s A
festival
has been assigned, by Ferrarius, to St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
Little more is known, regarding this saint.
Article II. —St. Flannan of Cill-Ard. On the 14th of March, in
theMartyrologyofTallagh,'wefindthenameofFlanan,Cilleaird. " Many places, called Killard, are known, in different parts of Ireland. The Bollan-
dists,3 who barely notice St. Flannanus, at this date, also assert, that, probably, his Kill-aird—formerly called Druimard—was at Hy-Garchon, in
Lagenia. Forthisstatement,however,theyquoteColgan'sauthority,^inhis Acts of St. Aidus. s Under either name, it is not to be found on the Ord- nance Survey Maps for the county of Wicklow —it was called Kill-
; although,
aird there, in the time of Colgan. There was a Cill-airidh said to be—known
at present as Killerry,^ in the barony of Tirerrill, county of Sligo where there appears to have been an ecclesiastical establishment, in the middle of thefourteenthcentury. 7 TheancientnameforKilworth,^inthecountyof Cork, is said to have been Cill Uird. 9 Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have notices of this saint, in their respective Martyrologies. Flannan, of Cill Ard, is mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" on this day. The time when he flourished does not appear to have been ascertained.
ArticleIII. —St. Ultan,ofH. Aignigh,or,ofMaghnidh. '' There appears to be a great difficulty, in determining who this saint was, when he
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho, p. 607.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
After the entry of 32 foreign saints, at this date, the Franciscan copy places, Sci CaL- iriAchi.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s His festivals are celebrated on the 28th
of February, and on the loth of November.
°"
See its bounds defined, on the Ord-
nance Survey Tovvnland Maps for the
County of Sligo," Sheets 15, 21, 27, 28. The townland proper is marked on Sheets
15, 21. 7 In
the Archdeacon of this Article IL Edited by Rev. Dr. died. See Annals of Loch Ce. " Edited Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we by W. M. Hennessy, vol. ii. , pp. 24, 25,
76, 77. — '
1362,
"
have this entry, •ptAnriAn Cibbi ai^to. —
541.
"
not determined — this short identity being by
description of Mr. S. Bindon among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, Bruxellcs, vol. xxii. , atfol. 168.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb- ruarii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
*
There is a Latin Vita S. Flannani his
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," 8.
xxviii. Februarii. Vita S. Aidi Epis. et " Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Confessoris, n. 15, p, 422. 76, 77-
place
This parish is in the baronies of Con-
dons and
Clangibbon,
as shown on the for the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County of Cork," Sheets 19, 20, 27, 28.
The town and townland proper are marked on Sheets 27, 28.
' Mr. Joseph O'Longan's Translation of
" Forbuis " n. 12 to p. Dromadamhghaire,
March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 371
lived, and where he had been venerated. Colgan^ appears to regard him, as
a disciple of St. Declan,^ Bishop^ and Abbot of Ardmore, and to whom he is said to have become a successor. As too often happens, Archdall assumes
Colgan's conjecture to be a fact, when he thinks, the saint of this day lived after the year 550. + The Bollandists briefly notice him, and with doubt in- timated. 5 The Rev. Dr. Lanigan shows, that as the disciple of St. Declan is called Ultan, son of Ere, he must probably be different from the present holy man, who is called Ultan Magonighe. ^ Thus are we left to further conjec- ture. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,7 at the 14th of March, regarding Ultan h. aighnigh. Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguirehavehimdown,atthesamedate,asUltanMaignidhe. Again,the festival, in honour of Ultan, of Maghnidh, was celebrated on this day, accord-
ingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal. ^ Hislocalitymayhavebeenidentical with Magh Niadh, in the county of Fermanagh. 9
Article IV. —Festival of St. Dionysius, the Bishop, and of St. Salvator. In our early Irish Church, the festival of the holy Bishop Dionysius and of St. Salvator was kept on this day, as appears from an entry, to be found in the "Feilire" of St. yEngus. ' St. Dionysius, with other martyrs, at Thessalonica, is mentioned, in a manuscript copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, and from another Codex, belonging to Rheinau, as mentioned by the Bollandists, at this date. ^ St. Salvator appears to have suffered martyrdom, at Carthage, according to a Manuscript of Prague, and the Martyrology of Tallagh. s
Article V. —St. C^emhan, or Cceman. A record is found in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 14th of March, regarding a saint, who is only calledCoeman. TheBollandists^^alludetoCaimanus,onthisday,asfound in the Irish Calendars. St. Patrick is said to have built a church, called Seandomnach, at a place denominated Ard-lice, in the territory of Tir-chai- readha,inConnaught. Overthis,hesetadeacon,namedCceman. 3 How-
Article in. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," xiv. Martii. De S. Ultano,
See his Life, at the 24th of July.
