The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-eight years.
Cormac Mac Carthaigh was emasculated by the sons of Diarmaid-an-dunaidh.
Mac-an-bhaird of Tir-Conaill, i.e.
The Baron of Delbhna died of the plague.
Great wind in this year, soon after Christmas.
Mac Rithbhertaigh, i.e. Cithruadh, died.
O'Cobhthaigh, i.e. Muirchertach Baccach, died.
Great dissension grew up between the Clann-Maelruanaidh and all Magh-Luirg. Mac Diarmada, i.e. Conchobhar, the son of Conchobhar Mac Diarmada, and his own kinsmen, i.e. the family of Conchobhar Mac Diarmada, and Ruaidhri Og, son of Ruaidhri Caedh Mac Diarmada, i.e. tanist of Magh-Luirg at that time, rose against each other; and the best territory in Erinn of its own size was destroyed by them respectively. Mac Diarmada and his kinsmen brought Mac William Burk, i.e. Rickard O'Cuairseidh, Ruaidhri Mac Diarmada's part of the country, and observed neither covenant nor equality towards him. The country was destroyed by Mac William, both church and territory; and he did no good in the country; but he destroyed it, and left it unquiet on his departure. Sligech was occupied on this occasion by Mac William, who left his son in its wardship. After the departure of Mac William out of Magh-Luirg, however, and after he had been three nights at Ard-Laodhach, wasting and plundering the churches and the artisans of Mac Diarmada, Ruaidhri Mac Diarmada came into the country, and placed his creaghts around Ard-Carna, and from thence to Buill on every side; and he himself went upon Cruachan, and was proclaimed lord in the face of Conchobhar, son of Conchobhar Mac Diarmada. And the Rock was afterwards taken by him; and he was in the government of the country from thenceforth. And Mac Diarmada's only son, i.e. Tadhg, the son of Conchobhar Mac Diarmada, was killed on the Rock, moreover, on this occasion, by a shot of an arrow.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-nine years.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty years.
Eoghan, son of Niall O'Domhnaill, royal heir of Tir-Conaill, was killed this year by Egnechan, son of Nechtan O'Domhnaill, in Cluain-Laegh, in treachery.
Mac Maghnusa of the Senadh, i.e. Cathal Og, died.
Rudhraidhe, son of Rudhraidhe, son of Nechtan O'Domhnaill, was slain by the sons of Niall O'Domhnaill.
Ferghal Mac Eochadha died.
Eoghan, grandson of Art, died.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-one years.
Toirdhelbhach Mag Uidhir was slain, in treachery, by the sons of Donnchadh Og, son of Donnchadh Mag Uidhir.
O'Neill, i.e. Conn, was taken prisoner this year.
Mac Conmidhe, i.e. Conchobhar Ruadh, an eminent poet, died this year.
Brian, son of Felim O'Raighilligh, died.
Slaine, daughter of O'Briain, wife of Mac William of Clann-Rickard, i.e. of Ulick Ruadh, son of Ulick-an-fhiona, the general patroness of the learned and destitute of Erinn, died.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-two years.
Conn, son of Aedh Buidhe, son of Brian Ballach O'Neill, royal torch of the hospitality and humanity, liberality and generosity, of the entire North, died this year.
Diarmaid, son of William, son of the Bishop O'hEghra, was killed by the sons of O'hEghra Buidhe.
Donnchadh Og Mag Uidhir was killed by a shot of an arrow.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-three years.
The bishop of Clochar died, i.e. Rossa, son of Thomas Og Mag Uidhir.
O'Fialain died, i.e. John, the son of Eoghan.
O'Cianain died, i.e. Ruaidhri son of Tadhg.
O'Domhnaill, i.e. Aedh Ruadh, went with an army into Machaire-Oirghiall, and Aedh Og, son of Aedh Buidhe, went there
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-four years.
The defeat of Moin-Laghradhi. in this year.
Mac Mathghamhna, i.e. Redmond, the son of Rudhraidhe, son of Ardghal Mor, died in Droichet-atha, after long captivity.
Murchadh son of O'Conchobhair Failghe, i.e. the son of Cathair, was killed by a shot of an arrow.
The Bishop of Daire died, i.e. Sir Nicholas.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-five years.
Aedh Og, son of Aedh Buidhe O'Neill, royal heir of the descendants of Brian Ballach, died.
