At this day, the Bol- landists have no account of this saint and of her seven brothers ; but they have a
festival
and Acts of St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v7
d.
62 7,
was called to — Loegde bliss, according
to
in the ofChrist year
s
amistakenodoubtfora. d. 627 andhedepartedthislife,onthe18thday
of July. In the Martyrology of Donegal,9 which assigns his feast to this day,
we have the entry Cronan, son of Ualach.
Article IV. —St. Cellach, or Ceallach, Son of Dunchad or
1
Dunchada. In the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival occurs at the 18th of
July, in honour of Ceallach Mac Dunchada, Regis. From the latter affix to this saint's commemoration, we are to infer probably, that he was a scion of
royal
name Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, without any other distinction. There is
an Irish Life of a St. Celiac, Bishop and Martyr, transcribed from an ancient record, by Brother Michael O'Clery, and it is now preserved among the Bur-
gundian Manuscripts,? in the Library at Bruxelles. For want of further descrip- tion, we cannot pronounce, if it refer to the present St. Cellach, or to some other bearing the same name.
Article V. — St. Dubh or Dobogan, Son of Comarde, or Comairda.
In the of 1 we find that veneration was to Dubh Martyrology Tallagh, given
mac Comairda or Comarde, at the 18th of July. At this same date, the
of a him son of Comarde. Martyrology Donegal styles Dobogan,
Article VI. —St. Failbe or Failbhe Maccraic Dibhigh. The name
of Failbe or Failbhe Mac Cruaich Dibich, is inserted in the Martyrology of 12
Tallagh, at the 18th of July. In like manner, the Martyrology of Donegal enters Failbhe Maccraic Dibhigh, for the same day.
Colgan,?
637
race. The of 2 at this same date, enters the Martyrology Donegal,
ArticleVII. —ReputedFeastofaSt. Henair. ThenameHenairis "'
the ruins here in Mr. and Mrs. Ilnll's Ire-
Article iv. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
land : its Scenery, Character," &c, vol. ii. ,
pp. 191, 192.
s "Age of Christ 623. Colman Mac Ua 196, 197.
Bardani, of the tribe of Dalharrdaine, Abbot of Cluain-mic Nois died. "—Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Mas- ters," vol. i. , pp. 246, 247.
6
See ibid. , n. (m).
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Ilibernine,"
xxvii. Februarii. De S. yEdhlugo Abbate Kelly,
de Clvain-Micnois. Ex variis, n. 2, p. 417.
8
Archdall has followed Colgan's misprint in the " Monasticon Ilibernicum," p. 3S0.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 107.
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
3 It is classed vol. iv. , part ii. , p. 54. Article v. —1 Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
—
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Article VI.
'
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
p. 2
xxix.
196, 197. — ARTICLE VII.
'
Edited by Drs. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
2
See ibid. , pp. 4^>. 427-
July 18. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 2 6
1
inserted in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 18th of Tilly. In the table
appended to this work, his name is Latinized, Januarius. We cannot dis- cover who he had been or when he lived.
ArticleVIII. —St. Fionntainn,PriestofFochuillich. Itismen-
1
tioned in the Martyrology of Donegal, that a festival was celebrated at the
1 8th of July, in honour of Fionntainn, Priest, of Fochuillich. Rioghnach, sisterofFinnian,washismother. Thepresentnameofhisplacedoesnot seem to have been identified. In Colgan's list of saints bearing the name of
2 he is called a Priest, and he is said to have had connexion with a
Fintan, — this seems to
place called Fochuidicke 3 but have been a misprint. It is
difficult to identify his locality. The Irish Calendar, compiled for the Irish —Ordnance Survey, at xv. of the August Kalends—corresponding with this date
enters his feast.
ArticleIX. —St. Cobhthach,AbbotofKildare. {NinthCentury. ']
Weareinformed 1 thataSt. by Colgan,
sonof AbbotatKildare,andthathewasamanofsingularwisdom. Heappearsto
was have been venerated, on the i8th of July. In an ancient Irish Poem, his
2
How long he ruled there is not recorded, but he probably succeeded Ceal- lach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the Abbot of Iona, who died in
or 6 The death of the Abbot Cobh- 865. present holy
8
merits have been extolled. It is
and it has thus been translated into English :—
"
quoted
Masters,
Cobhthach,
Muiredach,
an
Cobhthach of the Cuirreach of races,3 intended King of Liphthe of tunics,
Alas ! for the great son. of Muireadhach. Ah grief! the descendant of the comely fair Ceallach.
