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98 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Down. " Sheet 45. 99 This church stood in a field, now known as "Church Park," about three-quarters of a mile S. W. of Killough. It was razed in and Elphin, also between Castlerea and 1830, and little trace of it now remains. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesiastical Anti- quities of Down, Connor and Dromore," n.
(h), p. 88.
9° It lay between the towns of Roscommon
Stokestown.
9' This was formerly called in Irish "Ooi^i-
iiAc 5l,inne-co6Ai|\. This particular denomi-
(t), p. 34.
nation is now
and decompounded preserved,
,, 100 gge «« Ordnance Townland
partly in Donough, the name of the parish,
and partly in Glentogher, otherwise Carrow-
more, an extensive mountainous tract there-
in. This was the native parish of our great
hagiologist, John Colgan. The church was
founded by St. Patrick, and originally the
place was called Domnach-mor Muighe- Maps for the County of Louth. " Sheet Tochuir. See Archbishop Cotton's "Visi- II.
tation of the Diocese of Derry, A. D. '°3 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Mcccxcvii. " Edited by Rev. William Maps for the County of Mayo. " Sheet 68.
Reeves, n. (v), p. 67,
^ See Colgan, p. 625.
93 See D'Alton's "History of the County
ofDublin,"p. 688.
'°* See ibid. Sheets 90, 91, loi.
'°s See ibid. Sheets 62, 72.
^°^ See " Ordnance Survey Townland
MapsfortheCountyofKildare. " Sheet
9* This Kilbride, near Clondalkin, was 4. found to have had one cottage and. one old
Survey MapsfortheCountyofCarlow. " Sheets
17, 18.
loi geg it Ordnance Survey Townland
MapsfortheCountyofLongford. " Sheet II-
'°^ See ** Ordnance Survey Townland
February i. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 201 ofFartullagh,CountyWestmeath. '°7 Thereis,also,asaseparatedenomina-
Sheets 27, 33, 34.
*" "=
See Colgan, p. 625.
"8 ^°9 "° *"
See ibid.
See ibid.
See Colgan, p. 624.
See " Trias Thaumaturga. " Appendix
of
in the same ^°^ On the townland of barony.
the
Kilbride,'°9 it seems likely a church to St. Brigid had been erected. Already
tion,
parish
Kilbride,
have we noticed, in a previous chapter, the parishes and townlands, called
Kilbride, in the counties of Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford. It seems likely the following places were named after her
—
The
Chapel Cill-brigde, or Kilbride, in Kildare deanery and diocese, province of Lein- ster. "° The town of Kildare, in the middle of this diocese, is surrounded
immediately by the deanery so named. "^ There is a parish of Kilbride, in the barony of Tirawley, county of Mayo ;"^ a townland in it bears the same
name. "3 There is a townland, called Kilbride,"* in the parish of Lea, barony of Portnahinch, Queen's County. There is a parish of Kilbride, in
the barony of Ballycowan. King's County ;"5 a townland of the same de- nomination lies within it. "^ A very extensive parish, lying within the baronies of Ballintober South and of Roscommon, in the county of Ros- common,isdenominatedKilbride. "7 InthebaronyofBallintoberNorth, in the parish of Kilmore, and in the same county, there is a townland called
Kilbride. "^ Kill-brigde major, or Kilbride the greater,"^ and Kill-brigde- minor, or Kilbride the lesser,'^° parish churches of Limerick diocese, in
^^^
were dedicated to St.
or some- Kilbride,
Munster,
times called Temple Brigid, was a chapel in Armagh city and diocese, pro- vince of Ulster. "' To this, allusion has been more fully made, in a previous
chapter. "3 Kill-brigdemajor,orKilbridethegreater,aparishchurch,and Kill-brigde minor, or Kilbride the lesser, a chapel, in Maglacha''^'* district, dioceseofOssory,honouredSt. Brigidastheirspecialpatroness. "^ There is a townland and parish of Kilbride, barony of Ida, in the county of Kil- kenny. "^ ThereisalsoatownlandofKilbride,intheparishandbaronyof Callan, in the same county. "^ There is, in addition, a Kilbride Glebe there. "^ Besides these, we find a Kill-brigde, "9 or Kilbride,^3o a parish church,'3i in
*°7 See "Ordnance Survey Townland nance Survey Townland Maps for the County Maps for the County of Westmeath. " of Limerick. " Sheet 47.
