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199: 326: 22: 186:, spent some time at the school of Lismore, for he visited most of the famous schools of Ireland towards the close of the seventh century, and at that time Lismore was one of the most celebrated. It was also a place of pilgrimage, and many Irish princes gave up the sceptre and returned to Lismore to end their lives in prayer and penance. There, too, by his own desire, was interred Celsus of Armagh, who died in 163:
Hibernia - born at Rathan in Momonia - that he studied at Lismore, and became bishop of his native territory of Rathan, but that afterwards, he made his way to Jerusalem, and on his return was, with his companions, wrecked at Taranto in Italy. He is said to have converted many of the inhabitants to Christianity, and became the city's patron saint.
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on the southern borders of ancient Meath. In 631 Prince Blathmac, son of Aedh Slaine, of the southern Hy Mall, evicted him, and he moved to Lismore, on the edge of what was then called Avonmore, "the great river", a site granted to St. Carthage by the prince of the Desii of Waterford. Lismore was
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of Taranto. His Irish name was Cathal, and it appears he was born at a place called Rathan, not far from Lismore. Irish annals tell us nothing of Cathaldus, because he went abroad early in life, but the brothers Morini of his adopted home provide some information. They tell us he was a native of
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which takes its name from him. No doubt he went to Lismore on account of his close connexion with Cataldus, and for the same reason was chosen to succeed him in the school of Lismore. One historian thought that the ancient but now lost "Book of Cuanach", cited in the
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Afterward the bishops of Lismore came to live at the castle, both the crosier and book belonged were hidden for security. They were rediscovered during renovations in 1814.
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Another scholar of Lismore was Cuanna, most likely the half-brother and successor of the founder. He was born at Kilcoona, or Killcooney, a parish near Headford in
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found in the castle at the same time with the crosier, enclosed in a wooden box in a built-up doorway. The castle was built as long ago as 1185 by
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of the founder. Most of the ornaments are richly gilt, interspersed with others of silver and
341: 243: 146: 79: 8: 142: 246:. The book contains a series of the lives of Irish saints, written in medieval Irish. 315: 301: 145:. Its founder had spent nearly forty years of his monastic life in the monastery of 178: 238: 230: 214: 203: 126: 355: 330: 213:
Two interesting memorials of Lismore are still preserved. The first is the
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The Irish Hand: Scribes and Their Manuscripts From the Earliest Times
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Former religious buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland
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founded around 632 ; Mochuda died few years later.
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Medieval c. 400—c. 1600: Art and Architecture of Ireland
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Religious buildings and structures in County Waterford
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