In 1101 Muirchertach O Briain (King of Munster & of the Dal Cais) granted the Rock to the Church as part of the Synod of Cashel.
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The author thinks that it "deprived the Eoganacht dynasty of its ancient historic centre forever". The Eoganacht were rivals to the Kingship of Munster and had used the Rock as a Royal Centre.
The terms of the grant was that the Rock "was to be free from any secular exaction and that it was a grant to the church in Ireland as such, namely, that it was not to become the property of any individual, group of clerics, or any single religious institution".
It also helped show Muirchertachs position as a "reformer" and helped create a second major ecclesiastical centre in Ireland in rivallry to Armagh.
(Pgs 65/66).
So from that the ecclesiatical centre origins on the Rock were put in track.
The terms of the grant was that the Rock "was to be free from any secular exaction and that it was a grant to the church in Ireland as such, namely, that it was not to become the property of any individual, group of clerics, or any single religious institution".
It also helped show Muirchertachs position as a "reformer" and helped create a second major ecclesiastical centre in Ireland in rivallry to Armagh.
(Pgs 65/66).
So from that the ecclesiatical centre origins on the Rock were put in track.
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