29] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the 28th of
30]
the moon; quinto anno cycli solaris; xi. anno
Decennovenalis
Conchobhar
2]
Ruadh, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech, son
3]
of Toirdhelbhach Mor O'Conchobhair, was killed by
4]
O'Timaith, his own steward, with a stab of a knife,
5]
in a dispute which occurred between them at Port-na-leice;
6]
and Gilla-Christ, son of Imhar O'Birn, killed
7]
the steward afterwards; and Conchobhar Ruadh was
8]
conveyed to the monastery of the Buill, and died in
9]
it of this wound, and was buried in it also, after the
10]
victory of unction and penitence towards God.
The
11]
castle of Sligech was built by Mac Maurice Fitz-Gerald,
12]
Justiciary of Erinn, and by the Síl-Muiredhaigh; for
13]
Fedhlim was told to erect it at his own expense, and
14]
to convey thereto the stones and lime of the hospital-house
15]
of the Trinity, after this place had been previously
16]
given by the Justiciary, i.e. Maurice Fitzgerald, to Clarus
17]
Mac Mailin, in honour of the holy Trinity.
Domhnall
18]
O'Flannagain, abbot of Cunga, mortuus
est.
A great army
19]
was led by the king of the Saxons into Britain, when
20]
they established a great camp at the castle of Engannoc;
21]
and letters and ambassadors were sent by them to
22]
Erinn, to the Foreigners of Erinn, and to Fedhlim, son
23]
of Cathal Crobhderg, desiring them to go to meet the
24]
king in Britain, to subdue Britain.
The Justiciary, therefore,
25]
accompanied by the Foreigners of Erinn, went to
26]
the king; and Fedhlim, son of Cathal Crobhderg O'Conchobhair,
27]
accompanied by a great army of Gaeidhel, went
28]
to the assistance of the king in Britain; and they completely
29]
destroyed the country, but obtained neither
30]
pledges nor hostages from the Britons on this occasion.
31]
And Fedhlim was treated with honour by the king on
32]
this journey; and Fedhlim was thankful coming westwards
33]
from the king.
The castle of Ath-an-chip, on the
34]
border of Magh-Nisse, was built by Milidh Mac
Goisdelbh.
35] Fiachra, son of David O'Floinn, lord of Síl-Maelruain,
36]
mortuus est in die
Natalis Domini.
Cerbhall Buidhe, son
The castle of Suicín was built in this year.
Poisonous
3]
snow fell on the night of the festival of Saint Nicholas,
4]
which took off the heels and toes of those who walked
5]
in it; and this snow did not disappear until Christmas
6]
arrived.
Muirchertach, son of Muirghius, son of
7]
Cathal Mac Diarmada, was slain by the men of
8]
Breifne.
Magister vero Johannes, electus in Elfinensem
9]
episcopum per Clarum archidiaconum ejusdem sedis, et
10]
per Malachiam decanum cathedralem, et per Gelasium
11]
sacristam, perrexit ad dominum papam usque ad Liuns-sur-Rhona
12]
ubi fuit in exilio a sede Romana, dejectus per
13]
Romanorum imperatorem; et tantam gratiam habuit
14]
in oculis domini papae et curiae Romanae quod cassata
15]
electione facta de Comarb Coman per juniores Elfinensis
16]
chori canonicos, electio de ipso facta per majores licet
17]
pauciores reverenter obtinuit, et quod dominus Papa misit
18]
literas suas cum ipso ad Tuamensem
19]
archiepiscopum, ut in episcopum consecretur; in nomine Domini
Jesu
20]
Christi consecratus est respondentibus Christi fidelibus,
21]
et veritatem servare cupientibus die consecrationis ejus,
22]
Deo gratias.
Raghnall O'Maelmhiadhaigh was slain by
23]
the Connachtmen in hoc anno.
Muirchertach, son of
24]
Cathal, son of Diarmaid, son of Tadhg O'Maelruanaidh,
25]
assumed the sovereignty of the Rock after Cormac, son
26]
of Tomaltach, and was fully twenty-one years in the
27]
sovereignty afterwards.
28] The kalends of January on Monday, the 9th of the
A whale came
3]
ashore at Cuil-irra in Cairpre of Druim-cliabh, which
4]
brought great prosperity and joy to the entire country.
5] The bishop of Oilfinn, i.e. John O'hUghroin, i.e. the son
6]
of the comarb of Mochua, died at Rath-Aedha-mic-Bric
7]
in this year.
Druim-lethan was burned in hoc anno.
8] Maelsechlainn, son of Conchobhar Ruadh, son of Muirchertach
9]
Muimhnech O'Conchobhair, was killed by Muirchertach
10]
O'Dubhda in this year. Muirchertach O'Dubhda
11]
was banished over sea after this killing.
Jean Fitz-Geoffroi,
12]
came as Justiciary to Erinn, and Maurice
Fitz-Gerald
13]
was deposed.
Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh O'Conchobhair,
14]
escaped from the crannog of Loch-Leisi in
the
15]
autumn, and drowned his keepers—viz.Cormac Mac
16]
Muiredhaigh and two O'Ainmirechs; and he himself went
17]
away afterwards.
A great depredation was committed
18]
by Maurice Fitz-Gerald in Tir-Conaill; and he
gave the
19]
half of Tir-Conaill to Cormac, son of Diarmaid, son of
20]
Ruaidhri, and received the hostages of O'Domhnaill for
21]
the other half; and he left the hostages in the castle of
22]
Sligech. O'Domhnaill, and the nobles of the Cenel-Conaill
23]
along with him, went on Samhain-day to Sligech; and
24]
the bawn of the town was burned by them,
although
25]
they did not enter the castle; and the warders hanged
26]
O'Domhnaill's hostages, in his presence, on the top of the
27]
castle, viz.:—O'Mianain, the tutor of O'Domhnaill, and his
28]
foster-brother.
Aedh, son of Aedh O'Conchobhair, was
29]
taken prisoner, and plundered.
Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh
Tomaltach O'Conchobhair was elected to the
5]
bishopric of Oilfinn.
Murchadh O'hAnluain, king of
6]
Oirthera, was slain at the instigation of Brian
O'Neill.
7] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the twentieth
8]
of the moon; septimo anno cycli solaris; xiii, anno
9]
cycli Decennovenalis; quinto anno Indictionis;
M.cc.xlvii.
10] The grade of bishop of Oilfinn was assumed by Tomaltach,
11]
son of Toirdhelbhach, son of Maelsechlainn O'Conchobhair,
12]
on the Sunday before Septuagesima, in
Tuaim-dá-ghualann.
13] Benedictus Mac Oirechtaigh, airchinnech of
14]
Achadh-Fabhair of Umhall, was killed on the festival of the
15]
Cross, the third day of summer, by the son of Conchobhar
16]
Ruadh, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech, and by the son of
17]
Maghnus, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech O'Conchobhair,
18]
in treachery and deceit.
Toirdhelbhach escaped from the
19]
castle of Ath-Luain.
Milidh Mac Goisdelbh took possession
20]
of Fedha-Conmaicne, out of which he expelled Cathal
21]
Mac Raghnaill; and he took possession of the crannog of
22]
Claen-loch, and left a garrison of his own people in it.
23]
Cathal and Toirdhelbhach, the two sons of Aedh O'Conchobhair,
24]
joined with Mac Raghnaill to expel Mac Goisdelbh
25]
from Fidh-Conmaicne; and they took possession of
26]
the crannog and lake, and demolished the
castle of Lec-derg,
27]
on the Saturday before Whitsunday.
And Toirdhelbhach
28]
went upon Trinity Island to meet Clarus Mac Mailin,
29]
the archdeacon; for the Foreigners had refused to come out
30]
of the castle until they could go with the archdeacon across
31]
the Sinainn westwards to Tuaim-mna; and they went
A great hosting by Maurice Fitz-Gerald, and the
3]
Foreigners along with him, until they reached Sligech in
4]
the first instance, and from thence to Es-Ruaidh-mic-Badhuirn,
5]
on the Wednesday after the festival of Paul and
6]
Peter; and Cormac, son of Diarmaid, son of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair,
7]
went there in his host and muster.
