I íi [gl fiji]frui]fruil|TuTJfníJiJfríi^fiii^[ ^ 1 1 1 i 1 i i i i i THE LIBRARIES COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY i 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 tri rLnJfruilfrin][riH] [ ]ifD|pjgf rLf^ \TÍtten in Irish, at Curr-na-hcillte, near Bm-rishoole, in the count)- of Mayo, and which is still extant, in rather bad preservation, in his genealogical manuscript, now in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- demy. In this will, Avhich was made shortly before his death, in 16()4, he says : " I ])er|ucatli the property most dear to me that ever I possessed in this world, namely, my books, to my two sons, Dermot and John. Let them copy from them, without injuring them, whatever may be necessary for their purpose, d2 xxvm INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. and let tliem be equally seen and used by the children of my brother Carbry as by themselves ; and let them instruct them according to the * * * And I request the children of Carbry to teach and instruct their children." His son Dermot had a sou, Carbry, who remoYed, with his Avife and childi-en, to the parish of Drung, in the county of Cavan. Carbry had a son, Cosnamhach or Cosney O'Clery, who was born in 1693, and died in 1759, leaving an only son, Patrick O'Clery, who married Anne, daughter of Bernard O'Gowan or Smith, of Lara, in the county of Cavan, and had by her six sons, the second of whom, John O'Clery, removed to Dublin in 1817, carrying with them the Leahhar-Gabhala, or Book of Invasions, the Book of Genealogies, the Life of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, and the topographical poems of O'Dugan and O'Heerin, all in the handAvriting of his ancestor, Cucogry or Peregrine, the annalist. Of the fom-tli Master, Ferfeasa O'Mulconry, nothing is known, but that he was a native of the county of Roscommon, and a hereditary antiquary. It remains now to say something of the monastery of Donegal, near which these Annals Avere compiled, and from Avhich they have been caUed Annates Dungallenses. It is situated on the bay of Done- gal, in the barony of Tirhugh, and county of Donegal. It was founded for Franciscan Friars of the Strict Observance, in the year 1474, by Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garbh O'Donnell, chief of Tirconnell, and liis Avife, Finola, daughter of Conor na Srona O'Brien, King of Thomond.— See annals of that year. The remains of this monastery ai'c still to be seen, in tolerable preservation, at a short distance from the toAvn of Donegal. The cloister consists of smaU arches, supported by couplets of pillars on a basement. In one part are two narroAv passages, one over the other, about four feet Avide, ten long, and seven high, Avhich seem to have been places for depositing valuable effects in times of danger. Tlie INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxix upper one is covered Avith stones laid along on the beams of stone that cross it, and the lower one witli stones laid across on the walls. Ware says that this convent was famous for a well-stored lil)rary, but it is impossible to ascertain what became of it. On the 2nd of August, 1601, the building was occupied by a gar- rison of 500 English soldiers ; and the friars fled into the fastnesses of the country, carrying with them their chalices, vestments, and other sacred furniture, though probably not their entire library. Shortly afterwards, O'Donnell laid siege to this garrison, and on the 19th of September following the building took fire, and was completely de- stroyed, with the exception of one corner, into which the soldiers retreated. It is more than probable that the library was destroyed on this occasion. — See A. T). 1601, and note \ under that year, p. b, 2252. After the restoration of Rory O'Donnell to his possessions, the brotherhood were permitted to live in huts or cottages near the mo- nastery, from whence they Avere not disturbed till the period of the Revolution. It was in one of these cottages, and not, as is generally sujDposed, in the great monastery now in ruins, that this work was compiled by the Foui' Masters. The following cui-ious account of the flight of the friars from this monastery is taken from a manuscript history of the Franciscans, in the College of St. Anthony, at Louvain, cominlcd by Fr. Antonius Purcell, under the direction of the Very Rev.Fatlier Donough Mooney (Donatus MoniEus), Provincial of the Order of St. Francis, Xov. 2, A. D. 1617. The manuscript is now No. 3195, Manuscrit. Biblio- theque de Bourgogne, Bruxelles. " Anuo 1600 craraus ibi, scilicet [in] conventu Dunangalleiisi 40 fratros de íamiliá, et oiTicia divina iiocturna et diurna ficbant cum cantu et solemnitatibus magnis. llabcbam ipse curam sacristiie in qua liabui 40 indumenta sacerdota- lia cum suis omnibus pertinentiis, et inulta crant ex tela aureú et argenteá. XXX INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. aliquot intertexta et elaborata aiiro ; reliqua omnia serica. Erant etiam 16 calices argentei, et magni, ex quibus duo turn erant qui non erant deaiu-ati, erant et duo ciboria pro s™° sacramento. Suppellex satis honesta : ecclesia ne vitro quidem caruit. Sed ingravescente bello, et hereticis aliqualiter praeva- lentibus, tandem potuerunt id efficere, ut principe O'Donnelo in aliis negotiis occupato ipsi ad oppidum Dunnangall pervenerint cum exercitu, et anno 1601, in festo S. Laurentii martyris in monasterio praesidium militum collocarunt. Fratres quidam praemoniti fugerunt ad loca silvestria, inde aliquot miliaribus distantia, et suppellextilem monasterii navi impositam ad alium tutiorem locum transtulerunt : ego ipse eram ex ultimis qui e conventu egressus sum, et in navi ilia fugam co?pi. Sed hie erant rerum exitus ; conventus in quo erat illud praesidium militum, postea statim a principe^ obsidione cingitur, et Angli ibi existentes nimium arctantur. Accidit autera illis casus admirabilis ; ima eademque hora, ignis, ut putatur divinitus aedificia conventus corripit, et multos militum consumit, totumque conveutum et ecclesiam incendit, et navis quae in portum ingrediebatur victualia illis suppeditans ad scopulum coUisa est ; casu ? Qui superviscerunt adhuc ex Anglis intra fossas quas fecerunt se continuerunt, et ad deditionem venire disposuerunt, deque articulis tractabant et conditionibus deditionis. Jam nuntiatur principi, Hispanos avixiliares duce D. Joanne de Aquila Kinsaliam in Momonia advenisse, et occupato oppido ab haereticis ibi obsidione cingi, turn non cunctandum ratus, re apud Dunnangall infecta, in Mommoniam proficiscitur, in itinere principi Onello et aliis occursurus, ut simul omnes Hispanis opem ferret. Sed neque Kinsaliae res bene successerunt, atque ita Hispani ad deditionem coacti sunt ; rebusque Catliolicorum ita pro- iligatis, princeps O'Donnell in Hispaniam se contulit, annoque eequenti 1602 onmia loca sui dominii in haereticorum potestatem devenerunt, et inter caetera quae ibi perierunt suppellex ilia ecclesiastica conventus de Dunnangall fuit pr£eda3 01iveroLamberto gubernatoriConacise ex parte haereticorum; qui calices in cyphos profanos convertit, et vestes sacras in diversos profanos usus conver- tendos scindi et delacerari cura\'it, et sic turn ipse conventus, tum omnis sup- pellex ejus periit. Fratres autem usque in hodiernum diem vivuut tum per modum cono-regationis in locis magis tutis infra terminos et limites destructos ' Red Husih. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxi conventus, nee defuit illis semper suus guardianus et numerus ad minus 12 fratrum. Aliqui etiara ex ipsis in alios conventus translati sunt. Pace postea facta, et principe O'Donnell mortuo Hispania, frater ejus Rodericus obtinuit dominium majoris partis principatus, et a rege Angliae titulo comitis fuit donatus, cum is titulus multo minor suo praecedente titulo i'uerit. Is ccepit conventum reaedificare, sed intelligens vitae suae Anglos insidiari, spem in sola fuga collocans simul cum principe O'Nello in Flandriam se contvdit, inde Romam, ubi mortui ambo sunt, ut satius infra dicetur ; fratresque sine protec- tore et opus imperfectum reliquit. Nunc autem Angli heretici onuiia possident et permittunt antiquos fratres in locis subobscuris, quia brevi omnes morituros sciunt, residuum vitae traducere, aliquos aut recentiores illis addi facile non permitterent, et hie est presens status conventus illius." Having now given all that is knoAvn of the history of the Four Masters and of their labours, it will be necessary to explain the manner in which this Avork has been translated and illustrated. It has been for some years generally acknowledged that Dr. OXJonor lias fallen into many serious mistakes, not only in the translation, but also in deciphering the contractions of the autograph manuscript of the Four Masters ; and the Editor has taken more than ordinary pains to com- pare his printed text not only with the manuscripts above referred to, but also with the text of the older annals, and with all other ac- cessible manuscripts treating of ancient Irish history. The portion of the Annals of the Four Masters edited by Dr. O'Conor extends from the earliest accounts to the end of A. D. 1171 ; and the Editor of the present Avork originally intended to ])ublish the second part only, namely, from 1171 to IGIG, Avhicli was jiriuted in three volumes quarto in 1848 ; but the great scarcity of Dr. O'iJonor's edition, its inconvenient form to the English reader, and its numy inaccm-acies, subsequently induced the Editor to complete the Avork. It Avould be envious to speak of the errors of one to Avliom Irish literature is so much indebted as it is to Dr. O'Conor, who was, xxxii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. moreover, the fii'st to attempt the i^reservation of our ancient anna- lists ; but it is necessary to say that the text in his edition is in man)- places corrupt, arising generally from his having mistaken the mean- ing of the contractions which he found in the original, and some- times also from his having indulged in conjectural emendations. These latter are commonly unfounded, and as they are often of a nature to give birth to historical mistakes they have been fully pointed out in the notes ; for example : at the year A. M. 2530, he splits the word nrnfaiji, mother, into math-oir, which he translates " Duces orieri- fales,'" to induce the reader to believe that a certain Cical Grigencho- sach came to Ireland this year with eastern leaders or chieftains, whereas the undoubted meaning of the passage is, that Cical came into Ireland this year with his mother. — See p. 5, note "". At the year A. D. 743, he turns Reguil, the name of an Irish saint, into the words )ie, by, and guil, foreiqncrs, by which he attempts to prove that the Galls, Danes, or Norwegians, had come into Ireland many years earlier than mo- dern Irish historians had stated ; but this discovery happens to be a mere blunder of his own, as the passage has no reference whatever to Danes or Norwegians, being a simple notice of a simple flict, that Arasgach, Abbot of Muicinis-Ileguil, an island in Lough Derg, in the Shannon, was drowned.— See p. a, 345, note °. At the year 898, he turns the word ca^an, i. e. cpua^ian, which means a meagre or mise- rctlde person, into Turaghcm, which he translates titrr/s ; Avhereas the passage is a simple obit of Cosgrach, Anchorite of Inis-Cealtra, who was usually called the Trnar/han, i. e. the Meagre or Miserable. Besides the manuscripts of these Annals accessible to the Editor in Dublin, which have abeady been described, he availed himself, Avith the greatest diligence of which he was capable, of the assistance oi" several other authorities. These he must now briefly speak of. 1. Kealimj s History of Ireland. — This work, though much abused bv modern writers, on account of some fables Avhich the author has INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxiii inserted, is, nevertheless, of great authority, and has been drawn from the most genuine sources of Irish history, some of which have been since lost. The Editor has several manuscript copies of this Avork, and a translation into Latin, also in manuscript, and never published, by Dr. John LjTich, the author of Cambrensis Eversus; but the most valuable copy of it Avhich the Editor ever saw, and of which he has read every word, is now preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (H. 5. 26). It Avas purchased in London for the College, a fcAV yeai'S ago, by Dr. Todd. It is in the handAvriting of John, son of Torna O'Mulconry, of the Ardchoill iamily, in the county of Cliu'c, a most profound Irish scholar, and a contemjjorary of Keating. 2. The Leabhar-Gabhala of the O'Clcnjs. — A beautiful copy of this work, in the handAvriting of Peregrine O'Clery, one of the Four Masters, is preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- demy. It consists of a series of authentic poems and other original documents, from the earliest accounts to the period of the English iuA^asion, and is in ftict a collection of the authorities and sources of the Bardic history of Ireland. Much use has been made of it, and many passages transcribed verbatim into their Annals by the Four Masters. 3. An English Version of the Annals of Clonniacnoise, by Connell Mageoghegan, Esq., of Lismoyny, in the county of Westmeath ; finished on the last day of June, 1G27. — This Avork, Avhicli begins Avith the earliest period, is carried doAvn to the year 1408. Tlic original An- nals in Irish are not knoAvn to be in existence, but the translation accords, in the latter years, Avith the text of the Annals of (Jonnaught. In many entries it also agrees Avitli the Annals of the Four Masters; but in the eighth, ninth, and tenth centm'ies the chronology is often antedated by four, five, and sometimes even seven years. This Avork is of great Aalue, as it contains exact Aversions in English of all the peculiar idioms and phrases Avhich occur in the variouii Irish Annals. e xxxiv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. The Editor has carefully compared it with the Annals of the Fom- Masters, and found that it contains some curious entries which they omitted, while they, on the other hand, record many historical events of which this clironicle takes no notice. — See note '', p. Ixiv. 4. The Annals of Ulster. — Of these the Editor has compared two copies with the text published by Dr. O'Conor, namely, the Bodleian copy and Dublin copy. He has also compared a copy of an old translation of the Annals of Ulster, which was evidently made from the Bodleian manuscript, and which is now contained in two volumes in the British Museum, the first part extending from the year 431 to 1307, in the Clarendon Collection, tom. 49, Ayscough, 4795 ; and the other, extending from 1307 to 1504, preserved in Clarend., tom. 20, Ays. 4784. The version is correct, but so literal that it seems rude and inelegant. Neither of the manuscripts is in the autograph of the translator, nor does either contain any entry which mio-lit afford a clue to discover who he was ; but the Editor is of opinion that the work was executed for Ussher or Ware, not, how- ever, by Duald Mac Firbis, as some have thought, but by Tuileagna O'Maelchonaire, or Tully Conry, who is mentioned by the author of Vanihrensis E versus as a distinguished Irish scholar and antiquiiry. His handwriting and style of English appear in several manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, as in Laud, 610, and also in the British jNIuseum, Vesp. E. 11, Cotton, 115. — See the Proceedings of the Roijal Irish Acadewij, vol. ii. p. 336. Upon a comparison of all these documents with the style and manner of this old English ver- sion of the Annals of Ulster, the Editor grounds his opinion. But, whoever was the author, the translation is exceedingly valuable ; for it has preserved to posterity the equivalent English of a great portion of the Irish language, as it was understood by one of the hereditary professional seannachies or chroniclers of Ireland, about two centuries ago. The copy of it used by the Editor was made for Dr. Todd, in 1 844. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. XXXV 5. The occasional Translalions from the Annals of the Fotir Masters into Latin, which occur in the Acta Sanctorum of Colgan. — In the works of this learned, laborious, and honest writer, the Editor lias found niunerous passages faithfully translated from the Annals of the Four Masters. His more lengthened and continuous translations from those Annals, which the Editor arranged, for his own use, into alpha- betical order, at the suggestion of the late Dr. Murphy, R. C. Bishop of Cork, are contained in his Annals, as follows, published in the Trias Thaum.: Ai'magli, pp. 292 to 311; lona, pp. 498 to 501; Derry, pp. 503 to 507; Durrow, pp. 507, 508 ; Kells, p. 508 ; Raphoe, p. 509 ; Swords, p. 509 ; Reclu'ainn, p. 509 ; Fahan, p. 510 ; Drumcliííe, p. 510 ; Kil- dare, pp. 028, 629, 630. 6. A translation into very good Latin of Part of the Annals of the Four Masters, extending from the year 1547 to 1558. — The original manuscript of this translation is preserved in the Library of the British Museum, Cod. Clarend., torn. 20, Ayscough, 4784; and a copy, in the handwriting of Daniel Molyneux, Ulster King at Ai'ms, in the library of Trinity Cohege, Dublin, F. 1. 18, p. 287, et seq. This translation was made for Sir James Ware by some good Irish and Latin scholar, not improbably Dr. Lynch, the author of Cambrensis Eversus. The Editor has printed the entire of this valuable piece in the present edition, and has thus laid before the reader the original Irish of the Four Masters, a Latin translation about two centuries old, beside his own literal English translation of that portion of the Annals relating to the reign of Queen jMary, 7. A Portion of the Annals of Lecan, extending from the year 1443 to 1468, translated into English in the year 1666, lor the use of Sir James Ware, by Duald Mac Firbis. — The original manuscript of this translation, in the hand of the translator, is preserved in the Library of the British Museum, Cod. Clarend., tom. 68, Ayscough, 4799 ; and it has been recently printed from that manuscript, in the Miscellany e 2 XXXVl INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. of the Irish Archaeological Society. The Editor has not discovered any Irish original exactly corresponding with this translation ; but it contains many passages given also by the Four Masters, so that the authority of Duald Mac Firbis has been, through it, obtained for the meanings of a vast number of Irish words and pln-ases not used in the modern idiom. Many other translations, made from Irish annals, by the U\o O'Conors, O'Flanagan, O'Reilly, and various other modern Irish scholars, have been also procm-ed, but the Editor has found that they are not at all to be relied upon, Avith the exception of whatever was executed by Charles O' Conor of Belanagare, who understood the Irish lano-uage well, though he always improved on his original, and raised it to the level of his own " magniloquent style" of English. This patriotic and venerable gentleman was most anxious that these Annals should be preserved uncorrupted for posterity ; but it appears from various letters of his to the Chevalier O'Gorman and others, that he had no reliance on the knowledge or accm-acy of any of the Irish scholars then living. As it was from a perusal of some of these letters that the Editor was first stimulated to make himself acquainted with all the old translations of Irish annals accessible in Ireland and England, he thmks it may not be uninteresting to the reader to give some extracts, in which Charles O'Conor expresses his fears that the then general ignorance of the ancient language of Ire- land would lead to the corruption of these Annals ; and it may be further remarked, that the justice of his fears has been since clearly demonstrated, as well by the labours of his own grandson, the editor of the Rerum Hibernicarvm Scriptores, as by those of others, who have attempted to translate portions of these Annals without possessing the necessary qualifications for the task. In his letter to the Chevalier O'Gorman, dated July 13th, 1781, when he was in his seventy-first year, O'Conor says : INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxvii " I knew well that the late Dr. O'Siillivan^ was unable to translate many parts (and those the best) of our ancient Annals. None but men learned in our old classic phraseology can undertake sucli a work." In another letter, dated May 31, 1783, he writes to the same individvial as follows : " I approve greatly of your intention to get our Annals of the Four Masters, &c., translated. But if not undertaken by a man who has a critical knowledge of the phraseology, with the changes made therein from the sixth to the tenth century, the sense will be frequently mistaken, and a bad translation, in such a case, will be worse than none at all. Even a publication of tlie Irish text would require the collation of the different manuscripts for restoring the origi- nal reading, and correcting the blunders of ignorant transcribers. I am slad to have an assurance from you that the Rev. Mr. Mac Carthy, of Paris, is equal to such a task ; but I am sorry to aver my opinion (from experience), that few in this country will patronize him, and without a large subscription no work of this magnitude can be undertaken." Again, July 23, 1783 : " I request that you will make your scribe to confine himself to an accurate fac-simile, the contractions being singularly uncommon, and explainable only by readers long and well acquainted with our writings. This caution is the more necessary, as any deviation from the original, by an unskilful scribe, would render the text unintelUgible." Again, September 14, 1783 : " But the worst of it is, I doubt tliat you have a inan in France or Ireland wlio could decipher the contractions. In my province of Connaught I know of none (I am sure there is none), myself excepted, who can read these Annals, « Dr. Francis Stougbton Sullivan was a Fel- manuscripts which now distinguishes thelJni- low of Trinity College, and afterwards Professor versity Library. He died March 1, 17(j6. Ac- of English and Feudal Law in the University of cording to his pedigree, given in manuscript in Dublin. He was mainly instrumental in laying tlic Library of tlie Royal Irish Academy, he was the foundation of the valuable collection of Irish of a junior branch of theO'Suliivan More family. XXXVUl INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. or explain many of the terms, though they could read them. In the margins of these Annals you will find several notes of mine, and I would caution you at^ainst their being transcribed, lest they should be mistaken for any part of the orisrinal." ■'» Again, November 14, 1783 : •' At last I found a messenger that could be trusted with conveying the Connaught Annals safe into your hands. In this province I know of none but myself who can read or explain them, and the difficulty being likely to increase every day, it will be the more necessary for your copyist to transcribe them exactly as he finds them. Let his transcript be what we call a fac-simile, for otherwise corruptions will creep into the text, and consequently your copy, far from being of use, will only have the eSect of multiplying mistakes. In truth, as our original will be soon lost, I di'ead that our copies, falling into un- skilful hands, will have this effect. Our originals, therefore (as our great countryman, Mr. Burke, recommends), should be printed under the eye of a learned Editor, with a literal translation in English or Latin. If this be omitted (as I foresee it will), the treasures still preserved in our language will be as certainly lost as those that have long since perished." The reader will have now seen the difficulties with Avhich an Editor had to contend at his fii'st entering upon this task, and how necessary it was that he should procm-e all the old translations within his reach. A few words must here be added to explain the plan adopted for printing the original text and the translation of these Annals, and on the nature and style of the original. The second part of these Annals was the fii'st printed and published, and as the Editor had the use of two autograph copies, and did not wish to take upon himself the resi»onsibility of deciding upon the mode of printing this very hcavj- work, he requested the Publishers to submit the question to those scholars and antiquaries on whose judgment they had most reliance ; and, accordingly, it Avas submitted, on the 7th of February, 1845, to INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xxxix the following persons : the Rev. Dr. Todd, F. T. C. D., Yice-Pres. R.I. A. ; George Petrie, Esq., LL. D., Yice-Pres. R.I. A.; Aquilla Smith, Esq., M. D., M. R. I. A.; and Joseph Huband Smith, Esq., Barrister at Law, M.R.I. A.. The Editor first stated his own opinion as to the mode of printing the original and translation, but finall}' submitted to the following rules, which were committed to writing by the Rev. Dr. Todd : " I. The manuscript of the Eoyal Irish Academy to be followed ; variations of the College copy to be inserted in brackets, if of sufficient importance to be put in the text ; if of minor importance, to be mentioned in the notes. " II. The stops to be exactly as in the Academy copy, except that, at the end of a paragraph or entry, a full point is always to be used. " III. Capital letters are not to be used in the Irish text, except where they occur in the original. " IV. The separate entries to be in distinct paragraphs, even thougli they be not so in the original. " V. The original Irish names of persons and places to be given in liie translation, as far as possible, in their received anglicised spellings, noticing irregularities, or modern corrupt variations, in the notes ; but sucli names as are obsolete, imknown, or doubtful, to be given in the original Irish spelling. " VI. Italics to be used in tlie translation only where words, not in the original, are supplied. "VII. Brackets [ ] to be used when insertions are made, not in the original, but which are necessary for explaining ambiguities, or filling up chasms in the sense. Italics to be used wlien insertions are made whicli are necessary from the different idioms of tlic two languages." In printing the first part, from A. M. 2242 to A. D. 1171, as no autograph copy was accessible to the Editor, he has used capital let- ters in proper names, and arranged the paragraphs as in Dr.O'Conor's edition. The proper names are always given in the original Irish spelling in the text of the translation. — See p. xxxi., supra. xl INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. With respect to the style of these Anuals, it will be seen that it varies with the authorities from which the diíFerent entries have been extracted. In the first piU't the language is extremely simple, and few instances of inflation are observable ; but in the second part the st}'le varies a good deal : in the same page Avill be observed the extreme veracious simplicity of the Annals of Ulster, and the turgidly redundant style of the romantic tales of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the more lengthened descriptions of battles, this in- flated style is particidarly observable ; and the Editor has most care- full}- preserved, in the translation, the order and literal meanings of all the epithets, often almost synonpnous, with which many sentences are overloaded. It will be also observed that even in the more simple and unimpassioned narratives there is usually a double expression, such as "plundered and preyed," "battered and broke," "banished and expelled," "killed and destroyed." This pleonasm of style, which is not unlike that of the language of the English law, has been as much as possible imitated by the Editor in the translation, so that the reader may see the exact force of each Irish word by comparing the original with the translation. It should also be observed, that some entries have been hm-riedly and carelessly transcribed, from their respective originals, by the Four Masters, and that several of their after-insertions between the lines are so arranged as to render the construction inelegant. The Editor has compared such entries with the more ancient Annals in every possible instance, and pointed out in the notes Avhat has been omitted or irregularly transcribed b}' the Four Masters ; but, thi-oughout the second part, he has printed their own text exactly as it is found in their autograph manuscript, in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- demy, dispensing, in every instance, with their contractions, except their -], i. e. agup, and; their f, which is sometimes e simple, and sometimes ea ; and their ;r, which is for oeic, ten. All the gramma- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xli tical terminations, which they have generally written in contractions, have been printed in full, according to the rules laid down by the Editor in his Irish Gramma)-. The general Index to the whole will focilitate the references, not only to the names of men and places, but also to remarkable subjects, such as battles, bui'nings, demolitions, &c., and thus suppl}- a great defect in Dr. O 'Conor's edition of the fii'st part of the Irish Annals, which is unaccompanied by any index of this kind. The following- letter, written by Dr. O'Conor, a short time before his death, to Mr. Hardiman, ^\i\\ shoAV that he regretted not having been able to make indexes to his edition of the Irish Annals : '' Stou-e, 10th March, 1825. " Dear Sir, — I feel that I ought to make an humble apology for my silence ever since I had the honor of receiving from you your valuable History of Galway, for his Grace of Buckingham and Chandos's Collection, and your Catalogue of the Maps, Sec, in Trinity College Library, for my own. I value your History highly, as every one must who is disgusted by the silly assertions, the loose references, the false chronology, the inflated style of most of our modern writers. For the same reason I value your Catalogue, and only lament that you had not more abundant materials. In return for your kind present to me, I shall send you a copy of my Tighernach, as soon as it comes out in the month of May. The original is printed in one column, and the versiou, almost literal, opposite in another, in imitation of the Saxon Chronicle. The original is taken from the Duke of Chandos's MS., now in the Bodleian. It is the oldest known. If y(ju will call in the Bodleian for the MS. Rawlinson, No. 488, you will find tliat my labour must have been excessive, even had I confined it to deciphering the text. It is far from my intention to sound my own praise ; my object is merely to shew you that I feel a just sense of the urbanity which induced you to send me your works. My Tighernach wants only an Index. But tliat Index will require more time than woidd be neces- sary, if I enjoyed a better state of health. In the same volume, intituled Rerum Hibei-nicarum Scriptures, vol. 2, you will find the Annals of Innisfallen and of f xlii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Boyle, from the original MSS. in the Bodleian and Cotton Libraries. These are finished in like manner, with the exception of Indexes. The Annals of the Four Masters, as far as the first volume extends, that is, to the pretended Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland, are finished (with the same exception) from the original in this Library. The second volume, in the Dublin Library, is so mutilated, that I leave that fragment to the 'care of posterity, contented with ending where Giraldus, Ilollingshead, Leland, and most of our modern histo- rians, begin. The Annals of Ulster are also printed down to the same time, from the Bodleian MS., so that we have all that is known of ancient Irish history down almost to the death of Henry the Second. " I write, in this damp weather, with such a tremulous hand, that I was com- pelled to dictate the above to an amanuensis. But I cannot commit to another the pleasure of transmitting to you his Grace the Duke of Buckingham's and Chandos's thanks for your Galway. " I have the honour to be, dear Sir, " With sincere esteem and regard, " Your much obliged and humble Servant, " Charles O'Conor." With respect to the chronology of these Annals, from A, M. 2242 down to the period of Cinihaeth, no competent scholar can doubt that it is arbitrary and uncertain. But we are not to supjjose that the Four Masters are altogether responsible for it. This earl}' portion of the Annals, it must be borne in mind, was compiled by them from the Annals of Clonmacnoise, and from different other authorities, such as the Synchi'onisms of Flann, the Poems of IMaelmura on the Origin of the Gaeidhil, the Poems of Gillacaemhain, Eochaidh O'Floinn, and various other som-ces ; and, as compilers, their duty was to place such accounts as were accessible of dh-ect computation in as natural and reasonable an order as possible. Unfortunatel} , however, among all the events narrated, no eclipse of the sun or moon, or appearance of a comet, or any other astronomical phenomenon, is recorded, by which their authenticity could be tested or a certain INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xliii date fixed. O'Flalierty expresses his surprise, indeed, at the minute chronological accuracy with Avhich the earliest historical facts (as he considers them) are noticed by Irish historians; such as the arrival in Ireland of Ceasair, the granddaughter of Noah, ■with a band of antediluvians, forty days before the flood, on the fifteenth day of the moon, being the Sabbath ; and the landing of Partholan at Inbher- Sgeine, in Kerry, in the month of May, the foui'teenth day of the moon, on a Wednesday. From the minuteness of these dates the author of Ogijijia, instead of having his suspicions aroused, does not hesitate to conclude that the Pagan Irish had, from the earliest period, a most accurate system of chi'onology. But it never seems to have occiuTcd to him to ask the simple question, how were the age of the moon and the day of the week at the landing of Ceasair and Partholan handed down to the Irish writers, seeing that, accord- ing to those writers themselves, Ceasah' and her followers perished in the flood, and that Partholan and his colony were all cai'ried ofl" by the plague ? The bardic historians reply by getting still deeper into fiction, and relating that Fintan, the son of Bochra, who accom- panied Ceasair into Ireland, after having passed through varioiis transmigrations, at length assumed the human form in the time of St. Patrick, and lived down to the time of St. Finian of Magh-bilc, to whom he narrated all the events that had taken place in Ireland up to that period. O'Flalierty rejects this as a clumsy fable, but finds himself constrained, in order to support his chronological theory, to insist that the Pagan Irish had the use of letters, and an accurate system of chronology, from the earliest period of the colo- nization of Ireland. This way of proving the authenticity of Irish chronology only damages true history ; but at the same time there is a mode of ex- plaining the entries in question, so as to obviate the necessity of rejecting them altogether : we have only to assume that they are f2 xliv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. facts preserved by oral tradition, and that the Irish writer who first attempted to fix the age of the moon and the day of the week, on Avhich Ceasah- landed in Ireland, made such calculations as he Avas able to make (whether correct or not is of no consequence), comput- ing forty days before to the usually assumed date of Noah's flood, and seeking to account for his accurate knowledge of the date so assumed by means of a bold fiction. In this latter object, strange to say, he partially succeeded ; for, silly as it may now seem to us, it is a iact that the fable connected with these dates passed current amongst the Irish literati down to the seventeenth century; for, though Eochy O'Flannagan of Ai-magh, in the eleventh century, gave no credit to the story of Fintan having smwived the general deluge, his scepticism surely did not arise from its improbability, but because it involved a statement "contraiy to the holy Scripture, which sayeth that all the world were droAvned in the General Flood, saveing Noeh and his three sons, Shem, Cham, and Japheth, with their fewer wives." — Ann. Clon. See p. 2, note ^'. It is therefore, surely, infinitely more probable that an early Irish chronologist made a calculation of the age of the moon'\ and the '• The age of the vioon Dr. O'Conor lias the marbles, which were composed sixty years after following observations on this subject, in his the death of Alexander, take no notice of Olym- account of the Annals of the Four Masters, in piads. There are no fixed epochs in Herodotus the Stowe Catalogue, p. 114, n. 2 : or Thucydides. Timajus of Sicily, who flou- •• The Europeans had no chronology before rished in the 129th Olympiad, or about the the conquest of Darius the Mede, by Cyrus, middle of the third century before Christ, was .538 years before Christ. The chronology we the first who attempted to establish an Eera, by now have of more ancient times is technical, comparing the dates of Olympiads, Spartan and has been brought to a great degree of accu- Kings, Archons of Athens, and Priestesses of racy by Petavius and Ussher. Polybius says Juno, which he adapted to one another, accord- (1. 5, § 33) tha.t Epliorus, the disciple of Isocrates, ing to the best of his judgment. Where he left and the historian of Cuma;, was the Jirst who oíF Polybius began. attempted to reduce chronology into a regular " Those who have adopted the chronology of science, in the time of Philip of Macedon, the LXX., which makes the world older than it about 350 years before Christ. The Arundelian is in the Hebrew text, are ably refuted by Natalis INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xlv day of the week, as they would retrospectively stand forty days be- fore the deluge, than that he found anythmg purporting to be u record of the date of Ceasair's arrival on stone, tile, or parchment. It would be easier to receive the whole story of Ceasair and her fol- lowers, as well as the date, for a fabrication, than to suppose that any written or inscribed record of such a fact could have existed before the use of letters, or even of hierogl}-phics, was known to mankind. The accuracy of ancient dates being thus apocryphal, Ave are driven to regai'd the catalogue of kings, given by Gilla-Caemain and others, as a mere attempt at reducing to cln'onological order the accumulated traditions of the poets and seanachies of Ireland. But that a list of Irish monarchs was attempted to be made out at a very early period is now generally admitted by the best antiquaries. Mr. Pinkerton, Avho denies to the Irish the use of letters before their conversion to Christianity, still admits the antiquity of their list of kings : " Foreigners" (he remarks,) " may imagine that it is granting too much to the Irish to allow them lists of kings more ancient than those of any other country in modern Europe ; but the singularly compact and remote situation of that island, and its freedom from Roman conquest, and from the concussions of the fall of the Roman Empire, may infer this allowance not too much. But all contended for is the list of kings, so easily preserved by the repetition of bards at high solemnities, and some grand events of history." — Inrjuirj/ into the History of Scotland. At what period regular annals first began to be compiled with regard to minute chronology we have no means of determining ; but Alexander. Every discovery, and every vestige "Praterea si nulla fuit genitalis origo, of the history of man, tends to prove that this Terrarum, et Cali, scniperquo scterna fuere, planet is not inhabited above GOOO years. The Cur supra bellum Thcbanum, & funera Troj», glaring truth of the recent origin of man is Non alias alij quoque rescecinere Poeta; ? acknowledged even by Lucretius, 1. 5, De Rer. Quare etiam quondam nunc artcs expoliuntur, Nat. : Nunc etiam augescunt ?" xivi INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. we may safely infer from the words of Tigliernach, that the aneieut historical documents existing in his time were all regarded by him as uncertain before the period of Cimbaeth, the commencement gf whose reign he fixes to the year before Christ 305. His significant words, omnia monumenta Scotorum vsc/ue Cimbaeth incerta erani, inspire a feeling of confidence in this compiler which commands respect for those facts which he has transmitted to us, even when they relate to the period antecedent to the Christian era. The Annals of Ulster are also free from the objections that have been alleged against the early portion of the Annals of the Four Masters, the compiler beginning with the mission of Palladius to the Scoti, and frequently citing the names of the authors or compilers whose A^'orks he had before him, the oldest of which is Mochta, the patron saint of Louth, and Cuana (genitive, Cuanach), Avho seems to be " Cuana scriba Treoit," whose death is recorded under the } car 739; and Dubhdalethe, Avho was at fii-st Lector and afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, and who died in the year 1065. The follow- ing passages, extracted from the Annals of Ulster, Avill show that they have been copied from various sources : " A. D. 439. Chronicon magnum scrijytum est." "A. D. 4G7. Quies Benigni Episcopi, successoris Patricii. Cena Uemjici la hClibll TTlolc. Sic in lihro CuaiiCicli inveni." " A. D. 468. Bellum Oumai Ctchiji pop Oilill ÍTlolc. Sic inveni in Libra Cuanach." " A. D. 471. Freda secunda Saxonum de Hibernia ut alii dicunt in into anno diducta est, ut Moctiis dicit. Sic in Libra Cuanach inveni." "A. D. 475. Bellum bpeg hGile pe nQibll ITlol-. *S'/V in TAbro Cuanach inveftii" "A. D. 482. Bellum Oche la Luji;ai6 mac Lae^aijic agup la rílui]Kca|i- rach mac Capca, in quo cecidii Qibll TTlolr. .1 Concobaro filio Nesse usque ad Copmac filima Ctipc anni cccviii. ; a Copmac usque ad hoc bellum cxvi. ut Cuana scripsit." INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xlvii " A. D. 489. Bellum Cinn Lopnaoo, uhi cecidit O'^w'^uy Jilius Narpjictich [iij rnuriian, ut Cuana scrlpsit." " A. D. 527. Vel hie dormitatio Brigide secundum lihrum Mocliod [Mochtic]. " A. D. 534. Dormitatio Mocta discipuli Patricii xiii. Kal. Septemb Sic ipse scripsit in Epistola sua ' Macutenus peccator presbiter S. Patricii discipulus in Dno. salutem! " — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 544. Oiapmaio regnare incipit, secundum Lihrum Cuanach." "A. D. 552. Mors Cinmrainn mic 6]iiuin. Sic in Libra Cuanach inveni." "A. D. 598. Quies Cainnig in Qcaió bo, ut Cuana docet." "A. D. 600. Terre motus in baipjichi. Mors bjienDainn mic Coi|ipiii mic peichine. Sic inveni in Libro Cuanach." " A, D. 602. Omnia quce scripta sunt in anno sequente inveni in Libra Cuanach, in isto esse peifeeia.'" " A. D. 610. Quies Colmain Glo. Sic est in Libra Cuanach." " A. D. 628. Mors Gchbac buióe, regis Ficiorum, Jilii Qeóain. Sic in Libro Cuanach inveni. Vel, sicut in Libra OuiV)Dalere narraturT " A. D 642. Cellach et Conall Cael regnare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Bic dubitatur quis regnavit post Ooiiinall. Dicunt alii historiographi regnasse qua- tuor reges .i. Cellach et Conall Cael, et duo Jilii Cteoa Slaine .i. Oia|imaic et blacmac per commixta regna." "A. D. 972. Conga la Oorhnall hUa Neill oe Oabull Daji Sliab nUair CO Loch nQinoenne, quod nan factum est ab antiquis temporibus. Sic in Libro Ouibhoaleichi." "A. D. 1021. Cpech la mac Qe6a hUi Meill nap hUib Oopcamn, (!v:c. Sic in libra Ouib^oaleichi." From these notices we have reason to believe that the ecclesias- tical writers carried forward a continuous chronicle from age to age ; each succeeding annalist transmitting the records which he found existing along with his own; thus giving to the whole series the force of contemporary evidence. The precision Avith which the compiler of the Annals of Ulster has transmitted the account of an eclipse of the sun, which took place in the year 664, affords a proof that this entry was derived from xlviii INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. a contemporaneous record. — See note ^ under A. D. 664, p. 277. Venerable Bedc, who is followed by the Four Masters, mentions this solar eclipse as having occurred on the third day of May ; but the Annals of Tighernach and Ulster have preserved the exact day and hour. Bede having evidently calculated the time according to the Dionysian cycle, the error of which was not detected in his time, and the Irish annalists having copied the passage from the record of one Avho had seen this eclipse, and noted it at the time of observa- tion. The following notices of eclipses and comets, copied from A'arious \A orks by the compiler of the Annals of Ulster, Avill shoAV that they were recorded by eye-witnesses. The reader is to bear in mind that the Annals of Ulster are antedated by one year up to 1014, and that, in comi^aring these eclipses with the catalogue of eclipses com- posed by modern astronomers, he should add one year to the respec- tive dates. " A. D. 495 [496]. SoUs defectio." " A. D. 511 [512]. Defeehis soils contigit" " A. D. 590 [591]- Defectio solis .i. mane tenebrosum." "A. D. 613 [614]. Stella [comata] visa est hora octava die? " A. D. 663 [664]. Tenehre in Kakndis Maii in if hora." " A. D. 673 [674]. Nuhes tenuis et tremula ad speciern celestis arcús iv. vigdia 7i,octis vi. feria ante pasca ab oriente in occidentem per serenum celum apparuit. Luna in sanguinem versa est." " A. D. 676 [677]. Stella comata visa in mense Septembris et Octobris." " A. D. 691 [692]. Luna in sanguineum colorein in Natali S. Martini versa est." "A. D. 717 [718]. Eclipsis lune in plenelunio." " A. D. 752 [753]. Sol tenebrosiis." " A. D. 761 [762]. Luna tenebrosn. Nox lucida in Autumno." " A. D. 762 [763]. Sol tenebrosiis in hora tertia." "A. D. 772 [773]. Luna tenebrosa ii. Nonas Decembris" " A. D. 787 [788], Luna rubra in similitudinem sanguinis xii.Kal. Martii" INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. xlix '' A. D. 806 [807]. Lxma in sancjuinevi versa est!' "A. D. 864 [865]. Edipsis soils in Kal. Januarii, ei Edipsis Lune in eodem anno." " A. D. 877 [878]. Edipsis Lune Idibus Odohris iv. Lune" " A. D. 884 [885]. Edipsis Solis et visce sunt stella in Cwlo." " A. D. 920 [921]. Edipsis Lune xv. Kal. Jan. feria prima hora noctis." " A. D. 1018. The Comet permanent this year for 14 days in harvest." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. "A. D. 1023. An Eclipse of the Moone the 4th Id. of January, being Thursday. An Edipse of the Sunn the 27th of the same Moone, on Thursday." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. "A. D. 1031. An Eclipse on the day before the Calends of September." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. "A. D. 1065 [1066]. There appeared a Commett for the space of three nights, which did shine as clear as the Moone at the full." — Ann. Clon. The dates assigned to these ecliiDses are confirmed by their accord- ance with the catalogue of eclipses in VArt de Ver. Ics Dates, torn, i. pp. 62-69 ; and from this accuracy it must be acknowledged that they have been obtained by actual observation, and not from scientific cal- culations ; for it is well known that any after calculations, made before the correction of the Dionysian period, would not have given such correct results. Mr. Moore has the following remarks upon the eclipse of 664 : " The precision with wliich the Irish annalists have recorded to the month, day, and hour, an eclipse of the sun, which took place in the year 664, affords both an instance of the exceeding accuracy with which tliey observed and noted passing events, and also an undeniable proof tliat the annals for that year, though long since lost, must have been in the iuuids of those who have transmitted to us that remarkable record. In calculating the period of the same eclipse, the Venerable Bedc, led astray, it is plain, by his ignorance of that yet undetected error of the Dionysian cycle, by which the equation of the motions of the sun and moon was affected, — exceeded the true time of the g 1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. event by several days. Whereas the Irish chronicler, wholly ignorant of the rules of astronomy, and merely recording what he had seen passing before his eyes, — namely, that the eclipse occurred about the tenth hour on the 3rd of May, in the year 664, — has transmitted a date to posterity, of which succeeding astronomers have acknowledged the accuracy." — History of Ireland^ vol. i. p. 163. At what period it became the practice in Ireland to record pubHc events in the shape of annals has not been yet accurately determined ; but it will not be too much to assvime that the practice began with the fu-st introduction of Christianity into the country. Now, it is highly probable that there were Christian communities in Ireland long before the final establishment of Chi-istianity by St. Patrick, in the fifth centviry. We learn from St. Chi-ysostom, in his Demonstratio quod Christus sit Deus, written in the year 387, that the British Islands, situated outside the Mediterranean Sea, and in the very ocean itself, had felt the power of the Divine Word, churches having been founded there and altars erected'. But the most decided evidence that the Irish had the use of letters before St. Patrick's time, is derived from the account of Celestius, an Irishman, the favourite disciple of the heresiarch Pela- gius. St. Jerome, alluding to a criticism of Celestius upon his Com- mentaries on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians, thus launches out against this bold heretic : " Nuper indoctus calumniator erupit, qui Commcntarios meos in epistolara Pauli ad Ephesios reprehendendos putat. ' Nee intelligit, nimia stertens vecor- ' Kal 'jap ai BpeTaviKal vtjaoi, al Tiys 6a\a^^tJs where accompanied Christianity, had been known 6Vto9 Ktifievai Tai'Ti;v, Kal if avTw ovaai no wKeaixo in Ireland at that date. The accurate Innes T7y9 cvvaiiieu)9 tuS /)i)/toTos l^a^ov^o• Kal 7a/) icóicet thinks it " not unreasonable to believe that pri- EKKXtjaiai Kal OvaiaaTi^pia Trcinj'^aaiv. — S. Chry- vate individuals at least, among the Irish, had sosl. 0pp., tom. i. 575. B. Ed. Bened. the use of letters before the coming of St. Pa- But, if such were the case, we may reasonably trick, considering that it may have happened conclude that the use of letters which every- that some of the Irish before that time, passing INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. li dia, leges Commentariorum, &c nee recordatur stolidissimus, et Scotorura pultibus priEgravatus, nos ia ipso dixisse opere : non damno digamos imo nee trigamos, et si fieri potest octogamos : plus aliqúid inferam etiam seortatorem recipio pcEni ten tern'"'. And again in the Proemium to his thh'd book on Jeremiah, St. Jerome thus more distinctly mentions the native country of Celestius: " Hie tacet, alibi criminatur : mittit in universum orbcm epistolas biblicas prius auriferas, nune maledicas et patieutiam nostram, de Christi humilitate venientem, malie conscientia3 signum interpretatur. Ipseque mutus latrat per Alpinum [al. Albinum] eanem quandem et corpulentum, et (^11! ealcibus masis possit sa3vire, quam dentibus. Habet enini progeniem Scoticas gentis, de Bri- tannorum vicinia : qui juxta fabulas Poetarum, instar Cerberi spiritual! pereu- tiendus est clava, ut a^terno, cum suo magistro Plutone silentio conticeseat'". It appears from Gennadius, who flom-ished A. D, 495, that before Celestius was imbued with the Pelagian heresy, he had written from his monastery to his parents three epistles, in the form of little books, containing instructions necessary for all those desii'ous of serving God, which, by the way, bore no trace of the heresy Avhich he afterwards broached. The words of Gennadius are as follows : " Celestius antequam Pelagianum dogma incurreret, imo adhue adolescens, scripsit ad parentes de monasterio Epistolas in moduni libellorum trcs, omnibus Deum desiderantibus necessarias. Moralis siquidem in eis dictio nil vitii post- modum proditi, sed totum ad virtutis ineitamentum tenuit"'". This passage affords sufficient evidence to prove that the Scofico gens, in the neighbourhood of Britain, had the use of letters towards over to Britain, or other parts of the Eoman thought that the Scotica gens, here referred to, empire, where the use of letters was common, was the modern Scotland ; but this question might have learned to read and write." has been long since settled. Ireland was the •^ Ilieron. Prolog, in lib. i. in Ilieremiam. 0pp. only country called Scotia in St. Jerome's time, Ed. Vallarsii, tom. iv. or until the twelfth century. ' Prolog, i. lib. Hi. in Hieremiam. Some have " Gennadius de Script. Eccl. c. 44. g2 Ill INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. the close of the fourth century ; and it may he added, that a country that produced such able men as Celestius and Albinus could hardly have been an utter stranger to civilization at the time they flourished. On the whole, it may be conjectured, Avith probability, that letters were known to the Irish about the reign of Cormac, son of Ai't ; and this throws the boundary between what must have been traditional, and what may have been original written records, so for back as to remove all objection on that ground to the authenticity of the fol- lowing Annals, from at least the second centmy of the Christian era. The reader will find these conclusions supported by the opinions of a historian of the highest character, on the general authenticity and historical value of that portion of the Irish Annals made accessible to him by the labours of Dr. O'Conor : " The chrouicles of Ireland, written in the Irish language, from the second century to the landing of Henry Plantagenet, have been recently published, with the fullest evidence of their genuineness and exactness. The Irish nation, though they are robbed of their legends by this authentic publication, are yet by it enabled to boast that they possess genuine history several centuries more ancient than any other European nation possesses, in its present spoken lan- guage. The^' have exchanged their legendary antiquity for historical fame. Indeed, no other nation possesses any monument of its literature, in its present spoken language, which goes back within several centuries of these chronicles"". " Sir James Mackintosh, Ilistorij of England, domain of history enabled him fully to appre- vol. i. chap. 2. On this passage Mr. Moore re- ciate any genuine addition to it." — History of marks: "With the exception of the mistake into Ireland, vol. i. p. 168. which Sir James Mackintosh has here, rather Whetlier what Mr. Moore calls a mistake on unaccountably, been led, in supposing that, the part of the Englisli historian was really one among the written Irish chronicles which have may be fairly questioned. It is evident that Sir come down to us, there are any so early as the James Mackintosh was of opinion that there second century, the tribute paid by him to the were entries in the Annals of Tighernach which authenticity and historical importance of these were copied from passages originally committed documents appears to me in the highest degree to writing in the second century ; and there is deserved ; and comes with the more authority nothing adduced by Mr. Moore or others to in- from a writer whose command over the wide validate this opinion. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. liii The Editor cannot close these remarks without returning thanks to the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, for cillowing him the use of their splendid collection of Irish manuscripts ; and to such friends as have assisted him in the present Avork. Among these friends he must reckon, as the first in order, our most eminent antiquary, George Petrie, Esq., LL. D., &c., Avho has read all the sheets of the second part as they passed through the Press, and made man}' valuable suggestions. To Mr. Eugene Curry, by whom the autograph of this work was copied for the Press, and w'ho has supplied \ ery many examples from ancient glossai'ies to elucidate the meanings of difficult Avords, and various manuscript authorities, unexplored by any but himself, to illustrate the ancient topography, he feels particularly indebted. To James Hardiman, Esq., M. II. I. A., whose labours as a member of the late Irish llecord Commission have rendered him fami- liar Avith all the sources of Anglo-Irish history, he must return his special thanks ; from him he has received, freely and liberally, not only his valuable opinion on several historical points, but also many Anglo-Irish laAV documents bearing on the history of the Irish chief- tains, Avhich haA'e ncAer been pubHshed. The Editor has, moreover, to acknoAA'ledge his many obligations to the Rev. Dr. Todd, F.T.C.D., Avho has kindly afforded him every facility in consulting the College manuscripts, as AveU as the benefit of his enlightened criticism on many historical points thi'oughout the entire progress of the A\ork. The Editor has also been assisted by various others, but more especially by his friend, Captain Larcom, R. E., Avho has been the active promoter of Irish literature, antiquities, and statistics, CA'er since the summer of 1825, and avIio, during his connexion with the Ord- nance Sm-vey, exerted himself most laiidably to illustrate and preserve the monuments of ancient Irish history and topograph)-. And he is much indebted to Captain Cameron, R. E., Avho, since he Avas ap- pointed to superintend the Irish Ordnance Survey Office, has kindl} liv INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. continued to render the Editor the same amount of assistance in iden- tilying the positions of objects of antiquarian or historical interest on the Ordnance Maps, as had been afforded by his predecessor. He has also to express his acknowledgments to Charles P. O'H. MacDonncll, Esq., M.R.I.A.; Charles J. O'Donel, Esq.; and Herbert Hore, Esq., each of whom has furnished him >\'ith much important and original information. J. CD. EPISTLE DEDICATORY, FROM MICHAEL O'CLERY TO FEAEGHAL O'GADHRA, LORD OF MAGH UI GADHRA, ETC. /\U10him Om iTTi rabaijic jacha haoibnff do jiacbaó i ICy do cluipp, -| Da anmain opfpsal o joDhjia cicch- fpnaíTlhai^e uijaDjia,"] cúileo ppino, non Don Diap RiDiiifoh Paplemenre po rojIiaDli ap conDaé Sliccijli co hat chat an bliaóain pi DaoipCpiopu, 1634. Qp ni coiccfno poilleip pon uile Doitian m jacli lonaDh 1 mbi uaiple no onoip in jach oi mpip Da ccainicc pinrh DiaiD 1 nDiaiD nach ppuil ni ap j;ló]i- tnaipe,-] apaipmicrnij^e nnopni5lie(np oDbapaib lomóa) ina piop pfnoacca na pfnujoap, -] eolap na naipeac, ■) na nuapal po iJODap ann ipin aimpip I BESEECH God to bestow every happiness that may redound to the wel- fare of his body and soul, upon Fearghal O'Gadhra, Lord of Magh Ui-Ghadhra and Cuil-0-bhFinn, one of the two knights of Parliament who were elected [and sent] from the county of Sligeach to Ath-cliath this year of the age of Christ, 1634. It is a thing general and plain throughout the whole world, in every place where nobility or honour" has prevailed in each successive period, that nothing is more glorious, more respectable, or more honourable (for many reasons), than to bring to light the knowledge of the antiquity of an- ' Honour. — In a free translation of this Dedi- much of the redundance of O'Clery's language, cation, made by Charles O'Conor, he rejects and improves on his expressions throughout. EPISTLE DEDICATORY. jifinpo DO rabaipc oo cum ['olaip cip Daigli CO mbeic airfncap, -] eolaj» cij gach opuing i iiDectohaiD cqioile cion- Tictp 00 cairyioc a pinnj'ip a ]ié -] a riaim]"iii, ■] cia haipfrr po bacrap : cciccfpnap a nouichce. i noi^nir, no 1 nonoip Diaió i noiaioli, -\ cpeD i an oioheaó puaippiocc. Uanaccpa an bparaip bochc Oiipo ,S. pponpeip TTlichel o clepicch (lap mhfir oficli mbliaona oarh ace Sccpio- baD gach pfnoachca Da bpuapap ap naomo-ib na liepectnn a maille le hum- lacc jach Ppouinpiail Da paibe in epinn a noiaiD a cele Do bfir accam) Da bap laraipp a uapail Ct piifpjail UÍ ^aópa. Oo bpairfp ap bap nonoip j^np boDbap cpuai^e, -| nerhele, Do^ij- ailpi,"! Dobpoin libb (do clnim jloipe De 1 onopa na bepeann) a iTieo Do beacaccap plior'c ^aoióil meic Niuil po ciai^ 1 Dopcanap, jan piop ecca na oiofDa Naoim, na bannaoime Qipoeppcoip, Gppcoip, na abban, na uapal jpaiDli eccailpi nile, l?i;^, na RuipiTi;,ci5eapnanacoipiccb,coriiniin- pip nacoimpinfob neicb oibbpmhe ppi apoile. Oo poillpijfpa oaoibpi jup bo Doi^lCm 50 ppuij^inn ciiiDHiccaD na ccpoinicif:;e ap ap mo mo itifp do cbum leabaip Qnnalab Dopccpíobaó 1 cciiip- piDe 1 ccuirhne na nfice pempaire, 1 cient authors, and a knowledge of tlie chieftains and nobles that existed in preceding times, in order that each successive generation might possess knowledge and information as to how their ancestors spent their time and life, how long they were successively in the lordship of their countries, in dignity or in honour, and what sort of death they met. I, Michael O'Clerigh, a poor brother of the order of St. Francis (after having been for ten years transcribing every old material which I found concerning the saints of Ireland, observing obedience to each provincial that was in Ireland successively), have come before you, noble Farrell O'Gara. I have cal- culated on your honour that it seemed to you a cause of pity and regret, grief and sorrow (for the glory of God and the honour of Ireland), how much the race of Gaedhal the son of Niul have gone under a cloud and darkness with- out a knowledge of the death or obit of saint or virgin, archbishop, bishop, abbot, or other noble dignitary of the Church, of king or prince, lord or chieftain [and] of the synchronism or connexion of the one with the other. 1 explained to you that I thought I could get the assistance of the chroni- clers for whom I had most esteem, for writing a book of annals, in which the EPISTLE DEDICATORY. Ivii Da Ificcci aji cúipoe jan a Sccpiobao no larmp nach ppuighci lao oopióipi le a ppopaicm fc,"! le a ccuiitiniuccaó ^o cpich,i 50 poipcfnn an bfcha. Oo cpuinniccheaó Ifm na leabaip Qnná- laó ap pfpp 1 ap lionmaipe ap mo do bfiDip Ifm Dpc'i^ail 1 nepirm uile (biob gup Dfcmp Darn a crfcclamaó 50 haoin lonaD) do chum an leabaippi DO pccpiobaó in bap nainmpi,-] in bap nonóip óip ap pib cucc luach paocaip DO na cpoiniciDib lap po pccpiobaó é, -| bpairpe conuence Duin na ngall DO caicb copcap bioh, -] ppiorailrhe piú map an cceDna. ^ach maic Da cciocpa Don leabop pin oa rabaipr polaipp DO each 1 ccoicrchinne ap ppibpi ap bfiprhe a buiDbe,"! nip cóip macrnaó, no longnaó éo no loinrnuc 00 bfir pa maicDa nDingenaD pib, óip ap DO piolGirhip meicTTlileaDjfinpioc 30 pi^h DO piojaib epeann, 1 a haén ap cpi piccib Do naomaib; onUaog pin macCein mic oilella oluim op piolpac a hocr oécc Do na naorhaib pin ap einip DO bpfir ó ^lún 50 jlún jup an coDg céona. Ro gablaijhpioc "| po aiccpeabpac clann an UaiDj pin 1 nionaoaib e;rariila ap puD 6peann .1. aforesaid matters might be put on re- cord ; and that, should the writing of them be neglected at present, they would not again be found to be put on record or commemorated to the end and termination of the world. There were collected by me all the best and most copious books of annals that I could find throuirhout all Ireland (though it was difficult for me to col- lect them to one place), to write this book in your name, and to yoiu- ho- nour, for it was you that gave the re- ward of their labour to the chroniclers, by whom it was Avritten ; and it was the friars of the convent of Donegal that supplied them with food and at- tendance in like manner. For every good that will result from this book, in giving light to all in general, it is to you that thanks should be given, and there should exist no wonder or surprise, jealousy'' or envy, at [any] good that you do ; for you are of the race of Ileber mac IMileadh, from whom descended thirty of the kings of Ireland, and sixty-one saints ; and to Tadhg mac Cein mac Oilella Oluini, from whom eighteen of these saints" '' Jealottsy. — If O'Donnell were in the country at the time, he ought to have felt great envy and jealousy that the Four Masters should have committed this work, which treats of theO'Don- nelis more than of any other family, to the world under the name and patronage of any of the rival race of OilioU Olum, much less to so petty a chieftain of that race as O'Gara. This will ap- pear obvious from the Contention of the Bard^. ' Eighteen of these saiiUs Charles O'Conor, Iviii EPISTLE DEDICATORY. Slioclic Copbmaic ^ailfns illuiglmib are sprung, you cau be traced, genera- connacc op jeineabhaiiipi muincip tion by generation. The descendants Saópci, an do Ua Ga^pa In cconnac- of this Teigc branched out, and inha- roibh,"! o hfjpa an í?úca, O Ceapbaill bited various parts throughout Ireland, 1 nGle, -] o TTlfchaip \ nuib Caipin, namely: the race of Cormac Gaileng oconcoljaip 1 cciannacca^linnegfirhin. in Luighne-Connacht, from whom ye, the Muintir-Gadhra, the twoUiEaghra in Connaught, and O'h-Eaghra of the Ruta, O'Carroll of Ely, O'Meachair in Ui-Cairin, and O'Conor of Cianachta- Glinne-Geimhin, are descended. As a proof of your coming from this noble blood we have mentioned, here is your pedigree. Oo ófpbaó ap bap rceclicfo on puil uapail pin a oubpamap ace yo bap njeinealach, Q piifpgail UÍ ;^aO]ia, Ct liieic caiDcc, meic oilealla, meic Diapmacca, nieic eo^hain, meic Diopmaoa, meic eojhain, meic comalcaij óicc, meic comalcaij moip, meic oiapmacra, meic Raighne, meic conjalaijh, meic Duinnplebe, Oh Fearghal O'Gadhra, thou son of Tadhg ! son of OilioU, son of Diarmaid, son of Eosrhan, son of Diarmaid, son of Eoghan, son of Tomaltach Og, son of Tomaltach More, son of Diarmaid, son of Raighnc, son of Conglialach, son of Donnsleibhe, son of who felt no qualm of conscience at reducing the simple style of O'Clery to his own imitation of Dr. Johnson, translates this passage in the fol- lowing loose manner, without regard to the construction of the original. " In truth, every benefit derivable from our labours is due to your protection and bounty ; nor should it excite jealousy or envy that you stand foremost in this as in other services you have rendered your country ; for, by your birth, you arc a descendant of the race of Ileber, which gave Ireland thirty monarchs, and sixty-one of which race died in the odour of sanctity." EPISTLE DEDICATORY. IX meic Ruaiópi, meic Duinnplebe, meic coricobhai|i, ineic l?uai]ic, meic gaopa, o I'loinnrenp muincip Saópa, meic jlerneacain, meic Saopj^a]^a, meic bece, meic plainopa, meic caichligh, meic cinDpaolam, meic oiapmaoa, meic pionnbaipp, meic bpénainn, meic naccppaoic, meic piDeoin, iiieic pioocuipe, meic aipc cuipb, meic niab cuipb, meic lui o nainmni5reap luijjline, meic caiog, meic cein, meic oilella oluim, meic mo6a nuaoac, meic mo6a nficc, meic nfipcc, meic Dfipccffintab, meic enoa moncaoin, meic loich moip, meic mopebip, meic muipfoaij mucna, meic eacóac jaipb, Ruaidhri, son of Donsleibhe, son of Couchobbar, son of Ruarc, son of Gadhra, from -whom the Miiintir- Gadhra are surnamcd, son of Glethnechan, son of Saerghas, son of Bee, son of Flaithius, son of Taichleach, son of Cinnfaeladh, son of Diarmaid, son of Finnbharr, son of Brenann, son of Nadfraech, son of Fideu, son of Fidhcliuir, son of Art Gorb, son of Niadh Corb, son of Lui, from whom the Liiiduie are named, son of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of OilioU Oluni, son of Modli Nuadhat, son of Modh Neid, son of Derg, son of Deirgtheineadh, son of Enda Monchaoin, son of Loich Mor, son of Mofcbis, son of Muiredhach Muchua, son ol' Eocliaidh Garv, son of h2 EPISTLE DEDICATORY. meic ouaic oalca Deaohaoh, ineic caijippe luipcc, ineic lonnarcmaiji, TTieic met peóamain, meic aoamaip polccain, meic pijicuipb, meic moóa cuijib, meic cobcai^ caoirii, meic |ifcca6a jiijofiiicc, meic luijofc láijió, meic eachoach, meic oilealla, meic aipc, meic luijofc laimDei]icc, meic eacDQC uaipcef, meic liiijoec lapóuino. meic enoa oeipcc, meic Duaich pimi. meic Seona ionnaii]iai^, meic bjifippigli, meic aipc imlij, meic pfiolimiD, meic l?oreccaij:;. meic ]?oain iií^aili^, meic pailbe iolco]iai^, meic caip ceDcoimgnij, meic pailofjiccDoir), meic muineamoin, meic caip cloraij, meic pip apoa, meic Roreccai^, meic T?oppa, meic glaipp, meic nuaoac DÍslam, Duach Dalta Deadhadh, son of Cairbre Lose, son of Innadmhar, son of Nia Sedhamuiu, son of Adamar Foltchain, son of Fercorb, son of Modh Corb, son of Coblithach Caemh, son of Kechtadh Righdhearg, son of Lucrhaidh La^ha, son of Eochaidh, son of Oilioll, son of Art, son of Lughaidli Laimhdhearg, son of Eochaidh Uairches, son of Lughaidh lardhunn, son of Enda Dearg, son of Duach Finn, son of Sedna Innarrach, son of Bresrigh, son of Art Imleach, son of Feidhlimidh, son of Eothechtach, son of Roau Righailoach, son of Failbhe lolcorach, son of Cas Cedcoimhgneach. Faildeargdoid, son of Muineamhon, son of Cas Clothach, son of Ferarda, son of Rothechtach, son of Ross, son of Glass, son of Nuadhat Deaghlamh, son of EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 1X1 meic eacDac paobap^laip, meic conmaoil, meic eirhliip pinn, Tíieic mileaD eppainne, nieic bile, meic bpeo^ain, meic bparba, meic Deaacha, nieic eapccióa, meic aloóiD, meic nuaóaicc, meic ninuail, meic eirhip ;^laip, meic agnoin pino, meic eirhip jluinpino, meic laimpirin, meic agnamain, ec cecepa. Cín Dapa la pichfc do mí lannapi) anno oomini 1632, 00 cionnpjnaDli an leabop po 1 cconuemc Ohnin na nj^all, -) 00 cpioclinaijlifoli ipm cconueinc ceona an t)eachmaoh la oau^upr, 1636. Qn caonmaó bliaóam Decc do pijhe op P15I1 Cappolup op Sa;cain, Ppainc, Qlhain, "I op Gipinn. bliap ccapa lonrhain, 6RachaiR micheí, o cceui^li Eochaidh Faebharghlas, son of Conmael, son of Eimher Finn, son of Mileadh, son of Bile, son of Breogan, son of Bratha, son of Deatha, son of Eai'chadh, son of Aldod, son of Nuadhat, son of Ninual, son of Eimher Glas, son of Agnon Finn, son of Eimhir Gluinfinn, son of Laimhfinn, son of Agnaman. On the twenty-second day uf tlic month of January, Anno Domini 1G32. this book was commenced in the convent of Dun-na-nGall ; and it was linished in the same convent on the tenth day of August, 1636, the eleventh year of the reign of our King Charles over England, France, Alba, and over Eire. Your affectionate friend, Brotheu Michael O'Clerv. APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. V iCCtTi^U na hairhpe Do Upn .S. Pponpeip chuippfp a lamha ap po aja piaohnugbaDh gup ab é pfp^hal Ó 5"^j'ipf^ rucc ap an mbpacliaip TTlicliel o Clepicch na CpoinictDe -] nn raop ealaohna uo chpuinDuijaD CO haoin lonaoh lap po pccpiobbaoh leabhaip oipip -\ Qnnala na liGpiono (an riifirc pob eiDip opaghail le a pccpiobaoh 61 ol)) -| gop ab e an pfp- jhal céona rucc loighióeaclic noib ap a pccpiobhaoh. Qua an leabhap panDca ap ó('), Qp é lonaoh in po pjpiobanh é 6 rhup CO nfipfDb ) ccormenr bpnrliap Dúin ' Gave them a reward. — Charles O'Conor trans- lates this loosely, as follows : " The fathers of the Franciscan Order, sub- scribers hereunto, do certify that Ferall O'Gara was the nobleman who prevailed on Brother Mi- chael O'Clery to bring together the antiquaries and chronologers, who compiled the following Annals (such as it was in their power to collect), and that Ferrall O'Gara, aforesaid, rewarded X HE fathers of the Franciscan urder who shall put their hands un tliis do bear witness that it was Fearghal O'Gadhra that prevailed on Brother Michael O'Clerigh to bring together the chroniclers and learned men, by whom were transcribed the books of history and Annals of Ireland (as mucli of them as it was possible to find to be transcribed), and that it was the same Fearghal that gave them a reward'' for their writing. The book is divided into two [parts]. The place at which it was transcribed, from beginning to end, was the convent them liberally for their labour." The leader will, however, observe that there are no words in the original Irish of O'Clery to correspond with O'Conor's nobleman or iiher- aUy, here marked in Italics. The Editor has discovered no clue to determine how libe- rally O'Gara paid the chroniclers, but feels satisfied that the sum he paid them was very triflin"-. Ixiv APPROBATIONS OF THE WORI^. na ngall, aji a mbiaD,-] a]i a bppioch- ailCmh. Oo Donnf ccnaó l oo j-ccpio- baoh an céiD leabhap be ipinConuenc cliOccna an blmbani fi 1632, an can po baD saijiDian an cachaip bepnap- nin Ó Clépicch. Qp lacc na Cpoinicióe, -) an caop ealaolina 00 bácrap ace pccpioBaoh nn leabaip pin, 1 aja chfjlamaDh a leabpaib éccparhla an bpachaip TTli- chél Ó Clepiccb, TTIuipip mac Uopna 111 mbaoilconaipe ppi pé aom rrn'opa ; pfppfpa mac LochlainD ui ÍTlaoíl- chonaipe,iaiccpiDhe ina noip a concaé Roppa commain, Cúcoijcpiche ó cle- piccb a concae Obúin na njall, cucoi- jcpiclie Ó Ouibjfnoáin a concae liadi Dpoma,-j conaipe ó clépiccb a concae Oúin na njall. Q ciao na pfinleabaip po bbócop aca, leabbap cluana mic nóip m po hfnnaig Naoirhcbiapán mac an cpaoip. Leabap oiléin na nafm pop locb Ribb, (xabbap Sbfnaiob mec magbnuppa pop Cocb 6pne Ceabap clomne ui of the Friars of Dun-na-nGall, tliey supplying food and attendance. The first book was begun aud transcribed in the same convent this year, 1632, when Father Bernardine O'Clery was Guardian. The chroniclers and learned men who were engaged in extracting and tran- scribing this book from various books, were : Brother Michael O'Clerigh ; IMaurice, the son of Torna O'Mael- chonaire, for one month ; Ferfeasa, the son of Lochlainn O'Maelchonaire, both of the county of Ros Chomain ; Cucog- criche O'Clerigh, of the county of Dun- na-nGall ; Cucoigcriche O'Duibhgen- nain, of the county of Liath-druim ; and Conaire O'Clerigh, of the county of Donegal. These are the old books they had : thebookof Cluain-mic-Nois\ [a church] blessed by Saint Ciaran, son of the carpenter ; the book of the Island of Saints^ in Loch Ribh ; the book of Sea- nadh Mic Maghnusa'', in Loch Erne ; •^ The book of Cluain-mic-Nois. — The original of this is now unknown ; but there are several copies of a translation of it, made in 1G27, by Connell Mageoghegan, Esq., of Lismoyny, in the county of Westmeath, one in the British Mu- seum, another in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, F. 3. 19, a third in the library of the Marquis of Drogheda, and others in the hands of private individuals. The original was in the Mageoghegan family, but the Editor does not know the present representative of the Lismoyny branch. The Editor has added from this trans- lation many long passages omitted by the Four Masters. ■■ The book of the Island of all Saints — This manuscript is now unknown. •* Book ofSeanadh Mic Moffhnusa Now called the Annals of Ulster See note ', under the year 1307, p. 489 ; note % under 1408, p. 795 ; and note ', under the year 1498, p. 1240, infra. APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. Isv rriaoilconaijie, Lebcqi muinrejie Ouib- gfnnáin chiUe Ri'mnin,-] leabap oipi]^rn Ceacain meic pijibtpcch ppich chuca lap y^cpiobhaoh upmoip an leabaip, -] ap po pcpiobhpacc jach lionriiaip- eachc do bpuaippfrr (Ranjacop a Ifp) nac paibe ip na céicr leabpaib bdrop aca, ap ni baoi i leabap cluana, ina pop 1 leabhap an oiléin ache jup an mbliabain ]'i oaoip ap cnjbfpna 1227. the book of the Clann Ua Maelcho- naire*^ ; the book of the O'Duiirenaus, of Kilrooan''; the historical book of Lecan Mic Firbisigh^, which was pro- cured for them after the transcription of the greater part of the book [work], and from which they transcribed every copious matter they found which they deemed necessary, which was not in the first books they had, for neither the book of Cluain, nor the book of the Island, were [carried] beyond the year of the age of our Lord, 1227. Seanadh Mic Manus, now Belleisle, is an island in Lough Erne, the property of the Rev. Gray Porter, who has recently erected a house upon it. "■ The book of the Clann Ua Maelchonaire. — Now unknown. It is frequently quoted bj' O'Flaherty, in his marginal additions to the copy of these Annals, preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, IL 2. H. ' The hook of the Mtiinntir-Duibhgennain of Cill-Jionain, — There is a most curious and valu- able manuscript volume of Irish annals, which was in the possession of the O'Duigenans, pre- served in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 19; but it does not appear to be the one used by the Four Masters. It perfectly accords with all the passages quoted by Ware and Harris from the Annals of Lough Kee ; and it may be safely conjectured that it is a compilation made by the O'Duigenans from the Annals of Lough Kee, Roscommon, and Kilronan. The Editor has made copious additions to the work of the Four Masters from this manuscript, calculated to throw much light on historical facts but slightly touched upon by the Masters themselves. í^ The historical book of Lecan Mic Firbisigh. — This book is now unknown ; but there is a good abstract of some annals, which belonged to the Mac Firbises, made by the celebrated Duald Mac Firbis, now preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 18. This abstract is styled Chronicum Scotoi'um by the tragscriher, who states that he shortened or abstracted it from a larger work of the Mac Firbises, omitting every thing, except what relates to the Scoti or Milesians. The same Duald, or Dudley, also translated, in the year I66fi, a portion of the Annals of Ireland, extending from 1443 to 1468, for the use of Sir James Ware. This translation has been recently printed for the Irish Archmo- logical Society. — See the Miscellany, p. 1 [)S, and the Editor's notes, pp. 263-302. From this translation the Editor has supplied, in the notes, many passages omitted by the Four Mas- ters. The Annals of the Mac Firbises are also fre- quently quoted by O'Flaherty, in his marginal additions to the Trinity College copy of the Annals of the Four Masters, all which additions the Editor has printed in the notes. Ixvi APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. Do cionnpccnaoli an Dapa leabbap napab cof acli an bliaoain pi 1 208, an bliaóain pi oaoipCpiopcinpobajaip- Dian an cachaip Cpiopcoip Ulrach 1635,"] DO pccpfobaDli an chuiD oile óe 50 1608 an cheo bliaóain in po baoli gapoian an cachaip bepnapoin O Clepicch Dopióipi. Qn bpachaip TTIicel O Clépigh a oubpamop, Cú- coicccpicbe 6 Clépijh "] Conaipe 6 Clepicch Do pcpiobh an leabap Deioli- fnach órhá 1332 50 1608. Qp lac na leabaip ap po pcpiobpac an cpiap periipáiceupTTióp an leabaip, an leabap cfcna pin cloinne ui ITlaoilconaipe 50 mile cuicc ceo a C1115, 1 ap 1 pin cm bliaDain DfiDCnacb baoi ano, leabap na muincipe Duibhsfnoan cap a ccan- 5amap o chá naot ccéD 50 mile cúicc céo Seapccarc a cpi, Ceabap Seanaib mec ITlashnupa ina paibe co TTlile cuicc ceo cpiochac oDó, blab do leabap Choncoicccpiche meic Oiap- macca mic Uainlig caimm ui clepigh on mbliaóain pt TTlile Da cheo, oclic- rhojliacc a Viaon, co mile cuicc ceo cpiochacr a Seachr, Leabap TTlec bpuaiDfnha TTlhaoli'n óicc on mbliaó- ain pi TTlile, CÚ15 ceo, ochcmogliac a hocbc, 50 mile Sé céD a cpi, Leabliap The second book [volume], which begins with the year 1208, was com- menced this year of the age of Christ, 1(335, in which Father Christopher Ultach [Donlevy] was guardian, and the other part of it, to the year 1608, was transcribed the first year in which Father Bernardin O'Clerigh, Brother Michael O'Clerigh aforesaid, Cucoig- criche O'Clerigh, and Conaire O'Cle- righ, transcribed the last book [vo- lume], from 1332 to 1G08. These are the books from which these three tran- scribed the greatest part of this book : the same book of the O'Mulconrys, as far as the year one thousand five hun- dred and five, and this was the last year which it contained ; the book of the O'Duigenans, of which we have spoken, from [the year] nine hundred to one thousand five hundred sixty-three ; the book of Seanadh-Mic Maghnusa, which extended to one thousand five hundred thirty-two ; a portion of the book of Cucogry, the son of Dermot*", son of Tadhg Cam O'Clerigh, from the year one thousand two hundred and eighty- one, to one thousand five hundred and thirty-seven ; the book of Mac Bru- aideadha' (Maoilin Og) from the year ■" Cucogry, son of Dermot He was the great- He flourished about tlie year 1537. His book grandfather of Cucogry or Peregrine O'Clery, is now unknown. one of the Four Masters. — See Genealogies, ' The hook of Mac Bruaideadha Unknown Tribes, and Customs of Ily-Fiachrach, p. 83. to the Editor. APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. Ixvii Cu^hach ui clepigh, 6 TTlhile, cuicc ceo, oclicmoslmr, a Sé, 50 ITlile, Sé chéD a DO. Oochonncaimop naleabaip y^iri ii)le 05 nn afp ealuDna cap a ccangctmo]! T?oTnainn 1 leabaip oipipfn oile nach lacr po bob eirhelc Dainmniu^aó. Oo Dfpbabgac nee onp pcpiobaoVi annpin Romainn Ctcaimne no pfppanna po piop ag cop'ap laiti cip po ]v cconuenc Ohúin na njalL an oeachinaó lá do Qu5upc, aoip Chpiopc TDile, Se cheD, rpiocliar a Se. Fe. Bernardinus Clery, Guardianus Dungalensis. (jparaip TTiuipip Ullcach. bparaip TTluipip Ullcac. bpacaip bonauancupa o DorhniU, Learoip lubilac. one tliousaud five hundred eighty-eight, to one thousand six hundred and three; the book of Lughaidh O'Clerigh, from one thousand five hundred eighty-six, to one thousand six hundred two. We have seen all these books with the learned men, of whom we have spoken before, and other historical books be- sides them. In proof of every thing which has been written above, the fol- lowing persons are putting their hands on this, in the convent of Donegal, the tenth day of August, the age of Christ one thousand six hundred thirty-six. Brother Bernardine O'Clery, Guardian of Donegal. Brother Maurice Ulltach, Brother Maurice Ulltach, Brother Bonaventura O'Donnell'', Jubilate Lectm'. '■ Brother Bonaventura G'Donnell. — This was made O'Donnell (Prince of Tirconnell) in the translation used by Mr. Petrie. Manus, son of Sir Niall Garve, and Hugh O'Donnell of Ramel- ton, who was a member of the Parliament of the Confederate Catholics, held at Kilkenny on the 10th of January, 1G47, were the most dis- tinguished members of the family at this period, but neither of thcni appears to have patronized this work. i2 Ixviii APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. The following approbations of the work of the Four Masters are prefixed to the copy m the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, in the handwriting of the scribe. The autograph originals of the same are in the copy deposited in the College of St. Isidore, at Rome, as the Editor was informed by the late Dr. Lyons, of Kilmore-Erris. Do binn 50 ccáinic an bpácmp bocc TTlicel O Cléipi^ (maille le Inirhlacc a uctcraiiam, an cacaiji lopeph GiiejKqiD, ppouinpial UijiD S. Pjioiny^eip i nGjiino), Dom lonn- y^aiccbib do cai)^ben an leabaiji p bam, — acúpa piann, mac Cnijippe TTlic Cteóaccáin, ó bbaile TTibic Qeó- accáin, i cconcae Ubiobjiac-Qjiann, 05 á piaónuccaó, gép bo liiomoa lea- bap aipip DO connapc do peinleabpaib 6peann, 1 gép bo b'onrhap an niiirhip éccínce do leaBpaib aopDa 1 nerh- aopoa, p5piobra, "| acca pjpiobab Do connapc 1 pcoil Seaam inic Uopna Ui miiaoilconaipe, oioe peap nGpeann hi ccoiccinne, hi pencup "] hi ccpoinic, -| aga mbÓDap a paib 1 nGpinn a^ poj;- lam na healabna pin ga ceaccapc aicce, nac peacaoap ecoppa pin iiile aon leabap ay peapp opD, ap coir- cinne, ap bonrhaipe, -] ap mo ap in- rholca map leabap aipip "| annal, ma an leabap pa llleaj'aim pop nac Whereas the poor friar, Michael O'Clery (in obedience to his superior, Father Joseph Everard, Provincial of the Order of St. Francis in Ireland) came to me to shew me this book. — I', Flanu, son of Cairbre Mac Aedhagain, of Baile-Mhic-Aedhagain,in the county of Tibrat-Arann, do testify that. — though many were the books of history of the old books of Ireland which I saw, and though numerous the uncer- tain number of ancient and modern books which I saw written and being transcribed in the school of John, son of Torna Ua Maelchonaire, the tutor of the men of Ireland in general in his- tory and chronology, and who had all that were in Ireland learning that sci- ence under his tuition, — I have not seen among them all any jjook of better order, more general, more copious, or more to be approved of, as a book of history and annals, than this book. I think also that no intelligent person ' I , do te.itif;/ Dr. O'Conor, mistaking the meaning of acú-pa, the old form of acúimpe, 1 am, translates this te — testante. approí;ations of the work. Ixix éitjip le Duine a]i bir cuiccpionac no ructir no oeglaip, no le bealarjain, oá léigpe é a lochcuccao. Do óepbat) an neife pempáice arám ace p ccyiiBab mo láime ai]i po ipin mbaile TTlhic Qeoaaccúin a Dubapc, 2. Nouemb. 1636. piann TTlac Qoóajáin. whatever, of the laity or clergy, or of the professions, who shall read it, can possibly find fault with it. In attesta- tion of which thing aforesaid, I here put my hand on this, at the Baile-Mhic- Aedhagain aforesaid, the 2nd of No- vember, 1636. Flann Mac Aodiiagain. "Cmmc an bpncaip bocc TTlicel O Clépi^, omaille le humplacc a uacoapáin, an cacaip lopeph 6ue- papD, Ppouinpial Uipo S. phpompeip, Dom laraip Do lécchab "] no raipbé- naó an leabaip aipip -] annalab no p>5piobar) laip "| lap an aoip ealaóna oile, ipa lárha acá aip, 1 lap na peu- cain 1 lap na bpeacnu^ab Dam, acúpa TTlac bpuaioeaóa, Concobap, mac TTlaoilin O15 ó Chill Chaome 1 ó Leicip TTlaolam 1 cconcae an Chlriip, ago pinónujaD 50 bpuil an leabap inmolca,"! na cumam linn leabap aipip no annal npaicpin ap mo ap peapp -\ aplionmaipe coirchinne ap6pinn uile ma an leabap po,-] ^iip ab noilij coi- bé)m, locnu jao na incpeacao opa^ail aip. Do neopbab ap a noubapc acáim 05 cup moláiríie aip 1 cCtll Chaoioe, 1 1 Nou. 1636. Conner INIac Brody, dc'i njoiprep TTlac bpuaoan. The poor friar, Michael O'Clery, in obedience to his superior, Father Jo- seph Everard, Provincial of the Order of St. Francis, came before me to read and exhibit the book of history and annals written by himself and the other professional men, whose hands are upon it ; and after having viewed and exa- mined it, I, Mac Bruaidin-Conchobhar, son of Maeilin Og of Cill-Chaeide [Ivil- keedy] and Leitir-Maelain, in the county of Clare, do testify that this book is recommendable, and that we do not remember having seen a book of his- tory or annals larger, better, or more generally copious in treating of all Ire- land, than this book ; and that it is difficult to find fault with, censure, or criticise it. To attest what I have said, I now put my hand upon it at Cill- Chaeidc, the 11th November, 1636. CoNXER Mac Brody, called ]\Iac Bruodin. Ixx APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. " Visis testimoniis et approbatiouibus eorum qui prascipui sunt Antiquarii Rerum nostrarum, et lingute ac historite peritissimaj ac expertissimte, de fide et integritate fratris Michaelis O'Cleri, Ordinis Seraphici S. Francisci, in opere quod intitulatur, Annales Regni HibemicB in duas partes diviso, quarum prima continet a diluvio ad annum Christi Millesimum ducentesimvim vigesimum septi- mum, secunda vero continet ad milesimum sexcentesimum octavum, colligendo, castio-ando, et illustrando, — Nos Malachias, Dei et Apostolicas Sedis gratia, Ar- chiepiscopus Tuamensis, et ConnacÍEe Primas, prsfatum opus approbamus et dignissimirm ut in lucem reddatur, ad Dei gloriam, Patri^ honorem, et com- munem utilitatem censemus. " Datum Galviaj 14 Cal. Decembris, 1636. " Malachias, Archiepiscopus Tuamensis"." " Visis testimoniis, et authenticis peritorum approbatiouibus, do hoc opere, per Fr. Michaelem Clery Ordinis Laicum fratrem coUecto, libenter illud appro- bamus, ut in publicum lucem edatur. " Datum Eos-rield, 27 Novemb. 1636. " Fe. Boetius" Elphin, Eps." " Opus cui titulus Annales Regni Hibernian a Fr. Micliaele Clery, Laico Ordinis S. Francisci de observantia, summa fide exaratum, prout testantur Synographa Virorum Doctissimorum, quibus merito Nos multum deferentes, illud prajlo dignissum censemus. " Actum Dubliuii, 8 Febr. 1636. " Fr. Thomas Fleming, Arch. Dublin, Hibemice Primas^ " De hoc Opere quod intitulatur Annales Regni Hibemice, in duas partes diviso, quarum prima continet a Diluvio ad annum Christi 1227, secundo vero continet ad millesimum sexcentesimum octavum, quem Fr. Michael Clery "" Malachias, Archiepiscopus Tuamensis. — He naught, pp. 74, 93. was Malachy O'Cadhla, or O'Keely, Koman Ca- " Boetius. — He was Boetius Baethghalach Mac tholic or titular Archbishop of Tuam. — See Aedhagain, or Mac Egan, Roman Catholic Bisliop Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's West Con- of Elphin. APPROBATIONS OF THE WORK. Ixxi Ordinis S. Francisci, ad communera patrite utilitatem collegit, non alitor cen- semus quam censorcs a Rev. admodum Patre Provinciali ejus Fratris D. Flo- rentius Kegan et D. Cornelius Bruodin, pro eodem opere inspiciendo, exami- nando, et approbando vel reprobando assignati, judicaverunt, et decreverunt. Nos eniin eosdem tanquam peritissimos lingua3 Ilibernicaj, et in omnibus His- toriis et Patrias Chronologiis versatissimos existimamus. Quapropter illorum censurte, et judicio de prefato opere fratris M. Cler}', in omnibus confirmamus. In quorum fidem, his manu propria svibscripsimus. Datum in loco nostra? mansionis die 8 Jan. A. D. 1637. " Fr. Rochus Kiluakens." aNNGla Rioghachua emeaNN. QNNala Rioghachca emeawN. a. iOlS Domain juy" an mbliaóoinpi na DileanD, Da rinle Da céaD Da picfc i Da bliaooin. Cear]iaca la pia nDilinn cainig Ceapoip 50 liGipmn, 50 ccaojaiD ninj^fn, -| 50 cc|iia[i bpQi, bior, LaOjia, 1 pioncoin a nanmanna. Qobac Labpa 1 nQpD LaDjiann,-] ap uaD ainmnijrfp. 6a hfipiDe cfona mapb Gpionn. Qcbacli 610c 1 Sleb bfra, co po haónacc i cCapn Slebe bCta, conaD uab ' The age of the world. — This is according to the computation of the Septuagint, as given by St. Jerome in his edition of the Chronicon of Eusebius, from whom, no doubt, the Four Mas- ters took this date. His words are : "AbAdam usque ad Diluvium anni sunt MMCCXLII. Secundum Hebra'orum numerum MDCLVI." According to the Annals of Clonmacnoise and various ancient Irish historical poems, 1 656 years had elapsed from the Creation to the Flood, which was the computation of the Hebrews. — See Keating's History of Ireland (Haliday's edition, p. 145), and Dr. O'Conor's Prolegomena ad An- iiales, p. li., and from p. c.xxvii. to cxxxv. ^ Ceasair This story of the coming of Ceasair, the grand-daughter of Noah, to Ire- land, is given in the Book of Leinster, fol. 2, b ; in all the copies of the Book of Invasions ; in the Book of Fenagh ; and in Giraldus Cam- brensis's Topographia Tliberiiica, dist. ii. c. 1 . It is also given in Mageoghegan's translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; but the translator remarks : " my author, Eochy OTlannagan, givetl) no credit to that fabulous tale." Hanmer also gives this story, as does Keating; but they do not appear to believe it, "because," says the latter, " I cannot conceive how the Irish anti- quaries could have obtained the accounts of those who arrived in Ireland before the Flood, unless they were communicated by those aerial demons, or familiar sprites, who waited on them in times of paganism, or that they found them engraved on stones after the Deluge had sub- sided." The latter opinion had been propounded by Giraldus Cambrensis {ubi supra), in the twelfth century : " Sed forte in aliqua materia inscripta, lapidea scilicet vel lateritia (sicut de arte Musica legitur ante diluvium) inventa isto- rum memoria, fuerat reseruata." O'Flaherty also notices this arrival of Ceasair, "forty days before the Flood, on the 15th day of the Sloon, being the Sabbath." In the Chro- nicon Scotorum, as transcribed by Duald Mac Firbis, it is stated that this heroine was a daugh- ter of a Grecian. The passage runs as follows : " Kl. u. f. 1. X. M. ix. c. ix. Anno Mundi. In hoc anno venit filia aliczijus de Grecis ad Hiher-^ niam, cni nomen Hern vel Berbha [Banbha], vel ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. The Age of the World\ to this Year of the Deluge, 2242. Forty days before the Deluge, Ceasair" came to Ireland' with fifty girls and three men ; Bith, Ladhra, and Fintain, their names. Ladhra died at Ard-Ladhrann", and from him' it is named. He was the first that died" in Ireland. Bith died at Sliabh Beatha*^, and was interred in the earn of Sliabh Beatha^, and from him Cesar, et l.filia, et Hi. viri cum ea. Ladhra guber- nator fuit qui primus in Hibernia tumulatus est. Hoc non narrani Antquarii Scotonim." ■^ Ireland. — According to the Book of Lecan, fol. 272, a, the Leahhar-Gabhala of the O'Clerys, and Keating's Histoiy of Ireland, they put in at Dun-na-mbarc, in Corca-Duibhne, now Corca- guiny, a barony in the west of Kerry. There is no place in Corcaguiny at present known as having borne the name ; and tlie Editor is of opinion that " Corca Dviibhne" is an error of transcribers for " Corca-Luighe," and that the place referred to is Dun-na-m-barc, in Corca- Luighe, now Dunamark, in the parish of Kilcom- moge, barony of Bantry, and county of Cork. ^ Ard-Ladhrann : i.e. Ladhra's Hill or Height. This was the name of a place on the sea coast, in the east of the present county of Wexford. The name is now obsolete ; but the Editor thinks that it was applied originally to Ardamine, in the east of the county of Wexford, where there is a curious moat near the sea coast See Col- gan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 210, 217, and Duald Mac Firbis's Genealogical work (Mari[uis of Drogheda's copy, pp. 23, 210, 217). The tribe of Cinel-Cobhthaigh were seated at this place. ° The first that died, ^c. — Literally, "the first dead [man] of Ireland." Dr. O'Conor renders this : " Occisus est Ladra apud Ard-Ladron, et ab eo nominatur. Erat ista prima occisio in Hibernia." But this is very incorrect, and shews that this translator had no critical knowledge of the language of these Annals. Connell Ma- gcoghegan, who translated the Annals of Clon- macnoise in 1627, renders it thus: " He was the first that ever dyed in Ireland, of whom Ard- Leyrenn (where he died, and was interred) took the name." f Sliuhh Beatha: i. e. Bith's Mountain. Now anglici Slicve Beagh, a mountain on the confines of the counties of Fermanagh and Monaghan — See the second part of these Annals, note", under the year 1501, p. 1260. s Cam of Sliabh Beatha This cam still exists, and is situated on that part of the mountain of Slieve Beagh which extends across a portion of the parish of Clones belonging to the county of Fermanagh. — See note °, under A. D. 15^3. If QNNaca Rioshachca eineaNN. [2527. paiciop in pliab. Qrbarh Ceapoip i cCuil Cfy^pa In cConDachcaib, 50 po habnachc hi cCajin Cfj-pa. Ip ó pioncoin cpa peapc Pionroin op Locli Dfipsoeipc. O OilniD 50 po jaB papralon Gpe 278, -[ aoip Domain an can Do piachc inre, 2520. Qoip Domain an cancainig papcalon 1 nGpinn, Da mile cuicc ceD ") pice bliaboin. QciaD na coipij baDap laip, Slainge, Laijlinne -] Rubpuibe, a cpi mfic, Dealccnac, Nepba, Ciocba, -| CfpbnaD a ccfceopa mna. Qoip Domain, Da mile CU15 ceo pice a pfcbc. pea mac Copron, mic Spú DO 65 an bliaóompi hi TTlui^ Pea,-] po haónachc 1 nDolpoib TTloije Pea, conab uaba ainmnijceap an maj. Qoip Domain, Da mile cuicc céb cpiocha. Ip an mbliabainpe po cuipfb m chfo each 1 nSpmn .1. Cioccal ^pijfncopach, mac ^uill, mic ^^M^^ Dpo- mopchiiib, 1 a macaip can^acop 1 nGpinn, occ ccfo a lion, 50 po ciiipfb cac this earn be ever explored, it may furnish evi- dences of the true period of the arrival of Bith. ' Carn-Ceasra, in Connaught O'Flaherty states in his Ogygia, part iii. c. i., that Knock- mea, a hill in the barony of Clare, and county of Galway, is thought to be this Carn-Ceasra, and that Cuil-Ceasra was near it. This hill has on its summit a very ancient earn, or sepulchral heap of stones ; but the name of Ceasair is not remembered in connexion with it, for it is believed that this is the earn of Finnbheara, who is believed by the peasantry to be king of the fairies of Connaught. Giraldxis Cambrensis states {uhi supra) that the place where Ceasair was buried was called Cccsarm tumulus in his own time : " Littus igitur in quo navis ilia primum applicuit, nauicularum littus vocatur, & in quo prxfata tumulata est Casara usque hodie Csesars tumulus nominatur." But O'Fla- herty's opinion must be wrong, for in Eochaidh O'Flynn's poem on the early colonization of Ireland, as in the Book of Leinster, fol. 3, Carn- Ceasra is placed "op 6lhU mfppaió" over the fruitful [River] Boyle. It is distinctly stated in the Leahhar Gahliala of the O'Clerys that Carn- Ceasair was on the bank of the Eiver Boyle [6uill], and that Cuil-Ceasra was in the same neighbourhood. Cuil-Ceasra is mentioned in the Annals of Kilrunau, at the year 1571, as on the Eiver Boyle. I Feart-Fintan : i. e. Fintain's Grave. This place, which was otherwise called Tultuine, is described as in the territory of Aradh, over Loch Deirgdheirc, now Lough Derg, an expan- sion of the Shannon, between Killaloe and Por- tumna. According to a wild legend, preserved in Leahhar-na-h- Vidhri, in the Library of the Eoyal Irish Academy, this Fintan survived the Deluge, and lived till the reign of Dermot, son of Fergus Ceirbheoil, having during this period undergone various transmigrations ; from which O'Flaherty infers that the Irish Druids held the doctrine of the Metempsychosis : " Ex hac autcm fabula colligere est Pythagoricas ac Pla- tonic»; scholfe de animarum migratione, seu in quaivis corpora reditu deliramenta apud Ethni- cos nostros viguisse." — Ogi/gia, p. 4. This Fintan is still remembered in the tradi- 25-21.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. the mountain is named. Ceasair died at Cuil-Ceasra, in Connansht, and was interred in Carn-Ceasra". From Fintan is [named] Feart-Fintain', over Locii Deirsidheirc. From the Deluge until Parthalon took possession of Ireland 278 years ; and the age of the world when he arrived in it, 2520. The age of the world" when Parthalon came into Ireland, 2520 years. These were the chieftains who Avere with him : Slainije, Laighlinne, and Kudh- raidhe, his three sons ; Dealgnat, Nerbha, Ciochbha, and Cerbnad, their four wives. The Age of the World, 2527. Fea, son of Torton, son of Sru, died this year at Magh-Fea', and was interred at Dolrai-Maighe-Fea ; so that it was from him the plain is named. The Age of the World, 2530. In this year the first battle was fouglit in Ireland ; i. e. Cical Grigenchosach, son of Goll, son of Garbh, of the Fomorians, and his mother"", came into Ireland, eight hundred in number, so tliat a battle was fought between them [and Parthalon's people] at Sleamhnai-Maighe-Ithe", tions of the country as the Mathusalera of Ire- land ; and it is believed in Connaught that he was a saint, and that he was buried at a locality called Kilfintany, in the south of the parish of Kilcommon, barony of Erris, and county of Mayo. Dr. Hanmer says that this traditional fable gave rise to a proverb, common in Ireland in his own time, "//"/ had lived Fintaii's years, I could say mtich." ' T/ie age of the world. — The Annals of Clon- macnoise synchronize the arrival of Parthalon with the 'twenty-first year of the age of the Patriarch Abraham, and the twelfth year of the reign of Semiramis, Empress of Assyria, A. M. I9G9, or 31.3 years after the Flood. O'Flaherty adopts this chronology in his Offygia, part iii. c. ii. Giraldus Cambrensis writes that " Bartholanus Scree filius de stirpc Japlict filii Noe" came to Ireland in the three hundredth year after the Deluge. ' Magh-Fea : i. e. Fea's Plain. This was the name of a level plain in the present barony of Forth, and county of Carlow. Keating states in his History of Ireland (reign of Olioll Molt) that the church of Cill-Osnadha (now Kellis- town), four (large Irish) miles to the east of Leighlin, was situated in this plain. The barony of Forth, or O'Nolan's country, comprised all this plain, and was from it called Fotiiarta-Fca, to distinguish it from the barony of Forth in the county of Wexford, which was called F^otharta-an-Chairn, from Carnsorc Point. " His mother: a riiácaip. Dr. O'Conor prints this math oir, and translates it " Duces Orien- tales," which shews that he did not take the trouble to compare the older accounts of this story. It is stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of the O'Clerys, and in Keating's Ilu-tori) uf Ireland, that this Cical and his mother. Lot Luaimneach, had been in Ireland before Partholan. — See Ilaliday's edition, p. 1G7. '^ Skamhnai Maighc-Ithe. — This was the name of a place near Lough Swilly, in the barony of Kaphoe, and county of Donegal ; but it is now 6 aHNQd^a Rio^hachca eiueaNN. [2532. fcojipa 111 Slfmnoib TTlm^e hire 50 po melJoiD pop ria pomopuibli pia bpap- ralon, 50 po mapBaiD uile, conaD e each Hluishe hlrhe innpiri. Qoip Domoin, DÚ mile cúicc cfo rpioca aóó. Uomamm Locha Con, -] Locha Uecheac ipin mbliaoainpi. Qoip Dorhoin, Da mile cuicc céao cpiocha orpi. Slainje mac paprolain Decc ipin mbliaóainpi, 1 po haonachc hi ccapn Slebe Slanja. Uomaibm Coca iilepc beop ipin bliaóain cfona. Qoip oomoin, Oa mile cuij ceo cpicha aciitj. Caijlinoe mac papralóin ofg ipan mbliabainpi. Qn can po clap a pfpc ap ann po mebaiD Loch Laig- linne i nUíB mac Uaip, conab uaóa ainmnijcfp. Uomaiom Locha hGachcpa bfop. Qoip Domoin, Da mile CU15 céD cCrpaca a cuij. Ruópuibe mac papca- loin DO bachab i Loc Rubpuibe, lap ccomaiom in locha caipip, conab uaoa paicfp Loch Rubpui^e. Qoip Domoin, Da mile ciiig cfo cfcpacha ape. TTlupcola bpfna po rip ipm mbliabainpi, conab é an pfchcmab loch comaibm po mebaib 1 naimpip Papralcnn, -| ap DopiDe ap ainm Loch Cuan. Qoip Domain, Da mile cuig ceo caoga. papcalon Decc pop Sfnmoij elra Gaoaip ipm mbliaboinpi. G naimpip jabala papraloin l?o plfccoir na mui^epi : ace na ma ni pfp caice bliaona ciipioe in po plfchcoiD. TTla^ obsolete. Magh-Ithe is the name of a plain in rum, at 24th March, pp. 742, 744. The earn of the barony of Raphoe, along the Eiver Finn Slainge is stOl to be seen on the summit of See Colgan's Trias Thawn., pages 114, 181. Slieve-Donard, and forms a very conspicuous ° Loch Con A large lake in the barony of object. The hero Slainge is now forgotten by Tirawley, and county of Mayo. tradition, but the memory of St. Donard is still P Loch Techeat. — Now Lough Gara, near Boyle, held in great veneration throughout the barony on the borders of the counties of Eoscommon of Iveagh and the Mourne mountains. Archdall and Sligo See note *, under A. D. 1256, p. 357. {^Monasticon, p. 733) commits the double error of 1 Sliahh Slangha. — This was the ancient name confounding Sliabh-Domhanghairt with Carn- ofSliabh Domhanghairt, or Slieve Donard, in the sore point, on the south coast of Wexford, and south-east of the county of Down. Giraldus of supposing the latter gentle promontory to be Cambrensis says that it was called Mons Domi- " a very high mountain which overhangs the nici in his own time, from a St. Dominicus who sea." built a noble monastery at the foot of it. — Top. ' Loch-Mesc Now Lough- JIask, a large and Hih., dist. iii. c. 2. This was St. Domhanghart, beautiful lake near Ballinrobe, in the county of and the monastery is INIaghera. — See Colgan's Mayo. Trias Thaum., p. 114 n, 131 ; and Acta Sancto- ' Loch-Laif/hlinne. — This lake is mentioned 2532.] ANNALS OF THE KDiGDOM OF IRELAND. 7 where the Foraorians were defeated by Parthalon, so that they were all slain. This is called the battle of Ma^h-Ithe. The Age of the World, 2532. The eruption of Loch Con^ and Loch . Techeat" in this year. The Age of the World, 2533. Slainge, son of Partholan, died in this year, and was interred in the cam of Sliabh Slangha*". Also the eruption of Loch Mesc' in the same year. The Age of the World, 2535. Laighlinne, son of Parthalon, died in this year. When his grave was dug, Loch Laighlinne' sprang forth in Ui Mac Uais, and from him it is named. The eruption of Loch Eachtra' also. The Age of the World, 2545. Eudhruidhe, son of Parthalon, was drowned in Loch Rudhruidhe", the lake having flowed over him; and from him the lake is called. The Age of the World, 2546. An inimdation of the sea over the land at Brena" in this year, which was the seventh lake-eruption that occurred in the time of Parthalon; and tliis is named Loch Cuan. The Age of the World, 2550. ParthalondiedonSeanMagh-Ealta-Eadair* in this year. In the time of Parthalon's invasion these plains were cleared [of wood] ; but it is not known in what partictilar years they were cleared : in the Leabhar-Gabhala, and by Keating and in the south-west of the county of Don^al O'Flaherty, as in U i Mac Uais Breagh, a district " Brena. — This is called f return Breuntie in in Eastmeatb, to the south-west of Tara. This the second and fourth Lives of St. Patrick, pub- lake has not been identified. lished by Colgan. — See Trias Thaum., pp. 14, ly, ' Loch-Eachtra. — This lake is referred to in 39. It was evidently the ancient name of the the Chronicon Scotorum as situated between mouth of Strangford Lough, in the county of Sliabh Modhurn and Sliabh Fuaid; and Keating Down, as the lake formed by the inundation and O'Flaherty place it in Oirghialla. There is was Loch Cuan, which is still the Irish name of no remarkable lake between Sliabh Sludhorn Strangford Lough. and Sliabh Fuaid, except Loch Mucnamha at * Sean- Mhagh Ealia-Edair : i.e. the o\áV\sán Castleblaney, in the county of Monaghan ; and of the Flocks of Edar : L e. on the plain after- it may be therefore conjectured that it is the wards so called, because Edar was the name of a Loch Echtra in question. Sliabh Mudhorn is chieftain who flourished many centuries later, in the barony of Cremorne, in the county of — See Ogtfgia, part iii. c 44. The name appears Monaghan ; and Sliabh Fuaid is near Xewtown to have been applied to the plain extending from Hamilton, in the county of Armagh. Binn-Edair, or the Hill of Howth, to Tallaght. " Loch liudhruidhe : i. e. Rury's Lake. This Keating states that this was the only plain in was the name of the mouth of the River Erne, Ireland not covered with wood, when the coun- 8 awwaca Rio^hachna eiReawH. [2820. nGinpije, la Connocra, TTla^ nlre, la LaijTmi ; TTlag Líí, la hUib mac Uaip bjiTg ; rriaj Larajina, la Ocd nCtiiuióe. Qoip Dorhoin, oa mile ochr ccfo pice bliaóan. Naoi TTlile do ecc ppi haoinpfchcmain Do muinceji papraloin pop pfnmaijh ealca Gaooip .1. cúij- mile Dpfpoib, 1 ceirpe mile Do mnctibh. Conaó De pin aca Uairhleachc muincepe papralain. Upi cfo bliaoain po cairpioc 1 nGpinn. G]ie pap cpiochac bliabain 50 ccainicc NeirhiDh. Ctoip Dorhoin, Da mile ochc ccfo caocca. Neirhib Do cechc in nGjiinn. Ip an Dapa la Décc mp rrechc do Neirhib co na rhuincip acbac TTlacha bfn Neiitiib. QriaD annpo na cfrpa liaipij barap laip, SDapn, lapbainel Paió, peapjup LeirDep5,-| QinoinD. Ceirpe meic Neirhió laopióe. TTIeDu, TTlacha, ^ba, "] Cfpa, cfúfopa mnct na naipeachpin. Qoip Dorhoin, Da mile occ ccfD caoga anaoi. Ipin mbliaDoinpi po mebaió Loc nOaipbpfc 1 Coch nCtmninD hi TTliDe. Qnarc annpo na T?ar1ia po coccbaDli, na moije po plfchcab, "j na locha po comaiDmpac mo aimpip NerhiDjgen 50 bpojcop bliabna painpfóaclia poppa. l?ach CinD ech 1 nUibh Niallain ; Tiach Ciombaoir hi Seiriine, TTlajh Cfpa, try was first discovered by Niniis, son of Belus. by the Eev. William Eeeves, M. B., M. E. I. A., Clontarf is referred to as a part of it. pp. 55, 87, 264, 324, 338. For the extent of " Magh-n-Eithrighe. — In the Chronicon Scoto- Dal Araidhe, see the same work, pp. 334 to 348 ; rum this is called Magh-Tuiredh, alias Magh and the second part of these Annals, note ", n-Edara. There are two Magh-Tuiredhs in under the year 1174, p. 13. Giraldus Cambrensis Connaught, one near Cong, in the county of also mentions the cutting down of four forests Mayo, and the other near Lough Arrow, in the in the time of Bartholanus, and adds that in his county of Sligo. own time there were more woods than plains in ' Magh-Ithe, in Leiiister Not identified. Ireland : " Sed etiam adhuc hodie, respectu * Magh-Lii, in Ui-Mac- Uais-Breagh. — This sylvarum, pauca sunt hie campestria." Sir is a mistake for Magh-Lii in Ui-JIac-Uais. It Robert Kane, in the nineteenth century, had to was the name of a territory extending from Bir complain of the very contrary. — See his Indus- to Camus, on the west side of the Eiver Bann, trial Resources of Ireland, 2nd edition, p. 3. See where the Fir-Lii, a section of the descendants Boate's Natural History of Ireland, 8vo. London, of Colla Uais, settled at an early period. There 1652, chap, xv., which accounts for the diminu- was no Magh-Lii in Breagh. tion of timber in Ireland " by the incredible ' Magh-Latkarna : i. e. the Plain of Lame quantity consumed in the iron works, and by the This was the name of a tuagh or district com- exportation of pipe staves in whole ship loads." prised in the present barony of Upper Glenarm, — See Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's lar- and county of Antrim See Eccks. Antiquities Connaught, p. 8, note '. of the Dioceses of Down and Connor and Dromore, '^Taimhleacht-3iuintire-Parlhaloin.-0''F]a,heity 2820.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 9 Magli-n-Eitlirighe', in Connaught ; Magli-Itlie, in Leinstcr^ ; Magh-Lii", in Ui-Mac-Uais-Breagh ; Magh-Latharna", in Dal-Araidhe. The Age of the World, 2820. Nine thousand of Parthalon's people died in one week on Sean-Mhagh-Ealta-Edair, namely, five thousand men, and four tliousand women. Whence is [named] Taimhleacht Muintire Parthaloin". They had passed three hundred years in Ireland. Ireland was thirty years waste till Neimhidh's arrival. The Age of the World, 2850. Neimhidh" came to Ireland. On the twelfth day after the arrival of Neimhidh with his people, Macha, the wife of Neimhidh, died. These were the four chieftains who were with him : Sdarn, larbhainel the Prophet, Fearghus Leithdheirg, and Ainninn. These were the four sons of Neimhidh. Medu, Macha, Yba, and Ceara, were the four wives of these chieftains. The Age of the World, 2859. In this year Loch Dairbhreach' and Loch Ainninn*^ in Meath sprang forth. These were the forts that were erected, the plains that were cleared, and the lakes that sprang forth, in the time of Neimhidh, but the precise years^ are not found for them : Rath-Cinnech", in Ui-Niallain ; Rath-Cimbaeith', in states that a monastery was afterwards erected a large and beautiful lake, near Castlepollard, at this place, and that it is situated three miles in the county of Westmeath. to the south of Dublin. — See Ogygia, part iii. ^ Loch Ainninn, — Now Lough Ennell, near c. 5. It is the place now called Tallaght, and Mullingar. — See note", under the year 1446, some very ancient tumuli are still to be seen p. 949, in the second part of these Annals, on the hill there. The word cairiilecicc, or 8 The precise years : i. e. the precise years in cariilacc, signifies a place where a number of which such forts were erected, plains cleared, persons, cut off by the plague, were interred &c., have not been recorded. Dr. O'Conor together See Cormac's Glossary, in voce Cairii- translates this : " quousque experti sunt annos leacc. The word frequeatly enters into the pestilentiales contra sc," which is not the mean- topographical names in Ireland, and is anglicised ing intended by the Four Masters. Tamlaght, Tawlaght, and Tallaght. •" Eath-Cinnech. — There is no place now bear- *" Neimhidh. — In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, ing this name in the baronies of Ui-Niallain or as translated by Conncll Mageoghegan, the arri- Oneilland, in the county of Armagh. val of " Nevie with his fower sonnes into Ireland ' Raih-Cimbaoiih : i. e. Kimbauth's Fort. This out of Greece," is synchronized with the latter name is now obsolete. The position of the plain endof the reign of Altades, monarch of Assyria, of Seimhne is determined by Rinn-Seimhne, O'Flahcrty places it in A. M. 2029- i. e. the point or promontory of Seimhne, the 'LochDairbhreach — NowLoughDerryvaragh, ancient name of Island- Magee, in the county of 10 aNNaí,a Rioshachca eiReaNN. [3066. TTla^ nGaba, TTlasli Clunle colaó, i ÍTlagli Luipj In cConDacViroib ; TTlag cochai]! I rUiji Gogain; Leajiiiaj i TTIuTTiain ; TTlajh nit)iirn]^a i Caijrubh ; TTIajh Lujcibi nUib Cuiprpe; TTlajli Sepeó hi cUerba; TTlasli Seriine i nOal Qpuibe ; TTla^ iTiiiiiiremne i cConaiUe ; i TTla^ TTlacha la hQipjmllaib. Loch Cal 1 nUib Nialloin, -] Loch TTluinpfmoiji hi Luijnib hi Sleb ^uaijie. Cach TTlupbiiilj i nDál l?iaDa. Carh bojna, -] each Cnam|iop]^a, pop pomoniib. r?o bpip Neriiio laopme. Ctcbach NeriiiD laporh oo ramh i ccpich Liacáin i murhain cpi mile map aon pip int) oilen QpDa Nerhfó. Ctoip oorhain, cpi mile ]:^fpcoc ape. Cojail cuip Conainn ipm mbliaóainpi la piol Neirhió pop Conainn mac paobaip, i pop pomopib ap cCna a noiojail jac Docpaioe Da ccapopac poppa, arhail ap polliip ipin cpoinic oa ngoipcfp Antrim. — See Reeves's Eccles. Antiq. of the Dio- ceses of Doivn and Connor and Dromore, p. 270. '' Magh-Ceara. — A plain in the barony of Carra, in the county of Mayo. ' Magh-n-Eahlia. — Now Machaire-Eabha, an- fjlice Magherow, a plain situated between the mountain of Binbulbin and the sea, in the ba- rony of Carbery, and county of Sligo. '^ Matjh-Cuile-Toladh. — A plain in the barony of Kilmaine, and county of Mayo. ° Magh-Luirg. — A plain in the barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon. — See note ', under A. D. 1187. ° Magh-tochair : i. e. Plain of the Causeway. This was the name of a plain at the foot of Sliabh-Sneacht, anglice Slieve Snaght, in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Donegal, which was anciently a part of Tir-Eoghain or Tyrone. The church of Domhnachmor-Muighe- tochair, near the village of Carn-Donagh, is referred to in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick as in this plain. P Leagmhagh, in Munster. — Not identified. "■ Magh m-Brensa Unknown. ' MaghrLughadh : i. e. Lughadh's Plain, a dis- trict near Lough Neagh ; but this name is now obsolete. — See note ", under the year 1218. ' Magh-Seredh. — See the year 738, where this place is said to be Ceanannus, i.e. Kells, between the two Teffias. ' Magh-Seimlme. — SeeRath-Cimbaoith, note^ supra. " Magh-Muirthcimhnc. — A level country, in the present county of Louth, extending from the River Boyne to the mountains of Cuailgne or Carlingford. Dundalk, Louth, Drumiskin, Faughard, and Monasterboice, are mentioned as in this plain. — See the Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 1002 ; Ussher's Primordia, pp. 627, 705, 827, 902. This territory was otherwise called Machaire-Oirghiall, and Conaillo-^Muirtheirnhne. —See A. D. 1434, 1452, 1466, .and 1486. " Magh-Macha. — This was the ancient name of the plain in which the town of Armagh is situated. It is more usually called iSIachaire- Arda-Macha, i. e. the Plain of Armagh. — See A. D. 1103, 1196, and 1424. ^ Loch-Cal. — Now Lough Gall, a small lake, giving name to a village in the barony of West Oneilland (Ui-Niallain), county of Armagh. ' Loch-Muinreaiiihair. — Now Lough Ramor, near Virginia, in the barony of Castlerahin, and county of Cavan. Luighne was an extensive territory in ancient Meath. The name is still 3066.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 11 Seimhne; Magh-Ceani\ ]\Iagli n-Eabha', Magh-Cuile-Tokdli", and Magh-Luirg", in Connauglit; Magh-tocllair^ in Tir-Eoghain ; Leagmhagh, in Munstei"; Magh m-Brensa'', in Leinster ; Magh-Lughadli", in Ui-Tviirtrc; Magh-Seredh', in Teffia; Magh-Seimhne', in Dal-Araidhe ; Magli-Muirtheimhne", in Conaille ; and IMagh- Macha", in Oirghialla ; Loch-Car, in Ui-Niallain ; Loch-Muinreamhair^ in Luighne, in Sliabh Guaire^. The battle of Murbholg-', in Dal-Riada ; tlie battle of Baghna"; and tlie battle of Cnamh-Ross'' against the Fomorians. Neimhidh gained these [battles]. Neimhidh afterwards died of a plague, together with three thousand persons, in the island of Ard-Neimhidh'', in Crich Liathain'', in Munster. The Age of the World, 3066. The demolition of the tower of Conainn^ in this year, by the race of Neimhidh, against Conainn, son of Faebhar, and the Fomorians in general, in revenge for all the oppression they had inflicted upon them [the race of Neimhidh], as is evident from the chronicle which is called retained in the barony of Lime, but the territory was tar more extensive than this barony. ' Sliabh Guaire. — This is still tlie name of a mountainous district in the barony of Clankee, and county of Cavan. — See Loch-Suidhe-Odh- rain, A. D. 1054. " Murbholg : i. c. Sea-inlet. Now Murlough Bay, on the north-cast coast of the barony of Gary, and county of Antrim. Dalriada was the ancient name of that part of the county of An- trim lying north of Sliabh Mis, or Slemmisli. '' Baghna. — This is still the name of a moun- tainous district in the east of the county of Roscommon, nearly coextensive with the ba- rony of Ballintober, North See Sliabh Baghna, A. D. 1572, and Tribes and Customs of Ily-Many, p. 90, note ". ' Cnamh-Ross : i. e. Wood of the Bones. This was probably the ancient name of Camross, near Barry's Cross, in the county of Carlow. '^'I'he island of Ard-Neimhidh — NowBarrymorc Island, otherwise the Great Island, near Cork. — See Keating's Jlistori/ of Ireland, Ilaliday's edition, p. 178. C ' Crich- Liathain — A large district in the county of Cork, comprising the village of Castle- Lyons, and the Great Island near Cork See note ", under A.D. 1579, p. 1722. f Tor-Conainn Called Tor-Conaing by Keat- ing, and in the more ancient copies of the Leabhar Gabhala, where the story of the destruction of it is given at full length. It was situated on Tory Island, off the north-west coast of the county of Donegal. There is no tradition of this Conainn, or Conaing, on Tory Island at present; but there are most curious traditions of Balor. Giraldus Cambrensis calls the Fomorians " Gygantes (quibus tunc temporis abundabat insula)", and " pyrati, qui Iliberniam grauiter dopopulari con- sucuerant." In the Annals of Cloinnacnoise, as translated by Connell Mageoghegan, it is said that " these Ffomores were a sept descended from Cham, the sonne of Noeh ; that they lived by pyracie and spoile of other nations, and were in those days very troublesome to the whole world." —See A. M. 3330, infra. O'Flaherty thinks that they were the inhabitants of Denmark, Norway, Finland, &c. — See Ocii/gia, part iii. c. 56, p. 303. 12 aNNQta Rio^hachca eiReawH. [3266. Leabap ^abala, -\ ap f uaill nac rojicparoji corhruirim Diblinibli jen mo cáo na c|ii Dficlineaboip céapnacop Do clainD Nerhib po aipoib in Dorhain 50 pan- jarop 6pinn lap ccpioll ma bpepaib bolcc. Sé bliaóna oecc Da cfo po cair NeriiiD co na piol inD Gpinn. Gpe pap lappin pe Da cfo bliaóain. Qoip Domain, cpi liiile Da cCd pepccar ape. Pip 6olcc Do jabail Gipionn a bpoipcfnD na bliaDna po. Slainje, ^anD, ^enann, Seangann, "| T?uDpuije a CCÓ15 roipij. CU15 meic Oeala mic Loicb laDporii. Ro piogpac an cfrpop oile -] pip bolcc ap cfna Slainje uaipcib. s The Leahhar-Gahhala: i. e. the Book of Inva- sions. There are various copies of this work still extant, of which the oldest seems to be that in the Stowe Library, described by Dr. O'Conor in the Stowe Catalogue. There is a fragment of an ancient copy contained in the Book of Leinster, in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2. 1 8, but it wants the beginning. '' Mutually /ell hy each other : i. e. they mutu- ally slaughtered each other almost to annihila- tion. Dr. O'Conor renders this : " Et mirum est non occisos fuisse sLmul interfectos ex utra- que parte plures quam triginta." But he is clearly wrong, for in the ancient Irish ap puniU nac is the same as the modern if beaj nac. The mistakes of this kind throughout Dr. O'Conor's translation are countless, and the Editor shall, therefore, only notice the most remarkable of them. ' Tico hundred and sixteen years, ^-c. — Giraldus Cambrensis, in his Topmj. Hib., dist. iii. c. 3, agrees with this, which shews that this account of Neimhidh was then written : "Ducentis igitur & 16 annisNemedi generatio Hiberniam tenuit: & ducentis postmodum annis vacua fuit." ^ The other four, <5r Dr. O'Conor translates this : " Regnaverunt quatuor alii et Eirbolgi similiter, Slangio supra ipsos regnante." But he totally mistakes the construction. It should be : " Ordinaverunt quatuor alii et Firbolgi similiter Slangium [regem] supra ipsos." Con- nell Mageoghegan renders it in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise as follows ; " After making of which division [of Ireland into five provinces], Slane, their said elder bro- ther, by the consent and election of his other foure brothers, was chosen king, and was the first king that ever absolutely ruled Ireland." Keating quotes the Book of Druim-Sneachta, which he says existed before the time of St. Pa- trick, as authority for these stories concerning the migration of these Firbolgs from Greece. — See Haliday's edition, pp. 186, 214. The account of the division of Ireland into provinces by these five brothers has been totally omitted by the Four Masters in their Annals. It is given in all the copies of the Leabhar- Gabhala, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; and in Keating's History of Ireland. It is given as fol- lows in the Annals of Clonmacnoise : " This sept was called Ffirvolge ; there were five brothers that were their chieftains, the sonnes of Dela mac Loich, that first divided Ire- land into five provinces. " 1. Slane, their eldest brother, had the pro- vince of Leynster for his part, which containeth from Inver Colpe, that is to say, where the River of Boyne entereth into the sea, now called in Irish Drogheda, to the meeting of the three Waters, by Waterford, where the Three Rivers, Suyre, Ffeoir, and Barrow, do meet and run to- gether into the sea. " 2. Gann, the second brother's part was South Munster, which is a province extending from 3266.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 13 Leabhar-Gabhala^ ; and tliey nearly all mutually fell by each other" ; thirty persons alone of the race of Neimhidh escaped to dilFereut quarters of the world, and they came to Ireland some time afterwards as Firbolgs. Two hundred and sixteen years' Neimhidh and his race remained in Ireland. After this Ireland was a wilderness for a period of two hundred years. The Age of the "World, 32G6. The Firbolgs took possession of Ireland at the end of this year. Slainghe, Gann, Genann, Seangann, and Rudhraighe, were their five chieftains. These were the five sons of Deala, son of Loich. The other four'' and the Firbolgs in general elected Slainge as king over them. that place to Bealagh-Conglaissy. "3. Seangann, the third brother's part was from Bealagh-Conglaissy to Rossedahaileagh [Rop Da pailecic], now called Limbricke, which is the province of North Munster. " 4. Geanann, the fourth brother, had the province of Connaught, containeing from Lim- bricke to Easroe. " 5. Rorye, the fifth brother, and youngest, had from Easroe aforesaid to Inver Colpc, which is the province of Ulster." The account of the division of Ireland into five provinces by the Firbolgs is also given in Dr. Lynch's manuscript translation of Keating's History of Ireland, as follows : "Firbolgi illi quinque Dinasta; Hiberniam universam in quinque partiti sunt portiones. Slanius inter fratres natu primus, qui Slanio tluniini Wexfordiai adfluenti nonien fecit, sibi Lageniam ab Inbhercolpa Droghedach alias Va- dipontcm ad Trium Aquarum Confluvia excur- rentem, et comitum millc viros adscivit. Ganno é Comitibus mille, nee non Australis Moinonia, quidquid nimirum agrorum inter Trium Aijua- rum Confluvia et Belaghconglas Limbricum pa- tet, cesserant. Ad Senganum tractus a Belach- conglas et Limbrico protensus in occidentem, cum mille viris sorte devenit. Mille alij Gana- num prosecuti sunt, cum traditte sibi Conacia;, quEE Limbricum ab Austro, Drovisiam ab Aqui- lone, pro metis habet, possessionem adiret. As- signatum sibi Vltoniam a Drovisia ad Vadipon- tem porrectam capescivit Ruarius, eo etiam mille hominum colonia deducta. " Hi quini Dinastae Comitesque Firbolgi, Fir- domnani, et Galeoni dicti sunt : Firbolgi ab utribus ferendis. Fir enim hibernicé viros, et Bolg utres significat, alluditque vox ad vtres illos supra memoratos, quibus egestam ab ipsis humo mergam ad scabra saxceta, et ferenilis frugibus inepta, quo feracia invaderent uovalia, comportarunt. Firdomnani vero propterea nun- cupabantur, quod fodientes in terram alte de- scenderant, Etenim Ilibernica vox Dorhuin perinde est ac altum, sive profundum. Galeoni autem nominati sunt ab hastarum genere, quibus intentos operi socios ab hostium injurijs prote- gebant. In Hiberniam licet eudem Hebdoniadu, non tamen eodem die Firbolgi omnes appule- runt. Slanius ad Slanij Fluvii ostia, die Saba- thi ; Die uero Martis Gannus it Senganus in Irisdomnam, Gaunanus et Ruarius die Veneris Trachruris naves applicuerunt. Qui omnes ([uanquam communi nomine Firbolgorum voce innotescerent, pcculiari tamen nomine Slani Comites Galcones, Ganni et Sengani Firbolgorij, Ruairci et Gcnani Socij Firdunniani vocabantur: Gaunanum quideni et Ruarium, nonnulli tru- dunt, ad lluvij Damnani, qui, qua fluit ad Cona- ciam Caurus in oceanum se exonerat, Ostia primum appulisse ac flumini nomen fecisse." — Page 58. 14 aHwata Rioghachca eiReawN. [3267. Qoip oorhain, rpi mile t)á céo peapccac a peachc. Slainje mac Oeala no beich i jii^e Gpionn pjii |ie aomBliaóna, "| a écc i poipcfnn na bliabna pm I nDionn Tííj pop bpii bfpba. Qoip Domoin, cpi mile oa ceo peapccac a hocc. l?uó]unóe mac Oeala 00 jaBail pije nGpeano. Qn ceo bliaóain dia pi^e innpin. Ctoip Domain, cpi mile Da ceo peapcac anaoi. Cín oapa bliaboin Do pije ríubpiiióe, "] a écc i bpoipcionn na bliabna po. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oa ceo pfchcmojac. Qn ceo bliabain oo pije ^ainn ~\ ^eanainn op Gpinn innpin. Qoip Domain, rpi mile oa ceo pechrmojac a cpi. Qn cfrpamab bliabain oo ^ann -] oo ^eanann, -\ a nécc Do cam a bpoipcfnD na bliabnc( po bi ccpic Liafain co ppicic céo ap aon piú. Qoip Dorhoin, cpi mile Da ceo pfchcmojac a cfcaip. Qn ceo bliabain Do pije SlienjainO innpin. Qoip Domain, cpi mile Da ceo pfccmojac a hocc. Q bpoipceno an ciiicc- eab bliabain do pije Srn5ainn copcoip la piachaib Cennpionnán mac Scaipn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile Oa ceo pfccmojac anaoi. Qn ceo bliabain oo pije piacach Cennpionnc'tn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oa ceo occmojac a cpi. Qn cúicceab bliabain Do pi^e piaca, "| a chiiicim la Rionnal mac ^eanoinn an bliaoainpi. Qoip oorham, cpi mile oa ceo occmojac a cfcaip. Qn ceo bbabain Do pije T?ionnail mic ^eanoinn pop Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oa ceo occmojac anaoi. lap bpopbab an peipeab bliabain oo l?ionnál ip an pije, copchoip la Poibb^en mac Senjhainn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oa ceo nocliac. Qn ceo bliabain Do pije poibbsen. Qoip Domain, cpi mile Oct ceO nocliac acpi. Q bpoipcfnn an cfcpamab bliabain oo pije poibbjen Do pocliaip la liGocaib mac Gpc. Qoip Domain, rpi mile oa ceo nochac a cfcaip. Qn ceo bliabain do pijhe Gchbac mic Gpc inr)pin. ' Dinn-Rigli : i. e. the Hill of the Kings, other- well known. It is situated in the townland of wise called Dumha-Slainge, i. e. Slainge Mound. Ballyknockan, about a quarter of a mile to the This was a very aucient seat of the kings of south of Leighlin-Bridge, near the west bank of Leinster. Keating describes its situation as on the Kiver Barrow. Nothing remains of the pa- the brink of the River Boarliha [the Barrow], lace but a moat, measuring two hundred and between Carlow and Leighlin. This place is still thirty-seven yards in circumference at the base, 3267.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 15 The Age of the World, 3267. Slainghe, son of Deala, was king of Ireland for a period of one year ; and he died at the end of the year, at Dinn-Righ', on the brink of the Bearhha. The Age of the World, 3268. Rudhraighe, son of Deala, assumed the government of Ireland. This is the first year of his reign. The Age of the World, 3269. The second year of the reign of Rudhraighe ; and he died" at the end of this year. The Age of the World, 3270. This was the first year of the reign of Gann and Geanann over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3273. The fourth year of Gann and Goanann ; and they died at the end of this year, with twenty hundred along with them, in Crich-Liathain". The Age of the World, 3274. This was the first year of the reign of Sensrann. The Age of the World, 3278. At the end of the fifth year of the reign of Seangann, he fell by Fiachaidh Cennfinnan, son of Starn. The Age of the World, 3279. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Cenn- finnain. The Age of the World, 3283. The fifth year of the reign of Fiacha. And he fell by Rinnal, son of Geanann, this year. The Age of the World, 3284. The first year of the reign of Rinnal, son of Geanann, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3289. After the completion of the fifth year of his reign by Rinnal, he fell by Foidhbhgen, son of Seangann. The Age of the World, 3290. Tlie first year of the reign of Foidhbhgen. The Age of the World, 3293. At the end of the fourth year of the reign of Foidhbhgen, he fell by Eochaidh, son of Ere. The Age of the World, 3294. Tlii.s was tlic first year uf the reign of Eochaidli, son of Ere. sixty-nine feet in height from the level of the ° Crich-Liathain. — A district in the county of River Barrow, and one hundred and thirty-five Cork, containing the village of Castlclyons, and feet in diameter at top. the Great Island near Cork. According to Keat- ™ Died. — According to Keating and the Lear ing and O'Flaherty, Gann and Geanann died of bhar-Gabhala, he died at Brugh, over the Uiver the plague at Frcamhain, in Meath, now Frewin, Boyne. a lofty hill near Muliingar, in Weítnicath. 16 awNa^a Rio^hachca eiReanN. [3303. Qoip Dorhain, r]ii mile c]ii ceo arpi. Qn Dechmaó blmóain do pi^e Gachbac inic 6iic, i ap ipóe blmbain Dfiófnacli a plainuyci, iiaip can^arap Uuacha Oe Oanonn do jabail 6peann pop pfpoib t)olcc co ccapopcir car Dm poile pop TTlaij; ruipfo hi Conmaicne Cluiile UolaD i cConDacbcaib, jup po inapban an pi Sochaió mac Gpc la rpib macoib Neirhió mic 6aDpai do Cuarhaib oe Danonn, Ceapapb, Luarh, -] Luacpa a nanmanna. r?o Di'or- lairpigbfo Pip 6olcc ipin car pin, -] po laD a nop. ]?o bfnaD bfop a lárii Do Muabarr mac GcliDac, mic Gccaplaim, (oon pij po baoi pop Uiiachctib De Dannann) ipin cac cfona. Qpé an cGochaiD periipcnce í?í Dfiofnac pfp mbolcc. Naonbap po gab pije Diob, "] peace mbliaóna Décc ap picic poD a bplairiupa pop Gpinn. Qoip Domain, rpi mile cpi ceD a cfroip. Qn cfo bliaóain Do pi je bpepp mic Galaroin pop 6pinn, uaip Do parpar Uuafa Oe Dariann pi je Do lap mbpipioD cara TTIuije ciiipeaD Conga, an ccein po baoi Ic'irh NuaDar accó leigiup. Qoip Domain, cpi mile rpi ceD a oficb. Qn pfccmaó bliaóain do 6pep op Gpmn innpm, 50 po pagoib an pije Do NuaDar lap nioc a lairhe la Oian- cechc, 1 CpfiDne cepo ag conjnarh laip. Uaip Do parpoD lairh naipgicc paip. Qoip Domain, r]ii mile rpi ceO a haoin Décc. Qn cfo bliabain Do pijhe Nuaóac aipgfclaim cap eip a laime Do raiream pe piopa aipgairc airleigrfó. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cpi ceD cpiocac. Q bpoipcfnD pice bliaóam Do " Magh-Tuireadh — Otherwise called Magh- and in all the copies oi the Leabhar-Gahha/a, Tuireadh-Conga, from its proximity to Cong. The and by Keating and O' Flaherty. According site of this battle is still pointed out in the parish to the Lcahhar- Gahhala, Eochaidh tied from this of Cong, barony of Kilmaine, and county of battle, and was pursued and overtaken on the Mayo, to the right of the road as you go from strand of Traigh-Eothaile, near Ballysadare, in Cong to the village of the Neal. There is a the present county of Sligo, where he was slain, detailed but legendary account of this battle in a as mentioned in the test. The earn in which manuscript, in the handwriting of Gilla-riabhach he was interred is described as one of the won- O'Clery, preserved in the Library of the British ders of Ireland in the Mirahilia Hibernice, in the Museum, Plarl. 432, Plut. xlviii. E, beginning Book of Ballymote ; and also by OTlaherty, in fol. 52 a, line G. Ogygia, part iii. cc. 10 and 50. This cam still P Was killed. — Eochaidh, son of Ere, is given as exists, and although not high above the level of the last of the nine Firbolgic kings in the Annals the strand, it is believed that tlie tide never can of Clonmacnoise as translated by Mageoghegan ; cover it. 3303.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 17 The Age of tlie World, 3303. The tenth year of the reign of Eochaidh, son of Ere ; and this was the last year of his reign, for the Tuatha-De-Dananns came to invade Ireland against the Firbolgs ; and they gave battle to each other at Magh-Tuireadh°, in Conmaicne-Cuile-Toladh, in Connaught, so that the King Eochaidh, son of Ere, was killed" by the three sons of Neimhidh, son of Badhrai, of the Tuatha-De-Dananns ; Ceasarb, Luamh, and Luachra, their names. The Firbolgs were vanquished and slaughtered" in this battle. Moreover, the hand' of Nuadhat, son of Eochaidh, son of Edarlamh (the king who was over the Tuatha-De-Dananns), was cut off in the same battle. The aforesaid Eochaidh was the last king of the Firbolgs. Nine of them had assumed kingship, and thirty- seven years was the length of their sway over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3304. The first year of the reign of Breas, son of Ealathan, over Ireland ; for the Tuatha-De-Danann gave him the sovereignty, after gaining the battle of Magh-Tuireadh Conga, while the hand of Nuadhat was under cure. The Age of the World, 3310. This was the seventh year of Breas over Ireland, when he resigned the kingdom to Nuadhat, after the cure of his hand by Diancecht, assisted by Creidne, the artificer, for they put a silver hand upon him. The Age of the World, 3311. The first year of the reign of Nuadhat Airgeatlamh, after his hand had been welded with a piece of refined silver. The Age of the World, 3330. At the end of the twentieth year of the ■i Slaughtered. — According to tlie Annals of Tuatha-De-Dananns, that Credne Cerd made a Clonmacnoisc, as translated by Connell Mageogh- silver hand for this Nuadhat, and that Dian- egan, the Firbolgs were "overthrown" in this cecht, the iEsculapius of the Irish, fitted it upon battle, and " one hundred thousand of them him, from which he was ever after known by slaine, with their king, Eochy Mac Eirckc, which the name of Nuadhat- Airgetlanih, i. c. Nuadhat was the greatest slaughter that was ever heard of the Silver Hand. It is stated in the Leabhar- of in Ireland at one meeting." From the monu- Gahhala of the O'Clerys that Diancecht and ments of this battle still remaining, it is quite Credne formed the hand with motion in every fin- evident that great numbers were slain; but cer- geraudjoint,andtliutMiach,thesonofDiancecht, tainly not so many as mentioned in the Annals to excel his father, took off this hand, and infused of Clonmacnoise, which was probably taken from feeling and motion into every joint and vein of some romantic account of this battle, like tliat it, as if it were a natural hand See O'FIa- above referred to. herty's O'j'jgia, part iii. c. 10. In Corraac's Glos- ' The hand. — It is stated in the Battle ofMagh- sary the name of Diancecht is explained " Deui^ Tuireadh, and various other accounts of the sa/«iis," -i-oia nu h- tee, "the God of curing." 18 aNNQia Rioshachca emeann. [3330. pije Nuaónc Ctpjaclaim copcaip i ccar TTluije ruipfó na bpomopac la balop mbailcbemniocli opiiorhoi]nB. ^ Magh-Tuireadh na bh-Fomorach. — This name is still remembered in the country, and is now applied to a townland in the parish of Kilmac- tranny, barony of Tirerrill, and county of Sligo. There are very curious sepulchral monuments still to be seen on this battle-field, of which a mi- nute description has been given by Dr. Petrie in a paper read before the Eoyal Irish Academy in 1836.— See note % under A. D. 1398. There was also a long account of this battle of the nor- thern Magh-Tuireadh, as well as of that of the southern Magh-Tuireadh, or Magh-Tuireadh- Conga, already mentioned, but the Editor never saw a copy of it. O'Flaherty, who appears to have read it, states {Ogygia, part iii. c. 12) that Balor Bemen or Bailcbemnech, general of the Fomorians, was slain in this battle by a stone thrown at him by the son of liis daughter, from a machine called faihall, which is believed to have been a slmg ; and that Kethlenn, the wife of Balor, fought with desperation, and wounded the Dagda, afterwards king of the Tuatha-De- Dananns, with some missile weapon. This Ba- lor, the general of the Fomorians, is still vividly remembered by tradition throughout Ireland, as 6alop 6éiineann, and in some places they Irighten children by his name ; but he is more vividly remembered on Tory Island, — where he is believed to have chiefly resided, — and on the opposite coast of Donegal, than anywhere else, except, perhaps, at Cong, in Mayo. The tra- dition connected with Balor, on Tory Island, was written by the Editor in 1835, from the dictation of Shane O'Dugan, whose ancestor is said to have been living on Tory Island in St. Columbkille's time. It is a curious specimen of the manner in which tradition accounts for the names of places, and remembers the names of historical characters. This story is evidently founded on facts ; but from its having floated on the tide of tradition for, perhaps, three thou- sand years, names have been confounded, and facts much distorted. The history of Balor runs as follows, as re- lated to the Editor by Shane O'Dugan, one of the O'Dugans of Tory Island : " In days of yore (a period beyond the reacli of chronology, — far back in the night of time) flourished three brothers, Gavida, Mac Samh- thiann, and Mac Kineely (TTlac Cmnpaelaio) the first of whom was a distinguished smith, who held his forge at Drumnatinne, a place in the parisli of Eath-Finan, which derived its name from that circumstance, for Dpuim na ceine in Irish sounds ridge of the fire in English, alluding to Gavida's furnace. Mac Kineely was lord of that district, comprising the parishes of Eath-Finan and Tullaghobegly, and was pos- sessed of a cow called Glas Gaivlen \recte Glas Gaibhnenn], which was so lactiferous as to be coveted by all his neighbours, and so many at- tempts had been made at stealing her, that he found it necessary to watch her constantly. " At this same remote period flourished on Tory (an island lying in the ocean opposite Drumnatinne, which received that name from its presenting a towery appearance from the con- tinent of Tir-Connell, and from the many promi- nent rocks thereon, towering into the heavens, and called toi-s by the natives) a famous warrior, by name Balor, who had one eye in the middle of his forehead, and another directly opposite it, in the back of his skull. This latter eye, by its foul, distorted glances, and its beams and dyes of venom, like tliat of the Basilisk, would strike people dead, and for that reason Balor kept it Constantly covered, except whenever he wished to get the better of enemies by petrifying them 3330] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 19 reign of Nuadhat of the Silver Hand, he iell in the battle of j\Iagh-Tiiireadh na bh-Foraorach', by Balor of the mighty blows, one of the Foniorians. with looks; and hence the Irish, to this day, call an evil or overlooking eye by the name of Suil Bhaloir. But, though possessed of such powers of self-defence, it appears that it had been revealed to a Druid that Balor should be killed by his own O, or grandson ! At this time Balor had but an only child, a daughter, Ethnea by name, and seeing that she was the only medium through which his destruction could be wrought, he shut her up in an im- pregnable tower, which he himself, or some of his ancestors, had built some time before on the summit of Tor-more (a lofty and almost in- accessible rock, which, shooting into the blue sky, breaks the roaring waves and confronts the storms at the eastern extremity of Tory Is- land) ; and here he also placed a company of twelve matrons, to whom he gave the strictest charge not to allow any man near her, or give her an idea of the existence or nature of that sex. Here the fair Ethnea remained a long time im- prisoned; and, though confined within the limits of a tower, tradition says that she expanded into bloom and beauty ; and though her female at- tendants never expressed the sound man in her presence, still would she often question them about the manner in which she herself was brought into existence, and of the nature of the beings that she saw passing up and down the sea in currachs: often did she relate to them her dreams of other beings, and other places, and other enjoyments, which sported in her imagi- nation while locked up in the arms of repose. But the matrons, faithful to their trust, never offered a single word in explanation of those mysteries which enchanted her imagination. In the mean time, Balor, now secure in his existence, and regardless of the prediction of the Druid, continued his business of war and rapine. He achieved many a deed of fame ; cap- tured many a vessel; subdued and cast in chains many an adventurous band of sea rovers ; and made many a descent upon the opposite conti- nent, carrying with him, to the island, men and property. But his ambition could never be satiated until he should get possession of that most valuable cow, the Glas Gavlin, and to ob- tain her he, therefore, directed all his powers of strength and stratagem. " One day JIac Kineely, the chief of the tract opposite the island, repaired to his brother's forge to get some swords made, and took with him the invakiable Glas Gavlin by a halter which he constantly held in his own hand by day, and by which she was tied and secured by night. When he arrived at the forge, he intrusted her to the care of his brother, Mac Samhthainn, who, it appears, was there too, on some business con- nected wth war, and entered the forge himself, to see the sword properly shaped and steeled. But while he was within, Balor, assuming the form of a red-headed little boy, came to Mac Samhthainn and told him that he heard his two brothers (Gavida and Mac Kineely) saying, within at the furnace, that they would use all his (Mac Sam- thainn's) steel in making Mac Kineely's swords, and would make his of Iron. ' By the Seomh, then,' says Mac Samthainn, ' I'll let them know- that I am not to be humbugged so easily ; hold this cow, my red-headed little friend, and you will see how soon I'll make them alter their intention.' With that he rushed into the forge in a passion, and swearing by all the powers above and below, that he would make his two brothers pay for their dishonesty. Balor, as soon as he got the halter into his hand, carried off the Glas, with the rapidity of lightning, t» Tory Island, and the place where he dragged D )l '20 aNNQi-a Rioghachca eiReaHN, [3331. Qoip Domain rpi mile cpi ceo, cpiocac a haon. Qn ceo Vilmoain t)o pi^e Lo5ha Lampaoa imp Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile rpi ceD Sfccmojar. lapp an ccfrpacaritiaD bliaóain do Lujh LariipaDa hi pije nGiyifno do pocaip la ÍTlac CuiU bi cCaon- lier in by the tail is, to this day (a great memo- rial of the transaction), called Port-na-Glaise, or the harbour of the Glas or green cow. When Mac Kineely heard his brother's exclamations, he knew immediately that Balor had effected his purpose; so, running out of the forge, he perceived Balor and the cow in the middle of the Sound of Tory ! Mac Samhthainn, also, being soon made sensible of the scheme of Balor, suf- fered a few boxes on the head from his brother with impunity. Mac Kineely wandered about distracted for several hours, before he could be brought to a deliberate consideration of what was best to be done to recover the cow ; but, after he had given full vent to his passions, he called to the lonely habitation of a hoary Druid, who lived not far from the place, and consulted him upon the matter. The Druid told him that the cow could never be recovered as long as Balor was living, for that, in order to keep her, he would never close the Basilisk eye, but pe- trify every man that should venture to get near her. " Mac Kineely, however, had a Leanan-sidhe, or familiar sprite, called Biroge of the Mountain, who undertook to put him in the way of bring- ing about the destruction of Balor. After having dressed him in the clothes worn by ladies in that age, she wafted him, on the wings of the storm, across the Sound, to the airy top of Tor- more, and there, knocking at the door of the tower, demanded admittance for a noble lady whom she rescued from the cruel hands of a tyrant who had attempted to carry her off, by force, from the protection of her people. The matrons, fearing to disoblige the Banshee, ad- mitted both into the tower. As soon as the daughter of Balor beheld the noble lady thus introduced, she recognised a countenance like one of which she had frequently felt enamoured in her dreams, and tradition says that she im- mediately fell in love with her noble guest. Shortly after this, the Banshee, by her super- natural influence over human nature, laid the twelve matrons asleep ; and Mac Kineely, hav- ing left the fair daughter of Balor pregnant, was invisibly carried back by his friendly sprite to Drumnatinne. When the matrons awoke they persuaded Ethnea that the appearance of Biroge and her protege was only a dream, but told her never to mention it to her father. " Thus did matters remain until the daughter of Balor brought forth three sons at a birth, which, when Balor discovered, he immediately secured the offspring, and sent them, rolled up in a sheet (which was fastened with a cMg or pin), to be cast into a certain whirlpool ; but as they were carried across a small harbour, on the way to it, the delg fell out of the sheet, and one of the children dropped into the water, but the other two were secured and drowned in the intended whirlpool. The child that had fallen into the harbour, though he apparently sunk to the bot- tom, was invisibly carried away by the Banshee who had cleared the way to his procreation, and the harbour is to this day called Port-a-deilg, or the Harbour of the Pin. The Banshee wafted the child (the first, it appears, of the three, who had seen the light of this world) across the Sound in safety to his father, who sent him to be fostered by his brother Gavida, who brought him up to his own trade, which then ranked among the learned professions, and was deemed of so much iuipoitance that Brighit, the goddess of 3331] ANÍÍALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. '21 The Age of the World, 3331. The first year of the reign of Liigh Liuiili- fhada[Lewy of the Long Hand] over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3370. After the fortieth year of the reign of Lugh Lamhfhada over Ireland, he fell by Mac Cuill at Caendruim'. It was in the the poets, thought it not beneath her dignity to preside over the smiths also. " Balor, who now thought that he had again baffled the fates by drowning the three children, having learned from his Druid that Mac Kineely was the man who had made this great effort to set the wheel of his destiny in rapid motion, crossed the Sound, and landing on that part of the con- tinent called (from some more modern occupier) liallyconnell, with a band of his fierce associates, seized upon Mac Kineely, and, laying his head on a large white stone (one holding him upon it by the long hair, and others by the hands and legs) cut it off, clear, with one blow of his ponde- rous sword ! The blood flowed around in warm floods, and penetrated the stone to its very cen- tre. This stone, with its red veins, still tells this deed of blood, and gives name to a district com- prehending two parishes. It was raised, in 1794, on a pillar sixteen feet high, by Wyby More Olpherts, Esq., and his wife, who had carefully collected all the traditions connected with Balor. It is shewn to the curious traveller as Clogh-an- Neely (the name which Wyby More has com- mitted to the durability of marble, but the Four Masters write it more correctly Cloc Cliinii- paolaiD at the years 1284, 1554), and forms a very conspicuous object in the neighbourhood. " Notwithstanding all these efforts of Balor to avert his destiny, the Banshee had executed the will of the fates. For after the decollation of Mac Kineely, Balor, now secure, as he thought, in his existence, and triumphant over the fates, frequented the continent without fear of oppo- sition, and employed Gavida to make all his mi- litary weapons. But the heir of JIuc Kineely, in course of time, grew up to be an able man. and, being an excellent smith, Balor, who knew nothing of his birth, became greatly attached to him. The heir of Mac Kineely, who was well aware of his father's late, and acquainted with the history of his own birth and escape from destruction, was observed to indulge in gloomy fits of despondency, and frequently to visit the blood-stained stone, and to return from it with a sullen brow which nothing could smooth. One day Balor came to the forge to get some spears made, and it happened that Gavida was from home upon some private bu- siness, so that all the work of that day was to be executed by his young foster-son. In the course of the day Balor happened to mention, with pride, his conquest of Mac Kineely, but to his own great misfortune, for the young smith watched his opportunity, and, taking a glowing rod from the furnace, thrust it througii the basilisk eye of Balor and out through the other side of his head, thus avenging the death of his father, slaying his grandfather, and exe- cuting the decree of Fate, whicli nothing can avert. ' Fatiim nylt Itomine-^.'' " Some say that this took place at Kiiocknufolu, or Bloodyforeland, but others, who place tin- scene of Balor's death at Drumnatinne, account for the name of Knocknal'ola by making it the scene of a bloody battle between the Irish and lJ)anes. Tradition, however, errs as to the place of Balor's death, for, according to Irish hi^toI■y, he was killed by his grandson, Lughaidh Lamli- fhada, in the second battle of Magh-Tuireadh — See Ot/ytjia, part iii. c. 12. ' Caendruim. — This was the ancient name of the hill of Uisneach, in Westmeatli, situated about four miles south-ea-st of the village nf 22 aHwata Rioghachca eiReaNw. [3371. r)]iuim. Qp 1 pfimff an Loj^apa 00 pónaó aonach CaiUrfn a bpopairmfc -] 1 ccuirhne éccct a buime, Uaillre injfn TTla^nnoip ipibe, in^fn pij Gappciine, bfn Gachoac mic eijic, jii Deofnac pfp mbolc an cGocham fin. Qoip Domain, rpi mile cpi ceo pfcrmojac a haon. Qn cfo bliabain do pi^e GacliDac Ollacaip Dap bainm an Oajhoa oy Gpinn inDpn. Qoip Dorhain, rpi mile cfrpe cfo caoga. lap bpopbab na WiaDna De6- fnaijep Don occmojac bliaDan po cair Gochaió Ollarap i naipDpige na hGpfnD, po écc ip an mbpuj; Do jaib cpó na ^ona Do pac CerVilenD paip In ccéD carTTlaije rnipfó. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cfrpe cfo caoga a haon. Ctn cfo bliabain do pije Dealbaoir mic Ognia op Gpinn innpin. Qoip Domain, rpi mile cfrpe cfo Sfpcar. Ip an Deacmab bliabain do pi je DealBaeir ropcaip Do lairh a mic pfipin, piaca mac Dealbaeif. Qoip Domain, rpi mile cfcpa cfo pfpcac a Tiaon. Qn cfo Bliabain Do piaca mac OeallJaeir 1 pije. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cfrpe cfb Seaccmojar. Q bpoipceanD an Deac- mab bliaban do pije piacaib mic Oealbaeic op Gpinn do cuir la liGógon nlnbip. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cfrpe cfo peaccmogac ahaon. Qn cfo bliabain Ballymore - Lough - Sewdy. — See O'Flaherty's of the fair, where, according to tradition, mar- O'jygia, part iii. c. xiii. riages were solemnized in Pagan times. There " Tailltean Now Teltown, near the Eiver are vivid traditions of this fair yet extant in the Boyne, in the county of Meath, and nearly mid- country ; and Teltown was, till recently, resorted way between Kells and Navan. This fair, at by the men cf Meath for hurling, wrestling, and which various games and sports were celebrated, other manly sports. continued down to the time of Kodcric O'Conor, ^ Brugh : i. e. Brugh-na-Boinne, a place on the last monarch of Ireland. It was cele- the Eiver Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge, in the brated annually on the first of August, which county of Meath. In the account of the Tuatha- is still called Lugh-Nasadh, i. e. Lugh's fair, De-Dananns preserved in the Book of Lecan, games or sports, by the native Irish. — See Cor- fol. 279, p. b. col. 2, it is stated that Daghda mac's Glossary, in voce 6ujnapaó. See also Mor (i. e. the Great Good Fire, so called from his O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. cc. xiii. Ivi. The military ardour), for eighty years king of Ire- remains of a large earthen rath, and traces of land, and that he had three sons, Aenghus,Aedh, three artificial lakes, and other remains, are still and Ccrmad, who were buried with their father to be seen there, To the left of the road, as at Brugh-na-Boinne, where the mound called you go from Kolls to Donaghpatrick, there is a Sidh-an-Bhrogha was raised over them, as a hollow, called Caj an aonai j, i. e. the hollow monument. It may be further remarked that 3371.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. •23 reign of this Lugh that the fair of TaiUtean" was estabUshed, in commemora- tion and remembrance of his foster-mother, Taillte, the daughter of ]\íaííhmui-. King of Spain, and the wife of Eochaidh, son of Ere, the last king of the Firbolgs. The Age of the World, 3371. The first year of the reign of Eochaidh Ollathair, who was named the Daghda, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3450. After the completion of the last year of the eighty years which Eochaidh Ollathar passed in the monarchy of Ireland, he died at Brugh", of the venom of the wound which Cethlenn" inflicted upon him in the first battle of Magh-Tuireadh. The Age of the World, 3451. This was the first year of the reign of Dealbhaeth, son of Ogma, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3460. In the tenth year of the reign of Dealbh- aeth, he fell by the hand of his own son, Fiacha mac Dealbhacith. The Age of the World, 3461. The first year of the reign of Fiacha, the son of Dealbhaeth. The Age of the World, 3470. At the end of the tenth year of the reign of Fiacha, son of Dealbhaeth, over Ireland, he fell by Eogon of Inbher'. The Age of the World, 3471. The first year of the three last kings of the Aeugus-an-Bhrogha was considered the presid- ing fairy of the Boyne till recently, and that liis name is still familiar to the old inhabitants of Meath, who are fast forgetting their traditions with the Irish language. For some account of the monuments which anciently existed at Brugh-na-Boinne, see Petrie's Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Mound Towers of Ireland, pp. 100, 101. The monuments ascribed by the ancient Irish writers to the Tuatha-De-Danann colony still remain, and are principally situated in Meath, near the Boyne, as at Drogheda, Dowth, Knowth, and Newgrange. There are other monuments of them at Cnoc-Aine and Cnoc-Gréinc, in the county of Limerick, and on the Pap Mountains, Du cic Danamne, in the S. E. of the county of Kerry. — See the year 8G1. These monuments are of the most remote an- tiquity, and prove that the Tuatha-De-Dananns were a real people, though their history is so much wrapped up in fable and obscurity. ^Cahlenn. — Dr. O'Couor latinizes this Kolh- lendius, as if it were the name of a man, but, ac- cording to the old accounts of the battle of Magh- Tuireadh, Cethlenn, who wounded the Daghda in the second battle of Magh-Tuireadh (not the lirst, as incorrectly stated by the Four Masters), was the wife of Balor Beimenn, and grandmo- ther of Lugh Lamhfhada, who slew Balor in the same battle. It is stated in the Annals ol' Clonmacuoise, that Inishkeihleann (Enniskillen, in Fermanagh) was called from her. ■ Eogan oflnhher O'Flahcrty (Ogi/giit, p. iii. c. 14) calls him Eugcnius de Ard-inver, or In- vermor; Keating calls the place Ard- Hi i>-; but we are not told where it is situated. 24 aNNaí.a Rio^hachca eiReawR [3500 DO pige na rcpí jiíoj^ nDehftiach oo Uuachaib Oe Oanann po baoap lii ccom- plairiuf óp 6]iinn, TTIac Cuill, ITIac Cécr, -] TTlac ^réine innpin. Ctoip Domain, rjií mile ciucc cfo. Uapjup [.i. coblac] mac iriilfch Do rechc 1 nGpiriD a bpoijicfnD na bliabna po Dia gabail ap Uuachaib Oe Oanann, "] ]io peppac carSlébe TTlip ppiú ipin cpfp laire lap na rrecr In ccip : ha ipin car pin DO pocaip Scoca injfn piiapao bfn ITlileaDh, -] aca pfpc Scóca fioep Sléib niip -] mnip. Oo jiocaip anD bfop páp, bean Uin, mic Uicce, Dm cca ^IfnD paipi. i?o pfppar meic TTlilfcb lap pm car i cUaillcin ppi cpi piojaib Uuaiúe Oe Oanann, TTlac Cuill, TTlac Cecbc, "] TTlac ^pfine. Ro bap go cian ag cup in carba 50 rcopcoip TTlac Cechc la hGipearhon, TTlac Cuill la hGmeap,-] TTlac ^pfme la hQiiTnpjin. '• Mac Cuill, (J-c. — According to an old Irish poem, quoted by Keating in his History of Ire- land (See Haliday's edition, p. 212), the real names of these kings were Eathur, Teathur, and Ceathur ; and the first was called Mac Cuill, because he worshipped the hazel tree ; the se- cond, Mac Ceacht, because he worshipped the plough, evidently alluding to his wish to pro,- mote agriculture; and the third, Mac Greine, because he worshipped the sun as his god. For some fanciful disquisitions upon the history and names of these kings the reader is referred to Vallancey's Vindication of Irish History, p. 496. In Mageoghegau's translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, it is stated that " this people, Tuathy De Danan, ruled Ireland for 197 years; that they were most notable magicians, and would work wonderful thinges by magick and other diabolicale arts, wherein they were ex- ceedingly well skilled, and in these days ac- compted the chiefest in the world in that pro- fession." From the many monuments ascribed to this colony by tradition, and in ancient Irish historical tales, it is quite evident that they were a real people; and from their having been consi- dered gods and magicians by theGaedhil orScoti, who subdued them, it maybe inferred that they were skilled in arts which the latter did not un- derstand. Among these was Danann, the mother of the gods, from whom t)a cic iDanainne, a mountain in Kerry, was called; Buanann, the goddess that instructed the heroes in military exercises, the Minerva of the ancient Irish ; Badhbh, the Bellona of the ancient Irish ; Abhortach, god of music; Ned, the god of war; Nemon, his wife ; Manannan, the god of the sea ; Diancecht, tlie god of physic ; Brighit, the goddess of poets and smiths, ifcc. It appears from a very curious and ancient Irish tract, written in the shape of a dialogue between St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, that there were very many places in Ireland where the Tuatha-De-Dananns were then supposed to live as sprites or fairies, with corporeal and material forms, but indued with immortality. The in- ference naturally to be drawn from these stories is, that the Tuatha-De-Dananns lingered in the country for many centuries after their subjuga- tion by the Gaedhil, and that they lived in re- tired situations, where they practised abstruse arts, which induced the others to regard them as magicians. So late as the third century, Aine, the daughter of Eogabhal, a lady of this race, was believed to be resident at Cnoc-Aine, in the county of Limerick, where she was ra- vished by Oilioll Olum, king of Munster. It 3500.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOxM OF IRELAND. 25 Tuatlia-De-Dananns, who were in joint sovereignty over Ireland. These were Mac CuilP, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. The Age of the World, 3500. The fleet of the sons of Milidh'' came to Ireland at the end of this year, to take it from the Tuatlia-De-Dananns ; and they fought the battle of Sliabh Mis with them on the third day after landin". In this battle fell Scota, the daughter of Pharaoh, wife of INIilidh ; and the "rave of Scota" is [to be seen] between Sliabh Mis and the sea. Therein also fell Fas, the wife of Un, son of Uige, from whom is [named] Gleann-Faisi". After this the sons of Milidli fought a battle at Tailtinn'', against the three kings of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, Mac Cuill, Mac Ceacht, and Mac Greine. The battle lasted for a long time, until Mac Ceacht fell l)y Eiremhon, Mac Cuill by Eimhear, and Mac Greine by Amhergin. looks very strange that our genealogists trace the pedigree of no family living for the last thousand years to any of the kings or chieftains of the Tuatha-De-Dananns, while several fami- lies of Firbolgic descent are mentioned as in Hy-Many, and other parts of Connaught.— -See Tribes and CuMoms of Hy-Many, p. 85-90, and OTlaherty's Oyygia, part iii. c. 11. The tract above alluded to as in the shape of a dialogue between St. Patrick and Caoilte Mac Ronain, preserves the ancient names of many monu- ments of both these colonies, as well as of their conquerors, the Gaedhil or Scoti, now lost to tradition, and is, therefore, well worthy of pub- lication. There are two imperfect vellum copies of it e.xtant, but from the two a perfect copy could probably be obtained ; one in the Bod- leian Library, Laud. 610, fol. 123 to 14(), and the other in the Book of Lismore, the original of which is in the possession of the Duke of De- vonshire, and a fac-simile copy in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. " The Jket of the sons of Milidh Ncnnius, a British writer who flourished about the year 850, says that they came to Ireland with a fleet of 120 ciuU. Mageoghegan, in his translation of the Annals of Clonmacuoise, adds, that the sons of Miletus (Milesius) arrived in Ireland oa the 17th of May, 1029 years before the birth of Christ. As authority for this he re- fers to a work on Irish history, by " Calogh O'More, who was a very worthy gentleman, and a great searcher of antiquity ;" but he adds, that " Philip O'Soullevane, in his printed work, de- dicated to Philip the Fourth, King of Spain, sayeth that they came in the year before the birth of our Saviour, 1342, which is from this time present (1627), the number of 2969 years, Laesthenes being then the thirty-third Monarch of the Assyrians." — See O'Sullivan's Hist. Ca- thol. Iber. Compendium, tom. i. lib. iii. c. i. p. 32. '' The grave of Scota. — This is still pointed out in the valley of Gleann-Scoithin, townland of Clahane, parish of Annagh, barony ofTrougha- nacmy, and county of Kerry. — See Ordnance Map of Kerry, sheet 38. Sliabh Mis, anglice Slieve Mish, is a mountain in the same barony. ■^ Gleann-Faisi. — Keating states that this val- ley was so called in his own time. It is now called Glenofaush, and is situated in the town- land of Knockatee, parish of Ballycashlane, in the .same barony. — See Ordnance Map, sheet 40. '^ Tailltin Now Teltown, in Meath. — See note °, p. 19, supra. 