1101, Murtogh O'Brien, king of Munster, according to the Annals of Inisfallen,
conveneda
great synod, or assembly of bishops, clergy, and nobility at Cashel, in which he assigned over to the see and bishops that hitherto royal seat the kings Munster, which was dedicated God, St.
Four Masters - Annals of Ireland
1401.
Niall Garv, son of Hugh, son of Donal Oge, and Malachy, the son of Flaherty O’Rourke, with many
The O'Meaghers were in ancient times powerful chiefs, and had the territory now forming the barony of Ikerrin, in the county of
others. O'Donnell with his sons, and the Muintir Duirnin, pursued Bryan on the same day, and
These O'Sullivans were a branch of the O'Sullivans, princes of Beara, in the county of Cork, of whom an account has been given in the note on Desmond, and the territory they possessedin Tippe rary, called the Eoganacht of Knock Graffan, was situated in the harony of Middlethird, between Cashel and Cahir, and name
Tipperary, and the place mentioned in the above verses as Bear
nan Eile is now called the Devil's Bit Mountain, in the parish of
Barnanely. There are very respectable families of the O’Meaghers
in the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Carlow. XIII. still retained the parish Knockgraffan, where the O'Sulli O'Flanagain or O'Flanagans, chiefs of Uachtar Tire, and of Kinel
Arga, are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:— “O'Flanagan obtained the country
Of Uachtar Tire, a rich and fertile land, Which always yields the choicest produce,
The plain is clad with a matchless verdant mantle.
“O'Flanagan of the mighty hand
Is chief of the entire of Kinel Arga,
He is of the race of Teige, the son of Kian the Sage, Of the noble hospitable stock of Oilioll. ”
vans had their principal seat, and which ancient mound moat, near the river Suir, which was early times residence the kings Munster; and Fiacha Muilleathan, celebrated
king Munster the third century, had his chieffortress that place. XIX. O’Fogarta, O’Fogarty, given O'Heerin
It appears from O'Brien, at the word Flanagan, that there were
two chiefs of these O'Flanagans, one of Kinel Arga, a district in
Ely O'Carroll, in the King's county, and the other of Uachtar
Tire, or the upper country, in the barony of Iffa and Offa, on the
borders of Tipperary and Waterford. XIV. O’Breislein or O’Bres
len, chief of Hy Athaidh Eile, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:— O’Cullen, Collins, chief Eoganacht Aradh O'Caoilidhe
“Hy Athy of Ely, as far as the shore,
It was obtained by the force of battle, A fierce chief and brave in conflict
Is O'Breslen of the well-proportioned limbs. ”
This territory appears to have beena part of Ely O'Carroll, situ ated near the Shannon, and these O’Breslems were probably a
branch of the O’Breslens of Donegal, who were Brehons to the O'Donnells, princes of Tirconnell, and to the Mac Guires, princes of Fermanagh. XV. O'Cein, probably O'Kean, chief of Hy Fodh ladha, a district supposed to be on the borders of Tipperary and Waterford, is thus mentionedby O'Heerin:—
“Hy Foladha it is our duty to record, We treat of its blooming forest,
O'Kean from Machuin Meadhaidh, His fame shall spread over tribes. ”
XVI. O’Donnagain, or O'Donnegan, is given by O'Heerin as high prince of Aradh, and thus designated:–
“The high prince of Ara, who rules over the tribes, Is O'Donnegan of the hospitable countenance, The country has yielded plenty of produce,
To the prince of Ara in great abundance. ”
The O'Donnegans were of the race of the Clanna Deaga or Ear
nans of Ulster, and according to the Annals of Inisfallen, and
O'Brien at the word Muiscrith, were princes of Muiscrith Tire, now
Lower Ormond, in Tipperary; and, according to O'Halloran, had
Aradh Cliach, in Tipperary, now the barony of Owney and
Arra, as mentioned in the foregoing verse XVII. O’Donnga laidh, probably O'Donnelly or O'Dongally; and O'Fuirig, pro
bably O'Furrey, are also given by O'Heerin as chiefs of Muis crith Tire, and thus designated:—
“Over Muscry Tire of hospitality,
Rule two of the most noble chiefs, O'Dongally and also O'Fuirig,
They are of Ormond of the smooth fertile plain. ”
XVIII. O'Sulleabhain, or O'Suillivan, is given by O'Heerin as chief of Eoganacht Mor of Cnoc Raffan, and thus designated:—
“O'Sullivan, who delighted not in violence, Ruled over the great Eoganacht of Munster; About Knockraffan he obtained his lands, After the victory of conflicts and battles. ”
O'Keely, chief Aolmuighe, are thus mentioned
“O’Cullen who maintained good fame
Over the hospitable Eoganacht Ara; Over the land the fair Aolmoy,
Rules the powerful and hospitable O'Keely. ”
O'Heerin:
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“South Ely Its clans are
south Ely, and thus designated:—
established tributes,
the race Eochy Baldearg,
affluence abounding hazel woods,
country
the land which O’Fogarty obtained. ”
The O’Fogartys were chiefs Eile-ui-Fhogartaidh, now the
barony
Thurles;
Ely,
the Q'Fogartys the county Tipperary. XX. O'Cuillein,
Eliogarty, Tipperary, and had their chief seats about was called South Ely, distinguish from North
Ely O'Carroll. There are several respectable families
The districts these chiefs appear have been the barony Owney and Arra, Tipperary. XXI. O’Duinechair, name anglicised O'Dinnahane and O'Dinan, given O'Heerin
chief Eoganacht Uaithne Ageamar, and thus designated:—
“Owney Agamar, green are
The Eoganacht the land
Delightful are the borders
Tipperary, according O'Brien and O'Halloran, afterwards
possessed Owney Tipperary, and Owneybeg Limerick, and
are placed there the Map Ortelius. These O'Ryans were clan note, branch the O'Ryans, princes Hy Drone,
Carlow, and there are several very respectable families the name
XXIV. Mac Ceoch Mac Keogh, chief Uaithne Tire, thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
The hereditary right
the extensive plain, the clan Dinnahane. ”
the counties Tipperary, Carlow, and Kilkenny. O'Meargdha O'Meargain, chief Eoganacht Rus Airgid, thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“To O'Meargain belongs the land The fair Eoganacht Ross Argid,
portion,
lord peace and vulture war, Resides near the great Carn Mughaine. ”
“Over Owney Tire
rich produce,
his chosen place,
Dwell that wood opposite the foreigners. ”
This territory was situated ancient Owney, which comprised the present baronies Owney and Arra Tipperary, and Owney beg Limerick. The O'Loingsys, O'Lynches, tribe mentioned the foregoing verse, dwelling here opposite the foreigners, which
means that they were the neighbourhood the Danes, who pos
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overtook him while carrying away the property of engagement ensued between O’Donnell and Bryan Henry O'Gormley, whom he had slain; a fierce O'Neill, in which Bryan and many others were
sessed Limerick. XXV. O'Iffernan, or O'Heffernain, and O'Catha rary and Limerick. XXXII. O’Banain or O'Bannan, chief of Hy
lain, probably O'Callan, were chiefs of Uaithne Cliach, and are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Owney Cliach of the fair bright sun Is an estate to the O'Heffernans,
A clear plain by the side of each hill, Mildly O'Callan enjoyed the land. ”
This territory was situated in the barony of Owney and Arra, county of Tipperary, and these O'Heffernans were a branch of the O'Heffernans of Clare, of whom an account has been given in the note on Thomond. XXVI. Mac Longachain, probably Long, or Longan, chief of Crota Cliach, and of Hy Cuanach, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“A territory was obtained about Crota Cliach, By Mac Longahan the grey-haired chief;
He is lord there of the hosting plain, Hy Coonagh of the fair fertile lands. ”
in the poem as follows:—
“Of the same tribe who possessedthis land
Are the O'Dwyers of the fair teeth,
The plain of the seventh division and fine fortress Is justly possessedby the free tribe. ”
Dechi, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Hy Dechi, the fine district of hills,
The extensive land of fair fortresses,
A fruitful country which they inherit, Is the estate of the tribe of O'Bannan. ”
Hy Dechi, the territory of the O'Bannans, appears to have been situated in the north of Tipperary, and there are still many respec table families of the name. XXXIII. O’Ailche, chief of Tuatha Faralt, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Tuatha Faralt of the clear woods, That is the territory of O'Ailche;
A plain of fair fortresses and a numerous tribe, Like the lands of the shallow rivers of Tailtean. ”
XXXIV. O'Cathail or O'Cahil, chief of Corca Tine, is thus men tioned by O'Heerin:
“Corca Tiny the blooming is profitable,
This territory was situated partly in the barony of Owney and
Arra, in Tipperary, and partly in the barony of Coonagh, county of
Linerick. The O'Dwyers, of whom an account has been given in
this article as chiefs of Kilnamanagh, in Tipperary, were also lo The district of the O'Cahils appears to have been situated on the cated on the same territory as O'Longachan, and are mentioned
XXVII. The O'Lonargans are given by O'Brien at the word
Lonargan, as the ancient chiefs and proprietors of Cahir, and the
adjoining districts in Tipperary, till the fourteenth century, when
they were dispossessedby the Butlers, earls of Ormond. The
Q'Lonargans were in ancient times a powerful clan, and three of
them are mentioned in Ware, in the twelfth and thirteenth centu
Ties, as archbishops of Cashel. XXVIII. The Mac-I-Briens, a Egans, in the barony of Arra, were hereditary Brehons of Ormond; branch of the O'Briens of Thomond, descendedfrom Brian Roe
Q'Brien, king of Thomond, had large possessionsin the barony of Owney and Arra, in Tipperary, and in the barony of Coonagh, county of Limerick. They were styled Mac-I-Briens, lords of Ara and Coonagh, and several of them are mentioned in the course of these Annals. XXIX. Mac Corcrain, or Mac Corcoran, chief of Clan Ruainne, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Clan Rooney of the flowery avenues,
A delightful fair land of small streams;
Mac Corcoran from the populous country,
From the borders inhabited by fair-haired heroes. ”
xxx. O'Haodhagain or O'Hogan, chief of Crioch Cein, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“O’Hogan of Crioch Kian rules over
Clan Ionmainen of the fair country, * A district which fertilized each land
With honey-dew on all its blossoms. ”
The O'Hogans are placed on the Map of Ortelius about Lower Or in Tipperary. XXXI. MacGiollaphoil, or Mac Gillfoyle,
*ief of Clan'Condiegain, is thus mentioned by otheerin:
** A chief for whom the mut-trees produce fair fruit
Rules over Clan Quinlevan of immensewealth; The scion of Biorra of the warlike tribe
and the O’Cullenans, or Mac Cullenans, were hereditary phy sicians, and manyof themvery learned menin Ormond. XXXVIII. The O'Scullys, O'Hanraghans, O'Lanigans, and Magraths, were also clans of note in Tipperary; and the O'Honeens, who anglicised the name to Green, were numerous in Tipperary and Clare.
