, when John O'Donovan visited the place to obtain antiquarian information for purposes of the Irish
Ordnance
Survey.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v8
423.
» See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Au-
gusti xix. Among the Pretermitted Saints,
p. 699.
I0
See the Life of this Saint, in the Second Volume of this work, at the 1st of February, the date for her festival, Art. i.
Brigid
292 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 19
descends. If so, he was son of Ernin, son to Calius, son of Aid, son to Sanius, son of Arturus Corb. " We are informed from other sources, how thissaintlivedthelifeofahermit,andataplace,calledDrumrath. Here
12
he was visited by St. Aidus, or Aedh, surnamed MacBricc, a remarkable
and holy prelate of the ancient Irish Church. He resided at Killare, or Killair, now a village, not far from the celebrated Hill of Uisneach, and
CamdenJ3 tohavebeentheancientLaberus,noted 1* by Ptolemy.
supposed by
The place in which St. Enan or Henan dwelt is now known as Drumrath, or
Drumraney. The Irish denomination of this locality means in English, the Ridge-Rath. 15 It belonged to the Meath diocese, and it is situated in that
16
According to Archdall's state- ment, the place of this saint is identical with Drumraney, which lies about six miles north-eastwards from Athlone, in the Barony of Kilkenny West,
x
County of Westmeath. 7 Others locate it, in the adjoining barony, called
Brawney. 18 When St. Aidus, Bishop of Killare, paid a visit to our saint, at
Druimrath, he had nothing for the prelate's refreshment but herbs and water.
Seeing this condition of affairs, Aidus smiled, and said to the servant of
'*
Enan, Go, brother, and bring us more palatable food. " Returning to a
place indicated, the servant found it filled with all varieties of meat. On
seeing and hearing these events, those who were present, at that time, cried out, " Wonderful is the Lord in His Saints. " T 9 From Killare to Drumrath or Drumrany, the distance is not very considerable ; and, from all we can learn, it is extremely probable, that a holy friendship and an intercourse had beenkeptupbySt. Aidwithhisneighbour,St. Enan. Moreover,itseems not unlikely, that our saint had a small community under his charge, at the
—Seward's '* Hibernica," Topographia
Art. Drumrany.
'9 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxviii. Februarii, Vita S. Aidi, cap. xxxvi. , p. 421.
20 AftertheAnglo-NormanInvasion. Sir
Henry de Lion, who was Secretary to John, King of Ireland, obtained a large grant of land at Drumrany in the year 1 185 ; it being
part of Westmeath, formerly called Cuircne.
20 We are told, there is a well In this near the holy parish,
latter
churchyard, which is extensive. This well had been dedicated to St. Enan. 21 Our national Hagiologist informs us, that the entertainer of St. Aidus was no other than the present St. Enan, also called Henan. 22 It seems probable, that St. Aedh,23 surnamed Mac Brie, lived atRahugh or Rathugh, a parish
place.
" See "Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga. " Appendix Quarta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. iii. ,
p. 613.
12 He had a double festival : an account
of him may be found at the 28th of February,
intheSecondVolumeofthiswork,Art. viii. his chief festival, however, seems to have been the 10th of November, where more de- tailed particulars are set down.
13 See Camden's " Gough's
;
" Britannia,
of the ancient
of the
vol. iii. Westmeath.
14 See J. N. Brewer's " Beauties of Ire-
land," vol. ii. , p. 249.
15 The term Rath forms or begins the
names of about 700 townlands in Ireland.
""
It has the general meaning of Fort in
See Dr. P. W.
and History of Irish Names of Places," part iii. , chap, i. , p. 265.
the name was family
English.
changed
16 See
niae, xxviii. Februarii, n. 27, p. 423.
Colgan's
" Joyce's Origin
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
'7 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum,"p. 710.
xix. , p. 505.
22 "
18
and
barony of Brawney. Here is a celebrated monastery, founded in 588, in honour of St. Enan; it was burned to the ground with 150 persons in it by the Ostmen, A. D. 946. ''
"It isa vicaragein the diocese of Meath,
according
to Dr. Beaufort's Mem. is in the
powerful
for many succeeding ages. At a later time,
p. 250.
21 See Rev. A. " Diocese of Cogan's
Meath, Ancient and Modern, vol. ii. , chap,
SeeColgan's ActaSanctorumHiber- niae," xxviii. Februarii. n. 2J, p. 423.