26 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3501. Co]ic|iaru|i C|ia a ccfojia Piojna, 6pe la Suijije, pocla la liGaDan, -] banba la Coichfp. T?o ppaoineab an each pa ofoib pop UuacViaib Oe Oa- nann, "] ]io maclicaic in gac maijm i rcappupcap lao. Uopcpacap o macoib Tilileab Don leich ele Da caoipioc aipfgoa aj plaije an maóma, Puao i Sléibh puaiD, 1 Cuailjne i Sleib Cuailjne. Qoip Domain rpi ITIile cúij cfo a haon. Qp í po bliabain in po gab Gpea- ihon ~\ Grheap complairiup op Gpino, "] po panopacc 6pe ap Do fcoppa. Qp innce bfop Do ponaD na gnioina po pi'op la liGipeamón i la bGrhep co na ccaoipiocliaib. Rach bfochaig op Goip i nQpjacr Rop,"| í?ác Oinn i ccpicb Cualann, la liGipeamón, rocap Inbip móip, i ccpich Ua nGneacbglap Cualann, la hQimepjin, cumoach Oiiine Náip i Sleib ITloóaipn, la ^oipcen, Oún Del- jinnpi 1 ccpi'c Cualann la SeDja, Oun Sobaipce i TTliipbolj Dal TJiaoa la Sobaipce, 1 Oun Gaoaip la Suipje. La liGpearhon co na raoipiocbaib do ponaD mnpin. Rarh Uamain i Laijnib la hGiiieap. T?acli Cljioa SuipD la hGacan mac nUice, Cappacc pechaije la bUn mac nUicce, Cappacc bla- ^ Sliabh Fuaid: i.e. Fuad's mountain, a moun- tain near Newtown Hamilton, in the county of Armagh, much celebrated in Irish history — See note '', under the year 1607. f Sliabh Cuailgne. — Now Sliabh Cuailghe, an- glice Cooley mountains, situated near Carling- ford, in the north of the county of Louth. B Rath-Beotliaiijh Now Rathbeagh, a town- land on the banks of the River Eoir or Feoir, anglice the Nore, in a parish of the same name, barony of Galmoy, and county of Kilkenny. — See the Ordnance Map of that county, sheets 9 and 10. '' Argat-Ros : i. e. the Silver Wood, was the name of a woody district on the Nore, in the territory of Ui-Duach. — See it referred to as a lordship, under the year 851. •Rath- Oinn Now probably Rathdown. Crich- Cualann is included in the present county of Wicklow. * Inbher-vi/ior This was the ancient name of the mouth of the Abhainn-mhor, or Ovoca, which discharges itself into the sea at the town of Arklow, in the county of Wicklow. This tochar is still traceable, and gives name to a townland near Arklow. ' Ui-Eineachglais- Cualann This was thename of a territory comprised in the present barony of Arklow. It derived its name from Breasal Eineachglas, one of the sons of Cathair Mor, King of Ireland in the second century. '"Dun-Naii\inSliabhMvdho{7-n.~-Nov! obsolete. Sliabh Modhairn was the ancient name of a range of heights near Ballybay, in the barony of Cre- morne, and county of Monaghan. In Kinfaela's poem on the travels, áo. of the Milesians, it is stated that Cumhdach-Nair was on Sliabh Mis. ° Dun-Deilginnsi: i. e. the Dun or Fort of Deil- ginis, which was the ancient name of Dalkey Island, near Dublin, not Delgany, in the county of Wicklow, as is generally supposed. The lat- ter ])lace, which is not an island, was called, in Irish, Deirgne-Mochorog See O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 22nd December. " Dun- Sobhairce in Murbholg of Dal-Riada Now Dunseverick, an isolated rock on which are 3501.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 27 Their three queens were also skin ; Eire by Suirghe, Fodlila by Edan, and Banba by Caicher. The battle was at length gained against the Tuatha-De-Da- nanns, and they were slaughtered wherever they were overtaken. There fell from the sons of Milidh, on the other hand, two illustrious chieftains, in fol- lowing up the rout, [namely] Fuad at Sliabh ^uaid^ and Cuailgne at SUabli Cuailííne'^. The Age of the World, 350L This Avas the year in which Eremhon and Emher assumed thd joint sovereignty of Ireland, and divided Ireland into two parts between them. It was in it, moreover, that these acts following were done by Eremhon and Emher, with their chieftains : Rath-Beothaigh^, over the Eoir in Argat-Eos", and Rath-Oinn' in Crich-Cualann, [were erected] by Eremhon. The causeway of Inbher-mor*", in the territory of Ui Eincachglais-Cualann', [was made] by Amergin. The erection of Dun Nair, in Sliabh Modhairn", by Gosten; Dun-Deilginnsi°, in the territory of Cualann, by Sedgha ; Dun-Sobhairce, in Murbholg Dal-Riada°, by Sobhairce ; and Dun Edair'' by Suirghe. By Eremhon and his chieftains these were erected. Rath-Uamhain'', in Leinster, by Emhear ; Rath-Arda-Suird'' by Etan, son of Uige ; Carraig-Fethaighe* by Un, son of Uige ; some fragments of the ruins of a castle, near the ' Rath- Uamhain: i. e. the Rath or Fort of the centre of a small bog, three miles east of the Cave. This is probably Rathowen, in Wexford. Giants' Causeway, in the county of Antrim. No — See Inquisition, 38 Car. I. It is called Rath- portion of the original chm, orprimitive fort, now Eomhaia by Keating — See his History of Ireland, remains. — See the DuMin Penny Journal, vol. i. Haliday's edition, p. 302. p. 361. It should be here remarked that Murbholg ' Rath-arda-Suird. — lu Kinfaela's poem the of Dal-Riada was the ancient name of the small erection of this fort is ascribed to Fulman, and bay opposite this rock, and that Murlough Bay, that of Rath-Righbaird is attributed to Edan, in the same county, was also anciently called which is more correct, as it appears that, in the Murbholg. This fort was not erected during the distribution of territory, the province of Con- reign of Eremhon and Emhear, for Sobhairce, naught, in which Rath-Righliaird is situated, fell after whom it was named, flourished a consider- to the lot of Un and Edan. Fulman was seated able time after; and in Kinfaela's poem, though in Munster, which was Ember's or Heber's par- Dun-Sobhairce is given among the forts erected ticular portion of the island, and not the nor- by the sons of Milidh and their followers, it thern portion, as Giraldus erroneously states, adds, lap yealao, i.e. "after some time." The fort called Rath-arda-Suird was situated nDun-^to/r.— This fort, which was otherwise on the hill of Rath-tSiuird, about half a mile called Dun-Crimhthainn, was situated on the to the north-west of the old church of Donagh- Hill of Howth, near Dublin. Dr. Petrie states more, near the city of Limerick. The site of the that its site is occupied by the Bailie's Light- rath is now occupied by the ruins of a castle, house. — See Dun-Crimthainn, A. D. 9. ' Carraig-Fethaigh. — As Un was one of the e2 28 aNHaf,a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [3502. paije la TTlanran, Dun QpDinne la Caichfp, l?ac1i rJiojbaipt» i TTIuipii^cc la pulman. La h6rhi|i co na raoipiochaib inny^iii. r?o pap impiupain i poipceann na blmóna po eci]i Gpfrhon i Gmeap im na cpfB Dpuimnib oiiipbfpca, Opuim Clapaij i cCpich niaine, Opuim bfchaij 1 TTlaonmaij, 1 Opium Pmjjin i TTluriiam. pfpcap each froppa ap allop ap bpú 6pí Darn ag 'Cochap ecep Da ma^. Qp ppipihe apbfpap cac ^eipille. TTleabaiD an car pop Gitieop, -| do cfp anD. Uopcparop Dna rpi caoipij aipfjDa Do rinnncip Gpeamóin ipin car cfona. ^oipren, Secja, -] Suip5e a nannianna. ^abaip epfriion an pije lap pm. Qoip Dorhain, rpi mill cúicc cfo aoó. Qn cfin bliaóain do pije Gpearhoin opGpinn, 1 an oapa bliabain lap ccechc do macoib TTIileaD, do pann Gpfriión Gpe. Do poD coicceaD Ulab DGmeap mac Ip, an TTlurha do cfirpe macoib Gmip PinD; coijeaó Connacc DUn -\ DGaoan, -[ co;ccea6 Laijfn do Cpiorh- fann Sciachbél do Domnanocoib. two chieftains seated in Connaught, it may be conjectured that his fort or residence was situated at Kath-Uin, anglice liahoon, near tlie town of Gal way. — See Chorographical Description of West Connaiight, edited by ilardiman, p. 56, note °. ' Carraig-Blaraighe. — Called by Keating Curh- oac Caipje olaopaioe, the edifice of Carrig- Bloyree. The Editor never met any topogra- phical name in Ireland like Bladhraidhe, except Blyry in the barony of Brawney, and county of AVestmeath. — Ordnance Map, sheet 29. "Dun-Airdinne Called Dun-Inn by Keating (ubi svpra), who states that it is situated in the west of Ireland. It is now unknown. " Rath- Eighbaird in Muiresc. — This fort is mentioned in the Annotations on the Life of St. Patrick, by Tirechan, in the Book of Armagh, in which it is called in Latin Fossa Riabairt. The church of Bishop Bronus, now Killaspug- brone, near the hill of Knocknarea, in the ba- rony of Carbury and county of Sligo, is referred to as built near this fort. * Druim-Clasach in Crich- Maine. — According to the Life of St. Greallan, patron saint of Crich- Maine, or Hy-Many, this Druim, or long hill, or ridge, is situated in Hy-Many, between Lough Eee and the River Suck See Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 10. ' Druim- Beatliaigh in Maenmhagh. — This was the ancient name of a remarkable ridge extend- ing across the plain of Maenmagb, near the town of Loughrea, in the county of Galway. The name is obsolete, but the ridge is identifiable, ' Druim-Finghin in Munster : i. e. Fineen's ridge. This name is still in use, and applied to a long ridge of high ground dividing the barony of Decies-within-Drum, from that of Decies- without-Drum, in the coimty of Waterford. It extends from near Castle-Lyons, in the county of Cork, to Ringoguanach, on the south side of the bay of Dungarvan. " Bri-Damb : i. e. the lull of the Oxen. This is rei'erred to in the Tripartite Life of St. Pa- trick, published by Colgan ( Trias Thaum., p. 1 60). as Molts Bri-damb ; but there is no mountain near Geshill, nor any hill higher than 355 feet. In a description of the site of this battle, preserved in the Dinnseuchus (us given in the 3502.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 29 Carraig-Blaraiglie' by Mantan ; Dun-Ardinne" by Caicher ; Ratb-Righbaird, in Muiresg", by Fubimn. By Ember and bis cbieftains these [were erected]. A dispute arose at the end of this year, between Eremhon and Emhear, about the three celebrated hills, Druim Clasaigh'', in Crich-Maine; Druim-Beathaigli, in Maenmhagh''; and Druim Finghin, in Munster^ In consequence of which a battle was fought between them, on the brink of Bri-Damh", at Tochar-eter- da-mhagh ; and this is called tlie battle of Geisill. The battle was gained upon Emhear, and he fell therein. There fell also three distinguished cliieftaius of the people of Eremhon in the same battle ; Goisten, Setgha, and Suirghe, [were] their names. After this Eremhon assumed tlie sovereiguty^ The Age of the World, 3502. The first year of the reign of Eremhon over Ireland ; and the second year after the arrival of the sons of Milidli, Eremhon divided Ireland. He gave the province of Ulster to Emhear, son of Ir ; Munster to the four sons of Emhear Finn"; the province ofConnaught toUn andEadan; and tlie province of Leinster to Crimhthann Sciatlibhel"' of the Damnonians. Book of Ballymote, fol. 193), it is stated tliat there were many mounds at this place, in which Emhear, Ever, or Ileber, and the other chieftains slain in the Vjattle, were interred. The name Tochar-eter-da-rahagh, denotes tlie togher or causeway between the two plains, and the name i.'! partly still preserved in that of the tuwnlaud of 6aile un cocaip, anglici Ballintogher, i. e. the Town of the Causeway, in the parish and barony of Geshill, and near the village of the same name. The territory of the two plains, ill Irish, Cutir dj tiiuij^, and anglicised Teth- nioy, was the name of a considerable territory in the ancient Offally, comprising the baronies of Warrenstown and Coolestown, in the east of the King's County, as appears from an old map of Leix and Ophaly, preserved in the British Museum. '' A.i.iumed the sovereigrtii/ : i. e. became sole monarch of Ireland. 'EmhearFinn : generally anglicised HeberFin n. The inhabitants of the south of Ireland are con- stantly designated by the appuUntion of Siol Gimip, or SlioccGibip, by the Irish poets down to the present century. Giraldus is evidently wrong in stating that Ileberus possessed the northern portion of Ireland. ^ CrittMiann Sciatlibhel. — He was of tlie Fir- bolgic colony. Keating, in his Historij of Ireland, and the O'Clcrys, in their Leabhai-Gabhula, give an account of the arrival of the Cruithuigli or Picts in Ireland, at this time, and of their final settlement in Alba or Scotland, having received Ijoni Eremhon, or Ilcremon, the widows of the Milesian chieftains who had been drowned on the expedition from Spain. — See Keating's Iliston/ of Ireland; O'Flaherty's Ogyyia, part iii, c. lb; O'llalloran, vol. ii. c.4 ; and the Irish translation of Nennius's IILtoria Britouum, in which Doctor Todd has inserted the various accounts of the arrival of the Picts in Ireland. It is stated in the Irish accounts, that the Picts, on this occu- sion, pledged themselves solemnly that, should they become masters of that country they were about to invade, the sovereignty thereof should be ever after vested in the descendants of the 30 QNNata Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [3503. Uea, ingfn Lm^óeac, inic Irhe, ruj Gpfmón ^ym Gppóin cap cfno Obba, ay" 1 an Uea yo conaiccfpcoip 50 liGiifrhon culoij cojaióe ina cionpccpa cecip TTiaijean ijiaesbao, gomaó innre no liabnaicri, "] no coccaibce a múp 1 a lije, -| 50 maó anD no biab jac piojopoan no gfinpioó Oia fiol 50 bpaf. Qp laD na para conoojaib aipe im a corhall Di, Qimipjin ^luinjeal -] Grheap pionn. IpeaD lapom bo paesipi Dpmm Caoin .1. Tl^eamuip. Qp uaire paiceap, "] ap innce po babnachc. Oóba ona macaip TTluntine, 1 Luijne, 1 Laijne oécc 50 po haonacbu 1 nOoba. Cach Cuile Caichip, 1 copcaip Caiceap la hQiriiip^in n^lúingeal an bbaooinpi, "] pocpfp a pfpc ipin maijin pin conaD uaDa do japap Cúil Caiclnp. Qoip Dorhain, cpi mile cúicc cfo a cpi. Qn Dapa blianam do pije Gpf- nioin op Gpinn. Ctirhipjin ^liiinjeal mac TTlileaD do ruicim hi ccar bile cinfó an bliaóainpi la liGpeaiiion. UomaiDni naoi mbpopnac .1. aibne nGle, female rather than the male Line. — See also Bede's Hist. Eccl. lib. i. c. 1. ' In preference to Odliblta. — It is stated in the Book of Lecan, and in thu Leahhar-Gahliala oi the O'Clerys, that Heremon, who was otherwise called Geide Ollgothach, had put away his lawful wife, Odhbha, the mother of his elder children, Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, and married Tea, the daughter of Lughaidh mac Itha, from whom Tara was named Tea- mur, i.e. the mound of Tea; that Odhbha followed her children to Ireland, and died of grief from being repudiated by her husband, and was interred at Odhbha, in Meath, where her children raised a mound to her memory See note ', infra. ^ Dower: cinnpcpu. — The cinnpcpa was a re- ward always given by the husband to the wile, at tlieir marriage, a custom which prevailed among the Jews, and is still observed by the Turks and other eastern nations. — See Genealo- gies., Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 207, note ''. ' Druim-Caoin: i. e. the Hill of Caen, a man's name. It was the name of Tara HiU among the Firbolgs Sec Petrie's Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 108. ^ From her it was called: i. e. from her it was called Teamhair. This story is told somewhat better in Mageoghegan's translation of the An- nals of Clonmacnolse, as follows : " But first, before they landed on this land, Tea, the daughter of Louthus, that was wife of Heremon, desired one request of her said hvisband and kinsmen, which they accordingly granted, which was, that the place she should most like of in the kingdom should be, for ever after, called by her name; and that the place so called should be ever after the principal seat of her posterity to dwell in ; and upon their land- ing she chose Ley trymm" [i,iar-opuim], "which is, since that time, called Taragh, where the King's pallaoe stood for many hundred years after, and which she caused to be called Tea- mur. Jlur, in Irish, is a town or paUace in English, and being joyned to Tea, maketh it to be the house, pallace, or town of Tea." a503.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 31 Tea, daughter of Lughaidh, son of Ith, whom Eremhon married in Spain, to the repudiation of Odhbha^ was the Tea who requested of Eremhon a choice hill, as her dower', in whatever place she should select it, that she might be interred therein, and that her mound and her gravestone might be thereon raised, and where every prince ever to be born of her race should dwell. The guarantees wlio undertook to execute this for her were Amhergin Gluingeal and Emhear Finn. The hill she selected was Druim-Caein^, i. e. Teamhair. It is from her it was called", and in it was she interred. Odhbha, the mother of Muimhne, Luighue, and Laighne, died, and was interred at Odhbha'. The battle of Cuil Caichir^ in which Caicher was slain by Amergin Gluin- geal, [was fought] this year ; and his grave was dug in that place, so that from him Cuil Caichir was named. The Age of the World, 3503. The second year of the reign of Eremlion over Ireland. Amhergin Gluingeal, son of Milidh, fell in tlie battle of Bile- tineadh" this year by Eremhon. The eruption of the nine Brosnachs', i. e. rivers This derivation is, however, evidently legen- dary, for Ceciriiaip was very common in Ireland as a woman's name, and it was applied to more hills than Teamhair, in Mcath : as Teamhair Luachra, in Kerry, and TeamhairBlirogha-Niadh, in Leinster. In Cormac's Glossary it is stated, that the ceariiaip of a house means a grianan, i.e. abowcr, boudoir, or balcony, and that ceaiii- iiip of the country means a hill commanding a pleasant prospect. That this is evidently the true meaning of the term is further manifest from the use of it in old Irish writings, as in the following passage in an Irish tract describ- ing the Siege of Troy, in H. 2, 15, ''Do ponab Dna cpeB cam cumoaccii -\ popcib leip pop rTeariiaip -| Diii^jna na carpcic oo ouUuc -\ o'poipDecpm -) no oiulipdcuó." " Then was erected a fine, protecting house, and a look-out tower upon the teamliair and difjna of the city, to reconnoitre, view, and discharge [weaiions]." ' Odhbha — This was the name of a mound on the summit of a hill giving name to a territory in the ancient Meath, which is mentioned in O'Dugan's topographical poem as the lordship of O'h-Aedha, a name now usually anglicised Hughes — See it mentioned at A. 1). S9(' and lOKJ. The name, which would be anglicised Ovey, is now obsolete. There is another place of this name in Partry-of-the-mountaiu, on the west side of Lough Mask, in the county of Mayo, generally called Odhbha-Cearu, and anglicised Hallovey. J Cuil-Caichir : i. e. Caicher's corner, or angle, now unknown. ^Bik-tineadlt: i. e. the ancient Tree of the Fire. This is said to be in Cula-Breagh, and is the place now called Coill «' Jihile, anglice Billywood, in the parish of Muynalty, barony of Lower Kell.s and county Meath. ' Nine Brosnachs There are only two rivers of this name at present. The other seven were only small tributary streams to these. 32 aHNQca Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [3504. Tiaoi Rije .1. aiBne Lciijfn, i ceopa nUinpionn Ua nOilioUa i]"in bliaóain cfona. Qoij- Doriicnn, cjii mile cuicc cfo a pé. Qn ciiijeab bliaóain Do pije Gpfrhóin. pulman "] mannnan do ruicim lay^ an jiij i each bpeojain i Bperhean,"! uomaibm na loch yo m bliabam cfona. Loc Cinihe, Loc buaDoi j, Loch 6aaD, Loc Ren, Loc pionnmaije, Loc ^jiéine, Coc Rmch, Loch Da Caoch 1 Laijnib, ■] Loc Laoj ino Ulcoib. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cúic cfo a ofich. Qn naorhaó bbaóain do pije G|ifmoin do cfp Un, 6n, -\ GaDan laip i ccac Compaijie i TTliDe. Uomaióm Gichne i nUiB Nell, na cfopa Socc i Connachraib, -\ Ppejabail ecip Oál nQpaióe "| Oal Riaoa an bliabainpi. Qibne laDpióe. ■" Nine Righes Tliere are only four rivers of this name in Leinster at present ; one near Callan, in tlie county of Kilkenny ; the second flowing between the counties of Kildare and Meath, and paying its tribute to the Liffey, near Lucan; and the third in the county of Wicklow, and uniting with the Liffey near Blessington; and the fourth in the north-west of the Queen's County. ° Tliree Uinsionns Ui-OilioUa, or Tir-Oili- oUa, is the barony of Tirerrill, in the county of Sligo ; but there is no river now bearing the name of Uinsionn in this barony. ° Breoghan in Feimhin. — Feimhin was the name of a level plain in the south-east of the now county of Tipperary, comprised in the pre- sent baronies of Iffa and Offa East ; but tlic name Breoghan is now obsolete. ^ Loch Ciinhc : more usually written Loch Cime, now Lough Hackett, in the barony of Clare, and county of Galway. — See O'Flaherty's Ogi/gia, part iii. c. 17. and part iii. c. 79, where the same lake is called Loch Sealga; but this is a mistake, for Loch Sealga is near Carn-Fraoich, not far from Tulsk, in the county of Roscommon. '' Loch Bvadhaigh : i. e. the lake of the victo- rious man. Not identified. ' Loch Baadh — Now Lough Baah, near Cas- tle Plunkett, in the county of Eoscommon. Charles O'Conor, of Belanagare, resided near this lake before he succeeded to his father's estate. * Loch Ben. — This name still exists, and is applied to a small lake near Fenagh, in the plain of Magh Rein, in the county of Leitrim. It is situated on the northern boundary of the townland of Fenaghbeg. ' Loch Finnmhaighe. — This name is preserved on the Down Survey, as Lough Fenvoy. It is situated in the barony of Carrigallcn, and county of Leitrim, and is now called Garadice Lough — See note ', under the year 1 257, and note ', under 1386. " Loch Greine: i. e. the Lake of Grian (a wo- man's name), now Lough Graney, in the north of the county of Clare See map to Tribes and Custom.1 of Hy-Many. " Loch Riach Now Lough Reagh, near the town of the same name in the county of Galway. * Loch Da Chaech This was the ancient name of Waterford harbour between Leinster and Munster. ' Loch Laegh This is translated " lacus vi- tuli," by Adamnan. The position of this lough is determined by the ancient ecclesiastical Irish writers, who place the church of Cill Euaidh, 3506.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 33 of Eile; of the nine Righes", i. e. rivers of Leiuster; and of the three Uinsionns" of Hj-Oiliolla. The Age of the World, 3506. The fifth year of the reign of Eremon. Fulman and Mantan fell by the king in the battle of Breogan, in Feimhin°; and the eruption of the following lakes [took place] in the same year : Loch Cimbe", Loch Buadhaigh'', Loch Baadlr, Loch Ren*, Loch Finnmhaighe', Loch Greine", Loch Riach", Loch Da-Chaech", in Leinster, and Loch Laegh', in Ulster. The Age of the "World, 3510. The ninth year of the reign of Eremon, Un, En, and Edan, fell by him in tlie battle of Comhraire', in Meath. Tlie eruption of Eithne, in Ui-Neill' ; of the three Socs'', in Connaught ; and of the Fregabhail*^, between Dal-Araidhe and Dal-Riada, this year. These are rivers. now Kilroot, on its brink. It is now called Belfast Lough, close upon the margin of which some remains of this church are still to be seen. • Comhraire. — There was a church erected at this place by St. Colman mac Fintain (the bro- ther of St. Fursa of Peronne), whose festival was celebrated here on the 25th of September. The place is now called in Irish Cill Compaipe, which is anglicised Kilcomrcragh. It is situated near the hill of Uisneach, in the barony of Moy- cashel, and county of Westmeath See the Fei-r lire Aenguis, at 16th November; the Irish Calen- dar of O'Clery, at 25th September; and Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 95, col. 2. * Eithne, in TJi-Neill. — Now the liiver Inny, which discharges itself into Lough Ree, to the south-west ofBallymahon, in the county of West- meath. By the name Ui-Neill is meant terra Nepotiim Neill, the ancient Meath having been so called in later ages, because it was divided among the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, •and possessed by their descendants till the Eng- lish Invasion. It would have been more cor- rect to call this territory " Midhe," at this early period. The River Eithne was originally called Glaisi-Bearamain, and is said to have derived its present name from Eithne, daughter of King Eochaidh Feidhleach, and wife of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, King of Ulster in the first century. — See the Book of Lecan, fol. 1 75, a. h. This river formed the boundary between North and South Teffia in St. Patrick's time See Ogygia, part iii. c. 85. ^" The three Socs. — Michael Brennan, in his Irish poem on the River Shannon, states that the three Sucksof Connaught are the rivers still called the Suck and its tributaries, the ShefHn and the River of Clonbrock, in the county of Galway See note ", under A. D. 1263, where the course of the main branch of theCeopa Sucu is described. "^ Frcghahhail Now the Ravel Water, which rises in a small lake called Aganamunican, on the mountain of Slieveanee, in the parish of Du- naghy, in the county of Antrim, and, flowing through the valley of Glenravel, to which it gives name, joins the Dungonnell River near the old .burial ground of Deschart, whence their united waters flow in a south-east course until they fall into the Maine Water, near Glary ford See Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromorc, by the Rev. William Reeves, M. B., M. R. I. A., pp. 334, 335. The territory of Dal-Araidhe extended from Newry to this river ; and that of Dal-Riada comprised the remainder of the county of Antrim. 34 aNHQi'.a Rioshachca eiReawN. [3517. Qoip Oorhain, c)ii riiile cuicc cfo a y^e oécc. Qn cuicceab bliaóain Décc oGjieaiTion i pije, -\ a écc a poijiceann na pee pin i l?áic beocai^ op Góip i TiQjijac Ropp- Qoip Domoin, rpi liiile cincc cfo a pfchc oecc. Qn cfo bbabain Do muimne, Do Lmjne, -] Do Lai^ne, clann Gpfrhoin i ccoimpije op Gjiinn. Qoip Doniani, c]ii mile cnicc cfo a nrioi oecc. 1 ppoijicfnn na crpi mbliaban po acbach TTluirhne i cCpuacliain, Cuijhne -] Caijne copcparop hi coach QpDa Laoimnn la macaib Grhip. Gji, Ojiba, peapon, "] pepjen cfirpe meic Giiiep IfirbliaDain Doib. Qp hi a leirbliaóainpi -] leirbliaboin Nuaoaicc Neachc oo ni bliaóain corhlán,-] ap ag an pij Nuaba Neachc.aipirhnp í i naoip Domain. 'Copcpacop an clano pin Gmip la hipial póiD, mac nGpfmoin, i ccac Ciiile TTlópca lap bpopbaó na Ificbliabna pempáice. Qoip ooitiain, cpi mile cincc cfo pice anaoi. Q bpoipcfnD an Dfcmab hliaoain po Ipiaiipáib mic Gpfmoin hi pije, puaiji bcitp i TTIaij^ TTluaiDe. Qp lap an Ipial pPaiD po po cuipir na caca po. Car Cuile TTlapca, Car Qpoa Inmaoirh hi Ueachba i rco]icaip Scipne mac Duib mic pomoip, car Ufn- maije i rcopcaip Gocha Gachcearin pi pomoipe, -] Car Locmaije i ccopcaip Luj Roch, mac TTlopemi)', opfpoib bolg. Qp i naimpip an Ipeoil cfona jlfccab na ina^, cojbail na pách, -] cobpuccab na naibneab po. Qciao na maije, illagh Sele i nUib Nell, TTlajh nGle la Caijniu, ITlajh Rechfc, ITlash Sanaip i Connachcaib, ITlagh Uechc la hUib mac Uaip, ITIa^h pairne la ''Argat-Eoss. — Seenoteundor A.M. .3501, ííí/). Muaidhe, now Knockmoy, six miles south-east 'Ard-Ladhraim See note ■*, A. M. 2242, snp. of Tuani, in the county of Gahvay, which is ' Fevgeri Called Feorgna in IMagcoghegan's probably the place alluded to in the text. — See Annals of Clonmaaioise, iu Keating's History of Tribes and Customs of Ily-Many, p. 6. Ireland, and most of the genealogical accounts '' Ard-Inmhaoith — Would be anglicised Ard- of the race of Heber-Finn. invj', but the name is obsolete. ' Irial Faidh. — Called " Irialus Vates" by ^ Tenmaoith — This plain is referred to as in Dr. Lynch and O'Flaherty, and "Iriell the Pro- Connaught, under A. M. 3549, but the name is phet," by Connell Mageoghegan. now unknown. i> Cui'^J/artti.— Not identified. It is called " Lochmwjhe. — This is probably Loughma, Cuilmartra by O'Flaherty. near Thurles, in the county of Tipperary — See Maqh MnaUlhc This may be the plain of Luachmagh, A. D. 1598. the Kiver Moy, flowing between the counties of ° Magh-Sele in Ui-Neill: i. c. the Plain of the Mayo and Sligo, in Connaught; but the name River Sele, in the country of the southern Ui- was also applied to a plain near the hill of Cnoc Ncill, that is, Meath. The liivcr Sele, which 3516.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 35 The Age of the World, 3516. The fifteenth year of the reign of Eremhon; he died at the end of tliis period at Eatli-Beothaigh over the Eoir, in Argat-Koss". The Age of the World, 3517. The first year of the joint reign of Muimhne, Luighne, and Laighne, sons of Eremon, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3519. At the end of these three years Muimhne died at Cruachain. Luighne and Laighne fell in the battle of Ard-Ladhron^ by the sons of Emhear. Er, Orba, Fearon, and Fergen^ the four sons of Emcr, reigned half a year. ' This half year and the half year of Nuadhat Neacht make a full year ; and to Nuadhat Neacht it is reckoned in the age of the world. These sons of Emer were slain by Irial Faidh^, son of Eremon, in the battle of Cuil-Marta", at the end of the half year aforesaid. The Age of the World, 3520. At the end of this, the tenth year of the reign of Irial Faidh, son of Eremon, he died at Magh-Muaidhe'. It was by this Irial Faidh the following battles were fought : the battle of Cuil-marta ; the battle of Ard-Inmaoith", in Teathbha, in which fell Stirnc, son of Dubh, son of Fonihor ; the battle of Tenmaighe', in which fell Eocha Echcheann, king of the Fomorians ; the battle of Lochmaighe", in which fell Lughroth, son of Mofemis of the Firbolgs. It was in the time of the same Irial that the clearing of the plains, the erection of the forts, and the eruption of the rivers following, took place. These are the plains : Magh-Sele, in Ui-Neill"; Magh nEle°, in Leinster ; Magh-Reicheaf ; Magh-Sanais'', in Connaught ; Magh-Techt, in Ui- gave name to this place, is now called the Black- having been the residence of Finn Mae Cumhail water. It rises in Lough Ramor, near Virginia, in the third century, and of Colonel Grace in in the county of Cavan, and, flowing through the seventeenth — See note"", under A. D. 1475, the barony of Upper Kclls, by Tailten, in Meath, and note "", under A. D. 1418. pays its tribute to the Boyne a.t I) ubh-chuviar, ^' Mwjh-Rcklimt. — Keating adds that this plain now the town of Navan. This river is dis- is in Laoighis, i. e. Leix, in the present Queen's tinctly mentioned as near Taltenia, in the Tri- County; but in the Preface to the i^ci7i)r-.4f;i(7i/w partite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 4, apud it is mentioned as a plain in Ui-Failghe (Offaly), Colgan, Trias Thaum, p. 1 29 ; and Colgan ob- containing the church of Cuil-Beannchair, now serves, in a note, p. 173, that it was, in his own Coolbanagher, a/m.* Whitechurch. It is now time, called Abha-dhubh. called, in English, Morett, and is a manor in " Magh-n-Ele in Leinster Now Moyelly, a the barony of Portnahinch, adjoining the Great townland in the parish of Kilnianaghan, barony Heath of Maryborough, in the Queen's county, of Kilcoursey, and King's County, famous as ' Marjh-Sunais Not identiticd. F 2 36 aNNaí,a Rio^hachua eiReawH. [353(1 hQi|irfpa, TTlajli nDai|ib|ifc i porapcaiB Daipbiieac, TTlajli Cujna i cCmn- nacca, TTlaj nlnip la liUlcoib, TTla^ Chúile pfóa i pfpnniaij, Tllaj comaip, TTIa^ TTIióe, Tfla-^ CoBa, TTla^ Cunia lá hUib Néll, TTlaj pfjinrhai^e la hOip^iallaib, i Tllaj Piarca. Ctnao na jiacha, Pach Cpoich i TTloij^jiTnp, T?ar CuincfDlia i Serhne, T?acli bacain i Lafajina, Pach Locbaio i n^lap- capn, Pacli ^laipe cuilg, oa njoipfeap Viat Ciombaoir ino Gamain, Rár morhai^b -\ Viat buipg i Sleclirriioi^. Na Imibne, Siúip, péil, Gpcpe lá murhain, na cpí pionna, i na cpí Coimoe. Qoip Domain, upi mile cúicc cCo cpiocac. Qn cfo blmbain do pije 6rpel, mac Ipeoil páió, op Gpinn inopm. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cuicc cCo cfrpacac anaoi. Cln picfcmaó bliaóam DGrpel, mac Ipeoil póió, mic Gpfmóin, i pije 50 rcopcaip lá Conrhaol mac ' Magh-techt, in Ui-Mac- Uais. — Unknown. Ui-Mac Mais is believed to be tlie barony of Moygoish, in the county of WestmeatL. — See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. 76. ^ Magh-Faithne, in Airthera Called Tla^ poirin ip na h-uiprapaib by Keating, which is incorrect. Magli-Faithue is obsolete. Arthcra is the Irish name of the baronies of Orior, in the county of Armagh. ' Magh-Dairbhreach : i. e. the Plain of the Oaks. This plain is situated at the foot of the hill of Croghan, in the north of the King's County. The territory of Fotharta Dairbh- reach is referred to, in the old Irish authorities, as adjoining this hill, which was anciently called Bri-Eile. — See Ogygia, part iii. c. 64. " Magh-Luglina. — Keating calls this Magli Luinge. We are not told in which of the dis- tricts called Cianachta it was situated. " Magh-inis : i. e. the insular plain. This was the ancient name of the barony of Lecale, in the county of Down. — See Tripartite Life of St. Patrick in Trias Thaum, part iii. c. 60, and Colgan's note, p. 185 : " Magh-ini'i hodic Leth- cathuil appellatur, in ijua et ciuitas Duneusis et Saballum iacent." ^Magh- Cuile-feadka, in Feai'nmhagh. — Fearnm- hagh, i. e. the Alder Plain, is the Irish name of the barony of Farney, in the county of Mouaghan. Magh-Cuile-feadha, i. e. the Plain of the Corner or Angle of the Wood, was probably the ancient name of the district around Loughfea, in this barony. ^ Magh-Comair: i.e. the Plain of the Con- fluence. Keating places this in Ui-Neill, i. e. in Meath. It is was probably the plain around Cummer, near Clonard, in Meath. There is another Magh-Comair, now anglice Jluckamore, near the town of Antrim, in the county of An- trim. '■ Magh-Midhe. — This is placed in Cianachta by Keating. ^ Magh-Cohha. — This is placed in Ui-Eathach, i. e. Iveagh, in Ulster, by Keating See note ", under A. D. 1252. ^ Magh-Cuma, in Ui-NeilL — Unknown. ■^ Magh-Fearnmhaighe : now Farney, a barony in the south of the county of Monaghan. * Magh-lliada This was the ancient name of a plain in Laoighis, or Lcix, in the present Queen's County, and contained the forts of Lec-Reda and Rath-Bacain, where the chiefs of Laoighis resided, and the church called Domh- nach-mor. — See the Tripartite Life of St. Pa- 3.530.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 37 Mac-Uais''; Magh-Faithne, in Airtheara"; Magh-Dairblireach', in Fotharta Dair- bhreach ; Magli-Luglina", iu Cianac;lita ; Magh-inis", in Uladh ; Magh-Cuile- feadha, in Fearnmhagli''; Magh-Coniair'; Magb-Midlie'; Magh-Cobha"; Magh- Cuma, in Ui-NeilP ; Magh-Fearnrahaighe^ in Oirgbialla ; and ^lagli-Riada*^. These are the forts : Rath-Croich, in Magh-iuis'; Rath-Ciiinceadha, in Seirnhne*^; Rath-Bacain, inLatbarna^; Rath-Lochaid, at Glasdiarn" ; Rath-glaisicuilg, whicli is called Rath-Ciombaoith', at Eambain ; Ratb-^Iothaigh^ ; Rath-Buirg, in Sleachtmhagb'. The rivers were the Siuir"", Fell", Ercre^ in Minister; the three Finns"; and the three Coimdes''. The Age of the World, 3530. This was the first year of thi' reign of Eithrial, son of Irial Faidh, over Ireland. son The Age of the World, 3549. The twentieth year of the reign of Eithrial, "^ of Irial Faidh, son of Eremon, when he fell by Conmhael, son of Emcr, in f trick in Trias Thaum., p. 155. * Eath-Croich, in Magh-inis : i.e. in the ba- rony of Lecale, in the county of Down. Not identitied. ' Rath- Cuincheadha in Seimhne Island-Magee, in the county of Antrim, was anciently called Kinn-Seimhne, and this fort was probably on it, but the name is obsolete. ^ Rath-bacain^ in Latkama : i. e. in Larne, a territory, in the county of Antrim, now in- cluded in the barony of Upper Glenarm. The name of this fort is otjsolete. " Rath- Loc/iaid, at Glascharn. — Both names unknown. ' Rath-Cimbaoith This was the name of one of the forts at Emania, or the Navan, near Ar- magh. There was another fort of the name in the plain of Seimhne, near Island-Magee, in the present county of Antrim. ■' Rath- Mothaigh. — Now Kaith-Mothaigh, an- glice Kyenioghy, in a parish of the s:ime name, in the barony of Raphoo and county of Donegal ; and there can be little doubt that Sleachtmhagh was the name of a plain in this parish. ' Rdt/i-Iiitirg, in Sieachtmliagh — Called Ratli- Buirech by Keating. Not identified. " The Siuir. — Now anglice " The Suir," which rises in Sliabh Aldiuin, or the Devil's Bit Moun- tain, in the barony of Ikerriu, and county of Tipperary, and, flowing by or through Thurles, Ilolycross, Golden Bridge, and Cahir, Ardfinan, and t'arrick-on-Suir, and Waterford, finally unites with the Barrow, at Comar-na iia dtri u- Uisceadh, about a mile below Waterford. n Feil. — There is a river of this name in tlie county of Kerry, giving name to the village of Abbeyfealc, by which it passes ; but it is quite evident, from the Leabhar-Gabliala of the O'Clerys, that the river Corrane, wliicli liuws from Loch Luighdheach, ((//«.5 Corrane Lough, in the barony of Iveragh, in tlie west of thesamt' county, was also originally called " Abhaiiin- Feile," and that is the river liere alluded to. " Ercre. — Now unknown. " The three Finns. — The Kiver Finn, flowing through the barony of Raphoe, in the county of Donegal, was the principal one of these. The other two were probably tributary streams toil. ■i The three Coimdes. — Not ideutilied. 38 aNNcitci liioghachca eiReaNN. [35.50. Gmiii 1 ccar l?aiiirnD. Ip i iieriifp an Grpeoil j^i po pleclicairc na maijhe pi, "eanmagh la Connacliroib, TTla^h í.ujaó ló Luij^ne, fllajli mbealaij la liUib cUuijiciie, maj^éipille lá bUib bpail^e, TTlagb Ochcaip la Lai^niu, Locmngh let ConaiUe,-] lllaj Yiot la hUib 6acli6ach. Ctoip Dorhnin, rjii mile cúij cfo caoja. Qn ceD bliabain oo pije Conriiaoil, mac Sirhiii, op Gpinn innpm. Ceo l?i Speann a TTlurhoin epióe. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cnij ceo peaccmo^ac anooi. lap mbeir Dech mbliaóna picfr DoConmaol, macGmip, i pije nGpeann ropcaip i ccarQonai^ ITlacha la Uigfpnmup mac Pollaigh. Conmaol cpa op laip Do cuipfo na cara po, car ^eipille, i ccopcaip palap mac Gpearhom, car 6eppe, car Slébe bCta la hUiB Cpemfainn, car Ucha, cacCnucha, car Slebe TnoDaipn 1 ccopcaip Sempocb mac Inboich, each Clepe, cac Capn móip i ccopcaip Ollac, cac Locha LC^r\ popGapna, TTlaipcine,"! popTTloD T?uic, mac ITlopebip, t)prpoib 60I5, cac Gle. Qoip Domain, cpi mile CÚ15 cfo occmogac. Ctn ceo blmDain do pije Cijfpnmaip mic pollaij op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile cfo occmojac a haon. Qn Dapa bliaóam Do pije Uijfpnmaip, comaiDm na naoi loch po. Loch iiUaip 1 TiliDe, Loch nlaipn, ' Raeire. — Genit. Raeireann. O'Flaherty says that this is the name of a hill in Hyfalgia, but does not tell us its exact situation. It is the place now called Raeipe mop, in the territory of Iregan, or barony of Tinnahinch, in the Queen's County, which was a part of the ancient Ui-FaLlghe, or Oflaly. There is another place of the name in the territory of Ui-]Muireadhaigh, near Athy, in the county of Kildare. * Teamnhagh. — Unknown. ' Magh-Lugliadh. — Unknown. " Magh-healaigh, in Ui-Tuirtre : i. e. plain of the road or pass. Ui-Tuirtre was the name of a tribe and territory in the present county of Antrim, but the name of the plain is unknown. '^Magh-Geisille: i. e. the plain of Geshill. This was the ancient name of a plain included in the present barony of Geshill, in the King's County. ' Magk-Ochtair, in Leinstei: — Unknown. J Lochmhagh, in ConaiUe Keating places this in Connaught. '■ Magh-roth. — Called by Keating Magh-rath. This was the name of a plain in the present cotinty of Down, the position of which is deter- mined by the village of Moira. " Aenach-Macha. — This was another name for Emania, or the Navan fort, near Armagh. Keat- ing says that Conmael was buried at the south side of Aenach-Macha, at a place then called Feart Conmhaoil. — See Halliday's edit., p. 320. '' Geisill Now Geshil, in the King's County. ' Berra This is probably Bearhaven, in the south-west of the county of Cork. ^ Sliabh-Beatha. — There is no Sliabh Beatha in Ireland but that on the borders of the coun- ties of Fermanagh and Monaghan, already men- tioned, note ^ under A. M. 2242. ' Ucha. — Not identified. 3.5.50] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 39 the battle of Raeire'. It was in the reign of tliis Eithrial tliat these plains were cleared : Teanmagh', in Connaught ; Magh Lughudh', in Luighne ; ]\Iagh-Bea- laigh, in Ui-Tuirtre"; Magh-Geisille", in Ui-Failghe ; Magh-ochtair, in Leinster^; Lochmhagh, in Conaille''; Magh-roth^, in Ui-Eathach. The Age of the World, 35.50. This was the first year of the reign of Conmael, son ofEmer, over Ireland. He was the first king of Ireland from Munster. The Age of the World, 3579. Conmael, son of ilmer, having been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell, in the battle of Aenach-Macha% by Tighernmus, son of FoUach. By Conmael had been fought these battles : the battle of Geisill", in which i'ell Palap, son of Eremon ; the battle of Berra'; tlie battle of Sliabh Beatha", in Ui Creamhthainn ; the battle of Ucha'; the battle of Cnucha*^; the battle of Sliabh Modhairn^, in which fell Semroth, son of Inboith ; the battle of Clcre"; the battle of Carnmor', in whicli fell Ollach ; the battle of Loch Lein", against the Ernai' and Martinei™, and against ^logh Riiitli, son of Mofebis of the Firbolgs ; the battle of Ele°. The Age of the World, 3580. The first year of the reign of Tighernnias, son of FoUoch, over Ireland. The Age of the AVorld, 3581. The second year of the reign of Tighcrn- mas, the eruption of these nine lakes [occurred] : Loch Uair°, in Meath ; Locli ^ Cnuclia. — This place is described as over the '' Lucli-Lein. — The lakes at Killarney were River Lifley, in Leinster. — See Keating in the originally so called. The name is now applied reign of Lughaidh Mac Con, and the Battle of to the upper lake only. Cnucha. It was probably the ancient name of ^ Ernai. — A sept of the Firbolgs, seated in the Castleknock. present county of Kerry. ' Sliabh- Modhaim. — This was the ancient "' Maiiinei. — A sept of the Firbolgs anciently name of a range of heights near Ballybay, in seated in the baronies of Coshlea and Small the barony of Cremorne, and county of Mo- County, in the county of Limerick, and in that naghan. The Mourne mountains, in the south of Clanwilliam, in the county of Tipperary of the county of Down, were originally called Sec BouL- of Limiore, fol. 170, a. a. where Emly Beanna Boirche, and had not received their pre- is referred t,o as in the very centre of this tefri- sent name before the fourteenth century. tory. "• Ckre — Not identified. It may be Cape Clear, " Ele. — A territory in the south of the King's Co. Cork, or Clare Island, county Mayo. County. ' Carn-mor. — This was probably Carn-mor ° Loch Uair. — These lakes are set down in :i Sleibhe Beatha, for the situation of which see very irregular order by the Four Masters, note ", A. M. 2242, p. 3, supra. Keating and U'Flaherty have given their names 40 awNaca Rio^hacnca eiReaNN. [3656. Loch Cé I Connocliraib, Loch SaileanD, Loch nQillfno i cConnaccaib, Loch peaBail, Loch ^abaip, Dnbloch -] Loch Octball i nOipjiallaib. aoi]'' Domain, cpi mile pe cfo caoccac a pé. Qp í an bliaóam pi an peaccmaó bliaóain Décc ap cpib píchcib do ■Cijrpnmap na pij op Gpinn. Qp laip po bpipeab na cara po pop piol nGmhip -\ pop apaill Depfnncoib -] Deacraipcenelaib oile cen mo rácpom. CtnaD po na cara hipin, each Glle 1 copcaip l?ocopb, mac^ollain, each Locminje i ccopchaip Dajaipne mac ^uiLl, mic^ollain, each Ciila aipo i muiT^inip, each Chuile Ppaochain, eacli maige Uechc, each Commaip, each Cula Qchguipc i Seriine, each Qipo NiaDh hi cConnachcaib, eac Caipn pfpaóoij i copehoip pfpaoac mac Ro- ehuipb, niie ^ollain, ó páicfp Capn pfpaóaij, each CnamcoiUe hi Connaeh- caib, each Guile peaDa, each l?eabh, each CongnaiDe i Uuaic Gaba, each Cluana Cuap, i T~eachba, each Cliiana TTiuippcce, i mbpepne, Da each Chuile 1 nCtpjac Rop, each Gle, eac beppe, Seachc ceaca ag Loch Lu j- in better succession. The Four Masters should have transcribed them in the following order : LochUair, Lochn-Iairn, Loch Saighleann, Loch Gabhair, and Dubh-loch, in Meath ; Loch Ce and Loch Ailleann, in Connaught ; and Loch Feabhail and Loch Dabhall, in Ulster. Loch Uair is now corruptly called in Irish Loch Uail, anylice Lough Owel, and is situated near Mul- lingar, in the county of Westmeath. ■' Loch n-Iairn. — Now Lough Iron, situated on the western boundary of the barony of Corkaree, in the county of Westmeath. ^ Loch Ce in Connauglii. — Now Lough Key, near Boyle, in the county of Roscommon. ' Loch Saileann Now Loch Sheelin, on the borders of the counties of Cavau, Longford, and Meath. ^ Loch n- Ailleann. — Now Lough Allen, in the county of Leitrim; by some considered the true source of the Shannon. ' Loch Feabhail Now Lough Foyle, an arm of the sea between the counties of Londonderry and Donegal. It is stated in the Dinnseanchus and by Keating, that this lough took its name from Febhal, son of Lodan, one of the Tuatha- De-Dananns. " Loch-Gahhair This lough is now dried up, but the place is still called Locli Gobhar, anglice Lagore or Logore See Colgsin's Acta Sanctorum, p. 422, n. 14, and Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. i. p. 424. " Duhh-loch: the Black Lough. Keating places this lough in the territory of Ard-Cianachta, now the barony of Ferrard, in the county of Loutb. ' Loch-Dahliall, in Oirghialla. — This was the ancient name of a lake not far from the town of Armagh, but the name is obsolete. — See note ", on Cluain-Dabhail, under the year 1514. ''Elle — Otherwise Elne or Magh Elne, was the name of a district lying between the rivers Bann and Bush, in the present county of Antrim. " Lochmagh : i. e. Plain of the Lake; the situa- tion of this lake is uncertain. '^Ciil-ard, in Mayh-ini-< In the barony of Le- cale, county of Down. '' Cuil-Fraechain: i. e. the Corner or Angle of the Bilberries; not identified. "^ JJagh-Teacht.—Sae A. M. 359''. 3656.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 41 n-Iairn''; Loch Ce"", in Connaught; Loch Saileann'; Loch n-AiUeann', in Con- naught ; Loch Feabhail'; Loch Gabhair"; Dubhloch"; and Loch Dabhall", in Oirghialla. The Age of the World, 3656. This was the seventeenth year above three score of Tighearnmas, as king over Ireland. It was by him the following bat- tles were gained over the race of Emhear, and others of the Irish, and foreigners besides. These were the battles : the battle of Elle', in which fell Rochorb, son of GoUan ; the battle of Lochmagh^, in which fell Dagairae, son of GoU, son of GoUan ; the battle of Cul-ard", in Magh-inis ; the battle of Cuil Fraechan''; the battle of Magh-techt'; the battle of Commar"; the battle of Cul-Athguirt°, in Seimhue ; the battle of Ard-Niadh^ in Connaught ; the battle of Carn- Fearadhaigh^, in wliich fell Fearadhach, son of Rochorb, son of Gollan, from whom Carn-Fearadhaigh is called ; the battle of Cnamh-choill", in Connaught; the battle of Cuil-Feadha'; the battle of Reabh"; the battle of Congnaidhe, in Tuath-Eabha' ; the battle of Cluain-Cuas", in Teathblia ; the battle of Cluain- Muirsge", in Breifne ; the two battles of CuiF, in Argat-Ross ; the battle of Ele''; the battle of Berra""; seven battles at Loch Lughdhach'; two otlier battles at •* Commar Not identified. There are count- less places of the name in Ireland. * Cul-Athguiii, in Seimhnc. — This was somc- ■where near Island Magee, but the name is now- obsolete. ' Ard-Kiadh : i. e. Hill of the Hero ; not identified. ' Carn-Feradliaigh : i. e. Fearadhach's Carn or Sepulchral Heap. This is referred to in the Book of Lecan, fol. 204, as on the southern boundary of the territory of Cliu-Mail. It was probably the ancient name of Sccfin, in the ba- rony of Coshlea, in the south of the county of Limerick. ^ Cnamh-choill : i. e. Wood of the Bones. This ■was probably the ancient name of a wood in the district ofCuil-Cnamlia, in the east of the barony of Tireragh, and county of Sligo. There were two other places of this name in Munster. ' Cuil-fiadha : i. c. Corner or Angle of the Wood. St. Columbkille fought a battle at a place of this name, but it has not been identi- fied by any of our writers. '' Reabh Unknown. ' Congnaidh, in Tuaik-Eabha. — Tuath-Eabha is now called Machaire-Eabha, and is situated at the foot of Binbulbin, in the barony of Car- bery, and county of Sligo. '° Cluan-cuas : i. e. the Plain of the Caves, now Cloncoose, in the barony of Granard, county of Longford. — See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Longford, i. Jac. I. " Chiain-Muirsge. — Not identified. "Cuil, in Argot-Boss. — Now Coole, in the pa- rish of Rathbcagh, on the Norc. county Kilkenny. f Eile Not identified. There are several places of the name in Ireland. ' Berre. — Probably Beare, in the county of Cork. ' Loch Lughdach. — Now Loch Luigheach, or Corrane lough, in the barony of Iveragh, and county of Kerry. W 42 aNHata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3657. bacli, Da car oili i nQjijao Rop, cpi cacha pop piopa bolg, car Cuile pobaip pop 6pna. Qp la djfpnmup beop po bfpbao op ap cup i n6pinn, i poirpib CtipcViip Lippe. Uchaoan cfpo opfpoib Cualann poDup bf]ib Qp laip po curhoaijic cuipn -| bpfrnappa Dop -\ Dapjac in nGpinn ap cup. Qp laip cujab puamnab pop eooijliib, copcaip, gopm, -| uaine. Qp na pfiTTiiup cobpuclicab cfopa noub aibnfoli Gpeann, pubna, Uopann, -| Callann, a rianmanna. Q bpoipcfno na bliaóno poacbailpiorii, 50 rfopaib cfrparhnaib pfp n6peann ime, 1 mopbail TTlaije Slechc, ipin mbpfipne, ag aopaó DoCpom CpoacVi, a)poioóal aóapclia Gpfnn eipióe, oiDche hSariina do hponpaD innpin. Qp do na pleaccanaib Do ponpac pip Gpionn im Uijfpnmap hipuiDe po hainmnijeaD an magh. Qoip Domain, cpi mile pé cfo caogacc a peachc. Qn cfo bliaoam DGpino jan pi^^ lap c'Cijfpnmap innpin. Qoip Domain, cpi mile pé cfo pfpccac a cpi. Qn peachcmaD blianain inDpin. 6aoi 6pe jan pij ppi pé na pfchc mbliaóan pin. Qoip Domain, cpi mile pé cfo peapccac a cfcaip. Qn ceaD blianain DGochaiD GuDjabach na pi 5 op 6pinn inDpin. Qp aipe acbfpap Gochaib GuDgabach ppip ap ap laipciiccab ilbpfcbcpab jaca oaca i neDijib ap ciip * Cuil-Fohhair — This was the name of a place make gold and silver pinns to put in men's and in the district of Muintir-Fathaigh, otherwise women's garments about their necks; and also called Dealbhna-Cuilc-Fabhair, on the east side he was the first that ever found" [i. e. invented] of Lough Corrib, in the county of Galway. " the dyeing of" [parti-] *' coloured clothes in • Foithre- Airthir- Liffe. — Keating calls the Ireland." Keating says that Tighearnmas was place Fotharta-Oirer Life, but the true reading the first Irish king who established the custom is Fotharta-Airthir-Life, i. e. the Territory of of distinguishing the rank of his subjects by Fotharta, to the east of the River Life. For different colours in their dress, as one colour the situation of the seven Fothartas, see Ogygla^ in the garment of a slave, two colours in the part iii. c. 64, and Duald Mac Firbis's genealogi- garment of a peasant, three in that of a soldier, cal work (Marquis of Drogheda's copy, p. 139). four in that of a brughaidh or public victual- " Feara-Cualann. — See A. M. 3501. ler, five in that of the chieftain of a territory, ''Goblets and brooches. — In Mageoghegan's and six in that of the oUav (chief professor) translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the and in those of kings and Queens. Nearly the following notices are given under the reign of same account is given in the Book of Lecan, fol. Tighernmas : " He was the first who caused 290, «, a; and in H. 2. 18, Trin. Coll. Dub.; standing cuppes to be made, the refining of which latter manuscript adds that all these gould and silver, and procured his Goldsmith colours were then used in the bishop's dress, (named Ugden), that dwelt near the Liffie, to The Four Masters ascribe the establishment of 3657.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 43 Argat-Eoss ; three battles against the Firbolgs ; the battle of Cuil-Fobhair', against the Ernai. It was by Tighearnmas also that gold was first smelted in Ireland, in Foithre-Airthir-LiíFe'. [It was] Uchadan, an artificer of the Feara-Cualann", that smelted it. It was by him that goblets and brooches" were first covered with gold and silver in Ireland. It was by him that clothes were dyed purple, blue, and green. It was in his reign the three black rivers of Ireland burst forth, Fubhna", Torann'', and Callanu'', their names. At the end of tliis year he died, with the three-fourths of the men of Ireland about him, at the meeting of Magh-Slecht", in Breifne, at the worshipping of Crom Cruach, which was the chief idol of adoration in Ireland. This happened on the night of Samhain'' precisely. It was from the genuflections" which the men of Ireland made about Tighearnmas here that the plain was named. The Age of the World, 3657. This was the first year of Ireland without a king, after [the death of] Tighearnmas. The Age of the World, 3663. This was the seventh year. Ireland was without a king during the period of these seven years. The Age of the World, 3664. This was the first year of Euchaidh Ead- ghadhach, as king over Ireland. He was called Eochaidh Eadghadhach because it was by him the variety of colour was first put on clothes in Ireland, to dis- these colours to Eochaidh Eadghadhach. stood near a river called Gathard, and St. Pa- ' Fubhiia, now most probably the Una River, trick erected a church called Domhnachmor, in Tyrone SeeA. D. 1516. in the immediate vicinity of the place — See ■I Torann. — Unknown. There is a Touro River Vita Tripart., lib. ii. c. 31. According to the near Youghal. Dinnsenchus, this was the principal idol of all • Callann Now the River Callan, in the the colonies that settled in Ireland from the county of Armagh. earliest period to the time of St. Patrick, and ' Magh-Sleacht. — This is translated campus they were wont to offer to it the firstlings of excidii by Dr. O'Conor, but more correctly, animals, and other offerings — iiisc Rerum Hiber- eampu» adorationis, by Colgan. — Trias Thaum., nicarum Scriptorcs, Prolegomena, part i. p. 22. p. 133. This was the name of a plain in the ' ^ Night ofSamhain — The eve of All-Hallows barony of Tullyhaw and county of Cavan. The is so called by the Irish at the present day. It village of Baile Meg-Shamhradhain, now Bally- is compounded of r""^ summer, and puin, magauran, and the island of Port, are men- end. tioned as situated in this plain.— See note on "= Gentijlections.—Dr. O'Conor translates this Baile-Mheg-Shamhradhain, under A. D. 1431. " propter excidium quod passi sunt viri Iliber- Crom Cruach, the chief idol of the Pagan Irish, nise ;" but this is evidently erroneous. G 2 44 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3667. 1 fiGpinn, DeiDipDelujjao onójia jac aoin ap a foach, oca ipeal 50 huapal. dy amlaió Din ]io Delij fcropiia, aenoac i nfooijib tnojab, aoó 1 nfooijib ariioy'p, a cpi 1 neooijliib oajlaoch ~\ oijcijfpnaD, a cearaip 1 nfooij^ib byiu ■i^aó, a CU15 1 nfooijib cigeaiinaó cuach, a fe i neooijib oUarhan, a j'fchc 1 neooigib jiioj "] piojlian. Qoip Domain, cpi mile fe cfo pfpccac a yeachc. Qn cfcpaitiaobliaDain DGocliaib. Ill bpoipcfno an cfrparhaD bliabain Dia pije Do pocaip la Cfpmna mac Gbpic 1 ccacli Ueaitipa. Qoip Domain, rpi mile pé cfo peapccac a hochc. Qn cfo bliaDain 00 Sobaipce -] Do Cfpmna pionD, Da mac Gbpic, mic Grhip, mic Ip, mic TTlileaó, óp Gpinn, 1 po pannpac earoppa í ap do, Sobaipce cuaicb 1 nDún Sobaipce, "] Cfpmna cea)^ 1 nOiin Cfpmna. Oá céDpíj Gpeann do Sliocc Ip laDpióe. Qoip Domain, cpi mile peachc ccfo a peachr. Qp mbfir cfrpacbac Miabain do na pioghaib pi a ccoitiplciicnip op Gpinn, Do cheap Sobaipce la liGocbaiD nrieanD Dponioipib, -] Do pocliaip Cfpmna la hGoclmiD bpaobap- jlap mac Conmaoil. Qoip Domain, rpi mile peachc cceD a hochc. Qn ceD bliaóain DGochaiD Paobapslap, mac Conmail, mic Grhip, op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile peachc cceD piche a peace, lap nibfir imoppo DGochaib piche bliabain i pi^e Gpeann copchaip la piacha Labpainne 1 ccach Capmam 1 nDiojoil a achap. QciaD anopo na cara po ciiipiD -] na inaije po pleaccaiD la hGochaiD pPaobapglap. Cach Liiacpa DeabaD, each popaiD Da jopc, each Comaip cpi nuipcce, each Uuama Opeacon 1 nUib bpiúin 6peippne, each Opoma Liacan. Qciacc na mai^e, ITlcijh Smf- ^ Dun-Sohhuirce. — Now Dunseverick, near the Kingsborotlgh's Sale Catalogue, where the fol- (jiants' Causeway, in the north of the county of lowing notice of this place occurs : Antrim. — See A. M. 3501. " Places ofnote in this barony" [i. e. Courcie's] 'Z);ííi-Cearm«a.- i. e. Cearmna's Dun, or Fort. "are, 1. Ringrone; 2. Castle-ni-park and Rin- Keating (Haliday's edition, p. 125) says that corran, itc; 3. The Old Head of Kinsalc, a this was called Dun-Mhic-Padruig, in his own noted promontory anciently called Dun- Cermna, time. It was the name of an old fort situated or Down-Cermna, from Cearmna, King of half on the Old Head of Kinsale, a famous promon- Ireland, who, upon the division of the kingdome tory in the south of the county of Cork. — See between him and Sovarcy, came hither and O'Brien's /)-M/i7)icííonarj/, ííi voce Dun-Cearmna; built his royal seat, and called it after his own and Carbrim Notitia, a manuscript, written in name. Of later years it was called Down m' U38(), which formed No. 591 of the late Lord Patrick." 3667] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 45 tinguish the honour of each by liis raiment, from the lowest to the highest. Thus was the distinction made between them : one colour in the clothes of slaves ; two in the clothes of soldiers ; three in the clothes of goodly heroes, or young lords of territories ; six in the clothes of oUavs ; seven in the clothes of kings and queens. The Age of the World, .'JGG7. The fourth year of Eochaidh. At the end of the fourth year of his reign, he fell by Cearmna, son of Ebric, in the battle of Teamhaii- [Tara]. The Age of the World, 3668. The first year of [the joint reign of] S<>- bhairce and Cearmna Finn, the two sons of Ebric, son of Emher, son of Ii-, son of Milidh, over Ireland ; and they divided it between them into two parts : Sobhairce [resided] in the north, at Dun-Sobhairce'' ; and Cearmna in the south, at Dun-Cearmna". These were the first kings of Ireland of the race of Ir. The Age of the World, 3707. After these kings had been forty years in the joint sovereignty of Ireland, Sobhairce was slain by Eochaidh Meann, of \ tlie Fomorians ; and Cearmna fell by Eochaidh Facbhargldas, son of Conmael. -^ The Age of the World, 3708. The first year of Eooliaidh Facbhar-gldas, son of Conmael, son of Emliear, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3727. After Eochaidh had been twenty years in the j sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fiacha Labhrainne, in the battle of Carman i [Wexford], in revenge of his father. These were the battles that were fought, and \ the plains that were cleared, by Eochaidh Faebharghlas : the battle of Luachair- Deadhadh*^; tlie battle of Fosadh-da-ghort^; the battle of Comar-tri-nllisge'; the battle of Tuaim-Drecon', in Ui-Briuin-Breifne; the battle of Druim-Liathain\ These are the plains : Magh-Smeatliracii', in Ui-Failghe ; Magh-n-Aidhne", ' Luachair-Deadhadh Now Slialili-]>naclna, (jii the bordcr.s of tlie I'Duntici ut" Cavaii and anglice Slieve Loughra, near Castleisland, in tlui Fermanagh. county of Kerry. " Ih-uuii-Liathaiit. — This is probably intended ' Fosadh-da-ghort. — 'I'he Habitation oi' the for Druini-leathan, now Drumlahan, or Uruni- two Fields. Not identified. lane, in the county of Cavan. » Comar-tri-nUkge: i.e. the Meeting of the ' Magh-Smeathrach. — Not identified. Three Waters, i. e. of the rivers Suir, Nore, and •" Magh-n-Aldline. — A level distrit^t in the Barrow, near Waterford. present county of Galwny, all eoniprised in the ' Tuaim-Drecon: i. e. the mount or tumulus diocese of Kilmacduagh. Keating reads Magb- of Drecon, now Toomregan, near liallyconnell, Laighne. 46 aNNQca Rioshachca eiReawN. [3728. cjiach la hUib pPniljje, TTla^ nQióne, TDaj Cuipj i Connacliraib, TTIagh Leaiiina, ITlajh nlnip, nia^li Pubna, i magh oa gabop la hQipjmllaib. Qoip Doriiain, rpi mile y^fchr ccfo piche a hochc. Qn ceo bliaóain do pije piachac Labpainne op Gpinn inopin. Qoip Dorhain, cpi mile peachc ccéo caoccac a haon. Ctn cfrparhab bliaóain picic po poipcfno pi^e piacliac Labpainne,-] oo cfp la hGochaib ITluTTio Don TTlumoin i ccar bealgaoain. Qp lap an bpiacha Labpainne pi po bpipeaó na cara po. Cauh ^arlaige i cropcaip TTIopebip mac Gac- Dacli paobapjlaip, cacli paippje pop cloinn Gmip, each Slebe pfimin, each ppi hGpnoib Dpfpoib bolj an bail i puil Loch 6pne. lap meabpain an caca poppa ap ann po meabaió an loch caippib, conab uaca ainmnijcep an loch .1. loch cap Gpnaib. Qp a pfiriiiupan piachacfona cobpuchcaó na cceópa naibneaD, pieapc, ITlanD, -] LabpanD, Dia po lil an popainm paippium. Ctoip Domain, cpi mile pfcc ccéo caogac a Do. Ctn ceD bliaóain do pije Gachoac TTlumó, mac Tilopebip, op Gpinn inopin. Qoip Domain, cpi mile peachc ccéD peachcmo^ac a do. bliaDain a]\ pichic DGochaió i pije nGpeann, co ccopcaip la hQonjup Olmucaóa i ccac Cliach. " Magh-Liiirg. — Now the plains of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon. ° Magh-Leamhna. — This plain was well known, and otherwise called Closach, in the time of Colgan, who describes it as " Eegio campestris TironÍEe Diocesis Clocharensis vulgo Mag-Lemna aliis Clossach dicta." It is shewn on an old Map of Ulster, preserved in the State Papers' Office, London, as " the Countrie of Cormac Mac Barone" [O'Neill]. The fort of Augher and the village of Ballygawley are represented as in this district, the town of Clogher being on its western, and the church of Errigal-Kce- roge on its northern boundary, and the Kiver Blackwater flowing through it. ^ Magh-n-Inir. — Called by Keating Magh- Nionair. Now unknown. ' Magh-Fublina: i.e. the plain of the River Fubhna. This was probably the ancient name of the district through which the River Oona in Tyrone flows. ' Magh-da-ghahhar: i. e. the Plain of the Two Goats. Keating calls it Magh-da-ghabhal, i. e. " the Plain of the Two Forks," which is pro- bably the correct form. — See Magh-da-ghabhal under the year 1011. ' Bealgadan Now Bulgadau, a townland in the parish of Kilbreedy Major, near Kilmallock, in the county of Limerick. " GafhlacJi. — Now probably Gayly, in the ba- rony of Iraghticonor, county of Kerry. " Fairrge. — Not identified. " Sliabh Feiinhin: i. e. the mountain of Feim- hin, a territory comprised in the barony of Ifi'a and OffaEast, in the county of Tipperary. This mountain is now locally called SliuB na m-bon pionn, i. e. the Mountain of the Fair Women, which is evidently a corruption of Sliab na m- ban peniiecinn, i. e. the Mountain of the Women of Feimhiu See Leahharnag-Ceart, p. 18. Ac- 3728.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 47 MaaliFublmu''. was the first year of the reign of Magli-Luirg", in Connauglit ; ]\Iagh-Leamhna°, Magh-n-Inir'', and Magh-da-ghabliar", in Oirghialla. The Age of the World, 3728. This Fiacha Labhrainne over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3751. This was the twenty-fourth year, the ter-" mination of the reign of Fiacha Labhrainne ; and he fell by Eochaidh Mumho, of Munster, in the battle of Bealgadan'. It was by this Fiacha Labhrainne the following battles were gained : the battle of Gathlach', in which fell Mofebis, son of Eochaidh Faebharghlas; the battle of Fairrge", against the race of Emhear; the battle of Sliabh Feimhin"; a battle against the Ernai, [a sept] of the Fii-bolgs, [on the plain] where Loch Erne" [now] is. After the battle was gained from them, the lake flowed over them, so that it was from them the lake is named, that is, " a lake over the Ernai." It was in the reign of the same Fiacha that the springing of these three rivers first took place, [namely], the Flcasc', the Mand', and the Labhrann", from which [last] the snrname [Labhrainne] chnig [ to him. ) The Age of the World, 3752. This was the first year of the reign of I Eochaidh Mumho, son of IMofebis, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3772. Twenty-one years was Eochaidh in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Aengus Olmucadha, son of Fiacha Labh- rainne, in the battle of Cliach^ cording to a local legend, the women of this mountain were enchanted beauties, who were contemporary witli Finn Mac Cuniliaill, tlie chief of the Irish militia in the third century. • Loch-Erne: i. e. Lougli Erne, in the county Fermanagh. The same account of the eruj)tion of this lake is given in the Leabhar- Gab/iala, and l)y Duald Mac Firbis (Marquis of Drogheda's copy, p. 9.) ' The Fleasc. — Now tlu; Flesk, a river flowing through the barony of Magunihy, in the south- east of the county of Kerry. ' The Mand, rede Mang Now the Maine, a river flowing through the barony of Troughan- acmy, in the west of the same county. Keating calls it Inbtap TTtuinje. " The Lahliraan. — The genitive form is La- Bpamne or i,iibpuinne. Keating, in \\\s llistort/ of Ireland, calls this InBeap i-ubpumne, which Ilaliday (p. 325) anglicises "the Larue;" but this is incorrect, because tlie Larne (in the county of Antrim) is called, in Irish, Latharna. We have no direct evidence to prove the situa- tion or modern name of the Labhrann. Tlie liiver Lee, in the county of Cork, was originally called Sabhrann. But the liiver Labhrann was evidently in the same region with the Flcsk and the Mang, and it may not be rash to conjecture tliat it was tlie old name of the Casan-Ciarraighe, or Cashen Uiver. in the county of Kerry. '' Cliach. — A territory lying around Knock- any, in the county of Limerick. 48 aNHQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3773. Qoip ooihain, ciii niile f fclic cceD pfccmojar a cpi. Qn ceo bliabain DO jiije aonguy^a Olmucaba, mac piaca Labjioinne, op Gpinn inpnn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile feaclir céD nocac. lap mbfic DQenjiip Olmu- caoa oclic mbliaóna Decc inn aipDiiije 6]ieann Do cfji i ccach Capman la liGnna nQiiisfeacli. Qpe Qen^up po bpip na caca yo, carh Clépe, each Cuipce, cac Slébe CuiLje pop TTIhaipcine i ccpi'cli Copca baipccinn, each Ruip Ppaocain i Tiluipipcc i ropcliaip Ppaoclian páió, each Caipn Tíicfóa, each Cúile Raca i nOeapmumain, each Slébe Cua pop Gpna, each QipDa- ehaiD 1 copcaip SmiopjoU mac Smeachpa, pi pomoipe, caoja car pop Cpuir- fncuaic 1 pop piopa bolj, oá each Dec pop LongbapDoib, -] cfifpe caca pop Colaipc. Qciac na locha po comaiómpeac ina pé, Loch Ctonbfichi la hUib Cpemcuinn, Loch Saileac, Loch na ngapan i TTlaij Luipg la ConnachcaiB, i TTlupbpuchc eiDip Gaba -| Rop Cecce. Qp la hQonjup ona po pleachcaó na maije po, TTiaj ^linne Decon la Cenél Conaill, TTlagh TTlucpuirhe la "^ Aengus Olmucadka: i. e. Aengus of the large Swine See Oiji/gia^ part iii. c. 27- In Mageo- gliegan's translation of the Annals of Clonmac- noise, the name of this king is anglicised " Enos Olmoi/e," and in Irish, in the margin, Qonjup OllmujaiD, i.e. Aengus the great Destroyer. •* Carmann.—lSiov/ Wexford. See A. M. 3127- e Clei-e.—See A. M. 3579- f Cuirce. — Not identified. See it again men- tioned under A. M. 4981. s Sliabh- Cailge There is no mountain in the territory of Corca-Bhalscinn now bearing this name. It appears fron^ the Life of St. Senanus, the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn originally com- prised the barony of Ibrickan, as weU as those of Moyarta and Clonderalaw, and it may, there- fore, be well conjectured that Sliabh Cailge was the ancient name of Sliabh-Callain, in the ba- rony of Ibrickan. The only other elevation that could with propriety be called a mountain is Moveen, in the barony of Moyarta. '■ Ros-Fraechan Eosreaghan, in the liarony of Murresk, and county of Mayo. ' Carn-Rkeadha Not identified. ^ Cuil-Ratha : i. e. Corner, or Angle of the Fort. ' Sliahh Cua. — Now SliabhGua, anglice Slieve Gua, in the parish of Sheskinan, barony of Decies-without-Drum, and county of Waterford. The more elevated part of this mountain is now called Cnoc Maeldomhnaigh ; but the whole range was originally called Sliabh Cua. ■^ Ard-Ackadh. — There are many places of this name in Ireland, now anglicised Ardagh, but that here referred to is probably Ardagh, in the county of Longford. » Cndthean-Tuath : i. e. the nation or country of the Picts. ° Longohardai : i.e. the Longobardi, or Lom- bards. This name was scarcely known to the Irish at the period we are treating of. They are mentioned by Tacitus and by Suetonius in the first century, and by Prosper in the fourth, and from these, no doubt, the Irish writers first became acquainted with the name. It would appear from the lives of St. Patrick, that one of his nephews was of this tribe. P Colaifli. — Not identified. These foreign 3773.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 4[) The Age of the World, 3773. This was the first year of tlie reign of Aengus Olmucadha" over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3790. After Aengus Olmucadha had been eigh- teen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Carmann", by Enna Airgtheach. It was Aengus that gained the following battles. The battle of Clere'; the battle of Cuirce'; the battle of Sliabh-Cailííe^, against the Martini, in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn ; the battle of Ros-Fraechan", in Muirisc, in which fell Fraechan, the prophet ; the battle of Carn-Rioeadha'; the battle of Cuil-ratha", in South Munster ; the battle of Sliabh Cua', against the Ernai ; the battle of Ard-achadh", in which fell Smiorgall, son of Smeathra, king of the Fomorians ; fifty battles against the Cruithean-Tuath" and the Fir- bolgs ; twelve battles against the Longbardai"'; and four battles against the Colaisti". These are the lakes which burst forth in his time : Loch Aenbheithe"*, in Ui-Cremhthainu ; Loch Saileach"'; Loch-na-ngasan', in Magh-Luirg, in Con- naught ; and the eruption of the sea between Eabha' and Ros-Cette". It was by Aengus also that these plains were cleared : Magh-Glinne-Decon", in Cinel- tribes are not mentioned by name in Mageoghe- gan's translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which it is merely stated that " strangers made many invasions in his time, but he cou- ragiously withstood and drove them out to the cost of their bloods and lives, by giving them many bloody overthrows, and covering divers fields with heaps of their dead bodies." *" Loch-Aenbkeithe: i. e. the Lake of the one Birch Tree. The territory of Ui-Creamhthainn was known in the time of Colgan, who describes it as a regiuncula included in the barony of Slane, in Meath See Trias Thaum., p. 184, and O'Fla- hcrty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 76. The most con- siderable lake now in this territory is BcUahoe Lough, on the confines of the counties of Meath and Monaghan, and about four miles and a quar- ter to the south of the town of Carrickmacross ; and this is probably the Loch Aenbheithe re- ferred to in the text. ' Loch Saileach: Lake of the Sallows. Called by Keating Loch Sailcheadain, i. e. lacus saliceti. Not identified. * Loch-na-nGasan: i. e. Lake of the Sprigs or Sprays. The Editor made strict inquiry in the territory of Moylurg, or barony of Boyle, in the county of Roscommon, for the name of this lake, but found that it is obsolete. Nothing has been yet discovered to identify it. 'Eabha. — This is otherwise called Magh Eabha, and now always Machaire- Eabha, anc/lice Maghe- row. — See Magh-nEabha, under A.M. 2859. " Ros-Cette. — This was the ancient name of a point of land now called " the Rosses," lying between the river of Sligo and that of Drum- cliff, in the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo. It is separated from Machaire-Eabha V>y the creek and river of Druniclifi'e. "■ Magh-Glinne-Decon. — Called Magh-Glinne- Dearcon by Keating, i. e. the plain of the valley of acorns ; but there is no place now bearing either name in Tircounell. 50 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3791. Connacra, TTlaj Cúile caol la Cenél míjojaine, ITia^ nOfnpciarla Laijne, Qolrhajli la Calpai^ib, ITlaj Qpcaill la Ciaiipaije Cuachjia,-] Tnagh Luacpa DeaoliaiD. Qoip ooifiain, cjii mile ffchc ccéo nocac a liaon. Qn ceo bliaóain oGntia Ctijijcecli na jiij oy Gpinn inpn. Qoip Domain, c]ii mile ochr ccéo a pfcc Décc. lap ccaichfm pfcc mbliaDon ppicfc oGnna Qipgrfc i pije Gpeann do cfp la Roireachcai^, mac TTlaom, mic Qonjupu OlrhucaOa, i each Rai5ne. Qp lap an Gnna Qipjcfc po DO ponra pcécli aipjic i nQipjfr Rop, 50 ccapoD Dpfpoib Gpeann amaille |ie heachaib 1 caippchib. Qoip Domain, rpi mile oclic cceD a hochc Decc. Qn céD bliabain Do Roirfccaij mac TTlaoin op Gpinn niDpin. Qoip Domain, rpi mile ochc ccéo cfcpacac a do. 1 ppoipcfnD cuicc mbliaDan ppicfr do Roireaccaij 1 pije Gpeann ropchaip la SeDna mac Qiprpi 1 cCpuacham. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oclic cceo cearpacar a c]ii. Qn ceD bliaóain Do pi'je SheDna, mic Qipcpi, mic Gbpic, mic Gmip, mic Ip. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc ccéD cfcpacac apeachc. lap mbfic ciiicc bliaona Do Séona ipin \ii]^t, copchaip la piaca pionpcochac -] la muineamon, mac Caip Clochaij, 1 cCpuctchain. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc ccéD ceacpacac a hocc. Qn ceo bliabain Do pije piachac pionpcochaij op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc cceD peapccac a pfcc. lap mbeic Dpiachaió pionpcochac piche- bliabain 1 pije Gpionn do cfp la TTluineaiTion mac Caip. ' Magh-Mucruimhe : i. e. the Plain of the Eec- " Admhagh: i. e. the Plain of the Lime. We koning of the Swine. This name is now obsolete, are not told in which of the many districts in It was anciently applied to a plain in the county Ireland called Calraighe, this plain was situated, of Galway, lying immediately to the west of the According to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, there was town of Athenry. — See O'Flaherty's Ogi/gia, in this plain a church called Domhnach-mor, in part iii. c. 67. which seven bishops were interred. '' Magh-Cuile-Cacl: i.e. the Narrow Plain of '• Magh-Arcaill, inCiarraighe-Luachra.~-T\ús the Corner or Angle. This was the name of a name is not now applied to any plain in Kerry, narrow plain in the barony of Banagh, in the "^ Magh-Luachra-Deadliaidh. — This was a level west of the county of Donegal. tract of Sliabh Luachra, near Castleisland, in the ' Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster. — Not identi- county of Kerry. fied. ^ Enna Airgtheach: i. e. Enua the Plunderer. 3791] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 51 Conaill ; Magh-Mucruimhe", in Connauglit ; Magh-Cuile-Cael, in Cinel-Bogh- aine'; Magh-n-Oensciath, in Leinster'; Aelmliagh% in Calraighe ; Mag-Arcaill, in Ciarraighe-Luachra" ; and Magh-Luachra-Deadhaidh^ The Age of the "World, 3791. This was the first year of Enna Airg- theach'', as king over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3817. After Enna Airgtheach had spent twenty- seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Kaitheachtaigh, son of Maen, son of Aengus Olmucadha, in the battle of Raighne'. It was by this Enna Airgtheach that silver shields*^ were made at Airget-Ros^; so that he gave them to the men of Ireland, together with horses and chariots. The Age of the World, 3818. This was the first year of Roitheachtaigh, son of Maen, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3842. After Roitheachtaigh had been twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Sedna, son of Airtri, at Cruachain". The Age of the World, 3843. The first year of the reign of Sedna, son of Airtri, son of Eibhric, son of Emher, son of Ir. The Age of the World, 3847. After Sedna had been five years in the sovereignty, he fell by Fiacha Finscothach and Muineanihon, son of Cas Clothach, at Cruachain. The Age of the World, 3848. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Fins- cothach over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3867. After Fiacha Finscothach had been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell by Muineamhon, son of Cas. Every Dr. O'Conor renders it " Enna Argenteus." targets to be made in this land, and bestowed ' Raighne. — This place, from which the King abundance of them on his frieuds and nobility of Ossory was sometimes called Ri Raijne, was in general." also called Magh-Raighne, which was a plain in « Airget-Eoss: i. e. the Silver Wood. This is the ancient Ossory, in which plain was situated said to have derived its name from the silver the church of Cill-Finche, near the ford of Ath- shields there made by Enna Airgtheach. It is Duirnbuidhe, at the foot of a great hill called situated on the KiverNore, in the parish of Rath- Dornbuidhe.— See the Feilire Aengim, at 5th beagh, barony of Galnioy, and county of Kil- February, 17th September, and 5th November. kenny. — See the Ordnance Map of that county, f Silver shields. — In Mageoghegan's translation sheets 9 and Í 0. See it already referred to at of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, it is stated that A.M. .'{SOI, 3516, and 3656. Enna Airgtheach was of the sept of Ileber, and " CriKichain. — Now Kathcroghan, near Bela- that he " was the first king that caused silver nagare, in the county of Roscommon. h2 52 aNNQí'.a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [3868. ba pcoichpfnipach gac majh i nGpinn i naimpp pbiacliac. Dojebn bfop a Ian piona ip na p^ocliaib ipn, 50 bpaij^ccip 1 IfpcjiaiB glaimóibh an pi'on. Conaó ai|ie pin po Ifn an popainm piaclia pionpcocliac Do jaipm De. Qoip Domain, cjii mile ochc ccéD pfpcac a hocc. Qn ceo bliaóain do pije TTluineamoin, mic Caip Clochaij, op Gpinn innpin. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc ccéD pfchcmojac a d6. 1 ppoipcfnn an coicceaó bliaóan do ITluinearhon, acbach do rcirh 1 TTlai^ QiDne. Qp lap an TTluinfitión po cuccab muincfDa óip pa bpaijhoib RÍ05I1 "] Ruipfc ap cop 1 nGpinn. Qoip Domain, cpi mile oclir ccéD pfccmojac acpi. Qn cCd bliaóain Do PailofpgóiD. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc ccéo occmojac a Do. lap mbeic Dech mbliaona DpailDfpDóiD ipin pije Do pocliaip la hOllarh ppocla,mac piachac pionpcochaij, 1 ccauh Ufmpa. Qp lap an pijli pailoeap^DOiD po cuipfó pailge dip iin lárhoib aipfc 1 nGpinn ap cup. Qoip Domain, cpi mile ochc ccéo ochcmojac a cpi. Qn ceo blioDam Do prje Ollarhan pocla, mac piachac pionpcochaij. Qoip Domain, cpi mile naoi ccéaD piche a do. lap mbeic Da pichec bliabain 1 pi je Gpeann DOllarh porla, acbail ina rhiip biiDfn 1 Ufihpoij. Qp é ceDna pi lap a nDfpnab péip Ueaitipach, "] ay láip Do cojbaó Olup nOllaman 1 cUfmpaij. Qp é Din po opoaig caoipioch ap gach cpiochaic "' Fin-scothach: i.e. of the Wine-flowers. Keat- [were] " then in great use." ing gives this cognomen the same interpretation, " Faildeargdoid. — He is called Alldeargoid by but in Connell Mageoghegan's translation of the Keating, and Aldergoid in the Annals of Clon- Annals of Clonmacnoise it is stated that this macnoise. This name is derived from pail, a King " was surnaraed Ffinnsgohagh of the abun- ring, oeapj;, red, and DÓio, the hand. " In his bance of white flowers that were in his time," time gold rings were much used on men and which seems more probable, as wine was then women's fingers in this Eealm." —Annals of unknown in Ireland. Clonmacnoise. " Magh-Aidhne See A. M. 3727, siipTa. " His own mur at Teamhair : i. e. Mur-Ol- Chaim of gold. — Keating has the same, and lamhan, i. e. Ollamh Fodhla's house at Tara. in Mageoghegan's Annals of Clonmacnoise it In Mageoghegan's translation of the Annals of is expressed as follows: " Mownemon was the Clonmacnoise, it is stated "that he builded a fiist king that devised gould to be wrought in fair palace at Taragh only for the learned sort of chains fit to be wore about men's necks, and this realm, to dwell in at his own charges." But rings to be put on their fingers, which was" this is probably one of Mageoghegan's interpo- 3868.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. • .53 plain in Ireland abounded Avith flowers and shamrocks in the time of Fiachu. These flowers, moreover, were found full of wine, so that the wine was squeezed into bright vessels. Wherefore, tlie cognomen, Fiacha Fin-scothach', continued to be applied to him. The Age of the World, 38G8 This was the first year of the reign of Muinemhon, son of Cas Clothach, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 3872. At the endof the fifth year of Muineamhon, he died of the plague in Magh-Aidhne". It was Muineamhon that first caused chains of gold' [to be worn] on the necks of kings and chieftains in Ireland. The Age of the World, 3873. The first year of Faildeargdoid. The Age of the World, 3882. After Faildeargdoid had been ten years in the sovereignty, lie fell by Ollamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach, in the battle of Teamhair. It was by the King Faildeargdoid"" that gold rings were first worn upon the hands of chieftains in Ireland. The Age of the World, 3883. The first year of the reign of Ullamh Fodhla, son of Fiacha Finscothach. The Age of the World, 3922. Ollamh Fodhla, after having been forty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at his own mur [house] at Teamhair". He was the first king by whom the Feis-Teamhrach° was established ; and it was by him Mur-OUamhan was erected at Teamhair. It was he also that appointed a chieftain over every cantred'', and a Brughaidh over every town- lations. A similar explanation of Mur-Ollainhan ibllowing notice of it occurs : is given by O'Flaherty in his Ogygia, p. 214 ; " Ollow Fodla, of the house of Ulster, was but Keating, who quotes an ancient poem as king of Ireland, and of him Ulster took the authority for the triennial feast or meeting at name. lie was the first king of this land that Tara, has not a word about the palace built for ever kept the great Feast at Taragh, which fiasl the Ollamhs. — See Petrie's Anti({mtics of Tara was kept once a year, whereunto all the king's Hill, p. 6. friends and dutiful subjects came yearly; and ° Feis-Teamhrach. — This term is translated such as came not were taken for the king's ene- " Temorensia Comitia" by Dr. Lynch, in Cam- mies, and to be prosecuted by the law ami brensis Eversrts, pp. 59, 60, 301, and by O'Fla- sword, as undutiful to the state." herty, in Ogygia, part iii. c. 29; but it is called ■" Cantred: cpioca ceo : i. e. a hundred or l>a- " Cena" [coena] " Teamra," in the Annals of rony containing one hundred and twenty quar- Tighernach, at the year 4G1, and translated ters of land. It is translated "cantaredus or Feast of Taragh by Mageoghegan, in his version centivillaria regio" by Colgan. — Ti-i in Boirinn'. The Age of the World, 4405. This was the first year of Oilioll Finn, son of Art, son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, over L-eland. The Age of the World, 4415. Oilioll Finn, son of Art, son of Lughaidh Laimhdhearg, after having been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Airgeatmhar and Duach Ladhghair, in the battle of Odlibha". The Age of the World, 4416". This was the first year of Eochaidh, son of | Oilioll Finn, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4422. Eochaidh, son of Oilioll Fiim, after having been seven years in tlie sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Airgeatmhar, at Aine". The Age of the World, 4423. This was the first year of Airgeatmhar, son of Sirlamh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4452. The thirtieth year of Airgeatmhar in the 1 Boirinn.— Noyf Burriii, a celebrated rocky "" Odhhha. — See A. M. 302, supra. territory, now a barony, in the north of the » Aine : i. e. Knockany, near Bruff, in the county of Clare. The name, which enters county of Limerick. It is stated in the Annals largely into the topographical names through- of Clonmacnoise, that " King Eochy was then at out Ireland, is derived, in a manuscript in Trin. the Faire of Cnockayne, whore Argedwar and Coll. Dublin, II. 2. 15, p. 180, col. 2, line 23, Dwagh came unawares upon him, and slew him from bopp, great, and onn, a stone or rock. and many of the nobility of Munster." K 2 68 aNNQta Rio^hachca ejReaNw. [4453. bliabain pichfc DQijijfcmap In pijlie nGpeann Jo ccopchaip la Duach Caó- pac -] la Cuccaió Coigbóe mac 6arhacli. Ctoip Domain, cfirpe mile cfirpe ceD caojac a cpi. Qn ceo bliaóain Do Duacb Lanjpacli, mac piacbac Uoljpaij, In pijlie nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile cficpe céD y^eayccac a Do. Q oeicli Do Ouach Laógpacli 111 pijlie nGpeann 50 cropcaip la LujaiD Laijne. Ctoip Domain, cfifpe mile cfirpe céD peapccac a rpi. Qn ceD bliaDain do LusliaiD Laij^De hi pije nGpeann inni'in. Qoi|^ Domain, cfirpe mile cfirpe ceD peapccac anaoi. lap mbeir y^eacVir mbliaóna In pije nGpeann 00 Lujháió Caglióe do ceap la liQoD RuaDh, mac mbobaipn, mic Qipjfomaip. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile ceirpe ceD peaccmo^ar. Qn céD bliabain dQod r?uaD, mac baDaipn, In pijlie nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile cfirpe ceo peaclicmojac ape. lap mbeir peaclir mbliaona hi pije nGpeann dQoD l?uaD, mac babaipn, po pajoib an pij^e 05 Oinhopba, mac Oemain, lap ccairfih an cfiD pealoiD Do bubein, ap po bariip para paip ima realjao uab 1 ccionn peachr mbliabna Do Dioropba, 1 ap Oioropba bfop ima légab uab Do Ciombaorh lap peachr mbliabna oile, ~[ amlaib pm lap niipo 50 popbab a pplafa. Qp aipe do ponpar an chopa ipin immon pije ap pobrap meic rpi nDfpbparap. Qoip Domain, cfirrpe mile cfifpe ceo peachcmojar, apfcr. Qn ceD bliabain do Oioropba, mac Oemoin, hi pi^e nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfifpe mile cfifpe ceo ochrmojar arpi. lap mbeif peachr mbliabna hi pije nGpeann do Oiofopba, mac Oemain, po pajaib an pi^^e aj Ciombaof, mac pionnrain, uaip ba do painic an peal lap nOiofopba. Qoip Domain, cfifpe mile cfifpe ceo ochrmojar a cffaip. Qn ceD bliabam do Ciombaof mac pionnrain hi pije nGpeann innpin. " Duach Ladhgrach: i. e. Duach the Vindic- tells a strange legend to account for this name, tive, or quick avenger of wrongs. " Appellatus ' Injunctions. — " These were three kings of est Ladhracit quasi luathagra, id est prajpropera Ireland at once. All were kinsmen, Hugh, poena; repetitio, quod quem in flagranti delicto Uehorba, and Kimboye ; and because tliey lived reprehendisset non eum loco excedere ante datas together in some contention for the kingdom, admissi sceleris poenas passus est." — Lynch. for their better peace and security there was P Lvghaidh Laifjhdhe Anglicised Lowayc order taken, for their agreement in their govern- Layeby Mageoghegan in the Ann. Clon. Keating ment, that each of them should rule seven 44.53.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 69 sovereignty of Ireland, wlien lie fell by Duach Ladhgrach and Lughaidh Laigh- \ dhe, son of Eochaidh. The Age of the World, 4453. The first year of Duach Ladhg^ach^ son of Fiacha Tolgrach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4462. The tenth year of Duach Ladhgrach in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Lughaidh Laighdhe. The Age of the World, 44(33. This was the first year of Lughaidh Laigh- dhe'' in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4469. Lughaidh Laighdhe, after having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Aedh Ruadh, son of Bodharn, son of Airgeatmhar. The Age of the World, 4470. The first year of Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4476. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, left the sovereignty to Dithorba, son of Deman, after having spent the first period himself, for there were injunc- tions'' upon him to resign it to Dithorba at the end of seven years ; and du Dithorba, also, to resign it to Cimbaeth at the end of seven years more ; and so in succession to the end of their reigns [lives]. The reason that they made this agreement respecting the sovereignty was, because they wei'o the sons of three brothers. The Age of the World, 4477. The first year of Dithorba, son of Deman, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4483. Dithorba, son of Deman, after having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, for his was the turn after Dithorba. The Age of the World, 4484. This was the first year of Cimbaeth, son of Fintan, in the sovereignty of Ireland. years orderly, one after another, without imjie- Ijreak what they could ; the poets to chide and diment of any of the rest; and for making good scould at them in their Khynies and writtings, the same there were seven Magitians, seven with as great a disgrace as they might invent, poets, and seven principal Lords of the Ulster which was a thing in these days mucl» feared nobility, chosen out to see that agreement firmly by the Irish nation ; and the seven principal kept. The Magitians by their art to work Lords to follow and prosecute the violator with against him that would the said agreement tire and sword. But all this was not necessary 70 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [4490. Qoip Dorhciin, cfirpe mile cficpe ceo nochar. lap mbfic jpeachr mblmbna hi pi^e nGpeann DoCiombaoch, mac pionnrain, po pagoib an pighe 05 Q06 T?uaó, mac 6aóaipn. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile cfirpe ceD nochac a y^eachr. lap mbeir y^eacbc mbliaona hi pige nGpeann an oapa peachr oQob Ruaoh, mac babaipn, po pagaib an pi^e 05 Dioropba Do pibipi. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile cfifpe ceD nochar a hochr. Qn ceo bliaóain Do Oiorhopba, mac Oemain, an Dapa peace po gab pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile CÚ15 cer a cfcaip. lap mbfir peachc mbliaona DO Dioropba Don cup pin hi pighe nGpeann po pajoib a peal ag Ciombaor, mac pionnruin. Goip Domain, cfirpe mile ciiij céD a CÚ15. Qn céD bliaóain Do Ciom- baor an Dapa peachr po gab pije nGapeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile CÚ15 ceo a haon nDécc. lap mbfir peachr mbliaona DoCioinbaor hi pijhe nGpeann, an Dapa peachr, po pagoib an pighe ag CtoD l?uaD, mac baoaipn. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile cuig céo a Do Décc. Qn ceD bliaóain dQod T?uaD, macbaDaipn, hi pighe nGpeann (an rpfp peachr pogab an pige) innpin. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile CÚ15 céD a hochr Décc. lap mbeir pfchr mblianna hi pije nGpeann dQod RuaD, mac óaóaipn, (an rpfp peachr po gab pi5he)po bdiofo 1 nGapj-RiiaiDh, co po haDnachc ipm pirh op up in fpa, conaD uaóa Do gapap Sich QoDa, "| Gapp Qoóa RuaiDh. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile CÚ15 ccd a naoi oécc. Qn ceD bliaóain do Oiorhopba, an rpfp peachr po gab pige nGpeann. Qoip Domain, ceifpe mile ciuj ceD piche a ciug. lap mbfir peachr mbliaona Do Oiorhopba hi pighe nGpeann (an rpfp peachr) po pagoib an pige ag Ciombaoch. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile cúig cér piche ape. Qn ceo bliaóain do Ciom- baerh 1 pige nGpeann an rpfp peachr po gab an pige mnpm. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile cuig ceo rpiocar aDÓ. lap mbfir peachr for preservation of their agreement, for they did name), leaving no issue behind him but one onl}- agree without any square at all, till at last Daughter, Macha Mongroe ; in English, Macha Hugh Roe was drowned in Easroe (of whom of the red hair." — Annah of Clonmacnoke. that Easse, or falling of the water, took the ' Sith-Aedha: i.e. hill or tumulus of Aedh, 4490.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 71 The Age of the World, 4490. Cimbaeth, son of Fintai], after havmg been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn. The Age of the World, 4497. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after having been, for the second time, seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Dithorba again. The Age of the World, 4498. The first year of Ditliorba, son of Demaii, the second time that he assumed the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4504. Dithorba, after havmg been on that [second] occasion seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, gave his turn to Cimbaeth, son of Fintan. The Age of the World, 4505. The first year of Cimbaeth, the second time that he assumed the monarchy of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4511. Cimbaeth, after having been for the second time in the sovereignty of Ireland, resigned the kingdom to Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn. The Age of the World, 4512. This was the first year of Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, the third time that he assumed the iirovernment. The Age of the World, 4518. Aedh Ruadh, son of Badharn, after lie had been (the third time that he assumed the government) seven years in the sove- reignty of Ireland, was drowned in Eas Ruaidh, and buried in the mound over tlie niarííin of the cataract ; so that from liini Sith-Aedha'' and Eas-Aedha' are called. The Age of tlie World, 4519. The third year of Dithorba, the tliird tinu; that he took the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4525. After Dithorba had been in the sove- reignty of Ireland (the tliird time), he resigned the kingdom to Cimbaetli. The Age of the World, 4526. This was the first year of Cimbaeth in tlie sovereignty of Ireland, the third" time that he took the sovereignty. The Age of tlie World, 45;í2. After Cimbac!tli had been seven years in now MuUaghshee at Ballyshannon. — See notes taract or waterfall, now Assaroe, or the Salmon under A. D. 15!)7 and 1599. Leaj), on the Ivivcr Erne, at Ballyshannon. — See • Eiis-Aedha Ruaidh: i. c. Aedh Kuadh's ca- notes at A. D. 1 184 and 1 ly4. 72 awNa^.a liioghachca eiReaHw. [4533. mbliaóna hi pije nGpeatin do Cimbaoc an cpfp peachr, po paió TTlaca injfn Qoóa r?uaió, mic babaipn, ba lé peal a harap Don pighe. Qcbfpc Oiochopba -] Ciombaoch ná ciobpaoaip pighe Do TÍiriaoi. peachaip carli fcoppa, bpipip ITlaclia poppa 50 pop lonnapb Oiochopba co na cloinn hi cConnachcaiB co ropcaip 1 cCopann. Do bTpc lappin Ciombaoch cuicce Do céili Di,-] Do Beip in pighe DO. Oo choiDpi laporh na haonap hi cConnachcaib, "] cug clann Diochopba lé 1 nDaopcfngal co hUlcoib a lop a nfipr,"] Do bfpc laD po cpom Daoipe 50 po claiDpfc l?ár 6arhna di, 50 maD pi buD ppiorhcacaip Ulaó Do Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile cúig ceo cpiocac acpi. Qn ceo bliabain do Ciombaoc hi pijhe n6peann lap na rabaipc cuicce do TTlacha map cele. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile ciiij ceD cpiocac anaoi. lap mbfic peachr mbliabna hi pije nGpeann Do Ciombaor mac pioncain, lap na rabaipc cmce DO TTlacha, acbail 1 nGarhoin TTlaca. Qp é céD pi -Gamna on Cionibaocli hipiii. Qoip Doriiain, cfirpe mile C1115 ceo cfrpacac. Qn ceD bliaóain Do TTlacha hi pige nGpeann icqi neg Do Ciombaor mic pioncamn. ' To a woman — "She, soon after her father's Earahain-Macha, or Emania. in atonement for death, challenged her father's part of the king- their crimes and for the recovery of their liberty, dom, due unto her as her proper right, which He says that Cimbaetli was the first founder of was denied her by Dihorba and King Kimboye, Emania, and the first who resided there. Tigher- saying that it was unfit that a woman should nach, who died in the year 1088, and who is the govern the kingdom where the issue male had most accurate of the Irish annalists, states that not failed, and that it was never seen before. all the monuments of the Scoti, to the time of Whereupon she challenged them botli to yeald Cimbaeth, are uncertain. " Omnia monumenta her battle, which they were ready to do, and Scotorum usque Cimbaeth incertaerant." With did accordingly, where King Kimboye was this O'Flaherty agrees, and he has shewn in the overthrown, and King Dihorba slain. Then she second part of his Ogy(!st copies of Keating and of the Leabhtir- near about the time Pouipeius was overcome of Gubhala have Irereo. O'Flaherty has both Julius Csesar, and driven to take his flight into forms. Flann synchronizes Modhcorb, Aenghus Egypt." — AnnaU of Chmmaciwise. Ollamh, and Irereo, with Ptolemy Evergetes. 80 aNHata Rio^hachca eiReaNw. [4727. hi jiije nSiieann olpepeo, mac TTlelje, Do jiocliaip la pr]icojib mac TTloba cuipb. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile pfcr cceo piclie ay^eachc. Qn céiD bliaóain Dpiopcopb, mac TTloba Ciiipb, hi pije nGpionn. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile pfcr ccéD cpiocau a yCcr. lap mbeir en bliaóain 065 hi pije nGpionn opiop Copb Do pochaip la Connla Caom mac Ipepeo. Qoip Domain, ceirpe mile pfcr cccD cpiocac a hochr. Qn céiD bbaóain Do Connla Caom hi pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile pfcc cceo caojac a yfcr. lap mbfic piche bliabain hi pije nGpeann Do Conla Caom acbail i rUfitipaij. Cloip Domain, cfirpe pfcc ccéD cao^ac a hochc. Qn ceD bliaDain oOilioll Caippiaclach, mac Connla Caoirii, hi pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile pfcc cceD ochrmojac aDó. lap mbfir cúij bliaDna pichfc hi pije nGpeann dOiIiU Caippiaclach, mac Connla Caoim, mic Ipepeo, do pochaip la hQDamap mic pipcuipb. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile pfcc ccéD ochcmojac a cpi. Qn ceD bliaoam oQDamap mac pipcuipb, op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cfifpe mile pfcc ceD ochcmo^ac apfcc Qn ciiigeaD bliaD- ain DQDamap, mac pipcuipb, hi pighe nGpeann, 50 ccopcaip la hGochaiD nQilclfcan. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile pfcc cceD ochcmo^ac a hochc. Qn céiD bliaóain oGochaiD Qilclfchan hi jiighe op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile ochc ceD a cfcaip. lap mbfif peachc mbliabna Decc hi pije uap Gpinn DGochaiD Qilclfchan, mac Oiliolla Caippiaclaich, Do pochaip la pfpsup popcariiail. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile ochc ceo a CÚ15. Qn ceD bliaóain Dpfpjup popcamail, mac bpfpail bpic, hi pi^ nGpeann. The Annals of Clonmacnoise give Irereo a reign then quietly died in the pallace of Taragh." of only six years. — Annals of Clonmacnoise. Keating calls this " Eleven years. — " Fearcorb was king seven monarch Connla Cruaidhchealgach, i. e. Connla, years." — Annals of Clomnacnoise. the Hardy-treacherous. Flann synchronizes the " Connla Caemk : i. e. Connla the Comely. Irish monarchs, Fearcorb and Connla, with " Conley Keywe, alias the Fine, succeeded in Ptolemy Philopater. the government of the kingdom four years, and ^ OilioU Caisfhiaclach : i. e. Oilioll of the bent 4727.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 81 seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Fearcorb, son of Modh- corb. The Age of the World, 4727. The first year of Fearcorb, son of Modh- corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4737. After Fearcorb had been eleven years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Connla Caemh, son of Irereo. J '^ The Age of the World, 4738. The first year of Connla Caemh in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4757. Connla Caemh", after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at Teamhair [Tara]. The Age of the World, 4758. The first year of Oilioll Caisfhiaclach^ son of Connla Caemh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4782. After Oilioll Caisfhiaclach, son of Connla"l Caemh, son of Irereo, had been twenty-five years'" in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Adamair, son of Fearcorb. The Age of the World, 4783. The first year of Adamair, son of Fearcorb, over Ireland. The Age of the World, 4787. The fifth year'' of Adamair, son of Fear- corb, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he was slain by Eochaidh Ailtleathan. The Age of the World, 4788. The first year of Eochaidh Ailtleathan in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4804. After Eochaidh Ailtleathan', son of Oilioll Caisfhiaclach, had been seventeen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fearghus Fortarahail. The Age of the World, 4805. The first year of Fearghus Fortamhail, son of Brcasal Breac, in the sovereignty of Ireland. or crooked Teeth. " Olillus Casfhiaclach, id est, id est tenuis cincinni," by Lynch. Flann syn- rugorum dentium." — Lynch. chronizes Adamair and Eochaidh Foltlcathan "• Twenty-Jive years — " Oilell reigned twenty- with Ptolemy Epiplianes. five years, and was at last slain by Adaniar." — * Eochaidh Ailtleathan: i. e. Eochaidh of the Annals of Clonmacnoise. Broad Joints, or of the Broad House. Keating ' The fifth year. — " Adamar was king five writes his cognomen Foltlcathan, which is trans- years, and was slain by Eochy Altlcahan." — lated " promissi erinis" by Dr. Lynch. The Annals of Clonmacnoise. He is called Adhamar Annals of Clonmacnoise give him a reign of only Foltchaoin by Keating, and " Adumarus Fottchyn. seven years. M 82 aNNQca Rio^hachca eii^eoNH. [4815. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile oclic ceo a cúig Décc. lap mbfic en bliaóain Décc 1 ]iije nejieann opeap^up popcamoil, macbpCf^ail bpic, oo pochaip la hQon^uf Uuiprhfcli In ccar Ueaitipach. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochc ccéD ape Décc. Qn céD Miabain DQenjup Uuipmeacli Uearhpach hi pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochr cceo peachcmojar acúij. lap mbfir l^fpccac bliabain hi pije nGpeann DCtenjuy Tl^uipmeach Ufmpach acbail hi rCeampnij. Qon^up Uuipmeach Do jaipm be, ap ap cuicce cuipmiDcheap paop clanna Sil nGipeamoin. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochc cceD pfccmojac ape. Ctn ceD bliaóain DO Conall Collampach, mac Gceppceoil, na pij op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochc ccéD ochcmojac. lap mhfic CÚ15 bliaóna hi pi?;e nGpeann do Conall Collampac, mac Gceppceoil Ufmpach, mic Gaf- ach Qilclfran, Do pochaip la Nia Seóamain. Ctoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochc ccéo ochcmo^ac ahaon. Ctn céiD bliaoain DO Nia SeDamain, mac Qóamaip, hi pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, ceicpe mile ochc cceD ochcmojac apfchc. lap mbfic pfchc mblmona hi pije nGpeann Do Nia Seóamain, macQDamaip,Do pochaip la hGnna Qijneach. Qp a naimpi]i an pí^ Niaó Sfoamain Do bbghcea ba -] ellce po aencomct. Qoip Domain, cfirpe mile ochc cceD ochcmojac ahochc. Qn ceiD bliaoain DGnna Qi jneach op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile naoi cceD a pfchc. lap mbfic piche bliaDain ' Fearghus Fortamhail: i. e. Fergus the Pow- dictus est." — Lynch. The Four Masters, O'Fla- erful or Brave. " Qui, quod eximia fortitudine herty, and Dr. O'Conor, derive the name diifer- pro ilia tempestate prjecelleret, Fortamhail, id ently, namely, from cuipmeuc, prolific, because est, Strenuus, cognominatus est." — Lynch. The he is the common ancestor of the great families Annals of Clonmacnoise give Enos Fortawyle a of Leath-Chuinn, Alba or Scotland, Dal-Kiada, reign of twelve years. Flann synchronizes him and Dal-Fiatach — See Ogygia, iii. c. 40. The with Ptolerav Philometer. Annals of Clonmacnoise make no allusion to " Aenghus Tuirmheach. — Keating, and from Fiacha Fearmara being an incestuous offspring, him Dr. Lynch, explains Tuirmheach, the cog- but speak of Enos Twyrmeach and his two sons nomen of this monarch, by náipeac, i. e. " Pudi- as follows : bundus, quia pudore suffundereter, quod prolem " Enos succeeded, and was a very good king. ex filia ebrius susceperit ; filius ex hoc incesto He left issue two goodly and noble sons, Enna coitu genitus Fiachus Fcrmara, id est, mariniis Ayneagh and Fiagha Ferwara. The most part 4815.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 83 The Age of the World, 481.5. FearghusFortam]iair,sonof BreasalBreac, after having been eleven years in the monai"chy of Ireland, was slain by Aenghus Tuirmheach in the battle of Teamhair [Tara]. The Age of the World, 4816. The first year of the reign of Aenghus Tuirmheach Teamhrach in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4875. Aengus Tuirmheach Teamhrach, after having been sixty years in the monarchy of Ireland, died at Teamhair. He was called Aenghus Tuirmheach" because the nobility of the race of Eii'eamhon are traced to him. The Age of the World, 4876. The first year of Conall CoUamhrach, son of Ederscel, as king over Ireland. The Age of the World, 4880. Conall CoUamhrach, son of Ederscel Teamhrah, son of Eochaidh Ailtleathan, after having been five years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Nia Sedhamain. The Age of the World, 4881. The first year of Nia Sedhamain, son of Adhamair, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4887. Nia Sedhamain, son of Adhamair, after having been seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Enna Aigh- neach. It was in the time of the King Nia Sedhamain that the cows and the does'" were alike milked. The Age of the World, 4888. The first year of Enna Aighneach over Ireland. The Age of the World, 4907. Enna Aighneach^ son of Aenghus Tuir- of the kings of Ireland descended of his son lamrach by the Latin Columnaris. Enna, and the kings of Scotland, for the most " The does. — The cognomen of this monarch part, descended of Fiagha, so as the great has reference to the milking of the peaon, ^6050 houses of both kingdoms derive their pedigrees or hinds, said to have been effected through the from them. He was of the sept of Ilercmon, incantations of his mother. "Mater ejus, Flidh- and reigned 32 years, and then died quietly at isa, sic fascinandi arte fuit instructa, ut filio rcgi Taragh, in his bed." feras damas effeccrit non secus ac cicures vaccas, " Five years. — The Annals of Clonmacnoise se mulgendas lactariis ultro pra;bere." — Li/nch. agree with the Four Masters in the regnal years 'Enna Aighneach Anglicised Enna Ayneagh of this and the next reign. Flann synchronises by Mageoghcgan in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, Aengus Tuirmeach, Conall CoUamhrach, Nia in which he is given a reign of only ten years. Sedliamain, and Enna Aighneach, with Ptolemy The cognomen Aighneach is explained 05- Evergetes-Physcon. O'Flaherty translates Col- oineac, i. e. perfect hospitality, by Keating. m2 84 awMaí-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [49O8. hi ]ii^e nGiieann DGnna Qijiifcli, mac Qonjofa Uuiiimis Ufrh]iac, 00 pocaip la Cpiomchann Coy-ccpach hi ccac aijio Cjierhcainn. Qoip Domain, cfiqie mile naoi cceD a hoclir. Qn céiD bliaóam 00 Cinomhrann Copccjiach, mac pdimib, mic prpjuya popcamail, hi pije n6peann. Qoip Dorhain, cfiqie mile naoi ceo a haon noecc. lap mbfif cfirpe Uiaóna hi pije nGpeann Do Cpiomratm Coy^ccpac do pochaip la RuDpuije, mac Sirpijhe. Qoip Doriiain, cfirpe mile naoi ccéD a Do Decc. Qn céiD bliaóain Do Runpuije, mac Sirpi^he, hi pijhe nGpeann. Qoip Domain, ceicpe mile naoi cceo ochcmo^ar a haon. lap mbfir I'fcr- mojar bliaóain hi pije nGpeann do RuDpiiije, mac Sirpijhe, mic Ouib mic porhoip, mic Qipsfcmaip, aobail 1 nQipsfrslionD. Qf lap an RiiDpui^e y\ po meabpac na carha po po Gipino. Cach Cuipce, each Cuachpa, peachr ccara hi cCliú, each ^leanoamnacli, each Sleibe TTlip, each boipne, each Ren, each Qi, cac Cúile SilinDe, Da each popcpaipcc. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile naoi cceD ochcmojac a DÓ. Qn ceiD bliaóain Dlonoaomap, mac Nia Sebamain, hi pije op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, ceicpe mile naoi cceD nochac. lap mbfic naoi mbliaona 111 pije nGpeann Dlonnacmap, mac Nia Sebamain, Do pochaip la bpeapal boiDiobab, mac Riibpiiije. Qoip Domain, cficpe mile naoi ceo nocha a liaon. Ctn céiD bliabain do bpfpal boiDiobaDh 1 pighe nGpeann. Qoip Domain, CÚ15 mile a haon. lap mbfic en bliaDain Decc na pijh op Gpinn Dobpeapal bóiDiobarih, mac l?uDpuiTi;e,Do pochaip la Ciijhaib Luaijhne. bóáp mop 1 riGpinn hi pfimiii]^ bpfpail. ' CrimJdhann Cosgrach: i. e. Crimlithann the Kudliraigbe so long a reigu as seventy years. Triumphant or Victorious. " Cosgrach, id est, "• Airgcal-gleann: i. e. the silver glen or valley, victor, ideo cognouiinatus, quod in quam pluri- This was the name of a glen in the barony of mis pr»liis victoriam reportaverit." — Lynch. Farney, in the county of Mouaghan. " Seventy years The Annals of Clonmacnoise "Cuirce. — A place in the territory of Ciaraighe- and most Irish authorities agree in this. Flann Chuirche, now anglice the barony of Kerrycur- synchronizes Crimhthann Cosgrach, Eudhraighe, rihy, in the county of Cork. Innatmar, Breasal, and Lughaidh Luaighne, '' Luachair: i. e. Sliabh Luachra in Kerry, with Ptolemy Lathirus, and Ptolemy Alexander, *■ Cllu: i.e. Cliu-Mail, a district in the ba- from which it appears that he did not give rony of Coshlca, and county of Limerick — -See 4908.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 85 meach Teamhrach, after having been twenty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Crimhthann Cosgrach, in the battle of Ard-Criuihthainn. The Age of the World, 4908. The first year of Crimhthann Cosgracli, son of Feidhlimidh, son of Fearghus Fortamhail, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4911. Crimhthann Cosgrach^, after having been four years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Rudlu'aighe, son of Sithrighe. The Age of the World, 4912. The first year of Rudhraighe, son of Sith- righe, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 4981. Rudhraighe, son of Sithrighe, son of Dubh, son of Fomhor, son of Airgeatmar, after having been seventy years'* in the sove- reignty of Ireland, died at Airgeat-gleann". It was by this Evidghraighe that these battles were won throughout Ireland : the battle of Cuirce"; the battle of Luachair'' ; seven battles in Cliu"; the battle of Gleannamhnach' ; the battle of Sliabh Mis^; the battle of Boirinn"; the battle of Ren';- the battle of Ai'; the battle of Cuil-Silinne'; the two battles of Fortrasc". The Age of the World, 4982. The first year of Innatmar, son of Nia Sedhamain, in sovereignty over Ireland. The Age of the World, 4990. Innatmar, son of Nia Sedhamain. after having been nine years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Breasal Boidhiobadh, son of Rudraishc. The Age of the World, 4991. The first year of Breasal Boidhiobhadii in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5001. Breasal Boidhiobhadii, son of Rudhraighe, after having been eleven years king over Ireland, was slain by Liighaidh Luaighne. There was a great mortality of kine'' in Ireland in Breasal's reign. A. M. 4981, and A. D. 1570. common.— See note under A. D. 1189. f Gleannamhnach Now Glanwortli, in tlie ^Cuil-Silinne. — This was the ancient niinie of barony of Fermoy, and county of Cork. the place where the church of Cill-Cuile-Silinne, Í SUabh Mis Now Slieve Mish, a mountain now Kilcooley, in the bai-ony and county of near Tralee in Kerry. — See A. M. .3500. Roscommon, was afterwards erected — See A. \). " Boirinn: i. e. Burrcn, in the north of the 1411, and Appendix, p. 2495. county of Clare. — See A. M. 4981. ■" Fortrasc.—l>lol identified. ■ Ren.— Ih'is, is probably intended for Magli- ° Nine years. — The Annals of (.'lonmacnoise Kein, a plain in county of Leitrim. give this monarch a reign of only three years. '' Ai: i.e. of Magh Ai, in the county of Ros- " Mortality ofhine. — From this mortality lie 86 aNNQta Rioghachca eiReawN. [5002. Qoip t)oiTiain, cúicc mile a 06. Qn céiD blmbain do Lujliaió Luaijhne, TTioc lonDarmaqi, I11 pije nGjieann. Ctoiy^ Dorhain, cúicc mile a fé oécc. Qn cúigeao bliaóain Décc Do Lujliaib Luai^ne, mac lonDacmaip, hi pije n6peann, 50 cropcaip la Conjal Clap- oinfcli, mac RuDpiiige. Qoip Domain, CÚ15 mile a y^fclir oecc. Qn ceo bliaóain Do Conjal Clapoineacli In pije nSpeann. Ctoip Domain, cviij mile rpioclia a liaon. lap mbfir CÚ15 bliaona Decc In pijije nGpeann do Consal Clapoinfc, mac RuDpuije, do pochaip la Ouach Dallca Oeaoaoh. Qoip Domain, CU15 mile cpioclia a do. Qn céiD bliaDain Do Duacli Dallca DeaDliaó, mac Caipbpe Luipcc, In pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, CÚ15 mile cfrpacba a liaon. lap ccairfm Deicli mbliabon 111 pije nGpeann bo Ouach Dallra Oeabab, mac Caipbpe^Cuipcc, do pocaip la pachrna pachach. Qoip Domain, C1115 mile cfrpacha a do. Qn céiD bliabam Dphachrna pachach hi pi^e nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cuij mile caoja a pfcc. lap mbfic pé bliabna Decc Dpachcna pafac, mac Ropa, mic Rubpuije, hi pije nGpeann do ceap la hGochaib ppeblech. Qoip Domain, CÚ15 mile cao^a a hochc. Qn céiD bliabam DGochaib peióleach hi pighe op Gpinn. received his cognomen of Bodhiobhadh. "Breas- ^ Congal Claroineach: i.e. Congal of the Flat sail Bodivo was king ten years. In his time Face. He is more usually called Clair-ingneach, there was such a morren" [murrain] " of cowes i. e. of the Broad Nails. " He did many notable in this land as there were no more then left acts of chivalry, as there are groat volumes of alive but one Bull and one Heiffer in the whole history written of his hardiness and manhood, kingdom, which Bull and Heifler lived in a He was slain by Duach Dalta Dea when he had place called Gleann Sawasge." — Annals ofClon- reigned fifteen years." — Annals of Clonmacnoise. TOOcnoise. GleannSamhaisg, or Glen of the Heifer, Flann synchronizes Congal Clairingneach with is the name of a remarkable valley in the county Ptolemy Dionysius. of Kerry, where this tradition is still vividly ' Duach Dalta Deaghaidh Keating states remembered. that he was so called because he blinded his P Lughaidh Luaighne. — " Loway mac lonamar younger brother, Deaghaidh, lest he might as- reigned 25" \_recte 15] " years, and was slain by pire to the sovereignty; but O'Flaherty shews, Congal Clareiugneach." — Annals of Clonmac- from the Book of Lecan, fol. 203, a, and from noise. O'Duvegan's Book, fol. 81, a, and from Gilla- 5002.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 87 The Age of the World, 5002. The first year of the reign of Lughaidli Luaighne, son of Innatmar, in the monarcliy of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5016. The fifteenth year of Lughaidh Luaighne^ son of Innatmar, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Congal Cla- roineach, son of Rudhraiglie. The Age of the World, 5017. The first year of Congal Claroineach in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5031. Congal Claroineach'', son of Rudhraighe, after having been fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Duach Dallta Deadhadh. The Age of the World, 5032. The first year of Duach Dallta Deadhadh^ son of Cairbre Lusg, in the monarchy of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5041. Duach Dallta Deadhadh, son of Cairbre Lusg, after having been ten years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Fachtna Fathach. The Age of the World, 5042. The first year of Fachtna Fathach in tiie sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5057. Fachtna Fathach', sou of Rossa, son of Rudhraighe, after having been sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Eochaidh Feidhleach. The Age of the World, 5058. The first year of Eochaidh Feidhleach" m the sovereignty over Ireland. Caemhain's poem, written in the twelfth cen- or Wise. The Anuals of Cloumacnoise give him tury, that he had no brother of that name, but a reign of twenty-four years, and Flann synchru- that he was called Dalta Deaghaidli, i. e. the niscs him with Cleopatra. Alumnus or Foster-son of Deaghaidh, son of Sen, ' Eochaidh Feidhleach. — Keating e.xplaiiis of the Ernaansof Munster. — See Oi/./y^ia, part iii. Feidhleach as "constant sighing." This nio- c. 42 ; and also Dr. O'Conor's Pj-olcrjomcna ad narch rescinded the division of Ireland into Annales, p. xxiii. The Annals of Clonmacnoise twenty-five parts, which had been made three give this monarch a reign of only seven years, centuries before his time by the monarcli and state that he " was slain by Faghtua Fagh- Ugaine Mor, and divided the kingdom into five agh about the time that Julius Ciesar was mur- provinces, over each of which he appointed a dered in the senate by Hrutus and Cassius." pentarch or provincial king, who was obedient O'Flahcrty adds {ubi supra) that he was slain and tributary to himself. These were: Fearghus, in the battle of Ardbrestine. son of Leidc, King of Uladh or Ulster; Deagh- * Fachtna Fathach: i. e. Fachtna the Cautious aidh, son of Sen, and his relative Tighernach. 88 QNMaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [5069. Qoif Ooriiain, CÚ15 mile peapcca a naoi. lap mbfir Da bliaóain ttécc In pijhe nGpeann oGochaio pfióleacli, mac Pino, mic pionolosha, acbail 1 rcfrhpaij. Qoip Doriiain, ci'iicc mile peaclicmojac. Qn céiD bbaóain oGocliaib Qipfm (ofpbpachaip Gaclmch pfióbj) hi pije nGpeann. Qoip Domain, cúicc mile ochcmojac a cfraip. lap ccaicfrh CÓ15 mbliaóna noécc hi pije nGpeann DGochaiD QipGti po loipcceaó lá Siogmall In pPpfm- ainD. Qoip Domain, ciiicc mile ochcmojac a CÚ15. Ctn céD Bliabam DGDe]ipcél, mac Gojain, mic Oiliolla, na pi'j op Gpinn. Qoip Domain, CÚ15 mile ochcmojar anaoi. lap crocairfrh coicc mbliaóan hi pijjlie nGpeann DGDeppcel, mac Gojain, mic Oiliolla, do pochaip la Niiaba Neachr, 1 nQillinD. Qoip Domain, ciiicc mile nochar. lap ccairfrh Ifirbliabna hi pijhe nGpeann Do Niiaba Nfchr, mac SeDna Sirbaicc, ropcaip hi ccar Cliach 1 nUib Opóna In Conaipe TTlóp. Ceirbliabain corhplairip cloinne Gimhip pinD hi ccfnn na leir bliaDan po Nuabac Nfcr comlánaigfp nochac ap cúig mile bliabain 1 naoip Domain. Qoip Domain, ciiicc mile nocha a haon. Qn ceiD bliabain do Conaipe TTIóp. mac Greppceóil, 1 pi je nGpeann. Tedbhannach, Kings of the two Munsters ; Eossu a ludicrous size in lier fairy state. Huadli, son of Fearglius, King of Leinster; Oi- " Eochaidh Aifcamh Keating says that he lioll. who was married to Meadhbh, the mo- received the cognomen of .á/rcaííi/í, " the Grave- narch's daughter, King of Connaught. FLinn digger," because he was the first who had a synchronises Fearghus, son of Leide, with Oc- grave dug in Ireland. " Aireamh ideo dictus, tavianus Augustus See O'Flalierty's Og>/gia, quod tumulos effodi primus in Hibcrnia cura- part iii. c. 43. This monarcli liad tliree sons, verit." — Lynch. Breas, Nar, and Lothar, commonly called the Contemporary with Eochaidh was Fearghus three Finns of Eamhain; and six daughters, Mac Eoich, King of Ulster, who being de- Mumhain, Eile, Meadhbh, Deirdre, Clothra, and throned by Conchobhar Mac Nessa, fled to Con- Eilhne, of whom strange stories are told in an- naught, and placed himself under the protection cient Irish manuscripts; but of all his children of Oilioll and Meadhbh, king and queen of that by far the most celebrated was Meadhbh or Mab, province, and, having procured their aid, he who is still remembered as the queen of the commenced hostilities with Ulster, which were fairies of the Irish, and the Queen Mab of Spen- vigorously carried on for seven years. This war ser'sFaery Queen, in which this powerful virago, between Ulster and Connaught is described in queen and quean of Connaught, is diminished to the Irish work called Tain Bo Cuailgne, and 5U69.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 89 The Age of the World, 5069. Eochaidh Feidhleach, son of Finn, son of Finnlogha, after liaving been twelve years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died at Teanihair [Tara]. The Age of the World, 5070. The first year of Eochaidh Aireamh (bro- ther of Eochaidh Feidhleach) in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of the World, 5084. EooJiaidh Aireamh", after having been fifteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was burned by Sighmall, at Freamh- ainn". The Age of the AVorld, 5085. Tlie first year of Ederscel, son of Oilioll, as king over Ireland. The Age of the World, 5089. Ederscel, son of Eoghan, son of Oilioll, after having been five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain byNuadhaNeacht, at Aillinn". The Age of the World, 5090. Nuadlia Neacht^ son of Sedna Sithbhaic, after having spent half a year in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle of Cliach, in Ui Drona^, by Conaire Mor. The half year of the joint reign of Clann-Eimhir-Finn, being added to this half year of Nuadha Neacht, completes ninety and five thousand years of the age of the world. The Age of the World, 5091. The first year of Conaire Mor, son of Ederscel, in the sovereignty of Ireland. other romantic tales, in ■which the extraordinary applied to a lofty hill rising o\'cr the western valour of the heroes of the Craebh Euadh, or shore of i-oc Uciip, anglicc Lough Owel, in the Red Branch, in Ulster, and of the Firbolgic sept townland of Wattstown, parish of P.ortlemon, of Connaught called the Gamanradians of Irras, and county of Westmeath. — See the Ordnance are blazoned with poetical exaggerations. Among Map of that county, sheet 11. The Annals of the former was Conall Cearnach, the ancestor of Clonmacnoise give this monarch a reign of O'More, and Cuchullainn, called by the annalist twenty-five years. The Leahhar-Gahhala of the Tigeniach, "fortissimus heros Scotorum;" and O'Clerys, p. 1,30, states that Sighmall dwelt at among the latter was Coat Mac Magach, the bro- Sidh-Neannta, which was the ancient name of ther of Oilioll, King of Connaught, and Ferdia Mullaghshee, near Lanesborough, in the county Mac Damain, the bravest of the Firbolgic cham- of Roscommon. pions of Irras, who was slain by Cuchullainn in " Aillinn See A. M. 41G9. single combat. — See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part '' Nuadha Neacht: i.e. Nuadha the Snow- iii. cc. 4G, 47, 48; and Dr. O'Conor's Prolegom. white. " Is inde sortitus agnomen Neacht quod adAnnalcs, pp. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. nivi (quam neacht siguificatione reftrt) cutis * Freamhainn — Keating places this in Teab- candore non cesserit." — Lynch. tha. It is now called, arifjlice, Frewin, and is ' Cliach, in Ui-Lrona : i. c. in the barony of N C-:^" "^avli. 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Irelaa^fi in íls= rtíga. . . _ ^^ of ibí viad didaot taSs aL^.'^ ,- - , - áSe ai Spemg, Litúe . _s4«Eá^ his TTT!!^ The Ase of tise Worid. 51^L Tfee firs -vexr ot Ire-jsEii -wiraciEi » y^T Tie Age of tise Wosii ál««- Tiie tm jear .i f-^gr^ar.:^ íe-a^íi-ií5sarT ^ tae suni ef tisHtr of feeÍHii Tfe Age r£ tte Wcrid. 51SL Lca^aiikSiialiferaaeaaf.afia-faTaffbeett twEBtV'Si Teazs hi &e sTreresEíT of IrelaEai. died, of yrwr T&e A^ of ae^HHoiid, ^IS^j. Coc£ÍLob^ Aiifea^na^. 9» of J^b Crfesr?. Eiá CQsS Hie BnTTT Itrtrr -a Cat- .Asssrfee ^. _- ^. . X2L '^^*'^^*^ Tpr'.tn^ . inhi^ / T'Tiiy 4 '^i'Ti'i- ans laac iábs ^fcit^^ -T^Boyae. Tie A-rrta.'a it llj_ «r-cZiae^r i. «. T ni Jwiifc « L e. A_ EL 74. Frnn. -ssis Et ÍTCaBS' -rifii »lia r« «nries itmikI 52 92 awNQf-a líio^hachca eiReawN. [5193. Qbpaójiuab, mac pmn pilfó, nuc l?oppa Ruaib, mic pfpjupa Paippje, In liijhe nGpeann 50 ccopclmiii la Cjiioriirann, mac Luijbeacli Spiab nDfiicc. Qoip Domain, CU15 mile ceo nocliac a riii. Qn céiD bliaóain Do Ciiiom- rann Niaónáiii, mac Luigóeach, In Jiije nGpeann. Qoif Doriiain, cuicc mile ceo noclia a cfraiji. Qn Dapa bliabain Do Cjiiorhrann. DQOIS CRIOSC. Qn ceo bliaóain Daoip Cpiopo, -] an roccmaó bliaóain Do pijhe Cpioiti- rainn Niaónáiii. > '■**•> Qoip Cpiopc, a naoi. Q ye Decc Do Cpiomrann hi piglie nGyieann, 50 nep- bailr 1 nOún Cpiomrainn, 1 nGoaip, lap ccoibeachc Don eachrpa oippDfipc popp a nDeachaiD. Qp Don eachupa pin cuj laip na peóiD aóampa imon ccappac nópba, -| imon ppiccill nóip, 50 ccpíb ccéooib geam gloinióe innrc, -| imon cCéoaij cCpiomcainn,léne paineamail ipióe co mbpeachrpaó ópba. Oo bfpc cloibfrii carbuabach co niolap nairpeacli do rhaipi 6ip aiclileajrlia ap na pionnab ann, pciach co nibocóiDib aipjic aengil, ['leagb Da nac répnoDli ofn no gonca bi, caball ap nach ceillccci upcop niompaill, -] Da coin 50 ^ Niadhnair -Dr. O'Conor translates this patriam retulit, nempe ciirrum aureum ; alveo- cognomen miles verecundus ; and O'Flaherty un- lum lusorium ex auro, trecentas splendentes derstands it to mean " husband of Nair ;" but genimas pro scrupis habentem; Phrigium in- Keating gives it a far different interpretation : dusium auro intextum ; ensem capulo deaiirato " Tracto cognomine aboriginis pudore, nami\"i« sculpturarum varietate docoratum cui ea vis perinde est ac pugil, et 7iair ac pudibundus : inerat, ut semper victoriam retulerit ; scutum etenim illemasimo profuudebaturpvidore, quod baccis argenteis coelatum; lanceam vulnus im- de matris ac filii coitu genitus fuerit." — Li/nch. uiedicabile semper iniligentem ; fundum a scopo ^ Dun-Crimhthainn : i. e. Crimhthann's Fort. nunquam aberrantem ; duos canes venaticos This fort was situated on the hill of Howth, and ligamine argentes astrictos quod centum c!/??i- its site is occupied by the Bailie's lighthouse. halo''' [ancillis] " estimatum est ; cum multis ■ Wonderful jewels. — The account of this ex- aliis." — p. 1 2G. pedition is given by Keating nearly in the same The Leahhar-Gahhala of theO'Clerys contains words as by the Four Masters, and the passage is a poem of seventy-two verses, ascribed to King translated into Latin by Dr. Lynch, as follows: Crimhthann himself, in which he describes the " Crepithonus ille paulo ante mortem ab ex- precious articles he brought into Ireland on this peditione reversus insignia qusedam cimelia in occasion. It begins, ITlá oo cooh an eachcpj(iia, iii. 57. The Book of Lecan, fol. .300, h, places the commencement of this monarch's reign in the time of M. Aurelius, which agrees with Tigher- nach's Annals. Aurelius reigned from A. D. I6I to 180. f Seal. — OTlaherty {O'jygia, part iii. c. 56) calls him Seal Balbh, and says that he was King of Finland, the inhabitants of which, as well as those of Denmark and Norway, were called Fomorians by the Irish. 8 Cnoc-Baine : i. c. Baine's hill. This was the name of a hill situated in the plain of Magh- Leamhna, otherwise called Clossach, in Tyrone ; but it is now obsolete. ^ Rath-mor, of Magh-Leamhna: i. e. the Great Eath of Magh LeamLna. This was also in Clos- sach. — See A. M. 3727. ' Luaighni of Teamhair — A people in Meath, the position of whom is determined by a passage in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 10, which places the church of Domhnach- mor-Muighe Echenach in their territory. '' Magh h-Agha According to the Will of Cathaeir Mor, as preserved in the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, Cathaeir was slain by the Fian or militia of Luaighne in the battle of Tailltin. Accordingto the Annals of Clonmacnoise, "King Cahier's armie was overthrown and himself slaine, and buried near the Eiver of Boyne." Dr. O'Conor does not seem to believe that Ca- thaeir Mor was monarch of Ireland See his edition of these Annals, p. 76, note. It is curious to remark that in about 1000 years after this period the descendants of Conn and 111.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 103 The Age of Christ, 111. The first year of the reign of Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar% son of Tuathal Teachtmhar, as king over Ireland. Baine, daughter of ScaF, was the mother of this Feidhliinidh. It was from her Cnoc-Baine^, in Oirghialla, for it was there she was interred. It was by her also Rath-mor, of Magh-Leamhna^ in Ulster, was erected. The Age of Christ, 119. Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, after having been nine years in the sovereignty of Ireland, died. The Age of Christ, 120. The first year of Cathaeir Mor, son of Feidh- limidh Firurghlais, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 122. Cathaeir Mor, after having been three years king over Ireland, was slain by Conn, and the Luaighni of Teamhair', in the battle of MaQ-h h-Afrha". The Age of Christ, 12o. The first year of Conn of the Hundred Battles as king over Ireland. The night of Conn's birth were discovered' five principal roads [leading] to Teamhair, which were never observed till then. These are Cathaeir contended for power as fiercely as their ancestors, namely, lioderic O'Cunor, King of Connaught and Monarch 50 BppeapaBpa, L e. cumreiiiteiuiá, and DermotMac Murrough, King ol'Leinster; for although they could not boast of more than one monarch of Ireland in either family for a period of at least 1000 years, still did each regard himself as fit for the monarchy (the one as already crowned, the other as lit to be crowned) ; while O'Neill of Ulster, and O'Melaghlin of Meath, looked upon both as usurpers. In the speech said, by Giraldus Cam- brensis, to have been delivered by Dermot Mac Murrough to his army, he is represented us having spoken as follows : " Sud si Lagenium qua'rit : quoniam alicui Connactensium aliquaudo subjecta fuit: Ea ra- tione et nos Connactiam petimus, quia nostris aliquoties cum totius Hibernia; subditas fuerat mouarchia." — Ilibcnúa Expugnata, lib. i. c. 8. Dermot here alludes to Dermot, son of Do- nough, surnamed Maelnambo, who was his great great grandl'ather, and who, according to the Annals of Clonmacuoise, was King of Ireland, of the Danes of Dublin, and of Wales, in 106^; and to Cathaeir More, from whom he was the twenty-fourth in descent, for lie could boast of no other monarch of all Ireland in his family. Roderic O'Conor could reckon his own father only among the monarchs of his line up to the time of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin in the fourth century ; for though his ancestor, Brian, was the eldest son of this King Eochaidh, yet the claims of him and his race were set aside by the more warlike race of Niall of the Nine Hos- tages, the ancestor oi' the illustrious family of O'Neill, for nearly 1000 years. ' Were discovered. — Tliis looks as if it was believed that those roads sprang into existence of their own accord, as if for joy at the birth of Conn ; and they are spoken of in this sense by Lughaidh O'Clery, in his poetical controversy with Tcigc Mac Dary (see Oijygia, iii. c. tiO) ; but the probability is that they were finished by King Feidhlimidh the Lawgiver t>n the birth- day of liis son, Conn. 104 aHHata Rio^hachca eiReoNN. [157. Tílioóluaciia, Slí^lie Cucilarm, Slighe TTlóii, Slijlie Dctla. Sbje TTlóp cjia ap lyibe G]^cci]i Rmoa .1. pabponna Gpeann a Do enp Chonn ~\ Gojban TTloyi. Qoip Cliinopc, ceo caocca a feaclic. lap mbficli CÚ15 bliaóna cjnocha I11 iii^lie n6peann do Conn CeDcarhac copcaip la dobpame Cipeacb, mac TTlail, mic Roclipaióe, pi Ulaólii cUuaicli Qmpoip. °' Slighe-Asail This was a western road ex- tending from the hill of Tara, in the direction of Loch-Uair (Lough Owel), near MuUingar, in Westmeath. A part of this road is distinctly referred to in Ledbhar-na-hUidhri (fol. 7, 6, «)> as extending from Dun-na-nAirbhedh to the tiross at Tigh-Lomain. " Slighe-Midhluachra This is often men- tioned as a road leading into the north of Ire- land, but its exact position has not been deter- mined. " Slighe-Ciialann. — This extended from Tara in the direction of Dublin and Bray ; and its position was, perhaps, not very different from the present mail-coach road. "■ SUglie-Mor: i. e. the great way or road- This was a western line, the position of which is determined by the Eiscir-Eiada See note ^ '" Slighe-Dala. — This was the great south- western road of ancient Ireland, extending from the southern side of Tara Hill in the di- rection of Ossory. The castle of Bealach-mor, in Ossory, marks its position in that territory. ^See Bealach-mor Muighe-Dala, A. D. 1580. ' TJie Eiscir-Riada. — This is a continuous line of gravel hills, extending from Dublin to Cla- rinbridge, in the county of Galway. It is men- tioned in ancient Irish manuscripts as extending from Dublin to Clonard, thence to Clonmacnoise and Clonburren, and thence to Meadhraighe, a peninsula extending into the bay of Galway — Lib. Lecan, fol. 167, a, a, and Circuit of Muir- cheaiiach Mac Ndll, pp. 44, 45, note 128. This division of Ireland into two nearly equal parts, between Conn of the Hundred Battles and Eoghan Mor, otherwise called Mogh Nuadhat, is mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach, A. D. 166 ; but no particulars of the battles or cause of dispute between these rivals are given by that grave annalist. The writer of Cath Maighe-Léana, however, gives a minute account of the cause of the dispute, and of the battle, which savours much of modern times ; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as translated by Ma- geoghegan, contain the following notice of Conn, and of the dissension between him and the head of the race of Heber, who was king of the southern Irish, which also savours strongly of modern times. " Conn Kedcahagh having thus slain King Ca- hire, succeeded himself, and was more famous than any of his ancestors for his many victories and good government. He was called Conn Kedcahagh, of" [i. e. from] " a hundred battles given" [i. e. fought] " by him in his time. He is the common ancestor, for the most part, of the north of Ireland, except the Clanna-Rowries, and the sept of Luthus, son of Ithus. He had three goodly sons, Conly, Criona, andArtEnear; and three daughters, Moyne" [the mother of Fearghus Duibhdeadach, King of Ulster, and monarch of Ireland], " Sawe" [Sadhbh or Sab- bina], " and Sarad" [the queen of Conaire II]. Sawe was married to" [Maicniadh, for whom she had Lughaidh Maccon, monarch of Ireland, and after his death to Oilioll Olum] " the King of Monster, by whom she had many sons, as the ancestors of the Macarties, O'Briens, O'Ker- vells, O'Mahonies, and divers others of the west" [south?] " part of Ireland, by which means they have gotten themselves that selected and choice name much used by the Irish poets at the time 157.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 105 their names : Sliglie- Asail", Slighe-Midliluaclira", Slighe-Cualauu", Slighe-Mor", Slighe-Dala''. Sligho-Mor is [that called] Eisch--Riada', i. e. the division-line of Ireland into two parts, between Conn and Eoghan Mor. The Age of Christ, 157. Conn of the Hundred Battles, after having been thirty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, was slain by Tibraite Tireach, son of Mai, son of Rocliraidlie, King of Ulster, at Tuath-Amrois". of their commendations and praises, called Sile Sawa, which is as much in English as the Issue of Sawe. " Owen More, alias Moy nod" [Mogh Nuadhat] " warred upon him a long time. He was King of Monster, and was so strong that he brought the king to divide with him, and allow him, as his share, from Esker-Kiada" [southwards] " beginning at" [that part of] " Dublin where- upon the High-street is set" [i. e. situated], " and extending to Ath-Cleyth Mearie, in Tho- mond" [rede in Connaught]. " Owen's share was of the south, and of him took the name Lehmoye or Moye's half in deale. King Conn's share stood of the north part of the said Esker, which of him was likewise caUed Leagh-Conn, or Conn's halfe in deale, and they do retain these names since. " This division of Ireland stood for one year after, until Owen More, alias Moynodd, being well aided by his brother-in-law, the King of Spaine's son, and a great army of Spaniards, picked occasion to quarrell and fall out with the King for the customs of the Shippings of Dublin, alleging that there came more shipps of King Conn's side, then" [than] " of his side, and that he would needs have the customs in common between them, which King Conn refused ; wliereupon they were encensed migh- tily against each other, and met, with their two great armies, at the plains and Heath of Moy- lena, in the territory of Fercall, where the ar- mies of Owen More were overthrown, himself and Fregus, the King of Spaine's son, slain, and afterwards hurried in two little Hillocks, now to be seen at the said plains, which, as some say, are the tombs of the said Owen and Fregus. " The King having thus slain and vanquished his enemies, he reigned peaceably and quietly twenty years, with great encrease and plenty of all good things among his subjects through- out the whole kingdom, so as all, in general, had no want, until the King's brothers, Eocliie Finn and Fiagha Swye, seeing the King had three goodly- sons. Art, Conly, and Criona, which were like to inherit the Crown after their father's death, sent privy message to Ti- prady Tyreagh, son of King Mall JIac Eochrye, who was slain by Felym Reaghtwar, the said King Conn's father ; whereupon the said Ti- bradie, with a very willing heart, came up to Taragh, accompanied with certain other male- factors, assaulted the King at unawares, and wilfully killed him, on Tuesday, the 20th of October, in Anno 172 [t-ecte 173], in the 100th year of the King's age, as he was making great preparations towards the great Feast of Taragh, caUeá Ffeis-Tufay/i, which yearly, onHollantide, and for certain days after, was held." ' Tuath-Amrois. — Not identified. It must have been the name of a district very near the hill of Tara, as King Conn was murdered while making preparations for the Feis Teamrach, ac- cording to the older authorities. Flann synchronizes Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, Cathacir Mor, and Conn of the Hundred Battles, with M. Auri'lius; and says that Conn Cedcha- thach gained the battle of Maghlenu in the reigu 106 aNNQca Rioshachca eiReawN. [158. Qoip Clipij^c, ceo caocca a hocc. Qn ceio bliaóain oo Conaijie, mac TTloDlia Carha, In pijlie uap Gpinn. Qoip Cliiiiopc, ceo ]^eapcca a cuij. lap mbficli ochc mbliaóna hi pijlie n6peann ooClionaipe, mac nioba Larha, copcaip la NfimiD mac Spuibjinn. Upi meic laij' an cConaipe hipin, Coipbpe inu|>cc, 6 paicfp TTlufccpaije, Caipppe bapcain, o rróó baij^cnij In cCopca baipccinn, "] Caipppe Piaca, o bpuilic Oól l?iaca. Sapaio injion Cuinn Ceocacliaij macliaip na mac pa Conaipe, mic TTloDlia Lamlia. Qoip Chpifc, ceo peapcca ape. Qn ceo bliaóain do piglie Qipr, mic Cuinn CeDcachaij. QoipCpiopr, ceo oclicmojar ape. Q haon picfc oQpc, mac Cuinn Ceo- cachaij, In pije nGpeann. Cach Cino peabpac pia macaib Oiliolla Quluim, -] piap na rpi Coipbpib (clann Conaipe, mic Ulooa Lama .i.Caipbpe TTlúpcc, Caipppe T?iaDa -| Caipppe bapcain) pop Oaoepa Dpai, pop Nemib mac of Commodus. — See Dr. O'Conor's Prolegomena, pp. xi. xii. xvii. ' Cairhre Muse. — He was the ancestor of all the tribes called Muscraighe, in Munster, as Muscraighe-Breogain, now the barony of Clan- william, in the south-west of the county of Tipperary; Muscraighe-Mitine, now the barony of Muskerry, in the county of Cork ; and Miis- craighe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper and Lower Ormond, in the north of the county of Tipperary. — Ogygia, iii. c. 63. Dr. O'Brien doubts, in his Irislt Dictionary, voce Muscrith, that the existence of these Carbrys rests on any certain historical foundation; but there is as much authority from Irish history for the ex- istence of these Carbrys, as for any other fact belonging to the same period — See Leahhar na gCeart, p. 42, note '. " Baiscnigh This tribe inhabited the district now comprised in the baronies of Moyarta and Clonderalaw, in the south-west of the county of Clare, where, after the establishment of sur- names, the two chief families of the race were the O'Baiscinns and O'DonncUs. " JJal-Itiada The descendants of Cairbre Eioghflioda, i. e. of the long ulna, were the Dalriads, a tribe in the north of the present county of Antrim, long since extinct or un- known there, and the more illustrious tribe of the Dalriads of Scotland, of whom O'Flaherty, in his Ogygia {iibi supra), treats, and also Pin- kerton and other modern writers. The earliest writer who mentions the settlement of the Dal- Riada in Scotland is Bede, who, in his Eccl. Hist. lib. i. c. i. says : " Scoti, Duce Eeuda de Hibernia ogressi, amicitia vel ferro sibimet in- ter Pictos, sedes quas haetenus habent, vindi- caverunt." In about three hundred years after the settlement of Cairbre Riada in Scotland, the Dal-Riada of Ulster, who were of the same race, headed by the sons of Ere, son of Eo- chaidh Muinreamhar, invaded Scotland, and ibunded another Dal-Riada in that kingdom. The territory first acquired by the Gaeidhil or Scoti, among the Picts, received the name of Aircr-Gaeidheal, i. e. the region or district of the Gaeidhil, now shortened to Argyle (and not Ard na nGaidheal, as O'Flaherty has guess- 158.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 107 The Age of Christ, 158. The first year of Conaire, son of Modh-Lamha, in sovereignty over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 165. Conaire, son of Mogh-Lamha, after having been eight years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell by Neimhidh, son of Sruibhgheann. This Conaire had three sons, Cairbre Muse', from whom the Muscraighe are called ; Cairbre Baschaein, from whom are the Baiscnigh", in Corca-Baiscinn ; and Cairbre Eiadal, from v^hom are the Dal-Riada". Saraid, daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles, was the mother of these sons of Conaire, sou of Modh- Lamha. The Age of Christ, 166. The first year of the reign of Art, son of Conn of the Himdred Battles. The Age of Christ, 186. The twenty-first year of Art, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The battle of Ceannfeabhrat" by the sons of OilioU Olum" and the three Cairbres, i. e. Cairbre Muse, Cairbre Riada, and Cairbre Bascainn, against Dadera, the Druid ; Neimhidh, son of ingly assumed. — Ogi/gia, iii. c. 63, p. 323). The settlement of the latter colony in Scotland is mentioned by an ancient writer quoted by Camden (Britanta, tit. Scotia) in the following words : " Fergus filius Eric fuit primus qui do semine Chonaire suscepit regnum Albania3 a Brunalban ad mare Hibernia?, et Inse gall, et inde reges de semine Fergus regnaverunt in Brunalban, sive Brunehere usque ad Alpinum filium Eochaidh." The settlement of the Scoti in North Britian is mentioned, in the following words, by the author of the Life of Cadroe, written about the year 1040: " Fluxerunt quotanni, et mare sibi proximum transfretantcs JEveam Insulam, qua; nunc lona dicitur, repleverunt. Nee satis, post pelagus Britanni» contiguum, perlegentes, per Rosim amnem, Eossiam rcgionem manserunt: Itigmo- natli'''' [Dun Monaidh?] " quoque iieWW/ior ur- bes, a se procul positas, petentes, possessuri vicerunt." — Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, p. 495. " Ceaiiiifeabhrat — This was the ancient name of a part of the mountain of Sliabh Eiach to the south of Kilmallock, on the confines of the counties of Limerick and Cork See A. D. 1579 and 1599. After the defeat of Maccon in the battle of Ceannfeabhrat, by his step-father, OilioU Olum, he fled to Wales to solicit assist- ance, and in some time after put into the Bay of Galway, accompanied by Bene, a Briton, and a great number of foreign auxiliaries ; and seven days after his arrival (as Tighernach notes) obtained a signal victory over King Art and his forces. ' OilioU Olum. — Dr. O'Conor translates this name Olillus Archi-Poeia, but the ancient Irish writers never understood it in that sense, for they never write the word oUarh, a chief poet, as Ur. O'Conor wishes to make it, but olum, which they explain "of the bare ear," because his ear was bit olTby Ainc, the daughter of a Tuatha- Ue-Danann, named Eogabhal, as he was ravish- ing her : " Inde factum est, ut Olillus Olumus quod pcriiule est ac tempora spoliata auribus, apptllarctur." — Lynch. This lady, Aine, whose p2 108 aNwaca Rio^hachca eiueaHN. [195. Sjioibcint), 1 po|i ofipcejic nGiieann, du hi ccojicaip Nemió, mac Spoibcinn, ]ii GpnaTTlDTÍian, 1 Oaofjia Dpurli Daipine,oo ceap Dna Daofpa la liGojan, mac Oiliolla, do ceap Nemib, mac Spoibginn, la Caipbpe RijpoDa, mac Conaipe, a noiojail a acliap .i. Conaipe buofin. Ro jon Caipbpe ITlupc LughaiD .1. TTlac Con ina colpca, jup bo hacach laporh. Ip é par an pop- anma pin map do bi Lujaib cairnerhac do cboin do bi ace biaraó a coilen a rcij a oiDcD, "j Do ibeab ap ballon na con perhpaire, jup lean ÍTlac con De. Qoip Cpiopc, ceD nocliac acuicc. lap mbfirli rpiocha bliaDain bi pije nGpeann DQpc, mac CuinnCeocacbai^, copcaip bi ccarb rnoijbelTlucpaime la TTlac Con 50 na allmapcoib. Uopcpacap beop ipin each ceDna mapaon pe liClpc, meic a Sfrap SaiDbe ingine CuinD .1. peacbr maca Oiliolla Oluim, cangacnp laip i najaiD TTlic Con a nDfpbparap, Gogban TTlóp Dubmfpcbon, TTlu?;copb, Lujbaib, Gochaió, Dicbopb, -) UaDcc a nanmanna,-] 6éinne 6pioc, ]ii bpfcan po imip lama poppa. Uopcbaip 60nDe la LujaiD Laglm a ccionaiD a bpáirpec. Liogaipne Ceacanpooa, mac Qengupa bailb, mic Gaubacb pinn- father had beeu killed by Oilioll, resided at and gave name to Cnoc-Aine, anglice Kuockany, near BruiF, in the county of Limerick, and is now traditionally remembered as one of the Banshees of the south of Ireland. '■ Mac Con: i.e. Son of the Greyhound. Keat- ing gives the same derivation : " Is in OlilU domo ut ejus provignus, ut cujus matrem Sabham Coni Centiprielii filiam Olillus uxorem habebat, pusillus pusio versatus, et nondum vestigia figere peritus adOlilli caneni venaticum, Aquilam Rubram" [Blaip Oeupg] " nomine liianibus repens accessit, et canis infantulum ore smpius arripuiV \recte, ad ubera sorbenda accepit] " nee tamen ab assiduo ad eum accessu coerceri potuit, quce res illi nomen Maccon pe- rerit, quod perinde est ac canis venatici filius." — Lynch. This, however, is clearly tlie guess derivation and elucidation of a posterior age. The word mac con would certainly denote filhis canis, but it might also be figuratively used to denote son of a hero ; and as his father's name was mac niao, son of a hero, it might not, perhaps, be considered over presumptuous in an etymo- logist of the present day to reject the story about the greyhound bitch, and substitute a modern conjecture in its place. This Lughaidh Maccon was the head of the Ithian race, and chief of the Munster sept called Deirgthine. He is the ancestor of the family of O'Driscoll, and from him the pedigree of Sir Florence O'Driscoll, who flourished in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, is deduced by Duald JIac Firbis in thirty generations. O'Driscoll is not accounted of the Milesian race by the Irisli ge- nealogists, because he descended from Ith, tlie uncle of Milidh, or Milesius. " Magh-iMiicruimlie This was tlic name of a plain near Athenry, in the county of Galway. O'Flaherty states {Ogygia, iii. c. 67) that the place where King Art was killed, was called Turlach-Airt in his (O'Flaherty's) time, and situated between Moyvaela and Kilcornan in 195.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 109 Sroibhcinn ; and the south of Ireland ; where fell Neinihidh, son of Sroibhcinu, King of the Ernai of Munstor ; and Dadera, the Druid of the Dairinni. Dadera was slain by Eoghain, son of OilioU ; Neimhidh, son of Sroibhcinu, by Cairbre Rioglif lioda, son of Conaire, in revenge of his own father, i. e. Conaii-e. Cairbre Muse wounded Lughaidh, i. e. Mac Con, in the thigh, so that he was [ever] afterwards lame. The cause of this cognomen was : Lughaidh was agreeable to a greyhound that was suckling her whelps in the house of his foster-father, and he was used to suckle the teat of the aforesaid greyhound, so that Mac Con^ [son of the gi'eyhound] adhered to him [as a soubricjuet]. The Age of Christ, 195. After Art, the son of Conn of the Hundi'ed Battles, had been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Magh-Mucruimhe'', by Maccon and his foreigners. In the same battle, along with Art, fell also the sons of his sister, Sadhbh, daughter of Conn, namely, the sQven sons of Oilioll Olura, who had come with him against Maccon, their brother. Eoghan Mor", Dubhmerchon, Mughcorb, Lughaidh, Eochaidh, Di(j- chorb, and Tadhg, were their names ; and Beinne Brit, King of Britain, was he who laid [violent] hands upon them. Beinne was slain by Lughaidh Lagha, in revenge of his relatives. Lioghairne" of the Long Cheeks, son of Aenghus Aidhne — See the Map to Tribes and Customs granddaughter of Cathaeir Mor, prococded into of liy-Many ; and Hardiman's edition of O'Fla- Leinster.and the king of that province bestowed herty's lar-Coimaught, p. 43, note '. upon him and his sons certain districts called " F.oghan Mot: — He is the ancestor of all the by posterity Fotharta, from Eocbaidh's surname, great families of Munster and elsewhere, called Of these the two principal were Fotharta-an- Eoghanaohts by tlie Irish genealogists. All his Cliairn, now the barony of Forth, in the county brothers died without issue except Cormac Cas, of Wexford, and Fotharta-Fea, now the barony the ancestor of the O'Briens of Thomond, and of Forth, in the county of Carlow. There were all the Dal g-Cais, and Cian, the ancestor of also Fothart-.^irbhreach, near the hill of Bri- O'CarroU, O'Meaghcr, and other families called File, now the hill of Croghan, in the King's Cianachta, seated in various parts of Ireland. County ; Fotharta Airthir Liffe, in the present ' Lioghairne. — O'Flaherty calls him 7/?V/M)7hí?. county of Kildarc, and others; but his race When Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred became e.xtinct or obscure at an early period in Battles, succeeded Conaire H. as Monarch of all the districts called Fotharta, except Fotharta- Ireland, he banished his uncle, Eochaidh Finn- Fea, where his descendant, ONolan, retained fothart, and his sons, from Mcath, because they considerable possessions till the seventeenth cen- had assassinated his brothers, Conla mid Criua, tury. and betrayed his father to the Ulstermen. Incensed at this expulsion of hi;^ family, Eochaidh, being married to Uchdelbha, the Boghairne joined the foreign forces of Maccon 110 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReanw. [196. puarhnaipr, po imbiji loriia po]i Qpc ipin each ) in TTloijlie ITluccpoime, lap ccochc DO 111 pochjiaine TTlic Con. Ctoip Cpiopr, céD nocliac apé. Qn céo Miaóain do Lujoib, (.1. TTlac Con) mac ITlaicniaó, bi pijhe nGpeann. Qoip Cpiopc, Da ceD piche acinj. lap mbfif cpiocha bliaóam 1 pijlie nGpeann Do Lujliaió (.1. TTlac Con), mac TTlaicniaD, copcaip do lairh pfipcip, mic Comain Gcip, lap na lonnapbaó a Ufmpaijj Do Copmac ua Cliuinn. Qoip Cpiopc, Da chéD piche apé. pfpjijup OuiBbeDacli, mac lomchaDlia, napijópSpinn ppi pé mbliaóna, co rcopcliaip, hi ccarCpionna, laCopbmac uo CiiinD, DO lairh Lojlia Caglia. Uopcpacap laip beóp a Da bpachaip, pfp^ap poilcleabap, 1 pepgiip boc, cap bpfjaib, Da njoipfi Pfpjup Caip- piaclach. Ip Doib po páiDlieaó : pop an aoinlicc ag T?áic cpó poipcbe na ccpi ppípjupó, acbfpc Copbmac ap jle ni chel a oae pop Laijhe. 1 pocVipaiDe Copbmaic cainic ^aóg mocCéin -) LiijaiD Don chach hipin, 1 ba 1 cippocpaic an chacba Do paca o Cbopbmac Do UliaDj an pfponn poppa ccá Ciannachca, 1 TPuij bpfj, arhail ap epDeipc 1 leabpaib oile. Qoip Cpiopc, Da cbéD piclie a peaclic. Ctn ceD bbaóain Do Copbmac, mac Qipc, mic Cmnn ClieDcliachaij, na píj óp CpinD. against his relative Art, and had the killing of Ireland. This place is still pointed out near the him with his own hand, at Turlach Airt, as fort of Dearg-rath, in the parish of Derrygrath, stated in note ", sujva. about four miles to the north-east of Cahir, in '^ Thirty years The Annals of Clonmacnoise the county of Tipperary. Cnocach, called, in the give Maccon a reign of only eighteen years; ZeaJ/iar- GaW/«/a, Ard-Feirchis, is now aiwjlice O'Flaherty shortens it to three years ; but Dr. Knockagh, and is situated about three miles O'Conor does not regard him as one of the north-east of Cahir. monarchs of Ireland. f Ccmna.— Keating calls this place Crionna- ° Ke fell Keating states that Fercheas, a Chinn Chumair, and says that it is situated at poet who resided at Cnocach, killed Maccon, at Brugh-mic-an-Oig, which is the name of a place the instance of King Cormac, with a kind of on the River Boyne, near Stackallan Bridge, lance called rincne, at Gort-an-oir, near Dear- ^ Rathcro. — This place is near Slane, in the grath, in Magh-Feimhean, while he (Maccon) county of Meath. was bestowing gold and silver on the literati of '' Ciannachta, viMagh-Breagh The territory 196.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. HI Balbh, son of Eodiaidh Finn Fuathairt, was lie who laid [violent] hands upon Art in this battle of Magh-Mucruimhe, after he had joined the forces of Maccon. The Age of Christ, 196. The first year of Lughaidh, i. e. Maccon, son of Maicniadh, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 225. After Lughaidh, i. e. Maccon, son of Macniadli, liad been thirty years" in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell" by the hand of Feircis, son of Coman Eces, after he had been expelled from Teamhair [Tara] by Cormac, the grandson of Conn. The Age of Christ, 226. Fearghus Duibhdeadach^ sou of Imchadh, was king over Ireland for the space of a year, when he fell in the battle of Crinna*^, by Cormac, grandson of Conn, by the hand of Lughaidh Lagha. There fell by him also, [in the rout] across Breagh, his two brothers, Fearghus the Long- haired and Fearghus the Fiery, who was called Fearghus Caisfhiaclach [of the Crooked Teeth]. Of them was said: Upon the one stone at Rathcro^ Were slain the three Fearghus's ; Cormac said this is fine, His hand did not fail Lai she. *o* In the -army of Cormac came Tadhg, son of Cian, and Lughaidh, to that battle ; and it was as a territorial reward for the battle that Cormac gave to Tadhg the land on which are the Ciannachta, in Magh-Breagh", as is celebrated in other books. The Age of Christ, 227. The first year of Cormac, son of Art, <(in ol' Conn of the Hundred Battles, as king over Ireland. of this tribe extended from the Kiver Liffcy to Drumiskiii, in the present county oI'Loutli), tu nearDrumiskin, in the county of Louth. Duleek, the Cnoca Maeildoid, at the River Liffey. — in tlie county of Meath, is mentioned as in it. See Ann. Tigkei:, p. 45 ; Keating's Histori/ of Keating gives a curious story about Tadhg mac Ireland, in the reign of Fearghus Duibhdca- Cein, from the historical tale called Caih Crinna, dach ; and O'Flaherty's Ogygia, iii. c. 68. This but some of its details are rather legendary. It Tadhg is the ancestor of O'Carroll of Ely, in is, however, true as to the main facts ; for it is the south of the King's County; of O'Meagher stated in the Annals of Tighernach that Tadhg of Ui-Cairin, or Ikerrin, in the county of Tip- obtained as a reward for defeating the Ulster- perary; of O'Cathasaigh (O'Casey) of Saitliiie, men on this occasion, the whole region extending in Magh IJreagh ; and of O'Conor, Chief of from Glais-Noara, near Druim-Ineascluinn (now Cianachta-Gleanua-Geimhin, now the barony 112 awNaca Rio^hachca eiiíeaNH. [234. Qoip Cpiopc, Da chéo cjiiocliac o cfchaiji. d hocbc Do Clio|ibnriac. Qilill Olom, mac TTlo^ha Niiaohar, |ii TTlurhan, Dej. Qoip Cjnopr, Da cheD c|iiochac a pé. Q Dech do Cliojibmac. Cacli ^panaipD pia cCopbniac ua cCuinn pop Ulcoib an blioDainyi. Cacin h6u bi TTloish Qei pop Qeo, mac Gachoach, mic ConaiU, pi Connachr. Carh 1 nGrb, carb Cinn Oaipe, car Spucba pop Ulcoib, each Slicche Cuailnje. Qoip Cpiopc, Da chéD cpiocbac a pfcbc. Q baon Décc Do Chopbmac. Cacb Qcba beucbaig. Cach Racba Ourha an bliaóainpi pia cCopbmac. Qoip Cpiopc, Da cbeD cpiocbac a bocbc. Q do Decc do Copbmac. Cacb Cbuile cocaip po cpi, -] cpi cacba bi nOubab pia cCopbmac. Qoip Cpioj'c, Da clieD rpiocbac anaoi. Q cpi oécc do Cbopbmac. Cacb Qllamaij, "| pfcbc ccacba Cine ]ii cCopbmac. Qoip Cpiopc, Da cbeD cfcbpacac. Q cfrbaip Decc Do Cbopbmac. Cacb TTloigbe Uecbc, -] loinjfp Cbopbmaic caji mai^ Ren (.i. cap an ppaipge) an bliaDain pin, coniD Don clnip pin po ^abapcaippiorh pigbe nQlban. Qoip Cpiopc, Da cbeD cfcpacbac c( baon. Q C1115 Decc do Cbopbmac. QcciaD anopo cacba Cbopbmaic pop TTluiiiain an bliaóainpi. Cacb beippe, each Locba Lén, cacb Cuimnij, each ^P^t'^» cacb Clapaij, cacb ííluipipc, of Keenaght, in the county of Londonderry. ° Slighe-CiiaUgne : i. e. the road or pass of He is also the ancestor of the families of O'Gara Cuailgne, which is a mountainous district still and O'Hara in Connaught, and of O'Hara of so called, in the north of the county of Louth, the Koute, in the county of Antrim. '' Ath-Beatha : i.e. Ford of the Birch. This ■ (rranard. — Now a small town in the county was probably the ancient name of Ballybay of Longford, near which is a large moat — ^See (6aile áia benra), in the county of Monaghan. Oifygia, iii. 69, p. 335. See note ", under A. D. i Dnmha : i. e. tumulus. There are countless 1262. These battles, fought by Cormac, are places of this name in Ireland, also mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach. ' Cuil-tochair : i. e. Corner or Angle of the '' Eu, in Magh-Aei. — lu the Annals of Tigher- Causeway. Not identified, nach the reading is Car meoa, i. e. the Battle = Dithhadh. — Now Dowth, on the Boyne, in of Knockmaa, which is a hill in the barony of the county of Meath, where there is a remark- Clare, county Galway. able mound, 286 feet high, which is one of the ' Eth — Not identified. monuments of the Tuatha-De-Dananns. In the " Ceann-Daire : i. e. Head of the Oak Wood. Annals of Tighernach the reading is, i nt)uiBpió. Not identified. '■ Allaniagh. — Probably intended for Eala- " Sruth — This should be Car Spucpa, i. e. mhagh, i. e. the plain of the River Alio, in the the battle of Shrule, a place on the Elver county of Cork. Suithair, or Shrule, in the south-east of the " Elve Now Sliabh Eilbhe, anglice Slieve- county of Louth. — See Ogi/gia, iii. 69, p. 335. Ilva, a mountain in the parish of Killonaghan, •234.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 113 The Age of Christ, 234. The eighth year of Corraac. Oilioll Olum, sou of Mogh Nuadhat, King of Munster, died. The Age of Christ, 236. The tenth year of Cormac. The battle of Gra- nard' by Cormac, the grandson of Conn, against the Ulstermen this year. A battle at Eu, in Magh-Aei", against Aedh, son of Eochaidh, son of Conall, King of Connaught. A battle at Eth' ; the battle of Ceann-Daire™ ; the battle of Sruth" against the Ulstermen ; the battle of Slighe-Cuailgne°. The Age of Christ, 237. The eleventh year of Cormac. The battle of Ath-Beatha''; the battle of Dumha'' this year by Cormac. The Age of Christ, 238. The twelfth year of Cormac. A battle at Cuil- tochair' thrice, and three battles at Dubhadh' by Cormac. The Age of Christ, 239. The thirteenth year of Cormac. The battle of Allamagh', and the seven battles of Elve", by Cormac. The Age of Christ, 240. The fourteenth year of Cormac. The battle of Magh-Techt", and the fleet of Cox-mac [sailed] across Magh-Rein" (i. e. across the sea), this year, so that it was on that occasion he obtained the sovereignty of Alba [(Scotland]. The Age of Christ, 241. The fifteenth year of Cormac. These are the battles of Cormac [fought] against Munster this year : the battle of Berre''; the battle of Loch Lem*; the battle of Luimneach*; the battle of Grian*"; the battle of Classach"; the battle of Muiresc" ; the battle of Fearta^ in which fell Eochaidh barony of Burren, and county of Claro. ' Berre See A. M. 3575, 3579, 3()5G, sujn-a. * Magh-Techt See A. M. 3529, 3656. '■ Loch Lein See A. M. 3579, sujirii. ' Magh-Rein: i.e. the Plain of the Sea. Rian, * Luimneach. — Now Limerick. This was ori- gen. péin, is an old word for sea, and is glossed ginally the name of the Lower Shannon. — See " muip" by O'Clery. This passage is taken Acta Sanctorum, by the Bolandists, 3rd May, from the Annals of Tighernacli. O'Flaherty p. 380, and Life of St. Senanus by Colgan. understands this passage as follows : " Magnam '' Grian. — There are several places of this name classem trans mare in septentrionalem Britan- in Ireland, but the place here alluded to is pro- niam misit, qua triennii spacio eas oras infes- bably the hill of Cnoc-Greine, i. e. the Hill of tante imperium in Albania exegit." But the Grian, over the village of Pallasgrean, in the word loinjeop, in ancient Irish, means expul- barony of Coonagh, and county of Limerick. sion or banishment (loin^eap .i. lonjjup .i. ion- ' Classach Not identified. There are many napbao — O'Clery), and the passage might be places of the name in Ireland, translated thus: "The expulsion of Cormac ^ Muiresc. — See A. M. 3501, 3790. across the sea this year, and it was on this coca- • Fearta Not identified. There are several sion that he obtained the sovereignty of Alba." places so called. 114 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReaNvi. [248. each pfpra hi copchoip Gochaib UaobpoDa, mac Oiliolla Oluim, cat Sarhna 111 copcaiji Cian, mac Ctileallo Oluim.i cac QpDa caim. Opsain na hingfnpaijje, ipin Claoinpfpra hi cUfmpaij, la Ounlanj, mac 6nna Miab, pi Laijfn. 'Cpiocha pijin^fn a lion,-) ceo injfn la jach nin^in Diob. Dei pij Décc DO Laijnib pop biCopbmac ap jalaib aoinpip, i noio^ail na hoipjne hipin, amailli pe popnaiom na boparha co na copmach lap c'Cuachal. Qoip Cpiopr, Da chéo ") cfcpachac a hochc. Q Do pichfr Do Chopbmac. Cach hi pochaipD TTluiprerhne pia cCopbmac art bliabainpi. Qoip Cpiopc, Da ceo pipcca a Do. Q pe cpiocha Do Cliopbmac. Cach Cpionna Ppejabail pia cCopbmac pop Ullcoib, Dii hi ccopcaip Qongup Pionn, mac pfpjupa DuiboéaDaij, pi Ulab, 50 nop Ulaó imme. Qoip Cpiopc, Da chéD peapca a cuig. Q naoi cpiocha do Chopbmac. ^uin Ceallaij, mic Chopbmaic, -] Tifchcaipe Chopbmaic, -| púil Chopbmaic buofin Dobpipfoh Daen popccom la hQenjiip ^aibiiaibreach, mac piachach SuijDe, mic pfiDliniiD Reachcaoa. Uo bpip lapaiti Copbmac peace ccaca popp na Déipib a ccionaió an jniorha pin, 50 pop capainn ó a ccip, conup piliD hi TTlumain. Ctoip Cpiopc, Da céD peapcc a pe. Cfcpacha bliaóain Do Copbmac, mac Qipc, mic Cumo, hi pije nGpeann 50 bpuaip bap i cClecec lap lenmain cnáim f Samhain. — Now Cnoc-Samhna, near Bru- plexit, et Boariam Tuathalii regis mulctam La- ree, in the county of Limerick. — See A.M.4169, geniis cum accessione imperavit." supra. ' Bonimha. — See an account of this impost 8 Ard-cam: i.e. Crooked Height or HUl. Not under tlie reign of Tuathal Teachtmhar, supra, identified. A. D. 106. " Claenfcarta. — This was a place at Tara, on ^ Fochard Muirtheimhne Now Faughard, in the western slope of the liill. — See Petrie's An- the county of Louth, about two miles to the liquities of Tara Hill, p. 128, and map, plate 7. north of Duudalk See A. I). 1595, 1596- O'Flaherty understands this passage as follows, ' Crionna-Fregahhail. — Dr. O'Conor renders in his Ogygia, iii. c. 69. this Grinna partum, taking ppejabail to be a " Dunlongius Ennii Niadh filius Cathirii Re- verb, from jciBail; but it Avas certainly the an- o-is Hiberniai abnepos re.x Lagenia; Temorense cient name of a place on the River Fregabhail, apud Cloenfertam gynceceum immani feritate now the Ravel Water, in the county Antrim. — adortus, triginta regias puellas cum trecentis See A.M. 3510, supi-a. Tighernach places this ancillis famulantibus ad unum internecione de- battle in the year 251. levit. Quocirca Cormacus rex duodecim La- '"^ Aenghus Gaibhuaiblitheach : i. e. Aeiighus of geniae dynastas parthenicidii conscios morte the terrible Spear. 