Ormond and Desies were formed into the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, A. D. 1210, in the reign of king John. Waterford was called by the ancient Irish Cuan-na-Grioth, signifying the harbour of the sun, and afterwards Gleann-na-n Cleodh, or the valley of lamentation, from a great battle fought there between the Irish and Danes, in the tenth century; it was also called Port Lairge, signifying the Port of the Thigh, from the river Suir and harbour resembling that part of the human body. By the Danes it was called Vader-Fiord, or Vedra-Fiord, as men tioned in the preceding part of this article, in the poem quoted on the death of the Danish king, Regnar Lodbrog. In this poem, which will be found in full in Blair's Dissertations, pre fixed to Ossian's poems by Macpherson, and translated into
Latin by the Danish historian, Olaus Wormius, Waterford is called VedrapSinus; the word Fiord, in the Danish, signifies a ford or haven, and Vader, as given in Wolff's Danish Dictionary, means to
Is Mac Gilfoyle of the fair fortress. ”
ford or wade a river, therefore Vader Fiord may signify the ford able part of the haven; or perhaps according to Ryland, in his History of Waterford, it got its name from Vader, a Scan dinavian deity, to whom the ford or haven was made sacred; or according to others, the haven was dedicated to Odin, the chief deity of the Scandinavians, whom they called Vader, signifying Father. Tipperary Irish, Tiobradarainn, signifying, accord ing O'Brien,
*Mac Gillfoyles appear to have been located on the borders of PPorory and King's county, and the O'Quinlevans, some of whom have changed the name to Quinlan, are numerous in Tippe
Arain, and called from the adjoin ing territory Arainn. Tipperary one the largest and finest counties Ireland, with extensive plains, and valleys unbounded
About Drumsaileach of blue streams, O'Cahill above all others obtained An inheritance at Achaidh Iubhair. ”
borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny, and the name is still numerous in Kilkenny and Carlow. XXXV. The O'Dineartaighs and O'Aimriths are mentioned as clans by O'Heerin, and appear to have been located on the borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny. XXXVI. O'Spealain, or O'Spillan, chief of Hy Luighdeach, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“The chief of Hy Luighdeach of ancient swords
Is O'Spillan of the bright spurs;
Mighty is the march of the warrior's battalions, Increasing as they proceed along the plains of Macha. ”
The territory of the O'Spillans appears to have been situated on the borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny. XXXVII. The Mac
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slain, and his party defeated, leaving behind them nell returned home with immense booty, after a the plundered property of Kinel Maoin ; O'Don triumphant victory.
fertility. The Galtees, Slievenaman, the Keeper, Devil's Bit, and other magnificent mountains, and the expansion of the mighty Shannon, called Lough Dearg, extending on one side for a distance of more than twenty miles, like a great inland sea, in some places five or six miles broad, present varied scenery of great grandeur and beauty; and the scenery along the river Suir is also ex tremely beautiful. In Tipperary are valuable coal and iron mines, and extensive slate quarries. In Waterford the Cummeraghs and other mountains, and the course of the rivers Suir, Bride, and Blackwater, with the junction of the Suir, Nore, and Barrow, present much interesting and beautiful scenery; and this county contains, at Bonmahon and other places, very valuable mines of copper, iron, lead, and also of silver ore. Affane, in Waterford, is famous for cherries, first planted there by Sir Walter Raleigh, who brought them from the Canary Islands. In both counties are extensive ruins and remains of castles, abbeys, and other in teresting antiquities too numerous to be here mentioned.
Anglo-Norman and English families in Tipperary and Water ford. —A. D. 1177, king Henry II. gave a grant of Desies, or the entire county of Waterford, together with the city, to Robert le
Poer, who was his marshal. The le Poers were, at various periods from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, created barons of Donisle and of Curraghmore, viscounts of Decies, and earls of Tyrone. The le Poers became very numerous in the county of Waterford, and many of them changed the name to Power, and they possessed the greater part of the baronies of Decies and Upperthird, and their territory was called Power's country, and there are many highly respectable families of the name in the counties of Waterford and Kilkenny. The Fitzgeralds, earls of Desmond, of whom an account has been given in the note on Des mond, had extensive possessions and numerous castles in the county of Waterford, in the baronies of Coshmore and Coshbride, and had also the title of barons of Decies. In the reign of Henry VI. , A. D. 1447, the celebrated warrior, sir John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, lord lieutenant of Ireland, got grants in Waterford, together with the castle and land, of Dungarvan, and the title of earl of Waterford, and viscount of Dungarvan. The family of Williers, earls of Jersey, in England, got, in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, large possessions in Waterford, by intermar riage with the Fitzgeralds of Dromana, a branch of the earls of Desmond, and were created earls of Grandison. The chief families of English descent settled in Waterford were the following:—The Aylwards, Anthonys, Allans, Alcocks, Butlers, Browns, Barkers, Boltons, Birds, Barrons, Burkes, Baggs, Boats, Boyds, Creaghs, Carrs, Corrs, Comerfords, Crokers, Cooks, Christmases, D'Altons, Dobbyns, Disneys, Drews, Ducketts, Everards, Fitzgeralds, Greens, Gambles, Goughs, Grants, Hales, Jacksons, Kings, Keys, Lom bards, Leas, Leonards, Mandevilles, Morgans, Morrises,(Madans, and Mulgans, probably the Irish namesof O'Madden and O'Mulligan), Newports, Nugents, Osbornes,Odells, Powers, Prendergasts, Roch forts, Roches, Rices, Sherlocks, Strongs, Tobins, Ushers, Walls, Walshes, Waddings, Wyses, Woodlocks, Whites, &c. The early English families principally possessed the territory called from them Gal-tir, signifying the country of the foreigners, now the ba rony of Gaultiere. The Walshes, called by the Irish Brannaghs, or Breathnachs, signifying Britons or Welshmen, as they origi nally came from Wales, are still very numerous, and many re spectable families of them in the counties of Waterford and Kilkenny.
of Butler. The Butlers became very numerous and powerful in Ireland, and acquired very extensive possessions in Tipperary, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wicklow, Carlow, Queen's county, Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Limerick, and Galway. In the reign of Edward III. Tipperary was formed into the County Palatine of Ormond, under theButlers. TheButlers thusbecomingsopowerful,different branches of them furnished many of the most distinguished families in Ireland, and a great number of them, from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century, held the offices of lords justices, lords deputies, and lords lieutenant of Ireland, and different branches of them fur mished numerous noble families, being created at various periods earls, marquesses, and dukes of Ormond, earls of Ossory, earls of Carrick, earls of Kilkenny, earls of Gowran, earls of Glengall, and earls of Arran ; viscounts of Clonmore, of Ikerrin, of Thurles, of Mountgarrett, and of Galmoy ; and barons of Cahir, of Cloughgrennan, of Tullyophelim, of Arklow, of Aughrim, of Kells, and of Dunboyne.
Nobility. —The following have been the noble families in Tippe rary and Waterford from the reign of King John to the present time: In Waterford, the Le Poers, barons of Domisle and of Curraghmore, viscounts of Decies, and earls of Tyrone. The Be resfords, by intermarriage with the Le Poers, became earls of Tyrone, marquesses of Waterford, and barons of Decies. The Fitzgeralds, barons of Decies and earls of Desmond; the Talbots, earls of Shrewsbury, in England, and earls of Waterford and Wex ford in Ireland; the family of Williers, earls of Jersey in England, and earls of Grandison in Ireland ; the Scottish family of Maule, earls of Panmure, have the title of barons Maule and earls of Pan mure in Waterford and Wexford; the family of Lumley Saunder son, earls of Scarborough in England, are viscounts of Waterford; the Boyles, earls of Cork, and viscounts of Dungarvan; the O'Briens, earls of Clare in the reign of James II. , had also the title of viscounts of Lismore ; the O'Callaghans are viscounts of Lis more in Waterford, but resident in Tipperary; the St. Legers, ba rons of Kilmeaden; the Williers Stuarts, barons of Decies, and the Keanes, barons Keane of Cappoquin. In Tipperary. —The Dukes of Cambridge in the Royal family, have the title of earls of Tipperary. The Butlers, of whom an account has beengiven above, were earls, marquesses, and dukes of Ormond, and also had the following titles in Tipperary: earls of Carrick, earls of Glengall, viscounts of Thurles, viscounts of Ikerrin, and barons of Cahir. The Mac Carthys were earls of Mountcashel; afterwards the Davises, and in modern times the Moores, are earls of Mountcashel; the Bulk leys, viscounts of Cashel; the Scotts, earls of Clonmel ; the Hely
Hutchinsons, earls of Donoughmore; the Kings, earls of Kingston;
the Yelvertons, viscounts of Avonmore; the Maudes, viscounts
Hawarden; the family of Fairfax are viscounts of Emly ; the Car letons, barons Carleton; the Pritties, barons of Dunally; and the Bloomfields, barons Bloomfield.
Ecclesiastical Divisions. —The following accounts of bishops' sees in Tipperary and Waterford have been collected from Ware, Colgan, Lanigan, Archdall, Beaufort, and other sources:
The See of Ardmore, in Waterford was founded, in the fifth century, by the celebrated St. Declan, who was of the tribe of the Desians, and having studied at Rome, becamehighly distinguished
for learning and sanctity. Ardmore was united to the see of Lis more in the latter end of the twelfth century.
The Seeof Lismore, in Waterford, was founded in the begin ning of the seventh century by St. Carthach, who was also called Mochuda. The seeof Ardmore having been annexed to Lismore as above stated, in the twelfth century, both were annexed to the see of Waterford in the fourteenth century, A. D. 1363, by Pope Urban W.
The See of Waterford was founded by the Danes of that city, in the latter end of the eleventh century; and Malchus, a Dane, who was a Benedictine monk of Winchester, was appointed first bishop,
terbury.
bishops
King Henry II. , or according to others, Henry III. , gave a grant of Ormond to Otho de Grandison, an Anglo-Norman lord, but the family of Butler became the chief possessors of Tipperary. The
ancestor of the Butlers came from Normandy to England, with
William the Conqueror, and got extensive possessionsin Norfolk,
Suffolk, and Lancaster. Their original name was Fitz-Walter,
from Walter, one of their ancestors, and Theobald Fitz-Walter
came to Ireland with king Henry II. , and got large grants of
lands, and had the office of chief Butler of Ireland conferred on
him, the duty attached to which was, to attend at the coronation of
the kings of England, and present them with the first cup of wine;
from the office of the Butlership of Ireland they took the name saint the diocese Otteran, Odran.
1096, and consecrated Anselm, archbishop Can The bishops Waterford were styled the old writers Port Lairge, the ancient name that city. The patron
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Cormac Mac Braman, chief of Corcachlan, was treacherously slain by his own kinsmen, namely, Conor, son of John Mac Branan, and others.
Donal, son of Henry O’Neill, was released from the English.
The Diocese of Lismore comprises the greater part of the county of Waterford, and part of Tipperary; and the Diocese of Waterford comprises the city of Waterford, with a portion of the
county.
Roscrea, in Tipperary, was an ancient bishop's see, founded by
A. D. 1402.
venue, which was payable to the see of Armagh. This place was long eminent as a seat of learning and religion, but was destroyed by the Danes in the tenth century.
his return Italy, stopped some time Tarentum, Naples, and, from his eminent virtues, was elected bishop Tarentum, and presided over that see many years; died there, and his me mory still held great veneration the patron saint Taren tum. While Cathaldus was lecturer the college Lismore was attended vast number students from all parts Europe, Gauls Franks, Teutones Germans, Bohemians, Ba tavians, Belgians, Helvetians, Britons, and even persons from Thule, the Orkney Islands. Bartholomew Moroni, learned
gan, and Bonaventure Moroni, his brother, composed laudatory poem Cathaldus, which given Archbishop Ussher's work the British Churches, and from which are taken the following
passages:–
“Oceani divum Hesperii Phoebique cadentis, Immortale decus, nulli pietate secundum, Prisca Phalantaei celebrant quemjure Senatus, Externisque dolet mitti glacialis Iberne,
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the sovereignty Ireland was There are still remaining the Cashel many interesting antiquities, Cormac's chapel, tower, and the magnificent ruins the ancient cathedral. Cashel comprises the greater part the county
Tipperary, with small portions Limerick and Kilkenny; and the archiepiscopal see Cashel has jurisdiction over the ecclesiastical province Munster, under which the following are suftragan sees Ardfert and Aghadoe, Kerry, Cork,
Lismore, from the fame university, became
city, and had less than twenty churches; and
Carthach, quoted Smith, thus mentioned: “Lismore
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St. Cronan, in the latter end of the sixth century, and was in early
times annexed to Killaloe. Tir-da-glas, now the parish of
Terryglass, in the barony of Lower Ormond, county of Tip The College Lismore. —As already stated, the see Lismore perary, had a celebrated monastery, founded by St. Columba was founded St. Carthach, the seventh century, and in the sixth century, and some of its abbots were styled St. Cathal, Cathaldus, native Desies, became his succes
bishops. In A. D. 736, a great synod of bishops and clergy was
held at Tir-da-glas, at which attended Aodh Ollan, monarch of
Ireland, Cathal king of Munster, and other princes, and regulations
were passed for the collection of the dues called St. Patrick's re tity. He afterwards went pilgrimage Jerusalem, and
great contest arose between O’Neill and the sons Henry O’Neill, and the country di
rections was spoiled between them.
Cloyne, Ross, Waterford, Lismore, Emly, Limerick, Killaloe, and Killfenora.
