23] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the 2nd of
24]
the moon; the age of the Lord thirty-four years, and a
hundred, and a thousand.
The same cow mortality again
25]
devastating Erinn, so that numbers of people were quite
26]
impoverished in every locality in Erinn.
Archu Ua Flaithbhertaigh,
27]
royal heir of Oilech, fell by the Cenel-Conaill
28]
in a battle-breach.
Donnchadh Ua Conchobhair, king
29]
of Uí-Failgne, and Maelsechlainn, his father's son,
engaged
30]
in conflict, and fell by each other.
A hosting by Mac
31]
Murchadha and the Lagenians, into Osraighe; but the
32]
Osraighe encountered then and committed a slaughter of
A slaughter of the Osraighe, and
3]
of the Foreigners of Port-Lairge, was committed by Mac
4]
Murchadha and the Lagenians, in revenge for the aforesaid
5]
slaughter.
Imhar Ua hAedhagain, the man by
6]
whom the Regles of Paul and Peter at Ard-Macha was
7]
erected, died on his pilgrimage at Rome.
Donnchadh,
8]
son of Murchadh Ua Briain, was slain, together with his
9]
son, by the people of Des-Mumha.
A great murrain in
10]
hoc anno.
11] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the 13th of
12]
the moon; the age of the Lord thirty-five years, and a
13]
hundred, and a thousand.
Maelmordha Ua Conchobhair,
14]
king of Uí-Failghe, was killed by his own
brother.
Echri
15]
Ua Taidhg, king of Feara-Lí, with his brother, and with
16]
his wife, was smothered in a cave by the
Uí-Tuirtre.
17] Ruaidhri O'Canannain, king of Cenel-Conaill, a war-like,
18]
defensive man, of charity and humanity, was
19]
slain by the men of Magh-Itha, viz., by Maelruanaidh
20]
O'Cairellan, and by Clann-Diarmada.
Doire-Choluim-Chille,
21]
with its churches, was burned on the 3rd of the
22]
kalends of April.
Cluain-Iraird, and Rath-Luraigh, and
23]
Cenannus, and many other churches, ab igne
24]
dissipatae sunt.
A great number of the men of Des-Mumha fell by
25]
those of Tuadh-Mumha, on the causeway of
Cluain-caein-Modhimog,
26]
where Finghuine Ua Caeimh, king of Glennanmach,
27]
and Mathghamhain Ua Donnchadha, king of
28]
Cenel-Laeghaire, and Aedh Ua Conchobhair, king of Corcumruaidh,
29]
and Maelgorm Ua Rinn, and the son of Lochlainn
30]
Ua Cinaedha of the Uí-Maccaille, et alii
plurimi,
31]
were slain.
Cumara, moreover, the son of Cumara, son of
32]
Domhnall, king of Uí-Caisin, fell in the mutual
wounding.
33] Hanrico, son of William, king of the French, Saxons,
34]
and Britons, died.
Consecration of Cormac's church.
1] Aedh Ua Cellaigh, king of Uí-Maine,
mortuus est.
Aedh
2]
Mac Coghlan mortuus est.
3] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 24th of
4]
the moon; the age of the Lord thirty-six years, and a hundred,
5]
and a thousand; bissextilis annus, et embolismus
6]
annus; positus hujus anni non frequenter accidit,
viz.:
7]
Shrove Sunday fell on the 9th day of spring;
Easter
8]
Sunday on the 11th of the kalends of April; Ascension
9]
Thursday on the day before May-day, and Whit
Sunday
10]
on the tenth day of summer.
Robhartach Ua Cellaigh,
11]
airchinnech of Fathan-mór, in poenitentia mortuus est.
12] Domhnall, son of Muirchertach Ua Briain, died in pilgrimage
13]
at Lis-mór.
Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Mac
14]
Lachlainn, king of Oilech, and royal heir of Erinn, was
15]
slain by the men of Magh-Itha, in treachery, at an
16]
assembly, on Monday, the 8th of the kalends of June.
17] Aedh, son of Toirdhelbhach Ua Conchobhair, was
18]
blinded by his own brother.
The victory of Finnabhair
19]
was gained over Aedh, son of Domhnall Ua
Conchobhair,
20]
and over Tadhg Ua Cellaigh, and over the Uí-Maine,
21]
ubi cecidit Conchobhar Ua Cellaigh, father
of Tadhg,
22]
et alii multi.
