Ecclesiastical antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore, consisting of a taxation of those dioceses, compiled in the year MCCCVI.; with notes and illustrations

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1. Burial vault of the first Marquis of Antrim at Bonamargy

   Bonamargy · townland · Antrim

   The large cemetery surrounding the ruins of Bonamargy abbey is the principal burying-ground of the parish, and in a vault at its south side are deposited the remains of the first Marquis of Antrim.

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   British ]\Iuseum, states that Bunamargy in the Reuta was founded in 1500 by Roory M= Quillin, lord of the Rente — (No. 4814, Plut. cxx. G., p. 2.) The chapel measures 98 feet by 21. The east window strongly resembles that of old Culfeightrin church. The large cemetery which surrounds the ruins is the principal burying-ground of the parish ; and in a vault at the south side are deposited the remains of the first Marquis of Antrim. Close to the abbey, on the S. W., is Danriney Fort. A MS. on vellum, with illuminated capitals, containing a translation of Bonaventure's tract "De descensu Christi ad inferos" in the English of the fifteenth century, and formerly belonging to the abbey, is now in the possession of Mrs. Ezechiel Boyd of Ballycastle.

   3. Drumnakill. — In the townland Bighouse, on Murlough Bay, near the water-edge, is a high platform of rock, which bears this name. On the top are the foundations of an old church, measuring 24^ feet by 10 feet 9 inches. From the following notice in the Terrier it appears to have been a chapel of ease to the mother church: " Capella

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   Somewhere close to Bonamargy, there is a large cemetery surrounding the ruins of an old abbey, and it serves as the principal burying-ground of the parish. In a vault at its south side lie the remains of the first Marquis of Antrim. The abbey itself was called Bunamargy in the Route, and it was founded in 1500 by Roory MacQuillin, lord of the Route. The chapel measures 98 feet by 21, and its east window strongly resembles that of old Culfeightrin church. Close to the abbey, to the south-west, stands Danriney Fort. A manuscript on vellum, with illuminated capitals, once belonged to this abbey. It contains a translation of Bonaventure's tract "De descensu Christi ad inferos" in the English of the fifteenth century. That manuscript is now in the possession of Mrs. Ezechiel Boyd of Ballycastle.

2. Danish plundering of Dun Sobarky

   near Dunseverick · population centre · Antrim · 924

   In 924 Dun Sobarky (Dunseverick) was plundered by the Danes of Lough Cuan (Strangford Lough), as recorded in the Annals of Ulster.

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   " Dun Sobarky was plundered by the Danes of Lough Cuan",

   For further information see Keating's History, vol. i. pp. 124, 300, 302, 308, 324, 332. — (Ed. Haliday.) O Flaherty's Ogygia, pp. 205, 247; and, above all, the Dublin Pen. Jour., vol. i. p. 361, where Mr. O Donovan, in an able article, established Dun- Sobharche of the ancients to be modern Dunseverick, and gave to the public an earnest of those rare talents and attainments which have since displayed themselves in his writings, and which, vmder due encouragement, qualify him to be the restorer of native Irish literature.

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   Dunseverick was once called Dun Sobarky. In 924 it was plundered by the Danes of Lough Cuan. That is Strangford Lough. The raid is recorded in the Annals of Ulster. Scholars later confirmed that the old Dun Sobharche of the ancients was this same place. O'Donovan established the connection in print, and the identification has held.

3. Divine storm destroys unlawful Sunday building work at Druim-bo

   Drumbo · townland · Down

   The Tripartite Life of St Patrick relates that when pagans continued building a rath at Druim-bo near the sea in defiance of the Sabbath despite Patrick's warning, a storm arose that night and the sea's tempest destroyed all their work, fulfilling Patrick's prophecy.

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   The foundation of the church of Drumbo is ascribed by Colgan to St. Patrick (Trias Thaum., p. 270, col. 2), but not on sufficient authority. The name occurs in some of the Lives of that saint, but it is clear that it there belongs to some place near Downpatrick. The Tripartite Life has the following passage: " Dum die quadam Dominica post coelestium contemplationem quietem caperet vir Beatus apud Ecclesiam de Druimho juxta mare, audivit sonum sonitumque haud modicum gentilium, contra festi reverentiam laborantum, murumque quendam sedificantium. Motus autem Sanctus Antistes ob tantam sacratissimaj festivitatis prophanationem, curavit laborantes ad se accersiri ; eisque Dominicum mandatum de sabbatho sanctificando exponens, ut a suscepto opere cessent donee Dominica transeat festivitas, in nomine Creatoris imperavit. Sed illi non solum sancti Dei verba parvipendebant, sed et ipsum, ut dehrum, derisui et subsannationi habebant. Quibus veritatis prsenuncius ait; labor vester non proficiet; quod probatum est. Sequenti enim nocte veutus flans turbavit mare, et omne opus tempestas destruxit secundum verbum Patricii". — (Pt. iii. c. 62, Trias Thaum., p. 161.) The Life in the Book of Armagh gives a similar statement : " Alia vice Sanctus requiescens Patricius in die dominica supra mare juxta salsuginem quod est ad aquilonalem plagam a Collo Bovis distans non magno vice spatio, audivit sonum intemperatum gentilium in die dominica laborantium, facientium rathi, vocatisque illis, &c." — (Betham, Ant. Res. App., p. xi.) Jocelin, also, narrating the circumstance, says: "Tempore quodam S. Patricius in portu, in Aquilonari parte Hybernige sito, versus oppidum Druimho vocabulo instante die Dominica applicavit, nee egressus inde, sed ibidem navi quiescens eandem devotione solita solemnizavit ". And he continues to relate what occurred as in the other Lives. The work which they were engaged in he states to be '■'■ Rai/tk, id est, murum''''. — (Chap. 160.)

   From these passages it is evident that the place now called Drumbo cannot be intended, as it is several miles distant from the sea.

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   Somewhere around here, the old lives of Saint Patrick place a story at Druim-bo. The Tripartite Life says that on a Sunday, the blessed man was resting at the church of Druim-bo near the sea, when he heard a great noise of pagans working against the reverence of the holy day, building a wall. Patrick, moved by this profanation of the sacred festival, had the workers called to him. He explained the Lord's commandment about keeping the Sabbath holy and commanded them, in the name of the Creator, to stop their work until the Sunday festival had passed. But they did not just disregard the holy man's words. They mocked him and held him in derision. Patrick, a herald of truth, told them, your labor shall not profit. And so it was proved. The following night, wind blew and troubled the sea, and the tempest destroyed all their work, just as Patrick had said. The Life in the Book of Armagh tells the same story, adding that Patrick heard the pagans building a rath on a Sunday. Jocelin also narrates it, saying Patrick had arrived in a harbor in the northern part of Ireland, near a place called Druim-bo, and stayed aboard his vessel to observe the day in his usual devotion. He describes the work they were engaged in as a rath, that is, a wall. The writer of these notes observes that the place now called Drumbo cannot be the one intended, as it lies several miles from the sea. Still, the name and the story have long been attached to this place.

4. Forcible seizure of Lismullen and Kilclief manors

   Kilclief · townland · Down · 1447–1450

   Thomas Pollard, claiming a papal provision, forcibly entered and took possession of the manors of Lismullen and Kilclief, aided by the Prior of Down and other clergy. This dispute over church property led the aggrieved bishop to seek redress from temporal authorities in 1449.

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   directe in bis scriptis provoco et appello, et Apostolos, eatenus, quatenus de jure vel consuetudine in casu sunt petendi, peto, et iterum ac iterum peto, instanter instantius ac instantissime, mihi dari, fieri, ac assiguari cum effectu, &c. Pr^sentibus Magistris Richardo Eowe et Henrico Paton juris-peritis, nee non domino Jolianne M'^ Gean capellano, et multis aliis Ardmachans, Midensis, Conerensis, et Dunensis, Diocesium testibus in prajmissis vocatis specialiter et rogatis"°. These his apprehensions were soon realized, for Thomas Pollard, pretending that he had a provision from the Pope°, entered upon, and forcibly took possession of the manors of Lismullen and Kilclief, being abetted and assisted by the Prior of Down, and others of the clergyP. In 1449 the aggrieved bishop sought redress also from the temporal authorities, and addressed to the Seneschal of Ulster a letter which has been already noticed in this work''. Thomas Pollard was in possession of a portion of this property in 1450''; and on the death of the Bishop of Down and Connor, which occurred early in 1451*, was appointed, by the Crown, custos of the temporalities of the sees of DoAvn and Connor. From this time foward no further attempt was made to disturb the union of the two sees. The Bishops of Down and Connor were as follows: — names.

   n Regist. Prene, p. 125. pp. 167-262.

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   Somewhere close to Kilclief, Thomas Pollard took two manors by force, claiming a provision from the Pope. The manors were Lismullen and Kilclief itself. The Prior of Down and others of the clergy abetted and assisted him in the seizure. The bishop whose property had been taken was aggrieved. He had already appealed to apostolic authority, calling for apostles to be granted, with witnesses present including Masters Richard Rowe and Henrico Paton, men learned in the law, and Johannes M'Gean, a chaplain, and many others from the dioceses of Armagh, Meath, Connor, and Down. In 1449 the bishop sought redress from the temporal authorities as well, writing to the Seneschal of Ulster. Pollard was still in possession of part of the property in 1450. When the Bishop of Down and Connor died early in 1451, the Crown appointed Pollard custos of the temporalities of the sees of Down and Connor. After that, no further attempt was made to disturb the union of the two sees.

5. Prior Glaisne Magennis Killed by Rivals

   near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1526

   Glaisne, son of Hugh Magenis, Abbot of Newry and Prior of Down and Saul, was killed by the sons of Donald Magenis in 1526, according to the Four Masters. This act of familial rivalry ended his tenure over the priory.

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   1526, Glaisne, son of Hugh Magenis, Abbot of Newry, and

   Prior of Down and Saul, killed by the sons of Donald Magenis.

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   Downpatrick, a town the road passes through. In 1526, Glaisne, son of Hugh Magenis, Abbot of Newry and Prior of Down and Saul, was killed by the sons of Donald Magenis. A family rivalry ended his tenure over the priory.

