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Kl. The Crom Connaill, i.e., a great plague. [AU 556, CS 551].
AI552.1
Kl. Repose of Finnián of Cluain Iraird; and Colum of Tír dá Glas rested. [AU 549, CS 551].
Connacht in the Annals of Inisfallen, 891-1031
891. Mael Petair, son of Cúán, took Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
895. Repose of Mael Petair son of Cúán, abbot of Tír dá Glas and Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
896.Kl. Death of Murchad son of Maenach, king of the west of Connachta.
896. The martyrdom of Mael Achid, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis.
898. Kl. Death of Flann son of Cathrannach, king of Corcu Bascinn. Lennán, son of Cathrannach, succeeded him in the Kingship.
900. Kl. Repose of Tadc son of Conchobar, king of Connachta, after he had renounced the world on the hide of Ciaran's Dun Cow. Repose of Fíngen, an anchorite from Mumu, in Cluain Moccu Nóis.
904. Repose of Ioseph of Loch Con, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis.
907. Kl. The plundering of Lough Rí by the men of Mumu as far as Mairg Laigen and Mag Léna, as a result of which Mael Craíbe son of Cathalán, king of Cenél Fiachrach,and many others were slain. Cet, son of Flaithbertach, took the kingship of Corcu Modruad. Eight score ferryings(?) [were made] by Cormac, king of Caisel, until they [his forces] arrived in Cluain Moccu Nóis during that Christmas.
916. Repose of Aed son of Ailill, abbot of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
917. A mortality of cattle and birds, such that the sound of a blackbird or a thrush was scarcely heard that year.
919. Kl. Death of Cet son of Flaithbertach, king of Corcu Modruad. A year of scarcity and hunger.
920. The slaying of Murchad son of Flann, king of Corcu Bascinn.
922. Kl. Repose of Cormac son of Aedán, bishop of Cluain Ferta Brénainn. Tomrair son of Elgi, a Jarl of the foreigners, on Luimnech (the Lower Shannon), and he proceeded and plundered Inis Celtra and Muicinis, and burned Cluain Moccu Nóis; and he went on Loch Rí and plundered all its islands, and he ravaged Mide.
923. Death of Mael Cluiche son of Conchobar, royal heir of Connachta.
925. Bissextile. Kl. Death of Cathal son of Conchobar, king of Connachta. Repose of Cairpre son of Abél, ollav of Ireland.
926. Kl. Repose of Colmán son of Ailill abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis and Cluain Iraird.
930. Kl. A naval encampment [made] by the foreigners of Luimnech at Loch Bethrach in Osraige, and Derc. Ferna in Osraige was ravaged by them.
931.Kl. The seventh feria [Saturday], ninth of the moon. Repose of Tipraite son of Amsene, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis.
934. Kl. Repose of Rebachán son of Mothla, abbot of Tuaim Gréine and king of Dál Cais. Repose of Uallach daughter of Muinechan, poetess of Ireland.
936. Repose of Aniudán son of Mael Gorm, king of Corcu Modruad.
937. A mighty wind.
940. Death of Aralt, grandson of Ímar, at the hands of the Connachta.
945. Kl. Death of Aurchad, king of Uí Briuin.
946. Bissextile. Kl. Repose of Dub Scuile of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
951. Kl. A foray by Cellachán and by Donnchadh, and they plundered Cluain Ferta Brénainn and Cluain Moccu Nóis.
954. Repose of Dub Inse, learned bishop of Ireland, and of Cellachán, king of Caisel, and of Éladach the learned, abbot of Ros Ailithir, and of Uarach, bishop of Imlech Ibuir, and of Célechair, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis and Cluain Iraird, and of Cormac Ua Maíl Shluaig, learned sage of Mumu, and of Lugaid Ua Maíl Shempail,abbot of Domnach Pátraic, and of Cenn Faelad son of Suibne, anchorite of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
956. Death of Tadc, son of Cathal, king of Connachta.
958. Repose of Aed son of Cellach, abbot of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
962. Death of Murchad, king of Uí Maine.
963. A slaughter of the Tuad Mumu on the Sinann, and they abandoned their vessels and were drowned.
967. Kl. Death of Ferga Ua Ruairc, king of Connachta. A defeat of the foreigners of Luimnech by Mathgamain, son of Cennétig, at Sulchuait, and Luimnech was burned by him before noon on the following day.
968. Kl. A raid by Mathgamain on Uí Énna Áine, and Cathal son of Fogartach, royal mercenary of Ireland, was left there [dead].
