12] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the 26th of
13]
the moon; the age of the Lord eighty-five years, and a
14]
hundred, and a thousand.
Great fruit in this year.
15] Philip Unsessra, accompanied by the Foreigners of Erinn,
16]
remained at Ard-Macha during six days and
six nights,
17]
in the very middle of Lent.
Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair,
18]
king of Erinn, came from his pilgrimage; and he took with
19]
him the Foreigners, and the men of Mumha, i.e. Domhnall
20]
O'Briain and his party; and they destroyed
the West of
21]
Connacht, both church and territory. Peace was afterwards
22]
made by himself and his son, and Connacht was divided
23]
between them.
Cill-Dalua was plundered and burned by
24]
Cathal Carrach, son of Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, and the
25]
men of Connacht, after the men of Mumha, in retaliation
26]
for their churches which the men of Mumha had burned;
27]
and for the slaughter of their clerics and
women who were
28]
slain and burned in their churches, and in their houses;
29]
and for carrying off their books, and utensils, and
30]
precious things.
Maelisa O'Dalaigh, chief poet of Erinn
31]
and Alba, and principal dux of Corca-Raidhe,
and the
32]
single choice of Erinn as regards grace, form, and goodness,
33]
died at Cluain-Iraird on his pilgrimage. Amhlaibh
2] John, son of the king of the Saxons, came to
assume
3]
the sovereignty of Erinn, with a fleet of three score
4]
ships, (besides what there were of Saxon Foreigners in
5]
Erinn before them); and they took possession of Ath-cliath
6]
and the province of Laighen, and erected castles at
7]
Tipraid-Fachtna and Ard-Finain.
A victory was gained
8]
by Domhnall O'Briain over the people of the son of the
9]
king of the Saxons, in which very many Foreigners were
10]
slain, along with the foster-brother of the son of the
11]
king of the Saxons.
Ruaidhri O'Gradha and Ruaidhri
12]
O'Conaing were slain by Foreigners in the slaughter of the
13]
castle of Tipraid-Fachtna.
The son of the king of the
14]
Saxons went across afterwards to complain of Hugo de
15]
Laci to his father; for it was Hugo de Laci that was king of
16]
Erinn when the son of the king of the Saxons came, and he
17]
permitted not the men of Erinn to give
tribute or hostages
18]
to him.
Donnchadh, son of Domhnall Midhech, occisus est.
19] Gilla-Isa O'Maeilin, bisbop of Magh-Eó, quievit.
Brian
20]
Breifnech, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair, mortuus
21]
est.
Flann O'Finnechta, dux of Clann-Murchadha, mortuus
22]
est.
The son of Cormac, son of Mac Carthaigh,
23]
king of Mumha, was slain by the Foreigners of Corcach.
24] Domhnall O'Gillapatraic, king of Osraighe, mortuus
25]
est.
Maelsechlainn, son of Mac Lachlainn, king of
26]
Cenel-Eoghain, interfectus est, through
treachery, by
27]
Saxons.
Diarmaid, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Briain,
28]
was blinded by his own brother, viz.:—by
Domhnall.
29] Mathghamhain, son of Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, was
30]
taken prisoner by Murchadh, son of Tadhg O'Cellaigh,
The sovereignty
2]
of Connacht was assumed by Conchobar
Maenmhaighe.
3] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 7th of the
4]
moon; the age of the Lord eighty-six years, and a hundred,
5]
and a thousand.
Great contentions in the North of
6]
Erinn this year.
Dethronement of Domhnall, son of
7]
Aedh Mac Lachlainn, and installation as king of Ruaidhri
8]
O'Laithbhertaigh, by a section of the Cenel-Eoghain of
9]
Telach-óg.
Conchobhar O'Flaithbhertaigh was slain by
10]
Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh, his own brother, in Ara.
11] Derbhorcaill, daughter of Murchadh O'Maelsechlainn,
12]
went to Droiched-atha, on a pilgrimage.
Rúaidhri O'Conchobhair
13]
was expelled by his own son, i.e. by Conchobhar
14]
Maenmhaighe.
Donnchadh, son of Tadhg O'Cellaigh,
15]
mortuus est.
Maelcalainn O'Cleirchen, bishop of Glenn-da-locha,
16]
in Christo quievit.
Celechair O'Airmhedhaigh,
17]
bishop of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn, quievit.
Conchobhar
18]
Maenmhaighe came to Mucart, and Aedh O'Ruairc
19]
went into his house, and gave hostages to Conchobhar,
20]
and gave Tir-Thuathail to the Connachtmen.
21] Hugo de Laci went to
Durmhagh-Choluim-Cille, to build
22]
a castle in it, having a countless number of Foreigners along
23]
with him; for he was king of Midhe, and Breifne, and
24]
Airghiall, and it was to him the tribute of Connacht was
25]
paid; and he it was that won all Erinn for the
Foreigners.
26] Midhe, from the Sinainn to the sea, was full of castles
27]
and of Foreigners. After the completion by him of this
28]
work, i.e. the erection of the castle of Durmhagh, he came
29]
out to look at the castle, having three Foreigners
There came towards him then a youth
2]
of the men of Midhe, having his axe concealed, viz.:—
3]
Gilla-gan-inathair O'Miadhaigh, the foster son of the
4]
Sinnach himself; and he gave him one blow, so that he
5]
cut off his head, and he fell, both head and body, into
6]
the ditch of the castle.
Christian O'Connorchi, bishop
7]
of Lis-mór, and legate of the comarb of Peter, in Christo
8]
quievit.
Diarmaid Mac Carghamhna occisus est.
Murchadh
9]
O'Cellaigh, king of Uí-Maine, occisus
est.
Gillaberaigh
10]
O'Cillin, vice-abbot of Síl-Muiredhaigh, mortuus
11]
est..
Amhlaibh O'Muiredhaigh, bishop of Ard-Macha and
12]
Cenel-Feradhaigh, a brilliant lamp that used to enlighten
13]
laity and clergy, in Christo quievit, in
Dun-Cruithne;
14]
and he was honourably brought to Doire-Choluim-Cille,
15]
and interred in the side of the church, at his father's feet.
16]
Fogartach O'Cerbhallain was ordained in his place.
