Asti Ecclesle the Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

History of the Bishops of I reland, as enlarged by Walter Harris, and published in 1739, is a folio volume, consisting of 660 pages. Of these no more than sixty, exactly one-eleventh part (instead of one-fourth), are devoted to the province of Tuam; so little of ecclesiastical information could be obtained, even at that time, concerning this remote and often distracted province. The lapse of upwards of a century has still further diminished the stock of materials which existed in Harriss day; so that I shall hope to stand, excused with all reasonable men, if this portion of my work exhibits a still more meagre appearance than the others. In truth, the lists of succession in almost every diocese are defective ;and the information which could be gleaned respecting individuals was very scanty. It must also be taken into consideration, that some of the Chapters of Tuam province have but few members. I ndeed, several of these dioceses are extremely limited in the number of benefices and of clergy.
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