No More Learning

90 See the "Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland," vol.
i. , pp. 521 to 526.
91 See Francis H. Groome's " Ordnance
Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. , p. 48.
92 See " Lands of the Jervise's
85 See Retours,
Edinburgh, p
of Edinburgh to within a mile of Dalkeith,
and from the eastern termination of the
Pentland hills to within a few yards of the
Firth of Forth at Magdalene Bridge. See
" The Topographical, Statistical, and His-
torical Gazetteer of Scotland,'-' vol. i. , pp. Chalmers for the Bannatyne Club, was
263 to 265. published in 1848, 4to.
8? See Retours, Fife, p. 261. 95 See Andrew Jervise's "History and
p. 285.
8
Liberton, ^ a pictur-
esque and fertile 86
the Burn of
2
and " Abbey," i860, George Hay's
History
of Arbroath," 1876.
94 The " Liber S. Thomse de Aberbrothoc,
1178-1329," edited by Cosmo Innes and P.
of Edinburgh-
parish
shire. InFifeshire,the
following places are associated with his me-
mory : the Prebend of
8
St. Ninian's, ? Ceres.
A Chapel in the Con-
stabulary of King- horn. 88 An Altarage
8 in the Parish Church 9
of Falkland,^ in the Cupar district of Fife. There is a St. Ninian's episcopal church, in the parish of Alyth, partly in East Perth- shire and partly in For-
1
farshire. 9
of Alyth stands upon
The town
Alyth. 9 the famous
September 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 405
Mary and Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. It is now a
picturesque ruin, and has been sadly defaced. 99 The Abbot and monks of
Arbroath had formerly the disposal of several church livings. In the year
1 81 5, the Barons of the Exchequer ordered the ruins of the Abbey to be so
far repaired as to save them from total dilapidation. Then a portion of the
pavement was again exposed to view. 100 The church stood within the large
enclosing wall of the abbey, and it measured 276 feet from east to west ; it
seems to have been 67 feet high from the pavement to the roof, and it had
two western towers, besides a great central tower. 101 Near Arbroath, in
102
George de Brana, Bishop of Dromore, consecrated a chapel to St. Ninian,I03 inthevalleyofSeton. AnAltarageinBrechinCathedral,celebrated for the round tower10* thereto attached,1Q5 was associated with St, Ninian,105 and there is a seeming connexion of the place with Ireland. 10? Between the years 1132 and 11 53, the abbot of the Culdees appears to have become the
108 Ninian's Well at Arbirlot,10? commemorates this holy bishop's memory, as also, one at Ferne,I10 Benshie,IIX and Mains ; likewise, St. Ninian's chapel and
112
all in Forfarshire. There, too, was St. Ninian's Well, once reputed a cure for many diseases. In Inverness-shire, there is a St. Ninian's, and at Keisanctrinan in Urqu- hart. "3 In Kincardine, he was commemorated at St. Ninian's Church and
1483,
bishop of Brechin, the abbey passing to lay hereditary abbots.
St.
burying-ground, near Whitingness, in St. Vigean's parish,
Traditions of the Land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns, with Notices of Alyth and Meigle," second edition, revised by Rev. James Gammack, M. A, chap, viii. , sect, ii. , p. 381.
96
Retours, Forfar.
97 Besides a historical and descriptive
103 See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 425.
104 This graceful structure dates presum-
ably from King Kenneth's reign, a. d. 971 to 995. In Brechin, on the South Esk, he founded a church dedicated to the Most
Holy Trinity, with a monastery seemingly account of Aberbrothock Abbey, Robert after the Irish model, combined with a William Billings has furnished four exquisite Culdee college. See the " Registrum
steel engravings of it : viz. , i. The Western Episcopatus de Brechin," printed for the
Doorway, ii. Interior of the West End. Bannatyne Club in 1856.
iii. TheGalleryovertheWesternEntrance, iosTheRoundTowerstandsatthesouth-
iv. The Chapter House and South west angle of the Cathedral, and rising on a
"
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland," vol.