3 Dr. Lanigan thinks it probable, that although he was so called, no permanent
copy, with its English translation, has been furnished by Professor O'Looney : —
Abb. Ardmorensi, p. 608. ^
'Oior>if in cefpuc Aj:a cbe|\i coemA
ConiAinm c\a\tz i\onj'tiAit)e SaIuaIcu|\ i\on|'oe|\A.
Dionysius the bishop "Whose clericks were chaste
May the name of Christ protect us.
MaySalvatorsaveus.
See had been at Ardmore, in his time. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. ,
chap, ix. , sect, vii. , n. in, p. 463.
* See his " Monasticon Hibernicum," ^p.
684.
5 See "Acta
Sanctorum,"
Martiixiv. Amongthepretermittedsaints,
P- 341. *"
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , _
Martiixiv. Amongthepretermittedsaints, p. 341. At the 13th of March, other notes of Saints Alexander and Dionysius, Martyrs, are given. See ibid. Martii xiii. , p. 262.
3 See ibid. , Martii xiv. Among the pre-
termitted saints, p. 342.
Articlev. —' EditedbyRev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we find the entry, CoimAm.
= See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
See Ecclesiastical History of Ire- land," vol. i. , chap, ix. , . sect, vii. , p. 461, and n. 113, p. 463.
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, at this date, we find, ulcAni . Vi. Aijni^.
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 76, 77.
9 See notices of St. Monoa, Virgin, at the l6th of January.
Article iv. — ' The
stanza, taken from the "Leabhar Breac"
tomus
following Irish
ii. ,
C. 11. It),
372 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
ever, to identify him with the present saint, is not so easy a matter ; although Colgan refers the festival of a St. Coeman of Kill Rath,* to the 14th and i8th of March,5 while he is set down among the disciples of St. Patrick. ^ We find Caemhan, simply set down, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival, at this date.
Article VI. —Reputed Festival of a St. Medothus, or St. Metho-
dius, Confessor. In the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, pubHshed by O'Sullevan Beare, at the 14th of March, we find a St. Methodius. On the authority of the Carthusian Martyrology, we have the same saint noted as a Confessor, at the same date, in Henry Fitzsimon's list of Irish Saints,^ and by Dempster. ^ The Bollandists, who notice St. Medothus, at this day, assert, that they could not find his festival in the Breviary of Aberdeen, which Dempster quotes as his authority. 3 In the mountains of Scotia, which are called Hibernia, Medoth is set down as a saint, at the 14th of March, in
" Scoticum. "^ Inhis thesamewritercalls Dempster's Menologium History,
this saint Methodius, and states, that he was a Scottish abbot, but that the year of his death was uncertain.
s A festival has been assigned, by Ferrarius, to St. Medothus, supposed to be identical with St. Maidocus, Patron of Ferns ; and, it is said to have fallen, on the 14th of March. But, the Bol- landists*^ were not able to find any confirmation of this statement : not alone, in any known Kalendar, but even in the pages of Ferrarius himself, at that date. Colgan appears to make this Medothus identical with a Moedocus of Cluain-escrach, said to have had a festival, at the present day ;7 however, he is omitted here, by Colgan himself.
