King Cathal Craobh-Dearg, of Connaught

Sir Cathald (Cathal) Craovdearg "Redfist" O'Connor, 70th King of Connaught:

A Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught, Written ... https://books.google.com/books?id=O61jAAAAcAAJ Rodericus O'Flaherty - 1846

Orbsen which is within Ross half barony and had a castell till broken in Cromwell's time Iniscreawa or Wild garlick Isle is near Cargin in the barony of Clare a small island where the walls and high ditch of a well fortified place are still extant and encompass almost the whole island Of this isle Macamh Insicreawa a memorable antient magician as they say had his denomination Anno 1225 the Lord Justice of Ireland coming to the port of Iniscreawa caused Odo O Flaherty lord of West Connaught to deliver that island Kirke Island and all the boats of Lough Orbsen into the hands of Odo O Connor king of Connaught Cathald Redfist's son for assurance of his fidelity Anno 1233 Fedlim king of Connaught brother to the former demolished the castles of Kirke Island Galway Hag Island and Donoman Iniscreawa In Irish Inup Cheama cream wild garlic It lies in Lough Corrib opposite the castle of Cargins and belongs to the barony of Clare See note In it are the remains of an ancient circular Cyclopean wall See Map to Tribes and Customs of Hy many Odo In Irish Aodh now Anglicised Hugh Deliver See ante p 22 note P Galway In Irish Carlen na Saillam This castle was built by O Flaherty in AD 1124 See the Annals of the Four Masters at that year where Dr O Conor translates la condévaub the Connacians by a Conachtense ie Tordelvacho O Conor But in a note to the Annals of Ulster p 389 he renders it correctly The erection of these and other castles which may yet be alluded to before the IRISH ARCH soc 15 Anno arrival of the English shews with what caution the 22nd chapter of Ware's Antiquities should be read and the assertions of other writers received on this point They lay much stress on the Castrum mirificum stated to have been built in Tuam by king Roderic AD 1161 But we here see that castles were not at that time either so new or so uncommon as Ware has ventured to assert It would therefore seem more reasonable to conclude that the castle of Tuam was called mirificum wonderful from its strength than for the reasons which he alleged seeing that it was strongly built for defence of the sacred edifices there which we know from the Annals of Inisfallen were stormed and despoiled some time before by the Dalgais of Munster Donoman Irish Oùn lomäuin the E