Here, there is a cemetery on an
elevated
ridge of ground, and within its en- closure there is a Protestant church, as also the fragment of a more ancient church.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
Adalgiso comes haeserat.
"
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 204.
Article VI
For
this he cites Collec-
2
Thus
In
— the Corbicani, qui gentis
Irish Irish Manu- Academy,"
On the Ca-
_ See the Scholion, ibid. , p. cvii.
:
Royal script Series,
"
Johannes and Paulus— Transactions of
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii * See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's Lives of xxvi. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyribus
3
His feast occurs,
at the 2nd of "
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26th p. 373.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
j--
« See an account of him at the 2nd of
JTune, in the present volume of this work, Art j
7 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
Joanne et Paulo, Romx in propru Domo nunc Ecclesia, item Terentiuno et F1I10 ejus ibidem.
« Edited Father Daniel Papebroke, by
S. J. These are in six chapters.
5
6 In eight paragraphs.
In ten paragraphs.
'
Article viii. — See Bisho
June.
Adalgisus.
6 The Petits Bol-
:
Ipvobut Achervvo Apiif ol r\orcuir\iur- CAin JjMdn s&llicanur- loAnnif Aguf pauUip
vol.
lendar of Oengus, pp. xcv. , xcvi.
a
i. , part
i.
8io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
belonging to Corbie. These are preceded by a commentary,s to which an Appendix6 hasbeenadded.
ArticleVIII. —St. Duthac. IntheScottishKalendarofHyrdmanis-
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Giswald, Companion of St. Disibod. IntheScottishMenologyofDavidCamerarius,thereisafestival for St. Giswaldus, a companion of St. Disibod. The Bollandists x note this entry, likewise, at the present date, but they defer further observations regard- ing him, until the 8th of July, St. Disibod's feast
ArticleX. —FeastofGallicanus,Martyr, IntheancientChurch, we find the name of Gallicanus, a Martyr, inscribed in the " Feilire " of St.
1 In the to the " Leabhar commentary appended
1 and in that of Nova Farina, 3 we have a festival at the 26th of entered,
town,
June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland ; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.
at the 26th of
Breac"copy, he is stated, to have been a Legate of the King of the Romans,
Mngus,
June.
and to have come into the land of the Franks. mention of this saint and martyr, at the present date.
Ctoentp--$ebentlj Sap of 3mte. »
ARTICLE I. —ST. DIMMAN OR DIOMAN.
Donegal,* at June 27th, he is noticed as Dioman, a Priest.
Article II. —St. Brocan. In the of 1 there is an Martyrology Tallagh,
entry of Drochan, at this day ; but, probably, it is a copyist's mistake for
"
this the of • enters the name date, Martyrology Tallagh
as AThaving been venerated. The Calendarist O'Clery states he was a Priest. One of St. Patrick's churches, in the territory of Dalriadia, was called Fothrath. 3 This he committed to the care of two disciples, viz. : Cathbad,3 a priest, and Diman, a monk. * Colgan thinks the latter may possibly be identified with the present St. Dimman or Dioman. In the Martyrology of
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 41. Kelly, p. xxviii.
'a
See ibid. , p. —72. l
"
Among the preter-
This place, however, has not been iden- tified, although it seems to have been in the northern part of Antrim County,
3
Article ix. See tomus v. ,Junii xxvi.
Acta Sanctorum,"
mitted feast, — p. 156.
in the Fourth Transactions this work notices of St. Cathur or
Article x.
'
See
of Volumeof
the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. , Irish Manuscript series. On the Calendar
of Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , pp. xcv. , xcvi.
2 See ibid. , p. —cvii.
Cathub, Bishop of Achauhcinn, Art. iv. 4"
Article i.
•
Edited by Rev. Dr.
s Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
"
April,
2
Elsewhere, we do not find
See at the 6th of
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. exxx. , p. 146, andn. 196, p. 182.
Dimman,
June 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 811
Brocan. As this saint seems not
bearing a like name in our Calendars ; it may be well to observe, there is mentioned aCruimthirBrogan,oneofSt. Patrick's"fixed"or"permanent chaplains ;"3 but, of course, it is not pretended, that the present holy man mustbeidenticalwithhim. AfestivalinhonourofBrocanwascelebrated this day, as we find set down in the Martyrology of Donegal/
Article III. —St. Scandal, in Cluain. At the 27th of June,
in the of 1 and of Marianus we find Martyrologies Tallagh, O'Gorman,
Scandal i Cluain, entered as having had a festival at that date. 2 It is thought, he may have been identical with a saint of the same name, venerated at the 3rd of May. 3 Colgan has offered an opinion, that the present saint may possibly be identical with a St. Caechscuile, a |scribe of Doire-Chalgaich, who died a. d. 720/ Yet, elsewhere,* he seems to identify this saint with Scannalius, Bishop of Kildare, who died a. d. 88 i. 6 There seems to have been a later prelate bearing this name, and who died early in the tenth century.
