20] The kalends of January on Monday, and the eighteenth
21]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxxx. quinto; xvii.
anno
22]
cycli solaris; xiii. anno cycli lunaris et
Indictionis.
23] Simon O'Ruairc, bishop of the Breifne, in Christo
quievit.
24] A great defeat was inflicted by Maghnus O'Conchobhair
25]
on Adam Cusack and the Foreigners of the West of
26]
Connacht, at Lec-Essa-dara, where a great many persons
27]
were slain, and where Colin Cusack, i.e. his Adam's
28]
brother, was taken into captivity after his people had
29]
been slain, in consideration of being allowed himself to
30]
depart. A defeat was inflicted by Philip Mac Goisdelbh
31]
upon Maghnus O'Conchobhair's people, on Sliabh-Gamh,
32]
where a great many recruits and inferior persons were
Alice, daughter of Cormac, mortua est.
Ruaidhri
2]
O'Gadhra, king of Sliabh-Lugha, was killed by Mac
3]
Feorais on his own lake.
Henry Mac Gillafhinnén
4]
mortuus est.
5] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the twenty-ninth
6]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxxxvi; xviii.
7]
cycli solaris; xiiii. cycli lunaris et
Indictionis.
A great
8]
hosting by the Earl of Ulster into Connacht, when
9]
he destroyed many of the monasteries and churches
10]
of Connacht; and he obtained sway, nevertheless, in
11]
every place through which he passed, and received the
12]
hostages of all Connacht; and he afterwards took with
13]
him the army of Connacht, and obtained the hostages of
14]
Cenel-Conaill and Cenel-Eoghain; and he deposed Domhnall,
15]
son of Brian O'Neill, and gave the sovereignty to
16]
Niall Culanach O'Neill, on this occasion.
The spring of
17]
the cow-mortality in hoc anno.
Maurice Mael Fitz-Gerald
18]
mortuus est in hoc anno.
Domhnall O'hAinlighe,
19]
dux of Cenel-Doffa, quievit
viii. kalendas Aprilis.
20] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the tenth
21]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxxxvii; xix. anno
22]
cycli solaris; xv. anno cycli lunaris et
Indictionis..
Diarmaid
23]
Midhech, son of Diarmaid, son of Muirghes, son
24]
of Cathal Mac Diarmada, king of Muinter-Maelruanaidh,
25]
i.e. the oldest and noblest man of his kindred, died in
26]
hoc anno.
Florence O'Gibellan, archdeacon of Oilfinn, a
27]
philosopher in wisdom, learning, intellect, and clerkship,
28]
quievit in Christo.
Gilla-na-nech O'Mannachain, king
29]
of the Three-Tuatha, mortuus est vii. idus
Septembris.
30] Maelsechlainn, son of Tomaltach Mac Oirechtaigh,
31]
was killed by Toirdhelbhach, son of Eoghan O'Conchobhair,
32]
in revenge for the abandonment of his father
Ruaidhri
2]
Sinnach quievit.
3] The kalends of January on Thursday, and the twenty-first
4]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxxxviii; xx. anno
5]
cycli solaris; xvi. anno cycli lunaris.
Cathal, son of
6]
Tadhg, son of Cathal Mac Diarmada, assumed the sovereignty
7]
of Magh-Luirg in hoc anno.
Maghnus O'Conchobhair,
8]
accompanied by those of the Connachtmen,
9]
Uí-Briuin, and Conmaicne, whom he got to join him,
10]
came to take the sovereignty of Connacht for himself
11]
and to depose his brother, i.e. Cathal, son of Conchobhar
12]
Ruadh; and they proceeded to Ath-Slision, where Cathal
13]
was with his army; and they gave battle to one another on
14]
both sides, when Cathal was taken prisoner, and his
15]
people were routed; and he himself was deposed; and the
16]
greater part of Connacht was plundered on this occasion.
17]
And Maghnus then forcibly assumed the sovereignty
18]
himself, in the face of his elder brother, who had been
19]
seven years and a-half in the sovereignty, as the author
20]
said:—
- 21] The son of the royal Conchobhar Ruadh
22] Was king of Connacht, north and south;
23] Half a year and seven lasted
24] The sovereignty of Cathal in Cruachan.
25] Donnchadh Riabhach, son of Maghnus, son of Muirchertach
26]
Muimhnech, quievit.