Conchobhar, son of Toirdhelbhach, and the
23]
Síl-Muiredhaigh victores
fuerunt.
24] The kalends of January on the 6th feria, the 5th of the
25]
moon; the age of the Lord thirty-seven years, and a hundred,
and a thousand.
A tremendous storm of wind on
26]
the day before the festival of the Sprinkling of Water,
27]
which prostrated many forests and churches in Erinn.
28] Domhnall Ua Conaing,
29]
chief bishop of Leth-Mogha, pillar of piety,
30]
and wisdom, and prayer, and of the presentation
31]
of food and treasures to the poor and mighty,
in bona senectute dormivit.
A great colic disease in
32]
Erinn generally, which killed many.
A hosting by the
A predatory
3]
hosting by Síl-Briain to the Ciarraighe, and they plundered
4]
territories and churches.
Domhnall Ua Maelsechlainn,
5]
royal heir of Erinn, a suis occisus
est.
Mór,
6]
daughter of Muirchertach Ua Briain, wife of Murchadh
7]
Ua Maelsechlainn, chief queen of Erinn, in
poenitentia
8]
mortua est.
A great scarcity in the province of Connacht,
9]
et multi mortui sunt ab ea.
Aedh, son of
10]
Domhnall Ua Conchobhair, occisus
est.
Domhnall Ua
11]
Dubhthaigh, bishop of Elphin, and comarb of Ciaran of
12]
Cluain-mic-Nois, apud Cluain-ferta-Brenainn quievit in
13]
Christo.
14] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the l6th of
15]
the moon; the age of the Lord thirty-eight years, and a
16]
hundred, and a thousand.
Mathghamhain O'Conchobhair,
17]
king of Ciarraighe, pillar of the dignity and glory of
18]
Leth-Mogha in presenting jewels and valuables, dormivit.
19] Lis-mór, and Cill-dara, and Tech-Moling, and
Sord-Choluim-Chille,
20]
were burned.
Maelruanaidh Ua Cairellain,
21]
kindling lamp of the north of Erinn as regards
22]
figure, understanding, and valour, was slain by the
Cenel-Moain.
23] Plundering of the North of Saxan by the men
24]
of Alba, who carried off countless captives, and numerous
25]
spoils.
Cormac, son of Mac Carthaigh, chief king of Des-Mumha,
26]
and bishop-king of Erinn in his time as regards
27]
piety, and the presentation of jewels and valuables to
28]
clerics and churches, and ecclesiastical riches, in books and
29]
utensils, to God, and [...] fell in treachery
3] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the 10th of
4]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy years,
and a
5]
hundred, and a thousand.
Conchobhar, son of Muirchertach
6]
Mac Lachlainn, king of Cenel-Eoghain, and royal
7]
heir of all Erinn, was slain by Aedh Bec Mac Cana, and by
8]
the Uí-Carragain, on Easter Saturday, in the middle of
9]
Trian-mór, at Ard-Macha.
Donnchadh Cennsealach
10]
O'Ceallaigh was slain by Lagenians.
Ath-cliath was spoiled by Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, and by pirates
11]
whom he brought with him from the east, to spoil Erinn,
12]
in retaliation for his expulsion beyond the sea from his
13]
own territory, and for his son having been slain.
They
14]
inflicted a slaughter, moreover, on the Foreigners of Ath-cliath
15]
and Port-Lairge, aad a countless slaughter was, however,
16]
inflicted on them.
Laighen, indeed, and Feara-Midhe
17]
were wasted by them, both churches and territories; and
18]
they occupied Ath-cliath and Port-Lairge on that
occasion.
19] A great, ungenerous deed was committed by the
20]
monk, son of the comarb of Finnen of Magh-bile, and
21]
by Maghnus, son of Donnsleibhe, king of Uladh, with the
22]
chieftains of Uladh, and the Ulidians besidesexcept
23]
Bishop Maelisa, and Gilladomhaingairt, son of Cormac,
On Tuesday, soon after,
24]
he was himself slain by his brother, in
Dún.
Diarmaid
25]
O'hAinfheth, king of Uí-Meith, and leader of the
26]
cavalry of the king of Oilech, was killed by the
men of a
27]
fleet which came from Innsi-hOrc, in the island which
28]
had been constructed by themselves in Loch-Ruidhe, i.e.
29]
Inis-Lachain.