23 In Rev. W. Rees' "Lives of the J.
Cambro-British Saints," there is in Latin, Vita S. Acdui, at pp. 232 to 250. An Eng- lish translation is given at pp. 554 to 574. His feast is set down at ii. Kal. Martii.
part
septs of O'Melaghlin, MacGeoghegan, and others. That newly acquired tract was afterwards known as the Dillon's Country. The same Sir Henry de Lion built a castle at Drumrath, in which his posterity lived,
territory
to Dillon. See J. N. Brewer's " Beauties of Ireland," vol. ii.
August 19. ] LIVES OF TH& IRISH SAINTS. 293
in the barony of Moycashel, and County of Westmeath, at that time ; or he may have lived at Killare, in the barony of Rathconrath, in the same county. A famous monastery existed at Drumrath, when the ancient
*4
biographer of St. Aidus wrote, and it was built in honour of our saint ;
but, 2
Archdall had no authority for assigning its erection, to the year 588. 5 A monastery is said to have been founded here in honour of St. Enan, and
sometime in the sixth
century.
26 In the Irish Annals, there is an account
2
regarding the death of an Abbot of Druim-ratha ? and, he flourished in the
;
eighth century. But, as there was another Druim-ratha,
28
in the district of
Legny, in the province of Connaught, it cannot be asserted positively, that the individualnoticedbelongedtoDrumrath,inWestmeath. Wearetold,that the festival of St. Enan used to be celebrated at Drumrany, on the Sunday
after the 18th of 2^ September.
to St. and ^Engus
Nevertheless, according
Marianus O'Gorman, our saint's festival was celebrated at Drumrath, on the
19th of August ;3° although the same St. y£ngus and the Tallagh Martyr-
x that his natal ology3 state,
on the 18th of 3 September. 3
was
There is no mention of our saint, however, at this latter day, in the copy of
the Irish Calendar, formerly belonging to the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, and now deposited in the Library of the Koyal Irish
Academy. However, the patron saint of Drumrany is said to have been St. Winoc,33 whose memory was celebrated there, on the 18th September. His day fell on that date, and his pattern was held on the Sunday following. His well is called Tober-Enain,3+ and it lay in the townland of Drumrany, near the old church. It was "smothered up,"35 according
to the of the phraseology
about the 181 36 The year 7.
day
kept,
country people,
Oratory of Drumraithe was burned by the Ostmen, about the middle
of the tenth century; while seven score and ten persons perished in it. 37 This happened in the year 943 ; when, as the Annals of Clonmac-
2< Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian,"
xxviii. Februarii. VitaS. Aidi,cap. xxxvi. ,
noise38 theDanes state,
fromDromrahie. Thechurch- yard solely remains, and now undistinguished by monastic ruins; however,
p. 421.
25 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni-
brought
a
great prey
" Edain Droma Rathe. "—Rev. Dr. Kelly's
"
CalendarofIrishSaints,"&c,p. xxxiv.
32 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Colgan's
nise," xxviii. Februarii, n. 27, p. 423.
33 This denomination, however, is thought See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of to be a corruption from St. Finian ; but, in our Irish Calendars, we do not find a saint
cum," p. 710. 26
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. Hi. , chap, lxxiv. , p. 558.
2? Namely, Flaithgheal, son of Taich- leach, who died a. d. 788, according to Dr. O'Donovan'sAnnalsofthe FourMasters,"
vol. i. , and n. (a), pp. 394, 395.
28 Said to have been built by St. Fechin,
of Fore, who flourished in the seventh cen- tury. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hi- berniae," Januarii xx. Supplementum Vitae S. Fechini, cap. viii. , p. 134.
"
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 519, 520.
30 In the Irish Calendar, at the xiv. of the
Calends of September, (A'ugust 19th), I find: " enAn "OnotriA fUice m lanco^ tni'oe. " Ordnance Survey Office copy, Phoenix Park. Common Place Book F. , p. 72.
31 In the published Martyrology of Tallagh, I meet at the xvii. {rede xiv. ) of the Kalends
of October, (September 18th), the feast of
bearing the latter name, at the 18th of Sept.
34 According to Mr. John O'Donovan, who states it should be recte £hiou<Mn, from
whichonemightsuppose,thatEnan,ponAn, and Winoc are synonymous.
35 It was thus stated, by George Lennon, Esq.
, when John O'Donovan visited the place to obtain antiquarian information for purposes of the Irish Ordnance Survey.
3<> Information See "Letters containing
relative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey, in the year 1837," vol. i.