Article VII. —St. Cuimnech, Cuinnech, or Cuimnig. In that
Calendar of the Trinity College, Dublin, Manuscripts, and in the Codex classed, B. 3. 10, I find, at March 14th or Ides ii. , Sanctse Connete Matronse. She is said to have had an Office, consisting of nine Lessons. From this
entry, we might naturally conclude, that the present holy person was a female. However, the Bollandists,^ alluding to the Irish Fasti, at this date, enter the name, Cuinnechus, which gives us a masculine termination. The
name of this saint is written, Cuimnig, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 14thofMarch. Onthisday,aSt. Cuimnech,isenteredintheMartyrology of Donegal,3 as having veneration paid, but where, we are not further in- formed.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints,
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xlvii. , p. 136. Colgan identifies him with a St. Cceman of Kill-rath. Seen. 88, p. 177.
* This place is identified, likewise, with a Rath Cairbre, by Colgan.
p. 342.
* See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," p. 194.
s See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
torum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num. 894, p. 472.
' See "Acta tomus xxxi. Sanctorum," ii. ,
Januarii. Vita S. Aidani sive Maidoci.
7 See Acta Sanctorum Hiberni3e,"xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
Article vii,—' See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the preter* mitted saints, p. 342.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii. In
the Franciscan copy, the reading is Cummg. 3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
76,77.
s See
and n. 68, p. 186.
*
See ibid. Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Prsemium, sect. 4, p. iiii. "
ibid. ,
lib.
iii. , cap. xxxvii. ,[p. 157,
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
7 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
76, 77. — Article VI.
'See " Historiae Catho- licas Ibernis Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
iv. , cap. xi. , p. 49, and cap. xii. , p. 56. '"^
See Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num. 894, p. 472-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii,,
March 15. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 373
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Kenoce. The Martyrology for the use of the Church at Aberdeen/ at the day before the Ides of March —corresponding with the 14th—has an entry of the feast of St. Kenoce, in Scotland. It is said, she was distinguished by her great miracles. The
people who were near paid her special honour and proclaimed her praises. ^^ We refer to what has been said, at the preceding day, under the head of St, Kevoca.
Article IX. —St. Brigida, or Brigid. A Scottish St. Brigida's relics were preserved at Abernethy. ^ A St. Brigida is said to have been educated with St. Cuthbert, at Dunkeld, and to have been brought from Ireland. ^ St, Columba was the instructor of both saints. 3 Whether or not this was the St. Brigida of Abernethy, venerated on the 14th of March, seems undetermined. The latter is associated with the nine Maidens,* and with a St. Mayota or Mazota,5 a virgin, whose feast is assigned to the 23rd of December. ^ Most likely, the present St. Brigida, or Brigid, was an Irish saint.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of St. Comnanus, Abbot of Iona,
Scotland. At the 14th of March, David Camerarius enters a St. Comna-
nus, Abbot of lona. ^ Wion and all the Scottish Annals are quoted. The
Bollandists^ notice him, on the authority of Camerarius, as the preceptor
of King Ferquard 3 do not consider it as that he should ; yet, they certain,
be classed among the saints.
;IfiTteentf) Bap of ilarr)^.
ARTICLE I. —SAINTS DICHULL, MUNISSA, AND NESLUG, BROTHERS, OF INIS-MEIC NESSAN, OR IRELAND'S EYE, COUNTY OF DUBLIN.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. 1
among the citizens of our Irish Metropolis have failed to take
FEW the summer advantage, during months,
means of transit, neighbourhood. TheHillofHowth''affordsamplesourcesforenjoyment,
of the
for one of the most exhilirating and healthful localities, in its immediate
APvTICLE VIII. —^ From a Manuscript of ris simul ac novse Ecclesise, et Infidelium the sixteenth century, communicated by Conversione,"lib. i. , cap. iii. , sect. 2, p. 166.
=
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342. 3 Neither King Ferchard I. , nor King Ferchard I L, appears to have profited much vol. vi. , pp. 256, 257, 451. Elrington's in morality or religion from their teacher's
David Laing, Esq. , F. S. A. , Scot.
^
^
This is mentioned, in an Irish Life of St. Cuthbert.
3 See "Libellus de Nativitate S. Cuth- berti,"cap. xxi.
-•See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 291.
