Poetry or Irish Kings

Sanctuary

2008-08-01T13:22:00.004-04:00

Sanctuary

It is a Sanctuary
Above the street
The way they do that
In this big city
Great buildings
Smog air
People everwhere
Trust the clique
Our blook
This place quiet
Untouched

A double lock on the door
Alone separate
The field of play
Fenced on the roof
Over the roof dry and lite
The door of red steel
That too a place of Sanctuary

The hall old marble
Made by the dead
And they a Sanctuary
Now somewhere beyond
Beyond the city soot
Perhaps away to the forest
Or Beyond the sea
Or past screaming siren
No never there
Alone in the sanctuarys
Beyond the silence
Of the Sanctuary

Secure and real
Plotted with our things
Our mind
The door locked and bolted
And beyoond
the Sanctuary.

Judi Donnelly
copyright July 31 2008

Love

2008-07-01T13:52:00.002-04:00

LOve

Love after all has past and done
Love after all your charms have been won
Intamacies between us has done and past
Now you are gone and i must fast;

The Sun goes up the Sun goes down
Upon the Earth you remain renown
In my memory of love
Floating on the clouds above;

My memory of love will last
The sweetness of your long repast
Of Feast and passion moments rare
When in our thoghts love did flare.

Judi Donnelly
copyright 2007

Remembering the War

2008-07-01T13:47:00.001-04:00

Remembering the War

i saw a dead cat in the ally
And ran away into the road
Felt the pavement and the screaching of the auto

As i lay silent in that abode
Shamed and frightened
Small at 9 runing away to hide

My small mind enlightened
A child adult
As we were all
Recalling the Black dead Jew
With his cart of rags

As we screached and threw clods
Of dirt at him in his street

With his creaking cart

He hanging his old head and
Moving on off our street

Not taking our papers and cans
Our piles of rags

Exilerating our win over him
He spoke no English
We decryed him for that
We thought him stupid and mean

Remembering the War

I ran from that car Poor driver
That black runningboard car
That black clad driver with
His hat
His fedora

We laughed our way to the theater to see the Movietone News
The great war each week
Stars many guns Great explosions
Tension and power
The drone of planes
this poor price
And hence to Communion

O God forgive me my sins
I have sined and offended thee
The music was soft and agreeable
The radio news unkind
Silver rode on

Henry! Henry Aldridch were are you?
Squeaking Door
Mystery War

School
Walking past the park and the great smoking railroad
5 cents for an ice and the monkey grinder played a sweet
tune
A tune and dance and the monkey danced
His little red cap and coat
Tighly tucked around him.

Judi Donnelly

copyright2006 or so

Saoirse

2008-05-26T11:14:00.003-04:00

Saoirse

Saoire I see the wind sailing through you hair,

O Saoirse for all that is dear will you dare,

Of your love must I always beware,

O Saoirse wisping gently from your lair;

Ah The sun glints across thy windsome Breasts;

Rain gleams an shines alights and rests,

Like rivilettes and rills it tests,

Thy pure and plaintiff soulful quests;

Alight sweet Spirit by the day,

Or in the night from far away,

Come O Saoirse to the Quay,

Sail in sweet Freedon on the Bay;

The mountains loom therir hills and peaks,

All blended one a traveler seeks,

As by them passes week by week,

Great clouds of Saoirse white and sleek;

Or shrouds of fog amidst the bog,

Or twittering Bird upon a log,

Or distnt shrill annoying dog;

The grasses mummer at your souund,

As you pass mystic 'long the ground,

The flowers perch their petals bound,

As though great Truth has just been found;

I rest alone among the land,

A little pen within my hand,

Awaiting Waiting for my Band,

To find me One lone grain of Sand;

For Saoirse lonley do i weep,

For Saoirse only do I keep,

A feeling fleeting Spirit deep,

As with the ebb on flow of tide,

The great and small of Freedom seeps,

For this great cause we all abide,

And penetrate on Saoirse's side;

Create and drive us on in pride,

For with you we have lived and died;

A babe in arms you once have been,

Created out of Love and Sin,

Planned and plotted out to win,

O Spirit Saoirse raise you din;

I see the wild wind in your hair,

I see your Breasts so full and bare,

Lead me Saoirse to your lair,

For from within life is there;

The sun the Rain the voice of gun,

All these things you have won,

And in our end when all is done,

Saoirse! back to God where you've begun.

Judi Donnelly
copyright 12 March 2008

Ruidri O Concobar 1167-1171 died 1198

2008-05-26T11:04:00.006-04:00

Ruidri O Concobar 1167- 1171

Ruidri O Connor m Tourdealbach m Ruidr Ua Connocobar of Connact became the 50th hi king of Ireland since the 1st Century Ad and also its last native king of the Melisian race.
He was the second son of Toirdealbach.

He was accepted by all and inagurated as rightful king.

In 1167 a Great Dial was made by O Connor the king wence came the chiefs of Leith Cuin, the chiefs of Gallaib, the Successor of Patrick, Arch bishops of Connact and Leinster, the lords of Briefne and Oirgialla, the king of Ulidian the king of Teamair [Tara]
He had of the horsemen 1300 horsemen from the Gallaib under Ragnall.

Many resolutions were passed here regarding veneration of the Church and clerics, control of the tribes the safety of traveling women and other serious social questions.
They parted in peace and amnity without battle or controversy and wishing prosperity to the king who had assembled them all in one place.

Ruidri made a hosting to Munster with the men of Ireland and their Chieftains.
He was joined by Desmond ,Thomond ,Meath Oirgialla and Leinster.
They went to Tir Eogain and Conaill and divided Tir Eogain into 2 parts north of the mountains[Sperrin] to Niall Ua Lochlinn .
Slieve Gallion made a border between Derry and Tyrone and the south of this mountain to Aed Ua Neill .
Each of these lords gave Conor 2 hostages.
Conor took
Desmonds Lord with his forces through Thomond to Conor-Aine and gave him jewels and riches.

Diarmaid m Murchada came back from England with Galls a name formerly applied to the Norse but now applied to the Norman English.
These forces of Dairmaid took Ui Censealalgh his righful heritage.

Ruidri with Tingernan O Ruairc went to Cill Osnad at Carlow where they fought a battle with some of the Ceinsealaigh recruits.
A battle was fought a second time and in this battle the son of the king of Britain was killed.
he was probably the son of the king of Wales Reesap Griffith.

Diarmaid came to O Conor and gave him 7 hostages for ten cantreds of his own land, 100 oz of gold to Tigernan Ua Ruairc for abducting his wife Dearforgaill.

In this year Thomas a Beckett the archbishop of Canterbury was killed by Wlm Bretton, Hugh Morvilbe, Sir Wlm Troy and Reynold Fitz Vrse.
This act of treachery was accomplised on 29 December either in 1167 or 1171 depending on the record read.

The Oenach of Tailten was revived by O Connor and held at the river Sele [Blackwater] in Meath.

In 1167 Dearforgaill in the meantime finished the Church of the Nuns of Claunmacnoise where she was than living.
She had been 44 years of age when she ran of with Diarmaid.

In 1168 Ruidri O Conors mothers son was Toirdealbach Ua Brian of Munster and was killed by Conor O Briens grandson who was than killed by the Ua Faelain of Deise Mumnan .

Ruidri conviened a Dial at Ochainocha for all Conaill to demand eric from Meathmen for the killing of Ua Finnallain whose protection Connact guranted.

Ruidri lead an army with Ua Ruairc to Munster and divided it into 2 parts between McCarthy and OBrien.
He was given 420 cows by Diarmaid as an eric for the killing of Muircheartach Ua Brian.

Dubrablaun daughter of the son of Tadg Maelseachlain Ua MaelRuanaid wife of Toirrdealbach O Connor died.

The chiefs of Cinel Eogan and the Conairbe of Doire came into Conors house and he gave them many cows and gold rainment.

They recieved in eric 800 Cows.

ruidri pg 2

In 1169 Ruidri established a custom from himself and any kings succeeding him to give 10 cows to Ard Macha and to interest youth in literature.

In these way religion orders kept a close control on the labors and beliefs of the ruling classes and their clients.
Thorugh the christain era of kingship and monarchy throughout the areas of its preachment Europe the Near East and North Africa and later the new world where the consept of the wrath of God and the last judgement for sin continues as surely as it did at the fall of Rome 1607 years ago.

The consept of the wrath of God decending to man via his own perenial sin and the collective sin of his tribe was a prevelant consept of paganism and the interference of the panoply of gods in the affairs of man developed by the Persiand Greeks Isreali and perhaps even older than that.

Hence an Irish king like Ruidri in 1156 as well as his predicessors was completely schooled in these doctrines from birth till death.

Ruidri one of 7 sons of his father Toirdealbach in following that path had for himself 6 wives and the than Pope offered him Ireland for giving up the sin of Adultry.
He would not and remained polygamous.
The father was alledged to have in additon to the 7 ligitimate sons 7 more illegal ones and all told 20 kids.

Ruidris sucessor his uncle Cathal Croibderg his brother and a ligitimate son of Toirrdealbach had one wife in conformity with Church teaching.

Domnall Breagach m Maelseachlain Crosaig with Donnchad Cumsealach Ua Ceallaig [Kelly] of Brega killed Diarmaid Ua Maelseachlain King of Meath .
For this offence O Connor led an army to Meath and expelled Bregtach for the deed and than divided Meath in two the east to Briefne and kept the rest for himself.

A fleet of Flemings came from England with 70 knights in mail.

Ruidri gathered an army and went to Ath Cliath but no battle was fought.
Later Ruidri went to Leinster and Diarmaid gave his son as hostage.

Concobar Ua Lochlainn became king of Cenel Eogain and Ailech.

In 1170 Concobar m Muircheartach Ua Lochlain Lord of Cenel Eogain was killed by Aed Beg M Cara Ua Caracain of Fearmagh on Easter Sunday at Train Mor Armagh.

Robert fitzStephen and Richard m Gilbert [Strongbow known as the Earl] arrived with knights and archers and m Murchada to contest Leinster and to disturb Ireland.

Diarmaid gave his daughter Ife to Richard Gilbert for coming.

They took Port Lairge and Wexfords Loch Garman by force and killed Gilla Marie and Ua Falain Lord of Deise and his son along with 700 persons.

Ruidri took his army against Leinster with the Galls.
A challenge of battle giiven but before it was fought Ath Cliath was set afire and the Danes diserted the Connactmen and Leith Cuinn.

The Danes however were set upon by the Saxons and M Murchach who slaughtered them.

Desmond gained a victory over Port Lairge but Murchad and his Saxons plundered Meath and Briefne along with all Meaths churches.

Ruidri put Dairmaids hosgtages too death one being his son at Ath Luain.
He than plundered the cattle.

Niall m Lochlain retired his army to Ulidia and carried of the cows.
He later recieved hostages from the Airgialla.

The Ulidians made 3 excursions into Ormond from Palm Sunday till Low Sunday.

A battle of Ath Cliath was fought by Munstervs Cogan the Norman and Asgall m Ragnall king of the Gallaib.
He was taken after his guard John or Eoin was killed before Miles de Cogan to be ransomed.
However when he appeared he was defiant and haughty so deCogan had him beheaded.

Ruidri O Conor with O Rourke and Carroll took an army to Ath Cliath to seige the Earl Stongbow and deCogan.
They skirmished for a few weeks and than O Conor went into Leinster to distroy the saxons crops of grain.

The Earl while they were thus engaged went into Leith Cuin slew many and took their provisions armour and horses.

At Limerich Cormac Mc Carthy had a victory over the foreigners.
He burned half the fortress and the market.

O Rourke and Airgialla again went to Ath Cliath but in a battle with deCogan and his knights they suffered defeat.

The plundering was concurrent with the wars between the new invadors and the Irish/Gallaib including plundering by the Earl Strongbow 2nd son which also included the churches.

ruidri pg 3

In 1170 a convocation was held at Clonfert commissioned by the Pope with the Bishops of Dublin and Leinster O Toole and the legate of Ireland Bishop of Meath Echytygermen , Moyle Kieran and the Bishops of Uriel, Connact Clonfert and others where it was ruled no man could rule the Church nor Cannon of women with husbands living and no sons of Bishops to be given Holy Orders.

In the folloing year 1171 Henry II came to Ireland on 18 October landing at Waterfords Port Laigre with 240 ships and many of his Lords, 4000 men in arms and 500 knights.
He was Duke of Normandy and Aqutaine, Earl of Ard Egavia and lord of many other countries.

Henry II took pledges from Munster, hostages from Leinster and Meath ,Ibriuin, Airgialla and Ulidia.

With the coming of the Normans a change in the English writing of Irish names took place with the English writing replacing in the annals the old Irish and Latin names.

Ua Cathar becomes O Kane or Cahir.

The Irish text keeps the old names and Irish spelling and is not anglasized.

Maoilean becomes Malone.

Ticcearnan ua Ruairce becomes Tiernan O Rourke.

He was killed at Tlachtga by General Hugo de Lacy and one of his own tribe Donell of ua Ruaric.
They beheaded him took his head to Dublin still called Ath Cliath in the Irish,.
The head of the tigerna of Briefne was placed over the gate of the Danish fortress know known as the Castle.

His body was hung upsidedown by the feet on the north side of Dublin.

Feargail of Conmacne becomes Donell O Farrell killed by the English.

Aengusa becomes Magennis.

Diarmait or Diarmaid becomes Dermott and later becomes Jeremiah.

Va Caidlaige becomes O Kaely and later Kelly part of old Osraighe now Ossory near the river Barrow.

Cenel Eogain becomes Kinel Owen,
Cenel Conniall becomes Kinel Conell.

Flaithbeartac O Maoldoraid becomes Flaherty O Muldory.
The Muldorys were lords of Cenel Conaill.

Giola mac Liacc remains bishop but is presented in English text as Gelasius which is Latin.

He went to Connact which was changed to Connaught in the English where he obtained his dues.

Ua Neochada of Ulaid becomes O Haughy who was the king of Ulidia.

These clans were located in Down and Antrim and were decended from the Clann Rury of Dal Fiatach and were called Ulidians.

Because Donslevy [Donslebe] has killed a cleric he was put to death.
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The mac Giola Epscoip meaning the servant of the Church became the Gillespie.

The Angaile were the country of the Feargaill or Fergal now O Farrell which is now called Longford county.

Megiollgan becomes Magilligan a tribal name of the O Quinns of Longford.

Tuaim in Conncat becomes Tuam and its Archbishop a Dubtaig becomes O Duffy who held a synod and consecrated 3 churches.

This change of the English writing continues giving us the names known to us as Irish today.
How they replaced the old Irish and Church latin remains unidentified.

In the Annals written by Clonmacnoise and in the Ulster Annels rose a form of pig English or medieval English combined with Latin is used by the composers of these records all of whom were clerics.

Hence the constant disruption among the learned in spelling, phonetics and writing left Ireland and its nation confused and depeprived of the ancient history and their own identities.

They are still 500 years or more later still trying to figue this out.

A similar confusion of locations, ethnics and familial identies was done at Ellis Island in the immigrant center of the United States when admitting officers put names they couldnt read spell or understand into a nom de guerre form which had nothing to do with the persons they were prosessing.

The complete entries of modern useage to the 4 masters compilation since the coming of Henry II and his Normans gives no explaination but was probably related to the inqusitions and Henrys grant and regrant policy applied to the Church and its laity clerics and bishops as well as the Irish cantreds, Bally betaigs and Tigernas.

In 1173 Cobtaig becomes Coffey,
Muireadach becomes Murry,
Ua Aengusa becomes O Hennessy
Ua Iadacha become O Meehan
Ua Ronain is now o Rowan

Mac Baird becomes mac Ward
They were the heriditary poets of the O Kellys or Hi Maine.

Maoileachlainn is now Mealalyn these are the decendants of Malacy II who was displaced by Brian Borama.
It is also now spelled Mael.

Seachniall meaning a servant of Seachnall or Secundinus in the latin.

Donnal Bregagach O Maoileclanna king of Meath marbad by his fathers son.

It is said that Giolla mac Liacc Archbishop of Armagh the corab of Patrick son or Ruidri and Echtigern the poet of Ireland died on March 27 the week after Easter at age 87.

Before coming to Armagh he had been 16 years at the Abby of Colum Cille in Derry.
He was born in 1085 Ad.

By 1174 ua Banain becomes O Bannan now O Bannon.
He was bishop to Conor and Down in Dal Raide .

Flann or Florentius O Gormain died at age 70 He was lector at Armagh.
He had studied for 21 years in France and England and 20 years the director of Irelands schools.

Cearbaill bcame O Carroll and was killed.

Maol Ruanaid Ua Ciarda becomes Mulrony O Keary or Carey.
The Cairdri becames Carbury

Brigit becames Briget.

Ruidri O Conor still hi king went with an army to defend agaisnt the Earl Strongbow.
The English enlisted the Danes of Dublin called Ostmen who now came to the Ards of Durlas [Thurles] Tipperary.
Donell O Brien with the Dal Cais with Sil Murry and a battle was fought between the English and the Irish where the English were defeated by Ruidris forces.

In 1175 Gilla mac Liag O Branan went to Colum Cille.
Enda was the youngest son of Nial Noigaillach and held lands beteen Lifford and Letterkenny.
These were defeated by O Kane and Niall O Gormly.

In Leitster Caomanac becomes Kavanah .

Tadg becomes Teige

Matgamain becomes Mahon

The son of Diarmaid m Murhada was killed by the ua Foirtcern and the Hua Nuallain or Nolan.

Rory O Conor the king marches again into Munster expelled Donail O Brien from Thomond[Tuadmumain]

Concobar is changed to Coglan or Conor.

In 1176 Maoilechlain m Maclochlainn ticcearna of Cenel Eogain and Cend Reogain Buda of Oriel raided the castle Slaine where was Richard Flemming.
The Irish killed all 500 of them with their womena and children.
No one escapted.
Flemming was killed.

A Ballybetaig was granted by Rory O Connor forever at Tuam.
Surities were given and these people guaranteed that the property would be forever the property of God and St Berach.

A ballybetaig is a 30th part of a Troica cead which equal a barony.
It has 4 seisreags of 120 acres per which would be 580 Irish Acres.

The Giolla Patrick of Osraighe now become Fitz Patrick.

In 1177 Ui Vianus [Vivianus] a Cardnal arrived in Ireland and held a synod of the clergy Bishops and Abbots.

Aod O Neill known as mac aom toinleascc[ toinleacc in english] lord of Eogain heir of the Irish throne was killed by O Louglin and Ardgar OLochlin.

Fabar [Foe] in Ceanannus[Kells] was distroyed by the Gallaib or English.
Lugmag or Louth was laid waste by the Saxaib [Saxon]

Niall m Loughlin was killed by the Dal Bruinic [Boyne]of Loch Neagh Antrim.

Rury O
Conors daughter and wife of Muldory was killed by Ua Cairellain.

Flann becomes Flynn

Ciardail becomes Castle or Caiseal.

Ruidri m Toirdealbach was given his home province of Connact in its entirity when Henry II accepted the lordship of Ireland.

He ruled there until he was deposed by his own son Conor Moinmoy in 1186.
Ruidir was banished by this son from Connact but his loyal people brought him back and he was given a cantred of land for his own use.

When Ruidri was deposed with his usual luck he went north looking for help to recover Connact and did not get it.
He than went to the English who also refused him.
He than went to Munster where the Sil Muiredach gave him some land in SW Galway known as Tir Fiachrach or Kineleo of Echte.

Ruidi had had trouble all his life being a son of the volitile and perhaps paranoid Toirdealbach.
He had been imprisoned by this father for some years and was only rescued from this sorry fate by the intervention on his behalf of most of the clergy and lords of Ireland including the O Neill Muicheartach Ua Loclain of the north.

He was the 50th AD and last Gaelic hi king of Ireland when his reign was ended with the lordhip imposed by Henry II when he came into Ireland in 1171 with a force to back up his claims the ancient gaedil sons of Niul and Miles fell to foreign rule of the harshest kind for 746 years when part of the island was finally freed after trials tribulations famine and continous usuraption of human and material rights by the Rising of 1916 when the than king of England and the Britsih army and Parliament agreed by a treaty to release control of the south of Ireland to the Republicans now famous for their IRA volunteers.

During this peiod of English rule the Irish people were not only kept at subsistance level poverty and in ignorance, their native language was distorted by the English they were forbidden to speak it or teach it.
Their historical records kept by the Bards and nobles were consealed from their understanding and their children and minds were imbued with the correctness of English culture and depriciation of their own.
The Irish thus lost not only their freedom and an acceptable human condition but their self respect and confidence in their own innate abilitys which they as a people have not fully rcovered today.

They were denied any employment beyond minimal common labor or housekeeping for their English lords and ostrazised from any social inclusion beyond their cabin walls which made them an inferior class in the eyes of not only their captors but themselves.

This inferiority came full circle in the great famine of 1845 when millions of Irish hovels became coffins for their starved inhabitants as their British overlords remained well fed and well moneyed under their little princess Queen Victoria an opulant age named after her bubble existance while this Irish holicast was in progress.

The lands were cleared of the cabin society either by death eviction or immigration and the people of Ireland were replaced by cattle eating the green green grass of home so deadly a diet for these former human residents.

Some millions were able to escape this death by starvation and its concurrent deseases by taking the ships from the ports over to the new world where many of them died and those who survived were not welcome by the prosperous new nations in the west.

If the Church was prominent in this famine in its relief the Irish do not well remember it.

They remember the soup kitchens of the Quaker Friends and the uneatable corn meal of the Americas and the payment of rent to their lords by the dying cabin livers as the jews remember the ovens.

In the 1916 Rising The province of Ulster in the north was contested hotly by the then prominet anglo-irish peer Lord Carson and his followers and this province was allowed in the form of 6 counties to opt out, alledgedly for the time being, forming its own independant unionist mini state.

This division by force of the Island is still ongoing from time to time into the 21st century where British troops have again occupied these northen counties.
Death and fear and distruction have roamed in ghoastial form across the province and spilled uncerimoniously into the Republic of Eireann and over seas into Europe and the United States holding many thouands of its expatriats on both sides of the question of union vs independence.

During the remaining years of the 1100s John de Coursy and Hugh De Lacy along with the Fitzgerald lords and the Butlers and the Burkes got into the country with land grants and fiefs issued by the royal rulers of England.

These were enforced by force and by Parlimentary acts oppressing the natives and forcing them into a continual battle between themselves their neighbors and the English who along with their Norman cousins participated readily in the customary rule of killing and prey common among the old gaelic Irish.
In fact in future the Norman lords as the Gaillaib before them were termed to have become more Irish than the Irish.

Englad during this 750 or so years of occupation maintained a continous presence of British army units along with a succession of Viceroys of the king all of whom worked for their own advancment and benefit and agains the success of any Irish order.

In 1170 when Henry II came
Niall O Neill was Tigerna of Cenel Eogan
Brian M Mahon was lord of Oriel
Tiege O Rourke Lord of Breifne
Brian O Kennedy Lord of Ormond
Rory mc Turlogh O Conor tigerna of Connact

All these lords and rulers still continued their policy of maintaining preys and attacks on each other and their neighbors as well as sometimes cooperating and sometimes fighing the English depending on what they wanted or needed from them in the way of controlling or overpowering each other.
Most of the cenels were still extant and operative under the Norman rule.

Ruidri O Conors daughter Rose was the second wife of deLaci.
She produced a son called William Gorm of Limerich later called the Lynches of Galway.

De Lacys first wife Rosa de Muine Mene had two sons Walter and Hugh one the king of Meath and the other Earl of Ulster.

John de Courscy arrived in Ireland and set of to conquer his desires in Ulster.
He ws met with the Irish force from Down of Donnlevy their king but he suceeded in conquering Down and Donnlevy was killed.
He than went north to fight the Firli at Coleraine and was roundly defeated there escaping with his life to Carrickfergus castle and Dorgheda.

Through these incursions o Conor ruled and lived peacefully in Connact having only bouts with his rival Cathal Croibderg the son of his father and his brother.

English aid was given in this matter and the O Connors were split into waring factions which continued for several centuries.
Croibderg had taken over the rule of Connact when Moinmoy Ruidris son as killed in battle and cemented his control of Connact.

When Ruidri died an old man in 1198 Croibderg ruled it until 1224 sometimes with the English and somtimes without.

Croibderg submitted to King John at Meath in 1200 giving the province of Connact to English rule.

His decendants claim to be the Conor Donn as do the o Connor Roe.
The OConnor Sligo claim to be the decendants of Brian Luignech another son of Toirdealbach.

Ruidri m Toirdealbach m Ua Concabar m Ruidri Ua Saide Buide m Aed in Gae Be n Naig m Tadg in Eichgil m Cathal m Concobar m Tadg m Cathal m Concobar m Tadg Mor m Muirguis--
The line extending bach from there to Brian son of Muigmedoin and his wife Mongfind who poisoned her brother Crimthann so that her son Brian could become hi king of Ireland.

This was not to be as Niall the youngest son of Muigmedoin was chosen hi king and his decendants continued to rule for 600 years.

Rudris son Concobar Moinmoy was killed before he died.

His other listed sons were Concobar ua Diamata, Toirdealbach and Aed Diamait.

As there were allegedly 6 wives of this king it is probable there were more sons and as his father Toirdealbach none of these are acknowledged in history probably causing more problems in Connact over the years in sibling rivalry for land power and status.

In 1200 king John son of Henry II came to Ireland as lord confident in his belief of his divine right to rule.

And so ends the story of the Anni Domini kings of Ireland so

CRIOCHNAIGH MO CHARA

Judi Donnelly

copyright May 25 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1,2,3, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Reaction

2008-05-24T10:43:00.003-04:00

Reaction

I am of the Bourgeois faction
Arrayed among the Proletariat
They mroe Bourgeois than I
And I the poletarian for them all.

Now our genes are melded
Into a nueve form of Persona
Our culture and our speech
Disapered!
Our memories not awakened
But dulled by bombardment
Of the dullard mass communication

Our minds not hearing or observant of
Any of the mundane detached and unrealted facts.

Who are we? What are we?
Where are we going?
Individuality massed in groups
And monitary order of rank;

Comforable in our nothingness
United in our opportunistic greed
Molded by our socialization
In eduction, work place eithics
Transoportation modes
Aloneness and aloffness;

Allah Akbar! the Will of God!
Rapture!
The Bible says
We alone will be saved if we believe
Believe whta?

Christ above me
Christ below
Christ around me
Christ in soul

Buddah and the Bo Tree Enlightenment
The Spirt of the forest roams;

Apocalypce [ a poca lia p ti]
His goast stone about to

Armgeddon [ar ma ged don]
hi plain geese house

Primiative language
Uncivilized unrefined
Without class
Translate.

Suicide Religious Suicide
Jamestown a group to die
Bonsia! [sole futher]
Suicide Bomber
The Rapture

Ah theBourgeois!
Class power money
Feeling its own power
Elite within Itself;

Christ above me
Christ Below

Think ,speaking making the Word
Comfortable in its nothingness
United in oportunistlic greed
Deciding for the proetariat
Setting the standard
Paying the bill
Grasping to help the Poor
Feed the Downtrodden
Repair the Sick
Improving mankind
Always above;

I am both poor and downtrodden
Well Born Well Read
Well fed
Never afraid to express Bourgeoisness
While at the table of the Proletariat;

Who are we What are we?
Where are we going
Into a new Persona.

Judi Donnelly
copyright again with rewrite of lost page
May 21 2008

muircheartach Ua lochlainn 1156-1166

2008-05-24T10:28:00.001-04:00

Muircheatach Ua Lochlainn 1156-1166

Muirchartach m Niall m Domnall M Ardgar M Loclainn m Mael Seachnaill m Mael Ruinaid m Flann m Domnall m Aed Findliath m Niall Caille m Aed Oridide m Niall Frossach m Fergal m Mael Duin of Ailech
became the 49th hi king of Ireland.

Muircheartach took his army to Ulidia who had rebelled against him.
He subdued them and than went into Leinster and gave that kingship to Diarmaid m Murcheda. Dermott m Murrough.
He thana plundere Osraige its churches and its territories.

There was a good harvest of fruit that year.
The year also broght snow and ice freezing lakes and rivers and many birds died of this great frost.

In 1157 Cuulad Ua Caindealbain was killed the lord of Laegaire he was. He was killed by Donnchad m Comnall Ua Maeleachlainn king of Meath.
Cuulad had surities from allm the princes of the Church, the king Nuirchertach, the king of Oirgialla O Carroll, Briefne under Ua Ruairc, the king of Leinster Diarmaid and all the men of Meath and Teathba.
A great sorrow ovr the deed of murder to a loved and respected chieftain.

O Ruairc made a prey in revenge of this killing and the breaking of his guarantee.

In 1157 a synod at Droicheat-atha [Drogeda] 17 Bishops and the Legate and coarb of Patrick with countless monks and clerics.
The hi kings attended this synod Muircheratach, Ua Ruairc, Ua Eochada and Ua Cearbaill.
The Church there was consecrated and for his killing of the honorable man Cuual Ui Caindealbainn Lord of Laegaire whose safety had been assured by the Church and corab of Patrick, Tigernan O Ruairc of Briefne O Carroll of Uireal and the king of the north Mc Loughlain Donoch M maelechlainn King of meath and Donnchadm Domnaill Ui Maoileachlain the king of Mide the killer was excomunicted and banished from Meath And cursed by the clergy.
His brother Diarmaid was installed as King of Meath.

This was an instance amongst the fury of vengance of the condition of Ireland where the Tigerna and the Church had acted in consert and by jury to punish an offender against law and order by excommunication and removal from office rather than individual reprisal against the perpetrator where surities of protection were produced and upheld all be it after the fact.

Muirchad granted the Church 30 oz of gold, 70 cows and a tract of land south of the Boyne called Finnabair na Ningean
Cearbaill gave 30 oz of gold and O Rourkes wife gave more and a gold chalice with alter cloths.

Muircheartach led an army into Leinster where Laegis Ui Failge and half the people of Osraighe fled to Connact when Dermott gave hostages to this northen king.
They than went to Desmond and took hostages.
Than to Dal Cais and expelled them from Thomond.

They laid seige to Limeric and the foreigners there submitted to him and banished the beggar king Toirdealback O Brien from their midst.

Muireachtach divided Munster between McCarthy and O Brien.
He went into kings county from Munster but his host was defeated there.

He than went home to Tyrone near Strabane and Derry to plunder Ros Cree[Clay Wood].

Ruidri O Connor while they wer gone went to Tir Eogain burned Inis Eanagh near Strabane and cut down its orchard than plundered on to Derry.
He O Connor than went into Munster and divided the kingdom again both OBrien and McCarthy of Desmond giving him hostages.

A large head that of the 1st century king of Thomond was found Clare. It belong to Eocaid m Lucta.
It was reputed to be larger than a cauldron with eye sockets large enoughfor a goose to pass through.

Melifont was conscrated by the corab of Patrick Giolla Mac Liacc.

muircheartach loclain pg 2

In 1159 Muircheartach went into Meath again divided the province dethroning Diarmaid at Rath Chonail and installing Conail at Westmeath again enforcing with force the will of a hi king over that of a provincial to decide the fate of various triaghas and cantreds of Ireland.
Tigernan went to meet with Ruidri O Connor and they made peace and hence Ruairc went over to O Conner against Lochlainn.

O Conor built a new bridge at AthLone with the purpose of plundering Meath. He was met there by Donnchad m Donnall ua Maeleachlainn who had been just made king by Lochlinn.
A battle was fought at AthLuain and Aed m Ruidri Ua Conor the Roydamna of Connact was wounded and died a week later.

OConor then invaded Meath with his allys the men of Briefne and Thomond to the plain of Airgialla.

Lochlainn with Conaill And Eogain clans went to relieve the clann Airgialla at Ath Firdiad.
The Connactmen wer defeated all 6 battalions 2 of whom wer slaughtered.

The land aof all these tribes was given out by Lochlainn and he retured home with his allys.

He than took this army to Connact burned Dunna n Gall in Galway and Dun Ciarraige and generally distroyed the country side.

He than went into Meath to expell Ua Ruairc where he stayed on the men of Meath for a month in billet.
One on the West Meath and one on Meath east.
He than concluded a peace with Ua Ruairc and left him his lands.

He gave the kingdom of Leinster to Mac Murchada.

On his return he plundered Dealbna and Ui Mic Uais-Brega.

In 1160 the north was disturbed by discent and contention within the Clann ua Neill where a battle was fought at Onagh Tyrone where many of the nobles were killed.

Ruidri marched into Meath again and replaced the lordhip.
He met at EAS Ruid with Muirceratach o Lochlinn and his people about him but they did not conclude a peace.

In 1161 Muirchertach took his army and plundered Ui Briuin..
Tt Leac Bladma Meath the Gallaib with Leinster came into his house.

Ruidri O Conor gave his hostages for UiBriuin Conmacne half of Munster and in turn Ua Lochlainn gave O Connor his entire province of Connact.
He than gave the entire province of Leinster to Diarmaid m Murchada of Ceinnseallach.

On this occasion he was king without opposition.

He gave Meath to Diarmaid Ua Maoilechlainn. The other half West Meath was in the posession of Ruidri O Conor.

An army was led into Meath by Mortaugh to attend a meeting of the Irishmen, laity, and clergy. All gave him hostages.

The Colum Cille churchesin Meath were set free of tribute by the bishop O Brolcain and he was given the tribute and jurisdcition of these churches.
The bishop accepted also 42 oz of pure silver from Osraige.

Some fighting occured between Thomond[OBrien] and Desmond[McCarthy]
Thomaond won and a second battle was held.

Donnall m Conmeada Ua Laegacain of Clann Suibe had been killed by Ruidri O Connor while he was chained in fetters and under the protection of the Church.

In 1162 Brolcain the Sucessor of Colum Cille with O Lochlainn removed 80 houses from the Doire Church and Built a Castle the Caiseal an Urlair by Brolcain who pronounced a curse on any that woudl try to overthrow it.

A synod of the clergy of Ireland with Giolla mac Liacc m Ruadri Comarba Patraicc at Claen Ard with 26 Bishops abbots and clergy to establish rules and morals for laity and clergy.
To become the lector of any church one must first be an alumnus of Ard Macha.

Giolla Mac Liacc visted clann Eogain a new event and unheard of previously.

Lochalinn took his army and his allys Meath and Conaill to Ath Cliath but only plundered Fine Gall north of the city.

He left the Leinster and Meath men to pursue the seige but a peace was made and 120 oz of gold given by the gallaib to Lochlinn and 100 in gold given by Maolmeachlainn of East Meath to Ruidri O Conor of West Meath.

Another war beteen Desmond and Thomond caused great distruction in Munster.

muireachtach loclain pg 3

1163 saw a lime kiln 70x70 built at Colum Cille by flaithbeartach Ua Brolcain following the lead of Armagh Arch Bishop Giolla meic Liacc.

Niall m Muireadtach Ua Lochlain the kings son made a progress threw the north.

He went east through Ulidian and than to Airgilla, Tir Briuin than Meath.
While on this progress he committed acts of violence against some Churches in Meath including clommacnoise.

He than went acroos Athlone into Connact with 240 men where they made a feast onthe Ui Maine who subsequently killed them all but Niall who they imprisoned and sent him back to his home.

Muircheartach bought West Meath for 100 oz of gold.

At this time the son Neale was king of Aileach.

In 1164 the great church at Doire Templemore was erected by ua Brolicain and the clergy with the help of Muircheartach ua Lochlainn.
The building was 80 feet long and took 40 days to construct.

The chieftains and lords continued uninterupted in the pursuit of killing one another.

In 1165 many preys were made beteeen Connact, Briefne, Ulidia and Meath including Ua Breasail, Aitheir and Dal Riada [down].

Muircheartach took his northern army into Ulidia plundered it and slaughtered many.
He banished Eocaid m Duinnsleibe from the kingdom and took hostages of all the Ulidian cheifs.
He than burned Inis Locain[Loughan] a large earthern fort betwen Antrim and Down which was in the middlle of a bog and an impassable wood surrounded by 2 ditches with pallisades.

Eogain than returned home with vast spoils and many ships.

On the request of Tigerna O Carroll of Airgilaln Muircheartach went to Ard Macha to meet him and Donsliebe where they asked O Lochlain to restore Ulidia to Duinnsliebe which O Lochlainn did upon reciept of hostages of a son for every chieftain of Ulidia and Duinnslives own daughter
along with jewels and the sword of the Earl that being the sword won from the Danes of the Hebrides.
He also gave O Lochlainn the Mountain of Bairche is south Down but Ua Lochlainn gave it immediatly to O Carroll and for luck he gave a townland to the Church at Saball.

Ruidr O Conor called Roderick by the English again marched into Munster into Desmond where the Deswmond chiefs came into his house with the McCarthys.

In 1166 Ruidri O Connor put an embrodery on the shrine of Manacan at Maelhail in Leitrim.

At Ardmacha fire again consuming 2 streets from Colum Cille Cross to Bishop Eogain Coss and than to the Cross at the door of the fort.
The fort was burned and its churches except St Peter and Paul.
West of the fort from the Ctross of Seachnall to Brigits Cross.

Colum Cille was burned as was Ard Bo at Dungannon Tyrone.

Muircheartach blinded Eochaid m
Duinsleibe and 3 of Dal Raidas best men.
Mac Loingsig and Cathach and Ua Flatrig grandsons were killed by the king.
These were all under the surity of Patrick the Staff of Jesus and Donnchad Ua Cearbaill Lord o fAirgillan and the protection of all north Ireland.

Carroll took his army to Tir Eogain to revenge these killing and the violatoion of his guarantees.
He had with him his battaltion of Oirgialla, Ui Briuin of Brefne and the Conmaccne of Connact.

At Tyrone O Lochlain was defeated and killed.

He had hensceforth never been defeated in battle.

This battle was fought near or at Leiter-Luan the Fews in Armagh on part of the abby of Peter and Paul Armagh.

The land was later granted to Sir Toby Caufield in the Inqusitions.
It was the Feada of Ui Echdach grandson of Aed Findliath .

With the passing in battle of Muircheratach Ua Lochlian Ruidr O Conor marched his army into Eas Ruide taking hostages of Cenel Conaill.
He than went to Ath Cliath with the men of Meath and Teathba where he was inagurated king of the Gaeidil.

He laid a tax of 400 cows on Ireland for the foreigners and than went up to Droiceart-atha [Drogeda] where Donnchad Ua Cearbaill came into his house and gave hostages to Ruidri O Conor..
After this submission of the Airgialls Ruidri went back into Leinster and took hostages of them.

He than went into Ui Ceanseallaigh and took hostages of Diarmait m Murhada.

He took an army to Breifne, Meath, to Osraighe and than Munster.
All Leith Mogas kings came into his house and submitted to him.

At this point all Irealnd but the O Neill of the Eogain and Conall and Ulidia had submitted to O Conor the inagurated king of Ireland.

However Breifne and Meath with the Gaelenga of Connanct took an army into Ui Ceannsealaigh under Tigernan Ua Ruairc where he banished Dermott m Murrough Murchada over seas and demolished his castle at Fearna.

They than set up Murchad the grandson of Murchad who gave 17 hostages for Ruidri O Conor.

Tigernan took this vengfull act on his own for the taking of his wife Dearvorgaill but this king Dermott was also hated by his subjects because of his pround tyrany and bad govenrment.

Dermott went to king Henry II where he obtained permission from this king to seek help for the recovery of his Irish holdings.

With this he brought back the Norman adventurers Fitt Stephens [Robert[ and his Welsh archers who preyed Osraigh and so ended the reign in 1166 where one king was killed and a son of Toirdealbach ua Concobar of Connact was accepted as king of all Ireland and an out of vengance by o Ruairc for the kidnapping of his wife by Dermott smote a distruction on a whole Gaelic order of Ireland in the ensuing two years by the Norman Invasion of 1167-to1169.

Dermott though this action regained his kigdom of Leinster by giving his daughter Ife
[Eave] to Mauice Fitzgerald also called Strongbow of Cheapston who inherited his kingdom through her when Diarmaid died of an unknown wasting desase in 1170.

Muircheartach was survived by 4 sons
Conor who was deposed as king of Ailech in 1177
Neal who ruled jointly with his cousin Aed ua Neill as king of Ailech,
Maelseachnial who died in 1185 and Muirchertach who died in 1196.

H is sadi by the Cnnals of Clnmacnoise to be buried at that cemetary but this may be a claim for anther king as the Ua Neils had their own roayl cemetary at Ard Macha.

Judi Donnelly
copyright may 22 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Departurwe Pains

2008-05-21T12:45:00.001-04:00

Departure Pains

{an Ode to Toronto}

The hert grows fond of a place
And its People,
Of its winds and its rains
Or and its towers adn steeples;

Of its trolleys and prices
And singers and vices;
Of its styles and its softness
And grasses and skies;

Of it smemories and motions
And stivings and speech
Of its feeling and reach;

The heart weakens and melts
And decends down to tears
At the sound of the subway
The touch of a step;

The sound of its fountains
The noise of its street
The silence and pace
Of its presence and beat;

A departure, in part
Both success and defeat
Left in a memory
As the geese of the sky;

So solomnly hung in an
Underground sky
So true to the spirit
Of those who pass by;

Yet why do you cry
O heart can it be
A sorrow at leaving
A place and its people;

Not really your own
Yet still a spirit
Of those geese in the sky
Hanging so softly
As you pass by.

Jusdi Donnelly

copyright September 17, 1987

(You see we love you after all even the Law Society of Upper Canada and the RCMP and immigration)

Not attached to the original written on a paper bag.

Toirdealbach ua Conchobar & Muiretach Ua Lochlin 48 -49 Hi kings 1122-1156

2008-05-18T20:43:00.008-04:00

Toirrdealbach Ua concobar and MurchToirrdealbach Ua Concobar 1122-1156

Toirdealbach m Ruadrri m Saide Boide m Aed in Gae Bermaogm Tadh in Eoichgilim Cathal m Concober m Tadg m Cathal M Concobar m Tad Mor m Muigius M Indrechtach M Muiredach Muillethan m Rogallach m Uata M Aed m Echu Tirmcharna m Ui Briuin Ai m Daui Tenga U Mail Meic Brioin M Echu Mugmedon of Connact became king in 1122 and ruled till 1156, 34 years.