Firbis
Under the head of Tamlacht,? Duald Mac and abbot of who died a. d. 8
enters, Sgandlan, bishop
Tamlacht,
10 the name is
There is a Kilscanlan parish, in
particularly distinguished, among many
913, simply entered,
Article IV. —Veneration of St. David, Ardnurche—r, County of
Westmeath. —Itisthought,thatintheprimitiveIrishtimes froma. d. 500
the of for there is to a. d. 1 172 St. Kieran,1 had been patron Ardnurcher;
still in that parish the ruins of an old church called Teampull-mic-a'-t saoir, and it gives name to a townland. However, after the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland, this part of the country fell under the control of Welshmen, who
had a great veneration for St. David, the Patron of Wa—les, and it is probable, 2
or In the 914. 9
of
Donegal, Scandal, without any further designation.
ofSt. Scanlan. " CouldhebethepresentSt. Scandal?
Martyrology
the county of Wexford. The designation would indicate it to be " the church
11
they observed a festival for him, at the present date although the reason is not so obvious, for we cannot find any special feast so noted in the Calendars. A description of this place, by Sir Henry Piers, in 1682, assures us, that a lace
Article ii. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii.
2 In the Book of Ballymote, a Manuscript belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. See fol no col 3
3 In Irish written for ttl erri .
< Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180 181
l See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 128, 129.
8 See Dr. O'Donovans "Annals of the FourMasters,"vol. 11. , pp. 5&4>5S5.
9 According to the « Chronicum Scoto-
rum," edited by William M. Hennessy, pp.
l86 l87- >
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. l8o> l8l# , ,
« See County of Wexford, vol. u,
9th of September. By
"
Edited by Rev. Dr.
"Trias Thaumaturga, Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columb*,
Article hi. — 1 Kellv d xxviii
^See thTFifth' thatdate Art vii
2 See
Colgan's
z at LOS^^_ ^^^^
««
Volume of this work, at
^ the Irish, he was de-
Trias/Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- of
rp^J^Dr. OJDonowA^l,
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 53°, S3* •
4 See
pendix ad Acu S Columbae cap. Hi. , sect.
son of the artificer.
' These remarks are suggested by the no-
tices of John O'Donovan, in a letter"d. ited Ballymore h^^^SS^
PP- 9° to IO°'
signaled
82 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
built church, but on old foundations, was there, and that it had for roof, a ** most curious frame, and according to the new model of architecture. '^
Here, Sir Hugh De Lacy commenced the building of a great fortification, which he did not live to finish, for he was slain by Gilla gan-ionathar O'Meey in 1 186. Then, the place seems to have been occupied by the Irish ; for, in 1207, the sons of Hugo de Lacy and the English of Meath laid siege to Ath- an-Urchair * castle until it was surrendered to them at the end of five months. This was one of the frontier forts of the English Pale,* and it formed a strong
Ardnurcher or Horse Leap, County of Westmeath.
link in the chain of castles constructed along that part of Meath, which was within the English Pale, to protect the new settlers, and to check the Irish
inroads. The of Ardnurcher is parish
partly
King's County, and partly in the barony of Moycashel,* county of Westmeath.
Here, there is a cemetery on an elevated ridge of ground, and within its en- closure there is a Protestant church, as also the fragment of a more ancient church. 8 Near the cemetery rises the Moat of Ardnurcher, and upon the elevated ridge, rising over a rivulet, which flows through the lower valley, a
3 This, also, as he tells us, was a mother church to sixteen or more churches and chapels in West Meath and in the King*s
"
County. See Vallancey's Collectanea de
Rebus Hibernicis," vol. i. , pp. 84, 85.
