A history of the city and county of Cork

Each story keeps the passage it was read from. Open one to read the passage as the book has it, and, where the companion has written its own telling, that too.

1. Public penance of first Protestant bishop in Dublin cathedral

   Christ Church Cathedral · ecclesiastical site · Dublin · 1571

   Richard Dixon, the first Protestant bishop of Cork, was sentenced by royal commission to perform public penance on 7th March 1571 in the Cathedral of Christ Church, Dublin, which he underwent in hypocrisy and pretence of amendment.

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   The conduct of this first Protestant prelate was such that he was sentenced by royal commission to perform public penance on the 7th March, 1571', in the Cathedral of Christ s Church, Dublin, "which penance he went through in hypocrisy and pretence ^of ammendment."'

   The Lord Deputy Chichester was so annoyed at the constancy with which the Irish held to their faith under this cruel relentless persecution, that he declared "the air was

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   Christ Church Cathedral is right here. On the 7th of March 1571, Richard Dixon, the first Protestant bishop of Cork, was sentenced by royal commission to perform public penance in this cathedral. He went through it, in the words of the source, in hypocrisy and pretence of amendment.

2. Burial of executed Earl Thomas at Tralee

   Tralee · townland · Kerry · 1467

   After his treacherous beheading at Drogheda, the body of Thomas, Earl of Desmond, was conveyed to Tralee and interred in the burial place of his predecessors and ancestors with great honour.

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   8. The Four Masters record his execution thus : —Thomas, Earl of Desmond, the son of James, son of Garrell, who had been I-^rd Justice of Ireland, the most illustrious of his tribe in Ireland in his time, for his com-liness and statue, for his hospitality and chivalry, his charity and humanity to the poor and the indigent of the Lord, his boanteousness in bestowing jewels and riches on the laity, the clergy, and the poets, and his suppression of theft and immorality, went to Drogheda to meet the English Lord Justice and the other English of Meath. These acted treacherously by him, and without any crime [on his part] they beheaded him ; the greater number of men of Ireland were grieved at the news of it. His body was afterwards conveyed to Traigh-Li (Tralee), and interred in the bmial place of his predecessors and ancestors with great honour and .•cneration."

   The Annals of Ross gives the dates of Desmoiur-* execution as 14th July, 1467, and say it took place the second hour after noon. According 10 D«»wling fAttnals Irish Arch, Soc.^ 1849), the carl's father was alive at the time of his execution. lie says that Earl Thomas, ** usurping; upon his father, and i^ouig to Tredalv (Drogheda), he gave hijii his curse, and said he shall have an ill end." From an unpi.hlihed statute of 1464 we find that James Dohcny, a nierchnni of l)ioghela, went to Enjjland and accuseil the earl ol extorting coigne and livery, and of being **of counsel and support to several rebels and traitors."

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   Somewhere around here, in 1467, the body of Thomas, Earl of Desmond, was brought for burial in the place where his predecessors and ancestors lay. He had gone to Drogheda to meet the English Lord Justice and the English of Meath, and they beheaded him treacherously, without any crime on his part. The Annals of Ross give the date as the 14th of July, 1467, the second hour after noon. The Four Masters call him the most illustrious of his tribe in Ireland in his time, for his hospitality, his chivalry, his charity to the poor, and his suppression of theft and immorality. They say the greater number of the men of Ireland were grieved at the news. According to Dowling, his father was still alive and had cursed him, saying he would have an ill end, for usurping upon his father. And from an unpublished statute of 1464, a merchant of Drogheda named James Doheny had gone to England and accused the earl of extorting coigne and livery, and of being of counsel and support to several rebels and traitors.

3. Burial of friar whose tomb was 'illustrated by miracles'

   Youghal · town · Cork

   At the right hand of the altar in the Youghal convent, a friar renowned for miracles was buried, alongside another friar who had been put to death by the heretics.

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   death by the English Protestants. It seemed desolate till the year 1627, when a residence was built in the town, and Father Francis Mede was appointed its first superior. The fixst founder of the convent was Maurice Fitz Gerald, from whom spranj the earls of Kildare and Desmond, the barons of Luxnaw, an< several other most noble families. He was for many years lord justiciary of Ireland, and headed an army against the Scots, in aid of the king of England. The war being victoriously concluded, he returned home, distributed his possessions to his children, and became a Franciscan friar. He lived till the year 1257, distinguished for profound humility and holiness of life, and died and was buried in the convent. There are from ancient times the tombs of the earls of Desmond, tha lord of Desies, and several other nobles of the same family and country. At the right hand side of the altar, in the convent, a certain friar is buried, whose tomb is illustrated by miracles, and also another friar, who was put to death by the heretics, lies buried in the same place."

   From Hayman's "Ecclesiastical Notes and Records," and other authorities, we glean the following additional particulars regarding the religious foundations of Youghal : —

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4. Burial of John, fourteenth Earl, at Tralee convent

   Tralee · townland · Kerry · 1536

   John, fourteenth Earl of Desmond, an aged religious brother of the convent of Tralee, succeeded to the title after his son Maurice Dubh killed the thirteenth earl, but died himself about Christmas 1536 and was buried in the same church.

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   brother of the convent of Tralee, when his son Maurice Dubh killed his grandnephew James, the thirteenth earl, whereupon he succeeded to the title ; but going the way of all flesh, about Christmas Day, 1536, was buried in the same church."

   All authorities confirm this statement, and agree in reprobating the conduct of Black Maurice. Russell declares that he was a man " without faith in his promise, and truth in his word, cruel, severe, mercylesse, and very bloody." He ruled the tract of country known as Kerricurrihy, which was given to him by his brother James to keep him at a distance, and to aflford occupation for his belligerent propensities by the continual guerilla warfare which the position required ; notwithstanding which he lived to an old age, and was at last slain by his own son-in-law, Teige Mac Carthy. The affair seems to have been little better than a cattle raid, in which Maurice was taken prisoner. His father-in-law left four of his men to guard him, while he pursued the flying Desmond's troops. Thus was Maurice murdered in cold blood. Russell preaches a homily thereupon, the substance of which is, in brief, that it served him right. O'Daly, with more regard for propriety of expre^ion, though evidently of the same way of thinking, says that the guard " only meted out to tiim the same treatment which he gave to all those whom fortune of war made his prisoners." Maurice left two sons and three daughters.

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   Somewhere close to Tralee, a convent church holds the burial of John, the fourteenth Earl of Desmond. John was a religious brother of the convent here, an aged man. His son, Maurice Dubh, called Black Maurice, killed his grandnephew James, the thirteenth earl, and so John succeeded to the title. But John did not hold it long. He died about Christmas Day, 1536, and was buried in the same church. All authorities agree in condemning Black Maurice. Russell calls him "without faith in his promise, and truth in his word, cruel, severe, mercylesse, and very bloody." He ruled the tract called Kerricurrihy, given to him by his brother James to keep him at a distance and to occupy his belligerent nature through the continual guerilla warfare the position required. He lived to an old age regardless, until he was slain by his own son-in-law, Teige Mac Carthy. The affair was little better than a cattle raid in which Maurice was taken prisoner. His father-in-law left four men to guard him while he pursued the fleeing Desmond troops, and so Maurice was murdered in cold blood. Russell's judgment was that it served him right. O'Daly, with more restraint, says the guard "only meted out to him the same treatment which he gave to all those whom fortune of war made his prisoners." Maurice left two sons and three daughters.

5. Cloyne as Favoured Burial Place of Ireland's Nobility

   Cloyne · town · Cork

   According to an ancient manuscript, Cloyne was the favourite place of burial for the 'best bloods of Ireland' owing to the sanctity of its founder St. Colman, a veneration confirmed by Cormac Mac Cullenan's wish to be buried there.

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   Cloyne, according to an ancient MS., was the favourite place of burial for the " best bloods of Ireland," on accoimt of the sanctity of the founder of the See. That it was so venerated we find from the will of Cormac Mac Cullenan, who desired to be buried here.

   The Round Tower is thus described by Dr. Moran : — " Nearly opposite to the west of the Cathedral, at a distance of thirty yards, stands the beautiful round tower of Cloyne. Its present height is a little more thnn a hundred feet. Its diameter at the doorway is nine feet two inches, with a thickness of a wall of three feet eight inches. At the upper floor the diameter of the tower is seven feet two inches, with a thickness of a \Aall of two feet nine inches. The tower is divided interuiilly into storeys by seven offsets, taken from the thickness of the wall, so that dra^vm in section the internal line of wall would show a zig-zag outline. The tower was originally crowned by the usual conical stone roof, which is stated to have been destroyed by lightning on the night of the loth of January, 1749. Bennett gives the following description of this storm : — * A storm of lightning, ^dth thunder, on the night of January 10th, 1 749, passed tlirough the country from west to east, after killing some cows in a field south cf.

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6. Cork plundered and burned by a great Danish fleet, 1012

   Cork · city · Cork · 1012

   Despite Brian Boru's efforts to restore peace and rebuild religious houses, Cork was plundered and burned again by a great fleet of foreigners in 1012, showing the temporary nature of the peace achieved.

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   Brian also set to work to make bridges and roads, to restore rel^ious heuses, and to "buy books beyond the sea,"^ to replace those that were destroyed by the burning, plundering Northmen. Whatever good was eflfected was certainly not of long continuation, for we find that Cork was plundered and burned again by " a great fleet of the foreigners" in 1012.

