BISHOPRIC OF TUAM, KILLALA, AND ACHONRY. ST. JARLATH, the son of Loga, is looked upon as the founder of the cathedral of Tuam, about the beginning of the sixth century. Tuam was anciently called Tuiam-daGualand, and the cathedral, dedicated to St. Jarlath, was known as Tempull Jarleith or St. Jarlath's Church, having been dedicated to its founder. By means of assistance from Turlough O'Connor, the then king of Ireland, it was rebuilt, in 1152, by Edan O'Hoisin, first archbishop of Tuam, at least the first who had the pall; for several of his predecessors are sometimes called archbishops, by the Irish historians. The bishopric of Mayo, founded by St. Gerald, before the year 697, was united to Tuam in 1559. The names of few of its bishops are preserved.1

On the new distribution of dioceses effected by the late Church Temporalities' act, Tuam was reduced to a bishopric, made suffragan to Armagh, and united with the see of Killala and Achonry. The diocese, as at present constituted, is in the counties of Galway, Mayo, Leitrim, and Longford, with small parts of Roscommon, Cavan, Sligo, and Westmeath.

The see of Enachdune has long been united to Tuam; and the see of Ardagh (formerly held in commendam with Kilmore) has been held in commendam with that of Tuam since the year 1742, at which time the see of Kilfenora, which was held in commendam with Tuam, was joined to Killaloe, to be held in commendam with

that see.

Maurice O'Kelly; translated from Clon-
fert

1394

[See vacant from 1407 to 1410.]

ST. GERALD, a native of England, and disciple of St. Colman, bishop of Lindisfarne, followed that saint upon his expulsion out of England, in company with many persons of the same nation. St. Colman founded a monastery about the year 665 or 670, at Mayo, and placed in it the Englishmen who had followed him; whence it took the name of Mayo-na-Sasson, or Mayo of the Saxons; by which name the Irish called the natives of England. St. Gerald enlarged this monastery, and erected it into an episcopal see, of which he was the first bishop. He died on the 13th of March, about the year 697. This bishopric has long been annexed to Tuam.

ST. MUREDACH, the first bishop of this see, was consecrated by St. Patrick; whence it is manifest that he flourished in the fifth century; but the time of his death is uncertain. The author of the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, in giving an account of that saint's progress through Connaught, says, "He came to a pleasant place, where the

river Muadas (Moy) empties itself into the ocean; and on the south banks of said river he built a noble church, called Kill-Aladh, of which he made one of his disciples, Muredach, the first bishop."-If this be so, the time of the foundation of the church is pretty nearly to be guessed at; for St. Patrick made his journey into Connaught in 434, and continued there seven years, until 441. Few traces remain of the successors of Muredach, before the arrival of the English: the names of two only occur in history.

The see of Achonry has been held in commendam with Killala since the year 1607; and the united see was consolidated with Tuam, under the provisions of the Church Temporalities' act, passed 3rd and 4th William IV. Aug. 14, 1834.

BISHOPRIC OF ACHONRY.

ST. FINIAN, bishop of Clonard, founded the church of Achad, latterly commonly called Achonry, and Achad-Conair, and anciently Achad-Chavin, about the year 530. The site on which it was built was granted by a dynast, or petty prince, of the territory of Luigny. St. Finian having built this church, immediately gave it to his disciple Nathy, called in Irish Dathi, i. e. David, who went by two names; for he was commonly called Comrah or Cruimthir, and was a man of great sanctity. The latter of these names signifies, in old Irish, a priest; the other has a religious meaning. His festival is celebrated on the 9th of August, and the church was dedicated to him. In the ancient annals of Ireland, the prelates of this see are, for the most part, called bishops of Luigny or Liny, from the barony or subdivision of the county in which it is situated. No account is to be had of the successors of St. Nathy, until the arrival of the English in Ireland.

1505. Thomas Rochfort, son of Roger, lord of
Killadown. Ware.
1522. John Rycarde, rector of Trim: he is said
to have resigned the deanery in 1523.
1523. Robert Sutton, archdeacon of Dublin.
1528. Thomas Darcy, prebendary of Howth, and
master of the rolls.

