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existence in that year. It appears in the list of Benedict of Peterborough, 

 but it was incorporated with Clonard about 1213.' Duleek was one of the 

 two dioceses of Meath in the Eathbreasail Acts.^ It was incorporated with 

 Clonard between 1152 and 1191' — probably, indeed, between 1152 and 1171, 

 since it has no place in Benedict's list. Inis Cathaigh does not appear in the 

 Eathbreasail Acts, nor in Benedict. I have found only one bishop of that 

 see between 1119 and 1360 — namely, Aedh Ua Beacain, who died in 1188.^ 

 For a short time, however, after 1360 it had a precarious existence. A bishop 

 named Thomas was provided for it in that year ; but he was opposed by the 

 neighbouring bishops, and the Pope ordered inquiry to be made whether Inis 

 Cathaigh was a cathedral or a parochial church. ° John was provided in 1402,* 

 and Eichard in or before 1414' In 1447 John Greny was provided, as the 

 successor of a deceased bishop named Denis, for " Insulan. in provincia 

 Cassellensi,"^ which is probably Inis Cathaigh. If so, he is the last known 

 bishop of the see. It is now in the Parish of Kilrush, Diocese of Killaloe. 

 Apart from our document, I can find no evidence of a Diocese of Koscrea. 



The Diocese of Mayo appears here for the first time. It is also in 

 Benedict's list. In the immediately following period only two bishops of 

 that diocese are known: Gilla Isa Ua Mailin, fl 184-5, and Ceile Ua 

 Dubthaigh, 11210." Under Innocent III, Mayo was adjudged a parochial 

 church under Tuam by the Papal Legate, Cardinal John, in 120], and this 

 decision was confirmed by subsequent Popes." But the diocese was revived 

 about 1400, and from 1428 to 1572 we have a fairly complete succession of 

 bishops.'' The last bishop, Eugenius MacBrehon, was provided in 1541. 

 He was in office on 7th February, 1572, when he was fined for not appearing 

 before the High Commission Court.'- He died before 12th February, 1574. 



"Ware makes no reference to the note that the churches of Ardmore and 

 Mungret claimed that they ought to have bishops. It is, in fact, omitted in 

 the Lih&r Cennimm, though it appears in the Provinciale of A Ibinus. Mungret 

 is only three miles from Limerick ; and it is not likely that its demand was 

 that it should be made the centre of a diocese apart from Limerick. Possibly 



' See my St. Bernard's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh, 1920, p. xxviii, note. The 

 raeution of the Bishop of Kells in our list confirms the argument of that note. 



^ Keating, iii, 302. ^ Life of St. Malachy, p. 1. * Four Masters. 



* A Theiner, Vetera Monumenta Hihemonvm et Scotorum, pp. 316, 318, 324. 



« Col. of Papal Letters, v. 499, 503. '' Ibid. vi. 5] 3. 



^ Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica, ii. 170, 301. 



° Annals of Tflsier ; Annals of Loch Ge. 



'» Theiner, p. 4 (op. Four Masters, 1201) ; Gal. of Pap. Lett., i. 190. 

 " Eubel, op. cit. 



'2 Register of High Gommission Goii.rt in Public Record Office, Dublin, ff. 34', 36', 40', 

 46, 47', 50. 