Chief of scholastic Leinster, a perfect, comely, prudent sage,
A brilliant shining star was Cobhthach, the successor of Connladh. "*
a. d.
thach has been assigned to the year 868,? or 869.
Pictland,
863,5
ArticleX. —ReputedFeastofSt. Bertin. InaManuscriptbelong- ing to Trinity College, Dublin, and classed B. 3. 15. there is a Calendar pre-
Article viii. —I Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
2
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernine," xvii. Februarii, Appendix ad Vitam S. Fin- tani, cap. i. , p. 355.
3 Thus : V10VmCA1vl So^ajyc yoclunl- l/iche. See Common Place Book F, p. 63,
the quotation in the text shows, that races had been established there from times re- mote.
* Allusion is made to St. Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare, whose feast was held on the 3rd of May, and whose Life has been in- serted at that date in the Fifth Volume of
in the Royal Iri—sh Academy's Library. this work, Art. i.
*s Article ix. See "Trias Thauma-
According to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals
turga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Bri- gidse, cap. ii. , p. 629.
2
See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp. 512, 513, with notes (a, b), ibid.
3 In Cormac's Glossary, at the word Cuipr\ech, it would seem, that the ancient Irish had chariot races here; and in any case
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 500,501.
6" SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
of St. Columba," Additional Notes O, p. 391.
7 According to Dr. O'Donovan's " Anna-*
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 512, 513. 8 The Annals of Ulster have his death,
in the Annals of the Four
270 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [July 18. fixed, in which at Kal. xv. Aug. (18th of July), there is a Feast entered for
1
Article XL—St. Mianach, Son of Failbhe. According to the
1
Martyrology of Tallagh, veneration was given at the 18th of July to Mianach
macFailbe. The O'Clerys state, that he was of the race of Conall Gulban, the son of Niall. Thus, he belonged to the great St. Columkille's family stock. Marianus O'Gorman and Maguire record this saint. 2 The Martyrology of Donegal3 alsorecordshimatthesamedate,asManach,sonofFailbhe.
Article XII. —Feast of St. Christina and her Seven Brothers,
"1
Martyrs. In the Feilire" of St. yEngus, at the 18th of May, the Irish
Church celebrated the Festival of St. Christina and her Seven Brothers, Martyrs. To this are postfixed some comments, to explain who she had been,
2
while traditions regarding her are given.
Lacus Christinas, near Rome, and yet a distance of three days' journey from it, hadbeendenominated. Anotherlegendis,thatsheconstructedacauseway from Rome to Mount Garganus, in which she was aided by a certain wealthy
man, who made proposals of marriage to her, which she would not accept on any other condition. However, when it was finished, the grace of God came upon him, and both served the Lord in continency.
At this day, the Bol- landists have no account of this saint and of her seven brothers ; but they have a festival and Acts of St. Symphorosa and of her seven sons. 3 Those Acts appear to have no reference whatever, to what is found regarding St. Christina and her brothers, in the " Feilire " of St. ^Engus.
St. Benin.
ArticleXIII. —ReputedFeastfortheTranslationoftheRelicsof St. Othilia, or Odilia, Virgin and Martyr, at Hoye in Belgium. This
holy^virgin—said to have been one of St. Ursula's companions—is
commemo-
1
rated on the i8th of July, byGreven, Wion, Molanus, Dempster, and others.
It is held to be the feast for some Translation of her relics. While noting it, at
A. D. 869.
"
Cobhthach mac Muredaich,
"May the host of the queen, the sainted Christina, with seven brethren, protect us
Princeps Cille dara dormivit. "—Rev. Dr.
—
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarum Scripto-
"Transactions of On the Calendar of
"
res,
Article x.
unto the noble peace. "
J
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Juliano, Nemesio, Primitivo, Justino, Stac- teo et Eugeuio, Tibure in Latio. A Pre« vious Commentary in Four sections and thirty-seven paragraphs, by Father John Pinius, S. J. , precedes the Passion, written by some anonymous author, and previously
Article xiii. In his "Menologium
Scotorum,"thus "HuyiOdilia? Ursulanac
:
translatio. "—Bishop Forbes'
tomus iv. , —Anuales Ultonienses," p. 230. .