6. Robert Savage's son killed and the English overthrown at Cave Hill

   near Cavehill · population centre · Antrim · 1468

   In 1468 the son of Robert Savage, Lord of Leathcathail, was killed and the English of Leathcathail overthrown by Con, son of Aodh Buidhe O'Neill, at Beinn-Uamha, identified as Cave Hill.

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   A. D. 1468, The son of Eobert Savage, Lord of Leathcathail, Avas killed, and the English of Leathcathail overthrown by Con, son of Aodh Buidhe ONeill, at Beinn-Uamha (Cave Hill?).

   A. D. 1469, Patrick Savage was taken prisoner by the Whites; and Patrick White, aided by Henry ONeill and MacQuillan, assumed the lordship of Leathcathail. An account of the appearance which this part of the country presented, at the

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   Near Cavehill, in 1468, the son of Robert Savage, Lord of Leathcathail, was killed, and the English of Leathcathail were overthrown by Con, son of Aodh Buidhe O'Neill, at Beinn-Uamha, which is identified as Cave Hill. The next year, Patrick Savage was taken prisoner by the Whites, and Patrick White, aided by Henry O'Neill and MacQuillan, assumed the lordship of Leathcathail.

7. Round Tower and burial remains on Ram's Island

   Ram's Island · townland · Antrim

   Ram's Island in Lough Neagh, part of Glenavy parish, once had a round tower and church; several skeletons and fragments of coffins indicative of a burial ground have been turned up near the tower at various times.

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   wliich signifies ' the church of the dwarf, being so called from the low stature of its first minister. — ^q& Appendix, and Calendar therein at Jan. 22, and November 6. It is said that the present church does not occupy the original site, but that the old Glenavy churchyard was at some distance, in an angle formed by the Glenavy and Pigeontown roads. — Par. Sur., vol. ii. p. 236. ' Chapel. — Probably Ram's Island. — Ord. Survey, s. 58. Antrim. This island, which forms part of Glenavy parish, lies in Lough Neagh, and contains nearly seven acres. In Speed's INIap of Ulster, and in Bleau's Geography (vol. vi.), it is called Enis Garden, and is accompanied by the symbol of a church and circular tower. At present, the only remains of antiquity on the island is the Round Tower, " 43 feet high, 30 feet 5 inches in circumference, the walls being 2 feet 8^ inches in thickness", Paroc. Survey, vol. ii. p. 238. Several skeletons and fragments of coffins, indicative of a burial ground, have at various times been turned up in the neighbourhood of the tower ; and it is not a century

   since the island was described as having " the ruins of a church, with a round Tower".— Barton's Lectures on Lough Neagh, Frontispiece.

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   Somewhere close to Ram's Island, in Lough Neagh, there stands a round tower, the last remains of what was once a church here. The island belongs to Glenavy parish and covers nearly seven acres. On old maps, Speed's map of Ulster and Bleau's Geography, it appears as Enis Garden, marked with the symbol of a church and a circular tower. The tower itself measures 43 feet high, 30 feet 5 inches in circumference, with walls 2 feet 8 inches thick. Several skeletons and fragments of coffins have been turned up at various times in the neighbourhood of the tower, pointing to a burial ground. It is less than a century since the island was described as having the ruins of a church with a round tower. The present Glenavy church does not occupy the original site. The old churchyard was at some distance, in an angle formed by the Glenavy and Pigeontown roads. The name signifies the church of the dwarf, called so from the low stature of its first minister.

8. Ruined Franciscan monastery and old church remembered near Aghaderg

   near Aghaderg · parish · Down · 1750–1802

   An investigation by Dr Shiel, Vicar-General, following the discovery of an ancient gold torque at Drumsallagh, revealed the former site of a Franciscan monastery near the old church of Aghaderg; an old man named Fegan, aged over ninety, recalled the walls still standing before they were demolished decades earlier for a bleach green.

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   been a torque,) in the townland Drumsallagh, gave rise to an examination into the ecclesiastical history of the neighbourhood ; and it was found by Dr. Shiel, the Vicar- General, that in the same townland " there had formerly been a monastery of the order of St. Francis ; that after the dissolution of the religious houses in Ireland there remained several mendicant friars, who still housed round the ruins of their monastery, which was situated about two hundred yards from the old church of Aghaderig, in the same townland ; the ruins of the church remain until this day, but most of the ruins of the monastery, with its choicest stones, were removed about an English mile, to the place where the church now stands. Dr. Shiel found, upon further inquiry, from an old man, whose name was Fegan, and above ninety years of age, that he remembered the walls of this building standing, to the height of three or four feet, and about ninety feet in length, but that above forty years ago they had been removed to make room for a bleach green". — Dubourdieu, Stat. Surv. of Down, pp. 303, 304. Dub. 1802. A.D. 141 3, Magnellus M*=gylmor vicar of ^c^-

   di/rg Eeg.Flem., fol.49, rev. A.D. 1427,

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   In the parish of Aghaderg, an old Franciscan monastery once stood near the old church. The story came to light because of a gold torque found in the townland of Drumsallagh. That discovery prompted Dr Shiel, the Vicar-General, to look into the ecclesiastical history of the area. He found that there had formerly been a monastery of the order of St Francis in that same townland, situated about 200 yards from the old church of Aghaderg. After the dissolution of the religious houses in Ireland, several mendicant friars still lived around the ruins of their monastery. The ruins of the church remain, but most of the monastery, with its choicest stones, were carried about an English mile to the place where the church now stands. Dr Shiel learned more from an old man named Fegan, who was above 90 years of age. Fegan remembered the walls of the monastery standing to a height of 3 or 4 feet, and about 90 feet in length. But over 40 years before, those walls had been pulled down to make room for a bleach green. A whole building, gone for bleaching cloth.

9. Congal Claen Slain at the Battle of Magh Rath

   near Moira · town · Down · 634

   Congal Claen, King of Uladh and descendant of Eochaidh Cobha, was slain in the great Battle of Magh Rath (Moira) in A.D. 634 after a ten-year reign.

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   after a reign of ten years, was slain at the battle of Magh Rath A. D. 634J.

   1 4. Dunchadh, son of Fiachna, son of Deman, reigned nine years, and died A. D. 643.

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   The road passes near Moira, where the Battle of Magh Rath was fought in 634. Congal Claen, King of Uladh and a descendant of Eochaidh Cobha, was slain there after a reign of ten years.

10. Church and burial place of Larne's Inver lost beneath a house

    near Larne · town · Antrim

    The ancient church of Inver, ancestor of the parish name Larne, is believed to have stood near the court-house; the backyard of an adjoining house was found to contain quantities of human bones, showing it had once been a burial place.

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    ^ Ynver. — The present perpetual curacy of Larne comprises, in addition to Dunales last mentioned, the parish of Invcrbeg, and part of Invermore. Inverbeg was found by Inquisition in 1605, to be a rectory consisting of three townlands, appropriate to the Bishop of Connor. The Terrier also represents it as " the Bishop's mensall, having three townlands, whereof the Spiritual belongs to the Bishop ". It comprised part of the town of Larne, and its church is supposed to have stood somewhere near the court-house, for the back-yard of an adjoining house occupies a space which appears, from the quantities of human bones some years ago found in it, to have been once a burial place. The name Inver (Inbeap 'the mouth of a river') was an old name of Larne, and refers to the position of the town at the mouth of the Larne Water, anciently called the Ollarba. The name Larne, as a parochial denomination,

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    As the road comes through Larne, you are passing a town with a history older than its present streets. The old name for this place was Inver, meaning, in the words of the source, "the mouth of a river," pointing to where the Larne Water, anciently called the Ollarba, meets the sea. Inver gave its name to the parish, and the parish church is believed to have stood somewhere near the court-house. But the ground remembers what the buildings have covered. In the backyard of a house adjoining that supposed site, quantities of human bones were found some years ago, showing that the space had once been a burial place. An Inquisition in 1605 found Inverbeg to be a rectory of three townlands, belonging to the Bishop of Connor. The church and its graveyard are lost now beneath the town itself.

11. Ruined chapel on Inch peninsula, formerly Inis-Cooscry

    Inch · townland · Down

    An old church stood on a peninsula in Inch, with a sculpture of Christ on the Cross over its south door. The chapel stood in the parish burying-ground and was later removed to make way for a mausoleum.

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    Survey, ss. 30, 37. It derives its name from a peninsula whereon the ancient church stood, which was in old times called Imp CuiTipcpaiD (Inis-Cooscry). " In the said Island, immediately after the Entrance into it by a Causeway, is an old Church, which perhaps was a Chappel to the great Abby, over the South Door of which is a piece of Sculpture representing the image of Christ on the Cross, and a Person on his Knees, witlihis Hands elevated praying to him". Harris, Down, p. 37- This chapel stood in the parish burying-ground, and was lately removed to make way for a mausoleum. The Abbey of Ines is taxed among the other religious houses, at the end of the diocese of Connor.

    '^Dalboyn. — This deanry is called Dalvanie in the Terrier ; and Deluin in the Ulster Visitation. The name occurs also in the Trias Thaumaturga, where Colgan, speaking of ' Tulach-ruisc ' [Tullyrusk],

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    Somewhere around here, on what was once called Inis-Cooscry, there stood an ancient church on a peninsula. You reached it by a causeway. Harris, writing in his survey of Down, described what he found: an old church, perhaps a chapel belonging to the great abbey. Over its south door was a piece of sculpture showing Christ on the Cross, and a person kneeling beside him with hands raised in prayer. The chapel stood in the parish burying-ground. It was later removed to make way for a mausoleum. The Abbey of Ines was taxed among the other religious houses at the end of the diocese of Connor, which tells you this place once had a wider reach, tied to a larger foundation whose name lived on in the records when the chapel itself was already gone.

12. Slaying of Patrick OMaolcallan in O'Cahan's country

    Keenaght · townland · Derry · 1432

    The Four Masters record that in 1432 Patrick OMaolcallan, head of the family charged with keeping St Patrick's bell, and the son of OMellan were slain in the territory of O'Cahan, the present barony of Keenaght.

