Excerpt from The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 3: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abboad

Thomas fitz-maurice succeeded his father as Lord Offally, and was generally known as Thomas Mor, or Great Thomas, in consequence of his distinguished velour and signal performances on the battlefield. This great warrior and powerful chief had a rupture with King Henry, and the neighbouring tribes finding that this was a great source of weakness to their power, they, led by their chiefs, made harassing inroads on his territories. Thomas, however, continued to effect considerable divisions amongst them, and thus recovered much of his former power and in¿uence, and cleared his territories of all his enemies. In 1262, however, these Irish mountain tribes concentrated their followers, and gained a victory over Thomas Mor in a pitched battle at Callan, where his son John, and grandson' Maurice, with fifteen knights and a great number Of followers of less note, were left dead on the field but he was ultimately successful, and established for himself a high reputation, and secured the favour Of the Sovereign.

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