196, 197. — Article xii.
'From the "LeabharBreac"
l at Kal. xi. Again,
vol.
Jan. , Series, i. , part
i.
there is a feast for St. Bertin, ibid. His chief feast was held on the 5th of September.
Article xi. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
a
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbia, cap. iii. , p. 481.
Oengus, p. cxi.
*
Julii xviii. Dc Sanctis Martyribus Sym- See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," phorosa cum septem Filiis, Crescente,
copy, Dr. Whitley Stokes gives the follow-
ing stanza and its English translation Sloiget) inapgiiA
Snaiopum inp-o pvetvoai Comorxpjppunbnaicnpe In. vp. 1n4 noemoiM,
—
Theodore in his "Acta Ruinart,
:
published by
sincera et selecta. "— See pp. 350 to 359.
It is stated, that from her the
See ibid. , p. cxix.
3 $ce "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
"
Kalendars of
July 19. ] LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. 271
2
refer for further accounts to the 21st day of October, when the general Acts of St. Ursula and of her companion martyrs were to be more fully investigated. That task has been left for the thoroughly learned and able Father Victor De Buck, S. J. , and it has since been com-
pleted in a most exhaustive and wonderfully research! ul manner.
ftuwteent6 JBay of 3ulg*
ARTICLE I. —ST. OSSIN OR OISSEINE, AND FIFTY MONKS, OF TENGAIDH.
the earlier and middle ages of our national church, the social conditions
INand the level of cultivation and knowledge were different from what
they are at present. Since then, they have undergone numerous changes. Menfoundinthemonasticprofessionthenaturalformofareligiouslife; for that it was, which presented to their minds the highest idea of earnestness in fulfilling God's purpose, and their own desire for self-improvement. Now, the world's complicated refinements and enjoyments lead men into its vortex, while hoping at life's close to escape from its entanglements, and to be recon- ciled with the Creator, whose wise designs they have so often frustrated.
At the of the of " a festival to 19th July, Martyrology Tallagh registers
honour Ossin o Thergaidh ocus Coeca Manach imbi. From such an entry,
we should be inclined to suppose, that Ossin must have been an Abbot, and
that he presided over a community of fifty monks, at a place set down as
Thergaidh, but more correctly Tengaidh, as given in the O'Clerys' Calendar. It is difficult to know where this place had been situated. Nor can we find,
among the townland names of Ireland, any near approach to it in spelling or in pronunciation. Among the parishes, however, there is one, denominated Taney2 orTauney,inthehalf-baronyofRathdown,andcountyofDublin. Taken in its simple way, as Tawny orTawna, or Tawny, there are no less than sixteen townlands so denominated in Ireland \ while, in composition, there are one hundred and eleven places having relation besides with these etymons. 3 ThemotherchurchofTaneyorTawny,inthecountyofDublin, was the head of a rural deanery of great extent, and several other chapels were subservient to it/ The Archdeacon of Dublin s possessed the dignity
6
and prebend of Taney, at least from the time of Archbishop Luke, until the
Reformation, when the chapter of the cathedral church of the Most Holy
*
According to the Repertorium Viride of Archbishop Alan,
the present date, the Bollandists
Scottish Saints," p. 206. 2"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xviii. Among —the pretermitted feasts, p. 349.
s In the time of St. Laurence O'Toole, one
p.
xxix. 2
Already
i. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
allusion has been made to this
was Archdeacon of Dublin.
Article l
—— Torquil evidently of Scandinavian origin
place, in the First Volume of this work, and
at the 23rd of January, when treating of St.
Lucain or Lucan, of Tamnach or Tawny, Art. vii.
3 See " General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro- nies of Ireland," pp. 850 to 852.
A. D. 1228 to 1255, in John DAlton's " Me- moirs of the Archbishops of Dublin," pp. 90 to 94.
6 See an account of his from episcopacy
7 See William Monck Mason's "
History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathe- dral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin,"
book i. , chap, ix. , sect, i. , pp. 44 to 46.
