Vide
'S See " Britannicaium Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap.
'S See " Britannicaium Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v5
O'Donovan's " Annals of the Four Masters," vol.
i.
, n.
(n), p.
340.
59 In the barony of Rathdown. It is de- scribed, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land M. ips for the County of Wicklow," sheets 2, 3, 6, 7, 12.
'° The rank of Stagonil prebendary has
not been distinctly ascertained although in ;
old records, he is more frequently placed be- fore than after the prebendaries of Tipper- kevin and Donoughniore, all of which are styled prebenils of the subdiaconal order, by Archbishop Alan.
^i|Aiciu [clioi]\] ColnuMii SceliAin pLuiiTO ceniATDHAi
1 CluAin Aii\t) [a] A'obAi
It is thus translated into Englisli by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , "The meet reception of Colman and Stellan declare witliout dumb- ness. Beccan who loved vigils, in Cluain Ard (was) his house. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Iri>h Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxxi.
5^ See ibid. , p. xc.
5' See Rev. Dr. Kelly's " Calendar of Irish Saints," p. xxv.
^* Thus : " Hecani Cluana aird. "
55 See edition of Rev. Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 364. 365.
5" According to O'Dugan's Poem relating
May 26. LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
573
ever, it was one of the tliirteeii prebendal churches,^° originally appropriated to the Cathedral of St. Patrick, in Dublin, by Archbishop John Comyn ^' or Comin; although, it was not established as a distinct prebend, until a. d. 1303. Then, the incumbent was taxed witli the payment of ;^io Irish to the Oeconomy; and, at the time of his installation, he was sworn for the faith- ful discharge of that debt. Notwithstanding, from its close proximity to the Irish territories, this church was frequently reported, as being unable to sup- port its burthens. Two chapels were subservient to it, viz. : Kilruddery,^^ Kilrothery, or Kilraly,^3 and Kilcrony. ^4 To the latter, in the time of Arch- bishop Alan, the monks of St. Mary's Abbey, near Dublin, laid claim. Tlie
i
Stigonnell, in Powerscourt Demesne, County of Wicklow.
former church of Stagonil, or Temple-Becan, is now to be seen, as a pictur- esque ruin, almost completely covered with ivy,^5 but yet well preserved, and within a cemetery, in Powerscourt demesne, while the glebe itself has been lost
*' He immediately succeeded the re-
nowned Archbishop St. Laurence O'Toole
in the See of Dublin, and he ruled over it
from A. D. 1 181 to A. D. 1212, when he died in
Dublin, on the 25th of October, and he was
buried in Christ Church, where on the south
side of the choir a marble monument was
erected to his memory. See Harris' Ware, niihi," the two last-named chapels follow
vol. i. " Archbishops of Dublin," pp. 314 to 318.
*^ In the barony of Rathdown, and repre- sented, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Wicklow," sheet 8.
Stagonyl, and this countenances the opinion, that these chapels had been annexed to the latter. One of the townlands in Stagonil parish is called Kilbride, while in Delgany, there is a townland denominated Temple- carrick or Killencarrick.
^3 Besides Kilrothery, Archbishop Alan, in his " Repertorium Viride, " mentions three other chapels dependent on Stigonel ; but, afterwards, he calls the two which follow next after Kilcrony, viz. , Kilbride and Car- rie, chapels of Delgany. However, in that account of the diocese given in the " Crede
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 26
among the lands of Lord Powerscourt/^ About two miles and a-half from the mansion is the much admired waterfall, especially after continuous rain. ^7 In the Irish Martyrology ^^ of tlie Irish Ordnance Survey Office, now pre- served in the Royal Irish Academy's Library, there is a notice of this saint, at the 26th of May. ^9 At this date, likewise, the Kalendar of Drummond7o
records the veneration entertained for our St. Beccan, even in Scotland. Eachdayofthissaint'slifewasmarkedbysomemiracle,whichis foundre- corded in a very ancient Life, written, it has been supposed, by a contempo- rary. Most probably, this Life had been composed, at least some little time after his death. It may have abounded in legendary matter, like that found in the acts of many other native saints ; but, as a learned French author observes, the traditions of Irish legends comprise within themselves an interest and a charm, which cannot entirely disappear, even when recorded by the least
accomplished writer. ? '
Article II St. Colman Steallan, of Terrvglass, County of TiPPERARV. {^Sixth and Sa'Oith Centuries. '\ At the 26th of May, we find inserted, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' the name of Colman Stellain, Tir- doghlass, now Terryglass,'' as having been venerated. The BoUandists 3 also follow this statement, and have some references to Colgan's work,* where allusions are made to our saint. The present holy man is placed in order of succession,5 after the Abbot Natchoemius or Mochoeminus^—said to have been brother to St. Coemgenus,^ and who died, a. d. 584. ^ The festival in honour of Steallan—as simply entered—of Tir-dd,-glas, was celebrated on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. 9 In the table, postfixed to
this work, we find his name Latinized Stellanus. '° It would seem, that this record, as published, distinguishes a St. Colman from the present St. Stellan, forthereappearsaseparateentryofboththesenames. MarianusO'Gorman follows the Martyrology of Tallagh, in uniting both names, apparently for one
574
** See a description and an illustration of this ruined chapel, in the First Volume of this work, at Januaiy 27th, Art. ii.
