Digitized by theInternet Archive in2007 with fundingfrom Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/tribescustomsofhOOodonuoft illJRWITHSOMEOfTHEADJACENTTERRITORIESINTHECOUNTIESOf 1.\o THETRIB ESA N DC U S T0 S OF COlUIO:NLYCALLED O'KELLY'SCOUNTRY. :SOWFIRSTPUBLISHED FRO:\ITHEBOOKOFLECAY,AMANUSCRIPTIN THELIBRARYOFTHEROYALIRISIIAC.u>E:O.lY; WITHATRANSLATIONANDNOTES, ANDAl\IAPOFHY-1\IA:NY, BYJOHNO'DONOV AN. DUBLIN: FORTHEIRISHARCH1EOLOGICALSOCIETY. 1\IDCCCXLIII. INTRODUCTORYREMARKS. .HE followingaccountof thefamiliesand custon1sof _Hy-Manyisprinted the offol. T 90 .to92,exactlyas1tstands1ntheongmal,ex-:. ceptingonlythat thecontractionsarenot retained, . . .and suchgrammatical marksareintroduced as were - ,_0rm oo ;u0ur cuccao lOprm. "U?iur ar ah-mtte rm oo tun) (5peat-tanao-cptanuaccapac anCUICC10rm, (SOp0101OCCrmoat anctpe,a;surnl{l o1p1rameanmapopmoooapliD(SIO no(SOpam1cmaceSemcemeott,bmte apmo1Ctano'feapmobot0,p1an C1pe,aour Olfllrear 1 o-ceano an eptann fOpan10naorm,.1.CtUCtuamea a mm. "ar 1 rm mmrrmap10mpmoeoap mcme CoUa oa Chpioch ceact ah-01p-01attmo,aourareao aouopaoap:'r l1omnapaptaocpmo,aouraraooat apn-o1peacc,aouraeaapn-mcme apn-10ffiOU(500,a(5UfnlD-pmcceam10-nao an-aon CUICCeaoUJleoan rar ear-ccmpmreccpumn,o1pmmm&pmtn0m na h-umrteao-cumoach; aour aoub-paoap,'feucamcmancmcceuoma Ce1pce oaome oo'n bhanba, aour ma lta o'fheapmo botcc, aour cumoaroiOm op-wOill Oluaine.-St.Grellanafterwards 9 branchwhichking Duach and St. Patrick presented to St.Grellan,in token of pos-session.And the king alsoordered,that seven garments should be given from every chieftain's wife,asatribute to theyoung cleric ;and whenthis tribute wasordain-ed,St. Grellanasked the guarantee of St. Patrick forthe payment of it,whichwas agreed to. "AfterthisSt.Grellanproceededto the upper third of that province, and con-tinuedtotraversethecountry;but his attentionwas not fixedonanyplaceover which he had passed,till he came to l\Iagh Seincheineoil,of whichCian,whowasof the Firbolgic race,wasking,whowaited on the saint at the place where he was then staying,sincecalledCillCluainew. "It was at this period the raceof Colla da Chrioch meditated to migrate from Oir-ghialla,andtheysaid :' Numerousare ourheroesandgreatisourpopulation, our tribe having multiplied,and wecan-notallfindroominanyoneprovince without quarrelling amongourselves,for noblescannotwellbeartobeconfined;' and they alsosaid:'Let us see which pro-vinceof Banbaisthinnest in population, andin which most Firbolgsremain;and letusnarrow it onthem.Theprovince of church of this name stand on a remarkable erectedachurchhere,whichbecameaeiscir,or lowridge,not fartothenorth parishchurch.It isnow calledin IrishwestofthetownofBallinasloe,inthe by the samename,andcorrectlyAngli- barony of Clonmacowen,in the east of the cisedKilclooney.Theruinsof theoldcountyof Galway.-See l\Iap. IRISHARCH.SOC.90 "Oom-f'ear ar oo cJCceai>teCmn amaceSemcmeo1t,nlbreucc,oe1c Cet:apCet:fCClOC. II "One man out of every fortis what went forthwith Cian Inl\faghSeincheineoil,-nofalsehood,-ten hundred and thirty hundred shields. "Ob'ur rob'epaoa0urleaccroan"Andthelengthandbreadthofthe mmi;e,.1.6 'Ohunna r10cc 0o h-Ooamnplain wasfromDun narioghto the river bmrrcmn,aour0ac n-raroolCC(50of Bairrchinn,and fromAth n-fasdoigto h-Ocn-oear0-oum,pen-abarcarQcAth dearg-duin,whichisnow calledAth an Clorro01re ;a0ur mr 'fan Cmn oo'nan Chorrdhoire ;andCiandelayednot on ruacap rm,no 0ormmc 0oh-10murlarthisoccasionuntilhehadreachedthe Ch1re mame, a0ur ro cm61lf1oo an f'ea- plainof Tir-Maine,and the noblesttribes i>anoob' umrte oloo o'a n-1onnrmcceai>among the race of Colla came to meet them ann rm;a0uroocaoacc oo(5reaUanthere ;anditwasshowntoSt.Grellan rm,.1.rtwcc Colla oaChr10coooe1chow the race of CollaDa Chriochwere in 1fmouaraccrm,aourroi;lumr(50this peril;andthe saint camespeedilyto cmmornac'010'0-ceararccam,aour arprotect them,and he repressed bothpar-annro Olr1reaoaran oa f'eai>am,aourties,and checkedtheir animosity,and ra-roCOlfCCao-ceannf'a1rrcce,aour rotifiedapeacebetweenthem,andordered j'nmi>mr1cecorra,a0ur ro oromcc cr1that three timesninepersonsout of their n-aomnmronah-uwrt1o atmmCemnobility should be givenintohands of rrm corn at rm.Q0ur Qmal0mi>,macCian, as pledges to observe this peace.Amh-n1amemolr,are rah-umrte'00naalgaidh,the sonof l\Iaine,was the noblest h-e1c1r1orm,a0ur cuccai>almmrac- of these hostages, and he was delivered into cm re Chem e.Q0ur 0raom0wr bean anthehandsofCian'slawgiver.Andthe paccwre e,ao-urarnami:nermoo'nwife of the lawgiver fellin lovewith him, pacca1re Honar tonur aour m10fCalf nawhichwhenthelawgiverhadobserved, brcncchee,t:pear anmnaol,aour cemhe wasfilledwith jealousy,and hatred of mararmo1Cmn,a0urcm rearrIo1the prisoner,onaccount of the wife;and m1Ueai>nam-braccai>a0urremame,Seimhni,ontheconfinesofSein-a0ur pebeccan oommi:1oamumc1re;cheineoil,with Eochaidhandl\Iaine,and 0(5Ufrocumcroar(50rmo1pleaOaceafewof the chiefsof their people ;andit Cmn ma commr,a0ur mh-eai>ro bao1waspretendedthatCian had afeastpre-accpeaU;a0urcarraroooreaUanpared forthem,but he had not but trea-C2chery. 12 ancommpterm,01pare rem00bun copecoppa,a0urare10nanapa101 ocan)a0urmameam-bunam-beappnmccna,n-apmanuccmaen-pe n-abapi-apan Se1rlnbeacc. Occonaipc(5peaUanonopur apec-tera nah-apmoconmoprocpame fln, rmn)an oa nom no cum an bmteamam, 1apn-a1mneapccanapea0taaj'Ux-nmcceacca00ml'Ltean,aourpumpa l'C(5e6bm,ourboccananmop rmrocormbChemCOn-ammnclp,(SO n-oeapnancuchmneaour cplai'pacoe, (SUPrtmccean Clan COn-a mumnctp cper na peapcmorm:conan'Llacamm anrm,6001'L(S10fna taocpmoe o'aoo'n naom-clelpeac.Cm-memamecon-ari1Umnc1ppabmta pmo '(5peaUan,a0urpocpomaoapna cmn oo,aour pomlr 0010map 00peat-tan oppa,a(SUfmap00j'aep '010a(SUf epemmoaptuccanp1U.Qcbepc opeattanppm ;.,caopufo-flandp f'' aour puai-afoanpeaU,aour blalOmo Oeannacc-raaCCaJO,aoUfbapm-bpmi'plof,a0uropomccfomo cam O(SUfmopemoam-ra 0nJOO (SObpai-.belp-flpem,bapffiame,an opeai- our a1tomc.bepao,bapelflOln, a0ur acbepc (5peaUananatcummpf' flOJ'. z Treacherous people.-It is to be lament-edthat no Firbolgic writer survived to re-late thetrueaccountof thistransaction, for every acute investigator of history will chery.This design was made known to St. Grellan,whowastheguarantee between them.At this time EochaidhandMaine wereatthefootofBearnachnan-arm in Maenmagh,nowcalledSeisidh beag. "When St. Grellan had,fromthe door of hischurch,perceivedthesearms,and these great hosts,heraisedhistwo hands toGod,beingapprehensivethat hisgua-rantee would be violated,and he obtained hisrequest fromGod,forthe great plain wassoftenedand madeaquagmireunder the feet of Cian and his people, so that they were swallowed into the earth; and the place received the nameof Magh Liach,i. e.the plainof sorrow,fromthesorrowof the heroes,whowerethus cut off by the holy cleric.Then Maine andhispeople came to whereSt.Grellanwas,and boweddown their heads tohim,andhetoldthemhow treachery had beendesigned for them, and how God and himself had savedthem from those treacherouspeoplez.St. Grellan then said to them,'take possession of this terri-tory,abominatetreachery,and you shall have my blessing;observebrotherly love, andordain my tribute and my own law for me fromthisday out for ever.'' Passthy own award,'saidMaine,'in whatever is pleasing to thee.''I will,'said St. Grellan, andherepeated these briefversesfollowing: "Great be apt to suspect that the treachery was on the side of the conquerors,the Clann Colla. Butwhowouldhave had thecourageto write this in the fourteenthcentury? "mopmocamapclomnmame, r0peabaU 0aea h-aon omte, apacuo10r 0o 11tho ;m cior oan aooape1rem. Ceo t;m 0aca clomne oam, oa m-bmr-oep born oobunao, acior cu0am ar c10rcpumo,oac ceo ape1r 0acceouan. {,10m, 0omaolm1r:1an-eaUaC,o Clomnmame anceo reappac, t:10nnlmc1o acior oom' c 1U, 1n-ecc-mmr cp1ce1rreapumn. batn-bpUJcnen1obcc1moe,C10J' norpeaccpaoa 01 le, ooclumr:eap 0or:eanoan-oat; m teammumr:1pmae11pmnam. Namameacormamac,borna 0-cam 1r a 0-caoac, binammoceaU o-a co1moe, l1om a 0-ceann ra 0-C01IDe1pcce. am-buao ra n-oeara rm. me 00op-omt; oanmmm. an reao paoum 00mope1p, bumo 0ac caca 1racacpe1m. benum na oPai>aoarcca,commple mocomapba, 1 mearo (5ao1oeatr:uan::1r cear,1r pmph-aomplpoan anillear. 'C'au::hmomoCIUcpeom1;5,oommc 0ac n-amecc1'0 nah-eupar:acam oam-ra,oo ;Se-our:map ffiooeannacr: ap an rt10cr:rean0,ap Clomnffiamena o-r1cceaU, mbtaormeaproranclomn,ace 0opo1r1or:mooacaU. "Greatismy tributeontherace. of l\Iaine, a screaball [scrupleJout of every townland, Theirsuccessesshallbe brightandeasy;it is not a tribute acquiredwithout cause. The firstborn of every family to me,that are allbaptized by me, Their tributepaid tomeisaseveretribute, every firstling pig and firstlinglamb. To mebelongs.-maytheircattlethencebe themorenumerous ;-fromtheraceof Maine,the firstling foal, Let them convey their tributes tomy church, besidesterritory and land. From Dal Druithne Iamnotentitled to tri-bute or other demands, Theirfameismuchheardof;the Muinntir l\Iaeilfinnain,belong not to me. Of alltheHy-l\Iany,theseexcepted,the tri-butes and rents are mine, LetthemprotectmychurchforitsGod. Their chief and hissubjectsaremine. TheirsuccessandinjunctionsitwasIthat ordained, without defect. While they remainobedienttomy will,they shall be victoriousin every battle. Let the warlikechiefsobservetheadviceof my successor, And among the Gaels north and south,their's shallbethe unerring director. Frequentmysacredchurchwhichhaspro-tectedeachrefugee, Refusenot to pay your tribute to me,and you shall receive asIhavepromised. l\Iyblessingontheagilerace,thesonsof l\Iaineof chess-boards, Thatraceshallnotbesubdued,soasthey carry my crozier. Let me1pccecata nactomnemollacaU (!)Oflp-tOJcce, noco n-eacram cata a(!)-ctoo,beun apaca C!>o'po-lnop. "mop,"&c. Letthebattlestandardoftheracebemy crozierof true value, And battles willnot overwhelmthem,their successesshall bevery great. "Great,"&c. It isalsostated in apoem,addressedtothecelebratedEoghan O'Madden,chief ofSil-Anmchadha,writtenpreviously totheyear 1347,that hisancestorscamefromClochar macn-Daimhin. Inapoemaddressedtothesamechieftain,a curiouslistof the chiefsof Hy-1\.fany,of 'vhomsevenwerehisancestors, isgiven;and thoughthelist cannot beconsidered perfect,it isneverthelessvalu-able,aspreserving thenamesof severalchiefsof thisterritory not to befoundin anyother authority;without it nothing likeanaccurate seriesof theearlychiefsofHy-Manycouldnowbegiven,asthe Irish annalsareimperfect. 1.MaineMor,ancestorof all theHy-Many,waschief of the territory forfifty years,after whichhediedanaturaldeath. 2.Bresal,sonof Maine,thirty years,when hediedanatural death,which the poemstateswassurprising,ashe had beenmuch engaged in wars. 3Fiachra Finn,thesonof Bresal(No.2),seventeen years,whenhewastrea-cherouslyslainbyhisbrotherMaineMall.FiachraFinnisstyled in the poem," atower in conflictand battle."He isthe ancestorof theO'Nagh-tensand 0'1\fullallysorLallys. 4ConallCas-ciabhach,i.e.of thecurledtresses,wasprinceofHy-Maine, twenty-two years,when hewasslain.He wasbrother of Fiachra Finn. 5.Dallan,whowasalsoabrother of Fiachra Finn, wasprinceof Hy-Maine for elevenyears,whenhewasmortally woundedandafterwards drowned. 