RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
1256 AD - 1260 AD
*116.Brian Catha Duinn
O Niall
Slain"
1256 AD Walter de Burgh / Burke, the son of
Richard de Burgh, the English Norman Baron, raised
a great force to attack 116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
"unofficial"
61st
King
of
Connacht, his son
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor, and also their
Irish ally
Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Breifne
King of West
Breifne and this brought on the
"Battle of Magh Slecht"
(The Plain of Genuflexions) at Ath Derg involving 20,000
fighting men. The
English Galls and their forces at first marched into
Magh Eo / Co. Mayo
in the west of the Connacht Province
where the territory there was already still under their control and from there
they went on to Balla, and then onto the
Heberian Cianacht O Hara
kingdom of
Leyney
/
Luigne situated also
in
Co. Sligo
in the north - west of the Connacht Province
and although it too was also
under their control they still ravaged it. On arriving
at Achadh Conaire / Achrony
they sent messages to
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
Breifne O Reillys / Ui
Raghailligh in their kingdom of
East Breifne in
Co. Cavan calling on them to meet
up with them at
Cros Doire Chaoine at the south end of
the
Brat -
Shleibhe mountains in Tir Tuathal ( The Land of
Toole)
in Roscommon in the
Connacht Province. The
O Reillys arrived at Clachan Murchadha on
Sliab - an - Iarainn, but they then turned
back as they had not come across any of the the English Galls along the way and they
decided to set up at
Soltin Gasain.
Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O
Rourke the King of West Breifne assembled the Gaelic
Irish from the
2 kingdoms in the Connacht
Province
who were under his "personal" control, the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Breifne of
West Breifne from
Northern Connacht and
the Gaelic Milesian Irian
Conmaicne Septs from the kingdom of
Conmaicne situated in the centre of the Connacht
Province, and
also any of the other
Irish Septs that he could bring under his command.
Among these was to
be
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor who were with some of the best
aristocratic warriors from the
Connacht Province and the
Chiefs of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai
Siol
Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray and the Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Seola O Flahertys,
the Gaelic Milesian
Irian O Farrells / Ui
Fearghail from the nearby kingdom of
Annaly in
Co. Longford in the north -
west of Northern Leinster, the
O Flynns / Ui
Flainn, the
Mac Geraghtys /
Mag Oireachtaig, the
O Kellys
/ Ui Cellaig, the
Mac Dermots / Mheic Diarmada,
the O Flanagans
/ Ui Flainnachain, the O Haras
/ Ui Eaghra, the
Heremonian Dal
Cuinn Ui
Briuin Ai O Connors and
the
O Teagues / Ui
Taidhg.
Conor O Rourke,
was the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
Breifne
King of West Breifne
in
Co. Leitrim
in
Northern Connacht and also of the
Gaelic Milesian
Irian
Conmaicne Septs, and among his personal supporters were
Cathal O Flaherty
/ Ua Flaithbertaigh and Murrough Finn O Farrell
/ Ua Fearghail,
Rory O Flynn / Ui Flainn - of the Wood,
Flann Mac Geraghty / Mac Oireachtaig and
Donn Og - the Younger
Mac Geraghty, and many of the
O Kellys, Mac Dermott's 3
sons, Dermot O Flanagan, and
Cathal O Hara, the son of
Duarcan O
Hara / Ui h Eaghra, also the
2 sons of
Tiernan O Connor,
Giolla
na Naimh
(Devotee of the Saints) O Teague / Ua Taidhg and
many of the other aristocratic warriors from the Connacht Province. They overtook the
rebellious
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
East Breifne
O Reillys at Soiltean na
nGasan and persued them to Alt Tighe Mheic Cuirin
where they came up against the "new recruits" who had recently also joined in with the
rebellious
O Reillys
and they turned upon
the "combined" hosts and drove them back 3 times,
until the
main body then came into the battle, but by then many had been slain,
including Dermot O Flanagan, Mac Mooney
/ Mheic Maonaigh and
Coicle O Cokely / Ua Coicle.