Earl Stronghow came into Erinn with
30]
Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, to avenge his expulsion by
31]
Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach O'Conchobhair; and
32]
Diarmaid gave him his own daughter, and a part of his patrimony;
33]
and Saxon Foreigners have been in Erinn since
then.
1] The kalends of January on the 6th feria, the 22nd of
2]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-one years, and a
3]
hundred, and a thousand.
Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, king
4]
of the province of Laighen, after spoiling numerous churches
5]
and territories, died at Fernawithout the body of Christ,
6]
without penitence, without making a
willthrough the
7]
merits of Colum-Cille, and Finnen, and the other saints
8]
whose churches he had spoiled.
Axall Mac Torcaill, king
9]
of Ath-cliath, and hEoin from Innsi-hOrc, were slain by
10]
the same Foreigners.
Sadhbh, daughter of Gluniarainn
11]
Mac Murchadha, comarb of Brigid, died in penitence.
A victory was gained over Tighernan O'Ruairc, and the men
12]
of Midhe, and the men of Fernmhagh together, (viz.:the
13]
'victory of the ashes' secundum quosdam), on
the green of
14]
Ath-cliath, by Milo de Cogan with his people, in which a
15]
great number were slain along with Aedh O'Ruairc, i.e. the
16]
king of Uí-Briuin, and Machaire-Gaileng, and
Conmaicne.
17] There were also slain there five chieftains of the men of
18]
Fernmhagh, viz.:Maelmochta Mac Confeabhla, and
19]
Conchobhar, his brother, two chieftains of the
Cenel-Feradhaigh.
Feindidh O'Conghaile, lamp of valour and
20]
bravery of Oirghiall, mortuus
est.
21] Venit in Hiberniam Henricus potentissimus rex
Angliae,
22]
et idem dux Normanniae et Aquitaniae, et comes
23]
Andegaviae, et aliarum multarum terrarum dominus, cum
24]
ducentis .XL. navibus; and he came on shore at Port-Lairge,
25]
and took the hostages of Mumha; and he came
26]
afterwards to Ath-cliath, and took the hostages of Laighen,
27]
and of the men of Midhe, and the Uí-Briuin, and
Oirghialla,
28]
and Uladh.
Petrus, bishop of the Uí-Maine of Connacht,
29]
a pious monk, and a man of authority, was drowned
30]
in the Sinuinn on the 6th of the kalends of January.
A
18] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the 2nd of
19]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-two years, and a
20]
hundred, and a thousand.
The king of the Saxons departed
21]
from Erinn on Easter Sunday, after the celebration
22]
of mass.
Tighernan O'Ruairc, king of Breifne and Conmaicne,
23]
and a man of great power for a long time, was
24]
slain by Saxons, truly; and Domhnall, son of Annad
25]
of his Tighernan's own tribe, was along with them.
He
26]
was also beheaded by them, and his head and body were
27]
ignominiously carried to Ath-cliath. The head was placed
28]
over the door of the fortress, as a miserable spectacle for the
29]
Gaeidhel; the body was suspended, moreover with his feet
30]
upwards.
A victory was gained over the Cenel-Eoghain,
31]
by O'Maeldoraidh and the Cenel-Conaill, and
a great
32]
slaughter was inflicted on them. This event was, indeed,
33]
as a miracle on the part of the saints of the Lord, viz.:
The full visitation of the
3]
province of Connacht was brought, for the
fourth time,
4]
by Gillamoliag, comarb of Patrick, i.e. the primate of
5]
Erinn, to Ard-Macha.
Domhnall O'Ferghail, chief of
6]
Conmaicne, was slain by the people of the king of the
7]
Saxons.
Gilla-Aedha, bishop of Corcach, a man full of
8]
the grace of God, in bona senectute quievit.
9] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the l3th of
10]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-three years, and a
11]
hundred, and a thousand.
Muiredhach O'Cobhthaigh,
12]
bishop of Doire and Rath-both, and of all the north of
13]
Erinn; the son of chastity, and the precious stone, and the
14]
bright gem, and the brilliant star, and a treasury of
15]
wisdom, and a fruitful branch of the canon; after having
16]
bestowed food and clothes upon the poor; after having
17]
distributed numerous gifts to poets; after the triumph
18]
of devotion, and pilgrimage, and penitenceresigned his
19]
spirit to heaven in the Dubh-regles of Colum-Cille in
20]
Doire, on the 4th of the ides of February, in
sexta feria.