17] Gillachrist Mac Cathmhail, king-chieftain of Cenel Feradhaigh
18]
and the Clanns, (viz.:—Clann-Aenghusa, and
19]
Clann-Duibhinrecht, and Clann-Foghartaigh; and Uí-Cendfada
20]
and Clann-Colla, of the Feara-Manach), and
21]
head of counsel of the North of Erinn, was slain by
22]
O'hEighnigh and Muinter-Caemhain; and they carried
23]
off his head, which was obtained from them at the end of
24]
a month afterwards.
Maelsechlainn, son of Muirchertach
25]
Mac Lachlainn, was slain by Foreigners.
Conn
26]
O'Breislén, chieftain of Fanad, quievit.
27] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the l8th of
28]
the moon; the age of the Lord eighty-seven years, and
29]
a hundred, and a thousand.
Ruaidhri O'Laithbhertaigh,
30]
king of Cenel-Eoghain, was slain while on a predatory
31]
excursion in Tir-Conaill.
Druim-cliabh was plundered by
12] The Rock of Loch-Cé was burned at mid-day,
13]
where a great many people were drowned and burned,
14]
along with the daughter of O'hEidhin, i.e. Duibhessa,
15]
daughter of Ruaidhri O'hEidhin, wife of Conchobhar
16]
Mac Diarmada, king of Magh-Luirg.
17] The kalends of Jannary on the 6th feria, the 29th of
18]
the moon; the age of the Lord eighty-eight years, and a
19]
hundred, and a thousand.
Ruaidhri O'Canannáin, king
20]
of Cenel-Conaill for a time, and also royal heir of Erinn,
21]
was slain by Flaithbhertach O'Maeldoraidh,
through
22]
treachery, at the bridge of Sligech, i.e. after being enticed
23]
out from the middle of Druim-cliabh; and a brother of
24]
his was slain along with him, and a number of his
people.
25] O'Gairbh, chieftain of Feara-Droma, it was that laid
26]
hands on O'Canannáin; and he was himself slain by
27]
the people of Echmarcach O'Dochartaigh, in revenge of
28]
O'Canannáin.
Domhnall O'Canannáin wounded his foot
29]
with his own axe, at Doire, while cutting a piece of
30]
wood; and he died thereof through the curse of the community
31]
of Colum-Cille.
Martin O'Brolaigh, chief sage
2] Amhlaibh O'Daighri went to Hi on a pilgrimage, and
3]
he died in Hi after select penance.
The Foreigners of
4]
the castle of Magh-Cobha, and a party of the
Uí-Echach-Uladh,
5]
went on a preying excursion into Tir-Eoghain,
6]
until they arrived at Leim-Neill, where they seized cows.
7]
Domhnall Mac Lachlainn went after them, and overtook
8]
them at Cabhán-na-crann-ard, and gave them battle; and
9]
the Foreigners were defeated and put to great slaughter;
10]
and a thrust of a foreign spear was given to the king
11]
alone, who fell there in the heat of the battle, viz.:—
12]
Domhnall, son of Aedh Mac Lachlainn, king of Oilech,
13]
and royal heir of Erinn as regards figure, intelligence,
14]
hospitality, and wisdom; and his body was
conveyed on
15]
the same day to Ard-Macha, and honourably interred.
16] A hosting into Connacht by John de Curci and the Foreigners
17]
of all Erinn, accompanied by Conchobhar O'Diarmada
18]
and the son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair. The king
19]
of Connacht, i.e. Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, assembles the
20]
chieftains of all Connacht, and Domhnall O'Briain, with
21]
a number of the men of Mumha, comes in the host of
22]
the king of Connacht. The Foreigners burned some of
23]
the churches of Connacht, and the Gaeidhel did not
24]
allow them to effect the demolition of some
others.
25]
The Foreigners, moreover, turned back from the West of
26]
Connacht, until they reached Es-dara, to go into Tir-Conaill.
27]
O'Maeldoraidh, i.e. Flaithbhertach, assembles
Murchadh, son of Ferghal
7]
O'Maelruanaidh and Maelsechlainn O' Matadhain, fell
8]
there also et alii multi cum eis.
Gillachrist son of Congalach
9]
O'Muiredhaigh mortuus est, and the Foreigners
10]
left the country without injuring much of it on this
11]
occasion.
Etain, daughter of O'Cuinn, queen of Mumha,
12]
who was on a pilgrimage at Doire, died, after triumphing
13]
over the world and the devil.
Muirchertach, son of
14]
Uada O'Concennain, king of Uí-Diarmada, mortuus est.
15] Domhnall, son of Lochlainn O'Maelruanaidh, and Ferghal
16]
O'Taidhg-in-Teghlaigh, and Flaithbhertach, son of Sitric
17]
O'Finnachta occisi sunt.
Muirchertach O' Brain, king
18]
of Breghmhaighe, occisus est.
Taithlech, son of Conchobhar,
19]
son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg O Maelruanaidh,
20]
occisus est.
21] The kalends of January on the 1st feria, the 10th of
22]
the moon, the age of the Lord eighty-nine years, and a
23]
hundred, and a thousand.
Domhnall, son of Muirchertach
24]
Mac Lachlainn, was slain by the Foreigners
of Dal Araidhe
25]
whilst staying with themselves.
Murchadh
26]
O'Cerbhaill, chief king of Oirghiall, died in the great
27]
monastery, after choice penance.
Ard-Macha was burned
28]
from Crossa-Brighde to Recles-Brighde, including Rath
29]
and Trian, and churches.
Echmilidh, son of Mac Cana, the
30]
happiness and prosperity of all Tir-Eoghain, died.
Mac-na-hoidhche
31]
O'Maelruanaidh, king of Feara-Manach, was
Conchobhar Maenmhaighe,
5]
son of Ruaidhri, chief king of Connacht, and royal heir of
6]
all Erinn, was killed by his own favorites,
viz.:—Muirchertach,
7]
son of Cathal, son of Diarmaid, and O'Finnachta,
8]
i.e. the Crosach Donn O'Finnachta, and the Mendtach
9]
O'Cimlidhcain, through the instigation of his own brother,
10]
viz.:—Conchobhar O'Diarmada. In the entrance of
11]
Tochar-Gibhsi he was slain.