'= The accompanying illustration, drawn on the spot, by William F. Wakeman, has been tran-ferred by him to the wood, en- graved by Mrs. Millard.
•^ According to a Report furnished to the
Irish Parliament in 174S ; and, in another Maii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints,
Ecclesiastical Report to Parliament in 1807,
the incumbent had neither glebe nor glebe-
house. See William Monck Mason's " His-
tory and Antiquities of the Collegiate and iii. Februarii, Vita S. Colmani vulgo Mac- Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near duach, n. 2.
Dublin," &c. , book i. , chap, x. , sect, xvii. , p. 66.
^^ A very beautiful description of the scenery about Powerscourt will be found, in J. Norris Brewer's "Scenery of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 286 to 290.
** See Common Place Book F, p. 49.
** Thus : "bec^ii 6 Clu,jin a^to . 1. illn- Ijec65i niufcpAige 'b^xeoJAin, no A5 C15 txMlbm tub Djuuin Cii<il,4nn. "
'° At vii. Kalend. Junii : " Et apud Hiber- niam N. ntale Sanctorum Confessorum Col- mani ct Beccani. " —Bishop Forbes' " Ka- Icndars of Scottish Saints," p. 14.
5 See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni- cum,"p. 676.
* See his Life, at the ist of May, in the present volume, Art. iv.
' See his Life, at the 3rd of June, Volume the . Sixth of this work, Art. i.
* See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 210, 211.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 138, 139.
'° See ibid. , pp. 472, 473.
" See Archbishop Ussher's " Britannica- rum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , p. 501, and '• Index Chronologicus," p. 538.
'' See "Legendary History of Ireland," by L. Tachet De Barneval, Professor in the Lyceum at Douay, translated from the French by John Gilmary Shea, p. 12.
Article ii. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
° In the county of Tipperary.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. ,
p. 352.
'^ The "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," at
xx. Januarii, Vita S. Molagga, n. 10, and at
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575
person, who was venerated on this day, at Terryglass, on the eastern border of Lough Dearg, Other writers—such as Archbishop Ussher" and our annalists—call him by the name of ColmanusStellanus. However, there can hardly beany doubt, thatthislattermustbe the proper entry, for in the "Annals of the Four Masters,"'^ we read, that St. Colman Stellan of Tir-da-ghlas, died on the 26th of May, a. d. 624. With this agrees, likewise, the entry of his departure, in the " Chronicum Scotorum. "'3 Other accounts'* place his death at 625 ; while. Archbishop Ussher 's has it so late as 634. Tlie festival of Stellan was observed on the 25th of May, as we find it in the "Feilire " of St, ^ngus;'^ and, appended to this notice is an Irish comment,'? in that copy, contained in the " Leabhar Breac," which is followed by a Latin one, giving the series of Abbots,'^ for Tir-da-glas and Cluain eidnech. It seems doubtful, notwithstanding, whether Colman should oe separated from Stellan
;
but, many writers regard them as one and the same person.
Article III St. Colman. The feast of Colman was kept on this date, as we find it recorded, in the Calendar of St. ^ngus,' and as if he were dis- tinguisliable from the preceding saint, In a distinct manner, also, the name of Colman appears, and in a separate line, as if he were a different person from Steallan or Stellain. It is entered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Colman, 3 simply and undistinguished, had been venerated, on this day. Ac- cording to the Martyrology of Drummond/ this holy man's name was cele-
brated, also, in Scotland, at the 26th of May.
Article IV. Festival of St. Augustine, Bishop of Canterburv, England. [_StxthandSeventhCenturies? ^ ThefestivalofthisgreatApostle of the Saxons was formerly celebrated, with an office of nine Lessons, in Ire- land, as we find from the Calendars and Martyrologies;' but, chiefly was his memory held in benediction, by its inhabitants of the Anglo-Norman race. The Bollandists ^ have very fully set forth his Acts ; however, as he was not
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp. 246, 247.
'3 Edition of William M. Hennessey, pp. 76 to 79.