21] Great miracles were wrought in the night on which he
22]
died, viz.:the night was illumined from nocturns until
23]
cock-crow, and the ground was all in flames; and a large
24]
mass of fire ascended over the town, and proceeded
25]
towards the south-east; and all persons arose from their
26]
beds, imagining that it was day; and it was thus as far
27]
as the horizon, they thought.
A great depredation was
28]
committed by Aedh Mac Aenghusa and the Clann-Aedha,
29]
and they plundered Trian-mór; and this man was killed
30]
before the end of three months after he had plundered
31]
Ard-Macha;.
1] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the 24th of
2]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-four years, and
3]
a hundred, and a thousand.
Flann O'Gormain, chief lector
4]
of Ard-Macha, and of all Erinn, a learned, observant man
5]
in the Divine and worldly wisdom- after having been
6]
twenty-one years learning in France and in Saxon-land,
7]
and twenty years governing the schools of Erinn- died
8]
peacefully on the 13th of the kalends of
April, the Wednesday
9]
before Easter, .lxx aetatis suae
anno..
Maelpatraic
10]
O'Banáin, bishop of Condere and Dal-Araidhe, a venerable
11]
man full of sanctity, and of meekness, and of purity of
12]
heart, died full happily in Hi-Coluim-Cille, after a
13]
choice old age.
Gillamoliag, son of Ruaidhri, comarb
14]
of Patrick, archbishop and primate of Ard-Macha, and of
15]
all Erinn, a son of chastity, full of purity of heart, and of
16]
meekness, died happily on the 6th of the kalends of April,
17]
the Wednesday after Easter, in the 87th year of his age,
18]
and after having been thirty-seven years in the archiepiscopate;
19]
and this same illustrious man bad been sixteen
20]
years very honourably in the abbacy of Coluim-Cille, at
21]
Doire, before he obtained the comarbship of
Patrick.
22] Gillamochaibheo, abbot of the monastery of Peter and
23]
Paul at Ard-Macha, a diligent, faithful servant of the
24]
Lord, died on the 2nd of the kalends of April, in the 70th
25]
year aetatis
suae.
26] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 5th of the
27]
moon; the age of the Lord seventy-five years, and a hundred,
28]
and a thousand.
Flaithbhertach O'Brolchain,
29]
comarb of Colum-Cille, tower of wisdom and honour;
30]
a man to whom the clerics of Erinn gave a bishop's
31]
chair for his wisdom and goodness, and to whom the
32]
comarbsbip of Hi had been presented, died happily, after
2] Gillamoliac O'Branain was ordained in his place, in the
3]
comarbship of Colum-Cille.
A victory was gained over the
4]
Cenel-Enna, by Echmarcach O'Cathain and Niall O'Gairmledhaigh,
5]
and a great slaughter was inflicted on them.
6] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the l6th of
7]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-six years, and a
8]
hundred, and a thousand.
The Saxons were expelled
9]
from Luimnech by Domhnall O'Briain, by laying siege to
10]
them.
The daughter of the king of Oirghiall, i.e. Benmidhe,
11]
daughter of Donnchadh O'Cerbhaill, wife of
12]
Cumhuighe O' Floinn, queen of
Uí-Tuirtre and Feara-Lí,
13]
died.
The daughter of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, i.e.
14]
the wife of Flaithbhertach O'Maeldoraidh, was killed by
15]
the sons of O'Cairellain.
Fabhar and Cenannus were
16]
wasted by the foreigners, and by the Uí-Briuin.
Lughmhagh
17]
was wasted by the Saxons.
The castles of Gall
18]
and Cenannus in process of construction.
The Saxon
19]
Earl died in Ath-cliath of an ulcer which attacked his
20]
foot, through the miracles of Brighid and Colum-Cille, and
21]
the other saints whose churches he had spoiled.
The
22]
castle of Slane, in which was Richard Fleming with his
23]
forces, from which they were ravaging Oirghiall, and
24]
Uí-Briuin, and Feara-Midhe, was spoiled by Maelsechlainn,
25]
son of Mac Lachlainn, king of Cenel-Eoghain, and by the
26]
Oirghialla; on which occasion a hundred, or more, of the
27]
Foreigners were slain, besides the women, and children,
28]
and horses of the castle; so that no man escaped alive from
29]
the castle; and three castles in Midhe were deserted on
30]
the morrow, through fear of the Cenel-Eoghain, viz.:
31]
the castle of Cenannus, and the castle of Calatruim, and
29]
the castle of Daire-Patraic.
