The poem mentions one Morice Regan,[1] secretary to Diarmaid mac Murchadha, king of Leinster, who was eyewitness to the events and may have provided an account to the author.
[2] The chronicle survives only in a single manuscript which was re-discovered in the 17th century in London.
Orpen (Trinity College, Dublin) from the Carew 596 manuscript and covers lines 3129 - 3161 (see Skryne and the Early Normans (1994)[5] by Elizabeth Hickey.
Cum il feffa ses baruns, chevalers, serjans e garsunz.
Chastelknoc tut premer donat A Huge Tyrel, k'il tant amat; E Chastel Brec, solum l'escrit, A barun Willame le petit, Macherueran altresi E la tere de Rathkenni.