Toirr=pursuit or chase
deal= separation or destitution
bac=hindrance
making the name mean a hidrance to the chase or poorness at it.
It is in English Turloch and in modern names Terrance.

Toirrdealbavch was the 48th hi king of AD Ireland.

When he assumed power in Connact he crushed all opposition from his brothers or uncles most of whom 'disapeared'.
He led his army to Loch Saileach meath at Dunboyne and got the king of Leinster Murchada to come into his

In 1123 Toir M Ruadri Ua Concobar led his army to Bealch Eocaill on the Yougal Road and he took hostages of Desmond in Munster.
The tribe of the Gaelenga of Connact took the tige [house] of Doimliag Cianain at Teamrach[Tara] killing many people there.
Their king Ua Maoileachlainn escped by the protection of the Church but the rigdamna Domnall m Donnchad was killed by the Gailenga.

In 1124 Toirdealbach built several castles in Ireland at Galway, Colloony and Ballinasloe.

In this year he took an army to Mag Cairbre at Granard Longford and plundered the ConMaicne.
Toir was attachedat Craeb Rois da Carn and he killed these adn defeated the Conmaicne and the Meathmen with them killing many of the nobles and plebian alike.

He than killed the Desmond hostages of the Cormac M Carthys.

In 1125 the roof shingles for the Doimlaig[stone church] of Ard Macha were finally raised.

Toir deposed Murchad of Meath and relaced him with 3 lords.
In reltaliation the bridges at Athlone and Ath Croich were distroyed by the Meathmen.
Toir took his army to Ath Cliath and gave this kingdom to his oldest son Concobar o Conor .

He than went into Ormond and camped there with his army from Lammas 1 August till St Brigits day 1 February and plundered from there to Corc and Osraige.

In 1126 a great state of war existed in Ireland necessitating Bishop Cellach to be absent from Ard Macha for a year and a month to establish peace.

In 1127 Toirdealbach went by sea to Munster and divided it to 3 parts and took 30 hostages.
He had 190 vessels on Loch Deig and devistated the countryside from there.
He had sea battle with Munsters McCarthys which he won.

In 1128 Toirr lead his army into Leinster and went to Ath Cliath by boat.

His wife Tailtin daughter of Murhcad Ua Maeleachlain died.

toir plundered Fernmagh both country and Monastery of Lugmad.

Mangus m Lochlain tigerna of Tir Eogain was killed after he displaced Concobar as King of Aileach.
He was kiled by the Cinel Conail and the Cinel Maon of Mag Ith.

In 1129 Toirdealcach built a castle at Ath Luan and he rebuilt the bridge.

Clommacnoise was after robbed of its jewels and a model of Solomons Temple which had been given to Malacy 2 m Domnall and 3 jewels from Toir o Connor himself, a silver goblet, a silver cup and a gold cross over it, a drinking horm of gold and a drinking horn of the Ua Riada kings of Arad [Down], a silver chalac with burnished gold and an ingraving by Ruidri O Connars daugher on the Challace along with Bishops Cellachs silvr cup.

The Monks prayed that the culprit would be found but recieved no reply.
However the jewels were found with Gilla Cowgan a Dane of Limercik.

Conot O Bryan apprehended him and took him to Clonmacnoise where he confessed he had planned to leave from Corc or Waterford with the jewels but when Gilla entered a ship St Ciaran turned the ship back because of ill winds.

He was put to death for this theft by the friars. Hung at Cluan Brium Fort at Limerick.

On April 1 Cellach the much respected bishop of Ard Macha died in Munster at 50 years of age on a Monday. He was intered at Lismor by his own Will. He had been Bishop for some 18 years.

o conor pg 2

Toirdealbach took his fleet to Tory Island of the coast of Donegal and plundered it and the mainland with KillmacRena.

He than took another fleet south to Valencia Island [Dairbri] in Desmond Munster.
He plundered inis mor near cork.

The pope Innoent II was excluded from Rome till 1138 by a schism.

There was a good harvest of all the trees nuts acorns and apples.

In 1131 Toirr led an army again into Munster.
Concobar Ua Brien took his forces to Leinster and plundered it.

Conor m Domnall Ua Loughlin with Ulidians lead his army into Connact.

The Castle at Athlone, Dunloe burned by lightning.

1134 Canute of England died. The son of Lane king Erc of Denmark.

In this year Ormond and Elie were full of Danes.

A dial was brought between Torrdealbach O Connor and Conor Us Brian with their cheifs and clergy between them at the Abhall Ceternaigh [Apple orchard of Cetearnaigh].

A church was erected by Cormac Ua Carthach king of Caiseal and consecrated by a synod of the clergy assembled there.
This is the famous Cormac Chapel on the rock of Caiseal.

Muirceartach m Domnall m Amalgaid sucessor of Patric died in September.

He was a decendant of the noble family of Oirgialla and this family had possession of the Arch Bishopric of Armagh for 208 years as a hereditary right.
Nial m Aed was installed in this post.

St Bernard of Clarvaux complained against these and demanded that only those who can read and understand latin may serve in this post.
A daughter of Toirrdealbach O Conor married to Murchad Ua Eagra were killed by his kinsmen.

A great morain to all the cattle of Ireland where many died and this was as great as the deaths in 727 under king Flaithbeartach Loingsig.

Only a small herd of cattle were left in the ilse.

In this year also Maolmaodocc Morgoir known as Malachy was made Arch Bishop of Armagh and the coraib of pPtrick.

In 1135 Muirchertach O Brien son Donnal whom he had installed as king of the Galliab and Leinster died as a monk at Lismor, an old man.

On Decelber 2 the day after Henry I Stephen was elected and crowned king of England on 26 Dec the feast of st Stephen 1135.

As usual in this period of rule by Toirdealbach O Connor the princes of Irleand continued unablated to fight with each other or their own houses killing and taking property at will from Church, Commoner or patrician as their country remained a military encampment as a way of life.

Dermott M Murrough king of Leinster kidnapped a nun from the cloyster and made her marry one of his people.
He killed 170 of the Abbys people.
Both Conor M Toirdealbach and Teige O Kelly submitted to Morrogh O Melaglyn of Meath and gave him hostages.

In 1136 the men of Mag Ith killed Concobar m Domnall Ua Lochlain lord of Ailech and king of the north [the Oneill] over Cinel Conail, Cenel Eogain, Ulidia and the Airgialla and the royal heir of all Ireland.
This killing was done by treachery.

The 3 Districts the Tuathas in e Rosscomain invited Aed m Domnall O Conor the heir of Connact to be their king and when he came they killed him and his servants with him.

Dermott m Morrough king of Leinster went with his forces and the gallaib of Ath Cliath to West Meath to get vengance for abuses to him.
He was however met by O Rourke and O Kelly with Uriel who stopped him except for burning Ard Brachan.

Tourlough O Connor put out the eyes of his son Aed and his ally friend.

Malacy m the archbishop made a visitation to Munster and obtained his due.

Niall son of Aed replaced him as Archbishiop at Ard Macha.

Malachy Ua Morgain resigned for the sake of God and peace.

Ruadri Us Concobar the son of Torrdealbach the king and his freind Uada Ua Conceannain were imprisoned by the king.

O connor pg 3

In 1137 Again the archbishop of Ard Macha was changed bringing in the Aitrcinnead of Doire Giolla mac Liacc to replace Niall m Aed.

A great hurricane struck Ireland uprooting trees and blowing cattle and men into the eastern sea.

Donell m Murrogh o Melaglin prince of all Ireland and king of Meath was killed for rebelling against his father who was than king.

Uada Ua Conceanainn prisoner of Toirdealbach was blinded by the king for his evil deeds.

Muircheartach O Brians daugher Mor died at Colum Cille.
She was the wife of Ua Maeleachlainn of Meath.

The foreigners showed up off Ath Cliath and Loch Carman with 200 ships off the coast of Waterford.
They had hostages from Donchad m Carthy of the Deise who was with them.

The mcCarthys of Desmond would not submit to Conor O Brien of Thomand and Ormond and he OBrian submitted to Diarmaid m Murchada king of Leinster for Diarmaid to defned Desmond for O Brien.

Toirr took a fleet up the Sinainn to Loch Ree.
He had 20 ships against Meath and Brefne who had 200.

Connact was wasted and the people driven off as it was raised beteen Meath and Briefne.

In 1138 GillamacLiag the son of the poet visited Munster and obtained his due.

Toirdealbach had a contest with Maelseachlainn of Meath over land.
They met at Craeb Maige Forgaght with a wood between them for a week and God provided a peace between them without battle or hostages.

Meath however than distroyed the crops of the Ui Briuin and Fearmanagh creating famine there for the next year.
They than tried to plunder Inis Mocta but were beaten and drowned by the island people and Nortaugh king of Meath.

in 1139 Ulaid came with an army to Tullagh Og inTyrone where they burned the plain and its churches.
Toirdealabach blinded one of Tadg ua Maelruanaid Donnchad for being an ally to Aed who he had previously blinded.

He imprisoned his son Rory who was not released until 1145 under the pleading of the Archbishop Duffie, the foreigners and clergy of Connact, OBreien and O Ruirce of Thomand and Briefne, and Fergall chief of the Analie who made a hunger strike but that did not work.

Turlough also imprisoned Morragh O Melaglyn King of Meath but shortly released him along with Conor O Connor his son.

In 1140 Giolla as archbishop of Ard Macha and made a peace between Munster and Leinster for a year.

There was desease in Munster.

The second Latern Counsil was held under Pope Innocent II.
St Malachy and the Arch Bishop went to Rome.

Concobar diverted the Suck River.

In this year Stephen and Matilda ruled England.

Theobald was arch bishop of Canterbury.

Giolla mac Liacc made a visit to Connact and was greeted warmly by Toirdealbach O Connor.
The Bishop blessed the king and his chiefs.

Toir created a wicker bridge over the river at Ath Liag or Lanesborough and pitched a camp at Mag Teathba to guard the Conmaicne.
However Murchad Ua Maeleachlain with Meth and Teathba and ua Rourc and Briefne attacked the camp and it was abandond and burned by the attachers.

Toirdealbach and Murchad held a peace conference at Athlone and took oaths and made an armastice for peace.

But Toirr built another bridge across the Shannon at AthLone and he plundered and devistated W Meath.

The foreigners of Ath Cliath were fighting with the foreigners of Port Lairge.
Rory o Connor was released on paying an eric to Toirrdealbach for killing of Conor in Meath.

In 1141 there was more desease in Munster and Connact.

Turloch took Munster and hostges.

He subdivided Munster of old into 5 parts
Ormond, Thomond, Desmond,middle Munster or Mumna, and west Munster Mummair.

All Munster was subdued and brought to submition by Turlough O Connor at the battle of Moyne More at Emly Tipperary.
Leinster and all Ireland were with him.

In 1142 the son of Niall Ua Lochlainn gained a battle over the Fear Droma which is the tribal name of the O Donnelly who were seated up until this time at Druim Ligean near Lifford in Raphoe Donegal.

this son of Nial was severly wounded in this encounter and died.

The chieftains and lords coontinued their incessant plundering of each other through Munster, Leinster, the north ,Briefne and the east.

In 1143 Cenel Eogain made a great prey into Fearmanagh.

Cenel Eogain came under the ua Gormley after Muirchaeartach m Niall m Loclainn was expelled.
The 4 masters lists this year as the great fast at Rath Breanain to get the release of Ruidri and the king of Meath.
This king was held prisoner by Toirdealbach when he invaded Meath and he gave Meath to his son Concobar the eldest.
Meath was not injured when its king was abducted by Toirr and taken to Dun Mor Galway.

The king Ua Maeleachlain was found not guilty of any crime and released a month later after surities had been given of him by the Church clergy and bishops of Connact and Meath.

O Brien with an army of Munster and Connact cut down the Ruaid Beatlig[ red birth tree] which was enclosed in a cyclopedian stone fort as were Ailech and Imlech.
This structure was in co Galway and the tree was the inaguration tree of the ua Fiachrach-Aidne.

O coner pg 4

In 1144 an epidemic of colic appeared and was was deadly Killing many of the royals of both Connact and Munster.

Concobar m Toirrdealbach ua Concobar who had the year before been made king of Meath by his father was killed by the Fear Tulach lords as he was 'stranger' in soverenty in Meath.

Toir accordingly having lost his son divided Meath between Maeleaclain of W Meath and east Meath between Briefne and Leinster.

Another peace conference was held between Toirdealbach O Connor and Toirrdealbach Ua Brian at Tir da glais with all their chiefs and laity.

400 cows were given to O Connor as eric for the kiling of his son Conor by the men of Meath.
Toir than plundered Leinster taking 100os of cows and killing chiefs.

In 1145 The bishop Giolla M Liacc and grandson of Ruidri built a lime kiln at E Ard Macha across the road from the Cathederal. The Kiln was 60'x60'.

He seemed to have an awareness of the need in Ireland of employnment among the people.

Domnall Ua Goirmleadaig was banished from the chieftainship of Cenel Eogain by the son of Niall m Loughlin with the help of Cenel Conaill and Donnchad Ua Cearbaill[OCarroll] Lord of Airgialla.

There was war all over the country in this year discribing Ireland as a 'trembling sod' meaning the clash of swords and the thundering of horses over the land.

In 1146 Toir lead an army of plunder to Leinster where they took many prisoners and plundered Ui Failge.
In December a hurricane wind hit on the 3rd day of the month distroying woods and killing many people as well.

In 1147 Muirheartach M Neill Ua Loclain with the Cenel Eogain and Donnchad Ua Cairbaill of Airgialla took an army into Ulidia.
The Oriel forces met the Ulidsians at Dun Droma in Leith Cathail and won taking hostages and killing many of them.

The forces than burned the territory.

There was a profusion of fruit this year.

In 1148 aA synod was held on Inis Padraig by Malacy the bishop with 15 Bishops and 200 priests to establish rules and moraals for all.

Maelmaedog Ua Morgain on the advise ofthis synod went to Rome for a search time.

He died in this year Malachias [latin[ Arch bishop of Patricks chair, Head of W Europe and 54 years of his age on the 2 November 1148.
He was buried at Clarvallis Mona at St Bernards monastery France.

Muireachtach M Loughlin again goes to Ulaid without Airgialla leving 4 lords in charge there this time.

In 1149 Ulidian again bothered by the north Army Cenel Eogain, Cenel Conaill and Airgialla.

They plundered Snam Aignech today called Carlingford Lough, Droicet na Feirtsi,The bridge of the Ford of Newcastle Down built by Fiacha m Aed Roin king of Ulidia.
They plundered Loch Cuan [Strangford lough], Leath glais [Downpatrick].
They left the church at Saball.

Ua Duinnsleive came to Ua Lochlain here after this and delivered his son as hostage.
The invadors returned home with their prey cattle spoils and prisoners.

The son of Niall ua Lochlain of the north took his calvary to Lugmad and got Tigerna Ua Riuirc to come into his house.
He and O Carroll than went to Ath Cliath and Diarmaid m Murchada king of Leinster came into him.

Ua Lochlinn made a peace between the Gallaib and the Irish.

Meanwhile Toir Ua Brian led his men of Munster to Connact to Galway carrying off spoils and cattle.

0 connor pg 5

In 1150 Train Mor was again burned in Armagh.
These were the termon lands of the Church.

Gelesius the Arch bishop visited Tir Eogain and obtained a cow from every house of a Biatach [freeman], a horse from every chieftain and 20 cows from the king of Eogain.

This was followed by a visitation by Ua Brolcain of Colum Cille who obtained from the Eogains a horse from each cheiftain, a cow from every 2 Biatach, a cow for every freeholder Saertach and a cow from every 4 villian [Diomaoin= idle] with 20 cows from the king Muircheartach m Niall Ua Lochlain.

Muirchertach also gave Colum Cille a gold ring of 5 ounces, his horse and his battle dress.

Toiir Ua Connor blinded another, Diarmaid m Branain of Corca Clann.

Muireachtach m Niall made a royal journey to Inis Macta where he met O Carrol and O Riuirc who gave him their hostages from Connact without a battle.
This was done by the blessing of the corab of St Patrick and his clergy.

Muircheartach divided Meath into 3 parts between O Connor U Rouirc and O Carroll and then banished Maeleachlain from Meath with the curse of the Church amnd the clergy.

Toir O Connor marched into Munster whie his rival Toir Ua Brian was plundering the Gailenga of Meath.

He plundered Munster taking off all the cows .

O Brien went to Ath Cliath from Meath and brought the foreigners into his house and they submitted to him.

He than marched to Commair where the Abainn river[Blackwater] flows into the Boyne.

Muireactach m Nielall m Lochlainn led his north army to releive his ally O Carroll and o Riuiric at Dun Lochad a fort near Tara Hill at Meath.

In 1151 Giall m Liacc Ua Ruaidre went to Connact.
Concobar the king gave him a gold ring of 20 oz.

Colum Cille successor went to Antrim to visit Sil Cathasaigh and obtained a horse fromthe chief,
a sheep from the hearth and from thier king Cuulad Ua Lainn [Lyn or Lindson] his battle dress and a ring of 2 oz of gold.

Dearforgaill daughter of Domnall Ua Lochlainn the king of Ireland and second wife to Toirdealbach O Connor king of Connact and mother of his children AedDall, Cathal Croibderg +1224
and Domnall Mor of Briefne died on a pilgrimage to Ard Macha.

Toirs first wife was Tailtin daughter of Murchad O Maeleachlain.
She was the mother of Aed ,Malisa and Tadg Aluim.
His thiird wife was Dubcoblach daughter of Mulroney of Mog Lurg.

Toirdealbach O Connor although he tried to be hi king of all Ireland was constantly engaged in trying to subdue Munster and the OBriens and Meath.
He never had control of the north O Neill under Muireachtach m Nieall Ua Lochlain during his reign whihc had as much if not more power when he died.

He again in this year made Munster give submission and hostages from all Munster except west Munster where the O Briens were.

In Old Munster the province had been divided to 5 chieftainships Ormond, Thomond, Desmond middle Munster and West Munster.

In this escapade he was able to obtain the support of the king of Leinster, Diarmaid m Murchada where they fought a battlea gainst the Munsermen at Moin Mor[ Moan Mor great bog] at Emly Tipperary later the demesne of Clann William.

Munster was defeated and slaughtered 7000 dead were counted.

Killed of the souther nobility were two Kennedys of Ormond and o Deas of Inchiquin in Clare,9 O Shanagans [Shannons] of Thomond, 5 O Quins of the muinter Iffernan [heffernan], 5 O Gradys, 24 O Hogans of Tipperary, 4 O Hares of Clare, 4 O Neills of Bunratty Clare of the Clann Delbaeith and 5 Ua Echtighern from 6 mile bridge in Clare of the ua Cearnaig.

O Neill crossed Eas Ruid to Corran they recieved hostages from Leinster.
Mortaugh Ua Locchlain was called the king of ailech and Teamair.

Ruidri son of Toirrdealdach o Connor made a prey to Thomond where he took many cows and burned Cromel or Croome in Limerick seat of the O Donovans.

The winter this year was very windy stormy with much rain.

Toir o Brien who O Connor had banashed went with his jewels to Limerick but was given no shelter in Munster.
The Sil Muiredag[ O Connors] and the Ui Briuin [O Rourkes] and Conmaone [O Farrels[ took off his jewels for his provision .
He had 10 to 20 oz of gold, 60 jewels and Borumas drinking cup .

o connor pg 6

In 1152 A synod was held at Kells with 300 monks and cannons presided over by Cardinal Paparoni who had come from Rome.
The synod was held to establish morals and rules to put away any comcubines of the church, to end simoney the practice of profiting from church property, the payment of tithes to the Church and usury.
It was established that no fee should be sought for babtism.

McLouglin took any army to Oirgialla to punish his old ally O Carroll in vengance for the stabbing of Giolla m Liacc which O Carroll had done in a disagreement with the Bishop.

Mag Ene near Bally Shannon hosted a Dial beteen Concobar and Mc Louglin where they concluded a friendship.

Toir took an army to Munsteragain and he redivided Munster into 2 parts between OBrien and Mc Carthy.

McLoghlin went with his army into Meath.
He met there with thr forces of Leinster and these 3 kings divided Meath in two.
They took Longford and s Leinster for O Rource and burned BunCuilum in Kilmore Rosscomain.

On this disruption of Ua Rourc Dearbfiorgaill daughter of Maeleachlainn wife of Tigernach Ua Rouirc was taken up by the king of Leinster Diarmaid Ua Murchad with her cows and her funrniture on the advise of her brother.

This created a war between the Ui Briuin-Briefne [O Rouircs and O Reillys] in Leitrim and Cavan and the Meath men.

A famine in Munster was caused by this war with many of the Munster peasantry dispersed to Leith Cuinn or perished of the famine.

In 1153 Toir O Connor took an army to Lieinster and brought out the daughter of Maelechlainn with her cattle from m Murchad back to her father in Meath.
Tigernach O Rouirc than came into his house and left Toirrdealbach hostatges.

Niall M Lochlainn whnt with his army to the aid of Toir O Brien in Meath.
Toir O Connor who had banished O Brien met the northern army at Magh Lice Padraig.
Mac Niall mcLochlainn there attached him and killed many Connactmen.

Lochalinn went to Loch Ennell in Meath with his forces and the king of Meath came into his house and gave him hostages.

McLochlain than gave Maeleachlainn all Meath fomr the Sinainn to the sea[ irish sea] with the Ui Faelan and the Ua Failge.

He than gave Ui Briuin and Conmacne to Tigernach O Ruairc.

He than billited the Munstermen on Meath, along with Briefne , Airgialla,Ulidian, Cinel Coniall and Cenel Eogain. In 1153 Dearforgiall returned to her husband again but retreated to melifont where she died in 1193 at 85 years of age.

A convocation of clergy 12 Bishops and the primate of Ireland went to consecrate the monastry of Mellifont founded by O Carroll in 1142 at the desire of St Malachy.

In 1154 Toirdealbach O Connor with fleet came up the coast to Donegal where he plundered Tir Conail and Tir Eogain.

mMircheartach assisted by his hirelings from over the sea the Dongalls of the Hebridies and the Ara between Kintire and Clythe and the Ilse of Man and Scotland with a commander of the fleet mac Scelling fought a sea battle all day and the Connact fleet and men were overcome by the foreign fleet but the foreign fleet was defeated with great slaughter.

Niall Mc Lochlainn led his army into Connact to Mag Aei at the river Suck where he plundered the fort at Dun Imgain and distroyed the crops of the Mag Aei and Mag Luirg taking cows and hostages.

He than went into Briefne getting the submission of Ua Ruirc.
He than went to Ath Cliath where the gallaib submitted to him and he gave them cows as a wage after which he went home.

On 27 October 1154 Henry II was annointed king over the Saxons.

Toirdealbach Us Concobar went to Munster in a fleet and O Brien submitted to him.

Toirdealbach King of Connact, Briefne, Munster, and all Ireland with oppositon,Agustus of the west and Europe, charitable , merciful, hospitable and chivalrous died at age 86 .

He was interred at Clonmacnoise with his Will distributing property among the Churches of Ireland.
He had become king of Connact at age 18 and was the youngest child or his father Ruidri Ua Concobar.
During his reign he had no complete control over Leinster Munster or Meath and none whatsovever over the north.
He is listed as the 48th hi king of ireland.
His legacy in history which hardly mntions him at all perhaps because of his cruel treatment of his own family [fine].
He had 11 sons the most famous being Rory O Connor last hi king of Ireland.

The throne of Ireland was before and at this time of Toirrdealbach death mainly accepted to be held by the great battle force of Muireachtach O Neill of the Cenel Eogain, who is styled in the records as the 49th hi king of Ireland.

This king as most of his predisessors conducted war against his neighbors particulary Munster and Meath and tried to control these by divisive measures and force.

Never in this era of Irish history was a king found who could command law and order between the princes and chiefs who did just about as they pleased.

They responded to thir leaders as clients because they had given there ruler hostages and alliances which they frequently changed by force.

The common people had no protection at all from the hi kings or for that matter thier own fine and lords who demaned of them tribute and military service at his will.

Women ,nobles and pleabians alike, were ignored as chattels from father to husband and then sometimes several of those.

Their children were considered only as the hiers of the fathers sons.
Daughters hardly being mentioned as existing except for the few who gained church notaritey or were abducted and came to the attention of stardom.

Their stories and thoughts are generally lost to history which is in itself tragic as most civilizations are created by the women in the home.

In Ireland the battle tradition outweighed all other factors including the Church who oftimes were targets of the Lords for the acquisition of property and food stuffs .

These Lords as well gave the Church much of their wealth and lands and defended their doctrine agaisnt each other.

The Country was torn apart time and time again and therefore no progress or general civilizing effects were left but Irleands mythology and mists.

Toirrdealbachs 11 sons went on to create a fractious province in Connact for another 500 years and become known as the Connors of Conaught.

His son Ruiidri assumbed the kingship of Connact with no opposition to him.
Dal Cais submitted to him and 3 of his brothers were made his prisoners.

In 1166 Muircheartach [Mortough] m Neill Ua Lochlainn of Clann Eogain died at Dunmore on 13 June. He had been king ofthe north for 50 years.

Judi Donnelly
copyright May 18 2008

sourses: Annals of Ireland, John O Donnovan Vol 2 1856,
Annals of Clonmacnoise

On Reflection

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reflections on

If I had died you would not care

Or ever thought to see me there

You are that disolute and bad

How sad How sad

When life is given

And love secure

For a touch of Heaven

Consern and compassion to indure

In all this field of flowers

Come Tares

Amongst the tangled bowers

You bring care

And soil the Earth with evil stains

Of your presence in these plains

You are that disolute and bad

Your cruelity and crime so Mad.

Judi Donnelly
copyright 2007

Found in the trunk with stuff from calif must be around 1966

Muircheartach m Brian 1086-1119

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Muircheartach m Toirdealbach m Tadg m Brian Boroime m Cennetig m Lorcan m Lactna m Corc m Anluan m Mathgamain m Toirdelbach m Echu Ballderk m Cass m Cormac Cass m Ailill Olumm

The 47th high king with opposition of all Ireland.

His opposition was from Domnall m Ardgar Ua Lochlain the grandson of Lochlain of the Cenel Eogain who was decended from Maelshecnaill m Mael Runaid m Flan m Domnall m Aed Findliath.

They ruled Ireland jointly between them, one the south Moga and the other the north Leit Cuinn.
Muircheartach acting as the lead king.

He began his reign in 1086 with the battle of Edair [Howth] between Munster and Leinster where Muircheartach defeated Leinster.

The harvest was good that year with many nuts and fruit but there was a murrainn among the cattle and hurricaine force winds swept the country.

In the following year 1087 Dubcablaig daughter of Aed Ua Concobar of the Broken Spear the king of Connact and wife of the King of Munster died.

Toirdealbach Ua Brians daughter Mor who was wife to the King of Connact Rory O Connor also died. She was an O Brien.

Ruaidri O Connor and Connact took Inis Adarcaig in the Shannon from the men of Munster under Muircheartach o prevent him from advancing up the Shannon.
Muireachach was defeated and his men slaughtered.

The crews of the fleet of Muircheartach sailed round up the Atlantic sea coast to plunder Connact.

Corco Modruad was plundered 3 times by Ruidri O Connor and he left no cattle or people distroying all.
A Slaughter was made of the foreigners af Ath Cliath and Port Large by Muman.

Domnall M Loughlain than also called king of Ireland with the north clanns went into Connact and got hostages from Ruaidri O Connor the king.

They joined forces Connact and the north went to Munster where they burned Luimneck[Limerick] and plundered that plain to Imleach Iubair [Emly Tipperary].

Loch Gur at Knockany and the Brug Righ Fort of tht King [Bruree] in Connello.

These earth forts were allegedly built by Ailill Olum and were occupied by the O Donovans down till the English occupation when the O Donovans were driven out of the Limerick area.

They carried away the head of the son of Caileach {Cailig] Ua Ruairc from this hill and broke down Ceann Corad {Kincora] and took hostages both of the gallaib and the Irish taking them home with them.

These were respectively the Galla and the Gaoildeala.

3 of these hero hostages taken from Mumnan were the son of Madadan Ua Ceinneidigh, son of Congalach Ua h Ogain, son of Eochaid Ua Loingsig.
These were later ransomed by cows, horses, gold and silver, and flesh meat by Muircheartach Ua Brian, Donells fellow high King.

Tirlagh O Connor m Ruidri was born this year.

He was later high king and the father of the last Ard Righ Rory O Connor.

In 1088 William the Conqueror died and his son Rufas became king of England.

Muircheartach pg 2

In 1089 Muircheartach took the Munster fleet up the Shanno[Sionainn] to Loch Ribh plundered the churches Inis Clothrann, Inis Bofinne, Inis Ainggin and Claun Eamain.

Two other churches of the lake were blocked by Ruidri O Connor Aidirceach and Rechrait.

All the Churches were on islands in Lock Ree.

This Munster force went down the river to Claunmacnoise but were repulsed bach to Ath Luan [Athlone] where an army under Domnall m Flann m Maeleachlain was in readiness to attach them.

They left their ships to him and put themselvews under his protection and were conveyed safely home to Munster.

Ruidri o Connor and Domnall Ua Maeleachlain than went in the ships and boats and plundered Munster to Cluain Caeim Modi Mag in Tipperary leaving no cattle and carrying off captives.

Domnall Ua Maeleachlain [McLauglin] than preyed Fernmanagh, Conaille ,Moyduna and Meath burning all of Conaille [Muirtheimna plain].

He also plundered Iobar Dind Tracta, and the Yews of Newry in Down.

Cormac Cuinn na mboct made a purchase of St Ciarans hospital at Clonmacnoise in perpeturity [forever] which he go from the Ua Flaithen and Domnall m Flynn Ua Maeleachlain [Melaloughlainn] king of Meath.

In 1090 Domnall O Loughlainn one day killed the chief of Cinel Moan and the tigerna of Clann Diarmaid both septs of Cinel Eogain in Derry and Raphoe.

A Dial was held between the 4 powerful kings Domnall O Lochlainn of Ailech, mMricheartach ua Brian of Caseal, Domnall m Flann Ua Mealeachlain of Meath, and Ruidri Ua Concobar of Connact.

All delivered hostages to the king of Aileach and a peaceful parting was made between them.

Muirchad preyed Meath and a battle was held beetwen Domnall m Flann and Muirchertach at Mag Lena in Kings co.
Munster was defeated and slaughtered and a return plunder led by Domnall Flynn into Munster where he burned Duin na Scciath at Tipperary.

Domnall of Meath than plundered Ormond.

Muircheartach Ua Bricc Lord of Deise was killed.
The king Murhceartach took Loc Riac in Galway by an unfair advantage with the men of Munster and the Gallaib of Ath Cliath.

He plundered Leinster and Brega and Ath Buide in Lune Meath and took 2 hostages to Domnall Ua Lochlain for protecting them in the West of Ireland ie Connact.

In 1091 Connact took a hosting to Munster and burned a great part of it.

Muircheartach ua Briain [Byrne] made a prey of the fire brands against the Ui Failge on great Christmas night with the grandsons of Bran Breac.

A peace was made between Muirceartach and the sons of Tadg Ua Brian.

Thomonds men returend to their home but Tadg Ua Brians sons were treacherous and plundered as far as Connact.

The fort of Ard Macha was partially burned.

In 1092 Ard Macha burned again with Churchs and 2 streets in Septamber Tran Mor of the native students and Tran Saxon of the Saxon students residences.

The Conmaicne made a great prey to Mag Aei of Sill Muireadaig and took all the cattle.

There was much frost and ice this year freezing the lakes and rivers of Ireland enough for a man and horse to pass over these.

The snow fell after the freeze.
Muircheartach ua Brian lead an army to Connact and carried of hostages.

The corab of Patrick Domnal m Amagada made a visitation [cuairte] of Cinel Eogan and got his demands.

Brian the king took Cathal ua Concobar prisoner and gave his chieftainship of Sil Muireadach to Gilla an Naem Ua Concobar.

Munster fleets plundered Clonmacnoise.

Domnall Ua Lochlainn king of Ailech killed Aed ua Canannan Lord of Cinel Conaill.

The princes and chieftains continued to kill each other at will and their own pleasure.

Muriceartaach plundered Ui Muireadach[ Murry] of Connact and expelled them to Tir Eogain.
However Sil Muireacaig returned without permission of the king to their own land in Connact.

Maelcolumb m Donncha king of Scotland and his Son Edward killed by the French.

His wife Margaret died of sorrow.
She was a daughter of the king of England.

muireachtach pg 3

In 1094 the battle of Bealaig-guirt an Iobair was fought between Donnshebe Ua Eocada of Ulaid and Domnall Mic Lochlain of Ailig in which the king of Ulidia Donnsleibe was killed.

in 1094 all the men of Ireland under the king collected at Dublin with Munstermen ,Osraige and Leinstermen , Domnal Ua Lochlain, cinel Conail, Cinel Eogain, Domnall m Flynn king of Tara and Meath.

They than joined forces adn Donnchad Ua Eocada of Ulidia, Godfrey of the Gallaib of Ath Cliath and 90 ships proceeded to Mag Laigean in Leinster where they burned OughterArd .

Ulster and the north then returned without plundering Leinster.
Munster however went east to Ath Cliath and deposed Donell Us Maelseachlainn and banished him to Oirgialla.

He however set out for the north and siezed Luignes cows and e Meath but he was overtaken at Loch Lebinn at west Meath by the King s soldiers who got between him and the cows and he was overwhelmed by his own people and killed.

Aitheara [Orier] was overrun by Ulidia and many nobles were killed.

Muireactach led an amy to Connact but took no hostages.

He than took an army and ran up the Shannon through Lock Derg to DunTais in Meath and he divided Meath between Donnough m Murchad m Flann and Concober m Maelseachlain.

At the battle of Fidnacha the Sil Murry [Muireadaig] under Tadg m Ruaidri ua Connor overran Thomond and West Connact, all w Connact plunderd and 300 killed.

There was plague with mortality in Europe and Ireland depopulating whole provinces.
The Church ordered a fast for Wensday till Sunday in penance for the plague once a month for a year except on festival days and with prayers during the fast.

Again blaming the people for the sin as a punishment from God for any calamity with the Nobility agreeing and benficial to the Church Proclimation granting the church freedom from cess or bounty giving them immunity and gifts.

In 1095 the princes of Ireland were still weathy and taking of 3 oz of gold, 100 cows and 8 hostages got the chief of Delvin killed.

Clonmacnoise was plundered and Glen da Loch and Cluan Iraid, Lismore, Claun Bronaig and Cluan Eois all burned.

In 1096 O Brien rebuilt Cean Corad.

In 1097 Muirchertach led an army with Leith Moga and Meath and some Connact north to Mag Conaille but they wer met by Domnall Ua Lochlain with his northern forces.
The Bishop of Armagh Corab of Patrick made peace between them.

A good nut harvest this year from the still extant oak wood of Ireland.

So many that all the pigs were fattened a nd a 2 year supply stored.

The round tower [cloiceach] at Mainistreach Buite burned with books and treasures.

In 1098 O Brien routed Teffia and the 2 Melaglyns fought and distroyed Meath.

Dervorgill daughter of Teige m GillaPatrick of Ossery the mother of Muiretag died.

3 gallaib ships appeared off Ulidia and were distroyed. 120 of their crew.

At Fearsat Suilige the Cinel Conaill were overrun by the Cinel Eogain.

Muircheartaig plundered mag Dairbre in west Meath--Teathba.

Flaherty Lord of Sil Muireadaig and west Connact was killed in vengance for his blinding of Ruaidri Us Concobar.

Dubcoblaig daughter of Diarmaid m Tadg wife of Muicheartach died along with Dearforgaill daughter of Tad M GillaPhadraig of Ossery, the mother of Muircheartach and his brother Tadg Ua Brian.

She died at Glen da Loch.
Mortagh took a fleet of Danes to Derry where he was met by Mclaughlins son and overthrown and slaughtered.

In 1099 a years peace between Muircheartach and Leith Moga by Connact.

Domnall led his army and Clanna Neill across Toome into Ulidia.
The Ulidians met them at Craib Tulca [Crewe] Antrim,the inaguration site of the Ulidiann kings.
The Clannaib Neill prevailed burned the Ulidian camps and cut down the inagural tree and collected 2 hostages by force.

The great stone church at ArdSratha in Tyrone was burned.

muircheartach pg 4

In 1100Muircheartach led an army to Easruaid [Assaroe] the salmon leap at Ballyshannon Donegal.

Cinel Conail came to defend the country against him and Muircheartach left without booty or hostages.

A Diall was held at Caiseal with Arthbishops and clergy in which Muircheartach the king granted the Church his Seat, Court and Town of Caiseal.
He took his court to Limerick.

St Marys Cathederal errected and held in perpetuity by the spiritual men.

Casheal of the Kings..
He did this before going to Inis Eogain across Eas Ruaid in 1101 AD where he distroyed the town forts and churches and broke down the ancient cyclopian fort of Ailech in vengance for the distruction of Ceann Cora by the northern Ua Neill.

He ordered his men to take the stones of this fort in their bag each one and carry them to Limerick with their provisions.

The fort called Grainan Oilig in Irish is now called Greenan-Ely and is in Templemore parish Derry.
He took hostages there and went east of the Bann River at Fearta Camsa into Uladia.

He reamined 6 weeks there without disturbance.

He than made a circuit of Ireland from Ulidia for one month and two weeks and than went into his home at Slige Midlocchra on the great north road from Tara to Ulster.

In 1102 Donnchad Ua Cearbaill Ua Maoileachlann Lord of Meath preyed Fernmanagh and Conaille taking emmence herds of cows.

They were overthrown by Fermanagh and Oirgialla in Airgedgleann in Monahan and killed with 200 men.

Dearbail daughter of Ua Maeleachlainn died.

Magnus King of Norway [Lochlainn] came to invade Ireland.

Clann Eogain took and army to Mag Coba in Ulidia where the Ulidians attacked the camp at night under the command of Sitric Ua Maelfabaill of the Cairaige Bracaide and the hostages held by Domnall m Amalgaid corab of Patrick were given to insure the peace between Domnall Ua Lochlain and Muirceartach Ua Brian.

A host was taken to Ath Cliath to oppose Magnus and the foreigners who hdd come to plunder Ireland.

However, peace was made and Muircheartach gave his daughter to Sicriad m Magnus with jewels and gifts.

In 1103 Us Canannain were driven from the Lordship of Tir Conail by Domnall Ua Lochlain.

A war was held between the Cenel Eogain and Ulidia.

The king went with his froces of Munster, Leinster, Ossraige, Connact and Meath with their kings came to Mag Coba in Down[Donaghmore] to relieve Ulidia.

They than laid seige to Ard Macha on the plain surrounding the town and fort.

Domnall stood against this force until it wearied.

Than the king Muirchertach went round the defences and left 8 oz of gold on the alter, promised 80 cows to the Church and returned to Mag Coba leaving some of his people there.

He than went to Dal Riada to prey with the kings of Connact and Meath.

Domanall ua Lochlain with Clanna Neill of the north went to Mag Coba to attack the Leinstermen and fought a battle in August.

These people from Leith Moga were defeated and slaughtered.

Most of their nobles were slain.

Clann Eogain and cCnel Conail took the spoils and went home.

Magnus of Lochlain was killed by the Ulidians.

In this year a Munsterwoman gave birth to conjoined girls.

The princes and nobility continued to kill each other.

Muircheartach pg 5

In 1104 Muircheartach ua Brian led an army to Magmuirtheimne where he distroyed the crop. There the Lord of Loegaire fell from his horse and died a month later.

Domnall m Loughlyn went to Mag Coba again and obtained hostages of Ulaid.
He than went to Tara and leveled a great part of Ui Laegaire except for his friends whom he gave protection to.

In 1105 Muirchertach O Brien went into Oirgialla and plundered east Meath from there.
He than took his army in pursuit of Donnchada Ua Maelseachlain but did not capture him.

He burned all the corn and divided Meath between the sons of Domnall Ua Maeleachlainn.
He made no peace with Donnchad.

At this period Domnall Ua Lochlainn and Muirceartach were at war with each other.

At this juncture Domnall m Amalgaid coarab of Patrick went to make a peace between these two kings but was beset with sickness and died on August 12 1105 at Doimlaig the Cathederal Church of Armagh.
He was replaced by Ceallach m Aed m Maelisa by election of the Irishmen.

This postition from time to time was hereditary but in old Irish fashion there were contestants between these of those eligible to hold the office as these were any of the sibling princes and cousins.

Ceallaigh[ Cellach] was able to exact Church tribute from Inisowen and again from Munster.

In 1107 Muirchertachy plundered Mungairt.

Cean Cora was burned by lightning at Easter time as was Caisheal.

They contained 60 puncheons of mead and beer.

Muircheartach O Brien put the son of Tadg O Brien, Donnell in fetters at Ath cliath but soon released him.

Wind and lightning burned and distroyed many wood houses.Also the cattle were struck and killed.

In 1108 Niall m Domnall m Loughlinn Taniste of Oileach went to Corann on a prey and carried of cattle and prisoners.

The Ulidians preyed Ui Meath.

The Fearmanach distroyed Inis Labrada.

Luimnech was burned on St Patricks night, March 17th.

The crop and fruit and nuts were abundant.

In 1109 Muircheartach led any army with Meath, Munster, and Connact to Tir Boruin Breifne in aid of Murchad ua Maeleachlain and they took many cows and prisoners.
They went to Loch Oughter in Cavan and took prisoners.

Domnal ua Lochlain took an army to Sliab Fuad but a years peace was made between him and O Brien b y Cellach the Bishop.

The north army then went into Ua Breasail to attach the Ulidians on the south side of Loch Neagh.

The Ulidians gave them 3 hostages.

