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CLOYNE
, a small See also:market See also:town of Co
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See also:Cork, See also:Ireland, in the See also:east See also:parliamentary See also:division, 15 M
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E. of the See also:city of Cork
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(1901) 827
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It gives its name to a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:diocese, the See also:cathedral of which is at See also:Queenstown
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Cloyne was the seat of a See also:Protestant diocese until 1835, when it was See also:united to that of Cork
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It was originally a See also:foundation of the 6th See also:century
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The cathedral See also: Opposite the cathedral is a very See also:fine See also:round See also:tower zoo ft. in height, though the conical roof has See also:long been destroyed . The Roman Catholic church is a spacious building of the See also:early r9th century . The town was several times plundered by the Danes in the 9th century; it was laid See also:waste by Dermot O'Brien in 1071, and was burned in 1137 . In 1430 the bishopric was united to that of Cork; in 1638 it again became See also:independent, and in 166o it was again united to Cork and See also:Ross . In 1678 it was once more declared independent, and so continued till 1835 . The name, Cluain-Uamha, signifies " the meadow of the See also:cave," from the curious See also:limestone caves in the vicinity . The See also:Pipe See also:Roll of Cloyne, compiled by See also:Bishop See also:Swaffham in 1364, is a remarkable See also:record embracing a full See also:account of the feudal tenures of the see, the nature of the impositions, and the duties the See also:puri homines Sancti Colman were See also:bound to perform at a very early See also:period . The roll is preserved in the record See also:office, See also:Dublin . It was edited by See also:Richard Caulfield in 1859 . |
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