Westropp — A>icie)it Churches in Co. Limcricli. 367 



33. KiLPRicHANE, alias South Eatliurd, 1657 (D.S. (A) 9), perhaps 

 a mere place-name. 



34. EossBRiEN (13). — In same parish. Fearannyguilleach, 1410. 

 Ffarenygall belonged to the Convent of Killone, County Clare, and 

 was granted to Lord Inchiquin. The Earl of Thomond held it, March 

 18, 1615 (Inquisition), Tarrenne gal high, 1657 (D.S. A. 10). Fahric — 

 The church of St. Dominick, completely hidden in ivy ; most of the 

 walls are now levelled. 



35. MuNGRET (13). — A parish and abbey in Pubblebrien.^ It is a 

 very ancient foundation.- St. Nessan established an abbey there ; and 

 died about 550. Mungairit appears in the " Annals " 750, 760, 934, 

 1080, and 1107.^ It was destroyed by the ]S'orse in 820, 834, and 840. 

 The Psalter of Cashel says that it had six churches and 1500 monks.* 

 It was granted to St. Mary's by King Donaldmore, 1192-1 194 (B.B.L., 

 xxix.); ''Imungram and Ivamnach from the arch of Imungram to 

 Imalin. Henry III. granted a market on his manor of Muntgaret to 

 Bishop Hubert, 1225 (C.S.P.I., vol. i., 1262). Documents are 

 numerous, but never allude to it as an abbey. ^ I select letter of G., 

 Bishop of Lismore, to Bishop Hubert as to lands of Mungaret and 

 Donathmor and Sengol church (B.B.L., xxiv.) John F. Gelfry grants 

 Coromoran, Falsky, and Mungarreth to Bishop Robert, 1260 (i^., ix.). 

 The rental of Bishop Maurice de Bupefort, 1336, gives the manors of 



1 Pobul ui Bhriain, or Pubblebrian, is one of the later divisions, and represents 

 approximately the old cantred of Escloun. It is said that Brien Duif, son of Conor, 

 King of Thomond, settled at Carrig Ogimnell (the ancient seat of the Ui gconaing 

 and Ui Ciarmhaie) in 1406. The place had been held in 1220 by Donchad 

 Cairbreach O'Brien, King of Thomond, and subsequently to, at least, 1300 by the 

 de Burgos. Pubblebrian, as defined in the grant of 17th Feb., 1584, to Brian 

 Duffe O'Brien, of Carrigogynnell, covered Derreknokan, Cnocknegall, Cnock- 

 gromassell (Tory Hill), Kyllonehon, Kyll5'noghtie, Cahirephollyen, Graige, 

 Atifleuin, Barnechoile, Ballyanrichan, TerrevoAve, and Clonouny. This forms 

 about half the present barony, the parishes of Kilkeedy, part of Crecora, 

 Killonaghan, Killeenoghty, and part of Ballycahane. 



2 The abbots named after Xessan are : 762, Ailill ; 909, 965, Conn Maoleaisil ; 

 993, Muirgheas ; 1006, Caicher ; 1070, Cathasaig. 



3 Ai'chdall's " Monasticon Hibernicum," and Ferrar's " History of the City of 

 Limerick," i., pp. 3-4, make the unwarranted statement that St. Patrick founded 

 Mungret Abbey in 433. For its history see Lenihan, Limerick," p. 537. 



*Cormac, King of Cashel, by his wilj left ** three ounces of gold and a silk 

 vestment" with his "royal benediction to the coarb of Mungairet." Kcating's 

 " History." 