6.Duach,the sonof Dallan(No.5),wasprinceof Hy-Many forsixteen years, when he wasslainby MaineMacamh.Heiscalled in thepoem"a good man,andanimpartialdistributorof justice." 7.Lughaidh,thesonofDallan,andbrotherof Duach,wasprinceorchief rulerof Hy-Many forfourteenyears,when he dieda natural death. 8. 8.Feradhach,thesonof Lughaidh,wasprinceof Hy-M:anyfortwenty-four years,when hewasslainby hissuccessor. 9l\farcan waschief or princeof Hy-l\faine for fifteenyears, when hewasslain by the swordas,thepoems!ates,hehad deseTved.' 10.CairbreCroma,sonof Feradhach,princeofHy-l\fanynineyears,when he wasslain. by hissuccessor.He granted to St. Kieran seventeen townlands inHy-l\Iany. 1 1.Cairbrel\facFeachtaine,or MacFeichine,thesonof Feradhach(No.8), wasprinceof Hy-Manyfortwenty-sixyears,whenhewasslainby Crim-thann,afterthefonnerhad slainhisownbrother,CairbreCrom.He was fatherof BrenainnDall,whodiedintheyear597,andof thecelebrated AedhGuaire,the relativeofSt.Rodanusof Lorrah,whoismentionedin theaccountofthecursing of Tara in theAnnalsof Clonmacnoise.He is the ancestor of thetribecalledCinelFechin, whowereseated in thebarony of Leitrim,in the southof the countyof Galway. aCairbreCrom.-According to the Re-gistryofClonmacnoise,astranslated by Duald ~ l a cFirbis for Sir J ames Ware (l\IS. Brit. 1\Ius.),this chief granted the follow-ing townlands to the Abbey of St. Kieran: "CairbreCrom,thesonof Feriogach, macDallain,mac Bressal,mac l\Iaine l\Ior, fromwhomthe land of Tirmainetookits name,bestowedunto St.Kyran17town-lands,andthreedunta,whichsignifieth three houses, or else three hillocks or steep placesofbuilding,viz.Dunanoghta,I2 daies,Dun BeglaittI2daies,Dun meadh-ain1 2daies,andthreetownes in Sraigh Kiaran within the Gruan from Belalobhar toRathCattin,andhalfatowneland in Gortacharn, and half a towneland in Tuaim Carrighe,aquarterinCrosconaill,and 24 daies intheGrainsy,and24 daies in Koyllbelatha,i.e.aquarter in them both, I2. aquarterinKillTormoir,aquarterin Killorain,aquarterinKillmonolog,the quarter of Kill Goirill, the quarter of Kill-uir :Mor,and thequarter of Killuir Beg, a quarter in Killupain;the town and lands of Killithain,the town and landsof Kill-osaigelain ;half atownland inl\Iaoleach, half atowneland in Cluaincuill,aquarter in Killchuirin,andthe parsonageof the same,andthequarter of Dundomnaill in l\Iaghfinn, and a quarter in Tuaim Sruthra, aquarter in Disiort,the towne and lands oftheHabart,atownelandinTuaim Greiny,withtheemolumentsspirituall and temporal! ;a quarter in Killtuma,and the portion proportionabletofiveungaes or ouncesof silver inCarnagh,that is,a quarterand a half inCluainacbaLeaga, viz.inAcha Obhair, andthe Creagga, and inKilliarainnandtownlandsof Ruan." 16 I2.of CairbreCrom,wasprinceof Hy-Mainefortwenty years, ,whenhedieda natural death.Thischieftainiscalledasaint,and the pa-, tronof CillCormaic. I3.EoghanFinn,thesonofCormac,wasprinceof Hy-Manyfornineteen years,whenhediedanatural death.Heistheancestorof theNorthern Hy-MaineorO'Kellys. I4.Eoghan Buac,thesonof Cormac,andbrotherof Eoghan Finn,wasprince of Hy-Many fornineteen years,whenhealsodiedanaturaldeath.Heis theancestorof theSouthern Hy-Many orO'Maddens. I5.Fichellach, thesonof Dicholla,whowassonof Eoghan Finn (No.I3 ),was princeofHy-1\'Ianyfortwelveyears,whenhewasslainby thearmyof Cobhthach,the sonof 1\faelduin,whowassonof Donnghallach,whowas sonof Anmchadh,whowassonof Eoghan Buac(No.I4,supra). I6.Cobhthach,sonof Maelduin,wasprinceof Hy-Manyfortwentyyears, whenhewasslainby Finnachta,sonofOilill,sonof Innrachtach,sonof Fichellach,sonof Dluthach,sonof Dicholla,sonof Eoghan Finn. q.Finnachta,sonofOilill,wasprinceofHy-Maineforseventeenyears, whenhewastreacherouslyslainby thesonof Cobhthach. 18.Aeiril,orOilell,thesonof AedhFinn,sonof Anmchadh,sonof Eogan Buac,wasprinceof Hy-Maineforfourteenyears,whenhe fellin treachery byCeallach,theancestorafterwhomtheO'Ceallaighs,orO'Kellys,have takentheir surname. I9.Cellach,sonof Finnachta,whowassonof Oilill,whowassonof Innrach-tach,whowassonof Fichellach,whowassonof Dluthach,whowassonof Dicholla,whowassonof Eoghan Finn(No.I3,supra),waschief ofHy-Many foreighteen yearswhen hewasslain. 20.Diarmaid,the sonof Aedh,wasprinceof H y -Many forfortyyears,when hediedanaturaldeath.He wasoneof thesevenprincesof Hy-Many who wereof theO'MaddenorSil-Anmchadha line. 21.Tadhg,orTeigeMorO'Kelly,wasprinceof Hy-l\1any forthirteen years1 whenhefellinthebattleof Clontarf,fightingonthesideof BrianBoru, monarchof Ireland,A. n.IOI4. 22.Gadhra,lordof SilAnmchadha,onthedeathof TeigeMorO'Kelly,be-camelordofallHy-Many,adignitywhichheenjoyed fortwelveyears, whenhedieda naturaldeath. Gadhra, 17 Gadhra,thetwenty-secondprinceof Hy-Many,isthelastmen-tionedinthepoemfromwhichthislist hasbeentaken,and which wasaddressedtoEoghan0 chiefofSil.Anmchadhaand presumptiveheirofwhodied intheyear1347,accord-ing totheFour After givingthislist of thechieftains,the Bardgoesontocarry the pedigreeof hispatron,Eoghan fromGadhra,the last of thechiefsheenumerates,downtohisown time,asfollows: GADHRA,or GARA,was fatherof MADUDAN(orl\fADDEN),whowas fatherof DIARl\IAID,whowasfatherof MADUDAN,who was fatherof DrARl\IAID,who was fatherof MADUDANl\foR,whowas fatherof CATHAL,whowasfatherof l\IuRCHADH,of MaghBealaigh,whowas fatherof EoGHAN0l\fADDEN,to whom the poem wasaddressed. In another poem, preserved in the same manuscript, and addressed tothesameEoghan thesevenchieftainsof hisfamily, who became princesof all areenumerated in thefollowing order:1.EoghanBuac,2.Cobhthach,3Oilill,4Gadhra son of Dunadhach,5.Diarmaid,6.Oilill,7.Diarmaid ;andtheBard adds,thatO'Madden himself wasexpectedto be theeighth. Theotherchiefsof willbegiveninthepedigreeof O'Kelly,NoteA,at theend of thistract. AftertheBurkes,orDeBurghs,hadestablishedthemselvesin thecounty ofGalway,thelimitsof Hy-Manywerevery muchcir-cumscribedb,thebaroniesof Leitrim,Loughrea,and Athenry,which were bOircumscribed.-Itappearsfroman inquisitiontaken at Galway,onthe2oth IRISHARCH.SOC.9 of March,1608,before Geffry Osbaldston, Esq.that"UlickBourke,firstEarlof D IS wereoriginally apart of Hy-Many,beingseizedupon by the Burkes, andmadeapart of theirterritoryofClanrickard;and it isremark-ablethat intheyear1585,O'Madden'scountry was not considered apart of Hy-Many.-(See NoteB,at theend of thistract.)Inthe reignofElizabethit consistedonlyof fivebaronies, asappearsfrom acuriousdocumenttobefoundamongthe" Inrolmentstempore Elizabethre,"intheAuditorGeneral'sOffice,Dublin,dated6th August,15 8 5.From this Document the Editor istempted topresent thereader withthefollowingextract,whichthrowsacuriouslight onthestateof Hy-Many in thereignof QueenElizabeth: "Agreement betweentheIrishchieftainsand inhabitantsof lmany,called theO'Kellie'scountry,onbothsidesof the river of Suck,in Connaught,and theQueen'sMajesty,viz.HughO'KellyofLisecalhonec,otherwisecalled O'KELLY,TeigeMacWilliamO'Kelly,of1\:Iullaghmored,andConnorOge O'Kelly,of Killianee,competitorsforthenameof Tanestshippeof O'KELLY; Clanricarde,before hiscreation by Henry VIII.wasseizedin fee,by descentfrom hisancestors,of theterritoryofClanri-carde,consistingof six baronies,viz.Lei-trim,Loughreogh,Dunkellyn,Kiltartan orKiltaraght,Clare,andAthenry,some of the manors whereof he held in demesne, andalltherestof thesaidcountrythat waspossessedby the gentlemenand free-holders, were holden from him by knight's service." cLisecalhone,nowprobablyLisnahoon, in theparishof Kilmaineandbaronyof Athlone. d the.situationand present state of this place,Denis H. Kelly, Esq.ofCastle-Kelly,writesasfollows, inalettertotheEditor,datedOctober 17th, 1841:"TheCastleof:Mullaghmore, Connor oncetheseatoflavishhospitality,is nowamere moundof earthin the neigh-bourhood of Mount Bellew,andthe lands are heldbythepresentSir MichaelBel-lewonlease.Iknownptthatthereis anyrepresentativeof thefamilyinexis-tence ;buttheoldhouseshavechanged their placesofabode,sothatyouwould scarcerecognizeAthleagueinGallaghinTycooly,ScreeninCastle Kelly,ClanmacnoweninClooncannon, &c.&c.;andpossiblysomeof the occu-piersof nowunimportantplacesmay be the descendants of that hospitable house." eKilliane,nowKillian,or Killyan(in Irish CtU li'am,aswritten by Duald Mac Firbis),theseatof J.Cheevers,Esq.,in theparishandbaronyof Killian,inthe countyof Galway. ConnorneGarrogheO'Kelly,of Gallagher,andShanenenloyeO'Kelly,of theCriagheg,Generosus;'Villiam0'n1annine,of J\Iynlogheh,otherwisecalled 0'n1ANNINE;J\loriartaghO'Concannon,of Kiltullaghi,otherwisecalledO'CoN-CANNON;ShaneO'Naghten,of:Moynurei,otherwisecalledO'NAGHTEN;Ed-mond:iliacKeoghe,ofOwcnaghk,otherwisecalled1\1AcKEOGHE;Donogh each,m1ebaUam,m1cbpera1l, m1cTname Tn61p. Cl-QNNCRem'ChQJNb. Tnupcacan,macSoclacam,m1cb1apmaca, m1cpep'Sura,m1c ffiUJlCaba,m1cbmb-oa-tuat, m1cba1mme,m1cbmm'Oa1p1,m1c alleUa,nllCCOlpbme,ffilCaeoa,nllCCplmchambChaelt,nllC Lu1)bac,m1cbaUam, m1cbpera1l,m1cTnameTnolJL NUNCh-UaNQbSl-UQ1(5.1.h-UaFlNQlN. alteU, macpmam, ffilCCeaUU11),ffilCNaortua11),ffilCpeapa-bal1),m1cLm1)0eac,m1cbaUam, m1cbpera1l,m1cTnameTn01p. Cl-QN'OCQlRpRlCRUlm. Ca1ppp1Cpomenmaclalf,.1.Copmac.bamacLaCopmac, .1. dFeithine.-Fechene,in H.2.7 p. 49 eLoithin.-l-ochme, in H.2.7 f},furchatan,ormupchaoan,asmore correctlywritteninH.2.7p.49,was chief of Hy-1\Iany,and died,accordingto the Annals of the Four Masters, in the year 936.Hesucceededhisbrother1\Iugh-ron,whodiedintheyear904- They 27 Feithined,and Nadsluaigh a quo O'Finain.CairpriFeithine had foursons,viz.,Brenainn Dall, Aedh Abla, Aedh Guairi, andLoithine. Brenainn Dall hadeightsons,viz.,Colman,Coman, or Cronan,Garbhan,Toman,Amlaibh[ AmalgaidhJ,Maineand Flann. THECLANNConall, sonof Cormac, son of Ceithernach, son ofFogartacb, son of Fearadhacb,sonof Eachtghal,sonof Secbnasach,sonof Congal,son of Eoghan,sonof Coman,sonof Brenainn Dall, sonof Cairpri Fech-ine,sonof Fearadhach,sonof Lughaidh, sonof Dallan, son of Bresal, sonof THECLANNCREMTHAINN. l\furchatanr,sonof Sochlachang,sonof Diarmait,sonof Fergus, sonof sonofDubb-da-thuath,sonofDaimin,sonof Damhdairi,sonof Ailell,sonof Coirbin,sonof Aedh,sonof thannCael,sonof Lugbaidh,sonof Dallan,sonof Breasal,sonof l\1or. NOWUAN.ADSLUAIGH,i.e.O'FINAIN. Ailell,sonof Finan,sonofCellacb,sonof Nadsluaigh,sonof Fearadhach,son Lughaidh,sonof Dallan,sonof Bresal,sonof l\Ior. THECLANNCAIRPRICRUIM. CairpriCrombad oneson,namely,Cormac.Cormachadtwo sons,viz.,EoghanFinn and EoghanBuac.From EoghanFinn,the Northern werethe fifteenthindescentfromMaineaccordingtothe Annals of the Four .l\Ias-1\Ior,thecommonancestoroftheHy- ters, died apriest (indericatu) in the year Many.908,having,many yearsbefore,resigned gSochlachanwas chiefofHy-1\Iany, and,the government to his sonl\Iughron. E2 .1.0'l)anpmn,OCUfosanbuac.o-sanpmn,'Olaea eua1rcepe 0ffiame,ocuroe;anbuacc, aquo'Oelrcepe0ffiame. /Ceatpapmaclah-oe;anpmn,.l.ocurpltceUac, OCUf'Tnaelanpal'O,ocurScannlan,ocurScannaU.ffiaelanpm'O , elfl'Ol,aquoh-UaOmbsm'O. C8RNU1(5lNSO. Connae;anmacCepnal(5,mlCa,teUa,TnlCCepnals,TnlCCor-cpms,m1cplt>ceUals,m1cOlCoUa,mlCosampmt>. Core;pac,macCepna1z;,m1cU1leUa, ce1tp1me1cnestmr; 'Olbal'Ola'O-fH)emace cetpap, .1.plartem, ocur Cepnac, ocur Oalt-seal, ocur Ombmnpace.Oubcmlh, macLacenam, m1clnt>pacea1s, m1cph lmt1m,m1cCorz;pa1s,m1cCepna1s. Lome;reac,macmlCCopma1e,mlCC1ap'Oe1p'S,m1epl'O'Salll, m1cpla1eh1m,mlCCore;pa1s. lr 1a'Oro pop-rlomnel fll Cepna1e;, .1.h-Ua pmam, h-Ua LaH)m, h-UaLacenan,h-UaConbu1'01,h-UaUUrca1'0,h-UaChemne'Ol'O, h-Ua h0'Duibhginn.