Conchobhar O'Diarmada,
12]
son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, royal heir of Connacht,
13]
was killed by Cathal Carrach, son of Conchobhar Maenmhaighe,
14]
in revenge of his father.
Ard-Macha was
15]
plundered by John de Curci and the Foreigners.
The son
16]
of the Empress, king of the Saxons, died.
Maelcainnigh
17]
O'Fercomhais, lector of Doire, was drowned between
18]
Ard and Inis-Eoghain.
Diarmaid, son of Toirdhelbhach
19]
O'Conchobhair, occisus est.
Donnchadh O'Fallamhain,
20]
noble priest, and illustrious senior of Clann-Uadach,
21]
quievit.
Murchadh O'Flannagain, dux of Clann-Cathail, mortuus est..
23] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the 2lst of
24]
the moon; ninety years, and a
hundred, and a thousand
25]
ab Incarnatione Domini nostri Jesu Christi, et
secundus
26]
annus praeparationis bissexti, ac xiiii. annus cycli
27]
decennovenalis, atque cxxuii. annus undecimi cycli magni
28]
paschalis ab initio mundi.
The ship of Cathal Crobhderg
29]
O'Conchobhair, king of Connacht, was drowned in Loch-Ribh,
30]
and thirty-six men were drowned, including
31]
Airechtach O'Radhuibh, dux of
Clann-Tomaltaigh, and
Duibhessa, daughter of Diarmaid,
5]
son of Tadhg, wife of the Cosnamhach O'Dubhda,
6]
mortua est.
Mor, daughter of Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair,
7]
mortua est.
Diarmaid O'Rabhartaigh, abbot
8]
of Durmhagh-Choluim-Chille, quievit.
Aillenn, daughter
9]
of Riacan O'Maelruanaidh, i.e. wife of Airechtach
10]
O'Radhuibh, mortua est.
Maelsechlainn O'Nechtain and
11]
Gillaberaigh O'Sluaighedhaigh were slain by Toirdhelbhach,
12]
son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair.
Simon Puer.
13] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the 2nd of the
14]
moon; the age of the Lord ninety-one years, and a hundred,
15]
and a thousand.
Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair left
16]
Connacht and went into Cenel-Conaill.
Domhnall, son
17]
of Maelisa Mac-ind-abaid, moritur.
The Gaillimh became
18]
dry this year, and an axe was found in it measuring
19]
a hand from one point of it to the other; and a spear was
20]
found in it, and the breadth of the blade of this spear was
21]
three hands and three fingers; and its length was a hand
22]
from the shoulder.
Echthighern, son of Maelciarain,
23]
chief senior of Erinn, of Cluain-Iraird, moritur.
24] The castle of Rath-cuanartaigh was built.
Great wind
25]
in this year.
26] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 13th of
27]
the moon; the age of the Lord ninety-two years, and a
28]
hundred, and a thousand.
The two sons of Mac Carghamhna,
29]
and two sons of Tadhg Mac Ualairg, and
Taithlech O'Dubhda,
4]
king of Uí-Amhalghaidh and Uí-Fiachrach-Muaidhe, was
5]
killed by the two sons of his own son.
A victory was
6]
gained at Carraidh-echaraidh, over the Foreigners, by
7]
Muinter-Maelsinna.
The Giurnassaigh were slain in
8]
Mumha, and a great slaughter along with them.
The
9]
castle of Ath-in-urchair, and the castle of Cill-Bixsighe,
10]
were erected in this year.
Aedh O'Floinn, dux of Síl-Maelruain,
11]
mortuus est.
Eochaidh O'Baeighill was slain
12]
by the Uí-Fiachrach of Ard-sratha.
13] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the 24th of
14]
the moon; the age of the Lord ninety-three years, and a
15]
hundred, and a thousand.
Domhnall O'Biain, brilliant
16]
lamp of peace and war, and kindling star of the honour
17]
of Leth-Modha and the men of Mumha, died.
The
18]
Foreigners went upon Inis-Uí-Finntain, and were driven
19]
therefrom by force.
Cumhidhe O'Floinn was slain by the
20]
Foreigners.
Great snow between the two Easters in
21]
this year.
Diarmaid, son of Cubrogha O'Dimusaigh, dux
22]
of Clann-Maelughra, and king of Uí-Failghe for a long
23]
time, mortuus est.
Cathal Odhar, son of Mac Carthaigh,
24]
occisus est.
Derbhorcaill, daughter of Murchadh
25]
O'Maelsechlainn, mortua est in pilgrimage,
in the monastery
26]
of Droichet-atha.
Muirchertach, son of Murchadh
27]
Mac Murchadha, king of Uí-Ceinnsealaigh, moritur.
Aedh
28]
O'Maelbhrenainn, dux of Clann-Conchobhair,
occisus est.
29] Macbethaidh O'Dobhailen, airchinnech of
Camach mortuus
30]
est in pilgrimage, in Inis-Clothrann.
Gillachrist
31]
O'Muccaran, bishop of Airghiall, quievit.
The castle of
32]
Domhnach-Maighen was erected in this year.
Maelsechlainn,
Inis-Clothrann
2]
was plundered by Gilbert Mac Goisdealbh,
3]
with his Foreigners, and by the sons of Gillachrist Mac
4]
Carghamhna, viz.:—Gilla-Croichefraich and Amhlaibh,
5]
having Muinter-Maelsinna along with them.
Muirchertach
6]
O'Cerbhaill was blinded.
Aenghus, son of Gorman
7]
O'Ailghiusa, quievit in
Christo on his pilgrimage in
8]
Inis-Clothrann. v.ccc.xcviii.
9] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the 5th of the
10]
moon; the age of the Lord ninety-four years, and a hundred,
11]
and a thousand.
Echmarcach O'Cathain died in Recles-Poil.
12] The great priest of Hi died.
Sitric O'Gairmleghaigh
13]
was slain by Mac Duinnsleibhe. Ab initio mundi
14]
juxta lxx. Interpretes, vi.dc.xlvi; juxta vero Ebraeos,
15]
v.ccc.xcviii. Ab Incarnatione autem juxta Ebraeos,
16]
m.ccc.xlvii; secundum Dionysium, m.c.xciiii; juxta vero
17]
Bedam, ab Incarnatione m.c.lxxxvii. Solaris quidem cycli,
18]
i.e. cycli xxviii. annorum, xix. annus; cycli indictionis xii.
