On this notice, there is an Irish comment, which states, that Boethin and
Furodran
were two sons of Moenan of Lann Luachain, in Bregia.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
xxvn.
1
Both are diminutives of
30th of March, describes it, as being in Meath. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (i), pp. 624, 625.
I3 "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- See Colgan's
nise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 792.
M Rev. Dr. " Ecclesiastical See Lanigan's
History of Ireland," vol. hi. , chap, xix. , sect, i. , n. 12, pp. 146, 147.
IS See Rev. A. Cogans chap, xviii. , p. 45 2 -
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
feast,
at the
of 18 The Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of 17th June.
Cathal Maguire have entered the festival of Colman, the son ofLuachain of
Lann, at the present date. His name appears, also, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,^ at the same date, as Colman Mor, son of Luachan in West
Meath Lann Mhic 2° A feast of St. Colman of Lann : [of Luachain-Mar. ]
is also found, at the 14th of December,21 in the Irish Martyrologies, and in the Acts of other saints.
Article IV. —St. Mochummog, Son of Dobharchu. Veneration
was given on the 17th of June to Mochommoc, son of Doborchon, as we find
recorded in the of 1 and of Marianus O'Gorman. Martyrologies Tallagh,
According to a conjecture of Colgan, this may have been the St. Mochumba,
who was a of St. or 2 and at his disciple Mochoemog Pulcherius, who,
request, founded a cell, of which he was the recognised patron. A miracle, regarding him, is to be found recorded in the old Acts of St. Mochoemog. 3 The old
nameofBantryparish,countyofCork,wasKill-Mocomogue. 4 Heis men- tioned, also, as Mochummog, son of Dobharchu, in the Martyrology of
5 Donegal.
Article V. —Festival of St. Columba, and the Translation of the
Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. In 1620, an Office of
St. Columba, Abbot, had been printed in Paris, and again in the same city, a. d. 1675, referring his Feast as a Double of the Second Class to the 17th day of June, on account of the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
St. Columba and St. Brigid, falling on the 9th of June, and it being an Office of the First Class with an Octave. This contains proper Antiphons for Vespers and Lauds, with proper Hymns and Prayers, as also an Office of Nine
1
Article VI. —St. Aedhan Dubh. The of 1 enters Martyrology Tallagh
Edan Niger, or " Edan, the dark, or dusky," at this particular day. The epithet applied to this saint probably arose from som—e peculiar swarthiness of
2
June.
18 Thus " Colmanus filius Luachain de Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
:
Lann Mic Luachain in Media. " 3 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," xiii. 19 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, Maitii, Vita S. Mochoemoci, Abbatis de
Lessons, three of which are proper.
—kin. ThenameAedhanDubh
his complexion or s having
inIrishacorre- sponding meaning occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17 th of
pp. 172, 173.
20 A note by Dr. Todd says at the con-
Liath-Mor, in Helia, cap. xxxi. , pp. 594,
595, and n. 34, p. 597.
* Letter of Rev. John Lyons, C. C. , Inchi-
geelagh, dated November 6th, 1873.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
" This insertion (from the gloss to Marian O'Gorman) is in the more
traded word, Afar. recent hand. "
:
"Ita Marian cum suisscholiis ad eundem diem, Tresinquit S. Colmani nobis suffra- gentur, nempe S. Colmanus de Rathmail- sidhe, S. Colmanus filius Finnabarri, et S. Colmanus de Lann. Item — &
"
Denis — See Murphy, S. J. pp.
21
Maguir Mart. Dungall, iisdem verbis. " Colgan's
and in Ireland. The
tury, copy,
the writer quotes, was borrowed
from which from Rev.
Acta Sanctorum n. 3, p. 793.
xxx.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
17 to 29.
Hiberniae," *
Martii,
—
See his Life, at the 13th of March, in the
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173.
Kelly, p. xxvii. *
172, 173. — ARTICLE V.
' is
The foregoing stated,
and shown in a small i8mo tract, anony- mously printed, apparently in the last cen-
Article vi.