A house was captured in the
27]
Ros-mór, in this same winter, against Maghnus
O'Conchobhair,
28]
by Toirdhelbhach, son of Eoghan O'Conchobhair,
29]
and by Maelsechlainn O'Flannagain along with
30]
him; and by the advice of Fiachra O'Floinn this attack
9] A hosting to Connacht by the Red Earl, i.e.
10]
Richard, son of Walter, son of Richard, son of William
11]
the Conqueror of the Occupation; and he went to
Ros-Comá,in,
12]
to attack Maghnus, son of Conchobhar Ruadh,
13]
at that time king of Connacht, and to attack Fitz-Gerald
14]
and the king's people. And they all assembled before
15]
him, and challenged the Earl to pass beyond that place,
16]
so that the resolution which the Earl then adopted was,
17]
to go out of the territory, and subsequently disperse
18]
his army.
Stephen, archbishop of Tuaim-dá-ghualann,
19]
and Justiciary of Erinn, quievit. William
Mac Feorais
20]
was afterwards elected to the archbishopric of
Tuaim.
21] The kalends of January on Saturday, and the second
22]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxxxix; xxi. anno
cycli
23]
solaris; xvii. anno cycli lunaris; secundus annus
Indictionis.
24] Tadhg O'Flannagain, chieftain of Clann-Cathail,
25]
quievit.
Matthew O'Sgingin, ollamh of Cenel-Conaill,
26]
mortuus est.
The bishop of Conmaicne, i.e. the foreign
27]
bishop, whose name was Miles, quievit.
Simon O'Finnachta,
28]
archdeacon of Elphin, in Christo
quievit.
A
29]
hosting by Maghnus O'Conchobhair, and by Richard
30]
Tuit, with whom were the Foreigners of Midhe, to
31]
O'Maelsechlainn and all the Feara-Midhe; and a great
32]
defeat was then inflicted on them, in which Richard
Fiachra O'Floinn, dux
5]
of Síl-Maelruain, the most clement, truthful, protecting,
6]
hospitable, and valorous man of all the chieftains of
7]
Connacht, went to contract a marriage alliance with the
8]
Foreigners, when the son of Richard Finn, son of William
9]
Burk, and Mac Feorais, slew him in treachery.
A great
10]
hosting by Mac Maurice and Mac Feorais, against the
11]
Calbhach Mór O'Conchobhair and the other Lagenian
12]
princes; and a great defeat was inflicted on them, in which
13]
Meyler de Exeter and many more Foreigners were slain;
14]
and numerous horses were moreover taken from
them.
15] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the thirteenth
16]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xc; xxii. anno cycli
solaris;
17]
xviii. anno cycli lunaris; tertius annus
Indictionis.
Cairbre
18]
O'Maelsechlainn, king of Midhe, was slain by Mac Cochlainn
19]
and the Delbhna, in treachery.
Conghalach Mac
20]
Eochagain, dux of the race of Fiacha, son of
Niall of the
21]
Nine Hostages, mortuus est.
William Mac Feorais assumed
22]
the archbishopric of Tuaim.
The Bishop O'Setachain, i.e.
23]
bishop of Cill-Mic-Duach, quievit.
A hosting by Domhnall,
24]
son of Brian O'Neill, to Cenel-Eoghain, out of
25]
which he forcibly expelled Niall O'Neill; and he assumed
26]
the sovereignty himself by means of his power.
27] Aedh O'Domhnaill was deposed by his own brother, i.e.
28]
Toirdhelbhach O'Domhnaill, who assumed the sovereignty
29]
himself through the power of his mother's kindred, i.e. the
30]
Clann-Domhnaill, and several other Gall-oglaechs.
1] The kalends of January on Monday, and the twenty-fourth
2]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xc. primo. It
3]
was the last Decennovenalian year; xx. tertio anno
cycli
4]
solaris; quartus annus Indictionis.
Toirdhelbhach, son
5]
of Eoghan O'Conchobhair, the greatest, handsomest, most
6]
hospitable and valorous man, and the best fitted to be a
7]
king, was slain by Niall Gelbhuidhe O'Conchobhair.