* Ath-an-Urchair signifies "the ford of the shot," "throw," "cast," or "fling," ac- cordingtoDr. O'Donovan. But,thetradi- tion to account for this name is now lost, it
the accompanying sketch, taken on the spot, De Lacy's steed. Tradition has it, that by the writer, August, 1888. In the back- when pursued by his Irish enemies Sir Hugh ground is a view of the ancient moat crowned de Lacy leaped his horse from the southern by the ruins of De Lacy's Castle. This sketch has been transferred to the wood by William F. Wakeman. The engraving is by
Mrs. Millard.
having given way long ago to the story of
to the northern pier over the castle gate, and
thus he escaped.
s In Lewis' " Topographical Dictionary of
in the of 6 barony Kilcoursey,
Ireland," it is ignorantly stated, that Ard- norcher is derivable from Ard-an-orchor,
"
literally rendered the fort of slaughter. "
See vol. i. , p. 56.
6
This portion contains 2,813 acres.
7 This portion includes 9,199 acres. See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland,"
vol. i. , p. 63.
8 This is represented in the foreground of
June 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
813
castleofvastextenthadbeenerected,? astheruinsyetattest; and,thatit was of great strength may be judged from the thickness of the walls still* remain- mg. The upper part of the highest cone is covered with disrupted mason- work, and it was formerly dominated probably by the Keep. It is surrounded by trenches and several outer mounds of earth. On the' western part of the high mount are the remains of a small and round tower, built of lime and stone. The fragments and foundations of a stone wall are 'traceable around the higher platform of the ridge. All those walls surrounding the upper works are now in ruins, and several portions have tumbled down the sides of the ridge into the lower area.
enormous
piers
these barriers.
11 andthechiefentrance
At the base of the chief moat, there are two
of
The lower area on the south-east side was defended by°a
stone-work;
to the fort was through
sweeping wall, including a considerable enclosure ; and, it appears to have
been extended towards the rising ground near the cemetery. Those works
were built in the angle, at the junction of two rapid streams. The patron
dayofthisparishwaslatterlyonthe27thofJune. Ataholywell,dedicated
to St. David, the people used formerly assemble. 12 It seems likely, that St.
J 3 Patron of
we can find no other person bearing this name in the Kalendars at this date. 1 * This custom has now altogether ceased.
Article V. —Elevation and Second Translation of the Body of St.
Livinus,Martyr,atGhent,Belgium. AccordingtoMolanus,andother writers, there was a festival at this day to celebrate the Elevation and Second Translation of the Relics of St. Livinus, Martyr, at Ghent. A feast for St. Briccius is joined to it by Saussay. Their chief festival, however, is at the
David,
Wales,
must have been the saint thus
commemorated, as
1 2th of November, as the Bollandists note.
1
At the 27th of June, Thomas
Dempster,
2 records the commemoration. 3 present
Article VI. —Reputed Festival of St. Goluen, Bishop of Leon,
France. At the of Thomas Dempster x has the festival of St. 27th June,
Golueneus,BishopofLeon,setdown. 2 TheBollandists,inlikemanner,have
such a notice, at this date 3 but, they state, that the feast of Golveneus is ;
properly assignable to the 1st of July.
"
» According to Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 56.
of the Four Masters," the castles of Ath-an- Urchair and of Kilbixy were erected in 1192. 10 There is a Descriptive Account of the
I3 His Life may be found in the Third Volume of this work, at the 1st of March, the date for his chief festival, Art. i.
"M
Fort of Ardnorcher or Horseleap, Trans- At the 26th of May, St. David the Soli-
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," tary of Thessalonica, in Macedonia, was
vol. ii. Antiquities, pp. 43 t0 5°- Written venerated. —'
by Mr. John Brownrigg, Grafton-street, Article v.
Dublin," 16th February, 1788. It is pre- tomus v. , Junii xivii. Among the preter-
ceded by two well-executed copperplates :
plate giving
of the fortification.
"
per Abbatem Eremboldum facta ML. "
"
3 See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scot-
a view of the moat and its
In his Menologium Scotorum," thus : Gandavi Livini Apostoli secunda translatio
one
surroundings, and the other giving a ground-
plan "
They
called it Leim-an-Eich.
» See Lewis' " Topographical Dictionary
at the top, where the peasantry show the traces of horses' hoofs ovef either pier, where Sir Hugh De Lacy's horse is fabled to have leaped over the space between the piers and the former draw- bridee Hence, the place is vulgarly called Horseleap: while,theoldIrishpeoplethere
are now
parted
_ " tish Saints,
mitted feasts, p. 249. '"
p. 204. '
See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Article vi. — In his "Menologium Scotorum. "
"
copi Goluenei Cenal. "—Bishop Forbes'
Thus :
In Aremonca Leonensis epis-
"
3See"ActaSanctorum, tomusv. ,Junii xxvn. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 249.
