She is said '° to have been venerated in Line, a
spacious
plain, near the town of Carrickfergus, in Ulster.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v3
Dr.
Kelly, p.
xix.
195-
3 See " Rerum Germanicarum Historici
Clarissimi, Ecclesiastica Historia, sive Me- tropolis," lib. i. , cap. 29, p. 21. Editio Francofurti, mdlxxxx, fol.
* The two writers here named do not be- stow on Isenger the title of Saint or Blessed.
5 Lib. ix. , num. 710.
^ In " Menologium Scoticum. "
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemioe," xxi.
Martii. Vita S. Isengeri, p. 716.
8 See O'SuUevan Beare's " Historic
Catholics Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib, iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50, and cap. xii. , p. 55.
lucelluf feu lucilluf pi IIua Cia]\a feu CiAi\Ain, at this date.
'
In the Franciscan copy, the entry is
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 82, 83.
*• See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxi. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 256.
Article iv. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxi. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 256.
and Reeves, pp. 82, Zt,. '"
March 22. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 923
Cltietttp-'ssewttti I3ap of i^arrft*
ARTICLE I. —ST. FAILEEUS, OR FAILBHE, EIGHTH ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
few particulars of this saintly superior's Acts, that are known, have
been recorded THE
at the 22nd of March. ^ tion, that Adamnan has no particular notice of his sanctity
With the reserva-
— that his festival has been
ting assigned
the Irish
day, by Martyrologists
Reeves' Adamnan's
"
Life of St. Columba,"
of St. Columba," Additional Notes, (O),
p. 376.
it is stated, at March 2. See lib. i. , cap. i. ,
®
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In
n. (d), p. 16.
the Franciscan copy, we find, frAitbeuj' Abb
hienfif.
^ See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of the
Scottish Saints," p. 8.
'° Edited
" Martii xxii.
3 See
Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 368.
* See the "
Drs. Todd and
by Colgan,'
—
to this theBollandistsnoticeFailbeus,AbbotofHy. 3 HisfatherwasPipan,son
of Amalgad, son to Duach ;* so that he belonged to the race of Conall Gulban, son to Niall of the Nine Hostages. Like all the first superiors of St. Columba's celebrated establishment, the present holy man was born iu Irelandj and,probably,atanearlyage,heleftittomakehisreligiouspro- fession. He was the eighth in succession, among the abbots of lona ; and, we are informed, that Failbe supplied Adamnan, with several traditions, re- lating to the great St. Columba. These have been inserted in his biography. 5 The holy subject of this notice ruled over lona monastery, from a. d. 669 to 679 ; and, he died, on this day, assigned for his festival. He departed, in the year 674, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; or a. d. 677, according to the Annals of the Four Masters f or in 678, according to those of Ulster; orA. D. 679,accordingtotheAnnalsofTighernach. 7 Thename,Failbhe, lae, is the only record we meet with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,* and con- cerning him, at this date. In Hibernia, states the Kalendar of Drummond, at the xi. April Kal. or 22nd of March, the Holy Confessor Falbe, Abbot of themonasteryatHy,wenttoChrist. 9 Likewise,theMartyrologyofDonegal'" enters on this day, Failbhe, son of Piopan, Abbot of la, and a successor to St. Colum Cille.
Article II. —St. Darerca, Sister of St. Patrick. [Etfth Century. ']
Enumerating Darerca, among St. Patrick's sisters,' Colgan also inserts a summaryofstatements,atthe22ndofMarch. " HederivesherLatinized
""" name, from the Irish Diar-shearc, signifying constant or
firm love," or
Article i. —'See "Acta Sanctorum ^ See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Hibernise," xxii. Martii. De S. Failbeo Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 284, 285, and n. Seniore, sive primo Abbate Hiensi, pp. (p. ) Ibid.
719, 720.
=* By a typographical error, in Rev. Dr.
by
Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Article ll. 'See "Trias Thauma-
Sanctilogium Genealogicum," quoted as authority for his pedigree, in
Appendix ad Acta S. Columbas, cap. iii. , p. 480, and cap. x. , p. 490.
5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," lib. i,, cap. i. , p. 16, cap.
26.
Reeves, pp.
3. p.
