 
time, a very bountifull and noble prince, as 
free-hearted as Gwarie of Connought, was 
killed by the East of Meath for being in rebel- 
lion against his father and Meathmen. Water- 
forde was besieged by Dermott Mac Murrogh, 
King of Lynster, and Connor O’Bryen, prince 
of Dalgaisse, where the Danes had a fleet of two 
hundred shipps at sea; at last they obtained 
hostages of the Danes, and Donnogh Mac Car- 
hie, which they brought with them. All Con- 
nought, from Esroe to the Synnan, and from 


Clonvicknose to Eghtgie, was waste this year, 
save Iarhar-Connought. More, daughter of King 
Mortagh O'Bryen, and wife to Morrogh O'Me- 
laughlyn, and Queen of Meath, died a very good 
death at Dorrowe. Moyleisa, called Crossan Fyn 
O’King, archpoet of Ireland, in that kind of 
Trish verse called Crossanaght, died at Clon- 
conrie [Cloncurry] in Lynster.” 

° Maelpadraig Ua Drugain.—This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows: 

** A, D. 1138. Beatus Maelpatricius Hua Dru- 
gain Hibernorum sapientissimus Archischolas- 
ticus Ardmachanus (hoc est, supremus Professor 
Schole Ardmachane) occidentis Europe scien- 
tissimus, vir pietate et religione precipuus, in 


1138.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1059 


The Age of Christ, 1138. Gillachrist Ua Morgair, Bishop of Clochar, 
a paragon in wisdom and piety; a brilliant lamp that enlightened the laity and 
clergy by preaching and good deeds; a faithful and diligent servant of the 
Church in general, died, and was interred in the church of Peter and Paul at 
Ard-Macha. Maelpadraig Ua Drugain*, paragon of the wisdom of the Irish, 
chief lector of Ard-Macha; head of council of the west of Europe in piety and 
devotion, died on his pilgrimage at the Island of Loch Cre’, on the second 
of January. Cill-dara, Lis-mor, Tigh-Moling, and Sord, were burned. The 
visitation of Munster the first time by the son of the poet‘, and he obtained his 
tribute. Cormac, son of Muireadhach, son of Carthach, King of Desmond, and 
Bishop of the kings" of Ireland for bestowal of jewels and wealth upon the 
clergy and the churches, an improver of territories and churches, was. killed 
in his own house by treachery, by Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, 
and by the two sons of O’Conchobhar Ciarraighe. Raghnall, son of Imhar 
Ua Cathain, lord of the Craebh, Cianachta, and Fir-Li, fell through treachery 
and guile, by the Ui-Eoghain of the Valley’. Maelruanaidh Ua Caireallain, 
lamp of the north of Ireland for personal form, wisdom, and chivalry, was 
slain by the Cinel-Moain. Domhnall Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbre, was killed 
by Tighernan Ua Ruairc. Mathghamhain Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe- 
Luachra, died. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, with the Connaughtmen, 
Tighernan Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne, and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, 
with the Airghialla, mustered their forces to contest unjustly his own lands 


mac, the ancestor of all the septs of the Mac 
Carthys, was really a bishop as well as King of 


sua peregrinatione in Insula Loch Creensi, die 
secundo Januarii obdormivit in Domino."— 


Trias Thaum., p. 304. 

? The Island of Loch Cre.— Now Moin-na- 
hinnse, near Roscrea, in the county of Tippe- 
rary.—See note *, under the year 802, p. 412, 
suprà. 

3 The son of the poet: i. e. Gilla Macliag.—See 
Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 305; and Harris’s 
edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 5T. 

* Bishop of the Kings.—'This might be also 
translated bishop-king of Ireland. See Petrie's 
Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 306, 307, where 
the author inclines to the opinion that this Cor- 


Munster, in opposition to the opinions of Drs, 
O’Brien and Lanigan, who consider him as 
having been only honoured with the title of bi- 
shop for his piety and liberality to the Church. 

* The Ui-Eoghain of the Valley.— A sept of the 
Cinel-Eoghain, who were at this period seated 
in the valley of Glenconkeine in the county of 
Londonderry. The three territories possessed 
by Ua Cathain or O’Kane, at this period, are 
comprised in the present baronies of Tirkeerin, 
Keenaght, and Coleraine, in the county of Lon- 
donderry. | 


672 


1060 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


lá hUa Maoleċlamn. || |Cámicc van Mupchaò Ua ITlaoileclamn, co ppa 
Ime 4 Gallaib, 7 Orapmaro mac Mupchada, co Cargmb ma naccard oon 
leit aile, co nangaccap an oá pocpaive pin co cnamb marge lopccaig. Ro 
bé cpa iompoicy: boí ecip an oa longpopt co na boi acc bealaè coilleao 
bicce (coppa. Pp pé plécmaine oóib amlaro pn aghaio m acchaw. Cec 
ċfna pop velig Oia gan caé gan siallad neich ofb via pole. Ro rimllp(c 
pip Whode apam apbanna Ua mbpun, 7 ph P(pnmarge gup bó gopca oropu- 
lamg 0616 rpm mbliadain ap ccionn. lappm oan vo lóccap IIhóig, Largms, 
7 Goll co hlmp Mocca ora hapgain, oo deachaw opong oipime víob ap 
pacannaib, 7 ap pnam ap m loc vo pochcain na hinnpi, 7 do place opeam 
vfob an mip. Cangaccap ona iappm lucc na hinnpi éáca 1 naptpaigib. Ro 
bárbic, po mapbaicc pocaide díb Léo,7 ceicic an opm ofb bos 1pm imp epre, 
q ni po péopac lopccao na hinnpe cpé mopbail Oé 4 an eplama. 1p annpm 
po mapbaoó Cabpuinne Ua Longainec, 1 mac Caóg mac Mie Ualgapcc 4 
mac Mic Cupganill. 

Clip Cpífopc, mile céd cpiocha a nan. Catal Mac Maol, comapba 
Ci&(nar$ Cluana h€oap, copap ponapa 4 porobp(pa cuaipceme €peann 
epneabach bid oo tum 7 ecclap. Cuconnacc Ua Oaleng, apoollam lé oan, 
oécc 1 cCluam Epaipo. O Ceacam Míde opie. Slórgeaó la hUllcoib 
co Tularg nOc, co po loipceple an mhacaipe co na éeallaib. Matgarnain 
Ua Oaboa, corpeac Clomne Laeb(pcag go maicib a Thuaite uime, vo mhap- 
bad la Muipefpcach, mac Néill a nofogail Conéobaip Uí Coclamn. Oonn- 
chad Ua Maolmuaw, cigna Pip cCeall,4 Cheneói Fhiachach, vo manbad 
! ngemel la Mupchad Ua Maorleclamn. Thüwupéfpcach Ua Maolmuaw, 
ci&(mna ele Peap cCeall, oo lopccad vPeanaib Ceall a. vo Urb Guana 1 
c(mpall Račne. Ua Cadla a. Cod, tigfpna Conmaicne mapa, 0o mapbao 


£1139. 


* Craebh-Maigh- Lorgaigh : i.e. the Bush or 
Wide-spreading Tree of the Plain of Tracks. 
Not identified. 

> The lake.—There is no lake around the old 
church of Inis-Mochta at present, but the spot 
is surrounded by a marsh which is still generally 
flooded in winter.—See note *, under A. D. 922, 
pp: 610, 611, suprà. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year 


altogether. Under this year the Dublin copy 
of the Annals of Innisfallen notice the death 
of Amhlaeibh Mor, or Aulavius Magnus Mac 
Firbis, chief antiquary and poet of Ui-Fiach- 
rach. v 
" Leacain in Meath—Now Leckin, near Bun- 
brusna, in the county of Westmeath.—See note 
*, under the year 746, p. 349, suprà. 

* Ua Dubhda.—Now Duddy. This sept, which 


— PS - 


1139.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1061 


with Ua Maeleachlainn. On the other side Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, with 
the men of Meath, and the foreigners, and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, with the 
Leinster-men, came to oppose them, and both armies arrived at Craebh-Maighe 
Lorgaigh* The two camps were so near each other that there was only a pass 
through a small wood between them. They remained for the space of one 
week in this manner face to face, but at length God separated them without 
coming to battle, without one giving hostages to the other. The men of Meath 
afterwards destroyed the corn crops of the Ui-Briuin, and of the men of 
Fearnmhagh, so that an insufferable famine prevailed amongst them the year 
following. After this the Meath-men, Leinster-men, and. the foreigners, pro- 
ceeded to Inis-Mochta to plunder it, and a countless number of them went on 
rafts, and by swimming, on the lake", to. reach the island ; and a party of them 
did reach the island. The people of the island afterwards came to them in 
vessels, and numbers of them [the aggressors] were drowned and slain by them; 
and the party who were on the island fled from thence, not having been able 
to burn the island, through the miracles of God and the patron saint. On this 
occasion Cubruinne Ua Longairg, the son of Tadhg, the son of Mac Ualghaire, 
and the son of Mac Turgaill, were slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1139. Cathal Mac Maelfhinn, successor of Tighear- 
nach of Cluain-Eois, fountain of the prosperity and affluence of the north of 
Ireland, bestower of food upon the laity and the clergy ; Cuchonnacht Ua Da- 
laigh, chief ollamh in poetry, died at Cluain-Iraird. He was of Leacain, in 
Meath”. An army was led by the Ulidians to Tulach-Og, and they burned the 
plain with its churches. Mathghamhain Ua Dubhda*, chief of Clann-Laith- 
bheartaigh, with the chief men of his territory along with him, was slain by 
Muircheartach, son of Niall, in revenge of Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn. Donn- 
chadh Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall and Cinel-Fhiachach, was killed 
in his fetters by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Muircheartach Ua Mael- 
mhuaidh, the other lord of Feara-Ceall, was burned by the Feara-Ceall, i. e. by 
the Ui-Luainimh, in the church of Raithin. Ua Cadhla’, i. e. Aedh, lord of 


is of the Cinel-Eoghain, is not to be confounded ^ venteenth century. Conmhaicne-mara is now 
with the O'Dowdas of Connaught. . anglicised Connamara, and is a well-known dis- 

' Ua Cadhla.—Now Kyley or Kealy. This trict in the north-west of the county of Galway. 
name was latinized Quoleus, by Malachias, Ro- —See Chorographical Description of West Con- 
man Catholic Archbishop of Tuam in the se- naught, pp. 74, 366, 3607. 


ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


1062 [1140. 


lá Oonnchad mac Tawg oit mumncip pém.  Oonochaió, mac Cong 
hUí Maolpuanars, vo óallao lá Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobaimn. P(pgal, mac 
Ragnoail, mic Muiploag,caorpeac Muincipe h€oloip, vo manbad la Tignan 
Ua Ruaipc an comaince Ua mópiáim 4 pn mopeipne eccip laec 4 clein(é 
mionn 1 pléal. Clano Captaig oo 1onnanbad a Muman lá Síol mb manm. 
Si¢ mbliaóna vo dénam cop plna Muman 1 Cargniu la comanba Phac- 
cpaicc 7 la 6acarll lopa. Maolbnigve Ua ópolcám, eppcop Apoa Maca, 
q cho cpabord cuaipceipt Epeann, paoi an eccna, ap c(nnpa, 7 ap algine, 
décc 1ap noer$ptinainn 29 lanuapff. Niall, mac Aoda mic Maorlfora, com- 
opba Phaccpaice ppí pé, oécc 1an naiemge diocna. 

Coir Cpíopc, mile céd ceatpacha. Eochaid Ua Ceallang, apoctin ptm 
Miwe, puf eppucc na h€peann ule, décc ma p(noacaió 1 nOeapmaig Colum 
Chille. Oomnall Ua Sealbarg, eipémneach Copceaige, cup opoamn 4 ape- 
acaip Muman, dég. Comapba Paccpaice pon cuate Connaéc ma céona 
pect, co ccug a olspeip, 1 po oilpigío a ccealla pon a comup ó Thoippdeatl- 
bach O Concobaip,7 ó marcib Connaéc, co ppápccaib. comapba Dháceparg 
co na pamao b(nnaécam popp an mg,7 pop maiti Chonnache. . Chacópoic(c 
oo dénam la Comnpóealbach Ua Concobain oap Cféliag, q a poplongpopc 1 
Marg Ceacba oc coméo Conmaicne. Téinic  1apam Mupchad Ua Mao- 
leachlamn co pocparoe p Mwe, 4 Ceacba, 4 Cig(pnán Ua Ruane, co poc- 
name pip mbpeipne oo pargió longponc Connaéc 7-Conmaicne. Pagbaic 
rem a longpopc leó. Coipecf(p é lapan luce anoeap, 7 mapbaio Ragnall, 


* The race of Brian: i.e. the O'Brians and 
Mac Mahons of Thomond. 


magh from 1021 till 1050. This is the person 
called “Nigellus quidem, imó veró nigerrimus” 


* Maelbrighde Ua Brolchain. —** A. D. 1139. 
B. Maelbrigidus Hua Brolchain, Episcopus Ard- 
machanus, speculum religionis et pietatis Sep- 
tentrionalis Hibernis, vir sapientià, mansue- 
tudine et clementià excellens, obiit die 29. 
Januarii, post summam carnis castigationem, 
et penitentialis vite opera,” — Trias Thaum., 
p. 305. 


> Niall, son of Aedh.He was the grandson. 


of Maelisa, who was Abbot or Archbishop of 
Armagh from 1065 till 1092, who was the son 
of Amhalghaidh, who was Archbishop of Ar- 


by St. Bernard. Colgan gives the obit of this 
Niall from the Annals of the Four Masters, with 
a very appropriate remark, as follows: 

“A.D. 1139. Niellus, filius Aidi, filii Moelisa, 
comorbanus S. Patricii (id est Antistes Ardma- 
chanus) post ferventissimam penitentiam decessit. 
Severiori calamo in hunc advertit Divus Bernar- 
dus quam domestici Annales."— Trias. Thaum., 
p. 305. 

* The successor of Patrick.— This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows: 

** A, D. 1140. S. Gelasius in Connaciam pro- 


Bex veres 


1140.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1063 


Conmhaicne-mara, was killed by Donnchadh, son of Tadhg, one of his own 
people. Donnchadh, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, was blinded by Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. Fearghal, son of Raghnall, son of Muireadhach, 
chief of Muintir-Eolais, was killed by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, while under the 
protection of the Ui-Briuin and the men of Breifne, both laity and clergy, relics 
and shrines. The Clann-Carthaigh were expelled from Munster by the race 
of Brian’. A years peace was made between the men of Munster and the 
Leinstermen, by the successor of Patrick, and the staff of Jesus. Maelbrighde 
Ua Brolchain*, Bishop of Ard-Macha, head of the piety of the north of Ireland, 
a paragon of wisdom, meekness, and mildness, after good penance, on the 29th 
of January. Niall son of Aedh*, son of Maelisa, successor of Patrick for a 
time, died after intense penance. 

The Age of Christ, 1140. Eochaidh Ua Ceallaigh, chief head of the men 
of Meath, the most distinguished bishop of all Ireland, died at an advanced 
age at Dearmhach Choluim Chille. Domhnall Ua Sealbhaigh, airchinneach of 
Corcach, pillar of the glory and splendour of Munster, died. The successor of + 
Patrick* made a visitation of Connaught for the first time, and obtained his full 
tribute, and their churches were adjusted to his jurisdiction by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair and the chieftains of Connaught, and the successor of Patrick 
and his clergy left a blessing on the king and the chieftains of Connaught. A 
wicker bridge was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair across Ath-liag?, 
and pitched his camp at Magh-Teathbha, to guard Conmhaicni. Murchadh 
Ua Maeleachlainn, with the forces of the men of Meath and Teathbha, and 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the forces of the men of Breifne, came to attack 
the camp of the Connaughtmen and the Conmhaicni. These left the camp to 
them ; and the southern party burned it, and slew Raghnall, the grandson of 


fectus, a rege terre Theodorico Hua Concho-  est."— Trias Thaum., p. 304. 


bhair et proceribus, summá humanitate et re- 


. verentiáà exceptus, facta ei a rege plena libertate 


circa negotia Cleri et Ecclesiarum sui regni, ea 
omnia liberé tractandi, et disponendi, que ad rei 
Catholice promotionem judicaret expedire. Per- 
agrata igitur tota Connacia, et ubique que re- 
ligionem et pietatem concernebant, rité dispositis, 
multis auctus donis honorariis ad sua reversus 


è Across Ath-liag: i.e. across the Shannon at 
Ballyleague or Lanesborough. Dr. O'Conor 
confounds this with Athleague on the River 
Suck, in the county of Roscommon, and trans- 
lates the passage incorrectly, thus: 

* Pons ligneus viminarum factus a Tordel- 
bacho O'Conor supra vadum fluminis Succe, 
dictum Athliacc, et castrametatus est ultra flu- 


. 1064 


ANNALA groghachca EIREANN. [1141. 


mac mic Ouiboapa, coipeac Muincipe h€olaip, co pocaibib 10omòab. Com- 
dal oc Aéluam la Mupnchad Ua ITlaoiteachlamn,3 lá Toinpdealbac Ua cCon- 
cobaip,] do ponpac comluige 7 comopad,7 pecanpace pó poh. Chatonoicle 
oile la Corppoealbac oap Clé Guam co po papong laptap Mie. Cáulao 
Ua Cainvelbain, ciġlpna Laogampe, 7 Plaicbfpcach Ua Catapaig cigna 
na Sontne,7 Oomnall a bnacaip oo epgabail la Munchad Ua Maorleaclamn 
Ci&(mnán Ua Ruane vo accup a plaic(p Ua mógpiuin 
la hUí Sprain peippim, 7 a ccfnoup oo gabán oopníórpe 66. Cpeach lá 
Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobaip, co po once Ilumcip Maolcpionoa. Tuspac 
pin CGba puabaine biodbad pon a plóg pom,7 po cupple áp poppa im 
Mundat, mac me Muipeadong Ui Phionnacca, corpeac Clomne Illupéaoa, 
] 1m mac mic Goda me Ruadm. Madom pon Ghaltair” Ata chat ma 
ngalar Pune Cárnge, 041 ccopcaip mac Mic Topman. 

Qop Cpíopc, mile céd ceatpachac a haon. Oomnall Ua Compiacla, 
cisfina Ceacba, oécc 1 cCluam Enaino rap bpfnnamn. Coo Ua Longan, 
. maop Muman, décc. Cormapba Ciapám do opgam lá Síol nCQnmcaoa, 4 la 
Conéabap mac Mic Coclém 1 cCluain pronnloca. - An cpeach pin vo aplec 
po ċéoóip lá Concobap mac Tomnpdealbars Ui Concobain. Orapmaro Mac 
Mupċada, pí Longfn, oo dénam peille pop matib Laigin a. pon Oomnall, 
cis(ina Ua pPaolám 4 níogoamna Carg(n, 7 pop Ua cCuacai 2. Mupchad 
q a mapbad laip oiblimb,7 Muipcfpcach Mac Siollamocolmóg, eig(pna Pip 
sCualann vo dallad laip beop. CEnence mop 1 Cargnib von níon pm, uap 
po manbad 4 po vallad peacc ppin décc oo paonclanoaib Length co poċaidib 
oile immaille ppu an can pm. Oonnchad mac Hull Fable 3. Ua Conco- 
bep Pailge, oo mapbao oo U Pailge peip a. 00 Clomn. Mhaoilusna. 
Domnall Ua LComg[r$, ogma Dal pawe, oo mapbad vo Cpocpazib. 
Holla na naom Ua Faile, copeac Mumceipe hAngale pn Apopae 


ina néccépaigh pein. 


men, in planitie Teffie, ad protegendam Con- 
maeniam."——See note}, under A. D. 781, p. 388, 
and note f, under A. D. 1000, p. 744, suprà. 

* Ua Finnachtaigh.— Now anglicised Fin- 
naghty and Finnerty, without the prefix Ua 
or O*. 

£ Cluain-finnlocha: i.e. the Lawn or Meadow 
of the Bright Lake, now Cloonfinlough, a town- 


land in the parish of Clonmacnoise, barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County. 

g Goll Gaibhle : i.e. the Blind Man of Fidh 
Gaibhle, a famous wood along the River Figile, 
in the parish of Cloonsast, barony of Cooles- 
town, and King's County.—See Leabhar-na- 
gCeart, p. 214, note °. 

^ Crotraighi.—'The situation of this tribe is 


Ex 


1141] v ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1065 


Dubhdara, chief of Muintir-Eolais, with many others. A conference was held 
at Ath-Luain, by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn and Toirdhealbhach Ua Con- 
chobhair, and they took mutual oaths, and made mutual armistice, and parted 
in peace. Another wicker bridge was made by Toirdhealbhach across Ath- 

Luain, and he devastated the west of Meath. Cu-uladh Ua Caindealbhain, lord 
of Laeghaire, and Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh, lord of the Saithni, and 
Domhnall, his brother, were taken prisoners by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, 

for their own injustice. Tighearnan Ua Ruairc was expelled from the chief- 
tainship of the Ui-Briuin, by the Ui-Briuin themselves; but he assumed the 
headship of them again. A predatory excursion was th by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, and he plundered Muintir-Mael-tSinna. The men of Teathbha 
made a fierce attack upon his forces, and made a slaughter of them, together 
with Muireadhach, the grandson of Muireadhach Ua Finnachtaigh*, chief of 
Clann-Murchadha, and the grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri. A battle was 
gained by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, over the foreigners of Wiktebeirge, in 
which the son of Mac Tormair was slain. 

The Age of Christ, 1141. Domhnall Ua Coinfhiacla, lord of Teathbha, 
died at Cluain-Eraird, after penance. Aedh Ua Longain, steward of Munster, 
died. The successor of Ciaran was robbed by the Sil-Anmchadha and Con- 
chobhar, the son of Mac Cochlain, at Cluain-finnlocha* The booty was imme- 
diately restored by Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. 
Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, acted treacherously towards the 
chieftains of Leinster, namely, towards Domhnall, lord of Ui-Faelain, and 
royal heir of Leinster, and towards Ua Tuathail, i.e. Murchadh, both of whom 
he killed; and also towards Muircheartach Mac Gillamocholmog, lord of Feara- 
Cualann, who was blinded by him. This deed caused great weakness in Lein- 
ster, for seventeen of the nobility of Leinster, and many others [of inferior 
rank] along with them, were killed or blinded by him at that time. Donn- 
chadh, son of Goll Gaibhle*, i.e. Ua Conchobhair Failghe, was killed by the 
Ui-Failghe themselves, i e. the Clann-Maelughra. Domhnall Ua Loingsigh, | 
lord of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the Crotraighi®, Gilla-na-naemh Ua Fear- 


unknown, unless the present barony of Cath- ‘in coblang, i. e. of the fleet,” which shows that 

raighe, or Carey, in the north-east of the county they were seated along the sea.—See Leabhar-na- 

of Antrim. In Leabhar-na-gCeart they are styled gCeart, printed by the Celtic Society, p.17 1, note’. 
6v 


1066 anNaza RIoSshachta EIREANN. (1142. 
Eneann dég, rap ccian aoip, 7 a aónacal a nlmp Clotpann. Sl61g 0 lá Con- 
éobap Ua móqiam co hClé chat, co ccugpac Goll a píge 06. Mapë opong 


oa ThuInNeIp ag Poo a nop Tap mée an ġpám slap oóib m apale locc 
rlímgp. Mopplung% lá Síol mbmam la Concobap hUa Concobap, lá 
Toimpdealbaé, lá Tavs, 7 lá Concobap mac Domnaill oap rapéap Connacc, 
co pugpac il míle bó, 4 ván po ompcelcc, q po moipp(c,] po máppac Oán 
ngallme oon cupap pm. Cpeach lap an luce céona 1 nUib Cemnpelang, co. 
puaéccacap Loch Gapman. Cpeach lá Orapmaro mac Mupchada 1 lCargip, 
4 madm pa Lagip pappum iap ccabarpc mop cpeiċe ucndib. Ullcai 
Lagtn wle oo ċoċc oia ccipbh péin a. m Ullcoib, 7 ba comanda vfogla 
ponillagmb. Comdal pioda oc Uipneac ecin Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip, 
pí Connacc,7 Mupcad Ua Maorleaclaimn, pi C(mpac. Tug Ua Maoileach- 
lamn a bnargve oo Thoippdealbac cap cn Mie 7 Ceacba, bnaigve pi 
mbneipne beóp oo tabarne lá Toinpdealbac von cup pm. Concobap mac mic 
Oonnchaw Ui ITlaoileachlamn oo mapbad 1 ngeimel lá Mupcad Ua Mao- 
leclainn. Oo pdme Oia miopbal ap Munchad ma cionad 1. Apt a mac oo 
éccad a ccionn corgóipi. òban pfs €peann in cCÍpc ipm. Oomnall, mac 
Rud Ui Mhaolmuand, cigeapna Peap 5Ceall vo manbad la M umep 
Cuamm 1 pRacam hUi Suanag. Cpeachpluagl la Tommpdealbac Ua Con- 
cobain 1 pPotapcaib arpbpeach,3 po once opeam opha Miwe,q oPhotap- 
cab, 3 peglep hUí Oháünám. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile céo c(cpacha avó. hUa Rebecám, abb Lipp moin 
Moċúva, oo mapbad la Caog Ua Cemnéiig. Cacapach Ua Cipcaepech, 
peapleigimn Apoa Maca, pagant eccnaioe aopoa ba poipgée vo Hhaoiwea- 
laib, oo écc. Ceall oa lua, €anac dúin, 7 Teach Mocua vo lopecad. Con- 


i Muintir- Anghaile.— Otherwise called An- 
ghaile. This was the tribe-name of the O’Far- 


at this period. * 
m Uisneach.—Now Usnagh Hill, in the barony 


rells, who were seated in the present county of 
Longford. 

* Dun- Gaillmhe : i. e. the Fortress of the River 
Gaillimh, now the Galway River. This was 
the castle which was erected here in the year 
1126, q. v. 

| Ulstermen.—This may mean Ulidians or in- 
habitants of East Ulster, many families of 
whom were in exile in the province of Leinster 


of Rathconrath, and county of Westmeath.—See 
note *, under A. D. 507, p. 166, supra. 

2 Fotharta-Airbhreach.—A territory adjoining 
the Hill of Croghan in the King's Oe bt 
note *, under A. M. 3529, p. 36, supra. 

° Regles- Ui- Dhunain : i.e. O'Dunain's dined 
This was probably the name of a church at Clo- 
nard, in Meath, erected by the Bishop Maelmuire 
O?Dunain, who died at Clonard in 1117 [1118]. 


1142.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1067 


ghaile, chief of Muintir-Anghaile,, the most prosperous-man in Ireland, died at 
an advanced age, and was interred in Inis-Clothrann. An army was led by 
Conchobhar Ua Briain to Ath-cliath, and the foreigners submitted to him as 
their king. Some of his people died on their return from the East, after 
having eaten the green corn at a certain place in Laeighis. A great army was 
led by the race of Briain, by Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair, by Toirdhealbhach, 
Tadhg, and Conchobhar, son of Domhnall; across the west of Connaught, from 
whence they carried off many thousand cows ; and they also sacked, plundered, 
and demolished Dun-Gaillmhe* on that occasion. The same party made a pre- 
datory excursion into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, until they reached Loch Garman. A 
predatory excursion was made by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha into Laeighis ; 
and the people of Laeighis defeated him, after he had carried off a great prey 
from them. The Ulstermen! of all Leinster returned to their own territories, 
i.e. into Ulster, and this was a sign of vengeance in Leinster. A conference 
of peace was held at Uisneach™ between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King 
of Connaught, and Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair. Ua Mae- 
leachlainn gave his hostages to Toirdhealbhach, for Meath and: Teathbha. The 
hostages of the men of Breifne were also carried off by Toirdhealbhach on that 
occasion. Conchobhar, grandson of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, was killed 
in fetters by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. God performed a miracle upon 
Murchadh in revenge of it, i.e. Art, his son, died at the end of a fortnight after- 
wards. This Art was heir-presumptive to the sovereignty of Ireland. Domh- 
nall son of Ruaidhri Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was killed by 
Muintir-Luainimh, at Rathain-Ui-Suanaigh. A great plundering army was led 
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair into Fotharta-Airbhreach"; and he plun- 
dered some of the men of Meath and of the Fotharta, and Regles-Ui-Dhunain*. 

The Age of Christ, 1142. Ua Rebachain, Abbot of Lis-mor-Mochuda, was 
killed by Tadhg Ua Ceinneidigh. Cathasach Ua Circaerech, lector of Ard- 
Macha, a wise aged priest, the most learned of the Irish, died. Cill-Dalua, 
Eanach-duin?, and Teach-Mochua, were burned. Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid 


—See the Miscellany of the Irish Archeological year 1152. The Dublin copy of the Annals of 

Society, pp. 132, 155. Innisfallen accord with those of the Four Mas- 
The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year, ters at this period. 

and contain but a few meagre entries till the ? Eanach-duin.—Now Annadown, in the ba- 


6v2 


ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1142. 


1068 


ċobap mac Diapmava hl bhpam, amopí oá corgead Muman cup Fauperd 3 
(ngnama Leite Moga, oécc 1 cCill Dalua 1ap mbuad mtpige, ] arpopíge 
Muman ule vo zZabáil oo Choippóealbac Ua mbmain po ċédóin via ép. 
Oonnchad, mac meic Cantaig oo tfc 1 nOépib Muman, 7 on(n vo mapbad 
06,7 anall via mumncippiorn oo &urcim, 7 Donnchad bubém vo sabail lar 
ná Oéipib,7 a cabhaipc iappin vo Thoippdealbaé Ua Spain. Concobop, 
mac Domnall Uí 6hpiamn, oo 10nnapbaoh vo Thoippdealbach Ua Spann, pi 
Muman,7 ceacc oo pop coccad hi cConnaccaib. Maiom pe mac Neill mic 
meic Coclamn, ciz(mna Cenel €ogam pon P(paib Opoma,4 po cpeccnaizeao 
pom pén co mop 1 ppiégum an mama hi pin. Slórgeaó lá Coippoealbac 
Ua Concobaip, la pig Connacht co pp(paib Mise 7 Spéipne 7 co Cangmb 
leip do €(cc 1p:n Mumam, acc po 10mparop(c gan bá gan gialla (cen mo ta 
bnaigve Cargén) ian pínfò Opparge 7 Caorgipi;3 1ap milleaó neit via napban- 
naib. Moincneach lá Coippoealbach Ua mba la pig Muman 4 Cargnib, 
q no once Ui Murploag, q apaill oo Uib Cemnpelaig, 3 vo bepc buapoípíme 
lap. Oonnchao Ua Concobaip, cig(pna Ciapparge Cuacpa, oo mapbao la 
ci&(mna Ua cCaippin a. Cámapa becc. Mac mere Conpoí, ciz(pna Oealbna 
Thine oa loca, oo mapbao. Mac P(pgait Ui Mhaolmumd, cigna Pt 
cCeall, vo mapbaó oo mac Ruarópm Uí Mhaoilmuaid 1 nOaupmairg Colaim 
Chile. Mac mc Occip 1. Occip vo luche Inpi Gall, oo gabáil c(nnaip 3 
poplamaip Aca chat. Matsamam, mac Plomn Ui Phollamam, ciz(pna 
Cnice na cCéoach, oo tuicim lá a d1ap o(pbpacap pem 1 pell 4 a meabanl. 


rony of Clare, and county of Galway. — See 
note *, under A. D. 576, p. 209, suprà. 

a Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain.— 
He is called Conchobhar na Cathrach in the 
Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen. He 
was so called from a cathair or fortress which 
he built on an island in Lough Derg. 

* Feara- Droma,— This wasthetribe-name ofthe 
O'Donnellys, who were, up to this period, seated 
at Druim-Lighean, near Lifford, in the barony 
of Raphoe and county of Donegal.—See Appen- 
dix, Pedigree of O'Donnelly. 

* Cumara Beg: i.e. Cumara the Little. He 
was Cumara Beag Mac Namara, chief of Ui- 


Caisin, in the baronies of Upper and Lower 
Tulla, and county of Clare. 

* Dealbhna-Thire-da-locha : i.e. Delvin of the 
Land of the Two Lakes, now the barony of 
Moycullen, situated between Lough Corrib and 
Lough Lurgan, or the Bay of Galway, in the 
county of Galway.—See Chorographical Deserip- 
tion of West Connaught, p. 52, note ’. 

The Mac Conroys, who are of the Dalcassian 
race of Thomond, are stil very numerous in 
this territory, but they usually translate the 
name to King, from an erroneous belief that the 
name is Mac-an-righ, i. e. Son of the King; but 
the true anglicised form of the name is Mac 


1142.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1069 


Ua Briain‘, supreme king of the two provinces of Munster, pillar of the valour 
and prowess of Leath-Mogha, died at Cill-Dalua, after the victory of penance ; 
and the sovereignty of all Munster was assumed by Toirdhealbhach O’Briain 
immediately after him. Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, came into the Deisi- 
Mumhan, and killed some people ; but some of his people fell, and Donnchadh 
himself was taken prisoner by the Deisi, who afterwards delivered him up to 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain, was ex- 
pelled by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and he proceeded to 
make war in Connaught. A battle was gained by the son of Niall, grandson 
of Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain, over the Feara-Droma’, and he himself was 
severely wounded in the heat of that battle. An army was led by Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, accompanied by the men of Meath, 
Breifne, and Leinster, to march into Munster; but they returned without cows 
or hostages (save only the hostages of Leinster), after having traversed Osraighe 
and Laeighis, and destroyed some of their corn. A great predatory excursion 
was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, into Leinster ; and 
he plundered the Ui-Muireadhaigh and some of the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and 
carried off countless kine. Donnchadh Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe- 
Luachra, was killed by the lord of Ui-Caisin, i. e. Cumara Beg. The son of 
Mac Conroi, lord of Dealbhna-Thire-da-locha*, was killed. The son of Fearghal 
Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was killed by the son of Ruaidhri 
Ua Maelmhuaidh, at Darmhach-Choluim-Chille. 'The son of Mac Ottir, i. e. 
Ottir, one of the people of Insi-Gall [the Hebrides], assumed the chieftainship 
and government of Ath-cliath. Mathghamhain, son of Flann Ua Follamhain, 
lord of Crich-na-gCedach", fell by his own two brothers, in treachery and guile: 


Conry.—See O’Flaherty’s Ogygia, part iii. c. 82, 
p. 317. 

> Crich-na-gCedach : anglicé Crinagedagh. 
This was the name of a rectory in the King’s 
County in 1629. The townlands of Corbetts- 
town, Killowen, and Clonmore are in it.—See 
Inquisition taken at Philipstown, 9th January, 
1629. It is the present parish of Castlejordan, 
in the barony of Warrenstown, King’s County, 
adjoining the counties of Meath and Westmeath. 


—See Harris’s edition of Ware’s Antiquities, 
chap. v., where this territory is thus referred 
to: 
“ In the Black Book of the Exchequer of Ire- 
land, and in sundry Pipe Rolls in the reign of 
Edward III., it appears that the territory of 
Cryngedagh, now a part of the King’s County, 
on the Westmeath side, was charged with royal 
services, as lying within the county of Meath.” 
—p. 35. 


1070 ANNAA gRIOoShachca EIREANN. (1143. 


Cpech lá Concoban, mac Toimpdealbang, 7 la hUib Mame ap Cenel Popggo, 
co ccucpac buan oíníme. 

Coir Cpíopc, mile ceo ceacpachac acpi. Macpat Ua Puilleachénn, 
eppcop 7 65, Macpat Ua Pioan cho inp Coca Cpe, 4 Giollacpiopc Mac 
an becanarg, ornómoech Opoma moip, véce. Giolla aongupa Ua Clumám, 


ollam Connaéc 1 bpilióeacc, décc. Cluam Capao vo lopccaó app an. 


pain ap mo ım Lepp an mempa. Ceanannap, Aecpmm, Domnach S(chnaill, 
q] Ceall vapa vo lopcaó. Copcaé vo lopccaó po òf. Muipéfpcach, mac 
Oomnaill Ui Mhaoleachlamn níogoamna Ceampach, 7 laptap Mise ppí 
né, 7 Oonnchad Ua Coné(namn, oécc. Méipcpeach lá Cenél n€ogam hi 
Pipnmarg, ora po lorep(c an cip go món ecip bá 7 apbap. Oo pocaip om 
Onc Ua Ruane leo von cup pm. 
Ua n&apmleaóarg 1. 00 Ohomnall rap. monnapbad Tflupé(pcoig mc Néll 
mec Caclamn oo Chenel €ogam peipin, 7 00 Domnall pémparce. | fob, mac 
Inuinéfpcag Uí Oháboa, ciz(pna Ua Piaépaé an cuaipceipc 7 hUa nChnal- 
sada, 065. C mac pém 2. Rudi oo (pgabáil lá Tappdealbac Ua Conco- 
ba cap papugad laech 7 cléipeac, mmo, 1 comaipgeao. | lciac na comarp- 
5foa Muinfoac Ua Oubears go ccléinéib 7 laochaib Conríache,Cabg Ua bpian, 
tiġ (pna Tuadmuman, Tis (pnan Ua Ruane, ciz(pna 6peipne,3 Mupchad mac 


* Cinel-Forgo.—Otherwise called Ui-Forgo, a ** A. D. 1139 [rectè, 1143] King Terlagh took 


Rige Chenél €ogam vo gabá vo. 


tribe seated in Ormond.—See the years A.D. 
834, 989, 1060, 1131. 

* Less-an-memra: i.e. the Fort of the Shrine, 
'This was the name of the house at Clonard, in 
which the shrine of St. Finnen was preserved. 

Y Ui-Fiachrach of the North.—This is a mistake 
of the Four Masters for Ui-Fiachrach of the Moy, 
now the barony of Tireragh, in the county of 
Sligo. "The Ui-Fiachrach of the north were 
seated around Ardstraw and along the River 
Derg, in the county of Tyrone. 

* His own son, i.e. Ruaidhri.—This curious 
passage, and a few others which properly belong 
to this year, are translated as follows by Connell 
Mageoghegan, in his Annals of Clonmacnoise, in 
which it is incorrectly entered under the year 
1139: 


his son prisoner (his name was Rowrie O'Conor, 
he that was afterwards king of Ireland), after that 
he gave him protection before upon these oaths 
and securities following, viz.: Moriegh O’Duffie, 
Archbushopp, with all the laymen and Clergy 
of Connaught; Teige O'Bryen, king of Tho- 
mond; Tyernan O’Royrck, king of the Breiny, 
and Murrough mac Gilleneneve O’Ferall, chief- 
taine of the Annalie. They all, both clergy and 
laymen, fasted at Rathbrendon to gett the said 
prince Rowrie out of the king’s hands, and could 
not. Also king Terlagh took. Morrogh O'Me- 
laughlyn, king of Meath, prisoner, after he 
[had] agreed with him that each of them would 
be true to one another, and seek none advantage 
or hindrance of another. These were the oaths 
and suretys that were between them of either 


RRO cy af, 


| 
| 


the territory in its cows and corn. 


1143.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1071 


A predatory excursion was made by Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach, and 
the Ui-Maine, upon the Cinel-Forgo", and carried off countless kine. 

The Age of Christ, 1143. Macraith Ua Fuilleachain, bishop and virgin ; 
Macraith Ua Fidan, head of the island of Loch-Cre ; and Gillachrist Mac-an- 
Bheacanaigh, airchinneach of Druim-mor, died. ` Gilla-Aenghusa Ua Clumhain, 
ollamh of Connaught in poetry, died. Cluain-Iraird was burned, for the most 
part, with Less-an-memra*. Ceanannus, Ath-Truim, Domhnach-Seachnaill, and 
Cill-dara, were burned. Corcach was burned twice. Muircheartach, son of 
Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, royal heir of Teamhair and of West Meath for a 
time, and Donnchadh Ua Concheanainn, died. A great predatory excursion 
was made by the Cinel-Eoghain into Fearnmhagh, by which they greatly injured 
On this occasion Art Ua Ruairc was slain 
by them. The chieftainship of Cinel-Eogain was assumed by Ua Gairmleadh- 
aigh, i. e. by Domhnall, after the expulsion of Muircheartach, son of Niall Mac 
Lochlainn, by the Cinel-Eoghain themselves, and by the aforesaid Domhnall. 
Aedh, son of Muircheartach Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of the North’, 
and of Ui-Amhalghada, died. His own son, i. e. Ruaidhri’, was taken by Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, in violation of laity and clergy, relies and protec- 
tion. These were the sureties: Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, with the clergy 
and laity of Connaught; Tadhg Ua Briain, lord of Thomond ; Tighearnan 


side for performance of the said agreement, viz*. 
the alter of Saint Keyran’s shrine, the relicks 
Norannagh, two prelates of every severall houses, 
together with Moriegh O'Duffie, archbushopp 
of Connought, the primatt of Ardmach, the 
staff of Jesus, which St. Patrick brought to 
this kingdom, the cowarb of Saint Fechine, 
Saint Fechin's bell, and the Boban of St. Ke- 
vin; by all which sureties and oaths they were 
bound to each other not to seek advantage either 
by captivity, blynding, or encroaching upon 
either's land, untill apparent occasion had ap- 
peared to the sureties; and notwithstanding all 
which, Murrough was taken by King Terlagh, 
and kept prisoner for the space of a month, 
without any breach of his side, untill at last he 
was enlarged by the intercession of the said 


prelates and noblemen that were sureties for 
him, whom they sent, with safe conduct, to 
Munster. In the mean time King Terlagh 
seized upon the kingdom of Meath into his own 
hands, and graunted the same to his son, Connor 
O'Connor, which was made by this devise: the 
King caused to be assembled to Keylke the no- 
bility of Meath, and O'Bryun of the Brenie, 
where he apprehended King Murrogh of Meath, 
and took hostages of the rest of Meath, which 
he delivered to his said son, with the possession 
ofthe kingdom of Meath as aforesaid. O'Gormley 
tooke the principallity of Tyrowen to him, was 
king thereof, and banished there hence the son 
of O’Neall. Gilla-Enos O'Clowen, archpoett” 
[recte, arch-ollav] **of Connaught in the art of 
poetry, died." 


ANNALA RIOshachtd EIREANN. [1144. 


1072 


Giolla na naom 1 P(pgail, cigna Mumcipe hAngaile. Ro époipccpfc 
cpa cléims Connaċc ım Muipedac Ua nOubdaig occ Rait bpenainn imo 
ccomaipge, 7 nf cuccad d61b. Mupchad Ua Maoileachlainn, pí Míde co na 
Poptuataib vo (pgabáil la Toimpdealbac Ua cConcobaip, la pig Connacc, 
pon pnadad mimo 4 comampsfo Epfnn. Aciacmide a. alcéip Ciapa co na 
mionoaib, pepin Cianain an opemeach, an Mata mop, an cabb 4 an pmóm;3 
diar ap gach opumg oon €aglaipr. Muipfoach Ua Oubcarg an capo eppcop, , 
cig fina Connacc, a taoipig, comapba Phaccpaice 7 bacall lopa, comanba 
Peiém 7 clocc Feicin, 7 6óbán Caoimgin. Ro báccap cpa pin uile, eiccin 
CToippdealbac 4 Mupchad gan péll gan meabail, gan. cnégaó neic ofob via 
apoile gan vallad san (pgabail san cimóibe cpice na p(pamn pop ITlupchao, 
$omao piaónac lap na comaipsib a cion, 7 co ppoccaptaor plan é oronchoib 
a comapsfo. Acc nama ni ppm cion pollup cucce cia po gabao, 7 po 
leiccead app 1 ccinn míp appn oronchaib a Comaipsed, 7 po hiónaic(oh 
eippium lá a comaipgib ipm Muman, 7 do pavad píge Mide lá Toippdealbac 
dia mac peippmn, vo Choncobap. Cip amlaid po pop caomnaccaip an eapga- 
bal ipm a. Slócé(ó vo óénam lá Toippdealbaé ame bud vo é(éc ipm 
Muman, Connaccarg, Conmaicn, 7 Uí bmúm oo tiondl go haon margin, 1 
Ua Maoleachlamn vo 5abáil;3 a bneit go Oán móp,1 bpaigoe Mide apcfna 
amail nem(nbapcman, acc cena nf po milleaó a blg im Mide depin. Cp(ch 
la h€lib 1 P(noib Ceall, oap bnomo mionn, q comaipsead. Slog fo lá Tomp- 
dealbac Ua mópiam co bP(poib Muman hi cConnaécaib, sup &(pcpac. an 
Ruawd bhei, 1 gup peaolple a caipiol;3 po podplo rappin gan cpeich gan 
siallna. 

Qoip Cpfopt, mile céo ceatnacha a cléaip. Grollapaccpaice mac Con- 
Bail, raoi eaccna na ngaoweal, pean lergino Cluana Enaino, 7 a pacapo, 


* Rath-Brenainn: i.e. Brendan’s Fort, now 
Rathbrennan, a townland in the parish of Ros- 
common.— Ord. Map, sheet 39. See note *, under 
A. D. 1410. 

^ The Oreineach.—Sometimes written Orain- 
neach. This was probably a gold-embroidered 
crozier. 

* Matha-mor: i. e. the great Gospel of St. Mat- 
thew. 


* Boban of Caeimhghin.— This was probably a 
bell which had belonged to St. Caeimhghin or 
Kevin of Glendalough. 

* Dun-mor.—Now Dunmore, in a barony of 
the same name in the county of Galway.—See 
note f, under A. D. 1249. 

! In violation of relic-oaths.—** A. D. 1139 [recte, 
1143]. They of the countrey of Elie tooke a prey 
of Fearkeall, after they were sworn friends to 


1144.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1073 


Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne ; and Murchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Ua Fearghail, 
lord of Muintir-Anghaile. The clergy of Connaught, with Muireadhach 
Ua Dubhthaigh, fasted at Rath-Brenainn*, to get their guarantee, but it was not 
observed for them. Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath and its For- 
tuatha, was taken prisoner by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Con- 
naught, while he was under the protection of the relics and guarantees of 
Ireland. These were they : the altar of Ciaran, with its relics ; the shrine of 
Ciaran, called the Oreineach’; the Matha-mor*; the abbot and the prior, and 
two out of every order in the Church; Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, the arch- 
bishop, the lord of Connaught; the successor of Patrick, and the Staff of Jesus ; 
the successor of Feichin, and the bell of Feichin ; and the Boban of Caeimh- 
ghin*. All these were between Toirdhealbhach and Murchadh, that there should 
be no treachery, no guile, no defection of the one from the other, no blinding, 
no imprisoning, and no circumscribing of Murchadh’s territory or land, until 
his crime should be evident to the sureties, and that they might proclaim him 
not entitled to protection ; however, he was found guilty of no crime, though 
he was taken. He was set at liberty at the end of a month afterwards, through 
the interference of his sureties, and he was conveyed by his sureties into Mun- 
ster ; and the kingdom of Meath was given by Toirdhealbhach to his own son, 
Conchobhar. This capture was effected as follows : a hosting was made by 
Toirdhealbhach, as if to proceed into Munster ; the Connaughtmen, the Con- 
maicni, and the Ui-Briuin, collected to one place, and Ua Maeleachlainn was 
taken and conveyed to Dun-mor’, together with the hostages of Meath in gene- 
ral; but not the smallest part of Meath was injured on this occasion. A pre- 
datory excursion was made by the Eili into Feara-Ceall, in violation of relic- 
oaths‘ and sureties. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, with the 
men of Munster and Connaught ; and they cut down the Ruaidh-Bheithighe, 
and demolished its stone-fort, after which they returned without booty or 
hostages.- 

The Age of Christ, 1144. Gillaphadraig Mac Conghail, the paragon of 
the Irish for wisdom, lector of Cluain-Iraird, and its priest ; and Flannagan of 


each other by great oaths, for the preservation Tree. This tree, which was evidently the in- 

of the peace between them.” —Ann. Clon. auguration tree of the Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne, 

* The Ruaidh-Bheithigh: i.e. the Red Birch gave name to the hamlet of Roevehagh, in the 
6x ; i 


1074 anNNaza RIoshachta EIREANN. (1144: 


1 Planoagan Innpi Paiclenn, anméapa coġaide, vég. C(nannap vo lopccaó 
po tpi an bhadamp. Oonnchad mac meic Cantos, áipo níogóamna Mu- 
man, do écc 1 ngemeal ag Coinpdealbac Ua mbmam, occ m Muman. | Ceióm 
tpeagaicc 1 Muman 7 hi cConnaccanb, oia n(pbail bpian mac Coipóealbarg, 
mic Qiapmava Ui bhpiain. Tadg mac Toippdealbarg Uí Concobaip 7 poch- 
aide oile oo Chonnaccaib, vo écc oon cpegaro céona. Concoban, mac Topp- 
dealbors Uí Concobam, armoprogoamna €peann, 7 pí Míde ppi pé lec badna, 
vo manbad ag dealach Mhume na pipióe, la hUa nOublaich, ciga Pp 
Tulac, uaip ba pi eaccaip ċeneóil laip a beit plom 1 pige uap peanarb Mive. 
Tomppdealbac oo tabac laptap Mide vo Ohonnchad, mac Muipcfpeang 
Ui Mhaorl(chlaimn, 7 ipt Mise vo compamn ecin Tisfinan Ua Ruapc, 
cisfina Gperpne,7 Orapmaro mac Mupchada, pi argh, a mbeit pop a 
ccomainecib pamlard ó Chonnaccaib. Rucidm Ua Conéobaip, mac Topp- 
dealbag, oo légean a germeal oia a acaip oo pnadad na cclépeac. Comdal 
jíoda exci Toippdealbac Ua cConcobain, 7 Toippdealbac Ua bmiain dec 
Tip oá slap co matið Muman q Connacc, laochaib, cleipéib. Oo pdnad 
Janam a píougaó amail po narómp(c na clés fcoppa. Slog la Topp- 
dealbac Ua cConcobain 1 Mide oónougaó a pig. Tug ó loch Ammo pam 
oo Mupchad Ua Maoileachlainn, q ó Loch Cinino piap do mac Muipefpcarg 
Ui Mhaoileachlainn. Tugċta ona certpe céo bó opfpab Míde 1 népaic 
Choncobain a meic oo Thoippdealbac Ua cConcobap. Cpeachpluagead 
lá Coppdealbac Ua mópiam 1 Cargmb, co puce ilinfle b6,7 sup cup áp cnn. 
Ceapball Ua Pinoullám, ci$(pma Oealbna móe, vécc. Oomnall Ua Ceal- 


parish of Killeely, barony of Dunkellin, and 
county of Galway. The caiseal referred to in 
the text was probably a circular stone wall, 
built in the cyclopean style around the tree.— 
See note *, on Bile Aenaigh Maighe-Adhair, 
under A. D. 981, p. 714; and also A. D. 1051, 
p. 861, suprà. 

^ Innis-Faithleann.—N ow Innisfallen, in lower 
lake of Killarney, in the county of Kerry.—See 
note *, under A. D. 1009, p. 761, suprà. 

i Bealach- Muine-na-Siride. —Not identified. 

* Ua Dubhlaich— Now Dowley, without the 
prefix Ua or O’, 


! Loch-Aininn.— Now Lough Ennell, near 
Mullingar. 

™ Dealbhna-mor.—Now the barony of Delvin, 
in the county of Westmeath. 

Most of the events given in the Annals of the 
Four Masters under the year 1144 are given in 
the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 1140, as fol- 
lows: 

* A, D. 1140, [rece 1144]. There reigned 
strange diseases of biles and potches this year in 
Munster, whereof many died, and among the 
rest these two noble young men, Bryen mac 
Terlagh O’Bryen, prince of Munster, and Teige 


(* 
4 

H 
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* 
ye 
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1144.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1075 


Innis-Faithleann*,a distinguished anmchara, died. Ceanannus was burned thrice 
this year. Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, heir apparent of Munster, died in 
fetters with [i.e. while in the hands of] Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of 
Munster. An epidemic colic in Munster and Connaught, of which Brian, son of 
Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, died. Tadhg, son of Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Conchobhair, and many others of the Connaughtmen, died of the same 
epidemic. Conchobhar, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, heir apparent 
to the monarchy of Ireland, was killed at Bealach Muine-na-Siride, by Ua Dubh- 
laich*, lord of Feara-Tulach, for he considered him as a stranger in sovereignty 
over the men of Meath. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair gave West Meath 
to Donnchadh, son of Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn ; and he divided East 
Meath equally between Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne, and Diarmaid 
Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, and they remained thus under the protection 
of the Connaughtmen. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, son of Toirdhealbhach, was 
released from fetters by his father, at the intercession of the clergy. A confe- 
rence of peace between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain, at Tir-da-ghlas, with the chiefs of Munster and Connaught, both 
laity and clergy ; and they made terms of peace according to what the clergy 
ratified between them. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair 
into Meath, to appoint its kings. He gave from Loch-Aininn! eastwards to 
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and from Loch-Aininn westwards to the son of 
Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn. And four hundred cows were given by the 
men of Meath to Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, as eric for his son, Concho- 
bhar. A plundering excursion was made by Toirdhealbhach into Leinster ; 
and he carried off many thousand cows, and made a slaughter of heads. Cear- 
bhall Ua Finnallain, lord of Dealbhna-mor", died. Domhnall Ua Ceallaigh was 


mac Terlagh O’Conor, ought not to be forgotten. 
Connor mac Terlagh O'Connor, prince of Ireland, 
and king of Meath for the space of halfe a year, 
was killed by O'Dowley, king of Fertullagh, 
because he was unjustly constituted to reign 
over Meath, which O'Dowley cou'd never well 
brooke. King Terlagh graunted the govern- 
ment of Weste Meath to Donnogh mac Mortagh 
O'Melaghlyn ; and the government of East 


Meath to Tyernan O’Royrck and Dermott Mac 
Murrough, to be held of the king of Connought 
by services of homadge and fealtie, during plea- 
sure. Rowrie O'Connor was enlarged by his 
father, King Terlagh, upon further securities. 
There was an agreement of truce made between 
king Terlagh and Terlagh O'Bryen, at Tyreda- 
glasse” [Terryglass, in Lower Ormond.—Ep.], 
** as the prelattes of the church ordained between 


; ID 


1076 , ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. (1145: 


lag do manbad la cmb macaib mic mic Concobanp Ui Cheallang a. Oonnchao, 
Amlaorb, 7 Coclaino, 7 nfop bó cian co ccopncpacap pide 1anam. Mac Mic 
Maolán, cigfina Gaileang peas, oo rapbab. Cronaed, mac Mic Aral- 
sada, coipeaé Calpaige, oo mapbad la Plann Mac Amalgada. Oonnchad, 
mac Taig Uí Mhaoilpuanayw, oécc. 