248.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 115 Tacbhfada [of the Long Side], son of OilioU Olum ; the battle of Samhain^ in which fell Cian, son of Oilioll Olum ; and the battle of Ard-cam^. The massacre of the girls at Cleaufearta", at Teanihair, by Dunlang, son of ^ Enna Niadh, King of Leinster. Thirty royal girls was the number, and a hundred maids with each of them. Twelve princes of the Leinstermen did Cormac put to death together, in revenge of that massacre, together with the j exaction of the Borumha' with an increase after Tuathal. ~" The Age of Christ, 248. The twenty-second year of Cormac. A battle at Fochard Muirtheimhne" by Cormac this year. The battle of Crionna-Frega- bhail' [was fought] by Cormac against the Ulstermen, where fell Aenghus Finn, son of Fearghus Duibhdeadach [i.e. the Black- toothed]. King of Ulster, with the slauííhter of the Ulstermen about him. The Age of Christ, 265. The thirty-ninth year of Cormac. Ceallach, son of Cormac, and Cormac's lawgiver, were mortally wounded, and the eye of Cormac himself was destroyed with one thrust [of a lance] by Aenghus Gaibli- uaibhtheach", son of Fiacha Suighdhe, son of Feidhlimidli tlie Lawgiver. Cormac afterwards [fought and] gained seven battles over the Deisi, in revenge of that deed, and he expelled them from their territory, so that they are [now] in Munster". The Age of Christ, 266. Forty years was Cormac, son of Art, son of"^ Conn, in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he died at Cleiteach ', the bone of a ° In Munster. — The Deisi, who were the de- to which territory they gave the name of that sceudants of Fiacha Suighdhe, tlie brother of which they had in Mcath. Aenghus Mac Nad- Conn of the Hundred Battles, were first seated fraeich, King of Munster, afterwards gave them in the territory of Deisi- Teamhrach, now the the plain of Magh-Feimheann, now the barony barony of Deece, in the county of Meath, and of liFa and Oii'a, East, which they retained till when they were driven from thence by King the period of the English Invasion. For the Cormac, they proceeded into Leinster, where names of the families into which this tribe they remained for one year, and afterwards re- branched after the establishment of surnames, moved into Ossory, but eifected no permanent see note ', under A. D. 1205. settlement anywhere until they went to Mun- ° Cleiteach. — The situation of this house is ster, where Oilioll Olum, king of that province, described in the historical tale entitled Oighidh who was married to Sadhbh (Sabina), daughter Mhuircheartaigh Mhoir luhic Earca, as fol- of Conn of the Hundred Battles, gave them a lows : territory comprised in the present county of " 6a ninir piiiómjaó m n^i fin cpa, op up na Waterford, and extending from the River Suir 6óinne bpabúnuiji bicáille,-| óp up an óhpoju to the sea, and from Lismore to Credan Head, bapp-uaine." Q 9 116 aHNQf-a Rio^hachca eipeaKw. [266. bpaoain ma bpajair, c]iep an fiabjiaó poimip Tilailgenn 0|iai paip, lap mom- poo DO Copbmac ap na Dpaoicib po bicin aóapra Oé Dó raippiB. Conab aipe pin po ainipis DiaBal eipiurii rpe pupailearh na nDpiiab 50 ccuc báj' t)oclipaiD DO. Q pé Copbmac do rpachc cejupcc na pigli do coifiDa moD, bep,-| pollaiTinaijre na pije. UjDap oipDepc eipióe 1 nDli^rib, In ccoimjnib, 1 hi pfncup, ap ape po piol pfchr, piajail, -] Dipjiarab gacha ham,-] cfclia caingne lap ccoip, conaD he an DlijeaD po pmachc pop chóch baoi pop cong- bail leo gup an aimpip ppeacnaipc. Q pé an Copbmac po, mac Ctipc, beop po rionóil cpoinicióe 6peann co haon rhaijin 50 Ufmpaij, gup po popcongaip poppo cpoinic Gpeann Do pcpíobaó in nen liubap Dap bo hainm ppalcaip Uempach. ba hipin liiibap pin bacap coimjneana -] comaimpepa piojpaibe Gpeann ppi piojaib -| impi- peaba an Domain,-] pioj na ccoicceab ppi piojaib Speann. Qp ann Dna po pcpiobab ina nDlij;peab pi 6)ieann do na coiccebachaib -] ciop ■] Dbjfb na ccoicceab oa pomámaijlirib o ra impal cohipeal. 6a ban cpa baoi cpiocli 1 copann Gpeann op ino op, o chct cuicceab co cuair, 6 ruair co baile, -] " Good, indeed, was the situation of tliat bouse {sc. of Cleiteach) over the margin of the salmonful, ever-beautiful Boyne, and over the verge of the green- topped Brugh." It was situated near Stackallan Bridge, on the south side of the Boyne. P Teagusc-na-Righ " Cormact wasabsolutely the best king that ever reigned in Ireland before himself. He wrote a book entitled Princehj Institutions, which, in Irish, is called Teasgasg Ri, which book contains as goodly precepts and moral documents as Cato or Aristotle did ever write." — An7i. Clon. Copies of this work, ascribed to King Cormac, are preserved in the Book of Leinster (in Lib. T.'C. D., H. 2. 18), and in the Book of Bally- mote; and translated extracts from it are given in the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. pp. 213, 214, 215, and 231, 232. 1 Laws. — For an account of the laws insti- tuted by King Cormac, see the Stowe Catalogue, and Petrie's History and Antiquities of Tara Hill, pp. 16-20. ■■ Psalter of Teamhair. — This Psalter is re- ferred to in a poem by Cuan O'Lochain, who flourished in the eleventh century, but no frag- ment of it has been identified as now remaining. A copy, indeed, of the Book of Ballymote, witli some additions made by Teige O'Naghten, now preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 15, bears the title of .Salcaip na Cearhpac; but this name was given it by O'Naghten liimself, for no reason except that it contains articles relating to Irish laws, genea- logy, history, topography, &c. O'Flaherty quotes a poem beginning Ceoih- a\p na piojh pach Copmaic, i. e. Teamhair of the Kings, fort of Cormac, which, among other things, he sa3's, describes three schools insti- tuted by King Cormac at Tara, namely, one for teaching military dicipline, another for history, and the third for jurisprudence. This was preserved in O'Duvegan's Book of Hy-Many, fol. 1 75 ; but no copy of it has been discovered 266.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 117 salmon sticking in his throat, on account of the siabhradh [genii] which Mael- genn, the Druid, incited at him, after Cormac had turned against the Druids, on account of his adoration of God in preference to them. Wherefore a devil attacked him, at the instigation of the Druids, and gave him a painful death. It was Cormac who composed Teagusc-ua-Eigh'', to preserve manners, morals, and government in the kingdom. He was a famous author in laws'", synchro- nisms, and history, for it was he that established law, rule, and direction for each science, and for each covenant according to propriety ; and it is his laws that governed all that adhered to them to the present time. It was this Cormac, son of Art, also, that collected tlie Chroniclers of Ire- land to Teamhair, and ordered them to write the chronicles of Ireland in one book, which was named the Psalter of Teamhair". In that book were [entered] the coeval exploits and synchronisms of the kings of Ireland with the kings and emperors of the world, and of the kings of the provinces with the mo- narchs of Ireland. In it was also written what the monarchs of Ireland were entitled to [receive] from the provincial kings, and the rents and dues of the provincial kings from their subjects, from the noble to the subaltern. In it also were [described] the boundaries and meares of Ireland, from sliore to sliore, from the province to the cantred, from the cantred to the townland, and in Dublin, Oxford, or tlie British Museum. this neighbourhood also believe that he caused It looks very strange that neither the Four the sun to stand still tor a whole hour, to enable Masters nor Tigherhach make any special men- the forces of Leath-Chuinn to dislodge Cormac tion of Cormac's expedition into Munster, against from his entrenchment at Knocklong. Cormac Fiacha Muilleathan, king of that province, of was completely routed and pursued into Ossory, which expedition the historical tale called For- where he was obliged to deliver up pledges or bais-Droma-Damhghaire (i. e. tlie encampment hostages to Fiacha, as security for making re- ef Druim-Damhghaire, now Knocklong, in the paration for the injuries done to Munster by county of Limerick), preserved in the Book of this expedition. Lismore, fol. UJ9; and Keating, in his Hilton/ " Tuni Fiachus valido impetu Corniaci exer- nf Ireland ; and the Book of Lecan, fol. 1 .'i.'i, a, citum aggressus, eum fudit et fugavit. Imo give such minute particulars. On this occasion adeo acriter fugieutium tergisad Ossiriam usijue the Druid, Jlogh Kuith, the ancestor of the iustitit, ut Cormacuni adegerit pacisci obsides O'Dugans of Fermoy, displayed wondrous ma- se Teamoria missurum ad Fiachum tamdiu gical powers in supplying tiie Munster forces ajjud eum mansuros, donee illatum Moraoniic with water, and a spring well which ho caused damnum cumulate resarciret." — Lynch. to issue from the earth by discharging a magical The truth is that the annalists of Leatlj- javelin is still pointed out. The inliabitants of C'huinn pass over the aflairs of Munster very \ 118 QHNaca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [267. o baile 50 cpaijiD 00 chiji [oipbepc na neirhip 1 Leabap na I1-U16111. Qf pollup lacc 1 Leabap Oinny^enclmi^a], Ctoip Cjiiopc, Da ceo peapcca a j^eachr. Gn bliaóain oGochaib ^onDar hi )ii^e iiGpeann 50 cco|ic1iani la LujaiD mfnD, mac Qongupa, oUUcoib. Qoi]^ Cpiopc, Da céD peay^cca a hochr. Qn ceD bliabain do Caijippe Lippechaiyi, mac Co]imaic, mic Ciipc, In pije n6|ieann. Ctoip C|iiopc, DO ceo pfclicmojac a haon. Ct cfraip Do Caipbpe. Upi cara yiia cCoijippe pop piopu TTIurhan ag copnam cipc Laigfn. Qoip Cinopr, Da ceo peaccmojac a do. Q cuicc do Coipppe. Ceirpe cara la Coijibpe pop piopa TTIurhan ag copnarh cipc LaijCn. Qoip Cpiopc, Da ceD peaccmojac a pé. CI naoi do Coipppe 1 pijlie nGpeann. Oengup ^aibuaibceach do mapbaó an bbaoainpi la cloinnCaipbpe Cippecliaip .1. piacha Spaibcine "] Gocham Ooirhlen. Qoip Cpiopc, Da céD oclicmojar a cpi. Q pé Décc DoCaipbpe. pionn Ua baipccne do ruinm la liQiclilfcli mac Ouibopfnn, -| la macoib UipjpfnD, DO Luaijnib Uempac, occ Qcli bpea pop 6omn, Dia nDebpab. slightly, and seem unwilling to acknowledge any triumph of their's over the race of Conn of the Hundred Battles ; and this feeling was mu- tual on the part of the race of Oilioll Olum. 5 Traigliidh of land. — O'Flaherty translates this passage as follows : " Ex hac Schola prodiit liber, quod Psalterium Tomorense dicimus, in quo congestis in unum patris archivis, supremorum, et provincialium resjum series, ao tempora cum exteris Synchronis principibus coUata, tributa quoque, et vectigalia provincialium monarchis debita, nee non metíE, ac limites ciijusque regionis a provincia ad ter- ritoria, a territorio ad pagos, a pago ad pagi particulas" [cpciijib oo c!p] "continebantur." — Ogygia, iii- c. 69. '■ Leabhar na-h Uid/iri. — The passage inserted in the text in brackets is not in either of the Dublin copies, but it has been added from Dr. O'Conor's edition, p. 87. A considerable frag- ment of Leabhar na-h- Uidhri is now preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy. " Leabhar Dinnsenchusa Of this work, which gives derivations of the names of remarkable hills, forts, and plains in Ireland, there are copies in the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, and in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, H. 2. 15, and H. 3. 3. "^ Eochaidh Gonnat. — He is- enumerated among the monarchs of Ireland in the Annals of Clon- macnoise, and by all the modern writers. Tigher- nach, however, does not mention him, but makes Cairbre LifTechair succeed his father. " Cairbre Liffeachair. — Keating says that he was so called because he was fostered near the River LiiFey. 1 Eochaidh Doimhlen He is the ancestor of all the Oirghialla, in Ulster, and of the O'Kellys of Connaught and their correlative families. 'Finn, grandson of Baisgne. — This passage is also given by Tighernach. The Finn here men- tioned is the celebrated champion called Fingal by ISIao Pherson, and Finn Mac Cumhail by the Irish, of whom Mr. Moore has the following 267] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. IIQ from the townland to the traighidh of land'. [These things are celebrated in Leabhar na-n-Uidhri'. They are evident in the Leabhar Dinnsenchusa".] The Age of Christ, 267. Eochaidh Gonnat" in the sovereignty of Ireland, when he fell by Lughaidh Meann, son of Aenghus, [one] of the Ulstermen. The Age of Christ, 268. The first year of Cairbre Liffeachair", son of Cormac, son of Art, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 271. The fourth year of Cairbre. Three battles [were fought] by Cairbre against the men of Munster, in defence of the rights of Leinster. The Age of Christ, 272. Four battles by Cairbre against the men of Munster, in defence of the rights of Leinster. The Age of Christ, 276. The ninth year of Cairbre in the sovereignty of Ireland. Aenghus Gaibuaibhtheach was killed this year by the sons of Cairbre LifTechair, namely, Fiacha Sraibhtine and Eochaidh Doimhlen''. The Age of Christ, 283. The sixteenth year of Cairbre. Finn, grandson of Baisgne'', fell by Aichleach, son of Duibhdreaun, and the sons of Uirgreann of the Luaighni Teamhrach, at Ath-Brea, upon the Boinn [Boyne], of which Avas said : remarks in liis History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 133: of great talents for the age, and of celebrity in "It has been the fate of this popular Irish arms. His formation of a regular standing hero, after a long course of traditional renown array, trained to war, in which all the Irish in his country, where his name still lives, not accounts agree, seems to have been a rude imi- only in legends and songs, but in the yet more tation of the Roman legions in Britain. The indelible record of scenery connected with his idea, though simple enough, shews prudence, memory, to have been all at once transferred for such a force alone could have coped with hy adoption to another country" [Scotland], the Romans had they invaded Ireland. But " and start, under a new but false shape, in a this machine, which surprised a rude age, and fresh career of fame." seems the basis of all Finn's fame, like some This celebrated warrior, who had two grand other great scliemes, only lived in its author, residences in Leinster, one at Almhuin, now the and expired soon after him." — Inquiry into the hill of Allen, in the county of Kildare, and the History of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 77. other at Magh-Ello, now Moyelly, in the King's The bands of kernes and galloglaghs or gal- County, was the son-in-law of King Cormac, and lowglasses, supported by the Irish chieftains ol' general of his standing army, which, as Pinker- later ages, may have been imitations of these ton remarks, seems to have been in imitation of more primitive Fians, who are still so vividly the Roman legions. The words of this critical remembered in the traditions of the people, writer are worth quoting here : while the kernes and gallowglasses are nearly " He seems," says he, " to have been a man forgotten. 120 aHNQta Rioghachca eiReoNN. [284. Ro bich Pino, ba oo jaib, 50 nDiach juin, 1)0 oil Cticlileach mac Duibopeno a cfnn Do mac TTlocliratnuin. TDinbao Cailci co|^ccaip, DO bu buaib ay cecli pi'iijliam, r?o baoh copccpacli lap in cjiiap ilach im chfnn ino pi^ niaDli. Qoip Cpiopr, Da céD ochcmogac a cfraip. lap nibfic peace mbliaóna Décc III pí^ft nSpeann Do Caipbpe Lippechaip Do cfp 1 ccar ^abpa Qicle, Do lairh Sémeoin, niic Cipb, Do pocopcaib, lap cabaipc na pene opiopcopb, mac Copmaic Caip, laip niD aghaiD an pi'gli do copnam Ceire TTloja pjnp. Ctoip Cpiopr, Dc'i céD ocbcmojac a cúicc. Gn bliaDcnn Don Da porhab op Gpinn, 50 cropcaip porab Cappfec la porliab nQipsreach. Oo ceap porab Ctipccceach inp ]'in In ccar Ollapba In Line la Caoilce. ^ Wit/i darts. — The following words arc inter- lined in the text: ".i. do najaib lofccaich po jjonao é ;" i. e. " by the fishing gaifs he was wounded." It is stated in the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen that Finn Mac Cum- hail, the celebrated general of the Irish militia, fell by the hands of Athlach, son of Duiblidreun, a treacherous fisherman, wlio [fired with tlie love of everlasting notoriety] slew bim with his gaff at Rath-Breagha, near the Boyne, whither he had retired in his old age to pass the remainder of his life in tranquillity. That Athlach vs'as soon after beheaded by Caeilte Mac Konain, the relative and faithful follower of Finn. ^ Gabhra-Aichle : i. e. Gabbra of Aichill, so called from its contiguity to Aichill, now the hill of Skreen, near Tara, in the county of Meath. (iabhra, anglice Gowra, is now the name of a stream which rises in a bog in the townland of Prantstown, in the parish of Skreen, receives a tribute from the well of Neamhnach on Tara Hill, joins the Eiver Skene atDowthstown, and unites with the Boyne at Ardsallagh. There is a curious poem, ascribed to Oisin, on the sub- ject of this battle, preserved in the Book of Leinster, fol. 25, b, in which it is stated that Osgar, the son of Oisin, slew King Cairbre, with a thrust of a lance. This is partly true, but Osgar himself was also slain in the combat; and, according to other accounts, Semeon, one of the Fotharta of Leinster, was the person who de- spatched Cairbre. ■^ Moglicorb, son of Connac Cas. — This prince was tbe principal opponent of the monarch, and not the Clanna-Baisgne, or Irish militia, as stated by modern popular writers. Since Eoghan Taidhleach, or Mogh Nuadhat, the grandfather of Cormac Cas, had been murdered in his tent by Goll, the son of Morna, at the battle of Magh- Leana, the kings of Munster cherished the most rancorous hatred against the Clanna-Morna, who were a military tribe of the Firbolgs of Con- naught ; and in order to be revenged of them they formed an alliance with the Clanna-Baisgne, another military tribe of the Scotic or Milesian race, the most distinguished chief of whom was 284.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 121 Finn was killed, it was with darts", With a himentable wound ; Aichleach, son of Duibhdreann, cut off The head of the son of Mochtamuin. / Were it not that Caeilti took revenge, It would have been a victory after all his true battles ; The three were cut off by him, Exulting over the head of the royal champion. The Age of Christ, 284. After Cairbre Liffeachair had been seventeen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he fell in the battle of Gabhra-Aichle^ by the hand of Semeon, son of Cearb, [one] of the Fotharta ; Fearcorb, the son of Cormac Cas"^, having brought the Fiana with him, against the king, to defend Leath-Mhogha against him. The Age of Christ, 285. Fothadh was one year over Ireland, when Fo- thadh Cairptheach was slain by Fothadh Airgtheach. Fothadh Airgtheach was afterwards slain in the battle of Ollarba, in Magh-Line"*, by Caeilte^ Finn Mac Ciunhail. Cormac Cas, King of Mun- ster, married Samhair, the daughter of this war- rior, and had by her three sons : Tine and Connia, of whose issue no account is preserved, and Mogh- corb, the ancestor of the celebrated Brian Bo- rumha, who inherited all the valour and heroism of Finn, his ancestor. After the death of Finn, Cairbre disbanded and outlawed the forces of the Clanna-Baisgne, and retained iii his service the Clanna-Morna only. The Clanna-Baisgne then rc'paired to Munster, to their relative Moghcorb, who retained them in his service contrary to the orders of the monarch. This led to the bloody battle of Gabhra, in which the two rival military tribes slaughtered each other almost to extermi- nation. In this battle Osgar, the son of Oisin, met the monarch in single combat, but he fell ; and Cairbre, retiring from the combat, was met by his own relative, Semeon, one of the Fotharta (who had been expelled into Leinster), who fell upon him severely wounded after the dreadful combat with Osgar, and despatched him at ablow. ■* Ollarbha, in Mayh-Line Now the River Lame, in the county of Antrim. — See note under A. D. 106, siipra. For a very curious account of the identification of the tomb of Fothadh Airgtheach, near this river, see Pe- trie's inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 105, 106. Tigher- nach does not mention either of these Fothadhs as monarchs of Ireland, evidently because he regarded them as usurpers, but makes Fiacha Eoibtine [Sraibhtine] succeed Cairbre Liffea- chair, at Tara. They are, however, mentioned as joint monarchs in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, but it is added that " these Fothies were none of the Blood Royall." They were the sons of Maccon, who defeated Art, the son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, at Magh-Mucruimhe, and from their brother, Aenghus Gaifuileach, or Aenghus of the Bloody Dart, O'DriscoU is descended. ' Caeilte : i.e. Caeilte mac Konain, the fos- 122 aNHQca Rioshachca eiReawN. [286. Qoiy' Cpiopc, Da ceo ochcmojac ape. Qn ceo bliaóain do pi je piachaió Spaibcine op Gpinn. Ctoip Cpiopc, Da ceo nochac a liaon. Qn peipeaD bliaóain opiacliaiD ippije. Cacli Ouiblinoe pia pPmchaió pop Laijnib. Upi cacha In Sléb Coaoli, each Smecipe, -] carCiapmaije pia pPiacliaiD Spaibnne beóp. Qoip Cpiopr, cpi ceo piche a do. lap mbfirh peace mbliaona ap cpio- cliac na pijb op Gpinn opiacViaiD Spaibcine Do ceap lap na Collaib 1ii ccarb Dubcomaip bi cCpich Roip i mbpeajaib. Ctoip Cpiopc, rpi céD piche a cpi. Qn ceo blmDam Do Colla Uaip mac Gacbach Ooirhlén na pijh op Gpinn. Qoip Cpiopc, cpi céD piche ape. Qn cfcpamaD bliaóam Do Colla Uaip hi pije nGpeann 50 pop lonapb muipfoach Uipeach eipiom co na bpaicpibh 1 nQlbain 50 ccpib ceDaib mapaon piu. Qoip Cpiopc, cpi céD piche a peachc. Qn ceo bliaóain Do TTluipeDach Uipec hi pijhe nGpeann. Q bpoipcfnD na bliaóna po canjacap na cpi Colla johGpinn,"! ni po maip Dia pochpaiDe ache cpinaonbaip noma. Oo Deocha- cap Din 50 TTluipeaDhach lap na cceajapcc Do DpaiDh. Po baijpfc ppip, 1 po paiDpeac Dpoichbpiacpa copup niapbab, "] copbaD paip cuaippeaD inD pionjal. Onac ecaipfc caipipfc oca, -| pobcap jopa Do. ter-son and favourite of the celebrated Irish '' CzannAa^/i.- i. e. the Brown Plaiu. Not iden- general, Finn Mac Cumhail. tified. ^ Fiacha-Sraibhtine Keating says he was ' i)uWic/io»!ar ; i. e. the Conflux of the River called Sraibhtine from his having been fostered Dubh. Tighernach says that this battle was at Dun-Sraibhtine, in Connaught; but others named from Dubh-Chomar, the king's druid, assert that he received this cognomen from the who was therein slain ; but this looks legendary, showers of fire, i. e. the thunder-storms, which as the name signifies " black confluence." Keat- occurred during his reign. ing says it is near Tailten, to the south, and it 8 Duihhliim : i. e. the black pool. This was is quite evident that it was the ancient name of the name of that part of the River Liifey on the confluence of the Blackwater and the Boyne. which the city of Duibhlinn or Dublin stands. The territory of Crioch Rois embraced a portion '' Sliahh Toadh There is a mountain of this of the barony of Farney, in the county of Mo- name near the village of Ardara, in the barony naghan, and some of the adjoining districts of of Banagh, and county of Donegal — See it again the counties of Meath and Louth, referred to at A. D. 610. "" Colla Uais: i. e. Colla the Noble. All the ' Smear : i. e. a place abounding in black- authorities agree in giving him a reign of four berries or blackberry briars. There are several years, but Dr. O'Conor shews that his expulsion places of the name in Ireland. should be placed in the year 329. 286.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 123 The Age of Christ, 286. The first year of the reign of Fiacha Sraibhtine*^ over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 291. The sixth year of Fiacha in the sovereignty. The battle of Duibhlinn^ [was fought] by Fiacha against the Leinstermen ; three battles at Sliabh Toadh" ; the battle of Smear* ; and also the battle of Ciarmhagh", by Fiacha Sraibhtine. The Age of Christ, 322. Fiacha Sraibhtine, after having been thirty-seven years as king over Ireland, was slain by the Collas, in the battle of Dubhcho- mar', in Crioch-Rois, in Breagh. The Age of Christ, 323. The first year of Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen, as king over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 326. The fourth year of Colla Uais", in the sovereignty of Ireland, when Muireadliach Tii'each expelled him and his brothers into Alba [Scotland] with three hundred along with them. The Age of Christ, 327. The first year of Muireadhach Tireach in the sovereignty of Ireland. At the end of this year the three Collas came to Ire- land ; and there lived not of their forces but thrice nine persons only. They then went to Muireadhach, having been instructed by a druid. [And] they scolded at him, and expressed evil words, that he might kill them", and that it might be on him [the curse of] the finghal should aUght. As he did not oppose them, they tarried with him, and were faithful to him°. " MigJit kill them The word pion^al signifies father was killed by us." " That is news which the murder of a relative or clansman, and was we have already known," said the king, " but it considered to be so great a crime among the an- is of no consequence to you now, for no revenge cient Irish, that a curse was believed to alight shall follow you, except that the misfortune, on the murderer and his race. A druid had which has already attended you will follow informed the Collas that if they could exaspe- you." " This is the reply of a coward," said the rate the king so as that he would kill them, or Collas. " Be not sorry for it," replied the king, any of them, the sovereignty would be wrested " Ye are welcome." from him and his line, and transferred to their " Faith/id to him The language of this pas- descendants. The king, perceiving that this was sage is very ancient, and seems to have been their wish, bore patiently with all their taunt- copied from Tighernach. According to Keating ing words. Keating says that when the Collas and the Leuhhar-Gahhcda of the O'Clerys, the came into the presence of the king at Tara, he Collas then entered into a treaty of friendship asked them what news, and that they replied, with the king, and were his generals, till about " We have no news more mournful than that thy the year 332, when they destroyed the Ulster k2 124 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiueaNH. [331. Qoip Cinopr, rpi ceo cpioclia a haon. Qn cúicceab bliaóain t»o muipeab- ach. Car Qcliaib IfichDCijicc Vii pfpnmoi j lay^ na rin'b Collaib poji Ullcuib, Du 1 cro|icai]i pQiJuf poj^i i^^c Ppaechaip pojirjiiuin, ciujplaic Ula6 i nGarhain in pTpgup hipin. T?o loipcyfc lapoiti Garhain, -\ nip aiccpeabpac Ulaió innce open. 'Callpac po|i Ulroib beop Don cúicceaó 6 Pigbe i Loch nGachach pmp. Oo cfp Colla TTleann ipin car pin. Qoip Cpiopc, cpi ceo caocca a pé. lap mbfich cpiocba bliabain hi pijhe nGpeann Do TTlnipeaDhach d'peac do ceap la Caolbab, mac Cpuinn, pmUlab, oc popr pigh uap Oaball. Qoip Cpiopc, rpi ceo caocca a peachc. lap mbfir aon bliabain i pige nGpeann do Caolbab, mac Cpuinn 6abpai, Do ceap la hGochaib liluij- meabom. Qoip Cpiopr, cpi céD caocca a hochc. Qn céiD bliabain oGochaib 171 ui j- meaDon hi pijhe op Gpmn. Qoip Cpiopr, rpi ceD peapcca a cúicc. Qn cochcmab bliabain DGochaib TTluijniiboin, mic miiipfDaij, ^ipij op Gpinn 50 nepbailc 1 cUearhpaij. Qoip Cpiopc, cpi céD peapcca a pe. Qn ceD bliabain Do Cpiomcann, mac pioohaib, mic Daipe Cepb, op Gpinn. Qoip Cpiopc, cpi ceo peaccmojac a hochc. lap mbfich cpi bliaDna palace of Eamliain-lMaclia or Emania, and con- Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan. Colla quered vast territories for themselves in Ulster. Uais, the eldest of the brothers, is the ancestor Dr. O'Conor thinks that the overturning of of the Mac Donnells, Mac Allisters, and Mac Emania should be ascribed to A. D. 331. Dugalds of Scotland; and Colla Dachrich, of " Achadh-leithdheirg. — This place, situated in the Mac Mahons of the county of Monaghan, of the territory of Fearnmhagh, now the barony the Maguires of Fermanagh, of the O'Hanlons of Farney, in the county of Monaghan, has not and Mac Canns of the county of Armagh, and yet been identified. of various other families. " The Righe. — Now the Newry river, which ' King of Uladh. — Henceforward Uladh is is called " Owen Gknr^e Jluvius" on an old map applied to the circumscribed territory of the of a part of Ulster preserved in the State Papers' ancient Ulstermen. Office, London See note ^ under A. D. 1178. '^ Portrigh, over Dabhall. — Dabhall was the ■■ Loch n-Eathach : i. e. the Lake of Eochaidh, ancient name of the River Abhainn-mhor, or now Lough Neagh, a large and celebrated lake Blackwater, in the counties of Tyrone and Ar- between the counties of Antrim, Londonderry, magh ; and Portrigh, the King's Fort, was pro- Down, Armagh, and Tyrone. bably the ancient name of Benburb. The An- ^ Colla Meann He was the ancestor of the nals of Clonmaonoise gr\'e Muireadhach Tireach ancient inhabitants of Crioch-Mughdhorn, now but a reign of thirteen years, but Dr. O'Conor 331.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 125 The Age of Christ, 331. The fifth year of Muireadhach. The battle of Achadh-leithdheii-g", in Fearniiihagh, [was fought] by the three Collas against the Ulstermen, in which fell Fearghus Fogha, sou of Fraechar Foirtriun, the last king of Ulster, [who resided] at Eamhain. They afterwards burned Eamhain, and the Ulstermen did not dwell therein since. They also took from the Ulstermen that part of the province [extending] from the Righe'' and Loch n-Eathach' westwards. Colla Meann' fell in this battle. The Age of Christ, 356. After Muireadhach Tireach had been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Caelbhadh, son of Crunn, King of Uladh', at Portrigh, over Dabhall". The Age of Christ, 357. After Caelbhadh", son of Crunn Badhrai, had been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Eochaidh Muigh- mheadhoin. The Age of Christ, 358. The first year of Eochaidh Muighmhcadhoin in sovereignty over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 365. The eighth year of Eochaidh Muiglimheadhoin", son of Muireadhach Tireach, over Ireland, when he died at Teamhair. The Age of Christ, 366. The first year of Crimhthann, ^on ofFidhach, son of Daire Cearb, over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 378. After Crimhthann, son of Fidhach^ had been thinks that thirty is the number borne out by Don maor Buot tnje), because he was much the more ancient authorities. troubled with the flux of the belly." * Caelbhadh. — He was of the Rudrician race This monarch had two wives : Monglinn, of Ulster. Tighernach does not mention him daughter of Fidhach, of the royal family of among the monarchs of Ireland ; but in all the Munster, by whom he had four sons: 1. Brian, other authorities he is set down as monarch of the ancestor of the O'Conora of Connaught and Ireland for one year. their correlatives ; 2. Fiachra, the ancestor of ^Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin — Dr. O'Conor the O'Dowdas, O'Heynes, andO'Shaughnessys; translates the cognomen Muighmheadhoin by 3. Fearghus; and 4. Oilioll, whose race were " Camporwn cultor;" and Keating asserts that anciently seated in Tir-Oiliolla, now the barony he was so called because his meadhon, or middle, of Tirerrill, in the county of Sligo. He had was like that of a slave ; but the one e.xplana- also a second wife, Carinna, who was the mother tion is a mere guess, the other a silly legend, of Niall of the Nine Hostages, the most illus- In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is explained trious of his sons, from whom the Ui-Neill, or as follows : Nepotes Neill, north and south, are descended. " Eochy reigned eight years and was called ' Crimhthann, son of Fidhach. — He was the Moyvieoijn; in English, moyst-niiddlc (.i. mea- senior and head of the race of Heber, but died 126 aNNQi-Q Rio^hachca eiueaNN. [379- t>écc na pij; of Gpinn DoCpioTTirann, mac piooliaij, acbail Do Dij neime cucc Tiloingpionn a liy^iuiji peifin Do. Qoip Cinopc, rpi ceo pechrmogar anaoi. Qn ceo blmDain do Nmll NaoiTjiallac, mac Gachach ITloijrhfDoin, hi pije nGpeann. QoipCin'opr, cfirpe ceo a cviicc. lap mbficli peace mbliaóna pichfr na I115I1 6p 6pinn DO Niall Naoi^iallach, mac Gachacli moijrhfóoin, Do pochaip la liGochaiD, mac 6nna Cenopealaij, occ TTluip nlochc .1. an rhuip eoip Ppanc 1 Sa;cam. without issue at Sliabh-OigUdh-an-righ, i. e. the Mountain of the Death of the King, now the Cratloe mountains, situated to the north of the city of Limerick. It is remarked in the An- nals of Clonmacnoise, and in the Book of Bally- mote, fol. 145, b, a, that Mongfinn poisoned her brother in the hope that her eldest son, Brian, might be immediately elevated to the throne of Ireland; but that this was of no avail to her, for that Niall of the Nine Hostages, the son of King Eochaidh by his second wife, succeeded as monarch immediately after the poisoning of Crimhthann ; and that none of her descendants ever attained to the monarchy except Turlough More O'Conor, and his son Roderic, who were luckless monarchs to Ireland. Keating, who had access to Munster documents now un- known or inaccessible, gives a curious account of the reign of this monarch, the most powerful that the Munster race of Heber can boast of. It runs as follows in Dr. Lynch's translation : " Capessivit postea imperium Crimthonus Fidogi filius, Dairi Cearbi nepos, Olilli Flann- beggi pronepos, Fiachi Muilehani abnepos, Eogani Magni adnepos, Olilli Olumi trinepos, qui matrimonio Fidamga; Connactici regis filia; copulatus septemdecem annos regnavit, et Al- bania, Britannia, et Gallia victorias retulisse illarumque regionum incolas perdomuisse ve- tusta documenta produnt. Hie in alumnum suum Conallum Echluachum, Lugachi Manu- rubri filium Momonia; regnum contulit. Pro- pago vero Fiachi Muilehani honorem sibi debi- timi alii deferri iniquo animo ferentes de illatá sibi injuria gravissimas spargunt usquequaque querelas in ingratitudinis scopulum non leviter impegisse Conallum dictitantes quod nulla cog- natorum habita ratione qua; illos ob setatis pri- oritatem potiori jure, spectabat prudens et sciens involaret; prajsertim cum ex ipsorum genere vir ea dignitate dignissimus Corcus Lugdachi filius tum in vivis esset. Conallus ne ipse ma- ctila ejusmodi notaretur, rem integram ad eos qui in ipsa Momonia eruditionis nomine cla- riores habebantur decidendam, ultro detulit sancte pollicitus quidquid illi decreverint se ad amussim expleturum. Arbitri, re accurate dis- cussá, Corco Lugdachi filio; ut qui a Fiachi Mvillehani stirpe oriundus erat, qua; stirpem Cormaci Caissii state pra;celleret, regni habenas primo committendas : Huic autem mortuo Co- nallum si superstes esset sin minus ejus filium substituendum esse censucrunt. Ubi hujus decreti capita, datis vadibus, se observaturum Corcus recepit, eum dignitatem regiam inire Co- nallus facile patitur; cum pra;sertim Olillus Olumus constituerit, ut Fiachi Muillehani, et Cormaci Caissi prosapise regnandi vicissitudine semper in Momonia uterentur. " Demum Corcus fato fungitur, et Conallus Echluachus regimen capessit: cujus in custo- diam omnes quos in Hibernia, Albania, Britan- nia, et Gallia cKpit, tradidisse his Cormaci Cul- lenani carminibus perhibetur : 379] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 127 thirteen years as king over Ireland, he died of a poisonous drink which his own sister gave him. The Age of Christ, 379. The first year of Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 405. After Niall of the Nine Hostages, son of Eoch- aidh Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Eochaidh, son of Enna Ceinnseallach, at Muir n-Icht^, i. e. the sea between France and England. " Echluachus Mulctam totius caepit lernse, Postquam Crimthonus mulctas trans a;quora duxit, Nunquam Juvernse faerat Rex clarior alter, Mannae tranavit quamvis freta livida nun- quam Crimthonus Magnus soboles Fidogia, praidas. Quotuscumque tulit, vasti trans a;quoris undas, Conallo Echluaclio dederat, praistantior alter Quo pugil baud fuerat, rubei gestamine teli Pectoris excelsi, pra;clara; et nomine mentis Conallus praidives equis velocibus omnem Lustravit patriam, Crimtlionum rite secutus, Dunlemnamque adiit miles robustus, ibique Magnum hominum numerum miseranda ca;de peremit. Fccmenia; Fertconellum, latifundia Aini, Dungarium, Drumcormacum, validumque Rathlemnum. Duncarmnum egregium Foeharraaighumque decorum. Cassilia;que urbis Celebris pomoeria lata Sub ditione sua strenuus Conallus habebat. " Munfinna Crimthoni soror, filii sui Briani, quem ex Eocho Muighmheano susccpit, et pra; casteris liberis in deliciis habuit, amore nimio, et regiffi dignitatis ad eum devenienda; vehe- menti desiderio accensa, venenum Crimthono fratri hauriendum porrcxit in Dornglassi» in- sulii, poculo antca ab ipsa propiuato, ut lectius i'ratri fucum lacerit, et in maleticii suspicionem minus ei veniret ; sed male viscera paulatim rodente, ilia in Dornglassia; insula, ille vero ad montem Oighenrighum, Lymbrico ab aquilone adjacentem interiit, Anno Domini 378." FromFiachaFidhgheiute, the uncle of Crimh- thann Mor, descended the tribe of Ui-Fidh- gheinte, formerly seated in the plains of the county of Limerick, and who, after the establish- ment of surnames, branched into the families of O'Donovan, O'Coileain (now Collins) MacEniry, O'Kinealy, and others. ' Muir n-Icht. — This sea is supposed to have taken its name from the Portus Iccius of Caisar, situated not far from the site of the present Boulogne. Nothing seems clearer than that this Irish monarch made incursions into Britain against Stilicho, whose success in repelling him and his Scots is described by Claudian. " By him," says this poet, speaking in the person of Britannia, " was I protected when the Scot moved all lerne against me, and the sea foamed with his hostile oars : " Totam cum Scotus lernen Movit et infesto spunuivit remige Tethys." From another of this poet's eulogies it ap- pears that the fame of that Roman legion, which had guarded the frontier of Britain against the invading Scots, procured for it the distinction of being one of those summoned to the banner of Stilicho, when the Goths threat- ened Rome : 128 aNNQta Rio^nachca eiReawN. [428. Qoiy^ Cpiopc, cfirpe céD piche a hochc. lap mbfic cpi bliaóna pichfc i piglie nepeann Do Dachi, mac Piachpach, mic GacliacTTloijrheaooin, copch- aip oo j^aiT^ic gealain 05 SleiB 6alpa. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo cpiocVia. Qn Dapa bliabain do Caojaipe. Ip in mbliaóainpi po paoiD an ceo Celepcinup papa palaoiup eppcop oocum nGpeann do píolaó cpeiome Deipfnncoib,-] rainic 1 crip i ccpic Laijfn, Da pfp Décc a lion. Ro Diulc Nadu mac ^appcon poirhe, ap a ai po baipc iiarab Daoine i ccip nGpeann, -| po poruijeaó ceopa Jieccailpi cpainn laip, Cell piiini,Ueac na Roman,"] Domnac Qpra. Q cCill piiine po paccaib a liubpa, 1 an coriipa 50 rcaipib poll,-] pfoaip,-] mapnpech niomba noile. T?o paccaib an cfcpap po ip na heccailpib ipin Dia eip, Qugupcinup, beneoiccup, Siliiep- rep, "] Soloniup. Q5 cionncuó do phallaDiup pop ccul do Roirh (o na puaip aipmiccin 1 tiGpinn) Dop paipiD galop 1 cci'pib Cpuirnec co nepbailc De. Qoip Cpiopr, ceichpe ceo cpiocha a boon. Qn cpfp bliabain DoLaojaipe. T?o hoipDneaó naoiti paccpaicc 1 neppuccoiDe lapa naorh papa, an ceo " Venit et extremis Legio prjEtenta Britannia, Quffi Scoto dat frjena truci, ferroque notatas Perlegit exanimes Picto moriente figuras." — De Bella Gelico. It would appear from certain passages in the Notitia Iinpei-n that Niall on these occasions had many tribes of the Aitheach-Tuatha, or Attacotti, in his army, who, being the natural enemies of his family, deserted to the enemy, and were incorporated with the Roman legions: " The Attacotti make a distinguished figure in the Notitia Imperii, where numerous bodies of them appear in the list of the Roman army. One body was in Illyricum, their ensign a kind of mullet ; another at Rome, their badge a circle; the Attacotti Honoriani were in Italy." — Pinkerton's Inquiry into the History of Scotland, part iv. c. 2 ; see also O'Conor's Prolegom., 1 . Ixxi. This great Monarch Niall had fourteen sons, of whom eight left issue, who are set down in the following order by O'Flaherty {Ogygia, iii. 85): 1. Laeghaire, from whom are descended the O'Coindhealbhains or Kendellans of Ui- Laeghaire ; 2. Conall Crimhthainne, ancestor of the O'Melaghlins ; 3. Fiacha, a quo the Ma- geoghegans and O'Molloys ; 4. Maine, a quo O'Caharny, now Fox, O'Breen and Magawley, and their correlatives in Teffia. All these re- mained in Meath. The other four settled in Ulster, where they acquired extensive territo- ries : 1. Eoghan, the ancestor of O'Neill, and various correlative families; 2. Conall Gulban, the ancestor of O'Donnell, &c. ; 3. Cairbre, whose posterity settled in the barony of Car- bury, in the now county of Sligo, and in the barony of Granard, in the county of Longford; 4. Enda Finn, whose race settled in Tir-Enda, in Tirconnell, and in Kinel-Enda, near the hill of Uisneach, in Westmeath. It was on the occasion of one of the descents of this monarch on the coast of Armoric Gaul that the soldiers carried off with them, among other captives, a youth then in his siiteenth year, who was afterwards the chief apostle of Ireland, namely, Patrick, the son of Calphurnius ; but it is very clear from St. Jerome's notices of 428.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 129 The Age of Christ, 428. After Dathi, son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, had been twenty-three years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was killed by a flash of lightning, at Sliabh Ealpa\ The Age of Christ, 430. The second year of Laeghaire. In this year Pope Celestinus the First sent Palladius'' to Ireland, to propagate the faith among the Irish, and he landed in the country of Leinster with a company of twelve men. Nathi, son of Garchu, refused to admit him ; but, however, he baptized a few persons in Ireland, and three wooden churches" were erected by him, [namely], Cell-Fhine, Teach-na-Romhan, and Domhnach-Arta. At Cell-Fhine he left his books, and a shrine with the relics of Paul and Peter, and many martyrs besides. He left these four in these churches : Augustinus, Benedictus, Silvester, and Solinus. Palladius, on his returning back to Rome (as he did not receive respect in Ireland), contracted a disease in the country of the Cruithnigh, and died thereof. The Age of Christ, 431. The third year of Laeghaire. Saint Patrick was ordained bishop by the holy Pope, Celestine the First, who ordered him to go Celestius, and from several old Lives of St. Pa- trick, that there were Christians in Ireland for some time previously to this reign See the Editor's Irish Grammar, Introd., pp. 1. li. * Sliabh-Ealpa : i. e. the Alps. For curious notices of King Dathi, see Tribes and Ctistoms of Ui-Fiachrack, pp. 17 to 27. Duald Mac Firbis states from the records of his ancestors that the body of Dathi was carried home to Ireland, and interred at Rathcroghan, where his grave was marked by a red pillar-stone. '' Palladius From the notice of this mis- sionary in Prosper's Chronicle, it is evident that there were some communities of Christians among the Scoti in Ireland. His words are : " Ad Scotos in Christum credentes ordinatus a Papa Celestino Palladius primus Episcopus mit- titur." The same writer boasts that this new missionary to the British isles, while endeavour- ing to keep the Roman island of Britain Catholic, had made the barbarous [i. e. not Romanized] island Christian, " Et ordinato Scotis Episcopo dum Eomanam insulam studct servare Catho- licam, fecit etiam Barbaram Christianam." This sanguine announcement was issued by Prosper, in a work directed against the Semi-Pelagians, before the true result of Palladius's mission had reached him. This unsuccessful missionary did not live to report at Rome his failure in the barbarous island ; but, being driven by a storm on the coast of North Britain, there died at Fordun, in the district of Magh-Geirgin, or Mearns. — See Book of Armagh, fol. 2, p. a; and Colgan's Trias Thavm., p. 248, col. 2. ■^ Three wooden churches These churches were situated in the territory of Ui-Garchon, wliich was washed by the River Inbher-Dea, in the east of the present county of Wicklow. Cellfine is unknown; Tcach-na-Romhan, House of the Romans, is probably the place called Ti- groni ; and Domhnach-Arta is probably tlie pre- sent Dunard, near Redcross. For the various authorities wliich mention the erection of these churches see Colgan's 2'rias Thaum., p. 249. 130 aNHQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [432. Celepcinu]^, ]io pupail paip rocc Docum nGpeann, do j>fnTnóip-| do p]ioicepr cjieDrhi "] cjiabaió do ^aoióealaib, ~\ Dia tnbmcpeaDh iDiji. Cloip Ciiiofc, cficlijie ceo cjiiocha aDÓ. Qn cear]iarha6 bliaóain Do Laojaiiie. paccpaicc Do rheachc i nGpinn an bliaoainpi, 50 po gab pop bairpeaó ") beannachaij 6peann, piopa, mna, niaca, ■) injfna, cén mó cá uarhaD na po paorii baicpioD na cpeiDearh uao, arhuil aipneóeap a beara. Qrh Cpuim Do pocluijliaDh la pacpaicc lap na folipaipc Do piieolim, mac Laejhaipe, mic Nell, do Oliia, Doporh, do Lomman, 1 Do popccbfpn. piann lllainipupec cecinic. póDpuij, ab Gipeann uile, mac Calppamn, mic pocaiDe, mic Oeippe, nap Dóij do IuiD, mic Copmiiic TTlhóip, mic Leibpiur, mic Oca, mic Oppic rhair, mic TTloipic, mic Leo in lanpaif, mic TTlaximi, maipg na ploinn, mic Gncpecca aipo alaino, mic pilipc ip peppap 015 cac, mic pepeni jan anpar, mic bpircain, Dobpa in mapa, o caic bpecain bpurmapa, Cocbniap a maraip malla, Nemchop a baile baja, Don iTlumain ni cael a cuiD, po paop ap puraip pdopaig. * Canie to Ireland. — Tbe place where St. Pa- ' His Life. — Seven Lives of St. Patrick have trick landed is the subject of much dispute been published by Colgan in his Trias Thautn., among the Irish writers. Mageoghegan, in liis of which the seventh, which is called Vita Tri- Annals of Clonmacnoise, states that he landed partita, and is ascribed to St. Evin, is the most at AVicklow, where he was opposed by the copious. Ussher had another life, divided into Leinstermen, one of whom struck one of his three parts, which, from the several quotations companions on the mouth with a stone, and he gives from it, appears to be very different knocked out four of his teeth, for which reason from the Tripartite Life published by Colgan. It lie was afterwards called Mantanus, or the tooth- appears, from the various Lives of this saint, less, and the church of Cill-Mantain, now Wick- that several tribes of the Irish not only refused low, is said to have taken its name from him to be converted, but attempted to murder St. See also Ussher's Priinordia, pp. 843, 846. Mr. Patrick. Giraldus Cambrensis says that Ire- Moore tliinks that Inbhear-Dete was the harbour land never produced a single martyr, and all of Dublin, but this opinion is founded on a mis- the modern Irish historians have asserted that, reading of íJi'otoiorMííí for CMofe?ioniTO by Ussher, "by a singular blessing of Providence, not a in Probus's Life of St. Patrick, which the Book single drop of blood was shed, on account of re- of Armagh enables us to correct. From the si- ligion, through the entire course of the conver- tiiation of Cualann and Ui-Garchon, in which sion of the Pagan Irish to Christianity." But Inbher Dea; was, it is more than probable that whoever will read the Tripartite Life of St. Pa- it was at Bray Patrick landed. trick, as published by Colgan, will find that the 432.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 131 to Ireland, to preach and teach faith and piety to the Gaeidhil, and also to bap- tize them. The Age of Christ, 432. The fourth year of Laeghaire. Patrick came to Ireland'^ this year, and proceeded to baptize and bless the Irish, men, women, sons, and daughters, except a few who did not consent to receive faith or bap- tism from him, as his Life' relates. Ath-Truim was founded by Patrick, it having been granted by Fedhlim, son of Laeghaire, son of Niall, to God and to him, Loman, and Fortchern. Flann Mainistrech' cecinit : Patrick, Abbot of all Ireland, son of Calphrann^ son of Fotaide, Son of Deisse, — not fit to be dispraised, son of Cormac Mor, son of Lebriuth, Son of Ota, son of Orric the Good, son of Moric, son of Leo of full success, Son of Maximus, 'tis not unfit to name him, son of Encretti, the tall and comely, Son of Pliilisti, the best of men, son of Fereni without a tempest. Son of Britan", otter of the sea, from whom the vigorous Britons came ; Cochnias was his modest mother ; Nemtlior his native town ; Of Munster not small his share, which Patrick redeemed from sorrow. Pagan Irish made several attempts at murdering ' Son of Calphrann StPatrick himself gives Patrick, and that he had frequently but a nar- us two generations of his pedigree, in his Con- row escape. He will be also convinced that our fessio, as follows : " Patrem habui Calpornium modern popular writers have been guilty of diaconum, filium quondam Potiti presbyteri, great dishonesty in representing the labours of qui fuit in vico Bonavem Tabernia; : villulam Patrick as not attended with much difficulty. Enou prope habuit ubi capturam dedi." Nothing is clearer than that Patrick engrafted '' Britan — This pedigree is clearly legendary, Christianity on the Pagan superstitions with so because Britan, from whom the Britons are said much skill, that he won the people over to the to have derived their name and origin, is said, by Christian religion before they understood the all the Irish writers, to have flourished before exact difference between the two systems of the arrival of the Tuatha-Dc-Dananns in Ire- belief ; and much of this half Pagan half Chris- land ; and, therefore, to deduce the Irish apostle's tian religion will be found, not only in the Irish pedigree from him in fifteen generations, cannot stories of the middle ages, but in the supersti- now, for a moment, stand the test of criticism. — tions of the peasantry of the present day. See this pedigree given from various authorities f Flann Mainistrech : i. e. Flann of the Mo- in Colgan's Trias Thauni., pp. 4, 224. nastery. He was abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, After this quotation from Flann, the Stowc now Monasterboice, in the county of Louth, copy has the following observation: "Sanbapa and died in December, 1056. — See O'Keilly's ouille um okiij uru on cmo ele Don Duanpi Descriptive Catalogue of frisk Writers, -p. Ixxv. .i. map u bpiiil ' muincip puopuij na poc- S2 132 aNwata Rio^hachca eipeawN. [434. Q.o^Y Cpiopc, cfirlipe ceo c]iiodiac a cfcliaip. Qn peij^eah bliabain t»o Laojaijie. Loa|in mac Gachacli muinpfitiaiji do jenfó. Qoip Cpiopr, cficlipe ceD cpiocha a cinj. Qn peaccmaó bbaóain Do Laojaipe. bpeapal belach, mac piaclia Cticfoha, mic Carhaoip TTloip, (pi Lai5liean) Dej. Qoip Cpiopr, ceirpe ceo cpiocha a pé. Qn coccrhaD bliaóain do plainop Laojaipe. Qoip Cpiopr, ceichpe chéD cpiochac a peace. Qn naomaó bliaóain Do Caojaipe. pionobapp mac \ia baipoene Décc. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo rpiocha a liochc. Qn Dfchmab bliaDain do Laojaipe. Seanciip-] peneachup na hGpeann do jlanab") Do pcpiobaD, ap ccfclamaD pcpeapcpao -\ pfinleabap nGpeann co haon maijin, ap impiDe Naom pacpaicc. QciaD anopo naoi pailje porliaijreacha lap a nofpnab inDpin. Lao^aipe (.i. pi Gpeann), Copcc -| Daipe an cpiup piojli, paopuicc, benen, -] Caipnech an cpnip naom, Rop, Oubchacli, -| pTpjup an cpiup peanclioD, atiiail Deapbap an. pann. j:ep,"' i.e. "On the second leaf following tlie rest of this poem is [given], i. e. where occurs ' Muintir Padruig na Patter ; ' " which Dr. O'Conor translates, ridiculously, as follows : " In Scholarum libris de rebus divinis extat pars reliqua hujus carminis, i. e. de mirabilibus familiie Patricii orationum."— See the poem so beginning, p. 134, line 13, infra. The object of the note by the Four Masters is simply to in- form the reader that the lines beginning '■^Mitin- ter Padruig^'' are a continuation of the poem of Flann Mainistreach. ' Loam. — He was one of the Dal-Riada of Ulster who settled in Alba or Scotland. J Breasal Bealach. — He is called Rex Lagenim in the Annals of Ulster. — He is the common ancestor of the Kavanaghs, O'Byrnes, O'Tooles, and other families of Leinster. — See Leahliar na gCeart, p. 203. '' Mac Ua Bairdene This Finnbharr is to be distinguished from the first Bishop of Cork and others of a similar name. His name does not occur in the Feilire-Aertrjttis, or in O'Clery's Irish Calendar. It would appear from various autho- rities, which Ussher and Colgan have regarded as trustworthy, but which Dr. Lanigan rejects as fabulous, tliat by Uabard the Irish writers meant Longobardus, or a Lombard. Thus Res- titutus, the husband of Liemania, St. Patrick's sister, is called one time Hua-Baird, and at ano- ther time Longobardus See Petrie's Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round Toivers of Ireland, p. 1 64 ; Ussher's Primordia, p. 825 ; Col- gan's Trias Thaum., p. 226, col. 2 ; Dr. O' Conor's Prolegomena ad Annales, pp. 1. Ixiv. ' The Seanchus and Feincchus : i. e. the His- tory and Laws. The work said to have been compiled on this occasion is usually called the Scanchiis Mor, and in the Annals of Ulster Chronicon Magnum. There are fragments of a work so called in the manuscript Library of Trin. CoU. Dub., H. 3. 17, and H. 3, 18. and a more perfect one in the British Museum. Jo- celyn also refers to it (as if he had seen it) under 434] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 133 The Age of Christ, 434. The sixth year of Laeghaire. Loarn', son of Eochaidh Muinreamhar, was bora. The Age of Christ, 435. The seventh year of Laeghaire. Breasal Bea- IsLch', son of Fiacha Aiceadh, son of Cathaeir Mor (King of Leinster), died. The Age of Christ, 436. The eighth year of the reign of Laeghaire. The Age of Christ, 437. The ninth year of Laeghaire. Finnbharr Mac Ua Bairdene", died. Tlie Age of Christ, 438. The tenth year of Laeghaire. The Seanchus and Feinechus' of Ireland were purified and written, the writings and old books of Ireland having been collected [and brought] to one place, at the request of Saint Patrick. These were the nine supporting props by whom this was done : Laeghaire, i. e. King of Ireland, Core, and Daire, the three kings ; Patrick, Benen, and Cairneach, the three saints ; Ross, Dubhthach, and Fearghus, the three antiquaries, as this quatrain testifies : the name of Canoin-Phadruig, incorrectly for Cain-Phadruig, i. e. Patrick's Law, as follows : " Magnum etiam volumen quod dicitur Canoin Phadruig, id est, CanonesPatricii scripsit ; quod cuilibet personse, seu seculari, seu etiam Eccle- siastic», ad justiciam exercendam, et salutem anima; obtiuendam, satis congrue convenit." — Trias Thaum., pp. 214, col. 1. SeePetrie's An- tiquities of Tara Hill, in which (pp. 47-54) long extracts are given from the prefatory account of this work in the manuscript above referred to ; and p. 56, where the author draws the following conclusion respecting its origin and nature : " On the whole, then, it may be safely con- cluded from the preceding evidences, that the Seanchus Mor was not, as Colgan and the sub- sequent writers supposed, a mixed compilation of history and law, but a body of laws solely ; and though, perhaps, there is not sufficient evi- dence to satisfy an unprejudiced person that the Apostle of Ireland had any share in its composition, or even that its origin can be traced to his time, little doubt can be enter- tained that such a work was compiled within a short period after the full establishment of Christianity in the country. It is even highly probable that St. Patrick, assisted by one of the Bards converted to Christianity, may have laid the foundation of a revision of such of the Pagan laws and usages of the country as were incon- sistent with the doctrines of the Gospel ; and that such a work, when compiled by the labour of his successors, was ascribed to him, to give it greater authority with the people. And this conjecture is supported by the Annals olUlster, so remarkable for their accuracy, which record, at the year 438, the composition of the Chronicon Magnum, or, as it is called in the original Irish, in the fine manuscript of these Annals in Trinity College, Seanchus Mor, a statement most proba- bly derived from the older Annals of Tighernach, which are now defective at that period." It is distinctly stated in H. 3. 18, that the Seanchus Mor was otherwise called Cain Pha- druig, i. e. Patrick's Law, and that no indivi- dual Brehon of the Gaeidhil (Irish Scoti) has dared to abrogate any thing found in it. Hence it is clear that Jocelyn has misnamed the " ;«« Thefamilij of Patrick. — This poem is very incorrectly deciphered and translated by Dr. O'Conor. His errors are corrected in this edi- tion of it, from a fuller and better copy pre- served in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b, and from a prose list of the twenty-four persons constituting the liousehold of St. Patrick pre- fixed to it. A list of the principal persons men- tioned in this poem is also given by Evinus, in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii. c. !J8; Trias Thaum., p. 167, col. i. ' Sechnall. — " Sanctus enim Secundinus Epis- copus, fuit ipsius Vicarius in spiritualibus et sulTraganous." — Evinus, Trias Thaum., p. 1G7, col. i. ' Mochta " Sanctus Mocteiui fuit ejus Archi- priBsby ter." — Eviniis. This is Mocteus of Louth, whose acts are given by Colgan at 24th March. In the Calendar of Cashel and Martyrology of Donegal, as quoted by Colgan, he is called bi- shop, and Ware also gives him this title ; yet Adamnan, in his second preface to the Life of St. Columba, does not style him bishuji ; but merely calls him " Proselytus Brito, homo sanctus, Sancti Patricii episcopi discipulus, Moc- theus nomine." An epistle, referred to by most of the Irish annalists, as written by Mocteus him- self, was headed with these words: " Mauchteus peccator prcibz/tcr, sancti Patricii discipulus, in Domino salutem." In the Irish. Calendar of O'Clery it is stated that he lived to the age of 300 years ; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise give him an age of 300 years and three days ; but Colgan and Lanigan, after a careful exami- nation of the errors of transcribers, and a com- parison of collateral facts, have reduced his years to 100, or 130. 136 QHwai-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [448. Gppos G]\c a bpeiceam binn, a rpeinpeap Gfpoj Tnaccaeipririn. benen a failmceaclaió faep, ajup Coeriian a riiacaerh. Sinell a pfp bein in clinc, ajuf Qircfn a pip cóic. Cjiuirhrep ITleapcan jan bine, a capa pa cipppipe. Cpuirhrep bepcnaic, binne a painn, pagapr meipe mic Ctlppaino. a rpi sabamD, japra a noealb, TTlacecr, LaeBan, ip poprceapnD. Q-rpi cepDa, pa mop par, Qepbuice, Caipill, i Uopach. t Bishop Ere. — " Sanctus Ercus Episcopus, Cancellarius, et supremus judex in spirituali- bus." — Evinus. He was the first Bishop of Slane, which is described in the Irish Calendar of O'Clery at 2nd November, and in a note in the Feilire Aenguis, at 16th November, as Fertai Fer Feic, by the side of Sidh-Truini, on the west. The annals of Ulster refer his death to the year 514. See Ussher's Priniord., p. 1047- His fes- tival was held at Slane on the 2nd of November. " Maccaeirthinn Although he is not given in Evinus's list of St. Patrick's household, he is mentioned by him, in part iii. c. 3, as " baculus senectutis ipsius, qui eum in hu- meris gestabat." In the Book of Lecan he is called "a rpenpeap," i. e. "his mighty man, or champion." He was the first Bishop of Clogher, and died in the year 506. — See Ussher's Pri- mord., pp. 856, 1123. It is stated in the Irish Calendar of O'Clery, at 15th August, that his real name was Aedh, and that he was called Feardachrioch when he was abbot of Dairinis. His acts are given by Colgan, in his Acta Sanc- torum, at 24th March, pp. 737-742. " Bene7i, his psalmist.— Dt. O'Conor translates this, " Benignus ejus Horarius (sive temporis monitor);" but he is beneath criticism in this and a thousand other instances. Colgan pub- lished several chapters from the Life of this saint in his Trias Thaum., p. 205. It is stated that he became a bishop, and succeeded Patrick at Armagh, in 455, and died in 468. He is said to have been the original compiler of the Psalter of Cashel, and of Leabhar na-gCeart. — See the edition of that work printed for the Celtic So- ciety, Introduction, pp. ii. to xi. y Coemhan " Sanctus Coemanus de Kill- Choemain, Cubicularius." — Evinus. See also Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 177, n. 88; and Acta Sanctorum, pp. 312, 313. In the list of St. Patrick's disciples given in the Book of Lecan, he is called " Caeriian Chille Riaon, Caemhan of Kilready." Dr. O'Conor thinks that he was the same as Coemhan of Enach-Truim, in Leix ; but this is impossible, for the latter was the brother of St. Kevin of Glendalough, who died in the year 618. '■ Sinell, his hell-ringer This is incorrectly printed " Sribhall feair bunadaig," by Dr. O'Conor. In the list of St. Patrick's household, preserved in the Book of Lecan, this line reads, "Smell u pep bein in cluic, i. e. Sinell was his Bell-ringer." Evinus caWshha." Senellus de Kill- darcis, Campanarius," on which Colgan writes the following note in his Trias Thaum., p. 1 88, n. 1 20 : " Cum Cill-dareis idem sit ac cella duarum pal- marum, sive duabus palmis lata; forte hffic cella, est, quse aliter Carcuir Sinchill, i. e. reclusorium Sinelli, nuncupatur, jacetque in insula lacus, Loch Melge appellati, in finibus septentrionalis Connaciffi." In the prose list preserved in the Book of Lecan he is called "Smell Chilli aipip a aipcipe, i. e. Sinell of Killairis, his Ostiarius." " Aithcen. — This is printed Aithreoir by Dr. O'Conor. Evinus calls him " Athgenius de Both-domnaich, coquus," which perfectly agrees 448.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 137 Bishop Ere' his sweet-spoken Judge ; his champion, Bishop Maccaeirthinn" ; Benen, his psahnist"; and Coerahan", his chamberlain ; Sinell^ his bell-ringer, and Aithcen" his true cook ; The priest Mescan'', without evil, his friend and his brewer ; The priest Bescna*^, sweet his verses, the chaplain of the son of Alprann. His three smiths'*, expert at shaping, Macecht, Laebhan^ and Fortchern^ His three artificers^, of great endowment, Aesbuite, Tairill, and Tasach. with the prose list in the Book of Lecan. He is the patron saint of the church of Badoney, in the valley of Gleann-Aichle, near Strabane, in Tyrone See Trias Thaum. p. 188, n. 121. His pedigree is thus given by O'Clery : " Aithgen, of Both-Domhnaigh, son of Dael, son of ilaisin, son of Fearghus, son of Duach, son of Breasal, son of Colla Meann, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen." '' Mescan. — Evinus calls him " Sancttis Mes- chanus de Domnach" [Mescain] "juxta Foch- muinc iluviuin, Cerviciarius. " The word in brackets, which was erroneously omitted by Col- gan, has been supplied from the prose list in the Book of Lecan. His church was situated near the River Fochmhuine, now the Faughan, in the county of Londonderry, but it has not been yet identified. '^ Bescna — " Sanctus Beschna prsesbyter de Domnach - dala, Sacellanus." — Evinus. This church, which is called Domhnach-Dula in the prose list in the Book of Lecan, was in the plain of Mugh-dula, through which the River Moyola, • in the south of the county of Londonderry, flows. — See Trias Thaum., p. 188, n. 123. '' llis three smiths Evinus, as edited by Col- gan, mentions but two smiths of St. Patrick, thus : " Sanctus Maccectus de Domnacli-loebain, qui reliquiarium illud famosum Finn-faidheach nuncupatum fabricavit, et Sanctus Fortchernus de Ilath-aidme duo fabri ferrarii." But this is obviously a blunder of Colgan's, asLoebhan was unquestionably the saintof Domhnach-Loebhain. In the prose list in the Book of Lecan the former is called maccecc ó Domnac Qpnoin, i. e. Mac- cecht of Domhnach Arnoin. The text of Evinus should stand corrected thus : " Sanctus Mac- cectus" [de Domnach- Arnoin, et Sanctus Loeba- nus'] " de Domnach-loebain, qui reliquiarium illud famosum Finn-faidheach nuncupatum fabri- cavit ; et Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath-Semni, tres fabri ferrarii." The words in brackets shew what has been evidently omitted in Colgan's edition of the Tripartite Life. ' Laebhan. — There are two saints of this name mentioned in the Irish Calendar of the O'Clerys, one on the 1st of June, called Loebhan of Ath- Eguis, and the other on the 9th of August. Colgan states that Domhnach-Loebhain was called Cill-Loebhain in his own time, and that it was a parish church in the diocese of Clon- iart.— Trias Thmim., p. 188, n. 129. It is evi- dently the church now called Killian. ' Fortchern — " Sanctus Fortchernus de Rath- aidme, faber ferrarius." — Evinus. In the prose list in the Book of Lecan he is called " pop- chepn I Raic Semni," i.e. Fortchern of Rath- Semhni. He was the son of the Monarch Laegh- aire mac Neill, and had a church at Ath- Truim, now Trim, in Meath, and another at Cill-Fortchern, in Idrone, in the present county of Carlow. His festival was celebrated at both places on the 1 1 th of October. * His three artificers Evinus names them as follows : " Sanctus Essa, Sanctus Biteus, ac Sanctus Tassa, tres fabri serarii, vasorumque sacrorum fabricatores." In the prose list in the 138 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReaNW. [448. a cpi Dpuinecha nac Dip, LupaiD, Gpca, Cpuimcipip. Oópan a apagan oil, Rooan, mac bpasa a buacail, Ippip, Tigpip, ip Gpca, ajup Liamain la eibeacra, Paopuig pop poppan an becpa, Dóib po ba ceapb peapca, Caipniuc pagapc pon baipc, ^epman a oiDe can aipg, Cpuirhrep TTlanac pa mop par, a pep coip pa connaoac. TTlac Da piap banban co mblaiD, TTlaprain bpáraip arhárap. T?apa po 50C ap oglac, TTlocoTinoc a comsapmac. Book of Leoan, they are called eppi" n 6ice ■[ Capan, and nevertheless in Flann's poem, which is given as the authority for that list, they are called aippmire, CaipiU, Capac. The last only has been identified. He was the patron saint of Kath-Cholptha, now Raliolp village, near Saul, in the county of Down. The other two names have been so corrupted by transcribers that they are difficult to determine. Colgan thinks that Essa should be Ossa, or Ossan, as Patrick had a disciple of that name, whose memory was venerated at Trim, in Meath. He makes no attempt at identifying Bite, or Biteus. The Irish Calendar of O'Clery gives a saint of that name at 22nd July, as Biteus, abbot of Inis-Cumh- scraidhe, now Inishcourcy, near Downpatrick. Tairill is found in Flann's poem only. *■ His three embroiderers — " Sancta Lupita, Tigrida, et Crumtheris textrices et sacrorum linteorum erant confectrices." — Evinus. In the prose list in the Book of Lecan they are named thus : " Q rpi opuinecha .1. Cupaio, I 6pc, injenDaipi,-] Cpuimchepip, i.e. Lupaid, and Ere, daughter of Dairi, and Crumtheris." The Lupaid here mentioned was Lupita, Pa- trick's own sister. Ere, the daughter of Dairi, was no other than Ergnata, the daughter of Dairi, King«of Oirther, who granted Armagh to Saint Patrick. — See a very strange story about her in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, lib. iii. c. 72. Crumtheris was a lady of royal birth, who Lived in solitude on the hill of Kenngobha, to the east of Armagh See Vit. Trip., lib. iii. c. 74; Trias Tkamn., p. 163. ' Odhran. — Evinus calls him " Sanctus Odra- nus de Disert-Odhrain in Hifalgia, auriga," which perfectly agrees with the prose list in the Book of Lecan : " Oopan ó Dipepc Oopain a TiUa apaó." He is mentioned in all the Lives of St. Patrick published by Colgan — See Vita Tripart, part iii. c. 56, where there is a curious story told about an attempt made by an Irish chieftain to murder St. Patrick. i Rodan Dr. O'Conor prints this Rochan. Evinus calls him " Sanctus Rodanus, Armenta- rius." In the prose list in the Book of Lecan, he is called " Rooan a Buacail." '' Ippis, &c These are said to have been the five sisters of St. Patrick ; but Dr. Lanigan has attempted to shew that St. Patrick had no real sisters in Ireland, and thinks that these were religious women who were called his sisters in a spiritual, not carnal sense See his Ecclesias- tical History of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 125, 126, where this acute historian writes : " Still more un- founded are the stories concerning St. Patrick's sisters, who are said to have been with him in Ireland, and their numberless children. Part of this stuif is given by Ussher {Primordia, p. 824, seqq.) ; but Colgan has collected the whole of it in a large dissertation (Trias Thaum., p. 224, seqq.y ' Cairniuch It is so printed by Dr. O'Conor, who says in a note : " Omnes vitse vetustiores 448.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 139 His three embroiderers", not despicable, Lupaid, Erca, and Cruimtbiris. Odhran', his charioteer, without blemish, Eodan', son of Braga, his shepherd. Ippis", Tigris, and Erca, and Liamhain, with Eibeachta : For them Patrick excelled in wonders, for them he was truly miraculous. Carniuch' was the priest that baptized him ; German"" his tutor, without ble- mish. The priest Manach", of great endowment, was his man for supplying wood. His sister's son" was Banban, of fame ; Martin" his mother's brother. Most sapient was the youth Mochonnoc'', his hospitaller. eum appellant Gomiam." In the copy of Flann's poem, preserved in the Book of Lecan, the reading is: "5°r"'ar '" |xicapc po Baifc, L e. Gornias the priest who baptized him." " German. — All the Lives of Patrick agree that St. Germanus was his tutor. Colgan at- tempts to shew that Patrick had been under his tuition as early as the year 396 ; but the acute Dr. Lanigan clearly proves (vol. i. p. 161), that Patrick could not have been under the direction of St. German before the year 418. ° Manach. — Evinus calls him: " Sanctus Monachus praisbyter focarius lignorumque pro- visor." In the prose list in the Book of Lecan he is called " Cpuimrfp Planac a peup oéniiia connai j, i. e. Cruimhther Manach his provider of wood." " His sister's son. — In the copy of Flann's poem, in the Book of Lecan, the reading is, " Sfnnan a Bparaip co mblao, i. e. Seannan was his brother" [or cousin] " of fame " Nei- ther name has been identified with true history, and it is more than probable that both owe their existence to the errors of the transcribers. ■■ Martin In the Tripartite Life, ajnid Colgan (Trias Thaum., p. 1 17), it is stated that Conchessa, St. Patrick's mother, was the sister or relative of St. Martin : " Conchessa Ecbatii filia ex Francis oriunda, et S. Martini soror, seu cognata, ejus mater fuit." But Dr. Lanigan thinks that there is not sufficient authority to prove this fact : " There is a sort of tradition that she" [Conchessa] " was a near relative of the great St. Martin of Tours, either his sister, or, what is less improbable, a niece of his. I have not been able to find any sufficient autho- rity for it ; and it seems to be founded on a mis- take, in consequence of its having been said that St. Patrick, after his release from captivity, spent some time with St. Martin at Tours." — Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 124. "^ Mochonnoc " Sanctus Catanus priesbyter, et Ocanotus pra!sby ter duo hospitalarii, sive hos- pitum ministri." — Evinus. In the prose list in the Book of Lecan the reading is : "Cpuimrep Cáoán ó Camlaccain Qpooa, -] Cpuimrep mfipojon a on popmépi; i. e. Priest Cadan of Tamlaghtard, and Priest Brogan, his two waiters." The memory of St. Cadan, or Catanus, is still held in great veneration in the parish of Tam- laghtard, or Ardmagilligan, in the barony of Keenaght, and county of Londonderry. Colgan gives the acts of Mochonnoc at 11th February, and states that he flourished about A. D. 492; but Dr. Lanigan shews that he lived at a mucli later period. — See his Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 425. The Brogan of the prose list in the Book of Lecan is evidently intended 2 140 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [449- C|iibpi ip Lappa na leano, injeana glana ^lejpano, TTlacpaio cap pai abip ap 6pc, pa rapngaip pe na cpi uióeacr bpo^an p5pibni6 a pcoile, Cpuirhrep Loja a liiamaipe. Noca ne ni nac canra, ajup ITlacui a pipDolra Tilaic peap Dampac muinncep rhóp Da DapD Oia bacaill cen bpon, plain ca cliiinncep na cluic, muinncep mair niiuincep phaopiiig. In Upinóio ipcpean ap cue Dailea Duino muir mopjpac P15 pan poem cpe aiccin mbuic, pa poep Do paccip paDpuig. Qoip Cpiopr, cfirpe ceD cfrpacliac anaoi. bliaóain ap pichic do Caoj- aipi. QmaljaoiD, mac piacpac, mic Gachac muiórhfóoin, Diobaib. Uaióe Uip nQifialgam. Qoip Cpiopr, cfirpe céD caocca a cpi. Qn cuicceab bliabain picheac DO Laojaipe. CarlippaeineaD mop pia Laojaipe mac Nell pop LaijniB. Qoip Cpiopr, cfirpe céD caocca a cfraip. Q pe pichfc do Laogaipe. peip Ueaitipa la Laojaipe, mac Nell. for Brocan, or Brocanus, one of the nephews of St. Patrick, mentioned in tlie Tripartite Life Trias Thaum., pp. 129, 136. ' Cribri and Lasra These are called Crebrea and Lassera in the Tripartite {Trias Thaum., p. 141), where it is stated that they were the daughters of Glerannus, son of Cumineus, and lived at the church of Kill-Forclann, near Kil- lala. Dr. O'Conor, with this evidence before him, translates Gleaghrann by candidw as if it were an epithet of the virgins, and not their father's name. ' Macraidh, ^c, and Ere The text is clearly corrupt here, and the copy in the Book of Lecan affords no clue to the correction of it. ' Brogan He was the Brocanus, nephew of St. Patrick, mentioned by Jocelin in c. 50, and by Evinus {uhi supra). " Logka In the copy of Flann's poem in the Book of Lecan he is called Cpuimcep Cugna, which is more correct. His tombstone is still preserved near Templepatrick, or Patrick's church, on the island of Insi Goill, in Lough Corrib, with the following inscription: "i.ie lujnaeDon mace Imenueh, i. e. the stone of Lugna Don, son of Lemenueh." This inscrip- tion, which was discovered by Dr. Petrie, who published a fac-simile of it, in his Inquiry into the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ire- land, p. 1 62, is the oldest literal monument yet discovered in Ireland. It establishes the exis- tence of Lughna and Lemenueh beyond dis- pute, but nothing of a similar antiquity has been discovered to prove their relationship to the Irish Apostle. * Machui. — He was St. Mochai, of Endrom, in Loch Cuan, one of St. Patrick's earliest con- verts, to whom he gave a copy of the Gospels and what was called a Ministeir, or portable re- liquary : " Baptizavit eum ac totondit, et dedit ei Evangelium et Ministeii:" — Vita Sec, c. 32. '' May the Trinity. — In the book of Lecan, the poem of Flann on St. Patrick's household con- cludes thus : 449.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 141 Cribri and Lasra'', of mantles, beautiful daughters of Gleaghrann. Macraith the wise, and Ere', — he prophesied in his three wills. Brogan', the scribe of his school ; the priest Logha", his helmsman, — It is not a thing unsung, — and Machui" his true fosterson. Good the man whose great family they were, to whom God gave a crozier without sorrow ; Chiefs with whom the bells are heard, a good family was the family of Patrick. May the Trinity", which is powerful over all, distribute to us the boon of great love ; The king who, moved by soft Latin, redeemed by Patrick's prayer. The Age of Christ, 449. The twenty-first year of Laeghaire. Amhal- ghaidh'', son of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, died. From him Tir-Amhalghaidh [is named]. The Age of Christ, 453. The twenty-fifth year of Laeghaire. A great defeat [was given] by Laeghaire to the Leinstermen. The Age of Christ, 454. The twenty-sixth year of Laeghaire. The feast of Teamhair [was celebrated] by Laeghaire, son of Niall. "Q nimpiDi fin le piano, co pia poctipuic can impall, Co mine icep plairiB niiiie, ac maicliib nu inuinnpe." " These" [saints] " are implored by Flnnn, that he may obtain reward without doubt, With meekness amongst the nobles of heaven, through the chiefs of this family." Dr. O'Conor says that he does not know whence the Four Masters copied this poem. It is not contained in either of the Dublin copies, and Dr. O'Conor's printed copy of it is corrupted to agree with his own idea of the meaning. The copy of Flann's poem preserved in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, 5., is much better and more co- pious, and contains the names of several officers of Patrick's household not mentioned in Evin's list, or even in the prose list prefixed to the poem itself in the Book of Lecan, such as Cromdumhan, his mucaioe, or swineherd ; his three builders, Caemhan, Cruithnech, and Luchraidh; his three physicians, Sechnan, Ogma, Aithemail ; his libi-a- rian, Setna, the Pious, son of Corcran, &c., &c Ussher quotes this poem {Primordia, p. 895), as written in very ancient Irish verses, giving a catalogue of St. Patrick's domestics, as authority for the existence of a Senex Patricius, ceano a ppuichi penopach, who died, according to the Annals of Connaught, in the year 454. '' Amhalghaidh. — He was King of Connaught about the year 434, when he was converted to Christianity by St. Patrick, together with 12,000 men. — Sec Genealogies, ij'c, nfJIy-Fiach- rac/i, pp. 310, 462. See also, for the oldest ac- count of this conversion, the Book of Armagh, fol. 10, 11; Ussher's Primordia, p. 8G4. The territory of Tir-Amhalghaidh, now the barony of Tirawley, on the west of the Kiver Moy, in the county of May», derived its name from him. 142 aNNQia Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [456. S. Uy^aiUe efpucc a Cliill Uy^aille hi Lipe [oécc] ;cpcuii. Qusupc. Qoiy Cjiiofc, cfirpe ceD caocca ape. O. lioclic pichfc oo Laojaipe. Gnoa, mac Carbaba, t)écc. Qoip Cpiiopc, cfirpie ceo caoja a peachc. Q naoi pichCc Do Laojaijie. Carh Qrha oapa jiia Laijnib pop Laojaipe, mac Nell. Uo jabab Dna Laojaipe ipin cadi pin,-] oo pao Caojaipe paclia jpéne -| jaoiche,-] na nDul DO Laijmb nac ciocpab poppa cpia bichu, ap a legaD uaba. QpD TTlacha Dpochuccaó lá Naom pacpatcc lap na fDhbaipc Do ó Oliaipe mac pionncaba mic Go^hain mic Niallám. Ro hoipDnfob Da pip bécc laip ppi cuitiDac an baile. r?o chioncboipcc bóib cfcup, cachaip aipDeppcoip do bfnarh ipuibe, -\ ecclup do rhanchaib, -] do chailleacha, -j DupDaib oile apchfna Doijh po pinDpiorh combab pi bub cfnn, -\ bub clfiche oeccailpib Gpfnn a coicchinne. Sean pacpaicc Do paoibfoh a ppiopaiDe. ' all- Usaille : i. e. the Churcli of Auxilius, now Killossy, near Naas, in the county of Kil- dare. No part of the old church of Killossy now remains, but there is a part of an ancient round tower, with a square base, attached to the modern church, which bespeaks the anti- quity of the place. — See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 826, 827 ; and Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 658. The Annals of Ulster place the death of Auxilius in the year 460, which is the cor- rect date. * Ath-dara: i. e. the Ford of the Oak. In the Irish historical tract called Borumha-Laig/iean, this ford is described as on the River Bearbha, [Barrow] in the plain of Magh-Ailbhe. There was a earn erected on the brink of the river, in which the heads of the slaughtered forces of Leath-Chuinn were interred. The notice of this battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 458, as follows: " An. 458. Car Qca oapa pop i-ao^aipe pe i-aijnib, in quo et ipse captus est, sed tunc dimis- sus est, jurans per Solem et Ventum se hoves eis dimissumm,'''' i. e. " The battle of Ath-dara" [was gained] " over Laeghaire by the Leinster- men, in which he himself was taken prisoner ; but he was then set at liberty, swearing by the Sun and the Wind that he would remit them the Borumha." Mageoghegan gives it as fol- lows, iu English, in his Annals of Clonmacnoiie : " The Lynstermen fought the battle of Ath- dara against King Lagerie, wherein King La- gerie himself was taken captive, and his army altogether overthrown ; but the King was en- larged upon his oath by the Sun and Moon (which was solemnly sworn by him) to restore them their cows." Here it is quite evident that Mageoghegan translated this last clause, " to restore them their cows," from a Latin original : " se hoves eis dimissurum." But this is clearly not the meaning intended by the original annalist. In the account of this battle preserved in Leahhar na h- Uidliri, fol. 76, b. 2, it is stated that Laeghaire swore by the Sun and Moon, the Water and the Air, Day and Night, Sea and Land, that he would never again, during life, demand the Bo- rumean tribute of the Leinstermen. ' Conná 456.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 143 Saint Usaille, Bishop of Cill Usaille^, in LiiFe, [died] on the twenty-seventh of August. The Age of Christ, 4.56. The twenty-eighth year of Laeghaire. Enda, son of Cathbhadh, died. The Age of Christ, 457. The twenty-ninth year of Laeghaire. The battle^ of Ath-dara* [was fought] against the Leinstermen by Laeghaire, son of Niall. Laeghaire was taken in that battle ; and Laeghaire took oaths by the Sun and the Wind, and [all] the elements, to the Leinstermen, that he would never come against them, after setting him at liberty. ^ Ard-Macha'' was founded by Saint Patrick, it having been granted to him " by Daire, son of Finnchadh', son of Eoghan, son of Niallan. Twelve men were appointed by him for building the town. He ordered them, in the first place, to erect an archbishop's city'* there, and a church for monks, for nuns, and for the other orders in general, for he perceived that it would be the head and chiei' of the churches of Ireland in general. Old Patrick'^ yielded his spirit. lappcio m moopomi céin bao beo.' And this is the true meaning even of" the Latin, ' se boves eis dimissurum.' " *■ Ard-Macha: i. e. the Height of Macha, a ■woman's name. Some say that she was Macha, the wife of Nemhidh See Magh-Maeha, p. 10, note ", supra ; but others will have it that she was the more celebrated Macha Mongruadh, the foundress of the royal fortEmania, near Armagh. Usshcr (Prmwrdia, p. 854) thought that the name was compounded of ar'd, high, and macha, a. field; but no Irish scholar ever gave it tliat interpretation. The Annals of Ulster rpf(!r the foundation of Armagh to the year 444 : " A. D. 444. Ardmachafundata est. Ab nrhe condita mtf/iie ad hunc urhem fund(Uum mcxciv." — Sec also Ussher's Primordia, pp. 854, 855, et seq.; and Colgan's Trias Thanm., p. 293. ' Daire, son of Finnchadh This Daire, who was chief of llegio Orientalium, now the Oriors, in the county of Armagh, was a descendant of CoUa Dachrich. From his uncle, Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niallan, the O'Hanlons ol Crioch-na-nOirther, now the baronies of Orior, in the county of Armagh, are descended. "^ An archbishop's city For a curious account of the erection of Armagh the reader is referred to the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, as published by Colgan, part iii. c. 78, Ti-ias Thanm., p. 164. ' Old Patrick. — In the poem of Flann on the household of St. Patrick, as preserved in the Book of Lecan, fol. 44, b, and as «[uoted by Ussher (Pi-imord. p. 895), he is made the head of St. Patrick's seniors : " Caput sapiintum seniorum ejus." The Annals of C!onnaught, as quoted by Ussher, refer his death to the year 453, and the Annals of Ulster to 457. According to the Feilire-Aengttis, this Sean Phadruig, or older Patrick, was the tutor of the great Apostle of Ireland ; and the glossographer adds that he was the Patrick of Glastonbury. — See Petrie's Antiquities of Tara Hill, p. 73. Dr. Lanigan scoffs at the idea of the existence of any other 144 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReoNH. [458. Qoip C|iiopr, cTirpe ceo, caocca a liochc. laji mbfir ofic mbliabr.a piclifc hi iiijlie nGjieann Do Laojai]ie mac Nell Naoijiallciij arbar i craob Cai];^y^i eDiji Giiinn -| Qlbain .i. Da cnoc laDpibe pilfc in Uib paoláin,-] jpian -| gaoch ]iop majibporh ap pa papaij lao. ConiD Do pin acbfpr an pili, Ctcbach Laojaipe mac Nell pop raob caippi glap a uip Duile Dé aDpaegaiD paicli rucpac Dail mbaip poppan pigh. Ctoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceD caocca anaoi. Qn ceiD bliaóain oOilill iTlolc, mac Oarhi, mic piachpach, hi pije nGpenn. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo peapcca a do. Qn cfrpamaó bliaóain oOilill. Oombangopc mac Nippi Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceD peapca acpi. Ctn cúicceaó bliabain dOiIiU. peip Ceampa la liOilill ITlolr an bliaóainpi. St. Patrick except the great Apostle of Ireland, but he is evidently over-sceptical. ' ThiHij years O'Flaherty says that the thirty years allowed to his reign must be un- derstood as subsequent to the conversion of the Irish to Christianity : " Ut in Codice Lecano (fol. 306, a) ita Latine explicatur : Triginta minis regnum IIiber7iue post cidvenium Patricii Unuit." — Ogygio-t P- 249. With this account the cu- rious computation of Tirechau, in the Book of Armagh, very iiearly accords, as follows : " A passionc autem Christi colleguntur anni 436, usque ad mortem Patricii. Duohu^ autem rel V. annis regnavit Luiguire post viortem Patricii. Omnis autem regni illius tempus awxvi. ut putamus.''^ —fol. 9, a. 2. ^ He died. — -According to the historical tract called the Borumlia Leaghan, Laeghaire, in two years and a half after swearing by the elements that he would never again demand the Borumha, made an incursion into Leiuster and seized a prey of cows at Sidh-Neachtain, where the Boyne has its source ; but as he advanced to the side of Caissi, the elements wreaked their vengeance upon him, that is, the Air forsook him, the Sun burned him, and the Earth swallowed him. His death is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise as follows : " King Lagerie died an ill death. Some say he sunk down in the Earth between the two hills, neer the River of Liffie, called Ireland and Scotland, but the most part agree that he was stroken dead at a place called Taev Caisy, neere the Liffie, by the Wynde and Sun, for forswear- ing himself to the Lynstermen, for the restitu- tion of the Cowes, which he was sworne to per- forme at the time of his captivity. He died about the year 458." The Annals of Tighernach and the Annals of Ulster state that Laeghaire met his death at Greallach Gaifill [or Daphill], in Campo-Life, between the hills Ere and Alba, and that the Leinstermen asserted that the Sun and the Wind killed him. In the very curious account of the death of Laeghaire, preserved in the Leahhar-na h Uidhri, 458.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 145 The Age of Christ, 458. After Laeghaire, the son of Niall of tlie Nine Hostages, had been thu"ty years*^ in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died^ by the side of Caissi, between Eire and Alba, L e. two hills which are in Ui-Faelain ; and [it was] the Sun and the Wind that killed him, because he had violated them. Concerning which the poet said : Laeghaire, son of Niall*", died On the side of Caissi, green its land ; The elements of God, whose guarantee he had violated, Inflicted the doom of death upon the king. ) The Age of Christ, 459. The first year of Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi, son of Fiachra, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 4G2. The fourth year of Oilioll. Domhangort', son of Nissi, died. The Age of Christ, 463. The fifth year of Oilioll. The feast of Teamhair'' [was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt this year. I it is stated that it had been prophesied to him that he would come by his death between Ere and Alba [Ireland and Scotland], for which reason he [unlike his father, Niall] never went on any naval expedition, that he went a second time, without regard to his oaths, with a great army, against the Leinstermen, to demand the Borumean tribute ; but that, when he reached Greallach-Daphill, by the side of Cassi, in Magh Liphi, between the two hills, Ere and Alba, he was killed by the Sun and the Wind, and the other elements by which he had sworn. It is further stated that the body of Laeghaire was afterwards carried to Tara, and interred with his weapons upon him in the south-east of the external rarapart of Kath-Laeghaire, at Tara, with his face turned towards the Lagenians, as if in the attitude of fighting with them. The fact of his body being so interred is also men- tioned in the Annotations of Tireachan, in the Book of Armagh, and it is added that Laeghaire could not believe in the Christian religion, because he had made a promise to his father, Niall, that he would not swerve from the Pagan customs : " Sed non potuit credere dicens : Nam Necl pater meus non sinivit mihi credere, sed ut sepeliar in cacuminibus Temro, quasi viris con- sistentibus in bello : quia utuntur Gentiles in sepulchris armati prumptis armis facie ad facieni usque ad diem Erdathe apud INIagos, id est, judicii diem Domini." — fol. 1 0, a, 2. See Petrie's Anitf/nities of Tara Hill, pp. 145, 146. ^ Laeghaire, son of Niall. — This quatrain is also quoted in Leahhar-na-hUidhri, but the author's name is nowhere mentioned. ' Domhangort He was King of Alba, or Scotland, according to the Ann. of Clon. " The feast of Teamhair. — Thus noticed in the Annals of Ulster: " Cena Tcmra la hAilill Molt, Sic in Libro Cuanach inveni." And in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows : " King Oilill Molt made the Great Feast of Taraghe, called Fcis-Taragh." 146 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiueaNN. [464. Qoip Cpiopr, cerpe chéo pfpcca a cfraiji. Qn peifeaó bliaóain oOibll. Car Onriia Qichi]! ]iia Laijnib poji QiliU mole. Conall 5ulban, mac NeiU Naoi^jiallaij, (o crc'trr Cenel cConaill) Do rhapbab la pfn cuacliaib mai^e yleclic lap na pojbáil i mbaojal, -] a aóna- cal 1 pPiobnac TTlliaije Rein, la Naoyi Caillin, arhail aipnéióíp beara on naoim pémpaice. Qoip Cpiopr, ceirpe ceo peapccac a cúicc. Qn peaccmaó blmóain oOilill ITlolr. peip Ceampa la hOilill TTlolc. Gojan.niac Neill Naoigiallaij, (6 ccaccCeriel nSojain), oécc Do cliumaiD Chonaill ^hiilban, nrnc Neill Naoijiallaij,-] a aónacal i nUipge caoi'n i nlnip Gojam, Dia nebpaó. Qcbar Go^an, mac Néill, pe Deopaib, bá maic a rhaoin, cpé écc Chonaill na ccleap ccpuaió, 50 ppuil a uai^ 1 nUipcce caoin. Cpiorhrann, mac Gnoa Cenpelai^, pi Laijfii, Do riiapbaD la mac a inline buDéin, .1. Gocliaib ^uinfcli do Uib baippce. Qoip Cpiopc, ceichpe ceo peapcca a pe. Q boclir dOiIiU. Peip Uearhpa la liOilill TTlolc. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe chéo peapcca a peace. Qnaoi dOiIiU TTIolr. beneti, mac Seiy^ccnein, eppcop QpDa TTlaca, do paoiDfo a ppiopaicce. 1 Dumha-Aichir : i. e. Aicher's or Heber's buried — See note ^, at A. M. 3656, p- 4;}. mound. Not identified. supra. "> The Cinel-Conaill : i. e. the Race of Conall, " Saiid Caillin. — This is clearly an anachro- i. e. the O'Donnells, and their correlative fami- nism, and is a fabrication of the writer of the lies in Tirconnell, or the county of Donegal. Life of St. Caillin, preserved in the Book of ^ Magh-Slecht. — According to the Book of Fenagh. St. Caillin was contemporary with St. Fenagh, Conall Gulban was killed by the Mas- Columbkille, and could not have been born in raidhe, an ancient tribe of the Firbolgs, who the year 464, much less abbot of Fenagh in were seated in the plain of Magh Slecht (around Magh-Rein. Ballymagauran, in the north-west of the county ^ Cinel-Eoghain : i. e. the Race of Eoghaii. of Cavan). He had gone upon a predatory ex- These were the O'Neills, Mac Loughlins, and cursion into their territory, and seized upon a their correlatives in Tyrone, creat prey of horses ; but he was pursued and "^ Uisce- Chain. — Now aw^Zice Eskabeen. This overtaken at Loch Saloch, near Fenagh, in the is the name of an old chapel near a beautiful county of Leitrim, where he was slain and well from which the name is derived, in a town- 464.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 147 The Age of Christ, 464. The sixth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha- Aichir' [was fought] by the Leinstermen, against Oilioll Molt. Conall Gulban, son of Niall of tlie Nine Hostages (from whom are descended the Cinel-Conaill"), was slain by the old tribes of Magh-Slecht", he having been found unprotected, and was buried at Fidhnach-Maighe-Eein, by Saint Caillin", as the Life of the aforesaid saint relates. The Age of Christ, 465. The seventh year of Oilioll Molt. The feast of Teamhair [was celebrated] by Oilioll Molt. Eoghan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages (from whom are descended the Cinel-Eoghain"), died of grief for Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hos- tages, and was biu-ied at Uisce-Chain", in Inis-Eoghain ; concerning which was said : Eoghan, son of Niall, died Of tears, — good his nature, — In consequence of the death of Conall, of hard feats, So that his grave is at Uisce-Chain. Crimhthann', son of Enda Censelach, King of Leinster, was killed by the son of his own daughter, i. e. Eochaidh Guineach, [one] of the Ui-Bairrche'. The Age of Christ, 466. The eighth year of Oilioll Molt. The Age of Christ, 467. The ninth year of Oilioll Molt. Benen', son of Sescnen, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], resigned his spirit. land of the same name, in the barony of Inis- it will be shewn from authorities of great anti- Eoghan [Inishowen], in the county of Donegal, quity, he fought at the battle of Ocha in 482 or The grave of Eoghan is not known there at 483, q. v. present. Colgan says that Uske-chaoin was, in ' Ui-Bairrche : i. e. the descendants of Daire his own time, a chapel, but that it was anciently Barrach, the second son of Cathaeir Mor, Mo- a monastery. — See Tricu T/iaum., p. 495, col. 1. narch of Ireland in the second century. They It is the birth-place of the celebrated Jamis were seated in the barony of Slewmargy, in the Janius Eogancsius, or John Toland, whose real Queen's County, and possessed also some of name was O'Tuathalain, and of whom there are the adjoining districts — See Leabhar-na-ffCeart, still very vivid traditions preserved in the p. 212, note ''. neighbourhood. — See Harris's edition of Ware's ' Benen: i.e. Benignus. The death ofBe- Writers of Ireland, p. 278 and p. 281, line 3. nignus is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the ' Crimldhann According to the Annals of same year: " Q,iiies Benigni Episcopi, ^uccessoris Clonmacnoise he was killed in the battle of Patricii." — See note ", under the year 432, Ardcorran; but this is clearly a mistake, for, p. 136, svpra. u2 148 aNNa;,a Rio^hachna eipeaNw. [468. Qoip Cpioj^c, ceicpe cliéo peaycca a lioclir. Q liaon noécc oOilill. Dopn^al 6)11 6le pop Laijnib ]iia nOilill ÍTiolc. 0.o^Y Cjiiopc, ceifpe cheD peacrmojacr. Qn t)apa blmóain oécc t)Oilill. Carli Ourha Qicip pop Ctilill TTIolr pia Laijnib. Qoip Cpiopc, ceirpe cliéo peaclirmo^acc aoó. Qn cfrparhab blmóain Décc oOilill. 'Coca, mac Qoóa, nriic Sfnaij, raoipeac Cpiche Cualann hi Caijnib oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, cCirpe ceo peaccmojac a cfraip. Q pé Decc t>Oilill. 6ipc, mac Gacbacli TTluinpenmaip, oécc. Qoip Cpioy^c, cfirpe ceo peaccmojac a cúicc. Q peace oécc oOiliU. Conall Cpemroinn, mac Nell Naoigiallaij, op cinpfc clanna Colmain 1 Siol Qoba Slaine oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo peaccmojac ape. Q hochr Decc oOilill. Car ^panaipD pia nGochaiD, mac Coipppe, mic Oililla, mic Ounlaing, mic Gnoa Niab, pop pijli Lai^fn, Ppaoc, mac pionncaoa, mic ^appcon, mic pocJiaib, mic Gachoach LámDÓió, mic ITlepin Cuipb, "] oo cfp Ppaoch ipuibe. Qoip Cpiopc, cficpe ceo peaccmojac a hoclic. lap mbeich piche bliabain " The boxing battle This battle, which ap- pears to have been nothing more than a boxing match between the pugilistic champions of Leinster and Meath, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 473, as " Dopnjal 6pi eie ;" Init it is again entered under the year 475, as, " Bellum Bri-Ele, sic in Libra Cuanach inveni ;" and again under 478. There can scarcely, how- ever, be a doubt that the three entries refer to the one battle only, and that the difference of date is owing to their having been transcribed from different authorities. In the old English translation of the Annals of Ulster, preserved in the Bi'itish Museum, Claren. torn. 49, Ayscough, 4795, the term t)opnjal is translated " the handle skirmish." It may be here observed that the wrestling matches, which continued to be carried on in the Phosnix Park, between the men of Meath and Kildare, and which sometimes terminated in boxing matches, would seem to have been a continuation of this Dornghal. " Bri-Ele. — This place is now called the hill of Croghan, and is situated in the north-east of the King's County, close to the boundary of Westmeath. — See note ', under A. D. 1385. It is stated in the Book of Lecan, fol. 175, p. a, col. b, that this hill received its name from Eile, daughter of Eochaidh Eeidhleach, Monarch of Ireland, and wife, first of Ferghal, son of Ma- gach, and afterwards of Sraibhgenn, son of Null, one of the Ernaans of Munster. ^ Dumha-Aichir. — This is a repetition. See A. D. 464. In the Annals of Ulster it is entered under the year 4G8, thus: "iJeWw» Dumai-Aichir, pop OiliU IDolc, sicut inveni in Libra Cuanach." And again under the years 474 and 476. '' Crioch- Cualann — A territory included, for the most part, in the present county of Wicklow. The territory of Feara-Cualann, or Fercoulen, the Innits of which are defined in an Inquisition 468.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 149 The Age of Christ, 468. The eleventh year of Oilioll. Tlie boxing-battle" of Bri-Ele" against the Leinstermen, by Oilioll Molt. The Age of Christ, 470. The twelfth year of Oilioll. The battle of Dumha- Aichir'' against Oilioll INIolt, by the Leinstermen. The Age of Christ, 472. The fourteenth year of Oilioll. Toca, son of Aedh, son of Senach, chief of Crioch-Cualann^ in Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 474. The sixteenth year of Oilioll, Eirc^, son of Eochaidh Muinreamhar, died. The Age of Christ, 475. The seventeenth year of Oilioll. Conall Cremh- thoinn% son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, from whom are sprung the Clanu Colmain, and race of Aedh Slaine", died. The Age of Christ, 476. The eighteenth year of Oilioll. The battle of Granard" by Eochaidh, son of Cairbre, son of Oilioll, son of Duidaing, son of Enda Niadh, against the King of Leinster, Fraech, son of Finnchadh, son of Garchu, son of Fothadh, son of Eochaidh Lamhdoidh, son of Mesincorb ; and Fraech fell therein. The Age of Christ, 478. After Oilioll Molt, son of Dathi, son of Fiachra, taken at Wicklow on the 26th of April, 1G3G, appears to have been coextensive with the ma- nor of Povverscourt, in the barony of Half Rath- down, in the north of the county of Wicklow; but anciently the territory of Cualann was more extensive. It appears from the Fcilii-e-Aenguis that the churches of Tigh-Conaill (átagonnell), Tigh-mic-Dimmai, and Dunmor, and from the Leahhar-Laifjhieach, preserved in the Book of Lecan, fol. 93-109, that Senchill, now Shank- hill, near Bray, were situated in this territory. ' Eire He is the ancestor of the Dalriadic kings of Scotland See Usshcr's Primord., Ind. Chron., and O'Flaherty's Ogt/gia, p. 465. " Conall Cremhthainn. — He is the ancestor of the O'JIelaghlins, who bore the tribe-name of Clann-Colraain, and of other families formerly powerful in Meath. From this Conall seventeen Irish monarchs descended. The Annals of Ulster record his death at the year 470, under which Dr. O'Conor observes in a note that*thc terri- tory of Tirconall derived its name from him: but this is contrary to all the Irish genealogist;; and historians, who are unanimous in stating that Tir-Conaill derived its name from his bro- ther, Conall Gulban — Ogygia, iii. c. 85. '' Race of Aedh Slaine. — There were nine Monarchs of Ireland of the race of this Aedh Slaine, who was himself Monarch of Ireland from A. D. 599 to 605. After the establish- ment of surnames, the chief family of his race took the surname of O'Kelly Breagh, and were seated in the great plain of Bregia, in the east of ancient Meath. — See Og;igia, iii. c. 93, p. 430. ° Granard. — This is the Granard in the county of Longford ; but the Four Masters have evidently given Cairbre a wrong genealogy. In the Annals of Ulster, " Bellum primum Gra- nearad" is entered under the year 483, and it is stated that "Cairbre mac Neill Naigiallaig vict, 1, and the same num- ber is attributed to him by Jocelyn and the Tripartite Life, ajmd Colgan ; Trias Thaum., p. 167. See also Ussher's Primordia, p. 913. "■ Seven hundred bishops and three thousand priests. — " Episcopos enim trecentos et septua- ginta; sacerdotum quinqueniillia, etclericorum inferioris ordinis numerum sine numero, propria mauu ordinasse legitur. Numerum autem Mo- nachorum atque Monialium, quos divino conse- cravit obsequio, solus Deus novit. Sacras etiam aides, sedes Episcopales, Monastoria, Ecclesias, sacella, promiscue connumerantur, fundavit septingenta." — Vit. Trijmrtit. S. Pairicii, part. ii. c. 97; Trias Thaum., p. 167. " The human mind. — Dr. O'Conor renders this : " Fecit miracula et mirabilia plurima, simulque informavit intellectum populorum ad commu- nionem, vel ad memoriam ejus. Fecit regulas valde bonas." But he is totally beneath criti- 493.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 157 stroyed the idols which they had for worshipping ; who had expelled demons' and evil spirits from among them, and brought them from the darkness of sin and vice to the light of faith and good works, and who guided and conducted their souls from the gates of hell (to which they were going), to the gates of the kingdom of heaven. It was he that baptized and blessed' the men, women, sons and daughters of Ireland, with their territories and tribes, both [fresh] waters and sea-inlets. It was by him that many cells, monasteries, and churches were erected throughout Ireland ; seven hundred churches" was their number. It was by him that bishops, priests, and persons of every dignity were ordained ; seven hundred bishops, and three thousand priests" [was] their number. He worked so many miracles and wonders, that the human mind" is incapable of remembering or recording the amount of good which he did upon earth. When the time of St. Patrick's death approached, he received the Body of Christ from the hands of the holy Bishop Tassach", in the 122nd [year] of his age^, and resigned his spirit to heaven. There was a rising of battle", and a cause of dissension in tlie province contending for tlie body of Patrick after his death. The Ui-NeilP and the cism in blunders of this description. tite Life, apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 168, The absurdity of the miracles attributed to he is also given this age of 122 years : St. Patrick by all his biographers, on every " Curavit advocari S. Tassachuni Episcopum; frivolous occasion, without number, measure, et e manu ejus salutare sumpsit viaticum, an- or use, have created a doubt, in modern times, noque sui inter Hibernos Apostolatus Ixii. of the truth of everything they relate ; and ajtatis cxxii. xvi. Kalendas Aprilis purissimum if it happened that God suspended the laws of coelo reddidit spiritum." nature at the request of this great preacher, his According to a summary of dates and facts biographers have described them, and the motives relating to St. Patrick, preserved in the Lcahhar of them, so injudiciously, that modern readers Breac (fol. 99, i, 1), he died "in the one liun- can only laugh at them, unless they will be at dred and twentieth year of his age, that is, the great trouble to separate the fictitious and 27th" \_rccte 26th] " of the solar Cycle, the useless from the real and necessary wonders Calends of January being on Friday, the first wrought by this apostle. year after the bisextile, on the 16th of tl le ' Tassach. — He is the patron saint of Rath- Calends of April, which, iu that year, fell on Cholptha, now the village of Raholp, near Saul, Wednesday, the 13th of the Moon." in the barony of Lecale, and county of Down — " A rising of battle. — This story is also given See note *=, at A. D. 448, supra ; Trias Thaum., in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, apud p. 6, col. 1. Colgan, Trias Thaum., pp. 168, 169. "^ In the \'22nd \_'jear'] of his age SeeUssher's '' The Ui-Neill: i. e. the descendants of Ninll Primordia, pp. 881, 883, 887. In the Tripar- of the Nine Hostages. 158 aNwata Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [494. 50 hapomaclia, Ulaib acca poi^caD aca paofin, 50 nofcacrctp Ui Néill-i aiji^ialla 50 alaile uipcce.jo ccuapjaib an atann ppiu, com yio ciirhninjpec cecc caipfi let méo a ruile. O do coioh an cuile poji cciila Do beacacap na ploij po combai^ .1. Ui Néill -| Ulam Do bpfir chuipp pacpaicc leó. apfo cappap la ^ac nopuinj Di'ob co nibai an copp leo bubéin Docum a ccipe. 50 po foappccap Oia lOD gan cpoiD jan cachap pon lonnup pin. T?o liaDnachc laparh copp pacpaic 50 nonoip -] 50 naipmiccin moip, 1 nOún Da learglap, -| na Dí oiDce Décc po bacap na ppmre 05 paipe an ciiipp, co ppolmaiB -| hjJinnaib, ni bai oiDce 1 THiiijinip, ina ip na pfpannaib corhpoiccpib (an Dapleó) acr arhail bib poilpi an laoi lanpolaip po lonopchaib ann do 5pép. Clp do bliabnaib baip naorh pacpaicc acpubpab. O j^fnap Cpiopc, aiplni aic, .cccc. pop caorii nocair, ceopa bliabna paip lappoin, 50 bap pacpaicc ppioriiappcoil. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo nocliac a cfraip. Q pé oécc do Cugbaib. Cach CinDailbe pia cCoipbpe, nmc Nell, pop Lai^nib. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo nochac ape. TTlochaoi, abb nQonDpoma, Décc ■■ The OirghiaUa: i. e. the descendants of the on which Colgan has the following note: Collas, who, at this time, possessed a vast terri- " Quod in morte Patricii dierum duodecim tory in Ulster, lying west of the River Bann naturalium spatium transierit sine noctis in- and Gleann-Eiffhe. terpolatione tradunt Jocelintis c. 193, Author ^ ZZZia.— Called by Colgan, in his translation operis Tripartiti, p. 3, c. 106, Probus, 1. 2, c. 34, of the Tripartite Life, Ulidii. At this time et alii communiter actorum Patricii Scriptores, they possessed only that portion of the province et quod toto sequenti anno tempus nocturnum of Ulster lying east of the River Bann and in ilia qua obiit Regione fuerit extraordinario Gleann-Ri"-he. quodam et ccelitus misso respersum lumine, alia ' Dun-da-leathgUas: i. e. the dun or fort of indicant testimonia et argumenta. Ita enim the two broken locks or fetters, now Down- indicat Probus loco citato, dicens: ' Plebs etiam Patrick. illiiis loci in quo sejitdtus est certissima confirmat f It was not night. — This is also stated by the attcslatione, qubdiisqiicadfinemtotius anni, in quo author of the Tripartite Life : obierat, nunquam nocturnales tenebrm qnales exti- " Et ita non visa est nox in tota ilia regione tissent, tales antea fuerant, quod nimirum ad tanti in tempore luctus Patricii." viri meritum non duMum est. Item Author operis It is stated in Fiech's Hymn that the light Tripart. p. 3, c. 106 : Et ferunt alii quod anno continued for a whole year after Patrick's death, integru post Patricii mortem fuerit continua lux in 494.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 159 Oirghialla' attempting to bring it to Armagh ; the Ulta" to keep it with them- selves. And the Ui-Ncill and the Oirghialla came to a certain water, and the river swelled against them so that they were not able to cross it in consequence of the greatness of tlie flood. When the flood had subsided these hosts united on terms of peace, i. e. the Ui-Neill and the Ulta, to bring the body of Patrick with them. It appeared to each of them that each had the body conveying it to their respective territories, so that God separated them in this manner, with- out a fight or battle. The body of Patrick was afterwards interred at Dun-da- lethglas^ with great honour and veneration ; and during the twelve nights that the religious seniors were watching the body with psalms and hymns, it was not night^ in Magh-inis or the neighbouring lands, as they thouglit, but as if it were the full undarkened light of day. Of the year of Patrick's death was said : Since Christ was born, a correct enumeration, Four hundred and fair ninety, Three years add to these. Till tlie death of Patrick, chief Apostle. The Age of Christ, 494. The sixteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle of Ceann-Ailbhe^ by Cairbre, son of Niall, against the Leinstermen. The Age of Christ, 496. Mochaoi^jAbbotof Aendruim.diedon thetwenty- Regione de Mag-inis.'' Adde quod noiiien illius '' MocJiaoi, Ahhui of Aendruim — He was a liegionis exinde postea ortum, hoc ipsum indi- disciple of >St. Patrick, aud abbot of the island qf cet. Vulgo enim vocatur Trinchached na soillse, Aendruim, now Mahee Island, in Loch Cuan, or i. cantarcdus seu centivillaria liegio luminis, ut Strangford Lough, in the county of Down. The vulgi usurpatio, et patrÍEc historia contestantur. situation of Aendruim appears from a gloss on Unde propter hos ccslestes radios tempus illud thíiFcilire-Aenguis,a,t23Td3vine: "Oenopuitn.i. nocturnum raro prodigio illustrantet!, videtur oen culaclian ini|- uile, i pop f,och Cuan acú." S. Fiecus hie tempus illud vocasse continuam " Oendruim, i. e. all the i:^land "is [L e. forms] luoem et diem prolongatam." — Trias Thaum., one hill, and in Loch Cuan it is [situated]." — p. 6, col. 2, not. 20. See Description of Nendriim, by the Eev. Wil- 8 Ceaim-Ailbhe. — In the Annals of Clonmac- liam Beeves, pp. 30 to \\A. The death of this noise the " battle of Kinailbe" is entered under saint is entered in the Annals of Tighernach at the year 501. In the Ulster Annals it is ca,lled the year 497 ; in the Annals of Ulster at 493, the battle of Cnoc- Ailbhe. It was probably the and again from a diilerent authority at 498 ; and name of a hill in Magh- Ailbhe, in the south of in the old Annals of Innisfallen at 490. — See note the county of Kildare. on Mochaoi under the year 4.32. 160 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca emeaKw. [497. an rpeap la pichear Do mi lun. Cach Ojioma Lochmaighe ]iia Laignibh pop Uib Nell. Copbmac a Cpic in epnaióe eppcop Qpoa TTlaca, comapba Parpaicc, do paoiDlifoh a ppiopairce. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceD nocliac a peachc. Q naoi Decc oe Lujhaib. Carh Inoe ITloipe hi cCpich ua n^nbla pop Lai^nib, -| pop loUann, mac Ounlainj, la muipcfiicacli mac Gapca. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo nochac a hocTir. Qn pichfcmaó bliabain Do LujaiD. pfp^up niop, mac 6ipc, mic Gachach TTlumpearhaip, co na bpairpib Do Dill ino Qlbain. Qoip Cpiopc, cfirpe ceo nochac a naoi. Q haon pichfc Do Lughaib. Ceapban eappoc, ó piopc Cfpbain oc Ueampaij, Decc. Car Seajpa pia TTluipcfpcach mac Gpca pop Oiiach Ufnjuma, pi Con- nacc. Ipeaó pochann an cacha .1. Tlluipcfpcach po bai hi pachai jiup ecip in pi ajiip CochaiD Uiopmcapna, a bpachaip, 50 po gabaó CochaiD pop comaipce TTiuipcfpcoiT^. Ceannpaolab apbepc Da óeapbab. ' Druim-Lochmaiglie. — See A. M. 3549, where it is stated that Lochmhagh is in the territory of Couaille, i. e. in the level portion of the county of Louth. •^ Connac of Crioch-an-Earnaidhe : i. e. the Territory of the Oratory or little Church, thus translated by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 293 : " S. Corbmacus de Crich-indernaidhe, successor S. Patricii, Ep. Ardmach, quievit in domino." He gives his acts at 17th of February, from which it would appear that he was the nephew of the monarch Laeghaire, by his brother Enda; that his body or reliques were preserved at Trim, in Meath, and that his festival was celebrated at Armagh, on the 17th of February. In the copy of the Feilire-Aengnis preserved in the Leabhar Breac, he is set down as"Copm(ic comopbu pacpaic 1 nQch cpuim ^oe^uipe," and the Edi- tor is of opinion that Cpioch (.m eapnuioe may be a corruption of Cpioc i-oejaipe. ' Inde-mor, in Chrioch-Ua-nGabhla Crioch- Ua-nGabhla, called, in the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, " O'Gawla's country," was the name of a territory situated in the south of the present county of Kildare, extending, according to the Book of Lecan, fol. 93-109, from Ath-Cuilchinge to Dubh-áth, near the hill of Mullaghmast ; and from Ath-glas-crichi, at Cluanies, to Uada, in Leix ; and from the ford of Ath-leathnacht to Gleann-Uissen, in Ui-Bairrche. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise " the battle of Inne" is entered under the year 504. " Fearghus Mor. — The Annals of the Four Masters are here antedated by at least five years, as Dr. O'Conor shews (Proleg. ad Ann., p. Ixxxvi). The Annals of Tighernach place the migration of the sons of Ere to Alba (Scot- land) during the pontificate of Symmachus, the Calends of January being on feria prima. Now Symmachus succeeded Anastasius the Second on the 10th of the Calends of December, A. D. 498, and died on the 14th of the Calends of August, A. D. 514, and during this whole period the 497.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 161 third day of the month of June. The battle of Druim-Lochmaighe' [was gained] by the Leinstermen over the Ui-Neill. Cormac, of Chrioch-in-Ernaidhe'', successor of Patrick, resigned his spirit. The Age of Christ, 497. The nineteenth year of Lughaidh. The battle of Inde-Mor, in Crioch-Ua-nGabhla', [was gained] over the Leinstermen and lUann, son of Dunlaing, by Muircheartach mac Earca. The Age of Christ, 498 [rede 503]. The twentieth year of Lughaidh. Fearghus Mor", son of Ere, son of Eochaidh Muinreamhair, with his brothers, went to Alba [Scotland]. The Age of Christ, 499 [rede 504]. The twenty-first year of Lughaidh. Cerban, a bishop of Feart-Cearbain", at Teamhair, died. The battle of Seaghais° [was fought] by Muircheartach mac Earca against Duach Teangumha'', King of Connaught. The cause of the battle was this, viz. : jNIuircheartach was a guarantee between the King and Eochaidh Tirm- charna, his brother, and Eochaidh was taken prisoner against the protection of Muircheartach. In proof of which Ceannfaeladh'' said : Calends of January did not fall on feria prima, except twice, viz. A. D. 506, and 51G ; and, as Flann refers this emigration of the sons of Ere to the fifteenth year after the battle of Ocha, it follows from this singular coincidence, which could not happen otherwise than from historical verity, that this migration is to be referred to the year 506 of the common era. The Annals of Clonmacnoise refer this migration to the year 501, which is much nearer to the true date than that given by the Four Masters. ° Feart-Cearbain : i.e. the Grave of Bishop Cerban, who was one of St. Patrick's converts. His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 503, and in the Annals of Tigliernach at 503, and again 'at 504, which is the true year, and that under which it is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise. Feart-Chearbain was the name of a church situated to the north- east of Tara hill, but it is now totally effaced. — See Petrie's Histury and Antiquities of Tara inn, p. 200, and plate 7 (facing p. 128), on which the position of this church is marked. " Seayliav,: — This was the ancient name of the Curlieu hills, near Boyle, on the confines of the counties of Roscommon and Sligo. This battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 501. ■■ Duach Teangumha: i. e. Duach of the Brazen Tongue. He was otherwise called Duach Galach, i. e. the Valorous. He was the son of Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, Monarch of Ireland, and is the ancestor of the O'Conors of Connaught, as well as of the O'Rourkes and O'Keillys, and various other correlative fami- lies. '' Ceannfadadh : i. e. Ceannfaeladh-na-fogh- lama, or the Learned, of Derryloran, in Tyrone, who died, according to the Annals of Tigher- nach, in the year 679. He wrote a work on the synchronism of the Irish nionarchs with the Roman Emperors. 162 aNNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [500. Cach Sejhi^a bfn do ninaib poDjiuaip, |io boi cpu ofps Dap c]iuipi5h, la Duipcli, ingin Duaich. each Oealcca, each rilucjiania acuy^ each Uuama Opuba, la each Sfjpa, hi ccopcaiji Oiiacli Ufngiimha. pop ConnaccaiB po ppaomeaó na cata hipin. Qoip Cpiopr, euice céD. Qn Dapa bliaóain pichfc Do LughaiD. .8. Ibap eppuc, Décc an cpep la pichfc Do mi Qppil. Ceicpe bliaóna ap cpi ceo poo a paojail. Cach Lochmaishe pia Laignib pop Uibh Nell. Qoip Cpiopc, cuiec ceo a haon. Q cpi pichfc Do LujhaiD. Cach Pperh- ainne hi TTlióe pop piachaiD, mac Nell, pia ppailge beppaióe, Dia nebpab an pann, In pi aile apmbfpaiD piacha, mac Nell, ni celaiD, Qp paip, cap cpfmla cile, cac ppeamna TTliDe meabaió. Qoip Cpiopc, cúicc céD a cpi. lap mbfich CÚ15 bliaóna pichfc i pishe Gpeann Do LughaiD, mac Laojaipe, copchaip 1 nQchaD popclia, lap na bém ' A certain tcoman : i. e. Duiseach. She was island of Beg-Erin or Pai~va Hibemia, near the wife of !Muircheartach mac Earca, whom she Wexford, where there are still to be seen some incited to fight this battle against her father, ruins of his church See Ussher's Primordia, Duach Teangumha, because he had made a pri- pp. 79-1, 901, 1062 ; Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, soner of her foster-father, EochaidhTirmcharna, pp.50, 450, 610; and Archdall's Jlonasticon, in violation of her husband's guarantee See p. 733. In the Feilire-Aenguis, at 23rd April, Book of Lecan, fol. 195, b. Bishop Ibhar is noticed : ' Against the Connaughtmen: i. e. these battles were gained by the race of Niall over the Con- naughtmen. The Editor has never seen a full copy of the poem of Cennfaeladh, from which the above vei'ses are quoted. They are also " ^ ^™P ^"^^ ^^'^°P ^^^'^^' '"^° '^"''^"'^^ *° ^^" quoted in O'Conor's printed Annals of Tigher- ^'^^'^ °^ '^^'='">' P'^*^ ' nach, in which the battle of Seaghais is twice "^^*^ ^"""^^ °^" ^^^ ^"^^ ^ brightness, in Erin " toichec eppcop IKaip, apopc ceno cec epip, Ctn bpeo uap cuinD i cpilip, i nBpino bic bebjip." mentioned as in the text of the Four Masters. Beg he died." 1 ' St. Ibhar. — The death of Bishop Iver, in the Dr. O'Conor says that the great age ascribed 303rd year of his age, is recorded in the Annals to this and other saints is owing to the error of of Clonmacnoise, at the year 504. It is entered transcribers, in mistaking cpi .1. thrice fifty, for in the Annals of Ulster at the years 499, 500, cpi .c. three hundred, and 503. This Ibhar is the patron saint of the "Lochmagh. — See A.M. 3549-3656; A.D. 496. 500.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 163 The battle of Seaghais ; a certain woman' caused it ; red blood was over lances, By Duiseach, daughter of Duach. The battle of Dealga, the battle of Mucramha, and the battle of Tuaim- Drubha, With the battle of Seaghais, wherein fell Duach Teangumha. Against the Connaughtmen' these battles were gained. The Age of Christ, 500. The twenty-second year of Lughaidh. Saint Ibhar', the bishop, died on the twenty-third day of the month of April. Three hundred and four years was the length of his life. The battle of Lochmagh" by the Leinstermen, against the Ui-Neill. The Age of Christ, 501. The twenty-third year of Lughaidh. The battle of Freamhain', in Meath, against Fiacha, son of Niall, by Failge Berraidhe, con- cerning which this quatrain was composed : The other king whom I shall mention teas Fiacha, son of Niall, I shall not conceal him ; It was against him, contrary to a false prophecy, the battle of Freamhain, in Meath, was gained. The Age of Christ, 503. After Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, had been twenty-five years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was killed at Achadh-farcha", ' Freamhainn. — See A. M. 5084, p. 89, note ", cxtinctus illico interiit. Unde et locus nomen supra. abinde sortitus, Achadh-farcha, .i. collis ful- " Achadh-farcha: i. e. the Field of the Light- minis appcllatur." — Part ii. c. 77. Colgan adds ning. Colgan says that the place retained this in a note, Trias Thauin., p. 172, n. 44 : name in his own time, but does not define its " Et loci illius Achadh-invcha,., id est collis exact situation. The words of the author of fulmiuis, appcllati, nomen quod usque in hunc the Tripartite Life, in describing this event, are diem retinet conformat. Est autem in finibus as follows: Dioccesis et Comitatus Orientalis Mediae" " Venit" [Lugadius] " ad locum quondam It is stated in the Life of St. Patrick pre- Achadh-farcha appellatum ; ubi conspiciens served in the Leabhar Brcac, foL 14, a, 2, that quandam Ecclesiam in coUe positam, ait; nun- Achadh-farcha is situated in the territory of quid ilia est Ecclcsia istius clcrici, qui iniquo Ui-Cremhtliainne. This territory is now in- prophetite spiritu, prsedixit nullum de Leogarii eluded in the baronies of Slane, in East Meath. patris mei semine Regem vel principem prodi- In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of turum ? Et statim ac hicc protulit, fulminis e Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire, is entered under cffilo missi, et in verticem ejus cadentis, ictu tlie year 50y. y2 164 aNHQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [504. Dpo]icha rennci^he, rpe nino|ibailib]i De, rjiep an oiniiaDh ruccuproip do Parc]iaicc, ariiail a Deip an ]iann f o : Q nQclmb pajica u^pach, bop rhic Laogaipe Lujach, ^an molbra call na ponn, oe oo popcha cpom ceinncije. eocliam, mac TTluipfDliaij TTluinoeipcc, pi Ulaó, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ1CC ceo a cfrap. Qn céiD bbaóain do muipcfpcacli, mac TíluipeDliai^, mic Gojam, mic Méll, na pijli op Gpnin. Qoip Cpiopu, CÚ1CC ceo aye. Qn cpeap Bbaóain do TTlliuipcfpcacli. loUann, mac Dúnlaing, pi Caijfn, oecc. Car Luacpa pia Coincopb pop Uib Néill. Clp DO po paiófó. Car lonn Luacpa, uapa cuap, accfp bpijir, ni ppic pop, planncac pionnabpac ba huap im copp nloUainn lap na bop. Qoip Cpiopc, CU15 ceo apeacc. Qn cfcpamab bliabain do TTluipcfpcach. Cach Opoma ofpgaije pop Poilje mbeppaiDe, pia pPiacbaib mac Nell. " King of Uladh: i. e. of Ulidia; bounded on the west by Gleann-liighe, Lough Neagh, and the Lower Bann. "> 3Iuirchear(ach, son of Muireadliach He is otherwise called Muircheartach Mor Mac Earca. After the death of the monarch Lughaidh, O'Flaherty introduces, in his Catalogue of the Christian Kings of Ireland {Ogygia, iii. 93), an interregnum of five years, that is, from the year 508 till 513, which he makes the year of Muir- cheartach's accession. The Annals of Ulster place the death of Lughaidh in 507, and again, according to another authority, in 511, and the accession of Muircheartach in the year 512. The probability is that there was no interreg- num, for Muircheartach, who was the Hector of the Ui-Neill, was too powerful in Ireland to be kept i'roni the throne after the death of Lughaidh. ' Luachair: i. e. a Kushy Place. There are countless places of this uumo in Leiusler, but the Editor has never been able to discover the exact situation of the site of this battle. ^ Fionnahhair. — Now Fennor, near Kildare. — See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kildare, 8, 40 Jac. i. " About the body oflllann It is stated in the second Life of St. Bridget, published by Colgan {Trias Thatim., pp. 546 to 563), that after the death of Illann, King of Leinster, the Nepotes Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, led an army into Leinster, and proceeded to devas- tate the province ; but that the Lagenians, placing the dead body of the king in a chariot, marched against them, and defeated them with great slaughter : " Factum est autem post mortem Uland, qui vlxit annis cxx. congregantes nepotes Neill ex- ercitum fines devastare Lageniensium ; inierunt Lagenienses consilium, dicentes ponamus corpus mortuum Kegis nostri conditum ante nos in curru contra hostes, et pugnemus contra circa 504.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 165 being struck by a flash of ligli tiling, by the miracles of God, on account of the insult which he had offered to Patiick, as this quatrain states : At Achadh-farcha warlike, the death of Laeghaire's son, Lughaidh [occurred], Without praise in heaven or here, a heavy flash of lightning smote him. Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, King of Uladh", died. The Age of Christ, 504. The first year of Muircheartach, son of Muireadh- ach', son of Eoghan, son of Niall, as king over Ireland. The Age of Christ, 506. The third year of Muircheartach. lUann, son of Dunking, Iving of Leinster, died. The battle of Luachair' [was fought] by Cucorb against the Ui-Neill, of which was said : The fierce battle of Luachair, over head, Brighit saw, no vain vision ; The bloody battle of Fionnabhair^ was noble, about the body of Illann'' after his death. The Age of Christ, 507. The fourth year of Muircheartach. The battle of Druim-Deargaighe' [was gained] against Foilghe Berraidhe, by Fiacha, son cadaver ejus. Et illis sic facioiitibus illico ne- the battle of Druim-da-uihaighe; the battle of potes Neill in fugam versi sunt, et ctedes facta Duu-Masc" [Dunamase] ; " tlie second battle of est in eis. Donum enim victoria; per S. Brigidam Ocha ; the battle of Slabhri ; the battle of Cinn- adhuc in corpora Regis mansif'—rnoir/iaiM/i., srathi; the battle of Finnabhair, by AilUl, son pp. 551,552. of Dunlaiug; the battle around the body of The following battles are mentioned in the Ulanu." ancient historical tale called Borumha Laighean, " Bruim-Beargaig/ie.— This battle is entered as having been fought by the race of Neill in the Annals of Ulster twice ; first at the year against the Leinstermen, who opposed the pay- 515, and again at 51G, as follows : raent of the Borumean tribute, from the period " A. D. 515. Bellum Uroma derge for Failgi. of the death of Oilioll Molt to that of the pre- Fiaclta victor erat. JMiidc Campus- Midi a Lui- sent monarch : yenew siihlati/s ot. •Í The battle of Granni; the battle of Tortan ; " A. U. 5 l(j. Bellum Droma derge la Fiacha the battle of Druim Ladhgainn ; the battle of mac Neill for Failge ni-Bearuighe, inde Magh Bri-Eile; the battle of Freanihainii, in -Meath, Midhe a Lageneis sublatus est, ut Ceaniifaeladh by Failghe Rot, son of Cathaeir (iwn illius ceciuit, &c." It is also given in the Annals of Mag ni Regis); twenty-eight battles by the son Tighernach, in which the part of Meath re- ef Dunlaing, in consideration of the word" covered from Leinster is thus mentioned : " ip [curse] " of St. Bridget ; the battle of JIagh- unop n cue pi» po pcupuo u cuio Don ITlioe ppi Ochtair, against Lughaidh, son of Laeghaire; 6 Murchiarta mac Ere, cui successit in regno Tuathal Moelgarbh obiit S. Brigida."— Tí-iná Thaum., p. 562. '" Ailbhe, ill Breagh This is the place now called Cluan-Ailbhe situated in the barony of Upper Duleek, and county of Meath. Luachair- mor iter da Inhher denotes " large rushy land between two streams or estuaries." The terri- tory of Cianachta-Breagh comprised the baronies of Upper and Lower Duleek See aote under Battle of Crinna, A. D. 226, supra. ° Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedha. — The name Claen- loch is now obsolete. Cinel-Aedha, anglicc Kine- lea, was the name of O'Shaughnessy's country, lying around the town of Gort, in the barony of Kiltartan, and county of Galway. 528] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 177 Seven times he brought nine chariots, and long shall it be remembered He bore away the hostages of the Ui-Neill, with the hostages of the plain of Munster. The Age of Christ, 528. The first year of Tuathal Maelgarbh', son of Cormac Caech, son of Cairbre, son of Niall, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The battle of Luachair-mor between the two Invers, which is called the battle of Ailbhe, in Breagh", by Tuathal Maelgarbh, against the Cianachta of Meath. The Age of Christ, 531. The fourth year of Tuathal. The battle of Claenloch, in Cinel-Aedh", by Goibhneann°, chief of iJi-Fiachrach-Aidhne, where Maine, son of Cearbhall, was killed, in defending the hostages of Ui-Maine of Connaught''. The Age of Christ, 534. The seventh year of Tuathal. Saint Mochta, Bishop of Lughmhagli'', disciple of St. Patrick, resigned his spiiit to lieavcn on the nineteenth day of August. It was of him tlie following testimony was given : The teeth of Mochta' of good morals, for three hundred years, lasting the rigour ! Were without [emitting] an erring word out from them, without [admitting] a morsel of obsonium inside them. ° Goibhtieann. — This Goibhneann was the great descended from Maine, son of Niall of the Nine grandfather of the celebrated Guaire Aidhne, Hostages. After the establishment of surnames King of Connaught, who died in the year 6G2. O'Kelly was chief of Ui-Maine, in Connaught, He was the son of Conall, son of Eoghan Aidhne, and O'Catharnaigh, now Fox, chief of Tir-Many, son of Eochaidh Breac, who was the third son or Teffia. of Dathi, the last Pagan monarch of Ireland. '' MocMa, Bishop of Lughnhagh: i.e. Mocteus, He is the ancestor of the Ui-Fiachrach- Aidhne, Bishop of Louth. — See note ', under A. D. 448; whose country was coextensive with the diocese and note ", under A. D. 1 176. of Kilmacduagh. — See Genealogies, Tribes, and ' The teeth of Mochta — These verses are also Customs of Ily-Fiachrach, pp. 373, 374, and the quoted, with some slight variations of reading, large genealogical table in the same work. in the gloss on the Feilire-Aenrjius, preserved in f Ui-Maine, of Connaught The people of Hy- the LeaLhdr- Breac, after 15 th April, and in Many, seated in the present counties of Gal way O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 19th August, which and Roscommon. These were an offset of the is one of the festivals of St. Mochta. They are Oirghialla or Clann-Colla, and are here called also given (excepting the last quatrain), with a " of Connaught," to distinguish them from the Latin translation, by Colgan, Acta Sanctorum, Ui-Maine of Teffia, in Westmeath, who were 24 Mart., as follows : 2 A 178 aHwata Rio^hachca eiReaww. [535. Upi pichic peanóiji ppalmach, a cfglach piojba pemeann, ^an ap, gati buain, jan cíopaó, jan gniorhpaD, accmaó léijionn. Peap rpí picliic pfp cpi ceD, apcapuin ap pean an Dec, Ni mo cin ógan po jail, ip airpióe an pfinpiacail. Qoip Cpiopr,cúicc céD rpiocha a cuig. Qn cochrmao bliaóain DoUuacal. 6aclaip Ooipe Calgaij do pocliushab la Colom Cille, lap neóbaipc an baile DO Dia Depbpine pen .1. Cenel cConaill ^ulban mic Nell. Copbmac, mac Oiblla, pi Laijfn, Décc. Oibll, eppcop QpDa TTlaclia, Do écc. Do Uib bpfpal Doipióe beop. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚICC céD cpiocha a peacbc. Qn DeachrhaD bliaóain do Uuaral. 8. CugbaiD, eppiicc Connepe, Décc. Cacli Sbgighe pia bpfp^iip 1 pia nDorhnall, Da mac Tnuipcfpcaij, mic Gapcca, pia nQinmipe, mac Séona, -j pia nQinoio, mac Ouach, pop Gojan 6el, pi Connachc. RomeabaiD an each pfmpa, do pochaip Gogan 6él, Dia nebpaó inopo. pichcep each Ua piachpach, la pfipcc paobaip, cap imbel, ^epip biiap narhac ppi plfgha, ppecha in cac 1 CpniDep. • piacuil niocca, ha maic bép 1 cpi ceo blia- óan (buan an cip) ^an jhuc niompuiU peice funp ! jan riiip monriiaip peice pip. Hip bo Docca muinncepmoccal i-ujmaijlip: Upl ceo pajapc, urn ceo neppoc! maiUe FPT. Cpi piciD peanóip palmac! a cea jluc pio^- óa pemeno : ^an ap, jan buain, jan ciopaó, gan jnioiii- pao, acD mao léjenO." ' Denies Moctei, qui fuit moribus integer, spa- tio trecentorum annorum (quantus rigor!) Nee verbum otiosum extra emisere, nee quid- quam obsonii intra admisere. Non fuit angusta familia Moctei, Lugmagensis Mouasterii : Trecenti prasbyteri, et centum Episcopi, erant cum ipso Sexaginta seniores psalmicani, choristo ejus familia augusta et magnifica. Qui nee arabaut, nee metebant, noo tritura- bant, nee aliud faciebant, quam studiis in- cumbere." — Acta Sandonnn, p. 734. Colgan then goes on to shew that cpi ceo bliaoan is an error for cpi pé céo bliaóon, or ppi pé céo bliaóain, i. e. for a period of one hundred years ; and he quotes four lines from a ' poem by Cumineus of Connor, to shew that Mochta lived only one hundred years in this state of austerity. ' Doire-Chalgaiijh Now Derry or London- derry. The name Doire-Chalgaigh is translated Roboretum Calgachi by Adamnan, in his Life of Columba, lib. i. c. 20. According to the Annals of Ulster this monastery was founded in 545, which is evidently the true year. " A. D. 545. Daire Coluim Cille fundata e-ft." 535.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 179 Three-score psalm-singing seniors, his household of regal course, Without tilling, reaping, or threshing, without any work but reading. A man of three-score, a man of three hundred, blessed be God, how old the teeth ! Not more has the youth under valour ! How lasting the ancient teeth ! The Age of Christ, 535. The eighth year of Tuathal. The church of Doire-Calgaigh' was founded by Colum Cille, the place having been granted to him by his own tribe', i. e. the race of Conall Gulban, son of Niall. Cormac, son of Ailill, King of Leinster, died. Oilill, Bishop of Armagh", died. He was also of the Ui-Breasail. The Age of Christ, 537. The tenth year of Tuathal. St. Lughaidh, Bishop of Connor, died. The battle of Sligeach" by Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons of Muir- cheartach mac Earca ; by Ainmire, son of Sedna ; and Ainnidh, son of Duach, against Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught. They routed the forces before them, and Eoghan Bel was slain, of which was said : The battle of the Ui-Fiaclirach was fought with fury of edged weapons against Bel, The kine of the enemy roared with the javelins, the battle was spread out at Crinder". Colgan, who does not appear to Lave observed who died in 526. — See note under that year, this date in the Ulster Annals, has come to the and Harris's edition of "Ware's Bishops, p. 37. conclusion that it could not have been erected " Sligeach: i.e. the River Sligo, which rises before the year 540, as St. ColumbkiUe was in Lough Gill, and washes the town of Sligo. born in the year 516 [retíe 518] Bee Trias ' At Grinder. — This might be read "at Thaum., p. 502. Kinder," but neither form of the name is now ' His own tribe. — St. ColumbkiUe was the son extant. There is a very curious account of this of Feidhlim, son of Fearghus Ceannfada, who battle of Sligeach in the Life of St. Ceallach, was son of Coniill Gulban, the ancestor of Kinel- Bishop of Kilmore-Moy, who was the son of Connell, the most distinguished families of Eoghan Bel, King of Connaught who was slain whom were the O'Canannans, O'Muldorrys, in this battle. It states that Eoghan lived three O'Donnells, O'Dohertys, O'Boyles, and O'Gal- days, or, according to other accounts, a week, laghers, who always regarded St. ColumbkiUe after being mortally wounded in this battle. as their relative and patron. That when he felt his own strength giving way, " OiliU, Biihcip of Armagh. — He is otherwise and saw that death was inevitable, he advised called Ailill. He succeeded his relative Ailill I., his own people, the Ui-Fiachrach, to send for 2 a2 180 aHHQta Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [538. Qp celc Slicech Do mup mop puile pfp lia peóil bejicaic ilaij rap GBa, im cfnD nGo^hain beóil. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ1CC ceo cpioclia a liochc. lap mbfir aon bliabain Décc hi piglie nGpeann do 'Cuaral maolgapB, mac Copbmaic Caoich, mic Coipppe, mic Nell, ropchaip i n^peallaij eillce la TTlaolmóp, mac QipgfDain, oiDe OiapmoDO mic CfpbaiU epiDe, -\ Do pochaip TTlaolmóp inD po chéDop, Dia nebpaoli, Gchc ITlaoile móip nao mall, ni gniorh cóip po cino, TTlapbaD Cuacoil rpéin, oDpochaip pein inn. liis son Ceallacli, who was at Clonmacnoise, under the tuition of St. Kieran, to be prepared for holy orders, and entreat of him to accept of the kingdom of Connaught, as his second son, Muireadhach, was not of fit age to succeed him. His people did so, and Ceallach, fired with am- bition at the news of his being the next heir to the kingdom of Connaught, forgot his promises to St. Kieran, and eloped from him, despite of all his remonstrances and threats. The result was that St. Kieran denounced and cursed him solemnly, which finally wrought his destruction. According to this authority, Eoghan Bel or- dered his people to bury his body on the south side of Sligeach, in a standing position, with his red javelin in his hand, and with his face turned towards Ulster, as if fighting with his enemies. This was accordingly done, and the result is said to have been that, as long as the body was left in that position, the Connaughtmen routed the Ulstermen, who fled, panic-stricken, whenever they came in collision with them. But the Ulstennen, learning the cause of such a talis- manic result, disinterred the body of Eoghan Bel, and, carrying it northwards over the River Sligeach, buried it, with the fac» under, at the cemetery of Aenach-Locha Gile, on the north side of the river, and thus restored their natural courage to the Ulstermen See note *■', under the year 458, pp. 144, 145, .iiipra, where the body of the monarch Laeghaire is said to have been interred at Tara, accoutred in his battle dress, and with his face turned against his ene- mies, the Leinstermen, as if defying them to battle See also Genealogies, Tribes, ^-c, of Hy- Fiachracli, pp. 472, 473. ' Eabha Now Machaire-Eabha, a plain at the foot of the mountain of Binbulbin, to the north of the River Sligo, through which the Ulster army generally marched on their incur- sions into Connaught. " GreaUach-eilhe : i. e. the Miry Place of the Does. According to the Book of Lecan, this place is situated at the foot of Sliabh Gamh. In the Annals of Ulster the death of Tiiathal Maelgarbh is entered under the year 543, as follows : " A. D. 543. Tuathal Maelgarb jugtdatus est a nGreallach-Alta la Maelmorda, ati successit Diarmait mac Cearbhail, Jiex Hibernice." " A. D. 548. Vel hoc anno Tuathal Maelgarb intei-iit in Grellach Elte, Ilcv Temorie jiujulatus per Maelmore, qui et ijise statim occisus est; unde dicitur, the Create act of Maelmore.'' — Cod. Clar. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, however, it is stated that he was killed at Greallach-Daphill [which is situated on the River LifFey, in the present county of Kildare], in the 3-ear 547, hut the true year is 544, as appears from Tigh- ernach. The Annals of Clonmacnoise give the 538.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 181 The Sliareach bore to the sreat sea the blood of men witli their flesli, They carried many trophies across Eabha*', together with the head of Eoghau Bel. The Age of Christ, 538. After Tuathal Maelgarbh, son of Cormac Caech, son of Cairbre, son of Niall, had been eleven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain, at Greallacheillte^, by Maelmor, son of Airgeadan, who was the , tutor of Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill ; and JNIaelmor fell in revenue of it thereof immediately, of which was said : The fate of Maelmor was not slow; it was not a just deed he accomplished, The killing of the mighty Tuathal ; he himself fell for it. following account of the manner in which this monarch came by his death : "A. D. 535. Twahal Moylegarve began his reign, and reigned eleven years. He was son of Cormack Keigh, who was son of Carbrey, who was son of Neal of the Nine Hostages. He caused Dermot Mac Kervel to live in exile, and in desert places, because he claimed to liave a right to the crown." " A. D. 547 l^recle 544]. King Twahal having proclaimed throughout the whole kingdom the banishment of Dermot Mac Kervel, with a great reward to him that would bring him his heart, the said Dermot, for fear of his life, lived in the deserts ofClonvicknose(then called Artibra) ; and meeting with the abbot St. Keyran, in tiie place where the church of Clonvicknose now stands, who was but newly come hither to dwell from Inis-Angin" [now InipQirijin, (tlias Hares' Island, in the Shannon], "and having no house or place to reside and dwell in, the said Dermot gave him his assistance to make a house there ; and in thrusting down in the earth one of the peers of the tymber or wattles of the house, Dermot took St. Keyran's hand, and did put it over his own hand in sign of reverence to the saint. Whereupon St. Keyran humbly be- sought God, of his great goodness, that by that time to-morrow ensuing that the hands of Dermot might have superiority over all Ireland, which fell out as the saint requested; for Mul- morrie O'Hargedie, foster-brother of the said Dermot, seeing in what perplexity the noble- man was in, besought him that he would be pleased to lend him his black horse, and that he would make his repair to Greallie-da-Phill, where he heard King Twahal to have a meeting with some of his nobles, and there would pre- sent him a whealp's heart on a spear's head, in- stead of Dermot's heart, and by that means get access to the King, whom he would kill out of hand, and by the help and swiftness of his horse save his own life, whether they would or no. Dermot, lystening to the words of his foster- brother, was among" [between] " two extre- mities, loath to refuse him, and far more loath to lend it him, fearing he should miscarry, and be killed; but between both he granted him his request; whereupon he prepared himself, and went as he resolved, mounted on the black horse, a heart besprinkled with blood on his spear, to the place where he heard the King to be. 'J'lie King and people, seeing him come in that man- ner, supposed that it was Dermot's heart that was to be presented by the man that rode in poste haste; the whole multitude gave him way to the King; and when he came within reach to the King, as though to tender hini the heart, he gave the King such a deadly blow of his spear that he (the King) instantly fell down 182 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [539. Cíoip Cjiiopr, cíiicc céD rpiocha a naoi. Qn céio blmóain Do Oiajimaicc, iTiac pf|ij;ui^a Ceiiiiibeoil, i jii^e n6fieann. DicfnoaDli Qbacúc i naonach Uailcfn cjie mio|iV)ailib Oe i Ciajiáin j. luije néinj; Do jiaDporh po láirh Ciaiiain, co |io gab aillpe poji a muinél (.1. ap pop a muinel ]io puipirii Ciapan a lctrii) CO cojicaip a ceano oe. Qoip Cjiiopc, CÚ15 ceo cfrpacha a haon. Qn cpeap bbaóain Do Oiapmair. S. Qilbe, aipDeppoc Imlich lubaip, Décc an Dapa la oecc Do Sepcembep. Qoip Cpiopc, cuicc cén cearpacha a cpi. Qn cuijeaD bliabain Do Oiap- TTiaic. piáij egpamail coiccfnn ap pfó na cpuinne, jup pgpiop an cpmn bú aiprhiDnire Don cinfó Daonna. Qoip Cpiopc, cilice ceo cfcpacha, a cfraip. Qn peipeaD bliabain Do Diapmaic. 8. TTlobi Clapaineacli .1. bfpcVian ó ^^^^T NaiDen, pop bpú abann Cippe, Don Ifir 1 ccuaiD, Decc, an Dapa la Décc Do mi Occobep. Cauli Cuile Conaipe 1 cCfpa pia bphfpjup -] pia nOomnall do mac dead in the midst of his people; whereupon the man was upon all sides besett, and at last taken and killed ; so as speedy news came to Dermot, who immediately went to Taragh, and there was crowned King, as St. Keyran" [had] " prayed and prophesied before." — See also Ussher's Primordia, pp. 947, 954, 957, 1064, 1065, 1139. " The first year of Dtarmm'd. — The accession of Diarraaid is entered in the Clarendon copy of the translation of the Annals of Ulster, torn. 49, under the year 544, as follows : " A. D. 544. Mortalitas prima quw dicitur Blefed, m qua Mobi Claireineach ohiit. Mors Comgail mac Domangairt, lit aliidiciint. Diarmot, raacFergussa, Ceirbeoil, mic Conaill Cremthain, mic Neill Naigiallaig, rerjnare incipit, secundum Librum Cuanach." It should be here remarked that in Doctor O'Conor's edition of the Annals of Ulster the pedigree of Diarmaid is made that of Congal mac Domangairt, King of Scotland, by a mistake of his own, or of his original. This error, he ob- serves, is in the Clarendon and Bodleian copies ; but this is not true, for the passage is correct, and as above printed, in the Clarendon manu- script, torn. 49. '' Abacuc. — This extraordinary story is also given in the Annals of Tighernach. It would appear from the Dublin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, that he was brought to Clonmac- noise to be cured, and that he lived six years afterwards ! — See the Irish version of Nennius, where different versions of this story are given. ' Imleach-Iuhhair : i. e. the Holm or Strath of the Yew, now Emly, in the county of Tippe- rary. See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 489, 491. In the Annals of Ulster, and the Bodleian copy of the Annals of Inisfallen, the death of Ailbhe is entered under the year 526, which seems the true year; but it is re- peated in the Annals of Ulster at 541. Ware quotes the Life of St. Declan, and the Life of St. Ailbhe, to shew that Emly was made the seat of the archbishopric of Munstcr, in the lifetime of St. Patrick, and that St. Ailbhe was constituted archbishop; and Ussher (Pn'mon/i'a, p. 866) quotes an old Irish distich from Declan's 539.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 183 The Age of Christ, 539. The first year of Di!lrmaid^ son of Fearghus Ceirrbhcoil, in the sovereignty of Ireland. Tlie decapitation of Abacuc'' at the fair of Tailltin, tlirough the miracles of God and Ciaran ; that is, a false oath he took upon the hand of Ciaran, so that a gangrene took hiui in his neck (i. e. St. Ciaran put his hand upon his neck), so that it cut oflf his head. The Age of Christ, 541. The third year of Diarmaid. St. Ailbhe, Arch- bishop of Imleach-Iubhair", died on the twelfth day of September. The Age of Christ, 543. The fifth year of Diarmaid. There was an ex- traordinary universal plague" through the world, which swept away the noblest third part of the human race. The Age of Christ, 544. The sixth year of Diarmaid. St. Mobhi Cla- raineach% i. e. Berchan of Glais-Naidhen*^, on the brink of the Lifiey, on the north side, died on the second day of the month of October. The battle of Cuil-Conaire, in Ceara^, [was fought] by Fearghus and Domh- \y Lifu, to shew that St. Ailbhe was called the " Patrick" of Munster. It is said that St. Ailbhe was converted to Christianity so early as the year 360 (Ussher, Index Chron. ad an. .SfiO) ; but this is incredible, if he lived either till 526 or 541. Tirechan says that he was ordained a priest by St. Patrick, and this is evi- dently the truth. His festival was celebrated at Emly on the 12th of September. '' Universal plague. — This plague, which was called by the Irish Blefed, is entered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 544, and in the Annals of Clonraacnoise under 546. In most chronological tables it is noticed under the year 543, as having passed from Africa into Europe. It is thus entered in Tighernach's Annals: " Kid. Jan. fer. 1, anno postquam Papa Vigi- lius obiit, Mortalitas magna que Blefed diciUir, in qua Mobi Clarinach, cui nomen est Berclian, obiit." ' St. Mobhi Claraineach : i. e. Mobhi of the flat Face (tab ulaiá facie). — See O'Donnell's Vita Columia:, lib. i. c. 43; Trias Thaum., 396. f Glais-Naidhen Now Glasuevin, near Dub- lin. "Dr. Lanigan asserts, in his Ecclesiastical Hidory of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 78, that Glais- Naidhen must have been on the south side of the River Liffey, because it was in the territory of Galengse ; but this generally acute and honest writer was imposed on in this instance by the fabrications of Beauford and Rawson. The Four Masters should have described it as " near the Liffey to the north," or " pop Bpú F'O'injlaipe Fpi i-ipe a Dcudto, on the brink of the Finglass, to the north of the Liffey," and not " on the margin of the Lifiey." — See Colgan's Triiu< Thaum., p. 613, where Glais-Naoidhen is de- scribed as "in regione Galcngm, et ju.xta Lif- feum fluvium in Lagenia." Magcoghegan states, in his Annals of Clon- macnoise, that he " is supposed to be" [the sauie as the prophet] " called in English Merlin." í CuU-Conaire, in Ceara There is no place now bearing this name in the barony of Ceara, or Carra, in the county of Mayo. This battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster under tin- year 549. as follows : 184- aNwaca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [545. ITluiiicfpraich mic 6a|icca, pop Ctibll Inbanoa, jii Conoachc, -] pop Qooh pPopcamail, "] copchaip Qilill i Qooh ann. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 ceo cfcpacha a CÚ15. Qn peacrrhao bliabam Do Oiap- maic. S. Qilbe Sfnchuae Ua nOiliolla oécc. Cfoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 ceo cfcpacha ape. C(n coclicrhaó bliaóain 00 Oiap- niaicc. Cacli Cuilre in po mapbaó pocaioe Do Cliopc Oice cpia epnaióe ti-loe Cluana cpeaoail. pocliaó mac Conaill oécc. Caipppe, mac Copp- maic, pi Laijfn, do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, CU15 ceo cfcpacha a peachc. Qn naorhao bliabain do Oiopmaic. Ri Ulaoh, GochaiD, mac Conolaió, mic CaolboiD, mic Cpuinn babpai, oécc. Uoipeac Ueachba, Cpiomcann, mac bpiuin, oécc. S. Dubcach, abb Qpoa TTlaca, do écc. Oo piol Colla Uaip Dopibe. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 ceo cfcpacha a hochc. Q oeich Do Oiapmaicc. S. Ciapan mac an cpaoip, ab Cluana mic Nóip, oécc an naomao la do Sep- cembep. Upi bliaona cpiocha poc a paojail. *' A. D. 549- Bclluin Cuile Cunaire i gCera, ubi cecidit Ailill Inbanna, ri Connacht acus Aed Fortobal, a brathair. Fergus et Domnall, da mac Muiroheartaig mic Earca, victores erant. -- A. D. 549- The battle of Cuil-Conaire in Ceara" [was fought] "where fell Ailill Inbanna, King of Connaught, and Lis brother, Aedh the Brave. Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons of Muircheartach mac Earca, were the victors." — See Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy- Fiachrach, p. 313. ^ Seanchiia-Ua-nOiliolla. — Now Shancoe, a parish in the barony of Tir-Oiliolla, or Tirerrill, in the county of Sllgo. This church is men- tioned in the Annotations of Tirechan, in the Book of Armagh, fol. 15, a, a; and in the Tri- partite Life of St. Patrick, part ii. c. 35; Trias Thaum., p. 134. ' Cuilne. — Not identified. This passage is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 55 1 , thus : " A. D. 551. Bellum Cuilne, in quo cecideiiint Corcu Oche Muman, orationibus Itm Cluana." ^ Corcoiche These were a sept of the Ui- Fidhgeinte, seated in the present county of Limerick, in the barony of Lower Connello, of whom, after the establishment of surnames, O'JIacassy was the chieftain. The celebrated St. Molua, of Cluain-feartaMolua, in the Queen's County, was of this sept, but St. Ida was their patron See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, iii. c. 81. ' Cluain-Creadhail. — NowKilleedy, an ancient church in a parish of the same name, in the barony of Upper Connello and county of Lime- rick, and about five miles to the south of New- castle. This monastery is described in the Life of St. Ita, as well as in that of St. Brendan, as situated at the foot of Sliabh-Luachra, in the west of the territory of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra; and the writer of the Life of St. Brendan states that it was Kill-Ite in his own time. — See Life of St. Ita apud Colgan, 15th Jan. "Fothadh, son ofConall Some of these events are misplaced in the Annals of the Four Masters, 545.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 185 nail, two sons of Muircheartach mac Earca, against Ailill Inbhanda, King of Connaught, and Aedh Fortamliail ; and Ailill and Aedh were slain. The Age of Christ, 545. The seventh year of Diarraaid. St. Ailbhe, of Seanchu-Ua-nOilioUa", died. The Age of Christ, 546. The battle of Cuilne', in which many of the Corcoiche" were slain through the prayers of [St.] Ida, of Cluain-Creadhail. Fothadh, son of Conall", died. Cairbre, son of Cormac, King of Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 547. The ninth year of Diarmaid. The King of Ulidia, Eochaidh, son of Connla", son of Caelbhadli, son of Crunn Badhrai, died. The chief of Teatlibha, Crimhthann, son of Brian", died. St. Dubhthach*", Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. He was of the race of Colla Uais. The Age of Christ, 548. The tenth year of Diarmaid. St. Ciaran**, son of the artificer, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois"', died on the ninth day of September. Thirty-three years was the length of his life. as will appear from the Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise : " A. D. 551. Mors Fotbaid, Jilii Conaill."— Ann. Ult. " A. D. 550. Fohagh mac Conell died."— 4re- nals of Clonmacnoise. ° Eochaidh, son ofConnla " A. D. 552. J^/o7•í Eachacb mic Conleid, ri Ulad a quo omnes I- Eachach-Ulad." — Ann. Ult., Clarendon, tom. 49. " A. D. 550. Ahagh mac Conlay, King of Ul- ster, of whom Ivehagh is called." — Ann. Clou. ° Crimhthann, sonof Brian. — " A. D. 552. Mors Crimtbain mic Briuin. Sic in Libro Cuanach inveni." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 550. Criowhan mac Briwyn, King of Teafifa, died." This Crimhthann (Criffan) was the brother of Brendan, chief of Tcffia, who granted the site of Dearmbagb, now Durrow, to St. Columbkille. He was son of Brian, son of Maine (the ancestor of tbe Ui-Maine of Meath, otherwise called the men of TeiEa), who was son of the monarch Niall of tbe Nine Hostages. p Dubhthach. — In the Annals of Ulster be is called Duach: " A. D. 547. Duach, ahhas Arda Macha, do siol Colla Uais, quievit." But be is called Dubhthach in the list of the archbishops of Armagh preserved in the Psalter of Cashel, and this is the true form of the name. — See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 38 ; also at the year 513. 1 St. Ciaran. — "A.D. 548. Dormitatio Ciarain mic an tsaoir anno xxxiv etatis sue." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 547. King Dermot was not above seven months king, when St. Keyran died in Clonvicknose, when be dwelt therein but seven months before, in the thirty-third year of his age, the 9th of September. His father's name was Beoy, a Connaugbtman, and a carpenter. His mother, Darerca, of the issue of Corck mac Fergus Mac Roye, of the Clanna-Rowries, itc, &c. His body was buried in the little church of Clonvicknose." — Ann. Clon. ' Cluain-mic-Nois. — Now Clonmacnoise, other- wise called the " seven churches," situated on 2 B 186 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [548. S. djfiinacli, eappocCluana heoaip, Do Dol oécc an cfrparfiao oQppil. S. TTlac Uail Cille Cmlinn (.1. Gojan mac Copcpain) oécc, an raonrhaó lá Décc Do mi lún. S. Colum mac Ciiiorhchainn Décc. 8. Sinceall yCn, mac CfnanDOm, abb Cille acbaib 0]ioma poDa, do bol Decc an peipeaó ló piclifc do TTIápca, cpiocha ap cpi ceo bliabain poo a paojail. 8. Oohpan, o Leicpiochaib Oópáin, Decc an Dapa la Do mi Occobep. S. pmDen, abbCluana hSpaipo, ome naorii Gpeann, oécc, 12 Oecembep. 8. Colaim Innpi Cealcpa Xiécc. Don mopclaó Dap bo liamm an Chpon the east side of the Shannon, in the barony of Garrycastle, and King's County. This was founded by St. Ciaran in the year 547, accord- ing to the Annals of Ulster. • Cluain-eois Now Clones, in the barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan. The Annals of Ulster agree in placing his death in this year. ' Cill-Cuilinn. — Now old Kilcullen, in the county of Kildare. The Annals of Ulster agree with this date, but the Anuals of Clonmacnoise place the death of Mac Tail in the year 550. " Colum, son of Crimlithaiin. — According to the Feilire-Aenrjuis and the Calendar and Ge- nealogies of the Irish Saints, compiled by Mi- chael O'Clery, he was abbot of Tir-da-ghlais (now Terryglass, near the Shannon, in the ba- rony of Lower Ormond, and county of Tippe- rary), where his festival was celebrated on the 13th of December. O'Clery remarks that, al- though he was called Mac Crimhthann, he was really the son of Ninnidh, who was the fifth in descent from Crimhthann. He should, there- fore, be called Colam Ua-Crimhthainu, and in the Annals of Ulster he is called " Colum ncpos Crumthainn." Thus : " A. D. 548. Mortalitas magna in qua istipau- saiit Colum nepos Crumthainn, et Mac Tail Cille Cuilinn," &c. " Cill-achaidh Droma-foda Now Killeigh, in the barony of Geshill, King's County. — See notes under A. D. 1393 and 1447. St. Sincheall, the elder, was the son of Cennfhionnan, who was the ninth in descent from Cathaeir Mor, mo- narch of Ireland. His festival was celebrated at Killeigh, on the 26th of March. St. Sin- cheall, junior, was his relative, and his festival was celebrated on the 25 th of June. — See Col- gan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 747, 748. * Thirty and three hundred years Colgan thinks that this number should be 130. His words are as follows: " Ita Quatuor Mag. in Annalibus ad eundem annum dicentes : ' >S'. Senchellus senior, jilius Cen- nannani, Abbas de Kill-achuidh-Drumfhoda, obiit 26 Martii vixit annis 330.' Et idem quoad an- nos vitEB ejus tradit Maguir ad 26 Martii, et Scholiastes Festilogii iEngussianni, ex cujus depravato (ut reor) textu hie error videtur originem duxisse. In eo enim legitur, tricked bliadhan llo\vs in the old English translation : " A. D. 552. The reliques of St. Patrick brought by Columbkille to" [a] " shrine 60 yeares after his death. Three precious swearing reliques" [q>i minna uaiple] "were found in the tombe, viz., the relique Coach, the Augell's Gospell, and the bell called Clog uidhechta. The angell thus shewed to Columbkille how to divide these, viz., the Coach to Down, the bell to Armagh, and the Gospell to Columbkille himself; and it is called the Gospell of the Angell, because Columbkille received it at the Angell's hand." > The feast of Teanihair " A. D. 567. Cena Temra la Diarmait mac Cearbhail." — Ann. Ult. edit. O'Conor. " A. D. 567. The Feast of Tarach by Dermott mac Cerbail." — Cod. Claren., torn. 49. " A. D. 569. Feis Temhra la Diarmait."— O'Conor's Edit. ' Colman Mor. — He was the secoftd son of King Diarmaid, and the ancestor of the Clann- Colmain of Meath. His death is entered twice in the Annals of Ulster, first under the year 554, and again under 557: "A. D. 554. Colman Mor raacDiarmata Derg, mic Fergusa Cerbeoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine, mic Neill Naigiallaig, quern Dubsloit jutjulaviV^ " A. D. 557. Jugulatio Colmain Mor, mic Diarmata, quem Dubsloit yi/r/w/ayii." In the Annals of Clonmacnoise his death is entered under the year 561 : "A. D. 561. Colman More, sone of King Dermott, was killed in his Coache" [in curru suo. — Tighemach'], " by Duffslat O'Treana." ' Cruithni : i. e. the inhabitants of Dal- Araidhe, who were called Cruithni, i. e. Picts, as being descended from Loncada, the daughter of Eochaidh Eichbheoil of the Cruithni, or Picts of North Britain See Adamnan's Vita Columbip, lib. i. c. .36; O'Flaherty's Oijijfjia, iii. c. 18; Lib. Lee. fol. 194, a ; Qintn ele oo Dal Qpciióe .1. Cpuicne. Duald Mac Firbis See also Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, . 400, for some curious particulars about Curnun's death and the battle of Cul-DreimhiK-. 192 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [555. lap na cappaing 50 hainoeonach ay a lámoib, conab é pochann carha Cúla Opeirhne. Qoip Cpiopr, CU15 ceo caojarc a CÍ115. Ctn feaccrhaó t)écc t)o Ompniaic. Ca-h Cúla Dpfimne Do bjiipfD pop Oiapmainc, mac Cfpbaill, la peap^up -| la Oorhnall, oá mac TTIuipcfpcaij, mic Gapcca, la liQinmipe, mac Sfona, "] la nQinDioh, mac Ouach,-) la hCtoD, mac Gachac Uiopmcapna, pi Connachc. hi ccionaió mapbrha Cupnáin, mic Qoóa, mic Garac Uiopmcapna, pop pao- pam Coloim Cille, 00 pacpac Clanna Nell an cuaipceipc -| Connachca an each i>in Cula Opfimne Don pij, Do Oiapmaic,-] beopimon cclaoinbpeir puce ' Cul-Dreimhne. — This place is in the barony of Carbury, to the north of the town of Sligo. Colgan has the following note upon this place, Trias Thaum., p. 452 : " Culdre.mhni. Est locus hie in regione Car- brÍEe in Connacia, non procul a Sligoensi oppido . versus Aquilonem situs. Historiam hujus prse- lii fuse enarrat Ketennus libro 2 de Regibus Hi- berniíE, in gestis Diermitii Regis. Prielium hoc non anno 551, ut scribunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus, sed anno 561, commissum fuit, ut tradunt Annales Ultonienses, et Usserus de Primordiis Ecclesiar. Britann., p. 694." ' The sentence A circumstantial account is given of this literary larceny of St. Columb- kille, in O'Donnell's Life of that Saint, lib. ii. c. i. King Diarmaid, after hearing the learned aro-uments of plaintiif and defendant, pro- nounced his decision that the copy made by Columbkille should belong to Finnen's original, in the same way as, among tame and domestic animals, the brood belongs to the owner of the dam or mother, '^partus sequitur ventrem." " Causa utrinque audita Rex, sen partium rationes male pensans, seu in alteram privato affectu magis propenJens, pro Finneno senten- tiam pronuntiat, et sententiam ipse Hibernico versu abinde in hunc usque diem inter Hibernos famoso in hunc modum expressit : Le gach boin a boinin, acus le gach leabhar a leabhran, id est, Buculus est matris libri suus esto libellus." — Trias TImvm., p. 409. Columbkille, who seems to have been more liberal and industrious in circulating the writ- ten Scriptures than Finnen, had pleaded before the King, that he had not in the slightest de- gree injured St. Finnen's manuscript by tran- scribing it ; and that Finnen should not for any reason oppose the multiplying of the Scriptures for the instruction of the people. His words are as follows, as translated by Colgan : " Fateor," inquit, "librum de quo controver- titiir, ex Finneni codice exscriptum; sed per me meaque industria, labore, vigiliis exscriptus est ; et ea cautela exscriptus, ut proprius Fin- neni liber in nuUo factus sit ea exscriptione deterior ; eo fine, ut qua; prwclara in alieno codice repereram, securius ad meum usum re- conderem, et commodius in alios ad Dei gloriam derivarem: proinde nee me Finneno injurium, nee restitutioni obnoxium, nee culpa; cujus- quam in hac parte reura agnosco; ut qui sine cujuspiam damno, raultorum consului spiritali oommodo, quod nemo debuit, aut juste potuit impedire." Shortly after this King Diarmaid forced Cur- nan, the son of the King of Counaught, from the arms of Columbkille, to whom he had fled for protection, and put him instantly to death. Columbkille, exasperated at these insults, said to the King : " I will go unto my brethren, the Races of Connell and of Eoghan, and I will give 555.