Aed Ua Ruairc came into Murchad Ua Maeleachlains camp and killed his people with the curse of Patricks clergy

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In 1110 Domnall Ua Lochlainn took an army to Connact and carried of 300 prisoners and many thousand cows.

Bebinn the daughter of Ceinneide Ua Brian, wife of Domnall King of Oileach died.

Cellach the Bishop went to Meath and obtained his demand.

muircheartach pg 6

In 1111 Dun da Leith Glas was burned by lightning both fort and a third part of Port Lairge was burned.

Uidia led an army to Tealaig Og [Tullach Og] where they cut down its old trees under which the kings if Cinel Eogain were inagurated.

Niall Ua Lochlain made a vengance prey and he took 3000 cows.

A synod was held at Fiad mic Aengusa near Uisnech west Meath where Cellach the Bishop ,50 bishops, 300 priests and 3000 religious students met with Muircheartach Ua Brian the king and the Leit Moga chiefs to presribe rules and good morals for both laity and clergy.

A peace was made between Domnall McLouglainn king of Ailech and Ulidia who have him hostages.

Muircheartach incited Dal Cais to plunder Clannmacnoise.

Toirrdealbach Ua Concobar began plundering as far east as Loch Eirne and Fernmagh from his seat in Connact.

In 1112 Ard Macha was burned in April and 2 streets.

The city was divided beteen the Saxon students and the natives.

In 1113 Domnall Ua Lochalin with his Cinel Eogain, Cinel Conaill and Airgialla went to Glenn Righe and banished Donnchad from Ulidia dividing it between the Ua Mathgaimna and the sons of Duinnsleibe.

He kept Dal Araide and Ua Eathach for himself.

Muircheartach lead his Munster army with Leinster, Connacct to Mag Coba to help Donnchad.
Domnall marched to Mag Coba but Cellach the Bishop separated them and a semblance of peace was arrainged.

The two armys relocated facing each other for about a month but Cellach again intervened and made peace for a year between them.

In 1114 Sichkess befell Muircheartach and he became a skeleton and resigned the kingdom because of it.

Diarmait assumed the kinship of Munster without permission.

Domnall Ua Lochlainn took an army to Munster with the Ulidians who went into his house as did Dal Araide, Breifne and Meath.
They all proceeded across the Shannon at Athlone where they were met by Toirrdealbach O Connor king of Connact and his Connactmen with Niall m Domnail m Loclain[ the son ] with Cinel Conaill with him.
These all went to Dal Cais in Clare where they made a years peace with Munster.

1117 The princes and the chiefs continued there many preys and slaughters of each other.

In 1118 Tiurdealbach O Conor marched to Munster and divided it between Desmond he gave to Carthaig and Thomond to sons of Dairmaid ua Brian
.He took hostages of both.

He than went to Ath Cliath and took away the king of Taras son Domnall than king of the Gallaib.
He took hostages of Osraigh and Leinster and the Gallaib of Dublin.
Toirdealbach Ua Concobar ws 30 years old in 1118.

A mermaid was taken in a net at Kilkenny and a second in Port Lairge Ossraige.

Toirdealbach and his Connact army went to Cean Corad and took it apart and hurled it into the Sahnnon stone by stone.

In 1119 Muircheartach ua Brian died on the festival of Liath Mor at Thurles on the 6th of March.
He is buried at the church of Cill Dalua.He had been ill for 6 years.

Nial M Domnall m Lochlainn rigdamna heir of Ailech was killed at 28 years of age by the Cinel Moain.
He was known for his personal looks, good sence, hospitality and learning.
Toirdealbach O Connor took his army and with him the chiefs of Leinster, Osraige, and the Gallaib of Dublin to Cill Dalua where he remained consuming the provisions of Munster.

He is styled the king of Ireland at this point.

Domnall Ua Lochlainn brought an army to Athlone against Toirdealbach and O Connor met him and made peace with him he did not intend to keep.

Toirdealbach held the fair at Tailten and built 3 bridges over the Shannon at Athlone and Ath Crioch and Dun Leoda on the Sura [Suck] between Galway and Rosscommon.

In 1121 Domnall m Argar Mac Lochalin King of Ireland died at Doire coluim Cill.

He had been27 years in the sovereinty of Ireland with Ua Brian and 11 years as king of Ailech.
He was 73 years old when he died on February 9 1121.
He would have been born in the year 1048.

And so the contested hi kingship of Ireland in opposition passed out of the hand of both the O Neill clan and the Munster Eoganacts represented by Dal Cais and the OBrien and into the hands of the O Connors of Conanct.

Neither of these great houses Leit Moga or Leit Cuinn the north from Conn or the south from Eogain king of Casheal had been able to united the princes or chiefs of Ireland into a body of noble rulers able to contain their urges to self agrandazation and petty preys and disputes among their own houses or neighboring septs.

With all the power and wealth at their command instead of like the old pagan kings addressing this to achieve unity and peace or good governance they instead used this power themselves in conducting the affairs of state and themselves in the same neglectory and petty manner as their underlings.

Hence Ireland itself was kept in constant turmoil and subjection by not only the condeming rules of the church and its philosophy of punishing sin in joyful hope of the coming of the Saviour but by their wnw native rulers and nobility to the point of a class of fear ridden peasantry bearly able to survive from year to year and in constant need not only of learning but survival goods.
Toirdealbach continued his raiding and plundering going as far south in Munster as Tralee in Kerry.
Taking cattle and spoils from both cheifs and churches.

A great wind blew in December of 1121 taking down much of the woods of Ireland and knocking the cap of the round tower at Ard Macha.

Muirchertach was survived by two sons Mathgamain who died in 1129 and Domnall king of Dublin who died in 1135.
DOmnall had two sons also concobar and Niall who was king of Tir Conaill from 1101-1119.
Both were able to trace their ancestory back to the 1st Century AD and beyond yet neither could rise to the great cause of the beginning Melisian idea of a kingdom by election of the fitest and most able candidate and the rule of community law in a democratic fashion as established on the Hill of Tara by Eocahid Ollam
Fodla in 703 BC when he stood before all the tribes of the nation and asked
What if- Cad Ma - and if they concured they responded
Mar Sin Beit [So Be It].

Judi Donnelly
copyright May 10 2008
sourses:
the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Msasters, vol 2, 1856 ,translated John O Donnovan,Hodges Smith and Co., Dublin Ireland.

on reflection

2008-05-08T13:45:00.003-04:00

Being Saved

I have been saved from LoveBy Poverty and Need
I have been lifted from Love
By the cruel embrace of Survival
For my Passions have a Rival
And my Hunger holds the Deed

The seeds of our shelter doth haunt Us
We toil in the day with our Fuss
Work and pay minimal play
Tired and asleep by the end of the Day

But Love What a Waste
No time No Desire
We know at the BestPassions of Haste
Born in the Byre

Ah Love you escape me
I know thee Naught
To great the BattleOf Need I have Fought
Warmth and Shelter
Comfort and Food
Peace and enjoyment never Allude
By Poverty and NeedLove turns to weed
Surviving and Being all else Exclude

Soldiers of the Moment
Peasants of the Shift
Striving to find Friendship and Lift
Always we go to tryst without Love
Hoping and praying the great God above
Will find us a passion of reaching and care
Beyond the moment of nees in our lair

But I have been saved from Love
I have been lifted from Love
By the cruel embrace of Survival
Shall I wait in Peace for Arrival
Of the end of Life without Love
In the dark of a stone like Dove
The flight of a Bird inthe Sky
As we peacefull wait to Die

Not feeling or being or Wishing a Thing
Or any of the Sorrows that Love Brings
A bell tols the knell as it solomly sings
Ah Love the sound of the Death it Rings

Hunger and pain a surcease shall I have
A bird of stone back to the Sky
As here in my coffin I silently Lie

Judi Donnelly
Copyright February 19 2007

Toirrdealbach 1064-1086

2008-05-04T10:22:00.002-04:00

Toirrdealback Ua Brian Hi king with opposition 1054 or 1064-1086

Toirrdealbach m Tadg Ua Brian was made hi king with opposition[fressabra] on the death of his uncle Donnchad at Rome in 1064.

Toirrdealbach also known as Turlough or Terrance was the 46 Hi king of Ireland since Niall Noigialach.

Ib this first year of his reign Mahon killed the King of Ulster.

In 1065 Willam the Conqueror had a great victory at Hastings over Harold king of Norway and the Danes were overthrown in England.
The Saxons served as ally to the Normans.

In 1066 King Dermott m Moylenamo and his ally Turlogh O Brien the king of both Munster and Ireland went with their combined forces to Connact against Aed [Hugh] O Connor [Conchobar] where Aed was killed.
Hugh m Art O Ruiairc had the victory.

In 1067 Muragh O Brien was killed at Teafia.
His head was cut off and taken to Clonmacnoise where it is buried and his body at Darrow monastary.

Donell O Melaglyn[Domnaill O Mclauglin] prince of Ailech killed his brother.

In 1068 Toirdealbach [Terrance] made an expedition to Leinster and was given the Saxon kings standard by Diarmait m Mael na mBo who had fought for the hi kingship against Donnchad Ua Brian. from 1040 on till Donchad ws deposed by his nefew Terrance Ua Brian.

m na mBo died in 1076.

In 1068 Turlough renewed the Cain Domnain also called the Rechtge of the prince being a Proclaimation.
The Cain had been originally issued by his uncle Donnchad and forbade the locking in of stock horses or cattle in barns or the carrying of arms or any kind of theviery on Sunday hence its name the Law of Sunday.

Toirdealbach had established his capital at Limerick during this period.
He had been expelled from Munster by his uncle Donnchad and Diarmaid m Mail na mBo of Leinster had given him santuary.

Tadg his father had been half brother to Donnchad and Donnchad has had him killed in 1023.

However Donnchads missing hand a blemish left him unable to claim the hi kingship for himself.

1069 the battle of Owa was fought in which Dermott m Moyle na mBo styled king of Ireland, Wales, Danes of Dublin and a protectorate of Leith Cuin was killed by Connor O Melaghlin of Meath.

Terrance O Brien son of Teige m Brian succeded Dermott who had been king of Leinster for 25 years.

The head of Connor Melaglyn king of Meath was taken out of Clonmacnoise where it had been buried by an act of violance to take it to Thomond.

However a mouse ran out of the head scarring this grave robbing King to which his hair fell out and he got a wasting desease[ probably cancer].
Because of this he retuned the head to Clonmacnoise with a gold offering on Good Friday in 1070.

toirrdealbach pg 2

In 1073 Connor O Kelly was grandfather to Donnagh O Kelly who was killed by his brother on Loch Keyln as the princes continued their rivalry for princedoms.

In 1074 Toirrdealbach O Brien went into the North with the Army of Meath,Connact, the Danes Ossary and Leinster.
He got no hostages from Ulster which slaughtered his army at Ath Monan.

Toirrdealbach made his son Murcheartach king of the Danes of Dublin .

In 1075 Awley m Moielan {Moylan or Mulan] prince of Gaelenga killed the king of Meath in the steeple[round tower] at Kells and was immediately killed himself by the son of O Melalglin.

1076 brought a food shortage and a persecution of religious houses.
this probably because the common people were hungry while the Church had much plenty for itself.

In this year Gormflaith wife of Toirrdealbach died.
She was a daughter of ffohartie [Foogarty].
She left much cattle and money to the Church.

Irish women though not named in the annals for their many offspring where holders of their own property and goods which they had the right to retain in marriage and dispose of as they desired.

By 1077 the Church was often robbed, preyed as it had cattle and the people were hungry.
In this year 4 princes were killed.

This preying of termon lands continued indicating muvch poverty among the septs while the Church flourished under its preaching of poverty and chastity which it does today.

In 1078 Reprisals for Church robberies were common.

1080 bropught the death of Donell O Connor killed by his uncle Cahil m Hugh o Connor.
It was an envy and malice killing.

Toirdealbach took an army to Ath Cliath and Maelsechlainns desendants 'came into his hous' with the Cross of Jesus, the clergy of Munster and the corab of St Patrick[ArchBishop of Armagh],

In 1081 the Gallaib foreigners plundered Ara Inis in Galway Bay.

In1082 Donchaed O Ruairc with E Connact, Carbery and Gailenga were met in battle by Mourtagh U Brian m Terlough son of the KIng with his Danes, Munster, Lienster where he killed O Rourke prince along with Kennedy O Brien.
Donnchad Ua loughlin became king of Cenel Eogain.

1083 brought a recurance of the kings desease where his hair fell out again.
This was 14 years since the first occurance on the mouse running out of the head of the killed Conor Melaglyn.

In 1084 some of the Lords now began to pay wages for client soldiers similar to the Ua Loughlin pattern established by Domnall King of Ailech who had hired the men of Fernmanagh to prey the Conaille on the plain of Muirtheimne.
This prectice was picked up by the king of Ulidia who hired the son of ua Rouirc to carry out a prey while Donslieve was gone from Ulidia.
A prey was made by Domnall the originator of the hired soldier to take Ulidias cattle and take hostage prisoners.

Munster invaded Meath while they were gone into this expidtion. The Conmaicne of Connact went to Thomond burned the fortress and carried of spoils.
The Ua Ruairc with e Connact, the Cairbre and Gailenga went to prey Leinster but they were met by Muircheartach Ua Brian son of Toirrdealbach in a battle which took place at Mon Cruinneoige in Leixlip Kildare on November 4 where some 4000 were killed,and Donnchad Ua Ruaircs head was carried to Limerick.

In 1085 Murhcad Ua Maeldory tigerna of Cinel Conaill died.

Ualgarg Ua Ruairc royal heir of Conncat died.

Aengus ua Caindealban lord of Laegaire died.

Gilla Brigde Lord of Deise died.

Toirrdealbach plundered Munster Eolias and took as hostage Muireadach m Dubh.

In this year there was there was such disturbance of men and cattle by these usurping lordy expeditions or raids that many well off farmers BoAire had to till their own fields and sow their own seed crops as no labor was availabe.

In 1086 the battle of Corann was fought between Aed m Art Ua Ruairc and Ruidri Ua Concobar king of Connact in which O Ruairc was killed Rory being the winner.many cheifs of the Eolais were also killed.

In this year Toirdealcach the king died in his bed at Ceen Corad.
on the 14 of July.
He was 77 years old.

He had been king of Munster for 32 years and Hi King for 25 years becoming king at the displacement of his uncle Donnchad in 1054 in Munster and hi king at the death of Dunchad in Rome in 1064.

his son Teige followed him in his death and no new king was found in Munster. A son listed as Diarmait is later listed as king of Munster from 1114-1118.

Domanall mcLaughlin was than King of Ailech in the North and the son of Toirdealbach ,Murcheartach along with this provinical northern king became joint Hi Kings of the Island in 1086.

Judi Donnelly
copyright may 3 2008

The Tent

2008-05-02T13:11:00.001-04:00

Keely theres always the TENT!

2 days in a tent with Erica

We're off to see old America

To the old southern blossomFor a weekend thats awesome

In our little pup tentWe've paid all the rent

For our site by the lakeAnd our firelight to take

Our minds from St PatAnd his old Irish hat

KOL has all the stuffAs hotels in the rough

Showers and stores, flowers and trees

A few misquitos but not any bees

And the State ParkCan be found in the Dark

So within your shelterAll the comforts of Home

Snuggled up safely under your Dome!

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 12 2007

Interegum:Donnchad Ua Brian1022-1064

2008-04-27T16:52:00.002-04:00

The Interegum 1022-1042
With the death of Malachy 2 the last O Neill king came to an end.There had been 10 kings from Conal gGulban16 from Tir Eogain9 from Hugh Slaine Diarmait2 from Colmain Melaglin2 of Laogaire1 of Cairbre M Neall 1 of Dathe Ua Fiachrach totally 46 UA Niall kings
As the Clann Domnaill era began with the accention of Crimthann Nia Nair a product of inbreeding and the love affair of siblings in the three Finnemas so the O Neill of the Ua Niall ancestry dynastic rule may well have been ended in another unaceptable sexual behavoir between Maelsechnaill II and Brian Borama giving the kingship over to a new house that of Dal Cais and Munster.
Brian m Ceanidig of Munsterand Allill Molt of Connact make the other two high kings since Patrick converted Ireland to christainity a period of some 597 years.
Future kings would be styled Kings with Opposition.
In the interegum period there was no military force in Ireland stong enough to hold the entire country under one rule.Donnchad son of Brian Borama fell into an immediate fight for surzanity over Munster with his remaining brother Tadg.Brian was sucessful in obtaining his positon over all Munster and in 923 had his brother Tadg killed.
In Leinster and Dublin the chiefs of both the Dane and the Laigain continued hold their surzanity.
In the North the prices of Aileach under Domnall Ua Neill continued to rule the north including Ulaid in the east of the Bann.
The governance of the Irish nation was placed by acceptance or disinterest in the hands of a cleric and a poet.
The cleric Corcoran Clairead held joint authority with Connor Caul O Lochlainn the chief Poet of Ireland .
This prince poet ws killed by the men of Tethba in 1024 by sword. He was also a hinstorian and a cronicler.His coregent Clairead the Cleric lived on and retained his position for 20 years till 1042. He died in 1158.
By 1026 Donnchad who tried to imulate his father Brian was unable to hold Ireland in his grip but he did succeed in consolodating Dal Cais and Munster under his sole rule.
In 1027 the Shrine of Colum Cill was taken by Roen o Melaglin from Skreen in Meath where it had been since 872. Roen was later killed by the Danes after he had overthrown them in Meath.
1036 saw Sitric Silkbeard a Dano [part Norse part Irish] holding Dublin under Canute of Denmark and England.The Danes however did convert to christianity and Sitrick later made a pilgrimage to Rome.
The regent cleric Clairread was nominaly assisted by Donnchad m Brian .
Donnchad has taken an amy to Meath in 1025 took hostages from Brega, Ossery, Leinster and the Danes of Dublin.
He plundered Meath but was opposed by Flaithbeartach O Neill son of Moylesechlainn m Moyleroney.
The princes of Ireland continued to prey and kill each other at will as they had done befor the great battle of Clontarf
Although no one governed Ireland in formal sence these two men one of the Church and the other a military power and provincial king acted as the godfathers of the nation.

At Home

2008-04-07T14:22:00.002-04:00

At Home

Slow down!
Thats the meaning of the Poem

Rest and be gentle
Secure in the home
Life strains us
And makes us cryptic
Until we have fits
To become Epyliptic

Time--Not to think
To kick of the shoes
Time to tinker
With the rainbow hues

Silence and solace
A moment with God

Swishing the Breezes
Rattling the pod

Slowly aware of the meaning
Of thePoem

Amazing and awsom e
Stored in our Dome
Flowery art like a child in the womb.

Judi Donnelly
copyright may 26 2006

Malachy resumes kingship 1014-1022

2008-04-07T11:25:00.001-04:00

malachy 2 1014

In 1014 Ad Maelsechnaill Mor m Donnall resumed his kingship.

The princes and rulers of Ireland continued as before Clontarb. The preying of each other and their internicine warfare.

It was as though nothing had happened and the battle given the Irish a licence to kill.
Donnchad and Tadg m Brian met Donnal m Dubda Boireann at Limerick and the Obriens defeated them.

Maelsechlniall lead an army to Ath Cliath and they burned the fortress and all the houses outside it.
Moyledorie with his Tir Conaill than went to Ceinnsealaugh Leinster plundered that the whole territory and took of that thousands of captives and cattle.

They plundered Osraige and appointed Dunlaing [Dowling] King of Leinster.

In 1015 Mac Liag died. He was chief poet of Ireland under Brian and Mael and was a particular favorite of Brain.
He composed a book on the battle of Clontarb and wrote many lasting poems.

Mael lead an amy to Ulaid to rescue hostages from there .
Teachbas prince was killed by Donn Donngaile and Duinn mic at Sligo.

Lightning struck Dun da leathGlas and burned it with the Church and shrine and the steeple round tower, the Cloichteach,.

Clonmacnoise was burned.

Mael led an army into Osraige. He was now 60 years old carrying of spoils and prisoners killing their lord Dungail m Goilla Padraic and others.

He than went to Ua Ceinsnsealach in south Leinster plunderd that and took their cows and prisoners.

Conaill plundered Ceann Corad [Kincora] in Killaloe demolishing it.

The Munstermen plundered Connact to Loch Ree between Athlone and Lanesburough.

More princes were killed by each other.

There was a scarcity of corn and food. It cost a penny for every cake.

In 1016 The Cinel Eogain killed their prince Fergal m Domnall m Concobair royal heir to Ailech.

The people of Brega killed their prince roydamna of Erinn and Lord of Brega, Donchad Ua Congalaich.

Maelsechnial again fought the Sallail at Odba.

In 1017 Sitric waas still at Ath Cliath and blinded Bran m Maelmorda m Murchad king of Leinster of which he died.

Malmorda's son Cearbail the roydamna of Leinster was killed.

Maelsehnaial vs the Ui Neills of the north.

Mael to Feara Ceall where Donnall Ua Caindeal Bain Lord of Cinel Laegaire was killed.

This was Quinlan son of Maelcron the desendant of Laegaire m Niall Naigiallach.
Moylecron was of the race of Lagerius.
The Quinlans were of the Route in Antrim in later years.
Congalach m Maelsechnail was wounded here at Bregia.

In 1018 Donnal m Maelsecnial m Donnall died.

Kells again plundered by the gallaib under Sitric of Ath Cliath killing many and taking plunder and prisoners.

Ardgar and Ardcu royal heirs of Ailech and twins were killed by Cinel Eogan their own people .This was in reprisal for the murder of their brother Niall.
These were the sons of Mael Runaid .

Donchad m Bryan was attached by the Ui Caisen and one of them a son of Catharnach m Aed struck him with a sword in the head and across his right arm slicing of Donnchads right hand but Brian was able to escape.
This may have been a preminitionary strike as some of the royal coats of arms bear a severed right hand and there is a story relating it was cast ashore by one of the conquering melisian invadors as a bet to obtain the land by being first to land.

Flaithbeartach O Neill went to Tir Connell and plundered Tir Enda and Tir Lugdach[O Donnell].
1019 Mael leads an army with Ui Neill Donchad m Brian Art ua Ruairc to the Shannon where they gave the Connact hostages to Malachy.

malachy 1014 pg 7

In 1020 Ard Macha burned totally. No house survived but the library
.Cloichteadh burned there with bells. Home of the students also.

Kildare again burned.
Glendaloch burned.
Clonmacnoise burned
.The shrine of Patrick and his bell the Finnfaideach taken and 700 coins.

Maelmurie m Eocha the sage of the west and all europe died in June.

In 1021 Maelsechnialls wife the daughter of Amlaeis [Awley] and mother of Flann Died.
Her grandson Aed m Flann and heir to the soverenty of Irlaend the roydamna was killed by Ua Maigteachair.

Ugaire m Dunlaing of Leinster gained a victory over the gallaib of Ath Cliath under Sitric at Wicklow.

Maelseachlaniall again assembled an army and attached the foreigners.the Ui Nell attached and depreciated the Cianachta.

Mael attacked the Cinel Eogain and drove the north over Sliab Fuaid.

Osraige had a shower of wheat.

Amalgaid corab of Patrick made a circuit of Ireland.

In 1022 Maelseachniall had another victory over the foreigners of Ath Cliath.
30 days later he died.

Maelsechniall Mor m Donnall m Donchad Mide died at Lock Ennell near Mullingar West Meath in a small stone house there..
Dun na Sciath had been his seat of rule a cyclopedian entrenchment opposite this island.

He had been king including the interlude of Brian for 43 years as long as Ollum Fodla of 703 BC.

He was 73 years old and died on September 4 a Sunday.
He had penance for his sins and recieved the body and blood of Christ and was annointed by Bishop Amalgada the successor of Patricks law, Colum Cills law and Ciarans law.
With the senior priests and clerics they sung mass hyms psalms and canticles for the welfare of Malachys soul.

A quatrain to him said:
'300 forts had the king in which flesh and food were given.'
The poor of Ireland would miss him.

Maelachy left 6 sonsFlann, Congalah, Donnall, Concobar, Murchad, Miuredach.

None of his descendants became hi King although his grandaughter daughter Derbforgail became the famous wife of Tigernal Ua Rouirc and ran off with the king of Leinster at the age of 40 causing him to be deported by the king of that day Rory O Connor wheer he sought help from Henry II bringing in the Norman invasion from Wales.

The princes continued killing one another.

The foreigners continued to arrive in their ships.

Hail fell in that summer.

Great thunder and lightning distroying men and cattle.

In 1023 the country continued each warlord and family waring amongst itself.

No one was appointed King although it was said a priest and a poet were running the country or Donchad m Brian.

As Ireland took an interregmum from its kingship so this website closes its cronology of these 1000 years of some 60 listed kings from Crimthain Nia Nair through the last O Neill dynastic king of Maelsechniall M Donall covering kingships from the sons of Nial Noigiallach m Muigmeadoin almost all coming from Conall Cremtahaine, Conal Gulban, Eogain and Diarmait Cerball.

The future hosts 5 more kings from the house of Munster, Conail and Eogain of the north covering 147 years till the Norman invasion of 1169 when most of the waring nobles of Ireland accepted the policy of submit and regrant offered by Henry II Plantangent King of England, Anjou and Acquaitaine and Scotland.

During the 1000 years covering 1 Ad throughh 1022 Ad none of the hi kings were able to overcome the natural divisive states of Erinn or to maintain law and order and property among the common people or their overlords.
Killing and stealing became an accepted was of life from the top down.
The church did little but pray.
Its churches and greed of thought and possession although sorely challanged by the Norse years did not rise to the command of the Gospels by Jesus rather preserving itself within stone monasterys throughout the country all supplied with ample cattle ,tenants and land by the ruling tigernachs.
Tts ranks of priests ,clerics and Bishops were amply filled by lesser and upper nobles of old Ireland who conformed themselves and their subjects to the Church teaching and values.

No progress was made in Ireland or for that matter in Europe in areas of betterment or conquest of desease or with malady s of mankind.
Little knowlede was created- nor works of art other than those glorifying the Church.
No agricultureal or agronomy was advanced.
It became customary for those educated in Latin, the nobles to forget their heritage and the language and to become devious among themsleves resulting in an explosion of intolerance, killing and totalitarian thinking.

The kings were no better than their subjects and oftimes worse.

A psycology of the mafia prevailed both a lord against lord, province against provence.
The peasant lost in obsurity to be usedd as foot soldiers to his lordship and preyed upon for their food and comfort by the incesant armys fleeting over the land. Century after Century.

Throughout ,with the morass of human life came great enlightening thinking in religion and literature where Irish missionarys allied with monastarys and abbys on the Continent kept alive an enlightment and a light shinning from the merry Irish Eye as to thought religion and mans place on Earth as well as a smattering of science mathmatics and ancient lore from the pre Christian day.

Pilgramages were made to Rome by nobles and kings.
Poetry flourished. music survived and children were born healthy to women totally ignorant as existant throughout this society.
The simple peasant clung to his folklore superstitions and customs throughout and still retains small pockets of it in the modern world.

With Brian and Malachy of Midi an era came to an end in Ireland.
Death and internicene fueding continued but it was tired, rythimcal and systematic.

And so we leave the Irish kings for a time.

A Ceann

Judi Donnelly
copyright April 5 2008

Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, LondonEarly
Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Mallachy and Brian 1002 1014 part 2

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Maelsechlainn 2 pg and Brian 1005

In1005 Flaithbeartach M Muircheartach Lord of Ailech took prey from Conaile Muirtheimne the king of Teamair.
Niall m Donnal overtook him and killed 200 of them.

When Brian came into power the entire country was overrun with the Danes.
They had raised most of the churches and abbys and other religious houses.
Most of the nobility of Ireland had been turned out of their land and were used abominably by theDanes and forced into servitude.

Brian banished the Danes restored the religious houses restored the Irish nobility to their righful patramonies.
He opened schools and buit roads and engaged in other pursuits to create prosperity in the population of the natives.

Brian lead an army to Cinel Conaill in Donegal and Cenel Eogan and demanded hostages.
They arrived through Connact over Eas Ruid crossed the river Bann at Ath Camus and Fearta to Dal Riada [Down] and Dal Raida [Antrim].
They than went down to Kells via Bealach-Dun at Lammas 1 August arriving at Delga [Dundalk] Louth.
South across Brega to the own provence and the gallaib went by boat to Ath Cliath.

Munster division of this army and Osraige went through Meath.
Cinel and Eogan would not give Brian hostages.
Maelmuire the Archbishop requred them to disband their army and they submitted to the Torc of Patrick[relics] as the archbishop presented them.

In 1006 Maelchecnaill renewed the fair of Tailten the Soirccel Mor.

The great gospel of Colum Cill stolden from Erdom at Kells.

This was a principle relic of the Welsh world not of Irleand because of its cover of Gold.
It was later recovered after 2 months and 20 days with the gold removed and the book covered by a sod of earth.

Flaithbertach Ua Neill to Ulaidia took 7 hostages and killed their Lord Cuulad m Aengus.

In 1007 there was great frost and snow in January till Easter this year.

1008 Brians wife Dubhchobh daughter of king Dubiciobilaigi of Connact died.

The chief poet of Irleand Clothnam Aengus died.

In 1009 Brian with Malachy led an army to Claen Loch in Armagh and allowed hostages from Cinel Eogain and Ulaid.
Aed m Conn roydamna of Ailech was killed as was Donnovan tigerna of Mugdorna.

In 1010 an army lead by Brian to Mag Corran and he took with him Mael Ruanaid Ua Mael Doraid tigerna of Cinel Conall as hostage and him being in obedience to Ceann Corad [Kincora].

Murchad m Brian with Munster Leinster and Suineill and Flaithbeartach m Muircheartach tigerna of Ailech and their soldiers of the north went to plunder Cinel Luigdeach [O Donnell] carrying of 300 cattle.

Donall m Brian m Ceinneidig son of the Irish king Brian died.

Flaithbeartach Ua Neill went to Dun Eathach burning this fort demolishing the town and took pledges from Niall.

Aed m Mathgamahain roydamna of Casheal died.

malachy and brian pg 6

In 1011 an outbreak of mumps at Ard Macha from Halloween to May and students died of it and some bishops.

Flaithbeartach ua Neill led an army into Cinel Conaill to Mag Cedne took a prey of cows and a second time to Strand of Sligo.
Some were lost to this raid.

While they were occupied Maelachy led an army into Tir Eogain where they burned the plain of the Two Forks.
They preyed the country to TealachOg in Tyrone dungannon and then went home to Meath.
Flaithbeartach Ua Neill than plundered Ard Ulad in Down taking prisoners and cattle without number.

The Battle of Mullach was fought where the Ulaid under Niall m Cutuinne were defeated.

In 1012 The kings daughter died.
She as the daughter of Congallach m Maelmitig a former king.

Donnall the Cat roydamna of Connact was killed by MaelRuanaid Maoldoraig in his territory of Mag Aei Toldg.
He than plundered and burned after he had defeated the Connact men.

Gailanga was plundered by Niall Oruaire son of Nalggarb Ua Ciarda lord of Cairbre but some of Maelsechnaills men overtook them while drunk and gave them battle.
Many lords were slain in this batttle including Donnchada m Maelsechnall.
This brought out the father himself and he overtook the Carbre forces and they ran leaving there spoils behind for Mael to collect.

This battle is the first mention in the Annals of the 'drink problem' among christianized Irish as it still exists today.

Pre Christain Etrainn and Eolasas made no consealment of drunkenness and its affronteries to mans survival and his dignity.

Mael than took his army into the gallaib country and burned the fruits of the country to Edal [Howth].

Sitric and Maelmorda his father now overtook one of Maels party and killed 200 of them along with Maels son Flann.
This battle was fought at Draignen on a Monday near Dublin.

Flaithebeartach of Ailech lead an army to Maigen to attack Mael but Mailsechnaill gave him the hill.
Murchad m Brian plundered Leinster to Glen da Lough and Killmainham [Cill Maigneamn].
They burned the entire country side and carried of cattle and prisoners.

Gallaib arrived in Munster burned Corcach.
They were than killed by Cahal m Donnall m Cubdaboireann.

Brian lead an army to Ath an Chairthin, Ford of the Rock , camped and laid seige to the Gallaib for 3 months.

He erected fortresses during this period including the fort of Killaloe[Kincora]The Cathal Cinn Corad consisting of a city and other forts on the Shannon Islands.

Brian was at war with the gallaib and the Leinstermen and they with him and he camped to defend Munster and plundered Leinster to Ath Cliath.

Mael meanwhile plundered the Conaills that had broken Patricks crozier.

In 1013 An army taken to south Ireland by Donnchad m Brian. He won this battle and took hostages for Dal Cais.

Gallaib and Leinster went with an army to Meath and Brega and plundered St Feichis sancturary in Louth taking cattle and captives.

King of Ireland Brian Cenneidig m Lorcan and Maelsechnaill m Donnall King of Tara took and army to Ath Cliath.

All the gallaib of west Europe assembled 10,000 mailed warriors, and a great battle fought on the Friday before Easter at which Brian the monarch was killed.
The Augustus of the west of Europe.
He was 88 years old.
All annals agree to this but Ulster which claims he was born in 941 and was therfore 73 years old.
Murchad his son 63 years old also killed.
His grandson 15 also found drowneded at the Battle of Clontarb.

Many more of Brians people were killed here and the gallaib, what was left of them ,fled into the water and either drowned or were able to escape in their ships.

Maelseachnaill struck for Tuldainn where Maelmorda m Murchad m Finn King of Leinster was killed along with many of the nobels of south Leinster.
The gallaib were also slain in great numbers with their lords.

The body of Brain was carried by the learned men and Mailmuire m Eochu Corrab of Patrick from the battlefield.
Brian with his dead son Murhchad and the heads of Conaig and Mochla.
These were taken to Ard Macha where they were buried in a new tomb.The bodies were waked for 12 months.
These were gathered from Sord Colum Cill.

Dunchad m Brian and his brother Tadg had a batlte between them where Donchad was defeated and many fell in this battle.

Maeldoraid and O Ruairc went into Mag Aei plundered Connact and carried of hostages.

Maelsechniall II 979-1022 pt 1

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Maelsechniall II [Malachy 2]979-1022Brian Borama 1002 1014

Maelseachniall m Donnall m Donnchad Donn m Donchad Midi m Flann Sinna m Maelseachnaill m Mael Runaid m Donchad Midi m Domnall Midi m Suibne m Colmain Mar m Diarmait m Cearbiall m Conall Cremtainne m Niall.

He was king on the almost unnoticed death of his predicessor Donnall Ua Neill of Cinel Eogan and was king for 23 years.
Than shared the kingship with Brian Borama for 12 years and alone again hi King for 8 years till his death in 1022.
His total reign as hi king was 43 years a stability Ireland had not known since the rign of Ollam Fodla in 703 BC who was an Irian king for 40 years.

When Moyleseacniall beceme hi king Amlaeib son of Sitric went to Iona [Hi] on a pilgrimage and died there in penance and religion.
He is the first Norse chief mentioned as being converted at last to Christianity.

Mael lead an army with allys of Eochaid m Ardgar of Ulidia to Ath Clieth against the gallaib where he gave the battle at Taragh overwelming the Danes where many were killed .
The battle lasted 3 days and 3 nights and many hostages were taken of them.
2000 hostages, jewels and goods and the ONeill freedom [La Saoire] from the Sinainn to the Sea from tribute [cain] and from exaction of tax.

Maelsechniall issued a proclaimation freeing all the Gaedil in the territory of the Gallaib from servitude and bondage and letting them go to their own territory in peace and happiness. Somewhat like the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln in 1863 freeing the Negro slaves in America.

The irish considered the captivity of themselves by the Gall the gaoidealaib as akin to the Babylonian captivity of the Jews as a captivity of hell [iffrinn].

In 980 only one combat noted where 2 chiefs killed each other in mortal combat.
Donnal Ui Aiteid lord of the Ui Eathach and Loingsech m Fogartach chief of Ui Niallain .

In 981 Dal Cais [dal gaisse] was plundered by Maelsechnaill and the tree of Aenark-Maige Adhen cut and its roots dug up at county Clare.
This was the inaguration tree of the o Brians.

Imar the Dane of Port Lairge Waterford plundered Killdare.

In 982 Mael allied with his mothers son Gluniarn whom she had by Amlaeib and overpowerd Donnall Clean and Imar of Port Large where the gallaib were drowned and killed along with Gilla Padraig m Imar.
Leinster was spoiled and ravaged by Maelsechnaill to the sea.

Ath Cliath gallaib plundered Glen da Loch.

Gilla Padraig m Donnchad plundered Leith Glinn.
This was the ancestor of the Fitzpatricks of Ossory.
Later he was made prisoner by Brian m Ceinneitig.

983 West Meath was plundered by Brian m Ceineittig.

malachy 2 pg 2

In 984 Maelsechnaill plundered Connact distroying its islands and killing its cheiftans.
Mag Aei was burned to ashes.
The Connact men retaliated burning Meath to Lough Ennel near Mullingar and than burned Feara Ceall and killed its Lord.

Donnagh O Conoly prince of Tara ,Tanist to Ireland was killed by Colmain Cearball.

985 Mael removed the Shrine of Colum Cill from Ardee to Ath Sige a river near Tealtean.
This accomlishment was reguarded by the Bishop of Armagh as a sin applying a heavy fine against the king as removal of the shrine was considered a sacralage.
He paid 7 cumals [21 cows] to the Bishop and a banquet was given to the Bishop at every fort with the King present.

The Danes came in 3 ships to the coast of Dal Riada [Down] but they were defeated and hung.

Hi was plundered by the Danes on Christmass night.
They tormeneted and killed the successor of Colum Cill Mael Ciarair martyring him.

At Easter's Good Friday that year Clonmacnoise burned again.

Leinster lead an army to Osraige and killed their chiefs.

In 986 hurricaine force winds hit Eirinn taking down buildings and houses.
Moyle Ronye o Kyerge and Carbury spoiled Munster and Brian was overwelmed.
Downpatrick was preyed by Danes of Dublin.

The Danes at Hi were slain with 360 of them dying.
This may have been by a plague or desease.
It is discribed as arising from the 'miracle of God and Colum Cill.

The great belief of the Church that punative happenings or desease or other afflictions were a direct act by a Saint or God prevailed through the 16th century in the Roman Church and was transfered to prodistantism as a doctrine the Calvinism and predestination theory.
This tendancy to place all happenings as being 'the will of God' now prevails in human society in modern evangelical philosophy both eastern and western incuding religions and spiritualisms other than Christain followings.

The event of study knowledge and science in handling the problems of mankind and his world was and still is challanged from within this wizardly thinking.

A pre natural sickness was brought to east Ireland by 'demons' were many died.
The cow morrrain became natively called the Mael Garb which had never before affected the Island livestock.

Maelsechlainn went to Leinster with his army to collect the Borama carrying off great herds of cows.

In 987 Munster and the gallaib of Port Lairge confronted the Connactmen who won the battle.
Both the chief of Connact Muirglas and the king of Muinter Dunlaing were killed.

Laidgnen m Cerball Lord of Fearnmiag was killed by Fergal m Conaing Lord of Oileach and the Cinel Eogain.

Conaille Ua Cuileenain of Conaille and Caircaile m Cairellan Lords of Brega killed each other.

In 988 the 10th year of Mael he held a battle over the foreigners at Ath Cliath and laid seige to their fortress for 20 nites.
[this is the site of Dublin Castle later built there by the Anglos].
The gallaib were without water and surrendered an ounce of gold to be paid to Maelsechlniall from every garden on Chrismas Night forever.

Dunleitglas was burned by the foreigners.

In 990 Maelsechlnail won the battle of Ard Droma over Thomond where Lorcans son Donnall Lord of Muscrage-Thire and Ui Forggo and 600 men were killed at Ormond Tipperary.
Hugh Moyledory a horse breaker and prince of Tir Conell died.

Urard m Coshe who was given a stifend by the king for one year elected to keep it for himself and challanged the king to a duel on horseback.
Mael being an expert horseman and a horse breaker came to joust with his poet of Ireland and by careful evasions to his thrusts was finally gently to unseat this mailed warrior took back his stiphend and relaesed the old man to his home in the bog where he the poet chose to dwell.
This poet died shortley after Mael himself in 1023 Ad.

Danes and Leinstermen marched into Meath plundering to Loch Ennell.
Donnal m Tuathal {O Toole] was taken prisoner by Dunchad m Donnal king of Leinster who was than taken prisoner by Maelsechnial m Donnall king of Ireland.

Dongalaig [Donnelly] tigerna of Muscraige was killed .

maelsechniall pg 3

In 991 Mael led an army to Connact brought out a prey of cattle one of the biggest a king had ever got.
Brian came to Meath with Connact and Munster to Loch Ainninn [Enell].
However he took no prey but the kings cows and wasted and distroyed while Mael away.
He ravashed everything.
Mael had killed Egnech Ua Leochainn Lord of Tuath Luigne along with Cathal m Labraid.

The Archdbishop of Armagh went to Tir Eogan and convoked an inagurated Aed m Donnall as the king.

This upheld the policy of the Church throughout Europe to claim surzanity of the kings giving them this right from the churchs God and making the kings subservient to the will of Rome.
This was the issue that caused Henry 8 to rebel against the authority imposed on his life by Rome over the divorce of Catherine of Arragon his wife.
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles defied the power of Rome to control his kingdom in all matters as did many of the petty kingdoms and fifes and city states throughout Europe.

Maelsecniall held as hostage Donchad m Connall king of Leinster who was assasinated for the king.

The gallaib of Ath Cliath plundered 3 churches and their lands.

The 'color of fire' was seen in the night sky--probably the northern lites--This phenomonon than was not seen as a natural phenomonon as were not the elcipses and other weather or hevenly occurances or desease but as acts of God or the Devil and always related to the sin of man as punishment for his transgressions and defended by the Church.

By 994 Mael Burned Aenach-Tech at Tipperary routing Brian and the Munstermen.

Mael also raided Dublin and the Danes and carried way Charles sword and the Ring of Tomar which was a golden neck collar or torque formerly worn by Tomrech the tanist of Lochlainne who had been killed in 846.

