No More Learning

43* See an account of it, in Cosmo Innes'
where further notices of him
On the Island, called Ellanmore, his grave
is pointed out, and it is still designated M'Cormac's grave.
438 See an account of it, in Cosmo Innes'
" Parochiales Origines
Parochiales part i. , pp. 39 to 42.
vol.
"Origines
Scotise,"
ii. ,
4*9 See ibid. , p. 40.
430 See " Old Statistical Account of Scot-
land," vol. iii. . p. 367, and New Statistical Account of Scotland, "vol. vii. , part ii. , p. 413. 431 See a description of it, in Cosmo Innes'
"Origines Parochiales Scotia? ," vol. ii. , part i. , pp. 7, 8.
440 gee it described, in the Imperial Ga- zetteer of Scotland," vol. ii. , p. 246.
432 Seea
ofit, ibid. ,
**' It is situated opposite Glenarm, in the county of Antrim in Ireland. See tin-
of Wigtonshire, in Mr. John Nicholson's " of
may
be found.
Scotia;,"
vol.
i. , pp.
26
t in 26. Cove. This
place was formerly called Killmocormac probably from St. Cormac Ua Lia-
thain 42 7
—
and it is in the parish of North Knapdale/
28
On the west side of
Loch Killisport, near its head, was a chapel of St. Columba ; and in a neigh-
bouring cav—e were an altar, a piscina, and a cross cut in the rock. 429 27. Kil-
columkille. An old church was situated at the southern extremity of Can-
tyre,betweenCarskayandDunaverty. 43° Itgavenametoaparish,^which
is now united to a to form the modern of Southend. Kil-
colmkill forms the south-west portion, and it contains the Mull of Cantyie.
The ruins of a — feet in fifteen in are here chapel, seventy-two length by breadth,
Rothsay/33 Isla—nd of Bute, but its site does not appear now to be known. 434
29. Kilmacolm. This is a large parish in Renfrewshire, and supposed to have
been dedicated to St. Columba. 435 it formerly included Port Glasgow, and it is situated next to it, on —the south and east. It is now incorrectly written
437
Kilmalcolm. 436 30. Largs. This parish was situated in Ayrshire, and the
church dedicated to St. Columba was surrounded by an ancient village. It stood on the level ground, and on the right bank of the Gogo, where it falls into the Firth. 438 The festival of the patron saint was kept here, on the 9th day of June, and a yearly fair—vulgarly called Colm's day—was once famous
—On the west side of Loch
in the West Highlands. 439 31. Kirkcolm. Ryan,
thereisa— 44°in
parish Wigtonshire,
anditiscalled afteroursaint. 44*
St. Columbo. This is in the peninsular parish of Caerlaverock in Dumfries, and it lies on the east side of the mouth of the River Nith. 443 A little below Glencaple Key, close by the shore, there was a cell or chapel dedicated to St. Columba;444 nearthisisawellofwhichnopersonwaspermittedtodrink without leaving a portion of victuals, or a piece of money, as an alms to the inhabitant of the cell. Although we nnd a great number of religious estab- lishments, in various parts of Scotland, called by St. Columba's name or by the names of his disciples, yet the precise period, at which the more ancient
of those institutions were formed, cannot now be ascertained.
442
85 to 87.
437 See a description of it, in the Im-
perial Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. ii. , pp.
298 to 300.
438 gee Parochiales Scotiae," "Origines
vol. i. , p. 89.
439 it is still held there, on the second
Tuesday of June, old style. See ibid. ""
10. 433 See an account of the parish and town of Rothsay, in the "Imperial Gazetteer of
Scotland," vol. ii. , pp. 670 to 674.
434 See Cosmo Innes' "Origines Paro-
but in Venerable Bede's time the Angli had 435 However, as it has been incorrectly come in on them, and they were then con-
description
Galloway. "
** See " Gazetteer of the World," vol. iii. .
chiales Scotia? ," vol. ii. , part i. , p. 224.
p. 9,
History
p. 153.
443 "The four parishes last-mentioned
were originally occupied by Austiaks Picti,
32.