19]
annus. Secundus annus praeparationis bissexti, cxxxi.
20]
annus undecimi cycli magni paschalis ab initio
mundi.
21] The son of Conchobhar, son of Domhnall Gerrlamhach
22]
O'Briain, was blinded and emasculated by Foreigners.
23] The son of Maghnus Mac Duinnsleibhe was slain by
24]
O'hAnluain.
A hosting by Gilbert Mac Goisdealbh to
25]
Es-Ruaidh; and he returned from Es-Ruaidh without
26]
having obtained much profit on this
hosting.
Constantine
27]
O'Briain, bishop of Cill-Dalua, died.
v.ccc.xcix.
1] The kalends of January on the lst feria, the l6th of
2]
the moon; the age of the Lord ninety-five years, and a
3]
hundred, and a thousand, secundum Dionysium. Ab
4]
initio mundi, juxta lxx. Interpretes, vi.dc.xlvii; juxta
5]
Ebraeos, v.ccc.xcix. Ab Incarnatione juxta Ebraeos,
6]
m.cccc.xlviii; secundum Dionysium, m.c.xcv; secundum
7]
Bedam, m.c.lxxxviii; solaris cycli xx. annus; tertius
8]
annus praeparationis bissexti; cxxxii annus undecimi
9]
cycli magni paschalis ab initio mundi.
Florence, grandson
10]
of Riacan O'Maelruanaidh, bishop of Oilfinn, in
11]
Christo quievit.
Ath-cliath from the bridge northwards
12]
was burned.
A hosting by John de Curci and the son
13]
of Hugo de Laci, to assume power over the Foreigners of
14]
Laighen and Mumha.
Mac Goisdealbh was apprehended [...]
15]
Cathal Crobhderg O'Conchobhair, king of Connacht
16]
with the army of Connacht, went into Mumha;
17]
and they destroyed many castles and towns therein, and
18]
committed great depredations; and they returned
safely.
19] The Gilla-sron-mhael O'Dochartaigh, and the Cenel-Conaill
20]
likewise, turned against O'Maeldoraidh.
Cathal
21]
Crobhderg O'Conchobhair, king of Connacht, sent the men
22]
of the North of Connacht to assist him, and a battalion of
23]
mercenaries along with them.
A great gathering of the men
24]
of Connacht by Cathal Crobhderg, to Ath-Luain, where
25]
there were twelve hundred men, vel amplius;
and John de
26]
Curci, and the son of Hugo de Laci, and the nobles of the
27]
Foreigners, came to meet him, when they made their
peace.
28] Cathal, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg O'Maelruanaidh,
29]
was expelled from Connacht into Mumha; and he came
30]
again in the same year, through the strength of his hands,
31]
into Connacht, until be reached Caislen-na-Caillighe; and
32]
he killed many persons on his way from the south as far as
Domhnall O'Finn,
3]
comarb of Brenainn at Cluain-ferta, quievit.
vcccc.
The
4]
Recles of Paul and Peter, with its churches, and a part of
5]
the Raths, was burned.
A hosting by Ruaidhri Mac
6]
Duinnsleibhe, with the Foreigners, and with the sons of
7]
the king of Connacht, to the Cenel-Eoghain and
Airthera.
8] The Cenel-Eoghain of Telach-óg and the Airthera came,
9]
however, to the plain of Ard-Macha, and gave them
10]
battle, when a great multitude of their people were
11]
slain; and a number of the sons of the king of Connacht
12]
were killed in this defeat.
Muirchertach, son of
13]
Muirchertach Mac Lachlainn, king of Cenel-Eoghain, and
14]
royal heir of all Erinn, tower of the valour and bravery
15]
of Leth-Chuinn, destroyer of Foreigners and of castles,
16]
founder of churches and sanctuaries, was slain by
17]
Donnchadh, son of Bloscadh O'Cathain, by the advice
18]
of all the Cenel-Eoghain, viz.:—after having previously
19]
sworn to him by the three shrines, and the Canoin-Patraic,
20]
in the northern church of Ard-Macha; and his
21]
body was conveyed to Doire-Choluim-Chille, and there
22]
honourably interred.
The son of Bloscadh O'Cuirrin
23]
plundered Termonn-Dabheóg, and he himself was killed
24]
on account thereof, with a dreadful slaughter of his
25]
people, before the end of a month, through the miracles of
26]
Dabheóg.
In this year, moreover, Domhnall, son of Diarmaid
27]
Mac Carthaigh, gained a victory over the Foreigners
28]
of Mumha and Luimnech, in which a great multitude of
4] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the 27th of
5]
the moon; ninety-six years, and a hundred, and a thousand
6]
ab Incarnatione Domini secundum Dionysium. Secundum
7]
Bedam ab Incarnatione Domini, m.c.lxxxix. Ab
8]
Incarnatione juxta Ebraeos, m.cccc.xlix. Ab initio mundi
9]
juxta lxx. Interpretes, vi.dc.xlvii. Ab initio mundi juxta
10]
Ebraeos v.cccc. Solaris cycli xxi. annus; cycli Indictionis
11]
xiiii. annus; cycli luraris xvi. annus, atque bissextilis
12]
annus; cxxxiii. annus ndecimi cycli magni
paschalis
13]
ab initio mundi.
[...]aigh O'Catharnaigh,
14]
great priest of Cluain-mic-Nois, quievit in
the monastery
15]
of Cill-Becain, in the noviciate of a monk.
The
16]
great abbess, daughter of O'Maelsechlainn, died.
A
17]
predatory hosting by the Foreigners of Midhe, into the
18]
territory of Uí-Briuin; but O'Ruairc, with his people,
19]
encountered them, and the Foreigners were defeated, and
20]
a countless number of them slain.
Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh,
21]
king of the West of Connacht, went on the
22]
sea, to escape from Cathal Crobhderg, and from the men
23]
of Connacht also, and went to O'Briain.
O'Conchobhair
24]
again expelled him from O'Briain, and he was
25]
driven to sea as before.
