The Irish Ecclesiastical Record
The territory of Cineal-Eoghain, from a very early period, formed a distinct diocese, which took its name from the church of Arderath, now Ardstraw, situated on the River Derg, and founded by St. Eugene, first bishop of this see. In the synod of Rathbreasail, an. 1110, it is c...
1. On account of the old Latin form of the name of this see, _i.e._ _Darensis_, it has frequently been confounded with the Diocese of Kildare. Thus, not to mention more recent e...
3. Part 3Again, Dr. Colenso contends that all who were _gathered unto the door of the tabernacle_ “must have come _within the court_”. “This, indeed”, he says, “was necessary for the pur...
1. Part 1The territory of Cineal-Eoghain, from a very early period, formed a distinct diocese, which took its name from the church of Arderath, now Ardstraw, situated on the River Derg,...
5. Part 5The next bishop respecting whom I wish to make some observations is Eugene or Owen Magenis, appointed in 1541, and though I am not disposed to deal uncharitably with him, I have...
6. Part 6Urbis et Orbis. Decretum. Cum Sacrae huic Congregationi Indulgentiis Sacrisque Reliquiis praepositae in una Melden. inter alia exhibitum fuisset dubium enodandum “An ad lucranda...
4. Part 4III. The passage which seems to us most decisive, is that which points to the _royal extraction_ and _name_ of this holy bishop: “_Regia progenies, alto de sanguine Machar_”. Ob...