'
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733
Article VII. —The Sons of Neachtan, of Drumbric. We find at
this date, in the of 1 Meic Nechtain Droma Bricci. The Martyrology Tallagh,
locality of this Drumbric is unknown to the writer. However, there is a Drombrick townland, in the parish of Kilbonane, and barony of Magunihy,
of
2 We
a Drumbrick
county
baronyofKilmacrenan,countyofDonegal;3 likewise,aDrumbricktownland, in the parish of Drumkeeran, barony of Lurg, and county of Fermanagh ;* also, a Drumbrick townland, in the parish and barony of Carrigallen,5 as likewise another in the of 6 and of
Kerry.
find, also,
townland, in the parish and
both inthecountyofLeitrim; besides,aDrumbricktownland,intheparishof Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon. 7 A festival in honour
parish Drumreilly, barony Carrigallen,
of the sons of Neachtan, of Druim Bricce, or Droma Bricc, is recorded in the 8
Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17th of June.
Article VIII. —St. Cellan or Ceall6n, Son of Fionan. On the 1 7th of June, veneration was given to Cellan or Ceallan, son of Fionan, as we
find in the of 1 and of 8 registered Martyrologies Tallagh, Donegal.
Article IX. —St. Totholoan. We read in the Martyrologies of
1 andof 2 asaint named as a Donegal, regarding Totholoan, having
Tallagh,
festival, at the 17th of June. Nothing more regarding him seems to be known.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of a St. Enoltchus. In a Manuscript
Florarius is set down the feast of St. — Confessor in
Enolich, Hibernia,
at the
—17thofJune. Nothingmoreregardinghim undersuchasuppositiousname seems to have transpired ; but, as we have already shown, in the First
Article at this date, Enolichus was only a mispelling of Molingus' name, as foundintheprintedcopyofUsuard. Wherefore,inGreven'sadditionsto
Usuard, the foregoing account is given, and it has been copied, by succeeding writers. Canisius and Ferrarius have similar entries. At the 17th of June,
1
Father Henry Fitzsimons, and the anonymous Calendar, published by
O'Sullevan Beare, set down a feast for St. Enolichus. 2 The Bollandists enter his assumed festival, also, at the same date. 3
Article Vil. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
3 It is shown, on the "Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Kerry,"
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 72, 1 73.
Article viii. — l Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
sheet
3 See it desciibed, on the "Ordnance 172, I73»
57.
Townland
Article IX. —* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
for the of County
« See it shown, on the " Ordnance Townland Maps for the County of Fer- managh," sheets 2, 6.
s See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the County of Roscommon," sheets 4> 7.
Survey
Donegal," sheet 44.
Maps
of Leitrim," sheets 26, 30.
for the
6 See ibid. , sheet 22.
1 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County
Survey
172, 173.
Article x. — See Catalogus aliquo-
rum Sanctorum Hiberniae. "
2 See Historise Hibermae Conv Catholicpe
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
pp. 50, 54.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum, tomus 111. , Junii
xvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 265.
»"
734 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 18.
<£iff&teent& JBap of Suite*
ARTICLE I. —ST. FURADHRAN OR FURODRAIN, ABBOT OF LANN-LEIRE, NOW DUNLEER, COUNTY OF LOUTH.
1 thename,Furodrain,occursintheMartyrologyofTallagh, at
the 18th of to the Calendar of the he SIMPLY June. According O'Clerys,
2 belonged to the race of Colla Dachrioch. In the Festilogy of St. ^Engus, at
the 18th of June, his feast is commemorated.
