Malachy, bp. of Down, taken prisoner by J. de Courcy, 600. Malachy, king of Id. lin. Malchus, a monk of Winchester, ap- pointed bp. of Waterford, 430. Malchus, bp. of Lismore, 459, 460, 477; receives Malachy O'Morgair and King Cormac Mac Carthy into his monas- tic establishment there, 460; urges Malachy to accept the primacy, 468. Malmesbury derives its name from an Irish saint, 319, 337. Malmesbury, Wm. of, his description of Ireland's beggarly condition, (A. D. 1100,) 1018, '19.
Manger of Bethlehem, a relic of the, preserved in Dublin! 587.
Mant, Bp., his Church Hist. of Id. qd., 683 n., 743, 759, 785, 1309; apparent errors occurring in this history cor- rected, 692 n., 1436 n.
Mantuanus, Baptista, his statement as
to the views of the Britons, &c., in the Paschal controversy with Rome, 201. Manual labour, diligently followed by the early monks, 233; instance in S. Columba, 100, 104; Columbanus, 255; Kentegern and his disciples, 1008. MSS. in Trinity College Library, Dub-
lin, qd, 526 n. seqq., 532, '3, 634, 1213, '14, 1306-9.
Maolmaodhog, original name of Mala-
Mareschal, Wm., earl of Pembroke, a founder of monasteries in Id., 570; his affinity with Strongbow, 621; made the subject of an awful denunciation after his death, by a bp. of Ferns, 622. Margaret, Queen of England, granted a share of the Papal Tenths for five years, 1151.
Marianus, tutor of P. Adrian IV., an Irishman, 486.
Marianus Scotus, account of, 435; his superstition, 436; his Chronicle, and
Scripture Commentaries, noticed, 437; his estimation of the Apocrypha, 366. Marriage, irregularities connected with, charged on the old Irish by Primate Lanfranc, 424, 5; the charge re- peated by St. Anselm, 432; Malachy's exertions to adjust according to the Roman canon law, 459, 464; the hope of improving matters in this particu- lar, a motive with the Ir. bps. in sub- mitting to Henry II, 512; Cashel en- actment relative to. 516; the abuses complained of are particularised by P. Alexander III., 538, 1088; marriage dues to the clergy in Dublin, a matter of dispute, A.D. 1267, 624; marriage with the mere Irish denounced by the Statute of Kilkenny, 658; the ordi- nance not regulated among them by the papal canon law, (A.D. 1528,) 673; disregarded by their chiefs and lead- ers, 807; that of Henry VIII., and other like cases, pronounced upon by the Ir. parlt., 684; that of bishops, made a ground for their deprivation under Q. Mary, 740, 761; the Trent laws connected with, introduced into use in Id., 894, 899, 1363; abuses in, widely prevalent among the lower Irish in the time of Jas. I., 905, '6; whether used by the ancient clergy of Id., 1422, 4. See 1052 n., and Celi- bacy, sup.
Martene's Thesaurus qd., 521; his trea- tise de Ant. Ec. Ritibus, 967. Martial law, H. O'Neill's desire to exer- cise in his district, 821.
Martin, St, bp. of Tours, said to have instructed St. Patrick, 28; propagates monasticism in France, 229; his tomb visited by S. Columbanus, 265; ho- noured with an altar in Galway, 591. Martyrology, the, of Tallaght, 354; Notker's qd., 334; the Roman, 403. Mary, the B. Virgin, assigned a share of the honour given to God in the dedi-
cation of S. Patrick's, Dublin, 585; see 1115; some of her milk, an item in the list of pretended relics in Christ Church, Dubn., 587; contumely to her punished with death, A.d. 1353, 652; Abp. Browne condemns the prac- tice of praying to her, 681; her title of "blessed" no proof of her mediator- ship, 724, 5; her image burned at Trim, 1194.
Mary's, St., nunnery, Dubn., founded by D. Mac Morogh, 566; her monastery of canons regr. at Kells, Kilkenny, 571, &c., &c.
