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"John O'Carbry was abbott of Clones, or Clounish, in the County of Monoghan, and as such was comorb, or corb* i. e., successor of Tigernach, who was founder of the abbey and removed the episcopal seat from Clogher to Clounish. Many of the abbots Were also bishops of the see. He died in 1353.
How long he was abbot does not appear; but the age of the outside covering of the Dona is fixed to the 14th century. * All the successors of the founder saints were called by the Irish comorbs or corbs. The reader Will perceive that O'Carbry was a distant but not we immediate successor of St. Tigernach.
"'John O'Barrdan made this box by the permission of John O'Carbry, successor of St. Tigermach. "St. Tierny, or St. Tigernach was third Bishop of Clogher, having succeeded St. Maccartin in the year 506. In the list of bishops, St. Patrick is reckoned the first, and founder of the see. Tigernach died the 4th of April, 548.
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