Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . 35 See Coigans Acta Sanctorum Hiber- 20, 21. ni:e, xix. Januarii, n. 3, p. 129. 7 See Professor Eugene OCurrys Lee-sCanticle of Canticles, ii., 3. lures on the Manuscript Materials of Irish ^^ Article II.—See Elizabeth History, Lect. i., p. 13 ; Lect. ii., p. 44. Cloister Legends ; or, Convents and Mo- If these books be recovered, much light nasteries in the Olden Time. New York. wi
Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . 35 See Coigans Acta Sanctorum Hiber- 20, 21. ni:e, xix. Januarii, n. 3, p. 129. 7 See Professor Eugene OCurrys Lee-sCanticle of Canticles, ii., 3. lures on the Manuscript Materials of Irish ^^ Article II.—See Elizabeth History, Lect. i., p. 13 ; Lect. ii., p. 44. Cloister Legends ; or, Convents and Mo- If these books be recovered, much light nasteries in the Olden Time. New York. will be thrown on our history. January 19.] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS, 331 founded here ; and it is supposed the Augustinian monastery, erected in thetwellth century, stood on its sitc.^ Uhc-n the place is otherwise undistinguished,it is generally thought to mean Navan, in the county of Meath; but thereare various localities in Ireland likewise called Nuachongbhail,° or Noughaval,as the following list proves. In the Queens County, near the town of Strad-bally, is Oakvale, as now locally spelled and pronounced. It was formerlycalled Nuachongbail, but it is now found written Oughaval. Here, within. Oughaval (Nuachongbail), Queens County. an antique graveyard, are the remains of an old church, which dates its originto the sixth centur).^ Only the foundations of this can be traced; for aheavy and rather modem pile of building now occupies the site. A featurelessside wall extends for some length on the east side, and it forms the continua-tion, on that (juarter of this structure.* On the other, or west side, a longbut a lower wall extends to a square and ruinous tower. This is rudelyconstructed. It is of considerable , and several centuries have lapsedsince it had been first erected, immediately beneath the low wall may be Sec Rev. A. Toj^ans * Diocese ofMcath, Ancicn* Icrn, vol. i., chap. XXvi., p. 150, a: , XXXV., pp. 222 to 355- *This town is marked on the OrdnanceSurvey
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