Mary's, St., Abbey, Dublin, controver- sial conference in, A.D. 1551, 723-'6. Mary, Q., (the bloody.) her accession and tyranny, 735; makes provision for burning, &c., of heretics in Id., 736, 742; the celebration of her accession in Kilkenny, 738; deprives the re- forming prelates, 739, 740; her perse- cuting instructions to the Ld. Deputy Fitz Walter, 742; effects the "recon- ciling" of Id. to the see of Rome, 743, 744; story of her commission for the persecuting of Protestants in Id., 745,'6. Mason, Mr., his Religion of the ancient Irish Saints qd., 46; his History of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 630 n. Mass, uniformity observed in the, by the most ancient Ir. saints, 60; a repeti- tion of, employed by S. Malachy, to procure admission to heaven for a de- parted sister, 480; ordered for the dead by the Synod of Cashel, 518; private masses, abuse of, 590-2; ad- vantages of an unknown tongue in, 720, '1; antiquity of, and changes in, the, 724; celebration of, to be sheltered from wind and rain, in the early con- venticles under Jas. I., 899, 1364; no priest to celebrate ordinarily more than once a day, ib.; what languages may properly be used in, according to P. John VIII., 965 seqq.
Matthew Paris qd., (on the nature of an interdict,) 593.
Masters, the Four. See Four Masters. Mathew, Emer, titr. bp. of Clogher, "martyr," 1374, '9.
Matthews, E., second titr. abp. of Dub- lin. See Mac Mahon, Owen. Mattins, to be said in Latin or English, by the Act of Uniformity, 755. Maude, or Matilda, the Empress, objects to the A. N. invasion of Id., 492. Maximus, Roman commander in Britain, 116.
May, John, primate of Id., his patronage of prayers for the dead, 590, '1. Mayo, St. Colman's English monastery in, 186; the scene of Danish outrage, 383; the ancient see of, noticed, 995 seqq.
M'Cragh, Berd., first "vicar genl." of the new Romish estabt. in Derry, 905. M'Crodden, Tirlaugh, his seditious and
schismatical preaching, 1343, 53, *60. M'William, (Ouchter,) or Burke, Irish chieftain, his disturbances in Con- naught, A.D. 1565, 769.
Meath, anciently one of the five king- doms of Id., 378; ravaged by Turge sius, 382; the king of, submits to Henry II. at Waterford, E04; a bp. of, promotes L. Simnel's imposture, 666; its chiefs renounce papal supremacy, 705; state of the diocese of, in 1576, 783, 784; formed of many smaller an- cient do., 617, 990; its bishop's order of precedence among the Ir. prelates, 994. See 1000; also Staples, and Walsh. Meath, the archdeacon of. See Stopford. Mediator, Christ the only, with orthodox Christians, 724, 5.
Mellifont, the seat of the first Irish Cis- tertian establishment, 477; its abbot sent as an ambassador to Rome, 534 n.. 1092; the synod of, (A.D. 1157,) 542 n.; (see 1044;) the establishment strongly national in A.D. 1322, 1426.
Melrose Abbey, on the Tweed, an Irish establishment, 242; its Annals qd., 483 n., 1050.
Melruan, abbot and bishop of Tallaght, 353.
Mendicant orders, their rise and abuses, 589, 1110; their persecution of Primate Fitz Ralph, 655.
Menevia, or St. David's in Wales, the see of, 122, 123; Ferns thought by some to have been subject to, 994; Giraldus's work on, qd., 1094; the diocese made subject to Canterbury, 1030; and to the intrusion of Norman bps., 1035. Mercia, the Saxon kingdom of, founded, 118; its conversion to Christianity, 129, 179. "Mere Irish," 759 n. mere."
Meredyth ap Blethyn submits to King Henry I., 1035.
Merits, Romish views of, whether held by St. Patrick, 43; of the saints, false notions entertained of, in the seventh cent., 278; views of S. Columbanus connected with, 302, '3; false doctrine of, connected with abbey-building in the 12th cent., 584; Bp. Bale's preach- ing in regard to, 733; note of Archbi shop Ussher on, 970. Merks, Jenico, mayor of Dublin, his petn. to Henry VII., 1101. Methodius, St., apostle of the Sclavi, 968. Metz, (see Austrasia,) Fingen's Ir. es- tablishment in, patronized by King Otho, 412; a bp. of, promotes rebn. in Id. 697.
Michael ab Isselto, qd., 790.
Milan, the eccl. province of, subject to
the see of Rome, 306.
Milcho, St. Patrick's master during his captivity, 19.
Milesius, alleged progenitor of the Irish people, 1120.
Military ecclesiastics of Engd. and Id., 386, 819, 835, 1294, &c.
Milk, said to have been used for baptiz- ing, in Id., 521.
