Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Ui Dhomhnaill = Life of Hugh Roe O'donnell
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%ob\ Huajd U) í)oti)t)Aill. LIFE OF HUGH ROE O'DONNELL. Ig95 fT)1l ém cLvnn AX)1iAiiin<x "otU "OhoiimAitt (Aótih m<\c AtnurA míc Aót)hA óicc nuc Aó-oIia RÚAi'oh nnc lléitt j<\i]\b nnc UoipjvóeAtbAig aii poiiA, (xc). An IngheAii T)ub, m^fn Setnáir nnc AtAOCAtroAir rrnc Com ChAcliAnAig mec *Ohon'mAitt, t)o not ChottA uai] % nnc CacItóac *Ooniitéin, nobA bAmreicij *oúa T)omtiAitt, (x nob ipt>e mACAi]i ah nobcAp Ai^fghtJA •oia ctonro. Iciacc AiimAnnA a rrfnrcAt íf]\ nu]vo jfme Aót)h HÚAt)h, 1\.ut)j\Aii;e, 1T)Aí;nur, (x CAchbAnn. T)ÁLa aii ceix)iiieic t)ibp-óe &óx)h& 1ítÍAit>, t>o nAtiA'óp'óe íaj\ ua ^fmetiiAm ro checcoi]i t)ÍA oiteAiiiAm Gt t)í a LeAru^liAt) t)o •pAoncLAiroAib roichenétcliAib chenét ConAitt ^utbAn nnc Héitt, 7 ni]t bo hiAt) ron'i iia mÁ |io écc eipt>e yo]i Atc]\om (x oitfiiiAm, acc no ^Abjwc au. Aitt t)o cenet CógliAm mic lléitt, •A]\ -]\obAt) t)fnb teó t)o rA^luvó ní t>e nuvó t)iA -poirfoh co hAior mffóniA. 1lo ^hAbroiii u\]\oiii ro]\ rÁr (x rov\ ropbAinc A]\ aoi cnocliA & chAom'roenriiA, aLai-ó & f]\tAb]\A, fgnA (x fjvemA, ionnp\ir (x, oijVbeAucAip 50 ]\o tfc a Anim (x, a aLLa-ó ro CÓ1CC cóigf'ÓAib C]ieAim eit)i]\ 5 n<5>ttAibh & 5 A01 'ó eAtAib c1-° •piA pú nAimcc caji Áfir n'iACÓAchcA, & no chounhtion chóij; btiÁtmA t»écc. ^Xcc cuAr imnio]io vo t)AnA|iAib ThnbLmne AtVbctor (x fjibfncAr aii meicrm, 6t bAfft) -oo nunufnf fcc occa m a mfnmAm ua bAoi a Aichgfm •oCnent)ch<yib rp hAiche a AnrAtAt) £t "oiojhALcA ^neip Achfmeoit t>iA tfccí co tiAoir 1 4 CDonnell. —Wehavegiven hispedigree Provinces.— Cuigeadh, a fifth. It came and that of Ineen Dubh, pp. xii. and xxx., to mean a province because Ireland was antea. divided into five parts at a very early date. 2 Foster—See p. xxxii., antea. Keating's H. of Ireland, p. 52. % 5 Puberty.—The Irish divided life into Eitglish.— Ga/i was the namegiven to all five periods. Macdacht was the second, strangers, the Gauls being the foreigners from the age of seven to fifteen. best known to the ancient Irish. FAMOUS progeny sprung from O'Donncll,1 (Hugh, son of Manus, son of Hugh Oge, son of Hugh Roe, son of Niall Garbh, son of Turlough of the wine, etc). Inecn Dubh, daughter of James, son of Alexander, son of Jphn Cathanach MacDonnell, of the race of Colla Uais, son of Eochaidh Doimhlen, was the wife of O'Donnell, and she was the mother of the most renowned of his children. The names of their sons in the order of their birth were Hugh Roe, Rury, Manus, and Caffir. As for the eldest of these, Hugh Roe, immediately after hisbirth hc was given to be fostered and brought up to the high-born nobles of the tribe of Conall Gulban, son of Niall, and it was not these alone that got him to rear and foster,2 but some of the tribe of Eoghan, son of Niall, took him, for they were sure that something would ensue through him if he reachcd puberty. 3 Then he continued to grow and increase in comcliness and urbanity, tact and eloquence, wisdom and knowledge, goodly size and noble deeds, so that his name and fame spread throughout the five pro- vinces 4 of Erin among the English 5 and the Irish, 6 even beforc he passed the agc of boyhood and completed his fifteenth year. Moreover, the fame and renown of the youth were reported to the foreigners 7 of Dublin too, and they reflected in their minds that thcrc would not be one like him of the Irish to avengc his wrongs and punish thc plundcring of his race if he °Irish.—Thc people of Ircland are known 7 Foreigtitv s.— Danar, properlv a Dane or by various names derived from their ances- black foreigner, is often svnonvmous with tors. They are called Milesians from robber, pirate, ferocious person, without Milesius, Gadelians from Gaodhel, a more any distinction of nation. War of the Gaill, xxxi London, ancient progenitor. 0'Flaherty, Ogygia, Gaedhil with the p. ; p. 162. 1867. A fCpjvÓACA. 