Sheets 26, 33. Sheet 33.
ggg Colgan, p. 625.
"3 It was near the old Catholic chapel
still used.
"* This was a plain, in the barony of
Brigid.
Kill-brigde,
Quinta ad Acta S. Brigidae, cap. i. , p, 628.
""See "Ordnance Survey Townland O'Donovan's "Topographical Poems of
Maps for the County of Mayo. " Sheets 7, 14.
*'4
Townland Maps for the Queen's County. " Sheets 4, 5, 8, 9.
"5 See " Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the King's County. " Sheets 8, 9,
16, 17, 25.
"^
See Sheet 16.
"7 See " Ordnance Survey Townland
John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh O'Huidhrin," n. 500, p. Ix.
"3 See ibid.
Sheet 7.
See it noted, on "Ordnance Survey ggg
Maps for the County of Rosconynon. " boe parish, Ballycallan, Attanagh, Kilbride,
Sheets 28, 29, 35, 36, 39, 40.
"^
See ibid. Sheet ii.
^'9 Now called Kilbreedy major, in the
baronies of Coshlea and Smallcounty, shown on the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Limerick. " Sheets 39, 40, 48.
"° Now called Kilbreedy minor, in the barony of Coshma, shown on the " Ord-
near Callan, Kilbree, Kilbride, in Glenmore parish, and Lisdowney. See "Statuta Dio- cesis Ossoriensis edita Kilkenniae in Synodo Diocesana Die 8 Junii, 1873," pp. 23 to 29.
"9 A Kilbride North and a Kilbride
South, as townland denominations, are to be found here,
^3° This parish extension is shown, on the
Kells, and county of Kilkenny. See Dr.
»^s See Colgan, p. 625.
^^6
<<
Townland
Qj-^j^ance
Maps for the County of Kilkenny. " Sheets
36, 40, 41. The townland is shown, on Sheets 40, 41.
^'^^ See ibid. Sheet 26.
»28
ggg ^IjI^ In the diocese of Ossory, Catholic chapels and localities, having St. Brigid as patroness, are, Kilbride, in Agha-
j-j^^g
Survey
:
202 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[February i.
the barony of Middlethird, and in the deanery of Kill-meathain, diocese and county of Waterford, and province of Munster. Kill-brigde, or Kilbride,'^^
a townland,^33 and a parish church,^34 near the town and in the county of Antrim, in the barony of Upper Antrim, '35 in the diocese of Connor and province of Ulster. In the same county is the townland of Kilbride, parish of Doagh Grange,'36 barony of Upper Antrini. '37 At the Glen of Kilbride, fourteen miles or so from Dublin, and bordering on, perhaps in, the county of Wicklow, there is a small church of Kilbride. Allusion has been already made to this place. The Catholic Church here, and attached to the parochial union of Blessington, is dedicated to St. Brigid.
The following churches and chapels were dedicated to St. Brigid, in the
barony of Forth, county of Wexford, about the year i68o. In the parish of Rathaspoke, and in that of Kilscoran, were her churches ; while, she had chapels at Sladd, a townland in the latter parish, as also at Trummer. '38 This foregoing account is supposed to have been furnished, by a priest, for the purpose of illustrating Sir William Betty's Maps ; and, it purports to describe more at length the barony in question, with the dispositions and customs of its people. '39 Kilbrideglynn parish,'4° barony of Shelmaliere West, and county of Wexford, has a TempuU Cille-Brighde old graveyard within it. Kilnahue parish,'4i barony of Gorey, and county of Wexford, has a Kilbride Church and graveyard, within it. Not far from Carrigaline, in the County Cork, there was a TempuU Brigde. '^^ Some old ruins are yet to be seen there, and a holy well dedicated to St. Brigid rises near. This was resorted to by the people, for the purpose of offering devotions, on the day of her festival. The custom has not yet entirely died out. '43 The ancient church was on the summit of a high hill, right over the sea, and a modern Protestant church now occupies the site. It is a notable land-mark for ships, as it stands at the entrance of Cork Harbour. We find a Templum S. Brigidae,
Templebride, or Teampull Bride,'+4 in Rosfinnglass village, Hy-Regain terri- tory. '^s To this, as Rosenallis, allusion has been already made. Tempull- Brigde,'46 Templebride, or Teampull Bride,'47 a chapel in the parish of Kill- choirin,'48dioceseofTuam. '49 Again,thereisaTemplumS. Brigidae,Tem-
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Waterford. " Sheets 17, 26.
