THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1483. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-three.
Rossa, the son of Thomas Oge Maguire, Bishop of Clogher, a man eminent for wisdom and piety, who had kept a house of public hospitality for all, died, and was interred in the church of Achadh-Urchair Aghalurcher, according to his own selection.
Mahon O'Greefa, Bishop of Killaloe, fountain of hospitality and wisdom, died, and was honourably interred in the monastery of the Canons, in Corca-Baiscinn.
Donough, the son of O'Kelly, and O'Farrell, i.e. Cumara, died.
Con O'Neill was ransomed by his father and kinsmen from O'Donnell and the Clann-Hugh-Boy; and this Con was afterwards inaugurated Lord of Tyrone with the consent of his father and of Tyrone in general.
A great war arose between O'Donnell (Hugh Roe) and O'Neill (Con).
O'Donnell assembled the Kinel-Connell and the forces of Lower Connaught;
and Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh Boy O'Neill, came to join him with all his
forces. They proceeded directly on their march (without thanks to any enemy
that was before them on the way) to Traghbhaile of Dundalk; and they plundered and burned that town, and the surrounding country. The Lord Justice
(Garrett, the son of Thomas, Earl of Kildare), with a great English army, pursued, defied, and overtook them. The others, however, undauntedly sustained
the attack of the powerful pursuers, routed them, and slew a great number of
the English; but the Mac Quillin and the son of Turlough Carragh O'Conor
were killed on their own side. O'Donnell afterwards proceeded to Baile-Lugh-mhaigh with his forces, and burned that town, and he received rewards and
payment for sparing and protecting it. O'Donnell then returned, and parted
with Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh Boy, who proceeded towards Trian-Congail,
through Glenree. He O'Donnell himself proceeded on his way through
Tyrone, and spoiled and burned the country on each side of him, as he passed
along, until he arrived at the river of Abhann-mhor; and here they his forces,
Another hosting was made by O'Donnell against John, the son of Philip Maguire, and he carried off great preys and booties. And another depredation was committed by Donnell O'Neill, on the following day, upon the same John.
Art, the son of Con, son of Calvagh O'Conor Faly, defeated Con, the son of Art, son of Art O'Melaghlin, in a battle, in which the two sons of Rory Carragh O'Carroll, and many others, were slain.
O'Keenan, i.e. Rory, Ollav to Maguire in history, and Conor Oge Mac Clancy, Ollav of Thomond, a man accomplished in literature and poetry, died, and Hugh Mac Clancy succeeded him.
Conor Mac-an-Brehon, intended Ollav of Muintir-Maelruain, died after a long sickness.
Edward V. was made King of England on the 9th of April. He reigned two months and eighteen days.
Richard III. was made King of England on the 22nd of June.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1484. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-four.
Nicholas Weston, Bishop of Derry, died.
John O'Farelly, a canon of the family of Drumlane, and Brian O'Farrelly, a priest who had commenced building an anchorite's cell at the Great Church of Drumlane, died.
Niall, son of the Coarb Mac Mahon, died on his way from Rome.
Redmond Mac Mahon, Lord of Oriel, died in captivity at Drogheda.
James, the son of Redmond Tyrrell, Lord of Fertullagh, died.
Donough O'Kelly, Tanist of Hy-Many, died after a long sickness.
The son of O'Conor Faly (Murrough, the son of Cahir, son of Con, son of Calvagh), was slain by one of the sons of Edmond Darcy, in Crioch na g-Cedach, by one cast of a javelin.
Teige, the son of William, son of Hugh, son of Brian O'Kelly, was slain by Brian O'Kelly, his own brother, and William O'Murray, his own foster-brother, who were afterwards hanged by O'Kelly for their misdeeds.
Hugh, son of Brian, son of Brian Ballagh O'Conor, was slain by the descendants of Teige O'Conor.
Donnell Mac Gorman of Ibrickan, one of O'Brien's servants of trust, and the richest man in Ireland in live stock, died.
Hugh, the son of Brian O'Brien, and his wife Sabia, daughter of Teige O'Brien, died.
Rory Oge, the son of Rory Boy O'Hanly, died.
Melaghlin, son of Conor O'Gormly, and Conor, his brother, were slain by the sons of Owen, son of Niall O'Donnell.
Brian Roe, the son of Cathal, son of Owen, son of John O'Reilly, died.
A great war broke out between O'Neill (Con, son of Henry) and O'Donnell (Hugh Roe), during which great injuries were done between them.
Gilla-Patrick, the son of Maguire (Edmond, the son of Thomas), was treacherously slain by his own five brothers, namely, Don, John, Edmond, Art Carragh, and Hugh, at the altar of the church of Achadh-Urchair Aghalurcher; and, in consequence of this, two Maguires were nominated, i.e. John, the son of Philip, son of Thomas Maguire, and Thomas, the son of Thomas Oge, son of Thomas More. John set out upon an excursion against the sons of Donough, the son of Thomas Maguire, i.e. Philip and Felim, and slew Gilla-Patrick, the son of Thomas, son of Donough, and his son Felim, and many others along with them. Mac Gilroy, i.e. Brian, the son of Donnell, the two sons of Mac Donnell of Clankelly (Cormac and Art), and numbers of others, were taken prisoners. This was done on Wednesday, the thirteenth of the Calends of September. Maguire, i.e. John, returned home that day with victory and with booty.
Flaherty, the son of Thomas, son of Philip Maguire, was slain by Thomas Oge, son of Thomas Oge, son of Thomas More, with a cast of a javelin, at Port-Airidh-Broscaidh.
The victory of Moin-Ladhraighe was gained by the sons of Edmond Maguire over the sons of Brian, the son of Philip Maguire, where the three sons of Brian, Cathal, Cuconnaught, and Edmond, were slain, as were also Hugh, the son of Art, son of Owen O'Neill; Owen, the son of Turlough, son of Philip-na-Tuaighe Maguire, and his son Turlough; Redmond, son of Gilbert, son of Cormac O'Flanagan, and many others; and where also were taken prisoners, Philip, the son of Turlough, son of Philip Maguire; Philip, the son of Brian, son of Philip Maguire; and Gilla-Patrick, son of Cathal Oge, son of Manus Maguire, &c. The total number of the slain was twenty, and that of the prisoners ten.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1485. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-five
Nicholas O'Grady, Abbot of Tuam-Greine, a charitable and truly hospitable man, and the twelfth man who was free in Limerick, died.
Donough Mac Coilidh, Erenagh of Bearach, who kept a house of public hospitality, died.
Owen Caech (i.e. O'Conor Don), the son of Felim O'Conor, a successful and warlike man, died after a long sickness; and Hugh, the son of Hugh O'Conor, was nominated Lord in his place.
Ulick Burke, Lord of Clanrickard, heir of the Earl of Ulster, a general patron of the learned of Ireland, died; and his son, another Ulick, took his place. An army was led by this son into Machaire-Chonnacht, and into Hy-Many, and burned and destroyed corn and towns; and, among other things, he burned and demolished the castle of Tulsk, and the prison.
Rory, the son of Brian Ballagh O'Conor, was slain by the descendants of Teige O'Conor.
