The rise and fall of the Irish Franciscan monasteries, and memoirs of the Irish hierarchy in the seventeenth century
Publisher: James Duffy
Published: 1870
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: THE FRANCISCAN MONASTERIES.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Monastery of Donegal, 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: O'Neill's letter to James I. — Carr, earl of Somerset — Camden's Annals — The Spanish Armada — Lord deputy Fitzwilliams — Archbishop Loftus — Execution of Hugh Gaveloc — Monastery of Adare, 19; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Tyrone and the Bagnalls — His marriage to Mabel — The Monasteries of Drogheda and Dundalk, 28; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: The Monastery at Multifeman — Origin of the Name — Foundation of the Monastery — The Delamers — The Nugents of Delvin and Donore — The Monastery plundered and burnt by tbe English — The Friars imprisoned in the Castle of Baltimore — Escape of Father Mooney — Cruelties perpetrated on the Prisoners — Richard Brady, Dishop of Kilmore — Re-establishment of the Friars in Multifernan — Notice of distinguished Members of the Community, 40; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Church and Monastery of Kilcrea — Its beautiful Site and Architecture — The Tomb of MacCarthy of Muskerry — The Church and Monastery plundered in 1584 — Again in 1599 — Fathers MacCarthy and O'Sullivan — Church and Monastery of Timoleague — Plundered and damaged by English Soldiers, who are cut to pieces by O'Sullivan, Prince of Bear — Lyons, Protestant Bishop of Cork — Dilapidates Timoleague — Persecutes the Catholics, 52; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Convents of Moyne, Rosserick, and Kilconnell, 59; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Monasteries of Galway, Rosserilly, Kenalehan, and Creevalea, 73; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Monastery of Clonmel, 87; title: THE IRISH HIERARCHY.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Rinuccini chased by a Parliament frigate — Lands in Ireland — His reception in Limerick — Cornelius O'Dea — Legend of the mitre — O'Dwyer, bishop of Limericks — O'Queely, archbishop of Tuam — Hia death, obsequies, epitaph, 94; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Rinuccini's reception in Kilkenny — T. Walsh, archbishop of Cashel — Shearman, the schoolmaster's letter — Archbishop Walsh's epitaph, 107; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Fleming, archbishop of Dublin — M. de Oviedo — O'Deveny, bishop of Down and Connor — His execution — Eugene MacMahon, archbishop of Dublin — Patrick Cahill, P.P., SS. Michael and John, 120; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: John de, Burgo, archbishop of Tuam — His contest with Rinuccini — Is compelled to quit Ireland — Returns, and dies — His epitaph, by O' Flaherty and O'Meara, 137; title: CHAPTER V.; title: MacCaghwell, archbishop of Armagh — Hugh O'Reilly — Malmorra, The Slasher — Dease, bishop of Meath — His epitaph, 156; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Rothe, bishop of Ossory — His writings — Death — Place of sepulture, 174; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: Peter Lombard — The Waddings — Comerford, bishop of Waterford — Death of, 197; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: Terence A. O'Brien — His early life — Advanced to the bishopric of Limerick — Arrested by Ireton — His execution, 215; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Heber or Emer MacMahon, bishop of Clogher — His early career — Death of Owen Roe O'Neill — MacMahon takes command of the Ulster army — Is defeated by Coote, near Letterkenny — His last moments and execution, 234