, ''Bishops of Glendalough," the most romantic spots in the county of Wicklow, so very
celebrated
for its charming
dalough," p.
dalough," p.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v6
, n.
(i), p.
406.
271 In the eastern part of Wicklow
County.
272 Said to have derived their name, from
Manius Mai, brother to Cathair Mor. See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia," pars iii. ,
cap. lix. , p. 310.
273 The Ui n-Enichglais were seated along
the east coast of the county of Wicklow, and they were borderers on the Ui Deaghaidh, now the deanery of Odea, in the Diocese of Ferns. Afterwards,theybecamelocatedon the southern side of the River Dea, which falls into the sea, near the town of Wick- low.
274 Its bounds have not been ascertained ; but, the tribe was a small one located about Narraghmore and Glashely. See Rev. John
2 260 361 262
5» In Cullagh. Unknown. Unknown.
It is not known.
=67 "Kilcullen was indisputably in Glen-
dalough Diocese, Alderg was so much on
the confines, that an inquisition was neces-
sitated in 1329 to determine to which See it appertained, when, it being proved that it
paid half a mark proxies to the Archdeacon
of Dublin, the jury gave their verdict a—ccord-
ingly in favour of that diocese. " John County.
"
Loca Patriciana,"
John T. Gilbert's
Francis Shearman's No. vii. , n. 1, p. 122.
2? 5 Seated in the northern part of Kildare
County.
276 Seated in the southern part of Kildare
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 87
2? ? Thetwolast-namedtractsnowform that portion of Kildare included in Glendalough Diocese, and these became
descendedfromacommon
sovereign.
theancientDeaneriesofOfelan278 and 279 Thesewere Omurthy.
respectively
theoriginalpatrimoniesoftheO'ByrnesandOTooles28° Ofelanonthenorth- ;
east, and Omurthi south of this. The Diocese of Glendalough represents, at this early date, the territorial jurisdiction of one or more hereditary Irish chiefs. The aforementioned Bull decrees, to set out the following under their
281
several names,
the Cathedral See, together with its churches and other appurtenances ; saving the rights of the Abbot of the Church of Glendalough, with its territory from
to 282from Dulgen Tegnedi,
Athcass,
asfarforwardasAdhundchenn Disser- ;
as belonging to the See of Glendalough, its city, wherein is
diarmada,a83 with its appurtenances Cenneche 28+ Mugnam,28s with its ;;
appurtenances ; Riban,
286
with its appurtenances; Cluaindaananair
28
7 Cluain-
288 dartada,
Cellculind,
machimlech,
289 with all its the Church of Forach 29° appurtenances ; ;
Maen,
2? 1 with all its
Domnachmorimachethda 292 Don- ;
2^ with all
Techeli, its appurten-
appurtenances ;
293 with all its
appurtenances ; 226
ances the Church of Cellusali 95 Techtua, 9 with all its
; ; appurtenances ; 223
Lathrachbriuin, 97 with all its appurtenances ; Techcumni, 9 with all its 2
appurtenances; Letconfi, 99 with all its appurtenances ; the Grange of Gael- QI 2
lincemghin ;3°° Cellgnoe ;3 Cellepscupedain ;3° Athinchip ;3°3 Senchel ;3°4
;3°s
"77 Said to have been Cathair Mor, who died A. D. 174, and who left a numerous pos- terity. See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,"
pars. Hi. , cap. lix. , pp. 310 to 313.
278 The Ui-Faolain was a tribe name of
the Mac Eochaidhs or Keoghs and O'Byrnes ;
and it also to their which applied territory,
comprised about the northern half of Kildare County. Thence they were driven, shortly
after the English Invasion, when they settled in the east of the present county of
11
283 Now Castledermot, in the county of Kildare.
284 Now Kineagh, in the counties of Kil- dare and Carlow.
283 Now Baliaghmoone, in the county of Kildare.
286 Now Churchtown, in the of Kil- county
dare.
287 In Irish Cluain-da-an-dobair, in the south-east of Kildare.
Wicklow. See "
Topographical
Poems of
east of Kildare
part County.
289 Anciently Maen-Coluimcille, now Moone, county of Kildare.
290 Now of Kil- Narraghmore, county
dare.
291 Now Kilcullen, county of Kildare.
Ballinfind 6 ;3°
Achadlommalethain 8 ;3°
Ballinrodrach
Crinan;3°9 Inisboethin;3 with all their appurtenances; Lechpadric^ with
10
John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh
O'Huidhrin," edited by Dr. O'Donovan, n.
xlvii.
368, p.
279 Afterwards, they were changed to the
Deaneries of Salmon-Leap, Athy and Tris-
292 Now monial inheritance of the family of the Kildare.
teldermot. This was the
original patri-
Jago,
or
Yago,
in the of county
Techugonaill ;3°7
O'Tooles, until after the death of St. 293 Now Burgage, or Blessington, in the Laurence O'Toole, when they were driven north-west of the county of Wicklow, and from this fertile district, by the Baron on the confines of Kildare County.
Walter de Riddlesford, who had his castle at
Tristerdermot (now Castledermot), in the
territory of Omurethi, according to Giraldus Cambrensis.
280 Bran Mut was their common ancestor.
294 This place is in the north-east of Kil-
dare County.
3*s Now Killashee, in the county of Kil-
dare.
296 Now Taghadoe, in Kildare County.
297 Now in the of Laraghbryan, county
Kildare.
298 Now Stacumney, in Kildaie County.
See T. Gilbert's " of the John History
City
of Dublin," vol. i. , chap, vi. , p. 230.
281 The majority of which are now obso-
— 299NowConfey,inKildareCounty.
300
who has identified several of these places Keivin, and situated in the north-east of Kil-
with confidence in their correctness, and dare county.
lete. 282
According to the Rev. Dr. Reeves
Called in another Croch- rescript
whose— the writer has authority chiefly
fol- 301 Unknown.
302
lowed thiswasasmallchurchyardinthe OrtheChurchofBishopAedan,which
hills, about three miles from the Seven has not been identified.
Churches. 303 A spot on some river, in the north-east
288
Also, in Ui-Muiredhaigh, in the south-
;
\
t*han the See, which was subsequently erected there was regarded as a dis-
322 Now Kilgorman, in the county of Wex- ford, and united to Inch.
323 Now Inch, partly in Wicklow County
and partly in Wexford County.
324 Now Kiltegan, in the county of Wick-
low.