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    At the time that this was written the head of the family of INlaolcallann appears to have been settled in that part of Tyrone which is now transferred to the county of Derry, under the name of the barony of Loughinsholin. The Four Masters relate that in 1432 Patrick OMaolcallan and the son of OMellan were slain in OCahan's country, that is, the present barony of Keenaght. In 1425 Nellanus OCorre was collated to the perpetual vicarage of Teothgalta [IMagherafelt], which was vacant by the death of Malachias OMulchallyn. — (Keg. Swayne.)

    In 1458 the Primate issued a monition to Maurice OCahau, comharba of St. Kannice of Drumchossa'', Donald OKyltc, Archdeacon of Connor, Nicholas OHegirthay, Rector of Balliscrine, Donald OCahan, Archdeacon of Derry, enjoining them to desist from disturbing Patrick OKegan in the rectory of Inisthayde [BallyscuUion], and threatening, if they persevered in contumacy, to invite the aid of the secular arm in

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    Somewhere close to Keenaght, in 1432, two men were slain. The Four Masters record that Patrick OMaolcallan and the son of OMellan were killed in O'Cahan's country, the land that is now the barony of Keenaght. Patrick OMaolcallan was the head of the family charged with keeping St Patrick's bell. At the time this was written, that family had been settled in that part of Tyrone which is now transferred to the county of Derry, under the name of the barony of Loughinsholin. The record gives no further detail of how the killing happened, or who struck the blows. It simply notes the year, the two men, and the place. The connection to the bell is what marks the name. The OMaolcallan family held a guardianship that stretched back into the early church of Ireland, and Patrick stood at the head of it when he met his end in O'Cahan's country.

13. Aodh Buidhe slain by MacMahon and the men of Oriel

    Tyrone · townland · Galway · 1260–1283

    Aodh Buidhe, grandson of Aodh Meith, who assumed the lordship of Tyrone after the fall of Bryan at the battle of Down in 1260, was slain in 1283 by Mac Mahon and the men of Oriel.

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    From the preceding notices it appears that the lordship of Dalaradia, after the year 826, was associated, with very few exceptions, with the names Let klobhar and Ua Loingsigh. These, Avhich still exist under the vulgar forms of Lawlor and Ly^ich^ anciently belonged to the same family. Duald Mac Firbis has preserved their pedigree, from which it appears that Leathlabhar, the first of the name, was thirteenth, and Loingseach, a quo Ua Loingsigh, sixteenth in descent, in the same line, from Fiacha Araidhe, the progenitor of the Dal- Araidhe. It also appears from the foregoing annals that the English obtained a footing in this territory soon after the Invasion. The bishops of Connor were frequently chosen from men of English descent, and the Earls of Ulster, who early acquired large possessions in this territory, not only appear in records as the founders or endowers of religious houses therein, but as the leaders of numerous Anglo-Norman adventurers, who followed in their train, and received grants under them. The Inquisition taken on the death of William de Burgo, in 1333, sets out not only the names of his extensive holdings, in the three counties of Cragfergus, Antrum, and Newtown of Blcetliwyc, into which Dalaradia had been parcelled out under the English rule, but also the names of many of the tenants who held under him. At that date the estates of the Earldom were found to have been materially impaired by the invasion of the Scots under Edward Bruce, and by the war of the Logans, so that his castles were untenantable, and his lands, either worthless, or greatly reduced in value. Thenceforward the English interest rapidly declined, and was, in proportion, superseded by the rising power of a family, which, hitherto of little weight in this region, quickly acquired an ascendancy, which it maintained during more than two succeeding centuries. In the year 1230 died Aodh Macaomh Toinleasc ONeill, the chief of his princely race, leaving two sons, Niall Roe and Aodh Meith, in whose respective descendants the common stock struck oiF into two distinct branches. To the senior line the representation of the race and the lordship of Tyrone was, with a few early exceptions, confined ; while the junior line subsequently received, and gave to their territory, the designation of Clannaboy. This name, which was a compound of the Irish Clun Qoo 6uiDe, ' Children of Hugh the Yellow ', was derived from Aodh Buidhe, grandson of Aodh Meith, who, on the fall of Bryan in the battle of Down, in 1 260, assumed the lordship of Tyrone, and was slain in 1283, while in the enjoyment of that dignity, by Mac Mahon and the men of Oriel. The tribe name appears to have been established very soon after, for the Clan of Hugh Boy are spoken of by the Four Masters at the years 1319, 1320, 1345: at the last of which dates they are represented as settled on the border of Lough Neagh, and in hostility to the lord of Tyrone. From this period the name Dalaradia fell into disuse, and Clannaboy became established in its place.

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    Somewhere around here, close to Tyrone, a lordship changed hands and gave a name to a whole branch of a family. In the year 1230, Aodh Macaomh Toinleasc O'Neill, chief of his princely race, died, leaving two sons, Niall Roe and Aodh Meith. Their descendants split into two distinct lines. The senior line held the representation of the race and the lordship of Tyrone, with a few early exceptions. The junior line took a different path. Aodh Buidhe, grandson of Aodh Meith, was the figure who gave that junior line its lasting name. He was called Hugh the Yellow, and the Irish words Clann Aodha Buidhe, meaning Children of Hugh the Yellow, became Clannaboy. When Bryan fell at the battle of Down in 1260, Aodh Buidhe assumed the lordship of Tyrone. He held that dignity until 1283, when he was slain by MacMahon and the men of Oriel. The tribe name took hold soon after. The Four Masters speak of the Clan of Hugh Boy at the years 1319, 1320, and 1345. At that last date they are described as settled on the border of Lough Neagh, and in hostility to the lord of Tyrone. From this period the older name Dalaradia fell into disuse, and Clannaboy became established in its place.

14. Battle at the shore of Dundrum and slaying of Archoin O Flathraoi

    Dundrum · townland · Down · 1147

    In 1147 an invading army pursued the fleeing Ulidians to the shore of Dundrum in Lethcathail, where a battle was fought, the Ulidians were defeated, and their lord Archoin O Flathraoi was slain; the invaders then wasted Lethcathail with fire and sword and took hostages.

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    JE. C. 1 147, An army from Tyrone and Uriel led into Ulidia. The Ulidians encamped against them on the Uchdearg (probably Aghaderg, the parish containing Loughbrickland). The Ulidians fled, and were pursued to the shore of Dundrum in Lethcathail. A battle was fought, in which the Ulidians were defeated, and Archoin 0 Flathraoi, Lord of Lethcathail, was slain. The invaders wasted Lethcathail with fire and sword, and

    took hostages from the Ulidians.

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    Close to Dundrum, in 1147, an army from Tyrone and Uriel invaded Ulidia. The Ulidians encamped against them at Uchdearg, then fled. They were pursued to the shore near here, where a battle was fought. The Ulidians were defeated, and Archoin O Flathraoi, Lord of Lethcathail, was slain. The invaders then wasted Lethcathail with fire and sword, and took hostages from the Ulidians.

15. Bishop expelled from Island Magee manor during war and rebellion

    near Island Magee · parish · Antrim · 1617

    A 1617 jury inquisition found that the manor of Ballydreene, alias Island Magee, was the ancient inheritance of the Bishop of Down. The sept called Slutt Mac Henry Keyes had expelled and dispossessed the bishop from the whole manor in time of war and rebellion.

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    without any mention of reservation in the recitals of the see property given above in note A of the Appendix. At the Reformation the Bishop was seised of " Island Magee [rede Mochee], with three other islands in the sea lying about them ; and, in the mainland, Ballyandrean, Avith fourteen other towns temporals and spirituals" {Terrier.) The names of these three islands were recited in No. VIII. of the preceding charters. In Petty's maps Nendrum is represented by a nameless island, having the mark of a circular tower, and accompanied by three islets on the south. It was found by a jury in 1617 that "the manor of Ballydreene, alias Iland-maghie, is the ancient inheritance of the Bishop of Down. The sept or family, called Slutt Mac Henry Keyes, did lately expulse and disseise the said bishop [Merryman] oiit of the whole manor aforesaid in tyme of warre and rebellion".^

    Having thus followed the church of Nendrum through its various changes, it remains to give some account of its architectural history. The edifice erected by St. Mochee was, in all probability, formed of timber. The curious notice of this saint in the Calendar of the OClerys, at the 23rd of June, commences thus: —

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    This is the parish of Island Magee, in Antrim. A jury inquisition in 1617 found that the manor of Ballydreene, alias Island Magee, was the ancient inheritance of the Bishop of Down. The same jury said that the sept or family called Slutt Mac Henry Keyes had lately expelled and dispossessed the bishop, Merryman, out of the whole manor in time of war and rebellion. At the Reformation, the Bishop was seized of Island Magee, with three other islands in the sea lying about them. On the mainland he held Ballyandrean, with fourteen other towns, temporals and spirituals. The names of those three islands were recited in the preceding charters. In Petty's maps, Nendrum is shown as a nameless island, bearing the mark of a circular tower, with three islets on the south. The manor of Ballydreene, alias Island Magee, remained the ancient inheritance of the Bishop of Down, until the sept called Slutt Mac Henry Keyes drove him out in time of war and rebellion.

16. Bishop Malachi

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1178–1201

    Bishop Malachi took a bishop prisoner and then remodeled the abbey of Down, granting Church properties and reserving revenue shares; St. Bernard praised his poverty, noting he lacked servants and had no fixed income while bishop of Down.