Transept. See
The Baronial and round, yet square-edged, plinth.
i.
Edinburgh, 1845-52. 4to.
98 The illustration here inserted represents
p. 470.
107 See Francis H. Groome's " Ordnance
Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. , pp. 187 to
189.
108 The Culdees are found from ancient
records to have been at first conjoined with, in 1218 distinguished from, and in 1248
HistoryofAncientAlban,"vol. ii. , pp. 332, 400.
109 See "Proceedings of the Society of
an interior view, copied from Billings, drawn on the wood and engraved by Gregor Grey.
"A "Description of the Abbey of Arbroath," by James Thomson, was pub- lished at Arbroath in 1829.
100 See the "New Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. xi. Forfarshire. Parish of Arbroath,p. 80.
101 <« i^e nave of nine bays, was 148, and
the three-bayed choir 76^ feet long ; its
central aisle was 35, and each of the side
aisles i6£, feet wide ; while the transept
was 132 feet long and 45^ feet wide. The
whole structure is now in a state of chaotic
ruin, and mingles with fragments of the
cloisters and other —attached buildings in
prostrate confusion. " Francis H. Groome's
the See Chapter.
"
p. 58.
1,1 See ibid. y p. 279.
112
See the account of this parish, so called after St. Vigean, who was a celebrated monk and preacher towards the end of the tenth century, by the Rev. John Muir, Minister, in the " New Statistical Account of Scot-
land," vol. xi. , Forfarshire, pp- 489 to 518.
113
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. ,
102 226.
See Reg. Nig. de Aberbrothock, p.
106 " See Jervise's
Memorials of Angus,"
entirely suspended by,
William F. Skene's "Celtic Scotland : a
Antiquaries of Scotland," vol. ii. , p. 449. 110 "
See Jervise's Lands of the Lindsays," P- 179.
Retours, Inverness.
406
LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [September16.
Den,"4 Stonehaven, as also, at Dunnottar, anciently spelled Dunotyr, said to
be a compound Gaelic word signifying a place of strength on a peninsular promontory. SuchwasthecastleofDunnottar,withinthewallsofwhichthe
stood. "5 The ruins of the castle are still of objects
church
parish
grand proportions and picturesque position, occupying an area of between four and five acres, on the top of a precipitous rock, almost surrounded by
the sea. Lanark,
In 1 ' 6 a Kinross,
chapel
at Sauchie was dedicated to St. Ninian. In
the
retain his name a well at following places :
11? where 120 where there
formerly
church"8 was dedicated to St. 1 *9
the
was a
united to in
125
parish
strong military position,
doubtless of Roman 121 Wistoun122 origin,
Roberton, i772,
I23 had a
chapel
parish, dedicated to St. Ninian. 12* In
barony, Lanarkshire,
chapel
was a
dedicated to St. Ninian. 126 A
Covington
Lepers' Hospital,
that on the 7th of October, 1589, there were six Lepers in it. I2 9 At the west port of Linlithgow*50 stood St. Ninian's Chapel. 151 He was also venerated in a chapel at Blackness,152 in West Lothian. Attached to Elgin, the Cathedral Church of I 33 Was a of St. Ninian,15* in
which the central parts of this parish lie immediately opposite the town of Perth,
Lamington, Ninian, Stonehouse,
at 12 ? was dedicated to St. Ninian 128 and we learn Glasgow, ;
Moray, chaplaincy Also, the parish of Urquhart, in Moray, was St. Ninian's chapel. 155 A chapel in Diser (Dyke)156 was dedicated to St. Ninian. 15? In the Cathedral Church of Orkney, there was a chapel dedicated to St. Ninian. 158 In Perthshire the following places bore the name of the saint as Patron : viz. at Kinnoul,I59 in
which is
separated by
the River
Tay,
I4° at St. Ninian's
1*1 1'*2 Lands, Coupar,
"4 See Retours, Kincardine, p. 70.
