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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



£52 bs. 8d. ; yearly value of lands, £31 I4s. 4:d} Lewis says, in his 

 "Topographical Dictionary," that there are some remains of the 

 ancient religious house, and its chapel still exists. Eoth the manors 

 of Eathbride and Kilcork were in the hands of the Hospitallers in 

 11 Ed. II, as in this year the prior was allowed to exchange the 

 manors of Eathbride and Kilcork (excepting the advowsons) for lands 

 in Eathmore.^ 



CoTJNTY Kilkenny. 



Ballygaveran {Gowran). — Goods worth £23 16s. 10^?.; yearly 

 value of lands, 12s. ^d. ; church, 50 marks.^ As will be seen by this 

 valuation, the value of the lands was very small, the chief revenue 

 being derived from the church. In 1253 the Templars had a dispute 

 about the advowson of this church.* As recently as 1710 there was a 

 house in Go wran called " the Templars' house. See County Carlow 

 (Athkiltan). 



Kilhenny, Liberties of. — The Knights had some tenants here. In 

 1328 the lands of Hugh Daudeley, which had been sequestered, were 

 returned to him, except those which had belonged to the Templars.^ 

 By Pipe Eoll 3 Ed. Ill, we find that these lands were in the liberties 

 of Kilkenny. I have not been able to trace these lands any further.. 



Ratheden. — The Templars received some rents from these lands.' 



County Limekick. 



Limerick City. — The Templars had a house here, probably a. 

 " frank " house.^ See also charter of Limerick. 



County Louth. 



Balilragan [Braganstown). — This land belonged to the Templars, 

 but they gave it to Mcholas Taafe in exchange for Killerger 

 (Killegar, County Dublin) in 1284. On the Prior of Holy Trinity, 



1 Certificate, 1 Ed. Ill (Accounts, etc., Excheq., Q.R. 2.^.^ Pub. Eec. Office, 

 London). 



2 Patent Roll, 11 Ed. II, m. 115 (Ireland). 



3 Certificate 1 Ed. Ill, &c. 



4 Cal. Irish Documents, 1252-1284, No. 317. 



^ Transactions of Kilkenny Archaeological Society, vol. iv., p. 92. 

 6 Close Roll, 1328, p. 266 (England). 

 ' Certificate 1 Ed. Ill, &c. 



^ Plea Roll, No. 13, m. 45d (18 Ed. I) : see also Recepta. 