A
8]
great hosting by the Earl of Ulster to Tir-Eoghain, when
9]
he deposed Domhnall, son of Brian O'Neill, and when
10]
Niall Culanach O'Neill was made king by him; and just
11]
as the Earl left the district, Niall Culanach O'Neill was
12]
slain by Domhnall O'Neill. The Earl came again, and
13]
the son of Aedh Buidhe, i.e. Niall, was made king by
him.
14] Domhnall O'Neill was expelled out of the country through
15]
the power of the Earl.
Another hosting by the same Earl
16]
to Tir-Conaill, against Toirdhelbhach O'Domhnaill, when
17]
he plundered the entire country, both church and territory,
18]
so that they neither left a cloth upon an altar, nor a mass-book,
19]
nor a mass-chalice, in the churches of Cenel-Conaill:
20]
and he carried this spoil into Connacht. And he went
21]
subsequently to Oilfinn; and the Connachtmen then gave
22]
him deceptive hostages, after which he departed.
23] Conchobhar O'Dubhda, king of Uí-Fiachrach, was drowned in
24]
the Sinuinn, whilst coming with the Connachtmen to meet
25]
the same Earl.
A war was conjointly raised by Cathal
26]
O'Conchobhair, and by Niall Gelbhuidhe O'Conchobhair,
27]
and all the Foreigners and Gaeidhel who adhered to them,
28]
to depose Maghnus O'Conchobhair, king of Connacht;
29]
and they gave battle to each other at Caraidh-Culmhaile;
30]
and Cathal was wounded there; and Murchadh, son of
31]
Tadhg, son of Andrias O'Conchobhair, was slain there by
32]
Niall Gelbhuidhe O'Conchobhair; and other persons were
As regards
8]
Maghnus O'Conchobhair, moreover, when the Síl-Muiredhaigh,
9]
and his own favourites, and the Foreigners of Ros-Comain,
10]
had come to his assistance after this defeat, he
11]
proceeded on the morrow to meet those depredators, and
12]
came up with them at Srath-in-fherain, and about the
13]
Aenach; and their preys were taken from them. And
14]
Niall himself escaped by force from this defeat; and
15]
Thomas Mac Goisdelbh was slain there, and his brother,
16]
i.e. David Mac Goisdelbh, was taken prisoner, and was
17]
afterwards slain in that captivity. And a great many of
18]
the host, both Foreigners and Gaeidhel, were slain. And
19]
Niall subsequently came on terms of peace to the district,
20]
and all his own land was given to him. Enmity and
21]
mutual complaints occurred between Maghnus and Niall, for it was
22]
reported to Maghnus that Niall had acted
23]
treacherously by him; and Niall afterwards tried to
24]
leave the district. Great depredations were committed on
25]
Niall by Maghnus, and Niall's pride was very much
26]
humbled by these depredations.
Aedh O'Fallamhain,
27]
chieftain of Clann-Uadach, died in this year.
Diarmaid
28]
O'Floinn, chieftain of Síl-Maelruain, mortuus est.
Aedh
29]
O'Domhnaill assumed his own sovereignty again, and
30]
Toirdhelbhach O'Domhnaill was expelled.
Lucas Mac
31]
Gilla-ruaidh, archdeacon of Oilfinn, quievit.
Edrúth Mac
32]
Craith, abbot of Loch-Cé, mortuus
est.
33] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the fifth of
3] A hosting by the Earl against Maghnus O'Conchobhair,
4]
when he went to Ros-Comain and he departed without
5]
taking pledges or hostages. Maghnus O'Conchobhair followed
6]
him to Milic, in violation of Connacht, and went into
7]
his house, and obtained all that he desired from the Earl
8]
on this occasion.
Another hosting by the same Earl to
9]
Luighne, when he plundered the greater part of the district;
10]
but, nevertheless, Domhnall O'hEghra went not into his
11]
house, and gave him neither pledges nor hostages on this
12]
occasion.
Niall Gelbhuidhe O'Conchobhair, son of Muiredhach,
13]
son of Aedh Dall,son of Toirdhelbhach Mór (i.e. king
14]
of Connacht), was slain by Tadhg, son of Andrias, son of
15]
Brian Luighnech O'Conchobhair, and by Tuathal, son of
16]
Muirchertach.
Mac Cochlain, i.e. the king of Delbhna, was
17]
killed in his own country by Sifin Mac Feorais, at the
18]
instigation of the Earl, in hoc
anno.
Donnchadh, son
19]
of Eoghan O'Conchobhair, died in hoc
anno.
