Orgguin trí mac Diarmata mic Cerbaill
Background information
References in the Annals of the Four Masters, the Chronicon Scotorum, the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach
M647.2 Dunchadh and Conall, two sons of Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, were slain by the Leinstermen, in the mill race of the mill of Maelodhran, son of Dima Cron. Marcan and Maelodhran mortally wounded the two; of which Maelodhran said:
O mill!
which grindedst much of wheat,
It was not grinding oats thou wert,
when thou didst grind the seed of Cearbhall.
The grain which the mill has ground
is not oats, but red wheat,
With the scions of the great tree
Maelodhran’s mill was fed.
CS651 The killing of two sons of Blathmac son of Aed Sláine, i.e. Dúnchad and Conall by Mael Odrán of the Laigin in Mael Odrán’s mill.
The killing of Oiséne son of Oiserg by Mael Odrán.
O mill,
Though you have ground much wheat,
It was no crushing of oats
When you ground Cerball’s grandsons.
The grain which the mill grinds,
Is not oats but red wheat;
Of the best in the great tree
Was the feed of Mael Odrán’s mill.
U651.1 The killing of two sons of Blathmac son of Aed Sláine, i.e. Dúnchad and Conall.
Blathmac son of Aed, the king,
Begot a son through excess;
Jesus will take away his two sons
From Blathmac in requital.
Maelodrán recited:
O mill,
Though you have ground much wheat,
It was no crushing of oats
When you ground Cerball’s grandson.
The grain which the mill grinds
Is not oats but red wheat;
Of the best in the great tree
Was the feed of Maelodrán’s mill.
T651.2 The slaying of Donnchadh and Conall, the two sons of Blathmac son of Aodh Sláine, by Maol Odhráin of Leinster, in the mill of Maol Odhráin.
O mill,
Though thou hast ground much wheat,
This was not a grinding upon oats,
Thou groundest on Cearbhall’s grandson.
The grain which the mill
Grinds is not oats, but red wheat.
Of the saplings of the mighty tree
Is the feed of Maol Odhráin’s mill.
U665.1 The great mortality. Diarmait son of Aed Sláine and Blamac … died i.e. of the buide Chonaill.
The Annals of Clonmacnoise (Murphy)
p. 104
648. The two sonnes of Hugh Slane Donogh & Conell were killed by the Leinstermen in the mill of Oran called Molen Oran near Molengare.
Related saga online: Aided Maelodráin (The Death of Maelodrán)
David Greene (ed.), Fingal Rónáin and other stories, (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin, 1955; repr. 1993), pp. 51-54.
Digital Edition at CELT (pp. 52-54)
Kuno Meyer (ed. & tr.), Hibernica minora, being a fragment of an Old-Irish treatise on the Psalter, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series 8, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894), pp. 76-81.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. 76-81 (94-99))
Related saga online: Aided Bresail meic Dhiarmata (Death of Bresal, son of Diarmait)
Whitley Stokes (ed. & tr.), Lives of Saints from the Book of Lismore, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890), pp. xxvii-xxviii.
Digital Edition at Archive.org (pp. xxvii-xxviii (33-34)
Related saga online: Aided Diarmada meic Fergusa Cerrbeoil (The Death of Diarmait son of Fergus Cerrbél)
Standish H. O’Grady (ed. & tr.), Silva Gadelica, (London: Williams and Norgate, 1892), Volume 1, pp. 72-82; Volume 2, pp. 76-88.
Irish text at Archive.org (pp.72-78); English translation at Archive.org (pp.76-88 (112-124)); English translation at MaryJones.us
The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee (Stokes)
21 May, (See Section 2), p. 135 (193)
O mill,
that hast ground much of wheat (tuirind).
It was not a grinding on serblenn (?),
thou groundest on Cerball’s grandsons.
The grain which the mill grindeth,
’tis not oats, but it is red wheat:
of the fruit of the great tree
is the feed of Maelodráin’s mill.
i.e. two sons of Blathmec son of Aed Sláine, namely Dunchad and Cathal, who were slain by Marcán of Leinster in a certain mill. ’Tis those two sons of Blathmec that are called ‘the red wheat’.
Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae (O'Brien)
pp. 35-36 DE GENELOGIA DÁIL MESSIN CORB.
¶118 … Máelodrán m. Dícolla m. Gobbáin m. Caindera m. Dímmae (.i. Cróin).
Togail Bruidne Da Derga (Knott)
The parts of a mill (See Section 2), p. 86 (114), note on lines 794-795
Ulster Journal of Archaelogy, 4, 1856
pp. 6-15 Ancient Water-Mills (See Section 2)
A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland (Joyce)
Corn Mills (See Section 2)
A Social History of Ancient Ireland (Joyce), Volume 2
The eight parts of a mill (including ‘mol’) (See Section 2), pp. 335-338
Ancient Laws of Ireland (O’Donovan / O’Curry), Volume 1
The eight parts of a mill (including ‘mol’) (See Section 2), pp. 140-141 (199-200)
The Rennes Dindshenchas (Stokes), Revue Celtique, 15-16, 1894-1895
Loch Gabar §107 (See Section 3), Part 3, pp. 58-59, (‘Loch Gabar’)
Cóir Anmann: Fitness of Names (Stokes), Irische Texte,Ser. III.2
Fergus Cerrbél §131 (See Section 1), p. 343, p. 417
Laigin §174 (see Section 1), pp. 363-365, p. 419
Wikipedia
Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502
Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512
Leabhar Ua Maine
Cycles of the Kings
Blathmac mac Áedo Sláine (d. 665); High Kings of Ireland; Kings of Brega
Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine (d. 665); High Kings of Ireland; Kings of Brega
Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565); High Kings of Ireland; Kings of Uisnech
Síl nÁedo Sláine
Loch Gabhair