" T H E P R E c n s ~ r r s ~ a sI

From the eaz l i es t record of ou r l o c a l

M f R B L B N D : i

history, iliat erPozd has ever affsrded a home and a shelter $or the foreigner, The name of the b w o i n which the c i t y and Its l i b e r t i e s are compised (Gatd. e r ) signifies "the land o f the stranger," the Danes made it one 09 t he i r first settlements; the ts who followed Strongbow and Reymond l e Gros soon stormed i ts battlements and mde it the i r head-quarters$ the Templars and ECnf &ts of St. John established themselves here, a f t e r t h e i r r e t m from the Crusades; Bominicans and Praciscans from Prance and Spatn succeeded by burgesses from I33eisto1, who "dsove a thr iv ing t r adeR, znd by t r o o p e r s from Gloucester, who gladly ga-re up t"heir warring and their f ight ingf f for a secure settlement in a r i c h a d loya l c i t y , The sms of the s t rangers a re nos some of $ts most respected cf t i sens .

The easy acces: , t o the harbous: of Waterford, and i ts geculiar advantages for commercial enterprise, p o b t out a t once a S fic;lest reason why so settlers should from t i n e t o Lime t e uy t h e i r abode on the banks of t h a t

Z r iver , whlch Spenses, In h i s nFaerie Cueenew, describes as

London, supplied fuses for the erection of a l f n e n

manaactory ysa ich , where a mea t neunber of French

colonised, a Huguenot of 3 8 ~ 3 . ~ ~named

Bonhome , ta them t a make sal%-cloth; and in 1685 t N s

manufacture was iza full operation in that scisag town,

f rom whence it spread sa rapidly, botb in Bngland a d

Ireland, that, a~cordingto W e hex so^, the fnpoarta t ioas

ranee 09 this article were reduced, from the

yeas 1683 t o 1733, by the enormous a m o u t of

elin, t o whose energy, aotivrity, and sk?,ll,

I re land osdes so xrruch in the prornotZon of her l inen

manufacture, about this time, durhig his t o u r throughout

I r e l a d , came to Cate r fo rd ; and John trobe, one of

his most a c t i v e codedera tes , became s s e t t l e r there, and

was entrusted with t h ~chief care of promoting the

m n u f S ~ ~ t u r e . s exertions were acbotvledge by the

Government, though Ln a Par Less degree thzn tbsse of

U s fr%end d enpioyer, In the G i - c r % l inc2den- t~of

the Treasurr from 1715 t o 1730, several s m a l l sums appear,

as f r ee gr ts, to J o b U t r o b e , on account of adequate

ices rendered in d.!rromotingthe flax a d hempen

manufactoriea in LeSaster*

The def;zlee 0% success ch Csomel in had a t ta ined

i r m Eisburrn prsnijteci Mn t o extend his ff e l d of operations

to the ~ ~ ~ t h jm d to acc 13sh th3.s be required a

r a t in id from the Irish Parlfament. Thefr Journal

t a t e s t k t , on the 4th day of December 1717-p

pp

e, four sons, and s l

i%%blfc,ure oons

the care of the s i c k poor thrau hout the entfre sfty;

%cent(!) ealary oP O per amtun

voted t o him by the C o u c i l , On the 28th of July,

en a fSt of econorixy had seieed the burgomaskers,

the Preach miaister's all

learned f o g who composed t M s b

by the wagsRthe f o r t y t

R a t e , "the Frenals doctorfs was a190 superseded; but $n

the following year %he doctor again seems to

friends, for he was restored at M.che3 S

first vffe was taken from h i m soon af te r U s mrrgage,

a large stone slab oovexs her remfns i n the French Churah

with the SoZlatubg inscription:-

The baptisns o f several OF MS children, by the Rev.

S , 3enfs, a re a l s o recorded,

Lfaxy hlcoek was .:not, however, Pang tnaurned oveP. Oa

the 5th. of December, 1717 Doctor Peter Ue Ran%@ and

hme Pyte were mite&toge ther fn h o v matrfmary~, by

Dean gales, in the Cathedral, and the widower was oomPorted.

But first love claimed him back again,

1719, 2 .:return is mz de .in8 signed by TBeopMlus Desbrf sac,

of the cliffesent pensions which had follen in fma th@ Frenc

t leooys, and also those i ~ h owere placed upon the pension lfst:

amongst those set t led in ;$a te r fo rd one .was-Jaws3 il%ugier,

who dPed in I,tzterl&ord, ~ept.11, l728-yension %2? 7s,6d,n

er was one of Ruvi 's soldiers in 1721. He

as taken off the pension l ist , but restored 19 1723 by

l e t t e r s Prom her j es ty kueen rlrze.

P e t e r Chelar, who &.id been ciuarter-rpaster t o Lord G a l

horse, Ca$ain du Chesne of the same se&ment, Captain

and Zda, jar Saut elle, ;<hose desoendarmts, through his daughter

Mary Sautel le , are extrerrlely numerous, all, o l a idng the fight

of' lqfng t h e i r banes beside the ga l lan t o l d so ld ie r in the

French Church-all ~pmudof their French dessent, a

amongst the most wbued and respected citizasns i n Waterford.

But while of the refugees attained t o co

wealth, there were some of the also in indigent cfrcurnsttusces;

f o r even such a r e t h e "changes sn chamesn of t h i s mortal

life. The poore r brethern of the housebold--the infirm, t he

"b:rid~w~dnd t he ori~han-were not, $m~.e.ser, forgotten by theer

ovm cauntryrnen, ii&o tiere n i ~ l l d n gto &ve and glad t o

distributen af t h e i r bunda dance. In the Registry 09 the

t ive Office, aublin, are iound the Sollom-

ing reminiscences of t h e i r charity

"1732. Mrs. Ab.Sandoz t o the pgor French of b"PiatexFoxd,

fithough no o t h e r be._uests appear on record, we

s u p p s e t h a t the church ~ t i n t a i z i e dits own 2por, and %

the widows were not f o r o t t e n i n the d a i l y d i s t r f b ~ t i o n ,

For the orphans there w a s no occasfon to Pe , hamuoh as

the French se t t le rs wore all o f them freemen of the city; m

under the 129th Sec:ion of the City Chmtem: the

Sheriff, znd Gftioens o f 'haterford were a "Courb of O r p

obliged t o andextake the g u a r d i c ~ s h i pin l i k e

ity of London, a d ernpmered t o a13oczte g6 ger mnw

f r o m the s t o e purse f o r the minte~ancsand education of

entrustad t o t h e k chazge, Frm this emietrnent

and ;>ractioe no doubt was first suggested the idea OS

estabUsUng the City of kat erford Protestant Or

It is creditable t o the cit9zens that their Protestant

O q h a Souie ty shou3.G be the first established fn freland,

It is no less cred%table to the French Protestan%Refugees

t their last p a s t o r should, amongst his other ohaz%table

benefactions, ve bequeathed t o i t the ezldownent by wMch an

apprentice fee 1s provided %or the lfttle fnntates of the

asylum as soon as they h ~ v ebecome of splitable age t o be

placed out t o a trade or profession, and h a m how to ea

livelihood with honest independence. The name o f t h i s

benefzc tor was the Rev. P e t e r Augustus Franyuef0rt.

PrePious, housver, t o h i s appointment, we have mentfoa made

of t h e e athers who succeeded &@.Denfsin the rnhkistry'. The

first, the Rev. Guidon Eichioa, of whom the mention =de Ss

so a p p e a r the records respecting the

Rev, Georrge DobSer,-so Pew were baptised or: aamied or

buried by them,-the same tale I s repeated-and then the*

names disappear th the generation aaongst whom t

W s t e s e d . The Rev. 3aniel Smdozr; and the Rev. doaiah

PranqueFort, who were both 09 Freneh descent, although

oecasional3.y oPf%o%atbgin the French Churah, do not ap

in the Vis%tation records as offfclal ly corme~teda t h it.