O'Domhnaill
8]
assembled the Cenel-Conaill and Cenel-Eoghain to
9]
meet him at Bel-atha-Senaigh, so that they allowed
10]
neither Foreigners nor Gaeidhel to cross the ford during
11]
the space of a whole week; when they determined
12]
that Cormac O'Conchobhair should go, with a large force
13]
of cavalry, eastwards along the plain, and then turn upwards
14]
through the plain by the margin of the bog; and
15]
he then proceeded eastwards along the river until he
16]
reached Ath-Chuil-uaine on the Erne. And the Cenel-Conaill
17]
observed nothing until they saw them approaching
18]
on their own side of the river. And when the Foreigners
19]
perceived the Cenel-Conaill watching the cavalry in their
20]
rear, they themselves rushed across the ford, so that
21]
the Cenel-Conaill were placed between both
divisions.
22] O'Domhnall was defeated, with his army; and Maelsechlainn
23]
O'Domhnaill, king of Cenel-Conaill, was slain there;
24]
and the Gilla-muinélach O'Baoidhill, and Mac Somhairle,
25]
king of Airer-Gaeidhel, and the nobles of the Cenel-Conaill
26]
besides, were slain. And many of
Fitz-Gerald's
27]
army were drowned going northwards across the Finn;
28]
and many of the same army were slain at Termann-Dabheog,
29]
in pursuit of the preys, including William Brit,
30]
i.e. the sheriff of Connacht, and a young armed knight
31]
who was his brother. However, the entire country was
A great war was waged
4]
by Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh O'Conchobhair, and by
5]
Donnchadh, son of Anmchadh, son of Donnchadh Mac
6]
Gillapatraic of Osraighe, against the Foreigners of Connacht;
7]
and Toirdhelbhach assembled the sons of the
8]
kings of Connacht, until they reached Fidh-Uí-Diarmada
9]
and Muinter-Fathaidh, where they killed many persons.
10]
And they proceeded thence to the castle of Bun-Gaillimhe,
11]
and burned the town and castle; and many persons were
12]
killed and plundered there. And Mac Elget, i.e. the
13]
seneschal of Connacht, was killed by the son of Anmchadh
14]
O'Gillapatraic of Osraighe. And the Foreigners followed
15]
them and gave them battle, when a number of the
16]
Foreigners were slain; and they went away from them,
17]
in spite of them, and went afterwards into Cera. Jordan
18]
de Exeter, and Clann-Adam, and the Foreigners of Cera
19]
assembled and proceeded against Toirdhelbhach; and
20]
Toirdhelbhach left the country to them, as he had not
21]
forces enough to meet them.
Burgheis-chinn-trachta
22]
was burned by Tadhg, son of Conchobhar Ruadh, and by
23]
Tadhg, son of Tuathal, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech.
24] Nor this alone; but the Foreigners of Connacht had not
25]
experienced for a long time previously a war equal to
26]
that waged against them by these sons of kings in this
27]
year; for they left neither district nor cantred of the
28]
territory of Connacht belonging to the Foreigners without
29]
pillaging.
Finnghuala, daughter of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair,
30]
died in Cunga-Feichin in hoc
anno.
Ros-Comain
31]
and Ard-carna were burned by the Foreigners in
32]
hoc anno.
O'Dubhda and O'Baighill came with a great
Conchobhar O'Muiredhaigh, bishop
4]
of Uí-Fiachrach-Aighne, died in Bristol.
Tadhg, son of
5]
Conchobhar Ruadh, burned Inis-mór of Claen-locha, in
6]
which eight and twenty Foreigners were consumed.
7] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the first
8]
of the moon; octavo anno cycli solaris; xiiii.
cycli Decennovenalis;
9]
vi. anno Indictionis; M.cc.xlviii.
Diarmaid
10]
O'Cuanna, great priest of Oilfinn, died, and was interred
11]
in Cill-mór.
The son of O'Sechnasaigh was slain by the
12]
Foreigners.
Opecin Guér was slain by Gillamochoinne
13]
O'Cathail in hoc anno.
The sons of Maghnus, and the
14]
sons of Conchobhar Ruadh, joined together, and turned
15]
against the Foreigners, and the castle of Mac Henry was
16]
burned by them, and its constable taken prisoner; and
17]
the preys of the north of Umhall were taken by them to
18]
Innsi-Modh.
Jordan de Exeter, however, and John
19]
Butler, and Robin Lawless, and several persons along
20]
with them, assembled and went to Baile-tobair-Patraic,
21]
and from thence to Achadh-Fabhair; and they plundered
22]
all Umhall, north and south, on the morrow.
Mac
23]
Henry came also, with a large army, into Umhall, (for
24]
it belonged to himself, and he was residing in it). Mac
25]
Henry then made peace with Domhnall, son of Maghnus,
26]
for the sake of his territory; and Domhnall promised that
27]
he would furnish forces and boats to attack
his brother.
As regards
28]
the sons of Conchobhar, moreover; they were
29]
on Innsi-Modh, and it was reported to them that a party
30]
had gone from Mac Henry to Domhnall, for boats. They
31]
advanced against this party, and killed O'hUain, the son
Tadhg,
7]
son of Conchobhar Ruadh, was killed by the Foreigners
8]
in this year. Great, truly, was the fear and terror of this
9]
youth entertained by the Foreigners and
Gaeidhel who
10]
were opposed to him, until he received his death
ultimately.
11] A hosting by Maurice Fitz-Gerald into Tir-Conaill.
12]
Great depredations and plunders were committed
13]
by him therein; and O'Canannan was expelled
14]
from the country to O'Neill and the Cenel-Eoghain, and
15]
the sovereignty of Cenel-Conaill was left to Goffraigh,
16]
son of Domhnall Mór O'Domhnaill.
A hosting by the
17]
Cenel-Eoghain, and by O'Canannain, again into Tir-Conaill,
18]
when they gave battle to each other, and
19]
O'Canannain, and a great many nobles along with him,
20]
were slain by the Cenel-Conaill, and by Goffraigh, son
21]
of Domhnall O'Domhnaill, who afterwards assumed the
22]
sovereignty of Tir-Conaill.
Another hosting by the
23]
Justiciary of Erinn to Cenel-Eoghain, to O'Neill; and the
24]
resolution adopted by the Cenel-Eoghain was, since the
25]
power of the Foreigners was over the Gaeidhel of Erinn,
26]
to give hostages to the Foreigners, and to make peace
27]
with them, for the sake of their country. Conmaicne-Mara
28]
was all plundered by the Foreigners. The Foreigners
29]
went on a hosting to O'Flaithbhertaigh, who
30]
defeated them, and killed a great number of them.
31] Muirchertach O'Dubhda, i.e. the ex-cleric, was killed
32]
by the son of Fedlhlim O'Conchobhair. William Burk
33]
died in Saxon-land, and his body was brought to Erinn,
The King of France went to
2]
Jerusalem, to defend Christendom, in this year.
The
3]
comarb of Patrick, i.e. the poenitentiarius
of the Pope,
4]
came to Erinn.
John Tirrel was killed by Gilla-na-naemh
5]
O'Ferghail.
Fedhlim, son of Cathal Crobhderg,
6]
gave Rath-na-Romanach to the canons of Cill-mór, and
7]
a cantarcapath of silk on the same day, at
the persuasion
8]
and request of Tadhg O'Mannachain, in honour of Mary
9]
and Augustin, in presence of several of the nobles of
10]
Connacht.
Amhlaibh, son of Cathal Riabhach O'Ruairc,
11]
was killed by Conchobhar Carrach Mac Donnchadha, per
12]
dolum.
Foghartach O'Dobhailen, king of the Corann,
13]
quievit.
Master Gilbert O'Cerbhaill quievit in Christo.
14] The kalends of January on Friday, and the twelfth of
15]
the moon; nono anno cycli solaris; xv. anno
Decennovenalis
16]
cycli; vii. anno Indictionis. M.cc.xl.nono.
A great
17]
hosting by the Justiciary of Erinn into Laighen, to attack
18]
the sons of kings who were injuring and totally destroying
19]
the Foreigners; and the Lagenian sons of kings
20]
sided not with the Justiciary on this occasion; and as
21]
they did not, he invaded the country, which was entirely
22]
wasted by him.
A great war was waged, and numerous
23]
injuries were committed, by Finghin Mac Carthaigh
24]
against the Foreigners of Des-Mumha, in hoc
anno.
Adam Minatur
25]
was slain by the son of Gillamochoinne
26]
O'Cathail, and many more along with him.