- This familyaretobe distinguishedfromthe0'Dubhagains,for the latter descendfromSodan,the sonof FiachaAraidh,king of Ulster,aboutthe year240.-See O'Flaherty's Ogygia, Part Ill. c.66, p.327.The name O'Duibhginn isAnglicisedDeegin in Leinster,but the Editor is not awarethat thenameexists inHy-l\fany at present:theO'Dubhagains, orDoogansare numerous there,but they are not of the Hy-:Manyrace. i0' Finain,more correctly h-1Uamin H.2.7asitappearsonp.27,that O'FinainisnotoftheClannCernaigh. Neithername isnowextant in Hy-Many. jO'Laidhin,writtenh-U1in H.2.7.ThenameisnowAnglicised Lyne andLyons.Thisfamilyhadcon-siderablepossessionsintheterritoryof Hy-Many,inthereignofJamesI.,for itappearsfromaninquisitiontakenat Kilconnell,onthe22nd of August,1617, that Donogh O'Lyne and Edmond O'Lyne ofBallinvoggane,inthebaronyofKil-connell,andJohnGraney O'Lyne,of Lis-nagrey, and Turlogh O'Lyne, of Lehergen, wereseizedof LecarrowintlevyandLis-senuskey, in the barony of Kilconnell.And 29 NorthernUil\fainearedescended,andfromEoghanBuac,the SouthernUi EoghanFinn had foursons,namely,Dicholla,Fithchellach,lanfaidh, Scannlan, and Scannall.From thisO'Duibhginnh isdescended. THECLANNCERNAIGHHERE. Connagan,sonof Cernach,sonof .Ailell,sonof Cernach,sonof Coscrach,sonof Fidhchellach,sonof Dicholla,sonof Eoghan Finn. Cosgrach,sonof Cernach,sonof .Ailell,hadfourteensons,who all died without issue except four, viz., Flaithemh, Cernach, Daithgeal, and Duibhinnracht.Dubhcailli, sonof Lacthnan, sonof Innrachtach, sonof Flaithemh,sonof Cosgrach,sonof Cernach. Loingsech,sonof thesonofCormac,sonofCiardearg,sonof Fidhgal,sonof Flaithemh,sonof Cosgrach. Thesearethecommonsurnamesof theraceof Cernach,viz., O'Finaini,O'Laidhinj,O'Lachtnaink,O'Conbhuidhi\O'Ullscaidhm, 0' Ceinneididh, anotherinquisition,takenattheAbbey of St.Francis,onthe29th of January,in the16th of JamesI.,findsthat Redmond O'Lynediedonthe6thofJuly,1615, seisedof feeof portionsof thetownlands ofBallinvogan, Ballykie, and Creganigragh, allwhichwere heldof thekingincapite by Knight's service.O'Flaherty, in Ogy-gia,Part ITI.c.11,saysthatinhisown time thefamilyof O'Layn,inHy-Many, theproprietorsofahandsomeestate, lookeduponthemselvestobe ofFirbolgic descent,and if he be correct inthisstate-ment,the termpop-f'tomnce,in the text, must be understood in the sense of plebeian surnames. k0'Lachtnain. - Thissurname isnow correctly AnglicisedO'Laughnan, andthe Editorknowsa familywhohave changed it toO'Loughlin. IO'Conhhuidhe.-CorrectlyAnglicised Conwy,butsometimeschangedtoCon-waytomake it lookEnglish. m0' Ullscaidh,- writteninH.2.7 0'FaUrcur01.TheEditorisnot aware that the name isnowextant in either form inHy-l\Iany or in any part of Ireland.It might be Anglicisedu!skey orFalskey. 30 l1-UaboyH::an),,h-UaS1oacam,h-Uapuy1aba1n,h-Ua . Cmlem, l1-UaCpabaoam. C{,QNNae'Oa0a1N. maellra puab,macSaepbyletars,mlCplamb,mlc(51thruar-anal-s,mlCSaepbpetal-s,mlCmmpcepr;al-s,mlCplomb,mlC aena-sam, mlC(501rcm, mlCplalChlm, mlCptalt-slh, mlc Cor-spal-s, m1cp,oceUa''b lnopaccach,macbluta1-s,m1c01lella,m1clnnpecca1'b,m1c btuta1'5,m1cph1tceUal'b,m1cb1coUa,mtco-sampmo,m1c Copmrnc,m1cCalPPl"Cpmm. bmb-smn, mac peap'balh, m1cU1leUa, mtc ConmU, m1cU1leUa, m1clnnpac"Cal'b Ceatlac, macpmoacca, mlCa,teUa, mlclnnpaccal'b C{,QNNpl.,QlCh8QffiQ1{,,n11 C'O{,UChQ1(5. maelbpl'bbl,maclnbpac'Cal'b,mlCpta1tma,mlCpta1teama1l, m1cbtuta1-s. h-Ua. 'OOffiNQJ{,{,. bomnaU,macbuncaoa, m1cmmpcepr:al'b,m1cplattma, m1c btuta1-s,m1cp,oceaUa1'5,m1cb1coUa. nO'Ceinneididh, now Anglicised O'Ken-nedy;butthisfamilymustnot becon-foundedwiththe O'Kennedys of Ormond, whowereofthesamestockwiththe O'Briens. 0 0' Dorc!taidhi,nowAnglicisedDorcey andD' Arcy,but thisfamilymust be dis-tinguished from the O'Dorceys, the ancient chiefsof Partry,nearLoughMask, in the county of Mayo,fromwhomtheDarceys ofGalwayandClifdenhavesprung,ac-cordingtoDuald l\IacFirbis. C{,QNN P0'Sidhachain,nowAnglicisedShee-han. qO'Furadhain,nowForan;butthe name isnot very numerousinHy-Many, though it iselsewhere. rO'Cuilein,nowAnglicisedCullen and Collins.This name must be distinguished fromtheO'CuilensorCollins's,ofthe countiesofCorkandLimerick,whoare of atotallydifferent stock. s O'Crabhadhain.-This name is now un-known inHy-Many.It waspronounced 31 O'Ceinneididhn,O'Dorchaidhio,O'SidhachainP,O'Furadhainq, O'Cuil-einr,O'Crabhadhain5 THECLANNAEDHAGAINt . .1\Iaelisa,theRed,sonof Saerbrethach,sonof Flann,sonof Gilla suasanaigh,sonof Saerbrethach,sonof l\fuirchertach,sonof Flann, son of Aedhagan,sonof Goistin,sonof Flaithemh,sonof Flaithghil, sonof Cosgrach,sonof Fidhchellach. Innrachtach,sonof Dluthach,sonof Oilellu,sonof Innrechtach, sonof DluthachV,sonof Fithchellachw, son ofDicholla, son ofEoghan Finn,sonof Cormac,sonof CairpriCrom. Duibhginn,sonofFeargal,sonof Ailell,sonof Conall,sonof Ailell,sonof Innrachtach. Ceallach,sonof Finnachta,sonof Ailell,sonof Innrachtach. THECLA}..TNFLAITHEAl\ffiAILMICDLUTHAIGH. .1\Iaelbrighdi,sonof Innrachtach,sonof Flaithnia,sonof Flaith-eamhail,sonof Dluthach. UADOl\IHNAILL. Domhnall,sonof Donnchadh,sonof .1\Iuirchertach,son of Flaith-nia,sonof DluthachX,sonof Fidhcheallach,sonof Dicholla. by the IrishO'Cravane. tTheClannAedhagain.- Thesewere thel\IacEgans,whoafterwardsbecame Brehons to different chieftains in different partsofIreland.Forsomeaccountof them and their pedigree,the reader isre-ferredtoNote E,at the end of this tract. uOileO.-He wasprinceorchief of all H y-l\Iany,and died,accordingto the An-nals of the Four l\Iasters,in the year79+ His sonCathalsucceededhim, and died in 83+ THE '"Dluthach,wasprince ofHy-Many, ap.d died in the year 7 3 8.He was succeeded by his son Flaithnia, who died in the year 750. wFithchellach,i.e.thechess-player,was chiefofHy-l\Iany,andwasslainA. D. 622.Thisline,fromwhichthel\Iac Egans have sprung,wasoncevery power-ful,whichledConnelll\IacGeogheganto remark,in anotetotheAnnalsof Clon-macnoise,thatthel\IacEganswerethe senior familyof Hy-l\Iany. lCFlaithnia,sonof Dluthach. - Hewas C(.,QNNoR6SQJ(.,,aquoh-Ul'OOmNQ(.,(.,QN. bomnaUan,macIDaelbpl'l)'Ol,m1c(5penam,nllC m1c bomnaUam, m1cbpera1l,m1cblutal'l),m1c mlC'01-coUa,ffilCosamPmt>. C(.,QNNFlOChRQFlNNQNNso. Cen::p1melCp1acpapmt>,.1.arnla1b,Ccnppp1,ochan)t Se1rsma. cl.aNNaml.ato. Neccam,macmaellcelp,mlCaensura,mlC'Cuatml,ffilC nllclaelc,mlCConalars,ffilCarnalsal'O,mlCbemmne'Oal'l),ffilC blrna,ffilCLal'O'l)m'O,ffilCmael.mt>lp,TnlCaena,ffilCpnmcam, mlCQmlalb, ffilCp1acpacpmt>,m1cb11erml,TnlCffiameIDmp. o6N6Q(.,QCh-Ulmael(.,Q(.,QJ'O. amla1b,mac(51U1Cp1rt>,m1cbomna1U,m1cCe1n'Oe1'01'0,m1c bomnalU,TnlCmaelpalal'O, aquo h-Ua maellpalal'O,TnlCConClCl, ffilCmaelcmll, ffilClTielclalc,ffilCCon'Oalal'l). macSelrsma, mlcplacpacpmt>,anUalp'00mapbre QlleU, macplacpacPmt>,'00cual'OreCOh-Qe'Oanbpum'Ollmm, ffilCpep"Sura, ffilCo'l)am,mlcNelUNof-slaUal'l);ocur lr mmea t>eapta1Qet>anbpumt>1lmm,.1.abpummlornopaebpmb col'l), chief of alltheprincipalityof Hy-Many, and died in the year7so, according to the Annalsof the Four Masters.-See Note v, supra. YThe0'Domhnallains,nowAnglicised Donnellan,withouttheprefix0'.For ...ocur someaccountof thepresentlocality,&c., of this familyseeNoteF,attheendof thistract. zDluthach,sonof Fithchellach.-This is the Dluthach,mentioned in Note v,supra, aschief of Hy-1\Iany,andashaving died 33 THECLANNBRESAIL,AQUOTHEO'DOMHNALLAIN's1 Domhnallan, sonof son of Grenan, son of Loingsech, son ofDomhnallan, son ofBresal,son ofDluthach, son ofFithchellachz, sonof Dicholla,sonof EoghanFinn. THECLANNFIACHRAFINNHERE. FiachraFinnhadfoursons,viz.,.Amlaibh,Cairpri,Eochaidh, Seisgnia. THECLANNA1\ILAIBH. Nechtaina,sonof sonof Aengus,sonof Tuathal,son of sonofConnalach,sonof Amhalgaidh,sonof Deinm-nedhach,sonof Dima,sonof Laidginn,sonofMaeluidhir,sonof Aedh,sonof Finntan,sonof Amhlaibh,sonof FiachraFinn,sonof Bresal,sonof OFTHEo'MAEILALAIDH'Sb. Amlaibh, son of Gilla Christ, son of Domhnall, sonof Ceinneididh, sonof Domhnall,sonofaquoO'Maelfhalaidh,sonof Cucichi,sonof sonof sonof Connalach. Catt,sonof Seisgnia,sonofFiachraFinn,whenhesle'v Ailell, sonofFiachraFinn,wenttoAedanBruinniluim[ofthebare breast],sonof Fergus,sonof Eoghan,sonof Niallof theNineHos-tages:he was called Aedan Bruinni luim,becausehisbreast wasbare fromtheedgesof swordsandarms ;andCattmarriedEadan,the in the year7 3 8. aNechtain.-He wasthe ancestor of the O'Naghtens,forsomeaccountofwhom seeNoteG,at the end of this tract. IRISHARCH.SOC.9F daughter bThe0'.Afaeilalaidlt's,nowAnglicised l\Iullally and Lally.For someaccount of this familyseeNote H,at theendof this tract. 34 ocurapm,ocu rt:;UCCac6anan,ln'l)enaenam,ocur pusflmac no,.1.RuananmacCalt:;,opmlen mumnt:;epRuaoan,ocur poan-r,m1cDmtnenna1s,m1cCpun-baln,mlcpepbna, nllCae6a Senals, mlcachach, mlcUmmlpech, m1cUensuraLomam. o8N8Ql-QCt1-UG maeNmUloJ. NlaU,mac CeapbalU mlcnlmlcoba, mlc Ruosura, ffilCpoUac-cms,mlcConcalfJ'll,mlCphaccna,miCLaccnam,mlcphmocam UaUms,m1cSerch,m1cCopma1c,m1cCp1mchamn,m1cbpera1l, m1cTilameTilotp. (56N6Q{;QChh-UGN-bUQCh. Duac,macDaUam, mlcbperall, mlcmameTnOlp. (56N6Gl-0Ch commonancestorof theHy-Many race), andmusthavebeen,therefore,cotempo-rary with Oilioll Macinrachtach, whodied chiefofHy-1\Iany in the year794, and who wasthe samenumber of generations from the same Maine.It must not be supposed thathereditarysurnameswerein useat thistime,norisit evencertain,though itmaybepossible,thatthetribehere calledCinel-Fathaidh,werethepeople whosedescendants,afterthetenthcen-tury,tookthehereditarysurnameof O'Fathaidh.The familyof O'Fahy, whe-ther theybe of thistribeor not,arestill verynumerousinthesouthernpartof Hy-1\Iany;the name isnow generally An-glicisedFahy, without the0'; but in one instancethe0'isretained,andthere-mainder shortened to Fay.This, however, isnot tobe recommended,noristhe vile practice of translatingthe name toGreen, fromitsresemblancetotheIrishword ag1eenor field,tobeapplauded. It appearsfromthe inquisitions takenin the reign of James I., that several branches ofthisfamilyhadthensomefeesimple property in the barony of Loughrea.An inquisitiontakenatLoughrea,onthe 16thofSeptember,intheyear1617, beforeSirCharlesCoote,findsthat Teige Antlevy[i.e.ofthemountainJ O'Fahy isseisedoffeeof portionsofLishadoile Kealuragh,andCappaghard;that Teige O'Fahy andEdmondO'Fahy,hisson,are seisedof feeof aportionof the quarter of KnockanteigeandCappaghard;andthat 37 PEDIGREEOFo'LO::\L\INOFHERE. Flann,sonof Cinaeth,sonof Donnghal,sonof Eochaidh,sonof Airmedhach,sonofCongalach,sonof Inndelbhaidh,sonof Daith-nennaigh,sonof Crundan,sonof Fergna,sonof AedhSenach,son of Eochaidh,sonof Ainmire,sonof AengusLoman. PEDIGREEOFHY-CORMAICOFMAENMAGHf. Niall,sonof Cerbhall,sonofsonof Rudgus,sonof Follachtach,sonof Cucaissil,sonof Fachtna,sonof Lachtnan, son of FinntanU allach,sonof Siath,sonof Cormac,sonof Crimthann, son of Bresal,sonof nfainenior. PEDIGREEOFHY-DUACH. Duach,sonof Dallan,sonof Bresal,sonof nfainenior. Edmond UnyO'Fahy,EdmondOgeEdmondO'Fahy,Richard)lacEdmond O'Fahy, and Teige Mac Edmond Oge O'Fa-hy, were seised of fee of portions of Kealu-ragh,Lishadoile,andCappaghard;and that John MacUny O'Fahywasseisedof feeof portions of thetown lands of Lisha-doile, Cahercranilly, Garryblaken, and Bal-linrowan,allinthe barony of Loughrea. Thereisatraditioninthebaronyof Loughrea,thattheEarlofClanrickard foundit verydifficulttoget theO'Fahys topayhimtribute,theirchiefalways tellingthe Earlthat the landshe possess-edwerehisown,andthattheEarl had no claimonthem. e Finnabhair is nowcalled Finnure,and is a townland containing the ruins of an old PEDIGREE church, situated in the parish ofAbbeygor-migan,closetothe boundary betweenthe baronies of Loughrea and Longford, in the county of Galway.