Both of the forces then went to Alt na hEillti and to
Doirin Crannachar between
Atha na Beithighe, Bel an Bhealaigh,
Coill Easa and Coill Airthir
upon Sliab an Iarainn where the
O Reillys turned firmly against
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor, the son of
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor, and all of
his followers from the
Connacht Province who were with him, for all their previous
wrongs and oppressions, and the O Reillys from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin kingdom of
East Breifne clashed violently with all of the
followers from the Connacht Province,
and this ongoing "all out conflict" then did not come to a halt until the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne
O Reillys from the kingdom of
East Breifne were
eventually well and truly "defeated" and scattered by their combined fellow
Irish Septs.
The Irish Septs from the
Connacht Province then arose on one side under
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor, the son of
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor,
who by
now had within him great fury and valour, and they continued on in what turned
out to be an even more terrible
bloody battle, and many were then also slain on both sides and among these were
Conor O Rourke, the
son of Tiernan O Rourke, the
King of West Breifne,
and Murrough
Finn
O Farrell / Ua Fearghail
and
Aed O Farrell from the kingdom of
Annaly /
Co.Longford, and Mulrooney
/ Maolruadh
mac Donough,
while many more of them were left severely wounded, with some of these also dying later on, including
Murrough Finn O Farrell
of Annaly, while
Flann Mac Geraghty
/ Mac Oireachtaig had also been slain during the battle
along with many of the others. Enmeshed in total fury,
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor was
determined he would
not give up until the rebellious O Reillys from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
Breifne
kingdom
of
East Breifne were to well and truly "give in,"
and among those that were then slain were Cathal O Reilly
himself
who was the
Muintir Maol Mordha King
of
East Breifne and Clann
Aedha Finn and his 2
sons also, namely Donnell
Ruadh
- of Red Complexion O Reilly and
Niall O Reilly, and also his brother,
Cu
Chonnacht O Reilly along with
Cathal
Dubh
- of Dark Complexion
O Reilly's 3 sons,
Geoffrey O Reilly, Fergal
O
Reilly and Donnell O Reilly.
while
Annadh O Reilly, the son of
Donnell O
Reilly had also been previously slain by Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke, and also
Niall Dall O Reilly,
Tiernan O Brady, and
Gilla
Michael Mac Taidhly, Donough O Bibsaigh,
and Manus Mac Gilla - Duibh,
with over
3 score of theirfollowers along with them, and
a total of
16 of the aristocratic warriors from the
O Reilly's
Sept.
The "Battle of Magh Slecht"
had occurred near
Ath Dearg (The Red Ford) at
Alt na hEillti (The Hill of the Doe) over Bealach
na Beithighe (The Road of Birch) in Co. Cavan
in Southern
Ulster
in the O Reilly 's
kingdom of
East Breifne, (This was the same Plain on which Crom Cruach
/ Ceann Cruach the "Idol of Delphos" had been destroyed and buried by St. Patrick
in the ground after he struck it down with his staff, the
Bachall
Iosa - The Staff of Jesus, in the early 5th Century AD). After this
tumultuous battle 116.Felim
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor and his
son, 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor and the
Irish Septs from the
Connacht Province along with
Tiernan O Rourke
and his followers from his kingdom of
West Breifne in
Co. Leitrim went to Lorh in
Trein and
took hostages also from the Fir Breifne
/ Men of Breifne
there, and
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor gave them over to
Tiernan O Rourke, and
Mac Govern
/
Mag Samradain and to his son, 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor. Tiernan O Rourke then sent
some of his followers to the O Reillys
Muintir Maol Mordha territory as it was believed that the
O Reilly
Chief's son from the
Muintir Raghailligh was
raising "further" warriors from there, and also from the English Galls
to besiege the
Mac Fachrach Sept.
Tiernan O Rourke and the
rebellious
O Reilly's son met head on at Farnaght
and the O Reillys were
scattered once again and another 36 of them were
slain, including
Auliffe
/
Amlaib,
O Reilly,
and Aed O Reilly the son of
Cathal O Reilly, then retired
"defeated" to
their kingdom of
East Breifne.
Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke the King of West Breifne, and
many other Kings and Chiefs
from the Ui Briuin Breifne Sept went to
Fenagh to meet with
Donnell O Reilly,
and also pursued
Kelly O Reilly, his son
Annadh O Reilly and
Gilla O Reilly and many of the other
O Reilly supporters.