On this notice, there is an Irish comment, which states, that Boethin and Furodran were two sons of Moenan of Lann Luachain, in Bregia. The place of this saint had been identified with the old church of Lynn,3 on the east side of the beautiful LoughEnnell,inthebaronyofFartullagh,andcountyofWestmeath. So early as the beginning of the eighth century, an abbey seems to have been existing in this locality. * It seems, however, that his place must be sought for, within the former territory of Feara-Arda-Cianachta,* so called from the race of Cian. 6 The Rev. Dr. Reeves has identified the ancient Lann-Leire with Dunleer,? in the barony of Ferrard, and in the county of Louth. 8 This seems to be the true conjecture. The Welch or old British term Lann 9 is usually found, to be the equivalent for a church ; and, according to a state-
ment sent Lann Leire has been forth,
the u Church of 10 Austerity. "
interpreted
We find bishops presiding at Lann Lere," from the middle to the close of
the ninth
century. '
2 Near
it,
many curious relics of antiquity have been
found 13 and among these may be mentioned Greenmount tumulus,14 which ;
Article i. — Edited by Rev. Dr. to Clogher Head.
xxvii. 6 See Dr. P. W. " and His- Kelly, p. Joyce's Origin
2 In the Leabhar Breac copy, we have the following stanza. Its English tran—slation is
tory of Irish Names of Places," part ii. , chap, ii. , pp. 128, 129.
furnished by Dr. Whitley Stokes
La baecrun pnt> pechcnAch
pipoopancopep
Wee moitiAn conuAige
O Lvmt> I15A15 tepi.
" With fair, happy Boethin, Furodran with
keenness,Moenan'sso—nswithvirginity,of beautiful Lann Lere. " " Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
p. xciv.
3 This parish and townland are shown, on
the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Westmeath, "sheets 19, 26.
"
* See Dr. O' Donovan's
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 342, 343, and n. (w), ibid.
s More succinctly called Feara-Arda, or the Men of the Height, from which the mo- dern barony of Ferrard in the county of Louth has been formed. It embraced that
on Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
:
parish
shown,
On the Calendar
11 See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Series, vol. i. , part i.
of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 464, 465, 560,
Annals of the
561.
" Thus Gormgal, son of Muireadhach,
died A. D. 843, while Maol Chiaran, son of Fortchem, died a. d. 900. See Duald Mac Firbis' entries, in "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 116, 117.
13 See them described, in a paper by Major-General J. H. Lefroy, R. A. , C. B. , F. R. S. , in "Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland,"
range of heights called Slieve Bregh, run- vol. i. , Fourth Series, April, 1871, No. 6, ning from near Collon in Louth, eastwards pp. 471 to 502.
i the
This and townland are
"
the County of Louth," sheet 18. •"
SeeRev. A. Cogan's DioceseofMeath, Ancient and Modern," vol. hi. , chap, lxxiv. , P- 583.
9 The old Irish word for Lann was Land,
and this means a house or church. 10 "
SeePatrickW. Joyce's Originand History of Irish Names of Places," part hi. , chap, ii. , pp. 310, 311.
June 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
735
is of very considerable height,^ and which formerly had an entrenchment, surrounding the mound. Within the last century, its external appearance has undergone some considerable changes. The ridge on which it rests still exhibits marks of old foundations. Underneath the tumulus has been lately found an artificial chamber or passage built with stones, and about 3 feet 4 inches in width, by 5 feet in height. It seems to be established, that the tumulus had not a sepulchral chamber, however, and that the passage stopped short of the central axis of the mound. Traces of fire and of animal bones
have been discovered within the former
opening.
16 In the
year 921,
1 ?
the
district of Feara Arda, and also Lann Leire, and Fearna Rois,18 were plun-
deredbytheforeigners. Atthisday,theMartyrologyofDonegal'9registers
our saint as Furadhran, Abbot of Lann-Leire. He is called likewise the son of Maondn.
Article II. —St. Baithin or Baothan, of Lann-Leire, now Dun- leer, County of Louth. A festival in honour of Baithin is set down in
1 at the 18th of
with the previous saint, who was his brother. 2 His habitation seems to have
been likewise at Lann Leire. This place is identified with Dunleer, county
the of Martyrology
Tallagh,
June.
Heis there
properly joined
of Louth,3 as we have noticed, in the preceding article. When both of these
brothers—who no doubt lived contemporaneously—flourished does not seem
to be on record. The Felire of ^Enghuis calls him Baithin. * Father John
Colgan s alludes to St. Baithin, as having been venerated, at the 18th of
June, according to our Irish Calendars. The Martyrology of Donegal 6
records him, likewise, and at the same date, as Baothan, son of Maonan. To
the foregoing notice, the word (Juvencus), within brackets and Italicised,
occursafterhisname,asfoundintheTabletothisMartyrology. ? TheIrish
Calendar, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy, enters him, at the xiv. of
8
the July Kalends.