"
June 9. ] LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. 563
The following churches among the Picts were founded by St. Columkille, orhismemorywasspeciallycommemoratedinthem. Weherefollowthe
orderofRev. Dr. Reeves'enumeration:**5—1. Burness. —Thisisa
6
parish,** formerly
— one of the
Sanday, Orkney Islands,
and
situated in the north-west of
known as St. Colm's. **? 2.
on the south-west. It had a chapel of St. Columkille. **9 3. St. Combs. In the parish of Olrick,*50 in Caithness. On the boundary of the parish in the east, and towards Dunnet, the spot is still called St. Coomb's Kirk. —It is supposed to have been overwhelmed in the sand at night. 451 4. Dirlet.
the parish of Halkirk,*52 in Caithne—ss. There was a chapel of St. Columba at this place. *" 5. Island Comb. In the parish of Tongue,*** off the north coast of Sutherland. It is sometimes called Eilean-na-naoimh, or " Island of Saints. " It had formerly a chapel and a cemetery, The traces of these are
still to be seen. *55 6. Killcolmkill.
chapel, dedicated to our
Hoy.
A considerable Island of the
Orkneys —
**8
In
—Here was a
saint. It was situated in Strabruraich or " Srath of Brora," on the east side
of Loch Brora,*56 in the parish of Clyne,*5? and county of Sutherland. *58 An
5^ and at some little distance from
cross was found, towards the close of the last century. 7. Auldearn. This
and of which St. Columba was 61 St. patron. *
ancient
cemetery
was near
it,*
it,
a—stone
was a *6° in parish
Nairn,
Colm's market or fair is held here annually, on the first Wednesday after the
62 It
of June, should not be understood. *^ 8. Pettie.
nineteenth of
be — if New
may questioned, however, Style, 19th
June. *
Bracholy, was a parish, partly in Nairnshire, but chiefly i—n Invernesshire. Its
66 in the district of Badenoch, on the e—ast side of Invernesshire, and St. Columba
old church was dedicated to St. Columba. *65 This is a 9. Kingussie.
parish,*
was its 6 ? 10. St. Colm's. This was a at in the
parish
sidered in the provincia Berniciorum. "— *57 See a description of it, in Cosmo Innes'
Rev. Dr. Reeves' Adamnan's "Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes H, p. 295.
*** See " Old Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. vi. , p. 31.
445 See his edition of Adamnan's "Life of St. Columba," Additional Notes H, pp.
to
295 298.
"
land," vol. i. , p. 208.
**? See " New Statistical Account of Scot-
land," vol. xv. , part iii. , p. 85.
448 See an account of it, in " Gazetteer of
the World," vol. vii. , p. 147. **9 See Retours, Orkney.
"
450 See an account of it, in Cosmo Innes'
New Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. xiii. , part iii. , p. 18.
463 In May, 1645, the Marquis of Montrose commanding the royal forces obtained a signal victory at Auldearn over the Covenan- ters, under General Hurry. This battle is
"
History of the Highlands," vol. i. , pp. 382 to 385.
patron. *
446 A curious tumulus was discovered here
the "Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland," in 1824. See Imperial Gazetteer of Scot- vol. i. , pp. 98 to 100.
Origines Parochiales Scotise," vol. ii. , part ii. , pp. 786 to 788.
451 See " New Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. xv. , part ii. , p. 62.
well described in Browne's
464 Also called Petty. It is described, in 452 See a description of it, in "Imperial the "Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland,"
Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. ii. , pp. 38, 39,
vol. ii. , pp. 611, 612.
46s to the According
p. 72.
*66 It is described,
453 See "
Origines vol. ii. , part ii. , p. 758.
in " Gazetteer of the World," vol. xiii. , p. 128.
455 See "Old Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. iii. , p. 521, and "New Statistical
of
454 See an account of it,
in the
Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. ii. , pp. 232,
Account of Scotland,
''
456 See
Sutherland," pp. 399, 400.
"
Parochiales
Scotise,"
Register
Moray,
vol. xv. , part i. , p. 1 57. Genealogy of the Earls of
p. 334.
468 It is situated ten miles west of Banff.
See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. ,
Formerly Petyn,*
6*
with
chapel Aird,
"Origines Parochiales Scotise," vol. ii. , part ii. , pp. 722 to 730.
458 See " New Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. xv. , p. 155.
"
Old Statistical Account ofScot- land," vol. x. , p. 304.
46°A ofit willbe in description found,
*59 See
*61
Moray," p. 185.
According to Forsyth's "Survey of
46a " See
233.
*67 See Shaw's
"
History of Moray,"
"Imperial
564 LIVES OF THE IRISH SAINTS. [June 9.
of Fordyce,468 in Banffshire. *^ 11. Alvah. —This was a parish,470 on the north-eastsideofBanff,andSt. Columbaappearstohavebeenthepatron.