KalendarsofScottishSaints,"p. 204.
8i 4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 27.
Article VII. —St. Aedha or Aedh. The of registersthenameofAedha,atthe27thofJune. InthecopyofanIrish
Calendar,
now
preserved
in the
Royal
Irish 2 he is called Academy's Library,
StAodh,theFair,orWhite,sontoLugack. 3 HeisalludedtobyFather
John Colgan,* as St. Aidus, Confessor, placed at the 27th of June, in the list
of Irish Festivals. In the Martyrology of Donegal^ at this date, we have the entry of Aedh.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Symphorosa and of her Sons, Martyrs. In the " Feilire "x of St. ^Engus, at the 27th day of June, the Festival of Seven Brothers, who were Martyrs, in Rome, is commemo- rated. In certain scholia annexed,2 it is explained, that allusion is made to a Simphorosa, wife of the blessed Getulius, a Martyr, with her seven sons,Cres- centus, Julianus, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justinus, Stacceus and Eugenius, who were crowned with martyrdom on this day, at Rome. Usuard, Notker and other ancient Martyrologists thus enumerate this happy and united family of martyrs, S. Symphorosa, S. Crescens, S. Julianus, S. Nemes—ius, S. Primitivus, S. Stacteus, S. Eugenius, Mater et Filii Martyres Tibure only giving, how- ever, six sons. 3 The Bollandists * have this entry, likewise, at the 27th of June; but,theyremark,thatintheancientMartyrologiesofSt. Jerome,andin others, as also in the Roman Martyrology, their feast has been set down, at the 1 8 th day of July.
ArticleIX. —St. Senic. AfestivalinhonourofSenicisfoundentered
1 atthe
rendered Seneca, in the table appended to this work.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Godricus, called an Eremite,
and Archbishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. At the 27th of June,
l
Camerariushasentered afestivalforSt. Godricus,reputedtobeahermit,
and an Archbishop of St. Andrews, in Scotland. The Bollandists allude to
inthe of Martyrology
Donegal,
27th'
of Hisnameisalso June.
this
entry,
at the same 2 that Camerarius had no date; but, they remark,
Article vii. —* Kelly,p. xxviii.
Edited by Rev. Dr. "They were proven by martyrdom : they aregreatheavyseas: sevenbrothers,cham—-
2
Ordnance Survey Office, and it was noted as
Formerly, a copy of it belonged to the pions, in Rome of broad Latium. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Aca-
Common Place Book F. Seep. 59. Thiscopy, with the original, is now in the R. I. A.
3 This entry runs : tUorh <\o6 ge^l tnic Lu§ac 00 ftior, nn. 5.
4 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xxxi. Januarii, Appendix ad Vitam S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
demy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
xcvi.
a
See ibid. , p. cviii.
3 Justinus is here omitted.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
xxvii. Among the pretermitted saints,
Article viil
—
'
The following entry
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
and its
2
Article x.
Godric—us Eremita
dree. " Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 238.
translation are furnished English by
See —
ibid. , pp. 466, 467.
Dr. — Whitley Stokes,
Thus Archiepiscopus
" Breac copy
:
sancti An-
Tloprxomcna cr»emAr»c|\A Acamopchriuiin cr»ech4in
Uii nT>er*brv&criAir«
1 Uu4im techa Lechain.
" See " Acta tomus v. , Sanctorum,"
from the " Leabhar
*"
cactus
Junii xxvii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 248
p. 249. — Article ix.
x
1 Martyrology Tallagh
2
:
27
Die. Sanctus
June 28. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
815
warrantformakingSt. Godric,ArchbishopofSt. Andrews. 3 Helivedinthe time of Henry II. , King of England, and he is alluded to by Matthew of Pans,a. d. 1170. Hediedxn. KalendasJunii,Mayairt,«duringtheOctave of our Lord s Ascension.
His Life has been accurately written by Galfrid a
monk,andwhohadbeenacontemporary. ItisnotknownwhyCamerarius gave St. Godric a festival at this date.
Article XL—Feast for a Reputed St. Enolichus.
Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 204.
Article VI
For
this he cites Collec-
2
Thus
In
— the Corbicani, qui gentis
Irish Irish Manu- Academy,"
On the Ca-
_ See the Scholion, ibid. , p. cvii.