130 See " New Statistical Account of
Linlithgow," p. 175.
131 Ninian Winzet, who wrote con-
troversial tracts against John Knox, was rector of the old Burgh School from 1551 to 1 56 1. Afterwards he became Abbot over
the Scots at Ratisbon. See College,
Francis H. Groome's " Ordnance Gazetteer
of Scotland," vol. v. , p. 520.
132 See Chalmers' "Caledonia," vol. iii,
chap. iv. ,sect. viii. , p. 411, n. \Y).
133 For an account of this district see Francis H. Groome's " Ordnance Gazetteer
of Scotland," vol. v. , pp. 62 to 68.
134 See Chalmers' "Caledonia," vol. i. ,
book, ii. , chap, vii. , p. 315, n. (1).
135 Privy Seal Reg. , x. , 66. See Chalmers'
"Caledonia," vol. iii. , chap, iv. , sect, viii. , p. 411, n. (i).
,IS See the " New Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. xi. , Kincardineshire. Parish of Dunottar, by the Rev.
Alexander Irvine, Minister, pp. 212 to 231.
116
See Retours, Kinross, p. 22.
"7 See " Parochiales Origines
Scotiae,"
parti. , p. 173.
118 An old building, having a fine Norman
archway, and a bell bearing date 1647, still used for purposes of Presbyterian worship.
119 See Francis H. Groome's "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. iv. , p. 452.
120
See "Origines Parochiales Scotiae,"
part i. , p. 108. 121 "
See the
Scotland," vol. ii. , p. 713.
Parliamentary Gazetteer of
See "Origines Parochiales Scotioe," part i. , p. 147.
122
,23 See the " New Statistical Account of
Scotland," vol. vi. Lanarkshire. United the County of Elgin, except a part of Moy,
parishes of Wiston and Roberton, by Rev. Charles Wood, Minister, pp. 93 to 100.
124 See Chalmers' "Caledonia," vol. iii. , chap, iv. , sect, viii. , p. 411, n. (i).
125 See Retours, Lanark, p. 82.
"7 Act. Pari. , vol. v. , p. 563.
128
See Chalmers' "Caledonia," vol. iii. , chap, ix. , sect, viii. , p. 411, n. (i. )
129 This House was at the Gobals end of the bridge. See the " New Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. vi. Lanarkshire.
which is in the shire of Nairn. See " Topo- graphical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. , pp. 417, 418.
,37See Retours, Elgin, p. 141.
"
138 See Chalmers'
chap, iv. , sect, viii. , p. 411, n. (i).
139 See Retours, Perth, p. 152.
140 Rising from the margin of the river, the parish reaches the summit of the hill of
Kinnoull, and it presents many striking features of natural beauty. See the " New
Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. x. Perthshire. Parish of Kinnoull, p. 934.
126 " See Chalmers'
Caledonia," vol. iii. ,
Caledonia," vol. iii. , chap, iv. , sect, viii. , p. 411, n. (i).
of and Suburban Parishes of Glasgow
,4' See
142 For an account of this parish, situated
City
Barony and Gobals, p. 112.
Retours, Perth, p. 70.
