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Niall, whom the Masters state to have succeeded Mael Maedhoc in 11;j4, 

 is ignored both in I . and Y ; and Gilia Meic Liac is represented as the 

 immediate successor of Mael Maedhoc, in liarmony with St. Bernard's state- 

 ment/ though the Masters inform us thai Mael Maedhoc resigned the see in 

 ll-i6, leaving Niall in possession, and that (rilla Meic Liac succeeded Niall 

 in lI-'>7. In sliort, the List gives its support throughout to St. Bernard's 

 narrative against that of the Four Mastei-s." 



It will l)e noticed that Y gives Mael Maedlioc the surname Hua Mongair. 

 This form is found also in the Annals of Tigernach and elsewhere. But the 

 testimony of L seems decisive for the accepted spelling of the name, Hua 

 Morgair. 



There was apparently a contest for the archbishopric after the death of 

 Gilla Meic iJac (no. 59}. The Anglo-Normans regarded Gilla-in-Choimded 

 (no. 61), wlioni they call Gillebertus orGilbertus, as his immediate successor.' 

 The Annals of Ulster, however, record the death of (Jonchobar, better known 

 as St. (y'oncoi-s, in 1175, describing him as coarb of Patrick. He may have 

 been elected archbishop, and have gone to the Curia to obtain papal con- 

 firmation, for there is apparently no doubt that he died at Lemens, near 

 Chambery, in Savoy, on his return journey from Rome.' Hut tiie omission 

 of liis name from L is good evidence that he never held the see. 



The List gives "the bishop Hua Muredaig" as tlie successor of Gilla Meic 

 Liac, no doubt rightly. But he must have retired after a short tenure of 

 office; for he is to be ideutitied witli Anihiaindi huii Miiirethaigh, who died 

 in 1185. From the Annal.s i>f TLster under that year wc gutlier tliat after 

 his resignation he became bishop of Ciiiel Feriwlhuigh (barony of Clogher, 

 county 'I'yrone,!.' 



•76., §31. 



' Fur the uiis«tiaract4iry clmractur uf the narrative uf ihu Fuur MaHlerN. see H. J. 

 Lawlur, .S/. Malachy iif Atinanh, .^ddiiioiiHl Not<r C. 



' Vlunluliiritj of HI. Man/s Ahl>ey, ud. J. T. Gilbert, i, 141 ; ii. 27 I. 



' Ada SuHctunim, .June. vol. i, p. 412 0°. The oliit in the .AnnnlH <if I'lBler is omitted 

 iu two M8S. tJ'Hanlon'H Life of St. Concorx (Lirrt of Irish .'•iiinl-i, vol. vi. \>. itBU.) hiws 

 uo historical value. 



■"There is considerable confuaiuu uljout this )iiBli>i|i. The .\nnal.i of Hoyle and the 

 Annals of Loch Ce have th« entry under 1185, ' .\inhl«bh hiin Muiredaigh, bishop of 

 Cenel Kughain, (|iMenit.' Itut under 1186 in the latter we tind a notice of him almost 

 identical with that iiuoted from the .Annals of Ulster on jj. 3:>2. It is |K)H8ible, therefore, 

 that he was bishop of Cinel E^igliain (i.e. the diocese of Derry) : and there is a ni\]> in 

 the succession of the bishops of that diocese from 1I7:S to 118t or 118.">, in which W.ive 

 places him. identifying his succes-nor Foyartach <» CerbiillHin with Flon-nce (> Cerballain, 

 who was bishop from 1184-.3 to 12:J0. But is Fogariach ever lHtini/.ed as Florentius ! 

 If Amhiaimh becauie bishop of Derry in 1173, he may have been promoted to Armagh 

 ill 1174, and after a short stay there have returned to his orii{inal sec. 



