• 66°W / 54.08; -7.66 Magh Slécht (sometimes Anglicised as Moyslaught; A variant of Magh Lecht meaning a grave-strewn plain, because of all the ancient stone...
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  • The Battle of Magh Slécht took place at Magh Slécht in Ireland in 1256. The battle was part of a wider conflict between the O'Rourke rulers of Breifne...
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    Ua Ruairc and Ua Raghallaigh (O'Reilly) dynasties. Following the Battle of Magh Slecht in 1256, Bréifne split into West Breifne (ruled by the Ua Ruairc)...
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    Ballinamore (category Places of Conmaicne Luacháin)
    kilometre north of present-day town. In 1256, the Battle of Magh Slecht occurred nearby, leading to the division of Bréifne between the O'Rourkes of North Leitrim...
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  • Áed na nGall (category Kings of Connacht)
    with Conchobar O'Ruairc king of Breifne raised his own army and met the forces of the O'Reilly's at the Battle of Magh Slecht. O'Rourke's army was initially...
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    Legnaderk (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    mention of the name relates to the Battle of Magh Slecht in 1256 which took place in Legnaderk between the O’Reilly and O’Rourke clans. The Annals of Loch...
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    Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe 1247 – Battle of Ballyshannon 1247 – Siege of Dún Béal Gallimhe 1249 – First Battle of Athenry 1256 – Battle of Magh Slecht 1257...
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    Gaelic warfare (category Warfare of the Middle Ages)
    CE : First Battle of Athenry 1256 CE : Battle of Magh Slecht 1257 CE : Battle of Creadran Cille 1260 CE : Battle of Down 1261 CE : Battle of Callann 1262...
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  • merely as legendary. AD 76 Battle of Aichill. AD 80 The Battle of Magh Slécht involving the High King Tuathal Techtmar List of Published Texts at CELT —...
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    Garryfliugh (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    acres. The Battle of Magh Slecht took place in the townland in 1256 between the O’Rourkes and the O’Reillys. Dead bodies from the battle are sometimes...
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  • Seltanahunshin (category Townlands of County Leitrim)
    acres. The Battle of Magh Slecht took place in the townland in 1256 between the O’Rourkes and the O’Reillys. Dead bodies from the battle are sometimes...
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  • Tigernmas (category Legendary High Kings of Ireland)
    (or 100 years according to the Book of Fenagh, P 23), he and three-quarters of the men of Ireland died on Magh Slécht while worshipping Crom Cruach, a cruel...
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  • Conchobair who was King of Connacht from 1233 - 1265. The Annals of Connacht for the year 1256 state- After the battle of Magh Slécht, Fedlim O Conchobair...
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    Republic of Ireland, according to the Annals of Ulster: "U620.1. The slaying in Magh Slécht in the territory of Connacht of the kindred of Báetán, i.e. of Ailill...
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  • figure of Ireland, based on the god Crom Cruach, mentioned in the 12th-century dinnseanchas of Magh Slécht. According to one legend, Cainnech of Aghaboe...
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    Ardmoneen (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    acres. The Battle of Magh Slecht took place in the townland in 1256 between the O’Rourkes and the O’Reillys. Dead bodies from the battle are sometimes...
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    been pushed back out of western Breifne as Connacht advanced into their eastern homeland. In 1256 the devastating Battle of Magh Slecht was fought between...
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    Bellavally Lower (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    mention of the name relates to the Battle of Magh Slecht in 1256 which took place in Bellavally between the O’Reilly and O’Rourke clans. The Annals of Connacht...
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    Bellavally Upper (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    mention of the name relates to the Battle of Magh Slecht in 1256 which took place in Bellavally between the O’Reilly and O’Rourke clans. The Annals of Connacht...
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    were forced to retreat. They were pursued northwards to Magh Slécht, where the Battle of Magh Slecht ensued. The O'Reilly and the O'Rourke suffered heavy...
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    Ciar, a son of Fergus and Medb, as do the Conmhaícne of Leitrim, Sligo, and Galway, through Conmac. The Masraige, a tribe inhabiting Magh Slécht in County...
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  • The Annals of Connacht for the year 1256 state- After the battle of Magh Slécht, Fedlim O Conchobair and his son Aed na nGall, with the men of Connacht...
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  • Ollamh Érenn, on Magh Slécht. Birth of Saint Moluag in Dál nAraidi. Death of Saint Cainnear of Bantry Approximate date - Death of St. Enda of Aran. 531 (or...
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  • the kingdom of Tír Eógain (modern County Tyrone) 464 The murder of King Conall Gulban of Donegal by the Masraighe at Magh Slécht 465 Death of Iserninus...
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    then known as Magh Slécht, now the parish of Templeport, County Cavan. In the Welsh genealogies of the saints, Aeddan is called the son of Gildas or Aneurin...
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  • would be sacrificed at the stone idol of Crom Cruach in Magh Slécht. They say that King Tigernmas, and three-fourths of his people, died while worshiping...
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  • 550), Bishop of Cork and patron saint for the city and diocese of Cork. 621 The murder of the relatives of Baetan at Magh Slécht 622 Battle of Cennbag (at...
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    Derrycassan (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    25m-30m). White, Kevin (January 2013). "The Plain of Blood, A Study of the Ritual Landscape of Magh Slecht, Co. Cavan" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}:...
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  • Aodh is first accorded the epithet in the context of a great victory over the English at Magh Slécht in 1256. This suggests that Aodh was well acquainted...
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    Ballymagauran (category Townlands of County Cavan)
    Oge Maguire, after seizing the area. The Annals of the Four Masters state- The spoils of Magh Slecht were seized on by Maguire (Thomas Oge); and Ballymagauran...
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