1529. George Fyche, archdeacon of Glandelagh:
died March 1537.

1537. Edward Bassenet de Devonshire; went to Ireland in the train of sir Anthony St. Leger, who afterwards became lord deputy.

1548. [The judges began this year to sit in the cathedral, and keep their terms there; from this time until the Restoration it became the hall of judicature.]

1555. Thomas Leverous; a leading instrument

in the fortunes of the earls of Kildare, 1745.
to whom his family were tenants.
1560. Alexander Craike, prebendary of Clon-
methan: died in 1564.

1564. Adam Loftus, archbishop of Armagh.
1567. Robert Weston, dean of Arches in London;
made lord chancellor of Ireland.
1576. William Gerrard, by letters-patent; made
lord chancellor of Ireland.

1581. Thomas Jones; consecrated bishop of
Meath in 1584; afterwards translated
to Dublin.

1581. Richard Meredyth; raised to the see of
Leighlin by letters patent April 1589.

1597. Sir John Ryder.2
1608. Thomas Moigne, archdeacon of Meath:
resigned in 1625 in favour of Benjamin
Culme, his successor, and died in 1628.
1625. Benjamin Culme, rector of Rathmore, in
the diocese of Meath.

1660. William Fuller; obtained the deanery by
letters patent.

1666. Thomas Seele, precentor of Christ-Church: died Feb. 1674.

[Dean Swift's parents were English; he was, however, himself born in Dublin, at No. 7. Hoey's-court, in that city: died in 1745.]

Gabriel James Maturin: died the next

year.

1746. Francis Corbet, prebendary of Malahidert: died in 1775.

1775. William Cradock: died in Edinburgh in Sept. 1793.

1793. Robert Fowler; elected Oct. 13, in this year resigned, and died soon after. 1794. James Verschoyle; elected in April, on the death of Dr. Fowler.

1828.

1810. John-William Keatinge, by letters-pa-
1818. Hon. and Rev. Richard Ponsonby; conse-
tent dated May 31: died 1817.
crated bishop of Killaloe 1828; trans-
Henry Dawson, vice Ponsonby. March 3.
lated to Derry 1831.
[Dean Dawson died in Oct. 1840. Two
candidates were thereupon proposed,
viz, Dr. Daly and Dr. Wilson: the
latter disputed certain votes given to
the other, and on Dec. 9, 1842, the
Court of Delegates decided in favour of
Dr. Daly.]

1842.

1674. Benjamin Parry, chaplain to the lord-
lieutenant Arthur, earl of Essex.
1677. John Worth; appointed by letters patent;
having conformed to the Roman Catho-
lic persuasion. he was deprived.

1843.

Robert Daly; installed dean Dec. 13: soon
afterwards appointed bishop of Cashel.
Hon. and Rev. Henry Pakenham. Feb. 7.
The PRESENT (1851) Dean of St.
Patrick's.

THE ORDER OF ST. PATRICK.

THE Order of St. Patrick was instituted in the year 1783 by George III., for the purpose of establishing a national fraternity of knights in Ireland, as a counterpart of the Order of the Thistle in Scotland, and the Order of the Garter in England. On the 5th of February, 1783, a royal warrant was addressed to earl Temple (afterwards marquess of Buckingham), then lord lieutenant of Ireland, authorizing the issue of

This prelate was committed to the Tower of London: the nature of the charge is not at the present day discoverable; it is certain, however, that a fine of 20007. was imposed upon him in the Court of Star Chamber.Monck Mason.

2 The queen wrote, as usual, to have Ryder made dean, by virtue of her own authority solely; but archbishop Loftus, in a courtly manner, showed to lord Burleigh how her majesty might obtain his legal election. — Idem. 3 Dean Swift was through life much troubled with giddiness of the head, which much increased towards the close of it, and at length ended in a total deprivation of reason, in which condition he died. In his lucid moments he bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to erect an hospital in Dublin for idiots and lunatics, which was built accordingly. His remains were interred in the cathedral.