Ancient Literature. —The following account various learned writers, natives Tipperary and Waterford, and the works composed them, have been collected from Ware, Usher, Colgan, bishop Nicholson, O'Reilly's Irish Writers, Lanigan, Bremnan's Ecclesiastical History, and other sources.
sor bishop Lismore, and established seminary there, which became regent chief professor, and was one the most celebrated men Europe that age, for learning and sanc
The See of Emly was founded in the fifth century by the cele brated St. Ailbe, who was called the Patrick of Munster, and pa tron of that province Emly was in ancient times a considerable city, and called Imleach Iubhair, which signifies Emly of the
Yew Trees, and sometimes Imleach Ailbe, or Emly of St. Ailbe. The bishops of Emly were sometimes styled bishops of Munster, as it was in early times the metropolitan see of that province. The see was united to Cashel in the sixteenth century, A. D. 1578. The diocese of Emly is but small, and comprises parts of the coun ties of Tipperary and Limerick.
The See of Cashel was founded in the latter end of the ninth century, by the celebrated Cormac Mac Cullenan, who became archbishop of Cashel, and king of Munster, and died A. D. 908, as already stated in the account of his life given in the preceding Part of this article. The patron saint of the diocese is Albert, a celebrated Irish saint of the seventh century, whom Colgan and Lanigan consider to have been bishop of Emly. Albert was
brother to Erard, another celebrated Irish saint, who was bishop of Ardagh, and afterwards preached the gospel in Bavaria, and died at Ratisbon. Albert likewise becamea missionary in Ger many, and died at Ratisbon: (Lanigan, vol. iii. , p. 111). The archbishops of Cashel were styled by the old Irish writers, bishops of Leath Mogha, and bishops of Munster. According to some accounts, St. Patrick held a synod at Cashel, attended by Ailbe, of Emly, Declan, of Ardmore, and other saints. A. D.
1101, Murtogh O'Brien, king of Munster, according to the Annals of Inisfallen, conveneda great synod, or assembly of bishops, clergy, and nobility at Cashel, in which he assigned over to the see and bishops that hitherto royal seat the kings Munster, which was dedicated God, St. Patrick, and St. Ailbe; and, according
the same annals, 1127, Cormac Mac Carthy erected
St. Cathaldus, given Col native Tarentum, wrote Life -
*church there, called from him, Teampull Chormaic chapel, which the year 1134 was consecrated the bishops, clergy, and nobility Munster, held
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204 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1402.
Murtogh O'Flanagan, archdeacon of Elphin, the earl of Desmond, and the two Mac Williams
died.
A war arose between the earl of Ormond and
woman dares enter, but it is full of churches and monasteries, and religious men in great numbers abide there, and thither holy men flock together from parts Ireland and from Britain, being desirous move from thence Christ; and the city built upon the banks river, formerly called Nem, but now Avon more, that the great river the territory Nandesi. ” The name Lismore signifies the great fortress, and was ancient times called Magh Sciath, the Plain the Shields, and afterwards' Dun Sginne, the Fortress the Flight, from St. Carthach having fled there for refuge. The city and college Lismore were frequently plundered and burned the Danes the tenth cen tury; and the years 1173-74-78 the city was repeatedly rava ged the English forces under Strongbow and Raymond Gros; and, according Cambrensis, Lismore was great city the time the English invasion, and when taken and plundered Raymond
Gros, the booty was great load sixteen ships, which they transmitted Waterford. The city Lismore, with its college and churches, long renowned seat literature and religion, from these repeated devastations, never recovered its ancient greatness, but fell into such utter decay that very ruins have disappeared, leaving remains former magnificence.
The Book Lismore, large ancient Irish MS. folio, vellum, which was accidentally discovered the castle Lismore, where
went to aid the earl of Ormond.
The Rock of Lough Key was taken by Conor
library Sir William Betham, with full translation into English, made the translator these Annals.
Mac Craith Mac Gowan, called also Mac Craith-na-Sgel, and
some, Thomas Mac Gowan Smith, was, according canon the abbey St. Ruadhan, Lorha Tipperary;
mentioned O'Reilly's Irish Writers, A. 1425;
Irish some works the Irish saints and ecclesiastical history,
which are mentioned by Ware and O'Reilly.
Gotofrid, native Waterford, Dominican monk, was one the most learned men the thirteenth century; travelled the East, and becamehighly skilled the Arabic and other
Oriental languages, and published Paris many historical works, which account may found Ware's Writers.
Keating's History Ireland. Geoffrey Keating, called the
Irish Herodotus, was native Tipperary, and born the parish Tibrid, about the year 1570. He went Spain, and
studied Salamanca, and according other accounts also Paris, was distinguished for his great learning and piety, and
still remains the library composed the ancient college
the duke Devonshire. was monastery Lismore, and con Irish history and antiquities,
tains much valuable information
lives SS. Patrick, Bridget, and Columkille; accounts
Samhain and Anti-Christ; the history David, son Jesse; also accounts the battles Ceallachan, king Cashel; the battles Crinna, Gawra, &c. ; and likewise the life and conquests
the emperor Charlemagne; history Lombardy, &c.
editions have been published Dublin
William Halliday, young man, native
Irish scholar, translated Keating's History,
was published Dublin John Barlow,
the Irish one page, and the English
O'Conor's translation Keating very imperfect, but proper translation Keating's History were published, with the necessary annotations, could made very valuable work, judiciously omitting some absurd passages which
admitted fabulous, though the great injury the work;
The Psalter Cashel, ancient Irish MS. , partly prose and partly verse, was compiled the latter end the ninth century the celebrated Cormac Mac Cullenan, archbishop Cashel and king Munster, whom account has been given
Christie and Duffy. Dublin, excellent which one volume the year 1811, giving the other. Dermod
the preceding part this article. The Psalter Cashel was compiled from the Psalter Tara, and other ancient records, and contained the history Ireland from the earliest ages the tenth century, which, according
Lanigan and others, some additions Cormac, bringing the work down the catalogue the archbishops
Keating himself introduced them thesepassages
graduated doctor divinity. He returned reign James and was appointed parish priest
died about the year 1640, and was buried
Tibrid, over the door which stone with
memory. Tibrid situated between Cahir and Clogheen, about eight miles west Clonmel. Dr. Keating, during his retirement, spent many years composing, from ancient MSS. and annalists, his work, which contains the history Ireland from the earliest ages the English invasion. This work was first translated by Dermod O'Conor, native Cork Kerry, who published London 1723, and 1738 was re-published folio, with plates and armorial ensigns the Irish princes and chiefs; and other
Ireland the Tibrid, where
the church inscription his
Ware, and wrote
were made after the death
the eleventh century,
Armagh, that period; and stated O'Halloran, his History Ireland, that the Psalter Cashel was also called the Book Munster, and that had his possession copy
should done with caution, and critic alone could determine.
injudiciously
but the omission
which judicious Irish historian
continued some anonymous writer down the reign Mahon,
king Munster, the latter end the tenth century; and also
says, that the Psalter refers more particularly the history
Munster, and the kings the race Heber. Keating quotes Peter Lombard, native the city Waterford, studied
Westminster, under the celebrated antiquary, Camden, and after wards Oxford; went thence the University Louvain, where graduated doctor divinity, and became learned
lecturer theology. He was appointed provost the cathedral Cambray, and 1598 promoted the primacy Armagh by Pope Clement VIII. but, though appointed the see Armagh, did not come Ireland, but resided Rome, where, from his great learning and piety, was appointed domestic prelate the Pope, and died 1625. He wrote celebrated work Irish ecclesiastical history and antiquities, entitled De Regno Hiberniae Sanctorum Insula Commentarium. This book containing state ments obnoxious the English government, King James gave orders the lord deputy, Strafford, have suppressed, saying that contained some dangerous matter about Hugh O'Neill, earl
Tyrone. This curious and valuable work was republished Louvain 1632, but now extremely rare, and some account its contents will found the Anthologia Hibernica for 1793.
Luke Wadding, native the city Waterford, was born 1588, his mother being Anastasia Lombard, near relative
copy; great Colgan, Dr. O'Conor, and bishop Nicolson, also give accounts this celebrated work; and O'Reilly's Irish Writers, the year 908,
many passagesfrom the Psalter Cashel, which had and Ware mentions extant his own time, and held estimation, and that had got collections from
states that large folio MS. Irish, preserved the library Cashel, was transcribed from the Psalter Cashel, which was
extant Limerick the year 1712. The original Psalter Cashel, long supposed lost, stated deposited the
London, and copies Oxford, and the duke
Stowe; but
those statements; however, with
the Psalter Cashel, the greater part found the Books Leacan and Ballymote.
library the British Museum the Bodleian Library
are said Buck
there respect
ingham's library much uncertainty
observed, that
the contents
Cormac's Glossary, called Sanasan Chormaic, glossary etymological dictionary difficult words the Irish language, with derivations from Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, was also com posed Cormac Mac Cullenan. copy this work the
Another defect various Irish Keating, O'Flaherty, and many others, that they either contain index, are imperfectly and absurdly indexed that almost impossible know their
histories, such the works
contents, by which the utility these books much diminished.
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Oge, the son of Hugh, from the sons of Fergal Mac Dermott.
Fergal O’Rourke, the intended lord of Brefney, a man of superior strength, activity, personal figure,
and great hospitality, was slain in his own house by the Clan Cabe (Mac Cabes), and buried in the monastery of Sligo.
treme unction and repentance; Bryan, son of Niall Oge (O'Neill), died shortly after, of the small-pox. Murtogh, son of Donogh O’Dowd, a man dis
tinguished for his noble acts and hospitality, died, and was buried at Ardnaree.
Matthew O'Scingin died of an ulcer.
Philip, son of Bryan More Mac Mahon, lord of Orgiall (Monaghan), died, and Ardgal, the son of
hospitality and nobleness, and the victory of ex
of the Primate, Peter Lombard. He went to Portugal and studied in the Irish seminary at Lisbon, where he became a Franciscan
friar. He became universally celebrated for his vast learning, elo quence, and abilities, and was appointed professor of theology at
Cuchonacht, son of Manus, son of Cuchonacht
Anthony Hickey, a native of Clare or Tipperary, a Franciscan friar, was a very learned man, and became superior of the Irish Franciscan college at Louvain, and afterwards professor at the col lege of St. Isodore in Rome, where he died in 1641; he published many learned works mentioned by Brennan, and also assisted Luke Wadding in compiling his great works.
Thomas Carve, a native of Tipperary, a secular priest, travelled over France and Germany, and became chaplain to an Irish regi ment in the Austrian service, commanded by colonel Walter De vereux, an Irishman. Carve published an Itinerary of his travels, and wrote a poetical work in Latin, entitled Lyra Hibernica, which was published at Sulsbach in Bavaria, in 1669, and con
REIGN OF HENRY IV. 205
Niall Oge, son of Niall More, son of Hugh
O'Neill, king of Tyrone, died, after the palm of Bryan, assumed the lordship after him.
Salamanca; he went from thence to Rome, where he collected all the
MSS. of the celebrated John Duns Scotus, a Franciscan, a native of
Ireland, and one of the most learned men in Europe in the thirteenth
century. Wadding published at Lyons, in 1639, these immense
works in sixteen volumes folio; he next set about compiling from
collections in the libraries of Rome his grand work entitled An
males Minorum, or Annals of the Franciscans, giving the history of
the Franciscan order, and of all their eminent men in every
country. This vast work was first published at Lyons, and re tains much curious information on the antiquities, origin, man
'published at Rome in 1731, in sixteen volumes folio. Doctor Wad ding, who was a prodigy of learning and of literary labour, pub
ners, and customs of the Irish people; he died at Vienna about A. D. 1660.
Dermod O'Meara, a native of Tipperary, was educated at Ox found in Brennan's Ecclesiastical History; and he also left im ford, and became an eminent physician and poet; he wrote in
lished numerous other great works, of which a catalogue may be
mense MS. collections, intended for a general history of Ireland, civil and ecclesiastical, which remain in the libraries of Rome. Dr. Wadding is also celebrated as the founder of the Irish Francis can church and college of St. Isidore at Rome, where he died in 1657, in the 70th year of his age, and had a magnificent monument erected to his memory.
fessor at Prague and Louvain, and died in 1644; he published
several theological works, of which an account may be found in Brennan.
