Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society (July-December, 1906) (vol. July-December, 1906)

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1. Vestments Lost in Flood at the Ford of Churchtown

   Churchtown · townland · Waterford

   At the ford called At An Eide, on an old disused road near Churchtown, local sheanacies say a set of priest's vestments was lost during a flood.

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   \ (e) At An 6ix>e — " Ford of the (Sacred) Vestments." The ford was on the old road, now disused, and the sheanacies of the locality say a set of priest's vestments was lost here during a flood.

   Coolnamuc, Cml n,a triuice — "Corner of the Pig"; doubtless the allusion is to some legend, now lost. The castle was erected by a Catherine Comerford. Area (in three divisions), 898 acres.

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   Somewhere close to Churchtown, there is a ford the old records call At An Eide, the Ford of the Vestments. It lay on an old road, now disused. The local sheanacies say that a set of priest's vestments was lost here during a flood. No more than that has come down. The road is gone, and the story itself is barely a few words held in memory.

2. Vicarage of Tallow seized after two centuries of possession

   Tallow · town · Waterford · 1632–1634

   The vicarage of Tallow had been held peacefully by the vicars choral of Lismore for nearly 200 years until the Earl of Cork seized it as impropriate within the previous two years before this 1634 account.

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   //. — The vicarage of Tallow hath been in the quiet possession of the vicars choral of Lismore near 200 years, until within these two years the said earl hath seized thereon as impropriate.

   //. — The said earl hath likewise of late challenged and leased the Vicarages of Rathronan, Ardfinan, Balidrinan als. Rochestown, Balidrinan citra of Rincrewe, Killowtermoy, Kilcokan, and the parsonage of Clonea, all in the diocese of Lismore, as impropriate to some religious house or other, notwithstanding all the said Vicarages were ever in the possession of the Vicars who paid first fruits^ and the xxth parts to his Majesty until they were usurped as aforesaid.

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   In Tallow, the vicarage had been in the quiet possession of the vicars choral of Lismore for nearly 200 years. Then, within the two years before 1634, the Earl of Cork seized it as impropriate. The earl had likewise of late challenged and leased the vicarages of Rathronan, Ardfinan, Balidrinan also called Rochestown, Balidrinan citra of Rincrewe, Killowtermoy, and Kilcokan, and the parsonage of Clonea, all in the diocese of Lismore. He claimed them as impropriate to some religious house or other. All those vicarages had ever been in the possession of the vicars, who paid first fruits and the twentieth parts to his Majesty until they were usurped.

3. Vicarages in Lismore diocese claimed as impropriate by Earl of Cork

   Rathronan · townland · Tipperary · 1632–1634

   The Earl of Cork challenged and leased multiple vicarages in the diocese of Lismore including Rathronan, Ardfinan, Balidrinan (Rochestown), Killowtermoy, Kilcokan and the parsonage of Clonea, claiming them as impropriate to religious houses despite vicars having long held them and paid first fruits to the Crown.

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   //. — The said earl hath likewise of late challenged and leased the Vicarages of Rathronan, Ardfinan, Balidrinan als. Rochestown, Balidrinan citra of Rincrewe, Killowtermoy, Kilcokan, and the parsonage of Clonea, all in the diocese of Lismore, as impropriate to some religious house or other, notwithstanding all the said Vicarages were ever in the possession of the Vicars who paid first fruits^ and the xxth parts to his Majesty until they were usurped as aforesaid.

   //. — The said earl hath likewise taken away divers glebelands from vicars that he hath presented to livings, whereon he hath right of patronage, and made claims to the other vicarages as impropriate; and there are others that do challenge and take any vicarages that are worth as impropriate, whereby that poor Church of Ireland will be utterly spoiled unless there shall be some pious and religious motion made to his Majesty for redress of what is past and restraint of any the like future despoliation. May 3rd, 1634.

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   Somewhere close to Rathronan, the Earl of Cork had by 1634 challenged and leased the vicarage here, along with several others in the diocese of Lismore. He claimed them as impropriate to some religious house or other. The vicars had long held these livings and paid first fruits and twentieth parts to his Majesty until they were, as the record puts it, usurped. The earl also took glebelands from vicars he had presented to livings where he held the right of patronage. Others were doing the same with any vicarages worth claiming. The complaint, dated the 3rd of May 1634, warned that the poor Church of Ireland would be utterly spoiled unless his Majesty was moved to redress what had passed and restrain any future despoliation.

4. Common of pasture dispute at Gracedieu

   Gracedieu · electoral division · Waterford · 1570

   In 1570 a suit before the Mayor, Bailiffs and citizens of Waterford concerned a claimed common of pasture on the lands of Cloncredane, Woodstown and Portliche, resolved by arbitration to grant James Sherlock pasture rights for 24 colpes at Gracedieu on the City Commons.

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   his tenants should have in the town of Gracedieu. The case having been subjected to the arbitration of Peter Walsh, Henry Walsh, Peter Strange and John Wise, Aldermen of the City, and Sherlock being sworn to observe the order of the arbitrators, it was decreed and adjudged that he should for ever have a common of pasture for 24 colpes in Gracedieu on the Commons of the City of Waterford." (d) In the Calendar of Irish State Papers (Vol. XLIV.) there is constant reference to James Sherlock. As Mayor he appears in confidential communication with the Government. Here are a few extracts : —

   " Ross, 1580. 4 Arthur Renting Gov. and others to the Mayor of Waterford. — The rebels mean to assault the town in 24 hours. We Pray for aid of 100 soldiers.' "

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   This is Gracedieu, where a pasture dispute came before the Mayor, Bailiffs and citizens of Waterford in 1570. The claim concerned common of pasture on the lands of Cloncredane, Woodstown and Portliche. The matter went to arbitration before Peter Walsh, Henry Walsh, Peter Strange and John Wise, Aldermen of the City. James Sherlock was sworn to observe their order. They decreed that he should forever have a common of pasture for 24 colpes on the Commons of the City of Waterford. The Calendar of Irish State Papers makes constant reference to James Sherlock. As Mayor he appears in confidential communication with the Government. In 1580, from Ross, Arthur Renting and others wrote to the Mayor of Waterford: "The rebels mean to assault the town in 24 hours. We pray for aid of 100 soldiers."

5. Derivation of the Placename Fenoagh and its Ruined Church

   Fenoagh · parish · Tipperary · 1306–1597

   The placename Fenoagh, formerly appropriated to Kells Priory, appears in the Taxation of 1306 as 'Fynvach' and in Patent Rolls of 1412 as 'Fynevagh'. The article discusses the ruined church there and its Irish-language derivation and local pronunciation.