   But we must go back a little to note 'more particularly some of the events which preceded the famous battle of Clontarf, when the Danish power was so thoroughly crushed that the Northmen were never able to enslave the Irish again.

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   Coming up now, the city of Cork. Brian Boru had worked to undo the damage done by the Northmen, setting up bridges and roads, restoring religious houses, and buying books from overseas to replace those destroyed in earlier burnings and plunder. But the good he brought did not last. In 1012, Cork was plundered and burned again, this time by what the record calls a great fleet of the foreigners. The peace Brian had achieved proved temporary, and the city suffered once more at Danish hands.

7. Danes Kill the Bishop and Sub-Abbot of Cloyne

   Cloyne · town · Cork · 888

   Cloyne was again plundered by the Danes in 888, during which its bishop and abbot Fergal, son of Finachta, and its sub-abbot Uanan, son of Cerin, were killed.

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   A.D. 888. — Cluain-Uamha was again plundered by the Danes, and Fergal son of Finachta, its bishop and abbot, and Uanan, son of Cerin, its sub-abbot, were killed.

   A.D. 1056.-— Daighre O^Dubatan, anchorite of Cloyne, died at Glendaloch.

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8. Death of the English earl Richard blamed on saints' anger

   Kells · town · Meath · 1176

   The death of 'the English earl, Richard' was attributed by the annals to the anger of St Bridget and Columcille for the churches he had destroyed, and he reportedly believed he saw St Bridget about to kill him.

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   I. In 1 1 75 Conor Mac Coille, abbot of the Church of St. Peter and Paul, and after wards senior of St. Patrick's, died at Rome, having gone thither to confer with the succe-ision of St. Peter, which, no doubt, would prove that the Irish were not attached to thai .See ; and in 1 1 76 Fore, Kells, and Louth were laid waste by the Saxons, another Sjiecimen i;f ihcir peaceful conquest of Ireland. In the same year the death of " the English earl, Richard,*' is attributed to the anger of St. Bridget and Columcille for all the churches he had destroyed. ** He thought he saw St. Bridget in the act of killing him.'" This shows that at least some of the Norman robbers were aware of their misdeeds, though Mr. Froude cannot see them.

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   You're coming through Kells now, a town in Meath. In 1176 the Saxons laid waste to Kells, along with Fore and Louth. That same year, the annals record the death of the English earl Richard. They say it was the anger of St Bridget and Columcille that killed him, for all the churches he had destroyed. He thought he saw St Bridget in the act of killing him.

9. Plunder and siege of Cork, 1178

   Cork · city · Cork · 1178

   Cork was plundered by the grandson of Donnell (Carthach's line) and the Green Galls, then besieged by Milo Cogan and Fitz Stephen. Their forces raided as far as Aghadoe before returning, and were later nearly wiped out by Irish forces gathered at the hill of Lismore.

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   "A.D. 1 1 78. Corke was plundered by the grandson of Donnell, who was the grandson of Carthach, and the Green Galls. Corke was besieged by Milo Cogan and Fitz Stephen. A. party of their people made an excursion to Aghadoe, where they remained two days and two nights, and then returned again to Cork. After this they went towards Waterford, but the Irish gathered against them at the hill of Lismore, and Qearly killed them all."

   Dr. O'Brien, in his History of the House of GBriens^

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   As you pass through Cork, the city carries a story from 1178. Cork was plundered by the grandson of Donnell, himself grandson of Carthach, and the Green Galls. Milo Cogan and Fitz Stephen then besieged it. A party of their people made an excursion to Aghadoe, stayed two days and two nights, and returned to Cork. After that they went towards Waterford, but the Irish gathered against them at the hill of Lismore and nearly killed them all.

10. Sir John Desmond's victory at Gort-na-Tiobrad

    Springfield · street · Limerick · 1579

    Sir John Desmond encamped at Slieve Lougher and at Gort-na-Tiobrad, now Springfield in County Limerick, where he defeated the lord justice's forces and slew three of his captains.

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    Sir John Desmond had encamped at Slieve Lougher, and at Gort-na- Tiobrad^ now Springfield, in the county of Limerick : he defeated the lord iustice, and slew three of his captains.

    The Countess of Desmond, who seems to have had very dear ideas how to proceed in order to procure her personal safety, made several attempts to propitiate the English government. She asked permission from Sir W. Pelham to go to England that she may implore the queen herself to pardon her •husband. But the lord deputy had doubts of her, and wrote of her in by no means complimentary terms : —

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11. Steed drowned gives Inniscarra its name

    Inishcarra · parish · Cork

    According to the Life of St Senan, a petty prince's favourite steed, sent to be maintained at St Senan's monastery, fell into the stream and drowned, so that only her quarters (carra) remained; hence the place was named Inis Carra.

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    Inniscarra, near Ballincollig. — The Irish lives of St. Senan of Inis Cathaigh relate that on his return home from his great preceptor, St. David of Kilmony, in Alba, he came into this part of Munster, and having settled down in the l)lace then called Orlean Arda Crick Leathain, now Barrymore Island, he remained there forty days, till admonished by an angel to go forth and to found a church for himself wherein to serve God with his followers. St. Senan went forward, we are told, directed by the angel, till he came to a place then called Tuain-na-mlja, on the side of the river Linne (now the Lee), where he founded his church, and fixed his ecclesiastical residence. When the petty prince of this place came to hear that St. Senan had occupied his land without permission, he Bcut messengers to warn him off, and to demand rent and restitution. Subsequently he sent his own favourite steed to be niaiut^uned at the expense of the monastery, but the steed fell into the stream at the church, where she was drowned, so that no part of her remained to l»e seen but her carra, i,e.^ her quarters, and hence the place was called Inis Carra*

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12. Tallaght named for plague-grave of Partholan's people

    near Tallaght · town · Dublin

    The plain by Dublin called Sean-mhagh-Ealta-Edair stretched to Tallaght, whose name derives from Taimhleacht-Muintire-Parthaloin, meaning the plague-grave of Partholan's people. An awful plague swept away this early colony by thousands in ancient times.

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    dates to such events, but there is one strocg corroboration of such annals, which, while it leaves dates to the conjectures of the learned, puts a plain fact before the simplest mind. All over Ireland the long preserved names of cairn and tumuli attest the truth of what would appear its wildest legend. The plain of the flocks of Edar — S/tan-va-alta-edar — which stretched along the coast by Dublin, from Tallaght to Edar, long preserved its ancient name, and Tallaght is the scarcely altered form of Taimhleacht-Muintire-Parthaloin — the Tavlaght, or plague-grave of Partholan's people— for here, in ages too far gone to count, an awful plague swept away this colony by thousands.*

    The Formorians and the Nemedians followed. The Formorians were pirates, and, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise, were " very troublesome to the whole world." But, possibly as some excuse for their conduct, they are said to be descended from Ham, the son< of Noah.

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13. The oppressive nose tax and captives shipped overseas

    Cork · city · Cork

    The Danes plundered all Munster, both churches and chieftainries, exacting hostages and the oppressive nose tax while taking captives who were carried away over the sea, separating families in scenes the annalists describe with pathetic language.

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    2. This was a capitation tax ; and it is said that loss of the nose was the penalty for non-payment. — Kioiin^ and A/S, authorUia,

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    As you pass through Cork, this is ground where the Danes once exacted what the annalists called the oppressive nose tax. It was a capitation tax, and loss of the nose was the penalty for non-payment. They plundered all Munster, taking hostages and shipping captives overseas, separating families in scenes the old writers describe with sorrow.

14. The Yellow Disease hymn composed as protection

    Cork · city · Cork · 664

    A Cork monk composed a hymn as a 'shield of protection' against the ravages of the Buidhechair or 'yellow disease' which raged in Ireland about 664, preserved in the Liber Hymnorum at Trinity College Dublin.

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    An important poem, by the Cork monk, is happily preserved in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, in the ancient Liber Hymiiorum.'' The hynm was written as a "shield of protection" against the ravages of the Buidhechair, or " yellow disease," which raged in Ireland about 664. The poem begins thus : —

    7. "This'.is an important piece," says Mr. O'Curry, "with respect to ecclesiastical, if not general, history, as it distinctly shows that the teaching of the ancient Catholic Church of Ireland was on the doctrine of the Invocation of the Saints ; the same, from the very infancy of the faith, as it has unswervingly continued from that time to the present day. The Liber Hymnorum — a MS. written in a magnificent Irish hand, and splendidly illuminated — is now eleven or twelve hundred years old, and with its arguments or prefaces to each of the hjrmns contained in it, and the scholia with which it is thickly enriched, is certainly one of the most valuable ecclesiastical documents in Europe. The late Rev. Dr. Todd, of Trinity College, commenced the translation of the work." — C Curry's Lectures^ vol. 2, p. 90.

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    As you pass through Cork, you are in the city where a monk, around 664, composed a hymn as a shield of protection against the yellow disease, the Buidhechair, that raged through Ireland. The hymn survives in the Liber Hymnorum, held in the library of Trinity College Dublin. Mr. O'Curry called it an important piece for ecclesiastical history, saying it shows that the teaching of the ancient Catholic Church of Ireland included the doctrine of the Invocation of the Saints, unchanged from the infancy of the faith to his own day. The manuscript itself, written in what O'Curry described as a magnificent Irish hand and splendidly illuminated, was then eleven or twelve hundred years old, and he considered it one of the most valuable ecclesiastical documents in Europe, with arguments or prefaces to each hymn and scholia thickly enriching it. The Reverend Dr. Todd of Trinity College had begun translating the work. The hymn stands as a record of a city turning to prayer when plague swept the land.

