NOW READY, Volumes I., II., III., price lOs. 6d. each, bovnd in Cloth, A HISTORY OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN: BY J. T. GILBERT, M.R.I.A., HON. SECRETARY, IRISH AROH^OLOGICAL AND CELTIC SOCIETY. That there has not been hitherto published any Work at all deserving the title of A History of the City of Dublin has been universally admitted — the only at- tempt at the undertaking, within the present century, being the compilation of Whitelaw and Walsh, printed at London in 1818, which has been long condemned as replete with the grossest inaccuracies, and so defective that it does not furnish a rehable account of any portion of the city. To supply a History of the Ca- pital of Ireland, so long desired by the public, is the object of the present Work, the design of which is to furnish, solely from authentic sources, accounts of the va- rious districts of the city, embodying notices of the important personages, buildings, and historic events connected in former times with those localities, together with a detailed chronicle of the progress, laws, manners, customs, and transactions of the people of Dubhn, from the earliest period of their annals. In addition to the General History of Dublin and its Citizens, the Work will thus contain an historical account of every important street and edifice in the city from the earliest ages, affording information, not elsewhere accessible, relative to eminent Statesmen, Ecclesiastics, Authors, Lawyers, Physicians, Artists, Actors, Musicians, Publishers, Typographers, and other celebrities, born in or otherwise connected with them, in past times ; together with the Annals of the various Religious, Scientific, Literary, and other Public Institutions of the Metropolis of Ireland. The most competent authorities have borne testimony to the minute accuracy, extensive research, and the large amount of original information displayed in the Volumes published ; and on questions connected with Dublin it has been cited as a standard authority in the British Parliamentary Reports. The Three Volumes already published contain an Historical Topography of a considerable portion of the City, including the Cathedral of Christ Church, the Churches of St. Werburgh, St. John, St. Michael, St. Anne, St. Andrew, and St. Audoen ; the old Law Courts and Jails ; the Tholsel ; the Old Bridges and Quays ; Custom-house ; the Music Halls ; the Theatres in Smock-alley, Fishamble-street, and Crow-street ; History of the Royal Dublin Society, the Royal Irish Academy, the Parliament House, Society of Irish Artists, Irish College of Physicians, &c. ; with Notices of the Important Personages and Events connected with the Localities treated of, illustrated by a iSIap of the Ancient City ; and Appendices of Documents, now first published from Original Manuscripts. The Fourth Volume is now in the Press, and will be shortly published. Subscribers' names received by the Publishers. DUBLIN : M'=GLASHAN & GILL, 50, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET. LONDON: JOHN RUSSFXL SMITH, 36, SOHO-SQUARE. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. {F)wn the Dublin University Magazine.) ,, The object of this History of tlie City of Dublin is distinct from all that precede it. It is not a mere record of Ionic pillars, Corinthian capitals, or Doric pediments, which the Author gives us, but records of the human life that has throbbed through the ancient dwellings of our city, century after century ; of the vicissitudes of families, to be read in their l uined mansions ; of the vast political events which in some room, in some house, on some particular night, branded the stigmata deeper on the country ; or the tragedies of great hopes crushed, young blood shed, victims hopelessly sacrificed, which have made some street, some house, some chamber, for ever sacred. "From the unpublished Anglo-Irish legislative enactments, and from such-like decayed and decaying manuscripts, ancient records, which have become almost hieroglyphics to the pre- sent age, the Author of this work has gathered the life-history of an ancient city ; he has fnade the stones to speak, and evoked the shadows of the past to fill up the outline of a great historical picture. Fifty, even twentj' years hence, the production of such a work would be impossible. In a history illustrated by human lives and deeds, and localized in the weird old streets, once the proudest of our city, many a family will find an ancestral shadow starting suddenly to light, trailing with it long memories of departed fashion, grandeur, and magnificence." (^From the Athenaeum.) " We have been much interested with the originality and variety of tliis work. The au- thor's research and reading are beyond dispute ; and his performance leads us to expect still more from him as an authentic illustrator of the domestic life of Dublin in bygone days. Other ■writers, in fiction and history, will be indebted to him for the indication of much matter that might otherwise have remained unknown to them. The continuation of his work will be looked forward to with pleasure." {From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) "This will be the standard history of the Irish Capital. In the vast variety of the informa- tion, which one is astonished could have been so perfectly brought together — in the recondite sources from which the author gathered it, the greater part having been collected from ancient and deep-buried records — and in the scrupulous care with which every fact has been verified, this work stands almost alone in ability, interest, and research." {From the Dublin Warder.) " It has long been a national opprobrium, that no history of the Irish Capital, worthy of its historic importance, has ever been compiled. It is, however, no disparagement to previous wri- ters to assert, that no History of Dublin at all comparable, either in plan or execution, to the present work, has yet been produced. The author has taken notliing fur granted. Throwing aside all the statements of previous histories and guide-books, he has gone back with an enthu- siastic industry to the Muniments, the Records, the Rolls, the Statutes, the files of ancient papers, the letters and the works of contemporaries — in short, direct to the original authorities themselves, for all his statements. Of these he has read, collected, and brought to light an almost incredible number. He has studied and digested these with a catholic and a keen appi-eciation of every- thing that is interesting, curious, and beautiful ; and nothing that illustrates the architecture, the manners, or the history of the Metropolis of Ireland, has escaped him. The very plan of the work has something of exploration and adventure about it. Tlie autlior takes a street, or a little group of streets, and gives you its history— from the foundation almost to to-day — citing all sorts of authorities upon every variety of subject, and producing a picture so life-like, so strange, and so full of cross lights, illuminating bygone manners and customs in so pleasant and desultory a way, that one reads on with the excitement of discovery and (he interest of a romance." / / ANNALS OF IRELAND. THREE FRAGMENTS, COPIED FROM ANCIENT SOURCES By DUBHALTACH MAC FIRBISIGH; AND EDITED, WITH A TEANSLATION AND NOTES, FROM A MANUSCRIPT PRESERVED IN THE BURGUNDIAN LIBRARY AT BRUSSELS, BY JOHOfflOVAN,JLUX^^ PROFESSOR OP CELTIC LANGUAGES, aUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BERLIN. f DUBLIN: ^ríntel) at tj)c SSntbetsttg ^xe$$, FOR THE IRISH ARCH^OLOGICAL AXD CELTIC SOCIETY. i860. DUBLIN : PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PKES8, BY M. H. GILL. • 1 ^ THE IRISH ARCH^OLOGICAL AND CELTIC SOCIETY. MDCCCLX. |atron : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT. ^rjESÍbíní : His Grace the Duke of Leinstek. The Most Noble the Maequis of Kildare, M. R. I. A, The Right Hon, the Earl of Dunraven, M. R. I. A. The Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide, M. R. I. A. Very Rev. Charles W, Russell, D. D., President of Maynooth College. €mxmii : Eugene Curry, Esq,, M.R.LA. Rev. Thomas Farrelly. Rev. Charles Graves, D.D., F.T.C.D., M.R.LA. Rev. James Graves, A.B. Thomas A. Larcom, Major-General R.E., M.R.LA. Patrick V. Fitzpatrick, Esq. John C. O'Callaghan, Esq, John O'Donovan, Esq., LL.D., M.R.I.A. Geo. Petrie, Esq., LL.D., M.R.LA. Rev. William Reeves, D.D., M.R.LA. Wm.R. Wilde, Esq., F.R.C.S.I., M.R.LA, Rev. J. H. Todd, D,D,, Pres. R.I.A. | J. T, Gilbert, Esq., M.R.LA. 2681 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. >HE following Three Fragments of Annals, never before published, were copied in the year 1643 for the Rev. John Lynch, author of " Cambrensis Eversus," by Dubhaltach Mac Firbisigh, or, as he anglicized his name, " Dudley Firbisse"*, from a vellum MS., the property of Nehemias^ MacEgan, of Ormond, chief Professor of the old Irish or Brehon Laws ; but the MS. from which the present text has been obtained, and which is now preserved in the Burgundian Library at Brussels (7, c. n. 17), is not in Mac Firbis's hand, but in that of a scribe who copied imme- diately from his MS., as appears from several marginal remarks. The name of this second transcriber nowhere appears. It is quite clear, * Dudley Firhisse. — For some account of Dudley Firbisse the reader is referred to " Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy- Fiachrach." — Introduction, p. vii. to xii. Mr. O'Conor, of Belanagare, informs us, in a letter published by Dr. Ledwich in his "Antiquities of Ireland" (2nd cd., Dub- lin, 1804), p. 303, that Duald Mac Firbis was instructed by the Mac Egans of Or- mond, who were hereditary Brehons, and B professors of the old Irish laws. It would also appear that he studied for some time with the O'Davorans of Thomond. For his Translations from Irish Annals for Sir James Ware, the reader is referred to the " Miscellany of the Irish ArchiBological Society," vol. i. p. 198 to 263. Nehemias is the usual Latinized fonn of GiUa-na-naemh, as appears from a Gloss in Lib. T.C.D., H. 2, 13. 2 clear, from his marginal observations, that he was a classical scholar, and a critic of considerable acumen ; and that he had carefully com- pared these Fragments with the " Annals of the Four Masters." He also made an Index to the whole, in which he gives the dates from the "Annals of the Four Masters," which dates Lynch has adopted in his " Cambrensis Eversus" without any attempt at correcting them, although they are sometimes two and three years before the true years. In the present edition of these Fragments the chronology of the Annals of Ulster is generally followed, with the addition of one year. The original Fragments exhibit the Anno Domini in very fcAv instances; and even where they do, their dates are almost invariably incorrect. Of the age or nature of the MS. from which Mac Firbis copied these Fragments of Annals, we have no clue to form any correct opinion, as he, or the later transcriber who followed him, has evidently modernized the orthography. He tells us, in several places, that the MS. was effaced, and that he could not read some important passages in consequence of the shattered condition of the old book. The first Fragment relates chiefly to the Northern Ui Neill, and was, probably, compiled in Ulster originally ; but the other two evi- dently belong to Ossory, or Laeighis (now Leix), and must have been compiled in some monastery in either of these territories. This is evident from the first lengthened notice in these Fragments : namely, of Feradhach, son of Duach, King of Ossory, whose death is entered in the " Annals of the Four Masters," at the year 582. It is also very evident, from the detailed accounts given of the renowned deeds of Cearbhall, King of Ossory, and of Cenneidigh, son of Gaeithin, King of Laeighis. The Comharba, or successor, of Molua of Cluainferta- Molua, is also referred to as having composed poems in praise of this Cearbhall. It 3 It is a very curious fact, that while these Fragments dwell with particular emphasis upon the achievements of the princes of the territories of Ossory and Leix, and of those of their relatives, the Ui- Neill, not a single reference is made to the Dal gCais, who soon after- wards eclipsed, not only the princes of those territories, but the more powerful and royal Ui Neill themselves; and, what is still more remarkable, in the account of the Battle of Bealach Mughna, in which Cormac Mac Cullinan was killed, A. D. 908, there is not one word said about the claim of the Dal gCais to the kingdom of Munster, although the work called " Cath Bealaigh Mughna," quoted by Keating, dwells upon it with remarkable emphasis. The inference to be drawn from this fact is, either that the Dal gCais had not risen to any remarkable point of power or celebrity before 908, or that the wa^iters of these Annals were hostile to them. The more lengthened stories and details of battles, in these Frag- ments, are curious specimens of Irish composition. Some of them have evidently been abstracted from long bardic descriptions of battles, and are interspersed with the wonderful and wild, the super- natural and incredible. In the translation of the present Fragments nothing has been changed or modified; but the originals are given with scrupulous fidelity, as specimens of the manner in which our ancestors inter- mingled the wildest fiction with historical facts. The reader will remark this in the legend of Donnbo, in the description of the Battle of Almhain, as well as in the account of the shout of the King's Jester at the same battle, which continued to be heard in the sky for an incredible period of time. The account of the battles between the Aunites, or Danes, and Norwegians, in Carlingford Lough, and elsewhere in Ulster, has probably been taken from an Ulster work on the Wars of the Danes B 2 and 4 and Norwegians in Ireland, now unfortunately lost or unknown. The account of these wars, now in progress of printing by Dr. Todd, is a Munster and Dalcassian production, and dwells almost exclu- sively upon the achievements of the men of Munster, especially upon the renowned deeds of the Dalcassian race of Thomond, who are panegyrized in glowing bardic eloquence. The present Fragments, however, make no mention whatever of any opposition given by the Dal gCais, or other Munster tribes, to the Danes, from which it is sufficiently obvious that they were extracted from local Annals pre- served by the Ui Neill, and other tribes who were adverse to the Munstermen. The account of the Gall-Gaels of Ireland who had joined the Danes, and lapsed into Paganism, is very important, as our previous ideas about them were very confused. O'Flaherty thought that these Gall-Gadelians were confinedto the western islands of Scotland ( " Ogy- gia," Part iii., c. 75); but it is clear from these Annals that they were also in Leinster and various parts of Ireland. The account of the attack on Chester, in the third Fragment, was, probably, taken from some English or Welsh annalist, but no narra- tive exactly like it has been found in Geoffrey of Monmouth, or any English chronicler. The account of the battle between the Norwegians and Moors in Mauritania, and of the Blue-men brought by the former into Ireland, has not been found in any other writer. As already observed, the spelling has been modernized by the later scribes, but very old words and phrases, with some idioms now obsolete, will be observed throughout; such as popuaiplij, aracom- naic, pop mapb, &c. The spelling of the MS. has been carefully pre- served throughout, though it is evidently not as old as the language in which these Fragments are written. J. O'D. FRAGMENTA ANNALIUM HIBERNI^. FRAGMENTA ANNALIUM HIBERNI^. RAGMENTA tria Annaliuin Hiberniae extractum [s/c] ex codice membraneo Nehemiae mac ^gan senis, Hiberniae Juris peritissimi, in Ormonia, per Ferbissium ad usum R. D. Joannis Lynch. Ab anno Christi circiter 571 ad annum plus minus 910, [FRAGMENTUM I.] [Q. O. 573 ] Cau peirfnn in quo uiccup eyr Colrnan beg mac DiajimaDa ec ippe euapir. bjiériann biopop quieuic in Chjiipco, cl;rpc;i:. anno aecarip puae, iiel ccc°. "[s. 1^. ]C. ]\. 1^. "p. "|\. béigim na pecc "[sallanDa pin peacam. [581.] ]\al. Car ÍTIanann in quo Qoban mac ^abpain uiccop ejiac. [582.] I^al. rilapbab Peapaóaij pinn, mic Ouac, pi Oppaige. Qp é po imuppo an cpeap pi pe pé Colaim cille Do cuaió do cum nirhe, » Feimhin, — otherwise MaghFeimhim, a Brenann of Biror i. e. St. Brendan of large plain in tlie barony of lifa and Oifa, Eirr, in the King's County, of whom, see in the county of Tipperary. The dates Four Masters, A. D. 571, p. 206; and printed within brackets are added by the Adamnan's " Vita Columbae," lib. iiL c. 2 ; Editor. F. M. signify Four Masters. Colgan's Acta SS., p. 193 ; also Lanigan's FRAGMENTS OF ANNALS OF IRELAND HREE fragments of Annals of Ireland, extracted from a vellum manuscript [the property] of Gilla- na-naemh Mac Egan, senior, a man most learned in the Irish laws, in Ormond, by Mac Firbis, for the use of the Rev. Mr. John Lynch. From about the year of Christ 571 to about the year 910. [FEÁGMENT I.] [A. D. 573.] Kal. The battle of Feimhin'', in which Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid [chief of the southern Ui-Neill] was defeated, but he himself escaped. Brenann of Biror** quievit in Christo, in the 180th year of his age, vel ccc. K. K. K. K. K. K. K. I leave these seven years vacant. [581.] Kal. The battle of Mannan'', in which Aodhan MacGabrain [King of Scotland] was victorious. [582, F. M.] The killing of Feradhach Finn**, son of Duach, King of Osraighe. He was the third king, who, in the time of Colum Cille, went "Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. Annals of Tighernach, aud of Ulster, A. D. ii. p. 38, sq. 581. Matiann. — i. e. the Isle of Man. See Feradhach, King of Osraighe, or Os- 8 nirhe, -] ap é fo an pác arhail ]io innif Colam Cille o'Cíoó mac QiTiíTiijiec. Upeblaio mó]i Oo ^abáil an peajiaóaij, Clann Conla Do roi- geacr do jabail rai^e paiji: uaiji 60 Chopca Caoigoe D'peapa- Dac mac Ouac, uaip peace pí^ do ^abpan Oppai^e do Copco Laoi^óe, 1 peace pi^ Do Oppai^ib po ^ap pi^e Chopca Caoijóe. Coccaó lapam Doporh pe Cloino Conla, -] ap ann po baoipium 'na culg, agup a peoiD uile ai^e ann; amail ba bép do na pi^aib CU1I5 umpa D'iobap .1. pDiall ap capup a ccpann -\ a ccpannoca aip5iD, -\ a ccopáin, 1 a n-epgpaóa, do cabaipc Dpojnam 'pcii^ oíDce; a mbpanDuib, "] a ppircealla, "] a ccamáin cpéDuma pa pognum an laoi. r?ob lomba imuppopeoiD ag pfpaóac, papa móp a ngpab laip, -| Doná ap olc ppié laD, óip ní cualapom a bf^ nó a móp óip no aipgiD, 05 rpén no ag cpua^ a n-Oppaigib, na hip^abra aijipiorh Do cap- paing a inmup pin uaó do cumDac na péD pain. Uan^accap cpa a meic d' lonnpoicciD pfpaóai^ conige an rolcc Do bpeic na péD leó. CpéD ap áil buib, a maca, ol pfpaDach? Na peoiD Do bpeir linn, ol na mic. Ní bfpraoi, ap pfpaDac, uaip olc ppir laD. Sochaióe pa cpaibiupa 5a ccinól ; agup ceaDai^im-pi mo cpáb péin Dom naiTTiDib umpu. Po imcigpioc a mic uab, a^up po jappom 05 airpi^e Dícpa ; cancucap lapam clann Conla, ajup po mapb- poD soiy. Four Masters, A.D. 582, and Note. s Corca-Laighdhe. — This was the name <^ Aedh, son of Ainmire. — He was mo- of the inhabitants of the S. "W. portion of narch of Ireland from A. D. 628 to 642. the present county of Cork. O'Driscoll was ' Tlie race of Connla. — i. e. of Connla, chief of this race and territory after the cs- son of Breasal Breac, ancestor of all the tablishment of surnames in Ireland. It was chiefs of Osraighe, except the seven here co-extensive with the present diocese of mentioned. Eoss. This interchange of the Kings of 9 went to heaven; and this was the reason, as Colum Cille had told to Aedh, son of Ainmire^ Feradhach Avas seized with great sickness ; [and] the race of Connla^ came to take a house upon him, because Feradhach, son of Duach, was of the Corca-Laighdhe*^, for seven kings of the Corca- Laighdhe assumed the kingship of Ossory, and seven kings of the Osraighi took the kingship of Corca-Laighdhe, He afterwards waged war with the race of Connla ; and he was in his couch, having all his valuables^ there, as was the custom of kings to have couches of yew around them, in which they had a collection of their bars and ingots of silver, and their cups and vessels', to give them for service by night, and their chess-men and chess-boards, and their hurlets of bronze for day service. Many were the valuables in the possession of Feradhach, and great was his love of them; but in an evil way did he acquire them, for he had not heard of rich or poor in Osraighe, having little or much of gold or silver, that he did not seize, to take such property from him to ornament these valuables. His sons came to Feradhach, to his bed, to carry away the valuables with them. " What is your desire, my sons ?" said Feradhach. " To carry away the valuables with us," replied the sons. " Ye shall not carry them awaj^," said Feradh- ach, "for they were ill-gotten. I have oppressed many in procur- ing them, and I consent to be oppressed myself by my enemies on account Corca LaigMhe and Osraighe is not no- and O'Flaherty's "Ogygia," Pai-tiii.,c.59. ticedinthe "Tribes and Territories of the ' Vessels, epcpa&a. — In the Life of St. Corca Laighdhe," printed for the Celtic Darerca the escra is described as a silver Society, "MiscelL," p. i, sq. drinking vessel — " Quoddam argenteum ^ Valuables, fét>. — Property of any kind; vasculum unde potentibus personis hau- gaza, but particularly jewels. See the Will rire solent quod Hj'bernica lingua vocatur of Cathair Mor, in " Leabhar na gCeart," cscra." — Brussels MS. c lO paD peapaoach, ") puccy^aD na peoDa -] oo cuaib peapanac do cum nirhe. fal. -] a pi po an ceacparhab J^al ff oon 32 ^(A. repca an Deepc. Cfuiep Coloim Cille \fj:\x\ anno aecacip puae, unoe peoelm cecinic : Uc lap pip an che jabra ip in Un he bpecc baoi 1 mbóinn. 32 ]?al. peacom. I^al. Q° Oni. Dcpc. pioncan ua Gacac Qb Cluana eibnec, cfnn monac na hGoppa quieuic in quinca pepia, unt)e Colman mac peapgupa cecinic : Oia OapDaoin puccaó pioncan, Ip po gineb ap calmain, Qp Dia OapDaoin ac bar Qp mo pliapcaib coimgela, l^al. Inicium pejiminip Ctoba Uaipiobnai^, |val. Qob Uaipiobnac incipic pejnape uin. ann. .1. QoD mac Ooitinaill, mic TTluipceapcai^, mic TTluipfbai^, mic Gojam. pfcc naon oa crainic pé na pijoamna Dap lap Ocna ITlupa, pa inDail a lama ap an aboinn acd Dap lap an baile. Ocain ainm ' Valuahles. — WMch were really their own ; and therefore Feradhach, having vo- luntarily abandoned them, went to heaven. The 2^th. — This correction of the ob- servation, "I omit 32 years," is itself evidently an error ; for, if the last entry relating to Feradhach, son of Duach, be- longs to the year 582, the year 610 is the twenty-eighth year after it. ^Boyne. — A marginal note opposite these lines says : " Haec erant in margiae," i. e. in the margin of the original MS. The verses here quoted are not found elsewhere. ™ Fintann Ua Eachach. — Who this Finn- tan was, is not yet cleared up. See Arch- dall's Monast. Hib., p. 591, and Colgan'.s 1 1 account of them." His sons departed from him, and he took to earnest penance. The race of Connla afterwards came and slew Feradhach, and carried away the valuables-*, and Feradhach went to heaven. [594.] Kal. And this is the 24th'' [recte 28th] Kal. of the 32 Kals. omitted at the Deest. The repose \_quies, i. e. death] of Colum Cille, in the 76th year of his age. Unde Fedelm cecinit : Alas ! in truth he who was caught in the net ; The speckled salmon who was in the Boyne^ I omit 32 years. Kal. A. D. 610, FintanUa Eachach™, Abbot of Cluain-eidhnech, head of the monks of Europe, died on Thursday; hence Colman, son of Fergus, sung : On Thursday Fintan was born, And was conceived upon the earth, And on Thursday he died Upon my white sheets. [605.] Kal. The beginning of the reign of Aedh Uairidhnach". Kal. Aedh Uairidhnach began to reign [and reigned] 8 years ; i. e. Aedh, son of Domhnall, son of Muirchertach, son of Muredach, son of Eoghan. On one occasion he came, when a royal prince, to Othain-Mura" ; he washed his hands in the river which is in the middle of the town. Othain Acta SS., pp. 350, 355. The first of Ja- THupa (Fothain of S. Mura), now Fahan, nuary, 610, was Thursday. This date is near Loughswilly, barony of Inishowen, not found in any other Annals. county of Donegal. The river is now a ° Aeih Uairidhnach. — Monarch of Ire- very small stream. This singular story land from the year 605 tiU 612. aboat Aedh Uairidhnach is not found else- ° Othttin-Mura. — Ochain, or pochain where, so far as the Editor knows. C 2 12 ainm na habann ay uaire amim^riji an baile .i. Orain. T?a jap Don uipce Da cup má ai^ib, ]ia ^ap pfp Da muincip ppip, Q pi, ap pé, na cuip an uip^e pin po cagaib. Céóon ? ap an pi. Qp nap Ifm a páó, ap pé. Cá náipe aca Duic ap an pipinoe Do pób ? ap an pij. Qp eab po, ap pé, ap paip an uipge pin aca pialcfc na clépec. Qn ann, ap an pi, céiD an clépec péin ap imrelgub ? Qp ann 50 Deirhin, ap an cócclac. Ni namd, ap an pi, cuippeao pom aijib, acc cuippeaD um bél -| ibaD, ag ol cpi mbol^oma De, uaip ap pacapBaicc Ifm anc uipcce 1 créiD a imrelgun. l?a liinmpiob pain do TTlúpa, 1 po alcai^ buibe Do Ohia ap ipip map pin do beic 05 Qob, "| po ^aipmeb cuicce lapDain Qod Qllain, "1 Qob Uaipiobnac ainm oile bo, "] a pfb po paib TTlupa ]iip : Q rhic lonrhain, ap pé, I05 na haipmiDen pin cugaipi Do'n G^laip, ^eallaim-pi Duic 1 ppiaDnaipe Dé pije n-'Gipenn do gabail 50 ^aipiD, a5up 50 mbépa bnaib 1 copgup dod náimDiB, "] niD bépa bap anabaib, "j cairpe copp an coimDfb ap mo láim-pi, "] juibpeaD-pa an coimDiD lac, 50 mba cpine bépup cu Don bioc Niop bub Clan cpa lapDain co po gap Qob Qllan pije nGipenn, "| do pao pfpanna pucaca do TTlupa Ocna. Rucc lapam Qob Qllan copgaip lomba Do Laijnib, -] Da nairriDib ap ceana. T?o bui cpa occ mbliabna 1 pige n-'Gipfnn, ~\ pa gap galop baip p Jalces, pialcec. — i. e. veil-house, i.e. throughout; and wherever, in this legend, latrina, the Temple of Clausina. our author has Aedh Allan, we must read 1 Another name. — Tliis is a mistake ; for Aedh TJairidhnach. Por aU that is known Aedh AUan, monarch of Ireland, flourished of the history of St. Mura Othna [or Mura from A. D. 734. to 743, whereas Aedh TJair- of Pothain — OtJma (for Fothna) is the gen. idhnach came to the throne in the year 605, of Fothain], see Dr. Todd's Irish Nennius ; and died in 6 1 2. This mistake is continued Appendix, " Duan Eirennach." In the »3 Othaiii is the name of the river ; and it is from it the town is named Othain. He took of the water to put it on his face, but one of his people checked him: " King," said he, " do not put that water on thy face." " Why so ?" said the King. " I am ashamed to tell it," replied he. " What shame is it for thee to tell the truth ?" said the King. " This is it," said he : " It is upon this water the Jakes'^ of the clergy is situated." " Is it into it," said the King, " the [chief] cleric himself goes to stool ?" " It is verily," replied the young man. " Not only then," said the King, " will I put it [the water] upon my face, but I will put it into my mouth, and I will drink it" (drinking three sups of it), " for to me the water into which his fasces drop is a communion." This was told to Mura, and he returned thanks to God for Aedh's havinii: a faith like this ; and he afterwards called unto him Aedh Allan ; and Aedh Uairidhnach was another name'' for him. And Mura said to him : " Beloved son," said he, " I promise to thee, in the presence of God, the reward of that veneration which thou hast shown to the church : [viz.] that thou shalt obtain the sovereignty of Erin soon, and that thou shalt gain victor}', and triumph over thy enemies; and thou shalt not be taken off by a sudden death, but thou shalt take the body of the Lord from my hand ; and I will pray to the Lord that thou mayest depart old from this world." It was not long after this until Aedh Allan assumed the kingdom of Erin ; and he granted fertile lands to Mura-Othna. Aedh Allan afterwards gained many victories over the Leiuster- men, and his enemies in general. He was eight years in the sovereignty of Erin, and then his death sickness margin of the MS. is this note: " Vide nac sunt diversi i.e. Aodla Allan and infra, p. 15, Q0Ó Qllan et Q0Ó Uaipioó- Aodh Uaiiidhnach are different persons. 14 baip anopin Ctoó Qllan, •] pa cuay uaó ap cfnn TDuyia. Umnij múpa, 1 po páiD an pí pip : C( cléipi^, ap f é, pap meallaip, uaip DO paopum paill ap áp n-airpi^e, uaip Do jpaoileamap cpéo bpéinppi beic 50 mba cpín Tné im bfcaib : "] an oap linn aca báp 1 ppacup Darh. Qp píp, ap an cléipeac, acá báp 1 ppojup Dair, 1 pa nmbíbeab t)o paojal ~\ cuccaip peipcc an coiniófó, 1 innip ní t)o pi^nip in pa cpáióip an coimDib. InDippfo, ap an pí, bub lCvn X)o cpáó an coirhófó. 1?a puabpap, ap pé, pip 'Gipenn Do cinol Do cum an cpléibepi raip .1. Capplaoij Da corh- apDúccab ruap, "] rfac Dírhop do Dfnarh ann, ~\ apfó pob ail 50 ppaicicea rene an C151 pm gac cpácnóna 1 mbpfcnaib, -| i n-Qipiup ^aoibiol, 1 pa peaDap po ba Diomap mop pain. l?ob olc pin, ap an cléipeac, 1 ní hfó pin po cimibibfb Do paojal. Ra puaibpiup Dono, ap an pí, Dpoicfo Do bfnam 1 cCluain IpáipD, 1 a bfnam 50 miopbalra pium co po maipfó m'ainrhpi paip 50 bpár. IRa innip neiri imDa amlaió pm. Ní ní Dib pin, ap an cleipeac, cimDibiup Do paojal. Qcá Dono agum ní oile, ap an pí .1. an rhipgaip puil ajom Do Laignib ; uaip apeab pob áil Darh a ppip uile Do cimapjam do cum caca, *] a mapbab uile ann, a mna "] a mo^aib Do cabaipc ppi pojnam Do Uib Néill. Sinni cuaipceapc n-'Gipfnn Do capaipc po TTlibe, -\ pip TTlibe pop Caijnib. Uc, uc, cpa, ap an cléipeac apfo ' Ca/rrlaegh. — Carrleagh, a mountain bridges, in the year 61 2, when King Aedh near Ailech, in the barony of Inishowen, Uairidhnach died ? It is very much to be county of Donegal. suspected that this romantic storj- was Airiur Gaeidhel. — i. e. regio Gadelio- written after the introduction of Norman rum, now Argyle, in Scotland. towers and castles into Ireland. ' That was lad. — Did the Irish erect " Cluain-Iraird. — jSTow Clonard, in the palaces of great altitude, or great stone count}" of Meath. 15 sickness seized on Aodh Allan, and he sent for Mura. Mura came, and the King said to him : " cleric," said he, " thou hast deceived us, for we have neglected our penance, because we thought that through thy word it would come to pass that we should be aged in life, and now, methinks, death is near me." " It is true," said the cleric, " death is near thee ! and thy life has been cut short, and thou hast incurred the anger of the Lord ; and tell what thou hast done by which thou hast offended the Lord." " I will declare," replied the King, " what I think has offended the Lord: I desired," said he, " to collect the men of Erin to this mountain to the east : i. e. Carrlaeich', to raise it, and to erect a very great house upon it ; and my wish was, that the fire of that house, every evening, might be seen in Britain, and in Airiur-Gaeidhe? ; and I know that that was a great pride." " That was bad"', replied the cleric ; " but that is not what has cut short thy life." " I also desired," said the King, " to build a bridge at Cluain- Iraird", and to build miraculously, that my name might live upon it for ever." He also told many things of a similar nature. " It is not any thing of these," said the cleric, " that shortened thy life." " I have another thing to tell," said the King : " the hatred which I have for the Leinstermen; for my wish would be, to collect all their men to battle, and to kill them all therein, and to bring their women and their slaves to serve theUi-Neiir''; to bring our race in the north of Erin into Meath, and to settle the men of Meath in Leinster." " Alas ! " The Ui-Neill. — i. e. nepotes li'eill, i. e. head and King. St. Mura was the patron the race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, of of the Cinel-Eoghain, or Eace of Owen, whom Aedh Uairidhnach was at this time who formed a large section of this familj-. i6 apfó pin po ciTHDibiD ho paojalpo, uaip an cineaó pin ap miop- caip lacpa .1. Caigin, acaac naoirh 05 fpnaigce leo ppiabnaipi an coimbfo, "1 ap moo aca bpijiD, 1 ap rpepe Da n-ipnaigre anoáp Dom ipnaigri pi. Q; c cfna ap cp(3cap caonuppac an coimbiu, 1 ofna liiobpaipc péin r>o Dap cfnn haingiDeacca pin po baoi 10 cpoibe DO Loijnibjo pabaip a pplainup ap buaine map an plaiciup aimpiopDa. Ra hongab an pain an pi, "] po cair copp ann coimofb, "] puaip bap po cfDuaip, "| do cuaib Do cum neime. Sfcc l^al pfchom. Inicium pe^iminip TTIaoilcoba. I^al. THaolcoba mac Cloba, mic Qinmipec pegnaiiic cpibup annip. Scella uipa hopa cepcia Diei. fal. "jQal. 5"'^ TTIaoilcoba mic Qoba la Suibne TTlenn mic piachna. Cfuiep OiapmaDa cepcn abbacip Cluana Ipaipo. Inicium pegimi- nip Suibne TTlinn, ]\al. Suibne mfnn po ^ap pi^e n-'Gipenn 1 nDea^aib TTIaoilcoba pu. bliabna 50 ccopchaip la Gonial caec mac Scanlain. Laa aen D'Piacna D'acaip an Suibne pin a^ duI Dpiupa aparaip, uaip niop bo pi piorh irip, Do paD Da mfnmain artiail po ^ab cac a nDeagaib a céle pi^e na b-'Gipenn. Uainicc miaó mecjnman ~\ inDioccbala mópa pae, -] painc pi^e na h-'Gipenn do jabáil DÓ, "I caimg peime Da cai^, "| pa innip Da mnai. -] a pfb po paib a bfn pip: uaip nac pa puabpuip ^up anDiu pin, ap pi, ni paicim ^ Immolate. — See Dr. Reeves's note on ^ Maelcohha. — He began his reign in the signification of this word. — Adamnan, in the year 612 ; " Ogygia," p. iii., c. 98, p. 435. and was slain in 615. ^ Seven years In the mai'gin: "De- A star. — The appearance of this star is sunt Mc 7 KaL" not mentioned in any other Annals, 17 " Alas ! alas !" said the cleric, " this is what has shortened thy life ; for this people, which is hateful to thee, i. e. the Leinstermen, have saints to pray for them before the Lord, and Brigit is greater than I, and her prayers are more powerful than my prayers. But, how- ever, the Lord is merciful and forgiving, and do thou immolate'' thyself to him for the cruelty which was in thy heart towards the Leinstermen, that thou mayest be in a kingdom more lasting than thy temporal kingdom. The King Avas then anointed, and he took the body of the Lord, and, dying immediately, went to heaven. I omit seven years^. [612.] The beginning of Maelcobha's'' reign. Kal. Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, reigned three years. A star* was seen the third hour of the day. Kal. [615.] Kal. The killing of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, by Suibhne Menu, son of Fiachna. The repose of Diarmaid^, third Abbot of Cluain-Iraird. The beginning of the reign of Suibhne Menn. Kal. Suibhne Menn assumed the sovereignty of Erin after Mael- cobha, for thirteen years, until he was slain'' by Congal Caech, son of Scanlan. One day, as Fiachna"^, the father of this Suibhne, was going to visit his ploughing — for he was not at all a king — he called to mind how persons succeeded to each other in the sovereignty of Erin; he was seized with great pride of mind and ambition, and a covetousness of ^ Diarmaid. — The death of this third father of the Irish monarch, Suibhne Menn, Abbot of Clonard is not recorded in the is not given by any of the other Annalists, published Annals, nor noticed by Archdall. nor even by Keating, who was very fond " Was slain. — In the year 628. of giving stories of the same kind. It is ^ Fiachna This story of Fiachna, the clearly not very old. D i8 paicim a cuib6e pe pf]i caopa agup do pfncaccab i ppeaccpa copnam pi^e, uaip ni 6i i cope, ap peipiorh, na caipmipj imum ; acc cucrup lino a^up biab ipcij;, ap pé, agup cinolcup maire innac cuccainn, "| cabaip lop Dóib ; a^up jaipniiD a mnaoi cuicce anopain i compaició ppia, agup jac inipaoliab pa bui peime na Tnfnmain pa cuip pa coimpepc uab, "] ap ac an mnaoi pa baoi an nmpaobab pa baoi aicipiurh lap pin, -\ ap ano pin pa coimppeb an Suibne TTlfnDpa a mbpoinn a rhácap. In can cpa pa eipi^pirh 6 mnaoi, ao bfpc an bfn : an ocinolpaibeap các ipceac ap pi ? Qcc, app piachna, Ni Din5niTn ap ppocuibeb péin .1. pi^e pfpca DO copnarh. Ti^uijreap appin lapam conm na aijniub mop pem- reccac na Dcuipci^cib do BepaD na clanna ai^enca mópa. Lá Dono Don cSuibne pi na giUa 05 na caicc "] a bfn, pa paib pia rhnaoi ; ap lonjnab liom, ap pé, a laigfo po ^ap ó Cenel Gogain ci^fpnup pop cac moppa : apeb pa páib an bfn cpe cenel pocuiDbeb, cib DuiDpi, ap pi, gan cpuap Do bfnam, -] Dul pompa do coccab ppia cac, -| cop^up Do bpeic 50 minic. Qp arhlaib pin biap, ap éipiorh. Uaini^pim lap pin amac a^up pé apmca pa maiDin ap na bápac, -] Do pála occlaoc Do luce ....-] eipibe apmca, ~\ do poine compac ppip 50 po ^lall an cójlac do pmD jae bo, 1 po ^lall plua^ mop do arhlaib, -] po ^ab pi^e n-'6ipenn. Kal. íTlopp Suibne ID inn. ' [715-] ^ The race of Eoghan. — i. e. the descen- acli, son of Muircliertacli, son of Muiredh- dants of Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine ach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (ancestor of the O'Neills and Hostages, and was monarch of Ireland for other families of Ulster), father of Mui- thirteen years. He was slain by Congal redhach, the great-grandfather of Suibhne Claen, King of Ulidia, according to the Menn. See next note. Four Masters, in 623, hut, according to the ' The death of Suibhne Menn. — He was Annalsof Ulster, in 62 7; the true year was son of Fiachna, who wasthe sonof Feradh- 628. See O'Flaherty's "Ogygia," Part 19 of assuming the sovereignty of Erin ; and he came on to his house and told his wife so; and his wife said to him: " As thou hast not desired this till this day," said she, " I do not see its meetness in a man of thy age and antiquity now to contend for a kingdom, for not " " Hold thy peace," said he ; " do not hinder me ; but let ale and food be brought into the house, and let noble chieftains be invited to us, and let them have abundance." And he then called his wife to him, and cohabited with her, and all the aspirations which he had had previously in his mind he expelled from him by coition, after which the woman possessed the imaginations which he had had previously; and it was then this Suibhne Menn was conceived in his mother's womb. When he arose from the woman, the woman said : " Shall all be collected to the house," said she. " No," replied Fiachna, " we shall not mock ourselves by contesting for a kingdom," From this it is to be understood that it is from the previous aspiring notions of the parents that ambitious children are begotten. One day, when this Suibhne was a young man, at his house with his wife: " It is a matter of wonder to me," said he, " how few of the race of Eoghan'' have, up to this time, taken chieftainship over all." And the woman said, in a kind of derision, " Why dost not thou," said she, " exercise hardihood, and go in their van to fight with all, and to gain frequent triumphs ?" " It is so it shall be," said he- He afterwards came forth armed on the following day, and he met a young hero of the people of . ... who was armed, and he fought with him, and the young hero submitted to him at the point of a spear, and a great host submitted to him likewise, and he assumed the sovereignty of Erin. [628.1 Kal. The death of Suibhne Menn^. [715-] iiL, c. 93. There is a chasm here of nearly the matter is nearly supplied by the se- a whole century — from 628 to 714; but cond Fragment, to be presently given. Da 20 [715-] Pogapcac hua Cfpnaij t>o pióip napige, unoe t)iccruTn : Sepfa pojupcac an plaic Qni fpoa op bic bip Qn can ap mbep ni bi ni lap pin ap pi pia cinn mip. [716.] I^al. Cumupcc aonai^ Uaillcen la pogupcac 1 copcaip mac rriaoilpuba 1 nriac Ouinnpléibe. [717.] I^al. Qnapcapiup Qu^upcup pellicup. Ppop meala pluic pupep poppam Caginopum : pluic eciam ppop aipgiD 1 n-Ocain TTióip, ppop cpuicneaccd 1 n-Oram mbicc. Uunc nacup epc Niall Conoail, TTiac peap^ail, unoe Niall Ppopac uocacup epc. Coponuccao pfoaip Ctppcol Do ^abáil do muincip lae poppo; uaip copónuccaD Simóin Opuaó po baoi poppo co niece pin, amail apeó po baoi pop Colom ciUe péin. [718.] jval. UheoDopiup impepac anno uno. [719.] f^al. Leo impepac annip ipc. [720.] ]Qal. InDpfó TTIai^e bpea^ la Cacal mac pionn^uine, pi TTlurhan, -] IDupchab mac mbpain pi Cai^fn. Inpfó Caigfn la peap^al mac maoilDiiin. In apailib leppaib aipipfn po^abam comab ipin cpfp bliabain perhainD, .1. an Deacmhab bliabain plainupa ° Fogartach Ua Cermigh. — See Four Masters, A.D. 712, 714, 719. The An- nals of Ulster give the dates thns : 713. " Fogai'tach hvia Cemaigh, de regno cx- pulsus est, in Britanniam ivit." 715. Fo- gartach nepos Cernaigh, iterum regnat." He became undisputed monarch of Ire- land in 719 [O'i^/a/i., 722], but was slain by Cinaeth, his successor, in 724. ^ Tailltin, now Teltown, on the Eiver Blackwater, in Meath, midway between N avan and Kells. See Four Masters, 715, and Ulster, 716. ' Anastasius. — i. e. Anastasius II., re- signed in January, 716. ' Otham-mor. — Now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony of Inishowen. Othain-Beg is a subdivision of Othain- mor. • See p. 11, n. °, supra. These three showers are noticed by the Four Masters 2 1 [715-] FogartachUa Cernaigh^, again in the sovereignty, uncle dictum est : Fogartach the chieftain prevails. What is noble is above the world. When he says there is nothing, After that he is king before a month. [716.] Kal. The confusion of the fair of Tailtinn'' by Fogartach, in which fell the son of Maelrubha, and the son of Donnsleibhe. [717,] Kal. An astasius' Augustus pellitur. A shower of honey fell upon the foss of Leinster. It rained also a shower of silver at Othain Morj, and of wheat at Othain Beg. Then was born Niall Condail, son of Ferghal, whence he was called Niall Frosach [i. e. of the showers]. The tonsure of Peter the Apostle*" was taken by the family of la, for it was the tonsure of Simon Magus they had till then, as had Colum Cille himself. [718.] Kal. Theodosius^ imperat anno uno. [7 1 9.] Kal. Leo™ imperat annis novem. [720.] Kal. The plundering of Magh Breagh" by Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Munster, and Murchadh, son of Bran, King of Leinster. The plundering of Leinster by Ferghal, son of Maelduin. I find in other books that it was in the third year preceding ; i. e. the tenth at A. D. 716, and by the Annals of Ulster — Ann. Tighern. See Bede's Eccles. Hist., at 717, The true year is 715. Niall Fro- lib. v., c. 2 1 ; Eeeves's Adanm., sMi., 350. saeh, who received bis cognomen from ' Theodosius. — Meaning Theodosius III., having been bom in the year in wliich A. D. 717. these remarkable showers fell, was mo- Leo. — A. D. 718. narch of Ireland from 763 to 770. ^ MaghBrcagh. — A large plain in Meath. The tonsure of Peter the Apostle. — " A.D. Pour Masters, 717; Annals of Ulster, 720 7 1 8. — Tonsura coronas super familia lae." [721]. 22 plaifiupa peap^ail do jnirea an nnnpaófa Caijfn, ~\ joTnaó na Dijail cáinic TTlupchaD mac bpain 50 pfpaib TTlurhan o'lnDpfb TTlaije bpea^. l^'^hé bliabain Dib pin cpa do pigne peajigal inDpaDa mopa 1 Lai^nib .1. alopgao "| a nDóó, "] a mapbaó, -\ jia geall nac anpab ne pin, no 50 ccugca bo an boporha po rhaic pinnacca do TTIoling, "] 50 Dcugra bpai^De bó pe cigeapnap -| pep in ciup. Do poDpac lai^m bpaijDe bo, "] pa geallpac an cip. Ip inD aiinpip pin Do pigne peapgal paipcim Da rhacaib .1. D'Qob Qllan, a^up Do Niall Cunoail, [dó ngoipcí Niall ppa- pach] 1 ap ap po po dp Doporh on. .1. Lá cancaccup cuicce do h-Qilfc Ppigpfnn, .1. dob an mac ba moo .1. oclac 5I1C, amnup, beoba, aDacomnaicpibe, ap amlaib cáini^ 50 mbuibnib mópa Dajapmra ime Do cum Cllij. Qp arhlaib imuppo cainig an mac ba poo, 50 cium 1 50 mfpapba, 50 pibamail, "] co n-uaicib, -) appeb po páib ap anappaibe pém, "] ap onóip DÓ araip : ap cópa barhpa, ap pé, Dol ap aoiDhecc amac iná aipipim Da aigib agaDpa anocc, Cia Dia ccambuipi, a rhic, ap an cacaip, pin do páb ? "] an mac ap piniu caoi, agap acapaibe cpi coimlion ppicpa [cib paDepa] gan DÓnocr agaD im caipipim 1 n-Clileac mocc amhail acapurh ag caipipim co n-a mumrip ? T?a pab mair Ifmpa, ap Niall, co nDeapnabpom inaile céDna ppicpa, Ni pa^a iDip anocc, a mic, ap peapgal, a^up biab 1 ppappab cacap 1 DO mácap. Ruccab Whichever year. — The Four Masters A prediction — i. e. a surmise, eonjec- state that Leinster was five times devas- ture, or opinion concerning their future tated by the Ui-Neill, in the ninth year of careers. This account of Ferghal and his the reign of Ferghal. sons is not in any other accessible Annals, p Boromean tribute. — See Annals of the and it evidently found its way into Mac Four Masters, A. D. 106, p. 100. Egan's vellum Book from some romantic 23 tenth year of the reign of Ferghal [721] this plundering of Leinster took place, and that it was in revenge for it that Murchadh, son of Bran, came with the men of Munster to plunder Magh Breagh. But which- ever year" it was, Ferghal committed great depredations against the men of Leinster; i. e. he burned, consumed, and killed them, and he vowed that he would not desist until he was paid the Boromean tribute^ which Finna(;hta had remitted to Moling, and until hostages were given him for [i. e. in acknowledgment of his] lordship and the tribute. The Leinster-men gave him hostages, and promised the rent. At this time Ferghal gave out a prediction'^ to his sons : viz., Aedh Allan and Niall Condail, and the cause of his doing so origi- nated thus : — On a certain day they came to him to Ailech-Frigrinn"" : viz. Aedh the elder son, who was a cunning, fierce, lively young hero, and he came to Ailech surrounded by numerous well-armed troops ; but the younger son came silently, modestly, and peaceably, with few attendants; and he said, to humble himself and to honour his father : " It is fitter for me," said he, " to go and lodge out than to remain thy guest to night." "What induces thee to say this, my son," said the father, " while my elder son, who has thrice thy number [of atten- dants] is staying at Ailech to-night ? Why hast thou not the same confidence to remain at Ailech to-night as he has, in remaining with his people ?" " I should like," replied Niall, " that he would do the very same towards thee." " Thou shalt not depart hence to-night, son," said Ferghal, " but thou shalt remain with thy father and thy mother." After story, probably no longer extant. Hill, near Lough Swilly, in the barony of ' Ailech Frigrinn. — So called from Frig- Inishowen. For the history of this place, renn, the builder of the fort; now Greenan- see the Ordnance Memoir of the Parish Ely, an ancient cyclopean fort on Greenan of Templemore, published in 1835. 24 Ruccaó lap pn an mac buó fine, .1. Qod, 'ym pij cfc mop cona niumncip. Ruccan ono an mac 05 .1. Niall 1 cceac naoibinn noejipiD. Ra ppirai^io lapccain, "] pa b'áil Don araip a noeapbat) maille, "| canaicc a noeipeo oibce Do cum an cai^e 1 paibe an mac ba fine, "| pa baoi acc cloipcecc ppipin cfc pin : ap Digaip cpa palac pa bap 'yar\ caij pin. Rá báccap puippeoipi, 1 cam- ceóa, "] eaclaca, 1 obloipi, -] baclaij ag bfcfboi^ -j acc buipebaij arm ; Dpeam ag ól, ~\ Dpeam na ccoDlaD, "] Dp earn 05 pgeacpaig, Dpeam occ cuplfnnaij ~\ oc pfccuipig; cimpanaij "] cpuicipi 05 pfnmain; Dpeam 05 imapba^aD, 1 oc pfpbagaib. Cfo cuala pfp- gal amlaiD pin laD, a^ap cáini^ lap pin o'lnnpoicciD an rai^e DeppiD 1 paba an n\ac ap poo, "] pa baoi ag cloipcfcc pip an cfc pin, 1 ni cuala nac ni ann ache acluccab buibe do Obia [pa] 5ac ni puapaccup, ~[ cpuicipecc ciúin bínD, -] Diiana molca an coimbeb 5a ngabail, "| pa aipij an pi co mop uamon -] 5páb an coimoeó ipin caij pin. Uáinig an ]ii ap a haicle pin Da leabaib péin, 1 cucc 50 mop Da uib puibiuccab an Da rfc pin. Uáinic maoain moccpac pan cfc mop 1 paba an mac ba pine, -] ap inbfccam pa péo caball an cai^e pa imaD p^eacpai^e 1 palcaip -\ bpfncacab, "i imaD con oc ice pgeacpai^e. Cac imuppo uile na ppeanDpaboi^ [no 1 Dcoipchim puain] ipcai^ arhail beiccip mapb, genmoca mac an pi péin ; ap amlaib imuppo po baoipibe ina coblab amail pa beic ajj ipnaibe caca "] pé na pijleabaib, pjiac mop bá leic cli, ") Da Ifcga lánmópa Da leic Dep : claiDcab mop inclaipi ópDuipn pop apliapaiD, analpaoac mop imac 1 ipceac nn cup bo, arhail nacaDa Duini Da cup ap cpeipi 1 ap cpicce. Niop ' Snoring. — There is probably here some the meaning doubtless is, that some were defect of transcription ; the words left out snoring, and others were lying senseless arc probably no in-a t)-coipchini puain : as if dead. 25 After this the eldest son, Aedh, was brought into the great regal house with his people ; but the younger son, Niall, was conveyed into a beautiful private apartment. They were afterwards served [with food and drink], and the father wished to test them both; and he came, towards the end of the night, to the house where the eldest son was, and he remained to listen to [what was going on in] that house. They were indeed very dirty in that house. There were jesters, and lampooners, and horseboys, and clowns, and buf. foons, roaring and vociferating there, — some drinking, some sleep, ing, and some vomiting; some piping, some whistling; tympanists and harpers playing; some disputing, some quarrelling! Ferghal heard them [getting on] so; and he afterwards came to the pri- vate house in which the younger son was [lodged], and he remained listening to [what was going on in] that house; but he heard nothing there but thanksgiving to God for all that they had received, and gentle, melodious harp-playing, and songs of praise to the Lord being sung; and the King perceived that the fear and love of God were in that house. After this the King returned to his own bed, and he meditated deeply in his mind the condition of these two houses. Early in the morning he came into the great house in which the elder son was, and it was with difficulty he could remain in the house, in consequence of the vomiting, filth, and stench, and the number of hounds that were eating the vomits. And all the per- sons in the house were snoring' [or sleeping] as if they were dead ! except the King's son alone ; but he was sleeping in his royal bed [in such a posture] as if he were awaiting a battle, — a large shield on his left side, and two great half darts on his rigrht, a long polished golden-hilted sword on his thigh, and he inspiring and respir- ing as if another man were putting him to his strength and dexterity ! E ^ He 26 Níop pét) t)no puipec paip ipcai^ pá méo ]iob élneijre an c-aép ipin C15 pin, 1 cáini5 ipin cfc i poibe an mac ba poo, -) 510 poill cái- nicc, pa aipij an mac 05 é, uaip níp bo coolaó 6ó, acc a^ guioe an coimóeD pa baoi. Ra eipij po céoóip 1 n-aigib a arap Don oépguó pío^oa 1 poibe, uaip ap arhlaiD pa baoí, "] inap ppóill ime^occium- paib óip 1 aipgiD, "] po oplaij an cfc pe na araip, -) ó rainig an caraip ipcfc do pao oa láim po bpagaio a mic, 1 do pao pó^ do, 1 cancacup maille gup po puibfoup pop an DepguD píojba ; pa paig an mac corhpáó ap cúpap an araip, ~\ apfó po páiD ; a acaip, ap pé, an Dap linn ap impnimhac nfrhcoDolcac pugaip an aóaig apéip ap, apfó ap Ifc anopa coDlaó pin leabaib pin 50 cpár eip^e Do ló. Oo pijne an c-araip amlaió, ~\ map cáinij cpár eipje do ló pa ep^eDop imaille, "j pa páiD an mac ppia a araip : Ct afaip inrhain, ap pé, apfo ap cóip Diiic pleóuccaó Dúinn male ppia pépúnn, uaip mapaiD ojainn \Ct na Dcugaó Do biaó "| Do lionn uaiDpi a péip DÚin, ajap ní cappnaig 60 pain inuaip cu^paD rim- chipDi an mac IfpDap móp lán 60 rhíoD "] biaó láiniomba, "] pa ple^aiDpioc 50 caoi peiceamail 1 maiUe anopin. 'O po eipij cac, cámig an pi amac na cfc péin, •] po innip 1 ppia^naipi cáic amail no biab roi^re na dó mac ún, -) aDubaipc 50 ngebab an mac pa pine pi^e -| 50 mab cpeabaip, cpoDa, beoba, cpeapac, paprolac a pi^e. Qn mac ba lu^a imuppo, co ngebab pi^e 50 cpaibbeac conoail, -) 50 mab cluac piojba a clann, ~\ 50 njeb- naip pije an Dapa peal. Ipeb Dono pin po corhailleb co nuiji pin. In^fn Dno Corjgail mic peapgupa pónaD, maraip an mic ba pine 1 po clic pug pi an mac pin .1. Qob Qllan, agup po bé po abbap ' Pure-minded. — The word conbail is was monarch of Ireland from the year 704 glossed innpaic (worthy, pure, honest), to 711. See Annals of the Fours Masters, in H. 3, 18, p. 653. A. D. 702, Annals of Ulster, A. D. 704, " Congal, son of Fergus of Fanaid. — He andO'riaherty's"Ogygia,"Partiii.,c. 93. 27 He [the King] was not able to remain in the house in consequence of the great corruption of the air within it ; and he came on to the house in which the younger son was, and, though he came stealthily, the young son perceived him, for he was not asleep, but praying to the Lord. He rose up at once, to meet his father, from the royal couch on which he was, for he was dressed in a satin tunic, with borders of gold and silver, and he opened the house for his father ; and when the father entered the house, he folded his arms around the neck of his son, and kissed him, and they came together and sat upon the royal couch, and the son first began the conversation with the father, and said : " Father," said he, " thou hast, methinks, passed the last night pensively and sleeplessly, and thou oughtest now to sleep in this bed till the rise of day." The father did so ; and as the day appeared, both arose up together, and the son said to the father : " Dear father," said he, " thou oughtest to entertain us in reason, for we have still remaining half what was given by thee last night to us of food and of drink;" and he had not finished [these words] when servants brought him a second great vessel full of mead and various viands, after which they feasted together silently and calmly ! When all had arisen, the King came forth into his own house, and told, in the presence of all, how the houses of his two sons were ; and he said that the elder son would assume the sovereignty, and that he would be firm, brave, and vigorous, severe and self-willed, during his reign ; also that the younger son would assume the sovereignty, and that he would be pious and pure-minded', and that his descen- dants would be illustrious and royal, and that they would assume the sovereignty alternately. And this was verily fulfilled so far. Now the daughter of Congal, son of Fergus of Fanaid", was the mother of the elder son, and it was secretly she brought forth that son ; i. e. Aedli Allan, and this is the reason why Ferghal had this E 2 girl 28 abbap beife po clir na liin^ine 05 peajijal : a haraiji, .1. Gonial oa liióbaipc Don coimnib ") a beic a caillceacc, 1 do paD a haraip lomaD óip "I aipjiD, agup cpuiD Di a coirhéo a ^fnupa. ^ibeaD cpa pa rheall nórha coircfnn an ciniima Daonna .1. Oiabal, í ; Do paD spáb opfpjal mac ÍTlaoilDÚin, ") do pao pfp^al 5paD Dipi. l?o compai^y^eao Dno maille peapgal -] ingfn Congail CinDma^- aip. Ríojóomna Gipfnn an ran pin pfpgal. Gipfnn imoppo Gonial. l?a imp an peap pa bai fcuppa pin Do Gon5al, ba DoiliD imuppo CO mop la Gonial an p^el pin : .1. a in^fn Do rheal- laD, "] a Diibaipc ná maippfó peap an pjeoil muna ppá^baó péin Deirhin an p^eoil. Ro Baoi laparh peap an p^eoil 05 ipnaiDe ^o mbeiccip a naoin lonaó, peapgal 1 in^fn Gongail, "] map pa bác- cup 1 n-aoin-ionan, peap^al ") ingfn Gongail, cami^ peap an pgeoil D'lonnpoighiD Conjail, ~\ pa innip Do a mbeir 1 n-aoin-ionab. Uáinig Gonial peime D'lonpoicchib an ci^e 1 papaccup, 1 map pa aipi^j in^fn Gongail éipion co na rhumcip do cum an ci^e, uaip po ba 5I1C amnup ainjib ipi, arhail po bfb a h-araip, pa poilij pon éDac pfp^al, -| pa puib péin pop an éDac lapcrain, Uainig car mop baoi ipcai^ D'lonpoiccib pCpgail co n-Duaib a copa, "j 50 ]io pluig an car ploin mopa do copaib peapgail. Oo paD peapgal an lam pfca, "j pa ^ab 'ma plucair an car, -| pop mapb. "Ro pé^ cpa Gonial an cfc ime, ") ni paca pfp^al ann. Uáinig poirhe D'mnpoighib pip an p^eoil, "] po báib é 1 n-abainn. Uóini^ mpccain D'lonpoi^ib a inline péin, -] pa baoi a^ inppaib logra puippe arhail bib 65 ipi 1 na beccip ciorira paippiorh ppia. San corhpac clin pin cpa po coimppfo Qob Qllan. ^ ' Ceannmaghair. — This place is still so Donegal. See Four Masters, A. D. 702, called in Irish, and in the anglicised form note "^, and A. D. 1392. In the old trans- Kinnaweer. It is situated at the head of lation of the Annals of Ulster Cenn-Ma- lifulroy Lough, in the territory of Fánaid, gair is referred to as if it were the same barony of Kilmacrenan, and county of as Fanaid ; but it is now considered as the 29 girl secretly : her father, Congal, had devoted her to God, and she was in a nunnery, and her father had given much gold and silver and cattle to her for preserving her virginity. But however, the general enemy of the human race, namely, the devil, deceived her; she fell in love with Ferghal, son of Maelduin, and Ferghal loved her. Ferghal and the daughter of Congal of Ceannmaghair'' cohabited together. Ferghal, at this time, was a royal heir apparent of Erin, and Congal was King of Erin. The man who was [the messenger] between them told this to Congal, and Congal was much grieved at the news of the seduction of his daughter, and he said that the bearer of the story should not live unless he verified it to him. The bearer of the story was waiting until Ferghal and the daughter of Congal should be in one place; and when they were in one place, the bearer of the story came to Congal and told him of their being in one place. Congal came forward to the house in which they were, and as the daughter of Congal perceived him and his people approaching the house, — for she was cunning, sharp, and peevish, as was her father, — she covered Ferghal under the clothes, and afterwards sat upon the clothes herself While Ferghal was in this position, a large cat which was in the house came to him, and biting at his legs, devoured large pieces of flesh off his legs. Ferghal put down his hand, and taking the cat by the throat, choked her, Conofal searched the house all round, but did not see Ferghal in it. He came forward to where the bearer of the story was, and drowned him in a river ! He afterwards came to his daughter, and asked forgiveness of her because she was [as he supposed] a virgin ! that his crime against her might not be upon him"^. By this secret connexion Aedh Allan was begotten ! Now, north-west part of it. sin in accusing his daughter, who was a " Might not he upon him. — i. e. that his consecrated virgin, might be forgiven him. 30 Qp na b|ieir imuppo, Qoó Qllain, pa fpb a rháraip é do Dib nmáib (pa ba caipipi lé) dó bábab, ná pionnaó a h-araip puippe, "] na pfpgaiDeb on caraip ppia. bCn Do Cinél Conaill Dibpiben ono, -| bfn do Cenel Gojain. Qn bfn Gojanac cpa map pa jaip 'na láirh an aoibin rnbij nálainn pa líonab ó 5páó "] ó peipc na naoibine í ; ipfb po páib pa mnaoi comra, a piup lofÍTnain, ap pí, noca malaipc na naoibinepi ap cóip, acc ap a coirhéD 50 mair. Q pfo po paibpibi, annpa larpa é ina pe ra máraip péin, -\ ip ípíbe pa fpail poipne a bábub, ap lomorhon peipgi a barap. Pa ^ap peapg hipiDe, ") pa cuip an Leanam pop lap, "] po Deabrhaijpioc maille .1. an Dapa Déga anacal, "] an DÍ oile 5a baDub. ^iDeaó po popuaipbj an bfn Gojanac an mnaoi oile, ~\ pa jab a huball plu^acan 50 pa paorh cac ní ma papacrup ac DeabaiD .1. an Ifnarh Do IfpujaD. ]?a Ifpai^eaD leo map aon lap pin an Ifnam. Uápla rpá pfcc aon maroip an Ifnairh ip in cfc 1 paba an lenarh a ccinn ceicpe mbliaban, ") gan a piup Di a beic a mbfraiD. Ctp ann po baoi an macaom cluici. Oo póla mfnma a márap paip, 1 po piappuib cia aop an macaoirh ud ap pi ? Qpfó pa páiD các ^up bo mac ceicpe mbliaban. T?o ^aipm pí na mna caipipi úo ap a hamup "| apfo pa páiD piu : ap móp an col DO pignuipa, ap pi ap imgabail peipje m'arap .i. mac na haoipi UD Do malaipc. Ctcc pa páiDpioc na mná ppiapi : na Déna coippi irip, ap piaD, ap é puD an mac pin, ~\ pine pa comeD é. Do pao pi aipj^eba lomba do na mnáib lapcain, 1 puccaD uaice an mac 50 Dicelca D'lnnpoicciD a acap péin .1. pfp^al. ingfn ^ Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain. — [Tyrone] and Tir-Chonaill [Tyrconnell]. These were two kindred races in Ulster O'Neill was, in later ages, the chief of the descended fi'om Eoghan and Conall, two one, and O'DonneU of the other ; but be- sons of the monarch Niall of the Nine fore the English invasion, Mac Laughlin Hostages, who died in 406. They gave was dominant in Tyrone, and O'Muldory, names to the territories of Tir-Eoghain or O'Canannan, in Tyrconnell. 