Somhairle
20]
O'Gairmleghaigh was slain by O'Neill.
Andiles O'Dochartaigh,
21]
chieftain of Ard-Midhair, quievit.
22] The kalends of January on Thursday, and the sixteenth
23]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xciii; xxv. anno
cycli
24]
solaris; secundus annus cycli lunaris; vi. annus
Indictionis.
25] Maghnus, son of Conchobhar Ruadh, son of Muirchertach
26]
Muimhnech, son of Toirdhelbhach Mór, i.e. king of Connacht
27]
during five years and a half, as the poet explains:—
- 28] O'Conchobhair of the fair skin,
29] The grandson of Muirchertach Muimhnech:
30] Five years and a half, to be mentioned,
31] Was Maghnus of the cavalry hosts a king—
Murchadh O'Maelsechlainn, king of Midhe,
15]
died in this year.
Ferghal O'Raighilligh, chieftain of
16]
Muinter-Maelmórdha during the space of twelve years,
17]
was killed in the middle of his own residence by the
18]
Tellach-Dunchadha, in hoc anno.
It was revealed to
19]
Nicholas Mac Maelisa, comarb of Patrick, that the relics
20]
of Patrick, and Colum-Cille, and Brighid were in Sabhall-Patraic;
21]
and they were disinterred by him; and great
22]
virtues and miracles were performed by them after they
23]
had been disinterred by him; and he subsequently made
24]
an honourably covered shrine for them.
Mor, daughter of
25]
Felim O'Conchobhair, mortua est.
Florence O'Cerbhalláin,
26]
bishop of Cenel-Eoghain,quievit in
Christo.
Muirchertach
27]
O'Flannagain, dux of the descendants of
Cathal
28]
son of Muiredhach, mortuus est.
Two chieftains of
29]
Tellach-Dunchadha died in hoc
anno.
Tuathal, son of
30]
Muirchertach O'Conchobhair, occisus
est.
Cathal Mac Diarmada,
31]
king of Muinter-Maelruanaidh, was treacherously
10] The kalends of January on Friday, which was the
11]
twenty-seventh of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xc.
12]
quarto; xxvi. anno cycli solaris; iii. annus cycli lunaris;
13]
vii. anno Indictionis.
Muirchertach, son of Maghnus
14]
O'Conchobhair, the best qualified of the Connachtmen to
15]
be a king, was killed by Tadhg, son of Andrias O'Conchobhair,
16]
and by Domhnall, the son of Tadhg; and a few
17]
of his people were slain there along with him.
Aedh,
18]
son of Eoghan O'Conchobhair, committed depredations
19]
on the Clann-Muirchertaigh.
Domhnall O'hEghra, king
20]
of Luighne, died in hoc anno.
Maelsechlainn O'Flannagain,
21]
chieftain of Clann-Cathail, was slain by Cathal,
22]
son of Tadhg Mac Diarmada, on the street of Sligech, in
23]
this year.
Donnchadh Mac Consnamha, chieftain of
24]
Muinter-Cinaith, mortuus est.
Carrach-in-chairn Mac
25]
Tighernáin, chieftain of Tellach-Dunchadha, mortuus est.
26] Cathal, son of Tadhg Mac Diarmada, king of Magh-Luirg,
27]
the best man for bounty and prowess, mortuus est.
28] Derbhail, daughter of Tadhg, son of Cathal Mac Diarmada,
29]
mortua est.
The castle of Sligech was thrown down by
30]
Aedh O'Conchobhair.
Maelruanaidh, son of Gilla-Christ,
31]
assumed the sovereignty of Magh-Luirg.
The Earl was
32]
taken prisoner by Fitz-Gerald, in consequence of which
33]
all Erinn was thrown into a state of disturbance. A
34]
great, treacherous depredation was committed by Fitz-Gerald
Diarmaid, son of the Liathanach O'Conchobhair,
6]
occisus est, et sepultus est in Trinity Island on
7]
Loch-Cé.
David Mac Gilla-Erraith was slain by the sons
8]
of Domhnall Dubh O'hEghra.
9] The kalends of January on Saturday, and the eighth of
10]
the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xc.quinto; xxvii. anno
11]
cycli solaris; quartus annus cycli lunaris; viii. anno
Indictionis.