The next day they
took booty from Cruacha O Cubrain and plundered their territory all the way to
Fenagh, and this particular "defeat" was to be the
"beginning of the end" for the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Breifne O Reillys as an
important independent
Gaelic Milesian
Irish
Sept, but not to be
deterred and in
desperate circumstances the
East Breifne
O Reillys sent for
further support from the English Galls
in the Connacht Province
who were under Mac William de Burgh the English Norman Baron and his cohort Costello
/ Mheic Goisdealbh inviting them to destroy
the
Connacht Province altogether along with the
O Rourkes' Ui Briuin kingdom of
West Breifne.The English Galls
with a great force then moved onto Kesh Corran
plundering all of the territory around Corran for a week, and the
O Reillys from out of their kingdom of
East Breifne came to Loch Allen to
Port na Cranne, but
the English Galls kept clear for fear of
117.Aed mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor and his
Irish Septs who at Cell tSesin Inuachtar Tire had to decide which
"opposing" force, east or west, to take on, and in consultation with
Tiernan O
Rourke he decided to take on the
East Breifne
O Reillys first. He crossed
over the River Shannon to the east bank on foot to Enga, but
on arriving they could see that the
O Reillys were by now long gone, so they decided to send
some of their warriors
after them, while in the meantime the English Galls had returned to the regions that were
still under
their control, and in the dusk
the East Breifne
O Reillys
found that the English Galls had left them totally to their own devices
and they were soon "slaughtered,"and the next
day 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor had all their heads cut off
and he took them all back to show his father, 116.Felim mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg O
Connor who was still the "unofficial"
61st King of Connacht at
his fort of
Dun Ailli west of Slieve Bawn.
Henry 111 the Norman English King
sent over the Anglo - Norman Baron, Alan de la Zouche, as his new
English Justicar in
Ireland, to settle the territorial disputes among his
"greedy" English Norman
Barons, who then met also with
117.Aed mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor at
Randoon and made "peace"
once again and
Alan de la Zouche then informed the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin
AI O Connors that they would not lose any of their
territory in the Connacht Province while he remained the English Justicar in Ireland.
Fortified by this guaranteed commitment,
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor then
plundered the territory in the Connacht Province
now under the control of
David Fitz Richard
Cuisin / Cussen the English Norman Baron, and seized booty from there, to avenge
the previous slaying of Rory / Thomas O Gara the Heberian
Cianacht Chief of
Sliab Lugar
in
Co. Sligo
in the north - west of the
Connacht Province who Cussen
had previously slain, and he also "destroyed" all
of his Norman castles and seized the
territory back in Loch Gara, Meanwhile,
Mac William de Burgh the English Norman Baron
not to be left out of the equation raided
Rory O Flaherty in his kingdom in
West Connacht plundering Gno Mor and
Gno Bec and also seized the territory there at
Loch Corrib. 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor then met with
Eoan de Verdun
/ de Bheardun the Anglo - Norman Baron, who had come to Ireland
this year, at Ballyleague, and the
English Galls who had their confiscated Estates at
Athlone in Co.
Westmeath in nearby
Northern Leinster, while Duniry in Co. Galway
in the Connacht Province was burnt on the same day,
and with Conor O
Rourke, the son of Tiernan O Rourke, who had
been his
ally till now and he went into battle. Unknown to him
Conor O Rourke
had already
made a "separate forced peace" with the English Galls
without 117.Aed
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor's
agreement, but on finding out he besieged
Conor O Rourke for doing this, but they
too eventually made "peace" also.
1257
AD Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke, who had previously "submitted" to
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor who was the "unofficial"
61st
King of Connacht and
they had made "peace," and as a meaningful gesture of his
sincerity he offered him a "portion" of his territory in his kingdom of
West Breifne in
Co. Leitrim in Northern
Connacht
and a
result of this 116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
took over his Stone Castle on
Cherry Island in
Loch
Garradice and put in
his own garrison there.