Celia, daughter of Mac Jordan, and wife of Richard Burke, the most pre-eminent of the women of Connaught, died.
Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh Boy, son of Brian Ballagh O'Neill, Lord of Trian-Chonghail, went upon a predatory excursion into Lecale; but he was overtaken by the English, and slain by one cast of a javelin.
O'Sullivan Beare, i.e. Donnell, O'Conor of Corcomroe, and O'Conor Kerry and his wife, died.
O'Boyle, Turlough, resigned his lordship; and his son Niall took his place.
A great war broke out between the Kinel-Connell and the Kinel-Owen. The sons of Art O'Neill (Niall and his brothers) joined O'Donnell; and the sons of Naghtan O'Donnell (Egneghan and his brothers) joined O'Neill. O'Donnell marched with an army into Muintir-Luinigh, for it was there that the
Hugh, Oge, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Rury, son of Ardgal Mac Mahon, was inaugurated Lord of Oriel.
The town of Cu-Uladh, the son of Hugh O'Neill, was burned by Brian-na-Coille, the son of Owen O'Neill. The land and town of the same Brian were burned, in revenge of it, by Cu-Uladh, by the sons of Redmond, son of Rury Mac Mahon (Glasny and Brian), and by the son of the young Mac Mahon, i.e. Gilla-Patrick.
The descendants of Maelmora of Mullagh were banished from their country, and the sons of Glasny O'Reilly settled in their territory, and erected a castle therein. The others drew the Earl of Kildare (Garrett, son of Thomas) against the sons of Glasny, and fifteen herds of cattle were taken from them as a prey; and Gilla-Isa, the son of Glasny, was taken prisoner on this occasion.
Felim, son of Glasny, who was son of Conor O'Reilly, died of the plague.
O'Reilly, i.e. Turlough, the son of John, son of Owen, went into Teallach Eachdhach Tullyhaw, and burned the town of Magauran (i.e. Felim), and the town of his brother Donough. On the following day Magauran, with his kinsmen, went in pursuit of the army, and deprived them of sixteen men, who were killed or taken prisoners, and two hundred horses.
Mac Donnell, i.e. Colla, Constable of the gallowglasses of O'Neill, died.
Redmond, the son of Glasny, son of Redmond Mac Mahon, went into the English settlements of Machaire-Oirghiall, and slew John, son of the Taa; but Con, son of Manus O'Conolly, the son of Cormac O'Conolly, and the grandson of Ardgal Mac Mahon, were slain of his people; and upwards of twenty horses were taken from himself and his people. Cahir, the son of Irial, son of
Art-an-Bhogain, the son of O'Conor Faly (i.e. Con), was killed with one cast of a javelin by his brother Cahir, son of Con, son of Calvagh.
The young sons of Edmond Maguire (Hugh Art and Gilla-Isa), and the sons of Turlough Maguire (Teige, Philip, and Gilla-Duv), took a prey from Donnell, son of Gilla-Patrick, son of Edmond Maguire. Donnell himself was slain, while in pursuit of the prey, by Melaghlin Mac Geaveny; and the same Melaghlin was killed on the spot immediately afterwards.
Maguire, i.e. John, took a prey from Midhbholg, from the sons of Donough, son of Hugh Maguire, and from the sons of Mac Ualgairg, twice in one week.
Gilla-Patrick O'Higgin, the son of Brian, son of Melaghlin, a man who had kept a general house of hospitality for the mighty and the indigent, died.
O'Cuirnin, Athairne, died.
Henry VII. was made King of England on the 22nd of August.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1486. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-six.
The monastery of Kilcullen, for Friars Minor de Observantiâ, was commenced on the bank of the Liffey, by Roland, son of Sir Edward Eustace.
The Prior of Maethail, Farrell, the son of Robert Mac Rannall, died.
Philip, son of the Coarb (i.e. James, son of Rury, son of Ardgal) Mac Mahon, a canon chorister at Clogher, Coarb of Clones, Parson of Dartry, &c., died.
A general chapter of the province was held at Drogheda, on the Ides of July, by the Archbishop of Armagh, i.e. Octavianus Italicus, and the bishops and clergy of all the North of Ireland.
Rory, son of Rory Caech Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, Airtech, and Tir-Tuathail, died of a short fit of sickness, in the church of Lough nGasan, in Clann-Cathail-mic-Murray; and Conor, the son of Cormac, son of Tomaltagh the Hospitable, was installed in his place.
Cumara Mac Namara was exultingly slain by the sons of Donough Mac Namara.
Teige, the son of Cathal Oge Mac Rannall, full Chief of Muintir-Eolais, renowned for hospitality and prowess, died, after having gained the victory over the Devil and the world, and was interred at Fenagh.
Teige O'Mulvey, heir to the chieftaincy of Muintir-Carolan, was slain by the sons of Melaghlin Mac Rannall and the sons of Mulrony Mac Rannall.
Owen, the son of Ir, was taken prisoner by the sons of Mulrony Mac Rannall; and the sons of Teige O'Mulvey, the son of William Mac Manus, and many others, were slain.
Melaghlin and Rory, two sons of Mac Donough of Tirerrill (each worthy of the chieftainship of Tirerrill), were slain by the sons of Donnell Cam and the sons of Rory Mac Donough.
A numerous army was led by O'Donnell into Connaught, and another by Mac William of Clanrickard, to oppose him. On coming together, however, they agreed to conditions of peace and amity. Felim Finn O'Conor repaired to these armies, and gave himself up into the hands of O'Donnell, in behalf of his territories and chieftains. The peace of Sil-Murray was concluded on this occasion; and the son of Felim Finn was taken as a hostage, instead of Felim Finn himself, by O'Donnell, who took him with him into Tirconnell, by the advice of Mac William of Clanrickard.
The people of Mac Rannall routed the sons of O'Rourke and the descendants of Cathal Roe, at Moin-lesg, where Melaghlin Oge, son of Melaghlin Mac Cabe, a man who for his years bore the greatest name as a leader of gallowglasses in Leath-Chuinn, was slain.
The sons of John, son of the Prior Mac Rannall, were plundered; and Gilchreest, one of these sons, was slain by the descendants of Melaghlin Mac Rannall.
Neidhe O'Mulconry, head of the inhospitality of Ireland, died. It was he who solemnly swore that he would never give butter and bread together to guests.
An army was mustered by O'Donnell, and marched into Tirawley. The Lower Mac William went to oppose him; and a battle was fought between them, in which upwards of one hundred of Mac William's people were slain, and John Mac Jordan, Ulick, the son of Richard, son of Thomas Burke, with many others, were taken prisoners.
John, son of the Prior Mac Rannall, died.
Barry More John, the choicest of the English youths of Ireland, was slain on Christmas Day by Donogh Oge Mac Carthy, Lord of Ealla, after he had gone on a predatory excursion against him .
Garrett, son of the Earl of Desmond, died.
Felim Boy, the son of Carbry O'Conor; Owny, the son of John Carragh Mac Branan; Donough, the son of Cormac, son of Matthew; and Hugh, the son of Rory Duv, son of Matthew, were slain by the sons of Melaghlin Mac Rannall.