They were both licensed f o r the mracy of Saint Ohveta, The

fo m e r subse~uent received a valuab3.e preferment BZI

diocese of V~aterford, and was a l s o one af the psebendafies

09 Llsmore, The Rerr, 30siih FranquePorts who is bureed with

h5s wife in the nave of the abbey, trhicb fo S the entrance

t o the French Church, u2,jpears t o b y e been actfve abaut schools,

and desirous of p ~ o m o ting Scriptural education,

h 1761 the Rev, _-iugustus Devoree ap?>eaxs In the

Visitation book as having duly presented elf before his

orcUnary, as past02 of the Prencb Chwch. It does nof

seem that he feared as well as U s prebecessors Zn the

ay of Chureh emolument; the account Q$ ste=rdship b d

reference s2m@.y t o the French C h ~ @ h ,and no r i c h p~ebend

f e l l t o his 10% which might make U s c i r c ~ m ~ t a

and secure,

a of the Rev. ~ugustusDevoree appears frequentky

in several i3asochfal r eg i s t r i e s , genera213 gedorm2ng

o f f i c i a l serv%ce for those whose3 names t e l l their or%gSn,

and whose parochPaP residence oaused f hem t o be mrr%&.

have the severe1 surnames-D * Maison, Blanoha, Cbquind Uenia,

those to who W Devoree adanistered the T A W S of the

establishes the faot, t b t he did not oonfiae his wtnPstry

to U s Gallic brethren; sad a pair of fond MCLesians a

dsoa, w d to-morrow he united dn the bmds o f boly

ryhys .xre with us still, 1%ks our native

which seemed to prefer the hard$ nat9ve before the xioh and

rare e x o t i ~ ,

strange, that the Rev.

n o t suaeeed as well as hfs predaaessors in

Church preferment; [and it is the more sin@Pa~,fro@ the

f n c t %hatthe see of Baterford was at thfs time fzhled by

on the 15th of dauary, 1745-6, The exertions o f thfs

bishop on be kf of the hwnbles refugees bas beea alreaw

alluded t o ; but he was one who, like hPs Masker, "went

about doing good.?"e is described as a man "of

sfngleness 09 heart and benevolente , .Dewreets death

ve been the csuse which prevented his promotioa by

one vdhose en t i re aymyathies were called f o r t h on be

the descendants of the fo re ign aettlers rom Frame, a8 kie

himself cjtai~lled%a be a scion of the sasn

Dr.Chenevix, as bofore stated, was undou

extraction; his f i l y set t led %n Engla

the revocatfos of the Edict of Hates;

Ckaplein to the Br i t i sh Embassy a t the

Cbest er f l e ld s s ~ d o r ,and had

the Euguena%s. \*benthat nobfeam

Lieut e n m t , i)r,ChenmcLx aocompanled h i m as Sirat ChapIaAn,

and was promoted An 1745 t o the Bfshopxic of K%klaPos, and

translaBed in the iol1ot;ing year, t o 'Liaterfard ancl Lismore.

is episcopate l z s t e d fur thfrty@.f%vepars; a d hfs name

will be ever held 9n honoured remembrance 'by the cl@rgy,

rorn the memorf a1 v ~ h i c S l e f t them t o U s R @ ~ o P $ * El$

his \ ~ & k l , dated Au ust 13th. 177T9 he Bequeathed the sum

1600 to the deocese a9 Gatsmrfard, the fntese& to be

t o the wfdoas of clergymen of that ckiocese. e &so l e f t

QtlOOO t o the diocese of Lismore. A Bishop and his clergy of Waterford i n the preceding century, had welcomed the Protestants of Francs, and had rendered them a klad and courteous meeting3 a f i t t i n g return

was now made by a bishop who was himself a desoendaat o f the refugees, i n provfding f o r the wfdawa of h i s fellow pastors. During the period of Bishop Chenev2.x'~ episcopac$ marry of t h e ables t sons of the refugees were drawn around hirn, and rnazyr of them received well desemed pronotfon. John Jawnard was hehdeacon 09 Limoref Willia Grueber was first Chance l lor , then Treasurer, and afterwards the Treasurer; Dadel Saados as prebendaxy of Mora! P h i l i p Chenevix, p rebend~wof ILilgobfnet; and on his p~omotiont o the c b n c e l l o r * ~s t a l l i n Waterford, George Lewis Fleury suceadd4d Urn. Ora

Fleuryfs exchaage f o r the Treasurership, Peter Augustus Prsnquefort, who had been Treasurer, became the possessor of it, James Grueber and Arthur Orueber becarsle success-ively prebendaries for Kflrasantie; and W i l l i a m Gmeber was prebendaq for ModeP9go. dntoine Fleury, whose reputation i s , )%h& he w a s the crossest man h IrelandR, succeeded Gervais as Vicar Choral, whea the l a t t e r was

rPafae Archdeacon of Cashel; and In 1773, George Lewis PPeury was appointed Archdeacon of Waterford, a f t e r the dignity had remained dormant and the s t a l l W3.11ed Prom

the year 1667,

About the same time, t h e French s e t t l e r s %n Waterford, who had been dfminishing by death, ze~lloval,a d their gradual merging amongst the inhabitants by inter-nmrrf age,

and by the adopting of t h e i r language and habtts, expected t o have received a large accession from the continent. A number of Oenevese, m a n y of them French a e t t l e r s , had become d i s sa t i s f i ed with t h e i r own city, and expressed a desire t o become domesticated i n Ireland,

WC%, 1788 - Paid W i l l i a m Kendy and 6. Doxmellan, contractors f e r the building the town of 8ew Geneva, on account of t he extra expanses and loss they sustained by the unexpected s tap put t o the bufldiag of the said

i n fu r the r par t of 55,855, 28% gross, granted for and s e t t l i the said'Pownj Warrant, 29th

l 17.?fd.%

"Pafd the Right Honourable dames Cuffe, f n consider-tfon of his trouble, attendaace and expease, in supeP32;az-

!ending and overseeing the works of New Geneva, i n further part 0% E55 855, 2, 8'/2& granted f a r the buildingand settling the sAd T o m , ~ 6 5 .10. 9d. - Warrant, 27th March, 1788".

"Pafd W i l l i a m Gfbsort, archideet, f o r conductSngthe works of the s a i d T o m on fukbher account of t he -said l e t t e r8 Warrant, 10th July, 1788, $207. 16. Id".

In the Account of Arrears remaining u~ctkacharged,Ladpday, 1788, appears the followfng entry:-

"The Comrnissfoners for s e t t l i n g i n Ireland a coloqyof Bniigrarits f rom Geneva, a balance of &55p8S5, 2. 8Y&. gross, granted them t o defray the expenses of the said settlement %33,@38, 11. O%dn,

And the following Report was presented t o the House iri 1789 0-

Extract from Report of the Cornittee of the Cornpar-a t i w Sta te of the Public Expenses, f o r the year ending Lady-day, 1789.

a p p e d n g t o your Cornittee that there was no inLentPon o f carrying i n to ef fec t the settlement of a colony 045

grmts $ m m Geneva on the lands of Bi,zackroe, now cal led New Geneva, in thfs Uagdom y o w Committee came t o the following resolution:- ~ e s o i v e d- That i s i s the apiaiaa af t h i s Commfttee tha t the sum of t&32,519,18.5d balance xeEginZng uaapplied of &55,855. 2* 8'%d, granted t o cer ta in Comfttees f o r s e t t l l ng i n Ireland a colony02 Bnxtgramts from Geaeaa, be dedual4d from &rearsfl.

The reason why the Government abandoned t h i s p l m

of emigration, after i n c u r r f ~ gan fmense expenditure, seem unaccountable; but unforseen d f f f i c u l t i e s had arfsen before the plan was f u l l y natured, The few Genevese who had come over as pioneers, regarded the undertaking with no agreeable feelings, and sooa became discontented. Ih@ South of Ireland, at the period of

wUeh we speak, was f a r afferent fro= e i t h e ~Switzlexland o r the s u m South of Prance5 and the s i l ve r Sax , although s o beautiful t o the gaee of the btlrgcmasters and c i t i e ea s of Waterford and Clonmel, was 8 different streab from the bright blue lake wfiich watered the homes of thefr fatherland, Some few emigz others returned home; oae or two of them removed t o Wateyf ord; and a f t e r a short period the Gavernment turned their f a c to r i e s in to barracks which are still knowx by the name of Hew Geneva9 and hwhich during the war, atrong reinPomements wefe continually kept up and shipped in transports t o the Peaiasula, They are now a ruin.