Cop Cpiopc, mile céo ceatpachat a cing. Sluargfóach Ua Catam, 
eppcop 1 65 oo muincin Cecglnne, vécc. Thpedit vo lopecaó lá Oonnchao 
Ua Ceapbaill pon mume Ui Thaoilechlaimn, 7 zpi peice vo óaomib. vo 
mapbao mnte. Cluam piacpa do lopecad. Tene aoil vo óénam lá Giolla- 
machiag, comapba Paccparce,7 la parhad Phaceparce aincfna, amban lx 
cparcceaó pon ceach let ap belai” Camna Macha. Mawm pia cCenél 
Conaill, q ma mac Néill Uí Coclamn pop Domnall Ua nGarpmleadarg 7 pop 
Cenél n€ogain .i. pop an luchc 6 jléib po &uaie, apm 1 ccopcpaccap poch- 
«me. Sluaigead lá Cenél cConaill hí pormtm mic Néill Mec Cochlamn 
vopi 7 ona la Oonnchad Ua C(pbaill co nChipgiallaib, 7 po ronnapbpac 
Oomnall Ua Fapmleadas ap a plai(p,4 po pagaibp(e mac Néll ma 
ronaoh. Tisfpnan Ua Ruarpe, ci&(pna bperpne, 00 1ompud pop Chonnaécaib. 
Cpeach la Tigfnan ipin cCopann. Cn(ch la Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip 
1 Muigh Lursne pop plpa Speipne, co ccuccpac 1l mile bó. Sliagead lá 
Tomppdealbac Ua mópiam lá mg Muman co Ceicip cpannéa hi Sle’ bladma 
oo teace 1 ccomne Ui Ruame hi Mhide.  Poplongpope Compoealboaig 
Uí Choncobarp ipm Rubann, 7 a mac Domnall Mideach, 7 Maolpfchlamn 


them. Terlagh O’Conor, king of Ireland, came ° A lime-kiln.—* A.D, 1145. Priorum labo- 
to Meath to constitute a king over them, where rum indefessus exantlator Gelasius cogitans de 


he appointed Donnogh O’Melaughlyn, king of” 
[that part of Meath lying to] * the west of Logh 
Innill, and the son of Mortagh O'Melaughlin, of 
East part of the said logh. Meathmen gave an 
Erick of four hundred cowes to king Terlagh 
for killing his son.” 

> Cluain-Fiachra. — This was probably an 
error for Cluain-Fiachna, now Clonfeakle, in 
the county of Armagh. There is a Cluain- 


Fiachra in the parish of Dysart, barony of In- 


chaquin, and county of Clare, but there is no 
church on it. i 


Ardmachana Basilica aliisque sacris ædibus ad- 
hærentibus reparandis, extruxit pro calce et 
cæmento in hunc finem excoquendo ingentis 
molis fornacem cujus latitudo ab omni, parte 
erat sexaginta pedes protensa."— 7'rias T'haum., 
p. 305. 

? Leitir-cranncha.—This name is now obso- 
lete. 

? Rubhann.— Now Rue or Killarue, in the 
barony of Kilcoursey, in the north of the King’s 
County. This place is referred to, in the Annals 
of Clonmaenoise, as in Foxe's Country, which 


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1145.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1077 


killed by the three sons of the grandson of Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, namely, 
Donnchadh, Amhlaeibh, and Lochlainn. The son of Mac Maelain, lord of 
Gaileanga-Breagh, was killed. Cinaedh, son of Mac Amhalghadha, chief of 
Calraighe, was killed by Flann Mac Amhalghadha. Donnchadh, son of Tadhg 
Ua Maelruanaidh, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1145. Sluaigheadhach Ua Cathain, bishop and virgin, 
of the people of Leithghlinn, died. Treoit was burned by Donnchadh Ua Cear- 
bhaill, against the people of Ua Maeleachlainn, and three score persons were 
killed therein. Cluain-Fiachra" was burned. A lime-kiln?, which was sixty 
feet every way, was erected opposite Eamhain-Macha, by Gillamacliag, successor 
of Patrick, and Patrick's clergy in general. A battle was gained by the Cinel- 
Conaill, and by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, over Domhnall Ua Goirm- 
leadhaigh and the Cinel-Eoghain, i. e. over those north of the mountain, where 
many were slain. A hosting was made by the Cinel-Conaill, to go again to the 
relief of the son of Niall Mac Lochlainn ; and they were joined by Donnchadh 
Ua Cearbhaill, with the Airghialla ; and they banished Domhnall Ua Goirm- 
leadhaigh from his chieftainship, and set up the son of Niall in his place. 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne, turned against the Connaughtmen. A 
prey was made by Tighearnan in Corann. A prey was made by Toirdheal- 
bhach in Magh-Luighne, upon the men of Breifne, and he carried off many 
thousand cows. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Mun- 
ster, to Leitir-cranncha?, in Sliabh-Bladhma, to come against Ua Ruairc into 
Meath. The camp of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair was at Rubhanns, 
and he had his son, Domhnall Midheach ; Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh 


forces in Ruwaghan, in Foxe's countrey, and 
sent his son Donnell, together with Melaghlyn 


is the old name of the barony of Kilcoursey, in 
the King's County.—See note, on Coillte-an- 


Rubha, A. D. 1475. There is another place 
called Coill a? Rubha, in the south of the parish 
of Killare, in the county of Westmeath. The 
Annals of Clonmacnoise give this passage as 
follows, under the year 1141: 

“ A. D. 1141” [recté, 1145]. ** King Terlagh 
O'Bryen, King of Munster, came to Leytter- 
Crannaugh, on the mount[ain | of Sliew-Bloome, 
to meett with Tyernan O'Royrck, in Meath. 
King Terlagh O'Connor encamped with his 


mac Murrogh O'Melaghlyn, Connor Mac Don- 
nell O'Bryen, and Dermott mac Cormack Mac 
Carhie, with great and many forces to Fercall, 
to defend Meath, that the said Munstermen 
should not pass through that contrey to annoy 
Meath, and were mett by the Munstermen in 
a wood in the west part of that contrey, where 
they killed divers of them, and compelled them 
to return to their houses without doing any 
thing worthy to be remembered.” 


1078 ANNAZA goshachca EIREANN. [1145. 


mac Mupchada Ui Mhaoileaċlamn, 7 Conċobap mac Oornaill Uí bhmon, 
1 Orapmaro mac Copbmaic mec Cápéorg co ploccaib 10mócdib ma porppad 
occ comecc -Fh cCeall ap ná cípcaíp Mung mncib. Oo óeacacap 
Murmmnig anoeap la nam vo pobaipc na ccoillcead conup capla an luèc 
naile ma cefnn,7 po lá pac a nap. Impoipfe Mumng lanpm dia ccig, gan 
cpeich, gan gialla, gan pid gan opaó. Cled mac me Tas Ui Chumn, 
copeac Mhumncine Giollcan, oo émcim lá opem vo Mhuncip Ghillcán, 4 
lá peapaib Ceacba. Maidm Oúme Oubám 1nOealbna ma Maolp(chlainn, 
mac Mupchada Uf Mhaoleachlamn, 4 ma cCoimppib pop phat opeipne, 
apm 1 ccopcpaccapn tpi céd ora nógbaio, ım Uib Connachems, im Uib Cat- 
luam, 4 1m Urb Cubpám. | Coccao móp ipm mbliadampr co mboí Ene ma póo 
cpichang. Cpech lá Mupcad Ua Maoleclainn hı P(nmai, 4 vo bent ile 
bó, 1 po mapb oaom 1omda. Cpech la Tigfpnan Ua Ruane 1 Mug Cups. 
Cpeach oile beóp lá Mupcad Ua Maorlechlamn 1 nChpgiallaib, co ccapno 
bá a Cuailnge. Pip Muman oo toche plórgto 1 cConnaécaib, 4 pugpac 
Ua Ceallaig 3. Cabs mac Concobaip, eiz(pna Ua Mame, led, 4 po mapbpac 
Ruawp Ua Placbeapcmg. Cpeach lá Campp Ua Crapda 1 nUib Opún. 
Ró lorpep(c vamg bona Culm 4 po bmpic cm h(épa mona led, 7 cucpac 
bú 1omda. Cpechplunng lá Mupchad Ua Maoileclamn 1 cCín óprüm, 7 
bá von cup pin do pocaip Maoileclaann, mac Domnall Shágarg, mac Cocaill 
Plc, me Smám lá hUib 6móm, co pochoióib. orle. Prom Ua Ceapbanlt, 
tanapi Ele, oo mapbao. OAmmup do cabane. lá hUib ómám 4 lá onémm 
oo Chonnaccaib ap coblach Sil Mumeavhag 7 na cTuat, 7 Munchad 
Ua Maolbnénainn, caopeac Clomne Concobaip, oo mapbad ann, q Oonn 
Ua Mannacain, eig(pna Ua mbpriin na Sionna. 


* Ua Cuinn.—Now anglicised Quin, without 
the prefix Ua or O’, 

* Muintir- Gilgain.—'This was the tribe-name 
of the O’Quins of Annaly, in the present county 
of Longford, whose territory extended into the 
baronies of Ardagh, Moydoe, and Shrule, in 
that county.— See note *, under A. D. 1234. 

* Dun-Dubhain: i.e. Dubhan's dun or fort. 
Not identified. 

* Ui- Connachtaigh.—Now Connaughty, with- 
out the prefix Ua or O’. This name is still ex- 


tant in the county of Cavan. 

~ Ui-Cathluain.—Now anglicé Cahallan, or 
Callan, without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* Ui- Cubhrain.—Now Cowran and Corran. 

” Daingean- Bona- Cuilinn. — Now Dangan 
Castle, in the parish of Kilmore, in the east of 
the county of Roscommon. This was the seat 
of the chief of Ui-Briuin na Sinna, or Tir- 
Briuin-na-Sinna. It is called Dangan-I-Beirne 
in various Inquisitions taken in the reigns of 
Elizabeth and James I. 


1145.] /J ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1079 


Ua Maeleachlainn ;. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain ; and Diarmaid, 
son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh, with numerous hosts, along with him, to defend 
Feara Ceall, and prevent the Munstermen from coming thither. The Munster- 
men came from the south on a certain day, to scour the woods; and the other 
party met them, and made a slaughter of them. The Munstermen then returned 
home without prey, without hostage, without peace, without truce. Aedh, son 
of Tadhg Ua Cuinn’, chief of Muintir-Gilgain*, fell by a party of the Muintir- 
Gilgain and the men of Teathbha. The battle of Dun-Dubhain‘, in Dealbhna, 
was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and by the 
Cairbri, over the men of Breifne, wherein fell three hundred of their soldiers, 
among whom were the Ui-Connachtaigh", the Ui-Cathluain", and the Ui-Cubh- 
rain* Great war in this year, so that Ireland was a trembling sod. A preda- 
tory excursion was made by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Fearnmhagh, and 
he carried off many cows, and killed many persons. A prey was made by 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc in Magh-Luirg. A predatory excursion was made by 
Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Airghialla, and he carried off cows from 
Cuailgne. The men of Munster proceeded with an army into Connaught ; and 
they carried off Ua Ceallaigh, i. e. Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Maine, 
and slew Ruaidhri Ua Flaithbheartaigh. A predatory excursion was made by 
the Cairbri-Ua-Ciardha into Ui-Briuin ; they burned Daingean-Bona-Cuilinn’, 
and broke three large boats, and carried off many cows. A plundering force 
was led by Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn into Tir-Briuin-na-Sinna; and on this 
occasion Maeleachlainn, son of Domhnall Sugach’, the son of Cochall Fliuch* 
Mae Seanain, and many others, were slain by the Ui-Briuin. Finn Ua Cear- 
bhaill”, Tanist of Eile, was killed. An attack was made by the Ui-Briuin and 
a party of the Connaughtmen on the fleet of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and of the 
Tuatha ; and Donnchadh Ua Maelbhrenainn, chief of Clann-Conchobhair, was - 
slain there, and Donn Ua Mannachain, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna*. 


* Domhnall Sugach: i.e. Donnell or Daniel rolls of Ely O'Carroll took their hereditary 
the Jocund or Merry. surname. ; 

* Cochall- Fliuch : i. e. Wet-mantle. * Ui- Briuin-na-Sinna.— A tribe seated on the 

^ Finn Ua Cearbhaill : anglicé Finn O'Carroll west side of that expansion of the Shannon 
He was the son of Domhnall, son of Righbhar- called Lough Bodarg, in the barony of Ballin- 
dan, son of Cucoirne, son of Maenach, son of tober north, and county of Roscommon.— See ' 
Cearbhall, the progenitor from whom the O'Car- Map to Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many. 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1146. 


1080 


Glorp Cpiorc, mile céo ceatpachac a pé. CopbmacUa Catapaicé, amo- 
eappucc Laiġean, oécc. Fochapo Mumpteimne vo wile lopccad. Cp pop 
Hhalleab Aca chat ma nChpétp Mide margin 1 ccopcpacap va ééo im Rag- 
nall mac Topcanll, 1. món maop Cléa cliaé,7 1m luppaig,4 pochaide ole oia 
matı. Ceallach Ua Ceallais, ciġfpna pep móp($, oo manbad la Plait- 
beapcach Ua Cataparg 7 la Gallar. Cpeach la Tigfinan Ua Ruane oap 
Mağ nClor co Loc Cong,1 co Oán lomgam. Ro mll 4 po loipcc ceiepi longa, 
7 no mapë mac Ui Mhaoilfchlamn baí oca nanacal,4 pochaibe oile. Ro 
gonad ann ona Giollabpisve, mac Ouboapa, caoipeac Mhumeine h€ólaip 
5up bó manb ap a haiéle oca cis 1ap napgam Chluana Compte 6o pore pm. 
Siollapaccparce mac me Oonnchaóa, ciġfpna Opparge, vo mapbaó vo 
Uib ópaonám 1 pull ap lap Cille Cainnig. Cpeachpluangead lá Tonpdeat- 
bach Ua mbmain 1 Caigmb. Ro eapccp(c Ui Pailge, 1 pugpac bpaicc 1omda 
leó. €ccneach, mac Qmlao Uí Chaomám, vo mapnbaó lá Oonnchad 
Ua Ceapbal. Clcaé gaoice moipe vo &iachcam an cpeap lá vo Oecembep, 
cop po lá píoóáp mop po Epinn. Ro cpapecam plpcca enann 1 nOoipe 
Cholaim Chille, po raapb,? po muoar oaome 10móa ipin coll. Ro manb 
beóp oaome oile 1 cCill pleibe. Oorinall Ua 6paom, cigfpna Opneagmame, 
vo écc. Ceallaé Ua Ceallaig, cis(ina bpeag, vo mapbao lá Plaéb(mcach 
Ua Catapag 1 la Gallaib Ata chat. Giolla na naom mac mic Conmeada, 
vo €uicim la a ofpbpataip pén a. lá Oomnall,4 Cameada, a mac, vo écc. 

Aap Cpfopc, mile céo ceatpachat a peachc. Cn ceppcop Ua Meann- 
gonan oécc. Muiploach Ua Plannaccain, paccapo cogaibe, oécc 1ap bpn- 
bamn foóna. Giolla alde mac mic Plomn, Cuillén mac peplergmn Im- 
leacha luboip, 7 Piacpa Mac Mumpeadarg, apcmoeac Cugmaro ppí né, oo 
écc. Ropp Cpé 7 Ofncpnob vo lopccad’. Caop temo vo éeachc an bliabomp 


* Mormaer: i.e. Great Steward. He was pro- € Cluain- Coirpthe.—Now Kilbarry, in the pa- 


bably the Danish mayor of Dublin. 

* Loch- Long.—'This was the name of a small 
lough in the parish of Taghmaconnell, barony of 
Athlone, and county of Roscommon.— Ord. 
Map, sheet 51. 

‘ Dun-Imghain : i. e. Imghan's Fort, now Du- 
namon, on the River Suck, in the barony of 
Ballimoe, and county of Roscommon.— See note’, 
under A. D. 1232. 


rish of Termonbarry, near the Shannon, in the 
east of the county of Roscommon.— See note !, 
under A. D. 916; and note ^, under 1238. 

^ Cill- Cainnigh.—Now Kilkenny, in the county 
of Kilkenny.— See note under A. D. 1085. 

! Doire- Choluim- Chille—This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows : 

* A. D. 1146. Ventosa et ingens tempestas 
die 3 Decembris exorta plurimas quercus alias- 


1146.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. - 1081 


The Age of Christ, 1146. Cormac Ua Cathasaigh, Archbishop of Leinster, 
died. Fochard-Muirtheimhne was all burned. A slaughter was made of the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath by the people of East Meath, where two hundred per- 
sons were slain, together with Raghnall Mac Torcaill, Mormaer* of Ath-cliath, 
and Jufraigh, and many others of their chieftains. Ceallach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of 
the men of Breagha, was slain by Cathasach Ua Cathasaigh, and the foreigners. 
A predatory excursion was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire across Magh-n Aci, 
to Loch-Long* and Dun-Imghain'; he destroyed and burned four ships, and slew 
the son of Ua Maeleachlainn, who was defending them, and many others. Gilla- 
brighde, son of Dubhdara, chief of Muintir-Eolais, was wounded; and he after- 
wards died at his house, having plundered Cluain-Coirpthe® some time before. 
Gillaphadraig, the grandson of Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe, was killed by the 
O'Braenains, by treachery, in the middle of Cill-Cainnigh*. A plundering army 
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain into Leinster; they plundered Ui-Failghe, 
and carried off many prisoners. Eigneach, son of Amhlaeibh Ua Caemhain, 
was killed by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill. A great wind-storm occurred on the 
third day of December, which caused a great destruction of woods throughout 
Ireland ; it prostrated sixty trees at Doire-Choluim-Chille, and killed and 
smothered many persons in the church; it also killed other people at Cill- 
Sleibhe. Domhnall Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine*, died. Ceallach Ua Ceal- 
laigh, lord of Breagha, was killed by Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh and the 
foreigners of Ath-cliath. Gilla-na-naemh, grandson of Cumeadha!, fell by his 
own brother, i.e. Domhnall ; and Cumeadha, his son, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1147. The Bishop Ua Meanrgoran died. Muireadh- 
ach Ua Flannagain, a distinguished priest, died after intense penance. Gilla- 
Ailbhe, grandson of Flann ; Cuilen, son of the lector of Imleach-Ibhair ; and 
Fiacha Mac Muireadhaigh, airchinneach of Lughmhadh for a time, died. Ros- 
Cre and Oentrobh were burned. A thunderbolt fell this year upon the cloic- 


que arbores per Hiberniam, et in roboreto Do- 
rensi sexaginta robora e radicibus evulsit, et in 
ipsa Ecclesia multos homines extinxit.” —Trias 
Thaum., p. 504. 

* Domhnall Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine : 
i.e. Donnell O’Breen, lord of Brawney. 

| Gilla-na-naemh, grandson of Cumeadha.—He 


was of the sept of the Ui-Caisin, or Mac Namaras 
of Thomond. 

The Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen 
notice under this year the erection of Cawpleán 
€apa Ouibe, i.e. the Castle of the Black Cata- 
ract, now Asdee, in the county of Kerry, by 
Diarmaid Sugach O'Conor Kerry, 


6Y 


1082 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1148. 


pop Chloictech Oomliag Cianam, co po epapsaip a benochobap ve. Ouap- 
cán Ua hGagna vo tuicim lá hUa nGadpa 1 meabarl. Cpeach la Comulad 
mac Ounnpléibr lá prs NULad 1 P(pnmarge, 7 po apg (ymop Cluaine Mal- 
omb. Slogto la Muipc(peach, mac Néill Uí Cochlamn,7 lá Cenél n€ogaim, 
5 lá Donnchad Ua C Mall 5o nAipgiallanb 1 nUlcab. bacan Ula illong- 
popc apa gemo ap bpd Üchoeapc. Pégbaicc Ulaid an longpopc lá Cenel 
n€ógam 4 lá hCipFiallanb. | Coccap ma noiai co maécaccap cpáig Oám 
opoma hi lleit Chatal. Oo bepcpac ulaio oeabaio oóib ano pin, lá péile 
Pol 4 Preap, q meabaid pop ulcoib oú m po mapbaic pocharoe mop ofb ım 
Onton Ua Platpao, cig(qma Cece Catal. Inome 7 lopom na pluoig rap 
pin Leit Cacail uile,4 do pacpac gialla leo 6 Ulcaib. Tadg Ua bpian vo 
léigean ap a seimeal ap impide eppcop €peann 1m comanba Dhaccpaicc. 
Maelmaedócc Ua Mongaip, 1m Muipeadach Ua nOubeag, 7 1m Oomnall 
Ua Longangám, vain ba pon a comanpse po sabao. Tfleapp mop po Emnn 
anbliadamnp:. Grollamocomo: Ua Catal, ciġfpna Ua pPiacnach Cone, oo 
mapbhavh oo mac me Oomnaill Ui Choncobaip. Mam Aca Luam pop 
Ohomnall mac Corppóealbarg Ui Choncobaip, 7 pop Urb Mame pia pp(poib 
Ceacba, oú 1 noonéaip mac mic Amalgaoa Uí Fhlainn go pocaióib orle. 
Clip Cpiopt, mile ceatpachac a hochc. Teampall Cnuic na p(ngán 
vo popad lap an eppcop O Caollaioe 7 lá Oonnchad Ua cCeapbaill,4 a 
. coippeccad lá hUa Mopgaip, comanba Dháccpaicc,4 neimead 3. calam 
ecclupoa vo ónougao 06 1 Cugmao. Shad vo tiondl occ Imp Paccparce la 
Maelmaedog, comapba Dhacpaic, ba hé a lion coice eppcopu oécc co noíb 
céoqib paccapo vo epal magla, 7 poibép pon cach ecn cuait, 7 eglaip, 3 
ona Maolmaedoce Ua Mongain do dol von vapa p(cc oo accallaim comapba 


? The cloictheach of Daimhliag-Chianain : i. e. 
the Steeple or Round Tower of Duleek, in Meath. 

^ Its beannchobhar : i.e. the roof or conical cap 
of the tower. 

° Cluain- Maelduibh : i. e. the Lawn or Meadow 
of Maeldubh, a man’s name. This is probably 
the old name of Magheracloone, in the barony 
of Farney, and county of Monaghan.—See Shir- 
ley’s Account of the Territory or Dominion of 
Farney, pp. 154, 171. ! 

? Uchdearg.— Now Aghderg, near Lough- 


brickland, in the county of Down. 

a Dun-droma: i.e. the Fort of the Long 
Hill, now Dundrum, a village on a bay of the 
same name, in the barony of Leath-Cathail, or 
Lecale, and county of Down, where the ruins of 
a strong castle of great antiquity occupy the 
site of the original dun or primitive fort. 

* Ua Flainn: i.e. O'Flynn of Sil-Maelruain, 
a territory lying round Ballinlough, in the west 
of the county of Roscommon. 

* Cnoc-na-seangan : i.e. Hill of the Ants or 


"1 
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i 


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1148. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1083 


theach of Daimhliag-Chianain", and knocked off its beannchobhair" Duarcan 
Ua hEaghra fell by Ua hEaghra, by treachery. A predatory incursion was 
made by Cuuladh Mac Duinnsleibhe, King of Uladh, into Fearnmhagh, and he 
plundered the greater part of Cluain-Maelduibh* An army was led by Muir- 
cheartach Mac Neill Ua Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, and Donnchadh 
Ua Cearbhaill and the Airghialla, into Ulidia. The Ulidians were éncamped 
at the brink of Uchdearg?, to meet them ; but they abandoned the camp to the 
Cinel-Eoghain and the Airghialla, who pursued them till they reached the shore 
of Dun-droma?, in Leath-Chathail. The Ulidians gave them battle there, on the 
day of the festival of Paul and Peter; but they were defeated, and a great 
number of them slain, together with Archu Ua Flathrai, lord of Leath-Chathail. 
After this the forces plundered and burned all Leath-Chathail, and carried off 
hostages from the Ulidians. Tadhg Ua Briain was released from his fetters, at 
the intercession of the bishops of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, Mael- 
maedhog Ua Morgair, Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, and Domhnall Ua Lon- 
gargain, for he was taken prisoner while under their protection. Great fruit 
throughout Ireland this year. Gillamochoinni Ua Cathail, lord of Ui-Fiachrach- 
Aidhne, was killed by the grandson of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair. The battle 
of Ath-luain was gained over Domhnall, the son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Con- 
chobhair, and the Ua-Maine, by the men of Teathbha, where the grandson of 
Ambhalghaidh Ua Flainn' and others were slain. à j 

The Age of Christ, 1148. The church of Cnoc-na-seangan? was finished 
by the Bishop O'Caellaidhe and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, and was consecrated 
by Ua Morgair, successor of Patrick ; and a Neimheadh, i. e. ecclesiastical land, 
was assigned it in Lughmhadh. A synod was convened at Inis-Padraig*, by 
Maelmaedhog, successor of Patrick, at which were present fifteen bishops and 
two hundred priests, to establish rules and morals for all, both laity and clergy; 
and Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, by advice of the synod, went a second time to 


Pismires. This church stood on the hill of consecratur per sanctum Malachiam Hua Mor- 


Knock, near the town of Louth, but scarcely a 
vestige of it now remains. This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows: 


* A. D. 1148. Ecclesia de Cnoc-na-Seangan ` 


in oppido Lugmagiensi per Hua Coelladium 
Episcopum, et Donatum Hua Keruaill extructa, 


gair, Archiepiseopum ante Ardmachanum, qui 
et sanctuarium ibi" [rectó, Lugmagise.— Act. SS. 
p. 737] “constituit.” Trias Thaum., p. 305. 

t Inis-Padraig.—Now Patrick's Island, near 
Skerries, in the county of Dublin.—See note 7, 
under A. D. 793, p. 400, suprà. 


6*2 


1084 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1148. 


Phfcaip oo Róim a comaiple an crmaw. Malachap 23. Maolmaedóce 
Ua Monpgaip, ewpoeppcop cataoine Pavpaicc, arpoc(mn iaptain €oppa, 
legaice comapba Pica aom ceand po mangle Gaowwil, 7 Holl, apopaor 
m eaccna, 7 a ccpabad, locnann polupca no poillpig(ó cuata 7 eccalpa cpa 
popceacal, 7 caoin gníoma, aogarpe campi na heccailpi co coiccí(no, rap 
noiponeab do eppcop 7 pacapc, 1 aop sacha Spar anctha, 1ap ccoipneagao 


ceampall 7 pelgead momòa, tap noénam gacha lubpa ecclapcacoa p(chnón 


€peann, ap. cciodnacal pedo 1 bid oo tpénab 7 €nuagaib, 1ap. ppocugaó 
ceall 4 mampcpeach, ap ap leipiom po hatnuadaigte 1 n€pinn, ian na 
ppailliugaó ó cém mann, gac lap po léci 1 pall, 7 1 néiplip, 1ap bpágbanl 
gach magla 7 gach poibépa m eagloipib Epeann apé(na, ipm. vapa plèc a 
leccaroecca 1ap mbeit ceitpe bliadna oécc ma ppromar, 4 1app an ceat- 
pamad bliadain caeccac a aoip, po fab a pprpac do cum mime an vapa lá 
oo Nouembep, 1 ap ann éeleabpaice. an eglaip liż 7 pollamam naom Mala- 
chap ap an cpfp la ap na claochláo lay na ppuichib ó lá péle na map an 
an lá na did ap combad uparoe a Moat j a onóm, 4 po haónache, 1 
mamipein $ óepnapo hi cClampualip hi pPpancoibh, gó nonóip, 4 co naiprinc- 
cm. Ua Owbin, eppcop Chille dana, an ceppcop Ua Nandan, Ceallach 
Ua Oomnacam, uapal cfho Cille beneom, 7 Maolciapam Mac MMmgam 
uapal paccane péglepa Suwe Colum Chille hi eC anoup, 1ap mbuarb map- 
cna 3 aiéme, vo écc. Cluam Eanaipo, Cano leipe, 7 Cugmao, oo lopccab. 


* Malachias.— This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows: 

“A. D. 1148. S. Malachias Hua Morgair, 
Archiepiscopus olim Ardmachanus, Occidentalis 
Europe Legatus Apostolicus, cujus arbitrio et 
monitis Hiberni et Nortmanni acquiescebant, vir 
nulli sapientià et religione secundus, lucerna 
lucens, et Clerum populumque sacris operibus 
et concionibus illuminans ; pastor fidelis Eccle- 
siz Dei; post Episcopos, Prebyteros, aliosque 
diuersorum graduum et ordinum clericos ordi- 
natos; post Ecclesias multas, sanctuaria, et 
monasteria consecrata; post multos labores et 
diversa munera Ecclesiastica per uniuersam pié 
exercita ; post multas eleemosynas, et pias elar- 


gitiones in usus pauperum et egenorum im- 
pensas; post diversas Ecclesias et Monasteria 
partim erecta partim restaurata (in more enim 
habuit Ecclesias, diù ante neglectas et dirutas 
denuó reparare et re-edificare); post multas 
Canonicas constitutiones, Ecclesiastice disci- 
pline reformationem, et Cleri mores in melius 
commutandos, concernentes, pié sancitas, anno 
decimo quarto sui primatus, statis quinqua- 
gesimo quarto, secunda jam vice Legati Apos- 
tolici munere functus, spiritum celo reddidit 
die secunda Novembris in Monasterio Clarevel- 
lensi in Francia; ibidem cum magna solemni- 
tate, et honore sepultus. Quia tamen comme- 
moratio omnium fidelium defunctorum eo die 


1148.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1085 


Rome, to confer with the successor of Peter. Malachias", i. e. Maelmaedhog 
Ua Morgair, Archbishop of the Chair of Patrick, chief head of the west of 
Europe, legate of the successor of Peter, the only head whom the Irish and the 
foreigners obeyed, chief paragon of wisdom and piety, a brilliant lamp which 
illumined territories and churches by preaching and good works, faithful shep- 
herd of the Church in general,—after having ordained bishops and priests, and 
persons of every degree ; after having consecrated many churches and ceme- 
teries ; after having performed every ecclesiastical work throughout Ireland ; 
after having bestowed jewels and food upon the mighty and the needy; after 
having founded churches and monasteries (for by him were repaired in Ireland 
every church which had been consigned to decay and neglect, and they had 
been neglected from time remote); after leaving every rule and every good 
moral in the churches of Ireland in general ; after having been the second time 
in the legateship ; after having been fourteen years in the primacy ; and after the 
fifty-fourth year of his age, resigned his spirit to heaven on the second day of 
November ; and the Church celebrates the feast and solemnity of St. Malachias 
on the third day, it having been changed by the seniors from the feast day of 
All Souls to the day after, in order that he might be the more easily revered 
and honoured; and he was buried in the monastery of St. Bernard at Clarvallis, 
in France, with honour and veneration. Ua Duibhin, Bishop of Cill-dara ; the 
Bishop Ua Naidheanan ; Ceallach Ua Domhnagain, noble head of Cill-Beneoin”, 
[died]; and Maelchiarain Mac Mengain, noble priest of the church of Suidhe- 
Choluim-Chille at Ceanannus, died after victory of martyrdom and penance. 


Cluain-Iraird, Lann-Leire, and Lughmhadh, were burned. An army was led - 


celebratur, festum ejus, quo commodius et so- 
lemnius celebrari posset, translatum est in diem 
sequentem.” —Trias Thaum., p. 305. 

On this he writes the following remark : 

“ Hee quatuor Magistri in Annalibus, quibus 
quoad annum, diem et locum mortis et sepul- 
ture consentit Divus Bernardus in ejus vita 
cap. penultimo et ultimo: quoad reliqua veró 
per totam illam ; nisi quod nec ipse innuat ip- 
sum anno 14 sui primatus decessisse (ut illi 
Annales tradunt): cum solum tribus annis in 


possessione pacifica rexerit Metropolim Ardma- 
chanum, nempé ab ann. 1133, usque ad 1136, 


quo resignavit illi muneri, illudque transtulit. 


in humeros B. Gelasii; sed illi solum videntur, 
uti solum poterant intelligere quod anno decimo 
quarto a suscepto munere Primatis, nisi et ve- 
rius decimo quinto obierit cum anno 1134, illud 
susceperit, et anno 1148 decesserit." 

* Cill- Beneoin : i. e. the Church of St. Benean, 
or Benignus, now Kilbannan, near Tuam, in the 
county of Galway.— See note under A. D. 1114. 


Ad 


VW MENTEM 


1086 aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. [1149. 


Slug la Tfhuipefpcach, mac Neill Ui. Cochlamn, 7 la Cenél n€oghann, 7 
la Oonnchao Ua Cípboill, co nChpgiallenb 1 nUlcaib, co ccuccpac. gialla 
Ulad im mac ms Ulad leó, 4 po pagaibp(c c(épap cig(pnaó pon Ulcoib oon 
éup pm. Ulam 4 Aipgialla oo 1ompdo pop Mag Cachlamn 7 pop Cenel 
nCozam ap pm. — Slorg(ó ele oan, la T)mpé(pcach Ua Cacloinn 7 lá Cenel 
n€ogam cap Tuam 1 nUlcaib, co po 10noapbpac Cuulaó Ua Ounnplébe a 
hUlcaib, 1 co ccapopac Oonnchad ina 10naó, 1 co noeachaccap oon cup pm 
1 Macampe Conall, co po loipecpfc an macaine acc na cealla na má po 
anachc comapba Phaccpaice. Slaglod ona lá Cig(pnán Ua Ruane 4 lá 
Oonnchao Ua cCeanbanll 1 nUllcaib, co Cpaib Celéa, co po cpeachpac an 
cín 1 co ppapccaibpioc Cáulaó ma mge oopmipe. CÍéc c(na po vio cunfo 
pó ċéoóin o Ullcaib buboém. | Comoal lá hUa Coclamn co maitib Cenél 
€ogam,1 lá hUa cCeapbaill co maireib Aipsiall,7 co maiti Ulao imo ceirg(p- 
nadab m Apo Macha, co nofpnpac ospid po bacall lopa hi ppiaónaipi 
comapba Paccpaice,] a pamta,7 po pagaibpoc gialla acc Ua Lochlamn. 
bpaigoe Ceneoil cConaill oan, la hUa Cochlamn. Ua apmlf(oharg a. 
Oomnall, cisZ(pna Chenel ECogain pe heavh oionnapbad 1 cConnachta la 
hUa Coclamn. | Sicpiog Ua bpaoráin, cigfpna óp(ghmame, vo mapbao la a 
bpaitpb perppm. Comdal ecin Choippóealbaé Ua cConcobaip 7 Tis fpnan 
Ua Ruane ag Snám pataind 7 po lorc an caicclepec Mac Concaipne 
Ui Fhínžal Tig (pnan Ua Ruane ag vol cum na comne. Mó épeach la 
Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobain pop peapaib Teacba, co pugpac pip Cheacba 
pa occ Aéluain, go po 1ompo ppia co ccug a náp. 

Cop Cpiopt, mile ceo ceatpaca anao. Giolla na naom Ua Muipclp- 
cals, uapal eppcop veipceinc Eneann plhoin ogh eccnaide cnéáiboeach, 


* Tuaim.—Now Toome Bridge, between Lough 
Neagh and Lough Beg, on the boundary between 
the counties of Down and Antrim. This place 
is called Fearsat-Tuama in the Tripartite Life 
of St. Patrick ; and Colgan remarks in a note 
that it was called simply Tuaim in his own 
time: * Hodié vulgó vocatur Tuaim, est va- 
dum vel trajectus ubi Banna fluvius ex Lacu 
Echach.”—Trias Thaum., p. 183, col. 2. 

*. Craebh- Tealcha.—See notes under A. D. 


1003 and 1099. 

z A meeting.—*'* A. D. 1148. Conventus pub- 
licus per Mauritium Hua Lochluinn cum pro- 
ceribus Tironie, per Hua Kervaill principem 
Orgiellie et alios Ulidie Principes servatur 
Ardmache: ubi fcedere pacis et concordis sub 
Baculo Jesu inito coram S. Gelasio et Clero 
Ardmachano omnes alii obedientiam Mauritio 
promiserunt, et obsides dederunt." — Trias 
Thaum., p. 306. 


1149.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1087 


by Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, by the Cinel-Eoghain and Donn- 
chadh Ua Cearbhaill, and the Airghialla, into Ulidia; and they carried off the 
hostages of the Ulidians, together with the son of the King of Ulidia, and left 
four lords over Ulidia on that occasion. The Ulidians and Airghialla turned 
against Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain after this. Another army was 
led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, across Tuaim*, into 
Ulidia; and he expelled Cuuladh Ua Duinnsleibhe from Ulidia, 'and placed 
Donnchadh in his place ; and they proceeded on this occasion into Machaire- 
Chonaill, and burned the plain, except the churches only, which were protected 
by the successor of Patrick. An army was also led by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc 
and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill into Ulidia, as far as Craebh-Tealcha’; and they 
plundered the country, and placed Cuuladh in his kingdom again ; however, 
he was immediately expelled by the Ulidians themselves. A meeting’ was held 
at Ard-Macha by Ua Lochlainn, with the chieftains of the Cinel-Eoghain ; by 
O'Cearbhaill, with the chieftains of the Airghialla, and the chief men of Ulidia, 
with their lords, and made perfect peace under the Staff of Jesus, in the pre- 
sence of the successor of Patrick and his clergy ; and they left hostages with 
O'Lochlainn. The hostages of the Cinel-Conaill were also in the hands of 
Ua Lochlainn. Ua Goirmleadhaigh, i. e. Domhnall, who had been lord of 
Cinel-Eoghain for a time, was banished into Connaught by O'Lochlainn. Sitrick 
Ua Braenain*, lord of Breaghmhaine, was slain by his own brothers. A meeting 
between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc at Snamh- 
Rathainn’; and the Aithcleireach, son of Cuchairne Ua Fearghail, wounded 
Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, as he was going to the meeting. A great prey was 
taken by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair from the men of Teathbha ; and the 
men of Teathbha overtook him at Ath-Luain, but he turned upon and made a 
slaughter of them. : 

The Age of Christ, 1149.  Gilla-na-naemh Ua Muircheartaigh‘, noble bi- 
shop of the south of Ireland, a chaste, wise, and pious senior; Muircheartach 


* Sitrick Ua Braenain.—This is evidently a — the ancient names of Drumsna, on the Shannon, 
mistake for Sitrick Ua Braein, for O'Braein, on the confines of the counties of Roscommon 
now O’Breen, was chief of Breaghmhaine, or and Leitrim.—See note on Snamh-in-redaigh, 
Brawney, in Westmeath. A. D. 1261. 

* Snamh-Rathainn.—This is probably one of * Gilla-na-naemh Ua Muircheartaigh : anglicé 


1088 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. (1149. 


Mumefpeach Ua Maolmoiceinge uapal eppcop Ua mópiám bpeipne pion 
uapal,1 an ceppug Ua Gopmgaile prno uapal cpáiboec, oécc rap bpfhoamn, 
J 1ap naxépige ófocpa. Macpart Clépech aeg(ó can aimmioneaé do mumn- 
cin Apoa Maca, décc. Leat Oormliag Chianáin vopceam lá Gallart Ata 
chat, 7 lá Orapmaic Mac Mupchada co LLaigmb, 7 po mapbpac Orapmaic 
mac Magnara Uí Coclaimn, canaippi Oils, po bai ace ofogai na hogre, 
4 cugad a copp co hApo Macha,7 po hadnacld ann, Ooie: Cholaim 
Chille oo lopccaó, Imp Mic nOaipen co na ceampal. Caorgpech Ua Mopoa, 
aig(pna Laoigiy 7 na cComann, oécc 1ap naitmise. Cóáulao à. mac Conco- 
bap do toche mo Ullcoib oopiói i, co po 1onnanb Oonncad a plartiup Ulad 
ap nuaécap, 1 cug Ua Macsarmna iapam 4 oa mac Cfoóa mc Oumnpléibe 
(Oonnchao 4 Mupchad) amup longpuipc. paippiom, go paeimio pia cComulaó 
ponpa, 7 po mapbao Mupchad lap. Slórg(ó lá Cenél n€ogamm co Mag an 
éaipn dionnanbad Choncobain co po &apmipcec Ua Cí(pbaill imps, uap vo 
Slóig(o ele la mac Néill hUí Coch- 
lamn, co ccuaipcepc. €peann ume .1. Cenel Conaill, Cenel €ogain, 7 Op- 
gialla, 1 nUllcob. Ro aincepfe Ulad :ap nuaccan mle ocá cuan Snama 
Ohgneach co Opoic(c na peipty1. Oo deachaccap porpeann oíb pop mnpib 
Loca Cuan. Ro ewpgpeac oan Imp Cumpcpaioó. Legla, Ceall Aedan, 
Magh bile, 6(nocop, 7 wle cealla an cípe apc(na cénmota Oún 4 Saball. 
Camic 1apccam hUa Oumoplébe 1 ccaig hUi Caclamn co ccucc a mac Pein 
1 ngiallna òo, 7 an po cunms oo giallaib ap cena. lomporo 1appmn. pop ccula 


pao a mac pem oóib cap cfm Ulao. 


Nehemiah O'Moriarty. He was Bishop of note ', under that year) and now Rutland 


Cloyne.— See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
p. 574. 

3 Muircheartach Ua Maelmoicheirghe.—No 
Murtough O'Mulmoghery, or Early. This is 
the first mention in these Annals of a Bishop of 
Ui-Briuin-Breifne, Tir-Briuin, Triburna, or 
Kilmore.—See Harris's edition of Ware's Bi- 
shops, p. 226. 

e Macraith.—“‘ A. D. 1149. Macratheus, senior 
et venerabilis ex Clero Ardmachano, piè obiit." 
—Trias Thaum., p. 306. 

f Inis- Mic- Dairen.—This is probably the island 
called Inis-Mic-an-Duirn at A. D. 1543 (see 


Island, situated off the west coast of the barony 
and county of Donegal. 

€ Laeighseach Ua Mordha: anglicé Lewis 
O'More. He was the son of Aimirgin, son of 
Faelan, son of Aimirgin, son of Cinaeth, son of 
Ceinneidigh, son of Mordha, the progenitor from 
whom the O'Mores took their hereditary sur- 
name. 

^ Magh-an-chairn : i.e. the plain of the carn, 
or monumental heap of stones. Not identified. 

i The harbour of Snamh-Aighneach.—This was 
the ancient name of Carlingford Lough.— See 
note 5 under the year 850, p. 484, suprà. 


eo 


11493 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1089 


Ua Maelmoicheirge’, noble Bishop of Ui-Briuin-Breifne, a noble senior; and 
the Bishop Ua Gormghaile, a noble pious senior; died after penance and intense 
penitence. Macraith’, a venerable, benevolent cleric of the people of Ard- 
Macha, died. The half of Daimhliag was plundered by the foreigners of Ath- 
cliath, and by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha and the Leinstermen ; and they killed 
Diarmaid, son of Maghnus Ua Lochlainn, Tanist of Oileach, who was taking - 
revenge for the plunder, and his body was brought to Ard-Macha, and there 
interred. Doire-Choluim-Chille was burned, and Inis-Mie-Dairení with its 
church. Laeighseach Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis and the Comanns, died 
after penance. Cuuladh, i. e. the son of Conchobhar, came into Ulidia again, 
and expelled Donnchadh from the chieftainship of the upper part of Ulidia ; 
and Ua Mathghamhna and the two sons of Aedh Mac Duinnsleibhe (Donn- 
chadh and Murchadh) made an attack upon his camp, but they were defeated 
by Cuuladh, and Murchadh was killed by him. An army was led by the Cinel- 
Eoghain to Magh-an-chairn", to expel Conchobhar; but Ua Cearbhaill pre- 
vented them, for he delivered his own son up to them, for the sake of Ulidia. 
Another army was led by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, being joined by the 
people of the north of Ireland, namely, the Cinel-Conaill, the Cinel-Eoghain, 
and the Airghialla, into Ulidia; they plundered all the upper part of Ulidia, 
from the harbour of Snamh-Aighneach! to Droichet-na-Feirtsi*. A party of them 
went upon the islands of Loch Cuan’, and they plundered Inis-Cumseraidh", 
Leathghlais", Cill-Aedhain*, Magh-bile, Beannchor, and all the other churches of 
the country, except Dun [Leathghlais] and Sabhall?. Ua Duinnsleibhe after- 
wards came into the house of Ua Lochlainn, and delivered his own son up to 
him as a hostage, and whatever other hostages he demanded. After this they 


x Droichet-na-F'eirtsi : i.e. the Bridge of the 
Ford. 'This bridge was near Newcastle, in the 
barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down.— 
See note*, under A. D. 1433. This bridge was 
built by Fiacha, son of Aedh Roin, King of 
Ulidia.—See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of 
Down and Connor, &c., pp. 253, 359. 

! Loch Cuan.—Now Strangford Lough, in the 
county of Down. 

™ Inis- Cumscraidh.—Now Inch, or Iniscourcey, 


near Downpatrick.—See A. D. 1001, 1061. 

? Leathghlais.—This should be omitted here, 
because Leathghlais is another name for Dun, 
or Downpatrick. 

° Cill-Aedhain: i. e. Aedhan’s Cell. Saint 
Aedhan's festival-was kept here on the Ist of. 
April. The present name and situation of this 
church are unknown to the Editor. 

P Dun and Sabhall : i.e. Dun-Da-leathghlas, 
or Downpatrick and Saul. 


6z 


1090 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. [1150. 


oia ccighib co mbopairhe oípíme, 7 co mbnarcc :0mba. Cpeach lá Oonn- 
chad Ua gCeapbaill 4 lá Comulad Ua nOwunnpléibe 1 mop(gaib, co ccugpac 
gabála0móa. Tangacap rappin pip bpl ma mapmóipeache 7 po arpecp(cc 
We Cfpmamn Beicin, 1 pugpacc nf oo ċpoò na manach. Ríze(pup la mac 
Néll Uí Lochlain co mapepluag Chenél €océam co Cugmao, co ccámic 
Cig(pnán Ua Ruaipc ma teach, po pág bpargoe age. Cóccap appióe 
Ua Laclamn 1 Ua Ceapbaill co he Chat. Tame Orapmano Mac Mup- 
chada, pi Laigh ma c(ch, 4 oo pome Ua Cachlamn oghpid ecn hallaib 4 
Shaowelab. | Sluaig(ó la Cornpóealbac Ua móqiann, 1 la phat Muman : 
cConnaécaibh, co machcaccan Mag Ua mbmitin. Rugpacc boparme móp, 
1 po mánpac Oán n&aillme, 7 po barofó Ua Lochlainn, cig fpna Concomod- 
puad ipm n&Gaillimh. Ceallachán mac mic Cápcaigh, oo écc. 

Coir Cpfopt, mile cév caecca. Muipeadhach Ua Oubeaich, oipoeap- 
pucc Connacc, apopfndin Epeann uile, 1 negna, 1 nórghe, 1 cciodnacal peócc 
q bid, oécc 1 cCunga, an peipead oécc oo mi Maí 1 ppéil naem Spenamn iapp 
an ccoiccead bliadain peacht moghac aae. Maohora Ua bpanam, ap- 
chinneach Ooipi Choluim Chille, cmn ponapa 7 pobantam cuaipceipt € peann, 
décc. Ua Pollamam, comapba Pinvéin Cluana h€parpo, oécc 1 cC nanoup. 
Cailleach Cille plebe p{noin cpéiboech cogaibe, oécc 1ap no(gh aichmge (ap 
gcian aoip. On L(ch cuaipefpcach oo Tmun mop Opoa Macha vo lopccao 
ace péle Cianáin. Ceananoap, Sono, 7 Ceall mop Ua Niallám cona 
ofpcaig oo lopccad. Comanba Phavparec,7 Samad Dháccpaicc pop ccuapc 
1 cCín n€ógam, co ccuccpacc a lan pép oo buaib a. bó gacha cige biacaig 
q 9aepcoig, each gacha coipigh, 1 piche bó ón pígh pém. Cuainc Cenél 


? Magh Ua-mBriuin: i.e. the Plain of the 
Ui-Briuin. This is a plain in the country of 
the Ui-Briuin-Seola, or the barony of Clare, in 
the county of Galway. 

* Dun-Gaillmhe: i.e. the Fort of Galway. 
This was a stone castle. 

* Corca-Modhruadh. —— O'Lochlainn, now 
O’Loughlin, was chief of all the diocese of Kil- 
fenora at this period. 

t Gaillimh : i.e. the River Galliv, or Galway, 
which flows from Lough Corrib into the Bay of 


Galway. The town of Galway derived its name 
from it. 

* Maelisa Ua Branain.—** A. D. 1150. Moelisa 
O’Branain Archidnechus (Archidiaconus) Do- 
rensis, vir nulli in septemtrionali Hibernia hos- 
pitalitate et prosperitate secundus, obiit."— 
Trias Thaum., p. 504. 

* Trian-mor: i.e. the Great Third or Ternal 
Division of Armagh. 

* A. D. 1150. Civitas Ardmachana in festo 
S. Kienani (qui in 24 Novembris incidit) mag- 


cael 


1150.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1091 


returned back to their houses, with a countless cattle spoil, and with many pri- 
soners. A predatory incursion was made by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and 
Cuuladh Ua Duinnsleibhe into Breagha, and they carried off many spoils. The 
men of Breagha afterwards came in pursuit of them, and they plundered the half 
of Tearmann-Feichin, and carried off some of the cattle of the monks. A royal 
journey was made by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the cavalry of Cinel- 
Eoghain, to Lughmhadh, where Tighearnan Ua Ruaire came into his house, 
and left him hostages. From thence Ua Lochlainn and Ua Cearbhaill proceeded 
to Ath-cliath. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, came into his 
house, and Ua Lochlainn made a complete peace between the foreigners and 
the Irish. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain and the men of 
Munster into Connaught, until they arrived at Magh Ua mBriuin'; they carried 
off a great spoil of cattle, and demolished Dun-Gaillmhe'; and Ua Lochlainn, 
lord of Corca-Modhruadle, was drowned in the Gaillimh*, Ceallachan, grandson _ 
of Carthach, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1150. Muireadhach Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of 
Connaught, chief senior of all Ireland in wisdom, in chastity, in the bestowal of 
jewels and food, died at Conga, on the sixteenth of the month of May, on the 
festival of Saint Brenainn, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Maelisa Ua Bra- 
nain", airchinneach of Doire-Choluim-Chille, head of the happiness and prospe- 
rity of the north of Ireland, died. Ua Follamhain, successor of Finnen of 
Cluain-Iraird, died at Ceanannus. Cailleach of Cill-Sleibhe, a pious good senior, 
died, after good penance, at an advanced age. "The northern half of the Trian- 
mor” of Ard-Macha was burned on the night of the festival of Ciaran. Cean- 
annus, Sord, and Cill-mor-Ua-Niallain, with its oratory, were burned. The 
successor of Patrick* and the clergy of Patrick made a visitation of Tir-Eoghain, 
and they obtained their full tribute of cows, i.e. a cow from every house of a 
biatach and freeman, a horse from every chieftain, and twenty cows from the 


num passa incendium quo portio ejus tertia, ut pro more de Ecclesiarum negotiis disponeret, 
que Trien-mor vulgo appellatur, ex media et tum ut pro memorata jactura reparanda, piorum 


septentrionali parte flammis absumpta est."— subsidia corrogaret: peractaque visitatione sin- 
Trias Thaum., p. 306. guli nobilium" [equum unum] “et Burgoma- ` 
* The successor of Patrick.—'* Eodem anno" gistrorum bovem unum contribuere, et Princeps 


[1150] “ S. Gelasius cum senioribus Cleri Ard- terre boves viginti adjecit.” —Trias Thaum., 
machani suam diccesim" [Tir-Eoghain], “tum p. 306. 


6.22 


(1150. 


