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Chieftains, on their conversion, made donations of land to the Church, and at first the ecclesiastical offices seem to have remained in the hands of the sept, with the coarb (inheritor) as bishop or abbot.

3. Ireland 2001

Neither these wretched men themselves nor anyone of their nation shall be my coarb for ever, but my successors shall be of his race through whom God has rescued me.

Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous

Neither these wretched men themselves nor anyone of their nation shall be my coarb for ever, but my successors shall be of his race through whom God has rescued me.

Lives of SS Declan and Mochuda Anonymous 1914

In like manner such a man as Malachy, enjoying the prestige which belonged to the coarb of Comgall, if consecrated bishop, would probably succeed in organizing the diocese of Connor.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

As coarb of Patrick Cellach's authority ranged over the whole country; as primate his sway would be no less extensive.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

Synod was convened at Inis Patraic by Mael Maedoc, coarb of Patrick, at which were present fifteen bishops and two hundred priests, to establish rules and morals for all, both laity and clergy; and Mael

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

He was followed by Cellach, "coarb of Patrick and Primate of Ireland," and Malchus, "archbishop of Cashel," whom we have known as bishop of Waterford.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

Cellach, duly elected coarb of Patrick, and consecrated bishop, had no doubt been able to organize the diocese of Armagh in accordance with the

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

His career was prosperous till 1152, when he assaulted the coarb of Patrick

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899

The coarb of St. Comgall at Bangor, the principal religious site in the north-east of Ireland, had lately died.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899