The f a t e of one of the chief leaders of these Genevese s e t t l e r s was a melancholy one, His name was Mons%ew Clavfere; he was a xian of -depend and great comerc i a l ab f l i t y , but i n p o l i t i c a l matters a d i sc ip le of Rousseau. H i s house, whfch was aftex-wards, the abode o f the French min%sterFranquefort, i s still standing i n Colbeck Street; it fs now the residence of the registrar ~f the diocese, Jams Zorea5o Hickie, Esq., t o whom I t t came through later-marrstage wfth one of the Briscoe family. On the f a l l Q% the Bourbons Clavierets republican t a s t e s a d

faac ies inc i t ed him t o resove t o Paris , where he soon a f t e r became Minister o f Pinanee zxnder the Jacobins: but his elevation was short-lived, and Clavfere was one 09 the e a r l i e s t victims o f the gui l lo t ine ,

The members o f the French congregationp although recru i ted by these few accessfons, were aow gradually dwindling away; but still the aervices were conducted

w i t h a l l deeorurer, and the fla~kwere f e d by t h e i r good

old pastor. In 1762 Augustus Pt9roree died, and Peter qtsefort took upaa ni the oharge, wUc8

f o r 97 years. Ele dfed 9n December 1819, -4 fed i n the French Church, b e d d e t

S uncle, the Rev. Jos i anquef or%, a d om he had baptised, and

a proof of s death few o

breathe the s o l e m -awn in the s f leat choi as even then b ming a ruin,) as his de

dewon F l e w X over lsis re&ns the b

o nortl ta v i o t o l r e ? Ou eat, o sprpulcretllon? Gractes a D qui nous a dome ze par nostre Ss% r Jesus C h r i s t % t's mfnisk d at the be

ached t o Pta ve close, Be lived t o bear of the dreadful the fprenc n, aad the igantfc de Hapoleon; ere he dfed, the f i e l d 0%

been won, lw humbled t o %h@ dust, In 1803 of the descendiants of tb refugees returned t s

d latd claim to pate estates of wUch been dispossed, elder branch of the Frw-

@fort family was settled fa La Roch crossed over to a t e r S C O U S ~ ~ ,Colonel P

landed, however, ere be hollow truce bet een this comtxi@awaa

t o s speedy temixbation$ snd I t was not tfll sed that he as ~ e l e a s e d , t h r o u

of Ma relat ive. Be was passed QWE

$p England, but hardly had he s e t h i s f o o t on London bridge ere he was again l a i d hold of , a t this time accused of being a French spy; nor could l i l l im P i t t ' s emissaries be persuaded tha t such was not the f a c t , u n t i l S i r J o b Newport, the member f o r the c f t y of Waterford, enlightened them by the information that

t h e i r valuable pr ize was a simple French minister, who was entrusted with the care of a l i t t l e f lock within the walls of the o l d c i t y which S i r John himself so sffic;kently represented, Great was the re jo ic ing on h i s return; the joy b e l l s of t h e French tower: rang out cheeri ly; a d oae mercurial f r i end of his i s described as having danced a pirouet te round him.

M a n y amusing s t o r i e s a re t o l d by some o f the old inhab%taalS respecting Claude Souberment , (or, as they termed h i m , %Jobay ~rumo")who acted f o r many years a s c l e rk t o M r . F ranquefor t~pleasing ones, also, respect-ing Le Orediere. Souberment, as the v i o l i n i s t of the c i ty , was the sfne qua non at every soc ia l reunion. Mr. Franquefort, that 9s the Rev. Pe ter Augustus Franquefort, ( for we must draw a d i s t inc t ion between Peter Aagustus and h i s cousin Pe ter ~ames)is described as a man of grea t single-mindedness, benevolence, and piety , a learned scholar, and y e t as sirople a s a child. So conscfeatiaus vas he Pn the disoharge of his duty, t h a t when the roof of the French Church f e l l i n , some shor t time before h i s death, and no ves t ry cess could be raided fox its res torat ion, he has been known t o a t tend on the wettest days i n winter, and perform the r i t u a l t o h i s c o d r e r @ s , Claude S~uberrrrent, and Jean Legrediere, t he l a t t e r some time protect ing h i s venerable head with a capacLous umbrella. The services were f o r a short time a f t e r performed i n the vestry; but a t l a s t , u n t i l

BBr. FranquePortts death, a morning service was conducted a t St . Olave's Church; i t was then but thinly attended. The clerk who succeeded Soubexment a t that period, a ;poung and S t garcon and a protege of l&. Prartqusfort's, 2s s t f l l livlag, gowing t o be an old man Sll appearace now; but as vivacious and frolfcksome as ever. He s t i l l attends St. Olavets Church, and, as a worshipper, reads f rom MSFrench prayer-book, wMle those around h a pray in the vulgar tongue. H e f s the sole i a n g membef o f the flock; and should any reader a t any Ifme vlsit Gaterford, and desire an hourfs entertainment, Charxfe Taylor w i l l while away the time most pleas vith pleasing anecdotes and funny s to r ies , respecting Louis Perrin, Monsieur Ponsaeznx, Jean Petipres, Jean Roquet , John Prank, Mademoiselle Latour, Doctor Tournere, Francois Adderle, and Nonsiew Martel; but most gladly w i l l his tongue wag as he dfeoourses of the two great heads of the French descendants, the Rev, Peter Augustus Franquef o r t ,aad the venerable &c hdeacon George Lewf s Fleurg~, ap, as ha i s st i l l called, %he good o ld hch-deacona, and pleasurabu also 09 one who Bas but l a t e l y passed away from the honourable post o f Clerk of the Peaee of the crounty, which he f o r more thaa half a cenztwy

s o ably ff l led. There l ived not within the c%ty a man of more sinple piety, single-heartedness, and honest worth$ there dfed not one who was more respected and

regretted by men o f every class and creed; and there was not a f f t t e r specimen of the character o f %h descendants of t he refugees than Baztholame of Waterloo. His name yet l i v e s in the parson a9 MS worthy son and stuxdy grandsons, and t h e i r proudest boast i s tbt Euguenot blood flows through t h e i r ve%ns,

he intimacy between the Fleurys and Fraaqueforts

"Bmiuetea vous d i l i g e m e n t l e s Zscri tmes, e l l e s vous aurez la vie eternelle".

Jesn, v., 99, During the nistz;- of t he Rev. Pe t e r iiugustus Frmique-T o r t , he was f r ~ 2 u e n t l yassisted by the venerable-

Archdeacon P l e u r ~ , Both eonrmeln~edth e i ~m;infstrations i n Waterford, a t nearly the same period, and f o r more than half a century "they l fved and loved togetheru.

The Fleurys were not amongst the first s e t t l e r s here, and seem t o have aceompmied Bishop Chenevix, In 1683, the Bev. Louis Fleury,. t h $ather his fife, and with U s l i t t l e family, oonsist ing of one son and t w o daughters, f l e d f rom h i s pastordL charge at Tours, and arrived safe ly 9n Eaghnd, where he obtained l e t t e r s of deniaatf on, on the 27th 02 AprP1, 1687, and was srhorUy a f t e r appointed cbaplain t o a f t e r whfch he was pastor of Leyden,

Ph i l ip h u r e t F l e u v , who was but twelve years of age when his f a t h e r f l e d , paduated at Leyden, and was ~ r d a i n e d@ t o preach the Gospel t o the Preach Ssi IrelandH. H i s l e t t e r s de bene decessft are dated May

5, 1697, and slgned by the ordinary, Joha ,D.D. He rendered s ignal services t o the crown of' England,

t o b e Fleury, was a l s o educated a t Leydan, and on the 4th September, 1728, was ordained there. he came thence t o London, and subsequently had charge

