Conall, and Etirscel were five brothers.
Their father was the son of Ere.
Through the action of Patrick, the king granted him (Fiacc) land, the
fifth part of his father's possessions, and thereon it was that he built
Sleibhte.
The Aengus in question afterwards killed the king, Crimthann, son of Enna
Ceinnselach, to avenge his exile. In thirties and forties are the
churches which he gave to Patrick in the east of Leinster, and in
Ui-Cennselaigh, including Domnach-mor of Magh-Criathar and Inis-Fail,
where Mochonoc and Mochatoc are, and Erdit and Augustin in the smaller
island (but their shrines are in Sleibhte, since the place was occupied
by Gentiles); Domnach-mor of Magh-Reta. Patrick was a Sunday here
(_i.e._, in Domnach-mor of Magh-Reta), and they were on that Sunday
building Rath-Baccain, the royal fort of the district. Patrick sent to
prevent this, but no notice was taken thereof. Patrick said, "Its
building shall be troublesome, unless 'offering' is done there every
day." He also said that the fort would not be inhabited until the wind
(_gaeth_) would come from the lower part of hell. This was Gaithini, son
of Cinaed, who rebuilt the fort in the time of Fedhlimidh, and of
Conchobhar in Tara.
After that Patrick had founded churches and establishments in Leinster,
moreover, he left a blessing upon Ui-Cennselaigh, and upon the
Leinstermen all; and he afterwards ordained Fiacc Find in Sleibhte, as
bishop of the province.
He then went along Bealach-Gabhran, into the district of Ossory, and
founded churches and establishments there; and he said that distinguished
laics and clerics should be of them, and that no province should have
command over them, whilst they remained obedient to Patrick. Patrick
took leave of them afterwards, and he left the relics of holy men with
them, and some of his people, in the place where Martar-tech is this day
in Magh-Roighne. At Druim-Conchind, in Mairge, the cross-beam of
Patrick's chariot broke when he was going to Munster. He made another of
the wood of the _druim_. It broke immediately. He made one again, and
it broke also. Patrick said that there should never be any implement
made of the timber of that wood, which has been fulfilled, for even a pin
is not made of it. Patrick's Disert is there, but it is waste.
Patrick went afterwards to the territory of Munster, to Cashel of the
Kings. When Aengus, son of Nadfraech, got up in the morning, all their
idols were
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