John Wadding, a native of Waterford, is mentioned in Ware's Writers, about the year 1620; he wrote a work on Irish Eccle siastical History against Dempster, the Scotch historian, entitled Historia Ecclesiastica Hibernia.
Latin verse a history of the Butlers, earls of Ormond, published
in London, A. D. 1615; and some valuable medical works in Latin, which are mentioned by Ware.
Laurence Sterne, the celebrated author of Tristram Shandy, &c. , was a native of Clonmel : amongst the eminent literary men, natives of Cork, of whom an account has been given in the note on Desmond, was forgotten to be mentioned Arthur Mur
phy, the celebrated dramatist, and translator of Tacitus; also the author of Biographies of Fielding, Johnson, and Garrick; he
was one of the most eminent literary men of his day, and died in London in 1805.
Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History. —John Lanigan was a na tive of Cashel, and born in the year 1758; he studied in the Irish college at Rome, became a doctor of divinity, and was so dis tinguished for his great learning and abilities, that about the year 1790 he was appointed professor of Ecclesiastical History, Scrip tures, and Hebrew, at the University of Pavia, where he conti nued till the year 1796. He returned to Dublin, and in 1799 was appointed as translator and editor of the works published by the Dublin Society; and in 1808 was elected librarian to that in stitution. Dr. Lanigan having collected a great mass of materials for the ecclesiastical history of Ireland, after many years of in defatigable industry, he published that great work in the year 1822, in four large octavo volumes, republished in 1829. He died in 1828, in the 70th year of his age, and was buried in the church-yard of Finglas. This great work comprises the eccle siastical history of Ireland, from the time of St. Patrick to the commencement of the thirteenth century, and contains vast and learned information on the history, antiquities, and topography of Ireland, compiled with great chronological and critical accuracy.
Smith's History of Waterford, written by Charles Smith, M. D. , author of the Histories of Cork and Kerry, and published about theyear 1746,republished in Dublin in 1774.
Ryland's History of Waterford, written by the Rev. R. H.
Ryland, and published in London in 1824.
In the notes on Thomond, Desmond, Ormond, and Desies, have
been given the history and topography of the entire of Munster,
and in the notes of subsequentnumbers will be given the history and topography of Leinster.
Peter Wadding, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, hecame a pro
Francis Harold, a native of Waterford, a nephew of Father Luke Wadding, was a learned Franciscan, and a professor at Prague and at Rome, where he died, A. D. 1685; he published a history of the Franciscans, and other works.
Bonaventure Barron, a native of Clonmel, and a nephew of Luke Wadding, became a Franciscan and professor at St. Isidore's college in Rome, where he died in 1696; he was a man of vast learning, and wrote many works on theology, ecclesiastical his tory, &c.
Paul Sherlock, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, went to Spain and became chief professor in the Irish colleges at Compostella and Salamanca, where he died in 1646; he was a man of great
learning, and his works are mentioned by Ware.
John Baptist Hackett, a Dominican of the abbey of Cashel,
in Tipperary, went to Italy, and was a professor of theology at Milan, Naples, and Rome, where he died in 1676; he wrote many learned works on theology.
John Hartrey, a native of Waterford, studied in Spain and became a Cistercian monk; having returned to Ireland, he resided at the celebrated Cistercian abbey of Holy Cross, in Tipperary, and wrote, about the year 1649, a History of the Cistercian monks and their monasteries in Ireland, the M. S. of which, on vel lum, Harris, in his Ware's Writers, says he had in his possession in 1733, lent to him by the parish priest of Holy Cross.
Ignatius Brown, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, studied in Spain, where he died, A. D 1679; he wrote some learned works ontheology, mentioned by Brennan.
206 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1403-4.
O'Reilly, tanist of Brefney (Cavan), died; Una, daughter of Torlogh O'Conor, was his mother.
Bryan, son of Donal O'Flaherty, the intended lord of Carn Gegain (in Galway), died.
Felim, son of Cathal Oge, was set at liberty from his confinement.
The monastery of Cuinche," in Thomond, in the
diocese of Killaloe, was founded for Franciscan
friars by Sioda Cam Mac Namara, lord of Clan
Cuilein, who made it the burial-place of himself and his posterity.
Hugh Seanchaidh (the Historian) O'Donnell, a learned historian, died.
brought under subjection. Murtogh Bacach, son
Donal, son Murtogh (O'Conor, Sligo), lord
North Connaught, died the castle Sligo, in harvest.
contest arose between the Brefnians (of Lei trim) and the Mac Donoghs, which Tomaltach Oge, the son Tomaltach Mac Dorchy, the worthy chief Kinel Duachain that tribe, and also Murtogh Oge O’Hely, affluent landed proprietor Cedach Cantred Hundred), and others were slain.
Maolmora (Miles), son Cuchonacht, son Giolla Iosa Roe O'Reilly, assumed the lordship
A great contest arose between Torlogh O'Don Muintir Reilly Cavan). Manus, son Cu nell, the son of Niall, and Manus O’Kane; O’Don mighe O’Kane, lord Kianacht (in Derry), died. nell completely plundered and spoiled O’Kane's Felim, son Donal, son Murtogh O'Conor, country. died. Cu-uladh Mac Gilpatrick Mac Cathmoil
(or Mac Caghwell) was treacherously slain his A. D. 1403. own country (in Tyrone) his own people. Cor Donal, son of Henry O’Neill, assumed the lord mac, son Donogh Mac Carthy, died. O’Ken
ship of Tyrone.
Teige, son of Cathal Oge O'Conor, was slain by
the sons of Torlogh Oge O'Conor, and by Owen MacAnabaidh O'Conor, on Maghaire-na-Naileach, and was interred in the tomb of his ancestors.
nedy Don (of Ormond), was slain Philip O’Kennedy.
A. D. 1404.
the sons
Conor Anabaidh, son of Malachy O'Kelly,
the Irish, died after extreme unction and repen knowledge divinity, died, and was interred
Thomas Barrett, bishop
lord of Hy Maine, the serpent of his race, and of eminent man Ireland for wisdom, and superior
tance, and was buried the Baptist Tir Maine.
the monastery
John Arradh Lough Con. "
Conor Oge, son Hugh Mac Dermott, lord
(Burke) against the Hy Manians, whom they also
English, which defeated and slew many
the Mac Namaras, lords Clan Cuilean, being, according pedigree Sir William Betham's, James Mac Namara, Esq. Ayle, Tulla, county Clare, whose estates are situated the ba rony Tulla, being part the hereditary possessions his an cestors.
A. D. 1404.
Airidh Locha Con, now Errew, the parish Crossmolina,
situated peninsula Lough Con, the county May–o,
where abbey was founded St. Tiarnan the fifth century, and of the ancient church some ruins still remain.
A. D. 1402. Cuinche, now Quin Abbey, the parish
Quin, barony have been the first monastery the Franciscans Strict Observants founded Ire land, and which the extensive marble ruins still remaining shew its former magnificence. full account the Mac Namaras,
Bunratty, county Clare, which stated
lords Clan Cuilein, now the barony Tulla, the county
Clare, and who held the rank has beengiven the note been made the head
hereditary marshals Thomond, Thomond, which mistake has that family, the chief representative
Torlogh, son
Hugh, Moylurg, bear activity, died harvest;
Fionnguala, daughter
son Owen O'Conor, the wife Malachy and Teige, son Hugh Mac Dermott, succeeded
O'Kelly, lord Hy Maine, died after well-spent life.
O'Conor Don and Murtogh Bacach, the son
Donal (O'Conor), lord Sligo, marched force
into the upper part Connaught, where they
brought the Siol Anmchadh (O'Maddens Gal patrick O'Moore, died.
way),under subjection, after which they proceeded Gilpatrick O'Moore, lord Leix, fought the into Clanricard aid Ulick, the son Ricard battle Ath Duv (the Black Ford) against the
him the lordship.
Cormac Mac Dermott was slain Clanricard
force, which was routed the cavalry Clanricard and Thomond.
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them, and took from them a great booty in horses, A. D. 1405.
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arms, and armour. Teige, son Hugh Mac Dermott, lord Moy The earl of Ormond, the chief warrior of the lurg, marched his forces demand his lordship
English of Ireland, died. from the race Conor, son Taichleach, and Donogh Baun O'Maolconry, chief professor in also from the people Artagh (in Roscommon),
history for Siol Murray (Roscommon), died. which
Giolla Duivin Mac Curtin, chief professor of the people Thomond, in history and music, died. the clan
Carroll O'Daly, chief poet of Corcomroe (in Fergal Mac Dermott, aid them against Mac Clare); Donal, son of Donogh O'Daly, who was Dermott; they collected together Lough called Bolg-an-dana (or the budget of poetry); Laban, the territory Artagh, and battle Flann, son of John O'Donnellan, chief poet of took place between them,
Siol Murray (Roscommon); William O’Deorad hain (O’Doran), chief professor of Leinster; Nua ladh, daughter of Donal, son of Murtogh O’Co
nor, the wife of Fergal, son of Cormac Mac Do nogh; and Donogh, son of Mureach Mac Shan ley, an affluent landed proprietor of a Cedach of Corcachlan (in Roscommon), the intimate friend of Roderick O'Conor, king of Connaught, died.
Owen, son of Murrogh, son of Caher O’Conor, was slain by the earl of Kildare.
Andrew Barrett was slain by the people of Hy Murrogh (in Galway).
A contest arose between Mac Carthy and O’Sul livan Buidhe, and Turlogh Meith Mac Mahon was Mac Carthy’s admiral at that time, who overtook O'Sullivan at sea, and also the sons of Dermod Mac Carthy, who were aiding O'Sullivan against Mac Carthy; he drowned O'Sullivan on that oc casion, and took Donal, son of Dermod Mac Car thy, prisoner.
Mahon Mac Namara died on his journey to Rome.
Malachy Mac Oiraghty (or Mac Geraghty), chief of Muintir Roduiv Roscommon), died.
which Mac Der Mac Donnell, his combined forces op
Donogh Mac Cathmoil, (or Mac Caghwell), Muintir Eoluis, died from the effects strong
chief the two Kinel Feradies the county Tyrone), was killed Mac Guire.
Felim, son Hugh O’Tuathail (or O'Toole), lord Hy Murray (in Wicklow), died.
Cathal, son Teige Mac Donogh, the intended lord Tirerrill, died.
Taichlech, son Donogh O’Dowd; Tuathal, son Malachy O’Donnellan, the intended chief professor Siol Murray (Roscommon) poetry; and Teige, son Boetius Mac Egan, the intended
ied. Brehon (or judge), North Connaught,
quor.
O'Conor Kerry (Dermod, the son Donogh),
was slain Mac Maurice Kerry.
The daughter Donal O’Brien, wife Philip,
the son Mahon Don O'Kennedy, died. Giollananeev, the son Roderick O’Kianan,
chief historian Fermanagh, died suddenly the house Neide O'Maolconry, Carbery Gaura (in the county Longford), and was buried the monastery Abbey Laragh.
Fergal,son Cormac Mac Donogh, the intended chief Tirerrill, died.
man his station was always entitled;
Artagh invited O'Conor Don, with Murtogh Muimnach, and the sons
mott and Donogh, the son
constable, defeated the
posed them, the early part the day, and slew many their common soldiers; that defeat certain person the defeated party took an aim the direction where he considered Mac
Dermott might be, and cast towards him his for midable, unerring spear, with which struck him
directly the throat, which wound Teige Mac Dermott died week after his own house; and Roderick, the son Hugh MacDermott, then as sumed the lordship Moylurg.
Manus, son Hugh O'Higgin, died.
Hugh O’Hanley, chief Kinel Dossa, died, and was interred Cluan Cairpthe (Clonaff, Ros common).
Richard Butler, commonly called Coscruaidh
(hard foot), was slain by the son Fachtna O'Moore.
