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 . ot only in juxtajiosition, but actually witliin thebounds of the same parish ? The upper lands of Cruagh ascend the Dublinmountain slopes, wlience glorious views of the metropolis of Ireland, andits incomparable surroumlings may be obtained. In the townland and parishof Whitechurch, in the barony of Rathdown, which lie immediately to thenorth of Tibradden, there is a very old burial-ground,7 i
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 . ot only in juxtajiosition, but actually witliin thebounds of the same parish ? The upper lands of Cruagh ascend the Dublinmountain slopes, wlience glorious views of the metropolis of Ireland, andits incomparable surroumlings may be obtained. In the townland and parishof Whitechurch, in the barony of Rathdown, which lie immediately to thenorth of Tibradden, there is a very old burial-ground,7 in every way cor-responding with the idea of an ancient Dun, as docs Cruagh or Crecvygraveyard, likewise,—but making all due allowance for the rather moderninnovation of enclosing old cemeteries with stone walls. It does not appear,that although Daluanus of Crecvy had been jilaccd over Drumisken, that theplace, from which he was called, held any proximate position to it. Of overone hundred townland denominations, called Creeve or Creevy,^ in its variouscombinations, we do not find any one marked on the Ordnance Survey Mapsfor the County of Loutli. Tibradden is also written Tibrodcn, alias, Kill-. W liiiechurch, County iJublin. nasantan Whitechurch was anciently called the Church of Balgeeth,and sometimes it is found Latinized, Ecclesia Alba. Occasionally it wasstyled the Church of the Marches during the middle ages.° Its situationis a very delightful one, and the verdure of the shady trees surrounding itgives it an imposing appearance. Three gable walls are yet standing, andthickly mantled over with ivy. The central gable wall divided the nave from tons, as Dunbarton in Scotland was formerlycalled, must certainly be distinguished fromthe present saints place of Tegh Bretan orDun Tighe Bretan. Dunbrettan is mentionedin Jocelins or Sexta Vita .S. Patricii, , p. 67, and n. 12, p. 109, Colgans TriasThaumaturga. 7 See Ordnance Survey TowTiland Maps of the County of Du
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