-See Ordnancel\Iap of the county of Galway,sheet98.The last of thistribementionedabo>ein thetext wasthefifteenthindescentfroml\Iaine Mor,thecommonancestoroftheHy-l\Iany, and was therefore cotemporary with the celebrated Cathal MacAilella,chief of Hy-::\Iany,whodiedin8% whowasthe fifteenth from the samel\Iaine; and wemust thereforesuppose that O'Lomain was then a tribe name, and not a hereditary surname. f./Jlaenmagh,sometimesAnglicised l\Ioinmoy,andsometimescorruptly)Ie-nevy.For the situation and extent of this territory seeindex andnotes. 0eNeaGachChlNel.aeoa. Cuba'SamacCeaUm'fi,m1c'Oun'Sa1l1,m1cCon'Sa1l,m1cCon-'bura,mlcl?onam,m1cmaeluma,mlCCpnnchamn,mlcbperall, ecc. (5eNeQl.QChSll.N-ONmChQ'OQ. anmcao, mac o'Sam buacc, mlCCopmalC, mlCCalpppl Chpulm, 'CJ1lmelclelr,.1.'Oonb1)alac,ocurplanl)alac,ocurpopbarac. Tnaeloum,macbonn1)alal'fi,oa mac la1r,.1.Cobtac,ocur lnopac-cac.(5aopa,macbuna'Sal'fi,ffi1CLom'Srl'fi,m1cbuna'Salb,ffi1C Cobi;a1'fi,m1clTia1llbum,m1cbonn"SalaJ'fi,m1cUnmcaoa. Tnaelcotal1),macbonn'ba1b,m1cUnmcaoa.ba mac Ouna'S-al'fi,mlCCobtal1),.1.Lom'Srech,ocurbpal'Snen,aquoh-Ua bpmbnen,.1.Ceanbfaelao, macpmo, m1c'Cperal1), m1cbpa1'bnen, ffilCbunabars.Col'SmelCLotnET'l'fi,.1.(5aopa, ocur (5leopa, ocnr Cmaet,ocur Cuppam,aquol1-UaChuppam,ocur ptanocao,a quoh-Uuaplanocaoa.ccl'fiepn,mac(5aopa,m1cLom'Sr1'S. l1-UaChmae1cl1,oChmaech,macLom'Srl'b.h-Ua(5leopa,o (5leopa,macLom'Sr1ch.bon'Salac,macOnmcmo,aquoTnumn-gOinel Aedka,-i.e.Raceof Aedhor Hugh.There mustbesomemistakein the text here,asno Aedh ismentioned in the genealogy given, fromwhom the tribe couldhavebeennamed. hSil A nmchadha.-i e.the seed or race of Anmchadh,nowAnglicisedAmbrose, andformerlyLatinizedAnimosus.This .wasthe tribe nameof the 0'1\Iaddensand their correlatives,whowere seated inthe barony of Longford and its vicinity, in the cep south-eastof the county of Galway. ih- UaDraz'g!menwouldbe Anglicised O'Drinan,buttheEditorcouldnotfind the name inHy-1\fany,north or south. jk- UaOkurrain,nowCurran;but this familyistobedistinguishedfromthe CurransofMunster,andfromthoseof Lower Connaught, who are not of this race. k0' Flannchadha. -Thisnameisnot now to be found.The l\fac Flannchadha's, orMacClancy's,of whomtherearetwo 39 PEDIGREEOFCINELAEDHA g. Cubaga,sonofCellach,sonofDungal,sonofCongal,sonof Cugusa,sonof Ronan,sonof J\faelumha,sonofCrimthann,sonof Bresal,&c. PEDIGREEOFTHESILAN}.ICHADHAh. Anmchadh,sonof EoghanBuacc,sonof Cormac,sonof Cairpri Crom,had threesons,viz.,Donngalach,Fiangalach,and Forbasach. 1\faelduin,sonofDonngalach,hadtwosons,viz.,Cobhthachand Innrachtach.Gadhra,sonof Dunadhach,sonofLoingsech,sonof Dunadhach,sonof Cobhthach,sonof J\faelduin,sonof Donngalach, sonof Anmchadha. J\faelcothaigh,sonof Donngalach, son of Anmchadh.Dunadhach, thesonof Cobhthach,had twosons,viz.,Loingsechand Draighnen, aquo h-Ua Draighneni,viz.,Ceannfaeladh,sonof Finn,sonof Tre-sach,sonof Draighnen,sonof Dunadhach.Loingsechhad fivesons, viz.,Gadhra,Gledra,Cinaeth,Curran,aquoh-UaChurraini,and Flannchadh,aquoh-UaFlannchadhak.Echtighernwassonof Gadhra,sonof Loingsech.Ua Cinaeith1 descendsfromCinaeth,son ofLoingsech;O'GledramfromGledra,sonofLoingsech.~ r m n Donngalach,sonof Anmchadharedescended J\fuintirChobhthaighn other familiesof different races in Ireland, are of adifferentstock,and locality. 1 UaCinaeith.- O'Kenny,nowAngli-cisedKenny withoutthe0'.The name is still very numerous inSouth Hy-l\Iany. mO'Gledra.-The Editor could not find this name in Hy-l\Iany.It may, however, lurk under somefanciful Anglicised form. and It is to be distinguished from l\Iac Gladdry, aname whichstillexists in the county of Donegal. n 11/uinter Chobhthaigh,_i. e. the family of O'Coffey.This name is still extant in Hy-l\Iany ;and it appearsfrom an inquisition taken at Kilconnell, on the 24th of August, 1617,"thatDonellO'Coffeywasthen 40 -cepChobtars,ocur h-U1Oomrsalars.p1ansalac, macQnmcalb, aquomumncepChonnasam,ocurffie1eCat>urma. CLQNNbOffiNQlLL,mJCCQ1b(5CQ1L(.,C8NON'OSO. Seme1c'OomnmUffimp,m1c'Ca1t>'l)Fmt>TnU1(51Rurcac,ocur6o(5an,ocur 'Comar Erpuc, ocurLoclmno, ocur '01apma1o.ln. ClannConcobmp,m1c ffi01p,.1.DomnaU.Curs me1cla'OomnaU,.1.(51U1bepo,p10 . ffiam1,ocur'Oamt,ocur 'Cao(5,ocur Con-cobap;Ublr, 1TI(5enh-Ulphlalnt>,amatalp. Ctann(51U1bepomro,.1.'01apma1o,mac(5,U,bepo,p10 ffiame,ocur'Comar6rpuc, ocur 'OomnaU 'Cuatac, ocur ffiupcat>, ocur Copmac,ocurbp1an,ocur'Ocmft,armnreap. familymustbedistinguishedfromthe MacConrys of West Connaught, and from the O'Mulconrys of Cloonahee and Strokes-town,whonowshortentheirnameto Conry. cTadhgof theBattleof Brian, - i.e. TadhgO'Kelly,chiefofHy-Many,who foughtattheBattleofClontarf,A.D. 1014.The Battle of Clontarf wascalled Ctann the battleof Brian,becauseBrianBoru, monarchofIreland,wasthechief com-manderof the Irish. dSonof Ceallach.- Thispedigreeof DomhnallMoreO'Kellyisincorrectly given above by an error of the transcriber, asappearsfromthepedigreeofhisde-scendantTadhgO'Kelly, to be given farther on,andfromthat given in the MS. H. 2. 7, 45 chobhar,sonof Tadhg of theBattleof Brianc,sonofson of Aedh,sonof Ceallachd,sonof Finnachta,son of Ailell, sonoflnn-rechtach,s?nof Dluthach,sonof Fidhcheallach,sonof Dicholla,son of Eoghan Finn,sonof Cormac,sonof CairpriCrom,son of Feradh-ach,sonof Lughaidh,sonofDallan,sonof Bresail,sonof l\Ior. Aedh,sonof Diarmaid,sonof Tadhg of theBattleof Brian. Tadhg Dubh,sonof Aedh,sonof Diarmaid. THERACEOFDO:MHN ALL,SONOFTADHGTAILLTEN,HERE. Domhnalll\Ior,thesonofTadhgTaillten,hadsixsons,viz., Conchobhar,TadhgFinnof l\IaghRuscach,Eoghan,Thomasthe Bishope,Lochlainn,andDiarmaid.The daughter of DomhnallO'Brienwasthemotherofthesesixsons,andhersister 'vasthe mother of Feidhlimidh,thesonof CathalCroibhdherg[Charlesthe Redhanded]O'Conor,and another sister of theirs wasthemother of Rickard,sonof WilliamFinn,from'vhon1aretheClann-Rickard. Conchobhar, the son ofDomhnalll\Ior, had a sonDomhnall.Domh-nallhadfivesons,viz.,Gilbert,KingofHy-l\Iany,David,Tadhg l\Ior of theBattleof Ath narigh[ AthenryJ,andConchobhar,King of Hy-l\Ianyand Aedh.Only twoof them wereby thesamemother, viz.,Tadhg and Conchobhar, and their mother was Abis, the daughter of O'Flainn[O'Flynn ]. Theissueof Gilbert were,Diarmaidl\IacGilbert,Kingof Hy- Thomasthe Bishopr, Domhnall Tuathach, l\Iurchadh,Cormac, Brian,andDavid,whowasthesinnsear[i.e.theeldestson J. Trin. Coli. Dub., and by Duald l\IacFirbis in his genealogicalwork. eThomasthe Bishop.-This Thomas was Bishop of Clonfert, and died A. D.1263.-See Ware,andDe Burgo Hibernia Domi-The nicana,p.226. fThomas the Bishop.-Perhaps the same whowasBishopof Clonfert in1347,and issupposedbyWare(Bishops,Harris's edition,p.640)tohavediedin1377. Clann'01apmaua,m1c(51U1bepn,.1.ConcobapCeppbac,ocur Sean;enmat.a1pleo,ocurnlame,ocur'Cab'S;mop, 1nsenQeua l1-lConcobmp,mat.myr an'Cmu'brm.Concobap,macConcobatp, Ceppba1'l).'Ca'O'l),mac'01apmaua,m1c'(5tlllbeytb,cp1melCle1r, l.Utlllam,ocurDoncau,ocurSeaan. Clann'Coma1rrpmc,mac'(51lllbepn,.l.ffiaeleaclamn,ocur ffimpcepcac,ocur'Comar,ocur'Otapma1b,ocurnlupcab,ocur 'Comalcac. Clann'OomnatU'Cuata1'l),m1C'(5llllbepb,.1.Ullbam,ocur Rua16pi,ocurCa1ppp1,ocurbp1an,ocurRobeyn>,ocurDomnall. n maclamupcan,mac(51lllbepn,'Oamt.Da macla Copmac, mac'(5llbbepb,ffiupcabocur'Comar.ClannDamt, melC'(51111-bepb,bynan,ocurnaffimy1cepcac,ocuro'l)an,ocurUen,ocur mupcan.Uenmac laOonncan,mac(51lllbepn,(5tlbbepn. 'Cab'l)cata ata napl'l),macDomnalU,cp1melClalr,.1.'Oonn-can,ocur'Cab'l),ocur Concobayt.'CplmelCla 'Canb,.1.'Ca'O'l)O'l), ocurDonncl1a'ORuat>,ocur'Cau'bRuat>e1le.'Cp1me1cla Con-cobap,mac'Calb'l),.1.Rumnp1,ocuro'ban,ocurGen. Concobap,macOomna1U,m1cConcobmp, m1c'Oomna1Ulll01p, cp1me1clalf,.l.'OomnaU,ocur lllame,ocur o'l)an.ffimpcepcac, ocurU1lllambaUacl1,bamac'OomnmU,m1cConcoba1p.'Cp1 melCOEffiame,mac Concobalp, .l.ffiupca'O,ocur 'OonncabbaUac, ocurmame.aenmacobam,TnlCConcobalyt,.l.bplanmac oEam.Ueb,mac 'OomnatU,mlc Concobalp, mlCDomnalU ffimp, 'Oamaclalr,.l.Ptllp ocurS1acur.Clann'OomnalU,m1cConco-balyl,COnUl'blfln. Donnca'OTilmmnecl1,macConcobmp, mtcDomna1U,na1me1c lalf, .l.nlmpcepcac,ocuraeo,ocurffia1leaclamn,ocurffiame; ln'benffietcU1'b1lm,amacha1p.ffilCatleno,'Cab'Socur Conco-bap; s 1lfacUighilin,-i.e.MacQuillin,chief of the Route,in the county of Antrim. 47 The sonsof DiarmaidGilbert 'vere ConchobharCerrbhach, andJohn, 'vho hadthesamemother;l\Iaine,andTadbg.l\Ior,the daughterof AedhO'Conor,wasthemotherofthisTadhg.Con-Cerrbhach, had asonConchobhar.Tadhg, the son of Diar-maid,sonof Gilbert,had threesons,viz.,\Villiam,Donnchadh,and John. Thesonsof ThomastheBishop,thesonof Gilbert,wereeachlainn,l\Iuirchertach,Thmnas,Diarmaid, andTornal-tach. The sons of Domhnall Tuathach, the son of Gilbert, were Willimn, Ruaidhri,Cairpri,Brian,Robert,andDomhnall.l\Iurchadh,sonof Gilbert,hadoneson,David.Cormac,sonof Gilbert,hadtwosons, viz.,MurchadhandThomas.David,sonof Gilbert,had issue Brian, l\Iuirchertachs,Eoghan,Aedh,and Donnchadh, son of Gilbert,had oneson,namely,Gilbert. Tadhgof theBattleof Athnarigh,thesonof Domhnall,had threesons,viz.,Donnchadh,Tadhg,andConchobhar.Tadhg,had threesons,viz.,Tadhg Og, DonnchadhRuadh,andasecondTadhg, surnamed Ruadh.Conchobhar,sonof Tadhg,hadthreesons,viz., .Ruaidhri,Eoghan,andAedh. Conchobhar,sonof Domhnall,sonof Conchobhar,sonof Domh-nallhadthreesons,viz.,Domhnall,l\laine,andEoghan, Domhnall,sonof Conchobhar,hadtwosons,viz.,l\Iuirchertachand 'Villiam Ballach.l\Iaine, son of Conchobhar, had three sons, viz., 1\Iur-chadh,DonnchadhBallach,and Eoghan, sonof Conchobhar, had oneson,Brianl\IacEoghain.Aedh,sonofDomhnall,sonof Conchobhar,sonofDomhnalll\Ior,hadtwosons,viz.,Philipand Siacus.Sofarthedescendantsof Domhnall,sonof Conchobar. Donnchadhl\Iuimhnech,sonofConchobhar,sonofDomhnall, hadninesons,viz.,l\Iuirchertach,Aedh,l\Iailechlainn,andl\laine; their mother wa.sthe daughterof l\IacUighiling;hisother sonswere Tauhg bap;b1balb1ab-f1b1,ocur6manb,ocurU1U1am,ocurOomnaU mmmnech.Oubera,lnl)enffimleaclllamn,m1COonnca1b,m1C Oomna1U,m1cffial)nura,m1c'ColpJ1bealba1l)ffi01ph-1Concoba1p, p16penn,mata1pnamacrm.aen,macOormcha1bffimmml), CUll)melCle1r,.1.ffimpcept::all),ocurOomnaUmop,ocurmat-l)amam.R61r,lnl)enh-1manaliam, macha1pnamacrm.6ol)an, ocur Seaan,ocur'Comar,name1ermele. 'Cplme1ClaOomnaUmop,macaena,.1.Concobap,ocur OomnaUab, ocurOonnchan(5alt.Ce1tp1me1cla mar;hliamam, mac Qeoa, .1.ffiaeleaclamn, ocur Qen, ocur Rua10p1,ocur 6ol)an. lTiaeleaclamn, mac Oonnca1bmmmml), re melClalr, .1.'01apma1b, maclnl)meh-1ffiallala1b,bp1an,ocurmupcab,bamaclnl)lne h-1phlanbal)an.6ochmn, ocur CeaUac, ocurOonncab,r;p1me1C lnl)meh-1Concoba1p.6ocha10,macffia1leclamn,r;p1me1cla1r, .1.ffimleaclamn,ocurCa1ppp1,ocur01apma1n.Oamacla CeUac,.1.bp1anocurOonncan.OamaclaOonnchan,mac ffia1lechlamn,.1.SeaanocurDomnaU. maJN8JNSO. mame, macOonnchalb,'Cplme1Cla1r,.1.p1llp,ocur'Cabl), ocur6ol)an.Clannmoplap1l1p,.1.ffiame, ocur Donnchan, ocur mu,pcepcac,.1.anr;-6rpuc,ocur01apma1nCle1pech,ocuraen. 