This is either a pun or a misreading of the name. According to the Four Masters, Art O'Melaghlin, lord of Westmeath, was killed by Dermot mac Toirdhealbhach O'Brien that year.

From Annales Dominicani de Roscoman (Author: [unknown]), ms page 45v (Year .DAR1184.2) Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition
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