1092 ANNALA RIOShachta EIREANN. 


Eóġan vo óénam lá comanba Colaim Chille la Plaicbeancach Ua bdpoléám 
7 do b(pc each gacha coipigh, q bó gacha oem biacach, 1 bó gacha cpíp 
paeptach,1 bó sacha cfearp vfommaom, piche bó ımoppo ón pígh pem, pál 
6ip 1 pabaccap cúicc umge, a each, ] a eappao ó Mhuipefpcach mac Néll 
hU! Lochlamn, ó mg Epeann mnpm. Mac me Oomnaill hU! Concobain vo 
mapbao lá Ruawpı, mac Domnaill Uí Concobaip. Munpchad, mac Giolla 
na naem Uí Phgal, cuip opoain, 7 amp(charp Oinin Connache, oécc 1 nimp 
Clotpano. Concobap Mac Ragnall, agfina Muimcipe hEolarp, oo manbao 
la hClod, mac Tis(pnén Ui Ruane. Muipeadach Ua Plannagain, caípeac 
Clomne Catanl, oég ma mlitpe 1 cCCunga. Orapmaio Mac bpanáın, cigna 
Copcaclann, oo dallad lá Toinpdealbac Ua cConcobam. Qn giollaclaon 
Ua Ciapóa, as (pna Coippm, oo mapbaó vo Ub Faolám. Rios cupup Mup- 
ċarġ me Néll Ui Cachlamn co matið cuaipceipe Epeann co hlmp 
Mochta a ccomdail Ui Cheapbaill 7 Ui Ruane. Cugea géill Connacc dó 
6 Tompdealbac co nue pin gan pluaiglo cma blnnaccam Pacanpaice, 3 
comanba Paccpaice co na pamao. Ro pann Míde oon cup pm hi ccpí 
eiccip Ua cConchobain, Ua Ruane, 1 Ua Ceapbatll, 4 po ofocupp(tcc Mup- 
chad Ua Maoileachlainn a Míde cpia (pecaoine comanba Dhaccpaicc 3 a 
pamcha. Ua Ceallarg, cig(pna Ua Pracpach Apoa ppata, oo mapbao la 
hUib cComalcám 1 nimp Locha Laegaine. Ua Canannam co na plécé vo 
dol 1 pab Luing, co ccugpac bá 1omda leo. Gere pip Cups poppa, 3 
págeibc(n pocaide vo muimncip Uf Chananndin co na dap mac ım cetaip 
Ua Maelgaeite, 7 ım Giollamancam Uí Canann im Ua pPogapcar, 7 
pocame oie via nuciplib. Slog la Toppdealbach Ua mbmiain co Loch 
Ua nSoban 1 Machane ail(ng, 50 po ace Slane. Rug Ua Ceapbaill;3 


* The visitation of Cinel- Eoghain.—** A. D.1150. 
B. Flathbertachus O’Brolchain, Abbas Dorensis, 


unum.”—Trias Thaum., p. 504. 
On this Colgan remarks: “ Hæc contributio 


circuit regiones de Kinel-Eogain: et a Mur- 
chertacho Hua Lochluinn Rege Hibernis viginti 
boves, cum ipsius Regis equo et aureo annulo 
unciarum quinque accepit ; item a singulis pro- 
ceribus equum unum et communi reliquorum 
contributione juxta taxatum personarum nu- 
merum, à singulis binis Burgimagistris unum 
bovem, a singulis tribus liberis personis unum 
bovem, a reliquis quatuor ex plebe similiter 


videtur facta ad reparandum Monasterium Do- 
rense anno 1149, incendio vastatum, ut ex 
sequentibus constabit." 

* Mac Raghnaill—_Now Mac Rannall, but 
more usually anglicised Reynolds. This family 
were seated in the southern -or level portion of 
the county of Leitrim. 

a Inis-Mochta.—See the years 922, 939, 997, 
1026, 1138. 


1150.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


1093 


king himself. The visitation of Cinel-Eoghain’ was made by the successor of 
Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain ; and he obtained a horse from 
every chieftain, a cow from every two biatachs, a cow from every three free- 
holders, and a cow from every four villains, and twenty cows from the king 
himself; a gold ring of five ounces, his horse, and his battle-dress, from Muir- 
cheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland. The grandson of Domh- 
nall Ua Conchobhair was killed by Ruaidhri, son of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair. 
Murchadh, son of Gilla-na-naemh Ua Fearghal, pillar of the glory and splendour 
of the east of Connaught, died on [the island of] Inis-Clothrann. Conchobhar 
Mac Raghnaill’, lord of Muintir-Eolais, was killed by Aedh, son of Tighearnan 
Ua Ruaire. Muireadhach Ua Flannagain, chief of Clann-Cathail, died on his 
pilgrimage at Conga. Diarmaid Mac Branain, lord of Coreachlann, was blinded 
by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. Gillaclaen Ua Ciardha, lord of Cairbri, 
was slain by the Ui-Faelain. A royal journey by Muircheartach, son of Niall 
Ua Lochlainn, with the chieftains of the north of Ireland, to Inis-Mochta*, to 
meet Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruairc. The hostages of Connaught were brought 
him to that place, without a hosting, through the blessing of Patrick, the suc- 
cessor of Patrick, and his clergy. He divided Meath on this occasion into 
three parts between Ua Conchobhair, Ua Ruairc, and Ua Cearbhaill; and they 
banished Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn from Meath, through the curse of the 
successor of Patrick and his clergy. Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of 
Ard-sratha, was killed by the Ui-Comhaltain, on the island of Loch-Laeghaire’. 
Ua Canannain, with his army, proceeded into Feara-Luirg, and carried off many 
cows. The Feara-Luirg overtook them, and many of the people of Ua Canan- 
nain, with his two sons, four of the Ui-Maelgaeithe*, Gillamartan Ua Canann!, 
Ua Fogartaigh, and many others of their nobles. An army was led by Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain to Loch Ua nGobhann’, in Machaire-Gaileang', and he 


> Loch-Laeghaire.— This lake was in the 
country of the Sliocht-Airt O'Neill, in the 
county of Tyrone, to the south of Lifford, but 
the name is obsolete, and the lake has probably 
been drained. 

* Ui-Maelgaeithe : i. e. the family of the 
O'Mulgeehys or Wynnes. | 

* Ua Canann.—Now anglicé Cannon. 


This 


family is to be distinguished from the O'Canan- 
nains, chiefs of Tirconnell. The former name 
is still common in the county of Donegal, the 
latter is obsolete. 

* Loch Ua nGobhann : i.e. Lake of the O?Gow- 
ans. Not identified. 

£ Machaire- Gaileang.— A. plain in the territory 
of Gaileanga (now Moregallion), in Meath. 


^ 


1094 ANNALA RIOShachca EIREANN. (1151. 


Ua Ruane poppa, co po mapbpac opeam via mumncip, 1m mac 1 IpCpnám. 
Slórg(ó lá Toippdealbac Ua Concobayp 1 Muman oap erp peop Muman, 3 
po aipec Macaipe na Muman,  cug bá 1omda, ap a aor po tága opeam 
oia mumncip 1m Ua Roduib. Sloigfo la Tommpdealbac Ua mbmam co he 
chat, co ccangaccap Goll ina teac, 1 appíóe co Commopmana, 7 Abha, 7 
po loipce Domnach móp Mic Caicbe. Slóig(o la Muincfpcach, mac Néll 
Uí Lochlainn co cCenél n€ogain, 4 co nUllcoib, 1 pRoein Ui Ceanbanll 4 
Uí Rupe co Oun Cochao 1 LLaesarpe, 50 nofpnpacc Goill pie mbliadna 
ecin C(ch Cumn,1 Let Moga. Congal Ua Opaoin, Op(Smaine, oo mapbao 
lá Mume Cheié(pnong 1 nGapóa na Garnnange hi cCluain mic Nói. 

Qoi Cpíopc, mle céo caocca a haén. Ua Maolpogmaip, eppcop 
Ua nOmalgada, 1 Ua pPiacpach Muawe, Epolb, eppuce Cummg, 7 Oman 
Cléipeac, mac Taidg Ui Maolpuanad, vécc. Carporonal comapba Phfoamp 
4. lohannep Pappion, oo. tioécam 1 nEpmn vo epail pala 7 porbép, oo 
Efpeugad cáic ma ccioncaib. Ro bai ona peaccmam 1 coig comapba Phac- 
cpaicc 1 nCÍpo Maca co ppapccaib b(nnaccain. Cuac Connace an vapa 
peace lá comanba Paccpaice, la Grollamachiag, mac me Rua, co ccug 
a órghpnei. Oo pao ona, Ua Concobaip pal pic(c umge oóp don ċup prn oo 
comapba Phaccpaice. Cuac Sil Catapang la Plaitbeapcach Ua bpol- 


: Ua Ifearnain.—Now Heffernan, without the 
prefix Ua or O’. | This family was seated in the 
territory of Uaithne-Cliach, now the barony of 
Owney, in the north-east of the county of Lime- 
rick. 

^ Ua Rodhuibh.—'This name was afterwards 
changed to Mac Oireachtaigh, now Geraghty. 

i Commarmana.—This was probably the an- 
cient name of the Commar or Confluence of the 
Blackwater and the Boyne. It was also called 
Dubhchommar, i.e. the Black Confluence. 

x Abha.—A place on the Boyne, near Slane, 
in Meath. 

* Domhnach-mor Mic Laithbhe-—In O’Clery’s 
Trish Calendar, at 27th of May, this church is 
placed in Mughdhorna, from which it appears 
highly probable that it is the present Donagh- 
more, near Slane, in the county of Meath. This 


may help the topographer to fix the situation of 
Mughdhorna-Breagh, mentioned in these An- 
nals, at A. D. 807, 836, 867, 880. 

m Dun-Lochad in Laeghaire:—This was the 
name of a fort near Tara, in the county of 
Meath. 

 Gardha-na-gamhnaighe: i.e. the Garden of 
the Stripper or Milch Cow. This, which was the 
name of a field at Clonmacnoise, is now obsolete. 

° Ua Maelfoghmhair.—N ow anglicised Milford. 

» Bishop of Ui-Amhalghadha and Ui-Fiachrach 
Muaidhe: i. e. Bishop of Tirawley and Tireragh, 
on the Moy, i.e. Bishop of Killala. 

4 Erolbh.—He is called Harold by Ware, who 
says that he was an Ostman.—See Harris’s edi- 
tion of Ware’s Bishops, p. 505. à 

r Johannes Papiron.—This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows : 


— — 


1151.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1095 


plundered Slaine. Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruairc overtook them, and slew some 
of their people, among whom was the son of Ua Ifearnain®.. In the absence of 
the men of Munster, Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair marched with an army 
into Munster, and plundered the plain of Munster, and carried off many cows ; 
but he lost some of his people, and among the rest Ua Rodhuibh*. An army 
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain to Ath-cliath, and the foreigners came 
into his house, [and submitted to him]; and from thence to Commarmana’, and 
to Abha*, and burned Domhnach-mor Mic Laithbhe. An army was led by 
Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the Cinel-Eoghain and the Uli- 
dians, to relieve Ua Cearbhaill and Ua Ruairc, to Dun-Lochad”, in Laeghaire ; 
and the foreigners made a year’s peace between Leath-Chuinn and Leath- 
Mhogha. Conghal Ua Braein, lord of Breaghmhaine, was killed by Muintir- 
Ceithearnaigh at Gardha na gamhnaighe”, at Cluain-mic-Nois. 

The Age of Christ, 1151. Ua Maelfoghmhair®, Bishop of Ui-Amhalghadha 
and Ui-Fiachrach-Muaidhe?; Erolbh*, Bishop of Luimneach; and Brian Clei- 
reach, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, died. A cardinal of the successor of 
Peter, i.e. Johannes Papiron’, arrived in Ireland, to establish rules and good 
morals, and to set all to rights from their faults. He remained a week in the 
house of the successor of Patrick at Ard-Macha, and imparted his blessing. 
The visitation of Connaught was performed, the second time, by the successor 
of Patrick, Gillamacliag, the grandson of Ruaidhri; and he obtained his full 
On this occasion Ua Conchobhair gave the successor of Patrick a ring 
This visitation of Sil-Cathasaigh was made by 


tribute. 
of gold, of twenty ounces. 


“ A. D. 1151. Joannes Paparo Cardinalis, et 
Apostolice sedis Legatus designatus, venit in Hiber- 
niam pro negotiis Ecclesie. disponendis, et regulis 
morum prascribendis, eumque honorificó septem 
diebus secum B. Gelasius detinuit." 

On which he remarks: “Ita quatuor Ma- 
gistri in Annalibus. Causa tamen precipua 
ejus adventus fuit ut Quatuor Pallia Quatuor 
Archiepiscopis, nempé, Ardmachano, Casselensi, 
Dubliniensi, et Tuamensi conferret, que et 
anno sequenti in Synodo Kenannasensi contulit. 
Ejus adventum quidem in sequentem referunt, 
sed rectius (ut observant citati) referendum in 


hunc annum existimo juxta mox didenda »— 
Trias Thaum., p. 306. 

The notice of this cardinal’s arrival in Ireland 
is given, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as fol- 
lows: 

** A. D. 1151. John Papirion Cardinall came 
to this kingdome from the Pope to procure the 
inhabitants of the land to an amendment of 
their lives.” 

* Sil- Cathasaigh.—A sept in the present county 
of Antrim, adjoining the Ui-Tuirtre. They de- 
scended from Feidhlim, grandson of Fiachra 
Tort. 


1096 ANNALA RIOghachta EIREANN. [1151. 


6ám, comapba Cholaim Chille, oo b(pc each 6 gach caoipech 1 caopa o gac 
noecaé a ed6, a eappao, 4 pail óm mpabaccap oá; umge ón cig(pna .1. 6 
Chon Ulaó Ua Camo. | Offbpopgaill, mgfn Oomnaill, mc meic Cochlamn, 
p €peann, bth Coippóealbarg Uí Concobaip, pis Connacc, matain Cloda, 
Chaéail, 7 Domnaill, oécc ma hailiepe m Apomacha. bpian Ua Concobain 
Cianpange oo mapbao la Ciappangib perppm. Concoban Ciabach Ua h€agpa, 
canaipi Lurgne, vo écc. Ippead po deana a dol bap pm haóapc ap a bit po 
éánaib Chiapáin mic an tpaoip, ap nf óeachaió. nat cig(nna oo Hslpnadaib 
Luigne pore écc ppihaoape, cpé bnertip Chianain. Mac Maolpeacnall 
Ui bhmc oo mapbad la mac Hipp na ccumneócc ] bc, a mapbao pive pó 
cé06ip la macaibh Oonnchaóa mic meicCapchaiġ. An Giolla occ Ua Cap- 
pain cig(pna Ua Maccalle, vo mapbao hi Cúl Collamge ó Uib Miccipe. 
Tadg, mac Oranmava Uf bhpiain orompáo pon Toippdealbac Ua momiain, 
pon pis Muman, 4 a aicqpig(o 06,7 Caóg oo ceachc 1 cog Choippoealbarg 
Uí Choncobap. Sloigl lá Toinpdealbac Ua Concobarp, la pig Connacc, hi 
Mumma, go po sab nepc Muman uile c(nmocá lanmuma 1 mboí Coppoeat- 
bac, 7 nepc Ofpmuman vo $abéáil oo mac Conbmaic mic meic Capéaig cma 
compuncaéc Connaéc. Slómo ole beóp lá Toippdealbac Ua Concobain 
1 Muman, 1 00 deca Oiapmaro Mac Munpchada, pf Caig(n vo Cargmb na 
comne. Ro moipp(c Muman peampa co pangaccap Mom mop. Cóccap 


t Ua Lainn.—Otherwise written Ua Floinn,  nor's second wife. His first wife was Tailtin, 


now anglicised O'Lyn, and not unfrequently 
Lyn, and Lindsay, without the prefix Ua or O’. 
This passage is translated by Colgan as follows : 

* A. D. 1151. B. Flathbertus O’Brolchain 
Abbas Dorensis circuit regionem de Siol-Catha- 
saich et a terre Domino Cuuladio O’Flanni ac- 
cepit cum annulo aureo duarum unciarum, a 


singulis nobilibus unum equum, et a quolibet, 


Patre familias unam ovem."— rias Thaum., 
p. 504. 

` Dearbhforgaill. —** A. D. 1151. Dervorgalla, 
filia Domnaldi, ex uxor Theodorici, Hibernis 
successivé Regum in sua peregrinatione obiit 
Ardmachex, ibique honorificé sepulta est."— 
Trias Thaum., p. 306. 

This Dearbhforgaill was King Turlough O’Co- 


the daughter of Murchadh O’Maeleachlainn, who 
died in the year 1128. She was the mother of 
his first son and heir, Maelisa, who became Ab- 
bot of Roscommon, and also of Aedh Dall, and 
Tadhg Aluinn. He married a third wife, Dubh- 
chobhlach, daughter of O'Mulroney of Moylurg. 

"* Aedh.—Called Aedh Dall in the Book of 
Lecan, fol. 72, b, col. 4. 

* Cathal: i.e. Cathal Croibhdhearg, King of 
Connaught, who died A. D. 1224. —See note £, 
under that year. This passage affords evidence 
that Cathal Croibhdhearg was the legitimate 
son of King Turlough. 

* Domhnall.—In the Book of Lecan, fol. 72, b, 
col. 4, he is called Domhnall Mor, Tanist of 
Breifne, and the last to whom the Taradh Ce- 


1151.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1097 


Flaithbheartach Ua Brolcain, successor of Colum-Cille ; and he obtained a horse 
from every chieftain, a sheep from every hearth, and his horse, battle-dress, and 
a ring of gold, in which were two ounces, from their lord, i.e. from Cuuladh 
Ua Lainnt Dearbhforgaill", daughter of Domhnall, grandson of Lochlainn, 
King of Ireland, the wife of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Con- 
naught, and the mother of Aedh”, Cathal*, and Domhnall’, died on her pilgrimage 
at Ard-Macha. Brian Ua Conchobhair Ciarraighe was killed by the Ciarraighi 
themselves. Conchobhar Ciabhach [the long-haired] Ua hEaghra, Tanist of 
Luighne, died [on his bed]. The reason that he died on his bed was, because 
he was under the laws of Ciaran Mac-an-tSaeir’, for no lord, of the lords of 
Luighne who preceded him, died on his bed, in consequence of a curse of 
St. Ciaran. The son of Maelseachnaill Ua Bric was killed by the son of Gearr- 
na-gcuinneog* Ua Bric, who was killed immediately after by the sons of Donn- 
chadh, grandson of Carthach. Gillagott Ua Carrain, lord of Ui-Maccaille^, was 
killed at Cuil-Colluinge’, by the Ui-Mictire*. Tadhg, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, 
turned against Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and deposed him; 
and Tadhg came into the house of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. An army 
was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Munster; 
and he subdued all Munster*, except West Munster, in which Toirdhealbhach 
{Ua Briain] was ; and the sovereignty of Desmond was assumed by the son of 
Cormac, grandson of Carthach. An army was also led by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair into Munster; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Lein- : 
ster, with the Leinstermen, went to join him. They plundered Munster before 


tach, i. e. the first fruit, had been paid. His other 
sons are set down in the following order in the 
Book of Lecan, without naming their mothers, 
viz.: Ruaidhri, King of Ireland, Brian Luigh- 
neach, Brian Breifneach, Maghnus, Lochlainn, 
Muircheartach, Muimhneach, Donnchadh, Mael- 
seachlainn, Tadhg Fidhnacha, Cathal Migaran, 
two Conchobhars, Diarmaid, Domhnall, Muir- 
gheas, Tadhg Dairen, Murchadh Finn. 

* Ciaran Mac-an-tSaeir: i.e. St. Kieran, pa- 
tron saint of Clonmacnoise. f 

* Gearr-na-g Cuinneog : i. e. the Short Man of 
the Churns. 


TA 


> Ui-Maccaille.—Now the barony of Imokilly, 
in the county of Cork.—See A. D. 901, 1135. 

* Cuil- Colluinge.—A. church in the territory 
of Ui-Liathain, founded by St. Abban in the 
sixth century, and where a St. Dulbhach was 
venerated on the 23rd of October.— See Colgan's 
Acta Sanctorum, p. 615. y 

è Ui-Mictire: i.e. the family of the O’Mac 
Tyres, now Wolfes. 

° Subdued all Munster —* A. D. 1151. King 
Terlagh O'Connor, with his forces of Connought, 
tooke hostages of all Munster, except West 
Munster, which he left to Terlagh O’Bryen. 


ak Ser ae ss 


1098 | ANNAZA goghachca EIREANN. (1152. 


Dal cCamp 7 lapriurha, 7 Síol momain ım Corppóealbac Ua moma, pi 
Murman pop cpeié 1 NOCpmumain occ poaó oóib a nofp oop pala 1 cc(nm Con- 
nace, Largin, 4 pop Mhwe. Pitan cat (coppa, 3 ppaomc(p pop peaponb 
Muman, 7 po lad a náp. Seċc mile cpa ipr(ó copcaip op(maib Muman ipm 
cat pm Móna móe ım Ilupéfpcach mac Concobaip Ui Shan, ciz(mna 
Cuabmuman, 1 pogoarna Muran, 1 1m Cugaró, mac Oomnaill 1 Sprain, m 
Cneplip hUa nSpava, m cr&f(pna Ua cCarpm, m Ploiéb(ncac Ua nOeadad, 
m macaibh cig(pnaó 1 coipeac,  oeagóaome apc(na. Cponeape Muman 
vo gabáil oo Thompdealbac Ua Concobaip oon cup pm, occupy Toinpdealbac 
Ua bam oionnapbad. Sliocht lebaip Leacam. Ciao na mače copcpaccan 
ipude, Mumpcfpcac, mac Concobaip Ur bhpiam, cagfpna Tuadmuman an 
vapa pean ap peapp bai oo Ohál cCaip, Cugad mac Oomnaill Uf Opiam, 
vá Ua Cmnéroig, oócap oo Uib Oeabaió ım Plaicb(pcac Ua nOeadaid, 
naonmap oo Unb Stréain, córg(p vo Uib Cumn, 4 coigfp oo Uib Gpava ım 
ameiplp Ua npava,1 cetpap ap picit vo Unb Ogam, c(épap oo Unb Chchp, 
7 mac mic Eachach Ui Comgpig, cetpap oo Ub Néll Gude, 7 cúr 
oUib €écig(pn, co pochaióib oo vaghdaommb cén mo tat, cona tepna acc 
aon cat epbadac vo na cpíb cacaib cangaccap an oú pm. CTopcpaccap 1 
bppotguin an cata pm Tadg mac an Liatanars Ui Concobaip, Mumpefpcac 
Ua Catalan, caorpec Clomne Pogancarg,7 Cleo mac Maoilpuanard Uf Fol- 
larann, caoipeaé Clomne hUaccach, 4 cetpap oo Curgmb co pochaioib orle. 
CÍponepc Muman oo 5abail vo Thoipdealbac Ua Concobarp oon cup pm 3 


Toipdealbac Ua bpian Oronnapbao. 


Munster in old time was divided into five Mun- 
sters, viz., Ormond, Thomond, Desmond, Middle 
Munster, and West Munster.”—Ann. Clon. 

f Moin-mor: i.e. the Large Bog. ‘There are 
many places of this name in Munster, but the 
place where this terrible battle was fought 
would seem to be Moanmore, in the parish of 
Emly, barony of Clanwilliam, and county of 
"Tipperary.— Ord. Map., sheet 65. 

* A. D. 1151. King Terlagh O'Connor this 
year gave the battle of Moynemore against the 
Munstermen. He was accompanied by Dermott 
Mac Murrogh and the forces of Ireland, where 
Murtagh mac Connor O’Bryen, and an infinite 


Slóiz(ó lá mac Néll Ui Coclamn co 


number of the families of Munster, were slain, 
and all Munster brought in subjection to King 
Terlagh.”—Ann. Clon. 

s The Ui- Ceinneidigh : i. e. the O’Kennedys of 
Glenomra and Ormond. 

^ The Ui-Deadhaidh: i. e. the O'Deas, or 
O'Days, of Kinel-Fearmaic, in the present ba- 
rony of Inchiquin, in the county of Clare. 

i The Ui-Seanchain: i. e. the O'Shanaghans, 
or O'Shannons, of Ui-mBloid, in Thomond. 

i The Ui- Cuinn : i.e. the O’Quins of Muintir- 
Iffernain around Corofin. 

* The Ui-Grada : i.e. the O'Gradys. 

1 The Ui-Ogain: i. e. the O'Hogans, now 


1152.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1099 


them, until they reached Moin-mor. The Dal-gCais, the men of West Munster, 
and the Sil-Briain, had set out, under the conduct of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, 
King of Munster, upon a predatory excursion into Desmond ; and on their 
return from the South they fell in with the Connaughtmen, the Leinstermen, 
and the Meathmen. A battle was fought between them, and the men of Mun- 
ster were defeated and slaughtered. Seven thousand was the number of the 
Munstermen slain in this battle of Moin-mor, among whom was Muircheartach, 
son of Conchobhar Ua Briain, lord of Thomond, and royal heir of Munster; 
Lughaidh, son of Domhnall Ua Briain ; AneslisUa Grada ; [Mac Conmara], the 
lord of Ui-Caisin ; Flaithbheartach Ua Deadhaidh ; and others, sons of lords, 
chieftains, and distinguished men. The chief sway of Munster was assumed by 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair on this occasion, and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain 
was banished. According to the Book of Leacain, the following were the 
chieftains who were here slain : Muircheartach, son of Conchobhar Ua Briain, 
lord of Thomond, the second best man of the Dal-gCais ; Lughaidh, son of 
Domhnall Ua Briain ; two of the Ui-Ceinneidigh*; eight of the Ui-Deadhaidb, 
with Flaithbheartach Ua Deadhaidh ; nine of the Ui-Seanchain'; five of the 
Ui-Cuinni; five of the Ui-Grada*, with Aneslis Ua Grada ; twenty-four of the 
Ui-Ogain'; four of the Ui-Aichir™; the grandson of Eochaidh Ua Loingsigh”; 
four of the Ui-Neill Buidhe*; and five of the Ui-Echthighern*; with numbers 
of good men besides them ; and there survived but one shattered battalion of 
the three battalions which had come to that place. There were slain in the heat 
of this conflict, [on the side of Connaught], Tadhg, son of Liathach Ua Con- 
chobhair ; Muircheartach Ua Cathalain, chief of Clann-Fogartaigh ; Aedh, son 
of Maelruanaidh Ua Follamhain, chief of Clann-Uadach ; four of the Luighni ; 
and many others. Chief sway over Munster was assumed by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair on this occasion, and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was banished. 
An army was led by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, with the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel- 
Eoghain, and Airghialla, across Eas-Ruaidh, until they reached Coirrshliabh na 


Hogans, who were seated at Ardcrony, near ° The Ui-Neill Buidhe: i.e. the O'Neills of 

Nenagh, in the county of Tipperary. Clann-Delbhaeith, in Tradraighe, in the present 
= The Ui-Aichir: i.e. the O’Hehirs, or Hares, barony of Bunratty, and county of Clare. 

of Ui-Cormaic, between the River Fergus and P The Ui-Echthighern : i.e. the O'Aherns, or 


Sliabh Callain, in the county of Clare. Hearnes of Ui-Cearnaigh, seated around Six- 
a [Ja Loingsigh.—Now Lynch. mile-bridge, in the county of Clare. 
742 


PPR ey a ey ANC es 


1100 ANNAA gioshachca EIREANN. [1152. 


Cenél cConall, Eoġam, 7 Chipgiallaib oap €app Rua, co pangaccap Copp- 
ruað na SCspaicConann. Tugċa empe 6 Tompdealbac Ua cConcobain 
cuca co pin, 7 po póropioo dia coig. Opnargoe Laigí beóp vo 100nacal go 
a €(c oo mac Néll mic mac Caclamn 23. vo pig Chili, 4 Ceampa. Tino- 
Pc(ccal oamliag Cluana compte là Coméaile mac Mic Scolaigi, 4 lá 
G1ollacomóe, mac mic an C(pcaip Ui Amligi, lá caorpeé Cenel Oobca. 
Mónċpeach la Ruaiópi mac Corppoealbarg Ui Choncobaip, pon Tuadmuman, 
50 ccapo buap 10móa, 7 co po lorpceaó Cnomavh. Concoban, mac Domnall 
Ur Ohman, ci$(pna. amim Mutan, 7 mac mic Oonnéada ui Ghiollapac- 
cpaice, ziġlpna leite Oppaiġe, oo epgabail lá Orapmarce mac Mec Mup- 
chada lá mg Can cpné péll 7 meabail. Oormnall mac Tompdealbarg 
Uí Concobain vo epgabail la Catal, la Ofpbpataup buóém. Gam ipfonach, 
gaecach, ambéionaé co ppole noeaprhanp. Toippdealbac Ua bpiain oo dul 
1 Luimneach, 7 nochan puaip a dfon ipm Mumam, 4 do pao péoro 10mba lai 
1. deich picit umge dóp, 7 lx péo pomfmal ım conn 6mam bhopoma, 7 po 
panna laip eic maieib Shil Muipfoag, Ua mópium, 7 Conmaicne. 

Qoip Cpfort, mle céo caecca avó. Fionn, mac mic Célecéip hUi Cem- 
neicci$, comapba Colaim mic Cpioméamn, 1 comapba boppe ppí pé. Giolla 
na naem Ua Pollamam, comapba Comám,1 Fjal Ua Pipcubarp, pfplerginn 
Opoa Maca ppí né, 1 Recclepa Choluim Chille 1 npo Mata bedy, véz. 
Commctiondl peanaió 1 nOpoic(c Ata ag eppcopaib Epeann im cornapba Phá- 
cpaicc mon cCanporonal lohannep Dappion, co ccpib. mílib mac neglapcacoa 


.ecip manchaib 7 éanancaib, co po opoargp(c apaill oo maglaib ann. Cfciao 


pide 1. mna cúil,] capveapa oionnanbad ó plab, gan lóg oxappanó ap ongad, 


? The hostages.—'* A. D. 1151. The hostages * The Sil- Muireadhaigh : i. e. the O'Conors of 


of Lynster were sent to Mortagh mac Neale Mac 
Loghlyn, even to his house.” —Ann. Clon. 

* The daimhliag of Cluain- Coirpthe: i.e. the 
great stone church of Kilbarry, in the parish of 
Termonbarry, near the Shannon, in the east of 
the county of Roscommon. 

* Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach : i. e. Roderic 
O'Conor, afterwards Monarch of Ireland. 

t Cromadh.—Now Croome, on the River Maigue, 
in the county of Limerick, at this time the seat 
of O'Donovan, chief of Ui-Cairbre Aebhdha. 


Connaught, and their correlatives. 

* The Ui-Briuin : i.e. the O’Rourkes, &c. 

* The Conmhaicne: i. e. the O’Farrells, &c. 
Under this year thé Dublin copy of the An- 
nals of Innisfallen state that, after the battle of 
Moin-mor, dissensions arose between Diarmaid 
Sugach O'Conor Kerry, and Diarmaid, son of 
Cormac Mac Carthy, during which Cormac 
O’Cuileain [now Collins] burned the church 
of Ardfert-Brendan over the heads of O’Conor 
Kerry’s servants of trust. 


1152.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1101 


Seaghsa, in Corann. Thither hostages were brought to them by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, and they returned to their houses. The hostages of Leinster 
were sent to his house, to the son of Niall, grandson of Lochlainn, i. e. King of 
Aileach and Teamhair. The commencement of the erection of the daimhliag of 
Cluain-Coirpthe', by Cucaille, son of Mac Scolaighi, and Gillacoimhdhe, the 
grandson of Leastar Ua hAinlighi, chief of Cinel-Dobhtha. A great predatory 
excursion was made by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, into 
Thomond; and he carried away many cows, and burned Cromadh*. Conchobhar, 
son of Domhnall Ua Briain, lord of East Munster, and the grandson of Donnchadh, 
grandson of Gillaphadraig, lord of half Osraighe, were taken prisoners by Diar- 
maid, son of Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, through treachery and guile. 
Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, was taken prisoner by Cathal, 
his own brother. A changeable, windy, stormy winter, with great rain. Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain went to Luimneach; but he did not get shelter in Munster ; 
and he took many jewels with him, i.e. ten score ounces of gold, and sixty 
beautiful jewels, besides thé drinking-horn of Brian Borumha; and he divided 
them among the chiefs of Sil-Muireadhaigh", Ui-Briuin’, and Conmhaicne*. 
The Age of Christ, 1152. Finn, grandson of Celechar Ua Ceinneidigh, suc- 
cessor of Colum, son of Crimhthann [of Tir-da-ghlas], and who had been succes- 
sor of Bairre for a time ; Gilla-na-naemh Ua Follamhain, successor of Comay; 
and Fearghal Ua Fearcubhais, lector of Ard-Macha for a time, and of the church 
of Coluim-Cille at Ard-Macha also, died. A synod was convened at Droichet- 
atha* by the bishops of Ireland, with the' successor of Patrick, and the Cardinal 
Johannes Papiron, with three hundred ecclesiasties, both monks and canons ; ; 
and they established some rules thereat, i.e. to put away concubines’ and le- 
mans from men; not to demand payment for anointing or baptizing (though it is 


* Droichet-atha : i.e. Drogheda. According to “ Besides the distribution of the palliums, the 


NM vows 
oia 


the Annals of Clonenagh, as quoted by Keating, 
this synod was held at Kells, in Meath, not 
Drogheda.— See Colgan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 306, 
307; and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
pp. 58, 59. It looks very strange that Colgan 
takes no notice of this passage in the Annals of 
the Four Masters. 

* Concubines.—Mr. Moore, who regards this 
synod as one of great importance, writes: ` 


chief affairs that appear to have occupied the 
attention of the synod of Kells were some en- 


-actments against simony and usury, as well as - 


against the prevalence of marriage and concu- 
binage among the clergy. There was also pro- 
mulgated, among the acts of-this council, an 
order from the Cardinal, in virtue of his apos- 
tolic authority, for the payment of tithes.” 

He nom writes in a note: 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. ` (1152. 


1102 


nó ap baipcead. Cièr ċfna nf mat gan a ccabaipc oia parbe a ccumang 
dume gan lóġ do £abál ap ooman necclapcucòa, 7 veacmad vo jabal go 
hionoponc. - Imleach loban, ] Luimneach vo lopecad. Scpin Choluim Chille, 
Domnach Seachnaill, 7 Cpeóro oopccam ó Uib Oprinn. Cpeachpluargeao 
la Mag Uochlainn co Cenél €ógam co pámc Imp Mocca oo óíocup 1 Cheap- 
ball, 4 po aapce pochaióe von cup pm, 7 po atcmp Ua Ceapbaill a c(noup 
Ompiall a ccionad comapba Dacpaic po $onpióe 7 po Panag pect piam. 
Comdal ecip Ua Lachlan, 7 Cornpóealbac Ua Concobaip 1 Mag Ene, co 
nofpnpac capaopao po baċall Topa,7 po monoa Cholaim Chille. Slórg(o 
lá Toippdealbac Ua cConcoberp 1 Muman, co po pann an Mhuma ap 06 
ecin mac Chopbmaic mic mec Cantarg,7 Siol mbmain 2. Cabs 7 Comnpoeal- 
bac. Sluarg(ó lá Mag Cochlamn 1 Mise co Rat Chhoag hi ccomoonl pip 
n€peann, 7 Tompdealbac Ua Concobaip vo dol 1 Míde 1 ccomboil Uí Lach- 
lamn 1 Diapmava mec Mupchada pi Lagin. Ro pannpac ona, Míde ap 
66 oon cup pm. Cucpac ó Chluam Epamo piap vo Mhupchad Ua Mhao- 
leachlamn, 7 Chipetpn Mide via mac 06 Mhaoileachlainn. Ro bfnaio ona 
Conmaicne vo Thig(pnan Ua Ruane 1ap ppaomead pap, 7q po loipg an baile 
dianao amm bun cuilinn, ] do pavad pige oo mac Hiolla bnaroe Uf Ruane, 
q do paccaicc a mbpaigoe oo Thoippdealbac Ua Choncobaip. Rugad ona, 
Oeapbpopngonll, mgn Munchada Uf Mhaoileachlainn, bén Tig (pnan Ui Ruane 
la pí Length à. Orapmaro co na cpod, 7 co na haipill(ó oon. cupup pm, 7 po 


* It was surely unworthy of Dr. Lanigan, be- 
sides being short-sighted as a matter of policy, 
to suppress all mention, as he has done in his 
account of this council, of the above enactment 
of the marriage and concubinage of the clergy. 
He has himself, in another part of his work 
(chap. xxxii. s. 8), referred to some canons of 
the Irish Church relating to the marriage of 
monks and clerks, which, combined with other 
proofs, leaves not a doubt that on this point of 
discipline some of the Irish clergy followed the 
example set them at that time by their reverend 
brethren on the Continent.”—Vol. ii. p. 191. 

* Tithes.—' Hæc prima Decimarum mentio 
apprime notanda est !?— Dr. O' Conor. 

è Magh-Ene.—Now the Moy, a plain lying 


between the rivers Erne and Drowes, near Bal- 
lyshannon. 

> Rath-Ceannaigh.—Now Rathkenny, in the 
barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath.— 
See note under A. D. 1114. 

© Conmhaicne.—The present county of Long- 
ford, and the southern half of the county of 
Leitrim. 

à Bun-cuilinn.—Now Dangan, near the Shan- 
non, in the parish of Kilmore, county of Ros- 


common.— See note on Daingean-Bona-Cuilinn,. 


under A. D. 1145. 

* Dearbhforgaill—_This name is usually lati- 
nized Dervorgilla.— See note °, under A. D. 1193. 
She was forty-four years old at this time. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the fol- 


1152.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1103 


not good not to give such, if it were in a person’s power); not to take [simoni- 
acal] payment for church property; and to receive tithes” punctually. Imleach- 
Ibhair and Luimneach were burned. Scrin-Choluim-Chille, Domhnach-Seach- 
naill, and Treoid, were plundered by the Ui-Briuin. A plundering army was 
led by Mac Lochlainn and the Cinel-Eoghain, to banish Ua Cearbhaill; and he 
plundered many persons on that occasion, and expelled Ua Cearbhaill from the 
chieftainship of Oirghialla, in revenge for the successor of Patrick, whom he 
had wounded and violated some time before. A meeting took place between 
Ua Lochlainn and Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair at Magh-Ene*, where they 
made friendship under the Staff of Jesus, and under the relics of Colum-Cille. 
An army was led by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair into Munster; and he 
divided Munster into two parts between the son of Cormac, grandson of Car- 
thach, and the Ua Briains, namely, Tadhg and Toirdhealbhach. An army was 
led by Mac Lochlainn into Meath, as far as Rath-Ceannaigh", to meet the men 
of Ireland ; and Toirdhealbhach proceeded into Meath, to meet Ua Lochlainn 
and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster. They divided Meath into 
two parts on this occasion; they gave from Cluain-Iraird westwards to Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and East Meath to his son, Maeleachlainn. They 
took Conmhaicne® from Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, after having defeated him; and 


they burned the town named Bun-cuilinn?, and gave the chieftainship to the 


son of Gillabraide Ua Ruairc, and their hostages were given up to Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Conchobhair. On this occasion Dearbhforgaill*, daughter of Mur- 
chadh Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, was brought away 
by the King of Leinster, i. e. Diarmaid, with her cattle and furniture ; and he 


lowing events under this year: that is to say, of the west of Clonarde to Mor- 


* A. D. 1152. All Munster was much impo- 
verished by continuall contentions of the Mac 
Carthys and O’Bryens contending against one 
another. King Terlagh O’Connor, for appeas- 
ing of which contentions, went to Munster, and 
divided that provence in two parts between 
Cormac Mac Carthie and the O’Bryens, Teig 
and Terlagh. King Terlagh, accompanied with 
Murtagh mac Neale Mac Loghlyn, came to Meath, 
which he likewise divided into two parts between 
Morrogh O’Melaughlyn and his son, Melaughlyn, 


rogh, and of the east, as farr as Meath extends, 
to his said sonn. Dermott Mac Murrogh, king 
of Lynster, tooke the Lady Dervorgill, daughter 
of the said Morrogh O’Melaughlyn, and wife of 
Tyernan O’Royrck, with her cattle, with him, 
and kept her for a long space, to satisfie his in- 
satiable, carnall, and adulterous lust. She was 
procured and induced thereunto by her unad- 
vised brother, Melaughlyn, for some abuses of 
her husband, Tyernan, done to her before. 
Kenrick mac David, King of Scotland, died.” 


à 
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1104 ; ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. (1153. 


pao lé oo péip-comaiple a bpácap Mhaol(chlamn. Ro pay ona, cogaó ecin 
Uí 6mám, 4 phrab Mie. Opaigove Uí Ruane a. Tigfpnain, oo 10dnacal co 
he Luam lá Toippdealbac Ua Concobaip cap cm Ua mbpiuin nama. 
Fingin mac Oonnchaóa, mac mec Captaig, oo mapbad lá a bpéiepib. cpe 
meanaitne. Oorinall mac Riogbapoam Ui Ch(pbaill, cis (pna Ele, oo mapbao 
la mac an Choppaoa Uf Ceapbaill. Catal mac Toinpdealbars Uí Conco- 
boim, níogóamna Connact,oo0 mapbad lá macCpuinn luachpa Ui Copccpacám, 
7 lá Calpaigib m Chonan 42. la Calpagip mópoib.—| Orapmaicc Ua Con- 
cobain, cigfina Ciappaige Cuacpa oionnapbad, 1 vonga lá mac Copbmaic 
mic mec Captag, la cirg(jma Oeapmuman. Cod mac Mec Amalgana, 
cairec Clomne Maolomb, vécc. Ingfm hU: Caellanige, b(n Lanspg - 
Uf Mhoépda, véce. Cümíoe Ua Copmaide, carpeac Ua Mac Uap Mide, 
décc. On Mhuma oo loc co móp ecip call 7 Cust cpé Coccad Shíl mópiamm, 
7 Chlomne Cantarg, co po par cence móp ipin Mumam cpep an ceogad ipm, 
co po pcailp(c a ppodaome uata 1 LLeit Chumn, 7 ca nepbalcacap pocaide 
ele díb oo gopca. 

Coip Cpiopt, mile céd caecca a cpi. God Ua Maeledin, comapba 
Ciapám Cluana mic Nap, coban ponupa 7 paiobpn(pa. Leite Cuinn, pip co 
noepeimc, 1 co cttpdcaipe do Cpfocnugad a beachad. Colman Ua ópeiplem, 
uapal paccapc C (nannpa, paoi eccnaide epide, Ounlang Ua Catal, comanba 
Caommsin, [oécc]. Cuac Dál cCoipppe, 4 Ua Eacdach Ulad vo tabane 
lá Plaicbfpcac Ua ópolcám, comapba Cholaim Chille,7 vo bent eac ó gac 
coipeac, 7 caona ó gach oeacai$, pcpepall, each, 7 cóicc mbó ón cig(pna 
Ua Oumnpléibe, 7 umge dóp beóp ó a mnao. Mupcad Ua Maoilf(chlaim, 
ní C6mpa 4 Míde co na poptuacaib, Cipgiall 7 eprhón Largh ppí pé, curle 
opoam aineaéanp,7 jaopnclanoacca €peann, oécc 1 nOfpmang Cholaim Chille. 
Placb(icach Ua Canannám, cig(pna Cenél cConaill, 7 a b(n Oubcoblaig, 
mén Coinpoealbarg Uí Choncobarp, oo badad co lucc lumge do daoinib ina 
bpappao popp an bpaipece po epéomarp Coipppe Opoma chab. Oornnall 
Ua Catapaig, ciz(pna na Saitne, oo mapbad lá Maolpeaclamn, mac Mun- 


‘The Ui-Briuin: i.e. the Ui-Briuin-Breifne, been previously ceded to Tighearnan O'Rourke, 
or the O'Rourkes, O’Reillys, and their correla- and the hill of Tlachtgha, now the hill of Ward, 
tives, in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan. near Athboy, which Giraldus Cambrensis calls 

* For Ui-Briuin only.—A. part of Meath had O’Rourke’s Hill, belonged to his portion of 


1153.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1105 


took with her according to the advice of her brother, Maeleachlainn. There 
arose then a war between the Ui-Briuin' and the men of Meath. The hostages 
of Ua Ruaire, i. e. Tighearnan, were conveyed to Ath-Luain by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, for Ui-Briuin only*. Finghin, son of Donnchadh, grandson of 
Carthach, was killed by his brethren, through mistake. Domhnall, son of 
Righbhardan, lord of Eile, was slain by the son of the Long-legged Ua Cear- 
bhaill. Cathal, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Con- 
naught, was killed by the son of Cronn-Luachra Ua Coscrachain, and by the 
Calraighi of Corann, i. e. the Callraighi-mora. Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord 
of Ciarraighe-Luachra, was expelled and plundered by the son of Cormac, 
grandson of Carthach, lord of Desmond. Aedh, son of Mac Amhalghadha, lord 
of Clann-Maelduibh, died. The daughter of Ua Caellaighe, wife of Laeighseach 
Ua Mordha, died. Cumidhe Ua Cormaidhe, chief of Ui-Mac-Uais of Meath, 
died. Munster was much injured, both church and state, in consequence of 
the war between the Sil-Briain and the Clann-Carthaigh, so that great dearth 
prevailed in Munster from that war; and their peasantry were dispersed in 
Leath-Chuinn, and many others of them perished of the famine. 

The Age of Christ, 1153. Aedh Ua Maeleoin, successor of Ciaran of 
Cluain-mic-Nois, fountain of the prosperity and affluence of Leath-Chuinn, a 
man of charity and mercy, completed his life. Colman Ua Breislein, noble 
priest of Ceanannus, a distinguished sage ; Dunlaing Ua Cathail, successor of 
Caeimhghin, [died]. The visitation of Dal-Cairbre and Ui-Eathach-Uladh was | 
made by Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, successor of Colum-Cille ; and he re- 
ceived a horse from every chieftain, a sheep from every hearth ; a screaball, a 
horse, and five cows, from the lord Ua Duinnsleibhe, and an ounce of gold from 
his wife. Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair and Meath, with its 
dependent districts, of Airgialla, and, for a time, of the greater part of Leinster, 
—flood of the glory, magnificence, and nobility of Ireland,—died at Dearmhach- 
Choluim-Chille.- Flaithbheartach Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, and his 
wife, Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, were 
drowned, with the crew of a ship of [their] people along with them, in the sea, 
opposite Cairbre of Druim-cliabh. Domhnall Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne, 


Meath. It is stated in a note in the Book of part of Ireland extending from Drumcliff to 
Fenagh, that this Tighearnan ruled over that Drogheda. 
T B 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


1106 [1153. 


chada Uí Mhaoileachlámn, 7 Concoban mac Oomnaill Uí Mhaoileaċlamnn, 
oo dallad leip bedp. Niall Ua Mopoda, cigf(pna Caorgipi, vo légaó a geimel 
la pi Caxgean Orapmaro mac Mupchada, 1ap na dallad oap pnadad laot 3 
cléipeach. Mumpgiup, mac me Mupchada (no Mumcfpcarg) Usdin, copet 
Clomne Tomalcaig, oécc. Oonncatas, mac Aineaccars Ui Roduib oécc 
lap noeigb(caip.. Slug la Toinpdealbac Ua cConcoba co Dorpe an gab- 
lain a ccomne Meic Mupchada, pi Larg, 7 cuc mgm Uí Mhaoileaclamn 
co na cpoò uada co paibe pon comup pln Mide. Tamme Tignan Ua Ruaipc 
ma teach oon cup pin, 7 po Págaib bnargoe occa. Toinpdealbac Ua bpian 
oo 1onnanbad 1 ccuaipecenc €peann la Toippdealbac Ua cConcobaip, 3 
Muma vo pomn ap 06 ecip Chaog Ua mbmam 7 Oiapmaice mac Copbmaic 
mic Muipfohaig mec Captaris. Slag la Muipcfpcach mac Néll Mhég 
Laclainn, 7 lá cuaipcenc Epeann 1 počin Tompdealbars Uí bhmamn, oia 
cabane 1 píge Muman vomi, co pámic co Cpaib ceme. Tompdealbac 
Ua Concobaip do tiondl Connaéc, co maée co Mag lici pacpaic 1 nagaro 
an cuaipceinc. Tamic ona Caog Ua bpian co na pléce co Racimn Ui Shua- 
naig hi porpitin Connact co ccopaccacap co Mag Cipi. Curó oim Ua Cac- 
lamn òá cac oo poigmb a plórgh oap Cle Margne,7 popaccaib a plóg anctha 
(cen mo caicpíoe) occ Cpaib ceme, q oo deachaid co na uatad plóig oo 
pobainc Longpuipt Taidg Uí Ghmain, co ccapacc maim paip, 7 sup cup áp 
a muincipe. Oo pac ona beop mam pop mapcpluag Larg. Ro apcom- 
laid 1anom co a longponc perm co Cpaib cene, 7 bá 1omda lap, ap nopgain 
opomge op(paib Ceacba. Tainic aippide do paigid Connact co ccoppacc 
lpeal Cianam. Cuió Coipoealbac Ua Conéobaip oap Clé Luan piap. Comic 
Ruam, mac Tompoealbarg, 7 cat 1aptaip Connaéc, 4 slaplait Shl Mw- 
peaoaig hi Fopopuim. Cn can cpa pobaccap ag sabail longpmpe anopin po 


^ Doire-an-ghabhlain : i.e. the Derry or Oak Lough Ree called Killymore Lough, in the ba- 


Wood of the Fork. Not identified. 

i Craebh-teine: i.e. the Large or Branching 
Tree of the Fire. Now Creeve, in the parish of 
Ardnurcher, in. Westmeath.— Ord. Map, sheet 
24, 31. 

* Magh-lice-Padraig: i.e. the Plain of Pa- 
trick’s Flag-stone. This is probably the place 
now called Portlick, situated on that branch of 


rony of Brawney, and county of Westmeath. 

1, Raithin- Ut-Shuanaigh.—Now Rahen, near 
Tullamore, in the King’s County. 

™ Magh-Cisi.—See note °, under A. D. 939, sup. 

a Ath-Maighne.—Connell Mageoghegan states 
in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, 
at A. D. 1158 and 1213, that this place was 
called Lismoyny in his own time, Lismoyny is 


1153.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1107 


was slain by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn ; and Con- 
chobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, was blinded by him. Niall 
Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis, was released from fetters by the King of Leinster, 
Diarmaid Mae Murchadha, after he had been blinded against the guarantee of 
the laity and clergy. Muirgheas, grandson of Murchadh (or Muircheartach) 
Odhar, chief of Clann-Tomaltaigh, died. Donncathaigh, son of Aireachtach 
Ua Rodhuibh, died after a good life. An army was led by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair, to Doire-an-ghabhlain*, against Mac Murchadha, King of Lein- 
ster, and took away the daughter of Ua Maeleachlainn, with her cattle, from 
him, so that she was in the power of the men of Meath. On this occasion 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc came into his house, and left him hostages. Toirdheal- 
bhach Ua Briain was banished into the north of Ireland by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair ; and Munster was divided into two parts between Tadhg 
Ua Briain and Diarmaid, son of Cormac, son of Muireadhach, son of Carthach. 
An army was led by Muircheartach, son of Niall Mac Lochlainn, and the people 
of the north of Ireland, to relieve Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, and restore him 
to the kingdom of Munster; and they came to Craebhteine. Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair assembled the Connaughtmen, and marched to Magh-Lice- 
Padraig* against the Northerns. Tadhg Ua Briain arrived with his forces at 
Raithin-Ui-Shuanaigh, to assist the Connaughtmen, and both proceeded to 
Magh-Cisi™. Ua Lochlainn then set out with two battalions of the flower of 
his army across Ath-Maighne", leaving the remainder of his army (all except 
these) at Craebh-teine ; and he marched with this small force to attack the 
camp of Tadhg Ua Briain, and he defeated him, and made a slaughter of his 
people. He also defeated the cavalry of Leinster. He then returned to his own 
camp at Craebh-teine, carrying off many cows, after plundering some of the 
men of Teathbha. He set out thence to attack the Connaughtmen, and arrived 
at Iseal-Chiarain. Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair proceeded westwards across 
Ath-Luain. Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach, and the battalion of West Con- 
naught, and the recruits of Sil-Muireadhaigh, came to Fordruim*; but as they were 
pitching their camp there, the heroes of the North poured upon them without 


a townland in the parish of Ardnurcher, barony ° Fordruim.—Now Fardrum, in the parish of 
of Moycashel, and county of Westmeath.—See ^ Kilcleagh, county of Westmeath.—Ord. Map, 
note ‘, under A. D. 1213. , : i sheet 29. 


CBZ 


1108 ANNAZA groghachca EIREANN. [1154. 


oomcpí(c cpeóm an cuaipceipc ma cc(no gan patugad oóib, 4 no mapbao 
pocatde oo Chonnaccaib leó 1m Ghiollaceallarg Ua n€ióm, cigfpna Chdne, 7 
immo mac .1. Cod, rm bpian Ua nOaboa, cig(pna Ua pPiacnac an cuaipceipe, 
1m Muincfpcac mac Concobaip 3. mac Toinpdealbarg Ui Concobarp ım Dor- 
nall Ua móipn, 1m Ohomnall mac Catal Uí Choncobarp, 4 1m Sicpiucc mac 
mic Oubgaill. Tainic Ua Cachlamn ianpin co na plócċaib co Loe nClinomo, 1 
camic Ua ITlaoileachlamn ina Hig co bpápnccaib gialla age, 7 oo paoporn 
an Mie wle 06 ó Sionamn co poippge, 1. Ui bPaolam, 7 Ui bPailge. Oo 
pao Ur Sprain q Conmaicne vo Chig(mnán Ua Ruaine, 7 pug a mbpargoe 
oiblimib laip,7 [Ma piu] po pot via ciġ ma ppicemg;3 po comnmto lá hUa Lac- 
lainn Muimng pon p(paib Mide, pop Sperpne, pop Aingiallarb pon Ultaib, 
pop Conallchanb, 7 pop Eoganachab, uam po gab galan Toippdealbac 
Ua Oman von cupup pin co na ead pin pop coipmipe gan clés 06 ipm Muran. 
Tadg Ua Sprain vo (hgabal la Orapmai Pind Ua mbmam, 7 a dallad 
lamp pó cévoin. Torppdealbac ona, co na mucin vo dol ipm Muman, 4 
leit pige Muman vo $abáil oo cma neapc Muipcfpcag Mhes Lachlan. 
bpaigoe Ua bParlge,7 Ua bPaolám vo sabaal la Maoilpeaclamn mac Mup- 
chaóa, pi Mive. (pp na ccumneog Ua bpc, cigfpna na nDé, oo map- 
bad 1 ngemiul, la Orapmaro mac Copbmaic mecc Cantag. Clatopoiéte 
Qa Luam do diopcaoilead la Maolp(chlainn mac Mupéada, 4. a vamgt 
do lopecad. Chatdpoicfe Ata Liag vo bénam lá Tommpdealbac Ua cCon- 
cobain. Plann Ua Plannaccóám, cis(ina Teatba vo écc. Ofpppopgall, 
mġln Mupchada Ui Mhaoileachlainn, oo tocht ó mg Largh (6 Ohiapmand) 
do pat$1o Tisf(pnain Uí Ruane vonid. 