Cumhuighe O'Floinn, king
3] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the 27th of
4]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-seven years, and
5]
a hundred, and a thousand.
Dun-da-lethghlais was
6]
spoiled by John de Curci and the knights who came
7]
along with him; and they built a castle there, from which
8]
they gained a victory twice over the Ulidians, and a
9]
victory over the Cenel-Eoghain and over the Oirghialla,
10]
in which Conchobhar O'Cairellain, i.e. the chief of
Clann-Diarmada,
11]
was slain; and in which many other nobles
12]
were slain.
Conchobhar O'Cairellain, indeed, gained a victory
13]
over O'Maeldoraidh and the Cenel-Conaill, in which
14]
a great number of the Cenel-Enna were slain, along with
15]
the son of O'Serrigh, and many other chieftains
likewise.
16] Milo de Cogan, with his knights, was brought by Muirchertach,
17]
son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, to Ros-Comain,
18]
to spoil Connacht, through hatred towards his father.
19]
Connacht, truly, was thereupon burned.
Tuam, moreover,
20]
and the churches of the country, were destroyed,
21]
through hatred towards the Foreigners; and they, i.e.
22]
Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair and the men of Connacht along
23]
with him, gained a victory over the Foreigners, and
24]
drove them by force out of the country.
Ruaidhi O'Conchobhair,
25]
moreover, blinded his son afterwards, in revenge
26]
for this expedition.
Aedh O'Neill, i.e. king of Cenel-Eoghain
27]
for a time, and royal heir of all Erinn, was slain
28]
by Maelsechlainn Mac Lachlainn, and by Ardghal Mac
29]
Lachlainn.
Ardghal himself, also, was slain by O'Neill
30]
when he O Neill was being killed
there.
The Timpanach
A hosting by John de Curci and the knights,
4]
into Dal-Araidhe, on which occasion they slew Domhnall,
5]
grandson of Cathusach, king of Dal-Araidhe. John went
6]
also, on the same expedition, into Uí-Tuirtre and
Feara-Lí;
7]
but Cumhuighe O'Floinn burned Airther-maighe before
8]
him; and he burned Cul-rathain, and many other
churches.
9] The kalends of January on the lst feria, the 9th of the
10]
moon; the age of the Lord seventy-eight years, and a hundred,
11]
and a thousand; the first year of nineteen.
12] Great crimes were committed by the Cenel-Moain in this
13]
year, viz.:the people of Domhnall O'Gairmleghaigh killed
14]
Conchobhar, son of Conallach O'Luinigh, in the middle
15]
of Domhnall O'Gairmleghaigh's own house, in treachery,
16]
though he was under the protection of the
airchinnech of
17]
the Ernaidhe.
Domhnall O'Gairmleghaigh was deposed
18]
from being chief, and the Cenel-Moain gave the chieftainship
19]
to Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh.
Domhnall, son of Domhnall
20]
O'Gairmleghaigh was slain, in treachery, by the sons of
21]
O'Flaithbhertaigh and the other sons of Domhnall; and
22]
Tighernan, son of Raghnall, son of Domhnall, and eight full
23]
biatachs of the Cenel-Moain, were slain, along with them.
24] Very great wind came in this year, which prostrated large
25]
tracts of woods and forests, and huge trees; and it moreover
26]
prostrated six score large trees, vel paulo
plus, in
27]
Doire-Choluim-Chille.
28] It was in this year, also, that John
29]
de Curci, with his knights, came to Dún, on a preying
expedition
30]
to Machaire-Conaille, when they plundered several
2] Murchadh O'Cerbhaill, king of Oirghiall, and Mac Duinnsleibhe,
3]
i.e. the king of Uladh, came to them, however, on
4]
that night, and gave him battle.
The Foreigners were
5]
defeated, and put to great slaughter.
The same John went
6]
also on a preying expedition into Dal-Araidhe, and into
7]
Uí-Tuirtre.
But Cumhuighe O'Floinn, king of Uí-Tuirtre
8]
and Feara-Lí, attacked them.
This battle was, moreover,
9]
gained over the Foreigners, and they were put to
10]
slaughter.
11] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the 20th of
12]
the moon; the age of the Lord seventy-nine years, and a
13]
hundred, and a thousand, viz.:the 2nd year of nineteen;
14]
the third year after a bissextile.