The King of the Saxons, i.e. King Richard, was slain in battle; and fifteen hundred were slain along with him.
The defeat of the Muaidh was given by O'Domhnaill, i.e. Aedh Ruadh, to the Foreigners and Gaeidhel of the province of Connacht.
Gilla-Patraic O'hUiginn mortuus est.
Mac William Burk, or Mac William of Clann-Rickard, Ulick, died this year.
The Barrach died.
O'Suillebhain Berre died.
O'Baighill resigned his lordship, and his son, i.e. Niall the son of Toirdhelbhach, was appointed in his place.
Art-an-bhogain O'Conchobhair was slain by his own brother, i.e. by Cathair.
The kalends of January; one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-six years.
Mac Diarmada of Magh-Luirg, i.e. Ruaidhri Og, the son of Ruaidhri Caech, son of Aedh, i.e. a man of great bounty, great expenditure, and great wealth, died on the Rock; and Conchobhar,
Mag Raghnaill, i.e. Tadhg the son of Cathal, died.
Maelechlainn and Ruaidhri, the two sons of Mac Donnchadha of Tir-Oileila, were slain by the sons of Domhnall Cam, the son of Mac Donnchadha.
John Buidhe, son of Eoghan, son of Niall Og O'Neill, died.
Domhnall Og Mac Cartain, a most hospitable man, mortuus est.
The Barrach Mor was killed.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-seven years.
O'Raighilligh, i.e. Toirdhelbhach, the son of John, son of Eoghan O'Raighilligh, died.
Brian, the son of Brian Ballach, son of Oedh, son of Felim O'Conchobhair, died.
O'Maelconaire, i.e. Sigradh, son of John Ruadh, died.
O'Maelsechlainn, i.e. Laighnech, son of Corc, son of Cormac Ballach, was killed by Conn, the son of Art, son of Conn, son of Cormac Ballach O'Maelechlainn.
Brian, son of Eoghan, son of Niall Og O'Neill, died.
John, son of Conchobhar Mac Aedhagain, died.
Aedh, son of Brian, son of Ferghal Ruadh O'hUiginn, died.
Mac Goisdelbh, i.e. John, died.
The Dalton, i.e. Edmond, son of Piers, died.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-eight years.
Domhnall, son of Domhnall, son of Niall O'Domhnaill, was hanged by Aodh, son of Aedh Ruadh, this year.
Maelmuire, son of Tadhg Og O'hUiginn, an eminent poet, died this year.
Domhnall Gorm, son of Alexander, son of Mac Domhnall, was slain by the sons of the Abbot, son of Alexander.
O'Collaigh died, i.e. Maelsechlainn, the son of Aedh, son of Brian.
O'Flannagain of Tuath-ratha, i.e. Toirdhelbhach, the son of Gilla-Iosa, died.
O'Tuathail, i.e. Edmond, was killed by the sons of Tadhg O'Cerbhaill.
Tadhg, the son of Aedh, son of Toirdhelbhach Carragh O'Conchobhair, died.
Mag Uidhir died, i.e. Edmond, son of
The King of Alba, i.e. James Stewart, was killed in battle by his own son, i.e. James.
Brian, son of Aedh Buidhe O'Neill, died of the galar breac.
Mac-an-bhaird of Oirghiall died, i.e. Nuadha.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and eighty-nine years.
O'Neill, i.e. Henry, the son of Eoghan, died.
O'Baighill, i.e. Toirdhelbhach, the son of Niall Ruadh, mortuus est.
O'Fialain i.e. Eoghan Og, and Aithirne O'hEoghusa, died.
Mac Uibhilín, i.e. Senicin Ruadh, was killed by Walter Mac Uibhilín.
Sethraigh Mac Gilla-Patraic, King of Osraidhe, died.
O'Cerbhaill, i.e. John, son of Maelruanaidh, died.
The son of O'Conchobhair Ruadh, i.e. Toirdhelbhach, the son of Felim Finn, of his years the best man of his tribe, was killed by the sons of Ruaidhri Og, son of Ruaidhri Caech, viz., by Tadhg and Cormac, in Cairgin-riabhach of Clann-Faghartaigh.
The Calbhach, son of O'Domhnaill, died.
Diarmaid, son of Tadhg, son of Domnnall Og Mac Carthaigh, was slain by the Earl of Des-Mumha, i.e. Maurice, the son of James.
O'Fialain, i.e. Eoghan Og, the son of Eoghan, died.
