Domnall Ua Lochlainn - Death and After

Death and After

Domnall's glowing obituary in the Annals of Ulster reads as follows:

Domnall son of Ardgar son of Lochlann, over-king of Ireland, pre-eminent among the Irish in form and lineage, in sense and valour, in happiness and prosperity, in giving valuables and food, died in Daire Coluim Cille in the thirty-eighth year of his reign, the seventy-third year of his age, on Wednesday night, the fourth of the Ides and the eighteenth of the moon, the feast of Mo-ChuarĂ³c the wise.

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