Conor O Rourke was
"upset"
by this extra intrusive action and decided
to burn the
castle instead, but allowed the
O Connor's garrison to leave
the castle unharmed, so
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O
Connor
then decided to install Sitric O Rourke,
the son of
Ualgarg O Rourke,
as the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
King of West Breifne
in opposition to
Conor O
Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke.
Sitric O Rourke was
then to be slain
by 118.Donnell O Connor,
the son of 117.Aed mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
who was against any form of "personal"
King making or installing "puppets."
116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor then met with Alan de la Zouche,
the English Justicar in Ireland and
Mac William de Burgh / Burke, the
English Norman Baron, and the main
English Galls in the
Connacht Province at
Athlone in
Co. Westmeath in
Northern Leinster and they
made "peace" with him once again.
To try and stop the ongoing turmoil in the Connacht
Province, Henry 111 the
Norman King of England then gave
116. Felim mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O
Connor a charter confirming his right to the
5 Cantreds in
the Connacht Province,
and his other son, 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor
then
besieged the
O Rourkes
Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom in
West Breifne
in Co. Leitrim and
this resulted in
Conor O Rourke, the son of
Tiernan O Rourke,
the
King of West Breifne being
slain at
Ath na Failme by one of his
own men and the followers of their kinsman Matha O Reilly
from the Ui Briuin Breifne
Sept
of
East Breifne
in nearby
Co. Cavan.
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor
then raided
Fenagh /
Fiodhnacha (The Wooded Place) once again situated
on the shores of Loch Fenagh
in Co. Leitrim and ran off 100
head of their cattle, and then with his followers besieged
Mac Govern / Gowran / Magauran / Mag
Shamhrain. and
Gilla Patraic Mag Fiachrach was
also "blinded"
by Matha O Reilly
who was from
the rebellious Ui Briuin Breifne
Sept
in the kingdom of East Breifne.
Maurice Fitz Gerald the previous Norman Baron who was the English Justiciar in
Ireland,
"died" this year, as did Conn O Reilly, the
son of Cathal O Reilly, the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Bruin Breifne
Muintir Mael Morda Chief who had his
kingdom in East Breifne
in
his territory
in
Co. Cavan
in the south of the
Ulster Province.
Goffraidh O Donnell
from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill
Sept drove off the
English Galls in his territory of
Tir
Conaill / Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal
in the north - west of the Ulster Province,
and destroyed the Caeluisce Castle
there and slew the English Gall's garrison and
then carried out further "resistance" to their constant raids down further into Co. Sligo in the north - west of the
Connacht Province, and the English Galls then pursued
Goffraidh O Donnell to
Credran Coluim Cille in the Rosses of Carbury where he
not only "defeated" them,
but slew many of them there and burnt their settlement and also took plenty of booty from
their confiscated Estates at Carbury, but as
he was wounded in the conflict his followers from the
Cenel
Conaill Sept had to return to Co. Donegal.
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall
from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui
Niaill Cenel nEogain
Sept in
the
Ulster Province, who was also
besieging the English Galls there, now demanded the
Irish "overall"
Kingship
of
Ulster Province
so that he could continue
his quest to "unite" the
Irish Tuaths /
Family regions in the
Ulster
Province
and eventually revive the overall
High Kingship of Ireland
to drive the English Galls out of
Ireland altogether.
Unfortunately
Goffraidh O Donnell
would not defer to him as to who had the "greatest authority" now in the
Ulster Province, and although he was
able to eventually "defeat"
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall in battle
over this personal submission,
he was to
later "die" from the wounds that he received during this particular conflict. His
territory of
Tir Conaill /
Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal
/ Dun na Gall (The Fort of
the Foreigners) was only saved from outright conquest by the return
of his Cenel Conaill kinsman,
Donnell Oge - the
Younger O Donnell from
the Scottish Highlands who
brought
with him "galloglasses" / galloglach / mercenaries from the
Hebrides
who were of mixed
Irish
Gaelic and Norse blood.
In the meantime,
Mac Dunlevy
/ Mheic Duinnshleibhe the
Heremonian Dal Fiatach King
was able to also slay many of the
English Galls who were in his territory in the north - east of Ulster
Province.