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    whatsover: and further, the said jurors doe, uppon their oathes, fiude that the difference of termon, corbe, and herenagh, consisteth onlie in this, that the termon is the name of the land, and all termon land is herenagh land, and hath all the priviledges of herenagh land, but all herenagh land hath not alwaies as ample privileges as the termon lands ". This finding of the jury for the county of Coleraine, which agrees, in the main, with the several returns at the Inquisitions held for Donegal, Fermanagh, and Cavan, cannot be understood as asserting that the Irish Church Avas originally without bishops, for this would be that twelve men in the seventeenth century should array their traditionary information against the whole voice of antiquity, written as Avell as oral : but it declares that in its early condition there was not that territorial Jurisdiction or that prcedial endowment, of which the diocesans afterwards became possessed. The interference of the Church of Rome, in introducing bishops, which is spoken of, has reference, most probably, to the proceedings of the Synod of Rathbreasil, in 1 1 1 8, when, for the first time, a Papal Legate presided in an Irish council. The first object of this assembly was, as has been already observed, to define the dioceses of Ireland by regular bounds ; and the other to settle an endowment for the bishops. Keating recites the act of the convention, whereby the revenues of the clergy, and the churchlands, were confirmed to the several bishops of Ireland for their maintenance, and support of the episcopal character; which lands were to be exempted from tribute and chief rents, and other public contributions, and so remain, in that state of freedom and independency, for ever*^. It took some time, however, before all the episcopal incomes attained to the desired amount, for in 1 1 79 the following striking exception is recorded by Fleury : — "En ce concile [troisieme de Latran] le pape sacra deux eveques Anglois et deux Ecossois ; dont Pun etoit venu a Rome avec un seul cheval, I'autre a pied avec un seul compagnon. II si trouva aussi un eveque Irlandois, qui n'avoit autre revenu que le lait de trois vaches ; et quand elles manquoient de lait ses diocesains lui en fournissoient trois autres".'' St. Bernard, describing the simplicity of Malachi's life, while he presided over the see of Down, relates " Non servos, non ancillas, non villas, non viculos,

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    The road takes you through or near Downpatrick, a town bound up with the early Irish Church and its long struggle to give bishops proper endowment. In earlier times, there was not the territorial jurisdiction or the landed endowment that diocesans later came to possess. A jury in the county of Coleraine found that the difference between termon, corbe, and herenagh lay chiefly in this: termon was the name of the land, and all termon land was herenagh land with all its privileges, but not all herenagh land always held privileges as ample as the termon lands. The Synod of Rathbreasil marked a turning point, when for the first time a Papal Legate presided over an Irish council. Its first purpose was to define the dioceses of Ireland by regular bounds, and the other to settle an endowment for the bishops. Keating recites the act of that convention, whereby the revenues of the clergy and the churchlands were confirmed to the several bishops of Ireland for their maintenance, exempted from tribute and chief rents and other public contributions, to remain in that state of freedom and independence forever. Yet it took time before episcopal incomes reached the desired amount. At the third council of the Lateran, an Irish bishop appeared who had no revenue but the milk of three cows, and when they failed to give milk, his diocesans supplied him with three more. St. Bernard, describing the simplicity of Malachi's life while he presided over the see of Down, gives his words: “Non servos, non ancillas, non villas, non viculos” — no servants, no maidservants, no estates, no villages.

17. Bishop of Bangor slain by raiders

    near Bangor · town · Down · 810

    The Annals record that in 810 the Bishop of Bangor was slain, part of a wave of Viking violence against the church there.

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    sach remained after him, as Bishop of Eath-colpa [Kaholp]. M. C. 496, Mochay, of Nendrum. M. C. 513, Mac Nissi, of Connor. M. C. 537, Lughadh, of Connor. M. C. 540, Colman, of Dromore. M. C. 560, Carbreus, of Cuilrathen [Coleraine]. M. C. 572, Finnian, of Maghbile [Moville]. M. C. 583, Fergus, of Drumlethglas [Down]. yE. C. 590, Conallus, of Cuilrathen [Coleraine]. M. C. 602, Sinell, of Maghbile. M. C. 617, Eogan, of Rath Sithe [Rashee]. ^. C. 618, Sillan, of Maghbile. iE. C. 638, Critan, of Nendrum. jE. C. 642, Cronan Beg, of Nendrum. M. C. 658, Dima Duff, of Connor. M. C. 658, Cummine, of Nendrum. M. C. 673, Morand, of Nendrum. jE. C. 691, O'Dreini, of Maghbile. jE. C. 725, Dochonna, of Connor. M. C. 730, Oegetchar, of Nendrum. M. C. 734, Flann Mac Cellach, of Rechrann [Rathlin]. M. C. 803, Tomas, of Linduachail [Magheralin]. M. C. 810, Bishop of Bangor slain. M. C. 823, Subhne Mac Fergus, of Dunlethglas [Down]. M. C. 865, Oegetchair, of Connor. ^. C. 871, Colman, of Nendrum. ^. C. 927, Celedabhall, of Bangor. ^. C. 951, Duibhinnsi, of Bangor. ^. C. 954, Gaeitheine, of Dunlethglas [Down]. M. C. 962, Finghin, of Dunlethglas [Down]. M. C. 972, Maolbrigid Mac Cathasaigh, of Dromore. M. C. 1016, Dermot 0 Maoiltealcha, of Bangor. ^. C. 1038, Cuinden, of Connor. M. C. 1043, Flaithbertach, of Dunlethglas [Down]. M. C. 1086, Maolcevin, of Ulidia [Down].

    ^. C. I loi, Rigan, of Dromore.

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    Bangor sits along this road, a town with a long ecclesiastical history. The old annals list bishop after bishop across the churches of Down and Connor and Dromore, a chain of names stretching back centuries. Among them is a single stark entry for the year 810. The Bishop of Bangor was slain. The annal gives no name, no details of how it happened, only that bare fact recorded beside the year. The summary of the source places this killing in the context of Viking violence against the church at Bangor, part of the raids that fell on monasteries and bishoprics along these coasts in those years. What you pass near here was a foundation of learning and prayer that drew attack, and a bishop who did not survive it. The record stands as one line among many, but it marks a turning point for the church in Bangor.

18. Human bones and gaol site at Monasterium Hibernicorum, Downpatrick

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1138

    The old gaol (later a barrack) north of Downpatrick Cathedral occupies a site where human remains have been found, believed to correspond to the site of the priory of Regular Canons called Monaster Gallagh. Similarly, on Windmill Hill, where the county gaol was built, human bones and early English coins were dug up.

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    III. Monasterium Hibernicorum, a priory of Regular Canons, called also Monaster Gallagh. It is said to have been founded byMalachi OMorgair in 1138. Its site is thus pointed out by the Terrier : " Monasterium Hibernorum, hard by the Cathedral, is the church of Channons". The old gaol, now a barrack, which lies a little north of the cathedral, at the north side of English-street, occupies a site whereon human remains have been found, and which would answer well to the description. Also, on what was formerly called Windmill Hill, where the present county gaol stands, human bones and several early English coins have been dug up. This is farther off from the cathedral on the north, but Bridge-street, which runs beside it, was formerly called Fryer'' s Lane.

    IV. The Priory of St. Thomas the Martyr, otherwise Toberglorie, of Eegular Canons. It was founded by John de Courcy, and made a cell of St. Mary's of Carlisle. Nothing more is known of its site than what the founder says in the Charter: "juxta fontem quae vocatur Toberglorie, in suburbio de Dun, inter duas vias, quarum una tendit ad Crems, alia ad grangiam de Saballo". It was prckbably at the N. E. of Down. On the map of 1729 a portion of ground, between the end of Church -street and the road to Saul, is marked i<>^er's Bog. The charter is preserved in a Pat. Roll (12 Ed. II. p. I, m. 19), and is printed in the Monasticum Anglicanum.

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    Downpatrick holds the site of a priory of Regular Canons known as Monasterium Hibernicorum, also called Monaster Gallagh. It is said to have been founded by Malachi O'Morgair in 1138. The Terrier points out its location with these words: "Monasterium Hibernorum, hard by the Cathedral, is the church of Cannons." The old gaol, now a barrack, lies a little north of the cathedral, at the north side of English Street, and occupies a site where human remains have been found. It would answer well to the description given in the Terrier. Also, on what was formerly called Windmill Hill, where the present county gaol stands, human bones and several early English coins have been dug up. This spot is farther off from the cathedral on the north, but Bridge Street, which runs beside it, was formerly called Fryer's Lane. So the ground around the cathedral in Downpatrick has yielded bones and coins from the old monastic settlement that once stood here, founded in 1138 by Malachi O'Morgair.

19. Madagan Slain by the Danes at Dun-da-leath-glas

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1005

    Madagan, son of Domhnall, King of Uladh, reigned only one month before being slain by the Danes at Dun-da-leath-glas (Downpatrick) in A.D. 1005.

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    47. Madagan, son of Domhnall, reigned one month, and was slain at Dun-da-leath-

    glas, by the Danes'', A. D. 1005.

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    Downpatrick was once called Dun-da-leath-glas. In the year 1005 a king of Uladh held it briefly. Madagan, son of Domhnall, reigned only one month. Then the Danes slew him there. His name is all that remains of that short reign.

20. Maoliosa, comarba of Patrick, dies in penitence

    near Armagh · town · Armagh · 1091

    Maoliosa, Archbishop of Armagh (cowarba of Patrick), died in penitence on 20 December 1091, prompting the immediate election of Domhnall Mac Amhalgadha to the abbacy.

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    Though undated, the inscription possesses two historical notes by which its age can be ascertained with considerable precision. The Four Masters, at the 3'ear 1121, record the death of the person first named in the above recital, in the following terms : " Donnell, the son of Ardgar Mac Loughlin, monarch of Ireland, the most distinguished of the Irish for personal form, nobility of birth, wisdom, feats of arms, wealth, and prosperity, for bestowing riches and food, died at Derry-Columbkille, in the 38th year of his reign and 77th of his age, &c." This fixes the date between the years 1083 and 1 121, The other note limits the date to a narrower period. A. D. 1091, " Maoiliosa, cowarba of Patrick [i. e. Archbishop of Armagh], died in penitence on the 20th of December, and Domlui all Mac Amhalgadha [MacAuly] w^as immediately chosen to the abbacy in his room". Again, A. D. 1105, " Domhnall Mac Amhalgadha, chief comarba of Patrick, went to Dublin to establish peace between Domhnall Ua Lochlainn and Muircertach O Brian, where he was seized by a deadly disease. He was afterwards conveyed to the cathedral of Armagh, and there he breathed his last, on the 1 2 th of August," &c.