'• See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nise," Februarii iii. Vita S. Colmani vulgo Mac Duach, n. 2.
dar of Oengus, by Whitley, Stokes, LL. D,, p. Ixxxi.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 138, 139.
''In a note, Dr. Todd says, "The more recent hand adds here 'CoLmAn SceAtl<Mti [Cohnan Steallan] unus et idem Sanctus vide Martyrologia. Obiit an. 624.
Vide
'S See " Britannicaium Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap. xvii. , p. 501, and "Index Acta Sanctorum et aliud exemplar, m. d. '
Chronologicus," at A. D. Dcxxxiv. , p. 538. '° See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
[/. e. , Martyrologii Dungalensis] referring to the other copy of this Martyrology, which is in the Brussels Library. Marianus Gorman
part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by and the Martyrology of Tamlacht have
Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. Ixxxi.
"' We find, in the margin, o Chi^ oAgl^f
ScebtAn, thus rendered into English "of Tir da-glas (was) Stellan. " Ibid. , p. xc.
'^ Thus are they given :" Colum Natcasim Finntan Colman Siellae. ut est de coeli arce Colmani nomine Stellarum sacri fulgentis. ut rubique {sic) Fintan Moeldub Natcseim. ibid. , p. xc. —
Article hi. ' See "Transactions of Introduction by James Henthorn Todd the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- D. D. ,pp. 65, 119.
script Series, vol. i. , part. i. On the Calen- *See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi,, Maii
'Colman Stellain, of Tir-da-glas,' as one saint. "
• See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 14.
Article iv. — ' See "The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin," edited by John Clarke Crosthwaite, A. M. , with an
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LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [May 27.
specially connected with Ireland, by birth, mission, or death, it will be only necessary, briefly to refer the reader to that account, illustrated by learned comments from the editor. The early life of this renowned saint appears to be involved in great obscurity. Towards the close of the sixth century, a. d. 596,3 sent by Pope St. Gregory the Great, at the head of a missionary band, St. Augustine landed in the Isle of Thanet, on the east side of Kent. There he converted Etiielbert, the King, and soon followed the conversion of thou- sands among his subjects. The Martyrology of Aberdeen enters'* the festival for St. Augustine, Bishop and Confessor, who was sent by Pope Gregory to preach the Gospel to the Angh', at the 26th of May. His death is referred totheyearofourLord,608,bySigebertandbyMatthewofWestminster. 5 His labours and virtues Avere eminent, as his apostolate was successful and meritorious.
Eijjrutg^srbcntij ©at? of IHag,
ARTICLE I. —ST. CILLIN, OR KILLIN, BISHOP OF TIGH TALAIN, NOW TEHALLAN, COUNTY OF MONAGHAN.
[FIFTH CENTURY. ]
ACCORDING to our Irish Calendars, there were many saints, bearing thenameofKillen;^ and,besides,someoftheseareundistinguished by pedigree, even when the names of their places are given. It is very difficult, therefore, to decide among these Killens, about the family and race of the pre- sent saint; although, he is set down, by Colgan, as having been a bishop of Teg- Talain, in Orgeillia,^ who had been venerated, at the 27th of May. Besides, St. Cillin is mentioned, also, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,3 at this date. How- ever, the name of the territory, in which Tigh Talain lay, has not been given,t in
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xxvi. De Sancto Avgvstino Episcopo Cant- variensi in Anglia, pp. 37310443. They give a previous commentary, by Fatlier Papc- l)roke, in five paragraphs ; then follows Vita auctore Gocclino Monacho, having a pro- logueand fifty-threechapters, subdivided into five ; then follows an Ap|)endix from John Brompton ; afterwards Al. racles related by the aforesaid Monk Gocelin, in twenty-nine chapters, again subdivided into lour ; next succeeds a History of the Translation of his Relics by the same author, in two booi<s, the first containing fifty-five chapters, subdivided into eight ; an Appendix from tiie Chronicle of William Thorn ; besides the second book in forty-two paragraphs, subdivided into five chapters.
3 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. v. , May xxvi.
* Thus it says, at vii. Kalendas Junij ;
" In Britanniis Sancti Augustini episcopi et
confessoris qui missus a Beato Gregorio pri- mus genti Anglorum Christi euuangelium predicauit. —" Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. ii. , sessions MDCCCLIV. —V. —MDCCCLVI. —vil. JMartyr- ology for the u>e of the Church of Aberdeen, from a MS. of the sixteenth century, com- municated by David Laing, Esq. , F. S. A. , Scot.
^ See "Flores Ilistoriarum," p. 20S.
ARTICLE I. — ' See Colgan s ''Acta Sanctorum Ilibernite," Februarii xiv. Ue . S. Killani Martyris et Sociorum ejus Trans- latione, n. 3, p. 331.
