As I Rode by Granard Moat

Thomas a Becket; and, anxious to distract the attention of the nation from his crime, as well as to satisfy the ambitious projects which he and his predecessors had entertained for the conquest of Ireland, he sent, in , a force of armed men, under the command of an adventurer named Strongbow, to restore the incestuous libertine, MacMurrough, to his throne in Leinster. And in the beginning of the year , the English invasion of Ireland took place — an invasion that, from a petty footing in Waterford, soon extended through several portions of the country, until, in , when Henry II.

What a different tale might not the Irish people of to-day have to tell, had the petty footing in Waterford been instantly stamped out! Strongbow and his legions were allowed to improve their narrow position, and, finally, Henry II. The following extracts in reference to Annaly were translated by Mr.

They will give the reader the best idea of how things went on in this county during those days: Hugh, the son of Charles the Red-handed, pursued them, and a battle was fought between them, in which the sons of Roderic were defeated and driven again across the Shannon, leaving some of their men and. A great pillage was committed by the English of Meath on Giolla-na. In consequence of this, Giolla committed great devastations, depredations, spoliations, and pillages, upon the English, and fought several fierce battles upon them, in which he slew vast numbers.

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Is recorded his death, having achieved the victory of penance. He was son of Auliffe. Connor MacBrennan was slain by the inhabitants of Annaly. Naomh, the son of Jeffry, who was son of the other Giolla, died at Cluanlisbeg, having held for a long time the lordship of Annaly. Mahon, the son of Giolla, Lord of Annaly, died.

And As I Rode by Granard Moat

Dermot, son of John, Lord of Annaly, died. John died, and was interred at Abbeylara. He had been elected Lord of Annaly in preference to John, his elder brother. John was then inaugurated as his successor.

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Mathew, son of Cuconnaught, Lord of Magh Treagh, died. He went first to Sean old - Longphort now the town — and from that to Coillsallach Kilsallagh , where he resided for some time. The territory was destroyed between the contests of both, until they made peace and divided Annaly equally between them. Here the division of Annaly into Upper and Lower is clearly defined — Granard and Longford being the respective seats. They carried away his head and his spoils, having found him with merely a few troops, a circumstance which seldom happened to him.

He burned and destroyed Annaly, except that part of it which belonged to the sons of Iriell, whom he established in full sway over the County of Annaly. A great intestine quarrel arose among the inhabitants of Annaly, during which they committed great injuries against each other, and continued to do so until the Lord Chief Justice made peace among them, and divided the chieftainship between the sons of John and. A great battle was fought between the rival parties for the chieftaincy, in which Donnell, son of Brian, Lord of Clan Auliffe, and Gerald, son of Hugh Oge, Lord of Magh Treagh, were slain, and a great many others.

On his arrival in Leitrim, near Mohill, his enemies thought he would return thence into Ulster, but this he did not do, but privately despatched messengers to Hugh Maguire, of Fermanagh, requesting that he would meet him in Annaly. He sent scouts before him through that country, and ordered them to meet him at an appointed place. They took Longford, and set fire to every side and corner of it, so that it was only by a rope that Christopher Browne, his brother, and their wives, were conveyed in safety from the prison, of which he was marshal.

The foregoing brief summary of the history of Annaly, from to , is perhaps the very best idea that could be given of the way in which things were managed in those days. In all probability the original chief towns or North Teffia and South Teffia were Granard and Ardagh, respectively, but it is more than probable that Granard was at all times an important place in the county.

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The Granard Connection - General Michael Collins

Historical Notes and Stories. In a previous portion of this work, I have stated that there is no place in the County Longford possesses so much interest for the ecclesiastical student as the neighbourhood of Granard. The very same thing could be said of its historical importance. In fact, truly speaking, in the old pagan days of our country, and up to , Granard was the only capital of the County Longford, if we are to understand by that the ancient kingdom of Annaly.

It is also said that they worshipped the moon and stars, but this is not verified. It is thought, however, that sun and fire worship prevailed amongst our pagan forefathers, just as amongst the Aztecs in the days of Montezuma. The usual place from which the people prayed to the sun was off a high hill or eminence. At the foot of this hill they stood in a circle, whilst the Druids ascended and offered sacrifice to their deities.

Now, Granard is very favourably situated for small worship. On the one side they had the Hill of Granardkill and the Moat of Granard; and on the other side they had the Hill of Carragh, which commands a view of the whole county.

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The Granard of to-day is by no means the actual site of old Granard, which, according to the Ordnance Survey Maps, was built about half a mile from the present town, in a somewhat western direction. Its destruction is described a little further on. He subsequently tells us that the Moat of Granard, or SlieveCairbhre, in the north, and the River Eithne, or Inny, in the south, were anciently the boundaries of Annaly.

Patrick reached Granard on his apostolic mission, where King Carbre lived at his fortification — the Moat — this monarch refused to listen to his teaching; and some of his chieftains in the then fertile plains of Ballinamuck presented the Apostle with a hound dressed for dinner. The saint, naturally moved with anger at such treatment it is told , pronounced a malediction on the sons of Cairbre, as well as on the land of the place he was in and, as a result of this malediction, the land became barren, and mis-fortunes came on the line of Cairbre, from whose race the sceptre passed away.

Subsequently, it is said, that his sons received the saint with all honour, and presented to him the beautiful place of Granard. There is another version also given in. When Patrick preached the word of life to him, and pointed out the way of salvation, the man of adamantine heart not only refused to believe the preached truth but laid projects for the death of him who was pro-pounding the way of life, and caused the companions of the holy man to be scourged in a neighbouring river, called Sele, because Patrick called him the enemy of God.

Then the man of God, seeing that the man was of inveterate mind and reproved by God, says to him: These two versions of the same story differ a little as to locality, cause, and effect; but it is certain that St. Patrick did visit Granard on his first apostolic mission and tour of Ireland, because the old town was a place of great natural strength, as well as being an important town in the kingdom in those days. The Moat of Granard is well known as being one of the largest and oldest of its kind in Ireland. It seems to have been originally cut out of a large hill, because it is situated in such a position that the hands of man could not possibly have framed it.

The approach to it is steep, and the visitor comes to a fosse, or trench, which surrounds it, before he can approach the side; after this the ascent has to be made in a zig-zag direction, in order to avoid the dangers of a sudden descent; and when we come to the top we find a level and partly hollowed surface, wide enough to support a large body of troops, and partly protected in several places by the remains of what formed the rampart of the original fortification.

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