Mac Murrogh waged war against the English, the course which plundered and burned Contae Riavach (Wexford), Carlow, and Disirt
Diarmada (Castle Dermod, Kildare). Richard Mac Rannall, the intended lord
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Niall Garv, son of Hugh, son of Donal Oge, and Malachy, the son of Flaherty O’Rourke, with many
The O'Meaghers were in ancient times powerful chiefs, and had the territory now forming the barony of Ikerrin, in the county of
others. O'Donnell with his sons, and the Muintir Duirnin, pursued Bryan on the same day, and
These O'Sullivans were a branch of the O'Sullivans, princes of Beara, in the county of Cork, of whom an account has been given in the note on Desmond, and the territory they possessedin Tippe rary, called the Eoganacht of Knock Graffan, was situated in the harony of Middlethird, between Cashel and Cahir, and name
Tipperary, and the place mentioned in the above verses as Bear
nan Eile is now called the Devil's Bit Mountain, in the parish of
Barnanely. There are very respectable families of the O’Meaghers
in the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Carlow. XIII. still retained the parish Knockgraffan, where the O'Sulli O'Flanagain or O'Flanagans, chiefs of Uachtar Tire, and of Kinel
Arga, are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:— “O'Flanagan obtained the country
Of Uachtar Tire, a rich and fertile land, Which always yields the choicest produce,
The plain is clad with a matchless verdant mantle.
“O'Flanagan of the mighty hand
Is chief of the entire of Kinel Arga,
He is of the race of Teige, the son of Kian the Sage, Of the noble hospitable stock of Oilioll. ”
vans had their principal seat, and which ancient mound moat, near the river Suir, which was early times residence the kings Munster; and Fiacha Muilleathan, celebrated
king Munster the third century, had his chieffortress that place. XIX. O’Fogarta, O’Fogarty, given O'Heerin
It appears from O'Brien, at the word Flanagan, that there were
two chiefs of these O'Flanagans, one of Kinel Arga, a district in
Ely O'Carroll, in the King's county, and the other of Uachtar
Tire, or the upper country, in the barony of Iffa and Offa, on the
borders of Tipperary and Waterford. XIV. O’Breislein or O’Bres
len, chief of Hy Athaidh Eile, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:— O’Cullen, Collins, chief Eoganacht Aradh O'Caoilidhe
“Hy Athy of Ely, as far as the shore,
It was obtained by the force of battle, A fierce chief and brave in conflict
Is O'Breslen of the well-proportioned limbs. ”
This territory appears to have beena part of Ely O'Carroll, situ ated near the Shannon, and these O’Breslems were probably a
branch of the O’Breslens of Donegal, who were Brehons to the O'Donnells, princes of Tirconnell, and to the Mac Guires, princes of Fermanagh. XV. O'Cein, probably O'Kean, chief of Hy Fodh ladha, a district supposed to be on the borders of Tipperary and Waterford, is thus mentionedby O'Heerin:—
“Hy Foladha it is our duty to record, We treat of its blooming forest,
O'Kean from Machuin Meadhaidh, His fame shall spread over tribes. ”
XVI. O’Donnagain, or O'Donnegan, is given by O'Heerin as high prince of Aradh, and thus designated:–
“The high prince of Ara, who rules over the tribes, Is O'Donnegan of the hospitable countenance, The country has yielded plenty of produce,
To the prince of Ara in great abundance. ”
The O'Donnegans were of the race of the Clanna Deaga or Ear
nans of Ulster, and according to the Annals of Inisfallen, and
O'Brien at the word Muiscrith, were princes of Muiscrith Tire, now
Lower Ormond, in Tipperary; and, according to O'Halloran, had
Aradh Cliach, in Tipperary, now the barony of Owney and
Arra, as mentioned in the foregoing verse XVII. O’Donnga laidh, probably O'Donnelly or O'Dongally; and O'Fuirig, pro
bably O'Furrey, are also given by O'Heerin as chiefs of Muis crith Tire, and thus designated:—
“Over Muscry Tire of hospitality,
Rule two of the most noble chiefs, O'Dongally and also O'Fuirig,
They are of Ormond of the smooth fertile plain. ”
XVIII. O'Sulleabhain, or O'Suillivan, is given by O'Heerin as chief of Eoganacht Mor of Cnoc Raffan, and thus designated:—
“O'Sullivan, who delighted not in violence, Ruled over the great Eoganacht of Munster; About Knockraffan he obtained his lands, After the victory of conflicts and battles. ”
O'Keely, chief Aolmuighe, are thus mentioned
“O’Cullen who maintained good fame
Over the hospitable Eoganacht Ara; Over the land the fair Aolmoy,
Rules the powerful and hospitable O'Keely. ”
O'Heerin:
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south Ely, and thus designated:—
established tributes,
the race Eochy Baldearg,
affluence abounding hazel woods,
country
the land which O’Fogarty obtained. ”
The O’Fogartys were chiefs Eile-ui-Fhogartaidh, now the
barony
Thurles;
Ely,
the Q'Fogartys the county Tipperary. XX. O'Cuillein,
Eliogarty, Tipperary, and had their chief seats about was called South Ely, distinguish from North
Ely O'Carroll. There are several respectable families
The districts these chiefs appear have been the barony Owney and Arra, Tipperary. XXI. O’Duinechair, name anglicised O'Dinnahane and O'Dinan, given O'Heerin
chief Eoganacht Uaithne Ageamar, and thus designated:—
“Owney Agamar, green are
The Eoganacht the land
Delightful are the borders
Tipperary, according O'Brien and O'Halloran, afterwards
possessed Owney Tipperary, and Owneybeg Limerick, and
are placed there the Map Ortelius. These O'Ryans were clan note, branch the O'Ryans, princes Hy Drone,
Carlow, and there are several very respectable families the name
XXIV. Mac Ceoch Mac Keogh, chief Uaithne Tire, thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
The hereditary right
the extensive plain, the clan Dinnahane. ”
the counties Tipperary, Carlow, and Kilkenny. O'Meargdha O'Meargain, chief Eoganacht Rus Airgid, thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“To O'Meargain belongs the land The fair Eoganacht Ross Argid,
portion,
lord peace and vulture war, Resides near the great Carn Mughaine. ”
“Over Owney Tire
rich produce,
his chosen place,
Dwell that wood opposite the foreigners. ”
This territory was situated ancient Owney, which comprised the present baronies Owney and Arra Tipperary, and Owney beg Limerick. The O'Loingsys, O'Lynches, tribe mentioned the foregoing verse, dwelling here opposite the foreigners, which
means that they were the neighbourhood the Danes, who pos
Rules Mac Keogh
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hills, Cathbaidh;
O'Brien the word Uaithne, com Tipperary and Limerick, now the ba
This territory, according
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overtook him while carrying away the property of engagement ensued between O’Donnell and Bryan Henry O'Gormley, whom he had slain; a fierce O'Neill, in which Bryan and many others were
sessed Limerick. XXV. O'Iffernan, or O'Heffernain, and O'Catha rary and Limerick. XXXII. O’Banain or O'Bannan, chief of Hy
lain, probably O'Callan, were chiefs of Uaithne Cliach, and are thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Owney Cliach of the fair bright sun Is an estate to the O'Heffernans,
A clear plain by the side of each hill, Mildly O'Callan enjoyed the land. ”
This territory was situated in the barony of Owney and Arra, county of Tipperary, and these O'Heffernans were a branch of the O'Heffernans of Clare, of whom an account has been given in the note on Thomond. XXVI. Mac Longachain, probably Long, or Longan, chief of Crota Cliach, and of Hy Cuanach, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“A territory was obtained about Crota Cliach, By Mac Longahan the grey-haired chief;
He is lord there of the hosting plain, Hy Coonagh of the fair fertile lands. ”
in the poem as follows:—
“Of the same tribe who possessedthis land
Are the O'Dwyers of the fair teeth,
The plain of the seventh division and fine fortress Is justly possessedby the free tribe. ”
Dechi, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Hy Dechi, the fine district of hills,
The extensive land of fair fortresses,
A fruitful country which they inherit, Is the estate of the tribe of O'Bannan. ”
Hy Dechi, the territory of the O'Bannans, appears to have been situated in the north of Tipperary, and there are still many respec table families of the name. XXXIII. O’Ailche, chief of Tuatha Faralt, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Tuatha Faralt of the clear woods, That is the territory of O'Ailche;
A plain of fair fortresses and a numerous tribe, Like the lands of the shallow rivers of Tailtean. ”
XXXIV. O'Cathail or O'Cahil, chief of Corca Tine, is thus men tioned by O'Heerin:
“Corca Tiny the blooming is profitable,
This territory was situated partly in the barony of Owney and
Arra, in Tipperary, and partly in the barony of Coonagh, county of
Linerick. The O'Dwyers, of whom an account has been given in
this article as chiefs of Kilnamanagh, in Tipperary, were also lo The district of the O'Cahils appears to have been situated on the cated on the same territory as O'Longachan, and are mentioned
XXVII. The O'Lonargans are given by O'Brien at the word
Lonargan, as the ancient chiefs and proprietors of Cahir, and the
adjoining districts in Tipperary, till the fourteenth century, when
they were dispossessedby the Butlers, earls of Ormond. The
Q'Lonargans were in ancient times a powerful clan, and three of
them are mentioned in Ware, in the twelfth and thirteenth centu
Ties, as archbishops of Cashel. XXVIII. The Mac-I-Briens, a Egans, in the barony of Arra, were hereditary Brehons of Ormond; branch of the O'Briens of Thomond, descendedfrom Brian Roe
Q'Brien, king of Thomond, had large possessionsin the barony of Owney and Arra, in Tipperary, and in the barony of Coonagh, county of Limerick. They were styled Mac-I-Briens, lords of Ara and Coonagh, and several of them are mentioned in the course of these Annals. XXIX. Mac Corcrain, or Mac Corcoran, chief of Clan Ruainne, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“Clan Rooney of the flowery avenues,
A delightful fair land of small streams;
Mac Corcoran from the populous country,
From the borders inhabited by fair-haired heroes. ”
xxx. O'Haodhagain or O'Hogan, chief of Crioch Cein, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“O’Hogan of Crioch Kian rules over
Clan Ionmainen of the fair country, * A district which fertilized each land
With honey-dew on all its blossoms. ”
The O'Hogans are placed on the Map of Ortelius about Lower Or in Tipperary. XXXI. MacGiollaphoil, or Mac Gillfoyle,
*ief of Clan'Condiegain, is thus mentioned by otheerin:
** A chief for whom the mut-trees produce fair fruit
Rules over Clan Quinlevan of immensewealth; The scion of Biorra of the warlike tribe
and the O’Cullenans, or Mac Cullenans, were hereditary phy sicians, and manyof themvery learned menin Ormond. XXXVIII. The O'Scullys, O'Hanraghans, O'Lanigans, and Magraths, were also clans of note in Tipperary; and the O'Honeens, who anglicised the name to Green, were numerous in Tipperary and Clare.
