5 From the middle of the sixth century to his time, the names of his
predecessors
in the See of Tuam have passed away from our records.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
granted
of Dublin.
built and endowed St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 8
Patrick, and confirmation of that grant was made by Pope Celestine II I. ,9 in
county
the tiqi. In year
1231, Archbishop
Patrick's Cathedral, on demise of Andrew de Menavia, the holder of it as a
In 1 ' it was returned as wasted the O'Tooles, and in prebend. 1306, by
1326, the English sheriff describes it, as belonging to the manor of Tallagh, but
*4 See Father Sheerin's posthumous work 166, 167. The more modern hand adds
'•
edited by Father Ward,
Martyris Inclyti, Archiepiscopi Dublinensis, Mechliniensium Apostoli," . Sic. Dissertatio
num. Q. P- -'
e l>at"a S. Rumoldi, sect. 9,
Rev. . . . .
26 Or iv. of the Ides. Uv, p. xxu.
*5 Edited
«> See Colgan's
copy
manufac„e a on t]ie ] g
Dodder mills, valley,
by
"
Acta Sanctoru.
: ' xxviii. Februarii, Vita S. Aidi il^er-
nae,
et Confessoris, n. 7, p. 422.
ha bueAciiAc, " road of the from Britons,
Sancti Rumoldi
the references to Mar. and M. Taml.
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
flourishing ; CSj i}] eacn
,
28 This however is not to be found in tne toK,cn ,-ia bpeAcnAC, "house of the Bri-
of his " Feilire," as edited by Whitley S:okes, LL. D.
2»
Edited by 1p
30 See " Proceedings of Royal Irish Aca-
Irish Mam^cript Series, vol. 1. ,
demy,"
part i. , pp- 124, 125.
31 There we meet. " 1oUat>a» ua eACAi-o e&rP o Uaic tibcen 1 VeapAlb CeAU 1
the margin,
, j
18 He ruled over the See of
Com- In * note on I find this Uaic bbcen identi-
rnroe. Ordnance Survey Office Copy, mon Place Book F, p. 54-
Harris Nicolas'
Chronolog; g> See Sir . u c YotHistory'»,"
p- 2°? ;
fied as " Rathlihen or Rathlen, in the parish a, of Killoughy, King's County, barony of A. D. 1228 to A. I. . 1255. See
Rev. Dr. J Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
^^ ^ him, in John D Alton s Men,
Archbishops of Dublin, pp. 90
" See John D Alton s " Hisf o
Article ii. — Kelly, p. xxvi.
Edited by
fh County of Dublin," p. 755- r£ of tne
to the College of St.
3
4 See his Life in the First Volume ofthis
work, at January 20th, Art. ii.
5 See "Acta S. inctoium Hibernian," xx.
Januarii. Secunda Vita S. Fechini. cap. xxxvii. , and nn. 27, 28, pp. 137, 138, 142.
6 Some think the derivation lo be boliAp
By Colgan.
were in a irt of t! )e iast the present, am. . (iedined in the beginnin- of
. .
appeared. jiave now ai lllost j,s.
8 About the year
Ware, vol. i. , "Archb. ,,^ gee Harris,
P- 3*5- oprs of Dublin," s He ruled from 1191 to i
"
century,
but t
>ate jn the latter
.
greens, &c,
4
-
'
June io. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 615
" within the lying
therefore waste and 12 the unprofitable. During
Irishry,"
border wars of the middle ages, the exercise of Divine service in it was ren- dered difficult to the settlers. l3 In the sixteenth 1* it
English century, ceased to be a church for worship, a chapel having been erected at a place called by the Irish Templeogue, or " the new church. " The old church of Kilnasantan is now a ruin ; but it measured about 18 paces in length by 5
in breadth. Although built at a very early period, and in a sequestered spot,
1 *
its walls exhibit no skill in contemptible
in this
were rude and broken granite crosses on the piers of its entrance, a large broken font inside the gate, and some tombs of the last century, uniformly
and grotesquely sculptured.