325 A portion of Clonmore, in that part of
88 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
its appurtenances ; Cellmantan 3I2 Cellochtair ;3*s the Church of Cellus-
quedi;
Cellcassill 31 ? ;
the Church of Cellbicsigi 3lS the Church of Domnachrig- ;
314 the Church of 3is Inverdele,3 Cellpichi ;
'6
with its appurtenances;
naigi 3IQ Celltamlanitha 32C Cellfinnmaegi 321 Cellgormayn 322 with all their
;
appurtenances; Inis-Mocholmoc,3*3 with all its appurtenances; Celltagain;32*
Lathcluanamoirmoedoc 32S and the Church of Domnachmor-Umail. 320 ;
at that — Diocese embraced stated, period, Glendalough
327
be
all the churches of the present Wicklow County Bray on the northern verge al—one excepted, and a few in the south, which belong to Ferns and
it Wherefore, may
Kildare Dublin and Leighlin as also a long stripe of County, adjoining
Wicklow Counties, on the west. Wherefore, by the positive documentry evi- dence of its contents, and from the territorial jurisdiction of the kindred tribes upon whose limits the diocese had been anciently modelled, the former boundsofGlendaloughSeemaystillbeknown. 328 Thus,itwasnotformed out of portions of counties ; but these latter were created subsequently, and irrespective of the ancient eccl—esiastical limits.
The of muchmore —
separate jurisdiction
the same person enjoyed the Episcopal and abbatial dignity. 330 For centu-
for,
Bishop and Abbot were joint sojourners in the place. Sometimes, however,
;
•<rf Kildare; it is also the name of a ford on the Shannon. In the form of Akip, it is a townland, in the Queen's County.
304 Now Shankill, in the parish of Kilbride, near the spot where the three counties of Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin meet.
305 Now Kilruddery, in the parish of Bray, formerly a chapelry of Stagonil.
the county of Carlow, which deeply indents 306 Possibly Kilmaconoge, formerly a the county of Wicklow, on the south-
chapelry of Delgany.
3°7 Now Stagonil, in Powerscourt Parish,
county of Wicklow.
308 Now unknown.
309 In the Barony of Newcastle.
310 Now Ennisboyne, in the Parish of
Dunganstown, county of Wicklow.
west.
326 Now Donaghmore, in the county of Wicklow. See Rev. William Reeves' " Analysis of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough," pp. 5, 6.
327 It appears to have been in the Diocese
of Dublin ; since it was united to Rath-
311 Now Kilpatrick, in the Parish of michael, which was undeniably in Dublin,
Wicklow.
3,2 The old name for Wicklow.
313 Now Killoughter, in the Parish of
and which confers prebendal status on the incumbent of the union.
328 According to Rev. Dr. Reeves, the
following parishes, in their present form,
constituted—the Diocese Tof
Rathnew.
314 Now the Parish of
Glendalough pro- and partly in Wexford County, but trans- Ballynaclash P. C, Bailymore-Eustace
Killiskey.
315 NowKilpipe, partly in Wicklow County per, viz. : Union, Athy Union,
ferred to the Diocese of Ferns.
316 Now Ennereilly Parish, Wicklow.
county
of
Union, Blessington Union, Calary P. C, Castledermot Union, Castlemacadam Union,
Delgany Union, Derralossary P. C. , Donaghmore R. V. , Donard Union, Dun- ganstown R. , Dunlavin Union, Fonstown R. V. , Glanely Union, Greystowns P. C, Hollywood R. V. , Inch Union, Kilberry V. , Kilbride (Arklow) Union, Kilbride (Bles- sington) V. , Kilcullen Union, Kildiought or Celbridge Union, Killisky V. , Kineagh V. , Leixlip Union, Maynooth Union, Narragh- more R. V. , Newcastle (County Wicklow) V. , Newtownmountkennedy C. E. , Powers- court V. , Rathdrum, R. V. , Rathmore Union, Redcross P. C, Straffan P. C, Timolin Union and Wicklow Union. See "Analysis
3I ? Now Kilcashel, in the Parish of Castle- macadam.
318 Or the Church of St. Biccsech. Tt lies near Arklow, and it was written Kilbixi, in later documents.
319 It is written Donaghrie, in the " Re-
"
of Archbishop Alan, and it was situated, near Arklow.
320 OrCelltamlamcha,nowunknown.
321 This was the Cillfiomnaighe of the
Irish Calendar, and stated to be situated in
Ui-Feuechlais, the modern Barony of Ark- low.
pertorium Viride
;;
in
abbey Glendalough opulent temporal possessions
tinct and 32Q
we after the time of St. the find, Kevin,
Arklow
[June 3
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 89
ries succeeding St. Kevin's time, Glendalough is often mentioned, with its more renowned bishops, abbots, and clerics, in the Irish Annals. 331 The city began to decline in the twelfth century ; when it became the prey of robbers and depredators. 332 In 1214, 333 we are told, that through the then dominant English influence, the See of Glendalough was annexed to that of Dublin. The hardy sons of the mountain long resisted the annexation, and persisted for
"
the Bishopric of the two Lakes," as an independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction. On the 30th of May, a. d. 1479, it was at length surrendered,334 in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin. Some churches—especially in the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough—have been erectedtocommemoratethisillustriousabbotandpatronsaint. Severalother memorials to honour him remain. In the city of Dublin, a parish was for- merly dedicated to St. Kevin. Within it were a church and a cemetery. Not far from the latter, in modern times, has been erected a fine Gothic church. 335 Around this, as a nucleus, has grown a great increase of houses and inhabi- tants. Adistricthadbeendefined,byHisEminence,CardinalPaulCullen,
Archbishop of Dublin, to mark the outlines of the new Catholic Parish of St. Kevin. Close beside this church are the spacious and well-attended schools of the Christian Brothers, also rejoicing in the patronage of St. Kevin. A street in the city of Dublin is also called St. Kevin's, while a holy well, dedicated to him was known as St. Kevin's well. 336 In the county of Wick- low, some modern Catholic churches and chapels have been dedicated to St. Kevin; but,it isdifficulttoprocureanexactlistofsucherections. 33? Atthe entrance to the Glen of the Downs, and at the right hand side of the road proceeding southwards, springs a well, 338 formerly called Tubber nabrin. This is reputed holy. 33^ Before the commencement of this century, a patron 3-t° used to be held there, each 3rd day of June, 241 which is the Feast Day of St. Kevin. InScotland,aswellasinIreland,thissaintwasheldingreatvene-
more than two centuries longer, in retaining
of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glen-
Architects.