'Cp1melCla h-6mann,macOomna1Uffimmml),.1.6mann Ol),ocur U1U1am,ocur'Cabl);macno'Chanlibp1an. mJCbONNChQlbQNbSO. maeleaclamn, macU1U1am,lnl)enh-1(5pabaamata1p,ocur U1U1am hlrfuirchertachtheBz"shop.-Maurice, orTuam,by provisionof Pope Boniface IX., Muirchertach,O' Kelly,wasconsecratedin1394,anddiedSeptember29,1407.-Bishopof Clonfert in1378,translatedtoSeeWare,Bishops,pp.640and6u. 49 Tadhg andConchobhar,whodied 'vithoutissue,Edmond,William and Domhnall Duibhesa, the daughter ofsonofDonnchadb, .sonofI)omhnall,sonofl\faghnus, sonof Toir-dhelbhachMorO'Conchobhair,kingof Ireland, 1vasthemotherof thesesons.Aedh,sonof Donnchadh 1\:Iuimhnech,had five -sons,viz., l\Iuirchertach, Domhnall Mor,and ; Rose,thedaugh-terofO'Madaghain,wasthemotherof thesesons;Eoghan,John, andThomasweretheother sons. , DomhnallMor,sonofAedh,hadthreesons,viz.,Conchobhar, Domhnall,theAbbot,and DonnchadhGall.l\fathghamhain, the son ofAedh,hadfoursons,viz.,l\faeleachlainn,Aedh,Ruaidhri,and Eoghan.l\faeleachlainn,sonofDonnchadhl\fuimhnech,hadsix sons,viz.,Diarmaid,thesonof daughter,Brian,and l\furchadh,thetwosonsof thedaughterof O'Flannagain,Eochaidh, Cellach,andDonnchadh,thethreesons . of thedaughterofO'Con-chobhair,Eochaidh,sonofMaileachlainn,hadthreesons,viz., Maileachlainn,Cairpri,and Diarmaid.Cellachhadtwosons,viz., BrianandDonnchadh.Donnchadh,sonof l\faileachlainn,hadtwo so.ns,viz.,John and Domhnall. THEDESCENDANTSOFMAINEHERE. Maine,sonofDonnchadh,hadthreesons,viz.,Philip,Tadhg, and Eoghan.Philiphadmanysons,viz.,l\Iaine,Donnchadh, l\fuir-chertachtheBishoph,DiarmaidCleirech,andAedh.Edmond,son of Domhnall had threesons,Edmond Og, William, andTadhg.Tadhg hadasonBrian. THEDESCENDANTSOFWILLIAl\I,SONOFDONNCHADH,HERE. Maeleachlainn\thesonof William (hismother wasthe daughter of iMaeleachlainn.-Thisname,whichisservant of St. Seachlann, orSecundinus, is anabbreviationof1\Iaelseachlainn,i.e.now mostgenerallyAnglicised Malachy. IRISHARCH.SOC.9H so U1tllamOt;,ocur'Cant;,ocuraeobmo1,ctannU1lllammr1n: maeleaclamnclannmopla1r,.1.Rumop1,ocurbp1an,ocur Con-cobap.1nt;enbarcep .abupcmatalpan'Cplprm.aeo,ocur pepaoach, ocur 'Cant;, ocur bonncao, ocur bomnaU, ocur U1lllam, ocurmano.pmnt;uala,mt;en'C01ppoelba1t;h-1Concoba1p, mat.mp na macrm.n maclaillmpcepcac,macU1U1am,m1c bonncha1oTilmmmt;,.1.bomnaU.ar 1a'6roctannConcoba1p, m1cbomnmU m01p, .1.bomnaU O'CeUa1t;,ocurbonnchao illulm-nech,lCa,ocurmamemop,ocurmupcha'O,ocurCachal,ocur Ca1ppp1bpachmp,ocurilluplf,ocurN1eol.1nsenh-11t;h1n rila'Calp' bomnalll ocurmupcal'O;1n(5enh-1toclamn matmp bonn-chm'Offimmm.N1eol,mac 'Coma1r, ffilCochalb,ffilC'Ola]lffiaba, ffilC'OomnalU Tnolp.Ctann 'Comal r, m1c'Oomna1UTnmp,.1.S1acurocurSeaan.'Cat>'l),1moppa,mac S1acura,m1c'Coma1rrpuc, m1c'Oomna1UTnmp. oeNeaGaChh-1CheaGGQ1(5QNNSO. cab0, macmaeltectamn, m1cU1U1am, mlCbonncam mmmm6, m1eConcobmp, mtcbomnmU, mtc Cam'ammn"Clp,oa pa1cprstept>'a1cm11na1po-prs. 'Cplancac-cupcalptloa 'ClCpat>acuanalb Connac'C oo'n clamn malCmrm. they approachedtheollavshipor officeof chief professor to the arch-king;"but by arch-kinghere isnotmeant themonarch of allIreland, as in most other documents, butthesupremeprinceorchiefof the territory of Hy-Many.The word in this andmany other ancient Irish tracts, is often applied to a petty chief of one barony, and,therefore,mpo-p15isappliedto the headchief.Onthisapplicationofthe wordpl'i;O'Flaherty writesthe following learned remarksinhisOgygia,p.3 1:-"Sua omnibuslinguis,etnationibusali-quapeculiarisinsitaest proprietas,cujus absurda foretin aliisimitatio.Quarein eorumsententiamultroeamus,quifalso contenduntRegem Latine supremum tan-tum,etnullisubjectumdominumdeno-tare ;acproindenobisinepte illud Mar-tialisHemistichiumexprobrant, Qui Rex est,Regem, },faxime, non habeat, Quidverohocnostrainterest ?Scoti .mmus nonGalli;Scoticeloquimur,non Latine;atquehocidiomatetritoadagio dicimus ;ut Hemistichioaliudopponam: ,egener in tiguri Rex larequisque sui." And again(ibid.p.32),"Veteres Regis nomentribuebantei,quiunooppidulo prreesset:sicIthacreRexUlysses,cujus ditionemadcoexiguamnidumrestimat saxo Cicero affixum.Sic N estorPyli Rex. J osue 30 regibus in Palestina gulam fregit. Strabo testatur singulas Phamissarumur-bes regem habuisse;et Plinius strategiis, et prrefecturisomnibusolimregesprrefu-isse :unde usitato more Divinre Scripturre cujusque oppidiDominus Rex appellatur. Atque ut propiusadvicinosaccedam,in Cantiipartibus(qui nunc inAnglia Comi-tatus)quatuorregesCresarisretateregna-runt.Denique nullum modoinEuropa, prreteripsamHiberniam,regnumquod non pluribus regibus sibi invicemminime subjectisantiquitus paruerit:quostamen nostrre memorire Scriptores, cum in eorum mentionem incidunt, Reges dicere non hre-sitant." jThe third part of the province,-i. e.the principalityofHy-Hanycomprisedthe thirdpartof theprovinceof Connaught. ShaneO'Duganstatesthesameinhis topographicalpoem,asfollows : '' mo,p-iplanConnachc an clap rm U IlTiamenamopoal, fin 0S10namorreuoa floe (5omeaoa,nJ "Thegreatthird of Connaught is that plain Of Hy-1\lanyof great assemblies, Exteuding fromtheShannonof fairyflood Tol\Ieadha !till;it isnosmall foundkhiddenor -buried in the depthsof theearthistobegivento thesetribes;and thethird .partof theeric1 forevery manoftheir peoplethat iskilled istobegiventothe familyof thearch-king. The thirdpart of every treasurethrown bytheseamintothe har-boursof Connaught istobe given tothat tribe. The -kThird part of everytreasure found.- of Hy-Many wasentitledtothethirdof SeeIntroductoryRemarks,p.4.line8.allthefinesforkillingmenthroughout Thiscustomisalsonoticedin apedigreethe provinceof Connaught.The ericfor of 'O'Kelly,inthepossessionofDeniskillingamanwasoftenvery great,and H.Kelly,of Castlekelly,Esq.,in the fol- seemstohavebeenasourceofgreat lowingwords,under Maine Mor :revenuetothechieforking.Donnell " M A I ~ El\IoR:From him the territoryO'Gallagherstatesinhiswill,madein possessed. by himandhisissuetookthethe year1626,that the ericforkillinga name of l\Iaineachor lath Maine,i.e.theman inInishowen was 168 cows 1 landsof Maine;and his posterity downtomTreasurethrownbythesea.-This de-Teige Tailten (in whosetimethe Englishscriptionoftreasureiscalledcupcmpi Invasionhappened)werestyledKingsofmapa in the BrehonLaws.It appearsto lath Maine,in the province of Connaught,have consisted of wines,andother articles andhadmanyprivilegesandimmunitiesofcommercewashedashoreaftership-fromtheKingsofConnaught,viz.,theywrecks, andperhapsalso whales and other werehereditary marshallsorgeneralsoffishes,which,bytheSaxons,werecon-the Connaught armies, and were to possesssideredroyalfishes,andtobelongto the the third partof allthestrongholdsandking and queen only. "De Sturgione obser-seaporttownsintheprovince,alsotovetur,quodrex ilium habebitintegrum: have athird part of all prizesand wrecksde balena vero sufficit,si rex habeat caput, ofthesea,andofallhiddentreasureset regina caudam."-Bracton. l.3,c.3 foundunder ground,and of allsilver andIt appearsfromCormac'sGlossary,2'n goldminesandothermetals,togethervoceeprcoprlna,thattherewasadis-with athird of all Eric or reprisal gainedtincttractoftheBrehonLawscalled orrecoveredbytheKingof Connaught},fur-Bhretha,i.e.Sea-Laws,toregulate fromother provincesforwrongsreceived,mattersof thisnature,butthistractis with many other similar privilegeswhichnot now to be foundamongthe l\ISS.pre-are enumerated in ancientChronicles.''servedinthe Library of TrinityCollege, 1The third part of the eric,-i. e. the princeDublin. IRISHARCH.SOC.9K 66 Tna]lOf'SOtac'Cartual'b ab na raell-clannmb 0Cha]lal'o COLmm-nech,aLmsmb,ocur alaecTnhumam. Stumseoppa1'5ocurpoomalpo'anacatapnah-a1cme0a1 b rm,can comur an-lappaca o'a n-amoeom. N1p1aoapeapoo'nchmseoapnapmeaoa1b,ace manffial-neacello'a p1a0nusa6. Tnao palOlna caecalr ap mi'r rtual'SeO Connacc, comar ceacca o' a'Cl f)abnam amecal b. (510mopLl'CeOotfcepOoLUC'C'SalOl011pa,111OtebalOac'Caen pep,naam-cereao'a tena,noo'afUl'l)lUf)ab. Cacroca11oarm61(510leaba1po'U1p'l)lalta1b,aten:e10o' O'CeUa15oChonnacca. lr 1aoro.ulf.n-01pp1'bl0Tname,.1.O'Cona1U,ocur 1rman'O nuc1oo ocur oo TnaCna1mfn ocur o' O'Oubuppta; opp1'Sa na n-Unm-caoac nqf tlteforcesqf allHy- fromCaradhtoLuimneclt. -The placecalledCaradhformedthenorthern ornorth-easternboundaryof Hy-Many, and Grian its southern, and Luimnech was anoldname forthe River Shannon.Thus in the Annalsof the Four Masters,at the year1536,thewholeextent of Hy-Many isdefinedby statingthatitlaybetween Caradh andGrian. A. D.1536,Donnell, the son ofDonogh O'Kelly, a select captain and Tanist of Hy-l\IanyfromCaradhtoGrian,wasslain. 0 Tile hostings qf'Spring and Autumn, o/c. -The Rev.Patrick MacLoughlin,inan abstract of the Book of Leacan (MS. Royal IrishAcademy),translatesthispassage very incorrectly thus:-" All the preceding septs were to have their harvest and spring provisions for their own use,and could not becompelledtopartwiththem."But thetruemeaning,aswillbeobviousto the intelligent Irishscholar,is,that these tribeswerenotcompelledtogoonany warlikeexpeditionforthekingofCon-naught, either in Spring or Autumn, unless they wished to do so themselves;evidently becausetheywere,attheformerseason, engagedin sowing their crops,and,at the latter, in savingthem. PNomanqf theprovince,o/c.- This wasaremarkable privilege,and it isdiffi-cultnow toconjecturehow the peopleof Hy-Many originally obtained it. qIf the hostlng qf Connaught,o/c.-That is,if thekingof Connaughtshouldcon-tinue longerthansix weeksonanexpe-ditionagainsthis , enemiesinUlsteror 67 The marshallshipof the forcesof allH,Y-Many,fromCaradhto Luimnechn, onall expeditions into Leinster, and intoheroicl\funster, belongstothenobletribes. Thesetribesarefreedfromthehostingsof Spring and Autumn, and there isnopowertoask themagainst their will. Nomanof theprovincePistobeaswitnessagainstthese tribes,but another Hy-l\Ianianistobear witness. If thehostingofConnaughtqshouldremainlongerthana fort-night and a month,thel\fanianshavelibertytoreturn home. Howevergreatr1naybetheaccusationbrought againstthemby dishonest people,only onemanoronewitnessisrequiredtodeny it orprove it against theother party. EveryprivilegeswhichbooksmentiontobeallowedtotheOir-ghialla,thesameisgiventoO'I\:ellyby theConnacians. Thesearethesevenoirrighit[sub-chiefs]ofHy-l\fany,viz., O'Conaillu,andhehasthesamepatrimony asl\IacCnaimhinvand O'Dubhurrla. Leinster,theforceswhichhehad raisedmonarchs of Ireland, will be found detailed intheterritoryof Hy-Manywereatli- in Leahhar na g-Ceart,or Bookof Rights, berty to return home.of whichthere are copies preserved in the r HoEever great,n)moptreeooBooksofLecanandBallymote,andin l1cep.-The wordllce,whichisentirelyMSS.intheLibrary of Trinity College, obsolete in the modern Irish, is of constantDublin. occurrence in theBrehonLaws and othertTheseunoirrighi.