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 193 the guarantee and protection of Colum Cille, having been forcibly torn from his hands, which was the cause of the battle of Cul-Dreimhne. The Age of Christ, 555. The seventeenth year of Diarmaid. The battle of Cul-Ureimhne'' was gained against Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, by Fearghus and Domhnall, the two sons of Muircheartach, son of Earca ; by Ainmire, son of Sedna ; and by Ainnidh, son of Duach ; and by Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirm- charna. King of Connaught. [It was] in revenge of the killing of Curnan, sort of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, [while] under the protection of Colum? Cille, the Clanna-Neill of the North and the Connaughtmen gave this battle of Cul-Dreimhne to King Diarmaid ; and also on account of the false sentence' thee battle in revenge for this unjust judgment thou hast given against me respecting the book, and in revenge for the killing of the son of the King of Connaught, while under my protec- tion." Then the King commanded that not one of the men of Ireland should convey Columb- kille out of the palace, or join him. Columb then proceeded to Monasterboice, and remained there for one night. In the morning he (was informed that the King had sent a force to in- tercept his passage into Ulster, and take him prisoner. Columbkille, therefore, -went over a solitary part of Sliabh Breagh, and as he passed along, he composed the poem beginning " mai- nupan cam ip in pliab," which has been printed in the Miscellany of the Irish Archasological Society, pp. 3 to 15. When he arrived in Ulster he applied to his relatives, the northern Ui- Neill, who entered into his feelings of revenge against the Monarch who threatened to overrun their territories with fire and sword. They mustered their forces, to the number of 3000 men, and being joined by the Connaughtmen, came to a pitched battle with the Monarch at Cul-Dreimhne, in the barony of Carbury, in the county of .Sligo, where the Monarch, who had a force of 2300 charioteers, cavalry, and pedes- trians, was defeated with terrible slaughter. — See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 902-904, where he gives an account of this battle from an unpub- lished manuscript of Adamnan's Vita Columba;. After this battle the Monarch and Saint Columb made peace, and the copy of the book made from St. Finnen's manuscript was left to him. This manuscript, which is a copy of the Psalter, was ever after known by the name of Cathach. It was preserved for ages in the family of O'Donnell, and has been deposited in the Mu- seum of the Koyal Irish Academy, by Sir Richard O'Donnell, its present owner. — See note ^ under A. D. 1497, pp. 1,232, 1233. Mr. Moore states, in his Histori/ of Ireland, vol. i. p. 243, that "it has been shewn satisfac- torily that there are no grounds for this story ; and that though, for some venial and unimpor- tant proceedings, an attempt had been made to excommunicate him [St. Columbkille] before his departure from Ireland, the account of his quarrel with the Monarch is but an ill con- structed fable, which, from the internal evidence of its inconsistencies, falls to pieces of itself." The Editor cannot acquiesce in this opinion, for, whatever may be the defect of construction in the fabulous narrative, it is very clear that this special pleading is not sufficient to acquit St. Columbkille of the crime of having roused his relatives to fight this battle. Adamnan refers to it in the seventh chapter of the first C 194 QHwaca Rio^hacnca eipeaNN. [555. Diapmaic a\\ Coloni Cille im bubaji pinoén po pcpiob Colom Cille jan jiacliujab opinDen, oia noeacy^ac i |iéi|i nOiapmaca, 50 po coiccfpcaib Oiap- maic an mbpeich noippóeipc, la ^acli boin a bouiin, Tpa. Colam Cille po póió, Q Om, cm nach oingbai an cm, Dup inrpmaip mip a lin, Qn cplnog Do boinj Heaclm oin, Sluaj 00 cliinj 111 cimcel capn, Qp mac ainpche no Dap maipn, Qpé mo Dpui, mm épa, mac Dé ap ppim consena. Qp álainn pfpup alluaó goBap baooain pep an cpluaj, po la baoran puilr buiDe, bena a liGpen puippe. Ppaoclmn, mac Uenupain, ap é do pijne inD epbhe nDpimDli do Dmpmaic. Uuachan, mac Dimmain, mic Sapain, mic Copbmaic, mic Go^ain, a pé po la inD epbe nDpuaD Dap a cfno. Upi mile cpá ipeaDh ropclmip Do mmnnp Diapmaoa. Qoinpeap noma ippeaó copcaip Don Ific naill, TTlaglaim a ainm, ap ip é po clung cap an eipbe nDpnaó. book of his Life of St. Coluinba ; but as this biographer's object was to write a panegyric, not an impartial character, of his relative and patron, it is very evident that he did not wish to dwell upon any particulars respecting the causes of this battle. Adamnan, however, ac- knowledges (lib. iii. c. 3), that Columba was excommunicated by an Irish synod ; and other writers of great antiquity, cited by Tighernach, and in the Liber Hymnorum, have, with great simplicity, handed down to us the real cause of Columbkille's departure from Ireland. These accounts, it is true, may possibly be fabulous ; but it is not fair to assume this on account of Adamnan's silence ; and that they are ancient, and the written traditions of the country of Tir- connell, in which Columbkille was born, is evi- dent from the Life compiled by O'Donnell-in 1520, from manuscripts then so old that (as appears from his original manuscript in the Bodleian Library) lie deemed it necessary to modernize the laiiguage in which they were written. St.Cumian, the oldest writer of Columbkille's Life, makes no allusion to the battle of Cuil- Dreimhne; but his work is a panegyric, not a biography, of this saint ; and the same may be said of Adamnan's production, which is an enu- meration of his miracles and visions, and not a regular biography; and it is fair to remark, that, even if Adamnan had written a regular biography, he could not, unless by inadver- tence, have mentioned one fact which would, in the slightest degree stain the character of his hero with any sort of crime. The bards and lay writers, on the other hand, who did not understand the nature of panegyric, as well as Cumian and Adamnan, have represented Columbkille as warlike, which they regarded as praiseworthy, for it implied that he possessed the characteristics of his great ancestors, Niall Naighiallach and Conall Gulban ; and these, in their rude simplicity, have left us more mate- rials for forming a true estimate of his charac- ter than are supplied by the more artful de- scriptions of his miracles and visions by Cu- mian and Adamnan. The latter, in his second preface, has the following account of Columb's going to Scotland : 555.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 195 which Diarmaid passed against Colum Cille about a book of Finnen, which Colum had transcribed without the knowledge of Finnen, when they left it to award of Diarmaid, who pronounced the celebrated decision, " To every cow belongs its calf," &c. Colum Cille said : ^ O God, wilt thou not drive off the fog, which envelopes our number, The host which has deprived us of our livelihood. The host which proceeds around the earns' ! He is a son of storm who betrays us. l\Iy Druid, — he will not refuse me, — is the Son of God, and may ho side with mc ; How grandly he bears his course, the steed of Baedan" before the host ; Power byBaedan of the yellow hair will be borne from Ireland on him [the steed]. Fraechan""', son of Teniusan, was he who made the Erbhe-Druadh for Diar- maid. Tuathan, son of Dimman, son of Saran, son of Cormac, son of Eoghan, was he who placed the Erbhe Druadh over his head. Three thousand was the number that fell of Diarmaid's people. One man only fell on the other side, j Mag Laim was his name, for it was he that passed beyond the Erbhe Druadh^ / " Sanctus igitur Columba nobilibus fuerat occupatus, ut supra Immanam possibilitatem oriundus genitalibus" [i. e. genitoribus] : "pa- uniuscuj usque pondus specialisvideretur operis. trem habens Fedilmitium, filium Ferguso ; Et inter ha;c omnibus cliarus, hilarem semper Matrem vero Ethneam nomine, cujus pater faciem ostendens sanctam Spiritus saucti gaudio latine Filius Navis dici potest, Scotica vero intimis Istificabatur praicordiis."-2V!a«27ia!" Cuil- Uimisenn : i. e. the Corner or Angle of the Ash Trees. The Editor has not been able to find any name like this in Teffia. Aedh, chief of Teffia, is mentioned in the Life of St. Beraoh, published by Colgan, Acta SS., p. 342, c. 14, and in note 20, p. 347, in which Colgan is wrong in making Tefiia the same as the county Lonsrford. According to Maarcogheffan's Annals of Clonmacuoise, this Aedh or " Hugh mac Bre- nan, king of Teaifa, gave St. Columbkille the place where the church of Dorowe" [Durrow] " stands." ' Bee, son of De: i. e. Bee, son of Deaghaidh or DagEeuS. Colgan translates this entry : " A. D. 557. S. Beccus cognomento Mac De Celebris propheta, obiit." — Acta SS., p. 192. The death of this saint is entered twice in the Annals of Ulster; first under the year 552, and again under 557. The foUowiug notice of him is given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 550 : " A. D. 550. The prophet. Beg mac De, began his prophesies. He prophesied that Lords would lose their chiefries and seigniories, and that men of little estates and lauds would lose their lands, because they should be thought little ; and lastly, that there should come great mortality of men, which would begin in Ftiinaid, in Ulster, called the Swippc of Fanaid (Scuub púnaio)." 556.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 197 The Age of Christ, 556. The eighteenth year of Diarmaid. The battle of Ciiil-Uinusenn'', in Teathbha, [was fought] against Diarmaid, by Aedh, son of Brcanaiun, chief of Teathbha ; and Diarmaid was routed from the field of battle. The Age of Christ, 557. The nineteenth year of Diarmaid. St. Bee, son of De", a celebrated prophet, died. Colum Cille went to Scotland, where he afterwards founded a church, which was named from liim". St. Aedhan "■ Named from him. — This was I-Columbkille or lona. St. Columbkille, after he had excited his relatives to fight the king at Cul-Dreimhne, in 560, was excommunicated by a synod of the Irish clergy (as Adamnan inadyertently acknowledges, to introduce an angelic vision, in lib. iii. c. 3) ; after which he appears to have been in bad odour with the Irish clergy till 562, when the Annals record the " Navigatio S. Co- lumhcs de Hibernia ad insulam Icb, anno etatis sue xlii." His success in converting the Picts, however, shed round him a lustre and a glory which dispelled the dark clouds which had previously obscured his fame as a saint ; and his own relatives, Cumian and Adamnan, bla- zoned his virtues so ably, after the fashion of their age, that they established his sanctity in despite of all the aspersions of his rivals and enemies. From all the accounts handed down to us of this remarkable man, it would appear that he was a most zealous and eihcient preacher of Christian morality, and an industrious tran- scriber of the Four Gospels, and of portions of the Old Testament. Venerable Bede gives a brief sketch of his history, in his Ecclesias- tical HisUn-y, lib. iii. c. 4 (Giles's translation, p. 1 1 2), and observes that " some writings of his life and discourses are said to be preserved by his disciples." " But," adds this most cau- tious writer, who evidently had heard some stories about Columba's conduct in Ireland, " ivhatsoecer he was himself, this we know for certain, that he left successors renowned for their continency, their love of God, and ob- servance of monastic rules. It is true they followed uncertain rules in their observance of the great festival, as having none to bring them the synodal decrees for the observance of Easter, by reason of their being so far away from the rest of the world ; wherefore, they only practised such works of piety and chastity as they could learn from the prophetical, evan- gelical, and apostolical writings. This manner of keeping Easter continued among them for the space of 150 years, till the year of our Lord's incarnation, 715." In the Annals of Clonmacuoise the translator, Connell Mageoghegan, has inserted the following curious observation on the belief then in Ireland respecting the peculiar property of St. Columb- kille's manuscripts, in resisting the influence of water : " He wrote 300 books with his own hand. They were all new Testaments; left a book to each of his churches in the kingdom, which books have a strange property, which is, that if they, or any of them, had sunk to the l)ottom of the deepest waters, they would not lose one letter, or sign, or character of them, which I have seen tried, partly, myself of [on] that book of them which is at Dorowe, in the King's county ; for I saw the ignorant man that had the same in his custodie, when sickness came on cat- tle, for their remedy, put wateron the book and suffer it to rest therein; and saw also cattle re- turn thereby to their former state, and the book 198 QHNaca Rio^hachca emeaNN. [55- 065. Cach mona Ooijie locliaiii pop Cpuichniu ]iia nUib Nell an cuapceipc, .1. pia cCenel cConailll Gojliain, on 1 ccojicpaoaii peachc craoipij Cpuir- nfcli im Ctouli mbiifcc,-] ap oon cup poin do pocciip Dopmipi na Lee ; 1 Cápn 6olaip5 00 clanDoib Nell an cuaipceipc. Ceannpaolab po paioh inopo Sinpic paebpa, pinpir pip, in TTIóin ninp Ooipe locliaip, Qoboip componna iiac cfpc, peace pi5h Cpuichne im Qof) mbpicc. piccip each Cpuirne nuile, acup poploipccep Glne, pichrip carb ^abpa Lippe, acup each Guile Dpeirhne. to receive no loss." Superstitious of this kind have probably been the destruction of many of our ancient books. "•SLAedhan O'Fiachrach. — " A.D. 569 al. 562; Aedan Ua Fiachrach obiit." — Ann. Vlt. ' Moin-Doire-lothuir Adamnan calls this the battle of Moin-mor, as does Ceaniifaeladh in the verses here quoted by the Four Masters. Dr. O'Conor places the field of this battle in Scotland, in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 23, n. 2, but by a mere oversight, for he seems to have been well aware that, by Scotia, Adamnan always meant Ireland. Colgan places it •' in finibus Aquilonaris Ilibernia?." — Triai- Thaiim., p. 374. The Kev. Mr. Reeves thinks that both names are still preserved in Moneymore, a town in the county of Londonderry, and Derryloran, the parish in which it is situated. — See his Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connoi\^-c., p. 339. This, however, may admit of doubt, as the former is called in Irish Muine-moi\ i. e. the Great Hill or Shrubbery, and the latter Z>ozre- Lorain, i. e. Loran's Oak Wood. Adamnan's reference to tliis battle is as fol- lows : " Post bellum Cul Drebene, sicuti nobis traditum est, duobus transactis annis (quo tem- pore vir beatus de Scotia peregrinaturus primi- tus enavigavit) quadam die, hoc est, eadem hora, qua in Scotia comraissum est bellum quod Scotice dicitur Mona-moire, idem homo Dei coram Co- nallo Rege, filio Comgill in Britannia conver- satus, per omnia enarravit, tam de bello, quo- rum propria vocabula Ainmerius filius Setni, et duo filii Maic Erce, Donallus et Fergus. Sed et de Rege Cruithniorum, qui Echodius Laib vocabatur quemadniodum victus currui inse- dens, evaserit; similiter sanctus prophetizavit." — Vit. Columba', lib. i. c. 7 ; Ti-ias Thamn., p. 340. '' Cruithniijh These were the inhabitants of Dalaradia, who were called Cruithnigh or Picts, as being descended from a Pictish mother. Col- gan translates this passage as follows in his Acta Sanctorum, p. 374, not. 39, on the first book of Adamnan's Vita Columhce : " A. D. 557. Sanctus ColunlbaKilleprofectus est in Albaniam (id est Scotiam Albiensem) ubi postea extruxit Ecclesiam Hiensem. Sanctus Aidanus Hua Fiachrach obiit. Prselium de Moin-mor juxta Doire-Lothair contra Cruthe- nos (id est Pictos) connnissum est per Nepotes Neill Septentrionales, id est, per Kinel-Conaill (hoc est, stirpem Conalli), Duce Artmirio filio Sedna% et Kinel-Eoguin(id est, stirpem Eugenii) Ducibus Domnaldo, et Fergussio, et filiis Mur- chertachi, filii Ercffi. In eo pra;lio occubuerunt septem principes Crutheniorum (id est Picto- rum) cum Aido Breco eorum Rege." He remarks on this passage: "Habemus ergo ex his Annalibus proelium illud commissum esse eodeni anno, quo sanctus Columba in Albaniam, seu Britauniam venit, ut refert Sanctus Adam- nanus in hoc capite, licet male annum 557 pro 5570 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 199 O'Fiachracli'' died. The battle of Moin-Doire-lotliair' [was gained] over the Cruithnigh*, by the Ui-Neill of tlie North, i. e. by the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain, wherein fell seven chieftains of the Cruithnigh, together with Aedh Breac ; and it was on this occasion that the Lee'' and Carn-Eolairg^ were forfeited to the Clanna-Neill of the North. Ceannfaeladh composed the following : Sharp weapons were strewn, men were strewn, in Moin-mor-Doire-lothair, Because of a partition^ not just; the seven kings of the Cruithni, with Aedh Breac, [were in the slaughter]. The battle of all the Cruithne"" was fought, and Elne' was burned. The battle of Gabhra-Liife was fought, and the battle of Cul-Dreimhne. 563 posuerint." This battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster under the years 561 and 562, thus in the old translation. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49 : " A. D. 561. The battle of Moin-Doire." " A. D. 562. The battle of Moin-Doire-Lo- thair, upon the Cruhens by the Nells of the North. Baodan mac Cin, with two of the Cru- hens, fought it against the rest of the Cruhens. The cattle and booty of the Eolargs" \i-ectc the Lee and Ard Eolairg] " were given to them of Tirconnell and Tirowen, conductors, for their leading, as wages." 'The Lee: i. e. the territory of Fir-Lii or Magh-Lii, in the barony of Colerainc, county of Londonderry. ' Cam- Eolairg. — See note'', under the year 478, battle of Ocha, supra, p. 151. This place is mentioned by Tirechan, as near Lee Bendrigi. Colgan, in his notes on O'Donnell's Life of Co- lumbkille, mentions Carraig Eolairg, as a place in the diocese of Derry, " ad marginem Eurypi Fevolii."— 2'rtí. [559. ríluijifolia, po]i rjmclir Ollajiba, hi lin beoain, mic Inli, laj^caipe Corhsaill bfnDchaip. Ctoip Cjiiopc, CÚ1CC ceo caoccar anaoi. Qn ceo bliaóain do do mac TTluijicfpcaicb, niic TTluiiieaDliaij, 1 iiiglie nG|ieann j. Dorhnall "| peayijiip. Cacb ^atipa Lippe, -] each Oumha Qiclini, jiia nOorhnall-] pia bprpjup, pop Laignib, oia nebpan. Cat ^abpa, "] each Ourha Qcaip, Qrbach ariipa i ccfchcaip, Colju acup a acaip. Cach ^abpa, ni each Duine ná DÍ céc Qcbach piche ó paolan, ó Qilell piche picec. Qoip Cpiopc, ciiig ceo peapccac. Qn oapa bliabain Do Oorhnall -[ Dpeapjup. Daiitiin Daimhaip^ic, .1. Coipppe, oécc. Qp uaóapióe na hQip- jialla. Qoip Cpiopc, CU15 céD peapccac a haon. lap mbeic cpi bliaDna 1 pij;e nSpeann do Oomnall"] Dpeapjup, Da mac Tlluipcfpcaij, mic TTluipeaDoi^ mic Go5am,«mic Nell, po éccpac apaon. Qoip Cpiopc, CÍ115 c^D peapccac a do. Qn céio bliaóain DGochaiD, mac Oomnaill, mic TTluipcrpcaij, -] do baooan, mac TTlhuipceapcaich, mic TTluip- eabaish, 1 pijhe nGpeann. Qoip Cpiopc, C1115 céD peapcac acpi. 8. TTlolaipi, abb Oairhinnpi, Decc an Dapa la Decc Do Sepcembep. lap mbeich Da bliabain 1 pijhe nGpeann i. e. traverser of the sea. Another name for her et Douihnall Viciorcs." — Ann. Ult. •was Fuinchi. — See 'Reeves^s Antiquities of Down "A. D. 572. Vel hoc Bellum Gabhra Liphi and Connor, ^-c, pp. 377, 378. for Laighnin." — Ann. Ult. " Ollarbha. — Now called the Larne, or luver " A. D. 569- The battle of Gawra-Liffe was River, which rises about four miles south-west given by the Lynstermen, where Fergus and of the town of Larne, in the county of Antrim. King Donall were victors." — Ann. Clon. See note ^, under A. D. 285, p. 121, supra. ' Bumha-Aichir. — See note ', under the year '■ Gcéhra-Liffe. — This was situated somewhere -404, p. 1 46, siqird. on the Kiver Liffey, but nothing has been yet ' Dainihin Damhairgit : i. e. tlie Little Silver discovered to determine its exact position. In Ox. In the Lile of St. Maidoc he is called the Annals of Ulster this battle is entered under " Latine Bos et Hibernice Damh sen Daiinliiyi." the year 565, and again under 572, and in the He is the ancestor of the Mac Mahons of Oirghi- Annals of Clonmacnoise at 569 : alia, but not of all the septs of the Oirghialla. "A. D. 565. Bellum Gabhre-Liphi. Fergus See Shirley's J.cco!<7ii of the Territory or Domi- 559.] ANNALS OF THE KlNGDOiM OF IRELAND. 203 son of Muireadh, on the strand of OUarblia", in the net of Beoan, son of Inli, tlie fisherman of Comhííall of Beannchair. The Age of Christ, 559. The first year of the two sons of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, in the kinsrdom of Ireland, i. e. Domhnall and Feariihus. The battle of Gabhra-LiíFeP, and the battle of Dumha-Aicliiri, by Domhnall and Fearghus, against the Leinstermen, of which was said : The battle of Gabhra and the battle of Duraha-Achair, Illustrious men fell in both, Colgu and his father. The battle of Gabhra was not a battle [with the loss] of a man or two hundred ; There fell twenty from Faelan, from Ailill twenty times twenty. The Age of Christ, 560. The second year of Domhnall and Fearghus. Daimhin Damhairgit^ i. e. Cairbre, died. From him are the Aii'ghialla. The Age of Christ, 561. After Domhnall and Fearghus^ the two sons of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoghan, son of Niall, had been three years in the sovereignty of Ireland, they both died. The Age of Christ, 562. The first year of Eochaidh, son of Domhnall, son of Muircheartach, and of Baedan, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 563. St. Molaisi, Abbot of Daimhinis', died on the twelith of September. After Eochaidh and Baedan had been two years in nion of Farney, p. 148; and Colgan's Trias Life of St. Aedan, quoted by Ussher (Pnmord., Thaum., p. 381, n. 6. p. 962), the name of this island is translated ■ Domhnall and Fearghus The death of Bovis insula, and Bovium ins^ila in a hife oi St. Domhnall is entered twice in the Annals of Aedus. St. Molaise, or Laissren, the patron of Ulster, first at the year 565, and again at 572, this island, was the son of Nadfraech, and is to but they contain no notice of the death of be distinguished from Molaise, or Laisren, of Fearghus : Leighlin, who was son of Cairell. The Life of "A. D. 565. Ji/ori DonihnaillTt/ii'Muirchear- St. Acdan has the following notice of the taig ic Erca, cui successil Ainmirc mac Sedna." former: " A. D. 572. Vel hie Bas Domhnaill ic Muir- " Beatissimus Lasreanus ad aquilonalem par- cheartaig, ic Erca, cni successit Ainmire mac tcm Hibcrnia; exivit, et constru.\it clarissimum Setnai." monasterium in Stagno Heme nomine Daimh- ' Daimhinis: i. e. Ox-island, now Devenish, inis, quod sonat Latine Bovis insula." an island in Lough Erne, near the town of And the Life of St. Aedus : " Rcgebat plures Enniskillen, in the county of Fermanagh. In a monachos in insula posita in Stagno Erne, 2 d2 2fti aNHa6a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [564. D6ochaió -| DO baoDan, copcpaoap la Cponán, coipeac Ciannachca ^linne Qoi]-- C|iiopr, CÍ115 ceo ffpccac a cfraip. Qn ceo bbabain do Qinmipe, mac Seona, mic pfjigupa Cfnopona, hi piglie ti6|ieann. Qoip Cpiopc, CÍH5 ceo peapccac a CÚ15. Qn oapa bliaóain DQimTii|ie. Deman, mac Caipill, iiiccb Ulaoli, mic ITluipeaDoish TTluinDeiiicc, do mapban la baclilachaib boipne. ITlupcoblacli la Colman mbecc, mac Oinpmaca^ mic pfpjupa Ceppbeoil. -] la Conall, mac ComgaiU, roipeac Oal T?iaDa I11 Soil, -] 1 nlle, CO rrapoj^ar eoála lomba eipnb. Qoip Cpiopr, CÚ15 ceo peapccac a pé. lap mbeirh rpi bliaóna hi pije nGpeann oQinmipe, mac Seona, copcaip la pfpjup, mac Nelline, oia nebpao. pel m in an ran pom boi pi, nip bo mCnnac nach oeclai, Inoiu ay poipoepjj a li, la hQinmipe, mac Séacnai. Qoip Cpiopr, ciiij ceo peapccac a peachc. lap mbeirh aon bliaóain hi pi^he nGpeann do baooan, mac Ninoeaoha, mic pfpj^upn CfnDpoDa, do ceap oc Cém inn ech, 1 nnebaiD, lap an oa Comaoine .1. Comaoine, mac Col mam quam Scoti nominaut Daimldnis, i. e. Bovium son of iluirehoartacb Mac Ercn, iu the third iiisulam." }-ear of their" [joint] "reign. Cronan, son of The death of this saint is entered twice in Tighearnach, King of Cianachta of Gleann- the Annals of Ulster, first under the year 563 Geimhin, was their slayer." (a;r. com. 564), and again under 570. " Ainmire. — O'Flaherty says that he succeeded " Cianachta-Glinne-Gdmhin : i. e. the Race of in the year 568. Cian of Gleaun- Geimhin, which was the name '^ Deman, son of Cairdl. — "A. D. 571- Murs of the vale of the River Roe, near Dungiveu, in Deniain mic Cairill." — Ann. Uh. the county of Londonderrj-. The territory of > i?oiVen»i.- i. e. a rocky District. " óoipeuno this tribe is now called the barony of Keenaght. -i- bopp-onn .i. doc ttióp."_MS. T. C. D.. H. 2. See note °, under A. D. li;»7, p. 107- The 15, p. 180. There are two townlands of this death of these joint monarchs is entered in the name in the county of Down, one iu the parish Annals of Ulster under the year 571, thus: of Dromara, and the other in that of Cluain- "A. D. 571. Occisio da Ua Muirethaig .i. Dallain, or Clonallou. The latter is probably Biietan mac Muircheartaigh et Eochaidh mac the place here alluded to. Domhnaill mic Muircheartaig mic Erca, teríio ' SoL — This island, which is now called Col, is anno regni suu Cronan mac Tighernaig, ri Cian- styled Colossa by Adamnan in his Vit. Columb., hachtic Glenna Gevin occisisor eorum erat. lib. i. c. 41, and lib. ii. c. 22. "A. D. 571. The killing of the two de- '//<;.— Now Ila, or Islay. It is called Ilea scendants of Muireadhach, i.e. Baedan, son of by Adamnan, lib.ii. c. 23, Trias I'liaum., p. 355. Muircheartaeh, and Eochaidh, son of Domhnall, This expedition is noticed in the Annals of 564.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 2()5 the sovereignty of Ireland, they were shiin by Cronan, chief of Cianachta- Glinne-Gemhin". The Age of Christ, 564. The first year of Ainmire", son of Sedna, son of Fearghus Ceannfhoda, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 565. The second year of Ainmire. Deman, son of Cairell", King of Ulidia, son of Muireadhach Muindearg, was killed by the sliepherds of Boirenn''. A sea fleet [was brought] by Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, and by Conall, son of Comhgall; chief of Dal-Riada, to So? and Ilc^ and they carried off many spoils from tlieni. The Age of Christ, 566. After Ainmire, son of Sedna*", was three years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Fearghus, son of Nellin, of which was said : Feimhin, while he was king'', was not a place without bravery, To-day dark-red its aspect, [being set on fire] by Ainmire, son of Seadna. The Age of Christ, 567. After Baedan, son of Ninnidh, son of Fearghus Ceannfhoda, had been one year in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at Leim-an-eich'*, in a battle, by the two Comains ; i. e. Comain, son of Colman Beg, Ulster under the year 567. tlius: " Eo tempore regnabat Ainniericus Rex per " Feacht i niardonihain la Colman riiBecc, totam Hiberniam, qui et ipse misit ad B. Gildani, mac Diarmato, agus Conall mac Comgaill, i. e. rogans ut ad se veniret." an e.xpedition into lardomlian" [the Western ' While he masking. — This is evidently quoted Isles] " by Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid, and from a poem on one of the kings of Munster by Conall, son of Comgall." (jjrobably Crimhthann Stebh), after whose death ''Ainmire, son of Sedna 'Ihe death of this Magh-Feimhean was laid waste with lire and monarch is entered twice in the Annals of sword by the monarch Ainmire, son of Sedna. Ulster, first under 568, which is the true year, '' iei/ra-an-eicA.- i. e. the Horse-leap. There are and again under 575, which is clearly a mistake, .several places of this name in Ireland. Tliat In the Annals of Clonmaciioise it is entered here referred to may be the place now called under 569, as follows : Leim-an-eich-ruaidh, anylice Lemnaroy, near " A. D. 569. Ainmire mac Sctna, joynt King, .Maghera, in the county of Londonderry. O'Fhi- was slain hy Fergus mac Nellyue, which Fergus herty places the accession of " Buitanus Hlius was soon after slain by Hugh mac Ainmireagh." Ninnedii" in 571, and that of " Aldus Anmirei Adamnan calls him " Ainmerius filius Setni" filius" in 572 — Ogijgia/m. c.'J'.i. In the Anuals in lib. i. c. 7 ; and in lib. iii. c. 5, he writes the of Ulster his death is entered under the year name very correctly Ainmirech, in the genitive 585, as follows : form. In the Life of Gildas, published by the "A. D. 585. Occmjo Baetain mac Ninnedha, BoUandists, p. 954, he i- callrd .Mnmericus : filii Diiach. filii Conaill. mic Fercusa Ceannfad;i. 206 aNNQí-a Tiio^hachca eiReaww. [568. 6icc, mic Cf|iBaiU,-] Comaoine, mac dbjiene, mic lollaóain, mic Cf|ibaill. Upé corhaiple Col main 6icc Do ponpac an gniom liipn. Qoip Cpiopu, CÚ15 ceo feapccac a hochr. Ctn ceo bliabain oQooh, mac C(inmi]iecli, op Sinnn. peajigap, mac Nelline, 00 rhajibaD la liQob, mac Qinmipech, 1 noiojail a aclia|i. CtoipCpiopr, cúijcéo ];^eapcca a naoi. Qn Dapa bliabain dQoó. S. Oenna, mac ua Lnijip, abb Cluana mic Nóip, t)écc. S. Ice, ójh ó Cluain Cpfbail, Décc an 15 lanuapii. Qp Di ba hainm TTline. Qoip Cpiopr, CÍ115 ceo peaclirmoTi;ar. Ctn cpeap bliabain oQooh. S. rnoeinfnD, eppucc Cluana peajira bpfnainn, Décc an ceo la Do TTlapra. Ctoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 céD peachcmojar a haon. 8. bpenoinn, ab bioppa, Decc an naomaD la picfc do Nouembep. Cadi Uola pia piachna, mac 6ao- Dain, mic Caipill, pop Oppaijib -] pop Glib, ■] po meabaiD poppa. Tola ainm maighe ecip Cluain pfpca niolua -| Saijip. Cacb perhin pia Coipppe mac Cpemrainn, pi niurhan, pop Colman 6ecc, mac OiapmaDa,"! po meabaib ap Colman. Qoip Cpiopr, cnij ceo peachcmojac aDó. Cín cúicceaó bliabain dQoó. Cauli Ooece, Dian hainm 6ealacli peaolia, pia nQob, mac Qmmipecli, pop regis Temro, qui nno anno regnavit. Cumaeine Kilmeedy, in Munster, are Darned after this mac Colmain. Big mic Diarmata, & Cumaeine mac virgin. Libhren, filii Illannon, va'ic CerhaWl occiderunt ^ Brenainn, Abbot of Birra. — His death is en- eum consilio Colmain .i. oc Leim ind eich." tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 564, '3Iac UaLaighisi. — Dr.O'Conor says that this and again at 571, which is the true year. It is family name is now O'Lacy, which involves a entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 570. double error, for Mac Ua Laighsi is not a family ' Tola — Now Tulla, in the parish of Kinnitty, name (for hereditary surnames were not esta- barony of Ballybritt, and King's County. In blished so early as this period), and there is no the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 569, such name as O'Lacy in Ireland. There is Lacy this battle is noticed as follows : or De Lacy, but this name is not of Irish origin. " A. D. 569. The battle of Talo and Fortalo, This writer is also wrong in saying that the the names of two fields between Elie and Ossorie, family of O'Laigisiorum is mentioned by Adam- which is betw'een Clonfert-Molwa and Sayer, nan, lib. iii. c. 12. where Fiachra mac Boydan was victor." ' Cluain-Creadhail. — Now Killeedy, in the But in the Annals of Ulster it is entered first south of the county of Limerick. — See note ', under the year 572, and again under 573, and under the year 546. said to have been fought " in regionibus Cruithne," "Mide : i. e. Mo Ida : i. e. Mea Ida — See Col- which seems correct, as the victor was King of gan's Acta SS., p. 71, n. 2. The churches called Ulidia : 568.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 2(J7 son of Cearbhall, and Comain, son of Libren, sou of lUadhan, son of Cearbhall. [It was] at the instance of Colman Beg they perpetrated this deed. The Age of Christ, 568. The first year of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Ireland. Fearghus, son of Nellin, was slain by Aedh, son of Ainmire, in revenge of his father. '" The Age of Christ, 569. The second year of Aedh. St. Oenna Mac Ua Laighisi*", Abbot of Cluain-niic-Nois, died. St. Ite, virgin, of Cluain-Creadhail', died on the 15th of January. She was also called Mide^. The Age of Christ, 570. The third year of Aedh. St. Maeineann, Bishcjp of Cluain-fearta-Breanainn [Clonfert], died on the first of March. The Age of Christ, 571. St. Breanainn, Abbot of Birra*", died on tlie twenty-ninth day of November. The battle of Tola', by Fiachna, son of Baedan, son of Cairell, against the [people of] Osraighe and Eile; and they were defeated. Tola is the name of a plain [situated] between Cluain-fcarta-Molua'' and Saighir'. The battle of Feimhin'", by Cairbre, son of Creamhthanu, King of Munster, against Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid ; and Colman was defeated. The Age of Christ, 572. The fifth year of Aedh. The. battle ofDoete, which is called Bealach-feadha", by Aedh, son of Ainmire, against the men of "A. D. 572. Belbim Tola & Fortola i.e. no- britt, aud King's County, and about four miles miua camporum, etir Ele ocus Osraige, ociis etir east of Birr. — See Ussher's Pi-imordia, pp. 791, Cluain-ferta ocus Saiger." 792, ■nhere this church is referred to as in the " A. D. 57.'}. Bellum Tola & Fortola in rcgioni- territory of Eile (i. e. Ely O'Carroll), which an- i«v Cruithne." ciently belonged to Munster, but which was a '' Cluain-ferta- Molua. — " Et in ipso loco clara part of Leinster in Ussher's time. civitas qua; vocatur Cluain-ferta-Molua, id est, "" Feimhin. — A plain comprised in the barony Latibulum mirabile S. Molua; (eo quod ipse in of Ifi'a and Ofla East, in the county of Tippe- suá vita multa miracula in eá fecit, et adhuc rary. — See note under A. M. 35(X), p. 32. This gratia Dei per eum patrantur) in honore S. Mo- passage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the luae crevit : et ipsa est in confinio Laginensium year 572 : " A. D. 572. Bellum Feiniin, in quo et Mumeniensium, inter regiones Osraigi et Hele viclus est Colman Modicus" [Beg] jiliuií Diar- et Laiges." — Viia Malum., quoted in Ussher's xaaXa., et ipse evasit.'''' It is also given at the year Primord., p. 943. This place is now called Clon- 592, in Doctor O'Conor's edition, p. 32, but not fertnuilloe, a/im Kyle, and is situated at the foot in the Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. of Slieve Bloom, in the barony of Upper Ossory, "Bealach-feadha : i. e. the Woody lioad. Tliis in the Queen's County — See Ogygia, iii. c. 81. place is called Bealach an Fheadha, in the pedi- ' Saighir. — Now Serkieran, an old church gree of O'Kcilly, preserved in the Library of giving name to a parish in the barony of Bally- Trinity College, Dublin, H. 1. 15, and now cor- 208 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReaNW. [573. pfpcnb TTlióe, ou in ]io ruir Colman 6 fee, mac Oia]imaDa. Conall mac Coriigaill, |ii Dal Riacra, Do écc. Qf eipibe ]\o fobaip 111 do Clioluim Cille. Qoiy^ Cpiopr, cing cen y^eachcmoj^ac a cpi. Qn I'eifeaD bliabain dQod. bpfnainii, mac bpniin, plaicli UearBa, Décc. Qoip Cpio|'c, C1115 céD y^eachrmojac a cfraiji. Ct peachc oQoDh. iTlap- bab CtoDlia, mic Gacliacb Uiopnicliapiia, la hUib 6piuin. Qoip Cpiopc, CÍ115 ceo I'eachcmojac ape. Ctn naorhaó bliaóoin dQodIi. S. bpfnainn, abb Cluana pfpca bpfnainn, an i6Tnaii,-| Do puaip bap a nGanach oúin, -| do Imólacab a copp a cCluain pepca bpenainn. Colman, mac Coipppe, pi Laij;fn, oécc ace Sliab TTlaipcce. Cioip Cpiopc, CÚ1CC ceo peaclicmojac apeachc. Qn Deaclirhab bliabam oQob. S. ej^pucc Gclitffn Cluana poca baicon aba Decc an 11 pebpiiapi. S. Caipeach Ofp^am 05I1, o Clnam boipeann, oecc 9 pebpuapi. peiblimib pinn, abb Qpoa Tllaca, do écc. rectly anglicised Ballaghanea, and is the name of a town! and in the parish of Lurgan, barony of Castlerahin, and county of Cavan. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, ad ann. 587, Ma- geoghegan conjectures that Colman Beg was slain at Belanaha, near Mullingar, but he is evidently wrong. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed at the year 586 : ^'•'Bellinn Dronia-Ethe, in quo cecidit Colman Beg mac Diarmata. Aed mac Ainiirech victor erat, in quo hello etiam cecidit Libren niac Illan- don mic Cearbaill." — Cod. Clarcn., torn. 49. ° Of Dal-Eiada : i.e. of Dal-Riada, in North Britain. This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 573, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 5fJ9, as follows : *' A. D. 573. Mora Conaill mic Conigaill anno regni sui xvi., qui obtulit iiisulaiit le Columhce Cille."— ^«71. Ul. •• A. D. 569. Conell. son of C'owgal, that gave the island of Hugh" [i. e. lona] " to St. Co- lumbkille, died in the IGth year of his reign, of Dalriatye." — Ann. Clon. See also Colgan's Trias Tltaum., pp. 495, 49G. >" Brenainn,son of Brian. — According toColgan (Trias Thaum., p. 507), this Brenainn, or "Bren- danus princeps Tefiia;," granted Durrow to St. Columbkille ; but see note >', under the year 556, svpra, and note °, under 585, infra. '' Eochaidh Tiiinckarna. — He was King of Connaught. The Ui-Briuin were the descen- dants of Brian, son of the Monaroh, Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, and were Aedh's own tribe. The killing of Aedh is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 576. Under the year 573 the Annals of Ulster record : "Magna riiópóáil, i. e. Conventio Dromma Cheta" [now Daisy Hill, near the River Koe, not far from Newtown Limavaddy, in the county of Londonderry], " in qua erant Colum Cille et IMac Ainmirech." And the same Convention is noticed in the An- nals of Clonmacnoise under the year 587, which is nearer to the true date, which was 590. It looks very strange that the Four Masters should make no reference to tliis convention, which is so celebrated in Irish history, and particularly by Keating, in the reign of Aedh Mac Ainmi- reach, and in the Lives of St. Columbkille, with 573.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 209 Meath, where fell Colman Beg, son of Diarmaid. Conall, son of Comhgall, King of Dal-Riada", died. It was he that granted Hy [Zona] to Colum Cille. The Age of Christ, 573. The sixth year of Aedh. Breanainn, son of BrianP, chief of Teathbha [Teifia], died. The Age of Christ, 574. The seventh year of Aedh. The killing of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirincharna'', by the Ui-Briuin. The Age of Christ, 576. The ninth year of Aedh. St Brenainn^ Abbot of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn [Clonfert], died on the 16th of May. lie died at Eanach-duin', and his body was interred at Cluain-ferta-Brenainn. Colman, son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died at Sliabh-Mairge'. The Age of Christ, 577. The tenth year of Aedh. St. Ethchen, Bishop of Cluain-foda Baetain-abha", died on the 11th of February. St. Caireach Dear- gain, virgin, of Cluain-Boireann", died on the 9th of February. FeidhUmidh Filing Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. which they were so well acquainted See O'Donnell's Vitce Columbce, lib. i. c. 93; ii. 10, 110; iii. 1, 2, 4, 5. It is also mentioned by Adamnan, in his Vita Columbce, under the name of Dorsum Cette, lib. i. cc. 10, 49; lib. ii. c. 6; Trio.? Thaum., pp. 341, 349, 352. Under the year 575, which is totally omitted by the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster record : " Scintilla Lepre, et ahundantia nucum inaudita. Bellum Teloco in quo cecidit Duncath mac Conaill mic Comgaill et alii muUi de sociis Jiliurum Gaurain." The Annals of Clonmacnoise also record : " Diseases of the Leporsie and knobbes," but under the year 569, which is incorrect. ' St. Brenainn. — St. Brcnainn, or Brendan, of Clonfert, in the county of Galway, died at Annadown, in the year 577, according to Ussher {Index Chron. in Primord., p, 1145) See also Colgan's Ada Sanctorum, p. 193. ' Eanach-duin : i. e. the Moor or Marsh of the Dun, or earthen Fort ; now Annadown, on the east margin of Louih Corrib, in the barony of Clare and county of Galway. 2 ' Sliahh-Mairge. — Now Slievemargy, or Slew- marague, a barony in the south-east of the Queen's County See A D. 1398. ° Cluain-fota Baetain-Abha : i. e. the Long Lawn or Meadow of Baetain Abha, now Clonfad, in the barony of Farbil, and county of West- meath. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 304- 306 ; Archdall's Monasticon Uib., p. 708 ; and Obits and Marti/rology a/ Christ Church, Dublin, Introduction, p. liii. ' Cluain-Boireann Now Cloonburren, on the west side of the Shannon, in the parish of Moore, barony of Moycarnan, and county of Roscommon, and nearly opposite Clonmacnoise. That part of the Eiver Shannon lying between this church, and Clonmacnoise was anciently called Snámh-dá-^n. — See Buile Shmbhne, MS., E. I. A., p. 141; and Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 134, c. 33; Tribes and Customs of Hy-Many, p. 82, note "<, and the map to the same work. St. Cairech of this place was the sister of St, Eany, or Endeus, of Aran. ' FeidhUmidh Finn. — He is set do^vn as Pri- mate in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh 210 aNwata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [579. Qoip Cpioy^r, CU15 ceo j^'eachcmojai: anaoi. Q do oécc dQodIi. Cacli Opoma mic Ga]icca ]iia nQooh, mac Qinmipecli, pop Cenel nSojain, Dú in po mapbaó Colcca, mac Oomnaill, mic TTluipceapcaijij, mic Tniiipeaóoijh. Qoip Cpiopc, C1115 ceo ochcmogar. Q cpi oécc oQooli. pfpjup Scannal, pi TTluman, 00 mapBaó. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 ceo ochcmojac a haon. Q cfcaip Oécc oQoó. Qeoh, mac Suibne, roipeac maonmuijhe, oécc. Qoip Cpiopu, CU15 ceo ochcmojac a Do. Q CÍ115 oécc dQodIi. pfpaohacli, mac Ouaich, cijCpna Oppaije, do mapbao la a rhuinnp pfipin. Qoip Cpiopc, CU15 ceo oclicmo^ac arpi. Q pé oécc oQooli. S. pQigup, eppcop Dpoma Cfcliglaipe, Do écc an 30 do TTlliapca, -\ ape an FQiJup pin po pochaib Cill mbian. Qoip Cpiopr, cing ceo ochrmojac a cfraip. Q peaclic oécc oQoo. S. Naccaoime,abb Uipe oa ^lop, bparaip Caoiriijin, do écc an ceo la Do ITlaii. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 ceo oclicmojac a CÚ15. Qn cocbcriiaD bliaóain oécc oQooli. fapfnainn cijhfpna Uearba, Decc. Qp eipibe po eobaip (piap an can given in the Psalter of Casbel, published by Colgan in- Trias Thaum., p. 293 ; and in the Bodleian MS., Laud. 610 See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 38. Under this year the Annals of Ulster record, '■'■ Reversio Ulot de Eamania;" and the Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the " departing of Ul- stermen from Eawyn," under the year 580. It would appear from a notice in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 576, that the Ulta, or ancient Ultonians of the race of Rury, made an effort to recover their ancient fort of Emania in that year, but that they were repulsed by Clann- Colla, or Oirghialla : " A. D. 576. Primiim periculum Ulot in Eu- fania.^'' ' Druim Mic Earca: i. e. the Ridge or Long Hill of Mac Earca. — Not identified. This battle is recorded in the Annals of Ulster at the years 579 and 580, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 580, as follows: " A. D. 579. iJí/femDromaMicErce ubi Colgu, jiliiis Domhnaill, JUii Muirchertaig, mic Muire- daig, mic Eogain cecidit.'" Aed mac Ainmirech victor fait.'''' " A. D. 580. Fe/ hie Bdlum Droma Mic Erce." — .4«?!. UU. " A. D. 580. The battle of Drom mac Eircke was given, where Colga mac Douell mic Mur- tough was slain, and Hugh mac Ainmireagh was victor." — Ann. Clou. ' Fearghus Scannal — According to the Dub- lin copy of the Annals of Innisfallen, " Feargus Sganuil succeeded his brother Cairbre Crom as King of Desmond, in 577, and died in 584. But the testimony of these Annals, which were largely interpolated in 1 760, should be received with great caution. " Maenniagh. — A level territory lying around the town of Loughrea, in the county of Galway. —See A. M. 3501, and note ', under A. D. 1235, p. 276. 579] ANNALS OF THE- KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 211 The Age of Christ, 579. The twelfth year of Aedh. The battle of Druim Mic Earca'', [was gained] by Aedh, son of Ainmire, over the Cinel-Eogain, where was slain Colga, son of Domlinall, son of Muircheartach, son of Muireadhach. The Age of Christ, 580. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Fearghus Scan- naP, King of Munster, was slain. The Age of Christ, 581. The fourteenth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of Suibhne, chief of Maeumagh", died. The Age of Christ, 582. The fifteenth year of Aedh. Fearadhach, son of Duach, Lord of Osraighe^ was slain by his own people. The Age of Christ, 583. The sixteenth year of Aedh. St. Fearghus, Bishop of Druim-Leathglaise", died on the 30th of March ; and this was the Fearghus who founded Cill niBian''. The Age of Christ, 584. The seventeenth year of Aedh. St. Nathcheimhe, Abbot of Tii'-da-ghlas'', the brother of Caeinihghin', died on the first day of May. The Age of Christ, 585. The eighteenth year of Aedh. Breanainn^, Lord of Teathbha [Teflia], died. It was he that had, some time before, granted *■ Osraighe Now anglice Ossory. This ter- " Tir-da-gMas — Now Terryglass, a small vil- ritory anciently comprised tlie whole of the lage in the barony of Lower Ormond, in the present diocese so called. — See note ', under the county of Tipperary, and about four miles to year 1175. the north-west of Burrisokeane. In the Life of * Druim- Leatliglaise. — More generally called St. Fintan of Clonenagh, the situation of this Dun-da- leath-ghlas: i.e. "arx duanim media- place is described as follows: " Jacet" [Colum rum catenarum," now Downpatrick Sec Col- Mac Crimthainn] " in sua civitato qua; dicitur gan's Tri'as 2'/ia«m., p. 110, n. 39; also vld« AS., Tir-daglas in terra Mumonia^ juxta lluvium p. 193, where this passage is translated thus : Sinna." — See Ussher's Primord., p. 962, and " 583. S. Fergiissius, E}>iscopus Drom Letlt- Lanigan's Eccl. Hist., vol. ii. p. 76. No part of glassenm .i. Dunensis, obiit 30 Martii. Et ipse the ancient church of Terryglass now remains. extruxit [_Ecclesiam'\ de Kill-mbian.'" — Quat. Mag. ' Caeimhghin ; i. e. St. Kevin of Glendalough, '' CiU mBiaii This name, which might be in the county of Wicklow. anglicised Kilbean or Kilmcan, is now obsolete. "Breanainti. — Sec his death already mentioned — See Reeves's Antiquities ofDoivn and Connor, under the year 573. It is entered in the Annals ^c, p. 144. This bishop would appear to have of Clonmacnoise, under 588, as follows : been a distinguished person, for his death, and "A. D. 588. Hugh mac Brenayn, King of the the fact of his having founded Cill-mBian, are country of Teffa, that granted Dorowe to St. mentioned in the Annals of Tighernach at 584, Columbkille, died. The same year there was and in those of Ulster at 583 and 589. much frost and wind." 2 E 2 212 awNaca Rio^hachca eiiieawN. [586. fain) Ofpmasli do Oia.-] no ColomCiUe. baerran. mac Cnipill, ]ii Ulab, oecc. Qoi]^ Ciiiopc, cfiij ceo oc1irmoj;nr a]^é. Q iinoi oécc oQoó. S. Dnijli, epi^cop, mctc CaipiU, Decc an i8 Qii5iipr. peióliniió, mac UiT^fpnaij, pi Tlliiman, oécc. Car llloighe Ochrai|i pia mbjian Oiib, mac Garhacli, pop Uib Nell ifin realai^ op Cluain Conai]ie a nofp. Qoip Cjiio)^-, C1115 céD oclicniojar apeachr. Qn pichfcriiaó bliabain oQoD. S. Caoplaii, eppcop Qpoa n"lac1ia, oécc, an cfrpaiTiao la picfr ho miiapra. S. Seanach, epj^cop ó Cluain lopaipo. oécc. Cloip Cpiopr, CU15 ceD ochrmo^ac o lioclic. Q liaon picliear dQodIi. S. Qooli, mac bpicc, eppcop ó Cill Qip, 1 TTlibe, oecc lo Do Nouembeji. Lu^lmiD Cip moip oecc. QoipCpiopr, cuigcéo ochcmojac anaou Ct Do picheac dQodIi. 8. TTlac- nipe, abb Cliiana mic Noip, ppi pe pé mbliaban, Decc, 1 a écc an 13 Do rin' lull. ''Dearnúagfi: i.e. Campus roborum (Bede,Hist. lib. iii. c. 4), now Durrow, in the north of the King's County. — See note ', under A. D. 1186, p. 71. - ' Baetan, son of CaireU. — His death is entered iu the Annals of Ulster under the year 580, and again under 586, thus : " A. D. 580. -1/oí-í Bactain mic Cairill." " A. D. 586. Vel hie JJors Baetain mic Carill, regis Ulad." "• Daiglu, son of Caircll. — In the Irish Calen- dar of O'Clery, at 18th August, he is called Bishop of Inis-caein-Deagha, in Conaille Muir- tlieimhue, now Inishkeen, in the county of Louth, adjoining the county of Jlonaghan. — See Colgau's Acta SS., pp. 348, 374. He was the fourth in descent from Eoghan, or Owen, the ancestor of the Eanel-Owen, and the person from whose hands Mochta, of Louth, received the viaticum. The Calendar of Cashel calls him " faber tarn in ferro quam in ffire, et scriba insignis." ' Feidldimidh, son of Tighernach. — His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 589, as folhiws: '• A. D. 589. Mors Feidhlimtlie, mic Tiger- naigh. Regis Munihau." In the interpolated Dublin copy of the Annals of InnisfaUen he is made only King of Desmond, [from 584 to 590], but this is one of Dr. O'Brien's intentional falsifications, to detract from the an- cient importance of the Eoganachts. " Magh-Ochtair. — A plain in the barony of Ikeathy and Uachtar-fhine or Oughteranuy, in the north of the county of Kildare. " Cluain- Conaire: i. e. Couaire's Lawn or Mea- dow ; now Cloncurry, in the same barony. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed, under the year 589. as follows : " A. D. 589. Bellum Maighe Ochtair re niBran Dubh, mac Eachach pop Uibh Neill." " Caerlan. — He was Archbishop of Armagh, " ex regione de O'Niallau oriundus," succeeded Feidhlimidh in 578, and died in 588 — See Har- ris's edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 38, 39; and Colgan's Acta SS., p. 193. In the Annals of 586.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 213 Dearmhagh'' to God and to Colum Cille. Baetan, son of Cairell', Kin" of Ulidia, died. The Age of Christ, 586. Tlie nineteenth year of Aedli. St. Daigh, bishop, son of CairelP, died on the 18th of August. Feidhlimidh, son of Tighernach', King of Munster, died. The battle of Magh-Ochtaii-" [was gained] by Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, over the Ui-Neill, at the hill over Cluain-Conaire", to the south. The Age of Christ, 587. The twentieth year of Aedh. St. Caerlan", Bi- shop of Ard-Macha, died on the twenty-fourth day of March. St. Seanach, Bishop of Cluain-IrairdP, died. The Age of Christ, 588. St. Aedh, son of Breac, Bishop of CiU-Air^, in Meath, on the 10th of November. Lughaidh, of Lis-mor', died. The Age of Christ, 589. The twenty-second year of Aedh. St. Macnise", Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois for a period of sixteen years, died on the thirteenth of the month of June. Clontnacnoise his death is entered under the year 587. >■ Chuiin-Iraird, now Clonard, in the south- west of the county of Meath. ■i Cill-Air — Now Killare, an old church giving name to a parish near the hill of Uisneach, in the barony of Eathconrath, and county of West- méath Seenote^under A.D.I 184. InO'Clery's Irish Calendar the festival of Aedh Mac Brie is marked at 10th November, thus : " CIoó mac 6pic fcpf. ó CbiU Qip i nboe, -| Ó ShliaB Oiag I oCip óojjaine, i jCinel Co- naiU, Qotp Cpiopc an can po paoió a ppiopao DO cum nime, 588." " Aedh Mac Brie, Bishop of Killare, in Meath, and of Sliabh Liag, in Tir-Boghaine, in Kinel- Connell. The Age of Christ when he resigned his spirit to heaven, 588." The ruins of this saint's chapel are still to be seen on the mountain of Slieveleague, in the ba- rony of Banagh, and county of Donegal. The death of Aedh filius Brie is also entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 588. Colgan has published an ancient Life of him at 28th Fe- bruary. He was also the founder and patron of Kathhugh, near Kilbeggan, in Westmeath. ' Lis-mor : i. e. Atrium, magnum. Now Lis- more, in the county of Waterford, where St. Carthach, or Mochuda, of Rathain, formed a great religious establishment about the year 63.3 ; but there seems to have been a church there at an earlier period. Tighernach records the death of this Lughaidh, to whom he gives the alifui name of Moluoc, at the year 691. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 539. ■ Macniie. — His death is entered in the An- nals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 587, thus: " A. D. 587. Mac Nissi, an Ulstcrman, third abbot of Clonvicknose, died in the 1 6th year of his place." His festival is entered in O'Clery's Irish Ca- lendar at 13th .June, in which it is remarked that he was abbot of Clonmacnoise for sixteen years, and that he died in 590, under which year it is also recorded in the Annals of Ulster; but it appears, from certain criteria afforded by 214 aNNQta Rjo^hachca eiReawN. [590. Ctoi]^ C]iiofr, C1115 ceonocliac. Qn rpeap blmnain pichfc oQoo. Carh GiiDuino nióiii ]iia bpiacna, mac baeram, mic CaijiiU, mic rHuipeaooi^ llluinofqicc, po]i ^eprioe, mac Ronain. rijfpna Ciannachra. Qp Do pin Do paiDlieaoh, Qn peaclir noile do jieja pian mic baocain 1 mbpfga, 6iaiD Cmiinaclica i ppour ni bar poicpi Do poiic. Seanchan, mac Colman moip, Do majibab. S. 5r'5*^'r beloiji Do oijiDneaó a gcaraoi]! -\ a gcomapbii]^ pfoaip appDal Dia aiiiiDeoin. Qoip Cpioi^r, CV115 céD nocluir a liaon. Q cffaip piclifc dQodIi. QoD Cfpii, mac Colmain, mic Coipppe, pi Laijfn, Décc. Qoip Cpiopr, cviij; ceo nocliac a do. Q CÚ15 pichfc dQodIi. Coliim Cille, mac peaiolimiD, appeal Qlban, ceann cpabaiD epmoip G]ieann, "] Qlban lap bparrpaicc, Decc ma ecclaip pfin in I1I inD Qlbain, lapp an ccúicceaó bliabain cpiocbaD a oilirpe, oiDce Domnai^h Do puiiD]ia6 an 9 la lunii. Seaclir mbliaóna peaclirmoj^acc a aoip uile an ran po paoiDli a ppiopaic Dociim niTiie, arhail apbfpap ipm pann, Ueopa bliaDna bai jan lep, Colum ma Ouibpejlép, LuidIi 50 liainsli apa cliacbc, inp pcacbc mbbanna peacrmojar. these Annals, that the true yearwas 591, namely, * Gregory of the Golden Mouth. — Dr. O'Conor •■' Befectio solis, i. e. mane tenebrosum.'" — See ^i-í translates this, " & Gregoritis valde sapiens;" de Ver. les Bates, torn. i. p. 63. hut this is one of his innumerable childish mis- ' Eadan-mor: i. e. the Great Brow or Face of takes, -which are beneath criticism. The me- a Hill. This was the name of a hill in East mory of this Pope was anciently much revered Sleath, but the name is now obsolete. It may in Ireland, and he was honoured with the title have been the ancient name of Edenrath, near oi Beloir, i. e. of the Golden Mouth, as we learn Navan See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Meath 6, from Cummianus, in his letter to Segienus, Jac. I. This entry is given in the Annals of abbot of lona, on the Paschal controversy : Ulster under the year 593, thus : " Quid plura? Ad Gregorii Papa;, urbis " A. D. 593. Bdlum Gerrtide, ri Ciannachte Eoma; Episcopi (a nobis in commune suscepti, oc Eudonn mor ro meabhaidh. Fiachna mac et oris aurei appellatione donati) verba me con- BaetaLn, mic Cairill, mic Muiredaig Muinderg, verti." — Ussher's Sylloffe, first edition, p. 31 ; victor erat." Second edition, p. 21, line 20. " Cianachta : i. e. Cianachta-Breagh, in the The Irish held the memory of this Pope in east of Meath. such veneration that their genealogists, finding " Seanchan. — This agrees with the Annals of that there were some doubts as to his genealogy, Clomnacnoise. had no scruple to engraft him on the royal stem 590.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 215 The Age of Christ, 500. The twenty-third year of Aedh. The battle of Eadan-mor' [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Baedan, son of Cairell, son of Muireadhach Muiudearg, over Gerthidhe, son of Konan, Lord of Ciauachta", of which was said : On the other occasion, when the soldiers of Baedan shall go into Breagh, The Cianachta shall be on the alert, they shall not be the next to the shot. Seanchan'', son of Colman ]\Ior,was slain. St. Gregory of the Golden Mouth'^ was appointed to the chair and successorship of Peter the Apostle, against his will. The Age of Christ, 591. The twenty-fourth year of Aedh. Aedh Cerr, son of Colman, son of Cairbre, King of Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 592. The twenty-fifth year of Aedh. Colum Cille-\ son of Feidhliniidh, apostle of Alba [Scotland], head of the piety of the most part of Ireland and Alba, [next] after Patrick, died in his own church in Hy, in Alba, after the thirty-fifth year of his pilgrimage, on Sunday night precisely, the 9th day of June. Seventy-seven years was his whole age when he resigned his spirit to heaven, as is said in this quatrain : Three years without light' was Colum in his Duibh-regles" ; He went to the angels from his body, after seven years and seventy. of Conaiie 11., the ancestor of the O'Falvys, ' Colum Cille. — His death is entered in the O'Connells, and other families. His pedigree is Annals of Ulster, under the year 594, as follows; given as follows by the O'Clerys in their Ge- " A. D. 594. Quies Coluim Cille u. Idas Jnnii, nealogies of the Irish Saints : anno etatis sue Ixxvi." " Gregory of Rome, son of Gormalta, son of It is entered in the Annals of Cloumacnoise, Connla, son of Arda, son of Dathi, son of Core, under 590, thus: son of Conn, son of Corniac, son of Core " A. I). 590. St. Columbkill died at" [on] Duibhne" [the ancestor of the Corca Duibhne, in " Whitsuntide eave, the 5th of the Ides of June, Kerry], " son of Cairbre Muse, son olConaire." in the island of Hugh" [Hy or lona], " in the The Four Masters have given the accession 35th year of his pilgrinimage and banishment of this Pope under the true year. Gregory was into Scotland, and in the 77th year of his age, made Pope on the 13th of September, which as he was saying his prayers in the church of was Sunday, in the year 590, and died on the that isle, with all his nioncks about him." I'ith of March, (J04, having sat thirteen years, ' Didhh-reglcs — This was the name of a church six months, and ten days. — See .art nie)ia jie i^muciiy^, ly^ abpan ]ie cpuic jan céif, f^moe Deip a]\ Tiajisain uaij-. Qob Dub, mac Suibne, yii Ulaó, t)o ttinpbab la piaca, mac baeccain. df lap an Qod1i nDub pm ropchaiji Dia]imairr mac Ceaiibaill. Qoiy^ Ciiiopr, cuijcéD nochac acpi. Ct ye pichfc dQodIi. Cumay^cach, mac Qooha, mic QinmijiecVi, do mapbat) la bpan Dub, mac Gacliach, i nDun bucac, arhail ap bepc naorh Qeóan eppcop : ^umim in coimniu corhachcacb, i pail Cille panDaipech T?obpi Dio^ail Comupccaij, guin Qoolia mic Q nmipech. • Dalian Forgaill. — He was a disciple of St. Colunibkille, and wrote the poem called Amhra Choluim Cille in praise of that saint. — Acta Sanctorum, p. 203 ; and O'Reilly's Irish Writers, p. 39. *• The Ceis. — Irish glossographers are not agreed on the meaning of this word. The most rational of all the conjectures they have left us is. that it was the name of the cpom ceo, or bass string of the harp. Another writer states that it was the name of a small harp which ac- companied a large harp. '• Ceip ainni Do c[iuic bic bip 1 comuicecccpuice mope." — Se^Amhra Choluim Cille, in Leahhar-na-li Uiclhri. " Aedh Dubh : i. e. llvigh the Black. His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster, at the year 587, as follows : "A. D. 587. ^ix magna, et jitgulatio Aedha Nigri mic Suibne ifi nave.'''' This event is recorded by Adamnan in his "Vita ColumhiB, lib. i. c. 36, where he gives the following character of this slayer of King Diar- maid : " Findehanus Aidum cognomento Nigrum, Eegio genere ortum Cruthinlum gente.de Scotia" [i. e. Hibernia] " ad Britanniam sub clericatus habitu secum adduxit, qui Aldus, valde sangui- narius homo, et multorum fuerat trucidator, et Diermitium filium Cerbuill totius Scotife Eeg- natorem, Deo auctore ordinatum interfecerat, &c. Ordinatus vero indebite, dolo lancea trans- fixus, de prora ratis in aquam lapsus stagneam disperiit." Colgan, in a note on this passage, in his edi- tion of Adamnan's Vit. Columh., says, Trias Tlunim., p. 379, that three anonymous authors who wrote on the Kings of Ulster, and whose works he had in his possession, state that this Aedh Dubh (-'Aldus Niger, filius Suibnei, Rex Ultoniai, qui Diermitium, filium Kervalli, inte- remit") was slain by the Crutheni in a ship. ■^ Dnn-Bvcat. — Now Dunboykc, a townland containing the remains of a dun, or earthen fort, and a gi'ave-yard, in the parish of Hollywood, barony of Lower Talbotstown, and county of Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster the death of this Cumasgach is entered under the year 596, thus : " A. D. 596. Occisio Cumasgaidh, mic Aeda, la Bran Dubh mac nEchach i nDun-Buchat." According to the ancient historical tract called the Borumha-Laighean, this Cumascach set out on his royal, free-quarter, juvenile visi- tation of Ireland, on which he was resolved to have the wife of every king or chieftain in Ire- land for a night! He first set out for Leinster, 593.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Dallau Forgaill" composed this on the death of Colum Cille 217 Like the cure of a physician without light, like the separation of marrow from the bone, Like a song to a harp without the Ce'tó^, are we after being deprived of our noble. Aedh Dubh", son of Suibhne, King of Ulidia, was slain by Fiaclma, son of Baedan. It was by this Aedh Dubh Diarmaid Mac Cearbhaill had been slain. The Age of Christ, 593. The twenty-sixth year of Aedh. Cumuscach, son of Aedh, son of Ainmiro, was slain by Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, at Dun-Bucat"^, as the Bishop St. Aedhau'' said : I implore the powerful Lord, near Cill-Rannairech^, It was he that took revenge of Comuscach, that slew Aedh mac Ainmirech. with four battalions, and crossed the River Righ (the Rye Water), which was the boundary be- tween that province and Meath. He advanced to Bealach-Chonglais, now Baltinglas, where Bran Dubh, King of Leinster, resided (at Rath- bran, near Bantinglas). He sent for the wife of Bran Dubh, who came to him, and requested that he would not detain her until she had exhibited her hospitality in distributing food among his attendants. This request was granted ; but the Queen of Leinster, instead of remaining to wait on his hosts, fled, like an honest woman, from her palace, and betook herself to the fast- nesses of the lonely forest of Dun-Buichet. After this the King of Leinster, attired in the garb of a menial, set fire to the house in which was the young libertine, Cumascach, who, dress- ing himself in the clothes of one of his satirical poets, climbed to the ridge-pole of the hole, and, making his way out, escaped the flames, and fled to Monaidh-Cumascaigh, at the end of the Green of Cill-Rannairech [now Kilranclagh], where Loichine Lonn, Erenagh of that church, and ancestor of the family of O'Lonain, who disco- vered who he was, cut off his head, and carried 2 it to Rath-Bran Duibh, where he presented it to the King of Leinster, who, for this signal ser- vice, granted perpetual freedom (or exemption from custom or tribute) to the church of Cill- Rannairech. The Monarch Aedh Mac Ainmirech, hearing of the fate of his son, marched an army into Leinster, and fought the battle of Dunbolg. ' Aedhan: i. e. IMaedhog, or Mogue, Bishop of Ferns, who died in the year G24. ' Cill-Rannairech. — Now Kilranelagh, near Baltinglass, in the county of Wicklow. Dr. O'Conor translates Cill-Rannairech, " ecclesia ad manifestandum supra onines," but this is ab- surd, for it is the name of a church even at the present day, signifying cell or church of Ran- naire, a man's name. In the ancient historical tract called Borumha-Laighean two lines of this quatrain are given thus: "5"'ó"n comoio cu- maccuc, comp id ciUe Ruiinuipec." " I pray the [aljmighty Lord, the principal incumbent of Cill-Rannairech ;" and it is added that the whole poem was written in another part of the book : " Alibi in hoc lihro scripsimui ;'''' but it is not now to be found in any of the copies. 218 awNaca Rio^liachca eiReawN. [594. Cacli Slebe Cuae, In muiiiain, poji ÍTluirhnfcliaib, bpiaclina pia mac mbaooain. UiobiiaiDe, mac Caljaij, Decc. Qoip Cjiiopr, CÚ15 ceo nocbac a cCraiji. lap mbfir peacr mbliaóna picfc 1 pijbe n6)ieann oQoob, mac Ciinmijiecb, mic Seacna, ropcaip la biian Oub, mac Gachach, 1 ccacli Ouin 6olcc 1 ICaijnib, ap nool oQoD do rabacb na f' Sliabh-Cua. — Now Slieve Gua, in the north- west of the county of Waterford See note ', under A. M. 3790, p. 48, su2)rel. '' Dun-bolg: i. e. Fort of the Sacks. This place is described in the historical tract called the Bonimha-Laiffhecm, as situated to the south of Dun-Buchat [now Dunboyke, near Hollywood, in the county of Wicklow], not far from a church called Cill-Belat, now Kilbaylet, near Donard, in the same county. The following is a brief outline of the account of the battle of the road or pass of Dun-bolg, as given, with varieties of most curious fabulous details, in this ancient historical story. When the monarch Aedh, son of Ainmire, heard, at his palace of Aileach, in Ulster, that his son Comuscach had been killed at Dun-Buchat, he assembled the forces of Leath-Chuinn, and marched at their head to the River Righe, on the confines of Meath and Leinster ; and proceeded thence directly for the place where his son had been killed, and pitched his camp at Baeth- Eabha, close to Dun-Buaice. When Bran Dubh, King of Leinster, who was staying at a place called Scadhairc [Skerk], in the south of Ui- Ceinnsealaigh, heard of the monarch's arrival with his army at the Righe, he moved north- wards for his principal fort of Rath-Brain Duibh [now Rathbran], near Bealach Conghlais, or Baltinglass, and passed over Mointeach, Jluin- chin, Daimhne [the Deeps], Etar, Ard-Choillidh, and Ard-niBresta, and, crossing the River Slaine [Slaney], proceeded over the land of Fe to Bea- lach-Dubhthaire, now Bealach-Chonghlais. Here he was met by Bishop Aidan, the monarch's half brother, who informed him tliat the monarch of Ireland had pitched his camp near Dun- Buaice. Bran-Dubh despatched him thither to request an armistice from the monarch until he should muster his forces, when he would either come upon terms of peace or give him battle. The bishop went on this embassy, but the monarch refused to comply with this re- quest, and addressed his half-brother, Bishop Aidan, in insulting language, and the latter resented it by predicting his doom. The mo- narch then marched with his forces to Bealach Dun-bolg, which evidently extended along Hol- lywood Glen, and over the great, flat, rocky surface called Lee Comaigh-cnamh [Flag of the broken Bones], and onward through Bearna- na-sciath, i. e. the Gap of the Shields, at Kil- belat [Kilbaylet], where he pitched a fortified camp in a strong position. The Bishop Aidan returned to Bran-Dubh, and informed him that the monarch of Ireland was encamped at Kilbelat, and that he had treated him with indignity. The King of Lein- ster then asked the bishop what was best to be done, as he had not time to muster his forces, and the bishop advised him to have recourse to a stratagem which he planned for him, and which ultimately proved successful. Bran-Dubh and the bisliop then set out to reconnoitre the royal camp, and they arrived, accompanied by 120 young heroes, on the side of Sliabh Neach- tain, a mountain which then received its pre- sent name of Sliabh Cadaigh, and they per- ceived what appeared to them to be numerous flocks of birds, of various colours, hovering over the camp. These they soon recognised to be the standards and ensigns of the Ui-Neill, 594.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 219 The battle of Sliabh-Cua'-', in Munster, [was gained] over the Munstermen by Fiaclma, son of Baedan. Tibraide, son of Calgach, died. The Age of Christ, 594. After Aedh, son of Ainmire, son of Sedna, had been twenty-seven years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, in the battle ofDuu-bolg^, in Leinster, after Aedh had floating from poles and spears over their tents and pavilions ; and the bishop, after encouraging the King of Leinster and his attendants by recounting the mighty deeds achieved by their ancestors, departed for his church. After this Bran-Dubh saw a great multitude of people on the mountain of Sliabh Neachtain, near him ; and, being reinforced by his house- hold and some of the men of Leinster, who were now flocking to his assistance from every quar- ter, he surrounded this multitude, and took them prisoners. These were the men of Ulidia, with their king, Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin, who, being the hereditary enemies of the Eace of Conn Ceadchathach, were glad to desert to the enemy ; and they formed a solemn treaty of friendship with the Leinstermen ; in commemo- ration of which they erected a earn on the mountain, and changed its name of Sliabh Neachtain, i. e. Nechtan's Mountain, to Sliabh Cadaigh, i. e. the Mountain of the Covenant (which name it retains to this day, though somewhat disguised under the anglicised form of Slieve Gadoe). Then Bran Dubh told the Ulidians to separate from the monarch, and they retired to the insulated piece of land over since called Liis-Uladh, i. e. the Island of the Ulidians. After this the King of Leinster asked who would go to spy the camp of the monarch of Ireland for a rich reward, and Eon Kerr, son of the chief Imail, undertook the dif- ficult task, in the garb of a leper. He rubbed his body and face all over with rye dough, moistened with the blood of a calf; fixed his knee into the socket of a wooden leg, which he borrowed from a cripple, and put on an ample 2 F cloak, under which he concealed his sword ; and, to complete the deception, he carried with him a begging waUet. In this plight ho repaired to the royal camp, and presented himself at the door of the monarch's pavilion. He was asked for tidings, and he replied : " I came from Kil- belat; this morning I went to the camp of the Leinstermen, and, in my absence, some persons [certainly not Leinstermen] came and destroyed my cottage and my church, and broke my quern and my spade." The king made answer, that should he himself survive that expedition, he would give him twenty milch cows as eric, or reparation for this injury ; and, inviting the leper into his pavilion, asked him what the Leinstermen were doing. The leper, disguising his manly voice and martial expression of eye and features as much as he could, said that they were preparing victuals for the monarch and his army. The monarch, however, suspect- ing, from the expression of the eye of Eon Kerr, that he was not a real leper, but a warrior sent in disguise to spy the camp, dosjiatched Dubh- duin, chief of Oirghialla, with the forces of his territory, to Bun-Aife [Buniff"] and Cruaidh- abhall, to prevent the Leinstermen from sur- prising the camp. Now Bran Dubh had all things arranged for the stratagem which Bishop Aidan had planned. He had 3(500 oxen carrying ham])ers, in which armed soldiers were concealed, though they seemed to be filled with provisions ; he liad also 150 untamed horses, for a purpose wliich will presently appear, and a huge candle ; the light of which was concealed under the regal cauldron. AVith these he set out, in the depth of the night, 2 220 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [595. boyioTTia, ■] Do óiojail a rhic Cbomupccoij popjia. 'Coiicjiarap ajioile paop clanna ipin each pin bealoij Ouin 60I5, im becc, mac Cuanach, cijfpna Ctipjmll. Qp DO báp'Ctoba do paibeao : Q iTibuac, pfpup an conn ppi bpuacli, Qcpec pcela, cia pa pcic, QodIi, mac Qinmipeach po bich. ben QeDa cecinic. bacop lonmume cpi caoib, ppip nacli ppeipje aicfppach, Uaoban caillcfn, caoB Ufiiipa pcaob Qoóa, mic Qmmipeach. Qoip Cpiopc, CÚ15 céD nocliac a CÚ15. Qn ceo bbaoain dQoó Slaine, mac mic Oiapmaca, mic pfpjupaCfppbeoil,-! do Colnian T?imiD, i pi^e nGpeann. S. baoicin, mac bpeanainn, abb lae Clioloim Cille, oécc an 9 luine. Ct " chip, abb Clnana mic Moip, Decc. ,iU- for tlie monarch's camp. When the Oirghialla, ■who were posted at Bun-Aife, heard the din and the tumult of this host, — the snorting of the horses and the lowing of the loaded oxen, — they started to arms, and asked who were the party advancing. The others made answer that they were the calones of Leiuster who were conveying victuals for the entertainment of the people of the King of Ireland. The Oirghialla, on examining the tops of the hampers, felt the dressed provi- sions, and their king, Dubhduin or Beg mac Cuanach, said, " they are telling the truth ; let them pass." The Leinstermen advanced to the centre of the monarch's camp, and there, on a hill called ever since Candle-hill, they removed the king's cauldron off the great candle, and its light was seen far and wide. They were fol- lowed by the Oirghialla, who wished to partake of the King of Leinster's hospitality. " What great light is this we see," said the monarch to the leper. The leper replied : " the Leinstermen have arrived with their provisions, and this is their light." The stratagem was now effected. Small bags, filled with stones, were fastened to the tails of the wild horses, which were let loose among the tents of the men of Ireland; the oxen were disencumbered of their bur- dens, and the Leinster soldiers issued from the hampers, grasped their swords, raised their shields, and prepared for fighting. The leper also cast oflT his wooden leg, and handled his sword. The Kinel-Connell and Kinel-Owen, perceiving that the camp was surprised, sprang up, and, forming a rampart of spears and shields around the monarch of Ireland, conveyed him on his steed to Bearna-na-sciath. The leper, Eon Kerr, pursued the monarch with a select party of Leinstermen, and after much desperate fighting unhorsed him, and cut off his head on a flat rock called Lec-Comaigh-cnamh. He emptied his wallet of the crumbs which he had got in the royal pavilion, and put into it the head of the monarch. He then passed unobserved in the darkness of the night, from the confused fight which ensued, into the wild recesses of the mountain, where he remained till morning. The Leinstermen routed the Ui-Neill and Oir- ghialla with great carnage, and slew, among others. Beg, the son of Cuanach, chief of Oir- ghialla. On the following day Ron Kerr, son of Dubh- anach, chief of luiaile, presented BranDubh with 595.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 221 gone to exact the Borumlia, and to avenge his son Comusgach upon them. J Some nobles fell in this battle ol" Bealach Duin-bolg, togetlier with Beg, son of Cuanach, Lord of Oirghialla. Of the 'death of Aedh was said : At Buac, the wave buffets the brink, News were heard, who, in weariness, slew Aedh, sou of Ainmire. The wife of Aedh' cecinit : Three sides were dear, from which to change is [affords] no liope. The side of Tailltin, the side of Teamhair, and the side of Aedh, son of Ainmire. The Age of Christ, 595. The first year of Aedh Slaine", son of the son of Diarmaid, son of Feargluis Cerrbheoil, and of Colman Rimidh, in the so- vereignty of Ireland. St. Baeithin', son of Brenainn, Abbot of la-Choluim Cille [lona], died on the 9th of June. Ailitliir'", Abbot of Cluaiu-mic-Nois, died. the head of the monarch, Aedh, son of Ainmire ; and he obtained from the king the privilege of dining at the royal table, and his paternal in- heritance free of tribute to liim and his repre- sentatives for ever. In the very ancient Life of St. Aidan, or Maidocus, published by Colgan, at 31st January, we find the following passage, which very curiously agrees with this historical tale : " Iste [Brandub] vir astutissimus et valde probus in militia erat, et agena astute, intravit audaciter in castra inimicorum, et occidit ipsuni regem Iliberni», ./Edum filium Ainmirech ; et maximam ca:dem nobilium virorum totius Hi- berniíE cum eo fecit." — Trias Thaum., p. 211. The Annals of Ulster record this battle of Dun-bolg under the year 597. and the Annals of Tighernach under 598, which last is the true year. Ussher states that after the fall of Aedh I., son of Ainmire, King of Ireland, in the battle of Dunbolg, Brandubh, King of Leinster, is said to have bestowed his seat at Ferns upon Aedan, but also that he made it the metropolis of all Leinster. — Primordia, p. 965. 'The wife of Aedh Written 6efin Oeoha by Cucogry O'Clery in his copy of the Leabhar Gabhala, p. 184. Dr. O'Conor translates this " Beatus Aodha," in his edition of these Annals, p. 178. '' Aedh Slaine, ^c. — The commencement of the reign of these joint monarchs is recorded in the Annals of Ufster at the year 597. ' Baeithin " A. D. 597. Quies Baetini Abb fc."_yln». UU. He was a distinguished scribe, and the near relative and intimate companion of St. Columb- kille. He was the son of Brenainn, who was son of Muireadhach, who was St. Columbkille's uncle. His principal church was Teach Baithaein, now Taughboyne, in the barony of Haphoe, and county of Donegal, where his festival was kept on the 9th of Jvme, which was also St. Columb- kille's day. Ussher places his death in the year 598, but Colgan places it in GOO, liecause hu finds that he lived fotir years after the death of St. Columbkille, who died in 596. Adamnan makes special mention of him in his Vila Co- lumbce, lib. i. cc. 2, 23, and lib. iii. c. 4. It is stated in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, A. D. 596, that he died in the sixty-sixth j-ear of his age. ■" Ailithir — "A.D.598. Ailitir, ^IMa.s-Cluana mac Nois 2JaíMa^" — Ann. UU. •2-22 aNNa<',a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [596. Qoip Cpiofc, ci)i5 ceo nochac ay^e. Qn oapa blmóain t)Qo6 Slaine,-] Do Colman. S. Smche, ógh ó Cluain lerh cfngao, tiécc, an naomao let Do No- uemheii Siiibne, mac Colmain bice, njfpna Tílióe, do riiapbao la liQoó Sláine 1 inbpiDarii. Qoip Cpiopr, CÚ15 ceo nochac ay^eaclic. Qn cpeap bliaóain dQo6 "] Do Colman. bemenna bpan Ouib im bpfsliaibh, bpenainn, mac Coipppe mic pecine, ci^ipna Ua TTlaine, Décc. Cacli Slfrhna TTliDe pia Colman T?imi6 pop Concill Cu, mac QodIio, mic Qinmipeac,-] po meabaiD pop Conall. Cach Cúile caol pia bpiacna mac baocam, pop piacbna, mac Demam, agup po meabaiD an each pop piachna macOemam Uara, macQoDlia, mic Garhach Uiopmcapna, pi^ Connachca, Décc. eoclutiD, mac Diapmacca, eppcop -\ abb QpDa TTlaca, Decc. " Sinchc. — This name is more usually written Sineacb, in the nominative form. The memory of this virgin is still venerated at Cill-Sinche, now Kilshine, near Navan, in East Meath, and at Teach-Sinche, now Taughshinny, near Bal- lymahon, in the county of Longford. The lat- ter is probably the place called Cluain leththen- gadh in the text. " Bri-damh: i. e. the Hill of the Oxen, which was the name of a hill over a stream called Suainiu, in the parish and barony of Geshill, King's County See note ", under A. M. 3501, p. 28, supra. Dr. O'Conor translates this as follows : '• Suibneus filius Colmanni Parvi Princeps Midiaj occisus per Aodhum Slanensem tyran- nice." But ti/raimice is incorrect, as Dr. O'Conor might have learned from Colgan, who trans- lates it thus : " " Anno Christi 596. Subneus filius Colmani seu Columbani cognomento parvi'' (Magni ut reor rectius) " Princeps Medi», interfectus est per Aidum Slane in loco qui Brig-dham appel- latur." — Trias Thaum., p. 376, n. 54. This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 599, and in the Annals of Clonmac- noise at 597, as follows : " A. D. 599. Jugulatio Suibne, mic Colmain Moir, mic Diarmata Derg, mic Fergusa Cer- bheoil, mic Conaill Cremthaine, mic Neill Nai- giaUaig, la hAed Slaine, ic Bridam for Suainiu i. e. riviilus.^' " A. D. 599. The killing of Suibhne, son of Colman Mor, son of Diarmaid Derg, son of Fearghus Cerbheoil, son of Conall Cremhthaine, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, by Aedh Slaine, at Bri-damh, over the Suainiu, a stream." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 597. Swyne mac Colman was killed by King Hugh Slane, at the river called Swa- niou." — An?i. Clon- Adamnan has a distinct notice of the killing of this Suibhne by the King Aedh Slaine, in his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 14, where he says that St. Columbkille had forewarned him not to be guilty of fratricide, for that if he should his reign would be brief. His words are as fol- lows : " Prophetia beati viri de filio Dermitii Kegis, qui Aldus Slane lingua nominatus est Scotica. " Alio in tempore, cum vir beatus in Scotia per aliquot demoraretur dies, ad supradictum Aidum ad se venientem, sic prophetice locutus. 596.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. •223 The Age of Christ, 596. Tlie second year of Aedh Slaine and of Colman. St. Sinche", virgm, of Chuiin-leththeangadh, died on the ninth day of November. Suibhne, son of Colman Beg, Lord of Meath, was slain by Aedh Slaine, at Bri- damh". The Age of Christ, 597. The third year of Aedh and Colman. The sword- blowsP of Bran Dubh in Breagh. Brenainn, son of Cairbre"", son of Fechine, Lord of Ui-Maine, died. The battle of Sleamhain'', in Meath, [was fonght] by Colman Rimidh against Conall Cu', son of Aedh, son of Ainmire ; and Conall was defeated. The battle of Cuil-Caer, by Fiachna, son of Basdan, against Fiachna, son of Uenian ; and the battle was gained against Fiachna, son of Deman. Uata", son of Aedh, son of Eochaidh Tirmcharna, King of Connaught, died. Eochaidh, son of Diar- maid'", Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. ait ; Prsecavere debes, fill ne tibi a Deo totius Ibernias Regni prierogatiuam Monarchiie pra;- destinatam parricidali f'aciente peccato amittas : nam si quandóque illud commiseris, non toto Patris Regno, sed eius aliqua parte in gente tua, breui frueris tempore. Qua; verba Saneti sic sunt expleta secundiim eius vaticinationem : nam post Suibneum filium Colunibani dolo ab eo interfectum, non plus (vt fertur) quani qua- tuor annis et tribus mensibus regni concessa potitus est parte." — See death of Aedh Slaine, A. D. 600. p Sword-blows. — This means that Bran Dubh, King of Leinster, overran Bregia in East Mcatli with tlie sword. ■• Brenainn, son of Cairbre " A.' D. 600. Terre motuji in Bairrchi. Mors Breiidaiii mic Coirpri mio Feiehine. Sic invent in libro Ciia- tiach.''^ — Ann. Ult. ' Sleamhain. — Now Slewen, a townland near MuUingar, in the county of Westmeath, now divided into two parts, of which the larger is called Slewcnmore, and the smaller Slewenbeg. See note '', under the year 492. See also the pub- lished Inquisitions, Lagenia, Westmeath, No. 68, Car. I. This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster twice ; first at the year 600, and again at 601 ; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 601, as follows : " A. D. 600. Belliun Sleune, et Bdlum Cuile coil." "A. D. 601. Bellum in quo Colman Rimed, rex Generis Euguin victor erat el Conall Cuun mac Aeda mic Ainmirech, fugitivus evasii." " A. D. 601. The Battle of Sleawyn in Meath was given, where King Colman Rivea was victor, and Conall Cowe, son of King Hugh Ainmi- reagh, put to ilight." — Ann. Clou. ' Conall Cu. — Colgan thinks that he was the same as Conall Clogach, who insulted St. Co- lumbkille at the Convention of Druim-Ceat — See Trias Thaum., pp. 431, 452. " Cuil-Cael: i. e. the Narrow Corner or Angle. This place, which was situated either in the county of Down or Antrim, is unknown to the Editor. " Uata, son of Aedh. — "A. D. 601. Mors Huatach mac Aedo." — Ann. Ult. "Eochaidh, son of Diarmaid. — According tii Ware, this prelate succeeded in 588, and died in 598 See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. m. •224 aHwata nio^hachca eiueawN. [598. Qoi]^ Cpiopu, CÚ15 ceo nochar a hochc. Qn cfqiarhaó bbabain oCtoD 1 DO Colman. S. Cainnech, abb Qcliaió bó, Déj an 11 oOccobe]! ia]i nibfir ceirpe bliabna ochrninj^ac ma bearliaib. Carli Gachpoip 1 TTIuipiufc ]iia Colman coipech Cenel Coippjie pop lllaolcorhaigh, coipeac Ceneoil piach- pacli niuipipce, 1 po nieabaioli an each pin pop TTlaolcochaij. Qoip Cpiopr, pé ctD. S. Comgall bfnocaiii abb bfnocaiji Ulaó, oécc, ail oeachriiaD Ici tio mi Tllan, lap mbfic cao5a bliaóam rjii mi -) oeicli la 1 naboaine bfnucaip. Nochac bliaóam a aoip. S. Colman, mac Cemne, oécc. S. Laippen, .1. ab lllfna opoicliic, Decc. » Acliadh-bo. — Translated " campulus bovis" by Adamnan, in his Vita Coliimb., lib. ii. c. 31 ; apud Colgan, Trias Thamn., p. 345 ; and " ager botim" in a Life of St. Canice, quoted by Ussber, Primord., p. 957. It is now anglicised Agbaboe, and is a townland and parish in the barony of Upper Ossory, in the Queen's County. In the Annals of Ulster the death of St. Cainnech is entered under the years 598 and 599 ; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 597, as fol- lows : " A. D. 598. Quies Cainig in Achaid bo, ut Cuaua docet." " A. D. 599- Quies Cainig Sancti, et Bellum Saxonum in quo victus est Aed." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 597. Canneagh of Acha Boe, named Saint Kenny, in the 84th year of his age, died." — Ann. Clon. This saint is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columb.. lib. i. c. 4 ; and lib. iii. c. 21. — See Ussher's Primordia, pp. 907, 957. In O'Clery's/i-ii/i Calendar his festival is set down under the 11th of October, and it is stated that his principal church was Achadh-bo, and that he had another church at Cill-Eighmonaidh (now St. Andrews) in Alba. From this saint, according to Archbishop Ussher, Primordia, p. 957, the town of Kilkenny, which is at this day pronounced in Irish CiU Cliuinni,^, i. e. cella sivefanum Canicii, Canice's cell or church, takes its name. But Dr. Ledwich has attempted to show, without any authority, that Kilkenny is compounded of Kyle-ken-ui, which he interprets wooded head near the river ; but his Irish and translation are equally groundless ; and the error is the more inexcusable in this writer, as he had the grave authority of Ussher and others to guide him See Lanigan's Ecclesiastical His- tory of Ireland, vol. iL p. 202. > Eachros :' i. e. the Headland or Promontory of the Horses, now A\jghris, a townland in which formerly stood a priory, situated in the north of the parish of Templeboy, barony of Tireragh, and county of Sligo. — See Genealogies, Tribes, 4'C; of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 138. ' Muirisc : i. e. the Sea-plain, a district in the barony of Tireragh, and county of Sligo, extending from the River lascaigh [Easkey] eastwards to the stream which flows into tlie sea between the townlands of Ballyeskeen and Dunnacoy See Ordnance JIajj of the county of Sligo, sheet 12. See also Genealogies, Tribes, 4'C., of Hij-Fiachrach, p. 257, note ^, and the map to the same work. ' Cinel-Cairbre. — These were the race of Cairbre, son of NiaU of the Nine Hostages, Monarch of Ireland, who were at this period seated in the barony of Carbury, and county of Sligo, to which barony they gave name. — See Genealogies, Tribes, 4'C. ofHy-Fiachrach, p. 279, line 1. ' Cinel-Fiachrach of Muirisc. — These were the 598.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 225 The Age of Christ, 598. The fourth year of Aedh and Colman. St. Cain- nech, Abbot of Achadh-bo^ died on the 11th of October, after having been eighty-four years in [this] life. The battle of Eachros'', in Muirisc'', by Colman, chief of Cinel-Cairbre'', against Maelcothaigh, chief of Cinel-Fiachrach, of Mui- risc''; and the battle was gained over Maelcothaigh. The Age of Christ, 600. St. Comhgall, of Beannchair, abbot of Beannchair- Uladh", died on the tenth day of the month of May, after having been thirty years, three months, and ten days, in the abbacy of Bangor. His age was ninety years. St. Colman, son of Leinin'', died. St. Laisren, abbot of Mena- droichif, died. ' iahabitants of the barony of Tir-Fhiachrach, now Tireragh, in the county of Sligo. 'Beannchair- Vladh : i. e. Beannchair of Ulidia, now Bangor, in the north-east of the county of Down. The word Beannchair, which frequently enters into tlie topographical names throughout Ireland, signifies horns, peaks, or pointed hills or rocks. The present place is said to have derived its name from a vast number of cows' horns, which were scattered about the plain on one occasion that Breasal Bealach, King of Leinster, encamped there, after having plun- dered Scotland See Reeves's Ecclesiastical An- tiquities of Down and Connor, ij-c, p. 200. For some account of St. Comhgall, who was a disciple of St. Fintan of Clonenagh, and the tutor of the celebrated Columbanus of Bobbio, and the founder of the great monastery of Beannchair, or Bangor, in Ard-Uladh ( Ards, in the county of Down), the reader is referred to Ussher's Primordia, pp. 911, 956 ; Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 73, 541 ; Archdall's Alonas- ticon Hiber., pp. 106-110; and Lanigan's Eccle- siastical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 60, 66, et seq. Ware says that this place received its same from " Wliite Choir," which he thinks is Banchor in Irish, but it is never so written by the Irish Annalists (See I'iyhernach, ad an7i.558) ; and, though Colgan and De Burgo seem to ap- prove of this interpretation, it is quite certain that it is nothing more than an ingenious con- jecture. The Annals of Ulster record, " Quies Comgnú Beanchuir," at the year 601; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 600, as follows : " A. D. 600. Cowgal, Abbot of Beanchor, in the 90th year of his age, and in the 50th year of his abbotship and three months, died." '' St. Colman, son (if Laisren. — He was the first founder of the church of Cluain-Umha, now C'loyne, in Ui-Leithain, in the now county of Cork.. — -See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 309; and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 573. Colgan says that he wrote a Life of St. Senanus of Inis-Cathaigh, of which he (Colgan) had a fragment, " st?/lo vetusto et per eleganti Yinirio ser- mone conscriptum." — Acta Sanciontm, p. 339, n. 15. Ware says that this saint died on the 4th of November, A. 1). 608 : and hence Harris doubts whether " one Colman, the son of Lenin, whose festival was kept at Cloyne on the 24th of November, was the same as this bishop;" but he should have learned that the Feilire Aenguis, O'Clery's Irish Calendar, and all the Martyrologies, place the festival of the founder of the church of Cloyne under the 24th of November, and that the 4th is a mere inadver- tent mistake of Ware. ' Menadroichit : i. e. Mena Bridge. " Men no- men amnis, -\ hi i-ai jip acú, L e. Men, is the name 2 G 226 awHaca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [600 lap mbeir f é bliaóna hi pighe nGpp.ann dQodIi Sláine, mac Oiapmarca, 1 t)o Colman T?imió, mac baecain, mic ITluiiiceaiicai^, mic TTluijieaDoij, mic eojain, mic Nell, Do cfp ona Colman Rimió la Lochan Oiolmana, copcaip Qoó Sláine la Conall ii^uirbinn, mac Suibne, mic Colmáin TTlóip, no 5icc, mic Diapmacca, mic Ceapbiiill 05 Loch Serhoioe. Qob ^uycan, comalca Conaill, 1 baochjal bile ponguinpfcop, conaó Dia noibeaohaib ay pubpab. Ceou pighe ceou peachr, ceou nfpr pop piojpaba, Gnio Colman Rimib pi, pombi Lochan Oiolmana. Ml ba haipmipc inD aiple, do na hócaibh Uuaió CuipBe, Conall pombi Qon Sláine, QoDh Sláine pombii Suibne. Conall, mac Suibne, Din do mapbab Qooha Roin, coipioch Ua pailje, hi pairce mic ITlencnain, -] Qooh buioe, coipeach Ua TTlaine, ipin ló cearna in po mapbab Ctooh Slaine laip. Qp Dpopaicmfc na nechc pm po paibeab. ba po mop an puab cuma, pop piogpaio Gpeann uile, QoDh Slaine pa flua^ jlonnac, Qooh T?ón ajup Qooh buiDhe. of a river whicli is in Laigliis [Leix] " — Feilitr- Aengxds in the Leahhar Breac, at I6tli September. " nieana ainm abann p'T- ' ^Q'ST' "° 5° "^*^^ ° ópoicfo pil pop an a'Jainn pin po hainmnljeao an baile," i. e. " Meana is the name of a river ■which is in Laighis, or it is from a bridge which is on that river the place is called." — O'Clery's Calendar, I6th September. The place is now called Monadrehid, and is a townland in the south-west end of the plain of Magh-Tuathat, or parish of Offcrrilan, about one mile north-east of Borris-in-Ossory, in the Queen's County. There are still some ruins of St. Laisren's church to be seen at this place. ' Loch-Semhdidhe, now Lough Sewdy, adjoin- ing theruined village of Ballymore-Loughsewdy, situated nearly midway between Athlone and Mullingar, in the county of Westmeatli — See note '', under A. D. 1450, p. 970. The slaying of these joint mouarchs is recorded in the Annals of Ulster at the year ti03, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 604, as follows : " A. D. 602. Omnia qiue scripta sunt in anno sequente, inveni^in libra Cuanach in islo esse per- fecta. A. D. 603. Juijulatio Colmain Rimedo, mic Baedain Brigi, mic Muircheartaich, mic Erca, mic Diarmada, mic Fergusa Cerrbeoil, mic Co- naill Cremthaine, mic Neill Naigiallaig, a viro de (jenere sua qui dictus est Lochan Dealmana. Ja- gulatio Aeda Slaine o Conall mac Suibne ; qui regnaverunt Temoria equal/ potestate simul. Ju- gulatio Aedo Roiu, rex Nepotwn Failgi, i Faetgi Maenaen, for bru Locha Seimdide. Aed Gustan, Comalta Conaill, ocus Baetan Bile ro gonsadar. Eodem die quo jugulatvs est Aed Slaine, Aed Buidhi, ri Ciniuil Maine occiius est." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 604. King Colman Rivea was killed by one of his own near kinsmen named Lochan Dehnanna ; and also King Hugh Slane was likewise killed by one Conell Guthvyn mac Swyne. Hugh Ron, prince of Oifalley, and Hugh, prince of Imaine, were kdled the same day by the self-same man." — .4«». Clan. 600.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 227 After Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, and ColmanRimidh, son of Baedan, son of Miiirclieartacli, son of Muireadhach, son of Eoglian, son of Niall, had been six years in the sovereignty of Ireland, Cohnan Rimidh was slain by Lochan Dil- roana, [and] Aedh Slaine was slain by Conall Guithbhinn, son of Suibhne, son of Colman Mor, or Beg, son of Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, at Loch Senihdidhe^ Aedh Gustan, the foster-brother of Conall, and Baethghal Bile, wounded him. Of their deaths was said : What is reign, what is law, AVhat is power over chieftains ? Behold, Colman Rimhidh the King ! Lochan Dilmana slew him I It was not a wise counsel for the youths of Tuath-Tuirbhe*^! Conall slew Aedh Slaine, Aedh Slaine slew Suibhne. Conall, son of Suibhne, slew Aedh Roin, chief of Ui-Failghe, at Faithche- mic-Mencnain^ and Aedh Buidhe, chief of Ui-Maine, on the same day on which Aedh Slaine was slain by him. To commemorate these events was said : Great was the bloody condition of all the Irish kings, — Aedh Slaine of the valorous host, Aedh Roin, and Aedh Buidhe. The doom of Aedh Slaine is referred to by Colmamts interfectus per Locharmm Diolmhain: Adamnan in his F/ia Coluvibce, lib. i. c. 14, where Aidus vero, cognomento Slane,per Conallum Guth- it is said to have been predicted by St. Columb- hhinn filium Suhnei juxta lacum semdidhe.'' Sic kille — See note under A. D. 596, svprti : ergo foedo parricidio a sancto Columbá hie pra;- " Nam post Smbneum filium Columbani dolo dicto ; Subneum cognatum suum (erant enim ab eo interfcctum, non plus (ut fertur) quam duorum fratrum filli) anno 596, interfecit ; sic quatuor annis et tribus niensibus regni con- et ipse non aniplius postea quam quatuor annis, cessa potitus est parte." On this Colgan writes et aliquot mensibus parte regni interea potitus the following note in Trias Thaum., p. 376, note (ut sanctus Coluuiba praidixit) supcrvixit ; jus- 54 : teque a Conallo pra?dicti Subuei lilio, paternie " Miráconsentioneveritatemhujusprophetiaí ca;dis ultore, interemptus est." indicant et confirmant Quatuor Magistri in An- s Tuath-Tuirhhe : i.e. Turvey's Territory, ualibus: in quibus ista leguntur. '■Anno Chrisli This is a bardic name for Brcgia, from Tuirbhe 596. Subneus fUius Colmani, sem Columhani cog- or Turvey, near Swords, in the county of Dub- noniento parvi (Magni ut reor rcctius) rvinceps lin See Petrie's Inqinry into the Origin and JUedim, interfectus est per Aidu)n Slanc {llihcTnix Us&i of the Round Towers of Ireland, ])p. 3S0, Regem) in loco qui Bri-dham appellaiurJ Et 381. postea; Anno Christi sexcentessimo, Aidus S/ane ^' Faithche mic Mencnain : i.e. the Green of jUius Diermitii, et Culmanus Bimiedus, Jilius Bui- the Son of Mencnan. This is called Faetgi Mae- tani, filii MurchertacTti, filii Afuredachi, fUii Eu- naen in the Annals of Ulster (ubi supra), where genii; postquam sex annis regnassent occuhuerunt ; it is stated that it is on the brink of Loch- Sem- 2 g2 228 aNNQia Rio^hachca eiReawN. [601. Cui jan máchaiji, pi TTluTTian, oécc. Conall Cu, mac Qoóa, mic QinTni|iec, Decc. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céiD a liaon. Qn céiD bliaóain DQoóUaiiiioónacli, mac OorhnaiU llcealjoigh, mic lTiui|icfpcaich, mic TTluipeaDoijli, mic Go jam, hi pije n6peann. S. Caippen, .1. mac pfpanhai j, ab lae Coluim Cille, oéj an 16 DO Sepcembep. Cach Slaibpe pia nUiB Nell pop bpan Oub, mac Garh- ach, pi Laijfn, 1 bpanoub, .1. mac Gachoac, do mapbaó la haipcinoech Sen- boiche Sine, -] la a óeipbpine buóém, arhail apbfpap, didlie, or Lough Sewdy. The name is now ob- solete, but it is clear that the green so called occupied the site of the present village of Bally- more-Loughsewdy. ' Cui-gan-mathair ^c, died. — This is a mistake of the Four Masters, for this King of Munster lived till the year 664, q. v. They probably intended to have written that Cui-gan-mathair was born in this year. In the Annals of Ulster, at the year 603, the reading is Cui cen macaip m. e. an evident error of transcribers for Cui cen maccnp n. e. i. natus est. '' Conall Cm.— Colgan thinks that this Conall Cu, i. e. Conallus Canis vel Caniuus, was Co- nall Clogach, who insulted St. Columbkille and his attendant at the National Convention at Druim-Ceat See more of him in O'Donnell's Life of Columbkille, lib. iii. c. 5 ; Trias Tkaum., p. 431 ; and in Keating's Eistori/ of Ireland, in the reign ofAedh mac Ainmirech. ' Aedh Uairidhnach : i. e. Hugh of the Shi- vering Disease (the ague?). The name is ex- plained in Dr. Lynch's translation of Keating's History of Ireland, as foUows : " Uaridnachi cognomine ideo est aifectus, quod adeo vehementi maligni frigoris inipetu, per intervalla, correptus fuerit, ut si orbis uni- versi dominio frueretur, eo non gravate cederet, ea lege, ut morbi vis se, vel modice, remitteret. Vox enim Uairiodlmaigh perinde est ac readligha faara, quod reciprocum frigoris paroxysmum significat." " Laisren. — He was the third abbot of lona, and is mentioned by Adamnan lib. i. c. 12, as son of Feradachus, and one of the companions of St. Columbkille; on this Colgan has the fol- lowing note in Trias Thamn., p. 375, n. 51 : " Fuit hie Abbas Hiensis, et colitur 16 Sep- tembris juxta Sanctum .áíngussium in Festilogio metrico, Martyrologium Tamlactense, Marianum Gormanum, Cathaldum Maguir, et !Martyrolo- gium Dungallense. Feradachus vero ejus pater fuit Sancti Cohimba; compatruelis, \\t constat ex Sanctilogio Genealogico capite i. ubi ejus genealogia talis legitur. Sanctus LaÁsi-enus, JUius Feradachi, fUii Ninnedii, filii Fergussii, Jilii Co- nalli Gulbannii, tj-c. Ninnedius enim ejus avus, fuit frater Fethlemidii, patris Sancti Columbse, juxta dicenda infra in Appendice quarta. De morte Sancti Laisrani, seu (ut alii loquuntur) Laisreni, sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in An- nalibus; Anno Christi, 601, etprimo Aedi cogno- mento Huairiodhnach, filii DomnaJdi (Regis Hi- bernise) S. Laisrenns, Feradachi filius. Abbas Hiensis obiit die 16 Septeinb." Ussher, in his list of the abbots of lona, from its foundation Ull the year 710 {Primordia, pp. 701, 702), omits this Laisren, and makes Ferg- naus the third abbot. ° Slaibhre. — The situation of this place is not defined in any of the Irish Annals, or in the his- torical tva.QX<^a.\\eáBoi-umha-Laighean. The notice of Bran Dubh's death is given in the Annals of Tighernach (Cod. Bodl. fol. 10, col. 2), and in 601.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 229 Ciii-gan-mathair, King of Mimster, died'. Conall Cu^ son of Aedh, son of Aiumire, died. The Age of Christ, 601. The first year of Aedh Uairidhnach', son of Domhnall Ilchealgach, son of Muircheartacli.son of Muireadliach, son of Eoghau, in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Laisren"", abbot of la-Coluim Cille, died on the 16th of September. The battle of Slaibhre" [was gained] by the Ui-Neill over Bran Dubh, son of Eochaidh, King of Leinster; and Bran Dubh, i. e. son of Eochaidh, was killed by the Airchinneach" of Senboithe-SineP, and his own tribe, as is said the Annals of Ulster, under the year 604, evi- dently from two different authorities, as fol- lows : " A. D. 604. Bellvm Sleibre, in quo victvs est Brandub mac Ethach. Nepofes Neill victores erant. Jugulaiio Branduib (mic Eathach, mic Muireadaig, mic Aeda, mic Feidhlimid, mic Enua Ccinnsealaig, mic Labrada, mic Breasail Belaig, mic Fiacha Baicedha, mic Ciitliair Moir) Reijis Laigin, a genere suo per dulum. x.r.r annis regnavit iiiLagcnia; ocus a cath na Damcluanna ro marbhadh ; no go madh é Saran Saebderg .i. Oircinnech Scanboite Sine ros mairfedh" [and in the battle of Damhcluain he was slain ; or it was Saran Saebhderg, i. e. Oirchinneach of Seanboith Sine, that killed him] " nt poetadixU: " Saran Saebderg Seol co se, Oircinneach Sean- boite Sine E, ni dalb gan brandal breth, ro uiarbh Bran- dub mac Eachach." In the Life of St. Maidoc of Ferns, published by Colgau at 31st January, the slayer of Bran Dubh is called " Quidam Comes Laginiensis." The passage run as follows : " Quidam Comes Laginiensis evertit fidem suam contra dominum suum, et jugulavit regem Laginensium, imo totus Ilibernix' Brandubum filium Ethach, et illico inde rex obiit sine con- fessione, et divino viatico." On this passage Colgan has the following note, Acta Sanctorum, p. 20, note 43 : " Quoad jugulationem Brandubii per Sara- num Archenacum de Seanbhoth consentiunt Nehemias O'Duinn in Catalogo Regum Lageniae, et tres alii Anonymi, qui ne eisdem liegibus scripserunt. Brandubium autem esse prius in pugna devictum ab O'Neillis, et mox a Sarano interfectum tradunt Quatuor. Magistri in Anna- libus ad annum 60L quo ita loquuntur ; O^Ndli deoiceriint Brandubiiun Jilium Eochodii, Layenice Regan, in preelio Slabrensi, qui et mox occiius est per Saranum Soebdherc Arcennacum deSeanhhoth- Sena, et per proprios suos cognatos." ■ Airchinneach : i. e. the hereditary warden of the church, usually anglicised Erenagh or He- renagh. I' Senboth-Sine. — Now Teanipull-Seanbotha, anglice Templeshanbo, at the foot of Suidhe- Laighean, now Stuadh-Laighcan, or Mount Leinster, in the barony of Scarawalsh, and county of Wexford. Its situation is described in the Life of St. Muidoc, c. xxvi., as follows: " Monasterivun quod dicitur Scanbotha juxta radices mentis qui dicitur Scotice Suighe Lagen, id est, Sessio Laginensium." On this passage Colgan writes the following note {Acta Sanctoruvi, p. 217, note 26): " Est ha;c Ecclesia in regione de lly-Kinsc- lach in diuccesi Ferncnsi : in eá que 27 Uctobris colitur S. Colmanus Hua-Fiachrach, ut patronus juxta /Engussium, Marianum et alios." 230 aHNQca Rio^hachra eiReawH. [602. Sapán SoeBóepc, yeol 50 pe, aipcinneach Sfnboir Sine, G ni Dalb, jan bpanoul bpach, ]io majib byianDub, mac Garhach. Laijneach pain]ier)ac po pctiD inn po, TTlaO 1 mbfchaió niic Gachach, Dom hiy^ao an ruaij^cepcach, In each ima nuapachap, ay cian o do puaipcfpcpaoli. Diambaoli In cpeb riiipeaDoij mac Garacli mic TTlnipeaooij Noclia bfpomn mo Bolg Ion 00 cill ap ai Qooha Ctllán. Colman, mac peapaboi^, coipioc Oppai je, oécc. Qoip Cpiofc, ye ceo a 00. Qn Dapa bliaóain dQodIi. S. Smell, eppcop Tilai^he bile, oécc an ceo la oOcrobep. Qoip Cpiopc, pé ceo a cfcaip. Qn cfrpamab bliabam 0Q0Ó. piaclipa Caocb, mac baooain, do mapBao la Cpuirniu. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo a cúij. Qn cúicceaó bliaóain dQodIi. 8. beojbna, abb bTnocaip lap cCorhgall, 065 22 oQujupc. TTloUia, .1. Lngbaio, mac bUi Oicbe, ceo abb Cluana pfpca ÍTlolua, 065. Seacbnapach, mac ^ap- bam, roipeacb Ceneoil mbojaine, Do mapbaó la Domnall, mac Qooba, mic Qinmipecli. Conall an jae bfipcc, mac Oaimene, 00 mapbob la bUib TTléic TTIaca. ■i SaranSaehhdhearc: i. e. Saran of the crooked, of this Colman, the family of Mac Gillaphadruig, foul, or evil Eye. anglicc Fitzpatrick, are descended. ' Full sack, tj-c. — Dr. O'Conor translates this ' Magh-hUe : i. e. the Field or Plain of the " Haberem nunc ventrem plenum usque ad os!" ancient Tree, now Movilla, a village near New- But this is evidently incorrect. The poem town-Ards, in the county of Down, where St. from which this extract is taken is ascribed by Finnian, son of Ultach, founded a great mo- Tighernach to Cailleach Laighneach. It alludes nastery in the sixth century. There is another to tribute unwillingly paid by the Leinstermen Magh-bile near the western shore of Lough- to the Monarch, Aedh Allan; for the author Foyle, in the barony of Inishowen, and county regrets that Bran Dubh was not alive to resist of Donegal. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, the incursion of that northern potentate. pp.637, 639, 641, 650. Dr. Lanigan, in his * Colman, son of Fcradhach. — He was the Ecclesiastical History of Ireland (vol i. p. 265), father of Scannlan, who is mentioned by Adam- says : nan, lib. i. c. 11, as a prisoner in the hands of " In our Calendars, Martyrologies, and An- Aidus, sou of Ainmire, Monarch of Ireland, nals, Magh-hile is often mentioned, and in a but liberated at the period of the Convention of general and absolute manner, without any allu- Druim-Ceat, after which he reigned, according sion to a second monastery of that name. Ware to his contemporary, Adamnan, for thirty years was, therefore, right in making but one Magh- and three months. From Cinnfaela, the brother bile, or Jlovill, viz., that of Down, and ought 602.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 231 Saran Soebhdhearc'', a guide indeed ; Aircbinneach of Seanboith Sine, Was he, it is no falsehood without bright judgment, who killed Bran Dubh, sun of Eochaidh. A certain Leinsterman said the following: Were it in the time of the son of Eochaidh that the northern had come, From the battle which they gained, they would have been long panic-driven ; If in a pillared house were the son of Eochaidh, son of Muireadhach, I would not bring my full sack"' to a chui'ch for the sake of Aedh Allan. Colman, son of Fearadhach^ chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died. The Age of Christ, G02. The second year of Aedh. St. Sinell, Bishop of Magh-bile', died on the first day of October. The Age of Christ, 604. The fourth year of Aedh. Fiachra Caech", son of Baedan, was slain by the Cruithni. The Age of Christ, 605. The fifth year of Aedh. St. Beoghna, Abbot of Beannchair'^ [next] after Comhgall, died on the 12th of August Molua, i. e. Lughaidh I\Iac hUi-Oiche, first abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua^ died. Seachna- sach, son of Garbhan, chief of Cinel-Boghaine'', was slain by Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire. Conall of the Red Dart, sou of Daimhin, was killed by the Ui-Meith-Macha'. to have been adhered to by Harris." " Fiachra Caech. — He was evideutly the son In this observation Dr. Lanigan places too of Baedan, King of Ulidia, who died in 385. great a reliance on the authority of Ware ; for The death of Fiachra is entered in tlie Annals Colgaa states that Magh-bile, in Inis Eoghain, of Ulster at the year 607- which is the Domnach-bile of the Tripartite " Beannchair : i. e. Bangor, in the count}' of Life of St. Patrick, lib. ii. c. 122, " Fuit olim Down. monasterium baud ignobile." — Trias Thaum., ^ Cluain-fearta- Molua — See note \ under the p. 181. year 571- The death of Lughaidh macc-U-Ochae In Colgan's time the latter was a parish is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year GU8. church in the diocese of Derry. There are con- ' Cinel-Boghaine: i. e. the Race of Enna Bogh- siderable ruins of this church still to be seen, aine, second sou of Conall Gulban, son of Niall and near it a high plain stone cross traditionally of the Nine Hostages, who were seated in the said to have been erected by St. Patrick, the present barony of Banagh, in the west of the original founder and patron of this church. The county of Donegal — See Battle of MQot)li Uaipiobnacli. S.Siollan, macCainimin, abb bfnncaip,"] comapbaCorrijaiUjDég 28peb|Uiapi. Qeoh ancbopi. QodIi, mac Colgan, roipecli Qip^iall -j na nQijirfp apcfna, oécc, ina oilifpe hi cCliiam mic Noip. Qp do do páióeaó. Ro bai can, ha linD opDan Loch Da Dam, Ni bui an loch ace ba hopDan, hi plaic Ctooha, mic Coljan. Cuma Darhnab niuip capa poDam cup Cebé po cep rpilip rpeab, cpé imp Locha Da Dam. TTlaolumha, mac baecain, Dég. Colcca Ooilene, mac piachna, Dég. TTIaolDUin, mac Qilene, coipeac mojhDopn TTlaiT^fn, Décc. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo a peachc. lap mbfir peachc mbliaóna i pije dants of Muireadhacli Mtith, son of Imchadli, son of CoUa Dachrich, and were seated in the present barony of Monaghan, in the county of Monaghan. — See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 184, n. 16 ; and Leahhar-na-gCeart, pp. 148, 149, note ". The death of Conall mac Daimein is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 548. » Sillan His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster, in which he is called Sillan mac Cum- minn, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise, in which he is called Sillan ma Comyn, at the year 609. Colgan has collected all he could find of the history of this saint at 28th February, and cites his authorities in n. 8, as follows : " Anno 606, die 28 Febr. Ita citati Annales" [QuatuorMagistrorum] " adhunc annum dicen- tes Sillanus,Jilius Commini. Abbas Benncliorensis, et Comorbanus?). Comgalli 28 dieFebruarii obiit. "Et quoad diem, consentiunt Sanctus iEngus- sius in suo Festilogio ad eundem diem, dicens ; FestumS. Sillani Benndiorensis: Marian Gorman ejusve Scholiastes. Sillanus, Magister, filius Cu- meni, Abbas Benchori Ultoniensis, et Comorba- nus Comgalli. Mart. Taml. Sillanus Abbas, et Comorbanus Comgalli. Item Maguir, et Mart. Dungallen. ad eundem diem." — Acta SS., p. 424. '' Aedh the anchorite " A. D. 609- Aidan, Anchorite, died, and Moyleowa mac Boydan, and Colgan Dolene mac Fieghna, all died." — Ann. Clan. ' Airtlieara: i. e. Orientales or the inhabitants of the eastern part of Oirghialla. The name is still preserved in that of the baronies of Orior in the east of the county of Armagh. The chieftain Aedh, son of Colgan, is referred to in c. 1 6 of the Life of St. Mochteus, published by Colgan, at 24 Mart., on which Colgan has the following note in his Acta SS., p. 732 : " De morte hujus Aidi Oirgielliaí Principis sic scribunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibiis, ad ann. 606. Aidus filius Colgan Princeps Oirgiellice et Artheriorum (id est Orientalium Ultoniorum)" [_recté Orgielliorum] " in sua peregrinatione Clu- ainmucnosicB decessit. Subduntur ibidem qui- dam versus patrio metro a quodam sinchrono scripti, (juibus indicatur hunc Aidum abdicate regimine monasticum institutum amplexum esse, et virum eximiíE sanctitatis fuisse. IIujus pii Principis nomen posteritati celebratius rcli- quit, ejusque familiam hand mediocriter nobili- tavit, et fratrum et filiorum ipsius eximia fas- tisque celebrata sanctitas. Ilabuit enim ger- manos fratres duos Baitaniun, alias Boetanum, et Furadhranum ; filiosque quatuor, Magnen- 606.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 233 The Age of Christ, 606. The sixth year of Aedh Uairidhnach. St. Sillan", son of Caimin, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and successor of Comhgall, died on the 28th of Februarj-. Aedh the Anchorite'' [died]. Aedh, son of Colgan, chief of Oirghialla and of all the Airtheara^ died on his pilgrimage, at Cluain- mic-Nois. Of him was said : There was a time when Loch-da-damh'' was a pool of splendour. The lake was [nothing else] but splendour in the reign of Aedh, son of Colgan. Indifferent to me who destroyed it ; my fz'iend has abandoned it; Though it was he that placed a brilliant house upon the island of Loch-da-damh. Maelumha, son of Baedan, died. Colga Doilene, son of Fiachna, died. Maelduin, son of Ailen, chief of Mughdorn Maighean^ died. The Age of Christ, 607. After Aedh Uairidhnach had been seven years dum, scilicet, Tuauum, Cobhthachum, et Li- brenum ; sanctorum syllabo insertos, ut tes- tantur Sanctilogium Genealogicum, c. 13, et Selvacius de sanctorum Ilibernise Genealogia, c. 11." '* Loch-da-damh : i. e. Lake of the Two Oxen. This was evidently the name of a lake in Oirghi- alla, on an island in which the habitation of the chieftain, Aedh mac Colgain, was situated. It has not been yet identified. These verses, which Colgan understood to allude to the abdication of Aedh, are very obscure, as we do not know to what the writer exactly alludes. ' Murjhdorn Maigliean Now the barony of Crioch-Mughdhorna, anglice Cremorne, in the county of Monaghan. It is supposed to have derived the addition of Maighen from the church of Domhnach-Maighen, now Donagh- moyne church. In the Annals of Ulster the death of this chieftain is entered at the year 610, thus: " A. D. 6 1 0. Mois Maeileduin regis Mog- dornae." Colman Canis, the brother of this Maelduin, is mentioned by Adamnan ( Vita Columba:, lib. i. c. 43), as slain by Ronan, son of Aidus, son of 2 Colgan of the tribe Arterii, i. e. the inhabitants of the present baronies of Orior, in the east of the ancient Oirghialla, who also fell in the same combat. — See note 198, supra. On this passage in Adamnan, Colgan has written the following note : " In parte Maugdomorum duo nobiles viri se mutuo vulnerihus mortui sunt hoc est Colman Canis Jilius Aileni, et Ronanusfilius Áidi,filii Colgan dc Artcriorum gcnere, c. 43. De morte horum no- bilium nihil in nostris Annalibus reperio. De patre tamen unius et fratre alterius sequentia accipe ex Quatuor JIagistris anno Christi GOG, et sexto Aidi (Regis Hibernia;) cognomento Huairiodhnach ; Aidus Jilius Colgan, Argielliie el Arthcriorum Princeps pie ohiit in sua peregrina- tione Cluainmucnosice : et Maelduinus jilius Aileni Princeps Mugdornorum Maginensium dccessii. Ronanus ergo filius Aidi filii Colgan de Arthc- riorum genere (de quo loquitur S. Adamiianus) fuit filius hujus Aidi filii Colgan Arthcriorum Principis, et Colmanus ille cognomento Canis, vel potius Canus, filius Aileni, fuit frater hujus Maelduini, filii Aileni Mugdornorum principis. Genus enim et tempus in utrunujue conspirant; cum unus paulo ante patreni, et alius ante fra- n 234 aNNa?.a Rioshachca eiReaNw. [608. nGpeann dQodIi Uaijiioonach acbach aj Qrh Oct pfpca. Carli Ooba pia nQenjiip, mac Colmam, Dú in po mapbaó Conall Laoj bpfj, mac Qoolia, 50 pochaióe móip ime, Dia nebpao, Qn fee immuUach Ooba, cea a jai oojpa ni laep Oeichbiji 01, CIO olc a oenn, po bai mop cfno ina cpaop. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo a hoclic. Qn céiD bliaóain 00 TTlaolcoba, mac Qooha, mic Ctinmipeach, hi pigbe nGpeann. Ctoip Cpioyx, ft ceo anaoi. Qn oapa bliaóain 00 rilanlcoba. S. Uolua pocG, abb Cluana mic Noip, 065. Seannacli, abb Qpoa ITlaclia, ó Cluain Ua n^pici ooipióe, -] a écc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo a oeicli. 8. Colman Gala, abb Dec, 26 00 Sep- treiii suum fuerit extinctus." — Trias Tlioum., p. 379, u. 91. ' Ath-da-fem-ta : i. e. Ford of the two Graves, or of the two Miracles. This place is unknown to the Editor. In the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of this Monarch is given thus : " A. D. Gl 1. 3Ioi-s Aedo JUii Domhnaill regis Temro."— Ann. Ult. "A. D. 609" [í-ecte611]. "Hugh Oriuagh reigned seven years and then died." ° Odhbha See note ', under A. M. 3502, p. 31, supra. '' Aenghus, son of Colman This is the person called Oengusius filius Aido Comain, in the printed editions of Adamnan's Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 13. — See note ', under the year 616. ' Great head. — This quatrain is evidently quoted from a poem on this battle by a poet who saw the head of Conall Laegh Breagh thrown upon the whitethorn bush on the sum- mit of the mound of Odhbha, and who viewed the bush with horror, as it held the head of a prince in its mouth! The first part of the figure is correct, but the latter part is wild in the extreme, as giving a mouth to a whitethorn bush. The whole quatrain may be easily im- proved thus : " Q See a mullac OoKa, jjió do ^ui oo^pa rn láip OeirBip Diiic jup olc oo óenn, po Bai mop cenn ap do jaib." " Thou lonely thorn on Odhbha's top, although thyjavelins thou dost not throw. Still is thy aspect truly hideous, thou piercedst once a lordly head with thy spears." The battle of Odhbha is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 609, and in the Annals of Ulster at 611. ■" Maelcohha In the Annals of Ulster his accession is mentioned under the year 611, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 609, thus : "A. D. 611. Bellum Odba; re nOengus mac Colmain, in quo cecidit Conall Lacgbruag Jilius Aedo Slaine. Blaelcoba rcgnare incipit hoc anno." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. " A. D. 609- Moylc Cova succeeded next and reigned five years. The battle of Ova was given, where Conell Loybrey mac Hugh Slane was killed by Enos mac Colman." — Ann. Clou. OTlaherty places the accession of Malcovus Clericus in 6 1 2, which is the true year See Ogygia, p. 431. 6f)8.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 235 in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ath-da-fearta^ The battle of Odhbha*^, by Aenghus, son of Colman'', wherein was slain Conall Laegh-Breagh, son of Aedh [Slaine], with a great number about him, of which was said : The whitethorn on top of Odhbha, though its sharp darts it throws not, Lawful for it that its aspect should be evil : there was a great head' in its mouth. The Age of Christ, 608. The first year of Maelcobha'', son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, in the sovereignty of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 609. The second year of Maelcobha. St. Tolua Fota', Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Seanach", Abbot of Ard-Macha, died ; he was of Cluain-Ua-nGrici". The Age of Christ, 610. St. Colman Eala", i. e. Mac-Ui-Selli, abbot, died ' Tolua Fota : L e. Tolua the Tall. " A. D. 613. Tolfa Fota, Ahhas Cluance mac Cunois pamat. Stella''' [comata] " visa est hora octava diei." — Ann. Hit. This Tolu or Tolfa succeeded Aelithir, third abbot of Clonmacnoise, who was living in the year that Columbkille attended the Synod of Druim-Ceat — See Adamnan's Vita Columh., lib. i. c. 3. ■" Seanach He succeeded in 598 and died in 610. He is set down among the Archbishops of Armagh, in the catalogue of those prelates preserved in the Psalter of Cashel. Ussher {Primord., p. 966) makes bim the last of the third order of holy bishops, or bishops dignified by the name of saints. Colgan omits him alto- gether in his Annals of Armagh {Trias Thawn., p. 293), and makes Mac Lasrius succeed Eucho- dius, who died in 597 [598] See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 39- " Chiain-Ua-nGrici : i. e. the Lawn, Meadow, or insulated Pasturage of the [tribe of] Ui- Grici. This place, which would be called in the anglicised form Cloonygreek, is unknown to the Editor. ° Colman Eala. — His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster binder the year 10; but in the 2 u Annals of Clonmacnoise under 609, as follows: "A. D. 610. Qnies Colmani Elo. Sic est in libra Cuanach." — Ann. Ult. "A.D. 609. Saint Colman Ealla macWihcalla, in the 56th year of his age, died." — Ann. Clou. The festival of this saint is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis, and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 2Cth September; in the latter as follows : " Colmún 6ala, abb ó í,ainn Gala. Sé bliaona ajup caojao a aoip an can po paoio a ppiopao DO cum nnrie anno oomini 610." " Colman Eala, abbot of Lann-Eala" [Ly- nally]. " Fifty-six years was his age when he resigned his spirit to heaven, in the year of our Lord 610." Adamnan mentions thig saint in his Vita Co- lumh., lib. i. c. 5, where he calls him " Colma- nus Episcopus Mac-U-Sailne," from his tribe name; and lib. ii. cc. 13, 15, where he calls him " Columbanus filius Bcognai" from his father Beogua. Colgan, who intended giving a life of him at 26th September, has the following note on the lib. i. c. 5, of Adamnan, Trias Thaum., not. 32 : " S. Colmani Episcopi Mac-U-Sailne, c. 5. Eundem raox vocat Cobimbanum Jilitini Beogna. Est hie Colmanus a loco Lann-Ela dicto (in 2 236 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [611. cembep n^in peiyfo bliaóain a\\ caogair a ao^y^. Meman, abb Lip rnói|i, oécc. lap mbeirh reopa mbliaóan i pi^e nGpeann do TTlaolcoba, mac Qoóa, mic Qininipec, oo ceap la Siiibne TTleanri, hi ccach Slebe Uoaó. Ronap, mac Colmain, pi LaijCn 065. ^opman 00 TTliijoopnaib, ó cráo TTleic Cmnn, ape )io boi bliaoam pop uipce Uiobpair Pinjin, 1 ina ailicpe 1 cCluain mic Noip, acbarli. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo a haon noecc. Qn céiD bliaóain do Siiibne TTleann, mac piacbna, mic pfpaohaij, hi pighe uap G|,iTin. Gcclap bfnncaip Ulan 00 LopccaD. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo a do nécc. Qn oapa bliabain do Suibrie. pioncain Oencpeib, abb bfriDcaip, Décc. ConDepe DolopccaDh. papujhaD Copaighe la mupcoblach muipibe. quo niouasterium extruxit) vulgo Colman-Ela ; et hinc latine a multis Colmanellus appellatus. Vide ejus vitam ad 26 Semptemb. in qua c. 1, vooatur filius Beogna, ut hie. Vide ejus genea- logiam in Notis ad eandem vitam, in qua et filius Beagna, et de stirpe Salii seu Salnii, filii Clithradii, oriundus t'ertur; ut hinc intelligas quare hie in titulo cap. 5. Mocu-Sailne, id est, de progenie Salnii vocetur. In vita S. Itse, ad 15 Januar. c. 21, memoratur quomodo hie Sanctus Colmanus, sive (quod idem est) Colum- banus, navigaverit ad S. Columbam in Hiensi insula commorantem ; et quod ibidem factus fuerit Episcopus. De ejus morte, a;tate, festo, et genere Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ha;c habent : Aniw Christi sexcentessimo decimo et Molcobiv Regis teiiio, Sanctus Colmanellus Abbas, ohiit. 26 SepiemI/. letatis smv quinquagessimo sexto: De Dal Sellii (id est de stirpe) Sallii fait oriun- dus." Ussher gives a curious extract from the Lite of Colmanus Elo {Primord., p. 960), and describes the situation of his church as follows: " HodieXm-a&' locus ille vocatur in comitatu Regio, quatuor milliarium spatio a Dearmachano Columb» cffinobio" [Durrow] " dissitus : ubi inter chorum sanctorum virormn (ut in fine vit» illius additur) saiictissimus senex Sexto Kalen- das Novembris" [Octobris?] "feliciter ad Chris- tum emisit spiritum ; anno salutis, ut ex Cua- nacho Chronographo Hibernico Ultonienses Annales referunt, DCX°." For the situation of Lanu-Ealla or Lynally, in the King's County, see note '', under A. D. 1533, p. 1414. '' Lis-mor NovvLismore, on the River Black- water, in the west of the county Waterford. Tins is the second Abbot of Lismore mentioned in these Annals before St. Carthach or Mochuda. — See note under the year 588, and Archdall's Monasiicon Hihcrnicum, p. 691. 1 Sliabh Toadh See note '', under A. D. 29 1, p. 122, supra. In the Annals of Ulster the death of this monarch is entered under tlie year 614, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 613, as follows: " A. D. 614. Jugulatio Maelcobo mac Aedo in bello montis Belgadain, alias i cac SléiBe cpuim cuor" [in the battle of Sliabh Truini Tuoth], " Suibne Menu victor erat." " A. D.613. King Moycova was slain in Shew- Twa by Swyne Meann." — Ann. Clon. GIL] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. •237 on the 26th of September, in the fifty-sixth year of his age. Neman. Abbot of Lis-mor"", died. After Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been three years in tlie sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain by Suibhne Meann, in the battle of Sliabh Toadh''. Ronan, son of Colman, King of Leinster, died. Gorraan^ [one] of the Mughdhorna, from whom are the Mac Cuinns, and who was a year [living] on the water of Tibraid-Fingin', on his pilgrimage at Cluain-mic-Nois, died. The Age of Christ, 611. The first year of Suil)hne Meann, son of Fiachna, son of Fearadhach, in sovereignty over Ireland. The church (jf Beannchair- Uladh' was burned. The Age of Christ, 612. The second year of Suibhne. Fintan of Oentrebh", Abbot of Beannchair, died. Connere" [Connor] was burned. The devastation of Torach" by a marine fleet. For the situation of Sliabh Truiui see note % under A.D.I 275, p. 424. ' Garman. — He was of the sept of Mugh- (lliorna, who were seated in the present barony of Cremorue, in the county of Monaghan, and was the ancestor of the family of Mac Gorman, otherwise called Mac Cuinn ua mBocht, Ere- naghs of Clonmacnoise, in the King's County. In the Annals of Tigheruach, the death of this Gorman is entered under the year 758. ' Tibraid-Fiaghin : i. e. St. Finghin's AVell. This well still bears this name, and is situated near TeampuU Finghin, at Clonmacnoise, and near the brink of the Shannon, by whose waters it is sometimes concealed in winter and spring. — See Petrie's Inquiry into the Orit/in, ^c, of the Round Towers of Ireland, p. 265. In Mageoghe- gan's Annals of Clonmacnoise, this passage about Gorman is given as follows : " A. D. 613. This year came in pilgrimage to Clonvicknose one Gorman, and remained there a year, and fasted that space on bread and the water of Fynin's well. He is ancestor to Mic Connemboght and .Moynter-Gornian, and died in Clone aforesaid." Under this year (610) the Annals of Ulster contain the following passage, omitted by the Four Masters: "A. D. 610. Fulmtnatus est exercittis Uloth .i. mBairche /iifoííme terribili." " A. D 610. The army of Uladh was smote in Bairche" [the Mourne Mountains] " with terrific thunder." ^ Beannchair- Uladh Now Bangor, in the county of Down. " Comhustio Benchoir" is en- tered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 6 14; but in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 613. ■i Oentrebh. — This is the ancient form of the name of the town of Antrim, from which the county was named. It is to be distinguished from Oendruim, wliich was the ancient name of Mahee Island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, in the county of Down — See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down and Connor, á;c., pp. 63, 277, 278. In the Annals of Ulster, " Quies Fintain Oentraib, Abbatis Benchair," is entered under the year 612; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of Fyntan of Intreive is entered under 613. " Connere. — "A. D. Gl6. 6opcuó Conoipi, i. e. the burning of Connor." — Ann. Ult. ' Torach : i. e. towerv, or consisting of towers •238 aHNQca Rio^hachca eiReaww. [613. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo a cpi oecc. Ctn rpeajp bliaóain oo Suibne. Colccu, mac Suibne, do rhapbab,-) bay piachach, mic Concnll, in bliaóain pn. pfpjup, mac Colmáin ÍTlóip, plaich ÍTlióe, do rhapbao la hQnpapcach Ua TPfpcan Do TTluinrip blainrie. Qp Do pin op pubpaD innpo : TTla Dom ipaDlipa com reach, liUa TTlfpcain Qnpapcach, Uipce Dopbacli Do bép Do, po bich gona peapjopa. Cep can do copac buióne ceneoil Colmáin pech Cúilne, lap mi poipfc Di puiDe, Sil ITlfpcain im blaiciniu. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céD a cfraip Décc. Qn cfrpamao bliabain Do Suibne. S. Caerhan bpfcc, ó Rop each, Decc, an cfrpamaD la Décc Do Sepcembep. CtoDh bfnDan, pi lapmurhan, Decc. Qp Do popaicmfc a báip ap pubpaó : Qobh bfnDan, Don Go^anacc laphiachaip, — Qp maip5 peoDa DianaD pi, cenmaip cip Dionac buachail. Q pciach an ran po cpocha, a bíobbaóa pucbocha, Cepa beccan [bee ace] pop a muin, ap DiDiu Don laprhumain. pmgin, mac piacpach, Dej. Ctoip Cpiopr, pé ceo a CÚ15 Decc. Qn cúigeaD bliaóain Do Suibne. QiliU, mac baecdin, TTlaolDÚin, mac pfpjupa, mic baocóin, "j Oiucolla Do mapBa6 hi rriuigh Slechc, hi ccpich Connachc. Oocenel mbaocóin, mic TTluipcfproij Doib. Piachpa, mac Ciapain, mic Qinmipe, mic Seona, Deg. Cach CfnD- 5aba. * or tower-like rocks, now Tory Island, off the of " Coeman Breao" is given under the year north-west coast of Donegal See note ^ A. M. G14. In the Feilire-Aenguis and O'Clery's Irish 3066, and note % under A. M. 3330. Calendar the festival of Colman Breao is given ^ Colgu, SfC. — These entries are given in the at 14th September; and it is stated that his Annals of Ulster at the year 617, as follows : church is situated in Caille-FoUamhain, in '•A. D. 617. Jugulatio Colggen mic Suibne, Meath. There are some ruins of this church et mors Fiachrach mic Conaill, et juijulatio Fer- still extant. gusa filii Cohnain Magni, .i. la Anfartuch hU- " Aedh Beannan. — He is the ancestor of the Mescain do Muintir-Blatine." family of O'Muircheartaigh, now anglice Mori- ' Ros-each : i. e. Wood of the Horses, now arty, who, previously to the English invasion, Russagh, near the village of Street, in the ba- were seated to the west of Sliabh Luachra, in rony of Moygoish, in the north of the county of the present county of Kerry — See note % under Westmeath. In the Annals of Ulster the death A. D. 1583, p. 1793. His death is entered in 613] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 239 The Age of Christ, 613. The third year of Suibhne. Colgu'', son of Suibhne, was killed ; and tlie death of Fiacha, son of Con, all [occurred] in this year. Fearghus, son of Colraan Mor, Prince of Mcath, was slain by Anfar- tach Ua Meascain, of Muintir-BIaitine, of which these lines were composed : If he should come to my house, Ua Meascain Anfartach, Poisoned water I will give to him, for the slaying of Fearghus. Whatever time the forces of the race of Colman shall march by Cuilne, After a month they will put from their seat the Sil-Meascain, with the Blaitini. The Age of Christ, 614. The fourth year of Suibhne. St. Caemhan Breac, of Ros-each^ died on the fourteenth day of September. Aedh Beannan^ King of West Munster, died. To commemorate his death was said : Aedh Beannan, of Eoghanacht-Iar-Luachair, — Woe to the wealth of which he was king ! Happy the land of which he was guardian. His shield when he would shake, his foes would be subdued ; Though it were but on his back, it was shelter to West Munster.. Finghm, sou of Fiachra'', died. The Age of Christ, 615. The fifth year of Suibhne. Ailill, son of Baedan; Maelduin, son of Fearghus, son of Baedan ; and Diucolla, were slain in j\Iagh- Slecht^ in the province of Connaught. They were of the race of Baedan, son of Muircheartach. Fiachra, son ofCiaran, son of Ainmire, son ofSedna, died. The battle of Ceann-gabha". tlie Annals of Ulster under the year 618, and "A. D. 619- Occisio geii&-is Baetaiu .i. Aililla in the Anuals of Clonmacnoise under 619, mic Baetain, oc Magh-Sleucht hi Connacht, ocus which is the true year. Maelduin mic Fergusa mic Baetain, ocus mors "" Finghin, son of Fiachra In the Aunals of Fiachrach, mic Ciarain, Jilii Ainniirech, mic Ulster the death of Aedh Beannain and of Fin- Setni." ghin mac Fiachrach arc entered under the year "A. D. 619. The killing of the Kace of 618. Baetan, i.e. of Ailill, son of Baetain, at Magh- ' Magh-SkclU. — A plain in the barony of Sleacht, in Connaught, and of JlaUduin, son of Tullyhaw, and county of Cavan. — Sec note ", Fearghus, son of Baetan ; and the deatli of under A. M. 3656, p. 43, supra. In the An- Fiachra, son ofCiaran, son of Ainmire, son of nals of Ulster this passage is ■given as follows at Sedna." the year 619: '' Ceann-gabha. — This is probably a mistake •240 awNaca Rio^hachca emeaNH. [616. Qoip Cpiopc, )'é céo a j^é Decc. Qn peipeaó bliaóain Do Suibrie. Qen^uj^, mac Golmain TTloip, plcticli Ua Nell an oepceijic, oég. Cumoach ecclaipe Uopaijhe la Cenel ^Conaill. lap na Diorhláifjinijaó pecc juarh. Duncliaó mac Gojanáin, Neachcain mac Canainn, Cteoli [oécc]. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo a peachc oecc. Ctn peachrrhaó bliaóain Do Suibne. S. Caoimjin, abb ^linoe oa locha, oecc an 3 luni, lap ccaiceam picbfc ap ceo bliabain oaoip 50 pin. Comsall eppcop,"] Gojhan, eppcop Raclia SicVie, Décc. Cach CinD oeljrfn pia cConall, mac Suibne, -| pia nOomnall mbpeac, oú in po mapbaó oa mac Libpen, mic lollainn, mic Cfpbaill. Tilaolbpacha, mac Pimfna, mic Colmam, mic Cobrai j, -| Qilill, mac Cellaij, Dég. Cacb Cinoguba (no Cinn bnjba) pia Tiajallac, mac Uarcacb, pop Col- man mac Cobraij (acliaip ^iiaipe Qiohne) aipm in po mapbab Colman biióepin. Colsa, mac Ceallaij, 065. Qilill, mac Ceallaij, 065. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD a hochc oécc. Qn cochcmaó bliaoain do Suibne. S. Siollcm, eppcop -] abb TTlaighe bile, oécc an 25 Do Qugupc. Libep, abb for Ceann-gubha. — See note ^, under A. D. 106, p. 101. ^ Aenghus, son of Colman Mor. — This prince is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Columh., lib. i. c. 13, but in the printed copies of Adam- nan's work his name is incorrectly given, " De Oengussio filio Aido Commani." — See Colgan's note on this passage (Trios Thaum., p. 376, n. 52), ■where he thinks that Commani should be Col- mani. — See the year 607. In the Annals of Ulster his death is entered under the year 620 ; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 619: " Jtifjulatio Aengusa mic Colmaiu Mayni, Regis Nepotum NeilW — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 619. Enos, son of Colman More, was killed. He was called King of the O'Neals." — Ann. Clon. ' Torach: i. e. Tory Island. — See note under the year 612. " Dunchadh, ^c. — The obits of these three persons, which are left imperfect in the two Dublin copies, and in O' Conor's edition, are given in the Annals of Ulster under the year 620, as follows: " A. D. 620. Duncath mac Eugain, Nechtan mac Canonn, et Aed obiernnt.'" ''Caemhghin "Nomen illud latine pulchrum genitum sonare vitffi scriptor annotat." — Ussher, Primord., p. 956. This name is now usually anglicised Kevin. His death is entered in the Annals of Tighernach at the year 618: "ctx". anno cetatis sucb ;" and in the Annals of Ulster at 617. The Life of this saint has been pub- lished by the Bollandists at 3rd June. ' Gleann-da-lucha: i. e. the Valley of the Two Lakes, now Glendalough, in the barony of North BuUinacor, and county of Wicklow. For a description of the churches and other remains at Glendalough, the reader is referred to Petrie's Liquiri/ into the Origin and Uses of the Round Toim-s of Ireland, pp. 168-183, and p. 445. >- Rath-Sithe: i. e. Fort of the Fairy Hill, now Rathshee, a parish in the barony and county of Antrim See the Ordnance Map of that county, sheet 45. In the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part ii. c. 133, the foundation of this church is 616] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 241 The Age of Christ, 616. The sixth year of Suibhne. Aenghus, son of Colman Mor", chief of the Southern Ui-Neill, died. The [re-] erection of the church of Torach^ by the Cinel-Conaill, it having been destroyed some time before. Dunchadh^, son of Eoghanain ; Neachtan, son of Canann ; Aedh [died]. The Age of Christ, 617. The seventh year of Suibhne. St. Caernhghin*", Abbot of Gleann-da-locha', died on the 3rd of June, after having spent one hun- dred and twenty years of his age till then. Comhgall, a bishop, and Eoghan, Bishop of Rath-Sithe'', died. The battle of Ceann-Delgtean' by Conall, son of Suibhne, and Domhnall Breac, wherein were slain the two sons of Libren, son of Illann, son of Cearbhall. Maelbracha", son of Rimeadh, son of Colman, son of Cobhthach, and Ailill, son of Ceallach, died. The battle of Ceann-Gubha" (or Ceann-Bughbha) [was gained] by Ragh- allach, son of Uadach, over Colman, son of Cobhthach (the father of Guaire Aidhne), where Colman himself was slain. Colga", son of Ceallach, died. AiUllP, son of Ceallach, died. The Age of Christ, 618. The eighth year of Suibhne. St. Sillan, Bishop and Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 25th of August. Liber, Abbot attributed to the Irish Apostle. In the Annals " Maelbracha — "A.D. (321. Mors Maclbracha, of Tighernach the deaths of Bishop Comhiall mic Rimedho, mic Colmain filii Cobtaig." — Ann. and of Eoghan, Bishop of Kath-Sithe, are en- ITU. tered under the year 618; in the Annals of ° Ceann-Gubha, or Ceann-Bughhha. — This Ulster at 617. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise place is now called Ceann-Bogha, aiii/Zice Cambo, Eoghan is called " Owen, Bishop of Ardsrathy" and is situated a short distance to the north of (Ardsratha, now Ardstraw, in the county of tl^e town of Roscommon, in the county of Ros- Tyrone). common — See Ge?iealo Tlie Aii-theara: i.e. the Orienlales or inhabi- well spoken man, and much given to the woo- tants of the eastern part of the territory of Oir- ing of women, was kilh'd by one" [Arthur Ap] ghialla See note under A. D. 606. " Bicor, a Welshman, with a stone." 2 i2 244 " aNwata Rio^hachca eipeawN. [622. baó DO cloich la hQprup, mac bicaip, Do bpfrnaib, coniD Do po paiD becc boipce : Qp huap an gaerh Dap lli, do pail occa i cCiunn ope ; Do gfnpac gnirh namnup oé, maippic TTlonjan, mac piachnae. Lann Cluana Viaipnp inDiu, ampa cfrpap popp piaóaó, Copbniac caerh ppi impochiD, ajup lollann mac piachpach, Q^up an Diap aile Din pojnaD mop Do ruachaiB, TTlongan, mac piachna Lupjan, -] Rondn mac Uuachail. CacVial, mac Qooha, pi TTlurhan, Décc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD piche aDó. Qn oapa bliaóain oécc do Suibne. S. pCpgna bpic, abb lae -) eppcop, Dej an Dapa la Do TTIapca. S. Cacbcnam, mac Uopbén, abb QcTiaiD iiip, Décc lo do ITlapra. Canh Caipn pfpaDhaij pia ppailbe piann pop Conoachcaib, DÚ in po mapbab Conall, coipeach Ua TTlaine, maelDub,rnaolDÚin, Tllaolpuain, maolcaljjaijh,-] maolbpfpail, 1 apoile I'aopclanna, "] pooaoine cen mo carpiDe, "| po meabaiD pop ^iiaipe QiDne, a lnonaD an cacliaigcbe, conaD DopiDe appubpaó : Do pochaip Do Conoachcaib, luc arb cuma in rpeipip, ITlaolouin, ITIaolpuain, niaolcaljsaigb, Conall, TTlaolDub, Ulaolbpeipil. '■ Beg Boirche.- — He was King of Uladh or ruptly called in English Freshford, a small town Ulidia for thirteen years, and died in the year near Kilkenny, in the county of Kilkenny.- — 716. Boirche was the ancient name of the ba- See Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ireland^ rony of Blourne in the south of the county of vol. iii. p. 26. The name is explained as follows Down. in the Life of St. Mochoemoc orPulcherius, pub- *■ Ik Now Islay, near Can tire, in Scotland. lished by Colgan at 11th of March : " Achadh- ^ Ceann-tire: i. e. Head of the Land, now Can- ur .i. ager viridis seu mollis propter humidita- tire in Scotland. lem rivnlorum qui transeunt ibi." There is a '' Cluain-Airthir : i. e. the Eastern Lawn or holy well called Tobar-Lachtin, and there are Meadow. Not identified. some curious remains of an old church at the ' Cathal, son of Aedh "A. D. 624. Cathal, son place. In the Feilire- Acnguis his festival is of Hugh, King of Mounster, died." — Ann. Clan. marked at 19th of March; and, at the same day, ' St. Feargna Brit " S. Fergna cognomento the following notice of him is given in O'Clery's Britannicus Episcopus et Abbas Hiensis obiit Calendar : 2 Martii. — Qmit. Mag." Co\ga.a, Trias Thaum., " Caczam, mucCoipbéin, abb achaib úip, i p. 498. See also Ussher, Primord., p. 702. n-Oppmjib, ujup ó óhealach PeaBpar anno s Achadh-Ur: i.e. the Fresh Field, now cor- Domini, 622." 622.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 245 with a stone by Arthur, son of Bicar, [one] of the Britons, of which Beg Boirche" said : Cold is the wind across He'', which they have at Ceann-tire°; They shall commit a cruel deed in consequence, they shall kill Mongan, sou of Fiachna. Where the church of Cluain-Airthir'* is at this day, renowned were the four there executed, Cormac Caemh with shouting, and lUann, son of Fiachra ; And the other two, — to whom many territories paid tribute, — Mongan, son of Fiachna Lurgan, and Eonan, son of Tuathal. Cathal, son of Aedh", King of Munster, died. The Age of Christ, 622. The twelfth year of Suibhne. St. Feargna Brit', Abbot of la, and a bishop, died on the second day of March. St. Lachtnain, son of Torben, Abbot of Achadh-Ur^, died on the 10th [recte 19th] of March. The battle of Carn-Fearadhaigh'' [was gained] by Failbhe Flann over the Con- naughtmen, wherein were slain Conall, chief of Ui-Maine, Maeldubh, ^laelduin, Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, and Maelbreasail, and other nobles and plebeians besides them ; and Guaire-Aidhne was routed from the battle-field ; of which was said : There fell of the Connaughtmen, at Ath-cuma-an-tseisir', Maelduin, Maelruain, Maelcalgaigh, Conall, Maeldubh, Maelbreisil. " Lachtain, son of Torben, abbot of Achadh- battle is entered under the year 626, and in the Ur, in Ossory, and of Bealach Feabhrath, A. D. Annals of Cloniuacnoise under G24, as follows: 622." " A. D. 626. Belium Cairn- Fearadaig i Cliu" Colgan gives a short Life of this saint at 19 [i.e. inCliu-Mail-mic-Ugaine] "ufttFailbi Flann Martii. He was a native of Muscraighe [Mus- Feimin victor erect. Guaire Aidhne fngif'' — kerry], in the present county of Cork, and Ann. Ult. erected a church at Bealach-Feabhradh, which " A. D. 624. The battle of Carnferaye, where is probably the place now called Ballagharay, Falvy Fly nn had the victory, and Gawrie Ay nie or Ballaghawry, a townland situated in the took his flight, — Conell mac Moyledufie, prince west of the parish of Kilbolane, barony of of Imain, Moyledoyne, Moylecalgie, and Moyle- Orbhraighe, or Orrery, and county of Cork. bressal, with many other nobles, were slain, — '' Carn-Fcaradliaigh. — A mountain in the ter- was fought this year." — Ann. Clon. ritory of Cliu-Mail, in the south of the county ' Ath-cuma-an-tseisir : i. e. the Ford of the of Limerick — See note *, under A. M. 3656, Slaughtering of the Six. This name is now p. 41, supra. In the Annals of Ulster this obsolete. 246 aHNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [623. Carli Lediet) TTliDino, i nOpuin^, pm bpiachna, mac Oennain, cijepna t)al bpmrach, pop piachna, mac mbaooain, píUlaó. Ro meabaió an each pop piachna mac baooain, -] cfp ann. ÍTlac Caippe, eppcop -\ abb Qpoa TTlaca, oécc. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo piche acpí. Colman mac Ua bapDDani (.1. Do Oal faappDoinne a cenel) nbb CUiana mic Nóip oécc. lap mbeich cpi bliaóna Décc DO Suibne TTleann h pplaicheap Gpeann Do cfp la Congal cClaon, mac Scannlain, 1 Upai^h bpéna. Conaó Dia oiohiD arpubpab : Suibne co ploghaib Dia poi, Do cappaijh bponaij bpenai, r?o mapboD an ^aech 50 njail, la Conjal caech mac ScanDail. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD piche a cfcaip. Qn ceD bliabain Do Oorhnall, mac QoDha, mic Ctinmipech, hi pighe nGpeann. S. Colman Scelkin 6 Uip oa jlap Déj, 26 TTlaii. S. ITlaoDocc, eppucc pfpna, Décc 31 laniiapi. l?onan, ' Lethed-Midinn, at DTinig This is probably tlie place now called Cnoc-Letlied, or Knock- layd, and situated in the barony of Cathraighe, or Carey, and county of Antrim. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed under the year 625 ; and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 624, as follows : " A. D. 625. Bdlum Lethed Midind, in quo cecidit Fiachna Lurgan. Fiachna mac Deamain victor eiYii."— -áíiíi. Ult. " A. D. 624. The battle of Lehed-mynd was fought, where Fiaghna mac r)ema3'ne killed Fiaghna mac Boydan, King of Dalnary, and in revenge thereof those of Dalriada challenged Fiaghna mac Demain, and killed him in the battle of Corran by the hands of Gonad Kearr." — Ann. Clon. ' Mac Laisre : i. e. the son of Laisir. Ware and Colgan think that he is the person called " Terenannus Archipontifex Hibernia;" in the Life of St. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury. See Colgan's Tria^ Thaum., p. 293, col. 2; and Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 39. '" Colman Mac Ua Bardani. — " A. D. 627. Paíííffl Columbani,filii Barddaeni Abbatis Clono." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 624. Columban mac Bardan, Abbot of Clonvicknose, died." — Ann. Clon. " Traigh-Brena This is not the Brena in the county of Down, mentioned under A. M. 2546, p. 7, supra, but Brentracht-Maighe-Itha, that part of the shore of Lough Swilly nearest to Aileach, in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Donegal See Battle of Magh-Eath, p. 37. where it is stated that Suibhne Meann was near Aileach, when he was slain by Congal Claen. Suibneus, Monarch of Ireland, is men- tioned by Adamnan in his Vita Cohimb., lib. i. c. 9, and lib. iii. c. 5. His death is mentioned in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 627 : " Occisio Suibne Menu, mic Fiachna, mic Fera- daid, mic Murethaig, mic Eogain, Ki Erenn, la Congal Caech, mac Sganlain i Traig Breni." " Domhnall, son of Aedli. — He succeeded Suibhne in 628, and died in 642 Ogygia, p. 43 1 . Adamnan says, in his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 10, that this Domhnall was a boy when the Convention of Druim-Ceat was held (A. D. 590), 623.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 247 The battle of Lethed-Midinn, at Drung'', [was fought] by Fiachna, son of Deman, Lord of Dal-Fiatach, against Fiachna, son of Bacdan, King of Ulidia. The battle was gained over Fiachna, son of Baedau, and he fell therein. Mac Laisre', Bishop and Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 623. Colman Mac Ua Bardani™, of the tribe of Dal- Barrdainne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. After Suibhne Meann had been thirteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was slain at Traigh-Brena", by Congal Claen ; of which was said : Suibhne, with hosts attending him, the destructive people of Brena overtook him ; The valorous sage was slain by Congal Caech, son of Scannal. The Age of Christ, 624. The first year of Domhnall, son of Aedh°, son of Ainmire, in the sovereignty of Ireland. St. Colman Stellan, of Tir-da-ghlas [Terryglas], died on the 26th of May. St. JMaedhog, Bishop of Fearna'', died and that St. Columbkille there gave him his blessing : " Quem cum Sanctus benedixisset, continue ait ; hie post super omnes suos i'ratres superstes erit, et Rex valde famosus : nee un- quam in manus inimicorum tradetur, scd morte placida in senoctute, et intra domum suam coram amicorum familiarium turba super suum morietur lectum. Quoe omnia secundum beati vaticinium viri de eo vere adimpleta sunt." — Trias Thaum., p. 341. '' Fearna. — A place abounding in alder trees, now Ferns, an ancient episcopal seat on the River Bann, about five miles to the north of Enniscorthy, in the county of Wexford. — See note on the battle of Dunbolg, A. D. 51)4 ; see also Ussher's Primordia, p. 864; and Colgan's edition of the Life of St. Maidocus at 31st Janu- ary, Acta Sanctonim, p. 208, et seqq. This saint is now usually called Mogue throughout the dio- cese of Ferns, and in the parishes of Drumlane and Templeport, in the county of Cavan, and in that of Rossinver, in the county of Leitrim, where his memory is still held in the highest veneration. The children who are called after him at baptism are now usually, though incor- rectly, called Moses by the Roman Catholics, but more correctly Adan by the Protestants, throughout the diocese of Ferns. His first name was Aedh, of which Aedhan, Aidau, anil Aedhoc, are diminutive forms ; and the pronoun nio, my, is usually prefixed to form an ainm báiD, or name of afiection. This custom among the ancient Irish is explained by Colgan as fol- lows, in a note on this name : " Scribitur quidem in lliberuico vetustiori Moedoc, Maedoc, Aodan, Oedan, Oedoc, Aedoc, in recentiori Maodofj, Aedun, Audit, Aodhotj : tt hinc latiuis Codicibus varie Aldus, Aidanus, Moedoc: apud Capgravium Maedocitis : in Co- dice Insula sanctorum Aedaims, Moedocus, in liac vita ; in aliis Codicibus et prsesertim mar- tyrologiis Oedus, Aedus, et Moedocus. Causam tam variai lectionis in notis ad vitam S. It!E 15 Januarii assignavimus triplicem. Prima est quod ubi liiberni nunc passim scribunt Ao prisci scribebant Oe vel Ae: etubi illi litteram 248 awNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [626. mac Colmain, Decc. Cacb Duin Ceirhepn jiia nOorhnall, mac Qooha, mic Qinmiiiech, pop Conjal Caoch, no Claon, mac Scanolain, Dú in po mapbao ^uaipe ^aillpeacli, mac popannain,-) apoile pochaiDe, -) po meataió lapurh pop Conjal, Dia nebpaó : Cach Duin Ceiripn Dia paibe cpu pua6 nap puile jlapa, bacap pop plioclic Conjail cpuim colla muinpfrhpa mappa. Carli Qpoa Copamn la ConDaióCepp, cijepna Oail Riaoa, ctipm m po mapbao piachna, mac Oémain, pi UlaD. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo piche a CÚ15. Qn oapa bliaóain 00 Dorhnall. pionn- cain TTlaolDub Do écc. TTIobai, mac Ui Qloai. Cach Lfraipbe ecip TTlaol- picpij, coipeach cenel mic eapcca,-] 6pnaine mac piacpac, coipeach Cenel pTpanViai^, ou in po mapbao ITlaolpicpi j, mac Qooha Uaipioónaijh. bpan- nub, mac TTlailcoba, oé^. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo piche apeachc. Qn cfcpamao bliaóain 00 Oomnall. Cach Qcha Qbla, ou m po mapbao Oicui, mac pfp^upa Uuli la TTluTriain. Imp TTleDcoic opocucchao la heppcop Qeohain. g. hie c scribere consueverint. Secunda est, quod solebant diminutiva, loco nominum pro- priorum ponere, ut loco Paulus Paulinus, et quod diminutiva ordinarie apud eos desinant in an, en, in, vel oc, seu og: et liinc loco Aodh, sspe Aodhan. Aodhoc, seu Aodog. Tertia quod venerationis et amoris causa, solebant nomini- bus propriis prcefigere syllabam mo quod meum sonat ; vel ubi incipiebant nomina a vocali so- lum prsefigebant litteram m, et hinc Aodhog, Oedhoc, appellabant Maodhog et Maedhog. Qui ad hsec attendet, non solum pra^dictce variationis, sed et multorum similium originem et causas facile sciet." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 216, a. 5. "i Z)«n-Cc///i<;?-n. — Translated " munitio Cei- thirni" by Adamnan in his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 49. This fort is still known, but called in English " the Giant's Sconce." It is a stone fort, built in the Cyclopaan style, on the s\im- mit of a conspicuous hill in the parish of Dun- boe, in the north of the county of Londonderry. The earliest writer who mentions this battle is Adamnan, who states that it had been predicted by St. Columbkille that it would be fought be- tween " Nelli nepotes et Cruthini populi," i. e. between the northern Ui-NeUl and the Irish Cruithnigh or people of Dalaradia, and that a neighbouring well would be polluted with hu- man slaughter. Adamnan, who was born in the year in which this battle was fought, has the following notice of this battle as foreseen by St. Columbkille: "In quo bello (ut multi norunt populi) Dom- nallus Aidi filius victor sublimatus est, et in eodem, secundum Sancti vaticinitim vLi'i, fonti- culo, quidam de parentela ejus interfectus est homo. Alius mihi, Adamnano, Christi miles, Fin;inanus, nomine, qui vitam multis anachore- ticam annis juxta Roboreti monaster ium campi irreprehensibiliter ducebat, de eodem bello se praesente commisso aliqua enarrans protestatus est in supradicto fonte truncum cadaverinum se 626.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 249 on the 31st of January. Eonan, son of Colman, died. The battle of Dun- Ceithern'' [was gained] by Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Congal Caech, or Claen'', son of Scannlan, where Guaire Gaillseach, son of Forannan, and many others, were slain ; and Congal was afterwards defeated ; of which was said : The battle of Dun-Ceithirn, in which there was red blood over grey eyes ; There were in the track of Congal Crom bodies thick-necked, comely. The battle of Ard-Corainn^ [was gained] by Connadh Cerr, Lord of Dal- Kiada, where Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, was slain. The Age of Christ, 626. The second year of Domhnall. Finntan Mael- dubh died. jNIobhai mac Ui Aldai [died]. The battle of Leathairbhe' between Maelfithrigli, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, and Ernaine, son of Fiachra, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh, where Maelfithrigh, son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain. Brandubh", son of Maelcobha, died. The Age of Christ, 627. The fourth year of Domhnall. The battle of Ath-Abla'", where Dicul, son of Fearghus, was slain by the Munstermen. [The monastery of] Inis-Medcoit^ was founded by Bishop Aedhan. vidisse, &c Trias Thaum., p. 349. Maelfitric cecidii. Ernaine mac Fiachna victor In the Annals of Ulster this battle is men- erat." — Ann. Ult. tioned under the year 628, as follows: " A. D. 629. Bdlum Lethirbe inter Genus " A. D. 628 Bellum J)\xn CeiUnvmn in quo Eugain invicem, in quo Maelfitric cecidit." — Congal Caech /ii^i'i, et Domhnctll mac Acdfi vie- Ibid. tor erat, in quo cecidit Guaire mac Forindan." " Bran Dubh. — " A. D. 629. Jugulaiio Bran- ' Congal Caech, or Claen. — He was known by duib mic Maelcobo." — ^4««. Ult. both surnames or sobriquets, Caech meaning '" Ath-Abla Not identified. " A. D. 631. J5f/- blind, or one-eyed, and Claen, squint-eyed or lum Atho Aubla, in quo cecidii DiciuU mac Fer- perverse See Battle of Magh-liath, p. 37, note'', gusa Tuile la Mumain." — Ann. Ult. ' Ard-Corainn. — Not identified. There is a "^ Inis-M&koit This island is described in the piece of land near Lame, in the county of An- Feilire-Aenrjuis, at 31st August, as " i n-iaprcip trim, called Corran. " A. D. 626. Bellum Arda- cuaipcipc Sapcnn m-bic," "in the north-west Corain. Dalriati victores erant ; in ipw cecidit of Little Sa.xon-land, where Aedan, son of Lu- Fiachna mac Deamain." — Ann. Ult. gain, son of Ernin, was interred." The festival ' Leathairbhe. — Not identified. "A. D. 628. of this Aedan is also entered in O'Clery's Irish Mors Echdach Buidhe, regis Pictorum. fdii Ae- Calendar at 31st August, and it is added that dain. Sic in libro Cuanach inveni. Vel sicut in he went on a pilgrimage to Inis-Meadcoit, in Libra Dubhdalethe narratur. Bdlum Letirbe the north-west of Sa.xan-Beg. It was probably inter Cenel-Mic-Erca et Cencl Feradaig, in quo the British name of the Island of Lindisfarne, 2k 250 aNNaí,a Rioshachca eiReawH. [628. Qoip Cpiopc, y^é céo piclie a lioclir. Qn cúicceab blmóain oo Oorhnall. Cacli Qcba ^oan,i niapraii Lippe, jiia ppaolan, mac Colnnmn,i pia Conall, mac Suibne, coipecli niioe,-] pia bpailj;e (no bpailBe) piann, ]ií ÍTluman, aipm in |io mapbaD Ciuorhrann, mac Qooba, mic Seanaij;, jit Caijfn, co pochaióe oile imaiUe p]iip. rnó|i miirhan Décc. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo cjiiocha. Qn pecTicrhaó bliabain no Oorhnall. Oa liiac Ctoóa Slame do majiBab la Conall, mac Suibne, oc Coch Ujiecin, oc Pliemoinn,.!. Gonial, roipecli biifsbjpfnacbaipUacConainj,-] QilillCpuici]ie, pfnarlmiji Slnl nOliicbaigli. Cach Sejaipi, oú inaji ma]ibar)1i Locene, mac Nechcain CfnDpoDa, 1 Comapccach, mac Qonjapa. Carh Cuile Caolau) |ie nOiapmaiD, mac Qoóa Slaine, anim in jio mapbaó Da mac Qongupa, mic Colmáin móiji .1. ÍTlaoluma "| Colcca,"] apaill oile amaille p]iiú, Dia nebpaoli : Cach Cúile Caolain came, |io bo oaonbai^ co nDile, TTléabaiD pia nDiapmaic Deala, pop piopa mfóa ilhoe, - 111 piiba Coljan cfnobmn, agup ÍTlaolurha ino olljpám, Da mac Qonsapa apmjlóip, mic cpur^lan calmóip Colmáin. Sejerie, abb lae Coluim Cille, do poruccaD ecclaipe Recpainne. Conall, or Holy Island, in Northumberland, concerning lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, the death which see Bede, Eccl. Hkt, lib. iii. c. 3. of this Queen is entered under 632, as follows : fAtk-Goan: i. e. Goan's Ford ; not identified. "A. D. 632. More, Queen of Mounster, and ' larthar-Liffe. — That part of the present surnamed More of Mounster, died." county of Kildare, embraced by the River LifFey It is added in the margin that she was the in its horse-shoe winding, was anciently called wife of Finghin, King of Munster : " ITlóp Oirthear-LifFe, i.e. East of Liffey; and that muriian, bean Pin^in, pi,^ muriicm." — See note part lying west of the same winding was called on FailhJie Flaitn, infra. larthar-LiíFe, i. e. west of LiiFey. Both districts ^ Loch Trethin,— 'Now Loch Drethin, aiuilici belonged to the Ui-Faelain, or O'Byrnes, pre- Lough Drin, a small lough in the parish of viously to the English invasion. Mullingar, about one mile and a half to the east " Mor-Mnmhan She was Queen of Munster, of the hill of Freamhaiu, or Frewin, in the and wife of Finghin, King of Munster, ancestor county of Westmeath. This event is entered of the O'Sullivans. Dr. O'Conor mistranslates in the Annals of Ulster at 633, and in the An- this entry, mistaking Mor, a woman's name, for nals of Clonmacnoise at 632, as follows : Maor, or Moer, a steward, " Oiconomus Mo- " A. D. 633. Jugvlatio duorum jUionim Aedo monise deccssit ;" but this is childish in the Slaine la Conall mac Suibhne occ Loch Treithin extreme, because Mor is a woman's name, and ap Fremuin, .i. Congal ri Breag, ocus Ailill never means tBCOííowiií A In Mageoghegan's trans- Cruidire, senathair Sil Dluthaig." — Ann. Ult. 628.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 251 The Age of Christ, 628. The fifth year of Domhnall, The battle of Ath- Goan'', in larthar-Liífe^ by Faelan, son of Cohiian ; by Conall, son of Sidbhne, chief of Meath ; and by Failge, or Failbhe Flann, King of Minister, wherein was slain Crirahthann,. son of Aedh, son of Seanach, King of Leinster, with many others along with him. Mor-Mumhan" died. The Age of Christ, 630. The seventh year of Domhnall. The two sons of Aedh Slaine were slain by Conall, son of Suibhne, at Loch Trethin^ at Freamhain, namely, Congal, chief of Breagh, ancestor of the Ui-Conaing, and Ailill Cruitire [i. e. the Harper], ancestor of the Sil-Dluthaigh. The battle of Seaghais^ wherein were slain Loichen, son of Neachtain Ceannfoda, and Comas- gach, son of Aenghus. The battle of Cuil-Caelain^, by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, where the two sons of Aenghus, son.of Colman Mor, namely, Maelumha and Colga, and some others along with them, were slain ; of which was said : The battle of the fair Cuil-Caelain, it was [fought] on one side with devotedness, Was gained by Diarmaid, of Deala, over the mead-drinking men of Meath, In which the white-headed Colgan was pierced, and Maelumha of great dignity. Two sons of Aenghus of glorious arms, the son of fine-shaped, great-voiced Colman. Segene, Abbot of la-Coluim Cille, founded the church of Rechraiun''. Conall, " A. D. 632. The killing of the two sons of was fought, where Dermot mac Hugh Slane Hugh Slane, Congal, Prince of Brey, of whom killed Moyleowa mac Enos, and his brother, the O'Connyngs descended, and Ailill the Colga." — Ann. Clon. Harper, ancestor of Sile-Dluhie, by the hands ' Rechrainn — Now Ragharee, or Rathlin Island, of Concll mac Swyne, at Loghtrehan, neer situated off the north coast of the county of Frewyn, in Westmeath." Antrim. — See note % under A. D. 1551, p. 1521 . ° Seaghais See note ", under A. D. 49Í), The erection of the church of Rechrainn is en- p. ini, supra. This battle is entered in the tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year G.34, Annals of Ulster under the year (534. and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 632. Dr. '' Cuil-Caelain : i.e. Caelan's Corner, or Angle. O'Conorsays thatSegienus should be considered Not identified. This battle is entered in the rather the restorer than the original founder of Annals of Ulster under the year 634, and in the church of Rechrainn, inasnuich as it appears the Annals of Clonmacnoise under 632, thus : from Adamnan's Vita Cohimb., Jib. ii. c. 41, that " A. D. 634. Bdlum Cuile Coelain pe nDiar- this church was erected by St. Columbkille. mail mac Aeda Slaine in quo cecidit Maelumai But it ap]iears from O'Donnell's Life of St. mac Oengusa." — Aym. Ult. Columbkille (lib. i. c. 65), and various other " A. D. 632. The battle of Cowle-Keallan authorities, that the island of Rachrainii, on 2 k2 252 awNQta Rio^hachca eiReaNH. [631. mac Suibne, coifech íTlióe, -j TTlaolurna, mac popannáin, Do rhajibaD la Oioji- maicc, mac Qoba Slaine. Qoir Cjiiopr, ye ceo cpiocha a haon. Qn cocliCTÍiaó bliaóain oo Dom- nall. Gpnaine, mac piachna, roipecli Chenél pfpaohaij, Do rhajibaD. dy lairfiDe copchaip maolpich|H5,macQoDhalJaipioónai5, hi coach Lechepbe. Capfach, .1. niochuDa, mac pionDoiU do lonnapboDh a Rachain. Qoip Cpiopc, ye céD cpiocha a cpi. Qn Dfchrhab bliabam do Domnall. pailbe piann, pi Tiniiman, Décc. QoipCpiopc, pé céD cpiocha acfcaip. Qn caonriiaó bliabain Décc Do Oomnall. S. GochaiD, abb Lip móip, Décc an 17 DQippil. 8. pionncain, mac Uelchain, oécc an 21 oOccobep. Cach maighe Hat pia nOorhnall, mac which St. Columbkille erected a church, be- longed to the east of Bregia, in Meath. It was the ancient name of the present island of Lam- bay, near Dublin. Segienus, Abbot of lona, is mentioned by Bede in Hist. EccL, lib. iii. c. 5 ; and by Adamnan in Vita Columh., lib. i. c. 3. — See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 374, n. 30. ' Conall, son of Suihhne. — " A. D. 634. Occisio Conaill mic Suibhne, i tig Mic Nafraig, laDiar- niait mac Aeda Slaine." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 632. Couall mac Sweyne, King of Meath, was slain by Dermot mac Hugh Slane, or rather by Moyleowa mac Forannaine." — Ann. Clon. s Cind-Fearadhaigh. — A tribe of the Cinel- Eoghain, seated in the present barony of Clogher, in the county of Tyrone. In the Annals of Ulster this entry is given under the year 635 : " JuQulatio Ernain mic Fiachae, qui visit Mael- litric filium Aedo Alddaiu, in hello Letii-be." i" Rathain : otherwise spelled Eaithin, i. e. Filicetum, or Ferny Laud, now Rahen, a town- land containing the remains of two ancient churches situated in the barony of Ballycowan, in the King's County — See Petrie's Round Toivei-s, where these remains are described. Archdall, and from him Lanigan {Eccl. Hist., vol. ii. p. 353) erroneously state that the place whence Carthach was expulsed is Eathyne in the barony of Fertullagh, and county of West- meath. — See Ussher's Primord., p. 910. In the Annals of Tighernach, the " Eftugatio" of St. Carthach from Eaithin "in diebits paschm" is entered at A. D. 636, in the Annals of Ulster at 635, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 632." ' Failbhe Flann. — He was the younger brother of Finghin, the husband of Mor Mumhan, from whom the O'Sullivans are descended. This Failbhe, who is the ancestor of the Mac Carthys, seems to have been very unpopular at his acces- sion to the throne of Munster, as appears from the following quatrain, quoted by Keating, and in the Book of Munster: " óheir jan pinjin, beir jcin íTlóip, Do Chaipeal ip oamna bpóin, Ip lonann ip Beic jan ni, map é pailBe piann Bup pi." " To be without Finghin, to be without Mor, To Cashel is cause of sorrow. It is the same as to be without anything If Failbhe Flann be the King." From these lines, which are well known to the shanachies of Munster, it is contended that the O'Sullivans are of a senior branch of the 631.