15. Bishop of Cork confined and examined in the Tower of London

    Cork · city · Cork

    The Bishop of Cork was confined and examined in the Tower of London as part of the persecution of Catholic clergy during the Elizabethan era, while Sir John Perrott urged Elizabeth to write "sharp letters" to the Irish Protestant bishops.

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    documents— Dr. O'Herlihy — His life and persecutions — Cork bishops who voted at the General Council of Trent — The Bishop of Cork confined and examined in the Tower of London— Sir John Perrott requests EHzabeth to write " sharp letters'' to the Irish Protestant bishops — Spenser's account of them — Martyrdom of the priests at Youghal — Dr. Lyon - His persecutions and evil life —An account of the succession of bishops in Cork and Cloyne.

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    As you travel through Cork, the city carries a story from the Elizabethan era. The Bishop of Cork, Dr. O'Herlihy, was confined and examined in the Tower of London during the persecution of Catholic clergy. Sir John Perrott urged Elizabeth to write what the record calls "sharp letters" to the Irish Protestant bishops.

16. Danish Plundering of Cloyne in 822

    Cloyne · town · Cork · 822

    A party of Danish marauders plundered several ecclesiastical sites in 822, including Cork, Inistemhni, Begery Island in Wexford harbour, and Cloyne, as part of early Viking raids on Ireland's monastic centres.

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    iTie following facts omitted by Archidall have been gleaned from our Ancient Annals and the " Wars of the Danes.' " A.D. 82 1. — Oucaech, abbot of Quain-uamha, died.' " A.D. 822. — A party of mam^dcrs plundered Cork, Inistemhni, Begery Island, in Wexford harbour, Clojme, and Rosmaclain. The barren rock called Scelig Michel, z.^., St. Michaers Rock, the abode of a solitary named Edgall, was also invaded by them, and as they found nothing else to take, they carried him off into captivity, in which he died in the following year. Keating saj's the invaders, on this occasion, were White-Lochiann, that is Norwegians."

    A.D. 835. — Between the years 824 and 835 the greater part of the churches were the reputed repositories of wealth, as they were the centres of civilization throughout our island. They thus became the chief aim of the plunderers, and even at this early date the maxauders made their way to the ecclesiastical establishments in some of the most remote parts of the country. The long list of the places plundered by them on this occasion ends with the names " Cell-Uasaille, now Killossy, or Kilhishee, near Naas, county Kildare ; Glendalough, county Wicklow ; Cluain-Uumha, county Cork ; and Mungairet, now Mungret, county Limerick."

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17. Death of King Neimhidh and 3,000 people by plague at Cork

    near Great Island · townland · Cork

    Ancient annals record that King Neimhidh died of plague together with three thousand persons in the island of Ard-Neimhidh, identified as Barrymore Island or the Great Island near Cork. This is presented as an early recorded catastrophe in the Cork area.

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    During the early ages, and indeed until the foundation of the city of Cork by St. Finbar, that part of Munster is seldom mentioned specially. We find in the Four Masters, under the age of the world 2859, Neimhidh died of a plague, together with three thousand persons, in the island of Ard-Neimhidh, in Crech Leathain, in Munster. Ard-Neimhidh is now known' as Barrymore island, or the Great Island, near Cork, and Crich Leathain comprises a large district including Castlelyons.

    In the age of the world 3579, Conmeal, son of Emer, who had been thirty years in the sovereignty of Ireland, fell in the battle of Aenach-Macha, by Tigheammas. A list of his battles

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18. Grant of Cork to Fitzstephen and de Cogan

    Cork · city · Cork · 1170

    Henry II granted the kingdom of Cork, except the city and Ostmen cantred, to Robert Fitzstephen and Miles de Cogan by charter, to be held by knight service. The city and cantred of the Ostmen were retained by the king himself.

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    and Faithful Subjects, French, English, and Irish, greeting: " Know ye, that I have granted, and by this charter confirmed to Robert Fitzstephen and Milo de Colgan, the government of the City of Cork, with the cantred which belonged to the Ostmen of the said city — which I retain in my. own hands — ^to have and to hold them together during my

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    As you pass through Cork, you are in a city whose fate turned in 1170. Henry II granted the kingdom of Cork to Robert Fitzstephen and Miles de Cogan by charter, to be held by knight service. But the king kept the city itself and the cantred of the Ostmen in his own hands, as the charter says: "which I retain in my own hands."

19. Muster at Cork and encounter with Cormac Oge

    Cork · city · Cork · 1535

    Lord James mustered his host with hundreds of horsemen, galloglas and kerns near Cork before meeting Cormac Oge in the valley. The forces met and parleyed before Lord James entered the town where the mayor received them.

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    " Next day, upon a hill half a mile this side Cork, my Lord James commanded me and all his captains to put the men into array. * Upon a hill, half a mile or more, Cormac Oge was with his host, and so down came Cormak Oge into the valley with certain . . . and my Lord James with a certain . . . with him, as then was appointed ; and 80 they met together and fell to parelying ;' after which my Lord James went into the town with all his host, and the mayor and his brethren received them. On the morrow Cormak Oge came to my Lord James, and brought with him the young gentleman who challenges to be Earl of Desmond. This young man speaks very good English, and ' keepeth his hair and cap after the English fashion upon his head.' He said he had never ofiended the king ; that his lands * came by the king's gift, and that he was a true Englishman bom and would be content with all his heart if Sir John A. Pesmond, his oncle, would come and submit himself unto the king and his council and to open his title, as he would do, then he would be content to come into England ;' and even if his uncle will not come he is content to go into England. Moreover, there came into my Lord James one called my Lord Barrow, who can speak very good English, and is of not more than 17 or 18 years. He 'is a great inheritor, and if he had right and laid very sore to Cormak Oge was this, that he would be sworn to do the king's true service and to put in his pledges to abide the judgment' of the deputy and council between him and any man. Macarte Ryagh came in upon a safe conduct, and his answer was * that what he hath won with his sword he will hold it with his sword.' My Lord James would fain have been in hand with his country, but could not meddle with any man until he had brought in the Desmondes and Cormak Oge to have bond of them according to their promise.

    " We removed from Cork to a place called Malaghe, and there camped by a river side. On the morrow we went to

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    As the road brings you through Cork, this is where Lord James drew up his host in 1535, commanding his captains to put the men into array on a hill half a mile outside the town. Cormac Oge stood on another hill with his own host, and the two leaders came down into the valley and fell to parleying. After that, Lord James led all his men into Cork, and the mayor and his brethren received them. The next day Cormac Oge came to Lord James, bringing with him a young gentleman who challenged to be Earl of Desmond. This young man spoke very good English and, as the record notes, kept his hair and cap after the English fashion upon his head. He said he had never offended the king, that his lands came by the king's gift, and that he was a true Englishman born. He would be content with all his heart if his uncle, Sir John A. Desmond, would come and submit himself to the king and council and open his title, as he himself would do. Even if his uncle refused, he was content to go into England. There also came to Lord James one called Lord Barrow, who could speak very good English and was no more than 17 or 18 years old, a great inheritor. The demand laid sorely on Cormac Oge was that he be sworn to do the king's true service and put in his pledges to abide the judgment of the deputy and council. Macarte Ryagh came in under safe conduct, and his answer was that what he had won with his sword he would hold with his sword. Lord James wanted to move against his country but could not meddle with any man until he had brought in the Desmonds and Cormac Oge to have bond of them according to their promise.

20. Rebellion breaks out and rebel forces hold Cork towns

    Cork · city · Cork · 1641

    Following the 1641 rising, Cork, Youghal, Kinsale and Bandon fell into the hands of the confederate/rebel party, with fighting spreading across the county.

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    General Barry remained in the neighbourhood of Cork, and but a portion of the army advanced to Lismore, where Lord Broghill was entrenched. Cork, Yonghal, Kinsale, and Bandon were in the hands of the rebels.* Lord Muskery did his best to keep order in his somewhat unruly camp, for the Lish had been so long hunted and prevented from settling down to proper occupation, that it was no wonder many of them had taken to predatory habits — and how else, indeed, could they live ?

    The Lord Justice had taken the rebel side also, and no quarter was the word, even before Cromwell came. The Irish attacked Bandon, under Mac Carthy Reagh, on the 1 8th July, 1642, and were repulsed with great slaughter, and the prisoners executed with the usual barbarity. About the same time Sir Charles Vavasor arrived in Youghal with a thousand men, and Cork was invaded by Lord Muskery. His camp was at Rochfordstown, but his troops were soon repulsed with great loss.

