Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, fyc. 14y 



cover of lead, y e STEEPLE WITH Y" BELLS, y e Saval and Toay, & chariott of y* abbotts, with y" old 

 chaire of precepts, in y e 3 Kal. of June, Monday before Whit-sonday." 



The same record is given by the Four Masters as follows : 



"A. D. 1020. Gpomacha DO lopccao jup an TJaic uile, j;an cepapccam aom cicche innce 

 cenmocha an ceach pcpeapcpa nama, 7 po loipccrhi lol-caighe ip na cpeanaiB, 7 po loipcceo 

 in t)oimliacc TTlop, 7 in cloiccheach co n-a cloccaib, 7 Dariiliacc na Coe, 7 tDamliacc an 

 r-SaBaill, 7 an c-pen-carhaoip ppoicepca, 7 cappac na n-Qbbao, 7 a liub'aip i o-caijib na mac 

 lei jinn, co ri-iomac oip 7 aipjicc, 7 jach peoic apchena." 



Thus translated by Dr. O'Conor : 



"A. D. 1020. Ardmacha combusta quoad Arcem to tarn, absque ulla domo ibi salvata prseter 

 Domum Scripturarum, et combustae sunt plurimee domus in vicis, et combusta est Ecclesia lapidea 

 inagna, et campanile cum suis campanis, et Ecclesia lapidea Toensis, et Ecclesia lapidea Sabhallia-, 

 et antiqua Cathedra doctrinalis, et currus abbatialis, et libri ejus in domibus Praelectorum, cum in- 

 genti copia auri et argenti, et omnibus rebus pretiosis similiter." 



An abstract from this passage is given by Colgan in his Annals of Armagh, 

 but he has unfortunately omitted some important objects, and mistaken the 

 meaning of a phrase, which has led others into great error. The passage is 

 as follows : 



" A. D. 1020. Ardmacha tota incendio vastata vsq; ad arcem maiorem, in qua nulla domusfuit 

 combusta prceter Bibliothecam solam: sed plurimce cedes sunt flammis absumptce in tribus alijs partibus 

 ciuitatis, fy inter alia ipsum summum templum, Basilica Toensis, Basilica Sabhallensis, Basilica vetus 

 concionatoria ; libri omnes studiosorum in suis dorniciliis, Sf ingens copia auri 8f argenti cum alijs 

 plurimis bonis." Trias Thaum. p. 298. 



That this translation of Colgan's is in part incorrect, as well as defective, 

 will be obvious to every Irish scholar, as well as to the English reader, who 

 will take the trouble of comparing it with the other translations, one of which, 

 already given, is older than Colgan's time, and made by a native Irishman 

 living in Ireland. 



I shall next present the reader with the translation made of this passage in 

 the year 1627 by Connell Mageoghegan, from the Book or Annals of Clonmac- 

 noise, and the original Irish of it given in the Chronicon Scotorum, which was 

 abstracted from the same work : 



" A. D. 1021. Qpomacha oo lopcab jjup an pair jenmoca an cec pcpebcpa, 7 loipcceo an 

 tDamliaj ITIop, 7 an claigceac co n-a cloccaib, 7 Oamliaj na Uoja, 7 Oamliaj an c-Subuill 

 7 an cachaip ppoicepcu, 7 imao oip 7 aipjio, 7 peo apceana." 



