Dímma , son of Nath Í was a legendary scribe credited with writing a gospel-book, under miraculous circumstances, for St Crónán (qv) (fl. 7th century) of Roscrea. The little gospel-book now called the Book of Dimma (…
O'Sullivan, William
Torbach (Calbach)
Torbach (Calbach) (d. 808), from Cluain Cracha, coarb (successor) of St Patrick (qv) at Armagh, died on 16 July 808, after only a year in office. His father Gormán, who had been the coarb of St…
Ware, Sir James
Ware, Sir James (1594–1666), historian, collector of manuscripts, and civil servant, was born 16 November 1594 at Castle St., Dublin, eldest surviving son among ten children of Sir James Ware, auditor general, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Ambrose Briden of Maidstone, Kent, whose…