The gallaie of Ath Cliath raided Dun Patrick in Down.

In 995 Ard Macha was burned by lightning.
Houses, churches and the Cloicteacha [bell tower] and the Fidneimid woods all burned.
This was seen as a great vengance since the discovery of Irleand till the day of judgement of the burning of Patricks city , the son of Calprann m O Itid.

The Conaille and Mugduna took an army to Glen Rig but they were overtaken by Donnal Lord of Ailech who defeated them in battle in which Malurdan Lord of Conaile and 200 of the men were killed.
Cathbad and Muirgeas mac Ruaidri m Cosrach and Ua Ceallaigh [Kelly] of Ui Maine vs the Munstermen many were killed and Muirgeas m Ruaidri killed.

The internicine fighing between the cinels of Ireland a long traditional in this society continued. Prince killing prince.

In 996 the foreigners of Ath Cliath plundered Cluain Iraid and Cearnannus.

In 997 the Lord of Mug Dorna was killed by Mael Sechniall on Inis Mocta.

Brian and Mael lead an army against the Gallaib and hostages were obtained to the joy of the Irish .

These two princes joined armys the men of Meath and the men of Munster collected at Ath Cliath and took of hostages jewels and gold from the galliab.

The gallare plundered Doire Calgaich.

Mael lead an army to Connact with Brian plundered and burned Magh Aei Ciarraige-Aei.

Brian took his army into Laigen.

The Gallaib took their army to Ui Ceinsealaigh were they lost most of their horses.
Most all of Ireland was afire this year by these 2 rulers and the Norse.

By 998 the 20th year of Maelsechnial m Donnall Cildara was plundered by the Norse of Ath Cliath.
The Oirgaialla and the Conaille had a battle in which Conaills Lord Gilla Christ Ui Cuilennan was killed.

The great prey of Mag Coba was conducted by Aed m Donall [Hugh m Donell] against the Ui Eathach.

A great stone fell at Mag Ailbe fort and 4 mill stones to grind wheat were made of it by the king.

Mael and Brian lead an army to Glenn Mamna in Wicklow where they met the foreigners at Ath Cliath who were routed and slaughtered.
They than jointly went to Ath Cliath and seiged it for a week carring off its gold and silver and hostages.
Theyburned the fortress andthe town and expelled Sitric and freed Donchad m Daniel[Donnelly] king of Leinster and than gave that kingdom to Mael Morda.

Malachy 2 pg 4

In 999 Brian took his great army with Conaill south chiefs and Leinster and the foreigners of Ath Cliath to Teamair.
The gallaib set out ahead of Brians main force to Mag Beg with calvary and were met by Malachy where he defeated them.
Brian went to Neimids grave in Meath near Kells in Meath.
He returned without plunder or bringing a battle.

This was the first sign of guile in opposition [imrodtre meabaill] turning agaisnt Maelsechniall by Brian with South Connact.

Much fruit and nuts this year.

Brian camped at Tailten Tarash Hill [Tara] and than went to Ard Macha.
He spent 7 nights there and offered 10 guineas of gold as an offering.
The Ulstermen gave him no hostages and he returned to Munster from Ferta Neive Moybrey.

In 1000 Meath was depraved by Munster but they were overtaken and the spoils were left behind with their dead.

Maelsechniall made some Causways at Athling [Lanesbourgh] across the Shannon.
Mael providing 1/2 and king Cathal Ua Concobar the other 1/2 from Connact.

In 1001 Sitric set out in his ships to plunder Cill Cleathe and Inis Cumscraigh in Derry. He took hostages.

Aed O Neill lead an army to Tailtin but did not atttack and went home peacefully.

Conncact plundered by the Irish.
Teamrach plundered by the Irish.

Brian took his army with the gallaib Leinster and Munster to Ath Luaig to weaken the Ui Neill and Conail and took hostages of them.

Brian than joined forces with Malachy all Ireland Meath, Connact, Munster, Leinster and the gallaib to Dun Dealgan [Dundalk] at Muirtheimne.
They were met by Aed m Donnall Ua Neill and the north rigdamna to the Irish sovereinty along with Eochaid m Ardar of Ulidia, Cenel Connail Cinel Eogain and the Airgialla who did not permit Brians combined force to proceed further.

A truce/ peace was made no booty or hostages or pledges on either side.

Brian lead an army to Ath Cliath and took hostages of Meath and Connact at Athlone.

In 1002 Brian somehow became listed as sovereign of Ireland at age 76.
He was 24 years older than Malachy whom he deposed.
61 is recorded Brians age as correct and Mael 53.
Was it an agreement or what between these two as they were allied at the time.
Brian was 83 when killed at Clontarb.
No mention is made or any of the annals as to this sudeen usurpation.
Only the Annals of Clonmacnoise make mention of the takeover by Brian saying under the year 996
'Bryan Borowa tooke the kingdom and government thereof out of the handes of king Moyleseachlin in such manner as I doe not intend to Relate in this place'

A theory may develope that they were lovers.

The princes continued to kill each other.

In 1003 Brian with Malachy lead their joint army into north Connact to Traigh-Eothaile at Sligo.
They intended a curcit of Ireland this year but were prevented entry by the O Neill.
This would be Donnall O Neill at that time.

The battle of Creab Tulcha fought between Ulidia and Cenel Eogain who won.
Eochaid the Ulidian was killed along with his brother Duibtuinne and his two sons Cuduilig and Domnall Gairbid the lord of Ui Eathach along with many other nobles.
The battle waged at Dun Eathach on the river Lagin and Druim Bo at Castlereagh Down.

Donnchad Ua Loingsig the tanist of Ulaid killed directly after this battle.
He was lord of Dal Raidne.

Donnall Ua Neill tigerna of Ailech fell in this battle at age 29 years and in the 15th year of his reign as lord of Ailech.
He was the O Neill who refused aid to Maelsechniall to ward of Brian and hence Brian was given the kingship.

The Ui Maine and West Meath where Tadg ua Ceallaigh [Kelly[] fought the Ui Fiachrach-Aidne and West Connact.
Comaalta Ua Fleirgig [Cleary] tigerna of Ua Gilla Ceallaigm Giollaceal Laig was killed.
Also Finn Marcan tanist of Ui Maine was killed there.

In 1004 Cill Lamraige Donnal m Neill was had of the king.

Brian made a hosting with the south Irish to Cinel Eogain and Uldia to demand hostages.They went through Meath [undoubtedly Brian was than living at Kincora in Munster].
They spent a week at Ard Macha than went into Dal Raide taking pledges from that tribes and Dal Fiachah as well.

Flaithebeartach Ua Neill grandson of Neill plundered Catails half and killed Aed m Tomalac their Lord.

Flaithbeartach won a battle over the Ui Eathach and the Ulidia at Dom o Lod[Bricrenn].

donnall Ua neill 956-980

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Donnall Ua Neill 956 980

Donnall Ua Neil m Muircheartach m Niall Glundub m Aed Finliath m Niall Caille m Aed Oirdnide m Niall Frossach m Fergal m Maelduin of Cenel Eogain became hi king in 956. He was called in English Daniell m Mortagh.He was called inthe AU list of kings 'Ard Ri Erenn'.

He was king for 24 years.

He began his reign with 2 great battles immediately fought by him. The battle of Killmoney;
the battle of Bealayleaghtn in which Mulloy [Mulmoyle] king of Munster was killed.
Brian Borama discomforted Donnall.
Meath remained wasted after this for 5 years.

Donnall made many inovations that were pirated by Brian Borama.
Donnall or Brian B wished to displace Clan Colmain and establish an Irish Monarchy based in these midlands of only one house.

Maelsechlainn m Domnall 2 m Donchada Midi resotored the alternate succession which dissapointed Cenel Eogain who refused to help him maintain his position agains Brian for the kingship of Ireland.

Donnall O Neill of Clan Eogain wanted to hold the monarchy under one family and eliminate alternate sucession.

Donnall was unable to subdue the Clann Colmain during his reign 956-980.

In 955 Donnall m Muiredcheartach had a peaceful year except for the usual regional squabbles between local princes and cinel chiefs.

In 956 this policy of non allignment continued by the Hi King while his fellow princes fough it out amonsgst themselves.
The OByrns and O Tooles.
Ua Dunchada and the Clann Ceallaigh [Kelly] at Wicklow at Cuillinn the wood of Cuillean.

The gentile continued to raid and plunder the Irish churches and Monasterys.

957 Clonmacnoise was plundered by Matgamain son of Ceinditicc of Caiseal and the men of Ulster.

Feargal m Rouirc led an army into Inis Eangig at Strabane Tyrone where he gained the battle of Mag Itha killing Aed m Flaithbeartach rigdamna of Cenel Eogain.

In 958 Donnall lead an army into Dal Raida and took hostages.

The foreigners killed Carlus m Conn m Donchad and Fergal m Augran died and his son Faelan tanist of Laegis Retae [Leix] was killed at Dublin.

959 brought a bolt of lightning in the south west Leinster hills killing many sheep and some persons as far north as Ath Cliath.

In 960 Flaithbeartach m Concobar lord of Aileach lead an army to Dal Raida and plundered them.
But the Ulidian overthrow him and he and his 2 brothers Tadg and Conn were killed with other noble chiefs and soldiers.

Cinel Eogain killed the over chief Aengus of Ua Mail Doraid of Cinel Conaill.

This line of descent Muldory from Mael Breasail was descended from Flaithbeartach hi king of Irleand in 727-734.
After the death of Flaithbeartach o Maeldoraid in 1196 the tigerna went to O Dougherty Clann but he was killed by Sir John Courcy making Eigneactan O Donnell prince of Tir Conaill retained by this Clann and family till the flight of the Earls in 1607.

The men of Ireland continued to fight amongst themselves.

The Ui Maine were quite active capturing Cellach m Ruairc Lord of Fearna Cul Teathba and carrying him to Ui Maine with his fleet.
Munster had a fleet on the Sionaine [Shannon] to plunder all the west side of this mighty river.
They wre chased by Donnall m Dunchad and left the fleet to him.
Many of them wer killed by Donnall.

Ui Neill lead an army to Munster to plundered and devistated it.
Fergal Ua Ruairc devistated Meath.
This is a good part of Ireland under seige and distruction by their rulers.

Amlaeib son came to Ireland plundering Conaille and Edar in Brega.
2/3s of Ireland now lay in ruins in this year.
They in the rest of the ships to Munster to avenge a brother Oin plundering Inis Doimle of Ceinn Sealaig.
They robbbed Lismore and Ui Liathain where they were defeated by Maelcluchi of Ua Maoleittina who killed 3654 of them only the crew of 3 ships escaping.

Amlaeibs son carried on prey in Britain.
Sitric Cam led the same but was overtaken by Amlaeib with Ath Cliath and his Leinster allies.
Amlaeib was wounded in this conflict by an arrow and his people were slaughtered by Sitric Cam.
He escaped to his ships.

donnall pg 2

In 961 The king of Connact Fergal had a victory over the Munstermen on the Shannon at Catinci.
Feargal Ua Rouirc made an attack on Mathgamain m Ceinneidig and 3 grandsons of Lorcan were killed.

Donchad the king of Caiseal was killed by his own kinsman.
Donnall m Muirchertach took vessels over the Duball in memory of Donnall Ua Neils private raid of Loch Eirn and Loch Ougther before he became king.
This son of Moiredach took his light craft currah and a small boat called a cot like a canoe and portaged them over Slaib Fuaid to Loch Ennell [Owel] where he raided the churches and countryside.
He killed the Lord of Oirgialla Egneach on this escapade along with his son Dubdura but God got revenge as Donnall m Murchertach was later killed by Canannain who then went west to plunder Loch Erne in Fermanagh.

In 962 the princes of Ireland continued to kill each other without reprisal taking what law there was into their own hands at their own will.

Muireheartach m Congalah m Maelmitig roydamna to the soverienty of Ireland was killed by Donnall m Conalach his brother.

Killdara was plundered by the gallaib and prisoners taken.
They were however ransomed by Niall na Eruilb.
All of the houses of St Brigid nuns and the full oratory bought with his own money.

Muircheartach Ua Cananan tigerna of Cinel Conaill was killed by his own tribe.

The Osraige gained a victory over Amlaeib son of Sitric at Inis Teoc in Kilkenny.

In 963 Donall Ua Neill plundered Connact took hostages of O Ruairc.

A greet famine hit Ireland and fathers sold their sons and daughters for food.

In 964 the tenth year of Donnall Maelmurie daughter of Niall m Hugh Finnliath died.

A battle held between Comaltan Ua Cleirig tigerna Ua Fiachrach-Aidne over Fergal Ua Ruairc. 700 were killed.

In 965 a battle was held at Raith-Beg near Strabane Tyrone by Cenil Eogain where both Maelisa Ua Canannain Lord of Cinel Conaill and Muirchearetach ua Taidg roydamna of Connact were killed.

Mathgamain M Ceinidig than king of Caiseal and brother of Brian Borama plundered and burned Luimnech [Limerick].
He slaughtered the gallaib there and burned their ships.
He plundered Inis Ubtain fortress where the tanist of Osraige Maelrunaid m Flann was killed.
He took his army to Cork and captured Sciad-Eccois and took hostages of Munster to his house.
He expelled Lord of Desmand son of Bran Maelmuaid the O Mahoney.

Ath Cliath gallaib with Leinster took an army into Brega where Cearball m Lorcan rigdamna of Leinster was wounded later dying of that wound.

The king of Leinster Murchad m Finn led his army into Osraige to plunder it but he was overtaken in the field by Mathgamain and Munstermen with allys in the Deise and Osraige hunting him from the river Suir to Commur.
But Murchad escaped them.

Thus much of Ireland was again set afire and under the hand of armys of one lord or another this year.

The king Donnall remained placidly at his house unconserned and unable to control these waring lords.

In 966 Donnal Ui Neill lead an army to Leinster plundering it from Bearba to the sea taking many cows laid seige to the gallaib and Lagin for 2 months.
Many nobles of the Lagin died in this attack.

In 967 there was a great harvest of fruit.

Murchad m Finn king of Leinster lead an army to Leinster and Osraige.
They were overtaken by Donnall but Aed Allan m Fergal lord of Osraige and Echtighern m Eitech lord of Comainns died.

In 968 Amlaeib Cuaran plundered Ceananus [Kells] taking many cows and gained a victory over the Ui Neill at the Boyne river.

The king of Ulidia Artgal m Madudan lead an army against the gallaib plundered Coindere in Antrim.

The king of Ailech Muircheartach m Donnall O Neill son of king Donnall plundered Lugmad and Druim Inescalinn which were occupied by the gallaib.

Donnal Ua Neill the king plundered Mainster Buite the monestary fighing the gallaib there burning 300 of them in one house.

At Lann Leire monastery 400 persons were burned both men and women by Donnall m Murchad o Neill.

In 969 The Melaglyns of Clann Colmain drove Donnall Ua Neill out of Meath north of Sliab Fuaid.
Donnall returned with the army of the north Conaill and Eogan against Meath and the gallaib. Plundered all the forts and spoiling the countrside of Ui Failge and Fotarta taking revenge for the opposition to him.
He put a soldiers camp in every cantred of Meath [marshall law].
Meanwhile in Munster Mathgammain m Ceinnedig drove the galls from Inis Ubdan at Limerick
Two suns were seen in the sky over Ireland.

Donnall pg 3

In 970 the Nobles continued treacherously to kill each other feigning friendship but seeking power.
Mathgomain led his army to Ciaraige in Kerry demolishing forts.

Interfamily killing still ongoing. No justice found.

The activities of these out of hand warlords went unpunished by any but a stone sword.

In 971 a battle was held between the king of Ailech called Glen-Illar Murchad Ua Flaitbeartach and the king of Connact Murchad Cathath m Tadg.
Cathal was killed and also the Lord of Ua Maine Geibeannach Maed and many other nobles.
Illar plundered Connact after the battle.

In 972 Glen Iolan went to Tir Conaill on a prey but he was averted and killed at Dun Cloitige Fort in Magera Derry.
This fort was a cyclopedian fort like Ailech.
He recieved communion and penance.

A battle was held between the Osraige and Ua Ceinsealaigh where Osraige won slaying Donnal m Ceallagh their Chief.
Another battle hed at Iartar Lipi where 200 were killed and 60 young Lords.Ui Muirtaigh won ove the Osraige.

In 973 The interfamily and cross family fueds continued.

There was a failure of fruits and nuts this year.

In 974 the 20th year of the reign of Donnall Gilla Coluim Ui Conannain Lord of Ua Conail sent a prey to Ua Failge.

Mathgamain of Munster the prince was captured by Donnaban m Cathal of the Ui Figeinte and delivered to Mael Muaid m Bran Lord of Desmond who killed him.
This was the king of Munster and brother of Brain Borama.

In 975 Amhlaeib son of Sitric killed both Muircheartach m Connall Ua Neill and his brother Congalach m Donnal of Congalib heir to the monarcy of Ireland.

Donnall Ua Neill killed the king of Cinel Conaill, Gilla Colmuin Ua Cannannain.

In 976 22 year of Donnall m Neill the battle of Bealach Leactha fought between Brian and Mael Muaid of Desmond head of the Eugenian with the Danes of Munster.
Mael Muaid was killed here by Mortach m Brian m Ceinidig along with 200 Danes.

Ath Cliath gained a battle of Bitlainne at Kildare near Athy.

Loch Eirne saw a naval battle by the Airgialla over Cinel Conaill.
Killed there were Congalaigh [OConnelly] Murchad Glunnfoan sons and many other nobles.

The Battle of Cill Mona won by Donnall m Congalach and Amlaeib over Donnall m Neill the King.
Manywer killed there.

Brian Ceinneidh won a battle over the foreigners at Luimech and the Fidgeinte Lord Donnoban [Donovan].

In 977 Cilldan plundered by the gallaib of Ath Cliath and Donnel Claen king of Leinster taken prisoner by them.

In 978 The battle of Teamair was won by Maelseachlain m Donnall over the Ath Cliath gallaib where many were killed including Ragnaill son of Amlaeib heir to the soverinty of the gallaib. Awley went over the seas then and died at Coln Hill.

979 Donnall m Muircheartach of the Leather Cloaks m Niall Glundub his grandson and 24 years Hi King died at Ard Macha in penance.
A long penance Donnal of Ardmacha.

A quatrain to him only that he bestowed homes.

The fighting continued.

Ulidia and Dal Raida battled between Aed M Loingsech and Eochaid m Ardgar.
Ailech tanist was killed by his kinsmen and revenge taken against the killer within a month.

The Lord of Cinel Connall was killed.

The tanist of Osraige died.

As though this 25 year war in Ireland would continue forever the Ua Neill king's passing was hardly noticed in the victory of Maelsechlainn now at Clan Colmain where he began his reign as king in 979 Ad.

Donnall Ua Neill ws survived by 3 sons
Muireadat, Aed and Muiretach.

Judi Donnelly
copyright 4 April 2008

Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

In 9

Congalach Cnogba 944-956

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Congalach Cnogba 944-956

Congalach Cnogba m Maelmitig m Flannacan m ViCellach m Conaing m Amalgaid m Congalach m Connaing Cuirre m Congal m Aed Slain m Diarmait m Cerbaoil of the Clann Colmain Mor of Niall Noigiallach became king on the death of Donnchad Donn in 944 Ad.

In 943 Congelach Cnoba and Donnaill Ua Neil m Muircherartach of the leather cloaks both of Niall Glundub took a battle to the foreingers at Loch Eathach [Neagh].
They carried of the spoils of the Gallaib ships on the Loch.Beacaire a foreing chief was expelled from Dublin but Amlaeib remained.

Congalach went into Brega with his army and was joined by the Ua Canannan the Ruaidri with his troops.

Connact delivered hostages to Congalach m Maelmitig.

There were 2 pillars of fire seen in the sky a week before Halloween[ probably the northern lights]. Much frost and ice were felt in Eire that year.

In 944 Crows began fighting in Waterford with Crows from the west and many of the birds died of this battle.
Whether they had learned their battle skills from the Norse and the irish or from Mother Nature is not explained.

In 945 Ruaidri Ua Cananain took an army to Slane where he was met by an army of Irish under Congalach m Maelmitig and Amlaeib Cuaran of the Norse where they went to Ath Cliath where they met with and defeated the Gallaib in that place.

The Eogan [Owen] of Tyrone gave a relique full of white silver the Finfai to St Patrick at Armagh.
This was probably the Bell of St Patrick.

In 946 Congalach gained another battle over Blacaine grand son of Imar Lord of the Norse at Ath Cliath.
Blacaine and 1600 ogf his men were killed.

Gormflaith daughter of Flann Sinna and Queen of Niall Glundub died after a strong penance for her sins which is not known. Probably sex.
This Gormflaith was the sister of Flann Sinna .

Druim Raith was plundered by the foreigners.

The Annals of Ulster state that Gormfliath in having a dream about her husband Niall reached out to grab his cloak in her dream and fell on a bed stead which pierced her breast to the heart and as there was no cure she died of this.

Medical knowledge throughout this period of medieval and early Christianity was virtually wiped out in Europe with the fall of the Roman Empire.
Wounds were untreated.
Pestalance was not even recognised as a germ but thought to be a punishment from God.
Broken bones were a virtual death sentance and childbirth or tooth ache were left to natural cures.
Many animals deseases and water born deseases were common but the Irish did seem to understand the sacredness of pure water in their Holy Wells.

If the Norse had any knowledge of desease at all it is completely by passed by the cruelity and plundering for silver and artifacts of no value other than their existance.
They did not appear to have trade market for the gems and such keeping this about their ships and forts.
Many of them later recovered by the Irish when the Norse could be over run and given back to the monasterys from which they had been plunderd.

In 947 Prince Flaithbeartach m Muircheartach m Niall Glundub was killed by Conel Connail.
Congalach son Laidgnen was killed.
He was lord of Gailenga.

Regional warfare within the Clans of Ireland was traditional and customary and most did not interfere.

Congalach m Maelmitig plundered the Ui Meath and Fermanagh.

In 948 Slane Belfry [round tower] was burned by the gallaib with many distinguished persons and relics inside.

Ruaidri Ua Canannain took his hosts to Breg and plundered it reducing that kingdom to great straits.
He camped there for 6 months at Muine Brocan to reduce Meath and Brega.

The king paid him 'dues' tribute every quarter [for the 4 cross quarter of the moon. 40 days after an equinox and 50 to the next equinox in which the fair days of Imbolg Feb 1, Beltain 1 May, Lanasa 1 Aug, and Samain 1 Nov were held].

Ruaidri confronted the Gallaib of Ath Cliath on the festival of St Andrew and defeated and slaughtered them. 6000 fell.

Ruaidri fell in that battle and died.
And Imar tanist of the Gallaib.

Congalach took a hosting to Munster and plundered west Meath.
Here he killed Ceineidig's two sons Echtigern and Donncuan.

Mag Finn in Athlone was plundered by Congalach.

Donagh m Daniel king of Meath was killed by his brothers.

Kennedy m Lorcan father of Brian Borama died.
Chief of all the Dalaisse. The desendants of Cass m Oliol Olum.

congalach pg 2

In 949 Godfrey of Ath Cliath plundered Kells and other churches. Taking 300 captives, gold and silver and cloths.

Congalach granted a tax rebate to Clonard. No cess or other charge to them.

The Dolar Gentilium or the pox disturbed all Ireland.

The Ui Maine sept of Sil Anmcada and O Madden were plunderd by Caellacha and Munsterman.
Their territory was in Longford Barony in Galway.
These same Munstermen plundered Dealbna Beathra and Gailine was burned.

Congalach granted freedom Soere to Cluama Ioraid as no king or prince had a claim to it.

Ua Lomain Gaela a sept of Hi Maine at Leitrim Galway gained a battle over the Muscraige in Tipperary.

The gallaib developed bloody flux at Ath Cliath.

In the year 950 the Gall [gentile] made war against the Scot, the Welsh and the Saxon.

The Cinel Conaill lost a war to Fergal in Antrim.

The king of Scotland Constantine m Hugh died of a pox called Dolar Gentilim.

The Bishops of the Church continued to die in regular fashion.

Congalach wife Eithne the daughter of Feargal and Queen of Ireland died.

Clonmacnoise again plundered by Munster and the Danes of Luimnech.
Several south churches were plundered Inis Doimle and Inis Ulad by Amlaub Cuaran and Tuathal[Toole] m Uigaire.

Also Tech Moling from the sea by a captain called Laraic.

In 952 the O Rouirc rose in the west and gave a great slaughter to Cairbre and Teathba.Ui Ciarda [Carey] their tigerna was killed.

Domnall O Neill and Cenel Eogain plundered Brega with the consent of the gallaib.

In 953 Congalach took an army to Connact were was killed with him Innerge m Mocan Lord of Cianachta.

Domnall m Muircheartach took a hosting of boats from the north of the Bann River through Loch Neagh by water than portaged them overland through Airgialla from the Daball Duib Ainer[Blackwater river] to Loch Eirne in Fernmanagh and later to Loc Oughter in Briefne where he raided and plunderd the islands where treasure was deposited.He brought back hostages from o Rouirc of Brefnie.

In 954 a hosting was made to Leinster by the king which he plundered then held the Liffe fair for 3 days.

They sent for the gallaib under Amlaeib son of Godfrey to help them and he laid an ambush for Congalach where the King was captured at the house of Gigran or Tiggiogrann near the river.

The king was killed there along with Madudan m Aed m Mitigh, the tigerna of Teathba Aed m Aithcle, the Lord of Fear Arda[Ferrad Louth] Cormac m Cathaline and many others.

In his 12 years as king geneology show no future line of descent for this king.

In 955 he was succeded by Donnall m Muirchertach calledDonnal Ua Neill.

Judi Donnelly
copyright April 4 2008

Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UKIrish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, LondonEarly
Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

donnchad Donn 919-944

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Donnchad Donn 919-944

Donnchad Donn m Flann m Maelsechnaill m Malrunaid M Donnchad Midi m Domnall Midi of Diarmait m Cearbaill of Clan Colmain becaue hi king in 918.

His reign began with a great flood of the Shannon with water reaching the abbots fort at Cloinmacnoise and the causeway of the 3 Crosses Monument.

Kildare was plundered by the gallaib where the stone church Daimliag was demolished by them.
A slaughter of the Ui Maine at the River Grian in Clare.

Donnchad m Flann had a victory over the foreigners at Cianacta Breagh with a great slaughter killing of the Danish army.
A half of this danish army was killed by Donnchads army.

It was a vengance for the battle at Ath Cliath in which king Niall and his nobles had been killed.
Muircertach m Tigernan heir of Breifne was wounded here and died afterwards.
Flans son Murchad of Corea Baiscinn died at the Bronhair.

In 919 Domnall or Donell tanist by election and Donnchads brother was killed by Donnagh m Flann [Denis]at Bruigean Dachoga in West Meath for no reason for the sibling rivalry.
Donnagh m Flyn is the English name for Donnchad Donn m Flann who killed his brother Donell.

A plague came to Ireland.

Godfrey O Hinan was elected king of the Danes at Ath Cliath.
He also killed his brother in Gaul.

Ard Macha was plundered again by Godfrey son of Imar from the base at Ath Cliath on Saturday before St Martins festival and he plundered and burned the town of Aramgh.
He spared the oratories which were occupied by Culdees and the sick.
But plundered the countryside in all directions to Lake Rada and to Banna and north to Mag Villseon[ Nilson]

This northward host of raiders was overtaken by Muireceartac m Neill who defeated and killed a great number of them. Some however escaped in the night.

32 ships were in Loch Fearball Inishowen under Olb and they plundered Inis Eogain in Donegal.

Feargal m Domnall [Feargal m Daniell] Lord of the north slew the crew of one of these ships broke the ship and carried away its spoils and goods.

20 ships more arrived at Ceann Mashair in Donegal at E Tir Conail under Uathmaran son of Barith but they did not attach [some people were lepers] at Armagh.

On Decebmer 17 there was an eclipse of the Moon this is listed as being in 921 not 919.

It is listed that Maelcechlain m Mael Runaid M Flann died this year.

This is not the famous Maelsechlain I king but a later desendant of Flann Sinna, a grandson of Flann.
In 920 Donchad also called Duncha O Maelechlainn or Donnaagh M Flyn
went with a host to Connact where many of his people were killed at Athlone in Rosscommon.
This was wild country at Feada Atha Luain.

The gallaib again plundered Clonmacnoise from Loch Ree and it was burned by Tomran m Ailge.
They preyed the islands of the Shannon along with a plundering of Eninis [Bird Island] in Carlow in the lands of the Fotarta Tir killing 1200 Irish and martyring the scribe Abel.

donnchad donn pg 2

Lighach [Flann ] duaghter of Flan Sinna who was wife of Maelmitid Lord of Brega died.
She was intered at Clanmacnoise in great veneration.

In 922 an internicine forces of Cousins with reprisal killings of heir apparents.

Loch Eire hosted a fleet of foreigners in Fernmanagh which plundered the islands and inlets of this large lake and all its side districts.
They stayed till the following summer and than left.

Loch Cuan was occupied by foreigners. 1200 of these were drowned at Loch Rudruide.
More were drowned at loch Ree by the Lord of Luimnech [Limerick].

Malleuin m Hugh hier of Ulster killed.

The Vikings fought amonst themselves.

A hosting being made by Godfriat from Dublin to Limerick where he went to Mac Ailche.

In 923 In the west Donnall m Cahill was slain by his brother Tadg who desired his place.

In Conmaicne Mara [Conamara] Tonrar m Tomiall was killed by his own people.

These internal fueds to the death were common in Irish history and a settlement within family or clanns by compromise and acceptance rare as compared to complete elimination of a competator.

In 924 Duine Sobairce in Antrim home of the Ancient Irian kings was plundered by the foreigners.

Muircheartach m Niall or Mortagh m Neill Glunduffe and the Ultaib [Ulidian] gained a victory over the gallaib at Cluainn a Cruimter in December where 800 of them were killed.

The rest were beseiged for a week at Ath Cruithne [ford of the picts] until they were resqued by Godfry the Lord of Ath Cliath.
Port Lairge Waterford and Cilldara were plundered again from Ath Cliath.

925 Brian m Cinnedig was born.

Maelsedachlainn m Donnel was born 24 years later, making this famous king born in 949 Ad.

Sitric m Imar Lord of Gallaib died.
Danes and Norwegian King at the time

The whole of
Godfrey's clann left Ath Cliath but returned 6 months later.
The Linn Duachaill also left Ireland.

The Tailtean fair was renewed by Mercherdach M Niall Glundub of the north as he was against Donnchad Ua Maelsechlainn.
It was only by the grace of God that these two were separated and no battle was held between them.

St MaelBrigde m Dornaine cumorba of Patraic, Colum Cille and Adamnaan heart of the Church of all Ireland and much of western Europe died in old age on 22 February 925.

In 926 Muirgead daughter of Flann Sinna died at Clonmacnoise as a rich woman.

CillDara was plundered again by Godfry from Port Lairge who carried away any spoils and appendatures.

King Donnagh killed MaelRunaid m Concobar with no reason given.
May.
One side being Cele da Baill m Scannail for Beanachar [Bangor] who wrote a thoughtful and timely quatrain when he disputed the government.

'Time for me to prepare to pass from the shelter of a habitation,
To journey as a pilgrim over the surface of the noble, lively sea.
Time to depart from the snares of the flesh, with all its guilt,
Time now to ruminate how I may find the great son of Mary.
Time to seek virtue, to trample upon the will with sorrow,
Time to reject vices and to renounce the Demon.
Time to reproach the body, for of its crime it is putrid,
Time to rest after we have reached the place wherin we may shed our tears.

Time to talk of the last day, to separate from familiar faces,
Time to dread the terrors of the tumults of the day of judgement,
Time to defy the clayey body, to reduce it to religious rule,
Time to barter the transitory things for the country of the King of heaven.

Time to defy the ease of the little earthly world of a hundred pleasures,
Time to work at prayer, in adoration of the high King of angels.
But only a part of one year is wanting of my three score,
Those of my own age are not living, who were given to ardent devotion,
To desist from the course of great folly, in one place it is time.'

This cleric died a year later at Rome on 14 September 927 at 59 years of age.
His poems gives life to the thoughts and struggles of the Church and its quest to activate a higher state for itself and society while restling with the human condition and is as timely today as it was in 926 when it was thoughfully written.

The gallaib came into Loch Oirbsean in Galway [Corrib] from Luimnech. Another new fleet was launched at Loch Ribh at Ballintober Rosscomman on the west side of the Lake.

King Donnchad took an army to Liath Druim against Murcheartach but no battle was held.
Liathdruim probably the hill of Tara by one of its ancient names Lia triam or grey ridge.

donchad donn pg 3

In 928 the gallaib plundered Dearc Feana cave in Osraige were 100 were killed by Godfrey son of Inar.

In Connact a slaughter of the gallaib was made on Loch Oirbesen.

In Luimneach the gallaib had a camp.

Next in Mag Roigne in Ossory.
More were in Loch Eatach having a land camp at Ruba Meana.

In 929 Godfrey went to Osraige and expelled Ivars grandson from Mag Roigmne.

930 the Church continues to record without contest the death of most all the Bishops and clerics throughout Ireland almost all of whom were the scoin of the old nobility gone into the service of God.
Gone from history the commentary and ectra of the bards and song and poetry so notworthy before the coming of the Faaith.
In its place a duel list of death records and place of the what seems to be thousands of monasterys now ruling the country.

No family is given, no children noted or biography of personal accomplishments.
The individual is supplanted in life to the spirti of death and death the only event worth recording.

In this framology the Norse and Irish princes killing each other with ther 100's of followers seems to represnt a work of God the spirit enfolding them into a greater Kingdom.

Women were rarely mentioned either as mother or a part of the social order with only a fact being reported in these deaths records when they had spent long years in the monastary and died there of old age.

In 931 the Abbess of Clon Bronary daughter of Domnal died.

Some internal battles were fought this year at Mag Uatha by Fergal m Donnal and Jeffery Uath m Haran a son of Donnalls [Daniels] daughter over Muircheartach where many were killed.

Conaing m Niall and the gallaib of Loch Eatach [Neagh] gained a battle over Ulaid killing 1200.

The gallaib again went to Loch Erne spoiling and defaming the churhes and district as far as lake Gowna [Gamna] in Granard Longford.

Ard Macha plundered again by Godfrey with the Loch Cuan Dubhgoil.

Matadan m Aed and Amlaeib son of Godfrey spoiled and plundered Ulster to Sleive Beagh near Monahan Fernmanagh border and Castle Blyney in the east.

Muirechertach m Neill overthrough them in battle and defeated them cutting off 200 of their heads.

The Bard of the Boyne was killed by the Ui Conair Coba near Newry.
Ceann Cairech of Limeric won over the nobles of the Ui Maine whose territory this was .
They gave no respect for person age or sex.

In 932 Luimnech gallaib continued to plunder Connct to Mag Luirg in the north of Rosscommon and to Badbgna in the east.

A drought occured in the west and the hillsides burned the mountains while the lakes and streams dried up.

In 933 one of the princes Conor m Daniels heir to Ailech died and was intered at Ard Macha with great honor.

Knowth the cave of Cnodba was again plundered by the gallaib.
They were perpetual grave robbers.

In 934 CluanmacNoise again plundered by foreigners from Dublin and than again by the Munstermen under Callagh the king of Mumna.
He is the ancestor of the O Callahans , the MacCarthys, and the O Keefes.

Mag Aei was plundered by the gallaib of Loch Eirne who came across Breifne to Loch Ribh.
They reached the Shannon at Christmas Night and spent 7 months there a plundering and spoiling.

King Donncahd m Flann Sinna burned Ath Cliath.

donncahad donn pg 4

In 935 Connaing m Neill Glundubh heir of Irish manarchy died.

This death was in the great battle fought beteween the two danish forces of Loch Ree and Dublin along with their norhtern Norse force all joined and 'gone to England' from Ireland and gave battle to the Saxons on the plain of Othlyn which resulted in great slaughter of this force by the Saxon king Athelstan and his brother Edmund.
Irleand and England.

The Battle of Brimly is told in the Saxon Cronicles in which 4000 soldiers, 800 captains and 5 kings and 7 earls of the enemy were killed.

The Leinstermen took advantage of this exodus to England by the Norse and attached the north where they gained a battle over the people of Nialls son Ferall m Daniell or Donnaill King of Ailech.

In 936 Amlaib m Godfrey returned to Dublin after this loss of the battle of Brunbly in their barks nailed together 'bloddy relics of darts' either their ships or themselves and probably both.
Amlaf plundered Cuil Cuilinn and took 1000 prisoners.

Muircheartach m Neill Glunduff the lord of Ailech on the Death of Fergal m Donnall his cousin challanged this king Donnchad Donn m Sinna but a peace was found before battle and they allied together their forces to seige the foreingers at Ath Cliath spoiling and plundering them to Ath Truicten in south Kildare.

In 937 Flanns 20th year Ailig plundered by the gallaib and they took Muircheartach m Niall prisoner to their ships.
God recovered him in that he escaped himself.

The Gailenga were defeated by Congalach m Maelmitig at Ath da laarg- Ford of two Forks-- in Meath.

The Book of Armagh also called Cannon Padraig was taken by Donnchad m Flann Sinna.

Plundering continued by the foreigners galls among the Irish from Munster and princes of Macca Cuinn.

The gallaib deserted Dublin.

donnchad donn pg 5

King Donnchad m Flann combined with Muircheartach m Niall again went to Leinster and Munster taking hosatage.

In 938AD.
Niall m Fergal heir of Oileach was wounded and Donchad m Mortaugh.

Flann daughter of Donnchad Sinna Queen of oileach died.

Callachan king of Casheal attacked and slaughtered the Osraige.

Amlaoib Cuaran went to York England and Godfrey s son Blacaire came to Dublin.

Leith Cuin was preyed and plundered by the Leinstermen.
The Saxons conqured Mael Constantine of Scotland, Anlaf son of Sitric and the Britains.

In 939 Muircheartach m Niall with the north Brega plundered Osraige and the Deise totally.They submited to him.

Mortaugh created a fleet and went to the Hebrides [Inis Gall] where he carried back much plunder and booty from the foreigners.

Callahan king of Munster slaughtered the Deise for submitting to Mortagh [Muirecheartach] and killed 200 of them.
They gained a battle over Callahan with the alliance of Osraige.

Muircheartach assembled a group of a thousand chosen heros of the Clann Eogain and Conaill to make a circuit of Ireland with left hand to the sea proceeding from Ailech to Mag Line , Dun Eachdach, Mag Rath at Newry and Umer crossing the Boyne River near Knowth and to Ath Cliath bringing with him Sitric the Lord as a hostage.

He went into Leinster who apposed his passage but when they saw the chosen men they relented and Mortaugh took their king Lorcan in fetters as a hostage.

They remained in Leinster for 5 months.

They than proceeded to Munster where were arayed for battle but instead ressolved to give their king Callahan to him, Mortaugh and the King of Munster was fettered.

Mortaugh than went to Connact Concobar m Tadg came to meet him.

With this circuit he returned to Ailech where he remainded for 5 months in a feast [a fleadccad] and at the end of that period sent the hostage kings Sitric, Callahan and Concobar to Donnchad m Flann.

There was a frost and freezing in Ireland and the gallaib crossed on the ice to plunder.
The Ui Falge lead by Aimergn m Cinaed killed 1200 foreingers at Magh Cisi in Kings County.

In 940 the plunder and fighting of the foreigners continued unabated.

Dun Leath glaise was plundered by the son of Ragnall but other foreingners came and drove him away to the mainland where he was killed by the King of Ulidan Madudan.

In the 24th year of Donnchads reign 941 Muirechertach of the leather cloaks m Niall Glundub Lord of Ailech was killed at Ath Firdiad, the Ford of Ferdia named for the son of Daman of the Gamanradii of Erris killed there by Cucullin in the days of the Fenians.

It is now called Ardee in Louth.
He was slain by Blacaire son of Godfrey Lord of the foreigners on 26 Marcha Sunday in shrovetide.
A quatrain was made for him.

Ard Macha was plundered by these same gallaib.

The Cinel Eogain Murcheartach's tribe were overpowered by the Ua Canannain chief Ruaidri along with foreign allies from Loch Feabhall [Foyle]. 300 Eogains were slain along with the foreigners.

Aith Cliath was distroyed by the Irish under Congalach m Mael Mitig and the children of Tomar were carried of or slain or carried off into bondage by this host of Congalach m Maelmitig heir apparent of Ireland and Braen son of Mailmorda of Leinster.
The town was totally distroyed by killing drowning burning and captivity.

This same year Donnchad m Flann Sinna m Maelseachlainn King of Ireland for 25 years died.

The quatrain to him indicates of misfortunes for Erinn and Teamair without the enligtening laws of the king of Ireland is forever ruined.

Donchad left three sons
Conn, Domnall and Oengus.

Domnall was the father of Mailsechnaill m Domnall Irelands last Ui Neill king.

In 943 he was succeded by Congalach m Mael Mitig who became hi king of Erin.
He was of the house of Conal Cremthain .

Judi Donnelly

copyright April 3 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Niall glundub 916-919

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Niall Glundub 916-919

Niall Glundub m Aeda Finnliath m Niall Caille m Aed Oirnide m Niall Frossach m Fergal m Mael Duin m Mael Fithrig m Aed Uairidinach m Donnell m Muirchertach m Earca m Muiredach m Eogain m Niall became 40th Hi King of Ireland by the Christain time in 916 at the death of Flann Sinna Midi .

At that time in 915 Sitric grand son of Imar the Dane came with his fleet to Leinster landing at Ceann Fuait.
Another grandson of Imar Ragnall went with the gallaib to Lock Dachael.
The Munstermen killed a great many of them.
The Eoganacta made another slaughter of them as did the Ciarraige.

An army of the Ui Neill north and south was lead by Niall to join the Munstermen to fight the Foreigners.

On 22 August Niall pitched his camp at Tober Glethrach on Mag Feimin.