- This, however, ap"pears not to have been the territory, in which Teg-Talain h. ad been situated ; but, rather was it in Ui- Meiili-M icha.
^ Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
• It merely states, " Esp. Cillin o Tigh Talain," at the vi. of the June Kalends, or May 27th.
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this record. Again, Marianus O'Gorman and Maguire have an entry of this saint's festival, at the 27th of May. The Bollandisls,s hkewise, enter the feast ofKiUinus, Bishop of Tegh-Talain, at the same day.
We learn, that St. Patrick^ proceeded at one time, from a northern region about Clogher, towards the territory of Hua-Meith-tire. This has been placed by Colgan, in the eastern part of Ultonia; and hence, in his opinion, it had been distinguished from Hua-Meith-mare—a part near the sea—as Airthear, or Oriental, 7 deriving its denomination HuaMeith, or the posterity of Meith, from the descendants of Muredach,^ surnamed Meith or the Fat. In the time of St. Patrick and afterwards, that people held possession of the interior land. 9 In following Colgan's statement, Walter Harris '° and Rev. Mervyn Archdall" were mistaken, when making Hy-Meith-Tire, or inland Hy- Meith, identical with the present barony of Orior, in A. rmagh County. But, in a small portion only, situated in the barony ofCremorne," Tehallan lies in the barony '3 and county of Monaghan. ^+ Its position is determined, where a ceme- tery frequently used surrounds the modern Protestant church, built on the town- land of Temple-tate,'S that is, " the church land. " This church is a very plain structure, having a square tower ;^^ the rest of its fabric having been built, pro- bably in the latter part of the last century. '? There, St. Patrick is said to have erected a church, the place having been called Teach Tallain. '^ But, in various mediaeval documents, its orthography has been varied to Thechtalbi,'^ Taghtallan,^° Techtalan,^' Tehallowne," Teghallan,^3 Techallon, Tyhallon,^'' Teehallon,^5 Tehallon,^'^ and Tihallon. ^? The locality, as well known, is now Tehallan parish f^ but, it is vulgarly called Teholland. Several tablets are within the modern church, and various head and tomb stones are without but, none bear any very ancient inscription. ^? The names and history of the townlands of this parish, as contained in the barony of Monaghan division, are set forth with Irish and English significations ;3° while those, contained within the barony of Cremorne portion, have been similarly given. s'' Here,
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Mail xxvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 657.
it was erected m 1S27.
'^ The history of this church and parisli is
very clearly set forth, in Evelyn Pliilip Shirley's " History of the County of Mona- ghan," chap, xi. , p. 305.
'® In Irish CeAc'h CaIaiii, '-House of
* See the Third Volume of this work, at
the 17th of March, Art. i. , in the xvi. chap.
of his Life, for a description of Hy-Meith,
or Hy-Meith-Tire, as also the locality of Talan. "
Tehallan.
7 Colgan also calls it " Hua-methia-terrse
sive continentis. "
® He was son to Imchad, son of Colla
Dachrioch, according to the " Sanctilogium Genealogicum, " cap. xiii.
9 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars, iii. , cap. ix. , and n. 16, pp. 150, 184.
"SeeHarris'Ware,vol. ii. , "Antiquities of Ireland," chap, vii. , sect, i. , p. 51.
" See " Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 35, and n. (k).
"Thisconsistsof823a. Ir. lop.
'3 This part consists of 5,126a. ir.
'"• See Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical
History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect. iii. , and nn. 28, 29, pp. 266, 269, 270.
'S It is described, on the "Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Monaghan," sheet 10.
'^ Over it is an inscription that, with a bell, Vol. V. —No. lo.
"' Taxation, 1306.
°° Register of Prene, 1432, fol. 130a.
^' Register of Dowdall, 1540, p. 20.
^ Ulster Visitation, 1622.
"^ Regal Visitation, 1634.
''• Triennial Visitation, 1661.
=s Triennial Visitation, 1664.
^9 Triennial Visitation, 1679.
^^ Triennial Visitation, 1754.
-^ On the Ordnance Survey Index Map of
the County of Monaghan, this parish of Tehallan appears bounded on the north and west by Donagh parish ; on the west and south, by Monaghan parish; and on the east, by Clontibert parish, and part of Armagh County.
=» See Evelyn Philip Shirley's "History of the County of Monaghan," chap, xi. , pp. 304 to 307.
30 gge iVw/. , chap, xv.
59 In the barony of Rathdown. It is de- scribed, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land M. ips for the County of Wicklow," sheets 2, 3, 6, 7, 12.
