Bkknaiji) — The Charters of the Abbeij of Duiske. 13 



In the Chronicles of the abbey of Stanley, there is an entry which tells of 

 the beginning of the abbey of Duiske : 



"A.n. nicciiij. Uoc eodem anno elcctus est conucntus nonus in Stanlcye 

 in "Wiltesira cum abbatc proprio, scilicet uenerabili uiro, IJadulfo, x Kalendas 

 Augusti, et in llyberniani missus in provinciam Ostricensem' ad locum qui 

 uocatur Sancti Saluatoris, quem dcdit eis bonae memoriae uir "Willelmus 

 ^rarescallus comes de Penbruc, cuni aliis terris plurimis. 



Eodem anno depositus est dominus N[icholaus] abbas Stauleya; a capilulo 

 Cistercii, eo quod duxit conuentnm in llyberniani absque lieentia capituli."- 



We must put beside this entry (made originally by a Cistercian monk of 

 Stanley) another from the Extracts from the Duiske Register (F) : 



" 1204. Conuentus de Stanleya uenit in Hiberniara, qui primo habitauit 

 apud Lochmeran iuxta Kilkenniam, deinde apud Athnamolt, postea apud 

 Castrum, ultimo in loco ulii nunc sunt, dicto Duisque alias Sancti Saluatoris." 



These notices seem to indicate that there were two migrations of monks 

 from Stanley to the county of Kilkenny. The first of these was attended by 

 some irregularity and did not receive the sanction of the Cistercian chapter ; 

 but the second was fully authorized and led to the establishment of a daughter 

 house at Duiske, on ground given by William Marshal. In any case, monks 

 from Stanley first settled in Loughmeran, a townland about two miles north 

 of the city of Kilkenny, which formed part of Earl Marshal's castle farm. 

 Thence they moved to Athermolt or Annamult, as it is now called, which is 

 situated about six miles south of Kilkenny, to the west of the river Nore. 

 Dr. Carrigan^ thinks that traces of its occupation by the monks may still be 

 seen at Annamult, in the ruined building locally called the ' Eriars' Barn.' 

 As we shall see (p. 17), Annamult afterwards became annexed to the abbey 

 of Duiske as a grange or farm ; so that it is not surprising that the memory 

 of the monks should have lingered there, but that they should be confused in 

 local tradition with the friars or mendicant orders is curious. 



The next halting-place, mentioned in the Duiske Eegisters above quoted 

 as ' Castri,' was Grange Castri near Tulachany, now in the parish of Grange, 

 adjoining Castleinch, a little to the north-west of Annamult. All these 

 places were in William Marshal's territory, and were subsequently granted 

 by him to Duiske Abbey. Probably the Cistercians from Stanley occupied 

 them only for a short period, wliile the abbey buildings were being erected 

 in the east of eo. Kilkenny. 



' I.e. Ossoriensem ; see p. 25, infra. 



- Chronicles of the reign of Stephen, Henry II, &c., ed. K. Hewlett (Rolls Series), 

 vol. ii, p. 508 ; tho quotation is taken from MS. Bodl. Digby 11. 

 ^ Carrigan, iii, 373. 