29 See Lewis'
Mr. John O'Donovan's Letter, Athlone, September 6th, 1837, p. 46.
dated
37 This happened, a. d. 946, according to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four
Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 660, 661.
38 They place this event at A. D. 943. See
ibid. , n. (x), p. 661.
294 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 19.
the memory of St. Enan, even after such a lapse of time, is still reverenced by the faithful inhabitants of that vicinity. 39
Article IV. —Reputed Feast for St. Magnus, Earl of Orkney, Martyr- Atthe16thofApril,theactsofthisholymanhavebeenalready
of 2 to the Scan- August, according
1 hehadafeastatthe given; but,
19th
dinavian Kalendar, in the Fasti Danici of Olans Wormius. 3 It seems most
likely, however, that he has been confounded with a St. Magnus, Bishop of
Anagni, and Martyr, whose festival was held on the present day, and who
suffered, about the year 250,4 during the persecution of the Emperor Decius. s
Or it is possible, that St. Magnus, Martyr at Csesarea in Cappadocia, may have been mistaken for him. The festival of this latter holy Martyr was
In the "Feilire
the 19th of August, there is a festival noted for the Martyr St. Magnus, with
atrainofvictoriousandbloomingcompanions. ? Tothis,however,isadded
no further explanation. No doubt, his metrical eulogy is intended to refer
to one or other of the holy martyrs just noticed; although, it seems most
probable, that St. Magnus, bishop of Anagni, is the one to whom allusion has been made in the " Feilire. "
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Solonius or Solon, an Early
Dempster's Menologium Scotorum, there is a festival at the 19th of August, at Mar, in Scotland. Ferrarius follows this account. 2 The Bollandists 3 have allusion to this Solonius, at the same date, with a remark, that they desired to have more certain and definite information regarding his cultus and acts. He must have flourished in the fifth century, if we are to accept the state- ment, that he buried St. Palladius,* whose death has been assigned to a date somewhat later than a. d. 432. We are informed, however, that in one of the churches, founded by Palladius, and named Domnach-arda, in Hy
6 The same editor introduces his Acts, in seven paragraphs, with annotations, and a previous Commentary is comprised in five
kept, likewise, on the 19th of August.
of St. ^Engus, at
Companion of St. Palladius, in Wicklow. [Fifth Century. '] In 1
39 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap, lxxiv. , pp. 558, 559.
•
Article iv. — See the Fourth Volume
ibid. De
Martyre Caesareae in Cappadocia, pp. 717
to 719.
i See Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by
Whitley Stokes—, LL. D. , p. cxxiv.
Thus entered :—xix. " In
previous Commentary in four sections and
of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
2
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of
the Saints," vol. iv. ,
3 Published at Hafnia, 1643.
4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Viesdes
Saints," &c, tome x. , xix« Jour d'Aout, p. 17.
"
April
16th,
p.
211.
5 The
introduces short Acts of this saint, with a Apostolum sepelivit, B. " Bishop Forbes'
Bollandist,FatherGuilielmusCuper,
— S. Palladium Presbyteri, qui
sixty-threeparagraphs,whichexhaustnearly
all the information that can be gleaned re-
garding his cultus. The Acts, in two and n. 33, p. 18.
chapters and seventeen paragraphs, preceded by a short prologue, and with notes added, follow. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Augusti xix. De S. Magno Episc. et Mart, in Italia, pp. 701 to 717.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Au- gusti xix. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 698.
4 See his Life, at the 6th of July, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
6
"
paragraphs. See
Sancto Magno
Article v. Marria Solonii
" 2
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 209. See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xxiv. , p. 13,
August 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 295
Garrchon, on the eastern coast of Ireland, he left his disciples Sylvester s and Salonius, who were there buried. Their remains were preserved in that church, until they were removed, at the close of the sixth century, to the
InchorHolmof 6in the Baethin,
and of County
of
Wicklow. In that locality, those saints were venerated until the year 770
or 774, when the church there experienced the fate of the Churches ot Glendalough and of some other sanctuaries in that district of country. ?
Ctonttietl) 23aj) of 3ugu£t
ARTICLE I. —ST. COINCHENN OF CHAELCHAD OR CAELACHADH, CORCADUIBHNE, COUNTY OF KERRY.