272 LIVES OF 7HE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 19.
Trinity had been dissolved by a mandate of King Henry VIII. An Inquisi- tion held in the 38th year of his reign, January 27th, reports the extent and value of the Archdiaconal possessions. At that time, there were six acres of glebe annexed to the benefice, and lying to the east and south-east of the church. ' The Regal Visitation of 16 15 returns the church and chancel to have been then in good repair. It is evident, that the deserted Protestant church there does not date back to that 8 In the
period.
to it are buried Mr. William Halliday, an accomplished Hiberno-Celtic
Taney Church and Cemetery, County of Dublin.
scholar and linguist, with some other persons of distinction. The former Protestant church has been closed for services, since the erection in 1818 of a
more modern one, cruciform and in the pointed style, yet architecturally and artistically very defective. The River Dodder runs for upwards of a mile along the northern boundary of Taney—or as sometimes called—Churchtown parish. The scenery around this locality is highly picturesque and charming. The summits of the Three Rock Mountain and of the Two Rock Mountain are other boundary lines of this parish, while there the surfaces become wild
andrugged,yetpresentingsuperbviews. 10 Ofcourseitcannotbeasserted,that the holy Abbot and his fifty monks had after all any connexion with this place.
Colgan hazards a conjecture, but allowing merely its possibility, that the pre-
8
The accompanying illustration, drawn 9 lie died in 1812, in the twenty-fourth. on the spot by William F. Wakeman, was year of his age. Beside his remains lie taken from the railway embankment near those of his distinguished brothers, Doctor Dundrum. By him it has been trans- Daniel Halliday and Charles Halliday.
10
ferred to the wood, engraved by Mrs. Mil- See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
lard. land," vol. iii. , pp. 310, 311.
graveyard attached
July 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 273
sent Ossin may have been identical with the Bishop Asicus, mentioned by Jocelyn," in his Life of St. Patrick.
It seems quite evident, however, that the present holy man cannot he con- founded with Asicus, the Bishop of Elphin, whose feast has been assigned to
the27thofApril. Atthe19thofJuly,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,"wefind recorded Oisseine, and fifty monks, of Tengaidh. In the Irish Calendar, which belonged to the Irish Ordnance Survey,13 there is an entry of this
T
Oseine, at the xiv. of the August Kalends, * which corresponds with the pre-
sent date. We cannot find any other records, to afford satisfactory informa- tion regarding St. Oissene and his fifty monks of Tengaidh.
Article II. —St. Aedhan, Abbot of Lismore, County of Water- ford. ThenameofSt. Aedhan,AbbotofLismoir,appearsintheMartyr-
1
at the 19th of July. In the list of Aids or Aedhans given byColgan,thepresentholyAbbotisincluded. 2 IntheIrishCalendar,com- piled for use of the Irish Ordnance Survey, at xiv. of the August Kalends, there is an entry of this holy man,3 who is not designated, however, as Abbot. His name also occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,* at this date, as Aedhan of Lis-mor.
Article III. —St. Ciaran, of Tigh-na-Gortigh. Veneration was
at the of as we find recorded in the of
19th July, Martyrology Tallagh,
of Tigh-na-Gortigh.
Article IV. —St. Cobran, of Cluain. We find registered in the
of 1 that a festival to honour a St. Corbran, was Martyrology Tallagh Guana,
celebrated, at the 19th of July. There is a St. Cobhran, son of Enan, and a brother to St. Moab or Abban, and to a St. Moeldubh. Colgan thinks him to be identical possibly with St. Cobran, venerated in the church of Cluain Enaich, at the 19th of July. * A doubt seems to have been entertained, that the present holy man had been identical with St. Auxilius, a disciple of St. Patrick, and the patron of Killossy, in the county of Kildare, owing to some fancied resemblance of etymology, assimilating both names. 3 This
ology of Tallagh,
given,
to Ciaran o Tigh h. nGortigh. This place to which allusion is made has not been identified. He is entered in the of 3 as
11 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Sexta S. Patricii, cap. cvii. , pp. 89, 90, and n. 122, p. 114.
12 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
196, 197.
13 Now in the Royal Irish Academy's
Library.
14 Thus : Oifeme ^5«r cao^ao mAnAch
6 UhengAi-on. See Common Place Book F, p. 63.
Article hi. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
was called to — Loegde bliss, according
to
in the ofChrist year
s
amistakenodoubtfora. d. 627 andhedepartedthislife,onthe18thday
of July. In the Martyrology of Donegal,9 which assigns his feast to this day,
we have the entry Cronan, son of Ualach.