The kalends of January; and the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety years.
Toirdhelbhach, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Baighill, died this year, after having been thrown from a horse.
Mac Domhnaill of Alba, i.e. the young Lord, the best man in Erinn, or in Alba, in his time, was unfortunately slain by an Irish harper, i.e. Diarmaid Cairbrech, in his own chamber.
The Dillon, i.e. Edmond, son of Thomas, son of Garrett, died.
O'Conchobhair Ruadh, i.e. Fedhlim
O'Cathain, i.e. John, the son of Diarmaid, son of Aibhne, was captured by a ship that came from Alba.
The kalends of January; and the age of the Lord one thousand four hundred, and ninety-one years.
Fedhlim, son of Aedh, son of Eoghan O'Neill, was killed by Brian, son of Redmond, son of Rudhraidhe Mac Mathghamhna.
O'Raighilligh died this year, i.e. John, the son of Toirdhelbhach; and John, the son of Cathal, was proclaimed O'Raighilligh.
The kalends of January; and the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-two years.
The Baron of Slaine, i.e. James Plemenn, died of a sweating plague.
A portion of the wood of the Holy Cross was found in Rome, buried in the ground, i.e. the board that was over the head of the Cross, on which was written Jesus Nazarenus rex Judaeorum; and it was found written in the same place that it was Helena who had buried it.
The head of the lance with which Longinus wounded the body of Christ was sent to Rome, in this year, by the sovereign of the Turks.
Finghin O'Mathuna died.
Mac Gillafinnen died, i.e. Toirdhelbhach, the son of Brian.
Magrath, comharb of Termon-Diabheog, i.e. Diarmaid, the son of Marcus, son of Maurice, son of Nicholas, son of Andrias, died.
Tadhg Cam O'Cleirigh, historian of Cenel-Conaill, died.
Aenghus Mac-an-Ultaigh, a Friar Minor, died.
Mac Conmara, i.e. Cumhedha, the son of John, died.
The Calbhach, son of O'Conchobhair Failghe, i.e. son of Cathair, was killed by Master Gart.
John Buidhe, son of Eoghan Mac Mathghamhna, died.
Godfrey O'Cathain was killed by Walter Mac Uibhilín.
Cormac,
The kalends of January; and the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-three years.
O'Neill, i.e. Conn, the son of Henry, was killed by his own brother, i.e. Henry Og; and Henry Og assumed the sovereignty of Tir-Eoghain.
Finnghuala, daughter of the Caibhach O'Conchobhair, a charitable, humane woman, of the greatest reputation in her time, died this year.
Mac Clonmidhe, i.e. Tadhg, mortuus est.
Brian, son of Niall Gallda, son of Brian Ballach O'Neill, was slain by Brian, the son of Muirchertach Mag Aenghusa, in retaliation for his father.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-four years.
O'Domhnaill's daughter, i.e. the Inghen-dubh, the wife of Niall, son of Conn, died this year.
John son of Eoghan, son of Niall Garbh O'Domhnaill, a most eminent gentleman in his own capacity, was taken prisoner by the descendants of Donnchadh O'Gallchubhair, and surrendered to Conn, son of Aedh Ruadh; and he was hanged without delay by Conn.
Domhnall, son of Eoghan Conchobhair, lord of Sligech, and from the mountain down, was killed by the sons of Ruaidhri, son of Toirdhelbhach O'Conchobhair, in the bawn of the castle of Bun-fine.
The Ferghail died, i.e. John mac, the son of John.
Owen Bernach, the son of Maelmhuire Mac Suibhne, was killed by Tadhg, the son of Conn, son of Domhnall O'Neill.
The son of Mac William Burk was slain this year near the castle of Sligech, i.e. William, son of Rickard, son of Edmond, son of Thomas Burk.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-five years.
The defeat of the Ceidech-drainech was given to the lord of Sligech, i.e. to Felim, the son of Maghnus O'Conchobhair, by O'Domhnaill, i.e. by Aedh Ruadh.
Mac Donnchadha of Tir-Oilella, i.e. Tadhg, the son of Brian, son of Conchobhar, was killed by O'Domhnaill, i.e. Aedh Ruadh, son of Niall Garbh, at Bel-an-droichit. O'Dubhda, i.e. Eoghan Caech son of Ruaidhri, was also killed there; and Brian Caech, son of Tadhg, son of Eoghain O'Conchobhair, and Tadhg, son of Domhnall, son of Eoghan, were furthermore slain there. O'Gadhra was taken prisoner there, i.e. Diarmaid, the son of Eoghan. A great many besides of the nobles of Lower Connacht were killed and drowned there.
