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56 THE VIKING PERIOD
of Canterbury.
1
He it was who convoked the synod at
Rathbresail, at which it was decided to divide Ireland into
dioceses :
"there," says Keating, "the sees and dioceses of the
bishops of Ireland were regulated ; Dublin was excluded,
because it was not customary for its bishop to receive
consecration except from the Archbishop of Canterbury."
1
Limerick and Waterford were placed under the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of Cashel, but this decree seems to have been
ignored by the people of Limerick, for they elected their
next bishop, Patrick, in the ordinary way and sent him
to England for consecration. 3
It is uncertain whether the
Waterford people obeyed, as the records merely mention
the names of the succeeding bishops.
A still more important synod was held at Kells in 1132.
There the decision of the previous synod regarding the
division of the country into dioceses was ratified, and
archbishoprics were established at Dublin, Armagh, Cashel,
and Tuam. Henceforth the bishops of Dublin, Limerick,
and Waterford were consecrated in Ireland, and this marked
the close of the connection between Canterbury and the
Celtic Church.
1
Ib., p. 504.
Cf. J. MacCaffrcy : The Black Book of Limerick. Introduction,
chs. 5 and 7.
2
The History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating (ed. P. S. Dinneen).
Vol. III., p. 298.
*Ware, op. cit., p. 505.
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