Article IV. —St. Cellach, or Ceallach, Son of Dunchad or
1
Dunchada. In the Martyrology of Tallagh, a festival occurs at the 18th of
July, in honour of Ceallach Mac Dunchada, Regis. From the latter affix to this saint's commemoration, we are to infer probably, that he was a scion of
royal
name Ceallach, son of Dunchadh, without any other distinction. There is
an Irish Life of a St. Celiac, Bishop and Martyr, transcribed from an ancient record, by Brother Michael O'Clery, and it is now preserved among the Bur-
gundian Manuscripts,? in the Library at Bruxelles. For want of further descrip- tion, we cannot pronounce, if it refer to the present St. Cellach, or to some other bearing the same name.
Article V. — St. Dubh or Dobogan, Son of Comarde, or Comairda.
In the of 1 we find that veneration was to Dubh Martyrology Tallagh, given
mac Comairda or Comarde, at the 18th of July. At this same date, the
of a him son of Comarde. Martyrology Donegal styles Dobogan,
Article VI. —St. Failbe or Failbhe Maccraic Dibhigh. The name
of Failbe or Failbhe Mac Cruaich Dibich, is inserted in the Martyrology of 12
Tallagh, at the 18th of July. In like manner, the Martyrology of Donegal enters Failbhe Maccraic Dibhigh, for the same day.
Colgan,?
637
race. The of 2 at this same date, enters the Martyrology Donegal,
ArticleVII. —ReputedFeastofaSt. Henair. ThenameHenairis "'
the ruins here in Mr. and Mrs. Ilnll's Ire-
Article iv. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
land : its Scenery, Character," &c, vol. ii. ,
pp. 191, 192.
s "Age of Christ 623. Colman Mac Ua 196, 197.
Bardani, of the tribe of Dalharrdaine, Abbot of Cluain-mic Nois died. "—Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Mas- ters," vol. i. , pp. 246, 247.
6
See ibid. , n. (m).
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Ilibernine,"
xxvii. Februarii. De S. yEdhlugo Abbate Kelly,
de Clvain-Micnois. Ex variis, n. 2, p. 417.
8
Archdall has followed Colgan's misprint in the " Monasticon Ilibernicum," p. 3S0.
9 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 107.
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
3 It is classed vol. iv. , part ii. , p. 54. Article v. —1 Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xxix.
2
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
—
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Article VI.
'
Edited
by
Rev. Dr.
p. 2
xxix.
196, 197. — ARTICLE VII.
'
Edited by Drs. Todd
and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
2
See ibid. , pp. 4^>. 427-
July 18. ]
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 2 6
1
inserted in the Martyrology of Donegal, at the 18th of Tilly. In the table
appended to this work, his name is Latinized, Januarius. We cannot dis- cover who he had been or when he lived.
ArticleVIII. —St. Fionntainn,PriestofFochuillich. Itismen-
1
tioned in the Martyrology of Donegal, that a festival was celebrated at the
1 8th of July, in honour of Fionntainn, Priest, of Fochuillich. Rioghnach, sisterofFinnian,washismother. Thepresentnameofhisplacedoesnot seem to have been identified. In Colgan's list of saints bearing the name of
2 he is called a Priest, and he is said to have had connexion with a
Fintan, — this seems to
place called Fochuidicke 3 but have been a misprint. It is
difficult to identify his locality. The Irish Calendar, compiled for the Irish —Ordnance Survey, at xv. of the August Kalends—corresponding with this date
enters his feast.
ArticleIX. —St. Cobhthach,AbbotofKildare. {NinthCentury. ']
Weareinformed 1 thataSt. by Colgan,
sonof AbbotatKildare,andthathewasamanofsingularwisdom. Heappearsto
was have been venerated, on the i8th of July. In an ancient Irish Poem, his
2
How long he ruled there is not recorded, but he probably succeeded Ceal- lach, son of Ailell, Abbot of Cill-dara, and the Abbot of Iona, who died in
or 6 The death of the Abbot Cobh- 865. present holy
8
merits have been extolled. It is
and it has thus been translated into English :—
"
quoted
Masters,
Cobhthach,
Muiredach,
an
Cobhthach of the Cuirreach of races,3 intended King of Liphthe of tunics,
Alas ! for the great son. of Muireadhach. Ah grief! the descendant of the comely fair Ceallach.