ArticleIII. —St. Colman,SonofMici. AccordingtotheMartyr-
3 afestivalinhonourof sonto Colman,
of 1 andof ologies Tallagh,
Donegal,
Mici, was celebrated at the 18th of June. After the entry, in a Table
14 In Thomas Wright's " Louthiana; or an Introduction to the Antiquities of Ire-
land," published in 1758, there is a descrip- tion of Greenmount, as it then appeared, with illustrations. Seep. 9, and plates x. and xi.
15 The actual summit is only about 150 feet above the sea level, yet it commands an extensive and a beautiful view. The tumulus proper is about 210 feet in circum- ference, and 12 feet high, above the level of the ridge towards the east and south. On the west side, where it terminates the ridge, it is about twice as high. On the north side, again, there is a declivity, and by estimation so much as 70 feet to the present boundary.
,8 Near Drogheda.
16 A curious bronze
plate,
with Runic in-
After entering both names, the Martyr- ology of Tallagh adds: "Da mhoc Mai- nain. "
3 By William M. Hennessy.
4 This statement is added, in a more re-
cent hand, according to a note appended by Rev. Dr. Todd.
s See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
xix. Februarii. De S. Baitheno Episcopo,
n. 1, p. 369.
'Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 72, 173.
7 See ibid. , pp. 362, 363.
8
Inthefollowingmanner: t)Aor;Anmeic triAonAin i<vo an &6n. See the former Ord- nance Survey Common Place Book F, p. 56.
Article hi. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvii.
scription, was found also at this place. For
engravingsoftheantiquitiesinquestion,the
reader is referred to Major-General J. H.
Lefroy's interesting paper.
J 7 See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 608, 609.
x
» Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173. — Article ii.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a
«
Edited by Rev. Dr.
736 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
appended to this latter work, the authority of Floras is quoted. However,
in a note on this passage, it is stated,3 that on this day, there is no St. Colman
foundintheMartyrologyofFloras. * Probably,Floratiusisintended,forwefind
in Father Henry Fitzsimon's list the name thus entered " Colmanus, Abbas, 18
Junii,Flor. —19SecundumMart. "* IntheanonymousCalendar,published
by O'Sullevan Beare, at this date, a St. Colmanus is entered. 6 The Bollan-
dists 7 notice this saint, at the 18th of June, but remark, that among the many
holy men bearing his name, they were unable to distinguish him. Greven
had prefixed the words " in Hibernia," when setting forth the feast, in his
8
Article IV. —The Blessed Aidus Hua-Foirreth. [Tenth and Eleventh Centuries] In his Appendix to the Acts of St. Patrick, Colgan has introduced the name of the Blessed Aidus Hua-Foirreth, chief scholastic, and of
bishop Armagh,
Calendar.
Sixth At the 18th Century].
more,
which
a clue to his
that
or rather
who died on this 1 But that day.
suffragan, mightgive
2 identity, except
writer adds little
he died a. d. 1056, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. 3 The Bollandists,4 following Colgan's statement, notice him, at the 18th of June.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Brendan, Abbot and Bishop.
of 1 has the feast of St. June, Dempster
day
Brendan, Abbot and Bishop, and for this entry, he quotes Petrus Cluniacen-
sis. * His place is not indicated. The Bollandists, 3 who enter this notice at the same date, only remark, that they had already given the Acts of St. Brendan, Abbot of Clonfert, and of Brandan, Abbot of Culross, at the 16th of May.
^inetttntl) ©ay of 3tme.
ARTICLE I. —ST. COLMAN, OF DRUIM LIAS, NOW DRUMLEASE, COUNTY OF LEITRIM.
1
Both are diminutives of
30th of March, describes it, as being in Meath. See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , n. (i), pp. 624, 625.
