Boith-medhbha. Bovevagh.

(The tabernacle or religious house of Meve; a woman's name.)

There stood a monastery founded by St. Patrick. St. Aidan, nephew to St. Patrick, by his sister Sinecha, was abbot of it. It is still a rectory; the church out of repair.

Temple Finlagan. Tamlaght-finlagan.

(The church, or else the rugged district, of St. Finlagan.)

A Priory, founded by St. Columb. The first abbot was St. Fuinlagain. The old church is a ruin on the stream behind Bessbrook. There is a tower in the north-west corner, still visible. The new church is an elegant edifice, with a suitable spire.

Rathregenden.

(Rath signifies a fort-the rest unknown.)

Founded by St. Columb for St. Bairan. It is impossible, from this inaccurate description, to mark the site of this. Perhaps Aghanloo or Drumachose.

Aird-Magiollagain. Tamlaghard, or Magilligan.

(Magilligan's high lands.)

A monastery was erected here by St. Columb. When it grew very rich, it was called the shrine of St. Columb. It was plundered in 1203 by Dermit Hya Lochluinn, who, at the head of a party of foreigners, (probably Danes,) attempting to plunder Kenet Eoquin, was pursued by the lords of that country, and he, with many of his followers, was slain. I confess, that I cannot ascertain what territory is meant by Kenet Eoquin.* As to the shrine of St. Columb,

Perhaps Cathan-aght or O'Kanes country is thus mutilated by some ignorant transcriber. See note, page 218.

it must have stood where the present Catholic chapel now is; let the reader consult what follows.

Dunbo.

(The Mount of the Ox.)

Under this title, the Monasticon Hibernicum relates, that St. Patrick founded Duncruthen (i. e. the fort on the round-hill) for St. Beoran. In Magilligan, there is a remarkable hill of this description, and on it are found all the traces of an ancient burying-place. One part is called, to this day, the canon bank, not improbably from tradition of its having been a convent of canons regular. There is, also, a traditionary recollection of a great robbery having been committed by the Danes, and of a great battle in consequence.* So far it might seem, as if the convent in question had been at Duncruin, and the robbery at the same place, rather than at the present chapel; but then the Monasticon adds, that it is opposite the Atlantic ocean, and on the territory of Machare: (does that mean Derry, formerly called Macharabeg, or does it intend the present Maghera?) it is also mentioned, as in the barony of Coleraine. I cannot resolve this; not unlikely, there has been another Duncruthen, where the ruined old church of Dunbo now stands.

Domnach-more, or Domnach-dola.

(The Great Mount for Sundays.)

"Near the Fahan-water, in the barony of Tyrkerin. Besena, a disciple of St. Columb, was the founder. His brewer is recorded to have been his presbyter. Unless the Fahan river has changed its course, which I think not unlikely, this convent is not justly described

* At Knock-tenant, in Myroe, the land, when opened by a great wind, discovered heaps of human bones, not many years ago.