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Academy,—his predecessor, Domhnall, the son of Flannagan 
O’Dubhthaigh, is expressly called epipcop connachc; and that 
O’Hoisin was comharba of St. Jarlath, or Abbot of Tuam, as 
early as 1134, is proved by an entry in the Annals of Innis- 
fallen at that year, stating that he was sent by King Turlogh 
Q’Conor to effect a peace between Munster and Ulster; and 
indeed there is no reason to doubt that he became Abbot as 
early as the year 1128, on the death of Muirges O’Nioc. 
“The above inscription reads as follows :— 
“OR 0O U OSSIN; DONDAbbaID Las IN DERNAOD. 
“¢A PRAYER FOR O OSSIN ; FOR THE ABBOT, BY WHOM IT WAS 
MADE.’ 
‘<< A second inscription on the opposite side of the same 
base preserves the name of the King, Turlogh O’Conor, as in 
that on the slab already noticed, and reads as follows :— 
“OR 00 Thoirodelbuch uo chonchubuir, OoNn......... 
larlath Las 1N DeRNAOD IN sa.... 
“A PRAYER FOR TURLOGH 0 CONOR FORTHE * * *#** «#2 
JARLATH BY WHOM WAS MADE THIS « * * *.’ 
‘¢' That this cross was of contemporaneous age with the 
church, and was intended as a memorial of its founders, or re- 
builders, there can be no reason to doubt. Such was the cross 
of the Scriptures at Clonmacnoise, which, as I have already 
shown, was designed as a memorial of the erection of the great 
church there; and such also was the triple-shafted cross at 
Cashel, just noticed in connexion with Cormac’s chapel, though 
the inscriptions on it are now wholly obliterated. It seems 
more probable, therefore, that this church was erected pre- 
viously to 1150, when O’Hoisin became Bishop, and between 
the year 1128, when he became Abbot, and 1150, when he 
succeeded as Archbishop. But the precise year of its erection 
must remain a matter of doubt, till some definite authority be 
discovered to determine it. If, however, I might indulge in 
conjecture, I should assign its erection to a period not very 
long after his succession to the abbacy, and this not only from 