336 In the kitchen of Mr. Donegan, a
butcher, living at the corner of Montague-
street, in the Parish of St. Nicholas, there is
a stone trough, formerly belonging to St. Kevin's well, and which was within the yard of that house.
337 One of the succursal of Rath- chapels
drum Parish had been dedicated to St. Kevin, during the lifetime of the former vene- rated pastor, the Rev. Richard Galvin, P. P.
338 It is still a great place of resort for pic- nic parties, and the scene around is one of Ware, vol. i.
, ''Bishops of Glendalough," the most romantic spots in the county of Wicklow, so very celebrated for its charming
dalough," p. 8.
339 See Harris' Ware, vol. i. ,
"
Bishops of
Glendalough," p. 372.
330 See a pretty full annalistic account of
Glendalough, in Archdall's " Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 765 to 771.
331 See Dr.
the Four Masters," vol. vii. rum, at Gleann-da-locha, p. 64.
to ecclesiastical and
340 After its popular discontinuance, Mrs. Latouche, formerly a Miss Vickers, used to regale her friends and the children of her schools at the place. Two tents, with a band of music, were available, while the children danced and otherwise amused themselves.
341 Such is the substance of that informa- tion, given to the writer, several years ago by
Mrs. A. O'Byrne's p. 100.
John
O'Donovan's " Annals of Index Loco- Glendalough,
332 According to the Papal Legate John Papiron. See his account of it in Harris*
PP- 376, 377-
333 By a patent, dated the 30th of July
views.
339 The country people formerly drank the
during this year, King John granted to the
Archbishop
the episcopal See of Glendalough, and the lands thereunto belonging, together with the
abbey ; but, reserving to the Abbot Thomas his tenements, to wit, half a cantred, he to hold the same during life from the Arch- bishop. See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiber-
nicum," p. 770.
334 As we are informed, by Friar Denis
White, " the last who held it in oppositi—on
of Dublin and to his successors
water of this — as a cure for "holy well,"
"
regal authority. " Saints of Ireland,"
during her earliest
335 Designed by Messrs. Pugin and Ashlin,
" the shakes " we presume the ague.
a old very
who
woman,
days resided in this neighbourhood.
342 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 302.
go LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 3.
ration. 342 The remains ofa religious edifice, dedicated to and called after St. Coivin (Kevin) are on the lands of Ballyshean. 343 There is also Kilchevin and Kilcowan. 344 A remarkable salutation to St. Kevin, in the Irish lan- guage, is found in the Drummond Castle Missal. 345
We should have rather chosen to dwell on the personal biographical actions and characteristics of St. Kevin, than on the numberless legends that are told in reference to him. However, one of the most learned and accom- plished contributors to Catholic literature in our language 346 has called special attention to truths, which are often to be found in supposed legends, and to the mode or consideration, which must be observed, in a correct process of investigation. 347 These legends are not to be confounded with fables. Nor have they been generally written, with any intention of deceiving pious Catholics, or other persons, without the pale of our Church. There are in- stances on record, indeed, when foolish and designing men undertook the forging or falsification of documents or evidence ; and, perhaps, in particu- lar cases, this had been done through some distorted moral motives. 348 Le Clerc, better known by his literary name, Clericus, observes, that school themes were sometimes drawn, from the Acts of Martyrs, in past times, as exercises have been written, in our own day, and even more remotely,? 43 from some classical subject. In such cases, however, no profession of writing exact history was made by students ; no more than the historical novelist or historical playwright desires to impose his fictitious narratives on the reader for facts, although he may wish, neither to contradict history, nor to stray far from its probabilities. In the primitive and mediaeval times of our Church, writers were usually ecclesiastics or monks, and education had been chiefly derived, through monastic sources. Hence, religious subjects had a special interest for both master and pupil ; and, among those, no species of composi- tion met with greater favour than the compilation of Acts, which included legends, referring to Martyrs and other great Saints.
Article II. —St. Affine, Effinus, or Iiffen, of Cill Aiffein, or
Killaffan, County of Wicklow. [Probably Sixth or Seventh Century^ *
This day, the Martyrology of Tallagh simply enters Affine, at the 3rd of June. His locality is not even mentioned, in this record. In an Irish Life ofSt. Kevin,3 it is stated,thatSt. EffinusorIfinus3 hadaconvent4 ofmonks,
s43 Near the mansion of Mr. Macdonald. which reference is made in the text, is en- See "New Statistical Account of Scot- titled, "The Truth of supposed Legends land," Argyleshire, p. 429, and "Origines and Fables," pp. 235 to 286. This learned
Parochiales Scotia:," pars ii. , p. 9,
3*4 See " Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
Also "Origines Parochiales Scotise," pars, ii. , p. It.
article is declared to have been taken by shorthand. The first 8vo volume of these Essays was published at London, 1865.
*** Thus, we have an account, regarding a Priest, who wrote false Acts of St. Paul, as furnished by Tertullian. The delinquent, as a consequence, had been suspended from the exercise of his sacred ministry.
land," vol. x. , p. 536.
3*s See Preface to the Arbuthnott Missal,
p. xxxiii. Also Bishop Forbes' dars of Scottish Saints," p. 302.
"
Kalen-
346 His Eminence^Cardinal Nicholas Wise-
man, formerly Archbishop
ofWestminster.
349 As in — times, when Pagan
Juvernal
347 " on and Litera- See Essays Religion
ture," by various writers, Edited by his Grace the Most Rev. Henry E. Manning, D. D. ,ArchbishopofWestminster. These Essays were prepared for the Academia of the Catholic Religion, established in 1861, at London, by Cardinal Wiseman, and which had been affiliated to the Roman Academia. A contribution of the illustrious founder, to
says •*
of Hanibal
:
Idemens et saevas curre per Alpes Utpuerisplaceasetdeclamatiofias. "
— Kelly, xxvi.
