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Hill, and Aenacli Cairbre, near Monasternenagh, in 902.^ The deanery 

 took its name from the principal castle-town Adare, Athdara, or the 

 " Ford of the Oaks." The castle occupied the ambit of an older rath ; 

 the ford was superseded by the picturesque old bridge over the Maigue 

 at the head of the tideway.^ 



65. Adahe (21). — A parish in Ooshmagh, Kenry, and Upper Con- 

 nello. It is not named in 1201 and 1204, but appears in a grant of 

 1226, permitting G. de Marisco to hold a fair on his manor of Adare 

 (C.S.P.I., vol. i., 1415). Its vicar. Master Tyrell, witnessed a charter 

 of Bishop Hubert (B.E.L., !No. Ixvii.). The " vill " is mentioned in 

 1281 ; and in 1290 and 1293, Agnes de Valence, the king's cousin, Avife 

 of llaurice FitzGerald, and Juliana de Cogan, their daughter, enfeoffed 

 John de Verdon in the manors of Adare, Castle Hobert, Cromyth, 

 Wyrgidi, and Grene (C.S.P.I., vol. iii., p. 381, jS'o. 800). Mention of 

 this group of manors is thenceforth very common. In 1321, Agnes, 

 widow of Richard Russell, had a suit against Philip Houche and John 

 Creuagh,2 f^^, dower on Athdare (Plea R. 13 of xiv Ed. II.., m. 9 d.). 

 In 1329 Adare was waste on account of the war. In 1334-5, 

 Edward III. gave use of the lands of the late Earl of Kildare to 

 repair Adare (Close R. viii Ed. III., m. 8 5 d.). It was confis- 

 cated in 1536 on the attainder of the Earl. In 1567 the church and 

 monasteries were granted to Sir Warham St. Leger ; in 1577 to 

 Sir AY. Drury; in 1582 to James Golde ; in 1585 to Sir H. Wallop, 

 grants being very numerous. 



The Chtjrch of St. Nicholas, of Adare, appears in 1291, 1410, and 

 1418, when it was served by the minister of the Convent of the Holy 

 Trinity. Master Tyrell was its vicar, c. 1280, John Hely, vicar 

 Sci. Mcholai de Athare in 1551 (Eiant, 792), Adare chapel, "with stone 

 walls covered with thatch," named in Inq., July, 1330. It was in good 

 repair 1615, and used as a parish chui-ch till 1806. Maps 1657 (D.S. 

 (A) 42, 49, (B) 6, 18). Fabric— It consists of nave and chancel, the 

 former 31 feet by 17^ feet (not unusually square," as in " Memorials 

 of Adare "). The east window is lofty, narrow, and round-headed ; the 

 side ones closed ; the choir arch, rude, and slightly pointed, under a 

 two-oped belfiy. The nave is 50 feet by 25 feet, with two windows. 



1 There is an interesting map (D.S. (A.) 42) called Ballingady Par.," which 

 gives it as containing Adare, Drohidtarsny, Desert, and part of Athlacca. Ee- 

 peated on a larger scale in No. 49, with large map of abbeys and towns. 



' The Crevagh, or Creagh, family appear to be a branch of the Eussels (not of 

 the O'Neills), and hold lands at Adare till 1650. 