I3 "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- See Colgan's
nise," xxx. Martii, Vita S. Colmani, p. 792.
M Rev. Dr. " Ecclesiastical See Lanigan's
History of Ireland," vol. hi. , chap, xix. , sect, i. , n. 12, pp. 146, 147.
IS See Rev. A. Cogans chap, xviii. , p. 45 2 -
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 17.
feast,
at the
of 18 The Calendars of Marianus O'Gorman and of 17th June.
Cathal Maguire have entered the festival of Colman, the son ofLuachain of
Lann, at the present date. His name appears, also, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,^ at the same date, as Colman Mor, son of Luachan in West
Meath Lann Mhic 2° A feast of St. Colman of Lann : [of Luachain-Mar. ]
is also found, at the 14th of December,21 in the Irish Martyrologies, and in the Acts of other saints.
Article IV. —St. Mochummog, Son of Dobharchu. Veneration
was given on the 17th of June to Mochommoc, son of Doborchon, as we find
recorded in the of 1 and of Marianus O'Gorman. Martyrologies Tallagh,
According to a conjecture of Colgan, this may have been the St. Mochumba,
who was a of St. or 2 and at his disciple Mochoemog Pulcherius, who,
request, founded a cell, of which he was the recognised patron. A miracle, regarding him, is to be found recorded in the old Acts of St. Mochoemog. 3 The old
nameofBantryparish,countyofCork,wasKill-Mocomogue. 4 Heis men- tioned, also, as Mochummog, son of Dobharchu, in the Martyrology of
5 Donegal.
Article V. —Festival of St. Columba, and the Translation of the
Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. In 1620, an Office of
St. Columba, Abbot, had been printed in Paris, and again in the same city, a. d. 1675, referring his Feast as a Double of the Second Class to the 17th day of June, on account of the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
St. Columba and St. Brigid, falling on the 9th of June, and it being an Office of the First Class with an Octave. This contains proper Antiphons for Vespers and Lauds, with proper Hymns and Prayers, as also an Office of Nine
1
Article VI. —St. Aedhan Dubh. The of 1 enters Martyrology Tallagh
Edan Niger, or " Edan, the dark, or dusky," at this particular day. The epithet applied to this saint probably arose from som—e peculiar swarthiness of
2
June.
18 Thus " Colmanus filius Luachain de Third Volume of this work, Art. i.
:
Lann Mic Luachain in Media. " 3 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian," xiii. 19 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, Maitii, Vita S. Mochoemoci, Abbatis de
Lessons, three of which are proper.
—kin. ThenameAedhanDubh
his complexion or s having
inIrishacorre- sponding meaning occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17 th of
pp. 172, 173.
20 A note by Dr. Todd says at the con-
Liath-Mor, in Helia, cap. xxxi. , pp. 594,
595, and n. 34, p. 597.
* Letter of Rev. John Lyons, C. C. , Inchi-
geelagh, dated November 6th, 1873.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
" This insertion (from the gloss to Marian O'Gorman) is in the more
traded word, Afar. recent hand. "
:
"Ita Marian cum suisscholiis ad eundem diem, Tresinquit S. Colmani nobis suffra- gentur, nempe S. Colmanus de Rathmail- sidhe, S. Colmanus filius Finnabarri, et S. Colmanus de Lann. Item — &
"
Denis — See Murphy, S. J. pp.
21
Maguir Mart. Dungall, iisdem verbis. " Colgan's
and in Ireland. The
tury, copy,
the writer quotes, was borrowed
from which from Rev.
Acta Sanctorum n. 3, p. 793.
xxx.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
17 to 29.
Hiberniae," *
Martii,
—
See his Life, at the 13th of March, in the
Article iv.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173.
Kelly, p. xxvii. *
172, 173. — ARTICLE V.
' is
The foregoing stated,
and shown in a small i8mo tract, anony- mously printed, apparently in the last cen-
Article vi.
'
Edited by
Rev.