-Translatedseven ancient Irish tracts,in thesenseof accu- chiefsby the Rev.PatrickMacLoughlin, sationor charge.Thefollowingexampleinhisabstractof theBookof Lecan,al-of theuseofthisword,fromCormac'sreadyreferredto.Theword01pp15is Glossary,underthewordNerc61c,willalwaysused in the best Irish MSS, to de-putitsmeaningbeyonddispute:l.1cenoteasub-chief,oronetributary to,or bmerormn01(5a1bnen,"thewifeofunder the controul of another.The exact Gaibhnen wascharged withcrime."distinction between it andjlaith is not ob-5Everyprivilege, - The privilegesvious. grantedtothemenofOirghiall(fromuO'Conaill.-The locality of this family whomthe Hy-Manyare acolony)by theisthus clearly pointed out by O'Dugan: K2 68 caoac, ..1.mumc1pmaoaoan:R1samaenmalst,.1.ffiumc1pNee-cam,ocurh-1ma1tala1o.Ocur aca t;uapuroatop16penn,Slb msnao,oop1sa1b0p1acpacpmnrechp1sa1bO'mame. Cum U1ChonmU oo'ncp1chrm, 'Oo'nl:lpalumn ammm rm, 0(5hpemeo ceano mop SL01(5ab'pe1panp10(5-pu 1pe. "O'Connell's portionof that country, Of that splendid rugged land, Extends from Grian to the head of the great plain, Whose host obeythe royalprince." Grian wasthe name of a river rising in the frontiersof Thomond ;and by" head of the great plain" ishere meant the head of the plain ofMoenmagh, which comprised Loughreagh and the adjacent plains.The Editorisnotawarethatthereareany O'Connellsof thisraceatpresentextant inthatdistrict.TheO'Connellsof the county of Kerry,thechiefofwhomwas transplanted toClare inCromwell'stime, areof a totally differentrace. vMacOnairnhin,nowAnglicisedMac Nevin,and among the peasantry shortened toNeavinandNevin.Thisfamilywere originally settled atCrannog 1\Ieg Cnaimh-in,nowCrannagh- MacN evin,inthe south-eastextremity of theparishof Ty-nagh,baronyofLeitrim,andcounty of Galway,andthenameisstillnumerous in that and the adjoining barony of Lough-. rea.The firstnotice of thisfamilytobe foundinIrishhistory occursinthe An-nalsof the Four Masters at the yearII 59, whereit isrecordedthat Athius,the son of "Mac (:\lacNevi.n),wasslain Na at Ardee,in the nowcountyof Louth,in a battle fought between 1\Iuirchertach Mac Loughlin,senioroftheNorthernHy-Niall,the legitimate heir to the throneof Ireland,andRodericO'Conor,kingof Connaught.The head of the name in the reignof QueenElizabeth wasHughMac Knavin:hewashangedonthe4thof June,I 6oz,as appears from aninquisition takenat Galway,onthezothof October, I 605 :-"Quod Hugo MacKnavin,alias dictusMacKellie,intravitinactionem Rebellioniset captus et suspensusfuit,4 J uniiI6o2;etfuitseisitusinBallilie, CranachMacKnavin,"&c. In agrant tothe Earlof Clanrickarde, datedIgth July,I6zo,mentionismade, among various other lands granted to him, of part of the.landsof CranachMacKna-vin,parceloftheestateofHughMac Knavin,otherwiseO'Kelly[anerrorfor MacKelly], of CranaghMacKnavin,ex-ecuted inrebellion.Alsoaninquisition takenat Lough rea,ontheI6thof Sep-tember,I6q,beforeSirCharlesCoote, findsthat MelaughlinMacGilliduffMac Knavin,wasseisedof feeofBallyglass; Art Mac Knavinof Kellin[now Killeen], and Dermot Mac Knavin of Lisduff;DermotMacDonellOgeMac Knavin of Loghanroe, parcel of Ballyglass, intheparishofTynaghandbaronyof Leitrim;thatHughandDonellBeg ... 6g O'Dubhurrlaw.ThechiefsoftheSilAnmchadhaxaretheO'l\Ia-dudhainsY.ThekingsofMaenmaghzareMuintirN eachtainaand the MacKnavin,andDonoghMacKnavin were seisedof feeof Tumkeyne;Edmond MacShane Mac Knavin, of Ballyelly;and J onn l\IacDonelll\IacKnavin,andCon-nor l\IacKnavin,of 1\Iong.The last sup-posedheadofthisfamilywasthecele-brated Dr.l\IacNevin, who was expatriated forbeingimplicatedintherebellionof I798.Hewaspossessedinfeeofthe landsof Ballynahown,near Aughrim,in thecountyofGalway,whichhesold. The mostaffluent gentlemanof this tribe nowin Ireland isDaniel Mac N evin, Esq., of Ashfield, in the parish of Beagh, barony of Kiltartan,and county of Galway.He hasproperty in variousparts of thesame county,butpossessesnoportionofthe lands which belonged to his ancestors.His property in the parishof Beagh originally belongedtoO'Shaughnessy,and more re-cently tothe Blake Fosters, from whom it passed by intermarriage to 1\Ir. l\Iac N evin. wO'Duhhurrla.-This name isnow ob-solete,asfarastheEditor hasbeen able to ascertain.The nearest Anglicised form of it wouldbe Doorley. xSilAnmchadha.-Inlatteragesthe territoryofthistribewasco-extensive with the barony of Longford, in the county of Galway,andthe parish of Lusmagh, in the King'sCounty,onthe eastside of the Shannon,whichparish formerlyformeda portionof thec o u ~ t yofGalway,aswe learn by an inquisition,preservedinthe RollsOffice,Dublin,taken at Galway,on the11thof August,1607,inwhichthe boundariesofthecountyof Galway,on thisside,arethusdescribed : - " The boundes or mearesof thecountieof Gal-wiaebegynieth beyond the River of Shea-non eastwarde at the marisheof Meanagh Keogh,whichdivideth the great woodsof KillieCorri, whereof the woodswestward ofthesaidmarisheareincludedwithin the bounds of the county of Galwaie,and the woodseastward of the marishesareof the King'sCounty,andsoboundingfor-ward to the River of Brosnagh and retayn-ningthecourseofthestreameasthat runneth,thatfallethintotheRiverof Sheanon,and includingtheislandof In-chenegal andInishtymonethat extendeth forwardebyeasttotheislandofInish-fadda, asthe course of the streame runneth fromthence includingthe islandof Port-klyely it goethdirectly to Dirremacegane, and including the island of Illanmoreand Inishcaldrythat runneth through Lough-dirgirt,andsototheriverBoyeand holdingthatriveragainstthestreamto Loghetory"[now Loughatorig,i.e.Lake of the boundary]. Thisinquisition,afterdescribingthe meresof thecounty of Galway allround, thus concludesat the point whenceitset outwiththedescription:-" andsore-Nare Sol)amCOn-acp1ca, bebe alCffilacu 'O'apaemal'o Cll)ep-nur,ar oppll)pepeanat1l>ermmrh-e, .1.Cmet 'Recca, ocur Cenet 'Gpena, teyningthestreamthatgoethunderthe middlearchof the middlebridge of Bali-nesloy,andfromthencewiththecourse of the streame that fallethintotheShea-nonandgoingoutofthesameintothe RiverofBrossnagh ;-(therearetwo Brossnaghs;thiswhichmearethSir John MacCoghlan's country onthatsidefrom the Barony Longford,and the other Bross-nagh,whichfallethbetweenOrmondand the south sideof the saide barony of Long-fordintotheSheanon)-andsofromthe BrossnaghofMacCoghlan'scountryto Bungowla,andsotoMeanaghbeg,where webegan." It iscuriousthatO'Dugan,inhisto-pographicalpoem,makesnomentionof thefamilyof0'1\Iadden,butmakesthe O'Huallachains,nowl\IacCuolaghans,or Cuolahans,thesolechiefsofSiolAnm-chadha,while the Bookof Lecan(ubisu-pra,pp.40,41) makesthe latter onlythe oldchiefsof thatterritory.It iscurious that thel\IacCuolahans, since they lost their rankofchiefsofSil-Anmchadha,have been seated on the east side of the Shannon, andhaveretainednoportionof theori-ginalterritory lying westof that river. Y O'Madudhains, now always Anglicised MaddenintheprovinceofConnaught, andl\IaddaganinMunster.Ambrose Madden,Esq. of Streamstown,inthe west of the county of Galway,istheseniorre-presentativeof thisfamily.Sir Frederic Madden,of the British Museum,descends froma branchof thisfamily who removed toDublinatanearly period.- SeeNote B,at the end of this tract for the pedigree, carried downtothe present day. z Moenmagh.-O'Flahertystates(Ogy-gia,PartIll.c.17)thatthisterritory, in whichLoughrcaissituated,isco-ex-tensive with Clanrickard, inthecounty of Galway;but this cannot be true,asClan-rickard comprised thesixsouthernbaro-niesof thecounty of Galway,andMoen-maghneverem bracedanyportionof the baronyof Kiltartan,Longford,orDun-kellin.Moenmaghisthe richplain lying roundLoughrea,and comprising Moyode, Finnure, and other places mentioned in old Irishdocuments.It wasbounded onthe eastby theterritory ofSiolAnmchadha (now the barony of Longford), on the south bythecelebratedmountainof.Sliabh Echtghe (now Slieve Aughtee),and on the westby thedioceseof Kilmacduagh;its northernboundary isuncertain ;but we knowthat it extended sofartothe north astocomprisethetownlandofMoyode, asthat placeisdistinctly mentioned as in-cluded inthe plainof 1\Ioenmagh. a},fuinter Neachtain.-The family name isO'Neachtain,andisnowAnglicised N aghten,andsometimescorruptedto N orton.Thisfamilywereafterwards, 71 the And thekingof Erin,strangetosay,givesa subsidytothechiefsof theHy-FiachrachFinnc,morethan[or'n preferenceto J thekingof H y-ThesixSoahansdwiththeircantred:towhomsoeverofthem 0 theycedethechieftainship,heiscalledOrrighduringhisreign. probably inthetimeof Conor1\Ioenmoy O'Conor,removedfromMoenmaghtothe Feadha,orFews,of Athlone,intheba-ronyof Athlone,inthecountyofRos-common,whereShaneO'Naghtenwas chief of the sept inthe reign of Elizabeth, andwhereE.H.N aghten,Esq.,of Tho-mastownPark,thepresentheadof the O'Naghtens,enjoysaveryconsiderable remnant of the territory of his ancestors.-See NoteG,at the end of this Tract. bThe0' family was afterwards removed from l\Ioenmagh to the parish of Tuam, where they resided in the castle of Tolendal, fourmilestothe north of thetownof Tuam.Theheadof this family removed to France after the defeat of theIrish, at Aughrim,andwasthe ances-tor of the celebrated statesman and orator CountLallyTolendal,whowascreated Marquisby Napoleon.TheFrenchand Tuam branchesof this family are now ex-tinct,buttherearemanyofthename still in the originalterritory of l\Ioenmoy innarrowcircumstances,whoretainthe original formof thename,exceptthat in writing it inEnglishtheyrejectthe0', which has become a general practice among theIrishpeasantry.-See NoteH,atthe endof this Tract. These O'Dugan also, in his topographical poem, mentionstheO'Neachtainsand0'1\Iull-allysasthechiefsof1\Ioenmagh.His wordsare: Rfo(Samaomhui(Senamat, b'ap ab outmo an oonn-Clap,-bwr 00 cechcmo an caoo rm,-O'Neachcam,O'maoJtatmo; an-(51eoeot:pomlr nacacpmo, ar teo anronn COFwchpachmo. "The kingsof 1\Iaonmaghof chiefs, To whomtherichplainishereditary,-Two whohavestrengthened that side,-O'Naghten and0'1\Iullally; Theirfightis heavyinthebattles; They possessthe landasfar as Hy.Fiachrach." This extract iscurious, asproving that l\Iaonmaghwasboundedononesideby the country of the Hy-Fiachrach-Aidhne, whichwasco-extensivewiththediocese of Kil.macduagh,as could be demonstrated fromthe most authentic andclearest evi-dences. cThe Hy-FiachrachFinn.-Thesewere the branch of theHy-l\Ianyseatedinthe territory ofl\Ioenmoy, mentioned inNote z. TheirchiefsweretheO'Naghtensand O'l\Iullallys, or Lallys.They deduce their tribenamefromtheirancestorFiachra Finn,thesonofBreasal,whowasthe 72 'Cpena,ocurCenetLucca,ocurCenetpeyrsna,ocurCenet n-bomano5em ,ocur Cenel n-(5e1e51U:r;pfh-oppaapS1lCp1mchamn Chalt, Oaopp1(5o'a tft pem,ocur opp1(5noShltTnmpeat>a1(5.1r 1a0roall'CfllUflrm,.1.h-lTnmlpuana10,ocurh-1Tnup01n,ocur h-1Chata1t. sonof MaineMor,thecommonancestor of allthe Hy-Many, as we learn from their pedigreeintheBookofLecan,fol.90 (videsupra,pp.32,33),inMacFirbis's Genealogical Book, p. 3 2 8, and O'Flaherty's Ogygia,PartIll.c.76,whereweread, "l\Ianii filius Bressalius quinque natos ge-neravit, Fiachrium Fionn, ex quo O'Nagh-ten,Dallanum,Conallum,Crimthannum, et Manium, aquoHy-MaineBrengar." dSix Soghans.