Note 1-1 — Footnotes.

W. 4590. 1Then came to them1 Iliach son of Cass son of Bacc son of Ross Ruad son of Rudraige. 2He was at that time an old man cared for by his son's son, namely by Loegaire Buadach ('the Victorious') in Rath Imbil in the north.2 It was told him that the four grand provinces of Erin even then laid waste and invaded the lands of Ulster and of the Picts 3and of Cualnge3 from Monday at Summer's end till the beginning of Spring, 4and were carrying off their women and their cows and their children, their flocks, their herds and their cattle, their oxen and their kine and their droves, their steeds and their horses.4 He then conceived a plan 5in his mind5 and he made perfect his plan privily with his people. "What counsel were better for me to make than to go and attack the men of Erin 6and to use mya strength on them6 and have 7my boast and7 victory over them, and thus avenge the honour of Ulster. And I care not though I should fall myself there thereafter."