:
Royal script Series,
"
Johannes and Paulus— Transactions of
3 See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii * See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's Lives of xxvi. De Sanctis Fratribus Martyribus
3
His feast occurs,
at the 2nd of "
the Saints," vol. vi. , June 26th p. 373.
s See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii xxvi. Among the pretermitted feasts,
j--
« See an account of him at the 2nd of
JTune, in the present volume of this work, Art j
7 See "Vies des Saints," tome vii. ,
Joanne et Paulo, Romx in propru Domo nunc Ecclesia, item Terentiuno et F1I10 ejus ibidem.
« Edited Father Daniel Papebroke, by
S. J. These are in six chapters.
5
6 In eight paragraphs.
In ten paragraphs.
'
Article viii. — See Bisho
June.
Adalgisus.
6 The Petits Bol-
:
Ipvobut Achervvo Apiif ol r\orcuir\iur- CAin JjMdn s&llicanur- loAnnif Aguf pauUip
vol.
lendar of Oengus, pp. xcv. , xcvi.
a
i. , part
i.
8io LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
belonging to Corbie. These are preceded by a commentary,s to which an Appendix6 hasbeenadded.
ArticleVIII. —St. Duthac. IntheScottishKalendarofHyrdmanis-
Article IX. —Reputed Festival of St. Giswald, Companion of St. Disibod. IntheScottishMenologyofDavidCamerarius,thereisafestival for St. Giswaldus, a companion of St. Disibod. The Bollandists x note this entry, likewise, at the present date, but they defer further observations regard- ing him, until the 8th of July, St. Disibod's feast
ArticleX. —FeastofGallicanus,Martyr, IntheancientChurch, we find the name of Gallicanus, a Martyr, inscribed in the " Feilire " of St.
1 In the to the " Leabhar commentary appended
1 and in that of Nova Farina, 3 we have a festival at the 26th of entered,
town,
June, for St. Duthac, a Bishop and Confessor. We know not whether by birth he belonged to Ireland or to Scotland ; however, in this, as in many similar cases, we desire to include his name among our Celtic saints.
at the 26th of
Breac"copy, he is stated, to have been a Legate of the King of the Romans,
Mngus,
June.
and to have come into the land of the Franks. mention of this saint and martyr, at the present date.
Ctoentp--$ebentlj Sap of 3mte. »
ARTICLE I. —ST. DIMMAN OR DIOMAN.
Donegal,* at June 27th, he is noticed as Dioman, a Priest.
Article II. —St. Brocan. In the of 1 there is an Martyrology Tallagh,
entry of Drochan, at this day ; but, probably, it is a copyist's mistake for
"
this the of • enters the name date, Martyrology Tallagh
as AThaving been venerated. The Calendarist O'Clery states he was a Priest. One of St. Patrick's churches, in the territory of Dalriadia, was called Fothrath. 3 This he committed to the care of two disciples, viz. : Cathbad,3 a priest, and Diman, a monk. * Colgan thinks the latter may possibly be identified with the present St. Dimman or Dioman. In the Martyrology of
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 41. Kelly, p. xxviii.
'a
See ibid. , p. —72. l
"
Among the preter-
This place, however, has not been iden- tified, although it seems to have been in the northern part of Antrim County,
3
Article ix. See tomus v. ,Junii xxvi.
Acta Sanctorum,"
mitted feast, — p. 156.
in the Fourth Transactions this work notices of St. Cathur or
Article x.
'
See
of Volumeof
the Royal Irish Academy," vol. i. , part i. , Irish Manuscript series. On the Calendar
of Oengus. By Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , pp. xcv. , xcvi.
2 See ibid. , p. —cvii.
Cathub, Bishop of Achauhcinn, Art. iv. 4"
Article i.
•
Edited by Rev. Dr.
s Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
"
April,
2
Elsewhere, we do not find
See at the 6th of
See Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. exxx. , p. 146, andn. 196, p. 182.
Dimman,
June 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 811
Brocan. As this saint seems not
bearing a like name in our Calendars ; it may be well to observe, there is mentioned aCruimthirBrogan,oneofSt. Patrick's"fixed"or"permanent chaplains ;"3 but, of course, it is not pretended, that the present holy man mustbeidenticalwithhim. AfestivalinhonourofBrocanwascelebrated this day, as we find set down in the Martyrology of Donegal/
Article III. —St. Scandal, in Cluain. At the 27th of June,
in the of 1 and of Marianus we find Martyrologies Tallagh, O'Gorman,
Scandal i Cluain, entered as having had a festival at that date. 2 It is thought, he may have been identical with a saint of the same name, venerated at the 3rd of May. 3 Colgan has offered an opinion, that the present saint may possibly be identical with a St. Caechscuile, a |scribe of Doire-Chalgaich, who died a. d. 720/ Yet, elsewhere,* he seems to identify this saint with Scannalius, Bishop of Kildare, who died a. d. 88 i. 6 There seems to have been a later prelate bearing this name, and who died early in the tenth century.