Colgan's
Thaumaturga,
' See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
84, 85.
turga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 269.
Martii. 3 See
Vita S. Darercne, pp. 716 to 719.
" Trias
'
—
* See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxii.
although admit-
924
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 22.
from Der-shearc, which means " love of tears "—attributable to her devotional feelings. St. Patrick, says Jocelyn,5 had three sisters of remarkable sanctity
and perfection, whose names were Tygridia, Darercha, and Lupita. The youngest of those sisters is said to have been Darerca. As a widow, and as the happy mother of a holy progeny of children, the BoUandists enter her feast. * If we are to credit some accounts, she had no less than seventeen sons; whiletheyareevensupposedtohaveallbecomebishops,andtohave been honoured as saints. Besides these, she is said to have had two holy daughters, who were virgins. But, as already stated, in our Life of St.
'•'^•^-^'a^
Teampul na Naomh, Lough Corrib, County of Galway.
Patrick,s considerable discrepancy exists among writers, in reference to those statements, nor can they be advocated with any degree of certainty. Besides these accounts, in the church of Innisghoill, or the Foreigner's Island, on Lough Corrib, county of Galway, it is believed, that the son of Darerca, otherwise called Limenuch, was interred, and that the inscription on his tombstone may still be seen, near the ancient church of Inchaguile. ^ A
wonderfully beautiful Irish Romanesque doorway? yet remains in the build- ing, known as Teampul na Naomh. or " church of the saint. " Another and an older structure is near it, called Teampul Phadruig,** which Petrie deemed to be probably a foundation of our national saint, and old as his time. In the Martyrology of Tallagh,9 at the 22nd of March, is entered the name ot Darerca. The few words which follow this record are misplaced. She is
Vita S. Patricii, cap. 1. , p. 76, and nn. 49 to 53, p. no.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxii. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. 367, 368.
5 See chap, iii. , and n. 63.
* See an excellent woodcut of this church, in a little, work, called "A Week in the
West of Ireland," Illustrated by W. F. Wakenian, p. 23.
7 The accompanying illustration was drawn on the spot, by William F. Wake- man, and it was transferred by him to the Avood : it was engraved by Mrs. Millard.
** An illustration of this has been already, in the Life of St. Patrick.
given
March 22. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 925
represented as having been a widow, and to have emigrated to Ireland. Here she flourished, after the middle of the fifth century ; and, supposing her to be the sister of St, Patrick, her parents, and her pedigree, as also a lew other particulars, will be found recorded, in the Life we have given of the great Irish Apostle.
She is said '° to have been venerated in Line, a spacious plain, near the town of Carrickfergus, in Ulster. As Dararcha, she is set down in Henry Fitzsimon-s List," while Marianus O'Gorraan" does not forgettorecordherfeast,atthe22ndolMarch. Wefind,setdowninthe
Martyrology of DonegaV3 as iiaving a festival, on this day, Darerca, sister of Patrick. It is remarked, by Colgan, that she must be distinguished from St.
Darerca, or Moninna, of Kill-Slebhe, of the Roderician family, in Ulster. '* Archbishop Ussher,'^ however, has not made such a mistake, although this statement is to be found in Colgan's work. The writer has been informed,'^ that St. Darerca is patroness of Valencia Island. '? There is a well, called Tobar Re Domnach, where the people held a patron on St. Darerca's day, the 22nd of March. This celebration is still kept up. At Valencia, the Catholic church was dedicated,'^ to St. Darerca.
Article III. —St. Trien, or Trienan, Abbot of Killelga. \^Fifth
or Sixth CeHtury. ~] Some notices of the present holy man are found, in
Colgan's work. ' St. Trian, Trienan, Trenan,^ or Trena,3 was son to Dedius. * He was descended, in the fifth degree, from Fiach Aradius, who was king of Ulster, in the year 240 ;5 and from whom the Dalaradian family derived its origin, as also the territory of Dalaradia its name. According to the O'Clery's Calendar,^ St. Trian was the son of Deit,7 of Cill Ealga, and he sprang from the race of Trial, son to Conall Cearnach. In a sort of conjectural way, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan deems it possible, that this Trian or Trena may have been the bishop Trianus, a Roman, who entertained St. Patrick in the monastery of Craibhach, near the Brosna, on the north-eastern limits of the old Munster province. ^ Trian is classed, moreover, among the disciples of St, Patrick,
9 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy is marked 04^e|\c<\.