1lo liAirnei-óCoh -óoib beór 511)1 ro cAi^ngi^fCc rÁnóe (x tuchc 1ieriiAirneiri (x, cioncliAncA ha cotJodiAi'ohe co caocrAt)h a jonnrAiiiAitrmrii no Ké\\aó mCrcc'btÍAi'órieA'ó |-o]inAfoiii (x yo\\ mif ejieAnn aji cCiia, reib no crnngeall Cotumb Citte mÁc pei'ót,iiTii , o1i HAoriifÁroh An'inA •oo chenet cconAitt &, rCn tÁn -oo nAdi &, t>o -oeotAroeAchc An S|ii]iacca nAonnli t>Ait AcnnbAinc: UiocrAró rCjt ah ChjIia Aint>, *Oo bej\A gotmAiiig m jac cin, tDro é pn aii t>onn •oía'oIia 1r biATÓ .ix. mbtiAt>nA 111 a II15. AcbefAc roinCtro combAt) é CÁittm riAt>nACA no c1iAi;inn5i]i. ^iAitt Ann t)An. tlo oiimAigf Ccc ha 501 tt cCccha einorii fx aii lAntA úa 1léitt (Aot)1i niAC pm.-óonchA nnc Cunro bACAi§ nnc Cunro) t»o ennAit>htii t)Cinbinifit>e foLi.*. acco-oaij fe AccAnAt)]u\it) r]\i An oite m a nA^liAit) UAin nobA •01A c1unfcit)ibporii ó chdn riiÁi]\, &, bA I11 t)eAnbpii|\ An 4,ót)1iA HÚAroh neriiebe|icniAit nobA coriimAim G: "nobA cét)riiumcen t>on lAritA iia Tléitt, SiobAn mjCn ní 'OhorimAitt a com1iAinm. -án cIIa Héttt no 1ioiitt>nCt> iccdinur ron cenét nCoJAm reAchcc niAiii (x t>iA n^oinéi AniiiAini ah cah rm (Uoi)t]\t>CtbAc1i tumeAch hiac Hettt ConAttAig nnc ^\i]\c nnc Cttnro nnc 6tini nnc 605A111) bA niAnoc1ipt>e "oo ^liAttAib t)on c1iti|t rm, (x nín bo cuAtAmj rottAiimAt> a ftAichmrA tA hemince 7 AnrobpAchc, (x 110 biot>romh t)o gner occ lonntAch (x, occ CcAncofAoicc aii lAntA tií íléitt rnif An lufcif (x rnir ah feAHAt) &\\ oiíiah a Aichnio^hcA tAir, Af Af imne bAOifróe 1n cctnte a iiacIia 6: a Aoife ah caii fm, (x, bA rcciAch niroCgtA (x, ipfcclAroe t)Af cCnn a cenéoit. 1)a 1iAr|te rm no ^AbfAC goitt &t& ctiAC 'Oinbtmne AnrnpCf (x, inic1ionirom t)e (^enbo i\iai\ac1i t>oibitoim 50 rir>) Af ah ccAi\At>i\At>fm bAot t>ó fft cenét cconAitt, & t>o f.uimenf Ccc occAib comb<\ top t)AcoriiAt (x, tnonifofCAt) rfi 1 ColumHUe. —This prophecy was made 2 Earl ONeill.—E.ofTyrone. Hisname not by St. Columhille, but by St. Caillin. recurs very often in the course of this work. Itwillbefoundinthepoeminwhichthe Saint We have given his pedigree at p. xlv., foretells the kings who would descend from antea. Conall Gulban. See The Book of Fenagh, 3 T/ie ONeill. —After the chief s inaugur- p. 1 52. On Caillin, see p. xv., antea. We ation, he was no longer called by the name have given St. Columhille's descent from given him in baptism. O'Sullevan, Hist. Conall Gulban at p. xii. ' Caih., p. 34. 5 was allowcd to rcach manhood. It was told thcm too that prophcts and people with foreknowledge and prcdictors of futurity had announced that there would come one likc him who would cause disturbance among thcm and in the island of Eire also, as Columlvillc, 1 son of Fcidhlimidh, thc famous holy prophet of thc Cincl Conaill, a man too full of gracc and of the gifts of the Holy Ghost, promised whcrc hc said : There will come a man glorious, pure, exalted, Who will cause mournful weeping in evcry tcrritory ; He will be the god-like princc, And hc will be king for nine years. Some say it was Caillin of Fenagh who made the prophecy. Moreover, these same English were afraid thatheand the Earl O'Xeill, 2 i.e., Hugh, son of Ferdoragh, son of Conn Bacach, son of Conn, would join in alliance and friendship with each other against them, for the Earl was much attached to his parents for a long time ; besides, O'Donnell's daughter, named Joan, the sister of Hugh Roe, of whom we have made mention, was Earl O'NeilPs spouse and first wife. The O'Neill,3 who was inaugurated chief of the Cinel Eoghain some 4 time before, and who had the title then, i.e., Turlough Luineach, son of Niall Connallach, son of Art, son of Conn, son of Henry, son of Eoghan, was submissive to the English at that time, and he was not able to govern his principality owing to his weakness and infirmity, and he was ever accusing and complaining of thc Earl O'Neill to the Lord Justice 5 and thc Council through fear of being deposed by him, since he was in the flood of his prosperity and (in the prime) of life then, and he was a shield of pro- tection and defence to his tribe. Wherefore the English of Dublin G conceived suspicion and an evil opinion of him (though he was obedient to them up to that) on account of this friendship of his with the Cincl Conaill, and they reflectcd that thc capture of Hugh Roe would enablc thcm to 4 6 T. Luineach. — See p. xliii. antea. ' He L.Justice. —This is used here and in was a lord prosperous in peace and war, the Annais F. M. as synonymous with till old age and infirmity came on him.' Lord Deputy, Lord Lieutenant. See Ware's Annals F.