3
Article ii.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Preserved as a Manuscript in the Lib- rary of Trinity College, Dublin, and classed
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 91
at Killeffin, under St. Kevin ; and, in it, two legends are given connected with his churc—h. The latter of these is thus rendered into English, by John
O'Donovan
St. Kevinhadaconventofmonks. Theyaskedentertainmentfromthem, but the convent had no food. For that reason, St. Kevin and inmates of the conventbecameverymuchashamed. Ithappened,however,thatasmall quantity of seed remained ; yet, this not being sufficient to entertain the
strangers, St. Kevin bethought him of an expedient, to prevent his getting the
"
3 The Irish form of his name is Aiffen. See
:
One minstrels came with their day,
harps
s
to where Killeffin,
name of He sent a being inhospitable.
of the monks to 6 in which dig plots,
party
the small quantity of seed they had might be sown, and in order that the pro-
duce might be prepared for the strangers' dinner towards evening. In the meantime, St. Kevin himself and another party of the monks remained to entertain the minstrels, and to kill time by kind and friendly conversation ; but, this was of no avail to them, for the minstrels began pressingly to demand refreshments. These not being at hand, they took their leave of St. Kevin against his will, muttering their disapprobation, because the convent had not
satisfied their requirements. 7 The legend relates, furthermore, that the seed, which St. Kevin had sown at Killeffin, grew up before evening, and of its
the monks were fed that same
land is more fertile around Our Lady's Church than any other in the valley ; wherefore, it is thought to be more than probable, that it is the Kill Effin above
produce
night.
mentioned. 9 It is thought by Miss Stokes,10 that Tempul Muire " or Our 12
Lady's Church, at Glendalough, is older than Trinity Church. Although Tempul Muire appears to have been constructed with more knowledge of
art, than the other buildings at Glendalough, over one hundred years ago it was almost in ruins. At the east end was an arch of hewn stone, exactly
similartothatoftheCathedral. ^ Agranitedoorwayofadmirably-chiselled
H. 4, 4.
"
484.
I0 See " Notes on Irish Architecture," by
Edwin, third Earl of Dunraven, part i. , p. 102.
" A beautiful autograph is presented of
Notes on Irish Architecture," by Edwin,
third Earl of Dunraven, edited by Miss written in April, 1840, sect. 4, pp. 483,
Stokes, part i. , p. 102.
4 The word in the original is Coirh-
cionob.
5 In the legend it is cruits.
6 The word in the original is cappachs.
7 Afterwards, St. Kevin, is said to have the doorway of this church, all mantled
prayed, that the harps which they bore might round with the ivy on its gable. See ibid. , be turned into stones; and, when they p. 101.
were crossing a river, which lies to the south I2 The accompanying illustration is from a of the church, their harps were metamor- sketch taken on the site, by William F. phosed into stones, and they fell into the
stream. There they remained in the ford, underthefeetofall,fromthatdaytothetime of the written legend.
8Weare that told,
the
ofSt. Kevin,statesthisoccurrence,i—nthe inchesinlength,andfourteeninchesand
Solomon, following translation of an Irish Rann
threecourses thelintelisfivefeetsix only ;
"
The seed which was sown in the morn
At Kill Effin of divine prosperity, Of its produce flourishing at night
Sages were respectively fed.
"
9 See "Letters containing Information re- lative to the Antiquities of the County of Wicklow, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838," vol. i. John
disciple :
the door is six feet four in height, two feet six in width at top, and two feet ten at bottom a kind of architrave is
;
marked round the door six inches broad, and
in the bottom of the lintel an ornament is
wrought in a cross resembling the flyer of a stamping press. The walls are carried up
with hewn stone, in general of a large size, to about the height of the door, and the re- mainder are of the rude moun—tain rag-stone,
"
but laid incomparably well. " Monasticon
Hibernicum," p. 774.
8 There is more and the tillage,
Valley of Glenda- lough, present Remains and Features men- tioned in the Life of the Patron St. Kevin,"
O'Donovan's Essay
Wakeman, and it has been engraved by Mrs. Millard.
'3 Sostates Archdall,whothusdescribes "
some of its features
:
— The door consists of
a-half in
depth
;
9 2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 3.
stones ** has a lintel carved with a double moulding in the architrave, while on its soffit is an ornamental saltier-wise cross. 15 Including the lintel, the massive stones of this doorway are only seven in number, and they are all there the thickness of the wall, which measures three feet. 16 Like the ancient
Egyptians, who preferred perpendicular supports and horizontal imposts 1
although acquainted with the principle of the arch, ? the old Irish builders
Teampul Muire, or Our Lady's Church, Glendalough.
seem to have preferred the square-headed doorway, in the oldest of their churches. OurLady'sChurchwasgreatlyovergrownwithtrees,thornsandivy. Ihese were beginning to break it up, but they have been cleared away, while a breach in the north wall of the nave has been repaired. No architectural feature of this church survives intact, except its noble western doorway. 18 1 here was a mass of fallen masonry at the east end of the nave. Ruins filled the chancel. Some of the rubbish has been cleared away, during the late restorations, and the walls have been repaired. A festival in honour of Aiffen of Cill Aiffein—now Killaffan—near Gleann-da-loch, is entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,*9 as having been celebrated on this day. There is
** A beautiful and clear woodcut of this
doorway and of the surrounding walls isgiven in Dr. Petrie's work, at p. 170.
* A woodcut illustration is also furnished, at p. 171.
18 There are detailed admeasurements of
the doorway by John O'Donovan, in
"Letters containing Information relative to
the Antiquities of the County of Wicklow,
collected the of the Ord- during Progress
nance Survey in 1838," vol. i. See Essay "Valley of Glendalough, present Remains and Features mentioned in the Life of the Patron St. Kevin," sect. 4, p. 481. Also a
rough drawing in ink of Our Lady's Church at Glendalough, is given there, by William F. Wakeman, at p. 482.
,6 When Sir Walter
lough in 1825, lie sat for a considerable time before this doorway, and he expressed admiration of and wonder at its ancient character.
George Rawlinson's "History of Ancient Egypt," vol. i. , chap,
vn. , p. 255. London, 1881, 8vo.
*» See Rev. Canon
Scott visited Glenda-
'9 Edited by Drs. Todd and'Reeves, pp.
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 93
a Killeven, in the barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan. 20 But, it is doubtful, if it have any relation with this saint, more than an apparent affinity with the first-named local denomination. In the posthumous List of Colgan's
Manuscripts, the Acts of a St. Alphinus had been prepared for publication, at thisdate. 21 HemaypossiblybeidenticalwiththepresentSt. AffineorAiffen.
Article III. —St. Glunshalaich, or Glunsialach, of Midh- luachair. [SixthorSeventhCentury. '] Herewefindaremarkableinstance of God's goodness and mercy towards his creatures. At first, the present saint appears to have been guilty of very grievous crimes, which obliged him to avoid intercourse with society, and to shun the haunts of honest men. At last, the grace of God touched his heart, and he resolved to abandon all his evil courses.
County.