5 See notices of her, at the 23rd of Decern- ber.
See "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland," vol. ii. , p. 262,
Article ix. —'See Ussher's Works, edition.
care. See George Buchanan's "Rerum Scoticarum Historia," lib. v. , pp. I4S> 146. Again, it must be observed, that among the Rev. Dr. Reeves' list of Iona Abbots, we findnotonenamedComnanus. Thereisa St. Cuimine Albus, however, and he lived contemporaneously with both the Kings of Scotland already named, and who all
flourished, in the seventh century.
have already inserted notices of him, at the
of — the date for his festival. 24th Februar)',
"
Bishop
^ See ibid. , p. 395.
Article x. —' See
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 236. See
Forbes' also, Camerarius' " De Statu Hominis Vete-
ready
'
i. This hill and the peninsula
Article
were once known as Ben Edair. In Irish
We
374 LIVES OF TEE IRISH SAINTS. [March 15.
and combines the most picturesque marine and mountain scenery, easily accessible ; while there is no other city in the British empire, that can boast
such a variety of charming landscapes, as are comprised within a circuit of ten or twelve miles, around the city of Dublin. * But, here, cur attention, in connexion with the present subject, must be chiefly confined to the rocky island, about half-a-mile to the north of Howth's fine harbour,3 and which is said tohavebeenformerlycalledInis-Ereann. * Inthesixteenthcentury,itwas named Irlandeseya,5 and this has been converted into Ireland's Eye,^ at the present day. The appearance of this islet, from the main shore, is rugged and picturesque, in the highest degree.
Article II. —St. Flannan of Cill-Ard. On the 14th of March, in
theMartyrologyofTallagh,'wefindthenameofFlanan,Cilleaird. " Many places, called Killard, are known, in different parts of Ireland. The Bollan-
dists,3 who barely notice St. Flannanus, at this date, also assert, that, probably, his Kill-aird—formerly called Druimard—was at Hy-Garchon, in
Lagenia. Forthisstatement,however,theyquoteColgan'sauthority,^inhis Acts of St. Aidus. s Under either name, it is not to be found on the Ord- nance Survey Maps for the county of Wicklow —it was called Kill-
; although,
aird there, in the time of Colgan. There was a Cill-airidh said to be—known
at present as Killerry,^ in the barony of Tirerrill, county of Sligo where there appears to have been an ecclesiastical establishment, in the middle of thefourteenthcentury. 7 TheancientnameforKilworth,^inthecountyof Cork, is said to have been Cill Uird. 9 Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguire have notices of this saint, in their respective Martyrologies. Flannan, of Cill Ard, is mentioned in the Martyrology of Donegal,^" on this day. The time when he flourished does not appear to have been ascertained.
ArticleIII. —St. Ultan,ofH. Aignigh,or,ofMaghnidh. '' There appears to be a great difficulty, in determining who this saint was, when he
9 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xiv. Martii. De S. Talmacho, p. 607.
"Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii.
After the entry of 32 foreign saints, at this date, the Franciscan copy places, Sci CaL- iriAchi.
" Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
s His festivals are celebrated on the 28th
of February, and on the loth of November.
°"
See its bounds defined, on the Ord-
nance Survey Tovvnland Maps for the
County of Sligo," Sheets 15, 21, 27, 28. The townland proper is marked on Sheets
15, 21. 7 In
the Archdeacon of this Article IL Edited by Rev. Dr. died. See Annals of Loch Ce. " Edited Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we by W. M. Hennessy, vol. ii. , pp. 24, 25,
76, 77. — '
1362,
"
have this entry, •ptAnriAn Cibbi ai^to. —
541.
"
not determined — this short identity being by
description of Mr. S. Bindon among the Burgundian Library Manuscripts, Bruxellcs, vol. xxii. , atfol. 168.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Feb- ruarii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
*
There is a Latin Vita S. Flannani his
* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernias," 8.
xxviii. Februarii. Vita S. Aidi Epis. et " Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. Confessoris, n. 15, p, 422. 76, 77-
place
This parish is in the baronies of Con-
dons and
Clangibbon,
as shown on the for the
" Ordnance Survey Townland Maps
County of Cork," Sheets 19, 20, 27, 28.