French congregation, in the crypt under St. Patr ick 's , In 1761 he sucoesded the Rev, Hem7 Gemaise, as one o f theV3Lears Choral of Lisnore, Hfsagife w a s of the noble 3e Rochebmne family; she is buried fn t he French Church a t W a t e r f ~ r d ~U s son G e o ~ g eLouis, the Archdeaoon, appears ' to have hem ordaZned by his f a the r ' s friend, the good Bishop Chenevh, The Arch-deacon has l e f t many worthy scaions of t h e good old

stock, His daf~ghterwas narfied 50 the Rev. R. Byland, aterford, (author of the History of ~ a t a r f o r d , ) and

has a numerous faail$$ three of his sons entered t h

the m i d s t r y ~two of his grandsons a re already ordained, '

and a th i rd cal led t o t he bar,

One of the Waterford Buguenot descendants, Louis ?errin, is a Judge of one of her Majesty's cou~rts; the assistant-barrist er of the count$ i s a Bessoaet , the stipendiary magfstrate here i s a Tabfteaq the Late c le rk o f the peace a Delandre8 the governor o f the c i t y prSson is one o f the Latrobes; the Last offf~er of the constabulary was a Dubourdieu, In ohurch and s t a t e the refugee descendants are honowsd and respected; and gaterford has been no l o s e r by the tqying ci~cumstances which &ove them fr6m t he i r native land,

The mined church where once they worshipped 2s well deserving of more thaa a passing Bisit. The present Dean of aterford, the Rev. Edward W. Haare, has exerted himself t h laudable zea l t o preserpe it from desecration. The descendants of the old veteran Sautelle are res t ing there, s ide by s i d e Hugh Pwrcell, who fought with Fitn; aenrgr, and Sir Heale O'EQede, who l o s t his Life i n f i g h t i a g for James ll,, a t the Boyne. And t h e i r ashes should r e s t in peace.

Its tombs md history would deserve a special notice, a d would sems as s o many l i a s i n the eventful history o f our country.

The thoughts v h i ~ hbsens lb ly s t e a l over the mind as one stands alone in the solemn s t i l l n e s s 09 the old grave-yard, must be serious and impressfve, Beneath your f e e t nzfngle the dust of the old Harm Kaight who crossed the sea with Strongbow, FitzGerald, and Morton and sf the old friars who sung out the m a t 5 . n ~ ~o r chauntecl the dirge quiet seclusion; mound you a r e the

memorials of the o l d c i t i zens who won from the seventh Henry t h e l r character f o r loyal f i d e l i t y , and the escut~heona% one of me &&blestof the sons of U1ster, who held not h i s life-blood dear f o r the cause of the f C i t U e s s S t w t s ; beyond are the humble gran-stones of the Fxenah Huguenots, and the simple record of the departu~eor" one who ministered to them Prom the Book of Life3 and side by side repose the m s ~ t a lremains of thc; sherZff S who obtained t h e i r chartered rTghts renewed from the R o y a l Charles, and the ChSef Mag%strate who so boldly withstood the P u r i t a Prstector, Wf%hin

i ts sacred precincts all worshipped God, Each ia U s owxi day a d generation held ffmnly bx the f a i t h he deemed most true, which i n the suaceedfng generation questioned as e i the r heresy, idolatry, fanaticism, o r schism; but all have surrendered t h e i r spirits to EIim who gave them being, and a r e la9a 5x1 that common sepulchre "where the wicked cease from troubling and the wea* ape at r e s tm .

Soon &&er the Hormss conquest the Bishops of a te r ford set the eyes sf t h e i r a f fec t ions upon the

r i o h lands of the See of Lismora.

When H l e r PiteHenry was Lord J u s t f c s o f Ireland, his smsn DAVID who was cansecrated Bishop of Waterford A o D o 1204 usurped the possessions of the See of Lfswore, The Pope appointed delegates t a s e t t l e the dispute. The a r b i t r a t o r s were t h e Bishop o f ELllaloe,

Bishop of Cork, and the Archdeacon 09 Cashel, The whole account of t h i s contest i s t o be found i n the Ep i s t l e s of Pope Innocent ill., ( ~ d i t l oBosquetg Edit Balue, Tom. 2, page 659). In the year 1209 OtPelen, -

"the Dinas*," or PrSnce of the Besfes, slew t h f s D a v N , I n the A1519aJ.s 02 Xmisfa l len t h i s i s the record - The E n g l i s h Bishop slain;;", The name of the opposing Bfshop of Lismore is not preserved, He was, no doubt an 1rfshm.n QP the Desii.

Rsbert was the successor. of David, by the Archbishop of Cashel, 9n 12l0, the property of Lismore , and held 9t by BSshop of Llsmore protested against his but the Brohblshop declared he Bad only

H e was oonsecnratad He forc ib ly seised force, 'Phe conseesation, consecrated

him t o be Bishop of Waterford, Delegates were again

appofnted bg the Pope t o s e t t l e the dispute. These .

were the BSshop of Nomich and the Bishop of Clonfert, They c i t ed Bobert of Waterford t o appear, Ha obJected t o the c i t a t f o a as uncanonical; first because onlgr twenty-seven days were given f o r the return; second, because the Bdshop of Cloafert had t ransferred hfs trust t o another, Both objections were overruled, Be then made appeal t o

the ApoBtolic See, T h i s appeal was disallowed, The

Bishop o f Lksrnore pradsced hi8 a t n e s s e s . fhe Bishop o f Waterford w a s con%umacious, a d would give no answer omr agpearaazoe either by Urnself o r his proxy. He was condemned t o pay one hundred and s i x t y marks, and

all the costs ,

Robert, of a t e r f ord, was no way dismayed, He pPivat ely employed Bobert FiteChrSstopber, his Seneschal, and some others of his family, t o seiae the Bishop of ZSsmore. Entering "the h o l i s c i t f e of Lismore", they found the Bfshop at Dfvine service, arid besieged him 3.n

the Cathedral, As he canoe out thaae miscreants f e l l upon hfm, tore off his Episcopal. robes, plundered the Cathedral, and ca r r i ed the Bishop off a pr isoner t o Castle o f Dungasvan, Here he was placed 3.n from in a dungeon, The delegates, heaxing of the outrage, came t o Cashel, and there - with the hchbfshog of Cashel present - in the great Church, with l igh ted candles excomrm~nicated"the authors a d conssntersm t o this

M q u P t y . The Bfshop of Watsrf ord f efgned ignorance of the t ransact ion, and was an assentiag party t o the excomWcal ion , Seven weeks after the Bishop of

Lisrnore escaped from D u n g a ~ ~ a nCastle, Be was worn t o a skeleton 't>$ his suffering and privation, %!he delegates

then, discovering tha t the Bishop of Waterford was the fnuitor of the wrong, c i t e d h i r n t o make s a t i s f a c t i o n t o MS brother of Lfsmore. Be t o o k n a t t e r s with a

high hand, threatened them with the vengesace of t h e King of England, and departed from the court . Exkdenoe

was then gone into on behalf of the Bishop of Lisnnore, 'Phis was forntally transmitted t o Raterford f o r the Bis -hop's answer, L i t t l e cared Bober for e i ther cftations o r consSstox%als, He r e i t e r a t e d h i s th rea t s , loaded

the delegates with reproaehes, and h i d another ambuah t o seizie the Bishop of Lisnore, The i a s t r u e n t he used was one of his clergy named Thomas, - He attacked t h e Bishop of Lismore i n the church-yard of Limerick, drew a sword upon him, and attempted h i s l i f e . The delegates publicly anethami t i~ed t h e assassin, and s t r i c t l y prohibited t h e Biahop of Waterford f r o m holding any cornmupication w i t h him, But Robert, of Waterford, was not so eas i lg daunted. He showered maay favours on "Thomas, his clerk," rooeived h i m a t his own table , and t o a l l the ordinances, Witnesses having proved these f a c t s t o the Papal delegates, they excommunicated t h e Bishop of Waterford by "bell , book, and candlem. 2hey enjoined the Arohbishog of Cashel t o proclaim the exoommunication through h i s en t i r e province, They in te rd ic ted Robert from a l l s p i r i t u a l cure, a d the Metropolitan was fu r the r oommanded t o induct the Bishop o f Lismore in to the ac tua l possession of theat Bishopric, The clergy of Waterford were, in the most solemn way, ordered t o render t h e i r bishop no obedience, aad t o take t h e i r orders from the Brcb bishop of Cashel, The clergy of Waterford, however, stood by t h e i r sturdy bishop, They were a l l put under the ban of excommunication by the Archbishop. The sentence was oonfirmed by the Pope, and l e t t e r s o f confirmation were received f r o m Rome oommandiag tha t the Biahop o f Waterford should proceed, o r be aent t o the presence of the Supreme Pont i f f , He appears, however, t o have made f r iends f o r -elf at the Vatloan