EIGHTH CENTURY.
for any memoir of this holy virgin are extremely meagre,
as but a few references to her are to be found in our Calendars and MATERIALS
1
Annals. In the published Martyrology of Taliagh, a St. Conchan of Chael-
chad is inserted at this date. It seems most probable, that the local name shouldhavebeenwrittenChaelachad. InthatcopyfoundintheBookof
Leinster, at the 13th of the September Kalends, the spelling is slightly different. 2 Marianus O'Gorman has notices of her at this day. She would seem as Conchind of Cill-Achaid to have had another festival at the 28th of April. 3 This pious lady was a daughter to Kellach * or Cellach Cualann, a
nise Apostolo, pp. 570, 571. 68
See an account of St. Baoithin, of En- nisboyne, Co. Wicklow, in the Fifth Volume
of this work, at the 22nd of
Twelve generations of his lineal descend- ants are thus named, by Duald MacFirbis :
" Cathal " of
"
Culochair, son of Madudan, son of Ragh- allach,sonof Flann, son of Dubhdraithreach, son of Madudan, son of Cathal, son of Ceallach, son of Edersgel, son of Ceallach Cualann. "
9 By Colgan, in his
Art. ii.
7 See Rev. John Francis Shearman's
"Loca Patrici—ana," No. hi. , p. 31. Article I. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
xxxii.
2
Thus : CoincViAnT) o CriAelchA-o.
3 See the Fourth Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. vii.
4 See
Colgan's
nise," vii. Januarii. De S. Kentigerna Vidua, n. 8, p. 22.
5 The Annals of Clonmacnoise have the
death of Ceallagh Cwallan, King of Leinster, at a. d. 712. The Four Masters enter the
"
Vita S.
May,
Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann],
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
xvi.
Acta Sanctorum Abbani,
parish
Dunganstown,
of Leinster, who died from a. d. s to 6 She was a sister to 712 714.
King
St. Keantigerna,7 who is venerated at the 7th of January. Her father was ancestor of a tribe, ealled the Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann, seated in the northern
8
part of the present County of Wicklow.
daughter of Kellach had been identical with St. Conchenna, Virgin, who is said » to have been venerated at Ceall Achaidh Conchinn, or Coincheann. 10
s The feast of this saint is placed at the death of Ceallach Cualann, son of Gerrtide, 14th of August, by Dempster, and by King of Leinster, at A. D. 713. See Dr.
Ferrarius, at the 15th. By Colgan his feast has been given for the loth of March, at which date some account of him may be found, in the "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," De S. Syvestro S. Paladii Socio et Hiber-
O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 312, 313, and nn. (f, h,) ibid.
6
The Annals of Ulster have his death at
It may be suspected, that this holy
a. d. 714.
i See a notice of her in the First Volume
of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
[chief
son of Amhalgaidh, son of Tuathal, son of
Hibernise,"
I0 The place is thought to have derived its
Martii,
cap. xx. , p. 615, and n. 17, p. 622.
name from this who was virgin,
venerated, says Colgan, on the 28th of April.
" Before the Anglo-Norman Invasion,
296 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 20.
It was situated in the territory of Corcaduibhne,11 now the barony of Cor-
12
caguiney, intheextremewesternpartoftheCountyofKerry. Thisplace
has been incorrectly identified by Archdall *3 with Killeagh, a small village,
1
on the west side of Youghal Bay, in the County of Cork. * Yet, this state-
ment is directly contradicted and rectified in another part of the same work. 1 * The author does not even appear to have noticed his counter-statements. The denomination now " the
Cill-achaidh, Anglicised Killahy, signifies Church of the Field," 16 and in Irish local names it has been generally
softened down to Killeigh. As we are particularly informed, the present Killeagh lay within the region of Corcaduibhne, in the western part of Munster. However,wefailtofindsuchalocalityinthepresentCorcaguiney barony, County of Kerry. St. Abban x 7 founded this place originally for ecclesiastics, as we are informed in his acts, and for those persons he left there; while he prophesied, that in course of time, their habitation should be called after a St. Finian,18 not then born. This prophecy was afterwards fulfilled.
» See " Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Au-
gusti xix. Among the Pretermitted Saints,
p. 699.
I0
See the Life of this Saint, in the Second Volume of this work, at the 1st of February, the date for her festival, Art. i.
