- The
medieval Irish office of
erenagh (Old Irish: airchinnech,
Modern Irish: airchinneach, Latin: princeps) was
responsible for
receiving parish revenue...
- from the 13th -18th
century as
represented by the O'Duigenans,
hereditary erenachs of
Kilronan (lay
abbots who held
church land from
generation to generation)...
-
Ireland and Scotland. In this
period coarb appears interchangeable with "
erenach",
denoting the
episcopally nominated lay
guardian of a
parish church and...
-
Ballinbraher (Friarstown).[citation needed] A
family called O'Flynn were
erenachs of the
lands at
Errew and came into the
possession of Mias Tighernain,...
-
carved doorway, two
small buildings and a graveyard. The O'Duillenain, were
erenachs of Ballysadare. The
Canons Regular of St.
Augustine built a new priory...
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Drumcliff monastery from the 6th century, and was
under the Ó Beóllán
erenachs of Drumcliff. With the
dissolution of the
monasteries act
coming into force...
-
Ruamnus (d. 801), and
continuing to
Scannal mac
Fergil (murdered 886).
Erenachs and
coarbs (lay
guardians of a
parish church and
headman of the family...
-
Ferghall Muimhneach,
built Kilronan's
church in 1339 to
which they
became erenachs, or its lay proprietors. The Four
Masters include the
following early references...
-
Loughney family,
presumably because the
family was
known to
descend from the
erenachs (wardens) of the church. A
flagstone at the saint's
grave known as Leac...
-
crosses at
Drumcliff The
annals mention that in 1225,
Amlaib Ó Beólláin,
erenach of Drumcliff, a man
eminent for
generosity and for his guest-house, died...