Cenn Fáelad’s Stormed House
Archived: 2 November 2026
Abstract
In 682 CE, the clearest Irish event is the killing of Cenn Fáelad son of Colgú, styled king of Connacht in the annals. The Annals of Ulster preserve the event in a terse entry; the related Annals of Tigernach and Chronicon Scotorum name his killer as Ulcha Derg, grandson of Caillide, of the Conmaicne Cúile. Tigernach adds the vivid but limited detail that Cenn Fáelad was slain after the Conmaicne had stormed his house. It is the year’s central fact: a provincial king died violently in his own residence, not in a named pitched battle. The sources provide neither a