'° The rank of Stagonil prebendary has
not been distinctly ascertained although in ;
old records, he is more frequently placed be- fore than after the prebendaries of Tipper- kevin and Donoughniore, all of which are styled prebenils of the subdiaconal order, by Archbishop Alan.
^i|Aiciu [clioi]\] ColnuMii SceliAin pLuiiTO ceniATDHAi
1 CluAin Aii\t) [a] A'obAi
It is thus translated into Englisli by Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , "The meet reception of Colman and Stellan declare witliout dumb- ness. Beccan who loved vigils, in Cluain Ard (was) his house. "—"Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Iri>h Manuscript Series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, p. Ixxxi.
5^ See ibid. , p. xc.
5' See Rev. Dr. Kelly's " Calendar of Irish Saints," p. xxv.
^* Thus : " Hecani Cluana aird. "
55 See edition of Rev. Drs. Todd and
Reeves, pp. 364. 365.
5" According to O'Dugan's Poem relating
May 26. LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
573
ever, it was one of the tliirteeii prebendal churches,^° originally appropriated to the Cathedral of St. Patrick, in Dublin, by Archbishop John Comyn ^' or Comin; although, it was not established as a distinct prebend, until a. d. 1303. Then, the incumbent was taxed witli the payment of ;^io Irish to the Oeconomy; and, at the time of his installation, he was sworn for the faith- ful discharge of that debt. Notwithstanding, from its close proximity to the Irish territories, this church was frequently reported, as being unable to sup- port its burthens. Two chapels were subservient to it, viz. : Kilruddery,^^ Kilrothery, or Kilraly,^3 and Kilcrony. ^4 To the latter, in the time of Arch- bishop Alan, the monks of St. Mary's Abbey, near Dublin, laid claim. Tlie
i
Stigonnell, in Powerscourt Demesne, County of Wicklow.
former church of Stagonil, or Temple-Becan, is now to be seen, as a pictur- esque ruin, almost completely covered with ivy,^5 but yet well preserved, and within a cemetery, in Powerscourt demesne, while the glebe itself has been lost
*' He immediately succeeded the re-
nowned Archbishop St. Laurence O'Toole
in the See of Dublin, and he ruled over it
from A. D. 1 181 to A. D. 1212, when he died in
Dublin, on the 25th of October, and he was
buried in Christ Church, where on the south
side of the choir a marble monument was
erected to his memory. See Harris' Ware, niihi," the two last-named chapels follow
vol. i. " Archbishops of Dublin," pp. 314 to 318.
*^ In the barony of Rathdown, and repre- sented, on the "Ordnance Survey Town- land Maps for the County of Wicklow," sheet 8.
Stagonyl, and this countenances the opinion, that these chapels had been annexed to the latter. One of the townlands in Stagonil parish is called Kilbride, while in Delgany, there is a townland denominated Temple- carrick or Killencarrick.
^3 Besides Kilrothery, Archbishop Alan, in his " Repertorium Viride, " mentions three other chapels dependent on Stigonel ; but, afterwards, he calls the two which follow next after Kilcrony, viz. , Kilbride and Car- rie, chapels of Delgany. However, in that account of the diocese given in the " Crede
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among the lands of Lord Powerscourt/^ About two miles and a-half from the mansion is the much admired waterfall, especially after continuous rain. ^7 In the Irish Martyrology ^^ of tlie Irish Ordnance Survey Office, now pre- served in the Royal Irish Academy's Library, there is a notice of this saint, at the 26th of May. ^9 At this date, likewise, the Kalendar of Drummond7o
records the veneration entertained for our St. Beccan, even in Scotland. Eachdayofthissaint'slifewasmarkedbysomemiracle,whichis foundre- corded in a very ancient Life, written, it has been supposed, by a contempo- rary. Most probably, this Life had been composed, at least some little time after his death. It may have abounded in legendary matter, like that found in the acts of many other native saints ; but, as a learned French author observes, the traditions of Irish legends comprise within themselves an interest and a charm, which cannot entirely disappear, even when recorded by the least
accomplished writer. ? '
Article II St. Colman Steallan, of Terrvglass, County of TiPPERARV. {^Sixth and Sa'Oith Centuries. '\ At the 26th of May, we find inserted, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,' the name of Colman Stellain, Tir- doghlass, now Terryglass,'' as having been venerated. The BoUandists 3 also follow this statement, and have some references to Colgan's work,* where allusions are made to our saint. The present holy man is placed in order of succession,5 after the Abbot Natchoemius or Mochoeminus^—said to have been brother to St. Coemgenus,^ and who died, a. d. 584. ^ The festival in honour of Steallan—as simply entered—of Tir-dd,-glas, was celebrated on this day, as we read in the Martyrology of Donegal. 9 In the table, postfixed to
this work, we find his name Latinized Stellanus. '° It would seem, that this record, as published, distinguishes a St. Colman from the present St. Stellan, forthereappearsaseparateentryofboththesenames. MarianusO'Gorman follows the Martyrology of Tallagh, in uniting both names, apparently for one
574
** See a description and an illustration of this ruined chapel, in the First Volume of this work, at Januaiy 27th, Art. ii.