Chief of scholastic Leinster, a perfect, comely, prudent sage,
A brilliant shining star was Cobhthach, the successor of Connladh. "*
a. d.
thach has been assigned to the year 868,? or 869.
Pictland,
863,5
ArticleX. —ReputedFeastofSt. Bertin. InaManuscriptbelong- ing to Trinity College, Dublin, and classed B. 3. 15. there is a Calendar pre-
Article viii. —I Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 196, 197.
2
See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernine," xvii. Februarii, Appendix ad Vitam S. Fin- tani, cap. i. , p. 355.
3 Thus : V10VmCA1vl So^ajyc yoclunl- l/iche. See Common Place Book F, p. 63,
the quotation in the text shows, that races had been established there from times re- mote.
* Allusion is made to St. Conleth, first Bishop of Kildare, whose feast was held on the 3rd of May, and whose Life has been in- serted at that date in the Fifth Volume of
in the Royal Iri—sh Academy's Library. this work, Art. i.
*s Article ix. See "Trias Thauma-
According to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals
turga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Bri- gidse, cap. ii. , p. 629.
2
See Dr. O'Donovan's edition, vol. i. , pp. 512, 513, with notes (a, b), ibid.
3 In Cormac's Glossary, at the word Cuipr\ech, it would seem, that the ancient Irish had chariot races here; and in any case
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 500,501.
6" SeeRev. Dr. Reeves'Adamnan's Life
of St. Columba," Additional Notes O, p. 391.
7 According to Dr. O'Donovan's " Anna-*
of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 512, 513. 8 The Annals of Ulster have his death,
in the Annals of the Four
270 LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. [July 18. fixed, in which at Kal. xv. Aug. (18th of July), there is a Feast entered for
1
Article XL—St. Mianach, Son of Failbhe. According to the
1
Martyrology of Tallagh, veneration was given at the 18th of July to Mianach
macFailbe. The O'Clerys state, that he was of the race of Conall Gulban, the son of Niall. Thus, he belonged to the great St. Columkille's family stock. Marianus O'Gorman and Maguire record this saint. 2 The Martyrology of Donegal3 alsorecordshimatthesamedate,asManach,sonofFailbhe.
Article XII. —Feast of St. Christina and her Seven Brothers,
"1
Martyrs. In the Feilire" of St. yEngus, at the 18th of May, the Irish
Church celebrated the Festival of St. Christina and her Seven Brothers, Martyrs. To this are postfixed some comments, to explain who she had been,
2
while traditions regarding her are given.
Lacus Christinas, near Rome, and yet a distance of three days' journey from it, hadbeendenominated. Anotherlegendis,thatsheconstructedacauseway from Rome to Mount Garganus, in which she was aided by a certain wealthy
man, who made proposals of marriage to her, which she would not accept on any other condition. However, when it was finished, the grace of God came upon him, and both served the Lord in continency.
At this day, the Bol- landists have no account of this saint and of her seven brothers ; but they have a festival and Acts of St. Symphorosa and of her seven sons. 3 Those Acts appear to have no reference whatever, to what is found regarding St. Christina and her brothers, in the " Feilire " of St. ^Engus.
St. Benin.
ArticleXIII. —ReputedFeastfortheTranslationoftheRelicsof St. Othilia, or Odilia, Virgin and Martyr, at Hoye in Belgium. This
holy^virgin—said to have been one of St. Ursula's companions—is
commemo-
1
rated on the i8th of July, byGreven, Wion, Molanus, Dempster, and others.
It is held to be the feast for some Translation of her relics. While noting it, at
A. D. 869.
"
Cobhthach mac Muredaich,
"May the host of the queen, the sainted Christina, with seven brethren, protect us
Princeps Cille dara dormivit. "—Rev. Dr.
—
the Royal Irish Academy," Irish Manuscript
O'Conor's " Rerum Hibernicarum Scripto-
"Transactions of On the Calendar of
"
res,
Article x.
unto the noble peace. "
J
Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
Juliano, Nemesio, Primitivo, Justino, Stac- teo et Eugeuio, Tibure in Latio. A Pre« vious Commentary in Four sections and thirty-seven paragraphs, by Father John Pinius, S. J. , precedes the Passion, written by some anonymous author, and previously
Article xiii. In his "Menologium
Scotorum,"thus "HuyiOdilia? Ursulanac
:
translatio. "—Bishop Forbes'
tomus iv. , —Anuales Ultonienses," p. 230. .