I n the y e w of our Lord 1218, Robert, of Bedford, was elected Bishop of Lismore, and Robert, of Waterford again l a i d olaim t o the See of Lismore, The Canons of Lismore met on the death of t h e i r bishop, on the

12th December, 1218, and elected Robert, of Bedford, t o be bishop. T h i s was done without a l loanse from the King. The Chapter then sent two of t h e i r body - Macrobius & David t o procure the Royal assent , The gingas c auncil declared the eleotion void. The two prootors immediately withdrew the first elect ion, but produced an instrument with f u l l powers from the Chapter of Lismore, enabling them t o elecrt a f t e r the Klngas l ioense was granted. T h i s was aocordingly issued. - Robert, of Bedfordl was re-elected Bishop o f Lismore, and a w r i t was issued t o r e s to re him t o the temporali t ies, (The w r i t may be found i n t he patent r o l l s of Henry the 3rd, par t 1, memb. 6 ) . He was consetrrated i n London, Robert of Waterford, on hearfng o f this sent a pe t i t i on t o t h e Klng cla-g the Dlshlrgrlc o f Lismore. He accused the Canone of Lismore of fraud, and exhibited l e t t e r s from djohn Cardinal P r i e s t o f St. Stephen In Monte Coelio the Pope's legate, ordering a union of the Seee, He fur ther ahewed tha t a union o f the Sees would serve the English in te res t . King H e w n u l l i f i e d the election of Robert, of Bedford, and e new w r i t was issued (it is t o be fouad in the close r o l l s of Henry 111, S memb 8 Intus,) t o give possession t o the %shop of Waterford af a l l t h a t belonged t o the Chumh ok Usmore. Robert, of Bedford appealed from the Kingas deoision t o the Pope. He referred the question t o hi8 legate , Pandulph de Masca, (Bishop eleut a€ iloruioh,) Stephen M g t o n , Arcrhbiahop of Canterbury, and Benedict, Bishop of Rochester. The case was long In trial,

but it waa decided, A.D. 1221, by a de f in i t e sentence against the Bishop of Waterford,. Z t was resolved

t ha t the W o n was void, and the e lec t ion and confirot

ation of Robert de Bedford for 3;fsmore was held valid. A fresh wr2t was then issued by the K i n g (close rolls 5, Henry 3rd, memb 12), and the temporalfties were taken from Bobert of Vaterford, and pestorecl t o Robert of Bedford, now Bishop of Lismore. 91he author of the annals of the Priory of Dunstable, adds: - nthe Bishop o f Waterford was condemned i n three hundred marks t o the Beshop of Msmore for the s t p ~ ~ f & t sand all costsf3, In the following year b

H a l f a century went by, &a- a great conk arose between the bishops. Stephen, of Fulbupn, was Bfshop of VdaterPord, He was a m a n o f great abil&ty, and was b p & JustPce of Xreland, Richad Cox was Bishop o f Lismore, The quarrel was about church Lands claimed by b ~ t hparties. It was not f inal ly settled untfl. 1288,

In 1350 Rober Crsdock as advanced to t

Waterford. A violent dispute arose between t h e p r e l t s a d RaLph Kelly, the Arohbishop of CasBeP. Lrr the

manuscript annals, i n the Cotton Libsa~y, it is stated

that: - wf)a Thursday, af ter St, Fran@iss day, a l i t t l e before mfdnight, the -4rchbishop entered privately in to the churcb~ardof the Blessed I l rMty , at Waterford,

by the little door of St, CaGherine, Be came w i t h a ntzmerous t m o p of armed men, and made an assault

on the Bishop at his lodgings, a d grievously wounded

him an& m others who were fn his cornpazq, and robbed h i m of his goodsn, Ptll t h i s was dme by the advice

of Walter Reeve, who pretended to be Dean of Waterford, and of W i l l i a e z Lendale, or of that o i t y .

Roger Cradock soon after p e t i t i o n e d the Pops that

the Sees of Waterford and Lismore should be united.

Be was t rans la ted t o Llandaff, i n 1362, and in 1363 the two dioceses were c o ~ s o l i d a t e dby a r e a l uafoa by Pope

Urban the 5th, which -on was confirmed by King Edwwd the 3rd, on the 7 th o f October t h a t same y e a , The

Bishop 09 Lfsnore Thomas Le Beve, became Bishop of %aterford and Lismore, 2he union of these dfoceses was long intended, In the records, A.D. 1225, a Royal mandate was issued f o r t h e un;lon, "yet s o t h a t the Episcopal See should continue a t Waterford". A l e t t a r f r o m the King t o the Pope, dated t w o years after, is a l s o extant, The union was decided upon i n Rome by Pope John the 22nd, i n the 21th year of h i s Pont i f icate ,

and i n t h e re ign of King Edwasd the 2nd, decreed in the words following:- "That upon the cession o r death of e i t h e r of the pre la tes then s i t t i n g , the Episco digni ty 09 these Churches should be unfted i n one, and t h a t the surviving bishop should be ca l l ed bishop o f both seesn,

(The above sketch has been compiled from m?,cotton,

the Annals of I m i s f a l l e n , t h e patent r o l l s and the l e t t e r s o f Pope ~nnoeent ) ,

fn the early part of the th i r teenth century two Archbishops o f the same name ruled over the province of CaUie1. These were - Donat O*Mnargan the Second, and Donat O'Lonargan the Th i rd , both held remarkable synods i n Cahhel, The f orrner l i k e his predecessor, was a Cistercf an monk. During h i s occupation of the

See, gzeat privileges were granted to Vashel o f the Kings", and f o r t h e i r promulgation a synod o f the clergy was doubtless held i n t ha t c i ty , A.3. 1211, or A.D. 2212. 'Phis pre la te was consecrated i n 1206. Four years a f t e r Pope Innocent 111. granted him the p d l , and fozwarded a Bull confirming a l l the possessPons and s p i r i t u a l grive1eges o f Cashel. Ia the year 1635 Bosquetus published t h i s Bull amongs t the Xetters of Pope Innocent - (Epist. bnocent 3. Lib 13, Epist. 48).

The first enactment as that the following cathedrals should be f o r ever subject t o the metropolicital ru le of Cashel, v i a . , Linerick, Killaloe, Fennabore, Waterfozd, Ardmore, Lfsmore, Cloyne, Cork, Ross, Azdfert, and E*.

The seoond direct ion was tha t the $ should be orn at ChrPstmas, St. Staphens* d w , Cfreumcfsion,

E&Lhaay, Ei$papanti, Dominica de Gaudet e, Dominica &$etare Jerusalem, Palm Sunday, Caena Doan%, Easter Secunda Feria post Bascham, Ascension, Benteoost, the three f e s t i v a l s o f the Virgin, St. J o h n BaptBsC! S day. dll Saints, and the solemnities of the Apostles. It was a l so t o be worn at the dedication of churches, conseoration of bishops, ordination 09 clergy, a t the

pr incipal f e s t i va l s of t he cathedral of Cashel, and on

amiversary of the Archbishopr S own consecration,

The t h i rd decree was t ha t when the Archbishop o r any of his suffragans should die, the pastoral staff a d

5the r ing should remainhthe the church, under a f a i t h f u l guardian, u n t i l the appointment of h i s successor.