'= The accompanying illustration, drawn on the spot, by William F. Wakeman, has been tran-ferred by him to the wood, en- graved by Mrs. Millard.
•^ According to a Report furnished to the
Irish Parliament in 174S ; and, in another Maii xxvi. Among the pretermitted saints,
Ecclesiastical Report to Parliament in 1807,
the incumbent had neither glebe nor glebe-
house. See William Monck Mason's " His-
tory and Antiquities of the Collegiate and iii. Februarii, Vita S. Colmani vulgo Mac- Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, near duach, n. 2.
Dublin," &c. , book i. , chap, x. , sect, xvii. , p. 66.
^^ A very beautiful description of the scenery about Powerscourt will be found, in J. Norris Brewer's "Scenery of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 286 to 290.
** See Common Place Book F, p. 49.
** Thus : "bec^ii 6 Clu,jin a^to . 1. illn- Ijec65i niufcpAige 'b^xeoJAin, no A5 C15 txMlbm tub Djuuin Cii<il,4nn. "
'° At vii. Kalend. Junii : " Et apud Hiber- niam N. ntale Sanctorum Confessorum Col- mani ct Beccani. " —Bishop Forbes' " Ka- Icndars of Scottish Saints," p. 14.
5 See Archdall's " Monasticon Hiberni- cum,"p. 676.
* See his Life, at the ist of May, in the present volume, Art. iv.
' See his Life, at the 3rd of June, Volume the . Sixth of this work, Art. i.
* See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 210, 211.
' Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 138, 139.
'° See ibid. , pp. 472, 473.
" See Archbishop Ussher's " Britannica- rum Ecclesiarum Antiquitates," cap. xvii. , p. 501, and '• Index Chronologicus," p. 538.
'' See "Legendary History of Ireland," by L. Tachet De Barneval, Professor in the Lyceum at Douay, translated from the French by John Gilmary Shea, p. 12.
Article ii. — ' Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
° In the county of Tipperary.
^ See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. ,
p. 352.
'^ The "Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae," at
xx. Januarii, Vita S. Molagga, n. 10, and at
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person, who was venerated on this day, at Terryglass, on the eastern border of Lough Dearg, Other writers—such as Archbishop Ussher" and our annalists—call him by the name of ColmanusStellanus. However, there can hardly beany doubt, thatthislattermustbe the proper entry, for in the "Annals of the Four Masters,"'^ we read, that St. Colman Stellan of Tir-da-ghlas, died on the 26th of May, a. d. 624. With this agrees, likewise, the entry of his departure, in the " Chronicum Scotorum. "'3 Other accounts'* place his death at 625 ; while. Archbishop Ussher 's has it so late as 634. Tlie festival of Stellan was observed on the 25th of May, as we find it in the "Feilire " of St, ^ngus;'^ and, appended to this notice is an Irish comment,'? in that copy, contained in the " Leabhar Breac," which is followed by a Latin one, giving the series of Abbots,'^ for Tir-da-glas and Cluain eidnech. It seems doubtful, notwithstanding, whether Colman should oe separated from Stellan
;
but, many writers regard them as one and the same person.
Article III St. Colman. The feast of Colman was kept on this date, as we find it recorded, in the Calendar of St. ^ngus,' and as if he were dis- tinguisliable from the preceding saint, In a distinct manner, also, the name of Colman appears, and in a separate line, as if he were a different person from Steallan or Stellain. It is entered, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ that Colman, 3 simply and undistinguished, had been venerated, on this day. Ac- cording to the Martyrology of Drummond/ this holy man's name was cele-
brated, also, in Scotland, at the 26th of May.
Article IV. Festival of St. Augustine, Bishop of Canterburv, England. [_StxthandSeventhCenturies? ^ ThefestivalofthisgreatApostle of the Saxons was formerly celebrated, with an office of nine Lessons, in Ire- land, as we find from the Calendars and Martyrologies;' but, chiefly was his memory held in benediction, by its inhabitants of the Anglo-Norman race. The Bollandists ^ have very fully set forth his Acts ; however, as he was not
" See Dr. O'Donovan's Edition, vol. i. , pp. 246, 247.
'3 Edition of William M. Hennessey, pp. 76 to 79.
'• See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber- nise," Februarii iii. Vita S. Colmani vulgo Mac Duach, n. 2.
dar of Oengus, by Whitley, Stokes, LL. D,, p. Ixxxi.
