372 Mr. PETRIE'S Inquiry into the Origin and 



He was killed in the steeple of Kells ; and afterwards the said Amley was killed immediately by 

 Melaughlyn Mac Connor O'Melaughlyn, by the miracles of St. Columb, who is Patron of the 

 place." 



The notice which I have next to adduce relates to the burning of the 

 Round Tower of Monasterboice, in the County of Louth. It is thus given in 

 the Chronicon Scotorum: 



"A. D. 1097. Cloi^rech ITlainiprpech DO lopcao gup an pcpipcpa arm." 



" A. D. 1097. The doictheach of Mainistir was burnt, with the manuscripts there." 



It is thus better given in the Annals of Ulster : 



" A. D. 1097. Cloiccech ITIuinipcpech co n-a lebpaiB, 7 caipceouiB imoaiB DO lopcao." 



Thus correctly translated by Dr. O'Conor : 



" A. D. 1097. Campanile Monasterii (Butensis), cum suis libris et rebus pretiosis pluribus, 

 combustum." 



And thus in the old translation in the British Museum : 



" A. D. 1097- The steeple of Manistrech, with the books and much goods, thereat to be kept, 

 burnt." 



The event is thus similarly entered in the Annals of the Four Masters : 



'' A. D. 1097. Cloiccheach mamipcpeach, ' .1. TTlainipqieach 6uice,' co leaBpaiB ajup co 

 o-caipceoaiB lomoaiB, DO lopccao." 



"A. D. 1097- The doictheach of the Monastery, ' i. e. of Monasterboice,' with many books 

 and treasures, was burnt." 



The passage I have next to adduce relates to the burning of the doictheach 

 of Trim, a Tower which does not now remain. It is found in the Dublin copy 

 of the Annals of Innisfallen : 



" A. D. 1127. Sluaj mop le ConcuBap mac Peapjjaill h-Ui 6ocluinn, ocup U cuaipjeapc 

 6ipionn Do'n TTlhioe ; up loipj piat> d Cpum [dc Cpuim, in margin], iDip cloicrech ocup 

 ceampull, 50 n-a Ian DO oaoinib innca." 



Thus rendered in the translation of these annals, preserved in the Library 

 of the Royal Irish Academy, which was made by Theophilus O'Flannagan : 



" A. D. 1127. A great hosting by Connor MacFarrell O'Loghlinn, together with the northern 

 people of Ireland, to Meath ; they burnt the steeple and church of Trim, and both full of people." 



And thus by the venerable Charles O'Conor, in his translation of these 

 annals, now preserved in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy : 