    Thus it is determined that this inscription belongs to one of the fourteen years immediately siicceeding 1091. At that early period Cathalan O Maelchallan was keeper of this bell, agreeably to the custom of the country, which vested the custody of venerated relics in particular families, and associated with the keeping certain emoluments or immunities. In the middle of the fourteenth century, however, this relic, according to the Four Masters, was in the hands of another family. At the year 1356 they have the following entry : —

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    Armagh was the seat of Patrick's comarba, the archbishop, and in the year 1091 it saw the death of one of its most important figures. The Four Masters record that Maoiliosa, cowarba of Patrick, that is, Archbishop of Armagh, died in penitence on the 20th of December. Domhnall Mac Amhalgadha, called MacAuly, was immediately chosen to the abbacy in his room. This same Domhnall appears again in the records for the year 1105. He had gone to Dublin to establish peace between Domhnall Ua Lochlainn and Muircertach O Brian, but there he was seized by a deadly disease. He was conveyed back to the cathedral of Armagh, and there he breathed his last, on the 12th of August. These two records, the death of Maoiliosa in 1091 and the death of Domhnall Mac Amhalgadha in 1105, help fix the age of an inscription, for the person first named in that inscription was Donnell, the son of Ardgar Mac Loughlin, monarch of Ireland, who the Four Masters say died at Derry-Columbkille in the year 1121, in the 38th year of his reign and the 77th of his age. He was called the most distinguished of the Irish for personal form, nobility of birth, wisdom, feats of arms, wealth, and prosperity, and for bestowing riches and food. At that early period, the keeper of a venerated relic was Cathalan O Maelchallan, for the custom of the country vested the custody of relics in particular families.

21. Murtogh O'Flinn of Moylinny slain by rival chieftain

    Moylinny · townland · Antrim · 1359

    In 1359 Murtogh, son of Thomas O'Flinn of Line (Moylinny), heir to the lordship of Hy-Tuirtre, was slain by Aodh, son of Bryan, son of Aodh Buidhe O'Neill. The killing is recorded among the succession of chieftains of the Hy-Tuirtre clan.

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    M. C. 1359, "Murtogh, son of Thomas OFlinn, of Line [Moylinny], heir to the lordship of Hy-Tuirtre, was slain by Aodh, son of Bryan, sou ol' Aodh Buidhe OXeill".

    M. C. 1368, "Thomas OFlinn, lord of Tuirtre, died".

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    Close to Moylinny, in 1359, Murtogh, son of Thomas O'Flinn of Line, heir to the lordship of Hy-Tuirtre, was slain by Aodh, son of Bryan, son of Aodh Buidhe O'Neill. The killing is recorded among the succession of chieftains of the Hy-Tuirtre clan. Nine years later, in 1368, his father Thomas O'Flinn, lord of Tuirtre, died.

22. Twin ancient roofless chapels at Derry near Portaferry

    Derry · townland · Down

    At the townland of Derry, near Portaferry, the ruins of two roofless chapels stand side by side, built with adhesive clay instead of mortar, showing great antiquity.

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    Avood '), a townland in the parish of Ballyphilip, about a mile and a-half N. E. of Portaferry. — Ord. Survey, s. 32. At its north end stand the ruins of two roofless chapels, side by side, the space between them being but 225^ feet. They both bear the marks of great antiquity, and are constructed with an adhesive kind of clay instead of mortar. The building on the north, which is the more dilapidated, is 26 feet long, and i6i feet broad. The other is 24 feet long, and 1 6^ feet broad ;

    (Dunens Dyoces.)

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    Close to Derry, near Portaferry, two roofless chapels stand side by side, the space between them only 225 feet. Both bear the marks of great antiquity, built with an adhesive kind of clay instead of mortar. The northern one is the more dilapidated, 26 feet long and 16 and a half feet broad. The other is 24 feet long and 16 feet broad. Nothing else is recorded about them — who built them, or when, or why two so close together remains unknown.

23. Human bones unearthed at Brokenbury near Ballycarry

    Ballycarry · townland · Antrim

    Near Ballycarry, about 200 yards west of the village, large quantities of human remains have been turned up at a spot where tradition held that a church once stood, associated with the vanished territory of Brokenbury.

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    bly belonged to a tract near BaUycarry, which is in the same parish as the last ; for at about the distance of 200 yards to the Avest of that village is a spot Avhere large quantities of human remains have been turned up, and where existed the foundations of a building which tradition pronounced to be a church.

    '^Loyklat This church, which also was

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    Somewhere around here, about 200 yards west of Ballycarry, large quantities of human remains have been turned up from the ground. Foundations of a building once stood at this spot, and tradition held it was a church.

24. Abbot Airmedhach slain by the Danes at Coleraine

    near Coleraine · town · Derry · 930–931

    Airmedhach, abbot of Cuil-rathain (Coleraine), was killed by the Danes, an event recorded by the Four Masters and cross-referenced in the Annals of Ulster.

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    " Airmedhach, abbot of Cuil-rathain, was slain by the Danes". Li the parallel passage of the An. Uls. (931), the word ppincepp is used

    instead of abb.

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    The road takes you through Coleraine, once called Cuil-rathain. In the year 931 the Annals of Ulster record that Airmedhach, its abbot, was slain by the Danes. The Four Masters tell the same killing. The Ulster annal uses the word princeps where the others say abbot.

25. Cathasagh slain by the Britons at Rathmor of Moylinny

    Moylinny · townland · Antrim · 680

    Cathasagh, son of Maoldun, chief of the Cruithne, was slain by the Britons at the battle of Rathmor of Moylinny in 680.

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    Uladh, adding that he fell by Fiachna Mac Demain, lord of Dal-Fiatach. A. D. 637, Suibhne, son of Colman Guar, son of Cobhthach, King of Dalaraidhe^. A. D. 665, Maolcaoich, son of Scandal, chief of the Cruithne of the race of Ir, died. A. D. 680, Cathasagh, son of Maoldun, chief of the Cruithne, slain by the Britons

    at the battle of Rathmor of Moylinny. A. D. 690, The Dalriadians spoiled the Cruithne and Ultonians. — (An. UL) A. D. 696, Aodh Aired, chief of Dalaradia, slain at Tulach-Garaisg in FarneyS. A. D. 700, Fianan, son of O Dunchadha, King of Dalaraidhe, was strangled. — {Tig.) A. D. 706, Cucuarain, King of Cruithne and Uladh, was slain by Fionnchu OKenain.

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    Somewhere around here, in 680, Cathasagh, son of Maoldun, chief of the Cruithne, was slain by the Britons at the battle of Rathmor of Moylinny. The record lists him among the kings and chiefs of Dalaraidhe across the seventh century. In 665, Maolcaoich, son of Scandal, chief of the Cruithne of the race of Ir, died. In 680, Cathasagh fell in battle. In 690, the Dalriadians spoiled the Cruithne and Ultonians. In 696, Aodh Aired, chief of Dalaradia, was slain at Tulach-Garaisg. The annals give only names and years, one after another.

26. Danish devastation of Rath-lury and Connor

    Connor · townland · Antrim · 831–832

    The Danes carried out a devastation of both Rath-lury (Maghera) and Connor, recorded in the Four Masters as part of the Viking raids on Ulster monasteries.

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    " Devastation of Eath-lury [Maghera, co. Derry] and Connor by the Danes".

    M. C- 865 [867], '• Oe^eDChair?, abb Conoipe 7 6anoeeulu, eppcop, 7 pcpib-

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    Somewhere around here, the Danes brought devastation in 831. The record names both Rath-lury, which is Maghera, and Connor itself. The annals note an abbot and a bishop of Connor in the same breath, but give little more. What survives is the fact of ruin, and the names of the places struck.

27. Death of Solomon O Mellan, patron of Irish clergy

    near Armagh · town · Armagh · 1356

    The Four Masters record the death in 1356 of Solomon O Mellan, keeper of the Bell of the Will and general patron of the clergy of Ireland.

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    " Solam O TDeallan maop cluij an " Solomon O Mellan, keeper of the Bell of eoachca b'ej. Pecem coiccenn bo the Will, died. He was the general

    cliapaib Gpeann epioe". patron of the clergy of Ireland".

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    Armagh takes its name from the ancient seat of Irish churchmen. The Four Masters record that in 1356 Solomon O Mellan died. He was keeper of the Bell of the Will, and the general patron of the clergy of Ireland.

28. Human bones and coffin fragments found at Kilmahamogue

    Kilmahamogue · townland · Antrim

    At Kilmahamogue, formerly a burial ground, human bones and pieces of coffins have been found on the site, which is now occupied by a farm-house.

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    2. Kilmahamogue. — In this townland, which lies at the S. E. edge of the parish, was formerly a burial-ground, in which human bones and pieces of coffins have been found. The site is now occupied by a farm-house. The name may be interpreted the ' church of Mochoemog' — a saint called in Latin Pulcherius, and whose festival was kept on the 13th of March.

    Adjoining this townland on the north is another townland, called Maghernahar, the southern portion of which is locally called Lniigh-a-verrie^ where may have been the Inif-loca-buppann, which the Four Masters mention, at 1544, as one of the places in the Route taken by ODonnell from Mac Quillin. A mill-dam is the only sheet of water in the neighbourhood, but many of the neighbouring townlands present an aspect very different from that which their names iniplj-.

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    Somewhere close to Kilmahamogue there was once a burial ground. Human bones and pieces of coffins have been found there. The site is now occupied by a farm-house. The name may be interpreted as the church of Mochoemog, a saint called in Latin Pulcherius, whose festival was kept on the 13th of March. Adjoining this place on the north is Maghernahar, the southern portion of which is locally called Laugh-a-verrie, where may have been the Inis-loca-buppann, which the Four Masters mention at 1544 as one of the places in the Route taken by ODonnell from Mac Quillin. A mill-dam is the only sheet of water in the neighbourhood, though many of the neighbouring places present an aspect very different from what their names imply.

29. Human Bones Discovered on Dunsy Island

    near Dunsy Island · townland · Down

    Though no ecclesiastical building or tradition of one exists on Dunsy Island, large numbers of human bones indicative of a cemetery were discovered within living memory on and around the site now occupied by a farm house. The island is associated with the virgin saint Dunsheach commemorated at Loch Cuan.