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   Derivation of Fenoagh. — As no correspondent has answered Father Carrigan's query as to the derivation of Fenoagh, formerly appropriated to Kells Priory, I venture to give the following explanation : " Fenoagh " appears in the Taxation of 1306 as " Fynvach," which is an excellent phonetic form of JTionn tri^g. It was then of the value of ^4, and the tenth is given as eight shillings. In this Taxation (1306) the situation of " Fynvach," next to Clonegam, places its identity with Fenoagh as certain. In the Journal (Vol. I., No. 6) Father Power has a very interestingarticle on the ruined church of Fenoagh (the spelling of which in the Patent Rolls of 14 12 is " Fynevagh," as is quoted in Father Carrigan's monumental History and Antiquities of the Diocese ofOssory ), and he points out that the local pronunciation is ponnu'o.AC, which O' Donovan supposed to be a corruption of pio'on^c — also suggesting that it may be Teampul-Fhinndhac, i.e., the church of Finnach. It appears to me that Father Power's first suggestion is the more correct, as I have in my young days invariably heard the name pronounced Tompul-a-noo, i.e., Ue^mput "Jpionn rh^c. The " 00" or 4<ooa" is accented, which disposes of the Finnach theory. In the Fiants of Elizabeth, under date of 7th July. 1597, the name of the rectory is given as u Tampollennygh," which is a fairly good phonetic of the Irish name. Fifty-two years previously, namely, on May 2nd, 1545, " Templeny " was granted to Edmund Power, " bastard brother of the late Lord Power " — to hold for life ; but it is described as having been previously leased to Katherine Butler, on August 1st, 1 541. I may add that u Fews " appears under the name of "Teamplewy" in the Fiants of Edward VI., July 28th,

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   The parish of Fenoagh takes its name from a church whose origins are traced through centuries of changing spelling. Fenoagh was once appropriated to Kells Priory. In the Taxation of 1306 it appears as Fynvach, a phonetic form of its Irish name. At that time it was valued at 4, and the tenth was given as eight shillings. Its situation in that record, next to Clonegam, confirms that Fynvach is Fenoagh. In the Patent Rolls of 1412 the spelling is Fynevagh. Father Power wrote about the ruined church of Fenoagh and pointed out the local pronunciation, which O'Donovan supposed to be a corruption, suggesting it might be Teampul-Fhinndhac, the church of Finnach. The writer of this account disagreed, saying that in his young days he invariably heard the name pronounced Tompul-a-noo, and that the accented oo disposes of the Finnach theory. In the Fiants of Elizabeth, under the date of the 7th of July 1597, the name of the rectory is given as Tampollennygh, which the writer calls a fairly good phonetic of the Irish name.

6. Monumental stone in Kinsalebeg churchyard near Ardmore

   Kinsalebeg · parish · Waterford · 1616–1628

   In the churchyard at Kinsalebeg near Ardmore stands a monumental stone commemorating Elizabeth, wife of John Lancaster, Chantor of Lismore, and daughter of Sir Edmund Harris, Justice of the Common Pleas, who held property at Ardmore.

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   (g) John Lancaster, Chantor of Lismore 1616. In the churchyard Kinsalebeg, near Ardmore is a monumental stone in memory of his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edmund Harris, Justice of the Common Pleas. Harris had property at Ardmore, and Lancaster, as Chantor, had the rectorial tithes. This monumental stone is described by the Rev. P. Power in the Waterford Journal,, Vol. IV., p. 200, 1898.

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   In the parish of Kinsalebeg, near Ardmore, a monumental stone stands in the churchyard. It remembers Elizabeth, wife of John Lancaster, Chantor of Lismore, and daughter of Sir Edmund Harris, Justice of the Common Pleas. Harris held property at Ardmore. Lancaster, as Chantor, had the rectorial tithes. The stone was described by the Rev. P. Power in the Waterford Journal in 1898.

7. Ogham-inscribed pillar-stone at Ballyvellon

   Ballyvellon · townland · Waterford

   Three pillar-stones stand close together at Ballyvellon; one bears an ogham inscription reading 'Cumni maci macoi Fagufi', while another nearby is notably tall and wider at the top than below.

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   Ballyvellon, t)^ite tfle,AV6uin — " Melan's (or Mellon's) Homestead." Compare Garranmillon, Kilrossanty Par., antea. Close together, on north side of townland, are three pillar-stones. That nearest the road is very remarkable — tall, flat-surfaced and wider at the top than below. Another, at distance of a couple of fields from the road, bears an inscription in ogham which reads: " Cumni maci macoi Fagufi " (h) Area, 130 acres.

   " Ballinvillon " (A.S.E.).

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   Somewhere near here at Ballyvellon, three pillar-stones stand close together. One is striking — tall, flat-surfaced, and wider at the top than below. Another bears an ogham inscription reading "Cumni maci macoi Fagufi." The place-name Ballyvellon means Melan's or Mellon's homestead.

8. Sir Darby O'Quinlan's Chalice Preserved at Fermoy

   Fermoy · townland · Cork · 1600–1699

   A 17th-century silver chalice bearing the name of 'Sir Darby O'Quinlan,' priest of Lismore, is preserved and still in use at Fermoy, used by the reviewer to argue that chalice location does not prove pastorship of a place.

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   [I have to confess that Mr. Flood's argument, as above, leaves me still unconvinced. We may pass over the fact that Cappoquin, in the 17th century, was portion of the Parish of Lismore, as indeed it still is — in the civil sense. The existence of the Keating chalice in Cappoquin proves — just nothing. There is preserved (still in use) in Fermoy a similar (17th century) silver chalice bearing the name of " Sir Darby O'Quinlan," priest, of Lismore. But will anyone seriously maintain, because his chalice is in Fermoy, that *' Sir Darby" was Parish Priest of that place ! Instances ad indefinitum could be enumerated of early chalices preserved and in use elsewhere than in the church or parish to which they originally belonged. Half a dozen such instances perhaps, or more, could be quoted from Keating's own diocese. I do not argue against the alleged pastorship ; I only complain that the data do not sustain the theory. By the way, the sacelliun at Tubrid in which the historian's ashes rest would appear to have been merely a mortuary chapel. At any rate it looks too small for a church — even of the penal times, and ecclesiastics of note willed to be buried therein, for instance, Archbishop Brennan of Cashel (see Journal, Vol. I., p. 230). In 1669 a fellowdiocesan of Keating's, Father William English, Parish Priest of Tubbrid, who must have known the historian well, orders by his will proved that year — " My body to be buried in St. Kyran's Chapel in Tibbrudd, in the Burial of the Reverend ffathers there."— Reviewer.]

   Redmond Fitzgerald of Ballycrinan, Pirate, &c. — It may

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   Somewhere around here, a silver chalice from the 1600s is preserved and still in use. It bears the name of Sir Darby O'Quinlan, a priest of Lismore. The reviewer who wrote about it made a point worth hearing: the chalice sits at Fermoy, but O'Quinlan was priest of Lismore, not of Fermoy. No one would seriously claim, just because his chalice ended up here, that Sir Darby was Parish Priest of this place. The reviewer was answering an argument put forward by a Mr. Flood about a different chalice, the Keating chalice found in Cappoquin. Flood seemed to think that where a chalice turns up tells you where its priest served. The reviewer said that proves nothing. He could point to half a dozen instances, or more, from Keating's own diocese, of early chalices preserved and in use in places other than the church or parish they originally belonged to. He did not argue against the alleged pastorship itself. He only complained that the data did not sustain the theory. He added a note about the sacellum at Tubrid where the historian's ashes rest. It would appear to have been merely a mortuary chapel, too small for a church even of the penal times. Ecclesiastics of note willed to be buried there. Archbishop Brennan of Cashel was one. In 1669, Father William English, Parish Priest of Tubbrid, a fellow diocesan of Keating's who must have known the historian well, ordered by his will proved that year,

9. Well-known cromlech at Gaulstown

   Gaulstown · townland · Waterford

   The townland of Gaulstown contains a rather well-known cromlech (megalithic tomb), a notable prehistoric antiquity in the landscape.

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   Adamstown. See under Kilmeadan Par. Area, 69 acres. Dooneen. See under Kilmeadan Par. Area, 55 acres. Gaulstown, Cnoc a g^lt-aig — " Gaule's Homestead." On the townland is a rather well-known cromlech. Area, 270 acres. " Gawlestown " (O.S.M.).