Article hi. —'See "Acta Sanctoram Hibernise," xxii. Martii. De S. Trieno
" See
nise," xxii. Martii. 6, p. 719-
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Darerca, &c. , n.
sive Trienano Abbate de
- He is called Trenan, or Trenanus, in
the Lives of St. Columba, of St. Endeus, and elsewhere.
Colgan's
KUl-elga, p. 720,
" Her feast, however, is not here given.
S*' — Sanctorum Iber- Catalogus Aliquorum
nias. O'Sullevan Beare's "Historise Catho-
^ gois he
ologies.
usually called,
in the
Mart)rr-
licse Ibemise Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
"
* His genealogy is thus given in the Sanctilogium Genealogicum," cap. 23.
iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53. "Heenters "Darerca
" S. sive Trienus,
soror sancti Patricii. "
•3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
84, 85.
'* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
'7 This island and
Iveragh, is shown, on the " Ordnance Sur-
parish,
in the of barony
Virgo nobilis,
Trienanus,
Dedii,
of the kings of Ulster. See, Colgan's xxii. Martii. De S. Darerca Vidua, S. " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxii. Martii,
Patricii Sorore, cap. ix,, p. 718.
'S See " Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap. xvii. pp. 429, 430.
'*
By Rev. Eugene Murphy, C. C, Dro- mod parish, county of Kerry, in July, 1871.
nn. 2,3,4,p. 720.
^ Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
at pp. 84, 85.
7 The Irish Calendar, also, in the Royal
Irish Academy, at tlie 22nd of March, has
tory of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, xi. , vey Townland Maps for the County of and nn. 110, ill, pp. 302 to 304. Also,
Kerry," Sheets 78, 79, 87, 88.
'^
By the Most Rev. David Moriarty, Bishop of Kerry, about the year 1861.
chap, vii. , sect, vii. , and n. 83, pp. 348,
349.
» See "Trias Thaumaturga. " Quinta
filius
filii Luctae, filii Finnchadii, filii Fethlimidii,
filii Sodani, filii Fiachi Aradii, &c. "
s This may be collected, from a Catalogue
"
Ct\eno ni<ic 'Oeic CilLe eljA. "
* See Dr. " Ecclesiastical His- Lanigan's
926 > LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 22.
byColgan. 9 Craibhach"wasinthenorth-easternpartofMunster,anda
part of the present King's County formerly belonged to that province. Trian is supposed to have lived, about the end of the fifth, or in the beginning of the sixth, century, as he was a familiar acquaintance and friend of St. Moch- teus," who departed this life, a. d. 534. " Cill Ealga, Killelga, Cill Dealga or Cill Deilge, is said to be identical with the present Kildalkey, a parish in thebaronyofLune,andcountyofMeath. '3 Colgansupposesthissaint,to have been Abbot of Killelga, in the diocese of Meath ; and to have been joined by ties of friendship with St. Mocteus Lugmagh. ^4 His feast is cele- bratedonthe22ndofMarch. Atthisdate,theMartyrologyofTallagh^s inserts the name Treno mac Confeid. He is commemorated, likewise, by MarianusO'Gorman,^^andbyCathalMaguire. ^7 WereadintheMartyr- ology of Donegal,^^ about St. Trian, as having a festival on this day. The BoUandists notice the celebration of Trena, or Trienius, at the 22nd of March. '9 His memory was revered, in Colgan's time, at a certain church, in the diocese of Dromore. The name of this church is not given, because it
escaped the memory of our national hagiologist ; although he acknowledges, that its name had been formerly furnished, by the parish priest of that place. Howev. er, it lay within the territory of Dalaradia, from which our saint derived his origin.
Article IV. —St. Molocca, or Molocus, son of Colman Finn, of
LiLCACH. Such is the description we find, regarding this almost unknown
holy personage. He is entered, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 22nd of March, under the designation, Molocca mac Colmain find i Lilchaich. A notice of his feast occurs in the BoUandists' collection. ' Again, the name Molocca, son of Colman Finn, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having been venerated on this day. The exact locality of Lilcach, or Liol- cach,hasnotbeendetermined. ItwasneartheBoyne,asweareinformed; and, in all probability, not far removed from Slane, in the county of Meath. *
Article V. —Feast of St. Secundus. The Feilire ^ of St. . /Engus the Culdee has a festival for St. Secundus, with a eulogy, at this date. We do
Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap, xxiii,, p. 269.
