Their names are given in the _Wars of the Gaedhil_, and by other authorities, though in some places the number is increased.

Nial Glundubh was amongst the slain.

He is celebrated in pathetic verse by the bards.

Of the battle was said:-- "Fierce and hard was the Wednesday On which hosts were strewn under the fall of shields; It shall be called, till judgment's day, The destructive burning of Ath-cliath." The lamentation of Nial was, moreover, said:-- "Sorrowful this day is sacred Ireland, Without a valiant chief of hostage reign! It is to see the heavens without a sun, To view Magh-Neill[205] without a Nial." "There is no cheerfulness in the happiness of men; There is no peace or joy among the hosts; No fair can be celebrated Since the sorrow of sorrow died." Donough, son of Flann Sinna, succeeded, and passed his reign in obscurity, with the exception of a victory over the Danes at Bregia.

Two great chieftains, however, compensated by their prowess for his indifference; these were Muircheartach, son of the brave Nial Glundubh, the next heir to the throne, and Callaghan of Cashel, King of Munster.
The northern prince was a true patriot, willing to sacrifice every personal feeling for the good of his country: consequently, he proved a most formidable foe to the Danish invader.