Great depredations were committed
26]
by him O'Flaithbhertaigh in Conmaicne-mara,
27]
and in Umhall.
Cathal O'Flaithbhertaigh was killed.
28] Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe conducted a large army
29]
from Connacht, including the son of Maelisa O'Conchobhair,
30]
and the son of Mac Murchadha, grandson of
31]
Mael-na-mbó, and Brian Buidhe O'Flaithbhertaigh; but
32]
the Airghialla, and O'hAnluain, and the chief men of
33]
the Cenel-Eoghain assembled to meet them, viz.:—two
34]
large battalions; and they gave one another battle, when
7] Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh went into Tir-Conaill, and
8]
came from thence, along with the comarb of Patrick, into
9]
the house of O'Conchobhair, and made peace with him;
10]
and his territory was given to him.
The Gilla-ruadh,
11]
son of Mac Ragnaill, chieftain of Muinter-Eolais, was
12]
killed by Diarmaid, son of Maghnus O'Conchobhair, at
13]
the instigation of the son of Cathal O'Ruairc, by
whom
14]
the Muinter-Eolais had previously been slain.
Aedh
15]
O'Ferghail, dux of Muinter-Anghaile, was
slain by the
16]
sons of Sitric O'Cuinn.
Mathghamhain, son of Conchobhar
17]
Maenmhaighe, was slain by a mercenary of the
18]
people of Domhnall O'Mordha.
Domhnall O'Mordha fell
19]
himself at the same time by the hand of Cathal Carrach,
20]
son of Conchobhar Maenmhaighe, in revenge of his
21]
brother, i.e. Mathghamhain.
A hosting by John de
22]
Curci, with the Foreigners of Ulidia, as far as Es-craeibhe,
23]
when they erected the castle of Cill-Santail; and the
24]
cantred of Cianachta was wasted by them from this
It was in this castle Rustel Pitun was left, together
2]
with a large force.
Rustel Pitun came, moreover, on a
3]
preying expedition to the harbour of Doire, and he plundered
4]
Cluain-Hí, and Enach, and Derg-bruach.
But Flaithbhertach
5]
O'Maeldoraidh, i.e. the king of Cenel-Conaill and
6]
Cenel-Eoghain,with a small number of the
Cenel-Conaill
7]
and Cenel-Eoghain, overtook them, and
defeated them on
8]
the strand of the Nua-congmhail, where they were
9]
slaughtered, along with the son of Ardghal Mac Lachlainn,
10]
through the miracles of Colum-Cille, and of Cainnech,
11]
and of Brecan, whom they had plundered there.
Mac
12]
Gilla-Eidigh of Cianachta robbed the altar of the great
13]
church of Doire-Choluim-Chille, and took therefrom the
14]
four best goblets that were in Erinn, viz:—Mac-riabhach,
15]
and Mac-solus, and the goblet of O'Maeldoraidh,
16]
and the Cam-coruinn, i.e. the goblet of O'Dochartaigh; and
17]
he broke them, and took off their precious things. These
18]
articles were found on the third day after being stolen;
19]
and the person who stole them was discovered, and he
20]
was hanged at Cros-na-riagh in revenge of Colum-Cille,
21]
whose altar had been profaned.
Conchobhar O'Cathain
22]
died.
Flaithbhertach O'Maeldoraidh, king of Cenel-Conaill,
23]
and Cenel-Eoghain, and Airghiall, the
defender
24]
of Temhair, and royal heir of all Erinn—viz.:—a
Conall
25]
in heroism, a Cuchullain in valour, and a Guaire in
hospitality—
26]
died after great suffering, in Inis-Saimer, on the
27]
fourth of the nones of February, in the thirtieth year
28]
of his reign, and the nine and fiftieth year of his age;
They went afterwards to
9]
Cnoc-Nascain, to transport themselves across it.
The
10]
Cenel-Conaill, however, with Echmarcach O'Dochartaigh,
11]
came towards them, and gave them battle, when
12]
two hundred of them the Cenel-Conail were
slain,
13]
together with their king, i.e. Echmarcach O'Dochartaigh,
14]
and Donnchadh O'Tairchert, king-chieftain of
15]
Clann-Sneidhghile, and Gillabrighde O'Dochartaigh, and
16]
Mac Dubhán, and Mac Ferghail, and the sons of
17]
O'Baighill, et aliis nobilibus; and they
the Foreigners
18]
plundered Inis-Eoghain, and carried off therefrom a great
19]
cattle-spoil.
20] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 9th of
21]
the moon; ninety-seven years, and a hundred, and a
22]
thousand ab Incarnatione secundum Dionysium. Ab
23]
Incarnatione secundum Bedam, m.c.lxxxx. Ab Incarnatione
24]
juxta Ebraeos, m.cccc.i. Ab initio mundi juxta
25]
Ebraeos, v.cccc.i. Ab initio mundi secundum lxx. Interpretes,
26]
vi.dc.xlix. Solaris cycli xxii. annus; cycli Indictionis
27]
xu. annus; cycli lunaris xvii. annus; primus
28]
annus praeparationis bissexti; cxxxiiii. annus cycli
29]
magni paschalis undecimi ab initio mundi.
Ruaidhri
30]
O'Flaithbhertaigh, king of the West of Connacht, was
31]
apprehended by Cathal Crobhderg O'Conchobhair,
32]
king of Connacht.
The bishop O'Maelciarain, i.e.
33]
bishop of Airghiall, and a monk for a long time,
34]
and abbot of Droiched-átha, mortuus
est.
Domhnall,
35]
son of Mac Raghnaill, dux of Muinter-Eolais,
was
36]
slain.
Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg
Gillamoliac
3]
O'Branan resigned his comarbship; and Gillachrist
4]
O'Cernaigh was ordained in his place, by the election
5]
of the laity and clergy of the North of
Erinn, in the
6]
abbacy of Colum-Cille. v.cccc.ii.
7] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the 20th of
8]
the moon; Ab Incarnatione Domini secundum
Dionysium,
9]
ninety-eight years, and a hundred, and a thousand, the
10]
age of the Lord. Ab Incarnatione secundum Bedam,
11]
m.c.lxxxxi. Ab Incarnatione secundum Ebraeos, m.cccc.li.
