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raids on Ireland began around the start of the 9th century, and had a devastating effect on the Irish church. These disruptions, along with secular impositions by the invaders, produced a decline in Christian religious observance and the moral standards established by
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The Council established two provinces: Armagh and Cashel. Each province consisted of twelve territorial dioceses. The boundaries of the dioceses were only vaguely defined, however. The synod also made the
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acknowledged the jurisdiction of Canterbury until 1096, but was not included in the list of dioceses at the synod. It was not incorporated into the system of Irish dioceses until the
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Gradually, as the onslaughts of the Danes became less frequent, there was a revival of religious education, which prepared the way for the religious reforms of the 12th century.
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MacErlean, John (1914) Synod of Raith Breasail: Boundaries of the Dioceses of Ireland . Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 3 (1914), pp. 1–33
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and other early missionaries. Apathy towards these Christian teachings increased, causing many parts of Ireland to return to
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city. Its purpose was the Romanising of the Irish Church, and, in particular, the establishment of diocesan episcopacy.
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The synod was attended by no fewer than fifty bishops, three hundred priests and three thousand laymen, including King
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and East Meath to Clonard. It appears, however, that a number of bishops of Duleek were appointed before 1160.
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Fleming J., "Gille of Limerick, architect of a medieval church" Four Courts Press, Dublin 2001.
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was named as one of the five dioceses for Connacht, but no names of bishops have been recorded.
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that took place in Ireland in 1111. It marked the transition of the Irish church from a
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later in 1111, the See of Duleek was suppressed. West Meath was assigned to a new
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by the 11th century, weakening Christianity's grasp on the populace.
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and guided by the relatively new powers of the Papacy as defined in
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Geoffrey Keating. Foras Feasa Book I-II Geoffrey Keating.
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The following 24 dioceses were established by the synod:
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh
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The Dioceses of Ireland, Territorial History (Rootsweb)
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Synod of Ráith Bressail

Irish
synod
Catholic Church in Ireland
monastic
diocesan
parish
Viking
Saint Patrick
paganism
synods
Cashel
Kells-Mellifont
Mountrath
County Laois
papal legate
Gille
Bishop of Limerick
Hiberno-Norse
Murtough O'Brien
Gregorian Reform
Dictatus papae
Libertas ecclesiae
See
suffragan
Archbishop of Cashel
Canterbury
Armagh
Ardagh

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