969. Beólán Litil and his son were killed by Ímar of Luimnech.
972. Bissextile. Kl. The burning of the house of Dubchrón Ua Longacháin, in which seventy fell; and the banishment of [Norse] officials from Mumu; and the three ordinances, viz., the banishment of the [Norse] officials, the banishment of the foreigners from Luimnech, and the burning of the fortress, were enacted by the counsel of the nobles of Mumu, namely, Mathgamain and Faelán and the son of Bran, and others. Repose of Tuathal, abbot of Cluain Moccu Nóis.
973. Repose of Cinaed of In Durthach, anchorite of Ireland, in Cluain Ferta Brénainn. Death of Conchobar son of Tadc son of Cathal, king of Connachta; and Connachta was then harried by Murchad Glún re Lár, and Cathal, son of Tadc, was killed immediately after taking the kingship.
974. The son of Aralt made a circuit of Ireland with a great company, and plundered Inis Cathaig, and brought Ímar from it into captivity. The son of Bran took the hostages of Mumu from Luimnech southwards, and marched against Mathgamain.
975. Ímar escaped over sea, and Inis Ubdan was captured again.
977. Ímar, king of the foreigners, and his two sons, were killed on Inis Cathaig by Brian, son of Cennétig.
980. Death of Comaltán Ua Cleirig.
981. Repose of Eógan, abbot of Cluain Ferta Brénainn.
983. A large fleet [was brought] by Brian, son of Cennétig, into the territory of Connachta, and portion of his force was slain there, i.e. Mael Sechnaill, son of Coscrach, and Finn, son of Dubchrón, and Lochlainn son of Mael Sechnaill, royal heir of Corcu Modruad. His officials went by land into Uí Briúin, and great slaughter was mutually inflicted upon them and upon the Uí Brúin.
985. Abundance of mast in the above year, and it lasted until the end of the next year.
988. A fleet, viz. 300 boats, [was put] on Loch Rí by Brian, and they harried Mide and went to Uisnech. And twenty five boats of these went into Connachta, and a great slaughter of their crews was inflicted there, including Dúnlang, king of Raithlenn, Niall Ua hEirc, Dúngalach Ua Loingsig, and many others. And by them was slain Muirgius son of Conchobar, royal heir of Connachta.
992. Repose of Mael Petair, coarb of Brénainn of Cluain Ferta.
992. Death of Dúnadach son of Diarmait, king of Corcu Bascinn.
993. A naval raid by Brian, and he reached Breifne from Loch Rí by way of Áth Liac northwards. A great slaughter of the Connachta by the king of Corcu Modruad, namely, by Conchobar, son of Mael Sechnaill, and Ruaidrí son of Coscrach, king of Uí Briuin, and many others fell therein.
996. A slaughter of the Corcu Modruad in Connachta, in which Muirgius, son of Ruaidri, fell.
998. Brian, son of Cennétig, [went] to Áth Luain, took the hostages of Connachta in one week, and handed them over to Mael Sechnaill.
1001. Death of Niall Ua Ruairc. A great obstruction against the men of Mumu [was placed] on the Sinann at Áth Luain by Mael Sechnaill, and by the king of Connachta and by all Leth Cuinn.
1002. A hosting of the men of Mumu into Connachta, and they took the hostages of Connachta at Áth Luain, and the hostages of Mael Sechnaill. A muster of the men of Mumu, the Connachta, the men of Mide, the Laigin, and of the foreigners of Áth Cliath and Port Láirge by Brian, son of Cennétig, against the Ulaid to take their hostages.
1003. The slaying of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad, and of Amlaíb, son of Lochlainn, and of Aicher Ua Traigthech in the west of Connachta; and Cathal, son of Labraid, was killed by the sons of Donnchadh Finn. The slaying of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad, and of Amlaíb, son of Lochlainn, and of Aicher Ua Traigthech in the west of Connachta; and Cathal, son of Labraid, was killed by the sons of Donnchadh Finn.
1004. Gilla Cellaig, son of Comaltán Ua Cléirig, was slain in a battle between the Uí Fhiachrach and the Uí Maine. Brian son of Mael Ruanaid, king of Uí Briúin of Connachta, dies.