The Irish attached the gallaib in the 3 rd hour before noon which would be 9 AM.
Both the Romans and the Jews kept day time from dawn to dusk not as we do from midnight to midnight.

The day hours were discribed as from the rising of the sun and the night hour broken into 4 watches from sundown till dawn.

Over a thousnd men between these two armys meeting on this plain were killed.
The gallaib sustaining the greater loss and a defeat by the goidel [the irish].

Many Irish chiefs were killed here.

The Goidel left the battle field before reinforcments were sent from the Dane fortress under Ragnall O Hiver king of the black foreigners.

Niall attached with a small force again defeated these gallaib.

Niall than remained 20 more days and nights there at Tobar Glethrac on the plain of Feimim near Loch Dadaech in east Leinster.

He than put the Leinstermen in charge of the seige until Sitrci meic Imar the Dane gave the battle to Leinster where 600 were killed of the Irish chiefs.

This was the battle of Cinnfuaid which was fought on a royal road where 500 heads were cut of in the valley next Tigh Moling.
Although this battle ws gained many chiefs wer killed here with a gret number of the fine youth of Ireland.

The gallaib plunderd Cill Dara.

During the years when Niall was king of Ailech and before he had preforned exploits with his men such as drownding Kernaen for the outrage of Armagh in 904.

He had fought a battle with Connact.

His mother Maelmarie the daughter of Kenneth m Alpine of scotland died.

His brother Domnall with whom he had contested for the kingship of Ailech died in pilgrimage some records say 911 oothers 915.

The Danes continued to raid the monastarys ranasacking Cork, Lismore Achboe and Killdare.

He had married Gormphley the daughter of Flann Sinna and mother of a child Domnall who drowned as a child.

This child if it had lived would have united the hourse of the north Ui Neill Eogain and the midi of Conel Cresamthan.
Its mother Gormfliath lamented this death mightily composing many quatrains of it.

Gormfliath had seen many bad times in her lifetimes first being regected to her betroved Cormac m Cuillennan bishop and king of Munster and Caiseal.
History discribes her as his wife but after his defeat she was married to Cearball of Leinster who was abusive to her and after his death fighting Cormc under Flann Sinna reign she was married to Nial Glunduff.
After the death of this king she was left destitute and friendless and had to spend her old age as a beggar.

In 917 The Tailtean Fair was restored by Niall.

All the Irish forces were taken to Munste where Niall lost to Flaithbertach son of Cormac.

Dublin was taken by the Danes.

Two Queens died Eihinge [Ethne] daughter of Hugh O Neill Queen of Moybrey.
This is Aed Finnliaths daughter.

Mor the Queen of Leinster daughter of Cearball m Dungaille died.

In 918 The third year of Nials reign the battel of Dublin was fought by Niall Glunduff against the
All the forces he had were thrown into this battle againstSitrich O Hiner.

This battle of Cill Mosamocc was won by Imhair and Sitrick the Danes over Nial M Hugh.
The Battle was fought on 17 October.
Niall was killed there after only three years as king.

Along with the chiefs Concobar Ua Maelseachlainn tanist of Ireland, Aed m Eochagan king of Ulaid, Maelmithid m Flannigan tigerna of Brega, Maelcraeib Ua Duincinaic Lord of Oirgialla, the lords of Tortan and south Brega and many other nobles of the melisian race.

This great battle was fought on Wensday inthe morning .

A lamentation was composed at this loss to the Irish of the sons of kigns and queens as to Nialls misjudgement of the streangth of the Danish army.

'Sorrowful this day is sacred Ireland.'

Niall confessor Celedachaill m Scannel Cormaba of St Patrick had requested Niall fight this battle and had refused to give him a horse to leave the battlefied leaving Niall there to die.
He was killed, this great chief of Cnucha on the Liffe, by Amlaide.

Cnuncha or Cnuca in Irish script is now called Castleknock in county Dublin on the Liffe River.

It was lamented
that there was a great slaughter of the Goedel in every path throughout fair green Fail with Niall by Saiscc in The Samrad.

Niall was survived by two sons Muircheartach later know as of the leather cloaks and Conaing.

He was succed in the following year 919 by Donncahd m Flann [Donnagh m Flynn] Melaglinn of Midi who became high kings.

Judi Donnelly

copyright April 2 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

The iIses 2006

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the Isles 2006

you are embarassed this day
In enveloping fog
Where naught can be herd but
the weeping old dog
Nothing to do but start up the Yule log
And feast on the cranberry fresh from the Bog
Along with a strong glass of the Grog
Or a newly made thick egg nog
The spirit of Christmas-- go Dea og.

Judi Donnelly
copyright December 2006

Flann Sinna 870-916

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Flann Sinna 39 king 879-916

Flann Sinna m Maelsechnaill I m Mael Runaid m Donchad Midi m Domnall Midi m Murchad Midi m Diarmait Dian m Airmedach Caech m Conall Guitbind M Suibne m Colmain Mor m Dairmaid m Cearbaiol m Fergus Cerball m Conall Cremthainn m Niall becaem 39th king of Erinn in 879 AD at the death of Aed Findliath.

He was the 28th generation of dynastic kings going back to the 1st century and Crimthain Nia Nair of the 1st century AD from whom he was decended.

In 877 Flann Sinna had led a host to Leinster and plundered there. Than plundered Munster to Corc.

There was relative peace in 878.

In 879 Conaill Muirtheimene battled the Ulaid and won.

flan made a hosting to the north with foreigners and irish clients.
He plundered Mag Eitir di Glass plain and took hostages from Cinel Conaill and Cinel Eogain.
He again plundered Munster and took hostages.

In 880 Aengus m Mael Duin roydamna of the north was beheaded by the Dal Raidne.
This Mael Duin king of Ailech was a brother of Domnell [Donnelly]

In 881 there was great infighting among the nobles of Erinn but the king was peaceful.

In 883 CillDara was plundered by foreigners and 140 persons carried to their ships along with spoils.

In 884 Treasael m Bean of Ui Bairchi Maige was killed by Aed Ilguine.
He was a poet of Ireland.

Maelmura of Fatan by Loch Swilly died and was mourned as

'the great fertile Ireland never produced a man like this mild fine Maelmura.'

Ananloen the Tailtir [ pilgrim] brought a Sunday law, the Cain Domnaigh ,as to keeping the Sabbath holy.

Cuilen m Cearball m Dungail and his freind Maelfebail m Muircheartac were killed by the Norse.

The Connact men slaughtered the Norse at Luimneach [Limerick].

In 885 many abbots died of old age. Some were killed by the Norse.

The gallaib had a battle over Flann Sinna at Ath Cliath.

886 the 10th year of Flann his mother died her name was also Flann ingen of Dungaille.
She was the wife of Maelsechlainn , his father.
She died at Clonmacnoise and is buried there.

The Gallaib plundered Ard Breacain ,Domnach-Padriag,Tuilen and Glen da Loch.

In 887 Cill Dara agin plundered by the gallaib.

The Deisi slaughtered the Osraighe.

The Ua Amalgaid slaughtered the Gallaib.

The fair of Tailtin was held this year.

A Banscal [mermaid] was cast ashore at Alba.

Concobar m Flannagan Lord of Failge was burned in the Church of Cluanfoda Finn at west Meath with the relics of St Finian.

In 888 a force gale came and felled many trees on St Martins Day.

In the south at Teach Moling and Loch Carmain the Port Laigre Gallaib were overrun and 200 of them beheaded.

North Connact gained a battle over the foreigners.

Mael Guala of Munster won the battle over the Elib at Caiseal where many nobles and yong men were killed.

In 889 a fight broke out beween Eogain and Uliad over religion at Armagh. Mael Brigde the corab separated them demanded reparations for the violation og Patricks law from a 5th part of Ireland that being Ulster and made them deliver hostages having 4 of the Ulidans and some other from Eogain.

In 890 bishops and abbots continued to die of natural causes.

Ard Macha was plundered again by foreigners from Ath Cliath.
The gallaib broke down Macha with axes.

In 891 Flaithbeartac m Murchad Lord of Ailech was killed by Ua Breasail leaving the place to Donnelly.

The Osraige killed the Eoganact at Grianairb at Kilkenny Tipperary.

In 892 there was relative peeace with more abbots and bishops dying of old age.

A battle was fought between Flann and the Dal Raide.

Connact was plundered by Flann and hostages were taken.

893 Ard Macha plundered again by gallaib from Lock Foyle [Febail] Derry.

Cearball and the Deise overran Osraige.

A shower of blood at Ard Cianacta.

894 The Connact fair was renewed by Tadg m Concobar and Tailtean was renewed by Diarmaid m Cearball.
'Aenac Tailtenn do arge.'

The men of Meath gained a victory over Connactmen and beheaded them at Ath Luan which is Athlone in English.

In 895 CillDara again plundered by the gallaib .

Osraige was plundered by the Leinstermen.

In 896 the 20th year of Flann the battle of Sailtin was fought in which Murchad m Mael Duin brother of Dongaille son of Aed Finniath who was Lord of Ailech there killeds Maldorad Lord of Cinel Conaill.

Flann son Maelrunaid was killed in a fire set by the Luigne of Meath.

In 897 Cearball expelled the foreigners from Ath Cliath with allys of Leinster and Brega.
They escaped across the sea.

In 898 there was very little change.
The church continued its recording of thousands of deaths of its abbots and priests[clerics].

The tribal leaders continued to prey and kill each other at will under the King.

The people frequently kileld their lords.

As the century came to an end Ireland maintained a completely anachonistic posture of war lords, ambitious cheifs, disgruntled people and greedy foreigners none of which was controlled by either the chief ruler the Mealsechlainn, or the comarbs and abbots of the pleantiful Monasaterys.

in 899 the spirit of the former King Maelsechlainn 1 is said to have appeared to the Bishop of Clonmacnoise Caipbre Cron whereby the Bishop has long conversations with this ghoast and died.

Flann profained Ceannanas [Kells] agaisnt his own son Donnchad.
Many died and were beheaded.

Flann Sinna pg 2

900 began the 24th year of Flann Sinna m Maelcechlainn withthe continuing pattern of self agrandizing and fueding among the various tigernas of Ireland.

Oileach Frigreann [Aileach]the ancient cyclain for at Inisowen , Donegal was invaded by Gallaib and plundered.

A challenge was made beween Aid Finnlaiths two sons Domnall and Niall over the kingship of Ailech but the brotherly warfare was averted by the intercention of the Cinel Eogain.

Alfred the Great the Saxon died.
He was noted for his prowess, wisdom and piety.

Eigneachan m Dalach m Muirceartac died.
He was a potential king .
A stern youth, King of the populous Cenel Conaill.

An army was gathereed by Flann m Maelsechlainn and Cearball m Muireagan and with it they pllundered the south from Gowan to Limerick.
This would basically be a private army.

In 901 Flann dedicated the Cross of the Scriptures erected at Clonmacnoise.

In 902 a Munster army led by Cormac m Cuileanan and Flaithbeartac to Mag Lena in Kings county.

Lieth Cuinn colleced an army around Flann m Maelseachlainn and fought the Munster army but it lost.

A second army was afoot run by Cormac and Flaithbeartach against the south O Neill and Connact from which they took hostages of Connact.
This army had fleets on the Shannon and all the islands of Loch Ribh were plundered by them.

903 Cairaige-Luachra from Kerry ,Raithlinn frmo Cork, the O Mahoneys, Tran Coreage in Cork, Ceamm Eitig also in Cork, Corea Duibne for Kerry with 6000 troops came to fight a battle on September 7 903 in which all the leaders were slain by Flann Sinna and the Teamair Army.

Cormac was king of Caeseal and king of Iarmumna.
He was beheaded by Denlis ,a common soldier, who cut the head of the king of Cashell upon a stone which is still extant near Carlow.

In this year also a hosting was made by the Cinel Eogain under Domnall m Aed and his brother Nial m Aeda against Tlachtga which they burned.

This Cenel in English is called the Kindred Owen and Daniel m Hugh and Nell m Hugh.

Nell was the progenator of the O Neills and Daniel or Domnall became the Dongaille or O Donnelly's.

Flan Sinna daughter Gormflaith was bestowed to Cormac m Cuiilenan but he ,having embrased celibacy and a Bishop as well as King of Munster and Caesail put her aside.

She was than married to Cerbal m Muirecain a client of Flann.
He was abusive to her but defeated her first love the Bishop Cormac m Cuilennan at the battle of Bealaign Mugna [the battle of Ballagh Moon] when the final defeat was made to the claims of Munster kings to the high kingship of Erinn as wella s their supremacy over the Armagh standard of Patricks law.

A long discription of this battle was translated from Keating Irish writing tract History of Ireland under Cath-Bealaigh Mughna and was translated into Latin for the Irish by Dr john Lynch none of which can be read by the common man of today without a without a scholarly education in latin.

These translations from one tongue to another oftimes changes or substitutes meaning and content not being literal word for word and subsequently defeat knowledge and learning rather than enhancing it.
The process also creates an elite class of persons having spent years of study trying to master a field and leaving the majority of mankind inthe dark as to events and biographys ecxcept what may come to them in the form of folk tales and gossip.

This loss of inforamtion and meaning is particularly apparent in translations of Gaelic into English as the foramtion of sentances is completely different along with spelling and other gramatical rules.
Most of the English spelling of Gaelic words is based not on content or meaning of the symbols but in hearing the word spoken in Irish or Gaelic and composing the sound [phonetic] rather than the symbols leaving the reader of these new words confounded as to the meaning or ability to translate them literly into meaning and substance.

flann sinna pg 3
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The King of Munster Cormac is reputed to have compiles a glossay of Irish words in Irish called the Sanasan Cormaic and is also credited with compiling the Psater of Cashel which gives the history and geneological tribes of south Ireland.
This psalter was in possession of the Fitzeralds at Kildare but was taken by the Butlers for the release of one of the Fitzgerald Lords and was never recovered.
Its fragments are now in the library at Trinity College in Dublin.

And so the wars and behaviors of Man distroy flowers of history ,science knowledge ,art in their egotistical endevors to overpower and contrl each other beyond reason.

In the sorht Cellach m Cearball of Osraige gained a battle withthe Eili and Muscraige in Tipperary.

Alfred the Great of teh Saxons died.
He was noted for his prowess, widsom and piety.

The Lord of Cinel Conaill Eignechan m Dalach m Muircheratach died. He was a potential king' a stern youth' king of the populous Cenel Conaill.

An army was gatherd by Flann m Maelsechlain and Cearball m Muireagahn and with it they plundered the south from Gowan to Limerick.
This would basically be aprivate army.

In 904 the Great stone Church of Clonmacnoise
n was erected by Flann Sinna.
It was called the Church of the Kings.

Cearbal m Muirigen king of Leinster died this year and was most mourned by his fellows who lamented:
'Sorrowful to me the hills of Almain and Aillean without soldiers'
'Sorrowful for brilliant jewel to be without the valient illustrious Lord of Nais[Nas]'

He was the last king of Leinster to have residence at this great house in Kildare.
Nais is compared with Oileach in the north as great seat.

Cearbal had been loyal to King Flann and by his defeat of
Cormac at Belach Mugna ended the claims of the Eoganacts[the eugenians] to equal treatment.
Cerballs son was Diarmait King of Osraige and Leinster.
He was buried at Cill Corbain in Ely O Carroll Kings county.

In 905 Flann won the battle of Mag Cumma with his sons over the men of Breifne in west Ireland.
The seat of the O Rouirc clans.

The son of Tigernan Lord of Briefne also named Flann and his sons were slain there along with many other nobles and 3000 soldiers.

A battle was fought between Connal Ua Maileachlainn and his ally Innreachtach m Concobar against the fleet of Munster at Loch Derg.
the Munster fleet was defeated.

Two suns appeared in the sky moving together for one day from east to west in May.

The oratory at Magee was burned ,Not known by whom.

In 906 Domnall m Aeda became a pilgrim.
He was the oldest son of Aeda Finnliath king of Ireland and Domnall himself had been king of Ailech in the north.

In 907 the santuary of Ard Macha was violated by Cearnachan m Duilgen who took a captive from the church and drowded him in Loc Cier nearby.

This perpetrator was taken by Nial Glundub m Aeda Rig an Tuairceirt having replaced his brother Domnall as king of the north and he drowned Duilgen in the same lake Loch Cedna in revenge for the violation of Padraicc [Patrick]
The Irish spelling probably meaning prayer uproar.
Pat is latin meaning a patron and rick is a pile or a heap.
Patron of a stone church.

In 908 a battle was gained by the gallaib over some ships of the Ulidians near Saxonland [England] in which many of the Ulstermen were killed including the taniste of Clann Cathal of O Flannagan near Elphin Rosscommain who was called Cumascach m Mael Moicheirce.

Muiredach m Cormac Abbot of Drum Inesclain prince and heir of Tir Conall was killed.

Tomas son of Meal Brigde went to Britain to resque pilgrims from Walles.

In 909 a battle at Gulban Guirtmer Sligo was gained by Niall Glundub m Aeda Finnleit over Connactaib men of Connact.

This prince of tir Connall would become the next hi king after Flann Sinna and was younger brother of Domnail or O Donghaille who had been king of Ailech till 906 when he was deposed by his brother Niall and became a Ceile de Pilgrim.

Sailech was the seat of the kigns of the north[Tua] held between the two sons of Niall 9 Conail [Donegal] and Eogan [ Inisowen].

This same year a battle was fought by Maoil Mithid m Flanna Cain and Donchad Ui Maoileachain over Lordan and the Leinster who were the losers.
There is no reason given for this battle as the internicine fueds to the death continued between Irish princly war lords or the defenders of the law of Patrick and Colum Cill for the Church.

flann sinna pg 4

In 910 more gallaib came to Port Laigrge [Waterford]

Niall Glundub m Aeda took a hosting of all Focla [the north] and all of Uilida to Meath as far as upper Kells.They were met by Flann Sinna who defeated them.
This batttle was fought in Der at Grealach Eilte in Kells.

In this battle loss many of the northern cheifs were killed.

Feargal m Aengus m Maelduin, Maelmorda m Erenin m Aed of Ulidia, Erudan m Gairbith cheif of Ui Braesail, Diarmaid m Dealbach Lord of Dal Riada [Down], Maelmuire m Glannagan lord of Fearmanach, Domnall m Gairbritt Lord of Conaille, Corman m Aireachtach and Conor m Innreachtach Lord of Cairraige and others were killed here.

In 911 the 35th year of Flann Sinna Brega was plundered by Flann m Maelsecahlainn.

Aengus m Glain the heir apparent to Ireland soverenty was mortally wounded at Greaillab Eillte by Cernn m Bernn and died within two months.
He was from Houth Hill Benn Edar.
The rigdamna Teamrach.

This killing was said to in revenge fore the killing of Aed Ollan at Kells in 738 AD.

At this time Domnaill m Aed Finnliath m Niall Caille Lord of Aileach died in religion.

He was from Dobail [Blackwater river] of the north near Moy/Charlemont fort formerly Bally Donnelly.

With the death of these two O Neill princes Aengus for the souht and Domnall of the north the road was left open to the next king which would be Niall Glundub of the north,
brother of Domnall by the daughter of Kenneth m Alpine of Scotland, Maelmuire.
Kenneth had united the Scot of Alba and the Picts of north Scotland.
These cheifs were well mourned among the O Neill clanns.

912 Flann Sinna sons Donchad and Concobar harrassed the old man and plundered Meath to Loch Rib[ree].

Nial made a hosting of the north to Meath and pledged these two Flann sons to his cause to obey their father Flann.

More foreigners arrived at Loch Dachnech[ Loch Swilly] as reinforcments who plundered Munster and disturbed the Church constantly.

In 914 Flann Sionna m Maelsechlainn died in his 38th year as hi king.
He had been king for 36 years 6 months and 5 days.

He died on the 8th of June by the Julian calander
He was of the Clann Maoile.

His quatrain discribes him as fair, fearce in valor a handsome man, a subduer of all the chiefs of Fial with good wishes.
As dignified as well as a caster of spears and a noble pleasant man.

This same year the foreigners killed Cathan of Uaithne Cliach near Limerick. These foreigners were incamped at Loch Dachaech and continued to plunder Munster and Leinster from it.

Flann Sinna left 7 sons
Concobar, MaelRuinaid, Domnall, Cerball, Donchad Donn, Oengus, Aed.

Flann is the last king in the Mareanus Scottus list of kings which begins with ConnCetcatach.
It was during Flans kingship 879-915 that the middle Irish kings list was made.

He was followed in the kingship by Niall Glundub m Aed Finnliath in 915 Ad.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 30 2008

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Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Aed Fnnliath hi king862-879 AD

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Aed Findliath 38th king 862-879 AD

Aed Findiath m Niall oNeill Caille m Aed Ordnide m Niall Frossach m Fergal m MaelDuin m Mael Fitrich m Aed Uaridnach m Domnall Ilchelgach m Muircheartach m Muiredach m Eogan m Niall of the Cinel Eogain became 38th hi King in 862 Ad.

Aed was unable to dislodge Mael Sechlainn at Armgh in 859.

He raided Midi with Vikings of Dublin and their Irish ally Flann m Conaihg of Brega.
However Maelseachlainn died on Friday 27 November 862 .

In his first year the Danes plundered several crypts or caves along the Boyne the De Danann tombs of
Achad Aldan [Newgrange]
Cnogban [Knowth]
Dealbat a prince of Da Dannan Elcmar m Dealbaeth [Dowth or Dubat]

Drogeda the Cave of MNA [wife] of Goban the Smith.
This site now is occupied by fort on top of it at Drogheda.

These mounds or UAIM were broken into by the Norse and their treasures removed indicating the burial process of the early settlers of Ireland were similar to the eastern and egyptian tomb practices.

These mound burials were also used by the American Indians and like the Irish most have been plundered by grave robbers but some remain unopened today not being recognized by modern civilized man as man made features.

Aed Findliath led a host to Connact with his young men.

Cearball also gave the Foreigners battle at Fearta n Caireach -graves of the sheep in KilKenny. He beheaded 40 of the gallaib.

In 861 Donell m Hugh mic Neill killed the king of the north east Oriors and Mureach m Maeil Duin secnap of Armagh.
This is probably Aeds oldest son who never became hi king but was king of Aileach and later took the pilgrims staff and changed his name to Donngaille or O Donnelly.

Aed had a victory over Anbith m Aed of Ulidan.

Cearball Lord of Osraighe took a prey from Leinster and they returned it within a fortnight.

In 862 Lorcan m Cathal Lord of Meath was blinded by Aed for his part in the grave robbing with the galliab.

Cearball m Dungaile plundered the Eoganacta as far as Cork North.
He took hostages of the Aiteach Tuathas Mumnan.
These are the Atti Cotti tribes who were not descended from Oilioll Olum and who as vassel tribes had rebelled in the 1st century killing all the melisian nobles, their rulers, except 3 who had not been yet born when their mothers escaped.
Oilioll and Tuactha Techmar being two of them.

He also took hostages of the Ua Aengusa who are the ancestors of the MacCarthy, O Callaghan, O Keeffe and O Sullivan.

Aed married three times first a daughter of the king of Ulaid and the son of this marriage was Domnall who died in 915.

His second marraige was to Mael Muire daughter of the king of Scotland Kenneth m Alpine.
Her child was Niall glundub who died at Ath Cliath in 919.

His 3rd marraige was to Lann daughter of the king of Osraige mother of Flann Sinna by her former husband Maelseachlainn of Midi.

This Flann Sinna also married Mael Muire and had a child Donnall who dies in 921.

His first wife had been Eithne daughter of Aed Findliath who bore Mael Runaid 2 to this king.
His daughter Gormfliath daughter of Aeds sister Eithne who had first been married to Flannacan of Brega.
She, Gormfaltith was the mother of Donnchad Donn who became high king and died in 944 after 25 years onthe throne.
He was the brother of Gormflaith.
Both these children were fatherd by Falnn Sinna.
The records on these people is found in the BanSenchus and noted in the Annals of Ulster.

Cearball m Dunlaing of Osraige was Aeds brother in law being married to his sister Eithne after Bran.
Cearball was useful to Aed in battle but these princes also conducted the battle of the bedroom within family and without family having many children and accepting them all in the Ua.
This however caused much sibling rivalry to the death in the vying for power and heritage among these many offspring leading to the internicen killings and machavelian killings conducted by them on a continious basis.

In 863 Fortrenn in Alba in the land of the Picks[north of the forth of Morey] indcating that by this year Christianity had been established amongh the Picts.

The abott of Dun Ceallain near Perth also died.2 other abotts of the Irish mission died in Pickland of the Cric Cruitnech.

In Fotard [Fotharta] Colna m Dunlaing was killed by his own children.

Finnliath pg 2

In 664 a muster was made of the nortt by Aed to plunder the forts of the foreingners about the north at Cinel Eogain and Dal Raide [Down] carrying of cattle, goods and chattels.
The foreigners gathered at Loch Feabail m Lodain [Loch Foyle] at Derry.
Lodain was a de Danaan prince.

When Aed had intelligence of this gathering he marched with all his forces and fought a battle with the gallaib gaining a victory with a great slaughter of them.

Collecting their heads in one place. Counting 140 of them were put before the king.
Many more of them died of their wounds afterwards in the kings protection.
In West Meath resistance was made at Loch Leane [Lepind] in which the lake waters were turned to blood clots.

In 864 a victory was had over the gallaib fleet at Eochaill [the yew wood] now calledYougall] at the mouth of the Blackwater river in Cork.The Deise had the battle and distroyed the Norse fort.

North Osraige slaughtered the Norse at Mindroichet in Ossory.

In 865 Aed Oirdnide's son Maelduin than Lord of Ailech died of a long term desease.
He was in religion.
He was the brother o Domnall and Niall glundub.
The next lord of Aileach was probably Dongaille , oldest son of Aed.

Dun Amlaeib at Clauin Dolcain [Clondalkin] was burned by the Laeigis [Leix] chief where 100 foreigners were slain, beheaded and exibited by those cheiftains.

In York England there was great battle between the Saxons and the Danes.

Gaithans son won another battle over the foreigners of Ath Cliath.

The Deise also had a victory over them at Coircach.

In 866 Flan m Conaing of Brega brought an army of 5000 against Aed these consisting of Brega, Leinster and the gallaib.
Aed had with him both Ua Connact and Fiachtna m MaelDuin rigdamna of the north.

Aed had 1000 men but won the battle killing many including Flann.Manacan killed Flann and had his head,
This Flan was the son of Aeds sister Dubsaid. She was the daughter of Niall Caille and sister of Aed also the son of Niall Caille.

Flann her son was her son by Conaing King of Brega, the Findruine.

This battle was fought on a Monday at the road of nNatha as discribed by Loissin the file [poet] of Finnleit.
Leit is an Irish spelling of this name which means wide or porridge where liath the English means gray the color giving entirely different meanings to words.

In 867 Eodoir m Dongaille eldist son of Aed was killed by the gallaib at Desert Diarmada.

Dongaille nor any of his sons became hi King this was left to his brother Niall glundub .
However the sons of Dongaille and Donngaile himself served as kings of Ailech in Donegal.
These sons Concobar, Fergal, Flaithbeartach and Flann all became obscure but Flann was the grandfather of the famous Malachy 2 Maelseachniall who was the last O Neill hi king of Ireland.
Macha again plundered and burned by the gallaib under Amleoib. 1000 people were killed and much booty taken.

Moyle Keiran m Ronan west Ireland resisted the Danes. Maelceran was killed there.

In 868 Hugh [Aed Finnleit] wasted Leinster. From Dublin to Gabran at Kilkenny.
He had along with him Cearball m Dongal his brother in law who plundered to DunnBolg Wicklow.

The O Donnels make an appearnce in Donegal under Dalagh m Mortaigh.

There is a rigdal in Armagh.

In 869 Inis Clothrann or Inish Cloghran Rosscommon was plundered.

Cearball plundered Connact than Munster.

Aed requested the death of the 1/2 king of Ulaid Cathal m Innreachtaig and this man ws killed for the king.

In 870 the 10th year of Aed the Danes attach Kildare and carried of 200 priests and their families. The Danes attached and plundered the 3 plains of the Conanns during the winter snow.

The ending of clerical marriage was not accomplised by Rome until the Synod of 1152 presided over by Gelesius Archbishop of Armagh where it was concluded that priests should remain celibate in the Celtic church.
This church policy did not always apply many illegal children being borne after that date within the church people but not kept openly.
Some of these children were further lost as they never knew their parentage others were acknowledged and fitted into the church termon structure.
Quite similar to the plantation system in America before the Civl War.

In 871 the Connact men attached the Danes at Limerick and slaughtere them.

Donchad m Ragailach of Cinel Caibre Mor-Granard- burned Druim Cliath in Sligo.

More plundering by Caiseal and Osraige and the Gallaib of Munster.

The Fair of Tailtin was not held this year.

In 872 Gaillaib plundered more Armagh area churches at mag Emir.

Cearball plundered the Deise to Yougal [Eochaille].

This statee of affairs held throught 873 which is recorded as peaceful.

In 874 the Tailtin fair was not held.

The Aili killed Donchad m Maelsechlainn Mide at Tipperairy their seat.

Ruardri m Mormid king of Britain fled from the Dubhgoill.

The Dubgeinte and the FinnGeinte battle was fought at Loch Cuan where Alband of the Dubgeinte was killed.

finnleit pg 3

In 875 A gale wind blew through Ireland and lots of thunder and lightning this year.
Many trees were blown over and some churches had damage.

The mound of the Deise in Tipperary was seen covered in blood and gore on the plain.

Colum Cill shrine brought to Ireland and the book of Kells removed to avoid distruction by the Gallaib.

In 876 Cearball M Dungaile again preyed Mumna with the Deise.

Munster returned this plundering Lock Ennell near Mullingar in West Meath.

Aed died this year 876 by the FourMasters clock. 879 by the new time Annals of Ulster and Clonmacnoise records.
He died at Druim Inesclainn in Conaille on 20 November in his 16th year as hi king.
876 years since the birth of the Christ.
Rough winds blew this year. Waves were great.
He was called the red speared king.
He was considered generous and wise by his people and a staid and calm man.
As chief of Fodla he was popular.
A reference to Aed was made in Charlemaignes Court in France as an 'eges' scotsman.

It was noted
' that by his munificence he had the kings of the Irish so disposed to court his favor that they never spoke to him otherwise than as lord and themselves his subjects and servants.'

Aed is discribed in his Quatrain as being of the long flowing hair.
A master of the games of Tailten and an illustrious cheiftain both of Ailech and the hi king position.

He was survived by his two sons Donnell m Hugh who was king of Ailech only and Niall glundub the son of Mael Muire daughter of the king of Scotland Keneth m Alpine.
Domnells mother was a daugher of one of the kings of Ulaid.

This Domnall the eldest son of Aed never became hi king nor any of his sons who were Concobar, Fergal, Flaithbertach and Flann.
This prince in later life took up the cross and became a member of the Cele De [Culdees] and a pilgrim.
He used the name Donngaille which became O Donnelly and is ancestor of the Ui Eachtach Droma Ligean .
The pedigee and some geneology of this prince is listed in Vol 7 appendix of the Four Masters on pag 2427.
Donnells offsping Flann however produced Mael Ruinaid 2 who was the father of MaelSechniall or Malacy 2 the last hi king of Ireland of the O Neill house north or south.

This prince through marriage of his father Niall Caille to Gormfliat his mother, the daughter of Donnchada Midi was that he was a union of the two houses of north and south although Malachy is listed as a southern prince in the house of Midi .

Niall Glundub younger brother of Domnell went on to accept the hi kingship in 916 after the orderly rule of his southern cousin Flann Sinna m MaelSeachlainn I of Midi who followed Aed Finnleit as king in 779.
Aed Finnleit was the 5th king of this century of the 800's.
He cannot be considered the last king of this century because his sucessor Flann Sinna m Maelseachlain ruled for the last 25 years of the 800's and only 16 of the 900's.
Therfore the 800 century had 6 hi kings which is a reduction from the previous century indicating the kings ability to stay alive for a longer period.

Aed was given the title of Rex Temoriae by the Ulster Annals.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 25 2008

Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UKIrish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, LondonEarly Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, DublinAnnala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Katrina

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Katrina

You came upon us one dreary dawn
And soon all that we knew was gone;
Roaring Wind and Swirling Water
Covering home and son and daughter;

Help is on the Way!
They say
Lone prediotory bird in the sky,
Our President I do espy;

Hall Govonnor! Hail the Chief!
Help us! To our plight yau are deaf;
Food Water Shelter first,
How could things be any worse!

Gone the Wind gone the People,
Water swirling to the steeple,
Horrah to the heros who built I 10,
Horrah the Coast Guard our lives to depend;

Good riddance to the patronage jobs,
Useless Elitist governemnt dogs
On to the Shelter, Revivaland Work
In our hearts and our hands Katrina still lurks;

Thank you our God for our lives,
Our families are lost when they arrive;
Mother Nature has shoo'd us off the coast,
Poesidon and Aelous the host.

Judi Donnelly
copyright September 26, 2005

Maelseaclainn I 846-862 AD

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hlainn I Maelseachlainn 846-862 AD

Maelseachlainn m Maelruanaid m Donnchad m Domnall m Murchad Midi m Diarmait Dian m Airedach m Conall Guthbind m Suibne m Colmain Mar M Dairmait Cerbaill M Fergus Cerball m Conall Chemthaine m Niall of Clan Colmain Mar recieved the title of Hi King, Regis Hibernia.

Mael began his righn by clearing out a group of Irish malfactors in Cavan near Loch Ranor who were called the 'sons of death'[baid] of the Luigne and Gailenga who were ravaging the countryside in the manner of the gallaib who were insigating them.
Mael distroyed them.

Before Mael had become Hi King he had sucessfully inticed Tuirgeis the Norse war lord into his possession and drowned him in Lake Owel in Meath.
This alone ingratiated him to the Irish population.

In 845 Cearball m Dongaille Lord Dungaile of Osraige had sucessfully killed 1200 more Danes at Ath Cliath at the Carn of Branuit.
The foreigners plundered Imlech Iubair.

Dunadac m Dungaille of Osraighe defeated the Deise.

In 846 Mael won a battle over the Gallore at Forach in Meath where he killed 700 of the enemy.

Olchabar King of Munster, who had succeded Feidlimid who had died of flux ogf the belly from a curse from St Keiran of Clonmacnoise after his last raid of that monastery, along with Lorcan m Cellach king of Leinster won a battle over the foreigners at Sciath-Neachtain [Sceit Niactain].
The heir to the Danes Tomrair Erla tanist of Lochlainne was killed there.

Tigernach Lord of Loch Gabhor gsined a battle over the foreigners at Disert Daconna where 1200 more were slain [marbad].

The Eoganach of Caiseal won a battle over the Gallaib at Dun Maoiltuile where 500 were killed.

Olchobar took a host to Cork to demolish that fort Corcach.

Maelseachlainn plundered Dublin with Tigernach of Loc Gaborin 847.

More Danes in 70 ships came to fight with the Danes already there and distroyed the country.
Mael was camped at Crufait in Meath.

In 848 Maelann Catmoga tigernna of Ua m Bruin of Cairraighe Luachra Deisceirt Connacta and Cionaod m Conaign of Cianachta Breg rebelled and went with a foreign army to plunder the Ui Neill from the Sahnnon to the Sea burning all the land and churches and the island of Loch Gabor.
Burning that island to the ground and the oratory with 200 men within it.

Cinaid m Conaing of Knowth and Brega had with the foreigners-- Norse from Dublin--raided the old tombs along the Boyne Brug na Boyne now Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and others and taken the precious funeral offerings for which Maelseahlainn had this disrespectful chieftan downded in a dirty stream ,the Ainge river , as a proper revenge for this sin against the church and the dead.
They later regreted this drowning when they took Conaings naked body out of the bag they had drowned him in and saw his naked body dead.

Another fleet of Dubgoill arrived at Ath Claith and this killed the Finngoill or the white gaillaib.
They plundered the fortress and is people.

They also attached the Linn Duachiull.
Both these gallaiab Norse fortresses had been established in 841 when these camps were made permanent from the fleet in Loch Neagh.

A rigdal was held at Ardmacha betwenn Mael Ruinaid with the chiefs of Leith Cuinn and Madudan and the chiefs of Conncobar of Ulaid.
The clergy was present.

In 850 many abbots died.

28 ships came from the Finngoill to Smnam Eidneach now called Carlingford Lough and conducted a 3 day battle withthe
Dubgoill who finally broke this attack by the Finn and the ships and left them to the Dubgoill.

Ard Macha was again disturbed by the foreigners but not specifing which ones the blonds or the brunettes.

This distruction was made on Palm Sunday.
However they were slaughtered in Ead Brega and also at Raoith Aldain in East Meath.

Mael was camped at Crufait in Meath.

mael pg 2

In 851 the Norsemen killed Cathnal m Tomsaltach a joint ruler of Ulaid.

Eachtigern m Guaire of South Lienster, Cennseallach was killed by Bruden M Aed and Cerball m Dongal.
Echtigerns people in turn killed Brodar m Aed.

In this year Amlaeib m the king of Lochlainn came to Erinn and all the foreign tribes in Ireland submitted to him.

They exacted a
rent from the gaeidil[ ghaoidelaib] in latin} Irish.

In 852 the Saxons killed Innreachtach [Indreachtach] of the Ua Finactain who was successor to Colum Cille.
This killing occured on March 12th.

Maelseachlainn went to Munster to the north Deisi at Iffa and Offa Tiperary and exacted hostages and a submission from them as they had opposed him at the instigation of the Norse.

In his 10th year 854 Maelseachlain again went into Munster to Cashel for hostages . He continued to demand submition from Munster Cashel Eoganact in 856 and in 858 demanding hostages for ' the men of Irleand' ferib Erenn.

There was much ice and frost in Ireland that year. Lakes froze from December to January.
The Norse came across the ice and burned Luscan.
Hugh m Neill fought against them.

These people were called the Dano or Gall Gaeideala [Gaoidealla] who were part dane and part irish in a combination of the two races indicating cross marriage or at least cross sex producing children at Glenn Foichle in Tyrone near Straibane where these dano /irish were kiled by Aedo m Niall.

In 855 3 people were struck by lightning at Tailten and died from it.

In 856 Maelseachlainn took his host consisting of all Ireland except Munster to Emly in Munster complied them and burned and plundered Munster as far as the sea in one day..
He defeated the kings of Munster at Carn Luccdach.

Mael took hostages from all Munster Waterford, Cork Kinsale and the Aran of Galway bay.
He therfore controlled all of the scots of Ireland Leinster, Munster and south Connact as far as Galway to the south Blackwater river.

In Tipperary the Lord of the Osraige Cearball along with his ally Imar or Ivan ancestor of the Danes of Dublin won a battle over the Cinel Fiachach who had with them the Dano/Irish of Leith Cuinn.
They are discribed as 6400 of them.

Cearball m Dunlaing also plundered Leinster this same year with Suibne m Arthur [Artuir].

Cearball of Osraige with his ally Amlaeib and Imar lead an army into Meath.

A rigdal was made by Maelchecahlainn at Rath Aeda mic Bric in West Meath at Moy Cashel
with a great meeting of all the chieftans of Ireland.
The clergy and bishops were presnet to establish a concord of peace between all the men of Ire- land and
Osraighe and his Norse allies.

A League ws made by Osraige to join Leith Cuinn with Mael Gualai m Donngaille as witness to the concord where Osraige gave his allegiance to the King of Irleand.
The Norse stoned Maelgualai the king of Munster to death for this complicity.

In 858 a hosting was made by Leinster Munster and Connact and the south Ui Neill to the north by Maelsechlainn I where he pitched his camp at Mag Duma the plain of the mound, now Moy on the Tyrone side of the Blackwater river across from the British built fort Charlemont.

Aed Findlait m Niall with Flann m Conary attacked the camp at night and many were killed but Aed was defeated later and lost many of his people.
Maelsechlainn defended the Moy camp against them.

Aed Findliath of Ailech resisted the kings authority there but submitted to him has had
Cashel.
Maelseachlainn was the first king of Irleand to take hostages from both Leith Cuinn and Leith Moga.

Cearball had a victory at Waterford Port Lairge over the Norse fleet in the field of the Erclaige.

In 859 the battle of Druim da mage [ridge of the two plains] in kings county was won by Maelseachlainn.

Aidus [Aed] Findliath m Niall Caille plundered Meath.

Gormlaith daughter of Donnchad Midi died.
Cearball led his army into Meath to assist Maelsechlain againt Finnliat m Niall..
Ambaeib fought with Aed vs Maelchelainn and Carroll.

A fair at Roigne was revived by Cearball m Dongaille.

In 869 Aed plundered Meath again with the Norse ally.

On November 13 860 Maelseachlainn died on a Tuesday after 16 years as hi king.

'Maelseachlain of the flowing Sinainn
He was wont to ride the white stallion and horses of steady pace
But his beir was drawn by 2 oxen [da dam].'

He left a son Flann Sinna
and was suceeded by Aeid Findliath in 860.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 23 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Niall m Aeda [Caille 832-846 AD

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Niall m Aeda aka Niall Caille 832-846

Niall Caille m Aed Oirdnide m Niall Frossach m Fergal m Aed Uairidnach m Domnall Ilchelagach m Eogan m Niall became hi king on the death of King Connor m Donough.
He was king of Ailech and the north before he was high king having displaced Murhcadh ONeill in that post.
He had fought the Battle of Leith Cairn over the Airgilla and won that reciving submission from then and hence had clientship from the entire north of Ireland.

At this battle of 3 days the Airgila were defeated and pursuded by Niall to the River Callan in Armagh where he slaughtered most of them.
He demanded hostages from these 9 tribes, descendants of the Collas,and made them clients to him and the Cenel Eogain.
This was done while he was still king of the North,Ailech.

With this defeat of the Airgialla and their submission to him he held control of the whole north.

When Nial Caille m Aed Oirdnide became king great waves of Danes [Deanes] swept into Ireland in their ships scourging every liberty, defacing many monastaries and expressing great cruelity and sadistic behaviors towards all the Irish.