   S.DD. (a) CAj\fVAi5 a C-AipteAiri — " Castle Rock"; so called from its shape.

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   Somewhere close to Gaulstown there is a rather well-known cromlech, a prehistoric megalithic tomb standing in the landscape. The place name itself means Gaule's Homestead, and it was written Gawlestown on the old maps. The land runs to 270 acres.

10. O'Sullivan Beare family settlement at Ballylegat

    Ballylegat · townland · Waterford

    A branch of the O'Sullivans Beare settled at Ballylegat; their family tomb is located in Reiske graveyard, and the field called 'Field of the Hall' marks where their mansion once stood.

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    Ballylegat, X)A\le tH Le^oiT) — " O'Legat's (probably corruption of Ellegot's) Homestead." Here was settled a branch of the O'Sullivans Beare. The family tomb is in Reiske graveyard. Area, 166 acres.

    " Ballilegot " (Inq. Eliz.).

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    Somewhere close to Ballylegat, a branch of the O'Sullivans Beare made their home. The name likely comes from O'Legat's homestead. Their family tomb lies in Reiske graveyard, and a field called the Field of the Hall marks where their mansion once stood.

11. Perfect mote at Pembrokestown

    Pembrokestown · townland · Waterford

    On the townland of Pembrokestown, by the north side of the main road, stands a very perfect mote surrounded by its ditch and concentric rampart, a notable earthwork monument.

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    Pembrokestown, t)Aite via mtojios; corruption of a literal translation (scil: — t). r\A piombfioij;) of the official name. On this townland, by north side of the main road, stands a very perfect mote, surrounded by its ditch and concentric rampart. Area, 191 acres.

    " Pembrokestowne " (Inq. Eliz.).

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    Somewhere around here stands a very perfect mote, surrounded by its ditch and a concentric rampart. It is a notable earthwork, set by the north side of the main road through Pembrokestown. The old records spell the place "Pembrokestowne."

12. Timolin Knight's effigy moved to church porch

    Timolin · townland · Kildare

    The Timolin Knight's effigy, which had lain on a refuse-heap on the north side of Timolin Church, was removed and placed in the church porch on a newly built base faced with Castledermot granite.

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    The Pole-Cosby quaint autobiography is concluded. O'Murethi's valuable contribution on the customs peculiar to certain days formerly observed in the Co. Kildare describes forgotten usages and observances that were by no means peculiar to that county, being well known in the South of Ireland, and no doubt in manv other portions of it as well. Mr. T. D. Sullivan's poem on Lord Edward Fitzgerald represents the " Ballads and Poems of the Co. Kildare " in this issue. It is accompanied by a portrait and bibliography of Lord Edward. The Miscellanea and Notes, contributed mainly by Lord Walter FitzGerald, are interesting and informing, as are also the discriminating reviews that form the conclusory section of this excellent number of the Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society, who are further to be congratulated on their having had the Timolin Knight's effigy removed from where it lay on what was a refuge-heap on the north side of Timolin Church and placed in the church porch, where is now lies on a newly wrought solid base, 18 inches high, faced with dressed Castledermot granite.

    In the last number of the " Cork Archaeological Journal" the ecclesiastical element is rather predominant, as shown by Mr. Day's paper on the Presbyterian Church Plate in Prince's Street ; St. Patrick's Church, by Mr. A. Hill ; a further section of Bishop Downes' Diocesan Visitation, edited by Colonel Lunham, and a sketch of Dean Hamilton of Cloyne, by the Rev. C. Webster. Mr. Robert Day also contributes two papers of a military character, one the North Cork Militia, with some very interesting views of its old regimentals, and one on a Silver Medal of the Irish Brigade. Colonel Lunham further supplies a notice of Skiddy's Castle, Cork, and the Rev. Canon C. Moore one on a supposed Bullan. The Very Rev. Canon O'Mahony continues his very ably written " History of the O'Mahony Septs," and there are articles on the " Early Irish Manuscripts of Minister " and u Early Irish Modes of Burial," besides Notes and Queries, Proceedings of the Society, &c, followed by Colonel G. White's continuation of his " Doneraile District History."

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    Somewhere near here, in Timolin, a stone knight lies in the church porch. He is the Timolin Knight, an effigy that once had no such shelter. For a time the figure lay on a refuse-heap on the north side of Timolin Church. The County Kildare Archaeological Society had the effigy removed from that spot and placed in the church porch. It now lies on a newly wrought solid base, 18 inches high, faced with dressed Castledermot granite. The journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society records the work and says the society is to be congratulated for having had it done. The note appears among the Miscellanea and Notes contributed mainly by Lord Walter FitzGerald. The Timolin Knight had been left on what was described as a refuge-heap, on the north side of the church. The effigy was then brought into the porch and set on the new base, a solid foundation 18 inches high, faced with dressed Castledermot granite. The stone figure now lies under cover there, no longer exposed on the heap outside the church wall where it had been left.

13. Ballymacart Estate Near Ardmore Sold to Sir H. Barron

    Ballymacart · parish · Waterford

    The fee-simple of Ballymacart, near Ardmore, was given as dowry by wealthy landowner John McGrath of Grange to the mother of Councillor M.J. FitzGerald, and was later sold to Sir H. Barron.

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    Pierce composed altogether about fifty pieces of poetry. These are free-flowing and not by any means difficult. For fifty years at least he had been " High Sheriff " of the Poets of Munster, as he always terms himself in his writings and Warrants. He had this title in the year 1744— August — and bore it all through until the year 1791 — 4th July — when he voluntarily surrendered it to a younger man, named John Cunningham, of Ballynoe, Co. Cork, on account of his own great age. This surrender is dated from Kilmaloo, and here he died about the same time. He was buried in the family tomb at Kilmacdonogh, just three or four fields from the house in which he was born and which is still in the hands of his descendants. His eldest son, Michael, died at Prospect Hall (Monetrea) about the beginning of the 19th century. Michael's first wife was a Mary Maher, whose father, a ship owner, traded between Cork and Cadiz. I think she too belonged to the Co. Waterford, as well as the second wife, Catherine Cunningham. A son of this Michael FitzGerald married a Miss McGrath, whose father, John McGrath, of Grange, Co. Waterford, a very wealthy man, gave to the mother of the late Councillor M.J. FitzGerald, as dowry, the fee-simple of Ballymacart, near Ardmore, which was sold afterwards to Sir H. Barron.

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    The parish of Ballymacart, near Ardmore, carries a story of land passed through marriage and sold on. John McGrath of Grange, County Waterford, was a very wealthy man. His daughter, a Miss McGrath, married a son of Michael FitzGerald. As dowry, John McGrath gave the fee-simple of Ballymacart to the mother of the late Councillor M.J. FitzGerald. The land did not stay in the family. It was sold afterwards to Sir H. Barron. The FitzGerald connection to this part of Waterford runs through several generations. Michael FitzGerald died at Prospect Hall, Monetrea, about the beginning of the 19th century. His first wife was Mary Maher, whose father, a ship owner, traded between Cork and Cadiz. His second wife was Catherine Cunningham. It was a son of this Michael FitzGerald who married Miss McGrath, linking the family to one of Waterford's wealthiest landowners. The dowry John McGrath gave was Ballymacart itself, the whole fee-simple of it. For a time it bound the families together. Then it passed to Sir H. Barron, and the McGrath gift became another man's estate.