12]
Ab initio mundi juxta Ebraeos, v.cccc.ii; ab initio mundi
13]
juxta lxx. Interpretes, vi.dc.l. Solaris cycli xxiii. annus;
14]
cycli Indictionis primus annus; cycli lunaris xviii.
15]
annus; secundus annus praeparationis bissexti; cxxxv.
16]
annus undecimi cycli magni paschalis ab initio
mundi.
17]
Goffraidh, son of Goffraidh O'Raighilligh, was slain by
18]
O'Donnchadha, in treachery.
Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhealbhach
19]
Mór O'Conchobhair, i.e. the king of all Erinn,
20]
both of Foreigners and Gaeidhel, without dispute, died
21]
at Cunga-Feichin, after triumphing over the world
22]
and the devil.
Aedh, son of Brian Breifnech, son of
23]
Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair, was slain by Cathal
24]
Carrach O'Conchobhair.
A great nut crop in this year,
A hosting by John de Curci among the
3]
churches of Ulidia, i.e. Ard-sratha and Rath-bhoth, and
4]
they were destroyed by him until he reached Doire,
5]
where he remained two nights over a week, devastating
6]
Inis-Eoghain and the country besides; and he departed
7]
not for a long time, until Aedh O'Neill went with five
8]
ships to Cill [...] in Latharna, and burned a
part of
9]
the town, and killed thirty-eight persons there. At this
10]
time the Foreigners of Magh-line and Dal-Araidhe, to the
11]
number of three hundred, both in iron and without iron,
12]
were before them, and they observed nothing until the
13]
Foreigners poured in upon them; and they delivered
14]
battle in the middle of the town, when the Foreigners
15]
were defeated; and they the Irish inflicted
five defeats on
16]
them in addition, and went to their ships in spite of them;
17]
and only five of the people of O'Neill were lost. John
18]
departed when he heard this, postea.
19] The kalends of January on the 6th feria, the 1st of
20]
the moon. Ab Incarnatione secundum Dionysium,
m.c.xcix;
21]
ab Incarnatione secundum Bedam, m.c.xcii;
22]
ab Incarnatione secundum Ebraos,
m.cccc.lii; ab initio
23]
mundi secundum Ebraos, u.cccc.iii; ab
initio secundum
24]
lxx. Interpretes, ui.dc.li; cycli solaris xxiiii. annus; cycli
25]
Indictionis ii. annus; cycli lunaris xix. annus; tertius
26]
annus praeparationis bissexti; cxxxui. annus undecimi
27]
cycli magni paschalis ab initio mundi.
Peace was
28]
made by Cathal Crobhderg and Cathal Carrach; and
29]
Cathal Carrach was brought into the country, and land
Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh was set
2]
free.
A depredation was comitted on the Foreigners by
3]
Cathal Crobhderg, who burned the bódhún of Ath, and
4]
killed many persons; and they carried with them many
5]
cows to their homes.
Gormghal O'Cuinn, dux of Muinter-Gillcan,
6]
was taken prisoner by the Foreigners; and his
7]
people were reduced to great distress from want of food
8]
and clothing, after being plundered by the Foreigners.
The
9]
castle of Granard was built in this year.
Aedh O'Cuinn,
10]
and the son of Aedh-na-namus, and some more of the
11]
Conmaicne were slain by the mercenaries of Connacht.
12] The Foreigners performed three great hostings to Tir-Eoghain
13]
this year, and on the third hosting which they
14]
performed they encamped at Domhnach-mor of Magh-Imchlair,
15]
and they sent out a great army to devastate the
16]
country. Aedh O'Neill came to meet this army, and he
17]
encountered the Foreigners, and inflicted on them a countless
18]
slaughter; and the remainder of the Foreigners escaped
19]
in the night, and went across Tuaim.
Sanctus Mauricius
20]
O'Baedan in Hi-Choluim-Chille in pace
quievit.
A hosting
21]
by Ruaidhri O'Duinnsleibhe, with some of the Foreigners
22]
of Midhe; and they plundered the monastery of Paul
23]
and Peter, so that they left only one cow in it.
Domhnall
24]
O'Dochartaigh, king of Cenel-Enna and Ard-Midhair, in
25]
pace quievit.
Roland Mac Uchtraigh, king of Gall-Gaeidhel,
26]
quievit.
27] The kalends of January on the 7th feria, the 12th of
28]
the moon; the age of the Lord two hundred years, and a
29]
thousand.
