The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 07, August 15, 1840Various
History
The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 07, August 15, 1840
Various
Ireland -- Periodicals
The notices in our Annals of the other distinguished men connected with
Monasterboice are of little interest; but as they have never been properly
collected together, we think them worthy of publication, for the use of
the Irish topographical historian, to whom we trust our Journal will
become a valuable repertory of authorities:
722. Ailchon, of Monasterboice, died.
769. Cormac, the son of Ailliolla, Abbot of Monasterboice, was drowned in
the Boyne.
786. Dubdainber, the son of Cormac, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
800. Cuanna, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
836. Flaithri, Abbot of Monasterboice, a Bishop and Anchorite, died.
844. Muireadhach, the son of Flann, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
853. Radgus, the son of Maicniada, Abbot of Monasterboice, was drowned in
the Boyne.
864. Colga and Aodh, two Abbots of Monasterboice, died this year.
875. Maolpatrick, the son of Ceallach, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
881. Dunadach, the son of Cormac, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
887. Fothaidh, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
922. Muireadhach, the son of Donall, Abbot of Monasterboice, chief
beadsman to all the men of Bregia, youths, clerks, and the stewart of
Patrick’s people, from Sliabh Fuaid (the Fews Mountain) to Leinster, died.
933. Maolbrigid, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
965. Dubdaboirenn, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
1004. Donall, the son of Macniadha, Abbot of Monasterboice, a Bishop and
Holy Senior, died.
1039. Macniadha, a Bishop, and Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
1059. Donall, the son of Eodhossa, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
1067. Echtigern, the son of Flann, Aircinneach of Monasterboice, died.
1117. Eogan, the son of Echtigern, Abbot of Monasterboice, died.
These notices, extracted from the Annals of Ulster, and of the Four
Masters, will show the great antiquity of the Abbey of Monasterboice, as
well as the distinguished rank which it held among the religious
establishments of Ireland previous to the occupation of the ancient
kingdom of Meath by the English, after which period it disappears from
history.
The following records from the same authorities relate to its general
history:--
968. Monasterboice and Lan Lere were plundered on the Danes by Donall,
King of Ireland, and he burned three hundred and fifty of them in one
house.
1097. The _Cloictheach_ (viz. round tower belfry) of Monasterboice,
containing books and several other valuables, was burned.
This last notice, and many others of the kind which occur in our Annals,
are of great value in showing the original uses of our round towers, as
set forth in Mr Petrie’s Essay on the Round Towers of Ireland, now in
course of publication.
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