112.Conor
na Suidane O Brian
the Heberian Dal gCais
Ui mBriain
King
of
Northern Munster
/
Thomond now tried desperately to also drive the
English Galls
out of his territory in the
Munster Province, and as a
result of his continuing resistance there were to be many battles
also fought there between the English Galls and the
Dal gCais
Septs,
and many of the
English Galls were also to be slain there, and his son,
113.Teague / Tadhg
O Brian
also
carried out many raids on the Engish Galls
also, and during these ongoing conflicts the
English Galls
were to also slay
Mahon O Brian, the son of
Donnell
Conachtach O Brian.
St. Mary's monastery in Roscommon in
Co. Roscommon in the east of the
Connacht Province was consecrated for the "Preaching
Friars" this year.
John de Cogan
another of
the Anglo - Norman Barons
constructed a "Franciscan" friary
this year
at
Clare Galway
in
Co. Galway
in Southern Connacht.
1258 AD
*116.Brian
Catha Duinn
O Niall
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King
of
Tyrone /
Tir Eogan
in the
Lagan Valley of the Ulster
Province
called a "convention" to discuss selecting a strong
overall Irish
leader to combine all of the
Irish
Septs to carry
out his plan of driving the English Galls / foreigners out of
Ireland once and for
all, and all of the other
Irish Kings, including
117.Aed
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor, the son of
116.Felim
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui
Briuin Ai
had by now
also come to realise that to bring this about they would have to "end" their rivalry
over the Gaelic Kingship
of Ireland
and to this end they held
the meeting at
Cael Uisce (The Narrow
Water) near Newry on
Loch Erne at
Belleek and Castle Calwell.
112.Conor
na Suidane
O Brian, the
Heberian
Dal gCais
King
of Northern Munster
/
Thomond,
due to the constant threat of the English
Galls along his particular borders in Northern
Munster,
was instead to send his son,
113.Teague
/ Tadhg O
Brian to represent him. 112.Conor
na Suidane
O Brian's and
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O
Niall's
names were put forward to become the
new overall Gaelic
King
of Ireland with
*116.Brian
Catha Duinn O Niall the most
likely prospect, but
113.Teague O Brian
would not yield to
his nomination as the overall leader. To give greater
clarity as to who was the overall leader, they proposed that
117.Aodh
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor's hostages should be given over
to *116.Brian Catha Duin O Niall, and
O Reillys hostages from Kells to
Drumcliff in Co. Sligo to
117.Aodh mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor. (Unfortunately this also meant
that there was still to be "no"
Gaelic
Milesian High King of Ireland to "combine" the
Irish Septs against the
English Galls).
The
English Galls held a
meeting with the Gaelic Milesian Chiefs of
Ireland at Mulach Laigide where they
once again again concluded another "peace," but 116.Felim mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
the "unofficial" 61st King of
Connacht was not
present, and his son, 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
then pulled down the
Bishop's palace at Elphin and also at Cell tSesin so
that the English Galls could not occupy them again.
A
church was
constructed this year at
Cranfield in
Co. Antrim
in the north - east of the Ulster
Province,
which is now also only a ruin, but nearby is a
Holy Well
still in existence today on the
northern shore of
Loch Neagh.
1259 AD
113.Teague / Tadhg
O Brian became the
Prince / Tanaiste
of Northern Munster / Thomond / Thuadh Muman
who was the son of
112.Conor na Suidane O Brian
the Heberian
Dal gCais
Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain King of Munster,
but he was
to also "die" this year.
117.Aed mac
Cathail
Crobhdhearg O Connor
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai
Chieftain
in the Connacht
Province
allotted the previous position of Heremonian
Dal
Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne
King of West Breifne,
previously held by the recently "deceased"
Auliffe / Amlaib
O Rourke, the son of
Art O
Rourke, to Art
Bec - the Small
O Rourke, who was another of
Art O Rourke's
sons, and
he also took "another"
Art O Rourke, who was the son of
Cathal Riabach O Rourke as a
hostage and
went up to Derry in Co. Derry in the
north - east of the
Ulster Province to marry the daughter of
Dubgall Mac Sorley Mac Donald
/ Mac Donnell from the "Western Isles" of
Scotland who
was
from the Clan Mac Donald
who were originally from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn 3 Colla Mac Uais Sept descending from
*85.Carroll Colla Uais
- the Noble who had been
the 121st King
of Tara / Ireland.