They placed a governor or a captain in each household. Demandad payment of silver, gold cows and other tribute from all whereby they included even the smallest chicken to thier own personal needs.

They used the monastaries as brothels and drinking houses and distroyed wherever they appeared.

They were spitful and tyranical and often abducted women to their Scandanavian home to satisfy their lusts.
This desire for women included all ages young, old, married and unmarried whom they used beastially.
The native Irish struggled to maintain their liberty and patramony from these invasions which continued from the 800's up unto the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 AD.

Nials reign began with payment of tribute to the Danes as well as skirmishes to defeat or be rid of them.
Niall and Murchad whom he had displaced fought and won the battle over the Gallaib at Doire Calgaig In Donegal in 832.

The Gall plundered Cluain Dolcain near Dublin.

Feidlimid of Saiseal killed many at Clonmacnoise burning all termon lands to the door of the church.
The church did not burn probably being built of stone not wood.

Also burned was Dear Maca built in the first century on Loch Bricrenn in Down.

The Danish fleet dispoiled all Liffe plain and Moy Brey but Moy Brey was able to overthrow them and kill 120 of the Norse.

The O Neills were able to overthrow them at Inver at the Brey and pursue them from The Shannon.

The Danes continued to attach and ransack monastaries.

The Irish had some success against them at Carnferay, Fear and Easrow int he East.

However the small population of Ireland was not able to throw off the agressive Viking hordes and the beginning of Nials reigh was beset with payment of tribute to them.
Skirmishs against the Dane was all the Irish forces could do to repeal or check these sea people such as the Battle of Derry Calge in Donnegal mentioned above when Nial as the O Neil of the north was able totally, with the displaced Murchad, to defeat the Danish at this locale.

In 833 a battle was won by the Fidgeinte in south Ireland over the foreigners.
Glen da Loch was plundered in the South East.

However beside the Danish demands Nials beginning as high king were met by his Munster rival Feidlimid m Criomthainn who had attached Clonmacnoise and other Brega monasterys.

Munster sent a party to Inisowen inthe north where Fergus m Bodcada their king was killed at Cariarc Brachaide.

Nial in 834 went into Leinster with his host and preyed and spoiled Meath.
He burned Dealbna Beathra in Meath bringing this attack to the house of Mael Conoc, a monastary which was called Bod an Mair[ Penis the Live] and than went into Leinster south where he appointed Bran m Faelan [Foylan] king of Leinster following the lead of his father Aed Ornide in trying to assert the right of the hi king over the sub kings in Ireland.
He exacted the Boruma and obtained hostages and submision from the Leinster cheifs.
The foreigners plundered Fearna and Cluannmor Moedog and Druim Ing in Meath.
As Meath is in central Ireland it indicates just how far into the interior these raids had penetrated from the coast.

They also burned Churches and oratories in Munster south.

This hatred of Church was not only applied by the Galliab invaders but was expressed by Feidlimid of Caiseal the king of Munster who set his troops against it.
A prince of Cairaige Bracaide was slain by them .
This prince was Feargus m Badbcada.

Clonmacnoise was attached by Cathal m Ailill the Lord of Ui Maine where he drowned the princep Flann m Flaithbertach of the Forga in Tipperary.
This Ui Maine chief also defeated Feidlimid this year at Mag Ai in Connact.
The Ui Maine called the place of victory for them Lock na Calla or Lake of the Shouting.

Neall Caille pg 2

In 835 Feidlimid took Cill Dara and all its tenants and congragation of Patrick by arms.
They submitted to him.
On Christmas Eve the Gallaib burned and ravaged Maedocc and many persons were taken away to their ships.
They also burned Glendaloch and desolated most of Connact.

The nuts were so plentiful that year that they damed the brooks and the water stopped running.

CillDara was plundered from the gallaib base at Inber Dea in Wicklow.

In that year Gofraid m Feargusa Toiseach Oirgilla and Dal Riada went to Alban to aid Chionatem [Cinnaid] Alpin.

In 835 Niall Caille took a host to Leinster burned Delbna Beathra in Meath after Feidlimid of Munster and than went to Leinster where he installed Mael Duin Bran m Faelain king of the Laigen.
Brans father was abott of Kildare.
Because of this Feidlimid seized the oratory of Kildare in 836 and imprisoned Forannan.

In 836 Connact under Cathal m Muirgius m Tomaltach gained a victory over Munstermen, but Cathal died soon after.

Duiblitir Odar of Teamair was taken prisoner by the gallaib and they put him to death at their ships.

A Danish fort was built on the shores of Loch Neagh where they engaged in shipping with intent to waste and dispoil the whole north which they did.

Cork was burned that year in the south.

They invaded Louth and distroyed it from Loch Neagh killing and capturing the clerics at will.

There were 60 Norse ships in the Boyne river.
They carried away anything they could get their hands on.

These ships did battle with the O Neills from the Shannon to the sea in which the O Neills were overpowered by the Norse and few of their chiefs escaped this horror.

60 more ships were in the Liffe River in Kildare County from which they plundered both the Mag Lipte and Mag Brega. The churches and homes flocks and herds and the people [tribes].

A battle of Mugdorna Brega was gained by the natives But a battle at Inbear na mBacc was gained over all the south O Neill tribes and clients.
With a great slaughter of all the Irish chiefs and their men.
But the chiefs kings escaped and the lords and toiparcs.

Loch Eirne churches were distroyed.
The church of Clones and Daiminis.
Also churhes at Muscraige in Cork and Osraige.

Where the Danes appeared they took mastery of all parts of Ireland.

Caibre Croms race in Ui Maine were plundered by Feidlimid of Munster.
In Brega east Meath the Cianachta were able to kill gallaib leader Saxolb.

In Donegal at Eas Ruaid falls a slaughter was made on the gallaib and again in Fearadaig at Limerick.

But the gallaib gained a victory at Fearta on the Boyne Meath and they took Ath Cliath near Dublin.
This was the foothold the Danes needed to build a fort at this local which became the city of Dublin under their control.

In 837 The Gailenga of Meath rose up and killed the bishop of Cill Delgan Egnech.
Ardmagh was burned by the Danes.

A Rig Dail was held at Cloncurry between Feidlimid and Niall.
At this meeting Niall conceeded the bishopric of Caiseal [Cashel] to Feidlimid and it was said also the hi kingship but Niall continued to serve as king and Ard Ri.

The Gentiles won a battle over Connact and Maelduin m Murgeas m Tomaltack was killed their by them.

NiallCaille pg 3

In 838 the brother of the king of Ulster Muireadach m Eochaid m Fiacha of Concobar M Nessa was killed by his brother Aed Aengus [Hugh Enos] along with many others.
Aed in turn was killed by Madadan m Muiredach.

A rigdal was held again between Niall and Feidlimid.

Feidlimid in this year seized the wife of Niall m Aeda Gormfliat the daughter of Donnchada Midi and all her attendants.
The gallaib continue to raid from Loch Eathach [Each or Loch Neagh] and from there to spoil the entire north territory and churches. Burning and Plundering.

In 839 Niall Caille plunders Fer Ceal and Dealbna Eathra.

The Danes plunder LugMaid from Loch Eathach [Naegh] distroying Teaffa from this fast.
They made prisoners of Bishops and killed many.
Ard Macha was burned. The town and all the Cathederal distroyed.

Feidlimid of Munster disturbed Meath and Brega again and than rested at Teamair after a one day taking of hostages from Connacht without battle.

In 840 gallaib put up another fort at Linn Duach Aill to prey the churches and population of Teathba.
Another fort built at Duiblinn now Dublin Castle from which to plunder Leinster and the south O Neill as far as Sliab Bladma [Slieve Bloom] at the south end of souther Ui Neill territory of ancient Meath now Kings County.

Feidlimid lead an army of Munster to Carmen[ Carmain] in Wexford.
Before that Niall. Niall led his army to Mag n Octair to meet Feidlimid.
Feidlimid although a great church burner was himself a Bishop of Cashel and abbot of that religious establishment along with his kingship of Munster.
Niall at this juncture was able to defeat Feidlimid and his crozier there by right of the sword.

Cluann Eidnect Cluan Ioraird and Achaid at Drummatai [Drumafota] were distroyed by the foreigners.

A battle was held by Diarmaid m Concobar against his cousin Mael Ruanaid M Donnchada father of Mael Sechlainn I.
Dairmaid won this battle but was killed this same day by Maelsechlainn to avenge his father.

In 841 Nialls tenth year Feidlimid withdrew his forces from the Oenach at Carman .
With this capitulation by Feidlimid ended the rivaly between Tara and Cashel for the kingship of all Ireland.

The gallaib killed the abott of Linn Duachaill and burned the abby.
Clonmacnoise was again plundered by the gallaib from Linn Duachaille.

Disert Diamoda in Kildare was plundered by the Gallaib of Cael Uisce at Newry in Down.

Birra and Saigir on the Boinn were plundered.

Another fleet appeared on the Boinn at Linn Rois at Meath.

A fleet apeared at Linn Daileach [Loch Swilly] in Ulster at Donegal.

A third fleet appeared at Linn Duachaill Down.
Some of the Irish by now had joined the Danes in these raides and settlements.

In 842 Mael Ruinaid m Donchada Midi father of Mael Sechlainn died.

Cluain Ferta Brenainn was burned and Finnaan Mallaild escaped from the Danes.

In 843 the Foreigners have an army at Ath Cliath which they marched out to attach Kings County Churches at Cluanna an Dobair and a martyr was made of Nuadat m Seigen.

Dunn Mase Head was assalted and distroyed by the Norse.
This strong castle was formerly an earthern fort at Marybourgh in Queens County.

Ard Macha again was attached by the Norse the abott Forannan and all his relics and people [civilian tenants] were taken to their ships on Linn Neagh.

Tuirgeis took an expiditionary force to Connact to Loch Ree [Ribh] Rosscomain .
They plundered Connact and Meath both sides of the River Shannon.
Burned Cluanmacnoise again and disturbed most of the Sahnnon islands.

Niall gained a battle over the Norse at Mag Itha [Moyn Ithe] in Donegal.

Tuirgeis became the prisoner of Mael Sechlainn who later drowned him in Loch Uair [Owel].

In 844 many nobles chiefs died this year.
The foreigners gained a battle over the Connactmen.

Coil Caissim in Kildare was plundered by the Gallaib.
Caillec was plundered in Cuile Mone near Sligo and were later put into siege by Cearball m Dunlaing and later killed.

Feidlim now an old man again made a prey into Clonmacnoise where the curse of Ciaran was put upon him .Ciaran pierced his belly of which he died within a few years.

In 846 Niall Calle drowned inthe river Callan in Munster attempting to rescue one of his soldiers who had fallen in the river.
The bank gave way carring away Niall his horse and the soldier, as the ghoasts of the Airgialla slain on the river Callain in Armagh some years before caught up with him.

A quatrain for him states:
'A curse on thee o Severe Callaine though stream like mist from a mountain.
Thou has painted death to every side on the warlike brunette bright face of Naill.
Thou has drowned the son of an illustious woman.'

Niall died in the 55th year of his age and the 13th year of his reign.
He was born by this calculation in 788 AD.

Nial had been an upholder of the church whereas Feilimid desired to purge it of its secularzation and wealth.
His wife Gormflaith was the daughter of Donchad Midi and was the mother of Aed Findliath .She was called Regina Scotorm Queen of the Scot.

Niall left a son AEd Findliath.

He was suceeded in the kingship by Mael Sechlainn I m Mael Ruinaid of Midi, in orderly north south O Neill sucession.

As for Feidlimid the curse of the Saint pursued him and he died of flux of the belly within the year.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright 19 March 2008

Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Concobar m Donnchada 819-830 AD

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Concobar m Donnchada 819-830 AD

Concobar m Donnchada m Dinnchad Mide m Domnall Midi m Muirchad Mide m Diarmait Dian m Airmetach Caech m Conall Guthbinn m Suibne m Colman Mar m Diarmaid m CerBaill of the south O Neill Clann Colmain Mar became 35th high king of Eire in 819 AD.

He was known in English as Connor m
Donnagh of O Melaghlyns.
He was king for 14 years.

Aed Oirdnide had divided the lands of Midi between Concobar and his brother Ailill which was unprecidented as an assertion of sovereignty by an Irish high King.

This action was unpopular and unsuccessful as Concobar slew his brother in battle and reunited the Midi Kingdom.

An army lead by Mail Duin of the north Uai Neill son of Murchadh was taken to Druim Indech near Dublin.

Concobar assembled the south Ua Neill army and the Leinstermen but when these two met they did not fight- as the Annals state,
'by a miracle of God''-
not spilling one drop of each others blood.

In 819 Edar [Howth[ was plundered by foreigners.
They carried of women and cattle.

Bangor was attached of the coast of Brega by the gallaib who were well established in the Hebrides and had political intelligence sourses in Ireland.

In that year there was heavy frost and the lakes and rivers were frozen.

Murtag and Dermott of Slain rose against king Connor.

The Danes also plundered Beg Eire on an island near Wexford where St Ibar had built a church before 500 AD.

These churhes were a beacon for foreign invasions.

Dairinis Caemhan also in Wexford and Oak Island of St Caemhan were also plundered.

Donchada brought an army to Slaibe Fuait in Armagh and devestated the eastern Oirgialla in Armagh than called Dairteara.
This devistation went as far north as Eamain Macha.

In 820 Murchad m Mail Duin of the north called Murrogh m Moyledoyne by the English as king of Ailech lead an army of the north to Ard Breacaon.

Brega called Moy Brey by the English and Aed Slaine under Dermott the dissidents gave Murchad hostages and joined him as client ally at Fergus's Ridge.

They joined forces against king Connor Donough [ Donnchad]
The battle of Cam Conain against Cumascach M Tuathal of The Cianachta was held by Murchad of Ailech of the North O Neales.

In 821 Muirchad m Mail Duinn was deposed as O Neill by Niall Caille m Aed Oirdnide and the Cinel Eogain.

Beanchair was again attached by the Danes and spoiled.

Conchobar met king of Munster Feidlimid at Birr monastery at a RigDal. the outcome is unknown.

connor pg

In 822 Beanchair [bangor] was plundered by foriegners [gallaib].
The oritory broken and relics of Comgaill were shaken out of their shrine.
These were his bones.
Gentiles were the galliab.
The building was distroyed by the Danes.
It was predicted by Comgall himself that his bones would be removed from Beandcuir to Eantrob [Antrim].

Dun da Leathglais in Down where St Patrick was buried was plundered by the foreigners [gallaib].

Mag Bile was plundered and burned as was Inis Doimle.

the Ulidians gained a battle over the gallaib at mag Inins Lecale.

The Gailaib gained a victory over Osraigeib.

Ui Neill of Brega went over to Murchad m Mael Duin of Cenel Eogain an elud[desertion] which caused a battle and hostages under compultion of the Ui Cernaig a branch of the Ui Neill.

Munster attacked the kings lands under their king Feidlimid m Crimthann

In 824 Feidlimid m Criomthainn of Munster Burned Dealbna Breathra.

The law of and observance of St Patrick was preached and practiced throughout Connact by the Bishop of Ard Macha at this time Airtre Concobar.

In 825 Eogain [Owen] Mainisdreagh was overcome and put out of Armagh by Airtri m Connor and Cumasgach m Cathall Lord of Airgialla who forceably drove Eogan out of and set up his half brother Airtri his mothers other son.

Eogan sent his psalmist to converse with Niall Caille whose spiritual advisor he was, conserning the secession at Armagh as Niall was than powerful in Ulster.

A rather threatening quatrain was composed to Niall by Owen saying in effect that unless he Eogan were Abott of Armagh a curse would be upon Niall by himself son of Anmchad.

Niall mustered an army from Cenel Conail and Cenel Eogain and met Cumusgal of Airgilla and Muredach m Eochad of Ulaid.
A Battle of Leith Cam at Magh Eire was fought east of Armagh.
Many died.
Caille and Ailech won over the Airgialla in two days.
On the third day Niall himself came to the battle pursued the defeated Airgiallans to Craeb Caille by the river Callainn just west of Armagh where he slaughtered both the Airgilla and the Ulaid.

This king was later killed at the river Callan in Munster when the ghoasts caught up with him.

Eogan was installed as Arch Bishop and held that office for 9 years, by the power of Niall Caille.

In 825 a meeting was held between Concobar m Donnchad Hi King and Feidlimid king of Munster.The outcome is not known.

the Gallaib continued to plunder in the north east distroying Lusca and the Cianachta.
They also spoiled the English Galls of the north east in Ulster.
mag Bile Moville and East Ulster were plundered.

In 826 Tailten and the Gaileanga[gaileangaib] were distroyed by Concobar m Donnchada.
It was skirmish but many were killed.
A second fair of Colmain at Kildare was disrupted and distroyed by Murchadh against his rivals the Cennsailaig of south Leinster.

The pagans continued their raids distroying Dun Laigen at the Curragh in Kilddare where a royal sports fair of Leinster was celebrated.

In this year of 826 Cairbre m CAthal Lord of Ui* Ceinsealaigh won a battle over the Gallaib.

Another battle was gained over them by Leath o Bao m Loingseach king of Ulidia.

In 827 the 10th year of Concobar m Donnchada there were no battles . Concobar met Fedlimid at a rigdal at Birr monastery in Munster an agreement was reached there but it reamins unknown.
The oenach of Tailtui was disrupted by Concobar when he attached the Gailenga there. There was a prohibition of any violence or disruption of any of the fairs called a blai.

The 11th year was peaceful.

In 829 the foreigners returned and plundered Conaille at Muirtheimne at Louth.
They took Mael Brigde theer king and Canannan his brother to the ships.

Feidlimid m Criomthainn and the army of both Munser and Leinster came to plunder the Brega.

Concobar in turn plundered the Liffe plain.

Concobar in an alliance defeated Connachta.

Fedlimid won over S Ui Briun at Mag Seola with Rourc and Flaherty.
In 828 thhe Liffe was spoiled by Connor O Melaghlin.

Monahan churches were spoiled by the Danes.

Maghera was raided and Rath Lowrie at Derry.

Concobars brother Folloman killed by Munstermen in 830 AD.

Ard Macha was plundered 3 times in one month this year
It had never been plundered before.

All the churches of Cianachta were plundered in Louth.

The relics of Adamnan were taken by the Danes.

They took a prisoner in Oilill son of Colgan and outraged the Churches of Monahan.

Slane was plundered in north county Meath.

Tuathal m Fearadach was taken to the ships and the shrine of Adamnan in Donagh Moyre Monahan was carried off by the Danes.

In 831 The gallaib plundered Rath Luirig fort and Condire at Magera at Derry.
Clonmacnoise termon lands were burned by Feidlimid of Munster and Dealbna Beathra was plundered 3 times.

Feidlimid burned Foir [Fore] in west Meath, all Leit Moga Mumna and Luga and invaded Brega.

.

In 831 Concobar m Donnchada in his 24th year as king of Ireland died in penance.

Concobar m Donnchada who had been a rebel against Aed Oirdnide and had refuge from Muirgius in Connact.
Connachta who went to Tailtui but 'fled like goats and fauns' at Aeds hosting.

He was suceeded by Niall Callie king of Ailech in 832.

Cill Dara was plundered by Ceallach m Brian.
the Lord of Dal Riada was killed.

JudiDonnelly
copyright 15 March 2008

Sourses:

Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Saoirse

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Saoirse
Saoire I see the wind sailing throgugh you hair,
O Saoirse for all that is dear will you dare,
Of your love must I always beware,
O Saoirse wisping gently from your lair;
Ah The sun glints across thy windsome Breasts;
Rain gleams an shines alights and rests,
Like rivilettes and rills it tests,
Thy pure and plaintiff soulful quests;
Alight sweet Spirit by the day,
Or in the night from far away,
Come O Saoirse to the Quay,
Sail in sweet Freedon on the Bay;
The mountains loom therir hills and peaks,
All blended one a traveler seeks,
As by them passes week by week,
Great clouds of Saoirse white and sleek;
Or shrouds of fog amidst the bog,
Or twittering Bird upon a log,
Or distnt shrill annoying dog;
The grasses mummer at your souund,
As you pass mystic 'long the ground,
The flowers perch their petals bound,
As though great Truth has just been found;
I rest alone among the land,
A little pen within my hand,
Awaiting Waiting for my Band,
To find me One lone grain of Sand;
For Saoirse lonley do i weep,
For Saoirse only do I keep,
A feeling fleeting Spirit deep,
As with the ebb on flow of tide,
The great and small of Freedom seeps,
For this great cause we all abide,
And penetrate on Saoirse's side;
Create and drive us on in pride,
For with you we have lived and died;
A babe in arms you once have been,
Created out of Love and Sin,
Planned and plotted out to win,
O Spirit Saoirse raise you din;
I see the wild wind in your hair,
I see your Breasts so full and bare,
Lead me Saoirse to your lair,
For from within life is there;
The sun the Rain the voice of gun,
All these things you have won,
And in our end when all is done,
Saoirse! back to God where you've begun.

Judi Donnelly
copyright 12 March 2008

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Denis

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Denis

A little leprechan came this way,
I found him at the break of day,
'Do you know an Irishman?' he'd say,
'Yes, my cousin Denis young and gay';

My goodness do I know that man!
Here he sits just aL your hand!
Slowly turned that leprechan,
Left me faint and drawn and wan;

Is it Denis? Sure it be,
Sitting just in front of me!'
Are you my cousin Steve?'says I,
Feeling just a wee bit high;

Lots of talk and fun had we,
Days of mirth and filled with glee,
And that Leprechan paid the fee,
Before we let it go quite free;

Off he flew the great blue sky,
Into the western sun and by,
Down into paradise, Yes Aye,
Not us to ask just why;

I chech those people every dawn,
In case I spy that Leprechan,
But back into Ireland does he go,
Just why he came we'll never know;

Fly high the sky O cousin dear,
Live the life and never fear,
When you come back We'll still be here,
And have again another beer;

Le'st I become a Pioneer,
And like you, a smart ol' seer,
Horrah for Ireland and its planes,
Resoring family and its bains;

Finding Denis cross the World
Looking back with our sea blue eyes,
Just as organized as I,
Slan Agat and good bye;

We did what we could before we die.

Judi Donnelly
copyrigth September 18, 2005

Aed Oirdnide 795-817

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Aed Oirdnide The Ordained 797-817 AD

Aed Oirdnide the Ordained m Niall Frossach m Fergal m Mael Duin of Cenel Eogain became hi king in 797. He was known as Aed O Neill.

He first devistated Meath at Druim Righ and it submitted to him.
Donall Midi's 2 sons where killed there Finsneacta m Follomain and Diarmaid Oder.
This was done only becauce they remained in contestation for the kingship.

In 793 this same year Inis Patrick near Dublin was burned by the gallaib [the Danes] who stole the shrines of St Doconna.

In 794 Clonard monastery was again burned.

A battle occured in Connact between themselves at Dun Ginbe.

Finnalibar of West Meath held a battle at Teathba where many chiefs of both sides were killed.

There was terrifing lighting ,whirlwind and thunder this year in both Ireland and England.

In 797 Aed went into Meath and divided it between the sons of Donnchad Mide, Concobar and Ailill.
This did not work as Concabar the following year killed his brother in battle and reunited the territory under himself.
This killing was at the battle of Ruba Conail in 798 at West Meath.

Hi [Iona} was burned by the Norse.

In 799 Aed took a great army into Leinster both laymen adn Clergy as a full muster which included all the soldiers of Ireland except Leinster.

This indicates the nature of his power as hi king with command of all the client tuaths and princes under him by agreements.

He had the power under the law of Patrick to command the monasterys to provide troops.
The Clergy however compained of this demand citing the ruling of Fotad of Canoine which had exempted the clergy of Ireland from expeditions and hostings. And complained to the king that they were free of being called to the 'rising out' on the basis of this award of Canoine.

This Proclaimation was one of the earliest statements of 'separation of church and state' which began:
'The church of the Living God let her alone, waste her not,
Let her right be apart, as best as ever was'
The entire poem and desire of the Proclaimation and award of Fotad is preserved in Trinity College Library ,Dublin.

Aed upheld the seaparation and accepted it and obsolved and released the clergy from there military obligations to provide troops to him .
And than went on to obtain his deamand from the Laigen in full which was the payment of the Boruma to the ONeill kings.

Finsneacta gave him hostages as well.

In March of that year just before the Feis of St Patrick there was in 799 a great wind, thunder and lightning.
Many were killed in this huricaine and the islands of the Atlantic off the coast of Clare were covered in sand and water.

In 800 Finsneachta m Ceallach King of Leinster entered religion and Aed went to Dun Cuan and divided his kingdom between Finsneactas two sons the two Muiedachs as he had unwisely and unsucessfully previously divided Meath between the sons of Donchad Midi.

The consept of an over king interfering in the affairs of a sub kingdom and its sucession was unheard of in Ireland and was not popular.

In 801 Hi [Iona] was again plundered by the Norse gallaib some 68 persons were killed of laity and clergy by them.

Finnachta m Ceallan took back th Leinster government from the 2 Muiredachs.

In Aeds 10th year 802 Sligo was attacked by the foreigners who burned Inis Muireadaigh Church and than sailed into Ros Comain.

in 803 Finsneacta who had been King of the Laigen and than entered religion when he was deposed by Aed died at Cill Dara.

A hosting came to Meath from Connact to aid Concobar m Donchad Midi m Domnall Midi at Tailten near the Sele [Blackwater] river.Aed came to protect the Meathmen and drove these invaders out of Meath as if they 'were goats and sheep' and burned Donchads holding in Meath.

In 804 Ulaid ws plundered by Aed O Neill after the profination of Patricks shrine by Duncha.

The Luigne in 805 killed 2 sons of Muirgeas m Tomaltach and Muirgeas laid waste of Leyne in vengance.
The Luigne had killed these two Tadg and Flaithnia because Muigeas has killed a son of theirs.
'It was I that struck the sword into the throat of Tadg afterward',
said one of Luignes heros whose son had been slain.

aed pg 2

A great deal of the internicine warfare rampant throughtout Christian Ireland rested just on these incursions of appling death as a remedy for all disruptions and desires from power to private quarrels rather than the pre christain solutions of eric and geis where a labor or fine was placed upon the perpetrator of a violation resulting in debt owed not only to the victim but his entire family and a geis prohibition of certain areas of funtion obeyed by the perpetrator.

In the Christian era the clann, family or kin ,when a member was killed or violated, returned in kind and above the same devistation on the party commiting the crime.
His entire country clann and tuath being punished.
Thus continued a complete divistation of the lands of those responsible as well as the innocent in a never ending cycle of violence.

The same pattern was repeated in the north of Ireland recently with 'the troubles'
The consept of retribution still glazing the restive peace.

In 706 the Fair of Tailtin was prevented by the monks of Tamlach because of the violation of termon lands at Tallaght Dublin by the O Neills.

This was accomplished when the monks of Tallagh seized the horses and chariots of the king.

The Church boycotted the Fair.
No one came.

Aed gave the clerics and their familys on the termon lands their full demand along with added gifts.

The termon lands which were occupied by tenants and family were grants to the monastaries and the occupying muinter were considered to be monks of the Church as well as laity.

The Cile-de {Cullde} came over the sea to Ireland without a vessel or boat to which this man preached to the Irish from a scroll given him from heaven.

After preaching in the day the Ceile De went southward across the sea.
A vision or apparation was the Culdee.

It was thought the Culdee an order forming around the preaching were druidic and retained some of these ancient conspets in the christain sect.

Other anomalies were recorded this year in that cake - probably meaning the communion wafer- flowed in blood when it was cut and that birds could speak with a human voice.
These were later regarded as warnings of the calamitous invasion of the Vikings in future.

In 812 the foreigners were coming regularly to Ireland and a slaughter was made of them by the Umhall Conmaicne [Conamara] in Galway.
An attach was made by the foreingners and many native people were killed .

At Rosscommon the Calraighe Luirg were slaughtered by the UI Briuin {connors}.

In West Meath the Cora Raode slaughtered the Ui Mic Uais decendants of Colla Uais.

The gallaib were killed by Cohtach m Mail Duin Lord of Loch Lein of Eoganact at Kerry Lakes of Kllrney.

There were paulpers in Ireland now numerous enought to be supported by the benificant Church of Christ.

In 808 In Mayo the foreigners came again.
The battle of Umhall was fought by the inhabitants and they were killed by the gallaib invaders along with their prince Flannbrat m Donadach.

In this year Aed conducted another invasion of Leinster but lost on the Liffe plain.

In 810 the 18th year of Aed Oirdnide a battle was fought beteen the Cenel Eogain his clann and the Cenel Conail.

In 811 Clonmacnoise was burned again as Fobren in the west was burned and plundered by the waring Irish or foriegners.
It is not known which.

In 812 Brega again fought with the Cianacta.

In 815 Aed went with his army to Dun Cuair in Meath to divide Leinster between the grandsons of Bran the Byrnes.

In this year Aeds brother Colmain was killed by Clan Conail.

It is said that Aed was ordained here in 804 at Dun Cuair Enfield by Condmail the Abott of Armagh and hence the upholder of Patrick law or Cain.
The ollams of Ireland and the bishops were considered equals by that time and upheld the ordination of ligitimate children to be kings and to be chosen by priests and elders of the Church.
It is noted that this approval in public of his right to be hi king and to be a ligitimate ruler gave the church additional temporal power.
During his 804 invasion of Leinster this church aknowlegement gave him leave to comply with the clerical wish to be free of military service to the king, and he freed the monastersy of their duty to provide troops.

Colum Cilles chief group went to Tara and cursed Aed o Neill but Aed had pursued these Church disidents causing them to flee from Louth to Munster.

He was an effective dynastic ruler.

From Christmas to Easter that year of 815 great snow and ice prevailed in Ireland freezing the rivers and putting horse drawn chariots on Loch Eagh.
Timber was being shipped from Connact to The east thrugh Lock Erne on ice.
There was much hail as well.

In 816 the battle of Rath Fearad Fort with the Ui Briuin vs the Ui Maine in Delbna Nuadat between the Suca[Such] and the Shannon at Athlone Rosscommain was held
.Cathal of ui Maine was killed .

The Ulidians fought amonghst themselves.

In 817 Aed devistated Cualainn and Leinster to Glen da Loch wasting the entire countryside.

Cenel Conail and Cenel Eogan again fought.

After 25 years as king Aed Oirdnide m Niall Frossach died at Ath da Fearta at Mag Conaille in penance.

He had been a champion of the Church and a good military leader of his client states.
He left the country generally outside of Leinster in good order under a form of law and respect and followed the precepts of his predicessors in creating stable rule.

Aed left a son Neall Caille as king of Ailech in the north.

This became the 34th hi king of Ireland.

Aed was the last king of the 8th Century covering the 700's.
tThis century produced 9 kings as compared to the previous 600's which had 10 of them.

Aed was succeeded in orderly sucession by Cobcobar m Donnchada Mide of the Clann Colmain Mar.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright March 9 2008

sourses:
Early Irish Kings and Sucession, Bart Jaski, 2000, Four Courts Press, Portland Oregon
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, Batsford Ltd, London
The Annals of Clonmacnoise, 1896, translated by Conell Mageoghagan
The Annals of Ireland J O Donnovan 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Donchad Midi 766-792 AD

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Donchad Mide m Domnall Midi 766-792

Donchad Mide m Domnall Mide m Murchad Midi m Doiarmait Dian m Airmetach Caech m Congal Guthbinn m Suibne m Colmain Mar m Diarmait m Cerbaill M Fergus Cerbal m Cenel Cremthainne m Nial became 33 Hi King of the Christain Era.

DonnchadMidi had fought the Battle of Dun m Bile and won it in 764 before he was King.

At that time Niall Frossach of Cenel Eogain was Hi King of all Ireland.

As king
Donchad marched against Leinster where he camped at the old Battle Ground strong fort Ailinn near Killcullen Kildare where he made a campaign burning and plundering and devistating the provence for a week after which Laigen submitted.

In 767 thunder and lightning frightened all the men of Ireland and they were ordered to make a fast and prayer to protect them from this force of nature and pestilance.

In 770 Donchad attached Leinster to establish his right to the kingship in sucession to Niall Frossach.

In 770 Doncha [Donchad] mustered his army and marched into Munster where he devistated the province and killed many of the inhabitants.

They submitted to him and gave him spoils.

Donnchad had difference with Munster in establishing a comody between the Law of Patrick being promulgated by Armagh and the law of Iona and Columba as being promted by Iona as it developed between the southern and northern O Neils .
The Cannon Law as intergected into the Fenchas by Patrick under Loegaire continued to interject in Irish life on which the Church laws were incorporated by edict of the hi Kings as well as the Bishops upon the Fenchus of Old.
The Cainai or Cain .

Where Aed Allan had promulgated the law of Patrick [the Cain] along with Cathal m Finnguin of Munster over the territory of all Ireland, Donnchad Midi promulgated the Law of Columba or Iona or the Law of Adomnan which were earlier than the Cain.

Where Domnall Midi at Terryglas
Monastery had upheld the cain of Patrick his son Donchad Mide by 772 had proclaimed the Iona Columba law the one to follow.

In this same year 770 the Ui Maine were defeated in their home territory by the Ui Brian at the battle of Achad-liag [field of stone] near the river Suck Athlone barony ,Rosscommon County.

In 771 the Irish infighting continued with out King Duncha.

Battles being fought between septs of Dal A Raide in Antrim at Sliab Mis and another between Eochaid m Fiachna and Tomaltach m Innreachtach[ the law house].

A battle fought in Ivegh [Down] at Ath Duna in Armagh between Ui Eachdach Coba and Airteara or Oriers of Armagh.

Donchad himself engaged in battle with the heirs of Ui Breasil Beira where that lord Feargal m Eladach was killed.

In 772 the Battles like entertainment continued within Irish clanns.

Odra Teamrach near Tara Skren Meath

Batle of Cala Truim in Meath

Leinster invaded Brega again.

Donchad Midi had a war with Congalach.
Killdare burned on 4 July.
Very little food.

A great bloody flux beset the cattle of Ireland in those years with many other deseases.

This Desease was known as a Morrain or Moylegabh.

Clonmacnoise burned for the third time in 773.

The war continued between Doinchad and Congalach at Brega Midi until Congalach m Conaing the Brega chief fell along with Cuana m Eigneach, Dunchad m Ailene2 of Mugdorna and Diarmaid m Clotha at Forcalaid in West Meath which was fought on a Sunday.

In 774 Donnchad [Donnogh] Mide took a host to north and he brought hostages from Donell m Hugh Lord of Ailech. [Doimnall m Aoda].

A battle fought in Kildare betwen Fortuatha at Imal Glendalough and the king who burned Cilldara monastary of St Brigid.

2 other monastary churches were burned in Leinster:

Claun mor Maellig where there was a holy well the Tober Mogue and the church of Cill Degle.

The battle of Cuireach at Kildare was fought in September 777 on a Tuesday between Ruadrach m Faelan and Bran Mureadach.
Victory to Ruadrui.

In 778 the battle of Rye river was fought by Brega over Leinster.
The river Righe [Rye] divides Meath from Leinster.

Donnchad finally subdued the Ui Neilll of Brega-sil Aed Slane after the death of Niall Frossach.

He was opposed by Aed Slaines decendants of Brega who had been fighting amongst themselves.

Duncha brought his Leinster army north.

These Brega were ruled by old Niall m Conaill Graint {Grant or Grainne] at Cala Truim a Royal Seat.
He met with no resistance from Grant.

Congalach m Conaig defeated and killed that summer by Duncha.

Battle between the tribes continued in various locals to which King Donchad did not participate.

Probably he felt letting them kill each other was good politics.

In 783 Ard Macha and Magh Eo were burned by lightning in August.
Lighting and wind and thunder all over Erinn.

Cluain Bronaig monastery was distrubed later called Clon Broney.

The battele of Fort Dumachid was fought in Antrim within the Dal Raidne.

In 779 a meeting of Donchad Midi with Fiachna m Aed Roin king of Ulster at the Island of the Kings of East Brega resulted in an agreement whereby Donchad would not invade by sea and Fiachna by land.

In Galway [tech duinn] the Battle of Can Connall was had between Tadh King of Connact and the Ui Fiachrach who were defeated.

These were the decendants of both sons of Mugmedoin by the wife Mongfind two sons Fiachna and Briuin.

780 the 15th year of Doncha he chose Tara Hill for a synod of the ONeill and Leinster clanns which was called the Tenro Oppida at which Dublitter the monk Presided.
He was a frind of St Maol Ruain of the near Celi De at Finglas .

This oppida which is latin for altogether or exedingly was successful.

A peace conference and a peace treaty was conducted and obtained.

In 783 Ard Macha and Magh Eo were burned by lightning in August.
Lighting and wind and thunder all over Erinn.

Cluain Bronaig monastery was distrubed later called Clon Broney.

The battele of Fort Dumaachid was fought in Antrim within the Dal Raidne.

In those days the Abotts of the various monastaries-like the swiss guard- maintained their own malitia forces who fought each other.

Tibraid King of Connact fought the battle of Muaid or the war beteen Mayo and Sligo where Tibraide m Tadg rounted his enemies and than had a victory over Munster as well.

Tibraide m Tadg dies in 781 but it does not say in a battle.

It is often the propensity of old men to resort to battle in Irish history recalling their rise to power as hot blooded youths.

Donchad pg 2

Donnchad Mide mic Murchad engaged in a battle with Aed Slaines descendants at the Battle of Aith Liacc Finn at Bally League near Lanesborough on the Shannon at Rosscommon or it may have been a parish of Meath.

Many had gathered against Donnchad at this battle including the Cianachta and some men from Donegals Ciel Boghane indicating an alliance of western chiefs against the King.

The Eachach of Iveagh in Down continued the internicine fued with the Connaill of Muirtheimne which involved the death of chiefs as far away as Osraige.

The battlers of Erinn had good comunication and logistics between each other planning and executing their forays and alliances.

Probably implimented by marriage of the daughters of each other all of whom are lost to history.

If the rcord of the lost daughers of Erinn could be discovered a great deal of enlightenment could be gained upholding the value of 'vital statistics' records.

In 784 Eogain and Connail again fought at the battle of Claidige routing Donnal og Conaill.

This was fought at the River Finn south of Lifford Castle.

Donchad Midi had a meeting with Ulaid King Fiachna at Inis n Rig off Brega.
Ulaids king arrived by sea but could not step ashore into Donchads territory.
And the Hi King could not board Fiachna boat as this would have been going into his house, a formal gesture of submission.

This meeting without results was called the Conference of Kings Island.

The Bacall Isa, the Crosier of St Patrick was profained by Donchada m Donnall Abott of Corcaige of Raith Airtir [the eastern fort] near Tailtui now Oristown.

Clonard Monastery was burned on Easter Night.

A battle was held in Connact at Druim Guis between themselves.

In 785 in Donnchad Midi's 20th year the battle of Aith Rois[ford of the Wood {ross or Rois meaning wood}]was gained by Ui Ailella of Tirerrill Sligo over the Luignigh of Leyny.

In 787 a battle was held at Ercan in Aintrim between Cenel Connail and Eogain routing Donnall M Aed Muindeg of Cross Maglen which is now in South Armagh?

In 788 Aed Allan m
Fergal of Fochla [the north] son of Mael Duin died].

Derry was burned in March noted by an eclipse of the moon in that month and year.
Doire Calgaicc was the name of this plain in Irish later called Derry by the English.
Doire maning an oak wood.

The Church continued its mission to Conard promulgating the law of Ciaran the Saint of Clonmacnoise.

This preching was spurned by that abbot who was of the race of Fiachrach son of Eathach Moigmeadoin father of Nial Noigiallach.

In 789 a hosting was made by Donchad Midi to protect Leinster from Munstermen.

Bran Ardchenn m Muiredach requested Dunchad's aid againt the Munstermen.

This is the Bran married to Eithne sister of Donchad killed with her at the Currahgh in Kildare.
These were burned a Cell cuile Duma a Leix.

In 795 Raithlin Island then called Reachainn was plundered by the Danes called the gentiles or gentib who were pagan.

The shrines were broken and these plundered.

The
Danes were those who had been recorded in the Saxon Cronicles in 793 as having invaded England and gained a foothold there devistating the Britsh ilse.

'All the islands of Britane were wasted and most troubled by the Danes'
was written in the Annals of Ulster.

Another battle occured in Leinster when Bran Airdcheann [high headed] and his wife Eithne the ingen of Donall Mide and therefor sister of Donchada Mide were both killed by Finnsneacta Ceathairdheic son of Ceallah.
The killing took place at Cill Crule The church of the Angels in Wicklow.

Or as another entry has it in Liex.

The kings son Con Cetadach was killed this year at Crich n Olan in Meath by Flann m Congalach at a Feis made by Oleain where Conn was served a poison beer and he was beheaded by Flann.

In the 26th year of Donnchad Mide there were no major battles but the following year 792 AD after a reign of 27 years in which the King avoided all but the most necessary violence Donchad Midi m Domnall Midi M m Murthad Midi of the house of Colmain Mar of Conal Creamthaine died in penance at age 64 years.

He was born by these figures in 728 Ad.

A quatrain was composed:
'Dunchad of Freamann
Dreaded prince, famed king of Ireland of the hundred greens
There is no mornfull loss
as he did not quiet his fair.'

His brother Innrechtan also died this year.

Althought he himself had remained aloff of battle for these years he had not interfered or stopped the many local and disruptive fueds betwen his subjjects and for this his reign was not mourned.

He had sons Concobar the 35th king and Mael Runaid both sons who died in 833 and 843 respectively.

Mael Runaid being the father of the great and famous King Mael Sechnaill I ,the 38th Hi King.

A fairly regular alteration was now in place at the death of this King of the southern O Neill.

