Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, fyc. 151 



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Thus translated by Dr. O'Conor : 



" A. D. 1101. Donnchadus O'Eochada Rex Ultonise liberatus e catenis per Donaldum filium 

 filii Lochlanni Regem Alichise, propter suum filium, et suum collactaneum, in Ecclesia lapidea 

 Ardmachana, per intercessionem Vicarii Patricii et ejus Congregationis similiter, postquam conve- 

 nirent sub obligations jurisjurandi Baculi Jesu et reliquiarum Ecclesiae, xi Kal. Januarii." 



And thus by Colgan : 



"A. D.I 101. De consilio Sf intercessione Archiepiscopi $ Cleri Ardmachani Domncddus Hua 

 Lochluinn Rex Aleachensis e mnculis liberatum dimisit Donatum Hua Heocfiadka, Regem Vlidice in 

 Basilica Ardmachana, acceptis filio Sf aliis ab eo obsidibus: Sf iureiurando per Baculum, aliasque sacri 

 loci Reliquias prcestito foedus ibi inierunt XI. Calendas lanuarij." Trias Thaum. p. 299. 



In the next notice, which occurs at the year 1112, of the burning of the 

 churches of Armagh, they are called tempuill in the Annals of the Four Mas- 

 ters and in other Annals, as thus : 



"A. D. 1112. I?aich Qpoamacha co n-a cetnploib DO lopccao, in i. Kl. Qppil, 7 oa ppeich 

 DO Cpiun TTIapan, 7 an tpeap ppech DO Cpmn mop." Ann. Quat. Mag. 



Thus translated by Dr. O'Conor : 



" A. D. 1112. Arx Ardmachana cum SUA ECCLESIA combusta x Kal. April, et duo vici ter- 

 narije regionis civitatis, dictse Masan, et tertius vicus ternaries (dictae) Magnce," 



And thus, more correctly, by Colgan : 



"A. D. 1112. Arx Ardmachana CUM TEMPLIS, dues platece in Trian-Massain, Sf tertiani Trian- 

 mor incendio deuastantur." Trias Thaum. p. 300. 



The next record in the Irish Annals relating to Armagh is one of great im- 

 portance, as it not only calls the great church a stone structure, but also shows 

 that it was partly without a roof for one hundred and thirty years preceding, 

 that is, since the great conflagration of the churches by lightning in 995, 

 so that it must have been a church of considerable magnitude. The passage 

 occurs in the Annals of Ulster, and of the Four Masters, at the year 1125, as 

 follows : 



" A. D. 1125. Ip mnri ruapjbao abuinoe oioen pop in tDamliac Dlop Oipomacha, lap n-a 

 lan-ecop DO plinnciuch la Celluch, comapba pacpaic, if in cpichaomab bliaoam ap ceo 6 na 

 paBai plmnciuch paip co comlan." Ann. Ultonien. 



Thus translated by Dr. O'Conor : 



"A. D. 1125. . . operimentum factum, et optimum tectum, et istud tectum integre, supra Eccle- 

 siam Cathedralem lapideam magnam Ardmachanam, postea totum tegulis coopertum a Celso Vicario 

 Patricii, in trigesimo anno supra centesimum a quo non fuit tegulis contectum totum." 