31 Now, when Aedh Allan was born, his mother gave him in charge to two women (who were dear to her) to be drowned, that her father might not discover her crime, or be angry with her. One of these women was of the Cinel-Conaill, and the other of the Cinel-Eoghain"^, When the woman of the Cinel-Eoghain took into her hands the beau- tiful little infant, she was filled with love and affection for it, and she said to her female companion : " Dear sister," said she, " it is not right to destroy this infant, but to preserve it well." The other replied : " He is dearer to thee than to his own mother, who commanded us to drown him, from fear of the anger of her father." The other became angry, and laid the child on the ground, and they fought with each other, the one for preserving, and the other for drowning him. But the Cinel-Eoghain woman prevailed over the other, and held her by the apple of the throat until she consented to her wishes; namely, to rear the child. After this both conjointly reared the child. On one occasion, at the end of four years, the mother of the child happened to come into the house in which the child was, not know- ing that he was alive. The child was at his play, and the mother's mind was fixed upon him, and she asked : " What age is yon child ?" said she. All replied that he was a child of the age of four years. She called these trusted women to her, and said to them : " I com- mitted a great -wickedness," said she, " in destroying a son [who would now be] of that age, to escape the anger of my father." But the women said to her : "Be not sad at all said they, " yon child is that son, and we were they who preserved him." She afterwards gave great rewards to the women, and the boy was conveyed away'' from them privately to his own father, Ferghal. Now, 7 Conveyed away. — This is a better story cording to Fynes Moryson, was fourteen than the account of his descendant Fer- years old before Con O'Neill, Earl of Ty- doragh, Baron of Dungannon, who, ac- rone, knew that he was his son. 32 Injfn imuppo pí Cianacra mácaip in Néill Conoail, ~\ hif i6e bfn ap caoini "| ap pocjiaióe baoí a n-6ipinri na haimpp ; acc cfna bá liaimbpicc í 50 poDa, 50 ccáinig ^up an ccaiUi^ naoirh, 50 Cuarpinn o'iappaiD puippipióe epnaijce Do Deriain puippe ppip an coimoeó DÓ piipcacc, ") Do pinne Ciiairpinn pin, *] po coiinppeó Niall lapccain 1 mbpoinn inline pi^ Cmnacca, "] pu^ab lapccain, -] api ba pío^an '6ipenn an can po 05 pfpgal. CiD pil ann rpa acc ó po labaip Do na niacaib arhail a ouppa- map pa a ploi^, "] pa pupail poppa "] ap cac uile léiprionol 00 nfnarh pan bliaóain bu6 nfpa D'innpoijió Laigen Do robac na bopurha pojipa, uaip níp corhaillpic Cai^in amail po ^eallpac. ]val. Qb inicio rHunoi m. Dcccc.pcpriiii. ab incapnacione Oomim Dcc;r;cii. Car Qlmaine itrip Laignm "| huib Neill. In cepcio Oecem- bpip pa cuipeó an cac pa. Cauip an cata pa .1. an boporha po maic pinnacca do TTlolins a cobac opfpgal ~\ ipfb on na pa puil- ngeoDop Laigin, nip cucpar Lai^in do Loin^pec mac Cionjupa, 1 ni cucpac do Gonial Cinnrha^aip, cia po puilngfccup Dininib ó Congal, agup ni moo Dno pob ail DÓib a cabaipc D'pfp^al, uaip po caipipnijpiDc imbpiarpaib Tílolin^ pa jeall na bejica iiaca cpé bíca an boporha ó Lai^nib. 6a cpom cpa la pfpgal pin .1. Cai^in Do nmfcoriiall angeallca ppip, 50 po puacpaD pluaijeo Dipeacpa ' Cianachta A territory in East Meath, as this Queen of Ireland ; that is, of the of wliich Duleek was the capital, inha- race of Tadhg, grandson of OilioU Olum. — bited by a sept of the race of Tadhg, See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum," p. 756. son of Cian, son of OilioU Olum, King of •> Almhain. — Jiow Allen, a celebrated Munster. hill, situated about five miles to the north ' Liunthrinn. — St. Luchrinna, a virgin, of the toAvn of Kildare. This battle is the patroness of the chui'ch of Kill-Lmith- entered in the Annals of the Four Masters rinne, in the territory of Corann, county at the year 7 1 8, in the Annals of Ulster of Sligo. Luchrinna was of the same race at 72 1, and in the Annals of Tighemach 33 Now, the daughter of the King of Cianachta^ was the mother of Niall Condail, and she was the fairest and the mildest woman that was in Erin in her time. She was, however, barren for a long time, until she came to the holy nun Luaithrinn'' to request of her to pray to God for her relief; and Luaithrinn did so, and Niall was after- wards conceived in the womb of the daughter of the King of Cian- acta, and he was born [in due time] afterwards, and she was Queen of Erin, with Ferghal, at this time. Howbeit when he spoke concerning his sons, as we have said, before his hosts, he commanded them and all in general to assemble all their forces in the following year to invade Leinster, to force the Borumean tribute from them, for the Leinster-men did not perform what they had promised. [A. M. 5924.] Kal. Ab initio Mundi v.m. dcccc.xxiv. ah incarna- tione Domini Dec. xxii. [722.] The battle of Almhain'' [was fought] between the Leinster- men and the Ui-Neill. In tertio Decembris this battle was fought. The cause of this battle was this : the Borumean tribute which Fin- nachta had remitted to Moling'' was demanded by Ferghal, and this the Leinstermen would not brook. The Leinstermen had not paid it to Loingsech, son of Aengus'', nor to Congal of Cennmaghair'', though they had suffered sore annoyances from the hands of Congal ; neither were they willing to pay it to Fergal, for they insisted upon the at 722, which last is the true year. It is Loingsech, son of Aengus. — He was stated in the Annals of Clonmacnoise that monarch of Ireland from A. D. 695 to King Ferghal had 21,000 men in this 704. battle, and the Leinster-men only 9000. 'Congal of Cennmaghair. — He was " Moling. — i. e. St. Moling, who was monarch of Ireland from A. D. 704 to Bishop of Ferns, A. D, 691 to 697. See 711, when Fergal, son of Maelduin, suc- Lanigan, vol. iii., pp. 132-135. ceeded. See " Ogygia," Part iii., c. 93. F 34 t)i]ieac]ia oírhóp uaó pop LCt Cuinn .1. pop Go^an 1 pop Conall -] pop Qipgmllaib 1 nriibe, an cfcparhab bliaóain a plairiupa péin, no 1 cpfpp bliaóain oéc, uc quibupDam placer, Do cobac na boporha. bá paoa cpa po báp 05 an nnolpain, uaip appeó ao beipeb jac peap Do Ceic Cuinn jup a poiceaó an puaccpaó .1. "oá ccí Oonnbó ap an plua^aó, pa^aDpa." Oonnbó imuppo mac bain- cpeabrai^e eipibe opeapaib l?opp, agap ní oeachaiD lá na aióci a cai^ a macap imac piam, "] ní paibe i n-'Gipinn uile buD caoirhe, no buD pfpp cpuc no oelb, no ofnam ináp. Ní paba 1 n-6ipinn uile buo 5piabba, no buo pfgaine máp, 1 ap uab bub pfpp pann eppa -] pip^ela pop Dorhon; apé bub pfpp 00 ^lép eac, -] 00 inopma plf^, -] o'pije pole, "I buD pfp piaicni [.1. injne mnclecca] na einec ; oe quo Dicicup : — 'Qille TTiacaib Donnbo bóib binne a laíb luaibio beoil Cíine ógaib Innpi pail IRa cógaib cáin cpillpi a rpeoip. Niap licc Dno a rhácaip Donnbo la pfpjal, 50 ccuccab ITlaol mic ^During this worWs existence. — The the north half of Ireland, writers of the TJi Neill, among whom ^ Cinel Eogliain. — L e. the race of Eo- Adamnan is set down, insisted that the ghan, or the men of Tyrone [Tir-Eoghain] great St. Moling obtained a remission of and their relatives. this tribute by an equivocation which was ' Cinel- Conaill. — i. e. the race of Conall, altogether unworthy of a saint, and there- or the inhabitants of TirconneU. fore many subsequent monarchs of the ^ Airghialla. — i. e. the inhabitants of the Ui NeiU attempted to compel the Leinster- present counties of Louth, Armagh, and men to pay it. See " Annals of the Four Monahan. Masters," A. D. 106, p. 99, and A. D. ^ Donnbo. — íío accoimt of this personage 593, p. 216, et seq. is to be found in any other authority ; and s Leth- Chuinn. — i. e. Conn's half, i. e. this legend must have found its way into 35 the words of Moling, to whom it was promised that the Borumean tribute should never, during this world's existence^, be demanded from the Leinster-men. Now Fergal deemed this intolerable ; namely, that the Leinster-men should not keep their promise to him, so that he ordered a very great and irresistible hosting upon Leth-Chuinn^ ; i. e. a hosting of the Cinel-Eoghain'', Cinel-Conaiir, and Airghiallaj, and of the men of Meath, in the fourth year of his reign, or in the thirteenth, as some will have it, to levy the Borumean tribute. Long, indeed, Avas this muster of forces being carried on, for each man of Leth-Chuinn to whom the order came used to say : " If Donnbo'' come on the hosting, I will." Now Donnbo was a widow's son of the Fera-Ross\ and he never went away from his mother's house for one day or one night, and there was not in all Ireland one of fairer countenance, or of better figure, form, or symmetry, than he ; there was not in all Erin one more pleasant or entertaining, or one in the world who could repeat more amusing and royal stories'", than he ; he was the best to harness horses, to set spears, to plait hair, and he was a man of royal intelligence in his countenance : of whom was said — Fairer than sons was Donnbo, Sweeter his poem than all that mouths rehearse, Pleasanter than the youths of Innis-Fail", The brilliancy of his example took the multitude. His mother did not permit Donnbo to go with Fergal, until Mael-mic-Failbhe, the old vellum Eook of l^ehemias Mac naghan, whose territory extended into the Egan from some romantic historical tale present county of Louth. on the battle of Almhain, now unknown. ™ Royal stories. — i. e. stories relating to ' Fera-Ross. — The name of a tribe in- kings, habiting the district around the present ° Innis-Fail, — This was one of the most town of Carrickmacross, county of Mo- ancient names of Ireland. F2 36 mic pailbe mic Gpannain mic Cpiorhrainn, comapba Colaim Cille, ppia aific beo •] 50 ccuccpaibe Colam Cille Dno Dia cionn 50 jiipeo Oonnbo plan Da cai^ péin a epic Laigfn. Uoconila Dno peapjal pop péo. "Ra baccup ona luce eolaip peime, nip bo maic an c-eolup Do paDpaD Do .1. 1 ccum^aib jaca conaipe -] in-airhpeDaib gaca conaipe 50 pancuccup Cluain Oóbail 1 n-Qlimain, Qp ann bui Qoóan clarh Cluana Oobail ap a cinn. Oo ponpac Dno na pluai^ a micopcab .i. a aon bó do mapbaD "] a puine aji bfpaib na piajnaipi, ~\ a cfc do bpeic Da cinn, "| a lopccab; confpbf|ir an clarh com ba Digal 50 bpác pop Uib Néill an Digal DO bepeD an coimDiD paippin, "] cainicc an clárii perhe 50 pubal pfp^ail, -| baccup pio^paiD Leice Cuinn uile ap a cmn 1 pin puball m can pin. Ro baoi an clarh aj acaoine a imniD na ppiagnaipi; ni caini5 cjiiDe neic Dib paip, acc cpibe Conbpfcan mic Congupa pi ppfp Ropp, 1 a peD on ná ba haicpec Do Coinbpfcan, uaip ni cepna pi do nfc po baoi ipin puball acc Cubpfcan mac Congupa a aonap ap in cac. ConaD ann oDbepc Cubpfcan : — Qd ajap cac pop Deapj plainD Q pip pfp^aile OD ^lionn ; bat) bponai^ muincip mic TTlaipe Qp mbpeic an cai^ Dap cionn, bo an clairh po gaoD a nofjaiD a Daim, TTIaips lóirh pa coll a mbpao Qp ni pimcomapc mac bpain, "ipl. Qp * Mael-mic-Failhhe. — This may be in- TTlael mc pailbe. His date comes very- tended for Conamhail mac Failhhe, tenth near this period, for he died 7 1 o. Abbot of Hy, who was of the Airghialla. ^ Cluain-Dolhail. — This name is now Tighemach calls him Conmael, and it is forgotten. not impossible that our author, who is Ciihretan — This name is not to be not very precise, may have called him found in any of the published Irish An- 37 Mael-mic-Failbhe°, son of Erannan, son of Criomhthann, successor of Colum Cille, was pledged for his return alive, and until he pledged Colum Cille for himself that Donnbo would return safe to his own house from the province of Leinster. Fergal proceeded upon his way. Guides went before him, but the guidance they aíForded him was not good ; i. e. through the narrow- ness of each road, and the ruggedness of each pass, until they reached Cluain-DobhaiP, at Almhain. And Aedhan the Leper of Cluain- Dobhail was there before them. The hosts ill-treated him : they killed his only cow, and roasted it on spits before his face, and they unroofed his house and burned it ; and the Leper said that the ven- geance which God would wreak on the Ui-Neill, on his account, would be an eternal vengeance ; and the Leper came forward to the tent of Fergal, where the kings of Leth-Chuinn were before him. The Leper complained of the injuries done him, in their presence ; but the heart of none of them was moved towards him, except the heart of Cubretan'', son of Congus, King of Fera-Ross; and for this Cubretan had no reason to be sorry, for of all the kings who were in the tent, none escaped from the battle except Cubretan, son of Congus, alone. On Avhich occasion Cubretan said : A red bloody battle was waged, good Fergal, in thy valley ; The people of the son of Mary were sorrowful After taking the roof off the house. The cow of the Leper was killed, after its ox. Woe to the hand that pierced their neck, For the son of Bran did not defend, &c. Ihen nals. Cubretan signifies dog or hero of as Cii-mara, dog of the sea ; Cu- TJladh, Britain. The ancient Irish had many Canis TJltonise, Cu-Muman, dog of Mun- names of men compounded with eu, a dog; ster, Cii-Caisil, dog of Cashel, &c. 38 Qy antjpin appejic pfp^al pjiia Donnbó; t)éna aippioeó t)úm, a Ooinnbó, po bic ay cu ap Deac aiyipme puil i n-'Gipinn .1. 1 cúipi^, agap 1 cuiplenooib, "| 1 cpuicib, "j panoaib, -| paiopecoib, -j yiigpse- laib '6i|ienTi, ~\ ip in maoinpi 1 mbapac Do bépam-ne car do La^■^• nib. Qc, ap Oonnbo, ni cumgaiinpi aippiDe nuicpi anocc, "| nimra aon jniom oib pin uile Do caiDbpm anocc, -] cippi aipm 1 pabaipi a mápac, 1 imbeopa, do bénpa aippioe Duicpi. Oénaó imuppo an piojDpur liua TTlai^léine aippiDe Duic anocc. Uujab hua TTIaijleni cuca lapccain. l?o gabpaibe 05 inDipin car ~\ compama leire Cuinn -] Lai^en ó cojail Uuama Ufnbar, .i. Oeanoa pij, in pa mapbab Cobrac Caolbpe^, conigi an aimpip, pm, ~[ ni bá mop coDalca DO pinneb leo m aibchi pin pa méD eagla leo Caijin, 1 la méiD na Doinmne, .1. uaip aibce péle phinniain ^airhpib pin. Imciip Laigin do loccuppame 1 cCpuacán Claonca, DÓi^ ni fiiaib pop Cai^niu Da nDeapnac a comaiple ann, -| ^up obap ciupaD DO cum an caca. Loccup lappain 50 Oinn Canainn, apaibe Do cum an cara. Conpancuccup cpa ip m maiDin ap na mópac na caca cfc- capba, naoi mile Do Caignib, mile ap picic imuppo Do Lt\t Cumn. Qp cpuaib -| ap peocaip pa cuipeb an cacpa leic pop Ifc, "1 pa gab cac na compaicib ann. l?a ' Maiffhleme. — This personage is not For a notice of the burnrag of this palace, mentioned in any other known Annals. see " Leabhar na g-Ceart," pp. 15, 16. Tuaim Tenhath, i. e. Binnrigh. — OTla- The ancient Irish poets had a great many herty places this event so far back as A.M. stories of this description which they nsed 3682. This was the name of the ancient to recite to their kings and chieftains, palace of the Kings of Leinster. There- See Campion's " Historic of Irelande," mains of its earthen works are situated on chap. vi. the west side of the Eiver Barrow, in the ' The eve of the festival of Finnian i. e. townland of Ballyknockan, about a quar- the l ith of December, The Annals of ter of a mile south of Leighlia Bridge. Clonmacnoise make it the 3rd of the Ides 39 Then Fergal said to Donnbo : " Show amusement for us, Bonnbo, for thou art the best minstrel in Erin at pipes, and trumpets, and harps, at the poems and legends and royal tales of Erin, for on to- morrow morning we shall give battle to the Leinster-men." " No," said Donnbo, " I am not able to amuse thee to-night, and I am not about to exhibit any one of these feats to-night ; but wherever thou shalt be to-morrow, if I be alive, I shall show amusement to thee. But let the royal clo wn, Ua Maighleine'', amuse thee this night." Ua Maigh- leine was afterwards brought to them. He commenced narrating the battles and the valiant deeds of Leth-Chuinn and Leinster from the demolition of Tuaim Tenbath, i. e. Dinn-righ**, in which Cobhthach Cael-mBreagh was killed, unto that time ; and they slept not much that night, because of their great dread of the Leinster-men, and of the great storm, for it was the eve of the festival of Finnian*, in the winter. With respect to the Leinster-men, they repaired to Cruachan Claenta", for the Leinster-men would not be defeated if they should hold their council there, and proceed from thence to battle. They proceeded thence to Dinn-Canainn"^, and thence to the battle. On the following morning the battalions of both sides met : nine thousand of the Leinstermen, and twenty-one thousand of Leth- Chuinn. Vigorously and fiercely was this battle fought on both sides, and all showed equal fight. The of December, which would he the 1 1 th. " Cruachan Claenta i. e. the roimd Hill of Clane, situated about five miles to the north-east of AUen, where this battle was fought. The Leinster-men believed that whenever they could hold their council of war here, they should not be defeated. The origin of this belief is not yet dis- covered, nor is this superstition noticed in " Leabhar na gCeart," among the Geasa and UrgarthoB of the Kings of Leiaster. ' Binn- Canainn. — Now Duncannon, nearly midway between Clane and the HiU of AUen. 40 T?a ba t)imó|i pa innipi com]iama na Laoc Caijen -| (.aoc Ceice Cuinn. Qpbepc ^oppacap bpijio op cionn Cai^en; aocfp Dno Colum Cille op cionn hua Néill. l?a mearhuib lapam an cac pia ITIupcliaó mac mbpain, ~\ pe n-Cíoó mac OonncaDa, mic Colgan pi Lai^en DeapgaBaip. IRa mapbab peap^al arm Cto6 mo -| Oonncliaó mac TTlupchaóa po mapbpac pfp^al paoepin, -] bile mac buain, pi Qlban, ap uaió aimnnigcep Coppbile, i n-Cilmaine. Ctp é DTio QoD meno pa mapb Oonnbó. Ní copcaip imuppo peap^al 50 ccopchaip Oonnbó. Pa mapbab duo pepca ap céD amup in dú pm. Q coirhlin pém po mapbaiD bai^m pan cac pin Do Leir Cuinn .1. naoi mile ; -\ naoi n^elci DiB 00 doI pop ^elcacc, ■) cécpi^ DO pijaib. Qca Cnoc pfpgail annpin; pa cuippioc baigin ilaig commaiDmi ano ono, unoe Dicicup : — Oeoólaire Qlmaine, Qp copnam buaip bpfjmaine "Ro la baob bélDeapg biopac, lolac im cfnn ppfpjaile. " Valorous. — The Irisii word compama, deeds of valour or prowess. The substan- tive compunna is glossed copcuyi, victory, in H. 3, 18, p. 536. ^ Brigit. — She was the patroness of all Ireland, but particularly of Leinster. See under A. D. 605, where St. Mura is re- presented as saying that St. Bridget was greater than he, and her prayers more powerful than his prayers. y Colum Cille — He was the principal patron of the Cinel Conaill. St. Mura was the patron of the Cinel-Eoghain, but Scapapp Colum was the greater saint of the two, and is therefore introduced as contending with St. Bridget in protecting his kins- men of the race of Niall. ' Son of Bran. — King of Leinster. " Fergal. — King of Erin. * Bile, son of Bmn of Alhain. — i. e. of Scotland. No account of this Scottish champion has been found in any of the au- thentic Irish Annals, and it is very pro- bably that he is a mere fictitious charac- ter introduced here among the historical chiefs who really flourished at this time 41 The valorous^ deeds of the heroes of Leinster and of Leth-Chuinn are very much spoken of It is said that Brigit^ was seen over the Leinster-men ; Colum Cille^ was seen over the Ui-Neill. The battle was gained by Murchadh, son of Bran^, and Aedh, son of Donnchadh, son of Colgan, King of South Leinster. Fergal^ himself was killed in it ; and it was Aedh Menn, and Donnchadh, son of Murchadh, that slew Fergal himself, and Bile, son of Buan, of Albain^, from whom Corrbile'', at Almhain, is named. Aedh Menu was also the person who slew Donnbo. Fergal was not killed till Donnbo had first fallen. One hundred and sixty soldiers were killed on the occasion. The Leinster-men killed an equal number of Leth-Chuinn in this battle ; i. e. nine thousand and nine of them ran mad*^, and one hundred kings. The hill of Fergha? is at the place. The Leinster-men raised shouts of exultation there, imde dicitur : At the end of the day at Almhain, In defending the cows of Bregia, The red-mouthed, sharp-beaked raven, Croaked over Fergal's head. Murchadh, and fought in this battle. tie of Magh Eath," p. 231, and p. 234, " Corrhile. — i. e. Bile's Pit, would now note °, It is still believed ia many parts be anglicized CorbUly ; but there is no of Ireland that all the lunatics of Ireland place of the name in the neighbourhood of would make their way, if unrestrained, to the Hill of AUen. a valley in the county of Kerry, called ^ Ran mad. — Connell Mageoghan trans- Gleann na nGealt, and remain there feed- lates this — " There were nine persons that ing on the herbs and water-cresses of the flyed in the ayre as if they were winged valley until they should recover their for- fowle." But this is hardly correct. For the mer sanity. Irish ideas about gealtacM and panic, the ^ The hill of Ferghal. — Tio hill of this reader is referred to the "Buile Shuibh- name is now pointed out in this neigh- ne," to the romantic tale called the "Bat- bourhood. The name would be now an- tle of Finntraighe," or Ventry, and "Bat- glicized Knockfarrell. G 42 Scapapf ITlupcliaó |ia mmlai^, bjiogaif a cpiuna i ccalmuin, Oo poi paobap ppia peapgcd, ppein Deapmaip ofp Qlmain. bar ann céo puipec parac, Cpuaóac, copcabac, capnac, Im naoi n^elca gan mine, Um naoi mile peap n-apmac. Ceicpi céo cabpaió a Cpuaic .1. Cpuacain, Lap an ampaig ^aot) pan gliaió, La cpi céooib Conaill cpuaib, a pé * * * * * l?a gabao annpain an opuch hua TTIaigleine 1 do paoaD paip géim Dpiiic DO óénarh, "] Do pi^ne ; bá map -] ba binn an jéim pin, 50 maipiD geim hUi ÍTlaigléine ó pin a le oc Dpuraib 'Gipenn. "Ra gaDaó a cfnn lapccain D'peapjal, 1 pa ^aDaó a cfnn Don Dpuc. l?o baoi macalla jeimi an Dpúic pin aieop 50 cfnn cpi la -| cpi noíbcé. Qp De ap mbepap géim hUí Tílaigléine 05 rapann na pfp 'yax) mónaió. Oo luiD Dno Qob Laigen mac pirceallaij;, pi hUa TTIaine Connacr 1 paon mabma "| ceicio, 50 nebepc ppia macoib : nac ma páccbaib, a macca, buó peppDe bup mácaip ppiu mo bpeir pi lib. Nic bepaD, op Laijin, conab ann pm po mapbab Qob Laijen, pi hUa TTlaine. l?a piaccarcup imuppo, a mic [copp] Qoba Caigin im Qob Ctlláin mac peapgaile, 50 Lilcac, aipm a mbui ITloDicu, mac ' Aedh Zaiffhean. — i. e. Aedh, or Hugh of tlier DJuthach is set down as chief of TJi- Leinster. He is not mentioned in the pe- Maine, and as dying in 738. digrees of the Ui-Maine, printed for the s Aedh Allan. — He was afterwards mo- Irish Archaeological Society ; but his bro- narch of Ireland from A. D. 734 to 743. 43 Murchadh, no companion of cowardice, Brings his numerous heroes on the ground ; He turns his weapons against Fergal, With great heroes, south of Ahnhain. There perished there an hundred chieftains, prosperous, Vigorous, contentious, victorious, With nine gone mad without mildness, With nine thousand men of arms. Four hundred fell at Cruach, i. e. Cruachain, By the soldiery, wounded in the conflict, With three hundred of the hardy Cinel Conail ; And six ****** The clown, Ua Maighleine, was taken prisoner, and he was asked to give " a clown's shout," and he did so. Loud and melodious was that shout, so that the shout of Ua Maighleine has remained with the clowns of Erin from that forth. Fergal's head was afterwards struck off, and the clown's head was struck off. The reverberation of the clown's shout remained in the air for three days and three nights. From which comes [the saying] " the shout of Ua Maighleine chasing the men in the bog." Aedh Laighen^, son of Fithcheallach, King of Ui-Maine, in Con- naught, was routed, and fled from this battle ; and he said to his sons : " Do not leave me, my sons ; your mother will be the better of it, if you bring me with you." " They shall not bring thee," said the Leinster-men ; so that then, Aedh Laighen, King of Ui-Maine, was killed. But his sons carried the body of Aedh Laighen, with Aedh Allan^, son of Fergal, to Lilcach'', where Modichu, son of Amairgin, and the Gall Craibhthech' were ; and it was on this occasion that the Ui-Neil Liloach. — A place near Slane, in East the Four Masters, A. D. 512, 723. Meath, not yet identified. See Annals of ' Gall Crailldheach. — i. e. the pious or G 2 44 mac Ctrhaipjin, -| an "^all Cyaiboeac, conaó ann clamipc hUi Néill 1 Connachra clab r\a cille, -] lao i piocc na ^cléipeac, -| ay amlaió fin ]ia paopaiD cpi miopbuile na naorh, 50 ppail cocac hUa NéiU 1 C.onnacc pin ale 'y\r\ ciU pin : unoe Ctoó Ctllain cecimc : — Ni ppuapamap ap ralmain Qlmain baoiD peDicip; Ni pangamap lap pin cac Lilcac baoiD nerhfcap. ba buaoac rpa an la pin Do Lai^nib. T?a hanaiceb imuppo Cubpecan mac Conjupa pi ppeap T?opp ap na punna do pijne an aiohce peirhe. 1 Conoail na piog bdccup Laijin an aibci 05 ol pina "| mfóa ap ccup an caca 50 pubac poimfnmac, agup các oíob 05 innipin a compama, ip lao mfopaig meabapcaoin. Qp ano pin pa páib rriupchab mac bpain : " Do béapainn cappac cerpe cumala, "] mo eac -] m'fppab Don laoc no pajab ipin ápmac, ■] do bépab comapca cu^ainn ap." l?ajaD-pa, ap baorgalac laoc Dim TTIurhain. ^ebib a careppab cara "| comlanna uime, 50 páinig 50 haipm 1 mbaoi copp peapgaile, 50 ccupla ni 1 nfagaipjaipe ipin ipin aeop op a cinn, conDepepc. Qp clopp uile, cimapnab Duib ó pi^ pfcc nirhe. Oénaíb aippiDe Da bup cn^eapna anocc .1. o'peapjal mac ÍTlaolDÚin, cm do pocpapaip punn uile in bap naoip Dana eiDip cuipleanDcu, -| copnaipe, ■] cpuicipe, ná caip- mfpcca eppuac no hég comnapc pib D'aippiDeb anocc D'peapjal. 5« religious Gall, or foreigner, probably a ing "vvitli the leper, wbose hut the array of Saxon or Englishman. This was the same the Hy-Neill had pulled down. Grail who gave name to Inis an GhaUl Condail of the Kings. — liow Old Con- (Inchaguile) in Lough Corrib, county of nell, in the county of Kildare, about Galway. five miles to the east of the Hill of j T}ie part he took. — i. e. in sjinpathiz- Allen. 45 Ui-Neil and the Connaught-men erected the wall of the church, they being in the disguise of the clergy, and they were thus saved through the miracles of the saints, so that the friendship) of the Ui-Neill and the Connaught-men is in that church from that forward. Unde Aedli Allan eecinit : — We did not find on earth a smoother place than Almhain, "We did not reach, after this, a place more sacred than Lilcach. Now, the Leinster-men were victorious in this battle. Cubretan, son of Congus, King of Fera-Ross, was protected in consequence of the part he took-" the night before. It was at Condail of the Kings'" the Leinster-men were that night drinking wine and mead, merrily, and in high spirits, after gaining the battle ; and each of them was describing his prowess, and they were jolly and right merry. Then Murchadh, son of Bran, said : " I would give a chariot of [the value of] four cumhals, and my steed and battle-dress, to the hero who would go to the field of slaughter, and who would bring us a token from it." " I will go," said Baeth- galach, a hero of Munster. He puts on his dress of battle and com- bat, and arrived at the spot where the body of [King] Fergal was, and he heard a noise in the air over his head, and he said, on hear- ing it : " All praise be to thee, King of the seven heavens ! ye are amusing your lord to-night ; i. e. Fergal, son of Maelduin, though ye have all fallen here, both poets, pipers, trumpeters and harpers, let not hatred or ability prevent you to-night from playing for Fergal." The young warrior then heard the most delightful and entrancing piping and music in the bunch of rushes next him, a Fenian melody sweeter than any music. The young warrior went towards it. " Do not come near me," said a head to him. " I ask who art thou ?" said the young warrior. " I am the head of Donnbo," said the head, " and I made 46 cciiala laparh an coglác an cuip^ •] an ceol pípeaccac, 50 ccuala Dan 'fctn cruni luacjia ba nfpa óó an cójio pmnpa ba binne ceolaib. Luio an roglac na Dócum ; na caiyi ap m'amuf ap an cfnn piiif. Cfpc, cia cu ? ap an cójlac. Nin, mipi cfno Duinnbó, ap an cfnn, -] naiDm po naiDrnfo ppim a péip aippioeó an pi anocr, -] ná epcóioib óann. Caióe copp pfpgail punn, ap an c-ó^lac ? Qp é Do aiúcne ppic anall. " Ceipc anoao bép Ifm," ap an cóglac ? " Ctpcn ap Deac lim:" Nom bépa, ap an cfnn ; acc pac Cpípc Dod cinn Da nom pu^a, 50 Dcuja mé ap amup mo coUa Do píóipi. Do bép éjin, ap an cóglac, -] impoi an cójlac -j an cfnn laip conij^e ConDail, "] puaip Laijin a^ ól ap a cfnn 'p^^ aíóci cécna. Qn rcugaip comapúa lac ? ap TTIupchaó. Uugap ap an có^lac, cfnn Ouinnbo. Popaim ap an puaicne ÚD rail, ap UlnpcViaD. Uu^pao an plua^ uile airne paip ^up bé cfnn Ouinnbó, 1 apeb po páiDpio uile : Dippan Duic a Duinnbó, bá caorh Do Dealb, Déna aippiDe Dúinn anocc, peb Do pi^nip doc cijeapna imbuapac. Impoigcep a 01516 Dono, 1 arrpacc a Dopo pianpa accpua^ ap óipD, 50 mbáccup uile ag caoi ~\ 05 cuippi. IbnaiciD an laoc céDna an cfnn DO cum a colla amail po ^eall, -| coip^ió é ap a meiDe. Ciccpacr painic Donnbó gocfc a rhárap, uaip appiao cpi longanra an cara pa .1. Oonnbo Do poccain na bfcaiD 50 ni^e a cfc Dap cfnn bpeicpe Coluim Cille, 1 géim an Dpuic hUi TTIaigléine cpí la"] cpí haiDce 'fan aeop, -] na naoi mile do popuaipli^ an picic, unDe Dicicup : Car Qlmame, áp ^ein , TTlóp an ^níorh Oecembeip r?o ' If thou bring me. — i. e. if thou art very common in Irish. See the Registry minded to bring me at all, find my body, of Clonmacnoise, printed in the " Trans- and bring my head and body together. actions of the Kilkenny Archaeological To its hoAy. — Stories of this kind are Society," for the story of Coirpre Crom, 47 made a compact last night that I would amuse the King to-night, and do not annoy me." " Which is the body of Fergal here ?" said the young warrior. " Thou mayest observe it yonder," said the head. " Shall I take thee away?" said the young warrior; " thou art the dearest to me." " Bring me," said the head ; " but may the grace of God be on thy head if thou bring me' to my body again." " I will indeed," said the young warrior. And the young warrior returned with the head to Condail the same night, and he found the Leinster-men drinking there on his arrival. " Hast thou brought a token with thee ?" said Murchadh. " I have," replied the young warrior, " the head of Donnbo." " Place it on yonder post," said Murchadh : and the whole host knew it to be the head of Donnbo, and they all said : " Pity that this [fate] awaited thee, Donnbo ! fair was thy countenance ; amuse us to-night, as thou didst thy lord last night." His face was turned, and he raised a most piteous strain in their presence, so that they were all wailing and lamenting ! The same warrior conveyed the head to its body"", as he had promised, and he fixed it on the neck [to which it instantly adhered, and Donnbo started into life]. In a word, Donnbo reached the house of his mother. The three wonders" of this battle were : the coming of Donnbo home to his house alive, in consequence of the pledged word of Colum Cille, and the shout of the clown Ua Maighleine, which remained [reverberating] three days and three nights in the air, and nine thousand prevailing over twenty- one thousand ; wide dicitur : — The battle of Almhain, great the slaughter, Great the deed of December Which whose head was put on by St. Ciaran of usually introduced into Irish romantic sto- Clonmacnoise. ries. Compare with the three wonders of ° Three wonders — Three wonders are the battle of Magh-Rath. 48 Po bjiip TTlupcliab mopt)a cpeac IDac bpain la laocpaió laijneac. TTlearhaiD ap pejijal pail Qji mac maoiliDuin ofpmaip melcip Tiiuille po leipg Q]i linciB pola poipDepcc, Occ pi5 occmo^ao lap ppiop Naoi mile, gan imappiorh, Do Ceic Cuinn comal ngnaoi Do pocaip ann ap aon caoi. Maoi ngeilce pop ^ealcacc 6e Lorcup DioB pop pib n^aible, Pa claocloiDpic oac lapccain, Ctpa ^lecea cac Ctlmain. haec punc nomma pe^um qui inceppecci punc in hoc bello. hi punc quiDem Do piol gCuinn. pfpgal mac TTlaoiliouin cum ly. milicibup puip; popbapac, pi bojaine ; pip^al hUa Ctirfcóa ; pfp^alUa Uarhnai^; mac Gacac Cearhna; Congalac mac Conaincc; Gicneac mac Conaing; Coib- Denac mac piacaió; Conall Cpau ; pfpgap ^luc; TTluip^fp mac Conaill; Lfcaiceac mac Concapac ; Qnmcaib macConcapac; Qeo- gein hUa TTlaice ; NuaoaLlipc pi ^uill -] Ip^uill, 1-5-Cinel Conuill ; .pf. nepocep ÍTlaoilpicpi^. Ice pin pig hUa Néill an ruaipcipc. hi aucem qui pequuncup hUi Néill an oepgipc : — Oilell mac pfpabaij; Suibne mac Congalaig; QoD Laigfn hUa o Of Fail.— 1 e. 0Í Ireland. ton, in the King's County. It is now p Fidh- Gaihhle. — A celebrated wood of locally called Fee-Guile, or Fig-Isle ! Leinster, situated in the parish of Cloon- 1 Boghaine.—^ov? the barony of Bau- sast, about five miles north of Portarling- nagh, in the west of the county of Donegal. 49 Which the majestic Murchadh of plunders gained, Son of Bran, with the heroes of Leinster. It was gained over Fergal of Fail", The son of Maelduin the mighty ; So that mills in the plain did grind [Turned] by ponds of red blood shed. Eighty-eight kings, in truth. Nine thousand [men], without exaggeration, Of the men of Leth Chuinn, of fair faces, Fell there in one battle-field. Nine persons panic-stricken ran mad, And went into the wood of Fidh-GaibhleA They changed colour afterwards, For the Battle of Almhain blenched them. These are the names of the kings who were slain in this battle. These were some of the race of Conn : — Fergal, son of Maelduin, with sixty of his knights ; Forbasach, King of Boghaine" ; Fergal Ua Aithechta ; Fergal Ua Tamhnaigh, the son of Eochaidh Leamhna ; Congalach, son of Conaing ; Eignech, son of Conaing ; Coibhdenach, son of Fiacha ; Conall Crau ; Fergal Glut ; Muirghes, son of Conall ; Letaithech, son of Cucarat ; Aedh- gen Ua Maithe ; Nuada Uirc, King of Gull and IrgulP in Cinel-Con- aill ; ten grandsons of Maelfithrigh. These [foregoing] were the chiefs of the northern Ui-Neill. The following were of the Ui-Neill of the south : — Oilell, son of Feradhach ; Suibhne, son of Conghalach ; Aedh Laighen ' Gull and Irgull. — Two territories in Eos-guill and Ros-Irgnill. The name of the north of the barony of Kilmacrenan, the former is still remembered, but that of county of Donegal, iwore usually called the latter has been long forgotten. H 5° hUa Cfpnai^; Nia mac Cojimaic; Clorna mac Coljan; Uaog mac Cíignoe; OubDacpíoc mac Ouiboabaipfnn ; Tinfncop]^ac mac ^ammaij; Gloóac mac piainn 'O'Sgigi ; Ounchab Ua piac- ]iac ; mac Conlomjfi 5 mac TTlaoilemona ; OoijiiaD mac Conla ; piann mac Qoóa OóBa ; mac Concoingelc ; mac Uuacail mic paolcon ; InDpfccac mac Uaióg ; mac ^apbáin ; Da Ua TTlaoil- cóic ; DÓ mac Qileni ; pocapca Ua Oomnaill ; Qilell mac ConaiU ^painc ; piógal mac pmcheallai^ ; Ouiboil hUa Oaimine er ppacep eiup ; oá mac Tíluipfoai^ mic Inopfcrai^ ; Nuaoa mac Duibouncuipe ; Rfcrappa hUa Cimiupcui^ Ua Tílame; Cfp Cfpa; pfp^ap Ua Gogain no Ceo^ain ; piaireamail mac Dlúcai^ ; Oon^alac hUa Qonjapa ; Conall TTirnn pí Ceneil Caipbpe ; mac Gpca mac maoiliDÚm ; Upí hUi Nuabac ; piann mac Ipgalai^ ; QoD Lai^en mac piúceallaij ; Niall mac TTIuipgfpa. Dolope aucem ec ppijope mopcui punc clyy-p. cap éip cara Qlmaine 1 ccopcuip pfpgal mac TTlaoiliDÚin, -jca. Imnum pe^ni Cionaóa, mic Ip^alai^, pecunoum qnopoam. I^al. l?o ^ab Dno pogapcac mac Néill ainmniujaó pije '6ipenn po céoóip 1 nof^ait) pfp^ail, aoin bliabain, no a dó iu;rca quopoam, 50 mapbab la Cionaob Ceiccaoc mac lopjalaig. Qp paip po mearhaib an cac i cUailcin pa Cai^mb. Cionaob imuppo lapcrain ceirpi bliabna 1 pi je nGipenn, Cfp Dopam Do ^eall Qbamnan "] mbpoinn a mácap 50 ngebab pi^e n-6ipenn. 5á maic ono pige an Cionaoba. Inopab Laigen laip an céo ^ Odhhha. — A place near lí'avan, in East " Aedh Laighen, son of FUJichellach. — Meath. He was chief of Hy-Many, in Con- ' Cinel- Cairhre. — A sept of the south Ui- naught Neill, situated in the barony of Granard, ^ Lethchaech — L e. half-blind. The word and county of Longford, to which barony caoc, written also coec or caec, as now the name is still locally applied. used, does not always mean blind, though 5» Laiglien Ua Cearnaigh ; Nia, son of Cormac; Clothna, son of Colgan; Tadhg, son of Aigthide ; Dubhdachriocli, son of Dubhdabhairenn ; Mencossaeli, son of Gammacli; Elodhach, son of Flann O'Sgigi ; Donn- chadhUaFiachrach; the son of Culoingsi; the son of Maehnona; Doi- riadh, son of Conla ; Flann, son of Aedh Odhbha^ ; son of Cucoingelt, son of Tuathal, son of Faelchu ; Indrechtach, son of Tadhg ; son of Garbhan ; the two Ua Maelcaichs ; the two sons of Ailen ; Focarta Ua Domhnaill ; Ailell, son of Conall Grant ; Fidhgal, son of Fith- chellach ; Duibhdil Ua Daimine, and his brother ; the two sons of Muredhach, son of Indrechtach ; Nuada, son of Dubhdunchuire ; Rechtabhra, son of Cumascach Ua Maine ; Cer of Cera ; Ferghus Ua Eoghain (or Leoghain) ; Flaitheamhail, son of Dluthach; Don- ghalach Ua Aenghusa ; Conall Menn, King of Cinel-Cairbre' ; Mac- Erca, son of Maelduin ; the three grandsons of Nuadhat; Flann, son of Irghalach ; Aedh Laighen, son of Fithchellach" ; Niall, son of Muirghes. One hundred and eighty died of sickness and cold after the Battle of Almhain, in which Fergal, son of Maelduine, was slain, &c. [724.] The beginning of the reign of Cinaedh, son of Irgalach, according to some. [722.] Kal. After Fergal, Fogartach, son of Niall, took the name of King of Erin at once, for one year, or two, according to some, when he was killed by Cinaeth Lethchaech^, son of Irgalach. He had been defeated by the Leinster-men in the Battle of Tailtin. [724.] After him Cinaedh was king of Erin for four years. It was to him, while he was in his mother's womb, Adamnan had pro- mised'^ that he would attain to the sovereignty of Erin. The reign of this it is certainly cognate with the Latin Adamnan had promised. — No notice of emeus. It generally means purblind or this promise has heen found in any other one-eyed. Annals or historical tracts. H 2 52 cét) bliaóain "] maiom pop Oiinchaó mac TTlupchaba, ip pochame t)0 paopclanDaib po mapbaó cpep an co^aó po. InDpfccac mac miiipfDai^, pi Connacc, mopicup. Car eiDip Ounchab mac íTlupchaóa ") CaiDgnéin pí hUa cCionnpiolaij, •] maiDiD an car pop CaiDjnein. I^al. Cac Cinnoelgcen i ccopcup pogapcac hUa Cfpnaij. Cionaob mac lop^alai^ uiccop epac ; unoe Ruman cecinic : — TTleamaiD car Cinn Del^rfn Do pig lono buipp, Luib fpgall Dap fpgail, car ceipDpec Depj Oomnaill. ^o mbab lap mapbab Pogupcaij no galiab Cionaob pige lap ppaipinD. Cuinolfp ab. Cluana mic Noip, paolcViu ab. lae. J^al. Colman Uainac, paoi QipDmaca mopicup. Colman banbáin, paoi Cille Dapa mo]iicup. TTlac Qilepain Cille puaib mopicup. jval. Cillene poca ab. lae. Oachonna cpaibbeac, Gppcop Conoeipe, quieuic. ^uin Cpiomcainn mic Ceallaij, mic ^epcibe, pig Laijen, i ccac bealaig lice, ^uin Qilella mic boobcaba ÍTlibe. Car eiDip Indrechtach, son of Muiredhach. — His — Ogijgia, Part iii., c. 93. death is entered in the Annals of the Four " Rumann He is usually styled the Masters at the year 718, but it is an inter- VirgU of Erin, and died, according to the polation and a mistake. Annals of Tighernach, in the year 747. 1 DunchadJi,sonofMurchadli. — Annals of — Foirr Masters, 742; Annals of "Ulster, Four Masters, 722 ; Annals of Ulster, 727. 746. ' Cenndelgthen. — Annals of Four Mas- ' Cuindles, ^c. — The obits of these two tors, 720, Annals of Ulster, 723» The chro- Abbots are entered in the Annals of Ulster nology is confused here. Fogartach Ua under A. D. 723, but the true year is 724. Ceamaigh was slain in 724, and was sue- " Colman Uamacli. — The death of this cecded by Cinaedh, who reigned till 727. Abbot, and also of Banbain of CUl-dara, are 53 this Cinaeth was good. He plundered Leinster the first year, and defeated Dunchadh, son of Murchadh, and many of the nobles were killed during that war. Indrechtach, son of Muiredhach'', King of Connaught, died. A battle [was fought] between Dunchadh, son of Murchadh'', and Laidhgnen, King of Ui-Cinnselaigh ; and Laedhgnen was defeated. Kal. The Battle of Cenndelírthen^, in which was slain Fogartach Ua Cernaigh. Cinaedh, son of Irgalach, was the conqueror; on which Ruraann^ sung : The Battle of Cenn-delgthen was gained by the strong mighty king. Battalion passed over battahon in the bloody battle of Domhnall. [724.] It was after the killing of Fogartach that Cinaedh assumed the sovereignty, according to some. Cuindles'', Abbot of Cluain micNois, Faelchu, Abbot of la [died]. [725.] Kal. Colraan Uamach", sage of Ard-macha, died. Colman Banbain, sage of Cill-dara, died. Mac Ailerain, of Cill-ruaidh'*, died. [726.] Cillene*^ Fota, Abbot of la [died]. Dachonna^, the Pious, Bishop of Coinneire, died. The death of Crimhthann, son of Cellach, son of Geirtide, King of Leinster, in the Battle of Bealach-lice^ ; the death of Ailell, son of Bodhblicha, of Meath. A battle [was fought] between EdersceP, King entered in the Annals of tlie Pour Masters Reeves's " Adaninan," p. 382. at 720, but in the Annals of Ulster at 724. ^ Daclmnna. — He was Bishop of Connor, The true year, however, is 725, and died, according to Four M., in Cill-ruaidh. — Now Kilroot, in the ba- 725. rony of Upper Glenarm, county of Antrim. ^ Bealach-lice. — i. e. road of the flag- The obit of Mac Ailerain is not given in stone. See Ann. Four M., A. D. 721. any of the published Annals. ^ Ederscel, King of Bregia : Compare ^ Cillene. — Four M., 725 ; Tigh. 726 ; Ann. Ult., 726. 54 ejoiji 6at)a|if5él, pij bpf^, ~[ paolán, pi Laijfn, -\ jio meamaió ann pop Gacupp^él, ]ií bpea^. Ip in blmbain peo po mapbaó Cionaob Caoc mac lopjalai^, -j niop -gab neac t)a piol pige n-'Gipenn. piairbfpcac mac Loinpig pop mapb. Inicium pe^ni piaicbfpcai^. "[val. 'San bliaoain pi po Bpip Ctongap, pi poipcpeann, cpi cara pop Opupc pi^ Qlban. Car Opoma popnocca eiDip Cenel Conaill "] Gogain, i ccopcaip piann mac lopcuile, -] Sneogup Oeap5 hUa bpacaióe. Qoamnani peliquiae in hibepniam cpanppepuncup, ec le;)ceiup penouacup. bap TTlupcbaDa mic bpain, pi^ baigfn. Car TTIaip- cin lOip Laignib pém ; meamaib imuppo pé n-Uib Dunlainj pop Uib cCionnpiolai^, i ccopcaip baiDcfnn, -] mac Conmella, pi hUa g-Cinnpiolaij:, "| Qongap mac paolcon mic paolain, "] Cfchepnach mac Naoi hlli Ceallai^. Ounchab uiccop epac. Cac boipne, no Inpi bpeogain, eioip peapaib Lipe "] peapaib Cualann "] Gonial mac bpain. paolan uiccop puic. Oopmicacio Céle Cpiopo. ]?al. piann ab. bfnnchaip quieuic. Leo Qug. mopicup. Car Opoma ' FlaiMTiertach The true year of his battle under A. D. 721, but the Aiul Ult. accession was A.D. 727. The Four M. are under 726 ; the true year being 727. wrong in placing it in 723. ' Relics of Adamnan. — Ann. Ult. 726. j Fortrenn. — i. e. Pictland, in Scot- The law of Adamnan, here referred to, land. This entry is not in the published prohibited women from going into battle, Annals. The Annals of Ulster have at or on military expeditions. — Eeeves's 725 — " Nechtain mac Deirile cowsín'w^íÍMr "Adamnan," p. 383, Pref. l.-liii. apud Druist Regem :" Eeeves's "Adam- °^ MurcJiadh, son of Bran. — Ann. Four nan," p. 382. M., 721 ; Ann. Ult., 726. ^ Druini-fomacM. — A place near Newry, " Maistin liow MuUaghmast, near in the Co. Down. The Four M. place this Athy, in the county of Kildare. 55 King of Bregh, and Faelan, King of Leinster, in which Ederscel, King of Bregh, was defeated. [727.] In this year Cinaedh Caech [the Wind], son of Irgalach, was slain, and none of his descendants assumed the monarchy of Erin. Flaithbhertach, son of Loingsech, was he who killed him. The beginning of the reign of Flaithbhertach'. Kal. In this year Aenghus, King of Fortrenn^, gained three battles over Drust, King of Alba [Scotland]. The Battle of Druim- Fornacht'' [was fought] between the Cinel Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, in which were slain Flann, son of Irthuile, and Snedhgus Derg Ua Brachaidlie. The relics of Adamnan' were translated to Erin, and his law was renewed. The death of Murcbadh, son of Bran™, King of Leinster ; the Battle of Maistin" [was fought] between the Leinster-men them- selves, in which the Ui-Dunlaing defeated the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Laidhcenn Mac Conmella, King of Ui-Ceinsellaigh, and Aen- ghus, son of Faelchu, son of Faelan, and Cetliernach, son of Nae Ua Ceallaigh, were slain. Donnchadh was the victor. The Battle of Boirinn, or of Inis-Breoghain", was fought between the men of LifFe and the men of Gualann, and Congal, son of Bran. Faelan was the victor. The rest of Cele-ChristP. [728.] KaL Flann, Abbot of Bennchair'', died. Leo Augustus died'. The ' Inis-Breoghain. — i. e. Breogan's Is- Ann. Ult. at 726; Tighem. 727; Four land. This place has not been yet iden- M. 721. tified. This battle is entered in the Ann. Flann, Abbot ofBenchair. — He is called Ult. at the year 726, but the true year is Flann Aentroibh, Four M. 722 ; Ann. Ult. 727. The Four M. are wrong in placing it 727; Tighem. 728. under 721. ' Leo Augustus This must be Leo. III., p Cele- Christ. — i. e. the servant, or vas- " the Isaurian." Died, June, 741, after a sal of Christ. His death is entered in the reign of 24 years. 56 Djioma Co]icain eioip piairbeajicac mac Loinji^ij i mac lojija- lai^, 1 cco|icaip Cionaor "| GoDuy mac Qilella, "| ÍTlaolDúm mac peapaóai^, ~\ Dunchaó mac Copmaic. Car Ct>lline eioip 6á mac TTlupchaba mic bjiain .1. paolán "] Ounchab. paolan luniop uiccop puic, ec yie^nauir. Carol mac pion^ume ~\ Ceallac mac paolcaiji, pi Oppai j;e euap epunr. Dun- chab mac TTlupchaba, pi Laigfn inceppeccup epr. Qcc cfna répna Ounchab ap an car, ~[ baoi peacrmain 'na Bfchaib. ^abaib paolan pi^e Cai^fn, 1 acnai j mnai an Ounchaba .1. Uua- laic, injifn Carail mic piongaine, pi TTluman. Oomnall, pi Connacc, mopicup. In hoc anno compopuic beoa opup puum magnum, hoc epc, in nono anno Leonip. I^al. 6cbepcup panccup Chpipci milep in hi-Coluim Cilli quieuic. beoa 111 Cponicip ceppac. "jQal. TTlac Oncon pcpiba Cille Oapa ; SuiBne ab QpD maca quieuic ; ^all ó Lilcai^ .1. ppuoenp quieuic ; TTlac Concumbpi pui Cluana mic Noip ; Qon^iip mac 6ecce baipce mopicup ; Cocoll obap pui bfncaip mopicup. Cau peapnmaige icip Ceramun * * ]>val. Colman hUa bictccain peligionip oocrop [obiic]. GochaiD mac Colgáin, ab Qpo ITlacha, mopicup. Car ^ Bruim Corcain. — Ann. TJlt. 727; Beda. — Bede died in tlie year 734, ac- Tighern. 728. cording to the Saxon Chronicle and the ^ A illinn. — Now Dun AiUinne, near Annals of Ulster, but the true year is 735. Old Kilcullen, in the county of Kildare" : No account is given in any other work of Ann. TJlt., 727. " Bellum Kilemie. inter the year in which he corriposed, or put out, dms germanos filios Mui'chada, mic Brain, his great work. The Emperor, Leo III., et Duncha, senior jugulatur ; junior Foela- succeeded in March, 7 1 8, so that the tenth nus regnat Domhnall mac Ceallaig, year of his reign was 727, when Bede is rex Connacht, moritur." said to have composed [i. e. perhaps, pub- 57 The Battle of Druim Corcain' [was fought] between Flaithbhertach, son of Loingsech, and the son of Irgalach, in which were slain Cinaeth and Eodus, son of Ailell, and Maelduin, son of Feradhach, and Dun- chadh, son of Cormac. The Battle of Aillinn*, between the two sons of Murchadh, son of Brann, i. e. Faelan and Dunchadh. Faelan, who was the junior, con- quered and reigned ; Cathal, son of Fingaine [King of Munster], and Cellach, son of Faelchair, King of Osraighe, escaped. Dunchadh, sou of Murchadh, King of Leinster, was slain ; but he survived the battle, and lived for a week after it. Faelan assumed the sovereignty of Leinster, and married the wife of Dunchadh ; namely, Tualaith, daughter of Cathal, son of Fingaine, King of Munster. Domhnall, King of Con naught, died. In hoc anno composuit Beda" suum magnum opus, hoc est in nono anno Leonis. [729.] Kal. Ecbertus" sanctus Christi miles in Hi-Coluim Cille quievit. Beda in Chronicis cessat. [730.] Kal. Mac-Onchon''', scribe of Cill-dara, and Suibhne, Ab- bot of Ard-Macha, quievit ; Gall of Lilcach, i. e. the prudent, quievit ; Mac-Concumbri, sage of Cluain-mic-nois ; Aengus, son of Bee Boirche, died ; Cochall Odhar, sage of Benchair, died. The battle of Fernmhagh'', between Cetamun * * [731.] Kal. Colman Ua Altain'', a religious doctor, died. Colgu, son of Eochaidh, Abbot of Ard-macha, died. [733] lished] his work; for it is not to be sup- ""■ Mac-OncJwn. — Ann. Ult. 729 ; Tigh. posed that Bede composed his work in one 730. j-ear. " Fernmhagh. — liow Farney, a barony in ^ Echertun. — He died at Hj^, according to the county of Monaghan. This entry is Bede, and the Saxon Chronicle, on Easter not in any of the published Annals. It is Sunday, the 24th of April, A. D. 729. — left unfinished in our MS. Keeves's " Adamnan," p. 379, 383. ^Colman Ua Altain — A. D. 730. " Col- I 58 Car DO bpipeó Do Ctoó Qllan mac pfpjail pop piaicbeapcach mac Coingpj, pi 'Gipenn, 50 dcuj piairbeaprac loinjiup a Pop- rpeannoib cuije a r-aigiD Cinéil 6050111, acc cfna pa báibeaó eaprhnp an coblai^ pin. ITIopp piairbeapcaij péin.'pin bliabam pin, "I pjaprain pige n'Gpenn pe Cenel gConaill 50 paoa lap- ccain. Ip in bliabam pi aD cip an bo "] pé copa puice, ~\ Da copp aice, -\ aoin cfnn; po blijeD po cpi hi cac .i. laoi .1. nOeiljinip Cualann. I^al. dob QUain mac pCp^ail Do gabáil pije n-'Gipenn. piann Sionna hUa CoUa ab Cluana mic Nóip. Ppincepp no poncipe;c TTlai^e eo na Sapcon ^apolc obic. SebDann injen Cbuipc, abbacippa Cille Dapa [o'écc]. Cac Connacc imp [ .... in quo ceciDic] TDuipeabac mac InDpeaccai^. Cac Do bpipiob D'Ctob Qllan pop Ulcoib, icip Qob Rom pi Ulab "I ConcaD pi Cpuicne a ppochaipD TTIuipcemne, ccfmpall pochapD aca opD Qoba Póin. Cac Do pibipi eDip Qob Qllan ■) Cenel Conaill, iccip Conaing mac man nepos Littain, religiosus doctor pavr- ' Flann Sinna Ua Colla. — This and the sat. Mors Echdach mic Colggen Anacho- two obits succeeding are entered ia the rete Ardmaclier — Ann. Tilt. Ann. F. M. under 726, and in the Ann. In that year. — This battle was fought TJlt. under 731 ; but the true year is 732 in 734, in which King Flaithbheartach (Tigh.), and they are clearly misplaced died. The chronology of the Tour Mas- above. ters is incorrect. Por Fortrenn the F. M. ^ Muiredhach, son of Indrechtach. — The and Ann. Clonm. have Dal-E,iada. F. M. make him Eishop of Magh-eo-na Deilginis-Cualann Now Dalkey Is- Saxon, and enter his death under 726, land, near Dublin. F. M. 727 ; Ann. but they are totally wrong. In the Ann. Clonm. 730 ; Ann. TJlt. 732 ; but the true Ult. 731, and Tigh, 732, the true reading year would be 734, according to our text. may be translated thus : — " The battle of ^ Aedh Allan. — F. M. 730 ; Ann. TJlt. Connacht, wherein fell Muireadhach, son 733 j Tigh. 734. of Indrechtach. Pontifex Maighe heo Sax- 59 [733? 734-] ^^1- ^ battle was gained by Aedh Allan, son of Fergal, over Flaithbhertach, son of Loingseeh, King of Erin, so that Flaithbhertach brought a fleet out of Fortrenn [Pictland] to assist him against the Cinel-Eoghain. The greater part of that fleet was, however, drowned. The death of Flaithbhertach himself took place in that year^, and the sovereignty of Erin was separated from the Cinel-Conaill for a long time afterwards. In this year was seen a cow with six legs under her, and two bodies, and one head. She was milked thrice each day ; i. e. at Deilginis-Cualann\ [734.] Kal. Aedh Allan'', son of Fergal, assumed the sovereignty of Erin. Flann Sinna Ua Colla'', Abbot of Cluain-mic-nois [died]. [732.] Gerald, pontifex of Maigheo [Mayo] of the Saxons, died. Sebhdan, daughter of Core, Abbess of Cill-dara [died]. A battle in Connaught between [ in which fell] Muire- dhach, son of Indrechtach''. A battle was gained by Aedh Allan over the Ulta, at Fochard- Muirtheimhne® ; i. e. over Aedh Roin, King of Uladh, and Conchadh, King of the Cruithnigh^ In the church of Fochard the Ord [thumb] of Aedh Roin is [preserved]. Another battle was fought between Aedh Allan and the Cinel- Conaill ; onum Oaraalt obit." — See Ann. F. M., Ed. Tigh. call him " Conchad mac Cuanach rex J. O'D., p. 324. Cobo (pi Cobha, Tiffh.). The F.M. call Fochard- Mu'irtheimhne. — Now the him chief of East Ulster, Co. Down, and church of Eaiighard, in the county of add, that the head of Aedh Eoin was cut Louth, about two miles to the north of off on a stone called Clochan-commaigh, Dundalk. This battle is noticed in the in the doorway of the church of Eochard, Ann. F. M. at the year 732 ; Ult. 734 ; and that the cause of the battle was the Tigh. 735. profanation of the church of Cill-Conna ^ Cruithnigh. — i. e. of the Picts, i. e. of [now Kilcoony, in Tyrone] by Ua Segh- the Picts of Ulster. The Ann. Ult. and ain, one of the people of Aedh Roin. I 2 6o mac Con^aile mic peajijaya pánao. Car Carail oo Domnall i cUaiUcin. "jQal. Oejfbcaii Gppcop nQonDpoma quieuic. 6eDa Sapienf l;c;r;riii anno aecacip yuat quieuic. [FRAGMEÍÍTUM II.] QLIUO pi?Ct3^^^^^^ ^7^ eoDem Cooice e;rcpaccum pep eunoum; incipienp ab anno ci]icicep 66i. "jQal. Cuimin pooa quieuic l^p^ anno aecacip puae unoe Col- man Ua Cluapai^, aioe Cuimin cecinic : TTlapb ppim anofp, mapb ancuaió, Nibccup lonmuin arpluai^, Oo poip a pi niriie glaip Qn Docaipce trarap laip. ITIapbáin na bliabna pa, Ni bo caoinre ni occa, ÍTlaolDuin becc mac peapgupa, Conainn, Cuimin pooa. TTld 8 Conaing, son of Congal. — He was slain ^ Tlie battle of Cathal. — This is a mis- iu the year 732 [733, Tigh.'] in the battle take. It is entered in the Ann. F. M. at of Magh-Itha, according to the Ann. Ult., 732, but in the Ann. TJlt. at 736. Thus: — F. M. 727. " Congressio iterum ititer Aedh. "Congressio invicem inter Nepotes Aedo [Allan] mac Fergaile et Genus ConaiU Slaine uhi Conaing mac Amalgaid mori- in Campo Itho, uhi cecidit Conaing mac tur ; Cemach vie it, et Cathal mac Aedo CongaUe mic Ferguso [Fanaid] et ceteri cecidit ; juxta lapidem Ailbe al orientali viuUi." — Ann. Ult. 732. This battle is parte gesta est." See Tigh. 737. misplaced in our text. It was fought in ' Oeghedhchar. — He was Bishop of Nen- the reign of Flaithbheartach. drum, an island in Lough Cuan, in the 6i Conaill ; [i. e.] between Coriaing, son of Congal^, son of Fergus of Fanaid The battle of CathaP, by Domhnall at Tailltin. [734,] Kal. Oeghedhchar', Bishop of Oendruim, quievit. [734, or 735.] Beda Sapiens'' Ixxxiii^, anno setatis suse quievit. [FRAGMENT II.] ANOTHER FRAGMENT extracted from the same Manuscript, by the same, beginning about the year 661. [662.] Kal. Cuimin Foda' died in the seventy -second year of his age; hence Colman Ua Cluasaigh"", tutor of Cuimin, sung : Dead to me is the south, dead the north, No second host is dear to me ; Relieve, King of the blue heaven, The sufferings that are with it. The deaths of this year, — Not one of them should be lamented", — [Were] Maelduin Beg, son of Fergus Conainn, Cuimin Foda. If county of Down. — Ann. UU. 734 ; Tigh. or TaU. He was Bishop of Clonfert. See 735- Four M. and Ann. Ult. 661 ; Book of " Beda Sapiens.— Ami. Ult. 734; Tigh. Hymns, p. 84, sq. 735. Bede was born in the year 673, and Colman Ua Cluasaigh. — He was the died in the year 735, in the sixty- third tutor of Cuimine Foda, and died in the year of his age. Therefore, either two of same year. the x's should be sti'uck out of our text, or ° Should be lamented. — Because they all all English authorities which treat of his went straight ways to heaven, and there age are incorrect, which is not Hkely. was no need of sorrowing after them. See ' Cuimin Foda. — i. e. Cuimin, the Long Colgan's "Acta SS.," p. 149, Note 7. 62 Tílá po Dligche pfp t)ap muip Seipfó iffpuice n^iiiojoiji, nriaD a h-6ipinn ní baoí ní DÓ Inge CuiTTiine poDo. Seac ba heppcopponi pom ba 'pí, 6a TTiac cijeapna mo Chuimin UfnDal 'Gipenn ap foay, ba h-alainn map po clioap. TTlait: a ceinel, maic a cpuc, bá Ifran a complonnaó Ua Coipppe -\ Ua Cuipc, ba paoi, ba hán, ba hoipoepc. Cac OgaTTiaiTi, Du i rcopchaip Conaing mac Conjaile, ajup Ulcan mac Gpnine, pi Ciannachca. blacmac mac Qoóa Slaine uiccup epc a pociip Oiapmaoa. TTlaonac mac Pinjín pi ITIurhan mopicnp. ]?al. Seijine j. TTlac hu CuiniD, ab bfnchaip quieuir. ÍTlopp ^uaipe Qióne, pí Connacc, unoe — Capn Conaill moppluaj pile na comaip bi mapb uile ciaca bi, Ouppann Do ^uaipe Qióm. ^ ° A man over sea. — i, e. a foreigner, viz. milies. The O'Clerys give his pedigree as in reference to Italy. No Irishman ever follows in their work on the Genealogies yet was Pojie of Rome. These lines are of the Irish Saints : — " Gregory of Rome, given differently by the Four Masters, son of Gormalta, son of Conla, son ofArda, The Irish, however, claimed Gregory the son of Dathi, son of Core, son of Conn, son Great (whom they styled of the golden of Cormac, son of Core Dviihhne, son of mouth) as one of their race, and they have Cairbre Muse, son of Conaire." Baronius, engrafted his pedigree on the regal Irish however, shows from better evidence that stem of Conaire II., the ancestor of the he was bom at Rome of a patrician family, O'Connells, the OTalveys, and other fa- being the son of Sylvea and Gordian, the 63 If it were ordained that a man over sea° Should sit [as Pope] more learned than Gregory, If from Erin, no one for it Except Cuimine Foda. He was not more bishop than king ; My Cuimin was the son of a lord^. The lamp of Erin for his knowledge. He was beautiful, as all have heard. Good was his race, good his form, Extensive was his kindred. Descendant of Coirpre, descendant of Core, He was a sage, noble, illustrious. [662.] The battle of Ogaman^, in which fell Conaing, son of Con- gal, and Ultan, son of Ernin, King of Cianachta. Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, was conquered by the followers of Diarmaid. Maenach, son of Finghin, King of Munster, died. [663.] Kal. Seigine'', i. e. Mac hu Cuinn, Abbot of Benchar, died. The death of Guaire Aidhne, King of Connaught, whence [the verses] : Carn-Conaill ; a great host is near it ; They were all killed, though lively. Sorrowful it was to Guaire Aidhne. The noblest of the Senate, and the grandson of Todd's remarks on this subject, Liher Felix, who had been Pope himself. Syninor., p. 92. p Son of a lord. — He was an incestuous ' Ogaman. — Not identified. See Ann. child, and his tutor, St. Colman O'Clua- Clon. 65 8 ; Ann. F. M. 660 ; Ann. Ult. saigh, might well have omitted this boast- 661 ; Tigh. 662. ful allusion to his pedigree. This is quoted ^ Seigene. — A. D. 662. " Qmíís Segain in Cormac's Glossary, sm5 i-oce sam. Many mice U Chuinn abb bench 01 p et. Mors illegitimate children became distinguished Guaire Aidhne ; Jugulatio ii. filiorum saints, as well as Cuimine Foda. See Dr. Domnaill filii Aedo .1. ConaU et Colgu. 64 ^uin t)a mac Oomnaill .1. Conall aju]^ Colja. Uuacal mac niopjainn mo]iicup. Uuenoc mac pioncain ab peapna mói|ie quieuic. baooan ab Cluar.a mic Nóip. ]?al. TTlopluió mac Qoba Sldine .1. blácrhac [■] Oiapmaio] 1 cCalacpuim. 6a mapb Oiapmaio Dono ipn lonao céona, agup fé pínce pe Cpoip na jpfpam ag pai^pin pluai^ Cai^en cuije Da mapBaó ; pa cuaib a a In quibupoam libjiiy^ inuenicup quoD hi DUO pegep .1. blacrhcic 1 DiajimaiD ;rii. anmp, in quibupoam annip quop nop pequimup. TTlapB cpo Don mopclaiD pin .1. Do'n buibe Conaill, na DÓ pij; pi Gipenn .1. blarmac ") OiapmaiD. pecm pobaip ; Qilfpan an f^na; Colmán Cap, ajup Cton- gup UlaiD. Ceicpe abaib bfncaip .1. bfpac, Cuimine, Coluim, a^up Cíobán. Cu gan máraip, pi ITlurhan, ec cum cerepif cam plupimip. 6ochaib laplaice pí Oail Qpaibe Do mapbob Do comalcoib TTlaoil- pochapcaig mic l?onám. Uaip in^fn D'Gocíiaib laplaice po baoi l?onán 05 pi baijfn ; 05 an injfn, pfn an Ronán, 50 ccuj pí 5páD 60 rhac r?or,áin .1. Do Tílaolpochapcaig, "] 50 paib pí guióe 50 paDa, ajup ní puaip uaib a paomaD, 1 óp ná puaip apeaó Mors Gartnaid filii Domnaill, et Domnaill county of Meath. This plague is also mic Totholain. Mors Tuathail mic Mor- mentioned by Bede, who writes that in gaind. Tuenog filius Finntin, abba Fer- the year 664 a sudden pestilence depopu- uann, Indercach episcopus, Dima episcopus lated the southern coasts of Britain, and quie&cunt." — Aim. Ult. See Tigh. 663. afterAvurds, extending into the province Bacdan. — Ann. F. M. 663; Ann. of the Northumbrians, ravaged the coun- Clonni. 660; Ann. int. 663 ; Tigh. 664. trj' far and near, and destroyed a great ' The plague. — i. e. the Buidhe Chon- miiltitude of men. He also states that it maile. See Ann. F. M. ; Ann. Clon. 661 ; did no less harm in the island of Hiber- Ann. Lit. 664; Tigh. 665. nia, where many of the nobility and of Caltruim. — Now Galtiiiá, in the the lower ranks of the English nation were 65 The mortal wounding of the two sons of Domhnall, i. e. Conall and Colgu. Tuathal, son of Morgann, died. Tuenoc, son of Fin tan, abbot of Ferna-mor, died ; Baedan^, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. [664.] Kal. The death of the sons of Aedh Slaine by the plague* ; namely, Blathmac and Diarmaid, at Caltruim". Diarmaid died at the same place, while he was standing up with his back against a cross viewing the hosts of Leinster approaching him to kill him. He went, SiC. &c. It is found in certain books that these two kings, Blathmac and Diarmaid, reigned twelve years, but in others .... years", quos nos sequimur. Of this plague, i. e. of the Buidhe Chonaill, these two Kings of Erinn, Blathmac and Diarmaid, died. Fechin of Fobhar"^, Aileran the wise, Colman Cas, and Aengus Uladh, died. Four abbots of Bennchair : viz. Berach, Cuimine, Co- lum, and Aedhan [died]. Cuganmathair, King of Munster, died, with many others. Eoch- aidh larlaithe''. King of Dal-Araidhe, was slain by the foster-brothers of Maelfothartaigh, son of Ronan ; for the daughter of Eochaidh lar- laithe was married to Ronan, King of Leinster ; the daughter was young, Ronan was old, so that she loved Ronan's son, i. e. Maelfothar- taigh, and she was courting him, but she obtained not his consent, and when she did not, what she did was to tear her head-dress'', to scratch and bleed her face, and to come into the presence of Ronan in this plight at that time studying theology or leading Westmeath. The Four Masters have monastic lives, the Scoti supplying them these entries at the year 664, which is the with food, and furnishing them with books true year. and their teaching gratis. See also Col- ^ Eochaidh Iwrlaithe. — He is called gan's "Acta SS.," p. 601. King of the Cruithnigh, or Plots of Ulster, ' Temrs. — Here the number of years is in the Ann. T. M. 665. left blank in the MS. ^ Her head-dress, — This story is not Fohhar. — Now Fore, in the county of found in the other Annals. K 66 a[^eaó do pigne, cuifiDac a cinn Do rhionujaD "i a Viai^ió Do fjjiiobab, ~\ puilpeD 'ma hai^iD, a^uj^ roióeacc D'lonnpoij Ronain amlaiD fin. Cpfo pin? a mjfn, ap "Ronán. Do niac pujac-pa, ap pi, TTlaolpachaprai^, Donn pápujhaó, "] mo Bpipiob 66, -] compac ppium. TTlapbcap TTlaolpochapcaig la Ponan lap pin. UiajaiD Dno comalcaDa TTIaolpochapcai^ lap pin 50 nuij bail 1 paibe GocuiD laplaice, 1 ^aipmiD leo amac é o các, 1 mapbaiD 1 ^cionca na nofpna a ingfn. UnDe piaiccip cecinic : — InDiu Delliojaip li^e GochaDa nriic piachach Lupgan, 1 n-uip cille CoinDeipe "Ro gab poirfp a gulban. IRo gab 6ocliaió aon caimpe Ina lige-leabaiD oipcche. bpónan pil pop cec buine Qcd pop Oun Sobaipce. Inicium pegni Sicnapaig mic blarmaic, u. annip. ]?. G. ]Qal. TTIopp Oilella inic Oorhnaill, mic Ctoóa, mic Cfinnni- pioc. I^val. ITlaolcaic mac ScanDail, pi Cpuicne mopicup. baoicm ab bfnncuip. |Cal. Cpíocán ab bfnDcuip quieuic, Cuimm pionn, ab lae, quieuic. lompam Columbani cum peliquiip mulcopum panccopum 50 ' Conneire. — Now Connor, the head of year 665, and died in 671, See " Ogy- an ancient episcopal see in the county of gia," p. 431. Antrim. The name is still locally pro- ' Ailell, son of Bohmnall.' — His death is nounced Connyer, not Connor. entered in the Ann. F. M. 665, hut the " Dun-SolJiairce. — Now Dunseverick, true year was 666. in the north of the county of Antrim. Maelcaich. — F. M. 665 \r6cte 667]. " Sechnasach He succeeded in the * Critan. — Ann. Ult. 668 [recU 669]. 