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733
Article VII. —The Sons of Neachtan, of Drumbric. We find at
this date, in the of 1 Meic Nechtain Droma Bricci. The Martyrology Tallagh,
locality of this Drumbric is unknown to the writer. However, there is a Drombrick townland, in the parish of Kilbonane, and barony of Magunihy,
of
2 We
a Drumbrick
county
baronyofKilmacrenan,countyofDonegal;3 likewise,aDrumbricktownland, in the parish of Drumkeeran, barony of Lurg, and county of Fermanagh ;* also, a Drumbrick townland, in the parish and barony of Carrigallen,5 as likewise another in the of 6 and of
Kerry.
find, also,
townland, in the parish and
both inthecountyofLeitrim; besides,aDrumbricktownland,intheparishof Ardcarne, barony of Boyle, and county of Roscommon. 7 A festival in honour
parish Drumreilly, barony Carrigallen,
of the sons of Neachtan, of Druim Bricce, or Droma Bricc, is recorded in the 8
Martyrology of Donegal, at the 17th of June.
Article VIII. —St. Cellan or Ceall6n, Son of Fionan. On the 1 7th of June, veneration was given to Cellan or Ceallan, son of Fionan, as we
find in the of 1 and of 8 registered Martyrologies Tallagh, Donegal.
Article IX. —St. Totholoan. We read in the Martyrologies of
1 andof 2 asaint named as a Donegal, regarding Totholoan, having
Tallagh,
festival, at the 17th of June. Nothing more regarding him seems to be known.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of a St. Enoltchus. In a Manuscript
Florarius is set down the feast of St. — Confessor in
Enolich, Hibernia,
at the
—17thofJune. Nothingmoreregardinghim undersuchasuppositiousname seems to have transpired ; but, as we have already shown, in the First
Article at this date, Enolichus was only a mispelling of Molingus' name, as foundintheprintedcopyofUsuard. Wherefore,inGreven'sadditionsto
Usuard, the foregoing account is given, and it has been copied, by succeeding writers. Canisius and Ferrarius have similar entries. At the 17th of June,
1
Father Henry Fitzsimons, and the anonymous Calendar, published by
O'Sullevan Beare, set down a feast for St. Enolichus. 2 The Bollandists enter his assumed festival, also, at the same date. 3
Article Vil. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
3 It is shown, on the "Ordnance Survey
Townland Maps for the County of Kerry,"
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 72, 1 73.
Article viii. — l Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
sheet
3 See it desciibed, on the "Ordnance 172, I73»
57.
Townland
Article IX. —* Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
for the of County
« See it shown, on the " Ordnance Townland Maps for the County of Fer- managh," sheets 2, 6.
s See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
for the County of Roscommon," sheets 4> 7.
Survey
Donegal," sheet 44.
Maps
of Leitrim," sheets 26, 30.
for the
6 See ibid. , sheet 22.
1 See " Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County
Survey
172, 173.
Article x. — See Catalogus aliquo-
rum Sanctorum Hiberniae. "
2 See Historise Hibermae Conv Catholicpe
pendium," tomus i. , lib. iv. , cap. xi. , xii. ,
pp. 50, 54.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum, tomus 111. , Junii
xvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 265.
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734 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 18.
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ARTICLE I. —ST. FURADHRAN OR FURODRAIN, ABBOT OF LANN-LEIRE, NOW DUNLEER, COUNTY OF LOUTH.
1 thename,Furodrain,occursintheMartyrologyofTallagh, at
the 18th of to the Calendar of the he SIMPLY June. According O'Clerys,
2 belonged to the race of Colla Dachrioch. In the Festilogy of St. ^Engus, at
the 18th of June, his feast is commemorated.
