Bkknard — Tlie Charters of the Abbey nf Duiske. 7 



Murcdad Uabrain, or Murrough O'Breen, Gbief of llic^ Duffry (a district 

 between Euiiiscorthy and the Blackstairs mountain), and his son Dalbach, were 

 beheaded by Strongbow in 1171.' 



It is thus plain that the Charter must have been executed between 1102, the 

 year of Archbishop Laurence's consecration, and 1165, the year of Paidin O'lloa's 

 death. 



We have in the Extracts from tlie Duiske Eegisters (E) a precis of this 

 instrument, in which the names of some additional witnesses are given. To be 

 precise, we find in (E), first, a lyrSck, headed " Cbarta de Kyllyny," with the 

 witnesses as set out in the original deed, which is printed above. This is followed 

 by a Confirmation of it executed in the year 1424 (see p. 139, below) ; and then 

 comes a second pricis, headed " Confirmatio regis Lagenie de Bentraye," with an 

 ill-spelt list of witnesses as follows : — 



" Laurentio archiepiscopo Dublin. ; Donato Lechglen. episc. ; Felice abbate de 

 Ossarge ; Murchad filio Murchada, regis Dermitii germano ; Murchertach filio 

 eius ; Doualdo Caemanach ; Padyn Huaeda ; Murchad Huabroyn ; Dalbach 

 eiusdem filio ; Dullayng Huanualla ; Diarmayd Huarya ; Ainlayb mac Collatain ; 

 Kekach Huacoscrayg ; Kerill mac Gillananac ; Domnall Euad ; Gillapadrayg 

 Huainacada ; Donchad Huainedayg ; Diarmaid Huafiachaiu ; Dullayng mac 

 Legussa ; Florentio regis notario." 



Eleven of these names are given in the Charter which has been printed above, 

 but there can be little doubt that the additional persons named in this precis were 

 also present, and that two copies (both original) of this important Instrument 

 were preserved among the archives of Duiske. The last-named witness, 

 " Florence, the King's notary," is, no doubt, the same scribe as the Florence who 

 attested King Dermot mac Murrough's foundation Charter of the Augustinian 

 Abbey of Ferns about 1158.- 



The spelling of the Irish names is so corrupt in this pricis that they are hard 

 to identify. I am indebted to Mr. Goddard Orpen for the acute and learned 

 suggestions as to the identity of these chieftains, which are here offered. 



Dullayng Hua Nualld was probably Dunlang O'Nolan (Ua Nuallain). The 

 O'Nolans were chiefs of the territory known as Fotharta Fea, now the barony of 

 Forth, CO. Carlow; and two men called Dunlang appear at this period in the 

 pedigree of these chiefs in the Book of Leinster.^ 



Ainlayb mac Collatain may be a corrupt form of Amlaf mac Uallacain, a name 

 which has been anglicized ' Coolahan.' 



Kekach Huacoscrayg is too corrupt to emend. But O'Coscraigh was a chief in 

 CO. Wicklow.* 



Ecj-ill mac Gillananac may be for ' Cerball mac Gillanameach,' i.e. Carroll son 

 of Gilla-na-n-each, or Servant of the Horses. 



Domnall Buad and Gillapatraic are given in a pedigree headed ' Hua 

 Murchada ' in the Book of Leiuster' as the two sons of Donnchad. Thus we 



■ Orpen, Ireland under the Normans, i. 237. " Seo Horo's Ferns, p. 181. 



2 Facsimile, p. 337. ■* Topixjraphical Poems, pp. 75-89. * Facsimile, p. 337, col. ii. 