Article III. —St. Sen Berach, of Cuil-Drephni, Countv of
Sligo. The of 1 at the 10th of records the name Martyrology Tallagh, June,
ofSeinbeirech,ChuileDremni. Elsewhere,thisplaceis spokenofmoreat
Inthe of 2 atthesame Martyrology Donegal,
wefind
entered,
brated battle was fought, between Diermaid, King of Erin, with his people, and the kinsmen of Colum Cille, with the Connachtmen on the other side, to avenge the son of the King of Connacht, who was under the protection of St. Columkille. We have already treated about this matter in his Life, 4 as also alluded to the false judgment said to have been given against him for thetranscriptionofSt. Finnen'sbook. s CuleDrebene,6ascalledbyAdam- nan,? was situated in the territory of Cairbre.
Article IV. —St. Forchellach or Faircheallach, of Fore, County
length.
Sen Berach, of Cuil-drephni. Between Druim chliabh, now Drumcliff, and Sligeach, now Sligo,3 in Connacht, Cuil dreimne is situated. Here the cele-
of Westmeath. On the 10th of in the June,
of
1 Tallagh, appears
Martyrology thenameForchellach,ofFobhair,orFore,ashavingbeenvenerated. This
place is situated in the barony of Demifore, and in the county of Westmeath. An interesting account of this place has been left us, by Sir Henry Piers of
Tristernagh,
and written in 1682. 2
He relates a said to have been miracle,
" See ibid. , p. 763.
13 See an account of this ancient church, in William Monck Mason's valuable work,
"
History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin, from its Foundation in 1 190 to the
"Antiquities of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 53 to 55.
* See in the present volume, Art. i. , at
June 9th, chap. vii.
s In a note by Dr. Todd at this word,
Book, he says :
l* 6"
year 1819," book i. , chap, xi. , pp. 74, 75. An Inquisition of 1547 finds annexed to
this church a demesne of 100 acres, ing to the "economy of St. Patrick's. "
15 See William Monck Mason's "History
and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin, from its Foundation in 1190 to the year
*
Est locus hie in
Colgan has it : regione
book i. , — xi. , p. 1819," chap, 74,
and n. (a), p. 31. — Article iv.
n. (1). Article hi, Edited by Rev. Dr.
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvi. 32
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. J. 66, 167.
3 Threebeautifulcopperplateengravings, with a ground plan of Sligo Abbey, drawn by T. Cocking and Bigari, appear in Grose's
See Major Charles Vallancey's "Collec- tanea de Rebus Hibernicis," vol. i. , num. i. , "ChronogrnphicalDescriptionoftheCounty
of Westmeath," p. 65.
belong-
Carbriae in Connacia non a— procul Sliguensi
masonry.
Early
century
date,
"
nelf. sLife of Columba, lib. ii. , cap. 1. "
oppido, versus Aquilonem situs. "
"
See the story in O'Don-
Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Vita S. Columbse,
n. 3, p. 452.
7 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
"
Life of St. Columba," Prsefacio ii. , p. 9,
Kelly, p. xxvi.
3 See Ussher's
"
Primordia Ecclesiarum
by
616 LIVES OF THE IklSH SAINTS. [June to.
wrought there, by St. Fechin, the founder; while the same tradition is yet vividly remembered in the neighbourhood. There was a mill here, into which women must not presume to enter, and formerly it was not less respected than one of St. Fechin's churches. 3 This mill is said to have been hewed out of thesideofarock,bySt. Fechin'sownhands. GiraldusCambrensisrelates4 certain miraculous punishments inflicted on those, who profaned this place. 5 There is yet a mill at Fore, turned by a rush of water from the Benn, and it is still called by St. Fechin's name. 6 The Martyrology of Donegal,? at this same date, enters Faircheallach of Fobhar.
Article V. —St. Ferdomhnach, of Tuam, County of Galway. 1
[Eighth Ce>itury. ~] In the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the ioth of June, the simply entry of S. Ferdomnaigh occurs. His place is set down, in a later record. Atthesamedate,intheMartyrologyofDonegal' his—nameisgivenasFer- domhnach, of Tu—aim-da-Ualann. This latter spelling sometimes rendered Tuaim-Daolann is only another form for Tuaim-da-ghualann, now Tuam,
the seat of an Archbishop's See, in the County of Galway. In the Annals of the Four Masters,^ this saint's death is recorded at a. d. 777 ; but, more correctly, as we are told, it should be at the year 782/ Under the head of Tuaim-da-Ualann, and for June ioth, Duald Mac Firbis enters Ferdomh- nach (i. e. , the son of Caomhan), bishop of Tuaim-da-Ualann, anno Domini 781.