-O'Duganalsomentions thesetribes,asfollows: Na reSooamnareachnam, QJ110i5a 0anporeachmaU; mmch na ban' ouat Sooan "ThesixSodhans let usnotshun, Their chiefsarewithoutoblivion ; Goodthe hostof plunderingexcursions, To whom the spear -armed Sodhan is hereditary." O'Flaherty,inhisOgygia,PartIll.c. 66,p.327,saysthatthere wereseveral tribesin IrelandofthenameSodan,all derivingtheir namefromSodan,theson of Fiacha Araidh,kingof Ulster,about the yearofChrist240.Hiswordsare, "Sodaniusipsius[FiachiAraidh]filius, Sodaniorumsa tor,qui Sodaniam Aitchi in Fernmoya,Ultonireregione,Sodaniamin Media, et Sodaniam in Hymania Galviensis agri ditione prreter siquas aliasincoluerunt. Dehisantiquarireetpoeticrefacultatis W ardreorumetO'Duveganorumfamilire prodierunt." It appearsfromthisandothermore ancientauthoritiesthattheSodhansof Hy-Manywere not of thesameracewith theHy-Maniansthemselves. The exact extentof thecantred of the sixSodhanscannotnowbedetermined ; but the situationof Ballydugan,theseat ofO'Dugan,andof JfuineGhasain,the seatof the poet MacWard, who were two familiesof the sixSodans,willpointout thewhereaboutsof the entire cantred.It appearsalsofromthe Felire Aenguisthat the churches of Cill Conain and Cill Modh-iuid,orChurchof Saint Simplex, were in thiscantred.An additional evidence of its situation isobtained fromapassage in the ChroniconScotorum,attheyearII35, that O'Mainnin, now Mannin, was the chief of thiscantred,andthis familyhadtheir head residence at Menlagh-O'l\Iannin, near CastleBlakeney,fromtime immemorial; sothatitisrationaltoconclude,that Menlaghandtheotherpossessionsof O'Mannin in its vicinity, formed a portion of the cantredof Sodhan,orSoghan,the ancient territory of O'Mannin.Thepas-73 ThesearetheCinelRechta,theCinelTrena,theCinelLuchta,the CinelFergna,theCinelDomaingen,theCinelGeigill.Thereare threeOrrighs[sub-chiefs]overtheRaceof CrimhtbannCaele,viz., twoOrrighsofhisownrace,andtwooftheSil-nfuireadhaighr. Thesearethethree,viz.,theO'nlailruanaidhsg,the0'1\Iuroinsh,and theO'Cathailsi. sageintheChroniconScotorum,above referredto,isasfollows: A.D.1135.-nlau)m ffion;sma mmi- an-oeapnaap 0ac ou me Fta1i- na"'fbechief thefast1\lagbfinn, TowhichBridget gaveablessing, Noblehiswarlike host,asyet, Is0'1\laoilbrigbde,theever-manly: Goodhasbedonetoeveryman, This majesticchief of Breadach." YComharbas.-SirJohnDavis,inhis letter to the Earl of Salisbury,published in V allancey'sCollectanea,vol. i.pp.1 6o, 161, has preserved the following definition of thenameandofficeof acomharba :-"And that your Lordship may perceiveI weavenot thiswebout of my own brain, but that Ihaveauthorityforit,whichI deliver,Iwillhereinsertacertificate in Latinmadeuntome by anIrishscholar, whoseopinionIrequiredinthis matter, whichIhavenow bychanceamongmy papers:......Thescholar'sopinion wasthis: 'Corbanatus,sivePlebanatus,dignitas est,et modoadregempertinet,sedantea ad Papam; in matrici ecclesia debet neces-sariaesse,initiatusinsacrisordinibus, omnesque decimaspertinentes ad hanc de-bethabere,etbeneficiaadjunctahuic ipsiussunt,eorumque conferentiam habet etpresentationem:dictumhocnomen, quia populoet plebiecclesiasticrematricis ecclesireprrefuit;certum numerum sacer-dotumquasicollegialiumdebethabere secum ;primumstalluminsuaecclesia habet ;habetetiamstallumvacuumin ecclesiaea thedrali ;et vocemin omniea-ocurComapbaC1thffi1an,ocurComapbaC1tl1'Cutac,Corn apbaC1thCumaoan,ocurComapbaCamcabp1'5b1,mapa m-ba1r-ceppopat0mame, ocurComapbaCtuana 'Cua1rc1p-cna Smoa,o'apabouatp1-sanr1tCeUall),ocurComapbaCtuana Ca1nCa1p1U. ba1rbebr1t mamebObpl'bl0,ocur benCObe1p-cepanba1r0e0 ant>,comurp1 n-smbmro1oa tabaca-sacomapbonah-alCmea-t>albrm;ocurapomnap-cp1amm-s:a-cp1an01Fem,ocur a 'Cp1anoo'Opmm'Oper-can,ocur a-cp1anoo Ctuammam. pitulotarnpublicoquamprivato:inscri-bitur RomanoRegistro,adeoquedignitas est.'"In modern times the.Comharba was married,andthedignitywashereditary insomeonefamily.InI5 I7Teige O'Rody,whowasComharbaof Fenagh, inthecounty of Leitrim,wasmarriedto Honora,the daughter of 0'1\Iulloy. For furtherinformationon thissubject the reader isreferredto Ussher's tracton Corbes,Erenachs,andTermonLands, publishedinthesecondnumberofthe Collectanea,Colgan'sTriasThaum.,pp. 630,631,andLanigan'sEcclesiastical History,vol.ii.p.37,andvol.iv.p.30, etsequent. z Gomharba q(Gluain Fearta.-The Rev. Patrick Mac Loughlin translates this"the Bishopof Clonfert,"butitisvery much to bedoubtedthat the Comharba of Clon-fertmeantthebishopof that_seeat the time thistract waswritten. GluainFeartaisnowanglicisedClon-fert,andisthe seatof abishop,situated in the barony of Longford,andcounty of an Galway. aGill Mian,nowKilmeen,thenameof anoldchurchandparish,inthebarony of Leitrim,aboutthree milestotheeast of the town of Loughrea;-See Map. bGillTulach,now Kiltullagh,aparish situated partly inthebaronyofKilcon-nell,but mostly in the barony of Athenry, inthecounty of Galway,anddioceseof Clonfert,aboutthree mileseastby south fromthe town of Athenry,onthe road to Lough rea. cGillGumadan,nowKilcomedon,an oldchurchintheparishof Aughrim,in the county of Galway,wellknowntothe readersofmodernIrishhistoryasthe burial place of the celebratedFrenchGe-neralSt.Ruth,whowaskilledinthe battleof Aughrimonthe12thof July, 1691 dGamach Brighdi,now Camma,a parish inthe barony of Athlone,county of Ros-common,anddioceseof Elphin.The old churchof thisparish, which(asitsname imports) wasdedicated toSt. Bridget,lies 79 Comharbaof CluainFeartaz,the Comharbaof Cilll\Iiana,the Comh-arbaofCillTulachb,theCmnharbaof CillCumadanc,theComh-arba of Camach Brighdid, where the peopleof Hy-l\Iany arebaptized, theComharbaof CluainTuaiscirtof theShannone,inwhomitis hereditarytoinauguratethechiefs of theraceof Cellachr;andthe Comharba of Cluain CainCairillg. St. Bridget has the baptismh of the race ofl\Iaine, andalthough the baptism may not be brought thither, [i.e. toher church],her comharba hasthepowerof collectingthebaptismalpenny fromthesetribes ; and it [themoneythusobtained]is divided into three parts, ofwhich one-third part isgivento herself,[i.e. toher Comlzarba ], one-third to Druim Drestani,andone-third toCluain Emhainj. abouteightmileswestnorthwestfrom the town of Athlone.-SeeeObtainTuaiscirtof the Shannon,now Clontuskert,a parish partly in the barony of Longford,butchieflyinthe barony of Clonmacnowen,inthecounty of Galway, anddioceseof Clonfert.The ruinsof an abbey of considerable extent,saidto have been erected by O'Kelly,are to be seen in thisparish.--See Note 1,p.7+ fToinauguratethechiefsof theraceof Cellach.-The Rev.P.)fac Loughlin ren-ders this phrase correctly enough,"where the O'Kellys are inaugurated." gCluainCainCairill,nowtheparish of Clonkeen,orClonkeen-Kerril,inthe barony of Tiaquin, county of Galway,and dioceseofClonfert.Theoldchurchof this parish,whichwasoriginally founded by St.Cairell,who flourishedinthepri-mitiveagesof theIrishchurch,wasre-built,and formedinto anabbey for Fran-Cromthar ciscanfriars,abouttheyearI435,by ThomasO'Kelly,bishopofClonfert,at the request of Davidl\Iulkerril,the Com-harba of St. Cairell.-Archdall's :J/onasticon. hSt. Bridget hasthebaptism,is,theComharbaof St. Bridget,whore-sided atCamma,had the privilegeof bap-tizingallthe andshould any of them,wholivedtoofarfromthis church,not wishtobring theirchildren thither,they were neverthelessobligedto pay the baptismal penny to the Comharba of the church. iDruimDrestan,nowtheparishof Drum,inthebaronyofAthlone,and countyof Roscommon.Theoldchurch ofthisparishwasalsodedicatedtoSt. Bridget. jCluainEmhain.- Thisplace,which ismentionedinthe Annalsof theFour Masters,attheyearII62,stillretains its ancient name,but somewhatdisguised So an T''SreabaUOnl)ta0l)aCmameac bOCpomtapUebUnm- . cabac. UnlucanfllCa1ppp1CpmmnoChluamm1cNo1r,ocur no Ch1apan;a camnoCh1apan'na (non'a) cennrm.Seaccm-ba1ll be'Sb'pea11anb c-raepan-lbillame all)l. Sl)pebaU caetpecuata no(5peUan, eblpmnmocur p1p,o h-r1t mame. aceannurcataasOlleUan,.1.anbacaUOlleaUam,noa 11-mnramm t,am-bpaca1(5Jll(50mame. under tlieanglicisedformof Cloonowen ; it isthenameof anoldchurchandhalf parishsituated inthe parishof St.Peter, lying alongtheShannon,ashort distance tothesouth-eastof thetownof Athlone, inthe county of Roscommon. kCromthar Aedh, i. e. prmsbyter Aedus.-The IrishwordCrontthar,whichismore frequentlywrittenCruimther,iscognate withtheWelshprempter,andareboth corruptionsoftheLatinprmsbyter.-See Colgan'sActa SS.p.I40,n.5,andCor-mac'sGlossaryinvoceCpUJmi-ep.The Editor hasnot beenabletodiscoverany church in the territory of Sil-Anmchadha that wasdedicatedtothissaint,nor any traditionof such. ISgreaballongtha,i.e.theanointing Screball,orscruple,whichissaidtohave beenof thevalueof threeoldIrishpen-nies,wastobepaidtotheComharbaof Cromthar Aedhforevery Hy,.Manian that wasanointed or preparedfordeath during illness.Andwemaysupposethatthis tribute waspaid whethertheof Seacc extreme unctionwasor wasnot adminis-tered by this saint's Comharba himself.It appears fromatract intheBook of Bal-lymote,fol.I 8 I,b,b,thatasgreaballof silverwasof theweightoftwenty-four grainsof wheat which grew in prime land. ItisclearlyacorruptionoftheLatin scriptulum, which contained twenty lentes. mTheraceof CairpriCrom, - The Rev.P.MacLoughlinrendersthissen-tence asfollows,whichisnot strictly lite-ral:-" TheO'Kellys weretobeburied atClonmacnoise,undertheprotectionof St.Ciaran." TheraceofCairpreCromcomprised morethantheO'Kellys. - Videsupra, p.I5,Notea,andNote A,att heendof this tract. nSeventeentownlands, names of many of thesetownlandsarespecified in the Registry ofClonmacnoise, translated forSirJ amesWare,bythecelebrated IrishAntiquaryDualdMacFirbis,and nowpreservedintheBritishMuseum, No.LI.of theClarendonCollection.This 81 Cromthar Aedhkof Sil Ann1chadha, hasasgreaballongtha1 from every Hy-nianian. The burial of the raceof Cairpri CrommbelongstoClonmacnoise andSt.Ciaran,forwhichatributeispaidtoSt.Ciaran;hehas seventeentownlandsof freeland in The raceof niaine,both womenand men,pay asgreaball caeth-rachotoSt.Grellan. St.Grellanpresidesovertheirbattles,i.e.thecrozierofSt. GrellanP,or somesuch,ISborneinthestandardofthekingof Hy-l\Iany. Seven l\IS.isquotedbyCroftonCroker,inhishereceived the firstling hog, and lamb, and ResearchesintheSouthofIreland,pp.foal,in Hy-l\Iany,andthesameisstated 242,246,but he refersthesepassagestobyDr.JohnLynch,inhisCambrensisEver-Cloyne,in the county of Cork,insteadofsus,p.I86:-" Esingulisl\Ianachire domi-Clonmacnoise,thoughthenameofSt.bus patroni suiS.Grillanisuccessoribus Kyran,whichismentionedsooftenastresdenariiquotannis,primusporculus, that of the patronof theplace,oughttoprimusagnus,et primusequinus,defere-have convinced himthatCloyne, in Cork,bantur." could not havebeenmeant.The Cross ofPThecrozierof St. GreUan. - [See pp. CairpriCromisstillshownneartheold13, supra].Thiscrozierwaspre-church ofCloonburren; and there are manyservedforagesinthefamilyofO'Cron-romantic storiesstilltoldof the cause forghaile,orCronelly,whowerethean-whichCairbre Crom,princeof Hy-l\Iany,cient Comharbasof thesaint.It wasin grantedtheseseventeentownlandstotheexistencesolate asthe year 1836, it being Abbey of Clonmacnoise;they aretoo long,theninthepossessionofapoorman however,tobemorefullynoticedinthisnamedJohnCronelly,theseniorrepre-note.sentativeoftheComharbasof thesaint, 0 Sgreahall caethraclt,S(t)peabaU,whichwho lived near Ahascra,in the east of the literallymeansascri'ptulumorscruple,countyof Galway ;butitisnottobe andwasvaluedatthree-pence,issome- foundnow inthatcountry.It waspro-timesindefinitely usedtodenoteany tri- bablysoldtosomecollectorof antiqui-bute.HereSgreahallcaethrachsignifiesties,andisnot nowknown.Arelicof ovinetribute,ortribute insheep.It isthis kind,whenusedasastandard,was stated in the Irishlifeof St.Grellan thatusually called cathach,(i.e. proeliator,) such IRISHARCH.SOC.9:M 82 Seacc m-bpmc6'nbanprsamoo Ca1prs Oea1rsan caca bllaona, ocurpmsmn0Eachln(51nffialn1(5,peCOlfccmaClapam. Cac Clf '00boouat bOnacmea'Oalbrlt>otabalp'C bopaopals, ara belt0(5lunpaopalbCO(5lalflUalp,a(5CalplU,ocurarm ralpCOSmambab(5peaUanocur abpaopalb 'Oeap-chuataO'ffiamepepopbnam,.1.OealbnaoUchL1ac eoSucca,mapam-bpuccannara'CObapa(5Shaopopmalb. CaL"pmsSuca,0'ChummCacpalbuac'CapacCOpopL"albplbl'Sl, t>a asthecelebratedcatllachofSt.Columb-kille,describedby Sir WilliarnBetham, in his Antiquarian Researches.