Donnchadh, son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair,
A great depredation by
3]
Cathal Crobhderg and the Connachtmen, in the West of
4]
Midhe; and they carried off an enormous spoil of cows
5]
and horses, and pigs, and sheep; and they came safely
6]
past the Bruighin hither, without a blow being struck
7]
against them, saving that three or four of them were
8]
killed on scouting parties. The Foreigners turned back
9]
from them then, except a few men whom they left watching
10]
them. When the Connachtmen, however, saw the Foreigners
11]
turning back from them, each one of them went
12]
off with his prey, except O'Conchobhair, and O'Flaithbhertaigh,
13]
and Mac Goisdealbh, who remained after them
14]
with a very small company. When the watching band
15]
left by the Foreigners saw this, they went back after the
16]
Foreigners, and informed them that the host had departed
17]
with their preys, except a very small company that remained
18]
in their track. The Foreigners pursued the host,
19]
and overtook them immediately, and routed the Gaeidhel before
them;
20]
and Ruaidhri O'Flaithbhertaigh, king of
21]
the West of Connacht, was slain there; and Amhlaibh
22]
O'Cuinn, of the Muinter-Gillcán, was the
person that slew
23]
him. Cathal O'Concennuinn, king of Uí-Diarmada, was
24]
slain there, et alii multi cum istis interfecti
sunt, of the
25]
sons of warriors, and attendants; sed tamen non
multi
26]
sed pauci interfecti sunt ibi, si verum est ut nunciatum est
27]
nobis. O'Conchobhair was left without a man in his company,
28]
except Muirchertach Mac Merain, i.e. his doorkeeper,
A hosting by Cathal Crobhderg
6]
until he reached Tir-Fiachrach-Aighne, as if he went
7]
to protect his own land. It was not so in reality; but
8]
it was a treacherous and malicious hosting, of which
9]
came the destruction of Connacht, and his own destruction,
10]
viz.:—to attack Cathal Carrach, son of Conchobhair
11]
Maenmhaighe O'Conchobhair, to expel him from
12]
Connacht, or to capture him, or to kill him. When
13]
Cathal Carrach heard this he sent his people into the
14]
woods, and he was himself behind them with all his
15]
army. Cathal Crobhderg advanced towards him from the west, from
16]
Tir-Fiachrach; and when he reached the
17]
middle of the territory of Cathal Carrach, he sent a
18]
large army in pursuit of him, with Toirdhelbhach son
19]
of Ruaidhri, and other sons of Ruaidhri; and with
20]
Maelchulaird O'Flaithbhertaigh, king of the West
21]
of Connacht; and with the grandsons of Tadhg O'Cellaigh;
22]
and with the knight O'Maelsechlainn, and with
23]
the Midhe band. And when they arrived in the
24]
wood they were opposed, and battle was given to them,
25]
and the people of Cathal Crobhderg were defeated;
26]
and Maelchulaird O'Flaithbhertaigh, and the knight
27]
O'Maelsechlainn, and Iughuláid Mac Conmedha, and
28]
Domhnall, son of the Gilla-dubh O'Laedhóc, were
29]
slain there. Cathal Carrach afterwards sent messengers
30]
to Luimnnech, to William Burk, and they delivered the
31]
son of Cathal Carrach into his hands as a pledge for
32]
the pay of the Foreigners. William Burk subsequently
33]
assembled a large host from Ath-cliath, and from Laighen,
34]
and the Foreigners of Luimnech and Mumha besides,
35]
and the two O'Briains, viz.:—Muirchertach and
36]
Conchobhar Ruadh, with their armies, to the assistance
Faelan O'Donnchadha was slain by
28]
the Dartraighe.
A cold, foodless year, the equal of which
29]
no man witnessed in that age.
A predatory hosting
30]
by the Connachtmen into Mumha, and they burned
31]
the bodhún of Luimnech, and
Caislen-Uí-Conaing, and
Cúcocriche
4]
Mac Eochagain was slain by the Uí-Failghe.
An act of
5]
treachery was committed by the Foreigners of Uladh
6]
against the Airthera, who were nearly all slain.
Another
7]
hosting by Cathal Carrach and the Foreigners of Mumha,
8]
into Connacht, when they burned nearly all the churches
9]
of Connacht, and devastated all Connacht.
10] The kalends of January on the 2nd feria, the 23rd of
11]
the moon; the age of the Lord one year, and two hundred,
and a thousand.
12] Ruaidhri Mac Duinnsleibhe, king
13]
of Uladh, i.e. the lamp of valour and prowess of all the
14]
Gaeidhel, was slain by the Foreigners of John de Curci,
15]
after they had met him alone, undefended, through
16]
the miracles of Paul and Peter, and of Patrick, whom he
17]
profaned.
A predatory expedition by Cathal Crobhderg
18]
O'Conchobhair, accompanied by O'Neill, and by
19]
O'hEighnigh, king of Feara-Manach, with a small army;
20]
and they plundered Cuil-cnamha, i.e. the people of
21]
Diarmaid, son of Conchobhar, son of Tadhg
O'Maelruanaidh.
22] Another predatory expedition by Cathal
23]
Crobhderg, with all his own army, into Tir-Aililla, when
24]
he plundered many persons of the people of Tomaltach,
25]
son of Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg O'Maelruanaidh,
26]
king of Magh-Luirg.
Cadhla O'Dubhthaigh,
27]
archbishop of the province of Connacht, in Christo
28]
quievit.
Cathal Crobhderg O'Conchobhair, with all
29]
his army; and O'Neill, with all his army; and the
30]
Cenel-Eoghain; and a multitude of the Cenel-Conaill;
31]
and O'hEighnigh, king of Feara-Manach, with all
32]
his forces, went into Connacht until they
reached
Tomaltach,
2]
son of Aedh, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair, comarb
3]
of Patrick, and primate of Erinn, and bishop of
Síl-Muiredhaigh,
4]
in Christo quievit. In
Magh-Mura-na-hechloisce
5]
vitam finivit, whilst going to
Ard-Macha.
6] Aedh, son of Taichlech O'Dubhda, king of Uí-Amhalghaidh,
7]
occisus est.
8] A great hosting to Connacht by John de Curci and
9]
Hugo the younger, son of Hugo de Laci, accompanied by a
10]
great number of the Foreigners of Midhe, together with
11]
Cathal Crobhderg, to contest the sovereignty with Cathal
12]
Carrach; and the way they went was to
Es-Ruaidh, and
13]
into Cairpre-Droma-cliabh, into Corann, into
Corrsliabh-na-Seghsa,
14]
into Magh-Luirg-in-Daghda, into Magh-Nai,
15]
into Maighe-Finna, to Dun-Leodha, into Maenmhagh, into
16]
Tir-Fiachrach-Aighne, until they reached Cill-Mic-Duach.
17]
And the reason they proceeded so far southwards was in
18]
pursuit of the cows and people of the Connachtmen, and
19]
of Cathal Carrach, which had been carried off by Cathal
20]
Carrach to Tuadh-Mumha and to Cenel-Aedha of Echtghe,
21]
both men and cattle; and he himself was behind his
22]
people, with all his forces. These hosts were informed
23]
of the wood in which was the camp of Cathal Carrach
24]
and the men of Connacht; and the resolution
they
25]
adopted was to move towards the camp. And when
26]
they reached the wood they cut it down, and made a
27]
great road before them until they arrived at the camp,
28]
which they found empty, after having been abandoned
Conchobhar-na-Glaisfheine, son of
10]
Cathal O'Ruairc, was drowned.
The Foreigners released
11]
Cathal Crobhderg.
Conchobhar Bec Mac Lachlainn was
12]
slain by the Cenel-Conaill.
Aedh O'Neill was dethroned
13]
by the Cenel-Eoghain in this year.
Niall
14]
O'Floinn was slain by the Foreigners, in treachery.