5 From the middle of the sixth century to his time, the names of his predecessors in the See of Tuam have passed away from our records.
Article VI. —St. Ainmire, or Ainmirech, of Aileach, County of Donegal. Veneration was given$ on this day, ioth of June, to Ainmirech
1
peninsula
in the county of Donegal. The Irish word Ainmire is said to have an identi- cal meaning with the Latin word Animosus. 3 Again, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,* the name Ainmire, of Aileach, is entered at the same date.
Article VII. —Reputed Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. A Manuscript, classed B 1, 3, has an office for the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
Britannicarum, cap. xvii. , p. 943. 382, 383. , and n. (e), p. 381.
44 SeeGiraldi Cambrensis "Opera," vol. v. ,
of Ailich, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh.
This place, formerly
is nowknownas 2 in the very celebrated, Elagh,
of and Inishowen,
edited by James K. Dimoek, M. A. " Topo-
grapliia Hibernica," Dist. ii. , cap. lii. , liii. , "
p. 134. Also, Expugnatio Hibernica," lib. ii. , cap. xxii. , pp. 354, 355.
See ibid.
s See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
5 See Messingham's Sanctorum," p. 432.
"
Florilogium Insuloe
6
See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese ofMeath,
For an interesting account of the Anti- quities of this place, the reader is referred to the Memoir of the City and North- Western Liberties of Londonderry," Ancient, sect. 2, pp. 217 to 236.
3 One bearing this name is known to have
in written the Acts of St. Brigid. See the
Second Volume of this work, at the istday
of February, Life St. Brigid, chap. i.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
164, 165.
Ancient and Modern,"' vol. hi. , chap, lxxiv. ,
pp. 562 to 565.
i Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
164. i65. Article v.
—
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
166, 167.
3 See O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
part i. , pp. 130,—131.
Article vi. Kelly, p. xxi.
"
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
June io/j LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
617
St. Columba and St.
at the 10th of 1 It June.
to the
At this same date, the Bollandists have entered the Festival of St. Patrick's Translation in Scotia, on the authority of Greven, Canisius and Ferrarius, while they remark that it was celebrated with an
2
Article VIII. —St. Rethach, Son of Coemhan. In the Martyrolo-
of * and of 2 a festival is recorded at the 10th of
gies Tallagh Donegal, June,
in honour of Rethach, son of Coemhan.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of Segianus, Presbyter, at Inver-
leith. Atthe10thofJune,ThomasDempsterinhisMenologiumScoto-
1
rum, has a festival for Segianus, a Presbyter, at Inveleith. According to that
writer,PopeHonoriusI. addressedletterstohim,whichservedtobringthe Scots over to celebrating Easter according to the Roman rite. Now, Pope
Brigid, of Trinity College, Dublin.
belongs
Library
Ecclesiastical Office.
Honorius died in the
nus flourished in the year 666.
while states Dempster
elsewhere,
2 that
Martyrology,
Ferrarius adds the
year 638,
Segia- Following Dempster, and citing the Scottish
— of a and of Hector authority Breviary Boetius;
—as observe the Bollandists 3 who these at the 10th although give particulars
ofJune thereisnostatementaboutthetitleofthatBreviary.
Article X. —Festival of the Elevation of the Remains of St. Suitbert, Confessor, at Keiserswerdt, on the Rhine. In some Kalendars appears a Festival, at the 10th of June, to commemorate the Elevation ' of the remains of St. Suitbert or Suibert, Bishop, and Apostle of the Frisons and of the Boructuarians, whose Life has been already written,
2
at the 1st of March, the date for his chief feast.
ArticleXI. —FestivalsofMarkandBarnabas. IntheFestilogy
of St. 1 at the 10th of is entered the celebration of Mark and ^Engus, June,
Barnabas ; but without any scholion annexed, to indicate who these saints had been. Elsewhere, we can find no record of such feasts, at this day.