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    As you pass through Cork, you are moving through ground that fell to the rebel party in the rising of 1641. Cork, Youghal, Kinsale and Bandon were all in rebel hands. General Barry stayed near Cork while part of the army pushed to Lismore, where Lord Broghill was entrenched. Lord Muskery struggled to keep order among troops who had been hunted so long they had turned to predatory habits to survive. The Lord Justice took the rebel side too, and no quarter was the word, even before Cromwell came. On the 18th of July 1642 the Irish attacked Bandon under Mac Carthy Reagh and were repulsed with great slaughter, the prisoners executed with what the source calls the usual barbarity. Around the same time Sir Charles Vavasor arrived in Youghal with a thousand men. Lord Muskery invaded Cork itself, his camp at Rochfordstown, but his troops were soon repulsed with great loss.

21. Slaughter of English near hill of Lismore

    Lismore · townland · Waterford · 1178

    After raiding towards Waterford, the English forces were confronted by the Irish gathered at the hill of Lismore, where they were nearly all killed.

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    "A.D. 1 1 78. Corke was plundered by the grandson of Donnell, who was the grandson of Carthach, and the Green Galls. Corke was besieged by Milo Cogan and Fitz Stephen. A. party of their people made an excursion to Aghadoe, where they remained two days and two nights, and then returned again to Cork. After this they went towards Waterford, but the Irish gathered against them at the hill of Lismore, and Qearly killed them all."

    Dr. O'Brien, in his History of the House of GBriens^

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22. Slaughter of foreigners at Dun-viain and burning of Amlaff's camp by Fermoy men

    Fermoy · townland · Cork · 869

    In 869 there was a great slaughter of the foreigners at Dun-viain, demolishing a Danish stronghold; later the men of Fermoy under chief Foenteran burned the camp of the Danish chief Amlaff in the night after he had plundered Lismore.

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    of Firmuighi (Fennoy), under the chief Foenteran, had ample revenge, for they burned AmlaflF's camp in the night.

    In the year 926, Cennachta^ Abbot of Cork, died, and ie described as the head of the rule of the Monks of Ireland.

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    Somewhere close to Fermoy, in 869, there was a great slaughter of foreigners at a place called Dun-viain. After the Danish chief Amlaff plundered Lismore, the men of Fermoy under their chief Foenteran burned his camp in the night.

23. The Buidhe Chonnaill plague near Fermoy

    Fermoy · townland · Cork

    A great plague known as the Buidhe Chonnaill swept away the inhabitants of the district associated with St. Molagga, leaving only thirty-three men and twenty-eight women alive, who were said to have escaped through the saint's intercession.

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    The saint was honoured on his return with acclamations of joy, and continued doing good to all men, poor and rich alike, until the close of his holy and useful life. When the plague of the Buidhe Clwnniel had swept away the inhabitants, so that only thirty-three men and twenty-eight women were saved, by the grace of God, through his intercession, they escaped the plague, and in a few years had so multiplied that the population amounted to nine hundred. That his name was held in high honour in this part of Munster was a necessary consequence.

    The Martyrology of Tallaght records his " birth day " (natalis) the 20th of January, for in ancient Erinn, as in the early Christian Church at Kome, death was looked upon as the birth to a new and happy life.

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    Close to Fermoy, a great plague once swept through this district, the Buidhe Chonnaill, and it carried away nearly everyone associated with St. Molagga. Only 33 men and 28 women survived, and they were said to have escaped through the saint's intercession. In a few years their numbers grew again to 900. The Martyrology of Tallaght records the saint's day as the 20th of January, for in ancient Ireland death was seen as a birth into a new life.

24. Danish plundering raid across Cork to Wexford

    Cork · city · Cork · 822

    In 822, during the reign of Fedhlimedh, a Danish invasion ranged from Cork to Wexford Bay, plundering Cork, Inis Temhni, Begere, Cloyne, and Ros-Maclain, with the Danes described as marching 'escorted by fire'.

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    Cork, Inis Temhni,^ Begere, Cloyne, and Ros-Maclain were each visited and plundered.

    The Danes, as the Four Masters graphically express it, " marched escorted by fire." A French writer says when they had desolated shrines and sanctuaries they would cry out, ** We have simg the mass of the lances."

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 34

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    Cork, on your road through the city, was plundered in 822 during the reign of Fedhlimedh. Danish raiders ranged from here to Wexford Bay, attacking Cork, Inis Temhni, Begere, Cloyne, and Ros-Maclain. The Four Masters say they "marched escorted by fire." After desolating shrines and sanctuaries, they would cry, "We have sung the mass of the lances."

25. Demolition of Imokilly castle and killing of English

    Imokilly · barony · Cork · 1196

    Donald Mac Carty demolished the castle of Imokilly and killed many of the English there, and also plundered the castle of Kilfeakle.

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    Richard I, " Douald Mac Carty demolished the castle of Imo- A.D. 1 196. killy, and killed many of the English ; he also plundered the castle of Kilfeakle. Colgan says there was a church in Muskery called by this name, />., Ecclesia deuis, from a tooth of Saint Patrick kept there. This castle probably stood near it, but the place is not now known. Soon after the English assembled their forces, which made up a good army, but by the interposition of some mediators, a peace was concluded, and both armies dispersed.

    "This year died Richard de Carew, a man of great power and name in this kingdom, who built several castles in this county.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 60

26. Escape of Sergeant Mulhall from Cork Bridewell

    Cork · city · Cork · 1795

    Sergeant Mulhall of the 105th, who had been involved in a mutiny, escaped from the bridewell of Cork city before he could undergo his punishment. It was suspected that freemasons to which he belonged assisted in his escape.

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    "October ii, 1795. — Sergeant Mulhall, of the 105th, and some others who had been concerned in the late mutiny, escaped from the bridewell of this city, previous to their undergoing the punishment they were to have received for the offence. It was said that the freemasons to which he belonged were concerned in his escape.

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    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 167

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    As you pass through Cork, this is the city where Sergeant Mulhall of the 105th made his escape. On October 11, 1795, he and others involved in a mutiny broke out of the bridewell before they could receive their punishment. It was said the freemasons he belonged to helped him get away.

27. Mac Carthy Mausoleum and Burials at the Franciscan Friary, Cork

    near Shandon · locality · Cork

    The powerful Mac Carthy family erected a mausoleum for themselves at the Franciscan friary of St. Mary of Shandon, and it also became the burial place of fourteen knights of Mora, the Barry family, and other chief nobles and citizens of the country.

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    The most powerful family of the Mac CarthyB also erected a mausoleum for themselves in that convent, till, in the course of time, they were divided into several noble families, each of which built a special convent for its own immediate members. Besides the tombs of the Mac Carthys, and of fourteen knights of Mora, the families of the Barrys and the chief nobles and citizens of that country, are buried there.

    The Dominican Friary, called the Abbey of St. Mary of the Isles, Wiis founded by the Barry family in 1229. The convent was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, and from its insular site — being built on one of the great marshes of " the five-isled city" — wiis called " St. Mary s of the Island." The church attached to the convent is noticed in the history of the Order as havincf been mao^nificent — *' Mao^nifica Ecclesia." . Soon after its erection, David Mac Kelly, dean of Cashel, took the habit of a Dominican in his house ; in 1237 he was consecrated bishop of Cloyne ; next year being succeeded in the chair of St. Colman by a brother Dominican, Allan O'Sullivan, he was translated to the metropolitan See of Cashel. Archbishop David introduced into the arch-diocese an affiliation of Friarspreachers from Cork, and built for his brethren a beautiful church and abbey, at a short distance from his own cathedral on the rock of Cashel. His name is celebrated in the works of many foreign and domestic writers. In 1245 he assisted at the first general council at Lyons, to the acts of which his name is subscribed.

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    As you pass through Shandon, you are near the Franciscan friary of St. Mary, where the most powerful family of the Mac Carthys erected a mausoleum for themselves. Over time the Mac Carthys divided into several noble families, each building its own special convent for its immediate members. Besides the Mac Carthy tombs, the friary became the burial place of fourteen knights of Mora, the Barry family, and the chief nobles and citizens of that country.

28. Monastery of St Michael on Dursey Island Destroyed

    near Dursey Island · townland · Cork · 1517–1602

    A Spanish-born bishop named Bonaventura founded a monastery on Dursey Island with an adjoining church of St Michael. Like most Catholic institutions of the period, it was destroyed during Elizabeth's persecution, being levelled to the ground in 1602.

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    Before the close of 1 5 1 7 Dr. O'Herlihy was duly proclaimed in consistory Bishop of Ross. He governed the See, however, for a little more than one year, and had for his successor a Spaniard named Bonaventura, of whom it is recorded that he founded a monastery in the small island of Dursey, which lies at the head of the peninsula between Bantry and Kenmare.* This monastery, and its adjoining church of St. Michael, shared the fate of most of the Catholic institutions during the persecution of Elizabeth, and in 1602 was levelled to the ground.

    Of the immediately succeeding bishops we. know little more

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 87

29. Muskery's camp routed at Rochfordstown

    Rochfordstown · townland · Cork · 1642

    Lord Muskery invaded Cork and encamped his troops at Rochfordstown, but they were soon repulsed with great loss during the fighting of the 1640s conflict.

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    The Lord Justice had taken the rebel side also, and no quarter was the word, even before Cromwell came. The Irish attacked Bandon, under Mac Carthy Reagh, on the 1 8th July, 1642, and were repulsed with great slaughter, and the prisoners executed with the usual barbarity. About the same time Sir Charles Vavasor arrived in Youghal with a thousand men, and Cork was invaded by Lord Muskery. His camp was at Rochfordstown, but his troops were soon repulsed with great loss.