Qoip Cpfope, mile céo caoccac a ceatarp. Muploach Ua Cluccam 
abb C(nannpa,] Cian Ua Speacan, comanba Camoig oég. Taòg Ua bman, 
pi Muman, décc. Ceall Oalua, Imleach lubam, Rop Cpe, Cotpa,1 Oaup- 
mag, 00 lopccaó. Orapmaro Ua Concobarp, cigna Ciapparge Luaċpa, vécc. 


? To Tighearnan Ua Ruairc.—Nothing has 


been discovered to show whether she continued 
to live for any time with O’Rourke after her 
return from Leinster. The probability is that 
she did not, and that she retired immediately 
after into the monastery of Mellifont, where she 
died in 1193, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. 


—See note *, under that year. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise record two of 
the same events under this year as follows : 

* A. D. 1153. Murrogh O'Melaughlyn, king 
of Meath, borders of Lynster, and Taragh, the 
chiefest of all Ireland for bounty and hospitality, 
died at Dorowe in his house. Hugh O’Malone, 


1154.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1109 


previous notice, and numbers of the Connaughtmen were slain by them, and 
among the rest Gillacheallaigh Ua hEidhin, lord of Aidhne, and his son, Aedh; 
Brian Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of the North ; Muircheartach, son of 
Conchobhar (who was son of Toirdhealbhach) Ua Conchobhair ; Domhnall 
Ua Birn; Domhnall, son of Cathal Ua Conchobhair ; and Sitric Mac Dubh- 
ghaill After this Ua Lochlainn proceeded with his forces to Loch Aininn 
[Lough Ennell], and Ua Maeleachlainn came into his house, and left him hos- 
tages; and he [Ua Lochlainn] gave him all Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea, 
and also Ui-Faelain and Ui-Failghe. He gave Ui-Briuin and Conmhaicne to 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, and carried the hostages of both with him; and before 
Ua Lochlainn returned back to his house, he billeted the Munstermen upon 
the men of Meath, Breifne, Airghialla, Ulidia, Conaill, and Tir-Eoghain, for 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was seized with a disease on that expedition, which 
prevented him from returning into Munster. Tadhg Ua Briain was taken pri- 
soner by Diarmaid Finn Ua Briain, and blinded by him immediately. Toir- 
dhealbhach proceeded into Munster, and he assumed half the kingdom of 
Munster, through the power of Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn. The hostages 
of Ui-Failghe and Ui-Faelain were taken by Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh, 
King of Meath. Gearr-na-gCuinneog Ua Bric, lord of the Deisi, was killed in 
fetters by Diarmaid, son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh. The wicker bridge of 
Ath-Luain was destroyed by Maelseachlainn, and its fortress was demolished. 
The wicker bridge of Ath-liag [Ballyleague] was made by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair. Flann Ua Flannagain, lord of Teathbha, died. Dearbhfor- 
gaill, daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, came from the King of Leinster 
(Diarmaid) to Tighearnan Ua Ruairc? again. à 

The Age of Christ, 1154. Muireadhaigh Ua Clucain, Abbot of Ceanannus, 
and Cian Ua Gerachain, successor of Cainneach, died. Tadhg Ua Briain, King 
of Munster,died. Cill-Dalua, Imleach-Ibhair, Ros-Cre, Lothra,and Daurmhaghi?, 
were burned. Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra’, died. 


Cowarb of Saint Keyran, who, for his great the King’s County.—See note under A. D. 1186. 
riches, charitable and bountifull hospitality, * Diarmaid Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ciarraighe- 
was called in generall the fountain of all happi- —Luachra.—He was the son of Mahon, King of 
ness of Leath-Coyn, died.” Kerry, who was slain A. D. 1138, who was son 

3 Daurmhaghi.-Otherwise written Dearmhach of Core, who was son of Mac Beth Ua Concho- 
and Darmhagh, now Durrow, in the north of bair, King of Kerry, who died A. D. 1086, who 


ANNALA gjoshachca EIREANN. 


1110, (154. 


Mac Hrollamocolmdg, cisfina Ua nOsncada, vo mapbad lá a bpoepib. 
P(p5al, mac me Cionaoit Uf Mhaoilbpiġoe, oo &urerm lá cigfina Gailfng. 
Mac Cuipp na cColpzach Uí Pracnach, ciġfpna Ua Peneaclarp, oo mapbao 
lá Mupceancach Ua Tuatal, asfina Ua Mupeavhang. Mac Ragnall 
Oumn Ui Cipeaccang, caorpeaé Mumcipe Maolmancain, oo mapbao lá 
mac Mumpceapcars mic ópam Ui Pheangail. Cod, mac Rumdm Uí Cha- 
nanoain do sabail cisfinap Tine Conall. Coblach la Tompdealbaé 
Ua cConcobain pop mup cimcell €peann po €uaié 1. lomg(p Oum Gaillme, 
Chonmaicne mana, pean nUmaill, Ua nOmalgada, 7 Ua P»aépach, 4 an 
Copnamarg Ui Ouboa hı cc(map poppa, 7 po apceple Tip Chonaill, q Imp 
€ógam. Oo éuap 6 Chenel Eogain,7 o Mhupclpcaé, mac Néll oap mun 


was son of Conchobhar, who, in the Bodleian 
copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, is said to have 
died in this year, 1086, who was son of Cathal, 
King of Kerry, who appears to have fallen in a 
duel, A. D. 1069, according to the same autho- 
rity, and was son of Aedh, King of Kerry.—See 
note, A. D. 1067, pp. 891, 892, supra. 

This Cathal would appear to have been father 
also of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair, or Donnell 
O'Conor, son of the King of Kerry, slain 1098, 
and grandfather of Mahon O'Conor Kerry, seve- 
ral of whose galleys were destroyed at Scattery 
Island in the year 1100, both of which events 
are recorded in the Bodleian copy of the Annals 
of Innisfallen. . 

There is much obscurity in the genealogy of 
O'Conor Kerry towards the close of the eleventh 
century; but the following will be found to be 
supported by the most of the authorities. Mac- 
beth, who died in 1086, had two sons: 1. Cu- 
luachra, King of Kerry, who was expelled by 
the Mae Carthys, A. D. 1107; and, 2. Core, 
who carried on the line of the family, and was 
father of Mathghamhain, or Mahon, who was 
King of Kerry and Corca-Duibhne, and is called 
tanist or presumptive heir to the throne of Mun- 
ster, and who died, according to the Dublin copy 
of the Annals of Innisfallen, A. D. 1138, leaving 
a son, Diarmaid, Sagas, i.e. the Jocund, as he 


is named by the annalists, but probably more 
correctly by the genealogists, Sluagadaé, i. e. 
of the hostings, who assassinated Cormae Mac 
Carthy, King of Munster, A. D. 1138, who 
built the Castle of Asdee in 1146, and who, in 
1150, in conjunction with his son-in-law, Tur- 
lough O'Brien, king of Thomond, defeated the 
princes of the Eugenian line in the territory of 
Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, in the now county of Lime- 
rick. In 1151, when the O’Briens sustained a 
memorable defeat from the Mac Carthys, and 
their allies, a& Moinmor, he escaped from the 
carnage into Kerry; but, though Turlough 
brought aid to him, they were both ultimately 
so harassed by Diarmaid Mac Carthy that they 
sought safety by flight from that territory. 
He closed his turbulent life A. D. 1154, accord- 
ing to the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innis- 
fallen. After his time the power of the O’Conors 
waned in Kerry. 

The posterity of Diarmaid Sugach, or Sluagh- 
aghach, appears to havedivided into two branches 
originating in his sons, Mahon, from whom the 
reigning line, and Murrough, from whom the 
branch of Aghanagrana, which was still exist- 
ing in the last century. 

A careful collation of six different genealo- 
gical records gives the following result for the 
eldest line: Mathghamhain, or Mahon, son of 


1154.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1111 


Mac Gillamocholmog, lord of Ui-Dunchadha, was killed by his brethren. Fear- 
ghal, grandson of Cinaeth Ua Maelbrighde, fell by the lord of Gaileanga. Mac- 
Cuirr-na-gColpach Ua Fiachrach, lord of Ui-Feineachlais*, was slain by Muir- 
cheartach Ua Tuathail, lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh. The son of Raghnall Donn 
Ua hAireachtaigh, chief of Muintir-Maelmartain, was slain by the son of Muir- 
cheartach, son of Bran Ua Fearghail. Aedh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, 
assumed the lordship of Tir-Conaill. A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Conchobhair on the sea, round Ireland northwards, i. e. the fleets of Dun- 
Gaillmhe', of Conmhaicne-mara, of the men of Umhall, of Ui-Amhalghadha, and 
Ui-Fiachrach, and the Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda in command over them ; and 
they plundered Tir-Conaill and Inis-Eoghain. The Cinel-Eoghain and Muir- 


Diarmaid Sugach, begat Mahon, who begat 
Diarmaid, who begat Conor, who begat Diar- 
maid, who begat Diarmaid, who begat Conor, 
lord of Kerry, who was slain in 1366, as recorded 
in these Annals, and Donnchadh, or Donough, 
lord of Kerry, who, dying of the plague in 1483, 
left a son, Diarmaid, who was slain A. D. 1405. 
The eldest son, Conor, begat Conor (who was 
probably the O’Conor Kerry whose obit is en- 
tered in these Annals at A. D. 1396), who 
begat Conor, who was slain by his kinsman, 
Mahon, in 1445, and who begat John, the 
founder of the abbey of Lislaghtin, in 1470, 
and who died lord of Kerry, A. D. 1485, leaving 
a son, Conor, whose posterity for some genera- 
tions bore the rank of lords of Iraght-I-Conor, 
reigning chieftains, and a second son, Diarmaid, 
founder of the branch of the lords of Tarbert. 
Early after the English Invasion, the domi- 
nions of this family were narrowed to the terri- 
tory of Iraght-I-Conor. At the close of the 
reign of Elizabeth, they were deprived of the 
greater part of this little principality, and the 
lands which they had possessed for at least 1600 
years were conferred upon the then recently 
erected University of Dublin. Finally, in the 
confiscations under the Cromwellian usurpa- 
tion, they shared in the common ruin of most 


of our noble Milesian houses. 

Some worthy scions of this ancient stock still 
remain; but it has not been yet determined 
which is the senior branch. Among the most re- 
spectable is the gallant Daniel O'Connell O’Con- 
nor Kerry, captain of the 43rd regiment of in- 
fantry in the Austrian service, who was com- 
mandant of Lodi in Aug. 1848, from whom some 
interesting letters on the then recent campaign 
in Italy appeared in our morning journals. He 
is son of James O’Connor of Tralee (by Eliza- 
beth O'Connell, of Ballynahowne, whose sister, 
Mary, married the celebrated Daniel O'Connell), 
and, according to his pedigree at the Heralds’ 
Office, descends from the main stock through 
the ancient lords of Tarbert, being eleventh in 
descent from Diarmaid, first lord of Tarbert, 
who was the second son of John, son of Conor 
O’Conor Kerry, who founded the abbey of Lis- 
laghtin in 1470. 

For other members of this family, see note *, 
under A: D. 1013, pp. 774, 775, suprà. 

s Ui-Feineachlais.—See note !, under A. M. 
3501; and note £ under A. D. 915, p. 590. 

t Dun- Gaillmhe, $c. : i.e. the fleets of Galway, 
Connamara, the Owles, Tirawley, and Tireragh. 
—See Genealogies, Tribes, §c., of Hy-Fiachrach, 
pp. 352, 353. 


1112 ANNAA goghachca EIREANN. [1154. 


co puaiclioip .1. go cfnocavíp longar Hallgaoiwdel, Apann, Cinncine, Manann 
q cca Alban anctha, 7 mac Scelling í cc(nnap poppa, 7 1ap na ccoppaécc 
hi ccompogup Innpi h€ogain ıma ccompamice deb 7 von lomg(p ole peacarp 
cat longoa co hamnup aiġtiġe eacoppa, 7 báccap occan romcuapccam 6 
prim co nóin, 7 mapbeap pocarbe mop oo Chonnaccaib mon. cCopnamaig 
Ua nOuboa lap na hallmu pachaib. Ro meabono, pop an pluag nallmupach, 
qno lad a nap,7 pagbarc a longa, po b(nao a pracla a Mac Scelling. 
Sluaig(ó la Muincfpcach Ua Loċlamn co ccuaipceape € peann hi cConnac- 
caib, co pains Oán lomgam hi Marg Cor, 1 po arpec an Oun, 3 po mll apb- 
anna Monge Cug, 1 Marge Aor. Ap a aor ní pug bá na bnagve. CApead 
'anam vo cod cap Qè Innpin Sputpa pan mópeipne co po mana pip 
Spéipne oo Thig(pnan Ua Ruaipc, 7 po ronnapb Ua Loclamn Goppoanó 
Ua Ragallei5 1 cConnaccab. Curó aippióe co hGfe chat, 1 oo pacpac Goill 
Qta chat a pige 06. Oo pao pom va céo décc bo vo Ghallaib ma ccuap- 
apcal, 1 pod oia TIS 1apccain. Cpeach lá Coippóealbaé Ua cConcobarp hi 
Mhie 1 po 10mporó gan bú ap mapbao a mic a. Maolpeclainn, 7 Oonnchaóa 
Uí Catal, cis(pna Cenel Goda na h€écge. Mardm pa nOprpagib pon 
Ub Cemopelai, 04 1 ccopncpaccap ile m mac Eochada Uí Nuallám. 
Cpeachpluagead la Tis(pnan Ua Ruame 1 Larcemb, 7 po once Uib Mu- 
peadars emip cella 5 cuart. Mume Maolpiénna vo onccain vo Mhaoil- 
reclamn, mac Mupchada, 7 a monnapbad 1 cConnaécaib 1apccam co na 
ccaoipeac 1. lomap Mac Cappgamna. Cpeach la Oeapmumain pop Ohal 
cCaip, cneac la Oal cCaip ona pop Oeapmuram. C mac pem vo ballad 
la mac nOeópao Uf Phlamn, uam po sabpide cig(mmup Ua cCumepe ap 


* Gall- Gaeidhil ; i.e. the Dano-Gaels of the 
Hebrides. 

" Ara: i. e. the Island of Aran, lying between 
Cantire and the Frith of Clyde. 

* Ceann-tire: i.e. Head of the Land, now 
Cantire, or Kentire, in Argyleshire. 

7 Manainn : i.e. the Isle of Man. 

* Alba: i. e. Scotland. 

* Dun-Imghain. —Now Dunamon, on the River 
Suck, at this period the seat of O’Finachtaigh. 

^ The ford of Innsin-Sruthra : i. e. the Ford of 
the little Island of Sruthair. This was pro- 


bably the name of a ford on the Shannon, but 
nothing has been yet discovered to prove its 
situation. There is a Sruthair, now Shrule, in 
the county of Longford, and a Tuaim-Sruthra, 
in the county of Roscommon ; but neither place 
lies on the route from Dunamon into Breifne. 

* As their wages: i.e. as a stipend for their 
fealty and future services in war. 

è Ua Cathail.—Now Cahill, without the prefix 
Ua or ©’. O’Cathail was chief of Kinelea of 
Aughty, in the south-west of the county of 
Galway, before O’Shaughnessy.—See Genealo- 


1154.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1113 


cheartach, son of Niall, sent persons over sea to hire (and who did hire) the 
fleets of the Gall-Gaeidhil", of Ara", of Ceann-tire*, of Manainn’, and the borders 
of Alba? in general, over which Mac Scelling was in command; and when they 
arrived near Inis-Eoghain, they fell in with the other fleet, and a naval battle 
was fiercely and spiritedly fought between them ; and they continued the con- 
flict from the beginning of the day till evening, and a great number of the 
Connaughtmen, together with Cosnamhaigh Ua Dubhda, were slain by the 
foreigners. The foreign host was [however] defeated and slaughtered ; they left 
their ships behind, and the teeth of Mac Scelling were knocked out. An army of 
the north of Ireland was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into Connaught, 
till he reached Dun-Imghain?, in Magh-Aei ; and he plundered the fort and de- 
stroyed the corn-crops of Magh-Luirg and Magh-Aei. He did not, however, 
obtain cows or hostages. He afterwards directed his course across the ford 
of Innsin-Sruthra" into Breifne, and compelled the men of Breifne to submit to 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc ; and Ua Lochlainn banished Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh 
into Connaught. He proceeded from thence to Ath-cliath ; and the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath submitted to him as their king ; and he gave the foreigners twelve 
hundred cows, as their wages’, after which he returned to his house. A pre- 
datory incursion was made by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, but he returned 
without cows, after the loss of his son, Maelseachlainn, and Donnchadh Ua Ca- 
thail*, lord of Cinel-Aedha-na-hEchtghe, who were slain. A battle was gained 
by the Osraighi over the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which many were slain, together 
with the son of Eochaidh Ua Nuallain A plundering army was led by Ti- 
ghearnan Ua Ruairc into Leinster; and he plundered Ui-Muireadhaigh, both 
churches and territories. The Muintir-Maelsinna were plundered by Maelseach- 
lainn, son of Murchadh ; and they were afterwards banished into Connaught, with 
their chieftain, i. e. Imhar Mac Carghamhna*’, A prey was taken by the people 
of Desmond from the Dal-gCais, and a prey was taken by the Dal-gCais from 


those of Desmond. His own son was blinded by the son of Deoradh Ua Flainn, - 


because he had assumed the lordship of Ui-Tuirtre in opposition to his father. 


gies, &c., of Ui-Fiachrach, pp. 374, 375. the county Carlow. 

* Ua Nuallain.—Now Nowlan, or Nolan, with- £ Mac Carghamhna.—Now anglicised Mac Car- 
out the prefix Ua or O’. This family was seated roon, and Mac Carron, which is still a common 
in Fotharta-Fea, now the barony of Forth, in name in Meath. m 


7c 


tt 
Aa 


1114 annaa RIOoShachca EIREANN. [1155. 


bélaib a atap. Mac Oedpad ona oronnapbad 1 cConnaccaib lá hUa Lach- 
lamn. Opn móp pop molib Epeann ipm mbliadampr. Cin vapa henpp oo 
níogaoh 6p Saxaib 27 Occobep. 

Coir Cpíope, mile céd caogac a cing. Maolmaipe, mac Giollacianam, 
oinémneach Lip aoroheaó Core 1 nApo Maca, clémpeac arpmioneac aet- 
eacaip 0o laochanb 7 cléipéib Eneano. PeapgatUa Pmnaéca uapal paccapc 
RopraCommám,] Maolpuanaw Ua hCEmlg: uapat paccapc Cluana compte, 
décc. Qt Tpuim co na é(mpal vo lopccao, 7 Ofpmag po dí 1 naom mí oo 
lopccaó beóp. Ceall vapa, Tuam va $ualann, Ceall Oálua,1 Cellmfoom 
vo lopecaó. Maolpeachlainn, mac Mupchada Uf Mhaoileaclann, pí Mwe 
j upmoin Cargean, oo écc ipm cpiocaomao bhadain a ao oo DIF mme 1 
nOaupmaig Cholaim Chille, hi ccuile a pata a píge, aidce péle Opoe, 
ian mbuad natmge. Ap muc pém cét mop, ap cnaob pa na blac écc mo 
pip hpm. Qn cont cléneé Ua Concobaip Paige vo mapbad la a mumcip 
pem. Omlaoib, mac Cana, ci&(pmna Ceneoil Clengupa, cup saipecid 7 beod- 
acca Cenéil €ogam ule, vécc,7 a aónacal 1 nCÍpo Maca. Cod Ua h€agna, 
ci&(pna Lingne, décc. Praca, mac Cetna Ui Chemin, cis fina Ciapnaige 
Loca na napne, décc. Sluaig(o lá Muincfpeac, mac Néll Uí Cochlaimn co 
ht Oám Calman pop Inoeóm,4 po sab bnargoe Teatba, 7 cug ógaiptec 
cpud prn Mide ooneoé po aipecp(c poime: Oo pao ona, pige Mide 6 Shio- 
namn co paipge oo Ohonnchad, mac Oomnanll Ui Mhaoilpfchlamn, q po 
Pod na Hg rap pm. Cig(pnán Ua Ruaipc vo gabáil Donnchada Ui Cheap- 
ball, cr& qna. Oipsiall, rap na dol na comdail go C(nanoup mo uachao 
pochaióe, 7 a éup 1 lam pop Loc Silm, 7 po baoí corctfoip ap mip ann, q po 


* On the 27th of October.—King Stephen died 
on the 25th of October, 1154 ; and Henry II. 
was crowned on the 19th of December following. 
—See Chronology of History, by Sir Harris Ni- 
colas, second edition, pp. 297, 298. 

The Annals of Clonmacnoise want this year 
altogether. The Dublin copy of the Annals of 
Innisfallen accord with the Annals of the Four 
Masters, and add that ** Amhlaeibh O’ Driscoll, 
chief of Corca Laeighdhe, or Colleymore,. was 
slain at the door of the church of Birra? [now 
Birr, in the King's County ]. 


^ Maelmuire.—** A. D. 1155. Moelmurius, sive 
Marianus O’Moelchierain, Archidnachus, seu 
prefectus Xenodochii Ardmachani, vir venera- 
bilis, et erga Clerum et populum benignus et 
hospitalis, obiit.”—Trias Thaum., p. 308. 

i Cill-meadhoin : i.e. the Middle Church, now 
Kilmaine, in a barony of the same name, in the 
south of the county of Mayo.—See note *, under 
A. D. 1266. 

* Mac Cana.—Now Mac Cann. This family 
was seated in Clanbrassil, on the south side of 
Lough Neagh, in the county of Armagh. 


1155.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1115 


The son of Deoradh was afterwards banished into Connaught by Ua Lochlainn. 
There was a great destruction of the cattle of Ireland this year. "The second 
Henry was made king over the Saxons on the 27th of October*. 

The Age of Christ, 1155. Maelmuire™ Mac Gillachiarain, airchinneach of 
the Fort of the Guests of Christ at Ard-Macha, a venerable cleric, who was 
kind towards the laity and clergy of Ireland ; Fearghal Ua Finachta, a noble 
priest of Ross-Commain ; and Maelruanaidh Ua hAinlighi, noble priest of 
Cluain-coirpthe, died. Ath-Truim, with its church, was burned ; and Dear- 
mhagh also was twice burned in one month this year. Cill-dara, Tuaim-da- 


ghualann, and Cill-meadhoin!, were burned. Maelseachlainn, son of Murchadh ~ 


Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath and of the greater part of Leinster, died in 
the thirtieth year of his age, of a poisonous drink, at Daurmhagh-Choluim- 
Chille, in the flood of his prosperity and reign, on the night of the festival of 
Brighit, after the victory of penance. ‘The death of this man was like swine- 
fattening by hot fruit, like a branch cut down before its blossoming. The Ath- 
chleireach Ua Conchobhair Failghe was killed by his own people. Amhlaeibh 
Mac Cana‘, lord of Cinel-Aenghusa, pillar of the chivalry and vigour of all 
Cinel-Eoghain, died, and was interred at Ard-Macha. Aedh Ua hEaghra, lord 
of Luighne, died. Fiacha, son of Cethearnach Ua Ceirin, lord of Ciarraighe- 
Locha-na-nairneadh', died. An army was led by Muircheartach, son of Niall 
Ua Lochlainn, to Ath-Duine-Calman on the Inneoin" ; and he took the hos- 
tages of Teathbha, and he gave a full restitution of the cattle of the men of 
Meath to such as he had before plundered. He also gave the kingdom of 
Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea, to Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, after which he returned to his house. Tighearnan Ua Ruairc took 
Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, prisoner, after he had gone to 
meet him, to Ceanannus, with a small force; and he incarcerated him on Loch 
Sileann", where he was [detained] for a month and a fortnight, but he was ran- 


1 Ciarraighe- Locha-na-nairneadh.—A territory fort and townland in the parish of Ballymore, 
comprising about the southern half of the ba- barony of Rathconrath, and county of West- 
rony of Costello, and county of Mayo.—See  meath. Inneoin was the ancient name of the 


note ^, under A. D. 1224. 

m Ath-Duine-Calman on the Inneoin : i. e. the 
Ford of Dun-Calman on the River Inneoin. 
Dun-Calman, now Dungolman, is the name of a 


1c2 


stream which divides the barony of Kilkenny 
West from that of Rathconrath. It is now called 
the Dungolman River. 

? Loch Sileann.—Now Lough Sheelan, a large 


1116 ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. [1155. 


puaplagaó 66 cma miopbail Oé 7 naom Paccpaice 1 na naom apcína, la 
Hoppa Ua Ragallarg,1 po manb an lucc báccap occa poncomeén, 7 po ġab 
Oonnchad cigfpnap Oingiall oopfdip. Cpeach la Cig(pnan Ua Ruame ipm 
Copann, 4 oo benc bá 10mba laip. Coblach la Toippdealbac Ua cConco- 
bain co hè Luan, 7 cliacópoic(c Ata Luam vo dénam lar ap dang 10fimn- 
paste Mhoe. Canplén na Cuil(nncponge oo lopecad 7 00 mápao lá Ruaidm, 
mac Toppdealbag Uí Choncobaip. Opoiċfc Ata Luam vo pcaoileao, 7 
a longpopnc oo lopccaó la Oonnchad, mac Domnaill Ui Mhaoilpfchlamn. 
Qn Giolla oo Ua Ciapóa vo mapbavh 1 cCluam lonaipo lá Donnchad 
Ua Maorleaclainn, pi Mide. Oonnéad om vo atpigad lá peapa Mide 
peipm 1 nofosail of miccne Pinoén, 7 Orapmaio, mac Domnall vo &abaipc 
cuca ma 1onad. QCuilén na Claonglarm, cig(pna Ua cConaill Gapa, vo 
éuicim lá hUa Cinvpaolad, 7 a mapbad pom po ééoóip lá mumeip Chuilén. 
Concobap mac Oomnaill Ui Shmain, 7 mac Mic Giollamocolmóg vo léccad 
lá O1anmaice Mac Mupchada ap a cumpeac ban cínn bnagac, 1 comluige. 
Maiom pia nlomap Mac Cappgamna, 4 ma nGiollacmope a mac, 4. pia 
Mumin Mhaoilponoa pon 6peagmamb,7 pop Mumncip Chaógam, q pop 
Mhuncip Claman, 1 ccopéaip caoipeac Mhumeipe Tlamain, Hrollapiaona- 
can, mac Cloda, 7 a mac 1. an Giolla mabac. Ciapán oan po bmp an cat 
ym pon Shp(Smamb uain vo cuacap pom co Cluam,7 pugpac a coic(óa leó, 
co ccuccpac ma bpuapaccap oo mucaib pamta Chandan. Oo ċuaccap 
ona, an pamao co na pepin ma nofohad go Liop an cpoipcela, 7 ní puoipp(c 
a manuccad. Ro bnipeao maidm poppa apnabanach cma ampe Samita 
Chiapém. Chpeach la Domnall Ua cConéobain pop Thumt pata, co puc 
buap òípíme. Cpeach Marge Pino la phat Teatba, go po omgríc opeam 
do Urb Maine. 


lake on the borders of the counties of Meath, 
Cavan,and Longford. It contains several islands, 
on one of which the O'Reillys had a castle. 

° Cuileanntrach : i.e. Hollywood or Holly- 
bearing Land. There are many places of this 
name in Ireland, but the place here referred to 
is Cullentragh, in the parish of Rathmoline, 
in the south-west of the county of Meath.—See 
the Ordnance Map of Meath, sheets 8, 40, 41, 
42, 47, 48, 50. 


? Claenghlais.—Now Clonlish, in the barony 
of Upper Connello, and county of Limerick, on 
the borders of the counties of Cork and Kerry. 
—See note °, under A. D. 1266. 

? Lis-an-tsoiscela : i. e. the Fort of the Gospel. 
Not identified. 

* Magh-Finn.—Now Tuath-Keogh, in the 
barony of Athlone, and county of Roscommon. 
See note *, under A. D. 948, p. 662, supra. 

The Annals of Clonmaenoise notice some of 


1155. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1117 


somed, through the miracles of God, and of Patrick, and of the saints in general, 
by Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh, who slew the party who were keeping him ; and 
Donnchadh assumed the lordship of Oirghialla again. A predatory incursion 
was made by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc into Corann, and he carried off many cows. 
A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair to Ath-Luain, and the 
wicker bridge of Ath-Luain was made by him for the purpose of making incur- 
sions into Meath. The castle of Cuileanntrach? was burned and demolished 
by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair. The bridge of Ath- 
Luain was destroyed, and its fortress was burned, by Donnchadh, son of Domh- 
nall Ua Maeleachlainn. Gillagott Ua Ciardha was slain at Cluain-Iraird, by 
Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath ; and Donnchadh was then de- 
posed by the Meathmen themselves, in revenge of the dishonouring of Finnen, 
and they set up Diarmaid, son of Domhnall, in his place. Cuilen of Claenghlais?, 
lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, fell by Ua Cinnfhaelaidh, who was slain immediately 
after by Cuilen’s people. Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain, and the son 
of Mac Gillamocholmog, were enlarged by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, [in ex- 
change] for hostages and oaths. A battle was gained by Imhar Mac Car- 
ghamhna and Gillachrist, his son, and by Muintir-Maelsinna, over the Breagh- 
mhaini, Muintir-Thadhgain, and Muintir-Tlamain, in which fell the chief of 
Muintir-Tlamain, Gillafiadnatan Mac Aedha, and his son, Gillariabhach. It 
was Ciaran that turned this battle against the Breaghmhaini, for they had gone 
to Cluain, bringing with them cots, in which they carried off all they could find 
of the pigs of Ciaran’s clergy. The clergy went after them with their shrine, 
as far as Lis-an-tsoiscela?, but they were not obeyed. On the following day 
they sustained a defeat, in consequence of disobeying Ciaran’s clergy. A pre- 
datory incursion was made by Domhnall Ua Conchobhair into Tuath-ratha, and 
carried off a countless number of cows. Magh-Finn' was preyed by the men 
of Teathbha, who plundered some of the Ui-Maine. 


these events under this year, as follows : 

«A. D. 1155. Gillegott O’Kierga, prince of 
Carbrey, was killed att Clonarde by Donnogh 
O'Melaghlyn, king of Meath. .Donnogh O'Me- 
laghlyn was deposed by the Meathmen of his 
kingdome, and Dermott mac Donnell O'Me- 
laughlyn put in his stead, who was his own 


brother. There was a great discomfiture of 
these of Brawnie and Moyntyr Moylenna by 
Hymer O'Carhon, and the son of O'Convaye, 
and these of Moyntyr Hagan, alias Foxe's Con- 
trey. Saint Keyran was entercessor to God to 
give this overthrow to these of Brawnie. because 
they went with their cottes and hoates to Cloni- 


et PPS TNNT. 


1118 annacda gioghachca EIREANN. (1156. 


Coip Cpiorc, mile céd. caoccac a pé. Cn céo badam vo Mhumcfp- 
cach Ua Caclemn uap Epmn. Maolmaodéoce mac Oubpavdm, ab Caná- 
naé Saball, oécc. Tadg Ua Catannaig, ci&(pma. Teata, oécc 1 cclép- 
éeacc. Gocha Ua Cumn an capomargipein: vo lopecad 1 ccloicefch na 
Peapca. C(nanoap oo lopccaó. cigib. c(mplaib, 6 cpoip vopaip upoorm co 
Siopoice. Oaupmag Ua nOuaé, Acad mic Cine, Cal Caippin, 7 Finca cae- 
paé vo lopccaó. Coblac lá Tomppdealbac Ua cConcobain pop Loch nOepg 
deme. Tce ona, Tornpdealbac Ua bpon ma teach, co ccapac bpaigve 
06 van cn lete Muman vo cabaipc 06. Comne ecip Thoippdealbac 
Ua Concobaip 7 Tigfpnan Ua Ruane, po naomple pio 7 opad coicé(nn 
ezip óperpneachaib, 7 Mhdeachab, 7 Connaccaib co belcaine bao ap 
ccionn. Torppdealbac Ua Concobarp, pi Connacc, Mide, Opeipne, Muman, 
7 €peann ule co ppeapabpa, cule opoám 7 oipeacaup €peann, Cugupe 
1antaip Eonpa plán vo dépeinc, 1 cpócaipe, vemeac, 7 ooipbeapc oécc 1ap 
pm oċcmaò bliadain plpecac a aoip, 7 a adnacal hi cCluam mc Noip la 
caob alcépa Chanáin ian cciomna, 1 ian pomn óp q acoc, bú  eoc ap 
cleincib 7 eccailpib Epeann 1 ccoicómne. Rige Connact oo $abáil oo Ru- 
abp, mac Toinpdealbars Ui Concobain, gan nach ppeapabpa. Thi mic 
Tompdealbars Ui Concobaip, Oman ópeipn(c, bpran Cuignéc,1 ITluipé(pcach 
Mumnneac vo éngabáil la Siol Muipeadang,7 a ccabaime pop comup Ruaopi 
mic Coinpoealbaig. Oman bperpnec oo dallad la Ruaíóm Ua cConcobain 
7 la Oriapmaro Mac Taids. Coppoealbac Ua bpiam vo cocc hi cc(nn 
Ruawpı Ui Concobaip, 7 oá bnagaro véce vo mantib Val cCarp 00 pagbánl 
dó aise. Qevh, mac Rumdm Uí Chanannan, cigtpna Cenel cConall, vo 


vicknose, and tooke all the swyne and hoggs 
that the clergy and monckes had upon the 
woodes of Faailt, which the monckes with the 
scrine of St. Keyran followed to the place called 
Lisantosgely, desiring restitution, which was 
denied them, and by God’s will Brawnie re- 
ceived this disgrace and overthrow the next 
day.” 

* Sabhall.—Now Saul, in the county of Down. 
—See note *, under A. D. 1293. 

t Cloictheach of Fearta: i. e. the steeple or 
round tower of Fartagh, in the county of Kil- 


kenny, anciéntly called Fearta-Caerach.—See 
note *, under A. D. 861, p. 498, suprà. 

u Doras Urdoimh : i.e. the Gate or Door of 
the Porticus. This passage is translated by 
Colgan as follows : 

* A. D. 1156. Kenannasum cum templis et 
edificiis, a cruce porte Dorus Urdoimh, appel- 
late, usque ad Siofoic, comburitur."— Trias 
Thaum., p. 508. 

* Sifoc.—'This name is now obsolete. See it 
mentioned in a charter preserved in the Book of 
Kells, and printed in the Miscellany of the Irish 


1156.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1119 


The Age of Christ, 1156. The first year of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn 
over Ireland. Maelmaedhog, i. e. Aedh Mac Dubhradain, Abbot of the Canons 
of Sabhall, died. Tadhg Ua Catharnaigh, lord of Teathbha, died in religion. 
Eochaidh Ua Cuinn, the chief master, was burned in the cloictheach of Fearta‘. 
Ceanannus was burned, both houses and churches, from the cross of Doras- 
Urdoimh* to Sifoc*. Daurmhagh-Ua-nDuach*, Achadh-mic-Airt’, Cul-Caissin’, 
and Fearta-Caerach. A fleet was brought by Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair 
upon Loch-Deirg-dhere ; and Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain came into his house, 
and delivered him hostages for obtaining the half of Munster. A meeting 
between Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc ; and 
they made a general peace and armistice between the men of Breifne, Meath, 
and Connaught, till the May next ensuing. "Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, 
King of Connaught, Meath, Breifne, and Munster, and of all Ireland with oppo- 
sition, flood of the glory and splendour of Ireland, the Augustus of the west of 
Europe, a man full of charity and mercy, hospitality and chivalry, died after the 
sixty-eighth year of his age, and was interred at Cluain-mic-Nois, beside the altar 
of Ciaran, after having made his will, and distributed gold and silver, cows and 
horses, among the clergy and churches of Ireland in general. The kingdom of 
Connauglit was assumed by Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, 
without any opposition. The three sons of Toirdhealbhach Ua Conchobhair, 
Brian Breifneach, Brian Luighneach, and Muircheartach Muimhneach, were 
taken prisoners by the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and given into the custody of Ruaidhri, 
son of Toirdhealbhach. Brian Breifneach was blinded by Ruaidhri Ua Con- 
chobhair and Diarmaid Mac Taidhg. Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain came to 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and left him twelve hostages of the chieftains of 


Dal-gCais. 


Archeological Society, pp. 147, 148, 149. 

* Daurmhagh- Ua-n Duach : i. e. the Oak Plain 
of Ui-Duach, now Durrow, on the borders of 
the Queen's County and the county of Kilkenny. 
It originally belonged to the territory of Ui- 
Duach, in the county of Kilkenny. In the gloss 
to the Feilire-Aenguis, and O'Clery's Irish Ca- 
lendar, at 20th of October, St. Maeldubh is 
mentioned as of * Daurmhagh Ua nDuach, in 


Aedh, son of Ruaidhri Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was 


the north of Osraighe." 

y Achadh-mic- Airt : i.e. the Field of the Son 
of Art, now Aghamacart, an old church in ruins, 
in the barony of Galmoy, county of Kilkenny, 
and on the borders of the Queen's County. 

z Qul- Caissin.—Otherwise written Cuil-Caisin, 
i.e. Caisin's Corner or Angle, now Coolcashin, 
in the barony of Galmoy, county of Kilkenny.— 
See note ', under A. D. 844, p. 470, supra. 


ME EI sl 
NEL EE ee 
j > D 


ANNAA gioghachca EIREANN. 


1120 [1156.- 


manbad la hUa sCacam, 1 lá peapaib. na Cpaoibe cma meabanl. lompuo 
oUlcaib pop Mhuipefpcach Ua Laclamn,1 coccad opógpa pam. Slórg(ó là 
Munpcfpeach 1 nUlcaib, 7 do bepc bpargoe Ulad pp a pén, apa aor vo 
bencpac apoill oUllcaib ım Eochaid Ua nOumnpléibe ammup ap ópumg 
oon cpluaig, 4 po mapbaoh leó Ua hinneipge, caorpeac na Cuileanncpaige. 
Ua Lomgpis, TSHna Dháil Anawe, oo manbad la Cenél nEdgain. Slog fo 
one lá Muipefpeach 7 la cuaipceanc Epeann hi Cargmib, co ccapo píge 
Lagi oo Ohapmain Mac Munchada, oap. cfnn bnagao, po mnp(pcap 
Oppaige ecip cealla] cuata. Maim la Orapmar mac Domnall Uf Mhaor- 
leachlainn pop Ohonnchao, pop a d(pbpatamp, vú h ccopċai mac Giolla- 
oeacaip Ui Caipppi, torpeach Tuaite buadga. Cpeach lá OQrapmaic mac 
Munchada 7 lá Gallat Qta chat, 7 lá Oonochad mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaor- 
leaċlamn 1 naintean Mide, co po moinple an cíp eicip ċealla 7 cuata, 3 
puspac bú Apo bpeacán, Slime, Cille Tallem, Oomnaig Paccpaice, 7 apal} 
do buap na cuaice immaille pra. Mawm Cuapan ag liop Cursor hi Lao- 
game pon Tigfpnan Ua Ruane pa nOiapmaic Mac Mupchada 1 ma ngal- 
lab Aca chat, 7 ma nOonnchad mac Oomnall Ui Mhaolplchlamn, apm 1 
cconcpaccap ile im Ohomnall mac Pionnbaipp, coipeac Mhuincipe nadan, 
im Pogancach Ua cCumn, 7 1m Coo mac Ouiboochpa, 7 ım mac Cionaeic 
dpc Ui Ruame. evh, mac Oonnchaw Ui Mhaoilmucnd, cigna P(p cCeall, 
oo manbad la Mumeip Luamim 7 la Concoban Ua mópaom ópn(gmame 1 
nlmp Mocuva Rane. Muipéfpcac mac Domnall Uf Mhaoilpeaclamn, oo 
opccain 3 do &abáil lá Donnchad mac Domnaill. Oonnchad mac Oomnaill 
Uí Mhaolpeaclainn, oo gabóil mge Mive, 7 Orapmaio, mac Domnall, oo 
ionnanbad 1 cConnachcaibh. Mag Teatba, 1 Macaipe Cuipene oionnpao 


a Cuileanntrach.—'There are two townlands of 
this name in the county of Tyrone.—See Ord. 


House is in this district, and helps to preserve 
the name. 


Map, sheets 53 and 64; and two in the county 
of Armagh.—Ord. Map, sheets 11 and 22; but, 
according to the tradition in the country, 
O'Hinneirghe, now Henery, was seated in Glen- 
conkeine, in the barony of Loughinsholin, and 
county of Londonderry. 

è Tuath-Buadhgha.—This is the district now 
called Tuaith, or Twy, situated in the barony of 
Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. Twy-ford 


* Cill- Tailitean: i. e. the church of Tailltin, now 
Teltown old church, near Donaghpatrick, mid- 
way between Kells and Navan, county of Meath. 

à Cuasan, at Lis-Luighdhi.—Lis-Luighdhi is 
still the name of a fort, a short distance to the 
north of the Hill of Tara, in the county of Meath. 

e Inis-Mochuda-Raithne: i.e. the Holm or 
Island of St. Mochuda of Raithin, a place near 
Rahin, barony of Ballycowan, King’s County. 


1156.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1121 


slain by Ua Cathain and Feara-na-Craeibhe, by treachery. The Ulidians turned 
against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and proclaimed war upon him. An army 
was led by Muircheartach into Ulidia, and he obtained the hostages of the 
Ulidians to secure their obedience to him; however, some of the Ulidians, 
under the conduct of Ua Duinnsleibhe, made an attack upon some of the army, 
and slew Ua hInneirghe, chief of the Cuileanntrach*. Ua Loingsigh, lord of 
Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the Cinel-Eoghain. Another army was led by Muir- 
cheartach and the people of the north of Ireland into Leinster, and they gave 
the kingdom of Leinster to Diarmaid Mac Murchadha for hostages, and they 
plundered Osraighe, both churches and territories. A victory was gained by 
Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, over Donnchadh, his brother, 
wherein was slain the son of Gilladeacair Ua Cairbre, chief of Tuath Buadhgha". 
A predatory incursion was made by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, the foreigners 
of Ath-cliath, and Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, into East 
Meath, and they plundered the country, both churches and territories, and they 
carried off the cows of Ard-Breacain, Slaine, Cill-Taillteann*, Domhnach-Padraig, 
and some of the cows of the country in general. The battle of Cuasan" at Lis- 
Luighdhi in Laeghaire was gained over Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, by Diarmaid 
Mac Murchadha, the foreigners of Ath-cliath, and Donnchadh, son of Domhnall 
Ua Maeleachlainn, where many were slain, and, among others, Domhnall-Mac 
Finnbhairr, chief of Muintir-Gearadhain; Fogartach Ua Cuinn; Aedh Mac 
Dubhdothra, and the son of Cinaedh Breac Ua Ruairc. Aedh, son of Donn- 
chadh Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain by Muintir Luainimh, 
and Conchobhar Ua Braein, of Breaghmhaine, at Inis-Mochuda-Raithne*. Muir- 
cheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Maelseachlainn, was plundered and taken 
prisoner by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall 
Ua Maelseachlainn, took the kingdom of Meath, and Diarmaid, son of Domh- 
nall, was banished into Connaught. Magh-Teathbha', and Machaire-Cuircne’, 


* Magh- Teathbha : i. e. the Plain of Teffia. 

s Machaire- Cuircne. — Now the barony of 
Kilkenny West, county of Westmeath. 

'The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise give the events of this year as follows: 

* A. D. 1156. Tirlagh O'Connor, Archking 
of Connaught, the thresure of liberality and for- 


titude of all Ireland, giving to all, laity and 
Clergy, died. An army by Murtagh O'Loughlin 


, into Ulster; and he brought pledges for obeying 


him ; and it was in that journey that O'Hinery 
was slayn by a loose wing. Hugh O'Canannan, 
king of Kindred-Conell, killed by Hugh O'Ca- 
than and Men of Krive. Another army by 


7D 


1122 (1157. 


la Ruaióm Ua cConcobaip. Ocnlpimo mgCn 6pacám, btn Conulad Ui Caom- 
vealbamn, oécc.  Snecca móp 7 peóo o(pmaip 1 ngermpeao na bliaóna po, gup 
po peóopac loca, aibne €peann. Oa pé méo ao cpeaca Fup caippnszead 
la Ruaidp Ua Concobaip a longa, 7 a Cpa poppan léic oigpeaó ota bléin 
ngaille ġo inn. otin., bad mapba imoppo, epmon én €penn la méo an 
tpnecta 7 an peóio. ! fa 

Cop Cpíope, mile céd caogao a peacho:: Grollapácenarcc, mac Oonn- 
chad Mec Cantarg, comapba bape Copcaige, vécc.  Oarmmip, Crop mój; 
7 Gotpa co na cc(mplaib oo lopccad. Cu uladUa Oumnpléibe Us Eochada, 
pi Ulad, oécc 1ap bpeanoainod 1 nOán oa l(cglap, 7 a adnacal + noán bud- 


ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN, > 


béim: Domnall Ua Ragallag vo manbad lá Gailthsub. | Ruaopi 
Ua h€agpa, cig(mna Cugne, oo mapbao lá a €uaig pein. Tads, mac Mup- 
chard Ui €agpa, oo mapbao la mac Oonnchaio Ui €agpa. Chulad Ua Cam- 


vealbain, cigna Laogaipe, pip pobanca po emg amal- Guaipe Chóne, 
pain pom(mail amal Mhongan mac Piacna, locapn lapamanl ap déjeipe 
pr? boccanb, aen camoeal (ngnama sappaide Gaoweal oo mapbad cpiac perl 
7 meabail pop pnadad (.1. comaince) laoc 7. cléipeach Epeann, lá Oonnchao, 
mac Oomnail Ui Mhaoleaclann, la pig Míde.  Aciac na comaipsfoa po 
baccap ppp, comapba Phaccpaice 7 6acall Ipu, mon: légaic i: Ua Con: 
doce, comanba Colaimm Cille co na mionnaib, Gpene, € ppcop Cta chat, 
abb na manac, comanba Ciancin co na mionnaib.comapba P'ecin.co na rinonn- 
vab, hUa Loclaann pi Epean (a. co ppepabpa), Oonnchad Ua Cipbaill, 
Tigma: Oingiall TisGpnan Ua Ruane, &ig(pna. Opeipne; Oiapmaro. Mae 
Mupchavda, pi Longin, mače ph Mave 4 p(p Tleba ané(na.. Maince cíp.a 
O'Loghlin into East Bregh, and he brought 
pledges of Leinster from Mac Murcha, for all 


tor of the church, and all spirituall men in ge- 
nerall, a man of wonderfull hospitallity, and, in 


the Fifth or Country" [rectà, for all the fifth 
or province of Leinster] **Kindred-Owen and 
Airgialla went to Ossory, untill they came to 
Clardirrymore, and the chiefest of Ossory came 
to O'Loghlin's house... Great fruit that year in 
all Ireland. Nine years. from the last great 
fruit to that yeare."——Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., 
tom..49, ; 

‘A.D. 1156. King Terlagh mac Rowrie 
O'Connor, monarch of Ireland, a great benefac- 


fine, a reliever and cherisher of the poor, died 
in Dunmore, the 13th of the Kalends of June, 
in the 50th year of his reign, and in the 68th 
year of his age; after whose death his son, 
prince Rowrie, was invested in the government 
of Connoght, as king of that province, untill 
Mortagh mac Neale. Mac Loghlyn ended his 
reign, when Rowrie was promotted to the mo- 
narchie of Ireland. > Mortagh mac  Néale. was 


king of Ireland fourteen yeares. He was of the 


1157.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1123 


by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. | Dailfinn, daughter. of Bracan, the “wife? of 
Cuuladh Ua Caeindealbhain, died. There was great snow and intense frost in 
the winter of this yéar, so that the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen over. 
Such was the greatness of the frost, that Ruaidhri Ua Concobhair drew’ his 
ships and boats on the ice from Blean-Gaille to Rinn-duin’ The! most of the 
birds of Ireland ‘perished on account of the greatness of the snow and the frost. 
The Age of Christ, 1157. © Gillaphadraig, son of Donnchadh’ Mae ‘Car- 
thaigh, successor of Bairre of Corcach; died. Daimhinis, Lis-mor, and Lothra, 
with their churches, were burned? ‘Cuuladh Ua Duinnsleibhe Ui-Eochadha, 
King of Ulidia, died, after penance, at Dun-da-leathghlas, and was intérred àt 
Dun itself. Domhnall Ua Raghallaigh was slain by the Gailéanga. -Ruaidhri 
Ua hEaghra, lord of Luighne, was killed with his own axe. Tadhg; son of Mur- 
chadh Ua hEaghra; was killed by Donnchadh Ua hEaghra: Cuuladh Ua Cain- 
dealbhain, lord of Laeghaire, a man of unbounded hospitality like Guairé Aidhne” 
courteous and prosperous like Mongan, son of Fiachna, à brilliant lamp in cha- 
rity to the poor, the chief lamp of chivalryof thé Irish race, was killed through 
treachery and guile, while under the protection of the laity and clergy of Ireland, 
by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn; Kingiof Meath. "Phesewere 
the süreties for him : the successor of Patrick and the Staff of Jesus; together 
with the legate, i.e. Ua Condoirche*; the successor of Colum-Cille, with his 
relics ; Grene; Bishop of Ath-cliath; the abbot of the monks [of Mellifont]; the 
successor: of Ciaran, with their relies ; the successor of Fechin; with: his relies; 
Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland (i.e. with opposition); Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, 
lord of Oirghialla ; Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne; Diarmaid Mae Mur- 
chadha, King of Leinster ; and the chiefs of the men of Meath, and of the men - 
of Teathbha in general. Wo to the country in which this deed was perpetrated l 


O’Neales of the north. Terlagh O’Bryen, king 
of Munster, came into the house of Rowrie 
O'Connor, and gave him twelve hostages of the 
chiefest of Dalgasse. King Mortagh, with his 
forces, went to Lynster, and gave the kingdome 
and government, of that province to Dermott 
Mac Murrogh for yealding him hostages of 
obedience and allegiance. . They wasted and 
spoyled. all Ossory, without respect to church 


or chapple."— Ann. Clon. 

^ Guaire Aidhne.—See note ‘, under A. D. gos 
p. 213, suprà. 

i Mongan; son of Fiachna.— This "td who 
was ‘a very well-spoken man, and much’ given 
to the wooing of women,” was enn? ‘by “i a 
Welshnian, A. D. 624.— Ann. Clon) or 

* 0 Condoirche.-—He was Bishop » Lismore. 
See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 550: 


TRR 


1124 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. 


[1157. 


noeapnad an gníom hipin. Cpeach lá Oonnchad Ua cCeapbaill4 lá Tigfpnan 
Ua Ruaipe 1 nofogail a neims, 7 po ornecp(c Saicne, oo pocaip ona, P(pgal 
Ua Ruaipc co pochardib mapaon ppip lap na Saémb. Cormċionol Sav ag 
cléipcib € peann, 7 ag opuing ora pioccaib acc mamipein Opoicic áca do éoip- 
peagaó c(mparll na manac. Seacht neppcop oécc rmon léccaio, 1 1m com- 
anba Dháccpaicc. Oípım rmoppo, oo aop gaca gnáró apc(na. Ro baor ann 
ó pnífogaib Mumpcfpcac Ua Caclamn, Tigfpnan Ua Ruaipc, hUa h€ocaóa, 7 
hUa Cfpbaill. lap ccoippeaccad moppo m c(mpaill la comanba Phac- 
cpaicc, po h(ppcorcc(noaó imonpo, ó cleipcib,7 po hionnapbao ó piogaib 
Oonnchao Ua Maoileaclainn a mse Mwe, 1 po nígaó Orapmaro a bnáconp 
maionad. Oo pac Muince(pcac Ua Loclainn plèc picie bó 4 epi pic umge 
bón do Ohia 7 dona cléiéib m bapt do part a anma. Oo pao vóib bedp 
baile oc Opoic(c áta 1. Pronnabaip na nmg. Oo pao om O C pbaill cm 
picic ole umge dóp 0616,7 po pao ben Cigeapnam Ui Ruaipe mgean 
Ur Mhaoileaclamn an ccomacc cedna 7 caileaé óip ap alcoip. Mha, 7 
eodé ap gaċ nalcóip oo na naoi nalcopaib oile bacap 1pin ceampall ipm. 
Slóig(o la Muincfpcac, mac Néll Uí Coclamn co ccuaipceapc € peann mme 
hi Lagni go ccanc pi Lag, Orapmaro Mac Mupchada, géill oó. Oo 
lóccap ona, Largip,7 Ui bPailge, Le Opparge hi cConnaccaib pop ceichead. 
Oo co cpa 1appm go Cargnib laip 1 nOfpmumam, 7 do pao bnargve Oeay- 
muman lap, Uuw appioe go Dál cCaip,7 po 10nnapb a Cuaómumam race, 
q oipec(p pocharde ofob laim hi cCuadmumam. Tucc rappin popbarp pop 


! The monastery of Droicheat-atha.—This is the 
name by which the abbey of Mellifont, in the 
county of Louth, is usually called in the Irish 
annals.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, 
p. 479. 