^^^' See Colgan, p. 625.
*32 The parish boundaries and extent are
**
Ordnance Survey Town-
land Maps for the County of Antrim. " Wexford. " Sheets 2, 5, 6, 7, 1 1.
shown, on the
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
Sheets 44, 45, 51.
'33 See ibid. Sheets 45, 51.
*34 See Colgan, p. 625.
'4^ It is now called Templebreedy, in the
barony of Kerrycurrihy, East Riding of Cork. Its position is marked, on the " Ord- nance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Cork. " Sheet 99.
'35 In 1605, it was found in an Inquisition,
that Kilbride was a parish, in the Tuogh of
Moylinny, consisting of thirteen townlands.
The old churchyard is in the townland of
Kilbride. See Rev. Dr. Reeves' "Ecclesi- P. P. , Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Feb. 1st, astical Antiquities of Down, Connor and
Dromore," n. (c), p. 64.
'3^ See ibid. , n. (1), p. 67.
the Ordnance Survey Maps.
'37 See
Maps 45-
Ordnance Survey Townland
'^s See Colgan, p. 625.
'4^ "
" for the
County
of Antrim. "
Sheet
Latinized, by Colgan, Templum Brigidae. "
'38 See "Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological So-
'47 This denomination is not to be found noted, on the Ordnance Survey Maps, at
ciety. " New series, vol. iv. , part i. , pp. present.
66, 68, and notes (3, 4), ibid.
'3? This paper has been edited, by Herbert
F. Hore.
"»'* By this name, it does not appear on the
Ordnance Survey Maps. m? See Colgan, p. 625.
'4o ggg Jts extent, on the " Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Wexford. " Sheets 36, 37, 41, 42.
"•' See its dimensions, on the "Ordnance
'« Information communicated in a letter, from Very Rev. Denis Canon M'Swiney,
1872.
'*< This denomination is not marked on
February i. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
203
plebride, or Teampull Bride, ^50 a parish church in Waterford city and diocese, ^si
We find a Templum S. Brigidae, Templebride, or Teampull Bride/s^ a parish church, within the deanery of Claonadh, or Clane, diocese and county of Kildare. ^53 Templum S. Brigidae, Templebride, or Teampull Bride,^S4 a chapel in the parish of Domhnach Padmig, or Donogh-Patrick,^55 diocese of Tuam. ^56 Besides the foregoing, there is a Templum S. Brigidae, Temple- bride, or Teampul Bride, ^57 a chapel, in the parish of Athenry,^s8 diocese of Tuam,^59 and county of Gahvay.
Rath-brigde,'^° or Rathbride,'^' a chapel in Tully parish, barony of Offaly East, Kildare county and diocese, is likely to have been named after St. Brigid. Rath-brigde, or Rathbride,'^' a parish church, in Feraceall or Fear- call territory,'^3 diocese of Meath,^^4 as also Rath-brigde, or Rathbride,'^5 a chapel, in Kiennachta territory,^^^ now the barony of Keenaght,^^7 in the county and diocese of Derry,^^^ are probably called after our saint.
"
the house of Brigid," was a chapel,intheterritoryofKinel-Fiachra,^7oWestmeathcounty. Itwasprobably so denominated, because some religious institute had been there erected, by or
in honour of this holy abbess. Tegh-Brigde, in the territory of Moenmoya, afterwards called Clann Riocaird,'7i when the De Burgos possessed it, after the Anglo-Norman invasion. '72 This Kilbride is probably identical with a place, in the parish of Abbeygormacan, barony of Leitrim, and county of Galway. ^73 Therewas,also,aTegh-Brigde,aparishchurch,intheterritory of Siol Anmchadha,''74 diocese of Clonfert. '75 in addition, the parish church of Enach-brigde,'76 in the diocese of Clonfert, was dedicated to St. Brigid. '77
Tegh-Brigde,'^9 which may be Anglicized,
^50 This denomination is not marked on the Ordnance Survey Maps.
'S' See Colgan, p. 625.
