[2] Mag Lena straddled the Esker Riada,[4] was near the border between Mide and Laigin (Leinster),[5] and is mentioned in Irish manuscripts as the site of several legendary, pseudohistorical, and historical events.
[2][1] According to John O'Donovan, the name Moleany was still being used in 1837 for the corresponding Catholic parish[2] (formally Kilbride or Tullamore, and united to Durrow, in the Diocese of Meath[6]).
About AD 630, a synod of Irish clerics was held in Mag Lena to resolve the controversy over the date of Easter.
[3] The Óenach Colmáin, an important 9th-century aonach dedicated to Colmán Elo, was probably held at Lynally at the southern edge of Mag Lena.
About AD 1020, Maolmuadh Ó Maolmhuaidh, king of Firceall, was taken by force from Durrow Abbey by Fogartach Uí Chernaig, and killed in Mag Lena.