[108] See [Appendix C, 4], ad fin.
[109] See note, [Appendix B].
[110] It may be observed that if the idol of Mag Slecht had been eminently important for all Ireland, and had been destroyed at a period subsequent to St. Patrick, there could hardly fail to be a Christian record of its fall. In the Annals of the Four Masters, s.a. 464, it is said that Conall, son of Niall, ancestor of the lords of Tyrconnell, was done to death by the “old Folks” of Mag Slecht, who caught him unprotected. The thought occurs that Conall had supported the attack on the worship of Cenn Cruaich, and that his death was an act of vengeance wreaked by people of the plain who still clung to the old faith.
[111] Perhaps A.D. 444-5. See [Appendix C, 14].
[112] See [Appendix C, 13], on Patrick in Connaught.
[113] At Duma Graid, close to Lake Kilglass. See Tírechán, 313, and Vit. Trip. p. 94.
[114] Between Sligo and Leitrim.
[115] May the name be the same as that of the tribe of the Anghaile (Annaly), who extended their power subsequently into Tethbia (cp. O’Donovan, Book of Rights, p. 11, note)?
[116] Tamnach.
[117] “Church of Bishop Brón.”