Kalends of Jan. on Mon., 15th of moon, A.D. 1526.
The son of O'Ruairc, namely, Tadhg, son of Eogan, was slain in treachery by the people of his own brother.
O'Neill, namely, Conn and the son of O'Domnaill, namely, Maghnus, went to meet the Earl of Kildare, namely, Gerald, son of Gerald, Justiciary of Ireland, in the Spring of this year, to make the peace of the Conallians and Eoganians. And, after the assembling of many of the nobles of the Foreigners and Gaidhil to pacify them, peace was not knit between them that time, but they went safe to their houses.
O'Raighilligh, namely, Eoghan, died this year and great war arose between his own sept respecting lordship of the country, until Fergal, son of John O'Raighilligh, was proclaimed O'Raighilligh, on recommendation of the Justiciary and many of the nobles of Foreigners and Gaidhil, although there were persons elder than he pretending to it.
Great war arose in Lower Connacht this year: to wit, very great part of them joined against O'Domnaill under Brian, son of Feidhlimidh, son of Maghnus O'Concobuir and under the son of Cathal O'Concobuir junior and under the descendants of Cormac Mac Donnchaidh. And great raids were made by them in Lower Cairpre on the persons that remained in the country. And O'Domnaill broke down the castle of the Grainsech in eric of those and he went after that into Magh-Luirg and the country was burned and destroyed by him and he and his host went off safe afterwards.
O'Neill, namely, Conn, went with a host to prevent the work of a castle which Maghnus O'Domnaill began to build at Port-na-tri-namat. And O'Domnaill was in Lower Connacht and part of the horse-host of Maghnus O'Domnaill overtook the head of the host and the son of John, son of Conn O'Neill, namely,
O'Cathain, namely, Godfrey, son of Godfrey, was slain by Nial1, son of Art O'Neill junior, in the centre of Belach-an-camain and Niall himself was taken in a very short time after that by O'Neill.
The son of O'Cathain, namely, Godfrey, son of Donchadh, went on a raid march into Glenn-Concadhain and he was left behind there, namely, between the two Nativities. And tidings of his death were not got from that until end of the Lent next ensuing (that is, his corpse was found there, without marks of slaying by weapon on it). And Henry, son of Brian, lord of Baile-na-braghat, was slain there and many of his people were wounded and slain there with them.
Defeat was given by the son of Mac Piers to the sons of Edmond, son of Thomas Butler, a place in which were slain many of the horse-host and gallowglasses. And there was slain there Concobur junior, son of Concobur Blind -eye O'Domnaill, who was constable of gallowglasses and a good hand often and especially that day; for the amount of his courage and the excellence of his hand allowed him not to accept safety that day, on its being presented to him often.
O'Dochartaigh, namely, Echmarcach, lord of Inis-Eogain, died at end of his
A hosting by O'Domnaill into Tir-Amalghaidh to aid the descendants of Ricard de Burgh. Coerthannan and Cros-Mailfhina were taken and broken down by him and many hostages and chattels were taken from out them by him. And he turned back and encampment was made by him under the castle of Culmaile and hostages were exacted from the descendants of Cormac Mac Donnchaidh in pledge of compliance with his own award.
The prior Mag Aenghusa, namely, a man of great lordship in church and in state and a man who was very rich, was slain by part of his own sept.