14. Battle tradition at the Ford of the Battle Field, Ballinvir

    Ballinvir · townland · Tipperary

    The sub-denomination 'Ford of the Battle Field' at Ballinvir preserves a local tradition of a battle reportedly fought there, and a large remarkable pillar stone also stands in a fence on this townland.

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    S.D. At a rrUcAipe— " Ford of the Battle Field"; from a battle traditionally reported to have been fought here.

    Cappagh, Cexxp^c — " Tillage Plot." Area, 54 acres.

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    Somewhere close to Ballinvir, there is a place once called the Ford of the Battle Field. The name comes from a battle traditionally reported to have been fought there. A large remarkable pillar stone stands in a fence nearby.

15. Jerpoint Abbey monument to Edmund Walsh, dated 1476

    Jerpointabbey · townland · Kilkenny · 1476

    A footnote traces the genealogy of Walter Brenagh alias Walsh, Lord of the Walsh Mountain, back through generations to Edmund, whose monument at Jerpoint Abbey bears the date 1476.

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    (a) Walter Brenagh otherwise Walsh, Lord of the Walsh Mountain, Co. Kilkenny, for more than sixty years, died May 9th, 1619. He was the son of Robert (died Oct. 10th, 1557), son of Edmond (died about 1550), son of Walter (living in 1537), son of Robert (died Dec. 8th, 1501), son of Edmund (whose monument in Jerpoint Abbey bears date 1476). By his wife, the Lady Ellice Butler, daughter of the first Lord Viscount Mountgarret, he had, with other issue, Robert, his eldest son, who carried on his line, and John, otherwise John mac Walter, traditionally remembered as Shaivn 'ac Wawthaczh, the famous Bard of the Walsh Mountain. (See History of Ossory, Vol. IV. pp. 72-82).

    (b) Now Oldcourt [Hibernice SeAti CACAifi), near Templeorum chapel, Co. Kilkenny. (Ibid. p. 232).

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    Somewhere around here at Jerpoint Abbey there is a monument to Edmund Walsh, bearing the date 1476. Edmund was the ancestor of Walter Brenagh, otherwise Walsh, Lord of the Walsh Mountain in County Kilkenny for more than sixty years, who died on May 9th, 1619. The line runs from Edmund through Robert, who died December 8th, 1501, then Walter, living in 1537, then Edmond, who died about 1550, then Robert, who died October 10th, 1557, and finally to Walter. By his wife, the Lady Ellice Butler, daughter of the first Lord Viscount Mountgarret, Walter had among other issue Robert, his eldest son, who carried on the line, and John, otherwise John mac Walter, traditionally remembered as the famous Bard of the Walsh Mountain.

16. Legend of Magnus slain in battle at Park Magnus

    Killenagh · townland · Wexford

    Local tradition holds that a warrior and leader named Magnus was slain in battle at this field in Killenagh, with the name suggesting Danish associations.

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    (d) p^\i|\c trUojuAii — " Magnus' Field." Magnus was, local tradition avers, a warrior and leader slain in battle here ; the name suggests Danish associations.

    (e) X)6t<\\\\m FtHf\c— " Little Road of (the) Prong." Kilcockan, Cill Cochin — "Cocan's Church." Feast of the

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    Somewhere close to Killenagh there is a field whose name in Irish is Magnus's Field. Local tradition says a warrior and leader named Magnus was slain in battle here. The name suggests Danish associations.

17. Old Court House on Patrick Street and its lost county map

    near Patrick Street · street · Waterford

    The old Court House on Patrick Street, facing Mayor's Walk, whose site later became the County and City Jail, once held a very old and valuable map of the County and City of Waterford, now missing.

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    The Old Court House, Patrick Street (facing Mayor's Walk). — In the old Court House (the site of the present County and City Jail), there was a very old and valuable map of the County and City of Waterford. Does any member know where the said map is at present ? P. Higgins, Hon. Sec.

    The Deanery and the Abbey Church. — There is an old tradition in Waterford, that an underground passage led, some centuries ago, from the Deanery in Cathedral Square and under the river, to the Abbey Church at the other side. An opening in the Dean's Garden is said to be the entrance thereto, and also another opening in the grounds of the Abbey Church, discovered some years ago by Mr. J. N. White and the late Mr. M. J. Hurley, is surmised to be the entrance from that side. If such a passage existed, it would be interesting to know how it was ventilated at that time. Is there any member, or friend, who could kindly give some authentic information on the matter ?

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    Near here, somewhere about Patrick Street, stood the old Court House, facing Mayor's Walk. The site later became the County and City Jail. In that Court House there was a very old and valuable map of the County and City of Waterford. That map is now missing. P. Higgins, Honorary Secretary, put the question to the members: does anyone know where the map is at present? No answer survives in the record.

18. O'Neill Family Monuments in Owning Church

    Owning · townland · Kilkenny · 1725–1816

    The chancel of Owning church contains inscribed family monuments of the O'Neills of Owning, recording deaths from 1725 to 1816, including Con O'Neal, Jane O'Neal alias Price, and Richard O'Neill of Lesronagh.

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    (1.) Here lieth interred ye body of Con O'Neal who died ye Ist of Nov. 1725, aged 70 years, and his wife Jane O'Neal als Price who died ye 25th of March 1715 aged 75 ; also Catherine O'Neal als Phelan who died ye 16th of Aug* 1745 aged 41 years ; also the body of Con O'Neal who departed this life the 12th of November 1780 aged 51 years. Lord have mercy on their souls. Amen.

    (2.) Here lieth the body of Hugh O'Neil who depd this life June^the 27th 1770 aged 32 years ; also the body of John O'Neil who departed this life the 18th of February 1780 aged 83 years. The Lord have mercy on their souls. Amen.

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    Somewhere around here, in the chancel of Owning church, stone monuments remember the O'Neill family across generations. One inscription records Con O'Neal, who died the 1st of November 1725, aged 70. His wife Jane O'Neal, alias Price, died the 25th of March 1715, aged 75. Catherine O'Neal, alias Phelan, died the 16th of August 1745, aged 41. Another Con O'Neal died the 12th of November 1780, aged 51. A second monument marks Hugh O'Neil, who died the 27th of June 1770, aged 32, and John O'Neil, who died the 18th of February 1780, aged 83. Both stones end with the same prayer: "The Lord have mercy on their souls. Amen."

19. Rose Shee buried at Kilbeg

    Kilbeg · townland · Waterford

    James Sherlock's first wife, Rose Shee, was buried at Kilbeg, while James himself was buried in Christ Church, Waterford; an altar stone at Kilbeg bears a faint inscription with her name and armorial bearings.

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    (c) " An altar stone at the foot of the last-described monument has an inscription which is for the most part illegible. The name Kose Shee is faintly apparent. A shield with armorial bearings surmounts the inscription, and the former is in turn surmounted by the Power crest. The Dexter shows the arms of the Donoyle Powers — while the sinister shows per pale interchanged two fleurs de lys— (Sherlock Crests)." — Journal, Vol. II., p. 196.

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    Somewhere around here lies Rose Shee, first wife of James Sherlock. She was buried at Kilbeg, while James himself was buried in Christ Church in Waterford. An altar stone here bears an inscription now mostly illegible. Her name, Rose Shee, is faintly apparent. A shield with armorial bearings surmounts the inscription, and above that sits the Power crest. The dexter shows the arms of the Donoyle Powers, the sinister shows two fleurs de lys.