Mac William of Clann-Rickard went into Lower Connacht, and all that O'Domhnaill had not previously destroyed was entirely destroyed by him.
Tomaltach, the son of Cormac Ballach, died.
O'Duibhgennain of Cill-Ronain, i.e. Dubhtach, son of Maelechlainn, son of Matthew Glas, a most eminent historian and poet, died.
O'Domhnaill went this year to the king of Alba's house.
Mac Samhradhain, i.e. Fedhlim, was drowned; and Domhnall Bernach was proclaimed Mac Samradhain in his place.
Mac-an-bhaird, i.e. Aedh, died.
The kalends of January; the age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-six years.
Mag Uidhir, i.e. John, was taken prisoner in Termon-Magraith by Conn, the son of Aedh Ruadh O'Domhnaill; and a great many horses and spoils were taken from Aedh, O'Domhnaill and Mag Uidhir in this defeat.
O' Mathghamhna of the Fonn-iartharach, i.e. Finghen, general
Glaisne, son of of Redmond, son of Rughraidhe Mac Mathghamhna, was slain by Gilla-Patraic, the son of Aedh Og, son of Aedh, Ruadh, at the castle of Muinechan.
O'Dubhda, Dubh, i.e. William, the son of Domhnall Ballach, died.
O'Flannagain of Tuathratha died, i.e. Gilbert, son of Cormac, son of Gilla-Isa.
Mac Samhradhain, i.e. Domhnall Bernach, son of Thomas, son of Ferghal, was killed in treachery.
Mac Suibhne of Tir-Boghaine, i.e. Maelmuire, died.
The son of Sir Edward Eustace died, i.e. Roland.
O'Ferghail died, i.e. Rughraidhe, the son of Cathal.
Cedach was proclaimed O'Ferghail.
The kalends of January on Sunday. The age of the Lord one thousand, four hundred, and ninety-seven years.
Egnechan, the son of Nechtan O'Domhnaill, royal heir of Cenel-Conaill, the man who experienced the most of his country's adversity, in connexion with the chief command, and by whom his enemies fell in greatest number, was killed by Conn, the son of Aedh Ruadh O'Domhnaill, in O'Domhnaill's own fortress.
Aedh Ruadh O'Domhnaill resigned his sovereignty, through the dissensions of his own sons.
Conn, the son of Aedh Ruadh, assumed the lordship of Tir-Conaill in the place of his father.
A very great hosting by O'Domhnaill, i.e. Conn, accompanied by the Conallian chiefs, into Connacht. All the race of Brian Laighnech, moreover, went with them across Corrsliabh-na-Seghsa, and into Magh-Luirg in Daghda. Then it was that Mac Diarmiad, i.e. Tadhg, son of Ruaidhri Mhic Diarmada, assembled his kindred and his own sons from all quarters, and as many as he got to join him of the Síl-Muiredhaigh, and of the chiefs of the Tuatha of Connacht, so that there were eighteen corps
And in a short time afterwards O'Neill, i.e. Henry Og O'Neill, went into Tir-Conaill with an innumerable host, and the country was entirely destroyed by him. And O'Domhnaill came up with him; and the defeat of Bél-átha-doire was given to O'Domhnaill, and he himself, i.e. Conn, fell there, and a great many more along with him: and the sons of O'Domhnaill, viz., Domhnall and Niall Garbh, were taken prisoners; and Niall died in captivity; and Aedh Ruadh
Aedh, the son of Aedh Ruadh, was released from captivity this year.
Mac Diarmada of Magh-Luirg, i.e. Conchobhar, son of Cormac, son of Tomaltach-an-einigh, was killed by the sons of Ruaidhri Mac Diarmada, at Cuirrech-O'Guanradh.
Mac Donnchadha of the Corann, i.e. Brian, the son of Maelruanaidh, son of Tomaltach, died.
Great famine throughout Erinn in hoc anno.
Ailinora, daughter of the Earl of Cill-dara, i.e. the wife of O'Neill, i.e. Conn, the son of Henry, son of Eoghan, died.
Domhnall, son of Aedh Og, son of Aedh Buidhe, was killed by John Dubh, son of Domhnall.