Piers Poer,
27]
i.e. the son of Henry, and David Treu, accompanied by a
28]
mounted party of young men, proceeded before Mac
29]
Feorais into Connacht, to the castle of Sligech. And this
30]
was reported to the son of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair; and
31]
when he heard it he laid an ambuscade for them,
32]
and Piers Poer, and David Treu, and five young men along
As regards the
3]
son of Fedhlim, he proceeded afterwards to Tir-Fiachrach,
4]
and through the country of Mac Feorais, which he
5]
entirely plundered from the Muaidh eastwards to Traigh-Eothuile.
6]
And Geroitin Mac Feorais followed them
7]
and overtook Donnchadh, son of Maghnus, who was
8]
wounded by him, and taken prisoner after having been
9]
wounded; and he subsequently took him with him to
10]
Dun-Contreat.
The son of Fedhlim pursued them afterwards,
11]
and rescued the son of Maghnus from them; and
12]
Geroitin was killed per dolum; and
Donnchadh, son
13]
of Maghnus, died of this wound; and great was the
14]
loss to both Foreigners and Gaeidhel.
Mac Maurice
15]
thereupon mustered, and proceeded into Connacht, and
16]
deprived the son of Fedhlim of as much of these preys as
17]
he found with him.
When Fedhlim, son of Cathal
18]
Crobhderg; heard that the Foreigners were assembled in
19]
his neighbourhood, after his son had inflicted such great
20]
injuries on them, he adopted the resolution of sending his
21]
moveables across the Sinainn eastwards, into the Breifne,
22]
and to the North of Erinn.
The Justiciary assembled
23]
the Foreigners of Midhe and Laighen, and advanced with
24]
a great army across Ath-Luain, and from thence into
25]
Sil-Muiredhaigh; and Mac Maurice advanced on the other
26]
side, accompanied by the Foreigners of Mumha and
27]
Connacht. And these two armies went to Oilfinn, after
28]
destroying Síl-Muiredhaigh before them so far; and
29]
they invited to them Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh, son of
30]
Cathal Crobhderg, and made him king in the place of
31]
Fedhlim, son of Cathal Crobhderg. And they afterwards
32]
plundered the territory of Breifne, and committed numerous
33]
injuries in it in every direction, and subsequently
34]
brought their preys with them. And they were fully
35]
twenty nights in Síl-Muiredhaigh, devastating it; and
36]
they plundered Loch-Cé, together with its islands, and
The Justiciary moreover,
2]
went afterwards into Midhe, and Mac Maurice went to
3]
Sligech; and they left Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh,
4]
guarding Síl-Muiredhaigh.
Another hosting by the sons
5]
of the kings of Connacht, on the festival of Mary in mid-autumn,
6]
to Ath-na-righ, to burn and plunder it.
Another
7]
great army under Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh, and Aedh
8]
Og, son of Aedh. And the sheriff of Connacht was in
9]
the town before them, accompanied by many Foreigners;
10]
and the Foreigners requested a truce for that day in
11]
honour of Mary, whose festival it was. And the kings'
12]
sons did not grant this truce in honour of Mary or the
13]
Holy Cross; but they attacked the town furiously, against
14]
the will of Toirdhelbhach.
When Jordan and the Foreigners
15]
observed this, they came out of the town against
16]
these kings' sons; and Mary performed manifest miracles
17]
there; for when the kings' sons, with their people,
18]
saw the terrible mail-clad cavalry coming towards
19]
them out of the town, prodigious fear and terror seized
20]
them at the sight, and they were routed; and Aedh,
21]
son of Aedh O'Conchobhair, was slain there, and Diarmaid
22]
Ruadh, son of Cormac O'Maelsechlainn; and two sons of
23]
O'Cellaigh; and Brian-in-doire, son of Maghnus; and
24]
Carrach-ind-shibhail, son of Niall O'Conchobhair; and
25]
Baethghalach Mac Aedhagain; and the son of Diarmaid
26]
Bachlach O'Conchobhair, i.e. Mathghamhain, grandson
27]
of Tadhg; and the two sons of Lochlainn O'Conchobhair;
28]
and Domhnall, son of Cormac Mac Diarmada; and the
29]
Finnanach Mac Branain; and Cumumhan Mac Casarlaigh;
30]
and many other persons along with them.
Donnchadh
31]
son of Anmchadh, son of Donnchadh O'Gillapatraic, i.e.
32]
the captain of greatest honour and prowess that had
- 13] He is wont to be a carpenter; is wont to be a turner;
14] My nursling is wont to be a bookman;
15] He is wont to be selling wine and hides,
16] Where he sees the gathering, &c.
17] Tadhg O'Mannachain, king of Uí-Briuin-na-Sinna, died
18]
in octavo idus Junii, and was subsequently
interred in
19]
Cill-mor-na-Sinna.
Conn O'Flannagain, prior of Cill-mor-na-Sinna,
20]
died in septimo kalendas Maii.
Maelmuire
21]
O'Lachtnain, a master in canon law, and a palmer of the
22]
river Jordan, and archbishop of Tuaim-dá-ghualann
23]
and of all Connacht, died in the winter, and a short time
24]
before Christmas.
Andrias Mac Gillegheir, comarb of
25]
Feichin mortuus est.
Maelciarain O'Lenachain, noble
26]
chief priest of Tuaim-mná; a man who maintained clerics
27]
and men of grade in his own house, and a man who kept a
5] Mor, daughter of Donnchadh O'Dubhda, wife of the
6]
Gilla-muinelach O'Baighill, mortua est.
Dún-mór was
7]
burned by the kings' sons in hoc anno. Twelve
years
8]
and seven hundred years since Colum-Cille went to Hi
9]
until this year.
10] The kalends of January on Saturday, and the twenty-third of
11]
the moon; x. anno cycli solaris; xvi. anno
Decennovenalis
12]
cycli; viii. anno Indictionis; M.cc.l..
13] Fedhlim O'Conchobhair came from the North, with a
14]
large army from Cenel-Eoghain, and marched into the
15]
Breifne, and from thence into the Tuatha, accompanied
16]
by Conchobhar, son of Tighernan; and they
went from
17]
thence into Tir-Maine, and expelled Toirdhelbhach out of
18]
Connacht, who again went over to the Foreigners. And
19]
Fedhlim collected the herds of Connacht, which he
took with
20]
him down across Sliabh-Seghsa; but the Foreigners sent
21]
messengers after him, and made peace with
him, and his
22]
own kingdom was again restored to him. The hostages of
23]
Connacht were blinded in Ath-Luain by the Foreigners,
24]
and by Toirdhelbhach, son of Aedh. A great depredation
25]
was committed by Fedhlim on Cathal O'Conchobhair,
26]
who was driven in exile out of Connacht by him.
The
27]
bishop of Imlech-Ibhair died in hoc
anno.
Thomas
28]
O'Meallaigh, bishop of Enach-dúin, quievit
in Christo.
29] Cairbre O'Maelsechlainn was slain in treachery by David
30]
Roche.
Toirdhelbhach, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech
2] Diarmaid O'hEghra, king of Luighne, died while imprisoned
3]
by Fitz-Gerald.
A great hosting by Maurice
4]
Fitz-Gerald, and by Cathal O'Raighilligh, and by Cuconnacht
5]
O'Raighilligh, accompained by all the chieftains of
6]
Uí-Briuin, into Cenel-Eoghain, when they were three
7]
nights at Tulach-óg; and they received many injuries,
8]
but obtained no hostages or pledges from O'Neill, on this
9]
occasion.
After turning back into Cenel-Conaill, O'Canannain,
10]
king of Cenel-Conaill, was taken prisoner by
11]
Maurice Fitz-Gerald, whilst under the protection of the
12]
Bishop O'Cerbhallain; and he was subsequently killed
13]
by them whilst endeavouring to escape forcibly from
14]
them.
White Canons of the Premonstre Order were
15]
taken by Clarus Mac Mailin, a short time before Christmas,
16]
from Trinity Island in Loch-Cé, to Trinity Island
17]
in Loch-Uachtair, in the Breifne; and he established the
18]
canons of the order there through the permission of
19]
Cathal O'Raighilligh, who granted it Trinity
Island in
20]
puram et perpetuam elemosinam in honore Sanctae
21]
Trinitatis; et idcirco Clarus hoc fecit in Domino, quia
22]
Premonstratenses gaudeant consimili privilegio cum
23]
monachis, ita quod ad ullam aliam religionem postea
24]
transire possent.
Conghalach Mac Idhneoil, bishop of
25]
the Breifne, quievit in Christo.
Florence Mac Floinn
26]
was elected to the bishopric of Tuaim-dá-ghualann, and
27]
was consecrated on Christmas Day in Tuaim; and he
28]
was fit for it, on account of the extent of his learning,
29]
and his knowledge of law.
30] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the fourth of
31]
the moon; xi. anno cycli solaris; xvii. anno
Decennovenalis
32]
cycli; ix. anno Indictionis. M.cc.l. primo.
Clarus
15] Gillamochoinne, son of Gillamochoinne O'Cathail was slain
16]
by Conchobhar, son of Aedh, son of Cathal Crobhderg.
17] Tadhg, son of Tuathal, son of Muirchertach Muimhnech
18]
O'Conchobhair, was killed by Foreigners in this year.
19] Gillachrist O'Lachtnain, abbot of the Trinity in Tuaim, was
20]
drowned in the sea of Erinn.
Conchobhar, son of Cormac,
21]
son of Tomaltach, the most bountiful and valiant man of
22]
his time, in Christo quievit.
Gerald Sugach mortuus est.
23] Flaithbhertach O'Cerbhaill, chieftain of Callraighe, was
24]
slain by Art, son of Art O'Ruairc.
Muiredhach O'Taidhg
25]
mortuus est.
Thunder and lightning came in the summer
26]
of this year, by which many men and cattle were killed in
27]
Erinn.
A great shower fell on the festival day of Paul
28]
and Peter, so that a boat sailed all round the town at
Tuimmilin Carden
5]
was blinded; and his tongue was cut out.
Great frost
6]
in the early winter, so that the lakes, and the bogs, and
7]
the waters were all frozen.
A great synod was held by
8]
the clergy of Erinn at Tuaim.
Ardghal O' Laithbhertaigh,
9]
royal heir of Oilech, lamp of valour and honor of the
10]
North of Erinn, mortuus est.
Gillachrist O'Breislen,
11]
chieftain of Fánad, and a brother of his, were killed by
12]
Ceallach Balbh O'Baighill.
Donnchadh Mac Cathmhail,
13]
chieftain of Cenel-Feradhaigh, was killed by the
Oirghialla.
14] The kalends of January on Monday, and the fifteenth
15]
of the moon; xii. anno cycli solaris; xviii. anno
Decennovenalis
16]
cycli; x. anno Indictionis; M.cc.lii.
New money
17]
was ordered by the king of the Saxons to be coined in
18]
Erinn; and the money previously in use was abandoned
19]
for it.
Great wind came on the octave of the Epiphany,
20]
which prostrated several houses and churches throughout
21]
Erinn.
The castle of Cael-uisce was erected by Mac
22]
Maurice.
The castle of Magh-Cobha was erected by him
23]
also.
Maelmaedhoc O'Beollain; comarb of Colum-Cille in
24]
Druim-cliabh, i.e. the man of greatest prosperity, wealth,
25]
and esteem; of greatest charity, hospitality, and honor in
26]
his own time in Erinn, died after the triumph of devotion
27]
and penitence.
Cuconnacht Mac Consnamha, chieftain
28]
of Muinter-Cinaith, mortuus est.
Gilla-Isa O'Cerbhaill,
29]
chieftain of Callraighe of Druim-cliabh, mortuus
est.
30] Maghnus Mac Gilladhuibh, chieftain of Tellach-Gairbhith,
31]
quievit.
Great heat and drought in the summer of this
32]
year, so that people used to cross the Sinuinn without
1] wetting their feet; and the wheat was reaped twenty
2]
nights before Lammas, and all the corn was reaped at
3]
that time; and the trees were burning from the sun.
A
4]
great hosting by the Foreigners of Erinn to Ulidia, on
5]
which occasion a camp fight took place between the
6]
Meathian rout and the Momonian rout, when a great
7]
number of the Momonian rout were slain at Dun-Dealgan.
8] Murchadh O'Fallamhain, a high constable of the Connachtmen,
9]
was killed by the men of Breifne, per dolum,
10]
at Fidhnacha of Magh-Rein.
Orlaith, daughter of Taichlech
11]
Mac Diarmada, mortua est.
Conchobhar Mac
12]
Cathmhail, king-chieftain of Cenel-Feradhaigh and many
13]
other territories, peacemaker of the Cenel-Conaill, Cenel-Eoghain,
14]
and Oirghialla, was slain by the routs of Brian
15]
O'Neill, whilst defending his guarantee against them, he
16]
himself being under the protection of O'Gairmleghaigh
17]
and O'Cathain.
Conchobhar O'Dochartaigh, king-chieftain
18]
of Ard-Midhair, and the third king-chieftain of Erinn,
19]
pillar of the hospitality and bravery of the North, died
20]
this year.
21] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the twenty-sixth
22]
of the moon; xiii. anno cycli solaris; xix. anno
23]
Decennovenalis cycli; xi. anno Indictionis; M.cc.l.
tertio.
24] A great hosting by the Foreigners of Erinn, under Mac
25]
Maurice, to Cenel-Eoghain, to attack O'Neill; and they
26]
obtained neither pledges nor hostages in Cenel-Eoghain
27]
on this occasion; and a countless slaughter was inflicted
28]
on them.
David, son of Ceallach O'Gillapatraic, archbishop
29]
of Cluain-mic-Nois, quievit.
Eoghan O'hEdhin,
30]
king of Uí-Fiachrach, mortuus
est.
Gilla-Ceallaigh
31]
O'Ruaidhin, bishop of Uí-Fiachrach, mortuus
est.
Macraith,
32]
son of Gillachalma O'Connachtaigh, was slain by
33]
the son of O'Galonn.
The daughter of the Ultonian Earl
A monastery was erected,
3]
and a cemetery consecrated, for the Friars Preachers at
4]
Sligech.
Another monastery was founded for the Friars
5]
at Ath-lethan, in Luighne. A great war was waged by
6]
Brian O'Neill, king of Cenel-Eoghain, against the Foreigners;
7]
and he demolished several castles; and street-towns
8]
were burned, and Machaire-Uladh was entirely
9]
desolated by him.
The bishopric of Cill-hAlaidh was
10]
assumed by John O'Laidigh, i.e. a Friar Preacher; and
11]
his degree of bishop was conferred at Tuaim-dhá-ghualann,
12]
the second Sunday of Lent.
The bishopric of
13]
Cluain-mic-Nois was assumed by Thomas O'Cuirin, i.e. a
14]
Friar Minor; and his degree was conferred at the Pope's
15]
court.
A hosting was performed by Domhnall O'Raighilligh,
16]
and by the Caech O'Raighilligh, and by Cathal
17]
O'Conchobhair, and by Gilla-na-naemh O'Ferghail, to
18]
Muinter-Eolais, to attack Cathal Mac Raghnail, when
19]
they plundered the whole country; and they were two
20]
nights encamped at Tulach-alainn, and the third night
21]
at Enach-dubh, where Gilla-na-naemh O'Ferghail separated
22]
from them; and Muinter-Raighilligh and Cathal
23]
O'Conchobhair went to Cluain-Conmaicne, where they
24]
were encamped for one night. When Aedh, son of
25]
Fedhlim, heard this thing, he suddenly assembled his
26]
forces, and followed Muinter-Raighilligh and Cathal
27]
O'Conchobhair to Cluain-Conmaicne, and inflicted a
28]
signal defeat on them, where Donnchadh, son of Gilla-Isa,
29]
son of Donnchadh O'Raighilligh, and Mac Gilla-Taedóg,
30]
and O'Bibhsaigh, et alii multi, were
slain.
This
31]
was the best year that had ever come for nuts, and the
32]
produce of the earth, and of cattle, and of trees and
33]
herbs.
Ailin O'Suillebháin, bishop of Lis-mór, quievit.
1] A mansion was erected by Tomaltach O'Conchobhair,
2]
bishop of Oilfinn, at Cill-tSheisin, in hoc
anno.
3] The kalends of January on Thursday, and the seventh
4]
of the moon; xiiii. annus cycli solaris; primus
annus
5]
Decennovenalis cycli; xii. annus Indictionis;
M.cc.l.quarto.
6] Piers Pramister, lord of Conmaicne of Dún-mór,
7]
mortuus est.
Murchadh O'Maelsechlainn was slain by
8]
Domhnall, son of the Sinnach O'Catharnaigh, in this
9]
year.
The Justiciary of Erinn went to Saxon-land.
10] The monastery of the Friars Preachers at Ath-lethan,
11]
in Luighne, was all burned.
Piers Ristubhard, lord of
12]
Síl-Maelruain, and a noble baron, was killed by Murchadh
13]
O'Maelsechlainn on Loch-Ribh.