20. Souterrain dug up at Gortaclade

    Gortaclade · townland · Waterford · 1903

    An ancient souterrain (underground chamber) at Gortaclade, known locally as 'Field of the Souterrain', was excavated and destroyed ('improved away') by the occupying tenant, as recorded in a 1903 newspaper Irish-language column.

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    (/) X)An a tilucAin — 11 Field of the Souterrain (lit. Chimney)." The Souterrain has been dug up and " improved away by the occupying tenant.

    (g) " The Tobacco Fields"; about ten acres in extent, wherein seventy years since, or thereabout, heavy crops of the 4< weed " were grown.

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    Somewhere around here at Gortaclade, a souterrain once stood, known locally as the Field of the Souterrain, or literally "Chimney." It was dug up and, in the words of the record, "improved away" by the occupying tenant. A 1903 Irish-language newspaper column recorded its loss. Nearby lay the Tobacco Fields, about ten acres, where heavy crops of the weed were grown about seventy years before.

21. Tobacco growing at Gortaclade decades earlier

    Gortaclade · townland · Waterford · 1836

    About ten acres in Gortaclade known as 'The Tobacco Fields' produced heavy crops of tobacco roughly seventy years before the time of writing, an unusual piece of local agricultural history.

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    (g) " The Tobacco Fields"; about ten acres in extent, wherein seventy years since, or thereabout, heavy crops of the 4< weed " were grown.

    (h) C^nf^is a "OpeAs^in — u Rock of the Toy (or Doll)"; so called, presumably, from a pillar-stone or cairn on summit which in the distance resembled a man. Such stones or piles on Co. Waterford mountains are generally called " pifv tDfieige," i.e., apparent men, but sometimes t)f\e^5Ain, as in the present instance.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 18

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    Somewhere close to Gortaclade lie about ten acres once known as The Tobacco Fields. About seventy years before the account was written, heavy crops of what it calls "the weed" were grown here, around 1836. An unusual piece of farming history for Waterford.

22. Vanished castle at Newcastle Parish

    Newcastle · parish · Waterford

    Newcastle Parish takes its name from a castle that formerly stood on a rocky ledge overlooking the ruined church, though now hardly a vestige of the castle remains.

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    The ecclesiastical antiquities will be found briefly described by the present writer in Waterford Arclwological Journal, Vol. I. pp. 169-170. The parish derives its name from a castle which formerly stood on a rocky ledge close to and overlooking the ruined church. Of the castle now hardly a vestige remains.

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    Newcastle Parish takes its name from a castle that once stood on a rocky ledge, close to and overlooking the ruined church. Of that castle, now hardly a vestige remains.

23. Ballitore and its Quaker settlement history

    Ballitore · town · Kildare

    Canon Sherlock wrote a paper on Ballitore describing its history and associations, particularly its character as a Quaker settlement.

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    The July half-yearly number of " The Co. Kildare Archaeological Society's Journal " shows not only an increase in size, but also in the interesting nature of its contents. The most notable paper in it is Lord Walter FitzGerald's exhaustive and erudite account of Baltinglass Abbey, its Possessions and their Post- Reformation proprietors. Canon Sherlock contributes a very interesting paper on Ballitore and its associations, chiefly as a Quaker settlement. [a) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Nos. 6 and 7.

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    You are passing through Ballitore in Kildare. Canon Sherlock wrote a paper on this place and its associations, chiefly as a Quaker settlement. The paper appeared in the County Kildare Archaeological Society's Journal, noted at the time for its interesting contents.

24. Drowning remembered in Drew's Pool name at Gortaclade

    Gortaclade · townland · Waterford

    A hole in the river at Gortaclade, called 'Drew's Pool', is named after a person who drowned there, preserving a local tragedy in the placename.

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    (c) pott Drew — " Drew's Pool "; a hole in the river wherein the person from whom it is called was drowned.

    (d) An CitUne^c— " The Early Church Site"; a field beside the old Waterford road on the south side of the townland. In this field lies the large stone with basin-like cavities already alluded to.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 18

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    Close to Gortaclade there is a hole in the river called Drew's Pool. The pool takes its name from a person called Drew, who was drowned there. Nothing more is recorded about who Drew was or when it happened, but the placename keeps the memory of it.

25. Graveyard of the Bridles and path of the dead bodies

    Carrickphilip · townland · Waterford

    At Carrickphilip, a sub-denomination called 'Little Road of the (Dead) Bodies' led to another site called 'Graveyard of the Bridles' on Walsh's farm, suggesting a funerary path tradition.

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    (c) X)6tAi\\m r\A sCoPP — " Little Road of the (Dead) Bodies "; this led to the next.

    (d) tletis tiA Sfi-An — " Graveyard of the Bridles "; on Walsh's farm.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 20

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    Somewhere close to Carrickphilip there was once a path people called the Little Road of the Dead Bodies. It led to a place known as the Graveyard of the Bridles, on Walsh's farm. The names suggest the dead were once carried along that road, and the bridles laid to rest there with them.

26. Greatrakes family manuscript preserved at Cappoquin

    Cappoquin · town · Waterford · 1827

    The account book of Valentine Greatrakes of Affane was preserved by his collateral descendants in Co. Waterford and was presented to Rev. William Palmer by the last of the name, Dorcas Greatrakes, at Cappoquin in 1827.

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    was presented to me by the last collateral descendant of the family bearing the name — Dorcas Greatrakes, (g) at Cappoquin, August 7th, 1827.

    William Palmer, Clerk, A.B."

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    Cappoquin holds a small piece of family history. On the 7th of August, 1827, Dorcas Greatrakes, the last collateral descendant of her family bearing the name, presented an account book of Valentine Greatrakes of Affane to William Palmer, a clerk.

27. Holy Cross Well rounds at Kilwatermoy

    Kilwatermoy · townland · Waterford

    At Kilwatermoy, 'rounds' are still made at the Holy Cross Well on September 11th, continuing a traditional devotional practice.

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    (c) UobAp- Choice tlAomie — " Holy Cross Well," at which " rounds" are still made on September nth.

    Knockaun, Cnoaan — " Little Hill"; on summit of the hill stands a fine dallan. Area (in two divisions), 663 acres.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 8

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    Close to Kilwatermoy there's a well they call Holy Cross Well. People still make their rounds there on September 11th, keeping an old devotional practice alive.

28. Manor Court of Shancahirr held at Oldcourt near Templeorum

    Oldcourt · townland · Kilkenny · 1585

    The court of Walter Brenagh alias Walsh, Baron of Shancahirr, was held at Littercorballi (now Rossenara Demesne, also called Castlehale, near Kilmoganny) in 1585, the 27th year of Elizabeth I's reign. Peter Shee served as seneschal of the manor.

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    1 K^y I vel transumptum pervenerit, Maior et Vicecomites Comitatus Civitatis Waterfordie, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noveritis quod die date presencium inspeximus et perlegimus quoddam scriptum in pargameno scriptum, non viciatum, obliteratum, nec in aliqua sive parte suspectum, cuius quidem tenor de verbo in verbum sequitur in haec verba sequentia, vzt. : Curia domini Walteri Brenagh alias Walsh (a), armigeri ac Barronis de Shancahirr (b), capitalis sui nationis, tenta apud Littercorballi (c), die Lune proximo post festum Sancti Barnabe, apostoli, anno regni serenissime Regine nostre Elizabethe vicesimo septimo coram Petro Shee, senescallo manerii de Shancahirr predicto, in comitatu Kilkenie.