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    •' Dunsheach, a virgin, at Loch Cuan in Ultonia". Primate Swayne's Registry, A. D. 1427, makes mention of a Gilbert M"=Gean, as Rector oi Kilduncy, in the diocese of Down"". There is no ecclesiastical building upon the island, nor the tradition that such ever existed there ; but there can be little doubt that the spot was once held sacred, as large numbers of human bones, indicative of a cemetery, were discovered, within the memory of those alive, on and around the site now ocsupied by a larm house. In the parish of Killyleagh —

    I. Killyleagh. See above, p. 43. Near the castle of Killyleagh stood an ancient church called Killoicen, of which the east gable is all that remains.

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    Somewhere around here is Dunsy Island, associated with a virgin saint called Dunsheach, commemorated at Loch Cuan. There is no church on the island, and no tradition that one ever stood there. Yet the spot was likely once held sacred. Within living memory, large numbers of human bones were discovered on and around the site now occupied by a farm house. The bones pointed to a cemetery. A registry from 1427, kept by Primate Swayne, mentions a man named Gilbert McGean as Rector of Kilduncy in the diocese of Down. So while no building remains and no story of a church survived, the ground itself held the dead, and the name carries the memory of the saint back to Loch Cuan in Ulster.

30. Niall killed by the OCreichim at Downpatrick

    near Downpatrick · town · Down

    Niall, son of Aodh, was killed by the OCreichim in Dundalethglas (Downpatrick), causing the quarter of Dun to be forfeited by them forever to the Clann Fiachaidh.

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    " Hugh, son of Eochaidh, had five sons, viz., Ainbith, son of Aodh, king of the Province, from whom is the family of Lis- Aedha' ; Niall, son of Aodh, was killed by the OCreichim in Dundalethglas, by which the quarter of Dun was forfeited bv them for ever to the Clann Fiachaidh : Dubhghall, son of Aodh, from whom are the Hy-Dubhghaill ; Aireamhon, son of Aodh, from whom are the Hy-Aireamhoin at Inismore". The Hy-Aireamhoin supplied

    lerytoun, Balycanidan. All which lands now lie in the baronies of Lower Castlereagh and Ards, and are distributed through the parishes of Dundonakl, Holywood, Donagliadee, Ballytrustan, Ballyphilip, Slanes, Ardkeen, Ballywalter, and Newtownards.

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    Downpatrick was once called Dundalethglas. Hugh, son of Eochaidh, had five sons. One of them, Niall, son of Aodh, was killed by the OCreichim here. That killing had a lasting consequence. The quarter of Dun was forfeited by the OCreichim forever to the Clann Fiachaidh. The other sons gave their names to families and places across the province. Ainbith, son of Aodh, was king of the Province, and from him came the family of Lis-Aedha. Dubhghall, son of Aodh, gave his name to the Hy-Dubhghaill. Aireamhon, son of Aodh, gave his to the Hy-Aireamhoin at Inismore.

31. Old Kells Burial Ground Still in Use by Roman Catholics

    Kells · townland · Antrim

    The west gable is the only surviving part of the ruined abbey building at Kells (Desert of Connor); it stands at the entrance of the burial-ground which continued to be used by Roman Catholics of the neighbourhood, commonly called Templemurry or Templeinoyle.

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    ■which is entirely used by the Eoman Catholics of the neighbourhood, and is commonly called Templemurry or Templeinoyle. s Mugmore. — Now Muckamore. — Ord. Survey, s. 50. This priory derived its name from the fertile plain on which it stood, called maj-comaip, ' the plain of the confluence'; being situate where the Six Mile Water falls into Lough Neagh. — See IV. Masters, A. M. 3529. It is generally supposed that Colman-Eala, a contemporary of St. Columkille, whom Adamnan (Vit. S. Columb., pt. i. cap. 5), styles " S. Colmanus, Episcopus, Moc-u-Sailni " [or, mc hui Selli, as in IV. Mast. A. D. 610], founded a monastery here. His death is placed by Tigernach and the Annals of Ulster, at 611, 610, respectively: to which the former and the IV. Masters add, that he died in his fifty-sixth year. On these grounds the foundation of this house may be referred to the year 585. Jocelin represents this occurrence as the subject of one of St. Patrick's predictions : " Quadam vice visitans S. Patricius illam plagam Vltorum, quK Dalnardia [Dalaradia] dicitur, per loctim quendam Mucoomuir vocatum transiens pro-

    grediebatur Dixit coram prsesentibus ;

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    Somewhere close to Kells, there is a burial ground still in use, entirely used by Roman Catholics of the neighbourhood. It is commonly called Templemurry, or Templeinoyle. The old record gives only these names and this use, and nothing more of what happened here or who lies beneath it.

32. Skeletons uncovered at Nendrum church site

    Mahee Island · townland · Down

    During excavation of the ancient church foundations on Mahee Island, several skeletons were found in and about the site of the church. This discovery occurred while clearing rubbish to measure the building's foundations.

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    character, some traces of which yet remain. The western extremity of the island, which is something of the shape of a mallet head, rises from the water edge, by a gentle slope, to the elevation of sixty-six feet. The ascent is interrupted by three oval enclosures, which, somewhat like terraces, gird, in succession, the crown of the hill. The outermost and lowest is in part defaced by cultivation, but enough remains to ascertain that it was of an oval shape with the long diameter lying north and south. The second ring, which is nearly concentric, about thirty yards higher up, is better marked. The third, which encompasses a level space about seventy yards in diameter, approaches nearer to the figure of a circle, and is placed in the upper part of the large oval formed by the outer rings. Near the centre of this platform stood the church, of which nothing but the foundations remain. On clearing away the rubbish it was found that they measured 58 feet 4 inches in length, and 22 feet 4 inches in breadth. The gable walls were 3 feet thick, and the side walls 3 feet 4 inches. The building stood E. N. E. At the west end were two shallow buttresses, formed by the continuation of the side walls beyond the west angles. Several skeletons were found, during the examination, in and about the site of the church. At the distance of fortythree feet to the N. W. stand the remains of a Kound Tower, about nine feet high. The diameter, inside, 6 feet 6 inches; outside, at the base, about 14 feet. It is built of undressed stones, very firmly cemented together by grouting. Judging from its diameter it is probable that the height of this tower was below the middle standard ; but even with a moderate addition to the elevation of the site, its upper story would command a view of nearly the whole length of Strangford Lough. Within the inmost enclosures are several traces of foundations of buildings, but so indistinct that no satisfactory opinion could be formed of their original design. Outside the enclosures, on the east, is a Avell artificially closed in. At the foot of the eminence on which the church stands, to the east, is a creek, Avhich appears to have been the usual landing place. Here are some remains of rude stone works; and this is probably the "portus insulse coram monasterio", in which, according to the biographer of St. Finian above quoted, certain ships, which had come from Britain, arrived.

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    Somewhere close to Mahee Island, the ground rises gently from the water's edge to a height of 66 feet. The western end of the island is shaped something like a mallet head. Three oval enclosures gird the crown of the hill in succession, like terraces. The outermost and lowest is partly defaced by cultivation, but enough remains to show it was oval, with its long diameter lying north and south. The second ring, nearly concentric and about 30 yards higher up, is better marked. The third encompasses a level space about 70 yards in diameter and approaches nearer to the figure of a circle. Near the centre of this platform stood the church, of which nothing but the foundations remain. On clearing away the rubbish, it was found that they measured 58 feet 4 inches in length and 22 feet 4 inches in breadth. The gable walls were 3 feet thick, and the side walls 3 feet 4 inches. The building stood east-north-east. At the west end were two shallow buttresses, formed by the continuation of the side walls beyond the west angles. Several skeletons were found during the examination, in and about the site of the church. At the distance of 43 feet to the north-west stand the remains of a round tower, about 9 feet high. The diameter inside is 6 feet 6 inches, and outside at the base about 14 feet. It is built of undressed stones, very firmly cemented together by grouting. From its diameter it is probable the height was below the middle standard, but even with a moderate addition to the elevation, its upper story would command a view of nearly the whole length of Strangford Lough. Within the inmost enclosures are several traces of foundations of buildings, but so indistinct that no satisfactory opinion could be formed of their original design.

33. The Ancient Cross and Church Site of Dromgolyn

    Drumadonnell · townland · Down

    The old parish church of Dromgolyn, of which a portion of the east wall still stands, along with its grave-yard, is located in the townland Drumadonnell. An ancient stone cross seven feet high, once belonging to the church, is now built into the gable of a nearby school-house.

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    " By Inquisition 3 Ed. VI. it was found that the rectory of Dromgolyn, of the annual value of £8 13s. 4rf., was appropriate to the Prior of St. Patrick's of Down. The old parish church, of which a portion of the east wall is standing, and the grave-yard, are in the townland Drumadomiell. Its ancient stone cross, seven feet high, is built into the gable of an adjoining school-house. In the townland Deehommed (Bally-diccovade, aZias Bally -dicomeade, Ul. Inq.) is an ancient burying-place. In tlie townland Magheramayo are the ruins of an old church, and beside

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    Somewhere close to Drumadonnell are the remains of the old parish church of Dromgolyn. A portion of the east wall is still standing, and the graveyard is there too. An ancient stone cross, seven feet high, once belonged to the church. It is now built into the gable of an adjoining school-house. By an inquisition held in the third year of Edward the Sixth, the rectory of Dromgolyn was found to be of an annual value of 8 pounds, 13 shillings, and 4 pence, and was appropriate to the Prior of St. Patrick's of Down.

34. Twelve nights without darkness after St Patrick's burial

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 493

    Following the interment of St Patrick's body at Dun-da-lethglas, tradition and the annals record that for twelve nights there was no darkness in Magh-inis, giving rise to the district's alternate name 'the plain of light'.

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    JE. C. 493, The body of St. Patrick was interred in Dun-da-lethglas, and for t^veh-e nights there was no darkness in Magh-inis.

    JE. C. 823, The Danes defeated with great loss by the Ulidians in Magh-inis. (An. Ul., 824.)

