The person charging this material is responsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from the University. To renew call Telephone Center, 333-8400 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN OCT 1980 ^ NOV 5 1980 MAY 2 2 1937 JUN 01 1990 MAY 2 4 1990 FEB 23 1992 JUL 1 2 1996 AUG 2 9 2007 SEP 03 2009 L161-0-1096 HAVING completed, after long and careful researches, the first volume of the History of the Catholic Archbishops of Dublin since the Reformation, I take the liberty of dedicating it to you, as a proof of my profound respect and veneration for the virtues and merits by which you are distinguished—virtues and merits which may be considered as hereditary, having been handed down to you by your illustrious predecessors in the ministry, who laboured so assiduously for the preservation. of religion, and contributed so largely to the triumph of the true faith in Ireland-thus securing for our country a name glorious among the Catholic nations of the earth. During the period treated of in the part of the first volume now about to appear, the ancient Church of Dublin passed through the most trying ordeal and suffered the severest persecutions, whilst at the same time it was deprived of the protection and guidance of legitimate chief pastors; but through the zeal and devotedness of the Metropolitan Chapter and Clergy, the 404464 |