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THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ACADEMY 



I. 



THE CHAETEKS OF THE CISTEKCIAN ABBEY OF DUISKE 

 IN THE COUNTY OF KILKENNY. 



TKANSCRIBED BY 



CONSTANCE MAEY BUTLEK, 



AJND EDITED BY 



JOHN HENEY BEENAED, D.J)., D.C.L., 



Ai'chbishop of Dublin. 



[Read Novembeii 12, 1917. rublisbed July 26, 1918.] 

 CONTENTS. 









PAGE 





PACE 



I. 



Preface, 





1 



VI. The Dissolution of the Abbey, 



153 



ir. 



Abbreviated Titles used in 

 Notes, 



the 



2 



Appendix A. The Conventual 



Buildings, 



168 



III. 



IV. 



Introduction, 



The Charters of Killenny, 





3 

 5 



Appendix B. The Abbots of Duiske, 

 Index of Personal Names, 

 Index of Place Names, . 



173 



174 

 183 



V. 



The Charters of Duiske, 





12 



Description of Plates, 



188 



I. — PREFACE. 

 The Charters which are printed for the first time in this volume are preserved 

 among the muniments of the Marquess of Ormonde in the Evidence Eoom of 

 Kilkenny Castle. They were selected from that great collection of mediaeval 

 documents, and transcribed by Lady Constance Butler in the years 1913 and 

 1914. The task of transcription presented serious ditticulties, as many of 

 the deeds are faded and woin ; and great patience, as well as keen eyesight, 

 was needed. I was able to render some assistance, and Dr. H. F. Berry, i.s.o.. 

 kindly read through a first draft of the transcript; but the credit of the work 

 is due to Lady Constance Butler. 



These Charters constitute a very full record of the growth of the great 

 Cistercian Abbey of Duiske, or Graigueuamanagh, in the county of Kilkenny, 

 during the first hundred years of its existence ; and they also provide some 



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