Teige Caech, the son of William O'Kelly, the second lord who was over Hy-Many, died in the habit of the third order.
Celia, the daughter of Hugh, son of William O'Kelly, and wife of O'Madden, died.
Loughlin, the son of Gilla-claen O'Hanly, died.
Teige, the son of Hugh, son of Brian O'Beirne, and Melaghlin, the son of Dermot Mac Rannall, died.
Owen, son of Loughlin O'Rourke, expectant Lord of Breifny, died.
James, the son of Mac Richard Butler, the representative of the Earl of Ormond, died.
Breasal and Dermot, two sons of Murrough O'Madden, were treacherously slain by Cobhthach Coffey O'Madden, their own brother.
Raghnailt, daughter of John Mac Namara, and wife of Turlough. son of Teige O'Brien, Lord of East Thomond, died.
Gilla-na-naev, the son of Donnell, son of Murtough Midheach, Lord of Cala-na-h-Anghaile, died at an advanced age.
Teige Mac Egan, Ollav of Annaly, was slain in an abominable manner by the descendants of Irial O'Farrell.
Flann, the son of Flann O'Donnellan, died.
Brian, the son of Rury, son of Ardgal, son of Mac Mahon, Lord of Dartry, was slain by the English of Machaire-Oirghiall.
Donnell Oge, the son of Mac Artan, a hospitable gentleman, died.
John Boy, the son of Owen, son of Niall Oge O'Neill, died.
Donough, the son of Thomas, son of Farrell Magauran, died.
Eight and twenty ballies of the possessions of the English of Machaire-Oirghiall were burned by Mac Mahon, i.e. Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh, son of Rury.
O'Neill, i.e. Con, the son of Henry, marched with an army, sometime before Samhain, into Machaire-Oirghiall, and caused great conflagrations and injuries.
A great depredation was committed by Brian, the son of Edmond, son of Rury Mac Mahon, upon Edmond, the son of Thomas Oge, and his sons, at Cuil-na-n-Oirear, and slew Edmond Oge, son of Edmond, at Doire-Cenainn.
Edmond,the son of Thomas Greannach the hirsute, son of Don, son of Philip-na-Tuaighe Maguire, died; and his brother Owen, son of Thomas Greannach, Manus, son of Muldoon, and Rury, son of Conor, son of Don Maguire, were slain at Baile-an-Oireacht, by Felim, son of Donough Maguire, in a nocturnal assault. Catherine, the daughter of O'Farrell (Donnell Boy, the son of Donnell, son of John), and wife of the Mac Manus Maguire, i.e. Cathal Oge, son of Cathal More, died.
Art Roe, son of Gilla-Patrick, son of Edmond Maguire, was slain by a dart cast at him by one of the sons of Turlough, son of Philip Maguire.
Hugh, the son of Niall, son of Hugh, son of Owen O'Neill, died.
Edmond Oge, the son of Edmond, son of Cu-Uladh O'Neill, and Cormac, the son of Art Carragh, son of Melaghlin O'Neill, died.
The sons of Maguire (Edmond), i.e. Hugh and Art Carragh, were ransomed; and on the same day their father resigned his lordship to John, son of Philip Maguire.
Don Maguire, the son of Edmond, son of Thomas Oge, was treacherously slain in the gateway of the churchyard of Achadh-Urchair Aghalurcher, by the sons of Thomas Oge Maguire, i.e. Thomas, Conor, and Rory, and the sons of Flaherty, son of Thomas Oge, i.e. Gilla-Patrick, Cuconnaught, and Brian Crosagh.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1487. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-seven.
Melaghlin, son of Muruough O'Flanagan, Dean of Elphin, died; and Thomas O'Heidigein took his place.
Teige, the son of Brian, son of Auliffe Maguire, who had first been Parson of Botha, and Vicar of Cill-Laisre, died.
Brian O'Corcran, Vicar of Claoin-Inis Cleenish, and Denis Mac Gilla Coisgle, Erenagh and Vicar of Airidh-Brosca Derrybrusk, died.
O'Melaghlin (Laighneach, the son of Corc), Lord of Clann-Colman, was slain by Con, the son of Art, son of Con, son of Cormac Ballagh O'Melaghlin.
O'Reilly, i.e. Turlough, the son of John, son of Owen, died suddenly in his castle of Tullymongan, on the first day of the month of September; and his son John was nominated O'Reilly in his place.
Brian, the son of Brian Ballagh, son of Hugh, son of Felim O'Conor, worthy of the kingdom of Connaught, died.
Hugh, the son of Rory, son of Brian O'Conor, died.
Seery O'Mulconry, Ollav of Sil-Murray, head of the cheerfulness and jocularity of the men of Ireland, died; and two Kenfinès of the tribe were set up in his place, namely, Donnell and Mulconry, the son of Torna.
Maurice, the son of Loughlin O'Mulconry, teacher of his own art poetry, died in Tirconnell, after a long illness, and after the victory of penance, and was interred at Donegal.
Donnell O'Dugan and his wife, daughter of O'Mulconry, died.
O'Mullally, head of the wisdom of Hy-Many, died.
The EarI of Desmond was treacherously slain by his own people at Rath-gaela, at the instigation of John, his own brother. John and the other perpetrators of the murder were banished by Maurice, son of the Earl.
William, the son of Hugh, son of Brian O'Kelly, Lord of Hy-Many, was treacherously taken prisoner by his own kinsmen, and he afterwards died in chains; and two lords were set up in his place, namely, Melaghlin, the son of Hugh, son of Brian, and Donough, the son of Breasal O'Kelly.
Hugh, the son of Donough O'Kelly, was slain by Melaghlin, son of William O'Kelly.
Conor, son of Teige Caech O'Kelly, was treacherously taken prisoner by Teige, the son of Melaghlin O'Kelly.
Cathal Duv, the son of Donnell, son of Owen O'Conor, was slain by the Costelloes, after having gone upon a predatory incursion against them. But Calvagh, his other brother, carried off the prey in triumph.
Donnell O'Conor made an incursion into Leitir-Mac-Philip, routed some of the people, and slew the two sons of Donnell, son of Brian Mac Donough. and many of their gentlemen and people in general.
Brian Roe, the son of Tiernan, son of Teige, son of Tiernan O'Rourke, Tanist of Breifny, was slain by a dart cast at him by the son of the O'Rourke, i.e. Owen, the son of Felim, son of Donough, son of Tiernan Oge. ln consequence of this death O'Donnell, i.e. Hugh Roe, marched into Breifny, and laid siege to O'Rourke's town, i.e. Caislen-an-Chairthe, which he took, and three of O'Rourke's people were slain; and Brian, son of Cathal, son of Tiernan O'Rourke, was slain by Godfrey, the son of Hugh Gallda O'Donnell, by the
Mulrony, the son of Teige Mac Dermot, was treacherously taken prisoner, on Trinity Island, by Tomaltagh, the son of Rory Mac Dermot; and the son of Brian Mac Dermot was slain there.
Alexander, the son of Colla, son of Turlough, and some of the chiefs of his gallowglasses, were slain by the sons of Rory Mac Dermot.
