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Guaire was not very fortunate in war, as appears from the following entries
in the Annals of the Four Masters : — A.D. 217. " The battle of Ceann-Gubha
(now Cambo, near the town of Roscommon), was gained by Raghallach, son
of Mudach, over Colman, son of Cobhthach, the father of Guaire Aidhne,
where Colman himself was slain " A.D. 622 " The battle of Carn-Fearadaigh
(was gained) by Failbe Flann over the Connaughtmen, wherein many were
slain ; and Guaire- Aidhne was routed from the battle field." [Aidlme, or
Crioch- Aidhne, was the name of an ancient territory coextensive with the
diocese of Kilmacduagh, in the county of Galway. Carn-Fearadaigh, a
mountain in the south of the county of Limerick.]
A.D. 645. "The battle of Cam Connaill (was gained) by Diarmaid, .son
of Aedh Slaine, against Guaire, wherein many were slain ; and Guaire was
routed from the battle field." [Cam Conaill or the Cairn, or heaps of stones
raised over the body of Conall, son of Umoir, who fell in battle at the begin-
ning of the Christian era, is supposed now to be the place called Ballyconnell
in the parish of Kilbecantj', near Gort, which latter place it is said was the
residence of Guaire, and from him named Gort-insi-Guaire, i.e. the holm or
field of the Island of Guaire.)