    Nomina librorum tenendum et sectatorum curie predicte : Ricardus Brenagh tenet tertiam partem de Knockmelan. Phillipus Brenagh fitz Oliver tenet tertiam partem de

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 11

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    Somewhere near here, in 1585, a manor court sat at a place then called Littercorballi. The court belonged to Walter Brenagh, also called Walsh, described as esquire and Baron of Shancahirr, chief of his nation. It was held on the Monday after the feast of Saint Barnabas the Apostle, in the 27th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, in the county of Kilkenny. Peter Shee served as seneschal of the manor of Shancahirr, presiding over the proceedings. The record names the tenants and suitors of the court. Richard Brenagh held a third part of Knockmelan. Phillip Brenagh, son of Oliver, held a third part of another property whose name the surviving text cuts off. These were the men bound to attend the court and answer for their holdings under Walter Brenagh's authority.

29. Mote and tall pillar-stone at Ballymote

    Ballymote · town · Sligo

    Ballymote is named from a circular mote near which stands a slender, graceful pillar-stone perhaps fifteen feet high, a striking prehistoric monument not recorded on the Ordnance Map.

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    Ballymote, taite ITIoca — " Homestead of (the) Mote"; so called from a circular mote close to which stands another prehistoric monument still more striking, though not recorded on the Ordnance Map, scil: — a slender and graceful pillar-stone of great height — perhaps fifteen feet. Area, 279 acres.

    " Ballimoat " (D.S.R.).

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    Ballymote takes its name from a circular mote. Close to that mote stands a prehistoric monument the Ordnance Map never recorded: a slender, graceful pillar-stone, perhaps 15 feet high. The town itself covers 279 acres.

30. The Priest's Bed cave at Gaulstown

    Gaulstown · townland · Waterford

    A small natural cave in a rock cliff at Gaulstown is known as 'The Priest's Bed', a folklore-named feature within the townland's rocky terrain.

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    \e) \~eA\)A at\ zSa^a^z — w The Priest's Bed "; a small natural cave in a rock cliff.

    (/) Cnoc via ^AXynA^e — " Hill of the Stripper"; named perhaps from the gt-Af 5-Aione-AC of many legends.

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    Somewhere around here there is a small natural cave in a rock cliff known as The Priest's Bed. The name survives in folklore, though the story behind it does not.

31. Trench of the Calf and the Fountain route of St. Patrick's Cow

    Fountain · townland · Waterford

    A trench in a field by the roadside at Fountain, now nearly obliterated, is popularly associated with the legend of St. Patrick's Cow and may mark the line of the ancient road referred to in the Four Masters.

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    S.D. ClxMf a LA015 — " Trench of the Calf"; a trench, now nearly obliterated, in a field by the roadside. This is popularly associated with the legend of St. Patrick's Cow, and may indicate

    (//) See Moore, " Manx Names," at supra, p. 98.

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    Close to Fountain, there is a trench in a field by the roadside, now nearly obliterated. People link it to the legend of St. Patrick's Cow. It may mark the line of the ancient road referred to in the Four Masters.

32. Baltinglass Abbey history and post-Reformation owners

    Baltinglass · town · Wicklow

    Lord Walter FitzGerald contributed an exhaustive account of Baltinglass Abbey, detailing its possessions and the proprietors who held them after the Reformation.

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    The July half-yearly number of " The Co. Kildare Archaeological Society's Journal " shows not only an increase in size, but also in the interesting nature of its contents. The most notable paper in it is Lord Walter FitzGerald's exhaustive and erudite account of Baltinglass Abbey, its Possessions and their Post- Reformation proprietors. Canon Sherlock contributes a very interesting paper on Ballitore and its associations, chiefly as a Quaker settlement. [a) Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Nos. 6 and 7.

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    As you pass through Baltinglass in Wicklow, you are near the site of Baltinglass Abbey. Lord Walter FitzGerald wrote an exhaustive account of the abbey, its possessions, and the proprietors who held them after the Reformation. The abbey's lands passed into private hands, and Fitzgerald traced who came to own what.

33. Patrick's Well at Garrangibbon where rounds were made

    Garrangibbon · townland · Tipperary

    At Garrangibbon townland there is a well called Patrick's Well at which religious 'rounds' were formerly performed as a devotional custom.

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    S.D. UobAf\ p^-opAis— 44 Patrick's Well "; at which 44 rounds " were formerly made.

    Garrymorris, ^A^UM-ce tDuifvipn — 44 Garden of Little Maurice." Area, 210 acres.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 24

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    Somewhere close to Garrangibbon there is a well called Patrick's Well. People once came here to perform what were called rounds, a devotional custom. The record notes only that these rounds were formerly made at the well, and tells us nothing more about the practice or the people who kept it.

34. Public house at Shinganagh crossroads named 'Cross of the Head Off'

    Shinganagh · townland · Waterford

    A cross-roads in Shinganagh known as 'Crosaire Head Off' was the site of a public house, preserving an unusual local name in the townland's history.

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    (6) Cfof-Ai^e Head Off ; this was the name of a cross-roads at which stood a public house.

    Whitfield, tXaile aw Z^aXXa — " Homestead of the Trial (?)." Area (in two divisions), 448 acres.

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    Somewhere close to Shinganagh, there is a cross-roads once known as Cross of the Head Off. A public house stood at that cross-roads. The name itself is what the old record preserves, nothing more about the place or what became of it.

35. Richard Bolger of Curraghmore encroaches on manor land at Leobba-na-gun

    Curraghmore · townland · Kilkenny

    The jurors found that Richard Bolger of Curraghmore unjustly intruded himself into a parcel of about three acres of the manor's land at a place now identified as Leobba-na-gun, a subdivision of Garryduff townland on the bounds of Curraghmore, in Templeorum parish.

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    litz William qui de domino manerii ten ait villam et terras de Ballynefonshogy per hdelitatem, sectam curie, et ios. per annum, et per que alia servicia penitus ignorant, fuit convictus, attinctus, et suspensus pro felonia, virtute cuius attincture serenissima domina Regina Elizabetha habuit annum, diem, et wastum, et post dictum tempus predictus dominus Walterus Brenagh debet habere villam predictam per estaetam ratione tincturis &c. Item dicunt quod Ricardus Bolger de Curraghmore accrochiavit sibi unam parcellam terre apud Lapenekon (o), per capacium estimationem trium accrarum de terra dicti domini manerii minus iniuste. Item dicunt quod antecessores dicti domini manerii habuerunt et reservaverunt sibi et heredibus suis annualem refectionem supra terras liberorum tenendum dicti manerii, et quod antecessores dicti domini de tempore in tempus perceperunt et habuerunt earn refectionem annuatim aut ios. de unisquisque eorum loco et pro predicta refectione, preter capitalem redditum et servicia de iure consueta. Item quesiti de redditu liberorum tenendum barronis de Shancaher in Le Walshe Mountayne predicta, dicunt etiam supra sacramentum suum ex convicione eorum propria per inspectionem diversorum rotulorum et cartarum ride dignorum quod Ricardus Brenagh tenet terciam partem de Knockmolane continentem unam carrucatam terre et recldat inde per annum domino manerii predicti 6s. 8d. et sectam curie. Jacobus Brenagh litz Oliver tenet duas carrucatas terre apud Lystroline &c. inde per annum 13s. 4d. et sectam curie. Phillipus Brenagh tenet tertiam partem de Knockmolane continentem unam carrucatam terre et reddat inde per annum 6s. 8d. et facit inde sectam curie. Thomas Brenagh fitz Richard tenet unam carrucatam terre apud Tomynistowne &c. inde ios. per annum ad festum Michaelis domino et facit inde sectam curie bis per annum. David Brenagh litz John tenet unam carrucatam terre apud Monyhanry &c. inde per annum domino ios. ad festum Michaelis et facit sectam curie. Willelimus brenagh tenet Ballyntobber ad usum filii et heredis fratris sui &c. inde per annum 6s. 8d. domino et facit sectam curie &c. Phillipus Brenagh tenet unam carrucatam terre apud Kilcronane &c. inde per annum domino 6s. 8d. et facit sectam