John Mac-an-Airchinnigh, head of his own tribe, who had kept a house of general hospitality for strangers, and Erenagh of St. Patrick's at Elphin, died.
Hugh, the son of Philip Roe Mac Namara, a brave and warlike man, died.
John Duv Mac Costello, Lord of Sliabh-Lugha, died; and two lords were set up in his place, namely, William, the son of Edmond of the Plain, his own brother, and Jordan, the son of Philip Mac Costello.
John, the son of Conor Mac Egan, Ollav of Clanrickard, and Hugh, the son of Brian, son of Farrel Roe O'Higgin, died.
Cahir Mac Coghlan was treacherously slain by the son of his brother, Fineen Roe.
Edmond, the son of Richard Burke, was treacherously taken prisoner by the Barretts, but was afterwards triumphantly rescued by his kinsmen.
An army was led by O'Donnell into Breifny O'Rourke. The cause of this hosting was: O'Rourke, i.e. Felim, the son of Donough, son of Tiernan, and
Tiernan Oge O'Rourke, Tanist of Breifny, was slain by the sons of Mulrony Mac Rannall and the sons of Rory Mac Dermot, at Ucht-na-n-Eangadh.
An army was led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell into Moylurg, by which he destroyed corn, and burned many castle-towns. He burned and demolished the castle of the sons of Mac Dermot, namely, Baile-na-huamha. O'Donnell himself, with a strong body of his forces, sallied forth privately by night from their camp, and committed great depredations in Doire-Cua. Felim Finn O'Conor, i.e. the son of Teige, son of Turlough Roe O'Conor, went to O'Donnell on this occasion, and made a perpetual peace with him. Rory-an-Doire, the son of Maurice, son of Hugh Mac Dermot, who was in O'Donnell's army on this expedition, violated the church of Ceall Braighe-Uallaighi, and carried off great booties from it; but O'Donnell made full restitution to the priests of the church which had been violated.
An army was led by Mac William of Clanrickard (Ulick, the son of Ulick of the Wine) into Hy-Many, by which he destroyed the bawn of Athliag Maenagan, and destroyed much corn and many towns throughout Hy-Many and
Treacherous depredations were committed by Rory O'Conor upon Felim Finn, who, in revenge, committed great depredations upon the descendants of Teige Oge.
The peace of Sil-Murray was again ratified; and the lordship of the descendants of Cormac O'Beirne, the half townland of Baile-an-Chlair, and the five townlands of Ceann-Coradh, being part of the share of i.e. allotted to Cormac Oge, were given, by consent of the descendants of Turlough Oge, to Felim O'Conor. A portion of the territory of Clann-Chathail-mic-Murray, which had been for some time in the possession of the Clann-Maelruain, was given to Felim Finn O'Conor.
Tiernan Carragh, the son of Tiernan, son of Teige, son of Tiernan O'Rourke; Feradhach, the son of John, son of Turlough Maguire; and Donnell, the son of Don, son of Donnell, son of Art Maguire, were slain in the territory of Muintir-Eolais, by the sons of Rory Mac Dermot and the son of Mac Dermot Roe, and Donnell Bearnach Magauran was also slain on that occasion.
O'Donnell, i.e. Hugh, proceeded into Moylurg in Autumn. He burned
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1488. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-eight.
The Abbot of Ath-Trim died.
A great plague raged in Machaire-Chonnacht, of which died Cathal Mac Edigen, Vicar of Patrick's Church, and a canon chorister in Elphin; Aengus O'Reachtadhain, Coarb of St. Finnen at Cluain Creamha; Dermot Mac Conchagaidh, a select priest; and the Deaf Vicar O'Colla.
Cathal Roe, the son of Rory, son of Brian Ballagh O'Conor, died of the same plague. Donnell, the son of Brian O'Beirne; Dermot, the son of Donnell, son of Brian; Donnell, son of Farrell; and Cormac, son of Donnell Cananagh O'Beirne, also died of it.
Donnell, the son of Donnell, son of Niall Garv O'Donnell, was taken prisoner by the sons of Hugh Gallda, son of NiaIl Garv, and executed on the following day, as his misdeeds deserved.
O'Kelly (Melaghlin, the son of Hugh, son of Brian) died half a quarter of a year after he had assumed the lordship; and Conor, his kinsman, took his place.
Magennis, i.e. Brian, the son of Art, died; and his brother Hugh was inaugurated in his place.
Edmond, the son of Thomas Maguire, who had been Lord in Fermanagh, died.
Don, the son of Donnell Ballagh Maguire, died.
O'Flanagan of Tuath-ratha, Turlough, son of Gilla-Isa, died,
O'Toole (Edmond) was treacherously slain by the sons of Teige O'Byrne.
The son of Murchadha, Lord of Hy-Felimy (Mahon, son of Teige), was treacherously slain by Donough, the son of Art, son of Donough Mac Morogh, Lord of Hy-Kinsellagh.
Dermot, the son of John of Lurg, son of Turlough of the Wine O'Donnell, died.
Brian, the son of Hugh Boy, who was son of Brian Ballagh O'Neill, died of galar-breac.
Teige, the son of Melaghlin, son of Tiernan O'Rourke, and Mac Rannall, i.e. Conor, the son of Murrough, of the descendants of Melaghlin, died; and Melaghlin, son of William of the same race, was made Mac Rannall in his place.
O'Neill, i.e. Con, the son of Henry, and Maguire, i.e. John, the son of Philip, son of Thomas, went to the house of O'Donnell; and O'Neill and O'Donnell made a charitable and amicable peace.
O'Neill and the sons of John Boy O'Neill made peace with each other, after the latter had been released from captivity.
Donnell, the son of Niall O'Neill, was slain at Finntamhnach, by Rory, the son of Art, and the sons of Niall, son of Art O'Neill.
Conmac, the son of John, son of Donnell, was nominated O'Farrell, in opposition to Rory the son of Cathal O'Farrell.
Melaghlin, the son of Mac Clancy, was slain by the sons of Teige, the son of Cathal, son of Tiernan Oge O'Rourke.
Owen, the son of Ir Mac Rannall, was slain by his own brother William, son of Ir, and his son, and Manus, son of Ir.
Turlough, the son of Teige Mac Mahon, a man full of grace, and of the gift of wisdom from the Holy Spirit, the bestower of jewels and riches, died after having gained the victory over the Devil and the world.
Rory, the son of O'Conor Don, died.
Cu-Uladh, the son of John Boy O'Neill, was slain by Art, son of Henry, who was son of Owen.
Art, the son of Niall Carragh, son of Murtough Oge O'Neill, was slain in a nocturnal attack by the sons of Henry, the son of Henry, son of Owen O'Neill.
Owen, the son of O'Rourke, i.e. Felim, the son of Donough, son of Tiernan Oge, son of Tiernan More, was slain during an armistice by another Owen, the son of O'Rourke, i.e. the son of Tiernan, son of Teige, son of Tiernan More.
Owen, son of Maelmora O'Reilly, Lord of Mullagh-Laoighill, died.
Donough Dubhshuileach O'Conor (i.e. O'Conor Roe), died at an advanced age, and after a well-spent life; and Felim Finn O'Conor was inaugurated in his place by O'Donnell, Mac William, and Mac Dermot (O'Conor), in as meet a manner as any lord had for some time before been nominated; and his shoe was put on him by Mac Dermot.