Sitric Mac Shenlaich
14]
was taken prisoner by Fedhlim, son of Cathal
15]
Crobhderg, and the Sen-shuilech Mac Shenlaich was
16]
unnecessarily blinded by him; i.e. it was reported to
17]
him that they had acted treacherously towards him.
18] The king of the Saxons went to Spain on a hosting
19]
in hoc anno.
Maelbrighde, son of the Bishop
20]
O'Mailfhaghmhair, mortuus est
Maelfinnen O'Beollain,
21]
comarb of Druim-cliabh, mortuus
est.
Donnchadh, son
22]
of Donnchadh, son of Tomaltach, and Amhlaibh O'Bibhsaigh,
23]
were slain in Cluain-Conmaicne by the Connachtmen.
24] Maghnus O'Gadhra was slain without cause by the
25]
people of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair.
The king of France
26]
returned from Jerusalem to France, after concluding
27]
a three years' peace between the Christians and the
28]
Saracens.
This year was an excellent year, with abundance
29]
of oak-fruit, and with abundance of milk, and of
30]
all other good things besides.
A great slaughter
4] The kalends of January on Friday, and the eighteenth
5]
of the moon; xv. annus cycli solaris; secundus
annus
6]
Decennovenalis cycli; xiii. annus Indictionis; M.cc.l.
7]
quinto.
Innocentius papa quievit in Christo.
Thomas
8]
Mac Diarmada, airchidiaconus of Olefinn, in Christo quievit.
9] Aedh, son of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair, went into Tir-Eoghain,
10]
and made peace between his own father and the
11]
North of Erinn, and brought with him from the North
12]
all the Connachtmen who were in the North of Erinn in
13]
discord with his father, together with their chattels,
14]
through the midst of his mortal enemies, viz.:—the sons
15]
of Ruaidhri O'Conchobhair and the Foreigners; and these
16]
enemies dared no more than look at the host, and the
17]
chattels by their side.
The archbishopric of Caisel-Mumhan
18]
was assumed by Mac Cerbhaill.
The ambassadors of
19]
Fedhlim O'Conchobhair went to the king of the Saxons.
20] Mathghamhain O'Mannachain was slain at Buimlinn.
21] The archbishop of Tuaim, i.e. Florence Mac Floinn, went
22]
across to the East, to converse with the king of the
23]
Saxons.
Maurice Fitz-Gerald went across to meet the
24]
king of the Saxons.
Diarmaid O'Cuinn, and Amhlaibh
25]
his son, and the nobles of Muinter-Gillgan along with
26]
them, were slain at Faradhan-Muighe-Tregha by Gilla-na-naemh
27]
O'Ferghail, per dolum; and he afterwards
28]
plundered them i.e.
Muinter-Gillgan.
The archbishop
29]
of Tuaim came to Erinn from the king, having obtained
30]
everything that he asked.
The ambassadors of Fedhlim
31]
came to Erinn from the king, in like manner.
The archdeacon
32]
of Enach-dúin, i.e. O'Laidigh, quievit in
Christo.
33] A great depredation was committed by the Foreigners
34]
on O'Floinn.
A great meeting was held between O'Conchobhair
35]
and Mac William Burk, at
Tochar-mona-Coinnedha;
36]
and they concluded a peace there, and all
2] Juliana, daughter of the comarb of Caillin, and Gilla-na-naemh,
3]
son of the comarb, mortui sunt.
Brian O'Neill
4]
and the men of the North of Erinn came on a
great hosting
5]
against Cathal O'Raighilligh, and against Cuconnacht
6]
O'Raighilligh; and they turned back again without
7]
obtaining power or hostages.
Raghnailt, daughter of
8]
O'Ferghail, died in a bath in hoc
anno.
9] The kalends of January on Saturday, and the twenty-ninth
10]
of the moon; xvi. anno cycli solaris; tertius
annus
11]
Decennovenalis cycli; xiiii. anno Indictionis; M.cc.l.
sexto.
12] Flann Mac Floinn, archbishop of Tuaim, died in
Bristol.
13] The archbishop of Baile-Atha-cliath died the same
14]
year.
Ruaidhri O'Gadhra, king of Sliabh-Lugha, was
15]
slain by his own gossip, i.e. David, son of Richard
16]
Cuisin, in treachery and deceit; and his castle was
17]
broken down by him at the same time.
A prodigious
18]
hosting was made by Walter, son of Richard, son of
19]
William Burk, against Fedhlim,
son of Cathal Crobhderg,
20]
and against his son, i.e. Aedh son of Fedhlim, and to the
21]
sons of Tighernan O'Ruairc; and it was a very long time
22]
before since a host so numerous as this was assembled in
23]
Erinn, for it was reckoned that there were in it twenty
24]
thousand to a man. And these great hosts marched to
25]
Magh-Eó of the Saxons, and from thence to Balla, and
26]
from thence throughout Luighne; and they plundered
27]
Luighne on all sides about them. And they came
28]
to Achadh-Conaire, and despatched messengers from thence
29]
to Muinter-Raighilligh, and requested them to come to
30]
meet them to Cros-Doire-chaein, at the eastern end of
31]
Brat-sliabh in Tir-Tuathail. And Muinter-Raighilligh
32]
came to Clachan-mucadha on Sliabh-an-iarainn, and then
16] Another great hosting, after this battle, by Fedhlim
17]
O'Conchobhair and his son, i.e. Aedh-na-nGall, accompanied
18]
by the Connachtmen, and by Conn, son of
19]
Tighernan, with the men of Breifne; and these two hosts
20]
came, moreover, to Loch-an-trein, and attacked the
21]
churches of Breifne except Fidhnacha alone, and turned
22]
back to their houses, taking with them the hostages of
23]
the men of Breifne, viz.:— of Mac Fiachrach, and Mac
24]
Tighernain, and Mac Shamhradhain, and the son of Art
25]
O'Ruairc; and these hostages, i.e. the sons of these chieftains,
26]
were delivered into the hands of O'Ruairc; and
27]
Mac Shamhradhain and the son of Art O'Ruairc delivered
28]
their own hostages to Aedh-na-nGall. A small force of
29]
cavalry, and a few footmen and mercenaries of O'Ruairc's
30]
people, went to patrol the territory of Muinter-Maelmordha,
31]
for it had been reported to O'Ruairc that emissaries
32]
of O'Raighilligh's people had collected to one place
33]
all the force that they found of Foreign and Gaeidhelic
A Justiciary came to Erinn from the king of
30]
the Saxons, to adjust the lands of Erinn between the
A great depredation was
12]
committed by Mac William Burk on Ruaidhri
O'Flaithbhertaigh,
13]
when he plundered Gno-mór and Gno-beg;
14]
and he afterwards took possession of all Loch-Oirbsen.
15]
A great meeting was held by Aedh O'Conchobhair and
16]
John de Verdun, at Ath-Liag-na-Sinna, in hoc
anno.
17]
Sitric Mac Shenlaich escaped, and went to the monastery
18]
of the Buill, to seek the protection of the Order.
Donncathaigh
19]
Mac Shenlaich died in the monastery of the Buill
20]
in hoc anno.
Ath-Luain and Dun-Daighre were burned
21]
on the same day in this year.
Gilla-an-Choimdedh
22]
O'Cennfhaeladh, i.e. abbot of Enach-dúin, quievit.
The
23]
abbot of the Trinity in Tuaim, i.e. O'Gillaráin, quievit.
24] A great war arose between Aedh O'Conchobhair and
25]
Conn, son of Tighernan O'Ruairc, though their friendship
26]
was good until then.
O'Ruairc went to meet the
27]
Foreigners, and concluded a separate peace for himself,
28]
without the permission of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair, or of
29]
his son. A great depredation was committed by Aedh
30]
O'Conchobhair on O'Ruairc, the Wednesday before Great
31]
Christmas; and they made peace afterwards.
32] The kalends of January on Monday, and the tenth of
33]
the moon; xvii. anno cycli solaris; quarto anno
Decennovenalis
34]
cycli; xv. Indictionis; M.cc.lvii.
Conn, son of
Cathal Cuircech, son of Aedh, son
7]
of Cathal Crobhderg, and Aedh, son of Conchobhar, son of
8]
Aedh, son of Cathal Crobhderg, were blinded by Aedh,
9]
son of Fedhlim, son of Cathal Crobhderg, in treachery,
10]
through envy and jealousy, in violation of the laics, and
11]
clerics, and reliquaries of Connacht, in hoc
anno.