Brigid
292 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 19
descends. If so, he was son of Ernin, son to Calius, son of Aid, son to Sanius, son of Arturus Corb. " We are informed from other sources, how thissaintlivedthelifeofahermit,andataplace,calledDrumrath. Here
12
he was visited by St. Aidus, or Aedh, surnamed MacBricc, a remarkable
and holy prelate of the ancient Irish Church. He resided at Killare, or Killair, now a village, not far from the celebrated Hill of Uisneach, and
CamdenJ3 tohavebeentheancientLaberus,noted 1* by Ptolemy.
supposed by
The place in which St. Enan or Henan dwelt is now known as Drumrath, or
Drumraney. The Irish denomination of this locality means in English, the Ridge-Rath. 15 It belonged to the Meath diocese, and it is situated in that
16
According to Archdall's state- ment, the place of this saint is identical with Drumraney, which lies about six miles north-eastwards from Athlone, in the Barony of Kilkenny West,
x
County of Westmeath. 7 Others locate it, in the adjoining barony, called
Brawney. 18 When St. Aidus, Bishop of Killare, paid a visit to our saint, at
Druimrath, he had nothing for the prelate's refreshment but herbs and water.
Seeing this condition of affairs, Aidus smiled, and said to the servant of
'*
Enan, Go, brother, and bring us more palatable food. " Returning to a
place indicated, the servant found it filled with all varieties of meat. On
seeing and hearing these events, those who were present, at that time, cried out, " Wonderful is the Lord in His Saints. " T 9 From Killare to Drumrath or Drumrany, the distance is not very considerable ; and, from all we can learn, it is extremely probable, that a holy friendship and an intercourse had beenkeptupbySt. Aidwithhisneighbour,St. Enan. Moreover,itseems not unlikely, that our saint had a small community under his charge, at the
—Seward's '* Hibernica," Topographia
Art. Drumrany.
'9 See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
nise," xxviii. Februarii, Vita S. Aidi, cap. xxxvi. , p. 421.
20 AftertheAnglo-NormanInvasion. Sir
Henry de Lion, who was Secretary to John, King of Ireland, obtained a large grant of land at Drumrany in the year 1 185 ; it being
part of Westmeath, formerly called Cuircne.
20 We are told, there is a well In this near the holy parish,
latter
churchyard, which is extensive. This well had been dedicated to St. Enan. 21 Our national Hagiologist informs us, that the entertainer of St. Aidus was no other than the present St. Enan, also called Henan. 22 It seems probable, that St. Aedh,23 surnamed Mac Brie, lived atRahugh or Rathugh, a parish
place.
" See "Trias Colgan's
Thaumaturga. " Appendix Quarta ad Acta S. Brigidse, cap. iii. ,
p. 613.
12 He had a double festival : an account
of him may be found at the 28th of February,
intheSecondVolumeofthiswork,Art. viii. his chief festival, however, seems to have been the 10th of November, where more de- tailed particulars are set down.
13 See Camden's " Gough's
;
" Britannia,
of the ancient
of the
vol. iii. Westmeath.
14 See J. N. Brewer's " Beauties of Ire-
land," vol. ii. , p. 249.
15 The term Rath forms or begins the
names of about 700 townlands in Ireland.
""
It has the general meaning of Fort in
See Dr. P. W.
and History of Irish Names of Places," part iii. , chap, i. , p. 265.
the name was family
English.
changed
16 See
niae, xxviii. Februarii, n. 27, p. 423.
Colgan's
" Joyce's Origin
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
'7 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni- cum,"p. 710.
xix. , p. 505.
22 "
18
and
barony of Brawney. Here is a celebrated monastery, founded in 588, in honour of St. Enan; it was burned to the ground with 150 persons in it by the Ostmen, A. D. 946. ''
"It isa vicaragein the diocese of Meath,
according
to Dr. Beaufort's Mem. is in the
powerful
for many succeeding ages. At a later time,
p. 250.
21 See Rev. A. " Diocese of Cogan's
Meath, Ancient and Modern, vol. ii. , chap,
SeeColgan's ActaSanctorumHiber- niae," xxviii. Februarii. n. 2J, p. 423.
23 In Rev. W. Rees' "Lives of the J.
Cambro-British Saints," there is in Latin, Vita S. Acdui, at pp. 232 to 250. An Eng- lish translation is given at pp. 554 to 574. His feast is set down at ii. Kal. Martii.
part
septs of O'Melaghlin, MacGeoghegan, and others. That newly acquired tract was afterwards known as the Dillon's Country. The same Sir Henry de Lion built a castle at Drumrath, in which his posterity lived,
territory
to Dillon. See J. N. Brewer's " Beauties of Ireland," vol. ii.
