Nihil Obstat B. MACCARTHY, S.T.D. CENSOR DEPUTATUS. Imprimatur MICHAEL CARDINAL LOGUE. All Rights Reserved. PRINTED BY WILLIAM TEMPEST, DUNDALK. EDITOR'S PREFACE. TUART'S Historical Memoirs having been long out of print, STU it occurred to his Eminence, CARDINAL LOGUE, to have the work re-edited, in connection with his great Bazaar for the Cathedral of Armagh. It was at his request that the present Editor undertook the work, though full of diffidence in his ability to bring it to a successful conclusion, in view of the formidable character of the task. Some criticism may be expressed on the freedom with which material departures have been made from the original, making the present issue an adaptation, rather than a new edition in the accepted sense of the word. But having been written by a Protestant, and mainly for Protestant readers, the work would not be acceptable, without many modifications, to the Catholic public, for whom the re-issue has been chiefly intended. The extent of the changes is fully explained in the Introduction. The part of the book, however, which contains the Memoirs of the Protestant Primates, has suffered no alteration, except that the chapters have been arranged in a more readable form. While returning thanks collectively to the many kind friends who have given help, the Editor must specially express his great obligations to Rev. B. MAC CARTHY, D.D., M.R.I.A., who suggested corrections and additions, supplied some notes, and arranged the chronology of the early History and the Primates, in accordance with the rules laid down in his Introduction to the Annals of Ulster, viii. now (with the Index) passing through the press, and finally revised the proofs. He also supplied the valuable transcript of the Book of the Angel (made by himself from that ancient manuscript) together with the translation. He has likewise specially to thank Rev. M. A. COSTELLO, O.P., S.T.M., of Rome, for a number of valuable documents connected with the work, copied by him from Roman Archives. TO JOHN RIBTON GARSTIN, Esq., M.A., V.P.R.I.A., who has relieved him from the delicate task of dealing with the Protestant Primates, he has to express his obligation for the careful work he has done in this connection. For the identification of names of places in Armagh and the surrounding Counties, he is much indebted to JOHN F. SMALL, Esq., Solicitor. For the use of the Coloured Maps, he is indebted to the kindness of RICHARD BAGWELL, Esq., M.A., author of Ireland under the Tudors, which work they first appeared in, and for the Map of the City of Armagh, to Colonel REEVES, son of the late Right Rev. Dr. REEVES. Lastly, he desires to acknowledge the courtesy extended to him whilst making researches among the books and manuscripts in the Public Library of Armagh, by the Librarian, Rev. Canon MOORE MORGAN, LL.D., and his deputy, Rev. C. FARIS, M.A. June, 1900. |