Firbis
Under the head of Tamlacht,? Duald Mac and abbot of who died a. d. 8
enters, Sgandlan, bishop
Tamlacht,
10 the name is
There is a Kilscanlan parish, in
particularly distinguished, among many
913, simply entered,
Article IV. —Veneration of St. David, Ardnurche—r, County of
Westmeath. —Itisthought,thatintheprimitiveIrishtimes froma. d. 500
the of for there is to a. d. 1 172 St. Kieran,1 had been patron Ardnurcher;
still in that parish the ruins of an old church called Teampull-mic-a'-t saoir, and it gives name to a townland. However, after the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland, this part of the country fell under the control of Welshmen, who
had a great veneration for St. David, the Patron of Wa—les, and it is probable, 2
or In the 914. 9
of
Donegal, Scandal, without any further designation.
ofSt. Scanlan. " CouldhebethepresentSt. Scandal?
Martyrology
the county of Wexford. The designation would indicate it to be " the church
11
they observed a festival for him, at the present date although the reason is not so obvious, for we cannot find any special feast so noted in the Calendars. A description of this place, by Sir Henry Piers, in 1682, assures us, that a lace
Article ii. —l Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxviii.
2 In the Book of Ballymote, a Manuscript belonging to the Royal Irish Academy. See fol no col 3
3 In Irish written for ttl erri .
< Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180 181
l See "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. , pp. 128, 129.
8 See Dr. O'Donovans "Annals of the FourMasters,"vol. 11. , pp. 5&4>5S5.
9 According to the « Chronicum Scoto-
rum," edited by William M. Hennessy, pp.
l86 l87- >
"Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. l8o> l8l# , ,
« See County of Wexford, vol. u,
9th of September. By
"
Edited by Rev. Dr.
"Trias Thaumaturga, Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columb*,
Article hi. — 1 Kellv d xxviii
^See thTFifth' thatdate Art vii
2 See
Colgan's
z at LOS^^_ ^^^^
««
Volume of this work, at
^ the Irish, he was de-
Trias/Thaumaturga," Quinta Ap- of
rp^J^Dr. OJDonowA^l,
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 53°, S3* •
4 See
pendix ad Acu S Columbae cap. Hi. , sect.
son of the artificer.
' These remarks are suggested by the no-
tices of John O'Donovan, in a letter"d. ited Ballymore h^^^SS^
PP- 9° to IO°'
signaled
82 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
[June 27.
built church, but on old foundations, was there, and that it had for roof, a ** most curious frame, and according to the new model of architecture. '^
Here, Sir Hugh De Lacy commenced the building of a great fortification, which he did not live to finish, for he was slain by Gilla gan-ionathar O'Meey in 1 186. Then, the place seems to have been occupied by the Irish ; for, in 1207, the sons of Hugo de Lacy and the English of Meath laid siege to Ath- an-Urchair * castle until it was surrendered to them at the end of five months. This was one of the frontier forts of the English Pale,* and it formed a strong
Ardnurcher or Horse Leap, County of Westmeath.
link in the chain of castles constructed along that part of Meath, which was within the English Pale, to protect the new settlers, and to check the Irish
inroads. The of Ardnurcher is parish
partly
King's County, and partly in the barony of Moycashel,* county of Westmeath.
Here, there is a cemetery on an elevated ridge of ground, and within its en- closure there is a Protestant church, as also the fragment of a more ancient church. 8 Near the cemetery rises the Moat of Ardnurcher, and upon the elevated ridge, rising over a rivulet, which flows through the lower valley, a
3 This, also, as he tells us, was a mother church to sixteen or more churches and chapels in West Meath and in the King*s
"
County. See Vallancey's Collectanea de
Rebus Hibernicis," vol. i. , pp. 84, 85.