Ormond and Desies were formed into the counties of Tipperary and Waterford, A. D. 1210, in the reign of king John. Waterford was called by the ancient Irish Cuan-na-Grioth, signifying the harbour of the sun, and afterwards Gleann-na-n Cleodh, or the valley of lamentation, from a great battle fought there between the Irish and Danes, in the tenth century; it was also called Port Lairge, signifying the Port of the Thigh, from the river Suir and harbour resembling that part of the human body. By the Danes it was called Vader-Fiord, or Vedra-Fiord, as men tioned in the preceding part of this article, in the poem quoted on the death of the Danish king, Regnar Lodbrog. In this poem, which will be found in full in Blair's Dissertations, pre fixed to Ossian's poems by Macpherson, and translated into
Latin by the Danish historian, Olaus Wormius, Waterford is called VedrapSinus; the word Fiord, in the Danish, signifies a ford or haven, and Vader, as given in Wolff's Danish Dictionary, means to
Is Mac Gilfoyle of the fair fortress. ”
ford or wade a river, therefore Vader Fiord may signify the ford able part of the haven; or perhaps according to Ryland, in his History of Waterford, it got its name from Vader, a Scan dinavian deity, to whom the ford or haven was made sacred; or according to others, the haven was dedicated to Odin, the chief deity of the Scandinavians, whom they called Vader, signifying Father. Tipperary Irish, Tiobradarainn, signifying, accord ing O'Brien,
*Mac Gillfoyles appear to have been located on the borders of PPorory and King's county, and the O'Quinlevans, some of whom have changed the name to Quinlan, are numerous in Tippe
Arain, and called from the adjoin ing territory Arainn. Tipperary one the largest and finest counties Ireland, with extensive plains, and valleys unbounded
About Drumsaileach of blue streams, O'Cahill above all others obtained An inheritance at Achaidh Iubhair. ”
borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny, and the name is still numerous in Kilkenny and Carlow. XXXV. The O'Dineartaighs and O'Aimriths are mentioned as clans by O'Heerin, and appear to have been located on the borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny. XXXVI. O'Spealain, or O'Spillan, chief of Hy Luighdeach, is thus mentioned by O'Heerin:
“The chief of Hy Luighdeach of ancient swords
Is O'Spillan of the bright spurs;
Mighty is the march of the warrior's battalions, Increasing as they proceed along the plains of Macha. ”
The territory of the O'Spillans appears to have been situated on the borders of Tipperary and Kilkenny. XXXVII. The Mac
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slain, and his party defeated, leaving behind them nell returned home with immense booty, after a the plundered property of Kinel Maoin ; O'Don triumphant victory.
fertility. The Galtees, Slievenaman, the Keeper, Devil's Bit, and other magnificent mountains, and the expansion of the mighty Shannon, called Lough Dearg, extending on one side for a distance of more than twenty miles, like a great inland sea, in some places five or six miles broad, present varied scenery of great grandeur and beauty; and the scenery along the river Suir is also ex tremely beautiful. In Tipperary are valuable coal and iron mines, and extensive slate quarries. In Waterford the Cummeraghs and other mountains, and the course of the rivers Suir, Bride, and Blackwater, with the junction of the Suir, Nore, and Barrow, present much interesting and beautiful scenery; and this county contains, at Bonmahon and other places, very valuable mines of copper, iron, lead, and also of silver ore. Affane, in Waterford, is famous for cherries, first planted there by Sir Walter Raleigh, who brought them from the Canary Islands. In both counties are extensive ruins and remains of castles, abbeys, and other in teresting antiquities too numerous to be here mentioned.
Anglo-Norman and English families in Tipperary and Water ford. —A. D. 1177, king Henry II. gave a grant of Desies, or the entire county of Waterford, together with the city, to Robert le
Poer, who was his marshal. The le Poers were, at various periods from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, created barons of Donisle and of Curraghmore, viscounts of Decies, and earls of Tyrone. The le Poers became very numerous in the county of Waterford, and many of them changed the name to Power, and they possessed the greater part of the baronies of Decies and Upperthird, and their territory was called Power's country, and there are many highly respectable families of the name in the counties of Waterford and Kilkenny. The Fitzgeralds, earls of Desmond, of whom an account has been given in the note on Des mond, had extensive possessions and numerous castles in the county of Waterford, in the baronies of Coshmore and Coshbride, and had also the title of barons of Decies. In the reign of Henry VI. , A. D. 1447, the celebrated warrior, sir John Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury, lord lieutenant of Ireland, got grants in Waterford, together with the castle and land, of Dungarvan, and the title of earl of Waterford, and viscount of Dungarvan. The family of Williers, earls of Jersey, in England, got, in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, large possessions in Waterford, by intermar riage with the Fitzgeralds of Dromana, a branch of the earls of Desmond, and were created earls of Grandison. The chief families of English descent settled in Waterford were the following:—The Aylwards, Anthonys, Allans, Alcocks, Butlers, Browns, Barkers, Boltons, Birds, Barrons, Burkes, Baggs, Boats, Boyds, Creaghs, Carrs, Corrs, Comerfords, Crokers, Cooks, Christmases, D'Altons, Dobbyns, Disneys, Drews, Ducketts, Everards, Fitzgeralds, Greens, Gambles, Goughs, Grants, Hales, Jacksons, Kings, Keys, Lom bards, Leas, Leonards, Mandevilles, Morgans, Morrises,(Madans, and Mulgans, probably the Irish namesof O'Madden and O'Mulligan), Newports, Nugents, Osbornes,Odells, Powers, Prendergasts, Roch forts, Roches, Rices, Sherlocks, Strongs, Tobins, Ushers, Walls, Walshes, Waddings, Wyses, Woodlocks, Whites, &c. The early English families principally possessed the territory called from them Gal-tir, signifying the country of the foreigners, now the ba rony of Gaultiere. The Walshes, called by the Irish Brannaghs, or Breathnachs, signifying Britons or Welshmen, as they origi nally came from Wales, are still very numerous, and many re spectable families of them in the counties of Waterford and Kilkenny.
of Butler. The Butlers became very numerous and powerful in Ireland, and acquired very extensive possessions in Tipperary, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wicklow, Carlow, Queen's county, Dublin, Kildare, Meath, Limerick, and Galway. In the reign of Edward III. Tipperary was formed into the County Palatine of Ormond, under theButlers. TheButlers thusbecomingsopowerful,different branches of them furnished many of the most distinguished families in Ireland, and a great number of them, from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century, held the offices of lords justices, lords deputies, and lords lieutenant of Ireland, and different branches of them fur mished numerous noble families, being created at various periods earls, marquesses, and dukes of Ormond, earls of Ossory, earls of Carrick, earls of Kilkenny, earls of Gowran, earls of Glengall, and earls of Arran ; viscounts of Clonmore, of Ikerrin, of Thurles, of Mountgarrett, and of Galmoy ; and barons of Cahir, of Cloughgrennan, of Tullyophelim, of Arklow, of Aughrim, of Kells, and of Dunboyne.
Nobility. —The following have been the noble families in Tippe rary and Waterford from the reign of King John to the present time: In Waterford, the Le Poers, barons of Domisle and of Curraghmore, viscounts of Decies, and earls of Tyrone. The Be resfords, by intermarriage with the Le Poers, became earls of Tyrone, marquesses of Waterford, and barons of Decies. The Fitzgeralds, barons of Decies and earls of Desmond; the Talbots, earls of Shrewsbury, in England, and earls of Waterford and Wex ford in Ireland; the family of Williers, earls of Jersey in England, and earls of Grandison in Ireland ; the Scottish family of Maule, earls of Panmure, have the title of barons Maule and earls of Pan mure in Waterford and Wexford; the family of Lumley Saunder son, earls of Scarborough in England, are viscounts of Waterford; the Boyles, earls of Cork, and viscounts of Dungarvan; the O'Briens, earls of Clare in the reign of James II. , had also the title of viscounts of Lismore ; the O'Callaghans are viscounts of Lis more in Waterford, but resident in Tipperary; the St. Legers, ba rons of Kilmeaden; the Williers Stuarts, barons of Decies, and the Keanes, barons Keane of Cappoquin. In Tipperary. —The Dukes of Cambridge in the Royal family, have the title of earls of Tipperary. The Butlers, of whom an account has beengiven above, were earls, marquesses, and dukes of Ormond, and also had the following titles in Tipperary: earls of Carrick, earls of Glengall, viscounts of Thurles, viscounts of Ikerrin, and barons of Cahir. The Mac Carthys were earls of Mountcashel; afterwards the Davises, and in modern times the Moores, are earls of Mountcashel; the Bulk leys, viscounts of Cashel; the Scotts, earls of Clonmel ; the Hely
Hutchinsons, earls of Donoughmore; the Kings, earls of Kingston;
the Yelvertons, viscounts of Avonmore; the Maudes, viscounts
Hawarden; the family of Fairfax are viscounts of Emly ; the Car letons, barons Carleton; the Pritties, barons of Dunally; and the Bloomfields, barons Bloomfield.
Ecclesiastical Divisions. —The following accounts of bishops' sees in Tipperary and Waterford have been collected from Ware, Colgan, Lanigan, Archdall, Beaufort, and other sources:
The See of Ardmore, in Waterford was founded, in the fifth century, by the celebrated St. Declan, who was of the tribe of the Desians, and having studied at Rome, becamehighly distinguished
for learning and sanctity. Ardmore was united to the see of Lis more in the latter end of the twelfth century.
The Seeof Lismore, in Waterford, was founded in the begin ning of the seventh century by St. Carthach, who was also called Mochuda. The seeof Ardmore having been annexed to Lismore as above stated, in the twelfth century, both were annexed to the see of Waterford in the fourteenth century, A. D. 1363, by Pope Urban W.
The See of Waterford was founded by the Danes of that city, in the latter end of the eleventh century; and Malchus, a Dane, who was a Benedictine monk of Winchester, was appointed first bishop,
terbury.
bishops
King Henry II. , or according to others, Henry III. , gave a grant of Ormond to Otho de Grandison, an Anglo-Norman lord, but the family of Butler became the chief possessors of Tipperary. The
ancestor of the Butlers came from Normandy to England, with
William the Conqueror, and got extensive possessionsin Norfolk,
Suffolk, and Lancaster. Their original name was Fitz-Walter,
from Walter, one of their ancestors, and Theobald Fitz-Walter
came to Ireland with king Henry II. , and got large grants of
lands, and had the office of chief Butler of Ireland conferred on
him, the duty attached to which was, to attend at the coronation of
the kings of England, and present them with the first cup of wine;
from the office of the Butlership of Ireland they took the name saint the diocese Otteran, Odran.
1096, and consecrated Anselm, archbishop Can The bishops Waterford were styled the old writers Port Lairge, the ancient name that city. The patron
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Cormac Mac Braman, chief of Corcachlan, was treacherously slain by his own kinsmen, namely, Conor, son of John Mac Branan, and others.
Donal, son of Henry O’Neill, was released from the English.
The Diocese of Lismore comprises the greater part of the county of Waterford, and part of Tipperary; and the Diocese of Waterford comprises the city of Waterford, with a portion of the
county.
Roscrea, in Tipperary, was an ancient bishop's see, founded by
A. D. 1402.
venue, which was payable to the see of Armagh. This place was long eminent as a seat of learning and religion, but was destroyed by the Danes in the tenth century.
his return Italy, stopped some time Tarentum, Naples, and, from his eminent virtues, was elected bishop Tarentum, and presided over that see many years; died there, and his me mory still held great veneration the patron saint Taren tum. While Cathaldus was lecturer the college Lismore was attended vast number students from all parts Europe, Gauls Franks, Teutones Germans, Bohemians, Ba tavians, Belgians, Helvetians, Britons, and even persons from Thule, the Orkney Islands. Bartholomew Moroni, learned
gan, and Bonaventure Moroni, his brother, composed laudatory poem Cathaldus, which given Archbishop Ussher's work the British Churches, and from which are taken the following
passages:–
“Oceani divum Hesperii Phoebique cadentis, Immortale decus, nulli pietate secundum, Prisca Phalantaei celebrant quemjure Senatus, Externisque dolet mitti glacialis Iberne,
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the sovereignty Ireland was There are still remaining the Cashel many interesting antiquities, Cormac's chapel, tower, and the magnificent ruins the ancient cathedral. Cashel comprises the greater part the county
Tipperary, with small portions Limerick and Kilkenny; and the archiepiscopal see Cashel has jurisdiction over the ecclesiastical province Munster, under which the following are suftragan sees Ardfert and Aghadoe, Kerry, Cork,
Lismore, from the fame university, became
city, and had less than twenty churches; and
Carthach, quoted Smith, thus mentioned: “Lismore
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St. Cronan, in the latter end of the sixth century, and was in early
times annexed to Killaloe. Tir-da-glas, now the parish of
Terryglass, in the barony of Lower Ormond, county of Tip The College Lismore. —As already stated, the see Lismore perary, had a celebrated monastery, founded by St. Columba was founded St. Carthach, the seventh century, and in the sixth century, and some of its abbots were styled St. Cathal, Cathaldus, native Desies, became his succes
bishops. In A. D. 736, a great synod of bishops and clergy was
held at Tir-da-glas, at which attended Aodh Ollan, monarch of
Ireland, Cathal king of Munster, and other princes, and regulations
were passed for the collection of the dues called St. Patrick's re tity. He afterwards went pilgrimage Jerusalem, and
great contest arose between O’Neill and the sons Henry O’Neill, and the country di
rections was spoiled between them.
Cloyne, Ross, Waterford, Lismore, Emly, Limerick, Killaloe, and Killfenora.