A peace was concluded between O'Donnell and Mac William Burke, O'Conor and Mac Dermot being as sureties and guarantees between them.
O'Donnell and Mac Dermot (i e. Conor) laid siege to the Rock of Lough Key, which was in the possession of the sons of Rory Mac Dermot. They destroyed and consumed the corn of the country. O'Donnell went away, having failed to take it the Rock; but Mac Dermot's fortress was taken by his own gallowglasses, it having been left under their protection; and they brought all the boats of the lake to the Rock, and took it.
William, the son of Hugh Mac Branan, Chief of Corco-Achlann, died on the eighth of February, after the victory of penance, and was interred at Elphin.
John Manntach, the chief instigator of the murder of the Earl of Desmond, was put to death by Maurice, the son of the Earl. Maurice, the son of the Earl, was nominated the Earl.
A wonderful child was born in Dublin, who had all his teeth from his birth. He grew to an enormous size soon after being born, and so large a child had not been heard of since the time of the heroes.
A whirlwind attacked a number of persons, as they were cutting turf on the bog of Tuaim-Mona, which killed one of them, and swelled the faces of the rest; and four others were killed by the same wind in Machaire-Chonnacht.
Edmond, son of Richard Burke, choicest of the English youths of IreIand, died.
John Oge O'Hara and his son were treacherously slain by the sons of O'Hara, i.e. Rory and Hugh, the sons of his own brother, on Sunday, in the monastery of Banada.
Donough Mac Mahon, Lord of Corco-Baiscinn, died; and two Mac Mahons were set up in his place, namely, his own son, Brian, and Teige Roe, the son of Turlough Mac Mahon.
Farrell Mac-an-Ruagaire died. This Farrell took food like others for the space of twenty years, but had not the evacuation of his body during this time.
Rory O'Conor, i.e. the son of Felim, a man who was expected by many to, succeed his father, died at Ballytober-Bride, in the month of August.
A plundering army was led by the Earl of Kildare into Kinel-Fiachach-mic-Neill; and he demolished the castle of Bile-ratha upon the sons of Murtough Mageoghegan, after having brought ordnance to it.
Melaghlin, the son of Rory Mac Dermot, and Maurice, the son of Hugh Mac Dermot, died.
Teige, the son of Hugh, son of Turlough O'Conor, the most select of the youths of the descendants of' Brian Luighneach, died precisely on Easter night.
Dermot, the son of Teige O'Conor, Tanist-Lord of his own tribe, a man who had slain more enemies by his own hand than any other man in Ireland in his time, died of the gravel, after a long illness.
Conor, the son of Duffy O'Luigennan, was drowned in Lough Bradan, in Muintir-Eolais.
Mulconry, the son of Torna O'Mulconry, died of a short fit of sickness at Cluain-na-hoidhche.
Mulmurry, the son of Teige Oge O'Higgin, Chief Preceptor of Ireland in Poetry, and Mac Ward of Oriel, died.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1489. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred eighty-nine.
Nicholas O'Casey, Vicar of Devenish in Lough Erne, and Teige O'Maithgen, one of the monks of Boyle, died.
O'Neill, i.e. Henry, son of Owen, son of Niall Oge; Mac Gillapatrick, i.e. Geoffrey, Lord of Ossory; O'Carroll, i.e. John, Lord of Ely; O'Boyle, i.e. Turlough; Manus, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Rury Mac Mahon; and Conor, the son of Glasny O'Reilly, died.
A great plague raged in this year, of which great numbers died. It was so devastating that people did not bury the dead throughout Ireland.
Redmond, the son of Owny, son of Farrell, son of Thomas, son of Mahon, son of Gilla-Isa Roe O'Reilly, died of it
Felim Oge, the son of Felim, son of Farrell, son of Thomas, son of Mahon, son of Gilla-Isa Roe O'Reilly; Donnell, the son of Torna O'Mulconry, intended Ollav of Sil-Murray; Donnell Cananach i. e the Canon, the son of Teige O'Birn; Cormac O'Conolly, head of the gallowglasses of O'Conor's rear guard; Ineen-duv, the daughter of O'Conor, i.e. Donough the black-eyed; Hugh Boy and Donnell Caech, two sons of O'Hanly; Rury Glas, the son of Rory, son of Mac Hugh; Mac Donough Reagh, i.e. Hugh; and Finola, the daughter of Mac Dermot Roe, all died of the plague.
Melaghlin, the son of Murtough, son of Owen O'Neill, was slain by the sons of Brian-na-Coille, son of Owen O'Neill.
Rury, the son of David O'More, Tanist of Leix, died.
Ross, the son of Owny O'More, was slain by Cahir, the son of Laoighseach, son of Cahir O'Dempsey.
O'Neill, i.e. Con, the son of Henry, went into O'Kane's territory, where he did great injuries, and took away with him their hostages.
O'Donnell, i.e. Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, proceeded with an army into Trian-Chongail, in harvest time. He committed great depredations and
O'Reilly, i.e. John, the son of Turlough, son of John, and O'Farrell, i.e. Cormac, the son of John, son of Donnell, committed a depredation in Magh-Breaghmhaine. Donough, the son of Brian Caech, son of Donnell Boy O'Farrell, was slain on that occasion.
Tomaltagh, the son of Brian Mac Donough, was slain by Hugh, son of Donnell Cam Mac Donough, and his sons.
Hugh, the son of Felim Finn O'Conor, was taken prisoner by the sons of O'Kelly.
Turlough, the son of Felim Finn O'Conor (of his years the best son of a lord born for a long time before of his tribe), was slain in Caislen-Riabhach, by the sons of Rory, son of Felim, and the son of Mac Dermot, the descendants of O'Conor Roe, and the son of Hugh, son of Rory.
War was conjointly waged against O'Conor by Rory, the son of Felim, by the descendants of Teige Oge and of Teige Roe, and also by the descendants of Rory Mac Dermot. They made a conjoint incursion against him into Ard-an-Choillin, where they struck and knocked down Cathal Roe O'Conor, but his own cavalry triumphantly rescued him. O'Conor himself, with his cavalry and gallowglasses, came up with them, and deprived them of spoils which they had taken from his creaghts; and he pursued them thence to Tulsk, where he slew Donough Cleireach, son of Teige Mac Dermot. But his own gallowglasses acted treacherously towards O'Conor, and turned against him, and defeated him; and they slew Conor Boy, the son of Cormac, and many others of his side, and also took from him a party of his creaghts. O'Conor, however, made a becoming, heroic, and triumphant retreat, and took his creaghts with him into Hy-Many.
Owen, the son of Felim (i.e. of Felim, son of Owen, son of Donnell, son of Murtough O'Conor), son of the Lord of Carbury, and the two sons of Murtough, son of Owen, i.e. Murtough Oge and John, were treacherously slain by Calvach
Colman, the son of Art, son of Cormac Ballagh O'Melaghlin, was slain by Con, the son of Art, son of Con, son of Cormac Ballagh O'Melaghlin.
Calvach, the son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garv O'Donnell, died.