    The Parliamentary army were in such need of money, that they seized jC^^ooo, which Sir Robert Tynte was prudently despatching to England. He was, however, well recompensed afterwards. Lord Cork complained, pathetically, that whereas his income once had been fifty pounds a day, he had not now fifty pence a week.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 150

30. O'Sullivan Bear hangs an English captain

    Bearhaven · bay · Cork

    O'Sullivan Bear is recorded as having hanged an English captain, an act noted amid the turbulent conflicts of the Desmond era in County Cork.

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    The Desmonds and the Mac Carthys — ^The Plague in Munster — . Murder of Cormac Mac Carthy — Accession of Edward III. — John de Courcy created Earl of Ulster — De CoUrc/s famous duel-r The Spaniards at Kinsale — Letter to the English court signed by the Bishops of Cork and Cloyne — A letter to the English court requesting that the Anglo-Norman and Irish lordd may be bound over " upon pain of life and goods " not to prey on each other — . Contemptible and foolish policy of the EngUsh government — The Earl of Desmond asks permission for his son to be brought up an Irishman " for the better preserving of peace " — Dissensions were so rife that Campion describes Cork people as Hving almost in a state of siege. The Irish described as " a pack of wolves " — • Smith's anti-Irish proclivities — Foundation of the Monastery of Kilcrea by M^c Carthy Laider, and erection of Blarney Castle — • Mac Carthy Mors lords of Desmond— Mac Carthy Reaghs lords of Carbery— Mac Carthy Donoughs lords of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskery— The Wars of the Roses, and their consequence in Ireland — O'Sullivan Bear hangs an English captain — The Cork Charter and Courts - Smith's account of Warbeck's Insurrection — A new Charter for Youghal— Warbeck's declaration before his execution — How the Irish suffered for their loyalty- Baron Fin^las's account of the decay of Ireland — Marrying and fostering with Irish forbidden — Proclamation against it to be made by the Deputy in open market — Ireland a troublesome colony at best — Martin Pelly's letter of complaint to Lord Cromwell — What was thought of the Butlers — A Cork bishop buried in Piedmont — . His history.

    CHAP, y^,— Reign of Henry VHL ... ,.. ... ... ... 17JI

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    You're coming into the bay of Bearhaven. This is O'Sullivan Bear country. The record names him here among the Desmonds, the Mac Carthys, and the wars that tore Munster in the Desmond era. What it notes, plainly, is that O'Sullivan Bear hanged an English captain. No details survive of the captain or the day. The act sits in a list of troubles: the Spaniards at Kinsale, letters to the English court signed by the Bishops of Cork and Cloyne, requests that Anglo-Norman and Irish lords be bound over on pain of life and goods not to prey on each other. Campion described the Cork people as living almost in a state of siege. The Irish were called a pack of wolves. The Earl of Desmond asked permission for his son to be brought up an Irishman, and his words were for the better preserving of peace. Dissensions were so rife that the English government's policy is called contemptible and foolish. Smith's anti-Irish proclivities are noted. The Monastery of Kilcrea was founded by Mac Carthy Laider, and Blarney Castle was erected. Mac Carthy Mors were lords of Desmond, Mac Carthy Reaghs lords of Carbery, Mac Carthy Donoughs lords of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskerry. The Wars of the Roses had their consequence in Ireland. It is in this tide of raids and factions that O'Sullivan Bear's hanging of an English captain is recorded. The bay holds the place, but the record gives only the act and the name.

31. Repeated plagues recorded in County Cork

    Cork · city · Cork · 1370–1383

    The annals record that pestilence raged in the county on more than one occasion, with great numbers of people losing their lives, and again a great plague in 1370.

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    " The pestilence raged in this county, and great numbers of people lost their lives. 1370. " Another great plague in this county.

    ** Cormac, Lord Musker}'^, was murdered in Cork by the Barrys, and buried in Gill Abbey. From him sprung Daniel, ancestor of the Carthys of Shanakiel.

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    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Cork, the annals record that pestilence raged in this county, and great numbers of people lost their lives. In 1370, another great plague struck the county.

32. Martyrdom of priests at Youghal

    Youghal · town · Cork

    During the Elizabethan persecutions, priests were martyred at Youghal, one of a series of persecutions of Catholic clergy in Cork recorded alongside the imprisonment of the Bishop of Cork in the Tower of London.

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    documents— Dr. O'Herlihy — His life and persecutions — Cork bishops who voted at the General Council of Trent — The Bishop of Cork confined and examined in the Tower of London— Sir John Perrott requests EHzabeth to write " sharp letters'' to the Irish Protestant bishops — Spenser's account of them — Martyrdom of the priests at Youghal — Dr. Lyon - His persecutions and evil life —An account of the succession of bishops in Cork and Cloyne.

    CHAP. XL — Fdizabdhian Era , 219

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33. Barrett's Castle taken by Lord President's forces

    near Ballincollig · town · Cork · 1642

    In May 1642 the castle of Ballincollig, built by the Barrett family in the reign of Edward III, was taken by the forces of the Lord President, around the same time that Barrett's other castle at Carrigrohan was also captured.

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    and more inconvenient. Of the enclosing walls of the bawn, that to the south was defended by a tower in the centre, and another at the south-east angle ; the latter being vaulted, and lit by loops. A portion of the north wall is perforated by a range of four windows of irregular dimensions, two are double headed lancets, one a single lancet, and a fourth an oblong loop. The buildings which these lit have disappeared. The castle is said to have been built in the reign of Edward III. In 1 6 1 2 Andrew Barrett was one of the county representatives in parliament. In May, 1642, this castle was taken by the Lord President's forces probably about the same time thai Barrett's other castle of Carrigrohan was taken. In the war of the Revolution it was ganisoned for James II.

    Barretts Barony runs through Muskery, and takes its name from the ancient English family called Barrett, of whom it is said that O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone, anno 1600, when marching by Castlemore, near Mallow, on his progress to Kinsale to assist the Spaniards, asked who lived in that castle, and being told one Barrett, who was a good Catholic, and his family possessed of that estate above 400 years, O'Neils wore, in Irish, " no matter, I hate the English churl, as if he came but yesterday."

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 200

34. Murder of Cormac Mac Carthy

    Munster · province

    Cormac Mac Carthy was murdered amid the ongoing feuds of the period, an event listed alongside the plague and dynastic conflicts affecting Munster.

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    The Desmonds and the Mac Carthys — ^The Plague in Munster — . Murder of Cormac Mac Carthy — Accession of Edward III. — John de Courcy created Earl of Ulster — De CoUrc/s famous duel-r The Spaniards at Kinsale — Letter to the English court signed by the Bishops of Cork and Cloyne — A letter to the English court requesting that the Anglo-Norman and Irish lordd may be bound over " upon pain of life and goods " not to prey on each other — . Contemptible and foolish policy of the EngUsh government — The Earl of Desmond asks permission for his son to be brought up an Irishman " for the better preserving of peace " — Dissensions were so rife that Campion describes Cork people as Hving almost in a state of siege. The Irish described as " a pack of wolves " — • Smith's anti-Irish proclivities — Foundation of the Monastery of Kilcrea by M^c Carthy Laider, and erection of Blarney Castle — • Mac Carthy Mors lords of Desmond— Mac Carthy Reaghs lords of Carbery— Mac Carthy Donoughs lords of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskery— The Wars of the Roses, and their consequence in Ireland — O'Sullivan Bear hangs an English captain — The Cork Charter and Courts - Smith's account of Warbeck's Insurrection — A new Charter for Youghal— Warbeck's declaration before his execution — How the Irish suffered for their loyalty- Baron Fin^las's account of the decay of Ireland — Marrying and fostering with Irish forbidden — Proclamation against it to be made by the Deputy in open market — Ireland a troublesome colony at best — Martin Pelly's letter of complaint to Lord Cromwell — What was thought of the Butlers — A Cork bishop buried in Piedmont — . His history.

    CHAP, y^,— Reign of Henry VHL ... ,.. ... ... ... 17JI

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35. O'Brien's Fleet Devastates Cloyne and Removes Relics

    Cloyne · town · Cork · 1071

    In 1071 a fleet under Dermot O'Brien sailed round Ireland, devastating Cloyne and taking away the relics of St. Finnbarr from Cill-na-clerich.

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    A.D. 107 1. — A fleet, with Dermot O'Brien, sailed round Ireland. He devastated Cluain-Uamha, and took away the relics of St.. Finnbarr from Cill-na-clerich.

    A.D. 1075. — O'Currain, archinnech of Cluain-Uamha, quievit in Christo.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 212

36. Ruined chapel and sacred well tradition at Kilmoe

    near Kilmoe · parish · Cork

    At Kilmoe there were the ruins of a chapel at the west end of the town dedicated to St Mullagh, while the parish church was dedicated to St Briana, alias Brandon, whose festival was observed there. The parish had about nine Protestant families and two hundred Papists at the close of the 17th century.