Ministers, a want of, in the Irish Church, noticed, A.D. 1576, 784.
Minister's money, 1073; some account of its origin, &c., 1079-81. Miracles of St. Patrick, their origin, 14; abundance of, connected with the names of saints, their relics, &c., in the Anglo-Romish times, 585; a speci- men in support of the Latin mass, 749; their use and limits according to Sedu- lius, 393; that of raising the dead at- tributed to St. Malachy, 481.
Mis, Sliav, or Sliemish, (Co. Antrim,) St. Patrick a captive near, 19.
Mission, the, in 1d.," a Romish title for orders, 1254, 1392-'5. Missionary zeal of the ancient Irish peo- ple, 206; instanced in St. Patrick, 24 seqq.; in the followers of St. Columba, 239; in St. Cuthbert, 242; in St. Co- lumbanus, 274; in certain missionaries to Iceland, 404, '5.
Mochtra, St., said to have brought relics to Id. from Rome, 586. Modestus, Bp., commissioned by S. Vir- gilius to preach and labour among the people of Carinthia, 349.
Moedoc, (or Maidoc, i.e. St. Edan.) See
Edan. The independence of the early Irish Church illustrated from his legends, 1249.
Moling, abp. of Ferns, 447. Mon, or Anglesey, 1028.
Monaghan, the monastery of, ravaged by the Danes, 382; state of the county in the reign of Jas. I., 862, '3. Monarchy, the supreme, of Ireland, its lawful succession interrupted by the usurpation of Brian Boru, 413, 416, 417; held by Rodk. O'Conor at the period of the Conquest, 504. Monasterevan, a Cistertian abbey found- ed in, during the 12th cent., 576. Monaster Neva, battle of, 795.
Monasteries, the ancient, their use, as schools of learning. &c. 245, '6; as mis- sionary stations, ib., 247, 274, 5; as houses of relief for the poor, 226, 248; those of S. Columbanus independent of episcopal control, 275; Irish, popu- lar in France in early times, 277; changes made in the condition of those of Id. under Anglo-Norman influence, 562-577; motives of the Anglo-Nor- man founders of such institutions, 565; bishops commonly chosen out of them, 576; strife between the Anglo- Norman and Irish inmates of them, 577; degeneracy of the orders con- nected with them in the middle ages, 588; their devastation by the Danes, 380 seqq., 563, 1060; do. under Henry VIII, 1193.
Monastic rules, of the ancient Irish in genl., 238; of S. Columbanus, 279- 288.
Monks, anciently made no compulsory renunciation of private property, as a condition of admittance to the order, 125; Benedictines introduced into Eng- land on the expulsion of the Ir., 187; ac- count of their origin and history, 224 -248; their primitive character, 225; their origin, from persecution, 228; introduction into European countries, 229; differences between them and the ascetics, ib.; at first mostly lay- men, 230; placed under obligation to take holy orders, 231; at first un- bound by vows, ib.; and sometimes married, 232; not compelled to po- verty, ib.; their employments, 233, '4; scriptural studies, ib., 235; fasts, ton- sure, and habit, ib; early abuses among them censured by S. Jerome, 236; general character of the primi- tive Irish monks, 237; their peculiari- ties in some particulars noticed, 238 seqq.; and exemplified in St. Aidan, ib., 239; and in Colman, &c., 240;
their industry and popularity in Eng- land, 241; illustrated in St. Cuthbert's case, 242, '3; their monastic habit, 244, 5; the monks and the "Cove- nanters" partly sympathetic, 963, '4. Monophysites, the, 950 n., 955. Montgomery, Geo., made bp. of Derry, &c., by K. James I., 863; non-resi dent, ib.; his wife's escape from Cahir O'Dogherty's massacre in Derry, 867. Montgomery, Arnulf, or Ernulf, invader of Pembroke, 1017; his rebellion against K. Henry I., ib., 1029; he re- ceives a grant of land in Wales, 1026, and builds the castle of Pembroke, 1027. Montgomery, Hugh, earl of Salop, with
Hugh, earl of Chester, ravages Angle- sey, 1028; his death, ib. Montgomery, Roger, first earl of Salop, 1017, does homage for the lordships of Powys and Cardigan, 1026; fortifies Montgomery Castle, ib. ; which is over- thrown by the Welsh, and earl Roger slain, 1027; the castle retaken by Wm. Rufus, ib.