* Ath-an-Urchair signifies "the ford of the shot," "throw," "cast," or "fling," ac- cordingtoDr. O'Donovan. But,thetradi- tion to account for this name is now lost, it
the accompanying sketch, taken on the spot, De Lacy's steed. Tradition has it, that by the writer, August, 1888. In the back- when pursued by his Irish enemies Sir Hugh ground is a view of the ancient moat crowned de Lacy leaped his horse from the southern by the ruins of De Lacy's Castle. This sketch has been transferred to the wood by William F. Wakeman. The engraving is by
Mrs. Millard.
having given way long ago to the story of
to the northern pier over the castle gate, and
thus he escaped.
s In Lewis' " Topographical Dictionary of
in the of 6 barony Kilcoursey,
Ireland," it is ignorantly stated, that Ard- norcher is derivable from Ard-an-orchor,
"
literally rendered the fort of slaughter. "
See vol. i. , p. 56.
6
This portion contains 2,813 acres.
7 This portion includes 9,199 acres. See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland,"
vol. i. , p. 63.
8 This is represented in the foreground of
June 27. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
813
castleofvastextenthadbeenerected,? astheruinsyetattest; and,thatit was of great strength may be judged from the thickness of the walls still* remain- mg. The upper part of the highest cone is covered with disrupted mason- work, and it was formerly dominated probably by the Keep. It is surrounded by trenches and several outer mounds of earth. On the' western part of the high mount are the remains of a small and round tower, built of lime and stone. The fragments and foundations of a stone wall are 'traceable around the higher platform of the ridge. All those walls surrounding the upper works are now in ruins, and several portions have tumbled down the sides of the ridge into the lower area.
enormous
piers
these barriers.
11 andthechiefentrance
At the base of the chief moat, there are two
of
The lower area on the south-east side was defended by°a
stone-work;
to the fort was through
sweeping wall, including a considerable enclosure ; and, it appears to have
been extended towards the rising ground near the cemetery. Those works
were built in the angle, at the junction of two rapid streams. The patron
dayofthisparishwaslatterlyonthe27thofJune. Ataholywell,dedicated
to St. David, the people used formerly assemble. 12 It seems likely, that St.
J 3 Patron of
we can find no other person bearing this name in the Kalendars at this date. 1 * This custom has now altogether ceased.
Article V. —Elevation and Second Translation of the Body of St.
Livinus,Martyr,atGhent,Belgium. AccordingtoMolanus,andother writers, there was a festival at this day to celebrate the Elevation and Second Translation of the Relics of St. Livinus, Martyr, at Ghent. A feast for St. Briccius is joined to it by Saussay. Their chief festival, however, is at the
David,
Wales,
must have been the saint thus
commemorated, as
1 2th of November, as the Bollandists note.
1
At the 27th of June, Thomas
Dempster,
2 records the commemoration. 3 present
Article VI. —Reputed Festival of St. Goluen, Bishop of Leon,
France. At the of Thomas Dempster x has the festival of St. 27th June,
Golueneus,BishopofLeon,setdown. 2 TheBollandists,inlikemanner,have
such a notice, at this date 3 but, they state, that the feast of Golveneus is ;
properly assignable to the 1st of July.
"
» According to Dr. O'Donovan's Annals of Ireland," vol. i. , p. 56.
of the Four Masters," the castles of Ath-an- Urchair and of Kilbixy were erected in 1192. 10 There is a Descriptive Account of the
I3 His Life may be found in the Third Volume of this work, at the 1st of March, the date for his chief festival, Art. i.
"M
Fort of Ardnorcher or Horseleap, Trans- At the 26th of May, St. David the Soli-
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," tary of Thessalonica, in Macedonia, was
vol. ii. Antiquities, pp. 43 t0 5°- Written venerated. —'
by Mr. John Brownrigg, Grafton-street, Article v.
Dublin," 16th February, 1788. It is pre- tomus v. , Junii xivii. Among the preter-
ceded by two well-executed copperplates :
plate giving
of the fortification.
"
per Abbatem Eremboldum facta ML. "
"
3 See Bishop Forbes' Kalendars of Scot-
a view of the moat and its
In his Menologium Scotorum," thus : Gandavi Livini Apostoli secunda translatio
one
surroundings, and the other giving a ground-
plan "
They
called it Leim-an-Eich.
» See Lewis' " Topographical Dictionary
at the top, where the peasantry show the traces of horses' hoofs ovef either pier, where Sir Hugh De Lacy's horse is fabled to have leaped over the space between the piers and the former draw- bridee Hence, the place is vulgarly called Horseleap: while,theoldIrishpeoplethere
are now
parted
_ " tish Saints,
mitted feasts, p. 249. '"
p. 204. '
See "Acta Sanctorum,"
Article vi. — In his "Menologium Scotorum. "
"
copi Goluenei Cenal. "—Bishop Forbes'
Thus :
In Aremonca Leonensis epis-
"
3See"ActaSanctorum, tomusv. ,Junii xxvn. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 249.