He was suceeded by Clann Eogains Aed Oirdnide m Niall Frossach of the north Ui Neill styled king of Aileach.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 9 2008

sourses:
Early Irish Kings and Sucession, Bart Jaski, 2000, Four Courts Press, Portland Oregon
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, Batsford Ltd, London
The Annals of Clonmacnoise, 1896, translated by Conell Mageoghagan 1627, University Press, Dublin
Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, vol 1, J o Donovan ,18576, Hodges Smith and Co Dublin

The voice of the Gael

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The Voice of the Gael

I hear the white gull calling
In the voice of an IrishmanI
feel the soar of the strong bird
'Or the silver rolling sea;

This the voice of thy passion
Te pain of the fall
The lifting to Spirit
Of a birds lilting call;

Far 'or the sea great waves clashing by
Comes the clear sound, Oh Glory!
In the measured passion
For Life comes the call;

Sing back cross the sea
Oh voice of white gull
Tap out your message
Of Life in its glory;
Voice of man hearing thee
Across the wide sea
On the wind of soundSoar to freedom
Live and Be!

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 4 2007

Niall Frossach Hi King 759765 Ad

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Niall Frosach 759-765 Ad

Niall Frosach m Fergaile m Mael Duin m Mael Fitrich m Aed Uaridnach m Domnall Ilchelgad m Murchertach m Erca m Muiredach m Eogain m Nial of Cenel Eogain;
Brother of Aed Allan,became the 32nd Hi King of Ireland.
He was 43 years old indicating a birth of around 716 during the reign of his father Fergail.

A battle was fought by Dunchad Midi[Duncha or Donnough] the son of Domnall {Donell} Mide with the Fera Tulach.
The Four Masters note indicates that 3 showers fell on Inishowen not on all Ireland according to the Clonmacnoise account in the early years of Nialls reign when famine beset the land and he the King piteously prayed to God to spare his subjects the famine.
These being said amongst 7 good Bishops of the Church.

Acording to the church Annals God answered Nialls plaintiff cry raining a shower of pure silver on Crech Muireatac-diag which is that part of Inis Owen in Donegal holding the cyclopedian fort Aileach and Fahon.

The King realized that silver alone could not abate the pending famine so began praying again to which a second shower of honey rained down.

In expressing his gratefulness to God a 3rd shower of pure wheat came down covering all the fields about creating great plenty and abundance.

Such a lively tale of wealth made at Nialls birth before or after Niall became King expressed the Irish or Donegal hope at least that through Faith and God and the Bishops the natives would be spared famine and drought.

Nials 2nd year The sons of Domnall Mide Donchad and Murchad vs Teathba under the Lord Aelgal fought a battle where Aelgal was defeated.
However Murchad was killed.

In 761 the Ui Briuin and Conmaicne fought at Sruthair Longford.

Meath fought a battle with Brega.

The battle of Ard na mBreai was fought.

The Leinstermen had a fight amongs themselves.

In 765 The Osraige fought amonst themselves.

The battle of Fearna [Ferns] was fought by the Ui Ceinnsealaigh.
This fight continued for a second time.
Most of the chiefs of the 2 sides killed each other.

A battle was again fought at Ocha in Meath near Tara Hill.

The battle of Bolg Boine was fought against S Brega.

The battle of Ath Cliath by Cianachta Breg agaisnt Ui Teg of Wicklow.

A great slaughter was made of the Laigen and the Cianachta who slaughtered them drowned on their return by boat to their home territories.

In 765 Nial Frosach under pressure from his cousin Donchad Mide who wanted the Hi kingship, after 7 years resigned his kingship took up the cross and retired to Hi [Iona].

Nial reflected an entirely different temprament than his warlike elder brother Aed Allan.

The pressure on him to resign and abdicate the kingship was created by Donnchad Mide who consoladated his hold on the Mide chieftains and than attacked the Laigen establishing himself as their victorious leader.

Niall was either faced with total war with Donchad Midi or to abdicate to him the kingship which he did.

He lived for 8 more years as a simple monk at Colum Cilles monastery.

He left behind a son Aed Oirdnide who became in sucession the 34th king of Ireland after Donnchad.
Donchad-Mide m Domnall Midi m Murchad Midi succeded to the throne of Ireland in 766 Ad the old time not used in current records but in the MS transcibed by those four masters the Clery Brothers of Donegal.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 3 2008
sourses
The Annals of Ireland , J O Donnovan, 1856 ,Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin
Information on Nial Frosach is hardly mentioned in other works at hand except in the Geneological Tables of the Eogain Cenel

Donmall-midi hi King739-759 AD

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Domnall-Mide m Murchada-Midi 739-759

Domnall M Murchad m Diarmaid Dian m Airmetach Caech m Conal Guthbinn m Suibne m Colmain Mar m Diarmait m Cerbaill m Fergus Cerrbel m Conal Cremthainn m Niall of Clann Cremthaine the southern O Neill became the 31 Hi King of Ireland in 739 old time.

He was king for 20 years.

He was the first king of Clann Colmain Mar.

A small battle was fought at the Island of the Two Gaps and a whale was cast on the beach [strand] of Carlinford then called Boirche in the Irish.

This place in Ulster was called Carlingford because of an English castle being there at the time the MS was translated and that name persists in todays geography.

This whale was supposed to have 3 golden teeth when it was slaughtered by the natives.Each tooth containing 50 ozs of gold.

However the Irish power of discriptivness probably indicacates that the oil obtained and sold for heat and light was worth its weight in gold.

Some of the profit was sent to Beanchair Monastery [Bangor] by Fiachna m Aed Roin then king of Ulster and his contemporary the chief of Iveagh Eochaid m Breasal chief of the Ua Eathach.

This gift was placed on the Alter to be seen by all.

Aed Muirdach m Flaithbertach a tigernach [Lord] of Tuair cceirt died in 742.

The Munstermaen fought a battle at Carn Ailche in Clare.

Another battle was fought in the west at Lock Ribh [Ree] between Athlone and Lanesburough on the Shannon.

The Four Masters wrote that ships were seen in the sky this year which seems a fantasia but again with the Irish power of discription ships on a horizon out at sea do look as though they are in the sky

Such ships were probably in the Atlantic or the North Sea not the Irish sea between that island and Great Britain.

In 743 the monastery of Muicinis Riagail Muic Innse or hog Island was attached by the Danes where the abbots pigs and the abbot, Badubh Arascagh where drowned at the Loch Derg [Loch Deirgdeirc] on the Galway side.

This notation indicates a possible raid up the Shannon in this year and the Dani Norwegi where the 'ships seen in the sky'.

Loch Deirgdeirc is located in the Shannon between Killaloe and Portuna.

However O Donovan disputes this notation of a Viking raid that early in Irish history noting the first sustained Danish attach as beginning in 795 some 50 yaars later.

745 the 7th year of Domnall saw the burning op St Patricks little church in Donagh between Navan fort and Kells in Meath.

Padraig Domnach means Patricks little church.

None of the church burnings are ever developed as to reason or if they are purposefully distroyed by Lords or natives or if they are accidental.

Church burnings continue today in the same obscure stead and is considered a criminal act.

The Church continued peacefully during the reign of Domnall.

The abbot of Inis Uiredaig or Inish Murray near Sligo where an old cyclopedian fort had been built without mortar from cliff stones and was occupied within by a monastery of small churches and cells.

This collection of prayful persons were attacked and the monastery and cells disturbedby robbers.

The abbot at that time 747 was Dicolla m Meinide.

The Church continued peaceably under the peaceable King Domnall and the monasterys were well occupied by the desendants of Irish princes[Tigerna] and chiefs in the abbys of their establishments.

These Abbots continued to keep records of the lay populations and the aristocracy, most of it inaccurate and in the latin not the irish as they hdd been educated since the coming of Patrick with his mission in that tongue amd made literate in reading and writing the same.

This re-education of basic communication lead the native Irish people to keep what they could of their memories in stories and folklore through the decendants of the old bards and file system in their shanachies.

Most of the lore was passed down traditionally in the style of the old poets memorized not written and or read and styled with a memory of an event or person rather than a cronological date.

Hence most of this lore reamains today tangled up in discriptive tales of many eras of the past.

Some stories of after or more modern christian times and some of earlier pre-christain.

The folklore store having been sorted out into cyles by the schollars as such eras as the Fenian Cycle and the Ulster Cycle and the Cycle of the Kings and others giving a general connection to a time period.

This collection of folklore was one of the first projects of the new Republican Government in the early 1920's when the government sent out copiers to all parts of the island to gather these stories of fairies and kings and battles and hexes.

The early Reformation people coming in with the Plantation speaking and writing in Elizabethan English, most of them poorly schooled tried to date much of the materail to Biblical and World times relating certain reigns or stories to events occuring elsewhere in the world since the Great Flood.

This goal was to reform the Irish to Reformation Beliefs .

With the distruction of the Monastic system by Henry 8 most of the latin records were either sold with the properties, confiscated by the king or left to rot in some field.

This distruction was a continuation of the old Viking distaste for books and records other than their own sagas.

Where the Vikings tended to drown books in the lakes and rivers Henry either confiscated or sold or gave away as favors from the kingof these manuscripts when he deposed the Monastary system.

Some however due to forsight of Irish clerics and princes were secreated out of the country into continental abbys and universities where many of them remain today lost and forgotten by lack of understanding in either the Latin or the old Gaelic Irish.

Interstingly enough Scotland holds many corralary records on the happenings of their sister people in Eire and the British fascination with Ireland with their innate ability to keep everything.

The Bodleian and Oxford libraries and the Fiants of the Kings contain much material yet to be clearly decifered.

Domnall-Mide pg 2

Domnall-Mide was a religious man and during his lifetime retired twice to a monastery to pray and meditate.
He was a peaceful king who upheld a peace with the Laigen one of the first kings to do so.

He was a capable battler however and had defeated Cathal m Finnguine king of Munster at Tailtu when that southern prince took over this seat of the ONeills hoping to gain the kingship for himself during the reign ofDomnalls father Murchad.

In 737 Domnall held a conference at Terryglass with Cathal where they agreed to uphold the Law of Patrick throught Ireland and Cathal acknowledged Armagh as the see of the Irish Church.

In 750 Domnall-Mides 12th year Clonmacnoise was again burned on March 21 the spring solstice.

The following year 751 Beanchair or Bangor was burned on Patricks day March 17.

Leinster again attached the Ui Neill at Mag Muirtheimne.

A battle was fought in this 13 year between the Fir Bolg and a Dal Cas sept called the Delbna. This confrontation took place at Loch Ree near Athlone and is called the Battle of Bealach-cro. It was fought over a cantred of land .

The Delbna lost the battle to Ui Gamranraige of Loch Ree a vassel Fir Bolg tribe when their boats were overran by the Fir Bolg in a storm.

When the Ui Maine on the west of the River Suck in Galway heard of the boat disaster they attached and annilaated these sons of Dal Cas sept to the point that they disapeared from history within a century.

In 753 a battle broke out between Ui Fiachrach and Ui Briuin at Drum Rolaich and the battle of Breach Magh was fought.
The three Ui Cellaig [Kelly] sons of Fergus m Raghallah were killed there.

Cathnach, Cathmugh and Artbran.

The battle of Gabra was hosted on the Leinstermen and a later battle at Emain Macha was given where Fiachna m Aed Roin king of Ulster won over the O Neill.

Further small battles were fought in Ossory and Leinster in which CoCerca of Osraige has the victory and the Ceinsealaigh king was killed.
In Ulad a battle of Ath Duma with the Eathach of Iveah where the Lord Feidlimid was killed.

After a general peaceful reign of 20 years Domnall m Murchad m Diarmait died in December 758AD.
He was the first king of the Clan Colmain Mar and was buried at Darrow[ Dearmagh]

'There was no avenging conflicts or battle on the plan of Brega '

was the obituary for him.
He left 8 sons Murchad, Diarmait Odri, Diarmait Dubh, Murchad, Domchad Mide, Indrechalach, and two unnamed. The 5th of these sons Donchad later became the 33 Hi king of Ireland.

This Donchad-Midi is the father of one Mael Ruinaid who was the father of the famous Maelseachlainn I who drowned the Viking Turgisius inthe Owel lake in 845 AD.

It is alleged that a girl named Lan was the mother of this Mael Ruinaid that she was Queen of Ailech and the daughter of Donghaille the king of that northern stronghold of the Clan Eogain.

He was succeded by Niall Frossach m Fergal brother of the king Aed Allan.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 2 2008

sourses

Four Masters, O Donnovan, 1856 ,Hodges and Smith, Dublin

Irish Kings and Hi Kings Byrne, 1773, Batsford Publishing London

30th King Aed Allen 730-739

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Aed Allan II 730-739AD

Aed AllenII m Fergal m Maoil Duin m Fitrich m Aid Uairidnach m Domnall m Muirchertach m Eogain m Niall also known as Aed Ollan became hi king in 732 Ad.

The year 731 brought more fighting between the Munster and Leinster kingdoms.
Munster lost many including Cellach m Faelchair the chief of Ossory and Cormac m Rossa and two sons of the Deisi.
Over 3000 were allegedly slain by the Laigen.

The following year brought fighting between Aed Slaine's people and the Cianachta.

Aed Allan and the Ui Neill of the north fought a battle against the Ulaid at Fochart Louth at mag Muirtheimne, home of the famous Red Branh knight Cucullain, and the King of Ulidia Aed Roin was killed.
His head was cut off in the doorway of the church of Fochard on the stone of the decapitations which stone was still extant in the 1600's.
This battle was fought against Ulidia and their ally Mag Cobha of Down for the profanity of Cill Cunna in Dungannon barony at Bally Clog which is probably Clogher.

A quatrain was composed by Patricks successor the comarb to incite the King to take revenge for the devistation of the church.
He was spiritual advisor and confessor of Aed Allan and caled Aed 'cold'.

Aed responded with his own verse saying
Aed Roin should leave his head with Allan for the devistation of the Church of his confessor.
Roin had in addition to profaining the church had taken Coigny [food and livery] .

Aed Allan [allan meaning handsome] instituted a slaughter of these infractions by beheading the lot of them on the field and placing soles to head which means the sole of the foot of a victim was placed againt the neck of another headless body.

The Clann Eogain having moved from its original territory at Inis Owen in the north across the Magilligan Point in Derry and pushed southward driving the Cruithne east of the Bann at the battle of Moin Daire Lotheire..
Gaining control of the Cianachta in mid Derry and encroaching on the Airgilalla tribes of Ui macc Uais.
This pattern went on for 2 centuries until by 800 they were finally entrenched in Tir Eogain[Tyrone].

By the time of Aed Allan 736 the Cenel Conail was isolated in the far west Donegal stronghold with only hope of holding their ancestral home in Connact.

With Aed came the alteration of the holding of the kingship between the Clann Eogain O Neill princes of Ailech and the Clan Colmain the south O Neill decendants of Conal Cremthainn of Mide.

The following year 733 Breasal m Aed Roin king of Ulidia was kiled at Dun Celtchair the Fort of Duach a Red Branch hero in Ulster of the 1st century Ad.
This fort was in county Down.

In 735 Munster made a foray into Mide.
However this prince King Finguine met with Aed Allan at Tir na Glas[ Terryglass] at Birr on the borderland between the old Munster and Leith Cuinn at which it was agreed the Rex Patrick would be accepted and enforced throughtout Ireland in both their territories.
Finguine accepted Armagh as the chief see of the Christain Church over Cashel.
This Dial or Dal made a peace beween the two major princes and Munster discontinued its forays againt the northen lands.

Aed Allan also made a foray into Leinster this year with the forces of Leith Cuinn.
The king has at his disposal all the forces of the Cenels of Conn being Cenel Coirpre , Cenel Conail, Cenel Eogain, and the Airgialla, the souther Ui Neill of Aed Slaine and his brother Cenel Colmain Mar a and Colmain Becc along with the Connachta.
The territory streaching from the Foyle to Brega belonging to the Airgialla .
The king himself going into battle.

There was bloody battle between the chiefs on both sides and heros were slaughtered.Aed m Colgan of Clann Cennsailagh the king of the Laigen was killed in single combat by Aed Allan. of Clann Eogain.
A massacre insued with only remenant of the Laigen escaping as fugitives..

Four Leinster chiefs and their king were killed at this battle,the battle of Uchbad fought on August 19 a Tuesday at Ballyshannon where 9000 were killed and victory was had by Leith Cuinn over the Fer feine being discribed as farmers and yoemen ,the Farsaid Hiberni.

This battle brought the Laigen to near extinction.
They were put to flight, trampeled under foot, prostrated and overthrown.
Some of the bodies were never recovered or the records as to how many were killed.

Aed left Ireland with no doubt as to the Ui Neill mastership of the island.

Aed was a bit of a poet warrior as he wrote another quatrain to the virgin Samtann when she died in her self imposed suffering which he obviously respected.

After the battle of Uchbad in Leinster the peace ws kept until 738.
Aed had been wounded at Uchbad and went on pilgrimage after this battle.

Aed Allan m Niall was killed at mag Seirich [Ceannanus] Kells Meath between the two Teathbas fought in 738 AD.
He was killed by Domnall-Midi m Murchad-Midi who became the next king.

At this battle one of the old princes bathed and oiled himself with fregrances and rode into the battle between the 2 Donchads.
His bonews could be heard to creak as he got out of his chariot..
He is however believed to have survived and died of old age in his own demensne.

With Allan fell many other lords with him, Cremthan of Ui Tuirtre, Fearcul of Ui Maine , Ui Briuin- Cualann near Dublin and many others.

Aeds final quatrain was
'If my beloved God would look upon me on the brink of Loch Sailcedan
Afterwards if I should be found in guilt it would be wealth to a servant to save me.'

He had been king for 9 years.

He was survivd by 2 sons Cathal and Mael Duin.
He was Irelands 30th king and is buried at Clonmacnoise.

The Munster king Finguinne who may have been the old man creaking in his perfumed state out on the battle field of Senaig died peacefully at home.

He had been king of Munster,Connact, the Airgilla, The Desei and Clare.

Aed Allan was succeeded by his foe Domnall-Mide who became king in 739 by the old time of Four Masters or 743 by the Christain calander.

Judi Donnelly
copyright March 1 2008
Sourses:
Early Christian Ireland,T M Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press Cambridge UK
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd, London
Early Irish Kingship and Sucession, Baret Jaski,2000, Four Courts Press, Dublin
Annala Rioghachta Eireann, Four Masters,J O Donnovan ,Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Flaithbeartach Hi King 723-734 AD

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Flaithbeartach M Loingseach 723-734 Ad*

Flaithbeartach m Loinseach m Aengus m Domnail m Aed m Ainmerech m Ainmire m Setna m Fergus Cennfoda m Conall Gulban m Niall of Clann Conaill became king in 723.
He was king for 9 years.

His first years were peaceful but in his 3rd year a battle was fought against the Cruithne at Murbulg ,spelled Murbuilgg in latin .
Many o the Dal Riadan were slain.

In 726 a battle was fought between the Munstermen and the Leinstermen which was won by Colgans son Aed of the Cennsealach Leinster.

In 728 a battle was fought in the 6th year of Flaithbeartachs reign at Mag Itha against Aed Allan m Fergal and the sons of Loingsech.
Again many of the Eogain Cinel were killed by the Cinel Connail.

Flaithbeartach send for a sea fleet from Dal Riada in Scotland and they landing at Inis Oinae [Owen] where a fight was held between the Cenel Eogain and Flaithbeartach and his guard against the Cianachta and Ulidians who were cut off and many of these men drowned in the Banna River after their defeat by Flaithbeartach and his sea fleet.

In the following years 732 through 734* Flaithebertach was beset with harryings from Aed Allan in Mag Itha until he was defeated there in 734 and forced to abdicate the throne.

He retired to the Abbacy at Armagh where he remained a cleric until he died in 764.

He left 3 sons Aed Muinderg,Loingseach, and Murchad.

Flaithbeartach was the last Hi King of the Clann Conail.

He was followed in the Kingship by Aed Allan II oldest son of Fergal m Mael Duin of Cenel Eogain who reigned 9 years and was killed at the battle of Magh Seirigh[ Ceanannus] Kells.

*the dates given by the four masters are from 723-729 The new dates show him king from 723-734 when the battle of Mag Itha with Aed Allan forced his resignation.
The battle dates do not always correspond with the dates given in the various annals but as battles are faily disruptive their memory is probably accurate.

Judi Donnelly
copyright February 28 2008
Sourses :
Four Masters J O Donovan 1856
Kings and Hi Kings Byrne 1973

Congal-Feargal-Cinnaeth 701-722 AD

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Congal m Fergus of Cean Magair Fanad 702-708 AD

Congal m Fergusa Fanat m Domnall m Aeda m Bartan m Ninnedo m Ninnid m Daui m Conall Gulban m Niall of the Clan Conaill of Cenn Magair [Mayor] in Fanad Donegal began his reign on the death of his brother Loingseach.

In the 4th year of Congals's reign Fergal m Maoil Duin of Clan Eogain who would follow Congal as high King killed Inreachtach m Donchad [Duncha] Muirisce who was king of the three kingdoms of Connact.
This was done with the allied help of Feargail m Loingseach and Conall Meann of Cenel Cairbre.
This same year a hosting was made by Congal of Fanad against the Laigin to collect the Boruma and his demands were met.
The hosting was made to avenge the death of his great grandfather Ainmire who had been killed at Dun Bolg battle and to reinstate the Boruma.
This was given him.

On Congals way home he scorched the plain of Liffe and wrote this quantrain about it:
'Bid me farewell O Liffe
Long enough have I been in thy lap'-- '
O Fort of Nass'--
'I will one day rescorch it that it may know a change.'

In 706 a battle was fought against the Clann Eogain and the Clann Conaill called the battle of Leathairbe in which both Maoilduin and Maoilfithrig , Lord and rigdama of Cenel Eogan were killed.
These were the father and grandfather of Fergal.

An example of the long standing rivalry between the sons of the brothers Conall and Eogain over power and territory which was not releived until the mid 1500's when the two finally made peace with the alliance in the final fall of the Gaelic order in the battle of Kinsale.

The battle of Selgge [hunting place] was fought in Cennseallagh Wicklow where Cellach Cealaig Chief of that reigon had brought some British mercinaries to fight with him.
Cellachs sons were killed At Fortuatha-Laigean , Fiachra and Fianamail along with a great many of the British soldiers.

In 708 Congal took an unidentified sickness and in one hour died of it.
Possibly a stroke and so passed the king.
Congal was survived by a son Flaithbertach who later became high king himself.

The rulership of Eire by the Cenel Conall passed into the hands of Cenel Eogain when Fergal m Maoilduin , the rigdama began his reign in 709 AD.

Feargal m MaoilDuin m Maoil Fithrig High King 709-718 Ad

Fergal m MaoilDuin m Maoil Fitrigh m Maoil Uairidnach n Domnaill m Muirchertach M Muireadach M Eogain m Niall became high king in 790 Ad.
He was of the Clann Eogain of Inishowen and was called in English Feargall m Moyle Doyne.
He was king 11 years.

The battle of Slaibe Fuaid was won by Feargal over the Meathmen in Armagh at which the Meath chief Tnuthach m Mochloinge was killed.
Some inter-tribal battles continued as always in parts of Ireland.

In 712 Fergal banished Fogartach of the Ua Cearnaig of Munster for his massacre of the pilgrim family of Clarinach.
They were all killed.
He was allowed to return to Ireland in 714 the 5th year of Fergals reign.

In 715 the fair of Tailtean on the Sele river was held during which Fogartach Ua Cearnach disturbed the fair by killing Maoil Ruba and the son of Duiblebe.

The battle of Kells [Ceannanus] was fought in 716 by Conall Grant[ Gray] of Ua Cearnagh.
He won this battle killing many of his enemies.
However 2 months later he was killed by Fergal.

This is the year of the birth of the kings son Niall in which 3 showers fell on Ireland.
That of honey on Donegal and a shower of silver on Loch Swilly and a shower of blood on Leinster.

Niall the babe was therfore called Frosach , Niall of the showers.
This birth is one of the very few ever noted in Irish Annals.

During these years Leinster was preyed 5 times by the O Neills of the north.
Fergal enforced the Boruma again and took hostages of the Laigen.

In 718 in his 10th year Fergal was killed at the battle of Almain [Allan] in Kildare.
This was fought on 3 December; 21,000 vs 9,000 Leinstermen.
Over 25 princes of the north and Ulaid wer killed here along with Fergal who was killed by Dunchad m Murchad and Aed m Colgan the Roidama.

These were of a group called the Red Swords.

7,000 were killed at this baattle in Kildrare.

He was suceeded by Fogartach m Niall m Cearnach Sotal m Diarmata m Aed Slaine for one year but he fell at the battle of Delgaen [Beilge] by Cinael or Crimethan.

Forgarthach was buried at Clonmacnoise.

He was followed to the throne by Cinaeth m Irgalach m Connaing Cuirri m Conall m Aed Slaine in 720 Ad.
Cinaeth is also spelled Cinael, or Kenneth.

During this short reign the battle of Claren Dealgen was fought indicating that Kenneth had taken the throne from Fogartach before he was killed here.
Many saints died this year.
These are noteworthy as most of the bishops of Ireland were of the noble houses and well qualified by birth to hold the kingship.

The battle of Druim Fornocht in 721 by Flaithbertach m Loingseach and the Cenel Conaill against Aed Allan m Fergal and the Cenel Eogain was fought.
Aed Allen lost this battle to his cousin.
Many cheiftains wer slain of Eogain.

Crimhann m Ceallach Cualann of Ue Ceanseallah was killed at Bealach-line [The road of the flag stone].
Kenneth m Irgalach fought a battle against the Leinsterman over the boruma and obtained it.

In 722 the 3rd year of his reign Cinnaeth m Irgalach was killed in the battle of Druim Corrain by Flaithebertach m Loingseach of the Cenel Conaill who than became Hi King in 723 Ad.

Judi Donnelly
copyright February 27 2008

Sourses: The Four Masters ,J O Donovan, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin
Wiki Irish project Kings of Ireland, internet Google search , 2005

An Ode to Toronto

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Departure Pains
(An ode to Toronto)

The heart groweth fond of a place
And its people,
Of its winds and its rains
And its towers and steeples;

Of its trolleys and prices
And singers and vices;
Of its styles and its softness
And grasses and skies;

Of its memories and motions
And strivings and speech
Of its feeling and reach;

The heart weakens and melts
And decends down to tears
At the sound of the subway
The touch of a step;

The sound of its fountains
The noise of its street
The silence and pace
Of its presence and beat;

A departure in part
Both sucess and defeat
Left in a memory
As the geese of the sky;

So solomnly hung in an Underground sky
So true to the spirit
Of those who pass by;

Yet why do you cry
O heart can it be
A sorrow at leaving
A place and its people;

Not really your own
Yet still a spirit
Of those geese in the sky
Hanging so softly
As you pass by.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright Setember 17 1987

(Originally written on a paper bag in Toronto)

Two kings Finachta and loinseach 675-703 Ad

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Finsnecta Fledach Hi King 675-695

Finsnechta Fledach [Finacta] m Donnchad m Caille Follamain m Colmain Becc m Diarmaid M Cerbaill m Fergus Cerbel m Conall Creamthainn m Niall became Hi King in 765 Ad.

He was related to St Adamnan of Clann Conaill .

In 675[ Finacta Fynnaghy in english] Distroyed Aileac Frireinn in Donegal.
This fort still remaining was built by the Archetect Frigreinn.
In the same year Finacta fought the Laigin and won.

The Battle of Tailtin was gained over Boirche in 677 and there was a gret mortality among children.
There was a great wind and an earthquake in Ireland.

In 678 a battle between Conall Oirneach vs Cenel Cairbre and the Bodbgna on the west side of the Shannon around Lanesbourough on the north shore of Loc Ree.
Conal the Chief wass killed.

Cennfaelad M Suibne of Glinn-Geimhin was burned by Maoil Duin m Maoil Fitrigh in Derry in 679.

In 680 the battle of Rathmor Maige Line was fought in Antrim where an incursion of Britains had been defeated by the Chief Cruithne of Dal Riada.

There was a great wind and an earthquake in Erie that year.

In 683 another Saxon attach on the east coast at Magh Brega between Dublin and Drogheda bordered by the river Liffe to the south and the River Boyne to the north was conducted in June.
This army devistated 5 cantreds.

The army was sent by Egfrid m Remid and wasted Hibernia which was thought to have been friendly to England and was an inoffensive nation.
This decision by King of England Ecgfrid to attack the Irish was made by the instigation of Wilfrid Bishop of York and Umbria who made claims that the authority of his Church and Bishoprick extened to Dal Riada and all of Ulster.
The king had hopes of using this claim to gain lands for himself and subdue the O Neill clanns.
It is the first historic recording of the desire of the English kings to hold Ireland as part of their own posession.

The English invaders carried off many hostages ans much spoil.
The Irish prayed a curse should fall on these invaders from the soveriegn hand of God.

Next year Ecgfrid attached the Picks who lured him by retreating into the mountains where they slew a great part of the Saxon Army in May 684 Ad.

He had been been advised by all including his revered father Ecgbert of Kent not to engage in this battle who had also advised him not to attach the Scot [Ireland] as they had done him no harm.
Ecgfrid was killed there at Dun Nechtan in his 40th year of age.The
Picts recovered much of their land which had been held by Engish and Scoti for 46 years.

The following year a mortality fell on the cattle and all animals in general throughout the World.
3 years of plague and a great frost accomanied which froze all the lakes and rivers in Ireland and the sea between Ireland and Scotland.
They passed back and forth on the ice.

In 864 Prince Adamnan of the house of Clann Conail and also a Bishop of the Church went to confer with England now under Alfred th son of Ecgfrid regarding the hostages taken at the battle of Magh Brega.
He awas given these hostages after time in England where he was able to get King Alfred to conform to the Roman date for Easter keeping.

He was also given restoration of everything he asked of the Saxon.
In 685 the 12th year of Finachta the king went on pilgramage to Rome and returned to Ireland.

Several years followed of internicine tribal warfare.

688 brought a report of showers of blood in both Leinster and is also recored in the Saxon Cronicles as falling in Britain with milk and butter coagulating in lumps to gore and blood.
It was said wolves could speak which frightened all.

A Legend grew that Ossory inhabitants became warewolves every 7 years.
This produced a Church curse on the Osaoryians.
However battle had occured this year between Ossory and Leinster.

In 693 the 20th year of his reign Finachta was marbad[killed] by Aed m Dluthad m Ailill m Aed Slaine of Fear Cul Brega at Kells Meath.
He was assisted in this deed by Congalach m Conaing m Congal m Aed Slaine at the Battle of Greallach Dollaith near Kells.
Finacta's son Brasal was also killed in this battle.

He was the 23rd king of Ireland since Nial Naogiallach.

He had three sons Brasl, Ailill and Cathal.
There appears no geneology beyond these.

The Baile Chuinn was prepared during his reign decrying his cheif rivals the Clann Colmain his relatives and the Clann Conaill of Donegal his other rival and all these rulers from these clans are excluded from the Balle Chuinn lists.

He was suceeded in the kingship by Loingsech m Enos of Clann Conaill.

Loinseach 694-704

Loinseach m Oengusa m Domnall m Aedo m Ainmerech m Ainmire m Setnae m Fergusa m Cennfota m Conal Glundub m Niall began his reign.

In 695 another Britain and Ulaid raid devistated Mag Muirtheimne in Brega.

The reign of this king of the Clan Conaill was generally peaceful for 8 years with the death of many old Chiefs and Bishops.

In 702 or 703 this king was killed n the battle of Corann in Sligo by Cellach of Loch Cime in Clare.
A son of Ragallach who considered Loinseach an ambitious king.
Cellach was known as the red handed king of Loch Cime.

The King was killed with a sword at Glais-Chuilg.

His 3 sons were also killed together.
Artgal, Connachtgach and Flan Gearg.
He was survived by his son Flaithbertach the 26th High king.

Loingseach was suceeded by his brother Congal m Fergus of Ceann Maghain in Fanad Donegal.
With Loingseach the reign of 10 kings of the 7th century came to an end in 695.

Of the 12 kings of the 600's beginning with Aed Slaine son of Diarmata 8 died of violence done to them by the clann or a battle.4 died of desease.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright Feb25 2008

Sourses:
Irish Kings and High Kings F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford ,London
Annals of Ireland, J O Donovan ,1856, Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin

Four Kings 640-671 AD

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Conall Cael and his brother Cellach of Clann Conaill 640-654 AD

Conall Cael M Mael Coba m Aed m Ainmire m Setna m Fergus Ceannfota m Conall Gulban m Niall and his brother Cellach of Clann Conaill became hi kings jointly in 640 AD

The first 5 years of their reign were peaceful except for a killing of the king of Connact's son Raghallad on a Sunday by Mael Brigde m Mothlachan.
A killing avenged by his son Cathal with much devistation to the perpetrators lands and people.
In the 6th year the battle of Carn Conaill was won by Diarmaid m Aed Slaine against Guaire at Aidne near Galway.
Diarmaid won the battle as he had gone to Clonmacnoise before and had recieved the prayers and blessings of the congregation and clergy of Saint Cearan.
When he won the battle he returned to the monastery and bestowed the land at Ercs Mound also called Liath Manchin to the Church.
He also ordered his body o be buried at Clonmacnoise.

Diarmait m Aed Slaine of the south Ui Neill when he fought the battle of Carn Conail near Gort his home place was in his early years of which a saga was written.

This battle blessed by the clergy of Clonnmacnoise was held during the reign of Conal Cael and Cellach of Clan Conaill before Diarmait became hi king.

A story is attached to Diarmaid when he was Hi King saying thatin 649 Ragallach m Usathach slew Guares father Colmain at the battle of Cenn Buga near Rosscommon thereby gaining the Conacht kingship by treachery.
His wife Muireen learned that Ragallah would be killed by one of his own offspring.
He therfore exposed the next child a daughter.
However the babe is rescued by a holy widow[ nun].
Raghallad later brings the girl to Court as a concubine and his wife Muireen appeals to Diarmaid m Aedo High King to come to her aid and curse Ragallah.
Shortly therafter Ragallah from his crannog house sees a deer on shore, alites to his boat to slay it but when he catches up to the deer he finds it has been killed by some peasants cutting turf in a bog
.He demands the carcass and they promply kill him witht heir spades.

In 646 the following year the battle of Dun Crimthainn was gained by the two kings over Aengus m Domnall where Aengus was killed.
Cathasach m Domnall Brecc of Dal Riada was also killed in this battle.

In 647 in Leinster 2 sons of Aed Slaine Dunchada [Donagh] and Conall m Blathmac were killed in the mill race of Maelodran a son of Dima Cron.
The perpetrators being Malodran, Marcan of Munster, Maol Toimen.

The mill near Mollingare in the mill of Oran is called Moilen Oran or Muillean-Odrain.
In English Mullenoran near Loch Owel West Meath.
The mill itself was funtional till the 1700's.
A lament for the death was made in the Annals of Tigernach [prince person]
"Ah mill what hast thou ground?'
A muilind ciar ro melt?

There seems no apparent reason for these killing except the 2 sons were of the seed of Cearbeoil.

The small battles continue in 648 and 649.
Cuil Corran in West Meath, and Airther-Seda in Clare Connact between Ui Briuin and Ui Maine.

650 brought the battle of Fleascach between Clan Eogain Crunmael M Suibne and the Ua Creamthann.
For 2 years there was relative peace but in 654 the Battle of Deleen in Donegal.

In the 17th year of the joint rule Conall was killed by Diarmaid m Aed Slane.

His brother Cellach died a the Fort of Aengus in Meath in 658.

Neither of these kings of the Conaill were included inthe Baile Chuind kings lists.

They were not included inthe rigdamna idea of sucession and therefore were not included inthe geilfine automatically.

Neither of these kings are listed as having offspring.

the Annals of Conmacnoise note the death of Cellac m Moyle Coven is mentioned in 654.
The other king Conall Cael is not mentioned.

They are suceeded by Diarmait and Blathmac Aed Slain m Diarmaid m Fergus Cerbeoil.

Diarmait m Aed Slaine 657-664 AD

Diarmait Ruanaid m Aed Slaine m Diarmaid m Fergus Cearbeoil m Conall Creamthainn m Niall and his brother Blathmac of the southern O Neill became hi kings jointly in 657.

Shortly therafter Eochaid son of Blathmac m Aed Slaine died in their second year of reign.

In the 4th year of the reign 660 AD, Blathmac m Aed Slane fought a battle at Ogainhain where the tribe of Diarmaid m Aed Slaine under Onchu or Oncum Surain with Maolmilcon and Cathasach m Eimine also known as Congaille.

Conaing m Conall m Aed Slaine was killed along with Ulltan m Ernaine of Connact.

In 664 a great plague arose in August killing hundreds.

It was called the Buide Conail, Yellow plague.
It also struck in Britain's south coast and spread to Northumbria.

Many of the nobility in Ireland were struck down by this plague Chronnuil.
Saints of the church as well died from it.

TheBuide Connail also killed the two kings after 8 years of joint rule.

This plague was preceeded by an eclipse of the sun in May 664AD.

Diarmait and Blathmac both were recognised as kings by the Baile Chuinn and figure in the lore of the era king tales of such colorful 7 century figures as Guaire-Aidne of Connact, Maol Odran of Leinster a chieftain and Cano mac Garniat a heir for the isle of Skye.

This period of the adventures of Diarmait m Aeda in Connact are implimented in folklore with such romances as the 'Wooing of Becfola' and the 'Story of Cano' a son of Scotlands King Gartan and can be found in the Cycle of Diarmaid and Guare-Aidne.

Their time in office represented an era of Irish history which ended with the great plague Buide Conail which killed so many of the nobles and saints of the era neutering these kings and bring to close an era of heros and sagas of kings mighty enough to become such.

With these deaths the kingship was passed on to Seachnasach [chief the satisfied] the son of Blathmac mac Aed Slaine.

Seachnasach 664-671AD

Seachnasach son of Blathmac acceeds to the throne.
The name means chief the satified or full.
He was king for 5 years.

In 666 the Great Plague killed all it attacted.

The battle of Aine [Knockany] was fought at Limerick between the UiFigeinte and Arada where Crunnialls son Eogan was killed.

Maol Forartaig M Suibne was returnd to Doire after he did to the Cenel Tuirtre original lands where they had been displaced to Antrim east of the Bann river by the advancing O Neill.

They were decendants of Colla Uais.
When St Patrick came they were seated in Dungannon barony in Tyrone and Loch Insholin at Derry.
The Collas were later know as the Aigialla and were tributary clients of the UiNeill tribes.
The tribe settled around Toome in Antrim.

The 5 year reign was generally peaceful but Seachnasach was marbad [killed] by Dubhduin chief of Conail Cairbre of Granard Barony Longford.
Duffy Doyne was a prince[Dubhduin].
Seachnasach had been a great plunder and his house was found full of this plunder plus many bridles and horsewhips after his death in 671 AD.

He was followd by his Brother CennFaelad m Blathmac m Aed Slaine m Ainmire of Brega.
He was also called by the English annals Cean Foyle.*

During his reign both Ard Macha and Tailten were burned.

On his 4th year he was killed by Finnachta Fleadhach at the battle of Aircealtair at Tigh-Uamaine which is near Galway.

This Finnachta Fleadhach m Dunchada was also of the Cerbeoil line of Creamthaine m Niall of the souther UI Niall.

* CennFaelad in his geneology being decended from Ainmire would also be in the Cenel Conail line through his parentage.
This would not indicate that his brother Seachnasach was also of this line.

Judi Donnelly
copyright Feb 23 2008

Sourses
Four Masters, J O Donnovan 1856, vol 1, Hodges Smith and Co Dublin
Irish Kings and High Kings FJ Byrne, ,1973, Batsford Ltd, London

Reaction

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Reaction

I am of the Bourgeois faction
Arrayed among the Proletariat
They more Bourgeois than I
And i the Proletarian of them all.

Now our genes are melded
Into a nueve form of Persona
Our culture and our speech
Disapeared!
Our memories not awakened
But dulled by bombardment
Of the Dullard mass comunication

Our Mind not hearing or observant of
Any of the most mundane detached and unrelated Facts.

Who are We?
What are We?
Where are we going?
Individuality massed in groups
And monitary order of Rank.

Comfortable in our nothingness
United in our opportunistic greed
Molded by our socialization
In education, work place ethics
Transportation modes
Aloneness and Alofeness.

Allah Akbar! The Will of God!
Rapture!
The Bible says
We alone will be saved if we believe
Believe What?

Christ above me
Christ below
Christ around me
Christ in soul

Buddah and the Bo Tree
Enlightenment
The Spirit of the forest roams.

A pocalype [ A poca lia p ti]
His ghoast stone

Armageddon [ar ma ged don]
In plain geese bad

Primative language
Uncivilized
Unrefined
Without Class
Translate.

Suicide
Religious Suicide Jamestown a group to die
Bonsia!
Suicide Bomber
The Rapture

Ah the Bourgeois!
Class Power Money
Ah the Prolitariat!
Homeless Unemployed
MoneylessLandless
We the People
Liberte Egalite Fraternite
CollaborateThe Resistance!

I have become Death
A New Man
Peace Salam Siocanta Shalom'

Joy to the World'.
'Water water everywhereAnd not a drop to drink'

What Place Man Angel of the Devil?
What Purpose
Beyond the insect existanceOf the System.

What thought
What talent
Beyond the bad geese plain
Or the ghoast stone about him.

Christ above me
Christ Beyond
Christ in All things.

'Wherefore art thou Romeo'
'To be or not to be'

'Peace on Earth Good Will towards men'.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright October 6 2007

Domnaill m Aedo m Ainmire Hi King 524-639 AD

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Domnall m Aedo m Ainmire Hi King 624-642 Ad

Domnall m Aedo m Ainmire m Setnae m Fergus Cenndfota m Conal Gulban m Niall of the Clann Conail 18the king of Ireland began his reign with the battle of Dun Ceithen over his nefew Conal Caech [Clean] at Derry where Conal Clean m Scanlan was defeated.
He was king of Dal Riada and Ulaid.
This battle was immediately followed with the battle of Ard Corrain being given by Conad Cerr a lord of Dal Riada in which his enemy Fiachna m Deman the king of Ulidia was killed.