Warriors from the
Mac Donald / Mac Donnell Sept
were to be among
the "first"
galloglasses / mercenaries to
"return" to Ireland
into Tir Eogain /
Co.
Tyrone
and
Co. Antrim
in the Ulster
Province,
and
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor was to receive
160 Scottish galloglass / mercenaries as a
"dowry,"
and to
ensure there would be no future sovereignty disputes in West Breifne
he
later "blinded" Cathal Mac Kinnawe
/ Forde
/ Mac Consnave / Mac Conshnamha the
Muintir Cinaeth / Kenneth Chief,
and also the hostages previously taken from
Donnell O Rourke, namely Niall O Rourke, the son of
Donough
O Rourke, and
Brian O Rourke, the son of
Niall
O Rourke.
He then met with
*116.Brian Catha Duinn
O Niall
the overall
Dal Cuinn
Cenel nEogain King in
Ulster Province
who was now "officially" the elected
184th High King of Ireland at Devenish on
Loch Erne, and because of this "peace" was
now made between
117.Aed mac Cathal
Crobhdhearg
O Connor and
Donnell O Rourke, who then received the position of
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Breifne Kingship
of West Breifne back. He then besieged
the territory in the kingdom of the Heberian
Cianacht O Garas
at
Sliabh Luga in
Co. Sligo in the north - west
of the Connacht
Province that was
now held by the English Galls there under
Costello / Miled Mheic Goisdealbh, the
English Norman Baron who "died," and he also captured
Gillibert
Costello who he then released in exchange for 3
of his sons as his "hostages" for his future good behaviour and
also besieged the Siol Maol Brian
and captured Flann
Ruadh O Flynn
/ Ua Flainn the
Chief of Muskerylinn / Muiscre Ui
Flainn.
Mary Mac Ellycudd / Ellicott of
Galey in
Co. Kerry, who had territory in
Listowel and Tralee,
this year provided "forces" to invade Scotland to the army of
Edward 1st the Norman English King.
1260 AD In a"combined" effort of solidarity,
117.Aed
mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor went to join
in with
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall
the Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
"northern" Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain
184th King
of Ireland in the
north of the
Ulster Province, taking many of his main warriors from the
Connacht Province with him, and amalgamating their forces they marched into Co. Down to besiege the
English Galls
who had set up their confiscated Estates there in the east of the Ulster
Province, but unfortunately they were to be "defeated" by the forces of
John de Courcy
the English Norman Baron there and his
English Galls under Stephen the
English Earl of Salisbury in the "Battle
of Druim Derg" / Drumderg near Downpatrick /
Dundeaglan.
*116.Brian Catha Duinn
O Niall who was at this time the "last" real hope of
Ireland was
among those who were slain in this particular conflict, including members of the
Cenel nEogain
Sept
of the
O Canes / Kanes
/ Ui Cathain,
Cormac Mac Dermot / Mac Diarmada,
Cathal O Connor. Cathal Mac Dermot,
Aed Finn and
Teague O Gara,
the son of
Cian O Gara.
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall
had been initially the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King of
Tir Eogain / Tyrone
since 1238 AD who had been married to
Gill the sister of
Ewan Mac Dougal the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"northern"
Ui Niaill
Scottii King
of
Argyll (The
Land of the Gael) in
the
Scottish Highlands.
*116.Brian
Catha Duinn
O Niall had been a son of
115,Niall Ruadh
O Niall who had died in 1223
AD, who was another of the sons of 114.Aedh
- the Lazy Limbed Youth O Niaill
who
had "died" in 1177 AD after reviving the fortunes of the
O Nialls in the
Ulster Province in opposition to their
Cenel nEogain kinsmen the
Mac Loughlins / Mheic Lochlainns.
John
de Courcy cut off
*116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall's head and sent
it over to
England, and with
De Vesci
another of the
Anglo - Norman Barons constructed
Lea Castle in
Co. Laois in the mid - west of
Southern
Leinster, against the Gaelic Irish
Septs
there, which was to be later also taken over by the
Anglo - Norman
Fitz Geralds.