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Here he built a little cell and a church of clay and wattle, which after some time gave way to a substantial stone structure, and entered on a life of study, mortification, and prayer. The fame of his learning and sanctity was soon noised abroad, and scholars of all ages flocked from every side to his monastic retreat — young laymen and clerics, abbots and bishops even, and those illustrious saints who were afterwards known as the "Twelve Apostles of Erin". In the Office of St. Finnian it is stated that there were no fewer than 3000 pupils getting instruction at one time in the school in the green fields of Clonard under the broad canopy of heaven. The master excelled in exposition of the Sacred Scriptures, and to this fact must be mainly attributed the extraordinary popularity which his lectures enjoyed. The exact date of the saint's death is uncertain, but it was probably 552, and his burial-place is in his own church of Clonard. For centuries after his death the school continued to be renowned as a seat of Scriptural learning, but it suffered at the hands of the Danes, especially in the eleventh century, and two wretched Irishmen, O'Rorke of Breifney and Dermod McMurrough, helped to complete the unholy work which the Northmen had begun. With the transference by the Norman Bishop de Rochfort, in 1206, of the See of Meath from Clonard to Trim, the glory of the former place departed forever. Irish Life in Book of Lismore; HEALY, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars (Dublin, 1890).
After the dissolution of the monasteries by order of Henry VIII, the lands of the Clergy were confiscated, passing to be the property of Sir Thomas Cusack, Chancellor of Ireland and whose daughter Elizabeth was married to John de Sutton, Count of Clonard. The deterioration in the monastery buildings during the last centuries before lands were taken by the Chancellor of Ireland was already a clear evidence, However it was improved by the Clonard-Cusack clan who obviously allowed the "monks" to remain in their "new lands", under the pseudonime of farmers. In spite of History's turbulences the ruins of Cluain-Iraird, stayed visible up to 1798 - year in which - the "Battle of Clonard" took place, although Cromwell (c.1648) in his previous pass by this holy place , destroyed the few buildings wich they had been able to preserve and to maintain still on. Cromwell, as the largest of massacrors left Clonard in ruins and without their inhabitants, so by this way his repressive activity on the Papists or Catholics , would be never forgotten
Sources: Sutton Dudley de Clonard House in Spain, Eire and UK. - (A Bourbon Branch in Spain since 1851)
St.- Finian of Clonard
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N.B. :Iraird or Erard was a Celtic Solar Divinity
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HEALY Transcribed by Anthony J. Stokes- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IV Copyright © 1908 by Robert Appleton Company Online Edition Copyright © 1999 by Kevin Knight Nihil Obstat. Remy Lafort, Censor Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York |
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Cluain Ioraird in County Meath (Spanish version)
NOTAS SOBRE SAN FINIANO, FUNDADOR DE CLONARD (Monasterio que existió en el Condado de Meath, destruido durante las "Guerras de Religión" protestantes)
San
Finiano de Clonard fue el más distinguido de los santos de Irlanda en
el período inmediatamente posterior al de San Patricio.
Fuentes:
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the dissolution of the monasteries by order of
Henry VIII, the lands of the Clergy were confiscated, passing to be
the property of Sir Thomas Cusack, Chancellor of Ireland and whose
daughter Elizabeth was married to John de Sutton, Count of
Clonard.
The deterioration in the monastery buildings during the last centuries before lands were taken by the Chancellor of Ireland was already a clear evidence but it could be improved by the Clonard-Cusack. who obviously allowed the "monks" to remained in their "new lands", under the pseudonime of farmers. In spite of History's turbulences the ruins of Cluain-Iraird, stayed visible up to 1798 - year in which - the "Battle of Clonard" took place, although Cromwell (c.1648) in his previous pass by this holy place , destroyed the few buildings wich they had been able to preserve and to maintain still on. Cromwell, like most of the genocidas left Clonard in ruins and without their inhabitants, so by this way hiss repressive activity on the Papist or Catholics , would be never forgotten Sources: Looking forward to the past Clonard Heritage Trail County Meath Office |
Con la disolución de los monasterios por orden de Enrique VIII, las tierras cedidas al Clero fueron confiscadas, pasando a ser propiedad de Thomas Cusack, Canciller de Irlanda y cuya hija Elizabeth era la esposa de John de Sutton, Conde de Clonard. .El deterioro en los edificios del monasterio durante los siglos que procedieron la toma de posesión por el Canciller de Irlanda era ya de una clara evidencia, aunque una parte considerable de este lugar venerado todavía hoy, pudo restaurarse por los Clonard-Cusack. quienes obviamente permitieron que los “monjes” permanecieran en sus tierras, bajo la denominación de labradores. A pesar de las turbulencias de la Historia las ruinas de Cluain-Iraird, se mantuvieron visibles hasta 1798 año en que tuvo lugar la “Batalla de Clonard”, aunque Cromwell (c.1648) en su paso previo por este lugar santo,destruyó lo poco que se había podido conservar y mantener en pie. Cromwell, como casi todos los genocidas, abandonó Clonard en ruinas y sin sus habitantes, para que su acción represiva sobre los Católicos Papistas, no fuera jamás olvidada Fuentes: Looking forward to the past Clonard Heritage Trail Oficina del Condado de Meath |
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