Conn,
12]
son of Cathal O'Raighilligh, chieftain of Muinter-Maelmordha,
13]
died.
Cloch-Innsi-na-torc, on Loch-Finnmhuighe,
14]
was burned by O'Ruairc, and its garrison was let out of it
15]
by him on parole.
Sitric, son of Ualgharg O'Ruairc, was
16]
made king by Aedh O'Conchobhair, in opposition to Conchobhar,
17]
son of Tighernan O'Ruairc; and Sitric, son of
18]
Ualgharg, was slain by Domhnall, son of Conchobhar,
19]
son of Tighernan O'Ruairc, soon after his
inauguration.
20] Maurice Fitz-Gerald mortuus est in hoc
anno.
A meeting
21]
was held at Ath-Luain by Fedhlim, son of Cathal Crobhderg,
22]
with the Justiciaryof Erinn, and with Mac William
23]
Burk and the other nobles of Erinn; and they made
24]
peace respectively.
A great depredation was committed
25]
by Aedh O'Conchobhair on O'Ruairc, about Easter. Maelpatraic
26]
Mac hEli, airchinnech of Cill-Alaidh, was
slain.
27]
The castle of Cael-uisce was razed by Goffraidh O'Domhnaill
28]
and the Cenel-Conaill, and its garrison was slain.
29]
O'Domhnaill and the Cenel-Conaill proceeded to Sligech,
30]
and a great number of the Foreigners of the town were
31]
killed by them, and the street-town was burned by them;
32]
and they carried off great preys into Cairbre. And the
The monastery
8]
of Mary, in Ros-Comain, was consecrated by Tomaltach
9]
O'Conchobhair for the Friars Preachers.
A charter was
10]
given by the king of the Saxons to Fedhlim O'Conchobhair
11]
for the king's five cantreds.
A great war between
12]
Conchobhar O'Briain and the Foreigners of Mumha; and
13]
a great slaughter was inflicted by O'Briain on the
14]
Foreigners; and a great depredation was committed on
15]
them by Tadhg O'Briain in addition. The son of Domhnall
16]
Connachtach O'Briain was, moreover, killed by the
17]
Foreigners. A great slaughter was inflicted on the
18]
Foreigners of Uladh by Mac Duinnslebhe.
Conchobhar,
19]
son of Tighernan O'Ruairc, king of Breifne, was killed
20]
at Ath-na-Failmhe, in treachery, by Gillaberaigh O'Lamhdhuibh,
21]
a young man of his own people, and by the
22]
people of Matthew O'Raighilligh.
Cathal O'Mannachain
23]
mortuus est on the 6th of the kalends of
December.
24] Fidhnacha was profaned by Aedh, son of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair,
25]
regarding its stock, viz.:—one hundred cows.
26] Muiredhach, son of Maelbrighde O'Fairchellaigh, comarb
27]
of Maedhóg, quievit.
A great depredation was committed
28]
on Mac Shamhradhain by the people of Aedh, son
29]
of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair.
Thomas O'Maelchiarain, the
30]
sage of Erinn, quievit.
Raghnailt, daughter of O'Ferghail,
31]
quievit.
Gillapatraic Mac Fiachrach was blinded by
32]
Matthew O'Raighilligh in hoc
anno.
1] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the twenty-first
2]
of the moon; xviii. anno
cycli solaris; quinto
3]
anno Decennovenalis cycli; primus annus Indictionis;
4]
M.cc.l. octavo.
Walter de Salerna, i.e. archbishop of Tuaim,
5]
and great dean of London, died in Saxon-land in this
6]
year; and the year before that he had been chosen by
7]
the king of the Saxons.
Tomaltach O'Conchobhair, i.e.
8]
bishop of Oilfinn, was elected archbishop of Tuaim in
9]
hoc anno.
Goffraidh O'Domhnaill, king of Tir-Conaill,
10]
i.e. who was the kindling torch of honour and valour, of
11]
warfare and defence of the entire province, died of the
12]
wounds which he had received in the battle
of Credrán;
13]
and it was not death after cowardice, but death after
14]
triumphing over his enemies. Domhnall O'Domhnaill
15]
was made king in his place, and all the Cenel-Conaill
16]
gave him hostages and sovereignty.
Domhnall, son of
17]
Conchobhar, son of Tighernan O'Ruairc, who was in
18]
captivity, for his father's sake, with Fedhlim O'Conchobhair
19]
and his son, was liberated by them; and the
20]
sovereignty of the Breifne was given to him in the place
21]
of his father.
A great fleet came from Innsi-Gall with
22]
Mac Somhairle; and they passed round Erinn westwards
23]
to Conmaicne-Mara, where they robbed a merchant-vessel
24]
of all its goods, both wine and clothing, and copper and
25]
iron. The sheriff of Connacht, i.e. Jordan de Exeter, went
26]
on the sea, with a large fleet of Foreigners, after Mac
27]
Somhairle and the fleet that had robbed the merchant-vessel.
28]
Mac Somhairle was at this time on an island of
29]
the sea, having his vessels ashore; and when they saw
30]
the sheriff's fleet approaching them, Mac Somhairle put
31]
on his armour, and his dress of battle and combat; and
32]
his people then put on their armour along with him. As
33]
regards the sheriff, moreover, when he reached the island,
34]
he landed promptly, accompanied by all the Foreigners
The fleet of the Foreigners
6]
subsequently turned back, after their best men had been
7]
slain; and Mac Somhairle went afterwards exultingly,
8]
enriched with spoils, with the triumph of victory, to his
9]
own country.
A great meeting was held at Cael-uisce
10]
by Aedh O'Conchobhair, i.e. the son of Fedhlim, son of
11]
Cathal Crobhderg, accompanied by Tadhg O'Briain, with
12]
Brian O'Neill, when they made peace with one another;
13]
and the sovereignty over the Gaeidhel of Erinn was given
14]
to Brian O'Neill; and the son of Fedhlim gave hostages
15]
to Brian O'Neill; and the hostages of Muinter-Raighilligh
16]
and all the Uí-Briuin, from Cenannus to Druim-cliabh,
17]
were then given to Aedh O'Conchobhair.
Matthew,
18]
son of Gilla-ruadh O'Radhuibh, i.e. 'the Master', died in
19]
this year.
Macraith Mac Tighernain, dux of Tellach-Dunchadha,
20]
was killed by Domhnall, son of Conchobhar,
21]
son of Tighernan O'Ruairc. It was then that the men
22]
of Breifne and all the Connachtmen took his sovereignty
23]
from this Domhnall, son of Conchobhar, and the
men of
24]
Tellach-Dunchadha killed his brother, i.e. Cathal, son of
25]
Conchobhar, son of Tighernan O'Ruairc; and the men of
26]
Breifne and Connacht gave the sovereignty of Uí-Briuin
27]
to Art, son of Cathal Riabhach O'Ruairc.
The monk
28]
O'Cuirnín, i.e. a most eminent devotee, quievit.
Brian
29]
Mac Shamhradhain, dux of Tellach-Echach, was
killed by
30]
the Connachtmen.
A great war between the Foreigners
31]
and Conchobhar O'Briain, when Ard-rathain and Cill-Colgan,
32]
and many street-towns, and much corn, were
33]
burned on every side.
Thomas O'Birn mortuus est.
A
34]
great meeting took place between the Foreigners and
35]
Gaeidhel of Erinn, in the absence of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair,
36]
at Mullach-Laighide, when peace was concluded
Gilla-Christ O'Carmacan, dean of Oilfinn,
2]
quievit.
Ardghal O'Conchobhair, i.e. the son of Comarb
3]
Comain, quievit.
The bishop's palace at Oilfinn, and
4]
the palace of Cill-Seisin, were demolished by Aedh
5]
O'Conchobhair in hoc anno.
Amhlaibh, son of Art
6]
O'Ruairc, i.e. the king of Breifne from the mountain
7]
westwards, died in hoc
anno.
8] The kalends of January on Wednesday, and the second
9]
of the moon; xix. anno cycli
solaris; vi. anno Decennovenalis
10]
cycli; secundo anno Indictionis; M.cc.lix.
Tomaltach,
11]
son of Toirdhelbhach, son of Maelsechlainn O'Conchobhair,
12]
came from Rome in this year, after the degree of
13]
bishop had been conferred on him at the Pope's court; and
14]
he brought with him a pallium for himself,
and great
15]
benefits for the church also.