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    Somewhere around here, a man named Richard Bolger of Curraghmore took land that was not his. The jurors found that he unjustly encroached upon a parcel of about three acres of the manor's land at a place called Leobba-na-gun, a part of Garryduff on the bounds of Curraghmore, in Templeorum parish. The word they used was that he accrochiavit, meaning he seized it for himself, and they called it unjust. The record gives no reason and no defence. He simply took it, and the jurors set it down. The same inquest covers other men and other holdings in this manor. It tells of William, son of Walter Brenagh, who held the village and lands of Ballynefonshogy by deed, court attendance, and sixteen pence a year. William was convicted and attainted and hanged for felony. By virtue of that attainder, Queen Elizabeth had year, day, and waste, and after that time the lord Walter Brenagh was to have the village back by estate. The jurors also set out rents across the manor. Richard Brenagh held a third of Knockmolane, one ploughland, paying six shillings and eightpence a year with court attendance. James Brenagh, son of Oliver, held two ploughlands at Lystroline for thirteen shillings and fourpence. Philip Brenagh held another third of Knockmolane on the same terms. Thomas Brenagh, son of Richard, held a ploughland at Tomynistowne for ten shillings at Michaelmas, attending court twice a year. David Brenagh, son of John, held a ploughland at Monyhanry on the same terms. William Brenagh held Ballyntobber for the use of his brother's son and heir, at six shillings and eightpence. Philip Brenagh held a ploughland at Kilcronane on the same rent. The jurors said the manor's ancestors had reserved an annual refection upon the free tenants' lands, taken from time to time, or sixteen pence from each in place of it, beyond the chief rent and services customarily due.

36. St. Berehert's Well and Sunday rounds at Newport

    Newport · town · Tipperary

    A holy well in Newport townland, recovered and verified with much difficulty as 'Berehert's Well,' was the site of rounds made on Sunday mornings.

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    11 Berehert's Well," a name recovered and verified with much difficulty. " Rounds" were made here on Sunday mornings.

    (b) Ca\\\\a^ t>An — " White Rock," on the river bank. This name looms large in old deeds and charts ; it figured prominently in the evidence in the famous fishery case above alluded to.

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    Newport is a town the road passes through. On the river bank here is a place called White Rock, a name that looms large in old deeds and charts. It also figured prominently in the evidence of a famous fishery case.

37. Ancient graveyard field opposite parochial house at Ballyphilip

    Ballyphilip · townland · Waterford

    A field on the south side of the road opposite the present parochial house at Ballyphilip is identified locally as an ancient graveyard.

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    S.D. CitUn — " Ancient Graveyard "; this is the field, on south side of road, opposite the present parochial house.

    Ballyvellon, t)^ite tfle,AV6uin — " Melan's (or Mellon's) Homestead." Compare Garranmillon, Kilrossanty Par., antea. Close together, on north side of townland, are three pillar-stones. That nearest the road is very remarkable — tall, flat-surfaced and wider at the top than below. Another, at distance of a couple of fields from the road, bears an inscription in ogham which reads: " Cumni maci macoi Fagufi " (h) Area, 130 acres.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 21

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    Somewhere close to Ballyphilip there is a field that people here have long called the ancient graveyard. It sits on the south side of the road, opposite the present parochial house. Nothing more is recorded about it, no dates, no names, no visible trace. Only the memory of the place itself.

38. Bullan stone unearthed at Killenagh church site

    Killenagh · townland · Wexford

    A little church site lies close to the north-east boundary of Killenagh townland, on the brow of a glen through which the main road runs. A bullan stone was recently unearthed at this spot.

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    Killenagh, CilUne*\c — " Little Church Site." The site in question is close to north-east boundary of the townland — on the brow of the glen through which the main road runs. A " bullan" has been recently unearthed at the spot. Cill, from the Latin cell a, was originally the little cell or oratory of the early missionary or anchorite. In later times, when the church had disappeared perhaps and only the cemetery remained, the word came to signify simply — the graveyard. Area, in three divisions, 892 acres.

    S.DD. (a) Carndroleen (O.M.), CAjvn "OfieoiUn (from T)if\eoil, " trifling things")— « Wren's Hill." See Carnglas above.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 7

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    Somewhere around here in Killenagh there is a little church site, close to the north-east boundary, on the brow of a glen through which the main road runs. A bullan stone was recently unearthed at the spot. The word Cill, from the Latin cella, was originally the little cell or oratory of the early missionary or anchorite. In later times, when the church had disappeared perhaps and only the cemetery remained, the word came to signify simply the graveyard. The area, in three divisions, covers 892 acres.

39. Diarmaid's Church site at Kildermody

    Kildermody · townland · Waterford

    The site of the ancient church at Kildermody is not marked on the Ordnance Maps but survives surrounded by traces of its circular fence, close to the northern boundary of the townland on Whelan's farm.

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    Kildermody, Citt 'Oi^fvmA'OA — " Diarmaid's Church." The site of the cilt is not marked on the Ordnance Maps; it will be found, surrounded by traces of its circular fence, close to northern boundary of the townland, on Whelan's farm. Area, 227 acres.

    " Killdermudy " (Inq. Jas. I.).

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 20

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    Somewhere close to Kildermody lies the site of Diarmaid's Church. It is not marked on the Ordnance Maps, but it survives, surrounded by traces of its old circular fence, on Whelan's farm near the northern boundary. An old record from the time of James the First spells the name Killdermudy.

40. Earl of Ormond presents clerk to the church of Owning during minority of manor lord

    Owning · townland · Kilkenny

    The manor lord held sixty acres in his own hands at Beawlew, otherwise Owning, together with the advowson and presentation to the church there. The Earl of Ormond and Ossory, Thomas Butler, presented his clerk Peter Roth to the church by reason of the minority of Walter Walsh.

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    curie. Johannes Brenagh tenet unam carrucatam terre apud Kilmoge &c. inde 6s. 8d. per annum domino et facit sectam curie. Robertus Brenagh titz Phillip tenet undm carrucatam terre apud Ballyrobog &c. inde per annum ios. et facit sectam curie. Phillipus Brenagh fitz William tenet dimidium carrucate terre apud Ballylosky et &c. inde per annum 6s. 8d. domino facit sectam curie bis per annum. Jacobus fitz Oliver brenagh tenet duas carrucatas terre apud Mackully &c. inde per annum domino 57s. et facit sectam curie. Rosuelasse alias Rosuelaghen in Beawliu (p) i8cl. per annum in manu domini ; de servicio de Kildresse (q) 13s. 4d. et sectam curie ; de servicio de Logherane 13s. 4d. per annum, et sectam curie; de servicio de Crooawillagh (;) i8d. per annum, et sectam curie; Corbally 6s. 8d. est in manu domini manerii; de terra de Aghnegaddye 6s. 8d. per annum est in manu domini. Item dicunt quod dominus manerii predicti habet sexaginta acras in manu sua apud Beawlew alias Owninge una cum advocacione et similiter presentacione ad Ecclesiam de Ownynge predicta, et quod prenobilis vir dominus Thomas Le Butler, miles, comes Ormonie et Ossorie presentavit Petrum Roth, clericum suum, ad dictam ecclesiam, ratione minoris etatis Walteri Brenagh, domini manerii predicti. Item dicunt etiam quod dominus manerii predicti habet septem acras terre de dominico apud Gortmollin (s), iuxta Kilmolomock, in manu sua.

