Note 380 — Chapter III · THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND. 795–1172.

“From the death of Maelseachlainn II. the legitimate monarchy of all Ireland departed from all families during seventy-two years, until the joint reigns of Muircheartach O’Briain and Domhnall MacLochlainn; during that time no Feis or general assembly, so agreeable to the people, was held, because Ireland had no supreme king.” Quoted by Mr. Kelly, note to Cambrensis Eversus, vol. ii. p. 38, from Gilla-Modud, an Irish poet of the twelfth century.