12] The same Earl was set at liberty by Fitz-Gerald,
13]
through the power of the king of the Saxons,
14]
good hostages of his own family having been obtained from
15]
him by Fitz-Gerald.
Brian, son of Aedh Buidhe, son of
16]
Domhnall Og, son of Aedh Meth, king of Cenel-Eoghain,
17]
was slain by Domhnall, the son of Brian O'Neill; and a
18]
great slaughter of the Foreigners and Gaeidhel along with
19]
him.
Domhnall O'Cellaigh, king of Uí-Maine, died in the
20]
habit of a gray monk, in the monastery of Cnoc-Muaidhe, in
21]
hoc anno.
Conn Mac Branan, chieftain of Corc-Achlann,
22]
was slain by the sons of O'Cellaigh, whilst seeking for his
23]
horses after they had been stolen. Tomaltach Mac Branan
24]
afterwards assumed the chieftainship in his place, and was
25]
slain by the sons of Cu-alladh, in revenge of their father
26]
who had been previously killed by Tomaltach.
The
27]
castle of Magh-dumha, and the castle of Baile-núadh, and
A great war between the king
3]
of France and the king of the Saxons.
A great war
4]
in Tir-Conaill in hoc anno.
The hostages of Brian Mac
5]
Shamhradhain, and of Gilla-Isa Mac Dorchaidh, were
6]
taken by Gilla-Isa O'Raighilligh in hoc anno.
7] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the nineteenth
8]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xcvi; xxviii. anno cycli
9]
solaris; quinto anno cycli lunaris; ix. anno Indictionis.
10] Aedh, son of Eoghan O'Conchobhair, was deposed by his
11]
own sept, and the Clann-Muirchertaigh were brought
12]
into the district in his place, and the sovereignty of the
13]
district, and its hostages, were given to Conchobhar
14]
Ruadh, son of Cathal Ruadh O'Conchobhair; and the
15]
entire district was destroyed, both church and territory,
16]
through this deposition having been effected by them.
17]
The territory of Cairpre was all burned and destroyed
18]
by Clann-Muirchertaigh; and they attacked the churches
19]
of the district; but God, and Colum-Cille, and Mary,
20]
whose churches were then profaned, avenged these deeds
21]
on them afterwards.
As regards Aedh O'Conchobhair,
22]
however, he assembled a great army of Foreigners and
23]
Gaeidhel, including William Burk and Theobald Burk,
24]
who proceeded to the monastery of the Buill, in which
25]
they remained four nights; and they destroyed much
26]
corn and property throughout the entire district. And
27]
the chieftains of the district went then into his house;
28]
and they took them with them to the Earl's house, to
29]
make peace with Aedh O'Conchobhair. And though
30]
they promised, they did not observe this peace; for on
31]
going home they again sided with the Clann-Muirchertaigh.
32]
As to Aedh O'Conchobhair, he went after this
33]
into the Tuatha, and brought with him O'Ferghail
34]
and Mac Raghnaill, together with the forces of
35]
the Conmaicne; and he dispatched messengers to Mac
36]
Diarmada and O'Flannagain, who returned into the
Gilla-Isa Mac-an-Liathanaigh,
15]
bishop of Oilfinn, in Christo quievit in Ros-Comain,
16]
twenty nights before May-day, and was interred in
17]
the monastery of the Buill.
Derbhorgaill, daughter
18]
of O'Floinn of Es, mortua est, et sepulta est in monasterio
19]
canonicorum Fontis Patricii.
A great hosting
20]
by the king of the Saxons, accompanied by the
21]
chiefs of the Foreigners of Erinn, viz.:—Richard Burk,
22]
Earl of Ulster, and Fitz-Gerald, and John Fitz-Thomas;
23]
and they all went to Alba, and obtained great sway in
24]
it on that occasion. However, they destroyed numerous
25]
territories and termons, oirechts and churches, in
26]
it; and, in particular, razed a monastery of Friars
27]
Preachers, so that they left not one stone of it on
28]
another; and they also killed many ecclesiastics and
29]
women there.
1] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the thirtieth
2]
of the moon; anno Domini M.xx.xc. septimo; primus
3]
annus solaris cycli; vi. anno cycli lunaris; x. anno
4]
Indictionis.