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    Downpatrick, which the old annals call Dun-da-lethglas. In the year 493, the body of St Patrick was buried here. The record says that for twelve nights after, there was no darkness in Magh-inis. From that, the district took its other name, the plain of light.

35. Burial of infants at Killowen chapel site

    Killowen · townland · Cork

    At the site of the ancient chapel of Killowen, near Lough-na-Cranagh, unbaptized infants have been occasionally interred, continuing a tradition of using disused ecclesiastical remains as informal infant burial grounds.

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    4. Killowen. — In the townland Dunard, or Cross, as marked on the Ord. Map (s. 5), or Coolalough, as it is locally called, about thirty-five perches west of Lough- na-Cranagh, are the foundations of this chapel, measuring about 33 feet by 16. Unbaptized infants have been occasionally interred here. The lake just mentioned covers 24^ acres, and derives its name from a small circular island artificially formed in the centre of it.

    5. RilUjlijenan — In the same townland, S. W. of last, in a part locally called Cruachan-Carrach, is a little glen, through which flows a stream, where are the remains of this rudely built little chapel, measuring 16^ feet by 9 feet 5 inches. The spot is marked " Burying Place" (Ord. Survey, s. 5.)

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    Somewhere around here, close to Killowen, are the foundations of an old chapel. The place is locally called Coolalough. The chapel measured about 33 feet by 16. It lies near Lough-na-Cranagh, a lake covering 24 acres, which takes its name from a small circular island, artificially formed, at its centre. Unbaptized infants have been occasionally interred at this chapel site.

36. Chapel of St Mary Magdalen ruins near Downpatrick

    Ringreagh · townland · Down · 1449–1552

    At the Dissolution, the Prior of St Patrick's held a void piece of land and the walls of an ancient chapel of St Mary Magdalen, later demolished. Traces of a burial-ground have since been observed in Ringreagh nearby.

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    A. D. 1449, the ' libera capella Beatse Mariae Magdalene', vacant by the death of Stephen Trystry, was conferred upon William M*^connocha — Reg. Mey, lib. ii. p. 223. A. D. 1487, Robert Ball was appointed to the ' capella Sanctse Marian Magdalene de Duno'. — Reg. Octavian., fol. 288. A. D. 15 1 2, the ' capella Sanctas Marine Magdalene' was annexed by Tiberius, Bishop of Down and Connor, to the abbey of St. Patrick. — Reg. Dowd., p. 63. At the Dissolution, the Prior of St. Patrick's was seized of ' a void piece of land, and the walls of an ancient chapel of St. Mary

    Magdalen, of no value' Inq. 3 Ed. VI.

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    Somewhere close to Ringreagh are the ruins of the chapel of St Mary Magdalen. In 1449 the free chapel of Blessed Mary Magdalene, vacant by the death of Stephen Trystry, was conferred upon William M'connocha. In 1487 Robert Ball was appointed to the chapel of St Mary Magdalene of Down. The chapel was later annexed by Tiberius, Bishop of Down and Connor, to the abbey of St Patrick. At the Dissolution, the Prior of St Patrick's was seized of a void piece of land and the walls of an ancient chapel of St Mary Magdalen, of no value. Traces of a burial-ground have since been observed nearby.

37. Cumaighe O'Flinn drowned in Lough Neagh

    near Lough Neagh · lake or lakes · Antrim · 1121

    In 1121 Cumaighe, son of Deoradh O'Flinn, lord of Derlas, was drowned in Lough Neagh according to the annals. This death of a local lord is recorded among the chieftains of the Hy-Tuirtre territory.

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    The Four Masters at 11 21 relate that Cumaighe, son of Deoradh OFlinn, lord of Derlas [a territory east of the river Bann] was drowned in Loch Eachdach [Lough Neagh] after that the people of Ua Eachdach [Iveagh] had obtained the island Raicpenn from him". This island is now called Rat/din, and is situate in the S. E. extremity of Lough Neagh, opposite the parish of Moyntaghs, in the diocese of Dromore (Ord. Survey, s. 6, Armagh.)

    At 1542 they also make mention of Rathlin OBirne Island, off the west coast of Donegall, under the name Reacpainn muincipe 6ipn hi Cipbojame.

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    Lough Neagh. The Four Masters record that in 1121 Cumaighe, son of Deoradh O'Flinn, lord of Derlas, a territory east of the river Bann, was drowned in this lake. Before his death the people of Ua Eachdach, or Iveagh, had obtained from him the island Raicpenn, now called Rathlin, in the south-east extremity of the lake, opposite the parish of Moyntaghs in the diocese of Dromore. A local lord of the Hy-Tuirtre territory, remembered in the annals for losing an island and then losing his life in the water.

38. Picturesque burying place at Ballyprior More on Island Magee

    near Island Magee · parish · Antrim

    A graveyard without ruins survives in Ballyprior More on Island Magee, situated in a picturesque spot and still much resorted to as a burying place, marking the site of the ancient church of Ransevyn.

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    lyprior More and Beg are two townlands of the peninsula, in the former of which is a graveyard, but without any ruins, situated in a most picturesque spot, and much resorted to as a burying-place. — Ord. Survey, s. 41. At the Dissolution, the rectory of " Ballyprioragh in Insula de Maghy ", extending to ten townlands, with the advowson of the vicarage, belonged to the priory of Woodburn. — ■ Inq. Antrim, 1605. A. D. 1633, Eichard Hedd was instituted, on the presentation of the Crown, to the vicarage of Ballyprior alias Kilprioragh, together with the churches or chapels of Portmucke, Kilkenan, and Templenelafin in Island Magee, which churches the King united to the said vicarage by letters patent Reg. Vis. 1633.

    Tenth, 6s. Sd. Tenth, 2s.

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    There is a graveyard on Island Magee, in the townland of Ballyprior More. It has no ruins, but it sits in a most picturesque spot and is still much resorted to as a burying place. At the Dissolution, the rectory of Ballyprioragh in the island extended to ten townlands, and with the advowson of the vicarage it belonged to the priory of Woodburn. In 1633 Richard Hedd was instituted, on the presentation of the Crown, to the vicarage of Ballyprior, alias Kilprioragh, together with the churches or chapels of Portmucke, Kilkenan, and Templenelafin in Island Magee. The King had united those churches to the vicarage by letters patent.

39. Slaying of Aodh Aired at Tulach-Garaisg in Farney

    Farney · barony · Monaghan · 696

    Aodh Aired, chief of Dalaradia, was slain at Tulach-Garaisg in Farney in 696.

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    at the battle of Rathmor of Moylinny. A. D. 690, The Dalriadians spoiled the Cruithne and Ultonians. — (An. UL) A. D. 696, Aodh Aired, chief of Dalaradia, slain at Tulach-Garaisg in FarneyS. A. D. 700, Fianan, son of O Dunchadha, King of Dalaraidhe, was strangled. — {Tig.) A. D. 706, Cucuarain, King of Cruithne and Uladh, was slain by Fionnchu OKenain.

    (King of the Cruithne of Uladh — Tig. 708.) A. D. 725, Battle of i\Iui-bholg between the Cruithne and Dalriadans. A. D. 771, Battle between the Dalaraidhe at Sliabh Mis [Slemish], wherein was slain

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    As you travel through Farney, this barony carries an old story of violence. In 696, Aodh Aired, chief of Dalaradia, was slain at Tulach-Garaisk, somewhere in this part of the country. The record gives no more than that: a chief, a place, a death. Dalaradia was a kingdom of the north, and its fortunes in these years were bitter. Four years later, Fianan, son of O Dunchadha, King of Dalaraidhe, was strangled. The annals mark these men and their ends, but the ground keeps its own silence.

40. Bishop's Island near Downpatrick

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1034

    Thirty acres called the 'Bishop's Island' near Down were later possessed by Lord Cromwell despite being recorded in the bishop's old rolls as belonging to the see, showing a dispute over ancient church property.

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    lw\., No. 22, Car. II. " Some landes neere unto Downe, togither with an Hand, called the Bf* Hand, possessed by the Lord Cromwell, albeit expressly contaj-ned in the Bp* old rolles and Recordes as belonging unto him". — Ul. Vis., p. 239.

    1 Flaithbertach, Bishop of Down, died in 1043 ; Reginald was bishop from 1258 to 1265.

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    Near Downpatrick lies a place once called the Bishop's Island. Lord Cromwell possessed lands here, together with that island, even though the bishop's old rolls and records expressly stated they belonged to him.

41. Bishop's prior possession and grant at Kilclief castle

    Kilclief · townland · Down · 1410

    The Bishop of Down had a manor and baronial residence at Kilclief, where the ancient castle, once a residence of the bishops, still stands and is held under the see.

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    0 The true form of the Irish UlaD ; this being ^ AngUce ' borough ', from the Greek TrvpyoQ, ' a the name of the district of which Do^x-npatrick was tower ' ; bemg originaUy appUed to a fortified place, capital, and of the territory whence the title Earl of r The Bishop of Down had a manor and a baro-

    Tjjgfgf nial residence at Kilclief. A memorial fonvarded to

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    Somewhere close to Kilclief, there was a residence of the bishops. The Bishop of Down held a manor and baronial residence here. The ancient castle was once a residence of the bishops and is still held under the see.

42. Castleboy chapel ruins and cemetery

    Castleboy · townland · Down

    The lands of Castleboy, formerly belonging to the Hospitallers, contain the ruins of a chapel measuring sixty-three by twenty-one feet, with lancet windows, surrounded by a cemetery now cultivated up to the walls.

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    Patricii de Duno, dimitlium uucise auri " (Cod. the ruins of the chapel, measuring sixty-three by

    Clar., vol. XV. p. 59, No. 4783, Brit. Mus.) twenty-one feet. The east \vindow was a triplet of

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    Somewhere close to Castleboy are the ruins of a chapel, sixty-three by twenty-one feet, with lancet windows. Its east window was a triplet. These lands once belonged to the Hospitallers. A cemetery surrounds the chapel, now cultivated up to the walls.