^52 This denomination is not so noted, on
the Ordnance Survey Maps.
^53 See Colgan, p, 625.
*S4 This denomination, at present, is not
sing from the Ordnance Survey Maps.
Statistical Account of the Parish of Dungiven," in William ^55 Now Donaghpatrick, in the barony of Shaw Mason's " Statistical Account or
to be found on the Ordnance Survey Maps.
Clare. See "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Galway. " Sheets 28, 42.
^s6 See Colgan, p. 625.
^S7 This denomination is not noticed on
the Ordnance Survey Maps.
'5^ This large parish lies in the baronies
of Athenry, Clare and Dunkellin. See its
*'
Parochial Survey of Ireland," vol. i. , No. xiv. , pp. 321, 322.
Ordnance Survey Tow^nland
Maps for the County of Galwav. " Sheets Birr to the Hill of Uisneach. See Dr.
extent, on
57, 70, 71, 83, 84, 95, 96.
'59 See Colgan, p. 625.
'*° Latinized, by Colgan, "arx aut burgum
O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Mas- ters," vol. i. , n. (e), p. 166.
^T- See Colgan, p. 625.
'72 Its bounds enlarged or diminished with '^' ''
Brigidae," p. 625.
This townland is shown, on "Ordnance
Survey Townland Maps for the County of
the fortune of wars. However, the main parts of it comprehended the six baronies of Clare, Dunkelleii, —
Kildare. " Sheets
18,
17, 22, 23.
Loughrea, Kiltartan^ Athenry and. Leitrim. " Harris' Ware, vol.
^^^
This denomination cannot be found, at
present, on the Ordnance Survey Maps.
*^3 It is said to have comprehended the
baronies of Ballycowen and Ballyboy, the country of the O'Molloys, in the King's County. See Harris' Ware, vol. ii. , "The 106.
"
Ordnance Survey Townland
Antiquities p. 49.
chap, vii. ,
i. ,
occupying
of Ireland,"
sect,
'74 Or Ui-Anmchadha, a sept,
the barony of Longford, county of Galway, and the parish of Lusmagh, King's County, and east of the River Shannon. See Dr.
'^4 See Colgan, p. 625.
'^5 This denomination, at present, is mis-
^^^
See John O'Donovan's account of it,
in the "Dublin Penny Journal," vol. i. ,
No. 13, p. 103. It was called by this name,
so early as the year 590.
^^7 See some interesting notices of it, in
"
Rev. Alexander Ross's
- '^*
See Colgan, p. 625. '^5 Latinized, by Colgan,
"
sedes, seu, do-
mus Brigidae," p. 625.
'7° It comprised the countries of O'Molloy,
now in the King's County, and of Mageo- ghegan, now the barony of Moycashel, in Westmeath, and it extended originally from
ii. , "Antiquities of Ireland," chap, vii. , sect, i. , p. 52.
'73 See
Maps for the County of Galway. " Sheet
204 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS, [February i.
Although not recognisable, through denomination or derivation, yet the following parishes and localities are thought to have been placed under the patronage of the illustrious abbess of Kildare. Druim-dubhain, alias, Dnim- damhain, a parish church,^78 belonging to the diocese of Elphin, and within the territory of Tir-OililV79 now Tirerrill barony, in the county of Sligo. The parochial denomination seems obsolete. Kill-Salach, a parish, belonging to the diocese of Elphin, and in the territory of Airtheach. ^^° This latter
was comprised in the parish of Tibohine,^^^ in Frenchpark barony, and county Roscommon. Kill-hiomann, a parish church,*^^ belonging to the dioceseofElphin,andintheterritoryofMagluirgorMoylurg. Thisdistrict
wascomprisedwithinBoylebarony,'^3countyRoscommon. Killgeuian,or Kilgefin, a parish church, ^^^ in the diocese of Elphin, and within the territory^^s anddeaneryofTuatha. ItlaytothewestofLoughRee,towardsitsnorthern
part. '^^ Kill-mhic-Eogain,orKilmacowen,'^7aparishbelongingtothediocese of Elphin, in the territory of Cairbre,^^^ which is now known as the barony ofCarbury,CountySligo. Dysart,^^9LatinizedDesertum,aparishchurch,^9° in the diocese of Elphin, territory of Tirmhaine,^^' barony of Athlone, and provinceofConnaught. Ballintobber,^9=^aparishchurch,inthedioceseof Elphin, province of Connaught. '93 Besides the foregoing, the monastery or convent of Malach, or Moylaghj's^ for nuns of the Augustinian order, was situated in the diocese of Lismore, and county of Tipperary. '95 it is in the baronies of Offa and Iffa. A chapel, formerly dedicated to St. Brigid, in the diocese of Ross,'9^ is said to have been placed in a churchyard, near a romantic salt-water lake,'97 known as Lough Hyne, or Ine,'9^ in the south of CorkCounty. Acuriouspillarstoneremainsthere. '99
O'Donovan's "Topographical Poems of '89 See " Ordnance Survey Townland John O'Dubhagain and GioUa na Naomh Maps for the County of Roscommon. "
Sheets 47, 48, 50.
