1316 First of January on Thursday and the twenty-ninth day of the moon, A.D. MCCCXVI. Sixth year of the Lunar Cycle; fourteenth of the Indiction; twentieth year of the Solar Cycle. Embolismal year. DC.
Aed O Domnaill and all the Cenel Conaill assembled a great army and came into Carbury again, reaching Castleconor this time. And Ruaidri son of Domnall O Conchobair parted with his kinsmen and made a peace by himself with O Domnaill, yielding to him the lordship of Carbury. But Derbforgaill daughter of Magnus O Conchobair hired a band of gallowglasses and gave them a reward for killing Ruaidri son of Domnall O Conchobair; so by them he was killed, in violation of oaths sworn to him previously on the relics of Tirconnell. After this the chief families of Carbury were extensively plundered by the Cenel Conaill.
Feidlim O Conchobair raided the sons of Failgech, capturing Richard Failgech himself and making slaughter of his followers. Afterwards Feidlim assembled a large army of Galls and Gaels, including Mac Feorais, Maelruanaid Mac Diarmata and the sons of Domnall O Conchobair, to contest the kingship with Ruaidri. These all set their faces in one direction, making for Sil Murray, and [their movements] were reported to Ruaidri O Conchobair, king of Connacht, who was encamped on Mullach Fidicci in Clanconway, being on the watch for the manoeuvres(?)of Feidlim. He [now] saw Feidlim, aggressive and fierce, at the head of his household troops, with his foster-father Maelruanaid Mac Diarmata and his following by his side, as well as the sons of Domnall O Conchobair and the descendants of Donnchad son of Tomaltach [? Mac Donnchada] and the Galls of West Connacht in their assembly and marching order, making towards Tochar Mona Conneda. And on the other side were the men of Connacht with their king, Ruaidri son of Cathal O Conchobair, Diarmait Gall Mac Diarmata, king of Moylurg, and the rest. They, faced each other on the moor of the Tochar, and
After this Feidlim plundered the officers of Ruaidri O Conchobair and seized the kingship of Connacht from Assaroe to Slieve Aughty himself, took hostages of the Ui Briuin Brefne and made Ualgarg O Ruairc king over them, and took hostages of the Clann Cellaig, of O Matadain, of the Ui Diarmata, of O hEgra and O Dubda. He then set out to banish the Galls of West Connacht, burning Ballylahan and killing Stephen d'Exeter, Miles Gocan, William Prendergast, John Standonthese were knightsand William Lawless, slaughtering unnumbered people with them. He plundered and burnt the countryside from the castle of Corran to the Robe, both church and lay property, and returned afterwards to his house with victory and much booty. Immediately afterwards they went to meet [the army of] Leth Moga at Meelick, where he burned and broke down the castle; and afterwards Muirchertach O Briain and the descendants of Brian Ruad made submission to him in opposition to each other. He then turned back to Roscommon, intending to raze it.
But on hearing that William Burke had come into Connacht from Scotland, Feidlim called upon his subjects to assemble an army to expel him; and the army was assembled from all the region between Assaroe and Aughty. Moreover Donnchad O Briain, king of Thomond, came with his assembled host, and O Maelsechlainn, king of Meath, O Ruairc, king of Brefne, O Fergail, king of the Conmaicne, Tadc O Cellaig, king of Ui Maine, and many more of the kings' and chieftains' sons of Ireland assembled to him. And they all marched to Athenry
Ruaidri na Fed son of Donnchad son of Eogan son of Ruaidri O Conchobair was made king after this.
After this William Burke made an immense hosting among
Ruaidri son of Donnchad was deposed by Mac Diarmata after this, when he had reigned for a quarter of a year and half a quarter.
Derborgaill, daughter of Magnus O Conchobair and wife of Aed O Domnaill, died.
Matha Mac Cormaic died.
Ruaidri na Fed son of Donnchad son of Eogan, king of Connacht was treacherously killed by Cathal son of Aed son of Eogan. Cathal was wearing his armour inside [his clothes], and it is of this that Ruaidri said: The stratagem(?) of a bad prince, when his knife stuck in the armour.