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    has obliged all the tenants not to admit Papists. In the piaish of Skull there are about four Protestant fdhuUes, and about four- hundred Papist lamilies; Daniel Carthy is Popish priest of the eastern part of this parish ; Tie has been here ever since before the late tjoubles. No glebe in this pai'ish, no registry -book, nor Bible, nor common prayer look. In Kilmoe there are the ruins of a chapel at the westrend of the town dedicated ito St. MuUagh. The cliiurch of Kilmoe fe dedicated to St. Briana, alias Bnmdou, whose festival is observed in this parish. There are about nine Protestant families, and 'two hundred Papists ; Teige Coghlen is Popish priest of Kilmoe, and of the western part, or Skull ; he has been^ here abcait eight years. A young Irishman, a Papist, teaches school about the middle of the parish. In all O'Sullivan s country . they obseiTe as a holiday ' St. Eooane's Day.' At Kinneigh a high round tower stands on the southwest corner of the churfh-yaid. 'Tis supposed this church was formerly a cathedral. A stone is on the south-west corner of the church of Kinneigh, counted very sacred, w^hich the Irish solemnly swear upon. The church is accounted by the Irish very sacred. There is a tradition that formerly, in this churchyard, there was a well that had great medicinal virtues, and that the concourse of people being very chargeable to the inhabitants they stopped it up. In MiuTagh, Daniel Hurly, a quiet man, is Popish priest of this and thrie or four contiguous parishes ; there are more Protestants tlian Papists ; there was a registry lately Bought, and a Bible, and two Common Prayer books. In Desertsurgis there are one hundred and fifty families of Protestants ; no Popish schoolmaster in this parish ; a Bible and Common Prayer book lately bought ; Denis Mahony is Popish priest of this parisL"

    A Frenchman, M. de la BeuUaye, who travelled in Ireland

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 98

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    As the road carries you through the parish of Kilmoe in Cork, there are ruins of a chapel at the west end of the town, dedicated to St. Mullagh. The parish church is dedicated to St. Briana, also called Brandon, whose festival is observed in this parish. At the close of the 17th century, the parish held about 9 Protestant families and 200 Papists. The Popish priest of this parish, and of the western part of the neighbouring parish of Skull, was Teige Coghlen. He had been here about 8 years. A young Irishman, a Papist, taught school about the middle of the parish. In all of O'Sullivan's country, the people observed St. Rooane's Day as a holiday. The neighbouring parish of Skull, whose western part shared the same priest, held about 4 Protestant families and about 400 Papist families. Daniel Carthy was Popish priest of the eastern part of Skull, and had been there ever since before the late troubles. There was no glebe in Skull, no registry book, nor Bible, nor common prayer book. The proprietor had obliged all the tenants not to admit Papists. At Kinneigh, a high round tower stood on the southwest corner of the churchyard. The church there was supposed to have formerly been a cathedral. A stone on the southwest corner of the church was counted very sacred, and the Irish solemnly swore upon it. The church was accounted by the Irish very sacred. There was a tradition that in this churchyard there had been a well with great medicinal virtues, but the concourse of people being very chargeable to the inhabitants, they stopped it up.

37. Abbot Ailill of Trian Corcaigh falls in battle with 6,000 men

    Cork · city · Cork

    Ailill, Abbot of Trian Corcaigh (a third part of Cork), fell in battle against the King of Rathluine and of Kerry Luachira along with 6,000 men, illustrating Cork's continued strife during the Danish wars.

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    Cork must have merited the appellation of " great" at this period, for we find Ailill mentioned as Abbot of Trian Corcaigh,^ falling in battle with the King of Rathluine and of Kerry Luachira, and 6,ocx) men.

    In 869 there was " an extensively and indescribable slaughter of the foreigners at Dun-viain, in the west of Ireland." The Dun was demolished, and was probably a stronghold of the Danes. The victors were the men of Kerry imder Congalach, the men of Limerick under Flannery, and the Eognachists of Loch Lein under Conlegan. Amlafi", the Danish chief, plundered Lismore about this time, but the men

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 36

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    As you pass through Cork, you're travelling a place old records called great. Ailill was Abbot of Trian Corcaigh, a third part of Cork, and he fell in battle against the King of Rathluine and of Kerry Luachira, with 6,000 men. This was during the Danish wars, when strife in Cork never really let up.

38. Ardnagragh fortress commanding the Kerry pass

    Ardnagragh · sub-townland · Kerry · 1583

    The fortress of Ardnagragh, held by the Geraldines, stood in a mountain defile above Castleisland and commanded the pass into O'Keeffe's country during the warlike sixteenth century.

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    The fortress of Ardnagragh stood in a mountain defile above Castleisland, and commanded the pass into O'Keeflfe s country, and the Kerry and Cork O'Keeflfes were men of mettle in those warlike times. Kilmiirry and Bally mac Luodam were in the same neighbourhood, and were also held by the Geraldines. A stone coflfin was dug up in the churchyard of Kilnanonain during the present century, which was believed to have contained the remains of the once famous earl. Some modem barbarian broke it up for his limekiln — " an act of gratuitous mischief,'' observes a writer in the Kerry Magazine^ on whose authority I give the above statement, " in a district where lilnestone is abundant."

    The traditions of the county give Owen Moriarty the obloquy of being the murderer of the earl, and his own depositions are quite sufficient evidence of his complicity, though, from an apparentiy accidental circumstance, he did not strike the fatal blow. Owen went by the name of Droghbeacla (of the bad Engjish), which tells a good deal. From this it is evident that he must have had some intercourse with the English, and was probably willing to be on their side, and to resist any demand which the earl might make upon him for assistance.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 116

39. Bishop's house at Ross burned by Donnell II. O'Donovan

    Ross Carbery · town · Cork · 1586

    In 1586 Donnell II. O'Donovan burned to the ground the bishop's house at Ross, which had been built a short time before by William Lyon, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

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    XL. Donnell 11. O'Donovan. — He succeeded his father in 1584, and in 1586 he burniMl to the ground the bishop's house at Ross, which had been a short time before built by William Lyon, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. See Harrises

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 202

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    As you come through Ross Carbery, this is the town where Donnell II O'Donovan burned the bishop's house to the ground in 1586. He had succeeded his father in 1584. The house had been built only a short time before by William Lyon, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.

40. Burning of Kilmallock by Lord James

    Kilmallock · townland · Limerick

    Despite his English descent, Lord James forced a march, reached Kilmallock before the deputy, and burned the town to the ground during the campaigns of Sidney and St. Leger.

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    forced a march, reached Kilmallock before the deputy, and

    burned it to the ground.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 106

41. Danish raiders ravage from Limerick to Cork, plundering caves and cairns

    Cork · city · Cork · 881

    Barid, son of Imhar, chief of the Norsemen, plundered Leinster and Munster before his death in 881, leaving no underground cave unexplored and nothing between Limerick and Cork unravaged, likely looting sepulchral cairns.

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    "They left not a cave under ground that they did not explore ; and they left nothing from Limerick to Cork that they did not ravage."*

    No doubt these marauders had discovered the treasures contained in our sepulchral cairns and had a rich booty from them.

    Internet Archive ahistorycityand00cusagoog, Chapter 36

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    Coming up near Cork now. In 881, a Norse chief named Barid, son of Imhar, led raiders through Leinster and Munster. The record says they left not a cave underground that they did not explore, and nothing from Limerick to Cork that they did not ravage. They were likely looting the sepulchral cairns for treasure.

42. Death of Cennachta, head Abbot of Cork monks

    Cork · city · Cork · 926

    In 926 Cennachta, Abbot of Cork, died and is described as the head of the rule of the Monks of Ireland, marking the end of a long line of Cork abbots who suffered through the Danish period.

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    In the year 926, Cennachta^ Abbot of Cork, died, and ie described as the head of the rule of the Monks of Ireland.

    In the same year Celedubhaill, son of Scannal, went on a pilgrimage to Kome from the abbey at Bangor, and he composed these quatrains at his departure, which show that the raids of the Northmen, terrible as they were, had neither lessened the devotion nor the literary taste of the Irish : —

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    As you pass through Cork, you're in a city with deep monastic roots. In 926, Cennachta, Abbot of Cork, died. He was described as the head of the rule of the Monks of Ireland. That same year, Celedubhaill, son of Scannal, left the abbey at Bangor on pilgrimage, composing quatrains at his departure that showed the Northmen's raids had not lessened Irish devotion or literary taste.

43. Death of John Fitzgerald at Youghal

    Youghal · town · Cork · 1369

    John, third earl of Desmond, died at Youghal in 1369 and was succeeded by his half brother Gerald, the poet-earl reputed to be a magician.

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    In 1357 Maurice Oge, or the younger, second earl of Desmond, died suddenly at Castlemaine, and was succeeded in the family honours by his younger brother, John, who died at Youghal in 1369. He was succeeded by his half brother, Gerald, better known as the poet and the hero of romance. From all accounts, it is evident that the earl was in advance of his age in learning, if not in science ; and, as an almost necessary consequence, he attained the reputation of being a magician. His knowledge, however, took a practical, as well as a poetical turn, for we find that he held a prominent place in the politics of the day.

    1:^8 THE GERALD1NE3.

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44. Dreadful Pestilence Strikes the City of Cork

    Cork · city · Cork · 1606–1607

    Towards the end of 1606 and into the beginning of 1607, a severe pestilence broke out in the city of Cork. The outbreak eventually subsided of its own accord without recorded intervention.

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    " Towards the end of this year and beginning of the next there was a most dreadful pestilence in the city of Cork, which, by degrees, ceased of itself

    "Cork, Youghal, and Kinsale, with several other towns in Munster, obtained new chartei*s from his Majesty, with a further augmentation of their privileges. The bishop's episcopal palace in Cork was re-edified by Bishop Lyon, and cost him ^4,000.