272 Said to have derived their name, from
Manius Mai, brother to Cathair Mor. See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia," pars iii. ,
cap. lix. , p. 310.
273 The Ui n-Enichglais were seated along
the east coast of the county of Wicklow, and they were borderers on the Ui Deaghaidh, now the deanery of Odea, in the Diocese of Ferns. Afterwards,theybecamelocatedon the southern side of the River Dea, which falls into the sea, near the town of Wick- low.
274 Its bounds have not been ascertained ; but, the tribe was a small one located about Narraghmore and Glashely. See Rev. John
2 260 361 262
5» In Cullagh. Unknown. Unknown.
It is not known.
=67 "Kilcullen was indisputably in Glen-
dalough Diocese, Alderg was so much on
the confines, that an inquisition was neces-
sitated in 1329 to determine to which See it appertained, when, it being proved that it
paid half a mark proxies to the Archdeacon
of Dublin, the jury gave their verdict a—ccord-
ingly in favour of that diocese. " John County.
"
Loca Patriciana,"
John T. Gilbert's
Francis Shearman's No. vii. , n. 1, p. 122.
2? 5 Seated in the northern part of Kildare
County.
276 Seated in the southern part of Kildare
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 87
2? ? Thetwolast-namedtractsnowform that portion of Kildare included in Glendalough Diocese, and these became
descendedfromacommon
sovereign.
theancientDeaneriesofOfelan278 and 279 Thesewere Omurthy.
respectively
theoriginalpatrimoniesoftheO'ByrnesandOTooles28° Ofelanonthenorth- ;
east, and Omurthi south of this. The Diocese of Glendalough represents, at this early date, the territorial jurisdiction of one or more hereditary Irish chiefs. The aforementioned Bull decrees, to set out the following under their
281
several names,
the Cathedral See, together with its churches and other appurtenances ; saving the rights of the Abbot of the Church of Glendalough, with its territory from
to 282from Dulgen Tegnedi,
Athcass,
asfarforwardasAdhundchenn Disser- ;
as belonging to the See of Glendalough, its city, wherein is
diarmada,a83 with its appurtenances Cenneche 28+ Mugnam,28s with its ;;
appurtenances ; Riban,
286
with its appurtenances; Cluaindaananair
28
7 Cluain-
288 dartada,
Cellculind,
machimlech,
289 with all its the Church of Forach 29° appurtenances ; ;
Maen,
2? 1 with all its
Domnachmorimachethda 292 Don- ;
2^ with all
Techeli, its appurten-
appurtenances ;
293 with all its
appurtenances ; 226
ances the Church of Cellusali 95 Techtua, 9 with all its
; ; appurtenances ; 223
Lathrachbriuin, 97 with all its appurtenances ; Techcumni, 9 with all its 2
appurtenances; Letconfi, 99 with all its appurtenances ; the Grange of Gael- QI 2
lincemghin ;3°° Cellgnoe ;3 Cellepscupedain ;3° Athinchip ;3°3 Senchel ;3°4
;3°s
"77 Said to have been Cathair Mor, who died A. D. 174, and who left a numerous pos- terity. See Roderick O'Flaherty's "Ogygia,"
pars. Hi. , cap. lix. , pp. 310 to 313.
278 The Ui-Faolain was a tribe name of
the Mac Eochaidhs or Keoghs and O'Byrnes ;
and it also to their which applied territory,
comprised about the northern half of Kildare County. Thence they were driven, shortly
after the English Invasion, when they settled in the east of the present county of
11
283 Now Castledermot, in the county of Kildare.
284 Now Kineagh, in the counties of Kil- dare and Carlow.
283 Now Baliaghmoone, in the county of Kildare.
286 Now Churchtown, in the of Kil- county
dare.
287 In Irish Cluain-da-an-dobair, in the south-east of Kildare.
Wicklow. See "
Topographical
Poems of
east of Kildare
part County.
289 Anciently Maen-Coluimcille, now Moone, county of Kildare.
290 Now of Kil- Narraghmore, county
dare.
291 Now Kilcullen, county of Kildare.
Ballinfind 6 ;3°
Achadlommalethain 8 ;3°
Ballinrodrach
Crinan;3°9 Inisboethin;3 with all their appurtenances; Lechpadric^ with
10
John O'Dubhagain and Giolla na Naomh
O'Huidhrin," edited by Dr. O'Donovan, n.
xlvii.
368, p.
279 Afterwards, they were changed to the
Deaneries of Salmon-Leap, Athy and Tris-
292 Now monial inheritance of the family of the Kildare.
teldermot. This was the
original patri-
Jago,
or
Yago,
in the of county
Techugonaill ;3°7
O'Tooles, until after the death of St. 293 Now Burgage, or Blessington, in the Laurence O'Toole, when they were driven north-west of the county of Wicklow, and from this fertile district, by the Baron on the confines of Kildare County.
Walter de Riddlesford, who had his castle at
Tristerdermot (now Castledermot), in the
territory of Omurethi, according to Giraldus Cambrensis.
280 Bran Mut was their common ancestor.
294 This place is in the north-east of Kil-
dare County.
3*s Now Killashee, in the county of Kil-
dare.
296 Now Taghadoe, in Kildare County.
297 Now in the of Laraghbryan, county
Kildare.
298 Now Stacumney, in Kildaie County.
See T. Gilbert's " of the John History
City
of Dublin," vol. i. , chap, vi. , p. 230.
281 The majority of which are now obso-
— 299NowConfey,inKildareCounty.
300
who has identified several of these places Keivin, and situated in the north-east of Kil-
with confidence in their correctness, and dare county.
lete. 282
According to the Rev. Dr. Reeves
Called in another Croch- rescript
whose— the writer has authority chiefly
fol- 301 Unknown.
302
lowed thiswasasmallchurchyardinthe OrtheChurchofBishopAedan,which
hills, about three miles from the Seven has not been identified.
Churches. 303 A spot on some river, in the north-east
288
Also, in Ui-Muiredhaigh, in the south-
;
\
t*han the See, which was subsequently erected there was regarded as a dis-
322 Now Kilgorman, in the county of Wex- ford, and united to Inch.
323 Now Inch, partly in Wicklow County
and partly in Wexford County.
324 Now Kiltegan, in the county of Wick-
low.
