Giolla Pádraig's rise to power was unexpected, as his grandfather David mac Lysaght O'More had lost the title in 1348.

Since the 1340s, the O'More clan's power had declined due to internal conflict.

[1] Giolla Pádraig O'More's wife was the daughter of Murchadh O'Connor Faly and Gormflaith MacMurrough.

According to the Annals of the Four Masters, "many persons were slain, and great spoil was taken in horses, arms, and armour.

[1] In late November 1414, Lieutenant John Talbot, Lord Furnival, arrived in Ireland.