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    As you pass through Cork, this is the city where a most dreadful pestilence struck towards the end of 1606 and the beginning of 1607. The sickness raged through the city and then, by degrees, ceased of itself. No remedy or intervention is recorded; it simply ran its course and passed.

45. First Danish invasion repulsed at Killarney

    Killarney · townland · Kerry

    The first Danish invasion met with stout resistance at Loch Lein (Killarney), where the Eoganachts repulsed the Northmen with considerable slaughter.

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    The first Danish invasion met with stout resistance at Lock Lei7t (Killamey), where the Eogiinachts repulsed them with considerable slaughter.

    But the booty, of which they had more than a glimpse, was too tempting to be lost without further effort, and another invasion was planned and carried out in 822, during the reign of Fedhlimedh, son of Crimthann, King of Munster.

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46. Great plague ravages Munster

    Munster · province · 1334

    According to the annals cited by Cusack, the Plague raged in Munster during this period, killing great numbers of people in the county.

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    " The Plague raged this year in Munster. Jolin de Carew, Baron of Carew% ^vas Lord Justice of Ireland ; from him Sir George Carew, Earl of Totness, who in 1601 was Lord President of this province, was descended.

    152 THE BE* COmtCfTS.

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47. Plague in Munster during the Desmond and Mac Carthy wars

    Munster · province

    During the period of conflict between the Desmonds and the Mac Carthys, the Plague struck Munster, adding to the devastation of the era alongside the murder of Cormac Mac Carthy.

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    The Desmonds and the Mac Carthys — The Plague in Munster — Murder of Connac Mac Carl hy— Accession of Kdward III. — John de Courcy created Earl of Ulster — De Courcy's famous duel— The Spaniards at Kinsale— Letter to the English court signed by the Bishops of Cork and Cloyne— A letter to the English court requesting that the Anglo-Norman and Irish lords may be bound over **upon paiil of life and goods" not to prey on each other— Contemptible and foolish policy of the English government — The Earl of Desmond asks permission for his son to be brought up an Irishman *' for the better preserving of peace"— Dissensions were so rife that Campion describes Cork people as living almost in a state of siege — The Irish described as " a pack of wolves" — Smith's anti-Irish proclivities — Foundation of the Monastery of Kilcrea by Mac Carthy Laider, and erection of Blarney Chstle — Mac Carthy Mors lords of Desmond — Mac Carthy Reaghs lords of Carbery— Mac Carthy Donoughs lords of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskerry — The Wars of the Roses, and their consequence in Ireland — O'Sullivan Bear hangs an English captain — The Cork Charter and Courts — Smith's account of Warbeck's Insurrection — A new Charter for Youghal — Warbeck's declaration before his execution — How the Irish suffered for their loyalty — Baron Finglas's account of the decay of Ireland — Marrying and fostering with Irish forbidden — Proclamation against it tb be made by the Deputy in open market — Ireland a troublesome colony at best— Martin Pelly's letter of complaint to Lord Cromwell — What was thought of the Butlers — a Cork bishop buried in Piedmont — His history.

    ■^^N order to give a consecutive history of the Desmonds, we have anticipated. We must now return to an earlier date.

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48. Sir Thomas Norreys Slain at Kilteely

    Kilteely · town · Limerick · 1599

    Sir Thomas Norreys, President of Munster, who had helped commit recusants of Cork city for refusing to conform to the new religion, was later slain by Thomas Burke at Kilteely, Co. Limerick, in July 1599.

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    4. President of Munster ; he was slain by Thomas Burke, at Kilteely, Co. Limerick, July, 1599.

    192 THB PEOPLE REFUSING TO GIVE UP THE MASS.

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49. St Barre's tower in a Cork suburb

    Cork · city · Cork · 1644

    M. de la Beullaye, a Frenchman who travelled in Ireland in 1644, wrote of an old tower in a suburb of Cork, ten or twelve feet in circumference and more than one hundred feet high, which locals firmly believed had been built by St Barre.

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    WTites that — '* In one of the subuibs of C-ork there is an old

    tower, ten or twelve feet in circumferenof\ and more than one

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    A French traveller, M. de la Beullaye, passed through Cork in 1644 and noted an old tower in one of the suburbs, ten or twelve feet in circumference and more than one hundred feet high. The people of Cork firmly believed it had been built by St Barre.

50. Victory over the Danes at Youghal

    Youghal · town · Cork · 865

    Under the year 865 the Four Masters record a great victory over the Danes at Eochaille (Youghal), where the Northmen had entrenched themselves about the middle of the century.

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    Under the year 865 the Four Masters record a great victory over the Danes at Eochaille (Youghal), where they had entrenched themselves about the middle of this century. In 872 we find the plundering of the Deisi by Cearbhall as far as Bealach-Eochaille.''

    5. Duald Mac Firbis, in the Fragments of Annals^ printed for the Irish Arch, and Celtic SociOy, i860.

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51. Abbot and successor of Bairre slain, Inis-Doimhle plundered

    Cork · city · Cork · 820–821

    Under the year 820 the Four Masters record the plundering of Inis-Doimhle of Corcach by the Gentiles, and under 821 the death of Cucaech, Abbot of Cluain-namha, and Forbhasach, successor of Bairre of Cork.

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    Under the year 820 the Four Masters enter " the plundering of IniS'Doimhle of Corcach by the Gentiles." Under the year 821 they enter the death of Cucaech, Abbot of Cluaimnamha? and of Forbhasach, successor of Bairre of Corcach (Cork).

    2. St. Bercan, caUed by the writer of the Wars of the Gaedh'tl " chief prophet of heaven and earth." St. Bercan was of Cluain Sosta (Clonsort), King's County. Bec-Mac-De^ or " Mac Dcgadh/* was a celebrated Irish prophet. His name occurs in the Martyrology of Donc^I, at Oct. 12. He is said to have flourished in the sixth century. Bee was an original whenever he lived. His prophecies and sayings are preserved in an ancient vellum MS. in the British Museum (Harleian, 5,280). O'Curry is of opinion that cUl these prophecies are doubtful. The Four Masters enter his death under the year 557. His name probably was appended to predictions which he never entered.

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    As the companion tells it

    As you pass through Cork, you are near ground that saw violence in the early ninth century. The Four Masters record that in 820 the Gentiles plundered Inis-Doimhle of Corcach. The year after, 821, they record the death of Cucaech, Abbot of Cluain-namha, and of Forbhasach, successor of Bairre of Cork. So within twelve months the city lost a monastic island to raiders and then its own abbot and the successor of its patron saint.

52. Burning of Cloyne's Houses and Churches

    Cloyne · town · Cork · 1137

    In 1137, Cloyne and Ardagh, the see of Bishop Mel, were burned, with both the houses and churches destroyed in the conflagration.

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    A.D. 1 1 37. — Cluain-Uamha anrl Ardagh of Bishop Mel were burned, both houses and churches.

    A.D. 1 1 49. — Aelneniah O'Mariertach, bishop, died. He flourished in 1140, as we hear from St. Bernard in Vita, S. Miilachiae, who gave him the title '* Episcopas Cluain-Vaniae," which in some of the printed texts is corrupted into " Duenvaniae." Bishop Nemiah is described by an old writer in Tyndal's Vision as a plain and modest man, excelling in wisdom and charity.

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53. Cork devastated by fire in 1622

    Cork · city · Cork · 1622

    In 1622 the city of Cork was devastated by a major fire, noted as a significant civic disaster of the period.

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    Elizabeth's Successor — Captain Morgan sent to Cork to proclaim the new monarch — The Cork mayor and aldermen refuses to issue the proclamation— Some sharp words on both sides — A trial, and the jury fined heavily because the will not find for the Crown — Entry of the Lord Lieutenant to Cork — The people place plowshares in the street, to call attention to the misery they have so long suffered in not being allowed to till their land — Sir Henry Becher made Lord President of Munster — Charters grated to Bandon and Cloghnakilty — In 1622 Cork is devastated by fire — Mr. Boyle comes to Ireland — Stafford falls a victim to the Puritan party — The Iri^h unite in support of their king and their religion — The Confederate Catholics — The Irish generally take the wrong side — ^The only liberty allowed by the Puritans was liberty to agree with themselves — The Catholic oath — How Lord Cork heard the \ news of the Catholic rising — General Barry in Cork — Lord Musker/s unruly camp — St. Leger dies of a broken heart — Charles II. proclaimed in Cork, Kinsale, and Youghal, immediately after the execution of Charles I. — Cromwell lands in Ireland — He declares he meddles with no man's conscience, and yet persecutes most cruelly — His intolerance by no means confined to Catholics — His bitter persecution of all who did not agree with him — His cruel persecution of the Quakers — Character given of him by the historian of the Society of Friends —Lady Fanshawe's account of his capture of Cork — Her flight to Kinsale — Cromwell's policy — He sends an order for the execution of a gentleman whom he fears, by the gentleman himself—r Escape of the intended victim of this base treachery — Cromwell returns to England — Ireland is "planted" once more — The terrible injustice inflicted by these confiscations, and the barbarous and reckless manner in which they were carried out — The oath exacted from the Catholics by Cromwell, and some account of his persecutions from contemporary sources.