On this notice, there is an Irish comment, which states, that Boethin and Furodran were two sons of Moenan of Lann Luachain, in Bregia. The place of this saint had been identified with the old church of Lynn,3 on the east side of the beautiful LoughEnnell,inthebaronyofFartullagh,andcountyofWestmeath. So early as the beginning of the eighth century, an abbey seems to have been existing in this locality. * It seems, however, that his place must be sought for, within the former territory of Feara-Arda-Cianachta,* so called from the race of Cian. 6 The Rev. Dr. Reeves has identified the ancient Lann-Leire with Dunleer,? in the barony of Ferrard, and in the county of Louth. 8 This seems to be the true conjecture. The Welch or old British term Lann 9 is usually found, to be the equivalent for a church ; and, according to a state-
ment sent Lann Leire has been forth,
the u Church of 10 Austerity. "
interpreted
We find bishops presiding at Lann Lere," from the middle to the close of
the ninth
century. '
2 Near
it,
many curious relics of antiquity have been
found 13 and among these may be mentioned Greenmount tumulus,14 which ;
Article i. — Edited by Rev. Dr. to Clogher Head.
xxvii. 6 See Dr. P. W. " and His- Kelly, p. Joyce's Origin
2 In the Leabhar Breac copy, we have the following stanza. Its English tran—slation is
tory of Irish Names of Places," part ii. , chap, ii. , pp. 128, 129.
furnished by Dr. Whitley Stokes
La baecrun pnt> pechcnAch
pipoopancopep
Wee moitiAn conuAige
O Lvmt> I15A15 tepi.
" With fair, happy Boethin, Furodran with
keenness,Moenan'sso—nswithvirginity,of beautiful Lann Lere. " " Transactions of
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
p. xciv.
3 This parish and townland are shown, on
the Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Westmeath, "sheets 19, 26.
"
* See Dr. O' Donovan's
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 342, 343, and n. (w), ibid.
s More succinctly called Feara-Arda, or the Men of the Height, from which the mo- dern barony of Ferrard in the county of Louth has been formed. It embraced that
on Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for
:
parish
shown,
On the Calendar
11 See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Series, vol. i. , part i.
of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 464, 465, 560,
Annals of the
561.
" Thus Gormgal, son of Muireadhach,
died A. D. 843, while Maol Chiaran, son of Fortchem, died a. d. 900. See Duald Mac Firbis' entries, in "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 116, 117.
13 See them described, in a paper by Major-General J. H. Lefroy, R. A. , C. B. , F. R. S. , in "Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland,"
range of heights called Slieve Bregh, run- vol. i. , Fourth Series, April, 1871, No. 6, ning from near Collon in Louth, eastwards pp. 471 to 502.
i the
This and townland are
"
the County of Louth," sheet 18. •"
SeeRev. A. Cogan's DioceseofMeath, Ancient and Modern," vol. hi. , chap, lxxiv. , P- 583.
9 The old Irish word for Lann was Land,
and this means a house or church. 10 "
SeePatrickW. Joyce's Originand History of Irish Names of Places," part hi. , chap, ii. , pp. 310, 311.
June 18. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
735
is of very considerable height,^ and which formerly had an entrenchment, surrounding the mound. Within the last century, its external appearance has undergone some considerable changes. The ridge on which it rests still exhibits marks of old foundations. Underneath the tumulus has been lately found an artificial chamber or passage built with stones, and about 3 feet 4 inches in width, by 5 feet in height. It seems to be established, that the tumulus had not a sepulchral chamber, however, and that the passage stopped short of the central axis of the mound. Traces of fire and of animal bones
have been discovered within the former
opening.
16 In the
year 921,
1 ?
the
district of Feara Arda, and also Lann Leire, and Fearna Rois,18 were plun-
deredbytheforeigners. Atthisday,theMartyrologyofDonegal'9registers
our saint as Furadhran, Abbot of Lann-Leire. He is called likewise the son of Maondn.
Article II. —St. Baithin or Baothan, of Lann-Leire, now Dun- leer, County of Louth. A festival in honour of Baithin is set down in
1 at the 18th of
with the previous saint, who was his brother. 2 His habitation seems to have
been likewise at Lann Leire. This place is identified with Dunleer, county
the of Martyrology
Tallagh,
June.