325 A portion of Clonmore, in that part of
88 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS.
its appurtenances ; Cellmantan 3I2 Cellochtair ;3*s the Church of Cellus-
quedi;
Cellcassill 31 ? ;
the Church of Cellbicsigi 3lS the Church of Domnachrig- ;
314 the Church of 3is Inverdele,3 Cellpichi ;
'6
with its appurtenances;
naigi 3IQ Celltamlanitha 32C Cellfinnmaegi 321 Cellgormayn 322 with all their
;
appurtenances; Inis-Mocholmoc,3*3 with all its appurtenances; Celltagain;32*
Lathcluanamoirmoedoc 32S and the Church of Domnachmor-Umail. 320 ;
at that — Diocese embraced stated, period, Glendalough
327
be
all the churches of the present Wicklow County Bray on the northern verge al—one excepted, and a few in the south, which belong to Ferns and
it Wherefore, may
Kildare Dublin and Leighlin as also a long stripe of County, adjoining
Wicklow Counties, on the west. Wherefore, by the positive documentry evi- dence of its contents, and from the territorial jurisdiction of the kindred tribes upon whose limits the diocese had been anciently modelled, the former boundsofGlendaloughSeemaystillbeknown. 328 Thus,itwasnotformed out of portions of counties ; but these latter were created subsequently, and irrespective of the ancient eccl—esiastical limits.
The of muchmore —
separate jurisdiction
the same person enjoyed the Episcopal and abbatial dignity. 330 For centu-
for,
Bishop and Abbot were joint sojourners in the place. Sometimes, however,
;
•<rf Kildare; it is also the name of a ford on the Shannon. In the form of Akip, it is a townland, in the Queen's County.
304 Now Shankill, in the parish of Kilbride, near the spot where the three counties of Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin meet.
305 Now Kilruddery, in the parish of Bray, formerly a chapelry of Stagonil.
the county of Carlow, which deeply indents 306 Possibly Kilmaconoge, formerly a the county of Wicklow, on the south-
chapelry of Delgany.
3°7 Now Stagonil, in Powerscourt Parish,
county of Wicklow.
308 Now unknown.
309 In the Barony of Newcastle.
310 Now Ennisboyne, in the Parish of
Dunganstown, county of Wicklow.
west.
326 Now Donaghmore, in the county of Wicklow. See Rev. William Reeves' " Analysis of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough," pp. 5, 6.
327 It appears to have been in the Diocese
of Dublin ; since it was united to Rath-
311 Now Kilpatrick, in the Parish of michael, which was undeniably in Dublin,
Wicklow.
3,2 The old name for Wicklow.
313 Now Killoughter, in the Parish of
and which confers prebendal status on the incumbent of the union.
328 According to Rev. Dr. Reeves, the
following parishes, in their present form,
constituted—the Diocese Tof
Rathnew.
314 Now the Parish of
Glendalough pro- and partly in Wexford County, but trans- Ballynaclash P. C, Bailymore-Eustace
Killiskey.
315 NowKilpipe, partly in Wicklow County per, viz. : Union, Athy Union,
ferred to the Diocese of Ferns.
316 Now Ennereilly Parish, Wicklow.
county
of
Union, Blessington Union, Calary P. C, Castledermot Union, Castlemacadam Union,
Delgany Union, Derralossary P. C. , Donaghmore R. V. , Donard Union, Dun- ganstown R. , Dunlavin Union, Fonstown R. V. , Glanely Union, Greystowns P. C, Hollywood R. V. , Inch Union, Kilberry V. , Kilbride (Arklow) Union, Kilbride (Bles- sington) V. , Kilcullen Union, Kildiought or Celbridge Union, Killisky V. , Kineagh V. , Leixlip Union, Maynooth Union, Narragh- more R. V. , Newcastle (County Wicklow) V. , Newtownmountkennedy C. E. , Powers- court V. , Rathdrum, R. V. , Rathmore Union, Redcross P. C, Straffan P. C, Timolin Union and Wicklow Union. See "Analysis
3I ? Now Kilcashel, in the Parish of Castle- macadam.
318 Or the Church of St. Biccsech. Tt lies near Arklow, and it was written Kilbixi, in later documents.
319 It is written Donaghrie, in the " Re-
"
of Archbishop Alan, and it was situated, near Arklow.
320 OrCelltamlamcha,nowunknown.
321 This was the Cillfiomnaighe of the
Irish Calendar, and stated to be situated in
Ui-Feuechlais, the modern Barony of Ark- low.
pertorium Viride
;;
in
abbey Glendalough opulent temporal possessions
tinct and 32Q
we after the time of St. the find, Kevin,
Arklow
[June 3
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 89
ries succeeding St. Kevin's time, Glendalough is often mentioned, with its more renowned bishops, abbots, and clerics, in the Irish Annals. 331 The city began to decline in the twelfth century ; when it became the prey of robbers and depredators. 332 In 1214, 333 we are told, that through the then dominant English influence, the See of Glendalough was annexed to that of Dublin. The hardy sons of the mountain long resisted the annexation, and persisted for
"
the Bishopric of the two Lakes," as an independent ecclesiastical jurisdiction. On the 30th of May, a. d. 1479, it was at length surrendered,334 in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin. Some churches—especially in the Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough—have been erectedtocommemoratethisillustriousabbotandpatronsaint. Severalother memorials to honour him remain. In the city of Dublin, a parish was for- merly dedicated to St. Kevin. Within it were a church and a cemetery. Not far from the latter, in modern times, has been erected a fine Gothic church. 335 Around this, as a nucleus, has grown a great increase of houses and inhabi- tants. Adistricthadbeendefined,byHisEminence,CardinalPaulCullen,
Archbishop of Dublin, to mark the outlines of the new Catholic Parish of St. Kevin. Close beside this church are the spacious and well-attended schools of the Christian Brothers, also rejoicing in the patronage of St. Kevin. A street in the city of Dublin is also called St. Kevin's, while a holy well, dedicated to him was known as St. Kevin's well. 336 In the county of Wick- low, some modern Catholic churches and chapels have been dedicated to St. Kevin; but,it isdifficulttoprocureanexactlistofsucherections. 33? Atthe entrance to the Glen of the Downs, and at the right hand side of the road proceeding southwards, springs a well, 338 formerly called Tubber nabrin. This is reputed holy. 33^ Before the commencement of this century, a patron 3-t° used to be held there, each 3rd day of June, 241 which is the Feast Day of St. Kevin. InScotland,aswellasinIreland,thissaintwasheldingreatvene-
more than two centuries longer, in retaining
of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glen-
Architects.
336 In the kitchen of Mr. Donegan, a
butcher, living at the corner of Montague-
street, in the Parish of St. Nicholas, there is
a stone trough, formerly belonging to St. Kevin's well, and which was within the yard of that house.