67 plight. " What is this, my girl ?" said Ronan. " Thy wanton son, Maelfothartaigh," said she, " has violated and forced me, and cohabited with me." After this Maelfothartaigh was killed by Ronan. But the foster-brothers of Maelfothartaigh afterwards came to where Eochaidh larlaithe was, and they called him out from all his people, and killed him, in revenge of what his daughter had done. Unde Flaithir ceci- nit : — This day distinguished the grave Of Eochaidh, son of Fiacha Lurgan, In the earth of the church of Conneire^, "Which has received the great heat of his mouth. Eochaidh has received one shirt In his grave-bed, slaughtered, Which has brought sorrow upon every person Who is at Dun-Sobhairce^ [665.] The beginning of the reign of Sechnasach^, son of Blath- mac, quinque annis. King of Erin. [666.] Kal. The death of Ailell, son of DomhnalP, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire. [667.] Kal. Maelcaich*^, son of Scandal, King of the Cruithne, died. Baithin, abbot of Benchair, quievit. [669.] Kal. Critan'', abbot of Benchair, quievit. Cuimin Finn*', abbot of la, quievit. The sailing of Colman^, with the relics of many saints, ' Cuimin Finn. — i. e. " Comyn the versy, published by TJssher in his " Syl- Whyte," Ann. Clonn., Ann. Ult, 668 loge," No. 1 1 . [recU 669]. This is the celebrated Cu- s Colman.—The sailing of Colman to mineuB Albus mentioned by Adamnan as Inis-bo-finne, or Insula vaccm alhce (now author of a book on the virtues of St. Bophin Island, situated off the west coast Columbkille. He was also the author of of the barony of Muresk, in the south-west a very curious letter on the Pascal Contro- of the county of Mayo), is given in the K2 68 go lilmp bó pmne, ubi punoauic ecclepam. Cat peipcpi icip Ulcuib -] C]iuirne, in quo ceciDic Cacupac inac Luippgne, pi Ulaó. TTlopp Ounchaba hUi Ronáin. paolan mac Colmain pi Caijen mopicup. TTIopp TTIaoilpochapraij mic Suibne, pi hUu cUuipcpe. Caú Daínoei]i5, i ccopchuip Oíocuill mac 6ac]iac, "] Conjal mac Coicine. ^um bpam pinn mic TTlaoilócrpaij, pí na nOépi. |Qal. ÍTIopp blarmaic mic TTíaoilcoba. I^al. ^uin Sfcnapai^, mic blacmaic "R. G, OuibDuin "jca., t>o Chaipbpib po mapb i ppiU Sfcnapac : oe quo oicirup : 6a ppianac, ba heaclap^ac Qn ceac i mbíoó Sfcnapac, 6a hiomóa puioeall pop plaic 1 CC15 1 mbíoó mac blácmaic. Oppu, pi Sa;ron mopicup. Conpcancmup Qug. mopicup. Lopjaó bínncaip la bpeacnaib. LopgaD Qpomacha. TTlopp Cumapgai^ mic Ronáin. Cac Dpoma Coepip. Cat Uolca ópD, t)u 1 ccopcaip Ounjaile mac Tilaoilecuile, pi bojaine. boingpiocli uiccop pinc. Copmac mac TTlaoilpochapcaig mopicup. Ann. Hit. at A. D. 667. See also Bede's " Eccl. Hist.," lib. iv., c. 4, and Usslier's " Primordia," p. 825, 964, 1164, and O'Flaherty's " West Connaught," pp. 1 1 5, 294. ^ Fersat.— Aim. Tigh. 666 ; Ann. Ult. 667. This was probably the Fersat, or ford, wbich. gave name to Bel-ferste, now Belfast. ' Ui-Tui/rtre. — A tribe giving name to a territory comprising the present baro- nies of Upper and Lower Toome, in the Inicium county of Antrim .Four Masters, A. D. 668, p. 280, note Bamhderg. — This was the name of a place in Bregia, but it has not been yet identified See T. M., A. D. 738. * Deisi. — i. e. Decies, in the present county of Waterford. '° Sechnasach. — Amu Ult. 670. The true year was 671. ° Ossa i. e. Osney, King of the North- umbrian Saxons, who died, according to the Saxon Chronicle, 1 5th Feb., 670. 69 saints, to the island of Inis-bo-finne, where he founded a church. The battle of Fersat'', between the Ulta [Ulstermen] and the Cruithni, in which was slain Cathasach, son of Luirgne, King of Uladh ; the death of Dunchadh Ua Ronain ; Faelan, son of Colman, King of Leinster, died. The death of Maelfothartaigh, son of Suibhne, King of the Ui-Tuirtre'. The battle of Damhderg'', in which were slain Dicuill, son of Eochaidh, and Congal, son of Loichine. The mortal wounding of Bran, son of Maelochtraigh, King of the Deisi'. [670.] Kal. The death of Blathmac, son of Maelcobha. [67 1 .] Kal. The mortal wounding of Sechnasach™, son of Blath- mac, King of Erin. Duibhduin, and others of the Cairbri, slew Sech- nasach by treachery, de quo dicitur : Full of bridles and whips. Was the house in which Sechnasach was. Many were the leavings of plunder In the house, in which was the son of Blathmac. Ossa°, King of the Saxons, died. Constantinus Augustus died". [672.] The burning of BennchairP in Britain. The burning of Ard-Macha. The death of Cumascach, son of Ronan. The battle of Druim Coepis'^. The battle of Tulach-ard'', in which fell Dungaile, son of Maeltuile, King of Boghaine^ Loingsech was the victor. Cormac, son of Maelfothartaigh, died. The o Died. — Wrong ; for Constantine lived "> Bruim Coepis. — Not identified, till 685. See note infra^ p. 70. ' Boghaine. — ííow the barony of Ban- Bennehair. — i.e. Bangor, in Wales, nagh, in the west of the county of Donegal. A. D. 671, " Comlustio Bennchair Brito- " Tulach-árd (i.e. high hill), not iden- num." — Ann. Ult. tified. 70 Inicium pejm Cint>paolai6 mic Cjiuinnmail, rhic blaicmic. Ill annip. ]Qal, Confcancmup piliuy> Conpcancini impejiauir pruii. annip. "[sal. ^uin Con^aile CfnnpoDa mac Dunchaóa, pi Ulaó, 6ecc boipce pot) r^on. Ooep mac TTlaolcuile, pi Ciannacca t)o mapBao. I^al. Car m Qipcealcpa i ccopchaip Cfnnpaolab mac Cpuin- itiail pi Gipfnn; pionnachca mac Ounchaba uiccop puic, unoe Dicicup : — "Ra labpat) um pionnacca piana lapraip ripe, l?o maolaó mop a coipe um Cfnnpaolaó a pije. ]sal. Colmán Inpi bo pinne quieuic. Ininum pegimimp pion- nacca meic Ouncliaóa .pcpc. bliabain. |val. Cop5pa6 Qilij la pionnacca. Cac eioip pionnacca -] Laigniu ag loc ^abaip pe ille pe anonD, peD camen pionnacca uiccop puic. Ni DO pgéluib pionnacca po pi op. Cin pionnacca cpa ba Daióbip t)Oconái5 é ap cup. Ro baoi cfc -] bfn aije : Ni paibe imuppo Do peilb aije acc aon Dam "j aon bo. pfcc aon Do pala pi ' Cennfaeladh, son of Crunnmhael. — Hit. Becc Bairche interfecit eum." — Ann. The Annals of Ulster call him son of Blath- TTlt. mac. " A. D. 671, Ceannfaeladh mac JDoer, son of Maeltuile. — This obit is Blathmaic regnare ineipitr But our An- not in any of the published Annals, nals may be right. ^ Aircelltair. — The situation, or present Constantinus. — He was the son, not of name of this place, which is somewhere in Constantinus, but of Constans II., whom Meath, has not been yet identified. This he succeeded in 668. He died in 685. entry is given in the Ann. TJlt. at 674, This entry is therefore inserted ia a wrong more correctly, thus: " Mellum Ciimfae- place. lad fHii Blathmic filii Aedo Slain e in quo " Congal Cennfoda. — "A. D. 673, Jugu- Cennfaelad interfeetus est. Fionsneachta latio Congaile Cennfoti mic Duncho, regis mac Duncha victor erat." 71 The beginning of the reign of Cennfaeladh*, son of Crunnmhael, son of Blathmac. [He reigned] three years. Kal. Constantinus", son of Constantinus, governed seventeen years. [674.] Kal. The mortal wounding of Congal Cennfoda'^, son of Dunchadh, King of Uladh; it was Beg Boirche that slew him. Doer, son of Maeltuile^, King of Cianachta, was killed. [675.] Kal. The battle of Aircelltair'^, in which fell Cennfaeladh, son of Crunnmael, King of Erin ; Finnachta, son of Dunchadh, was the victor, unde dicitur : — There closed about Finnachta the soldiers of the western terri- tory [i. e. Westmeath]. They removed, though great his host, Cennfaeladh from his sovereignty. [676.] Kal. Colman of Inis-bo-finne'' quievit. The beginning of the reign of Finnachta, son of Dunchadh [R. E.]"^ [who reigned] twenty years. [677.] Kal. The destruction of Ailech by Finnachta. A battle was fouo;ht between Finnachta and the Leinster-men on both sides of Loch Gabhair^, but nevertheless Finnachta victor fuit. Some of the stories about Finnachta are set down here. At first this Finnachta was poor and indigent. He had a house and a wife, but he had no property but one ox and one cow. On one occasion the y Colman of Lus-ho-finne. — See Ann. rious antiquities liave been found where it Ult., A. D. 675. was. See "Proceedings of the Eoyal Irish ^ R. E. — i.e.RiErinn, King of Ire- Academy," vol. i., p. 424. In the Ann. Ult. land. These letters are in the margin. this entry is given under the year 676, ^ Loch-Gabhair. — Now Loughgawer, or thus: "A. D. 676, Helium inter Finns- Lagore, near Dimshaughlin, Co. Meath. neachta et Lagenios in loco proximo Loch This lake is now dried up, and many cu- Gabar in quo rinnsneachta victor erat." 72 ppCji l?op po peacjian "| mfiiu^aD i jcoThpocpaib boire pinnacca. Y\\ paibe pempe piam aóai^ bú mfpainap an abaij pin, Do ^aillim, 1 DO pnfcca, agup Do DopcaDab, ~\ an cfc Dap bo ail Don pi Dul i d'ó ifinaoi 1 Da rhuincrip niop po cumgaccap Dola pa méiD na Doininne i na Dopcaoaib, "] ba laD a n-iompaice caipipiom po bonaib na ccpann. Qd cuala imuppo pionnacca laD popp na Tiiompaicib pin, uaip mp bo Co pooa ó boic piom po báccup an ran pin, ~\ rdinic ap a ccionn ap an cplijiD, "] apeb po páiD piu, ba cópa Dóib roibeacc Da boirpiom ; Cibinnip pa baoi pi, ina imcfcc na haibce Doipce Doininne. Qpfb a Dubaipc an pi "] a muincip, ip piop ap cópa ap piaD, i ap maic linn eDip a paba pinn. Uanjaccup lap pin Da rai5 "| po ba moo meiD an raiji loná a paibbpe. Do paD imuppo pionnacca buille a ccionn a Daim, ~\ buille oile a jcfnn na bó. "Ro loplarhaigpic muinncep an pi péin 50 epic ~\ 50 cinnfp- nac DO biop -| Do coipe, -] po caicpioD ^up ba páici^. Pa coDlac- rup 50 maic lapccain 50 ccáinig an rhaiDin. l?o pdib pi ppTp Pop pa rhnaoi péin ip in nriaiDin. Nac pecap, a bfn, jép bo Daibbip a nallana an cfcpa, coniD Daibbpe anoppa, ap niapbaD a aon bo 1 a aon Darn búinne. Qp piop cpa pm, ap an bfn. Qpeb ap cóip anop a paibbpiu^ab uamne. Cibé meiD lai^fD bo bépapae Don piop DO beppa a cucpuma Da rhnaoi. Qp maic na nabpae, ap an pi. Do paD cpa an pi aipge Ian mop bó -] muca lomba -] caoipij CO na mbuacaillib D'Pionnacca. Do paD Dno bfn an pig do rhnaoi pionacca an cucpuma céDna. Do paDpaD Dno éDaije pamearhla, -] eich maice Dóib, agup gac ni panjaccup a Ifp Don cpaojal. Miop bo cian lapccain cpa 50 ccáinic pionacca mapcpluaj mop Do C015 pfcap bó, ap na cuipeD Don cpiaip, 1 ppicaigiD aice paip. ^ Fera-Ross. — A tribe and territory cross, in the county of Monaghan, and a comprising the county around Carrickma- part of the county of Louth. 73 the King of Fera-Kos*" happened to wander and stray in the neigh- bourhood of Finnachta's hut. There never was before a worse night than this for storm, and snow, and darkness, and the King and his wife, with their numerous people, were not able to reach the house which they desired to reach, in consequence of the intensity of the cold and the darkness; and their intention was to remain under the shelter of the trees. But Finnaclita heard them express these intentions — for they were not far from his hut at the time — and he came to meet them on the way, and said to them that they had better come to his hut — such as it was — than to travel on that dark, stormy, cold night. And the King and his people said: " It is true it were better," said theyj " and we are glad, indeed, that thou hast told us so." They afterwards came to his house ; and the size of the house was greater than its wealth. Finnachta, moreover, struck the ox on the head, and struck the cow on the head, and the King's own people actively and quickly prepared them on spit and in cauldron, and they ate thereof till they were satiated. They slept well afterAvards till the morning came. The King of Fera-Ros said to his own wife, " Knowest thou not, woman, that this house was at first poor, and that it is now poorer, the owner having killed his only cow and his only ox for us ?" " This is indeed true," said the wife: " and it behoves us now to enrich it ; whatever much or little thou wilt give to the man, I will give the same amount to his wife." " Good is what thou sayest," said the King. The King then gave a large herd of cows, and many pigs and sheep, with their herdsmen, to Finnachta; and the King's wife gave the same amount to the wife of Finnachta. They also gave them fine clothes, and good horses, and whatever they stood in need of in the world. It was not long after this until Finnachta came with a great troop of horse to the house of a sister of his, who had invited him, to be in- L vited 74 pai]i. caibecc DÓiB na n-iTTi|iiTn, ap ann t)o pala Do Cfóamnán na pgolai^e 05 beir imcfcc na pbjCo ceona, -] ballán Ian Do lomom aji a rhuin, ~[ 05 ceicfó Dopéf an Tnajicplua^ Don cplijiD Do pala a cop ppia cloic, -| copchaip péin, ~\ Dno an ballán 50 nDfp- nab bpiop5 bpuap De, -] ^ép bo luac Do na heochaib niop bo nfrh, luaire Do Qoarhnan 50 na ballan bpipce pop a itiuin, ~\ pé DuBac Dobpónac. O po conDaic pionnacrá é po maiD a paicbiub jáipe paip, "] po baoi paD pe bQDarhnan, Do ^éna pin púbac Díoc, uaip apum compaicnfcpa ppia ^ac n-iTnnfD do cumanj : pojebpa a poglainciD, ap pionnacca coiniDioDnaD uaimpi, 1 na bi 50 Dubac. QpeD po paiD Qbarhnan, a Dfj Duine, ap pé, acá abbap Dub agam, uaip cpi meic léijinn maire acaiD a naoinci^, 1 acaimne Da giolla aca 1 apeb biop giolla ap cimcioU uamn ag lappaib bfram- naip Don coigiop, 1 Danripa páini^ lappaib neice Daib aniu : pa cuaib an ciopbalca pa baoi ajampa Dóib po lap, agup an ni ap Doilje ann .1. an ballan lapacca do bpipiob, 1 gan a ioc ajom. 'IcpaDpa an ballan, ap pinnacca, -| cugpa lac an cuigfp puil ap DO pgácpa anocr gan biab 50 nuige an cfc D'á cciajaimne; po jebaib biab 1 lionn a^ainne. Oo pijnfb arhlaib pin, cugpac an coi^iop cléipfc, -] po coipgfb an cfc leanna, Ifc an coi^e Do clépcib -) an lec aile Do laochaib. Qice CÍDamnáin po lionab é ó par an ppiopao naoib, ■] ppipic paipnne, ~\ apeb po páib : bub aipDpi 6ip- eann, ap pé, an pfp Da ccu^aD an plf^pa : "] buD cfnD cpabaib 1 eagna Gipfnn Qbarhnan, "] bub e anmcapa pionnacca, 1 biaib pmnacca 1 pfccnai^e móip, co po oilbeimnig Do Qbarhnan. Niop " Brolcen vessel on his hack. — It appears master's cell to anotlier, the Scoti wil- ft'om a passage in Eede's " Eccl. His- liagly receiving them all, and taking care tory," lib. iii., c. 27, that the sons of to supply them with food, and to furnish the Saxon nobility who were studying in themwith books to read, and theú' teaching Ii-eland in 646 " went about from one gratis." It is cuiious how much this re- 75 vited by him in his turn. As they rode along they met Adamnan, who was then a young school-boy, travelling the same road, having a vessel full of milk on his back ; and as he ran oíF out of the way before the horsemen, his foot struck against a stone, and he fell with the ves- sel, which was broken to pieces, and, though the horsemen rode swiftly, they were not swifter than Adamnan with his broken vessel on his back'', and he being sad and melancholy. When Finnachta perceived him, he burst into a fit of laughter, and he said to Adamnan : " That shall make thee glad, for I am willing to repair every injury in my power : thou shalt receive, school-boy," said Finnachta, " shelter from me, and be not sorrowful." What Adamnan said was : — " good man," said he, " I have cause for being melancholy, for there are three good school-boys in one house, and they have us as two messengers, and there is always one messenger going about seek- ing food for the five; and it came to my turn to-day to seek for them. The gathering I had fell to the ground, and, what I grieve for more, the borrowed vessel has been broken, and I have not where- withal to pay for it." " I will pay for the vessel," said Finnachta ; " and do thou bring with thee the five who are without food depend- ing on thee, to the house to which we are going, and you shall receive food and drink from us." This was done accordingly : the four clerics were brought; and the ale-house was prepared,half the house for clerics, and the other half for laics. The tutor of Adamnan was filled with the grace of the Holy Spirit, and with the spirit of prophecy, and he said : — " The man by whom this banquet is given shall be supreme monarch of Erin, and Adamnan shall be the head of the piety and wisdom of Erin, and he shall be the spiritual adviser of Finnachta, and Finnachta shall be in great repute until he shall off'end Adamnan." Not sembles the modern " poor scholar of our was everywhere entertained by the Irish own times," who went about on foot, and peasantry on account of his learning. L 2 76 Nío]i bo Clan D'aimpiji mp pin co ccáinic pionnacca "| ]ii pPfp l?op a cajia péin leip o'lonnpai^ib bjiarap a acap, .1. Cionnpaolao, 00 mppaib pfpainn paip. Do pao Cfnopaolab apomoepai^eacc na TTliDi uile 6 Sionumn 50 paipge bo, .1. up ceirpi cuacaib picfc. T?o baoi pinacca p]ii pe n-aimpipe amlaib pin, Uáinic o'á coni- aiple ppi a capuio pen .1. pi pep Ropp, cia Do génab, uaip nip bó lop laip map po boi. Do pat)paibe Dna comaiple cpuaib cpóba bó, -] apeb po páib pip: Mac poinnfb Sb^e Qpail TTlibe pop bó? Ofnapa an Dapa lein t)o'n Tilhibe copop caipipi Ducpaccac Duir, 1 map búp caipipi buic an lec pm, ofna comoal ppip in ICt eile, -j mapb a nofgbaoine a puinn caca paibe, "| ni namá biaplainpi^e na TTIibe a^ar, acc biaib cib pi^e Ufrhpac beóp, máb ail Ifc. Oo pi^ne laparh pionnacca an comaiple pin, ~\ pa puagaip cat lap pin pop bpáraip a arap .1. pop Cfnopaolab. O Do cuala bfn CinDpaolaib pin po boi ag béim pop a pfp 'man maopai^eacc Do pao D'pinacca ; ap ann po can an bfn : l?a labpao, uc puppa. Oo paDab car 50 cpuaib cpoba froppa lap pin .^. eiDip Cionnpaolab "] pionnacca 1 n-Qipceallcpa, "] po mapbab Cinopaolab ann "] poch- aibe maille ppip. T^o gab pionnacca lap pin pige n-6ipfnn pa piciD bliabain. Qp é an pionnacca pm po rhaic an mbopama Do moling, ap na cobac la cfcpacaiD pi pemi pin anall, .i. ó Uhuacal Ufccrhap 50 ^ Sinainn i.e. the Eiver Shannon. A. D. 157, p. 104. Ancient Meath extended from the River ' JJt supra. — See above, under A. D. Shannon to the sea, 675. Slighe-Asail. — An ancient road ex- ^Twenty years. — This is correct. He tending from the Hill of Tara in the di- succeeded in 675, and was slain 14th Nov., rection of Lough Owel and the Shannon. 695. It divided ancient Meath into two equal ^ Borumha. — This was an exorbitant parts, not east and west, as at present, tax, said to have been originally imposed but north and south. See Ann. Four M., on the Leiaster-men by the monarch Tua- 77 Not long after this, Finnachta and his friend the King of Fera- Ros came to his fatlier's brother, Cermfaeladh, to ask land of him, and Cennfaeladh gave him the head stewardshij) of all Meath from the Sinainn*^ to the sea, i. e. over twenty-four territories. Finnachta was thus situated for some time. He came to consult with his own friend, the King of Fera-Ros, as to what he should do, for he was not satisfied with his station. His friend gave him a hard and wicked advice, and he said to him : " Does not Slighe-AsaiP divide Meath into two equal parts ? Make thou one half of Meath faithfully loyal to thee; and when this half is loyal to thee, appoint a meeting with the other half, and kill their chieftains who are their leaders in battle, and thou shalt not only have the full sovereignty of Meath, but also of Teainhair, if thou wilt." Finnachta followed this advice ; and he afterwards challenged his father's brother to battle, viz. Cenn- faeladh. When Cennfaeladh's wife heard this, she was reproaching her husband for having given the stewardship of Meath to Finnachta. It was then the woman sung : " There closed," &c., ut suj)ré. After this a battle was vigorously and bravely fought between them; viz. between Cennfaeladh and Finnachta, at Aircealtra, where Cennfae- ladh and numbers of others were slain along with him ; after which Finnachta assumed the monarchy of Erin [and reigned] twenty years^. It was this Finnachta that remitted the Borumha'' to Molino- after it had been levied during the reigns of forty kings previously, viz. from thai Techtmliar iu th.e second century. It 696, p. 298. Acts of this kind attributed ■was tte cause of many battles, but was at to the Irish saints, as if laudable, by their at length remitted by Finnachta at the biographers, are a curious evidence of the request of St. Moling, who is represented rudeness of the times, and have been cen- in the text as having deceived him by a sured by the earlier Bollandists in the mental reservation. See Ann. F, M., severest terms. 78 50 pionnacca, Uáini^ laparh ITIolinj ó Laijnib uile t)'iappai6 iTiaicme na bopoma pop pionnacca. IRá lapp cpa ITIoling ap pinnacca Tnaiciin na bopoma ppia lá "] aióce. T?á rhaic mpam pinacca an boporha ppia la -| aióce. l?ob lonann 05 TTlolinj pin a5ap a mainm cpe bífe : uaip ní ppuil 'fax) aimpip acc lo -] aíbce. 5á 0015 imuppo la pinnacca ap aon lo -| aon aióce namá. Uáinis niolins peirhe amac, ■] apfó po páió; Uugaip cáipDe impe cpé bíre "I ané ; po ^eall Tíloling nfm opionnacra. T?o ring ono pinacca gup po rheall Tíloling é, ~\ aopubaipr ppia a rhumcip : eipgíó ap pé 1 nofgaib an oume naoiTÍi Do cuaió uaim, "] abpaíb pip nac ccugupa acc cáipDe aon laoi 1 aon aibcebó; uaip an Dap Ifm, ]io meall an Duine naorh mé, uaip ní ppuil acc la "] aoaij ip in mbioc uile. O po piDip iTloling imiippo 50 cciocpaióe na Df^baib pá pioc 50 cpic cmneapnac 50 páinig a cfc, -| ní pujpaD iDip muin- cip an pí paip. Qd beipoiD apaile 50 puj TTlolinj Duan laip D'pionnachca .1. pionnacca pop Uib NéilL ^ (acá pin 'pi^ boporha 'pm liobuppa p5piobca). T?o maicfó cpa an bopoma do TTIolinj ó pin 50 bpár, -) ciap bo baicpeac la pionnacca níop pfD a cobac, uaip ap do cionn nirhe po rhaic. Gc hoc epc uepiup. In p:u°. anno ab hoc anno po riiaic pionnacca an bopurha cainij Qbarhndn po céoóip D'lonnpaigiD pmacca cap éip TTlobng, -] po cuip clépeac D'á muinncip ap cionn pionnacca 50 ccíopab Da 05 allarh. Qp ann po boi pinnacca 05 imipc piccille. Uaip D'agal- lam Qóarhnáin, ap an clépeac. Ní pacaD 50 Dcaip an cluici pi, ap ' The hook called the Borumha — There is mucli in the style of this story, but less a copy of this historical tract preserved in modernized. It is interspersed with quo- the Book of Lecan, and another in Tri- tations from ancient Irish poems adduced nity College, Dublin, H. 2, 18. See in proof of the historical facts related by Ann. F. M., A. D. 106, p. 100. It is its author. 79 from Tuathal Techtmhar, to Finnachta. Moling came [as an am- bassador] from all Leinster to request a remission of the Borumha from Finnachta. Moling asked of Finnachta to forgive the Borumha for a day and a night. Finnachta forgave the Borumha for a day and a night. This to Moling was the same as to forgive it for ever, for there is not in time but day and night. But Finnachta thought it was one [natural] day and night. Moling came forth before him, and said : " Thou hast given a respite respecting it for ever, and yesterday ;" Moling promised heaven to Finnachta. But Finnachta conceived that Moling had deceived him, and he said to his people : " Go," said he, " in pursuit of this holy man, who has gone away from me, and say unto him that I have not given respite for the Borumha, to him, but for one day and one night, for methinks the holy man has deceived me, for there is but one day and one night in the whole world." But when Moling knew that they were coming in pursuit of him, he ran actively and hastily till he reached his house, and the people of the King did not come up with him at all. Others say that Moling brought a poem with him to Finnachta, beginning : " Finnachta over the Race of Niall," &c. (and this poem is written in the book called the Borumha)'. However, the Borumha was forgiven to Moling from that till judgment ; and though Fin- nachta was sorry for it, he was not able to levy it, for it was for the sake of [obtaining] heaven he had remitted it. Et hoc est verius. In the fifteenth year from the year in which Finnachta had for- given the Borumha, Adamnan came to Finnachta after Molino-, and he sent a cleric of his people to Finnachta that he might come to converse with him. Finnachta was then playing chess. " Come to converse with Adamnan," said the cleric. " I will not till this game is finished," said Finnachta. The cleric returned to Adamnan, and told him the answer of Finnachta. " Go thou to him, and say to him 8q pionnacca. Tdinij an clé]ieac D'ionnpoijió Qóamnam, -| po inni]^ pjif^pa pionnacca do. Giji^ib-fi oa lonnpoi^ió piom, "] abai|i pip : jebao-pa caogaD falm anaipfo pn, "] aca palm 'yaY\ caogaiD pin, 1 guibpfo-pa an coirhbfD pin cpalmpain coriac ^eba mac na ua ouicpi no pfp do comanma 50 bpác pije n-'Gipenn. T?a cuaiD Dno an clépeac, -j po páiD pe pionnacca pin, -\ ni capaD pionnacca Da uibe, acc po imbip a piccill 50 ccapnaij an cluice. Uaip D'agallarh QDarhnáin, a pionnacca, ap an clépeac. Ni pa^, ap Pionnacca, 50 ccaip an cluicipi. l?o innip an clépeac pain do Qoamnan. Qbaippi ppippiom, ap CÍDarhnán, jeBaopa caojao palm an aipfb pin, "] aca palm 'far) caogaiD pin, -] lapppaDpa ipm palm pin, 1 ciiingpropa ap an ccoimbfo jaipDe paogail Doparh. r?a innip an clépeac pin D'pinacDa, 1 ni capaD pionnacca Da paoiDe, acc pa imbip a piccill 50 ccapnaij an cluice. Uaip D'agallab Qóamnáin, ap an clépeac. Ni pag ap pionnacca 50 ccaip an cluicipi. Uámic an clépeac, 1 pa innip do Qóarhnán ppeagpa pionnacca. Gipjpi Da lonnpoigib, ap Qoamnan, 1 abaip ppip, ^ebaDpa an cp fp caogaD, "j aca palm \ar) caogaiD pin, -] juiopfopa an coimofb '[-an cpalm pain na puijipiorii plaiciup nirhe. Uáimc an clépec perhe 50 pionnacca, "] pa innip pm. TTlap po cuala pinnacca pain po cuip an piccill 50 hobann uaD, "] cáinic D'lonnpoi^ib Qbarhnáin. Ci DoD cug annopa cugam, ap QDam- nán, "] na ccan^aip pip na ceccaipeaccaib eile ? Qpeb po Depa Dam, ap pionnacca, an corhaoibfrh do poinip peme po opm .1. gan mac na ua uaim Do ^abóil pi^e, 1 ^an peap mo comanma 1 pije n-Gipfnn, no gaipDe paojail Dam; éDpom popom paib, an can imuppo po geallaipi nfrh do gaiD popm, ap uime cánaj 50 hobann DO D'ajallabpi ; uaip ni ppuil a pulainspaibe ajam-pa. Qn piop, ap Qbamnan an bboparha Do rhaiceann buic la 1 aibce DO ÍTlolins ? Qp piop, ap pionnacca. IRo meallab cu, ap Qbamnon, 8i him that I shall sing fifty psalms during that time, and that there is a psalm among that fifty in which I shall pray the Lord that a son or grandson of his, or a man of his name, may never assume the so- vereignty of Erin." The cleric accordingly went and told that to Finnachta, but Finnachta took no notice, but played at his chess till the game was finished. " Come to converse with Adamnan, Fin- nachta !" said the cleric. " I will not go," said Finnachta, " till this [next] game is finished." The cleric told this to Adamnan. " Say unto him," said Adamnan, " that I Avill sing fifty psalms during that time, and that there is a psalm among that fifty in which I will ask and beseech the Lord to shorten his life for him." The cleric told this to Finnachta, but Finnachta took no notice of it, but played away at his chess till the game was finished. " Come to converse with Adamnan," said the cleric. " I will not," said Finnachta, " till this game is finished." The cleric told to Adamnan the answer of Finnachta. " Go to him," said Adamnan, " and tell him that I will sing the third fifty psalms, and that there is a psalm in that fifty in which I will beseech the Lord that he may not obtain the kingdom of heaven." The cleric came to Finnachta and told him this. When Finnachta heard this, he suddenly put away the chess from him, and he came to Adamnan. " What has brought thee to me now, and why didst thou not come at the other messages?" " What induced me to come," said Finnachta, " was the threats which thou didst hold forth to me, viz., that no son or grandson of mine should ever reign, and that no man of my name should ever assume the sovereignty of Erin, or that I should have shortness of life. I deemed these [threats] light; but when thou didst promise me to take away heaven from me, I then came suddenly, because I cannot endure this." " Is it true," said Adamnan, " that the Borumha was remitted by thee for a day and a night to Moling ?" " It is true," said Finnachta. M " Thou 82 Qóamnán, ap lonann pn -] a maicfrh cpé bire, -| ap arhlaió po boí accopi'án, -) |io páió an laoib: — Qniu cfnglam cuaca an ]ií cpinléic gan Géoa, Ctn buap Do rhaic t)o TTlolins Decbip oon cing nip péoa ; Damaó mip pionnacra, pgo mab mé plaic Uerhpa, bpác noca acnbepainn, ní Dingenainn a noQina. ^ac pí nac niaicfnn a ciup ap paoa bÍD a pgéla. rnaip5 t)o paD an Dail, an cí ap lag ap Do ap méla. Do apnaccap Do paopa, ap ap baopa 50 mbinne, rnaip5 pij po rhaic a ciupa, a lopa nfmóa nirhe. Socla 506 nfc o rpeabup, ap maipg Ifnap Do liara, Qp paoa an oalpa macaice, ba paice gomba piaca. Oámpa pípi puaóup cpu, po caipnpinn mo bíoDbaba l?o coigebamn nrio Diongna, pobpac lomoa m'iopjala l?obDÍp lomóa m'iopgala, mo bpiacpa nibDip guaca. l?obDip píopa mo Dala, pobDíp lána mo cuara. Poboíp lompoigpi m'aipDe, mo óala pobbíp Daingne. Qn DÓl pa, cia ciam ba recmainj, ní lécpain pe Laijne. ^uióimpi icge pop Ohio, nacum caip báp no baojal, ^up po cepno aniu moling, ní Dfc Do pinn no opaobap, rriac paillen pfp Dap ní claipiófp Dapa mapa. Uo ^ Thou Jiast heen deceived. — This story is example of clerical special pleading and iound in the tract called the " Borumha mental reservation, in the equivocation Laighen," but the antiquity of that tract, by which he is represented to have pro- in its present form, cannot be very great, cured their release from that impost." A writer in the " Dublin University Ma- The whole story is, however, a mere bar- gazine" for Feb., 1848, p. 225, says die fiction as regards Adamnan and Mo- ' ' that it would have been better for the ling ; but it must be confessed that it was people of Leinster to have continued to universally read and received as true in pay the Borumean tribute to this day than ajicient times by the people of Leinster that their St. Moling should have set an and Ulster, and must have exercised a 83 " Thou hast been deceived'"^, said Adamnan, " for this is the same as to remit it for ever." And he went on scolding him, and sung the lay: — To-day, though they bind the locks of the white-haired toothless King, The cows which he forgave to Moling are due to a wiser head. If I were Finnachta', and that I were chief of Teamhair, Never would I forgive it ; I would not do what he has done. Of every king who remits not his tribute, long shall the stories remain. Woe to him who gave this respite ; to the weak it is sorrow ! Thy wisdom has ended, and given way to folly. Alas for the King who forgave his tributes, heavenly Jesus of heaven ! Weak is every one who is anile ; woe ! who follow grey-beards ! Long is this bargain to last ; longer till the debts are due ! Were I a king who sheds blood, I would humble my enemies, I would raise up my fortresses, many would be my conflicts. Many would be my conflicts : my words would not be false. Just would be my compacts, full would be my territories. Visible Avould be my qualities, firm would be my treaties. This treaty should ithappento me,I would not cede to Leinster-men. I ask a petition from God, that death or danger may not over- take me, That Moling may this day escape, may he not perish by point or edge [of weapon]. Mac Faillen, from beyond the sea, will not be driven over sea. He demoralizing effect iipon their minds. race of Tuathal to renew this tribute. In 1 If I were Finnachta. — These lines one of the poems addressed to Turlough ■were evidently fabricated by some war- Luinech O'lieill, he is advised to reneAv like poet who wished to stimulate the the Borumha. M 2 84 T?o pioip puna mic Oé, po pit)ip mac Oé apúna. Upí cao^aiD palm ^ac Oia, apeb ^ebiup ap Dhia. Upí caojaio bocc peolpoipre, apeb biarup 506 noibce. Qn bile buaba bipig, an pipib ^up na pfppaib Lon^ Ifpoa po puaip pdilce, conn beapba baipce bpeapail, Qn Ion óip ap an inne, an clap óip op na clannaib, 'Gigne Dub^laipi Duinne, puaim coinne conn ppia halla. Qniu. T?o capinn cpa lap pm pionnacca a cfnn a n-ucc Qbarhnáin, "] Do pi^ne aifpi^e 'na piabnaipi, "] polo^ Qbamnan t)o maicfrh na boparha. ]sal. TTlopp Col^an mic pailbe piainn, pi TTliiman. Cac eoip huib Cinnpilai^ ~\ Oppaigib, in quo 'Cuaim pndrha .1. Cicaipe, pi Oppaije occipup epc. paolán Sfncupcul, pi hUa cCinnpiolaij uiccop puic. Unoe — Qn cac la Uuaim pnama nip éiDip [.1. nip ba eiOip] Oiambepc peaccup nao ecail [.1. naofcoil leip a cabaipc] paolan cdipoe ap éijin Berlha. — i. e. the Eiver Earrow, on the banks of which St. Moling erected his monastery. Breasal, here referred to, was Breasal Breac, one of the Pagan kings of Leinster, who is much celebrated by the Irish poets for his naval exploits. He is the ancestor of all the great families of Leinster and Ossory. See Reeves's "Eccl. Antiq. of Down, Connor, and Dromore," p. 200. " Duhhghlaise. — Now Douglas, a stream in the east of the Queen's County, which falls into the Eiver Barrow. " Forgave him. — Finnachta had com- mitted a great sin against the race of Tua- OÓ thai by forgiving the Borumean tribute to gain heaven for himself, or by allowing himself to be outwitted by St. Moling. To remit the Borumha in order to gain heaven for himself was doubtless to deprive the race of Tuathal Techtmhar of a great revemie for a selfish purpose; but to allow himseK to be outwitted by St. Moling was scarcely a sin on the part of the King, for it appears that Einnachta had no notion of remitting the Borumha at all. He merely promised to stay the levying of it for one natural day and night, which St. MoUng, by a kind of logic not very intelligible, interpreted to mean for ever, and this interpretation Adamnan 85 He knows the secrets of the Son of God; the Son of God knows his secrets. Thrice fifty psalms each day he sings to God ; Thrice fifty paupers, worthy deed, he feeds each night. The virtuous, productive tree, the seer with the visions, The foreign ship which has found welcome, The wave of Berbha™ of the ship of Breasal, The golden treasure from the centre, the golden board over the tribes, The salmon of the brown Dubhghlaise", the wave-sound, the wave against the cliff. After this Finnachta placed his head in the bosom of Adamnan, and he did penance in his presence, and Adamnan forgave him" for the remission of the Borumha. [678.] Kal. The death of Colgu^, son of Failbhe Flann, King of Munster. A battle [was fought] between the Ui-Ceinnseallaigh and the Osraighi, in which Tuaim-snamha, i. e. Cicaire, King of Osraighe, was slain. Faelan Senchustal, King of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was the victor. On which was said : — The battle by Tuaim-snamha could not be gained'^ ; Which he fought against his will, Faelan respite, with difficulty, ^ is represented as having approved of. In race of Tuathal Techtmhar on this occa- the historical tract called the " Borumean sion, although the latter had no idea that Tribute," St. Moling is represented as re- the word was to be used m that sense, questing the King to forgive the Borumha See Ann. F. M., A. D. 106, p. 99, and tiU Lmn, i. e. Monday, in the ordinary A. D. 593, p. 216, et seq. sense of the word, but it appears that ^ Colgu. — A. D. 677. " Toimsnama, rea; Luan also meant the Day of Judgment; Osraigi, quievit. J/br« Colggen mic Failbei and St. Moling insisted on this being the Flainn, regis Muman." — Ann. Ult. true meaning of the word as used in the Gained. — The words within brackets compact between him and the head of the in the Iiish text are given as a gloss over 86 Oó X)oy paD po coy^maile ba bpac a bponnaó crug jialla Oppaije o ca buana 50 Cumap. Car Oúin lóca. Cac Ciag TTIaolmn. Car 1 Calacpo]^ in quo uiccuj^ epc Domnall bjieac. paolan (.1. Dolca Caoimjin) mac Colmain, pí Cai^ean mopicup. C[uiep pailbe ab lae. ]val. Car ecip pionnacca "] 6ecc mboijice. Incipic piana- mail pegnape pop Cai^mB. ]Cal. Colman ab bfn'ncaip quieuic. bopjab na pio^ 1 nOun Ceinpn .1. Dunjal mac S^anail, pi Cpuirne, ■] Cfnnpaolaó mac Suibne, pi Ciannacca ^linne ^aimin; la TTlaolDiiin mac rDaolpicpi^ po lop^ab. Ciap in^fn Ouibpea. J\aX. ^uin Cinnpaolaib mic Colgain, pí Connacr. Car T?ara móipe TTlai^e line ppi bpearnu, Dii 1 ccopcaip Carupac mac TTIaolDÚin, pí Cpuicne, 1 Ulcán mac Oiocolla. Tílopp nip eit>iyi and na becail respectively. ' From Buana to Cumor. — This is pro- bably a mistake for, " from Eladma to Cumar," i. e. fi-om Slieve Eloom to the Cumar, or Meeting of the Three "Waters, which was the extent of the ancient Ossory, and is still that of the diocese of Ossory. ' Dun-locha. — Probably Dunloe, in the county of Kerry. This entry, and the following, are not to be found in any of the other Annals. * Liag-Maelain. — Not identified. " CaJatros. — A place in the west of Scotland. See Reeves' "Adamnan," p. 123, and Ann. Ult, A. D. 677. Domh- nall Brec was King of Scotland. ' Faelan. — His death is entered in the Ann. Clonm. at the year 663, and in the F. M. at 665. St. Caeimhghin, the tutor of this king, died in the year 6i8. Failbhe.— Ami. Ult. 678, Tigh. 679. He was the immediate predecessor of Adamnan, who makes a distinct allusion to him in his " Vit. ColumbiE," lib. i., c. 3 (Reeves, p. 26). f Bee Boirche. — " A.D.678, Bellum con- tra Bee mBoirche." — Ann. Ult. Tigh.S'jg. ' Co/»ifflw.— "A.D.679[%A.68o]. Col- man, abbas Benchair, pausat." — Ann. Ult. " Dun Ceithirn. — Now called the Giant's Sconce. It is an ancient cyclo- pcan fort situate in the parish of Dunbo, 87 To him gave, in appearance, his grant was betrayal. So that he took the hostages of Osraighe from Buana to Ciimor''. The battle of Dun-lochal The battle of Liag-Maelain'. A bat- tle was fought in Calatros", in which Domhnall Breac was conquered. Faelan" (the alumnus of Caimhghin), son of Colman, King of Lein- ster, died. [679.] The death of Failbhe", Abbot of la. Kal. A battle between Finnachta and Bee Boirche'', Fian- amhail began to reign over Leinster. [680.] Kal. Colman^, Abbot of Benchair, died. [681.] The burning of the kings in Dun-Ceithirn^, i. e. Dunghal, son of Sgannal, King of the Cruithni, Cennfaeladh, son of Suiblme, King of Cianacta-Glinne Gaimhin'' ; by Maelduin, son of Maelfith- righ, they were burnt. Ciar", daughter of Duibhrea. [682.] KaL The killing of Cennfaeladh'^, son of Colgan, King of Connaught. The battle of Rath-mor of Magh-line^ against the Britons, in which were slain Cathasach, son of Maelduin, King of the Cruithni^, and Ultan, son of Dicolla. The in the north of the county of London- January, and Ann. F. M., A. D. 679 ; derry. " A. D. 680 ITigh. 68 1.] Combus- Tigh. 68 1. tio Eegum in Dun-Ceithirn," &c. — Ann. "^Cennfaeladh. — A. D. 681 [T/y/*. 682]. Ult. Jugulatio Ciunfaela mic Colgen, regis Con- ^ Ciannachta-Glinne Gaimhin. — ITow nacie." — Ann. Ult. the barony of Keenaght, in the present ^ Rathmor of Magh-line. — Now Eath- county of Londonderry. more, a townland containing the remains ' Ciar. — She is the patroness of the of a large earthen rath with a cave, situate parish of Kilkeary, in the barony of Up- in the parish of Donegore, near the town per Ormond, county of Tipperary. See of Antrim. See Ann. F. M., A. D. 680. Colgan's Acta SS., p. 14-16, at 6th 'Cruithni. — i. e. the Picts of Dalaradia. 88 mojip Suibne TTiic TTIaelurha ppincepif Copcaige [i. poncipicip Copcagieiipip]. "[sal. Ounchaó TTluipipse mac TTlaoilDuib lugulacup epc. QDamnan do ^abail aboaine lae. Car Copainn i ccopchaip Col^a mac blacmaic, -\ pipjup mac rriaolDÚin, pi Cineil Caipppe. Inicium mopcaliracip piiepopum in menpe Occobjiip, quae puic rpibup annip in hibepnia. C[uiep QipmCbaig na CpaiBe. |sal. IDopralirap piliopum in qua omnep ppincipep ec pepe omnep nobilep luuenum Scocopum pepiepunr. "I^al. Sapfonep campum bpeagh Deuapcanc, ec plupimap 6ccle- pia. ■fval. Oomnall bpeac mac Gacac buíóe mopcuup epc. Cjuiep banbáin pjpiba Cille oapa. ]Qal. Cfuiep Oocuma Cbonoc, ab glinne Da loca. C|uiep Roipene ab Copcai^e. Ip in bliabain pi po puaplai^ Ctóarhnán an bpaiDpujpaD Sapcoin a li6ipinn. Car Ouin Neaccain icnp mac Oppa, -] bpuice mac bile uic- cop puic [pc]. Sancca Reeves's " AdamDan," page xliv. ' The battle of Corann. — Ann. F. M. 68 1 ; Ann. Ult. 682 ; Tigh. 683. ^Mortality of children. — Ann. Ult. 682 ; Tigh. 683 ; Brut y Tywysog. and Ann. Cambr. 683. " Airmeadhach of Craehh. — i e. Abbot of Craehh Laisre, a place near Clonmac- noisc. Ann. Ult. 682 ; F, M. 681 ; Tigh. 683. « Suilhne. — A.ixn. Ult, 681; Tigh. 682. h Cork. — The words in brackets in the Text are written as a gloss over the words " Princepis [sic] Corcaighe." ' Dunchadh Muirisge. — Ann. Ult. 682 ; Tigh. 683; F. M. 681. ^ Adamnan. — This entry is out of place here. It should have been inserted after the death of Failbhe, A. D. 679. See 89 Thedeath of Suibhne^, son of Maelumha, prince [i.e. abbot] of Cork''. [683.] Kal. Dunchadli Muirisge\ son of Maeldubh, was killed. Adamnan'' assumed the abbacy of la. The battle of Corann\ in which were slain Colga, son of Blath- mac, and Fergus, son of Maelduin, King of Cinel-Cairbre. The beginning of the mortality of children"" in the month of Octo- ber, which continued for three years in Ireland. The repose of Airmeadhach of Craebh". [684.] Kal. The mortality of the children, in which all the princes and almost all the nobles of the youth of the Scoti perished. [685.] Kal. The Saxons° devastated the plain of Breagh, and many churches. [686.] Kal. Domhnall Breac, son of Eochaidh Buidhe [King of Scotland], died. The repose of Banbhan^, scribe of Cill-dara. [687] Kal. The repose of Dochuma Chonoc'', Abbot of Gleann- da-locha. The repose of Roisene'^, Abbot of Corcach. In this year Adamnan ransomed the captives^ whom the Saxons had carried away from Erin. The battle of Dun Neachtain*, between the son of Ossa and Bruide", son of Bile, in which the latter was the victor. 685 ; Ann, F. M. 683 ; Saxon Chron. 684. 687, Ann.Ult., and 689, Tigh. SeeEeeves's p Banbhan. — Ann. TJlt. 685 ; Tigh. 686. " Adamnan," pp. 186, 187, notes. ' Roisene.— " K.T). 686 \_Tigh. 687]. and Tigh. 686, say that this battle was Dormitatio Rosseni, abbatis Corcaidhe fought on Saturday, 20th May, which " The Saxons.— Ami. TJlt. 684 ; Tigh. Dochuma Chonog Ann. Ult. 686 ; Tigh. 687. ' I)^m Neachtain. — Now Dunnichen, a parish in Forfarshire. The Ann. Ult. 685, mare" [great Cork: mare for more]. — Ann. agrees with 685. See Sax. Chron. 685. " Bruide He was King of the Picts ; Ult. N 90 Sancra 6t)elD|iiDa, Chjiiyci jiegina, pilia Qnnae yiejip Ctnjlo- |iunn, ec ppimo ec alcepi uipo pepmagnipico, ec popcea GoelppiDo pegi, coniupc* tjaca epc; poprcfuam pen anno chopum incoppupca pepuauir mapicalem pope pe^inam pumpco uelamine pacpo uipjo panccimonialip eppicirup, quae pope pcui. pepulcupae cum uepce qua inuoluca epc incoppupca pepepicup. Cf. O. 686. ]\al. Cac Imbleacha phich, i ccopchaip OuBoáin- bfp, pi Ctpoa Ciannacca, "] Uapcpaice hUa Oippin : unDe ^abop- cfnn cecinic : — ópónac Conailli inDiii oecbip Dóib lap n-Uapcpi6iu, Ni ba eallma biap jfn, i n-apo lap n-Duboa inbip. In hoc bello alienam pacienp bominacioneTn Ciannachcea ^enp ppiuaca epc pegno. Serine Gpp ab Qpomacba. Cucbepcup Gpp quieuic. Cana mac ^apcnam mopicup. Conpcancinup Impepacop mop.rup. Chron. sive de sex cetatilus scbcuU, A. D. 688 (Works, ed. Giles, vol. vi., p. 327), and is very corruptly transcribed. Bede's words are : " Sancta et perpetua vii-go Christi ^dilthryda, fiUa Annse regis Anglorum, et primo alteri viro permagnifico, et post Ecfrido regi conjunx data, post quam xii. annos thorum incornipta servavit marita- lem, post reginam sumpto velamine sacro virgo sanctimonialis efficitur : nec mora etiam vii-ginum mater et nutrix pia sanc- tarum, accepto in construendum monaste- rium loco quem Elge voeant : cujus merita vivacia testatnr etiam mortua caro, quae "Eex Fortrenn;" Tigh. 686; Ult. 685. Ecfrid, son of Ossa (i. e. Ecgfrith, son of Oswin) is called King of the Saxons. Reeves's "Adamnan," p. 186, note. Lap- penberg (Hist, of Engl.). " Geneal. of the Kings of Bernicia," voL i., 289 (Thorpe's Transl.). " Etlieldrida. — Or Aedilthryd. Bede, " Eccl. Hist.," lib. iv., c. 19. She is often called St. Audry in England. Shedied A.D. 679, according to the Saxon Chronicle. * Ethelfrid. — More correctly Ecgfrid, or Ecgfrith. He was King of Northumbria. This paragraph is extracted from Bede's 91 The Queen of Christ, St. Etheldrida", daughter of Anna, King of the [East] Angles, who had been first given in marriage to another nobleman, and afterwards to King Ethelfrid^ ; after she had preserved her marriage-bed incorrupted for twelve years, the holy virgin, after she had become Queen, took the sacred veil, and became a nun ; who sixteen years after her interment was found uncorrupted, as well as the shroud in which she had been wrapt. [687.] A. D. 686. The battle of Imblech Phich'', in which were slain Dubhdainbher, King of Ard-Cianachta^, and Urchraithe Ua h-Ossin*; whence Gabhorchenn cecinit : — Sorrowful are the Conailli this day ; they have cause after Uar- craithe. Not in readiness shall be the sword in Ard, after Dubhdainbher. In this battle the race of the Cianachta passed under the domi- nion of another family, and was deprived of its power. Segine^, Bishop, Abbot of Ard-macha [died]. Cuthbertus, bishop, quievit. Cana'', son of Gartnan, died. Constantine, the Emperor, died. [689.] post xvi. annos sepulturae cum veste qua to near Drumiskm, Co. Louth. involuta est incoiTupta reperitur." ' Urchraidhe Ua h-Ossin. — "Huarcride ^ Imhlech PMch. — Now Emlagli, near nepos Osseni." — Ann. Ult. 687. " Uar- Kells, county of Meath. Ann. F. M. 686 ; cridhe hUa hOssine, righ Conaille." — Ann. Ult. 687 ; Tigh. 688. Tigh. 688. See F. M. at A. D. 686. ' Ard Cianachta. — ííow the barony of Segine. — F. M. 686 ; Ann. Ult. 687 ; Ferrard, Co. Louth. The Cianachta were Tigh. 688. Cuthbert was Bishop of Lin- of the race of Cian, son of OilioU Olum, disfarne. Ussher's " Primordia," pp. 944, King of Munster. Tadhg, son of Cian, ob- 945; Bede, "Hist. Eccl.," iv. 27. tained this territory in the third century Cana See Tigh. 688 ; Ult. 687. The from Cormac Mac Airt, King of Ireland; Emperor Constantine IV., sumaraed Poi^o- the district extended from the River Liffey natus, died in 685. Na 92 J^al. ^uin OiapinaDa TTIibe, mic CtipmfDaij Cbaoic; oe quo bancáinre i nCtonac Uaillcfn cecinic : — Sia OiajimaiD Dop po]i péin, pion gabla po lenaió laoich, 6a hfó uball abla óip, pian mapa móip mac an Chaoic, J\a\. Cfuiep beccáin ab Cluana ipaipo. ^nacnac abbacippa Cille oapa. ^um Congaile rnic ÍTlaoileDuin, mic Qoóa bfrinain, pi niurhan. lupnnianup nunop impepac annip ;r. ■]Qal. Cponán mac hUa Cualna ab bfnncaip qiiiéinc. pic- ciollac mac piainn pihUa TTláine mopicup. Qilill mac Oungaile piCpuicne mopicup. f^al. Qoamnanup anno pope obicum pailbe ab. lae ao hibepniam uenic. PO^S^T Qoóáin, pi an CÚ1516 mopicup. ^uin paolcaip pi Oppaije. 5""^ Cinnpaolaib mic TTlaoilbpea- pail la Laijnib. I^al. bpume mac bile pi poipcpean mopicup. TTIaicim na bopama la pionnacca do il'lolinj, ap na bpeic la 2:1. pi, unoe Dicicup : — Cfcpaca ^ Congal, son of Maelduin. — Ann. F. M. 687. s Justinianus minor. — Began to reign 685, and reigned ten years, when he was deposed, and his nose cut off. This entry- is out of its proper place. ^ Cronan Mac JJa Cualna. — -Ann. F. M. 688 ; Ann. TJlt. 690 ; Tigh. 691, ' FithcJiellach, son of Flann. — Ann. F. M. 688 ; Ann. TJlt. 690; Tigh. 691. Ailell, son of Bunghal Not in the published xVnnals. Diarmaid Midhe. — Or Diarmait of Meath, i. e. King ofMeath. "Jugulatio Diarmata Airmethaigh, .1. r. Midhi, la h Aed m''. nDluthaigh r. Fercul." — Tigh. 689; TJlt. 688. The female poet here quoted is unknown. " Beccan. — TJlt. 689, where he is called " Dobecog of Cluarn Aird," which is cor- rect. Tigh. 690, and F. M. 687, have Cluain Iraird. The devotional name Do- lecog, or Daheog, instead of the diminutive Beccan, is used by TJlt. and Tigh. 93 [689.] Kal. The slaying of Diarmaid Midhe^, son of Airmheadh- ach Caech [i. e. blind], of whom the female satirist said at the fair of Tailtin : — Diarmaid placed a bush on himself ; he of the fair arms who destroyed heroes. He was the apple of the golden orchard ; the King of the great sea was this son of the Caech [i. e. the blind]. [660.] Kal. The repose of Beccan^, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird. Gnathnat, Abbess of Cill-dara, [died.] The slaying of Congal, son of Maelduin*^, son of Aedh Bennan, King of Munster. Justinianus minor^ reigns ten years. [691,] Kal. Cronan Mac Ua Cualna'', Abbot of Benchair, died. Fithchellach, son of Flann', King of Ui Maine, died. Ailell, son of DunghaP, King of the Cruithni, died. [692.] Kal. Adamnan^ came to Ireland in the thirteenth year after the death of Failbhe, Abbot of la. Fergus, son of Aedhan, King of the province™, died. The slayingof Faelchar",King of Osraighe. The slaying of Cennfaeladh, son of Maelbresail, by the Leinster-men. [693.] Kal. Bruide, son of Bile", King of Foirtreann, died. The remission of the Borumha^ by Finnachta to Moling, after it had been levied by forty kings, on which was said — Forty ' Adamnan. — See Adamnan's " Vit. Co- Ult. 692. " Paolcar TJa Maolodra." F. M. lumbse" (ed. Reeves), p. 378. 690 ; Clonm. 688. ™ King of the province. — i. e. of the ter- <> Bruide, son of Bile He was King of ritory of Uladh. " Fergus mac Aedain Fortrenn, or Pictland, and died in 693. — rex in Coicidh," [i. e. of the province] Eeeves's "Adamnan," p. 378. "obiit." — Ann. Ult., A. D. 691. p The remission of the Borumha. — See " Faeleha/r. — "Faelchar huaMailodrai." note", p. 84, supra, andF. M., A. D. io6, Tigh. 693. " FaelcarneposMaele ordae." p. 99, and A. D. 593, p. 216. 94 Crfjiaca pi no pala, lapa pujaó an 6oparha 'O aimpip Uuarail Ulacc5a 50 haimpip piop pionnacca. Cecepa ppepcpippimup. ITIopp pianamla mic TTIaoilecuile, pi LaijcjCn. poicpfcan Da muincip péin poo mapb ; unoe moling : — Qn ran congaip piananiail cugra a caorha uile, CI pomfnao poicpfcan, bao beo mac TTlaolcuile, |val. bpan mac Conaill incipic pejnape pop Caignib. Cponán aBacc ab Cluana mic Nóip. ITlochua ballna quieuic. huiDpine TTlai^e bile quieuic. ^uin CfpBaill mic ITIaoile oópa pi hUa Néill, Car eiDip Oppaige -\ Laigniu, in quo ceciDic paolcaip hUa TTIaoile obpa. I^al. rriapbab pionnacca mic Ounchaba, pi 'Gpfnn, t)á bpmrpib pen "] bpeapal a mac maile ppip- Cip arhlaib po po mapbab .1. in ran po paoib pionnacca a mac bpeapal ip m puball 1 n-^peallaij Oollaib, cangaccap a bpaicpe pobccup aobapcnaigcfca Do .1. CÍ06 mac Dlucaig -] Congalac mac Conainj, gan aippijab Dóib ipm puball <• Fianamhail— This entry is out of entered in the Annals of Clomnacnoise, place. It is given by the F. M. at 678, and in the Ann. F. M. at the year 637. Ult. 679, the true year beiag 680, as in St. Cronan, of Balla, died in 693, ac- 'I'ig'b- cording to the Annals of Ulster. Tigh. ' Bran, son of Conall—Axm. Clonm. 694 ; F. M. 692 ; so that there is probably 685 ; F. M. 687. confusion. » Cronan the Dwarf.— See F. M. 692, « B:uidhrine F, M. 691 ; Ult. 693. and Ann. Ult. 693, where he is called ' CearhMl.— Arm. Ult. 693. Cronan Bee, i. e. the Little. Tigh. 694. » Faelchair.—See above at A. D. 692. Mochua of Balla. — This, obit ap- ^ Finnacfda.—Ajm. Glonm. 6^0; Ann. pears to be out of place here. It is F. M. and Tigh. 693 ; Ann. Ult. 694. 95 Forty kings there were, by whom the Borumha was levied, From the time of Tuathal of Tlachtgha, to the exact time of Finachta. Caetera praescripsimus. The death of Finamhail*!, son of Maeltuile, King of Leinster. Foichsechan, one of his own people, killed him, of which Moling [said] — When Fianamhail cried out, " At them, ye nobles all !" Had Foichsechan withheld, the son of Maeltuile would have lived. [694.] Kal. Bran, son of Conal?, began to reign over the Lein- ster-men, Cronan the Dwarf', Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. Mochua, of Balla*, quievit. Huidhrine", of Maghbile, quievit. The slaying of Cearbhall'', son of Maelodhra, King of the Ui- NeiU [of Leinster(?)]. A battle [was fought] between the Osraighi and the Leinster-men, in which Faelchair^, grandson of Maelodhra, fell. [695.] Kal. The slaying of Finnachta^, son of Dunchadh, King of Erin and of Breasal, his son along with him, by his own brethren. This is the manner in which he was killed : when Finnachta sent his son Breasal into the tent at Greallach-Dollaidh^, his brethren, who were opposed to him, viz. Aedh, son of Dluthach, and Conghalach, son of Conaing, came, without being perceived by them, into the tent, and The true year is 695. See O'Flaherty's the place now called GreUach, Anglice " Ogygia," Part iii., c. 93, p. 432. Girley, nearKeUs, in the county of Meath. ' Greallach Dollaidh. — This is probably See Ann. F. M., A. D. 693, note % p. 297. 96 puball -| pa mapbj^ac pionriacca ~[ a mac, "] pa bfnpac a ccionna óíob ; unoe Dicicup : — 6a t)upfan Dpionnacca amu lai^e i ccpoili^e l?on bé lá pfpaiB nirhe Dioljaó lonna bópainie. Op^ain Uamj mic pailbe i n^lionn gairrnn. Cfuiep liTlinDbaipfn, ab Qcaib bó. ^ainiiDe Cújmai^ mopicup. Tílopp bpain, tíiic Conaill big. J\al. Loin^pfc mac Qon^apa po ^ab pije n-6peann i nof^aió pmnacca pe hocc mbliaónaib. pion^ume mac Con gan máraip mopicup. prp5al Qióne, -] pianamail mac ITIaonaij mopiuncup. Congalac mac Conaing mic Qoóa mopicup. Loicine mfnn Sapienp, ab Cille bapa, lugularup epr. CuiTimeni ÍTlu^Dopna quieuic. IQal. Ctoamrianup uemc in hibepniam, ec int)icic le^em irno- cencium populip hibepniae .^. gan maca gan mr.á oo mapbaó. Capán pcpiba ó Lupca quieuic. ITIoling Luacpa, plenup Diepum quieuic. Tílaolpacupcaij pig ria n-Qipjiall quieuic. lomaipfg Cpanoca, i ccopcaip peapcaip mac TTlaoil Dúm. bpfcnai -] Ulaib Do pápuccaó TTlaije muipcemne, IQal. ^ Tadhg, son of Faillhe. — Ann. F.M. 693. present town of Louth. Glenn Gaimin was the ancient name of " Bran. — Ann. F. M. 687 ; Tigh. 690. the vale of the River Eoe, near Dungiven, Loingseech, son of Aenghus. — Ann. Ult. in the barony of Keenaght, coimty of Lon- and Tigh. 695, which seems the true year, donderry. It is called by Tighemach, But he reigned nine, not eight years. See A. D. 695, "Glen in Croccind trans- O'Flaherty's " Ogyg.," p. 432. lated "vallis pellis," by the Ann. Ult. 694. ' Finguine. — Ann. Ult. 695 ; Tigh. 696. Mennlairen. — Ann. F. M. 693 ; Ult. ' Law of the Innocents. — There are two 694. Achadh-ho is the present Aghabo, in copies of this Lex Innocentium, called the Queen's County. Lughmliagh is the Cain Adamnain, still preserved, one in a 97 and killed Finnachta and his son, and cut off their heads, on which Avas said — Pitiful for Finnachta this day, to lie in death. He Avill be with the men of heaven for remitting the Borumha. The slaying of Tadhg, son of Failbhe^ in Glenngaimhin. The death of Mennbairen'', Abbot of Achadh-bo. Gaimide, of Lughmhagh, died. The death of Bran'', son of Conall Beg. [695.] Kal. Loingsech, son of Aenghus*^, took the government of Erin, after Finnachta, for eight years. Finguine®, son of Cu-gan- raathair, died. Ferghal Aidhne [King of Connaught], and Fian- amhail, son of Maenach, died. Conghalach, son of Conaing, son of Aedh [Slain e], died. Loichine Menn the Wise, Abbot of Kildare, was killed. Cummeni, of Mughdhorna, quievit. [696.] Kal. Adamnan came to Erin, and promulgated the " Law of the Innocents"^ to the people of Erin, i. e. not to kill children or women. Casán^, scribe of Lusca, quie\it. Moling Luchra plenus dierum quievit. Maelfothartaigh^, King of the Airghialls, quievit'. The battle of Crannach [was fought], in which was slain Fear- chair, son of Maelduin. The Britons and Ultonians devastated Magh Muirtheimhne''. _ [697-] MS. in the Ambrosian Library at Brussels, Maelfothartaigh. — See Ann. F. M. 695 ; and another in the Bodleian Librarj- at Ann. Ult. 696. Oxford, Eawl. 505. — See Ann. Ult. 696, > Quievit. — The word "moritur" is writ- and Eeeves's "Adamnan," p. 179. ten over this word as a gloss, probably s Casan. — "Cassan scriba Luscan, quie- because quievit was properly applied only vit. Moling Luachra dormitavit." — Ann. to the death of a saint. Ult. 6g6. See F. M., 696 ; Tigh. 697. ^ Magh Muirtheimhne. — This was the o 98 ]Qal. mo]ip pojianDain, ah Cille Dapa. Car pfpnTnai^e i cropcaip dob mac TTIaolDuiTi, i ConcoBap Qipfo, pi Oáil Qpaibe, qui cecinic : — Qp mé Concopup cpeacac, pop Loc Gacac lomaóbal. TTlfjiclé pia gail impeciup, ip popceciuc Don aobuc. ■jQal. ^pep papmae in coelo qiiapi bellancep uipae punc ab opience in occiDencem in nioDo unDapum, pluccuanciuTn in cpan- quilli['piTna nocce Qpcenpionip Domini. Ppima niuea, pecunoa ignea, cepcia panguinea. C[uae, uc apbicpacup, rpia mala pequencia ppaepigupabanc. Nam m eooem anno apmenca boui- lia in cora liibepnia pepe Deleca punc, [ec] non polum inhibe.pnia, peo eciam pep couam Gupopam. In alcepo anno pepcilencia humana cpibup concinuip annip. popcea ma;cima pamep, in qua hominep ao mpamep epcap peoacci punc. Car piannamla mic Opene. TTlopp TTluip^iupa mic TTIaoilDuin, pi Cineil Caipppe. lup- cinianup Qugupcup pellicup. ]sal. Ceo impepac annip in. pal. C[uiep Qoba Gppcoip Slebce. Piannamail level part of the present county of Louth. Campo Trego i Tethbai." — Ami. Ult. 699 ; " Britones et Ulaid vastaverunt Campum Tigh. 700. Muirtheimhne." Ann.TJlt.696 ; Tigh. 697. p Tlnmentiomhle foods. — " Fames et pes- ' Formmn. — Ann. F. M. 697 ; Tigh. tilentia tribus annis in Hibemia facta est, 698. ut homo hominem comederet." — Ann. Loch EachacJi ISTow Loch Neagh. TJlt. 699 ; TigJi. 700. " Three shields. — This prodigy is not re- Fiannamhail. — He was probably the corded in any of the published Irish An- Fianamhail Ua Dunchadha, chief of Dal nals, nor in the Saxon Chronicle. E,iada, mentioned in the Ann. F. M. as " Herds of coivs. — "Accensa est bovina slain in 698 ; vide infra, p. 100, note mortalitas in Hibemia in Kal. Februarii in ' Muirghes — Ann. Ult. 697. 