KalendarsofScottishSaints,"p. 204.
8i 4 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 27.
Article VII. —St. Aedha or Aedh. The of registersthenameofAedha,atthe27thofJune. InthecopyofanIrish
Calendar,
now
preserved
in the
Royal
Irish 2 he is called Academy's Library,
StAodh,theFair,orWhite,sontoLugack. 3 HeisalludedtobyFather
John Colgan,* as St. Aidus, Confessor, placed at the 27th of June, in the list
of Irish Festivals. In the Martyrology of Donegal^ at this date, we have the entry of Aedh.
Article VIII. —Festival of St. Symphorosa and of her Sons, Martyrs. In the " Feilire "x of St. ^Engus, at the 27th day of June, the Festival of Seven Brothers, who were Martyrs, in Rome, is commemo- rated. In certain scholia annexed,2 it is explained, that allusion is made to a Simphorosa, wife of the blessed Getulius, a Martyr, with her seven sons,Cres- centus, Julianus, Nemesius, Primitivus, Justinus, Stacceus and Eugenius, who were crowned with martyrdom on this day, at Rome. Usuard, Notker and other ancient Martyrologists thus enumerate this happy and united family of martyrs, S. Symphorosa, S. Crescens, S. Julianus, S. Nemes—ius, S. Primitivus, S. Stacteus, S. Eugenius, Mater et Filii Martyres Tibure only giving, how- ever, six sons. 3 The Bollandists * have this entry, likewise, at the 27th of June; but,theyremark,thatintheancientMartyrologiesofSt. Jerome,andin others, as also in the Roman Martyrology, their feast has been set down, at the 1 8 th day of July.
ArticleIX. —St. Senic. AfestivalinhonourofSenicisfoundentered
1 atthe
rendered Seneca, in the table appended to this work.
Article X. —Reputed Feast of St. Godricus, called an Eremite,
and Archbishop of St. Andrews, Scotland. At the 27th of June,
l
Camerariushasentered afestivalforSt. Godricus,reputedtobeahermit,
and an Archbishop of St. Andrews, in Scotland. The Bollandists allude to
inthe of Martyrology
Donegal,
27th'
of Hisnameisalso June.
this
entry,
at the same 2 that Camerarius had no date; but, they remark,
Article vii. —* Kelly,p. xxviii.
Edited by Rev. Dr. "They were proven by martyrdom : they aregreatheavyseas: sevenbrothers,cham—-
2
Ordnance Survey Office, and it was noted as
Formerly, a copy of it belonged to the pions, in Rome of broad Latium. " "Transactions of the Royal Irish Aca-
Common Place Book F. Seep. 59. Thiscopy, with the original, is now in the R. I. A.
3 This entry runs : tUorh <\o6 ge^l tnic Lu§ac 00 ftior, nn. 5.
4 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," xxxi. Januarii, Appendix ad Vitam S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
s Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
demy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p.
xcvi.
a
See ibid. , p. cviii.
3 Justinus is here omitted.
4 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus v. , Junii
xxvii. Among the pretermitted saints,
Article viil
—
'
The following entry
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 180, 181.
and its
2
Article x.
Godric—us Eremita
dree. " Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 238.
translation are furnished English by
See —
ibid. , pp. 466, 467.
Dr. — Whitley Stokes,
Thus Archiepiscopus
" Breac copy
:
sancti An-
Tloprxomcna cr»emAr»c|\A Acamopchriuiin cr»ech4in
Uii nT>er*brv&criAir«
1 Uu4im techa Lechain.
" See " Acta tomus v. , Sanctorum,"
from the " Leabhar
*"
cactus
Junii xxvii. Among the pretermitted feasts, p. 248
p. 249. — Article ix.
x
1 Martyrology Tallagh
2
:
27
Die. Sanctus
June 28. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
815
warrantformakingSt. Godric,ArchbishopofSt. Andrews. 3 Helivedinthe time of Henry II. , King of England, and he is alluded to by Matthew of Pans,a. d. 1170. Hediedxn. KalendasJunii,Mayairt,«duringtheOctave of our Lord s Ascension.
His Life has been accurately written by Galfrid a
monk,andwhohadbeenacontemporary. ItisnotknownwhyCamerarius gave St. Godric a festival at this date.
Article XL—Feast for a Reputed St. Enolichus.