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 253 son of Suibhne', chief of Meatli, and Maelumba, son of Forannan, were slain by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine. The Age of Christ, G31. The eighth year of Domhnall. Ernainc, son of Fiachna, chief of Cinel-Fearadhaigh^, was slain. It was by him Maelfithrigh, son of Aedh Uairidhnach, was slain in the battle of Letherbhe. Carthach, i. e. Mochuda, son of Finnall, was banished from Rathain"". The Age of Christ, 633. The tenth year of Domhnall. Failbhe Flann", King of Munster, died. The Age of Christ, 634. The eleventh year of Domhnall. St. Eochaidh, Abbot of Lis-raor\ died on the 17th of April. St. Finn tan, son of Telchan', died on the 21st of October. The battle of Magh-Rath™ [was gained] by royal family of Munster than the ilac Carthys ; and indeed there can be little doubt of the fact, as their ancestor, Finghin, son of Aedh Duff, died in 6 19, when he was succeeded by his bro- ther, Failbhe Flann. In the Annals of Ulster the death of" Failbhe Flann Feimin, rex Mumhan," is entered under the year 636. '' Lis-inw: i. e. Lismore, in the county of Waterford. The festival of this Eochaidh is entered in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 17th April. ' FÍHtiian, son of Telchan. — This saint was otherwise called Munna, and was the founder of the monastery of Teach-Munna, now Taghmon, in the county of Wexford. He attended the Synod of Leighlin in 630, where he attempted to defend the old Irish mode of computing Eas- ter against the new Roman method. — See Cuni- mianus's Epistle to Segienus, Abbot of lona, on the Paschal controversy, in Ussher's Syllogce, No. xi. ; also Primordia, p. 93G. In tlie Annals of Ulster his death is entered under the year fj34, but in the Annals of Tighernach at 636, which is the true year. Ilis contemporary, Adamnan, gives a very curious account of this Fintanus filius Tailcani in his Vita Columb., lib. i. c. 2, where he calls him " Sanctus Finte- nus per universas Scotorum Ecclesias valde nos- cibilis, &c. &c. studiis dialis sophia; deditus, &c." In the Feilire-Aenguis, at his festival (21st October), it is stated that his father, Taulchan, was a Druid. " Magh Rath. — Now Moira, a village in a pa- rish of the same name, in the barony of Lower Iveagh, and county of Down. The earliest writer who notices this battle is Adamnan, who, in his Vita Columb., lib. iii. c. 5, says that St. Columbkille had warned Aidan and his de- scendants, the Kings of Alba, not to attack his relatives in Ireland, for so surely as they should, the power of their enemies would prevail over them. Adamnan, who was about thirteen years old when this battle was fought, says that a pro- phecy of St. Columbkille's was fulfilled in the consequences of it. His words are: " Hoc autem vaticinium temporibus nostris completum est in bello Hath, Domnallo Brecco, nepote Aidani sine causa vastante provinciani Domnill nepotis Ainmirech : et a die ilia, us- que hodie adhuc in proclivo sunt ab extraneis, quod suspiria doloris pectora incutit." — 2'riVi.v lliaum., p. 365. This battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicon Scotorum at the year 636, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 637, which is the true year. — See the romantic story on 254 awNata Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [635. Qeoha, "] ]im macaib Cteoha Slmne po|i Congal Claon, mac Scanolain, ]ii Ulab, Du ircopcliaip Conjal, UlaiD, "| Qllmaiipaij aji aon pif. Cacli Sael- njie pia cConall cCaol, mac TTlaoilcoBa, pop Cenel nGogliain. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo cpiocha a CÚ15. Qn Dapa bliaDain oécc do Oomnall. Qilill, mac Qo6a T?óiti, Consal, mac OunchaDha, Décc. Ouinpeach, bfn Oomnaill, mic Ctoba, pi Gpeann, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo cpiocha a fé. Qn cpeap bliaóam oécc do Domnall. S. ITlocbuDa, eppcop Lip móip 1 abb Rairne, Decc 14 TTlaii. Cacli Carpac ChinDcon la ITlumain pia nQonsiip Liar, pop ITlaolDUin, mac Qoba bfriDain. TTlaoloDap ITlaclm, plaic Oipjiall, Decc. maolDÚin, mac Ctoóa, Do lopcab 1 nlnip caoin. ITloolDÚin, mac peapgupa, -] TTlaolDÚir, mac Colmáin, oécc. Cloip Cpiopc, pé céD cpiocha a pfchc. Qn cecparhaó bliabcdn Decc Do Domnall. S. Cponán mac Ua Loesoe, abb Cluana mic Noip, Decc 18 lull. S. rriochiia, abb balla, Decc 30 TTlapca. the subject of this battle, printed for the Irish Archaeological Society in 1842. " Sadtire This place is unknown to the Editor. It is stated in the Annals of Ulster, that this battle and the battle of Roth (Magh Rath), were fought on the same day. " A. D. 636. Bdlum Roth, et Bellum Sailtire i)l una die facta sunt. Conall Gael, mac Mael- cobo, socius Domhnaill, victor erai, de Genere Eugain, in hello Saeltire." " Ailill, son of Aedh Roin — His death is en- tered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 638. ^' Cont/al, son of Duncliadh. — " A. D. 638. Jugulatio CongaUe mac Duncha." — Ann. Ult. '^ Duinseach " A. D. 638. Obitvs DuinsicEe uxoris Domhnaill." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 637. The death of Downesie, wife of King Donell, and Queen of Ireland." — Ann.Clon. ' Mochuda The death of this bishop is en- tered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 637, and in the Annals of Tighernach and those of Clonmacnoise under 637 (2 Id. Mali), which is the true date. — See Lanigau's Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 353, 355. ' Lis-mor: i. e. the Great Lis or earthen fort, translated Atrium magnum by the writer of the Life of St. Carthach ; now Lismore, on the River Neimh, now the Blackwater, in the west of the county of Waterford, anciently called Crich-na-nDeise. It is evident from entries in these Annals at the years 588 and 610, that there was an ecclesiastical establishment here before the expulsion of St. Carthach from Rai- thin, in Fircall, in 636 ; but it was remodelled and erected into a bishopric by him a short time before his death. Moelochtride, prince of Nandesi (i. e. the Desies), made him a grant of a considerable tract of land lying round the atrium called Lismore, which was originally a mere earthen enclosure, but in _a short time the place acquired an extraordinary celebrity, and was visited by scholars and holy men from all parts of Ireland, as well as from England and Wales, as we learn from the following passage in his Life : " Egregia et Sancta civitas Less-mor : cujus dimidium est asylum, in qua nulla mulier audet intrare, sed plenum est cellis et monasteriis 635.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 255 Domhnall, son of Aedh, and the sons of Aedh Slaine, over Congal Claen, son of Scannlan, King of Ulidia, where fell Congal, and the Ulidians and foreigners along with him. The battle of Saeltire" [was gained] by Conall Gael, son of Maelcobha, over the Cinel-Eoghain. The Age of Christ, 635. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Ailill, son of Aedh Roin"; Congal, son of Dunchadh", died. Duinseach'', wife of Domhnall, son of Aedh, King of Ireland, died. The Age of Christ, 636. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. St. Mochuda', Bishop of Lis-mor^ and Abbot of Raithin [Rahen], died on the 14th of May. The battle of Cathair-Chinncon', in Munster, [was gained] by Aenghiis Liath, over Maelduin, son of Aedh Beannan. INIaelodhar Macha", chief of Oirghialla, died. Maelduin, son of Aedh'*', was burned at Inis-caeiu^ Maelduin, son of Fearghus, and Maelduin, son of Colman, died. The Age of Christ, 637. The fourteenth year of Domhnall. St. Croiuui Mac-Ua-Loegde'', Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died on the 18th of July. St.Mochua, Abbot of Ballad died. Sanctis, et multitude virorum sanctorum semper illic manet. Viri enim religiosi ex omni parte Hibernia;, et non solum, sed ex Angliji et Bri- tannia couiluunt ad earn, volentes ibi migrare ad Christum. Et est ipsa civitas posita super ripam tluminis quandam dicti Nem, modo autem Aban-mor, id est, amnis magnus, in plagá re- gionis Nandesi." — Ussher's Primord., p. 943 ; see also the same work, pp. 910, 919- St. Car- thach or Mochuda's festival is entered in the Feilire-Aenguis and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 14th May. ' Cathair-Chinneon. This was the name of a stone Ibrt near. Rockbarton, the seat of Lord Guillamore, in the barony of Small County, and county of Limerick. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed under the year 639, as follows : " A. I). (J39. Bellum Cathrach-Cinncon. Oeu- gus Liathdana victor erat. Maelduin mac Aeda Benain /'«(/A." " Maeludhar Macha In the Annals of Tigh- ernach and the Annals of Ulster he is called "rex Orientalium," which is intended for pi^ no n-Oipceap, i. e. King of the Oriors, two ba- ronies in the east of the present county of Ar- magh ; but in the Battle of Magh-Rath (p. 28), he is called pi noi crpica ceo Oip^iall, i.e. King of the Nine Cantreds of Oriel, a territory which comprised, at this period, the present counties of Louth, Armagh, Monaghan, and parts of Tyrone. "■ Maelduin, son of Aedh. — " A. D. 640. Com- hiistio Maelduin in in-fula Caini. Juijulatiu Mael- duin mic Fergusa, et Maelduin mic Colmain." — Ann. Ult. " Tnis-Caein. — Now Inishkeen, in the county of Louth, on the borders of Monaghan. >■ Cronan-mac- Ua-Loeghde. — "A. D. 637. Cro- nan macc-U-Loeghdea, ahbas Cluann-mic-Nois, obiit."— ylH«. Ult. " A. D. 637. Cronan mac ttloye, abbot of Clonvicnose, died." — Ann. Cluii. ■ Balla — Now Balla or Bal, a village in the 256 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [638. Qoip Cpiopc, ye ceo riiiocha a hochc. S. Cpican in Qonnjiuim Ciécc an feaccTTiaó Decc Do ITlaii. Qooh Oub, abb -] eppcop CiUe X)a]^a, Dé^, -\ ba |ii Caijfn ap rop epibe. Dalaipe, mnc liU IniDae, abb Leichjlinrie, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD cpiocha anaoi. S. Dajan InBip Daoile Do écc 13 Sepcembep. lap mbeicli pe blmbna 065 1 pijlie nGpeann Do Oomnall, mac QoDlia, mic Ctinmipecli, puaip bap ino QpD pocliaDh, 1 cUip QoDha, Do punnpaoh lap mbuaib nairpije, uaip baoi bliaóain 1 ngalap a écca, -] no caireaó copp Cpiopc jaca Dorhnaij. Oilill, mac Colmám, coipeach Cenel Caojaipe [oécc]. Qoip Cpiopc, pe ceD cecpaca. Qn céD bliabain Do Chonall Caol -] Do Cheallacli, Da mac TTlaoilcoba, mic Ctoba, mic Qinmipecli, op Gpinn 1 pijhe. barony of Clanmorris, but anciently in the ter- ritory of Ceara, in the now county of Mayo — See note % under the year 1 179. The death of this Mochua is also given in the Annals of Clon- macnoise at the same year. Colgan gives the Life of this saint as translated from an Irish manuscript by Philip O'SuUivan Beare, at 30th March, which is his festival day, as marked in all the Calendars. He was a disciple of the ce- lebrated St. Comhgall of Bangor. ' AendTuhn. — This is not Antrim, but an island in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, in the county of Down.. — See notes under the years 496 and 642. The death of Cridan is entered under 638 in the Annals of Ulster and the An- nals of Clonmacnoise. '' Aedh Dubh The death of this royal abbot and bishop is entered in the Annals of Ulster and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 638. ' LeithgUinn : i. e. the Half Glen, now old Leighlin, in the county of Carlow : "A. D. 638. Ercra re" [an eclipse of the moon] " Dolaissi mac Cuinidea, abbas Lethglinne pausaV — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 639. Dolasse mac Winge, Abbot of Leighlin, died." — Ann. Clon. St. Dolaise, of Leighlin, was otherwise called Molaise and Laisren. He was present at the Synod held at Leighlin in 630, to debate on the proper time for celebrating Easter See Cummianus's epistle to Segienus, Abbot of lona, in Ussher's Sylloge, No. xi. His festival was celebrated on the 18th April, according to the Feilire Aenguis and the Irish Calendar of O'Clery. '' Inbher-Daeile : i. e. the Mouth of the Eiver Dael, now Ennereilly, a townland containing the ruins of an old church situated close to Mizen Head, in the south of a parish of the same name, in the barony of Arklow, and county of Wicklow, and about fouj* miles and a quarter north-north-east of the town of Ark- low. The river Dael or Deel is now called the Penny comequick River. In the Feilire- Aenguis, at 13th September, Inbher-Doeli is described as in the territory of Dal-Mescorb, in Leinster, and Doel, as " nomen amnis,'''' in the east of Leinster. "■ Ard-Fothadh, in Tir-Aedha — This was the name of a fort on a hill near Ballyraagrurty, in the barony of Tir-Aedha, now Tirhugh, and county of Donegal. — See the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, part ii. c. iii; and Adamnan's Vita Coluinb., lib. i. c. 10; and Colgan's note {Trias Thaum., p. 375), where he translates this pas- sage from the Irish of the Four Masters, thus : 638.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 257 The Age of Christ, 638. St. Critan, of Aendru^n^ died on the seventeenth of May. Aedh Dubh"", Abbot and Bishop of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. He had been at first King of Leinster. Dalaise ]\Iac hU-Imdae, Abbot of LeithgUnn', died. The Age of Christ, 639. St. Dagan, of Inbher-Daeile^ died on the 13th of September. After Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Ard-Fothadh, m Tir-Aedha*, after the victory of penance, for he was a year in his mortal sickness ; and he used to receive the body of Christ every Sunday. Oilill, son of Colman, chief of Cinel-Laeghaire^, [died]. The Age of Christ, 640. The first year of Conall Cael and Ceallach^ two sons of Maelcobha, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, over Ireland, in [joint] sove- reignty. Scannlan Mor*", son of Ceannfaeladh, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], died. " Ajmo Ghristi sexcentessimo trigessimo nono poslquam ITibernice monarchiam sexdecim annis admmistrasset, Doninallus, filius Aidi Jilii Ain- mirii, decessit in Ard-fothad regione de Tir-Aodha, post pce/iitentice palmam. Integro enim anno in sui lethali injirmitate, singulis diebus Dominicis communione Corporis Christi refectus, interiit." He then remarks on the Chronology : " Varum mon anno 639 (ut Quatuor Magistri referunt); sed anno 642, ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus refert Jacobus Usserus de Ecclesiarum Britannicarum Primordiis pagina 712 ipsum obiissc; et poste'i in Indice Chronologico, diccns Anno 642. Dom- naldm filius Aidi Rex Hihernice, in fine mensis Januarii moritur; succedentibus sibi in regno Con- alio et Kellacho, filiis Maelcobi, annis xvi." The death of King Domhnall is entered in the Annals of Ulster, and also in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, at 641 ; but the true year is 642, as Ussher has it : " A. D. 641. Mors Domhnaill, mic Aedo, regis HiberniiV in fine Januarii." — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 641. Donell mac Hugh, King of Ireland, died in Ardfohie, in the latter end of January." — Ann. Clon. 9 ' Cinel-Laeghaire : i. e. Race of Laeghaire (Monarch of Ireland). These were seated in the baronies of Upper and Lower Navan, in the county of Meath. The hUl of Tlachtgha, the ford of Ath-Truim, and the church of Telachard, were in their territory. The death of Ailill, son of Colman, is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 641, and in the Annals of Clonmac- noise at 642. s Conall Cael and Ceallach. — The Annals of Ulster contain the following curious remarks under the year 642 : " Cellach et Conall Cael regnare incipiunt, ut alii dicunt. Ilic dubiialur quis regnavit post Domhnall. Dicunt alii histo- riograplii regnasse quatuor regcs, .i. Cellach et Conall Cael, et duofdii Aedo Slaine .1. Diarmait et Blathmac, per commixta regna." ^ Scannlan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh He was not the Scannlan, King of Ossory, mentioned by Adamnau as a hostage in the hands of Aedh mac Ainmirech, but his cousin-german, Scann- lan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh, son of Rumanu, whose brother, Feradhach, was the grandfather of the other .Scannlan. This Scannlan Mor, son of Ceannfaeladh, is the ancestor of all the septs 258 aNHQi-a Rio^hachca eiReaNw. [641. Scannlan mop, mac Cinnpaolam, coipec Oppaije, oécc. Cuana, mac Qilcene, coipech pfpmaije, Décc. 6u he pn Laoc Liarrhuine. QoipCpiopr, pécéD cearpacha a liaon. Qn oapa bliaoain Do Clionall -\ Do Clieallac. TTlaolbpfpail -| ITIaolanpaiDli Décc, "] piann Gnaigli Do juin. Do Chenél cConaiU ^ulban laopen. Ctoip Cpiopc, pé céD cfcpaca a do. Qn cpeap bliaóain Do Chonall ~i do Cheallacli. 8. Cponan bfcc, eppucc nQonopoma, Decc an y lanuapii. pupaD- pán, mac beicce, mic Cuanach, coipec Ua TTlec Uaip, Decc. buaiple in^fn Suibne, mic Colmain, bfn paoláin, pijh Caijfn, Decc. Cacli ^abpa ecip Laijlinibh péin. Qoi]" Cpiopc, pé céD cfrpacba arpí. Qn cfcparhaó bliaóain do Clionall, "] do Cheallacli. Ounchaó, mac piachna, mic Oemain, pi UlaD, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD cfcpacha a cfraip. Qn cúicceaó bliaóain Do Chonall 1 DO Cheallach. bolccluaca, cijhfpna Ua cCemnpflaij, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD ceacpacha a cúicc. Qn peipeoD bliaoain do Chonall 1 Do Cheallach. S. Ulac Laippe, abb bfnncaip, Decc an i6 ITiaii. T?a;^- of the Mac Gillapatricks, or Fitzpatricks, of Ossory. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of Scanlan More mac Keanfoyle is entered under A. D. 642. ' Laech Liathmhuine : i. e. the Hero of Liath- mhuin. There are several places in the county of Cork called Liathmhuine ; but the place here referred to is Cloch-Liathmhuine, in the parish of Kilgullane, in the barony of Fermoy. This Cuana is called Mac Cailchine by Keating, and in the Life of St. Molagga, published by Colgan at 20th January, who describes him as a chief- tain of unbounded hospitality, and the rival in that quality of his half brother, Guaire Aidhue, King of Connaught : " Regni deinde" [i. e. post Donalduni] " socie- tatem iniverant Conallus Tenuis, et Cellachus, Moelcobli filii, nepotes Hugonis seu Aidi, An- raeri pronepotes : quibus pari rcgnandi postes- tate gaudentibus, fatis concessit Cuanus Cail- cheni filius, i,aoc tiacriiume, Fearmuioe Rex, qui Guario Colmani filio cooetaneus, parem cum eo liberalitatem, et in egenos erogationem exercuit." — Lynch. See a curious reference to this contest of generosity between Cuanna and Guaire, in the Life of St. Molagga Acta SS., pp. 146, 148. This Cuana was the descendant of the cele- brated Druid and hero, Mogh Eoth, who re- ceived a grant of the territory of Feara-Muigh- feine, now Fermoy, from Fiacha Muilleathan, King of Munster, for the extraordinary services which he had rendered to the Munster forces in driving the monarch, Cormac Mac Art, from Munster See Colgan's Arta SS., p. 148, n. 2, and note ', under A. D. 266, p. 117, snprii. Colgan refers to various authorities for this contest of generosity between Cuana and his half-brother, Guaire Aidhne, and, among others, to an ancient manuscript of Clonmacnoise called Leahhar-na h Uidhrc (a fragment of which is now preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Aca- demy). His words are: '■ Celebris est haic coni- petentia iu nostris historiis, de qua Ketinus in 641.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 259 Cuana, son of Ailcen, chief of Feara-Maighe [Fermoy], died. He was [the person who was called] Laech Liathmhuine'. The Age of Christ, 641. The second year of Conall and Ceallach. Mael- breasail and Maelanfaidh'' died ; and Flann Enaigh was mortally wounded. These were of the Cinel-Conaill-Gulban. The Age of Christ, 642. The third year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Cronan Beg', Bishop of Aendruim, died on the 7th of January. Furadhran, son of Bee, son of Cuanach, chief of Ui-Mic-Uais"', died. Uaisle", daughter of Suibhne, son of Colman, wife of Faelan, King of Leinster, died. The battle of Gabhra" [was fought] between the Leinstermen themselves. The Age of Christ, 643. The fourth year of Conall and Ceallach. Dun- chadhP, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, King of Ulidia, died. The Age of Christ, 644. The fifth year of Conall and Ceallach. Bolglua- thai, Lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The Age of Christ, 645. The sixth year of Conall and Ceallach. INIac Laisre'', Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died on the 16th of May. Eaghallach", historia Kegiim HiberniaB. Item in actis Com- gani et Conalli, et in actis etiam ipsius Cuaiue a Fiacho" [filio Lyrii] " synchrono eleganter con- scriptis quEe etiamnum in magno pretio extant hodie in celebri illo et vetusto codice Cluanensi, quern Leabhar-na-hUidhre vocant." — Acta SS., p. 149, n. 14. "^ Maelhreasail and Madanfaidh. — " A. D. 643. Jngidatio duorum TiepoiumBogaine, i.e. Maelbrea- sail et Maelanfait. Guin Flainn Aenaig. Mors BrcAsail mic seaclinasaich." — Ann. Ult. Cronan Beg. — " A. D. 642. Quies Cronain Episcopi nOindromo." — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 642. Cronan, Bisliop of Indroyme, died." — Ann. Clon. " Ui-Mic- Uais. — This name is still preserved in the barony of Moygoisli, in the county of Westmeath. " A. D. 644. Mors Furudrain mic Bece, mic Cuanach ri Ua mice Uais." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 642. Furadrayn, the son of Beag, mic Briwyn,orCwanagh, prince of Mackwaiss, died." 2 — Ann. Clon. ° Uaisle.—" A. D. 642. Mors hUaisle, fills Suibne. — Ann. Clon. " A. D. 642. Uakle, in English, Gentle, daugh- ter of Swyne mac Colman, King of Meath, Queen of Lynster (she was wife to Foylan, King of Lynster), died." " Gabhra: i. e. Gabhra-Liffe, not Gabhra, near the Boyne. f Dunchadli.—" A. D. 646. Rex Uloth Duncat Ua ^onain jtigiilatiis." — Ann. Ult. 1 Bolghiatha. — " A. D. 646. Bellum Colgan mac Crunnmael Builggluatha ri hUae Cennselaig." — Ann. Ult. ' Mae Laisre. — " A. D. 645. Mac Laisre Albas Bennchair qnievU." — An7i. UU. " A. D. 642. Maclaisre, abbot of Beanchor, died." — Ann. Clon. ' Raghallach His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 648, which is more correct. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is incorrectly entered under the year 642, and the l2 260 aNNQta Rio^hachca eiReawH. [645. allach, mac Uarach, pi Connachc, Oo rhapbaó la TTIaolbpijliDe, mac TTlo!^ lacain, Dia Domnaij Do f^unnpaDh, Dia nebpaoh : Rajallacli, mac Uacach, joera Do muin jeileicTi, muipfno Declimon po cic, Caral oeclimon oepich. hi speip aniu do Carol, cm concola piaD pioi^aibh, Ciay^a Carlml cen arhaip, ni a arhaip cen Di'ojail. TTlibfb pfcli aopoc Di'^ail, acap uipD a pionear, ^onoD pe pipu coijac, oipgfó pé oipjne Déac. ITlo ciiirpi 1 ccuma catch, Diojail Ra^allaij po pair, pil a ulcba léirb im laitti, TTlaoilbpij^Di, mic moclachain. Cacli Caipn Conaill pia nOiapmaiD, mac Qoolia Slaini, pop ^uaipe, Dú in po mapboD an Da Cuán, .i. Cunn, mac Gnoa, pi TTluman,-] Cuán, mac ConaiU, caoipech Ua pijfnce, ■] Colariinach, coipech Ua Linrain, "| po meabaiD pop ^uaipe a liionaó an cacha. IpeaD cfcup Do luib Diapmair do rabaipc m cara po cpia Cluain mic Noip. Oo pijfnpac laporii pamaD Ciapain eacla ppi Oia paip, CO cipaD plan Dioncoib a ccopaijfclica pom. lap j'oaoh laparn in pigli po eaDhbaip Uuaim nGipc co na poblaib pfponn (.i. Ciar illancliain) translator adds that the O'Keillys are descended trom this Eagliallach. "A. D. 642 [rede 649]. Eagally mac Fwa- dagh, King of Connaught, was deadly wounded and killed by one Moyle-Bride O'Mothlan. Of this King Eagally issued the O'Eellyes." This interpolation is, however, incorrect, for the O'Reillys (of East Breifny or Cavan) are descended from Raghallach, son of Cathalan, son of Dubhcron, son of Maelmordha, the eleventh in descent from Fearghus, the common ancestor of the O'Reillys, O'Eourkes, and O'Conors of Connaught. But this Raghallach, son ofUatach, is the ancestor of the O'Conors, kings of Con- naught. He had three sons : 1. Fearghus, the father of Muireadhach Muilleathan, the ances- tor of the O'Conors ; 2. Cathal, who is men- tioned in the text as the avenger of his father ; and 3. Ceallach. — See Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's lar-Connawjht, p. 130. ' Muireann. — It is stated in an interlined gloss that she was the wife of Eagliallach. " Lamented. — The verb po cic is glossed, inter lineas, " .i. po cain." " Avenged, Depich. — This is glossed po oipc, which, in the Brehon laws, signifies to punish, fine, revenge. " Nocha n-oipcche neuch ma cinaiD coip o Concobcip; no one was fined for bis real crime by Conchobhar." — MS. T. C. D., H. 4. 22, p. 67. " Carn-Concnll. — It appears from an account of this battle, preserved in Leahhar na-hUidhri, in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy, that Carn-Chonaill is situated in the territory of Aidhne, which was coextensive with the diocese of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway. This place is probably that now called Ballyconnell, in the ],)arish of Kilbecanty, near Gort. The battle is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 648 ; and in the Annals of Clonmac- 645.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. "201 son of Uatach, King of Connaught, was killed by Maelbrighde, sou of ]Motli- lachan, on Sunday precisely, of which was said : Raghallach, son of Uatach, was pierced on the back of a white steed ; Muireann' hath well lamented" him, Cathal hath well avenged'"' him. Cathal is this day in battle, though he is bound [to peace] in the presence of kings ; Though Cathal is without a father, his father is not without being revenged. Estimate his terrible revenge from the account of it related ; He slew six men and fifty, he committed sixteen devastations. I had my share like another, in the revenge of Raghallach, I have the grey beard in my hand of Maelbrighde, son of Mothlachán. The battle of Carn Conaill" [was gained] by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slanie, against Guaire, wherein were slain the two Cuans, namely, Cuan, son of Enda, Iving of Munster, and Cuan, son of Conall, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte''; and Tolamh- nach, chief of Ui-Liathain''; and Guaire was routed from the battle field. Diar- maid, on his way to this battle, went first through Cluain-mic-Nois. The congregation of St. Ciaran made supplication to God that he might return safe, through the merits of their guarantee. After the king's return, he granted Tuaim nEirc" (i. e. Lialli-Manchain), with its sub-divisions of land, as altar-sod'', noise under G42, as follows : with the appurtenances, now called Lyavanclian, " A. D. 048. Bellum Cairn Conaill, «Az Guaire in honor of God and St. Keyran, to be lield free yug'ii, eíDiarmait mac AedoSlaine i>!C Ui-Fidligeintc. — A large territory in the his enemies went to Clonvicknose to make his present county of Limerick See note", under devotion to St. Keyran, was met by the abbot, A. D. 1 178, p. 44. prelates, and clergy of Clonvicknose in proces- " Ui-Liathaiii. — A territory in the county ol' sion, where they prayed God and St. Keyran to Cork. — See note ', under A. M. 2859, p- • I. give him the victory over his enemies, which and note % under A. D. 1.579. p. 17"-2. God granted at their requests; for they hiid the ■' Tuaim nEirc: i.e. Erc's Mound, or --Connaiight, p. 74, et seq. - Suibhne. — " A. D. 656. Ohitas Suibnii mic Cuirtri, ahbatis /«?." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 55.3. Swyne mac Cwirtre, Abbot of Hugh" [lona], "died."— 4«;;. Clon. ' Cill-Sleihhe : i.e. Cill-Sleibhe-Cuillinn, now Killeavy, situated at the foot of Slieve GuUion, near Newry, in the county of Armagh. — See note I', under the year 517, p. 168, stipra. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the death of this Coinuclienn is entered under the year 634. " Delenn This is probably Tolenn, in the west of the county of Donegah In the Annals of Ulster this battle is entered under the year 656 : " A. D. 656. Belliim Delend, in i/uo interfectus est Maeldeut mac Conaill." '' Mochaemhog Called in Latin Pulcherius. His death is entered in the Annals of Ulster under A. D. 655. Colgan has published a Life of this saint at 1,3th March, from the Codex Kilkenniensis, from which it appears that his lather, Beoan, who was of the Conmaicne of Connaught, fled to IVIunster, and settled in Ui-Conail Gabhra in Munster, where he mar- ried Nessa (the sister of the celebrated St. Ita, of Killcedy, in the present county of Limerick), who became the mother of this saint. His first name was Coemghin, but St. Ita afterwards changed this to Mochaemhog, which the writer oi'his life interpreted ^' Mens pitlc/zef jiwenis.'" " Unde meruit Beoanus ut haberet talem filium, qui coram Deo et hominibus magnus erit, cujus memoria erit in aiternum. Et ad- didit, dicens; ipse erit pulcher et senex. Inde dederunt ei nomen primum .i. Coenilii/hin : sed hoc nomen evertit ipsa Sancta Dei" [Ita] " vo- cans eum per dilectiouem nomine, quo vulgo nominatur .1. Mochoemog : quod latine dicitur mens pulcher juvenis." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 590 Tlie principal church of this saint, called Liath-mor, or Liath-Mochaemhog, is described in the gloss to the Feilirc-Aenguis, as in the southern Ely, in Munster. It is now called Liath Mochaemhog {cuujUcí' Leamokevoge), and is situated in the parish of Two-Mile-Burris, in the barony of Elyogarty, and county of Tippe- rary. This barony was anciently called the territory of South Ely (Bile oeipcipc) to dis- tinguish it from Ely-0'Carroll, which is in- cluded in the ])resent King's County. The &54.] ANNALS Ob" THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 267 The Age of Christ, 654. The fifteenth year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Nem'' Mac Ua-Birn, successor of Enne, of Ara\ died on the 14th of June. Suibhne'', son of Cuirtre, Abbot of la, died. Coincenn, of Cill-Sleibhe^ died. The battle of Delenir', in which Maeldoid, son o,f Conaing, was slain. The Age of Christ, 655. The sixteenth year of Conall and Ceallach. St. Mochaemhog^ Abbot of Liath-mor, died on the third day of March. Thir- teen years and four hundred was the length of his life, as this quatrain proves: The age of Mochaemhog of Liath, which the great or poor deny not, Thirteen years four hundred", without danger, without exaggeration. ruins of two churches, one oi' which is of great antiquity, are now to be seen at Liath-Mocho- emhog, but the saint's festival is no longer kept or scarcely known in the parish. There is ano- ther church called CiU ITIocaeriioj, from this saint, in the barony of Ida, and county of Kil- kenny; but the peasantry are beginning to corrupt it to Kill-Ivory, from a false notion that Caemhog denotes ivory! Colgan's valuable note on the signification of the name of this saint is Well worth the attention of the reader, and the Editor is tempted to lay the whole of it before him in this place : " Mens pulcher juvenis, 4'C- Pro his et aliis similibus intelligendis adverte tria ; Primum quod dictio Hibernica coemh. prout veteres scri- bunt, seu, ut hodie scribitur caomh, idem sit quod pulcher, speciosus, vel dclectans, et ffein idem quod gcnitus vel natus, ita ut Coemhghein, idem sit quod pulcher genitus, seu natus. 2, Quod HÍO, idem sit quod mi vel mens; cstque particula indicans affectum possessionem vel observantiam rei cui pra;figitur. Unde apud Priscos Hibernos pra;figebatur et conjungebatur nominibus pro- priis, maxime sanctorum, ita quod ex utraque coalesceret una dictio, qua; postea in nomcn proprium cedebat. Quando autem nomen istud incipiebat a vocali tunc littera o elisa, litera m jungebatur vocali sequenti. Tertium quod quod oc vel og, an, en, et in in fine dictionum apud 2 M Hibernos maxime priscos indicent quandam diminutionem, seu nomina desinentia, saltern propria esse diminutiva. Ex his contingit eandem numero personam in nostris Hagiolo- giis aliisque historiis variis secundum apparen- tiam nominibus appellari.v. g. idem Lua,Luaiius, Molua, Moluatms scribitur. Item Cuanus, Mo- chuanus, Erninus, Ernenus, Ernanus, Mernanus, et Mernocus; Eltiiius, Mdtimis, et Melteocus Di- manus, Modhimocus; Lochinus, Lochenus, Loch- anus. Et ad propositum nostrum idem Mochoe- mocus, 3Iochoemogus, Coemanus, et respiciendo ad vocis significationem Pulcherius, quam ap- pellationem quia facilior et latinis gratior dux- imus plerumque in hac vita retinendani, licet in vetusto Codice cujus autigraphum habenius sanctus hie passim vocetur Mochoemhoc." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 596, n. 9. " Four hundred, ceicpe ceo. — 'i'his is clearly a mistake for ap coeih ceo, above one hundred; but with whom it originated it would be now difficult to determine. Colgan has the following remarks upon it : " Sed hie obviandum duxi insulso lapsui cujusdam anonimi, qui ad Marian iim in margine addit quendam versum Hibernicum, qui alios traxit in errorem : quo ncmpe indicat S. Mo- choemocum vixisse annis 14 supra quadrin- gintos, ubi meo judicio debuit scribere supra centum, &c.". — Acta Sanctorum, p. 509. 2 268 aHNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [656. Qoip Cpiopc, fé céx) caoccac a pé. S. Ullcan mac Ui Concobai]i, ó Qpo bpfccain, oecc an cfcparhaó lá Do Seprembeji, lajif an ochcrhoccac bliaóain aji cfc a aoij'i. lap mbfir yeachc mbliabna oécc of 6pinn Do Clionall i Do Clieallacli, Da mac TTlaoilcoba, mic Qooha, mic Qintnipech, do cfp Conall la Oiapmaic, mac Qooha Slaine, -[ acbail Ceallach i mbpuj TTlic an O5. blacmac, mac TTlaoilcoba, jii UloD, a écc. Qoip Cpiopc, fé céD caoccar a y^eacbc. Qn céD bliabain do Oiapmaic ■) DO blachmac, do mac QoDlia Slaine, mic OiapmaDa, inic pfpgupa Cepp- beoil, I pijlie nGpeann. Ceallacli, mac Sapáin, abb Ochna moipe, Décc. TTlochua, mac Conám, Décc. Ounchaó, mac Qooha Slaine, Décc. Cíoi]p Cpiopr, pé céD caoccac a lioclic. Qn oapa blianain Do Oiapmaic -] DO blafmac. Oioma Oub, epy^cop ConDepe, Dej an 6 lanuajm. Cummine, epfcop nQonopoma, Decc. S. Sillan, eppcop Dairhinpi, Decc an 17 illaii. GochaiD, mac blaicmic, mic Qoóa Slaine, oécc. Qilill, mac OuncliaDa, mic Qoba Slaine, Decc. Conall CpannDamna Decc. Gojan, mac Uuacalain, Decc. paolan, coiyech Oppai 51, Do mapbab la Laijnib. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo caoccac anaoi. Qn cpeap bliabam do Diapmaic -] DO 6lacmac. Oainiel, eppcop Cinnsapab, Decc an 18 pebpuapii. pionón '' St. Ulltan. — In the Annals of Clonmacnoise year 656. the death of Ultan, son of O'Connor, is entered ' Ard-Breacain: i. e. Breacan's Height, or hill, under 653, but in the Annals of Ulster, "Oiiiiis now Ardbraccan, the diocesan seat of the Ultain mic U-Concubair," is entered twice, first Bishop of Meath, about three miles from the under the year '656, and again Tinder 662, town of Navan, in the county of Meath. This " secundum aliuiii librum." The Annotations of place derived its name from St. Breacan, who Tirechan on the Life of St. Patrick, are stated erected a church here, before the time of St. in the Book of Armagh (fol. 16), to have been Ulltan, but afterwards fixed his principal es- taken from the mottth of Ultanus, first Bishop tablishment at Templebraccan, on the Great of the Conchub reuses, i. e. of the Dal Conchu- Island of Aran, in the Bay of Gal way, where his bhair of Ardbraccan. The festival of this saint festival was celebrated on the 1st of May. is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis, and in ' Brugh-Mic-an-Og : i.e. the Brugh, or Fort O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 4th September. It of Aenghus Og, commonly called Aenghus an is remarked in the latter that he educated and Bhrogha, son of Daghda, King of the Tuatha fed with his own hands all the children who De Danauns. This place is situated near Stack- were without education in Ireland, and that he allan Bridge, near the village of Slaue, in the was one hundred and eighty-nine years old county of Meath. — See Book of Lecan, fol. 279, when he resigned his spirit to heaven in the p. b. In the Annals of Ulster, "Mors Ceallaigh 656] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. • 269 The Age of Christ, 656. St. Ulltan" Mac-Ui-Conchobhair, of Ard-Breacain', died on tlie fourth day of September, after [completing] the one hundred and eightieth year of his reign. After Conall and Ceallach, the two sons of Maelcobha, sou of Aedh, son of Ainmire, had been seventeen years over Ireland, Conall was slain by Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine ; and Ceallach died at Brugh-Mic-an-Og'. Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died. The Age of Christ, 657. The first year of Diarmaid and Blathmac, two sons of Aedh Slaine, son of Diarmaid, son of Fearghus Cerrbheoil, in the sove- reignty of Ireland. Ceallach, son of Saran, Abbot of Othan-mor^, died. Mochua, son of Lonan, died. Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine'', died. The Age of Christ, 658. The second year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Dima Dubh", Bishop of Conner, died on the 6th of January. Cummine, Bishop t)f Aendruim [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. St. Sillan, Bishop of Daimhinis'', died on the 17th of May. Eochaidh, son of Blathmac', son of Aedh Slaine, died. Ailill", son of Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine, died. Conall Cranndamhna", died. Faelan", chief of Osraighe, was slain by the Leinstermen. The Age of Christ, 659. The third year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Da- niel, Bishop of Ceann-garadh'', died on the 18th of February. Finan"', son of mic Maelcobo" is noticed under the year 657, '"Ailill,^c. — "A.D. 656. Aillill, nuicDonogh, but no mention is made of the killing of Conall. mac Hugh Slane, died." — Ann. Clon. " Othan-moi: — Now Fahan, near Lough S willy, " Conall Cranndamhna "A. D. G5Í). Conall in the barony of Inishowen, and county of Do- Craunamna moritur." — Ann. Ult. liegal. " A. D. 656. Conell Cranndawna died." — '' Dunchadh, son of Aedh Slaine " A. D. 658. Arm. Clon. Duncat, mac Aedo Slaine, mortum eat.'" — Ann. " Faelan, chief of Osraijhe. — " A. D. 656. Ult. - Foylan, King of Ossorie, was killed by the ' Dima Duhh. — " A. D. 558. Dimmaingert, Lynstermen." — Ann. Clon. Episcopus Condire, et Cummine, Episcopus ^ Ceann-garadh. — This church is described n-Aendroma, mortui sunt." — Ann. Ult. in the Feilire-Aengnis, at 10th August, as in '' Daimhinis: i.e. Devenish, in Lough Erne, Gallgaedhela, in Alba or Scotland. Three saints near the town of Enniskillen, in the county of of this place are set down in O'Clery's Irish Fermanagh. Calendar; 1. Daniel, Bishop, at 1 8th February ; ' Eochaidh, son of Blathmaq. — " A. D. 659. 2. Colum, at 1st March ; and 3. lilaan, at 10th J/ori Echdach mic Blaithmicc." — Ann. Ult. August See also Colgan's Acta Sanctoruiu, " A. D. 656. Eaghagh mac Blathmac, son of p. 234. King Hugh Slane, died." — Aim. Clon. '' Finan, ijc " A. D. 659. Obitm Finnani. 270 aNNCtta Rio^l^achca eiReawN. [660. mac Rimfoa, epj'cop, oécc. Colman ^linne Da locba Decc an t)a|ia la Do Decembeji. Qoip Ciiiopc, fé céo peapccac. Ctn cfrpamaD bliaDain Do Oiajimaic "] no blannac. S. CaiDgfriD, mac baoich, ó Cluain pfpca Tllolua, Dej an 12 lanuapn. Conairig Ua Oainc, abb Imleclia lobaiji, Décc. lomaipecc 1 nOgam- ain, oc Cinn Copbaoam, la muincip Diapmaca, mic Qooha Slmne, .1. Oncú, mac Sapáin,"] ITlaolmiolclion,-] Carupach, mac Gimme, poji blarlimac, mac Qooha Slaine, mai^fn in po mapbab Conainj, mac Conjaile, mic QoDa Slaine, -] UUcan, mac Gpname, coipech Ciannaclica, -| Cennpaolaó, mac ^fipriDi, coipech Cianoacra OpODa, -j paolcliu mac maeleumlia. maolDiiin, mac Qotjha bennctin, Decc. TTlaonacli, mac pinpn, pi TTliiman, Décc. ÍTlaeloúin, mac pupaDpain, coipech Ouplaip, Decc. TTIaolpuaroij, mac Gpnaine, roipecli Cictnoacca, Do rhapbaó. S, Uomene, mac l?onáin, eppcop Qpua TTlacha, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD pepcccic a haon. Qn cáicceaó bliabain Do Diap- maic 1 blarmac. S. Cummine pooa, mac piaclina, eppcop Cluana pfpca Episcopi, filii Eimedo ; et Colman Glinne da locha quievit ; et Daniel Episcopus Cinngarad." — Ann. Uh. " A. D. 656. Fynian mac Rivea Bushop, died. Colman of Glendalogha died ; and Daniel, Bu- shop of Kingarie, died." — Ann. Clon. ' Laidhijeann. — " A. D. 660. Conainn, nepos Daint, abbas Imlecho Ibair, et Laidggenn sapiens, mao Baith Bannaig, defuncti sunt.'''' — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 657. Conyng O'Dynt, abbot of Im- leagh-Iver, died." — .4???!. Clon. The festival of this Laidhgenn is set down in the Feilive- .'iengiiis and all the Irish Martyrolo- ffies, at 12th Januan'. — See Colgan's Acta SS-, p. 57, and p. 58, n. 9- It is stated in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, that he died in 660, and was Vmried at Cluain-iearta-Molua [now Clonfert- mulloe or Kyle, at the foot of Slieve Bloom, in Upper Ossory]. " Ogamhain at Ceann-Corhadain.-íí ot idea titled. "A. D. 661. Belhim Ogomain, vbi cecidervnt Conaing mac Congaile, et Ultan mac Ernaine, rex Cianachte, et Cennfaelad mac Gertride. Blamac mac Aedo victus est.'''' — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 658. The battle of Ogawyn at Kin- corbadan, where Conaing mac Kenoyle, mac Hugh Slane, was killed, and Ultan mac Ernany, King of Kynnaghty; in which battle King Blathmack was quite overthrown by the army of Dermot mac Hugh Slane ; Onchowe mac Saran" [Moylmilchon and Cahasagh mac Evin] "were the principal actors." — Ann. Clon. ■ Alaelduin. — " A. D. 658. Bloyldwyne, son of Hugh Beannan, died." — Ann. Clon. This IMaelduin fought in the battle of Magh- Rath on the side of the IMonarch Dondinall, son of Aedh See Battle of Mayh Rath, pp. 22, 23, 278. " Alaenach " A. D. 661. Maenach mac Fingin, mic Aedh Duib, mic Crimthainn, mic Feidlimid, mic Aeugusa, mic Nadfraich, re.r Muman, mortuus est.'''' — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 658. Moynagh mac Fyniu, King of Mounster, died." — Ann. Clon. 660.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. i^Tl Rimeadh, a bishop, died. Colinaii, of Gleann-du-locha, died on the second day of December. The Age of Christ, 660. The fourth year of Diarmaid and lihithmac. St. Laidhgeann'', sou of Baeth, of Cluain-fearta-Molua, died on the 12t]i oi' January. Conaing Ua Daiut, Abbot of Imleach Ibhair [Endy], died. A battle [was gained] at Ogamliain, at Ceann-Corbadaiu^ by the people of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, namely, Onchu, son of Saran, iSIaelmilchon, and Cathasach, son of Eimhin, over Blathrafic, son of Aedh Slaine, in which were slain Conaiuii. son of Conall, son of Aedh Slaine ; Ulltan, son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta ; Ceannfaeladh, son of Geirtidi, chief of Cianachta- Arda ; and Faelchu, son nf Maelumha. Maelduin*, son of Aedh Beannan, died. Maenach", son of Finghin, King ui Munster, died. Maelduin, son of Furadhran", chief of Durlas^ died. JMael- fuataigh'", son of Ernaine, chief of Cianachta, was slain. St. Tomene'-, son of Ronan, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died. The Age of Christ, 661. The fifth year of Diarmaid and Blatlnuac. St. Cummine Foda", son of Fiachna, Bishop of Cluainfearta-Breanaiun [Clonfert] . " Maelduin, son ofFuradhran — "A. U. (JfJI. Tall. "A. D. 66L Anno Ltxii. etaiis Cumnieiii Socitts Diarmodo Maelduin mac Furudiaiu, iiiic Foda, el Saran fiepos Certain Sapientis, dormie- Becce, mortuus est." — Ann. Ult- runt." — Ann. Ult. ' Durlas. — This, which is otherwise writteu " A. D. 658. Comyii Fuda, in thu T'iiid year Derlas or Dearlas, was the name of a ibrt and of his age, died. St. Saran mac Cridaii (Sapun district in the county of Antrim.^ — See note *, ó chi^Supcnn), died." — Ann. Clon. under A. D. 1215, p. 187. The festival of Cummine Foda, who was l[) of Coluan has the following note upon him in liis Ardmach, died." — Ann. Clon. Annotations on the Lil'e of St. Molagga, at 2(lth Colgan has collected all that is known of this January, Acta Saiictorum, p. 149. n. 7 : prelate in his Acta Sanctorum, at 10th Januarj', *' S. Cominus Foda .ten Lonfjus, c. 3. Fuit vir pp. 5.3, 54. It is said that he was the most celebrata; sanctitatis et genere illustrissimo : learned of his countrymen, in an age most fruit- fuit enim filius Fiachna, lilii Fiachrii Occiden- ful of learned men. — See Bede, lib. ii. c. 19; talis Momonia; Principis, discipulus S. Ita; ab Ussher's PriTOOrc?., p. 936; and Harris's edition infantiá, postea a Guario fdio Colmuni Connaciiv of Ware's Bishops, pp. 39, 40. Kege, et ex parte matris fratre, juxta dicta, n. 4, ■■ Cummine Foda : i. e. Cummine the Long or accersitus in Connaciam, factus ibi est E])isco]iiiv 272 awNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [662. bpfnoinn, oécc in Dcipa la oég do Nouembep. Colman Ua Cluapaij, oiDe Cummine, po paib na poinnpi : Ml beip Cuimnecli pop a Dpuim, oepil muirhnech ilLerhCuinn, Tllapban in noi ba piii Do, do Cumnnne mac piachno. TTla DO ceijColi neach Dap muip, peipeab In puióe n^piB^T' TTlao a liGpi ni bui do, inge Cumine poDo. ITlo curhapa lap cCumine, on lo po poiljeD a ape, Coi mocuil nip ninsaipfó, DopD gaill lap nofpacli a bópc. S. Colmcin Ua Cluapaij oecc. S. Sapan Ua Cpiorain Décc. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo pepccac a Do. Qn peipeao bliabain Do Diapmair -| DO blarniac. Sesan Tllac hUi Cuinn, abb bfnDcaip. Tuenócc, mac pion- cain, abb pfpna. Inoepcaij eppcop, Oimma eppcop. ^""ipe (.1. QiDne) mac Colmain, pi Connacr Décc. Rob lonann macaip Do ^uaipe -) Do Caim- mine Inpi Celcpa, ariiail aj'bfpap : Cumman, injfn Oallbponaij, maraip Caimmin ip ^uaipe, TTloippeipfp ap peachrmojac, ap yet) po jfnaip uaire. Cluainfertensis, quo munere prsBclare functus liac vita piissime defunctus est an. Christi 661, 2 Decembris" [recte, 12 Novembris] "juxta Annales Dungallenses. Verum S. ^ngussius in suo festilogio, Marianus, et ^ngussius auctus dicunt ejus Natalem celebrari 22 Novembris" [^recte, 12 Novembris]. " Ejus acta, seu potius panegyricum de eo scripsit S. Colmanus 0-Clua- saig ejus magister. Vide ejus genealogiam apud Menologium Genealogicum, c. 34, et plura de ipso in actis Comdhani et Conalli Idiotarum ; in quibus in apographo, quod vidi, inter plura vera, quEedam apochrypha et fabulosa, maxime de S. Declano et Molagga referuntur, &c." '■ The Luhmieacli. — This was the old nanffe of the Lower Shannon. These verses, which are very obscure, seem to allude to the fact of St. Cummine Foda having died in Munster, and his body having been conveyed in a boat up the Shannon to his episcopal church of Clonfert, in the county of Gal way, to be there interred. Dr. O'Conor says that his Acts, written in Irish metre by his tutor, O'Seasnain, who died in 661 [665], are extant in an old vellum manuscript in the Stowe Library. ' Colman Ua Cluasaigh — He was the tutor of St. Cummine Foda, and the author of the panegyric just referred to. — See O'Reilly's Ca- talogue of Irish Writers, p. 45. ■^ Saran. — He is the patron saint of Tisaran, in the barony of Garrycastle, in the King's County See note ^, under the year 1541, p. 1461. ' Sefjan " A. D. 662. Quies Segain mice U Chuind, Abbatis Bennchair. Mors Guaire Aidhne. Tuenog, jilius Fintain, Ahhas Fernann ; Indercach Episcopiw, Dima Episcopus quiescunt." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 659. Segan Mac Ikwind, Abbot of Beanchor, died. Tuenoc, Abbot of Femes, Dearky, and Dima, two Bishops, died." — Ann. Clon. 662.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 273 died on the twelfth day of November. Colman-Ua-Clasaigh, the tutor of Cum- mine, composed these verses : The Luimneach'' did not bear on its bosom, of the race of Mimster, into Leath- Chuinn, A corpse in a boat so precious as he, as Cummine, son of Fiachna. If any one went across the sea, to sojourn at the seat of Gregory [Rome], If from Ireland, he requires no more than the mention of Cumine Foda. I sorrow after Cumine, from the day that his shrine was covered ; My eyelids have been dropping tears ; I have not laughed, but mourned since the lamentation at his barque. St. Colman Ua Cluasaigh"', died. St. Saran"" Ua Critain died. The Age of Christ, 062. The sixth year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Segan" Mac hUi-Chuinn, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor] ; Tuenog, son of Fintan, Abbot of Fearna; Indearcaigh, a bishop; Dimma, a bishop; Guaire*^ (i.e. Aidhne), son of Colman, King of Connaught, died. Guaire and Caimin, of Inis-Cealtra^, had the same mother, as is said : Cumman, daughter of Dallbronach*", was the mother of Caimin and Guaire ; Seven and seventy was the number- born of her. ' Guaire. — This King of Connaught, who is so Connaught, of Crimhthann, son of Aedh, King of celebrated by the Irish poets for his unbounded Leinster, and of Cuanna, son of Cailchine, chief of hospitality and munificence, is the common an- Fernioy. — See Acta Sanctorum, p. 148, n. 4. In cestor of the families of O'Heyne, O'Clery, Mac the Life of St. Caimin, at 24th March, Colgan Gillakelly, and other families of Aidhne, in the states that Caimin and Guaire were half bro- county of Galway ; but not of O'Shaughnessy, thers, and quotes the above passage from the as is usually asserted. — See Genealogies, Tribes, Four Masters, as follows : ^■c, of Ily-Fiachrach, p. 54 ; and the Genealo- " Fratrem habuit tjermanum Guariu7n, ^-c. Ita gical Table in the same work. Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad annum Gf)2, " Inis-Cealtra See note ", under 548, p. 187, dicentes : Gtiarius Adhnensis, filius Colmani, Rex supra. Colgan says that the name of the mother CoimacicB obiit. Cuniania filia Dalbronii fuit of Guaire Aidhne was Mugania ; but he quotes mater ipsius et S. Camini de Inis-Keltra: de qua the tract on the Mothers of the Irish Saints, vetus author scribit Cumania lilia Dalbronii, written by Aengus Ceile De, in which she is mater Camini et Guarii : et ex ejus scmine called Rima filia Fiacha, and in which it is prodiisse feruntur septuaginta septem utique stated that she was the mother of Cumine sancti, ut colligitur ex Vita S. Forannani data Foda, of Comdan mac Chearda, of Brecan, of 15 Februarii." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 747. Dairinis, of Guaire, sou of Colmau, King of '' Daughter of JJallbronach There was a 2 N 274 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [663. Conall 1 Colccu, oá mac Oomnaill, mic Qooha, mic Qinmtpech, do map- Bao la Ceijipcfno. Qoi}^ Cpiopr, pé céo y^eapccac acpí. Cln peaccrhaó bliaóain Do Oiap- maic 1 DO blarmac. baocan, ITlac Ua Cojibmaic, abb Cluana mic Nóip, Décc. Do ConmaicniB mapa a cenel. Comóán mac Cuclieanne, bfiiach, ab 6fnDcaiii, Cr|inacli Socal, mac Diapmarra, mic Qoba Sláine, oécc (imaiUe pip an nDpunig periipáice) do mopclaó niapgaib i nGpinn liiMallamnQugupc na bliaónapa In TTluijIi lorha, In poraprail). Qoip Cpiopr, pé céD peapccac acCraip. TTlopclaD abbal Do lieicli in nGpinn in bliabainpi Da ngoipri an 6uiDe Connaill, i po écpac in Dpong po do mound on or near tlie Hill of Tara called Fossa Dallbronig. — Betham's Antiq. Researches, App. p. xxxiv. This quatrain is quoted from Marian Gorman by Colgau, in a note to the Life of St. Faraman at 15 th February (Acta Sanctorum, p. 339, n. 17), where he translates it : " Ex solo semine Cuimine, ^c. Aliis Cumaine, fuit filia Dalbronii, et Soror Brothsech», matris S. Brigidai, foemiua; ob progeniem numerosam et sanctam, nostris hystoriis, valde celebratam : in quibus lego septuaginta septem Sanctorum albo adscriptos, ex semine prodiisse foemina;, juxta vulgatum carmen a Mariano Gormano, ejusve Schoiiaste compositum : " Cumain inghean Dallbronuigh., mathair Chaimin is Guaire Moirsheiser ar sheachtmogad, aseadh genuir uaidhe. Cumania filia Dalbronii mater' Camini et Guarii, Septem et Septuaginta ex ea prodierunt. Ex ejus nempe semine." ' Conall and Colgu " A. D. 662. Jugulatio duorum filiorum Domhnaill filii Aedo .i. ConaU, et Colga." — Ann. Hit. ^ Baetan " A. D. 663. Baetan maccu Cor- maicc, abbas Cluano, obiit.^^ — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 660. Boyhan Mac Cowcormick died, &c." — Aim. Clon. ' Conmaicne-mara : i. e. the inhabitants of Connamara, or the barony of Ballynahinch, in the north-west of the county of Galway. — See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 46 ; and Har- diman's edition of O'Flaherty's lar-Connanght, pp. 31, 92, &c. " Comdhan Macciitheanne. — "A. D. 663. Com- gan Maccuiterane obiit.^'' — Ann. Ult. "A.D. 660. — Cowgan Maccuthenne died, &c." — Ann. Clon. He was probably the brother of Muirchu Maccuthennius, who wrote a Life of St. Patrick from the dictation of Aldus, Bishop of Sletty, as stated in the Book of Armagh, fol. 20, b. 1. " Bearach. — "A. D.663. Berach, abb Benchair, obiit."— .ánji. UU. " Cearnach Sotal: i. e. Cearnach, the Arrogant or Haughty. The Annals of Ulster agree in the date of his death with the Four Masters, but the Annals of Clonmacnoise enter it under 660. ■' Magh-Itha, in Fotharta. — This was a plain in the barony of Forth, in the south-east of the county of Wexford — See note ", under A. M. 2550, p. 8, supra. The first appearance of this plague is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the year 663, but incorrectly, under 660, in the Annals of Clonmacnoise, as follows : " A. D. 663. Tenebre in Kalendis Maii in ix. 663.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRí:LAND. 275 Conall and Colgu", two sons of Domhnall, sou of Aedh, son of Ainmire, were slain by Ceirrceann. The Age of Christ, 663. The seventh year of Diarmaid and Blathmac. Baetan'' Mac-Ua-Cormaic, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the sept of Conmaicne-raaral Comdhan Maccutheanne"; Bearach", Abbot of Beanu- chair ; Cearnach Sotal", son of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, died, together with the aforesaid persons, of a mortality Avhich arose in Ii'eland, on the Calends of the August of this year, in Magh-Itha, in Fotharta''. The Age of Christ, 664. A great mortality prevailed m Ireland this year, which was called the Buidhe Connail'', and the following number of the saints hora, et in eadem estate cebim ardescere visum est. Mortalitas in Ilihernia pervenit in Kalendis Au- gusti, /gia, p. 431. " A. D. 661" [»-ecie, 665] " Scachnassach, son of King Blathmack, began his reign, and was king five years." — Aiin.Clon. 278 aNNaf,a Rio^hachca eipeaNN. [666. Cpuirne beopDecc. íílaolDúin, mac ScatiDail, coipech Ceneoil Coipbpe, oécc. DuibinDjieclic, mac Ounchaoha, roipec liUa mbiiiuin, Décc. Ceallacli, mac ^uai]ie, Decc. Cach peipcp ecip Ulca "] Cpuirhne, Du m po mapbnb Cach- iipacli, mac Laipcine. paolan, mac Colmain, pi Laijfn, Decc. Ctoip Cpiopc, pé cét) peapccar a fé. C(n Dapa bliabain Do Seachnupach. TTloprlaió mop ipin mbliaoainpi, Dia po eccpar cfrpap abbaDh hi mbfnDchaip Ulaó, 6fpacb, Cummine, Colum, -j Qobón a nanmariDa. Cach Qine ecip Ctpanha "j Ui Pibsfiire DÚ in po mapbaoh Go^an mac CpunDmail. 6pan pionn, mac TTlaoileoccpaicch, coipeac ria nOéipi niuman, Do mapbab. blac- mac, mac TTlaoilcoba, pi Ulab, Dég. Qoip Cpiopc, pé ceD peapccac apeaclic. Qn cpeap bliabain do Seacli- nupach. Colman eppcop, 50 naomaib oile imaille ppip, do duI 50 blnip bo pinne, 50 po pochaib ecclap innce, conab uaiche ainmnishreap pom. peapgup mac TTlucceDo [oécc]. Ctoip Cpiopc, pé céD peapccctr a lioclic. Qn cfrparhab bbabam Do Seachnapacli. S. Cummine pionn, abb lae Coluim Cille, Decc an 24 peb- ' Ui-Briuiii In the Annals of Ulster at this year, Dubhinrecht is called " Rex hUa Briuin- Ai." It was the name of a tribe descended from Brian, son of Eochaidh Jluighmheadhoin, seated in the plain of Magh-Ai, now Machaire- Chonnacht, in the county of Roscommon. ^" Fearsat : i. e. a Ford. The word fearsat literally signifies a spindle, and is applied topo- graphically to a bank of sand formed in the estuary of a river, where the tide checks the current of the fresh water. The fearsat here alluded to was evidently at Bel-Feirste, now Belfast, on the River Lagan, in the county of Antrim. This battle is entered in the Annals of Tighernach under 666, and in the Annals of Ulster at 667. '' Cecdlach, son of Guaire : i. e. Guaire Aidhne, King of Conuaught. This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster under 665. ' Fadan, son of Colman "A. D. 663. Foylan mac Colman, King of Lynster, died." — Ann.Clon. ■* Great plague. — " A. D. 666. Moi-talitas in Hihernia. A. D. 667. Magna moiialitas Buidhe Conaill."_ylnn. Ult. " A. D. 663. There was a great mortality, whereof four abbotts" [of Benchor] " died one after another this year, namely, Bearagh, Com- ynye, Columb, and Aidan." — Ann. Clon. ' Aine : i.e. Cnoc Aine, now Knockany, in the county of Limerick. This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 666, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 667, which is the true year. The Ui-Fidhgeinte and the Aradha were seated in the present county of Limerick, and their territories were divided from each other by the River Maigue and the stream now called the Morning Star River. ^ Innis-Bo-fin7ie : i.e. the Island of the White Cow, now Bophin Island, situated off the west coast of the barony of Murrisk, in the county of Mayo. The earliest writer who mentions this church is Venerable Bede, who gives a curious account of it in his Ecclesiastical His- tory, lib. iv. c. 4 See Ussher's Primordia, 666.:\ ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 279 died ; Eochaidh larlaidh, King of the Cruithne, also died. Maeldiiin, son oí' Scannal, chief of Cinel-Coirbre, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Dunchadh, chief of Ui-Briuin'^, died. Ceallach, son of Guaire^ died. The battle of Fearsat*", between the Ulidians and the Cruithni, where Cathasach, son of Laircine, was slain. Faelan, son of Colman", Iving of Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 666. The second year of Seachnasach. A groat plague'' [raged] in this year, of which died four abbots at Beannchair-Uladh [Bangor] , namely, Bearach, Cummine, Colum, and Aedhan, their names. The battle of Aine", between the Aradha and Ui-Fidhgeinte, where Eoghan, son of Crunn- mael, was slain. Bran Finn, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of the Deisi of Mun- ster, was slain. Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, King of Ulidia, died. The Age of Christ, 667. The third year of Seachnasach. Colman, the bishop, Avith other saints accompanying him, went to Inis-Bo-íinne', and he founded a church thereon, from which he is called^. Fearghus, son of Miic- cedh"" [died]. The Age of Christ, 668. The fourth year of Seachnasach. St. Cummine' pp. 825, 964, 1164 ; and Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's lar-Connaught, p. 115, ei seq., also p. 294. In the Annals of Ulster the sailing of St. Colman to this island is noticed under the year 667, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 664, which is incorrect, though it agrees with the Saxon Chronicle, and with Ussher's Chronological Index : " A. D. 667. Navigatio Columbani Episcopi, cum rdiquis Scotorum, ad insulani Vacce Albe, in qua fundavit ecclesiam." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 664. The sailing of Bishop Colman, with the relicks of the saints" [^recte, with the rest of the Scoti] " to the island of Innis Bof- fynne, where he founded a church." — Ann. Clon. "^ From which he is called: i.e. the church was called from the island, and St. Colman was named from the church, namely, Colman of Inis-Bo-finne. The ruins of St. Colman's church are still to be seen on this island, in the town- land of Knock ; and near it there is a holy well called Tobar-Flannain. Between the townlands of Westquarter and Fawnmore on this island is situated Loch Bo-finne, i. e. the Lake of the White Cow ; and it is still believed that the in- chanted white cow, or Bo-finn, which gave name to the island, is periodically seen emerging from its waters. '' Fearghus, son of Muccedh " A. D. 667. Fergus mac Murcado mortuus est." — Ann. Ult. ' Cummine Finn. — " A. D. 668. Obittis Ciim- meni Alhi Ahbatis lae. — Ann. TJU. " A. D. 605. Comyn the White Abbot of Hugh" [lona], " died." — Ann. Clon. This was the celebrated Cummeneus Albus, who is mentioned by Adamnan in his Vita Cu- lumbcB, lib. iii. c. 5, as the author of a book on the virtues of St. Columbkille. — See Colgau's Trias Thaum., pp. 325 to 331. He was also the author of a very curious letter to Segienus, Abbot of lona, on the Paschal Controversy, published by Usshcr in his Sylloge, No. xi. — See his Life in Colgan's Ada Sanctorum, at 24tli February, p. 408-411. 280 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [669. puaiiii. ITlaolpocliapcoi j, mac Suibne, coipec Cenel Uuiprpi, oecc. Cenn- paolció }io imiD: Ni Dile, nach jii bompa alaile O Do bperlia TTIaolpochapcoij, ma jliainihnen Do Doipe. TiiaolDUin, mac ITIaonaijh, do mapBab. C|iiocan, abb biriDcaip, Décc. niocluie mac Uipc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD peapccac anaoi. lap mbfir cúicc bliaDria op Gpinn hi pighe do Seachnupach, mac blaicmic, Do ceap la OubDuin, plaich Ceneoil Coipbpe. Qp pop Seclinupach Do paccaD an ceipcimenpi, 6a ppianach, ba heachlapcacli, inceach In mbiD Seachnupach, 6a hinióa puijeall pop plaicu hipraigh 1 mbmh mac 6larmaic. 6pan pionn, mac ITlaoileochcpaich, coipec na nOéipi ÍTluman. TTlaolDÚin Ua í?onain Do rhapbao. 6larmac, mac ÍTlaoilcoba, Décc. Cuana, mac Cel- laij, DO rhapbab. 6]ian puiD, mac ITlaelepochapcai j, Décc. Ounchab Ua r?onáin Déj. Qoip Cpiopc, pé ceD peachcrhojac. Ctn céD bliabain Do Cfnnpaolab, mac blachmaic, hi pighe nGpeann. Oungal, mac TTlaoilecuile, roipec Ceneoil '■ Cinel-Tuirtre. — Otherwise calledUi-Tuirtre, p. 25, where the Editor of these Annals, misled a tribe descended from Fiachra Tort, son of by Colgan, erroneously places the parishes of CoUa Uais, Monarch of Ireland in the fourth Ramoaue, Donnagorr, and Killead, in this terri- century. In the time of St. Patrick these were tory. The parish of Kamoane was in the territory seated in the present baronies of Dungannon, in of Tuaisceart, and the others in Magh-Liue. the county of Tyrone, and Loughinsholin, in In the Annals of Ulster the death of this the county of Londonderry. — See Tripartite chieftain is entered under the same year, thus: Life of St. Patrick, part ii. cc. 138-140, Trias "A. D. 668. J/oriMoilefothartaig, mic Suibne, T/iaum., p. 148. It would appear, however, regis Nepotum Tuirtre apud Taruan." — Cod. that they were soon after driven from their C/aren., torn. 49. original territory by the race of Niall of the ' To Doire : i. e. to Derry, now Londonderry, Nine Hostages, and that they settled on the east i. e. since he was borne on his bier to Derry to Side of tlie Kiver Bann, in the present baronies be interred there. It is probable that the of' Upper and Lower Toome, in the county of Nepotes Tuirtre had a burial-place at Derry, and Antrim, forming the principal part of the rural that they continued to inter their chieftains deanery, which, in 1291, bore the name of there for some time after their settlement in Turtrye See Reeves' Ecclesiastical Antiquities the present county of Antrim. of Down and Connor, (jr., pp. 82, 83, and 292 "> Critan. — " A. D. 668. Ohitus Critani ab- to 297. See also note ", under A. D. 11 76, batis Benchair et Mochuo Maccuist." — A7M. Ult. tí69.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 281 Finn, abbot of la-Cokdm Cille, died on the 24th of February. Maelfothar- taigh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cinel-Tuirtre'', died. Ceannfaeladh said : Not dearer is one king to me than another, Since Maelfothartaigh was borne in his couch to Doire'. Maelduin, son of Maenach, was slain. Critan", Abbot of Beannchair [Ban- gor], died. Mochua, son of Ust, [died]. The Age of Christ, 669. After Seachnasacli, son of Blathmac, had been five years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain" by Dubhduin, chief of Cinel-Cairbre". It was of Seachnasach this testimony was given: Full of bridles and horsewhips was the house in which dwelt Seachnasach, Many were the leavings of plunder in the house in which dwelt the son of Blathmac. Bran Finn^, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of Deisi-Mumhan [died]. Mael- duin O'Ronain'' was slain. Blathmac, son of Maelcobha, died. Cuanna', son of Ceallach, died. Bran Finn, son of Maelfothartaigh, died. Dunchadli Ua Eonain died. The Age of Christ, 670. The first year of Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac', in the sovereignty of Ireland. Dungal, son of Maeltuile, chief of Cinel-Boghaine', " A. D. 565. Critan, Abbott of Beanclior, and county of Sligo. — See note p, under A. D. 492, Mochwa, Abbot of Beanclior, died." — Ann.Clon. p. 154, supra. " Was da in — " A. D. 670. Jugulatio Seach- f Bran Finn. — "A. D. 670. Brian Finn mac nusaig filii Blaithmic regis Temoirie in initio Maeleochtraich moritur." — Ann. Tilt. hiemis. Dubduin rex Generis Coirpn jugulavif •^ Maelduin 0^ Eonain "A. D. G68. Jugulatio ilium." — Ann. Ult. Maelduin." — Ann. U/t. " A. D. 667. King Seachnassach, in the be- ' Cuanach, ^c. — " A. D. 668. Jugulatio Cuana ginning of Winter, was killed by Diiffcdoyne, mic Cellaid, Jugulatio Briani Finn, mic Maile- prince of the race of Carbrey, in the King's fotharti ; Mors Dunchadiia I-Ronain." — Ann. pallace of Taragh." — Ann. Clan. Ult. " Cinel- Cairbre : i.e. the race of Cairbre, son " Ceannfaeladh, son of Blathmac. — The Annals of Niall of the Nine Hostages, who were at this of Clonmacnoiso place his accession in 668, but period seated in the barony of Granard, in the O'Flaherty and the Annals of Ulster in 671. — county of Longford, but whose descendants af- See O'Flahcrty's Ogt/gia, part iii. c. 93. " A. D. terwards settled in and gave their name to the 671. CeannfaeladmacBlathmaicregnareincipit." present barony of Carbury, in the county of — Ann. Clon. Kildare, and the barony of Carbury, in the ' Cinel-Boghaine. — See note under A. D. 605. 2 282 aNNQf-a Rioshachca eiReawN. [671. mbojaine, Do riiaiibaoli la Loinsfioch, mac aon^ufo, coipec Cinel gConaill. QnD Tilaclia -| Ufgh Uelle Do lofccab. bfnDcaip do lopccaó. Cumapccach, mac l?onáiTi, Décc. Qoip Cpioj^r, f é céo y^eaclirmojac a liaon. Qn oapa bliaóain Do Chenn- paolaD. maolpuba, abb brnocaip, Do Dul i nQlbain, 50 po pochaij^ ecclap apopcpopan. Lopccaó Ulaijlie Lunge, pailbe, abb lae Colaim Cille, do cochc 1 nGpinn a lilae. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD peachcmojac a Do. Qn cpeap bliabam do Cheann- paolab. Sgannlan, mac Pingin, coipecli Ua ITléicli, Décc. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD peaclicmojac a cpi. lap mbeicb ceirpe bliaDna hi pijhe nGpeann Do CfnopaolaD, mac blairmic, mic Oiapmaca, Do cfp la pionnacua pifóacb, I11 ccach Qipcealcpa, oc U15 Ua TTlaine. Noe, mac Oamel, Decc. Congal CfnDpoDa, mac DunchaDha, pi Ulaó, Do rhapbab la bee boipcbe. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD peachcmojac, a cfcaip. Qn ceo bliabain do pion- " A. D. 671. BeUum Dungaile mic Maeletuile, et CombuMio Ardmache et Domús Tailli filii Segeni" [et multi] "deleti sunt ibi." — Ann. Ult. " Teach- Telle: i. e. the House of Teilli, son of Segienus, who was contemporary with St. Fiutan of Taghmuu, in the county of Wexford. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar the festival of St. Teille is marked at 25th June, and it is stated that his church, called Teagh-Teille, is situated in Westmeath ; and in the Gloss to the Feilire- Aenguis it is described in the vicinity of Daur- magh, now Durrow. Archdall says it is Teltown, but this is very incorrect, because Teltown is not in "Westmeath, but is the celebrated place in East Meath called Tailtiu by the Irish writers. Lanigan (Eccles. Hist., vol. iii. p. 130) states that Tech Teille is in the now King's Clounty, but he does not tell us where. It is the place now called Tehelly, situated in the parish of Durrow, in the north of the King's County. "' Beannchair. — This was not Bangor, in the county of Down, in Ireland, but Bangor in Carnarvonshire, in north Wales, as appears from the Annals of Ulster and Cloumacnoise : "A. D. 671. CoíííJeíáíiO Bennchalr i?nlK)t of Hugh, died."— Ann. Clon. lie was succeeded by the celebrated Adannuin, who wrote the Life oi' St. Colunibkille See Vita Columba' in Colgan's 2'rius Thamn., pp. 340- 498, where Adamnan makes the following refer- ence to this Failbhe : " Meo decessorc Falbeo intentius audiente, qui et ipse cum Segineo pra;sens inerat." — Lib. i. c. 3. 'I Nc'tchtain Xcir. — "A. U. 678. Dormitatio Neachtain Neir." — Ann. UU. 286 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [678. rain Neiii oécc. Ceannpaolab, mac Oiliolla, foi in eccna, oécc. Cacli Uaillcfn pia ppinpneachca ppifoacli pop 6ecc boipce. Qoip Cpiopr, ye ceo peachcmojac a hochr. Cín cuicceaó blmóain npinacca. Colman, abb brnDcaip, Décc. niaolpochajicai j, eppcop Ctpoa ppaclia, Décc. pianarhail, mac TTlaoileruile, pi Ccdjfn, Do juin la poic- peachan, Dia TTiuincip péin, lap na popconjpa paip opinpneacca pieóach. Carol, mac Rajallai^, oécc. Cacli bobB^na, t>ii in po mapbab Conall Oipj- j^necb, coipecli Ceneoil Coipppe. Qoip Cpiopc, pe ceo peachrmojac a naoi. Qn peipeab bliabain opin. pneaclica. S. Ciap Ó5I1, injfn Ouibpea, oécc an 5 lanuapi. Oungal, mac Sccanoail, coipecb Cpuirne, 1 Ceanopaolab, mac Suibne, coipech Ciann- acbra ^linne ^aimin, do lopccab la TTlaolDÚin, mac rilaoilepicbpigh, 1 nOiin Ceichipn. Conall, mac Dunchaba, Do rhapbaoli In cCiunn ci'pe. Seach- napach, mac Qipmebaig, "] Conainj, mac Conj^ciile, do rhapbaoli. Qoip Cpiopc, pe ceo oclicmogac. Cin peachcmab bliabam opin'onaclica. Suibne, mac Triaoilurho, comapba baippe Copcaighe, oécc. Cennpaolao, mac Colcan, pi Connaclic, do mapbab lap ngabóil cije paip. UlchaDfpj ' Ceannfaeladh. — " A. D. 678. Cennfaeladb in Hibernia, que vacatur Bolc/ach." — Ann. UU. mac Aililla mic Baetain sapiens jxmsat." — Ann. " A. D. 675. Colman, abbott of Beanchor, died. I' It. Finawla, King of Lynster, was killed. Cathal " A. D. 675. Keanfoyle the "Wise, died." — mac Ragally died. There reigned a kind of A nn. Clon. a great leprosie in Ireland this year, called the The true year is 679, as marked by Tigher- Poxe, in Irish, Bolgagh." nach. This Ceannfaeladh is called of Daire "i>ofZ//?%/i/i(7, otherwise written Badhbhghna, Lurain (now Derryloran, in Tyrone), in the and in the Annals of Ulster (Cod. Clarend., preface to Uracepht na n-Eir/cas, a work which torn. 49), Bogna. It was the name of a moun- lie is said to have amended See O'Reilly's tainous territory e.xtending from Lanesborough Desa-iptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, pp. 46-48. to Rooskey, on the west side of the Shannon, in ' The battle of Tailltin " A. D. 678. Bdlnm the county of Roscommon; and this name is Finsneachta contra Becc mBairche." — Ann. UU. still preserved in Sliabh Badhbhghna, anglice * Colman, ^c. — These entries are given in the Slieve Bawne, a well known mountain in this Annals of Ulster at 679, and in the Annals of district. The country of the Cinel-Cairbre or (,'lonmacnoise at 675, as follows : race of Cairbre, son of the monarch Niall, was " A. D. 679. Colman, Abbas Benohair, paiisat. on the other side of the Shannon, opposite Sliabh ./»^«tóioFinamla,mac Maeletuile, Regis Lagenio- Badhbhghna, in the present county of Longford. rvm. Cathal mac Ragallaig))ionb/r. J/o>-i Moilefo- " St. Ciar — The festival of this virgin is set thartaig Episcopi Ardsratha. Belluia i mBodgna, down in the Feilire Aenguis, and in O'Clery's ubi cecidit Conall Oirggneach. Lepra gravissima Irish Calendar, at 5th January, and her church 678.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 287 Ceannfaeladh^ son of Oilioll, a paragon in wisdom, died. The battle ofTailltin" [was gained] by Finshneaclita Fleadbacli over Becc Boirche. The Age of Christ, 678. The tifth year of Finachta. Colman', Abbot of Beannchair, died. Maelfothartaigh, Bishop of Ard-sratlia, died. Fianamhail, son of Maeltuile, King of Leinster, was mortally wounded by Foicseachan, [one] of liis own people, at tlie instigation of Finshneachta Fleadhach. Cathal, son of Ragallach, died. The battle of Bodhbhghna", where Conall Oirgneach, chief of Cinel-Cairbre, was slain. The Age of Christ, 679. The sixth year of Finshneachta. St. Ciai-'^, virgin, daughter of Duibhrea, died on the 5th of January. Dunghal, son of Scannal, chief of the Cruithni, and Ceannfaeladh, son of Suibhne, chief of Cianachta- Glinne-Geimhin,were burned by Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh,at Dun-Ceithirn". Conall, son of Dunchadh, was slain at Ceann-tire''. Seachnasach'-, son of Air- meadhach, and Conaing, son of Conghal, were slain. The Age of Christ, 680. The seventh year of Finachta. Suibhne, son of Maelumha, successor of Bairre of Corcach" [St. Barry, of Cork], died. Ceann- faeladh'', son of Colgan, King of Connaught, was slain after the house in which is described as Cill-Ceire in Muscraigbe-Tbire. in Kyntyre." — Ann. Clon. It is now called Kilkeary, and is situated in ' Seachnasach. — "A. D. 680. Jugulatio Seach- tbe barony of Upper Ormond, in tbe county of nasaig, mic Airmetaig, et Conaing, niicCougaile." Tipperar)', about tbree miles south-east of the — Ann. Ult. town of Nenagb. Colgan gives all that he could " A. D. 676. Seachnassach mac Arveay and collect of tbe Life of this virgin in his Acta SS., Conaing mac Conoyle were killed." — Ann.Clon. at 5th January, pp. 14-16. ' Corcack Now Cork, the chief city of Mun- ' Dun-Ceithirn — Now the Giant's Sconce, in ster. This name signifies moor, marsh, or low, the parish of Dunboe, in the north of tbe swampy ground ; and Barry's or Fiimbharr's county of Londonderry. — See note under tbe original church at Cork was erected in or on year 624. the margin of a marsh. — See Lanigan's Ecdesi- " A. D. 680. Comhustiti Regum in Dun Cei- astical History of Ireland, vol. ii. pp. 208, ,"516. thirn .i. Dungal mac Scannaill Rex Cruitbne, In tbe Annals of Ulster the death of Suibhne is et Cennfaela Rex Cianachte .i. mac Suibne in entered at the year 681, and in the Annals of initio estaiis la [i. e. pur] Maelduin mac Macli- Clonmacnoise at 677, as follows : fithric" — Ann. Ult. " A. D 681. Obilm Huihne, Jilii Maeleduin, ' Ceann-tire: i. e. Head of the Land, now (Jan- Principis Corcoige." — Ann. Ult. tire, in Scotland. "A. D.677. SwynicmacIMoyle-uwaie, Bisliup- " A. D. 680. Jugulatio ConsiillCoiUjilii U\xu- prince of Corke, died." — Ann. Clvu. The true clio i gCiunn-tire." — Ann. Ult. year is 682, as marked by Tighernacli. " A. D. 676. Conell mac Donnough was killed " Ceannfaeladh, cj-e — These entries are given 288 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca emeaNN. [681. Ua CaiUibe, no CJionmaicnib Cúile, jio rha|ib eipióe. Carli Rciclia móipe TTlaishe line pop 6]ifcnuib, bail in po mayibao Cacay^ach, mac ÍTiaoileDúin, roipec Cpuirne,-] UUran, mac Oicollae. Qoip Cpiopr, pé ceD oclirmo^ar a liaon. Qn rochcrhaó bliaóain opion- ncca. S. GpmHfoliacb, nbb Cpaobe Lniype, Décc an ceo la t)o lanuapi. Colmr'tn ab Cluana mic Noi]^, oecc. O Cíipcech Dn. Dunclmn Tiliiipi]xce, mac TTIaolouib, pi Connacbc, oo mapb a)b. Cacli Copainn, nú map mapbaó Colcca, mac blairmic, -\ pfpgup, mac TTlaoileDúin, roiy^ec Cenel Coipbpe, Qoi]" Cpiopc, i^é céD ochcmojar a Do. Ctn naorhaó bliabain opiiionn- acbca. ITlaine, abb nQonDpoma, oecc. Loch nGacbach Do ]poa6 bi pml. Cacb Caipil pionnbaipp. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo ocbcTíiojar a cpí. Ctn ofcbrhaó bliaDain Dpbionn- acca. pápuj^ao ITluisbe bplgb la Sa;coib, ecip ecclaip -] ruaich, hi mi lun ill the Annuls of Ulster at the year 681, and in the Aynals of Clonniacnoise at 677, thus : " A. D. 681. Jiifjulatio Cinnfaela, mic Colgen, Regis Connacie. Belbtm Ratha-moire-Maigi-Liue contra Britones, i(hi cecidit Cathusach, mac Maele- duin, ri Cruithne, et Ultan jUius DicoUa." — Ann. Ult. '• A. D. 677. Kinfojle mac Colgan, King of Connaught, died. The battle of Rathmore ■was given against the Britons, where Cahasagh mac Moyledoyn, King of the Picts, and Ultan mac Dicholla, were slaine." — Ann. Clon. '■ Conmaicnc- Ctiile. — A sept of the race of Fergus mac Roich (ex-king of Ulster in the first century), seated in the present barony of Kilmaine, in the county of Mayo — See O'Fla- herty's Ogi/gia, part iii. c. 46. '' Bath-mor-Maighe-Line Now Rathmore, a townland containing the remains of an ancient rath, or earthen fort, in the parish of Donnegore, in the plain of Moylinny, in the county of An- trim See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Dioceses of Down and Connor, ^c, pp. 69, 70. See also note on Rath-bee in Magh-Line, under the year 558, p. 200, snprii. ' Craebh-Laisrc : i.e. Laisre's Bush or Branch, i. e. of the Old Tree ; the name of a place near Cloumacnoise. The festival of Airmeadhach, Abbot of Craebh-Laisre, is set down in the Martyrology of Tamlacht and O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 1st January; and it is stated in the latter that he died in 681. — See Colgan's T7-{as Thavm., p. 172, n. 49. See this place again referred to at the year 882. In the Annals of Ulster " Dormitatio Airmedaig na Craibhe," i. e. the decease of Airmedhach of Craebh, is entered in the Annals of Ulster under the year 682 ; but Dr. O'Conor translates it, " Dormi- tatio Airmcdagii Ducis C'riveorum," which is totally incorrect, and the less to be excused because the old translation in the Clarendon Manuscript, which he had before him, gives the entry very correctly as follows : " A. D. 682. Dormitatio Airmedha na Craive .i. of the Bush or Branch." ' Airteach : i. e. of Ciaraighe-Airtich, a sept seated between the Rivers Lung and Brideog, in the old barony of Boyle, and county of Ros- common.. — .See note under the year 1297. The death of the Abbot Colman is entered in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at the year 678, which is incorrect. 681.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. '^89 he was taken. Ulcha-dearg [Redbeard] Ua-Caillidhe, [one] of the Conmaicne- Cuile', [was the person tliat] killed him. The battle of Rath-mor-Maighe-Line"* [was gained] over the Britons, wherein were slain Cathasach, son of Maelduin, chief of the Cruithni [Dal-Araidhe], and Ultan, son of Dicolla. The Age of Christ, 681. The eighth year of Finachta. St. Eirmbeadhach, Abbot of Craebh-Laisre^ died on the first day of January. Colman, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of Airteach^ Dunchadh Muirisce^, son of Mael- dubh. King of Connaught, was slain. The battle of Corann, wherein were slain Colga, son of Blathmac, and Fearghus, son of Maelduin, chief of Cinel-Cairbre. The Age of Christ, 682. The ninth year of Finachta. Maine, Abbot of Aendruim'' [Nendrum], died. Loch nEathach' was turned into blood. The battle of Caiseal-FinnbhairrJ. The Age of Christ, 683. The tenth year of Finachta. The devastation of Magh-Breagh"", both churches and territories, by the Saxons, in the month of ^ Dunchadh Muirisce. — Dr. O'Conor incor- rectly translates this, " Duncha Dux mariti- mus," in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, in which these entries are given under the year 682, thus : " Duncha Muirsce, filius Maelduib jugtdatus. Bellum Corainn, iti quo cecidii Colgu, Jiliui: Blaimic, et Fergus, mac Maeleduin, rex Generis Coirpri." Dunchadh Muirsci, who was of the Ui-Fiachrach Muaidhe, was called Muirsce from his having lived, or been fostered, in the territory of Mui rise (i.e. the marshes or fens), in the north of the barony of Tireragh, in the now county of Sligo. — See Gencaloqies, Tribes, ^■c, of Hy-Fiachrach, p. 314. " Aendruim — "A. D. GS.'J. Jlors Maine Ab- halis Noindromo, et J/ori Derforgail." — A nn. Ult. ' Loch nEathuch. — Now Lough Neagh. — See note ', under A. D. 331, p. 124, supra. "A. D. 683. Loch Eathach do soud lii fuiI." — Ann. Ult. Edit. O'Conor. " The lake called Logheagh tourned into bloud this yeare." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Claren. torn. 49. " A. D. 680. Logh Neaagh was turned into 2 blood this year." — Ann. Clon. > Caiseal-Finnbhair : i. e. Finnbharr's Stone Fort. Situation unknown. " A. D. G83. Bellum Caissil-Finbair." — Ann. Ult. Under the year 682 the Annals of Ulster re- cord " Initium morta/ilntis pucrornm in mense Octobris;'" and under 683, ^'Mortalitas parvu- lurum." The Annals of Cloinnacnoisc mention the beginning of the mortality of children under the year 678. *■ Marjh-Breagh — A territory in East Meath, comprising five cantreds, and lying principally between Dublin and Drogheda, i. e. between the Rivers Boyne and Liffey. — See note *, under A. D. 1292, pp. 455, 456. Colgan translates this passage as follows, in Trias Thaum., p. 385 : "Anno Christi 683, et Fiennactw decimo. De- vastaiur regio Magbregensis in mense Junio, per Saxone.% qui nee populo nee clero pepercervnt : sed et multos captivos et muUas prcedas ad suas naves retulenini." The devastation of Magh-Brcagh by the Sax- ons, is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the 290 aNNW.a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [684. DO hy^onnjiao, -| ini^pac biiaijDi lomóa leo ap gach lonaoh hi papcaibffc ap puD maijlie bpigVi, mailli pe lieaoaloib lomóaib oile, 50 nofcpac laporh Do cum a long. Conjcd tnac 5"«!?^ Décc. bpeapal, mac pfpjupa, coipec Coba [oécc]. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céD oclirmojac a cfraip. Qn raonrhab bliaDain Décc opionacca. popcpon, abb Cluana mic Noip, Décc. Qp ap na liuilibh cfr- paib a ccoiccinne, ipin uile Dorhan, co Diúió ceopa mbliaoan co no rfpna cíó aon ap an mile Da gac cenel anmann apcfna. Sicc mop ipin mblmbain pin CO po peiDpfc locha -j aibne Gpeann, -| Din po peob an muip eicip Gpinn -] Qlbain, co mbib imaicbi^ib eaccoppa popp an licc eagba. CÍDamnnn do Dul 50 Sa;raib Do cuinDjib na bpaice Do bfpcpac Sa;rain cuaipcfpr leo a ITliiish year 684, and iu the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 680, thus : " A. D. 684. Venius magnus. Terremotus in insula. Saxones campum Breg vastant, el Ecde- sias plurimas in mense Junii." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 680. There was an extream great winde and Earthquake in Ireland. The Saxons, the plains of ISIoyebrey, with divers churches, wasted and destroyed in the month of June, for the allyance of the Irish with the Brittons." — Ann. Clon. This descent of the Saxons upon Ireland is mentioned by Venerable Bede, in his Ecclesias- tical History, lib. iv. c. 26, where he writes that, " in the year of our Lord's incarnation 684, Egfrid, King of the Northumbrians, sending Berctus, his general, with an army, into Ireland [Hiberniam], miserably wasted that inoffensive nation, which had always been most friendly to the English [nationi Anglorum semper ami- cissimam] ; insomuch that in their hostile rage they spared not even the churches or monaste- ries. The islanders, to the utmost of their power, repelled force with force, and, imploring the assistance of the divine mercy, prayed long and fervently for vengeance ; and, though such as curse cannot possess the kingdom of God, it is believed that those who were justly cursed on account of their impipty did soon after suffer the penalty of their ^uilt from the avenging hand of God ; for the very next year that same king, rashly leading his army to ravage the province of the Picts, much against the advice of his friends, and particularly of Ctithbert, of blessed memory, who had been lately ordained bishop, the enemy made show as if they fled, and the king was drawn in the straits of inac- cessible mountains" [at Dun Nechtain — Ann. Ult. 685], " and slain, with the greater part of his forces, on the 20th of May, in the fortieth year of his age, and the fifteenth of his reign. His friends, as has been said, advised him not to engage in this war ; but he having the year before refused to listen to the most reverend father, Egbert, advising him not to attack the Scots, who did him no harm, it was laid upon him, as a punishment for his sin, that he should not now regard those who would have prevented his death. " From that time the hopes and strength of the English crown began to waver and retro- grade; for the Picts recovered their own lands, which had been held by the English and the Scoti that were in Britain, and some of the Britons their liberty, which they have now enjoyed for about forty-six years." — See also G84.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 291 June precisely ; and they carried off with them many hostages from every place which they left, throughout Magh-Brcagh, together with many other spoils, and afterwards went to their ships. Congal, son of Guaire, died. Breasal', son of Fearghus, chief of Cobha"", died. The Age of Christ, 684. The eleventh year of Finachta. Forcron", Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. A mortality" upon all animals in general, throughout the whole world, for the space of three years, so that there escaped not one out of the thousand of any kind of animals. There was great frosf in this year, so that the lakes and rivers of Ireland were frozen ; and the sea between Ireland and Scotland was frozen, so that there was a communication between them on tBe ice. Adamnan"* went to Saxon-land, to request [a restoration] of the ^pri- Adamnan's Vita Colwnb., lib. ii. c. 46 ; Trias Thaum., p. 363. ' Breasal, ^c. — " A. D. 684. Mors Congaile mic Guaire, et mors Bresail mic Fergusa, morbo.'" Ann. Ult. " Of Cobha : i. e. of Ui-Eathach-Cobha, the present baronies of Iveagh, in the county of Down. "Foreran "A. D. 681. Forcron, Abbot of Clonvicknose, died." — Ann. Clou. " Mortality. — Adamnan refers to a great mor- tality, which, for two years after the war with Egfrid, swept the whole world except the Picts and Scots of Britain, who, he says, were pro- tected against it by the intercession of their patron, St. Columba : " De MoHalitate. Et hoc etiani, ut existimo, non inter minora virtutum miracula connume- randum videtur de mortalitate, qute nostris temporibus terrarum orbem, bis ex parte vas- tavit majore. Nam ut de cceteris taceam latio- ribus Europje regionibus, hoc est Italia, et ipsa Komaua Civitate, et Cisalpinis Galliarum" [i. e. Gallorum] "provinciis, IlispanisquoquePirinaii mentis interjectu disterminatis,' oceani Insula; per totum videlicet Scotia et Britannia binis vicibus vastata: sunt dira pestilentia, exceptis duobus populis, hoc est, Pictorum plebe et Sco- 2 p torum Britannise, inter quos utrosque Dorsi montes Britannici distermini, &c. &.c. Nos vero Deo agimus crebras grates, qui nos, et in his nostris Insulis, orante pro nobis nostro ve- nerabili Patrono a mortalitatum invasionibus defendit : et in Saxonia Eegem Aldfridum visi- tantes amicum adhuc non cessante pestilentia et multos hinc iude vicos devastante, ita tamen nos Dominus, et in prima post bellum Ecfridi visi- tatione, et in secunda interjectis duobus annis, in tali mortalitatis medio deambulantes, peri- culo liberavit, ut ne unus etiam de nostris comitibus moreretur, nee aliquis ex eis aliquo molestaretiir morbo." — Trias Thanm., p. 363. Florence of Winchester notices this plague in his Annales at the year 685: " Magna pestilen- tia; procella Britanniam corripiens lata nece vastavit." '' Great frost. — There is no reference to this frost in .the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. '^Adamnan Colgan, in a note on this passage, translates the above passage from the Four Masters, as follows : ^^Atmo Christi, 684. Finnachtce Regis undecimo. S. Adamnanvs Legatus missus venit ad Saxones, ml pradas et captivos quos Septentrionales Saxo>ies (hoc est Northurabri) e.v supra memorata regione Brcgurum dirijiacrunt, repetendos. Et ab eis 2 292 QHwaf-a Rioghachca eiiieawN. [685. bprjli an blmbain pemiiaice. puai|i a haipec uacba mp nofnarh pfjic "] inio]ibal pm6 na ploghaib, "] no bf]icpac onóiii -| aipTÍnDin móip Do laparii imailb ]ie hojaipeacc gach neicli jio cuinnigli cucca. Qoip Cpiopc, pé céo ochcmojctc a cing. Qn Dapa blmoain Decc opion- acra. OocumTnaiconóg, ab^linoe oa locha, Decc. Roipyem, abb Copcaije móipe, Décc. Oppeni eppcop TTlainiprpeach, pioncain, mac 'Culchain, oecc. pepaoacb, mac Conjaile, Do Tnapbaoli. pinpneachca, an pi, Do Dul Dia oilirpe. Qoip Cpiopr, pé céo oclirmojac ape. C(n rpeap bliaóain oécc opiiion- acra. Carli Imbleacha piiicb pia Niall mac CTpnaicb Soroil, pop Congalac, mac Conainj, aipm in po mapbab DubDainbfp, coipec QpDa Ciannaclica*-] liUaipcpióe liUa Opene, coipec Conaille TTluipremne, -] po ppaoineaó an each pop Conjalac lapam. Ctp Dia noióeaóaib po paibeab : bponac Conailli inDiu, oficbip DÓib lap nUaipcpióiú, Ml ba lieallrha biep gfn, i nQpD lap nOuboainbCp. 8. Segliene, eppcop Qpoa TTlacha, Do écc. O Qchaó Clanb DopiDe. S. Cucbepc, eppcop pfpna, a Sa;coib, Decc. honorijice exceptus, et coram nonnuUis signis et miracuUs pei-petratis omnia qua' petiit impetravit.^'' —Trias Thaum., p. 385, n. 40. " A. D. 686. Adamnami3 captivos rechixit ad Hiberniamlx." — Ann. TJlt. Cod. Clarend. torn. 49. " A. D. 682. Adamnanus brought 60 captives to Ireland." — Ann. Clon. See Bede's Ecc/esias- tical Ilititori/, lib. v. c. 15, where it is stated that Adamnan made some stay in England on this occasion with King Alfred, the successor of Egfrid, and that he conformed to the Catholic or lioman mode of keeping Easter, and incul- cated the same on his arrival in Ireland. It is added that his own monks of Hii would not conform to what they considered an innovation, and that St. Columbkille's monasteries in Ireland also refused to conform. ' Docummaiclionnog These entries are given in the Annals of Ulster under the year 686, as follows : " A. D. 686. Jugulatio Feradaig mic Congaile. Quies Documai Conoc, Abbatis Vallis da locha" [Glendalough]. " Dormitatio Eosseni Abbatis Corcaide Moire. Mors Osseni Episcopi Monas- terii. Fintain mac Fingaine" [quievit]. ^ Corcach-mor : i. e. the great Corcach or Marsh, now Cork, the chief city of Munster. It is also frequently called Corcach-mor-Mumhan, i. e. the great Cork of Munster. ' Imleach Phich — This, which is otherwise called Imleach-Fia and Imleach-Fio, is the pre- sent Emlagh, a townland in a parish of the same name, about four miles north-east of the town of Kells, in the county of Meath : " A. D. 687. Bdlum Imlecho-Pic, itbi cecidit Dubdainber, rex Arda-Cianachte, et Huarcride ncpos Osseni, et Congalach, mac Conaing, fugiti- vxLs evasit. Niall mac Cernaig victor erat." — Ann. Ult. " Ard-Cianachta Now the barony of Fer- 685.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 2 Ard: i. e. in Ard-Cianachta. Dr. O'Conor a Life of him given by John of Tinmouth, and translates this " inter Nobiles," which is incor- from him by Capgrave at 20th March.— See rect. Ussher's Priinordia, pp. 944, íHó. 294 aMNaí,a Rio^haclica eiueaNN. [687. Qoip C]iiopr, f é céo, oclicmojctc a y^eachc. Qn cfrjiatTiaD bliaóain oécc opíonacra. 6eccan Clnana hlofiaipo oécc. ^narlinctr, banabb Cille oapa, oé^. Conjal, mac niaoileDÚin, mac Qoóa bfnDain, ]ií laprhiiman, Do rhajibaD. Qliomaclia oo lopccaó. bpan, mac Condill, |ií Laijfn Décc. pinguine pocca Décc. pfpaohacli iTleirh, mac Nechulicc, nécc. Qoiy^ Cjiiopr, pé céo oclicmojar a liochc. Qn ciiicceaó bbaóam Décc npinpneacca. Cponan TTlacu Caulne, abb bfnDcai]i, Décc an 6 Do Nouembep. PiDgellach, mac piaitin, coiy^ec Ua ITlaiTie, lolan, epycop Cinngaiiaó, Décc. Oochinne Oaijie bpuchaipi, oécc. Ooiy^ Cfnopr, pé céo ochrmojac a naoi. Ctn peipeaó bliaóain Décc Dpiiínpneacbra. Dabecog Cluana hQipi) Dtcc. pfpgap, mac Looain, pi Ulaó, DO mapbaD la hUib Gaclióacb. Qoip Cpmpc, pé céo nochau. Cín peachurhaó bbaóain Décc Dpin- pneachca. Oiopairb, eppcop pfpna, Décc a;i 27 lull. 6pan Ua paolain, pí Lai^fn, Décc. Cacli ecip Oppaiglnb "] tai^niu, bail in po mapbauli paolcop Ua niaoloDpa. Ro pfpaó pleachaó pola 1 Laijnibipin bliaóainpi. Ro poaó '■ Beccan of Cluain-Iraird.- — This is a mistake for Beccan of Cluain-ai-d. — See note on Dablie- cog, 689. These entries are given in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 689, except that relating to the death of Bran, King of Leinster, and Gnoth- nat, abbess, which they omit altogether. " A. D. 689- CongalmacMaeleduin, micAeda Beunain, Rex larmuman, et Dunnecaid, mac Oircdoit, et Ailill mac Dungaile, et Eilne mac Scandail, jugulati sunt. Combustio Ardmacha. Mors Finguine Long/' et Feredaig Meith (ffatt. Cod. Clarend., 49) mic Neichtlicc, et Cobiaith, JUia Canonn moritur. Debecog [Beccau] C'luana airdo ]/ausat." In the Annals of Clonmacnoise the deaths of Bran mac Counell, King of Leinster, and of " Gnahnat, abbesse of Killdare," are noticed under the year 685. ° Cronan Macu Caulne. — " A. D. 690. Cronan Maccuchuallne, ^ltóííí Benchuir, obit. Fitchillach macFlainn, rex liUa Maine, moritui:" — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 686. Cronan Maocowcaylne, abbott of Beanchor, died. Fihellagh mac Flyn, prince of Imaine, died." — Ann. Clon. ■' Ceanngaradh. — See note under the year 659. " A. D. 688. lolan, Episcopus Cinngarat, obiii.^' — Ann. Ult. ' Doire-Bi-uchaisi. — Now Derrybrughis, (dias Killyman, in the county of Armagh. According to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, the memory of St. Aedhan was venerated at this church on the 29th of March. ' Cluain-ard: i. e. the High Lawn or Meadow. This was the ancient name of tlie place on which stands Kilpeacan old church, at the foot of SHabh gCrot, in the barony of Clanwilliam, and county of Tipperary. Dabhecog, in this entry, is the same person as Beccan, incorrectly called of Cluain-Iraird, whose death is entered by the Four Masters under the year 688. In the Fei- lire Aenguis, and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 26th May, it is stated that Beccan of Cluain-ard 6870 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 2i cecidit Feradach mac Maeledoith. Moling Luachra dormivit. Britones et Ulaid vastaverunt campum Murtheimne. Cas- san, scriba Luscan, qutevit. " Crannach : i.e. Arborous Place or Woodland. There are many places of this name in Ireland, but nothing has been discovered to prove the situation of the one here referred to. ' St. Moling Luachra. — -He erected a church at a place originally called Ros-broc, now Tigh- Moling, anglice St. Mullin's, on the River Bar- row, in the Kavanaghs' country, in the county of Carlow, where his festival was celebrated on the 17th of June. In the Annals of Clonmac- noise the death of St. Moling is entered under the year 692, as follows : " A. D. 692. Moling Lwachra, a man for whose holyness and sainctity King Finaghty remitted the great taxation of the Borowe of the Lynstermen, died." According to the ancient historical tale called Borumha-Laighean., St. Moling obtained a re- mission of this taxation while the celebrated Adamnan was in Ireland (for some account of which sec Bede, lib. v. c. 15), and contrary to the latter's will, who wished that the Leinster- men should pay it to the race of Tuathal Teachtmhar for ever. It appears, however, that Moling's sanctity prevailed against the repre- sentative of Tuathal and his aristocratic rela- tive, Adamnan, xVbbot of lona ; for by a singular use of the ambiguity of the Irish word lurin (which means Monday, and also the day of 695.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 299 mathair, King of Munster, died. Fearghal Aidbne, King of Connaught, died ; he was the son of Guaire Aidhne. Fianmhail, son of Maenach, died. Conga- lach, son of Conaing, son of Conghal, son of Aedh Slaine, died. The Age of Christ, 695. The second year of Loingseach. Caisin, scribe of Lusca", died. Maelfothartaigh, Lord of the Oirghialla, died. The devasta- tion of Magh-Muirtheimhne by the Britons and Ulidians. The battle of Cran- nach", wherein Fearadhach, son of Maeldoith, was slain. The Age of Christ, 696. The third year of Loingseach. St. Moling Lu- achra'', bishop, died on the 13th of May. A battle [was fought] at Tulach- Garraisg, in Fearnmhagh'', wherein were slain Conchobhar Macha, son of Mael- duin, chief of the Airtheara [Oriors], and Aedh Aired, chief of Dal-Araidhe. Muirghius^ son of Maelduin, Lord of Cinel-Cairbre, died. The Age of Christ, 697. Thefourth year of Loingseach. Forannan", Abbot of Kildare, died. The Age of Christ, 698. The fifth year of Loingseach. Aedh, Anchorite"' judgment), in his covenant with the monarch, he abolished this exorbitant tribute, not till Monday, as the monarch understood, but till the day of judgment, as the saint intended. A writer in the Dublin University Magazine for February, 1848, p. 225, says that "it would have been better for the people of Leinster to have continued to pay the Borumean tribute to this day, than that their Saint Moling should have set an example of clerical special pleading and mental reservation, in the equivocation by which he is represented to have procured their release from that impost." On this it may be observed that if St. Moling was really guilty of this equivocation, his notions of morality were not of a very lofty pagan character, and not at all in accordance with the doctrine of the Gospel and the practice of the primitive Chris- tians; but it is to be suspected that the equi- vocation had its origin in the fanciful brain of the author of the historical romance called BorumhorLaighean, who displays his own, not St. Moling's, morality, in the many strange in- 2q cidents with which he embellishes the simple events of history. We may very easily believe that Adamnan wished that the race of Tuathal Teachtmhar should for ever remain the domi- nant family in Ireland ; but were we to believe that he was such a person as this story repre- sents him to have been, we should at once reject as fictitious the character of him given by Ve- nerable Bede, who describes him as " Vir bonus et sapiens, et scientia scripturarum nobilissime instructus." — Eccl. Hist., lib. v. c. 15. ' Tidach-Garrai'ig, in Fearntiihagh. — This name would be anglicised Tullygarrisk, but there is no place now bearing the name in Fearnmhagh, or the barony of Farney, in the county of Monaghan. ■ Muirghiii-s, ij-c. — " A. D. 697. Mors Muir- gisa, mic Maelduin, 7-e{/is Generis Coirpri." — Ann. Ult. " Forannan, a nia^ Lippe mab co pé, inoiu ay ma^ ponaiche, r^icubpa Dm acbpuine, aicfiipach co nairniu. Cach Cfcliaipbe pia cCon5al,macprp'i;opapnnacc,popClienél neoccairi, DÚ in po mctpbaDh lilaolouin.niac TTlaoilipirpicc]i,ci5fpnaCbeneoilnGo5liain. Qoip Cpiopr, feachc ccéD ape. Qn cúicceaó bliaóain do Conjal. Cu- cuapáin, ]ií Cpuicline -\ UlaD, Do itiapbaoli la pionncoin hUa l?onain. piachpa, mac Oungaile, Do juin la Cpuirniu. Qoip Cpiopc, peacbc ccéD a peachc. Qn peipeaD bliabain Do Congal. TTlaolDobapcon, eppcop Cille oapa, Décc 19 pebpuapi. Cach Dola 1 \Ua]-^ Gle, aipm in po mapbaD Leachlobap, mac Garac, CiialaiD, 1 CúDionaipcc. Cacli Selgge hi popchuochaib Laijfn, in po niapbab Dri mac Ceallaij Cua- liinn, piaclipa, 1 pianamail, "] apaill Do bpfrnuib rangacap hi pocpaiDe Ceallaij. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc cceD, a hochc. Conamhail mac pailbe, abb lae, [oécc]. Colmán, mac Seachnupaij, abb Loclipa, Decc. lap mbfirh pfchc mbliaóna hi pije nGpeann Do Congal Cinnmajaip, mac pfpgupa panac, po cacaiiti DO bfóg aonuaipe. Cill Dapa Do lopccaD. Qoip Cpioj^c, peachc ccéo anaoi. Qn céiD bbaDain Dpfpjal mac TTlaoile- Dúin, mac TTlaoilepicpisli, hi pijhe uap Gpinn. CfnDpadlaD, abb pobaip, Décc. Diccolan esnaiDe [Decc]. "Cecjal, eppcop ó Lainn Gla, Decc 16 Qppil. that he renewed the Boruiucau tribute. It is cendit." — Ann. Ult. stated in the Leabhar Gabhala of the O'Clerys, >■ Fiachra.—" A. D. 709. Fiachra mac Dun- that Congal made this excursion to wreak his gaile ajojid Cruithne /í/^Hteí/.*." — Ann. Ult. vengeance on the Leinstermeu for the death of ' Maeklohharckon. — " A. D. 708. Maeldobor- his great grandfather, Aedh mac Ainmirech, con, Episcopns CiWe-daro, pcmsavit." — Ann. Ult. whom the Leinstermeu had slain in the battle of ■" iJola, in Murjh-Ek. — Magh Ele, which Dun-bolg ; but that he obtained his oiglwcir, or should be Magh Elle, or Magh Eilne, is a plain full demand, from them without any opposition. on the east side of the Eiver Bann, near the town ' Bid nie farewell. — These lines are also quoted of Coleraine — See Reeves's Ecclesiastical Anii- bytheO'Clerys,intheiriea6AarGaft/ia?a, p. 194. qtiities of the Diocese of Down and Connor, 4-c., '' Leathairhhe.— Not identified. This entry is p. 330. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is not in the Annals of Ulster. noticed under the year 708 : 'Cucuaran " A. D. 507. Can;* Cuaran, rc.r " A. D. 708. Dellmn Dolo in Campo Eihii, Cruithne, jugulatur. Boi-ina strages iteruvt in- uli jiKjuluti sunt Lethlabhar mac Echdach, Cual- 706.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 309 Bid me farewell^, O LiiFe ! Long enough have I been in thy lap ; Beautiful the fleece that is [was] on thee ; thou wert safe, except thy roof, O fort of Nas ! The plain of LiiFe was so till now, to-day it is a scorched plain ; I will come to rescorch it, that it may know a change. The battle of Leathairbhe*' [was gained] by Congal, son of Fearghus Fanad, over the Cinel-Eoghain, where Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh, Lord of the Cinel- Eoghain, Avas slain. The Age of Christ, 706. The fifth year of Congal. Cucuaran', King of the Cruithni and of Ulidia, was killed by Finnchu hUa Ronain. Fiachra'', son of Dunghal, was mortally wounded by the Cruithni. The Age of Christ, 707. The sixth year of Congal. Maeldobharchon', Bishop of Kildare, died on the 19th of February; The battle of Dola"", in Magh- Ele, where Leathlobhar, son of Eochaidh, Cu-allaidh, and Cu-dinaisc, were slain. The battle of Selase", in Fortuatha-Laighean, wherein were slain the two sons of Ceallach Cvialann, Fiachra and Fianamhail, and some of the Britons, who had joined the army of Ceallach. The Age of Christ, 708. Conamhail", son of Failbhe, Abbot of la, [died]. Colman, son of Seachnasach, Abbot of Lothra [Lorha], died. After CongaP of Ceann-Maghair, son of Fearghus-Fanad, had been seven years in the sove- reicntv of Ireland, he died of one hour's sickness. Cill-dara was burned. The Age of Christ, 709. The first year of Fearghal'', son of Maelduin, son of Maelfithrigh, in sovereignty over Ireland. Ceannfaeladh'', Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Diccolan the Wise [died]. Tethghal, Bishop of Lann-Ela [Ly- laidh et Cudinaiscc." — Ann. Ult. See note ', on Failbe, Ahbas Iíe, pausat. Colman, mac Sech- Tola, at A. D. 571, p. 208, supra. nusaig, abbas Lothra, moritur." — Ann. Ult. " Sdgge : i. e. a Place of Hunting. This was '' Congal. — " A. 1). 709. Congal mac Fergiiía the name of a place near Glendalough, in the Fanad" [mic Domhnail mic Aedha, mic Ain- county of Wicklow. In the Annals of Ulster mire mic Sedna mic Fergusa Cinnfoda] "mic this battle is noticed under the year 708, thus : Conaill Gulban, rex Tcmoric, siibita morte periit. " A. D. 708. Bcllum Sdgge hi Forthuathaibh- Combustio Cille-dara." — Ann. Ult. Laighin, contra nepotes Cennselaigh, in quo ceci- "* Fearghal. — " A. D. 709. Fergal mac Maele- (lerunt duo filii Cellaich Cualann, Fiachra et duiu regnare incipit." — A7111. Ult O'Flaherty Fiannamhail ; et Luirgg cfim Briionihus Cual- places his accession in the year 711. lachi." — Ann. Ult. ' Ceannfaeladh " A. D. 710. Ceannfaela, " Conamhail. — " A. D. 709. Conainn, mac ahbas Fobair, moritur. Diccolan sapiens, et 310 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [710. Ulrnn, mac Ciinimine, Décc. Gpfcop Telca Olaino [oécc]. Cach Slebe puaic Ilia ppeapjal pop Uib TTleir, in po mapbao Unuchacli, mac TTloch- loinji, coipec Ua TTléif, "j Cupoi, mac Qoba, mic Oliirhai^. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéo a oeic. Qn oapa bliaoain Dpfpjal. CoeoDi, eppcop lae, oécc. Oiibgiialai, abb ^^i""^ ^^a tocha, oécc. Ro pfpan lom- aipeccecipplioclic aoDa8laine,inpomapbar) Niall, macCfpnaij, la picuin, mac QoDa, mic Dlucai^. Cucfpca, coipec Oppaige, Décc. Imaipeacc la Caijnib Oeapgabaip, du in po mapbao bpon Ua ITlaoilDvnn -] a mac. Dliicli- ach, mac pirceallai^, oo lopccaó. Cach Chaipn pfpaoaij lap an Dep riiaipjfpcoij, in po mapbat.h Copmac, mac pingin, pi murhan. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo a haon noecc. Qn cpeap blianain opfpjal. bao-an, eppcop liipi bo pinne, Décc. pailbe becc, abb Cluana mic Nóip, Décc. Do ^ailfngaib Copainn Do. Copmac, mac Oiliolla, pi TTluman, Do rhapbanh hi ccach. Seachnupach, coipec Ua ITlairie, [oécc]. Cuceapca, cijfpna Oppai^e, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, peace ccéD aDo Decc. Qn ceafparhaD bliaoain opepjal. lomaipecc eccip do rhacbeiccboipche-] clannbpeapail,coipechaUa nCchac Ulao, -| po meabaio pop cloinn bpeapail. pojapcach Ua Cepnoij Dionnap- hab 1 mbpeacnaib la pepjal pi Gpeann. Ultan mac Cummieni, Epixopus Telca-Olain, tries shew that the Presbyterian writers are moriimtur." — Ann. Ult. wrong in supposing that there were no bishops ' Tdach Olainn This place is mentioned in at lona. the Irish Calendar of O'Clery, at 23rd January ' Dubhgualai — "A. D. 711. Dubgualai, Abbas and at 7th August, as the church of St. Molaga, Glinne da locha, periit." — Ann. Ult. but its situation is not pointed out See Col- "A battle. — "A. D. 711. Bellum inter duos gan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 151, note 32. It is nepotes Keao Slane in quo Maine, macNeill, Ja- sometimes written Tulach-Ualann. gulatm est. Flann, mac Aedo, mic Dluthaig, ' Sliabk-Fuaid A mountain near Newtown- victor erat. Ulait prostrati, nhi Dubtach, Jilius Hamilton, in the county of Armagh. — See note', Becce Bairche, occubuit. Duojilii Feradaig mic under A. M. 3500 ; and note >, under A. D. Maeleduin in cede Generis Laegaire pcrierunt. 1607. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is Bellum apvd Lagenienses Deteriores''' [Laighnibh noticed under the year 710, as follows : Desgabhair] " ubi Bran nepos Maeleduin, etjilii " A. D. 710. Bellum nopotnm Meith, ubi ejus ceciderunt. Dluthach, mac Fitcellaig, igne Tnudach, mac Mochloingse, Rex Nep>otum Meith, nritur." — Ann. UU. et Cnroi, Jilius Aedo, Jilii Dluthaigh, cecide>-unt." > Cucerca. — His dgath is again entered under " Coeddi. — "A. D.711. Coeddi, Episcopus lo', the year 711. pausat." — Ann. Lit. This and many other en- " T/ie northern Des : i. e. Deis-Beg, a territory 710.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 311 nally], died on the 16th of April. Ultan, sou of Cummine, Bishop of Telach Olainnl The battle of Sliabh Fuaid' [was gained] by Fearghal over the Ui- Meith, wherein were slain Tnuthach, son of Mochloingi, chief of Ui-Meith, and Curoi, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach. The Age of Christ, 710. The second year of Fearghal. Coeddi", Bishop of la, died. Dubhgualai'^, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. A battle" was fought between [two parties of] the race of Slaine, wherein Niall, son of Cearnach, was slain by Flann, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach. Cucerca'', chief of Osraighe, died. A battle by the south Leinstermen, wherein Bran Ua Maelduin and his son were slain. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, was burned. The battle of Carn- Fearadhaigh by the northern Des"", wherein Cormac, son of Finghin, King of Munster, was slain. The Age of Christ, 711. The third year of Fearghal. Baetan, Bishop of Inis-Bo-iinne", died. Failbhe Beg, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died ; he was of the Gailenga'' of Corann. Coi'mac, son of Oilioll, King of Munster, was killed in a battle. Seachnasach, chief of Ui-Maine, [died]. Cucearca', Lord of Ossory, died. The Age of Christ, 712. The fourth year of Fearghal. A battle'' [was fought] between the two sons of Beg Boirche and the sotis of Breasal, chiefs of Ui-Eathacli Uladh [Iveagh] ; and the victory was gained over the sons of Breasal. Fogartach" Ua Cearnaigh was banished into Britain by Fearghal, King of Ireland. ill the county of Limerick, containing the town of Oilioll Olum, King of Munster, seated in the of BrufF and the hill of Knockany. For the diocese of Achonry, in the province of Cou- -situation of Carn-Feradhaigh see note ^ under naught. Corann is now the name of a barony A. M. 3656, p. 41, supra. In Dr. O'Conor's in the county of Sligo. edition of these Annals some lines are here left ' Cucearca. — See his death before entered out by mistake. under the year 710, which is the wrong year. , ■'/HW-6o-/;i7íe.— Now Boffin, or Bophiu Island, •* A battle.—'' A. D. 711. Ulait prostrati, iibi otr the south-west coast of the county of Mayo. Dubthach filiu.s Becce Baircho occubuit." "A. D. 712. Baetan, Episcopits Insole Vacce "A. D. 713. Bellum inter duos jUios Becce Albeobitt. Faelbus Modkus, Abbas Q,\viana.-mííc- Bairche, etfdium'&r^sa.WregemNepotumEchAach, Nois, pausat. Cormac, mac Ailello, rex Muman, in quo victores fdii Becce. Fogartach hUa Cer- in bello jugulatus eM. Cuchercca, rex Osraigi, naig de regno expuhus est, [et] in liritanniam maritur. Sechnusach rex, hUa Maine, tnoritur." ivil." — Ann. Ult. — Ann. Ult. ■ ' Fogartach Dr. O'Conor says l;hat it is in- '' Gaileanga These were a sept of the race terpolated in a more modern liand in the copy 312 aNwata Rio^hachca eiReoNN. [713. Qoip Cpioj^r, peachr ccéo a -pi Decc. Ci cúicc opeapjal. S. Doyibaine pooa, abb lae, Décc 28 oOcrobep. TPochonna Cluana aipone Decc 30 t>o Sepcembep. Cillene, eppcop abb pfpna, Decc. piairnm eccnaib, mac Col- ccan, Decc. Ceallac Cualann, mac ^eppciDe, pi Ccjijjfn, Decc. TTlupcliaó, mac Oiapmaca, mic Qipmfoliai^ Caoich, plair Ua Nell Chloinne Colmáin, DO itiapbaó la Conall ^panr Ua Cfpnoich. Qooh Dub, coipech Ua pibgeinci, Decc. Qoip Cpiopr, peachr cceD a cfraip Decc. Ctn peipeab bliaóain opfpjal. Celecij;fpnai^, abb Cluana heouip, Decc. Uepnocc, mac Ciapain, Decc. piano poipbce, mac pogapraij, Decc. pojapcac Ua Cfpnai 5 Do roiDeachc Dia lonnapbaD a bpfcain. paolchu, mac Dopbbene, do oiponeaó 1 nabDoine lae an cfrpaitiaolKalainD Do Seprembep, Dia Saruipn Do ponnpan, ipm cear- parhab bliabain peaccmojar a aoipi. Qoip Cpiopr, peachr ccéD a ciiicc Decc. Qn peachcrhab bliabain Dpfp- ^al. Qonach CaiUrfn Do bfnam la pfpjal, mac TTlaoileDiiin, -| poTjaprach Ua Cfpnoi^ DO meapccbuaibpeab an aonaigh, uaip po rhapb ITlaolpuba, "] mac Ouibplébe. at Stowe, and that this Fogartach was after- ' Dorhaine. — This entry is not in the Annals wards King of Ireland : " Qn Pojapcacfi pin of Ulster, which contain most of these entries iciparh na pij neipeann." The Annals of under the year 714, as follows : Ulster have some curious entries immediately "A. D. 714. Ceallach Cualann rex Lagenie, after the notice of the expulsion of Fogartach, Flann Febla, mac Sganlain, Abhas Ardmachce, which have been totally omitted by the Four Cilleni, Episcopus Fernann, morttii sunt. Jugu- Masters, viz. : latio Murchado, mac Dermato, filii" [Armedi] " Coscrad .i. Garbsalcha in jNIidiu" [the mas- " Ceci, Regis Nepotum Neill. Aed Dub, RexNe- sacre of Garbhsalach] " in quo cecidit Forbasach, potum Fidgenti, Flaithnia, mac Colggen sapiens 7íepoí Comgaile, r&i- hUa Failgi, a/)?/i/ I'zVoi Mide, et Mochonna Cuerne" \j-ecte Cluana-airne] uno die et helium predictum. Siccitas magna. In " doi'inierunt. Sloghadh la [per] Murcha, mac hoc anno interfecti snnt Peregrini apud Mumnenses .i. in clairineach cum iota familia sua. Nox lucida in AiUumno." The slaying of the pilgrims in Munster is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise imder the year 710, as follows : Brain, du Caisil." Four of these entries are given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise iinder the year 7 1 2, thus : "A. D. 712. Ceallagh Cwallann, King of Lynsier, died. Flann Feavla, Abbott of Ard- magh, died. Killin, Bushop and Abbott of " There were certain pilgrims killed by the Fearnes, died. Murragh mac Brayn with a Mounstermen, viz., Clarinach, with all his fa- great army went to Cashell." mily. There was a shining and extream clear ' Cluain-airdne. — The festival of Mochonna of light in harvest." • Cluain-airne is set dovra in O'Clery's Irish 713] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 313 The Age of Christ, 713. St. Dorbaine^ Foda, Abbot of la, died on the 28th of October. Mochonna, of Chiain Airdne^ died on the 80th of September. Bishop Cillene, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Flailhnia the Wise, son of Colgan, died. Ceallach Cualann'', son of Geritide, King of Leinster, died. Mur- chadh, son of Diarmaid, son of Airmeadhach Caech, chief of Ui-Neill of Clann- Cohnain, was slain by Conall Grant' Ua Cearnaigh. Aedh Dubh, chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte'', died. The Age of Christ, 714. The sixth year of Fearghal. Cele-Tighearnaigh', Abbot of CIiuiin-Eois [Clones], died. Ternog"", son of Ciaran, died. Flann Foirbhthe, son of Fogartach, died. Fogartach Ua Cearnaigh returned from his exile in Britain. Faelchu, son of Dorbene, was appointed to the abbacy of la, on the fourth of the Calends of September, on Saturday precisely, in the seventy- fourth year of his age. The Age of Christ, 715. The seventh year of Fearghal. The fair of Taill- tin" was celebrated by Fearghal, son of Maelduin ; and Fogartach Ua Cearrnaigh disturbed the fair, for he killed Maelrubha, and the son of Dubhsleibhe. Calendar at 30tli September. Colgan conjec- tures that Cluain-airdne may be the church of Cluain-aird, in the territory of Airteach, in the diocese of Elphin See Trias Thami., p. 178, n. 115. There are countless places of the name in Ireland, but the Editor has discovered nothing to prove which of them is the one re- ferred to in the text. '' Ceallach Cualann He was the ancestor of a tribe called Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann, seated in the north of the present county of Wicklow. Duald Mac FLrbis gives the names of twelve generations of his lineal descendants as follows: " Cathal" [chief of Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann] "son of Amhalgaidh, son of Tuathal, son of Cu- lochair, son of Madudan, son of Raghallach, son of Flann, son of Dubhdaithreach, son of Madu- dan, son of Cathal, son of Ceallach, son of Edersgcl, son of Ceallach Cualann." ' Conall Grant : i. e. Conall the Grey. " ^pcic .1. haé."—0'Clery. '' Ui-Fidhgeinte. — A tribe giving name to a great territory in the present county of Limerick. — See note under A. D. 645, supra, and also note ", under the year 1178, p. 46. ' Cele-Tiijhedrnaigh : i. e. Servant of St. Ti- ghearnach. In the Annals of Ulster these, and other entries omitted by the Four Masters, are given under the year 715, as follows : " A. D. 715. Jugulatio regis Saxonum Osrith, jilii Aldfrith nepotis Ossu. Garnat, Jilius Deile- roit, moritur. Fogartach, nepos Ccrnaig iterum regnat. Pasca commutaiur in la Civitate. Faelchu, mac Dorbeni, kathedram Columhe Ixxiv., etatis sue anno iv Kal. Scptcmhris, die Sahhathi sriscepit Ohitus Celi-Tigcrnaich, Ahbatis Cluana-Eois. Flann Foirbthe, mac Fogartaich, moritur. Mors Ardbrani, mac Maelduin." "• Ternog — This Ternog was interred at Kil- nasagart, near Jonesborough, in the county of Armagh, where his grave is still marked by a pillar stone exhibiting his name, Cepnoc mace Ciapain. " Tailltin. — Now Teltown, on the River Sele S 314 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [716. Qoi]^ Cpiopc, i^eachc ccéb ape oécc. Qn coclicrfiaó blmóain opeap^al. S. Ounchaoh, mac CinnpaolaiD, abb lae Colaim Cille, Décc an 25 iTlan. Cponán Ua Goain, abb Lip moip ÍTlocuDa, oécc i lún. Oubouin Ua paoláin, eppcop -] abb Cluana bepaipD, oécc. becc boipce oécc. pionamail Ua bojaine, mac Pinn, [oecc]. Cauh Cfnannpo pia cConall n^pancUa Cfp- nai5, in po mapbaoli Uiiaral Ua paolcon,-] ^opmjal, mac Qo6a, mic Dluch- aij,-] amal5ai6UaConain5,-| pfpjal a bparaip. Ro mapbaoh Dna Conall ^panc peipm lap noib miopaib lap in pij, la peapjal. Upi ppopa ingjnar- aclia ipin blmóainpi, ppop aipccio pop Ochain móip, ppop mealae pop Ochain mbicc, -| ppopp pola hi Lai jnib. Qoip Cpiopc, peaclic ccéo a peaclic oecc. Qn naomao bliabain opeap- jal. S. Cuanna ó Pop eo oécc an 10 Qpptl. Opopcan Oaipcije Décc 1 nQpD bpfccain. lomaipeacc pionnabpach la Laijnib, in po mapbaó Qob, mac Ceallai^. aipmfóac, mac Uaiój, -\ Cpioclian, coipech Ua ITlic Uaip, no rhapbaó. papn^ab Laijfn po cúicc 1 naoin bliaohain la liUib Néill. Cach ecip Clionnaccaib -] Copca baipcinri, map mapbab mac Ualarhnaij. Pap- er Abha-dliubh, near Navan, in the county of Meath See note ", under A. M. 3370, p. 22, siipra. " A. D. 716. Commixtio Agonis Talten la Fogartach, ubi cecidit filim 'Rubai et filius Duibslebe." " St. Dunchadh — " A. D. 716. Dunclia mac Ciunfaelad, Abbas lae, obiiV^ — Ann. Ult. ^ Cronan, ij-c. — These entries, and others omit- ted by the Four Masters, are given in the Annals of Ulster, under the year 717, as follows : "A.D. 717- Filius Cuidine, rex Saxonum, ■moritur. Becc Bairche obiit. Bellum Ceninnso, ubi cecidit. Tuatha! , Mí^JOí Faelcon, et Cellach Diath- raibh, et Gormgal, mac Aedo, niic DIuthaig, et Amalngai hUa Conaing, et Fergal, frater ejus, occiderunt. Conall Grant victor erat ; et Conall Grant, nejios Cernaig, in fine diiorum meiuiitm post bellum inierfectus est la" [per] " Fergal mac Maeleduin. Cronan IiUa Ecain, Abbas Lis- moir, moritur. Fianamail, nejios Bogaine mic Finn Insule pnnceps Maigi Sam" [Inismacsaint], "e< Dubduin, nepos Faelain, Episcopus Abbas Cluana-Irardo. Conri mac Congaile Cennfotai, e< Ailill mac Finsnechta, jugulati sunt. Pluit fros melo pop Othain Big ; pluit fros sanguinis supra fossam Lagenio7inn, et inde vacatur NiaU Frosach mac Fergaile, qui tunc natus est. Eclipsis lune in plenilunio s^io." The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are very meagre at this period, notice the falling of three showers under the year 715, such as the Four Masters describe, thus : " A. D. 715. It reigned [rained] a shower of honie on Ohinbeg, a shower of money on Ohin- more, and a shower of Blood upon the ffosses of Lynster, for which cause Neal Frossagh, who then was born, was called Neal Frossagh." — See the Philosophical Transactions, t. xviii. No. 139, April, May, June, 1677, 1678, p. 976, ic. 1 Othain-mor. — This was another form of the name of Fathan, now anglice Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony oi Inishowen, and county of Donegal See note under the year 657. Othain-beg was probably in the same 716] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 315 The Age of Christ, 71G. The eighth year of Fearghal. St. Dunchadh", son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of la-Coluim Cille, died on the 25th of May. CronanP Ua Eoau, Abbot of Lis-mor, died on the 1st of June. Dubhduin Ua Faelain, Bishop and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, died. Becc Boirche died. Fian- amhail Ua Boghaine, son of Einn, [died]. The battle of Ceanannus [Kells, in Meath] by Conall Grant (i. e. the Grey) Ua Cearnaigh, wherein were slain Tuathal Ua Faelchon, and Gormghal, son of Aedh, son of Dluthach, and Amhal- gaidh Ua Conaing, and Fearghal, his brother. Conall Grant himself was also slain, in two months afterwards, by King Fearghal. Three wonderful showers [fell] in this year : a shower of silver on Othain-mor'', a shower of honey on Othain-Beag, and a shower of blood in Leinster. The Age of Christ, 717. The ninth year of Fearghah St. Cuanna, of Ros-eo', died on the 10th of April. Drostan^ Dairthighe died at Ard-Breacam. The battle of Finnabhair' by the Leinstermen, in whicli Aedh, son of Ceallach, was slain. Airmeadhach, son of Tadhg, and Crichan, chief of Ui-Mac-Uais, were slain. Leinster" was five times devastated in one year by the Ui-Neill. A battle [was fought] between the Connaughtmen and the Corca-Baiscinn"^, wherein the son of Talamhnaigh was slain. Magh-Breagh was devastated by neighbourhood. barony of Offaly, and county of Kildare, and ' Ros-eo : i. e. the Wood of the Yews, now about a mile and a half from the Curragh. Rush, a village to the north of Lusk, in the ° Leinster This devastation of Leinster is county of Dublin. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, noticed in the Annals of Ulster under the year Eos-eo, where the festival of St. Cuanna was 720, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 716; celebrated on the 10th of April, is described as thus in the latter : " A. D. 716. All Lynster in Magh Lacha, in the east of Magh Breagh. was five times wasted and prey'd in one year In the Annals of Ulster" Mors CuannacRois-eu" by the O'Neals." is entered at the year 720. " Corca-Baiscinn. — A territory forming the " Droslan — "A. D. 718. Airmedach mac south-west part of the county of Clare, and Taidg, el Crichan, Rex nejyotum Maccuais, jugu- comprising, at the period of which we are treat- to'; et Ertuile, mac Fergusa GuiU, jugulatus. ing, the present baronies of Clonderalaw, Moy- Drostan Deartaighe quievit in Ardbreccaiu. Con- arta, and Ibrickan : " A. D. 720. Bellum inter gressio apud Lagenieme^, ubi Aed mac Ceallaig Connachta et Corco-Baiscinn, tihi cecidit Mac cecidit .i. bellum Finnabhrach." — Ann. Ult. Talamnaigh: Vastatio Maigi Breagh du" [per] ' Finnahhair. — There are several places of " Cathal mac Finguine, & du Murcha, mac this name in Leinster, anglicised Finner, or Brain. Inred Laighen fri Fergal & maidm" Fennor. The place here referred to is, iu all [naidm] " inna Boraime & maidm" [naidm] probability, Fennor, in the parish of Duncany, " na ggiallne Laigen fri Fergal mac Maelduin." 2 S2 316 awNQf-a TJio^hachca eiReawN. [718. uccaó TTlai^e bpfj la Caral, mac pionnguine, -] la ITlupchaó, mac bpain. Inoyifo Laijfn, -] naióm na 6o|ioma Dopmifi,-] na giallna la pfpjal. Qoip Ciiiopr, peachn ccéo a lioclic Décc. lap mbeiu Deic mbliaóna In yiije uay 6jnnn opfp^al, mac TTlaoileDÚin, mic TTIaoilepiqii j, Do pocaiji In ccach Qlmaine la Duncliab, mac TTIiipcliaba,"] la I1Q06 mac Coljan, Darhna pij. Qciao lion canjacap piol cCuinn Don car pin .1. mile ap picfr. Qriao lion cangacap Laijin, Don leir ele, naoi mile. Qp Do bap pfpjail Do paióeaó, DuncliaD mnc TTlupcaDa muaiD, QoD mac Coljan claiDfrh puaiD, niapbpac pfpjal peiDm ngaile, hi ccac eplam Qlrhaine. QcioD annpo na liaipij -| na coipij copcpacap ipin cacli ipin, mapaen la pfpgal, DO Lfrli Ciiinn, Conall TTlenn, coipec Ceneoil Coipppe, popbapacli, coipeacli Clieneoil mbojaine, pfp^al Ua QiclifcDae, pfpjal, mac Gachoac Lfmhna, coipec Uamnaij, ConDalac, mac Conaing -) Gccnec mac Col5an, coipec na nCiipcfp, Coibofnach, mac piaclipacli, niuip;^iup, mac ConaiU, Leacaiceacli, mac Coticapar, QnmcaiD, mac Concapac, QeDgen hUa ITlac- jarhnae, NuaDa mac 6ipc, coipech ^uill 1 Ipsluiill, -\ Dechnebap Do bSiol TTlailepichpij. baccap laopiDe eapbaóa aipfcli -\ ciopfcb an cuaipceipc. CfpbaDa Ua Néill an Deipceipc, piann, mac Ragliallai^, Qileall, mac pfpabai^, Suibne mac Conjalaij, Q06 Laijhean Ua Ceapnaij^, Nia mac Copbmaic, Ouboacpioch, mac OuibDainbeap, Qilill mac Conaill ^painc, piaicearhail, mac OUicai^^, pfp jup Ua bGojain. Uopcpacap Din cpi picic ap céD Dampaibli pfpjail amaille pip na paopclanoaib pin, cenmo ccid " Battle of Almhain : i. e. of Alien, a celebrated in the year of our Lord, 720. King Ferall had hill in the county of Kildare, about five miles in his army twenty-one thousand men well north of the town of Kildare. This battle is armed, and the Lynstermen nine thousand, noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 721, These are they that were slain on the King's and in the Annals of Tighernach at 722, which side in that battle : first, King Ferall himself is the true year, as indicated by the criteria with one hundred and sixty of his guard ; Conell which he furnishes, iii. Jd. Dec. fcr. 6, Cydo Meami, prince of the race of Carbrey ; Forba- Solis iii. Luna i. The Annals of Clonmacnoise sagh, prince of the race of Bowyne ; Ferall notice it under the year 720, as follows : O'Hagheaghty ; Ferall mac Eahagh Leawna, "A. D. 717. Before King Fohartagh began prince of Tawny e ; Conallagb mao Conyng; his reign, the battle of AUone was fought, Eigneach mac Colgan, prince of the Narhirs" wherein King Ferall was slain by the L}Tister- [rex Orientalium — Ann. Ult.'\ ; " Cowdenagh men, on Friday the 3rd of the Ides of December, mac Fiaghragh ; Morgies mac Conell ; Leaha- 718.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 317 Catlial, son of Finnguine, and Murchadh, son of Bran. Leinster was plundered, and the Borumha again enjoined, and the hostages, by Fearghal. The Age of Christ, 718. After Fearghal, son ofMaelduin, son of Mael- iithrigh, had been ten years in sovereignty over Ireland, he was slain in the battle of Almhain-^, by Dunchadh, son of Murchadh, and Aedh, son of Colgan, an heir presumptive to the sovereignty. The number which the race of Conn brought to this battle was twenty-one thousand, and the number brought by the Leinstermen was nine thousand. Of the death of Fearghal was said : Dunchadh, son of Murchadh the Noble, Aedh, son of Colgan of the Red Swords, Slew Fearghal of valiant fight, in the vigorous battle of Ahnhuin. The following were the chieftains and leaders of Leath-Chuinn who fell in this battle together with Fearghal : Conall Menu, chief of Cinel-Cairbre ; Forbasach, chief of Cinel-Boghaine ; Fearghal Ua Aitheachdae ; Fearghal, son of Eochaidh Leamhna, chief of Tamhnach ; Conualach, son of Conaing ; and Egnech, son of Colgan, chief of the Airthera [the Oriors] ; Coibhdeanach, son of Fiachra ; Muirghius, son of Conall ; Leathaitheach, son of Concarat ; Aumchaidh, son of Concharat ; Aedhgen Ua Mathghamhnae ; Nuada, son of Eire, chief of Gidl and Irgull''; and ten of the race of Maelfithrigh. These were the losses of the chieftains and leaders of the North. The losses of the South were: Flann, son of Raghallach ; Aileall, son of Fearadhach ; Suibhne, son of Congalach ; Aedh Laighean Ua Cearnaigh ; Nia, son of Cormac ; Dubhdachrich, son of Dubh- dainbher ; Aileall, son of Conall Grant ; Flaitheamhail, son of Dluthach ; Fear- ghus Ua Eoghain. One hundred and sixty of Fearghal's satellites, and numbers yegli mac Concharad ; Edgen O'Mathgawna ; all which number were slain. There were nine Anmchad mac Concharad ; Nwa mac Oirck, that flyed in the ayre, as if they were winged prince of the Orcades"[rec, under the year naill et Eugain, ubi Flann mac Aurtliile, et 671. It is stated in the gloss to the Feilire Snedgus Dergg, nqios Inrachdi, jugulati sunt Aenguis, at 21st April, that Maelrubha was of Congressio Irrois Ibichne, nhi quidam ceciderunt the Cinel-Eoghain, and that his mother was den dibh Airgiallaibh, inter Selbacum et fami- Subtairc, daughter of Setna, and the sister [or Ham Echdach, nepotis Dornhnaill. Conall mac kinswoman] of St. Comhgall of Beanchair; and Moudan imirtyrio coronatm. Adomnani reliquie that his church is at Abur-Chresen, in Alba transferuniur in Hiberniam, et lex renovatur. Bel- [Scotland]. Iwn Moin inter dina Bullaigniu, in quo cecidit '• St. Celechrist : i. e. the Servant or Vassal of Laidgnen mac Conmealde ; Duncha victor fiiit. Christ. Most of these entries, and others totally Murcliadh, mac Brain, Rex Lagenimsium nioritur. omitted by the Four Masters, are given in the Dubdainber, mac Comgail, Rex Cvvxthnejugula- Annals of Ulster, under the years 725 and 726, tus est. Belhim Bairue vel Inse Bregainn, in quo as follows : ceciderunt Ederscel, mac Cellaig Cualann, et Con- " A. D. 725. Nechtain mac Deirile constrin- gal mac Brain. Faelan victor fuit. Dormitutio gitur (ipud Diiust Regem. Duchonna Craibdech, Ccli-Christi." Episcopus Condere moritm: Jugulatio Cram- ' CiU-Delge — Now called, in Irish, Cill-Dealga, th&mn JiliiCellachi, in belloBeiaig-licceimmatura and anglicised Kildalkey. This was the name etate. Quies Mancheine Lethglinne. Jugulatio, of an old church, now totally destroyed, giving Bodbchodha Mide." name to a parish situated between the parish " A. D. 726. Mors Ailchon, Abbatis Cluana of Trim, in East Heath, and the boundary of Iraird. Bellum Droma-fornocht, iiUer Genus Co- Westmeath. It was dedicated to St. Damhnat, 722] ANNALS OF THB: KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 321 Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], after having gone to Alba [Scotland], died in his own church at Apurcrosan', on the 21st of April; eighty years, three months, and nine days, was the length of his life. St. Celechrist died''. St. Conall, son of Moudan, received the crown of martyrdom. Feardachrich, son of Congha- lach, died. Cuanan, of Cill-Delge'; Deirir, of Daimhinis [Devenish], of the Ui-CoUa ; Guana, of Druim Cuilinn"; and Cillene, of Loch Gerg", died. The battle of Druim-fornocht" [was fought] by Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, and the Cinel-Conaill, against Aedh Allan, son of Fearghal, and the Cinel- Eoghain. Aedh Allan was defeated. These chieftains were slain on the side of Aedh, [namely] Flann, son of Erthaile, and Snedgus Dearg Ua Brachaidhe. Murchadh, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died. Crimhthann, son of Ceallach Cualann, was slain in the battle of Bealach-liceP. Ailill, son of Bodlibhcha, of Meath, died. A battle [was fought] by Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, against the Leinstermen ; and he obtained his demand. The battle of Inis-Breagaini, wherein were slain Edersgeoil, son of Ceallach Cualann, and Congal, son of Bran. Cathal Cerr, chief of the south of Breagh, died. The Age of Christ, 722. St. Flann, of Aentrebh', Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. After Cinaeth, son of Irgalach, had been three years in sove- reignty over Ireland, he fell in the battle of Druim-Corcram^, by Flaithbhear- or Dympbna, whose festival was celebrated there this is the Druim-fornacht mentioned in the on the fifteenth of ]\Iay. Near the site of the foundation charter of the abbey of Newry, and church was a holy well called Tobar-Damhnata, which comprises the present townlands of Cro- nearly dried up when the Editor examined the bane and Croreagh, in the lordship of Newry. locality. I" Bealach-lice : i. e. the Eoad of the Flag or " Dmim-Cuilinn : i.e. Ridge or long Hill of Flat Kocky Surface. Not identified, the Holly, now DrumcuUen, an old church in '' Inis-Breagain. — Now obsolete. ruins, situated in the south of the barony of ' AerUrebh — Also written Oentrebh, Aoin- Eglish, in the King's County. This church trebh, Oentribh, and Oentrabh. This was the stands on the boundary between the ancient ancient name of the town of Antrim, and is to Meath and Munster. be distinguished from Aendruim, or Oendruim, " Loch Gcrg Now Loush Derg, so famous which is the old name of Ncndrum Island, now for containing the island of St. Patrick's Purga- Inishmabec in Loch Cuan, or Strangford Lough, tory, in the parish of Templecarn, barony of in the county of Down. — See Ecclesiastical Anti- Tirhugh, and county of Donegal. quilies of the Dioceses of Dou'n and Conor, ^c, " Druim-formcht : i. e. the Naked or Exposed p. 63, note ^, and pp. 277, 278. Kidge or Long Hill. There are several places ' Druim- Corcraiu : i. e. Corcran's Ridge, or of this name, but there can be little doubt that Long Hill. Not identified : 2 T 322 aNwaca líioghachca eiReawN. [723. ■Coyichaip GuDop, nriac Qilella, -| TTlaolDuin, mac pfpaDaij, ipin carh pin la Dunclia6,macCo|ibmaic. Cacli Qillinne ecip Da mac rnupcha6a,micbiiain, in po mapBaó Ouncliaó pfnoip. Oomnall, mac Ceallaij pi Connnchc, [oéj]. Qoip Cpiopc, pectclic ccét» piche a cpi. Qn ceo bliabain Oo piairbfpcac, mac Coingficb, mic Qonjupa, nap Gpinn hi pigbe. S. ^all Lilcaigh Décc. S. pachcna, mac polaclicam, abb CUiana pfpca bpénamn, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, f eaclir ccéo piche a cfcaip. Ctn oapa bliabain t>o piair- bfpcac. TTlac Onclion, pccpiBneoip Cille oapa. TTIac Concumba, pccpib- neoip Cluana muc Nóip, Cochall ooap, pcpibniD bfnncliuip, Dej. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo piche a CÚ15. Qn cpeap bliabain Do piaif- bfpcach. S. Oochonna Cpaiboeach, eppcop ConDepe, Décc an 15 TTlaii. S. CiUen» poDa, ab la, Décc. S. QDamnan, eppcop Rara TTlai je hQonaij. 8. TTIainchin Lfrglinne Décc. 8. paelDobap becc, eccnaiD pobaip, Decc. Cúl parain Do lopccaó. Carh eiDip Cpuichniu -| Dal l?iaDa, i TTlupbulj, in po mapbab Dpons rhop do Chpuirniii. 8. Colmc'm Ua Lioccáin, Doccúip cojaióe, oécc. S. GochaiD, mac Colgan, ancoipi Qpoamacha, 8. Colnmn Cealcha UalanD, "] bpeac beapba, Décc. Coblair, in^fn Ceallaij Cualann, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc, ccéo piche apé. Ctn cfrparhaó bliaóam Do piaif- bepcac. Qolchú, abb Cluana hlopaipo, piann Sionna Ua Colla, abb Cluana mic Noip [Décc], DO Uib CpemrainD Dó. ^apalc TTlaij;e heo Décc an 13 Do TTlapca. Seboann, in^fnCuipc, banabCilleDapa.oécc. UimnenCille l^apaó, " A. D. 727. Belli/m Droma Corcain inter " St. Gall Lilcaigh See notes ', '', under Flaithbertach, mac Loingsig, et Cinaed, filium tlie year 512, p. 167, supra. The death of Irgalaig, in quo Cinaed et Endus, mac Ailello, " (iall of Lilcach" is entered in the Annals of Maeldiiin, macFeradaig, etDuncha,macCormaic, Ulster at the year 729. cecidertint. Bdlum Ailenne, inter diautis numero xxii. Conmal, nepos Mors Crunnmail, filii Colggen, Ahbatis Luscain. Lochene, Abbas Clonomaccunois, pausat. Con- Daniel, mac Colmain Indmin,j4tJfl5Ardbreccain, gressio invicem, inter nepotes Aedo Slaine, ubi et Colman mac Murchon, Abbas Maigi-bile quie- Conaiug, mac Amalgaid, moritur; Cernach vicit; verunt. Jugluatio Maelefothartaig, ^ftV Maele- et Cathal ma.c Aedo cecidit jiixta Lapidem Ai!be, tuile di Laignib, vir sapiens et ancorita Insole ab orientali jiartc, gesta est. Muirgis, mac Ferguso Vacce Albe" [Insi-Bo-Finne] " Dublitter et Foicrid, jugulatur. Breasal, mac ConcobairAird, Samson nepos Corcrain, dormierunt. Bodbtach occisus est. Oengus, mac Aillello, ri Airddae mac Conaill Gabri, rex Coirpri 7iioritur." — Aim. Ciannachta, moritur. Mors Graifni, Abbatis Ult. Imleco Fia. Dal ('a parlee' Cod. Clarend. 49) 731] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 329 Bishop of Aendruim [Nendrum], died. The battle of Bealach-Ele' [was fought] between Cathal, son of Finguine, King of Minister, and the Leinstermen, where many of the Leinstermen were slain. There fell of the Munstermen here Ceallach, son of Faelchair, chief of Osraighe [Ossory], and the two sons of Cormac, son of Rossa, chief of the Deisi, with three thousand along with them. Cathal, son of Muireadhach, King of Connaught, died. Airechtach, grandson of Dunchadh Muirsce, chief of Ui-Fiachrach, died. The Age of Christ, 731. The second year of Aedh Allan. Fianamhail", son of Gertide, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Crunnmael, son of Colgan, Abbot of Lusca, and Daniel, son of Colnian, Abbot of Ard-Brecain [Ardbraccan], died. Colman, son of Murchu, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died. Maelfothartaigh, son of Maeltuile, [one] of the Leinstermen, and Bodhbh- chadh, son of Conall Gabhra, chief of Cairbre", died. The Age of Christ, 732. The third year of Aedh Allan, llonan^ Abbot of Ceann-Garadh [in Scotland]; Conamhail Ua-Loichcne, Abbot of Cluain-mic- Nois, of [the sept of] Cianachta-Breagh ; and Graiphnidh, Abbot of Lnleach- Fia'', died. Failbhe, son of Guaire, successor of Maelrubha", was drowned, and the crew of his ship along with him ; they were twenty-two in number. Fian- galach, son of Murchadh, chief of Ui-Mai?, [died]. A battle [was fought] between [two parties of] the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein Cathal, son of Aedh was slain, on the east side of Lic-Ailbhe'', by Conaing, son of Amhalgaidh. inter Aed nAldan ocus Cathal oc [at] Tir- Coarb of ] " Opercroosann was sunck in the dept daglas. Lex Patricti tenuit Iliherniam. Fianga- of the sea, and certain seafareing men to the lach, mac Murchado, rex Ua-Mail moritur." — number of 22." Ann. Ult. • Ui-Mail The position of this territory is ' Imleach-Fia. — Now Emlagh, an old church determined by the Glen of Imaile, near Glenda- giving name to a parish lying to the north- lough, in the barony of Upper Talbotstown, and east of the town of Kells, in the county of county of Wicklow. — See note ", under A. D. Meath. 1376, p. 664. " Of Madrubha: i. e. Abbot of the Monastery '' Lic-Ailbhe This was the name of a large erected by Maelrubha, Abbot of Bangor, at stone which stood at Moynalvy in the barony Aporcrossan, in Scotland. Mageoghcgan mis- of Deece, and county of Meath, till the year takes the meaning of this passage in his trans- 992, when, according to these Annals, it fell, lation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, where he and was formed into four mill-stones by Mael- has : " A. D. 734. The work done at" [rede the seachlainn, or Malachy II., Monarch of Ireland. 2u 330 aNwaca Rio^hachca emeaNw. [733. popcpaiD, DO iTia]iba6. Qengup, mac Qilealla, njfpna QipDe Cmnnacra, oécc. Carh pochapra i TTlmj muipfemne pm nQoDli ailán, -| pm cclanDaib Nell an cuaiy-ceipc pop Ulcaib, in po mapBab Qoó l?óin, pi Ulaó,-] po bfnab a cfno oe popCloic an commaij i noopap ceampaiU pocliaipDe,-] po mapbaó Concaó, mac Cuanacli, coipec Coba, 50 pochuióib oile amaille piú. 6a he pochann an chacha Cill Cunoa do pápuccaó la Ua Sejmn, Do muinrip Qoba Róin, Dia nebaipc QoD Ron peipin, ni pcappam a conn ppip an Uaipp, uaip caob pe caob ara ceall Cunna i Ceall Caippe. Conjap, comapba pacpaicc, DO pijhne an pann po Do ji;péapacc aoDaailáin a nDiojail pápaijrena cille, ap pob éipiurh anmcapa Qoolia, co nepbaipc, Qbaip pe haoD Qllan nuap, Dom piachc poppón la pluaj piuil, T?om nelacc Qeb l?óin appaíp, im Clionna Cill an coin ciúil. UionóiliD QoDli ailán a ploja 50 pochaipD, conab ann acbepc QoD Qllán occ imrpiall in caclia : 1m Cliunna im cill manamcaparc, cinjiu aniú céim ap conaip, páicpió QoD l?oin a cfno lim, no puicpfccpa lapoDain. Qp Don each ceDna ar pubpaDh : Qp nUlaó 1111 QoD Rome la liQob Qllán pi Gpe, Qp coinnim Do Chill Chonna cuippiom bonna ppi méóe. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc cceD rpioca a cpi. Qn cfrpamab bliabain DQoDh. S. Uola, mac Oiinchaba, eppcop Cluana IpaipD, milib Dionjrhala DoCpiopr, 065. bpfpal, mac Qoba Rom, pi Ulab, do rhapbab ace Oun Celcchaip. ' Ard-Cianachta.—'Novr the barony of Fer- " Cill-Cunna. — Now Kilcoony, in the parish rard, in the county of Louth. of Ballyclog, barony of Dungannon, and county ■* Fochart. — Now Faughard, in the county of of Tyrone. — See the Ordnance Map, sheet 39- Louth. See note \ under A. D. 248, p. 1 1 4, sup. ^ lis Conn. — This is a pun on the names of the 'Cloch-an-chommaigk: i.e. the Stone of Break- churches, but in what sense the witty king in- ing or Decapitation. This is still pointed out tended conn and iarr to be taken, it is not easy at the doorway of the church of Faughard. Dr. to determine. Co7in means sense or reason, and O'Conor translates this " Saxum circuli con- Tairr is probably the name of the patron saint ventionis Seniorum," which is incorrect. — See of Ceall- Tairrc ; or he might have intended by Lec-comaigh-cnamh, note ^ under the year 594. " n! pcappam a conn ppip an cnipp," to mean ' Cobha. — Otherwise called Magh-Cobha, a "ni pcappam a ceann ppipm ccolainn," i. e. plain in Iveagh, in the county of Down. " I will not separate the head from the body," 733.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 331 Muirgheas, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, was slain. Aenghus, son of Ailell, Lord of Ard-Cianachta", died. Tlie battle of Focbart'', in Magh-Muirtheimbne [was fouglit] by Aedh Allan and the Clanna-Neill of the North, against the Uhdians, where Aedh Roin, King of Ulidia, was slain ; and his head was cut off on Cloch-an-chommaigh'', in the doorway of the church of Fochard ; and Conchadh, son of Cuanach, chief of Cobha', was also slain, and many others along with him. The cause of this battle was the profanation of Cill-Cunna'' by Ua Seghain, one of the people of Aedh Koin, of which Aedh Roin himself said : " I will not take its Conn^ from Tairr," for Ceall-Cimna and Ceall-Tairre' are side by side. Congus, successor of Patrick, composed this quatrain, to incite Aedh Allan to revenge the profa- nation of the church, for he was the spiritual adviser of Aedh, so that he said : Say unto the cold Aedh Allan, that I have been oppressed by a feeble army ; Aedh Roin insulted me last night at Cill-Cunna of the sweet music. Aedh Allan collected his forces to Fochard, and Aedh Allan composed [these verses] on his march to the battle : For Cill-Cunna, the church of my confessor, I take this day a joiurney on the road; Aedh Roin shall leave his head with me, or I shall leave mine with him. Of the same battle was said : The slaughter of the Ulidians with Aedh Roin [was made] by Aedh Allan, King i of Ireland ; . ! For their coigny*" at Cill-Cunna he placed soles to necks'. / The Age of Christ, 733. The fourth year of Aedh. St. Tola"", son of Dun- chadh, bishop, a worthy soldier of Clirist, died. Breasal, son of Aedh Roiu, King of Ulidia, was slain at Dun-Celtchair". which would not be a far-fetched pun, when he privilege, being free from all customs and visi- intended to give Conn and Tarr a similar pro- tations of temporal lords. fane treatment. ' Soles to neclcs This is an idiom expressing ' Ceall Tairre Now Cill-Thairre, anglice indiscriminate carnage, in which the sole of the KUharry, a glebe in the parish of Donaghmore, foot of one body was placed over against or in the same barony — Ord. Map, sheet 46. across the neck or headless triftik of another. '' Coigny : i. e. Refection. It would appear " Tola. — " A. D. 737. Tole, Ejmcopus Cluana- that the King of Ulidia had forcibly obtained Iraird, diymis Dei miles, paumt." — Ann. Ult. refection in these churches, contrary to their "X)«?i-Cc/in ccar 50 naipecaib an cuaipceipr a mailli p)up. "Can- jacap coipi^ Lai^fn inio pio^aib ipin ccar, copba puilec poipniaca pa pfpab an jleo yin fccoppa DiBlinib. Ro maccaic laoic, -] po carimaic colla leó. Imo corhpainic oQoD Ollan 1 dQooIi mac Colgan, 00 pi^ Laijfn, 1 copcaip QoD, mac Coljan Vt liQob Ollan. Via mapbab 1 po mubaicceab, po oior- aicceaO, 1 po DÍorlóicceaó Cai^in co hanbpoill ipin cairgleo pin, coná rfpna app Dib acrmab cipuaippi mbicc, 1 pcceolanga cfpca. bacap lanpo na coipi^, "I na baipij copcpacap ó Laijnib .1. Ctooli macColgan, pi Ua cCeinn- pelaij, bpan bfcc mac ITlupcbaoa, an oapa pij boi pop Lai^nib, pfpsup mac TTlaenai^ 1 Duboacpioc bá n jfpna poropc, mac bUi Cellaij, mac Upein, pianjalach Ua ITlaileaif^en, Conall Ua Ctirecbnai, ceirpe meic pioinn UÍ Congaile, Glabach Ua ÍTIaolinóip, 1 pocaiDe o:le po buD erhilc Daipneip. of Duach, one of the heroes of the Red Branch in Ulster, who had his residence here in the first century of the Cliristian era. Tliis was one of the old names of the large fort near Downpa- trick, in the county of Down See Colgan's Truts T/iaum., p. 5(J6, n. 52, and Battle of Magh- Rath, pp. 206, 206, note ". " Ath-Seanaith Called Ath-Senaich in the Annals of Ulster, now Ballyshannon, in the county of Kildare, four miles south-west of Kil- culleu Bridge. Ballyshannon, in Ulster, is also called Ath-Senaith, or Ath-Senaich, in Irish. The Bally prefixed in both instances is a cor- ruption of Bel-atlia, i. e. os vadi, ford-mouth. This place was otherwise called Uchbhadh. In the Annals of Ulster this battle is noticed at the year 737, and in the Annals of Clonniac- uoise at 735, as follows : " A. D. 737. Bellum Atho-Senaich inter Ne- potes Neill et jOfigeniemes, A. Cath Uchba, xiii. ISeptemhris, die vi. ferie, crudeliter gestum, eat in quo binales Reges celsi vigoris pectoris, armis alter- natim congressi sunt, .i. Aed Alddan, 7-cx Tcmorie, et Aed mac Colggen, ri Laigin ;■ e quibus um(s superstes viilneratus, .i. Aed Alddan vixit, alius vero militari mucrone capite truneatus est. Tunc nepotes Cuinn immensa victoria diiati sunt, cum Lagenos, suos mmlos, insolito more in fiigam mit- tuut, calcant, stemunt, subvertunt, consumuut, ita ut usque ad iniernecionem universus hostilis pene delctus cxercitus, paucis nunciis renunciautibus, et in tali bello tantos cedidisse feruni, quantos per transacta reti'o secula, in uno succubuisse impettt, et feroci cecidisse conflictu non comperimus. Cecide- runt in hoc autem bello opitimi duces .i. Aed mac Colggen, et Bran Becc, mac Murcado, .i. da ri Laigin, Fergus, mac Moinaig, et Dubdacrich, mac Aincellaig, mic Triein" [ duo meignates re- gionis FothartxC], " et Fingalach hUa Maeleaitcen, Conall hUa Aitechdai; cethre mic Flainn, Aui Congaile ; Eladhach Aui Maehiidhir, et ccteri multi quos compendii causa omisimws." — /Inw. Ult. " A. D. 735. The battle of Athseanye, on tiie 14th day of the Kallends of September, was cruelly and bloodyly fought between the O'Neales and Lynstermen, where the two 733.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 333 Aedh Allan, King of Ireland, assembled [the forces of] Loath-Chuinn, to proceed- into Leinster ; and he arrived at Ath-Seanaith". The Leinstermen collected the [greatest] number they were able, to defend his right against him. A fierce battle was fought between them. The king, Aedh Allan himself, went into the battle, and the chieftains of the North along with him. The chieftains of Leinster came with their kings into the battle ; and bloodily and heroically was the battle fought between them both. Heroes were slaughtered, i and bodies were mutilated. Aedh Allan, and Aedh, son of Colgan, King of Leinster, met each other [in single combat]; and Aedh, son of Colgan, was slain by Aedh Allan. The Leinstermen were killed, slaughtered, cut off, and dread- fully exterminated, in this battle, so that there escaped of them but a small remnant, and a few fugitives. The following were the leaders and chieftains of the Leinstermen who fell, namely : Aedh, son of Colgan, King of Ui-Ceinn- sealaigh ; Bran Beg, son of Murchadh, the second king who was over the Lein- stermen ; Fearghus, son of Maenach, and Dubhdacrich, two lords of Fotharta''; the son of Ua Ceallaigh ; the son of Trian ; Fiangalach Ua Maeleaithgin ; Conall Ua Aithechdai ; the four sons of Flann LTa Conghaile ; Eladhach Ua- Maeluidhir''; and many others, whom it would be tedious to enumerate. The [people of] Leath-Chuiun were joyous after this victory, for they had wreaked Kings, heads of the two Armitís, did so roughly gach O'Moyleoyer, and many others which my approach one another, as King Hugh Allan, Author omitteth to relate, for brevity's sake. King of Ireland, and Hugh Mac Colgan, King were slain, and sayeth that this was the greatest of Lynster, whereof the one was sore hurt, and slaughter for a long time seen in Ireland." — lived after; the other, by a deadly blow, lost Ann. Clon. his head from the shoulders. The O'Neales, ' Two Lords ofFotharta — The Fortharta at with their King, behaved themselves so val- this period appear to have constituted two liantly in the pursuit of their enemies, and lordships, namely, Fotharta - Fea, afterwards killed them so fast in such manner, as they Fotharta-Ui Nuallain, now the barony of Forth, made great heapes in the fields of their car- in the county of Carlow, and Fotharta-an- cassess, so as none or very few of the Lynster- Chairn, now the barony of Forth, in the county men escaped to bring tyding to their friends of Wexford. There were many other tribes of home. In this battle the two joynt Kings of the Fotharta at an earlier period. Lynster, Hugh Mac Colgan, and Bran B(!ag 'i Ua Maeluidhir — O'Moyleer, or, as the name Mac Murchowe ; Fergus Mac Moynay, and is now generally anglicised, Mylcr. He was Dowdachrich, the two Lords of Foharte ; Mac probably the chief of Sil-Maeluidhir, now tlie O'Kelly; MacTreyn; Fiangalagh O'Moyleaigh- barony of Shelmalier, in the county of Wex- ten; the four sons of Flann O'Conoyly; Eala- ford. 334 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [734. barap pailij LCt Chuinn ^a\\\• an ccopccap pn, uaip po Di'ojailpioc a nain- ninne,-| a naincyiioe pop Laijnib. Naoi mile apfo copcaip Dib, arhail apbfpap : O cat Uchbaó co name, imbib cpuclam pfp peine, Mi 0Ó15 po 5pém 51I gamrhij piol nacb Laignij m b6pe. Naoi mile 00 pocpacap, i ccar Ucliboó co noéne, Oo ploj ^Qilian jép guinic, mop Do múip)b pfp péne. Qob Qllán cecmic, Gn cCtoD ipin úip, an pi ipin puann, Cln renan oon oelaó[in cénán oil Déin, Lib. Lee. íol. 311], la Ciapán 1 cCluam. Samrbann cecmic piap an cacb, TTla conpipac na Da Qoó, bió móppaer a nepjaipe, TTlab CO Dul Dampa ap pace Ctoó la bQoD mac pfpjaile. paolan, mac bpain, pi Laijfn, Decc lap nofi^bfcbaiD. Ceapnacb, mac pojapcaijb, mic Nell, mic Cfpnaijb Sbocail, mic Oiapmarca, mic Qoóa Slaine, do mapbaoh. pQiJup mac Cperhrainn Do mapbaó. Slói^beaDb la Carol, mac pinngume, co Laigniu, co pug gialla ó bpan bpicc mac TTlupcaóa, CO pug maine mópa. Ctoip Cpiopc, peacbc cceD cpiocba acffaip. Qn ciiicceaD bliaóain dQoó. S. Samcbann 05b, ó Cluam bpónaigh i cCebcba, Decc an 19 Do Decembep. Qp puippi cuj Qon Qllan an cfipc pi, ' Fir-Feini: i. e. populi Feniorum. " A Fenisio Clonmacnoise, of which St. Ciaraii is the patron Faxsaidh Hiberninominanturi^«»7. Unde apud saint. nos Oic-Fheni posteri Fenii, in plurali numero " Samhthann According to the Leahhar- dicuntur ab illo." — FiacK's Scholiast, in Trias Gabhala of the O'Clerys, the Samthann who Thamn., p. 5, not. 23. Feine is also explained composed this quatrain was the virgin saint of Bpu jai6, a farmer, or yeoman. Cluain-Bronaigh. — See her death noticed under * The posterity of. — In this and the battle of the year 734, infra. Almhuin, fought in 718, the Leinstermen were " Faelan, ^-c " A. D. 737. Faelan, iiepos nearly extirpated by the race of Conn of the Brain, Lageniensium rex, immatura elate, et inopi- Hundred Battles, so that the remission of the nata morte periit. Cernach, flius Fogartaig, a Borumean tribute, through the intercession of suis sceleratis sociis dolose jugulatur, quern vacca- St. Moling, was but of little advantage to the rmn vituli, et infime orbis mulieres tediose Jievei-unt. Leinstermen. Jiigulatio Fergusa, mic Cremthainn, &c. Slogh- ' Clmin : i. e. Cluain-mic-Nois, now anglice adh Cathail, mic Finguiue, co Laigniu, co rucc 734.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 335 their vengeance and their animosity upon the Leinstermen. Nine thousand was the number of them that was slain, as is said in these verses : From the battle of Uchbhadh the great, in which a havoc of the Fir-Feini"' [i. e. the farmers] was made. There is not known on the fair sandy soil the posterity of' any Leinsterman in Ireland. Nine thousand there fell in the battle of Uchbhadh with vehemence, Of the army of Leinster, sharp-wounding, great the carnage of the Fir Feini. Aedh Allan cecinit : The Aedh in the clay, the king in the churchyard, The beloved pure dove, with Ciaran at Cluain' ! Samhthann" cecinit before the battle: If the two Aedhs meet, it will be very difficult to separate them, To me it will be grevious if Aedh [son of Colgan] fall by Aedh, son of Fearghal. Faelan*, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died, after a well-spent life. Cear- nach, son of Foghartach, son of Niall, son of Cearnach Sotal, son of Diarmaid, son of Aedh Slaine, was slain. Fearghus, son of Creamhthann, was slain. A hosting was made by Cathal, son of Finguine, into Leinster ; and he obtained hostages from Bran Breac, son of Murchadh, and carried oíF much property. The Age of Christ, 734. The fifth year of Aedh. St. Samhthann^ virgin, of Cluaiu-Bronaigh, in Teabhtha, died on the 19th of December. It was of her Aedh Allan'' gave this testimony : giallu O Faclain, ocus co rucc niaiiie niara." She was abbess of Clonbroney, in the barony of [An armie by Cathal mac Finguine into Lein- (iranard, and county of Longford SeeCoIgan's ster, and he brought pledges, with great booties, Ada SS., p. 347, n. 2G, and Archdall's Monast. from I-Faelain Cod. Clarend., 49-^ — Ann.Ult. Hiber., p. 438. In the Feilire Aenguis, and " A. D. 735. Cahall mac Finguyne prepared O'Clery's Irish Calendar, the festival of Sam- a great army and went to Lynster, and there- thann Cluana-Bronaigh is marked at 19th De- out brought hostages from Bran Brick mac cember, and it is added in the latter that she Murchowe, with many rich bootys." — Ann.Clon. died in 739, which is the true year. ' St. Samhthann, virgin, of Cluain- Bronaigh '^ Aedh Allan. — That some Irish verses were " A. D. 738. Dormitatio Samthainne Cluanb- believed to have been composed by this mo- Bronaig." — Ann. Ult. iiarcli appears from the Leabhar-Gabhala of the 336 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [735. Samrliann ppi poilpi i^mnnmriD, nioD pojab 5ean];"a glunba]!]!, UiiaD maij niiDe miaó nimslann, moji y^aech po pne Sarhcann. Po jab an ni nao apa, aim ppi pije plfpa; Da riiaip ppi cepca ruapni, bacap cpiiaba a cpeppa. Qpot) ppi niriie nichiu, jlan a cpidliiu ppi baeclia, Inuclic pmóac ppi glanbapp, ap po la Sarhrann paecha. piann, mac Ceallaij, mic CpunDTnaoil, eppcop Reacpainne, oecc. Cuana Ua beppain, pcpiBneoip Upeoic [oécc]. pQiJup 5^"^^ coipec Coba [oécc]. Occfp Dopióe aep ulc -| aibrtnllci 05 cealgao jpainrpelij in poolamp lopaba ina aigiD paip, conao e pochann a baip. Qilill, mac Uuarhail, njfpna Ua cCpiomrainn, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo cpioca a cincc. Qn peipeab bliaóain oQob. S. 6pan, Cainoe liGala, oecc. TTlainclieine T~uama ^péine, oécc. piano Peabla, abb ^oipc conaij, 1 ITlujóopnaibli ÍTluijlifn, oécc. Ceallac, mac SecliDi, uo Clionmaicnib, abb Climna muc Nóip, oécc. Duboaboipfno, abb Pobaip, Décc. popbapacb, mac Qilealla, cijfpna Oppuije, Do ifiapbaDh. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo cpioca ape. Qn peaclirrhaó bliabain dQoó. Conola, cijfpna Ueabra, oécc. Qmaljaió, mac Cacapaij, coipec Conaille, Décc. ÍTlupcliat), mac peapjaile, mc ITIaileDiiin, Do mapbaDli. Cacli Caipn O'Ck'rys, p. 198, and in these Annals at the hUidhri, fol. 41, b., that Art, son of Conn Ced- }'ear 738, where the last quatrain composed by chathach, monarch of Ireland, was interred him is quoted. here; and it is added, in the historical story ' Reachrainn The Editor is not able to de- called Cath jMaighe Mucraimhe, that the place cide whether this is the Reachrainn in the east was called Trl-foid, i. e. Three Sods, because of Bregia, where St. Columbkille erected a " three sods were dug there in honour of the church, or Reachrainn, now Rathliu, or Ragh- Trinity, when the grave of Art was being dug aree Island, off the north coast of Antrim. there." It is stated in this story that Art, who ■■ Trcoit. — Otherwise written Trefoid, now believed in Christianity, predicted that a Chris- Trevet, in the barony of Skreen, and county of tian church would be afterwards erected over Meath. In the Fcilirc Aenguis the festival of his grave. These passages are given in the An- St. Lonan mac Talmaigh, of Treoit, is marked at nals of Ulster, under the year 738, as follows : 1 3th November, but in O'Clery's Irish Calendar " A. D. 738. Fergus Glutt, rex Cobo, spjitis it is marked at 1st November, thus, " toiiún ó venenatis maleficonim homiman, ohiit. Cuana, ne- Cpe pole 1 mÓpeajaiB," i.e. "Lonan of Trefoit, ^o.s Bessain, sa-iba Treoit, patu>at. Dormitatio in Bregia." It is stated in the ancient Irish Samthainne Cluano Bronaig, et dormitatio nepo- tract called Senchus na Relec, i. e. the History tis Maeledathnein Episcopi. Cvmbmii Muintire of the Cemeteries, preserved in Leahhar-na- Domhnaill i mBodbraith, id)i cecidit Bregleith 735.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 337 Samhtliann for enlightening various sinners, a servant who observed stern chastity, In the northern plain of fertile Meath, great suffering did Samhthann endure ; She undertook a thing [that was] not easy, fasting for the kingdom above ; She lived on scanty food ; hard were her girdles ; She struggled in venomous conflicts ; pure was her heart amid the wicked ; To the bosom of the Lord, with a pure death, Samhthann passed from her suf- ferings. Flann, son of Ceallach, son of Crunnmael, Bishop of Reachrainn'', died. Cuanna Ua Bessain, scribe of Treoit", [died]. Fearghus Glut, chief of Cobha, [died]. It appeared to him that wicked and destructive people used to cast spits, in which they put charms, in his face, which was the cause of his death. Ailill, son of Tuathal, Lord of Ui-Criinhthainn, died. The Age of Christ, 735. The sixth year of Aedh. St. Bran, of Lann-Eala [Lynally], died. Maincheine, of Tuaim-Greine"", died. Flann Feabhla, Abbot of Gort-conaigh", in Mughdhorn-Maighen [Cremorne], died. Ceallach, son of Sechdi, one of the Conmaicne, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Dubhdabhoi- reann, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Forbasach, son of Ailell, Lord of Osraighe [Ossory], was slain. The Age of Christ, 736. The seventh year of Aedh. Connla, Lord of Teabhtha, died. Arahalgaidh, son of Cathasach, chief of Conaille, died. Mur- chadh, son of Fearghal, son of Maelduin, was slain. The battle of Carn-Fear- in domo cerue. Mors Ailella, mic Tuathail, regis of Cremorne, and county of Monaghan. These nepotum Crcmtliainn. Flann mac Coallaich, entries, and some others omitted by the Four Jilius Crunmhail, Episcopus Rechrainne, nw7-i- Masters, are given in the Annals of Ulster at tur." In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which the year 739, as follows : are very meagre at this period, the notice of " A. D. 739. In clericatu Domhnall e.riit. Fergus Glut is given under the year 736, thus : Jugulatio nepotis Ailello tigherna Ccniuil Fiach- "A.D. 736. Fergus Gluth, prince of the Race ach" [Lord of Kynaleagh Ann. Clon., 737]- of Cova [i. e. of Eochie Cova], with the spittle " Tcrremotm in He secundo Id. Aprilis. Flann of men and witchcraft, died." nepos Congaile moritur. Cubretan, mac Congusa, i* Tuaim-Greine : i. e. the mound or tumulus of moritur; et mors Cellaig, fdii Scchnadi, Abbatis Grian, a woman's name, now Tomgraney, in the Cluana mic Nois. Dubdabairenn, Abbas Fo- barony of Upper Tullagh, and county of Clare, bair" \inoritur']. "iJoniatoiio Maincheine Tomae ■= Gort-conaigh : i. e. Field of the Fire- Wood. Greine. Dormitatio Sancti Brain Lainne Ela. This was the name of a monastery in the barony Flann Fcbla Abbas Goirt Connaigh, moritur." 2 X 338 awNQca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [737. pfpaoliaij, in |io mapbaoli Uopcan Cinepéib. pui]ieac1icacli, aipcinoeach Inp Caoil, [1] piann Qijle, eppcop 6cliDpoma, Décc. Qoip Cpiopr, peaclic ccéo cpiocha a peachc. Qn rochcrhaó bliaóain oQoD. Cfipeccach, mac Cuanacli, abb pfpna, Décc. TTlaolochupaicch, abb CiUe poipbpij, oécc. pfpoacpioch ab Imlfclia 1 Leirjlinne, oécc. Oachua, mac lnDaijbe, angcoipe, oécc, i Cuiojeal, ab -] pcpibnió Cujrhaió, Oécc. poipcbe Ceneoil piachach, -| Dealbna la liOppaijibb. Caclial mac pino- 5uine, pi ÍTluman, Décc. piano Peopna, rijfpna Copco ÍTloópuaó, Décc. Q06 6aU'), mac InopeachcaiD, pi Connachc, oécc. Qpcpacli, mac Qiceachoa, cijfpna Ua TTleicli, Dej. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéo cpiocba a liochc. Qppiar, obb TTlaij^e bile, Décc. Ctpppica, banabb Cille Dapa, Decc. Cuimmeni Ua Ciapain, abb l?ecli- painne, oecc. Qooh Qllan, mac pfpjaile, mic íílaoileDÚin, do cuicim 1 ccac TTIaije Seipij, .1. Cfnanoup, eiDip Dí Ueabcha, la Dorhnall, mac TTlupchaoa, lap mbeich naoi mbliaóna i pije Gpeann. Uiujpann Qoba Qlláin, " Oia nom ainpioD mo Oia oil, pop bpu Loclia Sailceoain, lapam Dia mbeinnpi ppi col, po bab maom do moj manacol. Uopcliaip beop ipin car céDna Cumapccac, mac Concubaip, cijfpna na nQiprfp,"] ITiaonach macConDalaij, cijfpna Ua jCpfmfainn,-] iiluipeaoliac, mac pfpguj'a popcpaió, cijfpna Ua Uuiprpe. Cacb OaniiDeipcc i mbpfjaib pia nlnopeacbrach hUaConaing, in po mapbab Oungal, mac pioinn, cij;fpna, pfp cCúl,"| pfpsup mac Oipcij 50 pocaiDib oile. Ceallac, mac Rasallaij, '' Inis Caeil. — Now Inishkeel, an island off the " Core Modhniadh. — A territory in the county ■west coast of the barony of Boylagh, and county of Clare, the name of which is still preserved in of Donegal See note under the year 619- that of the barony of Corcomroe. — See note °, ■ Eachdkruim: i.e. Equi Mons vel Collis [Cul- under A. D. 1 175. The most of these entries are gal, Acta Sanctorum, p. 632], now Aughrim, a given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 74 1 : village in the county of Gal way, about four "A. D. 741. Moi-s Airechtaig flii Cuanach, miles west of Ballinasloe. principis Fernan. Foirtbe Ceiuiuil Fiachach ' CiUe-Foirhrigh Archdall (^Monast. Hib., acus Delvna la Osraighi. Mors Cathail mic p. 52) identifies this with Kilfarboy, in the ba- Finguine, regis Caisil. 3Iors Maeleochtraigh, rony of Ibrickan, and county of Clare ; but it is .ájiató Cill Fobrigh. il/ors Cuidghile, «fn'Je e< more probably Kilbrew in Meath See note Ahhatis Lughmaidh. Mors Aido Bailb, regis under the year 768; and see it again referred Cianachte. Jtigulntio Artrach, Jilii Aiteclidai, to at the years 782, 809, 837. righ nepotum Craumthainn. Lepra in Hibernia.^' 737] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 339 adhaigh, in which Torcan Tinereidh, was slain. Fuireachtach, Airchinneach of InisCaeil'', [and] Flann Aighle, Bishop of Eaclidhruim'', died. The Age of Christ, 737. The eighth year of Aedh. Aireachtach, son of Cuana, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Cille-Foir- brigh', died. Feardachrich, Abbot of Iraleach and of Leithghlinn, died. Dachua, son of Indaighe, an anchorite, died ; and Cuidgheal, Abbot and Scribe of Lugh- mhadh [Louth], died. The devastation of Cinel-Fiachach and of Dealbhna by the Osraighe. Cathal, son of Fiuguine, King of Munster, died. Flann Feorua, Lord of Core Modhruadh**, died. Aedh Balbh, son of Innreachtach, King of Connaught, died. Artrach, son of Aitheachda, Lord of Ui-Meith, died. The Age of Christ, 738. Affiath, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died. ASrica, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Cuimmen Ua Ciarain, Abbot of Rechrainn, died. Aedh Allan, son of Maeldiiin, fell in the battle of Magh- Seirigh'' (i. e. Ceanaunus), between the two Teabhthas, by Domhnall, son of Murchadh, after having been nine years in the sovereignty of Lreland. The last quatrain of Aedh Allan : If my beloved God would look upon me on the brink of Loch Sailchedain', Afterwards if I should be found at guilt, it would be wealth to a servant to save me. There were also slain in the same battle Cumascach, son of Conchubhar, Lord of the Airtheara [the Oriors] ; Maenach, son of Connalach, Lord of Ui-Creamh- thainn ; and Muireadhach, son of Fearghus Forcraidh, Lord of Ui-Tuirtre. The battle of Damh-dearg^, in Breagh, by Indreachtach Ua Conaing, in which were slain Dungal, son of Flann, Lord of Feara-Cul'; and Fearghus, son of Oisteach, with many others. Ceallach, son of Raghallach, King of Connaught, '■ Magh-Seirigh This was the name of the is clearer than that this is the place in Meath plain lying round Dun-Chuilc Sibrinne, now now called Loughsallagh, and situated in the Ceanandus, or Kells, in the county of Meath.