August 19. ] LIVES OF TH& IRISH SAINTS. 293
in the barony of Moycashel, and County of Westmeath, at that time ; or he may have lived at Killare, in the barony of Rathconrath, in the same county. A famous monastery existed at Drumrath, when the ancient
*4
biographer of St. Aidus wrote, and it was built in honour of our saint ;
but, 2
Archdall had no authority for assigning its erection, to the year 588. 5 A monastery is said to have been founded here in honour of St. Enan, and
sometime in the sixth
century.
26 In the Irish Annals, there is an account
2
regarding the death of an Abbot of Druim-ratha ? and, he flourished in the
;
eighth century. But, as there was another Druim-ratha,
28
in the district of
Legny, in the province of Connaught, it cannot be asserted positively, that the individualnoticedbelongedtoDrumrath,inWestmeath. Wearetold,that the festival of St. Enan used to be celebrated at Drumrany, on the Sunday
after the 18th of 2^ September.
to St. and ^Engus
Nevertheless, according
Marianus O'Gorman, our saint's festival was celebrated at Drumrath, on the
19th of August ;3° although the same St. y£ngus and the Tallagh Martyr-
x that his natal ology3 state,
on the 18th of 3 September. 3
was
There is no mention of our saint, however, at this latter day, in the copy of
the Irish Calendar, formerly belonging to the Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, and now deposited in the Library of the Koyal Irish
Academy. However, the patron saint of Drumrany is said to have been St. Winoc,33 whose memory was celebrated there, on the 18th September. His day fell on that date, and his pattern was held on the Sunday following. His well is called Tober-Enain,3+ and it lay in the townland of Drumrany, near the old church. It was "smothered up,"35 according
to the of the phraseology
about the 181 36 The year 7.
day
kept,
country people,
Oratory of Drumraithe was burned by the Ostmen, about the middle
of the tenth century; while seven score and ten persons perished in it. 37 This happened in the year 943 ; when, as the Annals of Clonmac-
2< Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hibernian,"
xxviii. Februarii. VitaS. Aidi,cap. xxxvi. ,
noise38 theDanes state,
fromDromrahie. Thechurch- yard solely remains, and now undistinguished by monastic ruins; however,
p. 421.
25 See Archdall's "Monasticon Hiberni-
brought
a
great prey
" Edain Droma Rathe. "—Rev. Dr. Kelly's
"
CalendarofIrishSaints,"&c,p. xxxiv.
32 See " Acta Sanctorum Hiber- Colgan's
nise," xxviii. Februarii, n. 27, p. 423.
33 This denomination, however, is thought See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of to be a corruption from St. Finian ; but, in our Irish Calendars, we do not find a saint
cum," p. 710. 26
Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. Hi. , chap, lxxiv. , p. 558.
2? Namely, Flaithgheal, son of Taich- leach, who died a. d. 788, according to Dr. O'Donovan'sAnnalsofthe FourMasters,"
vol. i. , and n. (a), pp. 394, 395.
28 Said to have been built by St. Fechin,
of Fore, who flourished in the seventh cen- tury. See Colgan's "Acta Sanctorum Hi- berniae," Januarii xx. Supplementum Vitae S. Fechini, cap. viii. , p. 134.
"
Topographical Dictionary of Ireland," vol. i. , pp. 519, 520.
30 In the Irish Calendar, at the xiv. of the
Calends of September, (A'ugust 19th), I find: " enAn "OnotriA fUice m lanco^ tni'oe. " Ordnance Survey Office copy, Phoenix Park. Common Place Book F. , p. 72.
31 In the published Martyrology of Tallagh, I meet at the xvii. {rede xiv. ) of the Kalends
of October, (September 18th), the feast of
bearing the latter name, at the 18th of Sept.
34 According to Mr. John O'Donovan, who states it should be recte £hiou<Mn, from
whichonemightsuppose,thatEnan,ponAn, and Winoc are synonymous.
35 It was thus stated, by George Lennon, Esq.
, when John O'Donovan visited the place to obtain antiquarian information for purposes of the Irish Ordnance Survey.
3<> Information See "Letters containing
relative to the Antiquities of the County of Westmeath, during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey, in the year 1837," vol. i.
29 See Lewis'
Mr. John O'Donovan's Letter, Athlone, September 6th, 1837, p. 46.
dated
37 This happened, a. d. 946, according to Dr. O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four
Masters," vol. ii. , pp. 660, 661.
38 They place this event at A. D. 943. See
ibid. , n. (x), p. 661.