~ Finnabhair-na-ninghean.—This townland is 
mentioned in the charter granted by John, Lord 


This passage is translated by Colgan as fol- 
lows: 

** De hac enim re Quatuor Magistri ex Anna- 
libus Cluanensibus et Senatensibus ad annum 
1157, sic scribunt: Conventus Synodalis per 
Clerum Hibernis, et per aliquot ex Regibus et 
Principibus collectus apud Monasterium Ponta- 


of Ireland, to the abbey of Mellifont, A. D. 
1185-6.—See the Miscellany of the Irish Arche- 
ological Society, p. 158. The name was applied 
to a piece of land on the south side of the River 
Boyne, opposite the mouth of the Mattock 
River, in the parish of Donore, county of Meath. 
—See note *, under A, D. 1133, p. 1043, suprà. 


nense (sic enim Mellifontense vocant, quia juxta 
Pontanam situm) ad consecrandam Basilicam 
ejusdem Monasterii. Ibi cum Legato Aposto- 
lico, et Comorbano S. Patricii (id est, Archiepis- 
copo Ardmachano) decem et septem Episcopi, et 
innumeri alii diversorum ordinum. Item ex 
Regibus et Principibus, Murchertachus Hua 


1157.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1125 


A predatory incursion was made by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc, in revenge of their guarantee, and they plundered the Saithni ; but 
Fearghal Ua Ruaire, and many others along with him, were slain by the Saithni. 
A synod was convened by the clergy of Ireland, and some of the kings, at the 
monastery of Droicheat-atha', the church of the monks. There were present 
seventeen bishops, together with the Legate and the successor of Patrick ; and 
the number of persons of every other degree was countless. Among the kings 
were Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, Ua hEochadha, and 
Ua Cearbhaill. After the consecration of the church by the successor of Pa- 
trick, Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn was excommunicated by the clergy of 
Ireland, and banished by the kings from the kingdom of Meath ; and his bro- 
ther, Diarmaid, was made king in his place. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn pre- 
sented seven score cows, and three score ounces of gold, to God and to the 
clergy, as an offering for the health of his soul. He granted them also a townland 
at Droicheat-atha, i. e. Finnabhair-na-ninghean". O’Cearbhaill also gave them 
three score ounces of gold ; and the wife of O'Ruairc, the daughter of Ua Mae- 
leachlainn, gave as much more, and a chalice of gold on the altar of Mary, and 
cloth for each of the nine other altars that were in that church. An army was 
led by Muircheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, accompanied by the people 

of the north of Ireland, into Leinster ; and the King of Leinster, Mac Mur- : 
chadha, gave him hostages. The people of Laeighis, Ui-Failghe, and of the 
half of Osraighe, then fled into Connaught. After this he [Muircheartach] 
proceeded, accompanied by the Leinstermen, into Desmond, and carried off 
the hostages of Desmond. He went from thence to the Dal-gCais, and expelled 
them from Thomond, and plundered some of them in Thomond. He after- 
' wards laid siege to Luimneach, until the foreigners subraitted to him as their 


Lochlainn, Rex Hibernie ; Hua Eochadha, Rex 
Ulidie ; Tigernanus O'Ruairche, Princeps Bref- 
finie ; et Hua Kearvaill, Princeps Orgielliz. 
Postquam illa Basilica consecrata, Dunchadus 
O'Moelechluinn fuit per Clerum excommuni- 
catus, et per Reges, Principesque presentes 
Principatu Midie exutus ; et Diermitius ipsius 
frater in ejus locum suffectus Murchertachus 
autem Rex dedit in Eleemosinam pro anima sua 
Deo et monachis centum et quadraginta boves 


sive vaccas, et sexaginta uncias ex auro ; dedit 
eis insuper predium juxta Pontanam, quod 
Finnabhair na ningean nuncupatur. Dedit 
etiam Hua Kearvaill alias sexaginta uncias auri 
ipsis ; Totidemque auri uncias ipsis elargita est 
uxor Tigernani O’Ruairche filia principis Midie 
calicem aureum pro summo altari, et sacra pa- 
ramenta pro singulis altaribus ex novem aliis, 
que in eadem Basilica erant.”—Acta Sanctorum, 
p. 655. 


1126 ANNALA RIoghachta EIREANN. A (1157. 
Luimneac, co ccapopac Holl a pige 06,7 go po diocupple Toippdealbac 
Ua bam uaiòib. Ro pano Mumam ap 06 1apcam eicip mac Mec Cantang a. 
Orapmaro macConbmanc, 7 Concobap mac Domnall Uf bam. Tame iapam 
co Mag Ua Panca, 7 po la cpeié oap Adainceach uad hi Síol nOnmchada. 
Ro bmypead ona, madm pon an pluag hi pin, po mapbaó pochaide óíb 1m 
Ua cCaéám na Cnaoibe. Ro millp(c ona, na h€oganarg Roy Cpé von cup 
pin. Ro poí aippde dia HF aap copsap. Cem cpa po gníce na hipe vo 
óeachaió Ruam Ua Concobaip 1 cCip nEogam, sup po loipc Imp enarg, 7 
po €(pcc a haballzonc,4 po moin an cín co Cuaille Cianacc. Slumglo la 
Ruaiópi Ua cConcobaip, la pig Connacc, hi Muman, co ccapac leit mge 
Muman vo Choippoealbac Ua bpian; 7 vo pao Orapmaro mac Copbmaic 
Mec Cantarg bnargoe ma uplaim ppi hf oa ccum occa mena ccípao 
Mumpcfpcach Ua Caclamn via. ccopnam. Cho €acóach 3. Eochad mac 
Lucca, oo pagbail oc Pionocopawd, ba méivitep cope mop é, no pagad géo 


^ Magh- Va-Farca.—A plain in the barony of 
Ballybritt, King’s County. 

° Adhairceach.— Otherwise Inis-Adharcaigh, 
now Incherky, an island in the Shannon, be- 
longing to the parish of Lusmagh, barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County. ‘The territory 
of Sil-Anmchaidh lies to the west of this island. 

» Inis- Eanaigh.—Now Incheny, in the parish 
of Urney, barony of Strabane, and county of 
Tyrone. i 

a Cuaille- Cianacht ; i.e. the Tree of Keenaght, 
now Coolkeenaght, in the parish of Faughanvale, 
county of Londonderry.—See the Ordnance Map, 
sheets 9 and 16. 

* Finnchoradh: i. e. the White Weir, now 
Corofin, in the barony’ of Inchiquin, and county 
of Clare. Eochaidh, son of Luchta, was King 
of Thomond in the first century. 

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise give the events of this year as follows: 

“A. D. 1157. Patric Mae Carty, archdeacon 
of Cork, quievit; Cuula O'Kynelvan murthered 
by Doncha mac Donnell Sugagh O’Melaghlin, 
in spight of Corb-Patric; and Jesus’ staff, and 
against Mac Laughlin, and the best of the 


north. Corb-Patric, being archbishop of Ire- 
land, consecrated the monk-church” [of Melli- 
font, near Drogheda], “in the presence of the 
clergy of Ireland, .i. the Legat Ui Conorchi, and 
the bishops also, and in presence “of: many 
nobles about O’Loghlin, king of Ireland, Donogh 
O’Carroll, and Tigernan O'Ruark. Murcher- 
tach O'Loghlin gave 150 cowes and 60 ounces 
of gould to God and the Clergy, and gave them 
a town at Dredagh, called Finnavar-na-ningen. 
And 60 ounces of gould from O'Carroll, and 
soe much more from O'Melaghlin's daughter, 
Tiernan O’Ruark’s wife. That Donogh” [who 
had murthered Cuula O’Kynelvan] ‘was cursed — 
by temporall and spirituall, and the cursed 
Atheist was excommunicated from the church 
for dishonoring the Corb of Patrick, Jesus’s 
staff, and the clergy, .i. Donogh O’Melaghlin. 
An army by Murtagh O’Laughlin, from the 
north of Ireland, into Mounster, untill they 
came to the Greene of Limerick, and the nobi- 
lity of Mounster about their kings came to 
O’Loghlin’s house, and left him their hostages.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 1157. Cowuley O’Keyndelaine, prince 


ANNALS.OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1127 


king, and banished Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain from among them. He after- 
wards divided Munster between the son of Mac Carthaigh, i. e. Diarmaid, son of 
Cormac, and Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Ua Briain. He afterwards came to 
Magh-Ua-Farca", and sent forth a marauding host over Adhaireeach’, into Sil- 
Anmchadha. This host was defeated, and many of them were ‘slain, together 
with Ua Cathain of Craeibh. On this occasion the Cinel-Eoghain destroyed 
Ros-Cre. He [Muircheartach] returned from thence to his house in triumph. 
While these things were doing, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair went into Tir-Eoghain, 
burned Inis-Eanaigh?, and cut down its orchard, and plundered the country as 
far as Cuaille-Cianacht*. = An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King 
of Connaught, into Munster, and he gave half the kingdom of Munster to Toir- 
dhealbhach Ua Briain ; and Diarmaid, son of Cormac»Mac Carthaigh, gave 
hostages into his hands for a time, and who were to fall to him, unless Muir: 
cheartach Ua Lochlainn should come to defend them. |The head of Eochaidh; 
i.e; of Eochaidh, son of Luchta, was found at Finnchoradh'; it was larger than 


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of the Race of Lagerie, a nobleman both ready 
and. hasty to put in practice all goodness, as 
liberall as King Gwarye of Connought, as well 
spoken as prince Mongan mae Fiaghna, was un- 
happily’ and treacherously killed by Donnogh 
mac Donnell O’Melaghlin, king of Meath, hav- 
ing sworne to each other before by the ensewing 
oaths to be true to one another, without. effu- 
sion of blood ; for performing of which oathes 


the Primatt of Ardmagh was bound; the Pope's | 


Legatt; Grenan, archbushopp of Dublyn; the 
abbott of the monkes of Ireland ; the Cowarb 
of St. Keyran, with his oaths; the Staff. or 
Bachall of Jesus ; the Cowarb of St. Feichyn, 
with his oaths; the oaths of St. Columbkill. 
These oaths and sureties were taken before king 
Mortagh ; Donnogh O’Kervall, king of Uriell; 
Tyernan O'Royrck, king of the Brenie; and 
Dermatt Mac Morrogh, king of Lynster; and 
the principallest of Meath and Teaffa also; and 
if there were no such oaths or securities it was 
a wicked act to kill such a noble-hearted man 
without cause. . There was a great convocation 


of the clergy, consisting of 17 Bushopps, with 
the Primatt of Ireland and Legatt, in Thredath” 
[i. e. Tredagh, i. e. Drogheda] ** this year aboute 
the consecration of the church of the monkes 
that was there, in the presence of king Mortagh, 
Tyernan O'Royrck, Donnogh O’Kervall, and 
O'Heoghie, where the said Donnogh O’Melaugh- 
lyn was excommunicated by the clergy, and 
deposed from the kingdome and principallity of 
Meath, by the kings and said noblemen, and 
the whole kingdome and government given to 
his brother Dermott, as more worthy thereof. 
Cowuley mac Dunlevye O'Heochye, King: of 
Ulster, died. - Mac Dowell, Steward of Dun- 
more, \ was killed... King, Mortagh, with his 
forces, went to Lynster, where Dermott Mac 
Murrogh, king of Lynster, gave him.hostages. 
They of Affalie, Lease, and Ossory, fled into 
Connought. The king afterwards, with the 
forces of Lynster, went to Desmond, where he 
had the hostages of that contrey; from thence 
he went to those of Dalgaisse; whom he banished 
to”: (recté, from] ** Thomond, and also did putt 


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1128 ANNAA goghachca EIREANN. [1158. 


ap mó bíp oap coll a púla, q] oap coll a pm(pa S[m] mtume. Coblach mop 
lá Ruaidm Ua cConcobaip pop Sionamn va ná ppt a pamal an can pin ap 


.Monmaipe 7 10mac a long 7 a (cap. 


Qop Cpiopt, mile céo caoccac a hocher. Oomnall Ua Congapccám, 
eipoeppcop Caipil, apo p(nóip Muman, paoi ap eaccna 7 ap óépeipc, vécc 
ma p(noacaió. Cn bneic(m Ua Owlfnoam, ainmeach Cappa vapa, ollam 
pemeaécaip, 1 taoipeach atuaite, vécc. Coimtiondl pfnmd oc cléipcib 
€peann occ Opi mic Caióg hi LCaogaipe, bail 1 pabaccap céice eppcoib. pic(c 
im leccaicc comanba Phfcaip oo eapail magla 4 poibép. Ap oon cup pim 
po opoargpíc cléms Epeann ım comapba Phacpaice cacao. amal Bac 
neappcob oo éomapba Cholaim Chille, vo Phlaitbeapcac Ua bpolċán, 4 
apoabodaine ceall €neann co coiccfnd. Eppeoib Connacc ona, po báccap oc 
vol sup an p(naó pin oo placc 7 vo bualad, 7 oiap oia mumncip oo mapbao 
hi cCupp Cluana, ian bpágbai Cluana dó, lá hampa Oiapmava 
Ui Maoileachlamn, pi Míde, po póit oia ceigib. Concobap Ua opiam a. 
mac Oonnaill, cig(pna Ciptip Muman, q a mac oo dallad lá Coinpoealbac 
Ua mbmain cap comarpce cléine¢ Muman 1 a laoch. Ceapnacán Ua Opan, 
ci&(pna Curgne, vécc. Ua Domnall, cig(pna. Conca bhaipeind, oo mapbao 
lá hUa cConcobain Conca Modpuad. P(pgal, mac Aoda na namup Ui Ruane, 


décc. Tavs, mac Cova, mic Ruaropi, oécc.. Ua Falbe, cigna Conca 


some of them to the sword. He also besieged 
Limbrick, and compelled the Danes to submitt 
themselves to his grace, and to acknowledge 
him as their king, and to forsake Terlagh 
O'Bryen, and also to banish him from out of 
their jurisdiction, and there he divided Munster 
in two parts between the son of Mac Carthie, 
and the son of Donnell O'Bryen; from thence 
the king came to the plains of Moyeffarcha, 
tooke the preyes and spoyles of Sile-Anmchie, 
killed part of the inhabitants, and gave them an 
overthrow. They of the Eoganaght of Cashell 
destroyed and prey'd Rossery, and from thence 
the king came to his house. While those things 
were adoing, Rowrie O'Connor, king of Con- 
naught, went with a great army to Ulster, in 
the absence of King Mortagh, there burnt Innis- 


Eanye, hewed and did cut downe all the trees 
in the orchard, and took away all the prey 
and spoyles of Tyreowen to Kwaillie-Kyan- 
naghty. Rowrie O'Connor, with his forces, 
went to Munster, and settled Terlagh O'Bryen 
in possession as half king, or king of half Mun- 
ster, and caused the son of Cormack Mac Car- 
thy to yeald hostages into his handes with con- 
dition of forfeiture of their lives, if king Mor- 
tagh wou'd not come to defend them. The head 
of Eoghie Mac Lughta, that reigned king of 
Munster at the time of the birth of Christ (as 
before is remembered) was this year taken out 
of the earth where it was buried at Fyncorey. 
It was of such wonderfull bigness, as mine au- 
thor sayeth, it was as bigg as any cauldron; the 


greatest goose might easily pass through the ' 


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ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1129 


a great cauldron; the largest goose would pass through the hole of his eye, and 
through the hole of the spinal marrow. A fleet was brought by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn, the like of which was not to be found at 
that time for numerousness, and for the number of its ships and boats. 

The Age of Christ, 1158. Domhnall Ua Longargain, Archbishop of Caiseal, 
chief senior of Munster, a paragon of wisdom and charity, died at an advanced 
age. The Brehon Ua Duileannain, airchinneach of Eas-dara*, ollamh of law, 
and chief of his territory, died. A synod of the clergy of Ireland was convened 
at Bri-mic-Taidhg', in Laeghaire, where there were present twenty-five bishops, 
with the legate of the successor of Peter, to ordain rules and good morals. -It 
was on this occasion the clergy of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, or- 
dered a chair, like every other bishop, for the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaith- 
bheartach Ua Brolchain, and the arch-abbacy of the churches of Ireland in 
general. The bishops of Connaught who were going to this synod were plun- 
dered and beaten, and two of their people killed, at Cuirr-Cluana’, after they 
had left Cluain, by the soldiers of Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath, 
and they returned to their houses... Conchobhar Ua Briain, the son of Domh- 
nall, lord of East Munster, and his son, were blinded by Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain, against the protection of the clergy and laity of Munster. Cear- 
nachan Ua Braein, lord of Luighne [in Meath], died. Ua Domhnaill, lord 
of Corca-Bhaiscinn, was slain by Ua Conchobhair of Corca-Modhruadh. Fear- 
ghal, son of Aedh na n-amhas Ua Ruairc, died. Tadhg, son of Aedh, son 


1158.] 


of Ruaidhri, died. Ua Failbhe”, lord 


two holes of his eyes ; and in the place or hole 
where the marrowe was towards his throat a 
goose might enter." —Ann. Clon, 

s Eas-dara : i.e. the Cataract of the Oak, now 
Ballysadare, in the county of Sligo. 

t Bri-mic-Taidhg : i. e. the Hill of the Son of 
Tadhg. This was the name of a place near Trim, 
in the county of Meath. This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan, as follows : 

** A. D. 1158. Synodus per Clerum Hibernie 
celebrata fuit apud Brigh-mac-Taidhg in re- 
gione de Hi-Loegaire: in qua presente Legato 
Apostolico interfuerunt viginti quinque Epis- 
= copi, pro Ecclesiastica disciplina stabilienda et 


of Corca Duibhne, was slain by the 


moribus in melius commutandis. In hac synodo 
Comorbanus S. Patricii seu Archiepiscopus 
Ardmachanus, et Clerus Hibernie communi 
consilio decreverunt Cathedram Episcopalem, ad 
instar aliorum, dandam esse Comorbano (id est 
successori) S. Columbe Kille Flathberto O’Brol- 
chain : et insuper supremam prefecturam supra 
omnes totius Hibernie Abbatias. Episcopi au- 
tem Connacie non tunc aderant." — Trias 
Thaum., pp. 309 and 505. He leaves the latter 
part of this passage untranslated. i 

* Cuirr-Cluana.—A place on the Shannon, 
near Clonmacnoise, in the King’s County. 

" Ua Failbhe—Now O’Falvy, or Falvy. He 


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1130 ANNALA gioghachca EIRANN. [1158. 


Ouibne, do mapnbao lá hU Ségóa. Cáulaó, mac Oedpaw Uf Phlamn, 
cig(mna Ua cCuipcpe 7 Vál Anpawde Guaipe éuaipceipc Ennn ap emeach, 
oécc. Cenél cConaill oo vompóo ap Ua Caclamn. — Slórgheao lá Trhupéfp- 
cach Ua Laclainn co nUlcaib 4 co nOingiallanb 1 cCín Conall, 7 po moinple 
an tip ercin ceallaib 7 cuataib. Cucpac ona, Cenél cConaill ammup long- 
pume pop Ulcaib, 7 po mapbao Cod Ua Oumnplébe Uf €ocaba, pi Ulad, leó,4 
an Gall Ua Seannarg,7 pocharoe ouaiplib 1 oanpadarb orle cen mo tac pomh. 
Slóicé(ó la Ruaròpı Ua cConcobain co pámicc léitġlmo, 7 po gab bnairgoe Op- 
parge, 7 Caoirgipi, 1 00 pac germeal pop Macpat Ua Tl opóa, ciz(nna Caorgipe. 
Sicpug mac Giolla €nám Ui Oomnaill, coe Clomne Plaic(inail, oo map- 
bao lá Munchad, mac mic Taidg Ui Cheallaig. OG mac Munchada mic 
Taig ona oo mapbad lá Rucióm Ua cConcobarp 1 ngemeal ma óíoganl 
proe. Colach món vo oul ó Ruaibpi O Concobap hi cCíp n€ogam, co 
nofpnpac ulca mona ince. Cpeach lá Rumdm Ua Conċoba lá pfs Con- 
nace 1 cC(tba,4 po occ opeam oo Mhuineip Cépn,7 pug bú romda. Tug- 
pac om pip Ceacba maióm pon opumg oia humci prom. apm 1 ccopnéain 
Comalcac Ua Maolöpénamn, 7 Oonnchad mac mic Coda mic Quaiópi, 4 
mac Giollavé Ui Cpeaparg,1 Ua Macliace,7 Mac eda na namup 4 
Fan Ua Pollamam, 7 po gabad mac Ui Plaicb(pcaig, co nopumg orle vo 
manbaó cen mo tac. Camppe Ua Ciapóa 4 opong opfpab Ceacba vo 
10mpáoó ap Ohiapmaic Ua Maorleaclamn, 7 Oonnchad vo pfogad dóib. 
Gisfinan Ua Ruame 1 Oiapmaio vo toée ma noeacchaw, 7 maim Aca 
Mağne vo bmypead poppa, 7 cneaca móna vo bénam oóib pon Síol Rónán, 7 
pop Cainpmib. Caipppe ona, 7 Oonnchad viomapbad1 Laigmb. Sid Cappe 
oo dénam 1appm,3 Oonnchad vo dol 1 cConnaccanb. Maim pioda om, 
ecin Connaécaib Spéipneacarb 7 Mhvdeachaib. Pole ofpmoip 1pm pampao 
via ccámic cola uipce m Abainn inp na pub hi Sliab Puan, 1 po béáicic 


was chief of Corca-Dhuibhne, now Coreaguiny, * Gillade Ua Treasaigh : anglicé Gilday 
in the west of the county of Kerry. O°’ Tracey. 
* Ui-Sheghdha: anglicó the O'Sheas, who * Ath-Maighne.—See note under the year 
were seated in the barony of Iveragh, in the 1153. 
same county. ^ Inis-na-subh : i.e. the Island of the Straw- 
* Clann-Flaitheamhail.—'These were one of berries, now Inishnasoo, near Newtown-Hamil- 
the seven septs of Hy-Many.— See Tribes and ton, in the county of Armagh. 
Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 31, 16, 77. The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 


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1158.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1131 


Ui-Seghdha* Cuuladh, son of Deoraidh Ua Flainn, lord of Ui-Tuirtre and 
Dal-Araidhe, the Guaire [Aidhne] of the north of Ireland for hospitality, 
died. The Cinél-Conaill turned against Ua Lochlainn. An army was led by 
Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, with the Ulidians and Airghialla, into Tir- 
Conaill, and they plundered the country, both churches and territories ; but 
the Cinel-Conaill made an attack upon the camp of the Ulidians, and slew Aedh 
Ua Duinnsleibhe Ui Eochadha, King of Ulidia, and the Gall Ua Searraigh, and 
many others of the nobility and commonalty besides them. An army was led 
by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair as far as Leithghlinn, and he took the hostages of 
Osraighe and Laeighis; and he fettered Macraith Ua Mordha, lord of Laeighis. 
Sitric, son of Gilla-Enain Ua Domhnaill, chief of Clann-Flaitheamhail’, was slain 
by Murchadh, grandson of Tadhg Ua Ceallaigh ; and the two sons of Mur- 
chadh, son of Tadhg, were killed in fetters by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, in 
revenge of him. A great fleet was sent by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair into Tir- 
Eoghain, which did many injuries therein. A predatory incursion was made 
by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, into Teathbha; and he plun- 
dered some of the Muintir-Ceirin, and carried off many cows. The men of 
'T'eathbha routed a party of his people, and slew Tomaltach Ua Maelbhrenainn ; 
and Donnchadh, grandson of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri ; and the son of Gillade 
Ua Treasaigh'; and Ua Macliag; and Mac Aedha na n-amhas; and Fear- 
chair Ua Follamhain ; and the son of Ua Flaithbheartaigh was taken prisoner; 
and many others were killed besides those above mentioned. The Cairbri- 
Ua-Ciardha, and some of the men of Teathbha, turned against Diarmaid 
Ua Maeleachlainn, and [again] set up Donnchadh as king. Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc and Diarmaid came in pursuit of them, and gained the battle of 
Ath-Maighne* over them, and made great preys upon the Sil-Ronain and the 
Cairbri. The Cairbri then and Donnchadh were banished into Leinster. The 
Cairbri were afterwards conciliated, and Donnchadh proceeded into Con- 
naught. There was then a breach of the peace between the Connaughtmen 
and the men of Breifne and Meath. There-was great rain in the summer, 
from which there came great floods of water into the river of Inis-na-subh’, in 


macnoise give the events of this year as follows: O’Laughlin into Tirconnell, and spoyled all the 

* A, D. 1158. Donell O?Longargan, Arch- land. A Synod by the Corb of Patrick, and 

bishop of Mounster, quievit An army by the clergy of Ireland, at Bry-mac-Teig, where 
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1132 GQNNQGZaG groghachca EIREANN. [1159. 


cpap ap piéic do óaomib m mp na pub. Cácóipne Ua Madadam, cigfpna 
Sil nOnmchada, oécc. — 

Corp Cpíope, mile céo coeccac a naoi. Maolmaipe Ua Comgpis, eppcop 
Lip mop, décc. Cfbél 4 Grollamuipfoars, oa. angcoime Apoa Maca, oécc. 
GHiollacaoimsgin Ua Cemnerccig, cis(pna Upmuman, oécc ma oiliepe 1 cCill 
Oalua. Cemneiccig Ua bpiam 2 mac mic Munchavda, vécc. Oomnall mac 
Conmapa vo baédav pon Sionamo. | Oranmaro, mac Taidg Ui Tl haorlpuanaro, 
cip(pna Mhaige Cuipec, cho comonple, céille, 7 végimprde &oircció Connachc, 
décc. Mod, mac Oonnchaio Uí Concobaip, cigna Ua bParlse, oo manbad 
lá Maolpfchlamn mac Congalarg mic Conaipne Ui Choncobain. Ua Maol- 
donald 7] a dap bnácap oo mapbad lá hUa Canannóm, 1 meabail. Slog 
lá Mumpc(peac mac Néll Ui Coclamn co Ruta Chonall, hi Mwe, 4 po 
1onoapb Oiapmaro, mac Domnall Ui Mhaoileachlamn a pige Mivde,7 oo nao 
níge Mide vo Ohonnchad, mac Oomnaill Ui Maoileaclamn ó Shonamn co 
paippse. Comddal pioda ecin Rumom Ua Concobaip 7 Tigfpnan Ua Ruane, 
q po ponpac pid 7 comluige oo pé pata 7 miono. Tis(pnan ona vo 10mpóo 
co bp(paib bpeipne ap Mhuipce(pcac Ua Caclamn, 1 aóul 1 cleit Connacc. 
Chat opoié(c oo óénam oc At Luan lá Ruaióp Ua cConéobaip an vag 
mnpairgei Mide. Sluaigead la peapa Mie q lá peapaib. Cecba ım pig 
Míde, Oonnchad Ua Maoilpfchlamn, oo tomire an opoicic, 7 po ponpac 
veabad ceccapnae 1m At Luam,7 po gumeaò lod mac Ruaiópi Ui Chonco- 


there were twenty-five Bishops to persuade 
good rule and manners among the people in ge- 
neral. In that time did the Clergy of Ireland, 
with the Corb of Patrick, and the Legat, give a 
Bishop’s chair to the Corb of Columbkill, to 
Flathertach O’Brolchan, as other Bishops; and 
the abbatcie of churches in all Ireland.”— 
Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

“A. D. 1158. Rowrie O'Connor, king of Con- 
noght, with -his forces, went to Leythlyn, 
where he tooke the hostages of Ossorie and 
Lease, and tooke captive with him Macrath 
O’More, prince of Lease. Hugh O’Dempsie, 
prince of Clanmalierie, died. Carbrey O’Kyer- 
gie, accompanied with Teaffa-men, made a re- 
trayte upon Dermott O’Melaughlyn, deposed 


him, and putt again Donnogh O’Melaughlyn 
in his former place. Tyernan O’Royrck and 
Dermott followed them to Athmoyne (now called 
Lismoyne), where they gave an overthrow and 
took great preys from Sileronan and Kyergie.” 
[The sept of] ** Carbrey was banished to Lyn- 
ster, and afterwards came to an attonement, 
and Donnogh was banished into Connoght. 
Connor mac Donnell O’Bryen was taken by 
Terlagh O’Bryen, and his little son with him ; 
they both had their eyes putt out, notwith- 
standing that there was an agreement between 
them of continuall peace, with sureties and 
oaths taken before the prelates of the church. 
There was convocation of all the clergy in Ire- 
land at Breyvickteig. The Bushopps of Con- 


1159.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1133 


Sliabh-Fuaid, and twenty-three persons were drowned on Inis-na-subh. Cu- 
coirne Ua Madadhain, lord of Sil-Anmchadha, died. 

The Age of Christ, 1159. Maelmaire Ua Loingsigh, Bishop of Lis-mor, 
died. Abel and Gillamuireadhaigh, both anchorites of Ard-Macha, died. 
Gillacaeimhghin Ua Ceinneidigh, lord of Ormond, died on his pilgrimage at 
Cill-Dalua. Ceinneidigh Ua Briain, i e. the grandson of Murchadh, died. 
Domhnall Mac Conmara was drowned in the Sinainn. Diarmaid, son of Tadhg 
Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg, head of the counsel, wisdom, and good 
supplication of the province of Connaught, died. Aedh, son of Donnchadh 
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, was killed by Maelseachlainn, son of 
Conghalach, son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair. Ua Maeldoraidh and his two 
brothers were treacherously slain by O'Canannain. An army was led by Muir- 
cheartach, son of Niall Ua Lochlainn, to Rubha-Chonaill', in Meath, and he 
banished Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, from the kingdom of 
Meath, and gave the kingdom of Meath, from the Sinainn to the sea, to Donn- 
chadh, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn. There was a pacific meeting be 
tween Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan ; and they made peace, and 
took mutual oaths before sureties and relics. Tighearnan and the men of 
Breifne then turned against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and joined the stan- 
dard of Connaught. A wicker bridge was made at Ath-Luain by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair, for the purpose of making incursions into Meath. The forces 
of Meath and Teathbha, under the conduct of the King of Meath, Donnchadh 
Ua Maeleachlainn, went to prevent the erection of the bridge; and a battle was 
fought between both parties at Ath-Luain, where Aedh, son of Ruaidhri 


nought, with the Archbushopp Hugh O'Hosyn, 
took their journey to come thither, and as they 
were passing towards Clonvicknose, with two 
of the Cowarbs of Saint Keyran in their com- 
panie, and as they were coming to the joyste or 
wooden bridge over the Seanyn, at Clonvick- 
nose, called Curr Clwana, they were mett by 
the rebell Carbre the Swift and his kearne, who 
killed two laymen, and did not suffer them to 
goe noe neerer the said convocation for another 
cause he had himselfe.. There was a great 
mound of fire seen in the firmament this year, 


westerly of Tea-Doyn in Munster. It was 
bigger than Saint Patrick’s mount” [Croagh- 
patrick], * which dispersed in severall showers 
of small sparkling fire, without doing any hurt. 
This was upon the eave of St.John, in Autumn,” 
Ann. Clon. 

* Rubha-Chonaill.—This place retains this 
name to the present day among those who speak 
Irish ; but it is usually anglicised Rathconnell. 


‘It is the name of a townland and parish in the 


barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon, in the 
county of Westmeath. 


1134 aNNazta gioshachca em ean. 


bap, niogoamna Connacc, co nepbailc 1 cmo plécrmaine dia gonaib. SlHgslo 
mon la Ruan Ua Concobaip 1appm co Connachcaib ma pappad, 7 co ceat 
oo Chuaómumam, 4 la Ci$(mnán Ua Ruane co bp(paib ópeipne 1 Mwe, co 
pamic Loc Semdide. Locap appre 1apam co hAt Phipdiaw. Slog ole 
la Muipcefpeach Ua Lachlamn co maichib Chenél Conall 7 €ogam, 7 an 
cuaipceinc apċfna 1 porimim Oipgiall co hA Phipdiad bedp. Peacaip cat 
(coppa annpın,] moióm pop Chonnaccaib, pon Chonthorcmb,7 pop Uib Spun 
amal po baccap wle pé cata commópa,7 laaic an vá cac oile a noeapg áp 
im Ghiollacmopc, mac Taig Ui Mhaolpuanmsd, cigna Muze Cups, ım 
Munnefpcach Mac Tadg, ım MuipfSach Ua Mannacam, eiz(pnaUa mópiáim 
na Sionna, ım bpanán Mac bpanain, coipfch Copco CAclann, 1m Cetepnach 
Ua Pollamam 2. caoipeac Clomne hUaccaé, ım Cod mac Mic Uallacám, 
coipeac Mhumcine Cionaecha, 1m Gealbuide Ua $eacnapaiz, ım Oonnchad 
mac mic Cloba mic Ruaodm, 1m Oianmaro Ua Conċeanamn, im Chtiup mac 
mic Cnaimín, ım òá mac Concobain Ui Chonéobarp, 7 1m Mupchad mac 
Oomnenll Uí Phlacb(pcang, co pocharoib ole ouciplib, q vanpadarb mmonlle 
pmú. CAciac na mace concpacan annpin ó Urb Opin, Mac na hanwdce 
Ua Cfnacam, Cámapa Ua Cumpám, Giolla na naom Ua Galán, caoipeac 
Clomne Oungalarg, Annad mac Noennfnarg Uí Cheanbanll, 7 a bnataip, mac 
conpnme Ui Comgpís, capea Cenél 6acaicc, Macpat Ua Copmavám, 
Macpat Ua Cuaggain, va caoipeac Cenél Ouacáin, mac Mic Prombaipp 
Uí Gepadan, 1 pocawe ele cen mo tacpom. | Opong móp vo Mhuirhneacharb 
m mac mic Giollacianain Uí Cimnéiccig. Ro mnpupcain Muipclpeach 
Uf ómám, 4 nooipcc Mumncip GEnadain. Oo pao ona Tin mbeccon, 7 Tip 
Phiacac,; Calli Pollamam,7 Sooam,1 Pionncam via pann pem vo phaw 
Mive, q po pole 1ap. pm Conall 7 €ogam ım Muipefptach via ccízib co 


(1159. . 


* Ua Seachnasaigh.—Now O’Shaughnessy. 
He was chief of Kinelea, a territory lying round 
the town of Gort, in the barony of Kiltartan, 
county of Galway. 

* Mae Cnaimhin.—Now anglicised Mac Nevin. 
See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 68, 69. 

f Ui-Briuin : i. e. the Ui-Briuin Breifne, 
seated in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan. 

s Cinel- Duachain.—Otherwise written Cinel- 


Luachain, a tribe giving name to a territory 
situated at the foot of Sliabh-an-iarainn, in the 
county of Leitrim. The parish of Oughteragh 
is a part of it.—See note ?, under A. D. 1341; 
and note *, under 1390. 

^ Muintir-Geradhain.—See note*, under A. D. 
1080, p. 916, supra. 

i T'ir- Beccon.—See note *, on Ui-Beccon, A. D. 
1066, p. 889, supra. 


geo nuc. 


ot gp 


1159.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1135 


Ua Conchobhair, royal heir of Connaught, was wounded, and he died of his 
wounds at the end of a week. A great army was after this led by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair with the Connaughtmen, and a battalion of Thomond, and 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the men of Breifne, into Meath, until they reached 
Loch Semhdhighe. They afterwards proceeded from thence to Ath-Fhirdiaidh 
[in the plain of the Oirghialla] Another army was led by Muircheartach 
Ua Lochlainn, with the chiefs of Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, and of the 
“north in general, to Ath-Fhirdiadh also, to relieve the Oirghialla. A battle was 
there fought between them, in which the Connaughtmen, the Conmhaicni, and 


Ui-Briuin, amounting in all to six large battalions, were defeated, and the - 


other two battalions were dreadfully slaughtered ; and among the rest Gilla- 
christ, son of Tadhg Ua Maelruanaidh, lord of Magh-Luirg; Muircheartach 
Mac Taidhg ; Muireadhach Ua Mannachain, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna ; Branan 
Mac Branain, chief of Corca-Achlach ; Ceithearnach Ua Follamhain, chief of 
Clann-Uadach; Aedh, son of Mac Uallachain, chief of Muintir-Chinaetha ; 
Gealbhuidhe Ua Seachnasaigh'; Donnchadh, son of Aedh, son of Ruaidhri; 
Diarmaid Ua Conceanainn; Athius, son of Mac Cnaimhin*; the two sons of 
Conchobhar Ua Conchobhair; Murchadh, the son of Domhnall Ua Flaith- 
bheartaigh ; and many others of the nobility and commonalty along with them. 
These were the chieftains there slain of the Ui-Briuin!: Mac-na-haidhche 
Ua Cearnachain; Cumara Ua Cumrain; Gilla-na-naemh Ua Galain, chief of 
Clann-Dunghalaigh; Annadh, son of Noenneanaigh Ua Cearbhaill, and his 
brother; the son of Cufraich Ua Loingsigh, chief of Cinel-Bacat; Macraith 
Ua Tormadain, and Macraith Ua Cuagain, two chiefs of Cinel-Duachain*; the 
son of Mac-Finnbhairr Ua Gearadhain, and many others besides them. Also 
a great number of the Munstermen, with the son of Gillachiarain Ua Ceinnei- 
digh. Muircheartach devastated Tir-Briuin and plundered Muintir-Geradhain*. 
He gave Tir-Beccon’, Tir-Fhiachachj, Cailli-Follamhain*, Sodhair, and Finn- 
tain™, which were his own lands, to the men of Meath. And after this the 
Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, and Muircheartach, returned to their houses 


i Tir-Fhiachach.—See note *, under 507, p.166, ` 1 Sodhair.—'This is probably at present a pa- 
supra. rish in the barony of Slane, county of Meath. 
. * Cailli-Follamhain.—See note under A. D. ? Finntain.—The situation of this territory 
882. | is unknown to the Editor. 


m 


AS PY ee ne 


ANNATA gioghachca EIREANN. 


1136 01160. 


ccopccap 4 commaoró(m. Sluaglo ole lá Mumċrcach co mati Cenel 
Conall, Gogain, Cipgialla,7 an cuaipeceanc wle ap aon mp co Connaccaib, 
q po loipep(c Dún mop, Dún ciapparge, Dún na nall, q po millple mop oon 
cín.apé(na. Soap via tig 1apom gan pit gan Falla. Sluaigh ele beóp lá 
hUa Laċlaimn ı Míde vo 1onnanbad Uí Ruarc. Ro comnmfo oa cat Cenél 
Conaill 7 €ogain. ppí pé mip pop pha TTlioe .ı. cac in 1apéap Mide, 7 cat 
ma haipé(p. Oo póme pie 1apccam ppi hUa Róonpc, po léice a pfpann 
pein 06.1. p(ponn. an 10méopnama. Oo pad ona pige Carg(n wle vo Mac 
Munpchada 7 po ronnanb mac Mic Faoláin. Oce poad vo via tig po orice 
Oelbna mop, 1 Ui mac ua Opeas. 

Cop Cpiopc, mile cév peapccac. Fiond Mac Hopman, eppcop Cille 
napa, 7 abb manach luba: Chino cpacca ppi pé, oég. Neaccan eppcop oécc. 
Giolla na naem Ua Duinn p(pléigmn Inpr Clotpann, paor p(néupa, 1 vána, 1 
bolghin labpa, no paòphn a ppipac co a acapóa ecip conaid angel an 17 00 
Oecembep 1app an octmad bhadan ap 6aogao a dome.  QGiollacmopc 
Ua Maoilbelcaine, an cuapal pacapc,7. an capomargipcip, véce ma p(noa- 
cam ian notsb(cha. Mod ó Oommliace décc. Lagmad 4 C(nocopnao vo 
lopead. Oonnchad mac Oorhnaill Uf Mhaoileaclaann, pi Mide, o manbad 


^ Dun-mor.—Now Dunmore, below Tuam, in 
the county of Galway, 

^ Dun- Ciarraighe.—N ot identified. 

? Dun-na-nGall: i.e. the Fort of the For- 
eigners. Not identified. 

3? Mac Fhaelain.— Usually anglicised Mackelan 
in the Anglo-Irish documents.— See note 4, 
under A. D. 1203. 

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise give the events of this year as fol- 
lows: 

“ A. D. 1159. Dermot mac Teig O'Mulrony 
mortuus est. An army by Murtach O'Loghlin, 
with the best of Kindred-Owen, to assist Air- 
gialls to  Athfirdee. Connaght, Conmacne, 
O-Briuins, a greate battle of Mounster came to 
Athnecassverna to give battle to Kindred-Owen. 
Airgialls about O'Laughlin came to the same 
ford, and broke of Connaght, Conmacne, and 
Ibriuin, as they were, being all six great battles. 


The other two battles had their slaughter, viz.: 
Connaght about Gillchrist mac Dermot mic 
Teig; Murtagh mae Teig; Donogh O’Flath- 
vertay; the nobility of West Connaght, and 
Brien Manegh mac Coner mic Tirlagh ; O'Ma- 
naghan, king of O-Briuin, at Synan; Branan 
mae Gillehrist Mac Branan, king of Corke- 
Aghlan ; Synan O'Syvlen, king of Onethagh, 
et alii multi nobiles ; and upon O-Briuine about 
Mactiernan, Mac Kilfinen O'Rody; Mac Swine 
O’Gallan ; Mac Convay O'Tormadan ; Mac 
Hugh-na-navas, capten of Conmacne; O?Dun- 
chua; Finvar Mac Finvair O'Geradan, chief of 
Muinter-Gerudan, and a great number of Mun- 
ster-men about Mac Killkyran O'Kynedy; and 
Macnehyhe O’Kernaghan” [was] *killed the 
next day upon a praye; and Kyndred-Owen 
carryed with them innumerable droves of cowes, 
and went to their homes with great triumph. 
An army by Murtagh O’Laghlin, with Tyrone, 


^ 
14, 


1160. ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1137 


with victory and exultation. Another army was led by Muircheartach, having 
the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel-Eoghain, the Airghialla, and all the northerns, with 
him, into Connaught; and they burned Dun-mor', Dun-Ciarraighe*, Dun na- 
nGall?, and destroyed a great part of the country generally. Another army was 
led by Ua Lochlainn, into Meath, to expel Ua Ruairc. He billeted the two 
battalions of the Cinel-Conail and Cinel-Eoghain, for the space of a month, 
upon the men of Meath, i.e. a battalion on West Meath and another on East 
Meath. He afterwards made peace with Ua Ruairc, and left his own land to 
him, i e. the land of the defence. He also gave the kingdom of all Leinster 
to Mac Murchadha, and expelled the son of Mac Fhaelain* On his return to 
his house he plundered Dealbhna-mor, and Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh. 

The Age of Christ, 1160. Finn Mac Gormain, Bishop of Cill-dara, and 
who had been abbot of the monks of Iubhair-Chinn-trachta’ for a time, died. 
Neachtan, a bishop, died. — Gilla-na-naemh Ua Duinn‘, lector of Inis-Clothrann, 
a paragon in history and poetry, and a good speaker, sent his spirit to his 
[heavenly] patrimony, amid a choir of angels, on the 17th of December, in the 
fifty-eighth year of his age.  Gillachrist Ua Maelbeltain, the noble priest and 
chief master, died at an advanced age, after a good life. Aedh of Daimhliag 
died. Lughmhadh and Ceann-coradh were burned. Donnchadh,son of Domhnall 


Argialls, Ulster, and Kindred-Connell, into 
Connaght, and burnt Dunmore, Dunkerry, and 
Dunengall, and spoyled much of the country, 
but returned to their country without peace or 
pledges, and in that journey won O'Garmleay 
ahd Kindred-Moan. Moylemore O’Longsy, By- 
shopp of Lismore, suam vitam feliciter finivit. 
Morough O’Roaghan, king of Easterns” [ Oriors], 
* mortuus est. Three O'Muldories murthered 
by O'Canannan."—— Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* A. D. 1159. King Mortagh came to Rowe- 
Connell, in Meath, and banished Dermott O'Me- 
laughlin from out of all Meath, and deposed 
him of his principallity, and confirmed Don- 
nogh, his brother, in the possession thereof. 
Abbel, anchorite of Ardmagh, died. Rowrie 
O'Connor and Tyernane O'Royrcke tooke their 


severall oathes to be true to one another in all 
respects, whereupon they retraited against Mor- 
tagh, king of Ireland, and rebelled against him. 
Rowrie O'Connor made a wooden bridge at 
Athlone, that he might have passage to take the 
spoyles of Meath. The forces of Meath and 
Teaffa came to hinder the making of the said 
bridge, with their king, Donnough O'Melaugh- 
lyn, and fought with Rowrie O'Connor, where, 
in the end, Rowrie O'Connor's son was sore 
hurt of an irrecoverable” [recté, incurable] 
“wound, whereof he died within a week after.” 
—Ann. Clon. 

* Iubhair Chinn-trachta.—Now Newry, in the 
county of Down. ] 

s Gilla-na-naemh Ua Duinn.—For some ac- 
count of poems written by him, see O’Reilly’s 
Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. |xxxv. 


TE 


“aNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. 


1138 (1160. 


la Munchad Ua Pmnvollain, ciljna Oealbna méipe, 1 la a maca cpa a 
anpolcaib 7 cma éioncaib péin. Oá Ua Maoloonad vo mapbad hi proll láp 
an Qhecléneac Ua cCanannámn, la cig(mna Cenél Conall pop pnadad laot 4 
clémeac Cenél Conaill buoóém. An cClhiecleipeach peipin 7 dá Ua Canan- 
náin oile immaille ppip vo mapbao lá Cenél Conall 1 nofogail a n€img. 
Loncan Ua Cainvelbain, cig(nna Laogaine, oo tuicim lá hClod mac Conulad 
Ui Camoealbám 1 nė Thum. Oornall Ua Sapmleadarg, coipeach 
Ceneoil Moain vo tuicim la Maolpuanaw, csfpna Fín Manach, 7 mače 
Cenel Moain rmaille ppip cpa péll, 7 mebaul, ap ponccongna Muipefprargs 
Ui Coclamn. Med Ua hAnmeéada, cigfpna Ua Maccaille, oo mapbao la 
macai an giollacaoie Ui Anmchada. | bpooap mac Cupcaill, cigna Cea 
chat, oo mapbao lá Maolcnén Mac Siollapecnaill. FPlaitöMrach Ua Ca- 
cupar$, ci&(nna. Saitne, cainveal saupccw 7 (ngnama Mide, vég.  Oornall 
mac Gollapecnaull, cis(pna veipceipt bpeag, vo mapbao la Muipclpeac, 
mac Oomnaill Ui Mhaoileaċlamn gan cionaio. Mupchad Ua Ruadacan, 
ci&(pmma Ua n€acdac, oég. Tadg Ua Fingal vo manbad lá a bnataip 
pépin, Ged Ua Peangal. Rucdp: Ua Tomaleas, caorpeac Muincine 
Ouibecain, emeach 7 (gnam Ua Turpe, oo cuicim lá Fab bpeipne. 
Opong oo Chenél €ógam im Ua n&earmleaoaig, 7 1m mac Ui Néill, oo 
'0mpuo pop Ua Caclomn, 7 cneac móp vo óénam oóib paip. Micopcad món 
do pap hi ccuaipceapc Epeann ve pm gup po mll an cip co mép. Cpeach 
ona lá hUa Laclamn ma noiaro pom hi cTeapmann Oábeócc, sup po bin 
buap dípíme dfob. Marsm Mhage Luadac pa cCenél Eogain Toléa Occ 
pop Ua nSapmleadarg, 7 pon Oornall Ua Coca, 7 pop Unb Piacpach, 
Dú m po manbad pocharde fob, ap oon cup pin do pocarp, co nemhéror- 
cach, Mupcfpcach Ua Néll la Lochlamn Mac Coclamn, 4 do pocain Coc- 
lamn 1apam ma dfogail lá mac Ui Né. Sluaig(ó ona, la Ruain Ua cCon- 
cobain, lá pig Connacc, co hCfé peme co lopapap, 4 po gab bnaigove ph 


t Ui- Maccaille. —Now the barony of Imokilly, 
in the county of Cork. 

* Ua Ruadhacan, lord of Ui-Eathach : i. e. 
O’Rogan, lord of Ui-Eathach, or Iveagh, in the 
now county of Down. The O’Rogans are still 
extant, but reduced to poverty and obscurity. 

* Magh-Luaghat : i.e. Luaghat’s Plain. This 


name is now obsolete, but it was probably the 
ancient name of the plain now called Maghera- 
cregan, situated near Newtown-Stuart, in the 
barony of Omagh, and county of Tyrone. 

* The Cinel-Eoghain of Tulach-Og.—This was 
the tribe name of the O’Hagans, who were 
seated at Tullaghoge, or Tullyhoge, in the ba- 


1160.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1139 


Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath, was killed by Murchadh Ua Finnollain, 
lord of Dealbhna-mor, and his son, through [old] grudges, and through his 
own faults. Two of the Ui-Maeldoraidh were killed by the Aithchleireach 
Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, while under the protection of the laity 
and clergy of the Cinel-Conaill themselves. The Aithchleireach himself and 
two others of the Ui-Canannain were killed by the Cinel-Conaill, in revenge of 
their guarantee. Lorcan Ua Caindealbhain, lord of Laeghaire, fell by Aedh, 
son of Cuuladh Ua Caindealbhain, at Ath-Truim. Domhnall Ua Goirmleadh- 
aigh, chief of Cinel-Moain, was slain by Maelruanaidh, lord of Feara-Manach, 
and the chiefs of Cinel-Moain along with him, through treachery and guile, at 
the instance of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn. Aedh Ua hAnmchadha, lord of 
Ui-Maccaille', was slain by the sons of Gillacaech Ua hAnmchadha. Brodar, son 
of Turcall lord of Ath-cliath, was killed by Maeleron Mac Gillaseachnaill. 
Flaithbheartach Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne, lamp of the chivalry and prowess 
of Meath, died. Domhnall, son of Gillaseachnaill, lord of South Breagha, was 
killed by Muircheartach, son of Domhnall Ua Maeleachlainn, without [his being 
guilty of any] crime. Murchadh Ua Ruadhacan", lord of Ui-Eathach, died. 
Tadhg Ua Fearghail was killed by his own brother, Aedh Ua Fearghail. 
Ruaidhri Ua Tomaltaigh, chief of Muintir-Duibhetain, [soul of] the hospitality 
and prowess of Ui-Tuirtre, fell by the men of Breifne. Some of the Cinel- 
Eoghain, with Ua Goirmleadhaigh and the son of Ua Neill, turned against 
Ua Lochlainn, and committed a great depredation against him. . A great com- 
motion arose in the north of Ireland, in consequence of this, so that the country 
was much injured. A predatory force was sent after them [the aforesaid party 
of the Cinel-Eoghain] by Ua Lochlainn, to Tearmann-Daibheog, which forced 
a countless number of cows from them. The battle of Magh-Luadhat" was : 
gained by the Cinel-Eoghain of Tulach-Og* over Ua Goirmleadhaigh, Domhnall 
Ua Crichain, and the Ui-Fiachrach [of Ard-sratha]; and on this occasion Muir- 
cheartach Ua Neill was undeservedly killed by Lochlainn Mac Lochlainn ; and 
Lochlainn was afterwards slain, in revenge of him, by the son of Ua Neill. 
An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, to Ath- 
Feine, at Iraras"; and he took the hostages of the men of Teathbha and Meath, 


rony of Dungannon, and county of Tyrone. & ford on a stream near Ories or Oris, in the 
* Ath-feine at Iraras.—' This was the name of barony of Clonlonan, and county of Westmeath. 


TER 


1140 annaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1161. 


Tleba, 7 pn Mide, 4 do pao Oriapmaio, mac Oomnaill Ui Maoleaclamn a 
cc(nnap, 1 a ccig(mnap poppa. Comdal pioda occ Cap Rud eicip Ruan 
Ua Choncobain, 4 Muipe(pcach Ua Coclamn, q po pcaoil a ccomne 6 apoile 
gan naióm píoó na opad eacoppa.  Sluargfo lá Muipefpcac Ua Coclamn co 
ccuaipcceapc Eneann mmi co hA na Oaipbpíse ap omg pn Mide 7 ph 
mópeipne oo $abáil. Slog lá Rumdm Ua cConcobaip co Mas n&Gapccon 
hi pomem Cig(nnám Ui Ruarpe, ceig(pna bpeipne, 7 Ohiapmaoa Ut Mhao- 
leachlamn, ní Míde. Acc po ves Ota gan cat, gan catnae, gan pid, gan 
opad. Colach la Ruaiopi Ua cConcobaip ap Sionainn,7 ap Loc nOepgoerpe, 
7 po sab bpargoe Toippdealbarg Ui Ohman 7 Dal cCaip. 

Coir Cpiorc, mle céo peapccac a haon. Cod Ua hOippem, apvepreop 
Thuama, 7 c(nn cnábaio, 1 s(nmnargecca Leite Chuinn, Caog Ua Longapcan, 
eppcop Cuaómuman, Irac Ua Cuandin, eppcop Ele 7 Rup Cpé, 65,9 apo- 
phon Opin Muman, Maolbpénornn Ua Ronan, eppcop Ciappaige Cuacna, 
7 lomap Ua hinnneacrang, aincmneach Mucnama, q cig(pna Ua Mere pm 
né, décc. Ragnall Ua Oálaig, ollam Ofpmuman le van, décc. Rucdm 
Ua Concobain, p Connacc, vo sabail siall Coippoealbarg Uí Ohman. 
Sloigfo lá Ruaiópi Ua cConcobain go cConnaccaib,7 lá Tigfpnén Ua Ruane 
50 bpa Opeipne, hi Mie, 4 po gab bnaigoe Ua bPaolain 4 Ua bPalge, 
] no páccaib Faolan, mac Mic Phaolám hı cig(pnap Ua bPaolain 7 Maol- 


* Ath-na-Dairbhrighe : i.e. Ford of the Oak, 
now Derwy, or Dervor, situated on the confines 
of the counties of Meath and Cavan, in the pa- 
rish of Castlekieran, barony of Upper Kells, and 
county of Meath.— Ord. Map, sheet 10. 

* Magh Gartchon : i. e. Gartchon’s Plain. Un- 
known. 