    Et nos, vero, prenominati Maior et Vicecomites Comitatus Civitatis Waterfordie scriptum predictum modo et forma predictis, ad humilem peticionem Walteri Walshe de Castellhoell, armigeri, per presentes duximus exemplificandum. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum officii Maioratus dicte civitatis Waterfordie presentibus apponi fecimus. Datum in Camera 'Consilii dicte Civitatis Waterfordie decimo quinto die mensis Octobris anno ab Incarnatione Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum computacionem Anglicam milesimo sexcentesimo duodecimo.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 11

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    Somewhere close to Owning, the manor lord held sixty acres in his own hands, together with the advowson and the right of presentation to the church here. The place was called Beawlew, otherwise Owninge, in the manor records. The record states that Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond and Ossory, presented his clerk Peter Roth to the church of Owning. He did so by reason of the minority of Walter Brenagh, lord of the manor, who is also called Walter Walsh in the document. The manor lord held other lands in his own hand. Rosuelasse, also called Rosuelaghen, in Beawliu, was worth 18 shillings a year. Corbally, at 6 shillings and 8 pence, was in the lord's hand, as was the land at Aghnegaddye, at the same rent. Seven acres of demesne at Gortmollin, near Kilmolomock, were held in the lord's hand too. Other tenants held land under the manor. John Brenagh held a carucate at Kilmoge, paying 6 shillings and 8 pence a year and doing court service. Robert Brenagh, son of Phillip, held a carucate at Ballyrobog, paying 10 shillings a year. Phillip Brenagh, son of William, held half a carucate at Ballylosky, paying 6 shillings and 8 pence and doing court service twice a year. James, son of Oliver Brenagh, held two carucates at Mackully, paying 57 shillings a year. There were also rents and court service from Kildresse, from Logherane, and from Crooawillagh. The document was exemplified at the humble petition of Walter Walshe of Castellhoell, armiger, by the Mayor and Sheriffs of the county of the city of Waterford, in the Council Chamber, on the fifteenth of October.

41. Pillar stone at Ballinvir of large size and remarkable appearance

    Ballinvir · townland · Tipperary

    A pillar stone of large size and remarkable appearance stands in a fence at Ballinvir townland.

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    Ballinvir, tUile t)iopf\A — " Homestead of the (Standing) Water." There stands here, in a fence, a pillar stone of large size and remarkable appearance. Area, 369 acres.

    S.D. At a rrUcAipe— " Ford of the Battle Field"; from a battle traditionally reported to have been fought here.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 26

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    Somewhere around here at Ballinvir, there is a pillar stone of large size and remarkable appearance, standing in a fence. The place name means homestead of the standing water. Not far off is a ford whose name means ford of the battlefield, from a battle traditionally said to have been fought here.

42. Pillar stone on Griffin's farm at Carrickphilip

    Carrickphilip · townland · Waterford

    A large pillar stone of hard schist measuring 8 by 4.5 by 3 feet stands on Griffin's farm at Carrickphilip townland.

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    Carrickphilip, Ca^15 pitib — " Philip's Rock." On Griffin's farm stands a pillar stone of hard schist 8' x 4^' x 3'. Area, 634 acres.

    S.DD. (a) C.AjifiAi5in tiA Cu^ice — " Little Rock of the Cuckoo." This appears to be a submerged townland name.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 20

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    Close to Carrickphilip, somewhere around here, a pillar stone of hard schist stands on Griffin's farm. It measures 8 by 4 by 3 feet. The name Carrickphilip means Philip's Rock.

43. Prosecution for tithe arrears at Dooneen

    Dooneen · townland · Waterford · 1653

    Nicholas Madden of 'Downeing' (Dooneen) was proceeded against for arrears of tithes in 1653, an early record of the townland which lies mostly within Whitfield demesne.

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    Dooneen, An T)uinin — "The Little Fort." O'Donovan writes it *oun^n, but I have heard it as above. The townland, which is entirely included in Whitfield demesne, is only partially in this parish. Nicholas Madden of " Downeing " was proceeded against for arrears of tithes in 1653. Area, 72 acres.

    Gortaclade, A "CoclA\t> — " Garden of the Dug-out

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 18

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    Somewhere around here is Dooneen, the little fort, lying within Whitfield demesne. In 1653, Nicholas Madden of Dooneen was proceeded against for arrears of tithes. That is an early record of this place, which covers 72 acres.

44. Cahergal – the White Stone Fort

    Cahergal · townland · Waterford

    Cahergal takes its name from a fort, remains of which survive on the summit of a ridge, said to be called 'white' either from whitewashing or its quartz stones. The townland covers 210 acres, largely mountain.

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    stones (shining quartz). The fort, some remains of which survive, stood on the summit of the ridge. Area, 210 acres, largely mountain. *"

    County Gate, ^eAZA an Concae, from an ancient toll-gate on the county boundary. Area, 154 acres.

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 9

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    Close to Cahergal, there is a fort whose remains still stand on the summit of a ridge. The name means white stone, from the shining quartz in it. The land runs to 210 acres, largely mountain.

45. Remarkable pillar-stone at Ballynaclogh

    Ballynaclogh · townland · Tipperary

    The townland of Ballynaclogh takes its name from a remarkable pillar-stone standing close to Mrs. Crotty's homestead.

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    the " stone " is presumably the remarkable pillar-stone close to Mrs. Crotty's homestead. Area (in two divisions), 619 acres. " Ballinclough " (A.S.E.).

    S.DD. (a) Carrickrower (O.M.), CAnning tlArhAn — " Stout (thick and round) Rock."

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 21

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    Somewhere around here stands a remarkable pillar-stone, close to Mrs. Crotty's homestead. The place takes its name from it. The old name means stout rock, thick and round, and the land runs to 619 acres in two divisions.

46. Holy well of some sanctity at Snugborough

    Snugborough · townland · Waterford

    Snugborough, called colloquially Ballymuddy by English speakers, contains a well possessing some limited reputation for sanctity.

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    Snugborough, t)xMle mt)o*o^c — " Churls' Homestead"; called colloquially by English speakers — Ballymuddy. There is a well possessing some (a limited) reputation for sanctity. Area, 144 acres.

    " Ballynamodaghe " (Desmond Roll, Folio 96).

    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 8

47. Stone vessel found near Ardmulchan Church ruins

    Ardmulchan · townland · Meath

    A second stone vessel noted by Wakeman was found near the ruins of Ardmulchan Church, likely used for a purpose cognate with the stone chalices.

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    in Columkille's Glen, Co. Clare, and the second was found near the ruins of Ardmulchan Church, Co. Meath.

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    Internet Archive journalofwaterf1906wate_0, Chapter 3

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    Close to Ardmulchan, a second stone vessel was found near the ruins of Ardmulchan Church. Wakeman noted it, and it was likely used for a purpose akin to stone chalices.