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the church of Domhnach-mor of Mogh-Itha, now Donaghmore 
in the barony of Raphoe. The word ‘ Dubh’ would hardly be 
prefixed to its own diminutive. 
«¢Of the other Dubhan the priest, the Calendar gives no 
further information than his day. He may be the Cpuméen 
Oubain, of the Naemhsenchas in the Book of Lecan. 
‘* The Dubhan of Honau, however, was of a totally differ- 
ent age and order; and these instances are merely adduced to 
prove the Irish character of the Latinized name Tubanus or 
Dubanus. 
‘‘ The site and endowment of the monastery of Honau were 
granted to Benedict, otherwise Tuban, by Adalbert, Duke of 
Alsace, and they were subsequently augmented by successive 
members of his family, as appears from the following abstract 
of the charters printed by Mabillon :-— 
“‘T, In June, 724, Boronus, son of Bothelo, Adalbert’s 
brother, assigns to the monastery of Honaugia on the Rhine 
that portion of the island which he had inherited from his fa- 
ther. Also a holding in Gwllistet occupied by Bobo.* 
‘* II. September, same year, Hiicho, brother of Duke 
Adalbert, made an additional grant of his portion of the 
lands in the island of Hohenaugia.} 
‘© 1II. December, same year, Liutfrid and Eberhard, sons 
of the Duke Adalbert, made a similar grant of the lands in 
the island of Hohenaug, which their father had left to them. 
Hence it appears that the founder was dead in 724. 
“ITV. April, 749,§ Boronus (the Boronus of Charter I.) 
* Mabillon, Annal., tom. ii. Append. p. 695 a. 
+ Ibid., p. 696 a. t Ibid., p. 696 a. 
§ The date is, An. vi. Hilderici regis. This was Childeric, the last of the 
Merovingian Kings. He was saluted King by Carloman and Pippin in 743. 
With respect to his paternity, Mabillon contradicts himself, for here he calls 
him ‘*son and successor of Theoderic” Calensis, namely IV. (p. 59), but at 
p- 103 he says :—“ This king left no children ;” and at p. 121 makes Childeric 
son of Chilperic. 
