96 Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



On this point, Indeed, the Martyrology of Tamlacht, compiled in the ninth 

 century, that of Cashel, compiled in the eleventh, and all the later Martyrologies 

 concur, as thus stated by Colgan, who had them all in his possession : 



" Colitur Patricius Senior die 24. Augusti (qui ab Hibernis primus mensis Authumni vocatur) 

 ut tradunt S, jEngussius, Marianus, Mart. Tamlactense, Calendarium Casselense et Maguir ad 

 eundem diem, qui dicunt quod Ros-delae in Mag-lacha tractu Ossorise in Hibernia: et addunt 

 Calendarium Casselense, Scholiastes Mariani, et Maguir quod verius sit quod Patricius Senior 

 sepultus Glastenberice Hibernorum (hoc est Glastonise ubi multi olim erant sancti Hiberni) in 

 Australi parte BritannicB : et quod Reliquiae ipsius asserventur Ardmachae: et addit Maguir quod 

 fuerit Doctor sive Magister nostri Apostoli Patricii." — Trias Thaum. p. 7, col. 1. 



But if any doubt existed that the Irish and English both considered the 

 saint of Glastonbury as the Sen- Patrick of the Irish, it would be removed by 

 the two following passages, quoted by Ussher, one from the Annals of Connaught, 

 and the other from the Life of St. Dunstan, the author of which, as he states, 

 lived in the time of that distinguished man : 



" Ejus obitum in Annalibus Connaciensibue ita consignatum invenimus. Anno CCCCLIIII. dor- 

 mitatio sancti Senis Fatricii Episcopi Glosoniensis JEcclesies. quod de Glastoniensi Ecclesia ut 

 accipiamus, verba ilia antiquissimi Vitse Dunstani scriptoris suadere videantur. Hihernensium peregrini 

 pr<Bdictum locum GlestonicB, sicut et cater cBjidelium, turbce, magno colebant affectu ; et maximk oh 

 beati Pateicii Senioris honorem, quifaustus ibidem in Domino quievisse narratur." — Primordia, 

 p. 895. 



And again, the same learned investigator, in treating of the first occupation 

 of Glastonbury by the Saxons, adduces the following authorities to shew the 

 connection of Patrick with that monastery : 



" Sed Glastonienses CCL. ante Dunstanum annis, primum Anglicse gentis abbatem sibi praefuisse 



And in explanation of coetn aice ap ppora, he writes between the lines, " Qire paqiaic TTIacha, 

 Sancti Patricii Episcopi doctor." And in the margin of the MS. is written the following note :— 

 " Sen parpaic o Rup oela a TTIuig locba : sed verius est comao i n-^l-apcinjibeppa na n^aeoel 

 I n-oepciupc Saxan aca; Scoti enim prius in peregrinatione ibi abitahant. Qcc a can a chaipi 

 I n-UlaiD. Sen paqiaic i n-Qpomacha," i. e. old Patrick of Ros-dela in Magh Locha ; but 

 it is more true that he is (i. e. is interred) in Glastonbury of the Gael, in the South of England, 

 for the Scoti were dwelling there on a pilgrimage. But his reliques are in Ulster. Old Patrick 

 at Armagh. In Cormac's Glossary, under the word niojeme, Glastonbury is also called Glaistimbir 

 of the Irish. " 'glaipcimbip na n-^aeoel .i. Cell mop pop bpu mapa n-lcc." Glaistimbir of the 

 Qael, a large church on the margin of the Ictian Sea. 