Murrough, the son of Rory Mac Sweeny, was slain by the Earl of Desmond (Maurice, the son of Thomas), in Ely O'Carroll; and, moreover, his brother Mulmurry Mac Sweeny, was taken prisoner by him.
The son of Mac Carthy, i.e. Dermot, the son of Teige, son of Donnell Oge, was slain by the same Earl.
Thomas Butler Mac Richard was slain by John, son of Edmond Mac Richard Butler.
Richard, the son of Felim, son of Farrell O'Reilly, was slain by the son of John Oge Plunkett.
Paitricin, the son of the Knight of Kerry, was slain by Mac Carthy More (Teige, the son of Donnell Oge).
A depredation was committed by Niall and Art, the two sons of Con, son of Hugh Boy, son of Brian Ballagh O'Neill, upon Henry, the son of Henry, son of Owen O'Neill. Cahir O'Conor was slain on that occasion.
Mac Quillin, i.e. Jenkin Roe, the son of Richard, was treacherously slain by Walter, the son of Cormac, son of Jenkin Mac Quillin.
Mac Bulby, Lord of Crioch-Bhulbach along the Barrow, died.
O'Gowan, i.e. Mahon, son of Turlough, died.
Dermot, son of Brian Duv O'Conor, was slain by Hugh, son of Conor, and the sons of Rory Mac Dermot, at Ath-leime-na-girre, where Hugh himself was
Con, son of Turlough Roe O'Conor, died.
A great war broke out between the two O'Conors; and O'Conor Roe marched an army to Ballytober-Bride, and demolished the bawn of the town, and thereupon the chieftains of the race of Teige Oge, namely, O'Flynn, Mac Keherny, and O'Mulrenin, came into his house, and gave him hostages.
O'Conor led an army to Bel-Coille, and cut down the road; and he obtained hostages from the inhabitants of Airtech.
The sons of O'Conor were defeated at Seoghais the Curlieus by the sons of Rory Mac Dermot.
An army was led by O'Conor against the sons of William O'Kelly, by which he cut down the pass of Cluainin, and cut and destroyed much corn. In revenge of this the sons of O'Kelly did many injuries to O'Mulconry and his relatives.
Hugh, the son of O'Conor, and Owen, were taken prisoners, through treachery, by the sons of William O'Kelly. Dubhthach O'Mulconry was taken prisoner along with them, and put in confinement.
Conor Mac Derrnot was taken prisoner by Turlough O'Conor.
A great war broke out among the people of Annaly themselves; and they committed many depredations and inflicted many injuries upon one another, until the Lord Justice made peace among them, and divided the chieftainship of Annaly between the son of John and the son of Cathal O'Farrell.
The descendants of Laoighseach, the son of Rossa O'Farrell, plundered Cluain-tuaiscirt-na-Sinna; in revenge of which the O'Hanlys triumphantly plundered Tir-Licin upon the descendants of Laoighseach.
There was a violation of the peace between the two O'Farrells; and the son of John committed a great depredation upon the son of Cathal, son of Thomas.
The title of Mac Branan was conferred on John Mac Branan by O'Conor and Mac Dermot; and on that day he remitted to the O'Mulconrys the half mark which his predecessors had from them for a long period, for Baile-an-bhealaigh.
Melaghlin, son of Loughlin O'Mulconry, died while on his bardic circuit through Munster.
Celia, the daughter of Dermot an Duna Mac Carthy, and wife of Turlough O'Brien, worthy of being Queen of Cashel, died.
The sheep of that part of Meath from Dublin to Drogheda ran, in despite of their shepherds, into the sea, and did not come back.
O'Fialain died.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1490. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred ninety.
Mathew Mac Conaing, Vicar of Leath-ratha Abbeylara; Fergus, the son of John, son of Mathew O'Howen, Anchorite of Inis-Caoin; the Canon Mac Tiernan of Drumlane; and Gilchreest Mac-an-Fhirleighin, a young priest, who belonged to Cluain-lis-Floinnabhrait, died.
[gt ] A depredation was committed by O'Conor in Hy-Many, at Turlach-na-m-Bruigheol, upon Rory, the son of Turlough. Another depredation was committed by O'Conor upon the sons of Rory Boy, at Muine-Fraechnat, Druim-Turlach, and Cluain-Gamhnach. The sons of Rory, and all those of his own tribe who were opposed to him, met him, with their gallowglasses, on the plain of Croghan; and they gave each other a fierce and furious battle, in which they remembered their old and recent enmities towards one another, for there were persons here arrayed against each other who had slain each other's fathers and kinsmen. O'Conor, however, defeated them; and Tomaltagh, the son of Rory Mac Dermot, Tanist of Moylurg, and Cormac, the son of Teige, son of Rory Boy, were slain. Donough, the son of Turlough Mac Dowell, and many of their gallowglasses and kerns, were taken prisoners.
O'Conor, i.e. Felim Finn, the son of Teige, son of Turlough Roe O'Conor, a brave and warlike man, who had spread the terror of his name through every territory around him, and a man whom the Sil-Murray expected one day to unite Connaught, died on Easter Monday, in the house of Mageraghty, and was interred in the burial-place of his ancestors, at Roscommon.
Turlough, the son of Turlough O'Boyle, was thrown from his horse, while racing at the ridge of Murbhach, and died in consequence.
O'Gormly (Murtough, the son of Henry, son of Conor Roe, son of Gillapatrick Maguire), died.
Rory, son of Philip, son of Cuconnaught Maguire, was slain by the sons of Brian, son of Conor Oge Maguire, and all the descendants of Conor.
O'Kane, John, the son of Aibhne, son of Dermot, was taken by the crew of a ship, who came from Inbher-Air.
Hugh, the son of Maelmora, son of John O'Reilly, was taken prisoner by the sons of Glasny, son of Conor O'Reilly, after he had plundered the town of Thomas, the son of Glasny O'Reilly.
James Oge Savadge was slain by the sons of the Seneschal Savadge.
Colla, the son of Rury, son of Ardgal Mac Mahon, was slain by the descendants of Cu-Uladh, the son of Niall More O'Neill.
Felim, the son of Rory, son of Jenkin Mac Quillin, was slain at Aendruim, by the sons of Brian, son of Hugh.
The castle of Edan-dubh-Cairrge, i.e. the castle of Niall, the son of Con, son of Hugh Boy, was taken and demolished by Felim, grandson of Niall Boy; and the same Felim committed great depredations on the sons of Con, son of Hugh Boy, and slew Godfrey O'Maelcraoibhe.
Great depredations and spoliations were committed by Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, upon the sons of Donough, the son of Hugh Maguire; and he carried the preys, consisting of four hundred cows, to Ballyshannon, where he slaughtered them all, for the warders of the town (i.e. the sons of Hugh Gallda O'Donnell) had given up the castle of Ballyshannon to Hugh Oge, without consulting O'Donnell.
O'Donnell and O'Neill remained face to face in two camps from the 1st of November until Christmas, O'Donnell at Druim bo, and O'Neill at Cairrgin,
O'Daly of Breifny, i.e. John, the son of William, who was son of Hugh, a learned poet; Rory and Hugh Magrath, the two sons of Donnell, son of Hugh Oge, the two principal learned men of the Clann-Crath; Thomas O'Lorcan, intended Ollav to O'Madden; and Finn O'Haughluinn, Chief Tympanist of Ireland, died.