99 [697-] The death of Forannan', Abbot of Cill-dara. The battle of Fearnmhagh, in which were slain Aedh, son of Maelduin, and Conchobhar Aired, King of Dal Araidhe, who said — ■ " I am the plundering Conchobhar, on Loch Eachach™ mighty. Rapid they run before valour, they fly to the fortress." [698.] Kal. Three shields'' were seen in the heavens, as it were warring from the east to the west, after the manner of undulating waves on a very calm night, being that of the Ascension of the Lord. The first was snowy, the second fiery, the third bloody ; which pre- figured, as is thought, three succeeding evils : for in the same year the herds of cows° throughout Ireland were nearly destroyed, and not only in Ireland, but also throughout the whole of Europe. In the other year there was a human pestilence [which continued] for three successive years. Afterwards the greatest famine [set in], during which men were reduced to devour unmentionable foods". The battle of Fiannamhail'^, son of Oisen. The death of Muirghes'', son of Maelduin, King of Cinel-Cairpre. Justinianus^ Augustus is expelled. Kal. Leo reigned three years. [700.] Kal. The death of Aedh', Bishop of Sleibhte. Fiannamhail ' Justinianus. — This refers to the ba- Tiberius Absimarus ; at length, in 704 or nishment of Justinian II., by the usurper 705, Justinian recovered the throne, and Leontius, here (as well as by Bede, Chron. put both Leontius and Absimarus to in an. 701) called Leo : who after having death. cut off his predecessor' s nose, and banished ^ Aedh. — He is called " Anchorita," him to the Chersonese, A. D. 694, occupied not Bishop, of Slebhte : Tigh. 700 ; TJlt. the throne until 697, when his o"\vn nose 699 ; F. M. 628. Sleibhte, now called and ears having been cut off, he was im- Slatey, is situated in the Queen's County, prisoned in a monastery by his successor near Carlow. O 2 lOO piannaimail liUa Ounchaóa, ]ii Oail Riatja Tno|iirup. Ifin bliaóainp do pala eiDiji lop^alac mac Conaing ") Ctoaiii- nan ap fápu^aó Ctbarhnain oo lopgalac im mapBab Néill a Bpdrap t)ó ap comaipge Ctóamnáin. Cípeab Do ^níob Qbamnan rpop^ab gac n-oibce, ~\ gan coola, -| beic i n-uipgib uapib, Do cimDibe y^ao- gail lop^alai^. Qp eab imuppo do ^níob an cópaiD pain .i. lop^alac a piappai^ib Do QDamnan, " CpéD Do ^énapa anocc a cleipij ?" m ha bail do QDamnan bpéj Do paba ppip. T?o innipeb bo 50 mbiab a crpop^ab gan coDlab 1 n-uipje uap 50 maiDm. Do gniob an c-lopgalac an céDna .1. Da paopab ap fpguine QDamnóin. Ctcc cfna po rheall Qoamnan épiom .1. po boi CÍDamnan '5a páb pa clépeac Da rhuincip, "bipi punna anocc urn piocc-pa ~\ rhéoac-pa lomao, ~\ Da cci lopjalac Da lappaighib bior, cpeD pa jena anocc, abaippe bub plfbujab, "| coDlab Do jéna, ap bai^ 50 nDeapnaporh na ceDna, uaip appu pa Qoamnan bpfj Da piop mumcipe quam Do pén. Uaini^ mpam lopgalach Dionpoi^ib an clépi^ pin, "] an Dap leip, ba é Qoamnan baoi ann, l?o lappaij lopgalac be, cpéo Do ^énapa anocc, a cléipi^ ? pifbu^ab ~\ coolab, ap an clépeac. Oo pome ono lop^alac plfbu^ab "] coolab an aioce pin. Do pine imuppo Qoamnan aoine, 1 ppiocaipe, -] beic 'p an bhomn 50 mai- Din. Qn can ono po baoi lop^alac 'na coolab a peab ao connaipc Qoamnan do beic 50 nuige a bpa^aio ip in uipge, -) po bioj 50 mop cpiD pin a[' a coolab; "] pa mnip Da mnaoi. Qn bfn imuppo, ba humal " Fiannamhail TJaBunchadlia. — Ann. F. M. 698 ; Ann. TJlt. 699. ^ Irgalach, son of Coming The cursing of this chieftain by Adamnan at Rath-na Scanadh, at Tara, is mentioned in an an- cient poem published in Petrie's "Anti- quities of Tara Hill," p. 122-148. See Reeves's "Adamn.," liii., liv., 179. * Should tell a lie. — Adamnan (according to this story) did not wish to tell a lie him- self, but he had no objection that one of his clergy should tell a lie to screen him. Tliis is a mere legend, and much more modern than the Age of Adamnan. It lOI Fiaiinamhail Ua Dunchadlia", King of Dal-Riada. In tlds year a dissension arose between Irgalach, son of Conaing^', and Adainnan, after Adarnnan had been sacrilegiously violated by Irgalach, by killing his brother Niall, who was under the protection of Adamnan. What Adarnnan used to do was to fast every night, and remain awake, and stay [immersed] in cold water to cut short the life of Irgalach. And what this champion, i. e. Irgalach, used to do was to ask Adamnan, " What wilt thou do to-night, clerk ?" Adamnan did not like to tell him a lie. He used to tell him that he would be flisting without sleep in cold water till morning. Irgalach used to do the same to free himself from the curse of Adamnan. But, however, Adamnan deceived him. He said to a clerk of his people : " Be thou here to-night in my stead, with my clothes upon thee, and if Irgalach should come to ask thee what thou wilt do to- night, say thou unto him that thou wilt feast and sleep, in order that he may do the same, for Adamnan had rather that 'one of his people should tell a lie'' than himself. Irgalach afterwards came to that clerk, and thinking that it was Adamnan who was there, he asked him, " What wilt thou do to-night, clerk ?" " Feast and sleep," replied the clerk. Irgalach, therefore, feasted and slept that night. But Adamnan fasted, and watched, and remained in the Bóinn^' till morning. Now when Irgalach was asleep, he saw [in a dream] that Adamnan was immersed to the neck in the water, and he started vio- lently from his sleep in consequence of it, and told it to his wife. The wife, however, was humble and submissive to the Lord and to Adamnan, occurs in the Iiish Life of Adamnan. See of lax moraKty in the saints, but of the Eeeves, p. liv., and note \ Stories of this rude ignorance of the times in which such nature in the lives of Irish saints are se- tales were iavented and told as not incon- verely censured as fabulce /utiles by the sistent with a saintly character, early BoUandists. They are evidence, not >' The Bóinn. — i. e. the Eiver Boyne. I02 luirhal inípl i t)on coirhofo, ~\ Do Cíóarhnán, uaip ba ro]ipac i, -| ba hfgail lé a clann t)o loc cpé fp^uine Qóarhnáin, ■] |ia ^uíbeab 50 meinic CÍDamnán ^an a clann do loc no D'epguine. l?a eijiig injiarh lopjalac moccjiác ap na bapac, -| Do pala Qoamndn na 01516. Qpeab pa páió QDamnán pip; "a itiic rhallui^re (ap pé), 1 a Duine ap cpóóa, ~\ ap nnfppa Do pijne Dia, bior a piop agac gup ob gaipiD 5iip poDpgepcup pic plaiciup, 1 paja Do cum n-lppinn." O Do cuala bCn lopgalaij; pin, cainig ap amup CtDamnain, "] po IU15 po coppaib QDamnain, pa accaig Dia pipp gan a clann D'eap- juine, ") gan an gein po baoi'na bpoinn do loc. QpeaD po páiD QDamnán, buD pi 50 Deirhin, ap pé," an gen pail id bpoinn, 1 ap bpipce a Ifrpúil anoppa cpe eapguine a acap. Ctgap ap arhlaiD pin DO pala. RugaD po céDoip lappain an mac, •] ap amluiD po baoi 1 pé leaccaoc. péiblimiD mac TTIaoile caraig. Qilell mac Con-gan mácaip, pi TTluman (Déc). Opgain NéiU mic Cfpnaij, uc Ctoamnanup ppopherauic. Opgain Néill oc Opfip Gapppaig, Oia láipp DÓig DO TTIullac pi, Oia ppip áp pop popbap cuan Oia luam 1 n-lmlioc pich. Ipgalac mac Conaing [occiDic ilium]. Kal. Paolooban Chlocaip obiic. _ , ' ' ' Uibepiup ' Shall verily he a king. — He was Cin- Ailell, son of Cu-gan-mathair. — Ann. aedh, son of Irgalach, who reigned as mo- P. M. 699 ; Ann. Tilt. 700 ; Tigh. 701, narch of Ireland from 724 to 727. It does ' Niall. — " Occisio ííeiU mic Ceamaig. not appear from any other authority that Irgalach nepos Conaing occidit ilium." he was a one-eyed king. Ann. Ult. 700; Tigh. 701. Eeeves's >■ FeidJdimidh, son of Maelcothaigh. — " Adamnan," p. liii., liv. Here the com- Not in the published Annals. piler of these Annals mixes up two entries, 103 Adamnan, for she was pregnant, and she was afraid that her child might be destroyed through Adamnan's curse, and she often besought Adamnan not to injure or curse her child. Irgalach rose early the next mornino;, and Adamnan came to meet him. What Adamnan said was : " cursed man" (said he), "and thou bloodiest and worst man that God hath made, be it known unto thee that in a short time thou shalt be separated from thy kingdom, and shalt go to hell." When the wife of Irgalach heard this she came to Adamnan, and, prostrating herself at his feet, she besought him, for God's sake, not to curse her children, and not to destroy the infant she had in her womb. Adamnan said : " The child that is in thy womb," said he, " shall verily be a king"^; but one of his eyes is now broken in conse- quence of the cursing of his father." And thus it came to -pass. The son was born immediately afterwards, and it was found that he was half blind. Feidhlimidh*, son of Maelcothaigh, Ailell, son of Cu-gan-mathair'', King of Munster, [died]. The killing of NialP, son of Cearnach, as Adamnan had prophe- sied. The plundering by Niall at Dris-Easfraigh, As he burned to MuUach-ri, As he inflicted slaughter on numerous troops On Monday at Imleach-Fich. Irgalach, son of Conaing [killed him]. [702.] Kal. Faelcobhar*^ of Clochar died. Tiberius — one relating to the triumph of Niall, the his death, which occurred in 701. The son of Cearnach Sotal, over his enemies at verses here quoted helong properly to the ImlechPhich, which actually tookplace in. year 687. See p. 91. the year 687, and which our compiler has ^ Faelcohhar. — Faoldobhair. Ann. P. noticed at the proper place — and the other, M. and Ann. Ult. 701 ; Tigh. 702, I04 Uibepiup iiT»pe|iar annif uii, Ip in mbliaóainp po mapbab lopjalac mac Conaing .1. 1 pfcc- mab bliabain plara Coingpi^, cpe fpguine Qóamnáin, 1 po connaipc pén 1 n-aiplinje a naóoij; pé na mapbaó aniail po mapbab. Uai- nij lapam lopgalac an la lap ppaijpin a aiplinge ap cappaig anmc, "] at) ciiala an gur ápo .1. pá na pfpannaib corhpoigpi Duib (ap pé) -\ booib 1 loipgib "1 aipgib lat): -] pa connaic ap a bairle pm na pluaij 1 na pocuibe 05 innpeab an pfpainn; "| cainigpiom perhe 50 haipD pa imp mac Nepáin aniap, -\ ip m uaip pin do pálo coblac Lpfcnac t)o cop 1 pope ann, "| anpab lán rhóp t)oíb; l?o connaic milib Dibpibe aiplmje an abaig peime, .1. cpéo do ropcuib do cpiocujab uime, 1 an cope ba móó ann do mapbab bo D'aonbuille paijDe ; ajap apeab on pa piopab, uaip ba be lop^alac an cope mop pain, 1 ba hé a plua^ pfcac mallaccnacpom an cpeD ÚD. 'On milib pin cpa oD connaipc an aiplinge po mapbab lopjalac. ]Qal. Colman mac pionnbaip ab lip móip mopicup. TTloppluaj la Coinjpioc, mac Ctongupa, 1 5 Connaccaib, D'apgain a^ap D'mnpfb Connacc. 1?o baccup pilib loinspij 05 aopao pi Connacc .1. Ceallac, mac T^a^allai^, -) do bíDíp 5a pába, nap bo cubuib Do pfnpi^ cpiocánac map Ceallac corhcógbail no corhbuap- cup pe pi^ n-Gipfnn, "] 56 do nfc, po ba paip bub maibm. Ctcr cfna, ni bamlaib pin Do pála, acc a coDappna, uaip ó Do connaipc an Ceallac pi Connacc a cip "] a ralarh 5a locc ") Da hinnpfb, po jaipm cuige na Da Ouncab 1. Oúncab TTluipip^e, -] an Dúncab eile * Tiler ius. — This was Tiberius Apsi- in the year 795, and the true year of Ir- marus. See note p. 98, supra. galach's death was 702. ' Irgalach. — " Irgalach Nepos Conaing Inis-mac Nesain. — i.e. the island of a Britonilus jiigulatus \riluúmíc,lSes3iQ.'' the sons of Nesan, now Ireland's Eye, — .4«??. Ult. 701 ; Tigh. 702. [i. e. Ireland's Island], near the Hill of 8 Loingsech. — Loingsech began his reign Howth, in the county of Dublin. Tiberius^ reigned seven years. [702.] In this year Irgalach*', son of Conaing, was slain, i. e. in the seventh year of the reign of Loingsech^, in consequence of the curse of Adamnan. And he himself had seen in a dream, the night before his death, how he was [to be] killed. Irgalach came the day after he had seen this vision out upon a rock, and he heard a loud voice, saying, " Into the nearest lands go ye, and burn, consume, and plunder them ;" and he saw, after this, hosts and troops plundering the land; and he came forward to a hill to the west of Inis-mac Nesain''; and at that time there came a British fleet into port there, being over- taken by a very great storm, A hero of these had seen a vision on the night before, viz., that a herd of swine made an attack upon him, and that the largest boar of them was killed by him with one blow of a dart ; and this was indeed verified, for Irgalach was that great boar, and his sinful and cursed host was that herd. By that very champion who had seen this vision was Irgalach slain. [703.] Kal. Colman', son of Finnbhar, abbot of Lis-raor, died. A great host was led by Loingsech, son of Aenghus, into Con- nacht, to plunder and waste that province. The poets of Loingsech were satirizing the King of Connacht, i. e. Ceallach, son of Raghal- lach, and they used to say that it was not proper for a palsied old king like Ceallach to vie or contend with the King of Erin, and that, if he did, he would be defeated. But, however, this did not happen to be the case, but the very opposite : for when Ceallach, King of Connacht, had perceived that his territory and land were being in- jured and plundered, he called unto him the two Dunchadhs, i. e. Dunchadh Muirsa, and the other Dunchadh, and he determined beforehand that they should succeed to the kingdom of Connacht after ' Colman Ann. Ult. 702 ; Tigh. 703 ; 154, 155. He was commonly called Mo- F. 702. See Colgan, Acta SS., pp. cholmoc, i.e. " my little Coluin," accord- P io6 eile, 1 pa cinDai^e peime 50 mab lao pa ^eUaó pije Connachc na ofjaib péin. l?o Baoi pén imuppo ap na porpuccaó, "] ap ccup ola 1 luibe loinóa piojóa paoi. Do pao pfp Don t»ip pfmpáice (.1. Do na Da Duncab) Da ICw Deip ~\ pfp Da leic cli, -| pa copai^ Con- nacra uime Do cum an cara. IRá ling pén .i. Ceallac ap a capbaD amac 50 epic, ■] 50 paoa on cappaD, ~\ aD cualaD bpipjleac cnáma an rpfnópac 05 léinn ap an capbaD, -| po paiD lap pin ó gur mop, 05 léim DO cum an cara corhairij : a Chonnacca, ap pé, DÍDniD 1 coiméDoig péin bup paoipe, uaip ní huaipli ■) ní beoba an cinfb pail in bup n-aijib lonDÓcípi, ~\ ní mó do ponpaD Do mair ^up aniu ; ~\ arhlaiD pa baoi 50 páb, "| a guc po ípioc"] a púile pop lapab. Oo paDpaD lapam Connacca Da nuib pin, -| pa jab an pí cpioúánac pin peampa a jcfon caúa pí Gipfnn, -] pa rhaib peime pop pí 6ipfnn, "] po mapbaó Loin^pioc pi Gipfnn ann, "j Dfpjáp a rhuincipe, ~\ a cpí mac, "1 Dá mac Col^án, -| OubDibepj mac Dunjaile, -\ Gochaib Ifrhna, -] pfp^up popcpaiD 1 Conall ^habpa. 1 quapc luil po cuipfo an cac po .1. cac Copainn. Qp cpiap na pannaib pi imuppo pa cuipeb an car. Conall menD cecinic: bápa abaij 1 ccopann, bapa uacc, bapa omunn, TTlanaba Dagocu lap mba 1 Copann mac nOunchaba, Oa OTlaherty remarks (Ogyg., p. 432), not 703, as in Dr. O'Conor's edition of Tigher- nach. The Cliron. Scotor. has " Id. Julii," or July 15, which corresponds to 703. Cor ann. — "Coranna regio olim Ga- lengam in agroMayonensi, Lugniam, et ho- diernam Corannam in agro Sligoensi com- plexa est." — OTlaherty's Ogyg., p. 334. ° Conall Menn. — In the Leabhar Ga- bhala of the O'Clerys (p. 194), and in the r. M. (p. 303), the last two linos of this iiig to the Irish mode of expressing per- sonal devotion to a saint. See Colgan's Acta SS., p. 71, notes 2 and 3. King of Erin. — " Bellum Corain, in quo cecidit Loingsoch mac Oengusa rex Ui- hernia," &c. Ann. Tilt. 702 ; Tigh. 703 ; r. M., A. D. 701, p. 302. ' Fourth of July. — Tigh. and the Ann. Ult. say : " 4° id. Julii, 6° hora diei Sab- bati hoc bellum confectum est." There- fore the year must have been 704, as after himself He himself was after bathing, and after applying oil, and many precious herbs. He placed one of the two aforesaid, i. e. of the two Dun chad lis, on his right, and the other on his left, and he arrayed the Connacht-men about him for the battle. Ceallacli him- self rushed from his chariot actively, and he went a far distance from it, and the crackling of the bones of the old man was heard as he leaped from the chariot ; and he after this said in a loud voice, in springing to the battle : " men of Connacht," said he, " do you yourselves preserve and defend your liberty, for the people who are against you are not nobler or braver than you, and they have not done more good to this day." And he said these words with a trem- bling voice, and with eyes on fire. The men of Connacht took heed of this, and this palsied king proceeded at their head to meet the army of the King of Erin, and he drove the King of Erin'' before him ; and Loingsech, King of Erin, was killed there, and his people were dreadfully slaughtered, and his three sons were killed ; as were the two sons of Colgan; and Dubhdibherg, son of Dunghal; and Eoch- aidh Leamhna, and Fergus Forcraidh, and Conall Gabhra. On the fourth of July^ this battle was fought, i. e. the Battle of Corann"". It was in consequence of these verses this battle was fouglit. It was Conall Menn'' that composed them : I was a night in Corann ; I was cold, I was timid, Were it not for the goodly youths who were with him in Corann of the sons of Dunchadh. If poem are attribiited to Cellach himself, the battle : — Cat Cojiaint) in quo cecidit The F. M. quote also the 3rd, 4th, 5th, Lom^pec mac Oenguiia pi Gpent) cum and 6th liaes, and attribute them to Co- tribus filiis suis, -\ pi Caipppi t)poma nallMenn, chief of the Cinel Cairbre. The cliab [DrumcliiF] 1 pi hUa Conail Ja- Diiblin copy of the Ann. Ult. has in the bpa, -| .;c. pig t)0 pigaib Gpenn imaiUe margin the following second account of piu pein hi cloinpmt) hi cmn oenaig P 2 io8 Oa crí Coinjpoc no bannai, co na c]ii céouib céD ime, ^iallpaió ció leaboji a bhiac, Ceallac liar Loca Cime. Ueacpai^ Ceallac ceijicli cjiuinni c]io rpi jiinne bobb moplingi, la jiij láirhófapg Coca Cime, 6a huilg CU1I5 maiDfn pa baoi aj ^laipp Chuilj beopa Loingpioc an do cailj aipopij 'Gipfnn ime cuipo. l?a cuaiD lapccain Ceallac mac Pajallai^ D'fcclai]^, -| po pá- f,a)Y) an 6á Ouncab 'ná pije, "] ba mapb an Ceallac i jcionn Da blioDain lapccain. Car TTlai^e Cuillinn eiDip Ulruib 1 bpearnuib 1 n-QpD Tiua n-GacDac, 1 ccopcaip mac RangunD, aDueppapiup ecclepiapum Oei. UlaiD uiccopep epanc. bpan mac Conaill, pi Cai^fn, mopicup. "jQal. Ceallac mac ^eipnDe 1 pi^e Caijfn. po^apcac apip Do jabáil pije aoin bliabain 50 ccopcajp 1 ccac Cinnoelscin la Cinaor mac lopgalai^. Slua^ la pógapcac 1 Laijnib, 50 ccujpao bai^m car Do .1, car Claonra, "] po rhaib pe Cai^nib an car, "] po mapbab Deapjáp miiinripe toga icep Conaill 1 Connacca. ° If Lo in gsech. — 0' Ecilly quotes this line nnd the next from O'Clery, but reads iW/rtcA instead ofLoingsech. — Diet,, voce biac. See note p, P. M., p. 303. I' Loch Cime. — Now Lough Hacket, in the parish of Donaghpatrick, barony of Clare, and county of Galway. 1 Glais-chuilg . — Situation unknown. It was probably the name of a stream in this barony. ' Into the Church. — i. e. took the monas- tic habit. ' Tivo years — " Ceallach mac Ragal- laigh, rexConnacht,^05Í clericatum, obiit." — Tigh. 705 ; ZHt. 704. ' The Battle of Magh Cuillmn.—Tigh. 703 : Ult. 702. 109 If Loinsrsech" should come to the Banna, with his three hundred hundreds about him, He will make submit, though large his parts, Ceallach the Gray of Loch Cime ; Ceallach of the round balls was active, a circle of spears, Terrible, was leaped over by the red-handed King of Loch CimeP. Ambitious were his deeds, the morning he was at Glais Chuilg'^. I slew Loingsech there with a sword, the arch King of Erin all round. Ceallach, son of Raghallach, afterwards went into the Church'', and left the two Dunchadhs in his kingdom, and this Cellach died at the end of two years^ afterwards. The Battle of Magh Cuillinn' [was fought] between the Ultonians and the Britons in Ard Ua n-Eachdhach, in which Mac Radgund, the adversary of the Churches of God, was slain. The Ultonians were the victors. Bran, son of Conall", King of Leinster, died. The Beginning of the Reign of Fogartach''. [722.] Kal. Ceallach, son of Geirtide, in the kingdom of Leinster. Fogartach again assumed the sovereignty for one year, when he fell in the Battle of Cenndeilgtin^ by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach. A hosting by Fogartach into Leinster; and the Leinster-men gave him battle, i. e. the Battle of Claenadh^'. The battle was gained Brann, soti of Conall. — Ann. F. M. ^ Cenndeilgtmn. — Ann. Ult. 723; Tigh. 787 ; Tigh. 690. This entry is out of 724. The place is now unkno^vn. SeeE.M. place here. 719, 720. Tigh. says that this battle was " Fogartach He began his reign in fought on Saturday, the liones of Oct. (or 722, and was slain ia 724. by Cinaedh, Oct. 7), which agrees with A. D. 724. son of Irgalach, his successor. J Claenadh. — Now Clane, county Kil- no muinniie pogajicaig im boobcap mac OiajimaDa Puanaió unoe Opcanac : Uince [.1. cac] copjap cpuaió, paon poclaoncaif caca 5páin ccopcaip lap an pluaj boobcap bile buiofn báin. niopp piainn piona mic Oppa pi Sapcan, in rfgnaib arhpa, oalcQ Qoaninain, oe quo Riajuil bfnncuip cecinic: Iniu pfpap bpuiDe Tn^Depil] car, im popba a pfnarap, TTlanao al^ap la mac Oé, conioé ao gfnacap Iniu po bic mac Oppa a ccac ppia claibme jlapa Cia DO paoa aicpije, ip hiinO hi lap nappa. Iniu po bic mac Oppa, lap ambiDíp Duba Deoja Ro cuala Cpipc áp nguíóe poipaopbuc bpuioe bpfja. Ip in Bliaóainpi po paorhpao pip 'Gipfnn aon pmacc -| aoinpia- jail Do ^abail ó QDarhnán urn ceile abpaD na Cápg ap Oomnach an cfcparhao Déc ep^a Clppil, ~\ im copónu^ pfoaip Do Beic pop cléipcib Gipfnn uile. Uaip bd mop an buaibpfb pa baoi i n-Gipinn 50 nige pin .1. buibfn do cléipcib 'Gpfnn ag celeabpab na Cápcc ap Dhomnac an cfrpamaD Dfg Gpja Qppil, -] coponu^ab pfDaip app- roil, ap pliocc pbÓDpicc ; buiDfn eile Dno óc pechim Choloim Cille, .1. Caipcc DO ceileabpab ap cfrpamab Decc epga Ctppil ^ibé láire pfpmuine ap a mbeir an cfcpamab Décc, -\ copónu^ab Simom Dpuab poppa. Ctn rpfp buibfn, niop b'lonann uile laD pe peicribib Pacpaicc, no pe peiccibib Cboloim Cille, 50 mbiDÍp peanaba lomba 05 cléipcib Gipfnn, "| ap amlaib cigDip na cléipi^ pin na pfnaDaib, 1 a dare. — F. M. 702 ; Ult. 703 ; Tigh. 704. was King of Northumbria, — Lappenberg. Flann Fiona. — See Tigh. 704, and Hist, of Engl., vol. i., p. 187 w. Kceves's " Adamnan," p. 185. His real * Bruide. — The words .1. Tnct)epil are Anglo-Saxon name was Aldfrith. He in the margin of the MS. See Tigh. 706, 1 1 1 by the Leinster-men, who cut oíF the people of Fogartach with great slaughter, with Bodhbhchar, son of Diarmaid Ruanaidh. Unde Or- thanach [said]: A battle, a hard victory; lowly they prostrated the battalions of triumph, And there fell by the host Bodhbhchar, the scion of the white troop. [704.] The death of Flann Fiona", son of Ossa, King of Saxon- land, the famous wise man, the pupil of x\.damnan, of whom Riagail of Bennchair sung : This day Bruide"^ fights a battle for the land of his grandfather, Unless the Son of God wish it otherwise, he will die in it- To-day the son of Oswy was killed in a battle with green swords, Although he did penance, he shall lie in Hi after his death; This day the son of Oswy was killed, who had the black drinks ; Christ heard our supplications, they spared Bruide the brave. In this year the men of Erin consented to receive one jurisdic- tion and one rule from Adamnan, respecting the celebration of Easter'', on Sunday, the fourteenth of the moon of April, and re- specting the tonsuring of all the clerks of Erin after the manner of St. Peter, for there had been great dissension in Erin up to that time ; i. e. some of the clergy of Erin celebrated Easter on the Sunday [next after], the fourteenth of the moon of April, and had the ton- sure of Peter the Apostle, after the example of Patrick ; but others, following the example of Columbkille, celebrated Easter on the-^our- teenth where we have his death — "Bruide m" margin — Ceileabpaó na Ca^g po. "The Derile mortuus est." — Ulf. 705. celebration of Easter, here." See Reeves's faster. — The scribe has written in the " Adamnan," p. 26 n., and Tntrod., p. liii. 112 "] a ccuaca leo 50 mbÍDÍp coinpaicce cara, 1 iriapbra lOTnba ea- cop|ia; 50 rcan^arcap uilc lomba 1 Ti-Gi]iinn cyiio fin .1. an bó áp mó|i, 1 an gojica ]ió rhoyi -[ cfomanna lonioa, -] eaccupcinfóoij do loc na h-'6ipfnn. barrup arhlaió fin 50 paDa .1. haiimpp CÍDamnáin. 'Gifibe an norhab abb po ^ab la cap éif Column Cille. bpao mop DO bpeic do Sa^concaib a hGipinn: Qbamnan do bul DO haccuingib na bpaiLe, "| arhail mniyif béiD ^yan fcaip bhéiD pá cionoilfic rpmóp epfcop Goppa uile do bamnab Cíbamnáin ap an caif5 DO celeabpab ap pliocc Coluim Cille, "] ap copónujab Sí- moin Opuab Do beiú paip .i. ab aupe aD aupem. Ctobeip béiD ^ép ba hiomba fgnaibe pan cpfnab pain po popuaiplij CCoamnan laD uile a hf^na, -| a hfplabpa, -\ apeb po páib CÍDamnán, ní ap aici- pip [Snnoin Opiiab] po baoi an copónu jab ud paip, acc ap airipip lohannip bpuinne, Dalra an cSláinicíoba, -] ap é puD copónujub po baoi paippibe, "] ciap bo annpa pe pfoap aSlúinicib pob annpa pip SlaimciD lohan; "| Dno ap ap cfcparhab Décc epga Clppil, gibé ló pfccrhaine ap a mbeir, po celeabpaccup na happcail an cáipg. Ctp ann pin po eipig pfnóip ann, "| po páib : cia é Colom Cille péin ? Dia po beic ap áipo punna, ní gebmaoipne uab 50 mheic po aoir,]iia5Uil pinne. Sibpe innuppo, ní gebcua uaib 50 nibeici po aoinpia^ail ppinn. ' Simon Magus. — The scribe writes the about this. The compiler of these Annals Latin word "calumnia" in the margin. On here confounds the dispute which Colman, this subject see note to the first Frag- BishopofLindisfarne, had with the English ment of these Annals, under A. D. 718. clergy about the tonsure (Bede, iv., c. 25), ^ Battles. — Here again the scribe has with the dispute about Easter^ written " calumnia" in the margin. ^ Excelled them all. — Bede says the very " Bede. — The scribe WTÍtes in the mar- contrary ; viz., that Adamnan, being ad- gin — " Non legit Scaip Déit)" [Historiam monished by many who were mare learned Bedae] " et si legerit non inteUexit." See than himself, not to presume to live con- Bede, H.E., v., c. 15. traiytotheuniversal custom of the Church, ' Eur 02)6. — Bede does not say a word &c., he changed his mind, and readily i'3 teenth of the moon of April, on whatever day of the week the fourteenth should happen to fall, and had the tonsure of Simon Magus"^. A third party did not agree with the followers of Patrick, or with the followers of Columbkille ; so that the clergy of Erin used to hold many synods, and these clergy used to come to the synods accompanied by the laity, so that battles'' and deaths occurred between them ; and many evils resulted in Erin in consequence of this, viz., a great mur- rain of cows, and a very great famine, and many diseases, and the devastation of Erin by foreign hordes. They were thus for a long time, i. e. to the time of Adamnan, who was the ninth abbot that took [the government of] la after Columbkille. A great booty Avas carried off by the Saxons from Erin, [and] Adamnan went to demand the booty, and, as Bede*^ relates in his His- tory, the greater part of the bishops of all Europe^ assembled to condemn Adamnan for celebrating Easter after the manner of Co- lumbkille, and for having the tonsure of Simon Magus upon him, i. e. from ear to ear. Bede says that though many were the wise men [assembled] at that synod, Adamnan excelled them all^ in wis- dom and eloquence ; and Adamnan said that it was not in imitation"^ of Simon Magus that he had this tonsure, but in imitation of John the Beloved, the alumnus of the Saviour ; and that this was the ton- sure which he had upon him ; and though Peter loved the Saviour, the Saviour loved John ; and [he urged] that it was on the fourteenth of the moon of April, whatever day of the week it should fall upon, the Apostles celebrated Easter. It was then a certain senior rose up there, and said, "Who was Columbkille himself? If he were here present, we would not part from him until he should be of the same rule with us ; but we shall not part from you until you are of the same preferred those things which, he had seea customs which he and his people had hi- and heard in the English churches to the therto followed. Q 114 ppiTin. Uuj QDamnan ppfspa paip, "] a pé po ]iai6; 6iaDpa, po aoinpia^uil ppiB. Cóipmgcfp cu oepibe, ap na heppcoip. Qp lop, ap Ctbamnan acom mamipcip pén: acc, ap laDporh, acr a cé- Dóip. Do nírfp cpa cóipniu^ab Qoamnain ann pin, i ni cujab do buine onoip ap moo ina an ccugab t)o Ctoamnan annpin, agup ao- na^up an bpaiD mop pain óó, -| C15 peime 50 nuige a mainipcip pen 50 hia, Ro bá maccnugaó mop pa coirhrionol a paijpin pon copo- nugab pain. Pa baoipiom 56 lopail ap an coimcionol an coponu- ^ab Do ^abáil, "] nip péD uara. SeD Deup pepmipic conuenrui peccape .1. ippum QDamnanum e;rpellepe qui mipepcup epc hi- bepniae. Sic 5eDa Di;cic. Uaip pa baoi béiD maille pe hQbarh- nán cém po baoi ip Sajcam. Uainig cpa Qoamnán 1 n-'Gipinn lapccam 1 po lopbapcaig pain pop 'Gipinn, 1 ni po gabab uab an caonpmacc pain na Capcc -| an copónaijce 50 nuige am bliabainpi. 6a mapb Dno Qbarhnan pin bliajainy^i, lpcpc;riii° aecacip puae. [FEAGMENTTJM IIL] Uepcium ppa^mencum e;r eoDem CoDice pep eunDem pepbi- pium eprrpaccum, incipienp ab anno 5°, pejni ITlaoilpeachloinn mic TTlailpuanai^, peu (uc habenr Q. Ounj.), 849. popcoirheDaije imuppo na Coclann map po bdccap 50 ppic- gnamac Compassion. — " Misertus est Hiber- nise," i. e. honoured Ireland with, his pre- sence. Thus Bede says. — One would think from this that the Irish writer was telling the story exactly as Bede has it, but this is not so. He tells the story after his own bardic manner, exaggerates the whole affair, and confounds what Bede says of CoLman with what he says of Adamnan. Comp. Bede, H. E., v., c. 15. ^Eighty-third — See Reeves's "Adam- "5 same rule with us." Adamnan made answer to him, and said, " I Avill be of the same rule with you." " Be thou, therefore, tonsured," said the bishops. " It will be sufficient," said Adamnan, " at my own monastery." " Not so," said they, "but at once." Adamnan was, therefore, tonsured there ; and no greater honour was ever given to a man than was given to Adamnan there. And the great booty was restored to him ; and he came forward to his own monastery to Hi, and his congregation marvelled much to see him with this tonsure. He was requesting of the congregation to take the [same] tonsure, but God permitted the convent to sin, and to expel Adamnan, who had compassion*" upon Ireland. Thus Bede says'; for Bede was along with Adamnan while he was in England. Adamnan afterwards came to Erin, and he excelled all Erin; and that one regulation of Easter was not received from him, nor the tonsure, until this year. [704.] Adamnan died in the eighty-third^ year of his age. [FRAGMENT III.] A third fragment, extracted from the same manuscript by the same Firbissius, beginning at the fifth year of the reign of Maelsech- lainn, son of Maelruanaigh, or (as the Annals of Donegal have it) 849. [A. D. 851.] As now the sentinels of the Lochlanns' were vigi- lantly nan," p. xl., note Tigh. records his half a century prcTioiisly. This extract, death at A. 704, and says his age was 77. which is evidently a continuation of a long ^Lochlanns. — These were the Norwe- story, seems to have been taken from some gians, who were settled in Ireland for about history of the Danish invasions now lost. Q 2 ii6 gnarhac 05 pTjaD an mapa uara ao conncacca]^ an mupcoblac mop muipióe o'á n-ionny^oighiD. l?o gab uarhari mop -] fgla iqd : acc Dpfm Díb apfo at)bepDíp, conin Loclannaij t>a ppupcacc]^am "] Da ppoipi^in. Opeam oile, "] ap pfpp pa cuigpioccpaióe; conio Oaunicep .1. Oanaip pabóccup ann t)á n-apgainpiom 1 Da n-inDpfo; 1 apeao on bá pipe ann. l?a cuippioc na Loclonnai^ long lanluac na n-aigiD Da ppiup. Uainij Dna lon^ lanluac an giolla 015 peim- paiDce, aenap pép na longoi boile, 50 rcáplaccup na Da loing D'aijib ic'ai^iD, 50 nebepc Sciupupman na loin^e Loclannai^e ; pibpi, a piupa, ap pé, 5a cip ap a ccangabaip ap an muippi ? an pa pí6 cangabaip, no an pa cogab ? Qpé ppeagpa cu^accup na Oanaip paippin, ppopp pÓTíióp DO pai^Dib pora. CuipiD a ccéDóip cfnn 1 ccfnn luce na Da long pin; po popuaiplig long na nOanap long na Coclannac, "j mapbaiD na Oanaip lucr loinge na Coclannac. LCn- gair a r-aompeacc uile na Oanaip 1 ccfnn na Loclannac, gup po bárup pin cpáig. CuipiD car 50 cpuaiD, -\ inapbaiD na Oanaip a ccpi coimlion pen Díob, ~[ pa óícfnnpac gac aon po mapbpar : Uugpac na Oanaip longa na Coclannac leo 50 popr. Ragabpac cpa na Oanaip ap pain mná "] 6p -| uile mairiup na Loclannac; 50 pu5 an comibe uara amlaib pin gac maic pugpac a ceallaib, 1 nemfbaib -| pgpinib naorh '6ipear,n. Ip in aimpip Dno pa cuip TPIaoilpeacloinn ceacca ap cfnn Cionaoic: mic Conain^, pi Cianacca, 1 ap éipibe po loipg Cealla -] Dipnge na naorh (arhail po innipiomap pfrhain) amail bib do corh- aiple " Young man. — i. e. who was in the com- ° Maelsechlainn. — Maelsechlainn, or mandof the Lochland ship, and mentioned, Malachy I., began his reign in 846, and perhaps, in the former part of the narrative. died on the 13th of i^ovember, 863. ^Steersman. — SciupapTnan.Ti. This is r Cianachta. — A territoiy in the east of a Teutonic -v^^ord, and is probably derived ancient Meath, in which a sept of Mun- from the Danish, To steer. ster-men of the race of Cian, son of OilioU 117 lantly observing the sea, they saw a great marine fleet coming towards them. They were seized with great fear and terror. Some of them said that they were Lochlanns who were coming to aid and assist them; but others, who understood better, said that they were Daunites, i. e. Danes, who came to plunder and rob them ; and this was indeed the truth. The Lochlanns sent a very swift ship towards them to know who they were, and the swift ship of the young man"* aforesaid came alone to one of the other ships, and the two ships met face to face ; and the steersman" of the Lochlann ship asked, " Ye, men," said he, " from what country have ye come upon this sea ? Have ye come with peace, or with war ?" The answer which the Danes gave him was to discharge a large shower of arrows at him ! The crew of the two ships set to at once : and the ship of the Danes overcame the ship of the Lochlanns, and the Danes killed the crew of the ship of the Lochlanns. The Danes then altogether made for the place where the Lochlanns were, and arrived at the shore. They fought a battle fiercely, and the Danes killed thrice their own num- ber of them, and they beheaded every one they killed. The Danes brought the ships of the Lochlanns with them to a port, and they also took the women, the gold, and all the property of the Lochlanns with them ; and thus the Lord took away from them all the wealth which they had taken from the churches, and sanctuaries, and shrines of the saints of Erin. Now at this time Maelsechlainn" sent messengers for Cinaeth, son of Conaing, King of Cianachta^, and it was he who had burned the churches and oratories of the saints (as we have narrated before*"), as if to consult with him how they should act with respect to the cause Olum, were seated at this period. Duleek NeUl, who detested them. was its principal chm-ch. They were soon « Narrated before. — Not nan-ated in this after overwhelmed by the southern Ui- Fragment, although it was, no doubt, ii8 aijile cionnap t)o ^énDaoip im caingin na nOanaji, uaip pa baoi arhail bíó píó eiDip Tílaoilpeacloin "| Cionaor, ~\ cia pa baoi Cio- naot 1 n^alap púla, occ oo pi^ne cuibeacr D'ionnpoij íílaoilpeach- loinn, -| plua^ uitne map baó oa coirhfo. T?a compai^pioc laparh maoilpfclainn "] Cionaob a n-aonnonab -] Uigfpnac, pi bpf^; apeaó pob óil oo TTIaoilpeacloinn é pén i pí bpf^ DO mapbaó ]ií Cianacca. Ní ófpna Dno ÍTIaoilpeacloinn a ccéDÓip pin, iiaip ba pocaibe Do Chionaob, "] pab fjail leip corh- TTiapbab Do ofnarh ann. Cípeab Do poine a puipeac 50 nnaiDfn ap na bápac. IRo Deilb Dno maoiplpfcloinn cúipi bpéajaca 50 críopDaoip 50 nige a n-ionab céona ap na bápac, -] pa puajaip Do na plua^aib imceacc. O pa imri^ a plua^ ón Chionaob, cáimg TTlaoilpfcloinn 50 plua^ móp laip D'ionnpoij; an Chionaob, "] níop bo lá 50 TTiair ann, "] apeab po pcnb TTlaoilpeacloinn ó juc rhóp cpóba náiTTiDije ppia Cliionaob. CiD, ap pé, 'mapa loipgip Dipnje na naoTTi, "] ciD ma pa pa rhiUip a neriiaba, 1 pgpeapcpa na naorh ") Coclannai^ lar ? Pa piDip imuppo an Cionaob na capmnaij- peab ní do eaplappa caoin Do bfnarh, apeab Do pijne beic na rocc. IRa caipnjfb lap pin an mac paopclannac, poicinelac, ponaipc pm amac, -| po báiDheb é cpé corhaiple ÍTlaoilpeacloinn 1 ppurán palac, 1 puaip báp arhlaib pin. Ip in bliabain-pi, .1. an coigfb blia^ain plara TTlhaoilpeaclainn, pa rionolpac DÓ roipfc loingpi na Loclonn .1. ^ain "] lapgna plóij mópa ap gac áipo a n-aijib na n-Oanap. UionolaiD lapam 50 pabaDap narrated in the original work from which say that he was " demersus in lacu cru- this extract was taken. deli morte." According to the Four Mas- ' Breach. — A large territory comprising ters (A. D. 849), he was drowned in the the greater portion of East Meath, and of River Ainge, now the Nanny "Water, a which Cianachta was a subdivision. river flowing through the very middle of " Birti/ streamlet. — The Ann. TJlt. 850, Cianachta, and dividing the barony of 119 cause of the Danes, for there was a kind of peace between Maelsech- lainn and Cinaeth, and though Cinaeth was labouring under a disease of his eye, he nevertheless came to meet Maelsechlainn with a host about him, as if it were to guard him. After this, Maelsechlainn, and Cinaeth, and Tighernach, King of Breagh'^, met together : and Maelsechlainn's desire was that he and the King of Breagh should kill the King of Cianachta. Maelsech- lainn, however, did not do this at once, for Cinaeth had more forces, and he was afraid that mutual slaughter might take place. What he did was to wait till the next morning. Maelsechlainn feigned false reasons, for which they should come to the same place the next morning, and he ordered the forces [of Cinaeth] to go away. When his army went away from Cinaeth, Maelsechlainn came with a great host to meet Cinaeth before it was clear daylight, and Maelsechlainn said with a loud, fierce, and hostile voice to Cinaeth: "Why," said he, " hast thou burned the oratories of the saints, and why hast thou destroyed their sanctuaries and their writings, the Lochlanns assist- incr thee ?" Cinaeth knew that it would be of no avail to him to make use of fair speeches ; what he did was to remain silent. That noble, goodly born, brave youth was afterwards dragged out, and drowned in a dirty streamlet^, by advice of Maelsechlainn, and thus he perished ! [851.] In this year, i. e. in the fifth year of the reign of Maelsech- lainn*, the two chiefs of the fleet of the Lochlanns, i. e, Zain and largna, collected great hosts from every quarter against the Danes. They afterwards assembled to the number of threescore and ten ships, and proceeded Upper Duleek from that of Lower Duleek, ' The fifth year of the reign of Maelsech- in the county of Meath. See the " Tri- lainn. — This king succeeded in 846, so partite Life of St. Patrick," Parti., c. 54. that this hattle between the ■N'orwegians — Colgan, Triad. Thaum., p. 125. and Danes took place in the year 851. 1 20 pabat)a]i Dec longa "] rpi picin, -| rfjam 50 Snárh ai^nfc -| ay ann- y^aibe baccup na Danaiji an can pin. Compaicic ann pm leic pop lear, "] cuipio car cpuaiD DuaiBpioc ICt pop Ifr : uaip ni cualamap peiTTii pm a n-iofiab oile piam ap muip an áp po cuippioc fcuppa annpo .1. eiDip Oanapa 1 Loclannai^. Qcc cfna ap popp na Dana- poib po rhaió. l?a rionóilpioc na Danaip lap pin, ap mbpipeab Tnaóma poppa, ") an gopca 5a mapBaó, -| apeb po páió a cciajapna .1. liopm ppiu, -] conige po ba pfp cpuaib copjpac eipioe : T^ug- paBaip-pi conige po (dp pé) cop^aip imba cia pa popuaiplijeaó pib ponn cpé lomapca pluaij. 'Gpcíó pip na bpiarpaib aobéppa pib : "gac buaiD ~\ ^ac cop^up "| jac blaó puapabaip cpíó pin, pa malaprfb pa bloig mbig aon laoi pin. pé^uió lib laparh an caru- gab r>o piDipi DO gfncaoi pip na Loclanncaib, uaip acÓD bup mná, bup n-uile mairiup aca, "] bup lon^a; "| ap pubac laDpum Do bpeir buaba "j cop^aip uaiBpi apeaó ap cóip Díb anopa Dul 50 haonmfnm- nac na gcfnn oifiail na paoileaD pib pap in BfcbaiD, acr na beic pib 05 lopnaiDe báip : "] pap nDio^ail pén poppa, -] ^en 50 paib copgup painrheac Duibpi Depm, "] biaiD a m-bépaD ap nceé -\ ap ccóicre Dúm ; mvina paibe maic óúin ann, biaib commapbaD coic- cfnn leic pop Ifc ann. Q5 po comaiple oile leam Duib : an páopaicc naorh pa ap aipD eppcop -] ap cfnn naorti na li'Gipfnn, pip a noeapnpac na naniuiDpailfc ogamne uilc imDa, guiDmiDne 50 Díocpa, 1 cabpam almpana onópaca Do, ap buaiD "| cop^up Do bpeic do na nóirhDib pin. Ro ppea^paccup uile é, "| apeaD po páibpiD : " ap comaipcce," ap piao, an ci naorh páDpaicc "| an coimDe ap cijeapna Do pin pén, " Snámh Aighiech. — Now Carlingford Duachaill, the Nonvegians had a fleet and Lough, near which, at a place called Linn- strong fortress. Ann. TJlt. 85 1 ; F. M. 850. 121 proceeded to Snámh Aighnech" where the Danes were [stationed] at that time. There they fought on either side, and engaged in a hard and stubborn battle on either side, for we have never heard before this time of so great a slaughter at sea as was caused between them, i. e. between the Danes and the Lochlanns. But, however, it Avas against the Danes the defeat was. The Danes, after being defeated in this bat- tle, being sore oppressed by famine, assembled their people, and what their Lord, Horm, who hitherto had been a firm, victorious man, said to them was, — " Hitherto," said he, "ye have gained many victories, although ye have been defeated here by superior forces. Listen to the words which I shall say unto you : ' Every victory, every triumph, and every fame which ye had gained was obscured by the little fame of that day.' Look ye sharp to the battle which ye shall next make with the Lochlanns, for your women and all your property are in their hands as well as your ships; and they are rejoicing for having gained victory and triumph over you ! What is proper for you now to do is to go unanimously against them, as if ye did not think of life, but not to be waiting for death, and to revenge yourselves upon them, and though ye may not gain a prosperous victory thereby, ye shall have whatever our gods and our fate will give us ; if it be of no ad- vantage to us, there shall be at least equal slaughter on either side. " This is another advice of mine to you : ' This Saint Patrick, against whom these enemies of ours have committed many evils, is archbishop, and head of the saints of Erin. Let us pray to him fer- vently, and let us give honourable alms to him for our gaining vic- tory and triumph over these enemies." They all answered him, and what they said was : " Let our pro- tector," said they, " be the holy Patrick, and the God who is Lord over him also, and let our spoils and our wealth be [given] to his church." R They 122 pen, 1 ap ccopjup b'á islaiy, -\ ap n-iont)rhnup. 'Cfjait) lap pin 50 haonmfnninac, pfpóa, peaparhail 1 n-aoinpfcc 1 jcionn na Loclannac, 1 cuipic car. Ip m uaip pm cáinig ^am leifpí na Loclann, 1 TDacoDan pi Ulaó D'lnjpim na nOanap do rhuip -\ rip, jion 50 paba a piop pin perhe ag Coclannac, ráini^ "] an c-uaicfb po baoi na pappaó D'lonpuijh na nOanap Don Dapa leic agap lapjna leirpi oile na Loclann Don leir eile Do na Oanapoib. Qp cpuaiD cpa pa cuipfb an carpa. ]?a clop ap leic pgfmjail na plfg, agup ^loinn- bémnfc na ccloíófrh, ~\ cuaipgnfc na pgiac mbualaD, "] beicfbac na mileD ag imipc éccomloinn oppa. Ctcc cpa cí6 paDa pá bap imi pm, ap popp na loclannaib po maíó, 1 ip laD na Oanaip puj buaib "] copgap cpia par paDpaicc 56 po báoap na Coclannaij cpi cuccpoma pip na Danupoib, no ceicpe cuDpuma. Uia^aiD na Danaip lappin pop longpopc na Coclann, -] mapbaiD Dpeam ann, gabaiD Dpeam eile, ~\ cuipiD Dpeam eile 1 cceicfó, "] ^abaiD ^ac maiúiup óip "] aip^iD, ~[ ^ac maiciup ap cfna, -\ amná ~\ a longa. Ctcc cfna ni paib ^am pén ag cup an cara, uaip ní cáinij maille pa muincip ap ammup an lonjpuipc, uaip po baoi aije corhaiple a n-ionab oile. Cín uaip cáinig Do cum an lon^puipc appiaD na námuiD aD connaipc ann, "] ní biao a rhuinnp péin, Q n-égmaip anneoc po mapbaó Do na Danupaib péin, apeaó pa mapbab DO na Loclannaib CÚ15 rhile peap poicmelac : pocuibe imuppo Do míleabaib ap cfna, -\ Do baoinib in gac áipb pa mapbab a n-égmaip na nuimpe pin. Qp in can pin pa cuip TTlaoilpeacloinn, pí Ufrhpa ceacca D'ionnpoije na nOanap. Ctp amlaib po báccup na Oanaip 05 luccaipfcc ' Five thousand. — This is perfectly in- ' Heaps of the bodies. — This presents a credible. curious picture of the ferocity of the Scan- 123 They afterwards came iinanimously, bravely, and manfully together against the Lochlanns, and joined battle. At this time Zain, half king of the Lochlanns, and Matodan, King of Uladh, came to attack theDanes by sea and land; although Zain, the Lochlann, had not known of this before, he came with the party who were with him to harass the Danes on the one side, and largno, the other half king of the Lochlanns, came to attack them on the other side. This battle was a hard fought one. The whizzing of lances, the clashing of swords, the clattering of shields when struck, and the shrieks of soldiers when subdued, were heard ! But, however, though long they were at it, the Lochlanns were defeated, and the Danes gained vic- tory and triumph, on account of the tutelage of Patrick, though the Lochlanns were three or four times their number ! The Danes, after this, entered the camp of the Lochlanns, killed some of them, made prisoners of others, and put others to flight; and they possessed them- selves of all their treasures of gold and silver, and other property, as well as of their women and ships. Zain himself, however, was not pre- sent at this engagement, for he did not come towards the camp along with his people, for he was holding a council elsewhere. When he had arrived at the camp, it was his enemies he saw there, and not his o^vn people ! Independently of those killed by the Danes, there were slain of the Lochlanns five thousand^ goodly -born men ; also many soldiers and people of every grade were slain in addition to this number. Now, at this time Maelsechlainn, King of Teamhair, sent ambas- sadors to the Danes. And at their arrival the Danes were cooking, and the supports of their cauldrons were heaps of the bodies^ of the Lochlanns, dinavian nations, who were Pagans at this their own hand. The timid wretch, who period. The favourites of their god Odin allowed himself to perish by disease or were all those who died in battle, or, what age, was considered unworthy of the joys was considered equally meritorious, by of their paradise. These joys were fight- R 2 1 24 luccaipícc a]i a jcionn, 1 lat) ba ^aBla bá ccoipeóaib cáipn do coppaib na Loclann -\ cit) na bfpa ap a mbíoó an peoil, ap pop coppaib Loclann no bÍDÍp a leircinn, -\ an cine aj lop^ao na copp, 50 mbíoó an peoil -] an méacpaó pa caicpioc an abaij perhe 05 maibm ap a njailib amac. l?a baccup Dna cfcca TTlaoilpeacloinn ga ppé^aó arhlaió pin, "] pa baccup 5a ccacaoip um na Oanapaib pin. Qpeao pa páiD- pioc na Danaip ; ap arhlaió bnó maic leopum dp nnbeirne. Clap mop Ian aca no op, -] ba aipjeao Da caBaipc do pdopaicc, uaip arhlaiD pa baccup na Oanaip •] cinéle cpabaiD aca .i. jabaiD pealaD ppi peoil, 1 ppi mndib ap cpabuD. Uuj cpa an cac po nrifnma maic Do ^aoiDealaib uile ap an pspiop po do cabaipc ap na Coclannaib, 'S in bliaóain peo Dna po bpip IDooilpeaclainn cac popp na pajánaib, "] Dna po bpipipic Ciannacca cac pa Do popp m gepcib. ]Qal. popbaipi TTIaoilpeaclainn 1 cCpupaic unDe TTlaoilpectni cecinic : — TTlichiD oul cap bómn mbáin, 1 noail moije TTliDe min, Qp anDpa beic ppi gaoic ngluaip ipinD uaip 1 cCpupaiD cpin. InDpfccac, ab la, Do naccain 1 n-6ipinn 50 nnionnaib Coloim Cille Caip. Ip in mbliaDain pi beop .1. in pe;cco anno pegni TTIaoil- peaclamn, ing, ceaseless slaughter, and drinking beer battle. Of this we have a faithful picture out of the skulls of their enemies, with a in the death-song of Regner Lodbrok (who renovation of life to furnish a perpetuity was probably the Turgesius of Irish his- of the same pleasures. The Scandinavians tory). This great conqueror comforts him- placed their whole delight in war, and self in his last agonies by recounting all entertained an absolute contempt of danger the acts of carnage he had committed in and of death; and their glory was esti- his lifetime. See Mallet's " Northern An- matcd by the number they had slain in tiquities," Bohn's edition, pp. 105, 383 ; 125 Lochlanns, and one end of the spits on which the meat was hung was stuck into the bodies of the Lochlanns, and the fire was burn- ing the bodies, so that they belched forth from their stomachs the flesh and the fat which they had eaten the night before. The ambassadors of Maelsechlainn beheld them in this condition, and they reproached the Danes with this [savage conduct]. The Danes replied : " This is the way they would like to have us !" They had a great wide trench [filled] with gold and silver to give to Patrick, for the Danes were a people who had a kind of piety, i. e. they gave up meat and women awhile for piety ! Now this battle gave good courage to all the GaeidhiP on account of this destruction brought upon the Lochlanns, In this year Maelsechlainn gained a battle over the pagans, and the Cianachta^ defeated the Gentiles a second time in battle, [852.] Kal. The encampment of Maelsechlainn Avas at Crufait^, unde Maelfeichine cecinit : — Time to cross the fair Boinn to the plain of smooth Meath ; It is difficult to be in the pure wind at this hour in withered Crufait, Indrechtach, Abbot of la, came to Erin with the relics of Colum Cille. In this year also, the sixth year'' of the reign of Maelsechlainn, Amhlaeibh and Tytler's " Elements of General His- boy, in Meath. tory," p. 136. " The sixth year. — This was the year ' The Gaeidhil. — i. e. the Scoti, or na- 852. — O'Elah. Ogyg., p. 434. Indi-ech- tive Irish, in contradistinction to Gaill, tach. Abbot of Hy, appears to have come i. e. Galli, or foreigners. to Ireland with the relics of St. Columb- ' Cianachta. — Ann. Ult, 85 i ; F. M, kille so early as the year 849 or 850 ; he 850, was killed in 854 by the Saxons. See ^ Crufait. — Ann. F, M. 847. The pre- Eeeves's " Adamnan," p. 390, and Ann. sent name is unknown unless it be Cro- Ult., A. D. 853. 126 l^eaclainn, cmnij QnilaoiB Conunj, .1. mac pi^ Coclann, 1 n-'Gipinn, 1 rugleip eppua^pa ciopa ■] cánaó n-imba ó a araip, -\ a pajbail- pibe 50 hobann. Uainig duo lorhap an bpáraip ba poo 'na bf^aio- pióe 00 robac na cciop cfona. ■jQal. Loc Laoij i epic Urhaill Do élóó. |Cal. T^íogóal ppfp n-'Gipfnn in Qpomaca eiDip TTlaoilpeac- lainn ~\ TDacoDan pi Ulaó, "] Oiapmaio ~\ pecjna 50 paiiiab Paopaicc, ~\ Suaipleac 50 ccléipcib TTlíóe. Inopeaccac Ua pinnacca Coinapba Coluim Cille, 1 Diap- TYiaoa papiencippimi, do niapbab do plaDaijib Sa;ranaca 05 Dol DO Roirh, 1 maipib a puil eannaj pain beop ip in lonaD in po mapbab 1 gcomupra a bio^alra do Ohia pop an luce pop mapb, Ip m bliabainpi pa rocuipeao pi^ Coclann Do cum TTlaoilpeac- lainn d'óI, 1 po boi pleab lánmóp ap a cionn, ajap ^ac ni pa geall pi Coclann Do comall co na lui^e ; acc cfna ni pa comaill a bfg ap nDul a cig TTIaoilpeaclainn amac, acc pa ^ab a gcéDóip 03 lonnpab peapainn ITIaoilpeaclainn. Ctcc cfna ni pfccnac páinij leip an cogab pin. Ip in bliabainpi Dno po cpéigpioc pochaibe a mbaicip Cpiop- caibacca -\ cangaccap malle pip na Loclannaib, ^up aipgpioc QpDmaca, 1 50 pujpac a maiciup ap. SeD quiDem e;)c ippip poe- mcenciam egepe, ec uenepunc aD pacippaccionem. "jQal. Do abb QpDmaca popannán Gppcop -] p^pibai "] anchoipe -) OiapmaiD papiencippimup Scocopum quieuepunc. Cfpball Amhlaeibh Conung. — Ann. Ult. 852, county of Mayo. Todd's " Irislilirennius," where he is called Amlaimh, or Amlaip, p. 207, and Ann. F. M. 848. son of the King of Lochlinn. Queer e, is ' A royal meeting. — This is noted in the Conung an Hibernicized form of the Ten- Ann. Ult., A. D. 850 ; F. M. 849. tonic lioenig or Icoenung, king ? ^ Indreclitach Ua FinnacMa. — Ann. Ult. 'In Umhaill. — i. e. in Burrishoole, 853, " iv. Id. Ma/rtii F. M. 852. — 1 27 Amhlaeibli Conung^, i. e. the son of the King of Lochlann, came to Erin, and he brought with him commands from his father for many rents and tributes, but he left suddenly. Imhar, his younger bro- ther, came after him to levy the same rents. Kal. Loch Laeigh, in Umhaill", migrated. Kal. A royal meeting^ of the men of Erin at Ard-Macha, between Maelsechlainn and Matodan, King of Uladh, and Diarmaid and Feth- ghna with the congregation of Patrick, and Suairlech with the clergy of Meath. [854.] Indrechtach Ua Einnachta^, successor of Colum Cille, and Diarmaid, very wise men, were killed by Saxon plunderers on their way to Rome, and their pure blood still remains at the place where they were killed as a sign of the vengeance of God against those who killed them. In this year the King of Lochlann was invited to [the house of] Maelsechlainn to drink, and there was a great feast prepared for him ; and the King of Lochlann [made many promises], and promised on his oath to observe them ; but, however, he did not observe the smallest of them after leaving the house of Maelsechlainn, but he pro- ceeded at once to plunder the land of Maelsechlainn. But, however, this war did not turn out lucky for him. In this year many forsook their Christian baptism^' and joined the Lochlanns, and they plundered Ard-Macha, and carried away all its riches; but some of them did penance, and came to make satisfaction. [852.] Two abbots of Ard-Macha\ Forannan, bishop and scribe, and Diarmaid, the wisest of the Scoti, died. Cearbhall, Reeves's Adamnan, p. 390. is not noticed by the Ann. Ult. or by the ^ Many forsook their haptism. — i. e. many F. M. of the Irish joined the Danes, and lapsed Tioo allots of Ard-Maclia. — "Duo into Paganism. This extraordinary fact heredes Patricii, viz. Forinnan, Scriba et 128 Cfjiball mac Ounlaing pi Opyiai^e (cliamuin maoilf eaclainn .1. oea|ibpuip CfpbaiU 05 ITlaoilpeaclamn .i. lano injfn Ounlaing, 1 Dna iTj^fn TTlaoilpeaclainn 05 Cf]iball) Do cup 60 TTlaoilpeac- loinn 1 ITlurhain t>o cuinn^ió giall, ap nég a pi^ .1. Ctilgfnán, Car no cabaipc t)'Qoó do pi^ Q1I15 .1. Don pij; ap pepp fngnam 'na aiTTipip, do loingiup na n^all n^aoiDeal ,1. Scuic lao ~\ Dalcai DO Nopmannoib laD, "| can ann aD bfpap ciD Nopmainni^ ppiu. ITlaiDiD po]ipa pe nCtob, agup cuipreap a nDeap^áp na n^all n^aoiDeal, -] cinn imba Do bjieic Do [QeD mac] Niall leip, "] pa óli^pioc na h-Gipfnnai^ an mapbab poin, uaip arhail do nÍDÍp na Loclannaij Do niDippiom. Sloi^fb la hQob mac Néill Do innpab Ulab. Qcc cfna ni péib páinig DO, uaip ciigpac Ulaib maibm pop Cinél n-Gojain, 1 po mapbpac piaicbeapcac mac Néill, ■) Conacán mac Colmám ann cum mulnp aliip. Ip in aimpip pi acc bfg cáinij PoDolb co na plojaib D'lnnpab Oppai^e. l?a cionoil Dno CTpball mac Ounlaing plog na n-a^aib, -j CU5 cac bóib, -] po maib popp na Coclannaib. IRa cuaDap imuppo buibfn mop do luce na mabma pop a n-fcoib 1 cciolaij n-áipD, "] po báccup 05 péjab an rhapbra immpu, -] aD conncaccup a muincep péin 50 mapbao arhail na mapbDaip caoipij. IRa ^ab aipéo mop laD, -] apeb do ponpac a cclaibib do noccab, -] a n-aipm DO Episcopus et anchorita, et Dermaid, sapi- ferent marriage. entissimus omnium doctorum Europse qui- ' Ailglienan, King of Munster, died, everunt." — Ann. TJli. 851; F. M. 851. according to the Four Masters, in 851, but Dermaid is said above to have suffered the true year is 853. — Ann. Ult. 852. martyrdom with Innrechtach on their way Gall- GaeidhU. — i. e. the Dano-Irish, to Ex)me ; but the F. M. record his death or rather the Norwegian Irish who had the year before, the Ann. Ult. two years lapsed into paganism, and plundered the before, the martyrdom of Innrechtaeh. churches in as profane a manner as the ^ Daughter. — His daughter by a dif- IN^orwegians themselves. The Four Mas- 1 29 Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, King of Osraighe (the brother-in-law of Maelsechlainn, for the sister of Cearbhall, was married to Mael- sechlainn, i. e. Lann, daughter of Dunlaing, and besides the daughter'' of Maelsechlainn, was married to Cearbhall), was sent by Maelsech- lainn into Munster, to demand hostages, on the death of their King Ailghenan^ A battle was given by Aedh, King of Ailech, the most valiant king of his time, to the fleet of the Gall-Gaeidhil", i. e. they were Scoti and foster-children to the Northmen, and at one time they used to be called Northmen. They were defeated and slaughtered by Aedh, and many of their heads were carried off by [Aedh, son" of] Niall with him, and the Irish were justified in committing this havoc, for these were accustomed to act like the Lochlanns. A hosting was made hy Aedh, son of Niall, to plunder Uladh°, but he did not find this easy, for the Ulidians defeated the Cinel-Eoghain, and slew Flaithbhertach, son of Niall, and Conacan, son of Colman, with many others. Nearly at this time Rodolph^ came with his forces to plunder Osraighe. But Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, assembled a host to op- pose them, and gave them battle, and defeated the Lochlanns. A large party of the defeated, however, went on horseback to the top of a high hill, from which they viewed the slaughtered around them, and saw their own people slaughtered like sheep. They were seized with a great desire of revenge, and what they did was to draw their swords ters state that this victory "was gained by but in the margin are the words ' ' Qoó Aedh, son of liiall, at Glennfhoichle potius." We ought, therefore, certainly (now Glenelly, near Strabane, in the to read Qo6 mac Niall. county of Tyi-one), in the year 854. The " Uladh. — Ann. F. M. 83'3 ; Ult. 854. Annals of Ulster place it in 855. p Rodolph. — There is no notice of this " Son of. — The text has "by Niall," chieftain in the published Annals, s 130 Do ^abail, 1 cuibfcc cum na n-Opiiuijeac, ^up ]\o mapbpac Dpeam óíob; gioeab ap aba pa cuipfo laopaioe ap ccúla na maibtn .1. 05 Qc muiceaóa uugab an maióin p. Do pala imuppo ^^^F^^ x^onn DO Chfpball pen .1. anuaip cabapca an maoma, -\ pjaoileab Da rhuincip uaD; Dpeam Do na Loclannaib Do coiófcc cuige 1 a eap- jabail Dóib. Qcc cpe pupcacc an coimóeaD puaip a póipirin: pa bpip pén a eDac, ■] na cfn^ail pa bdcrup paip, -\ pa cuaiD plan uaiDib. Qp mop cpa an c-áp cu^ao ann popp na Loclannaib. Car Do bpipeb do Sa;ronoib popp na Nopmamnaib. Ip in aimpip pi cangaccup Oanaip .1. hopm co na muincip D'lannpoijib CfpbaiU mic Ounlain^, 50 po conjnaib Cfpball leo 1 ccCnn na Loclann, uaip bá heagail leo a ppopuaipliu^ab cpe ceal- ^aib na Loclann. l?a ^ab Dno Cfpball 50 honójiac cuige laD, -| po bácrup maille pip 50 minic 05 bpeic copgaip Do ^hallaib 1 do ^haoiDealaib. Ctp mop la Ciappaijib 05 bealac Conjlaip pop Loclannaib, ubi pliipmii cpuciDaci punc pepmippionne Oei. 'Qp Dno la h-'Clpaba Cliac popp na ^encib céDna. Ip in bliabain céDna pa cuippioc pip TTlurhan ceachca D'lonn- poigib Cbfpbaill mic Ounlaing, 50 D-ciopab na Oanaip leip, -| cionol Oppai^e Da ppupcacc, 1 Da ppóipibin an ajaib na Nop- mainnec pa baoap 50 n-ionnpab "] 5a n-apgain an can poin. Ra ppfgaip Dno Cfpball pin, 1 pa puajaip do na Oanapaib "] D'Op- paijib coibeacc 50 léip [cinoilce] Dpupcacc pfp TTluTfian, 1 ap eab on DO ponob paip. Uainic lapam Cfpball peirhe D'lonnpoishib na Loclann Athmuiceadha. — i.e. ford of the swine- nicle at the year 851, when KiQg Ethel- herd. This narrative does not occur in wulf and his son ^thelbald fought against any other Annals known to the Editor. the Northmen at Ockley, " and there made ^ The Saxons. — This is probably the the greatest slaughter among the heathen victory recorded ia the Anglo-Saxon Chro- army that we have heard tell of unto the swords and take their arms and come [down] to the Osraighi, a party of whom they slew. They were nevertheless driven back in defeated rout. This defeat was given them at Ath muiceadha''. Here Glifit met Cearbhall himself at the time of the defeat, his people having separated from him. A party of the Lochlanns came up with him and took him prisoner; but by the Lord's assistance he was relieved. He himself tore his clothes and the bonds that were upon him, and escaped in safety from them. Great, indeed, was the slaughter that was made of the Lochlanns there. A battle was gained by the Saxons'" over the Northmen. At this time came the Danes, i. e. Horm and his people, to Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, and Cearbhall assisted them against the Lochlanns [Nor- wegians], for they were afraid of being overpowered by the strata- gems of the Lochlanns. Cearbhall therefore took them to him honourably, and they frequently accompanied him in gaining victo- ries over the foreigners and the Gaeidhil [Irish]. A great slaughter of the Lochlanns was made by the Ciarraighi at Bealach Chonglais^, where many were killed by the permission of God. A slaughter, too, was made by the Aradians of Cliach', of the same Gentiles. In the same year'' the men of Munster sent messengers to Cear- bhall, son of Dunlaing [to request] that he would come, bringing the Danes with him, and the rising out of Osraighe, to assist and relieve them against the Northmen [Norwegians] who were harassing and plundering them at that time. Now, Cearbhall responded to this [call] present day." ' Aradians of Cliach. — This entry is ' Bealach Chonglais. — A place near the not in the published Annals, city of Cork. There is no notice of this " In the same year. — Tiot in the pub- battle in the published Annals. lished Annals. S 2 132 Loclann 50 flój moji Oanaji 1 ^aoióeal. Oo concaccup na Coc- lannai^ Cfjiball co na jplua^, no Tiiuinnci]i, ]\o jaB aóuac "] uaman TTioji laD. T?a cuaib Ceapball 1 n-ionaD ápo "] |io baoi 05 ajallab a muinncipe péin ayi cuy^ ; aj^eaó ]\o pái6, 1 yé 05 pésaó na ppfpann ppapai^e imnrie : Nac ppaicci lib, ap pé, map pa pápuigpioc na Loclannaij na peapanna-pa ap mbpeic a cpuió "] ap mapbaó a óaoine ; maó rpeipi óáiB iniu ^r.á óúinne, do ^énao na cécna 'nap rn'p-ne, uaip imuppo acáimne pocpaibe mop aniu, cainjfm 50 cpuaib na n-ai^ió. par oile ap noo cóip óúin carujaó cpuaió do Dénorh, nap pionnac na Oanaip pailer maille ppinn mfcacc ná mioblaecup poipn, uaip pa ceigérhaó, 516 maille pinn acáo aniu, 50 mbeDíp 'náp n-a^aib nopióipi. Pac oile, ^up po cugao pip TTluTTian i ccangamap póipióin áp cpuap popainn, uaip ip minic ap narhaió ^a^o. l?a a^aill lapccain na Oanaip, "] apeaó po póib piupaióe : Déníbpi calma aniu, uaip ap narhuiD bunaió óuib na Loclannaij, 1 pa cuippir cara eaccpuib, -] áip mópa anallána. Qp mair óuib pinne maille pib aniu na n-ajaió, ") Dna ní eile ann, ní piu buib cpéice no laige Do ruigpin búinne popaib. Ra ppeajpacup uile eDip Dhanapu -| '^liaomealu, ná pionnpaice cpéire no mfcacc poppa. Po eipgCoup lapccain eipje naoinpip ipin uaip pin D'ionn- poi^ib na Coclann. Na Loclannai^ immuppo ó Do concaccup pin, ní cac po lomD^juiDpioD Do rabaipc, acc ap ceicfb po na caill- cib, ap ppágbail a maiciupa, Do ponpac. Pa gabaiD na caillce DÓ gac leic poppa, 1 pa mapbab a nDeapjáp na Loclann. Qcc cfna conige po ní pa puilnjioccup na Loclannai^ Do'n coirh- líon " As he looked vpoí?.—G'^ Tpé^at). — Tlo mapbab a nbeapj-dp na Loc- In modem Irish this would be, ajup é lann. The modern construction would 05 péacain na bpeapann b-pap uime. be, Ro mapbabap beapj-dp na Loc- " Tket/ were killed with (p-eat slaughter, lannach, which is better. 1.33 [call], and he commanded the Danes and the Osraighi to proceed fully [assembled] to relieve the men of Munster, and this was accord- ingly done at this summons. Cearbhall afterwards came forward to attack the Lochlanns with a great host of Danes and Gaeidhils. When the Lochlanns saw Cearbhall with his host, or people, they were seized with great fear and dread. Cearbhall went to a high place, and he began to address hisown people first, and he said, as he looked upon'' the deserted lands around him : " Do ye not perceive," said he, " how the Lochlanns have desolated these lands, having carried off their cattle and killed their inhabitants ? If they be more powerful this day than we, they will do the same in our territory. But as we are very nu- merous this day, let us fight bravely against them. Another reason for which it is right for us to fight bravely is, that the Danes, who are along with us, may not perceive cowardice or want of heroism in us, for it may happen that, though they are on our side this day, they may hereafter be against us. Another reason is, that the men of Munster, whom we have come to relieve, may understand our hardi- hood, for they too are often our enemies." He afterwards addressed the Danes, and what he had said to them was : "Exhibit your bravery this day, for the Lochlanns are your radical enemies, for ye fought battles, and slaughtered one another formerly. It is well for you to have us with you against them this day, and, more- over, it is not worth your while to let us observe dastardliness or cowardice among you." They all made answer, both Gaeidhil and Danes, that neither weakness nor cowardice should be observed in them. They afterwards rose out as one man at that time to attack the Lochlanns. However, when the Lochlanns observed this, they did not close to give battle, but fled to the woods, leaving their pro- perty behind. The woods were surrounded on every side upon the Lochlanns, and they were killed with great slaughter^. Up to this time the 134 lion fo a n-Gi|nnn uile. CI cCpuacain i n-Go^anacc cu^aó an maibmfi. Uáinic CfpbaU 50 mbuaió 1 cofjup arhlaió pin o'á ri^, T?o hioonaiceb Tiopm laprcain co na muinncip ó Cfjiball 50 pi Ufm- pac. Pa pfp pi Ufrhpac páilce pip, -| cug onóip rhóp 6ó : T?