CONTENTS.

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[CHAPTER I.]
THE RUINS[1]
[CHAPTER II.]
ST. MALACHY FOUNDS MELLIFONT[33]
[CHAPTER III.]
AN EPITOME OF THE RULE OBSERVED AT MELLIFONT AT ITS FOUNDATION, AND FOR
ABOUT A CENTURY AND A HALF AFTERWARDS		[41]
[CHAPTER IV.]
MELLIFONT TAKES ROOT AND FOUNDS NEW HOUSES OF THE ORDER[50]
[CHAPTER V.]
MELLIFONT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH UNDER SUCCESSIVE EMINENT SUPERIORS[58]
[CHAPTER VI.]
MELLIFONT IN TROUBLOUS TIMES[67]
[CHAPTER VII.]
THE SUPPRESSION OF MELLIFONT[85]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
MELLIFONT BECOMES THE HOME OF A NOBLE FAMILY—IS SOLD, AND IS DELIVERED
UP TO RUIN AND DECAY		[101]
APPENDIX.
[I.—]LIST OF ABBOTS OF MELLIFONT[128]
[II.—]CHARTER OF NEWRY[129]
[III.—]INVENTORY OF ESTATES OF MELLIFONT[131]

List of Illustrations.

General View of Mellifont[Frontispiece]
Plan of ClairvauxAt p. [4]
Plan of Mellifont Abbey[5]
Gateway (Porter’s Lodge)[15]
North Window of Chapter-House[19]
Doorway of Chapter-House[23]
Interior of Chapter-House[35]
Interior of Lavabo (Octagon)[43]
Arch of Lavabo (Octagon)[47]
South Wall of Lectorium[63]

MELLIFONT ABBEY, CO. LOUTH:
Its Ruins and Associations.