The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise give the events of this year as follows: 

“ A. D. 1160. Donogh O’Melaghlin, king of 
Meath, kylled by Mac Finallan treacherously. 
O'Canannan, king of Kindred-Connell, killed by 
the Connells themselves by burning a house 
uppon him by O'Boyll. Flathvertagh O’Catha- 
say, king of Saithne, died. Finn O'Gennan, Bishop 
of Killdare, abbot of Monks, at the Nury for a 
long tyme, migravit ad Dominum. Brodar mac 


Torkall, king of Dublin, killed by south Brey. 
The great slaughter of Magh-Lugat by Kyndred- 
Owen Telcha-Og, uppon O’Garmleai, Donell 
O’Krighan, and O-Fiachraghs, that innumerable 
of them were slayne in that skyrmish. Murtagh 
O’Neale was slayne by Loghlin O’Loghlin inno- 
cently; but Loghlin in revenge of that was 
killed by O’Neal’s son. O’Garmleay was mur- 
dered by Donell O’Mulrony by the devise of 
O’Neale, having dishonored the clearks of Ire- 
land, and the reliques or oathes. An army by 
Murtagh O’Neall, together with Tyrone, and 
Argyalls, to Mandula, to banish O’Gormleay, 
where he was slayne as aforesaid, and his head 
carried to Ardmagh through Patrick and Colum- 
Kill."—.4Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

** A. D. 1160. David Mac Moylecolume, King 


bue 


1161.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1141 


and he placed Diarmaid, son of Domhnall Ui Maeleachlainn, in chieftainship 
and lordship over them. There was a pacific meeting at Eas-Ruaidh, between 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn ; and they sepa- 
rated from each other without concluding a peace or armistice. An army was 
led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, with the people of the north of Ireland 
about him, to Ath-na-Dairbhrighe*. for the purpose of taking the [hostages of 
the] men of Meath and the men of Breifne. An army was led by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair to Magh-Gartchon’, to relieve Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of 
Breifne, and Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath. But God separated 
them, without battle or conflict, without peace, without armistice. A fleet was 
brought by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair upon the Sinainn, and upon Loch-Derg- 
dhere; and he took the hostages of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain and the Dal- 
gCais. 

The Age of Christ, 1161. Aedh Ua hOissen, Archbishop of Tuam, head 
of the piety and chastity of Leath-Chuinn ; Tadhg Ua Longargain, Bishop of 
Thomond ; Isaac Ua Cuanain, Bishop of Eile and Ros-Cre’, a virgin, and chief 
senior of East Munster ; Maelbhrenainn Ua Ronain, Bishop of Ciarraighe Lu- 
achra*; and Imhar Ua hInnreachtaigh, airchinneach of Mucnamh, and [who had 
been] lord of Ui-Meith for a time, died. Raghnall Ua Dalaigh, ollamh of Des- 
mond in poetry, died. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Connaught, took the, 
hostages of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con- 
chobhair, with the Connaughtmen, and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with the men 
of Breifne, into Meath, and took the hostages of the Ui-Faelain and the 
Ui-Failghe, and left Faelan, the son of Mac Fhaelain, in the lordship of the 


of Scottland, Wales, and the borders of England, 
the greatest potentate in these parts of Europe, 
died. Eugenius Tertius, the Pope, and Con- 
rado, the Emperor of Allmayne, died. King 
Mortagh granted the kingdome of Meath, from 
the river of Synen to the seas, to Moyleaghlyn 
mae Murrogh O'Melaghlyn, and the principal- 
lity of the O-Byens" [the Ui-Briuin-Breifne] 
“to Tyernan O^ Royrck, took their hostages, and 
returned to his own house.. St. Bernard, abbott 
of Clarvall” [Clairvaux], “died. Melaghlyn 


mac Murrogh, king of Meath, tooke hostages of 
Offaelan and Offalie, for their obedience to 
him.” —Ann. Clon. 

* Bishop of Eile and Ros- Cre.— This bishop- 
rick, which comprised the present baronies of 
Clonlisk and Ballybritt, in the King's County, 
and those of Ikerrin and Eliogarty, in the 
county of Tipperary, is now a part of the dio- 
cese of Killaloe. 

* Bishop of Ciarraigh- Luachra : i. e. Bishop of 
Kerry, or Ardfert. 


1142 ANNALA RIOshachca EIREANN. (1161. 


péchlamn Ua Conċobam hi ccig(mnap Ua bpailge.  Sluargheaoó la Mun- 
é(pcach Ua Caclamn 1 nU ómám, q po mom an cíp pomme go nadine Lic 
mólaóma.  Cangaccap gall 7 Corgm co na pig, Orapmaro mac Muntada, 
ma teach connicce pm. Oo pao Ruawp Ua Concobain ceitpe bpoigoe 06 
oap c(nn Ua mbmum, 7 Conmaicne leite Muman 7 Mide,7 cuc Ua Caclaimn 
a céiccead comlán oopom. Oo pao ona, cos Largin uile oo Ohianmaio 
Mac Mupchada. Ri €peann ona cen ppepabpa Muipc(pcac Ua Cactamn 
oon éup pm. Oo pao an lít panic 06 von Mhide oo Ohiapmaro Ua Mhao- 
leaclainn, 7 baoi an leat oile occ Rumodpi Ua Concobaip. Ro po Ua Laċ- 
lamn da G15 1apom. Oo pao ona Orapmare Ua Maoilp(chlamn bmo 
Gpegaile 00 Ohia 7 06 [Chanan]. Slog ole la hUa Laclainn 1 Míde hı 
ccomdail pp n€peann, laechanb, cléncib co he na Oapbpige, 7 po sab a 
mbnaigoe mle. Ap oon éup pin po paopaice cealla Cholam Chille hi Míde 4 
hi Cangmb la comanba Colaim Chille, Plaicb(pcach Ua bpolcdin,7 cugad dó a 
ccám,] a pmacc uap pobcan oaopa pomme pin. Cuac Oppaige vo cabat 
la Ploicb(pcach Ua mópoléám, 4 apeaó bá diop 66 peace Picic oam, acc 
apé piach po coibzeaó ann piche unge ap ceicpi céo ooarpgeac Fil. oppa 
Ua Ragallans oo manbad hi cC(nanoup la Maolpeaclainn Ua Ruame. Oo 
pocaip ona, a mac Giolla lopá lap an Maolpeaclamn céona apnabápach. 
Teach vo $abáil oo Chatal Ua Ragallaig, 1. mac Hopnada, pop Maolpfch- 
lamn Ua Ruane pop láp Slame, 4 po mapbad ann Mumpc(pcac Ua Ceallaiz, 
cima Onl, q a bi 1. Inoeapb, ing Uf Camoealbam. Tma mmonpo 
Maolpeaclainn ap oon cup pm. Mawm ma nOomnall Caomanac, mac mic 
Mupchada, 7 ma nUib Cemnpealoig pon Ghallaib Loca Capman, of 1 ccop- 
cpaccap ile im Ua nOomnall, Macudan, mac mic Cponám, 1s (pna Can- 


^ Leac-Bladhma.—Now Lickblaw, or Leckbla, 
a well-known place in the barony of Fore, and 
county of Westmeath.—See note ", under A. D. 
1027, p. 514, supra. 

* Beann-Artghaile: i.e. Artghal’s Peak or 
Pinnacle. Now unknown. This passage, which 
is left imperfect in all the copies of the Annals 
of the Four Masters, is here restored from Ma- 
geoghegan’s translation of the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise. Dr. O'Conor translates it very in- 


correctly as follows : 

* Dedit deinde Diarmitius O'Maolseachlan, 
uxorem Artgali? [bend Anzgaile] * Deo et 
ei^ It should be: **Contulit tunc Diarmitius 
O'Maelseachlainn Benn-Artghali” [ Pinnam Art- 
ghali, pagum terre in Midia] “ Deo et sancto 
Kiarano.” 

à Ath-na- Dairbhrighe.—N ow Dervor, in Meath. 
See note *, under A. D. 1160, suprà. 

* Domhnall Caemhanach : anglicé Donnell Ka- 


1161.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1143 


Ui-Faelain, and Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair in the lordship of Ui-Failghe. 
An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into Ui-Briuin, and he plun- 
dered the country before him, until he arrived at Leac-Bladhma*. The foreigners 
and the Leinstermen, with their king, Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, came into his 
house there. Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair gave him four hostages for Ui-Briuin, 
Conmhaicne, the half of Munster and Meath ; and Ua Lochlainn gave him his 
entire province [of Connaught]. He also gave the entire province of Leinster 
to Diarmaid Mac Murchadha. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn was therefore, on 
this occasion, King of Ireland without opposition. He gave the half of Meath 
which came to him to Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, and the other half was in 
the possession of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. After this Ua Lochlainn returned 
to his house. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn granted Beann-Artghaile* to God 
and [St. Ciaran]. Another army was led by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn into 
Meath, to attend a meeting of the men of Ireland, both laity and clergy, at 
Ath-na-Dairbhrighe*; and he obtained all their hostages. It was on this occa- 
sion the churches of Colum-Cille in Meath and Leinster were freed by the suc- 
cessor of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain ; and their tributes and 
jurisdiction were given him, for they had been previously enslaved. The visi- 
tation of Osraighe was made by Flaithbheartach ; and the tribute due to him 
was seven score o¥en, but he selected, as a substitute for these, four hundred 
and twenty ounces of pure silver. Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh was killed at 
Ceanannus, by Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc. His son, Gilla-Isa [Ua Raghal- 
laigh], also fell by the same Maelseachlainn, on the following day. A house 
was [forcibly] taken by Cathal Ua Raghallaigh, i. e. the son of Godfrey, against 
Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc, in the middle of Slaine ; and there were killed 
therein Muircheartach Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, and his wife, i.e. Indearbh, 
daughter of Ua Caindealbhain. Maelseachlainn, however, made his escape on 
this occasion. A victory was gained by Domhnall Caemhanach'*, son of Mac 
Murchadha, and the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, over the foreigners of Loch-Carman 
[Wexford], where many were slain, together with Ua Domhnall. Matudhan, 


vanagh. Keating states that he was so called ster. Giraldus Cambrensis states, in his Hiber- 
because he was fostered at Cill-Chaemhain, now nia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 3, that this Domhnall 
Kilcavan, near Gorey, in the county of Wexford. was the illegitimate son of Dermot, King of 
He is the progenitor of the Kavanaghs of Lein- — Leinster.— See note *, under A. D. 1175. 


1144 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1162. 


pne Gabpa, vo cuicim lá macaib Mec Congeimle. Oomnall, mac Congalaig 
mic Conaipne Ui Choncobain Pailge, canay Ua Pailge, oo mapbao la 
Clomn Mhaologna. Maim pia cCuadmumam pon Oheapmumam, 1 czop- 
cain Maolpfchlamn, mac Ceallacain, mac mec Cantaig,7 Anmlaoib Ua Oonn- 
chada co pochawib ole. Mam ole ona, lap an lucc céona pon Oeapmu- 
mam 1 ccopċain Qod Ua Caom, cig(pna. P(pmuige, 1 vá Ua CInmcaoa. 
Lomg(p o(mnacóa do paicpm pop Cuan Haillme, 7 piao occ peolad 1 nagar 
saoite. Oun Haillme oo lopccaó apabápach va dag. Oomnall, mac 
Conmfoa Ui Caegacám, caopeac Clomne Suibne, oo mapbad lá Ramon 
Ua cConcobaip, 1 ngeimul, 1ap mbeit 66 ap Comaince comanba Chiapám. 
Fallaman Pionn Ua Pallamain, cacipeac Clomne hUavach, oo écc hi 
cclépceac. i 
Clip Cpfopc, mile céo peapccac a 06. Qpéme, apveppcop Gall 4 
. Laigh, paor ecna 7 ilbépla, vécc, 7 Lopcán Ua Tuatail, comapba Caomh- 
$n, 00-oIponead ina 1onav lá comanba Phacpaice. Catapach Mac Comal- 
cám, pln leiginn Ooie Cholaim Chille, oég. Saoi cogande epfde. Orapmaro 
Ua Largfnain, p(p leiġinn Cluana hUama, paor Muman, oo mapbao lá 
hUi Ciapmaic. Tap: eppcoip Maomenn 7 Cummame Fova vo cabapc a 


' Cairbre-Gabhra.—Now the barony of Gra- 
nard, in the county of Longford.—See it already 
mentioned at the years 1103, 1108. 

s Aedh Ua Caeimh : anglicó Hugh O'Keeffe. 

^ Feara- Muighe.—Now the barony of Fermoy, 
in the county of Cork.—See the years 640, 843. 
1013, 1080. 

i Demon ships.—Dr. O’Conor translates this 
“ naves bellice,” p. 807; but he mistakes the 
meaning intended by the Four Masters. O’Fla- 
herty translates the passage as follows, in his 
Chorographical Description of West Connaught : 
* Anno 1161. Fantastical ships were seen in 
the harbour of Galway-Dun to saile against the 
wind, and the next day Galway-Dun took fire.” 
—pp. 31, 32. 

. The Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise give the events of this year as follows: 

“ A. D. 1161. O'Hossen, Archbishop of Con- 


naght, migravit ad Donum. The visitation of 
Ossory made by the Coarb of Colum Kill, 
Flathvertagh O'Brolchan, and had 27 gifts col- 
lected for him; 420 ounces of pure sylver, viz.: 
30 ounces in each gift. Geffry O'Relly kylled. 
An army by Murtagh O’Loghlin in Tir-Briuin, 
and went over at Cloneois through the country, 
and Tiernan” [O'Roirk] “left his campe for 
them. From thence to Tibrat-Messan-Argiallay 
and Ulta” [came] “thither to them Mac Mu- 
racha, with Leinstermen, and a battle of Eng- 
lish” [recté, a battalion of Galls or Danes], “ that 
they went all to Moy-Tethva. O’Conor came 
over the Senan, and gave pledges to O’Logh- 
lin, and O’Neale gave him his whole contry” 
[5th of Ireland]. * A house taken by Cathal 
O’Rely uppon Maelaghlin O’Rorke, in the midst 
of Slany, where Murtagh O’Kelly, King of 
Bregh, with a number of his chiefs about him. 


Py 


1162.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1145 


grandson of Cronan, lord of Cairbre-Gabhraf fell by the sons of Mac Congeimhle. 
Domhnall, son of Conghalach, son of Cuaifne Ua Conchobhair Failghe, Tanist 
of Ui-Failghe, was slain by the Clann-Maelughra. A battle was gained by the 
people of Thomond over those of Desmond, wherein were slain Maelseachlainn, 
son of Ceallachan, grandson of Carthach, and Amhlaeibh Ua Donnchadha, and 
many others. Another battle was gained by the same party over the people of 
Desmond, wherein were slain Aedh Ua Caeimh’, lord of Feara-Muighe", and 
two of the Ui-Anmchadha. Demon ships! were seen on the Bay of Gaillimh, 
and they sailing against the wind. The fortress on the day following was con- 
sumed by fire. Domhnall, son of Cumeadha Ua Laeghachain, chief of Clann- 
Suibhne, was' slain by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, in fetters, he being under the 
protection of Ciaran. Fallamhan Finn Ua Fallamhain died in religion. 

The Age of Christ, 1162. Greine*, Archbishop of the foreigners and 
Leinster, distinguished for his wisdom and knowledge of various languages’, 
died ; and Lorcan Ua Tuathal”, successor of Caeimhghin, was appointed to his 
place by the successor of Patrick.  Cathasach Mac Comhaltain", lector of Doire- 
Choluim-Chille, died : he was a distinguished scholar. Diarmaid Ua Laighnen, 
lector of Cluain-Uamha, was killed by the Ui-Ciarmhaic. The relics of Bishop 
Maeinenn and of Cummaine Foda were removed from the earth by the clergy 


Melaghlin escaped. Iver O'Hinreghtay, Air- 
chinnech of Mucknoa, and king of Imeth a 
while, died. Another army by O'Neale" [recté, 
O'Loghlin], *into Meath, to meet all Ireland, 
both Clergy and laytie, to Ath-Darbre, where 
he tooke all their pledges. In that journey 
were the churches of Colum-Kill made free by 
Coarb of Colum, viz.: Flathvertagh O'Brolchan, 
and he had his dutyes and domination; for they 
were not free before that." 

* A, D. 1161. O'Klocan, Cowarb of Saint 
Columbekill, in Kells, died. King Mortagh 
went to Dublin, and caused the Danes to sub- 
mit themselves to him, and acknowledge him as 
their king, and gave them 1200 cowes in their 
pays, because he employed them before in di- 
vers services." 


* Greine.—He is called Gregorius by Ware 
and others. He was of Danish descent, and was 
consecrated at Lambeth by Ralph, Archbishop 
of Canterbury, in 1121.— See Ussher's Sylloge, 
p. 98; and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, 
p. 311. 

! Various languages.—*'* Vir eximia sapientia, 
et variarum linguarum peritià preclarus."— 
Trias Thaum., p. 309. 

= Lorcan Ua Tuathail : i. e. Laurence O"Toole. 
—See note*, under the year 1180; Colgan’s 
Trias Thaum., p. 309; and Harris's edition of 
Ware's Bishops, p. 312, et sequent. 

= Cathasach mac Comhaltain.—'* A. D. 1162. 
Cathasachus, filius Comaltani, Scholasticus seu 
professor Theologi: Ecclesiz Dorensis, prestan- 
tissimus, obiit."— rias Thaum., p. 505. 


ae 


1146 ANNAZA RIOSshachtd EIREANN. 


calman lá pamad bpénamn, 1 po cuipead pepín cumoagte 1ompa. Cambpe 
Mac Samuel, apo ollam €peann hi pembénn, oécc m Ano Maca an 4 lá 
Pebpu. Mampcip manach occ luban Cmncpecca vo lopeead co na huilib 
aromib 7 leabnaib 7 beóp an ciubap oo cup Dácpaic péipin. Imleaċ luban 
co na teampal oo lopccaó. €ppcapcaó na ccigeó o c(mpal Dome vo 
dénam lá comanba Colaim Cille Plaiéb(pcac Ua bpoledin,7 lá Iupéfpcac 
Ua Caclainn, la pig €peann, 1 po éógbaic oécmogac ceag nó ní ap wile ap 
m magn 1 pabaccap, 7 Caipeal an uplaip do dénam lá comapba Colaim 
Cille beóp,7 oo benc mallacc popp an tí nó ċiocpað tapip. Sma clépech 
n€peann mm comapba Phacparce, Giolla mac ace, mac Ruadm, hi cClaon- 
aio, apm 1 pabaccan pé heppcorp piclc go nababaib 10móa, occ Mal piagla 
q roibép, pop p(paib Epeann, laechaib cléipchib, 7 ap oon cup pin po émnp(c 
clém& €peann na bad p(pleiginn 1 coll 1 n€ imn an p(p na bad valca Apoa 
Maca céoup. Cuare Cenél €ogam vo tabaine la comapba Dhácpaicc, 
Giolla mac lacc, mac Ruam, vá nac pníc a hionpariail pempe. Sluaiglo 
lá Mumpc(peac Ua Cachlamn co ccuaipcepc €peann, 7 co bp(pai6 Mide, 7 go 
ccac oo Chonnaccaib ap aon ppiá, co hCfé chat opopboip pop Ghallaib. 
Ace po mpóo Ua Laclainn gan cat, gan. gialla, 1ap mnopeao Pine Gall. 
Ro pagaib ona, Cargmg 7 Mids 1 ccoccad pop Shallaib. Oo ponad pio 
anam eiccip Hhallaib, 7 Ghaoibealaib, 7 oo pavad plèc pice umge óip ó 
Hhallaib oo Ua Cachlainn, 7 vo pavad cing pichicc umge oón 6 Ohiapmaio 
Ua Tllaor(chlaimn oo Ruaibmi Ua cConcobarp, oap én lantan Mide. Ceall 
Ua Nilucém, 1 Rop Míde vo paopad oo Ohianmaio Ua Maoilpeċlamn vo 


[1162. 


° Thè clergy of Brenainn : i.e. the clergy of 
Clonfert, in the county of Galway, where St. 
Maeinenn was interred in 570, and St. Cumin in 
661.— See p. 207, and note *, under A. D. 661, 
p. 271, suprà. 

P? A separation of the houses.— This passage is 
translated by Colgan as follows : 

** A. D. 1162. Murchertachus Hua Lachluinn, 
Rex Hibernig, et Flathbertus O’Brolchain, Co- 
morbanus S. Columbe curant edificia Ecclesise 
Dorensi vicina destrui: ibique tune demoliti 
sunt octuaginta vel amplius edificia. Et Flath- 
bertus postea extruxit illum lapideum ambitum, 


qui vulgó Caissiol-an-urlair vocatur." — Trias 
Thaum., p. 505. 

«A synod.—Thus translated by Colgan : 

* A. D. 1162. Concilium Cleri Hibernie præ- 


sidente Comorbano S. Patricii, Gelasio Roderici ' 


filio, servatur in loco Claonadh dicto: in quo 
comparuerunt viginti sex Episcopi, et plurimi 
abbates: et prescripta sunt tam Clero quam 
populo Hibernis constitutiones, bonos mores, et 
disciplinam concernentes. Illa etiam vice Clerus 
Hibernie sancivit ut nullus in posterum in 
ullà Hibernie Ecclesia admittatur Fearleginn 
(id est, Sacre Paging, seu Theologis professor) 


1162.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1147 


of Brenainn®, and they were enclosed in a protecting shrine. Cairbre Mac 
Samuel, chief ollamh of Ireland in penmanship, died at Ard-Macha, on the 
4th day of February. The monastery of the monks at Iubhar-Chinntrechta 
was burned, with all its furniture and books, and also the yew tree which Pa- 
trick himself had planted. Imleach-Iubhair, with its church, was burned. A 
separation of the houses” from the church of Doire was caused. by the successor - 
of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, and by Muircheartach Ua Loch- 
lainn, King of Ireland ; and they removed eighty houses, or more, from the 
place where they were ; and Caiseal-an-urlair was erected by the successor of 
Colum-Cille, who pronounced a curse against any one that should come over it. 
A synod? of the clergy of Ireland, with the successor of Patrick, Gillamacliag, 
son of Ruaidhri, was convened at Claenadh [Clane], where there were present 
twenty-six bishops and many abbots, to establish rules and morality amongst 
the men of Ireland, both laity and clergy. On this occasion the clergy of Ire- 
land determined that no one should be a lector in any church in Ireland who 
was not an alumnus of Ard-Macha before. The visitation of Cinel-Eoghain was 
made by the successor of Patrick, Gillamacliag, son of Ruaidhri, the like of which 
bad not previously occurred. An army was led by Muircheartach Ua Loch- 
lainn, accompanied by the people of the north of Ireland, the men of Meath, and 
a battalion of the Connaughtmen, to Ath-cliath, to lay siege to the foreigners ; 
but Ua Lochlainn returned without battle or hostages, after having plundered 
Fine Gall He left, however, the Leinstermen and Meathmen at war with the 
foreigners. A peace was afterwards concluded between the foreigners and the 
Irish ; and six score ounces of gold were given by the foreigners to O'Lochlainn, 
and five score ounces of gold [were paid] by Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn to 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair for West Meath. Cill Ua Nilucain" and Ros-Mide* 


qui non prius fuerit alumnus, hoc est, Ardma- 
chanam frequentaverit Academiam." — Trias 
Thaum., p. 309. 

* Cill Ua Nilugain.—This is a. mistake of 
transcription by the Four Masters, for Ceall 
Ua Milchon, or CM mac Milchon, now Kil- 
meelchon, in the parish of Lusmagh, barony of 
Garrycastle, and King's County.— See note *, 
under A. D. 883, p. 534, suprà. 


* Ros-Mide : i.e. St. Mides or Ide’s Wood, 
now Rosmead, in the parish of Castletown, ba- 
rony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath.. 

This passage is given in the Annals of Clon- 
macnoise under A. D. 1164, thus: 

* Kill-O’Milchon and Rossemide were freed 
by Dermott O'Melaughlyn, King of Meath, from 
all manner of cesse and presse for ever, in honour 
of God and Saint Keyran. 


182 


1148 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. [1162. 


Ohia 7 oo Chianan ap commm piog plata co bnat. Conċobap mac Taig 
Ui Ohniam, oo mapbao lá Muipéfprach mac mic Toppdealbargs Uí bhpiain. 
Catal, mac mic Catal Ui Mugspom, coipeaé Clomne Catanl, ppi pé, oécc. 
Oonnchad, mac mec Hiollapacpaice, cigna Oppaige, oécc. Catal Ua 
Ragallang, cig fpna Muincipe Maoilmopda, emeach 4 eangnam Ua mópróm, 
do báohaoh. Cpeach lá Maolpfchlaimn Ua Ruane 1 cCauppm Ua Ciappóa, 
maidm ona pia cCaipppib paippiom co bpanccanb ap vaome. Maolpfchlainn, 
mac Tigfpnain Ui Ruane, piogdamna ópérpne, camoel saupecid, 7] ems Leite 
Chumn, vo manbad la Muimcip Maoilmopoda, 7 la mac Anna Uí Ruane. 
Cpeach la Oiapmaro Ua Maoilpochlainn, la pig Míde, pon pma bperpne, 
q concaip Caóg mac mic Cappngamna Ui illeulcám lá plpa opéipne. 
Cpeach la Tisfpnan Ua Ruane ap Cappi Ua Ciappóa, 7 00 pocarp mac 
Mic Pmobaipp Uí E fpudáin oon cup pin la Caipppib. Coccad mop ecin 
Oeapmumain, 3 Cuaómumám co no(pnaó ilépeaca, 7 gup po mapbao an 
daome (coppa. Macpat Ua Machace, caoreach Ceneoil Lugne, vécc. 
Mac Donnchad mic mec Cantarg, vo jabal la Conbmac mac mec Cantang. 
Cpeach mop lá hUib Pailge 1 n€ile;3 1 nUpmumam, co cucpac búap oípírae. 


* Muintir-Maelmordha.—This was the tribe- 
name of the O’Reillys, and it became also that 
of their territory in the present county of 
Cavan. 

The events of this year are given in the An- 
nals of Ulster, as follows : 

“ A. D. 1162. The houses at Dyrei were sun- 
dered from the churches by the Coarb of 
Colum-Kill, and by the king of Ireland, Mur- 
tagh O’Neale” [recté, Mac Neale O’Loghlin] 
** where 80 houses, or more, and the wall of Ur- 
lar, was made by the Coarb of Colum-Kill, with 
a curse to him that would ever come over it. 
Imlagh-Ivar, with its church, burnt. The 
Coarb of Patrick, Gillamacliag mac Roary, at 
Claena, where there were 26 Bishops, with 
many Abbotts, persuading good rule and man- 
ners; and there did the Clergy of Ireland confer 
the degree of Archbishop of Ireland to the 
Coarb of Patrick, and” [determined] “that 


there should be noe Lector-scoller in Ireland 
that were not adopted or suffered by Ardmagh. 
An army of Murtagh O’Neale, with moster 
of Leith-Cuinn, to Magh-Fithard, where they 
stayd a whole week burning of corne and townes 
of the Galls. The Galls encountered their horse, 
and killed six or seven of them, and they got 
noe good by that jorney. The Galls of Dublin 
spoyled by Dermot Mac Murecha, and he bore 
greate sway of them, the like was not” [for] 
“a greate while before. Green, Bishop of 
Dublin and Archbishop of Leinster, quievit. 
The Coarb of Patrick ordained Lorkan O Toole 
in his place” [from] “ being Coarb of Coemgin.” 
—Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

Some of the same events are noticed in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise, under the years 1162 
and 1163, as follows : 

** A. D. 1162. Melaghlyn mac Morrogh O'Me- 
laghlyn, king of Meath, and the most part of 


Li 


1162.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1149 


were freed by Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, for God and Ciaran, from regal 
coigny [cess] for ever. Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Ua Briain, was slain 
by Muircheartach, grandson of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. Cathal, grandson 
of Cathal Ua Mughroin, lord of Clann-Cathail for a time, died. Donnchadh, 
son of Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, died. Cathal Ua Raghallaigh, lord 
of Muintir-Maelmordha', head of the hospitality and prowess of the Ui-Briuin, 
was drowned. A predatory incursion was made by Maelseachlainn Ua Ruairc 
into Cairbre-Ua-Ciardha; but the men of Cairbre defeated him, and he left be- 
hind a slaughter of [his] people. Maelseachlainn, son of Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, 
royal heir of Breifne, lamp of the chivalry and hospitality of Leath-Chuinn, was 
slain by Muintir-Maelmordha and the son of Annadh Ua Ruairc. A predatory 
irruption was made by Diarmaid Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, upon the 
men of Breifne ; and Tadhg, grandson of Carrghamhain Ua Gilla-Ultain, was 
slain by the men of Breifne. A predatory irruption was made by Tighearnan 
Ua Ruaire upon the Cairbri-Ua-Ciardha, on which oecasion the grandson of 
Finnbharr Ua Gearadhain was slain by the Cairbri A great war broke out 
between Desmond and Thomond ; and many depredations were committed, and 
men were slaughtered, between them. Macraith Ua Macliag, chief of Cinel- 
Lughna, died. The son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, was taken pri- 
soner by Cormac, grandson of Carthach. A predatory incursion was made by 
the Ui-Failghe into Eile and Ormond, and they carried off countless cows. The 


Lynster, in his prime and flourishing estate, on 
the night of Saint Bridgitt, the virgin, died in 
his house of Dorrowe. King Mortagh, with his 
forces, came to the river of Inneoyn at the 
foord of Dongolman, and there tooke hostages 
of all the country of Teaffa, and established 
Donnogh O’Melaghlyn in the government of 
Meath, as king thereof. Tyernan O’Royrck 
took prissoner Donnogh O’Kervell, King of 
Uriell, and fettered him with irons on his heels. 
Soone after Godfrey, or Geffrey O'Rellye, tooke 
him away by force from the said Tyernan. The 
bridge of Athlone was broken, and the forte 
. rased to the earth, by Donnogh O'Melaghlyn, 
king of Meath. Donnogh mac Donnell O'Me- 
laghlyn, king of Meath, was killed by Murrogh 


O'Fynnollan, King of Delvin-more, and by his 
sonns, for the great and extortious dealings of 
the said Donnogh continually used against 
them. 

* A, D. 1163. King Mortagh mac Neale went 
to Tyrbryun, preyed and spoyled that contrey, 
where Dermott mac Morrogh, king of Lynster, 
came to his house, and yealded him hostages. 
Rowrie O'Connor gave him 12 good hostages. 
He granted all the province of Lynster to Der- 
mott Mac Murrogh. He gave the one-halfe of 
Meath to Dermott O’Melaghlyn, and the other 
half to Rowrie O'Connor, King of Connoght. 
Beann-Artgaile was given by Dermott O’Me- 
laghlyn, king of Meath, to God and St. Keyran.” 
Ann. Clon. 


4 


1150 ANNALA gioghachca EIREANN. ` (1163. 


Mac Donnchad mic mec Capéaig vo eláó a gemneal. Us Oromupoug a. 
Ceallac, Cóbnoga, 4 Cuilén oo mapbao lá Maoilpfchlomn Ua cConcobaip, 
vi&(pma Ua Paige, pop lan Cille hacha. On Copnamong Ua Ouboa, 
cis(pna Ua nOmalsada oo manbad lá a oepbpine. 

Clap Cpíope, mile céo peapccac acpi. Maoliopa Ua Lag(nan, eppcop 
Imleaca, 4 comapba Clilbe, Maohora Ua Concpain, comanba Comgaill, 4 
abb cananach 6f{nocaip, Giollacianain Ua Opargnén, comapba Pechin, 7 
Maolcianam, popom pean Míde, paor eagna 7 cpabaid, véce. Giolla- 
bmgoe Ua Oromuparg, comapba an va Sinécell, 7 Caillechoornaill, 1ng(n 
Naoneanaig, ban abb Cluana bponays, 7 comapba Samtainne, vécc. Gleann 
va loca oo lopccaó 1m Cnó Chandan, ım Cnó Chaoimsm, 7 1m pecclep an vá 
Sincell. Tene aoi 1 paibe lxx cpaiz(o ap Zac let vo dénam lá comapba 
Cholaim Chille, la Platbeapcach Ua ópolcam,3 là ramad Choluim Chille 
pm pé picle lá. Comnmfo níogóamna lá Niall, mac Muipc(pcag Uí Lach- 
lamn la mac pig €neann pop Let Chuinn. Clpead vo deacad co hUlcaib 
ancup co Cill plébe.  lappm a nCingiallanb, 1 cCíp Shprain, 7 1 Míde, co 
nofnna éccne 1omda 1 ccuaċab 7 cellaib,7 vo póme cécup 1 cC(nanoup 1 
nCpo bpeacain, 1 Poban pecin,7 m €acapuo Lobpain,7 hi cCluam mic Noip. 
Oo cow 1ap pm vap Clé luain hi cConnaécaib va pié(c oécc a lion 7 oo pon- 
rac a ccomnmead pon Uib Marne, 7 po mapbaic uile lá Concoban Ua Ceal- 
laig, 7 la Concoban Maonmarse, 7 la hUib Maine cma peill q meabarl cén 
mó tac pceolunga 7 lucc eluda,7 po gabao Niall, mac Mupé(pcang Uí Coc- 
lamn, q po hioonaic(oh plan é oia &ig cma éomaiple a napeacc. Mum- 
é(pcac Ua Maoilpeclainn, a. mac Domnall, piosdamna Cempac, oo curcim 
oo Onoicle Concaige, 7 a badad ipm Sabpaind. Mac Pino Ui Chepbanll, 
tiġina Ele CGuaipceinc, oo mapbao lá Oomnall, mac. Toppdealbarg 


Successor of the two Sinchells : i.e. Abbot of 
Cill-achaidh-Droma-foda, now Killeigh, in the 
barony of Geshill, King’s County. 

" Cro- Chiarain : i. e. St. Ciaran’s or St. Kie- 
ran's house. 'This was the name of a small 
church, near St. Kevin's Kitchen at Glenda- 
lough, in the county of Wicklow. 

*Cro-Chaeimhghin: i.e. St. Kevin's House, now 
St. Kevin's Kitchen, a small church in ruins 
near the ruins of the cathedral church at Glen- 


dalough.— See Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and 
Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 427- 
431. 

y A lime-kiln.—** A. D. 1163. Flathbertus 
antistes et clerus Dorensis spatio viginti dierum 
extruunt et instruunt fornacem septuaginta 
pedes undique latum pro calce ad reparationem 
Ecclesie Dorensis excoquenda."— Trias Thaum., 
p. $05. 

* Eacharadh-Lobrain.—Now Augher, in the 


seus 


1163.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 151 


son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, escaped from fetters. The Ui-Dima- 
saigh, i.e. Ceallach, Cubrogha, and Cuilen, were slain by Maelseachlainn 
Ua Conchobhair, lord of Ui-Failghe, in the middle of Cill-achaidh. Cosna- 
mhaigh Ua Dubhda, lord of Ui-Amhalghadha, was slain by his own tribe. 

The Age of Christ, 1163. Maelisa Ua Laighnain, Bishop of Imleach, and 
successor of Ailbhe; Maelisa Ua Corcrain, successor of Comhghall; Gillachiarain 
Ua Draighnen, successor of Fechin; and Maelchiarain, chief senior of the men of 
Meath, a paragon of wisdom and piety, died. Gillabrighde Ua Dimusaigh, suc- 
cessor of the two Sinchells*; and Caillechdomhnaill, daughter of Naeneanaigh, 
abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, and successor of Samhthann, died. Gleann-da-locha 
was burned, together with Cro-Chiarain* and Cro-Chaeimhghin*, and the 
church of the two Sinchells. A lime-kiln’, measuring seventy feet every way, 
was made by the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaithbheartach Ua Brolchain, and 
the clergy of Colum-Cille, in the space of twenty days. A royal heir's feasting 
visitation was made by Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, the son of 
the King of Ireland, through Leath-Chuinn. He proceeded to Ulidia, and first 
to Cill-sleibhe ; afterwards into Airghialla, Tir-Briuin, and Meath; and he com- 
mitted various acts of violence in territories and churches, and particularly at 
Ceanannus, Ard-Breacain, Fobhar-Fechin, Eacharadh-Lobrain’, and Cluain-mic- 
Nois: He afterwards proceeded across Ath-Luain, into Connaught, with a 
force of twelve score men ; and they feasted upon the Ui-Maine, but they were 
all killed by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh, Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, and the 
Ui-Maine, through treachery and guile, except some deserters and fugitives ; 
and Niall, son of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, was taken prisoner, and con- 
ducted in safety to his house, by advice of their meeting. Muircheartach 
Ua Maelseachlainn, i.e. the son of Domhnall, royal heir of Teamhair, fell off 
the bridge of Corcach, and was drowned in the Sabhrann*. The son of Finn 
Ua Cearbhaill, lord of North Eile, was slain by Domhnall, son of Toirdheal- 


O'Carroll, who was slain by the Ui-Maine in 


barony of Deece, county of Meath.—See note °, 
under A. D. 1192. 

^ The Sabhrann.—This was the ancient name 
of the River Lee, in the county of Cork. 


> The son of Finn Ua Cearbhaill.itHe was | 


probably Maelruanaidh, son of Finn, who was 
son of Domhnall Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Ely- 


A. D. 1071. 

The Annals of Ulster notice a few of the same 
events under this year, as follows : 

** A. D. 1163. Moylisa O'Leyn, Bishop and 
Abbot of Imleach-Ivar, and Abbot of Belagh- 
Conglais” [now Baltinglass] “in Christo quievit. 


1152 amnaeda gioghachca EIREANN. (1164. 


Ui bhpam. Aiemsad Oiapmava Ui Mhaoll(chlamn lá p Mma Míde, 7 córce 
plicit umge dóp oo tabaipc oo Muincfpcac Mac Coclamn cap cnn pige 
Míde. Cucarpit Ua Pronoallám vo manbad la hClod Ua — cma cang- 
nacc .1. cpa meabail, 

Cloi Cpíopc, mile céo peapccac a cftap. Oonnchad Ua Die J. mac 
Oiapmaoa, eppcop Cill Oalua, 7 IIlaoléaomigm Ua Gopmám, morgipeim 
Lugmaid apo paoi €peann, 7 abb mampcpeac canánaé C(pmainn Pecme 
pm pé, oo écc. Teampall món Dope 1 pal occ mogac cpoigeao, oo dénam 
lá comapba Colaim Chille, Plaicb(ncach Ua bpolcam, 7 lá pamad Cholam 
Chille, q la Tluiné(pcac Ua Caclamn, lá pig €peann, 7 canic a dénam ppí 
né c(épacac lite. — Copccao Apoa Maca, Cluana mic Noip, Cluana pca 
bpénaimn, 7 Tuama oa $ualann. Copecad Cugmaio ap mo pamo ba moo a 
cag Oonnchad Uí Cheapbaill, cig(pna Oipgiall, 4 Mumefpcac, mac Nea, 
pi Giig,7 maite Cenel Cosain ann ian neaponopugad bacla lopa. Mac 
Oonnchada, mic mec Cápeéarg, oo. rhapbaó lá a bnaċa lá mac Copbmaic. 
Cpeach mop lá Pfpaibt Manach, q la hUib Piachpach Apoa ppata 1 cCíp 
€ógam. hUa Cpíocám, cig(pna Ua Piacpac Apoa Spata, oo Chuicim la 
mac Néill Ui Coclamn. Mumċtfpcach Ua Cuacail, cig(pna Ua Mumeadarg, 
7 plait largfn ap emeach 4 gaipceió, oécc 1ap. naicpíge. Tuam péme, 3 
Tip va Slap oo lopccaó. Oabio, mac Oumnpléibe Uí €ocaba, oo mapbad 
lá HU Eacdaé Ulad 1 pprull. Maolpfchloim Ua Concobain Paige, oo 
mapbao la Cloinn Mhaolugpa. Amlaoib, mac Grollachaommgin Ui Cmoéic- 


ci$, oigna Unmuman, oo dallad la Toipdealbac Ua mbmann. 


Moylisa O'Corkran, Coarb of Comgall, the head 
of Ulster devotion, quievit. A lyme-kill made 
60 foote on each side by the Coarb of Colum- 
kil, Flathvertagh O'Brolehan, and Columkill 
his samha” [clergy] “ for” [recté, in] “ the space 
of 20 dayes."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

* The great church of Doire.—From this church 
the parish of Templemore, which contains the 
city of Londonderry, derived its name.—See the 
Ordnance Memoir of that parish. This passage 
is translated by Colgan as follows: 

“A. D. 1164. Ecclesia major Dorensis octua- 
ginta pedes, sive passus, protensa, per Flathber- 


tum O’Brolchain, Comorbanum S. Columbe 
Kille, Seniores Ecclesise, et Murchertachum Hi- 
bernie Regem extruitur spatio octuaginta die- 
rum."— Trias Thaum., p. 505. 

à Muircheartach Ua Tuathail.—He was the 
father of the celebrated St. Lorcan, or Laurence 
O’Toole, Archbishop of Dublin.— See note *, 
under A. D. 1180; and note 5 under A. D. 
1590. This Muircheartach was son of Gilla- 
comhghaill, son of Donneuan, son of Gilla- 
caeimhghin, son of Gillacomhghaill, son of 
Donncuan, the son of Dunlaing, who died A. D. 
1013.—See note’, under that year, p. 77, suprà. 


1164.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1153 


bhach Ua Briain. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by the men of 
Meath, and five score ounces of gold were given to Muircheartach Mac Loch- 
lainn for the kingdom of Westmeath. Cucaisil Ua Finnallain was slain by 
Aedh Ua Ruairc through treachery, i. e. through guile. 

The Age of Christ, 1164. Donnchadh Ua Briain, i. e. the son of Diarmaid, 
Bishop of Cill-Dalua ; and Maelcaeimhghin Ua Gormain, master of Lughmhadh, 
chief doctor of Ireland, and [who had been] Abbot of the monastery of the 
canons of Tearmann-Feichin for a time, died. The great church of Doire’, 


which is eighty feet [long], was erected by the successor of Colum-Cille, Flaith- - 


bheartach Ua Brolchain, by the clergy of Colum-Cille, and Muircheartach 
Ua Lochlainn, King of Ireland ; and they completed its erection in the space 
offorty days. Ard-Macha, Cluain-mic-Nois, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and Tuaim- 
da-ghualann, were burned. Lughmhadh was burned for the most part, [by fire 
issuing] from the house of Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, in 
which Muircheartach, son of Niall, King of Aileach, and the chieftains of Cinel- 
Eoghain, were [staying], after they had dishonoured the Staff of Jesus. The 
son of Donnchadh, grandson of Carthach, was killed by his kinsman, the son 
of Cormac. A great prey was taken by the Feara-Manach and the Ui-Fiachrach 
of Ard-sratha, in Tir-Eoghain. Ua Crichain, lord of Ui-Fiachrach of Ard- 
sratha, fell by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn. Muircheartach Ua Tuathail^, 
lord of Ui-Muireadhaigh, and chief of Leinster in hospitality and prowess, died 
after penance.  Tuaim-Greine and Tir-da-ghlas were burned. David, son of 
Donnsleibhe Ua hEochadha, was killed by the Ui-Eathach-Uladh, by treachery. 
Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair Failghe, was slain by the Clann-Maelughra. 
Amhlaeibh, son of Gillacaeimhghin Ua Ceinneidigh, lord of Ormond, was 
blinded by Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain. 


The Annals of Ulster give a few of the events 
of this year as follows : 

* A. D. 1164. Donogh O'Brien, Bishop of 
Killdalua, in Christo quievit. Sawarly mac Gill- 
adomnan, and his son, and the slaghter of Irish, 
Kintyremen, Insi-Gall, and Galls of Dublin, 


. about him. Part of Ardmagh burnt. The great 


church of Dyrei built by the Coarb of Colum- 
Kill, by re mac in Espug O’Brolchan, 


by Sama-Coluim-Kille” [the clergy of Derry], 
“and by Murtagh O’Neale” [rectó, Murtagh 
mac Neale O’Loghlin], *: Archking of Ireland.” 
— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

It is stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals 
of Innisfallen that a wonderful castle was erected 
in this year at Tuaim-da-ghualann by Ruaidhri, 
or Roderic O'Conor. In Harris’s edition of 
Ware's Antiquities, p. 181, it is stated that this 


TH 


1154 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1165. 


Clip Cpfopc, mile céd peapccac a cing. MagnapUa Canannáin, cigfpna 
Cenel Conall, décc. Coccad móp,1 comcpeachad ep phai Míde, 4 
pha Operpne. Sicmug Ua Ruainc, canary bpene, vo mapbad la 
hUa Ciappóa 1 lá Cappi. Cpeac mon lá Ruaiópi Ua cConcobaip, 7 la 
córgeao Chonnacc ule pon Cappi” 1 noiogail Sicpiucca. Cpeach oile lap 
na pab céona pon phat bpeas, 7 pop Saiemib, q pop Urb Colgan go po 
ocer an cip ule. Ro ¢mallpac ula 1ompud ap Mhumefpcach Ua tach- 
lamn,4 oo éómp(c pluag pon Uib Mét, q puccpac bú, q po mapbpac tle. 
Cpeaé ona, leó pop Unb bpeapail Opi, q cepeaé ole pop Ohail Riava. 
Slóicé(ó mop la Muipce(prac apam éiccip Cenel Conaill, €ogam, 7 Ap- 
siallaib in Ulcoib, 7 po époiep(c, 4 po eipgp(c an cíp wle cen mo tac. ppm 
cealla Ulad, q cucpac áp ofpime ap daoimb, m €acmapcac mac Giolla 
eppeoib, 7 1m Ua Lomáin, 4 po Monnanbad €oca, mac Ounnplebe a hUlcoib, 
iap mbein a píge de,7 oo paopac Ulaid wle 1 ngeill oUa Coclamn a neapc 
mse. Cum Muincefpcaé Ua Coclamn co Cenel €ogam co hlmp Cacam po 
loipcepfe 7 po manrac an mnp. C(gaicc 1anam Cenel n€ogam oia ccigib 
Yap ecopgap co néoalaib mdble, 7 co longaib 10móa leó. Oo deachard rapam 
Ua Laclamn co hpo Maéa. Cámc om Oonnchad Ua Ceapbaill cis (pna 
Oingiall, 4 Eochawd Mac Oumnpléibe hi ccomóánl Muinc(pemgy oo. éumgio 
se ooníóiw oo Mac Oumnpléibe. Oo pao Ua Caclamn an pige 06 oap 
cho gall nUlaoh uile,4 cucc Cochaió mac gaë corps oo Ulcoib 06,7 a 
mg pém a ngiallnap oo Ua Caclaimn, 4 cucta pedro 1omda 06 ım cloiro(m 
mec an lapla,1 oo pao beóp baite oo Ua Coclamn, 4 cug Muipefpcac 
oUa Chfpbanll po céoóp 3. 00 Donnchad, 7 cuccad ona, baile oo clénchib 
Savall cma pat mse Mhec Coclamn. TorppdealbacUa bpiam oo eiénízao 
lá Mumpé(pcaé mac Tompdealbarg, 7 a 1onnanbad 1 Laigmb. | Slóng(ó lá 


wonderful castle was erected in the year 1161. 
—See Hardiman’s edition of O’Flaherty’s Cho- 
rographical Description of West Connaught, p. 25, 
note P, 

e Inis- Lochain.—Now Inisloughan, a remark- 
able earthen fort in the barony of Upper Mas- 
sareene, county of Antrim, near the boundary 
of the county of Down. This fort is called 
Enishlaghlin by Fynes Moryson, who describes 


it as in Killultagh : “ The fort of Enishloghlin, 
seated in the midst of a great bog, and no way 
accessible but through thick woods, very hardly 
passable. It had about it two deep ditches, 
both compassed with strong pallisadoes, a very 
high and thick rampart of earth and timber, 
and well flanked with bullworks.”—History of 
Ireland, vol. ii. p. 190. 

f The sword of the son of the Earl.—This was 


d 
: 


1165.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1155 


The Age of Christ, 1165. Maghnus Ua Canannain, lord of Cinel-Conaill, 
died. A great war and mutual depredations between the men of Meath and 
the men of Breifne. Sitric Ua Ruairc, Tanist of Breifne, was killed by Ua Ciar- 
dha and the Cairbri. A great depredation was committed by Ruaidhri Ua Con- 
chobhair, and the people of all the province of Connaught, upon the Cairbri, in 
revenge of Sitric. Another depredation by the same, upon the men of Breagha, 
the Saithni, and the Ui-Colgain ; and they plundered the whole country. The 
Ulidians began to turn against Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, and proceeded 
with a force against the Ui-Meith, and carried off cows, and slew many persons. 
They made another depredatory irruption upon the Ui-Breasail-Airthir, and 
another upon the Dal-Riada. A great army was afterwards led by Muirchear- 
tach [Ua Lochlainn], consisting of the Cinel-Conaill, Cinel-Eoghain, and Air- 
ghialla, into Ulidia; and they plundered and spoiled the whole country, except 
the prineipal churches of Ulidia; and they made a countless slaughter of men, 
and slew, among others, Eachmarcach Mac Gilla-Epscoib and Ua Lomain ; and 
they banished Eochaidh Mac Duinnsleibhe from Ulidia, after having deprived 
him of his kingdom; and all the Ulidians gave their hostages to Ua Lochlainn 
for his royal power. Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn proceeded with the Cinel- 
Eoghain to Inis-Lochain', and burned and destroyed the island. The Cinel- 
Eoghain afterwards returned to their houses in triumph, with vast spoils and 
many ships. Ua Lochlainn then went to Ard-Macha, whither Donnchadh 
Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, and Eochaidh Mac Duinhsleibhe, came to 
meet Muircheartach, to request that he would again restore Mac Duinnsleibhe 
to his kingdom. Ua Lochlainn gave him the kingdom, in consideration of 
receiving the hostages of all Ulidia; and Eochaidh gave him a son of every 
chieftain in Ulidia, and his own daughter, to be kept by Ua Lochlainn as a 
hostage; and many jewels were given him, together with the sword of the son 


of the Earl’, He also gave up [the territory of] Bairche* to Ua Lochlainn, who 


immediately granted it to Ua Cearbhaill, i.e. Donnehadh ; and a townland was 
granted to the clergy of Sabhall, for the luck of the reign of Mac Lochlainn. 
Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain was deposed by Muircheartach, son of Toirdheal- 
bhach, and expelled into Leinster. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con- 


evidently a sword which Mac Duinnsleibhe had € Bairche.—Now. the barony of Mourne, in 
won from the Danes of the Hebrides. the south of the county of Down. | 


THL 


ANNAA RIOShachta EIREANN. 


1156 [1166. 


Ruawpr Ua cConcobain go Connaccaib go Ofpmumam co ccangaccap 
maize Oeapmuman ma teach imma ccig(nna Orapmaro mac Conbmaic Méc 
Captas. Oornall Mac Hiollapaccpaice, ciġlpna Opparge, oo mapbad lá 
Caorgip Uf Mhépda. Macpait Ua Concobaip, erg(mna. Crapparge Luacna, 
décc 1ap naitmge. Plpgal Ua Maolmuaw, cisfina Pip cCeall, 7 Cenél 
Piacach, camoel gaipecid 7 emg ph Míde, oo mapbad lá KUI bpaccam. 
Hiollacmope Ua Maolbpénainn, caorpeac Clomne Concobap, oécc. 

QLoip Cpiopt, mile céd peapccac a pé. Siollamacaiblén Ua hCOnméaba, 
comapba 6pénainn Cluana pfpca, oo écc. Celeconn Ua Congaile, arnémoeaé 
cige aoroheaó Cluana mic Nói, 7 Giolla na naom Ua Ceallang, comapba 
Uí Suanag hi Raéam, oécc.. Scpin Manéain Maożla, oo cumoach lá 
Rua Ua Concobain,7 pop bpac sip oo tabane campi laip pei ap veach 
po cumoarsfo peachal a n€pinn. Macpait Ua Mópám vo acéup a eppco- 
póroe,1 Giolla Cmopc Ua hEochad vo oon 1 cataim Conmaicne Tamccán. 
Apo Maca vo lopcad na ví ppeit ó époip Cholam Chille co Cpoir €ppcorp 
€o&am, 1 6 Chnoip €appcorp Cogan an vapa ppeit co Cpoip Oonamp paca, 
qan part ule co na ceamplaib cenmotá pecclep Póil 4 Pica, q uate 
do crib apc(na, 7 Speich ppi pach anap 6 ta Cpopp S(chnaill co Choir 
mopigve acc mad blg. Oome Cholaim Chlle sup an Omb pecclep vo 


^ Laeighis- Ui-Mordha: i.e. Leix, O'More's 
country. 