196, 197. — Article xii.
'From the "LeabharBreac"
l at Kal. xi. Again,
vol.
Jan. , Series, i. , part
i.
there is a feast for St. Bertin, ibid. His chief feast was held on the 5th of September.
Article xi. — Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
a
Quarta Appendix ad Acta S. Columbia, cap. iii. , p. 481.
Oengus, p. cxi.
*
Julii xviii. Dc Sanctis Martyribus Sym- See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," phorosa cum septem Filiis, Crescente,
copy, Dr. Whitley Stokes gives the follow-
ing stanza and its English translation Sloiget) inapgiiA
Snaiopum inp-o pvetvoai Comorxpjppunbnaicnpe In. vp. 1n4 noemoiM,
—
Theodore in his "Acta Ruinart,
:
published by
sincera et selecta. "— See pp. 350 to 359.
It is stated, that from her the
See ibid. , p. cxix.
3 $ce "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. ,
"
Kalendars of
July 19. ] LIVESOFTHEIRISHSAINTS. 271
2
refer for further accounts to the 21st day of October, when the general Acts of St. Ursula and of her companion martyrs were to be more fully investigated. That task has been left for the thoroughly learned and able Father Victor De Buck, S. J. , and it has since been com-
pleted in a most exhaustive and wonderfully research! ul manner.
ftuwteent6 JBay of 3ulg*
ARTICLE I. —ST. OSSIN OR OISSEINE, AND FIFTY MONKS, OF TENGAIDH.
the earlier and middle ages of our national church, the social conditions
INand the level of cultivation and knowledge were different from what
they are at present. Since then, they have undergone numerous changes. Menfoundinthemonasticprofessionthenaturalformofareligiouslife; for that it was, which presented to their minds the highest idea of earnestness in fulfilling God's purpose, and their own desire for self-improvement. Now, the world's complicated refinements and enjoyments lead men into its vortex, while hoping at life's close to escape from its entanglements, and to be recon- ciled with the Creator, whose wise designs they have so often frustrated.
At the of the of " a festival to 19th July, Martyrology Tallagh registers
honour Ossin o Thergaidh ocus Coeca Manach imbi. From such an entry,
we should be inclined to suppose, that Ossin must have been an Abbot, and
that he presided over a community of fifty monks, at a place set down as
Thergaidh, but more correctly Tengaidh, as given in the O'Clerys' Calendar. It is difficult to know where this place had been situated. Nor can we find,
among the townland names of Ireland, any near approach to it in spelling or in pronunciation. Among the parishes, however, there is one, denominated Taney2 orTauney,inthehalf-baronyofRathdown,andcountyofDublin. Taken in its simple way, as Tawny orTawna, or Tawny, there are no less than sixteen townlands so denominated in Ireland \ while, in composition, there are one hundred and eleven places having relation besides with these etymons. 3 ThemotherchurchofTaneyorTawny,inthecountyofDublin, was the head of a rural deanery of great extent, and several other chapels were subservient to it/ The Archdeacon of Dublin s possessed the dignity
6
and prebend of Taney, at least from the time of Archbishop Luke, until the
Reformation, when the chapter of the cathedral church of the Most Holy
*
According to the Repertorium Viride of Archbishop Alan,
the present date, the Bollandists
Scottish Saints," p. 206. 2"
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iv. , Julii xviii. Among —the pretermitted feasts, p. 349.
s In the time of St. Laurence O'Toole, one
p.
xxix. 2
Already
i. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
allusion has been made to this
was Archdeacon of Dublin.
Article l
—— Torquil evidently of Scandinavian origin
place, in the First Volume of this work, and
at the 23rd of January, when treating of St.
Lucain or Lucan, of Tamnach or Tawny, Art. vii.
3 See " General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes and Baro- nies of Ireland," pp. 850 to 852.
A. D. 1228 to 1255, in John DAlton's " Me- moirs of the Archbishops of Dublin," pp. 90 to 94.
6 See an account of his from episcopacy
7 See William Monck Mason's "
History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathe- dral Church of St. Patrick, near Dublin,"
book i. , chap, ix. , sect, i. , pp. 44 to 46.
272 LIVES OF 7HE IRISH SAINTS.
[July 19.