-See,also, Colgan,Trias Thaum. p. 409, col.2:-"Et Cathach,id est pr(JJliator,vulgoappellatur, rertquetraditio quodsicircailliusexer-citum,antequam hostem adoriantur tertio cumdebitareverentiacircumducatur, eveniatutvictoriamreportet."This Cathachwastaken fromO'Donnellin the battle of Bealachbuidhe,in 1497, by Mac Dermot,butherecovered it intheyear 1499 WelearnfromtheBookofFenagh that St.Caillinblessed, forhisowntribe, theConmaicnc,aCathach,whichwasa crossformedof ahazlesaplingthathad beencutwithoneblow,anditstop piercingitsmiddle.opom,oo bpreo pompa, .1.cpor emU 00(5eappaoo'uen-l>mlte,ocurabapp t;pta'n-abotCOn-apmeabalb,ocurlaprma peap m-botcsaer pet>manucuraO'mame. an maparcsataccrtualb'n'O'Cona1Uocur t>omac1t>11}am. an calfll)eccrcUlpal)h-1bplacpac Fmt>,ocur abfl tSocsam. Cmt>h-1CheaUall) not>olpJlreopacc}111)Connacct>'1bp1ac-pacpmn. 'Cmf1(5eccaUa1t>h-1Concoba1pah-ucch-1Chetla1b'acs'Oa1t n-'Dpmtm. Romt>ana1p0-p1(5canmpearbmt>acsUaUpam CtuanaRmr. a pedigreesareunknown.Therearealso many families of the purest Milesian blood, whosepedigreeshave becomeunknown in consequenceof their havingbecomepoor and indigent,and not having been able to supportpoetsorhistorianstopreserve theirgenealogiesandhistory.Someof thelll sunk under the English five hundred yearsago."-MS. in the Marquisof Dro-gheda'sLibrary. gTherearealso,o/c.-The Rev.P. Mac Loughlingivesthefollowingcondensed translationof thispassage:-" That isto say,that all thesedifferentpeople,some of whomareof the Firbolgs, were obliged to labour and toil in the service of O'Kelly and hischiefs." hFeadha.-This territory issi tuated in the barony of Athlone,and comprisesthe entire of the parishof Drum andparts of theadjoiningones.WhenO'Naghten wasdrivenoutof hisoriginalterritory of Moenmoy,during the contests between Conor Moenmoy O'Conor and the O'Kellys, he settled here.Itappearsby aninqui-sition taken at Roscommon26th October, I 587, that in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, ShaneO'Naghtenwaschief of thisterri-tory,whichiscalled"les FfayesdeAth-lone,"andheadorcaptainofhisown tribe-" nationis sum principalis." i0'0onaill,angliceO'Connell. jlJfac Eidhigan,anglice 1\IacEgan,and nowalwayswrittenEgan,withoutthe Mac.-- Videsupra,p.31,Notet,and AdditionalNotesE,attheendofthis tract. kMarshalskipof theforces, The wordisevidentlyformed fromMarescalcus,aword of Teutonic ori-gin(from theGermanMARACH,ahorse, andscALCH,potens,magister).SeeDu Cange,Glossar.invoce.Theuseofit here in itslarger andmore modernsense, may perhaps indicatethetwelfthor thir-teenth century as the date of thisTract. onaccountof their exile.There arealsog townlandswhich wehave not mentioned of the Firbolgs in those districts who are bound to serve thechiefs,and whoareserfs and hereditary followers of the kingsof Hy-l\Iaine.TheCadanachs of theFeadha\ with their tribes,and the remnantsof theFir Bolgs,arethehereditaryservitorsof Hy-1\iaine. O'Conailliand l\IacEidhigan1 have the marshalship of the forces\ andthe Hy-Fiachrach Finn1 andtheraceof Soghanmhavetheoffice oftaisigheacht O'Kelly'spartof theofficeof door-keepertothekingof Con-naught belongstotheHy-Fiachrach Finn. The taisigheachtallaidho of O'Conor [king of Connaught] belongs tothe Dail DruithniP,at the recommendationof O'Kelly. The officeof distributor[butler]tothearch-chief,withoutlimi-tation,belongstoO'h-Uroin\of CluainRuisr. 1 Hy-FiachrachFinn,i.e. theO'Nagh-tens andthe O'Mullallys, or Lallys.They descend fromFiachra Finn,sonof Bresal, sonof l\Iainel\Ior.- Videsupra,p.33, Notesaandb,and additional NotesA. mRaceof Soghan.- Thesewerethe 0'1\Iannins,l\Iac Wards,and O'Dugans.-Videsupra, Noted,p.72. nTaisig!teacht scuir, evidently means the chieftainshiporchiefcommandofthe horse.The Irish word rcop, which makes rcmr in the genitive case,isusedin the best Irish l\ISS. inthe sense of "a stud of horses,"asin the following example from the Book ofLeinster bm::apan-e1c 1n-oenrcop,Jnarocerm,ocur an-ar-aroacoencenro,fol58,b,b."Their steedswere in one stud, and their chariot-eers at one fire." The 0 Taisigheachtallaidh.-The meaningof this phraseisnot clear,and asnosecond copyof theoriginalisaccessibletothe translator,hedoesnot wishto indulge in conjectures; ataroe or eataoais explained in theDictionariesasan art or trade.In the medireval Latin, allutarius meant a shoe-maker,but it wouldbeunsafeto suppose thatthis wordiscognatewiththeIrish atmoe, whichsignifiesanyart or trade. PflailDruithni.- Videsupra,Noteh,p.85. qO'h- Uroin,nowHo ran.In the reign of James I.different personsof this name were possessed of considerable property in thecountyofGalway.Aninquisition, in the Rolls'Office,Dublin,taken at Kil-connell,onthe26thSeptember,1617, beforeSirCharlesCoote,thatEd-mondO'Horanwasseisedof feeof88 atalrlbect; com-61lab lbl.,omam. an-cul cmmeoab Clannlnt>pecca1bocur abr1lm-bpamocur a1l1UaCOn-an-a1cmeba1b. an Ca1r1beaccealla1bCOn-acopnmbOcurCOn-ap1tcella1b, ocur COn-apallblb,COn-ah-6pocur eon-ah-alpbebabClannalb pta1teamla. Nah-a1pmocurnal1-e1t>1babClanna1bbpera1l,ocur 1rleo compab cmccent>noppebpacapcent>O'ffiame,pecacco1ccp1c C011111bChlb .'C1bepnurcaca opomb1b1arab t>1ba1learonopach h-Ua ffiame nor1lCp1mcl1amCa1l,.1.t>oCpumtann,ocur no Clann aeoaban; ocur ar leo comur nacat bOCO]lUbUb,ocur t>ulan-mabalpb-pl'l) 1rammpearam.lrac1mceaUShobamtnnra1b1t>cacu1beo h-1mpearam,Ualfl1r la'Oar copplata1pcata bOcac. Reh-aerm-bpenba1ppaccurana1pt>-Tnb,ocurleh-a 1b bparsnena1pt>nacnoco1pnaclann-ma1cne. Na rowanmeanaghonecartronandahalf ; thatRoryO'Horanwasseisedoffeeof Carownafinoigga,Koill\l'Shane,Carow-more-Derihoran, Camus, Tullagh, Lismoy-fadda,Gortskehy,andofCarowanclogha, containing half a q'!arter ofland, on which stood a castle.The same inquisition found the O'Horans seised in feeof parcels of the following townlands, viz.-Moyowre, Der-risweny,Carowmore,Derrihoran,1\Iea-hanaghboy,andBallinekille. rCluainRuis,nowClonrush,aparish inthebarony ofLeitrimandcountyof Galway,on theconfinesof thecounty of Clare.-See Map. s O'Lomain.- Vz'desupra,pp.3 ~35, Notec.SeealsoGenealogicalBookof Duald MacFirbis,p.3 2 7. tOul-choimed,i. e.theofficeor dignity of beinghenchmantotheprinceof By-Manyin battle. uOlannIndrechtaigh. -They werethe descendantsoflnrechtach,sonofDlu-thach.-See p.3 I,Notev. v Races of Bran and Ailill.-Thesecan-not be easily identified with thepedigrees. wTaisighechtEallaig!t.-Eallach,which makeseallaighinthe genitive case,means cattle.Taisz"ghececht eallaz"ghis,therefore, perhaps the officeof chief shepherd. x Olann Flaitheamhla.-The chief of this tribetookthenameof O'Donnell,after theestablishmentof surnames.It isre-cordedinthe Annalsof the Four Masters, The superintendenceof hisbanquetsbelongstoO'Lomain'. Theofficeof Cul-choimedcbelongstotheClannIndrechtaighu, andtothe racesof Bran andAililPwith their adherents. The taisighecht eallaighw,together \viththekeepingof thecups, chess-boards,rings,goldandsilver,belongstotheClann-Flaith-eamhlax. The armsand thedressesarewiththeClannBresaiP,anditis theirstorespond fortoevery general challengeof combat fromstrangeterritories. The headship of every people who revenge the insultsbelongstothe raceof CrimthannCael,i.e. to theCrumthannsand theClannAedhagainZ,and theirsistheprivilegetoarray the batta-lionsand go in the placeof thearch-chief in theconflict.It is around theSoghansallassembletotheconflict1 fortheyarethebody [i.e.phalanx]of every battle-field toall. To theAesBrengaira belongsthestewardshipbof thearch-chief, and it istheofficeof the Hy-:Praighnenc of Ard na cnodtodistribute justice tothetribes. The at theyear1158,thatSitric,thesonofniorumsator, quilmaniaminAnstraliCon-Gilla-EnainO'Donnell,chiefofClannnactia,et agroGalviensi acquisivit;quam Flaitheamhaih,wasslainby1\Iurchadh,posterilatedilatarunt,etultraSuccum thegrandsonofTaddyO'Kelly.-Seep.31,fluviumadSinannum per agrum Roscom-supra.maniumporrexerunt.Manii filiusBres-YOlannBresail,i.e.theO'Donnel- saliusquinque natos generavitFiachrium lans-Videsupra,p.33,NoteY.Fionn,exquoO'Naghten,Dallanum, Co-z OlannAedhagain,i.e. the Mac Egans.nallum,Crimthannum,et 1\Ianium,aquo aAes Brengair,i.e.theinhabitantsofHy-1\IaineBrengar." MaghBrengair.-Seep.2 5,supra,andh Ste?ardshi'p,pab::ur;frompeccmpe, O'Flaherty's Ogygia, Part Ill. c. 76, p. 366,asteward orchief manager. wherethe followingreferenceismade toc Hy-Draighnen.- Forthedescentof thedescentofthistribe:-" Donaldumthisfamilyvide supra,p.38,and Notei. filium Imchadi avnm prrefert Manius 1\fag- dArd na cno,or asit wouldbe written nus, patre AchaioFerdaghiall ortns,Ima- according to the modern orthography, Ard IRISHARCH.SOC.9N go Na conap-caa:sCpumtann.Cmt>h-U1CeaUars t>ocona11ca1b h-U1Concoba1pa'Slb'Ce1mnemffimhno(5la1rm.ai'apannpop a1b'Cuata1'S6acopoma,ocur popa1bbaet>ambat>na . . bo1ppreopac-cana1pt>-p1'SabClanna1b 1nt>pecL-albocur 1r le l1-a1bbpwn abunatmr. aPl'Sa'Oocur aalt-pl'l)a'Oah-UC'Ch-UaffiameabClannalb blapmaba,ocurablbCopmmcmaenmulbl,ocurabmum-err ffi1t1'ben.1.ocur comapbanChluana'Cumrc1p-c. a'talflbec'CrcmpabSo'San.te Cenel aeoa Ollemaln aeach. Lene1rcep-c6c-cb101lemamacon.Leba1ln-bpmtne1mapcup apmao calaoa1ban1apta1p coh-1rba'l)a1bana1pt>-p1b.Le h-a1b bocomlam benamapopbneama;1-cepc1b1bocu( caeb-comac,d L-plh-1roaba1buaccapacaana1pt>-p1b.Lebolb-tuata1bbabna nenamalfba'O1r napop-ca1b1ccapaca.Lecp1(S'catcmp, m1eConcuomp mcupo, m1c'01apmaoa,ffilC n11cConcuompSooam rmp, m1cConcuomp main. m1c'C010(5ac bai- a(5-Cai- bhp1am, mlCmupcaoa mlpbomolp-i;llaro." "ConchubharO'Kelly,the fair, Sonof Domhnall,sonof Tadhg,the sturdy, Son of Conchubhar of l\Iaghin aird, Sonof Diarmaid,sonof the goodTadhg, Sonof Conchubhar of noble Sodhan, Son of Conchubhar of l\Ioenmagh, Sonof Tadhgwhofellin the Battle ofBrian, Sonof the swift l\Iurchadh of greatThenumberof generationsheregivenexactly agreeswiththeperiod,and with the dates giveninthe Annals,while the numberof generationsgiven in most manu-script pedigreesof O'Kelly couldnotpossiblystandthetestof recordedchronology, or be reconciledwith the course of natural descent. 20.Conchohhar O'KeUy,sonofConchohhar.-He isomitted inallthe pedigrees,and issupplied fromthe poem abovequoted. .z I.TadhgO'Kelly,thesonof Conchohhar.-Heisoneof the two generationsomit-tedinallthepedigrees;but heismentioned inthe AnnalsoftheFour l\Iastersat the yearI074: "A. D.I074--DonnchadhO'Kelly,lord of Hy-l\Iany,wasslainby hisrelative Tadhg,the grandsonof ConchobharO'Kelly,onInisLochaCaolain." This date