Conchobhar, son of Taichlech, son of Diarmaid,
5]
son of Conchobhar, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg,
6]
i.e. the king of Magh-Luirg and Airtech, the eldest of his
7]
brothers, and lord of Slicht-Maelruanaidh, the best man
8]
of his own time for covenant and guarantee, valour and
9]
prowess, battle and conflict, attack and restraint, protection
10]
and good asylum, veracity and government, died in
11]
this year, after triumphing over the world and the
12]
devil, and was interred in the monastery of the Buill,
13]
in the grave of his ancestors and elders.
Henry Mac
14]
Oirechtaigh, bishop of Condere, and a gray monk of the
15]
order of the Desert, quievit.
Maghnus O'hAinlighe,
16]
chieftain of Cenel-Doffa, was slain by his kinsman's son,
17]
i.e. the son of his father's brother, and by Muinter-Eolais
18]
per dolum, at Enach-dubh.
William O'Dubhthaigh,
19]
bishop of Cluain, was killed by a concussion, after falling
20]
off his horse.
A great expedition was led into France
21]
by Edward, i.e. the king of the Saxons, with cheerfulness
22]
and great spirits; but he came out of it, nevertheless,
23]
without obtaining sway or power on that occasion.
24] Maelsechlainn Mac Briain, i.e. the abbot of the Buill,
25]
assumed the bishopric of Oilfinn; and Marian O'Donnabhair
26]
was elected previously, and went to Rome to contest
27]
the bishopric, and died on that journey.
Cu-Uladh
28]
O'hAnluain, and his brother, and Aenghus Mac Mathghamhna,
29]
and a great many more of the nobles of their
30]
people along with them, were killed by the Foreigners
31]
of Dun-Delgan whilst they were returning from the
32]
Earl in the same year.
33] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the
Thomas Fitz-Maurice, a great, noble
4]
baron of the Clann-Gerailt, who was called the Crooked
5]
Heir, mortuus est in hoc anno.
Thomas O'hOirechtaigh,
6]
abbot of Es-Ruaidh, quievit in Christo.
Sadhbh, daughter
7]
of Aedh Buidhe O'Neill, wife of Tadhg, son of Andrias
8]
O'Conchobhair, died in the beginning of spring in hoc
9]
anno.
Brian Bregach Mac Shamhradhain, chieftain of
10]
Tellach-Echach, the most bountiful and puissant man
11]
that was in his own time, was slain by Aedh Breifnech
12]
O'Conchobhair and the Clann-Muirchertaigh, in his own
13]
house at Cuil-O'Guaire, on the third day of summer.
14] Donnchadh, son of Domhnall O'hEghra, one fit to be
15]
king of Luighne, and the most bountiful and renowned
16]
prince in his own country, was slain in treachery by
17]
his own brother, i.e. Brian Carrach O'hEghra.
Domhnall
18]
Ruadh Mac Carthaigh, king of Des-Mumha, quievit.
19] Ferghal O'Ferghail, bishop of Tir-Conaill, quievit in
20]
Christo.
The bishopric of Cluain was assumed by the
21]
abbot of Cill-Bécain, i.e. William O'Finnén, in this
22]
year.
23] The kalends of January on Thursday, and the twenty-second
24]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.xcix; tertio anno
25]
cycli solaris; viii. anno cycli lunaris; xii. annus Indictionis.
26] Alexander Mac Domhnaill, the best man for hospitality
27]
and nobility both in Erinn and Alba, was slain
28]
by Alexander Mac Dubhghaill, together with a countless
29]
slaughter of his people along with him.
Maurice O'hOgain,
30]
bishop of Cill-Dalua, quievit.
John Alamara, the
31]
most active, powerful, and bountiful knight in Midhe,
32]
was slain by Jeffrey O'Ferghail, in pursuit of a prey.
A
9] The kalends of January on Friday, and the third of
10]
the moon, A.D. m.ccc; quarto anno cycli solaris; ix. anno
11]
cycli lunaris; xiii. anno Indictionis.
Tibbot Butler, a
12]
great, noble baron, mortuus est.
John Prendergast was
13]
slain by the son of Fiachra O'Floinn in hoc anno.
The
14]
castle of Ath-cliath-in-Chorainn was commenced by the
15]
Red Earl in this year.
Seoinin Og Mac Maurice was
16]
slain, and many other persons along with him, by Conchobhar,
17]
son of Fiachra O'Floinn.