1006. Brian, together with the men of Mumu, the Laigin, the men of Mide, Mael Sechnaill, the Connachta, the foreigners of Áth Cliath, and the men of the whole of Ireland south of Sliab Fuait [came] to Áth Luain, went to Es Ruaid, proceeded across it northwards, and made a circuit of the north of Ireland including Cenél Conaill, Cenél Eógain, Ulaid, and Airgialla.
1007. Fiachra, priest of Cluain Ferta Brénainn, rested in Christ. Robartach the anchorite, rested in Cluain Moccu Nóis. Death of Cú Chonnacht, king of Síl Anmchada. He was slain by Ua Dúngalaig.
1009. Death of Dub Choblaig, daughter of the king of Connachta [and] wife of Brian, son of Cennétig.
1010. Death of Cathal son of Conchobar, king of Connachta.
1011. Abundance of nuts in the above year.
1012. A great downpour in the above year, and much of the corn crop was abandoned.
1012. Many fortifications were made in the above year by Brian, viz. the fort of Cenn Corad, Inis Gaill Duib, Inis Locha Sainglenn, and the fort of Cnoc Fochuir.
1015. Death of Domnall, son of Dub dá Bairenn, in a battle against the son of Bran. Cathal, son of Conchobur, and Lochlainn his kinsman, were treacherously slain ... both from their kingship. One followed the other in the kingship of Corcu Modruad. Death of Aed Ua Ruairc, king of Bréifne. The foreigners of the Isles, viz. with the complement of seven ships, raided the Islands, and they plundered Ara, Inse Mod, and Inis Aingin(?), and carried off one hundred and fifty [captives] as booty.
1016. A great hosting by Brian's son to Loch Rí, and he plundered Inis Clothrann and Inis Bó Finne, brought away the boats of Mael Sechnaill and Leth Cuinn, and took the hostages of Mumu from Cnámhchaill westwards.
1016. The slaughter of Ára, in which Ua Lochlainn, royal heir of Corcu Modruad, was killed in Port Ciaráin in Ára. It was the Conmaicne who slew him. A great soughing wind in the autumn of the above year, and it broke down woods and houses, and people well-nigh died of terror. Death of Muiredach son of Cadla, king of Conmaicne Mara.
1017. Death of Donnchadh, son of Dub dá Bairenn. He was slain by Mael Muad.
1019. A great pestilence, i.e. a colic, in Ára in the above year, and many people died there.
1021. Death of Comaltán grandson of Comaltán, royal heir of Uí Fhiachrach.
1022. Cathasach, lector of Cluain Moccu Nóis, rested.
1023. Great drought from the Epiphany until May. Ua Duib dá Bairenn was blinded. A solar eclipse this year, i.e. the spring of the black cloud.
1025. Repose of Muiredach son of Mugrón, coarb of Ciaran. Death of Brian Ua Dubta.
1026. Mael Ruanaid Ua Maíl Doraid, king of the North, [went] on his pilgrimage to Cluain Ferta Brénainn, and proceeded from there to Í Coluim Chille, and thence to Rome.
1027. Death of Conchobar son of Mael Sechnaill, king of Corcu Modruad. Muiredach Ua Flaithbertaig besieged Cathal, son of Ruaidrí, on Inis Crema in Loch Oirbsen, and divided his land despite him.
1028. Great snow in the Lent of the above year for three days and three nights so that neither people nor cattle left their houses. Brian Ua Conchobuir, royal heir of Connachta, dies.
1029. A house was captured from Aed Ua Ruairc, and eighty (people) and seven erenaghs of churches with their relics were turned in that same house. Donnchadh, son of Muirchertach Ua hAeda, acted treacherously towards the two sons of Cenn Faelad, son of Muirchertach Ua hAeda. Death of the son of Cathgus, king of Corcu Bascinn. Cathal, son of Ruaidrí, was banished from his territory to Mumu.
1030. Bresal, coarb of Ciarán, rested. Tadc Ua Conchobuir, king of Connachta, was slain by the Connachta. Conchobar, son of Tadc Ua Cellaig, was slain in Mide. Lorcán Ua Briain's ship was sunk, and three royal heirs of Corcu Bascinn (drowned)
1031. Eochu son of Scolaige, bishop of Cluain Ferta Brénainn, rested; and Mac Mara got the gift of poetry(?) after he had fasted 'against' Brénainn at Ard Ferta. Ua Donnocáin, king of Ara, was slain by the son of Domnall, son of Brian. Two sons of Dub Daire son of Cinaed, i.e. two royal heirs of Uí Maine, were slain by the son of Cú Chonnacht.
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