GarstiIn—On some Sixteenth Century Inscriptions. 4383: 
being spelled O’Brin, will be found in Ware’s Bishops, where Mala- 
chias, Bishop of Kildare, who died 1176, is so designated. 
The persons named were all related. The two O’Byrnes were, 
apparently, uncle and nephew, whose wives, both Cavanaghs, were aunt 
and niece to each other. Thus we are enabled to construct three ge- 
nerations of the pedigree of both families, as is here shown :— 
WiuuraM Firz-DAvID Donacu CAVANAGH — 
Ror O’ Byrne _ ‘¢ Wilbinonensis.”’ | 
FERGANAIM — ... JOHANNES = MABELLA. Maurice _ 
ob. 1555. 
| | 
WILLIAM, = WInnA, 
of Coraloski, &c., survived. 
Burgess of Old Leighlin, 
ob. 17 June, 1569. 
The epithet red = Rufus = Roe, applied to William O’Brin, was 
one in common use. Though each inscription is in memory of husband 
and wife, each contains but a single date, namely, 1555 and 1569. In 
the former case it is doubtful whether the year, which alone is given, 
refers to both husband and wife, or the survivor. It may be that of the 
monument. In the latter case the name of the wife, or rather widow, 
was evidently put on the tombstone during her lifetime, blanks being 
left after the word obit for the day, month, and year, the intention 
being that the dates should be filled in at her death—a plan by 
no means unusual in medieval times. There is a good example at 
St. Canice’s, Kilkenny, and I could mention several modern instances. 
Those who desire further to investigate the genealogy can consult 
‘* Historical Reminiscences of the O’Byrnes, O’Tooles, O’ Kavanaghs, 
and other Irish Chieftains,’ by O’ Byrne, which was privately printed 
at London, 1848, 8vo. Also Daniel O’Byrne’s ‘‘ History of the Queen’s 
County”? (Dublin, 1856), which promised, in a History of Wicklow 
(never published) a fuller account of these clans. The Cavanagh 
Pedigree will be found printed in ‘‘ Burke’s Landed Gentry”’ (abridged), 
and in the Ailkenny Archeological Journal of July, 1856. Notices of 
the family will also be found in Hogan’s ‘‘ Description of Ireland in 
1598.” Next in interest to the persons named are the places. 
Of Old Leighlin—so called even before the sixteenth century, to 
distinguished it from Leighlin-bridge—little need be said. The Cathe- 
dral is described by Ryan (p. 348), and of the city not much is memo- 
rable. Carew, whose collections, now at Lambeth, afford such a 
store of history of the government of this country, owned property 
near this, and lived on it occasionally. It returned two members 
to the Irish Parliament (Sir Boyle Roche’s name being almost the last, 