Cormac O'Luimlin, bishop of
16]
Cluain-ferta-Brenainn, and chief sage of Erinn, and a holy
17]
senior, quievit.
Aedh O'Conchobhair gave the place of
18]
Amhlaibh to Art Beg, son of Art O'Ruairc. Art, son of
19]
Cathal Riabhach O'Ruairc, was taken prisoner by Aedh
20]
O'Conchobhair. Aedh O'Conchobhair went to Doire-Choluim-Chille
21]
to espouse the daughter of Dubhgall
22]
Mac Somhairle; and he brought home eight
score young
23]
men with her, together with Ailin Mac Somhairle. Cathal
24]
Mac Conshnamha, chieftain of Muinter-Cinaith, was
25]
blinded by Aedh O'Conchobhair; and the hostages of
26]
Domhnall O'Ruairc, viz.:—Niall, son of Donnchadh, and
27]
Brian, son of Niall, were blinded by him in the same
28]
year. A conference took place between Aedh O'Conchobhair
29]
and Brian O'Neill, at Daimhinis on Loch
30]
Erne, when peace was made with Domhnall O'Ruairc
31]
by Aedh O'Conchobhair, and the sovereignty of the
32]
Breifne was given to him.
Taichlech Mac Diarmada
33]
mortuus est.
Milidh Mac Goisdelbh mortuus est.
Gilbert
Flann Ruadh
5]
O'Floinn, chieftain of Síl-Maelruain, and Donnchadh
6]
O'Floinn were taken prisoners by Aedh O'Conchobhair;
7]
and Síl-Maelruain was all plundered by him.
Sighradh
8]
O'Baighill, i.e. the chieftain of the Three Tuatha, a
9]
vigorous, most hospitable man, was killed by his own
10]
brethren in treachery, in hoc
anno.
Tadhg O'Briain, i,e.
11]
one fit to be king of Mumha, mortuus
est.
The Gillacam
12]
Mac
Gillacharain, a distinguished professor of poetry
13]
and literature, in Christo
quievit.
14] The kalends of January on Thursday, the thirteenth of
15]
the moon; xx. anno cycli solaris; vii. anno
Decennovenalis
16]
cycli; iii. anno Indictionis; M.cc.lx.
Aedh O'Conchobhair
17]
went into the North, to Brian O'Neill, accompanied by a
18]
great many of the nobles of Connacht. O'Neill, and the
19]
Cenel-Eoghain, and Aedh O'Conchobhair went together
20]
to Dun-da-lethghlas against the Foreigners. A terrible
21]
defeat was inflicted on them by the Foreigners of Dún,
22]
and Brian O'Neill, i.e. the king of the Gaeidhel of Erinn,
23]
was killed in the battle of Druim-derg at Dun-da-lethglas.
24]
Domhnall O'Cairre, and Diarmaid Mac Lachlainn,
25]
and Maghnus O'Cathain, and Cian O'hIneirghe, and Donnsleibhe
26]
Mac Cana, and Aedh O'Cathain, and Muirchertach
27]
O'Cathain, and Conchobhar Dubhdhirma, and his son
28]
Aedh O'Dubhdhirma, and Amhlaimh O'Gairmleghaigh, and
29]
Cu-Uladh O'hAnluain, and Niall O'hAnluain were slain
30]
there. In fact, fifteen of the principal men of Muinter-Cathain
31]
were slain in that field. There were also slain
32]
on the part of the Connachtmen in the same battlefield,
33]
Gilla-Christ, son of Conchobhar, son of Cormac, son of
34]
Tomaltach Mac Diarmada, and Cathal, son of Tighernan
35]
O'Conchobhair; and Maelruanaidh Mac Donnchadha; and
36]
Cathal, son of Donnchadh, son of Muirchertach; and
A hosting by Mac William Burk
8]
against Fedhlim O'Conchobhair, when he went to Ros-Comain;
9]
and he sent a predatory band into Crumhthonn,
10]
who plundered Clann-Aedhagain; and he sent another
11]
predatory band into Tir-Maine, who plundered several of
12]
the Bishop's people, for they were at that time at
13]
Port-Airenach. They plundered Ros-Comain, and destroyed
14]
its corn, but they dared not go northwards past
15]
Ros-Comain on this occasion, for Fedhlim O'Conchobhair
16]
and his son, i.e. Aedh na-nGall, were in the Tuatha, and
17]
the cows of Connacht were behind them in the wilderness.
18]
And the resolution both parties adopted was to
19]
make peace with one another; and Mac William afterwards
20]
returned home.
A great hosting by Mac Maurice
21]
into Tuadh-Mumha, against Conchobhar O'Briain, when
22]
O'Briain met them at Coill-Berrain, and the people of
23]
Tuadh-Mumha opposed them on every side in the wood;
24]
and the Foreigners were then routed, and David Prendergast,
25]
i.e. a most noble knight, was slain there; and the
26]
Failgech, and the Parson of Ard-rathain, and Thomas
27]
Barrett, et alii multi, were
slain.
Alexander papa
28]
quievit in Christo.
Abraham O'Conalláin, bishop of
29]
Ard-Macha, quievit.
Robin Laighleis died on Easter-Sunday
30]
in this year.
Maghnus Mac Oirechtaigh was
31]
slain by Domhnall O'Flaithimh in hoc
anno.
Lochlainn,
32]
son of Amhlaibh, son of Art O'Ruairc, and his brother
A great depredation was committed by Mac
17]
Maurice on O'Domhnaill; but a party of O'Domhnaill's
18]
people overtook them at Bendan-Brechmuighe, where
19]
some of them were burned, and some more slain. The
20]
residence of Conchobhar O'Ceallaigh was burned by a
21]
party of Aedh O'Conchobhair's people.
Cinaeth O'Birn,
22]
i.e. the prior of Cill-mór, quievit.
A great depredation
23]
was committed by O'Domhnaill on Mac Maurice, when
24]
he plundered all Cairpre.
The degree of bishop was
25]
conferred by the comarb of Patrick on Maelsechlainn
26]
O'Conchobhair, at Dun-Dealgan.
Sitric Mac Shenlaich
27]
was killed at Ath-Luain, by Donncatha Mac Oirechtaigh
28]
and Tomaltach Mac Oirechtaigh.
John de Verdun came
29]
to Erinn in hoc anno.
Maelfinnen O'Mithigén quievit.
30] The kalends of January on Saturday, and the twenty-fourth
31]
of the moon; anno Domini m.cc.lx. primo; xx.i.
32]
anno cycli solaris; octavo anno cycli lunaris; quarto anno
33]
Indictionis.
Sixteen of the most distinguished of the
34]
clerics of Cenel-Conaill, together with Conchobhar
Conchobhar
3]
O'Neill was immediately slain through the miracles of
4]
Colum-Cille, by Domhnall O'Breisléin, chief of
Fánad.
5] Aedh, son of Maelsechlainn O'Conchobhair, was killed by
6]
Maelfhabhaill O'hEidhin.
A great war was waged, and
7]
numerous injuries were committed, by Finghin, son of
8]
Domhnall Mac Carthaigh, and his brothers, against
9]
Foreigners in this year.
A great hosting by the Clann-Gerald
10]
into Des-Mumha, to attack Mac Carthaigh; and
11]
Mac Carthaigh attacked them, and defeated them, and
12]
Fitz-Thomas (John proprium nomen), and his
son,
13]
and fifteen knights and eight noble barons along with
14]
them, were slain there, besides several young men, and
15]
soldiers innumerable. And the Barrach Mór was also
16]
killed there. Finghin Mac Carthaigh was subsequently
17]
slain by the Foreigners, and the sovereignty of Des-Mumha
18]
was assumed after him by his brother, i.e. the
19]
Aithchleirech Mac Carthaigh.
Art, son of Cathal
20]
Riabhach O'Ruairc, escaped from Aedh O'Conchobhair;
21]
and the chieftains of the Breifne and Conmaicne gave
22]
him the sovereignty of the Breifne.
Mac Fheorais profaned
23]
the great church of Feichin in Es-dara, where he
24]
killed five of the Luighne, together with Cathal
25]
O'hEghra. A depredation was committed by
Domhnall
26]
O'hEghra on Clann-Fheorais in retaliation for this, when
27]
he killed Sefin Mac Fheorais, and what he had on his
28]
head when he was killed was the bell cover which he
29]
had taken from the church of Es-dara.