[Mae Neale O’Loghlin] “gave the domination 
to Mac Dunleve, and all Ulster gave their 


The Annals of Ulster give the events of this 
year as follows : 

“ A. D.1165. Tirlagh O’Brien banished from 
his kingdume of Munster by his son, Murtagh, 
who tooke the kingdome himselfe after his 
father. The revolt of Ulster against O'Loghlin; 
and an army made uppon Imeth, and tooke 
many cowes and killed. An army by the same 
uppon O-Bressalls easterly, and another uppon 
Dalriada. An army of Murtagh O’Neale” [rect?, 
of Murtagh mac Neale O'Loghlin], ** both 
Connells, Owens, and Argialls, and preyed all 
the country save” [only] “ the prime churches 
of Ulster, and killed many of them about Mac 
Gillesbog and O'Lomany, and banished Eochy 
mac Doinnleve out of Ulster, and O’Neale” 


pledges to O'Neale" [recté, mac Neale O'Logh- 
lin] * through his kingly power. Dermot mac 
Mie Artan, the most liberall and stout of all 
O-Neachachs, mortuus est. An army of English 
and Galls of Dublin, with the Empresse's son, 
to conquer Wales; were there halfe a yeare 
bickering and battering, and yet could not pre- 
vayle; et reversi sunt sine pace retro. Moilco- 
lumb Cennmor (Great head) mac Enrick, the 
best Christian of Irish Scotts, archking of all 
Scotland, full of all goodness, mortuus est. An 


army by Murtagh O’Nell” [recte, Murtagh mac 


Neale O’Loghlin] “and Kindred-Owen to Inish- 
Lachan, burnt the Iland and pulled it downe, 
until Ulster gave their pledges to O'Nele" 
[recté, to Mac Loghlin]. ** Kindred-Owen about 


1166.} ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1157 


chobhair and the Connaughtmen to Desmond; and the chiefs of Desmond came 
into his house, with their lord, Diarmaid, son of Cormac Mac Carthy. Domh- 
nall Mac Gillaphadraig, lord of Osraighe, was slain by the people of Laeighis- 
Ui-Mordha* Macraith Ua Conchobhair, lord of Conchobhair, died after 
penance. Fearghal Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall and Cinel-Fiachach, 
lamp of the prowess and hospitality of the men of Meath, was slain by the 
Ui-Bracain. Gillachrist Ua Maelbhrenainn, chief of Clann-Conchobhair, died. 
The Age of Christ, 1166. Gillamacaiblen Ua hAnmchadha, successor of 
Brenainn of Cluain-fearta, died. Celechair Ua Conghaile, airchinneach of the 
Teach-aeidheadh at Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Gilla-na-naemh Ua Ceallaigh, succes- 
sor of Ua Suanaigh at Rathain, died. The shrine of Manchan, of Maethail’, 
was covered by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, and an embroidering of gold was 
carried over it by him, in as good a style as a relic was ever covered in Ireland. 
Macraith Ua Morain resigned his bishopric; and Gillachrist Ua hEochaidh was 
afterwards appointed to the chair of Conmhaiene*.  Ard-Macha' was burned in 
two streets, from the Cross of Colum-Cille to the Cross of Bishop Eoghan, and 
from the Cross of Bishop Eoghan in the second street to the Cross at the door 
of the fort, and all the fort with its churches, except the church of SS. Paul and 
Peter, and a few of the houses, and a street to the west of the fort, from the Cross 
of Seachnall to the Cross of Brighit, except a little. Doire-Choluim-Chille", 


together with the Duibh-Regles, was 


O’Loghlin came home with great triumph, many 
shipps, and great booties. O’Neale” [recté, Mac 
Neale] “from thence to Ardmagh, whither 
came Donogh O’Caroll, Archking of Argiall, 
and Eochay Mac Dunleave, to meete O’Neale” 
[recté, Mac Neale], “to persuade him to give 
his kingdome to Mak Dunleve, al which 
O'Neale? [recté, Mac Neale] “ granted for 
pledges of all Ulster, so that Mac Duinleve 
gave every chieftaine’s son, and his owne daugh- 
ter, as pledges to O’Loghlin, and gave him many 
jewells, together with the Earl's son's sword, 
and bestowed the land of Barcha upon him, and 
.. O'Nell? [recté, Mac Nele O'Loghlin] “gave it 
to O'Caroll and a towne was given to the 
Clearkes of Savall to prosper O’Loghlin’s reigne.” 


burned. Lughmhadh, Sord-Choluim- 


—-Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. i 

i Maethail.—Now Mohill, a small town in the 
barony of the same name, in the county of 
Leitrim, where St. Manchan erected a monas- 
tery about A. D. 608.— See Ussher's Primordia, 
pp- 969, 970; and Archdall’s Monasticon Hiber- 
nicum, p. 410. 

* The chair of the Conmhaicne : i. e. the bishop- 
ric of Ardagh.—See Harris's edition of Ware's 
Bishops, p. 250. 

1 Ard-Macha.—See this passage, given nearly 
word for word as in the text of the Four Mas- 
ters, by Colgan, from the Life of Gelasius.— 
Trias Thaum., p. 309. 

7 Doire- Choluim- Chille.—'* A. D. 1166. Doria 
Divi Columbe usque ad Ecclesiam que Duibh- 


1158 annaza RiIO0ghachca EIREANN. | [1166. 


lopecad. Cusbad, Sumo Cholam Chille,7 Apo bó, vo lopccao. Cled 
Ua Maelpabaill, ag(pna Caippece. ópachaioe, oo mapbad la mac Néll 
Ui Goclamn. Eochaid mac Oumnplebe Ui ECochada, pi Ulad, cup gaipccio, 
] emg na nGaoweal, oo oallad lá ITlupétpcach Ua Coclamn, 7 an cpíup 
bá peapp oo Ohal Apade 4. 04 mac Comgpig.1 mac mc Cataparg Us Plat- 
pae, oo manbad lap an pig cc(cna oap comaipge comapba Phaccpance, 3 
bacla lopa, Ohonnchaio Ui C(pbaill, gna Ormgiall, 4 oap comaipge mimo, 
laec 7 clépec cuaipceimc Ep ule. Slueng(ó lá Oonnchad Ua cCeapbaill 
rap pm hi cCip n€océam vo diogal em Dhacpaice, 3 a emg pém. Thi 
cata commópa lion a pluaig, cat Oipngiall, cat Ua mbpiuin Opéipne, 4 cac 
Conmaicne. Rangaccap na plas pin co Leitip Lum 1 Proha Ua n€acdac 
1 cCin €ogam, imma compdime óóib 7 voUa Caclamo,1 vo Chenél Eogain co 
nuatad ploig, Peccap cat amnup eccpdcaip fecoppa oiblimb, 7 po meabaiw 
pop Chenél nCogam, 7 po mapbao Muipé(pcach Ua Lachlainn; copopi 
€peann ule, an cainveal gaile, 7 $aipcció, ems, 7 (ngnama 1apéai oram 
ma pé, p ap nan bpip(ó cat ná comlann par go pm, 4 po bmp 10l6aca..— Ro 
manbad ina Pappao ipm cat hi pin hUa Siollalammne, 7 hUa hOlómall, vá 
corpeac cogaioe iaovpive,7 Mac Hillemancam, coipeac Cenél Peanadarg co 
pochadib ole. Oy acc caipngipe cata Ceci camm, 4. an cata po po pad 
Odáciapócc a. naom a hCiptecal : 


Lechi Camm, : 
Oo paetpac mop ng(pacc ano, 
Capnpupcaip occ Cecip Cám, 

Cid cian, ciò cum, ip ciò mall. 


regles appellatur, incendio devastatur.”— Trias 
Thaum., p. 505. 

The preposition co in this sentence is doubt- 
ful, for it may signify either wifh, or together 
with, or as far as. Colgan has taken it in the 
latter sense ; but it is clear from the Annals of 
Ulster that he is in error. ^ 

^ Ard-bo. —Now Arboe, in the barony of Dun- 
gannon, county of Tyrone, and about two miles 
west from Lough Neagh.—See note under A. D. 
1103. 


° Leitir-Luin.—This name is now obsolete; 
but it is mentioned in an Inquisition ( Ultonia, 
No. 4, Jac. I.) as situated in le Fues, and as hav- 
ing belonged to the abbey of Peter and Paul, 
Armagh. It was granted to Sir Toby Caulfield 
(Ultonia, Armagh, 40 Car. I. and 10 Car. IL), 
and from the denominations mentioned in con- 
nexion with it we may safely infer that it is 
situated in the parish of Newtown-Hamilton, 
barony of Upper Fews, and county of Armagh. 
See the Ordnance Map, Armagh, sheet 28. 


1166.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1159 


Chille, and Ard-bo", were burned. Aedh Ua Maelfabhaill, lord of Carraig- 
Brachaidhe, was slain by the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn. Eochaidh Mac Duinn- 
sleibhe Ua hEochadha, pillar of the prowess and hospitality of the Irish, was 
blinded by Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn; and the three best men of the Dal- 
Araidhe, i.e. two Mac Loingsighs, and the grandson of Cathasach Ua Flathrae, 
were killed by the same king, in violation of the protection of the suecessor of 
Patrick and the Staff of Jesus ; of Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla; 
and in violation of the protection of the relics, laity, and clergy of all the north 
of Ireland. After this an army was led by Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, into 
Tir-Eoghain, to revenge [the violation of] the guarantee of Patrick and his 
own guarantee. Three large battalions was the number of his army, [i. e.] the 
battalion of Oirghialla, the battalion of Ui-Briuin, i. e. of Breifne, and the bat- 
talion of Conmhaicne. These hosts. arrived at Leitir-Luin*, in the Feadha of 
Ui-Eachdhach, in Tir-Eoghain" When these met Ua Lochlainn and the Cinel- 
Eoghain with a few troops, a fierce and merciless battle was fought. between 
them, in which the Cinel-Eoghain were defeated, with the loss of Muirchear- 
tach Ua Lochlainn, Monarch of all Ireland, the chief lamp of the valour, chivalry, 
hospitality, and prowess of the west of the world in his time ; a man who had 
never been defeated in battle or conflict till that time, and who hàd gained 
many battles. "There were slain along with him in the battle, Ua Gillalainne 
and Ua hAdhmaill, two distinguished chieftains, and Mac Gillamartain, chief of 
Cinel-Fearadhaigh, with many others. It was to foretell the battle of Leath- 
Caimm and this battle, Dachiarog?, i. e. the saint of Airegal, said : 


Lethi-Cam ! 

Great heroes shall perish there, 

They shall be caught at Leitir-Luin, 
Though far, though late, though slow. 


? In Tir-Eoghain : i.e. in Tyrone. The reader 
is to bear in mind that the Cinel-Eoghain had 
by this time extended their territory far beyond 
the limits of the present county of Tyrone. 


3 Dachiarog.—He is the patron saint of Erigal- . 


Keeroge, in Tyrone.—See this quatrain already 
quoted under the year 825, p. 429, suprd. It is 
quite clear that the Four Masters took Leithi- 


Luin, there mentioned to be the same as the 
Leitir-Luin, where King Muircheartach, son of 
Niall O’Lochlainn ; but their identity is ques- 
tionable, as the Leithi-Luin referred to at A. D. 
825, is in the vicinity of Magh-Einir, the plain 
in which the church of Donaghmore, near Ar- 
magh, is situated ; but Leitir-Luin is in the 
Feadha of Ui-Eachdhach, now the Fews. 


1160 ANNAZA gioghachca EIREANN. 


Sluaġ lò lá Ruaióm Ua Concobain co hEap Ruaw, q po sab gell Cenél 
Conaill. Slog lá Ruawpı Ua cConcebain go Connaċca 5o bpeapaib 
Mwe, 7 50 bp(yaib C(cba co hdt chat, 7 po nígao ann Ruawp Ua Conco- 
bain peb ap onópaiġe po pigad pí pram oo Ghaoioealaib, 4 po ċíodnarc prom 
a ccuapapcal oo na Gallaib oo buap 10moóa, ua po pneacaic va picic céo 
bó pop peapa” Epeann ooib. Oo oeacaccap Goill cona pocpaicce von cup 
pin lá Ruaiópi co Opoicfc ata, came Oonncad Ua C(pbaill 7 monte Aip- 
iall ina teac,] vo bentpac a ngialla 06.  Copgaó P(pna la Mac Mup- 
chada, an oman Connaéc do lopgao a chaipceóil 7 a tong1. Oo luid ona an 
pí Ruqmop gup an pocparoe céona lap an ccúla hi Laigmb,7 po sab a 
ngialla, 7] oo luid 1appin. go po péioeaó F160 noopéa, q 1apom 1 nUib Cemn- 
pealans, 7 po gab bpargoe Oapmaoa mic Mupchada 7 Ua Cemnpelaig 
ancfna. Slogl mop oo mdi lá Ruaióm Ua Concobain go cConnaécoib go 
bp(naib Opeipne 7 go bpa Mive 1 LCargmib 1 nOppaigib, 4 à Mumam 
lantcain, 7 cangaccap mlogpad Leite Moga uile ma teach. Ro pano cpa 
an Mhumain ap 06 3. a Lf do ol Mbmain,7 an LE nale oo Ohiapmaio mac 
Copbmaic. — Sluarg(o la Tis (nan Ua Ruane co bp(paib 6peipne, go bp(paib 
Thode, go n&allaib Aca chat, 7 co Cargnib m Urb Cemnpealang, 7 po hionn- 


(1166. 


* Fearna.—Now Ferns, in the county of Wex- 
ford. The present ruined castle of Ferns, now 
the property of Richard Donovan, of Ballymore, 
Esq., who has fitted up a small chapel in one of 
its towers, is supposed by some to have been 
erected by Dermot Mac Murrough; but the 
Editor, after a careful examination of the ruins, 
has come to the conclusion that no part of the 
present works is as old as Dermot's time. 

* Fidh-dorcha: i.e. the Dark Wood, This is 
probably the place now called Fidnaraghy, si- 
tuated near Graguenamanagh, in the county of 
Kilkenny.— See Znquis. Kilkenny, No. 8, Car. II. 

The Annals of Ulster record the events of 
this year as follows : 

“A. D. 1166. Hugh O’Moilfavall, king of 
Carrickbrachy, killed by Murtagh O’Loghlin, 
per dolum. Armagh burnt on St. Senan’s day, 
from Colum Kill’s Crosse on both sides to Bi- 


shop Owen’s Crosse; the Rath all, with the 
churches, beside Paule and Peter’s Regles, and 
a few other houses, and a streete by the Rath 
westerly from Seghnall’s Cross to St. Brigit’s 
Cross, but a little. Kells, Lugma, Iniskynedea, 
and many other churchlands, burnt. Dyrie- 
Colum-Kille, for the most part, burnt. The 
Black Regles burnt, quod non auditum est ab 
antiquis temporibus. And Ardbo by Noars Ma- 
kany Makillmori O'Morna and Crotryes. Eocha 
mac Dunleve blinded by Murtagh O’Neall” 


[recté, Mac Neale O'Loghlin], ** contrary to the - 


warrants of the Coarb of Patrick, Jesus's Staff, 
and Donogh O'Carroll, archking of Argialls. 
An army by Rory O'Conner into Meath, from 
thence to Dublin, and tooke the pledges of 
Galls, Mac Morchoa’s, and all Leinster; from 
thence to Drogheda to come to Argiall; and 
Donogh O'Carroll, their king, came into his 


niis 


1166.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1161 


An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair to Eas-Ruaidh, and he took the 
hostages of the Cinel-Conaill An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, 
with the Connaughtmen, the men of Meath and of Teathbha, to Ath-cliath ; and 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair was there inaugurated king as honourably as any 
king of the Gaeidhil was ever inaugurated ; and he presented their stipends to 
the foreigners in many cows, for he levied a tax of four thousand cows upon 
the men of Ireland for them. On this occasion the foreigners accompanied 
Ruaidhri to Droicheat-atha, whither Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill and the chief- 
tains of Airghialla came into his house, and gave him their hostages. Fearna” 
was burned by Mac Murchadha, from fear that the Connaughtmen would burn 
his castle and his house. Ruaidhri then proceeded, accompanied by the same 
forces, back to Leinster, and took their hostages ; and he afterwards advanced 
to Fidh-dorcha’, and cleared the pass of that wood ; and next proceeded into 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, and took the hostages of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, and of 
the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh in general. Another great army of the men of Connaught, 
Breifne, and Meath, was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair into Leinster, into 
Osraighe, and afterwards into Munster ; and all the kings of Leath-Mhogha 
-came into his house, [and submitted to him]. He divided Munster into two 
parts, of which he gave one to the Sil-Briain, and the other to Diarmaid, son 
of Cormac [Mac Carthaigh]. An army, composed of the men of Breifne and 
Meath, and of the foreigners of Ath-cliath and the Leinstermen, was led by 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha 


house, and gave him pledges, and went safehome, part of Europe all, in all vertues, and a few of 
having banished Dermott Mae Murchoa, king of Kindred-O wen were slain about 13; and that was 


Leinster, beyond seas. An army by Donogh 
O'Carroll, with Argialls, O-Briuins, and Kon- 
macne, to Tirone, to set upon O’Loghlin, at the 
draught” [i. e. instance] “of Kindred-Owen, 
themselves having forsaken O’Neall” [recté, 
Mac Neale O’Loghlin], **archking of Ireland. 
O’Neale” [recté, Mac Neale O'Loghlin] “came 
with a few of Kindred-Owen-Tulcha-Og, to set 
on them to the wood called Fi-Oneghtach, and 
those same" [i.e. even those] “forsake him, 
"whereby Murtagh O'Loghlin, king of Ireland, 
was slayne, who was Augustus of the north-west 


a marvellous example, and a greate miracle : the 
king of Ireland slayne without battle, or fight, 
through dishonouring the Coarb of Patrick, 
Jesus's Staff, Coarb of Colum Kill, with his 
sama’? [clergy], “and the Coarb of Colum Kille 
himself fasted, for the matter, and the best of the 
clergy of Dyry, for carying him to any buriall. 
An army by Rory O'Conner and by Tiernan 
O'Roirke to Esroy, that Kindred-Conell came 
to O’Conor’s house, and gave him their pledges; 
and he gave them eight score cowes, beside 
gould and cloathes."— Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 


Ti 


1162 anNNaza gioghachca EIREANN. (1167. 
anbad leo Orapmaro Mac Mupchada oap mup 4 po mápaó a caipeiall hi 
Peanna. Riogtap leó Mupchad mac mec Munchada vap cmo plèc mbnagac 
décc do tabane oo Rua Ua Concobaip co cín Piacpach Cine. Mam 
ma nOapcpagib, 7 pa mac Oonnchaw Uf Ruame ap Pha Luce, q ap 
cuait paca, oú 1 cconcnacop pochawe. Cn vall Ua Conallca a. Giolla- 
maine, pis oput €neann dég. Oo Uib ómám a cenél. Mac Domnall bpa- 
canai$ mic mec Cantaig, oo manbao lá Copbmac mac mec Capchargh. 
Qoip Cpíopc, mile céo peapecat a peace. — Copgepli. eppeob Lurmms, 
hUa Plannám, eppcob Cluana hUama, Cionaec Ua Cet(pnaig, ragapc Inpi 
Clotpann, món mg Domnaill Uí Choncobain Phanlgig, banabb Cille vapa, 
Maolmcael Mac Ooceacám uapal paccapc,1 áipo eagnaio,1 euim cnabaio 
oo mume Apoa Maca, 7 hUa Oubucán, x. Grollas6mi, comapba €noe 
Chpne, véce. Tornpdealbac, mac Orapmaoa Uí bhmam, pf Muman, 7 Lete 
Moga, pfn po ronnparg €mno wile, p ip. peápp céume ma aimpip fp cioo- 
nacal peóo 1 maeme vo boccaib 7 oarohilgneabaib an coimved, oéce. Mun- 
c{pcach, mac Caómamn Ui Ohuibóíonma, cina Pon opoma, cup alèa 
cuaipcernc Eneann uile, vo mapbao 1 meabail lá Donnchad Ua nOubóíonma, 
7 lap an mbpéomg pop lan Mange bile, 7 a òá mac oo mapbaó apnabápac, 
J mac oile oo dallad. Conn Ua Maoiltmadarg, corpeaé mumeipe h€olany, 
oécc. Món comne la Ruarópi Ua cConcobarp go maib Verte Chumn ecip 
laec 7 clépepec, 7 go maiti Gall Aca chat occ At buwe Claécga. Cámc 
ann comapba Dhácpaicc, Cadla Ua Oubtarg, arnoéppcop Connaéc, Copcán 
Ua Tuatail, apoeppcop Langtn, cigfpnán Ua Ruame, cigfpna bperpne, 
Oonnchad Ua C(pbaill, ciġfpna Oipgiall, 4 Mac Oumnplébe Uí €ocaoa, pi 
Ulao, 7 Orapmaro Ua Maoileactamn, pi Teampac, Ragnall mac Ragnall, 
tiġina Gall. bá hé lion a cciomaipcc 7 a ccionoil cpi míle décc mapcae, 
cm piit céo vo Chonnaccaib cá picicc céo ım Ua Ruane, pice céd ım 


* Torgelsi—He was an Ostman, and his real 
name was Torgest, or Torgesius.—See Harris’s 
edition of Ware’s Bishops, p. 505. 

^ Maelmichael Ua Doitheachain.—** A. D. 1167. 
Moel-Michaél O'Dothechain, egregius presbyter 
ex Clero Ardmachano, vir sapientissimus, et 
religionis specimen, decessit."— Trias Thaum., 
p. 309. 


* Fordruim.—Now Fordrum, in the barony 
of Inishowen, county of Donegal. 

* Breadach.—A territory comprising about 
the eastern half of the barony of Inishowen.— 
See note under A. D. 1122. 

¥ Magh-bile.—Now Moville, an old church in 
ruins, in a parish of the same name, barony of 
Inishowen, and county of Donegal. 


1167.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1163 


was banished over sea, and his castle at Fearna was demolished. They set up 
as king, Murchadh, the grandson of Murchadh, he giving seventeen hostages to 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, to be sent to Tir-Fiachrach-Aidhne. A battle was 
gained by the Dartraighi, and the son of Donnchadh Ua Ruairc, over the men 
of Lurg and Tuath Ratha, where numbers were slain. The blind Ua Conallta, 
i.e. Gillamaire, royal poet of Ireland, died ; he was of the tribe of Ui-Briuin. 
The son of Domhnall Bracanach, grandson of Carthach, was slain by Cormac, 
grandson of Carthach. 

The Age of Christ, 1167. Torgelsi', Bishop of Luimnéach ; Ua Flannain, 
Bishop of Cluain-Uamha ; Cinaeth Ua Cethearnaigh, priest of Inis-Clothrann ; 
Mor, daughter of Domhnall Ua Conchobhair Failghe, Abbess of Cill-dara ; 
Maelmichael Mac Dotheachain", noble priest, chief sage, and pillar of piety of 
the family of Ard-Macha ; and Ua Dubhacan, i. e. Gillagori, successor of Einde 
of Ara, died. Toirdhealbhach, son of Diarmaid Ua Briain, King of Munster 
and of Leath-Mhogha, a man who had aimed at [the sovereignty of] all Ireland, 
the best man that came in his time for bestowing jewels and wealth upon 
the poor and the indigent of God, died. Muircheartach, son of Ladhmann 
Ua Duibhdhiorma, lord of Fordruim", pillar of the magnificence of all the north 
of Ireland, was treacherously slain by Donnchadh Ua Duibhdhirma, and by ali 
the people of Bredach*, in the middle of Magh-bile’; and two of his sons were 
killed on the following day, and another son blinded. Conn Ua Maelmhiadh- 
aigh, chief of Muintir-Eoluis, died. A great meeting was convened by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair and the chiefs of Leath-Chuinn, both lay and ecclesiastice, and 
the chiefs of the foreigners at Ath-buidhe-Tlachtgha’. To it came the successor 
of Patrick; Cadhla Ua Dubhthaigh, Archbishop of Connaught; Lorcan Ua Tua- 
thail, Archbishop of Leinster; Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, lord of Breifne; Donn- 
chadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla; Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua hEochadha, 
King of Ulidia ; Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Teamhair; Raghnall, son 
of Raghnall, lord of the foreigners. "The whole of their gathering and assem- 
blage was thirteen thousand horsemen, of which six thousand were Connaught- 
men, four thousand with O'Ruaire, two thousand with Ua Maeleachlainn, four 


+ Ath-buidhe- Tlachtgha : i.e. the Yellow Ford — Tlachtgha was the ancient name of the Hill of 
of Tlachtgha, now Athboy, a small town in Ward, adjoining this town.—See note *; under 
the barony of Lune, in the county of Meath. <A. D. 903; and note i, under A. D. 1172. 

Pr 


1164 aNNaza RIOshachta EIREANN. (1167. 


Ua Maoileaclamn, va picice céd lá hUa cC(nbaill, 7 lá hUa n€ocaba, pice 
céd la Oonnchao Mac Faolain 4 dét céo lá Gallaib Olča chat. Ro cmc 
cpa dels Cinnce 10móa ipm comdail hi pin ep Cadup ceall 4 cléipeach, 3 
pmacc tneab 7 cuac, go mmeigcíp na haon mna epind, 1 cuccaó aipeacc a 
cpeice oo comapba Dacpaicc la hUib Pailge a lámaib. na piog pémpaice. 
Ro peappac pem 1ap pin pó pid, 7 po caom loipı gan ugpa gan agna san at- 
copan nech pon a céle ipm comdail cné pat an pig po &nóil na mate pin 
co na plogaib go haon 1onad. — Sluaig(0,1 cocapcal ph n€peann, mmo píogz- 
paw la Ruaoópm Ua cConcobaip. Tame ann Orapmaro. mac Copbmarc, 
tiġina Oeapmuman, Mupcfpcaé Ua mbmam, eigfina. Cuaornuran, Diap- 
maro Ua Maolpeachlann, pi Mwe, Oonnchad Ua Chall, cg (ana Oipgiall, 
7 mate Lagtn apc(na. Rangaccan apa h cCíp €ógam, 4 po pann 
Ua Concobaip an cíp 1 noó a. Tip €ogam o Shléib Challam, po tumd vo 
Niall Ua Lachlainn dap cmo va bnágao 1. Ua Catám na Cpaoibe, 4 mac 
an Ghall Ui 6hpam, 7 Cenél €ogam ó pleb poóeap oo ed Ua Néll oap 
c(no oa bnágacc ole 1. Ua Maoilaeda oo Chenél Congura, 7 hUa hUpeuile 
vo hUib Tuincpe, comalcai Ui Néll podéipm. Cocap pip € peann ap ccála 
pooeap oap Shab Puaic ap puo cípe €ogam 4 Conall, oap €apppuaió i 
ccoimne a ccoblar5 mupioe, 3 po 100naic Ua Concobaip cig(pna Oeapmuman, 
co na pocparoe oap Cuaomumarn po beap go hme chat go péoaib 7 mamib 
)0moa leo. Camig cpa O:apmarc Mac Mupchada a Sarai co pocpaioe 
Hall, 7 po Fab pige Ua cCeimmpealang. Sluang orle lá Ruawm Ua cCon- 
Cobain, la Tig(pnan Ua Ruane 1 nUib cCempealarg, go pangaccap Ceall 
Opnad. Peantan veabard eiccip opoms vo slaplant, 7 00 mapcpluag Con- 
nace, | mapcpluagz Ua cCeimopealarg, 7 concpacop peipiup 00 Chonnaécarb 
im Domnall mac Tas me Maoil puana yin céo puars. Oo pocpaccap om, 


* Donnchadh Mac Fhaelain.—He was chief of 
Ui-Faelain, a tribe seated in the north of the 
present county of Kildare; and not prince of 
the Desies in Munster, as Colgan, by a strange 
oversight, interprets it in his Trias Thaum., 
p. 310, and as Mr. Moore believes.—See his 
History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 199. 

> Callainn.—Now Slieve Gallion, a mountain 
in the barony of Loughinsholin, county of Lon- 


donderry, and on the borders of the county of 
Tyrone. The reader is to bear in mind that at 
this period Tir-Eoghain, or the country of the 
Cinel-Eoghain, comprised the whole of the pre- 
sent counties of Londonderry and Tyrone, and 
also the barony of Inishowen, in the county of 
Donegal, as well as parts of the present county 
of Armagh. 

- © Cnoc-Aine.—Now Knockany, near Bruff, in 


1167.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1165 


thousand with Ua Cearbhaill and Ua hEochadha, two thousand with Donn- 
chadh Mac Fhaelain*, one thousand with the Danes of Ath-cliath. They passed 
many good resolutions at this meeting, respecting veneration for churches and 
clerics, and control of tribes and territories, so that women used to traverse 
Ireland alone; and a restoration of his prey was made by the Ui-Failghe at the 
hands of the kings aforesaid. They afterwards separated in peace and amity, 
without battle or controversy, or without any one complaining of another at 
that meeting, in consequence of the prosperousness of the king, who had 
assembled these chiefs with their forces at one place. A hosting and mustering 
of the men of Ireland, with their chieftains, by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. 
Thither came Diarmaid, son of Cormae, lord of Desmond; Muircheartach 
Ua Briain, lord of Thomond; Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn, King of Meath; 
Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla ; and all the chieftains of Leinster. 
They afterwards arrived in Tir-Eoghain, and Ua Conchobhair divided the ter- 
ritory into two parts, i. e. gave that part of Tir-Eoghain north of the mountain, 
i. e. Callainn*, to Niall Ua Lochlainn, for two hostages, i. e. Ua Cathain of 
Craebh, and Macan-Ghaill Ua Brain, and that part of the country of the Cinel 
to the south of the mountain to Aedh Ua Neill, for two other hostages, i. e. 
Ua Maelaedha, one of the Cinel-Aenghusa, and Ua hUrthuile, one of the 
Ui-Tuirtre Ua Neill’s own foster-brothers. The men of Ireland returned back 
southwards over Sliabh-Fuaid, through Tir-Eoghain, and Tir-Conaill, and over 
Eas-Ruaidh to meet their sea-fleet; and Ua Conchobhair escorted the lord of 
Desmond, with his forces, southwards through Thomond as far as Cnoc-Aine", 
with many jewels and riches. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha returned from Eng- 
land with a force of Galls and he took the kingdom of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. 
Another army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire 
into Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, until they arrived at Cill-Osnadh*. A battle was fought 
between some of the recruits and cavalry of Connaught, and the cavalry of 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; and six of the Connaughtmen, together with Domhnall, son 
of Tadhg, son of Maelruanaidh, were slain in the first conflict; and there were 


the county of Limerick. applied to the English. 

4 Galls.—Hitherto the word Goill, or Gaill, e Cill- Osnadh.—Now Kellistown, in the ba- 
foreigners, is invariably applied to the Norse- rony of Forth, county of Carlow.— See note ", 
men, or Scandinavians; but henceforward it is under the year 489, p. 152, suprà. 


1166 ANNALA RIOshachta EIREANN. [1108. 


oon puaicc ele canaipi lá Cirg(mnán Ua Ruaine cmg ap picic oo Uib Cemo 
pealaig 1m mac pig Oplcan, 7 bá hepibe cup cata mp Opfcan, carme cap 
mun hí pocnarve mic Mupchada. Tamic 1anarh Orapmaro Mac Mupnchada go 


hUa cConcobain, co ccanace plèc mbnairgoe 06 oap c(nn déc ccpiuca Céd và . 


pleipeclama povéipm, 7 céo umge dóp oo Chiz(jman Ua Ruame ma emeach. 
Oeapbail ing Oonnchaw Uf Maolpfchlamn, oécc 1 cCluam me Noip sap 
mbuaró cciomna 7 ccoibpean. Uaoa Ua Conc(namn, cig(pna Ua nOiapmava 
céoup, dég 1apom 1 cclépcecc : cCluam mic Nap. Teampall Cailleac 
Cluana mic Noir vo ponbad lá Oeapbpopgaill mg Mupchada Ui Maol- 
p(chlamn. Paban Peéme, Chl pinn, 7 Gioppa oo lopccad. Mumeadach, 
mac Mie Cana, oo mapbad la macaib Uí Coclamn. Teampall vo óénam 1 
cCluam mic Noip 1 monad an veantarge lá Concobap Ua cCeallaig, 4 lá 
hUíb Mame. 

Qoip Cpíore, mile cécc peapccac a hoécc. Flannagan Ua Oubroig, 
eppcop 1 apo paoi na nGaowweal 1 llergmo, hi pméup, 3 1 naipé(cal, 4 m sac 
aicnud acc(p oo dune ma ampi, oécc 1 leabaió Ium tohaig Uí Ohub- 
tag 1 cCunga. Macpat Ua Moépén a. eppcop p mbperpne, mac Dalta 
Uí Ohünám véce 1 nApoachad €ppcoip Mél 1pm cpeap bliadan occmogac 
a aoii. On ceppeop Ua Ceanball, eprcop Rup alitip, do écc. Mupchad 
Ua Mumpfoas, apveagnar coicció Connacc,1 uapal pacanc, Maolpacepaice 
Ua Callava, comapba Cnonam Roppa Cné, an paceane mon Ua Mongacam, 
comapba Mola: Oammny, 7 Gallbpac, mac douarec Ui Choogám, pagane 
mop Cluana mic Nory, vécc. Munnelprac, mac Toippdealbaag Ui bhmam, 


* The son of the King of Britain: i.e. of the of Tighearnan O'Ruaire, who eloped with the 
King of Wales. He was probably the son of King of Leinster in the forty-fourth year of 


Rees Ap-Griffith, who had detained Fitzstephen 
in prison for three years; but his name does 
not appear in any authority accessible to the 
Editor. The English writers do not mention 
him by name.—See Harris's Hibernica, p. 13. 

€ For his eineach : i. e. as an atonement for the 
wrong done him by Dermot. 

^ The church of the nuns at Cluain-mis- Nois.— 
The ruins of this church are still extant and in 
tolerable preservation at Clonmacnoise. Dearbh- 
forgaill, the foundress, was the celebrated wife 


her age. 

i Ailfinn : i.e. Rock of the limpid Spring, now 
Elphin, the head of an ancient bishopric in the 
barony and county of Roscommon.—See Col- 
gan’s Trias Thaum., pp. 89, 139 ; O'Flaherty's 
Ogygia, part iii. c. 78; and Archdall’s Monas- 
ticon Hibernicum, p. 609. 

The Annals of Ulster record the events of 
this year as follows: 

** A. D. 1167. Murtagh mac Lamon O'Duv- 
dirma, king of Fordrom, the upholder of the 


TN 


1168.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1167 


slain in the second conflict, by Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, twenty-five of the 
Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, together with the son of the King of Britain‘, who was the 
battle-prop of the island of Britain, who had come across the sea in the army 
of Mac Murchadha. Diarmaid Mac Murchadha afterwards came to Ua Con- 
chobhair, and gave him seven hostages for ten cantreds of his own native terri- 
tory, and one hundred ounces of gold to Tighearnan Ua Ruaire for his eineach". 
Dearbhail, daughter of Donnchadh Ua Maeleachlainn, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, 
after the vietory of will and confession. Uada Ua Conceanainn [who had been] 
lord of Ui-Diarmada at first, and afterwards in religion, died at Cluain-mie-Nois. 
The church of the Nuns at Cluain-mic-Nois" was finished by Dearbhforgaill, 
daughter of Murchadh Ua Maeleachlainn. Fabhar-Fechine, Ailfinn', and Birra, 
were burned. Muireadhach, the son of Mac Cana, was slain by the sons of 
Ua Lochlainn. A church was erected at Cluain-mic-Nois, in the place of the 
Dearthach, by Conchobhar Ua Ceallaigh and the Ui-Maine. 

The Age of Christ, 1168. Flannagan Ua Dubhthaigh, bishop and chief 
doetor of the Irish in literature, history, and poetry, and in every kind of 
science known to man in his time, died in the bed of Muireadhach Ua Dubh- 
thaigh, at Cunga. Macraith Ua Morain, i. e. bishop of the men of Breifne, the 
son of Ua Dunain's fosterson, died at Ardachadh of Bishop Mel, in the eighty- 
third year of his age. The Bishop Ua Cearbhaill, Bishop of Ros-ailithir, died. 
Murehadh Ua Muireadhaigh, chief sage of Connaught and a noble priest; 
Maelpadraig Ua Callada, successor of Cronan of Ros-Cre; the great priest, 
Ua Mongachain, successor of Molaisi of Daimhinis; and Galbhrat, son of 
Duairic Ua Tadhgain, great priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Muircheartach, 


commonwealth of the north, falsely killed by 
Donogh O'Duvydirma and Bredagh, in the mid- 


dest of Moybile [Moville in Inishowen], and two ` 


of his sons killed the next day, and one blinded. 
An army by Rory O'Conor, with the nobility 
of Ireland with him, to Ardmagh, from thence 
to Belagh-grene, and from thenne to Fertna- 
mevla ; and Kindred-Owen gathered about Nell 
Mac Loghlin in battle array, to venture upon 
all Ireland in their campe; but God himselfe 
prevented that by Patrick his blessing and the 
goodness of Rory O'Conor, and the rest of Irish- 


men, for Kindred-Owen strayed into a grove of 
willowes, and, thinking it was the camp, fell 
uppon it, and killed some of themselves; and 
the armyes went after about O'Conor to spoile 
and burne Tyrone; but some of them came to 
his house and gave him pledges, and he went 
from thence through Fermanagh and over Esroa, 
and came safe home. Mureagh Mac Canay killed 
Mac Loghlin’s son, through Patrick and the 
Bachall-Isa, also by the draught” [instance or 
procurement] “ of his own brothers."— Cod. 
Clarend., tom. 49. 


POR 
"ud 


1168  anHaca gioshachca EIREANN. (1168. 


m Muman, q] poáoamna €peann (mac matan vo Ruawm Ua Conéobain 
eipióe) oo manbad lá mac mic Choncobaip Ui bhmiam, 7 a mapbad pém po 
chfooin co na lucc cocca lá hUa pPaelain cigeapna na nOeipi Muman, 4 
bá vo Ruadm Ua cConcobaip do pome pum an gmom pm. Ro manbad 
po ċéoóip mac mic Concobaip ma diogarl La Orapmaic pPind, 7 lá hUa pRao- 
lam, 7 pêr meic toipeach co na mumc(poib. Rige Muman vo zabáil vo 
Oomnall, mac Tommpdealbarg Ui ómam vap éipi Muipcheancang, a bnatanp. 
Mupchad Ua Pinoallamn, cig(pna Oealbna mom, oo mapbad la Orapmaro 
mac Oonnchada Ui Maoilpeaclainn 1 nofogail a aċap cap comaipge ċóigeað 
Connacc 7 Cingiall. Enda mac Mupchada, piogóamra Largtn, oo dallad 
la hUa niollapáccpoic a. Oonnchad, ag(pna Oppaige. Comne lá Ruaióm 
Ua cConcobaip, lá pig €peann go ccómgeaó Conoaéc uile,7 lá Cig(pnán 
Ua Ruaipe, cigna ópeipne,7 lá Oonochao Ua cCeapbaill, co nObingiallaib 
oc Ocamo, vo éumgio a nemi ap Ohiapmaro Ua Illaoilpeaclamn, 4. ap 
pira Mide ap mapbao Us Pinoallám leó oap comaipge corso Connaée 4 
Cingiall. Oo paopao ám, pip Míde co na pig occ. ccéo bó ma n€meach 
o01b,7 epaic ole oo Oelbna. Conaé Tallem imoppo vo dénam lá píg 
€peann, lá Let Chumn von cup pin 4 po lecp(cc a ngpaipne 7 a mapcpluag 
ó Mullac amı go Mullac caren. Orapmaro Ua Tflaoileachlamn vo at- 
piogad lá hCinet(p Míde a níoc na mbó némpáice. Mardm ata an comam 
occ Onum Cpaag pia nUa Maolpfchlainn co nlaptan Míde pon cat Cuac 
Cuigne, oú hi cconcpaccan pochode ım mac Gaipbpét Uí Sipcén vo gha- 
Ungab, 7 po manbad Concobap mac Mic Cappgamna ann 1 ppioégum an 
maoma. Oubcoblang, mg(n Ui Chumn, bm Mic Cappgamna, véce 1ap mbuad 


* Enna Mac Murchadha.—He was the son of 
Diarmaid, King of Leinster, and the ancestor of 
the family of Kinsellagh. . 

* Ochainn. — Generally written Ocha, This 
was the name of a place near Tara, in Meath.— 
See note ?, under A. D. 478, p. 150, suprà. 

™ The fair of Tailltin.—This was the last time 
the national fair of Tailltin, now Teltown, near 
the River Sele or Blackwater in Meath, was 
celebrated.See note *, under A. M. 3370, 
p. 22, supra. ; 

^ Mullach-Aiti—This place bears this name 


in Irish at the present day; but it is usually 
called in English the Hill of Lloyd. It is situ- 
ated to the west of the town of Kells, and is a 
beautiful fertile hill, 422 feet in height, baving 
now on its summit a handsome pillar about 
100 feet high, which was erected by the first 
Earl of Bective. 

* Mullach-Taiten.—This is evidently an error 
for Mullach-Tailten, i. e. the summit of Tailtin, 
or Telltown. A straight line drawn from Mul- 
lach-Aiti toMullach-Tailtin measures about six 
and a half miles statute measure. 


1168.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1169 


son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, King of Munster, and royal heir of Ireland 
(he was the son of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair’s mother), was slain by the grand- 
son of Conchobhar Ua Briain, and he himself and his conspirators were killed 
immediately after by Ua Faelain, lord of the Deisi-Mumhan, who did this deed 
for Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. The grandson of Conchobhar was killed im- 
mediately in revenge of him by Diarmaid Finn and Ua Faelain, as were seven 
sons of chieftains, with their people. The kingdom of Munster was assumed 
by Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, after his brother, Muirchear- 
tach. Murchadh Ua Finnallain, lord of Dealbhna-mor, was slain by Diarmaid, 
son of Donnchadh Ua Maelseachlainn, in revenge of his father, in violation of 
the protection of the people of the province of Connaught, and the Airghialla. 
Enna Mac Murchadha*, royal heir of Leinster, was blinded by the grandson of 
Gillaphadraig, i. e. Donnchadh, lord of Osraighe. A meeting was convened by 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland, with all the people of Connaught ; 
Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne; and Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, with 
the Airghialla, at Ochainn’, to demand their eric from Diarmaid Ua Maelseach- 
lainn and the men of Meath, after their having killed Ua Finnallain, in violation 
of the protection of the province of Connaught and the Airghialla. The men 
of Meath and their king gave them eight hundred cows for their eineach, and 
another eric to the Dealbhna. On this occasion the fair of Tailltin™ was cele- 
brated by the King of Ireland and the people of Leath-Chuinn, and their horses 
and cavalry were spread out on the space extending from Mullach-Aiti^ to 
Mullach-Taiten®. Diarmaid Ua Maeleachlainn was deposed by the people of 
East Meath, in revenge of the payment of the aforesaid cows. The victory of 
Ath-an-chomair’, at Druim-criaigh*, was gained by Ua Maeleachlainn and the 
people of West Meath over the battalion of Tuath-Luighne', wherein many 
were slain, together with the son of Gairbheth Ua Sirten, of the Gaileanga ; 
and Conchobhar, the son of Mac Carrghamhna, was killed in the heat of the 
conflict. Dubhchobhlaigh, daughter of Ua Cuinn, and wife of Mac Carrghamhna, 


P Ath-an- Chomair: i.e. Ford ofthe Confluence. county of Westmeath. This place is men- 


This was the name of a ford on the River Deel, 
in the barony of Delvin, county of Westmeath. 

a Druim-criaigh. — More usually written 
Druim-Criaidh, now Drumcree, a townland in 
the parish of Kileumny, barony of Delvin, and 


tioned in the Dinnsenchus, and celebrated in 
a romantic tale called the Battle of Druim- 
Criaidh. 

* Tuath- Luighne.—Now the barony of Lune, 
in the county of Meath. 


7K 


ANNALA RIoshachta eimedHna. (1169. 


ongċa ] exépmáe, 7 a haónacal 1 nlmp Clotpann. Oonncad Ua Ceanbanll, 
cigeapna Cingiall, cule opoóin 7 oipeconp cucipceipt Eneann, oécc Ta na 
lfccpaò vo tuarg opiop ora muincip pen a. Ua Oubne, oo Cenel €ogain, ap 
mbuono ongéa, ] arépi$e, ] rap cecroónacal cpí ccéo unga bóp ap peme an 
ċoimòe vo cleinchib, q eccailpıb. — Sluargh(ó lá Ruam Ua cConcobarp, 1 
lá Ci&mnán Ua Ruane, co hCine Cliach, go ccapepac bpargoe,1 po panopac 
Muma 1 noó eitip Mac Copbmaic Még Cantag, 7 Domnall mac Tomp- 
oealbarg Uí Ohman, 7 00 pavad vá picic véce bó po épí m (neclann Mur- 
(near Ur Ohpiam lá Ofpmumam oo. Ruawm Ua Conéobam. Concoban 
Let deang, mac Maoilpeaclamn Uí Choncobaip, cigeapna Concomodpuad, 
oo mapnbao lá mac a bpacap. Oornall Ua Slébm ápo olam Oingiall, oég. 
Amlaoi’ Mac Innaigneonac, apo ollam €peann 1 ccpurcimecc, véce. Oub- 
coblac, ingfh me Taig a. Maoleachlainn Ui Mhaoilpuanawd, ben Copp- 
dealbarg, ni Connaéc, oég. Marte Cenél €ógamn,1 comapba Oorpe, oo €occ 
hi ceach Ruaióm Uí Choncobaip, pi Eneann co hè Luan, q pucpac óp 4 
éoach 7 bá 10mba leó via ccicchib, : 

Gop Cníope, mle céo peapccac a nao: Congalac Ua Comalcag, 
uapal paccanc, 7 aipoe(mlerzmn Cluana mic Nop q raoi (sna na nGaowweal, 
décc. Mağ eó na Saran co na pecclép, Paban Pheéme, 7 Domliag Cha- 
náin do lopcaó. Qp í po bliadam hi ccanace Ruaipi Ua Concobarp, pi 
€peann, vech mbá gaca bliadna uaba péim,1 6 Fac pig ma deagaid co bpát 
opion lero Apoa Maca 1 nonóip Phaccparce ap lergmn vo óénam vo 


1170 


* Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill : anglicé Donough 
O'Carroll For a curious notice of acts per- 
formed by this distinguished chieftain, see 
Petrie’s Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the 
Round Towers of Ireland, p. 389. 

* Dubhchobhiach.—This was Turlough O'Co- 
nor’s second wife. His first wife was Tailtin, 
daughter of Murrough O’Melaghlin.—See note *, 
under A. D. 1151, p. 1096, supra. 

The Annals of Ulster give the events of this 
year as follows : 

€ A. D. 1168. Murtagh mac Donell O?Brian, 
king of Dalgais, killed at Dunnasciath by? [mac 
Conner's son, and] “Morogh Mac Carthy his 


son, king of Desmond ; and mac Conner’s son 
was killed for that soone after by Dermod Fyn 
and by O'Faelan, and seaven of his nobility 
with them elphin men. Flannagan O'Dubthay, 
Bishop of the Tuathes, chief chronicler and 
learned of the west of Ireland all, died at Cunga 
in his pilgrimage. An army by Rory O'Connor 
to Athlone and Mac Gilpatrick, king of Ossory, 
came to his house, and gave him four pledges, 
and sent his army before him over Ath-crogha 
into Mounster, and himself over at Athlone to 
Maglenay” [Moylena] “ to meet the rest of Ire- 
land, until they came to Grenecliagh ; and Mac 
Carthy came to his house and gave nine pledges 


1169.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 


died after the victory of unction and penance, and was interred in Inis-Cloth- 
rann. Donnchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Airghialla, flood of splendour, and 
magnificence, died after being mangled with his own battle-axe by a man of his 
own people, i. e. Ua Duibhne,—one of the Cinel-Eoghain,—after the victory of 
unction and penance, and after bestowing three hundred ounces of gold, for the 
love of God, upon clerics and churches. An army was led by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair and Tighearnan Ua Ruaire to Aine-Cliach [Knockany]; and 
they obtained hostages, and divided Munster into two parts between the son of 
Cormac Mac Carthaigh and Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain; and 
three times twelve score cows were given to Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair by the 
people of Desmond, as eric for [the killing of] Muircheartach Ua Briain. Con- 
chobhar Lethdhearg, son of Maelseachlainn Ua Conchobhair, lord of Corca- 
Modhruadh, was killed by the son of his brother. Domhnall Ua Sleibhin, chief 
poet of Oirghialla, died. Ambhlaeibh Mac Innaighneorach, chief ollamh of Ire- 
land in harp-playing, died. Dubhchobhlach', daughter of the son of Tadhg, 
i. e. of Maelseachlainn Ua Maelruanaidh, and wife of Toirdhealbhach, King of 
Connaught, died. The chieftains of Cinel-Eoghain and the comharba of Doire 
came into the house of Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland, at Ath-Luain; 
and they carried gold, raiment, and many cows with them to their houses. 
The Age of Christ, 1169. Conghalach Ua Tomaltaigh, noble priest and 
chief lector of Cluain-mic-Nois, and the paragon of wisdom of the Irish, died. 
Magh-eo of the Saxons, with its church, Fobhar-Fechine, and Daimhliag-Chia- 
nain, were burned. This was the year in which Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, 
King of Ireland, granted ten cows every year from himself, and from every king 
that should succeed him, for ever, to the lector of Ard-Macha", in honour of 


1171 


to him; and Mounster was divided in twayne be- 
tween Cormack” [Mac Carthy] “and Donell 
O’Brien ; and he tooke 140 cowes by force, for 
Morogh O’Brian’s satisfaction, Erack from Des- 
mond, and O’Conor retourned to his house. 
Donogh O’Carroll, Archking of Argiall, strucken 
with a servant’s hatchet of his owne, viz, 
O'Duvna, and the king drunk, and died.” 

* Lector of Ard-Macha.— This passage is trans- 
lated by Colgan as follows: 


* A. D. 1169. Rodericus Rex summoperé cu- 
piens in Academia Ardinachaná studia promo- 
vere, honoraria annuaque decem boum pensione, 
stipendium Archimagistri illius schol; adauxit, 


et dato diplomate suos successores ad eandem 


pensionem quotannis solvendam obstrinxit, eà 
conditione uf studium generale pro scholaribus, 
tam ex Hibernia undequaque, quam ex Albania 
adventantibus Ardmache continuaretur." — 
Trias Thaum., p. 310. 


| Tx2 


1172 ANNALA nioshachca EIREANN. (1169. 


macaib Leis Epeann 7 Alban anéfna. Oiapmaio Ua Maoilpeaclamn, pi 
Míde 7 Gall Aca chat, Ua Parlge,7 Ua pPaolám, cmo ponura 4 Tobap- 
Tain a €mib, oo manbad lá Domnall mop(gac, mac Maoileaélamn Crpopaiz, 
7 lá Oonnchad Cemnpealac Ua Ceallaig 4 lá paw bn. Slogead lá 
Ruam Ua cConéobain co hAt na mach, 7 po 1onnapb Oorhnall on($ach 1 
nofogail an éċca pin, 1 po pannTIlie 1 n06,1 cuc an Ue aipteanach vo Tig fp- 
nan Ua Ruaine, 1 op(paib bpeipne, 1 an leat 1apċapach v6 pein. Oman 
Slébe blaoma, mac Tomppdealbarg Uí bhpmann, pí Truman, 4 an dá éle, oo 
oallao lá Oornall mac Toippdealbarg 1 m(pail. Fintan Ua Pallamanm, 
coipeac Clomm Uacac,7 maop Ua Mame, oécc lan na:epge. Ragnall 
Ua Maolmiadeng, corpeac Muincine Eolarp, oécc lap naitpige. | Comg(p na 
PPlémenoach vo toct a Sayaib hi pocpnaice Mec Munchada 3. Oiapmaoa, 
Do Copnam mige Laiġín 06. báccap om, lx laeé co lápeacaib leó. Slug 
Ff n€peann la Ruawpı Ua cConéobaip, go clipa, ] cángaccap maite 
tuaipceipic €peann ma ċomne ım Magnup Ua Eochaòda, pf Ulad,7 ım Mup- 
chad cCeapbaill, ci&(mna Oingiall, 4 vo veacactan appróe co he chat, 4 
po léiccice ap ccúla via ceim oopfóp. Lud lanom pf €neann Ruaióm 
Ua cCloncobaip 1 Cargmb, 7 Tis Cpnan Ua Ruane, ciz£pra 6peipne, 7 Diap- 
maro Ua Maoileaclainn, pi C(npach,3 Holl Aca chat, hi ccomne pt Mu- 
man, Larg ln, 1 Oppaige, 7 po €uipp(c pop neréní na Plemenoang, 7 oo pao 
Orapmaro Mac Mupchada a mac a ng'ollnup oUa Choncobaip. Rige 
Cenél n€ógam vo gabal vo Concoban Ua Loclainn. 


~ Ath-na-riach.—Ford of the greyish Cows. probably, therefore, of Flemings that the colo- 
Not identified. nies planted in these two Irish baronies” 


* The Flemings.—'The Editor has discovered 
no English or Anglo-Irish authority for calling 
this fleet a Flemish one. Mr. Moore has the 
following remarks upon this passage in his His- 
tory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 216, note. 

“ In the Four Masters we find those foreigners 
who joined the army of Dermot from Wales, 
called more than once Flemings; and of this 
people we know some colonies were allowed to 
establish themselves in South Wales (about 
Tenby and Haverfordwest) during the reigns 
of the first and second Henrys. It was most 


[namely, the baronies of Forth and Bargie, in 
the south-east of the county of Wexford] “ con- 
sisted. ‘Even at the present day,'says Mr. Beau- 
ford, *the port and countenance of the inhabi- 
tants often designate their origin, especially 
among the females, many of whom, if dressed 
in the garb of the Netherlands, might be taken 
for veritable Dutchwomen.'—MS. of Mr. Beau- 
ford, cited in Brewer’s Beauties, &c.” 

The Editor, when examining the baronies of 
Forth and Bargie for the Ordnance Survey, was 
particularly struck with the difference between 


1169.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1178 


Patrick, to instruct the youths of Ireland and Alba [Scotland] in literature. 
Diarmaid Ua Maelseachlainn, King of Meath, of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, of 
Ui-Failghe, and Ui-Faelain, head of the prosperity and affluence of his tribe, was 
killed by Domhnall Breaghach, son of Maelseachlainn Crosach, and Donnchadh 
Ceinsealach Ua Ceallaigh, and the men of Breagha. An army was led by 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair to Ath-na-riach"; and he expelled Domhnall Breagh- 
ach, in revenge of that deed, and divided Meath into two parts ; and he gave 
the eastern halfto Tighearnan and to the men of Breifne, and he kept the 
western half himself. Brian of Sliabh-Bladhma, son of Toirdhealbhach 
Ua Briain, King of Munster and of the two Eiles, was treacherously blinded 
by Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach. Fearchair Ua Fallamhain, chief of Clann- 
Uadach, and steward of Ui-Maine, died after penance. Raghnall Ua Mael- 
mhiadhaigh, chief of Muintir-Eolais, died after penance. The fleet of the 
Flemings* came from England in the army of Mac Murchadha, i. e. Diarmaid, 
to contest the kingdom of Leinster for him: they were seventy heroes, dressed 
in coats of mail. An army of the men of Ireland was led by Ruaidhri Ua Con- 
chobhair to Teamair; and the chiefs of the north of Ireland came to meet him, 
together with Maghnus Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, and Murchadh Ua Cear- 
bhaill, lord of Oirghialla; and they went from thence to Ath-cliath, and returned 
home again. The King of Ireland, Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, afterwards pro- 
ceeded into Leinster ; and Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne, and Diarmaid 
Ua Maeleachlain, King of Teamhair, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath, went to 
meet the men of Munster, Leinster, and Osraigh ; and they set nothing by* 
the Flemings ; and Diarmaid Mac Murchadha gave his son, as a hostage, to 
Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair. The kingdom of Cinel-Eoghain was assumed by 
Conchobhar Ua Lochlainn. 


t 
notice: The Annals of Ulster contain but a 
few meagre notices of the events of this year, 
as follows: 3 


the personal appearance of the inhabitants of 
these baronies and those of O'Murphy's coun- 
try, ofthe northern baronies of the county of 


Wexford. The Kavanaghs and Murphys are 
tall, and often meagre, while the Flemings, 
Codds, and other natives of the baronies of 
Forth and Bargie, are generally short and 
stout. 