The town and townland proper are marked on Sheets 27, 28.
' Mr. Joseph O'Longan's Translation of
" Forbuis " n. 12 to p. Dromadamhghaire,
March 14. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 371
lived, and where he had been venerated. Colgan^ appears to regard him, as
a disciple of St. Declan,^ Bishop^ and Abbot of Ardmore, and to whom he is said to have become a successor. As too often happens, Archdall assumes
Colgan's conjecture to be a fact, when he thinks, the saint of this day lived after the year 550. + The Bollandists briefly notice him, and with doubt in- timated. 5 The Rev. Dr. Lanigan shows, that as the disciple of St. Declan is called Ultan, son of Ere, he must probably be different from the present holy man, who is called Ultan Magonighe. ^ Thus are we left to further conjec- ture. An entry is found, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,7 at the 14th of March, regarding Ultan h. aighnigh. Marianus O'Gorman and Cathal Maguirehavehimdown,atthesamedate,asUltanMaignidhe. Again,the festival, in honour of Ultan, of Maghnidh, was celebrated on this day, accord-
ingtotheMartyrologyofDonegal. ^ Hislocalitymayhavebeenidentical with Magh Niadh, in the county of Fermanagh. 9
Article IV. —Festival of St. Dionysius, the Bishop, and of St. Salvator. In our early Irish Church, the festival of the holy Bishop Dionysius and of St. Salvator was kept on this day, as appears from an entry, to be found in the "Feilire" of St. yEngus. ' St. Dionysius, with other martyrs, at Thessalonica, is mentioned, in a manuscript copy of St. Jerome's Martyrology, and from another Codex, belonging to Rheinau, as mentioned by the Bollandists, at this date. ^ St. Salvator appears to have suffered martyrdom, at Carthage, according to a Manuscript of Prague, and the Martyrology of Tallagh. s
Article V. —St. C^emhan, or Cceman. A record is found in the
Martyrology of Tallagh,' at the 14th of March, regarding a saint, who is only calledCoeman. TheBollandists^^alludetoCaimanus,onthisday,asfound in the Irish Calendars. St. Patrick is said to have built a church, called Seandomnach, at a place denominated Ard-lice, in the territory of Tir-chai- readha,inConnaught. Overthis,hesetadeacon,namedCceman. 3 How-
Article in. —' See " Acta Sanctorum
Hiberniae," xiv. Martii. De S. Ultano,
See his Life, at the 24th of July.
3 Dr. Lanigan thinks it probable, that although he was so called, no permanent
copy, with its English translation, has been furnished by Professor O'Looney : —
Abb. Ardmorensi, p. 608. ^
'Oior>if in cefpuc Aj:a cbe|\i coemA
ConiAinm c\a\tz i\onj'tiAit)e SaIuaIcu|\ i\on|'oe|\A.
Dionysius the bishop "Whose clericks were chaste
May the name of Christ protect us.
MaySalvatorsaveus.
See had been at Ardmore, in his time. See
"
Ecclesiastical History of Ireland," vol. i. ,
chap, ix. , sect, vii. , n. in, p. 463.
* See his " Monasticon Hibernicum," ^p.
684.
5 See "Acta
Sanctorum,"
Martiixiv. Amongthepretermittedsaints,
P- 341. *"
'See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , _
Martiixiv. Amongthepretermittedsaints, p. 341. At the 13th of March, other notes of Saints Alexander and Dionysius, Martyrs, are given. See ibid. Martii xiii. , p. 262.
3 See ibid. , Martii xiv. Among the pre-
termitted saints, p. 342.
Articlev. —' EditedbyRev. Dr. Kelly,
p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, we find the entry, CoimAm.
= See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342.
See Ecclesiastical History of Ire- land," vol. i. , chap, ix. , . sect, vii. , p. 461, and n. 113, p. 463.
7 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii. In the Franciscan copy, at this date, we find, ulcAni . Vi. Aijni^.