Trinity had been dissolved by a mandate of King Henry VIII. An Inquisi- tion held in the 38th year of his reign, January 27th, reports the extent and value of the Archdiaconal possessions. At that time, there were six acres of glebe annexed to the benefice, and lying to the east and south-east of the church. ' The Regal Visitation of 16 15 returns the church and chancel to have been then in good repair. It is evident, that the deserted Protestant church there does not date back to that 8 In the
period.
to it are buried Mr. William Halliday, an accomplished Hiberno-Celtic
Taney Church and Cemetery, County of Dublin.
scholar and linguist, with some other persons of distinction. The former Protestant church has been closed for services, since the erection in 1818 of a
more modern one, cruciform and in the pointed style, yet architecturally and artistically very defective. The River Dodder runs for upwards of a mile along the northern boundary of Taney—or as sometimes called—Churchtown parish. The scenery around this locality is highly picturesque and charming. The summits of the Three Rock Mountain and of the Two Rock Mountain are other boundary lines of this parish, while there the surfaces become wild
andrugged,yetpresentingsuperbviews. 10 Ofcourseitcannotbeasserted,that the holy Abbot and his fifty monks had after all any connexion with this place.
Colgan hazards a conjecture, but allowing merely its possibility, that the pre-
8
The accompanying illustration, drawn 9 lie died in 1812, in the twenty-fourth. on the spot by William F. Wakeman, was year of his age. Beside his remains lie taken from the railway embankment near those of his distinguished brothers, Doctor Dundrum. By him it has been trans- Daniel Halliday and Charles Halliday.
10
ferred to the wood, engraved by Mrs. Mil- See "Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ire-
lard. land," vol. iii. , pp. 310, 311.
graveyard attached
July 19. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 273
sent Ossin may have been identical with the Bishop Asicus, mentioned by Jocelyn," in his Life of St. Patrick.
It seems quite evident, however, that the present holy man cannot he con- founded with Asicus, the Bishop of Elphin, whose feast has been assigned to
the27thofApril. Atthe19thofJuly,intheMartyrologyofDonegal,"wefind recorded Oisseine, and fifty monks, of Tengaidh. In the Irish Calendar, which belonged to the Irish Ordnance Survey,13 there is an entry of this
T
Oseine, at the xiv. of the August Kalends, * which corresponds with the pre-
sent date. We cannot find any other records, to afford satisfactory informa- tion regarding St. Oissene and his fifty monks of Tengaidh.
Article II. —St. Aedhan, Abbot of Lismore, County of Water- ford. ThenameofSt. Aedhan,AbbotofLismoir,appearsintheMartyr-
1
at the 19th of July. In the list of Aids or Aedhans given byColgan,thepresentholyAbbotisincluded. 2 IntheIrishCalendar,com- piled for use of the Irish Ordnance Survey, at xiv. of the August Kalends, there is an entry of this holy man,3 who is not designated, however, as Abbot. His name also occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,* at this date, as Aedhan of Lis-mor.
Article III. —St. Ciaran, of Tigh-na-Gortigh. Veneration was
at the of as we find recorded in the of
19th July, Martyrology Tallagh,
of Tigh-na-Gortigh.
Article IV. —St. Cobran, of Cluain. We find registered in the
of 1 that a festival to honour a St. Corbran, was Martyrology Tallagh Guana,
celebrated, at the 19th of July. There is a St. Cobhran, son of Enan, and a brother to St. Moab or Abban, and to a St. Moeldubh. Colgan thinks him to be identical possibly with St. Cobran, venerated in the church of Cluain Enaich, at the 19th of July. * A doubt seems to have been entertained, that the present holy man had been identical with St. Auxilius, a disciple of St. Patrick, and the patron of Killossy, in the county of Kildare, owing to some fancied resemblance of etymology, assimilating both names. 3 This
ology of Tallagh,
given,
to Ciaran o Tigh h. nGortigh. This place to which allusion is made has not been identified. He is entered in the of 3 as
11 See "Trias Thaumaturga," Vita Sexta S. Patricii, cap. cvii. , pp. 89, 90, and n. 122, p. 114.
12 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
196, 197.
13 Now in the Royal Irish Academy's
Library.
14 Thus : Oifeme ^5«r cao^ao mAnAch
6 UhengAi-on. See Common Place Book F, p. 63.
Article hi. — 1 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xxix.