-i- parish and barony of Dunboyne, near Dun- See note ', under A. M. 3991, p- 56, supra. shaughlin, in the county of Mcath — See Ord- ' Loch Saikhedain This is called Loch nanceMap of theCouuty of Jlcath, slieets 50, 51. Saileach in these Annals at A. M. 3790, but i* Damh-dearg: i. e. the Ked Ox. Not iden- Loch Sailchedain by Keating at the same period, tified. when it is said to have first burst from tlie ^Feara-Cul. — See note under A. D. 693. The earth ; and it is again referred to at the year entries given by the Four Masters under this 1 1 22, where it is described as in Meath. Nothing year (738), are given, with a few others totally 2x2 340 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReaNN. [739. pí Connachc, oécc. Olucliach, tnac picceallaij, rijCpna Ua TTlaine, oécc. OubliDoqiae, cijfiina Ua mbjiiúin Cualann, oo juin. Coincheann, injfn Ceallaij Cualann, Dccc. Qoip Ciiioyc, peaclic ccéo rpioclia anaoi. Ctn céo bliaóain do Oorhnall, mac mupchaóa,n[iic Oiajimaca ofGiiinn ; [céona injClainneColmáin punn]. Colnián, eppcop Laef pain, t)écc. LaiDgnen, mac Ooineannai j, abb Saijjie, prp5up, mac Colmain Cuclaij, eccnaió oippóepc, t>écc. T?eaclicabiiar, mac pfpjaile DO Connacbcaib, Décc. lomaipeacc Qiliuin dó bepnacli, in po mapbaD OubDaDop, mac iTliipsaile [i] Dc't Ua Ceallaij CualanD, Carol -| Oilill. r?o clnnp in rhuip míol móp i ccíp i ccoicceaD UlaD, i mboipce Do punnpaó. Oo DeacliaiD gac aon baoi na pocpaib Dia Decpain ap a insjnaire. Qn ran po bap acca copccpaó po ppir cpí piacla óip ina cfno, caocca unga in jach piacoil Dibpióe. Ro chuip piacna, mac QoDha Roin, pí Ulaó, -[ Gochaió mac bpfpail, plaic Ua nGacac, piacail Díb 50 bfnncaip, 50 paibe ppi pé cian pop alcóip mfafnncoip, jup bo poijipéil Do each lii ccoiccmne bí. omitted by them, in the Annals of Ulster, under 742, as follows : "A. D. 742. Mors Ajf'rice dominatricis Cille- dara. Bellum Daimderg, in quo cecideriint Dungal mac Flainn ri Cul" [i. e. King of Feara-Cul] " et Fergus, mac Oistic. Innreachtacli, nepos Conaing, victor erat. Mors Cumene, nepotis Cia- rain, Ahhatis Rechrainne. Bellum Serethmaighe" [at Kells, Cod. Clarend. 49], "m quo cecidit Aed Alddain, mac Fergaile, et Cumascach mac Concobair, ri na nAu'ther" [rex Orientalium] " et Moenacli mac Conlaich, rex nepotum Crem- tbainn, et Muredach, mac Fergusa Forcraid, rex Nepotum Tuirtre. Bellum inter Ui-Maine et Ui-Fiachrach Aidhne. Bellum Luirg inter Ui- nAilello et Gailengo. Hcc quatuor bella pene in una estate per/ecta suni. Lex nepotis Suanaig. Concenn, ingen Ceallaich Cualann, moritur. Jvgulatio Duibdoitbre, regis Nepotum Briuin. Affiatb, Abhas Maighi-bile" [inoritur'] " Com- mutatio Maiiirum. Treno Cillc Delgge, et in Bolgach." " Dubhdothra : i. e. the Black Man of the Dothair, now the River Dodder, in the county of Dublin. ° Ui-Briuin- Cualann. — A sept giving name to a territory comprising the greater part of the barony of Rathdown, in the present county of Dublin, and some of the north of the county of Wicklow. The churches of Cill-Inghine- Leinin, now Killiney, Tigh-Chonaill, now Sta- gonnell, and Dun-mor, are set down in O'Clery's Irish Calendar as in this territory. - Domhnall, son of Murchadh " A. D. 742. Domhnall, mac Murcha, regnare incipit." — Ann. Ult. P Clann-Colmain. — This observation in brackets is, according to Dr. O'Conor, an in- terpolation in a more modern hand in the Stowe copy. ■I Laessan Written Lesson in the Annals of Ulster, which is more correct. It is the name of a parish situated at the foot of Slieve-Gallion, in the counties of Londonderry and Tyrone. The most of these entries are given in the An- nals of Ulster, under the year 743, as follows : 739.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 341 died. Dluthach, son of Fithcheallach, Lord of Ui-Maine, died. Dubhdotlira™, Lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualanu", was mortally wounded. Coincheann, daughter of Ceallach Cualann, died. The Age of Christ, 739. The first year of Domhnall, son of Murchadh", son of Diarmaid, over Ireland ; [he was the first king of the Clann-ColraainP]. Colman, Bishop of Laessan*", died. Laidhgnen, son of Doineannach, Abbot of Saighir, [died]. Fergus, son of Colman Cutlach, a celebrated philosopher, died. Reachtabhrat, son of Fearghal, one of the Counaughtmen, died. The battle of Ailiun-da-bernach"', in which were slain Dubhdados, son of Murghal, [and] the two grandsons of Ceallach Cualann, [namely], Cathal and Oilioll. The sea cast ashore a whale in Boirche", in the province of Ulster. Every one in the neighbourhood went to see it for its wondrousness. When it was slaughtered, three golden teeth were found in its head, each of which teeth contained fifty ounces. Fiachna, son of Aedh Eoin, King of Ulidia, and Eochaidh, son of Breasal, chief of Ui-Eathach [Iveagh], sent a tooth of them to Beannchair, where it remained for a long time' on the altar, to be seen by all in general. " A. D. 743. Jugulatio Laidggnein, filii Doi- nennaig, Episcopi et Abbatis Saighre. Domlinall in clericatu iterum. Jugulatio Colmain, Episcopi Lessain, la Uibh Tuirtri. Bellum Cliacli, in quo cecidit Concobar dia Uib Fidgeinte. Bellum Ailiuin-dabrach, in quo cecidit Dubdados, mac Murghaile, da Uae Ceallaig Cualann .1. Cathal ei Ailill, inter fecti sunt. Jugulatio Murgusa, _^7iV Anluain, i Tuilain. Foirddbe Corcumdruaid don Deis" [the spoyle of Corcunadrua by the Desies. — Cod. Clarend., 49]. Lex Ciarain, filii Artificis, et lex Brendain simid, la Fergus, mac Cellaig. Mors Fergusa, mic Colmain Cutlaig, sapieiitis." — Ann. Ult. ' Ailiun-da-bernach : i. e. Island of the Two Gaps. Situation unknown. ' Boirche This was the ancient name of the Mourne mountains, in the south of the county of Down. Giraldus Cambrcnsis, referring to this wonderful fish, says that it was cast ashore at Carlenfordia, now Carlingford, which is op- posite the Mourne mountains ; but Giraldus, who only knew the whereabouts, marks the place by the nearest English ensue.- 'Topograp/tia Hiber., dist. ii. c. 10 : " In Ultonia apud Carlenfordiam inventus est piscis tarn quantitatis immensaj, quam qua- litatis inusitata;. Inter alia sui prodigia, tres dentes, ut fertur, aureos habens, quinquaginta unciarum pondus continentes. Quos aureos quidem exteriore quadam similitudine, aurique nitore, potius quam natura crediderim, &c. Nos- tris quoque diebus in Britannia niajori, foresta scilicet Dunolmensi, inveuta et capla est cerva, omnes in ore dentes aurei coloris habens." The notice of the casting of this whale willi the three golden teeth, ashore, in Boirche, is given in Irish in the Annals of Ulster at the year 752, in nearly the same words as used by the Four Masters ; and in the Annals of Clon- macnoise at 740. ' For a long time; ppi pé ciun. — An alias reading is inserted in a more modern hand : " no Fpi pé imcéin." 342 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eii?eaNN. [740. Qoip Cpioj^c, feaclic ccéo cfryiacliac. Qn Dayia blmóain Do Doitinall. popanoan, abb Cliiana hGjiaipD, Décc. Cummene hUa Tílaonaij, abb LainDe Léipe, Déj. Conjup, ancoipe Cluana Uibpinne, Decc. CeanDpaolab, com- apba Djioma Ciiilinn, Décc. Qoip C)iio)^c, j^eachc ccéo cfryiachac a baon. Ctn rpeap bliaóain Do Oorhnall. Copbrnac, eppcop Qcba U]iuim, Décc. Ouboaboipfno Ua beccáin, abb Cluana hGoaif, Qonjup, mac Uiobpairre, abb Cluana pocra baoccain Ctba, Cialrpocc, abb 5^*^'?' Naoibe, beocaill Qpoacbaib, pionjal Cif móip, TTlaolanpaiD Cille achaió Dpomporca, Seaclinapac, mac Coljóin, njfpna Ua cCenpealai^, nécc. lomaipecc Racha cúile pia nCtnmcaió, i ccopcaip bUapgup, mac paccna. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéD cearhpachar a Dó. Ctn cfrpamaó bliabam DO Ooitinall. S. Cuanan ^linoe, abb TTlaije bile, Décc 3 Qppil. Qbel, abb Imleacha pia, oécc. Sápón, abb bfnncaip, 065. Common inD Roip, -j ba habb Cluana mic Noip epibe, ba pfp lc'in Do parh Dé é beop, -| a écc. pfp- Dacpíoch, abb Oaipinpi, oécc. Cucummne, eccnaib cojaióe eipióe, Do écc. Qp oó DO poine Qoarhnan an pann, Dia jpeapachc ppí leijionn. Cucuimne, po lej puiche co Dpuimne, Qllfdi aile appaclia po lecc ap a cliaillecha. " Forannan, SfC. — These entries, and a few of FartuUagh, and county of Westmeath. Cum- others omitted by the Four Masters, are given mine hUa Maenaig is anglicised " Comynge in the Annals of Ulster under the year 7'14 : O'Mooney" by Connell Mageoghegan, in his " In node signum horribile et mirabile visum est translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise at in stellis. Forannan, Abbas Cluana Iraird, obiit, the year 74 1 . et Congus anchorita Cluana-Tibrinne ; Cum- * Cluain-Tibhrinne — Now Clontivrin, a town- mane Aua Maenaig, Abbas Lainne-leire, mortuus land in the barony of Clankelly, on the confines est. Bellum inter Nepotes Tuirtre & na hAir- of the counties of Monaghan and Fermanagh, thern. Congal mac Eignich victor fuit, et Cu- and about one Irish mile west of the town of congalt, Jilitis nepotis Cathasaig, fugiticus evasit. Clones. The ruins of an old church were to be et cecidit Bocaill, mac Concobair, et Ailill, nepos seen in this townland till about forty-three Cathasaig; i n-innis itir da Dabul gestum esV years ago, when they were destroyed by a [at Inis betweene the two Davuls it was fought, farmer of the name of Stephenson, who tilled — Cod. Clarend., 49]. " Mors Conaill Foltchain, the spot, and removed every trace of its sanctity. scribe. J/o;-.s Cinnfaela, /M-iViCip/i Droma-cuilinu. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 24th October, J/ors_^tt Indfertaigse, Abbatis Tighe Taille." the church of " Cluam Cibpinne" is placed in * Lann-Leire — Now the old church of Lyn, the territory of " Clann Ceallaij." on the east side of Lough Ennell, in the barony > Druim-Ckuilinn. — Now Drumcullen, in the 740.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 343 The Age of Christ, 740. The second year of Domhnall. Forannan"', Abbot of Cluain-Eraird [Clonard], died. Cuiinmene hUa Maenaigh, Abbot of Lann- Leire'^, died. Congus, anchorite of Cluaiu-Tibhrinne'', died. Ceannfaeladh, Comharba of Druira-Chuilinn'', died. The Age of Christ, 741. Cormac% Bishop of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Dubhdabhoireann Ua Beccain, Abbot of Cluain-Eois [Clones] ; Aenghus, son of Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda Baedain-abha [Clonfad]; Cialtrog, Abbot of Glais-Naeidhe [Glasnevin] ; Beochaill, of Ard-achadh [Ardagh]; Finghal, of Lis-mor; Maelanfaidh, of Cill-achaidh-Droma-foda[Killeigh]; and Seachnasach, son of Colgan, Lord of Ui-Ceiunsealaigh, died. The battle of Rath-cuile", by Anmchadh, in which Uargus, son of Fachtna, was slain. The Age of Christ, 742. The fourth year of Domhnall. StCuanan^Glinne, Abbot of Magh-bile [Movilla], died on the 3rd of April. Abel, Abbot of Imleach-Fia, died. Saran, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Comman of Ross", who was Abbot of Cluain-niic-Nois, and eke a man full of the grace of God was he, died. Feardacrich, Abbot of Dairinis'', died. Cucummne, a select philosopher, died. It was for him Adamnan composed a quatrain, to stimulate liim to learning : Cucuimne read the authors half through, The other half of his career he abandoned for his hags. south of the barony of Fircal, or Eglish, in the 'Comman of Ross According to Colgan King's County. — See note under the year 721. {Acta Sanctorum, p. 791, n. 12) this was the ' Cormac, (J-c. — These entries are given in the patron saint of Roscommon See note under Annals of Ulster under the year 745, with a the year 746. few others omitted by the Four Masters, as : '' Dairinis : i. e. Oak-Island. There were two " Dracones in celo visi sunt. Sarughadh Domh- monasteries of this name in Ireland, one on an uaigh Phadraig ; vii Cimmidi cntcijixi." [The island in the bay of Wexford, and the other, forcible entry of Donaghpatrick, and six pri- which is probably the one here referred to, on soners crucified or tortured.] — Ann. Ult. Ed. the Abhainn-mhor, or Hlackwater River, and G' Conor, et Cod. Clar end., 49. about two miles and a half north-west of ' Rat/i-cuile This is probably the Rath-cuile, Youghal, in the county of Waterfurd. The awjlici Rathcoole, a townland in the parish and place is now called Molaiia, from St. Maelanfaidh, barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. — See its patron saint. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, published by at 31st January, the Dairinis, of which St.Ma.-- Colgan, part iii. c. 14, Tr. Thaum., p. 151. lanfaidh was patron, is described as near Lis- "■ St. Cuanan, ^. — These entries are given in mor-Mochuda, now Lismore, in the county of the Annals of Ulster under the year 746. Waterfurd ; and in the Gloss to the Feilire- 344 aNNQi-a Rioghachca emeaNH. [743. Ppiy^ccap Cucuimne : Cucuimne, po léij puirhe co Dpuimne, Qllfcb aile apaiD cm, legpaiD Viuile copop y^ui. Uuachalan, abbCinn Ri^monaib, 065. Qióneach baipbjje, Décc. lacob Ua popannáin, ppoicfpcaij Tpgna ina aimpip, 065. Ruman, mac Colmam, paoi in eccna, 1 ccpomic, 1 1 pilibeclic, oécc. TTlmpfDach ÍTlfnD, roipec Ua TTléirh, 00 rhapbab 1 cCiiil Cummaipg, la hUlcaib. Qeó TnuinDfpg, mac piaicbfprai^, cijfpna an Cuaifcceipc, 065. Seachnupacli, mac Col^an, pi Laijfn Dfpgabaip, Décc. lomaipecc Caipn Qilclie la Tiiumain, in po mapbab Coipppe, mac ConDionaipg. lomaipecc pia nCtnmchaib, 1 ccopcaip Coipppe, pfpjup, ajup Caicfp meic Cumpcpai j, co pé roipechoib Décc imaille ppiii. piachpa, mac ^apbpnin TTlibe, Do bóbab 1 Loch T?ib. Ounlainj, mac Dun- con, ci^fpna Ceneoil Qpojail, oécc. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc cceD cfcpachac a rpi. Qn cuicceab bliabain Do T)omnall. Qpapccac abb TTluicinpi Rejuil, bo baDaoh. OoDimmóc, ancoipi, Aenguis, at the same day, it is described near the mouth of the River Abhann-mor. ' Cxicuimne. — These lines are given in the Liber Hymnornm, fol. 10, o, in a preface to a hymn by Cucuimne in praise of the Virgin Mary, from ■which it appears that he was leading a bad life : '■'quia coiijiigem habuit, et in mala vita cum illafuit: no comaD oo périjao pemi u neich nno poachc leip oia léjuno Do jnech in molab pa oo niaipe." [Or it was to facilitate his progress in what he had not compassed of his studies that he composed this praise of the Virgin Mary.] ' Ceann-Righmonaidh In the Feilire- Aenguis and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, this monastery is called Cill-Kighmonaidh, and described as in Alba, or Scotland. It was the ancient name of St. Andrews. ' Baisleac : i. e. Basilica, now Baslick, in the barony of Ballintober, and county of Roscom- mon. This church is called Baisleac-mor, Ba- silica magna, in the Tripartite Life of St.Patrick, lib. ii. c. 52. — See Colgaii^ s Trias Thauyn., p. 177, note 104, where it is described as " Ecclesia parrochialis Diocesis Alfinnensis in regiuncula et decanatu de Siol-M^iireadhtiigh." '' Ua-Forannain. — " A. D. 746. Quies Jacohi O'Farannain pradicatoris maximi tempore suo" — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clareiui., 49. ' Riimann, son of Colman. — The death of this poet, Rumann (who is called the Virgil of Ire- land in his genealogy in the Book of Ballymote) is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 746, and in the Annals of Tighernach at 747, which is the true year : " Rumann mac Colman, poeia optimum, quievit." — Ann. Tig. For a curious notice of this poet see Petrie's Round Towers, pp. 348, 349. ■• Cuil- Cummaisg : i. e. the Corner or Angle of the Conflict. Not identified. *■ Tuaisceart : i. e. the North. The word Tuaisceart is used here and generally in the Irish annals to denote the country of the north- ern Ui-Neill. It was also sometimes applied to a territory in the now county of Antrim, ex- 743.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 345 Cucuimne replied : Cucuimne* read the authors half through, During the other half of his career he will read till he will become an adept. Tuathalan, Abbot of Ceann-Righmonaidh'^, died. Aidhneach, of Baisleac^, died. Jacob Ua Forannain'', a learned preacher in his time, died. Rumann, son of Colman', an adept in wisdom, chronology, and poetry, died. Muireadhach Meann, chief of Ui-Meith, was slain at Cuil-Cummaisg-' by the Ulidians. Aedh Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Tuaisceart'', died. Seachnasach, son of Colgan, King of South Leinster, died. The battle of Carn-Ailche' [was fought] by the ]Munstermen, in which Cairbre, son of Cudinaisg, was slain. A battle [was fought] by Anmchadh, in which Cairbre, Fearghus, and Caicher, sons of Cumascrach, were slain, and sixteen chieftains along with them. Fiachra, son of Gaphran, of Meath, was drowned in Loch Ribh"". Dunking, son of Dunchu, lord of Cinel-Ardghail", died. The Age of Christ, 743. The fifth year of Domhnall. Arasgach, Abbot of Muicinis-Riagail", was drowned. Dodimog, the anchorite. Abbot of Cluain- tending from Rathlin Island, on the north, to O'Conor translates this passage in the Annals of the River Ravel on the south, and comprising the Four Masters, p. '2G8, " Arasgachus Abbas the modern baronies of Gary and Dunluce, the Mucinisensis ab Alienigenis dimersus ;" and in greater part of Kilconway, and the north-east the Annals of Ulster, where a parallel passage Liberties of Coleraine. — See Reeves's Ecclesi- occurs under the year 747, p. 92, he renders it, astical Antiquities of Down and Connor, "a. According to the ■ Inis-Bo-Jinne : i.e. the Island of the AVhite Book of Ballymote, fol. 77, a remarkable hole- Cow, now Inishbofin, an island in that part of stone (now called Cloch a' phoill, situated two Loch Ribh or Lough Ree, which belongs to the miles to the south of the town of Tullow) is in county of Longford, where St. Rioch erected a the territory of Fotharta-Fea, near the ford of monastery in the sixth century. — See Colgan's Ath-fadhat, on the bank of the River Slaney. Acta SS., pp. 266 and 268, nn. 6, 7, and the Map In Grace's Annals and Anglo-Irish records this to Tribes andCustonis of Ily-Many. The most of territory is called Fohart O'Nolan, from O'No- these passages are given in the Annals of Ulster 7-50.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 353 Flaithbheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, died. Flann, son of Conchubhar, lord of ]\Iagh-Ai, died. Tuathlaithe, daughter of Cathal, wife of the King of Lein- ster, died. The battle of Ard-Naescan', between the Ui-Briuin and Cinel- Cairbre, wherein many were slain. The devastation of Fotharta-Fea" by the men of Osraighe [Ossory]. Cathasach, son of Ailell, King of Ulidia, was slain at Rath-Bethech". Congus", the scribe, Bishop of Ard-Macha [Armagh], died ; he was of the race of Ainmire. The Age of Christ, 750. The twelfth year of Domhnall. Daelgus, Abbot of Cill-Scire [Kilskeery], died. Fiangalach, son of Anmchadh, son of Maelcu- raich, Abbot of Inis-Bo-fmne, in Loch Ribh>, [died]. Sneithcheist, Abbot of Aendruira [Nendrum, in Loch Cuan], died. Fidhmuine Ua Suanaigh, ancho- rite of Raithin^ died. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned on the 21st of March. Cathal, son of Diarmaid, a wise man*, died. Flaithniadh, son of Tnuthach, lord of Ui-Meith, died. Inreachtach, son of Dluthach, lord of Ui-Maine, died. Flaithnia, son of Flann, son of Congal, chief of Ui-Failghe, died. The battle of Ceann-Fheabhrat*", in which Badhbhghal, son of Fearghal, was slain. Fian- galach, son of Anmchadh, died. The Age of Christ, 751. The thirteenth year of Domhnall. Aelgal, ancho- rite of Imleach-Fordeorach", and of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Baethallach, son of Colman Ua Suibhne, Abbot of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Cormac, son of Faelan Ua Silne, died. Forannan, Bishop of Meathas Truim*", died. Bcannchair- at the year 754. called '■'■ Ancorita Cluana-Corniaic." ' Raithin Now Rahen, in the King's County. ^ Meathas-Truim. — Called in the Annals of — See Petrie's Round Towers, pp. 240, 241. In Ulster " Metus-tuirinn." Not identified. the Annals of Ulster the death of Fidhmuine, " A. D. 755. Fergus, JUius Fothgaideirg,//// nepos Suanaich, .áncAon'/a Rathin, is entered Muredaig, re.rConnacht, Ailgal, «wcoriVa Cluana- under the year 756. In the Annals of Clon- Cormaic, Forindan, Episcopus Methuis-tuirinn, macnoise it is entered under the year 751 : Baethallach, //ímí Colmain, ncpotis Suibne, mor- " A.D. 751- LuanusaliasPimoyneO'Swanaye Ud mmt. Sloghadh Laighin la Domhnall fria of Rahin, died." Niall co robhadar i Maigh Muirtheimne" [" The * A wise man. — " A. D. 754. Cathal, mac armie of Leinster by Daniel upon Niall, untiil Diarmato, sapiens, et Doelgus, Abbas Cille-Scire, they were at Magh Murhevne." — Cod. Clarend., mortui sunt." — Ann. UU. 42.] "Aoi//>-a(;iKmDelbnae.i. xxxetar" ['thirty '' Ceann-Flieabhrat See note ', under A.D. vessels.' — Cod. Clarend., 49] " praier tinam in 186, p. 107, supra. Stagno Ri" [Lough Ree] "erga ducem .i. Diuma- ' Imleach-Furdcorach. — Not identified. In the sach." — Ann. Ult. Annals of Ulster, at the year 755, Ailgal is The shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat is 2 z 354 awNata Rio^hachca emeaNH. [752. bfnnchaiji mop do loy^ccao la péle pacpaicc. pfpjuf, mac Ceallaijj, pi Connaclic, Décc. Sloi^eao Laijfn la Oorhnall, mac TTlupchaóa, pp] Niall CO mbarap i TTlui^ TTluiprerhne. LoingbpipeaD Oealbna Nuabac pop Loch T?ib, ima ccijfpna Oiumapac, con do po páióeaó : Upi naoi nfraip ip a rpi, Don ^arrianpai^e Loclia T?ib, * Ni cfpna Dib 1 mbfcliaiD amain, aclir luce aenfraip. Car bealai j cpo pm jCpiomrann pop Oealbna Ua TTlaini, in po mapbaó PinD mac Qipb, rijfpna Dealbna, 05 Uioppaic pinn, -] áp Oelrhna imme, 1 ap De pin ará Locan bealaij cpo,-] Uioppa Pino, uaip 05 copnam an rpio- cbaic ceo ecip Suca -[ Sionainn bacap hUi TTlaine ppiu, ap pob ipiDe cpiocha ceo Delbna. C(p DopiDe po paiDeaD : Carh bpfc buiónech bealaij cpo, ba rpuaj cupup Oealbna do, Cpiomcann Deabrac Dír do pacr, pop Oealbna neirhnec Nuaoac. pinn mac Qipb, dipopi Oelbna, po jonab do jáib leabpa, Oon each cpóba po ba cin5, co copchaip ic Uippaic pinn. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéD caocca ODÓ. Qn cfrparhab blmbain Decc Do Oomnall. Sionchu, abb Cip móip Décc. Siabail Linne Ouachail Decc, Cill mop Oi'ocpaib Do lopccab la hOaib Cpumrainn. Cumapccac, cijfpna noticed in tbe Annals of Clonmacnoise, under See Tribes and Customs ofHy-Many, p. 83, note ', tlie year 752, thus : and the map to that woi-k. " A. D. 752. The shipprack was this year of ^ Bealach-cro : i. e. tlie Pass of Blood, or Bloody Delvyn Nwagat (which is between the Eiver Pass. This name, which would be anglicised of Suck and Syninn), on Loch Rye, against their Ballaghcro, is now obsolete. Capitaine, Dimasach." ^Finn,son ofArbh. — He was chief of Dealbhna- ' Beannchair-mor : i. e. the Great Beanchair, Nuadhat and of the race of Lughaidh Dealbh- i. e. the Great Monastery of Bangor, in the Aedh, third son of Cas, the ancestor of the Dal- county of Down. Cais of Thomond. The Gamhanraidhe were his ' Gamhanraighe of Loch Eihh. — These were a serfs. sept of the Firbolgs, who were seated in that ' Lochan-Bealaigh-cro : i. e. the Pool or small part of the now county of Roscommon lying Lough of the Bloody Pass. This may be the between the Eiver Suck and that expansion of lough now called Loughcrone, situated near the Shannon called Loch Ribh or Lough Ree. Turrock, in the barony of Athlone, which is a These had been subdued, but not expelled, at part of Dea/b/ma-Nuadhat, lying between thi' an early period, by a sept of the Dal-Cais of Suck and the Shannon. Thomond, called Dealbhna, and both were sub- "^ Tibra-Finn: i. e. Finn's Well. There are dued by the Ui-Maine, in the ninth century various wells of this name, but the one here re- 752.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 355 raor"" was burned on Patrick's day. Feargluis, son of Ceallach, King of Con- naught, died. The army of Leinster was led by Domhuall, son of Murchadh, against Niall [i. e. the Ui-Neill], until they arrived in Magh-Muirtheimhne. The shipwreck of the Dealbhna-Nuadhat onLoch-Ribh, with their lord, Diumasach, of which was said : Thrice nine vessels and three, of the Gamhanraighe of Loch Ribh'; There escaped of them with life except alone the crew of one vessel. The battle of Bealach-cro^ [was gained] by Crimhthann over the Dealbhna of Ui-Maine, in which was slain Finn, son of Arbh*", Lord of Dealbhna, at Tibra- Finn ; and the Dealbhna were slaughtered about him. From this are [named] Lochan-Bealaigh-cro', and Tibra-Finn''. The' Ui-Maine were contending' with them for the cantred between the Suca [the River Suck] and the Sinainn [the River Shannon], for this was [called] the cantred of Dealbhna. Of this was said : The battle of the speckled hosts of Bealach-cro, pitiable the journey of the Dealbhna to it. Crimhthann the warlike brought destruction on the fierce Dealbhna-Nuadhat. Finn, son of Arbh, chief king of Dealbhna, was wounded with large spears, Of the fierce battle was he chief, until he fell at Tibra-Finn. The Age of Christ, 752. The fourteenth year of Domhuall. Sinchu, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Siadhail, Abbot of Linn-Duachail", died. Cill-mor-Dithraibh" was burned by the Ui-Crumthainn°. Cumasgach, lord of Ui-Failghe [Oifaly], ferred to was probably in Magli-Finn, in the and Customs of Hy-Many, pp. 8 to 14. barony of Athlone, and county of Roscommon. '^ Linn-Duachail. — Now Magheralin, in the ' Contending When the Ui-Maine, who at county of Down. — See note "■, under the year this time were seated at the west side of the 699, p. 300, supra. River Suck, in the now county of Galway, had " Cill-mor-Dithraihh. — See notes under the learned that the fleet of the Dealbhna had been year 730, p. 327, supra. destroyed by a storm on Lough Ree, they made ° Ui-Crumthainn A sept descended from this attack to annihilate them ; and succeeded so Crumthann Gael, son of Breasal, son of Maine efifectually in doing so, that the Dealbhna dis- Mor, seated in and giving name to Crumthann, appear from history early in the next century. now anglice Cruffon, a district in Ily-Many, For some account of the original settlement of comprising the barony of Killyan, and part of the Ui-Maine in the province of Connaught, see that of Ballymoe, in the county of Galway. — the extract from the Life of St. Grellan, in TrUiM See Tribes and Customs oflly-Many, p. 73, note '. 2 z2 356 aHHata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [753. Ua pailge, do mapbao la maolDUin, mac Qoóa bCnnain, pi murhan. Oonn, mac Cumay^ccoij, coipech Ua mbpiuin an oeipceipc, 065. boobjal mac pfpsaile, abb TTlunjaipDe, do mapbaD. Uomalcach, cijfpna Cianachca ^linne ^eirhin, Decc. Qoip Cpioy^c, peachc ccéD caoccac a cpi. Qn cúijeaó bliaoain Decc Do Dorhnall. TTlinpfDach, mac Copbmaic Slaine, abb Lujrhaib, 065. Glpin ^laifi Naiófn Déj. píobaDac Cille Oelcce Decc. TTlapclia, injfn Oiibc'iin, banabb Cille Dapa [oécc]. ^opman, corhapba TTlocbca Cujrhai^, Decc i cCluain micNoip, inaailirpe,-] ba beipbe araipCopbai^, corhapba paopaicc. NiaUjuf, mac 6oir, cigfpna na nOeife bpfj, Decc. Cacbal Ua Cionaorba, coipeac Ua cCeinpelaij, Decc. lomaipeac Dpoma pobaic, ppip a paicfp car bpecitiaije, ecip Ui piacpach 1 Ui bpiuin, in po mapbaó cpi hUi Ceallaij, .1. cpi meic pfpjupa, mic Rojallaig .1. Cachpannach, Cachmuj, -] Qpcbpan, a nanmanria. Qoip Cpiopr, peaclic cceD caogac a cfraip. Qn peipeaó bliaóain Dég DO Ooiiinall. GochaiD, macConaill ITlinn, abb paoibpam Decc. DubDpoma, abb Uuilen, oécc. peiblimiD, no pailbe, abb lae, Decc, lap pecc mbboDna occmojac a aeipi. Coippecach, abb LujrhaiD, Decc. Gocbaio, mac piac- pac, eccnaiD, oéj. Reacbcabpac, mac Ouncon, cijfpna ÍTlujDopn, Decc. lomaipfcc ^abpam pm nOnmchaiD pop Laijnib. Car Gamna niacba pia bpiacbna, mac Qeóa Róin, pop Uib Néill, DÚ in po mapbaó Ounjal Ua Con- aing 1 Donnbó. ' Mungairid. — Now Mungret, situated about Armagh, and died in the year 808. The en- three miles south-west of the city of Limerick, tries which the Four Masters have given under An abbey was founded here by St. Patrick, who the year 753, are set down in the Annals of placed over it a St. Nessan, who died in 551 — Ulster under 757- See Colgan's Trias Thaum., pp. 157, 158, 186, ' Deisi-Brearjh : i. e. the Desies of Bregia, and note ', under the year 551, p. \S^, supra, otherwise called-DeisiTeamlirach, i.e. the Desies In the Annals of Ulster, in which these entries of Tara, now the baronies of Deece, in the south occur, at the year 756, Bodhbhghal is called of the county of Meath. "/H-!ííce/)s Mungairt;" and Dr. O'Conor, who evi- " Breachmliaijh : i. c. AVolf- field. There are dently assumed that Bodhbhghal was a chieftain, several places of this name in Connaught, but not an abbot, identifies this place with Mount- the one here referred to is probably the place garret ; but he is clearly wrong, as "jrrinceps'''' now called anrjlici Breaghwy or Breaffy, a town- is constantly applied to abbots in the Ulster An- land in a parish of the same name, in the barony nals, and Mountgarret is not an ancient name. of Carra, and county of Mayo : 1 Torbach He was Archbishop and Abbot of "A. D. 754. The battle of Dromrovay. fought 753.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 357 was slain by Maelduin, son of Aedli Beannain, King of Minister. Donn, son of Cumasgach, lord of the southern Ui-Briuin, died. Bodhbhghal, son of Fearghal, Abbot of MungairidP, died. Touialtach, Lord of Cianachta-Glinne- Geimhin, died. The Age of Christ, 753. The fifteenth year of Domhnall. Muireadhach, son of Cormac Slaine, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Louth], died. Elpin, of Glais- Naidhean [Glasnevin], died. Fidhbhadhach of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey], died. Martha, daughter of Dubhan, Abbess of Cill-dara [Kildare], died. Gorman, successor of Mochta of Lvighmhagh, died at Cluain-mic-Nois, on his pilgrimage; he was the father of Torbach'', successor of Patrick. Niallgus, son of Boeth, lord of Deisi-Breagh", died. Cathal Ua Cinaetha, chief of Ui-Ceinsealaigh, died. The battle of Druim-robhaich, which is called the battle of Breach- mhagh", [was fought] between the Ui-Fiachrach and Ui-Briuin, in which were slain the three Ui-Ceallaigh, i. e. the three sons of Fearghus, son of Roghallacli, i. e. Catharnach, Cathmugh, and Artbran, their names. The Age of Christ, 754. The sixteenth year of Domhnall. Eochaidh, son of Conall Meann, Abbot of Faebhran', died. Dubhdroma, Abbot of Tuilen", died. Feidhlimidh or Failbhe, Abbot of la [lona], died, after the eighty-seventh year of his age. Coissetach, Abbot of Lughmhagh [Loutli], died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachra, a wise man, died. Reachtabhrat, son of Dunchu, lord of ]\Iughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The battle of Gabln-an* [was gained] by Anmchaidh, over the Leinstermen. The battle of Eamhain- Macha'' [was gained] by Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, over the Ui-Neill, wherein were slain Dunghal Ua Conaing and Donnbo. between the Fiachraches and the O'Briwynes, " Tuilen. — Now Dulane, a parish situated a where Teige mac Murdevour and three O'Kellies short distance to tlie north of Kells. in the were slain, viz., Cathrannagh, Caffry, and Ardo- county of Meath. There was a monastery here van. Aileall O'Donchowe had the victory." — dedicated to St. Cairneach — See Battle ofMagh Ann. Clon. Rath. pp. 20, 147. ' Faebhran. — At the year 81 1 this monaster}' " Gahhran. — Now Gowran, a snmll town in n is placed in Graigrighe, which originally com- barony of the same name, county of Kilkenny, prised the barony of Coolavin, in the county of ' Eamliain-Macha. — Now the Navan I'ort, Sligo, and a great portion of the north of the near Armagh. — See note ", under A. M. 4532. county of Roscommon. In O'Clery's Irish Ca- p. 73, stip7-á. The events noted by the Foui- lendar the festival of Aedh, son of Roigh of Masters at the year 754, are entered in the Foibhren, is set down at the 1st November. Annals of Ulster at 758, with a few others, as: 3.58 aNwaca Rio^haclica eiTjeawN. [755. Cton-" C[iio]T, i^eachc ccéo cao^ac a CÍ115. Qn feaccmaó bliaóain Décc Do Doifinall. Connarh, abb Lip mói]i, t)écc. Suaiplioch, abb brnochaip, oécc. Q1I51110, mac ^noí, p|iiói]i abbaió Cluana hljiaijio, oécc. ^aimoibla, abb Qijine, Decc. piilaiiracli, mac bpicc, an^coipe [oecc]. TTliiipeaoach, mac TTlupchaba, no Ua bpain, pi Caijfn, 065. piann, mac Gipc, cijfpna Ua pibgeince, Decc. Guci^fpn, eppcop, Do liiapbab la pacapc oc alcóip bpijDe, 1 cCilI Dapa, .1. ecip an cpocamjel 1 an alroip. Qp ap pin po pap CO na oeni pacapc oippenn 1 piabnaipi eppcoip opin alle a Cill Dapa. Qoip Cpiopr, )^eaclic ccéo caojacapé. Qn cocbcrhab bbaDain oécc DO Domnall. Oomnall, mac Tnuipcfpcaij, njfpna liUa Nell, oecc. pin- pneachca, mac pojapcaij Ui Cfpnai 5, Decc. lomaipeacc bealaij ^abpáin ecip Caijniu "] Oppaijib, co poemib pia mac Concfpca, -] po mapbab Oonngal, mac LaiDjnem, cijfpna Ua cCeinpealaij, 1 apoile roipig imaille ppip. lomaipecc Qcha Duma eicip Ulraib -] Ui Gacliacb, in po mapbao Qilill, mac peiblimib, cijfpna Ua nGaracb. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéD caojar a peachc. Qnaoi Decc do Domnall. Copbmac, abb Cluana mic Nóip, oécc. Do Cenel Coipbpe Cpuim Do. Ro- bapcacli, mac Cuanach, abb Qirne móipe ; Suibne, abb Cluana pTpca, Dom- jnapach, abb Imleac each; peappio, mac paibpe, eccnaib, abb Corhpaipe " Estas pluvialis. Benn Muilt effudit amnem ally, by tlie Four Masters : cum piscibui." " A. D. "56. There was great scarcity of vic- ' Eutighern. — This event is given in the An- tualls this year, and aboundance of all manner nals of Clonmacnoise at the year 756, and in of the fruites of trees. There was a field fought the Annals of Ulster at 761, but the true year between those of Clon^acknose and the inhabi- is 762, as marked by Tighernach : tants of Byrre, in a place called iu Irish Moyne- "A. D. 761. Nix magna et Lima tenehrosa. Koysse-Bloy." Occisio Echtighern, Episcopi, a sacerdote in der- The parallel entries to these are found in the taig" [in Oratorio] " Cille-daro. Nox lucida in Annals of Ulster at the year 759 : "Fames et Autumno, ^-c." — Ann. Ult. Mess mar. BeUum etar" [inter] " Muintir " A. D. 756. Eghtigern, Bushop, was killed Clone et Biroir in Moin Coisse Blae." by a priest at Saint Bridgett's Alter, in Kill- ' Crocaingel. — Dr. O'Conor translates this, dare, as he was celebrating of Mass, which is "inter Crucem maximam et altare;" but this the reason that since that time a Priest is pro- is incorrect, for the Crocaingel is defined in hibited to celebrate mass in Killdare in the Cormac's Glossary as the latticed partition presence of a Bushopp." — Ann. Clon. wliich divided the laity from the clergy, after Under the same year the latter Annals con- the manner of the veil of Solomon's Temple. — tain the following, omitted, perhaps intention- See Petrie's Jnqidri/ into the Origin and Uses of 755.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 3.59 The Age of Christ, 755. The seventeenth year of Domhnall. Condath, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Suairleach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Ailgnio, son of Gno, Prior- Abbot of Chiain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Gaim- dibhla, Abbot of Ara [Aran], died. Fulartach, son of Breac, an anchorite, [died]. Muireadhach, son of Murchadh, or grandson of Bran, King of Leinster, died. Flann, son of Ere, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eutighern^', a bishop, was killed by a priest at the altar of [St.] Brighit, at Kildare, between the Cro- caingeP and the altar; from whence it arose that ever since a priest does not celebrate mass in the presence of a bishop at Kildare. The Age of Christ, 756. The eighteenth year of Domhnall. Domhnall, son of Muirchertach, lord of the Ui-Neill, died. Finsneachta, son of Fogartach Ua Cearnaigh, died. The battle of Bealach Gabhrain'' [was fought] between the men of Leinster and Osraighe [Ossory], in which the son of Cucerca had the victory, and Donngal, son of Laidhgnen, lord of Ui-Ceinsealaigh, and other chieftains along with him, were slain. The battle of Ath-duniha'' [was fought] between the Ulidians and Ui-Eathach [people of Iveagh], in which Ailill, son of Feidhlimidh, lord of Ui-Eathach, was slain. The Age of Christ, 757. The nineteenth year of Domhnall. Cormac, Ab- bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the race of Cairbre Crom'. Robhartach, son of Cuana, Abbot of Athain-mor [Fahan]; Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-feartu [Clonfert] ; Domhgnasach, Abbot of Imleach-each'' ; Ferfio, son of Faibhre, a the Round Towers of Ireland, p. 202. Diingal mac Laigiien, rex XepoUim Cinselai, was ■ Bealach Gabhrain : i.e. the Road of Gabhran, slain, and other kings." — Cod. Clarcnd., torn. 49. now Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny. This '■ Ath-dumha : i. e. Ford of the Tumulus, or road extended from Gowran in the direction of Sepulchral Mound. Not identified. Cashel, as we learn in the TeriiaVita S. Patricii, "A. D. 760. Bellum Atho-dumai inter Ultv- published by Colgan : nienses et i^epoto Echach, in quo cecidit Ailill "Tunc venit Patricius per Belach-Gahran, mac Feitelmito." — Ann. Ult. ad reges Mumuniensium ; et occurrit ei in ' Cairbre Croni. — He was chief of Ui-Maine, Campo Femin Oengus, filius Natfraich, Rex or Hy-Many, in Connaught, and contemporary Mumuniensium, et ille gavisus est in advcntu with St. Giaran of Clonmacnoise. — See Tribis I'atricii, et adduxit cum secum ad habitaculum and Customs of Ily-Many, pp. 15, 27, 80, 81. suum, qui dicitur Caissel." — Trias Thaum., The death of the Abbot Cormac is entered in p. 26, c. 60. the Annals of Ulster at the year 761, and in The battle of Bealach Gabhrain is noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 757, but the the Annals of Ulster at the year 760 [recte, true year is 762. 761]: "The battle of Gavran's Pace, where '' Imleach-each: i.e. the Strath or .Marsh of 360 aNNQta Rio^hachca eiReawN. [758. rriiDe, oécc. lomaipecc Caille Uaióbij, in |io meabaio pop Luijni pia cCenel Coi|ip|ie. pogaiicach, mac Gacacli, cijfpna hGle, Celepfoaip, abb Qpoa TTlaca, do écc. Oo UiB bpfpail do. Qoip Cpiopc, peaclic cceo caoccac a hocr. beclairnae, abb Cluana lopaipD, Déj. piobaiple Ua Suanai^, abb Raifne, oécc céo Ic'i DOccobep. ReoDoaibe, abb pfpna, Décc. QnpaDan, abb Linoe Ouachail, [oecc]. paol- chu pionnjlaipi oecc. lap mbeirh piche bliabain i pi'je op Gpinn do Oorii- nall, mac mupchaba, niic Oiapmacca, puaipbóp,-] ba héipioe céiD pi Gpeann Ó Cloinn Colmáin, -| po liaOnaiceaD i nDfpmaij co nonoip,-] co naiprhiDin. Qp DO po páibeaó : Coppin uaip po nucab De, Domnall Docum nOeapmaije, Nocha paba Diogal speip na rpeip pop lap bpfjrhai je. the Horses, now Emlagh, in the barony of Cos- tello, and county of Mayo. In Colgan's Life of St. Loman of Trim {Acta Sanctonim, p. 362), this place, where a church was erected by St. Brocadius, is described as in " Kierragia Con- naciae regions ;" and in O'Clery'sIrish Calendar, at 9th July, it is called Imleaeh-Brocadha, and described as in Mayo. Archdall {Monast. Ilib. p. 610) is wrong in placing it in the county of Koscommon. ' Comhraire-Midhe. — Now Kilcomreragh, near the hill of Uisneach, in the county of West- meath See note ', under A. M. 3510, p. 33, supra. Dr. O'Conor translates this, "Abbas Coadjutor Midiss," in the Annals of the Four lyiasters (p. 278), and " pra'dicator Midise" in the Annals of Ulster (p. 99) ; but be is wrong in both, and is the less to be excused, because it is rendered correctly in the old translation of the Annals, which he had before him, and in Mageoghegan's Annals of Clonniacnoise, which he ought to have consulted, thus : "A. D. 761. Ferfio mac Faivre, Sapiens, ct Abbas Covraire, in Meath, obiit." — Ann. UlL, Cod. Clarend., 49. "A. D. 758. Fearfio, the son of a smith, abbott of Cowrier" [Coiiipaip], "in Meath, died." — Ann. Clon. ' Caille- Taidbiy : i. e. the Wood of Taidhbeg. This is probably the place now called Kiltabeg, situated near Kiltucker, in the county of Long- ford. The septs between whom the battle was fought were seated in the ancient iSIeath ; the Cinel-Cairbre in Teffia, in the present barony of Granard, in the county of Longford ; and the Luighne, in the present barony of Luighne, or Lune, and in the adjoining districts, in the county of Meath. The notice of this battle is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year 761, and is correctly printed by Dr. O'Conor, thus: " A. D. 761. Bellum Caille Taidbig, ubi Luigni prostrati sunt. Cenel Coirpre victoriam accepii." But the old translator, in Cod. Clarend. 49, has mistaken the meaning of it, in the following version : '' Battle of the wood called Taidbig, where Luigni of Connaught were overthrowne, and Generatio Cairbre conquerors jam" [yicto- riaml " accepiV It should be : " The battle of the wood called Caille- Taidbig, where the Luigni" [of Meath] " were overthrown, and Generatio Cairbre victoriam accepit.^' 8 Cele-Peadair : i. e. the Servant of Peter. 758.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 361 wise man, Abbot of Combraire-lSIidhe^ died. The battle of Caille-Taidbig', in which the Luighne were defeated by the Cinel-Cairbre. Fogartach, son of Eochaidh, lord of Eile [died]. Cele-Peadair», Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. He was of the Ui-Breasail. The Age of Christ, 758. Beclaitnae, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh^ Abbot of Raithin, died on the first of October. Reoddaidhe, Abbot of Fearna [Ferns], died. Anfadan, Abbot of Linn-Dua- chail, [died]. Faelchu, of Finnghlais', died. After Domlmall, son of Murchadh\ son of Diarmaid, had been twenty years in sovereignty over Ireland, he died. He was the first king of Ireland of the Clann-Colmain, and he was baried at Dearmhagh [Durrow] with honour and veneration. Of him was said : Until the hour that Domhnall was brought to Dearmhagh There was no avenging conflict or battle on the plain of Breaghmhagh. He succeeded Congusa in the year 750. — See Harris's Ware's -Bis/io/w, p. 41. He was of the Ui- Breasail-Macha, seated on the south sideof Lough Neagh, in the now county of Armagh, and de- scended from Breasal, son of Feidhlim, son of Fiachra Casan, son qf Colla Dachrich See Leahhar-na-gCeart, p. 147, note ^ *" Fidhairk Ua Suaiiaigh He became the patron saint of Rahen, near TuUamore, in the King's County, after the expulsion thence of St. Carthach, or Mochuda, who settled at Lis- more, in the county of Watcrford. — See Petrie's Inqtdry into the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, p. 24 1 . The death of Fidh- airle is entered in the Annals of Ulster at 7(J2, but the true year is 763, as marked by Tigher- nach. ' Finnghlais : i.e. the Bright Stream, now Finglas, a small village in the barony of Castle- knock, about two miles and a half north of the city of Dublin. The festival of St. Cainneach of this place is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis and in O'Clery's Irish Calendar at 15th of May. In the Gloss to the copy of the Feilire, preserved 3 in the Leabhar-Breac, Findglais is described as " i taebh Atha cliath," i. e. by the side of Dublin. ''Domhnall, son ofMurehadh. — This monarch's death is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the j'ear 762 ; but it appears from an eclipse of the sun noticed at the same year, that 763 is the true year See Art de Ver. les Dates, torn. i. p. 66: "A. D. 762. Mors Domhnaill,yiZ« Murchadha, regis Temorie xii. Kal. Decenibris, &c. &c Sol tencbrosus in hora tertia diei." — Ann. Ult. See also O'Flaherty's Ogygia, p. 433. " Donaldus filius Rlurchadi, etc. &c., obiit 12 Calendas Decenibris Aiino 763, in lona Insula, quo peregrinationem susceperat." — War. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are about five years antedated about this period, the death of King Domhnall is entered under the year 759, as follows : " King Donell was the first King of Ireland of Clann-Colman, or O'Melaghlyns, and died quietly in his bed the 12th of the Kalends of December, in the year of our Lord God 759." 362 aNNQca Rio^hachca emeaNw. [759. Qoi]^ Cpioi-T, i^eachc cceD caojar anaoi. Qn céiD bliabain Do Niall Ppopac, mac peajigaile, uap Gpinn hi pijlie. piacyia, mac poraiD, abb bwy- licce, Decc. Ronan, abb Cluana mic Nóip, oécc. Oo Luislinib Do. Co]ib- mac, mac Qililla, abb nnainipc|ieach biiire, 065. Oonaic, mac 'Colience, abb Copcaije, Decc. pfpjiip, mac Ceallai j, jii Connachc [oecc]. Scanlan peirhin, mac QeDgaile, Decc. piann ^a]iaD, ci jfpna Cenél mic 6apca, Dég. lomaipeacc Duin bile pia nOonnchao, mac DorhnaiU, pop piopa riilach. OuncliaD, mac Go^ain, cijfpna na nOéipi, Decc. TTlupcliaó, mac TTluipcfp- raij, DO mapbaó l(? Connacbraib. Upi ppopa do peapchain hi Cpich ITlui- peaóaij 1 nlnip Go^ain .1. ppop do apccar 51I, ppop Do cpuirneachc, -] p]iop do mil. ConaD Doibpióe po ]iaiDeaD : Upi ppoppa QipD uillinne, ap gpaD Oé Do mm Ppopp apgaicc, ppopp cuipinne, agup ppopp Do riiil. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéD peapccar. Qn Dapa bliabain Do Niall ppopac. ' Niall Frosach : i. e. Niall of the Showers.— See the year 716. " A. D. 762" [recte 763]. " Niall Frosagh regnare incipit.^^ — Ann. Lit. "' Bakleac Now Baslick, near Ballintober, in the county of Roscommon See note under the year 742. " Dun-bile : i. e. th3 Fort of the Ancient Tree. This was probably the name of a fort in the ba- rony of Farbil, in the county of Westmeath, but the name is now obsolete. There is a Bile-rath, which is nearly synonjinous with Dun-bile, in the barony of Kathconrath, in the same county. The events which the Four Masters give under the year 759 are given in the Annals of Ulster at 763, with other curious notices totally and intentionally omitted by the Four Masters : " A. D. 763. Nb: magna tribus fere meiisibus, Ascalt mor et fames. BeUum Arggamain inter familiam Cluana-mic-Nois et Dermaigi, ubi cecidit Diarmaid Dub, mac Domhnaill, et Diglac, mac Duibliss et ec viri defamilia Dermaigi. Breasal, mac Murcha victor fiiit, cumfamilia Cluana mic Nois. Siccitas magna ultra modum. Kuith fola" [bloody flux] " 2« tola Hibemia.'" " Three showers. — These showers are noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 763, in the same Irish words used by the Four Masters, and thus translated in Cod. Clarend., tom. 49 : " The shedding of three showers in Muireach his land, at Inis-Owen, viz., a shower of bright sUver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of hony."— See a notice of three similar showers at the year 716. The famine, the falling of the three showers, and other events, are noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 759, as follows : " A. D. 759- Nealle Frassagh, son of King Ferall, began his reign imediately after the death of King Donell, and reigned seven years. " There was a great famyne throughout the whole kingdome in generall in the time of the beginning of his reign, in so much that the King himself had very little to live upon ; and being then accompanied with seven goodly Bushops, fell upon their knees, where the King very pitifully before them all besought God of his 759.] ANKALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 361 The Age of Christ, 759. The first year of Niall Frosach' in sovereignty over Ireland. Fiachra, son of Fothadh, Abbot of Baisleac"", died. Ronan, Ab- bot of Ckiain-mic-Nois, died. He was of the Luighne. Cormac, son of AiUU, Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice], died. Donait, son of Tohence, Ab- bot of Corcach [Cork], died. Fearghus, son of Ceallach, King of Connaught, [died]. Scanlan Feimhin, son of Aedhgal, died. Flann Garadh, lord of Cinel- Mic-Earca, died. The battle of Dun-bile° [was gained] by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, over the Feara-Tulach [Fartullagh]. Dunchadh, son of Eoghan, lord of the Deisi, died. Murchadh, son of Muircheartach, was slain by the Connaughtmen. Three showers" fell in Crich-Muireadhaighf, in Inis-Eoghain [Inishowen], namely, a shower of pure silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of honey, of which was said : Three showers at Ard-Uillinne, fell, through God's love, from heaven: A shower of silver, a shower of wheat, and a shower of honey. The Age of Christ, 760. The second year of Niall Frosach. Folachtach'', Infinite Grace and Mercy, if his wrath other- wise could not be appeas'd, before he saw the destruction of so many thousands of his subjects and Friends, that then were helpless of reliefe, and ready to perish, to take him to himself, otherwise to send him and them some releive for maintenance of his service; which request was no sooner made, than a great Shower of Silver fell from heaven, whereat the King greatly rejoyced; and yet (said he) this is not the thing that can deliver us from this faniyne and imi- nent danger; with that he fell to his prayers again, then a second Shower of heavenly Ilony fell, and then the King said with great thanks- giving as before; with that the third Shower fell of pure Wheat, which covered all the fields over, that like was never seen before, so that there was such plenty and aboundance that it was thought that it was able to maintain a great many Kingdomes. Then the King and the seven Bushops gave great thanks to our Lord. " There was a battle fought between the 3 families of Dorowe and Clonvicknose, at Arga- moyn, where Dermott Duif mac Donell was killed. " There was exceeding great drowth this year. " Allcll O Donchowe, King of Conaught, died. " Donnough, son of King Donell, gave a battle to the families of the O'Dowlies in Fertulagh. " Moll, King of England, entered into Reli- gion. " Flaithvertagh mac Longsy, King of Taragh, died in the habit of a religious man. " Follawyn mo Conchongailt, King of Meath, was wilfully murthered." •" Crich-AIuircadhaif/Ji : i. e. Muireadhach's Territory. This district comprised that portion of the present barony of Inishowen, in the county of Donegal, comprising Aileach and Fahan — See the year 71 (J. ' Folachtach, ^-c. — This and most of the other entries given by the Four Masters under the a2 364 QHNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [76i. polachcach, mac Sajipaelaóa, abb biojipa, Decc. Loapn, abb Cluana lojiaipD, oécc. Cellbil Cluana bponaij oécc. Uola Qipo bpeacam Decc. Qibll, mac Ciiaoibecliáin, abb TTliingaiiar, [oécc]. piaifbfprac, mac L01T15- ]"'icc, pi 6peann, oecc 1 nQpD ITiaca, lap mbeir peal poDa 1 cclépcecc. Suibne, mac ITlupchaba co na 6ip mac do mapbaó. lomaipecc Caipn pmcbac eicip DO mac Oorhnaill .1. OonnchaD "| TTlupchaó, -\ Qeljal rijfpna Uearba, in po mapbab pallorhon, mac Conconjalc, la Oonnchaó, "] po mapbaD TTlup- cliaD ann, "] po meabaiD pop Qeljal. Ounjalac, coipec Ua Liaráin, Décc. Uapjal, coij'eac ConaiUe, oecc. Uoppra, mac Cfpnaic, rijfpna na nDéipi, 065. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéD peapccar a liaon. Qn cpeap bliabam do Niall. Cpiomrann, mac Reachcjoile, abb Cluana pfpca [Decc]. Ctoban Lip riióip [oécc]. lomaipfcc Spucpa ecip Ui mbpiuin, 1 Conmaicne, in po mapbaD pocaiDe DO Conmaicniu, -\ Qob Oub, mac Uoiclilij. l?o meabaiD an cio- maipej pin pia nOuibinDpeachrac, mac Carail. lomaipecc euip pipa TTliDe -] bpff;a, in po mapbaob TTlaolurha, mac Uoinl, -j Denial, mac Ooipeir. Qoip Cpiopr, peaclic ccéD peapccac aDÓ. Qn cfrparhaD bliaóain do Ninll. Cubpan, abb Cille achaiD [Decc]. piDbaoacli, abb bfnDcaip, Decc. Dub- Dainbfp, macCopmaic, abb TTlainiprpeac buin. Do bábaó ipin bóinn. Slebene, mac Conjaile, Do Chenel Conaill ^ulban, abb lae, Dé^. TTlac an rpaip, abb Ganaij Duib, Decc. ^lainDiubaip, abb bafpaij; bpiuin, Decc. TTlup- chaó, mac piairbfpcai^, ci^fpna Cenel Conaill, do mapbaD. Ceallac, mac year 760, are given in the Annals of Ulster now called Carn, and is situated in the barony under 764. of Moycashel, in the county of Westnieath : ' Cluain-Bronaigh Now Clonbroney, near " A. D. 764. Bcllum Cairn Fiaehach inter duos Granard, in the county of Longford. — See note JUios Domhnaill .i. Donnchadh et Murchadh ; under the year 734. Falloman la Donnchadh, Ailgal la Murchadh. 'In religion: i ccléipceacc, in clericatu. — In bello cecidii Murchadh; Ailgal in fiigam " A. D. 764. In nocte signum horribile et mirabile versus est." — Ann. UU. in steUis visum est. J/ori Flaithbertaig_/i?uLoing- "The Deisi : i. e. the Desies, in the now sich, regis Temorie, in clericatu.'" — -Atm. Ult. county of Waterford. The Annals of Ulster ■ Carn-Fiachach : i. e. the Carn of Fiacha. add " defectus panis" at 764, which corresponds This place was called from a carn, or sepulchral with 760 of the Four Masters, the true year heap of stones, erected in memory of Fiacha, being 765. son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and ancestor " Sruthair. — Now Shrule, or Abbeyshrule, of the family of Mageoghegan. The place is in the barony of Shrule, and county of Long- 761] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. :m son of Sarfaeladh, Abbot of Birra, died. Loarn, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clo- nard], died. Cellbil, of CIuain-Bronaigh"', died. Tola, of Ard-Breacain [Ard- braccan], died. Ailill, son of Craebhachan, Abbot of IMungarait [Mungret], died. Flaitliblieartach, son of Loingseach, died at Ard-Macha [Armagh], after having been some time in ^eHgion^ Suibhne, son of Murchadh, with his two sons, was slain. The battle of Carn-Fiachach' [was fought] between the two sons of Domhnall, i. e. Donnchadh and Murchadh, and Aelghal, lord of Teathbha, wherein Fallomhan, son of Cucongalt, was slain by Donnchadh, and Murchadh was also slain, and Aelghal was defeated. Dungalach, chief of Ui-Liathain, died. Uargal, chief of Conaille, died. Torptha, son of Cearnach, lord oi' the Deisi", died. The Age of Christ, 761. The third year of Niall. Crimhthann, son of Reachtghal, Abbot of Cluain-fearta, [died]. Aedhan of Lis-mor [died]. The battle of Sruthair" [was fought] between the Ui-Briuin and Conmaicne, in which numbers of the Conmaicne were slain, as was Aedh Dubh, son of Toichleach. This battle was gained by Duibhinnreachtach, son of Cathal. A battle [was fought] between the men of Meath and the men of Breagh, in which were slain Maelumha, son of Toithil, and Dongal, son of Doireith. The Age of Christ, 762. The fourth year of Niall. Cubran, Abbot of Cill-achaidh", [died]. Fidhbhadhach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Dubhdainblier, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithi [Monasterboice], was drowned in the Boinn''. Slebhene, son of Corigal, of the race of Conall Gulban, Abbot of Isl'-, died. Mac an-tsair, Abbot of Eanach-dubh^ died. Glaindiubair. Abbot of Lathrach-Briuin^ died Murchadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord i)f ford — See note", under A. D. 2.36, p. 112, miles to the north of this river. where, for " county of Louth," read " county of ' Abbot of la : i. e. of lona. For the pedigree Longford :" of tliis abbot see Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 482, " A. D. 765. Bellum Sruthre etir hUi-Briuin n. 40. ocus Conmacne, ubi plurimi ceciderunt di Con- " Eanach-dubh : i. e. the Black Marsh, now niacnibh, et Aed Dubh, fdi/i.s Toichlich cecidil. Annaghduff, a townland and parish near L)ubinrecht,yíiíií«Catliail, victor fuiV — Ann. Ult. Drumsna, in the county of Leitrim See note ', ' CiU-achaidh — Now Killeigh, near Geshill, under A. D. 1253, p. 349. in the King's County. " A. D. 766. Conbran, '■ /^aí/í/-ac/i-/JriHi'n .- otherwise written Laith- Abha.'i Cille-achaidh, moritu?:" — Ann. Ult. rcach-Briuin, now Laraghbrine, near Maynooth, ' r/ie£oi«n.- i.e. the River Boyne. Mainistir- in the barony of Salt, and county of Kildare. Buithe, now anglici- Monasterboice, is about four According to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, and the 366 aNNQi^a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [763. Coipppe, mic pojapraij, do maiiban la lacporDaib. lomaijiecc Qiyit) na Tiibpecc Jim cUuaimy^narha, mac pioinn. Ctoip Cpiopc, peachc cceD peapccac arpi. Qn 01115606 bliaóain Do Niall. ^oiim^al, mac Qiliolla, Décc. Qeban, ab Lif móip, Décc. Ceinnpealac, mac Conboiiine, abb Imlij lubaip, Décc. Coibofnach, abb Cille Uoma Decc. popgla ppuire Cluana mic Nóip Déj. Duibbinpeclic, mac Carail, pi Con- nachc, Decc. Girne, injfn bpifoil bpfj, bfn pi Ufrhpac Decc, lap naipilleoD pocpaicce ó Ohm rpia Dei^jniomaiB,-] cpia aifpije nDÍocpa ina caipmreach- roib. lomaipeacc enp Lai^nib buDbeipin .1. eicip Cionaeb, mac piainD, -| QeD, 1 poipcpinn, in po mapbaD Qeo. Concubap, mac Cumapccai j, nsfpna Qióne, Decc. Niall mac Diapmaca, rijfpna TTliDlie Decc. ^uin Uuama- fnarha, ci^fpna Opiaije. Qoip Cpiopc, peace ccéo peapcca a cearaip. Qn peipeaD bliaóain do Niall. TTIupjal, mac Ninneaba, abb l?fclipainne, Decc. Gncopacli bUa Oo- Dain, abb^linne Da Locba, Decc. Common Ganaigb Oairhe Decc. lomaipecc eicip Of paigib péippin pia dmimpnama in po meabaiD pop cloinn Cheallaij, mic paelcaip. lomaipfcc pfpna pia cCeinnpealachaib, in po mapbab Dub- caljaij, mac Caibjnen. Qoip Cpiopc, peacbc cceD pfpcca a CÚ15. Qn peaccmab bliabam do Niall. Qpojal, abb Clocaip mic nOaimhine, Decc. piacbpa ^panaipD Decc. FeiííVá-.áe»^MM, tte festival of St Senan was cele- but incorrectly, because forgla is not a man's brated here on the 2nd of September ; this place proper name, but a common noun substantive, is described as in the territory of Ui-Faelain. signifying the most, or greater part or number. By 7-obbers "A. D. 766. Cellach, Jilhts But it is probably a mistake of the Four Mas- Coii-pii,JiliiFoga.Tta\g,alatronejugulcUuse^." — ters. The parallel passages in the Annals of Ann. Ult. Ulster run as follows in Cod. Clarend., torn. 49: ■* Ard-na-mBreac : i. e. Height of the Trouts, " A. D. 767. Duvinrecht mac Cahail, rex or speckled Persons. Not identified. It was Connacie, mortiim est a fluxu sanguinis. Gorm- in Ossorj'. gal, mac Ailella, martinis est. Aedan, Abbas ' Gormghal, ^c This, and most of the entries Lismoir, et Lyne sapiens Cluana-mic-Nois, mor- given by the Foiir Masters under the year 763, tui sunt." are given in the Annals of Ulster under 767. '' Reward. — The word pocpaic is generally f Cill-Toma. Now Kiltoom, near Castlepol- used in the best Irish writings to denote " eter- lard, in the county of Westmeath. — See note nal reward." This passage is given in L|tin, under the year 746. in the Annals of Ulster, as follows, under the = Sruitke. — This is translated " Forglaus sa- year 767 : piens Cluana;-mac-nosÍ£e, obiit," by Dr. O'Conor, "A. D. 767. Eithne, ingin Breasail Breg, 763.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 367 Cinel-Conaill, was slain. Ceallach, son of Cairbre, son of Fogartach, was slain by robbers^ The battle of Ard-na-mBreac'' [was fought] by Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann. The Age of Christ, 7G3. The fifth year of Niall. GormghaP, son of AUiolI, died. Aedhan, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Ceinnsealach, son of Cuboirne, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Coibhdeanach, Abbot of Cill-Toma', died. The most of the Sruithe* [religious seniors] of Cluain-mic-Nois died. Duibh- inrecht, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died. Eithne, daughter of Breasal Breagh, [and] wife of the King of Teamhair [Tara], died, after having deserved reward*" from God for her good works, and for her intense penance for her sins. A battle was fought between the Leinstermen themselves, namely, between Cinaech, son of Flann, and Aedh, at Foirtrinn', where Aedh was slain. Con- cbubhar, son of Cumasgach, lord of Aidhne, died. Niall, son of Diarmaid, lord of Meath, died. The slaying of Tuaimsnamha\ lord of Osraighe [Ossory]. The Age of Christ, 764. The sixth year of Niall. Murghal, son of Nin- nidh. Abbot of Reachrainn, died. Enchorach Ua Dodain, Abbot of Gleann-da- locha, died. Comman, of Eanach-Daithe', died. A battle between the Osraighe"" themselves, by Tuaimsnamha, in which the sons of Ceallach, son of Faelchar, were routed. The battle of Fearna [Ferns] [was fought] by the Ui-Ceinu- sealaigh, in which Dubhchalgach, son of Laidhgnen, was slain. The Age of Christ, 765. The seventh year of Niall. Ardghal, Abbot of Clochar-mac-nDaimhine", died. Fiachra, of Granard, died. Feirghil, of Cill- Kegina Regis Temorie, Regnum celeste adipisci Irish Calendar, or iu the gloss to the Feilire- meruit post peniientiam." Aeiiffuis in the Leahhar-Breac. 'Foirtrinn. — Dr. O'Conor translates this, "in " The Osraighe: i. e. the People of Ossory. regione Pictorum ;" but he is decidedly wrong, " A. D. 768. Coscrad itir Osraigi invicem, iibi for we must assume that Foirtrinn was the Jilii Ceallaig, filii Faelchair in fiujam cersi siiiU. name of a place in Leinster in Ireland, unless Toimsnamha victor evasit." — Ann. Ult. we suppose that the Leinstermen went over to The Annals of Ulster contain, under the year Foirtreu in Scotland to fight a battle between 768, the following notices, totally omitted by themselves there. ' the Four Masters : '' Tiiairiistutmha. — This entry is a mistake, " Longus Coirpri, mic Foghertaig, re iiDonn- aud should have been struck out by the Four cha" [the expulsion of Cairbre, son of Foghar- Masters — See the notice of the death of this tach, by Donnchadh]. " Terretmtm, fames, d chieftain under the year 765. morbus Icpre, multas invasit. Ilahiindantia diar- ^ Eanacli-Daithe: i. e. Dailhe's Marsh. Not mesa glandium." identified. This name does not occur in O'Clery's " Clochar-mac-nDaimhine : i. e. Clogher of the 368 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eineawN. [766. peipjil Chille móip Girhijie oecc. peopgup, mac Carail, eppcop, Décc. polaccach Uln^e Cuae, aHh Cluana niic Nóip, oécc. CpunOrhaol, eppcop -] abbCille móipe Gmipe, 065. Conorhac, mac bpenainn, abb Cluana Uochne, i>ecc. liUa becce, abb pobaip, Décc. Uuaimpnnma, mac pioinn, cijfpna Oppaije, 00 mapbab. Nap^al, mac Nacpluaij, Décc. lomaipecc ecip LaijruB hiiDDeipin, in po meabaiD pia cCeallac, mac nOiinchaóa, "| in po niapbaó Cionaeó, macpioinn, •] a bpáraipCeallac, -] Cairnia, mac becce, -\ pocliaióe ell cenmocaiopióe. Spaineab ecip Ui Cennpealaij, in po meabaió pia nGrepp5el, macCtoóa, mic Coljan,"! in po mapbaoh Cennpealac, mac bpain, laip. Copcpah Ocae pia bpfpaib ofpcepr bpfj pop baijniu. Copc]ia6 bliuilg boinne pop piopa Dej^ccpc bpfj in po mapbaó piairbfpcach, mac pioinn, mic l?o jallaip, 1 liUaipcpioe, mac bair, "] Snenjup, mac Qmpci^, "j Cfpnac, mac pioinn piioipbre. Copcpaoh Ctfa cliar pia Ciannaccaib bpeaj pop liUa Uéj, -] óp móp pop Loi^nib, 1 ona po bóioheaó pochaióe Do Ciannacli- caibh illón mapa oc cionncuD. Niall Ppopacli, mac pfpjaile, pfcc mbliaóna óp Gipinn na pijh, co nepbail i nl Cholaim Cliille asa oilirpe lap noclic mbliaóiia lapoiii. Qoip Cpiopr, peaclir ccéo peapcca a pé. In ceo bliabain Do OhonncViaD, mac Dorhnaill, uap Gipinn, 1 pi'je. pianD liUa Dacua, abb Inpi Cainofja, Dej. pailbe GpDaim 065. popbapac Ua Cfpnaij, abb Cluana mic Móip, Décc. Do bUib bpiiiin do pein. Qebgen, eppcop 1 abb pobaip, 065. Cob- Sous of Daimhin. This was the ancient name ■> Cluain-Tochne. — Not identified. of the town of Clogher, in the county of Tyrone. ' Ttuiimsnamha, son ofFlann See his death — See note under the year 701. already entered by mistake under the year 763. " Cill-mor-Eimhire This is probably the It is entered in the Annals of Ulster at the year church of Kilmore-Oneilland, in the county of 769, as are most of the entries which the Four Armagh. — See it again referred to at the year Masters have given under 765. 872, under the name of Ceall-nior Maighe ' Oclia. — This was the ancient name of a place Eimhir, i. e. the great church of the plain of near the hill of Tara, in Meath See note ", Emhir. under the year 478, p. 150, supra. P Teach Tuae: i. e. the House of St. Tua, now ' Bolg-Boinne: i. e. the Belly of the Boyne. ((«(//i'ceTaghadoe, and sometimes Taptoo, situated This was probably the name of a remarkable nearMaynooth, inthecounty of Kildare. The an- winding of the River Boyne, near Clonard, in cient church of this place has disappeared, but the county of Meath. a considerable part of a round tower still stands " A. D. 769- The Onesett of Bolgboinne" in the grave-yard, which indicates the ecclesi- [Copcpaó óuilg 6oinne] "upon the men of astical importance of the place. Descert-Bregh, where Flaithvertach, macFlainn, 766] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. . 369 mor-Eimliirc'', died. Fearghus, son of Cathal, a bishop, died. Folaclitach, son of Teach Tuae'', Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Crunnmael, Bishop and Abbot of Cill-mor-Eimhire, died. Connmliach, son of Brenainn, Abbot of Cluain-Tochne'', died. hUa Becce, Abbot of Fobhar [Fore], died. Tuaimsnamha, son of Flann"', lord of Osraighe, was slain. Narghal, son of Natsluaigh, died. A battle between the Leinstermen themselves, wherein Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, had the vic- tory, and in which Cinaedh, son of Flann, and his brother, Ceallach, and Caith- nia, son of Becc, and many others besides them, were slain. A conflict between the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in which Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, had the victory, and in which Ceinnsealach, son of Bran, was slain by him. The battle of Ocha'' by the men of South Breagh upon the Leinstermen. The battle of Bolg-Boinne' against the men of South Breagh, in which were slain Flaith- bheartach, son of Flann, son of Roghallach ; Uairchridhe, son of Baeth ; Snedh- gus, son of Ainsteach ; and Cearnach, son of Flann Foirbhthe. The battle of Ath-cliath", by the Cianachta-Breagh"'', against Ui Tegh''; and there was great slaughter made of the Leinstermen, and numbers of the Cianachta were drowned in the full tide on their returning. Niall Frosach'', son of Fearghal, was seven years king over Ireland [when he resigned]; and he died at I-Coluim-Cille, on his pilgrimage eight years afterwards. The Age of Christ, 766. The first year of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, in sovereignty over Ireland. Flann Ua Dachua, Abbot of Inis-cain-Deagha'-, died. Failbhe Erdaimh died. Forbasach Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic- Nois, died ; he was of the Ui-Briuin. Aedhgcn, Bishop and Abbot of Fobhar mic Rogellaig, Uarcliroi, mac Baih, Snedgus,mac Meath. Ainfitre, and Ccrnach mac Faelain Foirfe, were ' Ui-Tegh — A sept seated in ImaLl, in the slaine." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. now county of Wicklow. '' Ath-cliath : i.e. Dublin. "A. D. 769. The ^ Nicdl Frosach. — This entry is in a modern skirmish of Dublin" [copcpaó Qra cbar] "by hand in the Stowe copy. Niall Frosach com- Cianachte upon the Teigs" [pop hUiB Ceij]. menced his reign in the year 763, and after a " Great slaughter of Lenster. Great many of reign of seven years, he became a monk in the the Cianachtes were drowned in the sea-tyde at monastery of lona in Scotland in 770, and died theire retumc." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., there in 778 See Annals of Ulster, A. D. 778; tom. 49- O' Flaherty's Ogygia, p. 433. " CianaclUa- Breagh. — A sept of the race of ' Inis-cain-Deagha. — Now Inishkeen, a church, Cian, son of Olioll Olum, King of Munster, near which are the remains of a round tower, seated at and around Duleek, in the county of giving name to a parish lying partly in thecounty 3 B 370 aNNaf,a Rio^hachua eipeawN. [767. lair, injen Carail, bctnab Cluana CurbinD, 065. Ro páf eapaonra eriji Ceallac, mac Oúncliaba, pi Laijfn, "] an pi Oonnchaó, mac Dorhnaill. Oo pónaó Dnolciinnol Ua Neill la Donncliab 50 Lai jmb. T?o piacraDOji Laijm piaf an pij co na pocjiaioe 50 pangaoap Sciar nGacram. Qipij^iD Donncliab CO na plój 1 nQilbnn. Ro ^abpao ona a muinncip pop bob,"] lopccab, lonn- pab, 1 apjain an coijib co cfnn peaccmaine, co po piapaibpfc Laijin é pó beoib. Coipppe, mac pojapcaij, cijfpna bpf^, Dég. 6ecc, mac Connla, cijfpna Uearba, oécc. Qongup, mac pfpabaij, njfpna Ceneoil Laojaipe, 065 DO bfbj. Caral, mac Conaill TTlinn, cijfpna Coipppe TTI oipe, Décc. Dun- j^olac, mac Uaiclij, coipeac Luijne 065. Qpcjal, mac Conaill, cisfpna Coipppe Uirba, 065. Qoip Cpiopr, peaclic ccéo peapcca a peace. Qn Dapa bliabam 00 Oonncliab. Cteplaib Cluana lopaipo 065. S. Suibne, abb lae Coluim Cille, 065. ITlaelaiclijen, abb Cluana lieDnig, Sealbac, mac Conalca, ab Copcaije, Cbniuc, mac Gpc, abb Lécli [oecc]. Qonacb na lamcomapra, uaip cuoca- cap aipbfna ai^ribe oDuarmapa an ran pin, po ba pamaica ppi haippbib laoi bpara .1. coipneac -| cemnceac anppoil, gup bo Dipulainj do cac pop cloiprfcc no paipcpi apoile. 5*^'^c(iD Dna abuac-| oman piopa Gpeann gup po pupail- peac a ppuin poppa do rpfban do benarh imaille pe hepnaijre noiocpa -| aon ppomn froppa pibe Dm pnabab "| paojiab ap rfbmaim im pel TTlicil Do ponnpaD, conaD De pin boi an lamcomaipc 01a pepbjiaD an rene do of Monan-han, and partly in the countv of Louth, chad cum exercitu Nepotum Neill cu Laigniu, et — See Shirley's Account of Farney, pp. 180, 181. effugerurd eum Laigin, ef exiennit i Sciath-Nech- " Cluainn-Cuithhhin. — The festival of St. Fin- tain, et mansemnl hUi Neill i Eaith Ailinne, et tina, virffin, of Cluain-Guithbhinn, is set down accenderunt igne onrnes terminos Laigin." in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 1st November. ' AUlinn. — NowCnoc-Aillinne, ahillon which The place is now called Cluain-Guithbhinn, are the remains of a very large fort, near old Kil- anglice Clonguffin, and is situated in the parish cuUen, in the county of Kildare. — See note ', of Kathcore, barony of Lower Moyfenrath, and under A. M. 4169, p. 58, supra. county of Meath. ^ A sudden fa. — " A. I). 770. Oengus, mac i" Sciath-Neachtain : i. e. Neachtain's Shield. Fogertaigh, ri Ceniuil Laegaire, subita morie This was the ancient name of a place near Castle- jieriit." — Ann. Ult. dermot, in the south of the county of Kildare. ' Cairbre-mor — The addition of 7»or to Cairbre This attack upon Leinster is noticed in the An- here is probably a mistake by the Four Masters. nals of Ulster, at the year 769, as follows: It is thus given in the Annals of Ulster. " A. D. " A.D. 769. Congressio Donnchada micDomh- 770. Cathal, mac Conall Minn, ri Coirpri, mori- naill et Cellaich mic nDonnchaid, et exiit Donn- tur.'" 767] AKNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 371 [Fore], died. Cobhkith, daughter of Cathal, Abbess of Cluain-Cuitlibhinn", died. There arose a dissention between Ceallach, son of Donnchadh, King of Leinster, and the monarch Donncliadh, son of Domhnall. Donnchadh made a full muster of the Ui-Neill [and marched] into Leinster. The Leinstermen moved before tlie monarch and his forces until they arrived at Sciath-Neach- tain^ Donnchadh, with his forces, remained at Aillinn*^; his people continued to fire, burn, plunder, and devastate the province for the space of a week, when the Leinstermen at length submitted to his will. Cairbre, son of Fogartach, lord of Breagh, died. Becc, son of Connla, lord of Teathbha, died. Aenghus, son of Fearadhach, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died of a sudden fit''. Cathal, son of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Mor^, died. Dunghalach, son of Taithleach, chief of Luighne^, died. Artghal, son of Conall, lord of Cairbre-Teathbha, died. The Age of Christ, 767. The second year of Donnchadh. Aerlaidh of Cluain-Lraird [Clonard], died. St. Suibhne, Abbot of la-Coluim-Cille, died. Maclaithgen, Abbot of Cluain-Eidhneach»; »Sealbhach, son of Cualta, Abbot of Corcach [Cork], [and] Edhniuch, son of Ere, Abbot of LiathS [died]. The fair of the clapping' of hands, [so called] because terrific and horrible signs appeared at the time, which were like unto the signs of the day of judgment, namely, great thunder and lightning, so that it was insufferable to all to hear the one and see the other. Fear and horror seized the men of Ireland, so that their religious seniors ordered them to make two fasts, together with fervent prayer, and one meal between them, to protect and save them from a pestilence, precisely at Michaelmas. Hence came the Lamhchomart, which was called the ' Luifjhne. — Now tlie barony of Leyny, in the Liath-mor-Mochaembog, near Tliurles, in the county of Sligo. county of Tipperary. — See his Acta Sanctorum, " Cluain-ddhneach. — Now Clonenagh, a town- p. 598. land near Mountrath, in the Queen's County. ' Clapping of hands. — This fair is noticed in In the Life of Fintan, the patron saint of this the Annals of Ulster, under the year 77L "s place, published by Colgan in his Ada Sancto- follows : rum, at 17th of February, p. 350, the name "A. D. 771. Oenach ina lamcomarthc in quo Cluain-Eihdnach is translated " latibulu7n ha:de- ignis et tonitruumin similitudinem did judicii. Ind rosum." The foundations of various buildings lamcomairt hi FeilMichil dia ncprcd in tenedia are traceable at Clonenagh, but no ruins of a nim." Dr. O'Conor and the old translator take church of an antiquity greater than four cen- Lamcomairt to be the name of the place where turies are now visible. the fair was held, but this is clearly a mis- '' Of Liath Colgan takes this to be the take. 3 b2 372 aNNaí,a Rio^hachra eiReawN. [768 mm. Qoó Qiljin, cijfpna Ua TTIaine, oo mapbaó. Qpc:, mac piairnm coipeac Qióne, do riiapbaó. Dunjal, mac Ceallaij, cijfpna Oppaije, Déj Cennpealac, cijeapna Ua pmgence, oécc. Qoip Cpiopr, peachr ccéo pfpcca a Iiocc. In cpeap bliaóain Do Olionn chab uap Gpmn i pi^e. TTlaenac, mac Colmain, abb Slaine,-] Cille poibpicli Déj. Oaniel Ua poilene, pcpibneóip Lerabai Déj. S. TTIapran .1. eppcop Inpi ebni^, Deiig 1 Nouembep. ^allbpan Ua ^11150111, pcpibneoip Cluana mic Noip, Qeóan, eppcop Tílaije eu, Cechfpnach liUa Gpmono, abb Cluana pfpra bpenainn, Lepfan, banabb Cille Dapa, Qeó, mac Coipppe, abb ]?fc- ]iainne, Oonncliab, pí Connacc, Deuj. Qoip Cpiopc, peacr ccéo pfpcca anaoi. In cfrhpamaó bliaóain Do Dhonn- chaó op 6pnin. Qlbpan, mac póiomi^, abb Upeoic moip, oécc ecip Di coipj. Ulcan bUa óepoóepg, abb Orna moipe, Déj. Gpnaóac, mac Gcbin, abb Lerjijlinne, Déj. popar.DÓn, pcpibneoip, -] eppcop Upeóic, béuj. Soaipleac Ua Conciiapnin, abb Cip móip, Déu^. Sfncan, abb Imleaca lubaip, Déu^. lompaiueac ^hlinne Cloirijje, ancoipe, Déiig. Uomalcac, mac mupjnile, cijfpna TTiaiTje bCtí, Deuj. babbcaó, mac Gaccjupa, roipeac Ceneoil TTlir Gapca, Dég. Ceallac, mac Ouiicbaba, pi LaijOi Décc. Gojan, mac Colmain, Dég. CéDconsbail Camlachca ITIailepuain. Ctoip Cpiopr, peacbc ccéD pfccmoT^ao. In cíiijeab bliabain Do Obonn- cbab ipin pije. Donojal, mac Nuabao, abb Lujmaib, Déug. piancú, abb '' Cill-Foibrigh — Now probably Kilbrew, near of Inis-Eidhnigh is set down in O'Clery's Irish Ashbourne, in the county of Meath. Calendar, at 1st November, but its situation is ' Leathahha : i. e. called Letuba, in the Annals not pointed out. It is probably the ancient of Ulster. There is no place of this name in the name of Inishnee, in the mouth of the Owen- Feilire-Aenguis, or the Irish Calendar of O'Clery, more Elver, in the west of the coimty of Gal- or in Colgan's published works, nor has the way. The entries which the Four Masters have Editor been able to find any monastery of the transcribed under the year 768, are given in the name in Ireland. In the Feilire-Aeiiguis, at Annals of Ulster under 772; but the true year 26th March, mention is made of " Leatha, noincn is 773, as appears from a notice of the eclipse of í^foíB ?na^ncB i nDeisibh" Mumhan." In O'Clery's the moon noticed in these latter Annals as having Calendar, at 30th March, is set down the festi- taken place " ii Non. Decembris." — See Aii de val of St. Liber of Leathdumha, which is pro- Vei: les Dates, tom. i. p. 66. The Annals of bably the same as the Letubai of the Annals of Ulster contain the following notices of the wea- Ulster, but its situation is not known. ther, &c. " Inis-Eidhniyh The festival of St. Martin "A. D. 772. Maenach, mac Colmain, Abbas 768.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 373 Fire from heaven. Aedh Ailghin, lord of Ui-Maine, was slain. Art, son of Flaitnia, chief of Aidhne, was slain. Dunghal, son of Ceallach, lord of Osraighe, died. Ceinnsalach, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. The Age of Christ, 768. The third year of Donnchadh in sovereignty over Ireland. Maenach, son of Colman, Abbot of Slaine and Cill-Foibrich^ died. Daniel Ua Foilene, scribe of Leathabha', died. St. Martin, Bishop of Inis-Eidh- nigh", died on the 1st of November. Gallbran Ua Lingain, scribe of Cliiain- mic-Nois ; Aedhan, Bishop of Magh-eo [Mayo] ; Cethernach Ua Ermono, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenaiun [Clonfert]; Lerthan, Abbess of Cilldara [Kildare]; Aedh, son of Cairbre, Abbot of Reachrainn ; [and] Donnchadh, King of Con- naught, died. The Age of Christ, 769. The fourth year of Donnchadh over Ireland. Albran, son of Foidmeach, Abbot of Treoit-mor [Trevet], died between the two Easters". Ultan, hUa Berodherg, Abbot of Ohain-mor [Fahan], died. Ernadhach, son of Echin, Abbot of Leithghlinn, died. Forannan, scribe and bishop of Treoit [Trevet], died. Soairleach Ua Concuarain, Abbot of Lis-mor, died. Seanchan, Abbot of Imleach-Iubhair [Emly], died. Imraiteach of Gleann- Cloitighe", anchorite, died. Tomaltach, son of Murghal, lord of Magh-Aei, died. Radhbhchadh, son of Eachtghus, chief of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Eoghan, son of Colman^, died. The fii-st erection of Tamlacht-Mailruaini. The Age of Christ, 770. The fifth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty. Donnghal, son of Nuadhad, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth], died. Fianchu, Slaine et Cille-Fobrich, afluxu sanguinis moritiir. ° Gkann-Cloitighe : i. c. the Vale of the River Insolita siccitas, et ardor solis, iU pene panis omnis Clody, probably the vale of the river near New- deperiit. Dairmess mor iuna deadhaig" [great town-Barry, in the county of Wexford. store of acorns after it — Cod. Clarend., 4'J], 'Eoghan, son of Colman "A. D. 773. Eu- "&c. &c. Luna tenehrosa ii Non. Becevibris." gun, mac Colmain, a Jluxu sanguinis moritui; et " Bdween the two Easters: i. e. between 'Easter midti alii ex isto dolore mortui sunt." — inn. Ult. Sunday and Miunchaisg, i. e. Little Easter or 'i 7\imhlacht-Mailruain Now Tallaght, near Dominica in Albis; in England called "Low the city of Dublin See note % under A. M. Sunday," and in the Greek Church, "New Sun- 2820, pp. 8, 9, supra. The festival of St. Mael- day :" Kv^iux.'», JiaxaumVi^o; ; nu or kxivh KvfixKK. ruain Tamhlachta, whose first name was Colmau, "A. D. 773. J/ori Albrain, mic Foidmid, is setdown in thei^eiViVe-ileni/uisandin O'Clery's Abbatis Treoit, in feria inter duo Pasca." — Irish Calendar, at 7th July; and it is added in Ann. Ult. the latter work that he died in the year 787. 374 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [771. Liijrhaió, oeuj, -) Conall, abb TTlaiTije Luinje. Cmpan Cpaibóeac bealmj Duin Déuj 14 lun. Suaipleac, abb Linne [oecc]. Qyiomaca, Ceall oapa, ^lfno DO Laca, -] Imp baoirm do lopccaoli. Donnchab, nmc Oomnaill, pi ejieann do rionól plóij; laif 1 iTluifiain. Qn miuirha opúf uccob laip,-| i^ocaiDe moll DO miunrhnfcuib do itia]ibaó Don cupup pin. Oo brprpac laparh a ]\é]\ DO. pfpgup, mac Coljan, Décc. Qeljal, mac piaino, mic Conlai, coipeac Uearba, oé^. lomaipeacc QchaiD liacc ecip Ui mbpunn -] Uib TTlaine, in po meabaió pop Uib TTIáine. Oiiibinnpfccac, ci^fpna Qpab, Déuj. Cucom- jealra, ri?i;fpna Copca Lai?;De, Deug. Qoip Cpiopc, peachc ccéo pfccmo^oD a haon. In pfipeaD bliaDain Do Donnchab ipin pije. Colam pinn, Qncoipe, Deu^. TTlaccoiccfb, abb Cluana móip TTlaebócc, Décc. 'Cnucjal, abb Saijpe.Deiig. ^ooibeal Cluana lopaipD 065. popbapa, abb Raca Qoóa, Dég. Collbpan, abb Cluana mic Nóip, Déuj. Gojam, mac Romcinn, abb Lip móip, oéug. TTlaolmaenaij, abb Cliinn japao, Deuj. TTlaolpiiba Ua TTIaenai^ Déu5. ITIuipeaDac, mac Qinbceal- lai^, Déug. lomaipecc ecip Olial QpaiDe pepin i Sleb ITlip, in po mapbab Nia, mac Conconjalra. lomaipecc oile Do piDipi eDip Oal nQpaiDe pia nGochaiD, mac piacna, -| pia cComalcac mac lonnpeacraij, in po mapban CionaoD Ciaippje, mac Cacapaij, -] Dúnjal Ua pfpjupa, 50 nDpuing ele cenmoraDpom. lomaipeacc Qua Duma ecip na bQipcfpa, -] liUi Cachbac ■■ Magh-Luinge.—See note ', under A. D. 671, county of Wicklow. Here are the ruins of an p. 283, supra. old church wherein the rectors of Dunganstown, > Bealach-duin : i. e. the Road or Pass of the up to the present one, were inducted. The fes- Fort. This was the ancient name of Disert- tival of St. Baeithin, son of Fianach or Finnach, Chiarain or Castlekieran, near Kells, in Meath. of this place, is set down in the Feilire-Aenguis See note under the year 8G8. In O'Clery's and O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 22nd of May. Irish Calendar the festival of St. Ciaran of Bea- " Munster was devastated — This devastation lach-duiu is set down at 14th Juno. of Munster is noticed in the Annals of Ulster, ' Linn This is copied from the Annals of under the year 774, thus : Ulster, in which this obit is entered, under the " A. D. 774. CoMjressio inter Mumunenses et year 774, but something has been omitted. The Nepotes Neill ; et fecit Doncha vastationem mag- name intended is probably Linn-Duachaill, now nam in finihus Mumunensium, et ceciJenint multi Magheralin, in the county of Down. di iMuinihneachaibh." '^ Ink- Baeithin: i.e. St. Baeithin's Island, now ^ Achadh-liag : i.e. the Field of the Stones. Inishboheen, or luishboyne, a townland in the Dr. O'Coiior says in the Annals of Ulster (A. D. parish of Dunganstown, barony of Arklow, and 774), that this is Athleague in Counaught, 771.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 375 Abbot-of Lughmhadh, died ; and Conall, Abbot of Magh-Luinge', [died]. Cia- ran, the Pious, of Bealach-duin", died on the 14th of June Suairleach, Abbot of Linn', [died]. Ard-Macha, Cill-dara, Gleann-da-locha, and Inis-Baeithiu", were burned. Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, King of Ireland, mustered an army and marched it into Munster. Munster was devastated"' by liini, and great numbers of the Munstermen were slain on that expedition. They afterwards gave him his own demand. Fearglius, son of Colgan, died. Aelghal, son of Flann, son of Conk, chief of Teathbha, died. The battle of Achadh-liag-" [was fought] between the Ui-Briuin and Ui-Maine, wherein the Ui-Maine were defeated. Duibhinnreachtach, lord of Aradh^, died. Cuchoingealta, lord of Corca-Laigh- dhe^ died. The Age of Christ, 771. The sixth year of Donnchadh in the sovereignty. Colum Finn, anchorite, died. Maccoigeadh, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog, died. Tnuthghal, Abbot of Saigher [Serkieran], died. Gaeidheal of Cluain- Iraird [Clonard], died. Forbasa, Abbot of Rath-Aedha^', died. Collbran, Ab- bot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Eoghan, son of Roinchenn, Abbot of Lis-raor, died. Maelmaenaigh, Abbot of Ceann-garadh, died. Maelrubha Ua Maenaigh\ died. Muireadhach, son of Ainbhcheallach, died. A battle was fought be- tween the Dal-Araidlie themselves at Sliabh-Mis', in which Nia, son of Cucon- galt, was slain. Anotlier battle [was fought] between the Dal-Araidhe, by Eochaidh, son of Fiacluia, and Tomaltach, son of lunreachtach, where Cinaedh Ciarrge, son of Cathasach, and Dunghal Ua Fearghusa, and otliers besides them, were slain. The battle of Ath-dumha'' [was fought] between the Airtheara' and but that cannot be true, because Atlileague is cese of Ross, forming the south-western portion called in Irish, Ath-liag, i.e. Ford of the Stones, of the present county of Cork. The Achadh-liag referred to in the text is pro- • Rath-Aedha: i. e. Aedh's or Hugh's Kath or bably the place now called Achadh-leaga, si- Earthen Fort, now Kathhugh, in the barony of tuated on the east side of the River Suck, in Moycashel, and county of Wcstmeath. the barony of Athlone, and county of Roscom- '' Ua-Maenaigh "A. D. 7t>9- Moyle-Rovay mon. — See Tribes and Cu.?toms of Ily-Mani/, O'Mooney died." — Ann.Clon. pp. 7, 15, 83. ' Sliablt M'ts NowSlemish, a mountain in the ' Aradh Now the barony of Ara or Duharru, l)arony of Lower Antrim, and county of Antrim. in the county of Tipperary. '' Ath-dainha. — See note under the year 756. ' Corca-Lai'jhdlie. — This was the tribe name ■■ Airtheara. — Now the Oriors, two baronies of the O'Driscolls and their correlatives, who forming the eastern portion of the now county possessed a territory coextensive with the dio- of Arni.igh. 376 aNNaf,a Rio^hachca eiReoNN. 772] Coba, in po nmjibab ^oiimjal, mac Conaill Cjiái, njeapna Coba. lomaiji- eacc eciji Ohonnchaó "j Con^alac, i ccopcaiji pCpjal, mac Glabaij, cijfpTia Ua mbpeai'Qil beipi. Ceallac, mac Oúncliaoa, pi Lai^en, oécc. 'Cimral, mac Cpionifainn, Oomnall mac pojapcaijj, coi]^eac na liQipoe, oéuj. Qob pinn, cigeapna Oál l?iaDa, oeug. pfpbácpioch, abb Qpna ITlaca, mac póe Suibne, nuc Rónáin, mic Cpunnmaoil, oo tec. Qoip Cpiopc, y^eachc ccfo yeaccmojaO aoó. Qn pfccrhaó bliaóain Do Dhonocab op GpinD. ban baóbjna, eajnaib, Deng, lomaipeacc occ Obpaib cfmpac ecip do Ciimmaicai^, 50 po rhapH an oapa peap apoile. lomaipeacc Gala rpomina ecip oa Ua Cfpnaig .1. Niall -| Cumapcac, 1 ropcaip Gaccgup, mac bair,l pochaibi imaille ppip. piarpoi, mac Oorhnaill, pi Connacc, Dég. Sloijeab Caijfn Do cabaipcláOonnchab pop bhpfja. Cogab eDip Oonnchab 1 Conjalac. Qoip Cpiopc, peace ccéo pfccmojao arpi. Qn roccmaoli bliabain do Dbonncao op Gpino. Snéohchepc, mac Uiiamcon, abb bfnnchuip, Déug. Gonall, mac an cpaoip, egnaib, "] abb bfnncuip, 065. Qinbceallac, abb Con- Depe 1 Lainne bGala, Deug. pionan, abb Cluana liGuip, Déuj. Sirmair, bannabb Cbluana boipfnD, 065. Grne, ingfn CianaDon, Deuce. Cluain mic Noip DO lopccaD. Qn cojoD céDna ecip Oonnchab "j Conjalac, 1 copcaip Congalac, macConainj, coipeac bpeaj;, Guana mac Gccnij, -\ Ouncab mac Qlene, cijfpna ITluj^Dopn, "] Oiapmuio, mac Glofnai, eo pochaiDib imaille ppiu. Ro ppaineaD an car pia nOonnchab. Qp Don cacb pm po paibeab : ' Ui-Eaclidhach-Cohha : i.e. the people of ^ Cala-truim. — Now Galtrim, in the county of Iveagh, in the now county of Down. Meath — See note % under the year 1 176. The " Ard : i.e. Ard-Cianachta, now the barony most of the entries transcribed by the Four of Ferrard, in the county of Louth. Masters, under the year 772, are given in the " Feardachrich. — He is set down as Arch- Annals of Ulster under 776, and the following bishop of Armagh in the Catalogue in the notices of the weather, diseases, Ac, totally Psalter of Cashel. He succeeded in 758. See omitted by the Four Masters : Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 41. "A. D. 776. Ind uile gaimh issin samhradh ' Badhhhghna. — Now Slicve-Baune, in the .i. fleochodh mor, ocus gaeth mor. Ind riuth county of Roscommon. fola, galrai imdai olchena. Pene mortalitas, in '' Odhra-Teamhrach. — Now Odder, in the pa- boar mar [i. e. all "Winter in the Summer, i.e. rish of Tara, barony of Skreen, and county of great wet and great wind. The bloody flux, Meath. " A. D. 776. Jugulatio mic Cumascaigh and many other diseases ; jieni mortalitas ; the oc Odhraibh, alius vixit, alius mortuus est." — great murrain]." Ann. Ult. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise these diseases 772.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 377 theUi-Eachdhach-Cobha^, in which Gormglial, son of Conall Crai, lord of Cobha, was slain. A battle [was fought] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, in which Fearghal, son of Eladhach, lord of Ui-Breasail Beiri, was slain. Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, King of Leinster, died. Tuathal, son of Crimhthann, [died]. Domh- nall, son of Foghartach, chief of Ard^, died. Aedh Finn, lord of Dal-Riada, died. Feardachrich'', Abbot of Ard-Macha, the son of Suibhne, son of Ronan, son of Crunnmael, died. The Age of Christ, 772. The seventh year of Dunchadh over Ireland. Ban of Badhbhghna', a wise man, died. A battle [was fought] at Odhra- Tearahrach'' between the two Cummascachs, so that the one killed the other. The battle of Cala-truim' [was fought] between the two Ua Cearnaighs, namely, Niall and Cuniascach, wherein Eachtghus, son of Baeth, and numbers along with him, were slain. Flathroi, son of Domhnall, King of Connaught, died. The army of Leinster was brought by Connchadh over Breagh. A war be- tween Donnchadh and Conííalach. The Age of Christ, 773. The eighth year of Donnchadh over Ireland. Snedhchest, son of Tuamchu, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Conall, son of tlie artificer, a wise man and Abbot of Beannchair, died. Ainbhcheal- lach. Abbot of Connor and Lann-Eala [Lynally], died. Finan, Abbot of Cluain- Eois [Clones], died. Sithmaith, Abbess of Cluain-Boireann™, died. Eithne, daughter of Cianadon, died. Cluain-mic-Nois was burned. The same war" [continued] between Donnchadh and Conghalach, during which fell Congalach, son of Conaing, chief of Breagh ; Cuana, son of Eigneach ; Dunchadh, son of Alene, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne] ; and Diarmaid, son of Clothna, and many others along with them. The battle was gained by Donnchadh. Of this battle was said: are noticed under the year 770, thus : Annals of Ulster under the year 777: " Bellum " A. D. 770. There reigned in Ireland many Forcalaidh in Ui Forciunn." It is stated in the diseases about this time. A great morren of Annals of Clonmacnoise, at the year 771, that cowes came over the whole kingdom, called the a battle was fought between Donnogh and Moylegarb." Conolagh at Cala : "^ Cluain-Boireann — Now Cloonburren, near "A. D. 771. There was a battle in Cala, the Shannon, in the barony of Moycarnan, and fought between Donnogh and Conolagh, in county of Roscommon. — See note ", under A. D. which Conolagh mac Comyn, prince of Moy- 577, p. 209, supra. brey, Cwana mac Eigny, Donnagh mac Elene, " The same war This war is noticed in the with many other nobles, were slain." ■6 c 378 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [774. Oo car popcalaió po]iae]iaó, norhnacli Dubac oepac, 6a lOTTióa macaip baei6 bpónac ip ino luan ap na bápac. 1 mbutle in Scml ará an pannpa : biaib CO nimbiuD accan [accain] an maoan In popcalaó, T?ia nOonncaó ITlibe mfrhaip car inic apail Conjalac. Gceppcel, mac Qeba, mic Coljan, ci^fpna Ua Cennpealaij, Déj. Niall, mac Conaill ^painc, coipec Depcepc b]\C^, oéuj. Uuaral, mac Cpumrainn, coipec Cualann, oéug. ' piannabpo, cijfpna Umaill, oéug. Qoip Cpiopr, pfcr cceD peaccmojao a cfraip. In nómao Miabain Do Donnchaó. pulapcach, eppcop Cluana hlopaipo, oéuj. Leap jal, eccnaió, mac Nemir, abb biopaip, oeuj. TTloenan, mac Copbmaic, abb Cafpac puppa ipni Ppainc, oéuj. popbapac, mac TTlailecola, abb T?opa Comáin, oencc. Sluaijeaó la Oonncbab, mac Oomnaill, ipm pocla, 50 ccuc gialla o Oborh- nall, mac Qoóa niuinDeipj, njfpna in Uiiaipceipt:. lomaipeacc CiUe Coice, 1 cropcaippfp^al, mac Dunjaile, mic paolcon, cijfpna popruar Caijen, lap an pij Oonncbab. Cell oapa do lopccab. Cliiain mop Hiaeboj, 1 Ceall Delji DO lopgab. Qenjap, mac Qileni, nsfpna TTlujDopn, Décc. piarpae, " Caladh, or Forcaladh This is probably the the cattle : " Ind ruith folo; in bó-ár mar." district in the barony of Clonlonan, and county ' Birar This sometimes appears as an old of Westmfeath, called the Caladh of Calraighe, form of the name Birra, now Birr, in the King's included in the present parish of Ballyloughloe. County, which is to be distinguished from '' Buile-an-Scail : i. e. the Hero's Furor, or Achadh-Biroir, now Aghaviller, in the county Rhapsody. This was evidently the name of a of Kilkenny, poem, or historical tale, like that called Buile " Cathair-Fursa : i. e. the City of Fursa, i. e. Shuibhne See Battle of Magh-Rath, pp. 236, Peronne, in France, where St. Fursa, an Irish- 237, note i. man, erected a monastery in the latter end of ■I Umhall. — A territory comprising the baro- the sixth century. — See Bede, lib. iii. c. 19 ; nies of Murrisk and Burrishoole, in the now and Colgan's edition of the Life of Fursieus in county of Mayo.— See irenea%ifts, Tnies, (J-c, o/ \ií9 Acta Sanctorum, xvi. Jan. It is curious to Hi/-Fiachrach, p. 499 ; and the map prefixed to see that this monastery was supplied with that work. The Four Masters should have abbots from Ireland. transcribed those entries under the year 778. ' The North. — " A. D. 772" [recti, 779]. The Annals of Ulster, which are antedated by " King Donnogh brought an army to the North, one year at this period, give the most of them and tooke hostages of Donell mac Hugh, King under 777, together with a notice of the preva- of the North." — Aim. Clon. lence of a bloody flux, and a murrain among " Cill- Coice : i.e. the Church of St. Coc, now 774.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 379 Of the battle of Forcaladh" came slaughter on a melancholy and tearful Sunday ; Many a mother was distracted and sorrowful on the Monday following. The following quatrain is in Buile-an-Scail" : There will be increase of lamentation in the mornin" at Forcaladh ; By Donnchadh of Meath the battle shall be won in which Congalach shall perish. Edersgel, son of Aedh, son of Colgan, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Niall, son of Conall Grant, chief of South Breagh, died. Tuathal, son of Crumhthann, chief of Cualann, died. Flannabhra, chief of Umhall"', died. The Age of Christ, 774. The ninth year of Donnchadh. Fulartach, Bi- shop of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard], died. Learghal, a wise man, son of Neimhith, Abbot of Birar"', died. Moenan, son of Cormac, Abbot of Cathair-Fiu'sa", in France, died. Forbhasach, son of Maeltola, Abbot of Ros-Comain [Roscommon], died. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, into the North', so that he brought hostages from Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, lord ol' the North. The battle of Cill-Coice", in which Fearghal, son of Dunghal, son of Faelchu, lord of Fortuatha-Laighean"', was slain by the king Donnchadli. Cill-dara was burned. Cluain-mor-Maedhog"' and Cill-Delge [Kildalkey] were burned. Aenghus, son of Aileni, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. Kilcock, in the barony of Clane, and county of Annals as Cluain-mor-Maedhog. Most of the Kildare, where the festival of the Virgin Coc entries transcribed by the Four Masters under was celebrated on the 6th of June — SeeColgan's the year 774 are given in the Annals of Ulster Acta Sanctorum, p. 465, n. 29 ; and Archdall's under 778, together with the following, totally Monast. Ilih., p. 321. omitted by the Four Masters : " Forluaiha-Laighean. — The Glen of Imail " A. D. 778. Bourn mortalitas, el mortalitas and Glendalough were included in this terri- hominuni de penuria. In Bliolgach for Eirinu tory — See note under the year 707. huile." [The pox through all Ireland Cod. " Cluain-mor-Maedhog — There are two places Clar., 49.] " Ventus maximus in fine AvUimni." of this name, now ««^/i'cc Clonmore, in Leinster; These notices are entered in the Annals of one near the River Slaney, in the barony of Clonmacnoise under the year 772, thus : Bantry, and county of Wexford, and the other " A. D. 772" [779]. " The morren of the in the barony of Kathvilly, and county of Cowes in Ireland still continued, and, which Carlow. There is at the latter a holy well was worse, great scarcity and penury of victualls called Tober-Mogue, and the Editor is of opi- among the men continued. The Poxe" [the nion that it is the place referred to in these smallpox] " came over all the kingdome." 3 c 2 380 awNata Rio^hachca emeawN. [775. pi Connacc, Deng. ITlunifDac, mac Qonjupa, coipeac Qpoa Cmnnacca, do rhapbab. Qoip Cpiopc, peace ccéD pfcrmooa a cúicc. Qn ofcrhao bliaóam Do Obonncbaó. ScariDal abb, comapba Cainoij, 065. TTlaicniaD, mac Ceallaij, abb Dliúiiilfrjlaipi, Décc. Qiigupcm bfiiocuip Deng. Séopac, mac Sobaip- rain, Dég. Qoapcu eagnaiD Dej. popbplair, injfn Clionnlai, banabbCliluana bpónaij, Dég. lomaipfcc hUilne ^uaipe, 1 copcaip piann, mac Ceallai^, -] Scannlán, mac piannaccaij. Qoip Cpiopc, pfcc ccéo peaccmoDa a pé. Qn caonmab bliabain oéj do Olionncbab. Qilgniaó, eppcop QpDa bpfccmn, Sfncan, abb Imleaca lubaip, Opach, abb Cipmóip,-) abb Inpi Ooiriile, Saepjal hUa Ounjnae, abb Cluana pfpra niolua, Ouibinopecc, mac pfpjupa, abb pfpna, TTlaenacLla TTIaonaij, abb Lainne Léipe, peaccnac, abb pobaip, -\ Saep jal Ua Cachail ejnaib, nécc. Qelbpan hUa LaguDon, abb Cluana Oolcam, Nuaoha Ua bolcain, abb Uomma Oaolann, piairniaó, mac Conjaile, abb Cluana peapra bpen- ainn, po éccpac pm uile an bliaóain pi. Colcca, mac Ceallai^, ci^fpna Ua cCpemrainn. Oun^al, mac piairniab, cijfpna Urhaill, 06115. ConDalac, mac Qilella, do itiapbaó 1 nQpD TTIaca. Cacli Righe pia pfpaib bpeaj pop ' Successor of Cainneach : i. e. Abbot of Agha- multi, guibus diue erat Dublitter. Lex iercia Com- boe, in the now Queen's County. Mageogbegan main et Aidain incipit." renders it, " Scannall, Abbot of Kilkenny, The flight of Euadhrach and the Synod at died," in his translation of the Annals of Clon- Tara is noticed in the Annals of Clonniacnoise macnoise at the year 773; but this is a mere under the year 773, but the true year is 780. conjecture. " Uilleann-Guaire : i.e. Guaire's angle, or ' Cluaiu-Bronaigh Now Clonbroney, near elbow. Not identified. This battle is not no- Granard, in the county of Longford. This pas- ticed in the Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. sage is given in the Annals of Ulster at the ■■ Inis-Doimhle — In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, year 779, together with the following passages at 4th July, Inis-Doimhlc is described as in omitted by the Four Masters : Ui-Ceinnsealaigh — See also Co!gan's.ácm. — Dr.O'Conor p. 297, supra. states that the word Ath is interpolated between "" Cinel-Boghaine. — A sept of theCiuel-Conaill, the lines, he knows not on what authority. The who were seated in and gave name to the pre- passage is given as follows in the Annals of Ul- sent barony of Banagh, in the west of the county ster : of Donegal. "A. D. 785. Bellum Liac-fin inter Donnchad ^Conaille: i.e. The Conaille-Muirtheimhne, et Genus Aedo Slaine, in quo ceciderunt Fiachrai, the ancient inhabitants of the level portion of mac Cathail, et Foghartach, mac Cumuscaig, the now county of Louth. rex Locha Gabor, e< duo nepotes Conaing, i. e. " Faelan " A. D. 785. Bellum inter Osraigi Conaing d Diarmait." invicem, in quo cecidk Faelan mac Forbasaig." — Ath-liag Finn is the ancient name of Bally- Ann. Ult. league, the western or Connaught portion of The obits and other entries given by the Four Lanesborough, on the Shannon, in the county Masters under the year 781, are given in the of Roscommon. But the interpolated Ath seems Annals of Ulster under 785, together with the incorrect. Liagfinn is more probably the place following, totally omitted by the Four Masters : now called Leafin, situated in the parish of '' A. D. 785. Ventiismmimus in Januario. Innn- Nobber, barony of Morgallion, and county of datio in Dairinis. Visio terribilis hi Cluain-mic- Meath — Ordnance Map, sheet 5. Nois. Penitentia magna per totam Hiberniam. ' Feara-Cul. — See note p, under the year 693, Pestis que dicitur Scamach." 782.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 389 chief of Ui-Fidhgeinte ; Tibraide, son of Tadhg, King of Connauglit [died]. The battle of [Ath] Liacc-Finn'' between Donnchadh, son of Murchadh, and the race of Aedh Slaine, wherein was slain Fiachra, son of Cathal, chief of Feara-Cul'; Fogartach, son of Comasgach, chief of Loch-Gabhair ; and the two Ua Conaings, namely, Conaing and Diarmaid Doibil. Ceallach, son of Maenach, [and] Ceallach, son of Cormac, chief of Ard-Cianachta [Ferrard], died. For- bhasach, son of Seachnasach, chief of Cinel-Boghaine", [died]. A battle [was fought] between the Ui-Eachach [people of Iveagh] and the Conaille", in which Cathrae, chief of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], and Rimidh, son of Cearnach, were slain. Faelan", son of Forbhasach, [one] of the Osraighe, was slain by [the Osraighe] themselves. A victory was gained by Maelduin, son of Aedh Allan, over Domhnall, son of Aedh Miiindearg. The Age of Christ, 782 [rede 787]. The seventeenth year of Donnchadh. Lomtuile, Bishop of Cill-dara [Kildare], and Dubhdabhoireann, Abbot of Cluain- Iraird [Clonard], died. Snedhbran, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Colga, son of Crunn- mhael, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk]; Eobhartach, son of Maenach, CEconomiis'' of Slaine, and Abbot of Cill-Foibrigh ; Muireadhach, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cill- dara ; Rechtabhra, son of Dubhchomar, Abbot of Eachdhruim [Auglirim] ; Learghus Ua Fidhchain, a wise man of Cill-Maighnenn''; Aladhchu, anchorite of Rath-Oenbo"'; and Cuan of Imleach-Iubhair, all died. Couall, son of Fidh- ghal, lord of Ui-Maine, died. A battle (i. e. the battle of Ircoir") between the CinehConaill and Cinel-Eoghain, in which Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, The disease called Scamhach is noticed in the Maighnenn, now Kilraainhani, near the city of Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 783, Dublin. St. Maighnenn (son of Aedh, son of thus : Colgan, of the race of Colla Dachrich) erected " There was a general disease in the kingdom a monastery here, towards the close of the sixth this year called the skaieaghe." century, and his festival was observed on the But the Editor has not been able to ascertain 18th of December — See Colgan's Acta SS., what kind of disease it was. l)p. 584 and 713, and Ol^its and Marti/rolo(fi/ of '' CEconomus : the Spenser, or House Steward. Christ Church, Introduction, p. xlvi. — "A. D. 784. Lergus O'Fichayn, the sadge of ' RcUh-Oenbo : i. e. the Rath or Earthen Fort Kilmaynum, Rovartagh mac Mooney, Spenser of one Cow. Not identified, of Slane and Abbot of Fobrie, and Moriegh ' Ircoir. — This is probably the place now mac Cahall, Abbot of Killdarc, died." — Ann. called Urker, situated between the villages of Clon. Creggan and Crossmaglen, in the county of ■i Cill-Maijlinenn : i. e. the Church of St. Antrim. 390 aNNQta Rio^hachca emeaNN. [783. OVioriinall, macaoóa mninDeiiig. Qp Ua mbiiiuin Urhaill la hUiV) piacpacli Tniiipifce,-] copcpaoap fochaibe cinn ima roifeac, piacjal, mac piainn- abpac. Qoip Cpiopc, f fee céeo occmooa arpi. Qn roccmaó bliaóain oécc Do Dhonnchaó. Colum, mac paelgupa, fpj^cop Corpa, Ouboacuar, epfcop -| abb r?ara Qooa, -| TTlaccócc, abb Saijpe Décc. ^uaipe, mac Ounjalaij nécc. 'CiTijfpna Ua mbpiuin Cualann epióe. TTlaoloúin, mac Qooa Qllain, pi an pocla, Décc. Ooipe Calgaicch Do lopsaoli. Ley: Cliiapain pop Chon- nacVicaiB. Ctoip Cpiopr, pfcr ccéD oclicmoba acfcaip. Qn naoi Decc Do Dhonnchaó, rriupjal, abb Cluana mic Noip, Do Chenel piacpac, mic nGachach ÍTloi^- mfóoin Dó. peaDhach, mac Copbmaic, abb LujmaiD, Slaine, -\ Ooimbaj, Deg. ^oprnjijal, mac Glaóai^, cijepna Cnojba, Decc i cléipcecc. prppujaill, eppcop Cluana Dolcain, Decc. Sluaijfóac, coipeac Conailli, Decc. pepjil .1. an geomecep, abb QchaiD bo, Decc pan n^fpmáinne pan 30 bliaóam Dia eappcopóiD. lomaipfcc ClaiDije ecip Cenel Go^ain 1 Conaill, "j po meab- aiD pop Oorhnall. Sapucchab bacla lopa ~\ mionn paopaicc la Donnchab ' Wasroiited. — "A. D. 785. Bellum infer Ge- nus Conaill et Eogain, in quo victor fiiit Maelduin, mac Aeda Alddain, et Dombnall, mac Aedo Muinderg infiigam versus est." — Ann. Ult. " The Ui-Brivin Umhaill: i. e. descendants of Brian, son of the monarch Eochaidh Mnigli- mbeadhoin, who were seated in the territory of Umallia, now the Owles, in the county of Mayo. After the establishment of surnames the chief family of this sept took the surname of O'Maille. They descend from Conall Orison, son of Brian, who was contemporary with St. Patrick. — See O'Flaberty's Ogijrjia, part iii. c. 79- " Ui-Fiachrach-Muirisce These were the in- habitants of the present barony of Tireragh, in the county of Sligo. For the position of the district in this barony called Muirisc, see Ge- nealogies, Tribes, ^r., of Hy-Fiaclirach, p. 257, note '', and the map to the same work. " A. D. 786. Ar [credes] Nepotum Briuin hUmaill per Nepotes Fiachrach Muirsce, iihi homines optimi circa Begem Flathgalum, filium. Flannabrait cecidei-unt." — Ann. Ult. » Ui-Briuin- Cualann. — Dr. O'Conor says, in his edition of the Annals of Ulster, p. 113, that these were " the O'Byrnes of the county of Wicklow ;" but he is in error. > The North. — Fochla is used in the Irish An- nals to denote the North of Ireland, or province of Ulster See Circuit of Muircheartach Mac Neill, p. 9, note ''. '• Doire- Calgaigh Now Derry or London- derry. — See note % under A. D. 535, p. 178. These entries are given in the Annals of Ulster under the year 787, but the year intended is 788, as appears by an eclipse of the moon re- corded in those Annals to have occurred on the 12th of the Calends of March. This eclipse really took place on the 26th of February, 788. — See Art. de Ver. les Dates, t. i. p. 67- 783.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 391 was routed'. The slaughter of the Ui-Briuin-Umhaill", by the Ui-Fiachracli- Muirisce"'; and many of tlicm were slain, together with their chief, Flathghal, son of Flannabhrath. The Age of Christ, 783 [recte 788]. The eighteenth year of Donnchadh. Colman, son of Faelghus, Bishop of Lothra [Lorha]; Dubhdathuath, Bishop and Abbot of Rath-Aedha [Rathhugh] ; and Maccog, Abbot of Saighir [Serkieran], died. Guaire, son of Dungalach, died ; he was lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualaun^ Maelduin, son of Aedh-Allan, King of the Norths died. Doire-Calgaigh" was burned. The law of Ciaran'* was promulgated among the Connaughtmen. The Age of Christ, 784 [reete 789]. The nineteenth year of Donnchadh. Miu-ghal, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of tlie race of Fiachra, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin ; Feadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Lughmhadh [Louth],' Slaine, and Daimhliag [Duleek], died. Gormghal, son of Eladhach, lord of Cnoghbha'', died in religion. Fearfughaill, Bishop of Cluain-Dolcain [Clondal- kin], died. Sluaigheadhach, chief of Couaille [Muirtheimhne], died. Ferghil, i. e. the Geometer", Abbot of Achadh-bo, [and Bishop of Saltsburg], died in Germany, in the thirteenth year of his bishopric. The battle of Claideach'', between the Cinel-Eoghain and Cinel-Conaill, in which Domhnall was I'outed. Tlie profanation of the Bachall-Isa'^ and the relics of Patrick by Donnchadh, son ' The law of Ciaran.—^^ A. D. 785. The rules tic, but never excommunicated or divested of of St. Keyran were preached in Connaught." — the priesthood. A suspicion of heterodoxy Ann. Clnn. was, however, associated with liis memory till '' Cnoghhha Now Knowth, in the parish of the year 1233, when he was canonized by Pope Monksnewtown, near Slane, in the county of Gregory IX. — See Harris's edition of Ware's Meath. Writers, p. 49, and Dr. O'Conor's edition of the "A.D. 788. Gormgal, mac Eladaig, re.r Cnod- Annals of Ulster, p. 172. bai in clericaiu obiit." — Ann. Ult. '' Claideach. — Now Clady, a small x'illage on '■ Ferg/iil the Geometer. — His death is entered the Tyrone side ol' the River Finn, about four in the Annals of Ulster under the year 788, miles to the south of Liiiord. but the true year is 789- This is the celebrated " A. D. 788. Belium Cloitigi iiUer Genus Eu- Virgilius Solivagus, who, after having been for gain et Conaill, in quo Genus Conaill prostratum some time Abbot of Aghaboe in Ossory, in Ire- erf, et Domhnall eva.nt." — Ann. UU. land, became Bishop of Saltsburg, in Germany, "' Bachall-I.ta : i. e. Baculits Jesu. This was about the year 759. He was one of the most the name of St. Patrick's Crozier, for an ao- distinguished mathematicians of his time, and count of which see note ', under A. D. 1537, the first who asserted that there were Antipodes, pp. 1446, 1447. for which it is said that he was declared a here- " A. I). 788. TIio dishonorÍML' of the Crostaiie 392 aNHQca Rio^hachca eiReaNW. [785. mac OorhnaiU ace Rair Qiprip a|i an aonac. Cluain Gpaipo do lopccaó aióce Chops do ponnpaó. lomaijifcc Dpoma ^^T' ^'^'P Connaccaib, -\ po rheabaió yo\\ posapcac, mac Carail. Qoip Cpiopc, peacr ccéo ochcmoóa a cúij. Qn picfcmab bliaóain Do DhoniicliaD. Noe, abbCimijopaD, Siaohal, abb OuibhlinDe, Décc. Diinjal, inac Laej^aipe, abb Dumlfrslaipi, -] TTlaelconcubaip, abb ^^"t^^ ^a Loca, oécc. Cinaeó, mac anmcaóa, cijfpna Ua Liaráin, 065. piachna, mac Cteolia Roin, pi Ulaó 065. lomaipfcc Qclm Roip pia nUib Qilella pop Liiigmu, in po mapbaob DubDafuar, mac piairgiupa, cijfpna na cUpi Slomnce. lomaipeacc Cluana TTliolain, 1 ccopcaip TTlaelDúin, mac Cu- mapccaij, la pfpjal. Qoip Cpioy^r, peaclir ccéo ochcmoóa apé. Qn caenrhaó bliaóain picfc DO Ohonnchaó. Caencorhpac, epp^cop pionnjlaipe Cainm 5, Saepbfpcc abb Cluana mic Nóip, Décc. Siopnae, abb bfiiDcaip, -| TTIuipeabac, mac Qonjupa, abb Lupccan, Décc. Dinfpcac, mac ÍTIo^aDaij;, ancoipi, Décc. QpDjal, mac Carail, pí Connacc, Décc 1 nlae Colnim Cille, ina oilifpe. Qmalgaió, cigfpna Ua ITktine, Decc. lomaipeacc QipD Qbla in po mapbab OiapmuiD, mac bece, cijfpna Uearba la pfpjup, mac Qiljille. Ctoip Cpiopc, peacbc ccéo ochcmoóa a peace. Qn Dapia bliaóam picfc Do OhonnchaD. S. TTlaelpuain, eppcop Uamlacca niaoilpuain, Décc an 7 lá liil. QeóanhUaConcumba, eppcop,-] milió coccaióe Do Cpipc,Décc. Uepocc, called Bachall-Isa, and the reliques of Patricke, with the following curious passages totally by Donogh Mac Daniell, at the faire of Eath- omitted by the Four Masters : airhir." Ann. Ult., Cod. ClarencU t. 49. " A. D. 788. Nix magna tertio Kal. Mail. ' Rath-airthir : i. e. the Eastern Fort. This Contencio in Ardmacha in qua jttgulatur vir in was the name of the most eastern fort in the dis- liostio oratorii. Combustio Cluana fearta Mon- trict where the fair of Tailltin was held. The gain la Oengus mac Mugroin, in qua cecidit Aed place is still so called in Irish, and anglicised mac Tomaltaig, et Oratorium conihuMum. Bel- Oristown See the third Life of St. Patrick lum inter Pictos, u6i Conall mac Taidg victiis est, published by Colgan in Trias Thaum., p. 25, et eva'sit, et Constantin victoi- fuit." c. 44, and Jocelin's Life of St. Patrick, c. 44, " Ceaun-garadh. — See note p, under the year ibid., p. 77, and p. Ill, not. 62. 659, p. 269, siip-a. s Druim-Gois. — Not identified. The entries ' Duibhlinn. — Now Dublin. See notes under . which the Four Masters have transcribed under the years 291 and 650. the year 784, and which really belong to 789, '' Maelc07ichubhair.—B.e is called "Maelcom- are given in the Annals of Ulster under 788, bair" in the Annals of Ulster at the year 790. 785.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 393 of Domnall, at Ratli-airthir', at the fair. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned on Easter night precisely. The battle of Druim-Gois^' between the Connaught- men, where Fogartach, son of Cathal, was routed. The Age of Christ, 785 [I'ede 790]. The twentieth year of Donnchadh. Noe, Abbot of Ceann-garadh\ [and] Siadhal, Abbot of Duibhlin', died. Dun- ghal, son of Laeghaire, Abbot of Dunleathglas [Downpatrick], and Maelconchu- bhair'', Abbot of Gleann-da-Locha, died. Cinaedh, son of Anmchaidh, lord of Ui-Liathain, died. Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, King of Uhdia, died. The battle of Ath-Rois' [was gained] by the Ui- Ailella" over the Luighni", in which Dubh- dathuath, son of Flaithghius, lord of the Three Tribes, was slain. The battle of Cluain-lMilain", in which Maelduin, son of Cumasgach, was slain by Fearghal. The Age of Christ, 786 [rede 791]. The twenty-first year of Donnchadh. Caencomhrac, Bishop of Finnghlais-Cainnigh'', [and] Saerbhearg, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Sirna, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], and Muireadhach, son of Aenghus, Abbot of Lusca [Lusk], died. Dineartach, son of Mogadhach, anchorite, died. Aixlghal, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died at la-Coluim- Cille [lona], on his pilgrimage. Amhalgaidh, lord of Ui- Maine, died. The battle of Ard-abhla'', in which Diarmaid, son of Bee, lord of Teathbha, was slain by Fearghus, son of Ailghil. The Age of Christ, 787 [rede 792]. St. Maelruain, Bishop of Tamhlacht Maelruain^ died on the 7th of July. Aedhan Ua Concumba, a bishop, and select soldier of Christ, died. Terog, Abbot of Corcach [Cork] ; Aedhan of ' Ath-Rois: i. e. Ford of the Wood. Not i" Finnglilais-Cainnigh : i.e. St. Cainneach's identified. Finnglais, or Bright Stream, now Finglas, near ■" Ui-AUdla : i. e. the Inhabitants of the Ter- Dublin See note under the year 758. ritory of Tir-Ailella, now the barony of Tirer- " Ard-ahhla : i. e. the Height or Hill of the rill, in the county of Sligo. Apple Trees, now Lis-ard-abhla, anglice Lissar- 'Luighni: L e. the Inhabitants of the barony dowlin, a townland in the parish of Temple- of Leyny, in the same county. michael, about three miles to the east of the "A. D. 789. Bdlmn Atho-Rois re nOaib town of Longford, in the county of Longford Ailello for Luigniu, in quo ctcidit Dubdatuath, See note °, under the year 1377, p. 669. mac Flaithgiusa, rfwi; na Tri Slointe" [Captain of "A. D. 690. Bdlum Aird-ablae, vbi cecidil the Three Surnames. Cod. Clar. 49] — Ann. UU. Diarmait, mac Beice, rex Tethbae. Fergus mac " Cluain-MUain : i. e. Milan's Lawn or Meadow, Ailgaile victor fuit." — A nn. UU. now Clonmellon, a small town in the barony of ' Tamhlacht- Maelruain. — Now Tallaght, near Delvin, and county of Westmeath. Dublin. — See note under the year 769. 3e 394 'aHNQoa Rio^hachca eiueaHN. ~ [788. abb Copcai^e, Cfeohan Pairhne, Cponan Liae priinae,-) SoepTniijli Ganaij Duib 065. Uomalcacli, mac Innpeccaij, pi Ulaó, Do rhapBaC) la liGochaió, mac piachna. 6]ieapal, mac piarpai, rijfpna Oóil Qpaióe, TTlaelbpfpail, mac Qeoa, mic Cpicain, cij^fptia Ua piacpac, piachan, cijfpna Conaille, Oonncoipce, n^fpna Oail Riaca,-) Cafmuj, cijfpna Calpaije, oécc. lomai- peacc ppuire Cliiana QpjjaiD, 1 ccopcaip Cionaeó, mac Qpcjaile, la TTluip- Tjfp, mac Uomalcai^. lomaipeacc Ctipot» mic Rime, pia TTiiiipjfp, mac Uomalcaiji;, beóp pop Uibli nQilella, i ccopcaip Concubap i Qipeaccac Ua Cocail, Cachmujli, mac piaicbepcai^, cijfpna Coipppe,"] Copbmac, mac OuibDÓcpíoc, cijfpna bpeipne. Qoip Cpiopc, peaclic ccéo occmoóa a liochc. Cfn cpeap bliaóain picfc Do OhonncliaD. Cpunnrhaol Opoma Inepcclamn, abb Cluana lopaipo. Cionaeó, mac Cumapccaij, abb Oeaprhaije, Ooimceac, CCipchinDeac Cpe- poic móip, Qupcaile, abb Orna, piaicjeal, mac Uaichbc, abb Opoma pacha, TTIaelcola, abb Lacpaic bpnnn, Cucarpach Sai^pe, Reccine Gacapgabla, Cuan Qra eapccpacb, Coipppe, mac LaiDjnen, cijQina Caijfn Ofpsabaip, [oécc]. Le;: Commain la liQeloobaip .1. ab l?opa Commain, -] la ÍTluipgfp pop ceópa Connaccaib. Le;>: Q)lbe Imlij lobaip pop ITlumani. QoipGpiopc, peachc cceo occmoDa anaoi. Cln cfrpamaó bbaDam picfc DO OVionnchaD. Uomap, abb bfnocuip, Cacnia Ua ^"aipe, abb Uhuamma ' Lia Fearna : i. e. the Stone of Ferns. This tained, and is applied to a village near Castle- may have been the name of a stone church at ' Bellingham, in the county of Louth, where Ferns, in the county of We.xford ; or Lia may there remains a considerable portion of a round be a corruption of liath, grey, and an epithet of tower. The place is now called in English Cronan. Drumiskin, but always Druminisklin by the '■ Eanach-dubh. — See note under the year 7(J2. natives of the Fews and Cuailgne, who speak " Ui-Fiachrach : i. e. Ui-Fiachrach Arda- the Irish language very fluently. Colgan, Arch- Sratha, seated along the River Derg, in Tyrone, dall, and Lanigan, are wrong in identifying — See note ^ under A. D. 11 93. Druim-ineasglainn with Drumshallon, in the "' Sruth-Cluana-arggaid. — Not identified. same county — See Colgan's Acta Sanctoruniy "A. D. 791. Bdlum Sraithe Cluana-argain, p. 141; and Lanigan's Ecclesiastical Histori/ of ubi cecidit Cinaed, mac Artgaile. Muirgis, mac Ireland, vol. iii. p. 52. Tomaltaig, victor fuit, et inicium regni ejus." — " Airchinneach : i. e. the hereditary Warden Ann. UU. of the Church See note °, under A. D. 60 1, ' ^í'tZ-míC-fiiWfZ^ ; i. e. Height or Hill of the p. 229; and note", under A. D. 1179; and Son of Rimidli. Not identified. correct " the first mention made of this office in ' D-rtnm-Incasglainn. — This name is still re- these Annals occurs at the year 788," into, "the 788.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 395 Kaithin [Rahin]; Cronan Lia Fearna"; and Saermugh of Eanach-dubh', died. Tomaltach, son of Innreachtach, King of Ulidia, was slain by Eocliaidh, son of Fiaclina. Brcasal, son of Flathrai, lord of Dal-Araidhe ; Maelbreasail, son of Aedh, son of Cridian, lord of Ui-Fiachracb"; Fiacban, lord of Conaille ; Donn- coircbe, lord of Dal-Riada ; and Cathmugb, lord of Calraighe, died. Tbe battle of Sruth-Cluana-arggaid"', in which Cinaedh, son of Artghal, was slain by Muir- gheas, son of Tomaltach. The battle of Ard-mic-Rime^ [was fought] also by Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, against the Ui-nAilella, wherein were slain Con- chubhar and Aii'eachtach Ua Cathail, [and] Cathmiigh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Cairbre, and Cormac, son of Dubhdachrich, lord of Breifne. The Age of Christ, 788 [rede 793]. The twenty-third year of Donnchadh. Crunnmhael of Drvdm-Inesglaiun'', Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] ; Cinaedh, son of Cumasgach, Abbot of Dearmhach [Durrow]; Doimtheach, airchinneach'' of Trefoit-mor [Trevet] ; Aurthaile, Abbot of Othain [Fahan] ; Flaithgheal, son of Taichleach, Abbot of Druim-ratha""; Maeltola, Abbot of Laithreach-Briuin [Laraghbrine] ; Cucathrach of Saighir [Serkieran]; Eechtine of EadargabhaP; Cuan of Ath-eascrach"; Cairbre, son of Laidhgnen, lord of South Leinster, [died]. The law'' of [St.] Comman [was promulgated] by Aeldobhair, i. e. Abbot of Eos-Commain [Roscommon], and by Muirgheas, throughout the three divi- sions of Connaught. The law of Ailbhe of Imleach [Emly], in Munster. The Age of Christ, 789 [recte 794] The twenty-fourth year of Donnchadh. Thomas, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor] ; Cathnia Ua Guaire, Abbot of Tuaim- first mention made of this office in these Annals " Ath-eascrack Now Ahascragh, in the east occurs at the year 601." In the Annals of Ul- of the county of Gahvay, where the festival of ster, at A. D. 792, Doimthech is called " Prin- St. Cuan is still celebrated on the 15th of Octo- cepsTreoit moir." ber See note ', under A. D. 1307, p. 487. " Druim-ratha : i. e. Church of the Fort. '' The Law. — " A. D. 792. Lex Coraain by Colgan says that this is a church in Leyny, in Allovar and Muirges, in the three parts of Con- the province of Connaught See Acta Sando- naght. Lex Aillve in Mounster, and the ordi- rum, Ind. Top., p. 87G. nation of Artroi macCahail upon the kingdome ^ Eadanjabhal : i.e. Between the Fork. There of Mounster." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarcnd., 49. are several places of this name in Ireland ; but " A. D. 790. The rules of St. Conian were the place here referred to is probably Adder- preached and put in execution in the three gool, a townland giving name to a parish in parts of Connaught, and the lawes of Ailve of Glen-Nephin, in the south of the barony of Imleagh, in Mounster. Artry mac Cahall was Tirawley, and county of Mayo. ordained King of Mounster." — Ann. Clon. 3 e2 396 aNwata Rio^hachca eiReaww. [790. ^|iéine,lopep]iUaCfpnaich,abbCluananiicNóif,DoCliiannaccaib bpeacch, Leapbanban, aipcinoeacli Cluana boipeann, Colju Ua Ouineachoa, pfp- leijino Cluana niic Noip, aye do poine an Scuaip Chpabaioh. Sloijeab la Oonncaó oimaipDean Caijfn ap TTlliuimneacliaib. Ctoiy' Cpiopc, pfcc cceD nocac. Ctn cuicc picfc Do Olionnchaó. Uiop- paicce, mac. pfpcaip, abb Cluana pfpca bpénainn, ^uaipe Ua Uioppaicce, abb Cluana poca, TTlaonach, abb Cluana pfpca TTlolua, TTlupchaDh, mac pfpaoliaigh, [oécc]. LopccaDli T^fchpainDe ó óibeapccaib, i a Sccpine Do copccpao") Do lompaD. bpan QipDcfnD, pi Laijfn, "| 6icne, injCn Oomnaill ITliDi^, Do rhapbaD la pinpneccaCrchaipbCpcc, macCeallaij, hi cCillChuile Duma an pfipeaó oiDce do parhpaó Dia CéDooin do ponnpaD. ConiD do do páióeaó : ' Colgu Tkis is the Colcu, Lector in Scotia, to whoin Alcuin, or Albin, one of the tutors of Charlemagne, wrote the Epistle, published by Ussher in his Sylloge, No. xviti., and reprinted by Colgan from Ussher, in his Acta Sanctorum, at 20th February. At the same day Colgan gives a short Life of Colchu, from which it ap- pears that he was supreme moderator and pre- lector of the school of Clonmacnoise, and that he arrived at such eminence in learning and sanctity that he was called chief scribe and master of the Scots of Ireland. The reader may form an idea of Alcuin's high estimation of his character from the following extract from this letter. After describing the success of Charlemagne's arms in subduing the Sclavi, Greeks, Huns, and Saracens, he says : " De caetero (Pater sanctissime) sciat rever- entia tua, quod ego, filius tuus, et Joseph Ver- naculus tuus (Deo miserante) sani sumus : et tui amici toti, qui apud nos sunt, in prosperi- tate Deo serviunt. Sed nescio quid de nobis venturum sit. Aliquid enim dissentionis, dia- ' bolico fomento inflamante, nuper inter Regem Carolum et Regem Oftam exortum est : ita ut utrinque navigatio interdicta negotiantibus ces- set. Sunt qui dicunt nos pro pace esse in illas partes mittendos : sed obsecro ut vestris sacro- sanctis orationibus manentes vel euntes munia- mur. Nescio quid peccavi, quia tuse Paterni- tatis dulcissimas litteras multo tempore non merui videre : tamen pernecessarias orationes sanctitatis tuK me quotidie sentire credo." ' Scnaip Chrahhaidh : i. e. the Besom of Devo- tion. Colgan states that he had a copy of this work transcribed from the Book of Cluain, which is probably the manuscript called Leabh- ar-na-h Uidhri : " Extat apud me ex Codice Cluanensi, et aliis vetustis membranis, quoddam hujus sancti viri opusculum, titulum n. 8 dedi, et Hibernice Scuaj) chrahhaigh, id est, Scopa devotionis. Estque fasciculus ardentissimarum precum per modum quodammodo Litaniarum : opus ple- num ardentissima devotione et elevatione mentis in Deum." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 379, n. 9- 5 To protect Leinster. — Dr. O'Conor translates this "per limites Lagenia;;" but if he had com- pared it with the Annals of Ulster and the translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise, he would have found that this interpretation was incorrect : "A. D. 793. Sloghadh la Donnchadh ad auxi- lium Lageniemium contra Mumenenses." — Ann. 790.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 397 Greine [Tomgraney] ; Joseph Ua Cearnaigh, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, [one] of theCianachta-Breagli ; Learbanbhan, airchinneach of Cluain-boireann [Cloon- burren]; Colgif Ua Duineachda, lector oi' Cluain-mic-Nois, he who composed the Scuaip-Chrabhaidh^, [died]. A hosting was made by Donnchadh, to pro- tect Leinster^ against the Munstermen. The Age of Christ, 790 [recté 795]. The twenty-fifth year of Donnchadh. Tibraide, son of Fearchair, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn [Clonfert]; Guaire Ua Tibraide, Abbot of Cluain-foda ; Maenach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua ; [and] Murchadh, son of Fcaradhach, [died]. The burning of Reachrainn'' by plunderers'; and its shrines were broken and plundered. Bran-Airdcheann'', King of Leinster, and [his wfe] Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, were killed by Finsneachta Ceathairdherc, son of Ceallach, at Cill-cuile-dumha', on the sixth night of summer precisely. Of this was said : Ult, Ed. O'Conor. " A. D. 793. An army by Donnogh in assist- ance of Leinster against Mounster." — Cod. Cla- rend., t. 49. " A. D. 791. King Donnogh sent an army to assist the Lynstermen again the Mounstermen." — Ann. Clon, *■ Reachrainn. — This was one of the ancient names of the Island of Rathlinn, oíF the north coast of the county of Antrim ; but it was also the ancient name of Lambay, near Dublin, which is probably the place here referred to. — See the year 793, and the note under A. D. 747. ' Plunderers This should be ó 5^^"^''^, i- e. by the Gentiles, or Pagan Danes, as in the An- nals of Ulster : "A. D. 794. Losgad Eachrainne o Gentib ocus a serine do coscradh ocus do lomrad." [The burning of Rechrainn by Gentiles, who spoyled and impoverished the shrines. — Cod. Clarend., 49-]— .anra. Ult. " A. D. 792. Rachryn was burnt by the Danes." — Ann. Clon. This is the first attack on record made by the Danes upon any part of Ireland, for Dr. O'Conor's attempt to show that they attacked the island of Muic-inis-Riagail in Loch-Deirg- dheirc, in Dal-Cais, so early as 747, has been already proved to be erroneous. They had attacked England a year or two earlier See the Saxon Chronicle at the years 787 and 793. The Annals of Ulster have the first notice of the devastation of the British Isles by the Pagans at the year 793, and the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 791 (the true year being 794), as follows : " A. D. 793. Vastatio omnium insolarum Bri- tannia; a Gentibus." — Ann. Ult. "A. D. 791. All the Islands of Brittaine were wasted and much troubled by the Danes : this was their first footing in England." — Ann. Clon. '' Bran Airdcheann : i. c. Bran the High- headed. "A. D. 794. Bran Arddcenn, rex La- ginenmim, occisus est, etRegina ejus, Eithne, ingin Domhnaill Midhe. Finsncchta Ccthardcrc, mac Ccallaig, occidit eos hi Cill Chuilc-dumai, in vi. node post Kal. Mail, iv. feria." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 792. Bran, King of Leinster, and his wife, Eihnie, daughter of Donell of Meath, Queen of Lynster, died." — Ann. Clon. ' Cill-Cuile-Dumlia : i. e. Church of the Angle 398 aHNQí-a Rioshachca eiReawN. [791 QioTiep b]iain, olc p|ii caiDi, i Cill Chúile Dnmliai, Gicline, inshfn Oorhnaill TTlióij, ba Dipfan t)o y^uiDiu. ConD Ceraóach, mac Oonncliaba, do mapban hi ccaij Cumalcaich hi Cjiich Ua nOlcan, la pianD, mac Conjalaich. Qp do hay CuinD po páióeaD: Coipm DO ponaó la hUa Olcáin ippeb Doc car oe linn spáin, Uucca DepcaiD Do ó piann co puc a cenD o bebail. Carapach, mac Toipprea, cijfpna Ua nGachach 065. CúDínaipc, mac Conapaijh, abb Qpoa TTlaca, Décc. Qoip Cpiopc, peace ccéo nocar a haon. Qn peipeaó bliaDam picer do OhonnchaD. Clouhchu, eppcop -| anjcoipe Cliiana lopaipD, Suibne, eppcop Qra Upuim, [oécc]. Ouiblinp, abb pinjlaipe, oécc an 15 TTlaii. Olcobap, mac piaino, mic Gipc, pcpibnió, eppcop, 1 ancoipi, oécc. Colcca egnaió Décc. Sfncan, abb Cille Qchaió Dpummoca -\ biopaip, TTlaenach, mac Qonjupa, ppioip Liipcan, -| GochaiD, mac Cfpnaich, pfprijtp Qpoa ÍTIacha, Décc. TTlaelcoba, mac pioinn peopna, cijfpna Ciappaije Ciiacpa, Pogap- cach, mac Cacail, cigfpna TTlaije Qí, -] Dumeachaib Ua Ocnpe, cijfpna Ciappaije Qí oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, pfcc ccéD nochac a DÓ. Oonnchab .1. mac Oomnaill, mic niupchaba, a pfcr picfc 50 nepbailc lap mbuaib aicpije pan lp:iu bliabam Dia aoip. Conab occa eccaoine Do páiDhfDh an panD : OonnchaDh Ppemann plair puaca cloichpí Gpeann cfc cére, Ní puil bup liach 00 rhalaipr, uaip nap anachc a céce. InDpechrach, mac Oorhnaill, Dfpbparaip an pí^ Oonnchaba, Décc. Oub- Dalece, mac Sionaij, abb Qpoa ITIaca, do écc. ConDal, mjfn TTlupchaDa, of the Jilound, now probably Kilcool, near New- of Ware's Bishops, p. 42. town-Mountkennedy, in the barony of New- " Colca the Wise — See this distinguished scho- castle, and county of Wicklow. lar already noticed under the year 789 [794]. " Crick- Ua-nOlcan : i. e. the Territory of the " A. D. 795. Dublitter Finnglaissi, et Colggu Ui-Olcain. A small district in Meath, but its «c/josDunechdo, Olcobhur, mac Flainn,^« Eire, position has not been yet determined. 7-e.T Mumhan, Scribe et Episcopi, et anchorite dor- ° Cudinaisc. — He is set down as archbishop in mierunt.'''' — Ann. Ult. thelistoftheArchbishopsof Armagh preserved f Eochaidh, son of Cearnach — " A. D. 795. in the Psalter of Cashel See Harris's Edition Equonimus Ardmachs, Echu mac Cernaig mo- 791] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 399 The death of Bran, evil the deed, at Cill-Chuile-dumhai, Of Eithne, daughter of Domhnall Midheach, was woful to him. Conn Cetadhach, son of Donnchadh, was slain in the house of Cumalcaich, in Crich-Ua-nOlcan"', by Flann, son of Congalach. Of the death of Conn was said : A feast was made by Ua Olcain, which was partaken of in odious ale ; Dregs were given to him by Flann, so that he bore away his head after his death. Cathasach, son of Toirpthea, lord of Ui-Eathach [Iveagh], died. Cudinaisc", son of Conasach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 791 [rede 790]. The twenty-sixth year of Donnchadh. Clothchu, bishop and anchorite of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] ; Suiblme, Bishop of Ath-Truim [Trim], died. Duibhlitter, Abbot of Finnglilais [Finglas], died on the 15th of May. Olcobhar, son of Flann, son of Ere, scribe, bishop, and anchorite, died. Colca the Wise" died. Seanchan, Abbot of Cill-achaidh-droma- foda [Killeigh], and of Birra; Maenach, son of Aenghus, Prior of Lusca [Lusk]; and Eochaidh, son of Ccarnach'' CEconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Maclcobha, son of Flann Feorna, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra [in the county of Kerry] ; Fogartach, son of Cathal, lord of Magh-Aei ; and Duineachaidh Ua Daire, lord of Ciarraighe Aei^, died. The Age of Christ, 792. Donnchadh'', i. e. the son of Domhnall, son of Murchadh, reigned twenty-seven years, when he died, after the victory of penance, in the sixty -fourth year of his age ; in lamentation of whom this quatrain was composed : Donnchadh of Freamhaiiin, dreaded prince, famed King of Ireland, of the luuidrcd fair greens ; There is no more mournful loss, as he did not quiet his fair. Innreachtach, son of Domhnall, brother of King Donnchadh, died. Dubh- daleithe, son of Sinach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. Condal, daughter of Mur- rilKr immatura moríe^ — Ann, Ult. mic Domhnaill,yi-ai<«' ejtis." — Ann. Ult. 1 Ciarraighe-Aei. — Now Clann-Keherny, a dis- O'Flaherty places the accession of Donn- trict near Castlerea, in the county of Koscom- chadh in the year 770, and his death in 797, mon See note ^ under A. D. 1225. which is the true chronology. He adds: "Quo ' Donnchadh — " A. D. 796. Mors Donncha, rege, Anno 795, Dani Scotis, et Hibernise oras mic Domhnaill, reyis Tcmhro, ct Innrcchtaig infcstare cosperunt." — Oyi/gta, p. 433. 400 aHNQia Rio^hachca eiReawN. [793. banabb Cille oapa, Conarhail, abb Céich, OlcoBap, mac piainn, aipcinneach Inp Caraigh, Qelmióaiji peijicijhiy Cluana mic Noip, do -piol TTlaoliiuaTiaib DOfioe, Cumuifcac, moc pojajicaij, cijeapna Oéij^cepr bjifj, Décc 1 ccléip- cfclic. muipeaoac, mac pioinn ^apaó, ci^eapna Cenel Tilic nGajica, 065. Cupaoi, mac Qongupa, cijepnó Cenel Laojaipe, [oécc]. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéo nochar acpi. Qn ceo bliaóain t)Qoó Oipo- nióe, mac Néill pbpopai^, In pije uap Gpinn. GuDiif liUa Diocolla, abb Cille oapa, Connmach, macbuipbocha luia^uaipe Qióne, pcpibneoip Cluana mic Nóip, 1 GocliQiD pinpc Qeóa, oécc. Cacli Dpoma pig pia nQoó nOipD- nioe I cropcapaoap oá mac Oottinaill, pinpnfcca -[ Oiapmum, pinpneacca mac pollarhain,i pocaióe oile nach aipfmcfp imaille ppiu. Qp Dia popaich- mec DO paiofo : Cia Do pochaip Qoó la Oomnall copcap cicap, Ppipin Ctoó pinn pip, \ ccar Opoma pij po hicaó. Qeb OipDnióe Do papuccab ITliDe jup Ko piapac óó. Imp póDpaicc Do lopccaó la hQllmuipechaib, "] P5pin Doconna Do bpeic óoib, "] mpfba Do Denarfi bóib cfna ecip Gpinn 1 Ctlbain. Qippiar, eppcop QpDa TDacha, -\ Qipeccacb Ua paoláin, abb Qpba TTlacha, Décc 1 naen oibclie. Qoip Cpiopc, peaclic ccéb nochan a cfcaip. Qn Dapa bliabain bQcb ' Inis-Cathaigk. — Now Scattery Island, in the Fergaile, victor fuit." — Ann. UU. Shannon, opposite the town of Kilrush, in the * Devastated. — "A. D. 796. Vastacio Mide la county of Clare See note °, under A. D. 1188. [per] Aedh mac Keill Frosaig, et inicinm regni See also Ussher's Primordia, p. 873, and Arch- fj»^." — Ann. UU. dall's Monasticon Hihernicum, p. 49. " A. D. 794. Hugh Ornye succeeded King ' Cumascach. — " A. D. 796. Cumascach, mac Donnogh, and reigned twenty-seven years. In Fogartaig, rex Deiscirt Bregh in clericatu''' [obit], the beginning of his reign he wasted and spoyled — Ann. Ult. all Meath, for none other cause but because they " Feart-Aedha: i.e. Aedh's or Hugh's Grave. stuck to the" [ancestors of the] " O'Melaugh- Not identified. lius, which were his predecessors in the govern- " Druim-righ: i. e. the King's Ridge or Long ment." — Ann. Clon. Hill, now Druniry or Dromree, near Katoath, > Inis-Padraixj: i. e. Patrick's Island, now Pa- in the county of Meath. trick's Island, near Skerries, in the county of " A. D. 796. Bellam Droma righ, in quo ceci- Dublin — See Ussher's Primordia, p. 846, and derunt dtiojilii Domhnaill .i. Finsnechta, et Diar- Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 218. This mait hOdor, frater ejus, et Finsnechta mac Fol- notice of the burning of Inis-Padraig is entered lomhainn, et alii nudti. Aedh, mac Neill, filii in the Annals of Ulster at the year 797, and in 793] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 401 chadh, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Conamliail, Abbot of Liath ; Olcobhar, son of Flann, Airchinneach of Inis-Cathaigh'; Aebnidliuir, OEconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois, who was of the Sil-Maelruanaidh, died. Cumascach', son of Fogartach, lord of South Breagh, died in rehgion. Muireadhach, son of Flann Garadh, lord of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Curoi, son of Aenghus, lord of Cincl-Laeghaire, died. The Age of Christ, 793 \recte 798]. The first year of Aedh Oirdnidhe, son of Niall Frosach, in sovereignty over Ireland. Eudus Ua Dicholla, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Connmhach, son of Burbotha, a descendant of Guaire Aidhne, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Eochaidh of Feart-Aedha", died. The battle of '" Druira-righ"^ by Aedh Oirdnighe, wherein were slain the two sons of Domhnall, Finshneachta and Diarmaid ; Finshneachta, son of Follamhan ; and many others along with them not enumerated. To commemorate which was said : Though Aedh was slain by Domhnall, a greedy triumph ; , By the true fair Aedh it was avenged, in the battle of Druim-righ. Aedh Oirdnidhe devastated'' Meath, until it submitted to him. Inis-Padraig>' was burned by foreigners, and they bore away the shrine of Dochonna ; and they also committed depredations between Ireland and Alba [Scotland]. Aiflath^ Bishop of Ard-Macha, and Aireachtach Ua Faelain, Abbot of Ard- ]\Iacha, died on the same night. The Age of Christ, 794 \_recte 799]. The second year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 794, but the true many rich and great booties from Ireland, as from year is 798. Scotland." — Ann. Clon. " A. 1). 797. Comhustio Innse Patrieii o Gen- ' Affiatk. — The list of the Archbishops of Ar- tib ocus borime na crich do breith, occus serin magh, in the Psalter of Cashel, omits Affiath and Dochonna do briseadh doaibh, ocus indreda gives Aireachtach as archbishop for one year. — mara doaibh cene etir Erinn ocus Albain." — See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 42. Ann. Ult. Ed. G' Conor. In the Annals of Ulster the deaths of these "A. D. 797. The burning of St. Patrick's Hand ecclesiastics are thus noticed : by the Gentiles. The taking of the countries' " A. D. 793. Airechtach O'Fleadhaig, ahhas praies, and the breaking of Dochonna's shryne Airdmacha;, el Affiath Episcopus, in pace dor- by them, and the spoyles of the sea between viierunt in una nocte." Ireland and Scotland." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. From this passage it might appear that the " A. D. 794. The Island of Patrick was burnt abbot and the bishop were diiferent persons; by the Danes ; they taxed the lands with great but Ware thinks that the person called Corn- taxation ; they took the relicks of St. Dochonna, harba of Patrick, or Abbot of Armagh, was the made many invasions to this kingdome, and took Primate of all Ireland. 3f 402 aNNQca Rioshachca eiReawH. [795. Oiponme. pfjiaóac, mac Seijeni, abb Reachpainne, Qnaile, abb Cluana mic Nóip, .1. DO Uib bpiuiTi [oécc]. S. Siaóal Ua Commain, abb CiTinlaca, Décc an 8 TTlapca. blarmac, mac ^uaipe, abb Cluana baeoain, piannaclica pfpna, Suibne Cille Oelgje,-] bpeplen beppe, oécc. Cluain lopaipo do lopccab 1 crop Sarhpaib. Ctilell, mac Inopeaccaij, ci^eapna Ua TTlaine Connacc, Décc. Dorhnall, mac OonncliaDa, Do rhapbaD la a bpáifpib. Dúnplair, injfn piaic- bfpcaij, mic Loinjpij, Décc. lomaipeacc Dúme ^ainbe eicip Chonnacraib péipin, 1 ccopcaip Copcpach, mac Ouinn, "| ^aipccfóac, -\ pochaiDe ole imaille ppiú. lomaipeacc pinnabpach 1 "CCzha pia TTluipfDacli, mac Domnaill, ccopcpacap maife lomDa im pfpjap, mac QiljilejCijfpnaeCbeneóil Coipppe, im Oliuibinopeacr, mac Qpcjaile, "| im TTlinpfDac, mac Connmaij, i im Copccpac [mac] Ceicfpnaig. Ino lamcomaipc 1 péil TTIicil na bliabna po, Dm nebbpaó an cene Do mmli. paomDealach, mac Tnaenaigh, abb QpDa TTlaca, Décc lap mbeir Do OhubDaleire i nimpfpain ppip cécup imon abboaine, -] Do ^liopnijal nia óeaDhaiD. Qoip Cpio)^c, peaclic cceD nochar a cúicc. Qn cpfp bliabain dQoD i pij^e. Qiprnfohac, abb bfnnchuip, QelDobaip, abb l?opa Commc'tin, TTlimrfn- ach, abb ^linne Da bocha, UaipDelbach, abb Cille achaió, boingpeac, mac ■" Ceann-lacha: i. e. Head of the Lake, anglice " A. D. 798. Domhnall, mac Donnclia, dolose Kiulough. There are several places of this name afratribus suisjuf/ulatus est." in Ireland; the place here referred to may be '' Duii-Gainhlte. — Not identified. "A. D. 798. Kinlough, at the north-west extremity of Lough Bellam Duin-Gamba inter Connachta invicem, ubi Melvin, in the barony of Rosclogher, and county Coscrach, mac Duinn, et Gaiscedhach, el aliimulti of Leitrim. ceciderunt." — Ann. TJlt. ^ Cluain- Baedain Otherwise called Cluain- " Fiimabhair. — Now Fennor, in the county of foda-Baedain, and Cluain-foda-Baedain-abha, Westmeath. It was the seat of Edward Nugent, now Clonfad, in the barony of Farbil, and county who died on the 10th November, 1601. — See of Westmeath See note ", under the year 577, Inquisitions, Lagenia. Westmeath, No. 62. Jac. I. ; p. 209, síiprá. and Ordnance Map, sheet 1 3. "A. D. 798. Jugulatio Blathmic, mic Guaire, " A. D. 798. i?e//»m Finnubhrach hi Tethbui, ahbatis Cluana-fota Boetain o [per] Maelruanaig, ubi reges niulti occin sunt .1. Fergus, mac Algaile, et o [per] Fallomhain filiis Donncha." — Ann. Coscrach mac Cethernaich, reges Generis Coir- Ult pri .i. Dubinnrecht, mac Artgaile, et Murcha '■ By his brothers This might be translated mac Condmaigh. Murcha, mac Domhnaill, vic- "byhis cousins," or "by his kinsmen," but it is tor fuit." — Ann. UU. expressed by " afratribus suis," in Latin, in the ' Lamhchomairt : i. e. Clapping of Hands — Annals of Ulster, as follows: See note under the year 7G7. In the old trans- 795.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOil OF IRELAND. 403 Fearadhach, son of Seigheni, Abbot of Reachrainn ; Anaile, Abbot of Cluain- mic-Nois, who was of the Ui-Briuin, [died]. St. Siadhal Ua Commain, Abbot of Ceann-lacha", died on the 8th of Marti. Blathmac, son of Guaire, Abbot of Cluain-Baedain''; Fiannachta, of Fearna; Suibhne, of Cill-Delge [Kildalkey]; and Breslen, of Bene, died. Cluain-Iraird [Clonard] was burned in the begin- ning of summer. Ailell, son of Innreachtach, lord of TJi-Maine-Connacht, died. Domhnall, son of Donnchadh, was slain by his brothers". Duufhlaith, daughter of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, died. The battle of Dim-Gainbhe'' between the Connaughtmen themselves, wherein fell Coscrach, son of Donn, and Gaisgeadhach, and many others along with them. The battle of Finnabhair'', in Teathbha, by Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, in wliich many chiefs were slain along with Fearghus, son of Ailghil, lord of Cinel-Cairbre, with Duibhinn- reacht, son of Artghal, with Muireadhach, son of Connmhach, and with Cos- grach, son of Ceithearnach. The Lamhchomhairt' at the Michaelmas of this year, which was called the fire from heaven. Faindealach, son of Maenach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died, after Dubhdaleithe had been in contention with him about the abbacy first, and after him Gormghal*^. The Age of Christ, 795. The third year of Aedh m the sovereignty. Air- meadhach. Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor] ; Aeldobhar, Abbot of Ros-Commain [Roscommon]; Miratheanach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha; Tairdhealbhach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh [Killeigh] ; Loingseach, son of Fiachra, Abbot ol' Duii-Leath- lation of the Annals of Ulster in Cod. Clarend., et pecora pei'iei-unt. Lex Pairicii for Connachta torn. 49, tliis passage is translated, A. D. 798 : la Gormgal mac Dindataigh." "The pestilence at Michaelmas, whereof sprung » Gormghal. — He is not mentioned in the list the tetie di nim-''' but this is incorrect. The of the Archbishops of Armagh given in the Lamhchomairt was evidently a horrific thun- fragment of the Psalter of Cashel now in the der-storm, which struck the people with such Bodleian Library. There are irreconcilable dif- terror and dismay, that they clapped their ferences among the Irish writers concerning the hands with despair. The Saxon Chronicle men- succession of the Archbishops of Armagh at this tions, under the year 793, the occurrence of period; and Harris, in his additions to Ware's e,\cessive whirlwinds and lightnings in Nor- Bishops, remarks, p. 42, that " there is no way thumbria, which miserably terrified the people, to reconcile these differences, but by supposing The year 794 of the Four Masters corresponds that the great contests about the succession, at with 798 of the Annals of Ulster, which con- this time, created a schism in the see; and that tain, under that year, the two notices following, the contending parties became reciprocally in which have been totally omitted by the former: possession of the archiepiscopal cathedral, as " A. D. 798. Nix viagna in qua nmlti homines their factions prevailed or declined." 3 f2 404 QNNata Rio^hachca emeaNW. [796. piacjia, abb Ouin Lear^laip, [oécc]. TTlaolocciiaij, ab Doipe eonij, oo itiapbab, Commacli, mac Oonaic, abb Copcaicce móipe, -| Pepjil Ua Uaibj, l^cpibneoiji Lupcca [do écc]. Qilill, mac pf|i5U)^a, rijf|ina Oeiy^cipc bpfj, DO rpapccpao Dia eoc, i pel TTlic Cuilinn Lupca.i a.écc po ceDóip. lomaipfcc ecip Cerel Laejaipe -| Cenel QpDjail, in po mapbaó pianjalac, mac Oun- lainj, la Conall, mac Méill, -] la Conjalach, mac Ctonjupa. Qoir Cpiopr, peaclic cceD nochac a fé. Qn cfrparhaó bliaóam dQod. bpfpal, mac Sejeni, abb lae, Décc, lap mbeir bliaóain ap cpiochac i nabDoine. peblimiD Ua Lusaoon, abb Cluana Dolcáin, Cafapnach, macCachail illaen- maije, -] NinDió, an^coipe, Décc. Ruamnup, abb Oorhnaij Seachnaill, 065. Caipi naom T?onáin, mic bfpaij, do cop i náipc baí ap na liimDenarh Dóp "] Dapjacc. bépail, injfn Carail, piojan Donnchaóa, mic Oomnaill, nécc. lomaipfcc ecip Ulcaib, 1 Ui Garac Coba, 1 ccopcaip GocliaiD, mac Qilella, rijfpna Coba. Qoip Cpiopr, peachc ccéo nochac a peaclic. C(n cúijeaó bliabain dCIod. Qilill, macCopbmaic, abb Slctine, egnaio"] bpeirfrii fpjna, oécc. TiluipfDach, mac Olcobaip, abb Cluana pfpca bpénainn, ConDaccac, pcpibneoip cocch- aiDe, -| abb lae, Clemenp Uipe DO jlap, TTlacoije Qpopcpopain, abb bfnn- chuip, 065. Copccpach Ua ppaoicb, abb LujmaiD, oécc. TTIuipfDac, mac '■ ZioM-e- iJcZ/in!(/A; i.e. the Derry or Oak- Wood day, it is stated that Maccuilinn, otherwise of the Ivy. According to the Gloss on the Fei- called Cainnech, Bishop of Lusca, died in the lire. Acnguis, and O'Clery's Irish Calendar at year 497. 3rd November, this was another name for Doire- ' A battle, ij-c. — " A. D. 799- BelUolmn inter na-bhFlann, in Eoganacht-Chaisil, where St. Genus Loigaire et Genus Ardggail, in quo cecidit Corcnutan was venerated on that day. The Fiangholach, mac Dunlainge. Conall, mac Neill, place is now called Doire-na-bhFlann, anglice et Conghalach, mac Aengusa, victores erant, causa Derrynavlan, and is a townland in the parish of interfectionis fratris sui .1. Failbi." — Ann. Ult. Graystown, barony of Slievardagh, and county Under the year 799, which corresponds with of Tipperary. According to tlie tradition in 795 of the Four Masters, the Annals of Ulster the country, the celebrated Irish architect. Go- have the following notice omitted by the former: ban Saer, was interred here. " A. D. 799- Fositio reliijuiarum Conlaid hi ' Ailill. — A. D. 799. Ailill, mac Fergusa, i-ex serin oir ocus airgit (the putting of the relics of Descert Breg trajectus est de equo suo in circio Conlaoi in a shrine or tomb of gold and silver)". ferie Filii Cuilinn Luscan, et continuo mortuus — Cod. Clarend, 49. For a curious description 65Í." — Ann. Ult. of this shrine the reader is referred to the Life '' The festival of Maccuilinn: i.e. the 6th of of St. Bridget by Cogitosus, published by Mes- September. In O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at this singham, Florilegium, p. 199, and by Colgan, 796] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 405 glaisi, [died]. Maelochtraigh, Abbot of Doire-Edhnigh'', was slain. Conn- nihach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach-Mor [Cork], and Ferghil Ua Taidhg, scribe of Lusca, [died]. AiliU', son of Fearghus, lord of South Breagh, was thrown from his horse on the festival of Maccuilinn'' of Lusca, and he died immediately. A battle' [was fought] between the Cinel-Laeghaire and Cinel- Ardghail, in which was slain Fiangalach, son of Dunlaing, by Conall, son of Niall, and Conghalach, son of Aenghus. The Age of Christ, 796 [recta 801]. The fourth year of Aedh. Breasal'", son of Segeni, Abbot of la, died, after having been twenty-one years in the abbacy. Feidhlimidh Ua Lugadon, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain [Clondalkin] ; Catharnach, son of Cathal Maenmaighe ; and Ninnidh, anchorite, died. Ruaranus, Abbot of Domhnach-Seachnaill", died. The relics of Ronan°, son of Bearach, were placed in a shrine formed of gold and silver. Befhail, daughter of Cathal, queen of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, died. A battle'' between the Ulidians and the Ui-Eathach-Cobha, wherein Eochaidh, son of Ailell, lord of Cobha [Iveagh], was slain. The Age of Christ, 797 [rede 802]. The fifth year of Aedh. Ailill, son of Cormac, Abbot of Slaine, a wise man and a learned judge'', died. Muireadhach, son of Olcobhar, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Connachtach, a select scribe, and Abbot of la [lona] ; Clemens, of Tir-da-ghlas ; [and] Macoige, of Apor- crosain, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Cosgrach Ua Fraeich, Abbot of Trias Tkaum., p. 523 ; and also to Petrie's In- Beric, in area auri et argenfi." — Ann. Ult. quiri/ into the Origin and Uses of the Round ■' A hattle. — " A. D. 800. Bdlnm inter Ultu et Towers of Ireland, ]>^. 1^4, to IQX. nejwtes Echdhacli Cobho, in (pio cecidit Echu, " Breasal. — " A. D. 800. Brcsal, mac Segeui, mac Aililla, rex Cobho, et cecidit Cairell, mac abbas lae, anno principatus sui xxxi. dormiuit^ — Cathail ex parte adoersa belli, ct exercitus ejus Ann. Ult. victor fuit." — Ann. Ult. ° Domhnach-Seachnaill : i. e. tlie Cliurcli of The year 796 of tlie Four Masters corre- Seachnall, or Secundinus, now Dunshaughliu, sponds with 800 of the Annals of Ulster, which in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. contain the two notices following, omitted by — See note <", under the year 448, p. l.'?4, supra. the four Masters : ° Bonan, son of Bearach. — He is the patron " A. D. 800. Bresul, mac GormgaiIe,í/eí?e7»ere saint of Druim-Ineasclainn, in Conaille-Muir- LocgaÍTe, a freUribiis suis dolose occistis est. Estas theimhne, now Drumiskin, where, according to pluvialis.^' the Irish Calendar, his festival was kept on the ' A teamed judge. — "A. D. 801. Ailill, mac 18th of November. Cormaic, aiiios Slaine, sapiens et judex optimus, "A. D. 800. Positio reliquiarum Konain, _^/i7 obiit." — Ann. Ult. 406 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [798. OomnaiU, figfiina TTliDe, oécc. Qeoh OipDnióe do 6ol i niíóe, co |io pann TTlme ec))i do mac Oonncliaóa .1. Conciibap "] Qilill. Qilill do rhapbaó lá ConchaBap an Bliabain ap nDiaió 1 ^car. Gujinia, injfn Donnchaba, mic Domnaill, piojam pij Ufrhpa [.1. pij opfgli] Décc. hi Clioluimb Cliille do lopccaD la hallmupacaib .1. la Noprmanoibh. Uojail Cocha T^iac la iTluip- ^nip, mac Uomalcai 5. peapjal, mac Qnmchaba, cijfpna Oppaije, 065. Qpcpi, mac QiliUa, ci^fpna ITlujoopn TTIai^fn, Décc. Qo]]-" Cpiopr, peaclic ccéo nochac a hocr. Qn peipeaó bliaóain dQoó. piann, mac Naepjaile, po poDaimpiDe pé bliabna Decc 1 urpeblaiD Oiciirriams ap Dliia, CO po écc lapamli. TTlac laippe, an piii ó Imp lTluipr6ai5h, Décc. QippinDan, abb Uarfilacca TTlaeilepuain, Décc. lomaipecc T?uba Conaill einp Da mac Donnchaóa, in po mapbab Qilill la Concubap. Oen^ap Ua TTliijpoin, njfpna Ua pailje, Do rhapbaó cpe ceilcc la a muinnp péin. pinacca, mac Cellaij^Do mapboD. Ounchab mac Conjaile, cijfpna Cocha Cal, DO rhapbab la a bpóuaip. Ctoip Cpiopc, peaclic cceD nocliac a naoi. Qn peaccmab bliabain oQob. Capabpan, abb Lip móip, paelón, mac Cellaij, abbCille Dapa, -) Copbmac, mac Conaill, peiprijip Cupcan, Decc. Duibinbpechr, mac Carail, pi Con- nacc, Decc. Caejaipi, mac pepjaile, cijfpna Dfpmuman, Decc. Oomnall, mac QoDa TTluinDeipg, mic piairbepcaij, mic Loinjpij, mic Qonjapa, mic Domnaill, mic Qoba, mic Qinmipeac, rigeapna an Uuaipceipc, oécc. Cinaeb, ' Dieided Meath. — "A. D. 801. An armie by "A. D. 799- Eugenia, dunghteT of King Don- Hugh in Meath ; and [he] divided Meath be- nogh and Queen of Ireland" \_7-ecle of Meathj tween Duncha's two sons, viz., Conor and " died." — Ann. Clon. AWiW.'"— Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. ■ Hi-Coliiim-Cille.—" A. D. 801. Hi Coluimb " A. D. 799. Hugh, King of Ireland, came Cilia a Gentibus combitsta." — Ann. Ult. with a great army to Meath, and divided it into " Loch-Eiach — Now Lough Keagh, near the two parts, whereof he gave one part to Connor, town of the same name, in the county of Galway. son of" [the late] " King Dounogh, and the See note ", under A. M. 3506, p. 33, supra. other part to his brother, Ailill." — Ann. Clon. This is the oldest reference to this lake as a ' OfBreagh The words enclosed in brackets fortress. Dr. O'Conor translates this passage are inserted in a modern hand in the Stowe in the Annals of Ulster, p. 193, "Vastatio copy. King of Teamhair, or Tara, at this pe- Lacvis Eigiaj a pra;donibus maritimis ;" but riod, did not mean Monarch of Ireland, but this is incorrect, for Muirghius, i. e. Maurice, King of Bregia, or East Meath. was the name of a chieftain who afterwards be- " A. D. 801. Euginia, filia Donncha, Regina came King of Connaught — See the year 803. re{;is Temorie ■moritur" — Ann. Ult. In the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, 798.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 407 Lughmhadh [Louth], died. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, lord of Meath, died. Aedh Oirdnidlie Avent to Meath, and divided IMeath"" between the two sons of Donnchadh, namely, Conchubhar and Ailill. Ailill was slain the year following, by Conchubhar, in a battle. Eughiia, daughter of Donnchadh, son of Domhnall, queen of the King of Teamhair [i. e. of the King of Breagh'], died. Hi-Coluim-Cille' was burned by foreigners, i. e. by the Norsemen. The demo- lition of Loch-Riach" by Muirghius, son of Tomaltach. Fearghal, son of Anm- chaidh, lord of Osraighe, died. Artri, son of Ailill, lord of Mughdhorna- • Maighean [Cremorne], died. The Age of Christ, 798 [rede 803]. The seventh year of Aedh. Flann^ son of Narghal, after having suffered sixteen years under severe sickness for God, died. Mac Laisre the Learned'', of Inis-Muireadhaigh [Inishmurry], died. Airfhindan, Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain [Tallaght], died. The battle of Rubha-Conaill'', between the two sons of Donnchadh, in which Ailill was slain by Conchubhar. Oenghus Ua Mughroin^ lord of Ui-Failghc, was slain through treachery by his own people. Dunchadh, son of Conghal, lord of Loch-Cal", was slain by his brother. The Age of Christ, 799 [recte 804]. The seventh year of Aedh. Carabran, Abbot of Lis-mor ; Faelan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; and Cormac, son of Conall, Qíconomus'' of Lusca, died. Duibhinnreacht, son of Cathal, King of Connaught, died. Laeghaire, son of Fearghal, lord of Desmond, died. Domhnall, son of Aedh Muindearg, son of Flaithbheartach, son of Loingseach, son of Aenghus, son of Domhnall, son of Aedh, son of Ainmire, lord of the in Cod. C/areraá., 49, it is rendered correctly : Jilios Donncha, tibi Ailill cecidit, et Concobar "A. D. 801. The breaking of Lochriadi by victor fuit." Murges;" and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise ' Oenghm Ua Mugliroin. — "A. D. 802. Oengus at 799: "Loghriagh was destroyed by Morgies." mac Mugroin, rex Nepotum Failglii, jugulatus est " Flann. — " A. D. 802. Qtiies Flainn, mic dolose a sociis Finsnechtc Jilii CcUaich, consilio Nargbaile, qui in temptacione doloris xvi. anuis Regví sui." — Aim. Ult. iiicuhuit." — AuTi. Ult. " Loch-Cal. — Now Loughgall, in the barony ' The learned. — "A. D. 800. Mac Laysre, the of West Oneilland, and county of Armagh — excellent of Inismoyre, died." — Ann. Clan. See note ', under A. M. 2859, p. 10, supra. ' RiMa-Conai/l Now Rowe, a townland in "A. D. 802. Duncha mac Conghaile, rex the barony of Rathconrath, and county of West- Locha Cal, afralribus suiijugiilatus est.'" — A. Ult. meath. *• CEconomus.—" A. D. 803. Cormac, mac Co- " A. D. 802. Bdlum Rubhai Conaill inter duos naill, equonimus Luscan moritur."—Ann. Ult. 408 aHNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReoNN. [799. mac Ouineachoa, -\ Cfpnacli, mac Duinchaóa, cijepna HlusDopn, Dég. Pa- pu^aó Laijfn pa óó i naoin mip la hUib NéiU, conaó 6ó do páióeaó : lappam y^oaip co ICaijniu, Qeo nee nac imcaib ojpu, Nip an ance cpi caocacVi, conoo papcnib i mbpojnu. QoDh OipDnióe Do rionól plóij lánmóip Do Dol i taijnib, -] Laijin Do pofuccab po DÍ a naon mi. Do ponaD léipnonól pep nSpeann Do piDipi leip (cenmocac Laijin), eicip laocaib i cléipcib,50 piacc OúnCuaip,i coiccpioch TTliDe -] Laijjfn. Táinic ann Connrhac, corhapba pórpaicc, co ccléip Ceire Cuinn imaille ppip. Nip bo maic lap na cleipcib cocc pop plóijfDh icip. ajaoinpioc a TiimnfDh ppip an pij. Qphept: Dm an pi .1. QoD, no jébaD amail acbépab poraD na Canóme, comoh ano puccpme an mbpeir, Dia po paop cléipij epeann pop peace -] ploijfó Do jpép, co nepepc : Gcclap Dé bi, léicc Di, na pnai, biD a cepc pop lear, peb ap Deac po baoi. ^ach piop manac pil, pop a cubaip njlan, Oon fcclaip Dian Dip gniD arhail jac mob. ^ach Dilmain lap pm, pil gan pechr jan péip Cfc cia ceip ppi baij QeDa maip mic Néill. Ct pi an piajail cepc, pec ni mop ni bfcc, pojnaD cac a moD, gan on jan ecc. Gcclap. c Devastation. " A. D. 803. Vastacio Lagi- Neill, ciii dux erat Condmach, abhas Ardmachse nensium apud filiuni Neill duabtis vicibiis in vno in Duncuair." — Aim. Ult. " Tins yeare the mense." Ann. Ult. cleargi of Ireland were freed from rysing out, "A. D. 801. King Hugh wasted Lynster or any such, by Hugh Oirnie, by the judgment two times in one month, tooke awaye all their of Fahadh Canonist." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. preys and bootyes." Ann. Clon. ' Fothadh na Canoine. — For some account of '' Dun-Cuair: i. e. Guar's Dun or Fort. This this writer see Colgan's Acta Sanctomm, at 1 1th place is now called by the synonymous name of March, p. 581, c. 13, and p. 583, n. 13, where Eath-Cuair {idem enim, nempe arcem sen muni- he translates this passage as follows: tionem, significaM dun ct rath), anglice Rathcore, " lUam autem espeditionem, Clerique exemp- which is a small village, situated in the barony tionem in annum 799" Irecte 804] " referunt of Lower Moyfenrath, in the coimty of Meath, nostri annales. Ita tradunt Quatuor Magistri and not far from the confines of the ancient ad eundem : Collegit Bex Aldus Ordnidhe ingen- Leinster with Meath. tern exercitum, et siiscepit expeditionem in Lage- "A. D. 803. Congressio Semtorum Ncpotum niam ; eamque secundo infra uniiis mensis spatium 799] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 409 North, died. Cinaedh, son of Duinechda, and Cearnach, son of Dimchadh, lord of Mughdhorna [Cremorne], died. The devastation'^ of Leinster twice in one month by the Ui-Neill, of which was said : Afterwards he returns to Leinster, Aedh, a soldier who shunned not battles ; The robber king did not cease till he left them in dearth. Aedh Oii'dnidhe assembled a very great army to proceed into Leinster and devastated Leinster twice in one month. A full muster of the men of Ireland (except the Leinstermen), both laity and clergy, was again made by him [and he marched] until he reached Dun-Cuair'', on the confines of Meath and Leinster. Thither came Connmhach, successor of Patrick, having the clergy of Leath-Chuinn along with him. It was not pleasing to the clergy to go upon any expedition ; they complained of their grievance to the king, and the king, i. e. Aedh, said that he would abide by the award of Fothadh na Canoine''; on which occasion Fothadh passed the decision by which he ex- empted the clergy of Ireland for ever from expeditions and hostings, when he said : The Church of the living God, let her alone, waste her not, Let her right be apart, as best it ever was. Every true monk, who is of a pure conscience, For the Church to which it is due let him labour like every servant. Every soldier from that out, who is without [religious] rule or obedience, Is permitted to aid the great Aedh, son of Niall. This is the true rule, neither more nor less : Let every one serve in his vocation without murmur or complaint. The Church, Á:c. vastacii. Denud collegit alium exercitum, ex uni- Canonibus indicarci expedire. Fothadius autem verice Hihernice, et popido et Clero, exceptis tulit sentcntiam pro clero, qua; cum a Bdlicis Lageniis tunc tumuUuantibtis, et venit usque Dun- expeditionibus de ccetero liberavit." Cuair, in Lageniw et Midia; confinibus : venit This decision of Fothadh na Canoine is Te- cum eo tunc Comnachus, Patricii successor (Jwc est ferred to in the preface to the Feilire- Aenguis, Archiepisco})us Ardmachanus) Aquilonaris Hi- preserved in the Leabhar Breac, fol. 32. On bernia' Clero comitatus. Clerus autem iniquo animo tliis occasion Fothadh wrote a poem by way of ferebat sc ad Bclllcas expeditiones vocari : et coram precept to the king, in which he advises him Rege tali gravamine conqveritur. Jiex promisit sc to exempt the clergy from the obligation of in hac re facturum quod Fothadius, cognomento de fighting his battles. There is a copy of tlie 3g 410 QMNata Rioshachca eiReawH. [8oo. Oo CÓ1Ó Qoó Oiptjnióe laparii co jii^ Laijfn, -] puaip a oijpéip ó Caijnib, ■] oo bepc pinpneachca, pi Laijfn, jeill -) eiDipe óó. Uapla ^aec anbpoiU, cóipneac,-] ceinoceac ipn ló pia péil páopaicc na bliaóna po, 50 po mapbaó Deicnebap ap mile In cpicCopca baipcino,-] co po pano an riiuip oilen pirae 1 cpib panoaib. Cioip Cpiopc, ochc cceD. Qn cochcrhaó bliaóain oCtoó OipDnibe. l?o- bapracb, obb bfnDcuip, TTluipfDac, mac Ctimipsin, abb Ceicjlinne, Cuana, abb TTlainiprpech 6uice, TTlaonac, mac Colgan, abb Lupcan, Duboaboipfnn Ua DuboiTi, abb Cliiana lopaipt), pianjup, abb l?uip Cpé, Copbmac, mac ÍTlinpjiupa, abb baiplicce, Pine, banabb Cille Dapa, [oécc]. Ceall acbaib DO lopccao CO na ofprai^ nui. mmpcfpcacb, mac Donnjaile, cijfpna bpeipne, ITlaelbpacha, mac bpeplén, cijfpna Copca boijbe, -\ pionnacca, mac Donn- jaile, oécc. Cfpnac, mac pfp5upa, rijfpna Loca ^abaip, Décc. pinpneacca, mac Cenllaij, pi bai^fn, Do jabc'til cléipceacra. Oo DeachaiD Qoó OipD- niDe CO Oún Cuaip, co po poinn bai^niu erep na Dc'i iilliuipeaoac, .1. TTliii- pfoac, mac Ruabpach, 1 ITluipeaDhach, mac bpain. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccécc a haon. Qn naorhaó bliaóain dQoD OiponiDe. Conjal, mac TTloenaich, abb Slcnne, pui neccna, -| occli loóan eipióe, -j Coir- each, Docrop bfnocaip, Décc. bl Coluim Chille Do lonnpaD la hallmupacoib, -] pochaioe mop Do laocbaib 1 do cléipcib do mapbaó leo .1. occap ap cpiB entire poem preserved in a vellum manuscript, the sea covered the land of Fihe ■with sand, i. e. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the extent of twelve cows of land."-Corf.Cfa7-. 49. H. 2. 18. It is also quoted in the Leabhar- "A. D. 801. There was such horrible and Gahhala of the O'Clerys, p. 199 See O'Reilly's great thunder the next day before St. Patrick's Descriptive Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. 55. day, that it put asunder a thousand and ten ' Great wind. — " A. D. 803. Tonitruum vali- men between Corck-Bascynn and the land about dum cum vento, et igne, in nocteferiam precedente it ; the sea divided an island there in three Patricii dissipantes pluriinos hominum, i. e. inille parts, the seas and sands thereof did cover the et X. viros i tir Corco-Baiscinn ; et mare divisit earth near it." — Ann. Clon. insolam Fits in tres partes; et Ulud mare cum '^ Island of Fitha. — According to the tradition arena terram Fit£e ahscondil .i. nied da boo deac in the country this is the island now called do tir." — Ann. Ult. Inis-caerach, or Mutton Island, lying opposite " Greate thunder with a greate wynde and Kilmurry-Ibrickan, in the west of the county fyre in node precedenti Patricii feriam dissipantes of Clare. The whole of the barony of Ibrlckan pfenmoiAiWiiiWHi, viz. 1010, betweene Corcabas- anciently belonged to the territory of Corca- cinn and the rest of the country; and the sea Bhaiscinn. — See Dr. Todd's Irish Version of divided the Hand of Fihe into three parts; and Nennius, p. 205. 800.