294 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 19.
the memory of St. Enan, even after such a lapse of time, is still reverenced by the faithful inhabitants of that vicinity. 39
Article IV. —Reputed Feast for St. Magnus, Earl of Orkney, Martyr- Atthe16thofApril,theactsofthisholymanhavebeenalready
of 2 to the Scan- August, according
1 hehadafeastatthe given; but,
19th
dinavian Kalendar, in the Fasti Danici of Olans Wormius. 3 It seems most
likely, however, that he has been confounded with a St. Magnus, Bishop of
Anagni, and Martyr, whose festival was held on the present day, and who
suffered, about the year 250,4 during the persecution of the Emperor Decius. s
Or it is possible, that St. Magnus, Martyr at Csesarea in Cappadocia, may have been mistaken for him. The festival of this latter holy Martyr was
In the "Feilire
the 19th of August, there is a festival noted for the Martyr St. Magnus, with
atrainofvictoriousandbloomingcompanions. ? Tothis,however,isadded
no further explanation. No doubt, his metrical eulogy is intended to refer
to one or other of the holy martyrs just noticed; although, it seems most
probable, that St. Magnus, bishop of Anagni, is the one to whom allusion has been made in the " Feilire. "
Article V. —Reputed Feast of St. Solonius or Solon, an Early
Dempster's Menologium Scotorum, there is a festival at the 19th of August, at Mar, in Scotland. Ferrarius follows this account. 2 The Bollandists 3 have allusion to this Solonius, at the same date, with a remark, that they desired to have more certain and definite information regarding his cultus and acts. He must have flourished in the fifth century, if we are to accept the state- ment, that he buried St. Palladius,* whose death has been assigned to a date somewhat later than a. d. 432. We are informed, however, that in one of the churches, founded by Palladius, and named Domnach-arda, in Hy
6 The same editor introduces his Acts, in seven paragraphs, with annotations, and a previous Commentary is comprised in five
kept, likewise, on the 19th of August.
of St. ^Engus, at
Companion of St. Palladius, in Wicklow. [Fifth Century. '] In 1
39 See Rev. A. Cogan's "Diocese of Meath, Ancient and Modern," vol. iii. , chap, lxxiv. , pp. 558, 559.
•
Article iv. — See the Fourth Volume
ibid. De
Martyre Caesareae in Cappadocia, pp. 717
to 719.
i See Transactions of the Royal Irish
Academy," Irish Manuscript series, vol. i. , part i. On the Calendar of Oengus, by
Whitley Stokes—, LL. D. , p. cxxiv.
Thus entered :—xix. " In
previous Commentary in four sections and
of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
2
See Rev. S. Baring-Gould's "Lives of
the Saints," vol. iv. ,
3 Published at Hafnia, 1643.
4 See Les Petits Bollandistes, "Viesdes
Saints," &c, tome x. , xix« Jour d'Aout, p. 17.
"
April
16th,
p.
211.
5 The
introduces short Acts of this saint, with a Apostolum sepelivit, B. " Bishop Forbes'
Bollandist,FatherGuilielmusCuper,
— S. Palladium Presbyteri, qui
sixty-threeparagraphs,whichexhaustnearly
all the information that can be gleaned re-
garding his cultus. The Acts, in two and n. 33, p. 18.
chapters and seventeen paragraphs, preceded by a short prologue, and with notes added, follow. See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Augusti xix. De S. Magno Episc. et Mart, in Italia, pp. 701 to 717.
3 See "Acta Sanctorum," tomus iii. , Au- gusti xix. Among the pretermitted Saints, p. 698.
4 See his Life, at the 6th of July, in the Seventh Volume of this work, Art. i.
6
"
paragraphs. See
Sancto Magno
Article v. Marria Solonii
" 2
Kalendars of Scottish Saints," p. 209. See Colgan's "Trias Thaumaturga," Secunda Vita S. Patricii, cap. xxiv. , p. 13,
August 20. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 295
Garrchon, on the eastern coast of Ireland, he left his disciples Sylvester s and Salonius, who were there buried. Their remains were preserved in that church, until they were removed, at the close of the sixth century, to the
InchorHolmof 6in the Baethin,
and of County
of
Wicklow. In that locality, those saints were venerated until the year 770
or 774, when the church there experienced the fate of the Churches ot Glendalough and of some other sanctuaries in that district of country. ?
Ctonttietl) 23aj) of 3ugu£t
ARTICLE I. —ST. COINCHENN OF CHAELCHAD OR CAELACHADH, CORCADUIBHNE, COUNTY OF KERRY.