Ancient Literature. —The following account various learned writers, natives Tipperary and Waterford, and the works composed them, have been collected from Ware, Usher, Colgan, bishop Nicholson, O'Reilly's Irish Writers, Lanigan, Bremnan's Ecclesiastical History, and other sources.
sor bishop Lismore, and established seminary there, which became regent chief professor, and was one the most celebrated men Europe that age, for learning and sanc
The See of Emly was founded in the fifth century by the cele brated St. Ailbe, who was called the Patrick of Munster, and pa tron of that province Emly was in ancient times a considerable city, and called Imleach Iubhair, which signifies Emly of the
Yew Trees, and sometimes Imleach Ailbe, or Emly of St. Ailbe. The bishops of Emly were sometimes styled bishops of Munster, as it was in early times the metropolitan see of that province. The see was united to Cashel in the sixteenth century, A. D. 1578. The diocese of Emly is but small, and comprises parts of the coun ties of Tipperary and Limerick.
The See of Cashel was founded in the latter end of the ninth century, by the celebrated Cormac Mac Cullenan, who became archbishop of Cashel, and king of Munster, and died A. D. 908, as already stated in the account of his life given in the preceding Part of this article. The patron saint of the diocese is Albert, a celebrated Irish saint of the seventh century, whom Colgan and Lanigan consider to have been bishop of Emly. Albert was
brother to Erard, another celebrated Irish saint, who was bishop of Ardagh, and afterwards preached the gospel in Bavaria, and died at Ratisbon. Albert likewise becamea missionary in Ger many, and died at Ratisbon: (Lanigan, vol. iii. , p. 111). The archbishops of Cashel were styled by the old Irish writers, bishops of Leath Mogha, and bishops of Munster. According to some accounts, St. Patrick held a synod at Cashel, attended by Ailbe, of Emly, Declan, of Ardmore, and other saints. A. D.
1101, Murtogh O'Brien, king of Munster, according to the Annals of Inisfallen, conveneda great synod, or assembly of bishops, clergy, and nobility at Cashel, in which he assigned over to the see and bishops that hitherto royal seat the kings Munster, which was dedicated God, St. Patrick, and St. Ailbe; and, according
the same annals, 1127, Cormac Mac Carthy erected
St. Cathaldus, given Col native Tarentum, wrote Life -
*church there, called from him, Teampull Chormaic chapel, which the year 1134 was consecrated the bishops, clergy, and nobility Munster, held
Musa refer
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Cormac's great synod Cashel for Thomond, amply bishops and clergy was
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204 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1402.
Murtogh O'Flanagan, archdeacon of Elphin, the earl of Desmond, and the two Mac Williams
died.
A war arose between the earl of Ormond and
woman dares enter, but it is full of churches and monasteries, and religious men in great numbers abide there, and thither holy men flock together from parts Ireland and from Britain, being desirous move from thence Christ; and the city built upon the banks river, formerly called Nem, but now Avon more, that the great river the territory Nandesi. ” The name Lismore signifies the great fortress, and was ancient times called Magh Sciath, the Plain the Shields, and afterwards' Dun Sginne, the Fortress the Flight, from St. Carthach having fled there for refuge. The city and college Lismore were frequently plundered and burned the Danes the tenth cen tury; and the years 1173-74-78 the city was repeatedly rava ged the English forces under Strongbow and Raymond Gros; and, according Cambrensis, Lismore was great city the time the English invasion, and when taken and plundered Raymond
Gros, the booty was great load sixteen ships, which they transmitted Waterford. The city Lismore, with its college and churches, long renowned seat literature and religion, from these repeated devastations, never recovered its ancient greatness, but fell into such utter decay that very ruins have disappeared, leaving remains former magnificence.
The Book Lismore, large ancient Irish MS. folio, vellum, which was accidentally discovered the castle Lismore, where
went to aid the earl of Ormond.
The Rock of Lough Key was taken by Conor
library Sir William Betham, with full translation into English, made the translator these Annals.
Mac Craith Mac Gowan, called also Mac Craith-na-Sgel, and
some, Thomas Mac Gowan Smith, was, according canon the abbey St. Ruadhan, Lorha Tipperary;
mentioned O'Reilly's Irish Writers, A. 1425;
Irish some works the Irish saints and ecclesiastical history,
which are mentioned by Ware and O'Reilly.
Gotofrid, native Waterford, Dominican monk, was one the most learned men the thirteenth century; travelled the East, and becamehighly skilled the Arabic and other
Oriental languages, and published Paris many historical works, which account may found Ware's Writers.
Keating's History Ireland. Geoffrey Keating, called the
Irish Herodotus, was native Tipperary, and born the parish Tibrid, about the year 1570. He went Spain, and
studied Salamanca, and according other accounts also Paris, was distinguished for his great learning and piety, and
still remains the library composed the ancient college
the duke Devonshire. was monastery Lismore, and con Irish history and antiquities,
tains much valuable information
lives SS. Patrick, Bridget, and Columkille; accounts
Samhain and Anti-Christ; the history David, son Jesse; also accounts the battles Ceallachan, king Cashel; the battles Crinna, Gawra, &c. ; and likewise the life and conquests
the emperor Charlemagne; history Lombardy, &c.
editions have been published Dublin
William Halliday, young man, native
Irish scholar, translated Keating's History,
was published Dublin John Barlow,
the Irish one page, and the English
O'Conor's translation Keating very imperfect, but proper translation Keating's History were published, with the necessary annotations, could made very valuable work, judiciously omitting some absurd passages which
admitted fabulous, though the great injury the work;
The Psalter Cashel, ancient Irish MS. , partly prose and partly verse, was compiled the latter end the ninth century the celebrated Cormac Mac Cullenan, archbishop Cashel and king Munster, whom account has been given
Christie and Duffy. Dublin, excellent which one volume the year 1811, giving the other. Dermod
the preceding part this article. The Psalter Cashel was compiled from the Psalter Tara, and other ancient records, and contained the history Ireland from the earliest ages the tenth century, which, according
Lanigan and others, some additions Cormac, bringing the work down the catalogue the archbishops
Keating himself introduced them thesepassages
graduated doctor divinity. He returned reign James and was appointed parish priest
died about the year 1640, and was buried
Tibrid, over the door which stone with
memory. Tibrid situated between Cahir and Clogheen, about eight miles west Clonmel. Dr. Keating, during his retirement, spent many years composing, from ancient MSS. and annalists, his work, which contains the history Ireland from the earliest ages the English invasion. This work was first translated by Dermod O'Conor, native Cork Kerry, who published London 1723, and 1738 was re-published folio, with plates and armorial ensigns the Irish princes and chiefs; and other
Ireland the Tibrid, where
the church inscription his
Ware, and wrote
were made after the death
the eleventh century,
Armagh, that period; and stated O'Halloran, his History Ireland, that the Psalter Cashel was also called the Book Munster, and that had his possession copy
should done with caution, and critic alone could determine.
injudiciously
but the omission
which judicious Irish historian
continued some anonymous writer down the reign Mahon,
king Munster, the latter end the tenth century; and also
says, that the Psalter refers more particularly the history
Munster, and the kings the race Heber. Keating quotes Peter Lombard, native the city Waterford, studied
Westminster, under the celebrated antiquary, Camden, and after wards Oxford; went thence the University Louvain, where graduated doctor divinity, and became learned
lecturer theology. He was appointed provost the cathedral Cambray, and 1598 promoted the primacy Armagh by Pope Clement VIII. but, though appointed the see Armagh, did not come Ireland, but resided Rome, where, from his great learning and piety, was appointed domestic prelate the Pope, and died 1625. He wrote celebrated work Irish ecclesiastical history and antiquities, entitled De Regno Hiberniae Sanctorum Insula Commentarium. This book containing state ments obnoxious the English government, King James gave orders the lord deputy, Strafford, have suppressed, saying that contained some dangerous matter about Hugh O'Neill, earl
Tyrone. This curious and valuable work was republished Louvain 1632, but now extremely rare, and some account its contents will found the Anthologia Hibernica for 1793.
Luke Wadding, native the city Waterford, was born 1588, his mother being Anastasia Lombard, near relative
copy; great Colgan, Dr. O'Conor, and bishop Nicolson, also give accounts this celebrated work; and O'Reilly's Irish Writers, the year 908,
many passagesfrom the Psalter Cashel, which had and Ware mentions extant his own time, and held estimation, and that had got collections from
states that large folio MS. Irish, preserved the library Cashel, was transcribed from the Psalter Cashel, which was
extant Limerick the year 1712. The original Psalter Cashel, long supposed lost, stated deposited the
London, and copies Oxford, and the duke
Stowe; but
those statements; however, with
the Psalter Cashel, the greater part found the Books Leacan and Ballymote.
library the British Museum the Bodleian Library
are said Buck
there respect
ingham's library much uncertainty
observed, that
the contents
Cormac's Glossary, called Sanasan Chormaic, glossary etymological dictionary difficult words the Irish language, with derivations from Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, was also com posed Cormac Mac Cullenan. copy this work the
Another defect various Irish Keating, O'Flaherty, and many others, that they either contain index, are imperfectly and absurdly indexed that almost impossible know their
histories, such the works
contents, by which the utility these books much diminished.
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Oge, the son of Hugh, from the sons of Fergal Mac Dermott.
Fergal O’Rourke, the intended lord of Brefney, a man of superior strength, activity, personal figure,
and great hospitality, was slain in his own house by the Clan Cabe (Mac Cabes), and buried in the monastery of Sligo.
treme unction and repentance; Bryan, son of Niall Oge (O'Neill), died shortly after, of the small-pox. Murtogh, son of Donogh O’Dowd, a man dis
tinguished for his noble acts and hospitality, died, and was buried at Ardnaree.
Matthew O'Scingin died of an ulcer.
Philip, son of Bryan More Mac Mahon, lord of Orgiall (Monaghan), died, and Ardgal, the son of
hospitality and nobleness, and the victory of ex
of the Primate, Peter Lombard. He went to Portugal and studied in the Irish seminary at Lisbon, where he became a Franciscan
friar. He became universally celebrated for his vast learning, elo quence, and abilities, and was appointed professor of theology at
Cuchonacht, son of Manus, son of Cuchonacht
Anthony Hickey, a native of Clare or Tipperary, a Franciscan friar, was a very learned man, and became superior of the Irish Franciscan college at Louvain, and afterwards professor at the col lege of St. Isodore in Rome, where he died in 1641; he published many learned works mentioned by Brennan, and also assisted Luke Wadding in compiling his great works.
Thomas Carve, a native of Tipperary, a secular priest, travelled over France and Germany, and became chaplain to an Irish regi ment in the Austrian service, commanded by colonel Walter De vereux, an Irishman. Carve published an Itinerary of his travels, and wrote a poetical work in Latin, entitled Lyra Hibernica, which was published at Sulsbach in Bavaria, in 1669, and con
REIGN OF HENRY IV. 205
Niall Oge, son of Niall More, son of Hugh
O'Neill, king of Tyrone, died, after the palm of Bryan, assumed the lordship after him.
Salamanca; he went from thence to Rome, where he collected all the
MSS. of the celebrated John Duns Scotus, a Franciscan, a native of
Ireland, and one of the most learned men in Europe in the thirteenth
century. Wadding published at Lyons, in 1639, these immense
works in sixteen volumes folio; he next set about compiling from
collections in the libraries of Rome his grand work entitled An
males Minorum, or Annals of the Franciscans, giving the history of
the Franciscan order, and of all their eminent men in every
country. This vast work was first published at Lyons, and re tains much curious information on the antiquities, origin, man
'published at Rome in 1731, in sixteen volumes folio. Doctor Wad ding, who was a prodigy of learning and of literary labour, pub
ners, and customs of the Irish people; he died at Vienna about A. D. 1660.
Dermod O'Meara, a native of Tipperary, was educated at Ox found in Brennan's Ecclesiastical History; and he also left im ford, and became an eminent physician and poet; he wrote in
lished numerous other great works, of which a catalogue may be
mense MS. collections, intended for a general history of Ireland, civil and ecclesiastical, which remain in the libraries of Rome. Dr. Wadding is also celebrated as the founder of the Irish Francis can church and college of St. Isidore at Rome, where he died in 1657, in the 70th year of his age, and had a magnificent monument erected to his memory.
fessor at Prague and Louvain, and died in 1644; he published
several theological works, of which an account may be found in Brennan.