O'Higgin, i.e. John, the son of Farrell Oge, Chief Poet of Ireland, died.
O'Cassidy of Coole in Fermanagh, and Catherine, the daughter of Conor, son of Cathal Mac Rannall, and wife of Teige, the son of Turlough Maguire, died.
Donough, the son of Melaghlin Caech O'Beirne, and his two sons, one of whom was only seven years of age, were treacherously slain by the rest of the descendants of Cormac O'Beirne.
Cathal, the son of Donough, son of Hugh, was slain in Tir-Briuin na-Sinna, by Con Kittagh, the son of Hugh, son of Owen, and the people of Conor Mac Dermot.
The descendants of Teige O'Conor and his creaghts came out of Hy-Many, and sat before Clár; and Teige Roe, son of Carbry O'Connor, was taken prisoner by them. The sons of Rory Mac Dermot made an attack on them on the very same night, in which attack Rory, the son of Cormac Mac Dermot, was slain.
Rory, the son of Felim O'Conor, was elected in the place of Felim Finn.
O'Donnell came with the descendants of Teige O'Conor to Tulsk, but failed to take the castle.
A depredation was committed by the descendants of Teige O'Conor upon O'Conor, and upon the sons of Rory Mac Dermot, in the Grey Road of Baisleac.
The descendants of Teige O'Conor went with their creaghts into Moylurg, and cut down its fields of corn, which they prepared for themselves, and expelled its inhabitants thence.
A hosting was made by the descendants of Teige O'Conor and Mac William against the descendants of Brian Ballagh O'Conor, and took their castles, and drove themselves out of the country.
A depredation was committed by Fergus, the son of Edmond, son of Laoighseach O'Farrell, upon Cathal, the son of Thomas, and the Clann-Auliffe. Another depredation by him upon O'Melaghlin, and another depredation in Cuirrin Connaghtagh, upon the sons of Gilla-na-naev, son of Donnell.
Edmond Duv, son of Ross, Lord of Cala-na-h-Anghaile, died; and Felim, son of Gilla-na-naev, who was son of Donnell, took his place.
Dermot Boy, the son of O'Hanly, was slain by Fergus, the son of Edmond, at Coill-na-Cloiche; and O'Hanly, his father, i.e. Teige, the son of Gilla-na-naev, lost his sight through grief for him. Murtough, the son of Owny O'Hanly, was called the O'Hanly in his place.
Joan, the daughter of Murrough, son of Teige Glae, and wife of Donnell Mac Gorman, died.
Melaghlin, the son of William O'Kelly, was treacherously taken prisoner by Teige, the son of Donough O'Kelly; and the son of O'Mannin, one of his people, was slain in his presence; and Melaghlin was afterwards liberated.
Edmond Dillon, Lord of Machaire-Chuircne, died.
Brian, the son of Teige (i.e. the Mac Rannall), son of Cathal Oge Mac Rannall, was treacherously slain at Liathdruim by the descendants of his own grandfather (i.e. by Teige, the son of Conor, and the two sons of Melaghlin), who had been foster-sons of his father.
The castle of Liathdruim was taken by Hubert, the son of Teige Mac Rannall, and the descendants of Tomaltagh Mac Dermot. Cathal, the son of Melaghlin Mac Rannall, was slain in the castle by Hubert, in revenge of his brother. The castle of Liathdruim was afterwards taken by Owen O'Rourke.
The castle of Athlone was taken by the Dillon.
Gerald, son of Dunlaing O'Byrne, Lord of the Branaghs, died; and Cathaoir O'Byrne took his place.
John Oge, the son of John More of Ilay, was treacherously slain by Dermot Mac Carbry, an Ultonian harper, who was one of his own servants; but Mac Carbry was quartered for this crime.
Finola, the daughter of Rory Mac Namara, and wife of Turlough, the son of Murrough O'Brien, died.
Con, the son of Donnell O'Conor of Corcomroe, was slain by Cathal, the son of Conor O'Conor.
There was an earthquake at Sliabh Gamh, by which a hundred persons were destroyed, among whom was the son of Manus Crossagh O'Hara. Many horses and cows were also killed by it, and much putrid fish was thrown up; and a lake, in which fish is now caught, sprang up in the place.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1491. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred ninety-one.
Owen, the son of Murtough, son of Niall Oge O'Neill; Murtough, the son of Art, son of Owen O'Neill; and John Roe, the son of Rory Maguire, died.
O'Kane, i.e. John, the son of Aibhne, son of Dermot, was released from captivity; and his creaghts were taken by him from the sons of Manus O'Kane, before any person of his own country had heard of his liberation.
Felim, the son of Hugh, son of Owen O'Neill, was slain by Brian, the son of Rury, son of Edmond Mac Mahon; in revenge of which, Art O'Neill, Felim's brother, took a prey in Teallach-Gealagain, where he burned and slew many persons.
A great war broke out between O'Neill, i.e. Con, the son of Henry, and O'Donnell, i.e. Hugh Roe, the son of Niall Garv, so that they could not be reconciled; and they went to the Lord Justice, the Earl of Kildare, but they returned without agreeing to terms of peace or armistice. During this war Brian, the son of Hugh Gallda, son of Niall O'Donnell, was slain by Henry, the son of Henry O'Neill. This Henry defended and protected the country while the O'Neill was in the English house.
Echmily, the son of Magennis, i.e. the son of Hugh, son of Art, was slain in his own house, in a nocturnal assault, by the sons of Melaghlin, the son of Murtough, son of Owen O'Neill.
O'Reilly (John, the son of Turlough, son of John), a kind, bountiful, and truly hospitable young man, died in the very beginning of his prosperity, and was interred in the monastery of Cavan; and John, the son of Cathal, son of Owen, was styled O'Reilly.
Cathal, the son of Turlough O'Reilly, drew the Earl of Kildare against the young O'Reilly and his kinsmen; and much damage was done to the corn, flocks, and herds of the country, by the English army. And the son of Mac Balronta was taken prisoner from the English by the sons of Cathal; but the son of Edmond, son of Thomas, son of Felim O'Reilly, was slain by these forces.
Great depredations were also committed by the Earl (James, the son of Thomas) upon the sons of Glasny, son of Connor O'Reilly.
Rory, the son of Dermot, son of Marcus, was made Magrath of Tearmann.
Hugh and Rory, the two sons of Donnell, son of Hugh Oge, son of Randal, son of Donough Alainn Magrath, died.
Murrough, the son of Owen Magrath, died.
Henry, the son of Hubert, son of James Dillon, killed his own father, Hubert, by a cast of a knife; in consequence of which he himself went to Rome.
There was much wet and unfavourable weather in the Summer of this year, and in the ensuing Autumn; it resembled a deluge, so that the corn crops of Ireland decayed.
THE AGE OF CHRIST, 1492. The Age of Christ, one thousand four hundred ninety-two.
The Official O'Dwyer, i.e. Hugh, died.
