[1] It took place at Ros Ceide (Rosses Point) in the territory of Cairbre Drom Cliabh, near Sligo town.
According to the Annals of the Four Masters (English translation): A brave battle was fought by Godfrey O'Donnell, Lord of Tirconnell, in defence of his country, with the Lord Justice of Ireland, Maurice Fitzgerald, and the other English nobles of Connaught, at Creadran-Cille in Ros-cede, in the territory of Carbury, to the north of Sligo.
A desperate and furious battle was fought between them: bodies were mangled, heroes were disabled, and the senses were stunned on both sides.
M1257.14 On the same day Mac Griffin, an illustrious knight, was taken prisoner by O'Donnell's people; and Sligo was afterwards burned and totally plundered by them.
Godfrey, on his return, prostrated and demolished the castle which had been erected by the English a short time before, at Cael-uisce, to carry on the war against the Kinel-Connell.