Peace was made by
15]
Donnchadh O'Cairellain, and by all the Clann-Diarmada,
16]
with the Cenel-Moain, and with O'Gairmleghaigh, i.e.
17]
with Amhlaibh, grandson of Maen, i.e. the brother of the
18]
wife of Donnchadh O'Cairellain, in the middle of the
19]
church of Ard-sratha, before the reliquaries of
Domhnach-mór
20]
and the Ernaidhe, and Ard-sratha.
O'Gairmleghaigh,
21]
moreover, came on the day following to the
22]
house of Donnchadh O'Cairellain, to obtain additional
23]
guarantees.
A wicked treachery was committed in the
24]
middle of the meeting, in the doorway of the house of
25]
O'Cairellain, in the presence of his own sister, i.e. the
26]
wife of Donnchadh, viz.:he himself and three of his
27]
people along with him, were
slain.
Ard-Macha was
28]
burned ex majore parte, i.e. all the
regleses, and all the
29]
churches, except Regles-Brighde and Tempul-na-ferta.
30] The churches of Tir-Eoghain, from the mountain southwards,
31]
were evacuated this year through war and distress.
1] Gilladomhnaigh O'Forannain, airchinnech of
Ard-sratha,
2]
and Maelmuire, son of Gillacomain, vice-abbot of the same
3]
place, in Christo quieverunt.
Cluana, and Ard-sratha, and
4]
Domhnach-mór, and the Ernaidhe were emptied by the
5]
men of Magh-Itha.
6] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the first of
7]
the moon; the age of the Lord eighty years, and a hundred,
8]
and a thousand.
Gilla-an-Choimdédh O'Carán,
9]
comarb of Patrick, died.
Raghnall O'Cairellain was
10]
slain by the Cenel-Moain, in defence of Colum-Cille, in
11]
the middle of Doire.
Macraith O'Daighri, airchinnech
12]
of Doire, died.
Donnchadh O'Cairellain was killed
13]
by the Cenel-Conaill, in revenge of his treachery towards
14]
O'Gairmleghaigh, and in defence of Colum-Cille.
The
15]
battle of the Conchobars, in Connacht, in which Conchobhar
16]
Maenmaighe killed Conchobhar O'Ceallaigh, i.e.
17]
the king of Uí-Maine, and his son Tadhg, and Diarmaid
18]
O'Ceallaigh, and all the nobles of Uí-Maine; at
Maghsruibhe-gealain,
19]
at the head of Daire-na-capall, this battle
20]
was fought.
Muirghes O'hEidhin was slain.
Domhnall
21]
O'Cennedigh, king of Ur-Mumha, mortuus
est.
22] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the 12th of
23]
the moon; the age of the Lord eighty-one years, and a
24]
hundred, and a thousand.
The battle of Magh-Diughbha
25]
was gained over the sons of Toirdhelbhach
Mór O'Conchobhair,
26]
by Flaithbbertach O'Maeldoraidh, king of
27]
Cenel-Conaill, (and of it is said 'the battle of the royal
28]
heirs'); in which were slain Brian Luighnech, and
29]
Maghnus; and the three sons of Aedh, son of Toirdhelbhach
30]
O'Conchobhair,viz.:Maelsechlainn, and Muiredhach,
31]
and Muirchertach; and Aedh, grandson of Aedh,
(Donnchadh, son of Domhnall
4]
Midhech O'Conchobhair, it was that brought
Flaithbhertach
5]
O'Maeldoraidh, to defend the territory of Cairpre for
6]
himself.) And the bodies of those nobles were conveyed,
7]
after their deaths, to Cluain-mic-Nois, and
interred in
8]
the sepulchre of the nobles of their ancestors.
Dunlaing
9]
O'Caellaighe, bishop of Leithghlinn, quievit.
Alexander
10]
papa quievit in Christo.
Tadhg O'Dalaigh, chief poet
11]
of Erinn and Alba, in Christo
quievit.
Sitric O'Cuinn,
12]
chieftain of Muinter-Gillcán, was slain by the son of Aedh
13]
O'Ferghail.
Donnsleibhe O'Gadhra mortuus est.
