Bernard — The ChnrUrs of the Ahhe>/ of Dniske. 1G7 



(19). M6iN-MHAisTiN, the Mastiff's Bog. 



(20). The Aghbuy (Atii-i!Uidiii:), or yellow ford or river, separated Raliccndiiff 

 in Grange parish from Gurrawn and Brownstown in tiio parish of Castlcincli. 



(21). In Irish, Baile-a'-Bhrlnaigii, now the townland of Brownstown. 



(22). The Black ford (Ath-dubii) was evidently where the Callan road passes 

 over the stream separating the townland of Grangecuffe and Raheendufl' from the 

 townland of Brownstown ; and, doubtless, on inquiry in the locality the old name 

 could be easily recovered. 



(23). LocH-AN-ABBAinn, the abbot's lough or pond, on the bounds of the town- 

 lands of Eathaleek and Grangecufl'o. 



(24). On the boundary between the townland of Kilmogg or Racecourse and 

 the small townland of Knocklegan, but cannot at present be identified. 



(25). Leagan may here mean the townland of Knocklegan (Cnoc-a'-liaoAin), 

 the hill of the Liag.\n or pillar stone ; or, it may mean the great liagan now resting 

 against a wall or fence close to Patrick's Bush, or Gllin Phadraig, otherwise 

 Luiskean Patrick. 



The lands of which there is question here are coextensive with the civil parish 

 of Grange, in the barony of Shillelogher, and county of Kilkenny. In the Red 

 Book of Ossory the parish of Grange appears as Tullachany, Tillaghany, and 

 Tylahany ; in less ancient records it is also called the Grange of Tullaghany and 

 Grange Tullaghau. The difl'erent townlauds into which it is now divided are : 

 Baunlusk, Church Hill, Grange, Grangecuffe, Kilmogg or Racecourse, Raheenduft", 

 and Rossdama. The area of the parish is 1,934 a. 2r. 24 p. statute measure. 



The original name of the parish may be Tulchan, a green hillock or mound, 

 but it seems more likely to have been something like Tulchanna, that is, the place 

 of the green hillocks. The only Irish name by which it is now remembered is 

 Parraiste-na-Grainsighe, the parish of Gr.4inseach or Grange. 



The Irish forms of the townland names in the parish are : — 



Baunlusk: Ban-loisgthe (pronounced JStiwH-Zifs/i/irt/w), the Burned Bawn or 

 yard. 



Church Hill : Cnoc-a'-Tgampcill, Hill of the Church. 



Grange : Grainseach (pronounced GmioisJiacli), the Grange or Farm-yard [of 

 the Monks]. 



Grangecuffe : GRAixsEAcn-Cuffe, Cufl'e's Grange. 



Kilmogg or Racecourse : Cill-Magaidh (pronounced Kilmogg, a local shorten- 

 ing of Kilmogga, which is the correct sound), the Church of St. Magadh. 



Raheendufl': Raithin-dubh, the Black little rath or fort. 



Rossdama : Ros-d.\-magh (pronounced Bxiss-dlimu-md), the Promontory or AYood 

 of the Two Plains. 



The conventual estates remained in the family of Sir Edward ]^>u(1pv until 

 1697, when they were forfeited, as the third ^'iscount Galmoy took the side of 

 James II in the Williamite wars. In 170.'3 the abbey lands were purchased 

 at the sale of forfeited estates in Chichester House by James Agar, esq., of 

 Gowran, co. Kilkenny. We need not trace their history further.' 



' .A. full .iccouut of " the Butlers of Duiske Abbey," hy Rev. Jiiiues Hughes, is priuted 

 iu tlie Jdiirnul U.S.A. I., vol. x, p. 0211'. 