•° Archdall has placed Croibhech, or Croebheach, in Kerry. He adds even, that it was near the River Brosnach, as if this river were in Kerry. Then he mentions Trian as having been there. And, what is
truly strange, he quotes Colgan for his purpose ; notwithstanding that hagiologist's repeated statement, that said place was in East Munster or Ormond. See " Monasti- con Hibemicum," p. 301.
" His feast occurs, at the 19th of August. "See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 176, 177.
'3 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of
In the Martyrology of Marianus
Meath, Ancient and Modem," vol. i. , chap. p. 368.
3 Edited Drs. Todd and XXV. , pp. 141, 142. by
"
•* See Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," xxii. 84, 85.
Martii. Vita S. Trieni, p. 720, and note i. •5 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, we find, Ui\eno feu
UjNemuf fiL. "Oeex)! feu X)e6ii.
Article v. —* To Professor O'Looney I
'*
O'Gorman, at the same day, we read : Trena, filius Dedii, de Kill-elga. "
"
'' Cathal Maguire's Martyrology says : S. Trena filius Dedii. "
'^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
84, 85.
'^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
xxii. Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 368.
Article iv. —' Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, we
read, niolocuf piU ColmAtii finn t)e Lil- CAch.
''See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii.
195-
3 See " Rerum Germanicarum Historici
Clarissimi, Ecclesiastica Historia, sive Me- tropolis," lib. i. , cap. 29, p. 21. Editio Francofurti, mdlxxxx, fol.
* The two writers here named do not be- stow on Isenger the title of Saint or Blessed.
5 Lib. ix. , num. 710.
^ In " Menologium Scoticum. "
7 See "Acta Sanctorum Hibemioe," xxi.
Martii. Vita S. Isengeri, p. 716.
8 See O'SuUevan Beare's " Historic
Catholics Iberniae Compendium," tomus i. , lib, iv. , cap. xi. , p. 50, and cap. xii. , p. 55.
lucelluf feu lucilluf pi IIua Cia]\a feu CiAi\Ain, at this date.
'
In the Franciscan copy, the entry is
3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp. 82, 83.
*• See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxi. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 256.
Article iv. —' Edited by Drs. Todd
See Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxi. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 256.
and Reeves, pp. 82, Zt,. '"
March 22. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 923
Cltietttp-'ssewttti I3ap of i^arrft*
ARTICLE I. —ST. FAILEEUS, OR FAILBHE, EIGHTH ABBOT OF lONA, SCOTLAND.
[SEVENTH CENTURY. ]
few particulars of this saintly superior's Acts, that are known, have
been recorded THE
at the 22nd of March. ^ tion, that Adamnan has no particular notice of his sanctity
With the reserva-
— that his festival has been
ting assigned
the Irish
day, by Martyrologists
Reeves' Adamnan's
"
Life of St. Columba,"
of St. Columba," Additional Notes, (O),
p. 376.
it is stated, at March 2. See lib. i. , cap. i. ,
®
Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In
n. (d), p. 16.
the Franciscan copy, we find, frAitbeuj' Abb
hienfif.
^ See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of the
Scottish Saints," p. 8.
'° Edited
" Martii xxii.
3 See
Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Among the pretermitted saints,
p. 368.