^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 138, 139.
''In a note, Dr. Todd says, "The more recent hand adds here 'CoLmAn SceAtl<Mti [Cohnan Steallan] unus et idem Sanctus vide Martyrologia. Obiit an. 624.
Vide
'S See " Britannicaium Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap. xvii. , p. 501, and "Index Acta Sanctorum et aliud exemplar, m. d. '
Chronologicus," at A. D. Dcxxxiv. , p. 538. '° See "Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript Series, vol. i. ,
[/. e. , Martyrologii Dungalensis] referring to the other copy of this Martyrology, which is in the Brussels Library. Marianus Gorman
part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by and the Martyrology of Tamlacht have
Whitley Stokes, LL. D. , p. Ixxxi.
"' We find, in the margin, o Chi^ oAgl^f
ScebtAn, thus rendered into English "of Tir da-glas (was) Stellan. " Ibid. , p. xc.
'^ Thus are they given :" Colum Natcasim Finntan Colman Siellae. ut est de coeli arce Colmani nomine Stellarum sacri fulgentis. ut rubique {sic) Fintan Moeldub Natcseim. ibid. , p. xc. —
Article hi. ' See "Transactions of Introduction by James Henthorn Todd the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manu- D. D. ,pp. 65, 119.
script Series, vol. i. , part. i. On the Calen- *See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi,, Maii
'Colman Stellain, of Tir-da-glas,' as one saint. "
• See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scot- tish Saints," p. 14.
Article iv. — ' See "The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, commonly called Christ Church, Dublin," edited by John Clarke Crosthwaite, A. M. , with an
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specially connected with Ireland, by birth, mission, or death, it will be only necessary, briefly to refer the reader to that account, illustrated by learned comments from the editor. The early life of this renowned saint appears to be involved in great obscurity. Towards the close of the sixth century, a. d. 596,3 sent by Pope St. Gregory the Great, at the head of a missionary band, St. Augustine landed in the Isle of Thanet, on the east side of Kent. There he converted Etiielbert, the King, and soon followed the conversion of thou- sands among his subjects. The Martyrology of Aberdeen enters'* the festival for St. Augustine, Bishop and Confessor, who was sent by Pope Gregory to preach the Gospel to the Angh', at the 26th of May. His death is referred totheyearofourLord,608,bySigebertandbyMatthewofWestminster. 5 His labours and virtues Avere eminent, as his apostolate was successful and meritorious.
Eijjrutg^srbcntij ©at? of IHag,
ARTICLE I. —ST. CILLIN, OR KILLIN, BISHOP OF TIGH TALAIN, NOW TEHALLAN, COUNTY OF MONAGHAN.
[FIFTH CENTURY. ]
ACCORDING to our Irish Calendars, there were many saints, bearing thenameofKillen;^ and,besides,someoftheseareundistinguished by pedigree, even when the names of their places are given. It is very difficult, therefore, to decide among these Killens, about the family and race of the pre- sent saint; although, he is set down, by Colgan, as having been a bishop of Teg- Talain, in Orgeillia,^ who had been venerated, at the 27th of May. Besides, St. Cillin is mentioned, also, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,3 at this date. How- ever, the name of the territory, in which Tigh Talain lay, has not been given,t in
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xxvi. De Sancto Avgvstino Episcopo Cant- variensi in Anglia, pp. 37310443. They give a previous commentary, by Fatlier Papc- l)roke, in five paragraphs ; then follows Vita auctore Gocclino Monacho, having a pro- logueand fifty-threechapters, subdivided into five ; then follows an Ap|)endix from John Brompton ; afterwards Al. racles related by the aforesaid Monk Gocelin, in twenty-nine chapters, again subdivided into lour ; next succeeds a History of the Translation of his Relics by the same author, in two booi<s, the first containing fifty-five chapters, subdivided into eight ; an Appendix from tiie Chronicle of William Thorn ; besides the second book in forty-two paragraphs, subdivided into five chapters.
3 See Rev. Alban Butler's " Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and other principal Saints," vol. v. , May xxvi.
* Thus it says, at vii. Kalendas Junij ;
" In Britanniis Sancti Augustini episcopi et
confessoris qui missus a Beato Gregorio pri- mus genti Anglorum Christi euuangelium predicauit. —" Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. ii. , sessions MDCCCLIV. —V. —MDCCCLVI. —vil. JMartyr- ology for the u>e of the Church of Aberdeen, from a MS. of the sixteenth century, com- municated by David Laing, Esq. , F. S. A. , Scot.
^ See "Flores Ilistoriarum," p. 20S.