Article X. — ' It is thus entered " S. Translatio Sanctorum Patricii Columba et Suiberti Confessoris, in Insula-Csesaris,
Article vii. — « Thus noted Brigida, Duplea fin.
:
Ides
iiii. ,
x.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii
the — 262. Among pretermitted feasts, p.
Elevatio," in Fastis Agrippiensibus, in Gele-
nius, and in the Martyrologies of various monasteries. See the Bollandists' "Acta
Article viii. Kelly, p. xxvi.
x. the Among
— Leabhar Breac Article xi. In the
with its English translation: Com>pecAC popAencliAe
3 Edited
ii. , pretermitted saints, p. 262.
Drs. Todd and
—
literis admonitus, Scotos suos, ad pascatis Romano ritu celebrationem adduxit, BT. B. " By these letters, he refers t—o Hector Boetius
* See notices of him, in the Third Volume of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
166, 167. Article ix.
by
Reeves, pp.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Sanctorum, "tomus
Junii
"
Segiani presbyteri, qui S. Honorii I. PP, copy we have the followin—g Irish stanza,
andtoaScottishBreviary liishop "
Cein
ppimreib ma^vcc mint) er»"upAic LApeiibuA'OAij bAptiAip.
"They met on one road: the chief feast
of Mark a conspicuous diadem,—with the triumphant feast of Barnabas. " "Trans-
'
Thus:
Innerlothrae
Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 202.
niAip •oocopApnAic
2
In his "Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xvii. , num. 1048.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii x. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 262.
61 8 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 1 1.
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of St. Etto, Bishop. In the Benedictine Kalendar of Dorgan, he has incorrectly entered at this date a
Festival for St. Etto,
who is venerated rather on the 8th of
1
MUCH
Bishop,
July.
Clebent! ) JBay of 3une*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAC TAIL, OF KILCULLEN, COUNTY OF KILDARE. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ]
obscurity of date and personality hovers over the memorials of the of the Irish Church. It would
present early prelate primitive
seem, according to the account of Rev. John Francis Shearman, there were no less than three bishops, and all denominated Mac Tail, while these are
named in connexion with Kilcullen. 1 these —if severally — Regarding bishops
such there were we have little information, and that is exceedingly unreli- able. ^The Bishop, established by St. Patrick in that See, is thought by some to have been Mac Tail, the son of Dorgan, great-grandson to Aengus Mac
Nadfraich, King
of
Cashel,
who was
a. d.
2 at now Kelles- Cellosnad,
slain,
town, county of Carlow ; but, this chronology should hardly agree with an appointment made by the Apostle of Ireland, as in such case, he should have been bishop for an incredibly long period. Another Bishop of Kilcullen, according to some authorities, was Mac Tail, son of Eochaidh, son to Barr,3 regulus of Leix. The Bishop of Kilcullen, Mac Tail, venerated on this day, is otherwise called * Eogan, son to Corcran. s He is said to have been son
son to Cathair Mor, King of Leinster and monarch of Ireland, who was slain a. d. 177. The truth seems to be, that the genealogists have been astray, in
compiling the pedigree of Mac Tail, Bishop of Kilcullen, nor do we find reason for supposing, that a second bearing that name ever lived there in the station of its Bishop. The eldest son of Cathair Mor is said to have been RossFailghe,fromwhomdescendedtheUiFailghe7 thesecondsonbeing
489,
6 and whose father was Oilill son Mor,
Barrache
of Braccan, son of Fiach, son to Dairre Barrach—founder of that family—and
of of the Monach,
Hy
race,
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. xciii. —
'
;
6 "The Saint Genealogy in the ' Book of Lecan,' fol. 196, and the same authority in McFirbis, states that Mac Tail of Cilcul- len was one of the saints of tlie Hy Barrche.
second
The Mac Tail, the grandson of Barr,
Ring of Leix, may have been also a bishop in this See. The third Mac Tail, son of
Article Xll.
See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii x.
Among Article
p. 263.
See Loca Patriciana,"
the — feasts,
pretermitted
"
* I.
the
Dergan, of si.