15] Maghnus, son of Diarmaid Mac Lachlainn, was killed
16]
by Muirchertach O'Neill. Muirchertach O'Neill was
17]
himself slain there.
18] The kalends of January on the 3rd feria, the 4th of
19]
the moon; the age of the Lord two years, and two
20]
hundred, and a thousand.
Felix O'Dubhláin, bishop of
21]
Osraighe, mortuus est.
The bishop O'Mellaigh mortuus
22]
est.
Cathal Crobhderg went into Mumha, to William
13]
Burk, after being released from his bonds.
Johannes,
24]
Presbyter Cardinalis de Monte Celio, qui et legatus
25]
Apostolicae sedis erat, in Hiberniam venit.
A hosting by
20] A synod of the clerics of Erinn,
21]
both Foreigners and Gaeidhel, in Ath-cliath, with the
22]
Cardinal, i.e. Johannes Presbyter de Monte Celio.
A
23]
synod of Connacht, both laics and clerics, at Ath-Luain,
24]
with the same Cardinal, at the end of a fortnight.
25] Tadhg O'Brain, king of Luighne, died.
Toirdhelbhach,
26]
son of Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair,
27]
was taken prisoner by Cathal Crobhderg; and they who
29]
arrested him were these, viz.:—Donnchadh O'Dubhda,
30]
king of Uí-Amhalghaidh, and Conchobhar Got O'hEghra,
31]
king of Luighne of Connacht, and Diarmaid, son of Ruaidhri
Maelfinnein Mac Colmain, a high, choice senior,
4]
in pace quievit.
Domhnall Carrach O'Dochartaigh, king-chieftain
5]
of Ard-Midhair, was slain by Muinter-Buighill,
6]
after plundering many churches and territories.
Domhnall
7]
O'Brolchán, a prior, and an illustrious, choice senior for
8]
figure, for sense, for gentleness, for dignity, for wisdom,
9]
and for great piety, post magnam tribulationem et
10]
optimam poenitentiam, in quinta kalendas Maii quievit.
11] The kalends of January on the 4th feria, the 15th of
12]
the moon; the age of the Lord two hundred and three
13]
years, and a thousand.
A hosting by William Burk,
14]
accompanied by the Foreigners of Mumha and Midhe,
15]
into Connacht, when he erected a castle at Mílec, in
Síl-Anmchadha;
16]
and the place where the castle was erected
17]
was round the great church of the place, which was lined
18]
round with earth and stones to the pinnacles; and they
19]
devastated the West of Connacht, both church and
territory.
20] Great famine in all Erinn generally in this year, so
21]
that the clergy used to eat meat in Lent.
Cluain-ferta-Brenuinn,
22]
and Mílec, and Cluain-mic-Nois were plundered
23]
by William Burk.
Conchobhar RuadhO'Briain was
24]
slain by his own brother, i.e. Muirchertach, son of
25]
Domhnall, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Briain.
Toirdhelbhach,
26]
son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, escaped from his
27]
bonds; and Cathal Crobhderg made peace with him, and
28]
gave him land.
A hosting by the Justice, i.e. by Meiler,
Toirdhelbhach, son of Ruaidhri, was
15]
banished from Connacht by Cathal Crobhderg, and sent
16]
into Midhe; and peace was immediately made with him
17]
through the intercession of the Foreigners, viz.:— Meiler
18]
and Walter.
A hosting by the sons of Goisdelbh and by
19]
young Meiler, together with Domhnall Carrach O'Maeldoraidh,
20]
to Tir-Conaill, to recover the sovereignty for
21]
Domhnall Carrach; and Domhnall Carrach himself was
22]
slain by the Cenel-Conaill on this expedition.
Tuaim-dha-ghualann
23]
was emptied, and Cunga-Feichín was rased, so
24]
that it was without a house or church, and the churches
25]
of nearly all Connacht were emptied.
Doire-Choluim-Chille
26]
was burned, from Relic-Martain to Tiprait-Adhomnain.
27] Diarmaid, son of Muirchertach Mac Lachlainn,
28]
accompanied by the Foreigners, went on a predatory
29]
expedition to Tir-Eoghain; and they plundered
30]
Scrin-Choluim-Chille; but a number of the Cenel-Eoghain
31]
came up with them, and the Foreigners were defeated, and
32]
Diarmaid Mac Lachlainn was slain, through the miracles
A hosting by the son of Hugo de Laci,
2]
with the Foreigners of Midhe, to Ulidia; and they banished
3]
John de Curci from Ulidia.
4] The kalends of January on the 5th feria, the 26th of
5]
the moon; the age of the Lord two hundred and four
6]
years, and a thousand; and the eighteenth year of the
7]
Nineteen.
Easter on the seventh of the kalends of May
8]
in this year, and Little Easter in summer.
Tighernan
9]
Mac-an-abaidh died at Sruthair-Bracain, on his pilgrimage
10]
with his monks.
Muirchertach Tephtach, son of Conchobhar
11]
Maenmhaighe, son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair, was
12]
slain by Diarmaid, son of Ruaidhri, and by Aedh, son of
13]
Ruaidhri, his father's two brothers.
A victory by
14]
Domhnall, son of Mac Carthaigh, and the men
of Des-Mumha,
15]
over the Foreigners, ubi ceciderunt clx. uiri, vel
16]
amplius.
The Glasfhian were slain by Cathal Crobhderg
17]
and the Connachtmen and the king of the Glasfhian,
18]
i.e. Mant-na-mulchán O'Ruairc, was captured by them,
19]
and blinded.
A woman was brought to him whilst he
20]
lay suffering from the operation, and shared his company;
21]
and he died soon after.
Echmhilidh, son of the
22]
comarb of Finnen, bishop of Uladh, died.
Treachery
23]
was practised by the Connachtmen against the son of
24]
O'Ruairc and the sons of O'Maelmhiadhaigh, who were
25]
slain.
A battle between young Hugo, son of Hugo de Laci,
26]
with the Foreigners of Midhe, and John de Curci with the
27]
Foreigners of Uladh.
John de Curci was taken prisoner,
2] Two sons of Donnsleibhe were slain by the Uí-Echach,
3]
in treachery.
Sitric O'Sroithen, airchinnech of
4]
the Congbhail, quievit.