* See the "
Drs. Todd and
by Colgan,'
—
to this theBollandistsnoticeFailbeus,AbbotofHy. 3 HisfatherwasPipan,son
of Amalgad, son to Duach ;* so that he belonged to the race of Conall Gulban, son to Niall of the Nine Hostages. Like all the first superiors of St. Columba's celebrated establishment, the present holy man was born iu Irelandj and,probably,atanearlyage,heleftittomakehisreligiouspro- fession. He was the eighth in succession, among the abbots of lona ; and, we are informed, that Failbe supplied Adamnan, with several traditions, re- lating to the great St. Columba. These have been inserted in his biography. 5 The holy subject of this notice ruled over lona monastery, from a. d. 669 to 679 ; and, he died, on this day, assigned for his festival. He departed, in the year 674, according to the Annals of Clonmacnoise ; or a. d. 677, according to the Annals of the Four Masters f or in 678, according to those of Ulster; orA. D. 679,accordingtotheAnnalsofTighernach. 7 Thename,Failbhe, lae, is the only record we meet with, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,* and con- cerning him, at this date. In Hibernia, states the Kalendar of Drummond, at the xi. April Kal. or 22nd of March, the Holy Confessor Falbe, Abbot of themonasteryatHy,wenttoChrist. 9 Likewise,theMartyrologyofDonegal'" enters on this day, Failbhe, son of Piopan, Abbot of la, and a successor to St. Colum Cille.
Article II. —St. Darerca, Sister of St. Patrick. [Etfth Century. ']
Enumerating Darerca, among St. Patrick's sisters,' Colgan also inserts a summaryofstatements,atthe22ndofMarch. " HederivesherLatinized
""" name, from the Irish Diar-shearc, signifying constant or
firm love," or
Article i. —'See "Acta Sanctorum ^ See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Hibernise," xxii. Martii. De S. Failbeo Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 284, 285, and n. Seniore, sive primo Abbate Hiensi, pp. (p. ) Ibid.
719, 720.
=* By a typographical error, in Rev. Dr.
by
Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga. " Quarta Article ll. 'See "Trias Thauma-
Sanctilogium Genealogicum," quoted as authority for his pedigree, in
Appendix ad Acta S. Columbas, cap. iii. , p. 480, and cap. x. , p. 490.
5 See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life of St. Columba," lib. i,, cap. i. , p. 16, cap.
26.
Reeves, pp.
3. p.
Colgan's
Thaumaturga,
' See Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's " Life
84, 85.
turga," Quinta Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap. xxiii. , p. 269.
Martii. 3 See
Vita S. Darercne, pp. 716 to 719.
" Trias
'
—
* See " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxii.
although admit-
924
LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 22.
from Der-shearc, which means " love of tears "—attributable to her devotional feelings. St. Patrick, says Jocelyn,5 had three sisters of remarkable sanctity
and perfection, whose names were Tygridia, Darercha, and Lupita. The youngest of those sisters is said to have been Darerca. As a widow, and as the happy mother of a holy progeny of children, the BoUandists enter her feast. * If we are to credit some accounts, she had no less than seventeen sons; whiletheyareevensupposedtohaveallbecomebishops,andtohave been honoured as saints. Besides these, she is said to have had two holy daughters, who were virgins. But, as already stated, in our Life of St.
'•'^•^-^'a^
Teampul na Naomh, Lough Corrib, County of Galway.
Patrick,s considerable discrepancy exists among writers, in reference to those statements, nor can they be advocated with any degree of certainty. Besides these accounts, in the church of Innisghoill, or the Foreigner's Island, on Lough Corrib, county of Galway, it is believed, that the son of Darerca, otherwise called Limenuch, was interred, and that the inscription on his tombstone may still be seen, near the ancient church of Inchaguile. ^ A
wonderfully beautiful Irish Romanesque doorway? yet remains in the build- ing, known as Teampul na Naomh. or " church of the saint. " Another and an older structure is near it, called Teampul Phadruig,** which Petrie deemed to be probably a foundation of our national saint, and old as his time. In the Martyrology of Tallagh,9 at the 22nd of March, is entered the name ot Darerca. The few words which follow this record are misplaced. She is
Vita S. Patricii, cap. 1. , p. 76, and nn. 49 to 53, p. no.
* See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Martii xxii. Among the pretermitted saints, pp. 367, 368.
5 See chap, iii. , and n. 63.
* See an excellent woodcut of this church, in a little, work, called "A Week in the
West of Ireland," Illustrated by W. F. Wakenian, p. 23.
7 The accompanying illustration was drawn on the spot, by William F. Wake- man, and it was transferred by him to the Avood : it was engraved by Mrs. Millard.