Brian Ruadh
30]
O'Briain burned and demolished Caislen-Uí-Chonaing,
A castle was
2]
built by John de Verdun in Magh-dumha in Muinter-Ghilgan
3]
in hoc anno.
The fortress of Aedh O'Conchobhair
4]
at Snamh-in-redaigh was burned by the people of
5]
the Breifne.
Burning of Cluain-Suilinn, i.e. the fortress
6]
of Fedhlim O'Conchobhair.
The son of Aedh O'Conchobhair
7]
was given in fosterage to Art O'Ruairc.
A
8]
great depredation was committed by Aedh
O'Conchobhair
9]
in the Breifne, until he reached Druim-lethan, when a
10]
portion of his routs were defeated, and a great number of
11]
them were slain who were not distinguished.
Gilla-Christ,
12]
son of Edna O'Maelchiarain, chieftain of Muinter-Maelchiarain
13]
and Tellach-Chonghusa, mortuus
est.
14] Aedh Buidhe O'Neill expulsus est, and Niall
Culanach
15]
O'Neill was made king in his place.
Niall O'Gairmleghaigh;
16]
chieftain of Cenel-Moain, mortuus
est.
17] The kalends of January on Sunday, and the fifth of
18]
the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxii; xx.ii. anno cycli
19]
solaris; nono anno cycli lunaris; v. anno
Indictionis.
20] Maelsechlainn, son of Tadhg O'Conchobhair, bishop of
21]
Síl-Muiredhaigh, mortuus
est.
A prodigious hosting by
22]
the Foreigners of Erinn against Fedhlim, son of Cathal
23]
Crobhderg and against his son, i.e. Aedh-na-nGall, when
24]
O'Conchobhair sent the greater number of the cows of
25]
Connacht to Tir-Conaill, away from the Foreigners, and
26]
he himself remained in Inis-Saimer, in defence of his
27]
cows and people. As regards the Foreigners, however,
28]
Mac William Burk, accompanied
by a great army, came
29]
from the west across Tochar-Mona-Coinnedha, to Oilfinn,
30]
and the Justiciary of Erinn and John de Verdun went
31]
westwards across Ath-Luain, to Ros-Comain; and they
32]
despatched great predatory bands intoCenel-Dobhtha-mic-Aenghusa,
33]
who on that occasion plundered all that
13] Domhnall O'Mannachain was killed by the sons of
14]
Ruaidhri and Tadhg O'Conchobhair.
As to the Foreigners,
15]
however, they despatched messagers to O'Conchobhair
16]
and his son, to offer them peace. Aedh O'Conchobhair,
17]
moreover, came subsequently to Ath-dhoire-Chuirc, to
18]
meet the Foreigners; and they concluded peace; and he
19]
went that night afterwards into the house of the Foreigners,
20]
without giving pledge or hostage; and he was
21]
on that night in the same place, and in the same bed
22]
with Mac William Burk, cheerfully, contentedly. And
23]
the Foreigners departed on the morrow, after they had
24]
concluded this peace.
A great depredation was committed
25]
by the Foreigners of Midhe on Gilla-na-naemh O'Ferghail,
26]
chieftain of the Anghaile; and his own tribe forsook him,
27]
and went over to the Foreigners; and he was deposed
28]
by them, and the son of Murchadh Carrach O'Ferghail
29]
was made chieftain in opposition to him. Numerous
30]
injuries in the shape of depredations,
aggressions,
31]
spoliations, plunderings and killings, were committed
32]
by Gilla-na-naemh O'Ferghail on the Foreigners this
33]
year; and he forcibly asserted his own chieftainship and
34]
sovereignty, and expelled the son of Murchadh Carrach
35]
O'Ferghail out of the district.
A hosting by Mac
33]
William Burk and the Foreigners of Erinn to Des-Mumha,
The comarb of Patrick
9]
came to Erinn in hoc anno.
10] The kalends of January on Monday, and the sixteenth
11]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lxiii; xx.iii. anno
cycli
12]
solaris; x. anno cycli lunaris; vi. anno cycli
Indictionis.
13] Donn O'Breisléin was killed by Domhnall O'Domnhnaill
14]
in the bishop's court at Rath-Bhoth, in treachery.
A
15]
hosting by Mac William Burk against Fedhlim O'Conchobhair,
16]
and against his son, as far as Ros-Comain; and
17]
the Síl-Muiredhaigh fled before them to the North of
18]
Connacht, and the Foreigners obtained neither preys nor
19]
spoils on this occasion. Donnchadh O'Floinn and his
20]
son Tadhg attacked a division of this army, and one
21]
hundred of them were slain, both good and bad, including
22]
Aitin Russel and his son, and the five sons of Cuconnacht
23]
O'Conchobhair, et alii multi; and the army
afterwards
24]
returned to their homes in disgrace.
Thomas O'Cellaigh,
25]
bishop of Cluain-ferta-Brenainn quievit in
Christo.
26] Ebhdhonn, king of Lochlann, died in
Innsi-Orc, on the
27]
way whilst coming to Erinn.
David O'Finn, abbot of
28]
the monastery of the Buill, quievit.
Diarmaid Clerech,
29]
son of Cormac Mac Diarmada, mortuus
est.
Andiles Mac
30]
Finnbharr, dux of Muinter-Geradhain, obiit.
Gilla-Patraic,
Maelfabhaill
3]
O'hEidhin was slain by Foreigners.
Maelchiarain
4]
O'Maeleoin, abbot of Cluain-mic-Nois, quievit.
A great
5]
war between the comarb of Patrick and the bishop of
6]
Midhe in hoc anno.
A castle was erected by Mac William
7]
Burk at Ath-in-gail in the Corann.
Meachair O'Ruadhain
8]
was killed by Foreigners, in treachery, in the door of the
9]
church of Cill-Seiscnen, in hoc
anno.
Etain, daughter of
10]
O'Flannagain, mortua est.
A very hot summer in this year.
11] The kalends of January on Tuesday, and the twenty-seventh
12]
of the moon; anno Domini M.cc.lx. quarto;
13]
xxiiii. anno cycli solaris; xi. anno cycli lunaiis; vii. anno
14]
cycli Indictionis.
A great war was waged by Art
15]
O'Maelsechlainn against the Foreigners of Midhe; and
16]
he inflicted a great slaughter on them about the Brosnach;
17]
and such of them as were not slain were drowned. Muirchertach,
18]
son of Domhnall O'hAirt, was killed, and his
19]
people were burned, by Donn Mac Uidhir in hoc
anno.
20] A great war arose between the king of the Saxons and
21]
the king of Britain, and the Saxon earls opposed Edward
22]
and his son; and a battle was fought between them, in
23]
which Edward, king of the Saxons, and his son were
24]
taken prisoners, and John de Verdun, and a great slaughter
25]
besides was committed between them.
Aenghus O'Clumhain,
26]
bishop of Luighne, died in the monastery of the
27]
Buill, after having resigned his bishopric a long time
28]
before that.
A great depredation was committed by the
29]
Dealbhna on Síl-Anmchadha, and five sons of O'Madadhain
30]
were slain there moreover.
A great meeting between
31]
the Foreigners of Erinn, (including the Justiciary of
32]
Erinn, and including the Earl of Ulster, and Fitz-Gerald,
A great war arose between Mac William
9]
Burk, i.e. the Earl of Ulster, and Fitz-Gerald, in this
10]
year, so that the major part of Erinn was destroyed
11]
between them; and the Earl seized all the castles Fitz-Gerald
12]
had in Connacht, and burned all his manors, and
13]
plundered all his people, during this war. Art O'Maelsechlainn
14]
burned all the castles and street-towns in
15]
Dealbhna, and in Breghmhuine, and in Calraighe, and
16]
expelled the Foreigners out of them all, and afterwards
17]
took the hostages of the chieftains of the entire district;
18]
and Loch-Luatha was also burned by him. The Justiciary
19]
of Erinn, and John Gogan, and Tibbot Butler were
20]
taken prisoners by Fitz-Gerald in a consecrated church.
21]
The castle of Loch-Mesca, and the castle of Ard-rathain,
22]
were seized by Mac William Burk into his own hand in
23]
hoc anno. Domhnall O'hEghra, king of Luighne, was
24]
slain by Foreigners.
Cumhuighe O'Cathain, king of
25]
Cianachta, captus est per Aedh
Buidhe.
Friars Minor
26]
were brought to Ard-Macha by the archbishop, i.e. Maelpatraic
27]
O'Scannail; and the same man, i.e. Maelpatraic,
28]
made a trench round Ard-Macha in this year.