;
great grandson Aengus, 486, is too far in advance of 548 to be the
num.
of Dublin.
built and endowed St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 8
Patrick, and confirmation of that grant was made by Pope Celestine II I. ,9 in
county
the tiqi. In year
1231, Archbishop
Patrick's Cathedral, on demise of Andrew de Menavia, the holder of it as a
In 1 ' it was returned as wasted the O'Tooles, and in prebend. 1306, by
1326, the English sheriff describes it, as belonging to the manor of Tallagh, but
*4 See Father Sheerin's posthumous work 166, 167. The more modern hand adds
'•
edited by Father Ward,
Martyris Inclyti, Archiepiscopi Dublinensis, Mechliniensium Apostoli," . Sic. Dissertatio
num. Q. P- -'
e l>at"a S. Rumoldi, sect. 9,
Rev. . . . .
26 Or iv. of the Ides. Uv, p. xxu.
*5 Edited
«> See Colgan's
copy
manufac„e a on t]ie ] g
Dodder mills, valley,
by
"
Acta Sanctoru.
: ' xxviii. Februarii, Vita S. Aidi il^er-
nae,
et Confessoris, n. 7, p. 422.
ha bueAciiAc, " road of the from Britons,
Sancti Rumoldi
the references to Mar. and M. Taml.
Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
flourishing ; CSj i}] eacn
,
28 This however is not to be found in tne toK,cn ,-ia bpeAcnAC, "house of the Bri-
of his " Feilire," as edited by Whitley S:okes, LL. D.
2»
Edited by 1p
30 See " Proceedings of Royal Irish Aca-
Irish Mam^cript Series, vol. 1. ,
demy,"
part i. , pp- 124, 125.
31 There we meet. " 1oUat>a» ua eACAi-o e&rP o Uaic tibcen 1 VeapAlb CeAU 1
the margin,
, j
18 He ruled over the See of
Com- In * note on I find this Uaic bbcen identi-
rnroe. Ordnance Survey Office Copy, mon Place Book F, p. 54-
Harris Nicolas'
Chronolog; g> See Sir . u c YotHistory'»,"
p- 2°? ;
fied as " Rathlihen or Rathlen, in the parish a, of Killoughy, King's County, barony of A. D. 1228 to A. I. . 1255. See
Rev. Dr. J Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
^^ ^ him, in John D Alton s Men,
Archbishops of Dublin, pp. 90
" See John D Alton s " Hisf o
Article ii. — Kelly, p. xxvi.
Edited by
fh County of Dublin," p. 755- r£ of tne
to the College of St.
3
4 See his Life in the First Volume ofthis
work, at January 20th, Art. ii.
5 See "Acta S. inctoium Hibernian," xx.
Januarii. Secunda Vita S. Fechini. cap. xxxvii. , and nn. 27, 28, pp. 137, 138, 142.
6 Some think the derivation lo be boliAp
By Colgan.
were in a irt of t! )e iast the present, am. . (iedined in the beginnin- of
. .
appeared. jiave now ai lllost j,s.
8 About the year
Ware, vol. i. , "Archb. ,,^ gee Harris,
P- 3*5- oprs of Dublin," s He ruled from 1191 to i
"
century,
but t
>ate jn the latter
.
greens, &c,
4
-
'
June io. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 615
" within the lying
therefore waste and 12 the unprofitable. During
Irishry,"
border wars of the middle ages, the exercise of Divine service in it was ren- dered difficult to the settlers. l3 In the sixteenth 1* it
English century, ceased to be a church for worship, a chapel having been erected at a place called by the Irish Templeogue, or " the new church. " The old church of Kilnasantan is now a ruin ; but it measured about 18 paces in length by 5
in breadth. Although built at a very early period, and in a sequestered spot,
1 *
its walls exhibit no skill in contemptible
in this
were rude and broken granite crosses on the piers of its entrance, a large broken font inside the gate, and some tombs of the last century, uniformly
and grotesquely sculptured.
Article III. —St. Sen Berach, of Cuil-Drephni, Countv of
Sligo. The of 1 at the 10th of records the name Martyrology Tallagh, June,
ofSeinbeirech,ChuileDremni. Elsewhere,thisplaceis spokenofmoreat
Inthe of 2 atthesame Martyrology Donegal,
wefind
entered,
brated battle was fought, between Diermaid, King of Erin, with his people, and the kinsmen of Colum Cille, with the Connachtmen on the other side, to avenge the son of the King of Connacht, who was under the protection of St. Columkille. We have already treated about this matter in his Life, 4 as also alluded to the false judgment said to have been given against him for thetranscriptionofSt. Finnen'sbook. s CuleDrebene,6ascalledbyAdam- nan,? was situated in the territory of Cairbre.