** An illustration of this has been already, in the Life of St. Patrick.
given
March 22. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 925
represented as having been a widow, and to have emigrated to Ireland. Here she flourished, after the middle of the fifth century ; and, supposing her to be the sister of St, Patrick, her parents, and her pedigree, as also a lew other particulars, will be found recorded, in the Life we have given of the great Irish Apostle.
She is said '° to have been venerated in Line, a spacious plain, near the town of Carrickfergus, in Ulster. As Dararcha, she is set down in Henry Fitzsimon-s List," while Marianus O'Gorraan" does not forgettorecordherfeast,atthe22ndolMarch. Wefind,setdowninthe
Martyrology of DonegaV3 as iiaving a festival, on this day, Darerca, sister of Patrick. It is remarked, by Colgan, that she must be distinguished from St.
Darerca, or Moninna, of Kill-Slebhe, of the Roderician family, in Ulster. '* Archbishop Ussher,'^ however, has not made such a mistake, although this statement is to be found in Colgan's work. The writer has been informed,'^ that St. Darerca is patroness of Valencia Island. '? There is a well, called Tobar Re Domnach, where the people held a patron on St. Darerca's day, the 22nd of March. This celebration is still kept up. At Valencia, the Catholic church was dedicated,'^ to St. Darerca.
Article III. —St. Trien, or Trienan, Abbot of Killelga. \^Fifth
or Sixth CeHtury. ~] Some notices of the present holy man are found, in
Colgan's work. ' St. Trian, Trienan, Trenan,^ or Trena,3 was son to Dedius. * He was descended, in the fifth degree, from Fiach Aradius, who was king of Ulster, in the year 240 ;5 and from whom the Dalaradian family derived its origin, as also the territory of Dalaradia its name. According to the O'Clery's Calendar,^ St. Trian was the son of Deit,7 of Cill Ealga, and he sprang from the race of Trial, son to Conall Cearnach. In a sort of conjectural way, the Rev. Dr. Lanigan deems it possible, that this Trian or Trena may have been the bishop Trianus, a Roman, who entertained St. Patrick in the monastery of Craibhach, near the Brosna, on the north-eastern limits of the old Munster province. ^ Trian is classed, moreover, among the disciples of St, Patrick,
9 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy is marked 04^e|\c<\.
Article hi. —'See "Acta Sanctoram Hibernise," xxii. Martii. De S. Trieno
" See
nise," xxii. Martii. 6, p. 719-
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber- De S. Darerca, &c. , n.
sive Trienano Abbate de
- He is called Trenan, or Trenanus, in
the Lives of St. Columba, of St. Endeus, and elsewhere.
Colgan's
KUl-elga, p. 720,
" Her feast, however, is not here given.
S*' — Sanctorum Iber- Catalogus Aliquorum
nias. O'Sullevan Beare's "Historise Catho-
^ gois he
ologies.
usually called,
in the
Mart)rr-
licse Ibemise Compendium," tomus i. , lib.
"
* His genealogy is thus given in the Sanctilogium Genealogicum," cap. 23.
iv. , cap. xii. , p. 53. "Heenters "Darerca
" S. sive Trienus,
soror sancti Patricii. "
•3 Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
84, 85.
'* See "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise,"
'7 This island and
Iveragh, is shown, on the " Ordnance Sur-
parish,
in the of barony
Virgo nobilis,
Trienanus,
Dedii,
of the kings of Ulster. See, Colgan's xxii. Martii. De S. Darerca Vidua, S. " Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," xxii. Martii,
Patricii Sorore, cap. ix,, p. 718.
'S See " Britannicarum Ecclesiarum Anti-
quitates," cap. xvii. pp. 429, 430.
'*
By Rev. Eugene Murphy, C. C, Dro- mod parish, county of Kerry, in July, 1871.
nn. 2,3,4,p. 720.
^ Edited by Rev. Drs. Todd and Reeves,
at pp. 84, 85.
7 The Irish Calendar, also, in the Royal
Irish Academy, at tlie 22nd of March, has
tory of Ireland," vol. i. , chap, vi. , sect, xi. , vey Townland Maps for the County of and nn. 110, ill, pp. 302 to 304. Also,
Kerry," Sheets 78, 79, 87, 88.
'^
By the Most Rev. David Moriarty, Bishop of Kerry, about the year 1861.
chap, vii. , sect, vii. , and n. 83, pp. 348,
349.