á cuaib appin Do cum mapa. l?a mapbaó lapccain an chopm pin la l?oDpi, pí bpfcan. hoc anno quieuic Tílac ^iallain ap mbeic ff}:. bliabain 1 n-aíne. Niall TTiac ^illáin lap mbeic cpioca bliajain gan 015 jan biaó, Décc a. o. 854. I^al. Cíint)li papienp Uípe t>a glap mopicup. Cóptac ab Uípe Da glap, quieuic. Qiljfnan mac Oonnjaile pí Caipil, mopicup. Círhlaoib mac pí Coclann Do coióeacc 1 n-Gipinn, *] pa giallpac gaill 'Gipeann Dó. ]Qal. Ip m bliaóam pi, an Dapa bliaóainn oécc plara TTlaoil. pecbloinn 00 ponaó mópplua^ la TTIaoilpeacloinn 1 n-Oppaijib 1 im TTluThain, ap na páo o'peapaib TTlumon na cibpiDíp bpaijoe óó, gonaó aipe pm papuagaip Tilaoilpeacloinn car poppa ; "| pác mop oile 05 Tilaoilpeacloinn .1. Cfpball mac Ounlainj, pi Oppaige, Dinne ón ^ap bo t)in5bála Gipe, uile Oo beir, ap peabup a óealba -] a enig 1 a fngnama, cípa mópabliaó naióe 00 bpeir óó .1. o na cuacoib DO Caijnib pa báccup aije. In lucc imuppo pa cuaió t)o robac ' Cruachain EoghanacM. — This place is ' Horm. — " A. D. 855, Horm, chief of otherwise called Cruachan Maighe Eainh- the Black Gentiles, was killed by Ruarai na, now Crohane, in the barony of Sliev- mac Menninn, King of Britain." — Ann. ardagh, in the county of Tipperary. It Ult, The true year was 856, so that the is mentioned in the " Feilire Aenghuis" at preceding events must have taken place 5th October, as in the territory of Eogha- in the years 854 and 855. nacht-Chaisil. ' Mac Giallain. — His death is entered 135 the Lochlanns had not suffered so great a loss in all Erin. At Cru- achain in the Eoghanacht^ this victory was gained. Cearbhall thus returned to his house with victory and triumph. Horm and his people were afterwards escorted by Cearbhall to the King of Teamhair. The King of Teamhair welcomed him, and gave him great honour. He afterwards went to sea. This Horm^ was afterwards killed by Roderic, King of the Britons. In this year died Mac Giallain*, after having fasted for thirty years. Niall Mac Giallain died in the year 854, after having been thirty years without drink, without food. [853.] Kal. Aindli, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, died. Carthach'', Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, died. Ailgenan, son of Dunghal, King of Cashel, died. [856.] Amhlaeibh, son of the King of Lochlann, came to Erin, and the Galls of Erin submitted to him. [858.] Kal. In this year, the twelfth" of the reign of Maelsechlainn, Maelsechlainn marched with a great army into Osraighe and into Munster, the Munster-men having said that they would not give him hostages, wherefore Maelsechlainn proclaimed battle upon them ; and Maelsechlainn had another great cause, which was this : Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, King of Osraighe, a person who was indeed worthy of possessing all Erin for the goodness of his countenance, hospita- lity, in the Ami. F. M. at the year 854, and 854, 858), shows that these Annals were again at 858 ; Arm. TJlt. 859. "NiallMac compiled from different sources. Fiallain [Mac GiaUain, F. M.] qui passus " CartJiach. — This and the following est paralisi 34 annis, et qui versatus est entry are given the by F. M. at 851, and visionihus frequentihus, tarn falsis, quam are evidently out of place here. veris, in Christo quievit." The double ' The twelfth of the reign of Maelsech- entry of his death here (and by the F. M. lainn. — i. e. 858 ; Ann, Ult. 857. 136 robac an cíopa ym .1. Tnaoi|i Cfpbaill mic Ounlainj, imcopnam mó|i t)o Denani óóib 05 robac an ciopa, 1 rapcoppal mop do cab- aipu Doib pop Lai^nib. Laigin t)o Dola ap poin 50 ^eapánac o'lonnpoighib ÍTlaoilpeacloinn, ~\ a inopin Go TTIaoilpeacloinn. pfp5 mop t>o gabail TTlaoilpeacloinn, ~\ an cionol móppa do bpeic D'lonn- poijjhib Cfpbaill -\ peap ITIuman barcup aj con^narh la Cfpball. Uangacrup lappoin ITlaoilpeacloinn cona plói^ 50 ^abpán, -] ap pa bpuinne ^abpain pa barcup na plói j oile. ^ép bo lion- maipe imuppo Do TTlaoilpeacloinn, ni hOb pa cuaiD na ccfnn acc ap conaip oile ná po paoileaD a noola pa cuaccup, 50 pángarcup Cápn Lu^oba, "] po baoi maoilpeacloinn apmra éiDi^ce annpain ap cfnn cáic. 'Od concaDap pip muman pin, pa pa^par a lon^- popc -] ]ia painnpic a pluaj ap bo, -) cáinij pi TTluman .1. TTlaol- guala CO mapcpluajaib mopaib ime in n-aigib TTlaoilpeacloinn. Cfpball imuppo "I a Dlianaip, Doneoc pa raipip do iriuincip hopm pa caipip 1 ppapab Cfpbaill, apfb ba lon^popc Dóib caill Dpipioc Dlúr aimpéib, "j pa baoi cionol mop ann pin um Cfpball. Qpfb pa innipic na heolai^ 50 paba buaibpeab mop annpin pop Cfpball ap n-imipc opiageacca Do Uhaipcealcac mac na Ceapca paip, 50 mbab lu^aiDe no bigpiD do cum an caca, 50 nepbeapc Cfpball ap coDlab Do jcnab ann pin, "] ni do cum an cara do pa^ab. In cac cpa 1 paba pi TTluman cugpac maibm ap cup ap muinncip TTlaoilpeacloinn. Uan^aDap Dna a coipijeba Da póipicinpibe .1. ITlaoilpeacloinn co na rhumncip, 50 ccu^ab maibm pop peapaib TTIurhan -| pa cuipeab an Deapg ap. r?o mapbaiD pocaibe do paopclannoib ■ ^ Gahhran. — Now Gowran, in the county name has not been yet determined, of Kilkenny. ' Fircheartach mac na Cearta. — A • fa- * Cam LagMhach. — i. e. Lughaidh's mous necromancer often referred to in old cam. This place is somewhere near Gow- Irish romances. He is sometimes called ran, but its exact situation or modem Mac Aenchearda. He seems to have been 137 lity, and valour, levied great yearly rents from the territories in Leinster, which he possessed ; but the people who went to levy the rent, i. e. the stewards of Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, used great vio- lence in levying the rent, and offered great insult to the Leinster-men. The Leinster-men consequently went querulously to Maelsechlainn and told it to him. Maelsechlainn was seized with great anger and led this great muster against Cearbhall and the men of Munster who were aiding him. Maelsechlainn, after this, proceeded with his host to Gabhran*^, at the confines of which the other hosts were. How- ever, though Maelsechlainn had more numerous forces, he did not go against them, but proceeded by another road where he did not think they would go, until he reached Carn Lughdhach^, and here Mael- sechlainn was armed and accoutred to meet all. When the men of Munster perceived this, they left their camp, and divided their host into two parts, and the King of Munster, Maelguala, came with large squadrons o' borse to oppose Maelsechlainn ; but Cearbhall and his Danes (such of the people of Horm as remained with him), encamped in a briery, thick entangled wood, and there was a great muster there abouí Cearbhall. And the learned relate that there was a great trouble on Cearbhall bere, Tairchealtach Mac na Cearta^ having ex- ercised magic upon him, so that he was less inclined to go to battle, and so that Cearbhall said that lie would retire to rest and not go to battle ! Now, the battalion in which the King of Munster was [the commander] at first defeated the people of Maelsechlainn, but foot soldiers came to their relief (i. e. to the relief of Maelsechlainn and his people), so that the men of Munster were [in their turn] defeated and cut off with dreadful slaughter. Many nobles were killed the presiding spii-it of Cam Lughdhach, dern name or situation of the place still where this battle was fought, but the mo- remains to be determined. T 138 faopclannoib annpin. InDipc eolaij conab hi nuTini|i an cplóij ap a Dcujaó an maibm jc^. milium. Qpi coriiaiple oo pinne CfpBall, map pa cuala pm, bpai^oe do cabaipc DO TTIaoilpeaclainn, -] ^an a cip do loc, -] po ^ab IDaoil- peaclainn bpaijDe ua6, uaip lano ingCn Dunlainj, Depbpiup Cbfp- baiU, bfn TTIaoilpeaclainn. T?a cuaiD TTIaoilpeaclainn Don TTIurhain, 50 paba pe pé míp 05 lonnpaó TTlurhan ann ^imli^, 50 ccug bpaijoe TDurhan ó Comup cpí n-uipge 50 hinnpi Uapbna lap n-'Gipinn. Cac Caipn Cu^óac pain. Ip in car poin po mapbab TTlaolcpóin mac ITluipfDaij leic- pij; na nOéipi. ^en 50 rcíopaó TTIaoilpeaclainn an cupup po Do ^abáil pije TTluman do péin, po bo cuiDeacca Do mapbab an po mapbab Do ^hall^aoibealaib ann, uaip Daoine lap rcpégab a mbaipce laD- paibe, 1 aobepcaip Nopmannaig ppiu, uaip bép Nopmannac aca, -| a n-alcpum poppa, "| jép bo olc na Nopmannai^ buiiaib Do na hf^laipib bá mfpa 50 mop laDpaibe .i. an luce pa, gac copaip po '6ipinn a mbÍDÍp. ^ pojmup ^opcac ip in mbliabain pi. Inpiub Laijfn uile la Cepball mac Ounlain^, ~\ niop ppeppDe bpai^De uab a laim TTIaoilpeaclainn, jup gab Cfpball mac Oun- laing bpai^De Lai^fn um Coppmac mac Ounlaing, -] im Suirfman mac = Lami. — The meaning is, that this con- nexion rendered Maelsechlainn more pla- cable, or that Lann had employed her intercession with her husband. ^ Imleach. — Now Emly, in the county Tipperar)^ ' Cumar-na-tri-n-uisce. — i.e . the meet- ing of the Three "Waters, near Waterford. ' Inis Tarhhna. — ííow the Bull, a small island in the barony of Beare, and county of Cork. ' Gall- Gaidhil. — The published Annals give us no idea of this class of Ibemo- Norwegian or ifoi-wegian-Irish heathens who infested Ireland at this period. OTla- herty thought that the name was confined 139 killed there. The learned relate that the number of the army which was there routed was twenty thousand. When Cearbhall heard of this [defeat], the resolution he adopted was to give hostages to Maelsechlainn, to prevent him from destroy- ing his country; and Maelsechlainn accepted of hostages from him, for Lann^, daughter of Dunlang and sister of Cearbhall, was the wife of Maelsechlainn. Maelsechlann then proceeded into Munster, and remained for the space of a month at Imleach'', plundering Munster, and he obtained the hostages of Munster from Cumar-na-tri-nu-isce' to Inis Tarbhna'', in the west of Erin. This was the battle of Carn Lughdhach. In this battle was slain Maelcron, son of Muireadhach, half King of the Deisi. Though Maelsechlainn had not come on this expedition to take the kingdom of Munster for himself, he ought to have come to kill all the Gall-Gaidhir who were killed there, for they were a people who had renounced their baptism, and they were usually called Northmen, for they had the customs of the Northmen, and had been fostered by them, and though the original Northmen were bad to the churches, these were by far worse, in whatever part of Erin they used to be. There was a dearth in the autumn of this year. [858.] All Leinster"" was plundered by Cearbhall, son of Dun- lang, and his hostages in the hands of Maelsechlainn did not render him the better subject, so that Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, took the hostages of Leinster, together with Cormac", son of Dunlang, and Suitheman, to the inhabitants of the western islands Aran, of Cautire, of the Isle of Man, and of Scotland, and it is very certain that the of the coasts of Scotland (Alban). mixed race of these islands were so called. ™ All Leinster. — Ann. P. M. 856. See Ann. F. M., A. D. 1154, p. 1113; ° Cormac. — The F. M. 856, call him where they speak of the Gal-Gaidhil of Coirpre, son of Dunlang. T 2 140 mac Qprúip. TTlaiDTn yie CrpBall mac Ounlainj, 1 ]ie Niap po ^hall^aoióealaib i n-Qpaóaib ríjie. "[Cal. Qnno Oomini, dcccIu. ITlaolguala, ]ii Caipil do ^abáil Do Nopmannoib, "| a écc allaim acca. Sluaj mop la Cfpball mac Dunlainj -] flua^ Loclafi laip 1 ITliDe -\ T1Í pa oei^ a bpai^oe barriip 05 rnaoil]"eaclainn, 50 paba na cpi miopaib aj innpab pfpainn ITIaoilpeaclainn -\ ni po an jup po polrhui^ ari cip uile 'ma mairiup. 1p pocame cpa D'pfpaib Dana Gipeann do ponpac Duana molca do Cfpball, -| caicmfo jac copgup pii^ inncib; ■) ap mo do pire Qon^ap an c áip- nfjnaiD, comapba TDolua. Uc cpa an ni od bfpam 50 mime : Qp cpuaj Do na h-Gipfnncaib an mí-bép Dóib cacup fcuppa péin, ~\ nac anaoineacc uile éip^ic a ccfnn na Coclann. l?a eipje Dna C(o6 mac Néill, ap na aplac do pi Ciannacra paip eip^e ^ ccfnn ITIaoilpeaclainn, uaip ITIaoilpeac- lainn pa bmb Deapbpacaip pij Ciannacca, .1, CionaoD uc ppae- pcpippimiip. PigDail maire Gipeann 05 Par Qo6a um ITIaoilpeaclainn, pi Gijieann, ~\ um pfrgna comapba páopaicc, ~\ um Suaipboc, com- apba year is made of four years] before us, \\z. that in which Forannan, legitimate abbot of Ard Macha, was expelled." This remark seems to be out of its proper place, for Fo- rannan was cariied off in the year 84.3. MaelguaJa, King of Cashel. — Ann. F. M. 8 5 7 ; Tj It. 858. The Four Masters tell us that this year coincided -«-ith the tliir- teenth of Maelsechlainn, which would make the true date 859, according to O'Flaherty's Chronology, Ogi/g., p. 434. ' In Meath.—Ami. Ult. 8j8 (= 859). • Aradh Tire. — Xow the barony of Arra, or Duharra, in the couuty of Tipperary, Ann. F. M. 857. p Anno Domini, 855. — This date is incor- rect, and the scribe writes ia the margin : Qp aihlaió an nuimippi annopum Oo- tnmi 1 ceicpi blmóna t)o Dénam t)on aom blmóain pfriiuinn, in po innapb popanndn ab cubaióapbmacha. "The way that this number Annorum Domini [happened to come here] is, that four years are made of the one year [recte, one 141 Suitheman, son of Arthur. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, and by Niar over the Gall-Gaidhil in Aradh Tire°. [859.] Kal. Anno Domini, 855''. Maelguala, King of Cashel^, was taken prisoner by the Northmen, and he died in their hands. A great hosting [of his own people, and] a hosting of Lochlanns by Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, into Meath'', his hostages^ who were in the hands of Maelsechlainn not preventing him, and he continued for three months to plunder the land of Maelsechlainn, and he did not desist until he had stripped all the territory of its pro- perty. Many of the literati of Erin composed laudatory poems for Cearbhall, in which they commemorated every victory which he gained, and Aenghus, the high wise man, successor of Molua*, did so most [of all]. Alas ! for the fact which I shall often mention : It is pitiful for the Irish to continue the evil habit of fighting among themselves, and that they do not rise together against the Lochlanns ! Aedh, son of Niall", at the solicitation of the King of Cianachta^, rose up against Maelsechlainn, for it was Maelsechlainn that had drowned the brother of the King of Cianachta, as we have written before. [858 or 859.] A royal meeting of the chieftains of Erin at Ráth- Aedha'' with Maelsechlainn, King of Erin, Fethghna, Comharba of Pa- trick, • His hostages. — In the margin of the " Aedh, son of Niall. — i. e. Aedh Finn- MS. is this note : Deepc begdn, " a small liath, who Bucceeded Maelsechlainn, or portion is wanting." Malachy I. in the throne of Ireland. Ann. ' Successor of Molua. — i. e. Ahbot of Ult. 858 ; F. M. 859. ClonfertmuUoe, at the foot of Slieve ^ King of Cianachta. — i. e. Flann, son Bloom, in Upper Ossory. It is highly of Conang, the nephew of Aedh Finn- probable that these Annals, so laudatory liath, whose brother Cinacdh had been of the kings of Ossoiy, were preserved in taken in 851, and drowned in the Nanny this monastery, and drawn from the poems Water. See note p. 1 1 8, supra. here referred to. ' Ráth-Aedha. — Now Rahugh, in the 142 apba pinniain Do ófnam píoóa -] caon compaic na h-6ipeann uile, gonaó ip in Dailyin cu^ Cfpball mac Ounlaing a oi^péip do ÍTlaoil- feaclainn Do jiéip comapba phat>paicc, ap mbeir Do Cfpball poimipm 1 n-lpapup "j mac pi Coclann maille ppip pa cfcpacaic aíbce 05 milleaó pfpainn TTlailpeaclainn. Ctoó pinnliac mac Néill do innpab TTIíóe, -] piann mac Co- Tiam^ pí Ciannacca maille ppip, "] ip eipióe pa ap laij ap QoD an cinnpiub bénam. pác oile Dno, uaip pa inpfpcup TTIaoilpeaclainn peapann Ctoóa pe cpí bliaónaib Diaió inDiaió. TTIac irgeine Dno Neill an piann. Oo póna Dna Q06 ap an ppiann an cojabpa, uaip ní paba a piop aca an ní pa baoí be; "] ap easla na coimeipje pin DO pi^ne rriaoilpeaclainn píb pe CTpball, arhail a Dubpamap pomainn. Opgoin Loca CfnD lap nai jpeab pommop 1 ccopcaip cjcfp. Do baoinib. "jQal. Sioc Dopolochca 50 n-imcíjtea Coca 'Gipeann eDip coip -] eac. Depcac Lupca Do lopccab do Coclannaib. Suibne mac Roicli^, ab Lipp moip, quieuic. Copmac Laicpai^ bpiuin mopicup, SoDomna Gppcop Sláme do mapbab Do loclannaib. Carapac ab QpDamacha, mopirup. Lucr DÓ coblac Do Nopmannaib Do coibeacc 1 ppeapann Chep- baill barony of Moycashel, county of West- meath. Ann. F. M. 857 ; Ann. Ult. 858 (= 859). This entry is out of place here. • Comharha of Finian. — i. e. Abbot of Clonard. * Loch Cend. — Now probably Lough Ki- neel, near Abbeylara, comity of Longford. This entry is in the Ann. F. M. at 853. Frost. — This frost, and the other en- tries down to Cathasach, Abbot of Ard- Macha, are given in the Ann. F. M. at A. D. 854, and the Ann. Ult. at 855, the true year being 856. They are clearly out »43 trick, and Suairlech, comharba of Finian^, to establish peace and tran- quillity throughout all Erin ; and it was at this meeting that Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, gave Maelsechlainn his full demand, according to the decision of the Comharba of Patrick, Cearbhall having been for forty nights previously, accompanied by the son of the King of Lochlann, destroying the land of Maelsechlainn. Aedh Finnliath, son of Niall, accompanied by Flann, son of Conang, King of Cianachta, plundered Meath. And it was Flann that had solicited Aedh to commit this devastation. There was also another cause, for Maelsechlainn had plundered the land of Aedli three years successively. Flann was the son of Niall's daughter. Now, Niall and Flann entered into this war, not knowing what might result from it, and from fear of this confederacy Maelsechlainn made peace with Cearbhall, as we have said before. The plundering of Loch Cend*^ after a very great frost, where one hundred and thirty persons were killed. [856.] Kal. An intense frost'', so that the lakes of Erin were traversed both by foot and horse. The oratory of Lusca'^ was burned by the Lochlanns. Suibhne, son of*^ Roichlech, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Cormac, of Lathrach Briuin'', died. Sodhomna, Bishop of Slaine^, was killed by the Lochlanns, Cathasach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. [860.] Two fleets of Northmen^ came into the land of Cearbhall, son of place here. near Maynooth, in the county of Dublin. ' Lusca. — Now Lusk, in the county of ' Slaine. — i. e. Slane, in the county of Dublin. Meath. Son of. — Grandson of Roichlech. — F. = Two fleets of Northmen The arrival 11. 854. " Nepos RoichKch." — Ult. 855. of these fleets is not noticed in any of the ' Lathrach Briiiin. — Now Laraghbrien, published Annals. They must have put 144 baiU TTiic Ounlainj t)á innpaó. Qnuaip ranguy^ cá innifin Do Cfp- ball ay ann po baoi Cfpball po]i mffcca. Ra báccup oá^baoíne Oppaige 5a pába pip 50 haloinn -] 50 pocpaió 5a nfpcaD: Ní háó- bap mfpga Do beic pop óuine i n-Oppaijib Do niao na Coclonnoij anopa .1. an cíp uile Do loc. Qcc cfna 50 po coiméDa Oia rupa, 1 r"5C( buaió 1 copgap doc nairtiDib arhoil pugaip 50 minic, 1 arhail bépa beop. Céig ap rpa Do rhfpga, uaip nárha an rheapga DO fngnarh. O Do cuala Cfpball pa cuaib a rhfpga uaiD, "| pa jab a apma. Ubirnj imuppo cpian r,a hoíóce an can pin. Qp arhlaib cáinij Cfpball imnnac ap a jpianán 1 piojcainnel rhóp peirhe -| paboí poilpi na cainDlepin 50 paoa ap ^ac leir. iRa gab uarhan nióp na Coclannaij 1 pa ceicpioc po na pléibcib paigpib Dóib 1 po na caillcib. Ctn lucc imuppo pa raipip pa Vifngnarh Díob pa map- baó uile. O cóinig maiDin amnriucba ap na mapac, pa cuaió Cfp- ball 50 no pocpaiDe na ccfnn uile, 1 ni pa gab uaca, ap mapbab a noeapgáip, 50 pa cuipit: ammaDmuim, -] 50 po pgaoilic lao pop gac leir. IRa immip Cfpball péin 50 cpuaiD ipin ammup pain, -] cáinig pip 50 mnp a uiéD acc ib an aíóce perhe, "j pa pgé 50 móp "j cug ponaipce mop Dopum pain. l?a gpeipp 50 móp a rhuinncip 50 Diocpa pop na Coclannaib, 1 ap ttioó na leic an cplóig pa mapbao ann, -] na ceapna ann pa reicpir ap ammup a longa, O5 acab mic Gapclaije rugab an maiDm pin. Ro impa Cfp- ball lapccain 50 mbuaib "j 50 neaoml móip. Ipin aimpip pin cainic hona 1 Uompip Uoppa Da roipeac poicinelac into "Waterford harbour, and passed up Kilkenny. The victory gained at this the Barrow to plunder Ossory. place by Cearbhall over the Danes of Wa- ^ Achadh mic Ea/rclaidhe. — This is pro- terford is entered in the Ann. P. M. at the bably the celebrated place now called year 858, but 860 was the true year. Agha, alias St. John's, neai- the city of Sona and Tomrir Torra. — There is M5 son of Dunlang, to plunder it. When messengers came to announce it to Cearbhall, he was intoxicated. The good men of Osraighe said to him gently and kindly, to encourage him : " What the Lochlanns do in Osraighe now is no cause for a person to get drunk, i. e. to destroy the whole country; but may God protect thee, and mayest thou gain victory and triumph over thy enemies, as thou hast often gained, and as thou shalt hereafter. Give up, however, thy drunkenness, for drunk- enness is the enemy of valour." When Cearbhall heard this, his drunkenness went off him, and he took his arms. The third part of the night had passed over at this time. Cearbhall came out of his royal chamber with a large, royal candle [carried] before him, the light of which candle shone far on every side. The Lochlanns were seized with great dread, and they fled to the nearest mountains and woods ; but such of them as remained through valour were all killed. When the next morning came, Cearbhall set out early in pursuit of them all with his forces, and having dreadfully slaughtered them, he did not leave them until he put them to flight, and until they had dis- persed in every direction. Cearbhall himself acted with great hardihood in this battle, but what he had drunk the night before came much against him ; [how- ever], he vomited much, which gave him great relief. He greatly and vehemently incited his people against the Lochlanns, of whom more than one-half their host was killed in the action, and such as escaped fled to their ships. At Achadh mic Earclaidhe'' this victory was gained. Cearbhall returned with victory and great booty. At this time came Hona and Tomrir Torra', two noble chiefs (and no account of tlie arrival of these chief- in the published Annals. Their career tains, or of their battles with the Irish, appears to have been very brief. u 146 foicinelac (1 0]iuí an chona), 1 pip Beoóa cpuaióe 50 niblaic moip lao eiccip amuinncip péin Ian paopclanna ona lat) Depcmiub i^oclann. Uan^accup rpa an oiap pin gona pocpaioe 50 luimneac, -| Ó luimneac 50 pope laipge. Ctcc cfna ap mó pa caipipni^pic ina mbpiogaib péin iná 'na pocpaioe. l?a cionóilpic Gojanacc -] CtpaiD cliac Dóib, 1 pa cuippic cenn 1 ^cenn, "] pa cuipeaó cpfp cpuaio icruppa, 50 pa cuipic na loclannaig i mbaile bf^, -] cloc- baingfn ime. r?a cuaió Dna an opaoi .1. hona ■) peap ba pme oiob ap an caipiol 'pci tél oplaijce, 05 acac a bee, -| 05 Dénarh a bpaoig- fcca, "] 5a fpail ap arhuinncip aDpab na noee. Uainig peap Dpeapaib TTlviiTian cuige 50 ccuj buille do cloic nnóip Dap pin a rhanc 60, 50 ccug a piacla uile app a cfnn. Ra impa lap pin a aigib ap a rhuinncip pén, -\ appeb po páib a^ cup apola cfppaibe Dap a bel amac : 6am mapbpa oe po ap pé, ~\ pa ruic ap aip, 1 pa cuaib a anam app. Ra gabab bóib lapccain do clocaib gona pa péopac a pulanj, acc pagbaio a n-ionaD pin, "j ciajaiD pop pfip- gfrin ba nfppa, -| mapbcup annpaibe ancaoipec oile, 50 mapbac amlaib pm an Da caoipeac .1. hona Luimni^, "| Uompip Uoppa. Ml ceapna Dna Da maicib acc Diap namd, 1 uaiceab beg leo, -| pugpac pip niuman buaib "] copgup amlaib pin. Ip in bliabam pi do ponab mop pluag la TTIaoilpeaclainn, pij 'Gipeann, 1 Ceapball mac Ounlairig laip 50 TTIaj maca. l?a gabpac longpopc ann pin. ba f5ail imuppo la TTIaoilpeaclainn ammup longpoipc do rabaipc do Qob mac Néill paip; ciaD álainn an Luininech. — i. e. Limerick. The word name is hardly so old as the time here re- is here used to denote, not the city, but the fenced to, as Lairge, the chieftain irom Lower Shannon, from the city of Limerick whom the name was derived, flourished to the sea. in 951. See Ann. F. M., A. D. 858, ' Port-Lairge. — This is the present Irish note p. name of the city of Waterford, but the ™ EoghanacU. — i. e. Eoghanacht ChaisU. M7 (and Hona was a Draid) ; and these were hardy men of great fame among their owti people, and fully noble, of the best race of the Lochlarms. These two came with their forces to Luimnech'' and from Luimnech to Port-Lairge^ ; but, however, they prevailed more by their own vigour than by their forces. The people of Eoghan- acht™ and Ara Cliach" assembled against them, and they met face to face, and a hard battle was fought between them, in which the Loch- Ian ns were driven to a small place surrounded by a stone wall. The Druid, i. e. Hona, the elder of them, went up on the wall, and his mouth opened, praying to his gods and exercising his magic, and or- dering his people to worship the gods. One of the men of Munster came towards him and gave him a blow of a large stone on the mouth, and knocked all the teeth out of his head. He afterwards turned his face on his own people, and said, as he was pouring the warm blood out of his mouth : " I shall die of this," said he, and he fell back, and his soul went out of him. They were afterwards so phed with stones that they were not able to bear them, and they quitted that place, and repaired to a neighbouring morass, and here the other chieftain was killed ; and thus were the two chieftains killed, i. e. Hona, of Luim- nech, and Tomrir Torra. Of their chief men, only two escaped with a few forces; and thus the men of Munster gained victory and triumph. [860.] In this year a great hosting" was made by Maelsechlainn, King of Erin, accompanied by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, to Magh- Macha". They encamped there. Maelsechlainn was afraid that his camp should be surprised by Aedh, son of Niall, though fair was the answer These were seated in the great plain of "A great hosting. — Ann. F. M. 858 ; Cashel, in the county of Tipperary. Ann. TJlt. 859 (= 860). Ara Cliach. — A territory in the east Magli-MacTia. — i^ow the Moy, near of the comity of Limerick. the city of Anuagh. U 2 148 an pjiea^pa píoóa cu^ C(oó pai|i c]iép an t)iiine naorh .1. pecjna, comajiba paopaicc. Qpeab Do pigne ITIaoilpeaclainn Caijin "| pip rnuTTian "j Connacca "] Ulaió, "| pi|i bhjieaj do cabaipc a ccimcioll a publa, 1 a n-ai]im nocca 'na lárhaiB; an jiíg péin .1. TTlaoilpeac- lainn, po baoi 50 paircfc puipecaip ^an coDlab ap f5la Qoba, 56 Do pao luige a ppiaDnaipi comapba paDpaic ; ^ióeaó ráinic Q06 50 na plua^aib Do rabaipc ammup Conjpuipc ap TTIaoilpeaclai nn, "I ní map pa paoilpic pa puaparcup, uaip po barcup a n-aipm inle a lóirhib pluaij TTlaoilpeaclainn, agup pa eip^ipic a naoineacc pan luce cáinic DÓ n-ionnpoi^ió 50 po cuippic amaiDTn lap ap Tnapbaó a riDeapj-áp. r?a gab Dna Dápacc paipfnn oile Díob, -] apeab cangaccup D'ionnpoijiD puible TDaoilpeaclainn, an Dap leo pab laD amuinncip pém ; pa baccup am 50 po mapbaic uile lapccain ; "I ap an éicioc Do paDpac Do pigne Oia pm. Ra impu TTIaoilpeac- lainn d'ó rij a hairle an copguip pain. Ra baoi Dna Qmlaib 1 ppappab Cíob 'p"^ maibm-pa. Oenac Raigne Do bénarh la Cfpball mac Ounlainj. Qp la Cfpball mac Ounlaing pop muinncip RoDuilb 1 Sleb íTlaipse, 1 a mapbab uile acc píp uachab réapna bíob 1 ccaillcib: cpfc Leirglinne, -] Dna a bpaiD pa boí aca ap mapbab Dpéime móip Do muinncip Leirglmne Dóib. I^al. TTlacoDan mac ÍTlupiobaij, pi Ulab, in clepicacu obiir. íTlaonjal ab pobaip mopicup. Upiap 1 Amhlailh was along with Aedh. — This ' Slialh-Mairge — Now Slievemarague, is not stated in the published Annals. a barony in the south-east of the Queen's ' Raighne. This was the ancient name County. There is no mention made of this of the chief seat of the Kings of Ossory, Eodolph in the published Annals, situated in the barony of Kells, county of ' Leithglinn. — Now Old Leighlin, in Kilkenny. See Ann. F. M., A. D. 859, the county of Carlo w. This entry is not p. 494. in the published Annals. 149 answer of peace which Aedh had given him through the holy man, Fethghna, successor of Patrick. TThat Maelsechlainn did was to place the men of Leinster and Munster, and Connaught and of Uladh and Breagh around his tent, with their weapons naked in their hands. The king himself, i. e. Maelsechlainn, remained vigilantly and warily without sleep from fear of Aedh, though he [Aedh] had taken an oath [of fealty to him] before the successor of Patrick. Notwith- standing, Aedh came with his forces to attack the camp of Maelsech- lainn, but they did not find it as they expected, for the forces of Maelsechlainn all had their arms in their hands, and they rose out together against the party who came to attack them, and put them to flight after having cut off many of them with great havoc. One party of them, however, were seized v^ith a panic, and came to the tent of Maelsechlainn, thinking it was that of their own people, and remained there until they were all killed. And God did this in con- sequence of the falsehood which they had told. Maelsechlainn re- turned to his house after this triumph. Amhlaibh was along with Aedh'i in this discomfiture. The fair of Raighne"" was celebrated by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang. A slaughter was made by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, of the peo- ple of Rodolph, at Sliabh-Mairge^, and he slew them all except very few w^ho escaped to the woods. They had plundered Leithglinn', and had [obtained] its spoils after having killed a large number of the people of Leithghlinn. [857.] Kal. Matudan", sou of Muiredhach, Bang of Uladh, died in clericatu. Maenghal, Abbot of Fobhar, died. Three " Matudan. — The obits of this prince, are dated by the Annals of Ulster 856, and of the Abbot Maenghal, as also the -nhich ought to be 857. They are there- death of the three men killed by lightning, fore out of place here. Upiap t)o lopgaó t)o reni6 pai^nén a rUailcen. I^al. Cionaoó mac Qilpin \\e^ piccopum, Tnojiicup : conaó t)o po jiaióeab an pann : — NaD maip Cionaoogo lion j^^op, po 6fpa 50I in ^ac cai^ Qon |ií a lo^a po nirh, bjiumne l?onriha ní bpail. CumpuD Gppcop -| pjiincepp Cluana lopaiyiD quieuic. ^ioppait»e banBan ab cípe oajlap quieuic. TTlaolcuile ab Imlfca lobaip mopicup. Qoulphpi Sapcon Tilopicup. Ceallac mac ^uaipe pi Caijfn Oeapgabaip, mopicup. Cfpnac mac Cionaba, pi Ua mbaipce cipe mopicup, Q06 mac NéiU "] a cliarham .1. QmlaiB (ingfn Qoóa po baoi aj Qmlaoib) 50 plogaib mópa ^aoibiol -) Loclann leo 50 ma^ mibe, -] a lonnpab leo, 1 paopclanna lomoa no rhapbab leo. rriaoilpeacloinn mac TTlaolpuanaib, pi^ Gipeann, í ppíD Callan Oecembep Depunccup epc, unDe quiDam cecinic : Qp lomoa maipj in ^ac t)u, Qp pjel mop la ^aoibelu, Oo pópcab píon plann po glfnn, Oo poDba aoinpi 'Gipfnn. Qob mac Néill, Deap^náma Tílaoilpeacloinn t)o jabail pije n-'6ipeann rap éip ÍTlaoilpeaclainn. Cpaibbeac poicinealac aij- neab Cimedh Mac Ailpm.—Ajm.XJlt. S^-] torum. A&aii rex Saxanmortui sunt. Ti- (=858). Ogyg., p. 481. praiti Ban, abbas Tire-da-glas."— Cummdh "Cumsuth, Episcopus et JJlt. 857 (=858). anchorita princeps Cluana Irairdd in pace ^ Ceallach, son of Ouaire Ann. F. M. pausavit. Cinaedh Mac Ailpin, rex Pie- at 856 ; but the true year is 858. »51 Three persons were burned by lightning at Tailten. [858.] Kal. Cinaedh Mac Ailpin^, King of the Picts, died, on whom tliis verse was composed : — That Cinaedh with the number of studs liveth not, Is the cause of weeping in every house. Any one king under heaven of his worth To the borders of Kome there is not. Cumsadh'', Bishop and Chief of Cluain Iraird, died. Tipraide Banbhan, Abbot of Tir-daghlas, died. Maeltuile, Abbot of Imleach lobhair, died. Adolph, King of the Saxons, died. Ceallach, son of Guaire"^, King of South Leinster, died. Cearnach, son of Cinaedh, King of Ui- Bairche-tire, died. [862.] Aedh"", son of Niall, and his son-in-law, i. e. Amhlaeibh (the daughter of Aedh was wife to Amhlaeibh), set out with great forces of Gaeidhil and Lochlanns to the plain of Meath, and they plundered it and slew many noble persons. [863.] Maelsechlainn^, son of Maelruanaidh, King of Erin, died on the day before the Calends of December, of which a certain poet sung : — There is many a moan in every place, It is a great cause of grief with the Gaeidhil, Red wine has been spilled into the valley, The sole king of Erin died. [863.] Aedh, son of Niall, the mortal enemy of Maelsechlainn, assumed " Aedh, son of Niall. — F. M. at 860 ; Tuesday, 30th Nov., and this enables us to true year 862. correct the chronology of these Annals, Maelsechlainn. — The Ann. Ult. 861, for the 30th November fell on Tuesday and F. M. 860, tell us that he died on in 863. O'Flaherty, Ogyg., p. 434. 152 neab Qoóa : f fee Tnbliaóna t)écc do i pije 50 píoóamail, cia po ^ebfn imnfo Tninic. Qilill banbain, ab bioyiap Qon^ap Cluana pfpra TTlolua, yapierip, mopicu|i. TTlaolobap hUa UinopiD paoi leijip Gipfnn mopicup. rriuipgiup, angcoipce Qpomacha, quieuic. Oálac ab Cluana trnc Moip quieuic. ^opmlair, iiijfnOonchaDa, pio^an rfrhpac, in poenicencia obiic. pionán Cluana caoin, eppcop ■] angcoipe quieuic. pinnceallac ab peapna nriopicup. Sejonan mac Conaing, pi Caippge bpacaibe mopicup. pian- naján mac Colmáin mopicup. ^uin Ctoba mic Ouiboabaipfnn, pi hUa ppib^ence, Cfnnpaolab 1 pi^e TTlurhan. Domnall mac Qilpin pe;r piccopum mopicup. I^al. Ofp^ap 00 cabaipc t)0 Cbfpball mac Ounlainj, •] 00 Cinnéne mac ^aícine .i. mac Deipbpeacap Cfpbaill pop longup Roolaib, "I bá gaipio peme cángaccup a Coclann ; ~[ Conall Ulcac DO mapbab ann agup Cuip^nen, cum plupimip aliip. Inpfb bpfj la Coclannaib, 1 Dul ap uamannaib lomóaib, "] apfó on na Dfpnab 50 minic peime. ° Seventeen years. — AedL, died izth Cal. Dec, whicli fell on Friday, as the Chroni- con Scotomm states. This indicates the year 879, and makes the length of his reign 16, not 17 years. — O'Flaherty, ibid. * Ailell Banhhan. — Ann. F. M. 857. ' Aenglius. — Ann. F. M. 858. f Maelodhar O'Tindridh. — Ann. Ult. 861, where he is called ]^ui leijif joióeal, " sage leech of the Gael." This is the iirst notice of an Irish physician to be Qp found in the Irish Annals since the intro- duction of Christianity. See Ann. F. M., A. D. 860, p. 494, note e Muirghius. — Ann. F. M. 860 ; Ult. 861. Of Cluain mic Nois. — The Four Mas- ters call him Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, A. D. 860. ' Gormlaith, daughter of Donnchadh. — Ann, F. M. 859; Ult. 860. ^ Finian. — Ann. F. M. 860. 153 assumed the kingdom of Erin after Maelsechlainn. The disposition of Aedh was pious and noble. He was seventeen years" in the king- dom peaceably, though he often met with annoyance. Ailell Banbhan'^, Abbot of Biror [died]. Aenghus^, a sage of Cluain Ferta Molua, died. [862.] Maeolodhar O'Tindridh^, chief physician of Erin, died. Muirghius^, anchorite of Ard-Macha, died. Dálach, Abbot of Cluain mic Nois*", died. Gormlaith, daughter of Donnchadh', Queen of Teamhar, died in penitence. Finian'^, of Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite, died. Finncheallach', Abbot of Fearna [now Ferns], died. Segonan, son of Conang", King of Carraig Brachaidhe, died. The killing of Aedh, son of Dubhdabhoirenn", King of Ui-Fidhgeinte. Cennfaeladh, in the kingdom of Munster. Domhnall Mac Ailpin°, King of the Picts, died. [863 ] Kal. A dreadful slaughter was made of the fleet of Rod- laibh", by Cearbliall, son of Dunlang, and by Cineide, son of Gaeithin, i. e. the son of Cearbhall's sister; and they [the crews of the fleet] had arrived from Lochlann a short time before ; and Conall Ultach and Lairgnen were slain there with many others. The plundering of Breagh by the Lochlanns, and they entered into many crypts^, a thing not done often before. A ' Finncheallach— . M. 860; Ult. 861. 862 (Ann. Ult. 861). Ogyg., p. 484. Seghonan, son of Conang. — F.M. 857 ; p The fleet of Rodlaihh. — The F. M., at Ult. 858 (out of place here). Cari'aig A. D. 860, make it Longphort-Eothlaibh, Brachaidhe is in the north-west of the which may perhaps be a coiTuption of barony of Inishowen, county of Donegal. Lougus Eothlaibh, i. e. EodlafF's, or Ro- ^ Aedh, son of Dubhdabhoirenn. — Ann. dolph's fleet. F. M. 858 ; Hit. 859. Crgpfs.—See Ann. F. M. 861 ; Ult. ° Domhnall mac Ailpin. — He died in 862; where this account of the phmder- X 154 'Q|i ná ngall la Cfjiball mac Ounlam^ aj pfpca caipec, i a cjifc D'pajbáil. Tnuipio^an mac OiapmaDa, pi Maip -| Laijfn ciD Do mapbab la ^encib, "] pocaióe móp Do rhaicib Caijfn. ]Qal. dob mac Cumupcai^, pi hUa Nialláin mopicup. TTIui- peboc mac Ulaoilouin, pi na n-Ctipúfp lujulacup epc ó Oomnall mac Qoba mic Néill. Cfpball mac Ounlain5 Do innpfb Laijfn. Niop bo cian lap pin 50 po cionolpaD Lai^ifi Coclannaig -] laD péin, 50 po inopibpioD Oppai^e na bio^ail pin. 6a mop an cpuai^e ! Doneoc pa ceic D'Opnaigib im mumain pa mapbaiD "| pa haipgiD uile. bá moó po gopcai^ pin mfnma Cfpbaill .1. an luce po^ab aije arhail caipipi .1. Goganacr, laopaibe Da apgain "| Da mapbab. bfg aip imuppo camgfn na namaD : uaip niop bo longnab laip laDpaiDe Do génam na nofpripac, uaip pa blijpioc. 'Ro cionol lapam ploij ■^aoibeal -\ Loclannaij, agup pa mill na pfpanna compocpaibe, pa mill TTlaj peimm -] pip mui^e "] pug bpaijoe ciniuba n-iomba laip. San bliabampi, .1. in cepcio anno pejni Qoba pinnlér, cangac- cup Sapcain 1 mbpearnaib ^aimuD, 1 pa inapbaiD na Sa;cain bpf- cain ap an cip. Oallab ing of the caves or crypts is given more " Jvincf of Ui-Niallain. — ^ííow the Oneil- fully. lands, two baronies in the Co. Armagh. ' Ferta Caeirech. — ííow Fertagh, near " Airthera. — 'Kow the baronies of Orior Jolinstown, in the barony of Galmoy, in the county of Ai'magh. In the Atiti, connty of Kilkenny See Ann. F. M., Ult. 862, he is called f ecnab Gipt> ma- A. D. 861. cae 1 pi na naipcep — "Sub-Abbot of ' Nás. — Ann. F. M. 861, p. 496, note Armagh, and King of Orior." Ult. 862, where is called King of Naas ^ Fera-Maighe. — ifow Fermoy, in the and of Airthir Life. county of Cork. — Ann. F. M. 862 (true * Aedh, son of Cumascach. — Ann. F. M. year, 864). 861, of the Mallain, in the Co. Armagh. '■ The third. — Aedh Frnnliath succeeded 155 A slaughter of the Galls at Ferta Caeirech'' by Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, and they left their prey behind. Muirigen, son of Diarmaid, King of Nas^ and of Leinster, Avas killed by the Pagans, and a great number of the chiefs of Lein- ster. [864.] Kal. Aedh, son of Curaascach', King of Ui-Niallain", died. Muiredhach, son of Maelduin, King of the Airthera^, was killed by Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Niall. Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, plundered Leinster. It was not long after this that the Leinster-men assembled themselves and the Loch- lanns, and plundered Osraighe in revenge of this. It was a great pity: such of the Osraighi as fled into Munster were all killed and plundered; and this distressed the mind of Cearbhall the more, that the people he took for friends, namely, the Eoghanachts, should plun- der and kill them. He thought little of the doings of the enemies, for he did not wonder at their doing what they did, for they were entitled to it. He therefore assembled an army of Gaeidhil and Loch- lanns, and spoiled the neighbouring lands [of the Eoghanachts] ; he spoiled Magh Feimhin and Fera Maighe'', and carried off the hos- tages of many tribes. In this year, i. e. the third^ of the reign of Aedh Finnliath, the Saxons came into Britain Gaimud*, and the Saxons expelled the Britons from the country. The in the year 863, so that the third year of cip t>o f'a;canaib con jio 5aba6 cacc his reign was 865 or 866. popaib im Tllaen conain. — "The Bri- * Britain Gaimud. — Perhaps Grwyncd tons were driven from their territory by (Guenidotia or Yenedotia, i. e. liorth the Saxons, and were put into bondage Wales) may be intended. This seems to in Maen Chonain," i. e. Anglesea, called be the same expulsion of the Britons which Mona Conain, from Conan, King of Gwy- is recorded in the Ann. Ult. at 864, in nedd. See Ann. Ult. 815 ; Brut y Tywy- these words : bpeacan bu int)apbu opa sogion, A. D. 817. X 2 156 Oallaó Lojicáin mic Cacail, pi ITIibe, la liQoó mac Néill. Concopap TTiac Oonnchaóa, leirpi IDibe do báó la hQmlaib i Cluain IpaiiiD. Inpfo na nOéip la Cfpball mac Ounlain^, i lánmiUeaó hUi n-Qongupa. Qboaine Uíjie do glap do gabail do TTlaoilpeccuip in hoc anno. ^abail Dia]imaDa la ^encib. GiDgm b]iic Gppcop Cille Dapa, pcpiba ec anachopeca cpcin°, anno aecarip puae quieuir. TTlaonac mac Connmaij, ab l?oip cjié mopirup. Oomnall liUa Ounlainj, pi^óamna Cai^fn, mopicup. Cfpmaic mac Carapnai^, ]ii Cojica baipcinn, mopicup. f^al. UaD^ mac DiapmaDa pi hUa Cinnpiolai^ Do mapbab Da b]iairpib péin. 'Qp pop Loclannaib la piann mac Conain5 pi Cianacc. Oeap^ óp na Loclann, ~[ a mbuaiópeab uile pan bliab- am pi la hCtob mac Néill, pig '6ipeann. TTlaibm lán rhóp la n-Qoó popp na Loclannaib aj Loc peabaill. Innipic Dno na b-eoluij gup ob Í a bfn ap moo po gpeip QoD i ccfnn na Loclann .1. CanD, ingfn Ounlamg : 1 appipibe ba bfn Do TTlaoilfeacloinn peirhe, mac- aip mic rriaoilpeacloinn .i. piaiii. ba hi mdraip CenneDij mic ^aicine i, .1. pi baigpi. Qp mop cpa pa pcpiobab na ppuapac- cup Loclannaig d'uIc 'pan bliabain pi [on g-CenncDigpibe] cib moo puappaccup ó Qob pmnliac mac Néill. IDilleab Lorcan. — Ann. F. M. 862 ; Ann. Ult. of his accession. 863. * Diarmaid. — Not in the published An- " Ui-Aenghiisa. — i. e. the descendants of nals. It does not appear who this Diar- Aenghus Mac liadfraich, King of Mun- maid was. ster, slain, A. D. 489. See Ann. F. M., ' Eidgin Brit. — Or the Briton. Ann. p. 499, note A. D. 862. F. M. 862. His name was probably Ed- <■ Maelpetair. — He died in 890, accord- win, a Briton. Colgan says that he died ing to the F. M., who do not give the year on the 1 8th December, probably confound- 157 The blinding of Lorcan'', son of Cathal, king of Meath, by Aedh, son of Niall. Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, half king of Meath, was drowned by Amhlaeibh at Cluain Iraird. The plundering of the Desies, and the total spoiling of Ui Aenghusa'^ by Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing. The abbacy of Tir-da-ghlas was assumed by Maelpetair^ in this year. The taking of Diarmaid^ by the Gentiles. Eidgin Brit*^, Bishop of Cill-dag^a, a scribe and anchorite, died in the one hundred and thirteenth year of his age. Maenach^, son of Connmach, Abbot of Ros-Cre, died. Domhnall, grandson of Dunlaing, royal heir of Leinster, died. Cearmait, son of Catharnach, King of Corca Bhaiscinu, died. [866.] Kal. Tadhg, son of Diarmaid'', King of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own brothers. A slaughter was made of the Loch- lanns by Flann, son of Conang, King of Cianachta. A great slaugh- ter was made of the Lochlanns, who were all disturbed this year by Aedh, son of Niall, King of Erin. A complete and great victory was gained by Aedh over the Lochlanns at Loch Feabhail', and the learned state that it was his wife that most incited Aedh against the Lochlanns ; i. e. Lann, the daughter of Dunlang, and she had been the wife of Maelsechlainn before, and was the mother of Maelsechlainn's son Flann. She was also the mother of Cenneidigh, son of Gaithin, King of Laeighis''. It is written that the Lochlanns sustained great evils in this year [from this Cenneidigh], but more from Aedh Finn- liath, son of Niall. [869.] ing him with Aedan of Ard Lonain. — Trias. Hiaum., p. 629. 863 ; Ann. Ult. 864. ' Locli FeabTiail. — ííow Lough Foyle. Laeighis. — Now Leix. ^ Tadhg, son of Diarmaid. — Ann. F. M. s Maenach. — This and the two succeed- ing entries are given by the F. M. at 862. 158 TiliUeaD "1 innpfó ponicpCnn la Coclannaib 50 pu^pac bpaijoe lomDa leo 1 n^ill pe ciop ; po bap 50 paDa mpccain cabaipc ciop'a óóib. Qp pop ^allaib oc mmbpoicic la CennéDij mac ^airine, pi Laijpi -] la cuaipgipc n-Oppai^e. Ip m aimpip pi rangarcup Qiimcep' ,1. na Oainpip 50 plua^aib biaipmibib leo 50 Caep Gbpoic, ^up po cojlarcup an carpai^, ~\ 50 nDfcacnip puippe, 1 ba copac imnió 1 Docpac móip t)o bpfc- naib pin ; uaip ni pat»a D'aimp^p perfie p-o po baoi ^ac co^aD "1 ^ac ^lipic 1 Coclainn, 1 ap oy^ po po pap an cojab pain i LoclainD .1. Da rhac ócca Qlboain pi Loclann po lonnapbp^ac an mac pa pine .1. Pa^nall mac QlbDain, ap ea^la leo é Do gabail P151 Loclann cap éip a n-acap ; 50 ccáinic an l?ajnall co n-a cpi macaib 50 hinpib Opc : po rapip laparh Pajnall arm pin, "] an mac ba poo bo cangaccup imoppu na mic ba pine 50 hinnpib bperan 50 pliiag mop leo, ap ccionól an rpluai^ pin ap gac áipD, ap na lionab na mac pin do biomup ~\ do rhfppacc um eipje 1 ccfnn Ppan^c -] Sapcann. l?a paoilpioD a n-araip Do Dol 1 Coclainn po céDóip Dap a n-éip. Pa fpail lapam anDíomup -] a n-ójbaDaca oppa lomparh pfmpa Dap an ocian CancaibpfcDa .1. an rhuip puil eiDip Gipinn ") Gap- pain 50 pangaccup Gppain, "] 50 nDfpnpaD ulca lomba 1 n-Gppain eDip ' Foirtrenn. — i. e. Pictland. — Aiin. Ult. nia {Hofn, the haven), called afterwards 865. Kaupmanna-Jiofn, (Merchants' haven), now Mindroichet Now Monadrehid, near Copenhagen. But the Editor is not able Borris in Ossory, in the Queen's County, to quote any other authority for the name The Pour Masters notice this slaughter of of Safnites being applied to the Danes, the foreigners at the year 864, but 866 is ° Caer Ehroic — i. e. the city of Ebora- the true year. cum or York. See " Annal, Cambriae" ° Aunites. — This name is perhaps a cor- and " Brut y Tywysogion" at 866. ruption oiAfiiitas, or Hafnitoe, from Haf- p Alhdan. — The Scandinavian form of 159 [869 ] Foirtrenn' was plundered and ravaged by the Lochlanns, and they carried oíF many hostages with them as pledges for rent : and they were paid rent for a long time after. A slaughter was made of the Galls at Mindroichef" by Cenneidigh, son of Gaithin, King of Laeighis, and by the northern Osraighi. At this time the Aunites", i. e. the Danes, came with countless forces to Caer Ebroic", and destroyed the city, which they took, and this was the beginning of great troubles and difficulties to the Britons. For not long before this time every kind of war and commotion pre- vailed in Lochlann, which arose from this cause; i. e. the two younger sons of AlbdanP, King of Lochlann, expelled the eldest son, Ragh- nall, son of Albdan, because they feared that he would take the kingdom of Lochlann after their father; and Raghnall came with his three sons to Innsi Ore'", and Raghnall tarried there with his youngest son. But his elder sons, with a great host, which they collected from every quarter, came on to the British Isles, being elated with pride and ambition, to attack the Franks and Saxons. They thought that their father had returned to Lochlann immediately after setting out. Now, their pride and youthful ambition induced them to row for- ward across the Cantabrian Sea"^, i. e. the sea which is between Erin and Spain, until they reached Spain', and they inflicted many evils in this name may probably be Halden, or does not mention that they crossed the Halfdane. See Saxon. Chron., A.D, 871 ; Gaditanean Straits. — "Northern Anti- OTlahcrty's Ogyg., p. 485, A. D. 871. quities," Bohn's Ed., p. 173, note. See Innsi Ore. — i. e. the Orkney Islands. alsoDepping, " Histoire des Exped. Mari- ^ Cantabrian Sea. — i. e. the Biscayan Sea. times des Normands," liv. ii., chap. 3 'Until they reached Spain. — Mallet (p. 121, New. Ed., 1844), who cites the gives an account of an excursion made by Anual. Bertin. for the statement that the a strong force of Scandinavian rovers into Northmen ravaged the coast of Erisia, Spain in September, 844, which looks and infested the Scottish islands in the very like the one here described, but he year 847. i6o eoip opjain ~\ innpet). Uan^accup laprrain Dap an niuincfnn n^aDianca, .1. bail 1 ccém muip meDireppanian ipin Ocian imfc- cpac, 50 pánjacrup an Ctppaic ; 1 cuipio car pip na TTIaupio- canuib, "I uiiiciD Deapjáp na TTIaupiocana. Qcc cfna ap 05 Dul 1 jcfnn an cacapa a t)uBaipc an oapa mac pip an mac oile : a bpácaip, ap pé, ap mop an miciall -] an DÓpacc pil popamn beic ap ^ac cip a ccip ap puo an Domuin gap mapbaó, a nac 05 cop- narh ap n-arapba pén acaám, "| piap ap n-arap do ^énam, uaip ap a aonap ará anopa amuic -] imepcin iccip nac leip péin, ap map- hat> an Dapa micpopajpom na pappaó, amail poillpigreap bampa, ^omaó 1 n-aiplmge no poillpigrea bopom pin : -[ po mapbab an mac oile bo a ccac pmnbpfccain ono, ma céapna an c-araip pén ap an car pm, que peuepa comppobacum eipc. In can po baoi 5a paD pin ap ann ao connaipc car na TTlaupi- cana cuca : -\ map ao connaipc an mac po páib na bpiarpa pfrh- ainn pin, po ling 50 hoban 'yaY) cat ~\ cáinic o'ionnpoi^ pi na IDau- picána, 1 CU5 buille Do cloibfrti mop bo, 50 po ^aD a lam be. T?o cui]ieab 50 c]iuaib cfcrup an Da Ifc 'yaw cat pa, ~\ ni pu^ nfc Díob copgup Da chele 'pctn cac pin. Qcc cáinig các Díob D'lonnpaij a lon^poipc, ap mapbaD pocaibe eccuppa. l?a piiagaip imuppo cac ap a céle coibeacc ap na mápac Do cum an caca. l?o lom- gab imuppo pi na TTlaupirana an lonjpopc, -| pa éla ipm oibce ap njaiD a láirhe be. O cámi^ cpa an maiDin po ^abpac na Coclan- aij a n-apma, '] po coipigpioc laD 50 cpuaib beoba do cum an caca. Na TTlaupicana imuppo ó po aipijpic a pi D'élúo, po ceic- pioD ap mapbab a noeapjaip. T?o ^ The Gaditanean Straits. — i. e. the ^ Mauritani. — i. e. the Moors. Maurita- Straits of Gades, in the south of Spain, nia Proper answers to the modem Morocco. The modern Cadiz preserves the name. The father himself . — Meaning, "if our ^ The external ocean. — i.e. the Atlantic, father himself." i6i in Spain both by killing and plundering. They afterwards crossed the Gaditanean Straits', i. e. where the Mediterranean Sea goes into the external ocean", and they arrived in Africa, and there they fought a battle with the Mauritania, in which a great slaughter of the Mauri- tani was made. However, on going to this battle, one of the sons said to the other : " Brother," said he, " it is great folly and madness in us to be going from one country to another throughout the world, killing ourselves, instead of defending our patrimony and obeying the will of our father, for he is now alone away from home, and so- journing in a country not his own; the second son, whom we left along with him, having been killed, as was revealed to me (this had been revealed to him in a dream), and his other son was killed in a battle ! It is wonderful, too, if the father himself^' has escaped from that battle, qué^ revera comprobatum est." As he was saying these words, they saw the battle array of tlie Mauritani approaching them ; and as the son who said the aforesaid words saw it, he rushed suddenly into the battle, and he came up to the King of Mauritania, and gave him a stroke of a great sword, and cut off his hand. The battle was fought with great hardihood on both sides, although neither party gained the victory in that battle ; but both returned to their camps, after many persons had been killed on both sides. They, however, challenged each other to battle the next day. But the King of Mauritania fled from his camp, and fled at night, after having lost his hand. When the morning came, however, the Lochlanns put on their armour, and prepared themselves Avith hardihood and vigour for the battle. But when the Mauritani per- ceived that their king had absconded, they fled, after many of them had been cut off with great slaughter^. After ' Que. — Read quod. The meaning is, that him in a dream, was found to turn out true, what had been miraculously revealed to * Great slaughter. — The editor has not Y 102 T?o cuaccup lajipn na Coclonnaij pon rip "] po aipjpioc, -] po lo)p5pioD an cip uile ; cujpao Dna flua^ mop biob a mbpaic leo 50 liGipinn .1. piao pin na pip ^opma, uaip ipionann ITlaupi -| nigpi : ITlaupirania ip lonann ip nigpicuDo. Qp inbfccain má céapna an rpfp Duine Go Loclonnaib eoip in nfc pa mapbaiD, -| po báióic Díb pan TTluincinn muipibe ^aoicanna. C(p paoa Dna po báoa]i na pip ^opma pin 1 n-'Gipinn. Qp ann aca TTlaupirania concpa 6a- leapep Inpulap. ]Qal. Gclippip polip in Calenoip lanuapii. CealLac mac Qilella, ab Cille oapa, 1 ab 1ae, oopimiuir in pegione piccopum. TTlainchine Gppcop Cergbne quieuir. Uuaral mac Qpcgoppa, ppim eppcop poipcjifnn, "] ab Oum Caillen, mopirup. ^uin Colmain mic Ounlainje, pi pocapc cipe ; 00 mapbaó é Da cloinn péin. Ui^fpnac mac pocapca, pi peap mbpea^. Ip in bbaoain pi caini^ Uompap lapla, o Luimnioc 50 Cluain pfpca bpfnainn, (ouine ainopeannoa agapb aino^ib eipioe do Loc- lannaib) anoap leip do ^ebaó bpaD mop 'pin cill pin, gibfD ni map pa paoil puaip, uaip cainig peal bfg piop peirhe, -] po reicfb 50 maiú peirhe 1 n-eacpaib, Dpeam eile 1 peipcinib, Dpfm oile 'piii ^í'ni- pul. Ctn Dpfm imuppo pop a pugpom ap an uplap, •) ip in pebc po mapbporh. l?o baoi Dno Copmac mac Glacoij, paoi eagna Gipfnn, been able to find any account of this inva- " Balearic Isles. — Majorca, Minorca, Ca- sion of Morocco by the Northmen in any brera, Iriza, &c. other authority. An eclipse of the sun. — This eclipse Blue men in Erin. — No account of is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the these blue men has been found in any year 864, but the true year is 865. other Annals or history. " Ceallach. — Annals of Ulster, A.D. 864; 163 After this the Lochlanns passed over the country, and they plun- dered and burned the whole country ; and they carried oíF a great host of them [the Mauritani] as captives to Erin, and these are the blue men [of Erin], for Mauri is the same as black men, and Mauritania is the same as blackness. It is wonderful if every third man of the Lochlanns escaped, between the numbers who were killed and those who were dro^^med of them in the Gaditanean Straits. Long indeed were these blue men in Erin^. Mauritania is situated opposite the Balearic Isles''. [869,] Kal. An eclipse of the sun'' on the Calends of January. Ceallach*, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill dara and Abbot of I, died in the region of the Picts. Mainchine^, Bishop of Leithghlin, died. Tuathal^, son of Artgus, chief Bishop of Fortrenn, and Abbot of Dun Caillen [Dunkeld], died. The killing of Colman, son of Dunlang, King of Fotharta-tire^ : he was killed by his own children. Tighernach', son of Focarta, King of the men of Breagh [died]. In this year came Tomrar'^ the Earl, from Luimnech to Cluain- fearta-Brenainn' (he was a fierce, rough, cruel man of the Lochlanns), thinking that he would find a great prey in that church, but he did not find it as he thought, for intelligence had gone a short time before him, and they fled expertly from him, some in boats, others into the morasses, and others into the church. Those whom he caught on the floor Eeeves's "Adamnan," p. 391 ; F. M. 863. Tomrar. — This Tomrar is not men- ' Mainchine. — F. M. 863. tioned in any other Annals, unless he be s TmtJial. — F. M. 863 ; Ann. Ult. 864. the same as the Tomrar, son of Tomralt, " Fotharta-tire. — i. e. the inland Foth- who was slain 923 (F. M.). arta, now the barony of Forth, in the ' Cluain-fea/rta Brenainn. — Now Clon- county of Carlow Ann. F. M. 863. fert. This attack is not mentioned in any ' Tighermcli. — Ann. Ult. 864. [= 865]. other Ann als known to the Editor. Y 2 104 Gipfnn, corhapba yer) Cmpain Sai^jie pn cfmpal ]^in. T?a faop Dia 1 bpénainn laD amlai^ yin. TDaiib imoppu do oápacc an Uonipaip 'pin bliabam pi, a]i n-imipc do bliiiénainn miopbal paip. Ip in blia^ain pm po cuanap na pij Coclonnai^ im ITluniaiTi -) plua^a nnópa leo, -| pa inDpipiD 50 cpoba an TTlurhain. ^iófó cfna cu^ab Deap^ dp poppa ann, uaip caini^ Cinnéci^ mac ^ctirin, pi Caoigpi (mac épioe do LainD injin Ounlamge, "| pibe DUO maraip piainn mic TTIaoilpeacloinn "] ap 1 ba bfn an canpa D'Qob mac Néill, pi^ Ufmpac), ap é an mac-^ainn ba ;5aip5e, -] ba co]^5paca poji gallaib pan aimpip pin 1 n-6ipinD — cainij lapam an Cinnécij p 1 Caoijip 50 nDpeim do Oppaijib maille pip 50 lon^popc na Loclann, gup po mapBpac Dfpjáp a nDfjDaoine ap lap an longpoipr. Ip ann pm aD connaipc CinnéDij pfp d'ó muincip péin, ~\ Diap Loclann ag rpiall a cinn Do beim be, cainig 50 epic Da paopab, 1 po bfn an Da cfnn Do'n Dip pin, ~\ po paop a peap muincipe péin. Uaimc perhe CennéDig 50 mbuaib "] copgup. Qp annpaiDe do pala an cpfc Coclannac 1 naijib CinnéDi^ co n-éoalaib mopa occa. O po cualacup na maire uD Do mapbab po pagpao a ^cpeic, -] a n-éoala, -] cangaccup 50 cpuaib, beoba 1 n-aigib Cmnéci^. T?o rogbaiD gora allmapba bapbapba annpaibe, ~\ pcuic lomba babpDha "| pocuibe 5a pób núi, núi. Ro DiobaipgiD laparh pai^oe lomba fcuppa 1 ler^ae -) pa gabpac pa Deoi^ pop a ccloíbrhib *" Connac. — He was Abbot of Seirkieran, in the King's County. His death is no- ticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 868. " Saved them. — Something seems to have been omitted here. The narrative is probably abridged from some ecclesias- tical legend. ° Died of madness. — This is probably a mistake, confounding thisTomrar with the Tomrar Mac Ailchi, or Elge, who died, or " went to hell with his pains" in 922, ac- cording to the Annals of Clonmacnoise. — See "Leabhar nagCeart," Introd., p. xli. p Predatory parti/. — A party who had gone forth from the camp for plunder. i65 floor and in the churchyard he killed. Cormac™, son of Elathach, chief of Erin for wisdom, the successor of old Ciaran, of Saighir, was in the church. God and Brenann thus saved them". And Tomrar died of madness" in this year, Brenann having wrought a miracle upon him. In this year the Lochlann kings went into Munster, having great hosts along with them, and they bravely ravaged Munster. They were, however, dreadfully slaughtered, for Cennedigh, son of Gaithin, King of Laeighis, the son of Lann, daughter of Dunlang (who was the mother of Flann, son of Maelsechlainn, and at this time the wife of Aedh, son of Niall, King of Teamhair, — and this son of Gaithin was the fiercest andthe most victorious man against the foreigners in Erin at this time), — this Cennedigh came with the Laeighis and a party of the Osraighi to the camp of theLochlanns and made a slaughter of the best of their men in the middle of the camp. On this occasion Cennedigh saw a man of his people between two Lochlann men who were going to cut off his head, and he came actively to his relief, and beheaded the two Loch- lanns, and thus saved his own man. Cennedigh then passed forward with victory and triumph. Then the predatory party^ of the Loch- lanns came against Cennedigh, having great spoils in their hands, and when they heard of the killing of the chiefs aforesaid, they left their plunder and spoils and came vigorously and actively against Cenne- digh. They raised foreign barbarous shouts there, and blew warlike trumpets, and many said " nui, nui^ I" Many darts and half javelins were discharged between them, and at last they took to their heavy, strong-striking swords. But God was assisting the son of Gaithin and his 1 Nui, nui. — Quere, whether this war- ritory included in the present Queen's cry is not the IS'orse noe, noe {now, now /). County), must have been taken from some This account of the conflict between Ken- local Annals, preserved, probably, at Clo- ned y, son of Gahan, King of Leix (a ter- nenagh or Clonfert-Mulloe. lio account i66 ccloÍDrhib cpoTYia copcbuilleóa. ^ibeó cpa ]io baí Oia 05 pupcacc Do mac ^aícin CO na nriuinncip, po popuaifli^fó na Loclannaij, ■) pa pagpac a larpai 5 imbualca : pa cuaoap app i TnaiDTn ap map- baó a nofp^ap, Opfm oile ní Dfcaccup 1 ppan ap a ppainne ap ppulang gopca Tnóijie óóiB, no ap a náipe leo cecfo. In uaip ao concaccup plua^ mic ^airin occ cionol an mairiupa po pagpao- purh leo, cangaccup na nof^aib. TTlap po connaipc mac ^airin épióe, po ^ab pora amail paol po caopcab, 50 po ceicpioo ^far) mónaió gup po mápbam 'yar\ mónaió uile lao, 50 nouaccup coin a ccolla. Po mapbpac ono an luccpa .1. mac ^airin co rhuinncip nfp^ap aopa gpaba pij Coclann i n-áipo aile pin TTlumain .1. mapcpluaj pij Loclann. Ip na bio^ail pa mapbpac na Coclan- nai^ pluaj móp clépec, pa baoi [ina longpupc] péin, acc ap lap mbuaió onjra -] airpige. Ip 1 n-ainpip pin pu^ clú móp TTlaoilciapain eit)ip ^aoibealuib ap a mence buaóa t)o bpeir 6ó do Loclannaib. Ip in bliaDainpi ba mapb Uompup lapla, náma bpénainn Do DÓpacc 1 pupc TTlanann, ~\ ha lifó aD cío bpénamn mapbaó. Ip in ran po do jionpaD Ciappuije popbaipi pop rhuinncip an Uompaip pin, 1 ap naccacc Dóib bpénainn ap bpú an rhapa, po baoi an coimDe a^ pupcacc do na ^aoióiolaib : uaip baoi an rhuip Ó5 baDhaD na Coclann, "] na Ciapjiui^e 5a mapbab. Conjal an Sfiióip pi Ciappui^e pu^ buaiD ipin con^ail cara pa, Qp uaireaó cpa lomnocc ~\ ^onca ceapna Do na Loclannaib ; ba móp r-óip 1 aip^iD, 1 bancaom po pá^BaiD ann pin. Ip in bliaóain pi Dno cangaccup plóig Loclann 6 piiupc Copc- ai^e of it is given in the published Annals. cover their spoils. Tlie^ came. — i. e. the wounded or ^ Maelciarain. — The death of this cham- wearied Lochlanns rallied, and followed pion is entered in the Ann. Ult. at 868 ; the victorious Irish, to endeavour to re- F. M. 867. 