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    As you pass through Cork, the city carries a history of disaster that goes back centuries. In 1622, Cork was devastated by fire, a significant civic disaster recorded in the city's history. The source gives no detail of how the fire began or how much was lost, only that it struck the city in that year. Cork at this period was a place of political tension too. The people had placed plowshares in the street to draw attention to their misery at not being allowed to till their land, and there had been clashes between the Crown's officers and the city's mayor and aldermen over the proclamation of the new monarch. The fire of 1622 sits within that troubled early Stuart period in the city's past.

54. Death of Thomas Maol at Rathkeale

    Rathkeale · town · Limerick · 1534

    Thomas Maol, or 'The Bald', died at an advanced age at Rathkeale in 1534, having succeeded as earl following the beheading of his father Thomas at Drogheda.

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    the unfortunate Thomas, who was beheaded at Drogheda. He died at an advanced age, at Rathkeale, in 1534. James, the thirteenth earl, was grandson of Thomas the last earl — a fact which may give the reader some idea of the difficulty a historian must encounter in tracing out the Desmond pedigree, superadding the confusion involved in similiarity of name, shortness of tenure, and extreme confusion of those who have written on the subject, and who have in many instances made the most contradictory statements.

    James had been educated in England, whither he had been sent as a hostage. On hearing that he was heir to the Desmond title and property, he requested permission of the "King's Majesty" to take possession of the "lands and territorys, and quietly to settle his aflfayres." How little he could have anticipated his fate when he set forth on his journey with a troop of friends and soldiers. He landed at Youghal, August 7, 1535, but as he passed " through the Lord Roch, Viscoimt of Fermoy, his country," an ambush was laid for him by his treacherous kinsman, Maurice — known, from this and other crimes, aa Maurice the Murderer, or " Maurice Dubh " (the black). There can be no doubt that the object of this ambush was solely to murder the young earl. As soon as the bloody deed had been effected, all his followers were allowed to escape unhurt.'

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55. Deaths of Bishop and Prior of Cloyne killed by Danes

    Cloyne · town · Cork · 884–885

    The death of Reachtaidh, the learned Bishop of Cloyne, is entered under 884; in 885 Fearghal the Abbot and Uamanian the Prior of Cloyne were slain by the Danes.

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    The death of Reacktaidh^ the learned Bishop of Cluain- Uamhrach (Cloyne), is entered under the year 884. In 885 Fearghal, the Abbot, and Uamanian, the Prior of Cloyne, were slain by the Danes. In 894, according to the Four Masters, and 898, in the annals of Ulster, Arggatann, the Abbot of " Gh:eat Cork," died.

    The Ckronicum Sector om enters the death of Saerbretaeh^ a sage and Bishop of Cork, in 896, and Arggdan's death in 889, in which year they say there was a famine of bread and much rain.

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56. Earl Maurice Fitzgerald buried at Tralee Dominican Convent

    Tralee · townland · Kerry · 1356

    The Earl of Desmond died in the castle of Dublin in July 1356. His remains were interred at the family burial place in the Dominican Convent of Tralee.

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    The earl was released from custody at London in 1 349, on the joint bond of his father-in-law, Raoul, Lord Stafford, Thomas de Berkeley, Richard Talbot, and Reginald de Cobham, each of whom personally undertook to produce him within eight days from the time he might be demanded by the king — no slight act of friendship, the fate of former mainprizes being considered. The earl appears to have ingratiated himself with royalty ; for he was taken under the special protection of the king, and it was decided that all questions in connection with him should be referred to the English Council. He was further promoted to the vice-royalty, A.D. 1355, 3^d during his short term of office gave general, if not particular, satisfaction by hanging some of his own relations who had been found guilty of lawless deeds. He died in the castle of Dublin, July, 1356, but his remains were interred at the family burial place in the Dominican Convent of Tralee.

    In 1357 Maurice Oge, or the younger, second earl of Desmond, died suddenly at Castlemaine, and was succeeded in the family honours by his younger brother, John, who died at Youghal in 1369. He was succeeded by his half brother, Gerald, better known as the poet and the hero of romance. From all accounts, it is evident that the earl was in advance of his age in learning, if not in science ; and, as an almost necessary consequence, he attained the reputation of being a magician. His knowledge, however, took a practical, as well as a poetical turn, for we find that he held a prominent place in the politics of the day.

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    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere around here lies the burial place of Earl Maurice Fitzgerald, the Earl of Desmond, interred in the Dominican Convent of Tralee. He died in the castle of Dublin in July 1356, and his remains were brought back here to the family burial place. He had been released from custody in London on the joint bond of several noblemen, each personally undertaking to produce him within eight days if the king demanded him. He ingratiated himself with royalty, was taken under the king's special protection, and was promoted to the vice-royalty in 1355. During his short term of office he gave general satisfaction by hanging some of his own relations who had been found guilty of lawless deeds. The year after his death, 1357, Maurice Oge, the younger, second earl of Desmond, died suddenly at Castlemaine. He was succeeded by his younger brother John, who died at Youghal in 1369, and then by his half brother Gerald, better known as the poet and the hero of romance, who was reputed to be a magician.

57. Fingrisne O'Ceamh, lord of Glanworth, slain in battle 1135

    Glanworth · town · Cork · 1135

    The Four Masters record that in 1135 Fingrisne O'Ceamh, lord of Glennamnach (Glanworth in Fermoy barony), was slain in battle.

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    The ancient sept O'Keeffe derives its lineage from Aengus, who was King of Munster at the close of the fifth century, and from whom all the great southern families are descended. The Four Masters record the death in 1603 of Ceallaffh O'Ceamh, and at 1135 they record a battle, in which Fingrisne O'Ceamh, lord of Glennamnach (Glan worth, in Fermoy barony), was slain. In 1161 Hugh OKeeffe, tiarnach (lord) of Fermoy, was slain. During these centuries, and up to the English invasion, this family was territorially possessed of Pobble O'Keeffe, which extended over what have been since

    COUNTY CORK.

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58. Franciscan Friary of Timoleague Reduced to Ruins

    Timoleague · town · Cork · 1494–1600

    The Franciscan convent at Timoleague, enriched by Bishop O'Herlihy with a library, dormitory, infirmary and steeple, served as a devotional resort for nearly a century. Its friars were eventually dispersed and the convent reduced to ruin during the persecution of Elizabeth's reign.

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    and the convent reduced to a heap of ruins in the reign of

    Elizabeth.

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    Up ahead is Timoleague, where a Franciscan friary once stood. Bishop O'Herlihy enriched it with a library, dormitory, infirmary and steeple, and for nearly a century it served as a devotional resort. The friars were eventually dispersed and the convent reduced to a heap of ruins in the reign of Elizabeth.

59. Glandore Castle, formerly Cloghatrad-Vally

    near Glandore · population centre · Cork · 1215–1580

    The castle of Traigh-bhaile near the harbour of Glandore was erected by Barrett, later called Cloghatrad-Vally and belonging to Donnell na Carton O'Donovan, chief of Clann-Loughlin, who died in 1580; it is now generally called Glandore Castle.

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    The castle of Traigh-bhaile, near the harbour of Cuan Dor (Glandorc), was erected by Barrett. This castle was afterwards called Cloghatrad-Vally, and belonged to Donnell na Carton O'Donovan, chief of Clann-Loughlin, who died on the i oth of May, 1580, and to his son, and grandson. It was situated in the townland of Aghatubridmore, in the parish of Kilfaughnabeg, and is now generally called Glandore Castle.

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    You are coming through Glandore in Cork. The castle here, now called Glandore Castle, was first built by Barrett and known as the castle of Traigh-bhaile, near the harbour. It was later called Cloghatrad-Vally and belonged to Donnell na Carton O'Donovan, chief of Clann-Loughlin, who died on the 10th of May 1580. It passed to his son and grandson after him.

60. St Senan buried at Kinsale

    Kinsale · town · Cork

    St Senan, who presided over the Church of Cluan between the mountains Crot and Mairge in Munster, is recorded as lying buried at Kinsale, associated with the priory of Regular Canons there.

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    " Priory of Regular Canons. — St. Gobban, a disciple of St. Ailb, was patron of the monastery of Kingsale, and in the sixth century we meet with St. Began of Kinnsaile. St. Senan lies buried here ; he presided over the Church of Cluan, between tho mountains Crot and Mairge, in Munster. White Friars. — We have no information about the foundation of this house ; but Stephen Prene, the Prior of it, obtained in the year 1350 a quart(»r of land in Lischan, from Robert Fitz- Richard, Balrayne. Part of the ruins of this monastery still remain in the north end of the town.

    " In an inquisition taken in the town of Rosscarbery on the 8th of April, in the reign of James II., we find it set down that the town of Kyngsale was wont to appoint an admiral for the fishing season, and then he and the lord did join in setting the order for the fishing, and keep admiral's court every Monday, and all pecuniary pimishments for treating the orders agreed upon were to be equally divided between the lord and the admiral."

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    Kinsale, a town the road passes through or near, is where Saint Senan lies buried. He presided over the Church of Cluan, between the mountains Crot and Mairge in Munster. The priory of Regular Canons here was associated with his burial, and the record also names Saint Gobban, a disciple of Saint Ailb, as patron of the monastery of Kingsale, in the sixth century, when we meet with Saint Began of Kinnsaile.