In Domnalls 2nd year 626 AD the battle of Leathairbe between Aed Allan I Uaidnach allied with Maolfitrich Toiseach [chief] of Cenel M Earca and the Ernaine M Fiacrac, Toiseach of Cenel Fearadaig.
Maol Fitrig was killed in this battle.

In 628 a sea battle was fought somewhere off the coast of Ireland but is not discribed.
In this year the battle of Ath Alba was fought with the Munsterman.
There is an undated story in the folklore in which the king was on shore and a naval force in the sea off the coast whereby neither would confer with the other because both were under the honor policy of creating submission by entering a dwelling of another .

In this same year Domnall undertook to enforce the Boruma against Leinster at the battleof Ath Goan, Kildare west of the Liffe than belonging to the Ui Faelan m Colmain.
The the participants were besides the Faelan who are the O Byrnes Ui Colamain m Suinbe chief of Meath and Failge Flann the King of Munster.
Many wer killed in this battle including the king of Laigen Chrimthann m Aeda m Seanach.

This fighting continued into 630 with both sons of Aed Slaine being killed by Conal m Suibne near Mullingar West Meath.
These were Congal Chief of Brega and his brother Ailill, the harper[cruitire].

The battle of Seagaus followed than the battle of Cuil Caelain gained by Diarmaid m Aed Slaine of Dealba over the Meath men.

In Donmalls 8th year the internicine vengance killings continued bewteen Cenel Fearadaig and the sons of Aed Allan I Uairidnach.
A life for a life, a battle for a battle between the children and realtives of the sides killed.
This continous vengance killing as a matter of tribal and individual honor seems to completely replace the old pre Christain policy of Erinn laid out in the laws of Erinn and kept strictly by ancient Kings.
The a pattern of vengance killing may have been practiced among the Fianna in the 1st and 2 Centuries AD when they acted as a national army for the ruling power, and where champions or knights were in service to this force. Cuculain being one of them.

In the new era vengance is had normally on the field of battle betwen the sons and grandsons of the slain person rather than satisfaction by a payment to the entire Clann or some feat of public service as established by the Labors of Herecles in ancient Greece.

The vengance killing pattern is seen today in the tribal areas of the near East keeping society in a constant turmoil.

In the west the family has no right of Eric or vengance but the State replaces the two systems by State trial, Incarceration or if necessary death by State execution.

In 634 the 12th year of Domnalls reign the Battle of Mag Rath was fought and won by Dommall m Aedo m Ainmire of Tir Conail with Aed Slaine of Beg an ally and his attendant clients the Airgilla ,tribes of the 9 cantreds, over Congal Clean M Scannlan m Maol Coba m Aed m Ainmire m Setnae m Fergus m Conall Gulban m Niall.

Maol Coba was brother to Donmall and therefore Conall Coel was his nefew.

Congal know as Claen or Caech was attached to him as he had suffered a eye loss due to a bee sting.
Conal, was through his birth eligible for the position of Ard Ri and was exculded because of the bee sting blindness which he resented.
However when he tried to gain an award of compensation for this injury the law denied him making him angry.
The bee sting responsibilty of long duration in the law tracts was put on the owner of the bee hives indicating a long established honey hive business ongoing in Eire from earliest times.

Eyremone is listed as the goddess of the bees and honey in the old Greek mythology indicating that there may have been early Greek trade with the island ove the nectar of honey.
'Y' symbol represents the vowels 'ia' so Erymone would be correctly Eriamone.

Caech had tha ally-ship of Donmall Brecc [freckled] king of Dal Riada in this battle even though Colum Cill had prophesised some 100 years before that Dal Riada should always reamin loyal to the O Eogain faction. When Donmall Brecc allied with the Cenel Eogain's enemy for the throne he lost and was forced to retreat to Scotland completly.

A Naval battle was alleged to have taken place on the same day as Mag Rath off the coast of the Ilse of Kintire between Dal Riada and Eogain clann on the same side against Domnaill m Aedo of Clan Conaill which was won by the Hi King.

An additonal battle was fought at Sailtire where Conall Caen m Maol Coba won over the Cenel Eogain.
The battle of Mag Rath gives rise to the folklore of Suibne Gealt[crazy sweeny] where by this prince and former king of Ulaid was so frightend and sickened by the carnage that he flew off into the trees where he resided for a number of years in a state of fear, shock and disturbed behavoir finally coming to rest near starvation with St Kevin at Clonmacnoise where he died.

At the end of the Battle of Mag Rath Congal Cean was killed. His ally Domnall Brecc fled to Scotland.

In 636 Duinseach the wife of Domnall m Aedo died.

The year 636 the 13 year of Domnall Hi King ,the battle of Cathair Cinnccon vs the king of Munster was won by Aengus Liath over Maelduin m AEd Beanain m Aed Slaine at Limerick.

In 639 Ad [or 642 christian time ]after 16 years as Hi king Donmall M Aedo m Ainmire M Setnae m Fergus Cennfota m Conall Glundub m Neill died at Ard Fotad fort on Rathlin in Donegal in the month of January aftera year of sickness.

Donmalls peaceful death is attributed to a prophesy by Columba that he would be a famous king and would never be delivered to the hand of his enemies but would die in old age surrounded by his household.

He is the only king recorded as hi king Ard Ri by the Cronciles of Ireland as an acceptable hi king who was not killed by violence.
Those kiled by violence are left out of the records of the Baile Chuind completely.

He is the only Cenel Connal king listed as hi king in both the Baile Chuinn and the Midlde Irish Kings lists.
None of the other Cenel Conaill kings are listed by theBaile Chuinn.

Domnall is the first king ever so honored by the Annals.

It is believed tha the great British historian Bede was born inthe year Domnall died
Donmall left 3 sons
Oengus, Ailill and Fergus.
His grandson Longsech m Oengus beaceme the last Conaill Hi King and died in 704 AD and so ended the kings of the line of Ainmire.

Judi Donnelly
copyright feb 21 2008

sourses:
The Annals of Ireland, vol 1, O Donnovan ,1856, Hodges and Smith, Dublin
Early Christain Ireland, TM Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press
The Kings and Hi Kings of Irleand, J F Byrne,1973,B T Batsford Ltd, London

Three Kings: Aed Alan, Maol Coba, Suibne Meen601-624AD 04 Ad

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Aed Allan I, Maol Coba, Suinbe Meen 601 -624AD

Aed Allan I Uairdnach High King 601-604 Ad

Aed Allan I Uairdnach m Domnall Ilchealach M Muireceartach m Muireadach M Eogain m Niall. Hugh of the shivering desease [ague] became King in 601 AD.
As part of the assendant five familiies Allan was entitled to the service of the Client Airgilla* who were considered equals in noble blood as the descendants of the Collas.

They were committed to serve the King with a military contingent every 3 years for 3 fortnights. [14 days] excluding spring planting and fall for harvesting.They were committed to entertain the king and his entourage and to rise before the king and to give testimoney over witnesses. [to speak for or vouch for ones charachter].
From the King they are entitled to a statement of rights with power to enforce these rights.
Corn and milk and mask[feed] and a share of salmon.
The client states are entitled from the King a 3rd of any revenues or gains made for the King from their weopons.
Surities were givne and guaranteeors signed the agreeements.

All the old Agreements or Contracts of Ireland were upheld by surity [hostages] and guarantors [ollams and men of note] who signed these agreements therfore dispelling the fiction of modern thinking that the Pagan or early Christaian Irish were unschooled and unlearned in the art of reading and writing.
From the time of Patrich's mission the Nobility were all schooled from old Irish to Latin the language of the Church to which many became Bishops or priests holding these offices of God in a hereditary manner.

Aed Allan I began his reign by collecting the Boruma from Leinster and was resisted by their king BranDubh m Eochaid m Muireaddach M Aed M Feidlimid M Enna Ceinnsealaig m Labrada m Breasail Belaig M Fiacha Baicedha m Cathair Mor. Some 11 generations of Laigin and a kinsman of Alan.

He was killed by Airchinneach or Erenach [warden] of the church of Senboth Sire [Wexford] who was Saran Saeldearc[ of the evil eye], Oironnech.

The Leinstermen with the death of their King still refused and resisted the payment of the Boruma tribute.

After the war of the Ui Neill and the Laigin there was peace for this reign till Aed Uairdnach died at the Ford of the Two Graves or Two Miracles called Ath da Fearta.
He had been king for only 3 years.

He was succeded by Maol Cobha M Aed M Ainmire M Conal Gulban who was king for 5 years.
Maol Coba m Fiachnae m Deman m Cairell m Muiredach Muinderg m Forgg m Dallain of Ulster of the Dal Fiatach line also called Maolcoba m Aed m Ainmire m Diarmaid of Cenel Conaill became Hi King on the Death of Aed Allan I or Ollainn. The unity of the two clan Celen conaill and Uilad is discribed here.

The 3 years of his reign were peaceful but he was killed by Suibne Meenn at the battle of Sliabe Toad after 3 years of kingship.

Suibne Meann m Fiachna m Fearadach of Cennal Eogain was king for 15 years after this killing of Maol Coba.

In the early years of the reign of Suibne a fleet came ,it says, but not from where and devistated Torach[Toraighe] Tory Island Donegal.
Also The parish of Connor was burned in the east.

The remaining 13 years of Suibnes reign appear peaceful although many nobles of fame die.There are no major wars involving the king.

In 613 it is listed that Colgan son of the King was killed but not by whom.
The year of the world as being 5814 is recorded in the fifth year of the Emperor Herecles in Rome.

In 617 Suibne's son Conall fought the battle at Cath Cinddelgtean against Domnall Brecc, the King of Ulaid.

The following year the battle of Ceann Guba near Rosscommon between Ragallac m Uattach and Colmain m Cobhtaig was waged in which two of Kellys sons were killed along with Colmain their chief.

Rath Guala fort was burned by Fiachna m Baedan in Down which than belonged to Aed Bolc.
Nothing was saved.

623 brought the battle of Carn Fearadaig at Limerick in Connact in which Falvy Flann had victory over these menof Connact.

In 622 Conal chief of Ui Maine was killed along with Maoldubh, Moalduin, Maolruain , Maolcalggaigh and Maol Breasaill all of whom where fighting with Guaire-Aidne who was forced to flee.
The battle ground was than called the Ford of the Slaughter of the Six. Ath-cuma-an-tseisir.

In the same year 622 the battle of Leathe Midinn was fought at Druing in Antrim between Fiachna m Deman of Dal Fiachna v Fiachna m Baetain of Dal Baradainne[ Boydan] where Boydan chief was killed by the opposition chief.
Fiachna was than killed by the Dal Riada at the battle of Corrain by Conal Kearr.

The following year 623 Suibne Meenn m Fiachna mic Feredaich m Muirethaig m Eogain m Neill was killed at Traig-Brena in Mag Itha Donnegal by Congal Caech m Scannal where Suibne had proceeded with a host.

He was succedded in 624 Ad by Donmall m Aed m Ainmire.

Domnall immediately defeated Congal Caech m Scannlan at the battle of Dun Ceithirn at Dunboe in Derry.

This cyclopean fort may be the same later identified as Ailech in the same area.

In the same year the battle of Ard Corainn was fought where Conad Cerr of Dal Riada killed the king of Ulidia Fiacna m Deman.

*The Oirgialla 9 cantreds are louth, armagh, Monahan and e Tyrone. Oigialla meand gold hostages because they were fettered with golden chains being nobles.

Judi Donnelly
copyright Feb 18 2008
Sourses:
Annals of Ireland, John Donnovan, Vol 1, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co Dublin
Irish Kings and High Kings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batsford Ltd

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Aed Slaine and Colmain Rimid Hi kings 595-600 AD

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Aed Slaine and Colmain Rimid Hi Kings jointly 595-598 AD
[old time 4 masters]

Aid Slaine and Colmain Rimid became Hi Kings together in 595 AD according to the O Cleary 4 masters recconing.
This would be 600 in church time.

Aed Sliane was resident at Raith Airthir on Loch n Gabor and his tribe owned the Hill of Tara.
Aed was very opulant, a good hospitaler, full of honor and justice.He set a standard in future Brega for a grand and opulant household.Aed was the child of his fathers concubine Mugain Mug or Muag meaning slave.
A warning was given to Ade by St Colum Cille against his killing a kinsman as he would lose the kingdom ordained to him by God by so doing.

In the second year of the reign Aed Slaine killed Suibne m Colmain Becc m Dairmaid as Suibne had killed Aed's father.

A Battle was fought in Breg by Branduff King of Leinster.

In the following year 597 Colmain Rimid fought a battle in Meath against Connall Cu or Cowe the son of Aed Ainmire where Conall was defeated.

The battle of Cuil Cail was fought in Down between Fiachna m Baedan and Fiachna M Deman who lost.

In 598 AD a battle was fought betwen Colmain Revare [Remid] at Eachroe [horse promintory] near Sligo against MaelCuothaigh, Chief of the Cenel Fiachrach which Colmain won.

In the memory of this battle both the Cleary 4 Masters record and the Annals of Clonmacnoise and Ulster agree on the date.

These two kings rigned 6 years and were both slain in the same year 600 by the 4 which would not agree with the 595 accention date as being 6 years but 5 therefore they were probably killed in 601 AD.
The killing of both these monarchs were vengance killings.

Colmain Rimid or Ros m Baetan m Muirchertaig M Earca M Muirerdach M Eogain M Neill is also listed as a son of Mic Fergusa Cearbeoil M Connaill Creamthann M Niall Naigiallach.He is also related to be a prince of Ulaid through Dairmaid M Cerbaill m Aed Roin of Mag Roigne. What one would call in centures to come 'well born'.

He was killed by his kinsman Dilmana Diolmana or Dealmana.
Why this person was killed by his relatives is not noted other than he held power over the Chiieftans in law.

A lament decrys:
'What is reign, what is law, what is power over Chieftans?
Behold Colmain Rimid the King!
Lochan Dilman slew him!'

Colmain was chief of the Ui Failghe at Lock Sewda.

Aed was killed by Conall Guithbinn m Suibne M Colmain Becc M Dairmaid M Cearbeoil in West Meath for the killing of his father Suibne by Aed Slaine.
A vengance killing. Both of the same family.

The annals do not mention if these killings were done as assasinations or on a field of battle in west Meath but both on the same day.
Hugh Ron of Offaly and Hugh Aed Buide, prince of Imaine were also killed by the same man Conall m Suibne.

Clonmaicnoise does discribe these killings as a Battle of Sleawyn at Mullingar in West Meath.
Aed Slaine of Brega is the ancestor of Finsnectatare Fledach.

These two jointly ruling kings one from the soutern Ui Niall the other from the Northern Eogain line were succeeded in the kingship in 601 by Aed Uardnach [Chills of the Ague ]M Donall also an Eogain line king.

With the demise of Rimid and Slane the years of the 6C, covering the rigns of Dathi I m Fiachra m Mugmeadoin to the above kings, 500 AD to 599Ad come to an end and a new century of Irish happenings begins.

Judi Donnelly
copyright feb 16 2008

Sources: Four Masters , O Donnovan, 1856, Hodges and Smith ,Dublin
Irish Kings and Hi Lings, F J Byrne, 1973, B T Batseford Ltd
Annals Clonmacnoise 1896, Universtity Press

The Golden Trees and Thoughts

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The Golden Trees

Droplets of water frozen free
Shine in the Sun a moment this Day
Soon you will shimmer and fall away
The color of water,the color of glass
Shimmer and shine befooe you pass
Clearing away Thy eternal ice
Keeping uf free from own own human vice
A blessing upon you Willow tree
Silver and gold and Sacred you be.

Judi Donnelly
copyright feb 14 2007

Thoughts

Thoughts are like little gleams of lite on the ocean
They glitter and gleam like gold
And than coagulate into a golden beam
Before they fade away into the waters of darkness
Lost to the day Yet saved for tomorrow
And into the Century of forever.

Judi Donnelly
copyright Sept 15 2005

Ainmire, Baedan ,Aed Hi Kings 564- 598AD

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Ainmuire m Dedna M Fergus Ceannfoda became king in 564 or 569 [ The Four Masters by the old time and the Christian new time being 5 years later].\
Feargus m Nellin was promptly killed by Aed in vengance for the death of his Father Ainmire who had been killed by Fergus m Nellin in Ainmire third year as Hi King.Feilen was set afire by Ainmire
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He was followed in the kingship not by his son Aed but by Baedan m Ninnid m Feargusm Ceanfoda who was killed after one year by Conmain m Beg m Cearbaill and Conmain m Libren m Illadhann Cearbaill at Leim-na-eich [the horse Leap].
When Aed m Ainmire became king in 568 Ad he killed in vengance of the death of his father Ainmuire, Feargus m Nellin.
For a few years there was peace but in 571 the battle of Tola in Kings County was fought between Fiachna m Baedan m Cairill against Osraige and Eile in which these people were defeated.
The battle of Feidhin was fought by Cairbre m Creamthaine of Munster and Colman Beg m Diarmaid in which Colman was defeated.
In 572 Aeds 5th year the battle of Doete or Bealach Feadna [woody road] was fought against Meath by Aed. In this battle Colman Beg m Diarmaid was killed.
Aed m Ainmire tribe was the same as that of Eochaid Tircharna decendent of Brian m Mugmeadoin.
For 7 years peace reigned again but in Aeds 12th year as Hi King the battle of Druim m Earca was fought and won vs Cenel Eogain and Colga m Domnaill m Muirchertaig m MuirReadoigh was marbad [slain].
This King Aed seems mostly a reign of Peace. Most battles of his reign are fought by other lesser chiefs not the Hi King himself.
A battle was fought in 586 the 19th year of his reign between BranDubh m Eohaid and the Ui Neill at Mag Ochtar in north Kildare.Brandubh won the battle.
In the 23 year of his reign 590 Fiachna Baedan m Ciarill m Muiredach Muinderg ,CKing of Ulster gained a battle over the Connachta.
colum Cille died at his Church at Hugh [Iona] after 35 years of his mission and pilgrimage. This was the 9th of June on a Sunday night.
Brandubh KLing of Leinster was involved in the killing of Cumuscach m Aed m Ainmire in 593 when this young man went on a visitation demanding a night of love from the wives of all his hosts.The Qeen of Laigen although granting his request fled from him and hid in the forest.
Her husband BranDubh disguised as a servant gained entrance to the house where the young prince was staying and set fire to the house.
Hoever the young prince escaped by going out the smoke hole in the roof where he sought santuary from the Church Cill Rannairech.He was however discovered by Loichine Lonn the Erenagh who cut of the princes head and sent it to the king of Leinster.
The Church was granted freedom from tribute and custom in perpetuity for this service.
When Aed heard of his sons death at Ailech where he resided, he went with his army to Dunbolg [fort of the sacks]in Wicklow.He camped with his forces of the Cuill Chuin at Dun Buace where Brandubh rode to meet him.
Bishop Aiden the kings half brother went out to seek a truce but Aed refused him a stay addressing his half brother contemptiously to which the cleric predicted his doom.
Aed moved his army southward to Kilbelat where he made a fortified camp.
Here Aiden plotted a plan to infiltrate the kings camp by disguising Brandubhs Laigen in baskets of food on the backs of oxen.
The ruse got the soldiers into Aeds camp past the Airgilla guards whereupon they were able to rout the northern men.Aedh was wounded his guard taking him away but they were pursued by the spy Ron Kerr m Duibh of Imaile who beheaded Aed on a flat rock and presented the king of Leinster with this trophy,to which the king awarded him a place at the kings table and freedom from trubute in perpetuity.
Much of the sometimes shocking violence done in Ireland had to do with these kinds of rewards for bad behavior.
A policy which extended to the invaders as well at lest down to the Republic of 1916.
Ireland today still has insidents of vengance killings or attempts to gain power or prestige by overpowering others.
However the policy of tribute, hostages and rewards or patronage seems to have met its demise. At least at the public awareness level.
With the Death of Aed m Ainmire m Sedna m Feargus Ceannfoda m Conall Glundub m Niall m Mugmesadon of the Cenel ConaillThe throne of Ireland passed in 592 [the four] or 598 [Ulster and Clonmacnioise records]* from the hands of the north Ailech clans of Ui Neill to Aed Slane m Diarmaid Cearbaill of the southern Ui Neill who ruled jointly with Colmain Rimid from Cenel Eogain. * the ulster annals were original composed in Latin which indicates that the Church clerics prepared them from old records and hence the Church annals would all agree in date with the time used by the Church set from Rome.

Judi donnelly
copyright feb 13 2008

Sourses; The Four Masters O donovan, 1856 Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin
Annals of Clonmacnoise, 1896, University Press, Dublin
Early Christian Ireland, TM Charles-Edwards, 2000, Cambridge University Press

'Nieth the Wind Swept Grasses of Ireland

2008-02-12T13:40:00.000-05:00

Neith the Wind Swept Grasses of Ireland
Lies a man and his love
Cover'd by a rock,
Defaced by the living lime
'Neith the wind swept grases of Ireland;

An old man he and a young wife
Together at night in the home,
Violence intruded
Shot them dead,
Left the dear baby screaming
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland;

32 bullets were fired
Leaving holes in the stove and walls,
An old man lying in his undercloths,
A young wife dead close by
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland;

'Not a more innocent could be found'
A man left alone on an isolated farm,
Cemetrary Sunday it was
Night, 11 PM or more
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland;

The youngest boy remaining, Francis
On the old farm where all were born,
He almost lost it but his brother bailed him out
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland:

A son found them all at 17
Death and Blood his legacy,
1000 came to lay he and his love
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland:

The black stone rests
Disfigured by white lime,
A graceful dark pane
Shimmers their life and death
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland;

An old man and his love
Two sons left behind,
The black stone encased
'Neith the wind swept grasses of Ireland.

Judi Donnelly
copyright November 1 2004

Diarmaid m Fergusa Cearbeoil Hi King 538-559Ad

2008-02-11T21:38:00.000-05:00

Dairmait m Cerrbeoil King 539-559 Ad
Dairmaid m Fergusa Cearbeoil M Conaill Creamthain mic Neill became Hi king of Ireland in 539 A D
In the year of the killing of Diarmaid by the Dal Riada king Suine a mermaid was taken from the sea at the strand at Larne in Antrim.She was taken in a net of a fisherman called Beoan m Inli Congalls fisherman for Beann Chair.She was called Liban ,Ingen of Eochaid or Eothach m Muireadi who is reported to be the place Loch Eathach or Loch Neagh is called.A legend surrounds this creature regarding the foundation of the lake in 90 AD.
Dairmait had been 7 months a king his friend and abbot of Clanmacnoise died at 33 years of age. St Kieran [Queran] was buried simply in the little church.Dermott greieved so for his friend that he develped a deafness and his brain was troubled so he could not think of the conserns before him as King.
He went to Clanmacnoise and after fasting withthe new Aboot Mac Eloyse for the night some clay from the grave was mixed with holy water and placed in the kings ears who immidiately had good hearing restored to him and his brain cleared of confusion and suffering.
Later Diarmaid bestowed gifts and lands on Clonmacnoise for this miraculous recovery of his health.
By Diarmaids 5th year as Hi King 543 Ad a plague struck called by the Irish Blefed.It came from Africa through Europe taking as victims a third part of the human race.
Fergus and Domnall m Muirechetach m Earca again struck against Connact.Ailill Inbamda King of Connact and Aedh Fortamhail were both killed.
The ensuing 7 years of Diarmait reign appear to be peaceful.
550 Ad represented the 12th year of Diarmaid m Cearbaill.
The prophet and Bard Beg m De announced that the lords would loose their cheiftancies, that men of little estate would loose their land, that mortality would begin from Fanad the home of McSuibne in Donegal meaning a plague would sweep Eire.
A Battle was fought at Druim Cleithe by Deman m Cairell vs Eathach-Arda of Down.
Another Battle was fought in Kearan Carra Barony Mayo by Fergus and Domnell m Earca agaisnt Ailill Molt Invana King of Connact and his brother Aed Fortuvill. both were killed and the M Earca brothers were victorious. This is the second battle fought in Connact between their cheifs and the M Earca brothers.
The Plague rolled on taking victims in death [decc].
In 542 Aed Colmain Mor m Diarmada, the second son of the king Diarmait, was killed in his chariot by Dubsloit Ua Treana, a Criuthni.
Colman is the ancestor of Clann Colmain of Meith who became the Malaghlin of Meath Ua Colman, the souther Ui Neill kings.
In 544 the last Feis of Teamair was held by Diarmaid m Cearbaill.
This event seems to have occured regarding the execution of Curan m Aed m Eochaid Tirmcharna a son of the king of Connact by Diarmaid in violation of a guarantee of Colum Cille.
This violation of protection by Diarmaid was the cause of the Battle of Cul-Dreimne where Diarmaid was challanged by Fergus and Domnall m Earca, Ainmire m Sedna m Earca, Ainnid m Duach and Aed m Eochaid Tircharna the king of Connact whose grandson Curan had been executed.
This sentance of death had been given over a book which Finnan has lent to Colum Cille who copied it without Finnans's knowledge or permission.Diarmait ruled against Colum saying his famous pronouncement 'To every cow belongs its calf.'
Colum Cille resisted this judgement of the king whereapon the King snached by force from his protection the ill fated Curnan and put him to death.
At the Battle of Cul-Dreime between Colum Cille and Diarmait the king it is represented that Diarmaid's force was protected by a Druidic magic cirle called an 'Erbe Druad' which is a power derived from the Devil through a magic circle.This druidic force was suppressed by records the copiers all Christian monks not wanting to admit that pagan druidizm was still alive and well among the nobles of Eire over 100 years after the coming of St Patrick.
However it was alleged that Colum Cille dispenced a magical protection zone to his forces as long as they did not tresspass the consecrated limit ascribed by the Saint.
The annals ascribe over 3000 dead of Diarmaits host while only 1 fell of the Christains called Mag Laim who had passed into the magic druidic circle.
In 556 Ad the bttle of Cuil Uinn Senn [corner of the ash trees] in Tethba was fought against Diarmait by Aed m Breanaim, chief of Tethba who routed Diarmait.
In 557 Bec m De M Deargaid died.
Colum Cille removed to Scotland Iona. He has been excomunicated by a synod of Irish priests for his instagation of his relatives to the Battle of Cul-Dreimne.He converted the Picks of N Scotland from there.

diarmait pg 2
In 557 Ad The O Neill fought the Cruithnigh at the battle of Moin Doire Lothair which is probably the great wood of Lothair near Moneymore Antrim.O Neill won the war. A combined alliance of Cenel O Eagain and Cenel Conaill.The Lee in Coleraine and the Carn Eolair west of the Bann River were ceeded to the O Neill.seven Chieftains [kings] of the Cruithne were killed.
These warriores bore away hostages to their own lands.Fergus and Domanall m Earca, Ainmire m Dedna M Earcha and Nainnid M Duach all brought hostages of the Cruitne tribes to their own territories and households.
In 558 in the 20the year of Diarmaids reign he was killed by Suibe at Mag Line.
Before this the Annals of Clonmacnoise record a progress ordered by Dermott sending the sergeant Backlaure with a spear with the power to break down any door of the nobles to narrow for the spear to pass through sideways.
The sargeant broke down many doors throughout his progess until he came to Aed Guary[english probably Guiare in irish ]in Connauct.When the spear would not go in sideways the kin folk in the household themselves broke down the door in the absence of Hugh their ruler.Backlaure therefore entered and feasted with the householders.
However when Gawrie[ this is the spelling in the annals translation the w probably indicates a welsh translator] returned to his towne seeing his door broken asked who broike it?When he found out he entered his house in rage and killed the sergeant than took flight to Rodan in Lorha his mothers brother and Abbot of the place which is in Ormond Co Tipperary.
Rogan sent his nefew to Wales to protect him from the Kings vengance.
The King made a search for Hugh Gwary and found him.
He than wrote to the King of Wales to send him back or their would be war and distruction of Wales.
The King sent him back to Rodan who hid Hugh under the floor.
The King went himself to Rodan after his emasarys could not find Aed surmising that the Abbot of God would not lie to him.The King chastened Rodan in harsh and bitter words not worthy for a Holy Man.Rodan responded to the Kings threats that no future kings would dwell at Tara.The King than asked Rodan the Bishop where Gawy was?Rodan said he new not if his nefew were not where you stand.Diarmait departed thinking that Rodan had toyed with him but reconsidered and interpreted the truth.He sent his man with an ax into the monastary to dig up the offender.
This man could not release his ax from the place it had started.When this occured the Kings man joined the Monks.
The King entered and he Himself dug the hole and carried of his prisoner.Rodan followed with many memmbers of the Church and demanded the release of his nefew Aed.Diarmait refused absolutely.Next day the prelates again demanded the relese of Gwary to no avail.
Rodan and a Bishop hence took up their bells and cursed the King and Tara praying no king or queen would henceforth dwell at Tarach. That it shall be a waste without court or palace.
This was the last useage of the Hill as a dwelling place.Each king since Diarmait chosing his own dwelling plac convinient to him.
Rodan than gave the King 30 horses which Diarmait accepted and granted Aed Guare his freedom.
diarmait pg 3
When Diarmait was killed in 558 Ad or 569 by Colonmacnois dates he was beheaded and his head brought to Clonmacnoise where it is buried. His body was buried in Connor Down near Rath Beg at Mag line.
Diarmad had three sonsAedh Slane, Colmain Mor and Colmain Beg.The souther O Neils are decended from Colmain Mor.
As to Tara it was not subsequently occupied by future kings.
Diarmaid was suceeded by Fergus and Domnall m Earcha, grandsons of Muiredack m Eogain m Niall.They reigned jointly for 3 years and both died of the Plague on the same day.They were followed in 562 by Domanalls son Eochaid [Eochu] and his uncle Baedan, broher of Muirechertach m Muridach being Muirechertachs brother.
Fergus and Donmal are also said to have been killed after a two year rign by Cronn, Chief of Cianachta of Gleann Gheimhin.
Both stories may be credible in Irish society it may be that the plague was being sufferd by both and Cronn decided to put them out of their mysery together.
These were the last of the decendants of Eogain m Niall for a time.
As Tara was quietly deserted during this period we have no conclusive evidence that it was used as a kings residence after the death of Diarmaid.
However both the incoming M Earcha grandsons, Domnall Ilcealgac [deceatful] and his brother Fergus Mor ,are reported to have died of the plague in the same year and day 566 ,3 years into their reign.
At that time not only the Plague was rampant among the Irish but Leprosea was common and a desease known as Buile Conneal which might have been Yellow Feaver or smallpox.All 4 deseases hightly contageous and fatal.
With the practical sence of the Irish in general mingled with the otherwordly and superstitious nature it is probable that the buildings at Tara were collectively deserted in fear of these deseases which were neither understood or treatable by the elite or the proletariat or the plebian.
The Church curse of Rodan would naturally be applied by the Irish who still believed in magical powers over science [ or magic is science] and accepted the Bishops mystical powers as valid and coming from God Himself.
The buildings were not immediately distroyed but were burned in a later time which date I cannot find.Thus losing for Ireland a major part of its archetectural history.
the Cronicles kept at Tara court seems also to have 'disappeared' and been abandoned thus leaving a gap in the government activities and the geneological productivity as they were recorded.
Tara today reamins mysteriously deserted but famous in both Irish and foriegn memory as a place of mystical conontation to an ancient and more glorious past.
Its laws and accomplishments since Eochaid Ollam Fodla rigned as hi king in 703 BC when it was than 2500 years old in the knowledge of Irish history and lore. It figured in Da Danan sacredness as well as Milesian in that the name of Teamair wife of Miles meaning 'hot desire' was given by her as she built it up as a heritage for her desendants.
Judi Donnelly
copyright 11 Feb 2008
Sorces Annals of Ireland, vol 1 J Donovan, 1856, Hodges Smith and Co DublinAnnals of Clanmacnoise , Denis Murphy ,1896, University Press Dublin

Tuathal Maol Garb Hi King 528-538 Ad

2008-02-09T15:53:00.000-05:00

Tuathal Mael Garv 528 538 AD

Tuathal Maol Garbh m Cormac m Caech m Cairbre m Niall also known in English as Moyle Garve became Hy King on the death of his predicessor and cousin Muirechertach. He immediately exiled Diarmaid Cerbail his rival for the throne. Garb means in Irish rough

This king fought the battle of Cluin Ailbe at Duleek Meath in 530 or before.
Colum Cille would have been about 17 at this time.
Another battle was fought in 531 against the Hy Maine at Claen Loch at Galway in Connact against the Cenel Aed of Hi Fiachrach-Aidne.O Shaugnessy country, fought against the chief of the Fiachrach-Aidne Gorbhnean where Mane m Cearbail was killed.This district was inclusive of Athlone, Rosscommon, Ballyroe, Tiagun, Killian and Killconnell in Galway lived in by the O Kelly and O Madden people.

In the 8th year of the reign of Mael Garb Colum Cille was given land by his tribe the O Donnells on which he constructed Daire Calgaige Church.

In 537Ad the battle of Stigeach was fought by Fergus and Donnall m Muirechertach m Earca and their cousin Ainmire m Sedna against Eogan Bell King of Connact who was slain amongst his routed forced. His son Cellach who was with the Church at Clonmacnoise with St Kieran was called home by his people on the deathbed wish of his father Eogan that he should rule the kingdom.Cellach went home to Hi Fiachrach acceptd the kingship as his father Eogan Bell had requested and was cursed by St Kieran on his leaving the Church which was instramental in his later distruction.The Hy Fiachrach were one of the 4 sons of Muigmeadon through his wife Mongfind.
Owen Bell ordered his burial standing in full armor against his enemies with his red javalin in his hand and his face towards Ulster.As long as he remained thus the Ulstermen were never sucessful at battle against Connact again.
Ulster finally dug up the body of this standing dead King took it north of Sligo over the river and reburied it at the cemetary of Aenach Loch Gile, face down in the ground.

It is said theat old Loegaire m Niall had also been intered at Tara facing south against his enemy the Laigen in full battle gear since 458 Ad and he is still there.
Maol Garb put out a proclaimation on Diarmaid m Cearball with a reward for the heart of this rival claimant.
Dermott in fear of his life was santuaried at Clonmacnoise [Archtibra].He had no house or fort of his own.St Kienan than a monk was also without Shelter.Dermott assisted the Abbot in building a house.
During this construction he, Diarmaid, put the saints hand on his head and the saint blessed him and prayed he might have all Ireland.
Dermotts foster brother Malmore m Airgeadan the son of Diarmaits tutor requested Diarmaid lend himself ,Hargedy ,his black horse that he Malmor might ride to Gevaly de Phil where the king was where he would present a dog heart to the king on a spear, and by such, he would get close enough to kill Tuathal.
Dermott agreed to this plan reluctantly.

Hargedy rode out with the heart of the dog on a spear mounted on the black horse of the prince.The king and his company seeing this rider supposed it to be the heart of Diarmaid.They gave him way to the king and when when he reached Maol GArb he gave him a deadly blow killing the king instantly.
Malmor was beset on all sides by Tuathals people taken and killed.

Dermott was notified ,rode to Tarech and was crowned.
He began his reign immediately in 538 Ad.
The Annals of Clonmacnoise show the dates of Tuathal to be 534-547 claiming he was king 11 years. These dates add up to 10 years not 11 therfore we chose to find the four masters dates more relaible.
The reign of Diarmait m Cearball will represent the last of the rule of the sons of Mugmeadoin son of Muiredach Tirech and the end of the 6 Century AD kings.

Judi Donnelly
Copyright Feb 10 2008

Sourses :
Annals of Clonmacnoise, The reverend Denis Murphy, 1896, University Press Dublin Annals the Kingdom of Ireland, the Four Masters, 1856, Hodges Smith Co Dublin, John O Donnovan LL D

Muirechertach Hi King 504-529 Ad

2008-02-09T15:47:00.000-05:00

Muirechertach m Earca King 504-529 Ad

Morietaugh M Earcha was high king after the death of Lugaid in 504 Ad.
He was Muircheartach m Muireadach m Eogain m Niall known as Mac Earca for his mother Earca who was allededly a daughter [ingen] of Oilill Molt M Fiacrach.However she is listed also as a daughter of the king of Scotland and her other son by Muiredach, Fergus, full brother of Muirechertach, was king of Dal Riada in Antrim and moved the seat if this kingdom to Argyll in Scotland during the last years of the reign of Lugaid [498]. Mac Earca are known as the Fir Chera.
Muirechertach continued his battle life after he became Hy King as he had before.
The Battle of Luachain [a rushy place] was fought between Cucob and the Ui Niall.
Than the battle of Finnobir where Illan M Dunlaing King of Leinster was slain.
The O Neill than proceeded into Leinster to devistate and plunder the Province but the Laigen placed their dead King in a chariot marched out againt the northen forces and defeated them with great slaughter.
The Laigen also refused to pay the 5,000+ tribute in goods from the death of Oilill Molt till Muirechertach came to collect it.
In his 4th year Muriechertach fought the battle of Druim Deargaighe against Foilghe Berraide where the hill of Uisneach were recoverd by Fiacha M Niall. The Hill of Uisnech is the hill where the 5 provinces of Eire met and is crowned with a a marker at its summit known as the Rock of Divisions, Ailna Mireann.Uisnech is also the home of the sons of Uisnech figuring in the romance of Dairmaid and Diedre in the Sorrow of Deidre during the hay day of the Fianna and Finn in the first century Probably Bc or Ad.

All told some 13 battles are named among the tribes of Ireland in that day and 28 fought by Dubnlaing over the Boruma tribute.
In 513 the Battle of Delna in north Meath was fought between Ardgar M Connell Colga m Loitre M Cruim Feidlhmid of Colla da Chrich of Airgilla and Muirechertach the King.Ardgal Connell Creamthann M Niall was killed.
The Annals of Claun MacNoise read an earthquake in 519 during the 16the year of the reign of Muirechertack which collapsed many castles
St Colum Cille was born in 519 amongst his people the O Donnels of Tyre Conail a son of Feidlimidh M Fergus Cearnada m Conial Gulban m Niall.The four master list Colum Cille as born on Dec 7 521 in the same day and year as the death of St Buite m Bronaugh m Bolaire who was bishop of Mainister Buite in Louth ,barony Ferrad.St Buite is still revered in Germany and in parts of France and the Monaster Buice constuction was well completed by the reign of the granson of Niall.
St Brigid died in 522 in the 70th year of her age and the 20th year of the Reign of Muirechertach Mc Ercae She died and is intered in Kildar Cill Dara and was a Virgin and noble lady daughter of Duffail M Dreivne M Breasail M Deime M Conly M Artcir m Carbury Nia M Carab M Enos M Eodfinn a son of King Felim Reactwar.
In 523 the Battle of Ath Sighe m Dian was fought between Ui Neill against the Lagin again in which this King was killed but left a daughter Sin[Storm] who was finally able to revenge her fathers death.

muirechertach pg 2

Muirchertach continued his battle career in his 23 year reigh.
The battle of Mag Ailbe in KindareThe battle of Almhain Hill of Allan in KildareBattle of Ceanneich Hill of the Horse Cliachg plundered KildareIdrone in Carlow Kildare Aidne in Connaght at Galway kiltartan
ClonnChane also lost a battle in Tipperary at Slieve Phelm called by the English enterpreter Moyalve.
The English translators of the Elizabethan period were not well schooled.
Most of the monks who had little command of language skills spelling ,or interpretation.They were interpreting the manuscripts from Latin which had been the language of the elite and the Church and the scholar and the saint since the coming of St Patrick's mission to the Irish.
Old Irish was therefore lost as it became incorporated with Church latin and later by norse and french additions.By the time the English Reformation arrived the old records were mostly in latin the original manuscripts having been distroyed or to worn to read.
The confusion of language continues today in 2007 whereby modern Irish contains so many additions in spelling from other tongues it is frequently unreadable.A matter of intention by its conquerors to control the native Irish.

The same program of reform has been applied by the Assendant peoples of Empire and plantation in the name of Christ throughout North American Indian tribes, Africa, and in some parts of sub continent of India leaving a massive sink hole in both knowledge and understanding.
Of the kingdom of Ireland it remained plunged in continuing battle on the island since the coming of Christianity and the Faith.Gone the order of brother and streanth of Niall and his predicessors where brother stood with brother and concession to elected order was made within the great families.Ireland fell into a morase of greed, vengance killings, plunder,lawlesssness and injustice by the nobility.Trust and acceptance within defeat was not respected within the society at large.
What part the wording of the legal system with the revised Senchus Mor made under Loegaire played reamins unknown.The geilfine and the derbfine came apart.

Muirechertach always won against those who opposed him and prospered. But in the end he was drowned in a vat of wine at his own house of Cleiteach on the Boyne after he had put out his wife and 3 sons for a fairea woman, his concubine Sin, daughter of the killed king Sighe.
On Holandtide night [Halloween] Sin was able to set fire to the house.
Mortaugh jumped into a vat of wine to protect himself from the fire but it was to deep and he drowned after the center pole of the house fell on him burning his upper half.
Having placed his trust in the woman against his advisors he lost his life in 529 AD.
She was made famous in Ireland by her deed.
Sin the woman who suceeded in defeating and killing Mac Earca grand son of Niall was called Taetn [fire]or Sin which means Storm.
She was also called Gaeth[wind], Gemadaif [wintery], Ochsad [groan], Iachtad [rough]
His body was returned to the O Neill sidhe.War broke out all over Ireland and great slaughters in which the Irish preyed each other and enriched themselves from the others.
Muirchertach desire in life was that he should be remembered.sand thus it was so.
He was suceeded by Tuathal Maol Garve in 528 the dates given by the 4 masters.
The discrepancy in dates between old Irish records and church records is approximatly 5 years the church time being later than the old calandar.Most of the annals records appear more accurate and exact than the church calculations which dont always agree with the years of rule therfore the annals dates are probably more correct wthin ayear or so.

Judi Donnelly
copyright Feb 10 2008

sourses;
Annals of the Kingdom Ireland ( byFour Masters) ,vol 1, John Donovan LLD, 1856 ,Hodges Smith and Co, Dublin
Annals of Clonmacnoise, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Denis Murphy S J, 1896, University Press Ireland