167 his people, and they prevailed over the Lochlanns, who left the field of conflict and fled routed after having sustained red havoc. Some of them had not gone far, in consequence of weakness, having suflfered much from hunger, or who were ashamed to fly ; when these per- ceived the host of the son of Gaithin collecting the spoils which they had abandoned to them, they came'' after them. When the son of Gaithin saw this, he attacked them as the wolf attacks sheep, so that they fled into a bog, and in that bog they were all killed, and dogs devoured their bodies. This party also, i. e. the son of Gaithin and his people, made a great slaughter of the aes-gradha [servants of trust] of the King of the Lochlanns in another direction in Munster, i. e. of the cavalry of the King of the Lochlanns; and in revenge of this the Lochlanns killed a great host of clerics who were in their own camp; but it was after the victory of unction and penance. At this time Maelciarain' obtained great fame among the Gaeidhil from his frequent victories over the Lochlanns. In this year Tomrar, the Earl, the enemy of Brenann, died of mad- ness at Port-Manann*, and he saw Brenann" killing him. In this year the Ciarraighi [Kerry -men] made an invading camp against the people of this Tomrar, and having supplicated Brenann on the brink of the sea, the Lord was aiding the Gaedhil, for the sea was drowning the Lochlanns, and the Ciarraghi were killing them. Congal, the senior^, King of Ciarraighe, gained victory in this battle. The Lochlanns escaped, few, naked, and wounded, leaving behind them much gold and silver, and fair women. In this year also the hosts of the Lochlanns came from the port of ' Port-Manann i. e. the harbour of the the Irish, and was particularly hostile to Isle of Man. the Scandinavians. Brenann. — i. e. St. Brendan, of Clon- Congal the senior. — i. e. the aged, fert. St. Brendan was the navigator of There is no account of this destruction of i68 aije t)'ap5ain pfpnnai^e péne.acc cfna ní pa cfoaig Dia Dóib, uaip ip an can pin can^arrup na Dépi ap cpfcaib 'yaw ppfpann cécna cpé pémpé^GÓ Oé, uaip ba neap^-narhaiD peimipin na Oéipi "| pipmai^e. 'O po concaccup lapam na Oépi na Loclannaij 05 opjain 1 05 innpaó an cípe canjacrup o'lonnpaijjiD peapmui^e, -] t)o ponpac píó bain^in caijiipi, "| po cuaoap an aonpfp 1 ccfnn na Coclann 50 5ap5, beoóa, commba^ac, -] pa cuipfó 50 cpuaió cpoba leic pop lec fcuppa, ^iófo po mfmaió popp na Coclanaib cpé miopbail an coimDheb, ~\ pa cuipioó a noeapg áp. T?á cuaió imiippo a ccaoi- pioc .1. ^niTTicinnpiolaij la amim 50 painij caipcaiL oaínjen baoi a gcompocpaib óóib, ~\ po piiabaip a jabail, -| apeó ba Díorhaoin 00, uaip ni pa péo a pulan^ ap lomaD paja 1 cloc noiubpa^aó bo. Ipeb t)o pignipiorh Cfnnpaolao Do ^aipm cuije, uaip ba DÓ15 leip ba capa é, -] aip^fba lomiba Do ^eallab bo ap a anacal, -) a peb ba DíoThaoin Doporh, uaip po caipngfoporh amac rpia impibe na poc- aibe po pojnaiDpioc 00 peirhe, -\ po mapbab 50 cpnag é, -] po map- bam a rhuinncep uile, ba gaipic imuppo lapccam 50 rcanjap do cum an caipceol in po cairpiorh a bfraib 50 paprolac, -| po Díop- jaoileab uile é. Sic enim placuic Oeo. f^al. Oinfpcac, ab Lochpa mopicuup. Loc Cebinn Do poub 1 ppuil, 50 paibe na páipcib cpó amail pgama. Spuraip the followers of Tomrar by field and flood, by the Deisi, and he was, no doubt, the to be found in the published Annals. same person as the Gnim Cinnsealaigh y Corcach i. e. from the harbour of here mentioned. Cork. There is no account of this trans- ^ Castle. — Caipciul. This is the ear- action given in the published Annals. liest notice of a Danish castle in Ireland. ' Gnim Cinnsiola. — It is stated in the This entry, however, is not to be found Ann. F. M. at the year 865, that Gnim- in the other Annals, beolu, chief of the Galls of Cork, was slain Lothra. — Now Lorha, in the barony 1 6g ' of Corcacli'' to plunder Fera Maighe-Feine [Fermoy]. God, however, did not permit them, for at this time the Deisi had come to plunder in the same land by the providence of God, for before this time the Deisi and the Feara-maighe were mortal enemies. When, however, the Deisi saw the Lochlanns plundering and ravaging the country, they came to the Feara-maighe, and they made a firm and faithful peace [with each other], and they went together against the Loch- lanns, fiercely, actively, and unitedly, and a fierce and terrible battle was fought between them; however, the Lochlanns were defeated through God's miracle, and they were cut off with great slaughter. But their chief, Gnim Cinnsiolla^ by name, went to a strong castle^ which stood near them, and he attempted to take it, but it was a vain effort for him, for he Avas not able to bear the number of darts and stones shot at him. He then called Cennfaeladh to him, for he thought he was a friend, and promised him many rewards for pro- tecting him ; but this was also idle for him, for he was taken out at the request of the hosts who had served him previously, and pite- ously killed with all his people. Shortly afterwards they came to the castle in which he had passed his time voluptuously, and totally de- molished it : Sic enim. placuit Deo. [866.] Kal. Dinertach, Abbot of Lothra^, died. Loch Leibhinn" was turned into blood, so that it was in clots of blood, like sgama'^. Sruthair, of Lower Ormond, county of Tipperary. an island in this lake, and, according to See r. M. 864, the tradition in the country, the Danish ' Loch Leihhinn. — Now Lough Leane, tyrant Turgesius had a residence on the near Fore, in the county of Westmeath. same island. — Ann. F. M. 864 ; Ann. TJlt. According to the Life of St. Fechin, pub- 865. lished by Colgan, Diarmaid, King of Ire • * Sgama. — Scum, dross ; the liver, or land, who died A. D. 664, had lived on lights ; the scale of a fish. Latin, squama. z Spiirai]!, 1 Slébce, -\ Ctcaó Qpglaip D'apjam do ^errib. Ip in bliabain p .i. pepcco anno pe^iminip Qo6a mic NéiU, TTiaióm jie Laignib pop Uib NéiU, i ccopcaip TTlaolmuab mac Ounchaba, -\ rDaolmuiprerhne mac lTlaoilbpi5r)e. Ueagrhail emip 'Oiple, mac pi Loclann, -] Qrhlaib a bpácaip. Upi mic bacrup a^ an pi .1. Qmlaib, -\ lomap, ■] 'Oiple. Oifle ba poo a n-aoip Diob, -| ap é bá moó ap aoi eangnama ; uaip pug Deapp- gughab mop moiubap^an poga -| inniopcga do ^liaoibealaib. Pug Dno Dfppgugliab 00 Loclannaib in niupc cloibim 1 in-Diubpagab l^aigfo. r?o baoi a Dubpuac go mop ga bpairpib. Qpeb ap mo po baoi ag Qmlaoib. Ni inipin cuipi na mipcfn ap a libpi. l?a cuoDap an Da bpáraip .1. Ctmlaoib "| lomap i gcomaiple ma cain- gin in mic óig .1. 'Oiple, gé po barcup cúipi Dicealra occa Da rhapbab, ni hiaD cugpac ap áipD, acc cúipi eile po rógbarcup ap áipD ap anolepioD a mapbab, "] pá cmpioc laparh a rhapbab. 'O po piDip Qmlaoib Dal an bparap ba miopgaip leip Do ruibeacc, ippeD DO pigne cfccaipeaba caipipi Do cup ap cfnn na picaipe ba ponaipce "] ba beqba aige, go mbeiccip aprig ap cfnn 'Oiple. Udinic lapam an c'Oipli .1. an Duine ap pipp cpur 1 fngnam baoi an can pin 'fan Doman; uairfb Dna caimg 1 ccfc abpacaip ; uaip ni ipaoil an ni puaip ann .1. a rhapbab. Ipeb imoppo po cuinnig ann ni nac po paoil. Qpfb po lapp ó cup Diolmainiup labapca Do cab- aipc DÓ. Uugab Doporh pain. Qpfb imoppo, polabaippiorh .1. a bpácaip «■ Sruthair. — ISTow Shrule, on the east ^ By the Gentiles. — The F. M., at 864, bide of the River Barrow, near the town have, "by the Osraighi." of Carlow. See Ann. F. M., p. 562, note. ' Aedh. — This was the year 869. This ' Slehhte. — Now Sleaty, near the town entry is not ia the published Annals, of Carlow. Amhlaeibh, &c. — These three princes s Acliadh arghlais. — Now Agha, in the are mentioned in the Annals of Ulster, at barony of Idrone, county of Carlow. the year 862, as having plundered the an- 171 Sruthair^, and Slebhte^, and Achadh Arghlais^ were plundered by the Gentiles'". In this year, the sixth of the reign of Aedh', son of Niall, a vic- tory was gained by the Leinster-men over the Ui-Neill; in the battle fell Maelmuaidh, son of Donchadh, and Maelmuirtheimhne, son of Maelbrighde. A meeting [took place] between Oisle, son of the King of Loch- lann, and Amhlaeibh, his brother. The king had three sons, namely, Arahlaeibh'^, and Imhar, and Oisle. Oisle was the youngest of them in age, but the greatest in point of valour, for he gained great celebrity by excelling all the Gaeidhil in shooting darts and javelins, and he excelled the Lochlanns in strength of sword and in shooting darts. His brothers had a black hatred for him, and Amhlaeibh more than the other. The causes of the hatred are not to be told, on account of their complexity. The two brothers, Amlaeibh and Imhar, con- sulted together about the cause of the young brother, Oisle; and though they had hidden reasons for killing him, these were not what they brought forward, but they dissembled and brought forward other (iauses for which they ought to kill him ; and they afterwards resolved upon killing him. When Amhlaeibh had learned that the party of the brother whom he hated had arrived, what he did was, to send faithful messengers for the stoutest and most vigorous knights he had, that they might be in the house on Oisle's arrival. Oisle afterwards arrived. He was the best shaped and the most va- liant man that was then in the world. He came with a small party to the house of his brother, for he did not expect to meet his death there, as he did. He requested a thing which he did not think would be cient sepulchral caves, as well as the land Oisle, or Flosius, is recorded A. D, 866. of Flann, son of Conaing, chief of Cia- " Auisle tertius rex Gentilium dole ot nachta in Bregia ; and the murder of parricidio a fratribus suis jiigulatus est." Z 2 172 abpóraip (a]i pé) muna ppail jpáó Do rhná, .1. injfn Cinaor a^aopa, cíb na leigi Dampa imic í, "] gac ní po Díojbaip pia, Do béppa buic, 'O po cimla an c-Qmlaib pin, po jab éo mop é, 1 po nocc a cloi- ófrh, ajup cug buille óe 1 jcfnn 'Oifle .1. a bpácap, gup pop mapb. l?o coiméipij các ap amup a céile laprcain .1. muincfp an pí .1. Qrhlaoib, 1 muinncfp an bpárap po nnápbaó ann ; báccup pruic, "| corhaipc mapfc annpaióe. Ro cuap lappain pa longpopc an bpa- rap po mapbaó ann, ap ccup ofpgáp a rhuinncipe. Rob lomba mairiop ip in lonjpopc pin. 'Sin bliaóain pi Do cuabap na Danaip 50 Caep Gbpoic "| 00 paopac cat cpuaiD do na Sa;):anaib ann. l?o maió pop Sa;canuib, "I po mapbab pig Sapcan ann .1. Qlle, cpe bpac ~\ meabail giolla Ó15 Da muincip péin, Uugat) cpa áp nnóp ip in cac pin, "] pa cuap 1 ap pain pop Caep Gbpoic, "] cugab lomao ^ac mairiupa eipre, uaip bá paibbip an can pin í, 1 nnapbcup na pppíc Do beagbaoine innce. Qp ap pin po pap gac Doconac, "] gac imneab D'lnnpi bpea- ron. 1p in bliabain pi caimj an CenneDi^ aipbipc .1. mac ^cti^'n, nárha cluuc na Coclann D'lonnpoijib longpoipc Qmloib, pi na Loc- lann ("I ap epibe pfmainn do mapb a bpacaip) gup po loipcc . . . . T^an^accup na Coclannai^ na Dfjaib, 1 map cu^porh a ai^liib poppa, po maib peirhe Dib 50 nige an longpoipc 1 po mapb a noeapjap na paopclann. Ip in bliabain pi cainic bapic lapla, 1 haimap Diap do cmel poicinealac ' Caer Elroic. — i. e. the town of York, had taken to themselves a king, ^lla, not See Saxon Chronicle, A. D. 867 ; Ann. of royal blood." The death of ^lla on Ult. 866. this occasion is not recorded ; but Flor. Alle. — The East Anglians (i. e. Nor- Wigorn. in hisChron. says, " occisis duo- thnmbrians), says the Saxon Chronicle, bus regibus," viz. Osbiyght and ^lla. " had cast out their king Osbryght, and " The camp of Amhlaeihh. — In the Ann. »73 be granted him. He first requested that freedom of speech should be granted him, and what he said was : " Brother," said he, " if thou art not fond of thy wife, the daughter of Cinaedh, why not give her away to me, and whatever dower thou hast given for her, I shall give to thee." When Amhlaeibh heard this, he was seized with great jea- lously; he drew his sword and dealt his brother Oisle a blow of it on the head, and killed him. The parties of both then rose up to give battle to each other, i. e. the people of the King, Amhlaeibh, and the people of the brother who was killed. Trumpets were blown, and combats were fought between both parties there. The camp of the slain brother was afterwards entered after his people had been dread- fully slaughtered, and many were the spoils found in that camp. In this year the Danes went to Caer-Ebroic^ and gave hard battle to the Saxons there. They defeated the Saxons, and killed the Saxon King there ; viz. Alle™, through the treachery and deceit of a young man of his own people. Great havoc took place in that battle. The city of Ebroc was then entered, and much of every kind of riches was carried out of it, for it was wealthy at this time, and all the good people who were found within it were slain. From this arose every kind of misfortune and trouble to the island of Britain. In this year the famous Cennedigli, son of Gaithin, the celebrated enemy of the Lochlanns, came to the camp of Amhlaeibh", King of the Lochlanns (he who murdered his brother, as we have before mentioned), and burned it ... . The Lochlanns came in pursuit of him, but he turned upon them and routed them back to their camp, and he made a great slaughter of their nobles. In this year Barith the Earl°, and Haimar, two of the noble race of F. M., A. D. 865, Ult. 866, Dun-Amh- been at Clondalkin. laeibh, or Amlaff's fort, is said to have ° Barith the Uarl, — The only Barith 174 poicinealac na LocIann,rpé láp Connacc b'lonnf 01516 CuiTinni^,arYiail na DfpnDaip ni do Connacraib. ^lofo ni arhlaió do yiala, uaip ni 'pan lomaD po taipipni^pioD acc na mbpigaib péin. l?o puappac- cup naConnaccaig rpia celcc a ppopuaip'tiujabpom : uaip do pala apeile ITIuimneac y^onaipc, cpuaib, ~\ 5I1C 1 n-imipc apm, fciippaan ran pin, 1 bá 5I1C Dno a ccomaiplib an TTluirhneac y^in. l?o lopailfc- cup lapam Connacca paipp'ioe Dola ap amup na Loclann, map ba Do rabaipr eoluip Dóib, ~\ Do mapbab bapir. TTlap panaigpiDe 50 mje an lonaD 1 paba hainnap cug buille Do leac^a 50 ponaipc in haimap, 50 pop mapB, TTliliD imuppo Connaccac do cuaib maille pipap CÍ mapbra an bapif, ni rápla Dopaibe arhail ba Dúcpacc laip, uaip po ^onab é rpe na pliapaiD, 1 pa cuaib ap ap éigin lapccain. l?a ^abpau Dno na Connaccai^ po na Coclannaib gup ciiippioD Deap^áp na Loclann, ~\ ni liarhlaib po biab muna beir an caiU "] an aDhaij 1 ppocpaib. Ipeb po cuaccup lapccam coini^e an lonaiD ap a ccangaccup, ~\ ni Do Luimneac. "[sal, IDaolDiiin mac Qoba OipDnije, in clepicacu obnc. l?obapr;ac, Gpipcopup ec papienp pionn^laipi, mopicup. Cop5pach ci^e Uelle, pcpibniDe "] angcoipe, D'ecc. Conall Cille Scipe, epipcopup, quieuic. Copmac bUa Ciacháin, epipcopup ec anachopeca, quieuic. Oi^ibcaip, ab CoinDepe -] Cainneala, quieuic. ^uaipe mac DubDabaipfnn mopicup. muipfoac mentioned in the Irish Annals is Barith, land A. D. 797-820. a fierce champion of the Norsemen, who 1 Finnglais. — Now Finglas, near Duh- was slain at Dublin in 878, according to lin. Ann. Ult. 866. the Ann. T. M.; Ult. 880. ' Tigli Telle.— ^ovf Tihelly, or Teely, Maelduin, son of Aedh. — A. D. 866 [theJiouseof8t.Telle,seeM.avt.J)\mgal.3idi [=867] Ann. TJlt. He was the son of 25 Jun.], near Durrow, in the north of the Aedh Oirdnidhe, who was King of Ire- present King's County. Colgan's Acta SS., »75 of the Loclilanns, came through the middle of Connaught towards Luimneach [Limerick], as if they intended to do no injury to the Connaught-men, But this did not happen so, for it was not to num- bers they trusted, but to their own vigour. The Connaught-men pro- posed to cut them off by treachery; for at that time there happened to be a certain Munster-man among them who was brave, hardy, and cunning in the use of arms, and he was also wise in councils. The Connaught-men requested of him to go towards the Lochlanns, as if to guide them, [but in reality] to kill Barith, As he came on to the place where Haimar was, he gave Haimar a strong blow of a half javelin, and killed him. But a Connaught champion, who went along with him for the purpose of killing Barith, did not happen to suc- ceed as he desired, for he was himself wounded through his thigh, and afterwards escaped with difficulty. The Connaught-men, how- ever, attacked the Lochlanns, and made a great havoc of them, but this would not have been the case had not the wood and the night been near them. The Lochlanns then returned to the place from which they had set out, instead of proceeding to Luimneach. [867.] Kal. Maelduin, son of Aedh^, King of Aileach, died in cle- ricatu. Robhartach, Bishop and sage of Finnglais^, died. Cosgrach, of Tigh Telle', scribe and anchorite, died. Conall, of Cill Scire, a bishop, died. Cormac Ua Liathain, bishop and anchorite, died. Oigedhchair, Abbot of Coindeire [Connor] and Lann-Eala [Lyn- ally], died. Guaire, son of Dubhdabhairenn, died. Muireadhach, p. 1 5 , note I o. It is shown on the Ordnance entered are given in the Annals of the F. M. Map under the wrong name of Templekie- at 865, and the most of them in the Ann. ran. Ann. Hit. 866. The other obits here Ult. at 866, but the true year is 867. 176 TnuijifDac mac Carail, ]ii hUa C]iiorTicainn, lonja papalipi e;rrinccup epr. Ounchaó mac Dunjaile mopicu]i. Canannan mac Ceallaij incejipeccup ey^c pep t)olum ó mac ^ainni. Connmac ab Cluana mic Noip. TTIaiDm pe mac ^aicim pop Lonjup Qca cliar, 1 ccopchaip OdoIB ITIicle. Oubapcac beppac paoi f^na quieuic. Qet)acán mac pionnacca, ollam leice Cumn, quieuic. Ip in bliabain pi .1. in pepcimo anno pe^ni Cioba, pa ^pennai^- pioD Cai^m Cfpball mac Ounlainj um car. !?a loplarhai^ one Cipball ap amup an cara pain. Ro corhpaic Da mapcpluaj 50 nofpnpao ofpaib, 50 po mapbab pocaióe eacruppa. In canimuppo po compaic acc bfg Don car cfccapba ap ann cainig Sloijfooc Ua Raicnen, comapba iTlolaippi Leicjlmne, Deocain an can poin é, Gppcop imoppa, "] Comapba Ciapain Saijpe lapccain; caimcpibe 50 na . . . . fgnaib, ~\ 50 nDfpnab piD caipipi eaccoppu. Ip in bliabain pi Dno ponab móppluaj la hQob pinnliac, mac Néill, pi5 '6ipfnn o'lonnpoijib Ciannacca Da n-apgain, 1 Da n-inD- pab, uaip CU5 pi Ciannacca .1. piann mac Conainj mac a Dfpb- peacap péin, Dínpiorh mop pop pij 'Gipfnn. Ni paba imuppo 1 n-Gpinn cealla n-iomóa, t>éc i.Nou. "Aedacan, son of Finsnechta, Taoist-abbot of Cluan [Cloyne], and abbot of many churches, died 1st Nov." " Leth-Chuinn. — i. e. Conn's half. The northern half of Ireland. " Aedh. — i. e. the year 870. This bat- tle between the Leinster-men and Cear- bhaU, King of Ossory, is not noticed in ' Odolhh Micle. — i. e. Mickle, or the Big. The name is Odulph, Edulph, Adolph, or Adolphus. Frequent mention of a king of Danes of this name occurs in GreiErei Gamar's " Estoire des Angles." ' AedJiacan. — The scribe has added in the margin the following passage from the F. M., A. D. 865 : — QeDacan mac Pmp- necca canaipi-abbaó Cluana n ab 177 Muireadhach, son of Cathal, King of Ui Creamhthainn, died of long paralysis. Dunchadh, son of Donnghal, died, Canannan, son of Ceallach, was slain by treachery by the son of Gaithin. Connmhach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. A victory was gained by the son of Gaithin over the fleet of Ath- cliath; in the battle Odolbh Micle^ was slain. Dubhartach Berrach, a learned sage, died. Aedhagan', son of Finnacht, Ollamh of Leth-Chuinn", died. [870.] In this year, the seventh of the reign of Aedh'', the Lein- ster-men provoked Cearbhall, son of Dunlang, to battle. Cearbhall prepared for this battle. The two cavalries met together and fought, and many were slain between them. Before, however, much fight- ing had gone on between them, Sloighedhach Ua Raithnen, succes- sor of Molaisse of Leithglinn (who was a deacon at this time, but afterwards a bishop and comharba of Ciaran of Saighir), came with his .... wise, and he made a sincere peace between them. [868.] In this year a great hosting was made by Aedh Finnliath, son of Mall, King of Erin, against the Cianachta^ to plunder them, for the King of Cianachta, i. e. Flann, son of Conang, his own sister's son, had offered a great insult to the King of Erin. There was not in all Erin the published Anóals. Sloighedhach TJa ancient verses composed on the subject of Eathnen, successor of St. Ciaran of Sai- this battle, which are referred to by the ghir, died in the year 885. F. M. scribe of our MS., who writes in the mar- Cianachta. — i. e. the Cianachta of Bre- gin, " Vide carmina de hoc prselio in Ann. gia. This hosting by King Aedh is noticed Dungal. an. 866." The account here by the F. M. at 866, which they make the given is the fullest that has yet been dis- sixth of the reign of Aedh, and in the covered. It appears to be perfectly au- Ann. Ult. at 867, but the true year is 868 thentic, and seems to have been written or 869. The F. M. have quoted several immediately after the event had taken 2 A 178 n-Gipinn uile bá moo enfch na caonpuajiafcaib lonáp an pianofa, -| Dno gen jiobuibfc CI06 an can y^ain 6e, -j Qon na aipojiij 'Gipeann, |io ba mair gpeim piainn 60 an can yiainig a Ifp .1. an can po baoi cogab fcoppa "] TTlaoily^fclainn mac TTIaolpuanaib : uaip ip cpio pin |io innapb TTlaoily^eclainn an piann ap a ctji. Qn cpa imuppio do pat) an piann mac Conaing an omfiompi t)o pi^ Gipfnn ap^ ann pin po boi piant)a in^en pi Oppai^e .1. Ounlamj, -] ip ipibe ba bfn D'Qob pinnliac ancanpa, ap mbeic peme ag ITIaoilp^eclamn, "| ip í pu5 piann DÓ, an mac on ip pfpp cáinig 1 n-'6ipinn 'na aimpip, 1 ba áipopí 'Gipeann lapccain. Qpi an Lano cécna mácaip Cennéoi^ fpoaipc mic ^aicíni. Ip ann aobeipim po boi an piojanpa ag Dénam cfmpuil do naonfi bpi'jio 1 cCill Dapa, "] paoip lomba aice ipin caiUe 05 cfpgab -] 05 pnaibe cpann. T?a cuala cpa an pio- janpa corhpab "] uga Caijfn má pfp .i. um Qob pinnbac 1 ima mac .1. im piann mac TTlaoilpeclainn, -] ni paba ap mac oile piarii a cló na a allab an can pin, ~\ ó ]\o picip coimeipje Caijfn la piann mac Conairt^ pi Ciannacca, cáinig pempe 50 nige bail 1 paba a pfp, -] pa innip bo, -] po nfpc 50 pocpame é, im cionól caca na n-agaib. Cuipfb cpa Qob lap pin a plua^ po Ciannacca, "| aipjiD 1 loipjiD -^o n-áp.móp Daoine do mapbab Dóib. Ni cóinig imuppo piann po céDóip Da n-ionnpoi^ib, uaip pabaoi coblac mop an can pin aj inbfp bóinne, ~\ po cuippiorh piop ap a n-amup paibe 50 DciopDaoip Da póipibin, "] canjaccuppom on, 1 Dno can^accup Caijin D'poipi^in an phlann. Uangaccup uile lapccain 1 nofjaib pig 'Gipeann 1 a cpica peirhe. Ro cuaib Qob ap apD po baoi ag pfgab na mop pocpaiDe baoi na Dfgaib 1 ^ ^"^c com- aiple, ni ap lion 05 bpipceap cac, acc ip cpé pupcacc an coimbeab, 1 cpé place, by some Leinster historian ■who was of the events which he has recorded, opposed to the Hy-N^iall race; and who ' Fleet. — i. e. a fleet of Norsemen or may probably have been an eye-witness Lochlanns. '79 Erin, at this time, any one of greater valour or renown than this Flann, and although Aedh was not very thankful to him at this time, he being supreme King of Erin, Flann had afforded him aid when he required it, i. e. when there was a war between him and Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, for it was in consequence of this that Maelsech- lainn had expelled Flann from his territory. Wlien, however, Flann, son of Conang, offered this insult to the King of Erin, then Flanna, daughter of the King of Osraighe, i e. of Dunlang, the wife of Aedh Finnliath at this time, she having been previously married to Mael- sechlainn, to whom she bore Flann, the best man in Erin in his time, and who was monarch of Erin afterwards. This same Flanna was also the mother of the famous Cennedigh, son of Gaithin, This queen, I say, was then erecting a church to Brigit at Cill-dara [Kildare], and she had many tradesmen in the wood felling and cutting timber. Now, this queen had heard the conversation and talk of the Leinster- men about her husband, i. e, Aedh Finnliath, and her son, i. e. Flann, son of Maelsechlainn, whose fame and renown at' this time had never been enjoyed by any son before, — and when she had learned that the rising out of Leinster was going to aid Flann, son of Conang, King of Cianachta, she came forward to where her husband was, and told it to him, and she exhorted him heartily to assemble his forces to give them battle. After this Aedh sent his army throughout Cia- nachta, which they plundered and burned, and they made a great havoc of the people. Flann himself did not, however, come to at- tack them immediately, for there was a large íleet^ at this time in the mouth of the Boinn [Boyne], and he sent for them, requesting that they would come to his relief — and so they did ; and the Leinster- men also came to relieve him. They all set out in pursuit of the King of Erin, who had sent his spoils before him. Aedh ascended a hill which commanded a view of the great hosts M'hich were in pur- 2 A 2 suit i8o 1 cpé pí|iinne placa ; an Diomup imupjio -] an lomapcpaió fluaj, ní hfb ap lonrhain ]ia Oia, acc iniflé aijnib - cpaibe oain^fn. So- cume laparh Do'n luce po, i ay Díompac cfgaiD. UionoiUbpi uile imumpa anopa, -\ na biob uifnma reicib agaib, uaip ay paoa uaib 50 n-uije bap ccige péin, 1 ní capaio Ifnpap pib, ní hanacal na COI51II pogebraoi. Oénaib cpa na nDfpnpao báp n-airpfca 1 bap pfnairpeaca, puiln^íb rpa ppopa 1 n-ainm na cpíonoiDe Do realgub Duib. lHapaD a cicipri mipi ag eipge, eipgíb uile 1 n-aoinpfcr pora map paiUpfcup Dia Duib. Dia luain ap aoi lóire pfccThaine pin. In piann iniuppo mac Conning ipin painn eile, apfb ]io paib- pibe ppia Thuinnrip. Qp uarliab an luce út), ~\ ap líonmap acáimne, 1 cpuainijibpi céim oá n-ionnpoi^ib, 1 t)o pigne cpí cóipigre be .1. é péin ap rúp, "] Laigin lapccain, na Coclannaig pa beoig ; -] po baoi 5a n-agallab uile. UuicpiO an luce úo libpi, ap pé, 1 bep- raoi buaib "l copjup oíob, ap ní bub piu leo ceiceb pfrhaibpi, 1 acaoipi líon ap moó. Uaip ní ap pac oile arúpa ag an cacugabpa, acc DO gabáil pige Ufrhpac, no Dom mapbab. Robrcup áiUe cpá na rpí coipijn pin, pob lomba meipge álainn lolDarac ann, "| pgiara gaca Dara. Uansaccup lapurh pón ccuma pain b'ionnpoigib pij 'Gipeann. r?o baoi imuppo pí 'Gipeann ga n-iopnaibe, -] pé meipje po baoi aije, cpoc an coimbfb, "l bacall lopa. 'O cangaccap cpa na [«luaig náimDige 1 gcorhpocpaib Do Cíob, pá puib "I pa copuij uime pí Ulab Do'n Dapa leir, -] pí TTlíbe Don leir oile "| po páib piu : Ná h-iompáibíb ceicfb, acr caipipnijib ipin coimbfo ó ppuil copgup Dona Cpíopcaibib, nap ab banDa bap n-aijfnra, * Showers. — i e. Showers of darts or ja- oui- Lord Himself to St. Patrick. See Col- velins. gan's Trias Thaum., p. 263, and Dr. ^ Staff of Jesm. — This was the celebrated Todd's Introd. to the book of "Obits of Baculus Jem, said to have been given by Christ Church," p. viii., s^. i8i suit of him .... and by the advice of his councillors, he said : " It is not by force of soldiers that a battle is gained, but by the aid of God, and the righteousness of the prince. Pride, and superfluous forces, are not pleasing to God, but humility of mind and firmness of heart [are]. These people have great hosts, and they advance proudly. Assemble ye all around me now, and have no intention of flying, for far from you are your own houses, and they are no friends who will follow you ; it is not protection or quarter ye shall receive. Do, however, as your fathers and your grandfathers have done; in the name of the Trinity suffer shoAvers'' to be dis- charged at you. When you see me rising, rise ye all to attack, as God will show unto you." Monday was the day of the week. Now Flann, son of Conang, on the other hand, said to his people: " These people are few, and we are numerous; harden your steps against them." He then divided his forces into three divisions, in the first of which he was himself, in the second the Leinster-men, in the last the Lochlanns, and he harangued them all, saying: " This people will fall by you," said he, " and ye shall gain victory and triumph over them, for they are too proud to fly before you, and ye are more numerous. I am not engaged in this battle with any other view except to gain the throne of Teamhair, or be killed." These three divisions were indeed beautiful; many were the beautiful parti-coloured standards that were there, and shields of every colour. They afterwards came in this order to meet the King of Erin. The King of Erin was awaiting them, having six standards, the cross of the Lord, and the staff of Jesus''. When the enemies' forces came close to Aedh, he placed and ar- rayed around him the King of Uladh on the one side, and the King of Meath on the other, and he said to them : " Think not of flight, but trust in the Lord, who gives victory to the Christians ; let not your l82 n-aijinca, acc gup ob pfpóa, -] bpipó 50 hobann car aji bup naim- oib, 5up po TTiapa bup cclu cpé biocu. Qpfo po páiópiD uile 50 TiDiongnamip. Ni cáinig imuppo do pig'Gipeann oeipeaó na mbpia- rap fin Do páó an uaip can^accup a námaicc 1 ppocup, -] po Diu- baip5pioD ppoppa Díomópa do pai^Dib ap cup 1 ppoppa D'pajaip lapccain, -\ an cpfp ppopp do lerjaib, lonnup ^up eip^e an pij co naa rhumcip na n-aijiD, ^up cairi5pioD Do cpoba ppiu. popiop ni paghuirn ap in cpeinliobap acá bpipce, lomlaine na himcfcca do ponpac cac 'pa^^ cacbpo Cille hUa nOaijpe, nam na bpiarpa bpfgba do labaip pij 'Gipfnn 50 huiliDe do Diopjao amuincipe péin. ^iDfb cácam gup bpipiob leipin pig ap a ná- TTiaiD. Qgup annpin po páib an pig (an can baoi an rhaibm pé na rhuinncip): a rhumncip lonrham, légib do na Cpfepcaibib, -] impib pop lobalabapcaib ó cáiD a maDTnaimTn pfrhaib. Niop bo Diomaoin Doporh pm Do pab, uaip Do pónpaD pin paippioih, lonnup nac moo loná cfchpambab Diob páinig plan. Uépnaccup Caigin lomlan Da n-achapba péin, uaip Do ponpao cipe Daingen cfngailce Diob péin cpe corhaiple an caoipig cpeabaip bui aca, .1. iTlaolciapain mac "Rónóin. plan imuppo mac Conaing, po ceic co na pocpaiDe, -| pugpac mumncip an pig paip, "] po págaib a cfnn, 1 cugab é Do lácaip aipCcca an pig, -) po baoi an pi ann pin ag lomcaoinfb paip, -| po baoi các gá pába pip náp bo cóip Do a caínfb cpe goipe a ngaoil, "] ap abbapaib eile nac ppaguim ap in cpenleabap, -^c. ■jQal. Miallán Gppcop Sláine, obiic. Copmac ' The old hook. — A marginal note says : book," and who also adds in the margin " Sunt verba Firbisii," meaning that this that Cill Ua nBaighre, where this battle lamentation over the defects of the old was fought, is situated one mile to the book was that of Dudley Firbis, the scribe, north of Drogheda, "Cill hUa n-'Dmspe who had deciphered " the old vellum mile 6 cuaió t)0 "DpoicCc Qca." It is i83 your minds be effeminate, but manly, and suddenly put your enemies to flight in the battle, that your fame may last for ever," They all replied that they would do so. The King of Erin had not finished the delivery of these words when the enemy came near him, and first discharged great showers of darts, and afterwards showers of javelins, and thirdly a shower of half javelins, so that the king and his people rose up against them, and fought bravely with them. Alas ! I do not find in the old book" which is broken, the whole of the proceedings of both parties in this battle of Cill Ua nDaighre, nor all the fine words which the King of Erin spoke to direct his own people ; however, we find that the enemy were defeated by the king. And then the king said (when the enemy was routed by his peo- ple), " Beloved people," said he, " spare the Christians, and fight against the idolaters, who are now routed before you." These words were not spoken by him in vain, for they did this at his bidding, so that not more than one-fourth of them escaped scathless. The Lein- ster-men escaped in safety to their own patrimony, for they formed themselves into a solid, compact phalanx, by advice of their prudent leader, i. e. Maelciarain, son of Ronan. But Flann, son of Conang, fled with his forces, and was overtaken by the king's party ; he lost his head, which was carried before the King's Council, and the king lamented over it then, and all told him that he ought not to lament over it merely on account of the nearness of their relationship, and for other reasons which I cannot get from the old book, &c. [869.] Kal. Niallan*^, Bishop of Slaine, died. Cormac, the place now called KilKneer, which, is the Ordnance Map of Louth, Sheet 24. a townland of St. Peter's parish, Dro- ^ Niallan. — This and the succeeding gheda, on the road leading íí. "W., about obits are given ia the Ann. F. M. at 867, half way towards Monasterboice. See and in the Ann. Ult. at 868. i84 CojiTTiac mac Glorai^, ab Saijjie, -] p^jiiba mopicup. Qilill Clocai|i, fCjiiba ec epiy^copup ec ab Clocaip, Oubrac mac TTlaoilcuile Doccippimup Lacinojium cociup Gujiopae m Chpiyco quieuir. mapc|ia GoDupa mac Oonngaile ó gencib i nOipiUjic Oiap- maoa. Dunlainj mac ITluiiifóai^, pi Caijfn mopirup. TTIaolciapain mac Rónáin, pi^-nia aiprip Gipfnn, mopirup. Opgain CtpDmaca D'Cfrhlaoib, -| a lopccab co na ofppri^ib .1, ofpcac mop mic Qnoaige. Oeic ccéo eiccip hpaiO -] mapbaO; plaD mop olcena. Oonnasan mac Cét)pa6a, pi ViUa Cenpiolaij*, Cian mac Cu- mapjai^ pi hUa m-baippcbe cipe mopicup. Ip in blia^ainpi .1. in occauo anno pegni Ctoba pinnléic pa lon- napbpao Lai^in caoipioc Da ccaoipiocaib uara, uaip ba miopgaipp leo é .1, baoi popmaD aca pip ap rheo na ccopgup no beipeb do na Loclannaib, no Dno, uaip ba cuilice aca é, uaip do Ciappaibib Luacpa a bunab, no bno ap méD a biomaip ba miopjaip leo é ; uaip na po peD Dm beic 1 ccinn maice Laijfn -] pi Laigfn, caini5 pa rhuincip leip ap lonnapba D'lonnpoijib pi^ Gipfnn, "] ap rheo a blaibe fn^narha po ^ab an pi cuige 50 bonópuc é, 1 cuj a injm Do no rhnaoi .1. Gicne. "Robe méo imuppo an pmacca -\ annipr rappaib pé pop Loclannaib, conac lamDaoip nac ^níorh mojba Do Dénam ip na Domnaigib: po ba p^el mop pia innipin na ccabpaDaoip Do ciupa bó ' Clochar. — " Clocliar mic nDaimeH." — " was slain," as in the F. M. The Ann. Ann. Ult., A. D. 869. Hit. have "jugulatus est." f Eodhus.—^o mention of this Eodhus, Ard-Macha. — Ann. Ult. 868 ; F. M. or of the circumstances of his martyrdom, 867. Eut neither Annals mention the is found in the Irish Martyrologies. " Oratory of Mac Andaighe." s Died. — "Moritur." This should be, 'The eighth. — i.e. 871. The chieftain i85 Cormac, son of Elothach, 'abbot of Saighir [Seirkieran], and a scribe, died. Ailell of Clochar, scribe, and bishop and abbot of Clochar^ ; Dubh- thach, son of Maeltuile, the most learned of the Latins of all Europe, in Christo quievit. The martyrdom of Eodhus^, son of Dunghal, by the Gentiles at Disert-Diarmada. Dunlaing, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died. Maelciarain, son of Ronan, royal champion of the East of Erin, The plundering of Ard-Macha"", by Amhlaeibh, and its burning with its oratories, i, e. the great oratory of Mac Andaighe. Ten hun- dred persons were taken captives or killed; a great plunder also. Donnagan, son of Cédfad, King of Ui-Ceinnselaigh; [and] Cian, son of Cumas-cach, King of Ui-Bairrche-tire, died. [871.] In this year, the eighth' of the reign of Aedh Finnliath, the Leinster-men expelled one of their chieftains because they hated him, that is, they envied him in consequence of the many victories which he had gained over the Lochlanns, or else they regarded him as ille- gitimate, for he was of the Ciarraighi-Luachra as to his origin, or they hated him in consequence of his great pride. When therefore he could not be at the head of the chiefs of Leinster, he came with his followers in banishment to the King of Erin, and in consequence of the fame of his valour the King of Erin received him honourably, and gave him his daughter Eithne to wife. So great was the con- trol and the sway which he gained over the Lochlanns, that they durst not perform any servile work on Sundays. It Avas great news to here referred to was Maelciarain, son of (Ann. Ult. 868). He commanded the Eonan, whose obit has just been given Leinster-men in their retreat from the 2 B i88 Cobrac Cuipjii^ cuipfcaig, Darhna pi^ Lipe Ifnnai^ : Ouppan TTiac mop TTIuipfóaig baliac hua caoirhpionn Ceallaij, Clere Lai^fn lei^niDe, Saoi plan pe^ainn poclac, r?ecla puipfc pémpi^e Comapba Corilaic Cobrac. TTlaongal, Gppcop Cille t)apa, quieuic. 1p in blia^ainpi cáinij Ctoó mac Néill illaijnib, 50 mao Do Dio^alan óglaoic a Dubpamup pomuinn, do mapBaD do Cai^mb, no Dno 50 mat) Do robac ciopa. l?o ifipipcap Laijne o Qc cliac 50 ^abpán. Uaimg Dno Cfpball mac Ounlaing, pi Oppaije -| Cen- néDij mac ^cfi^in, pi Laoi^pi Do'n leic oile do Laijnib, "| an méD po péDaDap eDip lop^ab -] ap^ain 1 mapbaó do ponpacriip, 50 pangacciip Oun mbolg, "j po ^abpac lon^popc annpain, .i. Cfpball -] Cennecig. r?a cionolpaD Laijin lapccain 'má pi^ .1. má TTluipfDac mac mbpain, -| ciD epiDe ba pi cpuaiD, copgpac, ^lic, uaip ap paDa po baoi pop lonnapba a n-Qlbain, ba aicincióe Do cpuap -[ fngnarh, -| apfD po pmuainpeaoap aca ^up ab cópa Dóib Dol a ccfnn Laijpi 1 Oppaije bácciip 1 nDún bol^ lonáp Dola i jcfnn pig 'Gipfnn baoi 05 bealac ^abpáin, -] Dola 'pY\ aíDce pon lonjpopc. UfgaiD lapam Laijm, 1 a pi maille piu, 50 cpuaiD ponaipc na ccopujaD 50 Oun mbolg, bail a pabacciip a nárhaiD. bopb a mec! Ip lonjnab an cuingioU " Cuirrech. — Now the Curragh of Kil- Bunholg. — In the margin of the MS. dare. the scribe has written cosail t>uin D0I5, ° The youth. — viz. Maelciarain, son of " Destruction of Dunbolg." This was the Ilonan. See p. 184, n. name of a fort near Donard, in the county 189 Cobhthach of Cuirrecli" of races, Heir apparent of the King of LiiFe of tunics : Alas for the great son of Muireadhach, Ah ! grief : the descendant of the fair Ceallach. Chief of scliolastic Leinster, A perfect, comely, prudent sage, A brilliant shining star, Was Cobhthach, the successor of Connlath. Maenghal, Bishop of Cill-dara, died. Aedh, son of Niall, came into Leinster to avenge the youth" whom we have mentioned before as killed by the Leinster-men, or indeed it was to levy rent. He plundered Leinster from Ath-cliath [Dublin] to Gabhran [Gowran]. On the other side of Leinster came Cear- bhall, son of Dunlang, King of Osraighe, and Cennedigh, son of Gaithin, King of Laeighis, and did all they could effect by burning, plundering, and killing until they arrived at Dun-Bolg^, where they encamped, i. e. Cearbhall and Cennedigh. The Leinster-men afterwards gathered round their king, i. e. round Muiredhach, son of Bran, who was a hardy, victorious, prudent king, for he was for a long time in exile in Alba [Scotland], where he dis- tinguished himself by his hardihood and bravery. And they thought among themselves that they should rather go against the men of Laeighis and Osraighe, who were at Dunbolg, than against the King of Erin, who was at Bealach Gabhrain^, and to enter their camp at night. The Leinster-men then proceeded, with hardihood and cou- rage, along with their king, arrayed in regular order, to Dunbolg, where their enemies were fierce and numerous ! Prodigious was their of Wicklow. Ann. F. M. 868 ; Ult. 869. pass of Gowran, in the county of Kil- Bealach Qahhráin. — i. e. the road or kenny. igo cuinjioll naoriDa, uai]i |io cuacrup Lai^in i muim^in Naoirh bjii^ioe 50 jiu^Daoip buaib ~\ coy^gup Do Ofpaijib -] Do Caoi^ip. l?o cuac- cup Dno Oppaige i Tnumgin NaoiTTi Ciapáin Sai^pe ma buaib "] coygup Do Bpeir Do LaigniB. l?o baccap Laijin 50 Díocpa 05 acac Naoirh bpijiDe, ^up po mapBDaoip a náirhDe .... Ipeb cpa ran- jaccup Lai^in Don leic a paba mac ^aicíni Don lonjpopc. a n-imgabail Do pi^ne mac ^aicm, acc ap na n-ajaiD 50 cpuaiD peoc- aip cainig, amuil ba bép Do. Oo ^níchep cpa cacujaD cpuaió cpoba lec pop lec ami pm. Qp cian po clop gáip na ppfp 05 imipc Diocumaing poppa, •] po^ap na pcoc nDeabca, 1 po ^ab an calam cpiocnujab 50 nDfcaccup a n-fcpaba ~[ an-iomaince 1 ngealcacc, -| ba caipmfpg mop DTn^narh na laoc pin, acc cfna an luce po boi Don cpluag 1 pcailpib cappag, cangaccup anai^ib na n-iumáinci, 50 po popaccup mop Diob. ba mop an muipn pm, -| ba mop a ppo^up 'y]r\ aeip uapca. Imipin po baoi Cepball 05 cfgapg a rhuinncipe, uaip ba copac oibci paip, "] po páib ; ^ibeb ó ccíopab na namaiD cu^aib, na glupab nfc uaib ap a inaD cacaipi, 1 cong- bab pib 50 cpuaib pip na naimDib. T?o cuaibpiorh Cfpball ~\ poc- paiDe laip D'ionnpoigib mic a pfcap .1. CenneDi j, po baoí 1 n-éigfn móp eDip a náimDib, -| po cojuib a juc cpuaib ap áipD, -] po baoi 05 nfpcab a mumncipe a ccfnn bai^en (1 pa cualaccup Caijin pin) "] Dno po báccup an muinncip 5a nfpcab pom. l?o fpb pa Díp Da rhuincip paipe DpopcoiméD Do. l?o Diubaipg pí Lai^m leicga pocapibe gup po mapb an Dapa pfp Dib .i. poloccac, pecnab Cille Daipe. Qp móp cpa an coipm -j an pocpom baoi fcuppa anuaip pin, -] pa có^aib baDb cfnn fcuppa, 1 baoi mapbab móp fcuppa pán cán. l?o pcuicpioc cpa Caijin on lon^popc, 1 po báccup ag bpeic " The clamour. — baTnop an muipn ym. ' Badhbh. — This was the name of a sort See a similar expression used by the F. of faiiy goddess of war, the 5e?/o«<7 of Irish M. at the year 1504, p. 1278. mythology. But the name was also given 191 their number ! Wonderful was the human condition ! for the Leinster-men placed all their hope in St. Brighit that they should gain victory and triumph over the men of Osraighe and Laighis, and the men of Osraighe placed their hope in Ciaran of Saighir, for gaining triumph and victory over the Leinster-men. The Lein- ster-men fervently prayed to St. Brighit that they might kill their enemies The side of the camp to which the Leinster-men came was that in which the son of Gaithin was. The son of Gai- thin did not avoid them, but he opposed firmly and fiercely, as was his wont. A stubborn, fierce battle was fought there between them. Far were heard the cries of men suff'ering discomfiture, and the sound of the martial trumpets, and the earth shook, so that their horses and cattle ran terrified, which was a great hindrance to the valiant deeds of heroes. But, however, such of the host as were in the clefts of the rocks came down to the cattle and stopped many of them. Great was the clamour'', and great was the noise in the air over them. Therefore Cearbhall was instructing his people, for it was the beginning of the night, and he said : " Wherever the enemy come from us to you, let not one of you move from his place of bat- tle, and keep firmly to the enemy." Cearbhall went with a force to his sister's son, Cennedigh, who was in great jeopardy among his ene- mies, and he raised his firm voice aloud, and encouraged his people against the Leinster-men (and the Leinster-men heard it), and his people were encouraging him. He ordered two of his people to keep watch for him. The King of Leinster aimed a half javelin at them, and killed one of them, i. e. Folachtach, vice-abbot of Cill-dara. Great indeed was the din and tumult that prevailed between them at this time, and Badhbh' showed herself among them, and there was a great massacre to the Eoyston, or carrion crow; so that of prey began to appear on the field of bat- the meaning may, perhaps, be that birds tie, attracted by the dead bodies. 192 bpeir a pi leo, ~\ ó nap pet) an pi a flua^ o'popcaó na pappab po linj ap a eac -] cáinig ant)iai5 a rhuinnpipe. Qp Deirhin linn ^onaó cpe TYiiopbail naoirh 6pi joe "| Sein Ciapdin po p^aoilpioc amlaib pin; "I cia po mapbaD paopclanna fcuppa, ni paBa ap mop ann. Ni pa léi^ Cfpball ná Cennéoig 6a mumncip Ifnrhuin Laigfn ap paic- ciup. l?o mapbab 'fan ló ap na rhapac Dpfm t)o Lai jnib po bác- rup pop pfcpán. 'Cán^accup Cipballi CennéDi^ na ccar cfn- ^ailce cópai^ce cpé lap a nárhat) 50 ^abpán, o'lonnpoijib pi 'Gipfnn .1. Qoba pinnléir, (Deipbpiiip Cfpbail a bfnpaibe, -\ maraip an Cennétíij í) ~\ innipiD do pi'Gipfnn amail do pala Dóib .1. lonjpopc Do ^abail poppa "jca. Do ponpaD compáb caipipi, *] po DeijlipioD lapcráin. r?í Lai^fn ni hCo Do pigne ppfgpa maic do cabaipc pop pi 'Gipfnn, acc ip cuirhniu^aD na nDfpnpaD pip Do pigne, "j ni capaD ciop no jiall. Ip in bliaóain pi do ponpaD na pi^ Loclann popbaipi pop Spaic CluaiDe 1 inbpearnaib; pé cerpe miopaib 05 popbaipi Dóib puippe, pa Deoig cpa lap ppoppac an locra po baoi innce do ^opca "] d'íoc- aib, ap crpajab 50 hion^naib an cobaip po baoi aca ap niébon: po cuap poppa lapcram, T^ugab c]ia ap cup ^ac maiciup po bui innce. Ru^ab pló^ nnóp eipce 1 mbpaiD [Oupalcac pipbipigli po p5piob 1643] ii^<7"i'^ cpanpcpipcop ppimup. ■]Qal. TTlaon^al, ab bfnncaip, quieuic. Oubrac, * Srath-cluaide. — This is the Irish name mnt iu fine .iiii. mensinm arcem et preda- for Strathclyde in Scotland, but it is evi- verunt." — Dublin MS. So also the "Welsh dently a mistake for Ailcch Cluathe, which Annals, e. g. the Annales CamhriiE, A. D. was the old name of Dunbarton. This 870, " Arx Alt-Clut a gentilibus fracta enti-y is given in the Annals of Ulster est." — Brut y Tywysogion, A. D. 870, at the year 869 [870] as follows : — " Ob- ac y torret Kaer Alclut y gan y Pagan- sessio Ailech Cluathe, a Norddmannis, i. e. yeit; "and Caer Alclut was demolished Amlaiph et Imhar duo reges Norddman- by the Pagans." norum obsederunt aixem ilium et distruxe- ^ Duhhaltach Firlisigh. — The meaning 193 massacre between them to and fro. The Leinster-men slipped away from the camp, and were carrying off their king, and when the king could not stop his men from flying, he mounted his horse and followed after his people^ AVe are certain that it w^as through a miracle of St. Brighit and the Old Ciaran that they separated in this manner ; for although nobles were slain between them, there was no great slaughter. Neither Cearbhall nor Cennedigh permitted their people to pursue the Leinster-men, through fear. On the next day some of the Leinster-men who had gone astray were slain. Cearbhall and Cennedigh came in a solid arrayed phalanx through the middle of their enemies to Gabhran [Gowran] to meet the King of Erin, i. e. Aedh Finnliath (the sister of Cearbhall was his wife, and she was the mother of Cennedigh), and they told the King of Erin what had hap- pened to them, i. e. how their camp had been entered, &c. They conversed affectionately, and then separated. The King of Leinster did not give the King of Erin a good an- swer, but reminded him of all they had done to him, and gave him neither tribute nor hostages. In this year the Lochlann King laid siege to Srath-cluaide* in Britain, and they continued the siege for four months ; at length, however, after having Avasted the people who were in it by hunger and thirst, having wonderfully drawn off the well they had within, they entered [the fort] upon them. At first they carried off all the riches that were within it, and afterwards a great host of prisoners were brought into captivity. [Dubhaltach Firbisigh" wrote this, 1 643] Inquit transcriptor primus. [871.] Kal. MaenghaP, Abbot of Beannchar [Bangor], died. Dubhthach, is, that the note, " Dubhaltach Firbisigh from whose autograph the Brussels copy po pcpoib 1643," was made by Mac Fir- wasmade. See "Introd. Remarks," pp. i, 2. bis's, the first transcriber of these Annals, Maenghal. — Ann. F.M 869 ; Ult. 870 ; 2 C 194 Oubrac, ab Cill Qcaió epipcopu]^, pc]nba ec anchopica quieuic. Qilill, epi^cop ~\ ab pobaip, quieuic. Cupui, ab Inpi Clocpann, paoi pfncupa 'Giyiffi, quieuir. Ctrhlaoib "] Imap do coi6ecc apibpi a hQLbain 50- h-'Ciccliac, 1 bpaD mop bpican 1 Qlban, -] Sapcon leó, oá céo long a lion. Uojail Dhuiri Sobaip^e, quoD ancea nunquam paccum epc. QiliU mac Ounlainj, pi Laijfn ■] Nopcbmann inceppeccup epr. nriaolmuaó mac prnnacca pi Qiprip Cipe mopicup. piaicfrii mac paolcaip do báóaó do rhuinncip Leic^lmne. Inpfó Connacc la Cfpball 1 DuncaD, 1 ccopcaip buacail mac Dunabaig. Inpfo TTlurhan Dna la Cfpball Dap Cuacaip piap. Qmlaoib Do Del a h-'6ipinn i Loclainn do cogaó ap Loclanoaib 1 DO congnarh pa a acaip j. ^oppib, uaip no Coclannai^ 05 cogab na cfnnpaibe ap cciaccain ó a acaip ap a cfnn, "] apa ba paDa pa inipin cúip a cogaib "] apa lai^fD rpembipgfp cugamn ciD ajainn no beic a piop, pá^bam gan a pgpibfnn, uaip ará dp n-obaip im neoc ap D' Gpinn Do pcpibfnn, ~\ cib ni laDpaibe uile, uaip ni namá puiln5iD na liGpCnnaij uilc na Coclann, acc puilngiD uilc lomba uara péin. Ip in bliabain pi .1. an Dfcimab bliabain plara Qoba pmnléic, po inpepccap lomap mac ^orppaib, mic Rajnaill, mic ^orppaib Conung, mic ^orppaib, "] mac an pip pa cuaib a h'Gipmn .1. Qm- laoib, 6ipe o lapcup 50 haipreap, 1 ó bepgeapc 50 cuip^eaac. f^al. but the true year is 87 1 . * Family i. e. the monks of Leighlin. ' Cill-achaidli. — Now Killoigh, a vil- * From Erin to Loehlann. — There is no lage in the barony of Geashill, King's account of this ia the published Annals. County. ' The tenth. — i. e. the year 873. This ' Amhlaeihh and Imhar. — Ann. Ult., plundering is not noticed in the published A. D. 870 [871]. Annals. »95 Dubhthach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh'', bishop, scribe, and anchorite, died. Ailell, Bishop and Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Curui, Abbot of Inis Clothrann [in Loch Ribh], the most learned of all the Irish in history, died. Amhlaeibh and Imhar^, came again from Alba [Scotland], to Ath-cliath [Dublin], having a great number of prisoners, both British, Scottish, and Saxon. Two hundred ships was their number. The demolition of Dún-Sobhairce [Dunseverick], which was never done before. Ailell, son of Dunlang, King of Leinster and of the Norsemen, was slain. Maelmuadh, son of Finnachta, King of Airther-Liffe, died. Flai- themh, son of Faelchar, was drowned by the family^ of Leithglinn. Connaught was plundered by Cearbhall and Dunchadh, on which occasion Buachail, son of Dunadhach, was slain. Munster was also plundered beyond Luachair westwards by Cearbhall. Amhlaeibh went from Erin to Lochlann^ to wage war on the Lochlanns, and to aid his father GoiFridh, for the Lochlanns had made war against him, his father having come for him ; but as it would be tedious to relate the cause of the war, and besides it apper- tains but little to us, though we have a knowledge of it, we forbear writing it, for our business is not to write whatever may belong to Erin, nor even all these ; for the Irish suffer evils, not only from the Lochlanns, but they also suffer many injuries from one ano- ther. [873.] In this year, the tenth'' of the reign of Aedh Finnliath, Imhar, son of Godfraidh,^Conung, son of Godfraidh, and the son of the man who went away from Erin, i. e. Amhlaeibh, plundered all Erin from west to east, and from south to north. 2 C 2 [872.] 196 ]Qal. ^nia ab Oairhliaj Cianain, epipcopup ec pcjiiba ec ana- chojieca, quieuic : — Uaiji ^TÍia ^pian ap ccaomcloinne. Cfnn cpabuib mpi 'Grhiji Oo jab napab naompainne, Corha|iba Cianain calig, CéiT) TTiáip parhaó poyicaibe Oia TTiba-cfun céim ^an cina Oipfan minD móp molbrai^e 'Cí]i capa caoiífipionn ^niaa. Cfnnpaolaó Ua TTluiccijrpna, pí Caipil, -| comapba Cfilbe, pfpDorhnac ab Cliiana mic Noip. Coingpioc rtiac poillen, ppincepp Cille CXupaiUe, c. m. l?obapcac Ofpmaije, pcpiba mopicup. Opgain pfp na ccpí maije ~\ na 5-ComanD 50 Sliab blaóma DO píogaib ^all 1 pnfcca na pele ópí^De. Ip in bliajain pi .i. unoecima anno pejni Ctoóa, pa raippin5 bóipir, 1 t)Tia aicce é Do rhac an píj, longa lomoa ó rhuip piap 50 Loc leip, 50 po TTiill ailéna Coca T?í epoib, "] na pepanna com- pocpuibe, -] Tíla^ luipg. 1p anpain po paop Oia corhapba Coluim a lárhaib na Coclann, "] map po cuaib ap a lámaib, an t)ap leo ba coipre cloice é. Gnia. — The death of this bishop and land of Emhir, Eber, or Heber, the cele- the succeeding obits are entered in the brated Milesian chieftain. Ann. F. M. at 870 ; A.nn. Ult. 871. The ' Of Ailhhe.—i. e. Bishop of Emly. verses on the death of Gnia are also quoted, s Three 2}lains. — This entry is given in with some variations of reading, by the the Ann. F. M. at 870 : -n-here, see note. Foui- Masters: ^ The eleventh. — i. e. the year 874. " Emhir' s Island. — i. e. Ireland, the is- ' Barith. — There is no account of this 197 [872.] Kal. Gnia'', Abbot of Daimliliag-Cianain[Duleek], bishop, scribe, and ancliorite, died. For Gnia was the sun of our fair race. Head of the piety of Emhir's Island^, He celebrated the festivals of the saints, 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. Cennfaeladh Ua Muichtigherna, King of Caisel, and successor of Ailbhe^ [died]. Ferdomhnach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois [died]. Loingsech, son of Foillen, chief [abbot] of Gill Ausaille [Kil- lossy], died. Robhartach, of Dearmhach [Durrow], a scribe, died. [872.] The plundering of the men of the Three Plains^, and of the Comanns as far as Sliabh Bliadhma [Slieve Bloom] , by the Kings of the Galls in the snow of Bridgetmas. [873.] In this year, the eleventh'' of the reign of Aedh, Barith", who was tutor to the King's son, drew many ships from the sea west- wards to Loch Ri"^, and he plundered the islands of Loch Ri out of them, and the neighbouring lands, and also Magh Luirg'. On this occasion God saved the successor of Columb from the hands of the Lochlanns, and when he escaped from their hands they thought that he was a pillar-stone. The Barith, or his expedition, ia the published Ree, an expansion of the Shannon between Annals. Athlone and Lanesborough. ^ Loch Ri. — Or Loch Eibh, now Lough ' Magh Luirg. — Moylui'g, i. e. the baro- 196 J\a[. "^rtia ah Oairhliag Cianain, epipcopup ec fcpiba ec ana- chopeca, quieinc : — Uaip "^ma ■^J]^an ap ccaomclomne. Cfnn cpabuió inpi '6tfiip Do jab napab naoinpainne, Coitiajiba Cianain calij. Céin máip jparhaó popcaióé Oia mba.cfnn céim ^an cina Oipfan minD móp molbrai^e 'Qp capa caoirhpionn ^niaa. Cfnnpaolaó Ua ITIuiccijfpna, pí Caipil, -] comapba Qilbe, pfpDorhnac ab Cliiana mic Noip, Coingpioc Tíiac poillen, ppincepp Cille Clupaille, c. m. l?obapcac Ofprnaij^e, pcpiba mopicup. Opgain pfp Tia rcpí mai^e "] na 5-ComanD 50 Sliab blaóma DO píojaib ^all 1 pnfcca na pele 5p%De. Ip in blia^ain pi .1. unoecima anno pegni Qoóa, pa raippins báipir, 1 Dna airce é Do rhac an píj, longa lomDa ó muip piap 50 Loc l?i leip, 50 po rhill ailéna Loca "Rí epDib, 1 na pepanna com- pocpuibe, "] ÍTIaj luipj. Ip anpam po paop Oia comapba CoIuitti a lárhaib na Loclann, 1 map po cuaió ap a lárhaib, an Dap leo ba coipre cloice é. Gnia. — The death of this bishop and land of Emhir, Eber, or Heber, the cele- the succeeding obits are entered in the brated Milesian chieftain. Ann. F. M. at 870 ; Ann. TJlt. 871. The ' Of Ailhhe,—\. e. Bishop of Emly. verses on the death of Gnia are also quoted, ^ Tltree plains. — This entry is given in with some variations of reading, by the the Ann. F. M. at 870 : where, see note. Foui" Masters: The eleventh. — i, e. the year 874. Emhir'' s Island. — i. e. Ireland, the is- ' Barith. — There is no account of this 197 [872.] Kal. Gnia^, Abbot of Daimhliag-Cianain [Duleek], bishop, scribe, and anchorite, died. For Gnia was the sun of our fair race. Head of the piety of Emhir's Island^, He celebrated the festivals of the saints, The successor of the wise Cianán. 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. Cennfaeladh Ua Muichtigherna, King of Caisel, and successor of Ailbhe^ [died]. Ferdomhnach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois [died]. Loingsech, son of Foillen, chief [abbot] of Gill Ausaille [Kil- lossy], died. Robhartach, of Dearmhach [Durrow], a scribe, died. [872.] The plundering of the men of the Three Plains^, and of the Comanns as far as Sliabh Bliadhma [Slieve Bloom], by the Kings of the Galls in the snow of Bridgetmas. [873.] In this year, the eleventh^ of the reign of Aedh, Barith', who was tutor to the King's son, drew many ships from the sea west- wards to Loch Ri'', and he plundered the islands of Loch Ri out of them, and the neighbouring lands, and also Magh Luirg'. On this occasion God saved the successor of Columb from the hands of the Lochlanns, and when he escaped from their hands they thought that he was a pillar-stone. The Barith, or his expedition, in the published Ree, an expansion of the Shannon between Annals. Athlone and Lanesborough. ^ Loch Ei. — Or Loch Eibh, now Lough ' Magh Luirg — Moylurg, i. e. the baro- 198 'Gg pij Coclann, .1, ^ocppam, t)o ceDmainiTTi ^pána opono, pc enim Oeo placuic. Imnfoa bpfcan in hoc anno. Oeepc cijicice|i ab anno 871 ao ann. 900. "jQal. Inopfccac mac Dobailén, ab bfficaip quieuir. Upí céo bliagain caDa cuip O éicpiocc Comgaill bfncaip, ^o pé -po niaib puacap n^le. Inopfccai^ aipo oiponibe. TTlaolpóil, ppincepp Spurpa ^uaipe, mopirup. pupaopán mac ^apbáin, pecnab Cille acaib, mopicup. Céle mac lopcuile, pecnab Qcaió bó Canmj, mopicup. piann mac OorhnaiU, pigóamna an cuaipgipc, mopicup. Gccnfcan mac Oálaij, pí Cinel ConaiU mopicup. Ciapmac hUa Ounaóaij, pí ^abpae, mopicup. ■^uin TniiipfDai^ mic Oomnaill, piojbamna bai^fn. Ciapobap mac Cpunnmaoil, pi hUa ppelmfba mopicup, Tílopp ^laipine mic Uipme, pí hUa TTlaccaile. Qp Do bap Giccnecám, Int^pfccaij, piainn. "] Ciapmacáin, ac pubpaó : — '6cc ap eici^ popaccaib Sluaja y'aijfp lap pfccaib Tílapo ny of Boyle, in the county of Roseoimnon. " A chasm. — The words " Deest circi- The King of theLochlanns. — The death tcr," &c., are a note by the transcriber in of this King is noticed in the Ann. E. M. at the margin of the MS. 871, Ult. at 872 ; but no mention is made ° Indrechtach. — These entries are given of the ugly disease. The Ulster Annals in the Ann. !F. M. at 901 ; Ult. 905 ; but say : " Imhar Rex Normmnorum totius the true year is 906. nibernice et Britannioe vitam finiviV — ^ Ui-Felmedha. — i. e. the barony of Bal- Duhlin MS. laghkeen, in the county of "Wexford, now 199 The King of the Lochlanns™ died of an ugly, sudden disease, sic enim Deo placuit. Britain was much annoyed this year. A chasm" from about the year 871 [873] to the year 900. [906.] Kal. Indrechtach", son of Dobhailen, Abbot of Beannchar [Bangor], died. One in three hundred fair revolving years. From the death of Comhghall of Beanchar, To the period of the happy death Of the great illustrious Indrechtach. Maelpoil, chief [i. e. abbot] of Sruthair Guaire, died. Furadhran, son of Gabhran, Prior of Cill-achaidh, died. Ceile, son of Urthuile, Prior of Achadh bo Cainnigh [Agabo], died. Flann, son of Domhnall, royal heir of the North, died. Egnechan, son of Dalach, King of Cinel Conaill, died. Ciarmac Ua Dunadhaigh, King of [Ui Conaill] Gabhra, died. The killing of Muircdhach, son of Domhnall, royal heir of Lein- ster. Ciarodhar, son of Crunnmhael, King of Ui-FelmedhaP, died. The death of Glaisin, son of Uisin, King of Ui-Maccaille''. It was of the death of Eignechan, Indrechtach, Flann, and Ciarmacan, Avas said : — Death has left destitute' The hosts' who seek after precious gifts ; If called the Murclioos, or O'Mm-pliy's ted by the F. M. at A. D. 901, whose chro- coimtry. nology is about five years antedated at this ' Ui-Maccaillc. — Now Imokilly, Co. Cork, period. ' Destitute. — These verses are also quo- " The hosts. — viz. the poets. 200 TTlapo cloí Deri pi péicpec, íllóji liac Gccnec i n-éccaiB. Gccnac ba ooDaing D'óccaib l?