Fedhlimidh Mac
18]
Carthaigh, who was qualified to be king of Des-Mumha,
19]
mortuus est.
Conghalach O'Lochlainn, bishop of Corcumruaidh,
20]
in Christo quievit.
Eochaidh, son of Domhnall
21]
O'hAirt, chieftain of Clann-Cellaigh, was slain by
22]
Foreigners in hoc anno.
A general invitation came from
23]
Rome in the time of Pope Boniface VIII., throughout all
24]
Christendom; and in each hundredth year this invitation
25]
was wont to be issued, and it was usually called a 'year
26]
of grace'; and a countless multitude from all the countries
27]
in Christendom were wont to go in pilgrimage to Rome at
28]
this invitation; and they would obtain forgiveness of all
29]
sins there through this grace.
Adam Staunton, lord of
30]
Cera, mortuus est.
William Mac Flannchadha, chieftain of
31]
Dartraighe, was slain by Ualgharg O'Ruairc in hoc anno.
1] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the fourteenth
2]
of the moon; anno Domini M.ccc. primo; quinto anno
3]
cycli solaris; x. anno cycli lunaris; xiiii. anno Indictionis.
4] Finnghuala, daughter of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair,
5]
i.e. the abbess of Cill-Craebhnat, in Christo quievit.
6] Cormac, son of Cormac O'Maelsechlainn, was slain by
7]
the son of Art O'Maelsechlainn, i.e. the son of his own
8]
father's brother.
Gilla-Isa Mac Firbisigh ollamh of Uí-Fiachrach-Muaidhe,
9]
a most eminent professor of history,
10]
story-telling, poetry and computation, and of many
11]
other sciences, died in hoc anno.
A great depredation
12]
was committed by Aedh, the son of Cathal O'Conchobhair,
13]
and by the Clann-Muirchertaigh also, on Tadhg, son
14]
of Andrias, in Magh-Ceidne.
Matthew Mac Craith,
15]
great priest of Ard-Carna, a most charitable and humane
16]
man, quievit in Christo.
Cathal O'Maelduin, of the Uí-Fiachrach-Muaidhe,
17]
i.e., the chief steward of the king of
18]
Connacht, died in hoc anno.
Muirchertach Mac Conshnamha,
19]
one fit to be chieftain of Muinter-Cinaith,
20]
was killed by the Clann-Muirchertaigh in hoc anno.
A
21]
hosting to Alba by the king of the Saxons, accompanied
22]
by Fitz-Gerald, and Mac Feorais, and the chiefs of the
23]
Foreigners of Connacht, excepting the Earl of Ulster,
24]
which lasted from a fortnight before Lammas until All-hallowtide;
25]
but they obtained not complete sway in it.
26] The kalends of January on Monday, and the twenty-fifth
27]
of the moon; anno Domini M.ccc. secundo; sexto
28]
anno cycli solaris; xi. anno cycli lunaris; xv. anno
29]
Indictionis.
Domhnall Ruadh Mac Carthaigh, king of
30]
Des-Mumha, i.e. the oldest and noblest, the most bountiful
31]
and valiant, and the most formidable and triumphant
32]
Gaeidhel, in battles and conflicts, of all the Gaeidhel
33]
of Erinn, died after the victory of penitence in this
34]
year.
Miles, bishop of Luimnech, who was the grandson
The bishop of
2]
Corcach, i.e. Mac Donnchadha, (and he was a gray monk),
3]
quievit in Christo.
Ruaidhri, son of Domhnall O'hEghra,
4]
one fit to be king of Luighne, died in hoc anno.
Great
5]
depredations were committed by Aedh, son of Cathal
6]
O'Conchobhair, on Tadhg, son of Andrias O'Conchobhair,
7]
and on Sitrec, son of the Cairnech Mac Flannchaidh, in
8]
Magh-Ceidne, in the same year.
A great destruction of
9]
cows, and mortality amongst all cattle, in this year.
10] Master Stephen O'Bragan, archbishop of Caisel, quievit.
11] Donn Mac Uidhir, king of Feara-Manach, the most eminent
12]
man in all Erinn for charity, and humanity, and
13]
prowess, quievit.
William O'Finnén, abbot of Cill-Bécan,
14]
and afterwards bishop of Cluain-mic-Nois, in Christo
15]
quievit..
