Con O'Donnell


Son of Niall Garv, son of Turlough-an-Fhina O'Donnell

1460

Mac Manus of Tir-Tuathail, Rory, the son of Owen Roe Mac Manus, fully
worthy to be Lord of that territory, was slain by Con and Teige, the
son of Teige O'Rourke, while in pursuit of the spoils of the territory.
O'Donnells people carried the spoils with them to Airged-glenn
(between Co's Sligo and Leitrim); but, after the killing of Mac Manus,
the chiefs of the Clann-Manus deprived them of their preys in that
valley. AFM

1461

The sons of Niall Garv O'Donnell, Hugh Roe, Con, and Owen, assembled
all their forces, and proceeded into Fanad to the son of Mac Sweeny,
Mulmurry, because Turlough Cairbreach O'Donnell was wreaking his
animosities on the son of Mac Sweeny and all Fanad, for their
friendship to the sons of Niall. The sons of Niall and the son of Mac
Sweeny held a council, to consider how they should act, in order to
defend themselves against the sons of Naghtan and their forces, who
were ready to wreak their vengance and emnity on them. When O'Donnell
and the sons of Naghtan were informed that the sons of Niall had
arrived in Fanad he set out after them with his brothers, his troops
and a battalion of Scotsmen then in his service, and pitched his camp
at Ceann-Maghair, to watch and check the sons of Niall O'Donnell and
Mulnurry Mac Sweeny, who was passing with them out of the territory.
The sons of Niall and the people of Fanad having heard of this, they
consulted with one another; and they came to a determination not to
abandon or cede the pass to any host or army that should oppose them:
and when this resolution was adopted, the sons of Niall, Mulmurry Mac
Sweeny, Owen Bacagh Mac Sweeny, and all the people of Fanad who adhered
to them, proceeded to Ceann-Maghair (Kinnaweer, Kilmacrenan, Co
Donegal) to meet and oppose the forces of O'Donnell and the sons of
Naghtan; and as they approached each other, they did not hesitate to
attack each other, in consequence of their enmities and hatred,
provocations and animosities; and they met each other in a furious and
obstinate battle, in which Turlough Cairbreach and the sons of Naghtan
were defeated. O'Donnell himself was taken prisoner and his brother,
Manus, and numbers of others, were slain. Turlough Cairbreach was
afterwards maimed (to make him unfit for the chieftainship, one of his
hands and one of his feet were cut off). After this defeat at
Ceann-Maghair, these victorious chieftains went to Cill-Mic-Nenain
(Kilmacrenan), and Hugh Poe, the son of Niall Garv, was styled lord
after the lawful manner; and he called Mulmurry Mac Sweent the Mac
Sweeny Fanad. AFM

1464

Con, the son of Naill Garv O'Donnell was slain by Egneghan, the son of
Naghtan O'Donnell, at Findrum, Convoy, Raphoe, Co Donegal, on the 8th
day of May. AFM