Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, fyc. 371 



The same passage is thus given more fully in the Annals of the Four Mas- 

 ters, into which it was evidently transcribed from the original Annals of Clon- 

 macnoise. 



"A. D. 948. Cloicehec Slaine DO lopccao DO ^JhcMmfy co n-a Ian oo ihionnaib 

 oejoaoinib, im Chaoinechaip peap l^ijinn Slaine, ajup bacall an eplaiha, ajup clocc ba 

 oeach DO cloccaib." 



" A. D. 948. The doictheach of Slane was burnt by the Danes, with its full of reliques and 

 good people, with Caoinechair, Reader of Slane, and the crozier of the patron saint, and a bell, the 

 best of bells." 



The preceding passages relate to a Tower which no longer exists. Those 

 which follow relate to Towers still remaining. The first relates to the Tower 

 of Kells, and is given as follows in the Annals of Tighernach : 



"A. D. 1076. niupcao ua plamo h-Ui TTIaelpecMamD DO mapbao la h-Ctmlaiin, mac 

 ITlaelan, pi J5 ai ^ en S, ' cloicceach Cenanopa a mebuil, 7 a mapbab pen po ceooip rpe pipe 

 Coluim Cille, la ITIaelpechlainD, mac Concobaip." 



" A. D. 1076. Murchad, grandson of Flann O'Maelsechlainn, was treacherously killed by 

 Amlaff, son of Maelan, king of Gaileng, in the doictheach of Kells, who was himself slain imme- 

 diately after, through the miracle of Columbkille, by Maelsechlainn, the son of Conchobhar." 



The same event is thus recorded in the Annals of Ulster : 



" A. D. 1076. ITIupchaD, mac plaino, h-Ui TTlaelpechlainD, piCempach ppi P^ C P' n-oioce, 

 DO mapbao i cloictich Cheanannpa DO mac TTlaelan, pi 5 al ^ en 5-" 



Thus rendered in the old translation of these Annals in the British Mu- 

 seum : 



" A. D. 1076. Murch. m c . Floin O Melachlin, king of Tarach, being 3 nights in the steeple of 

 Kells, was killed by Maolan's sonne, king of Gaileng." 



The same event is also entered by the Four Masters evidently from the 

 Book of Clonmacnoise : 



" A. D. 1076. TTlupchao mac plomn, Ui TTlaoileachlainn, DO mctpBao, i ^-ceiio reopa n-oioce 

 co n-a laib lap n-jabail poplamaip Ueitipac, i g-cloicceach Cenannpa, cpe peill, la cijepna 

 ^cnlenjj, .1. la h-QriilaoiB, mac mic ITlaolain ; agup a mapbao pioe pem po cheooip, cpia 

 pepcaib t)e ajup Colaim Cille, la ITIaolpeachlainn, mac Concobaip." 



Thus rendered by Mageoghegan, in his translation of the original Annals of 

 Clonmacnoise : 



" A. D. 1076. Murrogh Mac Flyn O'Melaughlyn, that reigned king of Meath but three days 

 and three nights, was killed by Amley Mac Moylan, prince of Gaileng, in the borders of Leinster. 



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