Rory, i.e. O'Conor Roe, son of Felim O'Conor, a man happy in peace, and brave in war, died at a venerable old age, and was buried at Tulsk.
O'Hanly, i.e. Gilla-na-naev, the son of Donnell, Chief of Kinel-Dofa, was slain by his own tribe.
A very great war broke out between the young O'Reilly, i.e. John, son of Cathal, who was son of Owen, and Cathal, the son of Turlough, son of John, son of Owen. Great depredations were committed by Cathal upon O'Gowan; O'Gowan pursued him, but died before he could return.
A peace and an armistice were concluded between O'Donnell and O'Neill until May.
Con, the son of Art, son of Con O'Conor, was slain by the people of the Earl of Kildare, for having in jest thrown a pole at the Earl.
Con, the son of O'Donnell, was put in fetters by his father.
John, the son of Carbry O'Neill, was slain by the sons of O'Hanlon and the sons of Redmond O'Hanlon, at Traigh-Bhaile of Dundalk.
Felim, the son of Turlough, son of Hugh O'Neill, was slain by Henry, the son of Brian-na-Coille, son of Owen O'Neill.
Cormac, the son of Hugh, son of Philip Maguire, died.
Colla, the son of Donough Mac Donnell, was killed by a flash of lightning in his own house, and the house also was burned; and three or four other persons were nearly killed by the same flash.
Brian, the son of Edmond Mac Donnell, and his sons, were slain by the sons of Mac Mahon and the sons of John Boy Mac Mahon.
Aibhne, the son of Aibhne O'Kane, and Godfrey and John Gallda, two sons of John (i.e. the O'Kane), son of Aibhne, son of Dermot, were slain by Walter Mac Quillin, John Cahanagh, son of John, son of Donnell Ballagh, and Thomas O'Kane, their own father's brother, at whose instigation they came to commit that slaughter.
Mac Gillafinnen, i.e. Turlough, the son of Brian, son of Henry Crossach, and Felim Roe, the son of Donough, who was son of Mac Gillafinnen, died.
Magrath, i.e. Dermot, son of Marcus, son of Maurice, son of Nicholas, son of Andreas, Coarb of the church of St. Daveog, died.
Philip, the son of William Maguire, was slain by O'Cathalain, in the town (or residence) of Richard, son of Belle the Knight.
Turlough, the son of O'Conor Faly, i.e. the son of Con, son of Calvagh, and Mac Namara, i.e. Cumeadha, the son of John Mac Namara, died.
Calvagh, the son of O'Conor Faly, i.e. the son of Cahir, son of Con, son of Calvagh, was slain by one of the people of the Earl of Ormond (James, the son of John, son of James Butler), i.e. by Master Gart; and Master Gart was himself taken prisoner immediately afterwards by the Earl of Kildare.
Great depredations were committed by Cathal, son of Turlough O'Reilly, and by the sons of Mac Mahon (i.e. Redmond), Glasny and Brian, and by Gilla-Patrick, the son of Hugh Oge Mac Mahon, at the instance of Cathal O'Reilly, upon O'Reilly, i.e. John, the son of Cathal, son of Owen, and upon all his relatives.
Other great depredations were committed by O'Reilly upon the sons of Glasny O'Reilly; and the son of John Boy Mac Mahon, i.e. Owen, was slain by the sons of Glasny, in the pursuit of the preys; and Garrett, the son of Edmond, son of Thomas, son of Felim O'Reilly, was taken prisoner in the same pursuit.
John Boy, the son of Owen, son of Rury, son of Ardgal Mac Mahon, died on the festival-day of St. Tighernach.
Donnell, the son of Henry, son of Owen, and Gilla-Patrick Mac Cawell, were taken prisoners; and Mac Cawell (i.e. Edmond) was slain by the sons of Redmond Mac Mahon, i.e. Glasny and Brian. Many others besides these were slain and taken prisoners on that occasion. Donnell, however, made his escape from the castle of Muineachan a week after his capture.
O'Clery, i.e. Teige Cam, Ollav to O'Donnell in literature, poetry, and history, a man who had kept a house of general hospitality for the mighty and the needy, died, after having gained the victory over the Devil and the world.
An unusual plague raged in Meath, i.e. a plague of twenty-four hours duration; and any one who survived it beyond that period recovered. It did not attack infants or little children.
The son of the Earl of Ormond came to Ireland, after having been a long time in England. An army was led by him, by O'Brien, with his kinsmen, and Mac William of Clanrickard, into the country of the Butlers, where they compelled the Butlers to give the Earl's son pledges of their submissiom The Irish chieftains of Leinster were taken prisoners, and Meath was ravaged, by this army. The Street of the Sheep in Dublin was burned by the Lord Justice. A peace was afterwards concluded between them recte Sir James Ormond and the Lord Justice, on these conditions, that each of them should have his own father's place, and that the deputyship in Ireland, i.e. the possession of the sword of state, and every thing connected with it, should be transferred to the Archbishop of Dublin, until the king should settle their disputes, and set them to rights. The reason for which the Earl of Kildare resigned his office of Lord Justice, and withdrew himself from the English of Meath, was, that they had not assisted him against the son of the Earl of Ormond.
Hubert, son of Mulrony Mac Rannall, heir to the chieftainship of Conmaicne-Rein-na-bh-Fomorach, and sixteen men along with him, were slain and burned in the church of Cill-Trenain, on the banks of the Shannon, by the descendants of Cathal Oge Mac Rannall, and by the Muintir-Carolan.
A depredation was committed by Owen O'Rourke in the territory of Hy-Briuin-na-Sinna, and he slew the son of O'Beirne (Cathal, the son of Murtough, who was son of Teige, son of Cormac).
Conor Mac Dermot, Lord of Moylurg, laid siege to the Rock of Lough Frey; but he was compelled by O'Donnell to desist, and make peace.
The castle of Baile-na-Huamha was re-erected by the descendants of Hugh Mac Dermot.
Conor Oge, son of Conor, who was son of Cathal Oge Mac Rannall, was slain by the descendants of Melaghlin Mac Rannall.
An army was led by O'Donnell, O'Rourke, and Owen O'Rourke, into Muin-tir-Eolais, in order to compel the sons of Melaghlin to submit to the authority of O'Rourke as their chief lord, which was refused; and the country was destroyed, both its corn and buildings And they styled William, son of Ir, the Mac Rannall, in opposition to Melaghlin, the son of William, who had been for a long time the sole chieftain.
Murtough, the son of Mahon O'Brien, died in Thomond of the wounds which he had received on the hosting aforesaid, i.e. the hosting of the son of the Earl of Ormond.
Hanlon, the son of Mahon O'Brien, was slain by the descendants of Donough O'Brien.
Hugh Mac Clancy, Chief Brehon and Professor of Law in Thomond, died.
Teige, the son of John, son of Teige Mac Donough, and Cormac, the son
Brian, the son of Niall Gallda O'Neill, and Ever, his son, were treacherously taken prisoners by the English of Carrickfergus, and delivered up to the sons of Con, the son of Hugh Boy.
The son of Rury Mac Quillin, and a great number of foot soldiers along with him, were slain by O'Kane.