Moore, Dr., Romish priest, made Provost of Trin. Coll. Dub., under K. James II., 1245.
Moore's (Mr. T.) History of Ireland, sparing of martyrdom legends, 1368, 1430, &c.; some notice of the work, &c. 1420 seqq.; its claims to attention, 1420; its views concerning the doc- trines of the ancient Irish, 1421; state- ments about celibacy, 1422, '24; on Romish supremacy, ib.; on the H. Sa- crament of the Lord's Table, and J. S. Erigena, 1425; on the duality of the Church in Id., in A.D. 1315, 1425, '6; on the Querimonia Magnatum, ib.; con. cerning the forms of excommunication used in the middle ages, 1427, '8; on the religious creed of Henry VIII., ib. ; and his persecution of Protestants, ib., 1429; his explanation of the "martyr-
dom" of Dr. Travers, 1430; and ad- mission of the ready acceptance of the regal supremacy by the Irish chieftains of that age, 1431, '2; his account of the Reformation of the Irish Church as the act of its own prelates, 1433; and subsequent misstatement as to the creation of a new Church in the same proceeding, 1434; his description of Desmond as a religious leader, ib.; and notice of Jas. Fitzmaurice's pro- ceedings and motives, 1435; his mis- take about Jas. Mac Caghwell, ib., 1436; his use of the word titular, ib., 1437; his notice of the introduction of "religion" as a pretext for rebellion, ib.; his strange mistake about H. O'Neill's attainder, 1438. Morocco, King Sebastian's unfortunate expedition against, 790.
Morogh, son of Brian Boru, falls at Clontarf, 416.
Moryson, Fynes, qd., 1298-1300. Moscow, the burning of, 1337. Moses, the law of, supposed by the Irish to have been reintroduced at the Re- formation, (perhaps from the Ten Commandments being set up in the churches,) 1194.
Mosheim, (Ch. Historian,) his praise of J. S. Erigena, 404.
"Mother Church," the name of, how used anciently, 167.
Mountgarret, Ld., (A.D. 1613) a patron of D. Rothe, and of Romish schism, 1357. Mountjoy, Ld., sent over against H. O'Neill, 837; his successful proceed- ings in the war, 838; besieges Kinsale, 841; discomfits H. O'Neill, 842, '3; keeps Id. in order at the accession of K. James I,, 851; his advice concern- ing the treatment of loyal Romanists, 856, 7; calamitous effects of his mili- tary operations on the enemy, 1298, '9. Mountmorres. See Herrey. Moville, (Co. Down,) the monastery of, VOL. III.
68; S. Columba studies at, 76; ravaged · by the Danes, 382, 563. Moylinny, rural deanry in Connor dio., taxation of, A.D., 1306. 1160, '61. Munna, St., (of Taghmon,) his contro- versy with Lasrean about Easter, 170; and defence of the Ir. customs, ib., 171. Munster, anciently one of the five king- doms of Id., 378; visitation of, by the primates of Id. in the 12th cent., 476, 1107; the bps. of, accept the regal su- premacy under Henry VIII., 701; its lay chieftains do likewise, 705; wasted by the wars of the Desmond and Or- mond families, 769; Desmond's inabi- lity to promote religion there, 775; James Fitz Maurice creates disturb- ance in, 777; the Earl of Desmond helps to excite agitation in, 786; the Desmond rebellion in, 787-803; do- ings of a vicar apostolic of, 835, 1294-'6 ; efforts of the Sugan Earl in, against England, 836; quieted by Ld. Mount- joy at the accession of James I., 851, '2. Murcart, (Murchardach, Muriardach, i.e. Murtagh, or Moriarty O Brien,) king of Id., 428; unites with the clergy and people of Dublin in electing
Samuel,' fourth bp. of that city, 429; joins with the citizens of Waterford, &c., in electing a bp. for them, 430; Anselm's letter to him on the state of religion in Id.. 432; present in the Synod of Fiadh-mac-Engusa, 451; gives his daughter in marriage to Ar- nulf Montgomery, 1017, 29; his kind reception of Owen ap Cadogan, 1032; his letter to Primate Anselm, of thanks for his kindness to his son-in-law Ar- nulf, 1016, '17; his death, 1036. Muredoc, abbot of Kildare. A.D. 821, 391. Murray, Danl., fifteenth titular abp. of Dublin, 1257.
Murrough, viscount, title of, given to Stukely by the pope of Rome, 791.
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