are frequently mentioned in Irish annals. In the year 1037 Cathald, son of Roderic, Lord of West Connaught, performed a pilgrimage to Armagh. A pilgrimage to this city in 1131 and another in 1134 are recorded in the "Trias Thaumaturga," (p.303) and the same work makes mention (p.306) of the death of a Princess in pilgrimage at Armagh. The annals of the "Four Masters" also make mention of Armagh as a place of pilgrimage AD 760, 880, 974, 988, 1003, 1004, 1037, 1043, 1063, 1065, 1073, and 1151. The Tripartite Life of St. Patrick states, "Thither (Armagh) also came, on a pilgrimage, the nine daughters of the King of the Longbardi and Monessin, daughter of the King of Britain. They arrived at Coll-na-ningen, (i.e., the Hazelwood of the Virgins) on the East of Armagh, and three of them were afterwards buried there. The rest were directed to go to Druim Finnedha, and one, namely Crumtheris, took up her abode at Ceanngoba (i.e., the hill of grief), near Armagh, on the East, where she founded a religious cell." Dr. Petrie appears to have had some information as to the locality, for he says, p.350. A still earlier example of a stone oratory, in the neighbourhood of Armagh one coeval with St. Patrick himself, and of which some ruins yet remain-is pre-served to us in the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick. On the summit of the hill, at the N.E. side of Lowry's Lake, stands Kildarton Church, a plain and unprentending structure, completely embosomed in lofty trees. It is built close to one of the most ancient grave-yards in the country, in the midst of which was formerly either a Church or some religious establishment. In fact, a few years ago the whole face of the hill, East of the Lake, now in possession of Mr. Wynne, was one great cemetery, and yet bears traces of the past. If a conjecture on the subject might be hazarded, it is most probable that Kildarton is the spot which Dr. Petrie refers to, for it is the only place " East of Armagh" where even the slightest trace remains of ecclesiastical ruins; and moreover the name Ceanngoba, "the hill of grief," not only appropriately describes the "city of the dead," but the present name by which the townland is known. "Ternascobe" is not only similar in sound, but in form, to the more ancient one above-mentioned. The name of the parish "Kildarton" also serves to identify the site, as the Irish Cille, or Kil, denotes both a sepulchre and a church. The Annals of Clonmacnoise notice the plundering and destruction of Armagh by fire in the year 989, as follows "They of Uriell preyed Ardmach and tooke from thence 2,000 cowes. Armach was also burnt, both howses, church, and steeple, that there was not such a spectacle seen in Ireland." -995. There occurred a very remarkable conflagration by lightning, by which Ardmach, its howses, stone churches, belfreys, and celestial towers were all destroyed. -1001. During the time of Mael O'Murray, Archbishop of Armagh-whom the Donegal Annals style "the head of the clergy of the West of Europe, the principal of all the holy orders of the West "-Armagh suffered heavily from a pesti-lence, and again from a most destructive conflagration. This Prelate followed Brian Borumha's body from Swords to Armagh, and performed the funeral obsequies. It is said that he died of grief, 3rd June, 1020 (or 1021), on the destruction of a great part of Armagh by fire.