Article IV. —St. Forchellach or Faircheallach, of Fore, County
length.
Sen Berach, of Cuil-drephni. Between Druim chliabh, now Drumcliff, and Sligeach, now Sligo,3 in Connacht, Cuil dreimne is situated. Here the cele-
of Westmeath. On the 10th of in the June,
of
1 Tallagh, appears
Martyrology thenameForchellach,ofFobhair,orFore,ashavingbeenvenerated. This
place is situated in the barony of Demifore, and in the county of Westmeath. An interesting account of this place has been left us, by Sir Henry Piers of
Tristernagh,
and written in 1682. 2
He relates a said to have been miracle,
" See ibid. , p. 763.
13 See an account of this ancient church, in William Monck Mason's valuable work,
"
History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin, from its Foundation in 1 190 to the
"Antiquities of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 53 to 55.
* See in the present volume, Art. i. , at
June 9th, chap. vii.
s In a note by Dr. Todd at this word,
Book, he says :
l* 6"
year 1819," book i. , chap, xi. , pp. 74, 75. An Inquisition of 1547 finds annexed to
this church a demesne of 100 acres, ing to the "economy of St. Patrick's. "
15 See William Monck Mason's "History
and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick near Dublin, from its Foundation in 1190 to the year
*
Est locus hie in
Colgan has it : regione
book i. , — xi. , p. 1819," chap, 74,
and n. (a), p. 31. — Article iv.
n. (1). Article hi, Edited by Rev. Dr.
*
Edited
Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvi. 32
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. J. 66, 167.
3 Threebeautifulcopperplateengravings, with a ground plan of Sligo Abbey, drawn by T. Cocking and Bigari, appear in Grose's
See Major Charles Vallancey's "Collec- tanea de Rebus Hibernicis," vol. i. , num. i. , "ChronogrnphicalDescriptionoftheCounty
of Westmeath," p. 65.
belong-
Carbriae in Connacia non a— procul Sliguensi
masonry.
Early
century
date,
"
nelf. sLife of Columba, lib. ii. , cap. 1. "
oppido, versus Aquilonem situs. "
"
See the story in O'Don-
Trias Thaumaturga," Quinta Vita S. Columbse,
n. 3, p. 452.
7 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's
"
Life of St. Columba," Prsefacio ii. , p. 9,
Kelly, p. xxvi.
3 See Ussher's
"
Primordia Ecclesiarum
by
616 LIVES OF THE IklSH SAINTS. [June to.
wrought there, by St. Fechin, the founder; while the same tradition is yet vividly remembered in the neighbourhood. There was a mill here, into which women must not presume to enter, and formerly it was not less respected than one of St. Fechin's churches. 3 This mill is said to have been hewed out of thesideofarock,bySt. Fechin'sownhands. GiraldusCambrensisrelates4 certain miraculous punishments inflicted on those, who profaned this place. 5 There is yet a mill at Fore, turned by a rush of water from the Benn, and it is still called by St. Fechin's name. 6 The Martyrology of Donegal,? at this same date, enters Faircheallach of Fobhar.
Article V. —St. Ferdomhnach, of Tuam, County of Galway. 1
[Eighth Ce>itury. ~] In the Martyrology of Tallagh, at the ioth of June, the simply entry of S. Ferdomnaigh occurs. His place is set down, in a later record. Atthesamedate,intheMartyrologyofDonegal' his—nameisgivenasFer- domhnach, of Tu—aim-da-Ualann. This latter spelling sometimes rendered Tuaim-Daolann is only another form for Tuaim-da-ghualann, now Tuam,
the seat of an Archbishop's See, in the County of Galway. In the Annals of the Four Masters,^ this saint's death is recorded at a. d. 777 ; but, more correctly, as we are told, it should be at the year 782/ Under the head of Tuaim-da-Ualann, and for June ioth, Duald Mac Firbis enters Ferdomh- nach (i. e. , the son of Caomhan), bishop of Tuaim-da-Ualann, anno Domini 781.