136 Dyke and Moy were two parishes in
September 16. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 407
at Lany, a former separate parish, but now annexed to that of Port of
Menteith,
1^in an
Altarage
of Dunkeld
Cathedral,
1"and at in Mylne. ^s
Renfrewshire are the following memorials: an Altarage in Renfrew,1-*6 and
also in Govan was he celebrated. Here there was a Leper Hospital
1
founded *? about the middle of the fourteenth century, and a chapel con-
8
nected with it ;H both being dedicated to St. Ninian, and the latter being
rebuilt and endowed1 ^ in the master of the 1494,
school of
being the chaplain. The situation of St. Ninian's Hospital was not far from the south end of the Gorbals' bridge. On the east side, and near the centre
of the main street of Gorbals, seems to have been the site of St. Ninian's 11
Chapel. * In the parish of Kilteani,'* Ross-shire, is Balconie ; in which St. Ninian was commemorated, 152 as also at Roskeen and Fortrosse. x 53 In the
1
parish of Kiltearn is Nonekill, or St. Ninian's chapel. ** Attached to the
ancient Cathedral church of Rosses was the chaplaincy of St. Ninian. 1 *6 In
x
Roxburghshire was Bowden, 57 dedicated to St. Ninian. One of the
Shetland Islands is called Roynan's or Ringan's Isle, 158 where a chapel had been erected so far north in memory of St, Ninian. This was at Dunross- ness,I59 on the west coast. l6° Near Sterling, in Sterlingshire, is St. Ringan's
Church, and in its vicinity there is a copious spring of water bearing his name. 161 From the well of St. Ninian, the parish of St. Ninian,162 is said to have derived its name. l63 This parish formerly comprehended the whole
135 Only a small part of it now remains in
the parish of Rosemarkie, and it stood in the
town of Chanonry. The episcopal see of
Ross was founded by David I. , King of Scotland," vol. x. Perthshire. Parish of Scotland ; and although there is no certain Port of Menteith, pp. 1094 and 1 105. account of when the cathedral had been 144 See " Vitse Dunkeldenis Ecclesise built, it is said to have been a fine one, with Episcoporum. " a lofty steeple. At the Reformation period I4s A village in the parish of Longforgan, it probably shared the fate of many other and presbytery of Dundee. See the " New churches. See the "New Statistical Account
partly in Forfar, but mainly in Perthshire, see Francis H. Groome's " Ordnance
Statistical Account of Scotland," vol. x. Perthshire. Parish of Longforgan, pp. 410, 418.
146 See " Origines Parochiales Scotiae, part i. , p. 74.
147
By Lady Lochow, daughter to Robert, Duke of Albany.
Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. ii. , pp. 289, 290. 143 See the " New Statistical Account of
148 The tract of
and on which a part of Hutchesontown is now built, is called St. Ninian's Crofc.
"
See M'Ure's History of Glasgow," pp. 52
to 54.
»49 By William Stewart, prebendary of
Killearn, and rector of Glasford.
150 See the " New Statistical Account of
158 See Sibbald's " Shetland," p. 15.
f » See the " New Statistical Account of
Shetland," vol. xv. Shetland. Parish of
Dunrossness, pp. 93 to 96.
160
See Chalmers' "Caledonia," vol. i. , book ii. , chap, vii. , n. (1).
161 Besides at Stirling, St. Ninian's wells at Lamington and Arbroath are also known. See Joseph Anderson's " Scotland in Early
ground
on which it
stood,
Scotland," vol. vi. Lanarkshire. Parish Christian Times," lect. vi. , n. I. , pp. 193,
of Govan, by Rev. M. Leishman, Minister, pp. 668 to 718.
151 In Gaelic written Cill Tighearn or St.
Ternan's Church. Five pre-Reformation
chapels, in ruins, are among the antiquities of this parish. See Francis H. Groome's
194.
162 The church of St. Ninian in this parish
had been used for a powder-magazine by Prince Charles Edward's army; but on their retreat northwards on the 1st of February, 1746, it was blown up,, and on the occasion several people were killed. About the year 1750, or 1751, the new church there had
been built and opened for purposes of Pres- byterian worship.
"
Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. iv. ,
P- 387.
'S2 See "Old Statistical Account of Scot-
land," vol. i. , p. 293.
153 See "
Origines part ii. , p. 469.
Parochiales Scotia? ,"
163 A account of this very complete
154 See Chalmer's " Caledonia," vol. i. , book it. , chap, vii. , p. 315.
parish may be found in the "New Statistical
grammar
Glasgow
of Scotland," vol. xiv. Ross and Cromarty. Parish of Rosemarkie, pp. 350, 351.