í cemiuil CoTiaill cfcaij;, Oipfan ^núip cjieobaf miDeno po ruinn i]ienn layi n-éccaib. InDpfccac bfnDcuip buibni^, Ciapmac ^abpa ^aipmpobpai^, piann peabail pial ppi Dobaing, 'Gccnec pil Conaill camgnij. Ipce efc cpi^epimup annup pegni piainn mic TTIaoilfecloiTin. Qnni Oomini dcccc. l?a cionalab mopjplua^ ppfp murhan lap m Dip céoma .1. la piaicbfjiac, -] la Copmaic o'iappaió bpáijio Caigfn -| Oppaige, -| pa báccup pip TTlunhan uile 1 n-aonlon^poipr. Oo pala piaicbeapcac ap a eoc ap puo ppaici 'p^^^ lon^popc: cop- caip a eac 1 jclaip riDorhain paoi, -] ba eel olc Dopom pain. Soc- uibe Da rhuincip pén, "] Don cpluaj uile Do nap b'áil Dol an cpluajra ay a baicle pin; uaip bá cél Duaibpioc leo uile an cui- cimpi an Dume naoirh. Uangaccap cpa cfcca uaiple ó Caijnib, ó Cbfpball nnac ííluipfsain, D'lonnpoijiD Cbopmaic ap rúp, ■] pa laB- pacrap * Thirtieth ye'ar. — Flann succeeded in Mac Inmliaineii, Abbot of Ims-Cathaigh, the year 879, and the year here intended now Scattery Island, in the Shannon, in 908. near the town of Kilrush, " A. D. Dcccc. — This is a mistake for ' Oormac. — That is, Cormac Mac Cmle- nccccvni. main, King of Munster and Bishop of * The same two. — No reference is made Cashel. This battle is given by the F. M. to these two great ecclesiastics in any pre- at A. D. 903, and in the Ann. Ult. at 907, vious part of these Annals, which shows but the true year was 908. The scribe that there is a chasm of some years here. writes in the margin of our MS. : " De ^ Flaithhhertach, — i. e. Plaithbhertach viorte Cormaci filii Culennani, regis Mo- 20I If it has changed the colour of a potent king, Great grief that Eignech has died. Eignech, who was the sternest of youths, King of the populous Cinel Conaill, Alas ! that his face, shrivelled, colourless, is left Beneath the surface of the clay in death. Indreachtach of populous Beannchar, And Ciarmhac of Gablira, of great fame, Flann Feabhail, generous, resolute against difficulty, Egnech of the race of Con all of goodly councils. [908.] This is the thirtieth year* of the reign of Flann, son of Maelsechlainn. [908.] A. D. Dcccc". The great host of Munster was assem- bled by the same two^ i. e. by Elaithbhertach'' and Cormac'-, to de- mand the hostages of Leinster and Osraighe, and all the men of Mun- ster were in the same camp. Flaithbhertach went on horseback through the streets of the camp ; his horse fell under him into a deep trench, and this was an evil omen^ to him. There were many of his own people, and of the whole host, who did not wish to go on the expedi- tion after this, for they all considered this fall of the holy man as an ominous presage. But noble ambassadors came from Leinster, from Cearbhall, son of Muirigan, to Cormac first, and they delivered a message of peace from the Leinster-men, i. e. one peace to be in all Erin moniw, Archiepiscopi Casseliensis et Mar- but by the Leinster-men. tyris." Dr. Hanmer says that Cormac was An evil omen. — Cel olc. The scribe killed by the Danes, but Dr. Keating, in glosses the word eel by pdipcme, in the his "History of Ireland," from the histo- margin. Dr. Lynch, in his translation of rical tract called Cath Belaigh Mughna, Keating' s "History of Ireland," translates i. e. the Battle of Ballaghmoon, states that it malum omen. See Ann. F. M., p. 566, King Cormac was not slain by the Danes, note, 2 D 202 paccap rfccaipfcc p'oóa, im meiDe ao cfpy^ Do ó Lmjnib, .1. aoin y^ibe DO beic 1 n-'6i|iinn uile 50 bealcaine aji a ccionn, uaip coic- cijfpp o'po^rhap an canpain, a bpaijoe Do cabaipc an fpláirh ÍTlaonaij, an Duine naoirh íjnaió cpaiBbij, 1 Daoine eile cpaib- Deca; peoiD "j maiciupa lomDo Do rabaipc Do piaicbeapcac ") Do Chojimac. bá pailib 50 mop la Copmac an rpíópn do raipgpin DO, 1 cáinig loppin Da innipm Do piairbeapcac, -j pa innip do- paiDe arhail cugaD cuige ó Lai^nib. Ctrhail po cuala piaicbeap- cac pin, po ^ab aDuau nrióp 1 apeD po páiD: Paillpi^ib, ap pé, Do brsmrnnamnaibe, "] Dfpoile do cineoil cpeoD, uaip mac comaicij ru ; "I pa paib bpiarpa lomba peapba capcaplaca ap poDa pe n-innipin, C(p é ppf5pa cuj Copmac paippiom : Qp Demin Ifmpa Dno, ap Copmac, an ni biap De pin .i. cac do cup, a buine naoim, ap Cop- mac, 1 biapa po malaccain De, -] ap Doca bap Dpagail biiic. Ctjup Ó Dubaipc pin, cáinig Da puball péin, "] pé cuippioc Dobpónac, "] ó po puib po ^ab pioral uball cujab bo, 1 po baoi 5a ppobail Da rhuinn- cip, 1 apeb po páib: Q rhuinriuip lonrhain, ap pé, ni ciobnacaib-pi vibla Duib on uaippi amac 50 bpóc. QnDeb a n^eapna lonmuin calrhanDa, ap a muinnnp, cib 'ma nDfpnaip bpón -] Duba Dumn ? Ip minic DO ^ní miocélmuine búinn. Qpeb Dno po páiDpiorti ; cib 6ri, a rhuinnnp lonrhuin, cá ni Dubpioc po páibiap ? Uaip bfg a n-iorig- nab ^en 50 ccugainnpi ubla Duib ap mo lóirh péin ; uaip biaib nfc éijin uaibpi um pappab ciobnaicpfp ubla buib. IRo ópDaij pop- aipeb lapccam. IRo gaipmfb cuige annpin anDuine naorhra, cpaib- bfc fgnaib (TTlaonac mac Siabail), apDcomapba Comgaill, "] do pijne *" Séds. — i. e. jewels, precious stones. lation of Keating, improves the style " Apples. — Keating has the same artless thus : " Nunquam posthac (inquit) qm'd- words, but Dr. Lynch, in his Latin trans- quam inter vos, charissimi, distri- 203 Erin until May following (it being then the second week in Autumn), and to give hostages into the keeping of Maenach, a holy, wise, and pious man, and of other pious men, and to give séds^ and much pro- perty to Cormac and Flaithbhertach. Cormac was much rejoiced at being oiFered this peace, and he afterwards came to tell it to Flaith- bhertach, and how it was brought to him from Leinster. When Flaith- bhertach heard this, he was greatly horrified, and said : " This shows," said he, " the littleness of thy mind, and the feebleness of thy nature, for thou art the son of a plebeian ;" and he said many other bitter, in- suiting words, which it would be tedious to repeat. The answer which Cormac made him was : " I am certain," said Cormac, " of what the result of this will be; a battle will be fought, holy man," said he, " and Cormac shall be under a curse for it," and it is likely that it will be the cause of death to thee." And when he said this, he came to his own tent, being afflicted and sorrowful, and when he sat down he took a basinful of apples which was brought him, and he proceeded to divide them among his people, and he said: " Beloved people," said he, " I shall never present you with apples from this hour henceforth." " Is it so, dear earthly lord," said his people ; " why dost thou exhibit sorrow and melancholy to us ? It is often thou hast boded evil for us." " It is what I say; but, beloved people, what ominous thing have we said, for it is no great wonder that I should not distribute apples among you with my own hand, for there shall be some one of you in my place who will present you with apples"^ He afterwards ordered a watch to be set, and he called to him the holy, pious, and wise man (Maenach'', son of Siadhal), the chief Comharba of Comhghall, and he made his confession and his will huam." of Kildare, which was one of the monas- ^ Maenach He was ahhot of Disert- teries founded by Diarmaid, coarb of St. Diarmada, now Castledermot in the county Comgall, of Bangor. 2 D2 204 pijne a paoifiDin •] a rioTYina m piaónaif i, •] ]\o cair Cojip Cjiiopc ap a láirh, -| do pao láirh pip an paojal 'na piaónupe in iilaonai^, uaip po picip 50 maippire 'ym cat é, acc niop bail Do pocuibe Da piop paip. l?o baoi Dno 50 páóa a copp Do bpeic 50 Cluain uarha Da mbeir a ppoipbe, muna beic Dno, a bpeic 50 pelic OiapmaDa tnic QoDa l?óin, bail 1 paba a^ pojluim 50 paoa. 6a lánpainr leip imuppo a abriacal 1 cCluain Uarha ag mac Cénin. 6a pepp innuppo la niaohac a aónacal ip in Oipiopc Oiapmaoa; uaip ba baile la Comjall Oipiopc DiapmaDa, 1 pa Coihapba Corhjaill IDaonac. Qp é ap fgnaibe po baoi na aimpip, .1. ITIaonac mac Sianail, -j ba mop pa paorpaij an ran pa a^ Dénarh píoba eiDip Lai^niu 1 piopa TTluman Da ppéoab. l?o imngfccap pocoibe do plua^ IDuman 50 nfrhcumDaijre. r?o baoi Dno glóp mop -\ pepcan 1 lon^popc ppfp ITIuman an can pa, uaip cualaDap piann mac TTlaoilpeacloinn Do beic 1 lon^popc Laigfn 50 plój mop Do coip -] pop eoc, Cip an pm po paib TDaonac : Q Da^Doine TTluman, ap po, ba coip buib na bpai^De maice capgup Duib Do ^abáil 1 nfpláim baoine cpaibbfc 50 beallcoine, .1. mac Cfpbaill pig Caijfn, *] mac pij Oppaije. l?a bárcup pip TTluman uile 50 pába gup ob é piair- beapcac mac lonmainen, a aonap, po coirhégnij laD im coibfcc 1 Caignib. Q baicle an gfjiáin móip do ponpac cangaoap cap Sliab TTIaipge iniap 50 Dpoicfo Leicglmne. T?o caipip imuppo Uiob- paiDe, * Cluain TTamha. — Now Cloyne, in the mada, now Castle Dermot, which he de- county of Cork, of which St. Colman Mac dicated to St. Comgall of Bangor ahout Leinine was the founder and patron. A. D. 800. He died A. D. 824 (Ann. Ult.). ' Biarmaid. — i. e. to the cemetery of the The Maenach here referred to was the suc- church of Diarmaid. This Diarmaid was cesser of Diarmaid rather than the suc- grandson of Aedh Eoin, King of Uladh, cessor of St. Comgall, who does not appear and founded the Church of Disert Diar- to have ever been at the place. 205 will in liis presence, and he took the body of Christ from his hand, and he resigned the world in the presence of Maenach, for he knew that he would be killed in the battle. But he did not wish that many should know this of him. He also ordered that his body should be brought to Cluain Uamha®, if convenient ; but if not, to convey it to the cemetery of Diarmaid^, son [read, grandson] of Aedh Roin, where he had studied for a long time. He was very desirous, however, of being interred at Cluain Uamha of Mac Lenin. Maenach, however, was better pleased to have him interred at Disert-Diarmada, for Disert Diarmada was one of Comhghall's towns^, and Maenach was succes- sor of Comhghal. This Maenach, son of Siadhail, was the wisest man in his time, and he exerted himself much at this time to make peace (if he could), between the men of Leinster and Munster. Many of the forces of Munster went away without restraint. There was great noise and dissension in the camp of the men of Munster at this time, for they had heard that Flann, son of Maelsechlainn, was in the camp of the Leinster-men with great forces of foot and horse. It was then Maenach said : " Good men of Munster," said he, " ye ought to accept of the good hostages I have olfered you to be placed in the custody of pious men till May next; namely, the son of Cearbhall, King of Leinster, and the son of the King of Osraighe." All the men of Munster were saying that it was Flaithbhertach, son of lonmainen, alone, that compelled them to go into Leinster. After this great complaint which they made, they came over Sliabh Mairge*" from the west to Leithghlinn Bridge. But Tibraide, succes- sor of Ailbhe [of Emly], and many of the clergy along with him, tar- ried s Towns. — i. e. monasteries. See Dr. rony forming the south-east portion of the Todd's Book of Hymns, p. 136. Queen's County, bat the original Sliabh Sliabh Mairge. — This name is still Mairge extended so far into the county of preserved in that of Slievemarague, a ba- Kilkenny as to embrace the old church of 2o6 paiDe, camajiba Ciilbe, -] pochaióe do cléipcib ime i Ceicjlinn, -| ^lollaba an cplói^, -| a ccapoill loin lUeicjlmn, Ro ]^enniD lap fin fcuic 1 caipnif|ira pQiaib TTluman i cangaccuji pfmpa 50 TTIaj n-Clilbe. l?o baccup imuppo ■] a nopuim pa coille noainjin 05 lopnaióe na nárhao. Do ponpac pip muman cpi cara commopa comiméme 6íob: piaicbeapcac mac lonmainen, "] Ceallac mac Cfpbaill pi Oppai^e pep in céo car; Copmac mac Cuilfnmn pi ITlurhan pe car mfóoin TDurhan. Copmac mac TTlocla pi na nOéipi, 1 pi Ciappai^e'i pij ciniuó eile lomóa, lapcap TTlurhan ip in cpfpp car. Uan^accup laparh arhlaiD pin ap TTla^ n-Clilbe. ba gfpónac lao ap lomao a nárhao, -| ap a n-uaicfcc péin. Cípeb innipiD eolui^ .1. an luce po baoi fcuppa 50 pabaoap Caigm co n-a pocpaiDib cpi cuDpuma no ceicpe cuDpumo, no apliu pe pfpaib TTluman do cum an caca. ba cpua^ mop annuall po baoi ip in car, amail inipiD ealuig ,1. an luce po baoi ipin car .1. nuall an Dapa pluai^ 50 mapbab, "| nuall an cploij eile a^ commaoibim an mapbca pin. Oá cúip imuppo po lompolaing maiDm obann ap pfpaib TTluman .1. Celfcaip, bpácaip Cingegain, Do leim 50 Tiobann ap a eac, 1 map Do ling ap a eac apeb paib: Q paopclanna TTlu- man, ap pé, ceiciD 50 hobann on car abuacmap po, "] léijíb eiDip na cléipcib péin na po gabpaD comnaibe eile acc cac do rabaipc; 1 po ceic lapcráin 50 hobann, ~\ pocTiaibe mop maille pip. Qjap Dno pat: eile an mabma : Ceallac mac Cfpbaill, map ar connaipc- pibe an cac 1 pabaccup maire mumncipe pig '6ipfnn 05 cuapgam a cara Teach Scoithin, now Tiscoffin. ' Magh-Ailhe This was the name of a large plain in the south of the county of Kildare. Bealach Mughna, where this bat- tle was fought, still preserves that name, in the anglicized form Ballaghmoon. It is situated in the south of the county of Kildare, and about two miles and a half to the north of the town of Carlow. The site of the battle is stíU shown, and the stone on which King Cormac's head was cut off by a common soldier is not yet for- 207 ried at Leithghlinn, and also the servants of the army and the horses that carried the provisions. After this, trumpets were blown and signals for battle were given by the men of Munster, and they came before them to Magh-Ailbhe\ Here they remained with their back to a fast wood, awaiting their enemies. The men of Munster divided themselves into three equally large battalions : Flaithbhertach, son of Inmainen, and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, King of Osraighe, over the first division'^ ; Cormac, son of Cuilenan, King of Munster, over the middle division ; Cormac, son of Mothla, King of the Deisi, and the King of Ciarraighe, and the kings of many other septs of West Munster, over the third division. They afterwards came in this order on Magh Ailbhe. They were querulous on account of the numbers of the enemy and their own fewness. The learned, i. e. [the scho- lars] that were among them, state that the Leinster-men and their forces amounted to three times or four times the number of the men of Munster, or more. Unsteady was the order in which the men of Munster came to the battle. Very pitiful was the wailing which was in the battle, as the learned who were in the battle relate, i. e. the shrieks of the one host in the act of being slaughtered, and the shouts of the other host exulting over that slaughter. There were two causes for which the men of Munster suffered so sudden a defeat, i. e. Ceilechar, the brother of Cingégan, suddenly mounted his horse, and said : " Nobles of Munster," said he, " fly suddenly from this abo- minable battle, and leave it between the clergy themselves, who could not be quiet without coming to battle." And he suddenly fled after- wards, accompanied with great hosts. The other cause of the defeat was : when Cealach, son of Cearbhall, saw the battalion in which were the gotten by tradition. the Cath Bealaigh Mughna. It is very Division. — This agrees with the ac- prohable that both accounts have been epi- count of this battle given by Keating from tomized from the same original work. 2o8 a cara pen, po ling ap a eac -| po paib pe a rhuinncip péin; Gip- 5ÍÓ ap bap n-fcaib, "| lonnapbaíó uaib an luce puil in bap n-ai^io, "] aDpubaipcpim pin, ni do caru^ab abunab aoubaipc, acc ap Do ceicfm ; acr cpá po pap Do na cauipib pin, ceicfo 1 nainfcc do na cacaib Tiluimnfcaib. Uc cpa, ba cpuaig -] ha mop an c-óp ap puD TTlai^e Ctilbe lapccain. Ni coigilcea cléipfc pfc laoc ann pin. 6a coimmeD pa mapb Daoip, 1 po Dicfnoaoip; an can pa hainccea laoc no cléipec ann, ni ap cpócaipe Do nicea, acc painc Da impu- lanj D'pagbail puaplaigce uaDaib, no Da mbpeic aj pojnam bóib. Uepna cpa Copmac an pi accopac an céD caca. Qcc po linj a eac 1 cclaip, "i pa cuicpiorh Don eoc : ópo concaccup Dpfm o'á rhuinncip pin, 1 piaD a Tnaibm, cangaccup D'lonnpoi^ib an pi, -] pa cuipfccap ap a eac é. Qp ann pin aD connaipcpiorh Dalcu bo pén, paopclanDa D'Go^anacc é, Qob a ainm, paoi eagna "| bpeicfrh- nacca "] pfncapa é, -j laiDne; apeD po páiD an pi ppip: CI rheic lon- TTiainn, ap pé, na Ifn Diom-pa, Qcc noD beip ap amail ap pepp coc- niocpa. "Ro innipiupa buic-pi perhe po 50 muippibe mipi 'pn^ cac po. r?o caipip uaiccfb 1 ppappab Chopmaic, -] cóinic perhe ap a puD na plisfb, "] ha hiomba puil Daome -| eac ap puD na plijfb pin. Sciclic Dno coppa Deipeb a eicpiorh ap an plijib plearhain, 1 pliocc na pola pin, cuicib an ceac ap a haip piap, ■] bpipfb a bpuim 1 a rhuinél ap bó, -] po póib ag cuicim : In manup cuap, Domine, commenDo ppipicum meum ; -| paoibib a ppiopaD, 1 cfgaiD na meic mallaccan eccpaibbfca, 1 gabaiD gaae Da colainn, -| jaDaiD a cfnn Da colainn. ' Spared. — Keating has nearly the same fani homines promiseua internecione mac- words, which Dr. Lynch has improved tabantm-, ntilla ordinis aut dignitatis ha- upon in his Latin translation, quoted in a bita ratione." — 0^ Donovan's Four Mas- note to the Annals of the F. M., A. D. 903. ters, vol. i., p. 568, note. " Siquidem in Ulo conflictu, sacri et pro- " S^is head. — ^The F. M. state that it was 209 the chieftains of the people of the King of Erin cutting down his own battalion, he mounted his horse, and said to his own people : " Mount your horses, and drive the enemy before you." And though he said this, it was not to fight really he said so, but to fly. But, however, it resulted from these causes that the Munster battalions fled together. Alas ! pitiful and great was the slaughter throughout Magh-Ailbhe afterwards, A cleric was not more spared' than a layman there; they were equally killed. When a layman or a clergyman was spared, it was not out of rnercy it was done, but out of covetousness to obtain a ransom for them, or to bring them into servitude. King Cormac, however, escaped in the van of the first battalion, but his horse fell into a trench, and he fell off the horse. When a party of his people who were flying perceived this, they came to the king and put him up on his horse again. It was then he saw a foster-son of his own, a noble of the Eoghanachts, by name Aedh, who was an adept in wisdom and jurisprudence, and history, and Latin, and the king said to him : " Beloved son," said he, " do not follow me, but escape as well as thou canst. I told thee before now, that I should fall in this battle." A few remained along with Cormac, and he came for- ward along the way on horseback, and the way was besmeared throughout with much blood of men and horses. The hind feet of his horse slipped on the slippery way in the track of blood, and the horse fell backwards, and broke his [Cormac's] back and neck in twain, and he said, when falling, "In manus tuas, Domine, com- mendo spiritum meum," and he gave up the ghost ; and the impious sons of malediction came and thrust darts through his body, and cut off" his head". Though Piach. TJa Ugfadain, of Denlis, that cut off unknown to tradition, and the identifica- King Cormac's head, but the name of the tion of them has hitherto escaped the ken place, as well as that of the family, is of our topographical investigators. 2E * 2IO ^ép ba iomt)a an mapbaó ap TTlaij Qilbe, pa bepba a naip, níp bo pairfc cpoióacc Laijfn Oe y^in, gup po Ifnpac an rhaibm cap Sliab ITIaipje pap, -] po mapbyac y^aopclanna lomóa Don irnrhain pin. 1 ppopcopac an caca po céoóip po mapbaó Ceallac mac Cfp- baill, pi Oppaige, i a rhac. Clp pgaoilceac imuppo po mapbaiD ó pin amac eop laoc ~\ cléipeac : ap móp t)o cléipcib maice po mapbaó ipm cac yo, ~\ ap Tnop t)o píojaib, -| Da caoipiocuib. l?o mapbaó ann pogapcac mac Suibne, in puí peallpombacca -| Diab- acca, pi Ciappaige, ~\ QiliU mac Gogain, an caipofgnaib ócc -| an c-ápDpaopclann, "] Colman, ab Cinnecig, ápo ollam bpeicfrhnacca Gipfnn, "] pocuióe ap cfna, quop longum epc pcpibepe. Na laoic imuppo, Copmac pí na nOéipi, Oubagán, pi ppfp maije, Cfnnpaolaó, pí hUa Conaill, Conn Dap "| Qineplip D'Uib UaipDealbaig, "] GiDean pi Qióne, po baoi ap lonnapbaó a TTIu- main, ITlaolmuaD, TTlaDuDan, Ouboabaipfnn, Congal, Carapnac, pfpaóac, QoD, pí hUa Ciacáin, "] Dorhnall pi Oúin Ceapmna. Qp laD Dno pa bpip an cac po .1. piann mac Tnaoilpecloinn, R15 'Gipfnn, 1 Cfpball mac Dluipfgan pi Caigfn, 1 Uaóg mac paoláin pí hUa gCionnpiolag, Uémenan, pí hUa nDfga, Ceallac 1 Copcán Da pí peap Cualann, InDeipge mac Ouibjiolla, pí hUa n-Opóna ° Many good clergymen. — This seems to imply that the clergy were wont to go on military expeditions so late as 908. Fothadh na Canoine had induced the mo- narch Aedh Oirdnighe (A. D. 804) to re- lease the clergy from this barharous duty, and Adamnan had made greater exertions, to the same effect, about a century earlier. But the union of the kingly with the epis- copal dignity would appear to have en- couraged the continuance of this custom to the time of Cormac Mac Cullenan, though, perhaps, not in the northern parts of Ireland, where the influence of the law of Adamnan and Pothadh prevailed at this time. " Cenn-Etigh. — Now Kinnitty in the King's County. ; 21 I Though extensive was the slaughter on Magh Ailbhe, to the East of the Bearbha [Barrow], the prowess of the Leinster-men was not satiated with it, but they followed up the route west across Sliabh Mairge, and slew many noblemen in that pursuit. In the very beginning of the battle, Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, King of Osraighe, and his son, were killed at once. Dispersedly, how- ever, others were killed from that out, both laity and clergy. There were many good clergymen'^ killed in this battle, as were also many kings and chieftains. In it was slain Fogartach, son of Suibhne, an adept in philosophy and divinity. King of Ciarraighe [Kerry], and Ailell, son of Eoghan, the distinguished young sage, and the high- born nobleman, and Colman, Abbot of Cenn-Etigh°, Chief OUamh of the judicature of Erin, and hosts of others also, of whom it would be tedious to write. But the laymen were, Cormac, King of the Deisi, Dubhagan, King of Fera-Maighe [Fermoy], Cennfaeladh, King of of Ui-Conaill [Con- nilloe], Conodhar and Aneslis, of the Ui-Toirdhealbhaigh", and Eidhen, King of Aidhne**, who was in exile in Munster; Maelmuadh, Madudan, Dubhdabhoirenn, Congal, Catharnach, Feradhach ; Aedh, King of Ui-Liathain'', and Domhnall, King of Dun-Cearmna^ But the persons who gained this battle were Flann, son of Mael- seachlainn. King of Erin; and Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster; and Tadhg, son of Faelan,King of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; Temhe- nan, p Ui-Toirdhealhhaigh. — A tribe seated famous family of O'Heyne. in the S. E. of the county of Clare, near ^ Ui-LiatJiain. — A tribe and territory Killaloe. nearly coextensive with the barony of " Aidhne. — A territory coextensive with Barrymore, county of Cork, the diocese of Kilmacduagh, in the S. W. ° Dun- Cearmna. — The ancient name of of the county of Galway. The Eidhen a fort situated on the Old Head of Kinsale, here mentioned was the progenitor of the county of Cork. 2 E 2 212 n-Opóna, pollarhan mac Oilella pí porapra Pea, Uuacal mac Ujaijie ]ií hUa rnuijifóai^, U^jian mac CmnéDi^, ]ii Caoi^p, ITlaolcallann mac pfji^aile, jií na ppopruar, Clei|icén pí hUa mbaijice. UáiTii^ lajiran piann, |ií 'Giiifnn, mapcpluaj móp piojba, gup po lobnaic Diapmait) mac Cfpbaill i pi^e Ofpaije. Qpp ann j^in canjaccap Dpfm a n-ai^ió piainn, "| cfnn Cop- maic an aca : apeo po páiópoo pe piann: " bfca -| y^lainue, a T?í cumaccai^ cop^pai^, i cfnn Copmaic again Duic; -| amail ay bép t)o na píogaiB, cógai-b Do pliapao, -[ cuip an cfnn po poice, -\ popóinj é Doo pliapaiD. Qp olc, imuppo, aopubaipc piann piu- piom, ní buibfcap Do paD Dóib. TTlóp an gníorh, ap pé, a cfnn Do ^oiD Don Gppcop naorh, a onóip imuppo, apeó Do génpa, ■] ní a poipDinj. Pa gab piann an cfnn 'na láirh, ■] po póg é, ■] Do pao na nmcioll po cpí an cfnn coippeaca, [an naoirh eppcoip], -] m píopmaipcípec. "Rugaó uaD lapccain an cfnn 50 honópac Dionn- poijib an cuipp, bail a paba TTlaonac mac Siabail, comapba Corh- gaill, * Ui jDeaghaidh. — A territory in the N. W. of the county of Wexford, nearly coex- tensive with the present barony of Gorey. " Feara-Cualann. — A territory in the north of the county of Wicklow. TJi-Brona JSTow Idrone, county of Carlow. ' Fotharta-Fea. — Now the barony of Forth, county of Carlow. ' Ui-Muireadhaigh. — A territory com- prising the southern half of the present county of Kildare. * Laeighis. — Now Leix, in the Queen's County. Fortuatha A territory in the county of Wicklow, comprising Glendalough and the neighbouritig districts. ' JJi Bairclie. — A territory comprising the present barony of Slievemarague in the S. E. of the Queen's County, and some of the adjoining districts of the county of Carlow. <• With thy thigh Keating has : "Here is the head of Cormac, King of Munster, for thee, sit upon it, as is the custom of [conquering] kings ; but the monarch, far from complying with their request, repri- manded them, and said that it was very wicked to have cut oflf the head of the holy bishop; and he refused to treat it with any indignity. He took up the head in his hand, kissed it, and passed it thrice 213 nan, King of Ui-Deaghaidh*; Ceallach and Lorcan, two Kings of Feara-Cualann"; Inneirghe, son of Duibhgilla, King of Ui-Drona^; FoUamhan, son of Oilell, King of Fotharta-Feay; Tuathal, son of Ugaire, King of Ui Muireadhaigh^; Ughran, son of Cennedigh, King of Laeighis^; Maelchallann, son of Ferghal, King of the Fortuatha''; Clercén, King of Ui-Bairche'^. Flann, King of Erin, came with a numerous royal body of horse, and he escorted Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, into the kingdom of Osraighe. Then a party came up to Flann, having the head of Cormac with them, and what they said to Flann was : " Life and health, power- ful, victorious king ! We have the head of Cormac for thee, and, as is customary with kings, raise thy thigh, and put this head under it, and press it with thy thigh'"^. Flann, however, spoke angrily to them instead of giving them thanks. " It was an enormous act," said he, " to have taken off the head of the holy bishop ; but, however, I shall honour it instead of crushing it." Flann took the head into his hand, and kissed it, and had carried round him thrice the conse- crated head [of the holy bishop], and of the true martyr. The head was around him in token of respect and vene- ration." Dr. Lynch, in his Latin Trans- lation of Keating' s History, improves the style thus : — " Invictissime Eex simul et felicissime, En regis in prtelio ccesi caput ad tuos pedes projicimus, ei tu inside et tota corporis mole innitere, (superioribus enim Hibemise regibus solemne fiiit hos- tici regis in prselio caesi caput femori sup- positum duriori sessione premere). Itane oration em et munus non gratulatione ali- qua, sed acerbissima deferentium increpa- tione rex excepit, nec solum sacrum caput tam contumeliose tractare renuit, verum etiam in percussores acriter invectus quod sacrato episcopo violentas manus aflferre ausi fuerint. Deinde caput ipsum reve- renter exceptum osculatus tribus sibi vi- cibus circumdatum honore debito prose- cutus, Mainacho Siadhulli filio, Comgelli successori deferendum dedit, qui caput una cum trunco corpore justis pro digni- tate rite persolutis, Deserti Diermodi hu- mari curavit." 214 ^aill, 1 pu^faióe copp Copmaic 50 Dipiojir Oiapimaca, -| po [habnaiceaó 50] honopac ann pnn é, bail a nDénann pfpca -) TTiiopbaille. Cia rpa nac rij cpiDe 1 noc ci an in gníorh nnó|ipa, .1. mapbaó 1 rfpcab (D'apmaiB abéccióib) an Duine naoirh ap mo fnjnarh cáinig 1 ciocpa opfpaib 'Gipfnn 50 bpac Saoi na ^aoióil^e, -| na Camne, an c-óipDeppcop láncpaióBfc, láin-íoban, míopbuloa, in- jfnup, -| in-fpnai jre, an paoi pfcrapbacca, -| gac fgna, gac pfppa, 1 gac eolaip, paoi pilioacca "] pojluma, cfnn Oépeipce, -] gac pualca, 1 paoi poipcfoail, aipDpí t)á coigfó Tílurhan uile pe pé. T?o lompa cpa piann, T?í 'Gipfnn ap ppágbail OmpmaDa 1 pije Oppaije, ap ap nc>énarh pioba acoTÍiaip fcuppa 1 a bpairpe. í?a lompacrap Dno Lai^in 50 mbuaib "] cop^up. ■Cáinij Cfpball mac TTluipfgan, pi Lai^fn, perhe 50 Cill Dapa, 1 buíbne mopa 1 nfpgabail aije, -\ piaicbepcac mac lonmainén fccoppapaibe. Na n-fpbailc apoile pcoluije Caijnfc d'uiIc pa piaicbeapcac, ap náp pe a innpin, "] ni cóip a pcpibfnn. Uu^aiD lapccain piairbeapcac 50 Cill Dapa, ■] cupjao cléipij Lai^fn arcopan móp Dó; uaip po pfoaccup gup ob é a aonap pa nfpc an pluaigfb, 1 gup ap a n-aijib a coile cáinij Copmaic. Ctp n-écc imuppo Cfpbaill, pi Laigfn pa léiccfó piaicbeapcac app, -] 50 maó 1 ccionn bliabna pin lap ppaipinn. T?o lobnaic TTluipfnn comapba bpi^oe é, -] plua^ móp cléipfc iiimpe 1 mionDa lomba, 50 páinig 50 Tllaj Maipb; -] 6 páinig ÍTIumain Do poine pib innce. = Improper to he written. — The author ' Muirenn, successor of Brighit. — i. e. of these calumnies (here spoken of as "a abbess of Kildare. She died A. D. 917. — certain scholar of Leinster"), as weU as Ann. Jilt. the Tinmentionahle crimes themselves, at- ^ Magh NairlJi. — This was the name of tributed to the royal abbot of Inis-Cath- a plain ia the barony of Crannagh, county aigh, are unknown, of Kilkenny. See Ann. F. M., p. 856. was afterwards carried away from him honourably to the body, where Maenach, son of Siadhal, Comharba of Comhghall, was, and he carried the body of Cormac to Disert-Diarmada [Castledermot], where it was honourably interred, and where it performs signs and miracles. Why should not the heart repine and the mind sicken at this enormous deed, the killing and the mangling, with horrid arms, of this holy man, the most learned of all who came or will come of the men of Erin for ever ? The complete master of Gaedhlic, and Latin, the archbishop, most pious, most pure, miraculous in chastity and prayer, a proficient in law, in every wisdom, knowledge, and science; a paragon of poetry and learning, head of charity and every virtue, and head of education ; supreme king of the two provinces of Mun- ster in his time. Flann, King of Erin, returned home, after having left Diarmaid in the kingdom of Osraighe, and after having ratified an amicable peace between him and his brethren. The Leinster-men also returned home after victory and triumph. Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster, proceeded directly to Cill-dara [Kildare], carrying with him great troops into captivity, and among the rest, Flaithbhertach, son of Inmainén. What a cer- tain scholar of Leinster has ascribed of evil to Flaithbheartach is shameful to be mentioned, and improper to be written''. They afterwards brought Flaithbheartach to Cill-dara [Kildare], and the clergy of Leinster gave him great abuse, for they knew that he alone had invited the expedition and the battle, and that Cormac came against his own will. On the death of Cearbhall, King of Lein- ter, however, Flaithbheartach was set at liberty, which, according to some, was after the expiration of one year. Muirenn*^, successor of Brighit, accompanied by a great number of clerics, escorted him to Magh Nairbh^, and when he arrived in Munster he made peace there. He 2l6 'Ra cuaió lapccam Da rriaini]^cip 50 hlnip Caraig, -] po baoi peal 50 cpáióbfc inn, 50 ccáinij amac Dopioipi Do ^abail pije Caipil, 50 paba Da bliajain rpiocaD 1 pi je TDurhan. Qp Do'n cac po pa can Oallán (mac TTloipe) oUarh Chepbaill pi Lm-^Cn : — Copmac peiTTiin pojaprac Colnnán, Ceallac cpuaib n-ujpa, ^o pé mile Do pocparcap 1 ccac bealui^ muaiD TTlúgna. Ctineplip, Din bopuma, pfp^al péi^ lomon pcpiblinn, Copmac pionn a pemfnmaij -] Cennpaolab a ppijpinn. Connobap Din Qbapmaij 1 GiDfn a h-Qibne, La Cfpball DO pocpaccap Dia maipc ap TTlaij Qilbe. TTlaolmuab -] TTlaDuDan, Uc pob alainn an paipfnn, Oubacan ó Qbamn TTlóip, Oublaec -| DubDaboipfnn, Gonial 1 Carapnac -) pfpabac papaib, Oorhnall Dalian, son of Mor. — Keating says the Eiver Shannon, about one mile to the that he was poet to Cearbhall, King of north of Killaloe. This was the residence Leinster, quoted by the F. M., A. D. 903, of the chief of the Ui-Toirdhealbhaigh. but their chronology is five years ante- This Aneslis was not the ancestor of any line ^ated. of the Dalcais whose pedigree is known. ' Aneslis, shelter of Borumha. — Now ^ Frighrenn, — This was the name of the Beal-Borumha, a fort on the west side of chief seat of the Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now 217 He afterwards went to his monastery on Inis-Cathaigh [Seattery Is- land], and spent some time there piously, but he came out afterwards to assume the kingdom of Caisel, and he was in the [enjoyment of j the kingdom of Munster for thirty-two years. Of this battle, Dal- ian, son of Mor"", OUamh of Cearbhall, King of Leinster, sang : — Cormac of Feimhin, Foghartach, Colman, Ceallach, of hard battles, With six thousand, fell In the famous battle of Mughain. Aneslis, shelter of Borumha', Fearghal the sharp, of the straight stream, Cormac the fair, of Magh Feimhenn, And Cennfaeladh, of Frighrenn'', Conodhar, too, of Magh Adhair', And Eidhen, of Aidhne"". By Cearbhall all were slain On Tuesday on Magh Ailbhe. Maelmuadh and Madudhan ; Alas ! fair was the host ! Dubhagan, of Abhainn Mor", Dubhlach and Dubhdabhoirenn. Congal and Catharnach, And Feradhach, of the wilderness, Dorahnall, the baronies of Upper and Lower Conillo, cester of the O'Heynes of Aidhne, a terri- county of Limerick, tory in the S. W. of the county of Galway. ' Magh Adkair. — A level plain in the ° Abhainn Mor. — Avonmore (or the barony of Tulla, county of Clare. This Great Eiver), now the Blackwater lliver Conodhar is not the ancestor of any known in the county of Cork. This Dubhagan line of the Dal-Cais. was the ancestor of the O'Dubhagans " Eidhen, of Aidhne. — He was the an- [O'Dugans] of rermoy, county of Cork. 2l8 Dorhnall a Oun CCpmna caom, -| Qob Ó Chapn Uafai^. piann Ufrhpa Do'n UaiUcrnrhai^, Ip Cfpball Dúin Captnain cirac, 1 fepc Oecembeyi cloipiot)a]i Caú 50 céouib lolac, Uaog mac paoláin, Uenienan, Ceallac if Lojican Cópslan ; InDeipge mac OinbgioUa, l?o Dionjbaccup CÓ15 nonbaip. niaolcallann mac pfp^aile; Oorhnoll ip Lopcán Liarhna, Ugaipe no Uuacal a Oún Ofpmai^e, Nocap cfcpap ciamba. Ugpan TTIaipge mópglonnac, Cleipcen ó Imp pailbe, pollaman mac Qillella, Duboaboipfrin aOaimne. Uaój an cpiau a Ofpgabaip, pupcaib bpure boppplac, Qp yé cac po fpcorhail, 00 clóó cac pop Copmac. Copmac. Po ba gniorh 50 cciumapgain 1 Ctp lop pap mfopann l?ob o Dun Ccarma. — i. e. the old head of yet determined. Kinsalc. Flann, of Teamhair. — i. e. of Tara and p Cam Taisigh: — This was the residence Teltown in Meath. of the chief of TJi-Liathain, now the ha- ' Bun Carman. — This was the name of rony of Bariymore, county of Cork ; hut an ancient seat of the kings of Leinster, its situation or modern name has not heen the site of which is now occupied by the 2 I 9 Domlmall, of Dun Cearma", the fair, • And Aedh, of Carn Tasaigli", Flann, of Teamhair'', of the plain of Tailltin ; And Cearbhall of the showery Dun Carman'. On the seventh^ of September they joined Battle with exulting hundreds, Tadhg, son of Faelan, Temenan, Ceallach and Lorcan the comely; Indeirge, son of Duibhgilla, They discomfited five times nine persons : Maelcallann, son of Fearghal, Domhnall and Lorcan of Liamhain', Ugaire, of Dun-Dearmhaigh". They were not a gloomy four; Ugran, of Mairge'', the great-deeded, Cleircen, of Inis-Failbhe, Follamhan, son of Ailell, Dubhdabhoirenn we acknowledge, Tadhg, the lord of Desgabhair'^, With crushing flails of strong: rods, It is he that discomfited. That gained the battle over Cormac. It was a deed of dark plunder, And it was enough to confuse us, ' Twas town of Wexford. Bun-Beannliaigh. — Probably fort of ' The seventh. — The scribe writes in the Duirow, on the border of Laeighis and margin of the MS., " 17 Sept.," which Osraighe. agrees with the F. M. " Mairge. — Now Slievemarague, Queen's ' Licmhain. — Otherwise called Dun County. Liamhna, and now anglicized Dunlavan, " Besgalhair. — i. e. South Leinster, i. e. county of Dublin. TJi-KinsellEsgh. 2 F 2 220 T?ob uabup, po lOTTiapcjiaib, Uuibfcc na epic ap Cfpball. In-cepycop, an canmcapa Qn paoi poicfpna (no ba pocla) popóapc T?í Caipil, pi lapmuman, Q Ohé, Dippan Do Chopmac. Copmac, Comalra comalcpoTYia i coiniléijinn Copmac mac Cuilennáin 1 Cfpball mac muipfgan, unoe Copmac cecinic : — Uaile Dam mo nompán, 50 nofpnap a beippmm, Upe pampeapc Do ^belpeipc in^m Oepill. 1. e. ^elpeapc injfn Oeipill, pi ppangc, pa ail laD mapaon unoe popoD ^eilpeipce. "jQal. Cfpball mac Tnuipigén, pi Cai^fn mopicup; unDe Dalian cecinic : — TTlop liach Lipe lonjacb, ^an Cfpball cubaiD ceileac ; pfp pial poj^ib popbapac, Oia ppojnab Gipe éimeac. Liac Ifmpa cnoc Qlmaine, -j Qillfnn jan ója, Liac bom Capman, noca cél, -] pép Dapa póDa. Níop bo cian a pao^alporh Q aicle Copmac po cuillfb, ' Gelsherc. — Keating makes no mention ' Forod-Geilsheirce Qum-e, whether of this royal foster-mother of Cormac and this is intended for Foradh Geilsheirce, Cearbhall. i. e. Geilsherc's seat or bench? It was 22 1 'Twas pride, 'twas intolerance, Their coming into his territory against Cearbhall, The bishop, the confessor. The famous, (or renowned) illustrious doctor; King of Caisel, King of West Munster. God ! alas for Cormac ! Cormac. Cormac, son of Cuilenan, and Cearbhall, son of Muiregan, were foster-brethren and school-fellows ; hence Cormac sung : — Bring me my tympan, that I may play on it, For my ardent affection for Gelsherc, daughter of Deirill. i. e. Gelsherc'', daughter of Deirill, King of the Franks, nursed them both, unde Forod Geilsheirce^. [909.] Cearbhall*, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster, died; hence Dalian sung : — Great grief that Life of ships Is without Ceallach, her befitting spouse ; A generous, steady, prolific man, • ■ To whom submissive Erin was subservient. Sorrowful to me the hill of Almhain, And of Allien, to be without soldiers ; Sorrowful to me is Carman — I conceal it not — As the grass is growing over their roads. Not long was his life After the dishonouring of Cormac ; A day probably the name of a place in Ireland son of Muiregen, is noticed in the Ann. where she resided. F. M. at 904 ; Ann. TJlt. 908 [909]. The ■ Cearbhall. — The death of Cearbhall, verses which follow are quoted by F. M. 222 Lá 50 leic, ní maoilpiajail, Ip aoin Blia^ain ^an puillfb. Bpmac jiije poglaine, Pí Caijfn linib laocyiaD, Duppan all r,á]io nQlmaine, Oo 6ul ipéo pfpb paorpac. Saot la f eot)a y^opcai6e, piaic náp Náip noicfc lappma, T?a cpoc t)pun5a oopcaiDe, ÍTloo liacaib an liacpo. TTlóp. ^opTTiplaic ingfn pioinn cecinic: — ba poBpaij; Ceapball Do ^pép, 5a pobpai^ a bép 50 báp Gn po baoi Da ciopc ^an ciop Uaipceall ap a mope ppi Náp. Olc opmpa cumaoin Da jall ÍTlapbpac Niall -\ Ceapball Cfpball la hlllb comall ngle Niall ^líinDub la h-C(mlai6e. Dpfm 5a pába ap arhlaió po loicfó Cfpball .1. ag Dola 6ó 1 cCiU Dapa ap puo ppáiDe in céiíme cloici paip, ■] eac Diompac paoi, inuaip caimg aipo an apt) pe cfpDcae cioprhaipe, ann pin uaip pin po cuip an cioprhaipe a conjna amac, "| an rfc na upco- TTiail Gormflaith, daughter of Flann. — She after his death to Niall Gliindubh, mo- was daughter of Flann Sinna, monarch of narch of Ireland. She was the daughter Ireland, and had been married to Cormac of a king, and had been the wife of three Mac Cullenan, King of Munster, after- kings. It is stated, nevertheless, in the wards to Ccarhhall, King of Leiaster, and Annals of Clonmacnoise, that " after all 223 A day and a half, no wrong calculation, And one year without addition. Ruler of a noble kingdom. King of Leinster, of numerous heroes. Alas ! that the lofty chief of Almhain Has died in a bitter, painful, manner; Sorrowful for brilliant jewels. To be without the valiant, renowned King of Nás. Although dense hosts have fallen, Greater than all the sorrows is this sorrow. Gormflaith, daughter of Flann^, sung : — Cearbhall was always vigorous ; His rule was vigorous till death ; What remained of his tributes unpaid. He brought by his strength to Nas. Evil towards me [was] the compliment of the two Galls. They slew Niall and Cearbhall; Cearbhall was slain by Ulbh, a great deed, Niall Glundubh, by Amhlaeibh. Some say that the manner in which Cearbhall was slain was this : As he was going through the street of the stone step eastwards at Cill- dara [Kildare], having a proud steed under him, when he came op- posite the shop of a fuller, there the fuller" sent the Congna"^ out, the door to door, forsaken of all her friends caipe, which is stUl a living word, mean- and allies, and glad to be relieved by her ing, "a fuller." "Fuller. — Ciopriiaipe. The scribe the sense of a machine or instrument. these royal marriages, she begged from horse glosses this Avord in the margin by pú- inferiors." — See Ann. F. M., A. D. 903 917, 941. ^ The Congna — This word is used in the Ann. F. M., A. D. 1499 and 1597, in 224 rhail amaij, po ]^ceinn an cfc oiomf ac Dap a haip, 50 crayila a ja pén alláirh a ^ioUa pén baoi na ófjaib (50 mbaD é ainm an 510I- lapain Uille, no ainm an ciopníiai|ie) ba majib rpaCfpball Don loc pn 1 ccionn bliaóna, "] po abnaicfó é ince]i pajicjiep puop 1 pelicc Náif, unoe Dicicup: — Pailfo naoi píog peim naja, 1 ccill Naip po neirh nianina; ITluipfgan roaoin ^an Tnfpball, Cfpball, ip Ceallac ciallóa. Colman, bpan beoDa, pionn, paolán, Oúncab DÓna, 1 cCiU Copbain, po cuala, Ro claoicce a n-uaja aja. bécc hUa Ceclobaip pi Ohail Qpaibe mopicup ; unDe Dicicup : — 'Qpo pgél pgaoilre long lip O po puaip niop n-imniD Nao maip ópgap t)puac Dil Clorpuipe cimre inbip. Caicill mac Rucpac pi bpfcan ; Caipeog mac Ounog, pí hUa pfpjupa .1. 1 n-Uib Cinnpiolaij ; TTlu^pon mac Soclacám, pí bUa TTIaine, mopicup. "Ro innipiomup perhe po .1. pin cfcparhaó bliajain pfmainn na pliiaij ' Gill Naas. — Now Kill, a church near « Tmth-Inlhir. — The ancient name of Naas, in the county of Kildare, dedicated the mouth of the Eiver Bann, near Cole- to St. Corban. raine. ^ Becc Ua Leathlahhair. — i. e. Beg O'La- ^ Cadell, son of Roderick. — He died in lor. His death is noticed in the Ann. F. M. the year 909, according to the Annales at 904, where these verses are also quoted, Cambriae ; 907, according to the Brut y Ann. Ult. 908 [909]. Tywysogion. 225 horse being opposite it outside ; the proud steed started back, so that he [the king] struck against his own javelin, which was in the hand of his own horseboy (whose name wasUille, or this was the name of the fuller), and Cearbhall died of that wound at the end of a year, and he was buried among his fathers in the cemetery of Nás ; hence is said : — There are nine kings of famous career In Cill-Nais^, of shining lustre: Muiregan, a hero without mistake, Ceallach and Cearbhall the sensible, Colman, Braen, and Bran "the lively, Finn, Faelan, Dunchadh, the bold. In Corban's church, I have heard, Their warlike graves were made. BeccUaLeathlabhair^, Kingof Dal-Araidhe,died; hence was said: — Awful news that disperses the ships of the sea. Which have braved great dangers, That no longer lives, the beloved golden scion, The renowned prince of Tuath-Inbhir^. Cadell'^, son of Roderick, King of Britain; Caireog, son of Dunog', King of Ui Fergusa, in Ui Ceinnsealaigh; and Mughron, son of Soch- lachan'', King of Ui-Maine, died. We have related before now, i. e. in the fourth year before us\ how ' Caireog, son of Dunog. — This obit is UU. " Tribes and Customs of Hy Many" not in the published Annals. (Irish Arch. Society), p. 98. ' Mughron, son of Sochlachán. — A. D. ' The fourth year before us. — i. e. before 908 [909]. " Mugron mac Sochlachán, the present date. There is no account of rex Nepotum Maine defunctus est." — Ann. the expulsion of the Danes from Ireland 2G 226 pluaig Loclannca o'lonnapba a h-'Gipinn c|ie \\at aoine -] fp- niii^re an Duine naoni .1. Chéle Dabaill, uaip ba óuine naorh cpaioBfc éj^ióe, "] éc mó|i aije mana CpíojfDaijóib, "] pa raoh nfp- caoa DO laoc n-Gipionn 1 ^cfnn na páganoa po paocpaij pén pe hepnaijce, "] po cuinjib paoipe oTgailpib 'Gipfnn, 1 Do cup peipge an coimDheó uaca, uaip ap ap peipg an coimoheó Do beic ppiu cugaó fccaipcinfbaig Da miUfó .1. Loclannai^ -| Oanaip Do mpfó na h'6]ienn iDip cill 1 cuair. T?a cuaoap cpa na Loclannaig a }i-6ipinn, amuil a Dubpamup, 1 ba caoipioc Dóib hingamunD, -] ap ann pa cuaoap a n-inip bpfcan [1 mbpfcnuib]. Qp é ba pi bpfcan an can pin .1. mac Caicill nvic Ruabpac. l?o cionoilpiD bpfcain Doib, ~\ rugab car cpuaib ponaipc Doib, ~\ pa cuipiD ap éijin a cpiocaib bpfcan laD. Uamij lap pin hingamunD co n-a pluajaib D'lonpaijib Goel- ppiDa, bampio^an Sapcan; uaip boi a pfppibe an ran pa 1 n^alop .1. GoelppiD (na hincpfcab nfc mé 56 pa innipiup pearham écc Goel- ppiD, uaip caoipioca po lonáp écc GoelppiD, "] ap Don 5alop['a ap mapb GDelppiD, acc niop bail bam a pógbáil gan a pcpibfnn na nofpnpaD Loclannaig ap noul a h'Gpinn). 1?© baoi laparh hinga- munD under the fourth year prior to this, nor in any other part of this Fragment, from which it is clear that some portion of the matter immediately preceding has been lost. The printed Annals are very meagre at this period. Ccle-Dahhaill. — The scribe writes in the margin, " Cele DabaiU ob beann- coip 1 Comapba ComgaiU po 6ipinn, obiit Romse anno Christi 927 die 14. Septembris Ann. Dung.," i, e. according to the Ann. of Donegal (or F. M.), " Cele- Dabhaill, Abbot of Bangor, and successor of Comhgall, throiighout Erin, died at E,ome on the 14th of September, in the year of Christ 927." See Ann. of Ult., A. D. 927. ° Hingamund. — We do not find any mention of Hingamund in any previous portion of these Fragments ; nor does the name occur in the Saxon Chron., or other English historians of the period. But the Brut y Tywysogion mentions " Igmond," who, in the year 900, " came [apparently 227 how the Lochlann hordes were expelled from Erin through the merits of the fasting and prayers of the holy man, Cele-Dabhaill'^, for he was a holy and pious man, and had great zeal for the Christians, and, besides strengthening the heroes of Erin against the Pagans, he laboured himself by fasting and prayer, and he sought freedom for the churches of Erin, and he strengthened the men of Erin by his strict service to the Lord, and he removed the anger of the Lord from them ; for it Avas in consequence of the anger of God against them that it was permitted that foreign hordes should come to destroy them, i, e. Lochlanns and Danes, to destroy Erin, both church and state. The Lochlanns went away from Erin, as we have said, under the conduct of Hingamund", their chieftain, and where they went to was to the island of Britain. The King of Britain at this time was the son of Cadell", son of Roderick. The Britains assembled against them, and a hard and spirited battle was given them, and they were forcibly driven from the territories of the Britons. After this Hingamund and his forces came to EthelfridaP, Queen of the Saxons, for her husband was at that time in a disease, i. e. Ethelfrid. (Let no one criticise me, because I have mentioned the death of Ethelfrid before, for this [fact, which I now relate] was be- fore the death of Ethelfrid, and it was of this disease he died, but I did not like to leave unwritten all that the Lochlanns did after leav- ing from Ireland] to Mona, and fought the who was married to ^thebed, Ealdor- battle of Eos-meilon," now Penros, near man of the Mercians, who, after her hus- Holyhead. — Ann, Cambr., A. D. 902. band's death, defended her territories with ° Cadell. — Clydaug, or Clydog, son of great success against the Danes. She died Cadell, son of Eodri Mawr, was slain by at Tamworth, igKal. Julii, 919. — Henr. his brother Meuruc, A. D. 917. — Brut y Hunting. A double entry of her death Tywysog., or 919, Ann. Cambr. occurs in the Sax. Chron. at 918 and 922. p Ethelfrida. — This was the celebrated The Ann. Ult. give 917 or 918; Ann. ^theLflied, daughter of Alfred the Great, Cambr. 917; Brut y Tywys. 914; Lap- 2 G 2 228 muno lapjiaió pf|iain ap an pio^ain acrcai|iiy^pe6, ~\ \ nbin^neD cpoaó 1 cpfba6, ap ba cuipfioc é an can pin do cojaó. Uuj lapam Goelppioa pfpainn a ppojiip Do Capcpa Do, -] po an peal ann pm. Qpeb po pap De pin, ó do conaipc an cacpaij lán paióbip, -| an pfpann cojaiDe impe, cu^ab mian a cfccaba óó. Uainig hin^a- munD lap pin D'ionnpoijió caopioc Coclonn ~\ Oanap, -] po baoi 05 gfpán mop na ppiaonuipe, -| apeó po páió, nac maic po bÓDap jan pfpann mair aca, 1 gup bo cóip Dóib uile coibecr do ^abáil Cap- cpa, 1 Da cfccab co na maiciup -[ co n-a pfpannaib. Rá pap cpíD pin caca "] cogaD lomba, mópa. Qpeó po pái6; juibfrn 1 aiccfm laD pen ap cup, "] muna ppa^am lao arhlaió pain ap aip, copnaifi laD ap éi^in. l?o paompaccup uile caoipi^ Coclonn 1 Danaip pin. ■Cainic InsamunD lapccain Dacai^iap nDÓl cionóil 'na Dfjaio. Cio DeippiD DO ponpaoporh an corhaiple pin, puaip an piogan a piop. Ro cionoil an piojan lapam plóg nnóp impe pan can, "] po lion an cacpai^ Capcpa ó na plójaib. Ctp hCg nac ip na láicibpi po cuippfD poipcpfnnai^ -\ Coclonnai^ cac. Qp cpuaiD imuppo po cuippioc pip Ctlban an cac po, uaip baoi Colum Cille ag congnam leo, uaip po juiDpioD 50 Diocpa é, uaip ba hé a n-appcol é, 1 ap cpiD po ^abpaD cpeiDfrh. Uaip pfcc oile anuaip po baoi Imap Conung na jiolla 05, -] cáini^ D'inpfó Cdban, cpí caca mópa a lion, apeb Da ponpaD pip Qlban eiDip laoc 1 cléipfc, beic 50 maiDin 1 n-aome, 1 a n-iopnai6e pa Oia, 1 pa penberg's Hist, of England (Thorpe's the Mercians, in the year 9 1 8 (rede, 9 1 9), TransL), ii., p. 95- according to the Saxon Chron., but we Chester. — York was sometimes called read there also (Petrie's Edit., at the same Ceastre, or Ceasti-um (Sax. Chron., A. D. date), that Queen ^thelflajd also got into 763), and it is possible that our author her possession the town oi Legr a -ceastre, may intend the treaty made at York be- which may be either Chester or Leicester, tween the Danes and ^thelíiaed, Queen of ' Almost. — The whole of this paragraph 229 ing Erin.) Hingamund was asking lands of the queen, in which he would settle, and on which he would erect stalls and houses, for he was at this time wearied of war. Ethelfrida afterwards gave him lands near Chester"', and he remained there for some time. What re- sulted from this was : as he saw that the city was very wealthy, and the land around it was choice, he coveted to appropriate them. After this, Hingamund came to meet the chieftains of the Lochlanns and Danes; he made great complaints before them, and said that they were not well off without having good lands, and that they all ought to come to take Chester, and to possess themselves of its wealth and lands. From this many and great battles and wars arose. What he said was ; Let us ask and implore themselves at first, and if we do not obtain this by their will, let us contend for them by force. All the chiefs of the Lochlanns and Danes approved of this. Hingamund afterwards returned to his house, a host having followed after him. Though they held this consultation secretly, the queen received intelligence of it. The queen collected great hosts about her from every direc- tion, and the city of Chester was filled with her hosts. Almosf" at the same time the men of Fortrenn' and the Loch- lanns fought a battle. Vigorously, indeed, did the men of Alba fight this battle, for Colum Cille was assisting them, for they prayed to him fervently, because he was their apostle, and it was through him they had received the faith. On a former occasion, when Imhar Conung* was a young man, he came to plunder Alba with three large battalions. What the men of Alba, both laity and clergy, did, was, to has been quoted by Dr. Eeeres, in his * Imhar Conung. — i. e. Ivor, the king. Edition of Adamnan, p. 332 sq., where, This is a digression, for he was slain in see his notes and references. the year 904, by the men of Fortrenn. — ' Forfrenn. — i.e. the country of the Ann. TJlt. ; Eceves's Adamn., pp. 333, Picts. Ann. TJlt. 917 (or 918). 392. But the present battle was fought 230 |ia Colam Cille, -] éi^Tne mopa do tienairi piy^ in coimoheb, -| alm- fana loinba bíó "| éoai^ t)o rabaiyic oona hfgalpaib, -] do na boc- caib, 1 cojip an coimDheó Do cairfrh allárhuib a pa^apc "| geallab jac mairiufa Do ^énarh amail ap pfji]i no lopalpaiDip a ccléipij poppa, -] comaD eaD ba nrieipge bóib i ^cfnn ^^ac caca, bacall Cho- laim Cille, jonab aipe pin aDbepap Cacbuaib ppia ó pin alle ; -| ba hainm cóip, uaip ip minic pugpaDporh buaib a ccaraib lé; amail Do pónpac lapam an can pin Dola a muinijin Colaim Cille. Do pon- paD an mob ceDna an can pa. T?a cuipiob laparh an cacpa 50 cpuaib peocaip ; pugpaD na h-Qlbanai^ buaib 1 copgap ; po map- baiD imuppo na Coclonnai^ 50 h-iomba ap maibm poppa, •] mapb- cap a P15 ann, .1. Oiccip mac lapngna. Qp cian lapccain na po pai^pioD Danaip na Coclonnaij oppa, acc po bui pib 1 corhpanaD Doib; acc lompam Don p^eol po cionpgnamap, l?o cionolpac pluaig na nOanap ~\ na Coclonn D'lonpoijib Cap- cpa, 1 Ó nac ppuapaccup a ppaorhab cpe acac no ^uibe, po fppua- 5paccup cac ap ló baipice. UangaDap 'pcfi^ ^0 pin D'lonpoijib na carpac ; -| po baoi ploj mop 50 n-iomoD paopclann 'pctn ccarpaij ap a ccionn. 'O po concaccup na pluaij pabaccup ipin cacpaij, Da Tíiúp na cacpac, plóig lomba na nOanap -\ na Loclonn DÓ n-ion- poi^ib, about the year 918, according to Ann. now deposited in the Museum of the Ult. See their account, Reeves, ib. p. 332. Royal Irish Academy. " Cathhhmidh. — i. e. battle-victory. In " On this occasion. — i. e. on the occasion like manner the name of Cathach [prselio- of the battle between the men of Fortrenn sum] was given to the ornamented box of and the Lochlanns, in 9 1 8— the history the O'Donnells of Tirconnell, containing a of the battle with Imhar Conung, in 904, Psalter supposed to have been written by having been introduced merely to record the hand of St. Columba, which was car- the precedent for the use of the CfliAÍMaírfA, ried before their armies in battle. This or victory-giving crozier of St. Columkille. valuable relic, through the public spirit ^ Otter, son of largna. — Or sonoflargn; of its owner, Sir Richard O'DonneU, is largna may be the gen. case. The Ann. 231 to remain untill morning fasting and praying to God and to Colum Cille, and they cried out aloud to the Lord, and gave many ahus of food and clothes to the churches, and to the poor, and to take the body of the Lord from the hands of their priests, and to promise to do every good, as their clergy would order them, and that they would have as their standard, at the head of every battle, the crozier of Colum Cille, for which reason it is called the Cathbhuaidh" from that time forth, and this was a befitting name for it, for they have often gained victory in battles by means of it, as they did afterwards at that time, when they put their trust in Colum Cille. They acted in the same way on this occasion^ This battle was afterwards fought fiercely and vigorously. The Albanachs gained victory and triumph. The Lochlanns were slain in great numbers, and defeated, and their king was slain, i. e. Otter, son of largna'', and it it was long after this until either Danes or Lochlanns attacked them, but they enjoyed peace and tranquillity. But let us return to the story which we commenced. The hosts of the Danes and the Lochlanns collected to Chester, and when they did not get themselves complied with by entreaty or supplication, they proclaimed battle on a certain day. On that day they came to attack the city, and there was a large host, with many nobles, in the city to meet them. When the hosts, who were within the city, saw, from the wall of the city, the many hosts of the Danes and Lochlanns [coming] to attack them, they sent messengers to the King of the Saxons'^, who was in a disease, and on the point of death at Ult., in their account of this battle, men- and daughter of Alfred the Great. He tion this chieftain as Ottir, without giv- died in 912. — Sax. Chron. and Flor. Wi- ing the name of his father. gom. in anno ; Lappenberg's Hist, of Eng- ' King of the Saxons. — This was ^thel- land, ii., p. 90. Therefore, the event here red, Ealdor of the Mercians, whose Queen described must have taken place in or be- was JEthelfled, sister of King Edward, fore that year. But our author's chrono- I^oigió, pa cuippiot) cfcra o'ionpoi^ió pi Sa;ran, ]\o baoi a njalop, -| ap bpú écca an uaip pn, D'iappam a corhaiplipoTTi, "| corhaiple na piojna. Qpí córhaiple cu^paibe cacujaó t»o jénarh a ppojup Do'n CGcpai^ allaniaij, -] bopap na carpac t)o beic aibela, -| ploj pic- aipe Do roga, i a mbeicpióe i ppolac alla anall, i man bu6 cpeipi 00 lucc na cacpac ag an cacugab, ceicheó t)oib oap a n-aip ipin cafpaig mup ba i rnaióm, "i anuaip Do ciocpaiDíp fpnióp plói^ na Coc- lonn Dap óopup na cacpac apcíc, an plój Inap a ppolac call Do óúnaó an Dopuip Dap éip na opeimi pin, "] gan ni ap moo Do léjfn oppa; ^abáil pon Dpeim pm ciogpaiD ipin cafpaij, i a mapbaó uile. Do ponaó uile amlaiD pin, n po mapbab ofpg-ap na nOanap -] na Loclonn amlaiD. Ci6 mop Dna an mapbaD pin, ni hfb Do ponpaD na Loclonnai^ págbail na carpac, uaip ba cpuaib ainDgió laD, acc apfb aopubpaccup uile cliara lomba do ^énam aca, i jabla Do cup poca, -] collab an muip poca; i apfb on nd pa puip- gfb, Do pónab na cliaca, "] po bÓDap na plóij póca ag collab an rhuip, uaip ba painc leo gabdil na cacpac, -| Diojail a muinncipe. Ip ann pin pa cuip an pi (i é i pocpaib Do bap) •] an pio^an cfcca uaca D'lonpoi^ib na n^aoibiol po baccap eiDip na págá- naib (ap ba h-iomba Dalca ^aoibealac ag na págánaib), Da pab pip na ^aoibealuib: bfca ~\ pláince ó pi Sa;can acá a ngalop, -| ó n-a píó^ain, 50 ppuil uile nfpc 8a;ran, Duibpi, "| po Deirhnijpioo conab logy is probably -wrong. " Gaeidhil. — i. e. the Irish, or Dano- Irish, called above the Gall-Gaeidhil. See p. 1 28, note ™. " Over all the Saxons. — In Powell's Hist of Wales, by TV". Wynne (Lond,, 1697, pp. 45 , 46), this attack upon Chester is referred to in the following words : — "After the death of Anarawd (A. D. 913), his eldest son, EdwalFoel, took upon him the govern- ment of li'orth Wales, Howel Dha hold- ing the principality of South Wales and Powis. At what time a terrible comet ap- peared in the heavens. The same year the city of Chester, which had been de- stroyed by the Danes, was, by the pro- 233 at that time, to ask his advice, and the advice of his queen. The ad- vice which he gave was, to give [them] battle near the city outside, and to keep the gate of the city wide open, and to select a body of knights, and have them hidden on the inside ; and if the people of the city should not be triumphant in the battle, to fly back into the city, as if in defeat, and when the greater number of the forces of the Loch- lanns should come inside the gate of the city, that the hosts who were in ambuscade should close the gate of the city after this party, and not to pretend to any more, but to attack the party who should come into the city, and kill them all. This was all done accordingly, and a red slaughter was accordingly made of the Danes and Loch- lanns. Great, however, as was that slaughter, the Lochlanns did not abandon the city, for they were hardy and fierce, but they all said that they should make many hurdles, and that posts should be placed under them, and that they should perforate the wall under [the shel- ter of] them. This project was not deferred; the hurdles were made, and hosts were [placed] under them to pierce the wall, for they were covetous to take the city, and to avenge their people. Then the king, who was on the point of death, and the queen sent ambassadors to the Gaeidhil" who were among the Pagans (for the Lochlanns, then Pagans, had many a Gadelian foster-son), to say to the Gaeidhil : " Life and health from the King of the Saxons, who is in disease, and from his Queen, who has sway over all the Saxons'", to curement of Elfleda, new built and re- the island of Anglesey." The " ancient paired, as the ancient records of that city copy" here referred to is probably the do testify. This, in the ancient copy, is Anglo Saxon-Chron., Avhich calls the place called Leycester, by an easy mistake for Legraceastre, A. D. 918. There is great Legecestria or Chester, called by the Eo- confusion between Chester and Leices- mans Legionum Castra. The next sum- ter in the Saxon Chron. The former name mer the men of Dublin cruelly destroyed is written Legaceaster, Leiceaster, Leg- 2H 234 conaó pío]ica]iait) caipifi t)óibpoTTi f ibpi : amlaió pn a\ jabra óuibj^i laDf orh ; uaiji jac ó^lac, -] jac cléipfc ^aoióealac cáinij cucaporh a lv'Gi]iinn, ní cujpacfom a lomapcjiaib onópa ooglac no cléi|iec Sa;ron ; uaip ap coirhméc nárhaiD t)uib maille an cineb náimoióifi na pa^ánODa. Ipeb t)in ay^ libf i aniail capaiD caipipi pb, a ppopcacc poni an cuaipcp. Qrhlaib \o ón a páó ]iiupoTn, gonib ó caipoib caipipib buib can^amap-ne oa bap nagal- larh, DO páb buibpi pip na Oanapaib, cibne comaba pfpainn "] lonnrhaip Do bepDaoip Don luce no bpairpfb an cacpaij; Dóib. Tlla- popoemabaicpiorh pain, a mbpeic do cum luije i ppail i mbia poipbe a mapbra, "] map beiDpiorh ag cabaipc an lui^e pa cclaib- mib, 1 pa pgiacaib, amuil ap bép Dóib, cuipgicc uaca an uile apm poiDiobpai^re. Oo pi^nfb uile arhlaib pin, -| po cuippioc a n-apma uara, i ap aipe ip pip na Oanapaib Do ponpaD na ^aoibil pin, uaip ba luj ba capaiD Dóib laD lonáiD na Loclonnaij. Sochaibe laparh Diob pa mapbab arhlaib pin, ap lécaD cappag mop "] pabab mop 'na ^cfnn: Socuibe mop oile Do jaib, "] Do paijDib, -\ ó uile acmoinge mapbca Daoine. l?o bacrap imuppo an ploj oile, Coclonnaij póc na cliacaib ag rollab na múp. Qpeb do ponpaD na Sa;coin -\ na ^aoibil, po baccap fcoppa, caip^e Díorhópa Do^écub anuap 50 crpapjpaiDíp na cliara na ccfnn. Qpeb do ponpaDpum na aijib pin, columna mópa Do cup po na cliaúaib. Qpeb do ponpaD na 8a;)coin na ppuapaDap bo lionn -| D'uipge pin baile Do cup i ccoipib an baile, -] piucab poppa a légan 1 mullac in lucr po baoi po na cliaraib, 50 po pcoma 1 Ifcap DÍob. Qpé ppea^pab cu^paD na Coclonnaij aippin ceaster (Caer-Lleon, or Caerleon, in the tre, &c. Tlie fortification of Chester Eret y Tywysogion, Lleon being a corrup- (Ligceaster), by Queen ^thelflaed, is re- tion of Legionum) ; the latter, Legraceas- corded in the Saxon Chron. at A. D, ter, Leogereceaster, Ligcraceaster, Leyces- 907. 