'9° See Colgan, p. 625.
'9' intended for and Probably Hy-Many,
for information regarding it, Dr. O'Donovan has edited for the Irish Archaeological So-
ciety, that interesting tract, "The Tribes
and Customs of called Hy-Many, commonly
O'Kelly's Country," A. D. mcccxliii. A Map, with its ancient Irish denominations
in the native characters, is prefixed.
'9^ Noted as a rectory, on Kev. D. A. O'Huidhrin. " Edited by Dr. O'Donovan, Beaufort's "New Civil and Ecclesiastical
O'Huidhrin," p. xlv. , n. 350.
'75 See Colgan, p. 625.
*7<^ It seems difficult to denomination at present. *77 See Colgan, p. 624.
'78 See Colgan, p. 625.
it identify by
this
'79 See O'
cap. Ixxix. , p. 374.
'^°
"
Flaherty's
Ogygia," pars iii. ,
See Colgan, p. 625.
'^' " See
n. 253, pp. XXXV. , xxxvi.
'^^
See Colgan, p. 625.
'^3 For a very complete account of this
division of Roscommon, the reader is re-
"
ferred to John D'Alton's
land and Annals of Boyle," vol. i. , pp. 167 to 283.
'^* See Colgan, p. 625.
i8s This district was composed of the divi-
The Topographical Poems of John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh
Map of Ireland. "
'S3 See Colgan, p. 625.
'94 See Archdalls " Monasticon Hibemi-
cum," p. 669.
'95 See Colgan, p. 625.
'9* See its position marked on Rev. D. A.
Beaufort's "New Civil and Ecclesiastical Map of Ireland. "
" Annals of the Four Masters," vol. iii. , n. (d), p. 86.
'^'^
of Ireland," vol. ii. , p. 299.
'98 Interpreted "the deep lake. " It lies
south of Skibbereen. '99SeeMr. andMrs. Hall's"Ireland: its
See its position defined, on the map
"
Tribes and Customs of Hy- Many. " EditedbyDr. O'Donovan.
prefixed to the
History of Ire-
'97 "On an islet near its centre stand the ruins of a castle, which was formerly the and Corca-Each-lann. See Dr. O'Donovan's secluded and romantic fastness of the
sions, Tir-Briuin-na-Sinna, Cinel-Dobhtha,
'^7 See " Ordnance Survey Townland scenery, character," &c. , vol. i. , pp. 136,
Maps for the County of Sligo. " Sheets 14, 137. The descriptive matter is illustrated
19, 20. by an accompanying wood-engraving.
'88
See Colgan, p. 625.
O'DriscoUs. " — " Parliamentary Gazetteer
February i. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 205
In addition to the places named are these following. Kill-rossinty, or
Kilrossanty,='°° a parish church, in the barony of Decies without Drum, be- longing to the diocese of Lismore,=°' and county of Waterford. It had been dedicated to St. Brigid. Nor was our holy abbess undistinguished from
other great Irish Saints, in the septi-partite group of churches having her as patroness. For, at the great bend of the River Suir, near Ardfinnan and
Newcastle, County Tipperary, there is a place, called Molough Bhridge, or
"
Brigid'sMolough. " Itissaid,thattherewerenolessthansevenchurches or chapels there, at one time, and that these were dedicated to St. Brigid. The chieftain of the Decies probably had a residence there, or, at least, he
near is mentioned in the Book of
it, Rights.
had a =°^ Slieve property.