Heis there
properly joined
of Louth,3 as we have noticed, in the preceding article. When both of these
brothers—who no doubt lived contemporaneously—flourished does not seem
to be on record. The Felire of ^Enghuis calls him Baithin. * Father John
Colgan s alludes to St. Baithin, as having been venerated, at the 18th of
June, according to our Irish Calendars. The Martyrology of Donegal 6
records him, likewise, and at the same date, as Baothan, son of Maonan. To
the foregoing notice, the word (Juvencus), within brackets and Italicised,
occursafterhisname,asfoundintheTabletothisMartyrology. ? TheIrish
Calendar, preserved in the Royal Irish Academy, enters him, at the xiv. of
8
the July Kalends.
ArticleIII. —St. Colman,SonofMici. AccordingtotheMartyr-
3 afestivalinhonourof sonto Colman,
of 1 andof ologies Tallagh,
Donegal,
Mici, was celebrated at the 18th of June. After the entry, in a Table
14 In Thomas Wright's " Louthiana; or an Introduction to the Antiquities of Ire-
land," published in 1758, there is a descrip- tion of Greenmount, as it then appeared, with illustrations. Seep. 9, and plates x. and xi.
15 The actual summit is only about 150 feet above the sea level, yet it commands an extensive and a beautiful view. The tumulus proper is about 210 feet in circum- ference, and 12 feet high, above the level of the ridge towards the east and south. On the west side, where it terminates the ridge, it is about twice as high. On the north side, again, there is a declivity, and by estimation so much as 70 feet to the present boundary.
,8 Near Drogheda.
16 A curious bronze
plate,
with Runic in-
After entering both names, the Martyr- ology of Tallagh adds: "Da mhoc Mai- nain. "
3 By William M. Hennessy.
4 This statement is added, in a more re-
cent hand, according to a note appended by Rev. Dr. Todd.
s See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
xix. Februarii. De S. Baitheno Episcopo,
n. 1, p. 369.
'Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
1 72, 173.
7 See ibid. , pp. 362, 363.
8
Inthefollowingmanner: t)Aor;Anmeic triAonAin i<vo an &6n. See the former Ord- nance Survey Common Place Book F, p. 56.
Article hi. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxvii.
scription, was found also at this place. For
engravingsoftheantiquitiesinquestion,the
reader is referred to Major-General J. H.
Lefroy's interesting paper.
J 7 See Dr. O'Donovan's " Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 608, 609.
x
» Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173. — Article ii.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
a
«
Edited by Rev. Dr.
736 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19.
appended to this latter work, the authority of Floras is quoted. However,
in a note on this passage, it is stated,3 that on this day, there is no St. Colman
foundintheMartyrologyofFloras. * Probably,Floratiusisintended,forwefind
in Father Henry Fitzsimon's list the name thus entered " Colmanus, Abbas, 18
Junii,Flor. —19SecundumMart. "* IntheanonymousCalendar,published
by O'Sullevan Beare, at this date, a St. Colmanus is entered. 6 The Bollan-
dists 7 notice this saint, at the 18th of June, but remark, that among the many
holy men bearing his name, they were unable to distinguish him. Greven
had prefixed the words " in Hibernia," when setting forth the feast, in his
8
Article IV. —The Blessed Aidus Hua-Foirreth. [Tenth and Eleventh Centuries] In his Appendix to the Acts of St. Patrick, Colgan has introduced the name of the Blessed Aidus Hua-Foirreth, chief scholastic, and of
bishop Armagh,
Calendar.
Sixth At the 18th Century].
more,
which
a clue to his
that
or rather
who died on this 1 But that day.
suffragan, mightgive
2 identity, except
writer adds little
he died a. d. 1056, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. 3 The Bollandists,4 following Colgan's statement, notice him, at the 18th of June.
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Brendan, Abbot and Bishop.
of 1 has the feast of St. June, Dempster
day
Brendan, Abbot and Bishop, and for this entry, he quotes Petrus Cluniacen-
sis. * His place is not indicated. The Bollandists, 3 who enter this notice at the same date, only remark, that they had already given the Acts of St. Brendan, Abbot of Clonfert, and of Brandan, Abbot of Culross, at the 16th of May.
^inetttntl) ©ay of 3tme.
ARTICLE I. —ST. COLMAN, OF DRUIM LIAS, NOW DRUMLEASE, COUNTY OF LEITRIM.