NearthehillofAlvah*T* isSt. Colm'swell/?
church, on the southern side. 12. Lonrnay. This was a parish/73 at the north-eastern angle of Aberdeenshire. The old church was dedicated to St. Colm. Previousto1608,theparishchurch—stoodbythesea-side,nearthe
present village of St. Combs. 474 13. Daviot.
in the middle of Aberdeenshire,475 and St. Columba was its patron. His
effigy in stone was formerly placed within the church.
At Kirktown, in this
—St. Colm's fair was
parish, formerly held,
on
476 14. Bel-
of
helvie. This is a parish/77 adjoining Aberdeen towards the north, and
it had St. Colm for its patron. 478 At Drumhead, on the 9th of June, St. Colm's fairusedtobeheld. 470 15. Monycabo. —ThisalsowascalledNewMachar,48°
or Monycabok, and it is a parish4®1 which was formerly a chapelry of o—ld Machar or Aberdeen. Formerly it was called St. Colm's. 16. Cortachy.
82 in the north-west of Forfarshire. Near the kirk —at Muirs-
This is a
keith, St. Colm's fair used to be held annually. 4^ 17. Tannadice. This is situated south-east of the last-mentioned place, and it is in the middle of For- farshire. 484 At Shielhill, there was an ancient chapel, and at a little distance
"
Illus- trations" of it may be found, in vol. iii. , pp.
parish/
471 See a description of this parish, in the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. i. ,
and Banff," vol. i. , p. 235. Further
"
p. w40. " See
198 to 210.
48a It is now united with Clova, and both
Illustrations of the Topography
and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen lie almost wholly among the Grampian
and Banff," vol. ii. , p. 311. See, also, Mountains. See the "Imperial Gazetteer
various charters referring to it, in vol. iii. ,
of Scotland," vol. i. , pp. 303, 304.
+83 See Paterson's u De- Geographical
scription of Scotland," p. 18.
484 the South Esk and the Through it,
Novan Rivers run, through highly romantic
See "Gazetteer of the
valleys. World,"
#$ See " Lands of the
Jervise's Lindsays,"
p. 274. Edinburgh, 1853.
«86 On the banks of the River Tay. The
to
473 A description of it is given, in the
pp. 576
587. Gazetteer of
" Imperial
Scotland,"
vol.
ii. ,
p. 374-
474 See " New Statistical Account of Scot-
land," vol. xii. , part i. , p. 232.
47s About nineteen miles north-west of
Aberdeen. See "Gazetteer of the World," vol. iv. , p. 832.
vol. xiii. , p. 23.
476 See Paterson's "Geographical De- ruins of the fine old cathedral stand apart
scription of Scotland," p. 18. from the town, and are surrounded by aged ""
477 See Illustrations of the Topography trees. See Gazetteer of the World," vol. v. ,
and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff," vol. i. , p. 285.
478 However, the Breviarum Aberdonense
p. 109.
*87
has this statement
:
" Et C—olmanus habetur
It seems to have originated from a statement, in the Acts of St. Cuthbert, " venit hide Mater cum ad
patronus apud Balheluy. " Pars Estiualis,
man and Colum are convertible terms. rum Hibernias," xx. Martii. Capgrave's 47» See Paterson's "Geographical De- Vita S. Cuthberti, cap. iv. , p. 679.
fol. cxxviii. It must be observed, that Col- xit in Scotia. " Colgan's
— "Acta Sancto-
2
—and not far from it, there is a
This is a situated parish, nearly
every 9th
June.
known as St. Colm's well. —It is
fountain, 485 probable, the
there was a chapelhadbeendedicatedtoSt. Columba. 18. Dunkeld. Thisoldtownhas a delightful situation 486 in Perthshire, and it is said to have had St. Columba, as its first Bishop. But, this seems to have been a mistake,487 and the tradition probably arose from the circumstance, that the holy Abbot of Iona had been the tutelar saint of its primitive church. 488 The 9th of June became the proper festival of Dunkeld, and therefore St. Columba's memory was asso-
from
p. 390.
469 See " Illustrations of the Topography
and Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff," p. 644.
470 gee "Old Statistical Account of Scot- land," vol. iv. , p. 399.
it,
scription of Scotland," p. 18.
48° See a description of it, in the " Inl-
perial Gazetteer of Scotland," vol. ii.