337 One of the succursal of Rath- chapels
drum Parish had been dedicated to St. Kevin, during the lifetime of the former vene- rated pastor, the Rev. Richard Galvin, P. P.
338 It is still a great place of resort for pic- nic parties, and the scene around is one of Ware, vol. i.
, ''Bishops of Glendalough," the most romantic spots in the county of Wicklow, so very celebrated for its charming
dalough," p. 8.
339 See Harris' Ware, vol. i. ,
"
Bishops of
Glendalough," p. 372.
330 See a pretty full annalistic account of
Glendalough, in Archdall's " Monasticon Hibernicum," pp. 765 to 771.
331 See Dr.
the Four Masters," vol. vii. rum, at Gleann-da-locha, p. 64.
to ecclesiastical and
340 After its popular discontinuance, Mrs. Latouche, formerly a Miss Vickers, used to regale her friends and the children of her schools at the place. Two tents, with a band of music, were available, while the children danced and otherwise amused themselves.
341 Such is the substance of that informa- tion, given to the writer, several years ago by
Mrs. A. O'Byrne's p. 100.
John
O'Donovan's " Annals of Index Loco- Glendalough,
332 According to the Papal Legate John Papiron. See his account of it in Harris*
PP- 376, 377-
333 By a patent, dated the 30th of July
views.
339 The country people formerly drank the
during this year, King John granted to the
Archbishop
the episcopal See of Glendalough, and the lands thereunto belonging, together with the
abbey ; but, reserving to the Abbot Thomas his tenements, to wit, half a cantred, he to hold the same during life from the Arch- bishop. See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiber-
nicum," p. 770.
334 As we are informed, by Friar Denis
White, " the last who held it in oppositi—on
of Dublin and to his successors
water of this — as a cure for "holy well,"
"
regal authority. " Saints of Ireland,"
during her earliest
335 Designed by Messrs. Pugin and Ashlin,
" the shakes " we presume the ague.
a old very
who
woman,
days resided in this neighbourhood.
342 See Bishop Forbes' " Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 302.
go LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 3.
ration. 342 The remains ofa religious edifice, dedicated to and called after St. Coivin (Kevin) are on the lands of Ballyshean. 343 There is also Kilchevin and Kilcowan. 344 A remarkable salutation to St. Kevin, in the Irish lan- guage, is found in the Drummond Castle Missal. 345
We should have rather chosen to dwell on the personal biographical actions and characteristics of St. Kevin, than on the numberless legends that are told in reference to him. However, one of the most learned and accom- plished contributors to Catholic literature in our language 346 has called special attention to truths, which are often to be found in supposed legends, and to the mode or consideration, which must be observed, in a correct process of investigation. 347 These legends are not to be confounded with fables. Nor have they been generally written, with any intention of deceiving pious Catholics, or other persons, without the pale of our Church. There are in- stances on record, indeed, when foolish and designing men undertook the forging or falsification of documents or evidence ; and, perhaps, in particu- lar cases, this had been done through some distorted moral motives. 348 Le Clerc, better known by his literary name, Clericus, observes, that school themes were sometimes drawn, from the Acts of Martyrs, in past times, as exercises have been written, in our own day, and even more remotely,? 43 from some classical subject. In such cases, however, no profession of writing exact history was made by students ; no more than the historical novelist or historical playwright desires to impose his fictitious narratives on the reader for facts, although he may wish, neither to contradict history, nor to stray far from its probabilities. In the primitive and mediaeval times of our Church, writers were usually ecclesiastics or monks, and education had been chiefly derived, through monastic sources. Hence, religious subjects had a special interest for both master and pupil ; and, among those, no species of composi- tion met with greater favour than the compilation of Acts, which included legends, referring to Martyrs and other great Saints.
Article II. —St. Affine, Effinus, or Iiffen, of Cill Aiffein, or
Killaffan, County of Wicklow. [Probably Sixth or Seventh Century^ *
This day, the Martyrology of Tallagh simply enters Affine, at the 3rd of June. His locality is not even mentioned, in this record. In an Irish Life ofSt. Kevin,3 it is stated,thatSt. EffinusorIfinus3 hadaconvent4 ofmonks,
s43 Near the mansion of Mr. Macdonald. which reference is made in the text, is en- See "New Statistical Account of Scot- titled, "The Truth of supposed Legends land," Argyleshire, p. 429, and "Origines and Fables," pp. 235 to 286. This learned
Parochiales Scotia:," pars ii. , p. 9,
3*4 See " Old Statistical Survey of Scot-
Also "Origines Parochiales Scotise," pars, ii. , p. It.
article is declared to have been taken by shorthand. The first 8vo volume of these Essays was published at London, 1865.
*** Thus, we have an account, regarding a Priest, who wrote false Acts of St. Paul, as furnished by Tertullian. The delinquent, as a consequence, had been suspended from the exercise of his sacred ministry.
land," vol. x. , p. 536.
3*s See Preface to the Arbuthnott Missal,
p. xxxiii. Also Bishop Forbes' dars of Scottish Saints," p. 302.
"
Kalen-
346 His Eminence^Cardinal Nicholas Wise-
man, formerly Archbishop
ofWestminster.
349 As in — times, when Pagan
Juvernal
347 " on and Litera- See Essays Religion
ture," by various writers, Edited by his Grace the Most Rev. Henry E. Manning, D. D. ,ArchbishopofWestminster. These Essays were prepared for the Academia of the Catholic Religion, established in 1861, at London, by Cardinal Wiseman, and which had been affiliated to the Roman Academia. A contribution of the illustrious founder, to
says •*
of Hanibal
:
Idemens et saevas curre per Alpes Utpuerisplaceasetdeclamatiofias. "
— Kelly, xxvi.
3
Article ii.
Edited by Rev. Dr.