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 411 Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards went to tlie King of Leinster, and obtained his full demand from the Leinstermen ; and Finsneachta, King of Leinster, gave him hostages and pledges. There happened great wind^, thunder, and light- ning, on the day before the festival of Patrick of this year, so that one thousand and ten persons were killed in the territory of Corca-Bhaiscinn, and the sea divided the island of Fitha^ into three parts. The Age of Christ, 800 [rectc 805]. The eighth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Robhartach, Abbot of Beannchair [Bangor]; Muireadhach, son of Aimhirgin, Abbot of Leithghlinn ; Cuana, Abbot of Mainistir-Buite [Monasterboice] ; Mae- nach, son of Colgan'', Abbot of Lusca [Lusk] ; Dubhdabhoireann Ua Dubhain, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird [Clonard]; Fiangus, Abbot of Ros-Cre'; Cormac, son of Muirghius, Abbot of Baisleac [Baslick] ; Fine, Abbess of Cill-dara, [died]. Cill-achaidh [Killeigh] was burned, with its new oratory''. Muircheartach, son of Dounghal, lord of Breifue ; Maelbracha, son of Breslen, lord of Corca- Loighdhe'; and Finnachta, son of Donnghal, died. Cearnach, son of Fearghus, lord of Loch-Gabhair™, died. Finnshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, entered into religion. Aedh Oirdnidhe went to Dun-Cuair", and divided Lein- ster between the two Muireadhachs, namely, Muireadhach, son of Euadhrach, and INIuireadhach, son of Bran. The Age of Christ, 801. The ninth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Congal", son of Maenach, Abbot of Slaine, who was a learned sage and a pure virgin ; [and] Loitheach, doctor of Beannchair [Bangor], died. Hi-Coluim-Cille'' jvas plun- dered by foreigners ; and great numbers of the laity and clergy were killed by '■ Maenach, son ofColgan. — " A. D. 804. Moe- ' Corca-Loiglidhe. — See note under A. D. 7-lti, nach mac Colgen, Lector boniis, lacrimahilitcr and note ', under 1418, p. 8.32. vitam jinivit. Dublidabliairenn hUa Dubain " Loch-Gahhair. — Otherwise written Loch- princeps Cluana Iraird patribus snis additiis est." Gobhair, now Loughgower, or Logore, near —Ann. Ult. . Dunshaughlin See A. M. 3581, and A. D. ' Ros-Cre. — Now Eoscrea, in the barony of 075,781. Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary, where St. " Him-Ciiair. — Now Rathcorc in Meath — See Cronan, the son of Odhran, erected a monastery note under 799- in the latter end of the sixth century See " Congal. — "A.D. 805. Congal, mac Moenaig, Ussher's Primordia, p. 969 ; and Archdall's ahbaa Slaine, sapiens, in virginitate dormivit." — Monasticon Hibemicum, p. G72. Ann. Ult. k Oratory.— " A. D. 804. Cell-achaidh cum <• Ili-Coluim-Cille.—" A. B. 805. Familia la,; oratorio novo ardescit." — Ann. Ult. occisa est a gentibus .%. Ix. octo." — Ann. Ult. 3 g2 412 aHwata Rio^hachca emeaNW. [802. picrib. piairiupa, mac Cionaeba, cijfiina Ua Pailje, Do rhaiiBaó i T?ait: Imjain. Ui'ji oa jla]- do lof'ccaó. pinnacra, mac Ceallaij, pi Laijfn, Do jabáil pí^e DO ]iíDip. Connmacli, bjierlieamh Ua mbpiúin, Déj. Qoip Cjiiopc, ochc ccéD a Do. Qn Dfcrhao bliaóain óQoó OijiDmoe. CfnDpaolaó, epy^cop Cluana pfpca, Décc. Glapiup, anscoipe,-] pcpibneóip Loca Cpéa, Décc. Lemnaca Cille manac Décc. Gcclap Clioluim Chille hi cCfnannup do Díorláicpiuccab. Iniy^ TTluipfohaij Dolopccabla hallrhupacliaib, 1 a riDol ipcej pop T?op Commáin. Copbmac mac Oonjalaij, cijfpna an piiocla, Décc. niupcliab Ua pioinn, cijfpna Ua piDgeince, Décc. QoipCpiopc, ochc ccéD acpí. Qn caenrhaD bliabain oécc dQoD. Uomap, eppcop pcpibneoip, -[ abb Linne Oóachaill, paeljup, abb Cille hQchaib, [Décc]. pmpneacca, mac Ceallaij, pi Laijfn, Décc i cCill Dapa. Cinaeo, mac Concobaip, do itiapbab i TTlaij Coba la Cpuicmb. SloijCoh la TTluip- " A. D. 803. There was sixty-eight of the familie of Hugh of Columbkill slain by the Danes." — Ann. Clon. 1 Eath-Tmghain : i. e. Imghan's Fort, now Eathangan, a well-known town in the barony of Eastern OfFaly, and county of Kildare. The rath, which gave name to this town, is still to be seen in a field near the church-yard, to the right of the road as you go from Eathangan to Edenderry. It is about 1 80 feet in diameter. — See note ", under A. D. 1546, p. 1495 ; and Cox's Hihernia Anglicana, pp. 79, 84. " A. D. 805. Flaithnia, mac Cinaeda, rex Ne- potum Foilgi, jugulatits est i rEaith-Imgain." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 803. Flathuia mac Kinoye, King of Offalie, was killed in Eathangan." — Ann. Clon. ' Finnachta. — " A. D. 805. Finsnechta mac CQ\\s,\gregHum suum ^rursiis'\ accepiC — Ann.Ult. ' Judge " A. D. 805. Counmach, Judex Ne- potum Briuin, moritiir." — Ann. Ult. The year 801 of the Four Masters corre- sponds with 805 of the Annals of Ulster, which contain under that year the entries following, totally omitted by the former : " A. D. 805. Pestilencia magna in Hihernia. Lex Patricii la Aedh mac Neill." '■ Loch-Crea. — This is called " Stagnum Cree" in the Life of St. Cronan, as quoted by Ussher (Primord., p. 969) : " In quo est insula modica, in qua est monasterium monachorum semper religiosissimorum." According to this life, St. Cronan of Eoscrea had erected a ceU near this lough (evidently at the place now called Cor- bally), before he erected his great church of Eoscrea; but the church on the insula modica, which is the ^^ Insula viventiu?n" of Giraldus Cambrensis, and the Inis-Locha-Cre of the Irish writers, was dedicated to this St. Helair, or Hi- larius, referred to in the text, whose festival was there kept on the 7th of September, as ap- pears from O'Clery's Irish Calendar. This lough is now dried up, but the church, which is of considerable antiquity and of remarkably beau- tiful architecture, is still to be seen in ruins in the middle of a bog in the towuland of Moin-na h-innse, anglice Monahincha, parish of Corbally, barony of Ikerrin, and county of Tipperary, and about two miles to the south-east of Eos- crea. For an account of this wonderful island 802.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 413 them, namely, sixty-eight. Flaithiusa, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Failghe, was slain at Rath-Imghain''. Tir-da-glilas [Terryglass] was burned. Finnachta', son of Ceallach, Eang of Leinster, look the government again. Connmhach, Judge' of Ui-Briuin, died. ' The Age of Christ, 802 [rede 807]. The tenth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Cluain-fearta [Clonfert], died. Elarius, anchorite and scribe of Loch-Crea', died. Lemnatha of Cill-manach" died. The church of Coluim-Cille at Ceanannus''' was destroyed. Inis-Muireadhaigh" was burned by foreigners, and they attacked Ros-Commain. Corniac, son of Donghalach, lord of the North, died. Murchadh Ua Flainn, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. The Age of Christ, 803 [recte 808]. The eleventh year of Aedh. Thomas, Bishop, Scribe, and Abbot of Linn-Duach ; [and] Faelghus, Abbot of Cill- achaidh, [died]. Finshneachta, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, died at Cill- dara. Cinaedh, son of Conchobhar, was slain at Magh-Cobha, by tlie Cruithni see Giraldus Cambrensis, Top. Hib., Dist. ii. c. 3 ; and Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 667. In the Annals of Ulster the death of Elarius, ancorita et scriba Locha Crea, is entered under the year 806, and in the Annals of Clon- macnoise at 804, where he is called Hillariiis. " Cill-nanach. — Now Kilmanagh, in the ba- rony of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny See note under A. D. 780. ' Ceanannus Now Kells, in the co. of Meath. "A. D. 806. Constructio nove Civitatis Columbe Cille hi Ceninnus." — Ann. Ult. " A. D. 804. There was a new church founded in Kells in honour of St. Colume." — Ann. Clon. ' Inis-Muireadliaigh. — Now Inishmurry, an island* off the coast of the county of Sligo. — See note under the years A. D. 747, 798. This entry is given in the Annals of Ulster at the year 806, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 804, thus: " A. D. 806. Gentiles Combmscrunt insotam Muredaich, et invaduni Roscommain." — Ann. UU. " A. D. 804. The Danes burnt Inis-Moriey and invaded Roscomnian." — Ann. Clon. Most of the entries given by the Four Masters at the year 802 are to be found in the Annals of Ulster at 806, together with the following, totally omitted by the former: " Condmach mac Duibdaleithi, abbas Ard- machse subita morte pei'iit. Occisio Artghaile, mac Cathasaig, regis Nepotmn Cruinn na nAir- ther. Jugulatio Conaill mic Taidg o Conall mac Aedain i Ciunn-tire. Luna in sanguinem versa est. Bellum inter familiam Corcaighi, et farniliajii Cluana ferta Brendain, itUer qtias cedes innume- rabiles hominmn Ecclesiasticorum et sublimium de familia Corcaighi ceciderunt." The Four Masters have intentionally omitted all the battles recorded in the older annals as having been fought between the ancient monas- tic establishments, but the Editor has inserted them in the notes to this edition. The eclipse of the moon recorded in the Annals of Ulster as having taken place in this year, shews that these annals are antedated by one year, for a total eclipse of the moon occurred in the year 807, on tlio '2Gth of February See.4rt de Ver. l&s Dates, torn. i. p. 67- 414 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReaNW. [804. ^eap, mac Uomalcaij 50 cConnacraib imnne, do congnarh la ConcoBa]i, mac Oonncliaóa, micDomnaill, Do millfDh peap TTiióe, copiaccacap cip an aenaij. Cáinicc an pi, QeD, Dimofi^ail pfp mióe,-) po cuip Concubap co na pocpaioe 1 paon maóma epci, arhail bacai'p minoa 1 cfrnaca (.1. caoipió). Vio loipc lapam an po ba caipipi do Ohonnchab Do cpich TTIióe. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo a cfraip. Qn oapa bliaóain oécc dQoó OipDniDe. Qob, abb ^linne Da Loclia, TTlaolpocapcai^, mac piainn, abb pinDabpac abae, -] CiUe monai, Dej. pinbil, banabb Cluano bponaij, 1 Ounchu, abb Uealclia lep, do mapbaD. Cuciapan, ppioip Cluana, Dej, "] baecan Cluana cuaipceipr. lomaipecc la hUlcoib ercip do mac piacna, "| po ppaineD pm cCaipell pop GocaiD. lomaipfcc eicip Ui cCfinnpelaij, 1 rcopcaip Celiac, mac Oonnjaile. lonDpaó nUlaó la liQoó OipDniDe, lap in pij, 1 nDiojail pópaijce Scpíne póDpaicc pop Ouncom. Uene Do roinuió Do mm, lap po mapbaD Daoine 1 nOeproij QeDam. Qoi]^ Cpiopr, ochc ccéD a cúicc. Qn rpeap bbabain Decc DCíeó OipD- niDe. Cairnia, abb Ooirhliacc, Ui jfpnach, lap po porai^fb Daipe TTlele, abb Cille acaiD, ^iiaipe, abb ^linne do lacha, -) TTlaolDUin, mac Donnjaile, ' Tir-an-aenaiijh : i. e. the Land of the Fair. ti-es nodes, el migravit Aed, mac Neill, in ohviam This was the land of Tailtin, where the great eo7TU7n,€t C07nbiissit terminos Midi; eorumquefuffa national Irish fair was annually held, and where capris et hinulis simulata est." there is a hollow pointed out still called Lag- ' Fiiinahhair-ahha. — According to the gloss an-aenaigh, i. e. the hollow of the fair. — See on the Feilire-Aenguis, and O'Clery's Irish Ca- note ", under A. M. 3370, where, for " near the lendar, this place is on the margin of the River Boyne," read " near the Sele or Blackwater Boinn, in Bregia. It is now called Fennor, and River," which unites with the Boyne at Navan. is situated on the River Boyne, in the parish of ' As if they were goats and sheep — QrÍTail the same name, in the barony of Lower Duleek, bacaip minou -| cernaoa. The word cecnaoa and county of Meath. — See the Ordnance Map is glossed by caoipió, i. e. sheep, in the Stowe of Meath, sheet 19. Neachtain, a disciple of St. copy. Dr. O'Conor translates this, "quo tern- Patrick, and the son of his sister, Liemania, is pore fuere onusti rebus pretiosis et pecoribus ;" set down in the Irish Calendars as the patron but had he taken the trouble to compare the saint of this place, where his festival was kept Irish text of the Four Masters with the Annals on the 2nd of May. of Ulster he would have found that this was >" Cill-monai : i. e. Church of the Bog, now not the true meaning. The passage is given in Kilmoone, in the barony of Skreen, and county the latter annals as follows : of Meath. " A. D. 607. Sloghadh Muirgissa, mic Tomal- "^ Tealach-lias : i.e. Hill of the Huts or Cabins, taig, coConnachtaib, laConcobur, macnDonncha now Tullalease, an old church in the barony of CO rigi tir an aenaig ; et fugerunt repeute post Orrery, in the north of the cotmty of Cork. 804.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 415 [of Dal-Ai'aidhe]. A hosting by Muirgheas, son of Tomaltach, with the Con- uaughtmen about him, to assist Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, son of Domh- nall, to destroy the men of Meath, and they arrived at Tir-an-aenaigh''. The king, Aedh, came to protect the men of Meath; and he drove Conchobhar and his forces to flight out of it, as if they were goats and sheep''. He afterwards burned that part of the country of Meath which was dearest to Donnchadh. The Age of Christ, 804 [recté 809]. The twelfth year of Aedh Oirdnidhe. Aedh, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Maelfothartaigh, son of Flann, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha" and Cill-monai^ died. Finbil, Abbess of Cluain-Bronaigh, and Dunchu, Abbot of Tealach-lias'', were slain. Cuciarain, Prior of Cluain[-mic- Nois], and Baedan, of Cluain-tuaisceirt"*, died. A battle by the Ulidians between the two sons of Fiachna, and Cairell defeated Eochaidh. A battle between [two parties of] the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, in wliich Ceallach, son of Donnghall, was slain. The plundering of Ulidia by Aedh Oirdnidhe, the king, in revenge of the profanation of the shrine of Patrick'", against Dunchu. Fire came from heaven, by which persons were killed in Dearthach-Aedhain''. The Age of Christ, 805 [recte 810]. The thirteenth year of Aedh Oird- nidhe. Caithnia, Abbot of Daimhliag ; Tighernach, by whom Daire-Melle^ was founded, Abbot of Cill-achaidh''; Guaire, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; and ^lael- " A. D. 808. The killing of Dunclio, prince of Tulach-less, in Patric's Shrine's place, in the abbot of Tulach-less his house." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. '' Cluain-tnaisceirt : i. e. the North Lawn, or Meadow, now Clontuskert, near Lauesborough, in the barony of South Ballintober, and county of Roscommon See note % under A. D. 1244, p. 310; and Archdall's Monmlicon llihernicum, p. 607. '■ The shrine of Patrick.— Sea A. D. 784. " A. D. 808. The spoyle of Ulster by Hugh mac Nell, for the dishonoring of the Shrine upon Dunchu." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49. ' Dearthach Aedhain. — Called Oratorium Nudan in the Annals of Ulster. This oratory was pro- bably at Disert-Nuadhain, now Eastersnow, near Elphin, in the county of lioscomnion, where the memory of St. Nuadhan is still held in veneration. — See note '', under A. D. 13.30, p. 546, infra. " A. D. 508. Ignis celestis percussit virum in Oratorio Nodau." — Ann. Ult. '■■ Daire-Melle Id est quercetum sice rohorduni Sanctce Melle. This place is described as on the margin of Loch Melghe, now Lough Melvin, in the Lower Breifne. A nunnery was erected here by St. Tighernach for his mother Melle, who died here before the year 787 See Col- gan's Ada Sanctorum, p. 796. This name is now unknown. The place is situated in the parish of Kossinver, barony of Rossclogher, and county of Leitrim. •' Cill-achaidh : i. e. Church of the Field. The exact situation of this place is nowhere pointed out. Archdall iiiaces it in the county of Cavau, 416 aNwata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [806. pejicijir Qpoa ÍTloca, Décc. Tílaolpocliaiiraij, .1. pcpíbníó, mac Qeojaile, abb Qipeccail Oaclnapoj, 065. anliian, mac Concobaip/njfiina ainne, 065. Uabj -| piairnia, DO rhac rnuiji^fpa, mic Uomalcai?;, do mapBaó la Luijrub, -| pápujab Lmjne la ÍTluipjfp ina noiojail. Laoch Do Luijnib aopubaipc : l?o rhapb TTluipjCp mo mac pa, ba po mop po Dom cépi, Qp meipi impubaipr cailcc pop bpajaiD Caiój Dap éipi. Caclial, mac piacpach, cijfpna Raclia aipcip 1 pfp ccúl, Décc. ^op"^" jal, mac OmDajhaisb, abb QpDa TTlaca -\ Cluana heoaip, oécc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD a pé. Qn cfrpamab bliaóain oécc dQoó OtpD- nibe. Uuarjal, abb ppuice Cluana, blacmac hUa TTluipóeabaip, abb Deap- maije, Oimman QpoD, angcoipe [Décc]. Uepbaó aijae oenaij Uailrfn Dia Saraipn, co net paaclic each na cappac la hQeb, mac Neill, .1. muinnp Camlacbcae do oapopba cpé pápújab ceapmainDUamlacca ÍTlaelpuain Do Uib Néill. Oo par Qeó OipDniDe lapom a noijpiap do muincip 'Camlaclica, maille pé hapcaóoib lie. Ip in mbliaóainpi ráinic an Cele Dé Don paippcce but there is no place now bearing the name in that county. The festival of St. Tighernach was kept here on the 4th of November — Acta Sanctoru7n, p. 79'j. ' Maelduin. — " A. D. 809- Maelduin mac Donngaile, equonimus Ardmachae, Tiwritur.'" — Attn. Ult. ^ Airegal-Dachiaro(j : i. e. St. Dachiarog's residence, or habitation, now Errigalkeeroge, in the barony of Clogher, and county of Tyrone. —See note under A. D. 1380 and 1557- ' Rath-Airthir and Feara-Gul. — Rath-airthir is the ancient name of Oristown, near Teltown, and Feara-Cul was the name of a district com- prising the baronies of Upper and Lower Kells, in the county of Meath. — See note ^, under A. D. 693, p. 297 ; and note ', under 784. "• Religious seniors. — The word snathe is trans- lated seniores by Colgan in Trias Thawn., p. 298, and sapienies by Ussher in Primordia, p. 895. In the old English version of the Annals of Ulster, in Cod. Clarend., torn. 49, the death of this abbot is noticed thus : "A. D. 810. Tuahgall, Abbas sapiens Clona, moritur;" but in Dr. O'Conor's edition, p. 197, the reading is : " Tuathgal, Ab. Sruithe Cluana, moritur." " Dearmhach. — Now Durrow, in the King's County. " A. D. 810. St7-ages Geniilium in Ulster. Blathmack, nepos Muirdivar, Abbot of Dorowe, died." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., 49. ° Aradh Now the barony of Arra, or Du- liarra, in the county of Tipperary. I" The prevention. — " CeapBaó .i. oealujaó." CCkry. " CeapBaó .). lonnapba no oea- lujaó." — D. Mac Firhis. •' Celebration. — Q^a .i. cup, uc epr, boi Qilell -\ nieob ag aja in aonaij, i. e. agha, to carry on, celebrate, as, " Ailell and Medhbh were celebrating the fair."— MS., T. C. D., H. 3. 18, fol. 232. ' Prevented it ÍDapopbar .i. d'ú roipmeapc. " 13opben .1. roipmeapc, prevent." — Old Gloss, MS., T. CD., H. 2. 15. 806.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 417 duin', son of Donnghal, Qiconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Maclfothartaigh, i. e. the scribe, son of Aedhghal, Abbot of Airegal-Dachiarog'', died. Anluan, son of Couchobhar, lord of Aidline, died. Tadhg and Flaithnia, two sons of Muir- \ gheas, son of Tomaltach, were slain by the Luighni ; and Luighne [Lej^ny] was ; laid waste by Muirgheas, in revenge of them. A hero of the Luighni said : Muirgheas slew my son, which very much wounded me ; i It was I that struck the sword into the throat of Tadhg afterwards. Cathal, son of Fiachra, lord of Rath-Airthir and Feara-Cul', died, Gorni- ghal, sou of Dindaghaigh, Abbot of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eois, died. The Age of Christ, 806 [recté 811]. The fourteenth year of Aedh Oird- nidhe. Tuathghal, Abbot of the religious seniors" of Cluain ; Blathmac Ua Muirdheabhair, Abbot of Dearmhach"; and Diuiman of Aradh", anchorite, died. The preventionP of the celebration'' of the fair of Tailtin, so that neither horse nor chariot was run, by Aedh, son of Niall ; i. e. the family of Tamhlacht pre- vented if, in consequence of the violation of Termon^ of Tamhlacht-Maelruain. Aedh Oirdnidhe afterwards gave their full demand to the family of Tamhlacht, together with many gifts'. In this year the Ceile-Dei" came over the sea, with ' The violation of the Termon : fápu^aó Ceap- Tallagh, of the monarcli's chariot horses; this step mamo : i. e. the violation of the sanctuary, or having been taken by them in consequence of plundering of the termon lands of the monas- the violation of their free territory by the tcry of Tallaght, near Dublin. The old trans- O'Neills. It is added, that ample reparation lator of the Annals of Ulster renders it: "after was made to the monastery of Tallagh, as well dishonoring of the privOege of Taulaght-Mael- as gifts in addition bestowed upon it by the main by the O'Neylls." king." ' With many gifts. — " Posteafamilie Tamlacht» " The Ceile-Dei : i. e. the Vassal of God. This multa munera reddita sunt." — Ann. Ull. The old term is usually latinized Ccelicola or Colideus, translator of the Annals of Ulster and Doctor and anglicised Culdee. This entry is not in the O'Conor have mistaken the grammatical con- Annals of Ulster or Clonmacnoise. It has been struction of the language of this passage ; and also copied by the Four Masters into their Mr. Moore, who has helped to perpetuate the Leabhar-Gahhala, but where they found it the errors of O'Conor, in his own clear and beau- Editor has not been able to determine. Dr. tiful style, throughout his History of Ireland, O'Conor, in a note to this passage in his edition notices this event as follows, in vol. ii. p. 24 : of the Annals of the Four Masters, p. 315, con- "In the year 806, say the annalists, a violent jectures that the Culdees were of Druidic origin, interruption of the Taltine sports took place, and that after the reception of Christianity they owing to the seizure and retention, by the monks of retained some of their pagan tenets : 3 II 418 aNNQta Rio^haclica eiReawN. [807- a nofp copaibh ciopmaib cen fchap lOiji,-] do beprea fDuaj y^cpiobra do nirh 60 cpiap a nDénaó ppoicfpr do ^haomelaib, -j do beipri fuap Dopíóipi í an can caipccfo an ppocfpc. No ceighfD an mac fccailpi cech laoi Dapp an paippge poófp lap cuaipccpin an ppoicfpca. Qp innre Dna Do pijnfo puil do na baipjfnuiB, -\ no pilfo an puil eiprib occa rrfpccaó. Qp innce beop no cancaoip na lieóin an cancain DaonDa. QDmoep, injfn Qeóa Laijfn, oécc ina pfnDacai lap noeijbfchaiD. Connmacli, mac OuibDaleice, abb QpDo TTIaclia, do écc 50 bopnnn. Qoip Cpiopc, ochr cceD a peaclir. Qn cúicceaó bliaóain Décc dQo6 Oiponibe. piann, mac Ceallaij, abb pionnjlaipi, pcpibneóip, angcoipe, -j eppcop, Dég. GochaiD,eppcop -\ anjcoipe, comapba, niaelpuain Uarhlachca, Cobrac, abb Saijpe, Carapac, mac Qoba, ppióip Qpoa TTlaca, 1 abb ceall niomóa ele,-] piairbfpracb, mac Coipppe, abb CiUe móipe Grhip, oécc. Qbel bepchi Deg. Gochaib, mac piacbna, mic Qeba Roin, pi Ulab, "] Caipeall, a bpafaip, Do rabaipc caclia Diapoile, gup po nieabaiD pop GocbaiD. piann, mac Conjalaij, njfpna Ciannacca, Qob l?óin cijfpna Copca baipcinD, oécc. Qp la piopa Urhaill pop allmupacliaib. Qp la liallrhupacaib pop Clion- maicmbli. Ci]\ Calpaije Luipg la hUib bpiúin. Qp la bUtb niic Uaip pop Copcapoibe TTIiDe. Qp la Cobrac mac TTlaileDuin, cijeapna Loca Céin, pop allrhupachaib. Copgpacli, mac Nialljupa, cisfpna ^apbpuip, -] Cfpnacb, "Ordo erat religiosa, antiquitus, ni i'allor, niities brought on the Northumbrians by the Druidica, quae abjecto Ethuicismo, et Christi heathen men. fide amplexa, nonnuUa tamen veterum instituta ' Admoer — " A. D. 810. Admoer, ingin Aida servasse videtur. Colideorum austeritate, et Laigen, in senectute bona mortiia est." — Ann. Ult. aliquando etiam fictis miraculis, vulgi simpli- ^ Connmhach. — According to the Catalogue of citas decepta erat." the Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of But this is a mere conjecture, as there exists Cashel, Connmacus was Primate for fourteen not the shadow of an authority to shew that years. Harris makes him succeed in 798, and the pagan Irish had any religious order called die in 807. — See his edition of Ware's Bishops, Ceile-De. P- 42. ' Converted into blood. — Literally, " that blood " Cill-mor-Emhir. — See notes under the year was made of the cakes." These strange events 745 and 7G5. are not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. They * Conniaicni : i. e. the People of Connamara, were evidently regarded as ominous of the cala- in the west of the county of Galway. mities brought upon the Irish by the Scandina- '"A. D. 810. There was a great slaughter of vian invaders. The Saxon Chronicle also notices, these of larhar-Conuaught by the Danes." — at the year 793, dire forewarnings of the cala- Arm. Clon. 807] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOxM OF IRELAND. 419 dry feet, without a vessel ; and a written roll was given him from heaven, out of which he preached to the Irish, and it was carried up again when the sermon was finished. This ecclesiastic used to go every day southwards across the sea, after finishing his preaching. It was in it [i. e. this year], moreover, that the cakes were converted into blood", and the blood flowed from them when being cut. It was in it also the birds used to speak with human voice. Admoer*, daughter of Aedh Laighen, died at an advanced age, after a well-spent life. Connmhach'', son of Dubhdalethe, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died suddenly. The Age of Christ, 807 [rede 812]. The fifteenth year of Aedh Oii'dnidhe. Flann, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Fiunghlais, scribe, anchorite, and bishop, died. Eochaidh, bishop and anchorite, successor of Maelruain of Tamhlacht ; Cobh- thacli. Abbot of Saighir ; Cathasach, son of Aedh, Prior of Ard-Macha, and abbot of many other churches ; and Flaithbheartach, Abbot of Cill-mor-Emhir^, died. Abel Berchi died. Eochaidh, son of Fiachna, son of Aedh Roin, and Caireall, his brother, gave battle to each other, in which Eochaidh was defeated. Flann, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta ; Aedh Roin, lord of Corca-Bhais- cinn, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the men of Umhall. A slaughter was made of the Conmaicni* by the foreigners. The slaughter of Calraighe-Luirg'' by the Ui-Briuin. A slaughter was made of the Ui-Mic-Uais by the Corca-Roidhe'^ of Meath. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by Cobhtliach, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Lein''. Cosgrach, son of Niallglius, "A. D. 811. The slaughter of the Gentiles defeat of the Danish fleet by the Scoti of Hi- by the men of Uvall, and the slaughter of Con- bernia. vaicne by the Gentiles. The slaughter of the '' Ccdraighe-Lidrg A sept of the Calraighe Gentiles by the Maunsterians, viz., by Covhach seated in the territory of Magh-Luirg, in the mac Maoileduin, kinge of Loch Lein." — Ann. county of Roscommon. Ult, Cod. Clarend., 49. ' Corca-Iioidhe Now the barony of Corkaree, Dr. O'Conor, in his edition of the Annals of in the county of AVcstmeath. These were di- Ulster, p. 198, quotes Eginhart, who, in his vided from the Ui-Mic-Uais by the River Eithne Annals of the Achievements of Carolus Magnus, or Inny. The latter were seated in and gave has the following passage under the year 812: name to the adjoining barony of Moygoish. " Classis Nordmannorum Hiberniam Scottorum '' Loch-Lein : i. e. Lord of Eoghanacht-Locha Insulam aggressa, conimisso pra;lio cum Scotis, Lein, a territory comprised in the present parte non modica Nordmannorum interfecta, county of Kerry. Loch Lein was originally turpitcr fugiendo domum reversa est." He applied to the lakes at Killarney. — See note ', also quotes Egolismensis, who also notices the under A. M. 3579, p- 39, supra. 3 II 2 420 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [808. mac piairnia rijCpna, TTlujoopn mbiieacch, 065. Coiibach, mac ^opniáin, y^cpibniD, lejroip, -] abb Qpoa TTlaca ej^ibe [oécc]. Oo Chenel Uopbaij, .1. O Ceallaij bjiea j, ~\ po ba Diblipióe Conn na mbocc po bai I11 cCluain mic Nóip, -] ap aipe acbeipci Conn na mbochc ppip, ap a méo Do boccaib no biaraoh do ^pép. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo a hochr. Ctn peipfb bliaóain Décc dQoó. Conall, mac Oairhcij, abb Upeoic, Ceallac, mac Gachoacli, abb Cille Coma, pfp- aohach, mac Scanoail, pcpibneoip -\ abb Qcliaió bo Cainnij, -] Conjalrach, mac Grjuini, ppióip Cluana peapca, oécc. Ounlainj, mac piannchaóa, cijeapnaUa nCacliach [oécc]. lomaipeacc ecip piopa Uitiaill 1 aUmiipaij, in po 106 op ppfp nUmaill, 1 i cropcaip Copccpacb mac piainnaBpac, "] Dúnaóac, cijfpna Urhaill. Uoicceach Ua Uijfpnaij .1. ó Chip lomclaip, abb QpDa macba, Do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD a naoi. Ctn peacrmab bliabain oécc dQod. Gcippcél, mac Ceallaij, eppcop -] abb ^bnne Da loca, pebilmm, abb Cille TTIoinne, anjcoipe -] pcpibneoip Dfppcaijre, poipceallac poBaip, abb Cluana mic Nóip, Do ^haileangaib mopaiB bo, Opranac, abb Cille poibpij, Cionaob, mac Ceallaij, eppcop -] aipcinoeacli Upelecc, pfpaohach, abb Saijpe, ITlaolDUin, eppcop -| aipcinoeach Gachopomma, blarmac, mac Qolgupa, abb Uipe oa jlap, Ronan Ua LocDeipc eppcop, blarmac, Dalca Colgan, abb Innpi bo pinne,i Suibne, mac TTlaonai 5, pfpci jip Sláme, Déj. T~uachal, mac ' Garhhros : i. e. the Rough Wood. Situation Scriba, Lector, et Abbas Ardmachaims oliit. Fuit unknown. ex Kinel-Torbaich .i. Hui KeUaich regionis Bre- ' Mughdhorna-Breagh. — A sept of the Oirghi- garum oriundus; ex quibus etiamfuit Constcmtms alia seated in Bregia, in East Meath, but their cognomento Pimpenim, qui clariiit Cluanmacnosice, exact position has not been determined. They et sic cogiwminatus est quia consuevit multos pau- are to be distinguished from the Mughdliorna- peres qiwtidie alere." Maighen, who were seated in and gave name to '' Scannal. — " A. D. 812. Feradach, mac Scan- the barony of Cremorne, in the county of nail, scriba et sacerdos. Abbas Achaboo, feliciter Monaghan. vita7n Jinivit.'" — Ann. Ult. - Torbach He is given in the list of the ' Umliall. — Now the Owles, comprising the Archbishops of Armagh, in the Psalter of Cashel, baronies of Murresk and Burrishoole, in the as Primate for one year. This passage is trans- county of Mayo. lated by Colgan as follows, in Trias Thaum., "A. D. 812. The slaughter of them ofUval p. 294 : by the Gentiles, where fell Coscrach mac Flan- " A. D. 807. . 975, It looks rather remarkable here that what is infra. made orgain, plunder, by the Four Masters, is '^ Sil-Cathail. — Otherwise Clann-Cathail, i.e. made organorum in Latin, by the compiler of the race or progeny of Cathal. This was the the Annals of Ulster. The probability seems name of a sept of the Sil-Muireadhaigh, the to be that the compiler of the Annals of Ulster chief of whom, after the establishment of sur- mistook the Irish word orgain, plunder, for names, took that of O'Flanagan. They were oryain, organa, organs ; but Dr. O'Conor, who seated in the barony and county of Koscommon. thinks that the passage is genuine, adds, in a — See note % under A. D. 1289, p- 448. note to the Annals of Ulster, p. 199 : " Itoghallach, ^-c. — This is a repetition, but " Sinceritate horum Aniialium minime officit. the Editor thinks it better not to strike it out, Organa in Ecclesiasticis officiis ad Psalmodiam, as it stands so in the autograph copy at Stowe. ab antiquissimis temporibus in Ecclesia Orien- " A. D. 814. Direplio organorum Ecclesia; tali usurpari solita, uec nuperum esse inventum Clooncreve, et jugulatio hominis intra Ecclesiam in Ecclesia occidentali, jam antea, in Annota- ah incoUs Brehnai et Sil-Cathail." — Ann. Ult. tione 2, ad sicculum viii. satis dilucide demon- " The taking away of the organs of Clonkreva, stravi, ex S. Augustino in Psal. 5(3, ex Isidoro, and the hurting of a man within the church, by 1. 2 ; Orig. c. 20 ; Amalaris, 1. 3, c. 3, de Eccl. the men of Brehni and by Kindred Cahail." — OfSc. ; et ex Monachi S. Gallensis, 1. i. c. 10, de Cod. Clarcnd., torn. 49- Gestis Caroli Magni suprii, p. 153, &c." 7 424 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReanN. [812. Suibne, mac Cuanach, abb Cluana mic Nóif, do hUib bpnnn Seola Do, -[ lopep, i^ciiibneoip Roy^pa Commain, Décc. Ceallacli, mac illuipjiufa, abb t)]ioma cajiab [oécc]. Cluain mic Noip do lopccaob. lap crpiocairc laire lapamh po ppaoineao pia nOiapmaiD, mac Uomalraij, pop Uib piacpach TTluipipce. Po loipcceaD "] po haipcceaó poibpén i cpich ^paicpige, -] po mapbaic pocbaibe ann. Uuaral, mac OomnaiU, cijfpria Qipnp Cippe, Oiin- jal, mac Cuanach, cijfpna pfp ]?oip, lopjalac, mac iTlaolumlia, rijfpna Copca Sojain, Nuaoha Loca hUama, eppcop, ancoipe, -) abb Qpoa ITlaca, Déj. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéD a Do Décc. Qn picliCcmab bliaóain dQoó. Uio- bpaice, mac Cerepnaij, abb Cluana peapra bpénainn, TTlaolcuile, abb benncaip, ConDrhac, mac Oonaic, abb Copcaije, Cumapjac, mac Cfpnaijj, pfpcijip QpDa TTlaca [dccc]. Oepceac pobaip do lopccaó. Carol, mac " Ui-Briuin-Seola : i. e. the race of Brian of Magh-Seola, a sept seated in the present barony of Clare, and county of Galway See O'Fla- herty's Chorograpldcal Description of West Con- naught, edited by Mr. Hardiman for the Irish Archaiological Society, p. 368. ' Druiin-caradh. — Now Drumcar, a townland in a parish of the same name, in the barony of Ferrard, and county of Louth See the year 868, -where this place is referred to as in Ard Cianachta, now the barony of Ferrard. See also Colgan's Trias Thaiim., p. 173. Archdall identifies this with Drumcree, in the barony of Delvin, and county of Westmeath, but this was a mere guess, and is obviously erroneous. >■ Foibhren. — See note ', under the year 754, p. .357, supra. ' Graicrighe Otherwise called Greagraighe, a territory comprising the present barony of Coolavin, in the county of Sligo, and a consi- derable portion of the north of the present county of Roscommon. The hill of Druim- Greagraighe, and the church of Cill-Curcaighe, now Kilcorkcy, near Belanagare, in the county of Roscommon, are referred to in the Irish an- nals and calendars as in this territory: "A. D. 815. The breaking of a battle upon the O'Fiachrachs of Mursce, by Diarmaid mac Tomaltai, who burnt and praied Foivren in Gregrai, where many ignobles were killed." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. " Airthear-Liffe. — Otherwise written Oirthear- Liffe. That part of the present county of Kil- dare, embraced by the River Lifl'ey in its cir- cuitous course, was anciently known by this name. — See note % under A. M. 628, p. 250, supra. " Feara-Eois. — A tribe seated in the south of the present county of Monaghan, and in the adjoining parts of the counties of Louth and Meath See note ', on Dubh-chomar, under A. D. 322, p, 122, supra. ' Corca-Sogliain : i. e. race of Soghan Sal- bhuidhe, son of Fiacha Araidhe, King of Ulster. There were three distinct tribes of this race in Ireland : one in the barony of Tiaquin, and county of Galway; another in the barony of Farney, in the county of Monaghan ; and the third in ]\Ieath. — See Tribes and Customs ofHy- Mamj, pp. 72, 159- 812.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 425 Suibhne, son of Cuanach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Ui-Briuin-Seola'^; and Joseph, scribe of Kos-Commain, died. Ceallach, son of Muirghius, Abbot of Druim-caradh^ [died]. Chiain-mic-Nois was burned. In thirty days after- wards a victory was gained by Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, over the Ui-Fiach- rach-Muirisce. Foibhren'', in tlie territory of Graicrighe^ was burned and plundered, and numbers were slain there. Tuathal, son of Domhnall, lord of Airthear-LiíFe"; Dunghal, son of Cuana, lord of Feara-Rois*"; Irghalach, son of Maelumha, lord of Corca-Soghain"^; Nuadha"* of Loch-Uamha% bishop, anchorite, and abbot of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 812 [rede 817]. The twentieth year of Aedh. Ti- braide, son of Cethernach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile, Abbot of Beannchair ; Connmhach, son of Donat, Abbot of Corcach ; Cumasgach, son of Ceamach, CEconomus' of Ard-Macha, [died]. The oratory» of Fobhar was '' Nuadha. — Colgan gives a life of this saint at 19th January. The Annals of Ulster agree with those of the Four Masters in the date of this Nuadha's death. In most other entries at this period they differ about four years, the Four Masters being five years, and the Annals of Ulster one year antedated. " Loch- Uamha : i. e. Lake of the Cave. The situation of this lake has not yet been identified, though it was well known in the time of Colgan, who describes it as follows : " Est in finibus Breffinia; occidcntalis sive infcrioris, quae Breffne-Iii Ruairc appellatur, hie facus e vicina quadam specu, unde et Loch- uamka .L lacus specus appellatur, exoriens, ct in eandem sa;pé prodigiosé rellucns: quod indi- gena; observant passim contingere quando illius regionis Dynastis, eorumque filiis mortis im- minet periculum." — Acta Sanctorum, p. 373 ; see also Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ire- land, vol. iii. p. 254 ; and Harris's edition of FFare'i Bishops, p. 43. ' (EcoTurmus. — " A. D. 816. Cuma^cach, mac Cernaigh, Equonimus Ardmachie, durmiit." — Ann. Uli. ? The oratory " A. D. 815. Ventus Magnue in Kal. Novembrts. Oraiorium Fobair combustum est." — Ann. Ult. The year 8 1 2 of the Four Masters corresponds with 816 of the Annals of Ulster, which give under that year the following notice of a battle between the monks of Taghmon and Ferns, in the present county of Wexford, and of the cursing of Tara, which have been intentionally omitted by the Four Masters : " A. D. 816. Bellum re Cathal, mac Dunlaing, ocus re Muinntir Tighe-Mundu, for Muintir Fernan, ubi cccc. interfecli sunt. Muintir Coluim Cille do dul i Temhair do escuine Aeda." [The men of Colum Cille went to Tarach to curse Hugh. — Cod. Clarcnd., 49.] These entries are given in the Annals of Clonmacnoise under the year 814, as follows : "A. D. 814. There was a battle fought be- tween Cahall mac Dunluing, and those of Ti- monna, of the one side, against the family of Fames, where there were 400 of laye and churchmen slain. The familyes of St. Columb went to Taragh, and there excommunicated King Hugh, with bell, book, and caudles." 3r 426 aNHa^^a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [813. Q|ir]iac, cijfiina TTIiijoopn, TTlaolDUin, rijfpna pfp l?oif, ^opnijal, cijfpna TTIaije hloclia, Dunjal, cijeapna QpDa Ciannacca, -| Cacal, mac Ctilellct, riT^eapnaUa pPiacpacli, 065. Cac eicip piopa Depceipc 6pQ^ "] Ciannacca, 1 copcpacap lie do Ciannaccaib. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo a cpi Décc. Qn raonmaó bliabain pichfc dQodIi. TTlaoloúin, mac Cinnpaolab, eppcop Rara Bor, Cucpuirne, comapba Colu- main 6la, -| Siaóal, abb -| eppcop Ropa Commain, Décc. CtinBceallac, mac Oaeljupa, cijfpna Ua poraió cípe, oécc. TTluipeaDhach, mac 6pain, lec- pi Laijfn, Decc. Qoip Cpiopr, oclir cceD a cfcaip Decc. Ctn Dapa bliaóain pichfc dQod OipDniDe. InDpfccac, eppcop Cille mic Ouach, pfpgup l?óca Líiipicc, abb pionn^laipi, CiUeni, abb pfpna, Ouibinpi pjpibneóip Cluana mic Nóip, Cu- mupccach, mac Cfpnaij, pepcijip QpDa TTlaca, -] Qilbe Cinnmapa, 065. Cúcoinjealca, mac Cacail, cijeapna Laijean Deapjabaip, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD a cúicc Decc. Qn cpeap Bliaoain picfc dQod. I?eac1icabpa Ua hQnoola, abb Oaiminpi, Decc. QoD OipDnióe, pi Gpeann, DO bul CO pluaiccheaD Ian mop co Oún Cuap DopiDipi, co po pann Laijniu eiDip DO Ua bpain. Qijpeab anaijeanca -\ pneachca mop ipin mbliabain po, 6 Nocclaic CO hlnic. Qoip Cpiopc, ocbc ccéD a pé Decc. Qn cfcpamaó bliaóain picfc dQod. Qipbfpcac Cille Dapa,i Dioma, mac pianjupa, abb Roppa Cpé, Decc. TTlac Lachcna, cigepna Ciappaije Luachpa, Dég. lomaipfcc i?aca peapaD pia *■ Eath-both: i. e. rath or earthen enclosure of ral churches and a round tower in good preser- the booths, huts, or tents, now Raphoe, the head vation are still to be seen. of an ancient bishopric, in the county of Do- "' liatk-Luirigh — This is written Eatli-Lu- negal. raigh in the Annals of Ulster at the year 815. ' Successor of Colman Ela : i. e. Abbot of Ly- It was the ancient name of Maghera, in the nally, near TuUamore, in the King's County. county of Londonderry. — See note ', under " Ui-Fothaidh-tire.—The baronies of Iffa and A. D. 1218, p. 193. OiFa, in the county of Tipperary, are called " Ceannmhara : i. e. Head of the Sea, now "Ui-Fathaidh agus O'Fathaidh" in Irish ; but Kinvara, a small seaport town in a parish of there was more than one tribe of the name in the same name, in the west of the barony of Ireland. Kiltartan, and county of Galway. St. Coman is ' CUl-Mic-Duach : i. e. Mac Duach's Church, the patron of this parisli. now Kilmacduagh, in the barony of Kiltartan, " Dun- Guar Now Eathcore, in Meath. and county of Galway, where the ruins of seve- " A. D. 817. Hugh mac Neill went with au 813.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 427 burned. Cathal, son of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna; Maelduin, lord of Feara- Rois ; Gornighal, lord of Magh-Itha ; Dunghal, lord of Ard-Cianaclita ; and Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Fiaclirach, died. A battle between the men of South Breagh and the Cianachta, in which many of the Cianachta were slain. The Age of Christ, 813. The twenty-first year of Aedh. Maelduin, son of Ceannfaeladh, Bishop of Kath-both''; Cucruithne, successor of Colman Ela'; and Siadhail, Abbot and Bishop of Ros-Commain, died. Ainbhcheallach, son of Daelghus, lord of U i-Fothaidh-tire'', died. Muireadhach, son of Bran, half- king of Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 814. The twenty-second year of Acdh Oirdnidhe. Innreachtach, Bishop of CiU-Mic-Duach'; Fearghus of Rath-Luirigh", Abbot of Finnghlais ; Cilleni, Abbot of Fearna" ; Duibhinsi, scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cumasgach, son of Cearnach, CEconomus of Ard-Macha ; and Ailbhe of Ceann- mhara", died. Cuchoingealta, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster, died. The Age of Christ, 815. The twenty-third year of Aedh. Reachtabhra Ua hAndola, Abbot of Daimhinis, died. Aedh Oirdnidhe went a second time with a very great army to Dun-Cuar", and divided Leinster between the twt) grandsons of Bran. There were unusual ice and great snow^ in this year, from Christmas to Shrovetide. The Age of Christ, 816. The twenty-fourth year of xiedh. Airbheartach of Cill-dara ; and Dima, son of Fianghus, Abbot of Ros-Cre, died. Mac Lachtna, lord of Ciarraighe-Luachra, died. The battle of Rath-Fhearadh'' by the chief- armie into Leinster to Duncuar, and divided the meanes of the frost and hayla" [^Aliaqve mcog- countrie between two of the Birnes." — Ann.Ult. nUa per gdu et grandincs in hoc anno facta sunt-l Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. — Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. ■ '' Great snow "A. D. 817. Wonderful frost "^ Rath-Fhearadh: i.e. Fearadh's Kath, or Fort, and great snowe from Christmas to Shrovetydc, now Kahara, a townland in a parish of the same that men might goe drie shod any broad waters name, in the barony of Athlone, and county of and most rivers, as if they had been smooth Roscommon. Dealbhna-Nuadhat was the old loghes" [roads?]. "Ilorsloads and carriages upon name of the territory lying between the Suca LoghEagh ; Stags and hynds taken without any and the Sinainn, i. e. the Suck and the Shannon, chasing of hounds ; timber for great buildings" i. c. the baronies of Moycarnan, Athlone, &c. — [sent] " out of the country of Connaght into See notes ' and ', under A. D. 752. This battle the country of Crywhan, by Logh Erne, upon is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year ice, as if it liad hcene firme dry land. Many 817, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 815, such other unknown things don this yeare by as follows : 3 i2 428 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [817. ccoifeachaib Ua mbpiúin, Oiajimuio, mac Comalcaij, 1 TTlaolcocai^, mac pogapcaic, pop ci^fpna Ua TTlaine, Caral, mac TTlupchaóa, occ Oealbna NuaDcic, eicip Suca -| Sionainn, aipm a ccopcaip Caral -] apaile paepclanna imaille pp'f- lomaipeacc eicip UlcaiB péipin, in po mapBaó Caipeall, mac piachna, pi Ulaó, la TTluipeabac mac Gacoac. Oiapmaio, abb laeColuim Cille, 00 Dill 1 nQlbam. Qoip Cpiopc, ocbc ccéo a peachc oécc. Reacrabpa Ua TTIuicrijfpn, easnaiD ") abb Imleaca lubaip, TTluipeaDhacli, mac Cpunriitiaoil, abb Oipipc Oepnocc, Cpunnrhael, mac Qilella, comapba Cianáin Ooiriibacc, Laippén Chille Dapa, Cpunomael Ui^e TTlunDa,-] ConumacUa Carail, ejnaióCluana pfpca bpénainn, Oeg. pápuccaó cpice Cualann ■] Caijin 50 ^IfnD Da loco, lap in pij, la liQoD Oiponibe. lomaipeacc ecip Cenel Conaill -] Cenel nSojain, in po mapbaó maolbpepail, mac TTlupchaDa, cijeapna Ceneoil cConaill, la TTlupchar) mac TTlaelDÚin. Cafal, mac Ounlain^, ci^fpna Ua cCemnpealaiT^, Decc. Con^^alac, mac pfpfjaile, cijfpna pfp cCúl, Déj. lap mbeic CÚ15 bliaDna picfc i naipopije na hGpeann oQoD OiponiDe, mac Néill Ppapai^, acbaú 05 Qc DÓ peapca, 1 TTluij Conaille, lap mbuaiD nair- pije. Qipcpi, mac Concobaip, co pcpin pacpaicc 00 Dol bi cConnachcaibh. Inopeab Laijfn la hQeb nOiponiDe .1. cip Cliualano 50 ^Ifno do laca. Ctoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéo a hochc Décc. Qn ceo bliaoain 00 Choncobap, mac Donnchaoa, mic Oorhnaill, op Cpinn hi pije. TTlaelruile, abb bfnD- "A. D. 817. Bellum gestum est in regione lendar, at 8th February, St. Ternoc's church Delbnae Nodot ic Ath-forath, ubi nepotes Maine was situated on the west side of the Barrow, CU7JI rege eorvm A. Cathal, mac Murchada, et but the name of the territory is not given. multi alii nohiles proslrati sunt. Reges Nepotum ' The devastation "A. D. 818. Vastacio Briuin .i. Diarmait, mac Tomaltaig, et Mael- Laigin la Aed mac Neill i tir Cualann usque cothaigh, filius Foghertaich victores erant." — Glenn duorum siagnorum." — Ann. UU. Ann. Ult. "A. D. 816. All Lynster was destroyed and "A. D. 815. A battle was fought in Delvin wasted by King Hugh to Gleanndalogha." — Nwadatt, where the" [ancestors of the] "O'Kel- Ann. Clon. lys of Omanie, with their prince, were over- '4■ Leire — It is remarked in an interlined teen years See Dr. O'Conor's ifer. Zft J. (S'cnjsi., gloss that this means i-ano í,éipe, i. e. the vol. iii. p. 107; and Harris's edition of Ware's church of austerity, which is the name of a Bishops, p. 43. monastery near Lough Ennell, in the county of ' Destruction The Irish word coycpao is Westmeath — See note ", under the year 740, rendered skirmish, or onset, in the old transla- p. 342, supra. tion of the Annals of Ulster; but the original " A royal meeting — " A. D. 826. A kingly compiler of these Annals translates it by de- parlee at Byre between Felim and Connor." — structio. Thus, copjpaóailijPpijpeinn, occur- Ann. Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ring in the Annals of Tighernach at the year "A. D. 824. There was a meeting between 675, and in the Annals of the Four Masters at KingConnorand FelymatByrre."— ^íin. C/o?!. 674, is given in Latin, " Destructio Ailche Wi- ' The foreigners.—'^ The spoile of Lusca by greni," in the Annals of Ulster at 675.— See Gentiles, burninge and prayinge it and Cia- note ?, p. 284, ^iprá. These passages are given nachta untill" [i. e. as far as] " Ochtar-ungen, njore correctly in the Annals of Ulster under and" [they] " spoyled the English" [recte the the year 826, thus : Galls] " of the North-east after."— 4im. Ult. " A. D. 826. Coscrad oinaig Taillten for Ga- Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. lengaib, la Concobar, mac nDonncha, in quo '' Abbot ofArd-Macha — In the list preserved ceciderunt midti. Coscrad oinaig Colmain la in the Psalter of Cashel he is set down as Mac Muredhach, for Laignib Desgabair, in quo ceci- Longseclius, Archbishop of Armagh for thir- deruiit multi. Coscrad Dunaid Laigen do Gontib, 826.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 441 Not well have we gained our goal, not well have we passed by Leire^, Not well have we taken Eoghan in preference to any pilgrim in Ireland. A royal meeting^ at Birra between Conchobhar, son of Donnchádh, King of Ireland, and Feidhlimidh, i. e. son of Crimhthann, King of Munster. Flaitheamh, son of Doughalach, lord of the North, was killed. Cormac, son of Domhnall, lord of Deisi, died. Lusca was plundered by the foreigners'. Flannghus, son of Loingseach, Abbot of Ard-Macha'', died. The destruction' of the fair of Tailltin, against the Gaileanga", by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, on which occasion many were slain. The destruction of the fair [of Colman by Mui- readhach, against the South Leinstermen, where many were slain. The de- struction of Dun-Laighen], at Druim°, by the Pagans, where Couaing, son of Cuchongelt, lord of the Fortuatha, was slain, with many others. The Age of Christ, 826. The ninth year of Conchobhar. Aedh, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Robhartach, son of Cathasach, airchinneach of Cluain-mor-arda°; Connmhach Ua Loichene, Abbot of Saighir; Murchiu, Abbot of Druimineasclainn ; Ciaran the Wise, of Ros-cre ; and Clemens, Abbot of Linn-Duachaill, died. The martyrdom of Temhnen, anchorite, by the foreigners. A battle was gained^ over the foreigners by Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of •uhi ceciderunt Conall, mac Concongalt rex na main, or Circinitim Colmain, was held on tlie Fortuath et alii innmHez-abiles." — Ann. Ult. Ed. present Curragh of KilJare, in Campo Liphi, O'Conor. where the royal fair and sports of Leinster were "A. D. 826. The skirmish of Aenach TaUten celebrated See Appendix, pedigree of O'Dono- upon the Galengs by Connor, mac Duncha, van, p. 2434. where many were slain. The onsett of Aenach- ° Cluain-mor-Arcla Now Clonmore, a town- Colmain by Muireach upon Leinster Desgavar, land giving name to a parish in the territory of in quo ceciderunt plurimi. The battle" [recte Cianachta-Arda, now the barony of Ferrard, in destruction] " of Dunlaien by Gentiles, ubi ceci- the county of Louth. ííerMní Conall mac Congalt, king of the Fortuahs ''A lattle was gained: Carjiaoinfo — This inLeinstei, et alii ÍHnmnerabiles."-Cod.Clar., 49. term is rendered "battle-breach" in the old " Gaileanga: i. e. the inhabitants of the ba- translation of the Annals of Ulster, thus : rony of Morgallion, and some of the neighbour- " A. D. 827. Cathroined re Lethlabar, mac ing districts in the county of Meath, in whose Loingsig, ri Dal-Araidhe for Gennti. Cathroined territory Tailtin was situated. ele for Genti re Coirpre, mac Cathal, ri hUa "AtDruim. — This has been incorrectly copied Ceinnselaig ocus re muintir Tighe Mundu." — by the Four Masters, who have skipped one line, Ann. Ult. which the Editor has supplied in brackets from " A. D. 827. Battle-breach by Lehlovar mac the Annals of Ulster. The fair of Aenach-Col- Loingsi, kinge of Dalarai, upon the Gentiles. 3 L 442 aNNQta Rio^hachca eiReawN. [827- Lfelobap, mac Loinjpch, pi Ulaó, pop 5^ic(^l'«i^- muipfDhac, mac T?uaópac, pi Laijean, Décc. CionaeD, mac ÍTlojpóin, njfpnaUa ppailje, oecc. huaoa, mac Diapmaoa, njfpna Ueabra, Do mapBab. Qoip Cpioyc, ocr ccéo picbe a peaclir. Qn Deacmaó bbaóain do CVion- cobap. rriaoloobapcon, abb Cille Uapaille, Copbmac, mac TTluipjfpa, abb Sfncpuib, Tnaolurha, mac Cecepnaij, ppioip pionnabpacli, QeDan Ua Con- Dumhai, pccpibneoip Oepiiiaiji, CTpball, mac pionnacca, rijfpna Delbna bearpa, oécc. Dpiigan, mac Uaibg, cijfpna Ua TTléir, Decc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD picVie a hochc. Ctn raonmaó bliabain Decc, Do Clioncobap. Copbmac, mac Siiibne, abb Cluano liloppaipo, pcpibneoip -[ eppcop, Uippaiue mac Reccabpac, abbCluana Dolcáin, lopepli, mac Nech- cain, abb Roip Commmn, Siabal, mac pfpaoliaij, abb Cille Dapi, Cailci, mac 6ipc, abb pfba Dúm, Ceallac, mac Conbrhaij, anscoipe Oipipc Ceal- laij, TTluipiuccánCille Dapa, Qon5up,mac Oonnchaba, cijfpnaUealca TTlibe, Decc. pionnpneacca, mac bobbcaba, cijeapna Ceneoil mic Gapca, Decc. DunchaD, mac Conainj, ci^fpna Ciannacca, Déj. pollumain, mac Donn- cliaba, DO itiapbab la ITiuirhneachaib. Ctoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo piche anaoi. Qn Dapa bliabain Decc do Chon- cobap. Qipmfohach, corhapba pmDein TTlaige bile, Do bácab. TTluipfnD banab Cille Dapa, oécc. Ceirfpnac, mac Ouncon, pcpibneoip, paccapc, -[ Another upon them by Cairbre, mac Cahail, Edit. O'Conor, p. 207. kinge of Cinselai, and by the men of Tymuna." — " A. D. 827. A great slaughter of greate hogs Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. in the borders of Ard-Cianachta by the English" The defeat of the Gentiles, or Danes, by the [j-ecte the Galls, i. e. Norsemen]. " The wound- Ui-Ceinnsealaigh is noticed in the Annals of inge of Cinaeh mac Cumascai, king of Cianacht, Clonmacnoise under the year 825, thus :" There by the said foreigners, and the burninge of was au overthrowe given to the Danes by the Lain-lere and Cluonmor by them alsoe. The O'Keannsealeys, and those of Tymonna." slaughter of the Delvinians by murther or in The year 826 of the Annals of the Four guilefuU manner." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. Masters corresponds with 827 of the Annals of ^ Cill- Uasaille. — Now Killossy, or Killashee, Ulster, which contain under that year the three near Naas, in the county of Kildare. — See note % entries following, which have been omitted by under the year 454, p. 142, supra. the former : ' Seanirahh. — Now Santry, a village in the "A. D. 827. Muc-ár mar di mucaibh mora i barony of Coolock, and county of Dublin. nairer nArdae-Ciannachta, o Gallaib. Guin ^ Finnahhair Now Fennor, near Slane, in Cinaeda, mic Cumascaig, ri Arddae-Ciannachta, the county of Meath. a Gallaib. Ar Dealbhna hi fello."— .4»«, Ult., " A. D. 828. Maelumai, mac Cethernaigh, 827.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 443 Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. A battle was gained by Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach, King of Ulidia, over the foreigners. Muireadhach, son of Ruadlirach, King of Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Moghron, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Uada, son of Diarmaid, lord of Teathbha, was slain. The Age of Christ, 827. The tenth year of Conchobhar. Maeldobhar- chon, Abbot of Cill-Uasaille''; Cormac, son of Muirgheas, Abbot of Seantrabh'; Maelumha, son of Ceithearnach, Prior of Finnabhair' ; Aedhan Ua Condumhai, scribe of Dearmhach ; [and] Cearbhall, son of Finnachta, lord of Dealbhna- Beathra', died. Drugan, son of Tadhg, lord of Ui-Meith, died. The Age of Christ, 828. The eleventh year of Conchobhar. Cormac, son of Suibhne, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, scribe and bishop ; Tibraide, son of Recli- tabhar, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain ; Joseph, son of Nechtain, Abbot of Eos- Commain ; Siadhal, son of Fearadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara ; Cailti, son of Ere, Abbot of Fidh-duin"; [and] Aenghus,son of Donnchadh,lord of Tealach-Midhe''', died. Finnsneachta"", son of Bodhbhchadh, lord of Cinel-Mic-Earca, died. Dun- chadh, son of Conaing, lord of Cianachta, died. Follamhain, son of Donnchadh, was slain by the Munstermen. The Age of Christ, 829. The twelfth year of Conchobhar. Airmheadhach, successor of Finnen of Magh-bile, was drowned. Midrenn, Abbess of Cill-dara, died. Ceithearnach^, son of Dunchu, scribe, priest, and wise man of Ai'd-Macha, equonimus Finnabhrach, mortuvs est.'''' — Ann. Ult. " Fidh-duin. — Otherwise written Feadh-duiu, ' Dealbhna-Beathra. — Otherwise called Dealbh- i. e. Wood of the Fort, now Fiddown, in the ba- na-Eathra. This was the ancient name of the rony of Iverk, and county of Kilkenny, where, present barony of Garrycastle, in the King's according to O'Clery's Irish Calendar, the fes- County. The year 827 of tlic Four Masters tival of St. Maidoc, or Mo-Maidoc, was kept on corresponds with 828 of the Annals of Ulster, the 18th of May. — See also Colgmi's Acta Sanc- which contain under that year the following torum, p. 727. entries, omitted by the former : " Tealach-3Iiilhe : i.e. the Hill of Meath. "A.D. 828. /i£(7?:/a Ceithearnach. — " A. D. 830. Cernach, mac to Scotland, and the defeat of the Meathmen, are Duncan, scriba, et sapiens, et sacerdos Ardmachae noticed in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 825. paxtsavit.'''' — Ann. Ult. 3 l2 444 QNHaca Rio^hachca emeaHH, [830. eccnam QjiDa TTlaca, 065. lonnpaó Conaille la ^allaib co pa jabaó TTlaol- bpi^óe an pi, 1 Canannan a bpacaip, i puccpac leo laD Dochum a long. Suibne mac paipnij, abb QpDa TTlaclia ppi pé DÓ rhíp, 00 écc. peiólimió, Ttiac Cpiomrainn, co ploj muriian -| Laijen, do rocr co pionnabaip bpfj, Do lonDpaó peap mbpeaj, -] inopeab Lipe la Concobap, mac Donnchaba, lá pí Gpeatin. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo rpiocha. Cín cpeap bliaóain oécc do Clioncobap. CéDna opjain Qpoa TTlaclia. QpD TTlacha Do opgain po cpí 1 naoin rhí la ^allaibji ní po lioipgfD la lieachcapcenela piam 50 pin. Opjain Daimliacc Cliianám, 1 pine Cliiannacca, co na cceallaib uile, la ^allaib. Oilill, mac Colsan, DO epjabail leo Dna. Opjain Cujmaió, 1 miicpnama, 1 Ua íTleir, -] Opoma mic hUa 6lae, -) apoile cealla apcfna leó beop. 'Cuaral, mac pCpaDhaij, Do bpeir Do ^hallaib leo, -| pcpín Qnamnáin ó Ooriinac maijen. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéo cpiocha a haen. Qn cfrpamaó bliaóain Décc DO Choncobap. Reaccjal, mac Suibne, paccapc CípDa TTlacha, Décc. Opjain Tiáta Lúipij, 1 ConDipe ó ^hallaib. Opjain Lip móip TTlochuDa. Copccab '^ The plundering of Conaille : i.e. of Conaille- IMuirtheimhne, in the present county of Louth. This is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 830. The old translator in Cod. Clarend., torn. 49, takes Conaille to mean Tirconnell, but this is a great error. ' Suibhne. — " A. D. 829. Suibne, mac Foran- nan, abbas duarum mensium in Ardmacha, obiit.'''' — Ann. UU. "A. D. 827. Swynye mac Farnye, abbot for two months in Armagh, died." — Ann. Clon. The person called Abbot of Armagh, by the Irish annalists, is generally the Archbishop or Primate of all Ireland ; but this Suibhne is not given in the list of the Archbishops of Armagh preserved in the Psalter of Cashel. — See Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, pp. 44, 45. ^' Finnabhair : i.e. Fennor, near Slane. " A. D. 830. Felim mac Crivhain, together with the force of Mounster and Leinster, came to Finnuir to spoile the men of Bregh. Lyfii spoyled by Conor." — Ann. UU. Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. " A. D. 828. Felym mac Criwhan, with the forces of Mounster and Lynster, came to Fynore to destroy, prey, and spoyle Moybrey. The lands about the Liifie were preyed and spoyled by king Connor" [ancestor of] " O'Melaugh- lyn." — Ann. Clon. ' Ard-Macha. — This passage is translated by Colgan in his Trias Thaum., p. 294, thus : " A. D. 830. Ardmacha spatio unius mensis fuit tertio occupata et expilata per Normannos seu Danos. Et nunquam ante per exteros oc- cupata." The first plundering of Armagh by the Norse- men is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 831 (the true date being 832), as follows : "A. D. 831. Cetna orggain Ardmachae o Gentib fo thri i noenmis." — Ann. Ult. The plundering of Armagh and other churches in Ulster is noticed in the Annals of Clonmac- noise, under the year 829, as follows : " A. D. 829. The first outrages and spoyles committed by the Danes in Armagh was this 830.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 445 died. The plundering of Conaille'^ by the foreigners, who took Maelbrighde, its king, and Canannan, his brother, and carried them with them to their ships. Suibhne", son of Fairneach, Abbot of Ard-lSIacha for the space of two months, died. Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, with the forces of Munster and Lein- ster, came to Finnabhair-Breagh'', to plunder the men of Breagh ; and the Lifl'e was plundered by Conchobhar, son of Donnchadh, King of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 830. The thirteenth year of Conchobhar. The first plundering of Ard-Macha. Ard-Macha° was plundered thrice in one month by the foreigners, and it had never been plundered by strangers before. The plundering of Daimhliag and the tribe of Cianachta, with all their churches, by the foreigners. Oilill, son of Colgan, was also taken prisoner by them. The plundering of Lughmhadh and Mucshnamh'', and Ui-Meith", and Druim-Mic- hUa-Blae', and of other churches, by them also. Tuathal, son of Fearadhach, was carried oif by the foreigners, and the shrine of Adaranan from Domhnach- INIaighen^. The Age of Christ, 831. The fourteenth year of Conchobhar. Reacht- ghal, son of Suibhne, priest of Ard-Macha, died. The plundering of Rath- Luirigh'' and Connor by the foreigners. The plundering of Lis-mor-Mochuda. year, and they ransacked these ensuing churches, p. 231, sttpra. Louth, Mucksnawe, Oatneith, Droym-Mac- ' Druhn-Mic-Ua-Blae. — This church, at which Awley, and divers other religious houses, were the memory of St. Sedna was venerated on the by them most paganly ransacked. Also the 9th of March, is described as in the territory of relicks of Adawnan were most outrageously Crimhthannn, which comprised the baronies of taken from Twahall mac Feraye out of Dow- Upper and Lower Slane, in the north of the naghjnoyen by the Danes, and with the like county of Mcath; but there is no church of this outrage they spoyled Katlilowrie and Conrye in name now to be found in these baronies. — See Ulster." Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, pp. 569, 830 ; and ' Mttcshnamlt Now Mucknoe, a parish com- Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 532. prising the little town of Castleblayney, in the ' Uomhuacli-maiyhen : i. e. the Church of east of the county of Monaghan. — See Colgan's Moyne, or the small plain, now Donaghmoyne, Acta Sanctorum, p. 713. in the barony of Farney, and county of .AIo- ' Ui-Meith. — This should be the churches of naghan. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 424; Ui-Meith-Macha, a tribe and territory in the also Shirley's Account of the Terrilory or Domi- preseut county of Monaghan. It comprised the nion of Farney, pp. 151, 152, 153. churches of Tehalkn, Tullycorbet, Kilmore, ''/íaí/i-i/Uin^A.-This should be Rath-Luraigh, and Mucknoe, in this county See Leabhar-na as it is written in the Annals of Ulster at the gCeart, p. 151. and note ', under the year 605, year 831, thus: " A. D. 831. Orggain Ratha 446 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [832. cfpTTiainn Ciapciiíi lc'i péiólimib, mac Ciiiomrainn. InDjifoh [Dealbra] bfcpa po rpí laip beói^. Inopfoh Cille Dapa la Celiac mac bpain. Cionaeó, mac Gacliacli, cijfpna Oail QpoiDe an Tuoipceipc oo rhapbaó. Cionaeb, mac Qprpacli, cijfpna Cualann,-] OiapmuiD, mac Ruaopach, cijfpna Qiprip Lipe» nécc. lap mbeic ceirpi bliabna oécc i naipopije na hGipeano do Choncobap, mac Oonnchaóa, mic Oorhnaill, aobac lap mbuaió naicpicce. Ctoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo rpioca a Dó. Qn céo bliaóam Do Niall Chaille, mac Qeóa Oipnmóe, hi piece óp eipinn. Peacrabpa, abb Chille acaió, -| lopjalac, abb Sai^jpe, Décc. TíaeineaDh pia Niall cCaille -\ pia TTlupchaó pop ^halluib, bi nOoipe Chaljaij, co po lóó a náp. Opjain Cluana Dolcain oo ^hallaib. Dpong móp Do muinncip Cluana mic Nóip Do mapbab lá peió- limiD,macCpiomcainn,pi Caipil,-] po loipcceaó a ccfprnonn uile laip 50 Dopap a cille. pa éncuma muincipe Dfpmaije laip ona, pon ccuma cfccna co Dopap a cille. Oiapmaic, mac 'Comalcaij, pí Connachr, Décc. Cobrach, mac imaeleDÚin, cijfpna lapmuman, Do rhapbab. Opjam Locha 6picpenn Luraigh ocus Connire o Genntib." Rath-Lu- raigh, i. e. Lurach's Fort, was the ancient name of Maghera, in the county of Londonderry — See note under A. D. 814. ' Tearmann-Chiarain: i.e. St.Ciaran's Termon or Sanctuary. This was the Termon of Clon- macnoise, in the King's County. ^ Beathra : i. e. the barony of Garrycastle, containing the monastery and termon lands of Clonmacnoise. "A. D. 829. Felym mac Criowhan burnt, spoyled, and preyed the lands belonging to St. Keyran, called Termyn-lands, and Delvyn Bethra, three times." — Ann. Clon. ' The plundering of Cill-dara.—'' A. D. 832. Cath-roiniud forMuinntir Cille-daro, ina cill, re Cellach mac Brain, vbijugulati sunt imdti inferia Johannk in Autumnoy — Arm. Hit. " A. D. 830. Ceallagh, mac Bran, gave an over- throw to the clergy of Killdare, within their own house, where there were many and infinite number of them slain on St. John's day in har- vest." — Ann. Clon. "" Airthear Liffe. — See note under A. D. 811. " Conchobhar O'Flaherty places his acces- sion in 819, and his death in 833, which is the true chronology. — Ogygia, p. 433. The Annals of Ulster, which are antedated by one year, place it in 832. " A. D. 832. Artri, mac Concobhair, Abbas Ardmachae, et Concobhar, mac Donncha, rex Temro, uno mense mortui sunt.^' — Ann. Ult. The Annals of Clonmacnoise, which are about four years antedated at this period, notice the death of King Connor Mac Donogh imder the year 829, and give a list of the names of Danish captains, as follows : " A. D. 829. Connor mac Donnogh" [ancestor of] " O'Melaughlyn, king of Taragh and Ire- land, died this year. The Danes intending the full conquest of Ireland, continued their inva- sions from time to time, using all manner of cruelties, &c. Divers great fleets and armies of them arrived in Ireland, one after another, under the leading of sundry great and valiant captains, 832.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 447 The burning of Tearmann-Chiarain' by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann. The plundering of [Dealbhna] Beathra"" thrice by him also. The plundering of Cill- dara' by Ceallach, son of Bran. Cinaedh, son of Eochaidh, lord of Dal- Araidhe of the North, was slain. Cinaedh, son of Arthrach, lord of Cualaun, and Diar- maid, son of Ruadhrach, lord of Aii-thear-Life", died. After Conchobhar", sou of Donnchadh, had been fourteen years in the monarchy of Ireland, he died, after the victory of penance. The Age of Christ, 832. The first year of Niall Caille", son of Aedh Oird- nidhe, in sovereignty over Ireland. Reachtabhra, Abbot of Cill-achaidh ; and Irghalach, Abbot of Saighir, died. A battle was gained by Niall Caille and IVIurchadh over the foreigners, at Doire-Chalgaigh"", where a slaughter was made of them. The plundering of Cluain-Dolcain by the foreigners. A great number of the family of Cluain-mic-Nois were slain by Feidhlimidh, son of Crumhthan, King of Caiseal ; and all their termon"* was burned by him, to the door of the church. In like manner [did he treat] the family of Dearmhach, also to the door of its church. Diarmaid, son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, died. Cobhthach, son of Maelduin, lord of West Muuster, was slain. The plundering of Loch-Bricrenn^ against Conghalach, son of Eochaidh, [by the foreigners] ; as Awuslir, Fatha, Turgesius, Imer, Dowgean, the most part of the kings that were in Ireland, Tmer of Limbrick, Swanchean, Griffin, Arlat, untill King Bryan Borcwe's time, had no great Fyn Crossagh, Albard Roe, Torljert Duff, Fox profitt by it, but the bare name; yet they" [the Wasbagg,Gotma,Algot,Turkin,Trcvan,Cossar, Irish] "had kings of tlieir own that paid into- Crovantyne, Boy van, Beisson, tlie Red Daughter, lerable tribute to the Danes." — Ann. Clon. Turmyn mac Keile, Baron Robert, Mylan,\Val- '' Doire-Chalgaigh — Now Derry, or London- ter English, Goslyn, Talamore, Brught, Awley, derry. The defeat of the Danes at Derry, and KingofDeanmark, and king of the land in Ire- the plundering of Cluain-Dolcain, now Clon- land called Fingall; Ossill and the sons of Imer; dalkin, near Dublin, are given in the Annals of Ranell O Himer; Ottar Earlc, and OttarJuffe Ulster, at the same year. Earle." '' Tlieir Termon This is also noticed in the "Niall Caille O'Flahorty places the acces- Annals of Ulster at the year 832, and in the sion of this monarch at A. D. 833, which is the Annals of Clonniacnoise at 830, thus : true year. In the Annals of Clonmacnoise it is "A. D. 830. Felym mac Criowhyn killed placed in 829; but, as already remarked, those and made a great slaughter upon the clergy of Annals are antedated by four years at this pe- Clonvicknose ; burnt and consumed with fire riod : all Clonvicknose to the very door of the church ; " A. D. 829- Neale Caille, son of Hugh Ornie, and did the like with the clergy of Dorowe to began his reign after the death of King Connor, their very door also." — Ann. Clon. and reigned sixteen years. After whose reign ' Loch-Bricrenn : i. e. the Lake of Bricrinn, 448 aHNQca Rio^hachca eiReaww. [833. pop Conjalach, mac Gachoacli, -] a epjabail, ~\ a rhapbaoh occá lonjaib lapaiTi. Qijicpi, mac Concobaip, abb Qpoa TTlacVia, do écc. bpáraip do pig Oipjiall ejpióén. Ruaiopi, mac TTlaoileporapraij, Ifccaoipeac Ua cCpiom- rainii, oécc. Qoip Cpiopr, occ ccéo rpioca a cpi. Qn Dopa bliaóain do Niall CaiUe. Uuaccap, eppucc ■) pcpibneoip Cille Dapa, Ctpppaic, banabb Cille Dapa, Dunlaing, abb Copcaije, -| Ceallacb, mac pmnacca, abb Cille Ire, Décc. CeallacVi, mac bpain, pi Laijfn, Décc. Cionaeb, mac Conaing, cijfpna bpfsh, -] Oiapmaic, mac Conctinj, cijfpna Ufrba, Decc. Cac pop ^allaib pia nDunaóac, mac Scannlam, ci^fpna Ua piDgeince, Du i ccopcpaccap lie. Opjain^linne Da locha, Sláine, -| pionnabpach abae la ^allaib. Dunoóac, mac Scannláin, cijfpna ^abpa, Decc. Suibne, mac Qpcpach, cijfpna TTluj- Dopn, DO rhapbab la a cenél péipin. Con^alacli, mac Qenjupa, cijfpna Cbeneoil Laojaipe, Decc. Gojan TTIainipcpeac, abb Ctpoa ilTlaca ") Cluana liGpaipD, Do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéD cpicha a cfraip. Ctn rpeap bliaDain Do Niall. bpeapal, mac Copbmaic, aipcinDfc, .1. abb Cille Duma -\ ceall naile, Decc. QoDa7;an, mac 'Copbai^, abb Cuccmaió, Decc ina ailerbpe hi cCluain mic Nóip. Gojan, mac QeDa^ain, po anpiDe hi cChioin mic Móip, conaD uaba po cinpfe TTleic Cuinn na mbocc innce. Cumiipsach, mac Cteri5iipa, ppióip Cluana mic Nóip, Decc. Caoncorhpac, mac SioDail pfpcijip Cille Dapa, oécc. who was one of the chiefs of Ulster in the first the county of Meath. — See Colgan's Trias century ; now anglice Louglibrickland, a small Tliaiim., p. 1 84, n. 9 ; and O'Flaherty's O'jygia, town near a lough of the same name in the part iii. c. 76. See also note on Druim-Mic- barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down. — Ua-Blae, under A. D. 830, supra ; and note on See note*, under A. D. 1434, p. 862, infra. Achadh-farcha under A. D. 503, p. 163. * Airtri. — According to the list of the Arch- " OfGahhra: i. e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now bishops of Armagh, preserved in the Psalter of the baronies of Upper and Lower Connello, in Cashel, be sat in the see of Armagh for two years. the county of Limerick. This Dunadhach was Ware makes him succeed Flanngus in 822, and the head chieftain of all the Ui-Fidhgeinte. — sit for eleven years; but it is quite clear that he See Appendix, Pedigree of C Donovan, p. 2436, was disturbed by Eoghan Mainistreach, who was line 2. In the Annals of Ulster his death is Lector of Monasterboice, and who was supported thus noticed at the year 834 : " Mors Dunadh- by Niall Caille, King of Aileach. aig, mic Scanlain, regis hUa Fidgenti." ' Ui-Crvmhthainn. — Otherwise Ui-Creamh- '■'■ Eoghan Mainistreach : i.e. Eoghan ofMai- thainn, a tribe of the Oirghialla seated in the nistir-Buithe, now Monasterboice. " Eugenius present baronies of Upper and Lower Slane, in Monaster" is set down in the list of the Arch- 833.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 449 and he was taken prisoner, and afterwards killed at their ships. Artri^ son of Conchobhar, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died ; he was brother of the King of Oir- ghialla. Ruaidhri, son of Maelfothartach, half-chieftain of Ui-Crimhthainn', died. The Age of Christ, 833. The second year of Niall Caille. Tuathchar, Bishop and scribe of Cill-dara ; Aifric, Abbess of Cill-dara ; Dunlaing, Abbot of Corcach ; and Finnachta, Abbot of Cill-Ite, died. Ceallach, son of Bran, King of Leinster, died. Cinaedh, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh, and Diarmaid, son of Conaing, lord of Teathbha, died. A battle [was gained] over the Danes by Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, wherein many were slain. The plundering of Gleann-da-locha, Slaine, and Finnabhair-abha, by the foreigners. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Gabhra", died. Suibhne, son of Artrach, lord of Mughdhorna, was killed by his own tribe. Conghalach, son of Aenghus, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died. Eoghan Mainistrcach'^, Abbot of Ard-Macha and Cluain-Eraird, died. The Age of Christ, 834. The third year of Niall. Breasal, son of Cormac; Airchinneach, Abbot of Cill-dumha'' and other churches ; Aedhagau, son of Torbach, Abbot of Lughmhadh, died on his pilgrimage at Cluain-mic-Nois. Eoghan, the son of [this] Aedhagan, remained at Cluain-mic-Nois, and from him descended Meic-Cuinn-na-mBochf there. Cumasgach'', son of Aenghus, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Caenchomhrac, son of Siadhal, CEcouomus of bishops of Armagh, given in the Psalter of was kept there on the ■26th of December — See Cashel, as successor of Artrigius, and Primate also Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History oflrdand,. of Ireland for eight years. vol. ii. p. 235. » Cill-dumha This should be Cill-dumha- ^ Meic-Cuinn-na-mBocht. — "A. D. 832. Aegan gloinn, now Kilglinn, in the parish of Balfeaghan, mac Torbie, abbot of Louth, died in pillgrimadge barony of Upper Deece, and county of Meath — in Clonvicknose aforesaid, whose son, Owen mac See the Ordnance Map, sheet 49. Torbey, remained in Clonvicknose aforesaid, of " A. D. 834. Bresal mac Cormaic princeps whome issued the familyes of Connemoght and Cille-duraagloinn, et aliarum civitatum, moritur." Muintyr-Gorman. They are of the O'Kellys of Ann. UU. Brey." — Ann. Clun. The church of Dumhagloinn is described in ' Cumasgach. — "A. D. 834. Cumuscach, mac the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick {apud Colgan, Oengusa, Secnas Cluana mic Nois vwrUur:'— 2'rias Thaum., p. 12LÍ, col. 1), as "in regione Ann.UU. Bregarum;" and it appears from O'Clery's Irish " A. D. 832. Comasgagh mac Enos, Abbot of Calendar that the festival of Bishop St. Mogenog Clonvicknose, died." — Ann. Clan. 3 M 450 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawH. [834. Sloigbfoli la Niall Caille, la jiij Gjieann, co Laijniu, co po opoaij pi poppo .1. 6pan mac paelám, "] do bepr a péip. Inopfo TTlióe la Niall Caille, co po loipceab laip co rfjh TTlaelconoc, cijfpna Oealbna bfrpa i mboóammaip. Op5ani peapna, -\ Cluana móip TTlaeóócc, i Opoma Mnj la ^allaib. Lop- cca6 TTliinjaipDi -] apaile ceallu i nUprhuriiain leo Din. peapjup, mac babbcaDa, cijfpna Caippge bpacaióe, do mapBaó la TTluirhneachaib. Dú- naóac, mac Scannlmn, cijfpna Ua pmseince, Decc. Gochaió, mac Concon- jalra, cijfpna Ua Uuiprpe, oécc. Gpjabóil Caipppe, mic Cacail, cijfpna Laijfn Dfpjabaip. Sápuccliaó Cluana mic Noip do Cafal, mac Qilella, cijijepna Ua TTlaine, pop piilann, mac piairbepcaij, oUib pop^jo, ppioip a ITlurhain, con Do capD ipin Sionainn, co noopcliaip. Olijfo uii. ceall do Cliiapán 1 maincine mop. TTlaiDm pia cCaral, mac Ctilealla, pop peólimió, mac Cpiorhrainn, pi Caipil, hi TTlaij ni, bail in po mapbaic pocliaiDe, conab Do po páióeab : l?opcap cpén Connacca, In TTlaij ni nipcap panna, Qbpab nfc pe peiblimiD, ciD Dia ccá Loc na calla. Caerhclúó abbaó i nCtpD TTlaca .i. popanoon ó l?air mic TTialaip i nionaoh • Oiapmacra Ui Uijfpnai^li. •'A hosting. — "A. D. 834. Slogli la Niall co It is probably the place now called DromLn, Laigniu con ro digestar ri foraib .i. Bran mac situated near Dunshaughlin, in the county of Faelain." — Ann. Ult. Meath. The situation of Ui-Seaghain, in which " A. D. 832. King Neale prepared an army, Druim-hing is placed, will appear from the fol- and went to Lynster, where he ordained Bran lowing passage in the Tripartite Life of St. mac Foylan king of that provence." — Ann.Clon. Patrick {apud Colgan, Trias Thaum., p. 151) : ^ The plundering of Meath. — "A.D. 832. King "Inde" [ex Ath Hi-Liolcaigh juxta Enach- Neale preyed and spoyled all Meath to the Conglais] " profectus vir sauctus ad fines Midite, house of Moyleconoge, prince of Delvin Bethra, venit ad arcem Raih-cuile, appellatum : ibique now called Mac Coghlan's countrey."-.47ira.Ctoi. salutaria ejus consilia ccelestemque doctrinam ■■ Bodhammair. — Not identified. There was amplectentes, populos de Fei'a-cuil, et populos another place of this name near Cahir, in the de Hy-Segain suae benedictionis hsereditate locu- oounty of Tipperary, but the name is lost there plevit. Et mox veniens ad locum Bile-tortan also. Tocatum jecit ibi fundamenta Ecclesiffi prope •" Druim-hing — This, which was a monastery Ard-hrecain que etDomnach- Tartan postea dicta of St. Finutain, is mentioned in O'Clery's Irish est." — Part iii. c. 14. Calendar, at 10th October, as in "Ui-Seaghain," ' Carraig Brachaidhe. — A territory forming a tribe and territory situated near Eath-Cuile, the north-west portion of the barony of Inish- in the barony of Ratoath, and county of Meath. owen, in the county of Donegal. — See note ", under A. D. 741, p. 343, stqira. ' Ui-Forga. — This was the name of a tribe 834.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 451 Cill-dara, died. A hosting^ was made by Niall Caille, King of Ireland, into Leinster ; and he appointed a king over them, namely, Bran, son of Faelan, and obtained his demand. The plundering of Meath'' by Niall Caille ; and it was burned by him as far as the house of Maelconoc, lord of Dealbhna Beathra, at Bodhammair"^. The plundering of Fearna, Cluain-mor-Maedhog, and Druim- hlng'^, by the foreigners. The burning of Mungairid and other churches in Ormond by them also. Fearghus, son of Badhbhchadh, lord of Carraig-Brach- aidhe", was slain by the Munstermen. Dunadhach, son of Scannlan, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Eochaidh, son of Cuchongalt, lord of Ui-Tiiirtre, died. The capture of Cairbre, son of Cathal, lord of South Leinster. Cluain-mic- Nois was profaned by Cathal, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Maine, against the prior, Flann, son of Flaithbheartach, [one] of the Ui-Forga'^ of Munster, whom he cast into the Sinainn^, and killed. The rights of seven churches'' [were for this] given to Ciaran, and a great consideration. A defeat was given by Cathal, son of Ailill, to Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Caiseal, in Magh-I', where many were slain ; of which was said : The Connaughtmen were mighty ; in Magh-Ithey were not feeble ; Let any one inquire of Feidhlimidh, whence Loch-na-calla'' is [named]. A change of abbots' at Aixl-Macha, i. e. Forannan of Rath-mic-Malais°' in place of Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh. seated at and around Ardcroney, near Nenagh, ' Magh-I. — This should be Magh-Ai, or Sla- in the county of Tipperary. chaire-Chonnacht. 5 Sinainn : i. e. the Shannon. '' Loch-na-calla : i. e. Lake of the Shouting ; *■ The rights of seven churches: i. e. the reve- a name imposed by the Ui-Maine after their nues of seven churches in Hy-Many were for- victory over the King of Munster. The name feited to Clonmacnoise, and other considerations is now obsolete. given in atonement for the profanation of the ' A change of abbots. — " A. I). 834. Fit Mu- church and slaying of the prior. The same fact tatio Abbatis Ardmachae Farcnnanus de Eath- is referred to in the pedigree of Ui-Maine, in mic-Malus suificitur loco Diermitii Ilua Tiger- the Book ofLecan, fol. 90. The eric, however, naich." — Trias Thaum., p. 2[)5. did not fully atone for the sacrilege, for it ap- " A. D. 8,'34. Tlic changinge of Abbots in pears from the genealogies that the senior line Ardmacha, viz., Forannan of Rath-Maluis in of Maine Mor became extinct in Cathal mac place of Dermod Ua Tiernaig." — Ann. Ult. Cod. Ailella, and the chieftainship was transferred Clarend., torn. 49. to the race of liis distant relative, Ceallach mac "" Rath-inic-Malais : I e. the Rath of the Son Finnachta, i. e. the O'Kellys. of Malus. Not identified. 3 m2 452 awNaca Rio^hachca emeawH. [835. Qoif Cpiopc, ochn ccéo rpiocha a cincc. Qn cfrpamaó bliaóain oo Nmll. popbapacli,epfcop -\ anjcoipe Cupca, Suibne, mac lopep, abb 5^i"ne Da loclia [nécc]. Ceallacli, mac pojibapai^, aipcinneach Ropa Commáin, oo rhapbaó. Saop^apUa Cionaeba.abb Deapmaije, piacpa, mac Ouiboacpioch, abb Cluana pooa Liobpain, -] Robapcac, mac Tílaeluióip, abb Ctchaió bó Cainni^, nécc. Ounlanj, mac Carupaij, comapba bappa Copcaije, oécc. ^abail Depcaicche Cille oapa pop popannán,abba6 Qpoa TTlaclia, co pamaó paopaicc apcfna, la peblimió, mac Cpiomrainn, co car -\ lobna, -] po gabaó pa cléipi^ leip CO na numalóic. Cluain mop TTlaeoocc do lopccaD oióce MoDlacc la ^allaib, -] pocliaibe mop Do rhapbaó leo, amaille lé bpaij^Dib lomóaib DO bpeir leo. Oeprech ^linne Da loclia Do lopccaD leo Dna. Cpiocb Connaclic uile Do DiocláirpiugliaD leó map an cceDna. TTleap mop enp cnó rheap -] Daip mfp,"] poiaoglaipi co po anpac Do piur. Ceall Dapa Do opjain DO ^ballaib Inbip Oeaa, -\ Do loipccfo Ifcli na cille leo. Caipbpe, mac TTlaodeDÚin, riT^fpna Loclia gabap, Do mapban la TTlaolcfpnaij. Diapmaicc DO Dol 50 CoTinaccaib le lep: paccpaicc. ^^FP""^' "^^^ FQiS"!'"' ^^oipeach Oip^mll DO imrfcc 50 liQlbain Do nfpcusaó Oliail l^iaoa, cpé popconjpaD Cbionare mic Qilpin. " Cluain-foda-Librain : i. e. St. Libran's long nein, i. e. Duodecimo Cal. Sept. Seanacli, Bishop of Lawn or Meadow; now Clonfad, a townland con- Cluain-foda-Fine, in Feara-Tulach, i. e. Cluain- taining the ruins of an old church in a parish foda-Librein, and successor of St. Finnen." It of the same name, about two miles to the north is to be distinguished from Cluain-foda-Bae- of Tyrell's Pass, in the barony of Fertullagh, tain-abha, which is situated in the adjoining and county of Westmeath. Colgan has given all barony of Farbill ; for some account of which that he could gather of the history of St. Libra- see Colgan's Ada Sanctorum, pp. 304, 306 ; and nus of this place, in his Acta Sanctorum, at xi. note °, under A. D. 577, p- 209, siqira. Martii, p. 584; but he states that he does not " Ihmlang. — "A. D. 835. Dunlang mac Ca- know whether he was of Cluain-foda in Fera- thusaigh, prhiceps Corcaige moire, moritur sine TulachjinMeath, orof Cluain-fotain Fiadh-mor, commtiiiione, in Caisil Regum." — 4nn. Ult. in Leinster. But in a note in the copy of the '' Forannan. — These are given under the same Feilire-Aenguis, preserved in the Leahhar-Breac, year in the Annals of Ulster, and in the Annals at 21st August, it is stated that Cluain-foda- of Cloumacnoise under 833, as follows : Fine, in Fera-Tulach, was otherwise called " A. D. 833. Felym mac Criowhayn took the Cluain-foda-Librein. The same statement is to church of Killdare on Foranan, abbot of Ard- be found in O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at 21st of mach, and substitute of St. Patrick, and therein August, thus : " Duodecimo Cal Sept., Seanac, committed outrages. The church of Glcanda- Sppog Ó Chluain poDa pine i bpeapuibCulac logha was burnt, and the church of Kiildaro .1, Cluain pooa f-ibpem, agup comupba pin- ransacked by the Danes. The Danes, upon the 835] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 453 The Age of Christ, 835. The fourth year of Niall. Forbhasach, Bishop and anchorite of Lusca, [and] Suibhne, son of Joseph, Abbot of Gleann-da- locha, [died]. Ceallach, son of Forbhasach, airchinneach of Ros-Commain, was slain. Saerghus, Abbot of Dearmhach ; Fiachra, son of Dublidachrich, Abbot of Cluain-foda-Librain"; and Robhartach, son of Maeluidhir, Abbot of Achadh- bo-Cainnigh, died. Dunlang", son of Cathasaigh, successor of Bara of Corcach, died. The taking of the oratory of Cill-dara upon ForannanP, Abbot of Ard- Macha, with all the congregation of Patrick likewise, by Fcidhliniidh, by battle and arms ; and the clergy were taken by him with their submission. Cluain- mor-Maedhog was burned on Christmas night by the foreigners ; and a great number was slain by them, and many prisoners were carried off. The oratory of Gleann-da-locha was also burned by them. All the country of Connaucrht' was likewise desolated by them. Great produce both of masts and acorns, which so choked up the brooks that they ceased running. Cill-dara was plundered by the foreigners of Inbher-Deaa', and half the church was burned by them. Cairbre, son of Maelduin, lord of Loch-Gabhar", was slain by Maclcearnaigh. Diarmaid' [Archbishop of Ard-Macha] went to Connaught with the law of Patrick. Gofraidh, son of Fearghus, chief of Oirghialla, went to Alba, to strengthen the Dal-Riada, at the request of Cinaeth, son of Ailpin. Nativity of our Lord, in the night, entered tlie of Pip Clpe See Ussher's Primordia, pp.-845. church of Clonmore-Moyeog, and there used 846. See also note '', under A. D. 430 ; and many cruelties, killed many of the clergy, and note •*, under 431, pp. 129, 130. This place was took many of them captives. There was abun- in the territory of Ui-Garchon, wliich contained dance of nutts and acorns this year; and they Gleann Fhaidhle, now Glenealy, and Rath-Naoi, were so plenty that, in some places, where shal- now Eathnew, near "Wicklow. low brookes runn under the trees, men might " Loch-Gabhur Now Lagore, near Dun- go dry shod, the waters were so full of them, shaughlin, in Meath. The Danes this year harried and spoyled all the " A. D. 835. Goirpre mac Maelduin, rex province of Connaught, and confines thereof, Locha-Gabhor jugulatus est o Maelcernaig, et outragiously." Maelcerna jugidcdus est o Coirpriu in eodem hora, ''Connaug/U. — " VaMatio crudelissima a Gentili- et moHui sunt ambo in una node. Prima preda bus amjiium Comiachtorum." — Ann. Uli. gentilium o Deiscert Brcg .i. o Thelcaibh Dr<,- ' Inhher-Deaa : i. e. Ostium Fluminis Dece por- man et o Dermaigh-Briton, et captives plures tus regionis Cuolenorum. This was the ancient duxerunt et morlijicaverunt niultos, et captivos plu- name of the mouth of the little River Vartry, rÍ7nos abstulerunt." — Ann. UU. which falls into the sea at Wicklow, and has its ' Diarmaid. — " A. D. 835. Dermaid do dul co present name from flowing through the territory Connachta cum lege et vexillis Patricii." A 7>n. Ult. 454 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [836. Qoip Cjiiopc, ocVic ccéo cpiocha a^é. Qn cúijeaó bbaoain Do Niall Cliaille. piaicjii, abb TTIainipDpecli buire, epy^cop -] anjcoiiie, peoach, abb Cille Delcce, "| TTlapcain, eppcop CLuana caoin, oécc. T?aoinfD pop TTluirh- neacliaib pm Caral, mac TTIuipjiupa. Cacal, mac TTluip^eapa, mic Uomal- caij, piConnachc, Décc lapoifi. Riajan, mac Pinnacca, lefpi Laijfn, t)écc. lllaelDÚin, mac Sfchnupaish, cijfpna pfp cCúl, Décc. DuiMicip Oóap ó Uerhpaij Do epjabail do ^allaib,") bap cinmpij Do imbipc paip ina longaib laporii, CO nDopcaip leei. Coblach rpi picliir long Do Nopcmannib pop bómn. Luchr rpi picic long oile pop abainn Cipre. Ro aipgpfc -] po lonnpaippfc an Da mop coblac pm TTlaj Lipce, "] TTla j bpCj, eirip cealla i conjbala, Daoine -] oeijcpeba, cpoD "| cfrpa. Raeinfo pia bpeapaib bpfg pop ^hallaib 1 TTlujDopnaib bpfg, co ccopcparcap pé picicc do ^hallaib ipin ngleo pm. Cacbppaoinfó pia n^allaib oc Inbeap na mbapc pop Uib Néill ó Sionamn " Cluain-caein : i. e. secessiis anuenvs swe delec- ttíhilis, the beautiful lawn or meadow, now Clonkeen, in the barony of Ardee, and county of Louth. This church is described in the Tri- partite Life of St. Patrick as in Fera-Rois. — See Trias Thaum., pp. 162 and 185, n. 96. " A fleet of sixty ships. — These entries are given in the old translation of the Annals of Ulster, thus : " A. D. 836. A navy of thre score ships of the Northmans upon Boinn, another of three score upon Lifi, who carried away in those two shipings all that they could lay hands on in Mabregh and Malifi, and in all their churches, townes, and houses. An overthrow by the men of Mabregh upon the foreigners at Decinn, in that parte called Mughdorua-Bregh, that six score of them were slain. A battle given by the Gentiles of Invernamark by the Nury, upon O'Nells, from Sinan to sea, where such a havock was made of the O'Nells that few but their chief kings escaped." — Ann. U/i., Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. In Mageoghegan's translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise these events are noticed under A. D. 834, as follows : " A. D. 834. A fleet of 60 sailes was on the river of Boyne by the Danes, and another of 60 on the river of Liffie, which two fleets spoyled and destroyed all the borders of Liffie and Moy- brey altogether. Moybrey [men] gave an over- throw to the Danes in Blogorn, where there were 120 of them killed. The O'Neales gave" [rede received] "a great overthrow to" [recti from] "the Danes, at Inver-ne-marke, where they were pursuing them from Synan to the sea, and made such slaughter on them that there was not such heard of in a long space before ; but the chiefest captaines of the Danes" [i-ecte of the Ui-Neill] " escaped." This last passage is very incorrectly translated by Mageoghan. " Abhainn-Liphthe. — Anglice Anna-Liffey, L e. the Eiver Liflcy, which washes Dublin. ' Magh-LijiMhe : i. e. the Plain of the Liffey. Keating (in the reign of Niall Cailne) states that Magh-Liffe was the county of Dublin ; and this is taken for granted by old Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, who makes it the same as the coimty of Dublin on his map of Scotia Antiqua, 836.] ANNALS OB^ THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 455 The Age of Christ, 836. The fifth year of Niall Caille. Flaithri, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, bishop and anchorite ; Fedach, Abbot of Cill-Delge ; and Martin, Abbot of Cluaiu-cacin", died. A victory was gained over the ]\Iunster- men by.Cathal, son of Muirghius. Cathal, son of Muirghius, son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, died [soon] after. Riagan, son of Finnachta, half king of Leinster, died. Maelduin, son of Seachnasach, lord of Feara-Cul, died. Dubh- litir Odhar, of Teamhair, was taken prisoner by the foreigners, who afterwards put him to death in his gyves, at their ships, and thus he fell by them ! A fleet of sixty ships'^ of Norsemen on the Boyne. Another fleet of sixty ships on the Abhainn-Liphthe^ These two fleets plundered and spoiled Magh-Liphthe'' and Magh-Breagh^, both chiirches and habitations of men, and goodly tribes, flocks, and herds. A battle was gained by the men of Breagh over the foreigners in Mughdhorna-Breagh"; and six score of the foreigners were slain in that battle. A battle was gained by the foreigners, at Inbhear-na-mbarc'', over [all] the Ui-NeilP, from the Sinainn to the sea, where such slaughter was made as never in his Dissertations on tlie ancient History of Ireland ; but Jlagh-Liphthe lies principally in the present county of Kildare, through which the LiiFey winds its course; for we learn from the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick (part iii. c xviii., ajmd Colgan, Trias Thanm., p. 152), that the churches of Killashee and old KilcuUen are in it See Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, vol. i. pp. 273, 276. ' Magh-Breagh. — A great plain in the east of ancient Meath, comprising five cantreds or baro- nies, and lying principally between Dublin and Drogheda, The church of Slane is described in an old Life of St. Patrick, quoted by Ussher (Primord., p. 850), as "■in regione Breg pivpe Jiuvium pulckerrimum etferiilem Boyn f and the churches of JIagh-bolg, Ros-eo, Trevet, and Daimhliag, are mentioned in various authorities as in this plain. — See note '', under A. D. 683, p. 289, supra ; and note', under A. D. 1292, pp. 455, 456, infra. ^ MugMhorna- Breagh See note under A. D. 807. '' Inbhear-na-mlarc : i. e. the inver or river- mouth of the barques or ships. According to the old translator of the Annals of Ulster, this place was " by the Nury ;" but this would ap- pear to be an error, as it is not in the original Irish, and it is more probable that Inbhear na mBarc was the ancient name of the mouth of the river of Rath-Inbhir, near Bray. ' Over the Vi-Neill : i. e. over all the southern Ui-Neill, or race of Niall of the Nine Hostages, who were seated in the ancient Meath, extend- ing from the liiver Shannon to the sea. Ma- geoghegan has totally mistaken and reversed the meaning of this passage, as if lie wished to rob tlic Danes of this victory, and give it to his own sept, the Nepotes Neill-Naighiallaigh. But the old translator of the Annals of Ulster, and the original Irish of the passage, as preserved by the Four Masters, and in the Annals of Ulster, en- able us to correct him. It is given as follows in the Annals of Ulster : " A. D. 836. Bellum re Genntib oc Inbiur na mbarc for hUib Neill ó Sinainn co muir, du 456 aHNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReaNw. [837. CO muip,DÚ in \\o láoh áp nac paiprhfoh piam, acr nama repnaif fr na pioja -] na puipij, na cjiiaca -| na roipecha gan aipleach jari arcuma. Cealla Loca liGipne oo óíljfnc la ^allaib im Cluain Goaip, -| im Daiminip, ic. Cealla Caicreine, Irnf Cealupa,-] Cill pinnce, Oo lopccaó la ^allctib. Ino- pfuli Ceniuil Coipppe Cpuim la peiDlinnió, mac Cpiorhrainn. Sa;rolb, coipeac ria n^all, Do iriapbaó la Ciannaccaib. Qp pop ^hallaib occ Gap T?uai6. Qp poppa 05 Capn pCpabaij. TTlaióníi na bpeapra pia n^allaib. Céo ;^abáil Ctra cliac lá ^allaib. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo cpiocTia a peachr. Qn peipeaó bliaóain Do Niall. S. Oocaco, naorri eppcop -] anjcoipe, Do popbaó a beijbfcha ipin cfnnrup cco po paoió a ppiopac Do ciim rnrhe, Copbnnac, eppcop i pcpibnió CiUe poibpic, Déj. 'Cijfpnac, mac Qeóa, ab pionnabpac aba 1 ceall naile, oécc. G5necb Cille Oelcce, eppcop, abb, "| pcpibneóip, 00 rhapbaó co na rhuincip la ^ailfn^aib. bpan pionn^laipi, eppcop -| pcpibnió, oéj. Ceallac, mac Coipppe, abb Qclia Upuim, oécc. Puaibpi, mac Donncliaóa, ppioip Cluana hlopaipn, -| abb ceall nolle apcfna Decc. Oomnoll, mac Qeoha, abb OpomaUpcbaille, oécc. Ceallac, mac Copjpai^, abb Qipeccail Ciapócc. l?iojóál móplii cCluainConaipe Uomóin, eicip MiallCaille,"] peiDlimi6,mac irrolad ar nad rairimedh. Prhnireges evasei-unt.'''' at Ballylongford, in the north of the county of ' i. e. "A. D. 836. A battle by the Gentiles at Kerry. — See note °, under A. D. 622, p. 245, Inver-na-mbarc, over the Ui-Neill, from the supra. Shannon to the sea, where a slaughter not rec- ' CiU-Finnche In the gloss to the Feilire- koned was made. The chief kings escaped." Aenguis this church is described as near a great ' The churches of Loch-Eirne. — This is incor- hill, called Dorn-Buidhe, in Magh-Raighne, in rectly stated by the Four Masters. It should Osraighe. It has not been yet identified, be: "The churches of Loch Eirne, as Daimhinis, '^ Race of Cairhre-Crom : i.e. the people of &c., together with Cluain-Eois and other churches Ui-Maine, in Connaught. situated at some distance from that lake, were *' Ciífn«c/íta .• i.e. the Cianachta-Breagh, seated destroyed by the Pagan Danes." Daimhinis is at and around Duleek, in the east of Meath. one of the churches of Loch-Erne. — See note ', " A. D. 834. Saxolve, chief of the Danes, was under A. D. 563, p. 203, snpra. Cluain-Eois, killed by those of Kynaghta." — Ann. Clon. now Clones, is several miles to the east of that 'Eas-maidh Now Assaroe,at Ballyshannon, lake. - in the county of Donegal. ' The churches of Laichtene The churches of "^ Carn-Fearadhaigh. — A place in the south St. Lachtin were Achadh-Ur, now Freshford, in of the county of Limerick. — See note % under the county of Kilkenny ; Bealach-abhra in Mus- A. D. 622, p. 245. craighe, in the county of Cork; and Lis-Lachtin, ' Fearla : i. e. the Graves. There are several 837] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 457 before was heard of ; however, the kings and chieftains, the lords and toparchs, escaped without slaughter or mutilation. The churches of Loch-Eii'ne'* were destroyed by the foreigners, with Cluain-Eois and Daimhinis, &c. The churches of Laichtene^ Inis-Cealtra, and Cill-Finnche', were burned by the foreigners. The plundering of the race of Cairbre-Crom^ by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimh- thann. Saxolbh, chief of the foreigners, was slain by the Cianachta*". A slaughter was made of the foreigners at Eas-Ruaidh'. A slaughter of them at Cam- Fearadhaigh''. The victory of Fearta' was gained by the foreigners. The first taking of Ath-cliath"" by the foreigners. The Age of Christ, 837. The sLxth year of Niall. St. Dochata", holy bishop and anchorite, finished his virtuous Life in this world, and resigned his spirit to heaven. Corraac, Bishop and scribe of Cill Foibrich, died. Tighear- nach", son of Aedh, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and other churches, died. Egnech of Cill-Delge, bishop, abbot, and scribe, was killed, with [all] his people, by the GaileangaP. Bran of Finnghlais, bishop and scribe, died. Ceallach, son of Cairbre, Abbot of Ath-Truim, died. Euaidhri, son of Donnchadh, Prior of Cluain-Irard, and abbot of other churches too, died. Domhnall, son of Aedh, Abbot of Druim-Urchaille'', died. Ceallach, son of Cosgrach, Abbot of Airegal- Ciarog^ [died]. A great royal meeting at Cluain-Conaire-Tomaitf, between places of this name in Ireland ; but the place or Spaniel Hill, in the county of Clare. here refeired to is probably Fearta-fear-Feig, " A. D. 837. Domhnall, mac Aedha, Princeps which was a place on the Boyne, close to Slane, Droma Urchaille, 7noritur." — A mi. Ult. in the county of Meath. ' Airegal-Ciarog Otherwise called Aircgal- " Ath-cliath : i. e. Dublin. "A. D. 8.34. The Dachiarog ; now Errigal-Keeroge, in Tyrone — first taking and possession of the Danes in Dub- See note under A. D. 805. In the Annals of lin was this year." — Ann. Clon. Ulster this passage is given as follows : ° St. Dochata " A. D. 837. Docntu, sanctus " A. D. 837. Ceallach, mac Coscraich, Prinups Episcopus, a Anchorita Slane, vitam scnilemfeli- ind Airicuil Dachiarog, mortmis estf which Dr. citer finiviV^ — Ann. Ult. O'Conor incorrectly translates, p. 213: " Ceal- " Tighearnach — "A. D. 837. Tigernach, mac lach mac Coscraich, Princeps Darcuilensis,morbo Aedha, Abbas Findubrach Abac, el aliarum civi- ulceris inveterati, mortuus est." tatum, dorynivit." — Ann. Ult. ' Cluain-Conaire-Tomain — In the gloss to the p GaiVeani/a ; i. e. the Gaileanga-mora, seated Feilire-Aenguis, at 16th September, "Cluain- in the present barony of Morgallion, in the Conaire-Toniaiii" is described as i cudircipc county of Meath. hUa paelúin, in the north of Ui-Faelain. It ■< Dniim- Urchaille : i. e. Ridge or Long Hill is the place now called Cloncurry, situated in of the Greenwood. This may be Cnoc-Urchoille, the barony of Oughteranny, in the north of the 3n 458 awNaca nio^hachca eiueaNH. [838. Cpiomrainn. Tilaelcpon, mac Cobcaij, cijCpna Loca Léin, oécc. Spaoinfó pm njeincib pop Connaccaib, in po mapbaó TTlaolDÚm, mac muipjfpa, mic Uomalcaij, co pochaióib amaille ppip. bpan, mac paeU'nn, ó páicep Uí paoláin, pi Laijfn, Décc. Conjalac, mac Tilaonaij, cijepna Ua ÍTlic Uaip bpfgVi, Décc. Ctoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD cpiocha a hoclic. Qn peacrmab bliaóain Do Niall. TTlaolgaiTTipio, pspibneóip rojaióe, anjcoipe,-! abb bfnncliaip, amfn, ppióip Cluana mic Nóip, ■] abb Ropa Cpé, Colmán, mac Robapcai^, abb Sláine, TTlaolpuanaib, mac Carail, pecnabb Lupcan, Copbmac, mac Conaill, abb Upeoic, -| ReacraBpa, abb Lett TTlocaomócc, bécc. ITIuipfDliacli, mac eachach, mic pmcliacb, pí coicciD Coricobaip, Do mapbaó la a bpáirpib, QcdIi -] Qenjap, co pochaiDib oile cenmoraporh. CíoDh, mac Garac, Do mapbab la ITlaDaóan, mac ÍTIuipeaDbaij. l?o jabpar mupcoblac Do ^hal- laib pop Loc Garbach. l?o liupca -| po Viaipjce nmra -\ cealla cuaipceipc Gpeann leó. Lopccab peapna -] Copcaije móipe lá ^allaib. Commupsac, mac Conjalaij, cijfpna Ciannacca, Décc. CinnéiDib, mac Conjalaij, C15- eapna Ua TTIic Uaip, do mapbaó la a bpáfaipib. CaembclúD abbaDh 1 nQpD ÍTlacha, .1. Diapmaicr Ua Uijfpnaisb 1 nionaDh pbopanDáin ó Ráich mic TTlaluip. Qoip Cpiopr, ochc ccéo rpiocha anaoi. Qn cochcmaD bliabain do Niall. lopep l?oip móip, eppcop i pcpibneóip Deappcaijre, abb Cluana beoaip ■] county of Kildare. — See note ", under the year of Tara. They are to be distinguished from the 586, p.2\2,mprá. The old translator of the Ui-Mic-Uais-Teathbha, who gave name to the Annals of Ulster anglicises this name Cloncurry ; present barony of Moygoish, in the north of the and Mageoghegan, Clonconrie-Tomayne, thus : county of Westnieath. "A. D. 837. A great kingly parly at Clon- " Vice-abbot — Secnap is explained " «ecMnrfiw curry, between Felim and Nell." — Cod.Clarend., abbas''' in Cormac's Glossary, and prior by the torn. 49. Four Masters. "A. D. 835. There was a great meeting be- ^Province of Conchobhar : i.e. the province tween King Neale and Felym mac Criowhayn, of Conchobhar Mac Nessa, who was King of all at Cloncrie-Tomayne." — Ann. Clon. Ulster in the beginning of the first century : ' Ui-Faelain. — This was the name of a tribe " A. D. 838. Mureach mac Echtach, king of seated in the plains of Magh-Laighean andMagh- Cuige Conor (Ulster), died by the hands of his Liffe, in the north of the present county of Kil- kinsmen, viz. Hugh and Aengus, assisted with dare. — See note «, under A. D. 1203. many more." — Ann.Ult., Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. " Ui-Mic- Uais-Breagh A tribe seated in " A. D. 836. Moriegh mac Eahagh, king of Magh Breagh, in EastMeath, to the south-west Ulster, was killed by his own brothers, Hugh 838] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 459 Niall Caille and Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhtbann. Maelcron, son of Cobhthach, lord of Loch Lein, died. A battle was gained by the Gentiles over the Con- naughtmen, wherein was slain Maelduin, son of Murgheas, son of Tomaltach, with numbers of others along with him. Bran, son of Faelan, from whom is named Ui-Faelain', King of Leinster, died. Conghalach, son of Maenach, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais-Breagh". The Age of Christ, 838. The seventh year of Niall. Maelgaimhridh, a select scribe, anchorite and Abbot of Beannchair ; Aidean, Prior of Cluain- mic-Nois, and Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Colman, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Slaine; Maelruanaidh, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot'' of Lusca ; Cormac, son of Conall, Abbot of Treoit ; Reach tabhra. Abbot of Liath-Mochaemhog, died. Muireadh- ach, son of Eochaidh, son of Fiacha, King of the province of Conchobhar^, was ', killed by his brothers, Aedh and Aenghus, with many others besides them. ' */ Aedh, son of Eochaidh, was killed by Madadhan, son of Muireadhach. A J marine fleef" of the foreigners took up onJLoch Eathach. The territories and ' I churches of the North of Ireland were plundered and spoiled by them. The burning of Fearna and Corcach-mor by the foreigners. Commasgach, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta, died. Cinneididh'', son of Conghalach, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais, was killed by his brother. A change of abbots* at Ard-Macha, i. e. Diarmaid Ua Tighearnaigh in the place of Forannan of Rath-mic-Maluis. The Age of Christ, 839. The eighth year of NialL Joseph of Ros-mor^ bishop and distinguished scribe. Abbot of Cluain-eois and other churches, died. and Enos ; and Hugh mac Eahagh was killed " A change of abbots. — " The changinge of by Mathew" [rede Maddan] " mac Moriey." — Diarmaid O'Tiernay for Foranan of Rathmaluis Ann. Clan. to be Abbot of Ardmach." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla- ^ A marine fled. — "A. D. 838. An army of the rei\d., torn. 49. forrainers upon Loch Each, that from thence •' Ros-mor : i. e. the Groat Wood. This is the they vexed all Ireland, temporall and church place in the county of Monaghan from which land, towards the North." — Ann. Ult., Cod. Cla- Lord Rossmore takes his title. The Four Mas- rend., torn. 49- ters seem to have adopted the chronology of the " A. D. 83G. The Danes made a forte, and Annals of Ulster at this period, for this entry is had shipping on Logh Neagh, of purpose and given in the latter Annals at 839, as follows : intent to waste and spoyle the North from " A. D. 839- Joseph Roiss-moir, Episcopus, et thence, and did accordingly." — Ann. Clon. scriba optimus, et Ancorita, Abbas Cluana Auis, et ' Cinneididh " A. D. 838. Cenneitig, mac aliarmn civitatum, doi-mivU." Congalaig, Rex Nepotum fdiorum Cuais Bregh, a The obit of this Joseph is given in tlie Annals suofratre, Cele, dolose jugulatus esf'' — Ann. UU. of Clonmacnoise, at the year 837, as follows : 3 n2 460 aNwaca Rio^hachca eiReoNN. [840. ceall naile, Decc. Opranac, epj^cop Cille Dajia, QipmfDliacli, abb Poj^pa hailinp, C|ninnTTiaol, ppióip Ofiiitiaije, TTlaelcuile Leirglinne, Qipfchcach Chille manacli,-] bepiccip Uulca léip Décc 6 Oecettibep. Innpfo pfp cceall, -] DealBna Gaqia la Niall Caille. Opjain Lujrhaió la ^allaib Loca liGachach, i po ^aBpac bpaijoe lomóa Deppuccoib i Do óaoiniB eaccnaibe po^lainfa, ■] piiccpac lacr do com a lonjpopc lap mapbaD pochaibe oile leó beóp. ÍTlupcliaD, mac Qeóa, pi Connachn, oécc. OubDÓbapc, cijfpna Ofp- murhan, oecc. Cionaeó, mac Copccpaij, njfpna bpfjmaine i Ufcbba [dccc]. Lopccan Clpoa ITlacha co na Dfpraijib,"! co na Daimliacc,.lap na ^allaib peimpóice. peólimiD, mac Cpiomrainn, pi TTlurhan, Do inopeaó TTliDe -] bpfj, CO riDeipiD i Ufrhpai^, mp njabail giall Connacr i naon ló, conaó do pin po póió Ceallac, mac Cumapjaij : Qp é peólimiD an pi, Dianió obaip aon láichi, Gcpiji Connacc gan car, acup TTliDe do manDpaD. Cloip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD cfcpaca. Qn nomliaó bliaóain Do Niall. TTlaol- Diofpaib, anjcoipe -] egnaiD Uipe DO jlap, 065. Lonjpopc ace Linn Duacaill la ^allaib, ny po liupra 1 po liaipgce ciiara -| cealla Uearba. Lon5popc oile 05 Diiiblinn, ap po Inipra Caijin -\ liUi Néill, ecip cuara -] cealla, co Sliab blabma. Slóijfo la peiólimiD co Capmain. Slóijfó la Niall ap a cfnn CO TTlaj noccaip. bachall peólimiD p'jlij poppajbaiD ip na Dpoijnij, Oup puce Niall CO neapr uara, a ceapr an cara cloiómij. " A. D. 837- Joseph of Eossemore, bushopp, They had another forte at Dublin, from whence scribe, and a venerable anchorite, died. He was they did also destroy the lands of Lynster, and abbot of Cloness and other places." of the O Neals of the South, to the ■Mount[ain] '' The plundering of Lxighmhadh. — " A. D. 839- of Sliew-Bloomc." — Ann. Clon. Orggain Lughmhadh di Loch Echdach o Genn- '' The burning of Ard-Macha — " A. D. 839- tib, qvi et episcopos, et presbiteros, et sapientes, Loscadh Airddmachie co na Derthighib ocus a captivos duxerunt, et alios 7nortiJicavenini." — Doimliag." — Ann. Ult. Ann.UU. " A. D. 837- Ardmach, the town, chui'ch, and "A. D. 838. The Danes continued yet in" all, was burnt by the Danes." — Ann. Clon. \_rectc at, or on] " Lough Neagh, practizing their ' Re.^ted at Teamhair. — " A. D. 839. Felini, wonted courses. They had a forte at Lyndwa- king of Mounster, spoyled Meath and Bregh, chill, from whence they destroyed all the tern- until he sojourned at Tarach, el in ilia vice the porall and church land of the contrey of TeafFa. spoyle of churchtowns and of Behne by Nell 840.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 461 Orthanach, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Airmeadhach, Abbot of Eos-ailither ; Crunn- rahael, Prior of Dearmliacli ; Maeltuile of Leithghlinn ; and Aireachtach of Cill-Manach, [died]. Berichtir of Tulach-leis died on the 6th of December. The plundering of Feara-Ceall and Dealbhna-Eathra by Niall Caille. The plundering of Lughmhadh'' by the foreigners of Loch-Eathach ; and they made prisoners of many bishops and other wise and learned men, and carried them to their fortress, after having, moreover, slain many others. Murchadh,son of Aedh, King of Connaught, died. Dubhdabharc, lord of South Munster, died. Cin- aedh, son of Coscrach, lord of Breaghmhaine, in Teathbha, [died]. The burning of Ard-Macha'', with its oratories and cathedral, by the aforesaid foreigners. FeidhUmidh, King of Munster, plundered Meath and Breagh ; and he rested at Teamhair'', after having in one day taken the hostages of Connaught ; of which Ceallach, son of Cumasgach, said : FeidhUmidh is the king, to whom it was but one day's work [To obtain] the hostages of Connaught without a battle, and to devastate Meath. The Age of Christ, 840. The ninth year of Niall. Maeldithraibh, ancho- rite and wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A fortress [was erected] by the foreigners at Linn-Duachaill, out of which the territories and churches of Teathbha were plundered and preyed. Another fortress [was erected] by them at Duibhlinn', out of which tliey plundered Leinster and the Ui-Neill, both territories and chiirches, as far as Sliabh-BIadhma^. An army was led by FeidhUmidh to Carman"". An army was led by Niall to Magh-ochtair', to meet him. The crozier'' of the devout FeidhUmidh was left in the shrubbery. Which Niall by force bore away from them, by right of the battle of swords. mac Hugh." — Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. army by Felim as farr as Carmain. An army "A. I). 837. Felyiu mac Criowhan, king of by Nell before them to Magh Ochlair." — Aim. Munster, preyed and spoyled all Meath and U/i., Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. Moybrey, and rested at Taragh." — Ann. Clon. " A. D. 838. Felym mac Criowhayn caniu with ' Duibhlinn. — Now Dublin. The site of this a great army to Logh Carman, alicus \\'ei.\ford, fort is now occupied by the castle of Dublin. and there was met with" [i.e. by] "kingeNeal « Sliahh-Bladhma — Now Slieve Bloom, in the and aiiotlior groat army." — Ann. Clon. King's caunty, to which the country of the ' Magh-ochtair Sue note under A. D. 586. southern Ui-Neill, or ancient Meath, extended. ' Tlie crozier This is inserted in a modern '■ Carman.— Now Wexford. " A. D. 840. An liand in theStowe copy. The reader must bear 462 aNNQca Rioghachca eiReawN. [841. Opjain Cluana heiónfch, -| DiljfnD Cluana hlopaipo -| Cille hacliaió D]uimacai, la ^allaib. SpaoineaD po]i iTlaoliiuanaiD, mac Donnchaóa, .i. arai]i TTlliaoilfchloinn an ]vj^, la OiapmuiD, mac Concobaip, i Diapmaicc Do • mapbaoh la ITlaeli'eaclilainn ipin ló céona. CLo^Y Cpiopc, ocVic ccéo cfrpaca a haen. Qn Dfchrhao bliabain oo Niall. Caoriián, abb Linne Ouacaill, oo mapbaD,"| [oo] lopccab la ^allaib. Ceal- lac, mac Cairjeinn, abb Dpoma moip la liUib Gaclioach, oecc. Suibne Ua Ueimnén, abb ^Imne Dc'i locha, Decc. pineacca, mac bpffail, abb Chille Duma, Com];^uD, mac r?namlupa, abb Oomnai^ Seaclinaill, ITlopan, mac InDpecbraij, abb Clocaip mic nOaimeni,-] muipfDhac, mac Cfpnaij, pep- cijip Qpoa macha, oecc. Opjain Cluana mic Noip la ^allaib Linne Ouac- aille. Op^ain Oipipc Diapmaoa la ^allaib Chaoil uipcce. Opjain bioppa 1 Saijpe la ^allaib bóinne. Lonjap Nopcmaoinopum pop bómn occ Linn Roip. Conju)" oile Di'ob occ Linn Saileach la liUlca. Longup oile Di'ob occ Linn Duacaill. Dunjal, mac peapjaile, cijeapna Oppaije, Decc. TTluj- in mind that Felim, son of Crimhthann, was Abbot or Bishop of Cashel, in right of his crown of Munster. It is stated in the old Annals of Innisfallen that Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, received homage from Niall, son of Aedh, King of Tara in the year 824 [rfcie 840], and that Feidhlimidh then became sole monarch of Ire- hmd, and sat in the seat of the Abbot of Cluain- fearta See Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, p. xvi. note '. ' Druim-mor in Ui-Eathach Now Dromore, a market-town on the River Lagan, in the ba- rony of Iveagh, and county of Down. Saint Colman, or Mocholmoc, who was a disciple of Mac Nise, who died in 513, founded an abbey here See Colgan's Trias Thaum., p. 113, note 106 ; and Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum, p. 118. There are no ancient remains there at present except a large moat situated at the eastern extremity of the town. °' Cill-dumha. — Tliis should be Cill-dumha- srloin, as in the Annals of Ulster at the same year. — See note under the year 834, supra. " Domhnach-Seachnaill. — Now Dunshaughlin, in the county of Meath See note f, under A. D. 448, and note under 796. ° Disert-Diarmada : i. e. St. Diarmaid's desert, wilderness, or hermitage. This was the ancient Irish name of Castledermot, in the baronies of Kilkea and Moone, near the southern extremity of the county of Kildare, where Diarmaid, son of Aedh Roin, whose festival was there kept on the 21st of June, erected a monastery about A. D. 500 See Archdall's Monasticon Hiber- nicum, p. 310. In the church-yard here are to be seen an ancient Round Tower and several curious crosses, which attest the antiquity and former importance of the place. p Cael- Uisce : i. e. Narrow Water, now Nar- rowwater, situated between Warren's Point and Newry, in the barony of Upper Iveagh, and county of Down. — See note ', under A. D. 1252, p. 344. 1 Linn-Rois : i. e. the Pool of Ros. This was the name of that part of the River Boyne opposite Rosnaree, in the barony of Lower 841.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOxM OF IRELAND. 463 The plundering of Cluain-eidhneach, and the destruction of Cluain-Iraird and Cill-achaidh-Droma-fota, by the foreigners. A battle was gained over \ Maelruanaidh, son of Donncliadh, i. e. the father of King Maelseachlainn, by Diarmaid, son of Conchobhar ; and Diarmaid was slain on the same day by. Maelseachlainn. The Age of Christ, 84L The tenth year of Niall. Cacmhan, Abbot of Linn-Duachaill, was killed and burned by the foreigners. Ceallach, son of Caithghenn, Abbot of Druini-nior, in Ui-Eathach', died. Suibhne Ua Teinihnen, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha, died. Fineachta,son of Breasal, Abbotof Cill-dumha""; Comsudh, son of Ruanilus, Abbot of Domhnach-Seachnaill"; Moran, son of Innreachtach, Abbot of Clochar-mic-nDaimheni ; and Muireadhach, son of Cearnach, (Economus of Ard-Macha, died. The plundering of Cluain-mic- Nois by the foreigners of Linn-Duachaille. The plundering of Disert-Diarmada" by the foreigners of XJael-uisce''. The plundering of Birra and Saighir by the foreigners of the Boinn. A fleet of Norsemen on the Boinn, at Linn-Rois''. Another fleet of them at Linn-Saileach, in Ulster'. Another fleet of them at Linn-Duachailh Dunghal, son of Fearghal, lord of Osraighe, died. IMughroin, Duleck, and county of Jleatb. — See the Ord- and Ulster brought shipping of them upon nance Map of the county of Meath, sheet 20. the water called Linn Suileach. Moran, mac ' Linn-Saileach in Ulster. — This is very pro- Inrechtach, abbot of Cloghar mac Damine, taken bably, if not certainly, one of the ancient names captive by the forreincrs of Linn, and died with of Loch Suileach, now Lough Swilly, in the them after. Coman, abbot of Liunduachail, county of Donegal. — See Leabliar-na-f/Ceaii, wounded and burnt by the Irish and Gentiles, pp. 7, 23, 248. The spoylingof Disert-Diarraada by theGeutiles 'Linn-Duachaill. — Now Magheralin, in the out of Caeluisce." — Ann.UU., Cod. Clar., tom.4i). county of Down. These entries relative to the " A. D. 839. The Danes continued in Dublin Danes are given in the Annals of Ulster at the this year; and the Danes of Lyndwachill preyed year 841, and the most of them are to be found and spoyled Clonvicknose. Birre and Sayer in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 839 (the true were also spoyled by them. Moran, mac Iii- year being 842), as follows : reaghty, Bushop of Clochar, was killed by the "A. D. 841. The Gentiles upon Dublin yet. Dunes. There was a fleet of Normans at Lyn- The taking of Maelduin, mac Conaill, king of ross, upon the river of Boyne ; another at Lyn- Calatrom, by the Gentiles, captive. Tlie spoil- soleagh, in Ulster ; and another at Lyndwachill ing of Clonmicnois by them from the water aforesaid. Koewan, abbott of Lyndwachill, was called Linn Duachail. The spoyling of liiror both killed and burnt by the Danes, and some of and Saigir by them from the water of Dublin, the Irishmen. Dysert Dermot was destroyed by A navy from Manon'^ {rede Nortmanorum] the Danes of Key 11 Usge. KynnetyandClonvick- " upon Boinn at the water called Linn Kois, nose were destroy'd and burnt by the Danes." 464 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [842. |ióin, mac Ctenjui'a, cijeapna Ua ppailjje, Décc. TTlaolDÚin, mac Conaill, cigftina Calarpoma, do ejijabail Do ^allaib. Qoi]-" Cpiofc, occ ccéD cfrpaca a Do. Qn caonmaD blmbam Décc Do Niall. DoDiu, eppcop bioppa, Decc. Cumpub, mac Oepepo,-] ITIoenach, mac Saocaoaij, oá eppcop -] do angcoipe laDpoiti, "] po éccpac i naon oiDce hi nOipipr DiapmaDa. SuiBne, mac popannáin, abb Imleca Pio, Decc. T?onán, abb Cluana mic Nóip, Do Luaijnib Riiip cfriipach a cenel, [ajup] bpicine, abb Lorpa, Decc. Oonnacán, mac TTlaoilcuile, pccpibneóip,-] anjcóipe, Decc ipin Gcáil. C0I55U, mac peDai j, anjcoipi, Decc. TilaolpuanaiD, mac Oonn- cliaoa, pi ITliDe, arhaip niaoilpeacblainD eipiDe [dccc]. pfpjup, mac poch- aib, pi Connacbc, Deg. CionaeD, mac Conpai, cijfpna Clienél Caojaipe, Do mapbaoh la Oealbnaib. Coipppe, mac Carail, pi Laijfn Deapjabaip, Decc. Colop5, mac ClllaileD, plaic Pealla, do rhapbaó la ^allaib Coca Rib, "j pinoacan, mac Qllaileo, Do répnaó iiaDaib. LopccaD Cluana peapca bpé- namn lap na ^allaib ceona. QoipCpiopc, ochc ccéo cfcpaca acpi. Qn Dajia bliaóain Decc Do Niall. ^opm^al, mac muipfohaij, eppcop -] anjcoipe CainDe Cépe, piacna, mac TTlaoilbpfpail, abb pmDabpac abac, Labpaib, mac Qilella, abb Sláine, l?o- bapcacb, mac bpfpail, abb CtcliaiD bo Cainnij, Robapcach, mac piainn, abb Dorhnai^ móip, bpeapal, mac Caingne, abb Cillemanacli, Cerfpnach, mac Pogapraij, ppioip Uipe Do jlap, -| Qooan ^linne hUipean, Decc. Sloi^fola ^allaib Qra cliar a cCluanaib an Dobaip, -| apjain leipp Cbille hacliaiD, "| maprpaD Nuaoar mic Seigeni leo. Opgain Oúin TTlapcc la ^allaib, Dú m ' Calatruim. — Now Galtrim, in tlie barony of The Editor has not been able to find any other Deece, and county of Meath. — See note % under reference to this territory, and thinks that it is A. D. 1 176. a mistake of the Four Masters. " Cumsudh. — " A. D. 842. Comsudh, mac > Gliann-Uisean. — This was the name of a Derero, el Moenach mac Sothchadaig, duo Epis- remarkable glen situated in the territory of copiel ancorite, in una node mortui sunt in Disert Ui-Bairche, about two Irish miles to the west Diarmada. Fergus mac Fothaig, Rev Connacht, of the town of Carlow, where there exists a moritur. Donnacan, mac Maeletuile, scriba et considerable portion of the ruins of an ancient ancorita, in Italia quievit." — Ann. Lit. church, called Cill-Uisin, anglice Killeshin. " Luaighni. — For tlie position of this tribe Archdall, in his Monasticon Hibernicmn, p. 398, see note ', under A. D. 122, p. 103, supra. identities the church of Gleann-Uissen with ^ Chief of Fealla. — This entry is not in the Gleane, or Glin, on the Elver Brusna, in the Annals of Ulster, or in those of Clonmacnoise. barony of Garrycastle, and King's County ; but 842.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 465 son of Aenglius, lord of Ui-Failghe, died. Maelduin, son of Conall, lord of Calatruim', was taken prisoner by the foreigners. The Age of Christ, 842. The eleventh year of Niall. Dodiu, Bishop of Birra, died. Cumsudh", son of Derero, and Maenach, son of Sadchadach, who were both bishops and anchorites, died in one night, at Disert-Diarmada. Suibhne, son of Forannan, Abbot of Imleach-Fio, died. Ronan, Abbot of Cluain- niic-Nois, [one] of the tribe of the Luaighni"^ of Ros-Teamhrach, and Bricine, Abbot of Lotlira, died. Donnacan, son of Maeltuile, scribe and anchorite, died in Italy. Colggu, son of Fedach, anchorite, died. Maelruanaidh, son of Doun- chadh. King of Meath, the father of Maelseachlainn, [died]. Fearghus, son of Fothadh, King of Connaught, died. Cinaedh, son of Conra, lord of Cinel- Laeghaire, was slain by the Dealbhna. Cairbre, son of Cathal, King of South Leinster, died. Tolorg, son of Allailedh, chief of Fealla", was slain by the foreigners of Loch Ribh ; and Finnacau, son of Allailedh, made his escape from them. The burning of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn by the same foreigners. The Age of Christ, 843. The twelfth year of Niall. Gormghal, son of Muireadhach, Bishop and anchorite of Lann-Leire ; Fiachna, son of Maelbrea- sail, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha ; Labhraidh, son of Ailell, Abbot of Slaine ; Robhartach, son of Breasal, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Robhartach, son of Flann, Abbot of Domhnach-mor ; Breasal, son of Caingne, Abbot of Cill- nianach ; Cethearnach, son of Foghartach, Prior of Tir-da-ghlas ; and Acdhau of Gleann-Uisean'', died. An army was led by the foreigners of Ath-cliath to Cluana-an-dobhair^ and burned the fold of Cill-achaidh ; and Nuadhat, son of Seigen, was martyred by them. Dun-Masg" was plundered by the foreigners, this is a childish guess, because Gleann-Uisean " A. D. 843. NoHmanni Duhliniá egressi expe- is described, in the authorities referred to by ditionein suacipiunt versus Cluana-an-dobhuir, Archdall himself, as in the territory of Ui- Ecdesiamque de Kill-achadh expUant, et Niiadmn Bairche, in which the church of Sletty, close to Segenijilium martyrii aficiunt corona." Carlow, is situated. The festival of St. Diar- " Diin-Masg : i. e. the Dun or Fort of Masg, maid. Bishop of Gleann-Uisean, is set down in son of Augen Urgnuidh, the fourth son ofSedna celery's Irish Calendar at 8th July. See Lani- Sithbhaic. The name is anglicised in an Inqui- gan's Eccl. History of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 78. sition, Donemaske, anno 20 Richardi II. ; but ■ Cluana-an-dob/iair A district near the now always Dunamase — See Harris's edition of church of Cill-achaidh, anglice Killeigh, in the IFare's Antiquities, c. v. p. 35. It is the name King's County. This passage is translated by of a lofty isolated rock, on which formerly stood Colgan as follows, Acta SS-, p. 373, n. 3 : an earthen fort, or stone-cashel, but which now 3 466 aNHa?.a Rio^hachca eiReoNN. [843. ]io jabaD Qoó, mac Ouibóacpíoc, abb Uipe do jlay^, -] Cluana heióneac, ■] jiuccfQC leó é 1 ITlurhain,"] |io pooaim majirpa ap Oia,-| ]io mapbab Ceirfp- nac, mac ConDinaipg, ppióip Chille oapa, co pocliaibib oile amadle ppiu, ipm opccain ceona. popannán, ppirhaió CtpDa TTlaca, do epjabáil do ^hallaib 1 cCluain CliorhapDa, co na mionnaib ~\ co na rhuinncip, "] a mbpec leo Dia longaib 50 Luimneac. Slói^fo la Cuipjeip, rijfpna ^all pop Loc Rib, co po aipccpeac Connacca -\ TTlioe, "] po loipcpeac Cluam mic Nóip co na Dfp- caijib, 1 Cluain peapca bpénainn, Cip do jlap, Lorpa, 1 cealla lomba apcfna, Carpaomeaó pop ^liallaib piap an pi^, Nmll, mac Cteóa, hi TTlaij^ lofa, -] Dponj Dipime do ruicim laip. Cuip jeip Do jabóil la TTlaolpeachlainn, mac TTlaolpuanaiD, -\ a bábaó hi Loch Uaip lapam, rpé riiiopbaile Oé -| contains the ruins of a strong castle, situated in the territory of Ui-Crimlithannaiu, in the barony of East Maryborough, in the Queen's County — SeeLeabhar-na-gCeart, p. 216, note "* ; and Mac Firbis's genealogical work (Marquis of Droghe- da's copy), pp. 185, 186 : " A. D. 842. Dun-Masse was assaulted and destroyed by the Danes, where they killed Hugh mac DuiTedachrich, abbot of Tyrdaglasse and Cloneneagh ; and also there killed Keheruagh mac Comosgaye, old abbot" [i-ecte vice-abbotj " of Kildare." — Ann. Clon. '■' Cluain- Comharda. — Not identified. "A. D. 844. Forannan, Abbot of Ardmach, taken cap- tive by the Gentiles at Cluoncovarda, with his reliques, or oathes, and his people, and carried away by" [recte to] " the shippinge of Limrik." — Ann. Ult, Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. "A. D. 842. Forannan, abbot of Armagh, was taken captive by the Danes at Cloncowardy, together with all his family, relicks, and books, and" [they] " were lead from thence to their ships in Limbrick." — Ann. Clon. ' Luimneach This was the ancient name of the Lower Shannon ; but henceforward it is applied in these Annals to the city of Limerick. '' Tuirgeis. — There is not a vestige to be found of this chief, under this name in any of the Northern Chroniclers. Ledwich has endeavoured to identify him with a prince named Thorgils, who is said by Snorro to have reigned in Dublin ; but he has totally failed, for Harold Harfager, the father of this Thorgils, was not born for many years after the death of Turgeis. The only places in Ireland with which his name is still associated is Dun-Turgeis, or Dun-Dair- bheis, and Lough Leane, near Castlepollard, in the county of Westmeath, where some strange traditional stories are still told of him and the Irish monarch, Maelseachlainn. He had also another fortress at Rinu-duin, near St. John's, on Loch-Eibh, anglicc Lough Ree, in the county of Roscommon, but no local traditions of his exploits are there preserved at present. ' And many others. — This should be, " and many others on the islands in the Shannon, and in the vicinity of that river." Duald Mac Firbis states, in his Account of Danish Families in Ireland, that Turgeis took possession of and held his residence at Clonmacnoise ; and that his wife was wont to issue her orders to the people from the high altar of the cathedral church there. ' JIagh-Ma.—^e(i note ", under A. M. 2530, p. 5, supra. '• A. D. S44. Battle-breach by Nell, mac 843.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 467 where Aedli, son of Dubdhachrich, Abbot of Tii--da-ghlas and Cluain-eidhneach, was taken prisoner ; and they carried him into Munster, where he suiTered raartjTdom for the sake of God ; and Ceithearnach, son of Cudinaisg, Prior of Cill-dara, with many others besides, was killed by them during the same plun- dering excursion. Forannan, Primate of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the foreigners, at Cluain-Comharda^ with his relics and people, and they were car- ried by them to their ships at Luimneach^ An expedition by Tuirgeis'', lord of the foreigners, upon Loch-llibh, so that they plundered Connaught and Meath, and burned Cluaiu-mic-Nois, with its oratories, Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, Tir-da- ghlas, Lothra, and many others'' in like manner. A battle was gained over the foreigners by the king, Niall, son of Aedh, in Magh-Itha''; and a countless nimiber fell. Tuirgeis was taken prisoner by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruain- aidh ; and he was afterwards drowned in Loch-Uair'', through the miracle of Hugh, upon Gentiles at Magh Iha." — Ann. UU. Cod. ClarencL, torn. 49. " A. D. 842. King Neale gave a great over- throw to the Danes in the plains of Moynithe." — Ann. Clon. 8 Loch- Uair. — Now Lough Owel, near Mul- lingar, in the county of WestmeatL — See note", under A. M. .3581, p. 40, svpra ; and note", on Port-Lomain, under A. D. 1461, p. 1016, infra. The drowning of Turgeis in Loch-Uair is noticed in the Annals of Ulster at the year 844, and in the Annals of Clonmacnoise at 842, as follows : "A. D. 844. Turges du ergabail laJIaclsech- naill, ocus bagud Turges i Loch Uair iarom." — Ann. Ult, Ed. O'Conor. " A. D. 844. Tuirges, chief of the forreincrs, taken by Maeilseclilainn, and Tuirges, drowned in Loch-Uair after." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. " A. D. 842. Turgcsius was taken by Moyle- seaghlyn mac Moyleronie, and he afterwards drownded him in the poole of Loghware ad- joyning to Molyngare." — Ann. Clon. It would appear from Jocelin and Giraldus Cambrensis, who wrote about the year 1183, that some strange traditions were then pre- 3 served respecting a personage named Gurmun- dus, the son of an African prince. Giraldus has strangely confused these traditions in liis Topographia Hibernice, Dist. iii. cc. 38, 39, 40 ; for he makes Gurmundus contemporary with the British king, Careticus, who flourished about the year A. D. 586; and yet he makes him act under Turgesius, who appointed him his Lord Deputy in Ireland 1 A similar story is gravely repeated in some Acts of Parliament, Beg. Eliz. — See Ussher's Primord., p. 568, et scqq. Jocelin speaks of Gurmundus and also of Turgesius as Norwegian pagan kings of Ireland, who perse- cuted the Christians ; but ho seems to have been aware that Turgesius was not contemporary with Gurmundus. His words are : " Tempus autcm tenebrarum, Hibernici illud autumant, quo prius Gurmundus, ac postca Tur- gesius Noruagienses Principes Pagani, in Ili- bernia debellata regnabant. In illis enim diebus sancti in cauernis, ct spcluncis, quasi carbones cineribus cooperti, latitabant a facie impiorum, qui eos tota die, quasi ones occisionis mortifica- bant."- Vita I'atricii, c. 1 75 ; Triag Thaitm., p. 1 04. On this passage Colgan has the following note (Trias T/iaum., n. 164): o2 468 awHaca uio^hachca eiReawN. [S43. Ciajic'iin, -] na naerh apcfna. peapjal, mac bpmn, mic TTlaeileruile, mic Uuarail, cijeapna ITluj^ciiaije, oo rhapbaoh,-] Caicep.cijfiinct Peap maije. Opjain Oonncliaóa, mic pollarham, -| piainn, mic TTIaelpiianaio, la TTlael- )"'fclilainn, mac ITlaoilpuanaiD. " NecGildas Moduda, nee loannes Dubaganus in Catalogo reguni Hibernia;, nee Quatuor Ma- gistri in eodem Catalogo vel Annalibus, nee alius domestieus Rerum Hibernicarum scriptor, nee etiam externus (quod sciam) ante Geraldum Cambrensem numerat Gurmundum vel Turge- sium inter Hibernia Reges, vel scribit eos in Hibernia vnquam regnasse ; licet memorent Turgesium, aliosque Normannos anno 836. & sequentibus, continuis prseliis, praedis, et incur- sionibus turbasse eius quietem, & pacem : sed omnes vnanimi consensu referunt Conchoua- rium Duncbado natum, qui anno 818. capit, regnasse annis 14. eique immediate successisse Niellum tertium, cognomento Calne, eumque regnasse annis 13. vel iuxta alios 15. & post hunc, Maelseclilannium (qui & Malacbias vocatur) annis 16. Aidum septimum cognomento Fin- liatli annis 16. deindeFlannium Malachia; filium annis 38. ex ordine immediate successisse & regnasse. Tux-gesius autem iuit in Hibernia occisus anno 842 : Niello tertio tunc regnante, per prajdictum Maelsecblannixim sine Mala- chiam, tunc Medite, & postea Hibernise Regem, vt tradunt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus ad eundem annum, & contestatur Giraldus Cam- brensis homo Britannus in Topographia Hiber- nia» dist. 3. cap. 40. qui Giraldus, alias testatis- sinius hostis gentis nostra;, uegat ibidem cap. 38. & 39. Gurmundum vnquam subiugasse Hiber- niam, & licet cap. 37. scribal eum regmnn fliber- nicum aliquamdiu pacifice rexisse ; tamen postea c. 45. & 46. solum asserit pacem & quietem HiberniiE per hos tyrannos fuisse turbatam it interruptam. Verba eius cap. 45. sunt : Est itaqtie numerus omnium Regum, qui a prima huiiis (jcntis Reje Herimone vsque ad hunc vltimum. Rn- thericum, Hibemiam rexerunt, centum octoginta vnus. Et c. 46. Gens igitur Hibernica a prima aduentus sui tempore et primi iUius Herimonis regno vsque ad Gurmundi et Turgesii tempora {quibus et turbata quies, et intejTUjita aliquandiu fuit eius tranquilitas) ; iterumque ab eorum obitu vsque ad kcec nostra tempora, ab omni alienarum gentium incursu libera permansit, et inconcussa, donee pter vas Rex inuictissime (Henricum secun- dum Angliai Regem intelligit) et vestrce animosi- tatis audaciam, his denuo nostris diebus est subiu- gata anno atatis veslrce 41. Regni vestri 17. ab Incarnatione vero 1172. Ha3C Giraldus alias Hibernis in aduersus referendis numquam pro- pitius, vel parous." — (Topographia Hibernia, Dist. iii. cc. 39, 40, 41, 42). According to Giraldus, Turgesius was assas- sinated by a number of young men concealed in women's clothes, by a stratagem plotted by (3'Machlachlin, or O'Melaghlin ; and the same story has been given as true history by Keating. Giraldus's words are as follows : " Vndc in Hibemiam vel Britanniam Gurmnndns adaenerit. " CAP. XXXIX. "In Britanuica legitur historia : Gurmun- dum ab Africa in Hiberniam aduectum, & inde in Britanniam a Saxonibus ascitum, Cireces- triam obsidione cinxisse. Qua tandem capta, &, passerum (vt fertur) maleficio, igne sucoensa : ignobili quoque tunc Britonum Rege Kereditio in Cambriam expulso, totius regni dominium in breui obtinuisse. Siue ergo Africanus, seu (vt verius esse videtur) Norwagiensis fuerit : vel in Hibernia nunquam fuit, vel -relicto ibidem Turgesio modici temporis in ea moram fecit.. 843.] ANNALS OF TPIE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 469 God and Ciaran, and the saints in general. Fearghal, son of Bran, son of Mael- tuile, son of Tuathal, lord of Muscraighe, was killed, and Caicher, lord of Feara- Maighe. The plundering of Donnchadh, son of Follamhan, and of Flann, son of JNIaelruanaidh, by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh. " Qualiter iriierfecto in Gallia Gurmundo Turge- sius dolo j>vMlai-um in Hibernia delusus occuhuit. " CAP. XL. " Gvrmvndo itaque in Galliaruni partibus interfecto, & Barbarorum iugo a Britannicis coUis ea occasione iam depulso : Gens Ilibernica ad consuetas artis iniquse decipulas, non inefii- caci molimine statim recurrit. Cum igitur ea teiiipestate filiam Regis Medensis scilicet Omach- lachelini Turgesius adamasset : Rex ille virus sub pectore versans, filiam suam ipsi concedens, ad insulam quandam Media;, in staguo scilicet Lochyreno illam cum quindecim puellis egregiis ei missurum se spopondit. Quibus & Turgesius gauisus cum totidem nobilioribus gentis sum statute die et loco obuiam venit : & inuenit, & inueuiens in insula quindecim adolescentes im- berbes animosos, & ad hoc electos sub habitu puellari dolum palliantes, cultellis, quos occulte secum attulerant, statim inter amplexus Tur- gesius cum suis occubuit. " De Norvvagiensibus, qui circiter annos triginta regnauerant, ab Hibernia expulsis. " CAP. XLI. " Fama igitur pernicibus alis totam statim insulam pcruolante, & rei euentum, vt assolet, diuulgaute, Norwagienses vbique truncantur, & in breui omnes omnino seu vi, seu dolo, vel morti traduntur : vel iterum Norwagiam & insulas, vnde venerant, nauigio adiru compcl- luntur. " De Medensis Regis qtuestione dolosa. " CAP. XLII. " Qvsesiverat auteni a Turgesio prajdictus Medensium Rex, & in dolo (nequitia iam animo concepta) quunam tenure vel arte aues quaedam in regnum nuper aduectie terra; toti, patria;que pestiferaj destrui possent & deleri. Cumque responsum accepisset, nidos eorum vbique' de- struendos, si iam forte nidificassent (de castellis Norwagiensium hoc interpretantes) mortuo Turgesio in eorum destructione Hibernenses per totam insulam vnanimiter insurrexerunt. xVnnos igitur circiter triginta Norwagiensium pompa, & Turgesii tyrannis in Hibernia perdu- rauit, & deinde gens Hibernica, seruitute de- pulsa, & pristinam libertatem recuperauit, I't ad regni gubernacula denuo successit." Colgan, who discredits the above story of Giraldus, has the following note on Maelseach- lainn, son of Maelruanaidh, who drowned Tur- gesius in Loch-Uair, in his Life of Corpreus, Bishop of Clonmacnoise, at vi. Martii: " Mcdachice JUii Moelruanacii c. 2. Obiit anno 860 hie Rex, iuxta Quatuor Magistros, in Annalibus ad eundem annum, & in Catalogo Regum Hibernise, vbi de ipso sic scribunt; Malachicvs primus Jiliiis Moelrnanucij, Jilij Dun- chadij etc. postquam regnasset annis sedecim, de- cessit anno 860. Hibernis patrio sermone vocatur MoeleacMuinn, & Giraldus Cambrensis in Topo- graphia Hibernia; distinct. 2. c. 40. mendose Machluchelinum Regemque Medensem appellat. Fuit enim Rex Media- dum Turgesium, Ducem, Norwegiorum, & Hibernica' Ecclesia; i»i: Reipub- licse primum turbatorem, curaret é medio tolli, anteciuam anno 845. capesseret regnum Hiber- nia;. Necem enim Turgesij in annum b-l'S refe- runt Quatuor Magistri in Annalibus : queiu non cultellis per quosdam adolescentes caisum, vt Giraldus refert, sed captuni, it in lacuVarensi sufl'ocatum rcferunt, vt meruit scelestissiraus tyrannus, pacis publico; subuersor, centenarum 470 awNata Rioghachca eiReanN. [844. Qoip Cyiiopc, ochr cceo cearpaca a ceafaiii. muipeaohach, mac piaino, abb TTlainif cpeach buin, Coippjie, mac Colmám, abb Qca Cpuim,") Conainj, mac pffiDomnaiji;, abb Oorhnaij páopaicc, Decc. peapDomnach, eajnaió -] I'cpitiniD cojaibe Qpoa ITlaca, t)écc, i RoBapcac, mac Suibne, ppioip Cliille acbaió, pcpibnió "] eccnaió Do itiapbaó. Oonnchaó, mac Qmaljaba, cijeapna Ua nGacac,Clorma, cijeapna Copca Caoijóe, Caral, macQilella cijeapna Ua TTlaine, Connrhac TTlóp, mac Copccpaij, ■) Niall, mac CinDpaolaió, cij- eapna Ua piójeince, Décc. maolDUin, mac Conaill, ri^fpna Calacpnma, t)0 rhapBao la Lai^nib. Spaoineaó pop Connaccaib pia n^allaib, in po mapbat) Riaján, mac peapjupa, -| ITlu^pon, mac Oiapmaoa, "| Qo6 mac Carapnaij, co pochaióe oile. Cúil Caippine oo opjain ~\ Do lopccab la ^al- laib. Opgain Cúile moine oo loingfp na cCaillec, "] popbaipi coicnjipi la Ceapball, mac nOunlainj, poppu, ■) a noeapgap Do cup lap pin. Opgain rfpmainn Ciapóin la peiólimiD, macCpiorhfainn,-) Ciapdn Dna Do reacr ina Deaóaió, anDap laip, ") popjarh Dia bacaill Do rabaipc inD, 50 pop jab juin mfDoin, CO nap bo plan 50 a écc. lap mbeic rpi blmóna Décc 1 pije nGpeann 00 Niall Caille, mac Qeóa Oiponioe, po baiDfó 1 cCallainn, ipin cúicceaó bliaóam caoccac a aoipi. Qp opopairmfr a bc'tip po paiófó : TTIallacc ope, a Cballainn cpuaió, a ppuaim amail ceo Do pléb, Oo piomapc écc do jac leir, pop Dpeich niraij niamjnipm Néill, Ctcup beóp : Ml capaim ino inpcce nDuabaip, imcéic peac raob ÍTlápaip, Q Challann cé no maoióe, mac mnó baióe po báióip. Ecclesiarum incensor, aliquot millium Praisby- the year 1 156. terorum, Clericorumque necator, ac Christiani ^ Cuil-moine — This was one of the names of sanguinis helluo insatiabilis." Colooney, in the county of Sligo. " Domhnach-Padraifj. — Now Donaghpatrick, ' The Cailli. — Dr. O'Conor takes this to be nearNavan, in the county of Meath. — See note', the name of a river, but it is in the genitive under A. D. 745, p. 348, svpra. case plural, and was evidently the name of a ' Cuil-Caissine. — Now Coolcashin, a townland party of Norsemen, giving name to a parish in the barony of Galmoy, '"The Termon of Ciaran — " A. D. 843. All and county of Kilkenny. It was held under the the Tyrmyn lands belonging to Saint Keyran Viscount Mountgarrett in 1G35, as of his manor were preyed and spoyled by Felym mac Criow- of Ballyne See Inquisitions, Lagenia, Kil- hay n, without respect of place, saint, or shrine; kenny, 76, Car. I. See it again mentioned under and, after his return to Munster the next year. 844.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 471 The Age of Christ, 844. Muireadhach, son of Flann, Abbot of Mainistir- Buithe ; Cairbre, son of Cohnan, Abbot of Ath-Truim ; and Conaing, son of Fordomhnach, Abbot of Domhuach-Padraig'', died. Fordonihnach, a wise man, and a distinguished scribe of Ard-Macha, died ; and Robhartach, sou of Suibhne, Prior of Cill-achaidh, scribe and wise man, was slain. Donnchadh, son of Amhalghadh, lord of Ui-Eathacli ; Clothnia, lord of Corca-Laeghdhe ; Cathal, son of Ailcll, lord of Ui-Mainc ; Connmhach Mor, son of Coscrach ; and Niall, son of Ceannfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. Maelduin, son of Conall, lord of Calatruim, was slain by the Leinstermeu. A battle was gained over the Connaughtmen by the foreigners, in which Riagan, son of Fearghus ; Mughron, son of Diarmaid ; and Aedh, son of Catharnach, with many others, were slain. Cuil-Caissine' was plundered and burned by the foreigners. The plundering of Cuil-moine" by the fleet of the Cailli'; and a fortnight's siege was laid to them by Cearbhall, son of Dunking, and they were afterwards dreadfully slaughtered. The plundering of the Termon of Ciaran"", by Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann ; but Ciaran pursued him, as he thought, and gave him a thrust of his crozier, and he received an internal wound, so that he was not well until his death. After Niall Caille", son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, had been thirteen yeai's in the sovereignty of Ireland, he was drowned in the Callainn, in the fifty-fiftli year of his age. In commemoration of his death was said : A curse on thee, severe Callainn, thou stream-like mist from a mountain, Thou hast painted death on every side, on the warlike biunette- bright face of Niall. And again : I love not the sorrowful water, which flows by the side of Maras, () Callainn, who shall boast of it? Tliou hast drowned tlie sun of an illustrious woman ! he was overtaken by a great disease of the tlu.x disease, and occasion of his deatli ; and notwith- of the belly, which happened in this wise : As standing his irregularity and great desire of king Felym (soone after his return into Moun- spoyle, he was of some numbered among the ster) was taking his rest in his bed. Saint Keyran scribes and ancliorites of Ireland. He died of appeared unto him, with his habitt and Bachall the flux atbresaid. Anno 847." — A?in. Clon. or pastorall staflfe, and there gave him a push " Niall Caille. — "A. D. 845. Niall, mac Aedha, of his Bachall, in his belly, whereof he tooke his rex Temhro, mersione mortmis est." — Ann. Uli. : 472 aNNaí,a Rioghaclica eiReawN. [845. TDaonjal alicip )io paiD : bei]i lac leip imcomopc Néll, na baó bpicfm conoal céill, Do jnj nirhe caibpfó péip, conDib peió Do cec naimpeiD. Niall po haa, Niall po bá, Nmll 1 mmuip, Niall i rein, Niall cen naibió. Q.0]^ Cpioj^r, ocbr ccéo cfrpaca a CÚ15. Qn céo bliabain 00 nibaoly'fc- lainn, mac TTlaoilpuanaiD, óp 6ipinn. Ceallac, mac ITlaoilpaDpaicc, ppióip pfp Roip, Décc. peóbmib, mac Cpiorhrainn, pi miirhan, anjcoipe 1 pcpib- neóip ba oeac oGpennchaib ina aimpip,oécc 18 Ctujupr, Dia guin mr6oin,rpia rhiopbaile Oé ~\ Ciapáin. ba Do báp peiólimiD po páiDeaó : Ouppan a Obe DpeiólimiD, ronnbáip bá porh poD báióe, po Deapa bpón oGipionncaiB, naD maip mac Cpiomrainn Clc'npe. Qp puairnio do ^baoióealaib can do anic an DeoCnbaiD, l?o pcaic ctp a nSpino uoi^ on imip arbar PeDlimiD. Ni Deachaió ippeó pi^l mapban boD innijpfrap, piaic pial po pij nailbine cobpar nocon jignecbaip. Gojan .1. anj;coipe, mac Qeóajáin, mic Uopbaij, 6 Cluain mic Nóip, oécc. Cojail mpi Locba ITluinpeamaip lá ITIaolpecblamn, mac TTlaelpuanaiD, pop " A. D. 843. This year King Nealle KaUly cession of this monarch in the year 846 See died at Kallen in Mounster." — Ann. Clem. Oijytjia, p. 434 ; and the Annals of Clonmacnoise There are three rivers named Callainn in Ire- in 843 : land : one in the county of Armagh, the other " Moyleseaghlyn mac Moyleronie, of the race in the county of Kilkenny, now more generally of the O'Melaghlyns of Meath, succeeded after called the King's River, and the third in the king Neale in the kingdom, and reigned seven- valley of Gleann-Ua-Ruachtain (Glanarough), teen years." — Ann. Clon. in the county of Kerry. The Callainn in the "> Feara-Eos. — "A. D. 846. Ceallach mac county of Kilkenny is probably the one in Maelpatraicc secnap Fer Rois desabainn, 7)wri- which this king was drowned. tur." — Ann. Uli. The Feara Rois were seated " Niall without death. — The meaning of these along the Boyne and at Carrickmacross, in the rhymes, which look very obscure, is evidently county of Monaghan. this: "King Niall was drowned, but his cha- ' Anchorite mid sa-ibe. — "A. D. 846. Feidhli- racter for goodness is so high, that whether his midh mac Crimthainn rex Muman, optimiis pau- death was caused by fire or water, his fame is savit scriba et ancorita." — Ann. Ult. deathless, his glory immortal." According to the old Annals of Innisfallen, p Madseachlainn. — O'Flaherty places the ac- preserved in the Bodleian Library, this Feidh- 845.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 473 Maenghal, the pilgrim, said : Take with thee the total destruction of Niall, who was not a judge without judgment ; To the King of heaven let him make submission, that he may make smooth for him every difficulty. Niall was drowned, Niall was good ; Niall in the sea, Niall in fire, Niall without death". The Age of Christ, 845. The first year of Maelseachlainn'', son ofMael- ruanaidh, over Ireland. Ceallach, son of Maelpadraig, Prior of Feara-Rois'^, died. Feidhlimidh, son of Crimhthann, King of Munster, anchorite and scribe', the best of the Irish in his time, died on the 18th of August of his internal wound, [inflicted] through the miracle of God and Ciaran. Of the death of Feidh- limidh was said : Alas ! O God, for Feidhlimidh ; the wave of death has drowned him ! It is a cause of grief to the Irish that the son of Crimhthann of Claire' lives not. It was portentous to the Gaeidhil, when his last end arrived ; Slaughter spread through sacred Ireland from the hour that Feidh- limidh died. There never went on regal bier a corpse so noble ; A prince so generous under the King of Ailbin never shall be born. Eoghan, i. e. the anchorite, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach of Cluain-mic- Nois, died. The demolition of the island of Loch Muini'camhar' by Mael- limidh was full monarch of Ireland, which mities. He was succeeded on the throne of agrees with Cambrensis {To]). Ilih. Dist. iii. Munster by Olchobhar, son of Ciuaedh, Abbot 0. 44) ; but the northern annalists do not num- and Bishop of Emly. ber him among the sole monarchs of Ireland.— " Claire — This is the name of a remarkable See Colgan's Trkis Thauvi., p. 186, note 53, hill (near Duntry league, in the county of Lime- and Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, p. xvi. It rick), on which OilioU Olum, the great ancestor looks very strange that the Annals of Ulster of this king, as well as of the most distinguished should describe this Munster potentate as opti- families of Munster, was slain, and whereon his mus scriba el ancorita, for his career was that sepulchral monument is still pointed out. of turbulence and depredation, and his death ' Loch-Muinreamhair. — Now Lough Ramor, was brought about by his sacrilegious enor- near Virginia, in the county of Cavan, on the 3p 474 aNNa?,a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [846. pmllac mop do rhacmb baiy^ Luiccne -] ^ailfnj po báoap occ innpfo na cruar a liucc 5^^^' "5° V^ mallapcnai^ic laip. iTlaoljoan, mac 6arac, cijfpna Ceneoil mbójaine, oécc, Qpruip, mac ITluipfohaij, cijfpna Qipfip Lipe, oecc. Coral, mac Copccpaij, cijfpna pocapca, do mapBab la liUi Néill. Conomach, mac Cerepnaij, Ifrcoipec Ciappaije, Decc. Niall, mac CmopaolaiD, njfpna Ua ppibsfnce, Decc. Qp pop ^allaib Ctra cliar, oc Capn mbpammir, la Ceapball, mac nOunsaile, cijfpna Oppaije, Dú in po mapbaoh oa chéo Decc Diob. Ceona liopjain Imlij lubaip la ^allaib. Qoip Cpioi'c, ocbr ccéo ceafpaca ape. Qn Dapa bliaóain Do nihaoil- peaclainn. pinprieaclira Lmbnije, mac Uomalcaij, pi Connacr, l ba lianj- coipe lapaifi, Decc. r?obapcac,mac rnaoilepocapcai5,abbCiUe moinne, Decc. Ctnluan, abb Saigpe, Decc. Colmán, mac Ouinncorhaij. comapba Colmain Cille mic Ouac, Decc. DiapmaiD Cille Caipi Decc. Cacppaoinfo pia TTlaol- pfclilainn, mac TTIaolpuanaib, pop ^allaib, i popai^ Dii in po mapbab iiii. céD laip Di'ob. Car oile pia nOlcobap, pi ITliiman, -] pia Lopcrtn, mac Ceallaij, pi Lai^fn CO Lai^nib "j TTluiriineacaib lompa pop ^ballaib, ace Scéir Nfcrain, in po mapbaD Uorhpaip Gpla, canaipi piji; Loclainne, "] Do céD Decc uime. borders of the county of Meath See note % under A. M. 2859, p. 10, siqyra. " A. D. 846. Maelsechnaill, mac Maelruauaip;, regnare. incipit. Togail innsi Locha Muinrea- inhair la Maelsechnaill for fianlach mar di ma- caib bais Luighne ocus Gaileng, ro batar oc in- driud na tuath, 7nore Gentilmm." — Ann.Vlt., Ed. O'Conor. " A. D. 846. The breakinge of the Hand of Loch IMuinrevar, by Maelsechnaill, upon a great company of the sons of bais" [i. e. sons of death, i.e. malefactors] "of Luigne and Gaileng, who were spoylinge the countries from thence after the manner of the Gentiles." — Cod. Clar., torn. 4y. " Carn-Brammit Not identified. " Finsneachta Luibnighe : i. e. Finsneachta of Luibneach, a place on the borders of ancient Meath and Munster, where it is probable he was fostered — See Book of Lecan, fol. 260, 6, una Leabkar-na-gCeart, p. 10, note". " A. D. 847. Niv magna in Kal. Fehniarii. Finsnechta Luibnighi, Ancorita, et Rex Connacht mttea, mortuus est." — Ann. Ult. "" Successor of Colman : i. e. Bishop of Kil- macduagh, in the now county of Galway. — See note under 814. Í Cill-Caisi Now Kilcash, an old church situated at the foot of Slieve-na-man, in the barony of IfTa and Offa East, in the county of Tipperary. The south door of this church in- dicates considerable antiquity, but the greater part of the walls were rebuilt at a comparatively recent period. ' Forach. — This is the place now called Far- ragh, and situated near Skreen, in the county of Meath. Dr. O'Conor translates this '"in mari" in his edition of the Annals of the Four blasters, p. 349 ; and in the Annals of Ulster, p. 218 ; but he is clearly mistaken, and he had no reason to differ from the old translator of the Annals of Ulster, who takes Fora, the name of a place, and renders the passage thus : 846.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 475 seachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, against a great crowd of sons of death [i. c. malefactors] of tlie Luighni and Gaileanga, who were plundering the districts at the instigation of the foreigners ; and they were destroyed by him. Maelgoan, son of Eochaidh, lord of Cinel-Boghaine, died. Artuir, son of Muireadhach, lord of Airthear-Life, died. Cathal, son of Cosgrach, lord of Fotharta, was slain by the Ui-Neill. Connmhach, son of Cethernach, half-chief of Ciarraighe, died. Niall, son of Cinnfaeladh, lord of Ui-Fidhgeinte, died. A slaughter made of the foreigners of Ath-cliath, at Carn-Brammit", by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, lord of Osraighe, where twelve himdred of them Avere slain. The first plun- dering of Imleach-Iubhair by the foreigners. The Age of Christ, 846. The second year of Maelseachlainn. Finsneachta Luibnighe'', son of Tomaltach, King of Connaught, and who was afterwards an anchorite, died. Robhartach, son of Maelfothartaigh, Abbot of Cill-!Moinne, died. Anluan, Abbot of Saighir, died. Colman, son of Donncothaigh, suc- cessor of Colman', of Cill-mic-Duach, died. Diarmaid of Cill Caisi'' died. A battle was gained by Maelseachlainn, son of Maelruanaidh, over the Danes, at Forach', where seven hundred of them were slain by him. Another battle was gained by Olchobhar, King of Munster, and by Lorcan, son of Ceallach, King of Leinster, having the Leinstermen and Munstermen along with them, over the foreigners, at Sciath-Neachtain", wherein Tomhrair EarP, tanist of the King "A. D. 847. A battle by Maelsechnaill, upon 1 200 about him." — Ann.Ult., Cod.Clar.,tomA9- the Gentyles at Fora, -where 700 fell." *■ Tomhrair Earl. — This prince's ring was Connell Mageoghcgan also takes Forach to be- preserved by the Danes at Dublin in the year the name of a place, and renders the passage as 994, vrhen it was carried off by Maelseach- follows : lainn II., King of Ireland ; and there are " A. D. 848. Olchover, King of Cashcll, did strong reasons for believing that he -was the overthrow the Danes in a battle in Munster, ancestor of the Danish kings of Dublin. The where he slew 1200 of their best men, anno 848. pedigree of Imhar, or Ifars, the ancestor of the King Moyleseaghlyn did overthrow them in the Danish kings of Dublin, is given in none of battle of Farchae." — Á7m. Clon. the genealogical Irish works as yet discovered; ' Sciaih-Neachtain — See note ^ under A. D. and in the absence of direct evidence it is rea- 766, p. 370, supra. sonable to assume, that, as the Danes of Dublin "A. D. 847. Bellum by Ollchovar, king of had his ring or chain in 994, this ring or chain Mounster, and Lorgan mac Ccllai into" [^i-ectc descended to them as an heir-loom from him. with] " Leinster upon" [the] " Gentiles, at In these Annals, at the year 942, the Danes Sciahnechtan, where fell Tomrair Erell, the next of Dublin are called Mmntir-Tomair, which or second in power to the king of Laihlin, and strengthens this argument; for, if we examine 3 p 2 476 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReawH. [847. Raoinfo pia cci^Qinac, cijfpna Locha jabap, pop allrhuiiachaib i nOaipe Oippc Daconna, in ]io mapBao Da picic oécc DÍb laip. l?aoinf6 pm nGojan- ncr Caipil pop ^hciUaib, occ Oún-ÍTlaelecuile, aipm m po mapbaó ciiij ceo Díob. Slóijfó la hOlcoKap do rojail Dúin Copcaije pop ^hallaib. Uuauli- cap, tnac Cobraij, rijepna Lnijne, oécc. TTlaióníi pm nGchfijfpn co Caijnib pop Oppaijib, a liUachrap ^apaolia. TTlaióiin pm nOunabac, mac Ounjaile CO nOppaijib, popp na Déipib. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD cfcpaca a peaclic. C(n cpfpblmbain DoTTlliaoiI- pfclctinn. Onchu, eppcop i anjcoipe Sláine, Robapcac, mac Coljan, abb Slóine, Oenjap,. mac Qilgile, abb Doriinaij pbacpaicc, pinpneachca, mac OmpmaDO, abb Ooniilmcc, TTlaelpuaDaijj, abb QipD bpeacóin, pianD, mnc Cuanach, abb TTlainiprpeac, -\ Qpannán, abb bfnncaip, Décc. TTIaelmeóa, injfn Qeba, banabb Cluana Cuiprm, oécc. Conaing, mac piainn, cigeapna bpfg, Nmll, mac Cionaeba, cijfpna Ua ppailje, Coipppe, mac Cionaeba, ci^fpna Ua TTlcnl, -\ Qilill, mac Cumupccai?;, riTjfpna Loca Col, Décc. Uuacal, mac Ceallaij, cijeapna Gle, oécc. piannaccán, mac Garach, cijfpna Oal Qpaibe an Uuaipceipc, do mapban la Cenel Gojain. InDpeaó Duiblinne la TTlaelpeclainn, mac maelpuanaib,-| la Uisfpnac, cijfpna Cocha ^abap. TTluippfcr pfcbc picic long Do muinnnp ]n' ^all Do rocr Do rabaipr ^pfma popp na ^alla po báoap ap a ccinn i nGpmn, ^up mrpj;biiaiDipprc Gpe fcoppn. ITlaelbpfpail, mac Cfpnai^, cijfpna Tllujbopn, do mapboDh la the Irish tribe-names, in which Muintir is pre- or family, whether descendants, correlatives, or fixed, we will find that the second part of the followers. — SeeZeaMar-íia-^Ceart,Introduction, compound is invariably the name of the proge- p. xxxviii. nitor of the tribe, as Miiintir-Maelmordha, " Daire-DisiH-Dachonna : i. e. the Oak Wood Muintir-Murchadha, Muintir-Eolais, Muintir- of St. Dachonna's desert or wilderness. The Chinaetha, which were the tribes of the O'Reil- Editor has not been able to identify this place, lys, O'Flahertys, MacRannalls, andMacKinaws, '^ Dun-Madetuik: i.e. Maeltuile's Fort, now who, according to their pedigrees, respectively unknown. descend from Maelmordha, Murchadh, Eolus, "■ TAe/ori o/Corcoc/i; i. e. the Danish Fortress Cinaeth, the genitive case of whose names form of Cork. the latter part of the tribe-names. In this ' Z7ac/i■ Without food or drink. — The death of this mac Muireai, King of Vhter, mortuus eM. Three Niall is noticed in the Annals of Ulster under men burnt at Taillten by the fyre Biriim" [L e. the year 859, but it is only stated that he de coelo]. " Great wynde, that it brake downe suffered from paralysis. — See it repeated by the many trees, and alsoe the Hand of Innselocha" Four Masters under A. D. 858. [^rcctc, the artificial islands in lakes]. ■ Disert-Chiarain. — Now Castlekieran, near "OfGabhra: i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now the town of Kells, in the county of Meath See the baronies of Upper and Lower Conello, in note ", under the year 770, p. 374, supra ; also the county of Limerick. 3r 490 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [857. Gpeann, cen mo cao TTluirhni^, Do bol i ccijiib TTIurTian co noeifio Deic noióce oc nSmlió. Ro loipcc -\ yo inDip TTlurha co nniiii ino aen ló, laji mabmami pop a iiiojaib ace Ca|in Liiccoac, co ppa|iccbaó ann laip TinctoIc])nn, niac muTpfoliaij, conaipi na nOéipi, co pochaibe ele. Uucc lapam TTlaolpfclilainn jialla TTluiTian ó Cbumap na cpi nuipce co hlnp Uapbnai lap nGpiiin, i ó Oún Ceapmna co hQpainn nQipúip, oon ciipap pin. maiom pia cCeapball, cijjeapna Oppaije,-] pia nloiiiap hi ccpicli QpaD cipe, pop Cenel piacac, co n^allgaoióealaib Leire Ciiinn. Ceirpi ceo ap pé rhílib an lion cdinicc Ceap- ball -| lorhap. Innpeab Laijfn la Cfpball, mac nOunlaing, -] a njeill Oo ;5abáil im Coipppe, mac nOunlain^, -] im Suichenen, mac Qpciiip. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo caocca a peaclic. Qn cpeap bliobain Oécc do TTlhaoilpeaclainn. Siiaipleacb, abb QcliaiD boCamoij, Qilill 6anban, abb biopaip, TTlaolcoba Ua paolain, abb Cluana liUairia, -] paoljap, abb r?uip Cpé, Décc. Sloiccfoli mop la liQmlaoib "] la liloiha]i,i la Cfpball, riTi;eapna Oppaije 111 TTliDe. Ro cionóileaD píojDctl maire Gpeann lap in pij TTIaoil- peaclainn, 50 Rair Qoóa mic bpic, im perjna, corhapba pacpaicc,-] im Suaip- leach corhapba pinnia, Do oénarh píoDa ajup caoncompaic peap nGpeann, coniD ann Do paD Cfpball, ci^eapna Oppai je, oijpéip coriiapba phÓDpaic, 1 pinnia Do pij Gpeann, lap mbeir Do Ceapball cearpacac oiDclie in Gpepop, -] mac pij LoclanD immaille ppip 1 ccopuc oc inDpeaD TTlióe. Conaó lap '' Carn-Litghdhach : i.e. Lughaidh's Carn, or ' Ara-Airthir : i.e. East Ara, now Inis-soir, monumental heap of stones. This place has not anglice Inisheer, the most eastern of the three been identified. Islands of Aran, in the Bay of Galway. This °Cu«ia?'- in the Picts. Kal. Januarii, et Edipsis Lime in eodcin rnense. " Dnn-Ceallain Now Dunk eld, a town of Cellach, mac Ailill, abbot of Killdare and of la, Perthshire, in Scotland, situated on the River dormivU, in regione Pictorum. Tiernach, mac Tay, about ten miles north of Perth. " Dun- Fogartai, Kinge of Loch Gavar, and halfe Kinge kelden, vel rectius Dun-culden, quod tumulum of Bregh, moritur. The Britones, or Welshmen, corylorum ex etymo interprctaberis, est oppi- banished out of their country by Saxons, that dum Caledoniorum in Scotia ad Taum annem Eacht,theirecheife,was captive atMoin-Conain"^ situm." — Coiga.n's Acta Sanctorum, p. 690, n. 5. [Anglesea]. " Teige mac Diarmada, j'i.r íVí^wíí/ot The year 863 of the Annals of the Four Cinselai, iiiterfectiis est dolose a fratrihm .tuis, et Masters corresponds with 864 of the Annals of « plehe sua. Convael, Equonimus of Tavlacht, Ulster, which notice the events of that year as and Tuahal mac Artgusa, Archbushop of For- follows : tren, and abbot of Dun-Callen, dormierunt." — 864.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 501 Leithgblimi ; Tuathal, son of Ardglius, chief Bishop of Fortrenn", and Abbot of Dun-Ceallain°, [died]. Ceallach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the Abbot of la, died in Pictland. Ceithearnach, son of Fairneach, Prior of Ard- Macha; Conmhal, Prior of Tamlilacht ; and Luchairen (i. e. the father of Eger- tach), son of Eoghan, son of Aedhagan, son of Torbach, scribe and anchorite at Ckiain-mic-Nois, died. Tighearnach, son of Focarta, lord of Loch Gabhar, and the second chief who was over Breagh, [died]. Tadhg, son of Diarniaid, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own brethren. Colman, son of Dun- lang, lord of Fotharta-tire, was slain by his own children. The Age of Christ, 864. Dineartach, Bishop and Abbot of Lothra ; Colgga and Aedh, two abbots of Mainistir-Buithe, died. A complete muster of the North was made by Aedh Finnliath, so that he plundered the fortresses of the foreigners, wherever they were in the North, both in Cinel-Eogliain and Dal- Araidhe ; and he carried off their cattle and accoutrements, their goods and chatties. The foreigners of the province came together at Loch-Feabhail-mic- LodainP. After Aedh, King of Ireland, had learned that this gathering of strangers was on the borders of his country, he was not negligent in attending to them, for he marched towards them witli all his forces ; and a battle was fought fiercely and spiritedly on both sides between them. The victory was gained over the foreigners, and a slaughter was made of them. Their heads were collected to one place, in presence of the king ; and twelve score heads were reckoned before him, which was the number slain by him in that battle, besides the numbers of them who w^ere wounded and carried oft' by him in the agonies of death, and who died of their wounds'' some time afterwards. Sruthar Slebhte and Achadh-Arglais were plundered by the Osraiglii. Loch Lepliinn" Cod. Clarmd; torn. 49- porum vulnerihus," p. .3G7; but arbúiric oiu " Lnch-Feahliail-mic-Lodain : i. e. the Lake of njonaiB, or cic búrpjo oiu njonuiB, means Feabhal, son of Lodan, a Tuatha-De-Danann " tliey died of their wounds," not "baptizati chieftain. This lough is now called an^lici sunt." lap ccpioU means " after some time." Lough Foyle, situated near the town of I>on- ' Loch-Lcpliinn. — Otherwise written Loch- donderry. — See note ', under A. M. 3581, p. 40, Leibhinn, now Lough Leane, about one raiJe to Kiipra. the south of the village of Fore, in the north of '^ Died of their ivomub. — Dr. O'Conor incnr- the county of Westmenth. According to the Life rectly translates this : " Et transvecti sunt of St. Fechin, published by Colgan, Diarniaid, eorum vulnerati in Ecclesias" [recte, in mortis King of Meath, lived on an island in this lake angore\. " et baptizati sunt postquara sanati de in the time of .St. Fechin, who died in the year 502 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [865. pinl, acaji la các com bo priipce cpó arhail pcurha a imeachcaip. Cepnaclian, mac Cumafcai^, nj^eapna Rc'tclia hCdpnp, Do maiibab la miiiiiegen, mac Qeóajám. TTlaiDm pop loin^fp nGocliaille piap na Oépib, -[ copjpab a 10115- puipr. Qp na n^all la cuaipceapc nOppaije, la CmneiOij mac ^aichin oc rriinopoichec. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD peapcca a cúicc. Qn ciiicceab bliaoam oCtob. OejebcaipjabConoipe,-] Lainoe eala, eppcop -] pcpibnió, r?obaprach pionn- ^laip eppcop 1 pcpibmb, Conall Cille Scipe eppcop, Oubapcac beipi, íjécc. Copbmac Ua Ciarain, eppcop, abb 1 anjcoipe, oecc. TTIaolruile, mac anjo- bann, abb Qipne aiprip, oécc. Qoóácan, mac pinnpneachca, cariaipi abbaó Cliiana, -] abb ceall niomóa, oécc an céo lá Do Noiiembep. ÍTlaolDÚin, mac QoDa OiponiDe, ciT^fpna Oilij, Decc lap nDol hi ccléipcfcr Do. Copccpach r^icce Uelle, pcpibniD "| anjcoipe, Decc. huppán, mac Cionaoóa, pijDariina Connacr, Do loj^ccab hi craij reineaD la Sochlacan, mac OiapmaDa. Lop- ccaD Ouine Qrhlaib, occ Cliiain Dolcctm, la mac ^airene, -j la mac Ciapóin mic Ronáic, "] céD cfnn Do roipfchaib ^all do raipealbaD do na paopclan- Daib ipin apmaij occ Cliiain Dolcáin. TTluipfóach, mac Carail, njeapna Ua cCperhrainn, Dég do paipilip. Canannán, mac Ceallaij, piojbarhna 664, q. V. supra ; and according to the tradition in the country the tyrant Turgesius had a resi- dence on the same island. ' Rath-Airthir. — NowOristown, nearTeltoTvn, in the county of Meath.— -See it already referred to under the years 784 and 805. ' Eochaill : i. e. the Yew Wood, now Youghal, a town near the mouth of the Eiver Blaokwater, in the south-east of the county of Cork, where the Danes had entrenched themselves about the middle of this century. ** Mindroichet. — Now Monadrehid, nearBorris in Ossory, in the Queen's County See note % under A. D. 600, p. 225, mprá. The year 864 of the Four Masters corre- sponds with the year 865 of the Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that year briefly as follows : "A. D. 865. Amlaiv and his nobilitie went to Fortren, together with the forreiners of Ire- land and Scotland, and spoyled all the Cruhnes, and brought all theire hostages with them. Colga and Hugh, two abbots of the Abbey of Bute, in vno anno mortui sunt. Cernachan mac Cumascai, King of Rathairthir, jiigulahis est dolose by Muregan, mac Aedgan. Hugh, mac Nell, praied all the mansions of the forreiners between Tirconnell and Dalnarai, that is, the South East of Ulster, and brought their goods and Chatties to his place of abode after battle geven them ; an overthrow geven them at Loch FevaU, from whence he brought 240 heads. The tourninge of Loch Levinn into bloud, that it was in lumps of bloud as if it were lights of beasts in the bottom of it." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. " Ara-airthir: i. e. the Eastern Ara, now In- isheer, the most easterly of the three islands of Aran, in the Bay of Galway — See the year 856. "^ Dun-Amhlaeibk. — AmlaiF's, Auliife's, or Au- 865.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 503 was turned into blood, so that it appeared to all that it was lumps of blood like the lights [of animals] externally. Cearnachan, son of Cumasgach, lord of Rath-Airthi^^ was slain by Muh-igen, son of Aedhagan. A victory was gained over the fleet of Eochaill* by the Deisi, and the fortress was destroyed. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the people of the north of Osraighe, and Cinnedidh, son of Gaithin, at Mindroichet". The Age of Christ, 865. The fifth year of Aedh. Oeghedhchair, Abbot of Conner and Lann-Eala, bishop and scribe ; Robhartach of Finnghlas, bishop and scribe ; Conall of Cill-Scire, bishop ; [and] Dubhartach of Beiri, died. Cormac Ua Liathain, bishop, abbot, and anchorite, died. Maeltuile Mac an Gobhann, Abbot of Ara-airthir"^, died. Aedhacan, son of Finnsneachta, Tanist- abbot of Cluain, and abbot of many churches, died on the first day of November. Maclduin, son of Aedh Oirdnidhe, lord of Oileach, died, after luiving entered into religion. Cosgrach of Teach-Telle, scribe and anchorite, died. Iluppan, son of Cinaedh, heir presumptive of Connaught, was burned in an ignited house, by Sochlachan, son of Diarmaid. The burning of Dun-Amhlaeibh" at Cluain- Dolcain, by the son of Gaithen'' and the son of Ciaran, son of Ronan ; and one hundred of the heads of the foreigners were exhibited by the chieftains in that slaughter at Cluain-Dolcain. Muireadhach, son of Cathal, lord of Ui-Cremh- thainn, died of paralysis. Ceanannan, son of Ceallach, heir presumptive of laff's Fort. This was tbe name of a Danish ;)r«^erfiiyZ)a!^iV [rede, destroyed with five] "by fortress at Clondalkin, near Dublin. Sochlachan, mac Diarmada. Auisle the third ^ ThesonofGaithen. — Hewaschief of Laeighis, Kinge of Gentyles, by guile and by murther or Leix, in the present Queen's County. The killed by his own kinsmen" [_Auish, tercius Rex year 865 of the Annals of the Four Masters Gentilium, dolo et paricidio, a frairibus suis juyu- corresponds with 866 of the Annals of Ulster, lotus est]. "Battle upon Saxons of the North which notice the events of that year as follows : at the cittie Evroc" [York] " by the Black for- "A. D. 866. Maelduin, mac Hugh, King of reiners, wherein Ailill" [Alii] "King of Saxons, Ailech, TO dericaiu dolore extenso mortuus est. was killed. Dunavlaiv burnt at Cluondolcain by Rovartach of Finglais, episcopus et scriba ; and Mac Gaeithin, and by Maelciarain, mac Hoiiain, Conall of Kilskere, episcopus ; and Coscrach of and the shighter of a hundred heads of the best Tetaille, scriba et anchorita ; and Ogechar, abbot of the forreiners, the same day, with those said of Connire and Laincla ; and Cormacke, nepos captains, in the confines of Clondolcain" [/« Liahain, scriba episcopus et anchorita, in Chriato eodem die apud diicci predidos in confinio Cluanu omnes dortnieruni. Maeltuile, abbot of Lower Dolcain]. "Muireach, mac Cahail, King of Kin- Arne, died. Guaire, mac Duvdavoiren, mortutis dred Crimthainn, died of a long palsy" [paralisi est. Aban, mac Cinaoh, second in Connaught longa extinctus est].— Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. 504 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [866. Ua cCeinnpealaij, Décc. Tílaibm ]iia mac ^aichini po|i ^allaib Qra cliac 1 copcaip Ooolb micle. ^nimbeolu, coij^eac ^all Copcaije, do riiapbaó lap na Défib. Ctoip Cjiiopr, ochc ccéo pepcca a pé. Qn peipfó bliaóain dQod. Ceal- lac, mac Cumupccai^, abb pobaip, eccnaió uapal oiponioe eipibe. Conn- ihacb, abb Cluana mic Nóip, a pine ^all no .i. Do Clienel Gachach ^all, "] a écc an ceo la do itii lanuopn. Oainiel, abb ^linne Da Loca, -] Uamlaclira, Caomctn, mac Oaolaij, abb Doirhliacc Cianctin, Gonial, mac pfDaicch, abb CiUe Oealga,-] pcpibnib cojatóe,-] pfpjup Ruip ailirip, pcpibniD -] angcoipe, oécc. Reaccabpa, mac TTlupcViaDa, abb Copcaije móipe,-| Laichcene, abb Cluana liGiDneach, Decc. piano, mac Conainj, cijeapna bpf^ iiile, do nonol peap mbpf?;, Laiji^fn, -] ^all, co Cill ua nOaijjpe, CÚ15 mile lion a pocpaiDe, ino agliaiD an pi'^li QoDa pinnleif. Ni paibe QoD ace aon mile* noma im Concobaii, mac UaiD5 'Tio'T' T'S Connacr. l?o peapaó an car co oiocpa DÚrpaccac fcoppa, -) po rheabaiD po Deoió cpia neapc lomjona, -| lomaipeacc pop piojia bpTj, pop Laijnib,-] pop ^allaib, -] po cuipeab a nop, -] copcpaoap pochaibe mop Do ^allaib ipin ccac pin. Uopcaip ann piann, mac Conainj, cijfpna bpea^, -| DiapmaiD, mac Gceppceoil, cijfpna Loca ^abap,-] Caplup, mac Qrhlaib, mac ci^eapna ^all. Uopcaip Don leir apaill pacrna mac TTlaoileDÚin, pi^bariina an phocla, hi ppirj^uin an cara. TTlan- nacán, njeapna Ua mbpiúin na Sionna, po rtiapb piann, Dia nebpaó, íílóp an buaiD Do TTlliannachán, Do glonn an gaipcciD Jjaipj, Cfno mic Conaing ma láim, Do báij pop lonchaib mic UaiDj. ' Eochaidh Gall This notice of Connmhacli's in Jocelin, Trias T/iaum., p. 1 12, n. 70, 71 ; and descent is not in the Annals of Ulster. The Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 226, note ''. The Fine- Editor has not been able to find any authentic Gall, who were seated at Dublin, and in the document to prove the existence of this Eoch- east of the plain of Bregia, were evidently the aidh. Jocelin, in his Life of St. Patrick, makes descendants of the prince, Tomar, or Tomrar, him the father of Ailpin, King of Dublin in St. who was slain in the year 847. Patrick's time ; but this is a silly fable (similar =" Cill- Ua-nDaighre : i. e. Church of the Ui- to that about Gurmundus and his Irish Lord Daighre, now probably Killaderry, in the county Deputy, Turgesius), which was evidently writ- of Dublin. ten since A. D. 930, to flatter the vanity of the '' Coric/iobhar, son ofTadhg Mor: i. e. of Tadhg, Christian Danes of Dublin, by asserting that son of Muirgheas, who was the fourth in descent their ancestor was converted to Christianity by from Muireadhach Muilleathan, a quo Sil-Mui- St. Patrick. — See Colgan's notes on this fable readhaigh. This Conchobhar was the grandfather 866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 50,5 Ui-Ceinnselaigh, died. A victory was gained by the son of Gaithin over the foreigners of Ath-cliath, wherein fell Odolbh Micle. Gniinhbeolu, chief of the foreigners of Corcach, was slain by the Deisi. The Age of Christ, 866. The sixth year of Aedh. Ceallach, son of Cumas- gach, Abbot of Fobhar, who was a noble and illustrious wise man ; Connmhach, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, one of the Fine-Gall, i. e. of the race of Eochaidh Gall'-, died on the first day of tlie month of January. Daniel, Abbot of Gleann- da-locha and Tamhlacht ; Caemhan, son of Daelach, Abbot of Daimhliag- Cianain ; Conghal, son of Feadach, Abbot of Cill-Uealga, and a distinguished scribe ; and Fearghus of Ros-ailithir, scribe and anchorite, died. Reachtabhra, sou of Murchadh, Abbot of Corcach-mor ; and Laichtene, Abbot of Cluain- eidhneach, died. Flann, son of Conaing, lord of all Breagh, collected the men of Breagh [and] Leinster, and the foreigners, to Cill-Ua-nDaighre^ — five thou- sand was the number of his forces, — asiainst the kinij, Aedh Finnliath. Aedh had only one thousand, together with Conchobhar, son of Tadhg Mor^ King of Connaught. The battle was eagerly and earnestly fought between them ; and the victory was at length gained, by dint of w^ounding and fighting, over the men of Breagh, the Leinstermen, and the foreigners ; and a slaughter was made of them, and a great number of the foreigners were slain in that battle. There were slain- therein Flann, son of Conaing, lord of Breagh ; Diarmaid, son of Ederscel, lord of Loch-Gabhar ; and Carlus, son of Amhlaeibh, [i. e.] son of the lord of the foreigners. There fell on the other side Fachtna, son of JNIael- duin, Righdhamhna of the North, in the heat of the battle. Mannachan, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna^ slew Flann ; of which was said : Great the triumph for Mannachan, for the hero of fierce valour, [To have] the head of the son of Conaing in his hand, to exhibit it beibre tlie face of the son of Tadh"**. o of" Tadlig of the Three Towers, King of Con- derive their surname. The territory of the Ui- naught, who died in 954, and the great-grand- Briuin-na-Sinna, or Ui-Briuin of the Shannon, father of the Conchobhar, from whom the family lies principally between Elphin and Jamestown, of the Ui-Conchobhair, or O'Conors of Con- in the county of Roscommon, and comprises the naught, derived their hereditary surname. parishes of Kilmore, Aughrim, and Clooncrafl' ' Mannachan, lord of Ui-Briuin-na-Sinna. — See note ^, under A. D. 1 197, p. 107. infra. This Mannachan is the ancestor from whom the '' The son of Tadhg: i. e. Conchobhar, Kiny of family of the Ui-Mannachain, or O'Mouahans, Connaught. 3t 506 awNQf-a Rioshachca eiReawH. [866. CLf DO na roipeachaib t)o pol TTluipfDhaij cánjaDa]! Do each Chille Ua nOai^pe, ]\o páiófo inDfo, Ciac bepa các a bpfr, ap a lui'je Ian écaij, Qp laD po an caoinpfp Decc, loDap ipin ccac Da coiméD. Locap pan car do cabaip, pinnacra i pollarhain, TTlaonacli, maic mein an ifiapcaij, agiip ^065, mac Uomalcaij. piannaccón plaic pciarhoa an pciiip, ip TTlujiioin caorii Ua Carail, TTlannachan bo maiú a méin, ip Qioic ua TTlaoilrhícéil. Opurli Qeóa aobepc pmp ccar, cecinic, Oop pail Dap pinoabaip pinD, piallac jpinn Dono Dap laic linn luino, Qp ap ceDaib pirhceap 501U, do cac ppi pij n6caip nuill. Qeó cecinic, Tllaic ap mana, maic ap peace, neapc ceD cupaó map ccopp, Qppaijfb puap, Dénaió ecc, mapbaiD an cpéD immon cope. pile cecinic, hi cCill Ua nOai^pe inDiu, blaippic piaic lomann cpó, TTIeabaip pop pluaj piaBpa n^all, ip pop piann nip pippan do. " The Sil-Muireadhaiijh : i. e. the O'Conors of Connaught and their correlatives See note ', under A. D. 700, p. 301, supra. ' To guard him Dr. O'Conor says that two lines are here wanting, which seems true. ' Finnackta — He was the ancestor of the fa- mily of O'Finaghty of Dunamon, whose terri- tory extended on both sides of the River Suck. ^ Flannagan He was chief of Clann-Cathail, a territory near Elphin, in the county of Ros- common, and ancestor of the family of O'Flan- nagain, now Flanagan. ' Maelmichil He is the ancestor of the family of O'Maeilmhichil, now aiiglice Mulvihil and Mulville, anciently seated in the territory of Corcachlann, in the east of the county of Ros- common. — See note ', under the year 12.56, p. 358, infia. For a curious account of the chiefs of Sil-Muireadhaigh, and their offices under the King of Connaught, see the Stowe Catalogue, p. 168; and llardiman's edition of O'Vlahnnfs West Connaught, pp. 139, 140. '' The poet of Aedh : t)puc Qeóa — In the Leahhar-Gabhala of the O'Clerys, p. 203, the reading is pile Qeoa, i.e. the poetof Aedh- Finnliath, Monarch of Ireland. The Druth was rather the king's fool, who was often as wise and as witty a man as the king himself. ' Broimi-haired-host : i. e. the forces of Con- chobhar. King of Connaught. " King ofEtar: i. e. King of Howth, by which is here to be understood Flann, son of Conainir, 8(56] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 507 It was of the chieftains of the Sil-Muireadhaigh'' who came to the battle of Cill-Ua-iiDaighre, the following was composed : Though every one should judge adversely, it is on his full false oath : These are the eleven men who went into the battle to guard him'. There went into the battle to assist therein Finnachta^ and FoUamhain, Maenach, — good was the disposition of the horseman, — and Tadhg, son of Tomaltach ; Flannagan'', beauteous chief of the cavalry, and the comely Mughroin, grandson of Cathal ; INIannachan, good was his mind, and Aidit, grandson of Maelmichil'. The poet of Aedh'' said before the battle : There comes over the bright Finnabhair a pleasant, brown-haired host', across the noble, rapid stream. It is in hundreds the foreigners are counted, to fight with the great King of Etar". Aedh cecinit : Good our cause", good our expedition, the strength of a hundred heroes in our body ; Rise ye up, accomplish valour, kill the herd along with the boar". A certain poet cecinit: At Cill-Ua-nDaighre this day, the ravens shall taste sups of blood. A victory shall be gained over the magic host of the foreigners, and over Flann ; it will be no good news to him. prince of Bregia. 0^015516 puap oénaió éce " Good our cause. — This quatrain is quoted by Poipp^ió an rpéo imon cope." Michael O'Clery in his Glossary, in voce ay- „ ^^^^^^ ^^..^,^ ^j^^ ^^^^ . ,^^^^ ^^^^ _,_ ,^ ^^ pa.jiD, arise, thus : aFpaijiD .1. e.p5>D, umail ^^p^__jj j^ ^^^^^j j„ ^„ interlined gloss in the acá ipm pann : g^.^^^ ^^p^^ ^^^ .^^ ^-^^ Leahhar-Gahhala of the " IDair ap mana, pec'ipp ('ip bpeacc, O'Clerys, p. 203, that the cope, boar, here Neapc ceo cupab inup jcopp. alluiles to Flann, son of Conaing. 3 t2 508 awMQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [8G6. Qeó eecinic, Do pil buióne Laijfn leip, lap an mbpeip Don 6hóinn bpaip, Qipfo Do beip maoin im piilann, comapDa na n^all pia a aip. Qeó cecinir, CuipíD neirh pop rcfnjab paip, pop mac nmjop do Oubpaij, Cpéan ap colba Cpipc pon ain, i mbealacb bobba Dop pil. Qp Don cac ceona po páiDfó, Gol Duib an do pijne, mac Néill O1I15 eapjnae, Qn cQoD Pino co poobi, cfpp occ CiU Ua nOaijpe. Oeich céroip co [a] nuaije, lap péDaib inD 1 pi^e Oon Deabaib conpuala, niebaió pop CÓ15 mile. Loippin Dpiir piainn acbepc po, Oia luain láice líoca loDmap 1 mbelac náca. pinopuine pip po biora, lonmuine jnúipi jnara. TTlácaip piainn, injfn Néill appubaipc po, Sippan, Di'ppan, Deajpcél, Dpoicbpcél, maibm cara piiaib paenaij, Sippan pi, Dia nDeapna pnoiliD, Dippan pi popp poemiD, Oioppan DO pluaiccb Leire Cumn, a ccuicim la piabpa Sláini, Sioppan piojab Qeba uill, ajup Diippan Diobab piainn. rnóraip piainn beóp, Qn coe coe, Do ni mac Conoin^ Don poi, Qilem pi conicc jac do do popre an bpii Do Donnoe. ■' Duhhmigh : i. e. the black slut, or bitch. — ' Findniine.—la the Leahhar-Guhhala of the This reproachful name is bestowed by the mo- O'Clerys, p. 204, this is glossed by Pip 6peas, narch on his own sister, who was the mother of i. e. men of Bregia. Flann.— See note \ infra. ' The daiirjhter of Niall.—U is stated in the ■I Christ protects.— 'l\ie monarch Aedh here Leahhar-Gahhala of the O'Clerys («&! ii!/;)r«), reminds his troops that, as they were lighting that the mother of Flann mac Conaing was the against pagans and their Irish allies, Christ daughter of Niall Caille. She was, therefore, the would be on their side to ensure them victory. sister of the monarch, and Flann was slain fight- ' Bealach-natha.—''i\iis was the name of an iiig on the side of the Danes against his uncle, ancient road near Killonerry ; but the name is The joy and grief of Flann's mother expressed now obsolete. in these rhymes can then be easily imagined. 866.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 5!)9 Aedh ceciiiit : The troops of Leinster are with him, with the additional men of tlie rapid Boinn ; What shews the treachery of Flanu is tlie concord of the foreigners by his side. Aedh cecinit : Put ye the venom of your tongues upon him, upon the narrow-hearted son of DubhsaghP; Mighty is our standard, Christ protects'' us in the pass of danger in which we are. Of the same battle was said : Know ye what did the intelligent son of Niall of Oileach, The fair Aedh, with slaughter, southwards at Cill-Ua-nDaighre V Ten hundred in the grave, by direct computation ; In the battle which happened, five thousand were defeated. Loisin, the poet of Flann, said this : Monday, the day of terror, we went to Bealach-natha"'. The men of Findruine' were slaughtered ; dear were the well-known faces. The mother of Flann, the daughter of Niall', said this : Happiness! wo I good news ! bad news! the gaining of a great trium- phant battle, Happy for the king whom it makes joyous ; unhappy for tlie king who was defeated. Unhappy for the host of LeathChuinn, to have fallen by the sprites of Slaini". Happy the reign of the great Aedh, and inihappy the loss of Fhmn ! The mother of Flann again : The fire, fire which the son of Conang made of the plain ! I beseecli the khig, who protects every place, to strengthen the mother who bore him. " The ■'iprite.t nf Slaini: i. c. the Danes, who Boyne, near Slaiie, in tlie county of Meatli. — had taken up their station at Linn-Rois, on the See note ', under the year 841, p. 46'2, xupvn. 510 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [SOy. Lma uipcce anaicnió do rheabpain a craofe Sléibe Cuctlann ina jiaibe ia]^ccac 1 bpic ciojiDuba, jiiji bo maccnaó mop la each innpn. Conn, mac Cionaeoha, ci^eapna Ua mbaippci cijie, oo rhaptiab oc co^ail in Dúine fojip na 5allaib. Qoi]" Cpiofr, oclic ccéo y^eapcca a peaclir. Un peachcrhaó bliaóam tjQod. Qilill ClilocQiii ]^c]iibni6, eppcop, i abb Clocaip, Copbmac, mac (-Ia6ai j, abb Sai^|ie,ep|'Cop,"] i^cjiibnio, Niallán.eppcop Slóine,t)écc. GoDoip, mac Don^aile Do bol i mapcpa la ^allaib i nOipipc ninpmacra. ITlnpcan, abb Cluana mic Ntiip "] Oairiiinpi, pcpibnió eipióe Do Oliapcpaijib bainiiripi a cenél. Oubcac, mac TTlhailcuile, peap po Deappjnaió ap eccna ~\ po^laim Do luce na hSoppa uile ina pé, Décc. pianD, mac peapcaip, abb CainDe Léi|ie, -] pepnji;))^ Cípíia TTlaca, Decc. Copbmac, mac Connrhaij, peprijip, pcpibniD, 1 fccnaiD CUiana peapca bpénainn, Decc. Ounlancc, mac ííluip- foliai^, pi Laijfn, Decc. illaelbpij^De, mac Spealáin, cijeapna ConaiUe, Decc 1 ccléipceacc. Cionaeó, mac TTlaelpuanaiD, an Dapa ci^eapna boi an can pin pop Chiannaccoib do rhapbaó. maolciapáin, mac T?ónáin cpéinpeap uiprip Gpeann péinDió pojla pop ^hallaib, Do mapbao. Cian, mac Gachac, ci5eapnaCpemraiTine,Décc. Cmn mac cummupccai5,ci5eapnaUa mbaippci, Dég. Cfpnacli, mac 6aracli, cijijenpna TTIii^Dopn mbpQi;, [dócc]. Donnaján, mac CcDpacca, cigeapna Ua cCeinnptalcdj, Do mapbaD. Conain5, en mac piainn, mic Conaing, do mapbaó la liUib cCemnpelaij^. QpD ÍTlaca Dopjain -] DO lopccab, CO na Dcapcaijib uile la liQmlaoib. Deic cceD ecip bpeob -| " Sliahh-Cualann — This was the old name of forreners, wherein fell 900, or more. Flann, the Sugar-loaf mountain, near Bray, in the mac Conaing, King of all Bregh ; Diarmaid, county of Wicklow. The year 86t) of the Four mac Edirsceoil, and many Gentiles, were killed Masters corresponds with 867 of the Annals of in that battle ; Diarmaid being king of Loch- Ulster, which notice the events of that year gavar. Fachtna, macMaoilduin, died of a wound briefly as follows : gotten in the battle, being heir apparent of the " A. D. 8(37. Cellach, mac Cumascaich, Abbas Fochla, that part of Ulster" [so called]. "C'on- Fovair, juvenis sajiiens et incjeniosissimus, periit. gal, mac Feai, Abbot of Killdelga, icn'ia, i^HÍeuií. Convaeh, Abbot of Clonmicnois, in node Kal. Ja- Eruptio ignota aque de Monte Cualann cum pis- nuarii in Chrisio dovinivit. Daniel, Abbot of cibus atris. Ventu.i niagmis in Feria Martini. Glindaloch and Taulachta. Caevan, mac Daly, lieclitavra, mac Murcha, abbot of Corca-mor, Abbot of Doimliag. morttiiis e.<>t. A battle by dormioit.'''' — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. Hugh, mac Nell, at Killunairi, upon the O'Nells ^ Bartraii/be-Dainihiiisi : i. e. Dartry of Deve- of Bregh, upon Leinster, and a greate army of nish. This is clearly a mistake for Dartraighe- 867] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 511 A stream of strange water burst forth from the side of Sliabh-Cualann'', in which were fish and coal-black trouts, which were a great wonder to all. Conn, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Bairrclii-tire, waí< slain while demolishing the for- tress of the foreigners. The Age of Christ, 8G7. The seventh year of Aedh. Ailill of Clochar, scribe, bishop, and Abbot of Clochar ; Cormac, son of Eladhach, Abbot oi' Saighir, bishop and scribe ; Niallan, Bishop of Slaine, died. Eodois, son of Donghal, suiFcred martyrdom from the foreigners at Disert-Diarmada. Martin, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois and Daimhinis, a scribe of the sept of Dartraighe- Daimhinsi"; Dubhthach, son of Maeltuile, a man who excelled all the people of Europe in wisdom and learning, dicid. Flann, son of Fearchar, Abbot of Lann-Leire and Giconomus of Ard-Macha, died. Cormac, son of Connmhach, oeconomus, scribe, and wise man of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, died. Uunlang, son of Muireadhach, King of Leinster, died. Maelbrighde, son of Spealan, lord of Conaille, died in religion. Cinaedh, son of Maclruanaidh, the second lord that was at that time over the Cianachta, was slain. Maelciarain, son of Ronan, champion of the east of Ireland, a hero-plunderer of the foreigners, was slain. Cian, son of Eochaidh, lord of Creamthainn, died. Cian, son of Cumasgacli, lord of Ui-Bairrchi-tire, died. Cearnach, son of Eochaidh, lord of Mughdhorn- Brcagh, [died]. Donnagan, son of Ceadfadh, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain. Conang, only son of Flann, son of Conang, was slain by the Ui-Ceinnsealaigh. Ard-Macha was plundered and burned, with its oratories, by Amhlaeibh. Ten hundred was the number there cut off, both by wounding and suilocation ; Coininnsi, wliich was the ancient name of tlie ciarain, mac Ronain, the only kingly man of the barony of Dartry, in tlie west of the county of Nortli-cast" [recti, of the east] "of Ireland, and Monaghan. the bruising champion of forreners, killed. Cer- The year 867 of the Annals of the Four Mas- nach, mac Echach, chiefe of Mugorne-Brcgh ; ters corresponds with 808 of the Annals of liuaaclian, mac Neill, choife of the O'Forinuns, Ulster, which notice the events of that year as died. Ardmach sijoilcd by Aulaiv"[ro rhapban, -| ITlaolmopba, mac Qilella ciTjeapna Ceneóil Lu^jbac, oéj;. niaolpeacnaill bá ri7;eapna leic oeipceipc bpeaji; Do rhapbab la ^allaib. Cionaob, mac peapgaile, cijjeapna Ua bpiínn Cualann, bécc. lonbpab Caijfn la liQob ppinnliar o Qr cliar co ^abpan. Ceapball mac Oúnjijaile, cop in lion boí oia nionnpaó non leir oile 50 Oún bolcc. popoppaoap Laijm ounaib Ceapbaill -| mac Latinorum totius Europce, in Chrwto dormivit- Drumcar, in the barony of Feara-Arda-Cia- Maelbrighde, mac Spelain, rex Conaille, in deri- nachta, now wiglice Ferrard, in the county of catii oMit." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. Louth — See note % under the year 81 1, p. 424, -' Disert-Chiarain of Bealach-duin. — Now cor- svpra. ruptly called, in Irish, Ister-Chiarain, and in " TheCuhreach of races — Now the Curragh of English, Castlekieran, an old church on the Kildare, which is still celebrated for its horse- Abhainn-Sele, or Blackwater River, in the ba- races. It would appear from Cormac's Glos- rony of Upper Kells. and county of Meath, and sary, in voce Cuippech, that the ancient Irish about two miles and a half north-west of the had chariot races here ; for in that work it is town of Kells. There are some curious ancient conjectured that the word cuippech is derived crosses still to be seen at this church, which " a curribiis." This derivation of the word, indicate the antiquity of the place. — See note ', though not strictly correct, still affords a strong under the year 770, p. 374, supra. presumption that chariot races were held on • Druim-caradh of Ard-Cianachta. — Now the Curragh in the time of the author of this 868.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 513 besides all the property and wealth which they found there was carried oif by them. Ruadhachan, son of Niall Ua Forannain, died. The Age of Christ, 868. The eighth year of Aedh. Suairleach of Eidhnen, bishop, anchorite, and Abbot of Cluain-Iraird, doctor in divinity, and in spiri- tual wisdom, in piety, and in good deeds, so that his name spread over all Ireland, [died]. Comsudh, Abbot of Disert-Chiarain of Bealach-duin'', scribe and bishop, died. Geran, son of Dichosca, Abbot of Saighir ; Diarmaid, Abbot ofFearna; Connla, anchorite of Druim-caradli of Ard-Cianachta''; Dubhdathuile, Abbot of Liath-mor-Mocliaemhog ; Maelodhar, anchorite, bishop, and Abbot ofDaimhinis, [died]. Cobhthach, son of Muireadhach, Abbot of Cill-dara, who was a wise man and learned doctor, [died]. Of him was said : Cobhthach of the Cuirreach of races", intended king of Liphthe of tunics, Alas ! for the great son of Muireadhach. Ah grief ! the descendant of the comely fair Ceallach. Chief of scholastic Leirister, a perfect, comely, prudent sage, A brilliant shining star, was Cobhthach, the successor of Connladh^ Comhgan Foda, anchorite of Tamhlacht, the foster-son of Maelruain, died. Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain; and Maelmordha, son of Ailell, lord of Cinel-Lughdhach', died. Maelseachnaill, who was lord of half South Breagh, was slain by the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Fearghal, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualann, died. The plundering of Leinster by Aedh Finn- liath, from Ath-cliath to Gabhran''. Ccarbhall, son of Dunghal, plundered it on the other side, as far as Dim-bolg^ The Leinstermen attacked the fort of Glossary. The chariot is frequently referred to fol. 47, h, a; and Baltic of Ma^h Hath, note", in the lives of St. Patrick, as in use among the pp. 157, 158. pagan Irish: "Junctis tcrno novem curribus '' From Ath-cliath to Gabhran: i.e. Croni'Dnhlm secundum deorum traditiouem." — Lih.Ardinach. to Gowran, in the county of Kilkenny. '' Conrdadh. — He was the first Bishop of Kil- ' Dunhohj. — This was the ancient name of a dare. — See note '', under the year 519, p- 179, fort near Donard, in the county of Wicklow. — supra. See note '', under A. D. 59-1, p- 2 1 8, supra. The ' Ciml-Lughdhach : i. e. theRace of Lughaidh, year 868 of the Annals of the Four Masters son of Scdna. The -territory of this tribe ex- corresponds with 8G9 of the Annals of Ulster, tended from the stream of Dobhar to the River which give the events of that year as fol- Suilighe, now anglice the Swilly, in the pre- lows : sent county of Donegal. — See Book of Fenagh, " A. U. 8G9. Suairlech of Aignen, Episcopus 3 u 514 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [869. ^aireni, "| do maiibao oaoiiie lomoa leo. lap na páruccaó fin Do luchc an lonjpmpc ]io chachaiDffc co calma ppiu, 50 ]io pu]iáil|''fc po]i|ia co na plaic bpan mac ITiuipeaoaij, clóD ina ppireinj lap nnapbab pochaibe Dia muinnnp uaiDiB. InDpeaD na nOeipi la Cfjiball, mac nOun^aile, co nOppaijib, -| copcaiji Copcpan, mac Célecaip, 1 ^opman, mac Lachcnain leo. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéo peapcca anaoi. Ctn norhao bliaóain dQo6. Qilill, eppcop, abb pobaip, Oubcach, abb ChiUe achaió, pcpibniD, ancoipi,i eppcop, Cupoi, mac QUniaó, abb -\ eaccnaiD Inpi Clorpann,-] Caille poclaba, 1 TTliDe, Décc. Colcca, mac TTlaoilecuile, abbaiD, 1 anjcoipe Cluana Con- aipe Uoimen, TTiaon^al, ailirip, abb bfnDcaip, "| TTIaolmme, mac Cumupccaij, ppioip Cluana mic Nóip, Décc. Qilill, mac Oúnlamj, pi Laigfn, do mapbaó la Nopcmannib. Catal, mac Inopeccaij leir pi Ulab, Do mapbaó cpia pop- conjpa an pij QeDa. piairfrh, mac paolcaip, Do baoab. TTlaolmuaib, mac Pinnpnecra, cijeapna Qipcip Lipe, 065. Inopeao Connacc la Cfpball, "j la Ouncab, 1 copcaip biiachail mic Dunaoaij leo. Innpeab TTluTtian Dna la Ceapball cap Luachaip piap. Ctoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD peachcmoba. Qn Dfchrhab bliabain oQob pinn- liac. 5"^'^ eppcop abb Ooimliacc, angcoipe -\ pcpibneóip. Secc mbliabna ochcmojac a aeip an can acbác. Qp Dia eccaome do póibeab, ^nia spian ap ccaoiti clainoe, cfnn cpabaib inpi hGmip, rnaDgab napab naeb Ppainne comopba Cianám céilij. Cenmáip parhab popcliaiDe Diamba cenn céim céncia, Oippan ininD mop molbraije ap capa caoim pinD ^nia. anchorita, et Abbas of Clon-Iraird, doctor rdigionis house. Duvdatuile, Abbot of Liahmor-Mocae- Mius Hibernio! pausavit. The spoylinge of Lein- mog ; Maelohar, Abbas et Anchorita DaminB^ ; ster by Hugh, mac Nell, untill" [i. e. as far as] Cumascach, Abbot of Disert-Ciarain of Bealach- " Gavran. Cervall, mac Dungail, with his force, duin, scriba et Episcopus ; Comgan Foda, Au- came to hinder them to Duubolg ; but Leinster- chorite of Tavlachta, Maelruain's disciple ; and men spoyled Cervall and Mao Gaeihine's mansion Conla, Anchorite of Druim-cara in Ard-Cia- places, and killed som men, and did flee backe nachta, omnes mortvi sunt. Obsessio Aile-cluithe with their King, viz., jVIureach, mac Brain, and a Nordinannis .i. Avlaiv and Ivar, duo reges some of them were killed. Dalach, mac Mur- Nordmannorum; obsederunt arcem illam, et de- tach, dtii- Generis Conell, a gente sua jugulatus struxerunt, in fine quatmr mensiiim arcem, el pre- eM. Diarmaid, mac Diarmada, killed a man in davenint. Maeilsechlainn, mac Nell, haulfe king Ardmacha before the dore" [inierfecit virum ante of Descert Bregh, is falsely killed" \_interfeclus januam domús'] " of Hugh, King of Tarach his dolose'] "by Ulf, a Blacke Gentile. Covhach, 869] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 515 Cearbhall, and of the son of Gaithin, and many men were slain by them. When the people of the fort had perceived this, they fought bravely against them, so that they compelled them, with their chief. Bran, son of IMuireadhach, to return back, after numbers of their people had been slain. The plundering of Deisi by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and the Osraighi, and Corcran, son of Ceileachar, and Gorman, son of Lachtnan, were slain by them. The Age of Christ, 869. The ninth year of Aedh. Ailill, bishop. Abbot of Fobhar ; Dubhthach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh, scribe, anchorite, and bishop ; Curoi, son of Alniadli, Abbot and wise man of Inis-Clothrann', and Caille- Fochladha» in Meath, died. Colga, son of Maeltiiile, Abbot and anchorite of Cluain-Conaire-Tomain ; Maenghal, the pilgrim. Abbot of Beannchair ; and Maelmidhe, son of Cumasgach, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Ailill, son of Dunlang, King of Leinster, was slain by the Norsemen. Cathal, son of Inn- reachtach, half king of Ulidia, was killed at the request of the king. Aedh. Flaitheamh, son of Faelchar, was drowned. Maelnihuaidh, lord of Airther- Life, died. The plundering of Connaught by Cearbhall and Dunchadh ; and Buachail, son of Dvmadhach, was slain by them. The plundering also of Mun- ster, from Luachair westwards'', by Cearbhall. The Age of Christ, 870. The tenth year of Aedh Finnliath. Gnia, bishop. Abbot of Daimhliag, anchorite and scribe, [died]. Eighty-seven years was his age when he died. In lamentation of him was said : Gnia, the sun of our fair race, head of the piety of the island of Emhir ; Well he celebrated the festival of St. Prainne, the successor of the wise Cianan. For a long time the bright congregation, of which he was head, had dignity without obscurity ; Alas ! for tlie great precious gem, our fair bright friend, Gnia. mac Mureai, prince of Kildare, mortuiis est." — meatli. There was another Caille-Fochladha, Cod. Clareiid., torn. 49. near Killala, in the county of Mayo. ' Inis-Clothrann : i.e. Clothra's Island, now ^' From Luachair ircticards : i. e. that part of Inishcloghran in Loughrce, opposite Knock- Munster, extending from the mountains of croghery, in the county of Roscommon. — See Sliabh Luachra westwards to the sea, was plun- note ', under A. D. 1193, p. 98, infra. dered by Cearball. e Cdille-Fochladha Now Faghly, or Faghil- The year 869 of the Annals of the Four town, in the barony of Fore, county of West- Masters corresponds with the year 870 of the 3u2 516 aHNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [871. TTTIaolcuile epj^cop,"] abb Cuiléin, Loingfech, mac paoilléin, abb Cille liQupaille, pfpoorhnach, abb Cluana niic Nóip, -j Roba|icach Dfprhaije, pcpibniD coccaióe, Décc. CfnDpaolab Ua TTluicbri^epn, njeapna Caipil, Decc lap mbeir 1 ccpeblaio cian pooa, -| ba habb Imlij lubaip eipme. TTlaol- puanaiD, mac TTlaolcuapoa, cijijeapno Ua illic Uaip an piiocla, 065. ITluj- pon, mnc TTlaelecocaió, lerpí Connachc, Décc. Opjain pfp na cUpi TTlaije, -] na cComann co Sliab blaóma do ci^eapnaib ^all 1 pneachca péle bpijoe Tia bliaóna po. Qoip Cpiopr, oclir ccéo pfchrmoDlia a haon. Qn caonmaó blmóain Décc 0Q06. Colman eppcop pcpiBneóip "] abb nQonopoma, OiclniiU, eppcop Cillt móip Gnip, Ounjjal, macTTlaonai j, abb Inpi Cainof^a, TTlaolcuili Cluana huinnpfiin, abb LugiiiaiD, -] piairbeapcacli, mac IDuipcfpcaij, abb Ouin Cailofnn, oécc. Scannlán Oomnaij parcpaicc, pcpibmó Depppcaijfe, Decc. Cfrlobap, mac Loin^pij, pi Ulab, Decc lap noei^bfchaiD. Uarmapdn, mac bpocán, ci^eapna Ua piachpacb QiDne. Ounaóacb, mac Rajallaij, njeajina Ceneóil Coipppe moip, -| ba Dia écc Do pctiDeaD, Dunaóacb DinDopcaill din, jaip pfp nDorhan conomaib j;iall, Cairmtl cpaibbeach clainne CuinD po cpoppaib cuill 1 nOpuim cliab. Annals of Ulster, wliicli note the events of that tuile, sacerdos. Abbot of Clonconaire, qldevit. year as follows : Maengal, the Pilgrim, Abbot of Benchuir, "A. D. 870. Cahalan, mac Inreclitai, haulfe intam senilem feliciter finioit. Maelmeath, mac kinge of Ulster, is trecherously killed by" Cumascai, Secnap of Cluonmicnois, mortuus est." [King] " Hugh his advice. Avlaiv and Ivar —Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. came again to Dublin out of Scotland, and ' Ui-Mic- Uais of the North. — The exact situa- brought with them great bootyes from English- tjon of this tribe has not been yet determined, men, Britons and Fights, in theire two hun- The Ui-Mic-Uais of Teffia were seated in and dretli ships, with many of theire people captives" gave name to the present barony of Moygoish, [_et preda maxima honiinmn Anghiruni., et Brito- in the north of the county of Westmeath. num, de.ducta est sectim ad Hiherniam in capti- ^ The Three Plains : i. e. the Plains of Magh- iHtatem]. '^ Expugnatio Unin Sovairche, quod Airbh, Magh-Sedna, and Magh-Tuathat, in the n)itea non perfec/um est. Forreiners there with baronies of Crannagh and Galmoy, in the county Tyrowen. Ailill mac Dunlaing, king of Lein- of Kilkenny, and in that of Upper Ossory, in ster, ah Nordmannis interfectus e.it. Ailill JSpis- the Queen's County. Magh-Tuathat is at the Mpm,Ahhoto{Fa.va.T, inChristodorynivit. Curoi, foot of Sliabh Bladhma, or Slieve Bloom, mac Ailnia, of Hand Clohrann, and of Fochla of ' The. Comann.'i. — Otherwise called nu cpi Co- Meath, A/)Imi.s sajiieiis, et peritissimus Historia?-!!»!, nidinn, i.e. the Three Comanns. Thcty were ScoticaruniJiiChristodormivit. Colga, mac Mael- three septs seated in the north of the present 871] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 517 Maeltuile, Bishop and Abbot of Tuilen ; Loingseach, son of Faeillen, Abbot of Cill-Ausaille ; Feardomlinach, Abbot of Cluaiu-mic-Nois ; and Eobhartach of Dearmhach, a distinguished scribe, died. Ceannfaeladh Ua Muichthighern, lord of Caiseal, died, after long and protracted illness ; he had been Abbot ol' Imleach-Iubhair. Maelruanaidh, son ofMaelcuarda, lord of Ui-Mic-Uais of the North', died. Mughron, son of Maelcothaidh, half king of Connaught, died. The plundering of the men of the Three Plains'', and of the Comanns' as far as Sliabh Bladhma, by the lords of the foreigners, during the snow of Bridgetmas this year. The Age of Christ, 871. The eleventh year of Aedh. Colman, bishop, scribe, and Abbot of Aendruim ; Dichuill, Bishop of Cill-mor-Inir ; Dunghal, son of Maenach, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha ; Maeltuile of Cluain-Uinnseann™, Abbot of Lughmhadh ; and Flaithbheartach, son of Muircheartach, Abbot of Dun-Cailldenn", died. Scannlan of Domhnach-Padraig, a celebrated scribe, died. Leathlobhar, son of Loingseach, King of Ulidia, died, after a good life. Uathmharan, son of Brocan, lord of Ui-Fiachrach-Aidhne, [died]. Dunadhach, son of Raghallach, lord of Cinel-Cairbre-Mor°, died. Of his death was said : Dunadhach, a noble protection, a famous man by whom hostages were held, A pious soldier of the race of Conn [lies interred] under hazel crosses at Druim-cliabh''. county of Kilkenny. — See them again referred aiii, mortuua est. Loingsech, mac Faillen, prince to under A. D. 931. This plundering of Ossory oi' K'ú]a,usi\y, moriutis est. Rovartach of Durow, is not noticed in the Annals of Ulster. Most of scriha optijn^ts, mortiius est. Mugron, mac Maeile- the other events given under 870 by the Four cohai, haulf king of Connaght, moriiius est."-^ Masters are set down in tlie Annals of Ulster at Cod. Clnrend., torn. 49. 871, as follows : '" Cluain- Uinnseann: i. e. the Lawn ca- Moailow "A. D. 871. Giiia, prince of Doimliag, An- of the Ash Trees. Not identified. chorita, Episcopus, el Scriba optimim" [í/Mi'eró]. " Dim-Cailldenn Otherwise written Uun- Maelruana, mac Maelcurarda, dux Nepotum Jilio- Ceallain, now Dunkeld, in Scotland. — See note', rum Cuais-in-Fochla, moHuus est. Cennfaela, under A. U. 863, p. 500, supra. TiCpOi Mochtigern, King of Cassú, e.rteiiso dolore " Cinel-Cairbre-Mor. — This tribe was seated in pace qitievii. Ferdovnach, prince of Cluon- in the barony of Granard, county of Longford. micnois domiivit. Artga, King of Brittains of ' JJruim-cliabh Now Drumcliff, in the bn- Srahcluode, cormlio Con-itantini, mio Cinaeh, oc- rony of Carbury, and county of SHgo See cistis est. Maeltuile, Episcopus, prince of Tula- note under the year 1 187. 518 aNNQ^a Rio^nachca eiReawN. [872. piairbeapracli, mac Diiibpoip njeayina Cojico TTloDpiiao Ninaip, t)écc. Donncuan, mac piannacáin, oo mapBao la Conainj, mac plainn. InDpeab Connacc la Oonncan, mac Duiboaboipfrin la pij Caipil, -] la Ceapball co nOppaijib. InDpeb TTlurhan la ^allaiB Qra cliaf. lomap, pi Nopcmann Gpeann -\ bpfcan, Do écc. Ctoip Cpiopc, ochn ccéo peachcmoba a Do. Qn Dapa bliaDain Décc naob. QodIi, mac pian^upa, abb Poppa Comain, eppcop, pcpibmo coccaiDe, UoppaiD, abb Uariilacbca, eppcop,-] pcpibniD,"] paeljup, eppucc apoacbaio, Déj. anibceallac, mac ponapcai^, abb Cluana hGDneach, Décc. ITlaol- mopba, mac OiapniaDa, eppcop -] pcpibnioh, cécc. Ceall mop TTlai^e Gnup Dopgain DO 51iallaib. Lopcdn, mac Ceallaij, oécc. InDpeaó ria nOéipi la Ceapball 50 6ealacli neocaiUe. peclijna, .i. Neaccain, coifiapba pac- cpaicc, cfnD cpábaió Gpeann uile, Décc. Slóijeaó la haoó pPiriDliac 50 Laijnib, CO po inoip in cpioch 50 léip. Qoip Cpiopr, ocbc ccéo peachrmoóa a rpí. Qn rpeap bbabain Decc dOoD. Pobapracb, mac Ua Ceapcra, j. o ra imp Robapcaijh, eppcop "< Corca-Modhrudh-Ninais. — This was the an- cient name of a territory comprising the baro- nies of Corcomroe and Burren, in the county of Clare, and the three islands of Aran, in the Bay of Galway. The year 871 of the Annals of the Four Mas- ters corresponds with 872 of the Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that year as follows : " A. D. 872. Flaihvertach, mac Duvrois, King of Corcamrua, Juvenis''' \_recte, Ninais] ; "Uah- maran, mac Brogan, rex Nepotum Fiachrach Aigne ; Dunaach, mac Ragallai, rex Gerwris Cairbre-mor defuncti. Lehlovar, mac Loingsi, King of the North, died in his old age. Ivar, rex Nordmanmrum tothts Hibernie et Britannie vitam finivit. Dungal, mac Maenai, prince of Inis-Kyn-Deai, in pace quievit. Donncuan, mac Flanagan, by Conaing, mac Flainn, is treache- rously killed. The faire of Tailten cen ai(/e'" [i. e. without celebration] " sine cavsa justa el digna, quod non audivinius ab antiquis temporibus cecidisse'''' [accidisse ?]. " Colman, Episcopvs el seriha. Albas Noendroma ; and Flaivertagh, mac Murtagh, prince of Dun-Caillin, moriuus est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ' Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir. — This is- also writ- ten Cill-mor-Maighe-Inir, and Cill-mor-Enir, and Cill-mor Maighe Enir. It was the ancient name of the church of Kilmore, situated about three miles to the east of Armagh See note ', under A. D. 745, p. 348, siiprci. See also the years 765 and 807, pp. 368, 418. ' Bealach-Eochaille : i. e. the Eoad of Eochaill, now Youghal. This was an ancient road ex- tending from Lismore to Youghal, close to the western boundary of the country of Deisi See it again referred to at the year 1123. ' Fetlujna — According to the Catalogue of the Archbishops of Armagh given in the Psalter of Cashel, he was successor of Patrick, or Primate of Ireland for twenty-two years. He succeeded Diarmaid O'Tighearnaigh in 852, and the true year of his death was 874 — See Harris's edition 872.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 519 Flaithbheartach, son of Duibhroip, lord of Corca-Modhruadli-Ninais'', died. Donncuan, son of Flaunagau, was slain by Conang, son of Flann. The plun- dering of Connaught by Donnchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal, and by Cearbhall and the Osraighi. The plundering of Munster by the foreigners of Ath-cliath. Imhar, Bang of the Norsemen of Ireland and Britain, died. The Age of Christ, 872. The twelfth year of Aedh. Aedh, son of Fian- ghus. Abbot of Eos-Comain, bishop and distinguished scribe ; Torpaidh, Abbot of Tamhlacht, bishop and scribe ; and Faelghus, Bishop of Ard-achaidh, died. Ainbhcheallach, son of Fonascach, Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach, died. Mael- mordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe, died. Cill-mor-Maighe-Emhir"' was plundered by the foreigners. Maelmordha, son of Diarmaid, bishop and scribe, died. Lorcan, son of Ceallach, died. The plundering of the Deisi by Cear- bhall, as far as Bealach-Eochaille". Fethgna', i. e. the son of Neachtain, successor of Patrick, head of the piet}' of all Ireland, died. An army was led by Aedh Finnliath into Leinster, so that he plundered the entire country. The Age of Christ, 873. The thirteenth year of Aedh. Robhartach Mac- Ua-Cearta, i. e he from whom Inis-Robhartaigh" [was named]. Bishop of Cill of Ware's Bishops, pp. 45, 46. Not identified. The Annals of the Four ^las- The year 872 of the Annals of the Four ters are two years, and the Annals of Ulsti-r Masters corresponds with 873 of the Annals of one year antedated at this period. The events Ulster, but the true year is 874. The Annals transcribed by the Four Masters under the year of Ulster notice the events of their 873, as 873 are noticed in the Annals of Ulster under follows : 874, as follows : "A. D. 873. Hugh, mac Fiangusa, prince of "A. D. 874. Maenghal, chief" [red(\ Tanist- Koscomain, Episcopus et scriha optimus ; Macl- abbot] " of Clonmicnois ; Rovartach, mac Na- mora, mac Diarmada, íJ^MCOjDíMeí scnia; Torba, cerda, Bushop of Kilduro, an excellent writer, prince of Tavlachta, Episcopus et scriba optiimvi, and prince of Killacha ; and Lachtnan, mac in Christo dormierunt. Fachtna, Epkcoptis, liercs Mochtiern, bushop of Kildare, and prince of Patricii, caput rdigionis totius Hihernie, in Prid. Fernan, died all. Muireach, mac Brain, with Nun. Octohris in pace quievit. An army by his troups of Leinsterinon, wasted untill" [i. e. Hugh, mac Neill, into Leinster, and'' [they] as far as] " Mount Monduirn, and returned to " forcibly dishonoured Killausili, and other his own country againe before evening. The church-townes, and oratories, which they burnt, comingc of the Pights upon the Blacke Gulls, Killmor of Magh-Inir praied by the forreiners." where great slaughter of the Fights was had" — Cod. Clarend., torn. 4y. [^Congressio Pictorum for Dubgallu, et ftrages " Inis-Bobhatiaigli : i.e. Robhartach's Island, magna Pictorum facia e-sQ. " Ostin, mac Aulaiv, 520 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [874. Cille Dapa, pcpibnió, -] abb Cille achaiD, Lachcnán, mac TTluiccijfpn, eppcop Cille oapa, "] abb peapna, beanOachra, epfcop Liipcan, pecVicnacli, abb ^linne oa loclia, TTlacoije, abb Carhlacca, -] TTlaonjal, ppioip Cluana mic Nóip, Décc. TTlaclenDai, mic Uomain Don TTliirhain, pcpibnin "| fgnaiD, -| Niall 6pan, abb pCuha Dúin, oécc. Qoip Cpioj^r, oclic ccéo peacrmoóa a cfraip. Qn cfrparhaD bliabain oécc dQod. Oorhnall, eppcop Copcaiiiie, pcpibniD epjna epibe, TTlaolbpijDe, eppcop Sláme, Oiapmaic, mac Coipppe, abb ^bnne liUippfn, CionaoD, abb QchaiD bo CaintiiT^li, oécc, ap do do paiDfb, mop bac Cionaeb jpara minD mac Copjpaij co ppfchaib pnc'iu, . In bpeo buaoa, baile bapD, comapbba CtpD achaió bó. peoacb .1. mac Se^ijini, abb Oipipc DiapmaDa, Go^an -| TTlaolruile Ua Cuana do abboib Cluana mic Noip, Dej. Conjalacb, mac pinnachra, cijeapna na nOipjiall, 1 Carol, mac Ceapnaij, cijeapna pfp cCúl, Décc. Coipppe, mac Oiapmaoa, njeapna Ua cCeinnpealaij, Do mapbob la a bpáirpib peippin. Oonncbab, mac Qebaccctin, mic Concobaip, Do mapbablá piann, mac ITiaoilpeacnaill. Socaprach, cijeapna Ua Copbmaic, oécc. r?eacbcabpa, mac 5pain phmD, cijeapna na nOéipi Décc. Dunjal, mac Paolán, canaipi Ua cCeinnpelaij;, Dej. Oonnchan, mac TTlaoileachlomn, DO jum la 1i6bb. piaicbpi, mac TTlaoileDUin, cijeapna Rácha Uamnaije, Décc. r?uaiDpi, mac TTlopminD, pi fapfcan, do rochc 1 nCpinn, do reicbfo pia nOub ■i;allaib. Car pop Loc Cuan, eicip pinnn^eincib -] Ouibjeinnb, in po mapbab QlbanD, coipeac na nOuib^einfe. Qoip Cpiopc, ochr ccéD peacbrmoóa a CÚ15. Qn cvn^eab bliabair Décc t)QoD. TTlaolparcpaicc, mac Ceallaij, abb TTlainipcpeac buire, Decc. King of Nordmanns, per Albanos per dolum town in the district of Clandonough, barony of occisus est. Maccoige, prince of Tavlacht, and Upper Ossory, and Queen's County. The most Benacht, Episcopus of Lusca, in pace dormivit. of the events transcribed by the Four Masters, Fechtnaoh, abbot of Glindaloch, obiit." under A. D. 874, are given in the Annals of " The Eili This tribe inhabited the present Ulster under the years 875, 876, as follows : baronies of Elyogarty and Ikerrin, in the county " A. D. 875" \_recte, 876]. "Constantin, mac of Tipperary, and tliose of Clonlisk and Bally- Cinaeh, rex Pictoi-um ; Cinaeh, abbot of Achabo- britt, in the King's County. Cainni ; Congalach, macFinechta, King of Oir- '^ Ralh-Tamhnaigh. — NowKathdowney, a small gialla, and Feach, prince of Disirt-Dermada, 874.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 521 dara, scribe, and Abbot of Cill-acliaidh ; Lachtuan, son of Moichtigliearn, Bishop of Cill-dara and Abbot of Fearna ; Beannachta, Bishop of Lusca ; Fechtnach, Abbot of Gleann-da-locha ; Macoige, Abbot of Tamhlacht ; and Maenghal, Prior of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Macleudai, son of Toman of Munster, scribe and wise man ; and Niallbran, Abbot of Fidh-duin, died. The Age of Christ, 874. Tlie fourteenth year of Aedh. Domhnall, Bishop of Corcach, who was a learned scribe ; Maelbrighde, Bishop of Slaine ; Diar- maid, Abbot of Gleann-Uissean ; Cinaedh, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh, died. Of him was said : Great grief is Cinaedh the revered chieftain, son of Cosgrach of beaming countenance. The gifted torch, enraptured Bard, the exalted Abbot of Achadh-bo. Fedach, i. e. the son of Seghini, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Eoghan and Maeltuile Ua Cuana, two abbots of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Conghalach, son of Finnachta, lord of Oirghialla; and Cathal, son of Cearnach, lord of Feara-Cul, died. Cairbre, son of Diarmaid, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, was slain by his own brethren. Donnchadh, son of Aedhagan, son of Conchobhar, was slain by Flann, son of Sechnall. Socartach, lord of Ui-Cormaic, died. Reachtablira, son of Bran Finn, lord of the Deisi, died. Dunghal, son of Faelan, Tanist of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Donnchadh, son of Maelseachlainn, was mortally wounded by the Eili". Flaithri, son of Maelduin, lord of Rath-Tamhnaigh\ died. Ruaidhri, son of Mormind, King of Britain, came to Ireland, to shun the Dubhghoill. A battle on Loch Cuan, between the Finngheinte and the Duibh- gheinte, in which Alband, chief of the Duibhgheinte, was slain. The Age of Christ, 875. The fifteenth year of Aedh. Maelpadraig, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe, died. Ccallach, wise man of Tir-da- mortuiis est. Cairbre, mac Diarmada, rex Nepo- sunt. Donogh, mac Aeagan, mic Connor, killed turn Cinscla, killed by his ownc kinsmen. The treacherously by Maeilsechlaiiin. Roary, mac faire of Tailten cen aiye" [without celebration], Murniin, King of Britons, came into Ireland '■'■ sine caiisa justa et digna. Domnall, Bushop of for refuge from Blacke Gentyles. Maelbride, Corke, and an excellent scribe, s^ilita morte Bnsho\> oi' Shim; in pace fjiiicn'l. Battle between periit." the AVhite and Blacke Gentiles at Lochcuan, "A. D. 876. Eogan and Maeltuile, nepoa where fell Alban, captin of the Blacke Gentiles. Cuanach, duo Abbates of Cluonmicnois, mortui Socarhach, mac Brain, dux Nepolum-Coiinaic, 3x 522 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [876. Ceallac, fjnaió Uípe oá glaip, [oécc]. Cumapcac, mac íTluipfóaicc, cij- eapna Ua Cperhrainn, Do maiibab la hUlcaib. ^aipbir, mac ITIaoilbiii joe, njfiina Conaille do DicfnoaD let bUib Gacac. ^aer mop, ceincfch,-! coip- necb 1 nGpinn an bliaóainpi, -| po peapab ppopa pola lapam, jup bo poppéil paipce cpó 1 polcí popp na mai^ib cianacraib oc Ouma in Deapa. Scpi'n Colaim Cille, "j a mionna apcfna do noccain a nGpinn pop cecbeaD pia n^oll'Ct'l'- InnpeaD Ua cCeinnpealaij la CmoeiDij, mac ^aeichín, cijeapna Caoijipi, -| po mapbaD pocliaiDe laip. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD peachcmo^ac ape. 'Ciccfpnac, mac muipfóai^, eppcop -| abb Opoma inepclainn, Decc. peip^il, mac Compuió, abbain Dom- naij Sechnaill, 00 mapbaD i nDuineraiDe. Ounjal, abb Leirglinne,-] l?obap- rach, abb Piiipp Cpé, Décc. ITlaolcoba, mac Cpunnrhaoil, abb CfpDa TTlaca, Do epTjabcnl do ^liallaib LocaCiian, -] an pepleijmn .1. ITlocca. becón, mac ^ar^'óiin, ppioip Cille bacaiD, Qoni^ap, mac CionaoDa, rijfpna pfp nQpoa,-] TTlaelcaepe, cijeapna O cCpemramn, Déj. Ualjapcc, mac piair- bfpraij, pijóamna an cuaipceipc, -] pinpneacca, mac ITIaelicopcpa, cij;eapna Luijne, Decc. TTlaiDm pop Lai^^nib a nUaccap Dapa, 1 ccopcaip bolccoDhap mac TTlaoilceip. Qp Laijfn Ofpsabnip, oc pulaccaib, pia nOppaij;ib, i rropcaip Ouiiocc, mac Qnmchana, ■] Oubroiprjiij, mac ÍYlao]lDÚm, amaille pe DO ceo pfp eiDip gum "] bODao. TllaiDm pia cCfpl^all, mac nDunjaile, 1 piap na Oeipib, pop pipu TiUiriian, ac InDeoin, i copcaip pianoabpaCjCijeapna ^abpa,-] pocaiDe oile amaille ppip. InDpfó TTliDe ó pfpaib TTluman co Loch viz., Aiimire instead of IMaelcova. Cahalan, Maelbride, King of Tircouell" \_rccte, Conaille- King of the Men of Cul, mortu!^* ftsi." Muirtheimhue], "beheaded by the Ivehaches. ' Dumha-an-Deasa : i. e. the Mouud of Deasa. Cumascach, mac Muireach, King of Kindred- Tliis was otherwise written Dumha Deasa, and Crivhain, killed by Ulstermen. Maelpatricke, was the name of a mound or tumulus near mac Cellaigh, prince of Monaster-Buty, subita KnockgrafFon, in the county of Tipperary — See m07ie periit. Ventus marjnus el fuhjor; a shower Leabhar-na-gCeart, p. 88, note '. of bloud came downe soe as it was in great The year 875 of tlie Annals of the Four lumps swyming. The faire of Tailten «me caawj Masters corresponds with 877 of the Annals of justa cen aige" [i. e. without celebration], Ulster, which notice the events of that year as " Eclipsis Lunce Idibus Octobris, iv. luiia. The follows : Shrine of Colum Cille, and his oathes or re- " A. D. 877. Roary, son of ^luniinn, king of liques, brought into Ireland for refuge from Britons, killed by Saxons. Hugh mac Cinaeh, Gentyles." — Cod. Clai-eiid., torn. 49. ]-ex Piclofiim, a suciis suis occkiis eói. Gairfi, muc " Murderously: i nDiinacaioe. The term 876] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 523 ghlas, [died]. Cumascach, son of Muireadhacli, lord of the Ui-Cremhthainn, was slain by the Ulidians. Gairbhith, son of Maeilbrighde, lord of Couaille, was beheaded hy the Ui-Eathach. Great wind, lightning, and thunder, in Ire- land this year ; and showei's of blood were afterwards shed, so that lumps of gore and blood were visible on the extensive plains at Dumha-an-Deasa^. The shrine of Colura-Cille, and his relics in general, were brought to Ireland, to avoid the foreigners. Tlie plundering of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh by Cinneidigh, son of Gaeithin, lord of Laeigliis ; and numbers were slain by him. The Age of Christ, 876. Tighearnach, son of Muireadhacli, Bishop and Abbot of Druim-Inesclainn, died. Feirghil, son of Comhsudh, Abbot of Domh- nach-Sechnaill, was miuxlerously'' killed. Dunghal, Abbot of Leitlighlinn, and Robhartach, Abbot of Eos-Cre, died. Maelcobha, son of Crunnmhael, Abbot of Ard-Macha, was taken prisoner by the foreigners of Loch-Cuan, as was also the Lector, i. e. Mochta. Becan, son of Garbhan, Prior of Cill-achaidh ; Aen- ghus, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Arda"; and Maelcaere, lord of Ui-Crem- thainn, died. Ualgharg, sou of Flaithbhcartaigh, heir-apparent of the North ; and Finsneachta, son of Maelcorcra, lord of Luighue, died. A defeat was given to the Leinstermen at Uachtar-dara\ where Bolgodhar, son of Maelceir, was killed. A slaughter was made of the South Leinstermen at Fulachta", by the Osraighi, wherein Dunog, son of Anmchadh, and Dubhthoirthrigh, son of ]\laelduin, were slain, together with two hundred men, [who were cut off] by slaying and drowning. A victory was gained by Cearbhall, son of Dunghal, and by the Deisi, over the men of Munster, at Inneoin'', where fell Flannabhra, lord of Gabhra^ and many others along with him. Tlie plundering of Meath, as far as Loch Ainninn^, Dunathaide signifies to kill a man by treachery ' Fulachta : i. e. the Cooking Places. Not and conceal his body. — See note '', under A. D. identified. 1349, p. 595, infra. This entry is given in the '' Inneoin. — Now Mullaeh-Inneona, nearClon- Annals of Ulster under the year 878 ; but the mel, in the south ol" the county of Tipperary. — old translator takes Dunathaide to be the name See note "^, under A. D. 852, p. 487, svprá. of a place, which is decidedly incorrect. "■ Of Gahlira : i.e. of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, now "Feara-Arda: i.e. Fuara-Arda-Cianachta, now the baronies of Upper and Lower Conuello, in the barony of Ferrard, in the county of Louth. the county of Limerick. '' Uachtar-dara — This is probably the same ' Loch-Ainninn Now Lough Ennell, near place now called Outrath, and situated in the Mullingar, in the county of Westmeath. — See barony of Shillelogher, and county of Kilkenny, note ', under A. M. 2859, supra ; and note ", — See note ', under that year, p. 47G, supra. under A. D. 144(5, p. 949, infra. 3 X 2 524 aNNá?,a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [876. nCtinoint). lap mbeir ye blmóna oécc lii pi/^e nGpeann dQo6 phinnlmr, mac Néill CaiUe, puaiji bcip i nDpuim Inepclainn i ccpich Conaille, an 20 lá do Nouembep, conaó oia Deirnniuccaó a Dubaipc Pochaoli, Cúicc bliaóna ap pecc noécib, Dech ccéo ip cúicc mile, O Qoarh, nic jaela, co hécc nQeóa ac pírin. Seccmoga ap ocr ccéDaiB, la pé bliabnaib aipib, O jem Cpíopc jan aepa, co báp Qeoha nQilí^. Q. oó Déj calamn ceolac Oecembep Oiana coiDfn In epbailc artipa aipib Q06 Qilij aipopij ^aoióeal. piannaccán, mac CeaLlaij, po páiD ino po, Qp poDa an garh-aóaij, ppi gleppa gaiche gapba, po bpón bpij DO muinebaip, naD maip pí plfj Dfpj pabba. Qp aóbal p]iia liimmaipe, conna cum co ngpinne, piclnDfp biD parhlain, cac Dpong impaicec inDi. pfp pial poppaib popnaiDe, Diam bu lán T~ímaip cipeac, Sciaf ppi homna 1 nepnaióe DiDfn bpoja mac TTlíleaD. ^paipnib Uailrfn celjlaine, pí Uearhpac cpfp co cfcaib, Rmpe Poola pebóaióe, ba moo CtoD O1I15 ejaib. Ctp Dalac, ni Deapmacrac oeipje an bfra buiDe, Qp clocDa, ní coinDfpcel, cpióe miaóac mac Dume. Ni moo beicíp mmcuile, plain píl abaim occa. heu cfn ainme impabab pop inD polcleabap pora. - Aedh Finnliath. — The real year of this mo- ghaile, now O'Donnelly, or Donnelly. — See the narch's death was 879: "Aidus Finnliathus Appendix, p. 2427. Nielli Calnei regis filius R. H. annos sexdecim ; The year 876 of the Annals of the Four 1 2 Kalendas Decembris feria sexta defunctus ; Blasters corresponds with 878 of the Annals of ut habet Tigernach, seu Chronicon Scotorum, Ulster, which notice the events of that year quod annum 879 confirmat." This monarch (aeras. com. 879), as follows : had at least two sons, namely, Niall Ghindubli, " A.D. 878. Hugh Finnliah, mac Nell Caille, Monarch of Ireland, and ancestor of the family King of Tarach, in xii. Kal. Decembris, at Drum- of O'Neill of Ulster ; 2, Domhnall, King of Iiiisclainn in Crich-Conaille, died." [Flann, Aileach, who, according to Peregrine O'Clery's mac Maelsochnaill, regnare incipit]. " Tiernach, genealogical work, is ancestor of the Ui-Eathach mac Muireai, busliop, cheif of Drum-Inisclainu, Droma-Lighean, who, after the establishment extenso dolore pausavit. Fergal, mac Cumsai, of hereditary surnames, took that of O'Donn- Abbot of Dovnach-Sechlainn, killed at Dune- 876.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 525 by the Munsterraeii. After Aedh Finnliath^, the son of Niall Caille, had been sixteen years in the sovereignty of Ireland, he died at Druim-Inesclainn, in the territory of Conaille, on the 20th day of November ; to record which, Fothadh said : Five years above seven times ten, ten hundred and five thousand, From Adam, no falsehood, to the death of Aedh, are counted. Seventy above eight hundred, with six years, are reckoned, From the birth of Christ without blemish, to the death of Aedh of Aileach. On the twelfth of the musical Calends of December of fierce tempests, Died the illustrious chieftain, Aedh of Aileach, monarch of the Gaeidhil. Flannagan, son of Ceallach, said this : Long is the wintry night, with rough gusts of wind, Under pressing grief we encounter it, since the red-speared king of the noble house liveth not. It is awful to watch how the waves heave from the bottom ; To them may be compared all those who with us lament him. A generous, wise, staid man, of whose renown the populous Teamhair was full, A shielded oak that sheltered the palace of Milidh's sons. Master of the games of the fau'-hilled Tailtin, King of Teamhair of an hundred conflicts, Chief of Fodhla the noble, Aedh of Oileach who died too soon. Popular, not forgotten, the departure from this world ; Stony, not merciful, is the heart of the son of man ; No greater than small flies are the kings of Adam's race with liiin, A yew without any charge of blemish upon him was lie of the long- flowing hair. ei jbearhaiD. ITlaolmicliuib, mac DiiiBinDpeccai j, DO rhapbaoh la liQ prfpaib. Cainoealbon, mac l?ia5áin, píojDamna Cai jfn, Dég. piann, mac ITlaoileclainn, do recc hi ccpi'ch Caijfn, co puce a njialla. Inopeaó TTluman ó ca bopaime co Copcaij la piann, mac TTlaoilechlainn. Qoip Cpiopc, ochu ccéo peachcmojac a hochc. Qn oapa bliaDain do piann cSionna. Cpunmaol Cluana caoin, eppucc ■) anjcoipe, Suibne Ua pin- nacca, eppcop ChiUe Dapa, T^uiD^el. eppcop -\ abb Inileca lobaip, Qooaccin an Oilem, pfpcaip, abb bfnncaip, ITlapcanUa Roichlij, abb Cip móip, Neap- pan, mac Ceallaij, abb Cluana pfpca TTlolua, Qonjup, mac TTlaelcaukipDa, coriiapba eppcoip Goj^am Qpoa ppaca, -\ Qonacán, mac T?uaDpac, abbaiD Luppcca, Décc. TTlaolpabaill , mac Loinjpij, cijeapna Chaippje bpachaije, piairfitiáin, mac Ceallaiji;, njeapnct Ua mbpiuin Cualann, TTlaolpinciU, mac TTlu^póin, njeapna Ua ppailje, Déj. Oeprec Cianáin oapjain "| Do cporaD DO ^allaib,"] pocaiDe mop Do Daoinib do bpeich ap a mbpoiD. 6apich, cópaiD onDgaiD do Noprmannaibh, ba coipeac Do luce na hinjpeama pm, do riiapbaó lapam. -] do lopccab 1 nQc cliar, cpé miopbúilibh Oe -] naoimh Chianóin. Oonojal, mac TTlailecáin, plair Ua Conanola, -| Cfpball, mac Concóipne, vertai, lieire apparent of tlie North, mortuiis est. Corkaree and county of Westmeath, and about Finachta, mac Maelcorcra, king of Luigne- five miles and a half to the north-east of Mul- Connaght, mortuus est. Ainmire, prince of nyne lingar. moneths in Ardraacha, mortmis est. Dungal, ' Eantrob/i : i. e. Antrim, the chief town of prince of Lehgliu, mnrtum est." — Cod. ClarenU., the county of Antrim. tom. 49- "" Airt/ieara : i. e, the inhabitants of the baro- '' Tigh-Airindan: i. e. the House of Airindan, nies of Orior, in the east of the county of or Farannan. This place is so called at the pre- Armagh. sent day, and anglicised sometimes Tiiarnan, ' From Boraimhe to Corcach : i. e. from Beal- but more usually Tyfarnham. It is the name Boroimhe, a large fort close to the west bank of of a townland and parish in the barony of the River Shannon, near Killaloe, in the county 877] ANNALS OF THE KINGDO.M OF IRELAND. Ó27 Ainmire, Abbot of Ard-Macha for the space of nine months, died ; and he had been thirty years a priest before that time. The Age of Christ, 877. The first year of Flann Sinna, the son of Mael- sechlainn, in sovereignty over Ireland. Fearadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of la; Duibhhtir, Abbot of Cluain-Eois and Tigh-Airmdan*"; Muireadhach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Eantrobh'; Domhnall, son of Muirigen, King of Leinster ; Ferghil, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog ; Flannagan, son of Faelan, heir appa- rent of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. Maelciarain, son of Conang, lord of Teathbha, died in religion, after a good life. Maelmithidh, son of Uuibhinnrechtach, was killed by the Airtheara^ Caindealbhan, son of Riogan, heir apparent of Lein- ster, died. Flann, son of Maeleachlainn, came into the province of Leinster. and took their hostages. Munster was plundered, from Boraimlie to Corcach', by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn. The Age of Christ, 878. The second year of Flann Sinna. Crunmhael of Cluain-caein, bishop and anchorite ; Suibhne Ua Finnachta, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Ruidhghel, Bishop and Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Aedhagan of the Island ; Fearchair, Abbot of Beannchair ; Martin Ua Roichligh, Abbot of Lis-nior ; Neassan, son of Ceallach, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Molua ; Aenghus, son of Mael- caularda, successor of Bishop Eoghan of Ard-srath ; Aenacan, son of Ruadli- rach. Abbot of Lusca, died. MaeHabhaill, son of Loingseach, lord of Carraig- Brachaighe ; Flaitheamhain, son of Ceallach, lord of Ui-Briuin-Cualaim ; ]\Liel- sinchill, son of Mughron, lord of Ui-Failghe ; died. The oratory of Cianan was plundered and destroyed by the foreigners ; and a gi'cat number of persons were carried off from thence into captivity. Barith, a fierce champion of the Norsemen, who was the chief of these persecutors, was afterwards slain and burned at Ath-cliath, through the miracles of God and St. Cianan. Donnglial, son of Maelacan, chief of Ui-Conannla"'; and Ccarbhall, son of Cucoirue, iieir of Clare, to the city of Cork. liter, prince of Cluon-Auis, and Te-arinain, The year 877 of the Annals of the Four inortwm est. Muregan, mac Cormaic, prince of Masters corresponds with the year 879 of the Sentraiv," [Santry] " mnrtiiiis e-it. Maeliiiilii, Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that mac Duvinrecht, killed." — Cod. Clarend., toin. year briefly as follows : 49. "A. D. 879- Feraach, mac Cormaic, Abbot " Ui-Conannla The situation of the terri- of Aei, mortuus est. Maelciarain, mac Conaing, tory of this tribe, which is mentioned atrain king of Tehvai, in clericatu moHuus est. Duv- under the year 915, is unknown to the Editor. 528 aNNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [879 piojDarhna Caipil, Dej. aoóasán, mac Oelbaoir, oeg. Tiiaral, mac piach- pach, ci5r|inaUóchai]irhói]i, PionD,macOuibpláine, cijeapnaUa ppiójeince, DO écc. Qoip Cpiopr, ochc ccéD peachcmoji^ac a naoi. Qn rpeap Bliabain Do phlann. rnuipcfpcacli, mac Néill, obb Ooipe Chaljjaij -| ceall naile, 065. Scannlán, abb Dtiin tfrjlaipi, do écc. Caral, mac Copbmaic, ab -] eppcop Cliiana Oolcáin, Copbmac, mac Ciapáin, abb Uuama oa jualann, -| ppioip Cluana pfpca bpénainn, Duibinpi, ab Inpi Caomofsa, Qeóán, abb Cluana lopaipo, piann, mac OuiBDOcpioch, ejnain Ci'pe do ^laip, iiécc. Raoinfoh pta Conaille ITluipreimne .1. ma cijeopna ^iBleacain, pop Ulraib, 1 ccopcaip Ctinbir, mac QeDa, pi UlaD, "j Conallan, mac TTIaeleDuin, cigfpna Coba, -| apoile paopclanna immaille ppiú. Concubap, mac UaiDj (l ap epin Uaóg mop mac TTluipjfpa) pi ceopa Connachc, Décc, lap riDei^bfchaió. Sluaiccfb lap an pig piann, mac iTlaoileachlamn, co n^aoiDealaib 1 50 n^allaib ipm Pocla CO riDeipibeaoap 1 TTluij eicip Di j^laip, 50 po liinopeaD la opuing do na plójaib QpD TTlaca, -| po gab jialla Conaill, -j Sojain non rúpiip pin. Lopcan, mac Copjpaij, cijeapna Ua NiaUain, -] Dormajan, mac pocapcaij, cijeapna pfpnmaije, 00 corhruicim ppia poile. InopeaD murhan la piann, mac Tilaoilfclainn, -| a mbpaijoe do bpeir laip. Qilill, mac pinDceallaij, plair Ua Upena hi ccpic Ua cCemnpealaijij, do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochr cceD oclirmoDa. Qn cfrpamaó bbaoam Do phlann. Ulaolpuain, eppcop Lnpca, Pepgil, abb pfpna, Qonjap, mac rTlaoileDUm, "TocAar-JMor.- i.e. the Great Causeway. This, " A. D. 880. Ferchair, Abbot of Benchar, which was otherwise called Tochar-Inbhir-moir, 7iiúrtmí^^ est. Crunnmael of Clonkine, bushop is situated near Arklow, in the south-east of and Anchorite, mortmis est. The mansion Ora- thecountyofWicklow.— See notes'^ and '.under tory of Kynan spoyled by Gentiles, carieng A.M. 3501, p. 26, supra. Fiachra, the father many captives from thence; and afterwards of the Tuathal whose death is above recorded, Barreth, tlio great Tyrant of the Nordmans, was was the progenitor of the family of O'Fiachra, killed by Kynan. Maelsinchill, mac Mugroin, the head of which was chief of the territory of king ol' Ofaly, died. Aengus, mac Maelcararda, Ui-Eineachlais-Cualann, which is included in prince of Ardsraha ; Aenagau, mac Euarach, the present barony of Arklow. prince of Luscan ; and Flaihevan, mac CeUai, The year 878 of the Annals of the Four King of the O'Briuins of Cualann, moriuntnr. Masters corresponds with 880 of the Annals of Suivne, Epi^copus of Kildare, quievit. Kuigel, a Ulster, which notice the events of that year as bushop, Abbot of Imlech-Ivair, quievit. Mael- follows : favaill, mac Loingsi, king of Cairig-Brachai, 879] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 529 apparent of Caiseal, died. Aedhagan, son of Dealbliaeth, died. Tuathal, son of Fiachra, lord of Tochar-mor"; [and] Finn, son of Dubhslaine, lord of Ui-Fidh- geinte, died. The Age of Christ, 879. The third year of Flann. Miiircheartach, son of Niall, Abbot of Doire-Chalgaigh and other churches, died. Scannlan, Abbot of Dun-Leathghlaise, died. Cathal, son of Cormac, Abbot and Bishop of Cluain-Dolcain ; Cormac, son of Ciaran, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann and Prior of Cluain fearta-Brenainn ; Duibhinsi, Abbot of Iiiis-Caeindcagha ; Aedhan, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Flann, son of Dubhdachrich, wise man of Tir-da-ghlas, died. A battle was gained by the Conaille-lNIuirtheinihne, with their lord Gibhleachan, over the Ulidians, wherein fell Ainbhith, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia ; and Conallan, son of Maelduin, lord of Cobha ; and other nobles along with them. Conchobhar, son of Tadhg (and this was Tadhg Mor, son of Muir- gheas), King of the three divisions of Connaught, died, after a good life A hosting was made by the king, Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, with the Irish and foreigners, into the North ; and they halted at Magh-eitir-di-glais", so that Ard-Macha was plundered by some of the troops ; and he took the hostages of the Cinel-Conaill and Cinel-Eoghain on that expedition. Lorcan, son of Cos- crach, lord of the Ui-Niallan, and Donnagan, son of Fogartach, lord of Fearn- mhagh, mutually fell by each other. Munster was plundered by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, and their hostages were carried oil' by him. Ailill, son of Fhm- cheallach, chief of Ui-TrenaP, in the territory of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh, died. The Age of Christ, 880. The fourth year of Flann. Maelruain, Bishop of Lusca ; Ferghil, Abbot of Fearna ; Aenghus, son of Maelduin, heir apparent mortuus est." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. sechlainn, with his English" [^recié, Danes] ° Magh-eitir-di-glais : i.e. the Plain between "and Irish, into the North" [ipcin pochla], the two Streamlets. Not identified, unless it "until he carac to Magh bctweoue the two be Moy, at Charlemont See it again referred rivers, from whence he spoylcd Ardmach. Mur- to at the year 950. tagh, mac Nell, Abbot of Daire-Caleai, mortuus P Ui-Trena The situation of this tribe has est. A rising out between Lorcan, mftc Coscrai, not been yet determined. King of the O'Niallains, and Donnagan, mac The year 879 of the Annals of the Four Fogartai, King of Fernmai. Battle between the Masters corresponds with 881 of the Annals of O'Connells of" [Muirtheimne] "and the rest Ulster, which give the events of that year as of the North" [/-erte, and the Ultu, or Ulidians], follows : " where Anfith, mac Hugh, King of Ulster, "A. D. 881. An army by Flann, mac Maeil- Conallan,' mac Maeiloduin, King of Cova, and 3 V 630 aNNQf-a Rio^hachca eiReaNW. [881. jiijoaitina an ruaipceijic, Do óícfnDaó la Dal nQpaibe. pocapra, mac Duib- DÓclieall, abb Ci^e TTlocua, Cumupcach, mac Oorhnaill, cijeapna Ceneoil Caojaipe, paolán, mac Dunlainge, cijeapna Uochaip GacliDach, Décc. bjiaon, mac Uijeapnaij, do ma|ibaD la liQinbir, mac ^aipBir. Qp Dia bap -] DO bap Qonjapa jio páiDeaD, 6paon, mac Ui jeapnaij^ jan 5001, caóla aepclop pon mliir cé, Qenjup DO juin amail bjioen, ca ni cen do DecpaiD Dé. Ctmbir, mac ÍTlii^poin, ci^eapna TTluT^Dopn mbpfj, do mapbaD. Carupacli, mac Robapcaigli, abb Qpoa TTlacba, do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic cceo ocumoDa a haon. Ctn cúicceab blmDain do phlann. Scanoal, eppcop Cille Dapa, QilbpenD,abbaiD mac niaichcich, corh- apba pinnéin Cluana hlopaipD, Suaipleach, abb QipD bpeacám, Raj^allacli, abb brnDciiip, OunaDach, mac Copbmaic, abb TTlamipcpeacli buice, Corial- lan, mac maoilcentiin, abb Inpi CaiiiDfja, Copbmac, mac Ceireapnai^, ppioip Ui'pe Da jlap 1 Cluana peapra bpénainn, "| an Dapa cijjeapna boi an ran pin pop Locb l?iacb, Oorhnall, mac TTluipeccen, pi Laijfn, Do mapbaD la Laijnib buDDein, Coipppe, mac Ounlain^, cijeapna Qipcip Lipe, -) Oonncuan, mac Conjalaij, cijeapna Ciannacca ^linne ^eirhin, Décc. QinbinVi, mac Qeoha, mic ÍTIaDajáin, pi Ulab, do mapbao do Chonaillib TTluipreimne. ^aipbir, mac Qpcinp, ránaipi lapchaip Liplie, Dej. Cachalctn, mac Coipbpe, canaippi Ua ppailje, do liiapbaD. Conaing, mac piainn, cc'tnaipi Ciannacca, Do mapbaD la Laij^nib. Ounagan, mac Uuarcaip, njeapna ^ailfng Col- lampach, do rhapbaó Id ^ailfngaib mópaib. other nobles, were killed. The Conells were where a beautiful round tower in good preser- victors. Scanlan, prince of Dunlehglais by vation, and some remains of a church, are still Ulster, killed. Cormacke, mac Ciarain, Secnap to be seen See Petrie's Inquiry into the Origin of Clonfert-Brenainn, and prince of Tuomda- and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, ■p-p.22d- gualan, mortuus est. Conor mac Teig, King of 235. the three Conuaghts, died in old age. Aean, ' Tochar-Eachdhach : i. e. Eochaidh's Cause- prince of Clon-Iraird, in pace quievit. Duvinsi, way. Not identified. prince of Inis-Kyne-dea, moii.iiiis est." — Cod. ' Cathasach He succeeded in the year 875, Clarend., torn. 49. and the true year of his death is 883 See ■i Teach- Mochua : i. e. Mochua's House, now Harris's edition of Ware's Bishops, p. 46. Timahoe, in the barony of Cullenagh, Queen's The year 880 of the Annals of the Four County, about four miles south of Stradbally, Masters corresponds with 882 of tlie Annals of 881.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 531 of the North, was beheaded by the Dal-Araidhe. Focarta, son of Dubhdacheall, Abbot of Teach -Mochua''; Ciimascach, son of Donihnall, lord of Cinel-Laegh- aire ; Faelan, son of Dunlang, lord of Tochar-Eachdhach'', died. Braen, son of Tighearnach, was slain by Ainbhith, son of Gairbhith. Of his death, and of the death of Aenghus, [son of Maelduin], was said : Braen, son of Tighearnach, without falsehood, universal his renown throughout the earthly world. Aenghus was slain, as well as Braen ; what thing is removed from God's decision? Ainbhith, son of Mughron, lord of Mughdhorn-Breagh, was slain. Catha- sach^ son of Robhartach, Abbot of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 881. The fifth j'ear of Flann. Scannal, Bishop of Cill-dara ; Ailbrend, son of Maichteach, successor of Finnen of Cluain-Iraird ; Suairleach, Abbot of Ard-Breacain ; Raghallach, Abbot of Beannchair; Dunadh- ach, son of Cormac, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe ; Conallan, son of Maelteimhin, Abbot of Inis-Caindeagha ; Cormac, son of Ceithearnach, Prior of Tir-da-ghlas and Cluain-fearta-Brenainn, and the second lord who was over Loch-Eiach' at that time, [died]. Cairbre, son of Dunlang, lord of Airther-Life, and Donn- chuan, son of Conghalach, lord of Cianachta-Glinne-Geinihin, died. Ainbhith, son of Aedh, son of Madagan, King of Ulidia, was slain by the Conaille-Muir- theimhne. Gairbhith, son of Arthur, Tanist of larthar-Liphe", died. Cathalan, son of Cairbre, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was slain. Conang, son of Flann, Tanist of Cianachta, was killed by the Leinstermen. Dunagan, son of Tuathchar, lord of Gaileanga-Collamhrach''', was slain by the Gailcanga-mora. Ulster ; but the true year is 883. The latter mach, died in peace. Aengus, mac Maelduin, annals record the following events under 882 : hey re apparent of the North, beheaded" [c/ecol_ " A. D. 882. Maelruain, bushop of Luscan, laitis est] " by Dalarai." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. in pace dormivit. Cumascach mac Donell, King ' Loch Riach. Now Loughrea, in the county of Kindred Laoire, moríuus est. Bran, mac of Gal way. — See note", under A. D. 797, p. 406, Tiernai, killed by Ainfith, mac Gairvith. Mors supra. mic Ausli, by Mao Ergna, and Maeilsechlainn " larthar-Liphe: i. e. West of the Liffey — his daughter. Mac Mugroin, capten of Mugorn- See note ', under A. D. 628, p. 250, supra. Bregh, killed. Eochagan, mac Hugh, haulf " Gaileanga- Collamhrach, Qoip Cpiopr, oclic ccéo occmoóa a do. Qn ]^ei|^eaó blmóain do piilann. Copbmac, eppcopOoirhliacc,-] abbCluana lilopaijiD, 6ochu, macRobajiraij, abb pinoabimch abac -| Cille TTloinne, ITJuijifDhach, mac bpoin, njeaiina Lai^eon, -] abb Cille Da|ia. 6á do ]io |iáióea6, mopbac mui|ie6ach TDaije Lipe, Laoc limb cuipe, l?i Laijean colleii lebenn, mac bpain, buaiD riGiieann inle. lonmain jniiip caoinib piojaib, caom DÚip po liogaib lojiaib, ^ili^ep plip a píóaib, \\o bpip pop milib mnpaib. Tílu^pón, mac Cinnpaolaio, abb Cluana pfpca bpénainn, ÍTlaolcuile, mac Pérgnaij, abb ^laipi Noéóen, Uuilelair, mjfn Uapjalai j, banabb ChiUe Dapa, Dej, an lo la lanuapii. Oorhnall, mac Qo6a, cijeapna Ceneóil Laoj- Qipe, Décc hi ccléipceacc. TTlaolpáDpaicc, mac iTIaolcnapapDOa, rijeapna Ctipjiall, DO rhapbab la hQipjiallaib peippin. ITlaolDÚin. mac Qonsupa, cijijfpna Caille pallamain, Dej. TTlac ócc do labpn occ Cpaoib Laij'pe Dm DO mióp lap na ^einfmain. Gochagán, mac Qeoha, mic ITlaDajciin, pi Ulab, DO mapboD la maicne tiQinbir, mic QeDa. Qoip Cpiopc,ocbc cceD occmona a cpi. Qn peacrmab blianain Do piilann. TTIaolpáDpaicc, abb Cluana mic Noip, Do Uib TTlanie a cenel, Uuaral, mac county of Dublin. The people called Gaileanga Mora inhabited the present barony of Morgal- lion, in the county of Meath, and some of the adjoining districts. — See note ', under A. D. 809, p- 421, snprá. The year 881 of the Annals of the Four Masters corresponds with 883 of the Annals of Ulster, which notice the events of that year as follows : " A. D. 883. Ailbren, mac Maichtig, prince of Clon-Iraird, extenso dolore mortnus est. Suair- lech, prince of Ardbrecan, vitam ^enilem finivit. Daniell, mac Muregan, King of Leinster, jugu- latus est a siiis nociis. Cairbre, mac Dunlaing, King of West-Lifi, moi-tuus eM. Conaing, mac Flainu, heyre of Cianacht, killed by Leinster- men" [^decollaius est a Lagineasibus^. " Doncuan, mac Coinialai, Kinaie of Cianacht of Gliniravin, mortuus est. Dunagan, mac Tuochar, Captain of Galengs of Collumrach, killed by the great Ga- lengs. Cormac, mac Cehernai, secnap of Tir- daglas and of Clonfert-Brenainn, mortuus est. Ragallach, Abbot of Benchair; Dunagan, mac Cormac, Abbot of Manister-BxTty; Conallan, mac Maelteivin, prince of Iiiis-Kyne-dea, dor- mivit.'''' — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. ^ Caille-Fallamhain : i.e. Fallon's Wood. The situation of this territory appears from a note in the Feilire- A enghuis, at 14 th September, and also from O'Clery's Irish Calendar, at the same day, which place in it the church of Ros-each. now Russagh, in the barony of Moygoish, and county of Westmeath. — See Leabhar-na-gCeart^ p. 1 82, note K >■ Craehh-Laisre. — A place near Clonmacnoise, in the King's County. This entry is given in 882.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 533 The Age of Christ, 882 [recte 885]. The sixtli year of Flann. Cormac, Bishop of DaimhUag, and Abbot of Cluaiii-Iraird ; Eochu, son of Robhartach, Abbot of Finnabhair-abha and Cill-moinne; Muireadhach, son of Bran, lord of Leinster, and Abbot of Cill-dara, [died]. Of him Avas said : Great grief is Muireadhach of Magh-Liphe, a liero of whom many deeds are told, King of all Leinster, even to tlie sea of ships, son of Bran, the most gifted of all Ireland. Beloved his countenance of regal dignity, comely chieftain under heavy flag-stones, Whiter his skin than that of the people of the fairy palaces ; he over- threw great heroes. Mughron, son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maeltuile, son of Fethghnach, Abbot of Glas-Noedhen; Tuilelaith, daughter of Uarghalach, Abbess of Cill-dara, died on the 10th of January. Domhnall, son of Aedh, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire, died in religion. Maelpadraig, son of Maelcuararda, lord of Airghialla, was slain by the Airghialla themselves. Maelduin, son of Aenghus, lord of Caille-Fallamhain'', died. A male child spoke at Craebh-Laisre>' two months after his birth. Eochagan, son of Aedh, son of Madagan, Iving of Ulidia, was slain by the sons of Ainbhith, son of Aedh. The Age of Christ, 883. The seventh year of Flann Maelpadraig, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the race of the Ui-Maine ; Tuathal, son of Ailbhe, Abbot the Annals of Clonmacnoisc at the year 870, in est a sociis sitis. Eclipsk Solis, et cine sunt slelLn which it is added that the child said " Good iii cmlo. Maelduin, mac Aengusa, King of Colli God" in Irish. — See Dr. Todd's edition of the FoUavain, mortuus est. Cormac, prince of Clon- Irish version of Nennhis^ p. 208. Iraird, and Bushop of Doimliag, extenso dolore The year 882 of the Annals of the Four paiisat. A man child, at Cryvlashra, did speak Masters corresponds with 884 of the Annals of within two moneths after his birth, quod anti- Ulster, which notice the events of that year as quis temporihm noii auditum est antca. iMureacli, follows : mac Brain, King of Leinster, and prince of Kil- "A. D. 884. Tuleflaih, Ahhatissa of Kildare, dare. Mughron, mac Cinfacla, prince of Clonfert- mortua est. Skanal, Bushup of the same, also Brcnainn, ?/iortu«,s' e,s-i." — Cod.Clarend., torn. 49. died. Daniell, mac Cinaeh, King of Kindred- The eclipse of the sun here referred to in the L&oire in clericaiu obiit. Maeltuile, mac Fachtna, Annals ofUlster shews that the real year was prince of Glaisnoiden, raor<ííH«e.?<. Maelpatricke, 885, for it happened on the 1 6th of .June that mac Maelcurarda, King of Airgialla, jmjulatiis year. — ^tQ Art de Verefir les Dates, torn. i. p. tiS. 534 aNNQi-a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [884. CtilBe, abb Chille oapa, l?obajicach, mac Coljan, abb Chille UViomae, 065. Scanoal, mac peyijil, abb Dorhnaij Secnaill, popcellach, abb Cliille mic miolcon, Clorcu, mac ITIaoilecuile, ppióip Cluana hlojiaipo, Qnaile Secnab (1. ppioiji) 51'1'Tie DO loclia [oécc]. '5""^ Cuarail, mic Oomnaill,-] Carail, mic pinnagáin, oá pignarhna Laijean, la pmpneachca, mac muipeDaij. Lonsbopran, mac pinnacca, ciTjeapna ITIupcpaije, 00 rhapbab. Opjain Chille Dapa la ^allaib, co puccpac ceifpi picic Décc Do baomib a mbpoiD leó DO cum a lonj, iman ppioip .1. Suipne, mac OuibDaboipfnD, la caob gacba maicfpa o;le Dc't puccpar leo. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc cceD occmoba a cfraip. Qn coccriiao bliaDain Do pianr. GochaiD, mac Corhjain, eppcop Lainoe ViGctla, do cpíocnuccaó a bfcha lap pfnDacaiD. PeachcaiD, piii eppcop Cluana ViUamacli, TTlaolruile, .1. mac Dunjaile, abb beanncaip, Colcu, mac Connacáin, abb Cinn Gene, ollarh auplabpaiD,"! pfnchaib ap Deacli po bui 1 nGpinn ina péimfp, OiapmaiD, abb becc Gpeann, TTlaolpuaiTi, abb Dipipr Oiapniaoa, Chille hachaib,"] Cijje Chaille, Cui jan mctfaip, abb Imleacha lobaip, QeDan, mac T?eccaDa, abb l?opa Cpe, Ui^eapnach, mac Uolaipsg, ranaippi Deipceipc 6pf^, [oecc]. Upfpach, mac becc'tui, plair Ua mbaippce TTlaije, Do mapbab la hQob, mac lolj^uine. Qp DO po póib piann mac Lonáin, Upom céó pop cóiceab mbpepail, ó acbarh leo i Liphi leppaij, Upomm íppnaóa Qppail, Dobpón rfpbaóa Upfppaij;. Scir mo rheanma, muaD mo jnap, ólluiD Upeappach 1 ciujBáp Opnab oenaij Lipi lain, Caijin co nuiip mac becoin. TTlaolmupa an pile poipcre piopeolac, pcapaióe eap^na an bepla Scoir- egba. oecc. Qp paip ruccab an rfpremain pi, ' CiU-Toma. — See note '', under A. D. ""If), Ulster, which notice the events of that year as p. 349, supra. follows : ' Cill-mic-JIilchon : i.e. the Church of the "A. D. 885" *[rec/f, 88G]. " Erevon mac Son of Milcbu, now Kilnieelchon, in the parish Hugh,^' [half] " King of Ulster, killed by of Lusmag, barony of Garrycastle, and King's Elar mac Ergine. Clohovar, mac Maeiltuile, County See the Ordnance map of that county, Secnap of Clon-Iraird, and Rovartach, mac Col- sheet 29. gan, prince of Kiltuom, moi-tuus est. Fiachna, The year 883 of the Annals of the Four mac Ainfith, King of Ulster, a sociis jugidatus Masters corresponds with 885 of the Annals of est. Scannal, mac Ferall, prince of Do-i-nach- 884.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. .53.5 of Cill-dara ; Robhartach, son of Colgan, Abbot of Cill-Toma^ died. Scannall, son of Ferghil, Abbot of Domhnach-Sechnaill; Forcellach of CiU-mic-Milchon'; Clothchu, son of Macltuile, Prior of Cluain-Iraird ; Anaile, Vice-abbot (i. e. Prior) of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. The mortal wounding of Tuathal, son of Domhnall, and of Cathal, son of Finnagan, two royal heirs of Leinster, by Fin- nachta, son of Muireadhach. Longbortan, son of Finnachta, lord of Muscraighe, was slain. The plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners, who carried off with them fourteen score persons into captivity to their ships, witli the prior, Suibhne, son of Dubhdabhoireann, besides other valuable property which they carried away. The Age of Christ, 884. The eighth year of Flann. Eochaidh, son of Comhgan, Bishop of Lann-Eala, ended his life at an advanced age. Reachtaidh, learned Bishop of Cluain-Uamhach ; Llaeltuile, son of Dunghal, Abbot of Beannchair ; Colcu, son of Connacan, Abbot of Ceann-Eitigh, doctor of elo- quence, and the best historian that was in Ireland in his time ; Diarmaid, Abbot of Beg-Eire ; IMaelruain, Abbot of Disert-Diarmada, Cill-achaidh, and Teacli- Theille ; Cui-gan-mathair, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Aedhan, son of Rechtadh, Abbot of Ros-Cre ; Tighearnach, son of Tolargg, Tanist of South Breagh, [died] ; Treasach, son of Bccan, chief of Ui-Bairche-Maighe, was slain by Aedh, íou ol Tlguine. Of him Flann, son of Lonan^ said : A hea\'y mist upon the province of Breasal, since they slew at tlie fortaliced Liphe, Heavy the groans of Assal, for grief at the loss of Treasacli. Wearied my mind, moist my countenance, since Treasach lies in death. The moan of Oenach-Lifi all, and of Leinster to the sea, is the son of Becan. iMaelmura'', the learned and truly intelligent poet, the erudite historian of tlie Scotic language, died. It is of hiin this testimony was given : Sechnaill, afratrihts suis moritur." — Cod. Clar., usually called Maelmura Othna, or oi' Fatliaii, torn. 49. ■ now Fahan, near Lough Swilly, in the barony uf '■ Flann, son of Lunan. — The death of this Inishowen, county of Donegal. — See some ac- poet is noticed in the Annals of the Four count of this writer in O'Reilly's Descriptive Masters twice; first under the year 891, and Catalogue of Irish Writers, p. Ivi. ; and the again under 918. Irish version of Nennius's Historia Britoiium, 'iUaeímiíra .• i. e. Servant of St. Mura. He is edited by Dr. Todd, p. 222. 536 aNNQ^a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [885. W\ pojilaigh calmain cocca, ni rapja i cUfrhjiaij cupa, Ni caijice all Gipiu loprhap peap map Tilhaol minslan TTlupa. Mi epib bdf jan oolitiai, ni poacc jnap co mapba, Nip hiaóaó calarii rpebraij pop peancaib boDiD arhpa. Qnanloen an cailirliip co];^ in epipcil Do paoaó t)0 mrh i nlepiipalem co Cain Oomnai^ -] poipcfcknb maire Do fmcrain a n6pinn. Cuilen, mac CfpbaiU, mic Ounjaile, 1 illaelpeabail, mac ITluipcfpraij, oo rhapbaó la Nopcmannaib, conaó do po páióeaó, Cuilen pop comaipje Oé ap péin ipppinn olc alii, ■Rommfnaip Cuilen Do coi oéj Do puimfn po bob pi. TTlaelpebail, in^fn ITlaoilpeclamn, 065. Cip do fabaipc ap ^hallaib Cuimnij la Connaccaib. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo ochrmoba a cinj. Qn nórhaó bliabain Do piilann. Tllaolcuile, mac Cuilen, abb Cluana peapra bpénoinn, TTlaolpáDpaicc, pccpibnió, fjnaió, -| abb 'Cpeoic, Ronán, mac Cachail, abb Cluana Dolcam, Cuconjalca, abb Cluana hlopaipD, TTlaolmapcain, abb Ctcliaió bó CainDij, 8lo;c;a6ach Ua Rairnen, abb Sai?;pe,-| niaenacli,abb Cille acliaib Opomaca, [1] Caprac, abb 6iopaip,DéT:;. pip;J5al,mac pionnacca,abb Cluana hUama, ■] bUamanán, mac Cépén, ppióip Cluana hUaiiia, Do mapbaó la Nopcmannaib. SneiDjiup, egnaiD ó Oipfpc OiapmaDa, aiDi Chopbmaic, mic Cuilennain, Dunjal, mac Cafail, peacnobb Uige TTlunDa, oéj. Ouncliab, mac Ouib- Daboipfim, pí Caipil, Dé5. Caclipaoineaó pop piilann, mac TTlaoilpeacnaill, pia n^rillaib Qra cliac, DÚ 1 rcopcaip Cteó, mac Concubaip, pí Connacbc, -| Cfp^ap, mac Cpuinoen, eppcop Cille Dapa, 1 OonnchaD, mac TTlaeleoúin, abb Cille Dealga -\ ceall naile, 1 pocliaióe ele nach aipemcep. Oobailen, '* Cain-Domhnaifjh : i. e. the Sunday Law, or " killed by Flannagan, mac Fogartai, King of rules regulating tlie solemuizatiun of the Sab- Fernmai. Tiernach, mac Tolairg, heyre of De- bath. scert-Bregh, jtigulaius est a sociis snii. An The year 884 of the Annals of the Foui Epistle brought by the pilgrims" [i-ctit\ by the Masters corresponds with 88G of the Annals of pilgrim] " into Ireland, with forfeyture for Ulster, which give the events of that year brietly breaking of the Saboth day, and many more as follows : other good instructions. Echai of Lainn mac " A. D. 886" [rede, 887]. " Murcha mac Comguin, vitam senilem Jinivit, and Maelmura, Maelduin, heire of the Fochlu" [i.e. the North], the kingly poet of Ireland, mortinis et-t." — Cod. 885.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 537 There trod not the charming earth, there never flourished at affluent Teamhair, The great and fertile Ireland never produced a man like the mild-fine Maelmura. There sipped not death without sorrow, there mixed not a nobler face with the dead, The habitable earth was not closed over a historian more illustrious. Ananloen, the pilgrim, came to Ireland with the epistle which had been given from heaven at Jerusalem, with the Cain-Domhnaigh* and good instruc- tions. Cuilen, son of Cearbhall, son of Duughal, and Maelfebhail, son of Muircheartach, were slain by the Norsemen. Of whom was said : May Cuilen be under the protection of God from the pains of hell of ill favour, "We did not think that Cuilen would [thus] have perished, we thought he would be king. Maelfebhail, daughter of Maelsechlainn, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners of Luimneach by the Connaughtmen. The Age of Christ, 885. The ninth year of Flann. Maeltuile, son of Cuilen, Abbot of Cluain-fearta-Brenainn ; Maelpadraig, scribe, wise man, and Abbot of Treoit ; Ronan, son of Cathal, Abbot of Cluain-Dolcain ; Cucongalta, Abbot of Cluain-Iraird ; Maelmartain, Abbot of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; Slogh- adhach Ua Raithnen, Abbot of Saighir ; and Maenach, Abbot of Cill-achaidh Dromata ; Carthach, Abbot of Birra, died. Fearghal, son of Finnachta, Abbot of Cluain-Uamha, and Uamanain, son of Ceren, Prior of Cluain-Uamha, were slain by the Norsemen. Sncidhius, wise man of Disert-Diarmada, tutor of Cor- mac, son of Cuileanan'"; Dunghal, son of Cathal, Vice-abbot of Tcach-Mimna, died. Dunchadh, son of Dubhdabhoireann, King of Caiseal, died. A battle was gained over Flann, son of Maelsechnaill, by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, in which were slain Aedh, son of Conchobhar, King of Connacht, and Lerghus, son of Cruinden, Bishop of Cill-dara, and Donnchadh, son of Maelduin, Abbot of Cill-Dealga and otlicr churches, and many others not enumerated. Dobhailcn, Clarend., torn. 49. of Cashel, and King of Munster See note ' Cormac, son of Cuileanan — He was Bishop umler the year 903. 3 z 538 aNHaí,a Rioshachca emeaHN. [886. mac ^ojimjuj^a, rijea|ina Cuijline Connachc, Décc. Oo Copca piprpi a cenél, -| ap uaióib Uí Oobailen. Ceapball, mac Ounjaile, njeapna Oppaije, Déj. Uolapj, mac Ceallai^, an oapa cijeapna boí an can pm pop ttepcepc bpfj, 065. Gpeamon, mac Cteoha, pi Ulaó, do mapbab la hGlóip, mac lapjni Do Nopcmannaib. QnpocVian mac TTlupcliaDa, cijeapna Ua cCpiomrannóin, Déj. 5""^ TTlaoilcepcaij, mic piacpac, cijepna Ua mbaipclie. ^uin Upfppaij mic loljuini. TTiaolcoba mac Cponnrhaoil, abb Qpoa ITlacha, Do écc, lap pfnoacaió. Oo muincip Cli)lle móipe do piolie. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo occmoóa, a pé. Qn Deaclirhaó bbaóain do piilanD. imaolo6ap,epfcop Cluana mic Nóip, Seaclmupacli.mac pocapco, abbCluana móip TTlaeDog, ÍTlaolpacpaicc, mac Néill, abb Sláine, 6ojan, mac Cinnpao- laió, abb Imleaclia lubaip, Ctipmróach, abb ÍTlaije bile,i OiapmaiD, mac Rui, abb Cije TTIunDa, Dég. piann, mjfn Oúnjaile, bfn máilpfchlainn, mic TTlaolpuanaiD, pí Gpeann, -] ba hipióe maraip phlomn Sionna, Dég lap nDeij- bfchaió, 1 lap bpfnnainn hi cCluain mic Nóip, -] a babnacol liipuióe. ^ib- lecán, mac TTlaoilbpiccDe, n^eapna Conaille TTluipreirhne, Déj. Inopeach- cacli, mac Qeóa, cijeapna Ciappaije Luachpa, -| ^opmacán, mac piainn, plaic Ua mbaippce rípe, Déj. piachna, mac Qinbir, pí Ulaó, oo rhapbab la hUlcaib buóóéin. InopeD QipD bpfcain, "] Domnaij pacpaicc, Uuilen, -| ^linne oa loclia lá ^allaib. Cionaeó, mac CennéDió píojóamna Caoijipi, DO rhapbab. Qp Dó po póiDeab, ba liach ua Cachail caín, pobfn puba píl bfpaich, ÍTiac pij l?acha bacain buain, Cionafó cmjeD 5m n^ctbpuain. ' Corca-Fiiihri. — This tribe inhabited the of Treoid, and Serjeant of Patrick's people by barony of Gallen, in the county of Mayo, and the mountain southerly, died. Duncha, mac those of Leyny and Corran, in the county of Duvdavoiren, King of Cassill, mortuus est. A Sligo. — See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, part iii. c. 69- breach of battle upon Flann, mac Maelsech- 5 CiU^mor Now Kilmore, in the county of lainn, by the forreiiers, where Hugh mac Conor, Cavan. The year 885 of the Annals of the King of Connaght ; Lergus mac Cruinnen, bu- Four Masters corresponds with 887 of the shopp of Kildare ; and Duncha mac Maeilduin, Annals ,of Ulster, which notice the events of prince of Killdelga, et aliaruia Civkatum, were that year as follows : all killed. Cervall, mac Dungail, King of " A. D. 887- Maelcova, macCrunnvael, Abbot Ossory, subita morte periit. Cuganmahair (mo- of Ardmach, vitam senilem Jinivit. Maeltuile mac therless), prince of Imleach-Ivar, morttiuá est. Cilen, prince of Clonfert Brenainn, mortuus Tolarg macCellai, haulf Kingof Descert-Bregh, est. Maelpatrick, sci-iba et sapiens optimus, prince vilafn senilem Jinivit. Jeffry mac Ivair, rex Nord- 886.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 539 son of Gormghus, lord of Luighne-Connacht, died. He was of the tribe of Corca-Firthri', and from him the Ui Dobhailen [are descended]. Cearbhal, son of Dunghal, lord of Osraighe, died. Tolarg, son of Ceallach, the second lord that was at that time over South Breagh, died. Eremhon, son of Aedh, King of Ulidia, was slain by Eloir, son of largni, [one] of the Norsemen. Anrothan, son of Murchadh, lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died. The mortal wound- ing of Maelchertaigh, son of Fiachra, lord of Ui-Bairche. The mortal wounding of Treasach, son of Ilguini. Maelcobha, son of Cronnmhael, Abbot of Ard- Macha, died at an advanced age ; he was of the family of Cill-mor^. The Age of Christ, 886. The tenth year of Flann. Maelodhar, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Seachnasach, son of Focarta, Abbot of Cluain-mor-Maedhog ; Maelpadraig, son of Niall, Abbot of Slaine ; Eoghan, son of Ceannfaeladh, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Airmedhach, Abbot of Magh-bile ; and Diarraaid, son of Rui, Abbot of Teach-Munna, died. Flann, daughter of Dunghal, wife of Maelsechlainn, son of Maelruain, King of Ireland, and who was the mother of Flann Sinna, died after a good life, and after penance at Cluain-mic-Nois ; and she was there interred. Gibhleachan, son of Maelbrighde, lord of Conaille- Muirtheimhne, died. Indreachtach, son of Aedh, lord of Ciaraighe-Luachra ; and Gormacan, son of Flann, chief of Ui-Bairrche-tire, died. Fiachna, son of Ainbhith, Iving of Ulidia, was killed by the Ulidians themselves. The plun- dering of Ard-Breacain, Domhnach-Padraig, Tuilen, and Gleann-da-locha, by the foreigners. Cinaedh, son of Cennedidh, heir apparent of Laeighis, Avas slain. Of him was said : Alas for the comely descendant of CathaP, deprived of joy are the race of Bearach, Son of the king of lasting Rath-Bacain, the hero of the pass of Gabhruan'. manorum, a fratre suo per dolum occisxis est. Ceinneididh, son of Gaeithin, the first chief of Aenach Fame et Talten cen aige ecin" [i. e. Laeighis, who took possession of the three ter- without celebration] — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. ritories of Comainn, who was the son of Cinaeth, '■ Descendant of Cathal. — This Cinaeth, who son of Cathal, son of Bearach (from whom the was the ancestor of the family of O'Mordha, or O'Mores were called Sil-Bearaigh), son of Meis- O'More, of Laeighis, or Leix, in the present gill, son of Madaithghin, son of Bacau, who Queen's County, was the son of Ceinnedidh, built the fort of liath-Bacain, iu Magh-Reda. — who was son of Mordha, a quo O'Mordha, who See note ', under the year 860, p. 496, svpra. was son of Cinaeth, the son of Cearnach, son of ' Gabhriian. — Otherwise called Bealach-Gabh- 3 z2 540 aHNa?,a Rio^hachca eiReawN. [887. Clo}f Cpio]^c, ochc ccéo occmoóa a peaclir. Qn caonniaó bliaóain oécc DO piilann. Seachnapach, abb Lu]^cca, pianD, mac TTIaoilDÚin, abb la, Coiibmac, abb pobaip,-] canaipi abbam Cluana mic Nóip, Copbmac, mac piannaiiila, abb Opoma Inapclainn, poraió abb TTlainipDpeac búice, Suibne, mac rriaoiluma, angcoipe, -] pcpibnib Cluana mic Nóip, [oécc]. ÍTlaolmópóa, mac ^aipbir, ci^eapna Conaille TTluipcemne, oo óicfnnaó la Ceallac, mac piannasáin. Opjain Cille Dopa -j Cluana hlopaipo la ^allaib. Qp Op- paije lap na Déipib, -\ mapbaó bpaonain, mic Cfpbaill, -| Suibne, mic Oún- jupa, cijeapna Ua pfpj^upa ann Dna. Qp ^alllahUí nQrhalgaió, Dú i ccopcaip Claip, mac 6áipiD, aen oia ccoipfcliaib, "j oponj oile imaille ppip. TTlaolpabaiU mac cléipij, cijeapna QiDne, Décc. Qonacli Uaillcfn do aije la piann, mac Tilaoilpfcnaill. banpcál po la an muip i crip inD oipfp Qlban. CÚ15 cpoijre nocar ap céD ina peer, ocbc ccpaijce Decc poo a rpillpi, peachc ccpaije poD meop a laime, a peer naile poo a ppóna. 15i^i'^ip S^'f uile hi. Concobap, mac piannaccáin, cijeapna Ua poilje Dopjain ppi Dai^iD I cCluain poca mic Pini, ipin ecclaip, ") nimna pinniain Do pápujan la pfpaib Uulach, oc ciachcain Do ó accallaiiti piainn, mic iTlaoilechlainn pi Cpeann. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéD ochcmoDa a hochc. Qn Dapa bliabain Decc do phlann. TTlaolbpijDe abb Cluana mic Nóip, -] TTlaolcopjaip, abb Lorpa, ruain, au old road extending across Sliabli mac Maeilbride, Kinge of Conells of Murhevne, Mairge, in the now Queen's County. — See moiiuus est. Flann, daughter to Dungall, Queen Leabhar-na-gCeart, Introduction, p. Ix. oiTarach, in penitentiadormivit. Airmeach, prince Some of the events noticed in the Annals of of Mabile, mortuus est." — Cod. Clarend., 49. the Four Masters under the year 886 are given ■■ Suibhne, son of Madumha. — The death of in the Annals of Ulster under 888, and others this celebrated man is noticed in the Saxon under 889, as follows : Chronicle, and by Florence of Worcester, at the " A. D. 888. An army by Daniell, mac Hugh, year 892, which is the true year. A tombstone with the Northmen and forreners, to the South inscribed with his name is still preserved at O'Nells." [Maelmartain, coarb of Cainech, Clonmacnoise. — See Petrie's Bound Towers, mortuus esi.] "Maenach, prince of Killacha- p. 323. Dromad moritur. Aenach Taillten cen aigi''' [i. e. ' Ckireach: i. e. Cleriais. He is the progenitor without celebration]. from whom the family of the O'Clerys have de- " A. D. 889. Celuin ardere visum est in nocte rived their hereditary surname. Kal. Jun. Maelpatrick, mac Nell, prince of " ]V/nter than the swan: 5ilirip jéip.—Dr. aiane, mortutts est feliciter. Owen, mac Cinfaela, O'Conor translates this incorrectly, "alba erat imnceoiIm\t:iich-lvaii,jugulatus est. Giblechan, inter humeros tola," in his edition of the An- 887.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. .541 The Age of Christ, 887. The eleventh year of Flann. Scachnasach, Abbot of Lusca ; Flann, son of Maelduin, Abbot of la ; Cormac, Abbot of Fobhar, and Tauist-abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois ; Cormac, son of Fiananihail, Abbot of Druim-Innasckinn ; Fothadh, Abbot of Mainistir-Buithe ; Suibhne, son of Maelumha'', anchorite and scribe of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died]. Maelmordha, son of Gairbhith, lord of Conaille-Muirtheimhne, was beheaded by Ceallach, son of Flannagan. The plundering of Cill-dara and Cluain-Iraird by the foreigners. A slaughter [was made] of the Osraighi by the Deisi, and the killing of Braenan, son of Cearbhall, and also of Suibhne, son of Dunghus, lord of Ui-Fcarghusa. A slaughter [was made] of the foreigners by the Ui-Amhalghaidh, in which fell Elair, son of Bairid, one of their chieftains, and others along with him. ]\Iaelfabhaill, son of Cleireach', lord of Aidhne, died. The fair of Tailltin was celebrated by Flann, son of Maelsechnaill. A mermaid was cast ashore by the sea in the country of Alba. One hundred and ninety-five feet was her length, eighteen feet was the length of her hair, seven feet was the length of the fingers of her hand, seven feet also was the length of her nose ; she was whiter than the swan" all over. Conchobhar, son of Flannagan, lord of Ui-Failghe, was destroyed by fire at Cluain-foda-Fini", in the church ; and the relics of Finian were violated by the Feara-Tulach, on his way from parleying witli Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, King of Ireland. The Age of Christ, 888. The twelfth year of Flann. Maelbrighde, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Maelcorghais, Abbot of Lothra, died. Tighearnan, son nals of the Four Masters, p. 395, but correctly of Aei, in pace dormivit. Conor, mac Conor, enough, " tota erat Candida ut olor," in the mac Flanagan, King of Fall, dyed of a mortall Annals of Ulster, p. 239- For various examples Jiux^'' [rede, was destroyed with fire], " at Clon- of the comparative degree ending in cip or cep, fad-Mackfini," [being] "dishonoured in the see the Editor's Irish Grammar, part ii. c. iii. church, and the reliques of Finian dishonored pp. 119, 120. and burnt with him. Maelmoirn, mac Garvith, "Cluain-foda-Fini. — Otherwise called Cluain- beheaded by Cellach, mac Flanagan, King of tlie foda-Librain, now Clonfad, in the barony of Conells of Murhevne. Cormac, King" \j-ectc, Fertullagh, and county of Westmoath — Sec Princep.% i. e. Abbot] " of Favar, and second to note ", under the year 835, p. 452, supra. the Abbot of Clonmicnois, morttms e-t. Cormac, The year 887 of the Annals of the Four mac Finavla, prince of Drum-Inisclainn, mor- Masters corresponds with 890 of the Annals of tuus est. Sechnusach, Bushop of Luscan, dor- Ulster, which notice the events of that year as mivit. Folia, prince of Abbai-Buti, mortinis est. follows: Suivne, mac Maeluva, Anchorita et Scriba op- "A. D. 890. Flann, mac Maeleduin, Abbot timns of Clonmicnoys, dormivit. A woman" 542 aNwaca Rio^hachca eiueaHH. [889. 065. Cijeapnan, mac Seallacáin, cijeapna 6]iepne, 065. ^ctor mop la péle TTlapcam na blmbna yo, co po rpapcaip cpanna lomóa, co ccapac piob áp mnp pop caillcip Gpeann, co puce ofprai je "] ci^e aile ap ct Icirpaijib apcfna. ÍTiaióm pia Riaccón, mac Ounjcnle, pop ^hallaiB puipc Laipje, Loclia Capman, ■] Uije ITloling, 1 papccbab do ceo ceann. TTlaibm pia rruaipcepc Connacc pop ^allaib, 1 ropchaip Gloip mac 6apirha. TTlaiDm pop ebb pta mac mael^uala, -] pia ppfpaib mnman oc Caipiul i copcaip ]'ochaióe do rhacaib caorhaib. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéo occmoóa anaoi. Qn rpeap bliaóain Décc bo phlann. Cocblán, ahh Uije ÍTluTina, OichuiU Uamlachra,-] peapjup, mac ÍTlaoilmichil, pepfijijip Cluana mic Nóip, oécc. Suabbap .1. mac Coiccfoliaig Inpi Snaicc, 065,-] ba liancoipi epibe. becc, mac Gpiomon, pi Ulab, Do map- boD la hQceib, mac Laijne. Conjalach, mac piannaccáin, njeapna bpfj, Do écc lap noeijbearaib. Piacán, mac Gchnjeapn, cijeapna Ua cCemn- pelai^, Selblaif, injfn QeoTia, 1 TTlaoleci^, injjfn Carhiiiail, Déj. Dubcfnn, mac Cionaib, cijeapna pfp Cualann, [oéj]. Cumapc 1 cfnnaippce im cinc- nbip DO punnpao 1 nQpo TTlacha eicip Cenel nGojain -] Ulra .1. einp QoceiD, mac Laijni,-] piaicbeapcac, mac TTliipchaba, co pop fcrappcap TTlaelbpijDe comapba pácpaicc lacc laparh. Riap TTlaolbpijDe lappin hi ccol einicch páopaicc Ó coicceab Gpeann .1. ó coicceab Ulab la 5abáil a naicripe .1. rpioclia peacr curhal, "| cfrpap hi ccpochab ó Ulcaibh, a coimmeic oile ó [mermaid] " coming from sea in Scotland, 195 their places. Maelcorgus, prince of Lothra, foote longe; 17 foote the length of her hayre; ■ moiiuits est. Tiernan, mac Sellachan, Kinge of 7 foote the length of the finger of her hand. Brefna, mortuus est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49- The length of her nose 7 foote. Whyter then a ^ Inis-Snaig — Now Inishnag, near Thomas- swan her boddy. MaeUfavuill, mac Cleri, Kinge town, in the county of Kilkenny See note % of Aigne, mortuus est.'''' — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49. under the year 745, p. 348, siiprd. °Ze/i ie/iiW.- i. e. in which the Irish beheaded "^ A conjlict and dissension. — This passage is 200 Danes. translated by Colgan in his Trias Thaum., The year 888 of the Annals of the Four p. 296, as follows : Masters corresponds with 891 of the Annals of "A. D. 889- Contigit tumultus et seditio Ulster, which give the events of that year as Ardmachce in ipso festo Pentecostes inter follows : Kinel-Eoguin et Ulidios ; hoc est, inter Adde- "A. D. 891- Maelbrighde, Abbot of Clon- dium filium Laigne et Flathbertacium filium macnoys, in ^lace dormivit. Ventus magnus in Murchadi, donee Malbrigidus Sancti Patricii feria Martini, that it made great havock of Comorbanus, seu successor, interveniens eos woods, and carycd churches and houses out of compescuerat, sive ab invicem separaverat. Mai- 8890 ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 543 of Seallachan, lord of Breifne, died. A great -wind [occurred] on the festival of St. Martin of this year ; and it prostrated many trees, and caused great destruction of the woods of Ireland, and swept oratories and otlier houses from their respective sites. A battle was gained by Riagan, son of Dunghal, over the foreigners of Port-Lairge, Loch-Carman, and Teach-Moling, in which two hundred heads were left behind". A battle was gained by North Connaught over the foreigners, in which Eloir, son of Barith, was slain. A battle was gidned over the Eili by Maelguala and the men of Munster, at Caiseal, in which many noble youths were slain. The Age of Christ, 889. The thirteenth year of Flann. Cochlan, Abbot of Teach -Munna ; Dichuill of Tamhlacht ; and Fearghus, son of Maelmichill, CEconomus of Cluain-mic-Nois, died. Suadhbhar, i. e. the son of Coitceadhach, of Inis-SnaigP, died ; he was an anchorite. Becc, son of Erimhon, King of Ulidia, was slain by Ateidh, son of Laighne. Conghalach, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, died after a good life. Riagan, son of Echtighearn, lord of Ui-Ceiunsealaigh ; Sealbhlaith, daughter of Aedh ; and ISIaeletigh, daughter of Cathmhael, died. Dubhcheann, son of Cinaedh, lord of Feara-Cualanu, died. There was a conflict and dissension'', about "Whitsuntide, at Ard-Macha, between the Cinel-Eoghain and the Ulidians, i e. between Atteidli, son of Laighne, and Flaithbheartach, son of Murchadh ; but Maelbrighde, successor of Patrick, sepa- rated them afterwards. After this Maelbrighde obtained reparation for the violation of Patrick's law, from the fifth part of Ireland, i. e. from the province of Ulster, together with the delivery of their hostages, namely, thirty times seven cumhals"', and four of the Ulidians to be hanged, and as many more from brigidus autem, quia ita contra reverentiam Masters corresponds with 892 of the Annals ot" Ecclesise Dei, et S. Patricio debitam impegerunt, Ulster, which notice the events of that year as ab Ulidiis obsldes et 210 boves : et quatuor v.\ follows : delicti authoribus suspendi curarunt Ulidii. " A. D. 892" [^recíé, 893]. " Mochta, the Kineleoguin etiam in consimilem ex parte sua adopted of Fethgnai, Bushopp, Anchorite, and consenserunt satisfactionem." an excellent writer of Ardinach, in pcwe quievit. ' Cumhals. — A cumhal originally denoted a Contention in Ardniach in Whitsontyde, be- bondmaid, which was estimated as of the value tweene Tyreowen and the rest of Ulster, where of three cows ; but it afterwards was iised to many were slaine. A battle upon the Black denote three cows, or anything estimated as of Gentiles by the Saxons, where innumerable that value. men were slaine. Great confusion among the The year 889 of the Annals of the Four forreners of Dublin, that they divided them- 544 awNata Rio^hachca eiReawN. [890. Clienel Gojain. TTlaoloohap, mac popbap pai j, ppirh b|ieiclieTTi Ceche Cuino, X)é^. Lopccaó Paclia Grain, i copchai|i Gccfpcach, mac Coi|ip|ie.Laclicnán, mac lTlaoilcia|iáin, ci^ea|ina UfcliBa, Décc. paolctn, mac ^uaipe, cijeapna Ua Ceinnpealaij, Niall, macCojibmaic, njeapna na nOéipi, oég. ÍTlochca, Dalca pechjna, eppcop, ancoipi, -] pcpiBmo Qpoa TTlacha, 065. Qoip Cpiopc, oclic ccéo nocha. Qn cfrpamaó bliaóain oécc do piilann. Tnaolpfoaip, mac Cucnn, epfcop Cipe Oct jlap,"] comapba bpénainn, Ciapán, mac ITlaolouib, obb QipDne Coluim, Colcca, mac Cairmaó, abb Cluana lieióneacli, Loicliene, abb Oaiminpi,"] Oenacan, mac rilailecuile, peacnabb Ooimliacc Ciandin, 065. muipfDach, mac Gochacctin, pi Ulaó, Do rhapbaó la hQoir,macLoe5ne. OnBlachcna, mac TTlaoljuala, pi Caipil, Deg. Ceallach, mac piannagcnn, cijeapna bpfj, Do mapbao la pojapcach, mac Colaipj, 1 meabail, conab ann apbepc piannacán péipin 05a esaíne, ^iolla Ceallaij po aniap, gobap Ceallaij laip na láimh, Qp mana oép an peel gapb, ni Dalb ap mapb mac Deapbáil. Ni bai mac pi pige cop, po Ceallacli ngopmamec nglan, Ceajlach po reaglac an pip ni pil po mm niamóa gal. piann, mac Lonóm, po páió, Ctmpa rpé cfng, cpi meic piainn imluaibfc Oóba, Conjalach Cuilc, Ceallach Cfpna ip Cionaob Cnoóba. TTla po bir Ceallac cincach Dippan a Die ba belcac, TTlopuap ba pom a boejal, naD pumalc paejal peancliaó. selves into factions : the one parte of them with " Flann is here used for its diminutive, Flan- Ivair, and the other with Jefiry the Erie. Con- nagan, which is too long for the metre, galach mac Flanagan, heyre of Bregh, mortuus " Odhhlia. — This was the ancient name of a esV — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. mound near Navan, in the county of Meath. ' Successor of Brenainn : i.e. Bishop or Abbot ' Colt — This was the name of a regal resi- of Clonfert, of which St. Brenainn, or Brendan, dence in Meath ; but it has not been yet iden- was the founder and patron. tified. In the elegy on the death of Fearghal '^M-f/Ke-Co/iim.- i.e. Colum's Height or Hill, O'Euairc, attributed to Mac Coisi, Colt and now Ardcolum, an old church in ruins on the other places in Meath are thus referred to as north side of Wexford haven. mourning for his death : " Dearhhail. — Pronounced Dervil, was the " Llipneaó IDiDe, CnooKa ip Coir, bpónuc pa name of a woman among the ancient Irish. This pope a mbíoó Niall, Dearbhail was the wife of Flannagan, and the CUiccja ip Ceatiiaip na pioj, popiop nti mother of Ceallach. muipeann a ps'am !" 890.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 545 the Cinel-Eoghain. Maelodhar, son of Forbasach, cliief judge of Leath-Chuinn, died. The burning of Rath-Etain, in which Egeartach, son of Cairbre, was killed. Lachtnan, son of Maelciarain, lord of Teathbha, died. Faelan, son of Guaire, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh; Niall, son of Cormac, lord of the Deisi, died. Mochta, fosterson of Fethghna, bishop, anchorite, and scribe of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 890. The fourteenth year of Flann. ■ Maelpeadair, son of Cuan, Bishop of Tir-da-ghlas, and successor of Brenainn"; Ciaran, son of Maeldubh, Abbot of Airdne-Coluim'; Colga, son of Caithniadh, Abbot of Cluain-eidhneach ; Loichene, Abbot of Dainihiuis ; and Oenacan, son of Mael- tuile, Vice-abbot of Daimhliag-Cianain, died. Muireadhach, son of Eochagan, ]^ng of Ulidia, was slain by Adith, son of Loegne. Dubhlachtna, son of Mael- guala. King of Caiseal, died. Ceallach, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, was treacherously slain by Foghartach, son of Tolarg ; of which Flannagan himself [the father of Ceallach] said, lamenting him : The page of Ceallach [is coming] from the west, with the steed of Ceallach [held] in his hand ! Cause of tears is the bitter news ! It is no falsehood ; the son of Dearbhail" is dead ! There was no son of a king who rules over chiefs as good as Ceallach of untarnished fame.; A household like the household of the man exists not under heaven of brilliant rays. Flann, son of Lonan, said : Illustrious the careers of the three sons of Flann* who coursed over Odhbha^ Congalach of Coll>', Ceallach of Cearna", and Cinaedh of Cnodhbha". Tliough Ceallach slew an outlaw, pity he should lall in the battle's onset ; Alas ! his danger was certain ; [it was clear] that he would not spend the life of a historian [as some had expected]. " Uisneach of Meath, Cnodhbha, and Colt, are " Cearna Not identified. It is referred to in sorrowful, and the fort wherein dwelt Niall; the Dinnseanchus as in Mcath. Tlachtgha and Tcamhair of the Kings, alas " Cnodhhha Now Knowth, near Slane, in that their ornament liveth not I" the county of Meath See note ^ under A. D. 4 A 546 aNNaí,a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [891. l?uaóacán, mac Caraláin, cijeapna Peap cCúl, Do TTiajiBao i nOppaijibh -| lnD|ieaclicach, mac TTlaileDuiti, cijeaiina CaiUe poUamain i lupj TTlaol- jiuanam, mac piainn, -] mic lorhaip. CinDeicijh, mac Cionaooha, ci^eiina Ua mbjiiuin, Do mliapbhab 6 po]icliuchaibh Laijhen. maoljoiim, canaipi ra nOeip, Do rhajibaD. Scolaicche, mac TTlacáin, njeapna DealBna Gaqia, DO rhapbab la muincip Cluana mic Noip, ConaD ina óíojail po mapbab TTlaolachaib lapamli. CtpD Tllacha Do opccain la ^lúniapainn,-! la ^allaiB Qra cliar, co pucy^ac Deichneabap i yeachc ccéD i mbpoiD leó, lap noipcaoi- leab apaill Don eacclaip,-] lap mbpipfb an Deapraije. Conab do ip puBpab, . Upua^, a naerh paDpaicc, nap anachc repnaije, Qn jaill CO na rcuajaib, aj bualab Do Deapraige. maolairjfin, eppcop Qpoa TTlaclia, do écc. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo nocha a haon. Qn cúicceab bliabain Décc Do phlann. Soepbpfracli mac Connaib pcpibnib, esnaib, eppcob"] abb Copcaije, blacrhac, mac Uaipcealcaij, Do bpfjmainib, abb Cluana mic Nóip, TTlopnn Ua buiDe, abb bioppa, oécc, lap nDeijbfcbaib cian aopDa. TTlaolacaib peac- nabb, .i. ppioip, Cluana mic Nóip,-] abb Oairhinpi Do bul i mapcpa la Dealbna Gafpa, -| DO paD Ui?;a ppi bop co na boi cion Do i mapbab Scolai^e. TTIuip- eaDhach, mac TTlaolpuanaib, ppíóip Lupcca, Déj.^piannaccón, mac Ceallaij, cijeapna bpfg uile do mapbab bic Olba la Nopcmannaib. Cionaeb mac piannagám, canaipi b]\Ci^ uile, Do Décc i nOún bpic. piairbeapcacli, mac Tnupchaba, cijeapna Qilij;, do mapbab la liUa mbpfpail. maolmoicliepje,» mac InDpeccaij, cijeapna beiceCharail, Do mapbab la Leir Cliacail peippin. 784, p. 391; aad note'", under 861, p. 497, decern supra septingentos abduxeriint captives." supra. — Trias Thaum., p. 296. " Striking thy oratory. — The ancient Irish ora- Some of the events which are noticed in the tories were sometimes constructed of wood, and Annals of the Four Masters under the year 890, sometimes of stone. The allusion to the axes are given in the Annals of Ulster under 893, here might suggest that the oratory at Armagh and others under 894, as follows : was of wood, unless it be understood that the " A. D. 893. Maeloar, mac Forbasai, Patrick's axes were used to break open the door, &c. The serjeant from the Mountain Fotherbi" \j-ecle, substance of this passage is given by Colgan, as southwards], " died. Lachtnan, mac Maeilcia- foUows : " A. D. 890. Ardmacha occupata et rain, King of Tehva, mortuus est. Fergus, mac expilata per Gluniarnum et Nortmannos Dub- Maeilmihill, equonimns of Clon-mic-Nois, dor- linienses ; qui ipsa summa Basilica es parte mivii. Ivar's son" [came] " againe into Ireland." diruta, et diversis sacris a;dificiis solo equatis, " A. D. 894. Duvlachtna, mac Maeilguala, 891] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 547 Ruadhachan, son of Cathan, lord of Feara-Cul, and lunreachtach, son of JNIaelduin, lord of Caille-FoUamhain, were slain in Ossory, in the army of Mael- ruanaidh, son of Flann, and of the son of Imhar. Ciuneidigh, son of Cinaedh, lord of Ui-Briuin, was slain by the Fortuatha of Leinster. Maelgorm, Tanist of the Deisi, was slain. Scolaighe, son of Macan, lord of Dealbhua-Eathra, was slain by the people of Cluain-mic-Nois, in revenge of which Maelachaidh was afterwards killed. Ard-Macha was plundered by Gluniarainn, and the foreigners of Ath-cliath ; and they carried off seven hundred and ten persons into captivity, after having destroyed a part of the church, and broken the oratory ; of which was said : Pity, Saint Patrick, that thy prayers did not stay The foreigners with their axes when striking thy oratory^ Maelaithghin, Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 891. The fifteenth year of Flann. Soerbhreathach, son of Connadh, scribe, wise man, bishop, and Abbot of Corcach ; Blathmhac, son of Taircealtach, one of the [people of] Breaghmaine, Abbot of Cluain-mhic- Nois, [died] ; Moran Ua Buidhe, Abbot of Birra, died, after a good life, at an advanced age. Maelachaidh, Vice-abbot, i. e. Prior, of Cluain-mic-Nois, and Abbot of Daimhinis, suffered martyrdom from the Dealbhna-Eathra ; and he took an oath at his death, that he had no part in the killing of Scolaighe". Muireadhach, son of Maelruanaidh, Prior of Lusca, died. Flannagan, son of Ceallach, lord of all Breagh, was slain at Olbha'' by the Norsemen. Cinaedh, son of Flannagan, Tanist of all Breagh, died at Dun-Brie''. Flaithbheartach, son of Miu'chadh, lord of Aileach, was slain by Ua Breasail. INIaelmoicheirghe, son of Innreachtach, lord of Leath-Chathail, was slain by [the people of] Leath- Kingof Cassill, 7n07-/)«M e?<. Maelpedair, Bushop viz., by Gluniarann, that they carryed" [off] and prince of Tirdaglas, niort«?is cíí. Cellach, mac "710 captives.'" — Cod. Clarcnd., torn. 49. Flannagan, kingly heyre of Bregh altogether, ' Of Scolaighe: i.e. of Scolaighe, son of Macan, killed falsely" [fZofo«eJ«7utoi« 6S?] " by Fogar- Lord of Dealbhna-Eathra, in the now King's tach, mac Tolairg. Muireach, mac Eochagain, County, who had been slain by tlie people of half King of Ulster, killed by Hughded, mac Clonmacnoise the year before. Laigne. Great frost and fleaing of cattle" [rede, '' OWlia — Not identified. It is probably an Nix magna et ascolt mor, i. e. great snow and error for Odhbha. great dearth, or scarcity of victuals]. " Ard- " Dun-Brie : i. e. the Dun or Fort of Breac, a mach spoylod by" [the] " Gentiles of Dublin, man's name denoting speckled or freckled. 4 a2 548 QHNata Rioghachca eiReawN. [892. Cumaj^cach, mac Tnui|iCDhai j, cigeapna Peaji nQjioa Ciannaclica, Do maji- baó la hUlcaib. rnu]ichaó, mac TTlaenaij, cijeapna oeipceapr Connacc, -| Diapmaic cijeapna Luijne, Déj. piann, mac Conc'tin, Uipjil pil Scora pjnm pile ^aoióeal uile, pile ap oeacli bai i n6pinn ina aimpip, do rhapbaD la rhapbaó la macaib CuipbuiDe, Do Uib poraic larpen, hi riDuinecaiDe hic Loc Dacaoc i nDeipib TTluifian. Qp ^all la Conaille, -\ la liQrDeiD, mac Laijne, in po mapbaó Qmlaoib Ua hiomaip,-] ^lúncpaóna, mac ^luniapainn, CO nochc ccécaib imaille ppiú. Cfp nSojanachca la hOppaijibh 1 n^péin Qipb, .1. la mac Ceapbaill, "] la Laijnib. Sicpnic, mac loifiaip, Do mapbao la Noprmannaib oile. Qoip Cpiopc, occ ccéo nocliac a do. Qn peipeaó bliaóain Décc do piann. Qipgecan, mac popanDain, abb Copcaije, Cachapach, mac pfpjapa, canaipi abbaDh Qpoa ITlaclia, ocean cpaibDech, •] CompuD, mac Gcbcgaibe, uapal paccapc Qpoa TTlaclia, oécc. huacmapán, mac Concobaip, n jeapna Ua ppailje, do rhapbab a mebail let Copjpac, mac Rfcrabpacc,-] Copccpac, mac Reccabpar, canaipi Ua pailje do mapboDb ina Diojail. 6pan, mac rnuipfohaij, canaipi Laijfn, do mapbaob. Laejaipe, mac TTlaélpuacat^, njeapna peap cCeall, Deg. iTlaeleicij, mac pfpaDliaij ci^eapna pfp Roip do mapbao la ^allaib. CarpaoinfDh oc 'Raw Cpó pia TTlaolpmnia, mac ' Flann, son of Lonan. — In the Annals of seated on the east side of Loch Oirbsen, now Ulster he is called O'Guaire, i. e. descendant of Lough Corrib, in the barony of Clare, and county Guaire Aldhne, King of Connaught See Ge- of Gahvay (see Duald Mac Firbis's genealogical nealogies, ij-c, of the Ui-Fiachrach, Table. His work. Marquis of Droglieda's copy, p. 345 ; and death is again entered by mistake under the year Hardiman's edition of O'Flaherty's /ar-Co«- 918. See O'Reilly's Catalogue of Irish Writers, nwight, p. 372); and the other called Cinel- pp. 58, 59. Fothaidh in Ui-Maine, in the same province. — ' Race ofScota : i. e. the Scoti, or Milesian See Tribes and Customs ofHy-Many, p. 35, note ''. Irish race, who are said to have derived that ' Loch-Dachaech. — This was the ancient name name from Scota, daughter of Pharoah Cinchres, of Waterford harbour. the mother of Gaedhal Glas, from whom they '' Grian-Airhh Now Greane, in the barony are said to have derived the name of Gaeidhil. of Crannagh, and county of Kilkenny, and on — See Dr. Todd's edition of the Irish version of the borders of the county of Tipperary See Nennius's Historia Britonum, pp. 26, 53, 231. Circuit of Miiircheartach Mac Neill, p. 39, note87. '' Ui-Fothaith. — This was the name of a tribe The year 891 of the Annals of the Four seated in the barony of Ifl'a and OfFa West, in Masters corresponds with 895 of the Annals of the county of Tipperary. It was also the name Ulster, which notice the events of that year as of two tribes in Connaught, of which one was follows : 892.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. ÍAd Chathail themselves. Cumascach, son of Muireadhach, lord of Feara-Ai'da- Cianachta, was slain by the Ulidians. Murchadh, son of Maenach, lord of South Connaught, and Diarmaid, lord of Luighne, died. Flann, son of Lonan', the Virgil of the race of Scota^, chief poet of all the Gaeidhil, the best poet that was in Ireland in his time, was secretly murdered by the sons of Corrbuidhe (who were of the Ui Fothaith'"), at Loch-Dachaech', in Deisi-Mumhan. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Conailli, and by Athdeidh, son of Laighne, in which were slain Amhlaeibh, grandson of Imhar, and Gluntradhna, son of Gluniarainn, with eight hundred along with them. A slaughter was made of the Eoghanachta at Grian-Airbh\ by the Osraighi, i. e. by the son of Cearbhall, and the Leinstermen. Sitriuc, son of Imhar, was slain by other Norsemen. The Age of Christ, 892. The sixteenth year of Flann. Airgetan, son of Forannan, Abbot of Corcach ; Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tauist-abbot of Ard-Macha, a pious youth ; and Comhsudh, son of Echtgaidhe, a noble priest of Ard-Macha, died. Uathmharan, son of Conchobhar, lord of Ui-Failghe, was treacherously killed by Cosgrach, son of Eeachtabhra ; and Cosgrach, son of Reachtabhra, Tanist of Ui-Failghe, was killed in revenge of him. Bran, son of Muireadhach, Tanist of Leinster, was slain. Laeghaire, son of Maelfuataigh, lord of Feara-Ceall, died. Maeleitigh, son of Fearadhach, lord of Feara-Rois, was slain by the foreigners. A battle was gained at Rath-cro' by Maelfinnia, " A. D. 895. Blamack, prince of Clon-mic- wounded by Mounstermcn of the Desyes." — Nois ; Moran O'Binne, prince of Biror, mortui Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. sunt. Cinaeh, mac Flannagain, heyre of Bregh, ' Rath-cro Not identified. See note ^, under mnrtuiis est. Sitrick mac Ivar, ab aliis Nor- A. D. 226, p. 110, supra. Tlie year 892 of the inannis est occisus. Maelmochaire, maclnreachtai. Annals of the Four Masters corresponds with half King of Ulster, killed by his owne fellowes" 896 of the Annals of Ulster, which give the \asociis suisoccisus est'\. " Cumascach mac JMurea, events of that year as follows : king of the men of Ardcianacht, killed by the "A. D. 896. Cahasach, mac Fergusa, heyre Ulsterians. The slaughter of the Eoganachts to the abbacy of Ardmach, rcliyiosiix juvenis by Ossorii. The slaughter of the forreners by pau.iat. An overthrow by Maelfiniia, mac Flan- Tyrconnell" [recte, by the Conailli-Muirhevnc] nagaiu, upon Ulsteriiien and Dalarai, where "and by Mac Laigne, where Avlaiv mac Ivair many were slainc about the King of Dalarai, fell. Maelacha, the second at Clon-mic-Nois, viz. Muircach mac Maeleti, and about Maclmo- and prince of Daiminis, martirized by Delvni. choire, mac Inrechtai, King of Leh-Caal. Adeit, Flanagan mac Cellai, Kinge of Bregh, killed by mac Laigne, vuhieratus evasit. Uahmaran, mac the Nordmans. Flann mac Lonain O'Guaire Conor, King of Faly, falsely killed by his owne 550 awNaca Rio^hachca eiReawH. [893. piannaccáin, pop QiooTió, mac Laijne, i pop Oal nQpaibe, in po mapbao TTluipfnhac, mac ITlaoileri^ cijeapna Dcil Qpaióe, -\ Qinoiappaió mac ]Tiaoilmoiclieip5e,mic InDpeachraij, cicceapna CeireCliaraiI,co cpib ceoaib amaille ppiu, -] cepna CtoDeiO op é cpeccnaigre co mop conoD Do pin po páió ITlaolmicich, mac piannajc'iin, UlaiD imcpar do lo po jaoarap Da biú, Qg pagbc'dl DÓib ap fppach nip bo Doipb cfnDach ppiú. Inopeab Connacc la piann, mac ITlaoilecVilainn, "j a njeill do robacli. Qoip Cpiopc, ochr nocar a cpi. Qn peachcmab blmbain oécc do piann. Coipppe, mac Suibne, abb Cainne Lepe, Ggfpcach, aipchinnech eccailpi bicce, araip Qenacóin -] Ounabai^, Deg. TTlaolajpai, mac ^aipbir, cijeapna na nQipreap, Do mapbaDh la bQitialjaiDb, mac GacliDacli. r?uapc,mac cijeap- náin, cijeapna bpeipne, Oobóilén, mac Qilella cijectpna Ua TTleir TTlaca, nég. TTlaelmaipe, mac piannagctin, cijeapna pfp Cn, 065. QeDaccón, mac Concobaip, cijeapna Ceachba, 065. Cin cailinp Do bol a hGpinn. QpD TTlacba do opjain ó ^hallaib Loclia Pebail, 1 Cumapcach Do jabáil Dóib,l a mac Qoó mac Cuniapccaij Do mapbab. SluaicceaD lop na Oeipib, la ^allaib, 1 la Ceallacb, mac Ceapbaill, cap Oppaijib 50 ^abpán Dú in po mapbao TTlaolmopDa, mac TTlaolmuaib,"] Dponj mop oile amaiUe ppipp. 5"'" cpi mac nOuibjioUa mic bpnaoaip,"] mic Gojain mic Cuilennctin, 1 epic na nOeipi. Cioc pola Do pfprainn i nQpD Ciannachca. fellowes" [_per dolum occisus est a sociis suis.^ — Scannlan, son of Aedh Finn, son of Feargna, Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. son of Fearghus, son of Muireadhach Mai, son " Eaglais-beag : i. e. ecdesia parva, the little of Eoglian Sriabh, son of Duach Galach, son of church. This was the name of a small church Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmheadhoin, mo- at Clonmacnoise. — See it again referred to at the narch of Ireland in the fourth century, years 947 and 977. ° Feara-Lii. — A tribe and district on the ° Ruarc, son ofTighearnan.-He is the ancestor west side of the River Bann, extending from after whom the family of O'Euairc, or O'Eourke, Bir to Camus, in the barony of Coleraine, and have derived their hereditary surname. Accord- county of Londonderry. — See note °, under ing to the Books of Lecan and Ballymote, Tigh- A. D. 1 176 ; note », on Magh-Lii, under A. M. earnan, the father of this Euaro, was the son of 2550, p. 8, snpra ; also Eeeves's Ecclesiastical Seallachan, who was the son of Cearnach, or Antiqidties of the Dioceses of Down and Connor, Cearnachan, who was son of Dubhdothra, son &c., p. 295, note ^'. The Feara-Lii, or Fir-Lii, of Dunchadh, son of Baeithin, son of Blathmhac, were seated on the east side of the Bann at the son of Feidhlimidh, son of Creamhthann, son of period of the English Invasion. 893] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 551 son of Flannagan, over Aiddeidh, son of Laighne, and over the Dal-Araidhe, in which were slain Muireadhach, son of Maeleitigh, lord of Dal-Araidhe, and Ainniarraidh, son of Maelmoicheh'ghe, son of lunreachtach, lord of Leath- Chathail, with three hundred along with them ; and Aiddeidh escaped, severely wounded ; of which Maelraithidh, son of Flannagan, said : The Ulidians, at one hour of the day, reaped thy food, On their departure in terror they would not feel reluctant to purchase it. The plundering of Connaught by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn ; and their hostages were taken. The Age of Christ, 893. The seventeenth year of Flann. Cairbre, son of Suibhne, Abbot of Lann Leire ; Egeartach, Airchinnech of Eaglais-beag™, the father of Aenagan ; and Duuadhach, died. Maelagrai, son of Gairbhith, lord of the Airtheara, was slain by Amhalghaidh, son of Eochaidh. Ruarc, son of Tighearnan", lord of Breifne ; Dobhailen, son of Ailell, lord of Ui-Meith-Macha, died. Maelmaire, son of Flannagan, lord of Feara-Lii°, died. Aedhagan, son of Conchobhar, lord of Teathbha, died. The Pilgrim'' departed from Ireland Ard-Macha was plundered by the foreigners of Loch-Febhail'^; and Cumasoach was taken by them, and his son, Aedh mac Cumascaigh, was slain. An army was led by the Deisi, the foreigners, and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, over Osraighe, as far as Gabhran'', where Maelmordha, son of Maelmhuaidh, and a great number of others along with him, were slain. The mortal wounding of the three sons of Duibhghilla, son of Bruadar, and of the son of Eoghan, son of Cuilennan, in the territory of the Deisi. A shower of blood was rained in Ard-Cianachta. '' The pilgrim : i. e. Ananloen, who is said to ' Gabhran. — Now Gowran, in the county of have come from Jerusalem. — See the year 884, Kilkenny. The year 893 of the Annals of the p. á%6, supra. Four Masters corresponds with 897 of the An- ' Loch-Febhail : i. e. Lough Foyle, near Lon- nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this donderry See note ', under A. M. 3581, p. 40, period, containing only the three short entries and note '', under A. D. 864, p. 501, supra. This following under that year : passage is noticed by Colgan in his Annals of " A. D. 897 [898]. Adcd, mac Laigne, kinsi Armagh, as follows : of Ulster, killed treacherously by his owne peo- " A. D. 893. Ardmacha occupata, et spoliata pie. A shower of blood shedd at Ardcianaclii. per Nortmannos ex partibus Laci Febhalensis Carbre, mac Suibne, Archinnech of Lainn-Lere e.xcurrentes." — Trias Thaum., p. 296. mortmts est." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. 552 awwaf-a Rio^hachca eiReaww. [894. Qoip Cpiopc, ochc ccéo nochac a cfraip. Qn cochrmao bbaóain Decc Do piilann. Seachnaj^ach, abb Carhlachca TTlaeile]niain,Trie]^cell abb Imleaclia lubai]!, Qjisgaran, abb Copcai^e móipe,-] bjieapal, pfp lei jinn Ctpoa TTlacha, 065. ^aipbir, mac Tiluipeccain, cijeapna Ofplaip, 065. Oonnaccón, mac pojapcaich, ranaipi Cochaip Garhacb [065]. Qp ConaiUe la bUib Gach- acb, Dvi 1 rcopcaip Da mac ^aipbir, .1. mac Gicij, -] TTlaolmojna. Ctrnu- iiaóuccaó aenaij Connacc la Uaój, mac Concobaip,"] afniiabiiccaó aonaigh Uaillcfn let Oiapmam, mac Ceapbaill, -| a naije Dibbnnib leó. Sloijeaó lá Connachcaib 1 nlapfap TTlíóe. Scipuccaó Inpi Qin^in, ") Duine Do juin pop a lap, 1 pcpin Ciapám innre,"] peanaD ppinre im Caipppe Cpom, eppcop Cluana mic Noip. TTlaiDm pop Chonnaccaib occ Qcb luain pia nlaprap TTliDe ipm ló céona co papjaibpfc áp cfnn leó. Qoip Cpiopc, ocbc ccéD noclia a cúicc. Qn naomaD bliaóain Décc Do pblann. TTluipjiop, eppcop-] abb Oipipc Oiapmaoa, TTlnelbpijDe, mac piipolij, neacli naemra ba hapDfppucc ITluman, piairmi, mac Necrain, abb Leir, ITlaenach, mac Caemáin, abb Ooimliacc, pingin, anjcoipe Cluana mic Nóip, -| Uoicriuch Inpi Ctmjein, teg. ^aill pop Loch Gacbach 1 calainn lanuaip, co pupae Gcac paopaic. ^aój, mac Concubaip, pi ceopa Connacc, ' Breasal, lector Colgan has the following means " the fair of Tailltin was held or cele- remark on this passage : " A. D. 894. Bressalius brated," and Qenac CaiUcen cen aije, " the Scliolasticus, sen Lector Theolofjitc Ardrnachanm fair of Tailltin without celebration." And, ohiit. Sed Usserus ex Annalibus Ultoniensibus strange to say, these phrases are so understood anno 898 mortuum refert pag. 861. dicens ; by Dr. 0" Conor himself, though he loses sight Anno Dcccxcviii. Bressalus Lector Ardma- altogether of the meaning of a i^e in this pas- chanus mortuus est." — Trias Thaum., p. 296. sage, being misled by the prefixed n. ^ Dearlas. — Otherwise written Durlas. — See ^ Inis-Aingin. — This island is still so called in note*, under A. D. 660, p. 271, supra; and Irish, and pronounced Imp Qinnin ; but in Eng- note % under A. D. 1217, infra. lish is called " Hare island." It is situated in " Tochar-Eathach. — See note ', under A. D. Lough Kee,and belongs to the parish of Bunown, 880, p. 530, supra. barony of Kilkenny West, and county of West- " Were celebrated ; a n-ciije : literally, their meath. It is stated by Colgan, Ware, and even celebration, or being celebrated. Dr. O'Conor by Lanigan, in his Ecclesiastical History oflre- translates this " et habita sunt diversis tempo- land, vol. iii. p. 427, that Inis-Aingin, the island ribus per eos." But the verb aije certainly on which St. Ciaran, son of the artificer, the means " to hold or celebrate." — See note '', under patron of Clonmacnoise, erected his first church, the year 806, p. 416, supra. Throughout the is that now called " The Island of all Saints," Annals of Ulster Qeniic CaiUcenn do aije and situated in Lough Ree ; but these writers 894.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 553 The Age of Christ, 894. The eighteenth year of Flann. Seachnasach, Abbot of Tamhlacht-Maeleruain ; Mescell, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Arggatan, Abbot of Corcach-mor ; and Breasal, lector** of Ard-Macha, died. Gairbhith, son of Muireagan, lord of Dearlas', died. Donnagan, son of Fogartach, Tanist of Tochar-Eathach",'[died]. A slaughter was nia^e of the Conailli by the Ui-Eachach, in which fell the two sons of Gairbhith, i. e. the son of Eitigh, and Maelmoghna. The renewal of the fair of Connaught by Tadhg, son of Con- chobhar ; and the renewal of the fair of Tailltin by Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall; and both were celebrated'^ by them. An army was led by the Connaughtmen into Westmeath. Inis-Aingin'' was profaned, and a man was mortally wounded in the middle of it, and the shrine of Ciaran there, and a synod of seniors, with Cairbre Crom, Bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois. A victory was gained on the same day over the Connaughtmen, at Ath-Luain'', by [the men of] Westmeath, and a slaughter of heads left behind with them. The Age of Christ, 895. The nineteenth year of Flann. Muirgheas, Bi- shop and Abbot of Disert-Diarmada ; Maelbrighde, son of Proligh, a holy man, who was Archbishop of Munster ; Flaithim, son of Nechtain, Abbot of Liath ; Maenach, son of Caemhan, Abbot of Daimhliag ; Finghin, anchorite of Cluain-mic-Nois ; and Toicthiuch of Inis-Aingin'', died. The foreigners were on Loch-Eathach on the Calends of January, and they seized on Etach-Padraig". Tadhg, son of Conchobhar, King of the three divisions of Connaught, died had no reason for this statement, which is not Athlone, a well-known town on the Shannon, on true. In an Inquisition tempore Car. I., this the confines of the counties of Westmeath and island is called "Insula vocata Inishingine," and Koscommon. The year 894 of the Annals of the described as " jacens in Loghry, et continens Four Masters corresponds with 89S of the An- 1 cartron terra et I Molendinum aquaticum nals of Ulster, which are very meagre at this Tooatum MoUinglassen." On the Down Survey period, containing only the three obits following it is called Inchingin, alias Hare Island. The under that year : ruins of an old church, dedicated to St. Ciaran, "A. D. 8'J8. Miscoll, abbot of Imlech-Ivar ; are still to be seen on this island, and a small Artagan, abbot of Corke ; and Bressal, lector of tombstone near it exhibits a fragment of an an- Ardmach ; mortid sunt." — Cod. Clarcnd., torn. 4!). cient Irish inscription, of which the Editor ' Inis-Aingin — See note under the year 804. deciphered the following words : °- Elach-Padraig : i.e. Patrick's raiment. This OUaiD DO CimchaL him blianaiN. '™' probably a garment preserved in some old church near Lough Ncagh. " A Prayer for Tuathd Hua Ilurainr ^^^ ^^^ gg^ ^j. ^^^ ^^^^j^ ^j. ^^^ p^^^ j^^^, >■ Ath-Luain : i. e. the Ford of Luan. Now ters corresponds with 899 of the Annals of 4 B 554 QHwaca Rioshachca eiReaww. [896. 065 m\\ mbeirh i nsalap pooa. l?ian, mac bpuaoaip, do TTia]ibac>li la ^allaib. TTlojióal occ Qcluain eriji piilann, mac Tilaileclilainn, -| Cacal, mac Concu- baip, "] Caral do rocVic I11 ccaij piainn pop comaqice pamca Ciapóin, gup bo prnpacb Don pij laparii. Opgain Cille Dapa la ^allaib. Cpech la Laijnib pop Oppaijib, CO po mapbaó arm buaóacb, mac Qilella. Qoip Cpiopc, ochr ccéD nocbar a pé. Qn picfcmaóbbaóain Dophlann. Capóc, mac TTIailcpóin, abb QchaiD biopoip, Décc. TTlaolbpeapail, mac ITlaoloopaiD, njeapna Ceneoil cConaill, do mapbaob bi car Sailcin la TTiupcbaD mac TTlaoileDúin, cijeapna Cene(5il 6o^ain. ClaomcluD pijb bi cCaipiol .1. Copbmac mac Cuileannám a nionaó CbinDjéjain .1. Pinnguine. ÍTlaolpuanaió, mac piainD, mic TTlaoilpeacnaill, do mapbaó (.1. a lopccab i crij reineaó) la Luijnib .1. la macaib Cfpnacoin, mic Uaibg, 1 la mac Lop- cáin, mic Cacail, njeapna TTlioe. Uopcaip Dna leó TDaolcpoin .1. araip Cainoelbain, mac Oorhnaill, njeapna Cbeneoil Laojaipe, conaó Do po pdibeaD, 111 Cfrain cpuaiD pcappupa, ppi TTiaolpuanaiD pan par, Dia OapDain jabupa céill, pop injnaip mic marap. (Ijiip Diibcuilinn, abb Ruip eacb, Uioppaicre, mac Nuaóar, abb Conoaipe, Lainoe Gla, -| Larpaij bpiuin, do écc. Oublacbcna, mac Ceipine, cijeapna Ua mbaippcbe, Déj. Qp ^all la bUlroib. Qoip Cpiopc, ocbc ccéD nocha a peocc. Ct baon picfc do pblann. pojapcacb, mac piamn, abb Carpaij bpiuin, -\ cijeapna porapc Ctipnp Lipe, Dé5. QiDiD, mac Cuijne, pi UlaD, do rhapbaó la a cenel péin .1. la Ulster, which notice the events of that year as name of Achadh-bliilair, and anglicc Aghaviller, • follows : situated near the hamlet of Newmarket, in the " A. D. 899. Pluvialis annus. Mac-Edi mac county of Kilkenny. The ruins of a round Lehlavar, King of Dalarai, mortuiis est. Great tower are to be seen at this place, which indi- ileaing of Chattle" \recte, great want of food for catesits ancient ecclesiastical importance, Tighe, cattle]. " Maenach mac Coevain, Abbot of in his Statistical Account of the Counti/ of Doiniliag, mortuns est. Teige, mac Conor, Kinge Kilkennij, conjectures that Aghaviller is a of" [the] " three Connaghts, extenso dolore, corruption of Achadh Oilithm-; but this is a mortuus est. Daniell, mac Constantine, King of mere silly guess by one who had no acquain- Scotlaud, mortuiis est." — Cod. Clarend., tom. 49- tance with the Irish annals or Irish literature, *■ Achadh-hiroir : i. e. Field of the Water- and who indulged in those wild etymological cresses, now called in Irish by the synonymous conjectures which characterize the Irish anti- 896.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 555 after a lingering sickness. Rian, son of Bruadair, was slain by the foreigners. A meeting at Ath-Luain between Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, and Cathal, son of Conchobhar ; and Cathal came into the house of Flann under the protection of the clergy of Ciaran, so that he was afterwards obedient to the king. The plundering of Cill-dara by the foreigners. A prey was taken by the Leinster- men from the Osraighi, on which occasion Buadhach, son of Ailell, was slain. The Age of Christ, 896. The twentieth year of Flann. Caroc, son of Maelcron, Abbot of Achadh-biroir^ died. Maelbreasail, son of Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, was slain in the battle of Sailtin^ by MiU'chadh, son of Maelduin, lord of Cinel-Eoghain. A change of kings at Caiseal, i. e. Cormac, son of Cuileannan, in the place of Cennghegan, i. e. Finguine. Maelruanaidh, son of Flann, son of Maelseachnaill, was killed (i. e. he was burned in a house set on fire), by the Luighne, i. e. by the sons of Cearnachan, son of Tadhg, and by the son of Lorcan, son of Cathal, lord of Meath. They also slew IMaelcroin (the father of Caindelbhan), son of Domhnall, lord of Cinel-Laeghaire ; of which was said : On a hard Wednesday I parted with Maelruanaidh the nobly gifted, On Thursday I began to think on being without my father's son. And Dubhchuilinn, Abbot of Ros-each ; Tibraide, son of Nuadhat, Abbot of Connor, Lann-Eala, and Laithreach-Briuin, died. Dubhlachtna, son of Ceirine, lord of Ui-Bairrche, died. A slaughter was made of the foreigners by the Ulidians. The Age of Christ, 897. The twenty-first year of Flann. Fogartach, son of Flann, Abbot of Laithreach-Briiun, and lord of Fotharta-Airthir-Lifc, died. Aididh, son of Luighne, King of Ulidia, was slain by [one of] his own tribe, c|uarics of the last century. sonn of Lorcan, mac Cahail, where many nobles ' Sailtin. — See note ^', under A. 1). 125G. were slaine, .i. Maelcron, son of DanieU, Kinge The year 896 of the Annals of the Four of Kindred- Loeaire, and the prince of Rossech, Masters corresponds with 900 of the Annals of viz., Duvcuilinn, and many more, and all pe- Ulster, which give the events of that year, thus : rished through daigV [conflagration]. " Tibradi, " A. D. 900. Maelruannai mac Flainn, mic mac Nuad, Archinech Conuire, and of other Moilsechlainn, heyre apparent of Ireland, killed cities, .i. Lainn-Ela, and Lahrach Briuin. A by Lenster" [rede, by the Luighni, or inhabi- change of Kings in CaissUl, .i. Cormac mac Cui- tants of the barony of Lune, in Meath], " viz., lennan, in place of Cingegain, .i. Finguine." — by the sonns of Cernachan, mac Teig, and by the Cod. Clarend., torn. 49- 4b2 556 awHaca Rio^hachca emeaNN. [Sgs. ITlaelbaiiitie. pionnjuine .^. Cfnngfsain, pi TiluTrian, Do rhapBaó la a cenél péin. lonDapbaoh ^all a h6]iinn, a longpopr Qra cliac la Ceapball, mac TTluipejein, -| la Laijmb, la maolpinnia co pfpaib bpfj imme, co papccaib- pioc Dpécra mopa Dia longaibli Dia neip,-] co neplaipfr leafriiapB rap nnuip. Ounjal, mac Cfpbaill, do juin la Laoijip. Cache pop ^allaib Ctcha cliar in Imp imc Neacbcain. pogapracli, mac piainD, 065. Cacupach mac pfp- ^iipa, ranaippi abbaDli QpDo Ulacha, do écc. Qoip Cpiopr, ochc ccéD noclia a bocr. Qn Dapa bliaóain picbfc do pblann. Caencorhpac Inpi GnDoiifi, eppcop *] abb Lujmaió, aim Qenacain, mic Gccfpcaij, 1 Oúnaóai^, mic Gccepcai^ ó ccac Ui Cbuinn na mbocbc, 065 an cpeap la picfc luli. Suaipleacb, anjcoipe "] eppcop Upeóir, TTlaol- ciapám, abb Uipe Da glap, -\ Cliiana beiDnfcb, Qilill, mac Qongupa, abb Cille Cuilinn, Copccpacb, ppip a pence cpuajan, angcoipe Inpi Cealcpa, r^uacbal, ancoipe, 065. ScanDal Cije Telle, Qilill l?ara eppcoip, ajup T?eachcabpa Ropa Cpé, Dej. Caencompac na nuarh i nlnip bo pinne, Dég. TTlaolpinnia, mac piannaccáin, rijfpna bpf^, laecb ipipeac cpaibóeacb epioe. Qp Dia écc po páiófD, TTlac Oeapbail aj báij ap bpfjiriach, bpipiD jacb DÓil gan Dolbach, TTlaol pial pinnia popoll paobpac, eo puaD po 50pm pojlacb. ■^ Were besieged. — This might be translated, e>/ or ei denotes island. The same people trans- " were hemmed in, or reduced to great straits." lated, remodelled, or altered the names of other " Inis-mic-Neachtain This is a mistake of islands near Dublin, as Ddk-ey, for the Deilg- the Four Masters for Imp mac Nerain, Island inis of the Irish ; Lamb-ey for Inis-Reachrainn, of the sons of Nesan, now Ireland's Eye, near &c. &c. the hill of Howth, in the county of Dublin. The year 897 of the Annals of the Four This island was originally called Inis-Ereann, Masters corresponds with 901 of the Annals of i. e. Eria's Island, which is the name given in Ulster, which notice the events of that year as the Dinnsennchus ; afterwards Inis-mac-Nes- follows : sain, from Dicholla, Munissa, and Nadsluagh, "A. D. 901. Finguine, Kinge of Cassill, a three sons of Nessan, who erected a church sociis suis occisus est per dolum. The expiilsion upon it. — See Colgan's Acta Sanctorum, p. 609- of Gentyles out of Ireland, viz., those that en- The modern name of Ireland's Eye is incor- camped at Dublin, by Maelfinnia mac Flannagan, rectly translated Ocrdiis Iliberida; by Ussher in with the men of Bregh, and by Carroll O'Muri- \ús Primordia, p. 961, {or Insula Hibernia;. This gan, with Leinstermen, that they left" [behind] name, which is a translation of Inis-Ereann, " a great fleete of their shippes ; many escaped was given it by the Danes, in which language half dead after they were broken and wounded. 898.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. .557 i. e. by Maelbairne. Finguine, i^ e^ Cenngeagain, King of Munster, was slain by his own tribe. The expulsion of the foreigners from Ireland, from the for- tress of Ath-cliath, by Cearbhall, son of Muirigen, and by the Leinstermen ; by Maeliinnia, with the men of Breagh about him ; and, leaving great numbers of their ships beliind them, they escaped half dead across the sea. Dunghal, son of Cearbhall, was mortally wounded by [the people of] Laeighis. The foreigners of Ath-cliath were besieged'' on Inis-mic-Neachtaiu''. Foghartach, son of Flann, died. Cathasach, son of Fearghus, Tanist-abbot of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 898. The twenty-second year of Flann. Caenchomrac of Inis-Endoimh^, Bishop and Abbot of Lughmhadh, the tutor of Aenagan, son of Eigeartach, and of Dunadhach, son of Eigeartach, from whom are descended the Ui-Cuinn na mBocht, died on the twenty-third day of July. Suairleach, anchorite and Bishop of Treoit ; Maelciarain, Abbot of Tir-da-ghlas, and Cluain-eidhneach ; Ailell, son of Aenghus, Abbot of Cill-Cuilinn ; Cosgrach, who was called Truaghan^, anchorite of Inis-Cealtra; [and] Tuathal, anchorite, died. Scannall of Teach-Teille ; Ailill of Rath-Epscoip*"; and Reachtabhra of Ros-Cre, died. Caenchomhrac, of the caves of Inis-bo-iine, died. Maelfinniu, son of Flannagan, lord of Breagh, who was a religious, devout layman, [died]. Of his death was said : The son of Dearbhail, battling over Breaghmhach, disperses each meeting without delay. The generous Maeliinnia, the great, the fierce, most illustrious most valiant hero. Fogartacli mac Flainn, prince of Latliracli- " O nac maipeann pecipra an plair ip tne an Briuin, mortutijs est." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49- cpuajún do caic a Ion, ' Inis-Endoimh. — Now Inisenagh, in Lough CI j-Cluuin Chiupúin mic an cpaoip, biuió Rec, near Lanesborough See note ', under mipe gac laoi po Bpon." ■ ■ ■ " Since no longer lives the prince, 1 am the ^ TTuaqhan: i. e. the Meagre. Dr. O'Conor , , , . i • . . ^* " trudgliaii who spent Ins store, translates this passages: "Coscrachus a quo ^^ ^.^^^.^ Chiarain-mic-an-tsaeir, I shall be dicitur Turris anachoretica Insular Celtra;;" daily under sorrow." but this is undoubtedly incorrect. The word cpua^ún is still used in the south of Ireland — See Petrie's Inquiry into the Orif/in and Usei to denote a poor, miserable person. It is thus of the Round Towers of Ireland, pp. 49, 50. used in Mac Coisi's elegy on the death of Sean '' Itaih-Epscoip : i. e. Rath or Fort of the Fearghal O'Ruairc : Bishop, now Rathaspick, near the village of 558 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [899. bar urhal pi yieim gan jabaó, aiiDcU oy Garhna oenaij, peap ao peioim cen baojal, bá piu Gpinn a aonap. TTiaolpinnia, pfp cen hualla, coinnDi 6peaj, bpeó Dap Dinna, Ct Dealboha pi pogacli pacli, 5opmpeap copacb, cachlonn conna. Laocb pi bpoja buillibaip, co rpáijli mapa múchcaip jell, TTlonuap cen TTiaolpinnia pial happi an jpian ppi nicha nell. Ouib^iolla, mac Giccippceóil, njeapna Ua cCeinnpealaij, CinneiDij, mac ^aoichine, cijeapna Laijhpi, "] na cComan, Qinoiappaib mac TTlaol- muipe cijeapna Uuipl'ie oécc. Ciapán, mac Oiingbal, njeapna TTlupcpaije, DO mapBaDb la a mumcip péin. Conlijan, mac Copcpáin, Do mapbaDli a noiojail CinDgejain. Ceallacli, mac Saepjiipa, ancoipi, -] eppcop Ctpoa TTlaclia, do écc. Qoip Cpiopr, oclir cceD nocha anaoi. Qn cpeap bliaóain picbfc do phlann. Oun^al, mac baeinne, abb -] eppcop ^linne Da loclia, Coipppe Cpom, eppcop Cluana mic Noip. Qp do ruapccaib ppiopac maoilpfclainn, mic TTlaolpiianaió cfno. lopepTi Locha Con, abb Cluana mic Nóip do Uib piachpach an cuaipceipc a cenel. piann, mac Conaill, abb Imlecba lubaip, Crnnpaolaó.mac Copbmaic, aipcinneacli Qchaió úip, Po5apcach,mac TTIaoil- Dopaib, njeapna Ceneoil Conaill, Do ruicim mo jai péin,-] a écc óé, conab DO DO páiDfó, T?uipe echcach Gappa T?uaió, immo cceccpaicip mop pliiaij, Qpp lb D15 mbáip baejlach pé, lap ccpÓDli iií lepe (.1. Cpiopc). Rathowen, in the barony of Bloygoish, and Annals of Ulster, which give the events of that county of Westmeath. In O'Clery's Irish Ca- year as follows : lendar, at I6th February, this place is called " A. D. 902. Caeinchorak, Bushop and prince \iaé na neappoj, i. e. Fort of the Bishops. of Lugmai ; Maelciarain, abbot of Tyrdaglas ' Battle ofNiidl. — Dr. O'Conor adds here two and Cloneigne ; and Cellach, mac Saergusa, quatrains more, from a totally different poem, anchorite and Bushopp of Ardmach, in pace but as these are not found in the Dublin copies, dormiemnt. Maelfinnia, mac Flannagan, Rex and as they relate to a chief of Laeighis, not to Breagh, religiosus laicus, mortuus «ti. Ceinnedi, Maelfinnia, the Editor has thought it proper to mac Gaeihin, King of Lease ; Ainniarai, mac omit them, as a blunder of Dr. O'Conor's. Maelmuri, King of Turbi, mortui sunt. Occisio '' Tuirbhe. — Now Turvey, near the village of Treoid by Maelmihi, mac Flannagan, and by Donabate, in the county of Dublin. Aengus, Maelsechlainn's cosen" [nepotem Mael- The year 898 of the Annals of the Four sechnaill], "by the advice of Maelsechlin." — Masters corresponds with the year 902 of the Cod. C/arend., torn. 49. 899] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 559 Fit was he to be a king of cloudless reign, high chief over Earahain of fairs ; A man, I assert it without fear, who was alone worthy of liaving all Ireland. Maeliinnia, a man without haughtiness, lord of Breagh, a torch over the fortresses ; He of royal countenance, most highly gifted, a famed just man, a prudent battle-prop. The heroic king of heavy blows, even to the sea-shore he won the wager; Alas that the generous Maeliinnia is not a sun over the battle of Niall'. Duibhghilla, son of Edirsgeal, lord of Ui-Ceinnsealaigh ; Cinneidigh, son of Gaeithin, lord of Laighis and of the Comanns; Ainniarraidh, son of Maelmuire, lord of Tuirbhe''; Ciaran, son of Dunghal, lord of Muscraighe, was slain by his own people. Conligan, son of_Corcran,.was,slain in. .revenge of Ceanngegau. Ceallach, son of Saerghus, anchorite, and Bishop of Ard-Macha, died. The Age of Christ, 899. The twenty-third year of Flann. Dunghal, son of Baeithin, Abbot and Bishop of Gleann-da-locha, [died]. Cairbre Crom, Bishoj) of Cluain-mic-Nois, [died] ; it was to him the spirit of Maelseachlainn shewed itself. Joseph of Loch-Con, Abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, of the tribe of the northern Ui-Fiachrach ; Flann, son of Conall, Abbot of Imleach-Ibhair ; Ceann- faeladh, son of Cormac, Airchinneach, of Achadh-ur"" [died]. Fogartach, son of Maeldoraidh, lord of Cinel-Conaill, fell upon his own javelin, and died of it [the wound] ; of whom was said : The great-deeded chieftain of Eas-Ruaidh, about whom great hosts used to assemble. He took a Lethiferous drink dangerous truly, after persecuting the descendant of Jesse (i. e. Christ). ' Shewed itself ; cutipj^aiB ceann : literally p. 599, n. 8. " raised its head." This is still the phrase For a long account of the conversation which used in Ulster to denote the apparition or risinj is said to have taken place between this bishoji of a ghost. This passage is translated by Colgan and the spirit of King Maelsechlainn, or JNIa- as follows : lachy I., see the gloss to the Feilire-Aenguis, at "Anno salutis S. Corpnti.s Curvus Episcopus 6th March ; and Colgan's Acta Sanctonim at tlu- de Cluain-mic-nois obiit : cui appaniit spiritm same day, p. 508. Malachice Jilii MaelruanaciV — Acta Sanctorum, "" Achadh-w — Now Freshford, in the county 560 aNNQta íJio^hachca eiReaHN, [900. TTIacleijinn, mac bpuaoaip, cijeaiina 'muycpai?;e bpeo^am, 065. Cion- aeó, mac TTlaeljiuanaiD, "] Q0Ó, mac lol^uine, plair Ua mbaipyice, 00 mapbaó na nnip la Cfnouban, mac Tílaelecáin. Pubraó, mac ITiupchaóa, njeajma Ua Cpiorhclianriam, 065. pupbaiDi, mac Cmlennain, njeapna Ua Poip- ceallain, do juin. bpuaicfo mac piaicbeapraicb, cijeaiina CopcomD]iua6, oég. Sápuccaó Cfnannpa la piann mac TTIaoileaclainTi, pop Dhonncaó pop a mac poóéin, "j pocbaióe ile do óicfnDab ann Don cup pin. Qoip Cpiopr, naoi ccéo. Qn cfrparhaD bliaoain picbfc Do pblanc. TTlaolcianan, mac poipcceipn, eppcob Lamne Léipe, Liocan, abb Uuama Da llualann, piannacon Ua Lonctin, abb ler TTlocaemocc, Duban, abb Cille Dopi, "] Laccnan, abb peapna, Deg. OiapmaiD, mac Cfpbaill, Do lonDapbaó a piji Oppaije, 1 Ceallacb, mac CeapbaiU, Do piogliabcap a éip. Oileacli Ppigpeann Do opgain do ^liallaib. Imnipi cara ecip Da mac QoDa pinnleir .1. Oomnall -| Niall ceo po coipmipcceaó rpia impiDe Ceneóil Gojjain. TTlaiom pia cCeallac, mac CeapbaiU, -| pia nOppaijib pop Gilib -| TTliip- cpaijib, 1 ccopcaip c;r. im Ubecbcejan, mac Uamnacháin im cijeapna nGli -] pochaiDe lie. QilppiD, pij po opDneab pfclic, -] péneacliup na Sa;ran, -] an pij bub mo echc, poipglije 5aoip "| cpabab do pijaib Sajran, Dég. Cfoip Cpiopr, naoi ccéo a haon. Qn cúigeaD bliaóain pichfc Do piilann. InDpeacbrach, macOobailen, abbbfiiDcaip, Décc, an peipeaólá pichfcQppil, Dia nebpan, of Kilkenny. — See note «, under A. D. 622, mortuus est. Kells forcibly entered by Mael- p. 244, supra. sechlainn, upon Doncha, his o-n-ne sonn, and " Miiscraighe-Breogain. — A territory now com- many were killed about the oratory" [ct muUi prised in the barony of Clanwilliam, in the south- decollati sunt circa Oraloriurn]. " Dungall, Bu- west of the county of Tipperary. sliopp and prince of Glindaloch, vitam scnilem in " Ui-Foirchcallain. — Now OfferrUan, a large Christo finivit. Ivar O'Hivair killed by the men parish near Mountrath, in the Queen's County, of Fortren, with a great slaghter about him. This was the name of a tribe, and became that Flann mac Conell, Abbot of Imlech-lvair, mor- of the district, according to the ancient Irish tuus est." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. usage. The ancient name of the plain in which ■' Oileach-Frigreann — Otherwise written Ai- this tribe was seated was Magh-Tuathat. leach-Frigreinn, now Elagh, near Lough Swilly, The year 899 of the Annals of the Four Mas- in the barony of Inishowen, and county of ters corresponds with 903 of the Annals of Donegal — See note s, under A. D. 674, p. 284, Ulster, which notice the events of that year supra. briefly as follows : '' Domhnall.—lle. was King of Aileach. Ac- "A. D. 903. Joseph, Abbot of Clon-mic-Nois, cording to Peregrine O'Clery's genealogical 900.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 561 Macleiglainn, son of Bruadair, lord of Muscraighe-Breogain", died. Cinaedh, son of Maelruanaidh, and Aedh, son of Ilguine, chief of Ui-Bairrche, were both slain by Ceandubhan, son of Maelecan. Fublithadh, son of Murehadh, lord of Ui-Crimhthainn, died. Fvirbuidhi, son of Cuileannan, lord of Ui-Foircheallain", was mortally wounded. Bruaideadh, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corcam- druadh, died. The profanation of Ceanannas by Flann, son of Maelseachlainn, against Donnchadh, his own sou ; and many others were beheaded on that occasion. The Age of Christ, 900. The twenty-fourth year of Flann. Maelcianain, son of Fortchern, Bishop of Lann-Leire ; Litan, Abbot of Tuaim-da-ghualann ; Flannagan Ua Louain, Abbot of Liath-Mochaenihog ; Dubhan, Abbot of Cill- dai'a ; and Lachtnan, Abbot of Fearna, died. Diarmaid, son of Cearbhall, was driven from the kingdom of Osraighe ; and Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, was made king in his place. Oileach-Frigreann" was plundered by the foreigners. A challenge of battle between the two sons of AedhFinn-liath, i. e. Domhnall'' and Niall ; but it was prevented by the intercession of the Cinel-Eoghain. A battle was gained by Ceallach, son of Cearbhall, and by the Osraighi, over the Eili and the Muscraighi'', in which fell one hundred and ten persons, among whom was Techtegan, son of Uamnachan, lord of Eili, and many others [of distinction]. Alfred^ the king, who instituted the laws and ordinances of the Saxons, and who was the most distingidshed for prowess, wisdom, and piety, of the Saxon kings, died. The Age of Christ, 901. The twenty-fifth year of Flann. Innreachtach, son of Dobhailen, Abbot of Beannchair, died on the twenty-sixth day of April ; of whom was said : work, this Domlmall was the ancestor of the The year 900 of the Annals of the Four Feara-Droma, or Ui-Eathach-Droma-Lighcan, Masters corresponds with 904 of the Annals of who, after the establishment of hereditary sur- Ulster, which notice but few of the events of names, took that of O'Donghaile, now O'Don- that year, as follows : nelly Sec note ^, under A. D. 876, p. 524. " A. D. 904. Maelciarain mac Fortchirn, ' The Muscraighi : i. e. the inhabitants of Bushop of Laiuu-Lere, in /)ace (^MíCfií. An army Muscraigbe-Thire, now the baronies of Upper by Flann, mac Maeilsechlainn, into Ossory. and Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary. Lachtnan, abbot of Ferna, mortuus est. A de- • Alfred. — According to the Saxon Chronicle, termination of battle between the two sons of King Alfred died in the year 901, six days Hugh, viz., Daniell and Nell, untill Kindred before the Mass of All Saints. Owen prevented them." — Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. 4c 562 awNQi-a Rioghachca eiReawN. [902. a liaon rjii ceo caola cuip, ó ecfecc Corhjaill 6eannc1nii]i, Co jié ]ioeTiai6 iiuaiicap ngle Inpecraij aijio oiyiDnioe. niaolpoil, abb Spuriia ^imipe, pupaópan, mac ^ap^oi"' ppióip Cille hQchaio, 065. Cell, mac Upruili, ppioip Qchaio bo Cainoij, eigneacan, mac Dólaij, mic TTluipceapcaij, cijeapna Ceneoil Conaill, 065. Qp Dia écc aopubpaoh, Ccc ip einj popaccaib pluaja paijfp lap pecaib, TTla po claoiDenn pi peirpech, mop bach Cccneacli 1 néjaib. Cccneach ba oooams Dóccaib, pi Ceiniuil Conaill céoaij, Dippan jnúip cpéóbáp míbenD po cuinn ipfnn lap néccaib. Inopeaclicach bfnocaip buibnij, Ciapmac ^abpa jaipm pobpaij. piano peabail, pial ppi oobainj, Gccneach pil Conaill caingnij. piann, mac Oomnaill, pioamna an cuaipceipc, oécc. Ciapmacán, mac piainnabpac I1U1 Dunabaij, njjeapna Ua Conaill ^abpa, 065. CiapoDap, mac CpunDiTiaoil,ci5eapnaLIa pdmeba, LaiÓ5nen,mac OonnajáinjCijeapna pfpniiiaije, 00 rhapbaoli. rnuipfDhacb, mac Oomnaill, pijbamna Lgijean, po juin 1 ccipib nriuman,-] a écc. TTIuDan, mac Oonnjaile, cijeapna Copca Lai^Oe, 065. Sloijfb la piann mac TTlaoilpfclilainn, -| la Cfpball, mac ITiiiipejain, co piopa rilurhan, 50 po hionnpaó leó ó ^liobpan 50 Luimneac. ^laippini, mac Uippeni, cijeapna Ua lllaccaille, oéj. Qoip Cpiopc, naoi ccéo a oó. Qn peipeao bliabain pichfc 00 piilann. Colmán,pcpibni6 1 eppcop Doimliacc,-) Lupcan, pep^il, eppcop pinoabpacli, 1 abb Inoeiónén, "] piann, mac Oenacam, abb Lupcan, 065. piann, mac piaicbfpcaij, cijeapna Copca ITloópuaó, oég. Slóijlieaó peap TTluTfian ló ' Froin the death of Comhgcdl. — Comhgall died ' From Gohhran to LuimiKach : i. e. from in the year 600. — See p. 225, supra. Gowran to Limerick. " Sruthair-Guaire. — Now Shruie, to the east ^ Ui-3Iaccaille Now the barony of Iiuokilly, of Sleaty, on the River Barrow, near the town in the county of Cork. ofCarlow SeeColga,n'sActa Sa7ictor2im,i>. '.i\3. The year 901 of the Annals of the Four note 1 1 ; and also A. D. 864, p. 50 1 , supra, where Masters corresponds with 905 of the Annals of Sruthair, Slebhte, and Acha- Arglais, now Agha, Ulster, which notice a few of the events of that a parish church in the barony of Idrone, county year as follows : of Carlow, are referred to as not far asunder. " A. D. 905. Flann, mac Domnallan, heyre of " Ui-Felmedha. — Now the barony of Ballagh- the Northern" [country], ^'- martinis est. Egna- keen, in the county of Wexford. — See note "', chan, mac Daly, King of Kindred-Conell, mor- under A. D. 1381. tmisest. An army by Flann, mac Macilsechlainn, 902] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. .563 One and three hundred fair revolving years from the death of Conih- gall' of Beannchair, To the period of the happy death of the great illustrious Innreachtach. Maelpoil, Abbot of Sruthair-Guaire" ; [and] Furadhran, son of Garbhan, Prior of Gill- Achaidh, died. Celi, son of Urthuili, Prior of Achadh-bo-Cainnigh ; [and] Eigneachan, son of Dalach, son of Muircheartach, lord of Cinel-Conaill. died. Of his [Eignechan's] death was said : Death has left destitute the hosts who seek after precious gifts, If it has changed the colour of a potent king ; great grief that Eigneuch has died. Eigneach, who was the sternest of youths, King of the populous Cinel-Conaill ; Alas that his shrunken, colourless face is below the surface of the clay in death. Innreachtach of populous Beannchair, Ciarmhac of Gabhra of great renown, Flann Feabhail, generous and resolute, Egneach of Sil-Conaill of the good councils. Flann, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of the North, died. Ciarmhacan, suu of Flannabhra Ua Dunadhaigh, lord of Ui-Conaill-Gabhra, died. Ciarodhar, son of Crunnmhael, L^rd of Ui-Felmedha'^; [and] Laidhgnen, son of Donnagan, lord of Fearmhagh, were slain. Muireadhach, son of Domhnall, heir apparent of Leinster, was wounded in the country of Munster, and died. ]\Iudan, son of Donnghal, lord of Corca-Laighdhe, died. An army was led by Flann, son. of Maelseachlainn, and by Cearbhall, son of Muireagan; and they plundered from Gobhran to Luimneach^ Glaissini, son of Uisseni, lord of Ui-Maccaille-', died. The Age of Christ, 902. The twenty-sixth year of Flann. Colman, scribe and Bishop of Daimliliag and Lusca; Ferghil'', Bishop of Finnabhair, and Abbot of Indeidhncn ; and Flann, son of Oenacan, Abbot of Lusca, died. Flann, son of Flaithbheartach, lord of Corca-Modhruadh, died. Au army of the men of into Mounster, that he prayoJ from Gavran to ■ Ferghil. — This name is usually latinized Lymrick. Ciarmac, King ol' Figintus," [and] Virgilius. The death of Virgilius, an Abbot of ■"Innrechtach, Abbot of Bcnchar, //!or/«i ,?»«<." the Scots, is noticed in the Saxon Chronicle Cod. Clarend., torn. 49. under the year 90.5. 4c 2 * 564 aNNQca Rio^hachca eiReawN. [902. Copbmac, mac Cuilennain, 1 la piaicbfpcach 50 TTlaig Lena. Uionoilpfr Lfch Cuinn ina nDócom ano pin im piann, mac TTlaoiirclainn.i peaprap each ecoppa, CO po rhenbaio pop LCr Chuinn, "] 00 pocaip ann TTlaolcpaoibe Ua Cafalmn. Slóijheab oile láCopbmac,-] let piairbeapcach pop Uib NéiU an Deipceipc, ajup pop Connachcoib, co cruccpac ^lalla Connachc ina ccoblaijib mópaibh lap Sionainn, -] aipccrfp innpeana Cocha l?ib leo. •^ Magh-Lena Now Jloylena, alias Kilbride, Ulster, which notii.e a few of the events of that a parish comprising the town of Tullamore, in year as follows : the King's County. — See p. 105, supra. "A. D. 906" [(lUas 007]. " Colman scriba. The year 902 of the Annals of the Four Episcopus Doimliag et Lusca, in pace quievit. Masters corresponds with 906 of the Annals of Fergall, Bushopp of Finnurach," [Episcopus 902.] ANNALS OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. 565 Minister was led by Cormac, son of Cuileaiinaii, and Flaithblieartach, to Magh- Lena"". The [people of] Leath-Cliuinn collected against tlieni thither about Flann, son of Maelseachlainn; and a battle was fought between them, in which the [people of] Leath-Chuinn were defeated, and Maelcraeibhe Ua Cathalaiu was slain. Another army was led by Cormac and Flaithbheartach against the Ui-Neill of the South, and against the Connaughtmen ; and they carried away the hostages of Connaught in their great fleets on the Sliannon, and the islands of Loch Ribh were plundered by them. Findubrach, i. e. Bishop of Finnabhair — Ed.] finivit. Annus morlaliiatis. Duvsinna, mac Elge, "and prince o{ Email, vitam .••cnilem in Christo kinge of Magh-Iha, ?íir/í'íuMS «i." DUE DATE ^r-r\ n f\ M JQI SEP •■'>" SEP 2 ,?fl!» MAY 2 9 wt lU-'^ t-. ' APR 11' 994 * .a I eix FEBlSt^J «^ • r-j »' C EB^S^^J^ Í > b»./i r I.»' Printed in USA 941.5 Aii72 1 l' o X> in •!;!^ i.l'H mmiiiiim Amnmm