Y Set nothing by : i. e. thought them not worth 


* A. D. 1169. The Daimliag, viz., the sanc- 
tuary of Kynan” [now Duleek], “burnt. Der- 
mot O'Melaghlin, king of Meath, killed by his 
brother's son, Donell Bregagh (.i. Liar)” [recté, 
the Bregian.—Ep.], “and Donagh Kinselagh 
O'Kelly. In the same year Rory O'Conner, 


1174 ANNAA RIOShachca EIREANN. [1170. 


Qoi Cpiopc, mile céo peachcmogacc. Tory: Chommam, mic Paolċon 
oo cabane a calmam vo Ghiolla laplaite Ua Capmeadin, comapba Com- 
mam, pepin oo cop rompo lay go ccumoaé ói 7 angio. Maolpuanad 
Ua Ruadain, eppcop Curgne Connacc, aipoplnaip, paoi (sna 7 cnábaio, Maol- 
mópoóa Mac Uameinge, prut pinoip oépeapcac, ponup, 7 padbp(p Cluana 
mic Noip, c(no a Chéleo Oé, oo écc 1 mí Nouemben. | CopbmacUa Lumlum, 
pipleigino Cluana p(pca bpénamn, 1appma puad Epeann ma ampi, oécc. 
Orapmaio Ua bpaom, comapba Commam, 4 éíipoptnóip aii Connaéc, oécc 
1 nImp Cloépann 1app an ciiccead bhadain noóao a aoip. Concobap, mac 
Mume(pcars Ui Coclamn, cig(pna Cenél €ógam, 4 níogoamna €peann, vo 
mapnbao lá hOloó mbecc Mac Cana q oo Uib Capacám Satapn Capce ap 
lan cpin moip 1 nApo Maċa. Mac Ceallacém, mac me Captarg, vo map- 
bao lá mac Taidg Ui Ghmain. Tallce, mgén Mumpefpeag Ui Mhaoilp(ch- 
lamn, bth Domnall mic Mupchada Uf Ph(pgail, caoipec Muincipe Cnganle, 
oécc ipm clEpacemad bliadam a hao». Cmoil(p, mac Giolla Congupa 
Uí Chlamam, ollam 1 piióecc epe, vécc. Oormnall mac Toinpdealbarg 
Uf Ohman, ci&(pna leite Muran, vo 10mpóo ap Ruawp Ua cConéobam, 4 
é vo dilpragad Fall Ohal cCaiy. Robepc mac Scepm,7 Ricapo mac Gille- 
bene .1. lapla 6 Scpangbouu vo teaée a Saxaib in Eno go plog noípime, 4 


King of Ireland, granted ten cowes yearly from 
him and every king after him for ever, to the 
Lector of Ardmagh, in honor of Patrick, for 
learning to the strollers” [i. e. poor scholars] 
“of Ireland and England.” — Cod. Clarend., 
tom. 49. 

* Comman, son of Faelchu.—He is the patron 
saint of Roscommon, in Connaught, where his 
festival was celebrated on the 26th of December. 
According to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, Comman 
(son of Faelchu, son of Drethlan, of the race of 
Rudraighe), who was a disciple of St. Finian, of 
Clonard, was a young man in the year 550; 
but it adds, that the year of his death is un- 
known.—See Archdall’s Monasticon Hibernicum, 
p. 618. 

* Bishop of Luighne- Chonnacht: i.e. of Achonry. 

^ The Ui-Caracain.— A sept seated in the 


parish of Killyman, in the diocese of Ar- 
magh.—See note f under A. D. 1044, p. 845, 
supra. 

* Fitz--Stephen.—He was the maternal brother 
of Maurice Fitz Gerald, they being sons of Nesta, 
mistress of Henry I., who, after separating from 
her royal lover, married Gerald, Governor of 
Pembroke, and lord of Carew, by whom she had 
Maurice Fitzgerald. After Gerald’s death, Nesta 
became the mistress of the Constable Stephen de 
Marisco, by whom she had Robert Fitz-Stephen. 
The character of Fitz-Stephen is thus described 
by his nephew, Giraldus Cambrensis, in his Hi- 
bernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 26 : 

“O virum virtutis unicum, verique laboris 
exemplum, fortune varie, sortique adverse 
plusquam prosperé semper obnoxium. O virum 
toties tam in Hibernia quam Cambria utrasque 


1170.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1175 


The Age of Christ, 1170. The relics of Comman, son of Faelchu’, were 
removed from the earth by Gilla-Iarlaithe Ua Carmacain, successor of Comman, 
and they were enclosed in a shrine with à covering of gold and silver. Mael- 
ruanaidh Ua Ruadhain, Bishop of Luighne-Chonnacht*, chief senior, and a 
paragon of wisdom and piety, [died]. Maelmordha Mae Uaireirghe, a learned 
charitable senior, the prosperity and affluence of Cluain-mic-Nois, and head of 
its Culdees, died in the month of November. Cormac Ua Lumluini, lector of 
Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, the remnant of the sages of Ireland in his time, died. 
Diarmaid Ua Braein, successor of Comman, and chief senior of East Connaught, 
died at Inis-Clothrann, after the ninety-fifth year of his age. Conchobhar, son 
of Muircheartach Ua Lochlainn, lord of Cinel-Eoghain, and royal heir of Ire- 
land, was slain by Aedh Beg Mac Cana and the Ui-Caracain’, on Easter Saturday, 
in the middle of Trian-mor, at Ard-Macha. The son of Ceallachan, grandson 
of Carthach, was slain by the son of Tadhg Ua Briain. Taillte, daughter of 
Muircheartach Ua Maeleachlainn, and wife of Domhnall, son of Murchadh 
Ua Fearghail, chief of Muintir-Anghaile, died in the fortieth year of her age. 
Aindileas, son of Gilla-Aenghusa Ua Clumhain, who was an ollamh in poetry, 
died. Domhnall, son of Toirdhealbhach Ua Briain, lord of half Munster, turned 


„against Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair ; and he appropriated the hostages of Dal- 


gCais. Robert Fitz Stephen® and Richard, son of Gilbert, i. e. Earl Strongbow‘, 
came from England into Ireland with a numerous force, and many knights and 


rote circumferentias equanimiter expertum, et 
omnia passum. 


** Que pejor fortuna potest, atque omnibus usum, 
Que melior. 


**O vereMarium secundum Stephaniden. Cujus 
si felicitatem respexeris: felicissimum dixeris. 
Si verum miserias: miserorum omnium miser- 
rimum videas. Erat autem vir amplo corpore 
et integro, vultuque decenti, et statura paulo 
mediocritatem excedente, vir dapsilis et largus, 
liberalis et jucundus, sed vino Venerique trans 
modestiam datus." 

Robert Fitzstephen landed at the creek called 
Cuan-an-bhainbh, now Bannow, in the month 
of May, 1169, with a band of thirty knights, 


sixty men in coats of mail, and 300 archers, 
among whom was Hervey de Montemarisco, or 
Mountmaurice, the paternal uncle of the Earl 
Strongbow. 

è Earl Strongbow.—He was Richard de Clare, 
Earl of Pembroke and Strigul. He was sur- 
named Strongbow, as had been his father, from 
his strength in discharging arrows. For Giral- 
dus’s character of this Earl, see note %, under 
A.D.1176. According to the work attributed 
to Maurice Regan, Strongbow landed at Down- 


‘donnell, near Waterford, on the eve of the feast 


of St. Bartholomew, with an army of about 
1200 men, of whom 200 were knights.— See 
Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 16 ; and Harris's 
Hibernica, p. 23. 


ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. 


1176 [1170. 


50 molan Riovipead, 7 pargoeopmb hı poċpaiwe Mec Mupchada do copnarà 
Laistn 06, 7 oo éóombuaibpneao Gaoideal €neann ancfha,7 oo nao mac Mup- 
chaóa a mg(n vo lapla o Scpangbouu ap coce ma focnaive. Ro gabpacc 
Loc Gapman, 1 do deacaccap ap érgm ap Donc Cópece, 4 po gabpac mac 
Óllemaipe apmano an dún, 1 Ua Paolám, ciġlpna na nDé, 7 a mac,1 po 
mapnbpac peéc ccéd aimnpide. Oormnall bpeagach Ua Maoileachlainn co 
rochai opa 6p ume vo dul hi Largmb, 4 Oonnchad Ua Ceallang, 
ci$(mma Óp($, oo éurcim la Largmb oon cup pm. Sluag(ó lá Ruam 
Ua cConcobaip, m Eneann, 1 lá Ciz(pnán Ua Ruane cig(mna bperpne 4 lá 
Mupchad Ua Ceapbaill, ciztpna Ongiall, mo afr Largh, 4 na nall pem- 
pace, 7 baoi immy cata (coppa ppí pé tpi ctpat, gup po loipg cene vo aic 
Qe cliat, vain po tpércepfec Goll an oume Connaécag 4 Let Chumn 
apéfna. Oo ponad monbal pon Ghallaib Ata chat mopm an po peall Mup- 
chada 4 na Saxanar$ poppa, 7 po cunp(ce a nap ap lap a noáme péin, 7 
puccpac a ccnod 7 a monnmap cma mi comall a mbpéitpe ppí pma Eneann. 
Colao uadenb apgall, mac Ragnanll mic Cupcaill áipopí Gall Acha chat. 
Maidm la mac Copbmaic mic mec Cantos, 7 la Oeaprnumam pop na pror 
peada” no pagaibp(c ag coimed Phun Cámge. Sluaiglo la mac Munchada 
co na moipeadanb hi Mide 7 1 mópeipne, 4 po apsple Cluam Enano, 4 no, 
loipecpícc Cfnannup, q Cil Taillen, Oubao, Slane, Tuilén, Cell Scípe, 
Oi inc Chiapóin, 4. 00 ponpac cpeach wapccám 1 c Cíp mopiám, q puccpac 
bnarcc 7 buap 1omda leó oo com a longpoinc. Opargoe Ohianmaoa mic 
Mupchada oo mapbaó lá Ruan Ua Concobaip, pí Eneann, occ Aeluann, 


* Loch Garman : i.e. Wexford, For the Eng- 
lish account of the taking of Wexford, see 
Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 3. The citizens of 
Wexford gave their invaders a repulse on the 
first day, but on the second day they submitted 
to their lawful prince, Dermot Mac Murrough, 
by advice of two bishops who happened to be in 
the town at the time. 


f Port- Lairge : i.e. Waterford. Fora curious 


account of the taking of Waterford, see Hibernia 
Fixpugnata, lib. i. c. 16; and Harris’s Hibernica, 
pp. 24, 25. 

* Officer of the fortress. —Giraldus Cambrensis 


calls this fortress T'urris Reginaldi, which is the 
tower now commonly called the Ring Tower.— 
See the Dublin P. Journal, vol. i. pp. 188, 189 ; 
and Moore's History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 226. 

^ Asgall.—He is called ** Hasculphus Dubli- 
niensium princeps" by Cambrensis, in Hib, Ex- 
pug.; and Herculph Mac Turkill,in the work 
attributed to Maurice Regan, lib. i. cc. 17, 21. 
Mr. Moore supposes that they were different 
persons, but shows no reason on which he 
grounds this opinion.— See his Hist, Irel., vol. ii. 
p.228. For the English account of the taking 
of Dublin, see Hib. Expug., lib. i. c. 17. 


ERES 


1170.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1177 


archers, in the army of Mac Murchadha, to contest Leinster for him, and to 
* disturb the Irish of Ireland in general; and Mac Murchadha gave his daughter 
to the Earl Strongbow for coming into his army. They took Loch Garman’, 
and entered Port-Lairge' by force; and they took Gillemaire, the officer of the 
fortress*, and Ua Faelain, lord of the Deisi, and his son, and they killed seven 
hundred persons there. Domhnall Breaghach Ua Maeleachlainn, with numbers 
of the men of Breagha along with him, proceeded into Leinster ; and Donn- 
chadh Ua Ceallaigh, lord of Breagha, fell by the Leinstermen on that occasion. 
An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ireland ; Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc, lord of Breifne ; Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, against 
Leinster and the Galls aforesaid ; and there was a challenge of battle between 
them for the space of three days, until lightning burned Ath-cliath ; for the 
foreigners [Danes] of the fortress deserted from the Connaughtmen and the 
people of Leath-Chuinn in general A miracle was wrought against the 
foreigners [Danes] of Ath-cliath on this occasion, for Mac Murchadha and the 
Saxons acted treacherously towards them, and made a slaughter of them in the 
middle of their own fortress, and carried off their ‘cattle and their goods, in 
consequence of their violation of their word to the men of Ireland.  Asgall", 
son of Raghnall, son of Turcall, chief king of the foreigners [Danes] of Ath- 
tliath, made his escape from them. A victory was gained by the son of Cormac, 
grandson of Carthach, and the people of Desmond, over the knights who were 
left to protect Port-Lairge. An army was led by Mac Murchadha and his 
knights into Meath and Breifne; and they plundered Cluain-Iraird', and burned 
Ceanannus, Cill-Tailltean, Dubhadh, Slaine, Tuilen, Cill-Scire, and Disert-Chia- 
rain; and they afterwards made a predatory incursion into Tir-Briuin, and 
carried off many prisoners and cows to their camp. The hostages of Diarmaid 
Mac Murchadha* were put to death by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, King of Ire- 


i Oluain-Iraird, &c.— These churches are all  quists, as O’Brien, in his absurd work upon the 


in Meath, and are now called in English Clonard, 
Kells, Teltown, Dowth, Slane, Dulane, Kils- 
keery, and Castlekieran. They have been al- 
ready often referred to in these Annals. 

* The hostages of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha.— 
Dermot O'Conor, the translator of Keating’s 
History of Ireland, and some modern Irish anti- 


Round Towers of Ireland, assert that King Ro- 
deric did not execute the son of Dermot Mac 
Murrough, who had been delivered as a hostage 
for his father’s fidelity ; but we have the con- 
temporaneous testimony of Giraldus Cambrensis 
that this execution took place: ‘ Indignans 
Rothericus, filium ejus quem ei (suprà, c. 10) 


UL 


1178 ANNAZA gioshachca EIREANN. [1170. 


4. Concobap mac Orapmaoa, progmacaom Larg, 7 mac mic Orapmava a. 
mac Domnaill Chaornanaig, 7 mac a comalea 3. Ua Caollarze. — Oorimall 
pac 7 Qinin Míde oo rompáó ap O Ruaine,7 ap O cConcobaip 4 bpaigoe 
vo tabarpt oo Mac Mupchada. OSpagsoe hpi Mwe vo rnapbao lá Tig hp- 
nan Ua Ruame. Mac mic Paolain,7 mac Oonncha Mic Siollapáccpaicc 
do 1onanbad la Mac Mupchada. | Sluarg(o lá mac Mupchada ip m mbperpne, 
q rpamceap pop opein oix Mhuneip ta hampunb Crg(mnam Uí Ruaipc, 7 do 
paopac iapccain ammup longpurne paip péin co Cargmb, Gallaib, Ppa’ 
Míde, 7 co nCingiallaib imme, 7 copcpacap pochoióe diob, 7 po pagabple a 
longpont. Oorhnall Ua brain 3 Dál cCaip oo rompáo pon Ruam. Cob- 
lach ofpmonp la Ruaiópi Ua cConċobaip pop. Sionamn oionnpad Muman. 
Cneach lá hUib Mame a nUpmumain,7 cpeach la hlantan Comaée,1 c/Cuao- 
mumain. Ro himopead Upmuüma leó von cup pin, 7 po pcaoilp(c clánopoic(c 
Cille Dalua.. Loncán Ua h€écigepn oo mapbao la macaib mic Mec Con- 
mapa, 7 lá hUib Carp. Oiapmaw Ua Cum, coipeac Clomne hlp(pnaim, 
vo manbad lá Cenél Coda na e€écge. Qriapmaro Ua hAmbpet, cina 
Ua Met, 7 corpeac mancpluarg ciġfpna Org, oo thapbad pop Imp lacám lá 
lomgfp cám a hInpib hOpe. Cpeaċ lá Cig(mnán Ua Ruame i n&ailingoib 
q hi Saiónib, 7 vo bene buap 10móa lap. Cpeaé la hChipgiallanb hi c Cíp 
ohmám. Mupchad Ua Peangal, cig(pna na pPopéuae, vo. thapbaoh té 
hUa Piachpach, cigeapna Ua pPineaclap. Rumòpm Mac Coda, agfpna 
Clomne Copcepoig, oécc ma oltpe 1 Tuaim vá ġualamn. Oniom anaiénio 
amapmancach oo oénam la Magnup Ua hEoéava, pi Ulad,7 von manach 
Omlaoib, mac comapba Pinvén Marge bile, 7 la hUlcaib anctna (cinmóca 


obsidem dederat, capitali sententià condemna- 
vit."— ib. Expug., lib. i.c. 17. See also Sta- 
nihurst, De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, lib. 3. 
The Kavanaghs of Leinster are descended from 
Domhnall Caemhanach, said by Giraldus Cam- 
brensis to be a bastard son of King Dermot; 
but Maurice Regan conceals his illegitimacy, 
and calls him Prince Donald.— See Harris’s 
Hibernica, p. 16, note; and p. 30, note £. 

! O’ Caellaighe.—This name is still very nume- 
rous in the county of Kilkenny, but always 
incorrectly anglicised Kelly. It is to be distin- 


guished from O’Ceallaigh, O’Cele, O'Caela, and 
O'Cadhla, which will soon be all anglicised to 
Kelly, and become thus confounded for ever 
after the extinction of the native language. 

™ Diarmaid Ua Cuinn.—Now anglicé Dermot, 
Darby, or Jeremiah Quinn, the O? being never 
prefixed, even by the Dunraven family.—See 
note *, under A. D. 1013, p. 774, supra. 

? Cinel-Aedha of Echtghe : i. e. the O'Shaugh- 
nessys and their correlatives, who were seated 
in the barony of Kiltartan, in the county of 
Galway. 


"Ppp => 


1170.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1179 


land, at Ath-Luain, namely, Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid, heir apparent of 
Leinster, and Diarmaid’s grandson, i. e. the son of Domhnall Caemhanach, and 
the son of his foster-brother, i. e. O'Caellaighe. Domhnall Breaghach and the 
people of East Meath turned against O'Ruairc and O'Conchobhair, and deli- 
vered hostages to Mac Murchadha. The hostages of East Meath were put to 
death by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc. The son of Mac Fhaelain and the son of 
Donnchadh Mac Gillaphadraig were banished by Mac Murchadha. An army 


was led by Mac Murchadha into Breifne, and a party of his people were defeated , 


by the soldiers of Tighearnan Ua Ruaire. They afterwards made an attack 
upon the camp in which he himself was, with the Leinstermen, Galls [English], 
and the men of Meath and Oirghialla, about him, and slew numbers of them. 
And they left their camp. Domhnall Ua Briain and the Dal-gCais turned 
against Ruaidhri. A great fleet was brought upon the Sinainn, by Ruaidhri 
Ua Conchobhair, to plunder Munster. A predatory incursion was made by the 
Ui-Maine into Ormond, and a predatory incursion was made by the people of 
West Connaught into Thomond. They [the Ui-Maine] plundered Ormond on 
this occasion, and destroyed the wooden bridge of Cill-Dalua. Lorcan Ua hEch- 
thighern was slain by the sons of Mac Conmara and the Ui-Caisin. Diarmaid 
Ua Cuinn”, chief of Clann-Iffearnain, was slain by the Cinel-Aedha of Echtghe”, 
Diarmaid Ua hAinbhfeth, lord of Ui-Meith, and leader of the cavalry of the 
lord of Oileach, was slain on Inis-Lachain®, by a fleet which came from the Insi- 
hOre [Orkney Islands]. A predatory incursion was made by Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc into Gaileanga and Saithne, and he carried off many cows. A pre- 
datory incursion was made by the Airghialla into Tir-Briuin. Murchadh 
Ua Fearghail, lord of the Fortuatha?, was slain by Ua Fiachrach, lord of Ui- 
Fineachlais Ruaidhri Mac Aedha, lord of Clann-Cosgraigh, died on his 
pilgrimage at Tuaim-da-ghualann. An unknown, atrocious deed was committed 
by Maghnus Ua hEochadha, King of Ulidia, and the monk Amhlaeibh, son of 
the successor of Finnen, and by the Ulidians in general, —except Maelisa, bishop, 


° Inis-lochain.—See note °, under A. D. 1165. county of Wicklow, comprising Glendalough 
There is another Inis-lochain in the River Bann, and the Glen of Imaile. 


near the town of Coleraine.—See note ^, under 3 Ui- Feineachlais.—A. tribe seated to the east 
A. D. 1544. of Fortuatha, in the present barony of Arklow, 
? Fortuatha.— A territory in the present in the same county. 
712 


1180 ANNALA RIOSshachta EIREANN. [1171. 


Maolíora eppcop, 1 Hrollavomanguipt mac Copbmarc, comanba Comganll, 
+ Maolmapcain, comapba Pinnén co na muincip) 3. comtionol manach 
p'agalca co na nabbad po opnoarg ITlaolmaooocc Ua Monsanp, legaro com- 
apba Prca, 1 Saball Phaccpaice do 10noapbaó ap an maimmpeip po éógaib- 
peac,] po éumoargp(c pém,1 a napgam go léi eip leabpaib 7 amb 
ecclapcacca, bá, eoca, 1 caonca, 7 na huile po cionóilp(c 6 aimpip an légoio 
pempaive zo pm. Mang cigfpna, 7 corpi oo pome an gníom hipm cma 
comaiple an cf po dicupple manag Opoicic. ata ap an abóame cma na 
cionnald pém. - Mace cíp a nofpnad, acc m deachaid gan moechad on 
ccormmbe, uaip po mapas in aomplec la huaicib námac na coipi$ oo pomne 
an gníom pim, 1 po ponad an pí, po manbad gap b(cc rapccam co hamplécnac 
ipm baile 1 nofpnad an comaiple. amppipén hipin 2. 1 noún. Ora maint po 
oí éurpeaó an cormicionol. Ora maine epa 1? ccino bliaóna po mapbaó maite 
Ula, 4 po gonad a pi. Oia maine gap uai 1apccam po mapbao é 1 nDún 
lá a offibnacai. 

Cop Cpíopc, mile céd p(chemogac a haon. Decpup Ua Tlópóa, eppcop 
Cluana phca ópénamn, manach cpáiboeaé cécup, oo báðað ipm Sionamo 
an 27 oo Oecembep. Sadb, mém lámauipn Mic Mupcada, bancomapba 
Qpiġoe, dég 1ap naitpige. | Cloiceeach Telca áipo vo lopccad lá Ciz(nnán 


* Sabhall-Phadraigh.—Now Saul, in the ba- 
rony of Lecale, and county of Down.—See 
A. D. 493, 1011, 1020, 1149. 

* Dun.—Now Downpatrick. The Annals of 
Ulster record the events of this year as follows : 

“ A. D. 1170. Conor mac Murtagh O’Neall” 
[recté, O'Loghlin], “king of Kindred-Owen, 
and heire apparent of all Ireland, killed by 
Hugh Begg Mac Cana, and the Uibh-Caragan, 
on Easter Saturday, in the midest of the great 
Tryan,in Ardmagh. Donogh Kynselagh O’ Kelly 
killed by Leinster. Dublin spoyled by Dermod 
Mac Murcha and the forreners that he brought 
out of Great Britain to spoyle Ireland, in re- 
venge of his banishment over seas out of his 
owne land, and the killing of his son. They had 
the slaughter of the Galls of Dublin and Water- 
ford, and many slaughters were of them also. 


Leinster and men of Meath were spoyled both 
spirituall and temporall ; and they tooke Dublin 
and Waterford. A very indecent act committed 
by the monke, .i. Aulyv, son to the Coarb of 
Finen-Moybyle, and by Manus Mac Dunleve, 
king of Ulster, with the principalls of Ulster 
and Ulstermen also, together with? [rectè, with 
the exception of] * Moylysa, and Gilladoman- 
gart mac Donell mic Cormack, Coarb of Com- 
gall, and Moylmarten, Coarb of Finen, with 
their people, .i. a Convent of Regular Canons, 
with their abbot, ordained by Moylemoag 
O’Morgair, Legat of the Coarb of Peter, in St. 
Patrick's Savall, .i sanctuary, were banished 
out of the abby built by themselves, and were 
spoyled altogether, books, stuff, cowes, men, 
horses, sheepe, and all that ever they gathered 
there first coming in the tyme of the said Legat 


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1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1181 


and Gilladomhangairt, son of Cormac, successor of Comhghall, and Maelmartain, 
successor of Finnen, with their people,—i. e. a convent of religious monks, with 
their abbot, whom Maelmaedhog Ua Morgair, legate of the successor of Peter, 
had appointed at Sabhall-Phadraig', were expelled from the monastery, which 
they themselves had founded and erected ; and they were all plundered, both 
of their books and ecclesiastical furniture, cows, horses, and sheep, and of every 
thing which they had collected from the time of the legate aforesaid till then. 
Wo to the lord and chieftains who perpetrated this deed, at the instigation of 
one whom the monks of Droichet-atha [ Drogheda] had expelled from the abbacy 
for his own crime. Wo to the country in which it was perpetrated ; and it did 
not pass without vengeance from the Lord, for the chieftains who had done this 
deed were slain together by a few enemies, and the king was prematurely 
wounded and slain, shortly after, at the town where the unjust resolution [of 


. perpetrating it] had been adopted, namely, at Dun*. On Tuesday the convent 


were expelled. On Tuesday also, at the end of a year, the chieftains of Ulidia 
were slain, and the king was wounded. On Tuesday, shortly after, he was 
killed by his brother, at Dun. i 
The Age of Christ, 1171. Petrus Ua Mordha, Bishop of Cluain-fearta- 
Brenainn, who had been first a pious monk, was drowned in the Sinainn, on 
the 27th of December. Sadhbh, daughter of Gluiniairn Mac Murchadha, suc- 
cessor of Brighit, died after penance. The Cloictheach of Telach-aird' was 


untill that tyme ; also their coates, hoods, and Ulster killed, and the king wounded. This 


the rest about them at that tyme, through 
emulation, fleshly combination, and covetous- 
ness of honor to himselfe; for the monks of Ire- 
land did banish him out of their abbacy, through 
lawfull causes. Wo’, wo’, woe and woe the 
doing, and woe to the country where this act 
was committed, for it was not without revenge 
from the Lord, for they were killed at once by 
a few of their enemies, the principalls that com- 
mitted this act. The king was wounded and 
Garbeg? [recté, in a short time] “unfortunately 
after in the towne, where this was devised by 
an unconscionable councel, i. in Dun. Uppon 
Tuesday was the Convent banished: uppon 
Tuesday, at a yeare’s end, were the best of 


Dermot” [recté, this Manus] **soone after was 
killed himselfe by his brother in Dun. Dermot 
O'Hanveth was killed by a navy that came out 
of the Iles of Orcadia, in an Iland made by 
themselves upon Loch Ney, called Inishlaghlin.” 
Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. 

t Telach-aird.—A townland in the barony of 
Upper Navan, about two miles to the north-east 
of Trim. The name Tealach-ard, which was 
originally applied to a ballybetagh, or ancient 
Trish townland, containing the seat of O’Coin- 
dealbhain, chief of Ui-Laeghaire, originally em- 
braced many of the modern denominations of 
land adjacent to the present townland of Tully- 
ard, and, among others, that called in Irish 


Wr 
§ odMI i 


1182 ANNAA RIOshachta EIREANN. (1171. 


Ua Ruaipe co na lán oo óaormb ann. Orapmano Mac Mupchada, pí Leng fn, 
an phh lap a nofpnad poo cpichig o€pmn ule, 1ap ccochupcal Saran, 7 1ap 
noenam ulc Gaoweal go hiomóa, rap. nanccai 4 lopecad ceall molapoa, 
Cfnannup, Cluam €paipo, 36, do écc pra cemb bliadna oo jalam eccual- 
ngeac anaemd, uap po bnén ma b(chaió cpa tmonbail Dé, Choluim Chille, 
q Pinvém, q naom €peann ipa. cealla po Panag, 7 po lorpcc pecc mam, 4 1 
P(na mop acbée gan ciomna, san atpġe, gan conp cp'opc, gan ongao, 
armar po cull a dpocarpllead. Maolcpón mac Giolla Seacnaill, cigfpna 
Ofpceinc Opl$, oo écc. Tallem, mif Concobarn Uf Maolplehlamo, btn 
lomain Ui Chatapang, cig(pna Senéne, vég. Dorhnall, mac mic Ruaiop 
Ui Mhaolmuaw, cigna Peap cCeall, vo manbad lá Munem Mumneaċa. 
Oomnall Ua Pógapca, cig fina Ele déipceint, oo mapbao la Domnall mac 
Oonnchaóa Opnaize, 1 po cup áp an vá Ele, dú 1 cconcnacan pice ap cpb 
céoaib. Cpeach coblac lá hUlcoib hi cTíp €ógam, dia puccpac bá 10móa 
leó. Cpeach lá Niall mac Mec Caclamo go cCenél €ógam 1 nUlcaib,4 no 
mapbaó pochawe leó, 4 vo b(ncpac buan oipime. Opargoe Chipgiall iaporh 
vo $abáil lá Niall Ua Coclamn. Cpeach món lá Magnup mac Oumnpleibe 
Uf Eochada co nUllcoib 1 cCínl an cudipceinc, 3 po ewpgpec Cúl paca, 
q cealla ole, 7 pugpac uachaó beag vo Cenél €ogam poppa 1m Chonċobap 
Ua Chačóáin, 7q po p(paó 10map(cc (coppa, 1 po meabaid pon Ulcoib, 4 cop- 
cain pih ap fiċ do coipeachonb, 7 vo maca corpeac co pocharoib 10mòaib 
ole o Ulcaib, 4 po gonad Magnup pem, ] c(nna ap an cacgliaió oon cup pm. 
Ro mapbao :apom lá a ofpbpacanp pén, lá Oonnpléibe, 7 lá Giolla Clengupa 


Saile an éloiceize, and, in English, Steeples- 
town, in which the cloictheach, or round tower, 
referred to in the text, stood. This tower fell 
about the year 1760. The Editor was ac- 
quainted with an old native of this district who 
saw this steeple standing.— See the Miscellany 
of the Irish Archeological Society, p- 138, note *, 

* Unknown disease.—It is also stated in the 
Annals of Clonmacnoise that “Dermott Mac 
. Murrough died of an unknown disease, without 
pennance, shrive, or Extreame Unction.” But 
it is stated in a catalogue of the Kings of Lein- 
ster, preserved in a paper manuscript in the 


Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1, 17, 
that “he died at Ferns after the victory of Unc- 
tion and penance.” This Dermot was a man of 
great stature, courage, and boldness. “His cha- 
racter is described by his contemporary, Giral- 
dus Cambrensis, as follows, in his Hibernia Ex- 
pugnata, lib. i. cap. 6 : 

* Erat autem Dermicius vir stature grandis, 
et corpore peramplo: vir bellicosus et audax in 
gente sua: ex crebro continuoque belli clamore 
voce raucisona, Timeria cunctis quam diligi 
cupiens; nobilium oppressor, humilium erector, 
infestus suis, exosus alienis. Manus omnium 


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burned by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with its full of people in it. Diarmaid Mac 
Murchadha, King of Leinster, by whom a trembling sod was made of all Ireland, 
—after having brought over the Saxons, after having done extensive injuries to 
the Irish, after plundering and burning many churches, as Ceanannus, Cluain- 
Iraird, &c.,—died before the end of a year [after this plundering], of an insuf- 
ferable and unknown disease"; for he became putrid while living, through the 
miracle of God, Colum-Cille, and Finnen, and the other saints of Ireland, whose 
churches he had profaned and burned some time before; and he died at Fearna- 
mor, without [making] a will, without penance, without the body of Christ, 
without unction, as his evil deeds deserved. Maelcron Mac Gillaseachnaill, 
lord of South Breagha, died. Tailltin, daughter of Conchobhar Ua Maeleach- 
lainn, and wife of Imhar Ua Cathasaigh, lord of Saithne, died. Domhnall, 
grandson of Ruaidhri Ua Maelmhuaidh, lord of Feara-Ceall, was slain by Muintir- 
Muineacha. Domhnall Ua Fogarta, lord of South Eile, was slain by Domhnall, 
son of Donnchadh [Mac Gillaphadraig] of Osraighe ; and he made a slaughter 
of the people of the two Eiles, where he slew three hundred persons. Ay plun- 
dering fleet was brought by the Ulidians into Tir-Eoghain, in which they carried 
off a countless number of cows. A predatory incursion was made by Niall, son 
of Mac Lochlainn, and the Cinel-Eoghain, into Ulidia, and numbers were slain 
by them ; and they carried off countless cows. The hostages of the Airghialla 
were afterwards taken by Niall Ua Lochlainn. A great predatory force was 
led by Maghnus Mac Duinnsleibhe Ua hEochadha and the Ulidians into Cuil- 
an-tuais-ceirt"; and they plundered Cuil-rathain [Coleraine] and other churches. 
A small party of the Cinel-Eoghain, under Conchobhair Ua Cathain, overtook 
them ; and a battle was fought between them, in which the Ulidians were de- 
feated, with the loss of one-and-twenty chieftains and sons of chieftains, with 
many others [of the commonalty]; and Maghnus himself was wounded, but he 
escaped from the conflict on that occasion. He was afterwards killed by his 
own brother, Donnsleibhe, and Gilla-Aenghusa, son of Mac Gillaepscoip, ruler 


contra ipsum, et ipse contrarius omni.” The cuil, i. e. the corner or angle of that terri- 
* Cuil-an-tuais-ceirt.—Tuaisceart was the name tory, is the district now called the north-east 
of an ancient deanery in the north of the pre- liberties of Coleraine.—See Reeves's Ecclesias- 
sent county of Antrim, comprising the modern tical Antiquities of Down and Connor, $c., p. 71, 
rural deaneries of Ballymoney and Dunluce. note *. T 


1184 ANNAA RIOghachca EIREANN. (1171. 


mac Mic Giollaeppeoip, peécarpe Manag, 1 nDún, 1ap noénam ule romoa. 
Cpeach ap Sarémb lá Tigfpnan Ua Ruarpe go bpa bpeipne. Ro manbad 
leó pochaibe, 1 do b(pcpac buap 10mba. Cpeach oile lá Cig(mnán 1 nOer- 
ceapc bnl, q po mapbad lap Giolla Nénám Mac Lugaóa, 1, caoipfch 
Cumcene, 7 Mac Giollapeaclamn (a. caorpeaé Oeipceipc ópícé.) | Conéap 
la pína” Míde oon cup pm Ua Cariomb. | Oorinall 6p(gac, ci&(pna Mive, 
oo tabat fiall oo Thig(pnan Ua Ruarc. Seacht ccpeacha vo dénam lá 
hUib Mame pop Upmumam 6 vormach na himpime co oorinach mioncays. 
Cheac Oombag Chianáin vo dénam lá moinedad Mii Chocan,4 tonépacan 
apoile dfob annabanac lá gallaib Clea clat m emeac Chianám. Cat Qta 
chat erin Mili Cocan 7 Apgall, à. mac Racénall, pí gall n€peann pecc 
mam. Concnacap a nap ceccapnae a dú, 1 anall emip moepfohaib Saran 
1 Galla Ata chat. Oo pocha ann Apsall mac Ragnaill, 7 €oan loclan- 
oac a hlnpib hOnc, co pochawib aile. cenmotác. Sluarg(ó lá Ruadm 
Ua cConcobarp, lá Cig(pnán Ua Raine, 7 lá Mupchad Ua C (pbaill go he 
chat, opopbaip ap an lapla a. Scpangbuu, 7 «p Mitt Cocan ban cpa 
veabard 7 10mgum (coppa ppí Té coic&ibnpi.. Oo éóió 1apom O Concobaip 1 
ccomn Carg(n, 7 mapcpluag pi mbperpne 4 Cipgiall oo buain 7 oo lopecad 
apbann na Saranac. Oo veocavap rapccám an clapla 4 Mili Cocan co na 
Troepaib 1llongponc Leite Cuinn, po mappar pochaibe via noaopgap pluag, 
q cucpac a lón, a nevead,7 a ccaplb. Mawm lá mac Copbmaic Még 
Captaig ap Ghallaib Cummg. Ro manbad pochade mop ofob temp im 
Fone mac G1ollacamoig,7 1m Toncain mac Cpém,1 po loipcc an mapccao, 


| Ue an oáme apmeabón. Slóð lá Tignan Ua Ruane co bp(paib 


* Manaigh.—Otherwise called Mancha Mo- 
naigh-Uladh, and Cath-Monaigh.—See note "o 
under A. D. 1173 ; Reeves’s Ecclesiastical An- 
tiquities, &c., p. 356; and Leabhar-na-g Ceart, 
p.172, note", This sept was seated near Moira, 
in the barony of Lower Iveagh, and county of 
Down. Doctor O'Conor prints this Rechtaire 
Mum, which he translates Gubernatore M omonia, 
but he is decidedly in error. 

7 Asgall.—For a curious account of the deaths 
of this prince and Hoan, or John, see Hibernia 
Expugnata, lib. i.cap.21. Aftera long struggle 


with his assailants, Hoan, or John, called The- 
woode Vehemens by Giraldus, and le Dene by 
Maurice Regan, was at length felled to the 
ground, and slain by Walter de Riddlesford, 
assisted by others. Asgall, or Hasculphus, at- 
tempted to fly to his ships, but was taken on 
the sea shore, and brought back alive to be re- 
served for ransom. But on appearing before 
the governor, Milo de Cogan, and a large as- 
sembly in the Council house, he proudly and 
haughtily exclaimed: ** We came here with 
only a small force and this has been but the 


1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1185 


of Monaigh* at Dun [Downpatrick], after having perpetrated many evil deeds. 
A predatory incursion was made upon the Saithni by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, 
with the men of Breifne. They slew numbers of persons, and carried off many 
cows. Another predatory incursion was made by Tighearnan into South 
Breagha ; and he slew Gillan-Enain Mac Lughadha, i. e. chief of Cuirene, and 
Mac Gillaseachlainn, chief of South Breagha. Ua Lamhdhuibh was slain by 
the men of Meath on this occasion. Domhnall Breaghach, lord of Meath, deli- 
vered hostages to Tighearnan Ua Ruairc. Seven predatory incursions were 
made by the Ui-Maine into Ormond, from Palm-Sunday till Low-Sunday. 
Daimhliag-Chianain [Duleek] was plundered by the knights of Milo Cogan ; 
and some of them were slain on the following day by the foreigners [i. e. Danes] 
of Ath-cliath, in revenge of Cianan. The battle of Ath-cliath was fought be- 
tween Milo Cogan and Asgall, [who was for] some time before king of the 
foreigners [Danes] of Ireland. Many were slaughtered on both sides of the 
Saxon knights and the foreigners [Danes] of Ath-cliath. Asgall’, son of Ragh- 
“nall, fell therein, as did Eoan, a Dane from the Insi-hOre [Orkney Islands], and 
many others besides them. An army was led by Ruaidhri Ua Conchobhair, 
Tighearnan Ua Ruaire, and Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, to Ath-cliath, to lay siege 
to the Earl, i. e. Strongbow, and Milo Cogan. There were conflicts and skir- 
mishes between them for the space of a fortnight. O’Conchobhair afterwards 
went against the Leinstermen, with the cavalry of the men of Breifne and Air- 
ghialla, to cut down and burn the corn of the Saxons. The Earl and Milo 
Cogan afterwards entered the camp of Leath-Chuinn, and slew many of their 
commonalty, and carried off their provisions’, armour, and horses. A victory 
was gained by the son of Cormac Mac Carthaigh over the foreigners of Luim- 
neach. A great number of them was slain by him, and, among the rest, Foirne, 
son of Gillacainnigh, and Torchar, son of Treni ; and he burned the market 
and half the fortress to its centre. An army was led by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc* 


beginning of our labours. IfI live, far other corn, meal, and pork, as was sufficient to vic- 


and greater things shall follow." Upon hearing 
which the governor ordered him immediately to 
be beheaded. 

* Their provisions.—In the account of the Eng- 
lish Invasion, attributed to Maurice Regan, it is 
stated that the English got such quantities of 


tual the city of Dublin for one whole year.—See 
Harriss Hibernica, pp. 25-30; and compare 
with Hibernia Expugnata, lib. i. cc. 22, 23, 24. 

* Tighearnan Ua Ruairc.—Compare with Hi- 
bernia Expugnata, lib. i. c. 29 ; and Regan’s 
account in Harris's Hibernica, pp. 25, 26. 


7M 


1186 amnmaca RIOshachta EIREANN. (1171. 


Speipne oopibipi, 7 lá hOipgiallarb co hOfé chat, 4 no cumple oeabaro ppí 
Mili Cocan co na pormiómib, go paerind pon peaponb bpeipne q pop Orp- 
Siallarb. Oo pocarp ann Aled mac Trg(pnéin Uf Ruarc, canapi bperpne, 
q mac mic Orapmava Ui Chumn, 4 pochaióe. orle immaille pmú. Cpeach 
la opérm do Shíol Muipeadans 1 cTuadmurain, 7 To oinceple Sipteacén 
Ua Liciuda, 4 po mapbpac é buóoém 1 cchacand. Cpeach lá píol nAnmchada 
q la Mumcip Chionaeca 1 nEle, 7 vo bencpac bá i0mba. Cpeach lá mac an 
lapla go po oec cealla Mage Largh 4 opong mop oo Uib Paoléin. Cpeach 
lá hlantan Connacc,4 lá opem oo Shíol Mumloag 5o no ampcepfc laprmuraa, 
Copcumopua?,4 cuccpac buap ofníme. Cpeach lá mumceip mic an lapla oia 
po ommcep(c Cluam Conaine, Galam,7 Cacpaé mbpium. Inġ Uí Eochada, 
b(n Munchada Ui Ceapbaill, cig(na Oipgiall, décc. Coblaé Connaéc 
ó Shaman co bealcaine pop Sionamn,] pon Loé nOepgóepc. Sich vo dénam 
oo Ohomnall ón(gach lá Cig(pnán Ua Ruano, 7 aine(p Míde oo €occ oia 
ag. Ri Saran an vapa henpf Oruce na Nopcmann, ] Aquicame lapla Qn- 
oegaura, ciġlpna ap mopán oo timb oile, vo teéc m €pimn an bliadamp), oá 
piċic ap va céo líon a long, 1 ap ann po gabpac i Ponclainse. 


* Ua Litiudha : i. e. O'Liddy ; now Liddy, their churches. Askall mac Torcaill, king of 


without the prefix Ua or O’. 

* The King of England.—Henry II. landed at 
Crook, in the county of Waterford, on the 18th 
of October, 1171. He was accompanied by 
Strongbow, William Fitz- Adelm, Humphrey de 
Bohun, Hugh de Lacy, Robert Fitz-Barnard, 
and many other lords. His whole force, which, 
according to the most authentic English ac- 
counts, was distributed in 400 ships, consisted 
of 500 knights and about 4000 men at arms.— 
See Harris's Hibernica, p. 36. 

The Annals of Ulster give the events of this 
year as follows : 

“A. D. 1171. Diermot Mac Murcha, king of 
Leinster, after spoyling many churches and 
temporall” [property], “ died in Ferna, without 
Unction, the body of Christ, repentance, or will, 
in satisfaction of Colum-Kill, Finen, and the 
saints that he spoyled” [i. e. dishonoured] “in 


Dublin, and John of the Orcadian Iles,” [were] 
“killed of” [by] “ the said Galls. Sawy, daugh- 
ter of Gluniron Mac Murcha, Coarb of Brigit, 
died in repentance. A great army by Magnus 
Mae Dunleve, with all Ulstermen, into the 
northern nookes, preyed Cuilrathan, and other 
churches ; but a few of Kindred-Owen followed 
them, about Conner O'Cahan, and fought with 
them, and killed 21 of their cheif men, and 
cheife men's children, and another number to- 
gether with them ; and Manus himself was 
wounded, and that Manus himselfe was soone 
after killed, by Dunleve, his own brother, and 
by Gillanus Mac Gillespuig, by the Monks’ heard 
or servant" [rectó, by the lawgiver, or chief 
steward of the monachs, or Cath-Monaigh ], 
*in Dun, after committing many great evils, 
viz., after putting away his wife from his fos- 
terer, Cumoy mac Floinn, who was his own 


1171.) ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 1187 


and the men of Breifne and Airghialla, a second time, to Ath-cliath ; and they 
made battle with Milo Cogan and his knights, in which the men of Breifne and 
the Airghialla were defeated ; and Aedh, son of Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, Tanist 
of Breifne, and the grandson of Diarmaid Ua Cuinn, and many others along with 
them, were slain. .A predatory incursion was made by the Sil-Muireadhaigh 
into Thomond, and they plundered Sirtheachan Ua Litiudha®, and slew himself 
in a battle. A predatory incursion was made by the Sil-Anmchadha and 
Muintir-Chinaetha into Ele, and they carried off many cows. A predatory incur- 
sion was made by the son of the Earl, and he plundered the churches of Magh- 
Laighean, and many of the Ui-Faelain. A predatory incursion was made by the 
people of West Connaught and some of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, and they plun- 
dered the west of Corcumdhruadh, and carried off countless cows. A predatory 
incursion was made by the people of the son of the Earl, in which he plundered 
Cluain-Conaire, Galam [read Gailinne], and Lathrach-Briuin. The daughter of 
Ua hEochadha, and wife of Murchadh Ua Cearbhaill, lord of Oirghialla, died. 
The fleet of Connaught, from Allhallowtide to May-day, upon the Sinainn and 
Loch Deirgdheirc. A peace was made by Domhnall Breaghach with Tighearnan 
Ua Ruairc, and the people of East Meath came into his house. The King of* 
England’, the second Henry, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Earl of Ande- 
gavia, and lord of many other countries, came to Ireland this year. Two hun- 
dred and forty was the number of his ships, and he put in at Port-Lairge. 


brother Hughe's wife before ; having ravished 
his brother Eocha his wife before, after abusing 
bells, bachalls, clerks, and churches. Dunleve 
raigned after him. Anne, daughter to Dunleve, 
Queen of Argiall died. Slaughter committed 
uppon Tiernan O’Roirk, men of Meath, men of 
Fernmoy, by Myles Gogan, and his" [knights], 
** where fell a great many about Hugh O’Roirk, 
king of Maghary-Galeng, and that should be 
king of O’Briuins and Conmacne. There were 
there killed some of the best of Fernmoy, .i. 
Moylmoghta Mac Confevla, and Conor, his bro- 
ther: the two chiefs of Kindred Feriagh. Tenny 


O'Congale, the splendor of Argiall for liberality 
and martial feates, died. Veni im Hiberniam 
Henricus potentissimus Rex Anglia, et idem dua 
Normannia et Aquitani, et Comes Andegavic, et 
aliarum multarum terrarum, cum ducentis et al. 
navibus, and came to. shore in Waterford, and 
tooke pledges from Mounster. He came after 
to Dublin, and tooke hostages from Leinster 
and Meath, from Ibriuin, Argialls, and Ulster. 
Petrus, bishop of O-Mane, in Connaght, a di- 
vine monke and learned, drowned in the Synan, 
the 6th Kalends of January."— Cod. Clarend., 
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ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. 


Pace 4, line 2 of note‘, after ** Tultuine,” insert now modernized to Conn cume, or Tounthinna, 
and situated in the parish of Templechala, or Temple-Callow, in the barony of Duharra, and 
county of Tipperary.” 

P. 7, note ", for “this was the name of the mouth of the River Erne, in the south-west of the 
county of Donegal,” read “this was the ancient name of the Bay of Dundrum, in the county of 
Down.” 

P. 8, note’, for “ not identified,” read “a plain in the barony of Forth, and county of 
Wexford.” 

P. 22, line 2 of note *, for “now Teltown, near the River Boyne,” read ‘‘now Teltown, near 
the River Sele, or Blackwater, a tributary to the Boyne.” 

P. 27, line 4 of note °, for “a small bog,” read “a small bay.” 

P. 28, at the end of note t, add: * There is a place called Blary, or Bleary, in the parish of 
Tullylish, barony of Lower Iveagh, and county of Down.” 

P. 37, note ^, for “ both names unknown,” read ** Glascharn is the name of a townland in the 
north-west extremity of the parish of Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath." 

P. 38, at the end of note t, add: * According to the authorities consulted by Keating and 
O’Flaherty, the Monarch Conmhael was buried at Feart-Conmhaeil, near Aenach-Macha. His 
grave*was on the hill of Druim-Chonmhaeil, or Drumconvel, in the parish of Armagh, county of 
Armagh.— See Ogygia, part iii. c. 20.” 

P. 38, note °, for ** Ucha.— Not identified,” read ** Ucha was the ancient name of Ballyshannon, 
or Ballysonnan, near Killeullen Bridge, in the county of Kildare." 

P. 40, at the end of note “, add: ** Dubhloch is now called the Black Lough, and is situated 
in the townland of Rathkenny, barony of Upper Slane, and county of Meath, which was anciently 
a part of the territory of Ferrard.” 

P. 49, note *, for * not identified,” read ** Loch Saileach, now Loughsallagh, in the parish and 
barony of Dunboyne, in the county of Meath.—Ord. Map, sheets 50, 51.” 

P. 58, note €, on Moin-Foichnigh, for “ there is no place now bearing this name in the territory 
of Offaly,” read ** Moin-Foichnigh is now called Moin-Boichnigh, or Boughna Bog, and is situated 
in the parish of Kilbride, barony of Fertullagh, and county of Westmeath, on the northern boun- 
dary of the ancient Ui-Failghe." 


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1190 ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. 


P. 75, note *, for “ Magh-Aeife, otherwise called Magh-Feimheann," read ** Magh-Aeife was 
the name of a plant i in the ancient Ui-Failghe, adjoining Tuath-Leighe, near Portarlington.” 

P. 79, A. M. 4702, for “ Aenghus Ollamh, son of Labhraidh,” read * Aenghus Ollamh, son of 
Oilioll, son of Labhraidh.” : 

P. 89, A. M. 5085, for “ Ederscel, son of Oilioll,” read ** Ederscel, son of Eoghan, son of 
Oilioll.” 

‘P. 104, at the end of note 4, on Slighe-Dala, add: “ The townland of Bealach-mor, i. e. the Great 
Road or Pass, now Ballaghmore, adjoining the parishes of Ballyadams and Timogue, in the barony 
of Stradbally, Queen’s County, marks the direction of the great pass of Slighe-Dala, in the terri- 
tory of Laeighis, or Leix.” 

P. 104, A. D. 157. At the end of this paragragh add: “6a poinearnanl an cámopi$ Conn, 
op ba ceipcbpeiceac, Sa coipéeathail na cpainn 7 na hinbeapa pe a linn, i.e. Conn was a pros- 
perous monarch, because he was a righteous judge. The trees and the river-mouths were pro- 
ductive during his reign.” 

P. 107, A. D. 165, for * Cairbre Riadal,” read * Cairbre Riada.” 

P. 108, col. 2, line 9, for “the T sept called Deirgthine," read * the Munster sept called 
Dairine.” 

P. 111, A. D. 226, for “his hand did not fail Laighe,” read “ his hand did not conceal Laighe,” 
and add : Lughaidh Lagha had slain seven kings, in token of which he wore seven rings on his 
fingers, by which he was easily recognised.—See the Book of Lecan, fol. 124, a, a.” 

P. 112, note*, for “Suithair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the county of Louth,” read 
** Sruthair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the county of Longford.” 

P. 114, A. D. 248. ** The battle of Crinna- Fregabhail.—In the Annals of Tighernach this battle 
is entered under A. D. 251 ; and in the Stowe copy of the Annals of the Four Masters it is 
noticed under A. D. 262. It is to be distinguished from the battle of Crinna-Breagh, fought 
A. D. 226.” A ; 

P. 120, A. D. 284, for “ Pronconb mac Copmaic Canip,” read “ Piopcopb mac Moga Cuipb, 
mic Copmaic Cany, i. e. Fearcorb, son of Moghcorb, son of Cormac Cas,” 

P. 124, at the end of note ", add : “It is very probable that Fincarn, in the parish of eos 
moyne, county of Monaghan, marks the battle field of Achadh-leithdherg. It is stated in very 
old accounts of this battle that its site was marked by a carn.” 

P. 137, at the end of note °, on St. Laebhan, add : “ The principal church of this saint would 
appear to be Cill-Laebhain, now Killevan, in the barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan." 

P. 140, note ', on Dumh- Aichir, for “ Not identified,” read ** Dumha-Aichir was in Loch nEn, 
near the town of Roscommon.— See Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 1066.” 

P. 150, A. D. 479. To this year add: * Cp(ecann, mac Enna Cemnrpealang, m Caigean oo 
eurem: la hEochaw nuinec oo Uib Saippée, 4 la hApadarb Cha. Muipeadaé mumoeaps, 
p! Ulao, vécc, i i e. Creamhthann, son of Enna Ceinnsealach, King of Leinster, fell by Eochaidh 
Guinech, one of the Ui-Bairrche, and the people of Ara-Cliach. Muireadhach Muindearg, King of 
Ulidia, died.” 

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