The f o u r t h gave directions t ha t the churchyard of Cashel and the Wneflces of the See should not be

possessed by hereditary r ight , If any lqy person should attempt any such usurpation, the severest ecclesiastlLca3. censure should be pronounced against the offender. These were agreed t o and confirmed,

Three years a f t e r t h i s Synod, OrLsnorgaa was invi ted by the Pope t o assist a t the Council of Laterarm, held %n Rome, B.D. 1215. H e died i n the frnperial c i t y i n &hat year, or on U s way back to Cashel, at the monastery of Cisteaux, i n B u r g u n d y .

m e following epitaph was engraved on the Gospel s ide of the great altar:-

Wic duo Robertf Lingoaensis, Cabflsnis, Pantlfices e t Petrus Portuensis, Ric es t Dsnatus Cassellensis, Soc-

i a t u s Praesul honoratus, aostrique comes

Translated thus :-WHere the two Robefis of Lsagres and Chaloas, Both Bfshops, a d Peter of Partau l i e . Here Doaat of Cashell, t ha t worshipful prelate,

mo* of our order is placed close bys. Doaat or Donchad O%onsrgan IPl., who succeeded

in 1216, was a man of no ordiaary energy. Under MS auspices Cashel was rebui l t , H e obtained a graat t h a t t he royal c i t y should become incorporated with special franchbses, Everg dweller i n the c i t y who was a tenant

of the see, became enfranchised by Bu~gage-right A chief rent o f twelve pence was reserved out o f each

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holding for the Archbishop and his successors, The close r o l l o f Henry the Third (clause 6# mem. 5). gives evldence of a most a rb i t r a ry proceeding of this &rchbfsho

as against the King, For some cause o r offence he in terd ic ted every tenant o f the King's within U s

jurisdfotion. The Pope (Honorious the ibird), was then appealed to , On the 19th af ,1222, the pantif% issued a dseree t h a t the Znterdict f i f t e e n days. Donat refused t o ob ever granted t o Peter blveisin, (who wa then Bishop of

i t h Simon Rocbfort, Bishap of Comelius, the Bfshop of Kildare, to proceed t o Cash91 and f r e e t h e d%ooese from t h e exconrmunication. Donat was so grieved a t heart that he abdfcated and no longer ruled in Cashel. The chief e c c l e s i a s t i ~ a l .gathefing at Casbel during h i s time was caused by th,e feuds of the bishops of Illaterford and I;ltsmore. A fee l ing of hostility

between those t w o sees had existed f o r centuries. Waterford was the bishopr2c of the fosefgner, the ather the sea t of the native prelate, Robe&, Bishop o f Waterford, was consecrated by Donat of Cashel* A A . 3.210,

and imnedfately selzed several of the richest possessiaas of Lismore. The Blshop of Limore protested* Delegates were appointed t o t r y and determine between the par t ies , These were the Bisbop of Norwich, the Bishag of Clonfert, and the Bishop of Eaaebdune @nnadown). Robert of

Waterford, was contumauious. He was ci ted, but objscted to the ~ i t a t f o nas ucanozxbal. Witnesses were then examinedt and judgment delivered, that t h e Bishop of Waterford should res to re the lands, and pay a f ine of 160 marks, F u l l of rage he inc i t ed Robert Pit%CBrisd-opher, his silneschal, who f e l l upon the Blshop of Lismore in U s cathedral, dragged o f f h i s robes, robbed Bis chwcch, and car r ied off the bishop t o D U n g a r f a n , where he was b ~ w d

with irons, and cast i n to the dungeon af the cas t l e , The delegates proceeded t o Cashel. A solemn gathering was convened by the archbishop. with lighted candles the perpetrators o f t h i s a t soc i ty were excommicatsd, Seven weeks bowever, elapsed before the Bishop of Usmore esoaped. Tbe Bfshog 09 Waterford was c i t ed again, but he threatened them with the ssngeame of the Ung 0% Eagland, and was most conttmacf ous, A

seeend a t t e n r p t was made by his creatures sa t h e 1Lfe of the Bishop of Lisrnom. Ihe h c h b f ~ ~ h a pof Coshel thbn brougbt the delegates again t o Cashel, and RoberY(;, of Watezd?ord, was excommunicated by Abell, boo%, and candlem, me Pope's authoritp confirmed the decree. The excomun3,catfon was proclafmd throughout %h@ prav?lnce, The c l e r g and people of Waterford, mder pafn of anathema, were Inhibi ted from obeying the bishop, They were fu r the r commanded t o show all reverence to the Metropolitan, The c l e r e of Wate~goscd, however, stood by their sturs$ bishop, They were, t o a

m a n , exoommaicated - the Pope commasdiag the delegates t o put the sentence i n execution. fbiple reparation

was t o be made t he Bishog of Lialeore, Ths clergy of Waterford were then deprived sf t h e i r benefices, R o b e r t , the* bLshop, was ordered t o proceed t o Rome, with a full account of the proesediag8, In the decretal epistles of Pope Innocent the ?bird the whoPe proceedings a r e t o be found (tome 2 page 659 E d i t .

~ a l u z ) . Tboughout the en t i re proceeding t h e &eh-bishop of Cashel appears t o k ~ v ebehaved himself with great d igp i ty and rnoderatiorz. Tbe whole pravince seems t o have been in a gzbv~usstate of d%sordsr, L a w and order were completely set aside, and the rule of night seemed pramount -

RHe was t o take who had the power, H e was t o keep who c a n ,

These atate of things c antinued to ex i s t until Robert of Waterford d ied of a broken heart, and Do=% of Casbel abdicated his seat in the City of the Rings,

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T H E A W B n L S OF S . O L R P ' S C H U R C H A,D. 855 t o

The Church o f St AdLaf , of St, OPaf, is of very ancient f ouadatioa, It was origirnal1;y erected by the Danes, who s e t t l e d on the banks of the Suir, and bu%ltthe c i ty of Vaderford, now cdlled Watexford,

A,D, 853, TWee Danish Chieftains left their shores ancl sailed w i t h a powerful fleet to Xrtland, These warri 04s weze brothers , and named respectieeu, AI&&, or Amlav, S i t r i c and Zvor, After overnumiag the seaboard they formed settlemeats on the coast. Aul& bu i l t Dublin; Ivor Litmerick, and $At r ia Waterford, These Dmes were converts t o Christianity, and A.q. 868, S i t r i e , having completed the walls of the c i t y erected a church, which he dedicated t o h i s ancestor, S t , Aulaf, or O l a f , l h i s Aulaf' was King of the f sls of , a d was martyred f o r his adherence t o the

Christian fa i th . It i s therefore maze than 1,000 y e w s s&nce t h e site of St, Olafes Ghwch was set ap

fox ml ig ious servic a,

A.D, 1172, When the ~ormaasgot p o s s e s s i o n of the cm,St . O l a f t s was re-built; Uag Joha1s Palace was erected o l o s e b e s i d e this church. The ed i f i ce 3.n which he resided while La Waterford stood on %Be ground now occupied by the Clergy WZdowsq Apartments. It i s an o l d trmadrition that John and his knights attend-

ed s e a i c e in this Church as frequently as i m Christt

A.D. 1604. - A t the time of the Reformation the wnall Parish o f St, Olaf's was added t o the Deaner?p of Waterford. The first Recot2 o f the union was Richard Boy1e, M.A. Archdeacon o f Limerick, and a£ler-w w d s Bjiahap of Cork, GP~yne,and Ross, 1638 he became Ar~hbishopof Tuam, While the Rev, Rfohard Boyle was Rector 09 Tr ia i ty , St. Echael, and S t .

aterford, he w a s also Wcrrden for the College of Yough&, H i s presentation is dated Bday a d , 1604, and the pateat i s enro1led-c Rot. Pat. 2, Jac, 1, Be was alsa Reoeor of Kil S t RLchalas, near Waterford,

LLD. 1615, - The R o y a l Commissioners of King Jams the First visjited Waterford tBis year, W ~ e y reported *That the Cathedral body consilted of four dign.itaries, four prebendaries, four chaplains, a d a;ri organist and beadle, These t w e l v e c l e r p e n served by turns the eight ehurches o f the cfty - vPz,, the Catheclral, St. Olafvs, St. Paleris, Str Patrick's, St. Stephents, S t . Y o h v s , S t . Michael*~,and the Church of the H o w Gh~st.~,

The names of t h e Chapter were - Richard Boyle, Dean; Y o b Ismcaster, Psscec eator! Bobert Caoke, Chancellor# and Thorns Quoan, Treasurer,

