[Failbhe Flann], came to Mochuda offering him a place whereon to found a church.

The wife of Maolochtair, scil:Cuciniceas, daughter of Failbhe Flann, king of Munster, had a vision, viz.:a flock of very beautiful birds flying above her head and one bird was more beautiful and larger than the rest.

Flann (F. M.) A.D. 849.

Flann Mac Forbasaich (A. I.) A.D. 899.

[Failbhe Flann], came to Mochuda offering him a place whereon to found a church.

The wife of Maolochtair, scil:Cuciniceas, daughter of Failbhe Flann, king of Munster, had a vision, viz.:a flock of very beautiful birds flying above her head and one bird was more beautiful and larger than the rest.

Flann (F. M.) A.D. 849.

Flann Mac Forbasaich (A. I.) A.D. 899.

" A renewal of tribal warfare in the second year after this, when this same Aed the king was attacked by Flann the lord of Breag in Meath, called forth certain battle-verses full of the fire and fervor of the time.

A poet sang: "At Kiladerry this day the ravens shall taste sips of blood: A victory shall be gained over the magic host of the Gentiles and over Flann.

" The mother of Flann sang: "

Unhappy the host of Leat Cuin, to have fallen by the sprites of Slain; Happy the reign of great Aed, and unhappy the loss of Flann.

" Aed the victorious king sang: "The troops of Leinster are with him, with the added men of swift Boyne; This shows the treachery of Flann: the concord of Gentiles at his side.

Our warrior kings had noble queens to rule their households, and of these none stands out so distinctly after long lapse of time as Gormlai, the daughter of Flann Siona, and wife of Nial Glondubh.

Nial Glondubh was king of Tir-Eoghain, and heir of Flann in the high kingship, for at that era it was the custom for the kings of Meath and of Tyrone to hold the supreme power alternately.

In order to knit north and south, Flann betrothed his beautiful daughter to Cormac macCuillenan, king of Cashel, an ideal husband, one would have thought, for a poetess like Gormlai, for Cormac was the foremost scholar of the day; but his mind was so set on learning and religion that he took holy orders and became bishop-king of Cashel, repudiating his destined bride.

Gormlai rose indignant and left his house forever, returning to the palace of King Flann, and on Cearbhail's death she at last found a true lover and worthy mate in Nial Glondubh, who brought her northward to rule over the famous palace of Aileach.