5 From the middle of the sixth century to his time, the names of his predecessors in the See of Tuam have passed away from our records.
Article VI. —St. Ainmire, or Ainmirech, of Aileach, County of Donegal. Veneration was given$ on this day, ioth of June, to Ainmirech
1
peninsula
in the county of Donegal. The Irish word Ainmire is said to have an identi- cal meaning with the Latin word Animosus. 3 Again, in the Martyrology of
Donegal,* the name Ainmire, of Aileach, is entered at the same date.
Article VII. —Reputed Feast for the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick, St. Columba and St. Brigid. A Manuscript, classed B 1, 3, has an office for the Translation of the Relics of St. Patrick,
Britannicarum, cap. xvii. , p. 943. 382, 383. , and n. (e), p. 381.
44 SeeGiraldi Cambrensis "Opera," vol. v. ,
of Ailich, according to the Martyrology of Tallagh.
This place, formerly
is nowknownas 2 in the very celebrated, Elagh,
of and Inishowen,
edited by James K. Dimoek, M. A. " Topo-
grapliia Hibernica," Dist. ii. , cap. lii. , liii. , "
p. 134. Also, Expugnatio Hibernica," lib. ii. , cap. xxii. , pp. 354, 355.
See ibid.
s See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
5 See Messingham's Sanctorum," p. 432.
"
Florilogium Insuloe
6
See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese ofMeath,
For an interesting account of the Anti- quities of this place, the reader is referred to the Memoir of the City and North- Western Liberties of Londonderry," Ancient, sect. 2, pp. 217 to 236.
3 One bearing this name is known to have
in written the Acts of St. Brigid. See the
Second Volume of this work, at the istday
of February, Life St. Brigid, chap. i.
4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
164, 165.
Ancient and Modern,"' vol. hi. , chap, lxxiv. ,
pp. 562 to 565.
i Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
164. i65. Article v.
—
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxvi.
2 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
166, 167.
3 See O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp.
part i. , pp. 130,—131.
Article vi. Kelly, p. xxi.
"
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
June io/j LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
617
St. Columba and St.
at the 10th of 1 It June.
to the
At this same date, the Bollandists have entered the Festival of St. Patrick's Translation in Scotia, on the authority of Greven, Canisius and Ferrarius, while they remark that it was celebrated with an
2
Article VIII. —St. Rethach, Son of Coemhan. In the Martyrolo-
of * and of 2 a festival is recorded at the 10th of
gies Tallagh Donegal, June,
in honour of Rethach, son of Coemhan.
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of Segianus, Presbyter, at Inver-
leith. Atthe10thofJune,ThomasDempsterinhisMenologiumScoto-
1
rum, has a festival for Segianus, a Presbyter, at Inveleith. According to that
writer,PopeHonoriusI. addressedletterstohim,whichservedtobringthe Scots over to celebrating Easter according to the Roman rite. Now, Pope
Brigid, of Trinity College, Dublin.
belongs
Library
Ecclesiastical Office.
Honorius died in the
nus flourished in the year 666.
while states Dempster
elsewhere,
2 that
Martyrology,
Ferrarius adds the
year 638,
Segia- Following Dempster, and citing the Scottish
— of a and of Hector authority Breviary Boetius;
—as observe the Bollandists 3 who these at the 10th although give particulars
ofJune thereisnostatementaboutthetitleofthatBreviary.
Article X. —Festival of the Elevation of the Remains of St. Suitbert, Confessor, at Keiserswerdt, on the Rhine. In some Kalendars appears a Festival, at the 10th of June, to commemorate the Elevation ' of the remains of St. Suitbert or Suibert, Bishop, and Apostle of the Frisons and of the Boructuarians, whose Life has been already written,
2
at the 1st of March, the date for his chief feast.
ArticleXI. —FestivalsofMarkandBarnabas. IntheFestilogy
of St. 1 at the 10th of is entered the celebration of Mark and ^Engus, June,
Barnabas ; but without any scholion annexed, to indicate who these saints had been. Elsewhere, we can find no record of such feasts, at this day.