Preserved as a Manuscript in the Lib- rary of Trinity College, Dublin, and classed
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 91
at Killeffin, under St. Kevin ; and, in it, two legends are given connected with his churc—h. The latter of these is thus rendered into English, by John
O'Donovan
St. Kevinhadaconventofmonks. Theyaskedentertainmentfromthem, but the convent had no food. For that reason, St. Kevin and inmates of the conventbecameverymuchashamed. Ithappened,however,thatasmall quantity of seed remained ; yet, this not being sufficient to entertain the
strangers, St. Kevin bethought him of an expedient, to prevent his getting the
"
3 The Irish form of his name is Aiffen. See
:
One minstrels came with their day,
harps
s
to where Killeffin,
name of He sent a being inhospitable.
of the monks to 6 in which dig plots,
party
the small quantity of seed they had might be sown, and in order that the pro-
duce might be prepared for the strangers' dinner towards evening. In the meantime, St. Kevin himself and another party of the monks remained to entertain the minstrels, and to kill time by kind and friendly conversation ; but, this was of no avail to them, for the minstrels began pressingly to demand refreshments. These not being at hand, they took their leave of St. Kevin against his will, muttering their disapprobation, because the convent had not
satisfied their requirements. 7 The legend relates, furthermore, that the seed, which St. Kevin had sown at Killeffin, grew up before evening, and of its
the monks were fed that same
land is more fertile around Our Lady's Church than any other in the valley ; wherefore, it is thought to be more than probable, that it is the Kill Effin above
produce
night.
mentioned. 9 It is thought by Miss Stokes,10 that Tempul Muire " or Our 12
Lady's Church, at Glendalough, is older than Trinity Church. Although Tempul Muire appears to have been constructed with more knowledge of
art, than the other buildings at Glendalough, over one hundred years ago it was almost in ruins. At the east end was an arch of hewn stone, exactly
similartothatoftheCathedral. ^ Agranitedoorwayofadmirably-chiselled
H. 4, 4.
"
484.
I0 See " Notes on Irish Architecture," by
Edwin, third Earl of Dunraven, part i. , p. 102.
" A beautiful autograph is presented of
Notes on Irish Architecture," by Edwin,
third Earl of Dunraven, edited by Miss written in April, 1840, sect. 4, pp. 483,
Stokes, part i. , p. 102.
4 The word in the original is Coirh-
cionob.
5 In the legend it is cruits.
6 The word in the original is cappachs.
7 Afterwards, St. Kevin, is said to have the doorway of this church, all mantled
prayed, that the harps which they bore might round with the ivy on its gable. See ibid. , be turned into stones; and, when they p. 101.
were crossing a river, which lies to the south I2 The accompanying illustration is from a of the church, their harps were metamor- sketch taken on the site, by William F. phosed into stones, and they fell into the
stream. There they remained in the ford, underthefeetofall,fromthatdaytothetime of the written legend.
8Weare that told,
the
ofSt. Kevin,statesthisoccurrence,i—nthe inchesinlength,andfourteeninchesand
Solomon, following translation of an Irish Rann
threecourses thelintelisfivefeetsix only ;
"
The seed which was sown in the morn
At Kill Effin of divine prosperity, Of its produce flourishing at night
Sages were respectively fed.
"
9 See "Letters containing Information re- lative to the Antiquities of the County of Wicklow, collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838," vol. i. John
disciple :
the door is six feet four in height, two feet six in width at top, and two feet ten at bottom a kind of architrave is
;
marked round the door six inches broad, and
in the bottom of the lintel an ornament is
wrought in a cross resembling the flyer of a stamping press. The walls are carried up
with hewn stone, in general of a large size, to about the height of the door, and the re- mainder are of the rude moun—tain rag-stone,
"
but laid incomparably well. " Monasticon
Hibernicum," p. 774.
8 There is more and the tillage,
Valley of Glenda- lough, present Remains and Features men- tioned in the Life of the Patron St. Kevin,"
O'Donovan's Essay
Wakeman, and it has been engraved by Mrs. Millard.
'3 Sostates Archdall,whothusdescribes "
some of its features
:
— The door consists of
a-half in
depth
;
9 2 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 3.
stones ** has a lintel carved with a double moulding in the architrave, while on its soffit is an ornamental saltier-wise cross. 15 Including the lintel, the massive stones of this doorway are only seven in number, and they are all there the thickness of the wall, which measures three feet. 16 Like the ancient
Egyptians, who preferred perpendicular supports and horizontal imposts 1
although acquainted with the principle of the arch, ? the old Irish builders
Teampul Muire, or Our Lady's Church, Glendalough.
seem to have preferred the square-headed doorway, in the oldest of their churches. OurLady'sChurchwasgreatlyovergrownwithtrees,thornsandivy. Ihese were beginning to break it up, but they have been cleared away, while a breach in the north wall of the nave has been repaired. No architectural feature of this church survives intact, except its noble western doorway. 18 1 here was a mass of fallen masonry at the east end of the nave. Ruins filled the chancel. Some of the rubbish has been cleared away, during the late restorations, and the walls have been repaired. A festival in honour of Aiffen of Cill Aiffein—now Killaffan—near Gleann-da-loch, is entered in the Martyrology of Donegal,*9 as having been celebrated on this day. There is
** A beautiful and clear woodcut of this
doorway and of the surrounding walls isgiven in Dr. Petrie's work, at p. 170.
* A woodcut illustration is also furnished, at p. 171.
18 There are detailed admeasurements of
the doorway by John O'Donovan, in
"Letters containing Information relative to
the Antiquities of the County of Wicklow,
collected the of the Ord- during Progress
nance Survey in 1838," vol. i. See Essay "Valley of Glendalough, present Remains and Features mentioned in the Life of the Patron St. Kevin," sect. 4, p. 481. Also a
rough drawing in ink of Our Lady's Church at Glendalough, is given there, by William F. Wakeman, at p. 482.
,6 When Sir Walter
lough in 1825, lie sat for a considerable time before this doorway, and he expressed admiration of and wonder at its ancient character.
George Rawlinson's "History of Ancient Egypt," vol. i. , chap,
vn. , p. 255. London, 1881, 8vo.
*» See Rev. Canon
Scott visited Glenda-
'9 Edited by Drs. Todd and'Reeves, pp.
June 3. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 93
a Killeven, in the barony of Dartry, and county of Monaghan. 20 But, it is doubtful, if it have any relation with this saint, more than an apparent affinity with the first-named local denomination. In the posthumous List of Colgan's
Manuscripts, the Acts of a St. Alphinus had been prepared for publication, at thisdate. 21 HemaypossiblybeidenticalwiththepresentSt. AffineorAiffen.
Article III. —St. Glunshalaich, or Glunsialach, of Midh- luachair. [SixthorSeventhCentury. '] Herewefindaremarkableinstance of God's goodness and mercy towards his creatures. At first, the present saint appears to have been guilty of very grievous crimes, which obliged him to avoid intercourse with society, and to shun the haunts of honest men. At last, the grace of God touched his heart, and he resolved to abandon all his evil courses.