A
14]
hosting by Domhnall, son of Aedh Mac Lachlainn, and
15]
by the Cenel-Eoghan of Telach-óg, into Ulidia; and they
16]
gained a battle over the Ulidians, and over the
Uí-Tuirtre,
17]
and the Feara-Lí together with Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe
18]
and Cumhuighe O'Floinn.
Tomaltach O'Conchobhair
19]
assumed the comarbship of Patrick, and made
20]
a visitation of Cenel-Eoghain, and gave a
blessing.
21] The kalends of January on the 6th feria, the 23rd of the
22]
moon; the age of the Lord eighty-two years, and a hundred,
23]
and a thousand.
A hosting by Domhnall Mac Lachlainn to
24]
Dún-bó in Dal-Riada, and they gave battle there to
the
25]
Foreigners; and the Cenel-Eoghain were defeated, and
26]
Raghnall O'Breslen was slain, and Gillachrist O'Cathain,
27]
et alii multi; and the Gospel of Martin was
carried off
28]
by the Foreigners.
Aedh O Caellaighe, bishop of Oirghiall,
29]
and head of canons, quievit.
Gilla-an-Choimdedh, son of
30]
Inlestar O'hAinlighe, chieftain of Cenel-Doffa, mortuus
31]
est.
Domhnall O'hUallachan, chief bishop of Mumha;
32]
Augustin O'Sealbhaigh, bishop of Port-Lairge; and
33]
O'hAedha, bishop of Corcach, mortui
sunt.
Milo de Cogan,
34]
after assuming the kingship of Corcach and Des-Mumha;
A victory was gained by Ruaidhri O' Conchobhair,
8]
and by Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, over Donnchadh,
9]
son of Domhnall Midhech, and over O'Maeldoraidh,
10]
ubi multi ceciderunt.
11] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the 4th of the
12]
moon; the age of the Lord eighty-three years, and a hundred,
13]
and a thousand.
Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, king
14]
of Erinn, went on a pilgrimage to Cunga-Feichin, and left
15]
his sovereignty to his son, i.e. to Conchobhar
Maenmhaighe.
16] Henry, son of the Empress, king of the Saxons, mortuus
17]
est.
Joseph O'hAedha, bishop of Uí-Ceinnsealaigh,
18]
quievit.
Domhnall, son of Gilla-Enain, dux of
Ciann-Flaithemhail,
19]
occisus est.
A conflict between the Gilla-riabhach
20]
O'Flaithbhertaigh and the son of O'Gairmleghaigh;
21]
and O'Flaithbhertaigh was slain there, and
22]
a number of the Cenel-Moain were slain there.
Becc
23]
O'hEghra mortuus est.
24] The kalends of January on the lst feria, the l5th of the
25]
moon; the age of the Lord eighty-four years, and a hundred
Art O'Maelsechlainn, king of
2]
Midhe, was slain by Diarmaid O'Briain, at a meeting
3]
at Druim-Chuilinn, after having come from the midst
4]
of his own assembly to speak apart with the son of
5]
O'Briain, and the son of O'Briain deceived him.
Amhlaibh,
6]
son of Ferghal O'Ruairc, king of Breifne, interfectus
7]
est.
Thirty houses of the principal persons of the community
8]
of Ard-Macha were plundered by the Foreigners
9]
of Midhe.
Maelisa O'Cerbhaill assumed the comarbship
10]
of Patrick, after it had been resigned by Tomaltach
11]
O'Conchobhair.
Maelsechlainn Bec O'Maelsechlainn
12]
assumed the kingship of Midhe after the death of Art.
A
13]
castle was erected by the Foreigners at
Cill-Fáir.
Another
14]
castle was destroyed there by Maelsechlainn and Conchobhar
15]
Maenmhaighe O'Conchobhair, and a great multitude
16]
of Foreigners along with them.
The great church of
17]
Tuaim-da-ghualann fell in one day, both roof and
stone.
18] The Rock of Loch-Cé was burned by lightning, i.e. the
19]
very magnificent, kingly residence of Muinter-Maelruanaidh,
20]
where neither goods nor people of all that were
21]
there found protection; where six score, or seven score, of
22]
distinguished persons were destroyed, along with fifteen
23]
men of the race of kings and chieftains, with the wife of
24]
Mac Diarmada, i.e. the daughter of O'hEidhin, and his
25]
son's wife, i.e. the daughter of Domhnall O'Conchobhair,
26]
and the daughter of O'Dubhda, and the son of Donnchadh
On
11]
the Friday after Shrovetide this event
occurred.