During Ihe t soubl~ustimes that followed St, Olafss Church f e l l into decay, and it was a complete p~h9n 1708, when Dr, Thornas l l e s beewe the M s b p

of Wate~fordand Lisrnore 0x1 the deeease of Bishop F&&-haneal Poy. Bishop Milles, ssa of the Rev, Joseph

l l a s , Vicar of Chipglsg cornbe, i n BtacW was a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, He was then

fellow and tutor of ChPist Chuch, and afterwards

V i m Princgpal of St. Bdmo318ps &l1 %nthe same

Urmiverslty. In 1704 he was appePnted Regfus Professor 09 the Greek language at W o r d . Having come t o kreland in 1707 as first chsplakn t o the Lord Lieutenant, Ihonas H e ~ b e ~ t ,Earl of Peabroke, he was soon afterwards promoted t o the See of Waterford and Lisrnore,

l l e s was not only a prelate of r ipe erudition, but also of great energy and seal. The decayed omdttion of m a n y of the chumhes of his diocese afforded him unfeigned regret, Es unceasing in U s exertions to restore &ad rebui ld them during t he thirty-two years he occu@!.ed tk see. His persosal l i b e r a l i t y ia this good work generous, and Bishop Gore's bequest was now aval-able f o r restoring Churches,

Towazds the close of his l fPe ha detemined t o rebuild and endow the aac%entChurch of S t . 01zP@~ which was then in ruins, Uthsugh this was at first olqxmxl by the Dean, Hngh Bolton, yet t h e RLshop ac~ornplishedM s object , and arectsd t p~esentbuildir ; a t his own expense, It %S evidently a f t e r the plan of one of the College Chapels of OHPwd, and mos% probably the fascirnile of the College Chap the bishop himself worshipped when he was resident in %he Uatversity,

D e a n Bolton, thongh he was at first opposed to

the erection of the Church, afterwards moper rated

most hea r t i l y wrfth the Bishop, and a d e d effeotual ly i n its cornpletlon.

The new church was formally opened and con-secrated on the 29th day o f June 1734.

Engraved upon a brass p la te l e t i n t o the wall

is the followtng inscriptiosu-nThat the fahabitants of the City of Waterford mlght have a con-venient and decent place t o offer up thelr Morniag and EveningDevotions t o God, this Church was re-buil t and consecrated on the 29th 'of June i n the year 1734, by ~ h o m a sd i e s , S.T.P. Bishop o f Waterford and Llsmore",

Ihe f o l l o w b g i n s c r i p t i o n is over the pediment of the prf ncipal entrance:-

Templun boc Sto Olaw Regi ac tyr i .

dicaturn reaetif icavit A.D. mdcc k . Thornas Ulles, S*T,P, Episcspus WaterfsrcU

quf etiam curavft ut Ecclesiae S t i P a t r i o i i Waterford, Drumannon, JUloteraa, Rathrones,

Armdfinane, and U ~ s a l e b e g ref ic erentur.

Doctor S d t h fa his History o f Waterford, written shortly after the m-building of the church gives the f o l l o w i n g description of it.:-

'"The building fs quite plain on the outside ex-cept a Bandsome door case ovelr whioh fs a pediment. Fhe inside is very neat, the floor being paved with black and white marble$ C h a t of the chancel is hmdsomeQ 3 d a i d with wood %nseveral geometricalfigures. The altar-piece consists of four fluted pillars of the COPS-nthfanorders two on each s i d e o f the east window; over which i s a handsome carved frieee and cornice, The bishop's throne aad pulpit a r e of oak, and the carving of both well executedn,

The ccmmnf on table fs surmounted with a massive stone s l a b of black gi&enn;g marble. It bears the follovl3ng Onscriptf on:-

A L T ~STI, 0 ~ 1 3WATEWORD. A n 0 Da, 1753.

Beneath which is engraved the monogram

The seata are so &sposed as that the whole congragalfon can oz&y face t east, 2he women sit on the right a d the me ~a the reft h a d the aisle. At the nest end is a beautiful font of b h o k mable, which is augparted bjr a f luted p 5 J . l ~ 09 the same, The cover is of w M t e ~parble, on

e top of which a bla~kpedestal supports a b a l l white mble, over whfch is a brass arass, %be

seats of the wfndo s are of black mpble as areCi&m the sttags leading u$ t o the chancel , Ths church waa lit by thee large cbandaSiers

of brass, each having twaZve L i g h t s , and sumounted by a &tree The followiag iasgrfptforzs are t o be read on %haat-

mous mI,EEs* S.T.P+ BpSscopus Wateriord%ens%a e t Lisaorensfs

B ~ l ~ s i a mSt, Olav9, aterfosd, Pensili boa Iqchxluoho e t donbus al%isdonavit,

AeD. 1753r

BesidFjs w h h b a dfbfferenf vexse of scfipttule is bscr ibed-on each. On the first the legend suns -

On the second as follows:-*l&moascedeas lu~ernm,Pouit earn sub modio sed super caadelabrxim ut Suceat oIIIIlibns quiia dams auntw.

Chn the third-,

The Bishop alga preaen* d valuable ~ommioa '

plate, wM@hhas been done away with, The peal of bells which re used both Str

Olaf" and the CatPrgdraX, were a t the same perfad, reeast by order of tba Bishop and be= the followiaginscriptions:-

of @aterford and Lismwe out 02 eft by Bob. d b o a , A. R@. Hallekuf ah.

On the fifth bell, UGompPeted by the care

of Ald John Poor, B s q ~ .Pat Call.

On the third bell,

On the seeand b

The eadomenfr o f the Chumh was not negleated,66. 13, 4d. was invested h the Cowox-a lecturer and reader. 8 was 912@g11;5rhe B@fomad Corporatfon after the d

4% the Rev, Dr. PrIee) but rtesvered from the Begreseat-a t fw Body, oa the d%seatabllshment af the Church.

&er 0% the Csrpo~ation r School was ppointed the lecturer, but edded the clergpan, %he bi

appaUtm@at. BSsh lles mtfl his health failad was him-

self a m daib attendant in the church, and dai ly sePv3lcet'was pamrfomed here regularv for more thaa a ce l f tuqr

&D, 2777, when good Bfshop Chsnev3.z was persuadedo l d Calhedx 09 E8%8frfordLS t ,

s Cathedral for the increasing\ izccoremodation the Bishop expended a csnsSderable sum*

A m D o 18P8, the W%% 3.y side galleriobtruded into %hetbody af the church, when the Cathedral was burnt duxin8 the Epdscopate of Biahog Bourka.

ao at each clsrfcal meeting held by the Bishopof Caahal, gor nearly a quarter of twFhis olergyhavs net at stoted ervals %Q pr prafss, and haas the word of 15 a d l f g a nrl dfvided* b$ some one o f their brethren.

ag are the names of e Deans &4 Water-ssn Rectors of St. O l s ; P t s

hese became PrfmaP; hbishop of Tuam,

been made Bishopsr-1 6 0 4 ~Ri~hantdBoyle, ,A, brother of of Waterfasd %ad Lismo entffd OB !ifay 2, @ot. P he f a ealled RRiichsrd B a% the same t h e Wa~cts of Pougbalg but the Regal " S i x Riehard Boyle has

1620 he Ross, ;En 1638 he bec

1621,- h t h o r tb , D.D. a% Fel low and afterwards rovsst of 2, swoeeded by patent dated X8, Ibid), He was, at differeat t b e s a Prebendary of uan hchdeacon of Dublin, and Treasurer of Cashel, 1824 he was raised to the Bishoprlo of Heath.

3624, - Rich Ricbolas) Jones succeed d* P&m%'k March 26. (Lib, Hib).