43. Church ruins in Ballykeel townland, Island Magee

    Ballykeel · townland · Antrim

    In the townland Ballykeel, associated with the church of St. John of Ransevyn, is a graveyard containing the ruins of a very ancient church measuring 52 feet by 18 feet.

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    " St. John. — About the year 1 25 1, the church of /St. John of Rensevin was confirmed by Isaac, Bishop of Connor, to the priory of Muckamore. — Reg. Miick. At the Dissolution, it was found that the rectory of Whitkirk in Island Maghy was appropriate to the same house. — Inq. Ant. 1605. In the townland Ballykeel is a graveyard, containing the ruins of a very

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    Somewhere around here in Ballykeel is a graveyard with the ruins of a very ancient church, measuring 52 feet by 18 feet. This was the church of St. John of Rensevin. It was confirmed by Isaac, Bishop of Connor, to the priory of Muckamore. At the Dissolution, the rectory of Whitkirk in Island Magee was found appropriate to the same house, as recorded in 1605.

44. Humanetic burial ground with human bones and coffin fragments

    Killyglen · townland · Antrim

    At field near the Kirkland crossroads at Killyglen holds a sunny slope where human bones, pieces of coffins, and traces of a building were seen within the memory of some old people yet alive.

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    Spiritual and Temporal, and is a towne, but it is brink ed by evil neighbours". — Terrier. At the cross-roads, in this townland, is a field called the Kirkland., which has a most copious water-head of several springs, and, beside it, a sunny slope, where human bones, pieces of coffins, and traces of a building were seen within the memory of some old people yet alive.

    •5 Killochre. — Now Kilwaughter ( ciU

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    Somewhere around here, close to Killyglen, there's a field called the Kirkland, at the cross-roads. It has a copious water-head of several springs. Beside it runs a sunny slope where human bones, pieces of coffins, and traces of a building were seen, within the memory of old people still alive when this was recorded. A burial ground, then, though no name survives for who was laid there.

45. King Breasal Dies at Dun Celtchair

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 733

    Breasal, son of Aodh Roin, King of Uladh, died at Dun Celtchair (an ancient name for the great fort at Downpatrick) in A.D. 733 after a one-year reign.

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    22. Breasal, son of Aodh Roin, reigned one year, and died at Uun Celtchair^ A. D. 733.

    23. Cathusach, son of AiliU, son ..f Dungaill, (No. 20.) after a reign of sixteen years,

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    Downpatrick was once called Dun Celtchair, a great fort. In 733, Breasal, son of Aodh Roin, King of Uladh, died here. He had reigned only one year. His name is all that survives in the record, and the place where his rule ended.

46. Skeletal remains found near Carncastle churchyard site

    near Carncastle · parish · Antrim

    At ancient cemetery associated with the chapelry of St. Cunning in Carncastle parish contains remains of the original church, with the churchyard measuring 48 by 20 feet. The foundations remain in the townland called St. Cunning.

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    the Prebend of Carncastle, bu.t to that of Rasharkan, under the name Sancti Conic. The foundations, measuring 48 by 20 feet, remain in the townland St. Cunning.

    ^ Kilglcm. — Now the Grange of Killyglen. — Ord. Survey, s. 35. The rectory, as the margin states, was appropriate to the Prior of Muckamore. A. D. circ. 1 25 1 , the church of St. John o/KUglan was confirmed to Muckamore, by Isaac, Bishop of Connor. — Regist. Much. " Graunge de Killglynne, the 2^ part of all tithes impropriate to the Abbey of Muckmore"

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    In the parish of Carncastle, there was a chapelry of St. Cunning, recorded under the Latin name Sancti Conic. It belonged not to the Prebend of Carncastle but to that of Rasharkan. The foundations of the church remain in the townland called St. Cunning, measuring 48 by 20 feet.

47. Solitary tombstone of James M'Gee at Craigavad church ruins

    Craigavad · townland · Down · 1714

    At the ruined church foundations at Craigavad, near Hollywood parish, a solitary tombstone stands sacred to the memory of James M'Gee, who died in 1714.

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    Survey, s. i. At the Dissolution, this church, with the tithes of five adjacent townlands, was appropriate to the abbey of Bangor. The foundations of the church, measuring about 48 by 18 feet, still remain in a rocky field, which lies between Craigavad House and the Lough ; and beside them stands a solitary tombstone, sacred to the memory of James M'Gee, who died in 17 14.

    P Bangowre. — Now Bangor parish

    Internet Archive ecclesiasticalan00reev, Chapter 4

    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere around here, the foundations of an old church still sit in a rocky field, measuring about 48 by 18 feet. At the Dissolution, this church and the tithes of five adjacent townlands belonged to the abbey of Bangor. Beside the foundations stands a solitary tombstone, sacred to the memory of James M'Gee, who died in 1714. The place is now in Bangor parish.

48. Andiaran slain at the battle of Rath-cro

    near Rathcroghan · monument · Roscommon · 892

    Andiaran, son of Maolmoicheirghc and grandson of Indreachtach, Lord of Lethcathail, was slain at the battle of Rath-cro in 892 according to the Four Masters.

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    JE. C. 892, Andiaran, son of Maolmoicheirghc, son of Indreachtach, Lord of Lethcathail, was slain at the battle of Rath-cro.

    JE. C. 908, The fleet of the Ulidians defeated by the Danes, and many were slain, together with Cumuscach, son of Maolmoicheirghc, Tanist(canaipi'') of LethcathaiL

    Internet Archive ecclesiasticalan00reev, Chapter 23

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    Somewhere about Rathcroghan, in the year 892, a battle called Rath-cro took the life of Andiaran. He was the son of Maolmoicheirghc and grandson of Indreachtach, and he held the lordship of Lethcathail. The Four Masters recorded his death. A brother of his, Cumuscach, son of the same Maolmoicheirghc, fell later, in 908, when the Danes defeated the fleet of the Ulidians.

49. Burial of Cuuladh OHeochaidh at Down

    near Downpatrick · town · Down · 1157

    Cuuladh OHeochaidh reigned twenty-five years and died in 1157, and was buried at Down (Downpatrick).

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    61. Cuuladh OHeochaidh reigned twenty-five years, and died A. D. 1157, and was

    buried in Down.

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    Downpatrick is where Cuuladh OHeochaidh was laid to rest. He reigned twenty-five years and died in 1157. The record says he was "buried in Down."

50. Connor burned

    Connor · townland · Antrim · 617

    The monastic settlement of Connor was burned, an event recorded tersely in the annals among the early history of the see.

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    "Connor was burned". ^. C. 658 [659], "DlOmQ Dub eppcop Conoepe oej. an vi. lanuapii",

    " DiOMA Dubh, Bishop of Connor, died on the 6th of January". — The Annals of Ulster erroneously call him t)i mmciinjepr. This Dima was one of the bishops who were addressed from Kome in 640, on the subject of the Paschal controversy. — (Bede, H. E., ii. 19.) M. C. 725 [726], "S. DOChONNQ cpaiboeach, eppcob Conoepe oecc. an xv.

    Internet Archive ecclesiasticalan00reev, Chapter 35

    As the companion tells it

    Somewhere close to Connor, a monastic settlement stood in the early seventh century. The annals record simply, "Connor was burned," around 617. A few decades later, Dima Dubh, Bishop of Connor, died on the 6th of January. He had been one of the bishops addressed from Rome in 640 on the Paschal controversy.

51. Demolished Chapel and Scattered Bones at Ballykennedy

    Ballykennedy · townland · Antrim

    A chapel formerly stood in the townland of Ballykennedy near the modern Dundrod meeting-house, but it has been completely demolished. The only remaining trace of its existence is human bones which are occasionally turned up within the space once occupied by its cemetery.

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    V. In the townland Ballykennedy formerly stood a chapel : its site was near the modern Dundrod meeting-house, but it is completely demolished, and the only mark which remains are the human bones which are occasionally turned up within the space once occupied by its cemetery. See above, p. 4.

    VI. KiLLMANEEVE. — A church SO called is traditionally recorded to have stood in the townland Ballyginniff, on the shore of Lough Neagh, in the N. W. angle of the

    Internet Archive ecclesiasticalan00reev, Chapter 16

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    Somewhere close to Ballykennedy, a chapel once stood. Its site was near the modern Dundrod meeting-house, but it is completely demolished now. The only mark left is human bones, occasionally turned up within the space once occupied by its cemetery. Nothing else remains of it.

52. English mustered at Lame against Aodh O'Neill

    near Larne · town · Antrim · 1198

    In 1198 the English of Moy Line and Dalaraidhe mustered 300 strong and marched to Lame against Aodh O'Neill.

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    A. D. 1 1 98, The English of Moy Line and Dalaraidhe mustered 300 strong, and

    marched to Lame against Aodh ONeill.

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    In 1198, the English of Moy Line and Dalaraidhe mustered 300 strong and marched to Larne against Aodh O'Neill.

53. Lost Cemeteries of Killead Parish

    Crookedstone · townland · Antrim

    Cemeteries are reported to have formerly existed in the townlands of Crookedstone, Ballyrobin, Largy, and Seacash. In Crookedstone specifically, head-stones and fragments of coffins were found within the last forty years, evidence of the district's once dense Christian population.

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    In the townlands Crookedstone, Ballyrobin, Largy, and Seacash, cemeteries are reported to have formerly existed : and in the first it is stated that head-stones and fragments of coffins were found within the last forty years. It may seem extraordinary that so many Christian burial-places should be established within the bounds of a modern parish ; but the wonder will be diminished Avhen it is remembered that this district was once very densely peopled; of which there is strong evidence in the 247 earthen forts, of various kinds, which studded the two parishes of Killead and Muckamore, at the commencement of the present century'".

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    Internet Archive ecclesiasticalan00reev, Chapter 16

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    There were burial grounds near here once, and in three other nearby places as well — Ballyrobin, Largy, and Seacash. People say that within the last forty years, head-stones and fragments of coffins turned up close to Crookedstone. That may sound like a lot of cemeteries for one parish, but this district was once very densely peopled. The evidence is stark: 247 earthen forts of various kinds studded the two parishes of Killead and Muckamore at the start of the present century.