Cathal, son of Domhnall Mac Raghnaill, heir
16]
to the chieftaincy of Muinter-Eolais, was slain by Ferghal
17]
Mac Raghnaill, i.e. the son of his own father's
18]
brother.
19] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the sixth of
20]
the moon; anno Domini M.ccc. tertio; septimo anno cycli
21]
solaris; xii. anno cycli lunaris; primus annus Indictionis.
22] Nicholas Mac Maelisa, archbishop of Ard-Macha, the most
23]
godly and generous cleric that was in Erinn in his own
24]
time, in Christo quievit.
Maelsechlainn Mac Briain, bishop
25]
of Oilfinn, died in hoc anno.
Donnchadh O'Flannagain,
26]
abbot of the Buill, assumed the bishopric of Oilfinn afterwards.
27] Diarmaid O'Flannagain, chieftain of Tuath-Ratha,
28]
and his two sons, and many superior men of his
29]
own people along with them, were slain by the people of
30]
Domhnall, son of Andrias O'Conchobhair, after they had
Toirdhelbhach,
2]
son of Domhnall Og O'Domhnaill, who was usually called
3]
'Toirdhelbhach of Cnoc-in-mhadhma', i.e. the king of
4]
Tir-Conaill during twelve years, both in it and out of it—
5]
a warlike, active man, and the Cuchullainn of theClann-Dalaigh
6]
in valour—was slain by Aedh, the son of
7]
Domhnall Og, i.e. his own brother, after a long war, and
8]
after much destruction had been committed on all sides
9]
throughout the country, and a prodigious slaughter along
10]
with him of the Cenel-Eoghain, and the chiefs of the
11]
Foreigners of the North, and of the Cenel-Conaill themselves
12]
likewise, and Muirchertach Mac Fhlannchaidh,
13]
chieftain of Dartraighe. Donn O'Cathain, king of Feara-Craibhe
14]
and Cianachta, was slain there, and Donnchadh
15]
Mac Menmain and Aedh Mac Menmain—the two grandsons
16]
of the Fer leighinn O'Domhnaill; and Niall, son of
17]
Niall O'Baighill, the good material of a chieftain of the
18]
Three-Tuatha; Mac Ughossa and his son, and his brother,
19]
and Adam Sandal, and numerous Foreigners and Gaeidhel
20]
besides. And Aedh O'Domhnaill resumed his own
21]
sovereignty after this great triumph, so that after a while
22]
his government was like a sea growing calm, a tide ebbing,
23]
and a high wind subsiding.
A great hosting by the
24]
King of the Saxons to Alba, when they took several
25]
cities; and the Red Earl, i.e. Richard Burk, and a great
26]
many Foreigners and Gaeidhel, went from Erinn with a
27]
large fleet, and obtained sway in Alba on this occasion.
28] Tibbot Burk, i.e. the Earl's brother, died at Carraig-Fergusa
29]
on Christmas night, after returning from this
Domhnall Og Mac Carthaigh, King of Des-Mumha,
2]
mortuus est.
Maghnus Mac Shamhradhain, dux
3]
of Tellach-Echach, occisus est.
Niall Mac Gillafhinnen
4]
mortuus est.
Maurice, son of William Galldha Mac
5]
Eochagain, quievit on the fourth of the nones of June
6] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the seventeenth
7]
of the moon; anno Domini M.ccc. quarto; octavus
8]
annus cycli solaris; xiii. annus cycli lunaris; secundo
9]
Indictionis.
Matthew, son of Gilla-Isa O'Raighilligh,
10]
king of Breifne, was slain by the Tellach-Dunchadha on
11]
Achadh-na-corra, and his gallowglasses were slain there
12]
along with him. Mac Shamhradhain and Mac Dorchaidh
13]
were wounded there, moreover, along with them.
The
14]
Countess, i.e. the wife of Richard Burk, i.e. the Earl of
15]
Ulster, mortua est.
Walter Burk, the same Earl's heir,
16]
died in this year.
Conchobhar, son of Aedh O'Conchobhair,
17]
was killed by Toirbert O'Flaithbhertaigh, after he
18]
had committed wrong and treachery against Donnchadh
19]
O'Flaithbhertaigh; and this Toirbert fell on the very
20]
same spot.
William Og, son of William Galldha Mac
21]
Eochagain, quievit the day before the ides of October in
22]
hoc anno.