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XY. Chueches held by the Monasteeies. — As Tve have noted, 

 the passing of so mnch church, property to lay owners is due to the 

 holding of the said churches and lands by the monks. 



The abbey of Keynsham,^ in Somersetshire, held Iniskefty 

 (Askeaton), Rathgel, Eathofergus, Mayntaueny, Mayryne, Browry, 

 Culbalysyward, Karracnesy, Mayne, Maymolcally, lands of Eobert 

 Dondonenold, &c., in 1237 (B.B.L., p. 75); all except Iniskefty and 

 Garthe, or Ballingarry, were, however, recovered.^ 



The Abbey of Athassell, in Tipperary, held Maynchro, 

 Creuathomayll, Douenaghmor, Kilmuhoroc, Carnarthy, Eathsyward, 

 Glenogra, Kilbradi'an,^ and Kilcolman^ in 1253, when they were also 

 recovered by the bishop (ib., pp. 81, 84).* 



The Abbey of Kells, in Ossory, held the rectory of Killagholicane.^ 

 The ''^Minister" of Holy Trinity, Adare, held the rectory of 

 that church. The Abbot of Insula-molanfid, on the Blackwater, held 

 Dermoko, or Darragh ^ochua, Church in 1267-1272 pp. 81, 84). 



The Abbey of Cahir held Fedemer and Ballyhowen. 



At the dissolution it was found that a vast number of benefices 

 belonging to the dissolved abbeys lapsed to the Crown. Those in 

 Limerick must be noted here. 



The Prior of Holy Cross, Limerick, held St. John's ; the Abbot of 



gives a contemporaneous account of the first establishment of the Dominicans at 

 Kilmallock in 1291. The foundation and various benefactors of the Franciscan 

 House at Adare from 1464 were copied from the original register of the convent bj' 

 Father Mooney. Beyond a few entries in the annals, the other foundations are 

 probably in several cases merely traditional. 



1 Ware in his list of monasteries (followed, of course, by Archdall) gives 

 Eynnytbin among the abbeys of Limerick in 1300. 1 have seen the entry he 

 cites, and think that (like Kentham, Kyntham, and Kinshane in similar entries) 

 the abbot of Keynsham is intended. 



- Pat. i Jas. L, Ixviii., Sir R. Boyle was gi-antedBallengare, Askettan, Kilmachoe, 

 Lismakyr, and EgHsh Eossye, parcel of estate of dissolved Abbey of Kensham, in 

 England. 



^Ec. de Knbradrain, cuj. rect. est Prior de Athissell. Ec. de Kilcolmain, cuj. 

 rector, eod prior ; Glynnogre, rect. est prior (Tax Proc, 1418). 



^ Bishop Hubert was a monk of Athassell, which possibly gave him sufficient 

 knowledge of its affairs to defeat its claims to certain benefices in his subsequent 

 bishoprick. They had been held under a collation of Hubert the Bishop, till 

 Robert the Bishop had a plea with Malchus, Prior of Athissell, before the Bishops 

 of "Waterford and Ferns, who surrendered Carnarthy and Eathsiward, retaining 

 Xilbradran, Kilcohnan, and Kilmuchorog (B.B.L., p. 103). 



5 Eccle. Kniocholiathan spect ad Prior et conv. de Kellys (Tax Proc, 1418) ; also 

 Kylmohurk(/i.). 