John Wadding, a native of Waterford, is mentioned in Ware's Writers, about the year 1620; he wrote a work on Irish Eccle siastical History against Dempster, the Scotch historian, entitled Historia Ecclesiastica Hibernia.
Latin verse a history of the Butlers, earls of Ormond, published
in London, A. D. 1615; and some valuable medical works in Latin, which are mentioned by Ware.
Laurence Sterne, the celebrated author of Tristram Shandy, &c. , was a native of Clonmel : amongst the eminent literary men, natives of Cork, of whom an account has been given in the note on Desmond, was forgotten to be mentioned Arthur Mur
phy, the celebrated dramatist, and translator of Tacitus; also the author of Biographies of Fielding, Johnson, and Garrick; he
was one of the most eminent literary men of his day, and died in London in 1805.
Lanigan's Ecclesiastical History. —John Lanigan was a na tive of Cashel, and born in the year 1758; he studied in the Irish college at Rome, became a doctor of divinity, and was so dis tinguished for his great learning and abilities, that about the year 1790 he was appointed professor of Ecclesiastical History, Scrip tures, and Hebrew, at the University of Pavia, where he conti nued till the year 1796. He returned to Dublin, and in 1799 was appointed as translator and editor of the works published by the Dublin Society; and in 1808 was elected librarian to that in stitution. Dr. Lanigan having collected a great mass of materials for the ecclesiastical history of Ireland, after many years of in defatigable industry, he published that great work in the year 1822, in four large octavo volumes, republished in 1829. He died in 1828, in the 70th year of his age, and was buried in the church-yard of Finglas. This great work comprises the eccle siastical history of Ireland, from the time of St. Patrick to the commencement of the thirteenth century, and contains vast and learned information on the history, antiquities, and topography of Ireland, compiled with great chronological and critical accuracy.
Smith's History of Waterford, written by Charles Smith, M. D. , author of the Histories of Cork and Kerry, and published about theyear 1746,republished in Dublin in 1774.
Ryland's History of Waterford, written by the Rev. R. H.
Ryland, and published in London in 1824.
In the notes on Thomond, Desmond, Ormond, and Desies, have
been given the history and topography of the entire of Munster,
and in the notes of subsequentnumbers will be given the history and topography of Leinster.
Peter Wadding, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, hecame a pro
Francis Harold, a native of Waterford, a nephew of Father Luke Wadding, was a learned Franciscan, and a professor at Prague and at Rome, where he died, A. D. 1685; he published a history of the Franciscans, and other works.
Bonaventure Barron, a native of Clonmel, and a nephew of Luke Wadding, became a Franciscan and professor at St. Isidore's college in Rome, where he died in 1696; he was a man of vast learning, and wrote many works on theology, ecclesiastical his tory, &c.
Paul Sherlock, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, went to Spain and became chief professor in the Irish colleges at Compostella and Salamanca, where he died in 1646; he was a man of great
learning, and his works are mentioned by Ware.
John Baptist Hackett, a Dominican of the abbey of Cashel,
in Tipperary, went to Italy, and was a professor of theology at Milan, Naples, and Rome, where he died in 1676; he wrote many learned works on theology.
John Hartrey, a native of Waterford, studied in Spain and became a Cistercian monk; having returned to Ireland, he resided at the celebrated Cistercian abbey of Holy Cross, in Tipperary, and wrote, about the year 1649, a History of the Cistercian monks and their monasteries in Ireland, the M. S. of which, on vel lum, Harris, in his Ware's Writers, says he had in his possession in 1733, lent to him by the parish priest of Holy Cross.
Ignatius Brown, a native of Waterford, a Jesuit, studied in Spain, where he died, A. D 1679; he wrote some learned works ontheology, mentioned by Brennan.
206 ANNALS OF THE FOUR MASTERS, A. D. 1403-4.
O'Reilly, tanist of Brefney (Cavan), died; Una, daughter of Torlogh O'Conor, was his mother.
Bryan, son of Donal O'Flaherty, the intended lord of Carn Gegain (in Galway), died.
Felim, son of Cathal Oge, was set at liberty from his confinement.
The monastery of Cuinche," in Thomond, in the
diocese of Killaloe, was founded for Franciscan
friars by Sioda Cam Mac Namara, lord of Clan
Cuilein, who made it the burial-place of himself and his posterity.
Hugh Seanchaidh (the Historian) O'Donnell, a learned historian, died.
brought under subjection. Murtogh Bacach, son
Donal, son Murtogh (O'Conor, Sligo), lord
North Connaught, died the castle Sligo, in harvest.
contest arose between the Brefnians (of Lei trim) and the Mac Donoghs, which Tomaltach Oge, the son Tomaltach Mac Dorchy, the worthy chief Kinel Duachain that tribe, and also Murtogh Oge O’Hely, affluent landed proprietor Cedach Cantred Hundred), and others were slain.
Maolmora (Miles), son Cuchonacht, son Giolla Iosa Roe O'Reilly, assumed the lordship
A great contest arose between Torlogh O'Don Muintir Reilly Cavan). Manus, son Cu nell, the son of Niall, and Manus O’Kane; O’Don mighe O’Kane, lord Kianacht (in Derry), died. nell completely plundered and spoiled O’Kane's Felim, son Donal, son Murtogh O'Conor, country. died. Cu-uladh Mac Gilpatrick Mac Cathmoil
(or Mac Caghwell) was treacherously slain his A. D. 1403. own country (in Tyrone) his own people. Cor Donal, son of Henry O’Neill, assumed the lord mac, son Donogh Mac Carthy, died. O’Ken
ship of Tyrone.
Teige, son of Cathal Oge O'Conor, was slain by
the sons of Torlogh Oge O'Conor, and by Owen MacAnabaidh O'Conor, on Maghaire-na-Naileach, and was interred in the tomb of his ancestors.
nedy Don (of Ormond), was slain Philip O’Kennedy.
A. D. 1404.
the sons
Conor Anabaidh, son of Malachy O'Kelly,
the Irish, died after extreme unction and repen knowledge divinity, died, and was interred
Thomas Barrett, bishop
lord of Hy Maine, the serpent of his race, and of eminent man Ireland for wisdom, and superior
tance, and was buried the Baptist Tir Maine.
the monastery
John Arradh Lough Con. "
Conor Oge, son Hugh Mac Dermott, lord
(Burke) against the Hy Manians, whom they also
English, which defeated and slew many
the Mac Namaras, lords Clan Cuilean, being, according pedigree Sir William Betham's, James Mac Namara, Esq. Ayle, Tulla, county Clare, whose estates are situated the ba rony Tulla, being part the hereditary possessions his an cestors.
A. D. 1404.
Airidh Locha Con, now Errew, the parish Crossmolina,
situated peninsula Lough Con, the county May–o,
where abbey was founded St. Tiarnan the fifth century, and of the ancient church some ruins still remain.
A. D. 1402. Cuinche, now Quin Abbey, the parish
Quin, barony have been the first monastery the Franciscans Strict Observants founded Ire land, and which the extensive marble ruins still remaining shew its former magnificence. full account the Mac Namaras,
Bunratty, county Clare, which stated
lords Clan Cuilein, now the barony Tulla, the county
Clare, and who held the rank has beengiven the note been made the head
hereditary marshals Thomond, Thomond, which mistake has that family, the chief representative
Torlogh, son
Hugh, Moylurg, bear activity, died harvest;
Fionnguala, daughter
son Owen O'Conor, the wife Malachy and Teige, son Hugh Mac Dermott, succeeded
O'Kelly, lord Hy Maine, died after well-spent life.
O'Conor Don and Murtogh Bacach, the son
Donal (O'Conor), lord Sligo, marched force
into the upper part Connaught, where they
brought the Siol Anmchadh (O'Maddens Gal patrick O'Moore, died.
way),under subjection, after which they proceeded Gilpatrick O'Moore, lord Leix, fought the into Clanricard aid Ulick, the son Ricard battle Ath Duv (the Black Ford) against the
him the lordship.
Cormac Mac Dermott was slain Clanricard
force, which was routed the cavalry Clanricard and Thomond.
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them, and took from them a great booty in horses, A. D. 1405.
207
arms, and armour. Teige, son Hugh Mac Dermott, lord Moy The earl of Ormond, the chief warrior of the lurg, marched his forces demand his lordship
English of Ireland, died. from the race Conor, son Taichleach, and Donogh Baun O'Maolconry, chief professor in also from the people Artagh (in Roscommon),
history for Siol Murray (Roscommon), died. which
Giolla Duivin Mac Curtin, chief professor of the people Thomond, in history and music, died. the clan
Carroll O'Daly, chief poet of Corcomroe (in Fergal Mac Dermott, aid them against Mac Clare); Donal, son of Donogh O'Daly, who was Dermott; they collected together Lough called Bolg-an-dana (or the budget of poetry); Laban, the territory Artagh, and battle Flann, son of John O'Donnellan, chief poet of took place between them,
Siol Murray (Roscommon); William O’Deorad hain (O’Doran), chief professor of Leinster; Nua ladh, daughter of Donal, son of Murtogh O’Co
nor, the wife of Fergal, son of Cormac Mac Do nogh; and Donogh, son of Mureach Mac Shan ley, an affluent landed proprietor of a Cedach of Corcachlan (in Roscommon), the intimate friend of Roderick O'Conor, king of Connaught, died.
Owen, son of Murrogh, son of Caher O’Conor, was slain by the earl of Kildare.
Andrew Barrett was slain by the people of Hy Murrogh (in Galway).
A contest arose between Mac Carthy and O’Sul livan Buidhe, and Turlogh Meith Mac Mahon was Mac Carthy’s admiral at that time, who overtook O'Sullivan at sea, and also the sons of Dermod Mac Carthy, who were aiding O'Sullivan against Mac Carthy; he drowned O'Sullivan on that oc casion, and took Donal, son of Dermod Mac Car thy, prisoner.
Mahon Mac Namara died on his journey to Rome.
Malachy Mac Oiraghty (or Mac Geraghty), chief of Muintir Roduiv Roscommon), died.
which Mac Der Mac Donnell, his combined forces op
Donogh Mac Cathmoil, (or Mac Caghwell), Muintir Eoluis, died from the effects strong
chief the two Kinel Feradies the county Tyrone), was killed Mac Guire.
Felim, son Hugh O’Tuathail (or O'Toole), lord Hy Murray (in Wicklow), died.
Cathal, son Teige Mac Donogh, the intended lord Tirerrill, died.
Taichlech, son Donogh O’Dowd; Tuathal, son Malachy O’Donnellan, the intended chief professor Siol Murray (Roscommon) poetry; and Teige, son Boetius Mac Egan, the intended
ied. Brehon (or judge), North Connaught,
quor.
O'Conor Kerry (Dermod, the son Donogh),
was slain Mac Maurice Kerry.
The daughter Donal O’Brien, wife Philip,
the son Mahon Don O'Kennedy, died. Giollananeev, the son Roderick O’Kianan,
chief historian Fermanagh, died suddenly the house Neide O'Maolconry, Carbery Gaura (in the county Longford), and was buried the monastery Abbey Laragh.
Fergal,son Cormac Mac Donogh, the intended chief Tirerrill, died.
man his station was always entitled;
Artagh invited O'Conor Don, with Murtogh Muimnach, and the sons
mott and Donogh, the son
constable, defeated the
posed them, the early part the day, and slew many their common soldiers; that defeat certain person the defeated party took an aim the direction where he considered Mac
Dermott might be, and cast towards him his for midable, unerring spear, with which struck him
directly the throat, which wound Teige Mac Dermott died week after his own house; and Roderick, the son Hugh MacDermott, then as sumed the lordship Moylurg.
Manus, son Hugh O'Higgin, died.
Hugh O’Hanley, chief Kinel Dossa, died, and was interred Cluan Cairpthe (Clonaff, Ros common).
Richard Butler, commonly called Coscruaidh
(hard foot), was slain by the son Fachtna O'Moore.
Mac Murrogh waged war against the English, the course which plundered and burned Contae Riavach (Wexford), Carlow, and Disirt
Diarmada (Castle Dermod, Kildare). Richard Mac Rannall, the intended lord
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