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    The Clonmacnoise Crozier is a late-11th-century Insular crozier that would have been used as a ceremonial staff for bishops and mitred abbots. Its origins...
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    enduring artworks in metal and stone ever seen in Ireland, with the Clonmacnoise Crozier (on display in the National Museum of Ireland) and the Cross of the...
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    including the Clonmacnoise Crozier, Kells Crozier, Lismore Crozier, Prosperous Crozier, River Laune Crozier, St. Columba's Crozier, St. Fillan's Crozier, and St...
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    include the Clonmacnoise Crozier (thought to be amongst the first examples of Irish metalwork of the medieval period), the Kells Crozier (9th to 11th...
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    shrine were dispersed throughout the Medieval era; although the Clonmacnoise Crozier still exists and is stored in the National Museum of Ireland. The...
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    century, NMI Detail of an illumination from the Stowe Missal The Clonmacnoise Crozier, late 11th century, NMI Given that the plaques all have "original...
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    are lost. Unusually for medieval croziers, the ferrule is fully intact and in place: the Dunloe and Clonmacnoise croziers are the only other surviving examples...
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    century Clonmacnoise Crozier is considered the finest of the fully intact example, followed in quality by the 11th century River Laune and Lismore Crozier. Prosperous...
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    Missal, c. 1026 Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm, early 10th century The Clonmacnoise Crozier, 11th century Soiscél Molaisse, metalwork added in 11th century Cathach...
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  • Maodhóg late-11th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 43 Clonmacnoise Crozier 11th century National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology 44 Cross of...
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    their heads before intertwining with their bodies. Similar to the Clonmacnoise Crozier, the drop (i.e., the plate at the front of the crook) shows a human...
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  • St. Mel's Crozier was a fully intact 10th or 11th century Insular crozier discovered in the mid-19th century on the grounds of an early medieval church...
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  • Beatha of southern Offaly three times, and burning Clonmacnoise. In 833, he is back in Clonmacnoise burning it and the Clann Cholmáin monastery of Durrow...
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  • "The history and provenance of two early medieval crosiers ascribed to Clonmacnoise". Dublin: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture...
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  • Cétadach was the 31st Abbot of Clonmacnoise. He died in 848. Cétadach succeeded Rónán, who resigned in 823 but only died in 844. The following events were...
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    generation. Clonard drew students from various parts of Europe. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise and Columcille of Iona are among the many who trained under him. They...
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    Murray (2014), p. 300 Harbison, Peter. "A Lost Crucifixion Plaque of Clonmacnoise Type found in County Mayo". ̄Irish Midland Studies: Essays in Commemoration...
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  • saint's relics, and range from surveys of early Irish hand-bells, to Insular croziers, Celtic brooches, crucifixion plaques and cumdachs. Describing his widely...
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    An insular crozier, believed to have belonged to Mél, was found in the 19th century at Ardagh near the old church of St Mél. The crozier is now kept...
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    Muiredach's Cross and West Cross at Monasterboice, County Louth The Clonmacnoise crosses: Cross of the Scriptures (the original 9th century cross is housed...
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  • Bishop of Killala Uilliam Ó Dubhthaigh, OFM (fl. 1290–1297), Bishop of Clonmacnoise Céle Ua Dubthaigh (died 1210), Bishop of Mayo. Cadla Ua Dubthaig (fl...
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    at his allies, comprising simple looting expeditions. The Annals of Clonmacnoise state that "the Scottish men compelled [Æthelstan] to return without...
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    a satchel worn on the neck of a figure on the Cross of Scriptures at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly. It is constructed from a wooden case decorated with attachments...
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    further inland, striking larger monastic settlements such as Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Glendalough, Kells and Kildare, and also plundering the ancient tombs...
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    1749; died 1758. 1758 1787 Anthony Blake Translated from Ardagh and Clonmacnoise; appointed 21 August 1758; died 11 November 1787. 1787 1818 Richard O'Reilly...
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  • and Ua Dubhthaigh, and of the Bachall Buidhe, i.e., the yellow staff or crozier, and Ua Domhnallian. In 1143 Ua Oisin was again a guarantor with Ua Dubthaig...
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    sixteenth-century Annals of Ulster, and the seventeenth-century Annals of Clonmacnoise. The precise identities of the men named by such sources are unknown...
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    Masters, the Annals of Ulster, and the seventeenth-century Annals of Clonmacnoise. This family is also known as Clan Alexander, Clann Alaxandair, Clann...
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