235 to you, and they are certain that you are true and faithful friends to them. It is therefore meet that you should adhere to them, for they gave to every Gadelian soldier and clergyman Avho had come to them out of Erin, as much honour as they did to any Saxon soldier or clergyman, for this inimical race of Pagans is equally hostile to you both. It then behoves you, as ye are faithful friends, to relieve them on this occasion." This was the same as if it was said to them : We have come from faithful friends of yours to address you, [to request] that ye should ask the Danes, what gifts in lands and chattels they would give to those who would betray the city to them. If they would con- sent to this, to bring them to swear, to a place where there would be a facility of killing them ; and when they shall be swearing on their swords, and on their shields, as is their wont, they will put away all kinds of missile weapons. They all did accordingly, and they put away their arms ; and the reason that the Gaeidhil acted so towards the Danes was, because they were less friends to them than to the Lochlanns. Many of them were killed in this manner, for large rocks and large beams were hurled down upon their heads. Great num- bers also were killed by darts and javelins, and by every other kind of apparatus for killing men. The other hosts, however, were under the hurdles, piercing the walls. What the Saxons and the Gaeidhil who were amono; them did, was to throw down large rocks, by which they broke down the hurdles over their heads. What the others did to check this was, to place large posts under the hurdles. What the Saxons did next, was to put all the beer and water of the town into the cauldrons of the town, to boil them, and spill them down upon those who were under the hurdles, so that their skins were peeled oíF. The remedy which the Lochlanns applied to this was to place hides outside on the hur- dles. What the Saxons did next was, to throw down all the beehives in 2 H 2 the 236 aippn y^eicfo t)o pjaoileó dp na cliacaib anuap. Qpfo t)o pónfao na Sa;roin gac a jiaba Do cliab ]bfc ipin baile t)o jpgaoilfó po luce na coglu, na |io léij bóib copa na Idrha o'iomluaó pa hiomao na mbfc 5a rcfpcab. l?o léijpioD lapccan Don carpaij 1 po pajpao i. Ni cmn mpccain co ccánjacap apipi do cacugliaó. Ip in bliabainpi cámig cionol tnop bpeipne ap cpfcaib, "Ra hmnipiob pin do pij '6ipfnn, 1 Do rhaccaib. Qp annpin po póió pi 'Gipfnn: ap Deipfó n-aimpipe ann, ap pé, an can lárhuiD corh- aici^ mup po eipgib a n-aigib paopclann. Oo pónab nonól Dippf- 5pa po céDÓip la pi n-Gipfnn 1 la riiaccoib, -j rangaccap pfmpa 50 Dpuim cpiaic, -] po baccup 05 péccab cionól na inbpépnfc ann pin. Ni pacup perhe pin nonol Do airfcuib. Oo cuippioD cfnn 1 ^cfnn mpccain, 1 gen 50 paba pi pfmpa do puabpaDap 50 cpuaió P15 n-'Gipfnn. Po concaccup meic pi 'Gipfnn cac pealaD ó cóc amac ; canjaccup DÓ lonpoigiobpibe, -] po cuippioD ppiu. l?o rhaib pe macaib an pi ap an cacpm, "] pomaib ap na cacaib oile po céDÓip, po cuipfb a nDfpj ap, "] po jabab pocbaibe Díob gup cfn- naijic laD do cionn lonnmaip. ^áinig'an pi 50 mbuaib -\ copgup Do bpeic o na aicfbabuib, ap mapbab pi na mbpeipnfc .i. piann mac Uijfpnmn. ]\al. Qnnup yypMy. piainn,OiapmaiD piOppaije, -] Cfob mac Duibjiolla, " Druim-criaich. — ííow Dramcree, a descended from as royal a line as the mo- townland in the parish of Kilcumny, ba- narch of Ireland himself. The probabi- rony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath. lity, however, is, that the monarch of Ire- Attacotts The meaning of this is land spoke in derision on account of the very doubtful. The term aithech tmtha motley appearance presented by these (attacot) is applied by the old Irish wi'i- hordes of plunderers. This defeat of the ters to the enslaved descendants of the men of Breifue is recorded in the Ann, rirbolgs, and to all those who were not of Ult., A. D. 909 [910] — Cacponió pe the royal line of the Milesians or Scoti; pionn mac TTlaelpecnall cum suis filiis but the chiefs of the men of Breifae were pop pipu Dpeipne ubi ceciderunt Flann 237 the town upon the besiegers, which prevented them from moving their hands or legs from the number of bees which stung them. They afterwards desisted and left the city. It was not long, however, until they came to fight again. [909.] In this year there came a great muster of the Brefnians [into Meath] to commit depredations. This was told to the King of Erin and to his sons. Then the King of Erin said, " It is the end of the world that is come," said he, " when plebeians like these dare to attack noblemen," An irresistible muster was immediately afterwards made by the King of Erin and his sons, and they came forward to Druim-criaich'', and [thence] they reconnoitered the assem- bled forces of Breifne. They had never before seen a muster of At- tacotts*^. They met each other face to face, and though they had no king^ at their head, they attacked the King of Erin with hardihood. The sons of the King of Erin saw a battalion at some distance out from the rest; they came towards it, and attacked it. The sons of the king defeated that battalion, and the other battalions were likewise at once defeated and dreadfully slaughtered, and many of them were taken prisoners, who were afterwards ransomed by prices. The King returned after having gained victory and triumph over the plebeians, after the King of the Brefnians, i. e. Flann, son of Tighernan, had been killed. [9 1 o.] Kal. The thirty-first year of Flann*^. Diarmaid, King of Os- raighe, Mac Tigernain et alii nobiles multi inter- Attacotiorplebeians in any of these Annals, fecti. " An overthi'ow of the men of * No King. — This looks very strange, Brefne, by Flann, son of Maelsechlain and for it is stated in the next paragraph that his sons, where Flann, son of Tighernan, their King Flann, son of Tighernan, was fell, and many other nobles were slain." killed. Perhaps there was a body of At- The same passage occurs in the Ann. tacotts, who were without a king, acting Clonm. at 902, and F. M. at 905 (the true as auxiliaries to Flann and his Breifnians. year is 910). But there is no mention of * Of Flann.— i. e. of Flann Sionna (son 238 Ouib^ioUa, ]]\ UcL nOfiona Do tthUCd Deifjipc TTlai je Rai^ne, •] millfD Dóib Cill na ^CaiUeac .1. pinchi, •] Reccin, 1 muinncip Qoba DO mapbaó y^a^apc an baile, 1 apeb on po biojail Oia pop CtoD mac Ouibgiolla pain, uaip po mapbpao apaile corhairij D'Oppaigib é 05 lOTTipóó DQ C15. l?í hUa nOpóna an cQoo pin, "] na rrpi maige, 1 pijóamna hUa Cmnpilaij, unoe Dicicup : Q 05a Ctilbe aine, Caoinib pi^ Slame paoipe, 6pcbaio Qob mbuiónfc mbeapba, ^o po poio pfpna paome. peapna mop milib Do^par, Nippáine apmao cuirhnfc, TTlapban buD fp^na allaó, O po bir bpan Oub buiónfc. l?o paoit) mo 6ion mo óícre, Rí na PÍ05 peoi^ poDa. Qp puairmj pop pair 'Goain, Qob 1 n-éccaib, a ója. Uallacán mac Carail, pigbamna hUa pailge mopicup. U^aipe mac Oilella do piogab pop Laijnib. buoDac mac TTlocla pi^bamna na nOéipi mopicup. IQal. of MaelsecUaiim), King of Ireland, who It is the church now called KiUinny [CiU began his reign A. D. 879, so that his phineca, Ch. of S. Finech], in the parish thirty-first year was 910. See OTla- and barony of KeUs, comity of Kilkenny, herty, Ogyg., p. 434. See F. M., A. D. 859, note S p. 494. ' Ui-Brona. — A tribe inhabiting the pre- ' Ailhhe. — i. e. Magh Ailbhe, a plain on sent bai'ony of Idrone, county of Carlow. the east side of the Barrow, near Carlow. See Book of Eights, p. 212, n. ^ Slainé. — i. e. the River Slaney. Cill-na-gCaillech — i. e. the church of ' Bearhha. — i. e. the River Barrow, the nuns. The founders of this church " Fearna. — i. e. Ferns, in the county of were the holy virgins Finech and Rechtin. "Wexford. 239 raighe, and Aedh, son of Dubhghioll, King of Ui-Drona^, destroyed the east of Magh Raighne, and they destroyed Cill-na-gCaillech'' [i. e. of the nuns] Finech and Rechtin, and the people of Aedh killed the priest of the place, which God afterwards revenged upon Aedh, son of that Dubhghioll, for some plebeians of the Osraighi killed him as he was returning to his house. This Aedh was King of Ui-Drona, and of the Three Plains, and royal heir of Ui-Ceinsealaigli. Unde dicitur : — O youths of pleasant Ailbhe', Mourn ye the King of noble Slaine"". Slain is Aedh of hosts 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 well remember, A corpse of more illustrious fame Since Bran Dubh° of troops was slain. My shelter, my protection has departed; May the King of kings make smooth his way. It is easily known by Rath-Aedhain° That Aedh is dead, youths ! Uallachan'', son of Cathal, royal heir of Ui-Failghe [Offaley], died. Ugaire, son of Oilell'', was made King of Leinster. Buadhach, son of Mothla'', royal heir of the Deisi, died. [911.] Bran Dulh — A famous King of Lein- p Uallachan. — His death is entered in ster, who was slain A. D. 60 1, See Ann, the Ann. Clonm. at the year 902, F. M. F. M., pp. 228, 229, 576. 905, but the true year is 910. " Rath-Aedhain. — i. e. Aidan's Fort, Ugaire, son of Oilell. — He died in 915, another name for Ferns. So called from according to the Ann. F. M. St. Aedh or Aidan, alias Mogue, [i. e. mo ' Buadhach, son of JIofMa. — Ami. F. 31. Qeó 65]. 905. 240 l^al. Qipóe lofi^naó .1. na t)í 5]ién t)o jiioc Tnaille in uno Die. 1 ppm. noin TTIaii. Ounlang mac Coi]ibpe, pi^óarhna Laijfn, mopi- cup. Oorhnall mac Qoóa, \\\ Ctili^ Do jabail bacla. TTIaolmópóa, ppincepp [.1. aipcimiec] Uípe oa jlap, mopi- CU]1. ^aírin mac U^pain, pijóamna Caoigipi, mopiciip. buaóac mac ^opi'ain, pi^óarhna hUa mbaippce, mopicup. Oianim injfn Ouib- jiolla, bfn Ounluing, mopicup; unoe Dicicup : — Oianim t)íon ap nDaoine, popcacc jpeim Ríj na noúile, Oiipfan caob pfoa puairni j, Do beir 1 n-uaipcij úipe. Inpfó Oppaije la Copmac pij na nOéipi, -] cealla lomDa [do] milleó "1 ceall manac. T?o mapbpar Oppaije Deapbparaip an Chopmaic .1. Cuilfnnan ; an can po baoi Copmac ag milleD Oy- paije, cáimj ITlaolpuanaió mac Néill, mac an pi po baoi perhe popp na Oéipib, -\ Dpfm Do Oppaijib leip, Dapéip Copmaic 50 DÚnaD an Copmaic, 1 cáinij an Cuileannán a Dpuppamup pfrhamn na n-aijiD, "] do paD DeabaiD Doib, "| po mapbaD Cuileannan pan DeabaiDpin. Q5 lompób do Copmac po cuala an pgélpin, -] ao connaipc pen éDac a bpacap a láirh an locca po mapb é. 6a Dubac, Dobpónac lapccain Copmac. Ip in mbliabain pi po mapbaó mac bpaonáin, mic Cfpbaill 50 cpuaj ap lap a Dainjin pén, -\ ^ép paoil OiapmaiD 50 ma6 peppDe ' A wonderful sign. — This wonder is the ancestor of the family of O'Don- entered in the Ann. Clonm. at 902, but in nelly. the Ann. Ult. at 910 [91 1]. ^ Maelmordha. — Ann. F. M. 905. ' Lunlang. — Ann. F. M. 906. ^ Gaeithin. — Ann. F. M. 906. " Domhnall Ann. F. M. 906 ; Ann. ' Buadhach. — Ann. F. M. 906. Ult. 911. He was the eldest son of Bianimh. — Ann. F. M. 906, where Aedh Finnliath, monarch of Ireland, and these lines are quoted. ^41 [q ii*] I^al. A wonderful sign', i. e. two suns moving together during one day, i. e. prid. non. Maii. Dunlang', son of Cairbre, royal heir of Leinster, died. Domhnall", son of Aedh, King of Ailech, took the [pilgrim's] staif. Maelmordha^, princeps (i. e. erenach) of Tir-da-glas, died. Gaeitliin'', son of Ughran, royal heir of Laeighis, died. Buadhach^, son of Gossan, royal heir of Ui-Bairrche, died. Dianimh'', daughter of Duibhghill, wife of Dunlang, died; unde dicitur : — Dianimh, shelter of our people, is fettered by the power of the King of the elements. Alas ! that her tall and beautiful person is in a cold house of clay. The plundering of Osraighe by Cormac, King of the Deisi'', and many [secular] churches and monastic churches were destroyed by him. The Osraighi killed the brother of Cormac, i, e. Cuilennan. When Cormac was plundering Osraighe, Maelruanaidh, son of Niall, the son of the king who was before him over the Deisi, having a party of the Osraighi with him, pursued Cormac to Cormac's own residence, and the Cuilennan whom we have mentioned before came to oppose them, and gave them battle, and Cuilennan was killed in that battle. On Cormac's return he heard this news, and he saw the clothes of his brother in the hands of those who had slain him, and he was melan- choly and sorry in consequence. In this year the son of Braenan, son of Cearbhall, was piteously slain in the middle of his own fortress, and though Diarmaid° thought that Cormac, King of the Deisi. — This en- and his death is recorded by them at 9 1 7. try is not in the published Annals. This ' Dia/rmaid. — This Diarmaid, King of Cormac is mentioned by the F. M. at 91 5, Ossory, was uncle to the murdered chief- 2 1 242 pe]iiit)e Do ma]ibaó nnic a b]iara]i, ni amlaió t)o pála óó, ump t>o eipjfccup Clann Oun^aile uile cpiD fin i ccfnn Diapmaoa, -] arhail na eipgfo Ceallac aip, ay arhlaib po eiyi^e iilaolmopDa mac 6pácap dó na cfnn, "| cuimnec m amcpióe Do pijne Oia|i- maiD pe a a araip, ~\ pé na y^fnoip ann: "] po eipge an TTIaolnnopOci fin 50 peocaip beaba 1 ccfnn Oiapmaca, pónaic DÓ Oppaije o'Op- pai^ib cpép an cogaó fin : p o baoi mapbab mop fccappa. Uainij nna mac Qoba mic Ouibjiolla, mac on injine Cfpbaill mic Oun- lainj, 1 n-aigib Oiapmaoa, ap ba goipc leif mac bpárap a márap "j a bala Do rhapbab la OiapmaiD. TTlóp foopclann po mapbaic fan cagabpa, -| mop ceall po pápaí^ir. ]val. Sapughab QpDmacha Do Cfpnacan mac Duilgen, fbon, cimib [.1. bpaige] do bpeic epce, (.1. af in ccill) -\ a bábaj llloc Cipp. Cfpnacan lap fin do babaj Do Niall ^^únDub in eoDem lacu, 1 noio^ail fápai^re Qpomaca. TTlaoilbpijDe imuppo mac maoilDoTfmai^, ab Cif móip mopi- cnp. piann mac Laoige, ab Copcaije mopicup. Copmac epfcop Sai jpe. CiobpaiDe ab Imleaca mopicup. rriaolbpigDe mac Uopnáin, comapba phaDpaicc "] Colum ciUe, 50 n-iomaD cléipeac 'Gipeann leif, im TTlumain D'árcuinjiD lonmaif ap mairib ITluman Da rabaipc 1 puaplajab bpaiDe bpfcon; 1 puaipfiorh fain ; -] cug laif an mbpaiD ccpuaj pn ap mbábab a long, tain, and is mentioned by theF. M. at the try is given by the P. M. at the year 907, years 900, 914, 917; but this passage, but in the Ann. Ult. at 911 [912]. The which was evidently preserved in some situation or modem name of Loch Cirr is Ossorian collection of Annals, is nowhere now unknown. given by them. ' Maellrighde. — Ann. F. M. 907 ; Ann. Cearmchan, son of Luilgen. — This en- Ult. 911 [912]. 243 that he would be the better of the killing of his brother's son ; it did not turn out so to him, for in consequence of this all the Clann Dun- ghaile rose up against Diarmaid, and, as if Ceallach would not rise against him, Maelmordha, the son of a brother of his, rose up against him,being mindful of the cruelty which Diarmaid had exercised against his father when he was an old man; and this Maelmordha rose up fiercely and vigorously against Diarmaid, and they divided Osraighe into two parts by that war. There was great slaughter between them. The son of Aedh, son of Duibhghilla (who was the son of the daugh- ter of Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing), came also against Diarmaid, for it was bitter to him that the son of his mother's brother, and his alumnus, should have been killed by Diarmaid. Many nobles were killed during this war, and many churches were wasted. [9 1 2.] Kal. The plundering of Ard-Macha by Cearnachan, son of Duilgen^, i. e. by taking a prisoner out of it [i. e. out of the church], and drowning him in Loch Cirr. Cearnachan was afterwards drowned by Niall Glundubh in the same lake, in revenge of the profanation of Ard-Macha. Maélbrighde^, son of Maeldomhnach, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Flann, son of Laegh^, Abbot of Corcach, died. Cormac^, Bishop of Saighir [Serkieran], [died]. Tibraide*^, Abbot of Imleach [Emly], died. Maelbrighde, son of Tornan\ successor of Patrick and Colum- Cille, with many ecclesiastics, [went] into Munster to solicit gifts from the men of Munster to ransom the prisoners of the Britons, and he obtained them, and he brought with him the miserable prisoners, their ' Flann, son of Laegh. — Ann. F. M. 907. thing like this is entered by the F. M. s Cormac. — Ann. F. M. 907. at 908, and Ann. Ult. at 912 [913] thus : ^ Tilraide. — Ann. F. M. 908. "Maelbrighte mac Tornaia came into ^Maelbrighde, son of Toman. — Some- Mounstertoreleasepilgrims of the British." 2 1 2 244 long, "I ap na ccupfiom i cci]i, •] ap ccoiófcc Góib ap lonnjabáil Oanap ~\ Loclann. I^al. IDaolmoeboc ppincepp Opoma móip mopicup. Uiobpame eppcop Cluana eónfc mopirup. Carpaoineaó pé maoilTnichib mac piannagáin i pe nOonn- cliaD liUa TTIaoilpeacloinn pop Lopcán mac nOunchaió, "i pop pogapcac mac Uolaip^, ou i ccopcaip ile. Lacrnán mac Cfpnaij, pi Oúm Naipn Laoijpi, mopicup. TTlaolpaDpaic mac piacpoe, pi l?aca Oorhnai^, mopicup. 6calb, pi Sa;x:oin cuaipgipc mopicup. piaicbcapcac mac lonmainen i pije Caipil. Coblac lánmóp Coclann [do] ^abail 05 pope Laip^e, ~\ pocla Oppaige .1. cuaipjfpc Oppaije, o'lonnpab óóib ; bpao mop -] lomaD bó, 1 eallaig 00 bpeic bóib 50 nuije a longa. Uangaccup 'yan bliaóain pin plói^ mópa Oub^all ~[ pionnjall Dopióipi iD'ionpoigce Sa^con ap píojaó Sicpiuca hUi lorhaip. Ro pua^paccup car pop Saproin, 1 apfó on na po puip^fccup Sapcoin acc can^accup po céouaip o'lonpoigib na bpágánac. l?o cuipCo cac cpuaió peocaip eaccoppa, a^up ba mop bpi j, -] bpuc "| cop- narh cfccapnae. l?o coóaileb mop pola paopclann 'pcii^ cac pa; giofb ip laD Sapcom pug buaib "] copgap ap mapbab ofpjaip no bpa^ánac, uaip Do ^ab galop pi na bpagánac, -] pugab ap in car é 50 Maelmaedhóg. — His death is entered Tamhnaigh. — F. M., A. D. 909. in the Annals of P. M. at 909. " Ethalhh.—Mihvli, or ^thelwidf. ' Tihraide. — Ann. F. M. 909. Flaithlhertach, son of Inmainen. — He " Maelmithidh. — Ann. F. M. 909. was Abbot of Inis-Cathaigh, and had been " Bun-Nair in Laeighis. — A place in the chief cause of the Battle of Bealach the Queen's County. This entry is not in Mughna, in which Cormac Mac Cuillenain the published Annals. was killed. He became King of Munster " Rath-domhnaigh. — Now Kathdowney, A. D. 908, and died 944. a small town in the barony of Upper Os- Lochlanns. — This entry is given in the sory, Queen's County. It is called Eath- Ann. F. M. at 9 1 o, but the true year is 9 1 3. 245 their ships having been swamped, and themselves cast ashore, having come to shun the Danes and Lochlanns. [913.] Kal. Maelmaedhóg'^, princeps [i. e. abbot] of Drum-mor, died. Tibraide', Bishop of Ckiain-eidhnach [Clonenagh], died. A battle was gained by Maelmithidh™, son of Flannagan, and Donnchadh Ua Maelsechlainn, over Lorcan, son of Donchadh, and Fogartach, son of Tolarg, in which many fell : Lachtnan, son of Cearnach, King of Dun-Nairn in Laeighis", died. Maelpatraic, son of Flathrai, King of Rath-domnaigh°, died. Ethalbh^, King of the North Saxons, died. Flaithbhertach, son of Inmainen'^, [was installed] in the kingdom of Caisel. A very large fleet of Lochlanns"" settled at Port-Lairge [Water- ford], and plundered the north of Osraighe: they carried off a great number of prisoners, and many cows and small cattle to their ships. There came in this year great hosts of Black Galls^ and Fair Galls' again into Saxonland, after setting up Sitric, grandson of Imhar, as king. They challenged the Saxons to battle. And the Saxons did not indeed delay, but they came at once to meet the Pagans. A stubborn and fierce battle" was fought between them, and great was the vigour, and strength, and emulation on both sides. Much of the blood of nobles was spilled in that battle, but it was the Saxons that gained victory and triumph, after having made great havoc of the Pagans, • Blach Galls. — Or dark foreigners, i. e. at the year 911, in which Otter tlie Earl Danes. and many other Danish chieftains -were ^Fair Galls. — Or fair-haired foreigners, slain, but the two narratives do not agree i. e. Norwegians. in every particular ; nor does the Saxon '^Fierce battle This is perhaps the Chronicle mention Sitric, grandson of same battle described in the Saxon Chron. Imhar, as the leader of the party. 246 é 50 coiU baoi corripocpaib t>óib, "] ba maiib ann f in é. Oicnp ono an c-iapla ba moó muipn '\'ax) cat ya, ó po connaipc áp a rhuinn- cipe Do cup DO na Sa;ronaib, apeb Do pijne, ceicfó po caillib nDlúir baoi 1 compocpaib Do, -\ in neoc po rhaip Da riiuinncip leip. Uanjaccup Dponja Díorhópa Sa;ron 'na Dfshaió, "| po ^abpac mun gcaille TTiaccuapc. T?o lopail imuppo an piogan oppa an caill uile no cfpgaD Da cclaiDrhib, "| Da ccuajaib: ~\ apfo on do pijneó arhlaiD. l?o cpapgpaD an caill ap cúp, "] pa mapbaD uile na pa- ^ánai^, po baccup pan ccaile. l?a mapbaiD cpa arhlaió pin na PagánDa lapin píojan 50 po lCc a clu ap gac leir. Oo pigne GoelDpiDa rpia na gliocap pém píó ppia piopa Qlban, -| pe bpeacnuib, gibé ran ciugpaiDíp an cinfó céDna Da liionpoi^hiD, 5up po eip^iDippin Do congnam lé. Damao cucaporh no caopDaoip, gup po eipgebpi leópum. Céin po bap ime pin, po linspioc pip Qlban "] bpfcan po bailib na Coclonn, pa miUpioD, -] pa aip5pioD laD. Uaini^ pí Coclann lapccain, -] pa aipj Spair clnaiDe, .i. pa aip an cíp, acc ní po cumamg namaiD [ní] do Spaic cluaiDe. =' Etheldrida. — See above, p. 227, note p, is here mentioned, it would seem that the and comp. Lappenberg's History of Eng- transactions here recorded must have taken land (Thorpe's Transl.), vol. ii., p. 92 sq, place after the death of JEthelred in 912, From the manner in Avhich " the Queen" or chiring the illness which incapaci- 247 Pagans, for the King of the Pagans had contracted a disease, and he was carried from the battle to a neighbouring wood, where he died. But when Otter, the most influential larl that was in the battle, saw that his people were slaughtered by the Saxons, he fled to the dense woods which were in his neighbourhood, carrying with him the sur- vivors of his people. Great parties of Saxons followed in pursuit of them, and they encompassed the wood round about. The Queen ordered them to cut all the wood down with their swords and axes. And they did so accordingly. They first cut down the wood, and [afterwards] killed all the Pagans who were in the wood. In this manner did the Queen kill all the Pagans, so that her fame spread abroad in every direction. Etheldrida^ through her own wisdom, made a treaty with the men of Alba and the Britons, that whenever the same race should come to attack her, they would rise up to assist her ; and that should they come to them, she would assist them. While they were thus joined, the men of Alba and Britain attacked the towns of the Lochlanns, which they destroyed and pillaged. The King of the Lochlanns afterwards arrived, and plundered Srath Cluaide^, i. e. he plundered the country, but the enemy was not able to take Srath Cluaide. tated him from taking any part in public ^ Srath Cluaide. — i. e, Strathclyde, in aflfairs. North Britain. ( 249 ) GENERAL INDEX. ABHAIN Mor, or Avonmore, 217, n. Achadh arglais, or Agha, 171. Achadh mic Earclaidhe, 145. Adamnan, wheu a school- boy, story of, 75, seq. ; relics of, 55 ; assumes abbacy of la, 89 ; ransoms captives, 89 ; comes to Ireland, 93 ; promulgates " Law of Innocents," 97 ; his contention -n-ith Irga- lach, 101 ; his rule for celebration of Easter, 111 ; death of, 115. Adolph, king of the Saxons, 151. Aedh, son of Ainmire, 8, n., 9. Allan, 12, n., 23, 29, 42, n., 45, 59. king of Ailech, 129. of Carn Tasaigh, 219. son of Cumascach, 155. son of Duibhghilla, 239, 243. son of Dluthach, 95. son of Dubbdabhoirenn, 153. — - Finnliath, 155, J 57. Laighean, 42, n., 50, n., 51. son of Maelduin, 99. Menu, 41. Finnliath, son of Niall, 141, 143, 147, 151, 157, 159, 171, 177, 189. Roin, king of Uladh, 59. bishop of Sleibhte, 99. Uairidhnach, 11, 12, n. king of Ui-Leathain, 211. Aedhagan, son of Finnacht, 177. Aedhan the leper, 37. Aedhgen Ua Maithe, 49. ./Ethelred, king of the Saxons, 231, n. Aenghus, king of Fortrenn, 55. son of Faelchu, 55. a sage of Cluain Ferta Molua, 153. the high wise man, 141. son of Bee Boirche, death of, 57. Uladh, death of, 65. Ailbhe. See Magh Ailbhe. Aidhne, territoiy of, 211, n. 2 Ailech, destruction of, by Finnachta, 71. Ailech-Frigrinn, 23. Aileran the wise, death of, 65. Ailen, the two sons of, 51. Ailgenan, son of Dunghal, king of Munster, 129, 135. Ailell Banbhan, abbot of Biror, 153. bishop and abbot of Fore, 195. son of Bodhbhcha, 53. of Clochar, 185. son of Conall Grant, 51. son of Cu-gan-mathair, 103. son of Donihnall, death of, 67. son of Dunghal, 93. son of Dunlang, 195. son of Eoghan, 211. Aillinn, battle of, 57. Aindli, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, 135. Ainge, river, 118, n. Aircelltair, or Ailcelltra, battle of, 71, 77. AirghiaUa, 34, n. Airiur-Gaeidhel (or Argyle), 14, n. Airmeadhach of Craebh, 89. Airthera, or Orior, 155. Albain, or Scotland, 40, n. Albanachs, the, 231. Albdan, king of Lochlann, 159. Alle, king of the Saxons, 173. Almhain, or Allen, hill of, 32, n. ; kings slain in battle of, 49-51, 221. Amlaeibh, 223. • Conung, 127. — — son of king of Lochlann, 135, 149, 151, 157, 171, 173, 185, 195. Anastasius, 21. Aneslis, or Beal-Bommha, 216, n. Anglesea, or Mona Conain, 165. Aodhan Mac Gabrain, 7. Ara Cliach, 147. Aradh Tire, 141. K 250 General Arcadians of Cliach, 131. Avd-Macha, burning of, 69, 185, 243. plundered, 127. Argj-le, ancient name of, 14, n. Aiinites, or Danes, 159. Attacotts, tlie word, 237. Ath-muiceadha, 131. Badbh, 191. Baedan, abbot of Cluain-mic-nois, 65. Baetli-galach, 45. Baitbin, abbot of Benchair, 67. Balearic Isles, 163. Banbhan, scribe of Cill-dara, 89. Baritb the Earl, 173, 197. Bealach Chonglais, 131. Gabhráin, 189. Lice, battle of, 53. Bee Boirche, 87. Beccan, abbot of Cluain-Iraird, 93. Becc Ua Leathlabair, king of Dal Araidhe, 225. Bede, date of his work, 56, n.; death of, 65; re- ference to, 113, 115. Beg Boirche, slayer of Congall Cennfoda, 71. Bennchair, deaths of four abbots of, 65. burning of, 69. Berbha, or the Barrow, 85, 239. ■ Black men of Erin, 163. Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, 63, 65. son of Maelcobha, 69. Blue men of Erin, 163. Bodhblichar, son of Diarmaid Ruanaidh, 111. Boghaine, 48, n. Boinn, or Boyne, 10, n., 101, n. Boirinn, battle of, 55. Boromean tribute, 22, ??., 33, 34, n. Borumha, the tax so called, 76, n. ; remission of, 93. book so called, 78, n. Laighen, 82. Braen, 225. Breenan, son of Cearbhally, 241. Bran, 225. son of Conall Beg, 97, 109. Dubh, 239. king of Leinster, 40. son of Maelochtraigh, 69. Breagh plundered by the Lochlanns, 153. Magh, 21, 118, n. Breasal Breac, ancestor of chiefs of Osraighe, 8, n. Breifnians, attack on Meath by, 237. Brenann, 165, 167. of Biror, 6, 7. Brendan, St., 6, n. Brigit, St., 17, 40, n. Britain Gaimud, 155. Index. Bruide, son of Deril, 111. son of Bile, 89, 93. Buachail, son of Dunadhach, 195. Buadhach, son of Gossan, 241. son of Mothla, 239. Buan of Albain, 41. Cadell, son of Roderick, 225, 227. Caer Ebroic, or York, 159, 171. Caireog, son of Dunog, 225. Calatros, battle of, 87. Caltruim, 65. Cana, son of Gartnan, 91. Cantabrian Sea, 159 Cam Lughdhach, 137, 139. Carrleagh, 14, n. Carlingford Lough, 120, n. Casan, scribe of Lusca, 97. Cathal (son of Aedh), battle of, 60, n., 61. son of Fingaine, king of Munster, 21, ol. Catharnach, 211, 217. Cathasach, abbot of Ard-Macha, 143. son of Luirgne, 69. son of Maelduin, 87. Cathbuaidh, 231. Carthach, abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, 135. Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, 207, 211. abbot of Cill-dara and I, 163. King of Feara-Cualann, 213, 217, 219, 225. son of Guaire, 151. son of Raghallach, 105. Ceannmagliair, 28, n. Cearbhall, son of Dunlaing, 129, 131, 135, 139, 141, 143, 147, 153, 155, 157, 177, 189. son of Maelodhra, 95. son of Muirigen, 201, 211, 215, 217, 221, 223, 225. Cearmait, son of Catharnach, 157. son of Cinaedh, 151. Cearnachan, son of Duilgen, 248. Ceile, son of Urthiiile, Prior of Aghabo, 199. Ceilechar, brother of Cingégan, 207. Ceallach, son of Faelchair, 57. Cele-Christ, 55. Cele-Dabhaill, 227. Cenndeilgtin, or Cenndelgtheu, battle of, 53, 109. Cennedigh, son of Gaithin, 157, 159, 165, 170, 173, 189. Cenn-Etigh, or Kinnitty, 210, w. Cenufaeladh, son of Colgan, 87. son of Crunmhael, 71, 77. son of Maelbresail, 93. son of Suibhne, 87. king of Ui Conaill, 211. Ua Muichtigherna, King of Caisil, or Munster, 153, 169, 197. General Index. Cer of Cera, 51. Cetamun, 57. Cethernach, son of Nae Ua Ceallaigh, 55. Chester, 228, 233. Children, mortality of, 89. Cian, son of Cuinascach, 185. Cianachta, of Moath, or of Bregia, the territory called, 32, n., 116, n., 125, 177. Cianachta Glinne Gaimhin, 87. Ciar, daughter of Duibhrea, 87. Ciarmacan, 199. Ciarmach Ua Dunadhaigh, king of Ui Conaill Ga- bhra, 199. Ciarraighi, or Kerry-men, 1G7. Ciarodhar, son of Ci unnmhael, 199. Cicaire, king of Osraighe, 85. Cill Ausaille, 197. Cillene Fota, abbot of la, 53. Cill-na-gCaillech destroyed, 239. Nais, 224, n. ruaidh, 53, n. Ua nDaighre, battle of, 177. Cinaedh, Caech, son of Irgalach, 51, 53, 55, 57, 109. Mac Ailpin, king of the Picts, 151. Cinaeth, son of Conaing, 117, 119. Cineide, son of Gaeithin, 153. Cinel-Cairbre, 50, n. Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, 30, n., 35. Cinel-Conaill, sovereignty of Erin separated from, 59. Claenadh, battle of, 109. Clane, round hill of, 39, n. Clercén, king of Ui-Bairche, 213. Clergy, presence of the, in warlike expeditions, 210, n. Clonard, ancient name of, 14, n. Clothna, son of Colgan, 49. Cluain-Dobhail, 36, n. eidhneach, 11. fearta-Brenainn, 163. Iraird, 14, n. Uamha, or Cloyne, 205. Cobhthach, abbot of Kildare, 187. Cobhthach-Cael-mBreagh, 39. Cochall-Odhar, death of, 57. Coibhdenach, son of Fiacha, 49. Colga, £on of Blathmac, 87. Colgu, son of Eochaidh, 57. son of Failbhe Flann, 85. son of Domhnall, death of, 65. Colman Banbain, 53. Beg, 7. son of Fergus, 11. abbot of Benchair, death of, 87. Cas, death of, 65. abbot of Cenn-Etigh, 211, 217, 225. Colman, son of Dunlang, 163. son of Finnbhar, 105. Ua Altain, 57. Ua Cluasaigh, 61 ; his sailing to Inis-bofinne, G7 ; his death, 71. Uamacb, 53. Colum-Cille, his story respecting death of Fera- dhach, 9 ; his death, 11 ; patron of Cinell Conaill, 40,«.; his manner of tonsuring, 21, 113; his relics brought to Ireland, 125, n.\ crozier of, 231. Comanns, plundering of the, 197. Conihgall of Beanchar, 199. Couihgan Fota, abbot of Tamlacht, 187. Compama, the word, 40, n. Conacan, son of Colman, 129. Conaing, son of Congal, 61, 63. Conall of Cill Scire, 175. Crau, 49. Men, king of Cinel-Cairbre, 51, 107. son of Domhnall, death of, 65. Gabhra, 107. son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 30, n. Ultach, 153. Conchadh, king of the Cruithnigh, 59. Conchobhar Aired, King of Dal Araidhe, 99. son of Donncliadh, 157. ConOail, the word, 26, n. Condail of the kings, 44, n. Congal, 211, 217. Caech, 17, 18, n. Cennfoda, son of Dunchadh, 71. the Senior, king of Ciarraighe, 167. son of Fergus of Fanaid, 26, n., 33. son of Lorchine, 69. son of Maelduin, 93. Congalach, son of Conain, 49, 95, 97. Conmael, 36, n. Connaught plundered by Cearbhall and Dunnchadh, 195. Conneire, or Connor, 66, n. Connell, Old, 44, n. Connga, the, 223. Connla, son of Breasal Breac, race of, 8, «., 9. Connmacli, abbot of Cluain-mic-nois, 177. Conodhar of the Ui-Toirdealbhaigh, 211, 217. Coning, son of Godfraidh, 195. Corann, battle of, 89, 107. Corban's church, 225. Corca-Laigbde, 8,«., 9 ; interchange of kings of, with those of Osraighe, 8, n., 9 ; O'Driscoll, chief of, 8, n. Corcach, or Cork, 169. Cormac, son of Cuilenan, 201, 207, 221. king of the Deisi, 211, 213, 217, 241. son of Dunlang, 139. son of Elathach, 165. son of Elothach, 185, K2 General Index. Cormac of Lathrach Briuin, 143. son of Mothia, 207, 209. son of Maelfothartagh, 69. bishop of Saighir, 243. Ua Liathain, 175. Corrbile, 41. Cosgrach of Tigh TeUe, 175. Crannacht, battle of, 97. Crimhthann, son of Cellach, 53. Critan, abbot of Benchair, 67. Crohane, Co. Tipperaiy, ancient name of, 134, n. Cronan Mac Ua Cualna, abbot of Benchair, 93. the Dwarf, abbot of Cluain mic nois, 95. Cruachan Claenta, 39. Crufait, or Croboy, 125. Cruachain, in the Eoganacht-Chaisil, or Cruachan Maighe Eamhna, 134, 135. Cruithne, or Cruitbnigh, Picts, 69, 87. Cu, names compounded with, 36, n., 37, n. Cubretan, 36, n., 45. Cuganmathair, king ofMunster, death of, 65. Cuilennan, brother of Cormac, 241. Cuimin Finn, abbot of la, 67. Foda, death of, 61. Cuindles, abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, 53. Culoingsi, the son of, 51. Cumar-na-tri-n-uisce, 139. Cumascach, son of Ronan, 69. Cummeni of Mughdhorna, 97. Curasudh, abbot of Castlekieran, 187. ■ bishop of Cluain-Iraird, 151. Curui, abbot of Inis Clothrann, 195. Cuthbertus, bishop, 91. Dachouna, bishop of Conneire, 53. Dalach, abbot of Cluain mic Nois, 153. Dalian, son of Mor, 217. Danes, the, 131, 133, 173. and Lochlanns, the, 117, 159. See Lochlanns. Darerca, St., extract from life of, 9, n. Deilginis-Cu.ilann, 59. Deisi, the 169. Desgabhair, or South Leinster, 219, n. Desies, the, plundered, 157. Dianimh, daughter of Duibhghilla, 241. Diarraaid, 127, 157, 169, n. cemetery of, 205. son of Aedh Sl.aine, death of, 65. son of Cearbhall, 213. abbot of Cluain-Iraird, 17. abbot of Ferns, 187. Midhe, son of Airmheadhach Caech, 93. king of Osraighe, or Ossory, 241, 237. Dicuill, son of Eochaidh, 69. Dinertach, abbot of Lotlira, 169. Dinn-Canainn, 39. Dinnrigh, 38, w. Disert-Diarniada, or Castlederraot, 203. Dochuma Chonoc, abbot of Gleann-da-loclia, 89. Doer, .son of Maeltuile, 71. DomhnaU, son of Aedh, 155, 241. Breac, son of Eochaidh Buidhe, 87, 89. king of Connaught, death of, 57. king of Dun Cearmna, 211, 217, 219. grandson of Duulaing, 157. Mac Ailpiu, King of the Picts, 153. Doiriadl), son of Conia, 51. Dongalach Ua Aenghusa, 51. Donnagan, son of Cédfad, 185. Donuchadh, son of Murchadh, 41, 52, u. Ua Fiaohrach, 51. Ua Maelsechlainn, 245. Donnbo, 34, 38, 47. Donnsleibhe, son of, 21. Druim-Coepis, battle of, 69. Corcain, battle of, 57. criaidh, or Drumcree, battle of, 237. Fornacht, battle of, 55. Drust, King of Alba, 55. Duach, King of Osraighe, death of son of, 7. Dubhaltacb Firbisigh, or Mac Firbisigh, 1, 193. Dubhartach Berrach, 177. Dubhdabhoirenn, 211, 217, 219. Dubhdachrioch, son of Dubhdabhoirenn, 51. Dubhdainbher, King of Ard Cianachta, 91. Dubhdathuile, abbot of Liath Mochaemhog, 18. Dubhdibhderg, son of Dunghal, 107. Dubhghlaise, or Douglas, 85. Dubhagan, King of Fera-Maighe, 211, 217. Dubhlach, 217. Dubhthach, abbot of Cill-achaidh, 195. son of Maeltuile, 185. Dudley Firbisse, 1. Duibhduin, 69. Duncannon, 39, n. Dunbolg, or Douard, 189. Dun Carman, 218, n., 221. Cearmna, 211, n. Ceithirn, or Giant's Sconce, 87. Dunchadh, 225. Dunchadhs, the two, 105. Dunchadh, son of Cormac, slain, 57. son of Donnghal, 177. Muirisge, son of Maeldubh, 89. son of Murchadh, 57. — ;— Ua Eonain, 69. Dun Dearmhaigh, 219, n. Dungaile, son of Maeltuile, 69. Dunghal, King of the Cruithni, or Picts, 87. Dun-locha, battle of, 87. Dun-Sobhairce, or Dunseverick, 66, 195. General Index. 253 Dunlaing, son of Cairbre, 241. son of Muireadhach, 185. Dun-Neachtain, battle of, 89. Easter, the celebration of, 1 1 1. Ecbertus, death of, 57. Eclipse of the sun, 1G3. Ederscel, king of Bi-egia, 53. Egnechan, son of Dalach, 199. Eidgin Brit, bishop of Cill-dara, 157. Eidhen, King of Aidhiie, 211, 217. Eignech, son of Ccinaing, 49. Elodhach, son of Flann O'Sgigi, 51. Emhir's Island, i. e. Ireland, 197. Eochaidh larlaithe, king of Dal-Araidhe, death of, 65. Eochaidh Leamhna, 107. Eodhus, son of Dunghal, 185. Eodus, son of Ailell, slain, 57. Eoghan, race of, 18. sou of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 30, n. Eoganacht Chaisil, 134, «., 147, 155. Erannan, son of Criomhthan, 37. Escra, a silver drinking ves.sel, 9, n. Etheldrida, St., daughter of Anna, 91. Ethelfrid, King of Northumbria, 91. Ethelfrida, Queen of the Saxons, 227, 247. Etholo, King of North Saxons, 245. Faelan, 225. son of Colman, 87. . king of Leinster, 55, 69. son of Murchadh, 57. Senchustal, king of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, 85. Faelchu, abbot of la, 53. Faelcobhar of Clochar, 103. Faha, 11, n. Fahan, 20, n. Fail, name of Ireland, 48, n. Failbhe, abbot of la, death of, 87. Falchar, king of Osraighe, 93, 95. Feara-Cualan, 212, n. Fearchair, son of Maelduin, 97. Fearna, or Ferns, 239. Fechin of Tobhar, death of, 65. Feidhlimidh, son of Maelcothaigh, 103. Feimhin, battle of, 7. Feradhach, 211, 217. Finn, death of, 7, 11. Fera Maigbe, 155, 169. Ros, 35, 72, n. Ferdomhnach, abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, 197. Ferdoragh, baron of Dungannon, 31, n. Fergal, king of Erin, 40, n. Glut, 49. hill of, 41, n. Ua Aithechta, 49. Fergal Ua Tamnaigh, 49. Ferghal Aidhne, king of Connaught, 97. son of Jlaelduin, 21, 23, 29, 49, 89. Fergus, son of Aedan, 93. of Fanaid, 26, n. Forcraidh, 107. Fernmhagh, battle of, 57, 99. Fersat, battle of, 69. Ferta Cairech, or Fertach, 155. Fethghna, comharba of Patrick, 127, 141, 149. Fiachna, 17. Fiach Ua Ugfadain, of Denbis, 208, n. Fianamhail, son of Maeltuile, king of Leinster, 87, 95. • son of Maenach, 97. Fiannamhail, son of Oisen, 99, 101. Fidhgal, son of Fithchellach, 51. Fidh-Gaible, wood of, 48, n. Fincheallach, abbot of Fearna, 158. Finech and Rechtin, 239. Finguine, son of Cu-gan-mathair, 97. Finian of Cluain-caein, 163. Finn, 225. Finnachta, son of Dunchadh, 23 ; victor in battle of Aircelltair, 71 ; beginning of his reign, ib. ; stories told respecting, 71, scq. ; battle between him and Bee Boirche, 87; his murder, 95. Finnglais, 175. Finnian, festival of, 38, n. Finntan Ua Eachach, 11. Fii'bisse, Dudley, 1. Fithchellach, son of Flann, 93. Flaithbhertach, abbot of Inis-Cathaigh, 201. sou of Inmaiuen, or lonmainén, 205-7, 215, 245. son of Loinsech, 55, 57, 59. son of Niall, 120. Flaitheamhail, son of Dluthach, 51. Flaithemh, son of Faelchar, 195. Flaithir, a poet, 67. Flanna, daughter of king of Osraighe, 179. Flann, son of Aedh Odhbha, 51. abbot of Benchair, 55. king of Cianachta, 141, 143,157, 171. son of Conaug, 177. son of Domhnall, 199. king of Erin, 213, 219, 237. Fiona, son of Ossa, 111. son of Irghalach, 51. • son of Irthuile, 55. son of Laegh, 243. son of Blaelsechlainn. See Flann Sionna. Sinna Ua CoUa, abbot of Cluain-mic-nois, death of, 59. Sionna, son of Maelsechlainn, 165, 201, 205, 211, 237. 254 General Index. Flanii, son of Tighcrnan, 237. Focbard-Muirtheimhiie, 59. Fogartach, son of Geirticle, 109. son of Niall, 51. son of Tolarg, 215. Ua Cernaigh, 20, 21, 53. son of Suibhne, 211, 217. Foichsechan, 95. FoUamhan, son of Oilell, 213. Forannan, abbot of Ard-Macha, 127. abbot of Cill-dara, 99. Forbasacb, 49. Forod Geilsbeirce, 221. Fortuatha, 212, n. Foirtrenn, or Pictland, 159, 229. Fothain, 11, n. Fotharta-Fea, 212, «. tire, 163. Frighrenn, 217. Frigrinn, Ailecb, 23, n. Frosach, Niall, 21. Frosts, remarkable, 143. Furadhran, prior of Cill-achaidh, 199. Gabhorchenn, 91. Gabhriin, or Go^v^an, 137, 191. Gaditanean Straits, 161. Gaeidhil, or Scoti, 125. Gaeithing, son of Ugbran, 241. Gaimide of Lughmhagh, 97. Gaithin, son of, 177. Gall Craibbtbeach, 48, n. Gall-Gaeidhil, or Dano-Irisb, 129, 139, 141, 233. Gall of Lilcacb, 57. Galls of Erin, 135, 157, 159. the Black and the Fair, 245. Gelsherc, daugbter of Deirill, 221. Gerald, Pontifex of Mayo, death of, 59. Geran, son of Diocosc, 187. Gilla-na-naemb, or Nehemias, 1, n. Glais Chuilg, 1 09. Glaisiu, son of Ilisin, 199. Gleann na nGealt, 41, n. Glifit, 131. Gnathnat, abbess of Cill-dara, 93. Gnia, abbot of Daimhliag-fianain, 197. Gnim Cinnsiolla, 169. Goffridh, 195. Gormflaitb, daughter of Flann, 223. Gormlaitb, Queen of Teamhar, 153. Greallach-DoUaidh, 95. Greenan Ely, 23, n. Gregory the Great, 62, n. Guaire Aidhne, death of, 63. Guaire, son of Dubhdabhoirenn, 175. Gwyncd, 155. Haimar, the Loclilann, 173. Hingamund, 227. Hona, chief of the Lochlanns, 145. Horm, lord of the Danes, 121, 131. Hugh of Leinster, 42, n. Huidhrine of Maghbile, 95. la, family of, 21. largna, chief of the Lochlanns, 119, 123. Imblech-Phich, or Imleach Fich, battle of, 91, 103. Imhar, 127, 171, 195. Conung, 229. Imleach, or Emly, 139. Immolate, signification of the word, 16, n. Inis-bo-finne, 67, «. Breoghain, battle of, 55. an Ghaill, 44, d. mac Nesain, or Ireland's Eye, 105. Tarbbna, 139. Indrechtach, abbot of Hy, 125, 127. son of Dobhailen, abbot of Bangor, 199. son of Tadlig, 51. sou of Muiredhach, 53. Inneiighe, son of Duibbgilla, 213, 219. Innis-Fail, ancient name of Ireland, 35, n. Innsi Ore, 159. Irgalach, son of, slain, 57. Irgalach, son of Conaihg, 101, 133, 105. Jakes, meaning of the word, 12, n. Jewels. See Valuables. Justinian II., 99, n. Killineer, near Drogheda, 183. Kill-Luaithrinne, 32, n. Kinnaweer, 28, n. Knockfarrell, 41, n. Lachtnan, son of Cearnach, 245. Laeighis, or Leix, 212, n. Laidhgnen, king of Ui Cinnselaigh, 63. Lairgnen, 153. Lann, daughter of Dunlaing, 129, 139, 157, 165. Legionum Castra, 233, n. Leicester, confounded with Chester, 232, n. Leinster devastated by the Ui Neill, 22, n. Leithglinn, or Leighlin, 149. Leix, tlie territory called, 165, n. Leo the emperor (i. e. Leo III.), 21 ; died, 55, 56, n. Leoghain (or Ua Eoghain) Fergus, 51. Letaithech, son of Cucarat, 49. Lethchaech, 50, n. Letb-Chuinn, 34, n. Liag-Maelain, battle of, 87. Liamhain, or Dunlavan, 219, n. General Index, ^55 Lilcach, 43, n. Linn-Duachaill, 120, w. Loch Cend, 143. Cime, 109. Eachach, or Loch Neagh, 99. Feabhail, or Loch Foyle, 157. Gabliair, 71, n. — i— Laeigh, 127. Leibhinn, or Lough Leane, 169. Ki, or Ribh, 197. Lochlanns, or Norwegians, 115, n., 129, 131, 133, 145, 153, 155, 167, 159, 163, 165, 167, 185, 195, 197, 199, 227, 233, 245, 247. Loichine Menn, abbot of Kildare, 97. Loingsech, son of Aengus, 33, 97, 105, 107. son of Foillen, 197. victor in battle of Tulach-árd, 69. Lorcan, king of Feara Ciialann, 213, 219. son of Cathal, 157. son of Donchadh, 245. Luaifhrin, the virgin, 32, n. Luan, meaning of the word, 85, n. Luchrinna, St., 32, n. Luimuech, or Limericlt, 147. Lunatics in Ireland, belief respecting, 41, «. Lusca, oratory of, 143. Lynch, Rev. John, 1. Mac Ailerain, of Cill-ruaidh, 53. Andaighe, great oratory of, 185. Concunibri, death of, 57. Conmella, L.aidhcenn, 55. Erca, son of Maelduin, 51. Feimhin, 6, «. Giallain, 135. Onchon, death of, 57. Radgund, 109. Madudan, 211, 217. • Maelbrighde, son of Maeldomhnach, 243. son of Toman, 243. Maelcaich, son of Scandal, death of, 67. Maelchallan, son of Ferghal, 213, 219. Maelciarain, 167, 183, 185. Maelcobha, 16, n. Maelcron, son of Muireadhach, 139. Maelduin, son of Aedh, 175. Beg, son of Fergus Conainn, 61. son of Feradach, slain, 57. son of MaelHthrigh, 87. Maelfeichine, 125. Maelfothartaigh, king of the AirghiaUs, 97. son of Ronan, 65. son of Suibhne, 69. Maelguala, king of Munster or Cashel, 137, 141. Maelmaedhóg, chief of Druin-nior, 245. Mael-mic-Failbhe, 36, n. Maelmithidh, son of Flannagan, 245. Maelinona, the son of, 51. Maelmordha, chief of Tu-da glas, 241-3. Maehnuadh, 211, 217. son of Finnachta, king of Airthir-Liffé, 195. son of Donchadh, 171. Maelnuiirtheimhne, son of Maelbrighde, 171. Maelodhar, abbot of Devenish, 187. O'Tindridh, chief physician of Erin, 153. Maelpatraic, son of Flathrai, 245. Mael-petair, abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, 157. Maelpoil, chief of Sruthair Gn iire, 199. Maelruanaidh, son of Niall, 241. Maelrubha, son of, 21. Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruanaigh, 115,116, 123, 127, 129, 135, 141, 147, 151, 179. Maeltuile, abbot of Imleach lobhair, 151. Maenach, son of Conmach, 157. son of Finghin, death of, 63. son of Siadhal, 203, 215. Maenghal, abbot of Bangor, 193. bishop of Kildare, 189. abbot of Fobhar, 149. Magh Ailbhe, or Ballaghmoon, battle of, 207, 239. Adhair, 217. Breagh, 21, 23. Cuillinn, 109 . Feimhin, 155. Luirg, 197. • Macha, or the Moy, 147. Muirtheimhne, 97. Nairbh, 214, n. Raighne, east of, plundered, 239. Leine, 38, n. Mainchine, bishop of Leithghlin, 163. Jlairge, or Slievemarague, 219, n. Maistin, battle of, 55. Mannan, the Isle of Manf battle of, 7, 7, n. Matodan, king of Uladh, 123, 127, 149. aiauritani, or Moors, 161, 163. Meath plundered by Aedh, 151. Mennbairenn, abbot of Achadh-bo, 97. Mencossacb, son of Gammach, 51. Mindroichet, 159. Mochua of Balla, 95. Modichu, son of Amairgin, 43. Molaisse of Leithglinn, 177. Moling Luchra, 23, 33, 34, n., 77, sefj., 97. jMona Conain, or Anglesea, 155. Mughain, lines on battle of, 217. Mughron, son of Sochlachán, 225. Muireadhach, son of Cathal, 177. son of Bran, 189. son of Domhnall, 199. son of Indrechtach, 59. 256 General Index. Muireadhacb, son of Maelduin, 155. Muiregan, or Muirigen, son of Diarmaid, king of Naas, 155, 225. Muirenn, successor of Brighit, 215. Muirghes, son of Conall, 49. son of Maelduin, 99. Muirghius, anchorite of Ard-Macha, 153. Mura Othna, St., 12, 15, «., 40, n. Murchadh, son of Bran, king of Leinster, 21, 23, 41, 45, 49, 55. Muredhach, the sons of, 51. Nanny Water, the, 118, n. Was, now Naas, 155, 223, 225. Nehemias Mac Egan, 1. son of Cearnach, 103. Nia, son of Cormac, 51. Niall Frosach, 21, n., 23. Glundubh, 223, 243. son of Murghes, 51. of the Nine Hostages, 15, n. Niallan, bishop of Slaine, 183. Niar, 141. Northmen, or Gall-Gaeidhil, 129, 139, 143. Norwegians, or Lochlanns, 115, n, Nuada, son of Dubhdunchuire, 51. Nuada Uirc, king of Gull and IrguU, 49. Nuadhat, the grandsons of, 51. Nui, the Danish war-cry, 165, n. Odhbha, 50, n. Odolbh Micle, 177. O'DriscolI, chief of Corca-Laighde, 8, n. Oeghedchar, bishop of Oendruim, death of, 61. [ O'Gaman, battle of, G3. Oigedhchair, abbot of Coindeire (Connor), 175. Oilell, son of Feradhach, 49. Oisle, son of, king of the Lochlanns, 171. Osraighe, or Ossory, plubdered by the Deisi, 241 ; by the Lochlanns, 155, 245 ; by Kodolph, 129. Duach, king of. See Duach. extent of diocese of, 86, n. Ossa, king of the Saxons, 69. Othain ]\Iura, or Othain mor, 11, 20, it. Otter, Earl of the Pagans, 247. son of largna, 231. Owen, race of, 15, n. Paganism, relapses into, 127. Pagans and Saxons, battle between, 245. Patrick, St., invoked by the Danes, 121. Peter the apostle, tonsure of, 21, 111. Picts of Dalaradia, 87, n. Plague, deaths of Blathmac and Diarmaid by, 65. Pope of Rome, never an Irishman, 62, n. Port-Lairge, 147. Port-Manann, 167. Prediction, Ferghal's, concerning his sons, 23. R. E., meaning of the letters, 71, m. Bath-Aedha, or Rahugh, 141. Riith-Aedhain, or Ferns, 239. Rathmor of Magh-line, battle of, 87. Raghnall, son of Albdan, 159. Raighne, fair of, 149. Rechtabhra, son of Gumascach Ua Maine, 51. Rechtin, 239. Regner Lodbrok, 124, n. Riagail of Bennchair, 111. Robhartach, bishop of Finnglais, 175. of Dearmhach, 197. Roderick, king of the Britons, 135. Rodlaibli, the fleet of, 153. Rodolph, 129. Roisene, abbot of Corcach, or Cork, 89. Ronan, king of Leinster, story of his wife, 65. Ross, diocese of, 8, n. Rumaun, 53. Saxons, the, 89, 130, n., 155, 173, 233, 245. Scandinavian nations, ferocity of, 123, n. Scotland, Albain a name of, 40, n. Sebhdan, daughter of Core, 59. Sechnasach, son of Blathmac, 67, 69. Segine, bishop of Ard-macha, 91. Segonan, son of Conang, 153. Seigine, abbot of Benchar, 63. Sgama, the word, 169. Shields, appearance of miraculous, 99. Showers, miraculous, 21. Simon Magus, tonsure of, 21, 113. Sinainn, or Shannon, 76, n. Sitric, grandson of Imhar, 245. Slaine, or Slaney, 289. Slebhte, or Sleaty, 99, 171. Sliabh-Mairge, or Slievemarague, 149, 205. Slighe-Asail, 76, n. Sloighedach Ua Raithnen, 177. Snanah Aighnech, or Carlingford Lough, 120, Snoring, 24, n. Sodhomna, bishop of Slaine, 143. Spain, incursion into, by Scandinavians, 159. Srath-cluaide, siege of, 193 ; plundered, 247. Sruthair, or Shrule, 171. Star, miraculous, seen, 16, n. Steersman, Irish word for, 116, n. Suairlech, comharba of Finian, 143. Suairlech, 127. of Inedhnen, 187. Suibbne, abbot of Ard-Maclia, death of, 57. son of Conghalach, 49. I abbot of Lis-mor, 143. General Index. ^S7 Suibhne, son of Maeluiiiha, 89. Menn, 17, 18, n. Suitheman, son of Arthur, 141. Sundays, no work performed by Lochlanns on, 185. Tadlig, son of Aigthide, 51. son of Diarniaid, 157. . son of Faelan, 211, 219. son of Failbhe, 97. king of Munster, 32, n. Tailltln, 20, n. Tairchealtach Mac na Cearta, 137. Teambair, the king of, and Horra, 135. Teltown, 20, «. Temhenan, king of Ui-Deaghaidh, 213, 219. Theodosius III., 21. Three Plains, plundering of tlie men of the, 197. Tiberius Apsimarus, 105. Tibraide, successor of Ailbhe of Emiy, 205, 243. bishop of Cluain-eidhnach, 245. Tigliernach, king of Breagb, 119, 163. Tigh Telle, 175. Tipraide Banbhan, abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, 151. Tir-Chonaill, whence named, 30, n. Tir-da-ghlas, abbacy of, 157. Tir-Eoghain, whence named, 30, n. Tonsure of Peter the apostle, 21, 111. ' Tonsuring of clerks in Erin, 111. Tomrarthe Earl, 163, 165, 167. TomrirTorra, chief of the Lochlanns, 145. Tribute, Bororaean, 22, n. Tuaim-snamha, king of Osraighe, 85. Tenbath, 38, n. Tualaith, daugliter of Cathal, 67. Tuath Inbhir, 225. Tuathal, abbot of Dun Caillen, 163. son of Morgan, death of, 65. Techtmhar, imposes Borumha, 77, n. son of Ugaire, 213. Tuenoc, son of Fintan, death of, 65. Tulach-árd, battle of, 69. Turgesius, 124, 169, n. Ua Aithechta, Fergal, 49. Altain, Colman, 57. Ua Brachaidhe, Snedhgiis Derg, 55. Cluasaigh, Colman, 61. Colla, Flann Sinn, 59. Daimine, Duibhdil, 51. Domhnaill, Focarta, 51. Eoghan (or Leoghain), Fergus, 51. Fiachrach, Donnchadh, 51. Cernaigh, Fogartach, 20, w. Uallachan, son of Cathal, 239. Ua Maelcaichs, the two, 51. Maigbleine, 43. Maithe, Aidhgen, 49. Tamhnaigh, 49. Ugaire of Dun Dearmhaigh, 219. son of Oilell, 239. Ughran, son of Cennedigh, 213, 219. Ui Aenghusa, 157. . Bairche, 212, n. Deaghaidh, 212, n. Drona, 212, n., 239. Felmedha, or Ballaghkeen, 199. Liathain, 211, n. — — Maccaile, or Iraokilly, 199. Muireadliaigh, 213, n. Niallain, 155. Neill, northern, race of the, 15, n. ; devastate Leinster, 22, n. Neill, southern, Colman Beg, chief of, 7. Tuirtre, the tribe of the, 68, n. Toirdealbhaigh, tlie tribe, 212, n. Uille, 225. Uladh, plundering of, bv Aedh, 129. Ulbh, 223. Ultan, son of Dicolla, 87. son of Ernin, 63. Umhaill, 127. Urchraithe Ua liOssin, 91. Valuables, Feradhach's, 9, 10, n. meaning of the word, 9, n. Vessels, silver drinking, 9. Wonders, three, in Irish romantic stories, 47, n. Zain, chief of the Lochlanns, 119, 123. 2 L THE IRISH ARCHvEOLOGTCAL AND CELTIC SOCIETY. MDCCCLX. patron : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF LEINSTER. Witt-'^xtsxbnxh: The Most Noble the Makquess of Kildare, M. R. I. A. The Right Hon. the Earl of Dunraven, M. R. I. A. The Right Hon. Lord Talbot De Malahide, M. R. I. A. Very Rev. Charles W. Russell, D. D., President of Maynooth College. Eugene Curry, M. R. I. A. Rev. Thomas Farrelly. Rev. Charles Graves, D. D., F. T. C. D., M. R. I. A. Rev. James Graves, A. B. Thomas A. Labcom, Major- General, R. E., M. R. I. A. Patrick V. Fitzpatrick, Esq. John C. O'Callagiian, Esq. John O'Donovan, LL. D., M. R. I. A. George Petrib, LL. D., V. P. R. I. A. Rev. Wm. Reeves, D.D., V.P.R.LA. W. R. AViLDE, F. R. C. S. I., M. R. I. a. J. H. Todd, D. D., Pres. R. L A. | J. T. Gilbert, M. R. I. A. THE materials for Irish history, although rich and abundant, have hitherto been but to a small extent available to the student. The few accessible authorities have been so frequently used, and the works compiled from them are so incomplete, that the expectation of any accurate history of Ireland has been generally deferred, under the conviction that vast additions must be made to the materials at present available before any complete work of that nature can be produced. 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'^^^^ present Society has been formed by the union of these two bodies, under the name of the " Irish Archasological and Celtic Society," for the preservation of the monuments illustrative of Irish history, and for the publication of the historic, bardic, ecclesiastical, and topogra- phical remains of Ireland, especially such as are extant in the Irish language. Since the union of the two Societies, four important vo- lumes have been published. The Books of the Society are published solely for the use of its Subscribers, who are divided into two classes: Members, who pay three pounds admission, and one pound per annum ; and Associates, who pay an annual subscription of one pound, without any entrance fee. The Fundamental Laws of the Society regulate the privileges of each class of Subscribers, who can also obtain the publications of the two former Societies, at the rates, and under the conditions specified in the present Prospectus. FUNDAMENTAL LAWS. I. 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PUBLICATIONS OF THE IRISH ARCHJÍOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Founded MDCCCXL. 1841. I. Tracts relating to Ireland, vol. i., containing : 1. The Circuit of Ireland ; by Muircheartach Mac NeiU, Prince of Aileach ; a Poem written in the year 942 by Cormacan Eigeas, Chief Poet of the Korth of Ireland. Edited, with a Translation and Notes, and a Map of the Circuit, by John O'Donovan, LL. D., M. R. I. A. 2. "A Brife Description of Ireland, made in the year 1589, by Robert Payne, vnto XXV. of his partners, for whom he is vndertaker there." Reprinted from the second edition, London, 1590, ivith a Preface and Notes, by Aquilla Smith, M. D., M. R. I. A. (Out of prmt.) ir. The Annals of Ireland, by James Grace, of Kilkenny. Edited from the MS. in the Library of Trinity CoUege, Dublin, in the original Latin, with a Trans- lation and Notes, by the Rev. Richard Butler, A. B., M. R. I. A. Price 8s. 1842. I. Cach TTluighi Kacli. The Battle of Magh Rath (Moira), from an ancient MS. in the Library of Trinity CoUege, Dublin. Edited in the original Irish, with a Translation and Notes, by John O'Donovan, LL.D., M. R. I. A. Price loi. II. Tracts relating to Ireland, vol. 11. containing : 1. "A Treatise of Ireland; by John Dymmok." Edited from a MS. iu the British IMuseura, with Notes, by the Rev. Richard Butler, A. B., M. R. I. A. 2. The Annals of Multifenian ; from the original MS. in the Libraiy of Tri- nity College, Dublin. Etlited by Aquilla Smith, M. D., BI. R. I. A. 3. A Statute passed at a Parliament held at Kilkenny, A. D. 1367 ; fi-om a MS. in the British Museum. Edited, with a Translation and Notes, by Jajies Hardiman, Esq., M. R. I. A. Price 104. ( 4 ) 1843. I. An Account of the Tribes and Customs of the District of Hy-Masy commonly called O'Kelly's Countrj', in the Counties of Galway and Koscommon. Edited from the Book of Lecan in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, in the original Irish ; with a Translation and Notes, and a Map of Hy-Many, by John O'DONOVAN, LL. D., M. R. I. A. Price 1 2s. II. The Book of Obits and Maetyrology of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Chinch, Dublin. Edited from the original MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. By the Rev. John ClaiíKE Crostiiwaite, a. M., Rector of St. IMary-at-Hill, and St. Andrew Hubbart, London. With an Introduction by James Henthorn Todd, D. D., V. P. R. I. A., Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Price 12s. 1844. I. Registeum EccLEsiE Omnium Sanctorum juxta Dublin; from the ori- ginal MS. in the Library of Trinity CoUege, Dublin. Edited by the Rev. Richard Butler, A.B., M.R.I.A. Price 7s. II. An Account of the Trides and Customs of the District of Hy- Fiachrach, in the Counties of Sligo and Mayo. Edited from the Book of Lecan, in the Libraiy of the Royal Irish Academy, and fiom a copy of the Mac Firbis MS. in the possession of the Earl of Roden. "With a Translation and Notes, and a Map of Hy-Fiachrach. TBy John O'Donovan, LL.D., M. R. I. A. Price 15s. 1845. A Description of "West or H-Iar Connaught, by Roderic O'Flaherty, Author of the Ogygia, written A.D. 1684. Edited from a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin ; with copious Notes and an Appendix. By James Har- DiMAN, Esq., M.R.I.A. Price 15s. 1846. The Miscellany of the Irish Arch.í;ological Society : voL r. con- taining : 1. An ancient Poem attributed to St. ColumbkiUe, with a Translation and Notes by John O'Donovan, LL. D., M. R. I. A. 2. De Concilio Hibemioe ; the earliest extant record of a Parliament in Ireland ; with Notes by the Rev. R. Butler, M. R. I. A. 3. Copy of the Award as concerning the Tolboll (Dublin): contributed by Dr. Aquilla Smith, M. R. I. A. 4. Pedigree of Dr. Dominick Ljnich, Regent of the Colledge of St.Thomas of Aquin, in SevUle, A.D. 1674: contributed by James ILvediman, Esq., M. R. I. A. 5. A Latin Poem, by Dr. John Lj nch, Author of Cambrensis Eversus, in reply to the Question Cur in patriam non redis ? Contributed by James Hardiman, Esq., M. R. I. A. 6. The Obits of KUcormick, now Frankfort, King's County ; contributed by the Rev. J. H. Todd, D. D., M. R. I. A. 7. Ancient Testaments; contributed by Dr. Aquilla Smith, M. R. LA. 8. Autogi-aph Letter of Thady 0"Roddy: with some Notices of the Author by the Rev. J. H. Todd, D. D., M. R. I. A. 9. Autograph Letter of Oliver Cromwell to his Son, Harry Cromwell, Commander-in-Chief in Ireland: contributed by Dr. A. Smith, M.R.I.A. C 5 ) 10. The Irish Charters m the Book of Kells, with a Translation and Notes, by John O'Donovan, LL.D., M. E. I. A. 1 1. Original Charter granted by John Lord of Ireland, to the Abbey of Blelli- font : contributed by Dr. A. Smith, M. R. I. A. 12. A Journey to Connaught in 1709 by Dr. Thomas Molyneux: contributed by Di-. A. Smith, M. R. I. A. 13. A Covenant in Irish between Mageoghegan and the Fox ; with a Transla- tion and historical Notices of the two Families, by John O'Donovan, LL.D., M. R. I. A. 14. The Annals of Ireland, from A.D. 1453 to 1468, translated from a lost Irish original, by Dudley Fkbise ; with Notes by J. O'DoNOVAJSt, LL.D., M. R. I. A. Price 8s. 1847. The Irish Version of the Histokia Bkitonum of Nennius, or, as it is called in Irish MSS. Leabap bpennac, the British Book. Edited from the Book of Balli- mote, collated with copies in the Book of Lecan and in the Libraiy of Trinity College, Dublin, with a Translation and Notes, by James Henthoen Todd, D. D., M. R. I. A., Fellow of Trinity College, &c. ; and Additional Notes and an Intro- duction, by the Hon. Algernon Herbert. Price 15s. 1848. The Latin Annalists of Ireland ; edited with Introductory Remarks and Notes by the Very Rev. Rich^vrd Butler, M. R. I. A., Dean of Clonmacnois, — viz. : 1. The Annals of Ireland, by John Clyn, of Kilkenny ; from a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, collated with another in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 2. The Annals of Ireland, by Thady Dowling, Chancellor of Leighlin. From a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Price 8s. 1849-50. Macaei^ Excidium, the Destmction of Cj'prus ; being a secret History of the Civil War in Ireland, under James II., by Colonel Charles O'Kelly. Edited in the Latin from a MS. presented by the late Professor M'Cullagh to the Library of the Royal Irish Academy ; with a Translation from a MS. of the seventeenth century; and Notes by John C. O'Callaghan, Esq. Price il. 1851. Acts of Archbishop Colton in his Visitation of the Diocese of Deny, A. D. 1397. Edited from the origmal Roll, with Introduction and Notes, by William Reeves, D. D., M. R. I. A. (Not sold.) [Presented to the Society bt the Rev. Dr. Reeves.] 1852. Sir William Petty's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Survey of Irei.and ; from a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Edited, with Notes, by Thomas A. Larcom, Esq., R. E., V. P. R. I. A. Price 15s. ( 6 ) i8j3. CA5IBRENS1S EvERsus ; Or, Refutation of the Authority of Giraldus Cambrensis on the History of Ireland, by Dr. John Lynch (1662), with some Account of the Affairs of that Kingdom during his own and former times. Edited, with Transla- tion and copious Notes, by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, Royal College of St. Patrick, Maynooth. Three volumes. Price, il. los. PUBLICATIONS OF THE CELTIC SOCIETY, Founded MDCCCXLV. 1847. LeaTjap na 5-Ceapr, or, The Book of Rights; a Treatise on the Rights and Privileges of the Ancient Kings of Ireland, now for the first time edited, with Translation and Notes, by John O'Donovaií, LL. D., M. R. I. A. Price los. 1848-50-51-52. Cambrensis Eversus, .&c. as above. Three volumes. [Given to Blembers of the Celtic Society for 1848, 1850-52; and to Members or Associates of the United Society for 1853.] 1849. MiscELLAUY OF THE CELTIC SociETT, Containing : A Treatise from the Book of Leacan on O'h-Eidirseceoil's (O'Driscol's) Country, in the County of Cork. A Historical Poem on the Battle of Dun (Downpatrick), A.D. 1260. Sir Richard Bingham's Account of his Proceedings in Cormacht, in the reign of Elizabeth. A NaiTation of Sir Henry Docwra's Services in Ulster, written A.D. 1614; toge- ther with other original Documents and Letters illustrative of Irish History. Edited by John O'Donovan, Esq., LL. D., M. R. I. A. Price los. 1853- Oath Muighe Lena: The Battle of Magh Lena ; an ancient historic Tale, edited by Eugene Curry, Esq., M. R. I. A., from original MSS. Price los. A few complete Sets of the foregoing Publications (with the exception of that of the Archaeological Society for 1851), can stUl be had by Members and Associates. Application to be made to Edward Clibborn, Esq., Royal Irish Academy, Daw- son-street, Dublin. ( 7 ) PUBLICATIONS OF THE IRISH ARCHiEOLOGICAL AND CELTIC SOCIETY. United MDCCCLIII. 1854. Liber IIymnorum : The Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland ; from the orighial MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Edited by the Rev. James Henthorn Todd, D. D., Pres. R. I. A., Senior Fellow of Trinity College. Part I. Containing the following Latin Hymns, with Irish Scholia and Gloss: — I. The Alphabetical Hymn of St. Sechnall, or Secundinus, in praise of St. Pa- trick. 2. The Alphabetical Hymn in praise of St. Brigid, attributed to St. TJltan, Bi^ihop of Ardbreccan. 3. The Hymn of St. Cummain Fota. 4. The Hymn or Prayer of St. Mugint. 1855 and 1856. The Life of St. Columba, by Adamnau, Ninth Abbot of Hy [or Zona]. The Latin text taken from a MS. of the early part of the eighth centurj', preserved at SchafFhausen ; accompanied by Various Readings from six other MSS., found in different parts of Europe; and illustrated by copious Notes and Dissertations. By the Rev. Williasi Reeves, D.D., M.B., V. P. R. I. A. With Maps, and coloured Fac- similes of the MSS. The two Parts are boimd in one Volume, for the convenience of Jlembers. 1857- Irish Glosses : A Mediaaval Tract on Latin Declension, with examples ex- plained in Irish. From a Manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Together with the Lorica of Gildas, and the Middle Irish Gloss thereon, from the Leabhar Breac. Edited, with a Commentary, Notes, and Indices Verborimi, by Whitley Stokes, A. B. 1858. Three Fragments of Ancient Irish Annals, hitherto unpublished. Edited, from a MS. in the Burgundian Library, Brussels, with a Translation and Notes, by John O'DoNOVAN, LL. D., IL R. I. A., Professor of Irish Literature in the Queen's Col- lege, Belfast. 1859. Liber Hysinorum : The Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland ; from the original MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Edited by the Rev. James Henthobíí Todd, D. D., Pres. R. I. A., Senior Fellow of Trinity College. Part II. {In the Press.) i860. The Topographical Poems of Seaan O'Dubhagain and Gilla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin, enumerating the principal Families and Territories of Ireland, and their Chiefs, at the period of the Anglo-Norman Invasion. The Irish Text edited, with Translation and copious illustrative Notes, by John O'Donovan, LL. D. (In the Press.) ( 8 ) PUBLICATIONS SUGGESTED OR IN PROGRESS. I. A Treatise on the Oghaji or Occult Forms of Wkitlng of the Ancient Irish ; from a MS. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin ; with a Translation and Notes, and Preliminary Dissertation, by the Rev. Charle.s Graves, D. D., M. R. I. 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