» See "Trias Thaumaturga. " Quinta
filius
filii Luctae, filii Finnchadii, filii Fethlimidii,
filii Sodani, filii Fiachi Aradii, &c. "
s This may be collected, from a Catalogue
"
Ct\eno ni<ic 'Oeic CilLe eljA. "
* See Dr. " Ecclesiastical His- Lanigan's
926 > LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [March 22.
byColgan. 9 Craibhach"wasinthenorth-easternpartofMunster,anda
part of the present King's County formerly belonged to that province. Trian is supposed to have lived, about the end of the fifth, or in the beginning of the sixth, century, as he was a familiar acquaintance and friend of St. Moch- teus," who departed this life, a. d. 534. " Cill Ealga, Killelga, Cill Dealga or Cill Deilge, is said to be identical with the present Kildalkey, a parish in thebaronyofLune,andcountyofMeath. '3 Colgansupposesthissaint,to have been Abbot of Killelga, in the diocese of Meath ; and to have been joined by ties of friendship with St. Mocteus Lugmagh. ^4 His feast is cele- bratedonthe22ndofMarch. Atthisdate,theMartyrologyofTallagh^s inserts the name Treno mac Confeid. He is commemorated, likewise, by MarianusO'Gorman,^^andbyCathalMaguire. ^7 WereadintheMartyr- ology of Donegal,^^ about St. Trian, as having a festival on this day. The BoUandists notice the celebration of Trena, or Trienius, at the 22nd of March. '9 His memory was revered, in Colgan's time, at a certain church, in the diocese of Dromore. The name of this church is not given, because it
escaped the memory of our national hagiologist ; although he acknowledges, that its name had been formerly furnished, by the parish priest of that place. Howev. er, it lay within the territory of Dalaradia, from which our saint derived his origin.
Article IV. —St. Molocca, or Molocus, son of Colman Finn, of
LiLCACH. Such is the description we find, regarding this almost unknown
holy personage. He is entered, in the Martyrology of Tallagh,^ at the 22nd of March, under the designation, Molocca mac Colmain find i Lilchaich. A notice of his feast occurs in the BoUandists' collection. ' Again, the name Molocca, son of Colman Finn, occurs in the Martyrology of Donegal,3 as having been venerated on this day. The exact locality of Lilcach, or Liol- cach,hasnotbeendetermined. ItwasneartheBoyne,asweareinformed; and, in all probability, not far removed from Slane, in the county of Meath. *
Article V. —Feast of St. Secundus. The Feilire ^ of St. . /Engus the Culdee has a festival for St. Secundus, with a eulogy, at this date. We do
Appendix ad Acta S. Patricii, cap, xxiii,, p. 269.
•° Archdall has placed Croibhech, or Croebheach, in Kerry. He adds even, that it was near the River Brosnach, as if this river were in Kerry. Then he mentions Trian as having been there. And, what is
truly strange, he quotes Colgan for his purpose ; notwithstanding that hagiologist's repeated statement, that said place was in East Munster or Ormond. See " Monasti- con Hibemicum," p. 301.
" His feast occurs, at the 19th of August. "See Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the
Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 176, 177.
'3 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of
In the Martyrology of Marianus
Meath, Ancient and Modem," vol. i. , chap. p. 368.
3 Edited Drs. Todd and XXV. , pp. 141, 142. by
"
•* See Acta Sanctorum Hibemiae," xxii. 84, 85.
Martii. Vita S. Trieni, p. 720, and note i. •5 Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, we find, Ui\eno feu
UjNemuf fiL. "Oeex)! feu X)e6ii.
Article v. —* To Professor O'Looney I
'*
O'Gorman, at the same day, we read : Trena, filius Dedii, de Kill-elga. "
"
'' Cathal Maguire's Martyrology says : S. Trena filius Dedii. "
'^ Edited by Drs. Todd and Reeves, pp.
84, 85.
'^ See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. ,
xxii. Martii. Among the pretermitted saints, p. 368.
Article iv. —' Edited by Rev. Dr.
Kelly, p. xix. In the Franciscan copy, we
read, niolocuf piU ColmAtii finn t)e Lil- CAch.
''See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii.
