No More Learning

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.
ON this day, veneration was given to Colman, of Dramlias, said to have
been in Marianus O'Gorman. * This we read, also, in Luighne, by
9 —l
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
172, 173.
3 By Rev. Dr. Todd.
4 See ibid. , pp. 382,383.
5 See O'Sullevan's Beare's " Historiae
Article IV. Viz. ,
Catholicse Ibernix Compendium," tomus lib. iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53.
i. ,
Annals of the Four Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 868 to
6
See ibid. , cap. xi. , p. 53.
'See "Acta
Junii xviii. Among the pretermitted saints, xviii.
Among the pretermitted saints, p.
Sanctorum,"
tomus
iii. ,
P-551-
* The Bollandists add, that in the second
552. —" Article v. In
Menologium Scoto-
edition of the English Martyrology, there is "2"
tobefound ColmanusexScotia Thus oriundus,"
:
Brandani abbatis et
episcopi Forbes'
and that he was Abbot there, about 1670. " Citatur Laesleus, lib. 4, ubide S. Colmano Episcopo varia confundit, et de alio agit re-
lato in prima editione ejusdem Martyrol. Anglicani xxvm. Junii. "
—
ait Petrus Cluniacensis," Bishop
xiv. Calend.
Julii.
a See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima
Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, pars, iii. , p.
298, and Index Tertius, p. 679. 3 See, also, Dr. O'Donovan's
"
871.
* See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
rum," at the 18th of June,
" Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 203.
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii xviii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p.
551.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
737
3 In the Table
Martyrology is quoted, after the entry of this saint's name and place. 3 The
latter is now known as Drumlease, and there is an old church now in ruins, near the eastern extremity of the beautiful Lough Gill. It is situated in the barony of Dromahaire, and in the county of Leitrim. The monastery at this place was burned, in the year 1360. 4 It lay in West Breifne. There is also a village of Drumlish, in the parish of Killoe, in the barony and county of Longford. s AManuscriptCalendar,whichbelongedtoProfessorEugene O'Curry, enters a festival for St. Colman of Druim Lias, at the 19th of June.
Article II. —St. Coelain or Caolan, of Doire Choelaine. On
Derrycullion
ology, his name has been rendered into the Latinized form, Caelianus. 6
the of Martyrology
Donegal.
appended, the Carthusian
the19thofJune,wereadintheMartyrologyof
1 thatCoelain,of the only Irish townland we find, very nearly resembling the foregoing ancient denomination. It is situated in the parish of Aghalurcher,3 barony of Magherastephana, and county of Fermanagh. The Martyrology of Donegal,* at this same date, merely records Caolin, of Doire. s In the table, subjoined to this Martyr-
Doire wasvenerated. Choelaine,
Tallagh, * is
Article III. —St. Failbe or Failbhe, of Tobucht. The Martyr- 12
ologies of Tallagh, and of Donegal, register a festival, on the 19th of June, in honour of Failbe or Failbhe. The latter Calendar states, he was of
Tobucht ; while the former calls his place Thalincht. Under either form of denomination, it cannot easily be identified.
Article IV. —St. Dima, Monk of Iona. At the 22nd of February,
notices of this saint occur. r
Hugo Menard, places
and at the 8th of
his festival, at the present date.
April,
Article V. —Reputed Festival of St. Moloma, of Domnaigh Imlech. As in the following instance, it is likely the present saint's festival
Articlei. —«Inanote,totheO'Clerys' Calendar, at this passage, which is quoted from Marianus, Dr. Todd states, that the clause within brackets is in the more recent hand. It professes to be added, from the Martyrology of Marianus O'Gorman. Yet, it does not occur in Mr. O'Curry's copy of
the Brussels Manuscript containing a tran- script of that work.
for 1861, p. 367.
3 This extensive parish is set down, on
the "Ordnance Survey Townland Maps for the County of Fermanagh," sheets 23, 24.
27,28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 39. A portion of this parish, in the barony of Clogher, is noted, on the "Ordnance Survey Townland
Maps for the County of Tyrone," sheets 64, 68. Derrycullion townland is on sheets 24, 29. 4 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
2 Edited
172, 173-
by
Drs. Todd and Reeves,
pp.
3 See
ibid. , pp. 382, 383.
4 See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. iii. , pp. 616 to 618, and n. (i), ibid.
Doire: "i. e. , Doire Caolain, as in M. Taml. "
6
See pp. 372, 373, ibid.
Article hi. — x Edited by Rev. Dr.
s See Lewis' "
Topographical Dictionary
Dr.
of Ireland," vol. —i. , p. 518. •
Kelly, p. xxvii.
'Edited Drs. Todd and by
Article ii. Edited by Rev.
Kelly, p. xxvii.
2 See " Census of Ireland, General
Reeves, pp.
Al-
phabetical Index to the Townlands and Martyrology.
