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penance; probably it was changed to that feafbn, which 

 is more favourable for afcending the mountain. 



Tamlachta Umhail; near Lough Blifklau (probably 

 Longhbrickland), in Iveagh-, now unknown. See the 

 account of a golden relique found near Loughbrick- 

 land, p. 302. 



Teghdagobha. This abbey, now unknown, is faid 

 to have been in the barony of Iveagh, on the Bann. 



Toberglory j founded by Sir John De Courcey, in 

 honour of St. Thomas-, he gave it to the regular canons 

 of the Virgin Mary at Carlifle; he endowed it with 

 lands adjoining to it, and a burghage within the town 

 of Down, likewife with all the tithes of his houfe, and 

 houfe expences and demefnes. 



Struel Wells, or St. Patricli's,^ deferve a place 

 amongft the ecclefiaftical antiquities of this county; 

 they are four in number, and lie to the eaft of Down- 

 patrick; each well is covered with a vault of ftone, and 

 the water is conveyed from one to the other by fubter- 

 raneous aqueducls. The largeft and moil celebrated 

 of thefe vaults is fixteen feet by eleven, and is more 

 particularly faid to have received St. Patrick's benedic- 

 tion ; in this the people bathe ; there is a chamber for 

 undreflingi the other wells are for warning different 

 parts of the body, the eyes, head, limbs, &c. Thefe 

 vaults feem to be ancient, and near one of them are the 

 ruins of a chapel, dedicated to St. Patrick. Vaft num- 

 bers refort here on mldfummer's eve, and on the Friday 



before 