EIGHTH CENTURY.
for any memoir of this holy virgin are extremely meagre,
as but a few references to her are to be found in our Calendars and MATERIALS
1
Annals. In the published Martyrology of Taliagh, a St. Conchan of Chael-
chad is inserted at this date. It seems most probable, that the local name shouldhavebeenwrittenChaelachad. InthatcopyfoundintheBookof
Leinster, at the 13th of the September Kalends, the spelling is slightly different. 2 Marianus O'Gorman has notices of her at this day. She would seem as Conchind of Cill-Achaid to have had another festival at the 28th of April. 3 This pious lady was a daughter to Kellach * or Cellach Cualann, a
nise Apostolo, pp. 570, 571. 68
See an account of St. Baoithin, of En- nisboyne, Co. Wicklow, in the Fifth Volume
of this work, at the 22nd of
Twelve generations of his lineal descend- ants are thus named, by Duald MacFirbis :
" Cathal " of
"
Culochair, son of Madudan, son of Ragh- allach,sonof Flann, son of Dubhdraithreach, son of Madudan, son of Cathal, son of Ceallach, son of Edersgel, son of Ceallach Cualann. "
9 By Colgan, in his
Art. ii.
7 See Rev. John Francis Shearman's
"Loca Patrici—ana," No. hi. , p. 31. Article I. Edited by Rev. Dr. Kelly,
xxxii.
2
Thus : CoincViAnT) o CriAelchA-o.
3 See the Fourth Volume of this work, at
that date, Art. vii.
4 See
Colgan's
nise," vii. Januarii. De S. Kentigerna Vidua, n. 8, p. 22.
5 The Annals of Clonmacnoise have the
death of Ceallagh Cwallan, King of Leinster, at a. d. 712. The Four Masters enter the
"
Vita S.
May,
Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann],
" Acta Sanctorum Hiber-
xvi.
Acta Sanctorum Abbani,
parish
Dunganstown,
of Leinster, who died from a. d. s to 6 She was a sister to 712 714.
King
St. Keantigerna,7 who is venerated at the 7th of January. Her father was ancestor of a tribe, ealled the Ui-Ceallaigh Cualann, seated in the northern
8
part of the present County of Wicklow.
daughter of Kellach had been identical with St. Conchenna, Virgin, who is said » to have been venerated at Ceall Achaidh Conchinn, or Coincheann. 10
s The feast of this saint is placed at the death of Ceallach Cualann, son of Gerrtide, 14th of August, by Dempster, and by King of Leinster, at A. D. 713. See Dr.
Ferrarius, at the 15th. By Colgan his feast has been given for the loth of March, at which date some account of him may be found, in the "Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," De S. Syvestro S. Paladii Socio et Hiber-
O'Donovan's "Annals of the Four Masters," vol. i. , pp. 312, 313, and nn. (f, h,) ibid.
6
The Annals of Ulster have his death at
It may be suspected, that this holy
a. d. 714.
i See a notice of her in the First Volume
of this work, at that date, Art. ii.
[chief
son of Amhalgaidh, son of Tuathal, son of
Hibernise,"
I0 The place is thought to have derived its
Martii,
cap. xx. , p. 615, and n. 17, p. 622.
name from this who was virgin,
venerated, says Colgan, on the 28th of April.
" Before the Anglo-Norman Invasion,
296 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [August 20.
It was situated in the territory of Corcaduibhne,11 now the barony of Cor-
12
caguiney, intheextremewesternpartoftheCountyofKerry. Thisplace
has been incorrectly identified by Archdall *3 with Killeagh, a small village,
1
on the west side of Youghal Bay, in the County of Cork. * Yet, this state-
ment is directly contradicted and rectified in another part of the same work. 1 * The author does not even appear to have noticed his counter-statements. The denomination now " the
Cill-achaidh, Anglicised Killahy, signifies Church of the Field," 16 and in Irish local names it has been generally
softened down to Killeigh. As we are particularly informed, the present Killeagh lay within the region of Corcaduibhne, in the western part of Munster. However,wefailtofindsuchalocalityinthepresentCorcaguiney barony, County of Kerry. St. Abban x 7 founded this place originally for ecclesiastics, as we are informed in his acts, and for those persons he left there; while he prophesied, that in course of time, their habitation should be called after a St. Finian,18 not then born. This prophecy was afterwards fulfilled.