4. mas Gray, Patent dated May Slst, bid).the year he wad made Detm ~f BrdfslYt.

was presented by the Cram, to t low of -a&, in the Diocese af g i 2 m o ~ s(L5b. but rwi

P t in $657& {Ibid). Jn P638 Be b ct Dean of D@%n1639, Dean of Christ Church, Dublin$ in 166% he aa ~ v a n a s dto the Archb%sEropzrieof Bubl%~gand %a1663 as mde Primte,

1637, - Edwaurd Parry D,D, a Pellow c p f F,C,D, a Prebendary of St . ~a!rick*s and er of Ehrist Church DublSn was presented ea h 516- wfth Eiceaa to h o d h i s o tber eferments in f ~ o l l s ) . Ha was i w t a l l e d orm ch 2Q. m 6 resigned aand be-

ore! Ea was & Bishop of

1640r Gerv~saThorpe, A, sueeeeded, Pats& dated. Installed aly 29 & held the prebendin St. Patimkfs ~a&adra l , Dublin for some

166L. Thornas Potter D,D , Preb n d w oS Hewchapel in the Church o f ~ e s h a i , Patent ated February 6 bid),la Oh@ next year he w a s presented by the Cram t o the RscQory of Drumcannon,

Thornas LedPsh D,P, ChmceSlor, a Prebendaw a d St+ Pat kgs Dublin, ms e 27. ( ~ i b&%m.8.53). Admitted

1670* Daniel Barston D.D. Pmbsndary QZ RossduPf. Patent dated June 9. f ~ b i d ) . Instituted Juae 14.

1685, - Thomas allis, P.A. Patent Bov. 27. (~ib.Elb), Admitted J a ~ t a q y27, 1685, Di 1690 he was appo$nt ed Deaa of Derry,

- Goha Dalton, ALA. Praece~tor~Patent Feb. 14, On Feb. 12, 1690 he obtained a faoulty

hold his Rectow, rrrith the C h a r r e e l ~ s ~ s ~ paf Lfsmors and the Vicarage of Duagamaa, on account of U s Beayy lbsses during the bts gsliticsal troubles, (Regist Ar=&) *

X784 - CkurPsP;$p (DaL l n 179Q), pre April 2 j X P802 he was made G or of Ferns r a s e d t o the See of C

1804 ornary Colet P.A. the gz-eseatea July 9

&.ed suddenly at P of wMch he %a@Rector %XI Septarabezl sr October of the sans $ease# as buried there.

the ~u.1 ent erest from the

e In the same yew, however, the following a n u t e appeaxs

of the said l a t e blshop a t the r a t e 09 485 f o r each 6200 yearXy, tke ihtarest t o comeno

t said legacy i s pafb t o s a d cssrporatfen",

@&d whereas, the Rev, Tersnea Mlles , the executor in the safd 11named refuses t o pay the said legacy of .12. 46 t o this board for the use the said w i l l mentioned, insisting t o deduct tharaout a sum of St159, 5 , d&, due for di lapf dations to the present Bishop 0% aterford, It is, thertfox oust$ resolved that t h f s board shal l , and do t hereby refuse and reject the reee5.ving of the o r any part of, and do therefore hereby deeline and refuse the t upon them t he bxecutfon of the safd tmst in t h e all mentioned",

T h i s dispute S afterwards arranged, and the l ec tu re r was p&d the t reasurer of the corpsratisnu n t i l 1862, and sate the d 5 s e s t a b l i s ~ ~ n tof the

epresentativs body have p& he lec tu re r.10, Od, per annum out of endoment fund of the Ghuzrch of Ireland.

The Lecturers,

Several of the lec turers were men of emfnent pf&gand great learning. The ffrst rnentf oned i n the Corporation Books is the Rev, Hugh Barbon, as follows:-

A,D. 1728, ch 3Q, - Resolved - HCThatthe salaryof the Rev, Hugh Baxbon a s pres~herof St, Olaf's be increased f rom ten pounds t o Bwenty g a ~ spex annmn.

In 1716 Hugh Barbon was presented t o the Prebend of Donoughmorg Pn the diocese of Lismore. Dl 1729, Ho~ember28th be was collated t o the Treasu~ershjtpof Msmore, which in 1735 was f i l l e d by the Rev. Jeremiah MilLes, son of the Bishop. This Jexedah a f t e came Dean of Exeter.

A,D, 1742, The Rev, Richard Wilson was appoiatedl ec tu re r of S t c Olafls.

A,D. 1753. The Rev, Joseph S. Jsssop was appofntedby the Corporation t o be lec turer at S%, 01af"s,

A,D, f 764, The Corporation appo2n%ad the Rev, A. Starl ing t o 'be feotwer , with a salary of 830 per amm,

1766. September 1. The Rev, Samuel Jessop master of the Endowed School, as appointed lecturer , an8 in

Wmle the .Key, Dr. Graham was the Lecturer of , O l & ' s , the pnkpit was occupied Sabath after Sab the R m . =chard H. Ryland. %re he made fu91 M.8 aLniatxy, and many found the wozd preached 1;

m a bless%= t o their souls.

1836. %he following entry is t o found $n the Corporwteon books,:--

l%,,ua I

"County of the City of Waterford, A t an assemblyof the ~ounc91held fn t h e C o u m f l Chamber of the s a l c i t y on the SIPth day uly 1836 f o r the purposee l ecbng a master bo th t e d o r d soh001 and Leotur of St. OTaSQs, the f o l l ~esolutionwas passed:-

WResolved - ?bat; WilLiam J, Price of th9s c e y , Bsgujse be and is hereby elected and appa&ntadof the h t c r f o ~ dL a t i n School and Lecturer of St in this tit$, at the usual salary and allowasee to sa off ices , IxtU ng in the room and place o f the BeyeJ o b @zslaam, efg mslgned.

Signed, - R i c W d Cooke, To

.Przhce, Esq . was soon aftm ordained. The lliam John ~ r l c ewas soh of the Rev. W i l l i a m ome time Lectnrer at St. O l a 3 F s . h dfed

in 1862, at the ear age of 49* Be lies buried a the French Chmoh a tedozsd, and the followfng 3.assrf.p-tfon f s on his tomb. :-

Beneath rest the Bemains of

Rev, Villiam J. Prfce L.Z. D,, 'TT%cap of gslllefaa,

o df ed Februaqy 27th, 1862, Aged 49 years,

For awmty-five years he was the mspected Principal of the Endowed Sohaol ixa this City,and during the same pertod

Lecturer at; St. Qlaf8s He faithfully preached *the t ru th as %n 3esuav f a r love of AQcestos Saa%all, f l e d 2s Tours at the revocer%ioaof the

kdiot o f lantasw. Pe362. - me Rev. !Ehomas Ci.ldett B,D. of Cafus

College, Caslbridge, and Rector of glflotteran was agpo$ntetd Lectures and so continued un t i l 1872, when he was appoiated Aectox of 8 Dzlnmore Gasl. Omi. U s leaving the congregation of S%* Olafcs I?r@s@nted

M m with an address and purse t o pay the expenses f o r h i s degrees as Doctor o f Divinity, which he proceeded t o

t y College UniversLty, Dtanglin %n 1874,

s year an aotjbve e f f o r t was made by Rev, D r . Glnlet te a d the congratisn t o renovate and r e s to r e t h i s ancfent Church. The handsome eas t vd:isdovi of stained g l a s s was erected, %he unsightly ga l l e r i e s were reaoved, and the whole Church r e f i t t ed , The Church was re-opened f o r service January 10th 1869.

1872, - The Rev. John DeRenzy, A,B, Rector of l, was appointed Lecturer, On U s resigning e congregation presented him with a bandsome

address and a purse of soverei 1877. - The Rev. William Irw ,A.B, was appointed

Lecturer only held it f o r one year whern he removed t o Bizrninghm.

2878 - The Rev, Willfan Townshend Butler, A.B, was appointed Curate a d Lecturer, He w a s a lso appofnted Cathechist of Bishop Foyts School, M r . Butler is t he present Lectuzer,

a r d o f St. OZafqs a r e h i d the remains of a dear cMld of Archbishop Newcome, and here also a r e t h e monments of the ldortimers, Sasgents, and others of t h e mos t respectable famil ies in Waterford,

It is naw one drcd and fifty years since Bishop W l l e s presented t chmch t o the Protestant c i t i z ens of Waterfordo The Gospel has been f a i t M l y and earn-e s t l y preached within i ts walls. d praise have beea here Wont t o be maden, T I d upon those who have skipped here, as well ss upon the buildingit se l f . ac t ive effort w a s made i n l879 t o renovate and res to re it, and it i s now seen t h a t St. Olaf 'S is again what it was once dexoxlibed t o be - The fairest Church i n all the Diocese*.