On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . npowder whichhad been stored took fire and the explosiondestroyed the building. Red Hugh, afterthe fiasco of the Spanish landing at Kin-sale, to which he went, sailed to Spain forfurther assistance and died there at theearly age of twenty-eight, being buriedin Valladolid. Niall Garbh, having lostthe confidence of the English, was im-prisoned in the Tower of London, and diedafter eighteen years of captivity. TheODonnells, or Cinel Conall, were descend-ed from Niall of the Nine Hostages, whobecame king of Ireland in 379 Of hissons, Eo
On an Irish jaunting-car through Donegal and Connemara . npowder whichhad been stored took fire and the explosiondestroyed the building. Red Hugh, afterthe fiasco of the Spanish landing at Kin-sale, to which he went, sailed to Spain forfurther assistance and died there at theearly age of twenty-eight, being buriedin Valladolid. Niall Garbh, having lostthe confidence of the English, was im-prisoned in the Tower of London, and diedafter eighteen years of captivity. TheODonnells, or Cinel Conall, were descend-ed from Niall of the Nine Hostages, whobecame king of Ireland in 379 Of hissons, Eoghan, or Owen, was ancestor ofthe ONeills, and Conall Gulban of theODonnells. The country of the formerwas called Tir Eoghan (Tyrone), or Owensterritory, and extended over the easternpart of Donegal and the counties of Tyroneand Londonderry. The peninsula of Ini-showen also received its name from , the territory of Conall, ex-tended over County Donegal. Betweenthese races, bound together as they wereby common descent and frequent inter-54. DONEGAL TO BALLYSHANNON marriages, wars were of constant occur-rence through many generations. The Cathach of the ODonnells is acunihdach, or box, made, as its inscriptionsays, by Cathbhar ODonnell towards theend of the eleventh century. It containsa portion of the Psalms in Latin, said tohave been written by St. Columba andwhich led to the battle of Drumcliff andhis subsequent exile to Iona. It was car-ried by a priest three times in front of thetroops of the ODonnells before a contest,hence its name, The Battler. The silvercase enclosing the box was made by Col-onel ODonnell in 1723. It was presentedby the late Sir Richard ODonnell to theRoyal Irish Academy, where it now is. Either in the monastery or in somebuilding near it were compiled, between1632 and 1636, the famous Annals ofDonegal, better known under the title ofthe Annals of the Four Masters—Michaeland Cucogry OClery, Fearfeasa OMul-conry, and Cucogry ODuigenan. The
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