M'Guyer, [Maguire,] that is nowe a younge handsome gentleman, and maye make cc. kerne, and xxiii horsemen. And he, the Calloughe O'Donnell, Tirraghe Lynnaghe O'Neyll, Henri M‘Shane, and all the rest be joyned with the baron of Dongannon to serve the kinge's Majestie, and all these be younge men, and of most power in the North, soe as yf the earle and O'Donnell were at suche libertye as ever they were, without those they had noe power. And so by Gode's grace the thinge well followed, as I trust in God it shall, this summer will make a quyett Irelande. Irishemen be soone brought nowe to obedyence, consideringe that they have no libertye to praye and spoyle, whereby they did maintayne their men, and without that they woulde have but fewe men. And the pollecye that was devysed for the sendinge of the earles of Desmond, Thomonde, Clanricarde, and Tyroon, and the baron of Upper Ossorie, O'Carroll, M'Guyres, and others into England, was a greate helpe of bringinge all those countryes to good order. For none of them that went to England committed harme uppon the kinge's majestie's subjects. The wynninge of the earle of Desmonde, was the wynninge of the rest in Monster with small chardges. The makeinge of O'Brian, earle, made all that countrye obedyent. The makeinge of M'William, earle of Clanricarde, made all his countryes dureinge this tyme quyett and obedient as it is nowe. The makinge of Fitzffadricke baron of Upper Osserye hath made his countrye obedient; and the havinge of their landes by Dublyn, is such a gag uppon them as they will not forfayte the same throughe willfulle follye. And the gentlenes my lorde deputye doth use amonge the people, with wisdome and indifference, doth profitt, and make suer the former civilletye. Soe as presidents in Mounster, Connaghe, and Ulster, by Gode's grace, will make all Irelande, beinge made shire lande, that the lawe may take the right course, and yll men throughe good perswacion brought to take their landes of the kinge's majestie to them and their heyres for ever after. And preachers appoynted amongst them to tell them their dutyes, towardes God and their kinge, that they maye knowe what they ought to doe. And as for preachinge, we have none, which is our lacke, without which the ignorante cann have noe knowledge, which were verye needfull to bee redressed. No. I. See Chapter II. page 119, Note 11. The following is a summary of the names and residences of all the ministers settled in the dioceses of Armagh, Raphoe, Derry, Down and Connor, in the year 1622; hastily extracted, -and therefore, perhaps, not free from inaccuracies,—from the Ulster Visitation Book,' preserved among the manuscripts in Trinity College, Dublin. There is no report for the diocese of Dromore. As the old names of parishes are scarcely known beyond their own limits, I have subjoined the nearest principal town, or added such other marks as may enable the general reader to ascertain the locality in which each minister laboured; and, by this means, form an idea of the supplies of preaching distributed over the greater part of the province at that early period. I have also given, in a separate column, a few occasional extracts from the Observations' of the several bishops. These were Hampton of Armagh, Knox of Raphoe, Downham of Derry, and Echlin of Down and Connor. Derriloran, or Cookstown. Carenteel, or Aughnacloy. Killeshill, between Bal. lygawley and Dungannon. Errigle. Kerogue, or Bal lygawley. Wm. Darragh, M. A. Robert Sutton, M. A. Robert Hamilton. Hugh Carter. Serves every second day; Gre- The remaining parishes of this diocese lie in the province of Leinster, and therefore need not be given here. Observations. Assisted in the cure by Thomas Fraizer, M. A. In the parish, is a bawne and house building by William Stewart, Esq. [ancestor of the present Londonderry family,] and the like is done by Sir John Cohoon of Lusse. Dischargeth the cure by himself, and by Brian O'Downey, a converted priest. [See chap. ii. note 9. p. 117.] Understandeth the Irish language, and able to preach therein,-church to be removed to a market-town, called Letterkenny, where there is eighty families of British inhabitants. Resident, and serveth the cure. Cure discharged partly by himself, and partly by Tirlagh O'Kelly, a reading minister both in English and Irish. Resident and serveth the cure. [See chap. ii. note 9. p. 117.] Assisted in this cure by a reading minister in English and Irish, Mr. John Ross. Has L.10 per annum from the incumbent, Thomas Knox, B.D. who is non-resident; [probably the bishop's son and his successor in the bishoprick of the Isles in Scotland] he is assisted in the cure by Owen O'Downey, who readeth the common-prayer book in Irish, and is clerk of the said parish. Dischargeth the cure by himself and Brian O'Downey, a converted Irish priest: [probably the same who assisted Mr. Paton in the adjoining parish of Aughnish.] Serveth the cure to all the Irish inhabitants by Owen Congall, a very good minister, reading in the English and Irish languagesthe ancient church is in an island, but ought to be transported to Killdownie, where there is already a chapel of ease. |