A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . battle-field on which the heroic Aim eric Tristam,ancestor of the Earl of Howth, met hispowerful enemy, OConnor, King of Con-naught, and was defeated with the loss oflife. In the gi-eat inequality of the opposingforces, and the desperation wath which theconflict was maintained by the weaker paity,the affair bears no little resemblance to themore celebrated death-stiaiggle oftlie Spartansat Thermopylfe. Kilclogher—so spelt ui the patents fromthe crown—is situated in the barony ofTiaquin, the ancient
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland . battle-field on which the heroic Aim eric Tristam,ancestor of the Earl of Howth, met hispowerful enemy, OConnor, King of Con-naught, and was defeated with the loss oflife. In the gi-eat inequality of the opposingforces, and the desperation wath which theconflict was maintained by the weaker paity,the affair bears no little resemblance to themore celebrated death-stiaiggle oftlie Spartansat Thermopylfe. Kilclogher—so spelt ui the patents fromthe crown—is situated in the barony ofTiaquin, the ancient cantred of Sodliam,which was divided into six disti-icts. Thesecontinued for a long time to be held by theMilesian septs of OMannin (chief of thewhole cantred), Mac Ward, OScun-y, OLon-nan, OCaisin, OGealan, and O^iagin : ofwhom the Irish bard, ODugan, says tliey Chiefs not tn be forgotten;15rave are the jircdntory hostsThat rule over the spear-raised Sodham. Tliey possessed tlic castles of Monivea, Cush-huuidarragh. Cloncurreon, Garbally, Men-logh, and Kilclogher, which last was their. 5 SEATS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 163 principal strongliold. Here OMaunin heldsway till about 1352, when OKelly, king orchief of the Hi-Many, stormed the castle, andhanged its gallant possessor, a summary modeof proceeding by no means rare in those wildtimes. The sept then retreated to the castleof Menlagh, about five miles to the east of thefortress which had just been taken fromthem. The change of hands brought with it noadditional security to the castle. FerdaraghOKelly, then chief .of the family founded bythe last-named conqueror, engaged in rebellionagainst the English, and thereby incm-red theforfeiture of his lands; he had, however, thegood fortune to regain them by a pardon,imder letters patent, from King James I. Norwas the supremacy of Cromwell, in the triumphof the Independents, less disastrous to thisstronghold. The Protector, uivincible every-where, battered the place with I
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