Towns, Parishes and Baronies of Ireland, Article v. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. 2A
x
74, 175-
s A note by Dr. Todd says at this word,
174. '75-
Article IV. — 'In his Benedictine
738 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 19
should have been entered at the following day, as it is thus found in the
MartyrologyofDonegal. ThepublishedCalendar,inwhichitismetwithat this date, is no doubt incorrect, in numerous cases of insertion and of writing.
At the 19th of June, veneration was given to Moloma ofDomnaigh Imlech,
as we find recorded in the of 1 Martyrology Tallagh.
ArticleVI. —ReputedFeastofSt. Cassan,ofCluanaRaitte. It is probable,thepresentsaint'snamehasbeenmisplaced,andthatitsentry should have been carried to the succeeding day. Or this may be regarded as a vigil for his feast.
Martyrology of Tallagh,
1
The name, Cassan of Cluana Raitte appears in the at this date. His place has not been identified.
Article VII. —St. Deodatus, Adeodatus, or Theodatus, Bishop of Nevers, France. [Sixth and Seventh Centuries^ We know not, on what sufficient authority this holy prelate has been classed among the Irish Saints,
except it arose from his having been a disciple and companion of St. Argo- bast and of St. Floratius. 1 At this date, Colgan had intended to publish a
Life of St. as we find from the Deodatus,
posthumous
This is probably the saint, elsewhere called Adeodatus, or Theodatus, bishop
of Nevers, and thought to have been an Irishman by birth. This, too, is stated,byFatherStephenWhite. 3 ALifeofthepresentholymanwascom- posed by a monk of St. Die*, in the ninth or tenth century. This was after- wardsamplifiedbyanAbbotofMayenne,intheeleventhcentury. ThisLife
was approved of by Pope Leo IX. , in the year 1049. 4 Surins 5 has published
his Acts, at the 19th of June. These are said to have become vitiated in
some the carelessness of 6 The Bollandists have passages, through copyists.
published the old Life of St. Deodatus, at the same date ;* and this is sup- posed to have been written from collections, made by the holy man's own disciples, by a learned and pious man, who had been inspired to compose
the memoir of such a distinguished patron. Different copies of this biogra- phy have come down to our times. 8 Before his death, Father Godefrid Henschenn had prepared this Life for publication,' and Father Daniel Pape- broke afterwards edited it for the press. A previous commentary IO accompanies it, and several notes are appended. " This Life had been pre-
Kelly, p. xxvii. — Article VI.
Kelly,p. xxvii. — Article vii.
'
Edited by Rev. Dr.
through Joannes Gamansius, taken from the Library of the Capuchin Fathers at Pader- born,andthiswascollatedwithaManuscript parchment copy, belonging to the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, dwelling in the Passional Monastery of Bodensee. In this, however, the fourth chaper was wanting. They also procured a Manuscript Life of St. Deodatus from the library of St. Saviour, Utrecht, but it was defective, at the begin- ning and at the end. Mosander had a similar copy, which Surius edited in a sup- plement, with the style somewhat emended.
9 It is in four divided comprised chapters,
Who were bishops of Strasburgh, and Irishmen.
'
Catalogus aliquorum Sanctorum Hi- bernise. "
3 Who speaking of him states "natione
2"
Hibernus. " See
"
Apologia pro Hibernia,"
cap. iv. , p. 42.
4 He allowed its lection in churches, on
the festival of St. Deodatus.
5 See "De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis. "
6 See Father
Stephen
White's "
Apologia
" :e
pro Hibernia," cap. iv. , p. 42.
' See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Junii
xix. De Sancto Deodato, primum Episcopo Nivernensi, dien Abbate Vallis Galilsese in
Vosago, pp. 869 to 884.
8 The Bollandists procured a paper copy
into twenty-nine paragraphs. This is in ten paragraphs.
" He was secretary to the church and
list of his 2 writings.
" Besides, there is an Appendix ex Chro- nico Senoniensi (Sens) Richerii, and which refers to this saint.
June 19. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
739
viously edited at Nancy, in the year 16 19, and it was afterwards translated
into French, by Jean Ruyr or Ruer,12 in 1624, and printed at Trecis. The Petits Bollandistes J 3 have a Life of this holy man, whom they designate as
St. Die,Didier,Deodat,Adeodat,orDieudonne,BishopofNevers. There
1 * and
Gould. 15 The old Life of St. Deodatus informs us, that he belonged to an
are notices of St. Deodatus Rev. Alban by
Rev. S. illustrious family of Western France. In French, the name has been ren-
deredinto DidorDieudonne. Hewasbornaboutthe
From early youth, he was distinguished for his virtues. While he made pro- gressinlearning,thefearofGodwascontinuallybeforehismind. About his youth and manhood little is found recorded, but that he was dear to the
1 Almighty,andlovedbyallwhoknewhim. AfterthedeathofEucherius,?
hewaselectedbishopofNevers,abouttheyear655- Hefulfilledallthe
18
16 Didier, year 590.