8 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 76, 77.
9 See notices of St. Monoa, Virgin, at the l6th of January.
Article iv. — ' The
stanza, taken from the "Leabhar Breac"
tomus
following Irish
ii. ,
C. 11. It),
372 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 14.
ever, to identify him with the present saint, is not so easy a matter ; although Colgan refers the festival of a St. Coeman of Kill Rath,* to the 14th and i8th of March,5 while he is set down among the disciples of St. Patrick. ^ We find Caemhan, simply set down, in the Martyrology of Donegal,^ as having a festival, at this date.
Article VI. —Reputed Festival of a St. Medothus, or St. Metho-
dius, Confessor. In the anonymous Catalogue of Irish Saints, pubHshed by O'Sullevan Beare, at the 14th of March, we find a St. Methodius. On the authority of the Carthusian Martyrology, we have the same saint noted as a Confessor, at the same date, in Henry Fitzsimon's list of Irish Saints,^ and by Dempster. ^ The Bollandists, who notice St. Medothus, at this day, assert, that they could not find his festival in the Breviary of Aberdeen, which Dempster quotes as his authority. 3 In the mountains of Scotia, which are called Hibernia, Medoth is set down as a saint, at the 14th of March, in
" Scoticum. "^ Inhis thesamewritercalls Dempster's Menologium History,
this saint Methodius, and states, that he was a Scottish abbot, but that the year of his death was uncertain.
s A festival has been assigned, by Ferrarius, to St. Medothus, supposed to be identical with St. Maidocus, Patron of Ferns ; and, it is said to have fallen, on the 14th of March. But, the Bol- landists*^ were not able to find any confirmation of this statement : not alone, in any known Kalendar, but even in the pages of Ferrarius himself, at that date. Colgan appears to make this Medothus identical with a Moedocus of Cluain-escrach, said to have had a festival, at the present day ;7 however, he is omitted here, by Colgan himself.
Article VII. —St. Cuimnech, Cuinnech, or Cuimnig. In that
Calendar of the Trinity College, Dublin, Manuscripts, and in the Codex classed, B. 3. 10, I find, at March 14th or Ides ii. , Sanctse Connete Matronse. She is said to have had an Office, consisting of nine Lessons. From this
entry, we might naturally conclude, that the present holy person was a female. However, the Bollandists,^ alluding to the Irish Fasti, at this date, enter the name, Cuinnechus, which gives us a masculine termination. The
name of this saint is written, Cuimnig, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 14thofMarch. Onthisday,aSt. Cuimnech,isenteredintheMartyrology of Donegal,3 as having veneration paid, but where, we are not further in- formed.
3 See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints,
Septima Vita S. Patricii, lib. ii. , cap. xlvii. , p. 136. Colgan identifies him with a St. Cceman of Kill-rath. Seen. 88, p. 177.
* This place is identified, likewise, with a Rath Cairbre, by Colgan.
p. 342.
* See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of
Scottish Saints," p. 194.
s See " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Sco-
torum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num. 894, p. 472.
' See "Acta tomus xxxi. Sanctorum," ii. ,
Januarii. Vita S. Aidani sive Maidoci.
7 See Acta Sanctorum Hiberni3e,"xxxi. Januarii. Appendix ad Acta S. Maidoci, cap. i. , p. 221.
Article vii,—' See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii. , Martii xiv. Among the preter* mitted saints, p. 342.
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xviii. In
the Franciscan copy, the reading is Cummg. 3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
76,77.
s See
and n. 68, p. 186.
*
See ibid. Quinta Appendix ad Acta S.
Prsemium, sect. 4, p. iiii. "
ibid. ,
lib.
iii. , cap. xxxvii. ,[p. 157,
Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 267.
7 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
76, 77. — Article VI.
'See " Historiae Catho- licas Ibernis Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
iv. , cap. xi. , p. 49, and cap. xii. , p. 56. '"^
See Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum," tomus ii. , lib. xii. , num. 894, p. 472-
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus ii,,
March 15. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 373
Article VIII. —Reputed Festival of St. Kenoce. The Martyrology for the use of the Church at Aberdeen/ at the day before the Ides of March —corresponding with the 14th—has an entry of the feast of St. Kenoce, in Scotland. It is said, she was distinguished by her great miracles. The
people who were near paid her special honour and proclaimed her praises. ^^ We refer to what has been said, at the preceding day, under the head of St, Kevoca.
