A fiant was an instruction, written on behalf of the monarch, ordering officials in Ireland to take certain actions. The original Fiants were mostly written in Latin. The text provided here is an English-language calendar, or summary, of one such fiant: Pardon to Donill rioghe Cavanaghe, of Kilshanclonne, county Carlow, Donogh mac Art m’Donoghe Cavanaghe, of Baliloghan, same county, Tirrelaghe duff mac Edmond, of Sleduff, same county, and Creon m’Donill...