Article X. — ' It is thus entered " S. Translatio Sanctorum Patricii Columba et Suiberti Confessoris, in Insula-Csesaris,
Article vii. — « Thus noted Brigida, Duplea fin.
:
Ides
iiii. ,
x.
3
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii
the — 262. Among pretermitted feasts, p.
Elevatio," in Fastis Agrippiensibus, in Gele-
nius, and in the Martyrologies of various monasteries. See the Bollandists' "Acta
Article viii. Kelly, p. xxvi.
x. the Among
— Leabhar Breac Article xi. In the
with its English translation: Com>pecAC popAencliAe
3 Edited
ii. , pretermitted saints, p. 262.
Drs. Todd and
—
literis admonitus, Scotos suos, ad pascatis Romano ritu celebrationem adduxit, BT. B. " By these letters, he refers t—o Hector Boetius
* See notices of him, in the Third Volume of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
166, 167. Article ix.
by
Reeves, pp.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Sanctorum, "tomus
Junii
"
Segiani presbyteri, qui S. Honorii I. PP, copy we have the followin—g Irish stanza,
andtoaScottishBreviary liishop "
Cein
ppimreib ma^vcc mint) er»"upAic LApeiibuA'OAij bAptiAip.
"They met on one road: the chief feast
of Mark a conspicuous diadem,—with the triumphant feast of Barnabas. " "Trans-
'
Thus:
Innerlothrae
Forbes' Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 202.
niAip •oocopApnAic
2
In his "Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xvii. , num. 1048.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii x. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 262.
61 8 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [June 1 1.
Article XII. —Reputed Festival of St. Etto, Bishop. In the Benedictine Kalendar of Dorgan, he has incorrectly entered at this date a
Festival for St. Etto,
who is venerated rather on the 8th of
1
MUCH
Bishop,
July.
Clebent! ) JBay of 3une*
ARTICLE I. —ST. MAC TAIL, OF KILCULLEN, COUNTY OF KILDARE. [FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES. ]
obscurity of date and personality hovers over the memorials of the of the Irish Church. It would
present early prelate primitive
seem, according to the account of Rev. John Francis Shearman, there were no less than three bishops, and all denominated Mac Tail, while these are
named in connexion with Kilcullen. 1 these —if severally — Regarding bishops
such there were we have little information, and that is exceedingly unreli- able. ^The Bishop, established by St. Patrick in that See, is thought by some to have been Mac Tail, the son of Dorgan, great-grandson to Aengus Mac
Nadfraich, King
of
Cashel,
who was
a. d.
2 at now Kelles- Cellosnad,
slain,
town, county of Carlow ; but, this chronology should hardly agree with an appointment made by the Apostle of Ireland, as in such case, he should have been bishop for an incredibly long period. Another Bishop of Kilcullen, according to some authorities, was Mac Tail, son of Eochaidh, son to Barr,3 regulus of Leix. The Bishop of Kilcullen, Mac Tail, venerated on this day, is otherwise called * Eogan, son to Corcran. s He is said to have been son
son to Cathair Mor, King of Leinster and monarch of Ireland, who was slain a. d. 177. The truth seems to be, that the genealogists have been astray, in
compiling the pedigree of Mac Tail, Bishop of Kilcullen, nor do we find reason for supposing, that a second bearing that name ever lived there in the station of its Bishop. The eldest son of Cathair Mor is said to have been RossFailghe,fromwhomdescendedtheUiFailghe7 thesecondsonbeing
489,
6 and whose father was Oilill son Mor,
Barrache
of Braccan, son of Fiach, son to Dairre Barrach—founder of that family—and
of of the Monach,
Hy
race,
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. xciii. —
'
;
6 "The Saint Genealogy in the ' Book of Lecan,' fol. 196, and the same authority in McFirbis, states that Mac Tail of Cilcul- len was one of the saints of tlie Hy Barrche.
second
The Mac Tail, the grandson of Barr,
Ring of Leix, may have been also a bishop in this See. The third Mac Tail, son of
Article Xll.
See the Bollandists' " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Junii x.
Among Article
p. 263.
See Loca Patriciana,"
the — feasts,
pretermitted
"
* I.
the
Dergan, of si.
;
great grandson Aengus, 486, is too far in advance of 548 to be the
num.