ARTICLE I. — ' See Colgan s ''Acta Sanctorum Ilibernite," Februarii xiv. Ue . S. Killani Martyris et Sociorum ejus Trans- latione, n. 3, p. 331.
- This, however, ap"pears not to have been the territory, in which Teg-Talain h. ad been situated ; but, rather was it in Ui- Meiili-M icha.
^ Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxv.
• It merely states, " Esp. Cillin o Tigh Talain," at the vi. of the June Kalends, or May 27th.
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this record. Again, Marianus O'Gorman and Maguire have an entry of this saint's festival, at the 27th of May. The Bollandisls,s hkewise, enter the feast ofKiUinus, Bishop of Tegh-Talain, at the same day.
We learn, that St. Patrick^ proceeded at one time, from a northern region about Clogher, towards the territory of Hua-Meith-tire. This has been placed by Colgan, in the eastern part of Ultonia; and hence, in his opinion, it had been distinguished from Hua-Meith-mare—a part near the sea—as Airthear, or Oriental, 7 deriving its denomination HuaMeith, or the posterity of Meith, from the descendants of Muredach,^ surnamed Meith or the Fat. In the time of St. Patrick and afterwards, that people held possession of the interior land. 9 In following Colgan's statement, Walter Harris '° and Rev. Mervyn Archdall" were mistaken, when making Hy-Meith-Tire, or inland Hy- Meith, identical with the present barony of Orior, in A. rmagh County. But, in a small portion only, situated in the barony ofCremorne," Tehallan lies in the barony '3 and county of Monaghan. ^+ Its position is determined, where a ceme- tery frequently used surrounds the modern Protestant church, built on the town- land of Temple-tate,'S that is, " the church land. " This church is a very plain structure, having a square tower ;^^ the rest of its fabric having been built, pro- bably in the latter part of the last century. '? There, St. Patrick is said to have erected a church, the place having been called Teach Tallain. '^ But, in various mediaeval documents, its orthography has been varied to Thechtalbi,'^ Taghtallan,^° Techtalan,^' Tehallowne," Teghallan,^3 Techallon, Tyhallon,^'' Teehallon,^5 Tehallon,^'^ and Tihallon. ^? The locality, as well known, is now Tehallan parish f^ but, it is vulgarly called Teholland. Several tablets are within the modern church, and various head and tomb stones are without but, none bear any very ancient inscription. ^? The names and history of the townlands of this parish, as contained in the barony of Monaghan division, are set forth with Irish and English significations ;3° while those, contained within the barony of Cremorne portion, have been similarly given. s'' Here,
5 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus vi. , Mail xxvii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 657.
it was erected m 1S27.
'^ The history of this church and parisli is
very clearly set forth, in Evelyn Pliilip Shirley's " History of the County of Mona- ghan," chap, xi. , p. 305.
'® In Irish CeAc'h CaIaiii, '-House of
* See the Third Volume of this work, at
the 17th of March, Art. i. , in the xvi. chap.
of his Life, for a description of Hy-Meith,
or Hy-Meith-Tire, as also the locality of Talan. "
Tehallan.
7 Colgan also calls it " Hua-methia-terrse
sive continentis. "
® He was son to Imchad, son of Colla
Dachrioch, according to the " Sanctilogium Genealogicum, " cap. xiii.
9 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Septima Vita S. Patricii, pars, iii. , cap. ix. , and n. 16, pp. 150, 184.
"SeeHarris'Ware,vol. ii. , "Antiquities of Ireland," chap, vii. , sect, i. , p. 51.
" See " Monasticon Hibernicum," p. 35, and n. (k).
"Thisconsistsof823a. Ir. lop.
'3 This part consists of 5,126a. ir.
'"• See Dr. Lanigan's "Ecclesiastical
History of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect. iii. , and nn. 28, 29, pp. 266, 269, 270.
'S It is described, on the "Ordnance Sur- vey Townland Maps for the County of Monaghan," sheet 10.
'^ Over it is an inscription that, with a bell, Vol. V. —No. lo.
"' Taxation, 1306.
°° Register of Prene, 1432, fol. 130a.
^' Register of Dowdall, 1540, p. 20.
^ Ulster Visitation, 1622.
"^ Regal Visitation, 1634.
''• Triennial Visitation, 1661.
=s Triennial Visitation, 1664.
^9 Triennial Visitation, 1679.
^^ Triennial Visitation, 1754.
-^ On the Ordnance Survey Index Map of
the County of Monaghan, this parish of Tehallan appears bounded on the north and west by Donagh parish ; on the west and south, by Monaghan parish; and on the east, by Clontibert parish, and part of Armagh County.
=» See Evelyn Philip Shirley's "History of the County of Monaghan," chap, xi. , pp. 304 to 307.
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