Article IX. —St. Brigida, or Brigid. A Scottish St. Brigida's relics were preserved at Abernethy. ^ A St. Brigida is said to have been educated with St. Cuthbert, at Dunkeld, and to have been brought from Ireland. ^ St, Columba was the instructor of both saints. 3 Whether or not this was the St. Brigida of Abernethy, venerated on the 14th of March, seems undetermined. The latter is associated with the nine Maidens,* and with a St. Mayota or Mazota,5 a virgin, whose feast is assigned to the 23rd of December. ^ Most likely, the present St. Brigida, or Brigid, was an Irish saint.
Article X. —Reputed Festival of St. Comnanus, Abbot of Iona,
Scotland. At the 14th of March, David Camerarius enters a St. Comna-
nus, Abbot of lona. ^ Wion and all the Scottish Annals are quoted. The
Bollandists^ notice him, on the authority of Camerarius, as the preceptor
of King Ferquard 3 do not consider it as that he should ; yet, they certain,
be classed among the saints.
;IfiTteentf) Bap of ilarr)^.
ARTICLE I. —SAINTS DICHULL, MUNISSA, AND NESLUG, BROTHERS, OF INIS-MEIC NESSAN, OR IRELAND'S EYE, COUNTY OF DUBLIN.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. 1
among the citizens of our Irish Metropolis have failed to take
FEW the summer advantage, during months,
means of transit, neighbourhood. TheHillofHowth''affordsamplesourcesforenjoyment,
of the
for one of the most exhilirating and healthful localities, in its immediate
APvTICLE VIII. —^ From a Manuscript of ris simul ac novse Ecclesise, et Infidelium the sixteenth century, communicated by Conversione,"lib. i. , cap. iii. , sect. 2, p. 166.
=
See "Acta Sanctorum," tomusii. , Martii xiv. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 342. 3 Neither King Ferchard I. , nor King Ferchard I L, appears to have profited much vol. vi. , pp. 256, 257, 451. Elrington's in morality or religion from their teacher's
David Laing, Esq. , F. S. A. , Scot.
^
^
This is mentioned, in an Irish Life of St. Cuthbert.
3 See "Libellus de Nativitate S. Cuth- berti,"cap. xxi.
-•See Bishop Forbes' "Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 291.
5 See notices of her, at the 23rd of Decern- ber.
See "Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland," vol. ii. , p. 262,
Article ix. —'See Ussher's Works, edition.
care. See George Buchanan's "Rerum Scoticarum Historia," lib. v. , pp. I4S> 146. Again, it must be observed, that among the Rev. Dr. Reeves' list of Iona Abbots, we findnotonenamedComnanus. Thereisa St. Cuimine Albus, however, and he lived contemporaneously with both the Kings of Scotland already named, and who all
flourished, in the seventh century.
have already inserted notices of him, at the
of — the date for his festival. 24th Februar)',
"
Bishop
^ See ibid. , p. 395.
Article x. —' See
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 236. See
Forbes' also, Camerarius' " De Statu Hominis Vete-
ready
'
i. This hill and the peninsula
Article
were once known as Ben Edair. In Irish
We
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and combines the most picturesque marine and mountain scenery, easily accessible ; while there is no other city in the British empire, that can boast
such a variety of charming landscapes, as are comprised within a circuit of ten or twelve miles, around the city of Dublin. * But, here, cur attention, in connexion with the present subject, must be chiefly confined to the rocky island, about half-a-mile to the north of Howth's fine harbour,3 and which is said tohavebeenformerlycalledInis-Ereann. * Inthesixteenthcentury,itwas named Irlandeseya,5 and this has been converted into Ireland's Eye,^ at the present day. The appearance of this islet, from the main shore, is rugged and picturesque, in the highest degree.
